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| Venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington on 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th February 1961 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Marylebone Cricket Club won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | New Zealand won by 133 runs |
| Umpires | J Cowie, WT Martin |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Close of play day 2 | Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 38/1 (Russell 13*, Stewart 17*) |
| Close of play day 3 | New Zealand (2) 160/5 (Reid 41*, Petrie 0*) |
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GT Dowling | b Larter | 8 | |||||
| JT Sparling | c Russell b Smith | 12 | |||||
| PT Barton | c Parks b Sayer | 8 | |||||
| SN McGregor | c Murray b Larter | 6 | |||||
| *JR Reid | b Larter | 8 | |||||
| PGZ Harris | c Russell b Sayer | 34 | |||||
| RC Motz | run out | 49 | |||||
| LC Butler | c Murray b Sayer | 4 | |||||
| +EC Petrie | not out | 3 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | c Murray b Larter | 8 | |||||
| FJ Cameron | b Barber | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 64 overs) | 148 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-27, 3-29, 4-39, 5-43, 6-132, 7-132, 8-136, 9-145, 10-148 (64 ov) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Larter | 16 | 4 | 20 | 4 | - | - | |
| Smith | 19 | 5 | 55 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sayer | 17 | 4 | 30 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barber | 10 | 4 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RM Prideaux | c Petrie b Motz | 4 | |||||
| WE Russell | c Reid b Cameron | 15 | |||||
| WJP Stewart | c Barton b Cameron | 17 | |||||
| RW Barber | c Barton b Motz | 9 | |||||
| JM Parks | c Petrie b Cameron | 0 | |||||
| *W Watson | c McGregor b Reid | 31 | |||||
| +JT Murray | b Motz | 2 | |||||
| DR Smith | c Reid b Motz | 0 | |||||
| D Wilson | c Sparling b Motz | 4 | |||||
| DM Sayer | c and b Alabaster | 7 | |||||
| JDF Larter | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 13 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57.4 overs) | 111 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-38, 3-41, 4-42, 5-60, 6-71, 7-71, 8-80, 9-103, 10-111 (57.4 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Motz | 22 | 9 | 34 | 5 | - | - | |
| Cameron | 25 | 12 | 46 | 3 | - | - | |
| Reid | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 3.4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| New Zealand second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GT Dowling | st Murray b Barber | 29 | |||||
| JT Sparling | hit wkt b Wilson | 60 | |||||
| PT Barton | lbw b Barber | 4 | |||||
| SN McGregor | lbw b Barber | 7 | |||||
| PGZ Harris | c Murray b Sayer | 18 | |||||
| *JR Reid | c Wilson b Smith | 83 | |||||
| +EC Petrie | b Smith | 1 | |||||
| RC Motz | lbw b Smith | 3 | |||||
| LC Butler | run out | 12 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | c Murray b Smith | 3 | |||||
| FJ Cameron | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 5 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 101.5 overs) | 228 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-89, 2-89, 3-94, 4-101, 5-155, 6-168, 7-180, 8-214, 9-226, 10-228 (101.5 ov) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Larter | 20 | 8 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 24.5 | 6 | 45 | 4 | - | - | |
| Sayer | 18 | 4 | 55 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barber | 27 | 8 | 55 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 12 | 3 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RM Prideaux | lbw b Reid | 32 | |||||
| WE Russell | c and b Alabaster | 18 | |||||
| WJP Stewart | c Reid b Alabaster | 10 | |||||
| *W Watson | c Reid b Alabaster | 0 | |||||
| JM Parks | c Reid b Alabaster | 2 | |||||
| RW Barber | c Motz b Alabaster | 39 | |||||
| +JT Murray | b Butler | 25 | |||||
| DR Smith | c Alabaster b Butler | 0 | |||||
| D Wilson | b Cameron | 0 | |||||
| DM Sayer | c Alabaster b Cameron | 0 | |||||
| JDF Larter | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 4 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83.4 overs) | 132 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-38, 2-60, 3-60, 4-62, 5-62, 6-105, 7-117, 8-126, 9-128, 10-132 (83.4 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Motz | 8 | 3 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cameron | 13 | 7 | 19 | 2 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 31.4 | 10 | 71 | 5 | - | - | |
| Reid | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| Butler | 16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sparling | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |