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| Venue | Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 12th, 13th, 14th October 1961 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | AE Mackley, NE Townsend |
| Close of play day 1 | Western Australia (1) 5/0 (Joynt 2*, Punch 2*) |
| Close of play day 2 | New Zealanders (2) 109/1 (Dowling 46*, Barton 20*) |
| New Zealanders first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GT Dowling | lbw b Bevan | 2 | |||||
| JT Sparling | c Forsaith b Slater | 6 | |||||
| PT Barton | run out | 34 | |||||
| SN McGregor | c Joynt b Punch | 36 | |||||
| *JR Reid | c Lodge b Slater | 62 | |||||
| ME Chapple | c Lodge b Bevan | 56 | |||||
| +AE Dick | b Punch | 27 | |||||
| RC Motz | lbw b Bevan | 0 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | b Bevan | 0 | |||||
| GA Bartlett | c Buggins b Bevan | 18 | |||||
| FJ Cameron | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 3 nb, 2 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 282 minutes, 60.5 overs) | 249 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-20, 3-68, 4-88, 5-171, 6-213, 7-217, 8-219, 9-233, 10-249 (60.5 ov) | |||||||
| Western Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Slater | 18 | 1 | 77 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Bevan | 11.5 | 2 | 55 | 5 | - | 1 |
| Punch | 14 | 2 | 43 | 2 | - | - |
| Forsaith | 15 | 3 | 48 | 0 | - | - |
| Waugh | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - |
| Western Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HK Joynt | c Dowling b Motz | 18 | |||||
| KF Punch | c Alabaster b Cameron | 16 | |||||
| RB Kanhai | c Chapple b Cameron | 4 | |||||
| *BK Shepherd | b Cameron | 0 | |||||
| JF Parker | c Dowling b Bartlett | 17 | |||||
| AO Lodge | c Dick b Cameron | 10 | |||||
| RF Waugh | c McGregor b Cameron | 12 | |||||
| KN Slater | c Barton b Cameron | 6 | |||||
| +BL Buggins | b Cameron | 0 | |||||
| HG Bevan | not out | 5 | |||||
| GM Forsaith | c Reid b Chapple | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 1 lb, 8 nb, 4 w) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 183 minutes, 37.7 overs) | 113 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-36, 2-49, 3-49, 4-49, 5-85, 6-88, 7-99, 8-103, 9-106, 10-113 (37.7 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealanders bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Bartlett | 10 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Motz | 5.4 | 2 | 13 | 1 | - | - |
| Cameron | 16 | 5 | 27 | 7 | - | - |
| Alabaster | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - |
| Chapple | 4.3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | - | - |
| New Zealanders second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GT Dowling | not out | 83 | |||||
| JT Sparling | run out (Shepherd) | 42 | |||||
| PT Barton | c Joynt b Punch | 32 | |||||
| SN McGregor | c Waugh b Punch | 2 | |||||
| *JR Reid | c Slater b Forsaith | 4 | |||||
| ME Chapple | c Slater b Forsaith | 2 | |||||
| +AE Dick | not out | 6 | |||||
| RC Motz | did not bat | ||||||
| JC Alabaster | did not bat | ||||||
| GA Bartlett | did not bat | ||||||
| FJ Cameron | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 217 minutes, 53 overs) | 173 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-74, 2-134, 3-142, 4-157, 5-163 | |||||||
| Western Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Bevan | 13 | 1 | 59 | 0 | - | - |
| Punch | 11 | 4 | 18 | 2 | - | - |
| Forsaith | 12 | 1 | 43 | 2 | - | - |
| Slater | 15 | 2 | 45 | 0 | - | - |
| Kanhai | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - |
| Western Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HK Joynt | c Cameron b Alabaster | 56 | |||||
| KF Punch | c Barton b Sparling | 76 | |||||
| RB Kanhai | c Alabaster b Cameron | 39 | |||||
| *BK Shepherd | not out | 31 | |||||
| JF Parker | not out | 12 | |||||
| AO Lodge | did not bat | ||||||
| RF Waugh | did not bat | ||||||
| KN Slater | did not bat | ||||||
| +BL Buggins | did not bat | ||||||
| HG Bevan | did not bat | ||||||
| GM Forsaith | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (21 b, 1 lb, 13 nb, 4 w) | 39 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 218 minutes, 51 overs) | 253 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-125, 2-177, 3-238 | |||||||
| New Zealanders bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Bartlett | 12 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| Cameron | 12 | 0 | 49 | 1 | - | - |
| Chapple | 8 | 2 | 31 | 0 | - | - |
| Alabaster | 12 | 1 | 52 | 1 | - | - |
| Sparling | 7 | 2 | 25 | 1 | - | - |