| misc104821 | |
| Venue | Queen's Park, Invercargill on 5th, 7th April 1947 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Otago won by an innings and 5 runs |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Sutcliffe | c [unknown] b Pickard | 189 | |||||
| JM O'Sullivan | b Barnett | 43 | |||||
| RT Hunt | c Dunnet b Pickard | 51 | |||||
| IW Payne | run out | 53 | |||||
| RH Robinson | not out | 78 | |||||
| GH Mills | b GWF Overton | 10 | |||||
| AW Roberts | did not bat | ||||||
| S Jones | did not bat | ||||||
| LD Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| DS St John | did not bat | ||||||
| +IW Gallaway | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (15 b, 2 lb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 103 overs) | 441 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-124, 2-274, 3-303, 4-411, 5-430 | |||||||
| Southland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| GWF Overton | 31 | 0 | 125 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marshall | 25 | 2 | 88 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pickard | 20 | 4 | 80 | 2 | - | - | |
| Barnett | 11 | 0 | 54 | 1 | - | - | |
| Scandrett | 7 | 0 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Shirley | 6 | 1 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Calvert | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Southland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| W Spence | c Jones b O'Sullivan | 38 | |||||
| DM Dunnet | c Roberts b Robinson | 22 | |||||
| CV Shirley | c Roberts b Sutcliffe | 52 | |||||
| JC Scandrett | c and b Sutcliffe | 4 | |||||
| J Barnett | b Robinson | 10 | |||||
| AG Storrie | c and b Sutcliffe | 11 | |||||
| ES Calvert | c Sutcliffe b Robinson | 0 | |||||
| JN Overton | b Robinson | 3 | |||||
| AG Pickard | lbw b Robinson | 0 | |||||
| G Marshall | b Sutcliffe | 3 | |||||
| GWF Overton | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (20 b, 7 lb, 1 nb) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 73.5 overs) | 172 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-46, 2-102, 3-133, 4-142, 5-144, 6-144, 7-158, 8-161, 9-162, 10-172 (73.5 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Roberts | 13 | 4 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jones | 10 | 4 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 9 | 5 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Robinson | 27 | 7 | 63 | 5 | - | - | |
| Smith | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sutcliffe | 11.5 | 5 | 15 | 4 | - | - | |
| Southland second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| W Spence | c Smith b Robinson | 0 | |||||
| DM Dunnet | c St John b Smith | 21 | |||||
| CV Shirley | c Roberts b Sutcliffe | 30 | |||||
| JC Scandrett | st Gallaway b Smith | 0 | |||||
| J Barnett | c Payne b Smith | 14 | |||||
| AG Storrie | c and b Smith | 4 | |||||
| ES Calvert | st Gallaway b Robinson | 125 | |||||
| JN Overton | b Robinson | 16 | |||||
| AG Pickard | b Jones | 8 | |||||
| G Marshall | run out | 19 | |||||
| GWF Overton | not out | 11 | |||||
| Extras | (14 b, 2 lb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 87.3 overs) | 264 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-50, 3-50, 4-68, 5-68, 6-81, 7-158, 8-182, 9-231, 10-264 (87.3 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Roberts | 7 | 3 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jones | 9 | 1 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 9 | 2 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Robinson | 26.3 | 5 | 75 | 3 | - | - | |
| Smith | 19 | 3 | 55 | 4 | - | - | |
| Sutcliffe | 17 | 4 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |