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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 29th, 30th December 1973, 1st, 2nd January 1974 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by an innings and 25 runs |
| Umpires | TF Brooks, JR Collins |
| Scorers | BW Bright (Australia), MP Ringham (New Zealand) |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 335/4 (Walters 52*, Davis 15*) |
| Close of play day 2 | New Zealand (1) 51/3 (Parker 26*) |
| Close of play day 3 | New Zealand (2) 85/3 (Hastings 12*, Congdon 1*) |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KR Stackpole | c Parker b Shrimpton | 122 | 192 | 222 | 13 | - | |
| AP Sheahan | c Wadsworth b DR Hadlee | 28 | 69 | 100 | 1 | - | |
| *IM Chappell | c RJ Hadlee b Shrimpton | 54 | 112 | 135 | 3 | - | |
| GS Chappell | c Wadsworth b Congdon | 60 | 115 | 93 | 7 | 1 | |
| KD Walters | c Wadsworth b DR Hadlee | 79 | 142 | 179 | 9 | - | |
| IC Davis | c Wadsworth b DR Hadlee | 15 | 42 | 48 | 1 | - | |
| +RW Marsh | c Parker b DR Hadlee | 6 | 17 | 20 | - | - | |
| KJ O'Keeffe | not out | 40 | 67 | 90 | 2 | - | |
| GJ Gilmour | b Congdon | 52 | 58 | 69 | 5 | - | |
| AA Mallett | did not bat | ||||||
| AHR Dell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 479 minutes, 101.5 overs) | 462 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-75 (Sheahan), 2-203 (Stackpole), 3-212 (IM Chappell), 4-304 (GS Chappell), 5-345 (Davis), 6-363 (Marsh), 7-381 (Walters), 8-462 (Gilmour, 101.5 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| RJ Hadlee | 25 | 4 | 104 | 0 | - | - | |
| Andrews | 19 | 2 | 100 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| DR Hadlee | 20 | 2 | 102 | 4 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 22 | 3 | 80 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Shrimpton | 7 | 0 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Congdon | 8.5 | 1 | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GM Turner | c Gilmour b Dell | 6 | 58 | 72 | - | - | |
| JM Parker | c IM Chappell b O'Keeffe | 27 | 129 | 151 | 1 | - | |
| MJF Shrimpton | c Marsh b Gilmour | 16 | 46 | 43 | 1 | - | |
| BF Hastings | b O'Keeffe | 1 | 24 | 26 | - | - | |
| *BE Congdon | st Marsh b Mallett | 31 | 65 | 63 | 4 | - | |
| JFM Morrison | c Marsh b Gilmour | 44 | 139 | 140 | 4 | - | |
| +KJ Wadsworth | c GS Chappell b Gilmour | 80 | 126 | 138 | 8 | - | |
| RJ Hadlee | c Marsh b Gilmour | 9 | 16 | 19 | 1 | - | |
| DR Hadlee | run out (Mallett->Marsh) | 2 | 17 | 22 | - | - | |
| DR O'Sullivan | c Davis b Mallett | 6 | 16 | 18 | - | - | |
| B Andrews | not out | 0 | 6 | 8 | - | - | |
| Extras | (8 b, 5 lb, 2 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 354 minutes, 79.7 overs) | 237 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19 (Turner), 2-47 (Shrimpton), 3-51 (Hastings), 4-56 (Parker), 5-100 (Congdon), 6-189 (Morrison), 7-215 (RJ Hadlee), 8-230 (DR Hadlee), 9-237 (Wadsworth), 10-237 (O'Sullivan, 79.7 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dell | 22 | 7 | 54 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Gilmour | 22 | 4 | 75 | 4 | - | - | |
| GS Chappell | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mallett | 16.7 | 2 | 46 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| O'Keeffe | 14 | 4 | 40 | 2 | - | - | |
| IM Chappell | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| New Zealand second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JM Parker | c IM Chappell b Walters | 23 | 63 | 76 | 1 | - | |
| JFM Morrison | c Marsh b Walters | 16 | 41 | 51 | 1 | - | |
| MJF Shrimpton | b Walters | 22 | 77 | 75 | 1 | - | |
| BF Hastings | c Marsh b Mallett | 22 | 129 | 112 | 1 | - | |
| *BE Congdon | c Marsh b Mallett | 14 | 55 | 52 | 1 | - | |
| +KJ Wadsworth | c Stackpole b Mallett | 30 | 63 | 67 | 2 | - | |
| RJ Hadlee | c IM Chappell b O'Keeffe | 6 | 29 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| DR Hadlee | c and b O'Keeffe | 37 | 123 | 97 | 5 | - | |
| DR O'Sullivan | c and b Mallett | 8 | 50 | 41 | 1 | - | |
| B Andrews | not out | 5 | 24 | 22 | - | - | |
| GM Turner | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 9 lb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 316 minutes, 81.6 overs) | 200 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-37 (Morrison), 2-54 (Parker), 3-83 (Shrimpton), 4-109 (Congdon), 5-113 (Hastings), 6-134 (RJ Hadlee), 7-150 (Wadsworth), 8-188 (O'Sullivan), 9-200 (DR Hadlee, 81.6 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dell | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gilmour | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| GS Chappell | 7 | 3 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Walters | 13 | 4 | 26 | 3 | - | - | |
| O'Keeffe | 29.6 | 12 | 51 | 2 | - | - | |
| Mallett | 24 | 4 | 63 | 4 | - | - | |