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| Venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington on 26th, 28th December 1896 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | New Zealand won by 182 runs |
| Umpires | A Ashbolt, WE Woods |
| Close of play day 1 | Queensland (1) 140/9 (Miller 8*) |
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *LA Cuff | c Donahoo b Byrne | 17 | |||||
| J Baker | b McGlinchey | 36 | |||||
| HS de Maus | b McGlinchey | 12 | |||||
| R Neill | c Hoare b Byrne | 7 | |||||
| AR Holdship | b McGlinchey | 7 | |||||
| AE Ridley | b McGlinchey | 9 | |||||
| HB Lusk | b Wilson | 59 | |||||
| +EL Wright | c Hoare b McGlinchey | 0 | |||||
| WC Pearce | b Lewis | 52 | |||||
| EF Upham | st +Bradley b Lewis | 1 | |||||
| FS Frankish | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 1 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 65.2 overs) | 207 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26 (Cuff), 2-61 (de Maus), 3-72, 4-76, 5-84, 6-97, 7-97, 8-193, 9-200, 10-207 (65.2 ov) | |||||||
| Queensland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Byrne | 25 | 9 | 56 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 6 | 0 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| McGlinchey | 21 | 4 | 63 | 5 | - | - | |
| Miller | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jones | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lewis | 3.2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | - | - | |
| Queensland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SJ Donahoo | b Upham | 70 | |||||
| JW Lewis | c Cuff b Neill | 2 | |||||
| SP Jones | b Frankish | 5 | |||||
| WF Bradley | c Cuff b Upham | 6 | |||||
| R MacDonald | lbw b Upham | 1 | |||||
| W Hoare | b Frankish | 0 | |||||
| WW McGlinchey | run out (Holdship) | 25 | |||||
| R Wilson | b Frankish | 15 | |||||
| DL Miller | not out | 11 | |||||
| T Byrne | b Upham | 2 | |||||
| *+OC Hitchcock | run out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 48 overs) | 146 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-40, 3-56, 4-63, 5-68, 6-86, 7-124, 8-126, 9-140, 10-146 (48 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Upham | 23 | 7 | 41 | 4 | - | - | |
| Neill | 9 | 2 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Frankish | 15 | 4 | 49 | 3 | - | - | |
| Pearce | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| New Zealand second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *LA Cuff | c MacDonald b Wilson | 41 | |||||
| AR Holdship | c MacDonald b McGlinchey | 69 | |||||
| J Baker | b McGlinchey | 19 | |||||
| HS de Maus | c Hitchcock b McGlinchey | 17 | |||||
| AE Ridley | c Hitchcock b McGlinchey | 30 | |||||
| R Neill | lbw b McGlinchey | 14 | |||||
| HB Lusk | c Hoare b Byrne | 23 | |||||
| WC Pearce | c MacDonald b Byrne | 5 | |||||
| +EL Wright | c and b Wilson | 8 | |||||
| FS Frankish | c Bradley b Wilson | 4 | |||||
| EF Upham | not out | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 56.5 overs) | 241 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-74, 2-116, 3-133, 4-172, 5-190, 6-195, 7-204, 8-222, 9-233, 10-241 (56.5 ov) | |||||||
| Queensland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Byrne | 12 | 2 | 48 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 11.5 | 0 | 51 | 3 | - | - | |
| McGlinchey | 19 | 3 | 73 | 5 | - | - | |
| Lewis | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hoare | 11 | 3 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Queensland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SJ Donahoo | c Wright b Frankish | 11 | |||||
| W Hoare | b Frankish | 4 | |||||
| R MacDonald | b Frankish | 30 | |||||
| SP Jones | run out | 0 | |||||
| WF Bradley | b Frankish | 11 | |||||
| WW McGlinchey | c Pearce b Upham | 16 | |||||
| JW Lewis | c Pearce b Neill | 12 | |||||
| R Wilson | b Frankish | 9 | |||||
| DL Miller | b Neill | 2 | |||||
| T Byrne | c Wright b Neill | 6 | |||||
| *+OC Hitchcock | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (13 b, 4 lb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 40.3 overs) | 120 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-15, 3-15, 4-43, 5-66, 6-91, 7-101, 8-112, 9-114, 10-120 (40.3 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Upham | 17 | 4 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Neill | 3.3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | - | - | |
| Frankish | 20 | 4 | 51 | 5 | - | - | |