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| Venue | Horton Park, Blenheim on 27th, 28th December 1954 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Marlborough won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Close of play day 1 | Ashburton County (1) 115/3 (Cullen 13*, O'Malley 3*; 42 overs) |
| Marlborough first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MG Williams | lbw b Jordan | 22 | |||||
| J Griffiths | st O'Malley b Cullen | 40 | |||||
| AJ Neal | st O'Malley b Cullen | 2 | |||||
| +AB Thompson | c Stead b Dennis | 26 | |||||
| *JHP Houghton | c and b Dennis | 40 | |||||
| B Fisher | not out | 60 | 6 | - | |||
| RC Sheridan | b Dennis | 4 | |||||
| KG Rutledge | b Dennis | 5 | |||||
| JR Barnett | c Dennis b Jordan | 9 | |||||
| RD Hounsell | c Cullen b Geering | 30 | |||||
| LW Hocquard | run out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 58 overs) | 254 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-52 (Williams), 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-254 (58 ov) | |||||||
| Ashburton County bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Geering | 14 | 3 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cavill | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dennis | 13 | 0 | 77 | 4 | - | - | |
| Jordan | 17 | 2 | 55 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hart | 4 | 1 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cullen | 7 | 0 | 35 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ashburton County first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TA Dennis | run out | 51 | |||||
| JA Porter | lbw b Hounsell | 12 | |||||
| EM Flaherty | b Hocquard | 25 | |||||
| HJ Cullen | c Sheridan b Hounsell | 22 | |||||
| +BH O'Malley | run out | 9 | |||||
| HJ Jordan | b Hounsell | 1 | |||||
| AW Stead | b Hounsell | 0 | |||||
| LB Hart | c Fisher b Hounsell | 5 | |||||
| A Bayliss | b Neal | 1 | |||||
| GJ Geering | b Neal | 2 | |||||
| TJ Cavill | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 53.5 overs) | 142 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-41 (Porter), 2-80, 3-109, 4-123, 5-125, 6-125, 7-139, 8-140, 9-141, 10-142 (53.5 ov) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hounsell | 19 | 2 | 52 | 5 | - | - | |
| Hocquard | 5 | 1 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Neal | 15.5 | 5 | 25 | 2 | - | - | |
| Barnett | 6 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fisher | 7 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marlborough second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RC Sheridan | run out | 72 | 8 | 2 | |||
| MG Williams | not out | 100 | 11 | - | |||
| LW Hocquard | run out | 3 | |||||
| KG Rutledge | not out | 4 | |||||
| J Griffiths | did not bat | ||||||
| AJ Neal | did not bat | ||||||
| +AB Thompson | did not bat | ||||||
| *JHP Houghton | did not bat | ||||||
| B Fisher | did not bat | ||||||
| JR Barnett | did not bat | ||||||
| RD Hounsell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets, declared, 37 overs) | 189 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-151 (Sheridan), 2-? (Hocquard) | |||||||
| Ashburton County bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Geering | 8 | 1 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cavill | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hart | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jordan | 10 | 2 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dennis | 12 | 0 | 86 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cullen | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Porter | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ashburton County second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JA Porter | c Sheridan b Neal | 0 | |||||
| HJ Jordan | b Hounsell | 0 | |||||
| EM Flaherty | b Hocquard | 19 | |||||
| +BH O'Malley | c Hounsell b Rutledge | 28 | |||||
| HJ Cullen | c Houghton b Hocquard | 64 | |||||
| TA Dennis | c Rutledge b Hounsell | 50 | |||||
| AW Stead | b Neal | 6 | |||||
| LB Hart | c Barnett b Neal | 3 | |||||
| A Bayliss | c Griffiths b Neal | 2 | |||||
| GJ Geering | not out | 1 | |||||
| TJ Cavill | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (9 wickets, 47 overs) | 188 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-6, 3-40, 4-59, 5-161, 6-172, 7-177, 8-181, 9-184 | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Neal | 10 | 5 | 11 | 4 | - | - | |
| Hounsell | 13 | 2 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| Barnett | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hocquard | 7 | 0 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Rutledge | 5 | 0 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Fisher | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Williams | 3 | 0 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |