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| Venue | Queen's Park, Invercargill on 20th, 21st January 1959 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Southland won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Wellington won by an innings and 22 runs |
| Close of play day 1 | Wellington (1) 217/8 (Preston 35*; 59.4 overs) |
| Southland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +NR Thompson | c Butler b Bray | 8 | |||||
| AJ Tait | b Bray | 0 | 3 | - | - | ||
| SG Morton | lbw b Preston | 23 | |||||
| AW Gilbertson | c RE Reid b JR Reid | 29 | |||||
| *JA Gill | b Butler | 17 | |||||
| GS McKenzie | lbw b Butler | 8 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | b JR Reid | 3 | |||||
| DJ Vear | st Barber b Butler | 10 | |||||
| D Collett | c Curtis b JR Reid | 14 | |||||
| GWF Overton | b Butler | 7 | |||||
| LR Thompson | not out | 13 | |||||
| Extras | 24 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 170 minutes, 60 overs) | 156 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Tait, 1.3 ov), 2-21 (NR Thompson), 3-66 (Morton), 4-89 (Gill), 5-99 (McKenzie), 6-99 (Gilbertson), 7-106 (Alabaster), 8-112 (Vear), 9-129 (Overton), 10-156 (Collett, 60 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| RE Reid | 9 | 5 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bray | 11 | 2 | 35 | 2 | - | - | |
| Butler | 21 | 10 | 35 | 4 | - | - | |
| Preston | 9 | 3 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| JR Reid | 10 | 4 | 29 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AF Nightingale | b Vear | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| BAG Murray | c LR Thompson b Alabaster | 40 | |||||
| RA Vance | c Overton b Alabaster | 9 | |||||
| IN Brennan | c Tait b Alabaster | 19 | |||||
| +RT Barber | b Vear | 46 | 56 | ||||
| *JR Reid | b Vear | 22 | 29 | ||||
| AH Preston | not out | 62 | |||||
| LC Butler | c Gilbertson b Vear | 12 | |||||
| WM Curtis | c Alabaster b Gilbertson | 16 | |||||
| RE Reid | run out | 18 | |||||
| JH Bray | c NR Thompson b Vear | 4 | |||||
| Extras | 19 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 218 minutes, 77.4 overs) | 267 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Nightingale, 0.3 ov), 2-32 (Vance), 3-70 (Brennan), 4-72 (Murray), 5-140 (JR Reid), 6-154 (Barber), 7-170 (Butler), 8-217 (Curtis, 59.4 ov), 9-255 (RE Reid), 10-267 (Bray, 77.4 ov) | |||||||
| Southland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Vear | 22.4 | 3 | 71 | 5 | - | - | |
| Overton | 9 | 3 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 34 | 3 | 102 | 3 | - | - | |
| LR Thompson | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gilbertson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Collett | 7 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Southland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +NR Thompson | b Barber | 7 | |||||
| SG Morton | b JR Reid | 26 | |||||
| AW Gilbertson | c RE Reid b Butler | 21 | |||||
| GS McKenzie | c and b JR Reid | 0 | |||||
| *JA Gill | c Nightingale b JR Reid | 0 | |||||
| AJ Tait | b Preston | 4 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | c Brennan b JR Reid | 0 | |||||
| DJ Vear | run out | 5 | |||||
| D Collett | c Nightingale b JR Reid | 0 | |||||
| GWF Overton | b Preston | 7 | |||||
| LR Thompson | not out | 7 | |||||
| Extras | 12 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 48.2 overs) | 89 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14 (NR Thompson), 2-55, 3-55, 4-55, 5-55, 6-59, 7-64, 8-64, 9-78, 10-89 (48.2 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| RE Reid | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bray | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barber | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| Preston | 10.2 | 4 | 16 | 2 | - | - | |
| Butler | 16 | 7 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| JR Reid | 12 | 4 | 22 | 5 | - | - | |