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| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 30th, 31st December 1954, 1st January 1955 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Canterbury won by 172 runs |
| Points | Canterbury 8; Central Districts 0 |
| Umpires | ED Milne, HC Moore |
| Close of play day 1 | Central Districts (1) 73/6 (Harford 36*, Cave 2*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Central Districts (2) 19/1 |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MB Poore | b Cave | 7 | |||||
| JG Leggat | c Colquhoun b Cave | 8 | |||||
| *PGZ Harris | b Beard | 7 | |||||
| ME Chapple | c Beard b Cresswell | 22 | |||||
| RT Dowker | b Jones | 8 | |||||
| BA Haworth | b Jones | 1 | |||||
| +SC Guillen | c Colquhoun b Fisher | 13 | |||||
| AR MacGibbon | lbw b Beard | 38 | |||||
| TB Burtt | not out | 15 | |||||
| JA Hayes | b Fisher | 21 | |||||
| WB Bridgman | c Harford b Meuli | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (15 b, 5 lb, 1 nb) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 89.5 overs) | 161 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-28, 3-28, 4-62, 5-62, 6-63, 7-118, 8-118, 9-154, 10-161 (89.5 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jones | 19 | 8 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cresswell | 26 | 13 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cave | 20 | 2 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| Beard | 13 | 5 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| Meuli | 3.5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Fisher | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | - | - | |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AA Hunter | lbw b MacGibbon | 0 | |||||
| FE Fisher | b Hayes | 0 | |||||
| EM Meuli | b Bridgman | 11 | |||||
| JW Guy | b Hayes | 4 | |||||
| NS Harford | b MacGibbon | 36 | |||||
| DD Beard | lbw b MacGibbon | 11 | |||||
| IB Leggat | b MacGibbon | 5 | |||||
| *HB Cave | c Guillen b MacGibbon | 3 | |||||
| +IA Colquhoun | not out | 17 | |||||
| JF Jones | b Hayes | 0 | |||||
| GF Cresswell | b Hayes | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 42.2 overs) | 91 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-0, 3-5, 4-30, 5-53, 6-59, 7-73, 8-80, 9-85, 10-91 (42.2 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| MacGibbon | 18 | 5 | 31 | 5 | - | - | |
| Hayes | 13.2 | 4 | 23 | 4 | - | - | |
| Bridgman | 7 | 1 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Burtt | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MB Poore | c Harford b Cresswell | 142 | |||||
| JG Leggat | c Leggat b Cresswell | 3 | |||||
| *PGZ Harris | c Jones b Fisher | 33 | |||||
| ME Chapple | c Cave b Leggat | 37 | |||||
| RT Dowker | b Cave | 30 | |||||
| BA Haworth | b Cave | 0 | |||||
| +SC Guillen | c Leggat b Cresswell | 11 | |||||
| AR MacGibbon | not out | 38 | |||||
| TB Burtt | b Cave | 2 | |||||
| JA Hayes | obstructing the field | 0 | |||||
| WB Bridgman | b Fisher | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (16 b, 1 lb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 99 overs) | 313 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-80, 3-150, 4-237, 5-237, 6-266, 7-275, 8-282, 9-301, 10-313 (99 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jones | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cresswell | 21 | 6 | 81 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cave | 23 | 4 | 50 | 3 | - | - | |
| Beard | 19 | 4 | 51 | 0 | - | - | |
| Meuli | 9 | 1 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fisher | 15 | 4 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| Harford | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leggat | 6 | 2 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AA Hunter | c Chapple b MacGibbon | 1 | |||||
| FE Fisher | c Haworth b Burtt | 14 | |||||
| EM Meuli | c Guillen b MacGibbon | 16 | |||||
| JW Guy | c and b Burtt | 55 | |||||
| NS Harford | lbw b MacGibbon | 4 | |||||
| DD Beard | c Guillen b Hayes | 18 | |||||
| IB Leggat | c Harris b Burtt | 21 | |||||
| *HB Cave | c Poore b Hayes | 49 | |||||
| +IA Colquhoun | lbw b Poore | 5 | |||||
| JF Jones | not out | 9 | |||||
| GF Cresswell | b Hayes | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (16 b, 2 lb, 1 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 89 overs) | 211 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-35, 3-54, 4-84, 5-123, 6-123, 7-168, 8-192, 9-211, 10-211 (89 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| MacGibbon | 25 | 10 | 59 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hayes | 20 | 7 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| Bridgman | 9 | 2 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Burtt | 18 | 6 | 38 | 3 | - | - | |
| Poore | 17 | 9 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> WB Bridgman made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WB Bridgman made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> TB Burtt (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> MB Poore (2) passed his previous highest score of 70 in First-Class matches
--> MB Poore (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> MB Poore (2) passed his previous highest score of 70 in Plunket Shield matches
--> MB Poore (2) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> JW Guy (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> JF Jones made his debut for Central Districts in First-Class matches
--> JF Jones made his debut for Central Districts in Plunket Shield matches
--> FE Fisher made his debut for Central Districts in First-Class matches
--> FE Fisher made his debut for Central Districts in Plunket Shield matches
--> AR MacGibbon reached 50 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Central Districts second innings
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