| misc602115 | |
| Venue | Trafalgar Park, Nelson on 31st December 1954, 1st January 1955 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Nelson City won by an innings and 32 runs |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Mid-Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TA Dennis | c Haskell b Baker | 8 | |||||
| HJ Jordan | b Haskell | 7 | |||||
| AW Stead | c sub (EJ Hockey) b Baker | 1 | |||||
| EM Flaherty | c Haskell b Challies | 23 | |||||
| HJ Cullen | b Edwards | 14 | |||||
| +BH O'Malley | c Edwards b Challies | 49 | 56 | 9 | - | ||
| JA Porter | b Baker | 43 | |||||
| A Bayliss | c Carey b Baker | 5 | |||||
| LB Hart | b Edwards | 0 | |||||
| GJ Geering | c and b Spence | 2 | |||||
| TJ Cavill | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out) | 158 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-158 | |||||||
| Nelson City bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Baker | ? | ? | 41 | 4 | - | - | |
| Haskell | ? | ? | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Challies | ? | ? | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Edwards | ? | ? | 16 | 2 | - | - | |
| Carey | ? | ? | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| IH Ching | ? | ? | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Spence | ? | ? | 5 | 1 | - | - | |
| Nelson City first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| M Martyn | b Geering | 40 | |||||
| DV Spence | b Geering | 72 | 116 | 11 | - | ||
| GA Leggat | lbw b Jordan | 65 | |||||
| IH Ching | b Dennis | 16 | |||||
| RA Sowman | lbw b Jordan | 55 | |||||
| AB Carey | b Stead | 39 | |||||
| KAW Baker | b Jordan | 11 | |||||
| RS Challies | not out | 72 | 81 | 11 | - | ||
| WJR Haskell | run out | 16 | |||||
| PF Edwards | not out | 46 | 54 | 4 | - | ||
| *+JL Ching | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (12 b, 6 lb, 4 nb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared) | 454 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-105, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-? | |||||||
| Mid-Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Geering | 22 | 2 | 92 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cavill | ? | ? | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dennis | 20 | ? | 108 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jordan | 23 | 2 | 92 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cullen | ? | ? | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| Porter | ? | ? | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stead | ? | ? | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mid-Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HJ Jordan | b Haskell | 10 | |||||
| TA Dennis | b Haskell | 13 | |||||
| AW Stead | run out | 32 | |||||
| EM Flaherty | st JL Ching b Challies | 7 | |||||
| HJ Cullen | c [unknown] b Edwards | 101 | 16 | 1 | |||
| +BH O'Malley | st JL Ching b Challies | 39 | 31 | 6 | 2 | ||
| A Bayliss | b Spence | 3 | |||||
| JA Porter | st JL Ching b Challies | 29 | |||||
| LB Hart | c Baker b Challies | 2 | |||||
| GJ Geering | lbw b Edwards | 0 | |||||
| TJ Cavill | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 13 lb, 1 w) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (all out) | 264 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-45, 4-91, 5-146, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-264 | |||||||
| Nelson City bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Haskell | ? | ? | 25 | 2 | - | - | |
| Baker | ? | ? | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| Challies | 24 | 3 | 74 | 4 | - | - | |
| Edwards | ? | ? | 33 | 2 | - | - | |
| Carey | ? | ? | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Spence | ? | ? | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Bowling in the Mid-Canterbury second innings adds 1 run over
--> HJ Cullen (2) 100 in 130 minutes with 16 fours and 1 six
M Martyn and DV Spence put on 105 in 96 minutes for the first wicket in the Nelson City first innings
RS Challies and PF Edwards added 110 (undefeated) in 54 minutes for the ninth wicket in the Nelson City first innings
HJ Cullen and JA Porter added 96 in 50 minutes for the seventh wicket in the Mid-Canterbury second innings
In the Mid-Canterbury second innings HJ Cullen was caught by Ching but it is not known which Ching took the catch
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