| f23601 | |
| Venue | Carisbrook, Dunedin on 20th, 21st, 23rd, 24th January 1961 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Marylebone Cricket Club won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | WJC Gwynne, RW Pollok |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Close of play day 2 | New Zealand (1) 273/6 (Sparling 56*, Motz 29*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 277/5 (Watson 29*, Murray 2*) |
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GT Dowling | c Murray b Larter | 5 | |||||
| JW Guy | c Murray b Smith | 18 | |||||
| PT Barton | c Barber b Larter | 42 | |||||
| SN McGregor | lbw b Barber | 19 | |||||
| *JR Reid | lbw b Sayer | 19 | |||||
| PGZ Harris | c Prideaux b Larter | 78 | |||||
| JT Sparling | not out | 75 | |||||
| RC Motz | c Watson b Smith | 36 | |||||
| GA Bartlett | not out | 12 | |||||
| +EC Petrie | did not bat | ||||||
| JC Alabaster | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 134 overs) | 313 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-45, 3-82, 4-91, 5-118, 6-225, 7-286 | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Larter | 28 | 5 | 72 | 3 | - | - | |
| Smith | 38 | 6 | 98 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sayer | 21 | 2 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Allen | 24 | 7 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barber | 23 | 9 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WE Russell | run out | 12 | |||||
| RM Prideaux | b Motz | 63 | |||||
| WJP Stewart | c Dowling b Bartlett | 39 | |||||
| RW Barber | b Alabaster | 28 | |||||
| JM Parks | st Petrie b Sparling | 82 | |||||
| *W Watson | not out | 29 | |||||
| +JT Murray | not out | 2 | |||||
| DR Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| DA Allen | did not bat | ||||||
| DM Sayer | did not bat | ||||||
| JDF Larter | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 7 lb, 7 nb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 89 overs) | 277 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-46, 2-127, 3-141, 4-172, 5-267 | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bartlett | 19 | 2 | 65 | 1 | - | - | |
| Motz | 20 | 9 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| Reid | 17 | 10 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 26 | 3 | 84 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sparling | 7 | 1 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| New Zealand second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GT Dowling | lbw b Larter | 3 | |||||
| JW Guy | c Smith b Allen | 10 | |||||
| PT Barton | b Allen | 31 | |||||
| SN McGregor | c Watson b Allen | 28 | |||||
| *JR Reid | c and b Barber | 4 | |||||
| PGZ Harris | c Prideaux b Barber | 4 | |||||
| JT Sparling | b Allen | 6 | |||||
| RC Motz | c Watson b Barber | 60 | |||||
| +EC Petrie | b Barber | 1 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | lbw b Barber | 14 | |||||
| GA Bartlett | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 2 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 73.4 overs) | 169 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-27, 3-73, 4-74, 5-78, 6-91, 7-99, 8-110, 9-167, 10-169 (73.4 ov) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Larter | 9 | 2 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sayer | 8 | 3 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Allen | 22 | 13 | 44 | 4 | - | - | |
| Barber | 28.4 | 7 | 86 | 5 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WE Russell | lbw b Motz | 29 | |||||
| RM Prideaux | c Sparling b Alabaster | 76 | |||||
| WJP Stewart | c McGregor b Reid | 34 | |||||
| JM Parks | run out | 1 | |||||
| DR Smith | c Dowling b Reid | 5 | |||||
| RW Barber | c and b Motz | 6 | |||||
| *W Watson | b Motz | 4 | |||||
| +JT Murray | not out | 3 | |||||
| DA Allen | not out | 0 | |||||
| DM Sayer | did not bat | ||||||
| JDF Larter | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 4 lb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 43 overs) | 167 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-77, 2-121, 3-128, 4-153, 5-155, 6-161, 7-166 | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bartlett | 12 | 3 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Motz | 12 | 1 | 41 | 3 | - | - | |
| Reid | 7 | 0 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 11 | 0 | 55 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sparling | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |