[1] Moule missed the early matches owing to a hand injury he incurred in Hobart on the way over.
[5] The Australians' train from Dunedin was delayed on the morning of the match, and consequently play did not begin that day until a quarter to two.
[7] The Australians arrived by train from Oamaru in the morning, and play began at one o'clock.
This time, when Canterbury were dismissed for 90 in their first innings, Murdoch wagered he would beat their total on his own; he made 111.
[13] A fill-in match was played afterwards, in which a Wellington XII made 18 all out and the Australians replied in the time available with 8 for 0.
Gales in Cook Strait delayed the Australians' arrival in Nelson, and the match did not start until two o'clock on the first day.
[15] Blackham was injured, and the Australians played with only ten men; they were allowed a substitute to make up 11 in the field.
[16] The pitch was hard and bumpy, and the Wanganui selectors had made sure they selected the district's best fieldsmen.
The Australians played only ten men, as Blackham was unavailable; the locals gave them a substitute fieldsman.
[22] Hugh MacNeil's 44 for Otago and William Barton's 44 for Wanganui were the highest scores made against the Australians on their two tours of New Zealand.