In the first match, at Rugby Park, Invercargill, Otago made 166 (Jack Doig taking 7 for 46) and 85 for 3 declared, and Southland 71 and 62.

[10] In 1918–19 at Rugby Park, Otago made only 94 and 88 (Jack Doig taking 5 for 43 and 5 for 41), yet still comfortably defeated Southland, Henry Holderness and Arthur Alloo dismissing them for 41 and 55.

[14] Three weeks later Southland played their final first-class match, against the touring Australians at Rugby Park.

Southland made 122 and dismissed the Australians for 195 (Doig 5 for 102, McBeath 4 for 51) before rain washed out the rest of the match.

[15] The opening bowlers Dan McBeath and Jack Doig were Southland's two outstanding players.

[19] From 1921, for first-class (and in later years List A and Twenty20) cricket purposes Southland merged with Otago.

The Test leg-spinner Jack Alabaster played 14 matches for Southland and took 92 wickets at an average of 13.29.

His brother Gren Alabaster played 20 Hawke Cup matches and took 102 wickets at an average of 14.78.

Robert Anderson, another Test player, played 16 Hawke Cup games and scored 1773 runs at an average of 70.29.