1969 (6th) Dunedin
Five & a half hour matches, 8 ball overs and 142 gram balls introduced. 12 teams competed. Wednesday rained out. Rampant South Canterbury wins their third tournament in a row.
Total Runs - 7616; total wickets - 542; average 14.91
Most Runs - 253 - John Davies (South Canterbury)
Most Wickets - 16 - Ian McAlpine (Marlborough)
Best Bowling - P Reyner (Otago B) 6 for 16; Warren Eddington (Ashburton) 6 for 16; Peter Tairoa (South Canty) 7 for 26; C Fraser (Otago B) 7 for 42; Ken Moseby (East Southland) 8 for 53
Notable: Ian Rutherford (Otago B) had a debut century of 111

1968 (5th) Blenheim
12 teams competed. South Canterbury again swept all before it to win the two sectional draw.
Total Runs - 6748; total wickets - 609; average 11.08
Most Runs - 160 - John Davies (South Canterbury)
Most Wickets -28 for 111 @3.96 Peter Taiaroa (South Canterbury)
Best Bowling - Larry Porter 8 for 5 including first ever tournament hat trick (Canterbury B); D Dudley 6 for none (East Southland); Warren Eddington 7 for 23 (Ashburton); Ross Manson (North Otago) 8 for 26
Notable Players: Mark Burtt (Canterbury) NZ Hockey; Kevin Collins - Canterbury (Canterbury); Richard Wilson - Canterbury (Canty Cricket + NZ Rugby); Jock Edwards - Nelson (New Zealand)

1967 (4th) Gore
NZ Cricket Coach Martin Horton spoke for over an hour and then fielded questions on the first morning of the SIT - due to a rained out session. South Canterbury became winners while other teams became bogged down in the five hour concept which lead to several no result games.
Total Runs - 5162; Total Wickets - 437; average 11.81
Most Runs - 163 - Chris Schroder (Marlborough)
Most Wickets - 20 - Phil Neal (Marlborough)
Best Bowling - Eric O'Hara (Soth Canty) - 7 for 33
Notable players - Brian McKechnie -Southland (New Zealand + NZ Rugby); Denis Aberhart (Nelson) CD & Canty Bowler and NZ Coach; Warren Eddington (Ashburton) Canty Bowler; Bruce Sewell (South Canty) NZ Bowler; John Lindsay (Christchurch) Canty Rugby; John Wright (North Canty) Nthn Dist & Canty & NZ captain & opening bat; Stew Buttar (Otago) Otago Batter & NZ Bowls coach (deceased); Jock Edwards (Nelson) CD & NZ keeper.

1966 (3rd) Christchurch
Held at Christ's College grounds in Hagley Park. First time teams from South Canterbury and North Otago. Out of town teams stayed at Ilam Halls of Residence. First day was rained out. Ashburton won on count back.
Total Runs - 5952; total wickets - 494; average 12.04
Most Runs - 172 - Murray Weatherston (Otago)
Most Wickets - 23 (for 136 @ 5.9) Paul Drake (Central Otago)
Best Bowling - Paul McCartney - 7 for 57 & Phil Jordon - 7 for 28
Notable players - Dave Dempsey - Christchurch (Canterbury); Brian McKechnie -Southland (New Zealand + NZ Rugby); Ivan Thomson (Christchurch), R Isherwood (Ashburton) and A Anderson (Ashburton) all later excelled.

1965 (2nd) Ashburton
First time teams from Nelson, North Canterbury and Central Otago. Otago were declared the winners on averages.
Total runs - 3328; total wickets - 295; average - 11.28
Most runs - 145 - R Clark (Central Otago)
Most Wickets - 18 - Ross Fenton (Otago)
Best Bowling - Richard Hadlee - 3 bags of 5 wickets
Most improved - Graeme Thomson (Southland)
Notable - Richard Hadlee - later knighted for services to cricket - 431 wickets in 86 test matches; Warren Lees - Otago - (New Zealand) Dave Dempsey - Christchurch (Canterbury)

1964 - Cancelled due to lack of billets.

1963 (1st) Invercargill
Allan Gilbertson (Southland Cricket President) & Neville Hoskin (Founder) welcomed 8 teams: 3 from Southland, 1 each from Otago, Marlborough, Ashburton and 2 from Christchurch - each team manager sharing the umpiring. After 4 days, Marlborough were declared the winners. Play on the final day consisted of a South Island selection against a selected team known as "The Rest".
Total runs scored: 3598; total wickets 316; Average 11.38
Most runs - 200 - Rex Gearry (Christchurch)
Most Wickets - 21 for 74 - Mike Isherwood (Ashburton), including 12 for 12 in the match against Eastern Southland
Best Bowling - Neil McLaine (Marlborough) 9 for 23 against Southland B & Wayne Heinsenbuttel (Marlborough) 8 for
5 against Christchurch B
Most Improved Player - Brian O'Sullivan (Christchurch)
First Century - Rod Walker (Christchurch) [later NZ Rugby League Rep]