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| Venue | Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 2nd, 3rd March 1985 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Taranaki won by 53 runs |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Taranaki first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *IR Snook | b Halliwell | 41 | |||||
| BM Lahood | b Pollock | 4 | |||||
| RL Glover | b Pollock | 35 | |||||
| BC Richards | c Majurey b Halliwell | 9 | |||||
| J Espin | c Stoupe b Halliwell | 1 | |||||
| +PM Blackbourn | c Majurey b Halliwell | 0 | |||||
| PRL Armstrong | lbw b Pollock | 2 | |||||
| IW Ormiston | lbw b Halliwell | 0 | |||||
| CM Kirk | c Wallace b Halliwell | 9 | |||||
| CJ Muggeridge | b Wallace | 10 | |||||
| M Lawton | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 8 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 49.5 overs) | 119 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25 (Lahood), 2-76, 3-88, 4-98, 5-98, 6-100, 7-100, 8-102, 9-114, 10-119 (49.5 ov) | |||||||
| Counties bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pollock | 15 | 4 | 50 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wallace | 6.5 | 0 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Doull | 12 | 3 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Halliwell | 16 | 10 | 12 | 6 | - | - | |
| Counties first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NB Watson | c Snook b Lawton | 5 | |||||
| BT Spragg | c Muggeridge b Lawton | 24 | |||||
| MJ Stabler | c Blackbourn b Muggeridge | 3 | |||||
| RJ Majurey | c Lahood b Lawton | 0 | |||||
| AK Leitch | c Lawton b Muggeridge | 0 | |||||
| DW Stoupe | b Lawton | 0 | |||||
| RH Halliwell | lbw b Lawton | 10 | |||||
| LJ Doull | b Lawton | 8 | |||||
| +ML McMillan | lbw b Muggeridge | 2 | |||||
| *ND Pollock | not out | 2 | |||||
| AJ Wallace | c Blackbourn b Lawton | 3 | |||||
| Extras | 8 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 29.4 overs) | 65 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23 (Watson), 2-33, 3-33, 4-33, 5-34, 6-40, 7-51, 8-60, 9-60, 10-65 (29.4 ov) | |||||||
| Taranaki bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Muggeridge | 15 | 1 | 31 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lawton | 14.4 | 4 | 32 | 7 | - | - | |
| Taranaki second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *IR Snook | b Pollock | 8 | - | - | |||
| BM Lahood | c Leitch b Pollock | 93 | 11 | 1 | |||
| RL Glover | b Wallace | 78 | 7 | - | |||
| BC Richards | not out | 17 | - | - | |||
| J Espin | did not bat | ||||||
| +PM Blackbourn | did not bat | ||||||
| PRL Armstrong | did not bat | ||||||
| IW Ormiston | did not bat | ||||||
| CM Kirk | did not bat | ||||||
| CJ Muggeridge | did not bat | ||||||
| M Lawton | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 14 | ||||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 48.3 overs) | 210 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Snook), 2-149 (Glover), 3-210 (Lahood, 48.3 ov) | |||||||
| Counties bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pollock | 16.3 | 3 | 51 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wallace | 11 | 3 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Doull | 14 | 2 | 63 | 0 | - | - | |
| Halliwell | 6 | 1 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stabler | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Counties second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NB Watson | lbw b Ormiston | 8 | |||||
| BT Spragg | c Snook b Kirk | 47 | |||||
| MJ Stabler | b Ormiston | 5 | |||||
| RJ Majurey | c Lahood b Ormiston | 1 | |||||
| AK Leitch | c Lahood b Kirk | 6 | |||||
| DW Stoupe | c and b Ormiston | 42 | |||||
| RH Halliwell | c Blackbourn b Kirk | 5 | |||||
| LJ Doull | c Ormiston b Kirk | 4 | |||||
| +ML McMillan | c Espin b Kirk | 51 | |||||
| *ND Pollock | c Espin b Kirk | 29 | |||||
| AJ Wallace | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 74 overs) | 211 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-34 (Watson), 2-46 (Stabler), 3-48 (Majurey), 4-69, 5-76, 6-90, 7-94, 8-167, 9-188, 10-211 (74 ov) | |||||||
| Taranaki bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Muggeridge | 7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lawton | 7 | 4 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ormiston | 29 | 8 | 88 | 4 | - | - | |
| Kirk | 30 | 5 | 89 | 6 | - | - | |
| Snook | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |