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| Venue | Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 17th, 18th, 19th February 1973 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Taranaki won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Taranaki won by 8 wickets |
| Umpires | GB Johnston, RC Miller |
| Close of play day 1 | Taranaki (1) 139/3 (Green 35*, GJ Roberts 10*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Waikato (2) 174/8 (A Puna 2*, Smith 2*; 51 overs) |
| Waikato first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CA Webb | b Jordan | 6 | |||||
| HT Schuster | c Dravitzki b Jordan | 10 | |||||
| GB Murphy | lbw b McEldowney | 2 | |||||
| *ADG Roberts | run out | 1 | |||||
| GV Giles | c Dravitzki b Jordan | 14 | |||||
| KN Puna | b Jordan | 22 | |||||
| +ID Woon | b Jordan | 9 | |||||
| J Freeman | b Yardley | 0 | |||||
| A Puna | lbw b Yardley | 6 | |||||
| JD Smith | not out | 11 | |||||
| BG Foulds | b Yardley | 12 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 6 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 183 minutes, 33 overs) | 101 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-13, 3-15, 4-32, 5-43, 6-58, 7-60, 8-76, 9-82, 10-101 (33 ov) | |||||||
| Taranaki bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 15 | 4 | 49 | 5 | - | - | |
| McEldowney | 7 | 1 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Yardley | 10 | 6 | 16 | 3 | - | - | |
| O'Byrne | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Taranaki first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BL Roberts | lbw b Freeman | 39 | 155 | 4 | - | ||
| +TM Dravitzki | b Freeman | 38 | 110 | 6 | - | ||
| HC Sampson | st Woon b A Puna | 1 | - | - | |||
| DI Green | b Smith | 62 | 238 | 9 | 1 | ||
| GJ Roberts | b Foulds | 23 | 129 | 1 | 1 | ||
| IR Snook | run out | 14 | |||||
| GR Prestney | c Webb b Smith | 15 | |||||
| *DR Yardley | c KN Puna b A Puna | 8 | |||||
| TA O'Byrne | c Webb b Smith | 0 | |||||
| AB Jordan | c KN Puna b A Puna | 9 | |||||
| CJ McEldowney | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 8 lb, 2 nb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 386 minutes, 84.6 overs) | 229 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-74 (Dravitzki), 2-77 (Sampson), 3-101 (BL Roberts), 4-167 (GJ Roberts), 5-186 (Snook), 6-205 (Prestney), 7-214 (Green), 8-214 (O'Byrne), 9-229, 10-229 (84.6 ov) | |||||||
| Waikato bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Foulds | 14 | 3 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 14 | 4 | 30 | 3 | - | - | |
| A Puna | 26.6 | 9 | 50 | 3 | - | - | |
| Freeman | 24 | 6 | 76 | 2 | - | - | |
| Schuster | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Murphy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Webb | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Waikato second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CA Webb | lbw b O'Byrne | 50 | 173 | 6 | - | ||
| HT Schuster | b Yardley | 14 | |||||
| GB Murphy | c Dravitzki b O'Byrne | 48 | 7 | - | |||
| *ADG Roberts | lbw b Yardley | 1 | |||||
| GV Giles | st Dravitzki b O'Byrne | 18 | |||||
| KN Puna | c Sampson b O'Byrne | 2 | |||||
| +ID Woon | b O'Byrne | 5 | |||||
| J Freeman | b Snook | 13 | |||||
| A Puna | not out | 32 | 81 | 4 | - | ||
| JD Smith | c McEldowney b O'Byrne | 16 | 3 | - | |||
| BG Foulds | b Yardley | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 9 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 321 minutes, 71.4 overs) | 226 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30 (Schuster), 2-118 (Webb), 3-121, 4-121, 5-129, 6-147, 7-170, 8-172, 9-203, 10-226 (71.4 ov) | |||||||
| Taranaki bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 11 | 2 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| McEldowney | 8 | 1 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Yardley | 17.4 | 8 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| O'Byrne | 25 | 4 | 74 | 6 | - | - | |
| Snook | 5 | 2 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Prestney | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Taranaki second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BL Roberts | not out | 50 | 107 | 8 | - | ||
| +TM Dravitzki | c Webb b Foulds | 5 | |||||
| HC Sampson | c and b Giles | 32 | 2 | - | |||
| DI Green | not out | 2 | |||||
| GJ Roberts | did not bat | ||||||
| IR Snook | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Prestney | did not bat | ||||||
| *DR Yardley | did not bat | ||||||
| TA O'Byrne | did not bat | ||||||
| AB Jordan | did not bat | ||||||
| CJ McEldowney | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 1 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 107 minutes, 24.6 overs) | 99 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22 (Dravitzki), 2-90 (Sampson) | |||||||
| Waikato bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Foulds | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| A Puna | 8 | 2 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| KN Puna | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Freeman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Roberts | 2.6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Giles | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |