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| Venue | Beckenham Park, Christchurch on 29th, 30th December 1971 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | North Canterbury won by an innings and 7 runs |
| Close of play day 1 | North Canterbury (1) ?/2 (Ryan ?*, Sowden ?*) |
| Christchurch Suburban Association first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| K Smith | b Merrin | 6 | 10 | 14 | 1 | - | |
| B Malden | c Blakely b Merrin | 9 | 26 | - | - | ||
| M Corner | b McIntosh | 10 | 36 | - | - | ||
| W Paulin | b Sowden | 11 | 50 | 2 | - | ||
| B Rickard | b Merrin | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| D McNaughton | lbw b Merrin | 11 | 64 | - | - | ||
| T Clark | c Williams b Sowden | 6 | 20 | - | - | ||
| R Wilson | c Sowden b Merrin | 19 | 33 | 4 | - | ||
| MJ Eddington | not out | 1 | 16 | - | - | ||
| R Trent | b Merrin | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| P Burton | c Blakely b Merrin | 4 | 9 | 1 | - | ||
| Extras | (13 b, 3 lb, 1 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 138 minutes, 26.5 overs) | 107 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16 (Smith), 2-23 (Malden), 3-35 (Corner), 4-48 (Rickard), 5-60 (Paulin), 6-68 (Clark), 7-98 (McNaughton), 8-99 (Wilson), 9-99 (Trent), 10-107 (Burton, 26.5 ov) | |||||||
| North Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Merrin | 10.5 | 2 | 45 | 7 | - | - | |
| Sowden | 7 | 1 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| McIntosh | 6 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rapley | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| North Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +PR Williams | c Wilson b McNaughton | 53 | 167 | 5 | - | ||
| *SJ Blakely | lbw b Wilson | 20 | 72 | 3 | - | ||
| JJ Ryan | run out | 71 | 183 | 8 | - | ||
| RJ Sowden | c McNaughton b Clark | 62 | 114 | 9 | - | ||
| PR Rutherford | not out | 6 | 35 | - | - | ||
| RC Merrin | not out | 3 | 9 | - | - | ||
| PW Jenkins | did not bat | ||||||
| CJ Heslop | did not bat | ||||||
| AF Rapley | did not bat | ||||||
| WH Newton | did not bat | ||||||
| JJ McIntosh | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (24 b, 7 lb) | 31 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 290 minutes, 65 overs) | 246 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-55 (Blakely), 2-139 (Williams), 3-221 (Ryan), 4-242 (Sowden) | |||||||
| Christchurch Suburban Association bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McNaughton | 15 | 4 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
| Trent | 5 | 1 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Eddington | 8 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 18 | 5 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Malden | 10 | 1 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| Paulin | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Clark | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Christchurch Suburban Association second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| K Smith | run out | 26 | 95 | 1 | - | ||
| M Corner | c Sowden b Merrin | 1 | 3 | 10 | - | - | |
| B Rickard | b Newton | 42 | 66 | 7 | - | ||
| W Paulin | b Newton | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| D McNaughton | c Williams b Rapley | 10 | 21 | 2 | - | ||
| R Wilson | c Blakely b Rapley | 4 | 16 | 1 | - | ||
| T Clark | lbw b Newton | 14 | 28 | 2 | - | ||
| MJ Eddington | not out | 15 | 46 | 2 | - | ||
| B Malden | st Williams b Heslop | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| P Burton | c Jenkins b Heslop | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| R Trent | c Merrin b Newton | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (15 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 137 minutes, 29.7 overs) | 132 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9 (Corner), 2-82 (Rickard), 3-82 (Paulin), 4-98 (Smith), 5-98 (McNaughton), 6-111 (Wilson), 7-124 (Clark), 8-125 (Malden), 9-125 (Burton), 10-132 (Trent, 29.7 ov) | |||||||
| North Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Merrin | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| McIntosh | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Newton | 10.7 | 2 | 52 | 4 | - | - | |
| Rapley | 9 | 2 | 22 | 2 | - | - | |
| Heslop | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | - | - | |