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| Venue | Harry Barker Reserve, Gisborne on 16th, 17th December 1978 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | [unknown], TA McCall |
| Scorer | PN Culpan |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Midlands first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *PJ Malcon | c Singh b Maclellan | 3 | |||||
| CW Dear | b Maclellan | 13 | |||||
| P Stevenson | b Henry | 1 | |||||
| WT Murdock | c Whiteman b Henry | 17 | |||||
| RJ McLeod | c Broughton b Barton | 45 | 154 | 6 | - | ||
| DW Woolston | st Singh b Murton | 15 | |||||
| +JA Leigh | c Singh b Barton | 1 | |||||
| B Delaney | c and b Murton | 17 | |||||
| M Williams | b Henry | 4 | |||||
| RJ Griffiths | lbw b Murton | 9 | |||||
| DW Pinder | not out | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 38.5 overs) | 140 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Malcon), 2-17, 3-21, 4-59, 5-81, 6-89, 7-114, 8-120, 9-129, 10-140 (38.5 ov) | |||||||
| Poverty Bay bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Henry | 14 | 3 | 49 | 3 | - | - | |
| Maclellan | 6 | 1 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Muir | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barton | 8 | 2 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Murton | 7.5 | 1 | 27 | 3 | - | - | |
| Poverty Bay first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RD Broughton | c and b Pinder | 39 | 93 | 5 | - | ||
| *SE Goldsbury | c Pinder b Malcon | 37 | 135 | 5 | - | ||
| NH Whiteman | c Delaney b Griffiths | 40 | 75 | 5 | - | ||
| GM Gilbert | run out | 43 | 88 | 4 | - | ||
| PH Barton | c Stevenson b Murdock | 11 | |||||
| TM Murton | c McLeod b Malcon | 1 | |||||
| +NP Singh | lbw b Malcon | 1 | |||||
| DW Henry | c Woolston b Malcon | 19 | |||||
| GW Muir | c Delaney b Griffiths | 18 | |||||
| W Maclellan | not out | 18 | |||||
| PC Hansen | st Leigh b Murdock | 22 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 2 lb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 371 minutes, 95.5 overs) | 255 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-65 (Broughton), 2-90 (Goldsbury), 3-141, 4-171, 5-171, 6-177, 7-178, 8-207, 9-220, 10-255 (95.5 ov) | |||||||
| Midlands bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Griffiths | 19 | 4 | 56 | 2 | - | - | |
| Pinder | 20 | 7 | 57 | 1 | - | - | |
| Malcon | 34 | 13 | 77 | 4 | - | - | |
| Murdock | 22.5 | 6 | 59 | 2 | - | - | |
| Midlands second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| P Stevenson | c Goldsbury b Maclellan | 26 | 2 | - | |||
| CW Dear | st Singh b Hansen | 32 | 4 | - | |||
| DW Woolston | c Goldsbury b Hansen | 10 | |||||
| RJ McLeod | b Maclellan | 0 | |||||
| WT Murdock | not out | 0 | |||||
| *PJ Malcon | not out | 4 | |||||
| +JA Leigh | did not bat | ||||||
| B Delaney | did not bat | ||||||
| M Williams | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Griffiths | did not bat | ||||||
| DW Pinder | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 w) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 34 overs) | 73 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-53, 2-69, 3-69, 4-69 | |||||||
| Poverty Bay bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Henry | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Maclellan | 7 | 3 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| Muir | 7 | 3 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barton | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Murton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hansen | 12 | 6 | 23 | 2 | - | - | |