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| Venue | Horton Park, Blenheim on 2nd, 3rd February 1985 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Buller won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (Marlborough won on first innings) |
| Umpires | PV Anderson, NC Cook |
| Scorers | BJ Curgenven, AB Fitzpatrick |
| Close of play day 1 | Marlborough (1) 54/0 (Nicol 19*, McRae 31*) |
| Buller first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SA Riddell | c and b Sowman | 16 | 91 | 89 | 1 | - | |
| AK Dellaca | lbw b Win | 11 | 42 | 47 | - | - | |
| G Lee | c Lane b Fitzgerald | 20 | 58 | 56 | 3 | - | |
| DJ Baird | c McRae b Nicol | 96 | 101 | 115 | 13 | 3 | |
| JA McArthur | c and b Nicol | 28 | 145 | 155 | 2 | - | |
| W Lane | run out | 1 | 18 | 18 | - | - | |
| ML Johnson | lbw b Fitzgerald | 3 | 26 | 22 | - | - | |
| WB Townrow | c Lane b Fitzgerald | 17 | 48 | 43 | 1 | - | |
| KR Nicholas | b Fitzgerald | 10 | 40 | 38 | 1 | - | |
| AP O'Dea | b Win | 24 | 30 | 32 | 2 | - | |
| GT Avery | not out | 4 | 17 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (6 b, 14 lb, 14 nb) | 34 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 324 minutes, 100.1 overs) | 264 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19 (Dellaca), 2-41 (Riddell), 3-67 (Lee), 4-172 (Baird), 5-179 (Lane), 6-189 (Johnson), 7-197 (McArthur), 8-224 (Townrow), 9-234 (Nicholas), 10-264 (O'Dea, 100.1 ov) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Win | 25.1 | 6 | 66 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Fitzgerald | 26 | 5 | 61 | 4 | - | 13 | |
| Thomas | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sowman | 14 | 1 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| GM Wilson | 7 | 1 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nicol | 18 | 7 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| JPE Wilson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marlborough first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Nicol | lbw b Nicholas | 39 | 149 | 181 | 3 | - | |
| GP McRae | c Riddell b O'Dea | 32 | 74 | 84 | 4 | - | |
| *AJ Hill | c sub (GR Wood) b O'Dea | 14 | 33 | 34 | 1 | - | |
| JJ Cunliffe | b Lane | 39 | 58 | 57 | 6 | - | |
| JPE Wilson | run out | 20 | 67 | 63 | 1 | - | |
| RI Thomas | run out | 72 | 77 | 86 | 7 | 2 | |
| GM Wilson | b Townrow | 19 | 54 | 54 | 1 | - | |
| +MEL Lane | c O'Dea b Townrow | 10 | 24 | 36 | 1 | - | |
| P Fitzgerald | not out | 24 | 18 | 15 | 4 | - | |
| AT Sowman | not out | 0 | 1 | 7 | - | - | |
| DA Win | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 5 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 314 minutes, 92 overs) | 280 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-55 (McRae), 2-77 (Hill), 3-128 (Cunliffe), 4-128 (Nicol), 5-208 (JPE Wilson), 6-227 (Thomas), 7-251 (GM Wilson), 8-266 (Lane) | |||||||
| Buller bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| O'Dea | 25 | 6 | 84 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Avery | 10 | 5 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Townrow | 21 | 6 | 58 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Nicholas | 19 | 4 | 65 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lane | 17 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Buller second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SA Riddell | c Cunliffe b Fitzgerald | 3 | 21 | 21 | - | - | |
| AK Dellaca | b Fitzgerald | 12 | 35 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| G Lee | c McRae b Sowman | 21 | 89 | 92 | 1 | - | |
| DJ Baird | c and b Win | 10 | 14 | 15 | 2 | - | |
| W Lane | c Hill b JPE Wilson | 30 | 92 | 75 | 3 | - | |
| JA McArthur | not out | 3 | 34 | 29 | - | - | |
| ML Johnson | not out | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| WB Townrow | did not bat | ||||||
| KR Nicholas | did not bat | ||||||
| AP O'Dea | did not bat | ||||||
| GT Avery | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 2 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 144 minutes, 49 overs) | 88 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Riddell), 2-17 (Dellaca), 3-28 (Baird), 4-60 (Lee), 5-83 (Lane) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Win | 12 | 2 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Fitzgerald | 14 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Sowman | 13 | 7 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Nicol | 6 | 3 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| JPE Wilson | 4 | 1 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |