| f26090 ps373 | |
| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 27th, 28th, 29th December 1965 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Toss not known | 
| Result | Canterbury won by 2 wickets | 
| Points | Canterbury 10; Auckland 3 | 
| Umpires | FR Goodall, AH Smail | 
| Close of play day 1 | Auckland (1) 321 all out | 
| Close of play day 2 | Canterbury (1) 271/8 (Gallop 112*, McIntyre 34*) | 
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TW Jarvis | c Hartland b Motz | 10 | |||||
| RM Harris | c Motz b McIntyre | 75 | |||||
| RW Morgan | c Gallop b Motz | 44 | |||||
| *JT Sparling | b Motz | 67 | |||||
| AR Morrison | c Thomson b Taylor | 13 | |||||
| NS Harford | c McIntyre b Bartlett | 5 | |||||
| JD Behrent | b Bartlett | 4 | |||||
| RS Cunis | not out | 50 | |||||
| HJ Howarth | run out | 3 | |||||
| +RI Harford | b Taylor | 7 | |||||
| RE Sutton | b Taylor | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (17 b, 3 lb, 22 nb, 1 w) | 43 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 107.2 overs) | 321 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-50, 2-124, 3-181, 4-207, 5-216, 6-223, 7-272, 8-280, 9-315, 10-321 (107.2 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Bartlett | 24 | 3 | 72 | 2 | - | - | 
| Motz | 31 | 9 | 64 | 3 | - | - | 
| Taylor | 22.2 | 3 | 69 | 3 | - | - | 
| McIntyre | 25 | 12 | 52 | 1 | - | - | 
| Gallop | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | 
| Ryan | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | 
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IR Hartland | c Morgan b Sutton | 7 | |||||
| ML Ryan | lbw b Sutton | 0 | |||||
| *BF Hastings | c RI Harford b Sutton | 4 | |||||
| BG Hadlee | c Jarvis b Cunis | 2 | |||||
| K Thomson | c Cunis b Sparling | 68 | |||||
| BR Taylor | b Cunis | 9 | |||||
| DL Gallop | b Sutton | 124 | |||||
| RC Motz | c Morrison b Howarth | 0 | |||||
| GA Bartlett | c Jarvis b Sparling | 11 | |||||
| JM McIntyre | c RI Harford b Sutton | 34 | |||||
| +GW Henry | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (17 b, 5 lb, 3 nb) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 117.2 overs) | 287 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-8, 3-13, 4-13, 5-23, 6-143, 7-148, 8-171, 9-272, 10-287 (117.2 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Cunis | 35 | 9 | 73 | 2 | - | - | 
| Sutton | 24.2 | 9 | 42 | 5 | - | - | 
| Behrent | 14 | 1 | 37 | 0 | - | - | 
| Sparling | 24 | 7 | 58 | 2 | - | - | 
| Howarth | 11 | 3 | 33 | 1 | - | - | 
| Morgan | 9 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | 
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TW Jarvis | c Henry b Bartlett | 8 | |||||
| RM Harris | c Thomson b Motz | 0 | |||||
| RW Morgan | b Taylor | 14 | |||||
| *JT Sparling | c Thomson b Taylor | 11 | |||||
| AR Morrison | c Thomson b Taylor | 0 | |||||
| NS Harford | b Bartlett | 29 | |||||
| JD Behrent | lbw b Bartlett | 19 | |||||
| RS Cunis | c Hastings b Taylor | 8 | |||||
| HJ Howarth | c McIntyre b Motz | 0 | |||||
| +RI Harford | not out | 4 | |||||
| RE Sutton | b Motz | 12 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 5 lb, 8 nb) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 42 overs) | 129 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-11, 3-37, 4-38, 5-39, 6-81, 7-100, 8-107, 9-108, 10-129 (42 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Bartlett | 10 | 1 | 32 | 3 | - | - | 
| Motz | 16 | 6 | 38 | 3 | - | - | 
| Taylor | 15 | 7 | 28 | 4 | - | - | 
| Gallop | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | 
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IR Hartland | st RI Harford b Sparling | 38 | |||||
| ML Ryan | c Morrison b Sparling | 43 | |||||
| *BF Hastings | lbw b Sparling | 6 | |||||
| BG Hadlee | b Cunis | 27 | |||||
| K Thomson | b Sparling | 0 | |||||
| BR Taylor | b Sparling | 6 | |||||
| DL Gallop | c RI Harford b Cunis | 3 | |||||
| RC Motz | c and b Sparling | 11 | |||||
| GA Bartlett | not out | 18 | |||||
| JM McIntyre | not out | 1 | |||||
| +GW Henry | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 40 overs) | 164 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-68, 2-87, 3-88, 4-88, 5-99, 6-112, 7-129, 8-147 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Cunis | 19 | 2 | 54 | 2 | - | - | 
| Sutton | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | - | - | 
| Behrent | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | 
| Sparling | 14 | 2 | 56 | 6 | - | - |