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| Venue | Harry Barker Reserve, Gisborne on 31st January, 1st, 2nd February 1976 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 8 | 
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Canterbury won by 50 runs | 
| Points | Northern Districts 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2); Canterbury 17 (Batting 5, Bowling 2) | 
| Umpires | DF Collinge, RW Norris | 
| Close of play day 1 | Canterbury (1) 263/4 (Congdon 110*, Stead 13*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Canterbury (2) 12/0 (Coman 5*, BG Hadlee 7*) | 
| Player of the Match | BE Congdon | 
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PG Coman | c MJE Wright b Stimpson | 27 | |||||
| BG Hadlee | c Puna b Stimpson | 2 | |||||
| NM Parker | c MJE Wright b Penhearow | 75 | |||||
| BF Hastings | c Freeman b Dickeson | 30 | |||||
| *BE Congdon | not out | 110 | |||||
| DW Stead | not out | 13 | |||||
| RJ Hadlee | did not bat | ||||||
| AR Hounsell | did not bat | ||||||
| DW Bracewell | did not bat | ||||||
| +KJ Wadsworth | did not bat | ||||||
| SL Boock | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 4 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 65 overs) | 263 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-35, 3-74, 4-229 | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cunis | 13 | 1 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stimpson | 13 | 1 | 61 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dickeson | 24 | 5 | 66 | 1 | - | - | |
| Penhearow | 15 | 0 | 88 | 1 | - | - | |
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Fulton | c Wadsworth b RJ Hadlee | 4 | |||||
| JG Wright | b Boock | 54 | |||||
| ADG Roberts | c Parker b RJ Hadlee | 48 | |||||
| *JM Parker | b RJ Hadlee | 6 | |||||
| KN Puna | not out | 28 | |||||
| +MJE Wright | not out | 36 | |||||
| J Freeman | did not bat | ||||||
| CW Dickeson | did not bat | ||||||
| AJP Stimpson | did not bat | ||||||
| RS Cunis | did not bat | ||||||
| RA Penhearow | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 2 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 52.3 overs) | 184 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-107, 3-111, 4-115 | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| RJ Hadlee | 15 | 2 | 40 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hounsell | 7 | 1 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Congdon | 10 | 2 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boock | 11 | 4 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 8.3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stead | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PG Coman | c Roberts b Dickeson | 38 | |||||
| BG Hadlee | b Stimpson | 20 | |||||
| NM Parker | c Stimpson b Dickeson | 33 | |||||
| BF Hastings | c Roberts b Dickeson | 38 | |||||
| RJ Hadlee | b Dickeson | 4 | |||||
| DW Stead | b Stimpson | 20 | |||||
| AR Hounsell | lbw b Stimpson | 0 | |||||
| DW Bracewell | not out | 3 | |||||
| +KJ Wadsworth | not out | 0 | |||||
| *BE Congdon | did not bat | ||||||
| SL Boock | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (10 b, 2 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 40 overs) | 168 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-61, 2-65, 3-120, 4-133, 5-160, 6-160, 7-161 | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cunis | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stimpson | 10 | 1 | 32 | 3 | - | - | |
| Dickeson | 16 | 1 | 64 | 4 | - | - | |
| Penhearow | 8 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northern Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Fulton | run out | 17 | |||||
| JG Wright | lbw b Stead | 39 | |||||
| ADG Roberts | c Parker b Stead | 5 | |||||
| *JM Parker | c sub b Boock | 34 | |||||
| KN Puna | run out | 39 | |||||
| +MJE Wright | lbw b Boock | 0 | |||||
| J Freeman | c Stead b Boock | 0 | |||||
| CW Dickeson | not out | 34 | |||||
| AJP Stimpson | st Wadsworth b Boock | 17 | |||||
| RS Cunis | c Parker b Boock | 0 | |||||
| RA Penhearow | b RJ Hadlee | 7 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 54.7 overs) | 197 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-33, 2-50, 3-65, 4-131, 5-131, 6-131, 7-159, 8-178, 9-179, 10-197 (54.7 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| RJ Hadlee | 9.7 | 2 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Congdon | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boock | 21 | 6 | 74 | 5 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stead | 13 | 1 | 57 | 2 | - | - | |