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| Venue | McLean Park, Napier on 30th, 31st December 1977, 1st January 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Central Districts 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Canterbury 9 (Batting 4, Bowling 5) |
| Umpires | JG Reardon, AG Walker |
| Close of play day 1 | Canterbury (1) 130/4 (BG Hadlee 73*, Stead 24*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Central Districts (2) 176/6 (Rutherford 54*, Bracewell 42*) |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IA Rutherford | b Boock | 27 | |||||
| RW Anderson | b Boock | 64 | |||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | c Parker b DR Hadlee | 6 | |||||
| PJ Holland | b RJ Hadlee | 1 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | c Ryan b RJ Hadlee | 14 | |||||
| GJ Langridge | b RJ Hadlee | 2 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | b Boock | 5 | |||||
| DW Bracewell | c Smith b Boock | 5 | |||||
| DR O'Sullivan | not out | 21 | |||||
| RI Thomas | c Parker b Boock | 24 | |||||
| DJ Kay | b Boock | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 51.1 overs) | 184 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-74, 2-93, 3-117, 4-117, 5-124, 6-124, 7-134, 8-134, 9-178, 10-184 (51.1 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| RJ Hadlee | 15 | 5 | 49 | 3 | - | - | |
| King | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| DR Hadlee | 13 | 2 | 60 | 1 | - | - | |
| Boock | 19.1 | 9 | 32 | 6 | - | - | |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BG Hadlee | b Bracewell | 116 | |||||
| AE Collins | b O'Sullivan | 16 | |||||
| NM Parker | run out | 6 | |||||
| PE McEwan | c Rutherford b O'Sullivan | 0 | |||||
| GB Smith | c Kay b Thomas | 1 | |||||
| DW Stead | c sub b O'Sullivan | 53 | |||||
| *+ML Ryan | c Toynbee b Bracewell | 40 | |||||
| RJ Hadlee | not out | 16 | |||||
| DR Hadlee | c Kay b Thomas | 4 | |||||
| SL Boock | b Bracewell | 3 | |||||
| RH King | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 14 lb, 3 nb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 75 overs) | 277 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39, 2-59, 3-59, 4-81, 5-184, 6-241, 7-250, 8-258, 9-275 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kay | 10 | 2 | 50 | 0 | - | - | |
| Thomas | 16 | 6 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 30 | 7 | 92 | 3 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 19 | 6 | 73 | 3 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IA Rutherford | c Smith b Stead | 133 | |||||
| RW Anderson | c Ryan b King | 4 | |||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | c Ryan b DR Hadlee | 51 | |||||
| GJ Langridge | c and b Boock | 7 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | b DR Hadlee | 6 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | b DR Hadlee | 0 | |||||
| PJ Holland | b DR Hadlee | 2 | |||||
| DW Bracewell | b Stead | 56 | |||||
| DR O'Sullivan | lbw b RJ Hadlee | 16 | |||||
| RI Thomas | b RJ Hadlee | 0 | |||||
| DJ Kay | not out | 39 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 13 lb, 3 nb) | 27 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 110.5 overs) | 341 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-69, 3-84, 4-91, 5-91, 6-93, 7-195, 8-241, 9-243, 10-341 (110.5 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| RJ Hadlee | 21 | 1 | 78 | 2 | - | - | |
| King | 5 | 0 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| DR Hadlee | 28 | 5 | 79 | 4 | - | - | |
| Boock | 35 | 14 | 69 | 1 | - | - | |
| Stead | 18.5 | 8 | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| McEwan | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BG Hadlee | b Thomas | 56 | |||||
| AE Collins | c Edwards b Thomas | 18 | |||||
| NM Parker | c and b Thomas | 30 | |||||
| PE McEwan | b O'Sullivan | 0 | |||||
| GB Smith | b O'Sullivan | 12 | |||||
| DW Stead | lbw b Bracewell | 4 | |||||
| RJ Hadlee | c sub b Thomas | 1 | |||||
| *+ML Ryan | not out | 8 | |||||
| DR Hadlee | not out | 3 | |||||
| SL Boock | did not bat | ||||||
| RH King | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 49 overs) | 138 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-52, 2-90, 3-97, 4-118, 5-122, 6-125, 7-128 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kay | 6 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Thomas | 11 | 1 | 42 | 4 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 20 | 3 | 56 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 9 | 5 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Shrimpton | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |