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| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th March 1978 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (Auckland won on first innings) |
| Umpires | EG Wainscott, SJ Woodward |
| Close of play day 1 | Canterbury (1) 247/7 (RJ Hadlee 9*, Phillips 11*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Auckland (1) 284/3 (Burgess 122*, Reid 14*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Canterbury (2) 70/1 (Coman 41*, Parker 0*) |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PG Coman | c Snedden b Cushen | 19 | |||||
| BG Hadlee | c Stott b Cushen | 72 | |||||
| NM Parker | c Burgess b Stott | 9 | |||||
| PE McEwan | lbw b Stott | 13 | |||||
| BE Congdon | c Vivian b Snedden | 73 | |||||
| DW Stead | lbw b Snedden | 29 | |||||
| RJ Hadlee | c Parsons b Stott | 13 | |||||
| *+ML Ryan | lbw b Stott | 0 | |||||
| JG Phillips | not out | 21 | |||||
| DG Trist | c Vivian b Cushen | 5 | |||||
| SL Boock | c Reid b Stott | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 10 lb, 1 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 84.6 overs) | 270 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-46, 2-62, 3-90, 4-155, 5-213, 6-230, 7-230, 8-257, 9-264, 10-270 (84.6 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Cushen | 18 | 0 | 62 | 3 | - | - |
| Snedden | 11 | 1 | 34 | 2 | - | - |
| Stott | 26.6 | 8 | 70 | 5 | - | - |
| McIntyre | 22 | 6 | 62 | 0 | - | - |
| Howarth | 7 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PN Webb | lbw b RJ Hadlee | 22 | |||||
| AEW Parsons | b Stead | 114 | |||||
| RG Arblaster | c Parker b RJ Hadlee | 0 | |||||
| MG Burgess | c Stead b Boock | 132 | |||||
| +JF Reid | c Trist b Boock | 16 | |||||
| *GE Vivian | c Stead b Boock | 4 | |||||
| HJ Howarth | b RJ Hadlee | 14 | |||||
| JM McIntyre | not out | 20 | |||||
| LW Stott | b Boock | 0 | |||||
| MC Snedden | b Boock | 4 | |||||
| JAJ Cushen | not out | 10 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 10 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 85 overs) | 348 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-63, 2-70, 3-245, 4-295, 5-300, 6-302, 7-325, 8-332, 9-338 | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| RJ Hadlee | 23 | 3 | 84 | 3 | - | - |
| Trist | 12 | 1 | 59 | 0 | - | - |
| Congdon | 17 | 2 | 42 | 0 | - | - |
| Boock | 25 | 4 | 122 | 5 | - | - |
| Stead | 8 | 1 | 29 | 1 | - | - |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PG Coman | c and b Snedden | 58 | |||||
| BG Hadlee | c Reid b Snedden | 25 | |||||
| NM Parker | b Snedden | 32 | |||||
| DW Stead | b Snedden | 15 | |||||
| PE McEwan | not out | 52 | |||||
| RJ Hadlee | c Webb b Snedden | 8 | |||||
| BE Congdon | c Arblaster b Stott | 39 | |||||
| *+ML Ryan | did not bat | ||||||
| JG Phillips | did not bat | ||||||
| DG Trist | did not bat | ||||||
| SL Boock | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 11 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 54.2 overs) | 241 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-58, 2-103, 3-134, 4-145, 5-153, 6-241 (54.2 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Cushen | 17 | 1 | 81 | 0 | - | - |
| Snedden | 23 | 1 | 81 | 5 | - | - |
| Stott | 14.2 | 1 | 67 | 1 | - | - |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PN Webb | lbw b Boock | 5 | |||||
| AEW Parsons | c Phillips b RJ Hadlee | 5 | |||||
| RG Arblaster | c Stead b RJ Hadlee | 0 | |||||
| MG Burgess | b RJ Hadlee | 43 | |||||
| +JF Reid | lbw b RJ Hadlee | 20 | |||||
| *GE Vivian | c Phillips b RJ Hadlee | 1 | |||||
| HJ Howarth | not out | 5 | |||||
| JM McIntyre | not out | 0 | |||||
| LW Stott | did not bat | ||||||
| MC Snedden | did not bat | ||||||
| JAJ Cushen | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 10 lb, 1 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 50 overs) | 96 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-14, 3-29, 4-80, 5-86, 6-91 | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| RJ Hadlee | 18 | 9 | 28 | 5 | - | - |
| Boock | 22 | 12 | 34 | 1 | - | - |
| Stead | 10 | 5 | 17 | 0 | - | - |