| a2853 | |
| Venue | Seddon Park, Hamilton on 4th January 1981 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Northern Districts won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Canterbury won by 40 runs |
| Points | Northern Districts 0; Canterbury 4 |
| Umpires | BA Bricknell, NW Stoupe |
| Player of the Match | DA Dempsey |
| Canterbury innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| BG Hadlee | c Wright b Roberts | 21 | |||||
| DA Dempsey | c and b Dickeson | 104 | |||||
| RT Latham | b Roberts | 21 | |||||
| *CL Bull | c Dickeson b Treiber | 16 | |||||
| DW Stead | c Dickeson b Treiber | 19 | |||||
| BD Ritchie | c Fowler b Scott | 4 | |||||
| RI Leggat | c Dickeson b Gillespie | 9 | |||||
| SR McNally | b Gillespie | 7 | |||||
| +JM Mackle | not out | 17 | |||||
| CH Thiele | b Scott | 4 | |||||
| GC Bateman | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 5 lb, 1 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 231 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-81, 2-147, 3-147, 4-180, 5-183, 6-196, 7-199, 8-210, 9-223 | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Gillespie | 10 | 0 | 44 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 4.40 |
| Treiber | 10 | 0 | 54 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 5.40 |
| Dickeson | 10 | 0 | 51 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 5.10 |
| Roberts | 10 | 1 | 34 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.40 |
| Scott | 10 | 0 | 41 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 4.10 |
| Northern Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| JG Gibson | b Thiele | 12 | |||||
| +MJE Wright | run out | 18 | |||||
| BG Cooper | c Bull b Bateman | 1 | |||||
| CM Kuggeleijn | c Stead b Bateman | 5 | |||||
| *ADG Roberts | c Bull b Stead | 42 | |||||
| WP Fowler | c Hadlee b Stead | 42 | |||||
| DJ White | lbw b Stead | 18 | |||||
| CW Dickeson | c Mackle b Bateman | 13 | |||||
| SR Gillespie | b Thiele | 21 | |||||
| SJ Scott | c Mackle b Thiele | 11 | |||||
| K Treiber | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 44.1 overs) | 191 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24, 2-25, 3-34, 4-36, 5-106, 6-130, 7-155, 8-161, 9-188, 10-191 (44.1 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Thiele | 7.1 | 1 | 20 | 3 | - | - | 14.33 | 2.79 |
| Bateman | 10 | 0 | 52 | 3 | - | - | 20.00 | 5.20 |
| McNally | 10 | 0 | 42 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.20 |
| Dempsey | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.60 |
| Stead | 10 | 1 | 36 | 3 | - | - | 20.00 | 3.60 |
| Latham | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.50 |