| misc603321 | |
| Venue | Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 4th, 5th December 1971 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Wanganui won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Close of play day 1 | Taranaki (1) 246/8 (Yardley 29*, Greaney 1*; 95 overs) |
| Taranaki first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DI Green | b Blackwell | 47 | |||||
| BL Roberts | c Smith b Blackwell | 32 | |||||
| TA O'Byrne | lbw b Jewell | 14 | |||||
| PJ Martin | c Selby b Jewell | 1 | |||||
| GW Taylor | c and b Raisin | 37 | |||||
| RJ Crow | b Raisin | 42 | |||||
| CW Barclay | c Tempero b Smith | 19 | |||||
| *DR Yardley | not out | 29 | |||||
| +CA Pepperell | b Jewell | 14 | |||||
| JN Greaney | not out | 1 | |||||
| TJ Jordan | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 6 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 95 overs) | 246 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-70, 2-87, 3-92, 4-108, 5-179, 6-184, 7-219, 8-245 | |||||||
| Wanganui bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 12 | 3 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tempero | 10 | 1 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Raisin | 12 | 2 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Jewell | 27 | 6 | 64 | 3 | - | - | |
| Head | 16 | 7 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Blackwell | 18 | 2 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wanganui first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BC Baldwin | c Martin b O'Byrne | 19 | |||||
| IA Cameron | b Greaney | 3 | |||||
| CAR Blackwell | st Pepperell b Barclay | 10 | |||||
| DF Selby | st Pepperell b O'Byrne | 34 | |||||
| T Strong | b O'Byrne | 12 | |||||
| BE Jewell | b O'Byrne | 18 | |||||
| *AB Raisin | c Taylor b Greaney | 8 | |||||
| IJ Tempero | b Jordan | 28 | |||||
| EF Head | b Greaney | 0 | |||||
| +GF Mitchell | not out | 21 | |||||
| KL Smith | c O'Byrne b Jordan | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 2 lb, 5 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 71 overs) | 170 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Cameron), 2-37, 3-56, 4-88, 5-108, 6-113, 7-127, 8-127, 9-165, 10-170 (71 ov) | |||||||
| Taranaki bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 8 | 1 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
| Greaney | 16 | 5 | 26 | 3 | - | - | |
| Barclay | 14 | 4 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Yardley | 13 | 4 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Byrne | 20 | 6 | 55 | 4 | - | - | |
| Taranaki second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJ Martin | st +Head b Cameron | 10 | |||||
| TJ Jordan | c Strong b Mitchell | 21 | |||||
| JN Greaney | b Strong | 0 | |||||
| TA O'Byrne | st +Head b Cameron | 12 | |||||
| +CA Pepperell | c Raisin b Cameron | 7 | |||||
| CW Barclay | c Cameron b Selby | 31 | |||||
| RJ Crow | st +Head b Blackwell | 35 | |||||
| DI Green | b Tempero | 2 | |||||
| BL Roberts | c Baldwin b Blackwell | 5 | |||||
| *DR Yardley | not out | 3 | |||||
| GW Taylor | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, 22 overs) | 141 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27, 2-29, 3-40, 4-47, 5-79, 6-89, 7-115, 8-137, 9-138 | |||||||
| Wanganui bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Baldwin | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Strong | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cameron | 3 | 0 | 26 | 3 | - | - | |
| Selby | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jewell | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tempero | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Blackwell | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |