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| Venue | Horton Park, Blenheim on 29th, 30th October 1972 (2-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 8 | 
| Toss | Wellington XI won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Match drawn | 
| Close of play day 1 | Marlborough (1) 78/5 (Dryland 12*; 27.1 overs) | 
| Wellington XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Smith | c AJ Neal b Hawtin | 8 | |||||
| GD Beer | lbw b Hawtin | 35 | |||||
| JFM Morrison | lbw b Cameron | 36 | |||||
| BD Smith | lbw b Cairns | 50 | 110 | 5 | - | ||
| JV Coney | c Adams b Cairns | 16 | |||||
| KT McNamara | c Adams b Cameron | 37 | |||||
| *BR Taylor | run out | 11 | |||||
| +P Tindill | b Cameron | 2 | |||||
| WA Greenstreet | not out | 9 | |||||
| RO Collinge | c Cairns b Sowman | 0 | |||||
| NJC Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 8 lb, 1 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 59.7 overs) | 218 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17 (RW Smith), 2-59 (Beer), 3-101 (Morrison), 4-142, 5-159, 6-172, 7-198, 8-215, 9-218 (59.7 ov) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cairns | 15 | 2 | 59 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hawtin | 12 | 5 | 23 | 2 | - | - | |
| Steele | 10 | 1 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cameron | 16 | 3 | 39 | 3 | - | - | |
| Dryland | 5 | 0 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sowman | 1.7 | 0 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marlborough first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AJ Neal | b Taylor | 6 | |||||
| DIA Cameron | c Tindill b Collinge | 3 | |||||
| DW Neal | lbw b Taylor | 25 | |||||
| OF Dryland | not out | 38 | 211 | ||||
| *GF Hawtin | c Morrison b NJC Smith | 16 | |||||
| AT Sowman | b Collinge | 9 | |||||
| BL Cairns | run out | 1 | |||||
| AJ Steele | run out | 21 | |||||
| +GJ Adams | c BD Smith b NJC Smith | 4 | |||||
| RI Thomas | b Collinge | 20 | |||||
| G Bell | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 5 lb, 5 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 55 overs) | 155 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-11, 3-46, 4-69, 5-78 (27.1 ov), 6-81, 7-113, 8-121, 9-148 | |||||||
| Wellington XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Collinge | 13 | 4 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 10 | 4 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| Greenstreet | 8 | 3 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| NJC Smith | 10 | 2 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| BD Smith | 13 | 3 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Morrison | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wellington XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Smith | not out | 50 | 7 | - | |||
| GD Beer | c Sowman b Hawtin | 8 | |||||
| JFM Morrison | not out | 69 | 66 | 12 | - | ||
| BD Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| JV Coney | did not bat | ||||||
| KT McNamara | did not bat | ||||||
| *BR Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| +P Tindill | did not bat | ||||||
| WA Greenstreet | did not bat | ||||||
| RO Collinge | did not bat | ||||||
| NJC Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, declared, 19.1 overs) | 129 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Beer) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cairns | 5 | 1 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hawtin | 4 | 1 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Steele | 3 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| AJ Neal | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Thomas | 2.1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cameron | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marlborough second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AJ Neal | c Beer b Collinge | 0 | |||||
| DIA Cameron | not out | 70 | |||||
| DW Neal | c McNamara b NJC Smith | 3 | |||||
| *GF Hawtin | b Coney | 27 | |||||
| BL Cairns | c NJC Smith b Taylor | 23 | |||||
| AT Sowman | c Tindill b BD Smith | 20 | |||||
| AJ Steele | c BD Smith b NJC Smith | 2 | |||||
| +GJ Adams | c and b BD Smith | 3 | |||||
| RI Thomas | lbw b Morrison | 15 | |||||
| OF Dryland | not out | 0 | |||||
| G Bell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 5 lb, 2 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 40 overs) | 175 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (AJ Neal), 2-7 (DW Neal), 3-45 (Hawtin), 4-86 (Cairns), 5-114 (Sowman), 6-143 (Steele), 7-150 (Adams), 8-169 (Thomas) | |||||||
| Wellington XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Collinge | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Greenstreet | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| NJC Smith | 8 | 0 | 33 | 2 | - | - | |
| BD Smith | 14 | 1 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Coney | 6 | 0 | 45 | 1 | - | - | |
| Morrison | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |