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| Venue | Opunake High School Ground, Opunake on 14th, 15th February 1976 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Taranaki won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | L Flintoft, RA Muggeridge |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Taranaki first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DI Green | c Downes b Crone | 15 | |||||
| JF Goodin | b Astle | 12 | |||||
| RW Ormiston | b Kay | 2 | |||||
| D Watson | c Downes b Kay | 4 | |||||
| *IR Snook | c Downes b Crone | 12 | |||||
| ED Perrett | run out | 6 | |||||
| RL West | c Smith b Duncan | 19 | |||||
| PR Stewart | b Brown | 10 | |||||
| +PM Blackbourn | st Downes b Brown | 5 | |||||
| AB Jordan | c Kay b Brown | 27 | 3 | 1 | |||
| RG Stachurski | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | 16 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 54.3 overs) | 129 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23, 2-28, 3-37, 4-42, 5-51, 6-67, 7-88, 8-92, 9-128, 10-129 (54.3 ov) | |||||||
| Manawatu bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Astle | 9 | 1 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kay | 12 | 4 | 13 | 2 | - | - | |
| Crone | 14 | 5 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cook | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brown | 9.3 | 2 | 21 | 3 | - | - | |
| Duncan | 9 | 4 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Manawatu first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +LW Downes | b Jordan | 4 | |||||
| GK Cunningham | c Jordan b Snook | 49 | 7 | - | |||
| GJ Langridge | c Stachurski b Stewart | 18 | |||||
| IDS Smith | b Jordan | 8 | |||||
| GD Cook | b Stachurski | 2 | |||||
| GHR Duncan | b Jordan | 5 | |||||
| RG Hewer | c Stachurski b Snook | 26 | |||||
| *MT Brown | b Stewart | 12 | |||||
| AM Astle | lbw b Stachurski | 4 | |||||
| JR Crone | not out | 1 | |||||
| DJ Kay | lbw b Stewart | 5 | |||||
| Extras | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 46.7 overs) | 137 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (Downes), 2-36 (Langridge), 3-58 (Smith), 4-61 (Cook), 5-82 (Duncan), 6-104 (Cunningham), 7-115 (Hewer), 8-131, 9-131, 10-137 (46.7 ov) | |||||||
| Taranaki bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 19 | 4 | 54 | 3 | - | - | |
| Stachurski | 13 | 2 | 29 | 2 | - | - | |
| Stewart | 4.7 | 3 | 12 | 3 | - | - | |
| Snook | 10 | 0 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Taranaki second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JF Goodin | lbw b Duncan | 6 | |||||
| +PM Blackbourn | c and b Brown | 21 | |||||
| RL West | c Duncan b Brown | 15 | |||||
| *IR Snook | st Downes b Brown | 51 | 4 | 1 | |||
| DI Green | c Brown b Crone | 5 | |||||
| AB Jordan | b Brown | 3 | |||||
| RW Ormiston | lbw b Crone | 9 | |||||
| D Watson | not out | 7 | |||||
| PR Stewart | not out | 2 | |||||
| ED Perrett | did not bat | ||||||
| RG Stachurski | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 39 overs) | 129 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16 (Goodin), 2-46, 3-61, 4-106, 5-108, 6-112, 7-124 | |||||||
| Manawatu bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Astle | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Crone | 11 | 5 | 16 | 2 | - | - | |
| Kay | 6 | 2 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Duncan | 8 | 2 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Brown | 11 | 1 | 40 | 4 | - | - | |
| Manawatu second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IDS Smith | b Stachurski | 18 | |||||
| GJ Langridge | c West b Stachurski | 17 | |||||
| GK Cunningham | b Stewart | 16 | |||||
| +LW Downes | c Stachurski b Stewart | 0 | |||||
| GD Cook | lbw b Jordan | 15 | |||||
| GHR Duncan | lbw b Stachurski | 0 | |||||
| RG Hewer | not out | 15 | |||||
| *MT Brown | c Blackbourn b Jordan | 0 | |||||
| AM Astle | not out | 5 | |||||
| JR Crone | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Kay | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 29 overs) | 89 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23, 2-53, 3-53, 4-57, 5-57, 6-75, 7-84 | |||||||
| Taranaki bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 8 | 1 | 25 | 2 | - | - | |
| Stachurski | 12 | 2 | 30 | 3 | - | - | |
| Stewart | 5 | 1 | 13 | 2 | - | - | |
| Snook | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ormiston | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |