| misc603887 | |
| Venue | McLean Park, Napier on 22nd, 23rd January 1978 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 8 | 
| Toss | Hawke's Bay won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Hawke's Bay won by 8 wickets | 
| Close of play day 1 | Rangitikei (2) ?/2 (Thomas ?*, Brenstrum 7*) | 
| Hawke's Bay first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DM Morland | not out | 78 | 7 | - | |||
| BJ Rosenberg | c Fowles b Brenstrum | 70 | 3 | - | |||
| JG Francis | not out | 22 | |||||
| ID MacErlich | did not bat | ||||||
| +EB McSweeney | did not bat | ||||||
| DK Poulgrain | did not bat | ||||||
| PJF Dailey | did not bat | ||||||
| *RH Ellis | did not bat | ||||||
| DR O'Sullivan | did not bat | ||||||
| DB McKelvie | did not bat | ||||||
| IR Wheeler | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 1 | ||||||
| Total | (1 wicket, declared, 49 overs) | 171 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-130 (Rosenberg) | |||||||
| Rangitikei bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Barnett | 13 | 3 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pringle | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mudgway | 10 | 1 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brenstrum | 12 | 0 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Fowles | 9 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rangitikei first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GE Thomas | hit wkt b Morland | 17 | |||||
| *BF Murray | b Ellis | 13 | |||||
| S Lewis | st McSweeney b McKelvie | 4 | - | ||||
| MJ Brenstrum | b McKelvie | 14 | |||||
| D Barnes | c Ellis b Morland | 0 | - | - | |||
| J Marshall | c McKelvie b Morland | 0 | - | - | |||
| CR Fowles | c Poulgrain b Morland | 4 | - | ||||
| CC Mudgway | c McSweeney b Morland | 3 | - | - | |||
| +GS James | c Dailey b Morland | 5 | - | ||||
| HI Barnett | lbw b Morland | 4 | - | ||||
| A Pringle | not out | 0 | - | - | |||
| Extras | 6 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 38.4 overs) | 70 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-33, 3-45, 4-52, 5-52, 6-54, 7-59, 8-60, 9-69, 10-70 (38.4 ov) | |||||||
| Hawke's Bay bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wheeler | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ellis | 7 | 4 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 12 | 3 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Morland | 11.4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | - | - | |
| McKelvie | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | - | - | |
| Rangitikei second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GE Thomas | c Poulgrain b McKelvie | 30 | 2 | - | |||
| *BF Murray | c McSweeney b Wheeler | 2 | - | - | |||
| S Lewis | b McKelvie | 1 | - | - | |||
| MJ Brenstrum | c McSweeney b Wheeler | 8 | |||||
| CR Fowles | b O'Sullivan | 31 | 2 | - | |||
| HI Barnett | c Poulgrain b McKelvie | 0 | - | - | |||
| J Marshall | c and b McKelvie | 0 | - | - | |||
| CC Mudgway | c Ellis b O'Sullivan | 19 | |||||
| D Barnes | b O'Sullivan | 34 | 5 | - | |||
| +GS James | not out | 8 | |||||
| A Pringle | b Morland | 3 | - | - | |||
| Extras | 12 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 50.3 overs) | 148 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Murray), 2-9 (Lewis), 3-35 (Brenstrum), 4-64, 5-64, 6-66, 7-95, 8-102, 9-145, 10-148 (50.3 ov) | |||||||
| Hawke's Bay bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wheeler | 11 | 2 | 34 | 2 | - | - | |
| Morland | 9.3 | 4 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 18 | 6 | 43 | 3 | - | - | |
| McKelvie | 10 | 2 | 28 | 4 | - | - | |
| Ellis | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hawke's Bay second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Francis | c Barnes b Pringle | 5 | - | ||||
| BJ Rosenberg | b Pringle | 7 | |||||
| ID MacErlich | not out | 7 | |||||
| +EB McSweeney | not out | 22 | |||||
| DM Morland | did not bat | ||||||
| DK Poulgrain | did not bat | ||||||
| PJF Dailey | did not bat | ||||||
| *RH Ellis | did not bat | ||||||
| DR O'Sullivan | did not bat | ||||||
| DB McKelvie | did not bat | ||||||
| IR Wheeler | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 7 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 11.7 overs) | 48 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-16 | |||||||
| Rangitikei bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pringle | 6 | 1 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
| Barnett | 5.7 | 1 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |