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| Venue | Horton Park, Blenheim on 18th, 19th February 1978 (2-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 8 | 
| Toss | Marlborough won the toss and decided to field | 
| Result | Match drawn (Nelson won on first innings) | 
| Umpires | [unknown], CEN Schroder | 
| Close of play day 1 | 
| Nelson first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JS Rackley | c Neal b Thomas | 18 | |||||
| BG Schwass | c Bowers b Aberhart | 26 | |||||
| *TB Horne | b GK MacDonald | 20 | |||||
| C Dodd | not out | 82 | 16 | - | |||
| WG Hodgson | not out | 232 | 266 | 33 | 7 | ||
| PS Briasco | did not bat | ||||||
| +DJ Guthardt | did not bat | ||||||
| MD Jamieson | did not bat | ||||||
| SJ Gill | did not bat | ||||||
| SJ Abbott | did not bat | ||||||
| BM Woodward | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 368 minutes, 79 overs) | 388 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23 (Rackley), 2-58, 3-72 | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomas | 16 | 3 | 99 | 1 | - | - | |
| Aberhart | 17 | 0 | 94 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cresswell | 19 | 4 | 76 | 0 | - | - | |
| GK MacDonald | 17 | 2 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sowman | 9 | 2 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cameron | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marlborough first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MD Catley | lbw b Abbott | 37 | 6 | - | |||
| DIA Cameron | c Briasco b Woodward | 41 | |||||
| GR Neal | c Guthardt b Abbott | 29 | 4 | - | |||
| *AJ Hill | lbw b Abbott | 11 | |||||
| +JR Bowers | c sub (CJP Smith) b Gill | 35 | 3 | - | |||
| DC Aberhart | lbw b Jamieson | 0 | |||||
| JJ MacDonald | c Guthardt b Gill | 20 | |||||
| RI Thomas | c Hodgson b Gill | 0 | |||||
| AT Sowman | c Hodgson b Gill | 0 | |||||
| GK MacDonald | not out | 30 | 5 | 1 | |||
| WN Cresswell | c Dodd b Woodward | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 8 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 68.6 overs) | 211 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-47 (Catley), 2-91 (Neal), 3-107, 4-136, 5-138, 6-173, 7-173, 8-173, 9-200, 10-211 (68.6 ov) | |||||||
| Nelson bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jamieson | 19 | 3 | 75 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gill | 13 | 4 | 37 | 4 | - | - | |
| Abbott | 13 | 4 | 45 | 3 | - | - | |
| Briasco | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Woodward | 17.6 | 4 | 37 | 2 | - | - | |