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| Venue | Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 4th, 5th November 1978 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Taranaki won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Taranaki won by 7 wickets |
| Umpires | RD Corric, JG Reardon |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Midlands first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RD Fox | b Lashlie | 21 | |||||
| *PJ Malcon | b Robertson | 14 | |||||
| CW Dear | c Robertson b Lashlie | 34 | 7 | - | |||
| RJ Nixon | c Eliason b AB Jordan | 22 | |||||
| WT Murdock | c Pepperell b Edwards | 40 | 6 | - | |||
| RJ McLeod | c [unknown] b Edwards | 20 | |||||
| +JA Leigh | b Edwards | 8 | |||||
| DW Woolston | c Pepperell b Lashlie | 7 | |||||
| D Pratt | b West | 6 | |||||
| G Agent | lbw b West | 0 | |||||
| DW Pinder | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | 37 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 52 overs) | 211 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39, 2-57, 3-85, 4-130, 5-178, 6-179, 7-192, 8-207, 9-207, 10-211 (52 ov) | |||||||
| Taranaki bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| AB Jordan | 11 | 3 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Robertson | 13 | 1 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Edwards | 12 | 1 | 43 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lashlie | 11 | 2 | 41 | 3 | - | - | |
| Richards | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| West | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | - | |
| Taranaki first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LE Jordan | lbw b Pinder | 24 | 4 | - | |||
| ED Perrett | lbw b Fox | 119 | 17 | 2 | |||
| GW Taylor | b Fox | 64 | 87 | 5 | - | ||
| BC Richards | c Leigh b Murdock | 26 | |||||
| RL West | c Malcon b Murdock | 13 | |||||
| PJ Eliason | not out | 0 | |||||
| *AB Jordan | did not bat | ||||||
| +CA Pepperell | did not bat | ||||||
| GA Lashlie | did not bat | ||||||
| GK Robertson | did not bat | ||||||
| LH Edwards | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 8 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 57.4 overs) | 252 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-76 (LE Jordan), 2-193, 3-230, 4-251, 5-252 (57.4 ov) | |||||||
| Midlands bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pinder | 20 | 3 | 83 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pratt | 7 | 1 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Agent | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nixon | 11 | 2 | 57 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fox | 9 | 1 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Murdock | 7.4 | 1 | 25 | 2 | - | - | |
| Midlands second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RD Fox | c Eliason b AB Jordan | 10 | |||||
| *PJ Malcon | c Taylor b AB Jordan | 15 | |||||
| CW Dear | c West b Lashlie | 4 | |||||
| RJ Nixon | c Pepperell b Robertson | 8 | |||||
| WT Murdock | b Lashlie | 2 | |||||
| RJ McLeod | b Edwards | 4 | |||||
| DW Woolston | run out (Taylor) | 13 | |||||
| +JA Leigh | b Robertson | 3 | |||||
| D Pratt | lbw b Edwards | 10 | |||||
| G Agent | c Richards b Edwards | 22 | |||||
| DW Pinder | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 31.6 overs) | 100 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24, 2-31, 3-31, 4-33, 5-51, 6-51, 7-58, 8-70, 9-96, 10-100 (31.6 ov) | |||||||
| Taranaki bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Robertson | 9 | 1 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| AB Jordan | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | - | - | |
| Edwards | 8.6 | 3 | 31 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lashlie | 7 | 3 | 9 | 2 | - | - | |
| Taranaki second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LE Jordan | c Nixon b Pinder | 10 | |||||
| ED Perrett | c Fox b Malcon | 25 | |||||
| PJ Eliason | b Pinder | 2 | |||||
| BC Richards | not out | 13 | |||||
| GW Taylor | not out | 4 | |||||
| RL West | did not bat | ||||||
| *AB Jordan | did not bat | ||||||
| +CA Pepperell | did not bat | ||||||
| GA Lashlie | did not bat | ||||||
| GK Robertson | did not bat | ||||||
| LH Edwards | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 6 | ||||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 14.7 overs) | 60 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30, 2-40, 3-48 | |||||||
| Midlands bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pinder | 7.7 | 0 | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Malcon | 7 | 0 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |