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| Venue | Ashburton Domain, Ashburton on 30th, 31st December 1978 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | North Canterbury won by 9 wickets |
| Umpires | NC Findlay, T Sutton |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Ashburton County first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| P Thomas | c Wright b Merrin | 3 | 13 | - | - | ||
| GJ Spicer | lbw b Merrin | 15 | 1 | - | |||
| SJ Baker | c Wright b Davies | 3 | - | - | |||
| *BV Sampson | c Wright b Abbott | 1 | - | - | |||
| SP Girvan | c Wright b Merrin | 32 | - | - | |||
| PJ Burton | c Davies b Masefield | 16 | 1 | - | |||
| +M Harris | lbw b Merrin | 2 | - | - | |||
| MJ Hooper | c Hight b Merrin | 0 | 7 | - | - | ||
| MR Holmes | c van Zanten b Masefield | 4 | - | - | |||
| GW Rennie | c van Zanten b Merrin | 1 | - | - | |||
| LAJ Bond | not out | 1 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (2 b, 6 lb, 1 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 54.5 overs) | 87 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3 (Thomas), 2-8 (Baker), 3-9 (Sampson), 4-46 (Spicer), 5-76 (Burton), 6-76 (Girvan), 7-76 (Hooper), 8-83 (Harris), 9-85 (Rennie), 10-87 (Holmes, 54.5 ov) | |||||||
| North Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Abbott | 10 | 1 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Merrin | 21 | 11 | 24 | 6 | - | - | |
| Davies | 12 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Hight | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Masefield | 9.5 | 3 | 10 | 2 | - | - | |
| North Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PR Williams | c Baker b Sampson | 10 | - | - | |||
| R van Zanten | b Sampson | 27 | 3 | - | |||
| PC Devlin | lbw b Sampson | 18 | 1 | - | |||
| JW Davies | b Girvan | 31 | 2 | - | |||
| *RJ Sowden | c and b Sampson | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| +NH Wright | c Holmes b Sampson | 23 | 3 | - | |||
| GJ Marshall | lbw b Sampson | 8 | - | - | |||
| RC Merrin | lbw b Sampson | 38 | 5 | 1 | |||
| CM Hight | c Burton b Sampson | 19 | 2 | - | |||
| CM Abbott | not out | 8 | - | - | |||
| RV Masefield | c Burton b Sampson | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 56.2 overs) | 188 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-33 (Williams), 2-40 (van Zanten), 3-85 (Davies), 4-88 (Sowden), 5-89 (Devlin), 6-107 (Marshall), 7-158 (Merrin), 8-165 (Wright), 9-187 (Hight), 10-188 (Masefield, 56.2 ov) | |||||||
| Ashburton County bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Holmes | 15 | 4 | 43 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Bond | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hooper | 7 | 1 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sampson | 21.2 | 3 | 75 | 9 | - | - | |
| Girvan | 7 | 1 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Rennie | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ashburton County second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GJ Spicer | b Masefield | 24 | 3 | - | |||
| P Thomas | c Davies b Masefield | 17 | 1 | - | |||
| SJ Baker | c Davies b Merrin | 9 | - | - | |||
| *BV Sampson | c Sowden b Merrin | 17 | 1 | 2 | |||
| SP Girvan | c Devlin b Masefield | 6 | 1 | - | |||
| PJ Burton | c van Zanten b Sowden | 5 | - | - | |||
| +M Harris | c Davies b Sowden | 6 | - | - | |||
| MJ Hooper | c and b Masefield | 0 | - | - | |||
| MR Holmes | not out | 18 | - | 1 | |||
| GW Rennie | c van Zanten b Masefield | 8 | - | 1 | |||
| LAJ Bond | c and b Merrin | 5 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (12 b, 4 lb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 45 overs) | 131 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39 (Thomas), 2-60 (Spicer), 3-60 (Baker), 4-77 (Sampson), 5-85 (Burton), 6-90 (Girvan), 7-90 (Hooper), 8-96 (Harris), 9-107 (Rennie), 10-131 (Bond, 45 ov) | |||||||
| North Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Abbott | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Merrin | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | - | |
| Sowden | 10 | 1 | 40 | 2 | - | - | |
| Masefield | 19 | 5 | 60 | 5 | - | - | |
| Davies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| North Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R van Zanten | st Harris b Sampson | 5 | 1 | - | |||
| PR Williams | not out | 18 | 2 | - | |||
| PC Devlin | not out | 6 | 1 | - | |||
| JW Davies | did not bat | ||||||
| *RJ Sowden | did not bat | ||||||
| +NH Wright | did not bat | ||||||
| GJ Marshall | did not bat | ||||||
| RC Merrin | did not bat | ||||||
| CM Hight | did not bat | ||||||
| CM Abbott | did not bat | ||||||
| RV Masefield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 9.5 overs) | 32 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (van Zanten) | |||||||
| Ashburton County bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Holmes | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sampson | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bond | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Baker | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |