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| Venue | Horton Park, Blenheim on 14th, 15th March 1979 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Marlborough won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Close of play day 1 | Southland (1) 328/6 (Verrall 32*, Lindsay 37*; 89 overs) |
| Southland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *+NR Thompson | c Pond b Cresswell | 13 | - | - | |||
| GJ Dawson | c RI Thomas b Sowman | 69 | 13 | - | |||
| RN Hoskin | c Columbus b Cameron | 150 | 16 | 5 | |||
| DR Murdoch | lbw b Sowman | 17 | 2 | - | |||
| RJ Verrall | not out | 32 | 6 | - | |||
| KJ Burns | c Pond b RL Thomas | 5 | 1 | - | |||
| RJ Hill | c Neal b RL Thomas | 0 | - | - | |||
| JK Lindsay | not out | 37 | 5 | 1 | |||
| TJ Wilson | did not bat | ||||||
| PW Hills | did not bat | ||||||
| JS Stevenson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 1 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 89 overs) | 328 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-38 (Thompson), 2-122 (Dawson), 3-233 (Murdoch), 4-256 (Hoskin), 5-274 (Burns), 6-276 (Hill) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cresswell | 17 | 2 | 60 | 1 | - | - | |
| RL Thomas | 24 | 6 | 92 | 2 | - | - | |
| RI Thomas | 6 | 2 | 23 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Neal | 10 | 4 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sowman | 26 | 6 | 94 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cameron | 6 | 0 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marlborough first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DIA Cameron | did not bat | ||||||
| AJ Neal | did not bat | ||||||
| RI Thomas | did not bat | ||||||
| AT Sowman | did not bat | ||||||
| KW Columbus | did not bat | ||||||
| RL Thomas | did not bat | ||||||
| WN Cresswell | did not bat | ||||||
| +AF Pond | did not bat | ||||||
| [unknown] | did not bat | ||||||
| [unknown] | did not bat | ||||||
| [unknown] | did not bat | ||||||