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| Venue | Marton Cricket Ground, Marton on 3rd, 4th March 1979 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Wanganui won by an innings and 49 runs |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Rangitikei first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BF Murray | c Head b Fearn | 43 | |||||
| +GS James | lbw b Fearn | 34 | |||||
| GE Morrison | c Head b Fearn | 11 | |||||
| RJ Murray | b Gill | 1 | |||||
| GL Marshall | not out | 27 | |||||
| CR Fowles | c Hooper b Gill | 0 | |||||
| M Nicholls | b Head | 5 | |||||
| MP Bergen | c Fearn b Head | 33 | |||||
| M Griffin | b Bannister | 4 | |||||
| BE Fannin | c Huwyler b Bannister | 7 | |||||
| J McFaull | b Bannister | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 17 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 50.6 overs) | 182 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-66, 2-89, 3-100, 4-103, 5-104, 6-118, 7-154, 8-161, 9-169, 10-182 (50.6 ov) | |||||||
| Wanganui bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gill | 11 | 0 | 37 | 2 | - | - | |
| Head | 20 | 6 | 54 | 2 | - | - | |
| Fearn | 16 | 2 | 56 | 3 | - | - | |
| Bannister | 3.6 | 0 | 18 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wanganui first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GR Willacy | c Nicholls b McFaull | 72 | |||||
| DJ Berry | c James b McFaull | 1 | |||||
| CMH Atkinson | c James b Fannin | 53 | |||||
| GK Cunningham | lbw b Fannin | 7 | |||||
| S Wason | c sub (M Murray) b Griffin | 33 | |||||
| *FJP Huwyler | b BF Murray | 27 | |||||
| +GA Hooper | not out | 68 | |||||
| J Bannister | lbw b McFaull | 29 | |||||
| MF Gill | c Griffin b Fannin | 10 | |||||
| TMG Fearn | not out | 13 | |||||
| EF Head | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 27 | ||||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 72 overs) | 340 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21 (Berry), 2-107 (Atkinson), 3-126, 4-140, 5-188, 6-218, 7-288, 8-313 | |||||||
| Rangitikei bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McFaull | 23 | 1 | 105 | 3 | - | - | |
| Griffin | 19 | 2 | 77 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marshall | 5 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fannin | 16 | 2 | 85 | 3 | - | - | |
| RJ Murray | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| BF Murray | 8 | 2 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Rangitikei second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BF Murray | c Cunningham b Gill | 0 | |||||
| +GS James | lbw b Head | 2 | |||||
| GE Morrison | lbw b Head | 10 | |||||
| GL Marshall | c Huwyler b Gill | 0 | |||||
| RJ Murray | b Fearn | 24 | |||||
| MP Bergen | b Fearn | 2 | |||||
| M Nicholls | c Wason b Atkinson | 18 | |||||
| CR Fowles | c Willacy b Gill | 21 | |||||
| BE Fannin | lbw b Head | 8 | |||||
| M Griffin | lbw b Head | 14 | |||||
| J McFaull | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 32.5 overs) | 109 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (BF Murray), 2-4 (James), 3-5 (Marshall), 4-39, 5-41, 6-43, 7-73, 8-87, 9-108, 10-109 (32.5 ov) | |||||||
| Wanganui bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gill | 8 | 0 | 36 | 3 | - | - | |
| Head | 10.5 | 2 | 23 | 4 | - | - | |
| Fearn | 10 | 4 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bannister | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Atkinson | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | - | |