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| Venue | Horton Park, Blenheim on 27th, 28th October 1997 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Marlborough won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Wellington City won by an innings and 124 runs |
| Umpires | GN McLellan, DG Paterson |
| Scorers | BF Byrne, MV Frost |
| Close of play day 1 | Marlborough (1) 67/6 (Rose 15*, Nelson 2*; 31 overs) |
| Wellington City first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MD Bell | c Gleeson b Marsh | 108 | 234 | 304 | 11 | - | |
| PJB Chandler | lbw b Gleeson | 85 | 66 | 116 | 14 | 1 | |
| JM Aiken | lbw b Hefford | 50 | 73 | 88 | 10 | - | |
| RG Twose | b Hefford | 16 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 1 | |
| SR Mather | c Englefield b Rose | 54 | 66 | 101 | 7 | - | |
| JD Wells | not out | 24 | 30 | 44 | 2 | - | |
| +RJ Kerr | b Marsh | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| *RG Petrie | c Bulfin b Rose | 12 | 16 | 18 | 1 | - | |
| GR Larsen | not out | 10 | 12 | 11 | - | - | |
| MR Jefferson | did not bat | ||||||
| SJ Hotter | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 7 lb, 8 nb) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 347 minutes, 85 overs) | 385 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-138 (Chandler, 27.2 ov), 2-217 (Aiken, 48.2 ov), 3-237 (Twose, 52.5 ov), 4-321 (Bell, 72.6 ov), 5-339 (Mather, 75.6 ov), 6-344 (Kerr, 76.6 ov), 7-370 (Petrie, 81.5 ov) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bulfin | 20 | 7 | 54 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Hefford | 18 | 3 | 93 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| Gleeson | 16 | 1 | 76 | 1 | - | - | |
| Nelson | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marsh | 20 | 0 | 74 | 2 | - | - | |
| Rose | 9 | 1 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| Marlborough first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MA Vercoe | c Mather b Petrie | 13 | 33 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| JI Englefield | lbw b Larsen | 27 | 57 | 73 | 4 | - | |
| *GB Stretch | c Aiken b Larsen | 3 | 9 | 14 | - | - | |
| CB Campbell | lbw b Larsen | 0 | 6 | 8 | - | - | |
| +DB Winfield | c Mather b Larsen | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| TD Rose | c Kerr b Petrie | 19 | 57 | 71 | 2 | - | |
| PJ Gleeson | lbw b Larsen | 2 | 18 | 31 | - | - | |
| JC Nelson | c Kerr b Larsen | 15 | 45 | 59 | 1 | - | |
| CE Bulfin | lbw b Petrie | 0 | 2 | 6 | - | - | |
| BE Hefford | c Hotter b Jefferson | 1 | 11 | 20 | - | - | |
| DP Marsh | not out | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 lb, 2 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 163 minutes, 40.1 overs) | 85 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-31 (Vercoe, 11.1 ov), 2-38 (Stretch, 14.2 ov), 3-38 (Campbell, 16.2 ov), 4-38 (Winfield, 16.3 ov), 5-51 (Englefield, 18.3 ov), 6-65 (Gleeson, 26.2 ov), 7-73 (Rose, 33.6 ov), 8-73 (Bulfin, 35.2 ov), 9-85 (Hefford, 39.3 ov), 10-85 (Nelson, 40.1 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington City bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hotter | 10 | 1 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Petrie | 10 | 3 | 17 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Mather | 4 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Larsen | 13.1 | 6 | 19 | 6 | - | - | |
| Jefferson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marlborough second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MA Vercoe | lbw b Jefferson | 26 | 62 | 83 | 4 | - | |
| JI Englefield | lbw b Larsen | 1 | 11 | 13 | - | - | |
| *GB Stretch | lbw b Larsen | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| JC Nelson | c Mather b Jefferson | 89 | 73 | 104 | 7 | 6 | |
| CB Campbell | lbw b Wells | 14 | 34 | 35 | - | 1 | |
| +DB Winfield | c Aiken b Wells | 6 | 24 | 25 | - | - | |
| TD Rose | c Bell b Jefferson | 10 | 26 | 26 | 1 | - | |
| PJ Gleeson | lbw b Wells | 13 | 27 | 33 | 1 | - | |
| CE Bulfin | lbw b Wells | 1 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
| BE Hefford | c Hotter b Jefferson | 0 | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| DP Marsh | not out | 9 | 19 | 21 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 b, 3 lb, 1 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 176 minutes, 48 overs) | 176 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9 (Englefield, 3.3 ov), 2-9 (Stretch, 3.5 ov), 3-81 (Vercoe, 20.2 ov), 4-134 (Campbell, 29.6 ov), 5-134 (Nelson, 30.3 ov), 6-151 (Winfield, 37.6 ov), 7-153 (Rose, 38.5 ov), 8-155 (Bulfin, 39.5 ov), 9-156 (Hefford, 40.4 ov), 10-176 (Gleeson, 47.6 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington City bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hotter | 7 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Larsen | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | - | - | |
| Mather | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jefferson | 17 | 2 | 88 | 4 | - | - | |
| Wells | 14 | 3 | 42 | 4 | - | - | |