| misc34727 | |
| Venue | Logan Park, Dunedin on 1st, 2nd December 1977 (2-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 8 | 
| Toss | Toss not known | 
| Result | Match drawn | 
| Points | Canterbury Under-23s 10 (Batting 7, Bowling 3); Central Districts Under-23s 9 (Batting 5, Bowling 4) | 
| Close of play day 1 | Central Districts Under-23s (1) 142/6 (Cunningham 3*; 41.6 overs) | 
| Canterbury Under-23s first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Carnoutsos | c Ormiston b Bracewell | 38 | |||||
| D Bull | b Gully | 33 | |||||
| TJ Murdoch | c Rutherford b MacDonald | 15 | |||||
| VR Brown | c Ormiston b Hudson | 42 | |||||
| *MK Johnston | b MacDonald | 46 | |||||
| WL Eddington | lbw b Bracewell | 46 | |||||
| SN Bateman | run out | 5 | |||||
| AJ Nuttall | run out | 1 | |||||
| LT Watson | not out | 8 | |||||
| +GFM Gordon | c Toynbee b Bracewell | 1 | |||||
| RH King | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 19 | ||||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 55 overs) | 254 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-254 (55 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts Under-23s bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bracewell | 17 | 6 | 48 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hudson | 14 | 2 | 64 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gully | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| MacDonald | 18 | 1 | 88 | 2 | - | - | |
| Toynbee | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Central Districts Under-23s first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IA Rutherford | c Bateman b Nuttall | 21 | |||||
| IDS Smith | c Eddington b Nuttall | 77 | 13 | - | |||
| RW Ormiston | c King b Nuttall | 31 | |||||
| PJ Holland | c and b Nuttall | 7 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | c Johnston b Nuttall | 0 | - | - | |||
| *MH Toynbee | b Nuttall | 0 | - | - | |||
| GK Cunningham | c King b Nuttall | 17 | |||||
| J Gully | c King b Eddington | 43 | |||||
| PN Hudson | c Nuttall b Bateman | 6 | |||||
| BP Bracewell | not out | 6 | |||||
| GK MacDonald | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 22 | ||||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 59.2 overs) | 230 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-51 (Rutherford), 2-124 (Smith), 3-? (Ormiston), 4-? (Holland), 5-? (Toynbee), 6-142 (Edwards, 41.6 ov), 7-?, 8-?, 9-230 (59.2 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury Under-23s bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| King | 7 | 0 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| Watson | 8 | 2 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nuttall | 23 | 4 | 82 | 7 | - | - | |
| Brown | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Eddington | 15 | 8 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bateman | 1.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| Canterbury Under-23s second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Carnoutsos | c Smith b Holland | 36 | |||||
| TJ Murdoch | c Gully b MacDonald | 31 | |||||
| WL Eddington | c Rutherford b MacDonald | 4 | |||||
| D Bull | run out | 22 | |||||
| VR Brown | c Edwards b Ormiston | 14 | |||||
| *MK Johnston | c Bracewell b Ormiston | 16 | |||||
| SN Bateman | not out | 32 | |||||
| AJ Nuttall | not out | 21 | |||||
| LT Watson | did not bat | ||||||
| +GFM Gordon | did not bat | ||||||
| RH King | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 4 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 36.6 overs) | 180 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-? | |||||||
| Central Districts Under-23s bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bracewell | 4.6 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hudson | 6 | 2 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Toynbee | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| MacDonald | 6 | 0 | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| Holland | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ormiston | 8 | 1 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Rutherford | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Edwards | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Central Districts Under-23s second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IA Rutherford | b King | 17 | |||||
| IDS Smith | c Johnston b Bateman | 7 | |||||
| J Gully | hit wkt b Bateman | 4 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | c Murdoch b King | 13 | |||||
| *MH Toynbee | lbw b Johnston | 10 | |||||
| PJ Holland | c Murdoch b Nuttall | 8 | |||||
| RW Ormiston | not out | 10 | |||||
| GK Cunningham | not out | 24 | |||||
| PN Hudson | did not bat | ||||||
| BP Bracewell | did not bat | ||||||
| GK MacDonald | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 25 overs) | 108 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-? | |||||||
| Canterbury Under-23s bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| King | 6 | 1 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bateman | 4 | 1 | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Nuttall | 7 | 3 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Brown | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Johnston | 4 | 1 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Murdoch | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gordon | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |