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| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 26th, 27th, 28th December 1973 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Canterbury won by 10 wickets |
| Points | Canterbury 17 (Batting 2, Bowling 5); Northern Districts 2 (Bowling 2) |
| Umpires | B Dennison, AH Smail |
| Close of play day 1 | Canterbury (1) 171/4 (Wallace 79*, Hadlee 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Northern Districts (2) 155/4 (Roberts 10*, Mountain 5*) |
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DP Lloyd | c Parker b Aldridge | 12 | |||||
| JW Warrington | b Ferries | 15 | |||||
| JG Gibson | b Ferries | 2 | |||||
| *B Dunning | b Ferries | 0 | |||||
| ADG Roberts | b Aldridge | 0 | |||||
| GW Taylor | c Newton b Ferries | 0 | |||||
| RW Fulton | c Wallace b Dickel | 29 | |||||
| +LS Mountain | c Parker b Pollard | 3 | |||||
| EK Gillott | lbw b Dickel | 12 | |||||
| JSS White | c Parker b Dickel | 0 | |||||
| H Unka | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 5 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 33.7 overs) | 82 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-21, 3-21, 4-22, 5-26, 6-37, 7-42, 8-65, 9-65, 10-82 (33.7 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Ferries | 13 | 5 | 18 | 4 | - | - |
| Aldridge | 10 | 2 | 35 | 2 | - | - |
| Pollard | 7 | 4 | 15 | 1 | - | - |
| Dickel | 3.7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | - | - |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NM Parker | c Mountain b Unka | 0 | |||||
| PE Wallace | c Dunning b White | 140 | |||||
| RM Gearry | b Gillott | 59 | |||||
| V Pollard | c Mountain b Gillott | 21 | |||||
| *K Thomson | b Dunning | 3 | |||||
| BG Hadlee | b Lloyd | 26 | |||||
| CRW Dickel | run out | 10 | |||||
| +RW Newton | not out | 13 | |||||
| CM Kirk | not out | 6 | |||||
| KI Ferries | did not bat | ||||||
| CW Aldridge | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 16 lb, 2 nb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 94 overs) | 300 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-106, 3-168, 4-171, 5-256, 6-277, 7-284 | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Unka | 16 | 2 | 54 | 1 | - | - |
| White | 22 | 3 | 69 | 1 | - | - |
| Dunning | 21 | 5 | 38 | 1 | - | - |
| Fulton | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - |
| Gillott | 16 | 6 | 48 | 2 | - | - |
| Lloyd | 10 | 1 | 39 | 1 | - | - |
| Roberts | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - |
| Northern Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DP Lloyd | b Dickel | 66 | |||||
| JW Warrington | c Wallace b Aldridge | 11 | |||||
| JG Gibson | c Thomson b Aldridge | 23 | |||||
| RW Fulton | c Pollard b Kirk | 32 | |||||
| ADG Roberts | lbw b Aldridge | 44 | |||||
| +LS Mountain | c Thomson b Aldridge | 8 | |||||
| *B Dunning | c Pollard b Ferries | 3 | |||||
| GW Taylor | b Ferries | 0 | |||||
| JSS White | lbw b Pollard | 19 | |||||
| H Unka | not out | 2 | |||||
| EK Gillott | retired hurt | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (14 b, 1 lb, 4 nb, 2 w) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 107.1 overs) | 229 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-72, 3-134, 4-149, 5-158, 6-162, 7-164, 8-225, 9-228 | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Ferries | 15 | 5 | 32 | 2 | - | - |
| Aldridge | 23.1 | 7 | 45 | 4 | - | - |
| Pollard | 19 | 11 | 14 | 1 | - | - |
| Dickel | 26 | 10 | 52 | 1 | - | - |
| Kirk | 21 | 10 | 60 | 1 | - | - |
| Hadlee | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NM Parker | not out | 7 | |||||
| PE Wallace | not out | 4 | |||||
| RM Gearry | did not bat | ||||||
| V Pollard | did not bat | ||||||
| *K Thomson | did not bat | ||||||
| BG Hadlee | did not bat | ||||||
| CRW Dickel | did not bat | ||||||
| +RW Newton | did not bat | ||||||
| CM Kirk | did not bat | ||||||
| KI Ferries | did not bat | ||||||
| CW Aldridge | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 2.5 overs) | 12 | |||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Unka | 1.5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - |
| White | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - |