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| Venue | Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton on 11th, 12th, 13th January 1974 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 8 | 
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Match drawn | 
| Points | Central Districts 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Canterbury 8 (Batting 3, Bowling 5) | 
| Umpires | TB Lowe, AG Walker | 
| Close of play day 1 | Canterbury (1) 90/4 (Thomson 25*, d'Auvergne 31*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Central Districts (2) 118/6 (Snook 17*, Morland 8*) | 
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WT Murdock | c Newton b Kirk | 55 | |||||
| GN Edwards | lbw b Aldridge | 19 | |||||
| JW Burtt | c Newton b Ferries | 16 | |||||
| DW Neal | b Ferries | 8 | |||||
| RA Pierce | c Hadlee b Kirk | 40 | |||||
| *IR Snook | b Dickel | 9 | |||||
| RH Ellis | c d'Auvergne b Kirk | 6 | |||||
| +RM Schofield | not out | 6 | |||||
| DM Morland | c Thomson b Dickel | 3 | |||||
| RN Wylie | c Bull b Dickel | 0 | |||||
| AB Jordan | c Newton b Kirk | 13 | |||||
| Extras | (12 b, 6 lb, 3 nb) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 63.1 overs) | 196 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25, 2-47, 3-75, 4-154, 5-161, 6-171, 7-171, 8-177, 9-177, 10-196 (63.1 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ferries | 14 | 9 | 25 | 2 | - | - | |
| Aldridge | 14 | 1 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dickel | 17 | 6 | 49 | 3 | - | - | |
| Kirk | 18.1 | 7 | 48 | 4 | - | - | |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NM Parker | b Wylie | 18 | |||||
| PE Wallace | c Edwards b Jordan | 1 | |||||
| BG Hadlee | c Schofield b Jordan | 0 | |||||
| *CL Bull | b Wylie | 5 | |||||
| K Thomson | lbw b Jordan | 33 | |||||
| PG d'Auvergne | c and b Jordan | 87 | |||||
| +RW Newton | c Edwards b Jordan | 14 | |||||
| CRW Dickel | c Schofield b Ellis | 8 | |||||
| CM Kirk | not out | 29 | |||||
| KI Ferries | c sub b Jordan | 1 | |||||
| CW Aldridge | b Wylie | 11 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 12 lb, 5 nb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 73.2 overs) | 229 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-2, 3-13, 4-24, 5-98, 6-132, 7-182, 8-190, 9-195, 10-229 (73.2 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 24 | 7 | 63 | 6 | - | - | |
| Wylie | 17.2 | 6 | 46 | 3 | - | - | |
| Morland | 21 | 9 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Murdock | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ellis | 7 | 0 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WT Murdock | c Bull b Ferries | 6 | |||||
| GN Edwards | run out | 45 | |||||
| JW Burtt | c Kirk b Aldridge | 2 | |||||
| DW Neal | b Aldridge | 4 | |||||
| RA Pierce | lbw b Thomson | 28 | |||||
| *IR Snook | c Newton b Ferries | 28 | |||||
| RH Ellis | lbw b Ferries | 2 | |||||
| DM Morland | b Kirk | 9 | |||||
| +RM Schofield | not out | 55 | |||||
| RN Wylie | c Dickel b Ferries | 19 | |||||
| AB Jordan | c Bull b Ferries | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 4 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 75 overs) | 205 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-36, 2-54, 3-59, 4-64, 5-102, 6-107, 7-126, 8-134, 9-203, 10-205 (75 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ferries | 30 | 12 | 67 | 5 | - | - | |
| Aldridge | 13 | 4 | 48 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dickel | 9 | 4 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kirk | 15 | 6 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| d'Auvergne | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Thomson | 6 | 1 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NM Parker | lbw b Morland | 24 | |||||
| PE Wallace | c Burtt b Ellis | 44 | |||||
| *CL Bull | c Snook b Jordan | 0 | |||||
| BG Hadlee | lbw b Morland | 1 | |||||
| K Thomson | c Neal b Pierce | 20 | |||||
| PG d'Auvergne | c Neal b Pierce | 9 | |||||
| +RW Newton | b Jordan | 8 | |||||
| CRW Dickel | b Morland | 2 | |||||
| CM Kirk | not out | 19 | |||||
| KI Ferries | c sub b Jordan | 10 | |||||
| CW Aldridge | not out | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 6 lb, 6 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, 46 overs) | 160 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-66, 2-74, 3-82, 4-96, 5-109, 6-118, 7-123, 8-123, 9-139 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 15 | 3 | 59 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wylie | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Morland | 16 | 6 | 32 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ellis | 5 | 2 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pierce | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | - | - | |
| Burtt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |