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| Venue | Eden Park, Auckland on 30th, 31st December 1976, 1st January 1977 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Auckland 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Canterbury 8 (Batting 6, Bowling 2) |
| Umpires | DHV Bindon, S Sukias |
| Close of play day 1 | Auckland (1) 66/1 (Riley 46*, Kasper 2*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Canterbury (2) 112/3 (Congdon 51*, Parker 24*) |
| Player of the Match | BE Congdon |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PG Coman | c Parsons b Howarth | 82 | |||||
| BG Hadlee | c Burgess b Stott | 46 | |||||
| BE Congdon | not out | 103 | |||||
| BF Hastings | c Reid b Howarth | 4 | |||||
| DW Stead | c Reid b Stott | 44 | |||||
| NM Parker | c Howarth b Stott | 37 | |||||
| RJ Hadlee | not out | 29 | |||||
| *+ML Ryan | did not bat | ||||||
| DR Hadlee | did not bat | ||||||
| SL Boock | did not bat | ||||||
| LJ Forde | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 4 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 73 overs) | 350 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-122, 2-132, 3-153, 4-242, 5-297 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cushen | 14 | 2 | 63 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stott | 23 | 2 | 110 | 3 | - | - | |
| Howarth | 26 | 4 | 130 | 2 | - | - | |
| McIntyre | 10 | 1 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AEW Parsons | c Stead b DR Hadlee | 15 | |||||
| JD Riley | c and b Forde | 53 | |||||
| RJ Kasper | not out | 94 | |||||
| MG Burgess | lbw b Boock | 42 | |||||
| GE Vivian | c Stead b DR Hadlee | 67 | |||||
| +JF Reid | b Boock | 18 | |||||
| *HJ Howarth | not out | 0 | |||||
| RW Morgan | did not bat | ||||||
| JM McIntyre | did not bat | ||||||
| LW Stott | did not bat | ||||||
| JAJ Cushen | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 6 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, innings closed, 75 overs) | 299 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-51, 2-86, 3-156, 4-256, 5-296 | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| RJ Hadlee | 15 | 1 | 61 | 0 | - | - | |
| Forde | 21 | 3 | 80 | 1 | - | - | |
| DR Hadlee | 17 | 3 | 54 | 2 | - | - | |
| Boock | 19 | 1 | 85 | 2 | - | - | |
| Congdon | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PG Coman | run out | 24 | |||||
| BG Hadlee | lbw b Cushen | 0 | |||||
| BE Congdon | c Vivian b Stott | 66 | |||||
| BF Hastings | c Howarth b Stott | 6 | |||||
| NM Parker | c Reid b Stott | 39 | |||||
| DW Stead | c Howarth b Stott | 15 | |||||
| *+ML Ryan | not out | 50 | |||||
| RJ Hadlee | c McIntyre b Stott | 6 | |||||
| DR Hadlee | c Reid b Stott | 9 | |||||
| SL Boock | c Howarth b Cushen | 9 | |||||
| LJ Forde | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 lb, 1 nb, 2 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 69 overs) | 236 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-28, 3-51, 4-141, 5-142, 6-176, 7-194, 8-219, 9-236 (69 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cushen | 32 | 3 | 99 | 2 | - | - | |
| Stott | 33 | 4 | 109 | 6 | - | - | |
| Howarth | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AEW Parsons | c Congdon b Boock | 16 | |||||
| JD Riley | c Forde b RJ Hadlee | 24 | |||||
| RJ Kasper | c Coman b Boock | 4 | |||||
| MG Burgess | run out | 6 | |||||
| GE Vivian | c Stead b Boock | 37 | |||||
| +JF Reid | c RJ Hadlee b Stead | 0 | |||||
| RW Morgan | b Boock | 36 | |||||
| *HJ Howarth | not out | 8 | |||||
| JM McIntyre | not out | 16 | |||||
| LW Stott | did not bat | ||||||
| JAJ Cushen | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (11 b, 5 lb, 1 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 54 overs) | 164 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-46, 3-49, 4-66, 5-66, 6-126, 7-141 | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| RJ Hadlee | 6 | 0 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Forde | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| DR Hadlee | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boock | 25 | 8 | 53 | 4 | - | - | |
| Stead | 19 | 5 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |