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| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 15th, 16th, 17th December 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Canterbury 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Central Districts 2 (Batting 1, Bowling 1) |
| Umpires | FR Goodall, RL McHarg |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Close of play day 2 | Central Districts (1) 46/3 (Horne 11*, Shrimpton 5*) |
| Player of the Match | BG Hadlee |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BG Hadlee | c Shrimpton b Gill | 67 | |||||
| GB Smith | c Edwards b O'Sullivan | 22 | |||||
| NM Parker | not out | 18 | |||||
| PE McEwan | c Pierce b DW Bracewell | 7 | |||||
| RW Fulton | not out | 5 | |||||
| DW Stead | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Hadlee | did not bat | ||||||
| SN Bateman | did not bat | ||||||
| VR Brown | did not bat | ||||||
| *+ML Ryan | did not bat | ||||||
| LT Watson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 9 lb, 20 nb) | 32 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 43.6 overs) | 151 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-68, 2-126, 3-140 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 8 | 1 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| BP Bracewell | 10 | 2 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 11 | 1 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gill | 8 | 1 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| DW Bracewell | 6.6 | 3 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RA Pierce | c McEwan b RJ Hadlee | 9 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | c and b Bateman | 6 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | b RJ Hadlee | 3 | |||||
| IDS Smith | b RJ Hadlee | 60 | |||||
| TB Horne | lbw b RJ Hadlee | 18 | |||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | lbw b Stead | 15 | |||||
| DW Bracewell | c Parker b Brown | 3 | |||||
| DR O'Sullivan | b RJ Hadlee | 6 | |||||
| MF Gill | lbw b Stead | 1 | |||||
| AB Jordan | not out | 0 | |||||
| BP Bracewell | lbw b RJ Hadlee | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 3 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 53.2 overs) | 126 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-17, 3-26, 4-62, 5-71, 6-94, 7-125, 8-126, 9-126, 10-126 (53.2 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| RJ Hadlee | 13.2 | 4 | 28 | 6 | - | - | |
| Bateman | 9 | 2 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Brown | 12 | 1 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Stead | 14 | 5 | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Watson | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BG Hadlee | c Gill b O'Sullivan | 51 | |||||
| GB Smith | b DW Bracewell | 31 | |||||
| PE McEwan | c Jordan b O'Sullivan | 0 | |||||
| DW Stead | c Edwards b DW Bracewell | 5 | |||||
| RW Fulton | c Edwards b O'Sullivan | 14 | |||||
| RJ Hadlee | not out | 10 | |||||
| NM Parker | not out | 1 | |||||
| SN Bateman | did not bat | ||||||
| VR Brown | did not bat | ||||||
| *+ML Ryan | did not bat | ||||||
| LT Watson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 6 lb, 4 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 39 overs) | 125 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-64, 2-70, 3-77, 4-110, 5-114 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 10 | 2 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| BP Bracewell | 6 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 13 | 3 | 28 | 3 | - | - | |
| DW Bracewell | 10 | 1 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RA Pierce | not out | 16 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | c sub b Brown | 19 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | lbw b Stead | 9 | |||||
| IDS Smith | not out | 17 | |||||
| TB Horne | did not bat | ||||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | did not bat | ||||||
| DW Bracewell | did not bat | ||||||
| DR O'Sullivan | did not bat | ||||||
| MF Gill | did not bat | ||||||
| AB Jordan | did not bat | ||||||
| BP Bracewell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 24 overs) | 64 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27, 2-40 | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| RJ Hadlee | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bateman | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brown | 6 | 0 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Stead | 8 | 2 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Watson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |