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| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 26th, 27th, 28th December 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Otago won by 5 wickets |
| Points | Canterbury 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Otago 18 (Batting 2, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | IC Higginson, DC Wilson |
| Close of play day 1 | Otago (1) 94/3 (Facoory 44*, Boock 2*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Canterbury (2) 85/4 (Fulton 26*, Ryan 26*) |
| Player of the Match | WK Lees |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BG Hadlee | c Rutherford b Hills | 11 | |||||
| GB Smith | c Lees b Hills | 11 | |||||
| NM Parker | c Lees b Hills | 0 | |||||
| PE McEwan | c Facoory b Boock | 63 | |||||
| RW Fulton | c BR Blair b Hills | 54 | |||||
| *+ML Ryan | c Lees b Cairns | 3 | |||||
| DW Stead | b Hills | 31 | |||||
| VR Brown | lbw b Boock | 3 | |||||
| RJ Hadlee | c Facoory b Cairns | 18 | |||||
| SN Bateman | not out | 20 | |||||
| GI Cummins | c Lees b Boock | 10 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 2 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 66 overs) | 229 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-22, 3-25, 4-110, 5-125, 6-173, 7-176, 8-178, 9-198, 10-229 (66 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cairns | 26 | 5 | 73 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hills | 14 | 2 | 57 | 5 | - | - | |
| Hill | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boock | 23 | 6 | 73 | 3 | - | - | |
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IA Rutherford | lbw b Bateman | 1 | |||||
| SJ McCullum | c Ryan b Bateman | 12 | |||||
| PR Facoory | c McEwan b RJ Hadlee | 57 | |||||
| WL Blair | lbw b RJ Hadlee | 28 | |||||
| SL Boock | lbw b Stead | 23 | |||||
| BR Blair | run out | 5 | |||||
| KO Campbell | c Smith b Stead | 69 | |||||
| *+WK Lees | c Stead b RJ Hadlee | 8 | |||||
| BL Cairns | c McEwan b Stead | 70 | |||||
| RJ Hill | not out | 0 | |||||
| PW Hills | c Brown b Stead | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (14 b, 7 lb, 8 nb, 1 w) | 30 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 82.4 overs) | 303 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-23, 3-92, 4-115, 5-130, 6-157, 7-169, 8-276, 9-302, 10-303 (82.4 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| RJ Hadlee | 18 | 5 | 37 | 3 | - | - | |
| Bateman | 17 | 1 | 71 | 2 | - | - | |
| McEwan | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stead | 26.4 | 8 | 101 | 4 | - | - | |
| Cummins | 10 | 1 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brown | 7 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BG Hadlee | b Hills | 9 | |||||
| GB Smith | run out | 15 | |||||
| NM Parker | lbw b Hills | 6 | |||||
| PE McEwan | c Lees b Hills | 0 | |||||
| RW Fulton | c Rutherford b Boock | 37 | |||||
| *+ML Ryan | c McCullum b Cairns | 46 | |||||
| DW Stead | c Rutherford b Cairns | 18 | |||||
| VR Brown | c Hills b Boock | 5 | |||||
| RJ Hadlee | b Boock | 0 | |||||
| SN Bateman | c McCullum b Boock | 14 | |||||
| GI Cummins | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 4 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 73.5 overs) | 162 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17, 2-29, 3-31, 4-31, 5-118, 6-118, 7-125, 8-129, 9-158, 10-162 (73.5 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cairns | 21 | 5 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hills | 19 | 6 | 45 | 3 | - | - | |
| Boock | 32.5 | 15 | 53 | 4 | - | - | |
| BR Blair | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Otago second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IA Rutherford | run out | 41 | |||||
| SJ McCullum | c Bateman b Stead | 5 | |||||
| PR Facoory | b Stead | 2 | |||||
| WL Blair | not out | 32 | |||||
| BR Blair | run out | 3 | |||||
| KO Campbell | b Stead | 0 | |||||
| *+WK Lees | not out | 0 | |||||
| SL Boock | did not bat | ||||||
| BL Cairns | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Hill | did not bat | ||||||
| PW Hills | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 29.4 overs) | 91 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-29, 3-80, 4-87, 5-87 | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| RJ Hadlee | 8 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bateman | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stead | 11 | 2 | 39 | 3 | - | - | |
| Brown | 7.4 | 2 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |