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| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 31st December 1979, 1st, 2nd January 1980 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Canterbury 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Northern Districts 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 4, slow over-rate -1) |
| Umpires | BL Aldridge, FR Goodall |
| Close of play day 1 | Canterbury (1) 109/1 (Thorn 37*, McEwan 65*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Northern Districts (2) 160/4 (Parker 13*, Roberts 7*) |
| Player of the Match | PE McEwan |
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Gibson | b Wilson | 4 | |||||
| JG Wright | c Thorn b Bateman | 1 | |||||
| *GP Howarth | c McEwan b Wilson | 25 | |||||
| JM Parker | run out | 47 | |||||
| CM Kuggeleijn | c Rathie b Hadlee | 16 | |||||
| ADG Roberts | not out | 83 | |||||
| DJ White | c Wilson b Stead | 5 | |||||
| +MJE Wright | c Ritchie b Hadlee | 11 | |||||
| SR Gillespie | c Ritchie b Brown | 3 | |||||
| CW Dickeson | c Ritchie b McEwan | 9 | |||||
| SJ Scott | c McEwan b Stead | 10 | |||||
| Extras | (13 b, 4 lb, 6 nb) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 95 overs) | 237 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-7, 3-37, 4-88, 5-141, 6-158, 7-177, 8-184, 9-212, 10-237 (95 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bateman | 10 | 0 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 16 | 5 | 38 | 2 | - | - | |
| Jesty | 15 | 5 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brown | 6 | 2 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hadlee | 25 | 8 | 45 | 2 | - | - | |
| Stead | 17 | 6 | 35 | 2 | - | - | |
| McEwan | 6 | 1 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DS Rathie | b Gillespie | 3 | |||||
| LDA Thorn | c MJE Wright b Gillespie | 41 | |||||
| PE McEwan | c MJE Wright b Scott | 111 | |||||
| VR Brown | lbw b White | 0 | |||||
| TE Jesty | c Parker b Scott | 28 | |||||
| *CL Bull | c Scott b Dickeson | 3 | |||||
| DW Stead | c Howarth b Scott | 57 | |||||
| +BD Ritchie | c Dickeson b Howarth | 24 | |||||
| DR Hadlee | c Kuggeleijn b Scott | 26 | |||||
| ID Wilson | c and b Scott | 0 | |||||
| GC Bateman | not out | 12 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 3 lb, 3 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 102.3 overs) | 319 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-117, 3-118, 4-189, 5-192, 6-196, 7-246, 8-289, 9-290, 10-319 (102.3 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gillespie | 26 | 7 | 74 | 2 | - | - | |
| Scott | 18.3 | 6 | 50 | 5 | - | - | |
| Dickeson | 24 | 7 | 64 | 1 | - | - | |
| Howarth | 12 | 4 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| White | 19 | 6 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Roberts | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northern Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Gibson | lbw b Bateman | 49 | |||||
| JG Wright | c Bull b Bateman | 73 | |||||
| *GP Howarth | c Stead b Brown | 10 | |||||
| JM Parker | c Ritchie b Hadlee | 71 | |||||
| CM Kuggeleijn | c Stead b Brown | 1 | |||||
| ADG Roberts | b Brown | 9 | |||||
| DJ White | c Stead b Brown | 0 | |||||
| +MJE Wright | b Hadlee | 0 | |||||
| SR Gillespie | c Ritchie b Hadlee | 44 | |||||
| CW Dickeson | not out | 9 | |||||
| SJ Scott | lbw b Bateman | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 14 lb, 2 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 121.4 overs) | 285 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-111, 2-128, 3-138, 4-148, 5-164, 6-164, 7-165, 8-259, 9-280, 10-285 (121.4 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bateman | 18.4 | 8 | 29 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 13 | 3 | 55 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jesty | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brown | 40 | 22 | 60 | 4 | - | - | |
| Hadlee | 27 | 9 | 52 | 3 | - | - | |
| Stead | 13 | 3 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| McEwan | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DW Stead | c +Parker b Roberts | 11 | |||||
| LDA Thorn | lbw b Dickeson | 10 | |||||
| PE McEwan | c +Parker b Gillespie | 38 | |||||
| *CL Bull | c +Parker b Howarth | 28 | |||||
| TE Jesty | c -MJE Wright b Gillespie | 0 | |||||
| VR Brown | c sub b White | 4 | |||||
| DS Rathie | not out | 39 | |||||
| +BD Ritchie | not out | 25 | |||||
| DR Hadlee | did not bat | ||||||
| ID Wilson | did not bat | ||||||
| GC Bateman | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 56.2 overs) | 160 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-60, 3-64, 4-64, 5-68, 6-125 | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gillespie | 13 | 4 | 38 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dickeson | 18.2 | 8 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Howarth | 8 | 1 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| White | 4 | 1 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Roberts | 9 | 3 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| MJE Wright | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |