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| Venue | Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North on 15th, 16th December 1973 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Nelson first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +GN Edwards | lbw b Crone | 39 | |||||
| RW Cederman | c Hooper b Astle | 2 | |||||
| BL Hampton | not out | 212 | 32 | - | |||
| RA Pierce | b Brown | 18 | |||||
| *GW Douglas | c Crone b Brooke | 2 | |||||
| TB Horne | c Wright b Brown | 15 | |||||
| DP Rackley | c Brown b Astle | 9 | |||||
| LR Herron | c Prestidge b Brown | 1 | |||||
| RB Tasker | b Brooke | 24 | |||||
| DC Aberhart | not out | 38 | |||||
| AB Carey | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 16 | ||||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 90 overs) | 376 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-236 | |||||||
| Manawatu bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Astle | 22 | 3 | 116 | 2 | - | - | |
| Crone | 13 | 1 | 54 | 1 | - | - | |
| Brooke | 25 | 5 | 76 | 2 | - | - | |
| Brown | 24 | 7 | 87 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hooper | 6 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Manawatu first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| M Young | c Douglas b Aberhart | 0 | |||||
| HC Wright | c Tasker b Herron | 15 | |||||
| GHR Duncan | st Edwards b Carey | 43 | |||||
| MJ Brooke | run out | 8 | |||||
| *BR Prestidge | lbw b Hampton | 4 | |||||
| JG Hooper | c Pierce b Hampton | 19 | |||||
| +LW Downes | c Pierce b Douglas | 61 | 153 | 9 | - | ||
| DA Amadio | run out | 27 | 29 | ||||
| MT Brown | c and b Douglas | 7 | |||||
| AM Astle | b Douglas | 0 | |||||
| JR Crone | not out | 5 | 66 | - | |||
| Extras | 20 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 86.2 overs) | 209 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-209 (86.2 ov) | |||||||
| Nelson bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Aberhart | 12 | 2 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Douglas | 25.2 | 11 | 43 | 3 | - | - | |
| Herron | 14 | 1 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Carey | 16 | 5 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hampton | 19 | 10 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
| Manawatu second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| M Young | b Carey | 7 | |||||
| HC Wright | lbw b Carey | 7 | |||||
| GHR Duncan | b Hampton | 4 | |||||
| *BR Prestidge | c Tasker b Aberhart | 3 | |||||
| JG Hooper | c Edwards b Herron | 24 | |||||
| +LW Downes | not out | 6 | |||||
| DA Amadio | not out | 0 | |||||
| MJ Brooke | did not bat | ||||||
| MT Brown | did not bat | ||||||
| AM Astle | did not bat | ||||||
| JR Crone | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 27 overs) | 54 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-? | |||||||
| Nelson bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hampton | 5 | 1 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Douglas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Carey | 8 | 5 | 18 | 2 | - | - | |
| Aberhart | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Herron | 4 | 1 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |