| misc603574 | |
| Venue | Opunake High School Ground, Opunake on 14th, 15th December 1974 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Close of play day 1 | Taranaki (1) 126/9 (Sutton 1*, Lynch 7*; 58 overs) |
| Taranaki first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DI Green | c McCullum b J Bannister | 25 | |||||
| JF Goodin | b Head | 8 | |||||
| RW Ormiston | c Gill b Head | 0 | |||||
| DS Loveridge | b Walker | 32 | |||||
| *IR Snook | c McCullum b Gill | 1 | |||||
| AI Kirk | lbw b Walker | 5 | |||||
| RL West | c Burtt b Head | 13 | |||||
| PR Stewart | b Gill | 14 | |||||
| +JA Leigh | c Burtt b Gill | 10 | |||||
| RB Sutton | not out | 1 | |||||
| GS Lynch | not out | 7 | |||||
| Extras | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 58 overs) | 126 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25, 2-25, 3-50, 4-51, 5-73, 6-90, 7-91, 8-114, 9-119 | |||||||
| Wanganui bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gill | 16 | 3 | 38 | 3 | - | - | |
| Head | 18 | 7 | 30 | 3 | - | - | |
| Walker | 14 | 6 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| J Bannister | 10 | 3 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wanganui first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BC Baldwin | c Leigh b Sutton | 8 | |||||
| A McCullum | c West b Sutton | 8 | |||||
| GB Inglis | not out | 27 | |||||
| JW Burtt | c Loveridge b Sutton | 4 | |||||
| *GR Spooner | c Green b Lynch | 2 | |||||
| +GF Mitchell | b Snook | 15 | |||||
| NR Bannister | c Lynch b Ormiston | 8 | |||||
| J Bannister | c and b Snook | 3 | |||||
| MF Gill | c Goodin b Snook | 4 | |||||
| JN Walker | b Ormiston | 0 | |||||
| EF Head | c Stewart b Snook | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 30 overs) | 82 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-20, 3-24, 4-29, 5-48, 6-63, 7-68, 8-75, 9-80, 10-82 (30 ov) | |||||||
| Taranaki bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lynch | 7 | 1 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sutton | 6 | 1 | 18 | 3 | - | - | |
| Snook | 9 | 3 | 16 | 4 | - | - | |
| Stewart | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ormiston | 5 | 1 | 14 | 2 | - | - | |
| Taranaki second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DI Green | lbw b Head | 6 | |||||
| JF Goodin | b Head | 9 | |||||
| DS Loveridge | c Mitchell b Head | 23 | |||||
| RW Ormiston | c Spooner b Head | 8 | |||||
| *IR Snook | c Baldwin b Head | 5 | |||||
| RL West | run out | 7 | |||||
| AI Kirk | b Head | 4 | |||||
| PR Stewart | not out | 15 | |||||
| +JA Leigh | not out | 27 | |||||
| RB Sutton | did not bat | ||||||
| GS Lynch | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 6 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 27 overs) | 110 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-23, 3-31, 4-47, 5-59, 6-63, 7-63 | |||||||
| Wanganui bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gill | 6 | 2 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Head | 13 | 1 | 45 | 6 | - | - | |
| Walker | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| J Bannister | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Burtt | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wanganui second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BC Baldwin | c Leigh b Snook | 4 | |||||
| A McCullum | b Snook | 22 | |||||
| GB Inglis | c Snook b Ormiston | 34 | |||||
| JW Burtt | lbw b Sutton | 22 | |||||
| +GF Mitchell | b Sutton | 0 | |||||
| *GR Spooner | not out | 19 | |||||
| NR Bannister | c Loveridge b Snook | 4 | |||||
| J Bannister | c Loveridge b Snook | 4 | |||||
| MF Gill | b Snook | 0 | |||||
| EF Head | not out | 0 | |||||
| JN Walker | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 34 overs) | 112 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24, 2-33, 3-67, 4-67, 5-93, 6-98, 7-102, 8-102 | |||||||
| Taranaki bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lynch | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sutton | 9 | 2 | 22 | 2 | - | - | |
| Snook | 8 | 2 | 21 | 5 | - | - | |
| Ormiston | 12 | 0 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |