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| Venue | Horton Park, Blenheim on 24th, 25th October 1977 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Wanganui won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (Wanganui won on first innings) |
| Close of play day 1 | Wanganui (1) 298/6 (Donald 11*, Hooper 1*; 90 overs) |
| Wanganui first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GR Willacy | c Thomas b Aberhart | 19 | 3 | - | |||
| BC Baldwin | c Thomas b Aberhart | 41 | 5 | - | |||
| DJ Berry | c Hill b Sowman | 74 | 8 | - | |||
| *CMH Atkinson | c Sowman b Aberhart | 15 | 2 | - | |||
| GK Cunningham | lbw b Aberhart | 62 | 8 | - | |||
| AT Paterson | b Aberhart | 64 | 10 | - | |||
| R Donald | not out | 61 | 10 | - | |||
| +GA Hooper | b Thomas | 1 | - | - | |||
| P Ward | b Sowman | 0 | - | - | |||
| MF Gill | not out | 7 | - | - | |||
| EF Head | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 lb, 3 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 108 overs) | 355 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-33 (Willacy), 2-96 (Baldwin), 3-126 (Atkinson), 4-174 (Berry), 5-284 (Cunningham), 6-287 (Paterson), 7-298 (Hooper), 8-309 (Ward) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomas | 34 | 14 | 120 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Maclaine | 11 | 3 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Aberhart | 34 | 8 | 93 | 5 | - | - | |
| MacDonald | 12 | 1 | 46 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Sowman | 17 | 5 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Marlborough first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MD Catley | b Gill | 1 | 2 | 6 | - | - | |
| GR Neal | c Berry b Head | 5 | 10 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| +JR Bowers | c Cunningham b Gill | 2 | 58 | - | - | ||
| *AJ Hill | c Hooper b Gill | 78 | 145 | 8 | 2 | ||
| CR Anderson | b Gill | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| JJ Cunliffe | retired hurt | 0 | 5 | - | - | ||
| DC Aberhart | c Cunningham b Head | 1 | 11 | - | - | ||
| AT Sowman | b Head | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| RI Thomas | b Gill | 6 | 12 | - | - | ||
| GK MacDonald | b Head | 19 | 20 | 4 | - | ||
| NF Maclaine | not out | 3 | 32 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (2 b, 5 lb, 4 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 29.4 overs) | 132 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2 (Catley, 0.6 ov), 2-6 (Neal, 1.6 ov), 3-36 (Bowers), 4-36 (Anderson), 5-43 (Aberhart), 6-49 (Sowman), 7-61 (Thomas), 8-85 (MacDonald), 9-132 (Hill, 29.4 ov) | |||||||
| Wanganui bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gill | 10.4 | 2 | 30 | 5 | - | 3 | |
| Head | 14 | 2 | 51 | 4 | - | - | |
| Donald | 5 | 1 | 40 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Marlborough second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MD Catley | c Cunningham b Gill | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| GR Neal | not out | 27 | 5 | - | |||
| CR Anderson | c and b Head | 3 | 3 | - | - | ||
| +JR Bowers | c and b Head | 2 | - | - | |||
| *AJ Hill | not out | 15 | 2 | - | |||
| JJ Cunliffe | did not bat | ||||||
| DC Aberhart | did not bat | ||||||
| AT Sowman | did not bat | ||||||
| RI Thomas | did not bat | ||||||
| GK MacDonald | did not bat | ||||||
| NF Maclaine | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 13 overs) | 55 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (Catley, 0.3 ov), 2-8 (Anderson, 1.2 ov), 3-30 (Bowers) | |||||||
| Wanganui bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gill | 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Head | 6 | 1 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Donald | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |