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| Venue | Herries Park, Te Aroha on 25th, 26th February 1978 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Thames Valley won by 2 wickets |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Northland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JC McLeod | c Leadbeater b Boyd | 25 | |||||
| RJ McPherson | b Vagg | 9 | |||||
| DP Lloyd | c Morrison b Vagg | 30 | |||||
| WG Lawrie | lbw b Vagg | 8 | |||||
| BG Cooper | c Beach b Vagg | 28 | |||||
| *B Dunning | c Boyd b Vagg | 8 | |||||
| DB Cowie | lbw b Vagg | 28 | |||||
| WP Fowler | c Baigent b Vagg | 4 | |||||
| +LS Mountain | not out | 44 | 3 | 1 | |||
| SJ Scott | c Baigent b Brooke | 12 | |||||
| JP Moselen | b Brooke | 11 | |||||
| Extras | 2 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 51.1 overs) | 209 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19 (McPherson), 2-49 (McLeod), 3-74, 4-77, 5-89, 6-119, 7-125, 8-146, 9-165, 10-209 (51.1 ov) | |||||||
| Thames Valley bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Vagg | 22 | 3 | 94 | 7 | - | - | |
| Waugh | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boyd | 14 | 3 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Brooke | 12.1 | 2 | 38 | 2 | - | - | |
| Thames Valley first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BG O'Neil | c Mountain b Moselen | 0 | - | - | |||
| DJ Morrison | c Lawrie b Moselen | 11 | |||||
| CA Webb | c Fowler b Moselen | 28 | 3 | - | |||
| CTM Beach | c Mountain b Moselen | 20 | 3 | - | |||
| RE Baigent | lbw b Dunning | 27 | 4 | 1 | |||
| GL Davison | b Lloyd | 20 | 4 | - | |||
| RL Leadbeater | c McPherson b Fowler | 23 | 3 | - | |||
| *AG Boyd | c Moselen b Lloyd | 2 | - | - | |||
| MJ Brooke | b Lloyd | 0 | - | - | |||
| RE Waugh | lbw b Lloyd | 0 | - | - | |||
| MA Vagg | not out | 1 | - | - | |||
| Extras | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 24.5 overs) | 141 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (O'Neil), 2-18 (Morrison), 3-54, 4-71, 5-109, 6-113, 7-117, 8-134, 9-135, 10-141 (24.5 ov) | |||||||
| Northland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Moselen | 7 | 1 | 35 | 4 | - | - | |
| Scott | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dunning | 7 | 1 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lloyd | 6 | 1 | 23 | 4 | - | - | |
| Fowler | 1.5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| Northland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RJ McPherson | c O'Neil b Boyd | 16 | |||||
| JC McLeod | lbw b Boyd | 57 | 10 | - | |||
| WP Fowler | c and b Vagg | 23 | |||||
| WG Lawrie | c Morrison b Vagg | 12 | |||||
| BG Cooper | c Morrison b Vagg | 36 | |||||
| *B Dunning | not out | 10 | |||||
| DP Lloyd | not out | 1 | - | - | |||
| DB Cowie | did not bat | ||||||
| +LS Mountain | did not bat | ||||||
| SJ Scott | did not bat | ||||||
| JP Moselen | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 24 overs) | 158 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-61 (McLeod), 2-98, 3-98, 4-130, 5-155 | |||||||
| Thames Valley bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Vagg | 11 | 1 | 83 | 3 | - | - | |
| Waugh | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boyd | 7 | 0 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| Brooke | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Thames Valley second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BG O'Neil | lbw b Dunning | 62 | 9 | - | |||
| DJ Morrison | c Cooper b Dunning | 63 | 11 | 1 | |||
| CA Webb | c Mountain b Dunning | 40 | 5 | - | |||
| CTM Beach | lbw b Lloyd | 15 | |||||
| RE Baigent | b Dunning | 0 | - | - | |||
| GL Davison | c Mountain b Lloyd | 13 | |||||
| RL Leadbeater | lbw b Dunning | 0 | - | - | |||
| *AG Boyd | not out | 10 | |||||
| MJ Brooke | c Mountain b Dunning | 0 | - | - | |||
| RE Waugh | not out | 11 | |||||
| MA Vagg | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 50.1 overs) | 229 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-118 (Morrison), 2-151 (O'Neil), 3-174, 4-175, 5-202, 6-202, 7-208, 8-209 | |||||||
| Northland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Moselen | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Scott | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lawrie | 5 | 1 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fowler | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| McLeod | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dunning | 17.1 | 1 | 74 | 6 | - | - | |
| Lloyd | 15 | 3 | 57 | 2 | - | - | |