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| Venue | Horton Park, Blenheim on 18th, 19th January 1980 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Marlborough won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Close of play day 1 | Taranaki (1) 302/8 (PR Stewart 24*, CM Kirk 4*; 101 overs) |
| Taranaki first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JF Goodin | c Cunliffe b Murphy | 0 | 20 | - | - | ||
| PM Stewart | st Pond b Cameron | 76 | 180 | 14 | - | ||
| RL West | b Anderson | 84 | 147 | 12 | 1 | ||
| AI Kirk | c Cameron b RL Thomas | 30 | 89 | 3 | 1 | ||
| *IR Snook | c RL Thomas b Cameron | 10 | 19 | 1 | - | ||
| BC Richards | c Anderson b RL Thomas | 63 | 79 | 8 | 1 | ||
| CE Wood | c Pond b RL Thomas | 6 | 12 | 1 | - | ||
| PR Stewart | not out | 24 | 48 | 4 | 1 | ||
| P Walsh | lbw b RL Thomas | 0 | 12 | - | - | ||
| CM Kirk | not out | 4 | 25 | 1 | - | ||
| BA Phillips | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 2 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 320 minutes, 101 overs) | 302 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Goodin), 2-159 (West), 3-163 (PM Stewart), 4-185 (Snook), 5-261 (AI Kirk), 6-271 (Wood), 7-274 (Richards), 8-275 (Walsh) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| RL Thomas | 32 | 10 | 108 | 4 | - | - | |
| Murphy | 8 | 3 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cameron | 35 | 11 | 80 | 2 | - | - | |
| Logan | 10 | 4 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Anderson | 12 | 3 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Columbus | 4 | 1 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marlborough first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DIA Cameron | did not bat | ||||||
| AJ Marfell | did not bat | ||||||
| *CR Anderson | did not bat | ||||||
| JJ Cunliffe | did not bat | ||||||
| KW Columbus | did not bat | ||||||
| RI Thomas | did not bat | ||||||
| M Murphy | did not bat | ||||||
| MG Malthus | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Logan | did not bat | ||||||
| RL Thomas | did not bat | ||||||
| +AF Pond | did not bat | ||||||