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| Venue | King Edward Park, Hawera on 7th, 8th February 1981 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn (Taranaki won on first innings) |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Horowhenua first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| P Murphy | c Sail b Robertson | 9 | |||||
| JE Burnell | c Kirk b Robertson | 11 | |||||
| CJ Buckingham | c Richards b Robertson | 12 | |||||
| CK Lawton | c Lewington b Kirk | 53 | 6 | - | |||
| GB de Castro | lbw b Jordan | 9 | |||||
| RW Trask | c Lewington b Jordan | 0 | |||||
| JJ McArdle | c Jordan b Lewington | 5 | |||||
| PN Hudson | lbw b Kirk | 9 | |||||
| D Hadfield | lbw b Robertson | 0 | |||||
| M Lawton | c West b Lewington | 3 | |||||
| *DG Tyler | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 14 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 34.2 overs) | 125 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-38, 3-38, 4-64, 5-64, 6-77, 7-114, 8-117, 9-125, 10-125 (34.2 ov) | |||||||
| Taranaki bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Robertson | 9 | 1 | 33 | 4 | - | - | |
| Muggeridge | 7 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lewington | 8 | 3 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Jordan | 6 | 1 | 18 | 2 | - | - | |
| Kirk | 4.2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | - | - | |
| Taranaki first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AE Sail | lbw b Buckingham | 25 | |||||
| JF Goodin | c Hudson b Buckingham | 1 | |||||
| RL West | c Burnell b Buckingham | 0 | |||||
| P Walsh | b Buckingham | 5 | |||||
| BC Richards | c Hadfield b Hudson | 8 | |||||
| +PM Blackbourn | c CK Lawton b Tyler | 32 | 4 | - | |||
| GK Robertson | b Tyler | 38 | 3 | - | |||
| *AB Jordan | not out | 9 | |||||
| PJ Lewington | not out | 6 | |||||
| CM Kirk | did not bat | ||||||
| CJ Muggeridge | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 4 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 45 overs) | 128 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Goodin), 2-7 (West), 3-23 (Walsh), 4-37, 5-45, 6-104, 7-121 | |||||||
| Horowhenua bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Buckingham | 16 | 3 | 57 | 4 | - | - | |
| Hudson | 15 | 3 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hadfield | 6 | 2 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tyler | 7 | 2 | 18 | 2 | - | - | |
| de Castro | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |