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Home Grounds used:
Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Away Grounds visited:
Carisbrook, Dunedin; Basin Reserve, Wellington; Trafalgar Park, Nelson

First-Class playing record:
P 5     W 2     D 1     L 2

Click on these links for the season's First-Class scorecards and results
or First-Class batting averages or First-Class bowling averages

15 players appeared in First-Class matches for Canterbury in 1971/72:
CK Baker; CL Bull; JW Burtt; GT Dowling; BG Hadlee; DR Hadlee; RJ Hadlee; BF Hastings; AR Hounsell; BP Isherwood; CM Kirk; V Pollard; ML Ryan; DW Stead; DG Trist.

2 players made their debut for Canterbury in these matches in 1971/72:
CK Baker; RJ Hadlee.