Captain:

Home Grounds used:
Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Away Grounds visited:
Queen's Park, Invercargill; McLean Park, Napier; Basin Reserve, Wellington; Hutt Recreation Ground, Lower Hutt

First-Class playing record:
P 9     W 5     D 4     L 0

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

18 players appeared in First-Class matches for Canterbury in 1977/78:
SN Bateman; SL Boock; AE Collins; PG Coman; BE Congdon; WL Eddington; BG Hadlee; DR Hadlee; RJ Hadlee; RH King; PE McEwan; NM Parker; JG Phillips; ML Ryan; GB Smith; DW Stead; DG Trist; ID Wilson.

8 players made their debut for Canterbury in these matches in 1977/78:
SN Bateman; AE Collins; WL Eddington; RH King; PE McEwan; JG Phillips; GB Smith; ID Wilson.