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Home Grounds used:
Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Away Grounds visited:
Tauranga Domain Outer Ground; Eden Park, Auckland; Trafalgar Park, Nelson

First-Class playing record:
P 7     W 0     D 2     L 5

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

17 players appeared in First-Class matches for Canterbury in 1978/79:
SN Bateman; VR Brown; KI Collins; GI Cummins; PG D'Auvergne; RW Fulton; BG Hadlee; RJ Hadlee; CM Kirk; PE McEwan; SR McNally; NM Parker; ML Ryan; GB Smith; DW Stead; LDA Thorn; LT Watson.

6 players made their debut for Canterbury in these matches in 1978/79:
VR Brown; KI Collins; GI Cummins; SR McNally; LDA Thorn; LT Watson.