Captain:

Home Grounds used:
Lancaster Park, Christchurch; Dudley Park, Rangiora

Away Grounds visited:
Centennial Park, Oamaru; Eden Park, Auckland; Horton Park, Blenheim

First-Class playing record:
P 8     W 6     D 2     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

21 players appeared in First-Class matches for Canterbury in 1996/97:
GI Allott; NJ Astle; SE Bond; CL Cairns; CD Cumming; BJK Doody; SP Fleming; RM Frew; LK Germon; CZ Harris; BR Hartland; MA Hastings; MEL Lane; CD McMillan; GA Muir; DJ Murray; MW Priest; MF Sharpe; GR Stead; WA Wisneski; BA Yock.

3 players made their debut for Canterbury in these matches in 1996/97:
SE Bond; WA Wisneski; BA Yock.