18th Tournament at Timaru January 1981

West Coast withdrew at the last minute which allowed ChCh A & B + South Canty A & B to maintain the 14 team format. The winner was Central Otago after a gripping final with Christchurch B. The tournament was "stacked" with talent.

• Total Runs - 7702; Wickets - 620 Average - 12.42
• Most Runs - 235 @ 78.3 - Darrin Murray - Nelson
• Most Wickets - 26 @ 5.1 - Jodie O'Rielly (Central Otago)
• Best Bowling - 7 for 20 & 8 for 8 - Stephen Hill (Otago)
• Notable: Darrin Murray - Nelson (New Zealand); John Preston - Christchurch (NZ Rugby); Graeme Turner - Christchurch (NZ Hockey); Lee Germon - Christchurch (New Zealand); Blair Hartland - Christchurch (New Zealand); Mark Hastings - Christchurch (Canterbury); Simon Culhane - Southland (NZ Rugby); Chris Cairns - Otago (New Zealand); Henry Richards - Christchurch (Canterbury)

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Teams Summary

• Central Otago 21 points. 644 runs at 13.42 rpw. Conceded 362 runs & took 58 wkts at 6.24 rpw
• Canterbury B 18 points. 565 runs at 15.27 rpw. Conceded 502 runs & took 46 wkts at 10.91 rpw
• Nelson 18 points. 607 runs at 16.86 rpw. Conceded 511 runs & took 55 wkts at 9.29 rpw
• Canterbury A 18 points. 584 runs at 14.97 rpw. Conceded 465 runs & took 50 wkts at 9.30 rpw
• South Canterbury A 16 points. 666 runs at 15.86 rpw. Conceded 510 runs & took 39 wkts at 13.08 rpw
• Southland 15 points. 617 runs at 14.69 rpw. Conceded 446 runs & took 38 wkts at 11.74 rpw
• South Canterbury B 15 points. 560 runs at 14.00 rpw. Conceded 455 runs & took 47 wkts at 9.68 rpw
• North Canterbury 14 points. 492 runs at 10.70 rpw. Conceded 675 runs & took 35 wkts at 19.29 rpw
• Otago 14 points. 622 runs at 11.74 rpw. Conceded 474 runs & took 46 wkts at 10.30 rpw
• Buller 13 points. 460 runs at 8.52 rpw. Conceded 698 runs & took 54 wkts at 12.93 rpw
• East Sthld Country 13 points. 457 runs at 7.62 rpw. Conceded 544 runs & took 35 wkts at 15.54 rpw
• Marlborough 12 points. 561 runs at 17.00 rpw. Conceded 579 runs & took 34 wkts at 17.03 rpw
• Ashburton 6 points. 387 runs at 8.41 rpw. Conceded 784 runs & took 42 wkts at 18.67 rpw
• orth Otago 5 points. 480 runs at 9.06 rpw. Conceded 697 runs & took 41 wkts at 17.00 rpw