diff -r add40e9f7cbe Lib/test/test_re.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_re.py	Wed Oct 16 12:46:28 2013 +0300
+++ b/Lib/test/test_re.py	Wed Oct 16 14:25:32 2013 +0300
@@ -1104,6 +1104,23 @@
                 self.assertEqual(re.compile(pattern, re.S).findall(b'xyz'),
                                  [b'xyz'], msg=pattern)
 
+    def test_match_repr(self):
+        match1 = re.search("test", "testrepr")
+        match2 = re.search("testrepr", "testtestreprtest")
+        match3 = re.search("a" * 51, 
+                           "a" * 52)
+
+        self.assertEqual(repr(match1), 
+                         "<SRE Match object: groups=1, "
+                         "span=(0 4), group0='test'>")
+        self.assertEqual(repr(match2), 
+                         "<SRE Match object: groups=1, "
+                         "span=(4 12), group0='testrepr'>")
+        self.assertEqual(repr(match3), 
+                         "<SRE Match object: groups=1, span=(0 51), "
+                         "group0='aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
+                         "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa>")
+        
 
     def test_bug_2537(self):
         # issue 2537: empty submatches
diff -r add40e9f7cbe Modules/_sre.c
--- a/Modules/_sre.c	Wed Oct 16 12:46:28 2013 +0300
+++ b/Modules/_sre.c	Wed Oct 16 14:25:32 2013 +0300
@@ -3636,6 +3636,26 @@
         return match_regs(self);
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+match_repr(MatchObject *self)
+{    
+    int start = self->mark[0];
+    int end = self->mark[1];
+    PyObject* seq;
+    PyObject* result;
+    seq = getslice(0, Py_None, self->string, start, end);
+    result = PyUnicode_FromFormat("<SRE Match object: groups=%d, "
+                                 "span=(%d %d), group0=%.51R>",
+                                  self->groups,
+                                  start,
+                                  end,
+                                  seq);
+    Py_DECREF(seq);
+    return result;
+
+}
+
+
 static PyGetSetDef match_getset[] = {
     {"lastindex", (getter)match_lastindex_get, (setter)NULL},
     {"lastgroup", (getter)match_lastgroup_get, (setter)NULL},
@@ -3664,7 +3684,7 @@
     0,                          /* tp_getattr */
     0,                          /* tp_setattr */
     0,                          /* tp_reserved */
-    0,                          /* tp_repr */
+    (reprfunc)match_repr,       /* tp_repr */
     0,                          /* tp_as_number */
     0,                          /* tp_as_sequence */
     0,                          /* tp_as_mapping */
@@ -3965,3 +3985,4 @@
 
 /* vim:ts=4:sw=4:et
 */
+