| misc34615 | |
| Venue | Te Whiti Park, Lower Hutt on 31st December 1977, 1st January 1978 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Auckland Under-20s 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Central Districts Under-20s 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3) |
| Close of play day 1 | Auckland Under-20s (1) 10/0 (Brazendale ?*, Valentine ?*) |
| Central Districts Under-20s first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CP Jayasinha | c Crowe b Hellaby | 9 | |||||
| GR Dean | b Hellaby | 0 | |||||
| *PS Briasco | lbw b Hellaby | 8 | |||||
| PF Bowers | c Hunt b Crowe | 1 | |||||
| WG Hodgson | b Crowe | 22 | |||||
| R Donald | c Hunt b Hellaby | 28 | |||||
| +DJ Guthardt | c and b Crowe | 9 | |||||
| GK Robertson | c Brebner b Crowe | 50 | |||||
| J MacDonald | st Kelly b Crowe | 2 | |||||
| BP Bracewell | c and b Crowe | 9 | |||||
| WM Aberhart | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 5 lb, 1 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 48.7 overs) | 153 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6 (Dean), 2-9 (Jayasinha), 3-20, 4-24, 5-52, 6-72, 7-116, 8-131, 9-141, 10-153 (48.7 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland Under-20s bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Snedden | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hellaby | 19 | 5 | 48 | 4 | - | - | |
| Crowe | 15.7 | 3 | 48 | 6 | - | - | |
| Hunt | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brazendale | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Auckland Under-20s first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RP Brazendale | c Bowers b Robertson | 20 | |||||
| J Valentine | lbw b Robertson | 13 | |||||
| CJ Postles | b Robertson | 1 | |||||
| PJ Hounsell | st Guthardt b Briasco | 0 | |||||
| MD Crowe | b Robertson | 1 | |||||
| *ATR Hellaby | lbw b Jayasinha | 17 | |||||
| GD Inglis | c Aberhart b Robertson | 35 | |||||
| MC Snedden | not out | 50 | |||||
| AJ Hunt | not out | 5 | |||||
| SRE Brebner | did not bat | ||||||
| +PJ Kelly | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 5 lb, 8 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 55 overs) | 160 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-43, 2-46, 3-47, 4-47, 5-48, 6-79, 7-140 | |||||||
| Central Districts Under-20s bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bracewell | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Aberhart | 7 | 3 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Robertson | 22 | 6 | 55 | 5 | - | - | |
| Briasco | 14 | 1 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| MacDonald | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jayasinha | 6 | 2 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |