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| Venue | Sportsground, Palmerston North on 10th, 11th, 12th January 1961 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Central Districts 5; Northern Districts 1 |
| Umpires | GS Northcote, LE Storkey |
| Close of play day 1 | Central Districts (1) 26/0 (Lowans 11*, Reade 12*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Central Districts (1) 396/8 (Bartlett 28*, Beard 28*) |
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DL Donald | run out | 59 | |||||
| TE Shaw | c Colquhoun b Bartlett | 75 | |||||
| RJ McPherson | lbw b Spence | 13 | |||||
| GD Alabaster | run out | 12 | |||||
| SW Veitch | lbw b Beard | 40 | |||||
| *+EC Petrie | c Small b Beard | 48 | |||||
| MC Langdon | lbw b Spence | 11 | |||||
| N Puna | c Leggat b Beard | 1 | |||||
| NR Wilson | lbw b Beard | 29 | |||||
| AF Lissette | st Colquhoun b Beard | 0 | |||||
| DC Hoskin | not out | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 3 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 121.2 overs) | 316 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-129, 2-141, 3-164, 4-168, 5-235, 6-275, 7-275, 8-280, 9-282, 10-316 (121.2 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bartlett | 24 | 4 | 67 | 1 | - | - | |
| Beard | 42.2 | 18 | 81 | 5 | - | - | |
| Leggat | 29 | 11 | 65 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 15 | 4 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Spence | 11 | 1 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GE Lowans | c Petrie b Hoskin | 57 | |||||
| LB Reade | c Langdon b Puna | 163 | |||||
| DN Macleod | lbw b Hoskin | 60 | |||||
| RG Small | lbw b Alabaster | 25 | |||||
| BE Congdon | c McPherson b Puna | 11 | |||||
| DV Spence | b Puna | 1 | |||||
| IB Leggat | b Alabaster | 9 | |||||
| KFH Smith | run out | 2 | |||||
| DD Beard | not out | 45 | |||||
| GA Bartlett | b Hoskin | 38 | |||||
| *+IA Colquhoun | c Petrie b Hoskin | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 3 lb, 5 nb, 1 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 157.3 overs) | 431 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-117, 2-249, 3-290, 4-321, 5-325, 6-335, 7-335, 8-339, 9-421, 10-431 (157.3 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hoskin | 27.3 | 4 | 102 | 4 | - | - | |
| Langdon | 35 | 6 | 81 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lissette | 27 | 3 | 50 | 0 | - | - | |
| Puna | 31 | 5 | 87 | 3 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 27 | 4 | 70 | 2 | - | - | |
| Shaw | 6 | 3 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northern Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DL Donald | lbw b Beard | 65 | |||||
| TE Shaw | run out | 10 | |||||
| RJ McPherson | b Spence | 35 | |||||
| GD Alabaster | c Bartlett b Beard | 29 | |||||
| SW Veitch | not out | 49 | |||||
| MC Langdon | b Smith | 9 | |||||
| *+EC Petrie | not out | 20 | |||||
| N Puna | did not bat | ||||||
| NR Wilson | did not bat | ||||||
| AF Lissette | did not bat | ||||||
| DC Hoskin | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 3 lb, 9 nb, 1 w) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 107 overs) | 236 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-83, 3-144, 4-151, 5-189 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bartlett | 16 | 3 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Beard | 32 | 9 | 63 | 2 | - | - | |
| Leggat | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 23 | 14 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Spence | 27 | 8 | 77 | 1 | - | - | |
| Congdon | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lowans | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Reade | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |