| a625 | |
| Venue | Eden Park, Auckland on 5th December 1971 (40-over match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Auckland won by 7 wickets |
| Umpires | ECA MacKintosh, RWR Shortt |
| Player of the Match | RE Redmond |
| Northern Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| HT Schuster | b McIntyre | 24 | |||||
| DP Lloyd | c Harris b Williams | 6 | |||||
| JG Gibson | lbw b Williams | 1 | |||||
| ADG Roberts | b Howarth | 1 | |||||
| GV Giles | c Vivian b Howarth | 2 | |||||
| DU Patel | c Williams b Morgan | 37 | |||||
| *B Dunning | b Smith | 37 | |||||
| +LS Mountain | c Dykes b Harris | 19 | |||||
| JD Smith | not out | 2 | |||||
| EK Gillott | c Fenton b Harris | 0 | |||||
| H Unka | b Harris | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 37.4 overs) | 135 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20, 2-29, 3-35, 4-37, 5-37, 6-90, 7-132, 8-134, 9-135, 10-135 (37.4 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Smith | 8 | 1 | 32 | 1 | - | - | 64.00 | 4.00 |
| Williams | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | - | - | 32.00 | 0.88 |
| Harris | 3.4 | 0 | 9 | 3 | - | - | 9.33 | 2.57 |
| McIntyre | 8 | 2 | 47 | 1 | - | - | 64.00 | 5.88 |
| Howarth | 8 | 1 | 31 | 2 | - | - | 32.00 | 3.88 |
| Morgan | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 16.00 | 1.50 |
| Auckland innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| RE Redmond | st Mountain b Gillott | 71 | |||||
| RM Harris | c Schuster b Dunning | 11 | |||||
| *RW Morgan | c Mountain b Roberts | 9 | |||||
| GE Vivian | not out | 29 | |||||
| TW Jarvis | not out | 10 | |||||
| WR Fenton | did not bat | ||||||
| JM McIntyre | did not bat | ||||||
| +RA Dykes | did not bat | ||||||
| HJ Howarth | did not bat | ||||||
| NGS Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| JC Williams | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 32.1 overs) | 139 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-52, 2-81, 3-121 | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Unka | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.00 |
| Smith | 8 | 1 | 32 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.00 |
| Dunning | 5 | 0 | 25 | 1 | - | - | 40.00 | 5.00 |
| Roberts | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 24.00 | 3.00 |
| Gillott | 7.1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - | - | 57.00 | 3.65 |
| Patel | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.40 |