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| Venue | Seddon Park, Hamilton on 5th, 6th, 7th January 1973 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 8 | 
| Toss | Otago won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Otago won by 8 wickets | 
| Points | Northern Districts 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2); Otago 19 (Batting 4, Bowling 5) | 
| Umpires | GIJ Cowan, JBR Hastie | 
| Close of play day 1 | Otago (1) 320/8 (McKenzie 45*, Powell 2*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Northern Districts (2) 64/1 (Parker 33*, Guy 1*) | 
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GM Turner | c Mountain b Dunning | 31 | |||||
| WL Blair | c Dunning b Unka | 5 | |||||
| RW Anderson | c Mountain b Roberts | 95 | |||||
| BE Congdon | c Roberts b Gillott | 58 | |||||
| KO Campbell | c Guy b Unka | 38 | |||||
| NW McKenzie | not out | 63 | |||||
| +WK Lees | c Dunning b Unka | 9 | |||||
| CRW Dickel | c Parker b Gillott | 18 | |||||
| *GD Alabaster | c Parker b Unka | 10 | |||||
| GA Powell | c Blackmore b Unka | 7 | |||||
| B Andrews | b Gillott | 18 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 8 lb, 2 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 109 overs) | 368 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-74, 3-192, 4-198, 5-248, 6-263, 7-300, 8-318, 9-344, 10-368 (109 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| White | 24 | 6 | 70 | 0 | - | - | 
| Unka | 29 | 6 | 90 | 5 | - | - | 
| Dunning | 14 | 5 | 27 | 1 | - | - | 
| Gillott | 26 | 5 | 84 | 3 | - | - | 
| Puna | 10 | 2 | 56 | 0 | - | - | 
| Roberts | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 
| Lloyd | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | 
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DP Lloyd | c Turner b Powell | 20 | |||||
| JM Parker | c Lees b Andrews | 17 | |||||
| JW Guy | b Powell | 1 | |||||
| *B Dunning | c Lees b Andrews | 17 | |||||
| ADG Roberts | c Congdon b Alabaster | 47 | |||||
| JH Blackmore | run out | 14 | |||||
| +LS Mountain | lbw b Andrews | 33 | |||||
| A Puna | c Campbell b Alabaster | 19 | |||||
| EK Gillott | not out | 9 | |||||
| JSS White | lbw b Congdon | 0 | |||||
| H Unka | c Turner b Alabaster | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (7 lb, 3 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 62.7 overs) | 188 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-31, 2-36, 3-45, 4-58, 5-75, 6-145, 7-173, 8-182, 9-187, 10-188 (62.7 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Andrews | 20 | 7 | 53 | 3 | - | - | 
| Powell | 12 | 4 | 28 | 2 | - | - | 
| Congdon | 10 | 1 | 26 | 1 | - | - | 
| Alabaster | 11.7 | 4 | 33 | 3 | - | - | 
| Dickel | 8 | 1 | 36 | 0 | - | - | 
| McKenzie | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 
| Northern Districts second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DP Lloyd | lbw b Congdon | 27 | |||||
| JM Parker | c Lees b Andrews | 39 | |||||
| JW Guy | c Andrews b Alabaster | 27 | |||||
| *B Dunning | c Turner b Alabaster | 4 | |||||
| ADG Roberts | b Powell | 9 | |||||
| JH Blackmore | c Lees b Dickel | 20 | |||||
| +LS Mountain | c Congdon b Powell | 0 | |||||
| A Puna | b Powell | 12 | |||||
| EK Gillott | run out | 4 | |||||
| JSS White | c Turner b Alabaster | 34 | |||||
| H Unka | not out | 16 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83.7 overs) | 197 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-57, 2-85, 3-94, 4-103, 5-110, 6-112, 7-130, 8-145, 9-158, 10-197 (83.7 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Andrews | 14 | 2 | 44 | 1 | - | - | 
| Powell | 18 | 6 | 36 | 3 | - | - | 
| Congdon | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 
| Alabaster | 30.7 | 7 | 68 | 3 | - | - | 
| Dickel | 11 | 2 | 37 | 1 | - | - | 
| Otago second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Anderson | b Lloyd | 4 | |||||
| +WK Lees | not out | 5 | |||||
| B Andrews | b Puna | 0 | |||||
| GA Powell | not out | 8 | |||||
| GM Turner | did not bat | ||||||
| WL Blair | did not bat | ||||||
| BE Congdon | did not bat | ||||||
| KO Campbell | did not bat | ||||||
| NW McKenzie | did not bat | ||||||
| CRW Dickel | did not bat | ||||||
| *GD Alabaster | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 7.5 overs) | 19 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-11 | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Puna | 3.5 | 1 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 
| Lloyd | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | - |