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| Venue | Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 26th, 27th, 28th December 1973 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Wellington won by 10 runs |
| Points | Central Districts 4 (Bowling 4); Wellington 19 (Batting 4, Bowling 5) |
| Umpires | SA Copelin, GB Johnston |
| Close of play day 1 | Central Districts (1) 27/2 (Snook ?*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Central Districts (2) 37/1 (Edwards 22*, Burtt 6*) |
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Newdick | c Neal b Jordan | 0 | |||||
| BJ Middleton | c Edwards b Jordan | 13 | |||||
| RW Smith | c and b Morland | 60 | |||||
| GP Bilby | c Schofield b Jordan | 14 | |||||
| PB McGregor | c Payton b Jordan | 23 | |||||
| *BR Taylor | c Snook b Jordan | 26 | |||||
| BW Cederwall | b Ellis | 15 | |||||
| +IJ Therkleson | c Jordan b Ellis | 8 | |||||
| T Vaikvee | not out | 41 | |||||
| RO Collinge | c Neal b Wylie | 45 | |||||
| EJ Chatfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 2 lb, 4 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 67.3 overs) | 254 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-17, 3-47, 4-85, 5-111, 6-157, 7-161, 8-171, 9-254 (67.3 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 21 | 5 | 99 | 5 | - | - | |
| Wylie | 6.3 | 0 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ellis | 16 | 5 | 45 | 2 | - | - | |
| Morland | 19 | 9 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Brown | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DH Payton | c sub b Collinge | 25 | |||||
| GN Edwards | b Collinge | 0 | |||||
| *IR Snook | c Bilby b Taylor | 6 | |||||
| JW Burtt | lbw b Collinge | 1 | |||||
| DW Neal | b Collinge | 4 | |||||
| DM Morland | not out | 40 | |||||
| +RM Schofield | c Vaikvee b Collinge | 4 | |||||
| RN Wylie | c Taylor b Vaikvee | 11 | |||||
| RH Ellis | c Middleton b Chatfield | 13 | |||||
| MT Brown | b Chatfield | 1 | |||||
| AB Jordan | c McGregor b Chatfield | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 8 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 35.5 overs) | 115 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-27, 3-29, 4-34, 5-38, 6-43, 7-71, 8-107, 9-115, 10-115 (35.5 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Collinge | 13 | 3 | 37 | 5 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 11 | 2 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Vaikvee | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Chatfield | 6.5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wellington second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Newdick | c Payton b Jordan | 64 | |||||
| BJ Middleton | run out | 15 | |||||
| RW Smith | st Schofield b Morland | 34 | |||||
| *BR Taylor | b Jordan | 26 | |||||
| GP Bilby | not out | 2 | |||||
| BW Cederwall | not out | 3 | |||||
| PB McGregor | did not bat | ||||||
| +IJ Therkleson | did not bat | ||||||
| T Vaikvee | did not bat | ||||||
| RO Collinge | did not bat | ||||||
| EJ Chatfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 1 nb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 40.7 overs) | 146 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29, 2-108, 3-130, 4-141 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 11 | 1 | 40 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wylie | 8 | 1 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ellis | 7 | 1 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Morland | 13.7 | 4 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Brown | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DH Payton | c Therkleson b Taylor | 7 | |||||
| GN Edwards | c Cederwall b McGregor | 71 | |||||
| JW Burtt | b Collinge | 36 | |||||
| *IR Snook | c Smith b McGregor | 30 | |||||
| DW Neal | c Bilby b Collinge | 26 | |||||
| DM Morland | c Therkleson b Chatfield | 36 | |||||
| +RM Schofield | run out | 5 | |||||
| RN Wylie | b Collinge | 3 | |||||
| RH Ellis | lbw b Collinge | 24 | |||||
| AB Jordan | c McGregor b Collinge | 0 | |||||
| MT Brown | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (13 b, 10 lb, 12 nb) | 35 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 70.1 overs) | 275 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20, 2-90, 3-152, 4-170, 5-193, 6-206, 7-223, 8-262, 9-266, 10-275 (70.1 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Collinge | 28.1 | 5 | 82 | 5 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 7 | 0 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Vaikvee | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Chatfield | 16 | 3 | 71 | 1 | - | - | |
| McGregor | 14 | 4 | 33 | 2 | - | - | |
| Newdick | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |