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| Venue | Seddon Park, Hamilton on 25th, 26th, 27th February 1974 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Northern Districts won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Australians won by an innings and 236 runs |
| Umpires | JBR Hastie, RW Norris |
| Close of play day 1 | Australians (1) 522/8 (Walters 100*, Bright 1*; 86 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Northern Districts (2) 133/4 (Gibson 12*, Roberts 1*; 45 overs) |
| Australians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IR Redpath | c Parker b Dickeson | 72 | 139 | 143 | 6 | - | |
| KR Stackpole | c Dunning b Unka | 16 | 23 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| *IM Chappell | c Mountain b Dickeson | 128 | 101 | 113 | 19 | 4 | |
| GS Chappell | b Gillott | 82 | 93 | 107 | 10 | 2 | |
| IC Davis | b Lloyd | 48 | 111 | 77 | 5 | 1 | |
| KD Walters | not out | 100 | 144 | 119 | 6 | - | |
| +RW Marsh | c Roberts b Lloyd | 32 | 51 | 47 | 2 | - | |
| KJ O'Keeffe | c and b Dickeson | 3 | 15 | 8 | - | - | |
| GJ Gilmour | b Dickeson | 28 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 1 | |
| RJ Bright | not out | 1 | 13 | 19 | - | - | |
| G Dymock | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb, 4 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 352 minutes, 86 overs) | 522 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-37 (Stackpole), 2-197 (Redpath), 3-227 (IM Chappell), 4-329 (Davis), 5-365 (GS Chappell), 6-446 (Marsh), 7-454 (O'Keeffe), 8-506 (Gilmour) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Unka | 16 | 3 | 89 | 1 | - | 6 | |
| Freeman | 9 | 0 | 68 | 0 | - | 3 | |
| Roberts | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dickeson | 24 | 3 | 128 | 4 | - | - | |
| Gillott | 17 | 0 | 115 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lloyd | 15 | 2 | 76 | 2 | - | - | |
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DP Lloyd | c O'Keeffe b Dymock | 3 | 32 | 29 | - | - | |
| JW Warrington | b Gilmour | 5 | 30 | 37 | - | - | |
| JM Parker | c GS Chappell b Dymock | 3 | 25 | 28 | - | - | |
| *B Dunning | b Gilmour | 17 | 36 | 58 | 1 | - | |
| JG Gibson | b O'Keeffe | 6 | 65 | 56 | - | - | |
| ADG Roberts | lbw b O'Keeffe | 8 | 56 | 53 | 1 | - | |
| J Freeman | c Davis b O'Keeffe | 9 | 26 | 28 | 2 | - | |
| +LS Mountain | c Stackpole b Bright | 4 | 17 | 13 | 1 | - | |
| CW Dickeson | c Davis b O'Keeffe | 3 | 7 | 8 | - | - | |
| EK Gillott | not out | 0 | 7 | 5 | - | - | |
| H Unka | c and b Bright | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| Extras | (6 b, 5 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 167 minutes, 37.2 overs) | 69 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Lloyd), 2-10 (Warrington), 3-23 (Parker), 4-37 (Dunning), 5-39 (Gibson), 6-59 (Freeman), 7-59 (Roberts), 8-69 (Mountain), 9-69 (Dickeson), 10-69 (Unka, 37.2 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dymock | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Gilmour | 13 | 4 | 29 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| O'Keeffe | 7 | 1 | 18 | 4 | - | - | |
| Bright | 5.2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | - | - | |
| Northern Districts second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DP Lloyd | b O'Keeffe | 45 | 159 | 5 | - | ||
| JW Warrington | c IM Chappell b Gilmour | 8 | |||||
| JM Parker | b Dymock | 4 | |||||
| *B Dunning | b Bright | 57 | 74 | 6 | 2 | ||
| JG Gibson | c IM Chappell b Bright | 20 | |||||
| ADG Roberts | b Dymock | 1 | |||||
| J Freeman | lbw b Dymock | 19 | |||||
| +LS Mountain | c GS Chappell b Gilmour | 34 | 66 | 6 | - | ||
| CW Dickeson | c O'Keeffe b GS Chappell | 17 | |||||
| EK Gillott | not out | 3 | |||||
| H Unka | b Gilmour | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb, 4 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 294 minutes, 71.7 overs) | 217 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15 (Warrington), 2-25 (Parker), 3-118 (Dunning), 4-124 (Lloyd), 5-134 (Roberts), 6-160 (Freeman), 7-164 (Gibson), 8-205 (Dickeson), 9-217 (Mountain), 10-217 (Unka, 71.7 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dymock | 18 | 3 | 40 | 3 | - | 2 | |
| Gilmour | 10.7 | 5 | 20 | 3 | - | 2 | |
| Walters | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Keeffe | 19 | 3 | 87 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bright | 15 | 6 | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| IM Chappell | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| GS Chappell | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | |