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| Venue | Eden Park No 2, Auckland on 9th, 10th, 11th January 1976 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Auckland 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Central Districts 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2) |
| Umpires | GIJ Cowan, S Sukias |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Close of play day 2 | Auckland (1) 59/1 (Parsons 25*, Jarvis 32*) |
| Player of the Match | MG Burgess |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DH Payton | c Reid b Stott | 15 | 57 | ||||
| GN Edwards | c Howarth b Burgess | 58 | 105 | ||||
| RW Ormiston | lbw b Burgess | 8 | 38 | ||||
| MJF Shrimpton | not out | 59 | 168 | ||||
| RA Pierce | c Matthews b Howarth | 13 | 52 | ||||
| RW Hutchison | c Jarvis b Howarth | 11 | 23 | ||||
| BL Cairns | c and b Howarth | 9 | 19 | ||||
| +LW Downes | not out | 16 | 62 | ||||
| DR O'Sullivan | did not bat | ||||||
| AB Jordan | did not bat | ||||||
| RI Thomas | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 7 lb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 65 overs) | 198 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-41, 2-84, 3-89, 4-112, 5-135, 6-158 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Matthews | 9 | 4 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stott | 9 | 3 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hunter | 13 | 0 | 63 | 0 | - | - | |
| Burgess | 7 | 2 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Howarth | 22 | 8 | 50 | 3 | - | - | |
| Morgan | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RE Redmond | b Jordan | 0 | 3 | ||||
| AEW Parsons | c Downes b Jordan | 25 | 107 | ||||
| TW Jarvis | c Downes b Thomas | 76 | 234 | ||||
| MG Burgess | c Downes b Thomas | 67 | 106 | ||||
| JD Riley | not out | 16 | 49 | ||||
| RW Morgan | c Edwards b O'Sullivan | 1 | 5 | ||||
| +JF Reid | not out | 11 | 19 | ||||
| *HJ Howarth | did not bat | ||||||
| RC Matthews | did not bat | ||||||
| LW Stott | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Hunter | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 62.7 overs) | 200 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-59, 3-163, 4-180, 5-181 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 11 | 3 | 36 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Cairns | 8 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Thomas | 12 | 4 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 11 | 2 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hutchison | 10 | 1 | 51 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pierce | 8.7 | 1 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Payton | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |