| f31378 ps549 | |
| Venue | Carisbrook, Dunedin on 30th, 31st December 1976, 1st January 1977 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 8 | 
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Match drawn | 
| Points | Otago 2; Central Districts 2 | 
| Umpires | EW Dempster, R Vann | 
| Close of play day 1 | Central Districts (1) 3/0 (Payton 3*, Edwards 0*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | No play | 
| Player of the Match | No award made | 
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DH Payton | not out | 3 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | not out | 0 | |||||
| RW Ormiston | did not bat | ||||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | did not bat | ||||||
| DW Neal | did not bat | ||||||
| CMH Atkinson | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Holland | did not bat | ||||||
| DW Bracewell | did not bat | ||||||
| DR O'Sullivan | did not bat | ||||||
| AB Jordan | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Kay | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (no wicket, 3 overs) | 3 | |||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cairns | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Morris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IA Rutherford | did not bat | ||||||
| SJ McCullum | did not bat | ||||||
| RW Anderson | did not bat | ||||||
| RN Stewart | did not bat | ||||||
| PR Facoory | did not bat | ||||||
| *+WK Lees | did not bat | ||||||
| BJ McKechnie | did not bat | ||||||
| BL Cairns | did not bat | ||||||
| DEC McKechnie | did not bat | ||||||
| PR Morris | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Petherick | did not bat | ||||||