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| Venue | Cobham Oval, Whangarei on 15th, 16th, 17th December 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Northern Districts 4 (Batting 3, Bowling 1); Auckland 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2) |
| Umpires | BA Bricknell, RW Norris |
| Close of play day 1 | Auckland (1) 22/0 (Webb 10*, Wallace 1*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Northern Districts (2) 33/0 (JG Wright 18*, Gibson 13*) |
| Player of the Match | JF Reid |
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Wright | run out | 0 | |||||
| JG Gibson | c Parsons b Stott | 75 | |||||
| GP Howarth | run out | 72 | |||||
| *JM Parker | c Reid b Troup | 22 | |||||
| ADG Roberts | c Troup b McIntyre | 43 | |||||
| CM Kuggeleijn | lbw b Troup | 0 | |||||
| +MJE Wright | c Wallace b Cushen | 41 | |||||
| CW Dickeson | c Parsons b McIntyre | 9 | |||||
| AJP Stimpson | not out | 4 | |||||
| SJ Scott | not out | 0 | |||||
| PS Anderson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 6 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 80 overs) | 276 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-146, 3-157, 4-191, 5-191, 6-255, 7-270, 8-274 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Troup | 16 | 6 | 63 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cushen | 26 | 6 | 73 | 1 | - | - | |
| Stott | 18 | 1 | 92 | 1 | - | - | |
| McIntyre | 19 | 7 | 35 | 2 | - | - | |
| Vivian | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PN Webb | c Kuggeleijn b Howarth | 56 | |||||
| AEW Parsons | run out | 8 | |||||
| +CL Wallace | lbw b Dickeson | 9 | |||||
| JF Reid | not out | 101 | |||||
| MG Burgess | c Stimpson b Scott | 49 | |||||
| JR Wiltshire | not out | 16 | |||||
| *GE Vivian | did not bat | ||||||
| LW Stott | did not bat | ||||||
| GB Troup | did not bat | ||||||
| JM McIntyre | did not bat | ||||||
| JAJ Cushen | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 6 lb, 2 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 80 overs) | 255 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30, 2-129, 3-135, 4-219 | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Stimpson | 16 | 6 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| Anderson | 19 | 3 | 67 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dickeson | 20 | 5 | 54 | 1 | - | - | |
| Roberts | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Scott | 14 | 2 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
| Howarth | 10 | 4 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Northern Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Wright | not out | 62 | |||||
| JG Gibson | not out | 41 | |||||
| GP Howarth | did not bat | ||||||
| *JM Parker | did not bat | ||||||
| ADG Roberts | did not bat | ||||||
| CM Kuggeleijn | did not bat | ||||||
| +MJE Wright | did not bat | ||||||
| CW Dickeson | did not bat | ||||||
| AJP Stimpson | did not bat | ||||||
| SJ Scott | did not bat | ||||||
| PS Anderson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 nb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 40 overs) | 105 | |||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Troup | 12 | 4 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cushen | 8 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stott | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| McIntyre | 10 | 3 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Burgess | 5 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |