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| Venue | Queen's Park, Invercargill on 15th, 16th, 17th December 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Wellington won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Wellington won by 83 runs |
| Points | Otago 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Wellington 18 (Batting 2, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | BD Dawson, NF Tapper |
| Close of play day 1 | Otago (1) 21/1 (Rutherford 16*, Facoory 4*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Wellington (2) 128/4 (Coney 28*, Cederwall 1*) |
| Player of the Match | SL Boock |
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Edgar | lbw b Boock | 52 | |||||
| GA Newdick | c Cairns b Boock | 36 | |||||
| RH Vance | c Lees b Boock | 35 | |||||
| *JFM Morrison | c Lees b Boock | 0 | |||||
| JV Coney | c BR Blair b Cairns | 5 | |||||
| BW Cederwall | st Lees b Boock | 4 | |||||
| BR Taylor | c and b Cairns | 12 | |||||
| EJ Gray | c Lees b Boock | 2 | |||||
| +AR Hewson | not out | 15 | |||||
| EJ Chatfield | c WL Blair b Boock | 8 | |||||
| PJ Petherick | c Bracewell b Boock | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 3 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 71.7 overs) | 175 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-70, 2-128, 3-128, 4-129, 5-133, 6-143, 7-152, 8-152, 9-165, 10-175 (71.7 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 9 | 3 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cairns | 18 | 6 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hill | 6 | 3 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boock | 26.7 | 10 | 59 | 8 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 12 | 2 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IA Rutherford | c Hewson b Gray | 22 | |||||
| WL Blair | c Edgar b Chatfield | 0 | |||||
| PR Facoory | c Vance b Petherick | 25 | |||||
| BR Blair | c Vance b Chatfield | 62 | |||||
| *+WK Lees | lbw b Petherick | 5 | |||||
| KO Campbell | c and b Gray | 28 | |||||
| JG Bracewell | run out | 7 | |||||
| RJ Hill | c Edgar b Chatfield | 2 | |||||
| BL Cairns | c Coney b Gray | 7 | |||||
| SL Boock | c and b Gray | 5 | |||||
| GB Thomson | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 63.3 overs) | 172 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-34, 3-56, 4-74, 5-127, 6-157, 7-159, 8-160, 9-172, 10-172 (63.3 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Chatfield | 11 | 5 | 14 | 3 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Petherick | 22 | 7 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gray | 20.3 | 6 | 66 | 4 | - | - | |
| Morrison | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wellington second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Edgar | c Cairns b Boock | 48 | |||||
| RH Vance | c Facoory b Boock | 21 | |||||
| *JFM Morrison | c Lees b Cairns | 7 | |||||
| JV Coney | c WL Blair b Cairns | 42 | |||||
| BR Taylor | c Lees b Cairns | 18 | |||||
| BW Cederwall | c Lees b Cairns | 1 | |||||
| GA Newdick | b Cairns | 0 | |||||
| EJ Gray | lbw b Cairns | 13 | |||||
| +AR Hewson | c Bracewell b Cairns | 0 | |||||
| EJ Chatfield | lbw b Cairns | 2 | |||||
| PJ Petherick | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 54.6 overs) | 158 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-51, 2-77, 3-79, 4-112, 5-128, 6-128, 7-151, 8-151, 9-157, 10-158 (54.6 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cairns | 23.6 | 10 | 46 | 8 | - | - | |
| Hill | 5 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boock | 23 | 7 | 75 | 2 | - | - | |
| Otago second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IA Rutherford | c Edgar b Taylor | 4 | |||||
| WL Blair | c Taylor b Chatfield | 15 | |||||
| PR Facoory | c Coney b Chatfield | 7 | |||||
| BR Blair | c Cederwall b Taylor | 26 | |||||
| *+WK Lees | c Gray b Taylor | 5 | |||||
| KO Campbell | c Vance b Chatfield | 1 | |||||
| BL Cairns | c Newdick b Chatfield | 0 | |||||
| JG Bracewell | b Chatfield | 1 | |||||
| RJ Hill | c Vance b Chatfield | 0 | |||||
| SL Boock | c Edgar b Chatfield | 4 | |||||
| GB Thomson | not out | 13 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 29.2 overs) | 78 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-22, 3-40, 4-47, 5-58, 6-58, 7-61, 8-61, 9-61, 10-78 (29.2 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Chatfield | 14.2 | 5 | 42 | 7 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 14 | 5 | 26 | 3 | - | - | |
| Petherick | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |