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| Venue | Cook's Gardens, Wanganui on 26th, 27th, 28th December 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Northern Districts won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Central Districts 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Northern Districts 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | JG Elliott, JG Reardon |
| Close of play day 1 | Northern Districts (1) 87/3 (JG Wright 24*, Roberts 15*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Central Districts (2) 173/5 (Shrimpton 13*, DW Bracewell 7*) |
| Player of the Match | SJ Scott |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Anderson | lbw b Anderson | 52 | |||||
| TB Horne | c Anderson b Roberts | 20 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | c Howarth b Stimpson | 7 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | lbw b Stimpson | 37 | |||||
| IDS Smith | run out | 28 | |||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | b Howarth | 29 | |||||
| DW Bracewell | b Dickeson | 4 | |||||
| DR O'Sullivan | c Gibson b Stimpson | 30 | |||||
| AB Jordan | c Kuggeleijn b Stimpson | 4 | |||||
| MF Gill | b Stimpson | 6 | |||||
| BP Bracewell | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 12 lb, 4 nb) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 63.2 overs) | 239 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-76, 2-95, 3-96, 4-160, 5-170, 6-185, 7-216, 8-231, 9-236, 10-239 (63.2 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Stimpson | 16.2 | 1 | 65 | 5 | - | - | |
| Anderson | 10 | 2 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Scott | 13 | 4 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| Roberts | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dickeson | 15 | 6 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Howarth | 6 | 2 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Wright | lbw b Gill | 44 | |||||
| JG Gibson | c Smith b Jordan | 8 | |||||
| GP Howarth | c Smith b Gill | 9 | |||||
| *JM Parker | c Edwards b Gill | 12 | |||||
| ADG Roberts | c Edwards b Jordan | 22 | |||||
| CM Kuggeleijn | c Shrimpton b Jordan | 0 | |||||
| +MJE Wright | lbw b Jordan | 39 | |||||
| CW Dickeson | lbw b Jordan | 0 | |||||
| AJP Stimpson | b Jordan | 0 | |||||
| PS Anderson | b O'Sullivan | 0 | |||||
| SJ Scott | not out | 60 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 3 lb, 13 nb, 1 w) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 71.1 overs) | 219 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23, 2-50, 3-67, 4-104, 5-114, 6-114, 7-116, 8-121, 9-130, 10-219 (71.1 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 18.1 | 9 | 33 | 6 | - | - | |
| BP Bracewell | 10 | 3 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gill | 15 | 4 | 62 | 3 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 17 | 8 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| DW Bracewell | 11 | 2 | 49 | 0 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Anderson | c JG Wright b Stimpson | 16 | |||||
| TB Horne | b Scott | 46 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | b Anderson | 10 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | c JG Wright b Scott | 63 | |||||
| IDS Smith | c JG Wright b Scott | 8 | |||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | not out | 72 | |||||
| DW Bracewell | b Scott | 26 | |||||
| DR O'Sullivan | c Kuggeleijn b Scott | 2 | |||||
| AB Jordan | not out | 23 | |||||
| MF Gill | did not bat | ||||||
| BP Bracewell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 10 lb, 1 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 66 overs) | 279 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-43, 3-134, 4-148, 5-153, 6-213, 7-217 | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Stimpson | 11 | 1 | 74 | 1 | - | - | |
| Anderson | 8 | 1 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Scott | 17 | 2 | 67 | 5 | - | - | |
| Roberts | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dickeson | 22 | 5 | 62 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kuggeleijn | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northern Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Wright | b O'Sullivan | 52 | |||||
| JG Gibson | lbw b BP Bracewell | 42 | |||||
| *JM Parker | c Jordan b O'Sullivan | 9 | |||||
| ADG Roberts | not out | 55 | |||||
| CM Kuggeleijn | lbw b O'Sullivan | 1 | |||||
| +MJE Wright | b O'Sullivan | 18 | |||||
| CW Dickeson | b Jordan | 3 | |||||
| AJP Stimpson | lbw b O'Sullivan | 9 | |||||
| SJ Scott | c Anderson b O'Sullivan | 4 | |||||
| PS Anderson | not out | 0 | |||||
| GP Howarth | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 9 lb, 7 nb) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 64 overs) | 217 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-87, 2-111, 3-111, 4-117, 5-158, 6-183, 7-206, 8-216 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 10 | 1 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| BP Bracewell | 12 | 2 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gill | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 29 | 14 | 51 | 6 | - | - | |
| Shrimpton | 7 | 0 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| Toynbee | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |