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| Venue | Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 30th, 31st December 1978, 1st January 1979 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Central Districts 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Auckland 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2) |
| Umpires | RD Corric, DA Kinsella |
| Close of play day 1 | Central Districts (1) 60/1 (Anderson 33*, Bracewell 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Auckland (2) 54/5 (Vivian 8*, McIntyre 0*) |
| Player of the Match | MG Burgess |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PN Webb | c Smith b Jordan | 5 | |||||
| AEW Parsons | c Jordan b Gill | 35 | |||||
| +JF Reid | c Smith b Gill | 1 | |||||
| MG Burgess | c Smith b Bracewell | 108 | |||||
| JR Wiltshire | c Short b Jordan | 40 | |||||
| *GE Vivian | st Edwards b O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||
| HJ Howarth | c and b Toynbee | 14 | |||||
| JM McIntyre | b Bracewell | 28 | |||||
| LW Stott | run out | 0 | |||||
| GB Troup | c Edwards b Gill | 20 | |||||
| JAJ Cushen | not out | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 8 lb, 5 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 74.4 overs) | 284 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-39, 3-44, 4-163, 5-206, 6-206, 7-221, 8-221, 9-257, 10-284 (74.4 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 15 | 4 | 66 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 14.4 | 3 | 57 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gill | 12 | 2 | 38 | 3 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 28 | 7 | 84 | 1 | - | - | |
| Toynbee | 5 | 1 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Anderson | b McIntyre | 127 | |||||
| AW Short | c Webb b Stott | 20 | |||||
| BP Bracewell | b Stott | 0 | |||||
| TB Horne | c Webb b Stott | 8 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | c Reid b Stott | 35 | |||||
| IDS Smith | c Reid b Troup | 19 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | not out | 41 | |||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | not out | 16 | |||||
| AB Jordan | did not bat | ||||||
| DR O'Sullivan | did not bat | ||||||
| MF Gill | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 lb, 12 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, innings closed, 85 overs) | 285 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-60, 2-64, 3-82, 4-149, 5-194, 6-243 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Troup | 16 | 6 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cushen | 5 | 1 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stott | 31 | 4 | 80 | 4 | - | - | |
| McIntyre | 21 | 6 | 69 | 1 | - | - | |
| Howarth | 12 | 1 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PN Webb | c Smith b O'Sullivan | 10 | |||||
| AEW Parsons | c Short b Gill | 1 | |||||
| MG Burgess | c Anderson b O'Sullivan | 27 | |||||
| HJ Howarth | c Smith b Toynbee | 1 | |||||
| +JF Reid | c Short b O'Sullivan | 0 | |||||
| *GE Vivian | lbw b Bracewell | 14 | |||||
| JM McIntyre | c Edwards b Toynbee | 46 | |||||
| JR Wiltshire | c Shrimpton b O'Sullivan | 72 | |||||
| LW Stott | not out | 50 | |||||
| GB Troup | not out | 15 | |||||
| JAJ Cushen | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 6 lb, 9 nb) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 71.2 overs) | 257 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-40, 3-45, 4-45, 5-46, 6-75, 7-185, 8-201 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 10 | 1 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gill | 8 | 1 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 24.2 | 7 | 85 | 4 | - | - | |
| Toynbee | 16 | 8 | 59 | 2 | - | - | |
| Shrimpton | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Short | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Anderson | c Webb b Stott | 8 | |||||
| AW Short | c Reid b Troup | 15 | |||||
| TB Horne | c Troup b Howarth | 53 | |||||
| IDS Smith | c Reid b McIntyre | 10 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | c Vivian b Howarth | 19 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | c Vivian b Howarth | 38 | |||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | not out | 15 | |||||
| AB Jordan | c Vivian b Howarth | 0 | |||||
| DR O'Sullivan | c Troup b Howarth | 0 | |||||
| MF Gill | not out | 5 | |||||
| BP Bracewell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 1 lb, 2 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 52 overs) | 168 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-25, 3-47, 4-66, 5-139, 6-163, 7-163, 8-163 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Troup | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Stott | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| McIntyre | 16 | 8 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Howarth | 21 | 6 | 70 | 5 | - | - | |
| Vivian | 7 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Parsons | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Burgess | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |