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| Venue | Eden Park, Auckland on 20th, 21st, 22nd January 1979 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Auckland 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Central Districts 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | DHV Bindon, S Sukias |
| Close of play day 1 | Auckland (1) 67/2 (Reid 19*, Burgess 12*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Central Districts (2) 141/2 (Anderson 89*, Horne 23*) |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Anderson | lbw b Cushen | 27 | |||||
| PJ Verhoek | c Burgess b Troup | 3 | |||||
| TB Horne | c Wiltshire b Troup | 6 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | c Howarth b Cushen | 10 | |||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | c Reid b Troup | 10 | |||||
| IDS Smith | c Reid b Cushen | 0 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | lbw b McIntyre | 67 | |||||
| DR O'Sullivan | c Kasper b Cushen | 8 | |||||
| DC Aberhart | lbw b McIntyre | 14 | |||||
| AB Jordan | not out | 17 | |||||
| BP Bracewell | lbw b McIntyre | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 4 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 64.3 overs) | 168 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-27, 3-41, 4-50, 5-52, 6-72, 7-81, 8-115, 9-162, 10-168 (64.3 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Troup | 12 | 3 | 36 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cushen | 15 | 2 | 47 | 4 | - | - | |
| Stott | 15 | 6 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| McIntyre | 11.3 | 3 | 27 | 3 | - | - | |
| Howarth | 11 | 2 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PN Webb | c Anderson b Jordan | 4 | |||||
| AEW Parsons | b Bracewell | 19 | |||||
| +JF Reid | run out | 22 | |||||
| MG Burgess | c Aberhart b Jordan | 13 | |||||
| *JR Wiltshire | c Aberhart b O'Sullivan | 69 | |||||
| RJ Kasper | b O'Sullivan | 9 | |||||
| HJ Howarth | c and b Aberhart | 25 | |||||
| JM McIntyre | c Verhoek b Aberhart | 0 | |||||
| LW Stott | b Bracewell | 30 | |||||
| GB Troup | lbw b O'Sullivan | 0 | |||||
| JAJ Cushen | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (20 b, 8 lb, 2 nb) | 30 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 67.4 overs) | 221 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-44, 3-68, 4-108, 5-130, 6-163, 7-163, 8-219, 9-219, 10-221 (67.4 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bracewell | 13.4 | 4 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Jordan | 8 | 1 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| Aberhart | 24 | 4 | 65 | 2 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 22 | 7 | 58 | 3 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Anderson | lbw b McIntyre | 94 | |||||
| PJ Verhoek | c Reid b Troup | 6 | |||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | c Reid b McIntyre | 14 | |||||
| TB Horne | b Troup | 26 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | c Webb b Howarth | 29 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | b Stott | 46 | |||||
| IDS Smith | c sub b Stott | 65 | |||||
| DC Aberhart | not out | 6 | |||||
| DR O'Sullivan | not out | 5 | |||||
| AB Jordan | did not bat | ||||||
| BP Bracewell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (14 lb, 3 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 92 overs) | 308 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-38, 2-65, 3-151, 4-163, 5-190, 6-288, 7-303 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Troup | 12 | 0 | 68 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cushen | 17 | 3 | 57 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stott | 10 | 1 | 36 | 2 | - | - | |
| McIntyre | 33 | 10 | 72 | 2 | - | - | |
| Howarth | 20 | 6 | 58 | 1 | - | - | |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PN Webb | c Horne b O'Sullivan | 45 | |||||
| AEW Parsons | lbw b Jordan | 5 | |||||
| +JF Reid | c Verhoek b O'Sullivan | 43 | |||||
| MG Burgess | c Bracewell b O'Sullivan | 42 | |||||
| *JR Wiltshire | c Bracewell b O'Sullivan | 48 | |||||
| RJ Kasper | c Smith b Toynbee | 5 | |||||
| HJ Howarth | c and b Toynbee | 20 | |||||
| LW Stott | lbw b Toynbee | 2 | |||||
| GB Troup | c Horne b Bracewell | 4 | |||||
| JM McIntyre | not out | 10 | |||||
| JAJ Cushen | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 6 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, 55 overs) | 240 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29, 2-77, 3-135, 4-148, 5-189, 6-221, 7-223, 8-225, 9-240 (55 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bracewell | 6 | 0 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jordan | 6 | 0 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Aberhart | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 21 | 5 | 64 | 4 | - | - | |
| Toynbee | 19 | 2 | 90 | 3 | - | - | |