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| Venue | Eden Park, Auckland on 27th, 28th, 29th December 1979 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Auckland 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Central Districts 4 (Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | BV Denison, WRC Gardiner |
| Close of play day 1 | Auckland (1) 216/6 (McIntyre 16*, Stott 18*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Central Districts (1) 73/5 (Pierce 23*, Smith 0*) |
| Player of the Match | LW Stott |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PN Webb | c Smith b Aberhart | 11 | |||||
| AEW Parsons | hit wkt b Bracewell | 39 | |||||
| +JF Reid | b Aberhart | 8 | |||||
| *JR Wiltshire | c Toynbee b Aberhart | 61 | |||||
| RC Hooton | lbw b Bracewell | 32 | |||||
| RG Arblaster | c Pierce b Jordan | 9 | |||||
| JM McIntyre | c Smith b Aberhart | 19 | |||||
| LW Stott | b Aberhart | 18 | |||||
| GB Troup | b O'Sullivan | 0 | |||||
| MC Snedden | c Smith b Bracewell | 9 | |||||
| JAJ Cushen | not out | 10 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 8 lb, 13 nb, 1 w) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 99.2 overs) | 239 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-33, 2-55, 3-91, 4-157, 5-165, 6-179, 7-217, 8-220, 9-220, 10-239 (99.2 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bracewell | 20.2 | 5 | 67 | 3 | - | - | |
| Jordan | 17 | 2 | 45 | 1 | - | - | |
| Aberhart | 33 | 14 | 48 | 5 | - | - | |
| Shrimpton | 10 | 6 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 19 | 6 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RA Pierce | b Stott | 32 | |||||
| GN Edwards | c Parsons b Cushen | 1 | |||||
| AH Jones | lbw b Cushen | 0 | |||||
| MJF Shrimpton | lbw b Troup | 7 | |||||
| GJ Langridge | b Troup | 20 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | c Reid b Stott | 13 | |||||
| +IDS Smith | c Reid b Stott | 12 | |||||
| DC Aberhart | c Troup b Stott | 14 | |||||
| *DR O'Sullivan | c Arblaster b McIntyre | 3 | |||||
| AB Jordan | c Stott b McIntyre | 8 | |||||
| BP Bracewell | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb, 2 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 90 overs) | 123 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-3, 3-14, 4-48, 5-73, 6-91, 7-106, 8-113, 9-121, 10-123 (90 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Troup | 14 | 4 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cushen | 14 | 6 | 22 | 2 | - | - | |
| Snedden | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| McIntyre | 30 | 17 | 22 | 2 | - | - | |
| Stott | 28 | 9 | 39 | 4 | - | - | |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PN Webb | c Smith b O'Sullivan | 26 | |||||
| AEW Parsons | c Pierce b O'Sullivan | 22 | |||||
| +JF Reid | not out | 37 | |||||
| *JR Wiltshire | c Aberhart b Toynbee | 21 | |||||
| RC Hooton | not out | 13 | |||||
| RG Arblaster | did not bat | ||||||
| JM McIntyre | did not bat | ||||||
| LW Stott | did not bat | ||||||
| GB Troup | did not bat | ||||||
| MC Snedden | did not bat | ||||||
| JAJ Cushen | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 54 overs) | 124 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-38, 2-57, 3-90 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bracewell | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jordan | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Aberhart | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Shrimpton | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 21 | 3 | 61 | 2 | - | - | |
| Toynbee | 18 | 5 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RA Pierce | c Parsons b Cushen | 13 | |||||
| GN Edwards | c Wiltshire b Snedden | 18 | |||||
| AH Jones | c Hooton b Cushen | 5 | |||||
| MJF Shrimpton | c Snedden b Troup | 24 | |||||
| GJ Langridge | c Webb b Snedden | 0 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | not out | 44 | |||||
| +IDS Smith | lbw b Stott | 2 | |||||
| DC Aberhart | lbw b Stott | 0 | |||||
| *DR O'Sullivan | b Snedden | 2 | |||||
| AB Jordan | not out | 2 | |||||
| BP Bracewell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb, 5 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 60 overs) | 120 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-36, 3-41, 4-41, 5-88, 6-96, 7-96, 8-102 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Troup | 12 | 5 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cushen | 11 | 5 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
| Snedden | 12 | 4 | 25 | 3 | - | - | |
| McIntyre | 14 | 6 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stott | 10 | 6 | 12 | 2 | - | - | |
| Parsons | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |