| a2875 | |
| Venue | Bledisloe Park, Pukekohe on 17th January 1981 (50-over match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Northern Districts won the toss and decided to field | 
| Result | Auckland won by 28 runs | 
| Points | Northern Districts 0; Auckland 4 | 
| Umpires | DHV Bindon, JBR Hastie | 
| Player of the Match | CW Dickeson | 
| Auckland innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| AEW Parsons | b Dickeson | 8 | |||||
| TJ Franklin | c Gillespie b Roberts | 36 | |||||
| JF Reid | c Roberts b Scott | 86 | |||||
| PN Webb | b Child | 52 | |||||
| MD Crowe | c Cooper b Scott | 15 | |||||
| *JR Wiltshire | c Dickeson b Scott | 6 | |||||
| RA Aitken | c Wright b Scott | 7 | |||||
| JM McIntyre | not out | 5 | |||||
| LW Stott | not out | 4 | |||||
| +NA Scott | did not bat | ||||||
| JAJ Cushen | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 8 lb, 1 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 229 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29, 2-53, 3-155, 4-178, 5-207, 6-215, 7-219 | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Gillespie | 10 | 2 | 39 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.90 | 
| Child | 10 | 2 | 59 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 5.90 | 
| Roberts | 8 | 0 | 28 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 3.50 | 
| Dickeson | 10 | 2 | 33 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.30 | 
| Dunning | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.50 | 
| Scott | 10 | 0 | 49 | 4 | - | - | 15.00 | 4.90 | 
| Northern Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| JG Gibson | c McIntyre b Crowe | 41 | |||||
| +MJE Wright | c Cushen b Stott | 0 | |||||
| CM Kuggeleijn | c Wiltshire b Crowe | 28 | |||||
| *ADG Roberts | run out | 0 | |||||
| BG Cooper | c Scott b McIntyre | 18 | |||||
| B Dunning | b Crowe | 3 | |||||
| WP Fowler | lbw b McIntyre | 0 | |||||
| CW Dickeson | c Stott b Cushen | 62 | |||||
| MJ Child | c Wiltshire b Cushen | 25 | |||||
| SR Gillespie | run out | 13 | |||||
| SJ Scott | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (8 lb, 3 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 46.2 overs) | 201 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-54, 3-54, 4-81, 5-92, 6-93, 7-93, 8-168, 9-198, 10-201 (46.2 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Cushen | 8.2 | 5 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 25.00 | 2.40 | 
| Stott | 8 | 0 | 42 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 5.25 | 
| Aitken | 10 | 0 | 57 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.70 | 
| McIntyre | 10 | 0 | 29 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 2.90 | 
| Crowe | 10 | 0 | 42 | 3 | - | - | 20.00 | 4.20 |