| a4701 | |
| Venue | Molyneux Park, Alexandra on 31st December 1985 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Northern Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Otago won by 4 wickets |
| Points | Otago 2; Northern Districts 0 |
| Umpires | DEC McKechnie, NF Tapper |
| Northern Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| LM Crocker | b McKechnie | 43 | 83 | 95 | 4 | - | 51.81 |
| REW Mawhinney | b Cushen | 7 | 29 | 40 | - | - | 24.14 |
| BR Blair | lbw b Boock | 3 | 12 | 11 | - | - | 25.00 |
| *GP Howarth | run out | 6 | 14 | 24 | - | - | 42.86 |
| BG Cooper | lbw b McKechnie | 30 | 42 | 64 | 3 | - | 71.43 |
| CM Kuggeleijn | run out | 38 | 63 | 85 | 1 | - | 60.32 |
| +BA Young | b Boock | 2 | 10 | 10 | - | - | 20.00 |
| BL Cairns | c McCullum b Cushen | 3 | 7 | 7 | - | - | 42.86 |
| MJ Child | run out | 14 | 28 | 35 | - | - | 50.00 |
| SJ Scott | run out | 14 | 11 | 19 | 1 | - | 127.27 |
| K Treiber | not out | 0 | 1 | 5 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Extras | (21 lb) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 50 overs) | 181 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30, 2-34, 3-61, 4-79, 5-123, 6-128, 7-132, 8-159, 9-170, 10-181 (50 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Mallender | 10 | 2 | 25 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.50 |
| Cushen | 10 | 1 | 42 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 4.20 |
| Walker | 10 | 1 | 40 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.00 |
| Boock | 10 | 2 | 28 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 2.80 |
| McKechnie | 10 | 1 | 25 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 2.50 |
| Otago innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| SJ McCullum | lbw b Treiber | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | - | 100.00 |
| KR Rutherford | c Blair b Kuggeleijn | 33 | 64 | 69 | 5 | - | 51.56 |
| RN Hoskin | c and b Kuggeleijn | 56 | 85 | 111 | 6 | - | 65.88 |
| KJ Burns | run out | 23 | 71 | 84 | - | - | 32.39 |
| DJ Walker | run out | 25 | 35 | 52 | - | - | 71.43 |
| BJ McKechnie | c Treiber b Child | 10 | 18 | 27 | 1 | - | 55.56 |
| *+WK Lees | not out | 10 | 14 | 20 | 1 | - | 71.43 |
| NA Mallender | not out | 3 | 5 | 12 | - | - | 60.00 |
| RJ Hill | did not bat | ||||||
| JAJ Cushen | did not bat | ||||||
| SL Boock | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (10 lb, 3 nb, 2 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 49 overs) | 182 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-66, 3-116, 4-151, 5-167, 6-171 | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Treiber | 10 | 2 | 42 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 4.20 |
| Scott | 10 | 1 | 38 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.80 |
| Child | 10 | 1 | 39 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.90 |
| Cairns | 9 | 2 | 20 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.22 |
| Kuggeleijn | 10 | 1 | 33 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.30 |