| misc604144 | |
| Venue | Surrey Park, Invercargill on 21st, 22nd March 1981 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | North Otago won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Close of play day 1 | Southland (1) 121/6 (Dawson ?*, Crawford 0*) |
| North Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RC Breen | b Marshall | 1 | |||||
| GD Johnston | c Crawford b Wilson | 0 | |||||
| IJ Laird | lbw b Ramsay | 24 | |||||
| GJ Ballantyne | b Wilson | 9 | |||||
| GN Johnston | c Hoskin b Wilson | 14 | |||||
| *NW McKenzie | b Ramsay | 53 | 6 | - | |||
| WCG Taylor | c Gentle b Ramsay | 15 | |||||
| DW Reid | b Ramsay | 11 | |||||
| D Brown | c Crawford b Ramsay | 2 | |||||
| GW Laird | st Crawford b Skelt | 3 | |||||
| N Donaldson | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (10 lb, 2 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 63 overs) | 146 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Breen), 2-1 (GD Johnston), 3-16 (Ballantyne), 4-38, 5-73, 6-113, 7-132, 8-139, 9-144, 10-146 (63 ov) | |||||||
| Southland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wilson | 12 | 2 | 15 | 3 | - | - | |
| Marshall | 13 | 2 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Burns | 13 | 4 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ramsay | 20 | 11 | 27 | 5 | - | - | |
| Skelt | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Southland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KJ Burns | b Taylor | 36 | 3 | - | |||
| KN Gentle | c and b McKenzie | 41 | 5 | - | |||
| RN Hoskin | c GN Johnston b Taylor | 4 | |||||
| TL Ward | b McKenzie | 0 | |||||
| GJ Dawson | c GN Johnston b Taylor | 46 | 4 | - | |||
| JK Lindsay | c and b Taylor | 2 | |||||
| TJ Wilson | c Brown b Breen | 7 | |||||
| +BJG Crawford | not out | 55 | 9 | - | |||
| PT Skelt | lbw b Ballantyne | 2 | |||||
| *OM Ramsay | c Brown b Ballantyne | 12 | |||||
| PG Marshall | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (12 b, 4 lb, 2 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 109 overs) | 223 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-80 (Burns), 2-95 (Hoskin), 3-95 (Gentle), 4-95 (Ward), 5-101 (Lindsay), 6-121 (Wilson), 7-183, 8-192, 9-214 | |||||||
| North Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Brown | 7 | 2 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Reid | 6 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Donaldson | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 46 | 18 | 66 | 4 | - | - | |
| McKenzie | 16 | 4 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| Breen | 18 | 7 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ballantyne | 12 | 4 | 37 | 2 | - | - | |
| North Otago second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GD Johnston | b Marshall | 6 | |||||
| RC Breen | c Wilson b Lindsay | 11 | |||||
| IJ Laird | c Crawford b Lindsay | 25 | |||||
| GJ Ballantyne | lbw b Lindsay | 0 | |||||
| GN Johnston | c Marshall b Skelt | 9 | |||||
| *NW McKenzie | c Crawford b Ramsay | 43 | 6 | - | |||
| WCG Taylor | not out | 39 | 3 | - | |||
| DW Reid | not out | 3 | |||||
| D Brown | did not bat | ||||||
| GW Laird | did not bat | ||||||
| N Donaldson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 84 overs) | 145 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (GD Johnston), 2-32 (Breen), 3-32 (Ballantyne), 4-45 (GN Johnston), 5-70 (IJ Laird), 6-126 (McKenzie) | |||||||
| Southland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wilson | 15 | 2 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marshall | 5 | 2 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Skelt | 22 | 6 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lindsay | 27 | 17 | 22 | 3 | - | - | |
| Gentle | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ramsay | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |