| a461 | |
| Venue | Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North on 3rd March 1971 (40-over match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Marylebone Cricket Club won by 4 wickets |
| Umpires | ECA Matson, GH Stroud |
| Central Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| HC Sampson | c Fletcher b Wilson | 59 | |||||
| DH Payton | c Fletcher b Underwood | 30 | |||||
| *BE Congdon | b Underwood | 44 | |||||
| MJF Shrimpton | b Shuttleworth | 19 | |||||
| +KJ Wadsworth | c and b Underwood | 10 | |||||
| BDM Furlong | not out | 20 | |||||
| BW Yuile | c Willis b Underwood | 2 | |||||
| JH Howell | not out | 3 | |||||
| RM Schofield | did not bat | ||||||
| AB Jordan | did not bat | ||||||
| LC Sparks | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 11 lb, 3 nb) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs) | 208 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-86, 2-104, 3-147, 4-174, 5-183, 6-201 | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Shuttleworth | 8 | 0 | 41 | 1 | - | - | 64.00 | 5.12 |
| Willis | 8 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.38 |
| Luckhurst | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.75 |
| Wilson | 7 | 0 | 56 | 1 | - | - | 56.00 | 8.00 |
| Illingworth | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.40 |
| Underwood | 8 | 0 | 35 | 4 | - | - | 16.00 | 4.38 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| BW Luckhurst | st Wadsworth b Yuile | 85 | |||||
| MC Cowdrey | c Yuile b Howell | 3 | |||||
| KWR Fletcher | c Furlong b Jordan | 5 | |||||
| JH Edrich | c Yuile b Sparks | 36 | |||||
| D Wilson | c Sparks b Yuile | 23 | |||||
| APE Knott | c Sampson b Congdon | 19 | |||||
| *R Illingworth | not out | 26 | |||||
| +RW Taylor | not out | 6 | |||||
| RGD Willis | did not bat | ||||||
| K Shuttleworth | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Underwood | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 1 lb, 2 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 37.5 overs) | 209 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25, 2-36, 3-116, 4-139, 5-161, 6-186 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Jordan | 8 | 0 | 36 | 1 | - | - | 64.00 | 4.50 |
| Howell | 7 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - | - | 56.00 | 3.71 |
| Sparks | 6.5 | 0 | 44 | 1 | - | - | 53.00 | 6.64 |
| Congdon | 8 | 0 | 40 | 1 | - | - | 64.00 | 5.00 |
| Yuile | 8 | 0 | 57 | 2 | - | - | 32.00 | 7.12 |