| a626 | |
| Venue | Hutt Recreation Ground, Lower Hutt on 5th December 1971 (40-over match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Wellington won by 47 runs |
| Umpires | AC Keegan, WT Martin |
| Player of the Match | BR Taylor |
| Wellington innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| AE Dick | b Howell | 12 | |||||
| GA Newdick | b Howell | 26 | |||||
| BE Congdon | c Wadsworth b Howell | 10 | |||||
| *BW Sinclair | c Wadsworth b Ellis | 48 | |||||
| JD Riley | c Shrimpton b Jordan | 34 | |||||
| JFM Morrison | c Payton b Jordan | 4 | |||||
| BR Taylor | not out | 59 | |||||
| +IJ Therkleson | c Wadsworth b Ellis | 0 | |||||
| RO Collinge | not out | 38 | |||||
| WA Greenstreet | did not bat | ||||||
| GT McConnell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 7 lb, 4 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs) | 243 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30, 2-43, 3-58, 4-137, 5-142, 6-144, 7-145 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Jordan | 8 | 1 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 32.00 | 2.50 |
| Howell | 8 | 1 | 31 | 3 | - | - | 21.33 | 3.88 |
| Furlong | 8 | 0 | 44 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.50 |
| Ellis | 8 | 2 | 45 | 2 | - | - | 32.00 | 5.62 |
| Brooke | 4 | 0 | 45 | 0 | - | - | - | 11.25 |
| Shrimpton | 4 | 0 | 46 | 0 | - | - | - | 11.50 |
| Central Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| HC Sampson | c Taylor b McConnell | 41 | |||||
| *DH Payton | c Greenstreet b McConnell | 11 | |||||
| MJF Shrimpton | b Greenstreet | 37 | |||||
| MP Baker | b Congdon | 0 | |||||
| RA Pierce | c Taylor b Greenstreet | 17 | |||||
| +KJ Wadsworth | not out | 56 | |||||
| RH Ellis | not out | 17 | |||||
| JH Howell | did not bat | ||||||
| AB Jordan | did not bat | ||||||
| BDM Furlong | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Brooke | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 10 lb, 3 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs) | 196 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24, 2-91, 3-93, 4-121, 5-130 | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Collinge | 8 | 1 | 40 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.00 |
| Taylor | 8 | 1 | 29 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.62 |
| Greenstreet | 8 | 1 | 29 | 2 | - | - | 32.00 | 3.62 |
| McConnell | 8 | 1 | 39 | 2 | - | - | 32.00 | 4.88 |
| Congdon | 8 | 0 | 42 | 1 | - | - | 64.00 | 5.25 |