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| Venue | Eden Park, Auckland on 26th, 27th, 28th December 1971 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Auckland won by an innings and 165 runs |
| Points | Auckland 21 (Batting 6, Bowling 5); Central Districts 2 (Bowling 2) |
| Umpires | RWR Shortt, S Sukias |
| Close of play day 1 | Auckland (1) 366/7 (Dykes 3*, Howarth 7*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Central Districts (2) 122/7 (Wadsworth 28*, Furlong 4*) |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RE Redmond | b Howell | 12 | |||||
| RM Harris | c Payton b Ellis | 63 | |||||
| RW Morgan | c Neal b Ellis | 7 | |||||
| *MG Burgess | c Wadsworth b Jordan | 146 | |||||
| GE Vivian | c Wadsworth b Jordan | 8 | |||||
| TW Jarvis | c Wadsworth b Jordan | 91 | |||||
| JM McIntyre | b Howell | 11 | |||||
| +RA Dykes | c Sampson b Howell | 3 | |||||
| HJ Howarth | c and b Jordan | 20 | |||||
| RA Baddeley | b Howell | 25 | |||||
| JC Williams | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 14 lb, 8 nb) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 89.5 overs) | 414 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17, 2-54, 3-96, 4-117, 5-318, 6-350, 7-350, 8-366, 9-398, 10-414 (89.5 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Jordan | 24 | 3 | 91 | 4 | - | - |
| Howell | 29.5 | 5 | 126 | 4 | - | - |
| Ellis | 19 | 2 | 85 | 2 | - | - |
| Shrimpton | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - |
| Furlong | 13 | 0 | 61 | 0 | - | - |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HC Sampson | b Baddeley | 8 | |||||
| *DH Payton | c Dykes b Williams | 13 | |||||
| MJF Shrimpton | c Dykes b Howarth | 47 | |||||
| MP Baker | b Williams | 0 | |||||
| RA Pierce | c Burgess b Williams | 11 | |||||
| +KJ Wadsworth | c Morgan b Howarth | 1 | |||||
| DW Neal | lbw b Williams | 1 | |||||
| RH Ellis | c Dykes b Vivian | 19 | |||||
| BDM Furlong | c Dykes b Howarth | 3 | |||||
| JH Howell | c Jarvis b Vivian | 0 | |||||
| AB Jordan | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 45.3 overs) | 108 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-37, 3-37, 4-57, 5-58, 6-62, 7-94, 8-106, 9-106, 10-108 (45.3 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Baddeley | 10 | 1 | 27 | 1 | - | - |
| Williams | 16 | 4 | 52 | 4 | - | - |
| Howarth | 17.3 | 9 | 23 | 3 | - | - |
| Vivian | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| Central Districts second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HC Sampson | lbw b Williams | 23 | |||||
| *DH Payton | b Howarth | 8 | |||||
| MJF Shrimpton | c and b Morgan | 32 | |||||
| MP Baker | c Jarvis b Williams | 0 | |||||
| RA Pierce | c Howarth b Williams | 2 | |||||
| +KJ Wadsworth | c Burgess b Howarth | 37 | |||||
| DW Neal | st Dykes b Howarth | 2 | |||||
| RH Ellis | c Jarvis b Howarth | 11 | |||||
| BDM Furlong | c Dykes b Howarth | 10 | |||||
| JH Howell | c Jarvis b Williams | 4 | |||||
| AB Jordan | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 1 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 51.6 overs) | 141 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27, 2-43, 3-52, 4-64, 5-79, 6-84, 7-110, 8-136, 9-141, 10-141 (51.6 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Baddeley | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - |
| Williams | 15.6 | 2 | 49 | 4 | - | - |
| Howarth | 22 | 7 | 34 | 5 | - | - |
| Vivian | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - |
| Morgan | 7 | 2 | 18 | 1 | - | - |