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| Venue | Queen's Park, Invercargill on 27th, 28th, 29th February 1976 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Otago won by 4 wickets |
| Points | Otago 15 (Bowling 5); Central Districts 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5) |
| Umpires | D Cummings, BD Dawson |
| Close of play day 1 | Otago (1) 122/6 (Campbell 27*, Alabaster 5*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Otago (2) 95/2 (Anderson 44*, Sampson 7*) |
| Player of the Match | KO Campbell |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GN Edwards | c Rutherford b McKechnie | 25 | |||||
| RW Ormiston | lbw b Thomson | 0 | |||||
| DW Neal | c McKechnie b Thomson | 9 | |||||
| CMH Atkinson | c Thomson b Petherick | 10 | |||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | c Lees b Petherick | 30 | |||||
| AJ Hill | c Anderson b Alabaster | 13 | |||||
| +LW Downes | c Morris b Alabaster | 9 | |||||
| BL Cairns | c Petherick b Alabaster | 2 | |||||
| DR O'Sullivan | not out | 39 | |||||
| RI Thomas | c McKechnie b Petherick | 13 | |||||
| AB Jordan | st Lees b Petherick | 9 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 4 lb, 2 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 60.4 overs) | 170 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-24, 3-40, 4-67, 5-86, 6-99, 7-106, 8-106, 9-135, 10-170 (60.4 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 8 | 1 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Morris | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| McKechnie | 8 | 2 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 22 | 6 | 45 | 3 | - | - | |
| Petherick | 19.4 | 2 | 63 | 4 | - | - | |
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IA Rutherford | lbw b Cairns | 12 | |||||
| *GM Turner | c Downes b Thomas | 28 | |||||
| RW Anderson | c Hill b Jordan | 3 | |||||
| HC Sampson | c Neal b Jordan | 21 | |||||
| KO Campbell | c Edwards b O'Sullivan | 42 | |||||
| +WK Lees | c Downes b O'Sullivan | 13 | |||||
| BJ McKechnie | b O'Sullivan | 0 | |||||
| GD Alabaster | b Jordan | 8 | |||||
| GB Thomson | c Shrimpton b Jordan | 4 | |||||
| PJ Petherick | c Downes b Jordan | 0 | |||||
| PR Morris | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 4 lb, 8 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 54.4 overs) | 147 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23, 2-28, 3-63, 4-71, 5-96, 6-96, 7-133, 8-143, 9-145, 10-147 (54.4 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 18.4 | 5 | 44 | 5 | - | - | |
| Cairns | 8 | 2 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Thomas | 6 | 1 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 16 | 5 | 26 | 3 | - | - | |
| Shrimpton | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GN Edwards | c Lees b Thomson | 16 | |||||
| RW Ormiston | c and b Alabaster | 31 | |||||
| DW Neal | run out | 26 | |||||
| CMH Atkinson | c sub b Petherick | 29 | |||||
| BL Cairns | c Campbell b Alabaster | 4 | |||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | c Sampson b Alabaster | 0 | |||||
| AJ Hill | c Turner b Petherick | 8 | |||||
| +LW Downes | c Campbell b Alabaster | 8 | |||||
| DR O'Sullivan | not out | 21 | |||||
| AB Jordan | c Alabaster b Petherick | 0 | |||||
| RI Thomas | c Sampson b Petherick | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 2 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 54.6 overs) | 149 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-64, 3-85, 4-97, 5-101, 6-111, 7-123, 8-141, 9-148, 10-149 (54.6 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 5 | 1 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Morris | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| McKechnie | 6 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 22 | 5 | 60 | 4 | - | - | |
| Petherick | 16.6 | 3 | 30 | 4 | - | - | |
| Otago second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IA Rutherford | c Shrimpton b O'Sullivan | 34 | |||||
| *GM Turner | c Atkinson b Cairns | 2 | |||||
| RW Anderson | c Neal b O'Sullivan | 49 | |||||
| HC Sampson | lbw b Cairns | 7 | |||||
| KO Campbell | not out | 57 | |||||
| +WK Lees | c Downes b Cairns | 2 | |||||
| BJ McKechnie | lbw b O'Sullivan | 3 | |||||
| GD Alabaster | not out | 10 | |||||
| GB Thomson | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Petherick | did not bat | ||||||
| PR Morris | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 6 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 59.4 overs) | 174 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-75, 3-99, 4-113, 5-126, 6-139 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cairns | 19 | 1 | 57 | 3 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 25 | 4 | 53 | 3 | - | - | |
| Shrimpton | 10.4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |