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| Venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington on 5th, 6th, 7th March 1976 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Northern Districts won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Northern Districts won by 5 wickets |
| Points | Wellington 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Northern Districts 17 (Batting 2, Bowling 5) |
| Umpires | SC Cowman, AH Hart |
| Close of play day 1 | Northern Districts (1) 110/2 (JG Wright 59*, Stimpson 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Wellington (2) 135/5 (Edgar 0*, Ross 0*) |
| Player of the Match | RO Collinge |
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Newdick | c Roberts b Collinge | 4 | |||||
| *JFM Morrison | c Dickeson b Griffiths | 24 | |||||
| JV Coney | c Fulton b Collinge | 6 | |||||
| RW Smith | c Puna b Griffiths | 20 | |||||
| +MJ Harris | b Dickeson | 42 | |||||
| BA Edgar | not out | 7 | |||||
| BD Smith | c Roberts b Collinge | 10 | |||||
| T Vaikvee | c MJE Wright b Collinge | 12 | |||||
| SB Cater | c JG Wright b Dickeson | 2 | |||||
| CJ Ross | lbw b Collinge | 2 | |||||
| EJ Chatfield | lbw b Collinge | 15 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 1 lb, 8 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 40.2 overs) | 156 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-23, 3-53, 4-82, 5-110, 6-124, 7-128, 8-137, 9-153, 10-156 (40.2 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Collinge | 14.2 | 4 | 32 | 6 | - | - | |
| Stimpson | 12 | 1 | 61 | 0 | - | - | |
| Griffiths | 7 | 1 | 33 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dickeson | 7 | 2 | 18 | 2 | - | - | |
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +MJE Wright | b Coney | 39 | |||||
| JG Wright | c Vaikvee b Chatfield | 68 | |||||
| ADG Roberts | lbw b Coney | 8 | |||||
| AJP Stimpson | b Cater | 1 | |||||
| *JM Parker | c Morrison b Chatfield | 19 | |||||
| B Dunning | lbw b Chatfield | 19 | |||||
| RW Fulton | c Newdick b Coney | 45 | |||||
| KN Puna | c Coney b Ross | 3 | |||||
| CW Dickeson | c Edgar b Chatfield | 7 | |||||
| RO Collinge | b Cater | 39 | |||||
| RJ Griffiths | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 5 lb, 2 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 80.5 overs) | 258 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-84, 2-110, 3-118, 4-120, 5-148, 6-163, 7-172, 8-189, 9-236, 10-258 (80.5 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Chatfield | 29 | 10 | 96 | 4 | - | - | |
| Cater | 22 | 5 | 79 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ross | 17 | 4 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
| Coney | 12.5 | 5 | 26 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wellington second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Newdick | b Stimpson | 2 | |||||
| *JFM Morrison | c Collinge b Stimpson | 57 | |||||
| JV Coney | c sub b Stimpson | 10 | |||||
| RW Smith | b Stimpson | 3 | |||||
| +MJ Harris | c Dickeson b Roberts | 44 | |||||
| BA Edgar | c Roberts b Griffiths | 15 | |||||
| CJ Ross | b Stimpson | 1 | |||||
| BD Smith | c Griffiths b Stimpson | 39 | |||||
| T Vaikvee | c Dickeson b Griffiths | 2 | |||||
| SB Cater | c Roberts b Collinge | 1 | |||||
| EJ Chatfield | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (24 b, 5 lb, 6 nb) | 35 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 46.5 overs) | 210 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24, 2-48, 3-56, 4-135, 5-135, 6-137, 7-186, 8-199, 9-208, 10-210 (46.5 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Collinge | 18 | 1 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Stimpson | 12.5 | 5 | 46 | 6 | - | - | |
| Griffiths | 10 | 0 | 49 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dickeson | 5 | 1 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Roberts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Northern Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +MJE Wright | c Cater b Chatfield | 10 | |||||
| JG Wright | b Cater | 26 | |||||
| ADG Roberts | c Harris b Coney | 31 | |||||
| *JM Parker | c BD Smith b Coney | 20 | |||||
| B Dunning | lbw b Coney | 1 | |||||
| RW Fulton | not out | 3 | |||||
| KN Puna | not out | 4 | |||||
| AJP Stimpson | did not bat | ||||||
| CW Dickeson | did not bat | ||||||
| RO Collinge | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Griffiths | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 7 lb, 1 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 22.2 overs) | 109 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-37, 2-45, 3-75, 4-99, 5-106 | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Chatfield | 6 | 1 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cater | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ross | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Coney | 5.2 | 1 | 16 | 3 | - | - | |
| Vaikvee | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |