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| Venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington on 17th, 18th, 19th December 1976 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Wellington 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Central Districts 8 (Batting 3, Bowling 5) |
| Umpires | DEA Copps, AH Hart |
| Close of play day 1 | Wellington (1) 50/2 (Edgar 25*, Morrison 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Central Districts (2) 138/5 (Bracewell 17*, O'Sullivan 11*) |
| Player of the Match | EJ Chatfield |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +GN Edwards | c Pither b Chatfield | 2 | |||||
| DH Payton | lbw b Coney | 77 | |||||
| DW Neal | c Coney b Chatfield | 10 | |||||
| CMH Atkinson | c Chatfield b Pither | 36 | |||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | not out | 51 | |||||
| RW Ormiston | c Vance b Chatfield | 0 | |||||
| DW Bracewell | b Chatfield | 0 | |||||
| DR O'Sullivan | c Bilby b Chatfield | 3 | |||||
| AB Jordan | c Cater b Chatfield | 8 | |||||
| RI Thomas | c and b Chatfield | 2 | |||||
| DJ Kay | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 8 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 75 overs) | 216 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-37, 3-114, 4-156, 5-159, 6-159, 7-163, 8-179, 9-190 | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Chatfield | 27 | 9 | 72 | 7 | - | - | |
| Cater | 7 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cederwall | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Coney | 25 | 10 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pither | 9 | 3 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| BD Smith | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Smith | c Thomas b Jordan | 4 | |||||
| BA Edgar | lbw b Jordan | 31 | |||||
| BD Smith | lbw b O'Sullivan | 16 | |||||
| JFM Morrison | c and b Thomas | 1 | |||||
| *JV Coney | c O'Sullivan b Jordan | 17 | |||||
| GP Bilby | c Edwards b Jordan | 2 | |||||
| +RH Vance | c Bracewell b Kay | 29 | |||||
| BW Cederwall | c Edwards b O'Sullivan | 10 | |||||
| RJ Pither | b O'Sullivan | 31 | |||||
| SB Cater | not out | 1 | |||||
| EJ Chatfield | c Edwards b Kay | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb, 3 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 44.3 overs) | 157 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-46, 3-52, 4-68, 5-73, 6-90, 7-113, 8-151, 9-154, 10-157 (44.3 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 13 | 1 | 61 | 4 | - | - | |
| Thomas | 8 | 0 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 14 | 4 | 29 | 3 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kay | 7.3 | 1 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DH Payton | c Cater b Chatfield | 8 | |||||
| RW Ormiston | c Coney b Chatfield | 37 | |||||
| DW Neal | c BD Smith b Cederwall | 4 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | c Coney b Cederwall | 24 | |||||
| CMH Atkinson | c Vance b Cederwall | 25 | |||||
| DW Bracewell | c Vance b Coney | 19 | |||||
| DR O'Sullivan | c Vance b Coney | 11 | |||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | lbw b Chatfield | 17 | |||||
| AB Jordan | c Vance b Coney | 9 | |||||
| RI Thomas | c RW Smith b Coney | 0 | |||||
| DJ Kay | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (9 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 3 w) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 60.5 overs) | 175 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-35, 3-63, 4-77, 5-120, 6-138, 7-153, 8-167, 9-167, 10-175 (60.5 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Chatfield | 19.5 | 6 | 43 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cater | 8 | 1 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cederwall | 15 | 4 | 46 | 3 | - | - | |
| Coney | 10 | 5 | 15 | 4 | - | - | |
| Pither | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| BD Smith | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wellington second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Smith | not out | 43 | |||||
| BA Edgar | c Bracewell b Thomas | 9 | |||||
| JFM Morrison | c Thomas b Jordan | 41 | |||||
| *JV Coney | not out | 17 | |||||
| BD Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| GP Bilby | did not bat | ||||||
| +RH Vance | did not bat | ||||||
| BW Cederwall | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Pither | did not bat | ||||||
| SB Cater | did not bat | ||||||
| EJ Chatfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 nb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 23.1 overs) | 111 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-82 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 8 | 0 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| Thomas | 7 | 3 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 4.1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kay | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |