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| Venue | Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 16th, 17th, 18th December 1977 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Central Districts 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Wellington 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | SA Copelin, DA Kinsella |
| Close of play day 1 | Wellington (1) 59/1 (Newdick 25*, Morrison 18*) |
| Close of play day 2 | No play |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IA Rutherford | b Morgan | 20 | |||||
| RW Anderson | c Morrison b Gray | 78 | |||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | b Morgan | 15 | |||||
| PJ Holland | c Vance b Chatfield | 15 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | c Edgar b Morgan | 29 | |||||
| GJ Langridge | c Morgan b Gray | 22 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | c Morrison b Chatfield | 18 | |||||
| DW Bracewell | c Airey b Chatfield | 10 | |||||
| DC Aberhart | c and b Chatfield | 0 | |||||
| DR O'Sullivan | not out | 11 | |||||
| DJ Kay | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb, 3 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 75 overs) | 228 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-63, 2-104, 3-129, 4-159, 5-164, 6-206, 7-206, 8-210, 9-228 (75 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Chatfield | 23 | 4 | 71 | 4 | - | - |
| Cederwall | 7 | 1 | 24 | 0 | - | - |
| Morgan | 14 | 5 | 56 | 3 | - | - |
| Coney | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - |
| Gray | 25 | 12 | 44 | 2 | - | - |
| Newdick | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - |
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Edgar | c Anderson b Aberhart | 9 | |||||
| GA Newdick | c Edwards b O'Sullivan | 55 | |||||
| JFM Morrison | c Langridge b Kay | 18 | |||||
| *JV Coney | c Bracewell b Kay | 0 | |||||
| DML Airey | b O'Sullivan | 2 | |||||
| RJ Kean | run out | 15 | |||||
| HA Morgan | c Langridge b Bracewell | 30 | |||||
| BW Cederwall | st Edwards b O'Sullivan | 0 | |||||
| +RH Vance | not out | 14 | |||||
| EJ Gray | b O'Sullivan | 3 | |||||
| EJ Chatfield | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb, 8 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 55 overs) | 161 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-67, 3-67, 4-72, 5-104, 6-112, 7-117, 8-149, 9-160 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Kay | 15 | 6 | 47 | 2 | - | - |
| Aberhart | 12 | 3 | 49 | 1 | - | - |
| O'Sullivan | 22 | 9 | 40 | 4 | - | - |
| Bracewell | 6 | 2 | 10 | 1 | - | - |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IA Rutherford | c Cederwall b Gray | 15 | |||||
| RW Anderson | b Morgan | 17 | |||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | c Vance b Newdick | 35 | |||||
| GJ Langridge | c Cederwall b Newdick | 24 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | not out | 18 | |||||
| PJ Holland | not out | 0 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | did not bat | ||||||
| DW Bracewell | did not bat | ||||||
| DC Aberhart | did not bat | ||||||
| DR O'Sullivan | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Kay | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 4 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 35 overs) | 116 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26, 2-45, 3-89, 4-96 | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Chatfield | 9 | 3 | 18 | 0 | - | - |
| Morgan | 8 | 1 | 18 | 1 | - | - |
| Gray | 6 | 1 | 29 | 1 | - | - |
| Newdick | 9 | 1 | 33 | 2 | - | - |
| Morrison | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - |
| Wellington second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Edgar | c Edwards b Bracewell | 13 | |||||
| GA Newdick | st Edwards b O'Sullivan | 53 | |||||
| JFM Morrison | c Edwards b Bracewell | 10 | |||||
| HA Morgan | c Aberhart b O'Sullivan | 14 | |||||
| *JV Coney | c Anderson b Bracewell | 14 | |||||
| BW Cederwall | c Edwards b O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||
| DML Airey | c Edwards b Bracewell | 0 | |||||
| +RH Vance | not out | 15 | |||||
| RJ Kean | c Rutherford b Shrimpton | 3 | |||||
| EJ Gray | not out | 0 | |||||
| EJ Chatfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 15 lb, 1 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 31 overs) | 145 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-57, 2-91, 3-91, 4-113, 5-122, 6-127, 7-127, 8-145 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Kay | 6 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | - |
| O'Sullivan | 15 | 3 | 45 | 3 | - | - |
| Bracewell | 8 | 1 | 44 | 4 | - | - |
| Shrimpton | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | - |