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| Venue | Smallbone Park, Rotorua on 26th, 27th, 28th December 1977 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Northern Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Northern Districts won by 17 runs |
| Points | Northern Districts 18 (Batting 5, Bowling 3); Central Districts 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2) |
| Umpires | NO Wellington, RC Woollons |
| Close of play day 1 | Central Districts (1) 55/1 (Rutherford 25*, Holland 7*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Northern Districts (2) 67/4 (Dunning 6*, Parker 2*) |
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Wright | c and b Bracewell | 87 | |||||
| BL Roberts | c Edwards b Aberhart | 13 | |||||
| *JM Parker | b O'Sullivan | 114 | |||||
| GP Howarth | b Bracewell | 49 | |||||
| ADG Roberts | run out | 14 | |||||
| MJ Child | not out | 14 | |||||
| RO Collinge | not out | 3 | |||||
| B Dunning | did not bat | ||||||
| CW Dickeson | did not bat | ||||||
| +JA Leigh | did not bat | ||||||
| AJP Stimpson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 5 lb, 2 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, innings closed, 75 overs) | 304 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23, 2-201, 3-226, 4-280, 5-292 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kay | 10 | 3 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Aberhart | 7 | 1 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Holland | 7 | 2 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 27 | 3 | 90 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 21 | 1 | 114 | 2 | - | - | |
| Toynbee | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IA Rutherford | lbw b Collinge | 36 | |||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | lbw b Collinge | 18 | |||||
| PJ Holland | lbw b Collinge | 10 | |||||
| GJ Langridge | c Leigh b Collinge | 10 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | lbw b Dickeson | 62 | |||||
| RW Anderson | c Dunning b Stimpson | 21 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | b Dickeson | 28 | |||||
| DW Bracewell | not out | 35 | |||||
| DC Aberhart | not out | 7 | |||||
| DR O'Sullivan | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Kay | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 8 lb, 8 nb) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 74 overs) | 250 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-42, 2-59, 3-76, 4-105, 5-165, 6-171, 7-235 | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Collinge | 20 | 6 | 58 | 4 | - | - | |
| Stimpson | 14 | 2 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| ADG Roberts | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dickeson | 27 | 9 | 69 | 2 | - | - | |
| Howarth | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Child | 9 | 1 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northern Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Wright | c Holland b Kay | 21 | |||||
| BL Roberts | c Edwards b Kay | 0 | |||||
| ADG Roberts | c Shrimpton b Aberhart | 14 | |||||
| GP Howarth | b Bracewell | 15 | |||||
| B Dunning | not out | 38 | |||||
| *JM Parker | c Bracewell b O'Sullivan | 7 | |||||
| CW Dickeson | lbw b O'Sullivan | 19 | |||||
| MJ Child | st Edwards b O'Sullivan | 5 | |||||
| +JA Leigh | b O'Sullivan | 0 | |||||
| RO Collinge | c Holland b O'Sullivan | 0 | |||||
| AJP Stimpson | run out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 10 lb, 2 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 58 overs) | 136 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-38, 3-40, 4-65, 5-86, 6-116, 7-134, 8-134, 9-136, 10-136 (58 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kay | 19 | 3 | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| Aberhart | 14 | 3 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 18 | 11 | 19 | 5 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IA Rutherford | c ADG Roberts b Howarth | 40 | |||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | lbw b Dickeson | 24 | |||||
| PJ Holland | c Parker b Howarth | 16 | |||||
| GJ Langridge | c Wright b Dickeson | 3 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | c Leigh b Dickeson | 45 | |||||
| RW Anderson | c sub b Dickeson | 6 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | b Howarth | 18 | |||||
| DW Bracewell | b Dickeson | 0 | |||||
| DC Aberhart | run out | 2 | |||||
| DJ Kay | not out | 0 | |||||
| DR O'Sullivan | c Wright b Dickeson | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (12 b, 4 lb, 3 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 58.7 overs) | 173 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-59, 2-93, 3-96, 4-96, 5-114, 6-167, 7-171, 8-171, 9-171, 10-173 (58.7 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Collinge | 6 | 1 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stimpson | 8 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dickeson | 23 | 9 | 79 | 6 | - | - | |
| Howarth | 21.7 | 8 | 37 | 3 | - | - | |