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| Venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington on 26th, 27th, 28th December 1977 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Otago won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Wellington won by 7 wickets |
| Points | Wellington 17 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Otago 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | WT Martin, SJ Woodward |
| Close of play day 1 | Wellington (1) 74/1 (Edgar 27*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Otago (2) 63/4 (Facoory 4*) |
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WL Blair | c Vance b Cederwall | 28 | |||||
| SJ McCullum | c Vance b Morgan | 26 | |||||
| KO Campbell | c Vance b Cater | 19 | |||||
| PR Facoory | run out | 28 | |||||
| *+WK Lees | run out | 37 | |||||
| BR Blair | c Morrison b Chatfield | 0 | |||||
| BJ McKechnie | c Morrison b Morgan | 13 | |||||
| BL Cairns | c Newdick b Cederwall | 18 | |||||
| CM Kirk | not out | 5 | |||||
| GB Thomson | c and b Chatfield | 8 | |||||
| MA Bracewell | not out | 7 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 72.5 overs) | 200 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-47, 2-57, 3-94, 4-125, 5-126, 6-154, 7-172, 8-178, 9-191 | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Chatfield | 20.5 | 4 | 57 | 2 | - | - |
| Cater | 10 | 2 | 39 | 1 | - | - |
| Cederwall | 14 | 5 | 36 | 2 | - | - |
| Morgan | 17 | 7 | 29 | 2 | - | - |
| Gray | 11 | 4 | 28 | 0 | - | - |
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Newdick | c McCullum b BR Blair | 47 | |||||
| BA Edgar | c McCullum b Cairns | 64 | |||||
| JFM Morrison | c McKechnie b Cairns | 28 | |||||
| *JV Coney | c Lees b Thomson | 26 | |||||
| DML Airey | c Lees b Thomson | 8 | |||||
| HA Morgan | c and b Kirk | 10 | |||||
| BW Cederwall | c Lees b Kirk | 5 | |||||
| +RH Vance | not out | 21 | |||||
| EJ Gray | c Campbell b Kirk | 21 | |||||
| EJ Chatfield | not out | 5 | |||||
| SB Cater | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 2 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 75 overs) | 241 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-74, 2-143, 3-148, 4-171, 5-188, 6-194, 7-194, 8-232 | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Thomson | 23 | 5 | 79 | 2 | - | - |
| Cairns | 17 | 4 | 47 | 2 | - | - |
| McKechnie | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - |
| Bracewell | 10 | 2 | 45 | 0 | - | - |
| Kirk | 18 | 4 | 47 | 3 | - | - |
| BR Blair | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Otago second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WL Blair | b Chatfield | 41 | |||||
| SJ McCullum | c Gray b Chatfield | 0 | |||||
| KO Campbell | c Vance b Morgan | 11 | |||||
| PR Facoory | c Vance b Cederwall | 50 | |||||
| *+WK Lees | c Vance b Chatfield | 2 | |||||
| BJ McKechnie | b Gray | 5 | |||||
| BR Blair | c Vance b Chatfield | 46 | |||||
| CM Kirk | c Vance b Newdick | 11 | |||||
| BL Cairns | c Vance b Cederwall | 4 | |||||
| GB Thomson | c Cater b Gray | 22 | |||||
| MA Bracewell | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (10 lb, 1 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 72.6 overs) | 204 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-49, 3-61, 4-63, 5-72, 6-155, 7-171, 8-179, 9-185, 10-204 (72.6 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Chatfield | 20 | 7 | 43 | 4 | - | - |
| Cater | 8 | 1 | 37 | 0 | - | - |
| Cederwall | 6 | 2 | 29 | 2 | - | - |
| Morgan | 12 | 5 | 23 | 1 | - | - |
| Gray | 13.6 | 5 | 31 | 2 | - | - |
| Newdick | 8 | 2 | 16 | 1 | - | - |
| Morrison | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - |
| Wellington second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Newdick | lbw b Cairns | 2 | |||||
| BA Edgar | c Lees b Thomson | 70 | |||||
| JFM Morrison | c Thomson b McKechnie | 28 | |||||
| *JV Coney | not out | 43 | |||||
| DML Airey | not out | 18 | |||||
| HA Morgan | did not bat | ||||||
| BW Cederwall | did not bat | ||||||
| +RH Vance | did not bat | ||||||
| EJ Gray | did not bat | ||||||
| EJ Chatfield | did not bat | ||||||
| SB Cater | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 1 lb, 2 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 34.1 overs) | 166 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-55, 3-131 | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Thomson | 11 | 2 | 35 | 1 | - | - |
| Cairns | 8 | 0 | 42 | 1 | - | - |
| McKechnie | 6 | 1 | 27 | 1 | - | - |
| Bracewell | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - |
| Kirk | 7 | 1 | 31 | 0 | - | - |
| WL Blair | 0.1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - |