| f31931 ps581 | |
| Venue | Seddon Park, Hamilton on 4th, 5th, 6th February 1978 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 8 | 
| Toss | Northern Districts won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Northern Districts won by 6 runs | 
| Points | Northern Districts 20 (Batting 5, Bowling 5); Central Districts 9 (Batting 4, Bowling 5) | 
| Umpires | JBR Hastie, RW Norris | 
| Close of play day 1 | Central Districts (1) 49/2 (Rutherford 27*, Toynbee 8*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Northern Districts (2) 133/5 (Dunning 1*, Puna 0*) | 
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Wright | c O'Sullivan b Shrimpton | 57 | |||||
| JG Gibson | c Rutherford b Jordan | 2 | |||||
| GP Howarth | c and b Jordan | 7 | |||||
| *JM Parker | st Edwards b O'Sullivan | 44 | |||||
| ADG Roberts | c O'Sullivan b Bracewell | 37 | |||||
| B Dunning | c Toynbee b O'Sullivan | 4 | |||||
| KN Puna | c Anderson b O'Sullivan | 18 | |||||
| +MJE Wright | st Edwards b O'Sullivan | 70 | |||||
| CW Dickeson | lbw b O'Sullivan | 35 | |||||
| MJ Child | not out | 19 | |||||
| RO Collinge | c Horne b O'Sullivan | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 6 lb, 4 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 71.7 overs) | 311 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-43, 3-91, 4-122, 5-128, 6-169, 7-191, 8-276, 9-311, 10-311 (71.7 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Jordan | 17 | 2 | 84 | 2 | - | - | 
| Aberhart | 8 | 2 | 25 | 0 | - | - | 
| Shrimpton | 10 | 0 | 46 | 1 | - | - | 
| O'Sullivan | 21.7 | 4 | 84 | 6 | - | - | 
| Toynbee | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 
| Bracewell | 13 | 2 | 51 | 1 | - | - | 
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IA Rutherford | c MJE Wright b Collinge | 27 | |||||
| RW Anderson | b Child | 0 | |||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | c JG Wright b Collinge | 7 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | c MJE Wright b Howarth | 39 | |||||
| TB Horne | c Child b Dickeson | 54 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | lbw b Howarth | 2 | |||||
| IDS Smith | c Child b Dickeson | 35 | |||||
| DW Bracewell | b Howarth | 33 | |||||
| DR O'Sullivan | c Howarth b Dickeson | 28 | |||||
| DC Aberhart | c and b Howarth | 22 | |||||
| AB Jordan | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 9 lb, 5 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 72.2 overs) | 267 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-36, 3-58, 4-112, 5-121, 6-166, 7-179, 8-240, 9-240, 10-267 (72.2 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Collinge | 13 | 3 | 33 | 2 | - | - | 
| Child | 9 | 2 | 34 | 1 | - | - | 
| Dickeson | 30 | 9 | 109 | 3 | - | - | 
| Parker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 
| Roberts | 7 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | - | 
| Howarth | 12.2 | 2 | 43 | 4 | - | - | 
| Northern Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Wright | c Edwards b Bracewell | 68 | |||||
| JG Gibson | c Edwards b Jordan | 5 | |||||
| GP Howarth | c Edwards b Aberhart | 6 | |||||
| *JM Parker | c Smith b Aberhart | 29 | |||||
| ADG Roberts | c Edwards b O'Sullivan | 7 | |||||
| B Dunning | c Shrimpton b O'Sullivan | 30 | |||||
| KN Puna | c Shrimpton b O'Sullivan | 20 | |||||
| +MJE Wright | not out | 51 | |||||
| CW Dickeson | not out | 17 | |||||
| MJ Child | did not bat | ||||||
| RO Collinge | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (13 b, 6 lb, 11 nb) | 30 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 71.5 overs) | 263 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-25, 3-106, 4-132, 5-132, 6-181, 7-216 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Jordan | 10 | 1 | 42 | 1 | - | - | 
| Aberhart | 14 | 1 | 59 | 2 | - | - | 
| Shrimpton | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | 
| O'Sullivan | 16 | 3 | 45 | 3 | - | - | 
| Toynbee | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 
| Bracewell | 27 | 6 | 63 | 1 | - | - | 
| Edwards | 0.5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IA Rutherford | c Puna b Collinge | 25 | |||||
| RW Anderson | c Collinge b Dickeson | 123 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | b Dickeson | 34 | |||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | c Gibson b Howarth | 20 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | c Parker b Dickeson | 43 | |||||
| IDS Smith | b Dickeson | 29 | |||||
| DC Aberhart | c Howarth b Dickeson | 10 | |||||
| DW Bracewell | c Howarth b Collinge | 4 | |||||
| TB Horne | b Dickeson | 2 | |||||
| DR O'Sullivan | not out | 0 | |||||
| AB Jordan | run out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 7 lb, 2 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 52.5 overs) | 301 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-40, 2-105, 3-154, 4-215, 5-263, 6-284, 7-296, 8-300, 9-300, 10-301 (52.5 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Collinge | 13 | 1 | 47 | 2 | - | - | 
| Child | 7 | 0 | 42 | 0 | - | - | 
| Dickeson | 15.5 | 1 | 76 | 6 | - | - | 
| Roberts | 7 | 0 | 39 | 0 | - | - | 
| Howarth | 10 | 1 | 87 | 1 | - | - |