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| Venue | Hutt Recreation Ground, Lower Hutt on 26th, 27th, 28th December 1978 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 8 | 
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Wellington won by 9 wickets | 
| Points | Wellington 18 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Auckland 2 (Batting 1, Bowling 1) | 
| Umpires | AH Hart, SJ Woodward | 
| Close of play day 1 | Wellington (1) 128/3 (Taylor 16*, Morrison 3*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Auckland (2) 152/8 (Wallace 16*, Troup 0*) | 
| Player of the Match | BR Taylor | 
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AEW Parsons | lbw b Taylor | 1 | |||||
| PN Webb | c Hewson b Chatfield | 36 | |||||
| JF Reid | c Edgar b Coney | 16 | |||||
| MG Burgess | b Taylor | 46 | |||||
| JR Wiltshire | b Petherick | 2 | |||||
| *GE Vivian | b Taylor | 0 | |||||
| JM McIntyre | run out | 7 | |||||
| +CL Wallace | lbw b Chatfield | 8 | |||||
| LW Stott | c Morrison b Chatfield | 2 | |||||
| GB Troup | not out | 0 | |||||
| JAJ Cushen | b Chatfield | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 1 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 42.4 overs) | 125 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-37, 3-95, 4-98, 5-101, 6-106, 7-116, 8-124, 9-125, 10-125 (42.4 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Chatfield | 11.4 | 3 | 18 | 4 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 10 | 3 | 28 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cederwall | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Coney | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Petherick | 13 | 2 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Newdick | b Troup | 3 | |||||
| BA Edgar | c Wallace b McIntyre | 56 | |||||
| RH Vance | c Wallace b Stott | 42 | |||||
| BR Taylor | b Troup | 34 | |||||
| *JFM Morrison | not out | 41 | |||||
| JV Coney | c and b Stott | 6 | |||||
| +AR Hewson | b Stott | 3 | |||||
| BW Cederwall | lbw b Cushen | 5 | |||||
| EJ Gray | c Wallace b Cushen | 12 | |||||
| EJ Chatfield | lbw b Cushen | 0 | |||||
| PJ Petherick | c Wallace b Stott | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 7 lb, 3 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83.6 overs) | 221 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-101, 3-107, 4-149, 5-170, 6-178, 7-185, 8-205, 9-205, 10-221 (83.6 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Troup | 15 | 2 | 37 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cushen | 16 | 4 | 44 | 3 | - | - | |
| Stott | 34.6 | 5 | 83 | 4 | - | - | |
| McIntyre | 18 | 4 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AEW Parsons | c Hewson b Chatfield | 0 | |||||
| PN Webb | c Hewson b Cederwall | 11 | |||||
| JF Reid | c and b Petherick | 77 | |||||
| MG Burgess | c Newdick b Taylor | 8 | |||||
| JR Wiltshire | c Coney b Gray | 8 | |||||
| *GE Vivian | b Petherick | 0 | |||||
| JM McIntyre | c and b Petherick | 26 | |||||
| +CL Wallace | c Hewson b Taylor | 27 | |||||
| LW Stott | b Coney | 0 | |||||
| GB Troup | c Coney b Chatfield | 10 | |||||
| JAJ Cushen | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 2 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 74.2 overs) | 174 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-24, 3-41, 4-65, 5-74, 6-129, 7-142, 8-143, 9-174, 10-174 (74.2 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Chatfield | 16 | 6 | 35 | 2 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 13.2 | 3 | 35 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cederwall | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Coney | 9 | 4 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Petherick | 21 | 9 | 33 | 3 | - | - | |
| Gray | 10 | 4 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wellington second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Newdick | not out | 39 | |||||
| BA Edgar | c Reid b Troup | 5 | |||||
| RH Vance | not out | 37 | |||||
| BR Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| *JFM Morrison | did not bat | ||||||
| JV Coney | did not bat | ||||||
| +AR Hewson | did not bat | ||||||
| BW Cederwall | did not bat | ||||||
| EJ Gray | did not bat | ||||||
| EJ Chatfield | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Petherick | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 28.3 overs) | 81 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16 (Edgar) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Troup | 7 | 1 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cushen | 6 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| McIntyre | 10 | 2 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Vivian | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Reid | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Parsons | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wiltshire | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Burgess | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Webb | 0.3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |