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| Venue | McLean Park, Napier on 3rd, 4th, 5th January 1979 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Wellington won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Central Districts 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Wellington 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2) |
| Umpires | JG Elliott, DG Farquhar |
| Close of play day 1 | Central Districts (1) ?/1 (Anderson 66*, Jordan 1*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Wellington (2) 54/1 (Newdick 33*, Vance 15*) |
| Player of the Match | GA Newdick |
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Newdick | lbw b Toynbee | 46 | 165 | 4 | - | ||
| BA Edgar | c Shrimpton b Jordan | 5 | |||||
| RH Vance | c +Smith b Jordan | 13 | |||||
| *JFM Morrison | b O'Sullivan | 34 | 62 | 4 | - | ||
| JV Coney | c Anderson b Jordan | 7 | |||||
| EJ Gray | b Bracewell | 11 | |||||
| BR Taylor | c +Smith b Bracewell | 0 | - | - | |||
| +AR Hewson | st Edwards b O'Sullivan | 7 | |||||
| GN Cederwall | not out | 13 | |||||
| PJ Petherick | c Toynbee b O'Sullivan | 2 | - | - | |||
| EJ Chatfield | lbw b O'Sullivan | 0 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (13 b, 2 lb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 270 minutes, 56 overs) | 153 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17 (Edgar), 2-45 (Vance), 3-101 (Morrison), 4-117 (Newdick), 5-121 (Coney), 6-123 (Taylor), 7-136, 8-142, 9-153, 10-153 (56 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 14 | 4 | 22 | 3 | - | - | |
| Gill | 7 | 1 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 11 | 2 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| Toynbee | 10 | 4 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 14 | 3 | 37 | 4 | - | - | |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Anderson | c Hewson b Chatfield | 75 | 184 | 8 | - | ||
| PJ Verhoek | c Morrison b Coney | 38 | 138 | 4 | - | ||
| AB Jordan | c Petherick b Chatfield | 8 | |||||
| TB Horne | lbw b Chatfield | 22 | 101 | ||||
| MH Toynbee | lbw b Petherick | 0 | - | - | |||
| +GN Edwards | b Petherick | 19 | |||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | c Edgar b Chatfield | 40 | 127 | 2 | - | ||
| IDS Smith | c Edgar b Taylor | 44 | 79 | 7 | - | ||
| DR O'Sullivan | not out | 6 | |||||
| MF Gill | not out | 1 | - | - | |||
| BP Bracewell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 15 lb, 2 nb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 370 minutes, 85 overs) | 275 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-109 (Verhoek), 2-123 (Jordan), 3-136 (Anderson), 4-137 (Toynbee), 5-165 (Edwards), 6-187 (Horne), 7-262 (Smith), 8-269 (Shrimpton) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Chatfield | 27 | 6 | 72 | 4 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 12 | 2 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cederwall | 6 | 2 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Coney | 10 | 1 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gray | 10 | 4 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Petherick | 20 | 3 | 58 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wellington second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Newdick | lbw b O'Sullivan | 119 | 388 | 7 | - | ||
| BA Edgar | c Anderson b Bracewell | 0 | - | - | |||
| RH Vance | lbw b O'Sullivan | 43 | 190 | 3 | - | ||
| *JFM Morrison | c Edwards b O'Sullivan | 35 | 177 | 2 | - | ||
| BR Taylor | b O'Sullivan | 23 | 23 | 3 | 1 | ||
| EJ Gray | not out | 21 | |||||
| GN Cederwall | c Toynbee b O'Sullivan | 14 | |||||
| JV Coney | c Smith b Bracewell | 4 | |||||
| +AR Hewson | c Verhoek b Bracewell | 0 | - | - | |||
| PJ Petherick | not out | 12 | |||||
| EJ Chatfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 12 lb, 5 nb) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 509 minutes, 123 overs) | 297 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9 (Edgar), 2-112 (Vance), 3-212 (Newdick), 4-237 (Morrison), 5-242 (Taylor), 6-270 (Cederwall), 7-280 (Coney), 8-280 (Hewson) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 18 | 3 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gill | 10 | 1 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 19 | 1 | 55 | 3 | - | - | |
| Toynbee | 23 | 7 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 46 | 15 | 91 | 5 | - | - | |
| Shrimpton | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Anderson | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Horne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Edwards | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |