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| Venue | Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th March 1979 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Otago won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (Otago won on first innings) |
| Umpires | DA Kinsella, TA McCall |
| Close of play day 1 | Otago (1) 357/4 (Rutherford 137*, Campbell 45*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Otago (1) 495/7 (Rutherford 200*, Bracewell 6*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Central Districts (2) 3/0 (Anderson 1*, Pierce 2*) |
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IA Rutherford | c Jordan b O'Sullivan | 222 | 625 | ||||
| SJ McCullum | c Pierce b O'Sullivan | 31 | |||||
| RS Wilson | c Short b Toynbee | 11 | |||||
| *+WK Lees | c Anderson b Aberhart | 43 | |||||
| BR Blair | c Pierce b O'Sullivan | 70 | |||||
| KO Campbell | lbw b Jordan | 69 | |||||
| BJ McKechnie | c Edwards b Aberhart | 13 | |||||
| BL Cairns | c Pierce b O'Sullivan | 27 | |||||
| JG Bracewell | not out | 27 | |||||
| RJ Hill | did not bat | ||||||
| SL Boock | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (12 b, 6 lb, 12 nb) | 30 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 142.1 overs) | 543 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-79, 2-102, 3-174, 4-271, 5-398, 6-425, 7-464, 8-543 (142.1 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Jordan | 26 | 2 | 91 | 1 | - | - |
| Astle | 10 | 1 | 66 | 0 | - | - |
| Aberhart | 23 | 2 | 98 | 2 | - | - |
| O'Sullivan | 52.1 | 15 | 125 | 4 | - | - |
| Toynbee | 26 | 2 | 115 | 1 | - | - |
| Short | 5 | 1 | 18 | 0 | - | - |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Anderson | c Boock b Cairns | 14 | |||||
| RA Pierce | run out | 23 | |||||
| TB Horne | c McCullum b Boock | 24 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | c Campbell b Boock | 0 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | b Boock | 43 | |||||
| AW Short | c Bracewell b Boock | 33 | |||||
| IDS Smith | c Hill b Boock | 77 | |||||
| DR O'Sullivan | c and b Bracewell | 0 | |||||
| DC Aberhart | b Bracewell | 34 | |||||
| *AB Jordan | lbw b Boock | 0 | |||||
| AM Astle | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (20 b, 3 lb) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 71.6 overs) | 275 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-58, 3-60, 4-87, 5-114, 6-195, 7-195, 8-235, 9-249, 10-275 (71.6 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Cairns | 11 | 2 | 47 | 1 | - | - |
| McKechnie | 14 | 2 | 50 | 0 | - | - |
| Boock | 30 | 11 | 67 | 6 | - | - |
| Bracewell | 16.6 | 3 | 88 | 2 | - | - |
| Central Districts second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Anderson | not out | 1 | |||||
| RA Pierce | not out | 2 | |||||
| TB Horne | did not bat | ||||||
| MH Toynbee | did not bat | ||||||
| +GN Edwards | did not bat | ||||||
| AW Short | did not bat | ||||||
| IDS Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| DR O'Sullivan | did not bat | ||||||
| DC Aberhart | did not bat | ||||||
| *AB Jordan | did not bat | ||||||
| AM Astle | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (no wicket, 2 overs) | 3 | |||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Cairns | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| Hill | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - |