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| Venue | Cobham Oval, Whangarei on 12th, 13th, 14th January 1981 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Northern Districts won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Match drawn | 
| Points | Northern Districts 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Otago 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4) | 
| Umpires | GIJ Cowan, TA McCall | 
| Close of play day 1 | Otago (1) 23/2 (Hoskin 5*, Milburn 7*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Northern Districts (2) 62/2 (Wright 36*, Roberts 11*) | 
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Gibson | b Boock | 17 | |||||
| +MJE Wright | b Webb | 15 | |||||
| CM Kuggeleijn | c Milburn b Boock | 21 | |||||
| *ADG Roberts | c Milburn b Webb | 14 | |||||
| BG Cooper | c Dawson b Boock | 40 | |||||
| WP Fowler | b Webb | 34 | |||||
| CW Dickeson | c and b Boock | 0 | |||||
| SR Gillespie | c BR Blair b Boock | 26 | |||||
| P Curtin | c Rutherford b Boock | 17 | |||||
| SJ Scott | c BR Blair b Boock | 1 | |||||
| K Treiber | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 7 lb, 3 nb, 2 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 91 overs) | 200 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23, 2-41, 3-76, 4-76, 5-144, 6-148, 7-156, 8-190, 9-196, 10-200 (91 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Webb | 19 | 6 | 42 | 3 | - | - | |
| Thomson | 15 | 6 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| BR Blair | 11 | 4 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boock | 37 | 11 | 82 | 7 | - | - | |
| Walker | 8 | 5 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| WL Blair | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *IA Rutherford | c Fowler b Gillespie | 9 | |||||
| GAW Blakely | lbw b Dickeson | 2 | |||||
| +BD Milburn | c Dickeson b Curtin | 21 | |||||
| RN Hoskin | c Kuggeleijn b Dickeson | 57 | |||||
| WL Blair | b Kuggeleijn | 14 | |||||
| BR Blair | b Dickeson | 2 | |||||
| GJ Dawson | b Kuggeleijn | 50 | |||||
| DJ Walker | lbw b Curtin | 17 | |||||
| GB Thomson | b Kuggeleijn | 10 | |||||
| SL Boock | run out | 5 | |||||
| RJ Webb | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 108.3 overs) | 193 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-14, 3-69, 4-86, 5-89, 6-118, 7-145, 8-167, 9-181, 10-193 (108.3 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Treiber | 6 | 3 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gillespie | 13 | 4 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Curtin | 17 | 5 | 36 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dickeson | 42 | 20 | 63 | 3 | - | - | |
| Kuggeleijn | 26.3 | 10 | 46 | 3 | - | - | |
| Fowler | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northern Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Gibson | lbw b Boock | 4 | |||||
| +MJE Wright | c Dawson b Boock | 44 | |||||
| CM Kuggeleijn | c Milburn b Boock | 6 | |||||
| *ADG Roberts | c Walker b Boock | 68 | |||||
| BG Cooper | c Milburn b Boock | 22 | |||||
| WP Fowler | b BR Blair | 0 | |||||
| CW Dickeson | lbw b Boock | 35 | |||||
| SR Gillespie | not out | 18 | |||||
| P Curtin | c Webb b Thomson | 0 | |||||
| SJ Scott | not out | 8 | |||||
| K Treiber | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (20 b) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 99 overs) | 225 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-27, 3-80, 4-109, 5-110, 6-164, 7-213, 8-217 | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Webb | 20 | 7 | 49 | 0 | - | - | |
| Thomson | 12 | 1 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| BR Blair | 9 | 4 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Boock | 46 | 20 | 62 | 6 | - | - | |
| Walker | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dawson | 9 | 4 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Otago second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *IA Rutherford | st Wright b Dickeson | 14 | |||||
| GAW Blakely | c Cooper b Scott | 8 | |||||
| +BD Milburn | c Dickeson b Gillespie | 1 | |||||
| WL Blair | c Curtin b Kuggeleijn | 5 | |||||
| BR Blair | c sub b Dickeson | 1 | |||||
| GJ Dawson | not out | 42 | |||||
| DJ Walker | c Gibson b Dickeson | 0 | |||||
| RN Hoskin | lbw b Scott | 117 | |||||
| GB Thomson | c Dickeson b Gillespie | 0 | |||||
| SL Boock | not out | 0 | |||||
| RJ Webb | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 69 overs) | 196 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-55, 3-78, 4-91, 5-165, 6-176, 7-194, 8-196 | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gillespie | 11 | 4 | 18 | 2 | - | - | |
| Curtin | 8 | 2 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dickeson | 25 | 9 | 70 | 3 | - | - | |
| Kuggeleijn | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Fowler | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Scott | 15 | 6 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |