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| Venue | Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North on 18th, 19th, 20th January 1981 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Match drawn | 
| Points | Central Districts 9 (Batting 6, Bowling 3); Wellington 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2) | 
| Umpires | DA Kinsella, M Rangi | 
| Close of play day 1 | Wellington (1) 47/1 (Holland 25*, Cederwall 1*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Wellington (2) 86/3 (Cederwall 19*, Gray 35*) | 
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Anderson | b Cater | 35 | |||||
| AH Jones | c Reid b Cederwall | 64 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | b Gray | 61 | |||||
| GN Edwards | not out | 177 | |||||
| GJ Langridge | b Cater | 4 | |||||
| WG Hodgson | c Ormiston b Gray | 48 | |||||
| GK Robertson | c Newdick b Cater | 8 | |||||
| +EB McSweeney | not out | 35 | |||||
| MF Gill | did not bat | ||||||
| *DR O'Sullivan | did not bat | ||||||
| DC Aberhart | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 8 lb, 4 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs) | 445 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-76, 2-113, 3-209, 4-240, 5-340, 6-377 | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Vogel | 13 | 2 | 68 | 0 | - | - | |
| Henry | 16 | 4 | 50 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cater | 25 | 2 | 124 | 3 | - | - | |
| Gray | 37 | 7 | 159 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cederwall | 7 | 2 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Morrison | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJ Holland | c Edwards b Robertson | 33 | |||||
| GA Newdick | c Edwards b Robertson | 10 | |||||
| BW Cederwall | c sub b Toynbee | 50 | |||||
| +RH Vance | c McSweeney b Robertson | 2 | |||||
| EJ Gray | b Aberhart | 1 | |||||
| *JFM Morrison | c sub b Robertson | 46 | |||||
| RW Ormiston | c Gill b O'Sullivan | 40 | |||||
| SB Cater | b Robertson | 4 | |||||
| DW Henry | not out | 33 | |||||
| TG Vogel | not out | 3 | |||||
| RB Reid | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 20 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs) | 250 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25, 2-62, 3-64, 4-66, 5-143, 6-165, 7-169, 8-237 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Robertson | 24 | 8 | 59 | 5 | - | - | |
| Gill | 17 | 8 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 33 | 13 | 70 | 1 | - | - | |
| Aberhart | 16 | 8 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Toynbee | 10 | 3 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wellington second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJ Holland | c Toynbee b Gill | 2 | |||||
| GA Newdick | c sub b Aberhart | 19 | |||||
| +RH Vance | lbw b Robertson | 2 | |||||
| BW Cederwall | c McSweeney b Robertson | 81 | |||||
| EJ Gray | c McSweeney b Aberhart | 50 | |||||
| *JFM Morrison | c Langridge b Aberhart | 8 | |||||
| RW Ormiston | c Edwards b O'Sullivan | 85 | |||||
| DW Henry | not out | 40 | |||||
| SB Cater | c Aberhart b Gill | 4 | |||||
| TG Vogel | c Jones b Hodgson | 41 | |||||
| RB Reid | b Toynbee | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 15 lb, 7 nb) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 150 overs) | 360 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-21, 3-25, 4-104, 5-120, 6-210, 7-275, 8-286, 9-348, 10-360 (150 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Robertson | 28 | 9 | 68 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gill | 22 | 7 | 64 | 2 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 49 | 16 | 110 | 1 | - | - | |
| Aberhart | 33 | 13 | 59 | 3 | - | - | |
| Toynbee | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hodgson | 12 | 5 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Anderson | not out | 8 | |||||
| WG Hodgson | b Vogel | 7 | |||||
| GN Edwards | not out | 2 | |||||
| AH Jones | did not bat | ||||||
| MH Toynbee | did not bat | ||||||
| GJ Langridge | did not bat | ||||||
| GK Robertson | did not bat | ||||||
| +EB McSweeney | did not bat | ||||||
| MF Gill | did not bat | ||||||
| *DR O'Sullivan | did not bat | ||||||
| DC Aberhart | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 3 overs) | 18 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16 (Hodgson) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Vogel | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cederwall | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |