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| Venue | Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 30th, 31st January, 1st February 1981 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Central Districts won by 3 wickets |
| Points | Central Districts 19 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Canterbury 4 (Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | RD Corric, JG Reardon |
| Close of play day 1 | Central Districts (1) 265/8 (Robertson 54*, Jamieson 1*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Canterbury (2) 339/6 (Stead 174*, Leggat 20*) |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BG Hadlee | c Toynbee b Gill | 1 | |||||
| DA Dempsey | c Hodgson b Robertson | 17 | |||||
| VR Brown | b Gill | 34 | |||||
| RT Latham | c Edwards b Gill | 17 | |||||
| DW Stead | c Toynbee b Gill | 2 | |||||
| *CL Bull | c Jamieson b O'Sullivan | 13 | |||||
| BD Ritchie | c McSweeney b Robertson | 30 | |||||
| RI Leggat | c Robertson b Gill | 2 | |||||
| GC Bateman | c Toynbee b O'Sullivan | 7 | |||||
| +JM Mackle | b Gill | 8 | |||||
| CH Thiele | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (13 b) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 46.4 overs) | 146 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-24, 3-67, 4-72, 5-74, 6-114, 7-124, 8-129, 9-141, 10-146 (46.4 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gill | 15.4 | 2 | 53 | 6 | - | - | |
| Robertson | 13 | 3 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 11 | 5 | 18 | 2 | - | - | |
| Jamieson | 7 | 3 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Anderson | c Mackle b Bateman | 6 | |||||
| RA Pierce | c Leggat b Stead | 80 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | c Mackle b Thiele | 0 | |||||
| GN Edwards | c Bull b Stead | 48 | |||||
| GJ Langridge | c and b Stead | 52 | |||||
| WG Hodgson | c Latham b Brown | 0 | |||||
| +EB McSweeney | c and b Stead | 4 | |||||
| GK Robertson | c Ritchie b Stead | 65 | |||||
| *DR O'Sullivan | c Mackle b Bateman | 8 | |||||
| MD Jamieson | not out | 14 | |||||
| MF Gill | c Bateman b Stead | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (13 b) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 81.4 overs) | 296 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-17, 3-89, 4-187, 5-188, 6-192, 7-197, 8-248, 9-290, 10-296 (81.4 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thiele | 14 | 2 | 61 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bateman | 15 | 3 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| Latham | 7 | 2 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stead | 29.4 | 6 | 79 | 6 | - | - | |
| Brown | 13 | 3 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leggat | 3 | 1 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BG Hadlee | c Anderson b Robertson | 14 | |||||
| DA Dempsey | c Hodgson b O'Sullivan | 40 | |||||
| VR Brown | c Hodgson b Robertson | 16 | |||||
| RT Latham | c Jamieson b O'Sullivan | 10 | |||||
| DW Stead | not out | 193 | |||||
| *CL Bull | c Toynbee b O'Sullivan | 18 | |||||
| BD Ritchie | c Pierce b Robertson | 37 | |||||
| RI Leggat | c Hodgson b Jamieson | 20 | |||||
| GC Bateman | c sub b Robertson | 15 | |||||
| +JM Mackle | not out | 0 | |||||
| CH Thiele | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (13 b) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 125 overs) | 376 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24, 2-47, 3-78, 4-85, 5-157, 6-289, 7-350, 8-376 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gill | 8 | 2 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Robertson | 28 | 4 | 104 | 4 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 41 | 13 | 87 | 3 | - | - | |
| Jamieson | 24 | 6 | 70 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hodgson | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Toynbee | 13 | 2 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pierce | 8 | 4 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Anderson | c Brown b Stead | 39 | |||||
| RA Pierce | c Dempsey b Thiele | 4 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | c Mackle b Leggat | 8 | |||||
| GN Edwards | c Latham b Bateman | 75 | |||||
| WG Hodgson | b Bateman | 21 | |||||
| +EB McSweeney | b Bateman | 13 | |||||
| GK Robertson | b Bateman | 24 | |||||
| GJ Langridge | not out | 27 | |||||
| *DR O'Sullivan | not out | 10 | |||||
| MD Jamieson | did not bat | ||||||
| MF Gill | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 47 overs) | 227 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-36, 3-116, 4-136, 5-162, 6-187, 7-190 | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thiele | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bateman | 8 | 0 | 41 | 4 | - | - | |
| Stead | 19 | 3 | 67 | 1 | - | - | |
| Brown | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leggat | 11 | 1 | 61 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bull | 3 | 1 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |