| a4256 | |
| Venue | Molyneux Park, Alexandra on 1st January 1985 (50-over match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Otago won the toss and decided to field | 
| Result | Otago won by 3 wickets | 
| Points | Otago 2; Central Districts 0 | 
| Umpires | GC Morris, NF Tapper | 
| Central Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| TE Blain | b Johnson | 19 | 86 | 93 | 1 | - | 22.09 | 
| RT Hart | lbw b Mallender | 5 | 15 | 28 | - | - | 33.33 | 
| PS Briasco | st Lees b Boock | 15 | 60 | 60 | 3 | - | 25.00 | 
| MD Crowe | b Walker | 42 | 38 | 45 | 5 | - | 110.53 | 
| *RE Hayward | c Mallender b Walker | 41 | 40 | 57 | 4 | - | 102.50 | 
| +IDS Smith | c and b Johnson | 0 | 3 | 5 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| SJ Gill | b Cushen | 47 | 34 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 138.24 | 
| RA Pierce | lbw b Mallender | 2 | 5 | 10 | - | - | 40.00 | 
| GK Robertson | c Lees b Mallender | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| DA Stirling | not out | 11 | 16 | 36 | - | - | 68.75 | 
| PJ Visser | lbw b Cushen | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 33.33 | 
| Extras | (4 lb, 5 nb, 1 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 49 overs) | 193 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-42, 3-46, 4-120, 5-125, 6-135, 7-144, 8-144, 9-190, 10-193 (49 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Mallender | 9 | 3 | 37 | 3 | - | - | 18.00 | 4.11 | 
| Cushen | 10 | 1 | 32 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.20 | 
| Boock | 10 | 2 | 21 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 2.10 | 
| Walker | 10 | 2 | 44 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 4.40 | 
| Johnson | 10 | 0 | 55 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 5.50 | 
| Otago innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| SJ McCullum | c Smith b Visser | 25 | 49 | 57 | 3 | - | 51.02 | 
| PR Facoory | c Crowe b Gill | 2 | 6 | 15 | - | - | 33.33 | 
| RN Hoskin | c Pierce b Crowe | 27 | 48 | 68 | 3 | - | 56.25 | 
| DJ Walker | not out | 63 | 101 | 145 | 4 | - | 62.38 | 
| AH Jones | c Smith b Crowe | 2 | 13 | 21 | - | - | 15.38 | 
| GJ Dawson | c Briasco b Gill | 29 | 28 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 103.57 | 
| *+WK Lees | c Blain b Stirling | 3 | 8 | 11 | - | - | 37.50 | 
| NA Mallender | c Gill b Crowe | 23 | 39 | 48 | 1 | - | 58.97 | 
| VF Johnson | not out | 3 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 300.00 | 
| JAJ Cushen | did not bat | ||||||
| SL Boock | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (12 lb, 3 nb, 2 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 48 overs) | 194 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-46, 3-69, 4-82, 5-122, 6-129, 7-184 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Robertson | 9 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.78 | 
| Gill | 10 | 0 | 29 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 2.90 | 
| Stirling | 10 | 2 | 41 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 4.10 | 
| Visser | 10 | 3 | 36 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.60 | 
| Crowe | 9 | 0 | 42 | 3 | - | - | 18.00 | 4.67 |