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| Venue | Harry Barker Reserve, Gisborne on 30th November, 1st, 2nd, 3rd December 1996 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Northern Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Northern Districts won by an innings and 23 runs |
| Points | Northern Districts 12; Wellington 0 |
| Umpires | DM Quested, EA Watkin |
| Scorers | ME Jefferson, DM Plummer |
| Close of play day 1 | Northern Districts (1) 326/6 (Parlane 104*, Hart 11*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Wellington (1) 107/4 (Wells 25*, Petrie 18*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Wellington (2) 128/1 (Chandler 48*, Blackmore 33*) |
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Pocock | c and b Wells | 53 | 103 | 112 | 7 | 1 | |
| MD Bell | lbw b Hotter | 43 | 136 | 144 | 4 | - | |
| *GE Bradburn | c Blackmore b Wells | 45 | 132 | 146 | 4 | - | |
| MD Bailey | lbw b Hotter | 0 | 8 | 8 | - | - | |
| ME Parlane | st Nevin b Jefferson | 104 | 229 | 238 | 11 | - | |
| SA Thomson | c Nevin b Mather | 19 | 64 | 62 | 3 | - | |
| JE Spice | b Jefferson | 17 | 28 | 39 | 3 | - | |
| +RG Hart | c Chandler b Jefferson | 78 | 194 | 242 | 5 | - | |
| CW Ross | c Blackmore b Hotter | 0 | 6 | 5 | - | - | |
| AR Tait | run out | 70 | 187 | 184 | 4 | 1 | |
| SB Styris | not out | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| Extras | (7 b, 22 lb, 12 nb, 1 w) | 42 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 181 overs) | 474 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-86, 2-108, 3-114, 4-193, 5-249, 6-288, 7-327, 8-330, 9-469, 10-474 (181 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hotter | 34 | 10 | 99 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Petrie | 32 | 11 | 59 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Mather | 13 | 1 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Twose | 10 | 2 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jefferson | 59 | 22 | 100 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wells | 25 | 4 | 90 | 2 | - | - | |
| Weenink | 8 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJB Chandler | b Thomson | 32 | 74 | 86 | 4 | - | |
| SW Weenink | c Bradburn b Styris | 6 | 33 | 43 | 1 | - | |
| SJ Blackmore | lbw b Ross | 19 | 69 | 83 | 1 | - | |
| *RG Twose | lbw b Thomson | 1 | 11 | 16 | - | - | |
| JD Wells | lbw b Spice | 52 | 145 | 170 | 1 | - | |
| RG Petrie | c Bradburn b Spice | 44 | 141 | 148 | 4 | - | |
| RJ Kerr | b Thomson | 29 | 57 | 86 | 4 | - | |
| SR Mather | b Ross | 10 | 37 | 34 | 1 | - | |
| +CJ Nevin | c Spice b Ross | 3 | 17 | 15 | - | - | |
| MR Jefferson | not out | 22 | 37 | 38 | 3 | - | |
| SJ Hotter | lbw b Styris | 2 | 7 | 10 | - | - | |
| Extras | (6 b, 8 lb, 4 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 104.2 overs) | 238 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24, 2-51, 3-55, 4-67, 5-158, 6-165, 7-186, 8-195, 9-231, 10-238 (104.2 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ross | 25 | 9 | 69 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Tait | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Styris | 21.2 | 4 | 51 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Thomson | 28 | 9 | 47 | 3 | - | - | |
| Spice | 12 | 5 | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bradburn | 10 | 3 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wellington second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJB Chandler | lbw b Styris | 69 | 178 | 295 | 7 | - | |
| SW Weenink | c Bell b Styris | 40 | 138 | 152 | 5 | - | |
| SJ Blackmore | c Hart b Styris | 34 | 64 | 56 | 6 | - | |
| *RG Twose | c Hart b Styris | 4 | 10 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| JD Wells | c Hart b Styris | 10 | 47 | 57 | - | - | |
| RG Petrie | c Pocock b Tait | 24 | 53 | 70 | 3 | - | |
| RJ Kerr | c Pocock b Tait | 0 | 5 | 4 | - | - | |
| SR Mather | lbw b Styris | 0 | 6 | 5 | - | - | |
| +CJ Nevin | b Ross | 19 | 35 | 43 | 2 | - | |
| MR Jefferson | not out | 0 | 5 | 11 | - | - | |
| SJ Hotter | c Bell b Tait | 1 | 3 | 5 | - | - | |
| Extras | (6 b, 6 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 107.2 overs) | 213 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-81, 2-129, 3-135, 4-163, 5-168, 6-169, 7-170, 8-202, 9-212, 10-213 (107.2 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ross | 12 | 6 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Styris | 21 | 7 | 42 | 6 | - | - | |
| Tait | 8.2 | 4 | 25 | 3 | - | - | |
| Thomson | 22 | 7 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bradburn | 21 | 11 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Spice | 20 | 6 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |