| a10836 | |
| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 23rd November 1997 (50-over match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Northern Conference won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Northern Conference won by 33 runs | 
| Points | Southern Conference 0; Northern Conference 2 | 
| Umpires | RS Dunne, PR Williams | 
| Northern Conference innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| PJB Chandler | run out | 6 | 16 | 25 | - | - | 37.50 | 
| ME Parlane | lbw b Richardson | 51 | 74 | 100 | 8 | - | 68.92 | 
| MD Bailey | c Croy b Wiseman | 13 | 26 | 28 | 1 | - | 50.00 | 
| RA Jones | c Sewell b Cumming | 31 | 80 | 92 | - | - | 38.75 | 
| MN Hart | run out | 16 | 36 | 38 | - | - | 44.44 | 
| AC Barnes | c Murray b Gale | 15 | 27 | 28 | - | - | 55.56 | 
| *DJ Nash | lbw b Gale | 12 | 15 | 23 | - | - | 80.00 | 
| AR Tait | not out | 7 | 9 | 22 | - | - | 77.78 | 
| C Pringle | c Wiseman b Bond | 16 | 6 | 6 | - | 2 | 266.67 | 
| +CJ Nevin | c Croy b Gale | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| KP Walmsley | b Gale | 6 | 8 | 9 | - | - | 75.00 | 
| Extras | (4 b, 8 lb, 2 nb, 4 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 49.5 overs) | 191 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-38, 2-65, 3-86, 4-126, 5-130, 6-158, 7-160, 8-177, 9-177, 10-191 (49.5 ov) | |||||||
| Southern Conference bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Bond | 9 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 54.00 | 5.22 | 
| Sewell | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 7.67 | 
| Cumming | 8 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | - | 48.00 | 3.38 | 
| Wiseman | 10 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | - | 60.00 | 2.90 | 
| Gale | 9.5 | 1 | 21 | 4 | - | - | 14.75 | 2.14 | 
| Richardson | 10 | 0 | 32 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.20 | 
| Southern Conference innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| CB Gaffaney | b Pringle | 2 | 11 | 7 | - | - | 18.18 | 
| MH Richardson | c Parlane b Walmsley | 6 | 14 | 25 | 1 | - | 42.86 | 
| *DJ Murray | c and b Hart | 19 | 47 | 75 | - | - | 40.43 | 
| LG Howell | c Bailey b Barnes | 42 | 78 | 82 | 5 | - | 53.85 | 
| CD Cumming | b Barnes | 24 | 46 | 55 | 1 | - | 52.17 | 
| SE Bond | b Barnes | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | - | 62.50 | 
| RA Lawson | c Bailey b Hart | 34 | 38 | 53 | 3 | - | 89.47 | 
| +MG Croy | run out | 5 | 16 | 21 | - | - | 31.25 | 
| PJ Wiseman | c Chandler b Pringle | 5 | 8 | 5 | - | - | 62.50 | 
| AJ Gale | st Nevin b Pringle | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| DG Sewell | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 4 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 44.3 overs) | 158 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-16, 3-65, 4-89, 5-98, 6-121, 7-142, 8-157, 9-158, 10-158 (44.3 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Conference bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Walmsley | 5 | 1 | 14 | 1 | - | - | 30.00 | 2.80 | 
| Pringle | 8.3 | 0 | 18 | 3 | - | - | 17.00 | 2.12 | 
| Nash | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.33 | 
| Tait | 7 | 1 | 35 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.00 | 
| Hart | 10 | 2 | 30 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.00 | 
| Barnes | 10 | 0 | 34 | 3 | - | - | 20.00 | 3.40 | 
| Bailey | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.00 |