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| Venue | Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland on 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th December 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Northern Conference won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (Northern Conference won on better record in qualifying) |
| Umpires | DB Cowie, RS Dunne |
| Close of play day 1 | Northern Conference (1) 396/5 (Hart 24*, Nash 11*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Southern Conference (1) 148/2 (Murray 68*, Howell 2*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Southern Conference (1) 220/4 (Murray 107*, Stead 22*) |
| Northern Conference first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJB Chandler | c Wisneski b Gale | 59 | 70 | 104 | 10 | 1 | |
| BA Pocock | lbw b Richardson | 108 | 180 | 252 | 13 | 1 | |
| MD Bailey | c Howell b Wiseman | 121 | 221 | 296 | 18 | - | |
| ME Parlane | c Murray b Wiseman | 1 | 8 | 8 | - | - | |
| GE Bradburn | c Wisneski b Sewell | 62 | 115 | 106 | 10 | - | |
| MN Hart | run out | 69 | 168 | 213 | 7 | - | |
| *DJ Nash | c Richardson b Wiseman | 33 | 79 | 110 | 4 | - | |
| +GJ Hopkins | c Stead b Richardson | 12 | 62 | 65 | 1 | - | |
| KP Walmsley | not out | 11 | 26 | 33 | 1 | - | |
| MJ Haslam | lbw b Richardson | 8 | 18 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| CJ Drum | c Wisneski b Wiseman | 5 | 20 | 13 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 12 lb, 2 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 161.2 overs) | 504 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-98 (Chandler), 2-230 (Pocock), 3-233 (Parlane), 4-338 (Bailey), 5-374 (Bradburn), 6-444, 7-479, 8-480, 9-497, 10-504 (161.2 ov) | |||||||
| Southern Conference bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wisneski | 30 | 4 | 100 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sewell | 28 | 1 | 111 | 1 | 2 | - | |
| Gale | 30 | 6 | 86 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wiseman | 46.2 | 11 | 118 | 4 | - | - | |
| Richardson | 23 | 3 | 61 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cumming | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stead | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Southern Conference first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CB Gaffaney | c Walmsley b Drum | 9 | 22 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| *DJ Murray | c Bradburn b Walmsley | 110 | 263 | 370 | 14 | 2 | |
| CD Cumming | st Hopkins b Bradburn | 48 | 138 | 174 | 6 | - | |
| LG Howell | run out | 2 | 39 | 33 | - | - | |
| MH Richardson | c and b Haslam | 1 | 16 | 19 | - | - | |
| GR Stead | lbw b Drum | 44 | 137 | 150 | 7 | - | |
| +MG Croy | c Hart b Walmsley | 8 | 21 | 28 | 2 | - | |
| WA Wisneski | b Drum | 13 | 13 | 20 | 2 | - | |
| PJ Wiseman | c Bradburn b Hart | 25 | 93 | 132 | 2 | - | |
| AJ Gale | c Drum b Hart | 57 | 113 | 148 | 4 | 3 | |
| DG Sewell | not out | 0 | 11 | 28 | - | - | |
| Extras | (13 b, 4 lb, 20 nb) | 37 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 142.4 overs) | 354 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-124, 3-148, 4-158, 5-239, 6-255, 7-265, 8-268, 9-349, 10-354 (142.4 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Conference bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Walmsley | 28 | 3 | 78 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Drum | 18 | 6 | 35 | 3 | - | - | |
| Nash | 22 | 8 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Haslam | 35 | 12 | 75 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bradburn | 17 | 2 | 62 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hart | 22.4 | 6 | 49 | 2 | - | 8 | |
| Southern Conference second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CB Gaffaney | lbw b Drum | 5 | 17 | 28 | - | - | |
| *DJ Murray | lbw b Walmsley | 2 | 9 | 13 | - | - | |
| CD Cumming | b Drum | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| LG Howell | not out | 32 | 26 | 54 | 4 | 1 | |
| MH Richardson | not out | 36 | 35 | 45 | 7 | 1 | |
| GR Stead | did not bat | ||||||
| +MG Croy | did not bat | ||||||
| WA Wisneski | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Wiseman | did not bat | ||||||
| AJ Gale | did not bat | ||||||
| DG Sewell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 15 overs) | 76 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3 (Murray), 2-4 (Cumming), 3-7 (Gaffaney) | |||||||
| Northern Conference bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Walmsley | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Drum | 5 | 1 | 22 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hart | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bradburn | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |