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| Venue | Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North on 31st January, 1st, 2nd February 1976 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Central Districts 8 (Batting 3, Bowling 5); Auckland 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | GH Friis, TB Lowe |
| Close of play day 1 | Central Districts (1) 168/6 (Hutchison 32*, Downes 4*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Central Districts (2) 29/1 (Payton 10*, Downes 6*) |
| Player of the Match | BL Cairns |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DH Payton | c Reid b Matthews | 31 | 126 | ||||
| GN Edwards | c Jarvis b Stott | 0 | 7 | ||||
| DW Neal | b Burgess | 27 | 52 | ||||
| MJF Shrimpton | c Burgess b McIntyre | 33 | 101 | ||||
| RA Pierce | run out | 1 | 26 | ||||
| RW Hutchison | c Howarth b Stott | 43 | 84 | ||||
| BL Cairns | c Howarth b Stott | 32 | 54 | ||||
| +LW Downes | not out | 11 | 79 | ||||
| DR O'Sullivan | not out | 19 | 69 | ||||
| AB Jordan | did not bat | ||||||
| RI Thomas | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 64.4 overs) | 205 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-40, 3-75, 4-83, 5-101, 6-164, 7-181 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Matthews | 18 | 3 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Stott | 21.4 | 9 | 60 | 3 | - | - | |
| Burgess | 13 | 1 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| Howarth | 8 | 2 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| McIntyre | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JD Riley | b O'Sullivan | 24 | 77 | ||||
| AEW Parsons | lbw b Cairns | 10 | 64 | ||||
| TW Jarvis | lbw b Cairns | 8 | 41 | ||||
| MG Burgess | c Payton b Thomas | 29 | 98 | ||||
| RW Morgan | c Payton b Cairns | 2 | 9 | ||||
| JR Wiltshire | st Downes b O'Sullivan | 4 | 10 | ||||
| +JF Reid | not out | 57 | 164 | ||||
| JM McIntyre | b O'Sullivan | 8 | 34 | ||||
| *HJ Howarth | c Jordan b O'Sullivan | 9 | 31 | ||||
| LW Stott | b O'Sullivan | 0 | 1 | ||||
| RC Matthews | c Hutchison b O'Sullivan | 5 | 15 | ||||
| Extras | (6 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 59 overs) | 164 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24, 2-44, 3-44, 4-46, 5-51, 6-85, 7-112, 8-138, 9-138, 10-164 (59 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Cairns | 19 | 6 | 47 | 3 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 23 | 8 | 52 | 6 | - | - | |
| Shrimpton | 7 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Thomas | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DH Payton | lbw b Howarth | 18 | 78 | ||||
| GN Edwards | c Jarvis b Matthews | 6 | 12 | ||||
| +LW Downes | b Matthews | 6 | 26 | ||||
| DW Neal | c Matthews b Howarth | 5 | 12 | ||||
| MJF Shrimpton | c Stott b McIntyre | 37 | 96 | ||||
| RA Pierce | c Morgan b Howarth | 0 | 8 | ||||
| RW Hutchison | c Riley b Howarth | 2 | 14 | ||||
| BL Cairns | c and b Howarth | 92 | 91 | ||||
| DR O'Sullivan | c and b Howarth | 4 | 18 | ||||
| AB Jordan | not out | 7 | 34 | ||||
| RI Thomas | not out | 6 | 8 | ||||
| Extras | (14 b, 6 lb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 48.2 overs) | 203 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-33, 3-40, 4-55, 5-63, 6-79, 7-137, 8-158, 9-187 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Matthews | 8 | 1 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Stott | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Howarth | 21.2 | 4 | 94 | 6 | - | - | |
| McIntyre | 11 | 1 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Morgan | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JD Riley | c Payton b Cairns | 27 | 54 | ||||
| AEW Parsons | c Downes b Cairns | 43 | 141 | ||||
| TW Jarvis | lbw b O'Sullivan | 16 | 55 | ||||
| MG Burgess | st Downes b O'Sullivan | 13 | 21 | ||||
| RW Morgan | b O'Sullivan | 3 | 20 | ||||
| JR Wiltshire | c Payton b Shrimpton | 12 | 57 | ||||
| +JF Reid | not out | 22 | 87 | ||||
| JM McIntyre | not out | 14 | 49 | ||||
| *HJ Howarth | did not bat | ||||||
| LW Stott | did not bat | ||||||
| RC Matthews | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 9 lb, 4 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 61 overs) | 168 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-51, 2-90, 3-106, 4-110, 5-110, 6-131 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 7 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | 3 | |
| Cairns | 19 | 8 | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 20 | 5 | 42 | 3 | - | - | |
| Shrimpton | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Thomas | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hutchison | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pierce | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> RW Hutchison made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RW Hutchison made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> RC Matthews made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RC Matthews made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> DW Neal (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> JF Reid (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JF Reid (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> BL Cairns (2) passed his previous highest score of 75 in Plunket Shield matches
--> BL Cairns (2) passed his previous highest score of 75 in First-Class matches
--> DR O'Sullivan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 6-89)
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