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| Venue | No 1 Sports Ground, Newcastle on 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th October 1981 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New South Wales won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | New South Wales 2; Queensland 2 |
| Umpires | MRP Jay, AG Watson |
| Scorers | B Alder, DK Sherwood |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Close of play day 2 | No play |
| Close of play day 3 | New South Wales (1) 272/5 (Davis 44*, Beard 26*) |
| New South Wales first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *RB McCosker | lbw b Brabon | 18 | 49 | 55 | - | - | |
| J Dyson | c Phillips b Brabon | 65 | 133 | 164 | 4 | - | |
| TM Chappell | lbw b Chappell | 58 | 132 | 150 | 6 | - | |
| DM Wellham | c Phillips b Dymock | 24 | 70 | 94 | 1 | - | |
| PM Toohey | run out | 16 | 28 | 27 | 3 | - | |
| IC Davis | run out | 52 | 129 | 166 | 7 | - | |
| GR Beard | not out | 62 | 121 | 139 | 10 | - | |
| +SJ Rixon | not out | 4 | 7 | 8 | - | - | |
| LS Pascoe | did not bat | ||||||
| MR Whitney | did not bat | ||||||
| DW Hourn | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 lb, 13 nb, 1 w) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 410 minutes, 109 overs) | 322 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-32 (McCosker), 2-134 (Dyson), 3-158 (Chappell), 4-181 (Toohey), 5-208 (Wellham), 6-310 (Davis) | |||||||
| Queensland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 24 | 9 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| Dymock | 33 | 14 | 75 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Brabon | 22 | 4 | 58 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Chappell | 11 | 4 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hohns | 10 | 0 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Border | 6 | 1 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Broad | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Queensland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KC Wessels | c Rixon b Beard | 103 | 177 | 199 | 15 | - | |
| MF Kent | c McCosker b Whitney | 26 | 62 | 79 | 4 | - | |
| *GS Chappell | c Toohey b Whitney | 2 | 13 | 16 | - | - | |
| AR Border | st Rixon b Beard | 58 | 94 | 124 | 9 | - | |
| GM Ritchie | lbw b Pascoe | 22 | 91 | 99 | 2 | - | |
| WR Broad | b Beard | 0 | 4 | 10 | - | - | |
| TV Hohns | b Beard | 4 | 8 | 9 | - | - | |
| +RB Phillips | b Beard | 5 | 14 | 13 | - | - | |
| G Dymock | not out | 22 | 55 | 61 | 4 | - | |
| JR Thomson | lbw b Pascoe | 0 | 5 | 3 | - | - | |
| GW Brabon | not out | 1 | 2 | 14 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 7 lb, 14 nb, 4 w) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, 318 minutes, 85 overs) | 269 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-71 (Kent), 2-84 (Chappell), 3-195 (Wessels), 4-213 (Border), 5-220 (Broad), 6-225 (Hohns), 7-237 (Phillips), 8-257 (Ritchie), 9-257 (Thomson) | |||||||
| New South Wales bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pascoe | 13 | 5 | 28 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| Whitney | 17 | 3 | 65 | 2 | - | - | |
| Beard | 24 | 5 | 67 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Hourn | 25.2 | 7 | 70 | 0 | - | 8 | |
| Chappell | 5.4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |