NSW showed incredible discipline and tactical acumen to deny winless Victoria a critical Sheffield Shield victory at North Sydney Oval.
The Blues, who resumed at 2-46 on Monday, were never in the hunt to reach their target of 468, but survived to finish at 8-256.
Always on the back foot after Test discard Glenn Maxwell's magnificent first-innings 278, NSW went to extraordinary but successful lengths to keep their left handers away from Victorian left-arm spinner Jon Holland, who had footmarks to bowl into.
NSW went 61.2 overs and 122 runs between singles.
In one spell of 48.4 overs either side of tea, they scored only in boundaries, hitting 26 fours.
At one stage NSW played out 13 straight maidens despite there being huge gaps in the field.
"We tried to keep left-handers away from one particular end for as long as we could because we knew runs weren't an issue," NSW captain Moises Henriques told AAP.
"We wanted to make sure there was either two right handers or just one left-hander out there at all times."
Left-hander Kurtis Patterson topscored with 61, with all but his first run coming through boundaries.
He could have finished with many more, but opted not to run when playing the ball into gaps.
Former Test opener and fellow lefty Ed Cowan, who came in at No.9 after Patterson was dismissed, was unbeaten on 40.
He batted out the last 20 overs with Trent Copeland, who soaked up 62 balls in scoring five.
"It was a nerve-wracking last two hours that's for sure," Cowan said.
Victoria picked up four points and NSW 1.73, with the result keeping the Blues top of the ladder and the Bushrangers bottom.
It was a frustrating day for defending champions Victoria, who dropped some difficult catches.
While frustrated by the draw, Victorian captain Aaron Finch praised his team's effort and applauded the Blues execution of their strategy.
''It was a very clear plan and the right plan," Finch told AAP.
"Jon Holland bowling into that footmark to left-handers would have been extremely hard for them to keep that out, so they just kept the left-handers away from it.
"I thought it was a great tactic and we tried absolutely everything."
On occasions, Finch had every fielder within 15 metres of the bat and on another he didn't have anyone fielding in front of the wicket on the offside.
Patterson and nightwatchman Sean Abbott (47 off 175 balls) held up the Bushrangers for 31 overs in a fourth wicket stand of 74.
Holland and pacemen Scott Boland and Chris Tremain all took two wickets.
