New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 1961–62

The New Zealand cricket team toured South Africa from October 1961 to February 1962 and played a five-match Test series against the South Africa national cricket team. The series was drawn 2-2. New Zealand's victory in the third Test was the team's first Test match win outside New Zealand. New Zealand captain John Reid scored a total of 1,915 runs during the tour, setting a record for the most runs scored in South Africa by a touring batsman.^[1]

The team

The manager was Gordon Leggat.^[2]

Test series summary

First Test:

8,9,11,12 December 1961
Scorecard

South Africa	v	New Zealand
292 all out (88.5 overs) Jackie McGlew 127 Frank Cameron 3/60 (27 overs)		245 all out (99.3 overs) Zin Harris 74 Kenneth Walter 4/63 (25.3 overs)
142 all out (61.2 overs) John Waite 63 Frank Cameron 3/32 (15.2 overs)		166 all out (79.3 overs) Noel McGregor 55 Peter Pollock 6/38 (20.3 overs)

South Africa won by 30 runs
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: William Anderson (RSA) and Desmond Fell (RSA)

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

Second Test:

26-29 December 1961 (4-day match)
Scorecard

South Africa	v	New Zealand
322 all out (103.2 overs) John Waite 101 Frank Cameron 5/83 (36.2 overs)		223 all out (92.3 overs) Graham Dowling 74 Godfrey Lawrence 8/53 (30.3 overs)
178/6 declared (43 overs) Eddie Barlow 45 Dick Motz 4/68 (17 overs)		165/4 (68 overs) John R. Reid 75* Peter Pollock 2/18 (14 overs)

Match Drawn
Wanderers, Johannesburg
Umpires: William Anderson (RSA) and Hayward Kidson (RSA)

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

Third Test:

1-4 January 1962 (4-day match)
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	South Africa
385 all out (157.5 overs) Zin Harris 101 Sydney Burke 6/128 (19.5 overs)		190 all out (68.4 overs) Eddie Barlow 51 Frank Cameron 5/48 (24.4 overs)
212 all out (88.1 overs) Artie Dick 50* Sydney Burke 5/68 (27.1 overs)		335 all out (142.2 overs) Roy McLean 113 Jack Alabaster 4/119 (50 overs)

New Zealand won by 72 runs
Newlands, Cape Town
Umpires: Dal Collins (RSA) and John Warner (RSA)

New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat

Fourth Test:

2-5 February 1962 (4-day match)
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	South Africa
164 all out (53.1 overs) John R. Reid 60 Godfrey Lawrence 5/52 (16.1 overs)		464 all out (124.2 overs) Jackie McGlew 120 John R. Reid 3/55 (16 overs)
249 all out (88.2 overs) John R. Reid 142 Godfrey Lawrence 4/57 (22.2 overs)

South Africa won by an innings and 51 runs
Wanderers, Johannesburg
Umpires: Hayward Kidson (RSA) and G. Parry (RSA)

New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat

Fifth Test:

16,17,19,20 February 1962 (4-day match)
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	South Africa
275 all out (111.2 overs) Paul Barton 109 Neil Adcock 3/60 (27 overs)		190 all out (72.4 overs) Godfrey Lawrence 43 Dick Motz 3/33 (14 overs)
228 all out (83.1 overs) Graham Dowling 78* Godfrey Lawrence 4/85 (28 overs)		273 all out (144 overs) Eddie Barlow 59 John R. Reid 4/44 (45 overs)

New Zealand won by 40 runs
St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth
Umpires: G. D. Gibbon (RSA) and G. Parry (RSA)

New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat

References

↑ "Outstanding Achievements publisher=Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand". 23 April 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
↑ Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, p. 303.

External links

New Zealand in Australia and South Africa 1961-62 at Cricket Archive

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New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 1961–62

The team

Test series summary

References

External links

Further reading