English cricket team in New Zealand in 1929–30
The England national cricket team toured Ceylon, Australia and New Zealand in the 1929–30 season to play a Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team. This was the first Test series ever played by New Zealand. England began the tour in October 1929 in Ceylon with a single minor match and then in Australia where they played five first-class matches. The New Zealand leg of the tour began in December and, in addition to the Test series, England played each of the main provincial teams: Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago.[1] England, captained by Harold Gilligan, won the Test series 1–0 with three matches drawn.
Test Matches
First Test (10–13 January)[2]
10–13 January 1930 Scorecard |
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- New Zealand's first ever Test.
- All eleven New Zealand players made their Test debuts: (Ted Badcock, Roger Blunt, Stewie Dempster, George Dickinson, Henry Foley, Matt Henderson, Ken James, Tom Lowry, Bill Merritt, Curly Page, and Alby Roberts).
- Six England players made their Test debuts: (Maurice Allom, Tich Cornford, Harold Gilligan, Stan Nichols, Maurice Turnbull, and Stan Worthington).
- On debut Maurice Allom took four wickets in five deliveries in the first innings including a hat-trick (Tom Lowry (lbw), Ken James (c Tich Cornford), and Ted Badcock (b)).[3]
- Matt Henderson took a wicket with his first ball in Test cricket.[4]
Second Test [5]
24–27 January 1930 Scorecard |
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Three debuts for NZ - Eddie McLeod, Jackie Mills, and Lindsay Weir
- First hundred for NZ
- Highest partnership for NZ, 3rd highest in Tests
- Frank Woolley 3000 Test runs. 2nd English, 4th ever''
Third Test [6]
Fourth Test [7]
References
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