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
v
112 (47.1 overs)
Roger Blunt 47
Maurice Allom 5/38 (19 overs)
181 (63.1 overs)
Duleepsinhji 49
Roger Blunt 3/17 (11.1 overs)
131 (60.3 overs)
Tom Lowry 40
Maurice Allom 3/17 (15 overs)
66/2 (18.5 overs)
Duleepsinhji 33*
Roger Blunt 2/17 (7 overs)
England won by 8 wickets
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: William Butler (NZ) and Kenneth Cave (NZ)

Second Test [5]

24–27 January 1930
Scorecard
v
440 (136.3 overs)
Stewie Dempster 136
Frank Woolley 7/76 (28.3 overs)
320 (107.5 overs)
Stan Nichols 78*
Ted Badcock 4/80 (36 overs)
166/4d (53 overs)
Stewie Dempster 80*
Frank Woolley 2/48 (23 overs)
107/4 (39 overs)
Duleepsinhji 56*
Lindsay Weir 1/1 (2 overs)
Match Drawn
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: Kenneth Cave (NZ) and Thomas Cobcroft (NZ)

Third Test [6]

Fourth Test [7]

References

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