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.
At the same time another English team, captained by Freddie Calthorpe, was touring the West Indies, playing the first Test series there.[2] It was the only time one country has played in two Test matches on the same day.[3]
Apart from Woolley, who had played 55 Tests before the tour, it was an inexperienced side at Test level. Bowley had played two Tests, and Barratt, Dawson, Duleepsinhji and Legge one each; the other eight had not played a Test.[4] There were eight amateurs and six professionals.[5]
The team was selected in late June, with Arthur Gilligan, who had played 11 Tests, as captain.[6] However, he was unable to tour owing to illness, and his younger brother Harold was selected to replace him. The other change to the original selected team was that Maurice Allom replaced Frank Watson.[7]
The tour made a small profit for the New Zealand Cricket Council, despite the unusually wet summer, but some of this profit had to be used to pay the English team's professionals. The Council's chairman, Arthur Donnelly, declared that the English team were "the most agreeable and pleasant lot of fellows" the Council had ever dealt with.[10]
In its report of the tour, The Cricketer said the New Zealand batting was strong, but the bowling and fielding needed substantial improvement. It said the general standard of cricket throughout New Zealand was rising, "but except in the Test matches the placing of the field was none too good, and the bowlers suffered accordingly. The umpiring, apart from the Tests, was only moderate."[11]
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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 At the same time another English team captained by Freddie Calthorpe was touring the West Indies playing the first Test series there 2 It was the only time one country has played in two Test matches on the same day 3 Contents 1 The English team 2 Test Matches 2 1 First Test 2 2 Second Test 2 3 Third Test 2 4 Fourth Test 3 Assessments 4 References 5 External linksThe English team EditHarold Gilligan captain Guy Earle vice captain Maurice Allom Fred Barratt Edward Benson Ted Bowley Walter Cornford Eddie Dawson K S Duleepsinhji Geoffrey Legge Stan Nichols Maurice Turnbull Frank Woolley Stan Worthington Apart from Woolley who had played 55 Tests before the tour it was an inexperienced side at Test level Bowley had played two Tests and Barratt Dawson Duleepsinhji and Legge one each the other eight had not played a Test 4 There were eight amateurs and six professionals 5 The team was selected in late June with Arthur Gilligan who had played 11 Tests as captain 6 However he was unable to tour owing to illness and his younger brother Harold was selected to replace him The other change to the original selected team was that Maurice Allom replaced Frank Watson 7 Test Matches EditFirst Test Edit 10 13 January 1930 ScorecardNew Zealand v England112 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 wicketsLancaster Park Christchurch Umpires William Butler NZ and Kenneth Cave NZ 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 8 Matt Henderson took a wicket with his first ball in Test cricket 9 Second Test Edit 24 27 January 1930 ScorecardNew Zealand v England440 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 drawnBasin Reserve Wellington Umpires Kenneth Cave NZ and Thomas Cobcroft NZ New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat Three players debuted for New Zealand Eddie McLeod Jackie Mills and Lindsay Weir Stewie Dempster s 136 in the first innings was the first Test century by a New Zealander Stewie Dempster and Jackie Mills 276 run opening partnership was the highest for New Zealand and third highest ever in Test cricket Frank Woolley passed 3000 Test runs becoming the second English player and fourth player in Test cricket to pass the mark Third Test Edit 14 17 February 1930 ScorecardEngland v New Zealand330 4d 88 overs KS Duleepsinhji 117 WE Merritt 2 119 28 overs 96 1 34 overs CS Dempster 62 F Barratt 1 26 12 overs Match drawnEden Park Auckland Umpires KH Cave and LT CobcroftNew Zealand won the toss and elected to field 16 February was taken as a rest day There was no play on the first or second day Therefore a fourth Test was arranged CFW Allcott and HM McGirr both NZ made their Test debuts Fourth Test Edit 21 24 February 1930 ScorecardEngland v New Zealand540 171 4 overs GB Legge 196 RC Blunt 2 61 21 overs 387 166 1 overs TC Lowry 80 MJC Allom 4 42 26 1 overs 22 3 12 3 overs MS Nichols 7 AM Matheson 2 7 5 overs Match drawnEden Park Auckland Umpires KH Cave and LT CobcroftEngland won the toss and elected to bat 23 February was taken as a rest day AM Matheson NZ made his Test debut Assessments EditThe tour made a small profit for the New Zealand Cricket Council despite the unusually wet summer but some of this profit had to be used to pay the English team s professionals The Council s chairman Arthur Donnelly declared that the English team were the most agreeable and pleasant lot of fellows the Council had ever dealt with 10 In its report of the tour The Cricketer said the New Zealand batting was strong but the bowling and fielding needed substantial improvement It said the general standard of cricket throughout New Zealand was rising but except in the Test matches the placing of the field was none too good and the bowlers suffered accordingly The umpiring apart from the Tests was only moderate 11 References Edit CricketArchive tour itinerary New Zealand v England statistical quirks International Cricket Council Retrieved 21 March 2018 Quick quick Snow ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 14 January 2020 England to New Zealand 1929 30 Test Cricket Tours Archived from the original on 27 August 2017 Retrieved 31 August 2017 Don Neely amp Richard Payne Men in White The History of New Zealand International Cricket 1894 1985 Moa Auckland 1986 pp 100 103 M C C tour New Zealand plans Evening Post 8 18 July 1929 Retrieved 31 March 2018 Cricket M C C team to visit New Zealand Press 9 31 August 1929 Retrieved 31 March 2018 Four wickets in five balls Wicket with first ball Cricket Tour Finance New Zealand Herald 10 4 March 1930 M C C Australasian Tour The Cricketer Spring Annual 1930 pp 68 78 External links EditEngland in New Zealand 1929 30 at Cricinfo MCC in Australia and New Zealand 1929 30 at CricketArchive England to New Zealand 1929 30 Archived 2017 08 27 at the Wayback Machine at Test Cricket Tours Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title English cricket team in New Zealand in 1929 30 amp oldid 1169490073, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
