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Test Match #401 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard       
1954-1955 New Zealand v England - 1st Test
Carisbrook, Dunedin
11th March, 1955
 
 New Zealand 125 & 132
England 209/8 dec & 49/2
 
England won by 8 wickets

New Zealand 1st Innings R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
Geoffrey Rabone* st †Evans b Wardle 18    2  0    14.40%
Murray Chapple b Statham 0    0  0  
Bert Sutcliffe c Statham b Bailey 74    5  3    59.20%
John Reid b Statham 4    1  0    3.20%
Spencer McGregor b Tyson 2    0  0    1.60%
Leslie Watt b Tyson 0    0  0  
Henry Cave b Tyson 1    0  0    0.80%
Alexander Moir b Statham 7    1  0    5.60%
Bob Blair b Statham 0    0  0  
Anthony MacGibbon c †Evans b Bailey 7    1  0    5.60%
Ian Colquhoun† not out 0    0  0  
Extras (b 5, lb 4, nb 3) 12  
Total All Out   (81.2 overs @ 1.54 rpo) 125  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-3  Chapple   2-63  Rabone   3-68  Reid   4-72  McGregor   
5-76  Watt   6-86  Cave   7-103  Moir   8-113  Blair   
9-122  MacGibbon   10-125  Sutcliffe   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
Frank Tyson 19.0 7 23 3 1.21  30.00%
Brian Statham 17.0 9 24 4 1.41  40.00%
Trevor Bailey 12.2 6 19 2 1.54  20.00%
John Wardle 26.0 15 31 1 1.19  10.00%
Robert Appleyard 7.0 3 16 0 2.29
 
England 1st Innings R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
Leonard Hutton* c †Colquhoun b Reid 11    2  0    5.26%
Tom Graveney b Cave 41    7  0    19.62%
Peter May lbw b MacGibbon 10    1  0    4.78%
Colin Cowdrey lbw b Reid 42    6  0    20.10%
Reginald Simpson b Cave 21    2  1    10.05%
Trevor Bailey lbw b Reid 0    0  0  
Godfrey Evans† b Reid 0    0  0  
John Wardle not out 32    3  0    15.31%
Frank Tyson c McGregor b MacGibbon 16    2  0    7.66%
Robert Appleyard not out 0    0  0  
Brian Statham              
Extras (b 13, lb 17, nb 6) 36  
Total 8 wickets declared   (92.5 overs @ 2.25 rpo) 209  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-60  Hutton   2-71  Graveney   3-101  May   4-150  Cowdrey   
5-152  Bailey   6-152  Simpson   7-156  Evans   8-208  Tyson   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
Bob Blair 8.0 1 29 0 3.63
Anthony MacGibbon 24.5 11 39 2 1.57  20.00%
John Reid 27.0 11 36 4 1.33  40.00%
Henry Cave 24.0 15 27 2 1.13  20.00%
Alexander Moir 9.0 1 42 0 4.67
 
New Zealand 2nd Innings R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
Geoffrey Rabone* lbw b Wardle 7    0  0    5.30%
Bert Sutcliffe run out 35    4  1    26.52%
Murray Chapple b Statham 20    1  1    15.15%
John Reid b Tyson 28    3  1    21.21%
Spencer McGregor c Cowdrey b Appleyard 8    1  0    6.06%
Leslie Watt b Appleyard 2    0  0    1.52%
Henry Cave b Tyson 1    0  0    0.76%
Anthony MacGibbon b Tyson 0    0  0  
Alexander Moir lbw b Tyson 10    2  0    7.58%
Bob Blair b Wardle 3    0  0    2.27%
Ian Colquhoun† not out 1    0  0    0.76%
Extras (b 7, lb 10) 17  
Total All Out   (56.3 overs @ 2.34 rpo) 132  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-24  Rabone   2-68  Sutcliffe   3-75  Chapple   4-96  McGregor   
5-98  Watt   6-103  Cave   7-103  MacGibbon   8-123  Moir   
9-126  Reid   10-132  Blair   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
Frank Tyson 12.0 6 16 4 1.33  40.00%
Brian Statham 15.0 5 30 1 2.00  10.00%
Trevor Bailey 8.0 4 9 0 1.13
John Wardle 14.3 4 41 2 2.83  20.00%
Robert Appleyard 7.0 2 19 2 2.71  20.00%
 
England 2nd Innings (target 49) R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
Leonard Hutton* c †Colquhoun b Blair 3    0  0    6.12%
Tom Graveney not out 32    5  0    65.31%
Peter May b MacGibbon 13    2  0    26.53%
Colin Cowdrey not out 0    0  0  
Reginald Simpson              
Trevor Bailey              
Godfrey Evans†              
John Wardle              
Frank Tyson              
Robert Appleyard              
Brian Statham              
Extras (lb 1) 1  
Total 2 wickets   (15.2 overs @ 3.20 rpo) 49  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-22  Hutton   2-47  May   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
Bob Blair 4.0 0 20 1 5.00  10.00%
Anthony MacGibbon 7.2 2 16 1 2.18  10.00%
John Reid 4.0 2 12 0 3.00
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Carisbrook, Dunedin
Toss England won the toss and elected to field
Series 1954-1955 New Zealand v England - 1st Test
Match No. Test #401
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 125
Day 2 - England 1st innings 209/8 (JH Wardle 32*, R Appleyard 0*)
Day 3 - No play
Day 4 - No play
Day 5 - England 2nd Innings 49/2, 15.2 overs - end of match

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