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Test no. 401

England in New Zealand Test Series - 1st Test
New Zealand v England

1954/55 season

Played at Carisbrook, Dunedin, on 11,12,14,15,16 March 1955 (5-day match)

Result England won by 8 wickets


New Zealand 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	GO Rabone	st Evans b Wardle	18	180	2	0
	ME Chapple	b Statham	0	25	0	0
	B Sutcliffe	c Statham b Bailey	74	267	5	3
	JR Reid	b Statham	4	3	1	0
	SN McGregor	b Tyson	2	27	0	0
	L Watt	b Tyson	0	6	0	0
	HB Cave	b Tyson	1	18	0	0
	AM Moir	b Statham	7	11	1	0
	RW Blair	b Statham	0	9	0	0
	AR MacGibbon	c Evans b Bailey	7	15	1	0
	IA Colquhoun	not out	0	7	0	0
	Extras	(b 5, lb 4, nb 3)	12

	Total	(all out; 81.2 overs)	125	(1.53 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-3 (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	Econ
FH Tyson	19	7	23	3	1.21
JB Statham	17	9	24	4	1.41
TE Bailey	12.2	6	19	2	1.54
JH Wardle	26	15	31	1	1.19
R Appleyard	7	3	16	0	2.28


England 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	L Hutton	c Colquhoun b Reid	11	50	2	0
	TW Graveney	b Cave	41	83	7	0
	PBH May	b MacGibbon	10	70	1	0
	MC Cowdrey	lbw b Reid	42	88	6	0
	RT Simpson	b Cave	21	58	2	1
	TE Bailey	lbw b Reid	0	3	0	0
	TG Evans	b Reid	0	9	0	0
	JH Wardle	not out	32	102	3	0
	FH Tyson	c McGregor b MacGibbon	16	90	2	0
	R Appleyard	not out	0	3	0	0
	Extras	(b 13, lb 17, nb 6)	36

	Total	(8 wickets dec; 92.5 overs)	209	(2.25 runs per over)

Did not bat JB Statham

Fall of wickets1-60 (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	Econ
RW Blair	8	1	29	0	3.62
AR MacGibbon	24.5	11	39	2	1.57
JR Reid	27	11	36	4	1.33
HB Cave	24	15	27	2	1.12
AM Moir	9	1	42	0	4.66


New Zealand 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	GO Rabone	lbw b Wardle	7	41	0	0
	B Sutcliffe	run out	35	91	4	1
	ME Chapple	b Statham	20	61	1	1
	JR Reid	b Tyson	28	90	3	1
	SN McGregor	c Cowdrey b Appleyard	8	25	1	0
	L Watt	b Appleyard	2	11	0	0
	HB Cave	b Tyson	1	8	0	0
	AR MacGibbon	b Tyson	0	1	0	0
	AM Moir	lbw b Tyson	10	15	2	0
	RW Blair	b Wardle	3	14	0	0
	IA Colquhoun	not out	1	5	0	0
	Extras	(b 7, lb 10)	17

	Total	(all out; 56.3 overs)	132	(2.33 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-24 (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	Econ
FH Tyson	12	6	16	4	1.33
JB Statham	15	5	30	1	2.00
TE Bailey	8	4	9	0	1.12
JH Wardle	14.3	4	41	2	2.82
R Appleyard	7	2	19	2	2.71


England 2nd innings (target: 49 runs)			R	M	4s	6s
	L Hutton	c Colquhoun b Blair	3	17	0	0
	TW Graveney	not out	32	50	5	0
	PBH May	b MacGibbon	13	25	2	0
	MC Cowdrey	not out	0	4	0	0
	Extras	(lb 1)	1

	Total	(2 wickets; 15.2 overs)	49	(3.19 runs per over)

Did not bat RT Simpson, TE Bailey,

TG Evans, JH Wardle, FH Tyson, R Appleyard, JB Statham

Fall of wickets1-22 (Hutton), 2-47 (May)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RW Blair	4	0	20	1	5.00
AR MacGibbon	7.2	2	16	1	2.18
JR Reid	4	2	12	0	3.00

Toss England, who chose to field first
Series England led the 2-match series 1-0

Test debuts IA Colquhoun, SN McGregor and L Watt (New Zealand)

Umpires RG Currie and SB Tonkinson

Close of play
11 Mar day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 125
12 Mar day 2 - England 1st innings 209/8 (JH Wardle 32*, R Appleyard 0*)
13 Mar rest day
14 Mar day 3 - no play
15 Mar day 4 - no play
16 Mar day 5 - England 2nd innings 49/2 (15.2 ov) - end of match

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