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Test no. 209

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

1931 season

Played at Lord's, London, on 27,29,30 June 1931 (3-day match)

Result Match drawn


New Zealand 1st innings			R	4s	6s
	JE Mills	b Peebles	34		0
	CS Dempster	lbw b Peebles	53		0
	GL Weir	lbw b Peebles	37		0
	JL Kerr	st Ames b Robins	2	0	0
	RC Blunt	c Hammond b Robins	7		0
	ML Page	b Allen	23		0
	TC Lowry	c Hammond b Robins	1	0	0
	IB Cromb	c Ames b Peebles	20		0
	CFW Allcott	c Hammond b Peebles	13		0
	WE Merritt	c Jardine b Hammond	17		0
	KC James	not out	1	0	0
	Extras	(b 2, lb 12, w 1, nb 1)	16

	Total	(all out; 74.3 overs)	224	(3.00 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-58 (Mills), 2-130 (Dempster), 3-136 (Weir), 4-140 (Kerr), 5-153 (Blunt), 6-161 (Lowry), 7-190 (Cromb), 8-191 (Page), 9-209 (Allcott), 10-224 (Merritt)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
W Voce	10	1	40	0	4.00
GOB Allen	15	2	45	1	3.00
WR Hammond	10.3	5	8	1	0.76
IAR Peebles	26	3	77	5	2.96
RWV Robins	13	3	38	3	2.92


England 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	AH Bakewell	lbw b Cromb	9		1	0
	J Arnold	c Page b Cromb	0		0	0
	WR Hammond	b Cromb	7		0	0
	KS Duleepsinhji	c Kerr b Merritt	25		2	0
	DR Jardine	c Blunt b Merritt	38		4	0
	FE Woolley	lbw b Merritt	80	80	11	0
	LEG Ames	c James b Weir	137	205	18	2
	IAR Peebles	st James b Merritt	0	5	0	0
	GOB Allen	c Lowry b Weir	122	170	14	1
	RWV Robins	c Lowry b Weir	12		1	0
	W Voce	not out	1		0	0
	Extras	(b 15, lb 8)	23

	Total	(all out; 134 overs)	454	(3.38 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-5 (Arnold), 2-14 (Bakewell), 3-31 (Hammond), 4-62 (Duleepsinhji), 5-129 (Jardine), 6-188 (Woolley), 7-190 (Peebles), 8-436 (Ames), 9-447 (Allen), 10-454 (Robins)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
IB Cromb	37	7	113	3	3.05
GL Weir	8	1	38	3	4.75
RC Blunt	46	9	124	0	2.69
CFW Allcott	17	3	34	0	2.00
WE Merritt	23	2	104	4	4.52
ML Page	3	0	18	0	6.00


New Zealand 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	CS Dempster	b Hammond	120	235		10	0
	JE Mills	b Allen	0		2	0	0	0.00
	GL Weir	b Allen	40	130			0
	ML Page	c & b Peebles	104	220		15	0
	RC Blunt	b Robins	96	180		8	0
	JL Kerr	lbw b Peebles	0			0	0
	IB Cromb	c Voce b Robins	14				0
	WE Merritt	b Peebles	5				0
	TC Lowry	b Peebles	34				0
	CFW Allcott	not out	20				0
	Extras	(b 23, lb 10, w 1, nb 2)	36

	Total	(9 wickets dec; 157.4 overs)	469	(2.97 runs per over)

Did not bat

KC James

Fall of wickets1-1 (Mills), 2-100 (Weir), 3-218 (Dempster), 4-360 (Page), 5-360 (Kerr), 6-389 (Cromb), 7-404 (Blunt), 8-406 (Merritt), 9-469 (Lowry)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
W Voce	32	11	60	0	1.87
GOB Allen	25	8	47	2	1.88
WR Hammond	21	2	50	1	2.38
IAR Peebles	42.4	6	150	4	3.51
RWV Robins	37	5	126	2	3.40


England 2nd innings (target: 240 runs)			R	4s	6s
	AH Bakewell	c Blunt b Cromb	27	3	0
	J Arnold	c & b Blunt	34	5	0
	WR Hammond	run out	46	6	0
	KS Duleepsinhji	c James b Allcott	11	1	0
	FE Woolley	b Cromb	9	0	0
	LEG Ames	not out	17	1	0
	DR Jardine	not out	0	0	0
	Extras	(lb 2)	2

	Total	(5 wickets; 55 overs)	146	(2.65 runs per over)

Did not bat IAR Peebles, GOB Allen, RWV Robins, W Voce

Fall of wickets1-62 (Bakewell), 2-62 (Arnold), 3-94 (Duleepsinhji), 4-105 (Woolley), 5-144 (Hammond)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
IB Cromb	25	5	44	2	1.76
GL Weir	5	1	18	0	3.60
RC Blunt	14	5	54	1	3.85
CFW Allcott	10	2	26	1	2.60
WE Merritt	1	0	2	0	2.00

Toss New Zealand, who chose to bat first
Series 3-match series level 0-0

Test debuts J Arnold and AH Bakewell (England); IB Cromb and JL Kerr (New Zealand)

Umpires F Chester and J Hardstaff snr

Close of play
27 Jun day 1 - England 1st innings 190/7 (LEG Ames 15*)
28 Jun rest day
29 Jun day 2 - New Zealand 2nd innings 161/2 (CS Dempster 86*, ML Page 31*)
30 Jun day 3 - England 2nd innings 146/5 (55 ov) - end of match

Match notes

New Zealand's first away fixture
After NZ'S performances in the first test and county matches to that time, Surrey and Lancashire consented to drop their planned fixtures, and to make The Oval and Old Trafford available for two more tests not originally scheduled.

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