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Test no. 424
West Indies in New Zealand Test Series - 4th Test
New Zealand v West Indies
1955/56 season

Played at Eden Park, Auckland, on 9,10,12,13 March 1956 (4-day match)

Result New Zealand won by 190 runs

New Zealand 1st innings R M 4s 6s
LSM Miller c Weekes b Valentine 47 0
SN McGregor c Smith b Dewdney 2 0 0
AR MacGibbon b Smith 9 100 2 0
DD Taylor lbw b Valentine 11 0
captain JR Reid hit wicket b Dewdney 84 190 11 0
JEF Beck c Sobers b Ramadhin 38 124 6 0
wicketkeeper SC Guillen run out 6 0
ME Chapple c Atkinson b Dewdney 3 0 0
DD Beard c wicketkeeperBinns b Dewdney 31 94 1
HB Cave c Smith b Dewdney 11 0
JC Alabaster not out 1 0 0
    Extras (b 7, lb 5) 12
    Total (all out; 166.5 overs) 255 (1.52 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-9 (McGregor), 2-45 (MacGibbon), 3-66 (Taylor), 4-87 (Miller), 5-191 (Beck), 6-203 (Guillen), 7-205 (Reid), 8-210 (Chapple), 9-250 (Cave), 10-255 (Beard)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 DT Dewdney 19.5 11 21 5 1.05
 DS Atkinson 32 14 45 0 1.40
 AL Valentine 41 20 46 2 1.12
 S Ramadhin 23 8 41 1 1.78
 OG Smith 31 19 55 1 1.77
 GS Sobers 20 7 35 0 1.75

West Indies 1st innings R M 4s 6s
HA Furlonge c wicketkeeperGuillen b Cave 64 211 8 0
BH Pairaudeau c MacGibbon b Cave 9 0
GS Sobers c wicketkeeperGuillen b MacGibbon 1 0 0
ED Weekes c wicketkeeperGuillen b MacGibbon 5 0
OG Smith b Beard 2 0 0
captain DS Atkinson b Reid 28 1
AT Roberts b MacGibbon 28 0
wicketkeeper AP Binns lbw b MacGibbon 0 0 0
S Ramadhin b Cave 3 0 0
AL Valentine c Taylor b Cave 0 0 0
DT Dewdney not out 0 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 3, nb 1) 5
    Total (all out; 78.3 overs) 145 (1.84 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-25 (Pairaudeau), 2-32 (Sobers), 3-46 (Weekes), 4-59 (Smith), 5-94 (Atkinson), 6-139 (Furlonge), 7-140 (Binns), 8-145 (Ramadhin), 9-145 (Roberts), 10-145 (Valentine)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 AR MacGibbon 21 5 44 4 2.09
 HB Cave 27.3 17 22 4 0.80
 JR Reid 18 5 48 1 2.66
 DD Beard 9 4 20 1 2.22
 JC Alabaster 3 1 6 0 2.00

New Zealand 2nd innings R M 4s 6s
LSM Miller c Weekes b Atkinson 25 100 0
SN McGregor c wicketkeeperBinns b Atkinson 5 0
AR MacGibbon c Weekes b Atkinson 35 75 5 0
DD Taylor c Valentine b Atkinson 16 0
captain JR Reid c wicketkeeperBinns b Atkinson 12 0
JEF Beck lbw b Atkinson 2 0 0
wicketkeeper SC Guillen st wicketkeeperBinns b Valentine 41 40 3 2
ME Chapple lbw b Ramadhin 1 0 0
DD Beard not out 6 0
JC Alabaster b Atkinson 5 0
HB Cave not out 0 0 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 5) 9
    Total (9 wickets dec; 80 overs) 157 (1.96 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-14 (McGregor), 2-61 (Miller), 3-66 (MacGibbon), 4-91 (Taylor), 5-100 (Beck), 6-102 (Reid), 7-109 (Chapple), 8-146 (Guillen), 9-155 (Alabaster)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 DT Dewdney 12 5 22 0 1.83
 DS Atkinson 40 21 53 7 1.32
 AL Valentine 6 0 29 1 4.83
 S Ramadhin 18 6 26 1 1.44
 OG Smith 4 0 18 0 4.50

West Indies 2nd innings (target: 268 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
HA Furlonge c MacGibbon b Beard 3 0 0
BH Pairaudeau b Cave 3 0 0
captain DS Atkinson c Chapple b Cave 10 0
ED Weekes c McGregor b Alabaster 31 87 7 0
OG Smith b Cave 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
GS Sobers run out 1 0 0
AT Roberts b Beard 0 0 0
wicketkeeper AP Binns b Alabaster 20 65 0
S Ramadhin c Miller b Beard 0 0 0
AL Valentine st wicketkeeperGuillen b Cave 5 0
DT Dewdney not out 4 0
    Extras 0
    Total (all out; 45.1 overs) 77 (1.70 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-4 (Pairaudeau), 2-16 (Furlonge), 3-16 (Atkinson), 4-16 (Smith), 5-18 (Sobers), 6-22 (Roberts), 7-68 (Weekes), 8-68 (Ramadhin), 9-68 (Binns), 10-77 (Valentine)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 AR MacGibbon 6 1 16 0 2.66
 HB Cave 13.1 9 21 4 1.59
 JR Reid 6 2 14 0 2.33
 DD Beard 15 7 22 3 1.46
 JC Alabaster 5 4 4 2 0.80

Toss New Zealand, who chose to bat first
Series West Indies won the 4-match series 3-1

Test debut AT Roberts (West Indies)

Umpires JC Harris and TM Pearce

Close of play
9 Mar day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 203/6 (JR Reid 82*)
10 Mar day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 96/5 (HA Furlonge 48*, AT Roberts 1*)
11 Mar rest day
12 Mar day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 61/2 (AR MacGibbon 30*)
13 Mar day 4 - West Indies 2nd innings 77 (45.1 ov) - end of match

Match notes

  • New Zealand's first ever test win in 45 matches and 26 years.

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