Dates | Feb 1910 – Mar 1910 |
---|---|
Cricket format | First-class |
Matches | 7 |
Most runs | Victor Trumper (628) |
Most wickets | Warwick Armstrong (52) |
The Australia national cricket team toured New Zealand from February to April 1914 and played eight first-class matches including two against the New Zealand national team. New Zealand at this time had not been elevated to Test status. The tour was organized and captained by Arthur Sims, who had previously represented New Zealand. [1] The tour is notable for the fact that it featured Victor Trumper's final appearance in a first-class match before his death at age 37 in 1915.
The Australian touring team was as follows:
Name | Age | Role | Batting style | Bowling style | First-class team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arthur Sims (captain) | 36 | Batter | Right-handed | – | Canterbury (NZ) |
Warwick Armstong | 34 | All-rounder | Right-handed | Right-arm legspin | Victoria |
Leslie Cody | 24 | Batter | Right-handed | Leg-break googly | New South Wales |
Herbie Collins | 26 | All-rounder | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | New South Wales |
Jack Crawford | 27 | All-rounder | Right-handed | Right-arm medium, right-arm off-break | South Australia |
Charlie Dolling | 27 | Batter | Right-handed | – | South Australia |
Frank Laver | 44 | Bowler | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Victoria |
William MacGregor | 25 | Wicket-keeper | Right-handed | – | Victoria |
Colin McKenzie | 33 | Batter | Right-handed | – | Victoria |
Arthur Mailey | 28 | Bowler | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break and googly | New South Wales |
Monty Noble | 41 | All-rounder | Right-handed | Right-arm medium pace | New South Wales |
Vernon Ransford | 28 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Victoria | |
Victor Trumper | 36 | Batter | Right-handed | Right arm medium | New South Wales |
Gar Waddy | 34 | Wicket-keeper | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | New South Wales |
Eric Barbour was invited but was unable to go, and Cody took his place. [2] Macgregor's cricket career, apart from this tour, consisted of several seasons with University in the Melbourne competition.
The original itinerary had 13 matches. The match against Manawatu and the return matches against Canterbury and Wellington were added later. [3]
First-class matches are indicated in bold.
South Auckland used 15 of their team in the field.
Auckland's captain, Lancelot Hemus, scored 112 in the first innings. Waddy, Armstrong and Ransford all scored centuries for the Australians, who made 620 for 8 on the second day.
The Australians batted on in the second innings after winning, finishing on 370 for 9.
Armstrong took 5 for 80 and 7 for 17.
On the first day 465 runs were scored for the loss of 20 wickets, off 108 overs. [4] The match was completed midway through the second of the three scheduled days. The Australians batted on after winning to fill up the second day, finishing on 175 for 8.
The Poverty Bay captain, Len McMahon, scored 87 not out, and was later selected in the New Zealand team for the second match against the Australians. It was the first visit of an international cricket team to Gisborne, and the Gisborne Borough Council declared a half-holiday for the first day of the match, a Friday, and gave a civic reception to the Australians on the Friday morning. [5]
On the first day, rain prevented play after the luncheon interval.
Trumper (293) and Sims (184 not out) added 433 for the eighth wicket in 181 minutes. It remains the world first-class record for the eighth wicket. [6] Trumper batted at number nine, held back on the Friday evening with the intention of providing a spectacle for the larger crowd on the Saturday, when the Australians made 545 for 4.
The Australians made 805 for 6 on the second day, reaching 900 in 325 minutes; Crawford scored 354, Trumper 135 and Cody 106. [7]
Trumper, Collins, McKenzie and Cody all scored centuries. The Australians made 596 for 6 on the second day.
Although this was a first-class match it was scheduled for only two days. It was played as a benefit match for Lancaster Park. [8]
This was another two-day first-class match. Rain prevented play for much of the first day.
The Australians scored their 510 on the second day.
Ned Sale scored 109 not out in New Zealand's first innings. Waddy, Crawford, Armstrong and Dolling scored centuries for Australia. Trumper scored a quick 81 in his last first-class innings. [9]
Name | Matches | Innings | Not Outs | 100s | 50s | H.S. | Runs | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VT Trumper | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 293 | 628 | 69.77 |
EL Waddy | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 140 | 480 | 68.57 |
WW Armstrong | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 128 | 441 | 63.00 |
VS Ransford | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | 159 | 283 | 70.75 |
CE Dolling | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 104 | 269 | 29.88 |
A Sims | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | 184* | 204 | 51.00 |
MA Noble | 7 | 7 | 0 | - | 1 | 90 | 201 | 28.71 |
JN Crawford | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 134 | 190 | 38.00 |
HL Collins | 6 | 8 | 0 | - | 1 | 94 | 185 | 23.12 |
LA Cody | 6 | 7 | 2 | - | 1 | 54 | 160 | 32.00 |
C McKenzie | 7 | 7 | 2 | - | - | 34 | 137 | 27.4 |
W Macgregor | 4 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 35 | 50 | 16.66 |
AA Mailey | 8 | 7 | 0 | - | - | 12 | 35 | 5.00 |
FJ Laver | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 19* | 25 | 8.33 |
Name | Matches | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Warwick Armstrong | 8 | 307.1 | 81 | 789 | 52 | 15.17 |
Leslie Cody | 6 | 16.2 | 5 | 62 | 2 | 31 |
Herbie Collins | 6 | 22 | 3 | 64 | 2 | 32 |
Jack Crawford | 5 | 135.5 | 27 | 388 | 21 | 18.47 |
Charlie Dolling | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
Frank Laver | 4 | 93 | 25 | 274 | 8 | 34.25 |
William Macgregor | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
Arthur Mailey | 8 | 151.3 | 18 | 570 | 30 | 19.00 |
Colin McKenzie | 7 | 49 | 13 | 121 | 8 | 15.12 |
Monty Noble | 7 | 121.5 | 31 | 318 | 18 | 17.66 |
Vernon Ransford | 4 | 21 | 6 | 41 | 2 | 20.5 |
Arthur Sims | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
Victor Trumper | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gar Waddy | 8 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 11 |
This article describes the history of New Zealand cricket to 1890.
An English team raised by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) toured New Zealand between December 1906 and March 1907. The tour comprised two first-class matches against New Zealand, two each against the four main provincial teams – Auckland, Canterbury, Otago and Wellington – and one against Hawke's Bay. There were also five minor matches against teams from country areas.
The Hawke Cup is a non-first-class cricket competition for New Zealand's district associations. Apart from 1910–11, 1912–13 and 2000–01 the competition has always been on a challenge basis. To win the Hawke Cup, the challengers must beat the holders, either outright or on the first innings in a drawn match, on the holders' home ground.
This article describes the history of New Zealand cricket from the 1945–46 season until 1970.
Ernest Henry Lovell "Bill" Bernau was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1914–15 to 1927–28, and accompanied the New Zealand national cricket team on their tour of England in 1927.
The Minor Associations cricket team, representing the Minor Associations in New Zealand, appeared once at first-class level, playing against the touring Australians at the Basin Reserve in March 1921. The Australians batted first and made 271, then the Minor Associations made 124 and 141, losing by an innings and six runs.
An Australian team toured New Zealand and Fiji from February to April 1905 to play four first-class matches including two against New Zealand, which had not then attained Test status. Although it was the fifth Australian team to tour New Zealand, it was the first one to play matches on even terms, which therefore have first-class status. On previous tours all matches had been against teams of 15, 18 or 22 players. As well as the two matches against New Zealand, the Australians played first-class matches against Canterbury and Otago. The other games were non-first-class against Auckland, Wellington and Fiji.
An Australian cricket team toured New Zealand from February to April 1921 to play nine first-class matches including two against New Zealand. The Australians also played the main provincial teams.
The Australia national cricket team toured New Zealand from February to April 1928 and played six first-class matches including two against the New Zealand national cricket team. This was before New Zealand began playing Test cricket.
The Taranaki cricket team represents the Taranaki Region of New Zealand. It competes in the Hawke Cup.
Lord Hawke selected a cricket team of ten amateurs and two professional players to tour Australia and New Zealand from November 1902 until March 1903. After an opening game in San Francisco, the tour began of eighteen matches - seven of them considered first-class - in New Zealand followed by three further first-class games in Australia. Hawke's team was the first to tour Australasia with New Zealand as the primary destination and, as was the norm at the time, was privately run and funded. The Australian leg of the tour was a "profit making venture", however the games in New Zealand were scheduled at the behest of the New Zealand Cricket Board in order to raise the profile of cricket in the country. Two of them were against a New Zealand cricket team, before its international Test status. The inclusion of such games on the tour were considered "a sign that cricket in New Zealand was starting to be taken more seriously, and a move towards official international status was possible."
Francis Leonard McMahon was a cricketer who played two first-class matches, one of them for New Zealand in 1914.
Chester Arthur Holland was a New Zealand cricketer who played one match for New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.
Thomas Richard Southall was an English-born New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1913 to 1915.
George Mills was an English-born cricketer. He played first-class cricket in New Zealand for Auckland, Hawke's Bay and Otago between the 1886–87 and 1902–03 seasons.
The Australian cricket team toured New Zealand in January and February 1878, before their 1878 tour of England. It was the first overseas tour by a representative Australian team.
The Australian cricket team toured New Zealand in January and February 1881. The Australians played ten matches against provincial teams, nine of which fielded 22 players with the aim of providing more evenly-matched contests. Two further brief matches were played to fill the allotted time after a scheduled match finished early. As none of the matches were 11-a-side they are not considered to have been first-class.
The Rev. William Tasman Drake was an Anglican clergyman and cricketer in New Zealand.
The Australian cricket team toured New Zealand in late November and early December 1886.
The Australian cricket team toured New Zealand in November 1896, playing five matches. They were returning from their 1896 tour of England.