Bert Sutcliffe was a New Zealand Test cricketer. Sutcliffe was a successful left-hand batsman. His batting achievements on tour in England in 1949,which included four fifties and a century in the Tests,earned him the accolade of being one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year. He captained New Zealand in four Tests in the early 1950s,losing three of them and drawing the other. None of Sutcliffe's 42 Tests resulted in a New Zealand victory. In 1949 Sutcliffe was named the inaugural New Zealand Sportsman of the Year,and in 2000 was named as New Zealand champion sportsperson of the decade for the 1940s.
Henry Butler Cave was a New Zealand cricketer who captained New Zealand in nine of his 19 Test matches. His Test career extended from 1949 to 1958,and he played first-class cricket from 1945 to 1959.
Kenneth Robert Rutherford is a former New Zealand cricketer who enjoyed a ten-year career with the national team,and was captain for a period in the 1990s. He is the 50th ODI cap for New Zealand.
John Gordon Leggat was a New Zealand cricketer who played nine Test matches for New Zealand in the 1950s as an opening batsman. He was later a leading cricket administrator. His cousin Ian Leggat also played Test cricket for New Zealand.
Gary Alex Bartlett is a former New Zealand cricketer. He played 10 Test matches for New Zealand in the 1960s as a fast bowler.
Ian Burns Cromb was a New Zealand cricketer who played in five Tests from 1931 to 1932,including all three Tests of the 1931 tour of England.
Donald Derek Beard was a New Zealand cricketer who played in four Tests from 1952 to 1956. He was a schoolteacher and school principal.
Peter Neil Webb is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 2 Tests and 5 ODIs from 1980 to 1984.
Brian Frederick Hastings is a former New Zealand cricketer. A middle-order batsman,he played 31 Test matches between 1969 and 1976,scoring four centuries. He played first-class cricket for Wellington,Central Districts and Canterbury between 1958 and 1977.
The New Zealand national cricket team toured South Africa from October 1953 to February 1954 and played a five match Test series against the South Africa national cricket team. South Africa won the Test series 4–0. The tour was the first by a representative New Zealand side to South Africa and the tourists embarked on their visit without having won a Test match since they had been granted full member status of the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1930.
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.
Richard Trevor Brittenden was from the 1950s to the 1980s New Zealand's most prominent cricket writer.
Ronald Osmond Talbot,was a New Zealand sportsman who played first-class cricket between the 1922–23 and 1935–36 seasons,and toured England with the national team in 1931. He also played representative rugby union for Canterbury.
Rupert Vivian de Renzy Worker played first-class cricket in New Zealand between 1914 and 1929. He represented New Zealand in the years before New Zealand played Test cricket.
Ernest Oswald Blamires was a New Zealand first-class cricketer and clergyman.
Arnold Butler Williams was a Welsh-born cricketer who played first-class cricket for Otago and Wellington between the 1886–87 and 1909–10 seasons,and captained New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.
Alfred Postles was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 31 first-class matches for Auckland between 1924 and 1943.
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