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NZL flag NZLWon toss. Elected to bat
112 & 131 Series badge ENG
181 & 66-2 ENG flag
Overs: 60.3 RR: 2.17 vs seam: 1.46
 Overs: 18.5 RR: 3.50 vs spin: 2.67
vs seam: 3.33
Thu 09/01/30 New Zealand v England, 1st Test, AMI Stadium, Christchurch
ENGLAND WIN England won by 8 wickets
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New Zealand - 1st Inns 112 (47.1; RR: 2.37)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CS Dempster b Allom 11 0 0 0
H Foley c Duleepsinhji b Nichols 2 0 0 0
AW Roberts c Duleepsinhji b Nichols 3 0 0 0
ML Page c & b Nichols 1 0 0 0
RC Blunt not out 45 0 0 0
TC Lowry lbw b Allom 0 2 0 0 0.00
KC James c Cornford b Allom 0 1 0 0 0.00
FT Badcock b Allom 0 1 0 0 0.00
GR Dickinson b Nichols 11 0 0 0
WE Merritt b Allom 19 0 0 0
M Henderson b Worthington 6 0 0 0
Extras (7b, 4lb, 0w, 3nb) 14  
TOTAL 112 all out (47.1 overs; RR: 2.37)

Fall of wickets

5-1 (H Foley 0.0 ov), 11-2 (AW Roberts 0.0 ov), 15-3 (ML Page 0.0 ov), 21-4 (CS Dempster 0.0 ov), 21-5 (TC Lowry 0.0 ov), 21-6 (KC James 0.0 ov), 21-7 (FT Badcock 0.0 ov), 64-8 (GR Dickinson 0.0 ov), 103-9 (WE Merritt 0.0 ov), 112-10 (M Henderson 47.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MS Nichols 17.0 5 28 4 1.65 0 0
MJC Allom 19.0 4 38 5 2.00 0 0
F Barratt 4.0 1 8 0 2.00 0 0
TS Worthington 7.1 1 24 1 3.43 0 0

England - 1st Inns 181 (63.1; RR: 2.87)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
EW Dawson c Lowry b Henderson 7 0 0 0
AHH Gilligan c Henderson b Badcock 10 0 0 0
KS Duleepsinhji c Dickinson b Henderson 49 0 0 0
FE Woolley c Merritt b Dickinson 31 0 0 0
GB Legge b Blunt 36 0 0 0
MS Nichols c Dickinson b Page 21 0 0 0
TS Worthington b Blunt 0 1 0 0 0.00
MJL Turnbull c Merritt b Badcock 7 0 0 0
F Barratt st James b Merritt 4 0 0 0
WL Cornford c Lowry b Blunt 6 0 0 0
MJC Allom not out 4 0 0 0
Extras (3b, 1lb, 0w, 2nb) 6  
TOTAL 181 all out (63.1 overs; RR: 2.87)

Fall of wickets

20-1 (AHH Gilligan 0.0 ov), 20-2 (EW Dawson 0.0 ov), 81-3 (FE Woolley 0.0 ov), 113-4 (KS Duleepsinhji 0.0 ov), 148-5 (GB Legge 0.0 ov), 148-6 (TS Worthington 0.0 ov), 163-7 (MJL Turnbull 0.0 ov), 168-8 (F Barratt 0.0 ov), 172-9 (MS Nichols 0.0 ov), 181-10 (WL Cornford 63.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
FT Badcock 18.0 7 29 2 1.61 0 0
GR Dickinson 11.0 1 40 1 3.64 0 0
WE Merritt 13.0 1 48 1 3.69 0 0
M Henderson 8.0 1 38 2 4.75 0 0
RC Blunt 11.1 4 17 3 1.55 0 0
ML Page 2.0 1 3 1 1.50 0 0

New Zealand - 2nd Inns 131 (60.3; RR: 2.17)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CS Dempster c Duleepsinhji b Allom 25 0 0 0
H Foley c Nichols b Allom 2 0 0 0
RC Blunt c Legge b Woolley 7 0 0 0
ML Page st Cornford b Barratt 21 0 0 0
TC Lowry b Nichols 40 0 0 0
AW Roberts c & b Worthington 5 0 0 0
KC James lbw b Worthington 0 0 0 0
GR Dickinson c Barratt b Woolley 8 0 0 0
FT Badcock b Nichols 0 0 0 0
WE Merritt b Allom 2 0 0 0
M Henderson not out 2 0 0 0
Extras (9b, 6lb, 0w, 4nb) 19  
TOTAL 131 all out (60.3 overs; RR: 2.17)

Fall of wickets

8-1 (H Foley 0.0 ov), 28-2 (RC Blunt 0.0 ov), 65-3 (CS Dempster 0.0 ov), 79-4 (ML Page 0.0 ov), 86-5 (AW Roberts 0.0 ov), 86-6 (KC James 0.0 ov), 111-7 (GR Dickinson 0.0 ov), 111-8 (FT Badcock 0.0 ov), 125-9 (WE Merritt 0.0 ov), 131-10 (TC Lowry 60.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MS Nichols 14.3 6 23 2 1.64 0 0
MJC Allom 15.0 6 17 3 1.13 0 0
FE Woolley 9.0 2 37 2 4.11 0 0
TS Worthington 13.0 4 19 2 1.46 0 0
F Barratt 9.0 2 16 1 1.78 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 66-2 (18.5; RR: 3.50)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
EW Dawson lbw b Blunt 10 0 0 0
AHH Gilligan b Blunt 4 0 0 0
KS Duleepsinhji not out 33 0 0 0
FE Woolley not out 17 0 0 0
GB Legge  
MS Nichols  
TS Worthington  
MJL Turnbull  
F Barratt  
WL Cornford  
MJC Allom  
Extras (0b, 0lb, 1w, 1nb) 2  
TOTAL 66-2 (18.5 overs; RR: 3.50)

Fall of wickets

14-1 (AHH Gilligan 0.0 ov), 17-2 (EW Dawson 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GR Dickinson 2.0 0 4 0 2.00 0 0
M Henderson 7.0 2 26 0 3.71 0 0
RC Blunt 7.0 1 17 2 2.43 0 0
WE Merritt 2.0 0 7 0 3.50 0 0
CS Dempster 0.5 0 10 0 - 0 0

Match Info

Match

New Zealand v England at Christchurch, 1st Test

Date

Thursday January 9, 1930

Toss

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat

Time

11:00pm UTC

Venue

AMI Stadium, Christchurch

Umpires

KH Cave, W Butler

New Zealand Team

Playing XI

FT Badcock, RC Blunt, CS Dempster, GR Dickinson, H Foley, M Henderson, KC James, TC Lowry, WE Merritt, ML Page, AW Roberts

England Team

Playing XI

FE Woolley, GB Legge, EW Dawson, KS Duleepsinhji, F Barratt, MJC Allom, WL Cornford, AHH Gilligan, MS Nichols, MJL Turnbull, TS Worthington