English national cricket team in New Zealand in the 1929-30 season

The tour of the England national cricket team to New Zealand in the 1929/30 season took place from January 10 to February 24, 1930. The international cricket tour was part of the 1929/30 international cricket season and included four tests . England won the series 1–0.

prehistory

England toured the West Indies at the same time and was the few times that a team has completed two tests at the same time. It was the first time that the two teams played a tour against each other.

Stages

Auckland Christchurch (LP) Wellington (BR)

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	3rd & 4th test
Lancaster Park	Christchurch	38,628	1st test
Basin Reserve	Wellington	11,000	2nd test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
New Zealand	England
Cyril Allcott Ted Badcock Roger Blunt Stewie Dempster George Dickinson Henry Foley Matt Henderson Ken James Tom Lowry Mal Matheson Herb McGirr Eddie McLeod Bill Merritt Jackie Mills Curly Page Alby Roberts Gordon Weir	Maurice Allom Fred Barratt Ted Bowley Tich Cornford Eddie Dawson Kumar Duleepsinhji Harold Gilligan Geoffrey Legge Stan Nichols Maurice Turnbull Frank Woolley Stan Worthington

Testing

First test in Christchurch

January 10-13 Scorecard	Christchurch	New Zealand 112 (47.1) & 131 (60.3)	-	England 181 (63.1) & 66-2 (18.5)
		England wins with 8 wickets

Second test in Wellington

January 24-27 Scorecard	Wellington	New Zealand 440 (136.3) & 164-4d (53)	-	England 320 (107.5) & 107-4 (39)
		draw

Third test in Auckland

February 14th - 17th Scorecard	Auckland	England 330-4d (88)	-	New Zealand 96-1 (34)
		draw

Fourth test in Auckland

February 21-24 scorecard	Auckland	England 540 (171.4) & 22-3 (12.3)	-	New Zealand 387 (166.1)
		draw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo