English national cricket team in New Zealand in the 1950-51 season

The tour of the English national cricket team to New Zealand in the 1950/51 season took place from March 17 to 28, 1951. The international cricket tour was part of the international cricket season 1950/51 and comprised two tests . England won the series 1–0.

prehistory

England previously did a tour in Australia , for New Zealand it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in England in the 1949 season .

Stages

Christchurch (LP) Wellington (BR)

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
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
Tom Burtt Fen Cresswell Walter Hadlee Roydon Hayes Tony MacGibbon Alex Moir Frank Mooney Richard Reid Verdun Scott Bert Sutcliffe Merv Wallace	Rob Bailey Alec Bedser David Brown Denis Compton Godfrey Evans Richard Hutton Gilbert Parkhouse David Sheppard Reg Simpson Brian Statham Roy Tattersall Cyril Washbrook Doug Wright

Tour matches

England played two tour matches during the tour.

Testing

First test in Christchurch

March 17-21 Scorecard	Christchurch	New Zealand 417-8d (157.2) & 46-3 (13)	-	England 550 (221.3)
		draw

Second test in Wellington

March 24-28 Scorecard	Wellington	New Zealand 125 (70) & 189 (72.2)	-	England 227 (97) & 91-4 (45.2)
		England wins with 6 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo