English national cricket team in New Zealand in the 1954/55 season

The tour of the English national cricket team to New Zealand in the 1954/55 season took place from March 11 to 28, 1955. The international cricket tour was part of the 1954/55 international cricket season and included two tests . England won the series 2–0.

prehistory

England previously played a tour in Australia and New Zealand was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1950/51 season in New Zealand .

Stages

Auckland Dunedin (CS)

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	1st test
Carisbrook	Dunedin	29,000	2nd test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
New Zealand	England
Bruce Blair Harry Cave Murray Chapple Ian Colquhoun Roydon Hayes Gordon Leggat Tony MacGibbon Noel McGregor Alex Moir Matt Poore Geoff Rabone Richard Reid Bert Sutcliffe Les Watts	Bob Appleyard Rob Bailey Chris Cowdrey Godfrey Evans Tom Graveney Richard Hutton Peter May Reg Simpson Brian Statham Frank Tyson Johnny Wardle

Testing

First test in Dunedin

March 11-16 Scorecard	Dunedin	New Zealand 125 (81.2) & 132 (56.3)	-	England 209 (92.5) & 49-2 (15.2)
		England wins with 8 wickets

Second test in Auckland

March 25-28 Scorecard	Auckland	New Zealand 200 (88.4) & 26 (27)	-	England 246 (119.1)
		England win with one innings and 20 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo