English national cricket team in New Zealand in the 1958/59 season

The tour of the England cricket team to New Zealand in the 1958/59 season took place from February 27 to March 18, 1959. The international cricket tour was part of the 1958/59 international cricket season and included 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 1958 season .

Stages

Auckland Christchurch (LP)

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	2nd test
Lancaster Park	Christchurch	38,628	1st test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
New Zealand	England
Bruce Blair Bruce Bolton John Guy Chris Harris Ken Hough Noel McGregor Alex Moir Richard Petrie Richard Reid John Sparling Bert Sutcliffe	Chris Cowdrey Ted Dexter Tom Graveney Tony Lock Peter May John Mortimore Peter Richardson Roy Swetman Fred Trueman Frank Tyson Willie Watson

Testing

First test in Christchurch

February 27th - March 2nd scorecard	Christchurch	England 374 (142.1)	-	New Zealand 142 (72.5) & 133 (72.2) (f / o)
		England wins with one innings and 99 runs

Second test in Auckland

March 14-18 Scorecard	Auckland	New Zealand 181 (89.3)	-	England 311-7 (118)
		draw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo