New Zealand national cricket team in Australia for the 1973/74 season

The tour of the New Zealand national cricket team to Australia in the 1973/74 season took place from December 29, 1973 to January 31, 1974. The international cricket tour was part of the 1973/74 international cricket season and included three tests . Australia won the Test Series 2–0.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1945/46 season in New Zealand .

Stages

Adelaide Melbourne Sydney

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	53,583	3rd test
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	1st test
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	2nd test

Squad lists

The teams named the following cadres.

test
Australia	New Zealand
Greg Chappell Ian Chappell Simon Davis Tony Dell Geoff Dymock Gary Gilmour Alan Hurst Ashley Mallett Geoff Marsh Kerry O'Keeffe Paul Sheahan Keith Stackpole Max Walker Doug Walters Ashley Woodcock	Bryan Andrews Chris Cairns Jeremy Coney Bevan Congdon Dayle Hadlee Richard Hadlee Brian Hastings Danny Morrison David O'Sullivan John Parker Mike Shrimpton Glenn Turner Ken Wadsworth

Tour matches

New Zealand played three tour matches against Australian regional teams during the tour.

Testing

First test in Melbourne

December 29th - January 2nd scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 462-8d (101.5)	-	New Zealand 237 (79.7) & 200 (81.6) (f / o)
		Australia wins with one innings and 25 runs

Second test in Sydney

January 5-10 scorecard	Sydney	New Zealand 312 (86.6) & 305-9d (75.2)	-	Australia 162 (44.4) & 30-2 (8.3)
		draw

Third test in Adelaide

January 26th - 31st Scorecard	Adelaide	Australia 477 (120.5)	-	New Zealand 218 (87.3) & 202 (89.5) (f / o)
		Australia wins with one innings and 57 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo