New Zealand national cricket team in England in the 1931 season

The tour of the New Zealand national cricket team to England in the 1931 season took place from June 17 to August 18, 1931. The international cricket tour was part of the 1931 international cricket season and included three tests . England won the series 1–0.

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 1929/30 season in New Zealand .

London (Lord's)

London (oval)

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
The oval	London	23,500	2nd test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	1st test
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	3rd test

The teams named the following squads.

test
England	New Zealand
David Allen Les Ames Geoff Arnold Fred Bakewell David Brown Kumar Duleepsinhji Wally Hammond Douglas Jardine Harold Larwood Eddie Paynter Ian Peebles Walter Robins Herbert Sutcliffe Maurice Tate Hedley Verity Bill Voce Frank Woolley	Cyril Allcott Roger Blunt Ian Cromb Stewie Dempster Ken James Jack Kerr Tom Lowry Mal Matheson Bill Merritt Jackie Mills Curly Page Giff Vivian Gordon Weir

June 27-30 scorecard	London (Lord's)	New Zealand 224 (74.3) & 469-9d (157.4)	-	England 454 (134) & 146-5 (55)
		draw

July 29th - 31st scorecard	London (oval)	England 416-4d (131.3)	-	New Zealand 193 (95.1) & 197 (84.3) (f / o)
		England won with one innings and 26 runs

August 15-18 Scorecard	Manchester	England 224-3 (71)	-	New Zealand
		draw