New Zealand national cricket team in England in the 1949 season

The New Zealand national cricket team's tour to England in the 1949 season took place from June 11 to August 16, 1949. The international cricket tour was part of the 1949 international cricket season and included four tests . The series ended in a 0–0 draw.

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 1946/47 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
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	1st test
The oval	London	23,500	4th test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	2nd test
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	3rd test

The teams named the following squads.

test
England	New Zealand
Rob Bailey Alec Bedser David Brown Brian Close Denis Compton John Edrich Godfrey Evans Cliff Gladwin Eric Hollies Richard Hutton Les Jackson Jim Laker George Mann Jack Robertson Reg Simpson Cyril Washbrook Allan Watkins Alan Wharton Doug Wright Jack Young	Tom Burtt Harry Cave Jack Cowie Fen Cresswell Martin Donnelly Walter Hadlee Frank Mooney Geoff Rabone Richard Reid Verdun Scott Ian Smith Bert Sutcliffe Merv Wallace

June 11-14 scorecard	Leeds	England 372 (127.3) & 267-4 (68)	-	New Zealand 341 (118.3) & 195-2 (49)
		draw

June 25-28 Scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 313-9d (103.1) & 306-5 (103)	-	New Zealand 484 (159.4)
		draw

July 23-26 Scorecard	Manchester	New Zealand 293 (128.2) & 348-7 (110)	-	England 440-9d (128)
		draw

August 13-16 Scorecard	London (oval)	New Zealand 345 (112.1) & 308-9d (97)	-	England 482 (117.2)
		draw