South African national cricket team in New Zealand in the 1931/32 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to New Zealand in the 1931/32 season took place from February 27 to March 7, 1932. The international cricket tour was part of the 1931/32 international cricket season and included two tests . South Africa won the series 2-0.

prehistory

South Africa previously played a tour in Australia , for New Zealand it was the first tour of the season. It was the first tour that the two teams played against each other.

Stages

Christchurch (LP) Wellington (BR)

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Lancaster Park	Christchurch	38,628	1st test
Basin Reserve	Wellington	11,000	2nd test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
New Zealand	South Africa
Cyril Allcott Ted Badcock Roger Blunt Don Cleverley Ian Cromb Stewie Dempster George Dickinson Ken James Jack Kerr Jack Newman Curly Page Alby Roberts Giff Vivian Gordon Weir	Xen Balaskas Sandy Bell Lennox Brown Jock Cameron Jim Christy Eric Dalton Quintin McMillan Bruce Mitchell Denys Morkel Neville Quinn Herbie Taylor Ken Viljoen Cyril Vincent

Testing

First test in Christchurch

February 27th - March 1st scorecard	Christchurch	New Zealand 293 (114.4) & 146 (61.5)	-	South Africa 451 (136.5)
		South Africa wins with one innings and 12 runs

Second test in Wellington

March 4-7 Scorecard	Wellington	New Zealand 364 (99.5) & 193 (72)	-	South Africa 410 (141.2) & 150-2 (41.2)
		South Africa wins with 8 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo