England tour of New Zealand, 1962/63 / Scorecard

England in New Zealand Test Series - 3rd Test

New Zealand v England

England won by 7 wickets

New Zealand 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GT Dowling c Dexter b Titmus 40 132 4 0
WR Playle c Barrington b Trueman 0 2 1 0 0 0.00
BW Sinclair hit wicket b Trueman 44 148 6 0
JR Reid* c Parfitt b Knight 74 147 8 0
PT Barton c †Smith b Knight 11 48 1 0
MJF Shrimpton c Knight b Trueman 31 142 2 0
AE Dick b Trueman 16 61 2 0
RC Motz c Parfitt b Trueman 7 31 1 0
RW Blair c Parfitt b Trueman 0 2 0 0
JC Alabaster not out 20 33 3 0
FJ Cameron c †Smith b Trueman 1 15 0 0
Extras (b 1, lb 9, w 3, nb 9) 22
Total (all out; 118.2 overs) 266 (2.24 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-3 (Playle), 2-83 (Dowling), 3-98 (Sinclair), 4-128 (Barton), 5-195 (Reid), 6-234 (Shrimpton), 7-235 (Dick), 8-235 (Blair), 9-251 (Motz), 10-266 (Cameron)
Bowling O M R W Econ
FS Trueman 30.2 9 75 7 2.47
JDF Larter 21 5 59 0 2.80
BR Knight 23 5 39 2 1.69
FJ Titmus 30 13 45 1 1.50
ER Dexter 9 3 8 0 0.88
KF Barrington 5 0 18 0 3.60
England 1st innings R M 4s 6s
Rev.DS Sheppard b Cameron 42 123 3 0
R Illingworth c †Dick b Cameron 2 28 0 0
KF Barrington lbw b Motz 47 122 5 0
ER Dexter* b Alabaster 46 125 7 0
MC Cowdrey c Motz b Blair 43 106 2 0
PH Parfitt lbw b Reid 4 25 0 0
BR Knight b Blair 32 87 2 2
FJ Titmus c †Dick b Motz 4 18 0 0
FS Trueman c Reid b Alabaster 11 27 1 0
AC Smith not out 2 20 0 0
JDF Larter b Motz 2 5 0 0
Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 5, nb 3) 18
Total (all out; 95.5 overs) 253 (2.64 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-11 (Illingworth), 2-87 (Sheppard), 3-103 (Barrington), 4-186 (Dexter), 5-188 (Cowdrey), 6-210 (Parfitt), 7-225 (Titmus), 8-244 (Trueman), 9-250 (Knight), 10-253 (Larter)
Bowling O M R W Econ
RC Motz 19.5 3 68 3 3.42
FJ Cameron 24 6 47 2 1.95
RW Blair 24 12 42 2 1.75
JC Alabaster 20 6 47 2 2.35
JR Reid 8 1 31 1 3.87
New Zealand 2nd innings R M 4s 6s
GT Dowling c †Smith b Larter 22 118 2 0
WR Playle c †Smith b Trueman 3 24 0 0
BW Sinclair lbw b Larter 0 10 0 0
JR Reid* b Titmus 100 224 13 0
PT Barton lbw b Knight 12 53 0 0
MJF Shrimpton b Titmus 8 17 1 0
AE Dick c Parfitt b Titmus 1 13 0 0
RC Motz b Larter 3 17 0 0
RW Blair b Titmus 0 10 0 0
JC Alabaster c Parfitt b Trueman 1 18 0 0
FJ Cameron not out 0 3 0 0
Extras (lb 7, nb 2) 9
Total (all out; 83.4 overs) 159 (1.90 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-16 (Playle), 2-17 (Sinclair), 3-66 (Dowling), 4-91 (Barton), 5-129 (Shrimpton), 6-133 (Dick), 7-151 (Motz), 8-154 (Blair), 9-159 (Reid), 10-159 (Alabaster)
Bowling O M R W Econ
FS Trueman 19.4 8 16 2 0.81
JDF Larter 23 8 32 3 1.39
BR Knight 10 3 38 1 3.80
FJ Titmus 21 8 46 4 2.19
ER Dexter 10 2 18 0 1.80
England 2nd innings (target: 173 runs) R M 4s 6s
KF Barrington c Reid b Blair 45 87 5 0
Rev.DS Sheppard b Alabaster 31 129 2 0
PH Parfitt c Shrimpton b Alabaster 31 90 3 0
MC Cowdrey not out 35 70 5 0
BR Knight not out 20 19 3 1
Extras (b 9, nb 2) 11
Total (3 wickets; 59.3 overs) 173 (2.90 runs per over)
Did not bat R Illingworth, ER Dexter*, FJ Titmus, FS Trueman, AC Smith, JDF Larter
Fall of wickets 1-70 (Barrington), 2-96 (Sheppard), 3-149 (Parfitt)
Bowling O M R W Econ
RC Motz 20 6 33 0 1.65
FJ Cameron 12 3 38 0 3.16
RW Blair 12 3 34 1 2.83
JC Alabaster 15.3 5 57 2 3.67
Match details
Toss New Zealand, who chose to bat
Series England won the 3-match series 3-0
Umpires LC Johnston and WT Martin
Close of play
Fri, 15 Mar - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 238/8 (RC Motz 1*, JC Alabaster 2*)
Sat, 16 Mar - day 2 - England 1st innings 244/8 (BR Knight 31*, AC Smith 0*)
Sun, 17 Mar - rest day
Mon, 18 Mar - day 3 - England 2nd innings 41/0 (KF Barrington 30*, Rev.DS Sheppard 8*)
Tue, 19 Mar - day 4 - England 2nd innings 173/3 (59.3 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • General
  • NZ 1st innings
  • Trueman's analysis is the best by an English bowler in NZ. During this innings he overtook Statham's then world record of 242 wickets in a career.
  • NZ 2nd innings:
  • Trueman took his 250th wicket in tests when he dismissed Alabaster.
  • Eng 2nd innings:
  • Knight finished the match by hitting 14 runs (6, 4, 4) off successive balls from Alabaster.
 
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Series Results
New Zealand v England at Christchurch - Mar 15-19, 1963
England won by 7 wickets
New Zealand v England at Wellington - Mar 1-4, 1963
England won by an innings and 47 runs
New Zealand v England at Auckland - Feb 23-27, 1963
England won by an innings and 215 runs
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