Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bert Sutcliffe	c Bailey b Statham	49	-	90	8	0	-
Gordon Leggat	lbw b Tyson	4	-	12	1	0	-
Matt Poore	c †Evans b Tyson	0	-	2	0	0	-
John Reid	c Statham b Wardle	73	-	210	7	1	-
Geoff Rabone (c)	c †Evans b Statham	29	-	155	2	0	-
Noel McGregor	not out	15	-	79	2	0	-
Harry Cave	c Bailey b Appleyard	6	-	38	1	0	-
Tony MacGibbon	b Appleyard	9	-	10	2	0	-
Ian Colquhoun †	c sub b Appleyard	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Alex Moir	lbw b Statham	0	-	4	0	0	-
Johnny Hayes	b Statham	0	-	3	0	0	-
Extras	(b 3, lb 6, nb 2, w 4)	15
Total	88.4 Ov (RR: 2.25)	200
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Gordon Leggat), 2-13 (Matt Poore), 3-76 (Bert Sutcliffe), 4-154 (John Reid), 5-171 (Geoff Rabone), 6-189 (Harry Cave), 7-199 (Tony MacGibbon), 8-199 (Ian Colquhoun), 9-200 (Alex Moir), 10-200 (Johnny Hayes)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Frank Tyson	11	2	41	2	3.72	-	-	-
Brian Statham	17.4	7	28	4	1.58	-	-	-
Trevor Bailey	13	2	34	0	2.61	-	-	-
Bob Appleyard	16	4	38	3	2.37	-	-	-
Johnny Wardle	31	19	44	1	1.41	-	-	-

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Reg Simpson	c & b Moir	23	-	68	3	0	-
Tom Graveney	c Rabone b Hayes	13	-	26	2	0	-
Peter May	b Hayes	48	-	125	3	0	-
Colin Cowdrey	b Moir	22	-	80	1	0	-
Leonard Hutton (c)	b MacGibbon	53	-	143	5	0	-
Trevor Bailey	c †Colquhoun b Cave	18	-	81	2	0	-
Godfrey Evans †	c Reid b Moir	0	-	2	0	0	-
Johnny Wardle	c Reid b Moir	0	-	4	0	0	-
Frank Tyson	not out	27	-	92	2	0	-
Bob Appleyard	c †Colquhoun b Hayes	6	-	15	0	0	-
Brian Statham	c Reid b Moir	13	-	26	0	1	-
Extras	(b 12, lb 3, nb 8)	23
Total	119.1 Ov (RR: 2.06)	246
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Tom Graveney), 2-56 (Reg Simpson), 3-112 (Colin Cowdrey), 4-112 (Peter May), 5-163 (Trevor Bailey), 6-164 (Godfrey Evans), 7-164 (Johnny Wardle), 8-201 (Leonard Hutton), 9-218 (Bob Appleyard), 10-246 (Brian Statham)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Johnny Hayes	23	7	71	3	3.08	-	-	-
Tony MacGibbon	20	7	33	1	1.65	-	-	-
John Reid	25	15	28	0	1.12	-	-	-
Harry Cave	24	10	25	1	1.04	-	-	-
Alex Moir	25.1	3	62	5	2.46	-	-	-
Geoff Rabone	2	0	4	0	2.00	-	-	-

New Zealand 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bert Sutcliffe	b Wardle	11	33	47	0	0	33.33
Gordon Leggat	c Hutton b Tyson	1	3	8	0	0	33.33
Matt Poore	b Tyson	0	7	8	0	0	0.00
John Reid	b Statham	1	9	10	0	0	11.11
Noel McGregor	c May b Appleyard	1	23	31	0	0	4.34
Geoff Rabone (c)	lbw b Statham	7	46	53	0	0	15.21
Harry Cave	c Graveney b Appleyard	5	19	17	1	0	26.31
Tony MacGibbon	lbw b Appleyard	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Ian Colquhoun †	c Graveney b Appleyard	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Alex Moir	not out	0	17	14	0	0	0.00
Johnny Hayes	b Statham	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Extras		0
Total	27 Ov (RR: 0.96)	26
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Gordon Leggat, 1.5 ov), 2-8 (Matt Poore, 3.6 ov), 3-9 (John Reid, 6.4 ov), 4-14 (Bert Sutcliffe, 10.3 ov), 5-14 (Noel McGregor, 12.6 ov), 6-22 (Harry Cave, 19.6 ov), 7-22 (Tony MacGibbon, 21.2 ov), 8-22 (Ian Colquhoun, 21.3 ov), 9-26 (Geoff Rabone, 26.4 ov), 10-26 (Johnny Hayes, 26.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Frank Tyson	7	2	10	2	1.42	-	-	-
Brian Statham	9	3	9	3	1.00	-	-	-
Johnny Wardle	5	5	0	1	0.00	-	-	-
Bob Appleyard	6	3	7	4	1.16	-	-	-

Close of Play

Fri, 25 Mar - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 199/8 (Noel McGregor 15*)

Sat, 26 Mar - day 2 - England 1st innings 148/4 (Leonard Hutton 19*, Trevor Bailey 13*)

Sun, 27 Mar - rest day

Mon, 28 Mar - day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 26 (27 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Match Details

Eden Park, Auckland
Toss	New Zealand, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of New Zealand
Season	1954/55
Series result	England won the 2-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 402
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Clyde Harris Jock McLellan

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New Zealand Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
FH Tyson	7	2	10	2	1.42
JB Statham	9	3	9	3	1
JH Wardle	5	5	0	1	0
R Appleyard	6	3	7	4	1.16

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