England vs New Zealand, 2nd Test at London, Jul 29 1931 - Match Result

RESULT

2nd Test, The Oval, July 29 - 31, 1931, New Zealand tour of England

416/4d

(fo) 193 & 197

England won by an innings and 26 runs

65

Tom Lowry and Jack Kerr's 65-run partnership is NZ's highest for the 6th wicket in Tests, breaking the record of 29 between Roger Blunt and Ian Cromb

Roger Blunt has broken the record for playing the most Tests (6) for NZ, going past Dempster

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Scorecard summary

England • 416/4(131.3 overs)

1st INNINGS

Herbert Sutcliffe

117 ()

2/96 (34.3)

109 ()

1/108 (44)

New Zealand • 193/10(95.1 overs)

1st INNINGS

62 ()

5/14 (13)

34 ()

2/52 (29)

New Zealand • 197/10(84.3 overs)

2nd INNINGS

51 ()

4/63 (22)

43 ()

3/22 (21)

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Match details

Kennington Oval, London
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	New Zealand tour of England
Season	1931
Series result	England led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 210
Match days	day (3-day match)
Test debut	Freddie Brown Hedley Verity Giff Vivian
Umpires	Frank Chester Joe Hardstaff

Match Coverage

England v New Zealand 1931

Played at Kennington Oval, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, July 29, 30, 31.- Different indeed was the course taken by the second Test match from the remarkable cricket that had characterised the contest at Lord's

England v New Zealand 1931

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New Zealand Innings

Player Name		R	B
JE Mills	bowled	30
GL Weir	bowled	6
ML Page	bowled	3
RC Blunt	bowled	43
HG Vivian	caught	51
TC Lowry	caught	0
JL Kerr	bowled	28
KC James	caught	10
IB Cromb	not out	3
WE Merritt	lbw	4
CFW Allcott	caught	1
Extras	(b 6, lb 10, nb 2)
Total	197(10 wkts; 84.3 ovs)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	19	Jackie Mills	'Dad' Weir
2nd	19	Curly Page	Jackie Mills
3rd	13	Roger Blunt	Jackie Mills
4th	88	Roger Blunt	Giff Vivian
5th	4	Roger Blunt	Tom Lowry
6th	19	Roger Blunt	Jack Kerr
7th	27	Ken James	Jack Kerr
8th	0	Ken James	Ian Cromb
9th	7	Bill Merritt	Ian Cromb
10th	1	Cyril Allcott	Ian Cromb

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