New Zealand vs England, 1st Test at Auckland, Feb 20 1975 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

1st Test, Auckland, February 20 - 25, 1975, England tour of New Zealand

England

593/6d

New Zealand

(fo) 326 & 184

England won by an innings and 83 runs

England 1st Innings

New Zealand 1st Innings

New Zealand 2nd Innings (Following on)

Match Flow

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England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dennis Amiss	c †Wadsworth b Hadlee	19	42	42	4	0	45.23
Barry Wood	c Parker b Hadlee	0	1	6	0	0	0.00
John Edrich	c Congdon b HJ Howarth	64	158	182	10	0	40.50
Mike Denness (c)	c Parker b Congdon	181	392	414	25	0	46.17
Keith Fletcher	c Hadlee b Congdon	216	413	443	29	0	52.30
Tony Greig	b GP Howarth	51	95	89	5	0	53.68
Alan Knott †	not out	29	124	101	2	0	23.38
Chris Old	not out	9	10	17	2	0	90.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 14, nb 8)	24
Total	153 Ov (RR: 3.87)	593/6d
Did not bat: Derek Underwood, Geoff Arnold, Peter Lever
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Barry Wood), 2-36 (Dennis Amiss), 3-153 (John Edrich), 4-419 (Mike Denness), 5-497 (Tony Greig), 6-578 (Keith Fletcher)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Richard Collinge	24	6	75	0	2.34	-	-	-
Dayle Hadlee	20	2	102	2	3.82	-	-	-
Ewen Chatfield	19	2	95	0	3.75	-	-	-
Bevan Congdon	30	3	115	2	2.87	-	-	-
Hedley Howarth	46	9	135	1	2.20	-	-	-
Geoff Howarth	14	1	47	1	2.51	-	-	-

New Zealand 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Morrison	c Amiss b Greig	58	153	196	9	0	37.90
Glenn Turner	c Amiss b Arnold	8	7	5	1	0	114.28
John Parker	c †Knott b Underwood	121	297	408	18	0	40.74
Bevan Congdon (c)	c Old b Greig	2	9	10	0	0	22.22
Brian Hastings	c †Knott b Old	13	40	50	3	0	32.50
Geoff Howarth	c Wood b Greig	6	13	12	1	0	46.15
Ken Wadsworth †	lbw b Underwood	58	144	218	6	0	40.27
Dayle Hadlee	c sub (BW Luckhurst) b Underwood	22	48	48	3	0	45.83
Hedley Howarth	c Fletcher b Greig	9	20	30	2	0	45.00
Richard Collinge	not out	0	3	8	0	0	0.00
Ewen Chatfield	c Fletcher b Greig	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 4, nb 20)	29
Total	89 Ov (RR: 3.66)	326
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Glenn Turner), 2-125 (John Morrison), 3-131 (Bevan Congdon), 4-166 (Brian Hastings), 5-173 (Geoff Howarth), 6-285 (John Parker), 7-315 (Dayle Hadlee), 8-326 (Ken Wadsworth), 9-326 (Hedley Howarth), 10-326 (Ewen Chatfield)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Geoff Arnold	20	4	69	1	2.58	-	-	-
Peter Lever	20	4	75	0	2.81	-	-	-
Tony Greig	26	4	98	5	2.82	-	-	-
Derek Underwood	16	6	38	3	1.78	-	-	-
Chris Old	7	3	17	1	1.82	-	-	-

New Zealand 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Morrison	c Fletcher b Greig	58	114	160	8	0	50.87
Glenn Turner	c †Knott b Lever	2	6	14	0	0	33.33
Bevan Congdon (c)	b Underwood	18	34	54	1	0	52.94
Brian Hastings	c Amiss b Lever	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
John Parker	c Edrich b Greig	13	57	64	1	0	22.80
Geoff Howarth	not out	51	92	164	5	0	55.43
Ken Wadsworth †	c Fletcher b Underwood	6	36	36	0	0	16.66
Dayle Hadlee	c Edrich b Greig	1	9	5	0	0	11.11
Hedley Howarth	b Greig	4	23	20	1	0	17.39
Richard Collinge	c Fletcher b Greig	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Ewen Chatfield	retired hurt	13	23	79	1	0	56.52
Extras	(lb 6, nb 12)	18
Total	57.5 Ov (RR: 3.19)	184
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Glenn Turner), 2-42 (Bevan Congdon), 3-46 (Brian Hastings), 4-99 (John Parker), 5-102 (John Morrison), 6-131 (Ken Wadsworth), 7-134 (Dayle Hadlee), 8-140 (Hedley Howarth), 9-140 (Richard Collinge), 9-184* (Ewen Chatfield, retired not out)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Geoff Arnold	6	1	31	0	3.87	-	-	-
Peter Lever	11.5	0	37	2	2.38	-	-	-
Tony Greig	15	3	51	5	2.55	-	-	-
Derek Underwood	25	9	47	2	1.41	-	-	-

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Close of Play

Thu, 20 Feb - day 1 - England 1st innings 319/3 (Mike Denness 149*, Keith Fletcher 76*)

Fri, 21 Feb - day 2 - New Zealand 1st innings 31/1 (John Morrison 7*, John Parker 9*)

Sat, 22 Feb - day 3 - New Zealand 1st innings 285/5 (John Parker 121*, Ken Wadsworth 49*)

Sun, 23 Feb - day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 161/9 (Geoff Howarth 38*, Ewen Chatfield 4*)

Mon, 24 Feb - rest day

Tue, 25 Feb - day 5 - New Zealand 2nd innings 184 (57.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 5

EJ Chatfield retired hurt at 184/9 (fractured skull from a bouncer from P Lever which struck his left temple)
When struck, Chatfield's heart stopped beating, and Bernard Thomas, the English physiotherapist, saved his life with a heart-massage and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

Match Details

Eden Park, Auckland
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of New Zealand
Season	1974/75
Series result	England led the 2-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 757
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Ewen Chatfield Geoff Howarth
Umpires	Dennis Copps Ralph Gardiner

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New Zealand Innings

Player Name		R	B
JFM Morrison	caught	58	114
GM Turner	caught	2	6
BE Congdon	bowled	18	34
BF Hastings	caught	0	5
JM Parker	caught	13	57
GP Howarth	not out	51	92
KJ Wadsworth	caught	6	36
DR Hadlee	caught	1	9
HJ Howarth	bowled	4	23
RO Collinge	caught	0	2
EJ Chatfield	retired hurt	13	23
Extras	(lb 6, nb 12)
Total	184(9 wkts; 57.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
GG Arnold	6	1	31	0	3.87
P Lever	11.5	0	37	2	2.38
AW Greig	15	3	51	5	2.55
DL Underwood	25	9	47	2	1.41

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	3	Glenn Turner	John Morrison
2nd	39	Bevan Congdon	John Morrison
3rd	4	Brian Hastings	John Morrison
4th	53	John Parker	John Morrison
5th	3	John Morrison	Geoff Howarth
6th	29	Ken Wadsworth	Geoff Howarth
7th	3	Dayle Hadlee	Geoff Howarth
8th	6	Hedley Howarth	Geoff Howarth
9th	0	Richard Collinge	Geoff Howarth
10th	44	Ewen Chatfield	Geoff Howarth

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