Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Rabone (c)	st †Evans b Wardle	18	-	180	2	0	-
Murray Chapple	b Statham	0	-	25	0	0	-
Bert Sutcliffe	c Statham b Bailey	74	-	267	5	3	-
John Reid	b Statham	4	-	3	1	0	-
Noel McGregor	b Tyson	2	-	27	0	0	-
Les Watt	b Tyson	0	-	6	0	0	-
Harry Cave	b Tyson	1	-	18	0	0	-
Alex Moir	b Statham	7	-	11	1	0	-
Bob Blair	b Statham	0	-	9	0	0	-
Tony MacGibbon	c †Evans b Bailey	7	-	15	1	0	-
Ian Colquhoun †	not out	0	-	7	0	0	-
Extras	(b 5, lb 4, nb 3)	12
Total	81.2 Ov (RR: 1.53)	125
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Murray Chapple), 2-63 (Geoff Rabone), 3-68 (John Reid), 4-72 (Noel McGregor), 5-76 (Les Watt), 6-86 (Harry Cave), 7-103 (Alex Moir), 8-113 (Bob Blair), 9-122 (Tony MacGibbon), 10-125 (Bert Sutcliffe)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Frank Tyson	19	7	23	3	1.21	-	-	-
Brian Statham	17	9	24	4	1.41	-	-	-
Trevor Bailey	12.2	6	19	2	1.54	-	-	-
Johnny Wardle	26	15	31	1	1.19	-	-	-
Bob Appleyard	7	3	16	0	2.28	-	-	-

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton (c)	c †Colquhoun b Reid	11	-	50	2	0	-
Tom Graveney	b Cave	41	-	83	7	0	-
Peter May	b MacGibbon	10	-	70	1	0	-
Colin Cowdrey	lbw b Reid	42	-	88	6	0	-
Reg Simpson	b Cave	21	-	58	2	1	-
Trevor Bailey	lbw b Reid	0	-	3	0	0	-
Godfrey Evans †	b Reid	0	-	9	0	0	-
Johnny Wardle	not out	32	-	102	3	0	-
Frank Tyson	c McGregor b MacGibbon	16	-	90	2	0	-
Bob Appleyard	not out	0	-	3	0	0	-
Extras	(b 13, lb 17, nb 6)	36
Total	92.5 Ov (RR: 2.25)	209/8d
Did not bat: Brian Statham
Fall of wickets: 1-60 (Leonard Hutton), 2-71 (Tom Graveney), 3-101 (Peter May), 4-150 (Colin Cowdrey), 5-152 (Trevor Bailey), 6-152 (Reg Simpson), 7-156 (Godfrey Evans), 8-208 (Frank Tyson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Blair	8	1	29	0	3.62	-	-	-
Tony MacGibbon	24.5	11	39	2	1.57	-	-	-
John Reid	27	11	36	4	1.33	-	-	-
Harry Cave	24	15	27	2	1.12	-	-	-
Alex Moir	9	1	42	0	4.66	-	-	-

New Zealand 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Rabone (c)	lbw b Wardle	7	-	41	0	0	-
Bert Sutcliffe	run out	35	-	91	4	1	-
Murray Chapple	b Statham	20	-	61	1	1	-
John Reid	b Tyson	28	-	90	3	1	-
Noel McGregor	c Cowdrey b Appleyard	8	-	25	1	0	-
Les Watt	b Appleyard	2	-	11	0	0	-
Harry Cave	b Tyson	1	-	8	0	0	-
Tony MacGibbon	b Tyson	0	-	1	0	0	-
Alex Moir	lbw b Tyson	10	-	15	2	0	-
Bob Blair	b Wardle	3	-	14	0	0	-
Ian Colquhoun †	not out	1	-	5	0	0	-
Extras	(b 7, lb 10)	17
Total	56.3 Ov (RR: 2.33)	132
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Geoff Rabone), 2-68 (Bert Sutcliffe), 3-75 (Murray Chapple), 4-96 (Noel McGregor), 5-98 (Les Watt), 6-103 (Harry Cave), 7-103 (Tony MacGibbon), 8-123 (Alex Moir), 9-126 (John Reid), 10-132 (Bob Blair)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Frank Tyson	12	6	16	4	1.33	-	-	-
Brian Statham	15	5	30	1	2.00	-	-	-
Trevor Bailey	8	4	9	0	1.12	-	-	-
Johnny Wardle	14.3	4	41	2	2.82	-	-	-
Bob Appleyard	7	2	19	2	2.71	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings (T: 49 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton (c)	c †Colquhoun b Blair	3	-	17	0	0	-
Tom Graveney	not out	32	-	50	5	0	-
Peter May	b MacGibbon	13	-	25	2	0	-
Colin Cowdrey	not out	0	-	4	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 1)	1
Total	15.2 Ov (RR: 3.19)	49/2
Did not bat: Reg Simpson, Trevor Bailey, Godfrey Evans †, Johnny Wardle, Frank Tyson, Bob Appleyard, Brian Statham
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Leonard Hutton), 2-47 (Peter May)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Blair	4	0	20	1	5.00	-	-	-
Tony MacGibbon	7.2	2	16	1	2.18	-	-	-
John Reid	4	2	12	0	3.00	-	-	-

Close of Play

Fri, 11 Mar - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 125

Sat, 12 Mar - day 2 - England 1st innings 209/8 (Johnny Wardle 32*, Bob Appleyard 0*)

Sun, 13 Mar - rest day

Mon, 14 Mar - day 3 - no play

Tue, 15 Mar - day 4 - no play

Wed, 16 Mar - day 5 - England 2nd innings 49/2 (15.2 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Carisbrook, Dunedin
Toss	England, elected to field first
Series	England tour of New Zealand
Season	1954/55
Series result	England led the 2-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 401
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Ian Colquhoun Les Watt Noel McGregor
Umpires	Robin Currie Stanley Tomkinson

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England Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RW Blair	4	0	20	1	5
AR MacGibbon	7.2	2	16	1	2.18
JR Reid	4	2	12	0	3

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