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England v New Zealand @ Kennington Oval, London
13, 15, 16 August 1949 (three-day match)
Toss: New Zealand (bat)
Umpires: D Davies, FS Lee
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bert Sutcliffe | c Alec Bedser b Eric Hollies | 88 | 0 | - | - | - |
| 2. Verdun Scott | c Bill Edrich b Alec Bedser | 60 | - | 110 | - | - |
| +3. John Reid | lbw b Doug Wright | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Merv Wallace | c Bill Edrich b Alec Bedser | 55 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Martin Donnelly | c Bill Edrich b Trevor Bailey | 27 | - | - | - | - |
| *6. Walter Hadlee | c Godfrey Evans b Alec Bedser | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Geoff Rabone | c Godfrey Evans b Trevor Bailey | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Tom Burtt | c Godfrey Evans b Trevor Bailey | 36 | - | 95 | - | - |
| 9. Harry Cave | b Denis Compton | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Jack Cowie | c Len Hutton b Alec Bedser | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Fen Cresswell | not out | 12 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-121 (Verdun Scott), 2-134 (John Reid), 3-170 (Bert Sutcliffe), 4-239 (Merv Wallace), 5-239 (Martin Donnelly), 6-272 (Geoff Rabone), 7-287 (Walter Hadlee), 8-311 (Harry Cave), 9-320 (Jack Cowie), 345 (Tom Burtt). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 1w, 6nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 112.1 ovs) 345 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Trevor Bailey | 26.1 | 7 | 72 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alec Bedser | 31 | 6 | 74 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bill Edrich | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Doug Wright | 22 | 1 | 93 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Laker | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eric Hollies | 20 | 7 | 51 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Freddie Brown | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Denis Compton | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Len Hutton | c Geoff Rabone b Fen Cresswell | 206 | - | 300 | 25 | - |
| 2. Reg Simpson | c Martin Donnelly b Fen Cresswell | 68 | - | 140 | - | - |
| 3. Bill Edrich | c Harry Cave b Fen Cresswell | 100 | - | 185 | 14 | - |
| 4. Denis Compton | c Verdun Scott b Fen Cresswell | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Trevor Bailey | c John Reid b Jack Cowie | 36 | - | - | - | - |
| *6. Freddie Brown | c Walter Hadlee b Fen Cresswell | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| +7. Godfrey Evans | c Martin Donnelly b Jack Cowie | 17 | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Jim Laker | c Verdun Scott b Jack Cowie | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Alec Bedser | c John Reid b Jack Cowie | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Eric Hollies | not out | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Doug Wright | lbw b Fen Cresswell | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-147 (Reg Simpson), 2-365 (Len Hutton), 3-396 (Denis Compton), 4-401 (Bill Edrich), 5-436 (Freddie Brown), 6-469 (Godfrey Evans), 7-470 (Jim Laker), 8-472 (Alec Bedser), 9-481 (Trevor Bailey), 482 (Doug Wright). |
| Extras | 6b, 11lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 20 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 117.2 ovs) 482 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Jack Cowie | 28 | 1 | 123 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Fen Cresswell | 41.2 | 6 | 168 | 6 | (0w,0nb) |
| Harry Cave | 24 | 4 | 78 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tom Burtt | 24 | 2 | 93 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bert Sutcliffe | c Freddie Brown b Alec Bedser | 54 | 0 | - | - | - |
| 2. Verdun Scott | c Godfrey Evans b Alec Bedser | 6 | - | 12 | - | - |
| *3. Walter Hadlee | c Bill Edrich b Eric Hollies | 22 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Merv Wallace | st Godfrey Evans b Eric Hollies | 58 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Martin Donnelly | c Freddie Brown b Alec Bedser | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| +6. John Reid | c Doug Wright b Jim Laker | 93 | - | 130 | - | - |
| 7. Geoff Rabone | lbw b Jim Laker | 20 | - | 75 | - | - |
| 8. Tom Burtt | c Denis Compton b Jim Laker | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Harry Cave | not out | 14 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Jack Cowie | c Doug Wright b Jim Laker | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Fen Cresswell | not out | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-24 (Verdun Scott), 2-68 (Walter Hadlee), 3-115 (Bert Sutcliffe), 4-131 (Martin Donnelly), 5-188 (Merv Wallace), 6-276 (John Reid), 7-283 (Geoff Rabone), 8-299 (Tom Burtt), 9-308 (Jack Cowie). |
| Extras | 10b, 5lb, 0w, 6nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 97 ovs) 308 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Trevor Bailey | 11 | 1 | 67 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alec Bedser | 23 | 4 | 59 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Doug Wright | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Laker | 29 | 6 | 78 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eric Hollies | 17 | 6 | 30 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Freddie Brown | 10 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Denis Compton | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Len Hutton, Reg Simpson, Bill Edrich, Denis Compton, Trevor Bailey, Freddie Brown, Godfrey Evans, Jim Laker, Alec Bedser, Eric Hollies, Doug Wright