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New Zealand v England @ Eden Park, Auckland
25, 26, 28 March 1955 (five-day match)
Toss: New Zealand (bat)
Umpires: JC Harris, J McLellan
Match Result: England won by an innings and 20 runs
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bert Sutcliffe | c Trevor Bailey b Brian Statham | 49 | 0 | 90 | 8 | - |
| 2. Gordon Leggat | lbw b Frank Tyson | 4 | - | 12 | 1 | - |
| 3. Matt Poore | c Godfrey Evans b Frank Tyson | 0 | - | 2 | - | - |
| 4. John Reid | c Brian Statham b Johnny Wardle | 73 | - | 210 | 7 | 1 |
| *5. Geoff Rabone | c Godfrey Evans b Brian Statham | 29 | - | 155 | 2 | - |
| 6. Noel McGregor | not out | 15 | - | 79 | 2 | - |
| 7. Harry Cave | c Trevor Bailey b Bob Appleyard | 6 | - | 38 | 1 | - |
| 8. Tony MacGibbon | b Bob Appleyard | 9 | - | 10 | 2 | - |
| +9. Ian Colquhoun | c sub b Bob Appleyard | 0 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Alex Moir | lbw b Brian Statham | 0 | - | 4 | - | - |
| 11. Johnny Hayes | b Brian Statham | 0 | - | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 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), 200 (Johnny Hayes). |
| Extras | 3b, 6lb, 4w, 2nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 88.4 ovs) 200 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Frank Tyson | 11 | 2 | 41 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brian Statham | 17.4 | 7 | 28 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Trevor Bailey | 13 | 2 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Appleyard | 16 | 4 | 38 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Johnny Wardle | 31 | 19 | 44 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Reg Simpson | c & b Alex Moir | 23 | - | 68 | 3 | - |
| 2. Tom Graveney | c Geoff Rabone b Johnny Hayes | 13 | - | 26 | 2 | - |
| 3. Peter May | b Johnny Hayes | 48 | - | 125 | 3 | - |
| 4. Colin Cowdrey | b Alex Moir | 22 | - | 80 | 1 | - |
| *5. Len Hutton | b Tony MacGibbon | 53 | - | 143 | 5 | - |
| 6. Trevor Bailey | c Ian Colquhoun b Harry Cave | 18 | - | 81 | 2 | - |
| +7. Godfrey Evans | c John Reid b Alex Moir | 0 | - | 2 | - | - |
| 8. Johnny Wardle | c John Reid b Alex Moir | 0 | - | 4 | - | - |
| 9. Frank Tyson | not out | 27 | - | 92 | 2 | - |
| 10. Bob Appleyard | c Ian Colquhoun b Johnny Hayes | 6 | - | 15 | - | - |
| 11. Brian Statham | c John Reid b Alex Moir | 13 | - | 26 | - | 1 |
| FOW | 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 (Len Hutton), 9-218 (Bob Appleyard), 246 (Brian Statham). |
| Extras | 12b, 3lb, 0w, 8nb, 0pen) 23 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 119.1 ovs) 246 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Johnny Hayes | 23 | 7 | 71 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony MacGibbon | 20 | 7 | 33 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Reid | 25 | 15 | 28 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Harry Cave | 24 | 10 | 25 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alex Moir | 25.1 | 3 | 62 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Rabone | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bert Sutcliffe | b Johnny Wardle | 11 | 0 | 47 | - | - |
| 2. Gordon Leggat | c Len Hutton b Frank Tyson | 1 | - | 8 | - | - |
| 3. Matt Poore | b Frank Tyson | 0 | - | 8 | - | - |
| 4. John Reid | b Brian Statham | 1 | - | 10 | - | - |
| 5. Noel McGregor | c Peter May b Bob Appleyard | 1 | - | 31 | - | - |
| *6. Geoff Rabone | lbw b Brian Statham | 7 | - | 53 | - | - |
| 7. Harry Cave | c Tom Graveney b Bob Appleyard | 5 | - | 17 | - | - |
| 8. Tony MacGibbon | lbw b Bob Appleyard | 0 | - | 2 | - | - |
| +9. Ian Colquhoun | c Tom Graveney b Bob Appleyard | 0 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Alex Moir | not out | 0 | - | 14 | - | - |
| 11. Johnny Hayes | b Brian Statham | 0 | - | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-6 (Gordon Leggat), 2-8 (Matt Poore), 3-9 (John Reid), 4-14 (Bert Sutcliffe), 5-14 (Noel McGregor), 6-22 (Harry Cave), 7-22 (Tony MacGibbon), 8-22 (Ian Colquhoun), 9-26 (Geoff Rabone), 26 (Johnny Hayes). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 0 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 27 ovs) 26 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Frank Tyson | 7 | 2 | 10 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brian Statham | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Appleyard | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Johnny Wardle | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
Bert Sutcliffe, Gordon Leggat, Matt Poore, John Reid, Noel McGregor, Geoff Rabone, Harry Cave, Tony MacGibbon, Ian Colquhoun, Alex Moir, Johnny Hayes