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New Zealand v England @ Eden Park, Auckland
14, 16, 17, 18 March 1959 (four-day match)
Toss: New Zealand (bat)
Umpires: J Cowie, RWR Shortt
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bruce Bolton | run out ( > > ) | 0 | 11 | 14 | - | - |
| 2. Roger Harris | c Roy Swetman b Ted Dexter | 12 | 65 | 97 | 1 | - |
| 3. Noel McGregor | hit wicket b Fred Trueman | 1 | 0 | 25 | - | - |
| 4. John Guy | b Ted Dexter | 1 | 0 | 25 | - | - |
| 5. Bert Sutcliffe | b Tony Lock | 61 | 0 | 163 | 7 | 1 |
| *6. John Reid | b Ted Dexter | 3 | 0 | 46 | - | - |
| 7. John Sparling | c Roy Swetman b Fred Trueman | 25 | 0 | 111 | 2 | - |
| 8. Alex Moir | c Tom Graveney b Fred Trueman | 10 | 0 | 44 | - | - |
| +9. Eric Petrie | c Fred Trueman b Tony Lock | 13 | 80 | 90 | 1 | - |
| 10. Bob Blair | c Colin Cowdrey b Frank Tyson | 22 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 1 |
| 11. Ken Hough | not out | 24 | 14 | 17 | 5 | - |
| FOW | 1-3 (Bruce Bolton), 2-6 (Noel McGregor), 3-11 (John Guy), 4-16 (Roger Harris), 5-41 (John Reid), 6-98 (Bert Sutcliffe), 7-116 (John Sparling), 8-125 (Alex Moir), 9-157 (Bob Blair), 181 (Eric Petrie). |
| Extras | 7b, 1lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 89.3 ovs) 181 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Fred Trueman | 26 | 12 | 46 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Frank Tyson | 20 | 9 | 50 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ted Dexter | 19 | 8 | 23 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Lock | 20.3 | 12 | 29 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Mortimore | 4 | 1 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Peter Richardson | c Bruce Bolton b Alex Moir | 67 | - | 188 | 5 | - |
| 2. Willie Watson | b Ken Hough | 11 | - | 51 | - | - |
| 3. Tom Graveney | b Alex Moir | 46 | - | 60 | 8 | - |
| *4. Peter May | not out | 124 | - | 250 | 14 | - |
| 5. Colin Cowdrey | b Ken Hough | 5 | - | 20 | - | - |
| 6. Ted Dexter | c Eric Petrie b Alex Moir | 1 | - | 9 | - | - |
| 7. John Mortimore | b Ken Hough | 9 | - | 49 | 1 | - |
| +8. Roy Swetman | run out ( > > ) | 17 | - | 47 | 1 | - |
| 9. Fred Trueman | not out | 21 | - | 42 | 3 | - |
| 10. Tony Lock | ||||||
| 11. Frank Tyson |
| FOW | 1-26 (Willie Watson), 2-94 (Tom Graveney), 3-165 (Peter Richardson), 4-182 (Colin Cowdrey), 5-183 (Ted Dexter), 6-223 (John Mortimore), 7-261 (Roy Swetman). |
| Extras | 4b, 6lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 118 ovs) 311 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bob Blair | 27 | 6 | 69 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ken Hough | 38 | 12 | 79 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Reid | 4 | 1 | 19 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Sparling | 20 | 7 | 48 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alex Moir | 28 | 4 | 84 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bert Sutcliffe | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
Bruce Bolton, Roger Harris, Noel McGregor, John Guy, Bert Sutcliffe, John Reid, John Sparling, Alex Moir, Eric Petrie, Bob Blair, Ken Hough