Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Sheppard	c †Dick b Cameron	12	-	85	0	0	-
Ray Illingworth	c Reid b Cameron	20	-	48	4	0	-
Ken Barrington	c Playle b Cameron	126	-	254	15	1	-
Ted Dexter (c)	c Barton b Yuile	7	-	21	1	0	-
Colin Cowdrey	c Barton b Cameron	86	-	162	9	1	-
Peter Parfitt	not out	131	-	289	14	0	-
Barry Knight	b Alabaster	125	-	215	14	0	-
Fred Titmus	st †Dick b Sparling	26	-	25	3	0	-
John Murray †	not out	9	-	14	0	0	-
Extras	(b 18, lb 1, nb 1)	20
Total	186 Ov (RR: 3.02)	562/7d
Did not bat: David Larter, Len Coldwell
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Ray Illingworth), 2-45 (David Sheppard), 3-63 (Ted Dexter), 4-229 (Colin Cowdrey), 5-258 (Ken Barrington), 6-498 (Barry Knight), 7-535 (Fred Titmus)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dick Motz	42	12	98	0	2.33	-	-	-
Frank Cameron	43	7	118	4	2.74	-	-	-
Jack Alabaster	40	6	130	1	3.25	-	-	-
Bryan Yuile	21	4	77	1	3.66	-	-	-
John Reid	28	8	67	0	2.39	-	-	-
John Sparling	12	2	52	1	4.33	-	-	-

New Zealand 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graham Dowling	b Coldwell	3	-	17	0	0	-
Bill Playle	c Dexter b Larter	0	-	4	0	0	-
Paul Barton	c Sheppard b Larter	3	-	17	0	0	-
John Reid (c)	b Titmus	59	-	135	8	2	-
Barry Sinclair	c Coldwell b Titmus	24	-	77	3	0	-
John Sparling	c †Murray b Larter	3	-	30	0	0	-
Artie Dick †	run out	29	-	107	3	0	-
Bryan Yuile	run out	64	-	190	7	0	-
Dick Motz	c †Murray b Knight	60	-	114	7	1	-
Jack Alabaster	b Knight	2	-	13	0	0	-
Frank Cameron	not out	0	-	3	0	0	-
Extras	(b 5, lb 3, nb 2, w 1)	11
Total	110.4 Ov (RR: 2.33)	258
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Bill Playle), 2-7 (Graham Dowling), 3-7 (Paul Barton), 4-62 (Barry Sinclair), 5-71 (John Sparling), 6-109 (John Reid), 7-161 (Artie Dick), 8-256 (Bryan Yuile), 9-258 (Dick Motz), 10-258 (Jack Alabaster)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Len Coldwell	27	9	66	1	2.44	-	-	-
David Larter	26	12	51	3	1.96	-	-	-
Barry Knight	10.4	2	23	2	2.15	-	-	-
Fred Titmus	25	9	44	2	1.76	-	-	-
Ken Barrington	12	4	38	0	3.16	-	-	-
Ted Dexter	9	4	20	0	2.22	-	-	-
Ray Illingworth	1	0	5	0	5.00	-	-	-

New Zealand 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graham Dowling	b Illingworth	14	-	82	0	0	-
Bill Playle	c Dexter b Coldwell	4	-	35	0	0	-
Paul Barton	lbw b Titmus	16	-	54	1	0	-
John Sparling	c Barrington b Illingworth	0	-	12	0	0	-
Barry Sinclair	b Larter	2	-	17	0	0	-
John Reid (c)	not out	21	-	66	3	0	-
Artie Dick †	c Illingworth b Larter	0	-	1	0	0	-
Bryan Yuile	lbw b Larter	1	-	16	0	0	-
Dick Motz	c & b Illingworth	20	-	20	2	1	-
Jack Alabaster	c Titmus b Illingworth	0	-	4	0	0	-
Frank Cameron	b Larter	1	-	7	0	0	-
Extras	(b 2, lb 8)	10
Total	53.1 Ov (RR: 1.67)	89
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Bill Playle), 2-42 (Graham Dowling), 3-42 (Paul Barton), 4-42 (John Sparling), 5-46 (Barry Sinclair), 6-46 (Artie Dick), 7-56 (Bryan Yuile), 8-83 (Dick Motz), 9-83 (Jack Alabaster), 10-89 (Frank Cameron)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Len Coldwell	5	2	4	1	0.80	-	-	-
David Larter	14.1	3	26	4	1.83	-	-	-
Barry Knight	10	2	13	0	1.30	-	-	-
Fred Titmus	6	5	2	1	0.33	-	-	-
Ray Illingworth	18	7	34	4	1.88	-	-	-

Close of Play

Sat, 23 Feb - day 1 - England 1st innings 328/5 (Peter Parfitt 33*, Barry Knight 39*)

Sun, 24 Feb - rest day

Mon, 25 Feb - day 2 - New Zealand 1st innings 66/4 (John Reid 34*, John Sparling 0*)

Tue, 26 Feb - day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 42/4 (Barry Sinclair 0*)

Wed, 27 Feb - day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 89 (53.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Eng 1st innings:
Parfitt/Knight partnership of 240 new record for sixth wicket. An umpiring error by Short allowed Sparling to bowl 11 balls (excluding wides and no-balls) in his sixth over (!)

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New Zealand Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
LJ Coldwell	5	2	4	1	0.8
JDF Larter	14.1	3	26	4	1.83
BR Knight	10	2	13	0	1.3
FJ Titmus	6	5	2	1	0.33
R Illingworth	18	7	34	4	1.88

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