English cricket team in New Zealand in 1932–33

Douglas Jardine's England national cricket team toured New Zealand in March 1933 as an afterword to their "bodyline" tour of Australia. England and New Zealand played a two-match Test series. New Zealand were captained by Curly Page. Both Tests were drawn. The second Test of the series, at Auckland, was the 200th Test match to be played by England.

Test series summary

First Test

24–27 March 1933
Scorecard
v
560/8d (147.3 overs)
WR Hammond 227
FT Badcock 3/142 (54 overs)
223 (116.1 overs)
GL Weir 66
W Voce 3/27 (17.1 overs)
35/0 (f/o) (16.1 overs)
PE Whitelaw 17*

Second Test

31 March–3 April 1933
Scorecard
v
158 (56.5 overs)
CS Dempster 83*
WE Bowes 6/34 (19 overs)
548/7d (156 overs)
WR Hammond 336*
GL Weir 2/39 (11 overs)
16/0 (8.3 overs)
JE Mills 11*
Match drawn
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: KH Cave and JT Forrester
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 2 April was taken as a rest day.
  • JA Dunning (NZ) made his Test debut.

Wally Hammond's score of 336 not out in the second Test was the highest individual score in a Test match, breaking the record of 334 set by Don Bradman three years earlier.



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