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| Venue | Carisbrook, Dunedin on 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th March 1955 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | England won by 8 wickets |
| Umpires | RG Currie, SB Tomkinson |
| Close of play day 1 | New Zealand (1) 125 all out |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 209/8 (Wardle 32*, Appleyard 0*) |
| Close of play day 3 | No play |
| Close of play day 4 | No play |
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GO Rabone | st Evans b Wardle | 18 | 180 | 2 | - | ||
| ME Chapple | b Statham | 0 | 25 | - | - | ||
| B Sutcliffe | c Statham b Bailey | 74 | 267 | 5 | 3 | ||
| JR Reid | b Statham | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | ||
| SN McGregor | b Tyson | 2 | 27 | - | - | ||
| L Watt | b Tyson | 0 | 6 | - | - | ||
| HB Cave | b Tyson | 1 | 18 | - | - | ||
| AM Moir | b Statham | 7 | 11 | 1 | - | ||
| RW Blair | b Statham | 0 | 9 | - | - | ||
| AR MacGibbon | c Evans b Bailey | 7 | 15 | 1 | - | ||
| +IA Colquhoun | not out | 0 | 7 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (5 b, 4 lb, 3 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 81.2 overs) | 125 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3 (Chapple), 2-63 (Rabone), 3-68 (Reid), 4-72 (McGregor), 5-76 (Watt), 6-86 (Cave), 7-103 (Moir), 8-113 (Blair), 9-122 (MacGibbon), 10-125 (Sutcliffe, 81.2 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tyson | 19 | 7 | 23 | 3 | - | - | |
| Statham | 17 | 9 | 24 | 4 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 12.2 | 6 | 19 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wardle | 26 | 15 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Appleyard | 7 | 3 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *L Hutton | c Colquhoun b Reid | 11 | 50 | 2 | - | ||
| TW Graveney | b Cave | 41 | 83 | 7 | - | ||
| PBH May | b MacGibbon | 10 | 70 | 1 | - | ||
| MC Cowdrey | lbw b Reid | 42 | 88 | 6 | - | ||
| RT Simpson | b Cave | 21 | 58 | 2 | 1 | ||
| TE Bailey | lbw b Reid | 0 | 3 | - | - | ||
| +TG Evans | b Reid | 0 | 9 | - | - | ||
| JH Wardle | not out | 32 | 102 | 3 | - | ||
| FH Tyson | c McGregor b MacGibbon | 16 | 90 | 2 | - | ||
| R Appleyard | not out | 0 | 3 | - | - | ||
| JB Statham | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (13 b, 17 lb, 6 nb) | 36 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 92.5 overs) | 209 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-60 (Hutton), 2-71 (Graveney), 3-101 (May), 4-150 (Cowdrey), 5-152 (Bailey), 6-152 (Simpson), 7-156 (Evans), 8-208 (Tyson) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Blair | 8 | 1 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| MacGibbon | 24.5 | 11 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Reid | 27 | 11 | 36 | 4 | - | - | |
| Cave | 24 | 15 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Moir | 9 | 1 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| New Zealand second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GO Rabone | lbw b Wardle | 7 | 41 | - | - | ||
| B Sutcliffe | run out | 35 | 91 | 4 | 1 | ||
| ME Chapple | b Statham | 20 | 61 | 1 | 1 | ||
| JR Reid | b Tyson | 28 | 90 | 3 | 1 | ||
| SN McGregor | c Cowdrey b Appleyard | 8 | 25 | 1 | - | ||
| L Watt | b Appleyard | 2 | 11 | - | - | ||
| HB Cave | b Tyson | 1 | 8 | - | - | ||
| AR MacGibbon | b Tyson | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| AM Moir | lbw b Tyson | 10 | 15 | 2 | - | ||
| RW Blair | b Wardle | 3 | 14 | - | - | ||
| +IA Colquhoun | not out | 1 | 5 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (7 b, 10 lb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 56.3 overs) | 132 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24 (Rabone), 2-68 (Sutcliffe), 3-75 (Chapple), 4-96 (McGregor), 5-98 (Watt), 6-103 (Cave), 7-103 (MacGibbon), 8-123 (Moir), 9-126 (Reid), 10-132 (Blair, 56.3 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Statham | 15 | 5 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tyson | 12 | 6 | 16 | 4 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 8 | 4 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wardle | 14.3 | 4 | 41 | 2 | - | - | |
| Appleyard | 7 | 2 | 19 | 2 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *L Hutton | c Colquhoun b Blair | 3 | 17 | - | - | ||
| TW Graveney | not out | 32 | 50 | 5 | - | ||
| PBH May | b MacGibbon | 13 | 25 | 2 | - | ||
| MC Cowdrey | not out | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| RT Simpson | did not bat | ||||||
| TE Bailey | did not bat | ||||||
| +TG Evans | did not bat | ||||||
| JH Wardle | did not bat | ||||||
| FH Tyson | did not bat | ||||||
| R Appleyard | did not bat | ||||||
| JB Statham | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 15.2 overs) | 49 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22 (Hutton), 2-47 (May) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Blair | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| MacGibbon | 7.2 | 2 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Reid | 4 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |