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Test no. 757
England in New Zealand Test Series - 1st Test
New Zealand v England
1974/75 season

Played at Eden Park, Auckland, on 20,21,22,23,25 February 1975 (5-day match)

Result England won by an innings and 83 runs

England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
DL Amiss c wicketkeeperWadsworth b Hadlee 19 42 42 4 0 45.23
B Wood c Parker b Hadlee 0 6 1 0 0 0.00
JH Edrich c Congdon b HJ Howarth 64 182 158 10 0 40.50
captain MH Denness c Parker b Congdon 181 414 392 25 0 46.17
KWR Fletcher c Hadlee b Congdon 216 443 413 29 0 52.30
AW Greig b GP Howarth 51 89 95 5 0 53.68
wicketkeeper APE Knott not out 29 101 124 2 0 23.38
CM Old not out 9 17 10 2 0 90.00
    Extras (b 2, lb 14, nb 8) 24
    Total (6 wickets dec; 153 overs) 593 (2.90 runs per 6 balls)

Did not bat DL Underwood, GG Arnold, P Lever

Fall of wickets1-4 (Wood), 2-36 (Amiss), 3-153 (Edrich), 4-419 (Denness), 5-497 (Greig), 6-578 (Fletcher)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 RO Collinge 24 6 75 0 2.34
 DR Hadlee 20 2 102 2 3.82
 EJ Chatfield 19 2 95 0 3.75
 BE Congdon 30 3 115 2 2.87
 HJ Howarth 46 9 135 1 2.20
 GP Howarth 14 1 47 1 2.51

New Zealand 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
JFM Morrison c Amiss b Greig 58 196 153 9 0 37.90
GM Turner c Amiss b Arnold 8 5 7 1 0 114.28
JM Parker c wicketkeeperKnott b Underwood 121 408 297 18 0 40.74
captain BE Congdon c Old b Greig 2 10 9 0 0 22.22
BF Hastings c wicketkeeperKnott b Old 13 50 40 3 0 32.50
GP Howarth c Wood b Greig 6 12 13 1 0 46.15
wicketkeeper KJ Wadsworth lbw b Underwood 58 218 144 6 0 40.27
DR Hadlee c sub (BW Luckhurst) b Underwood 22 48 48 3 0 45.83
HJ Howarth c Fletcher b Greig 9 30 20 2 0 45.00
RO Collinge not out 0 8 3 0 0 0.00
EJ Chatfield c Fletcher b Greig 0 3 5 0 0 0.00
    Extras (b 5, lb 4, nb 20) 29
    Total (all out; 89 overs) 326 (2.74 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-9 (Turner), 2-125 (Morrison), 3-131 (Congdon), 4-166 (Hastings), 5-173 (GP Howarth), 6-285 (Parker), 7-315 (Hadlee), 8-326 (Wadsworth), 9-326 (HJ Howarth), 10-326 (Chatfield)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 GG Arnold 20 4 69 1 2.58
 P Lever 20 4 75 0 2.81
 AW Greig 26 4 98 5 2.82
 DL Underwood 16 6 38 3 1.78
 CM Old 7 3 17 1 1.82

New Zealand 2nd innings (following on) R M B 4s 6s SR
JFM Morrison c Fletcher b Greig 58 160 114 8 0 50.87
GM Turner c wicketkeeperKnott b Lever 2 14 6 0 0 33.33
captain BE Congdon b Underwood 18 54 34 1 0 52.94
BF Hastings c Amiss b Lever 0 5 5 0 0 0.00
JM Parker c Edrich b Greig 13 64 57 1 0 22.80
GP Howarth not out 51 164 92 5 0 55.43
wicketkeeper KJ Wadsworth c Fletcher b Underwood 6 36 36 0 0 16.66
DR Hadlee c Edrich b Greig 1 5 9 0 0 11.11
HJ Howarth b Greig 4 20 23 1 0 17.39
RO Collinge c Fletcher b Greig 0 1 2 0 0 0.00
EJ Chatfield retired hurt 13 79 23 1 0 56.52
    Extras (lb 6, nb 12) 18
    Total (all out; 57.5 overs) 184 (2.39 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-3 (Turner), 2-42 (Congdon), 3-46 (Hastings), 4-99 (Parker), 5-102 (Morrison), 6-131 (Wadsworth), 7-134 (Hadlee), 8-140 (HJ Howarth), 9-140 (Collinge), 9-184* (Chatfield, retired not out)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 GG Arnold 6 1 31 0 3.87
 P Lever 11.5 0 37 2 2.38
 AW Greig 15 3 51 5 2.55
 DL Underwood 25 9 47 2 1.41

Balls per over 8

Toss England, who chose to bat first
Series England led the 2-match series 1-0

Test debuts EJ Chatfield and GP Howarth (New Zealand)

Umpires DEA Copps and WRC Gardiner

Close of play
20 Feb day 1 - England 1st innings 319/3 (MH Denness 149*, KWR Fletcher 76*)
21 Feb day 2 - New Zealand 1st innings 31/1 (JFM Morrison 7*, JM Parker 9*)
22 Feb day 3 - New Zealand 1st innings 285/5 (JM Parker 121*, KJ Wadsworth 49*)
23 Feb day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 161/9 (GP Howarth 38*, EJ Chatfield 4*)
24 Feb rest day
25 Feb day 5 - New Zealand 2nd innings 184 (57.5 ov) - end of match

Match notes

  • Day 1
  • B Wood was out first ball after joining the team in NZ three days earlier.
  • Day 2
  • MH Denness 181 in 414 mins, 25 fours
  • KWR Fletcher 216 in 443 mins, 30 fours
  • MH Denness and KWR Fletcher 266, 4th wicket record in Eng v NZ Tests
  • Day 5
  • EJ Chatfield retired hurt at 184/9 (fractured skull from a bouncer from P Lever which struck his left temple)
  • When struck, Chatfield's heart stopped beating, and Bernard Thomas, the English physiotherapist, saved his life with a heart-massage and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

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