New Zealand v England 1st Test
England [Marylebone Cricket Club] tour of New Zealand - 1951 (1950/51) · Lancaster Park, Christchurch · 17 March 1951 · New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat
Match drawn
Match drawn. Trevor Bailey top-scored with 134* for England.
New Zealand, 383 (8 wkts)
| Bert Sutcliffe | bowled | 116 | 0 |
| Verdun Scott | bowled | 16 | 0 |
| John Reid | bowled | 50 | 0 |
| Merv Wallace | caught (Freddie Brown) | 66 | 0 |
| Walter Hadlee | caught (Freddie Brown) | 50 | 0 |
| Tony MacGibbon | lbw | 4 | 0 |
| Frank Mooney | stumping (Godfrey Evans) | 39 | 0 |
| Tom Burtt | bowled | 42 | 0 |
| Alex Moir | not out | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Hayes | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Fen Cresswell | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Alec Bedser 41.00-10-83-1Trevor Bailey 30.00-9-51-2Brian Statham 24.00-6-47-1Roy Tattersall 16.00-3-48-1Doug Wright 27.00-2-99-2Freddie Brown 15.20-3-34-1Denis Compton 4.00-0-21-0
England, 522 (10 wkts)
| Leonard Hutton | bowled | 28 | 0 |
| Cyril Washbrook | caught (Frank Mooney) | 58 | 0 |
| Reg Simpson | caught (Merv Wallace) | 81 | 0 |
| Denis Compton | bowled | 79 | 0 |
| Trevor Bailey | not out | 134 | 0 |
| Freddie Brown | caught (Verdun Scott) | 62 | 0 |
| Godfrey Evans | caught (Johnny Hayes) | 19 | 0 |
| Alec Bedser | caught (Johnny Hayes) | 5 | 0 |
| Roy Tattersall | bowled | 2 | 0 |
| Doug Wright | caught (Tony MacGibbon) | 45 | 0 |
| Brian Statham | bowled | 9 | 0 |
Johnny Hayes 43.00-11-85-1John Reid 10.00-2-29-0Tony MacGibbon 27.00-6-74-0Fen Cresswell 34.00-10-75-2Alex Moir 56.30-16-155-6Tom Burtt 49.00-23-99-1Verdun Scott 2.00-0-5-0
New Zealand, 46 (3 wkts)
| Bert Sutcliffe | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| John Reid | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Merv Wallace | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Hadlee | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Mooney | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Burtt | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Tony MacGibbon | caught (Godfrey Evans) | 8 | 0 |
| Johnny Hayes | lbw | 19 | 0 |
| Fen Cresswell | caught (Godfrey Evans) | 2 | 0 |
| Alex Moir | not out | 7 | 0 |
| Verdun Scott | not out | 10 | 0 |
Denis Compton 2.00-0-10-0Cyril Washbrook 4.00-0-25-1Reg Simpson 4.00-1-4-2Leonard Hutton 3.00-0-7-0
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