Marylebone Cricket Club in New Zealand in 1935–36
An English team raised by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) toured New Zealand from December 1935 to March 1936 and played eight first-class matches including four against the New Zealand national cricket team. MCC also played the main provincial teams, Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago, and ten non-first-class matches against teams from minor cricket associations.[1]
The MCC team was captained by Errol Holmes. The overall tour included a short stopover in Ceylon, where a single minor match was played, and six first-class matches in Australia between October and December 1935.[1]
The team
- Errol Holmes (captain)
- Charles Lyttelton (vice-captain)
- Wilf Barber
- Sandy Baxter
- Billy Griffith
- Joe Hardstaff
- John Human
- James Langridge
- Mandy Mitchell-Innes
- Jim Parks
- Adam Powell
- Hopper Read
- Jim Sims
- Denis Smith
Bob Wyatt was offered the captaincy but declined, saying he needed a rest.[2] In order to limit the expense of the tour, MCC chose only six professionals (Barber, Hardstaff, Langridge, Parks, Sims and Smith), and there was no manager.[3] The team was the youngest-ever English touring team, with an average age of 26.[4] Holmes judged his team to be "just about representative of England's second XI at the time".[5]
Lyttelton, later known as Viscount Cobham, returned to New Zealand as Governor-General between 1957 and 1962.
First-class matches
20-23 December 1935 Scorecard |
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- Marylebone Cricket Club elected to field
24-26 December 1935 Scorecard |
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52/0 (16.1 overs) Jim Parks 34* |
Marylebone Cricket Club won by 10 wickets Lancaster Park, Christchurch Umpires: JT Forrester and R Coleman |
- Canterbury elected to bat
31 December 1935-2 January 1936 Scorecard |
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Marylebone Cricket Club won by an innings and 115 runs Carisbrook, Dunedin Umpires: Richard Torrance and William Butler |
- Otago elected to bat first
10-13 January 1936 Scorecard |
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- New Zealand elected to bat
17-20 January 1936 Scorecard |
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- New Zealand elected to bat
21-24 January 1936 Scorecard |
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- Auckland elected to bat
- 23 February was taken as a rest day
28 February-2 March 1936 Scorecard |
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- Toss not known
- 1 March was taken as a rest day
6-9 March 1936 Scorecard |
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- Marylebone Cricket Club elected to bat
- 8 March was taken as a rest day
- No play on 9 March due to rain
Assessments
The tour made a financial loss for the New Zealand Cricket Council of £3,000, which was considered severe.[6]
References
Bibliography
- Errol Holmes, Flannelled Foolishness, Hollis & Carter, London, 1957, pp. 126–143
- Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 136–139
External links
- Marylebone Cricket Club in New Zealand, 1935-36 at Cricinfo
- Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1935-36 at CricketArchive
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