New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 1898–99
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The
The team
The team that eventually toured was:
The matches
The first two matches, in Tasmania, were not first-class. The tourists drew an evenly matched game in Hobart against Southern Tasmania, and beat Northern Tasmania in Launceston by 150 runs.
In the match against
At the Sydney Cricket Ground against New South Wales the New Zealanders fared even worse. They were dismissed for 140 and took the first two New South Wales wickets cheaply, but again they dropped a series of catches, and Victor Trumper scored 253 in five and a half hours out of a New South Wales total of 588. New Zealand were then dismissed for 64, Tom McKibbin bowling unchanged through the innings to take 7 for 30.[4]
Baker was the highest scorer in the two first-class matches with 109 runs at an average of 27.25. Downes was the top wicket-taker with six wickets at 38.33.[4]
- First match
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- Toss not known
- Second match
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- Toss not known
- 12 February was a rest day
- Third match
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- New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat
- 19 February was a rest day
- Fourth match
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- New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat
- 26 February was a rest day
References
- ^ Dan Reese, Was It All Cricket?, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1948, p. 35.
- ^ Reese, p. 36.
- ^ "The New Zealand team for Australia". Star: 4. 12 January 1899.
- ^ a b c d Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 40–42.
External links
- New Zealand in Australia 1898-99 at CricketArchive