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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 757 (758/46)
New Zealand v England, 1974/75, 1st Test
Eden Park, Auckland
20,21,22,23,25 February 1975 (5-day match)

Result: England won by an innings and 83 runs
England leads the 2-Test series 1-0

Toss: England
Umpires: DEA Copps and WRC Gardiner
Test Debuts: EJ Chatfield, GP Howarth (NZ).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 319/3 (Denness 149*, Fletcher 76*)
  • Day 2: England 593/6d, New Zealand 31/1 (Morrison 7*, Parker 9*)
  • Day 3: New Zealand 285/5 (Parker 121*, Wadsworth 49*)
  • Day 4: New Zealand 326 and 161/9 (GP Howarth 38*, Chatfield 4*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    DL Amiss              c Wadsworth        b Hadlee              19  42  42  4 0
    B Wood                c Parker           b Hadlee               0   6   1  0 0
    JH Edrich             c Congdon          b HJ Howarth          64 182 158 10 0
    *MH Denness           c Parker           b Congdon            181 414 392 25 0
    KWR Fletcher          c Hadlee           b Congdon            216 443 413 29 0
    AW Greig                                 b GP Howarth          51  89  95  5 0
    +APE Knott            not out                                  29 101 124  2 0
    CM Old                not out                                   9  17  10  2 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 14, nb 8)                       24
    Total                 (6 wickets declared, 153 overs)         593
    
    DNB: DL Underwood, GG Arnold, P Lever.
    
    FoW: 1-4 (Wood), 2-36 (Amiss), 3-153 (Edrich), 4-419 (Denness),
         5-497 (Greig), 6-578 (Fletcher).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Collinge                    24      6     75      0
    Hadlee                      20      2    102      2
    Chatfield                   19      2     95      0
    Congdon                     30      3    115      2
    HJ Howarth                  46      9    135      1
    GP Howarth                  14      1     47      1
    
    New Zealand 1st innings                                         R   M   B  4 6
    JFM Morrison          c Amiss            b Greig               58 196 153  9 0
    GM Turner             c Amiss            b Arnold               8   5   7  1 0
    JM Parker             c Knott            b Underwood          121 408 297 18 0
    *BE Congdon           c Old              b Greig                2  10   9  0 0
    BF Hastings           c Knott            b Old                 13  50  40  3 0
    GP Howarth            c Wood             b Greig                6  12  13  1 0
    +KJ Wadsworth         lbw                b Underwood           58 218 144  6 0
    DR Hadlee             c sub (BW Luckhurst) b Underwood         22  48  48  3 0
    HJ Howarth            c Fletcher         b Greig                9  30  20  2 0
    RO Collinge           not out                                   0   8   3  0 0
    EJ Chatfield          c Fletcher         b Greig                0   3   5  0 0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 4, nb 20)                       29
    Total                 (all out, 89 overs)                     326
    
    FoW: 1-9 (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
    Arnold                      20      4     69      1
    Lever                       20      4     75      0
    Greig                       26      4     98      5
    Underwood                   16      6     38      3
    Old                          7      3     17      1
    
    New Zealand 2nd innings (following on)                          R   M   B  4 6
    JFM Morrison          c Fletcher         b Greig               58 160 114  8 0
    GM Turner             c Knott            b Lever                2  14   6  0 0
    *BE Congdon                              b Underwood           18  54  34  1 0
    BF Hastings           c Amiss            b Lever                0   5   5  0 0
    JM Parker             c Edrich           b Greig               13  64  57  1 0
    GP Howarth            not out                                  51 164  92  5 0
    +KJ Wadsworth         c Fletcher         b Underwood            6  36  36  0 0
    DR Hadlee             c Edrich           b Greig                1   5   9  0 0
    HJ Howarth                               b Greig                4  20  23  1 0
    RO Collinge           c Fletcher         b Greig                0   1   2  0 0
    EJ Chatfield          retired hurt                             13  79  23  1 0
    Extras                (lb 6, nb 12)                            18
    Total                 (all out, 57.5 overs)                   184
    
    FoW: 1-3 (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).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Arnold                       6      1     31      0
    Lever                       11.5    0     37      2
    Greig                       15      3     51      5
    Underwood                   25      9     47      2
    

      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.




  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: New Zealand, England.

    Ground Page: Eden Park, Auckland

    England Player Pages: DL Amiss, B Wood, JH Edrich, MH Denness, KWR Fletcher, AW Greig, APE Knott, CM Old, DL Underwood, GG Arnold, P Lever.

    New Zealand Player Pages: JFM Morrison, GM Turner, JM Parker, BE Congdon, BF Hastings, GP Howarth, KJ Wadsworth, DR Hadlee, HJ Howarth, RO Collinge, EJ Chatfield.

    Match Officials' Pages: DEA Copps, WRC Gardiner.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by Jeff.Thomas (jthomas@bmgtmail.umd.edu)  
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