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| Venue | Eden Park, Auckland on 25th, 26th, 28th March 1955 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by an innings and 20 runs |
| Umpires | JC Harris, JM McLellan |
| Close of play day 1 | New Zealand (1) 199/8 (McGregor 15*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 148/4 (Hutton 19*, Bailey 13*) |
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Sutcliffe | c Bailey b Statham | 49 | 90 | 8 | - | ||
| JG Leggat | lbw b Tyson | 4 | 12 | 1 | - | ||
| MB Poore | c Evans b Tyson | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| JR Reid | c Statham b Wardle | 73 | 210 | 7 | 1 | ||
| *GO Rabone | c Evans b Statham | 29 | 155 | 2 | - | ||
| SN McGregor | not out | 15 | 79 | 2 | - | ||
| HB Cave | c Bailey b Appleyard | 6 | 38 | 1 | - | ||
| AR MacGibbon | b Appleyard | 9 | 10 | 2 | - | ||
| +IA Colquhoun | c sub (JV Wilson) b Appleyard | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| AM Moir | lbw b Statham | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| JA Hayes | b Statham | 0 | 3 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (3 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 4 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 88.4 overs) | 200 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13 (Leggat), 2-13 (Poore), 3-76 (Sutcliffe), 4-154 (Reid), 5-171 (Rabone), 6-189 (Cave), 7-199 (MacGibbon), 8-199 (Colquhoun), 9-200 (Moir), 10-200 (Hayes, 88.4 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tyson | 11 | 2 | 41 | 2 | - | - | |
| Statham | 17.4 | 7 | 28 | 4 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 13 | 2 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Appleyard | 16 | 4 | 38 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wardle | 31 | 19 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RT Simpson | c and b Moir | 23 | 68 | 3 | - | ||
| TW Graveney | c Rabone b Hayes | 13 | 26 | 2 | - | ||
| PBH May | b Hayes | 48 | 125 | 3 | - | ||
| MC Cowdrey | b Moir | 22 | 80 | 1 | - | ||
| *L Hutton | b MacGibbon | 53 | 143 | 5 | - | ||
| TE Bailey | c Colquhoun b Cave | 18 | 81 | 2 | - | ||
| +TG Evans | c Reid b Moir | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| JH Wardle | c Reid b Moir | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| FH Tyson | not out | 27 | 92 | 2 | - | ||
| R Appleyard | c Colquhoun b Hayes | 6 | 15 | - | - | ||
| JB Statham | c Reid b Moir | 13 | 26 | - | 1 | ||
| Extras | (12 b, 3 lb, 8 nb) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 119.1 overs) | 246 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21 (Graveney), 2-56 (Simpson), 3-112 (Cowdrey), 4-112 (May), 5-163 (Bailey), 6-164 (Evans), 7-164 (Wardle), 8-201 (Hutton), 9-218 (Appleyard), 10-246 (Statham, 119.1 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hayes | 23 | 7 | 71 | 3 | - | - | |
| MacGibbon | 20 | 7 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Reid | 25 | 15 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cave | 24 | 10 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Moir | 25.1 | 3 | 62 | 5 | - | - | |
| Rabone | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| New Zealand second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Sutcliffe | b Wardle | 11 | 47 | - | - | ||
| JG Leggat | c Hutton b Tyson | 1 | 8 | - | - | ||
| MB Poore | b Tyson | 0 | 8 | - | - | ||
| JR Reid | b Statham | 1 | 10 | - | - | ||
| SN McGregor | c May b Appleyard | 1 | 31 | - | - | ||
| *GO Rabone | lbw b Statham | 7 | 53 | - | - | ||
| HB Cave | c Graveney b Appleyard | 5 | 17 | - | - | ||
| AR MacGibbon | lbw b Appleyard | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| +IA Colquhoun | c Graveney b Appleyard | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| AM Moir | not out | 0 | 14 | - | - | ||
| JA Hayes | b Statham | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 27 overs) | 26 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6 (Leggat), 2-8 (Poore), 3-9 (Reid), 4-14 (Sutcliffe), 5-14 (McGregor), 6-22 (Cave), 7-22 (MacGibbon), 8-22 (Colquhoun), 9-26 (Rabone), 10-26 (Hayes, 27 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Statham | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | - | - | |
| Tyson | 7 | 2 | 10 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wardle | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Appleyard | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | - | - | |