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| Venue | Kennington Oval, Kennington on 13th, 15th, 16th August 1949 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | D Davies, FS Lee |
| Close of play day 1 | New Zealand (1) 320/8 (Burtt 24*, Cowie 1*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 432/4 (Bailey 10*, Brown 21*) |
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Sutcliffe | c Bedser b Hollies | 88 | |||||
| VJ Scott | c Edrich b Bedser | 60 | 110 | - | |||
| +JR Reid | lbw b Wright | 5 | |||||
| WM Wallace | c Edrich b Bedser | 55 | |||||
| MP Donnelly | c Edrich b Bailey | 27 | |||||
| *WA Hadlee | c Evans b Bedser | 25 | |||||
| GO Rabone | c Evans b Bailey | 18 | |||||
| TB Burtt | c Evans b Bailey | 36 | 95 | - | |||
| HB Cave | b Compton | 10 | |||||
| J Cowie | c Hutton b Bedser | 1 | |||||
| GF Cresswell | not out | 12 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 6 nb, 1 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 112.1 overs) | 345 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-121 (Scott), 2-134 (Reid), 3-170 (Sutcliffe), 4-239 (Wallace), 5-239 (Donnelly), 6-272 (Rabone), 7-287 (Hadlee), 8-311 (Cave), 9-320 (Cowie), 10-345 (Burtt, 112.1 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 26.1 | 7 | 72 | 3 | - | - | |
| Bedser | 31 | 6 | 74 | 4 | - | - | |
| Edrich | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wright | 22 | 1 | 93 | 1 | - | - | |
| Laker | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hollies | 20 | 7 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Brown | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Compton | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Hutton | c Rabone b Cresswell | 206 | 300 | 25 | - | ||
| RT Simpson | c Donnelly b Cresswell | 68 | 140 | - | |||
| WJ Edrich | c Cave b Cresswell | 100 | 185 | 14 | - | ||
| DCS Compton | c Scott b Cresswell | 13 | |||||
| TE Bailey | c Reid b Cowie | 36 | |||||
| *FR Brown | c Hadlee b Cresswell | 21 | |||||
| +TG Evans | c Donnelly b Cowie | 17 | |||||
| JC Laker | c Scott b Cowie | 0 | |||||
| AV Bedser | c Reid b Cowie | 0 | |||||
| WE Hollies | not out | 1 | |||||
| DVP Wright | lbw b Cresswell | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 11 lb, 3 nb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 117.2 overs) | 482 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-147 (Simpson), 2-365 (Hutton), 3-396 (Compton), 4-401 (Edrich), 5-436 (Brown), 6-469 (Evans), 7-470 (Laker), 8-472 (Bedser), 9-481 (Bailey), 10-482 (Wright, 117.2 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cowie | 28 | 1 | 123 | 4 | - | - | |
| Cresswell | 41.2 | 6 | 168 | 6 | - | - | |
| Cave | 24 | 4 | 78 | 0 | - | - | |
| Burtt | 24 | 2 | 93 | 0 | - | - | |
| New Zealand second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Sutcliffe | c Brown b Bedser | 54 | |||||
| VJ Scott | c Evans b Bedser | 6 | 12 | - | |||
| *WA Hadlee | c Edrich b Hollies | 22 | |||||
| WM Wallace | st Evans b Hollies | 58 | |||||
| MP Donnelly | c Brown b Bedser | 10 | - | ||||
| +JR Reid | c Wright b Laker | 93 | 130 | - | |||
| GO Rabone | lbw b Laker | 20 | 75 | - | |||
| TB Burtt | c Compton b Laker | 6 | |||||
| HB Cave | not out | 14 | |||||
| J Cowie | c Wright b Laker | 4 | |||||
| GF Cresswell | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 5 lb, 6 nb) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 97 overs) | 308 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24 (Scott), 2-68 (Hadlee), 3-115 (Sutcliffe), 4-131 (Donnelly), 5-188 (Wallace), 6-276 (Reid), 7-283 (Rabone), 8-299 (Burtt), 9-308 (Cowie) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 11 | 1 | 67 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bedser | 23 | 4 | 59 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wright | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hollies | 17 | 6 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| Laker | 29 | 6 | 78 | 4 | - | - | |
| Brown | 10 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Compton | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> GF Cresswell made his debut in Test matches
--> MP Donnelly made his last appearance in Test matches
--> J Cowie made his last appearance in Test matches
--> B Sutcliffe (1) 50 in 77 minutes
--> VJ Scott (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in Test matches
--> VJ Scott (1) 50 in 97 minutes
--> WM Wallace (1) 50 in 105 minutes
--> TB Burtt (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in Test matches
--> GF Cresswell (1) equalled his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> L Hutton (1) 50 in 111 minutes
--> L Hutton (1) 100 in 212 minutes
--> L Hutton (1) 150 in 247 minutes
--> L Hutton (1) 200 in 286 balls, 297 minutes
--> L Hutton (1) passed 25000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 46
--> RT Simpson (1) 50 in 112 minutes
--> WJ Edrich (1) 50 in 120 minutes
--> WJ Edrich (1) 100 in 181 minutes with 14 fours
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 94
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 44
--> TE Bailey (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> B Sutcliffe (2) 50 in 110 minutes
--> JR Reid (2) 50 in 80 minutes
--> JR Reid (2) passed his previous highest score of 50 in Test matches
--> WM Wallace (2) 50 in 100 minutes
--> WM Wallace (2) passed his previous highest score of 56 in Test matches
--> HB Cave (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Test matches
--> GF Cresswell made his debut for New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> GF Cresswell achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the England first innings
--> JC Laker reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed GO Rabone, his 2nd wicket in the New Zealand second innings
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