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| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 27th, 28th February, 2nd March 1959 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by an innings and 99 runs |
| Umpires | J Cowie, EWT Tindill |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 336/8 (Dexter 123*, Lock 8*) |
| Close of play day 2 | New Zealand (2) 28/0 (Bolton 18*, Harris 9*) |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | c Petrie b Blair | 8 | 53 | 61 | - | - | |
| W Watson | c Petrie b Blair | 10 | 25 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| TW Graveney | lbw b Hough | 42 | 112 | 98 | 4 | - | |
| *PBH May | c Hough b Moir | 71 | 143 | 144 | 10 | - | |
| MC Cowdrey | b Hough | 15 | 23 | 30 | 3 | - | |
| ER Dexter | b Reid | 141 | 292 | 237 | 24 | - | |
| JB Mortimore | c and b Moir | 11 | 30 | 25 | 2 | - | |
| +R Swetman | b Hough | 9 | 38 | 33 | - | - | |
| FS Trueman | lbw b Reid | 21 | 63 | 63 | 3 | - | |
| GAR Lock | b Reid | 15 | 66 | 34 | 1 | - | |
| FH Tyson | not out | 6 | 8 | 19 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (12 b, 13 lb) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 142.1 overs) | 374 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13 (Watson), 2-30 (Richardson), 3-98 (Graveney), 4-126 (Cowdrey), 5-171 (May), 6-197 (Mortimore), 7-224 (Swetman), 8-305 (Trueman), 9-367 (Lock), 10-374 (Dexter, 142.1 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Blair | 31 | 5 | 89 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hough | 39 | 11 | 96 | 3 | - | - | |
| Moir | 36 | 9 | 83 | 2 | - | - | |
| Reid | 18.1 | 9 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| Sparling | 16 | 7 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sutcliffe | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Bolton | c Swetman b Lock | 33 | 109 | 190 | 1 | - | |
| RM Harris | c Lock b Tyson | 6 | 28 | 46 | 1 | - | |
| JW Guy | c Trueman b Lock | 3 | 25 | 25 | - | - | |
| *JR Reid | b Tyson | 40 | 73 | 73 | 7 | - | |
| B Sutcliffe | c Lock b Tyson | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| SN McGregor | c Lock b Mortimore | 0 | 5 | 8 | - | - | |
| JT Sparling | st Swetman b Lock | 12 | 42 | 41 | 1 | - | |
| AM Moir | c Graveney b Lock | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| +EC Petrie | lbw b Trueman | 8 | 57 | 53 | - | - | |
| RW Blair | lbw b Lock | 0 | 6 | 5 | - | - | |
| KW Hough | not out | 31 | 28 | 36 | 3 | 1 | |
| Extras | (5 b, 4 lb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 72.5 overs) | 142 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22 (Harris), 2-33 (Guy), 3-83 (Reid), 4-83 (Sutcliffe), 5-86 (McGregor), 6-101 (Bolton), 7-101 (Moir), 8-102 (Sparling), 9-102 (Blair), 10-142 (Petrie, 72.5 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Trueman | 10.5 | 3 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tyson | 14 | 4 | 23 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lock | 26 | 15 | 31 | 5 | - | - | |
| Mortimore | 22 | 8 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| New Zealand second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Bolton | c May b Mortimore | 26 | 119 | 124 | 2 | - | |
| RM Harris | b Trueman | 13 | 49 | 59 | 2 | - | |
| JW Guy | c Lock b Tyson | 56 | 127 | 143 | 9 | - | |
| *JR Reid | c Cowdrey b Lock | 1 | 11 | 11 | - | - | |
| B Sutcliffe | c Trueman b Lock | 12 | 26 | 22 | 3 | - | |
| SN McGregor | lbw b Lock | 6 | 50 | 54 | - | - | |
| JT Sparling | b Tyson | 0 | 5 | 6 | - | - | |
| AM Moir | c Swetman b Lock | 1 | 7 | 8 | - | - | |
| +EC Petrie | not out | 2 | 23 | 23 | - | - | |
| RW Blair | c Trueman b Lock | 2 | 5 | 4 | - | - | |
| KW Hough | b Lock | 7 | 14 | 12 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 5 lb, 1 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 72.2 overs) | 133 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-37 (Harris), 2-68 (Bolton), 3-79 (Reid), 4-101 (Sutcliffe), 5-117 (Guy), 6-119 (Sparling), 7-120 (Moir), 8-121 (McGregor), 9-123 (Blair), 10-133 (Hough, 72.2 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Trueman | 8 | 2 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tyson | 14 | 6 | 23 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lock | 28.2 | 13 | 53 | 6 | - | - | |
| Mortimore | 21 | 10 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dexter | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> BA Bolton made his debut in Test matches
--> RM Harris made his debut in Test matches
--> KW Hough made his debut in Test matches
--> PBH May (1) 50 in 82 balls
--> ER Dexter (1) 50 in 115 balls, 105 minutes
--> ER Dexter (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in Test matches
--> ER Dexter (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> ER Dexter (1) 100 in 203 balls, 180 minutes with 17 fours
--> JW Guy (2) 50 in 117 balls
--> BA Bolton made his debut for New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> RM Harris made his debut for New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> KW Hough made his debut for New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> EC Petrie made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> PE Richardson made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> JT Sparling made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> ER Dexter made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> R Swetman made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> JB Mortimore made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> W Watson made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> W Watson made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> FS Trueman made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> GAR Lock made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> FS Trueman reached 100 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed EC Petrie, his 1st wicket in the New Zealand first innings
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