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Tour of England 1978 Captain : Mark Burgess
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14th New
Zealand Test tour.
(June - September 1978)
Eighth Test-playing
tour of England by New Zealand
(previous
tour 1973)
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Against a background of disruption caused by England losing
five of its leading players to Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket, New
Zealand had recorded their first-ever victory over England the previous
February. Now they hoped to build on that achievement.
The failure of the touring Pakistanis earlier in the 1978
English season was brought about by terribly wet weather and lack of
practice besides the shortcomings of the players without their Packer
stars. The New Zealanders, too, had a wretched time with the weather. In damp conditions the batsmen struggled
against the England fast bowling attack. The batting (and fielding) were
much poorer than was seen among the NZ sides of the early ‘seventies. On
the other hand New Zealand’s faster bowlers, though suffering from a number
of injuries, did well in the conditions; but the side went down heavily in
all three Test matches.
Dick Collinge, unavailable at the
time of the original selection, joined the team when injury forced Dayle Hadlee to go home. He
was one of six fast-medium bowlers in the Kiwis’ side. Richard Hadlee gave a sign of things to come: Hadlee (13 wickets at 20.76) and Geoff Howarth (296 runs) were the only players able to equal
the standards of England’s side.
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All New Zealand tours
Previous tour
India 1976-77
Next tour
Australia
1980-81
Next tour of
England
1983
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Members of the
Test tour party (15)
Opening batsmen Robert
Anderson. John Wright, Bruce Edgar
Middle-order batsmen Mark Burgess, Bevan Congdon, Geoff Howarth,
John Parker.
Wicket-keeper Jock Edwards
Spin bowlers John
McIntyre, Stephen Boock
Fast bowlers Lance Cairns,
Dayle Hadlee, Richard Hadlee, Graeme Thomson, [+ Gary Troup and Dick Collinge (reinforcements)]
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R W Anderson
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CD
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29
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RHB opener
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S L Boock
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C
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26
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SLA
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B P Bracewell
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CD
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18
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RFM
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M G Burgess
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A
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34
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RHB captain
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B L Cairns
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O
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28
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RHB RM
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B E Congdon
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C
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40
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RHB
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B A Edgar
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W
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21
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LHB
opener second WK.
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G N Edwards
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CD
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23
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WK
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D R Hadlee
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C
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30
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RFM
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R J Hadlee
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C
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27
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RFM
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G P Howarth
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ND
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27
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RHB
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J M McIntyre
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A
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34
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SLA
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J M Parker
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ND
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27
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RHB vice-captain
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G B Thomson
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O
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27
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LFM
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J G Wright
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ND
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24
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LHB opener
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Provincial representation
(Shell
Trophy teams)
A - Auckland (2)
C - Canterbury (4)
CD - Central Districts (3)
ND - Northern Districts (3)
O - Otago (2)
W - Wellington (1)
Average age of
team at time of first Test match
(27 July 1978) :
28 yrs 1 months.
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Test
Appearances made before the tour
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Congdon 58,
Burgess 41, Collinge 34, D R
Hadlee 26,
Parker 26, R J Hadlee 20, Howarth 11,
Cairns 9, Anderson 6, Boock 3, Edwards 3, Wright 3,
Bracewell 0, Edgar 0, McIntyre 0, Thomson 0, Troup 1.
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Tour Officials
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Barry J Patterson
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Manager
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Wayne N Larkins
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Scorer
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Selectors
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Frank Cameron (convenor), John
Reid and Ian Colquhoun.
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Selection
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Unavailable : On 13 March Glenn Turner said he felt he
ought to be playing for Worcestershire in his benefit season; Turner
offered his services for the third Test and the NZ Board agreed, but then
decided that to include him would not be fair on other players.
Hedley
Howarth and Richard Collinge
were also unavailable, though once Collinge had
sold his house and moved to Tauranga, and his wife had completed hospital
treatment, he was willing to be called in to the team later. Hedley Howarth
was willing to be one of stand-bys for the tour
but was not required.
Tour Party Announced : 19 March 1978.
Dayle
Hadlee was selected subject to a fitness test on
his injured back (caused indirectly by a breaking his leg playing football)
Not selected : David
Stead
Stand-bys: Ewen
Chatfield was dropped down to official stand-by and left-armer Graham Thomson included.
The
other stand-bys were Hedley Howarth,
John Morrison and Warren Lees.
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Time between
selection and departure from New Zealand
83 days
(19 March to 10
June)
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Travel
Auckland Q London
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The team assembled at
Hamilton on 8 June. Wright was in
charge of the physical fitness training indoors at Seddon Park. The team left Auckland at 11:45 am on
Saturday 10 June, flying via Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bahrein and
Amsterdam. The team's arrival at
Heathrow Airport, London, was on the morning of Monday 12 June.
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Time spent in
England
90 days
(12 June - 11
September)
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On-tour
selection panel
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Mark Burgess (captain), John Parker (vice-captain), Bevan Congdon (senior player), Barry Patterson (manager).
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Reinforcements
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When Dayle Hadlee
broke down and returned home early, Gary Troup was called from his
Bradford League club, Undercliffe, to open the bowling in the match against
Sussex. Troup had to return to Bradford on the Sunday to play in the league
and then travel back to Hove that evening.
Now that Dick Collinge had
made himself available he, rather than the official stand-by Ewen Chatfield, was called out of retirement to
reinforce the tour party’s bowling.
Wayne Larkins, the scorer,
played in one match in the Netherlands.
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Fixtures/Results
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a
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ϯ Eastbourne
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London New Zealand CC
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Drawn
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ϯ Arundel
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Duchess of Norfolk’s XI (1-day)
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Lost 1 r
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c
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ϯ Warnford
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Hampshire Hogs
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Drawn
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d
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Eastbourne
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Derrick Robins XI
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Drawn
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Hove
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Sussex
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Won 68 r
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Bristol
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Gloucestershire
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Drawn
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g
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Taunton
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Somerset
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Drawn
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Swansea
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Glamorgan
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Drawn
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Lord’s
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Middlesex
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Won inns 10 r
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Edgbaston
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Warwickshire
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Won inns 52 r
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§ Scarborough
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England(1st ODI)
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Lost 19 r
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§ Old Trafford
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England(2nd ODI)
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Lost 126 r
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Dundee
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Scotland
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Won inns 157 r
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Headingley
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Yorkshire
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Drawn
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KENNINGTON OVAL
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ENGLAND
First Test
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LOST 7 w
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ϯ Torquay
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Minor Counties (2-day)
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Lost 3 w
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Old Trafford
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Lancashire
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Drawn
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TRENT BRIDGE
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ENGLAND
Second Test
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LOST inns 119 r
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Leicester
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Young England
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Drawn
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Worcester
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Worcestershire
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Won 7 w
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LORD’S
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ENGLAND
Third Test
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LOST 7 w
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Scarborough
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T N Pearce’s XI
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Lost 38 r
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w
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ϯ Scarborough
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T N Pearce’s XI (40 overs)
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Abandoned
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ϯ Amstelveen
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Netherlands(55 overs)
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Won 23 r
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ϯ Amstelveen
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All-Holland (40 overs)
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Won 47 r
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†not first-class
§ one day
internationals (for the Prudential Trophy)
Time
spent in England before First Test:
45
days
(12 June - 27 July)
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Test
appearances on tour
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3 - Anderson, Boock, Bracewell, Burgess,
Congdon, Edgar, R J Hadlee, Howarth
2 - Cairns,
Edwards, Parker, Wright
1 - Collinge
0 - D R Hadlee, McIntyre, Thomson.
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Match
appearances
T Test match
o one-day
international
x other match
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played for opposition
W won L lost D drawn
N no result A abandoned
u unknown result
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R W Anderson
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S L Boock
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B P Bracewell
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M G Burgess
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B L Cairns
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R O Collinge
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B E Congdon
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B A Edgar
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G N Edwards
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R E S U L T S
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New Zealand’s
six previous Test tour results:
in Pakistan
& India 1976-77 (6 Tests)
- lost 0-2, lost 0-2
in Australia
1973-74 (3 Tests)
- lost 0-2
in England
1973 (3 Tests)
- lost 0-2
in West Indies
1971-72 (5 Tests)
- drew 0-0
in India &
Pakistan 1969-70 (6 Tests)
- drew 1-1 and won 1-0
in England
1969 (3 Tests)
- lost 0-2
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Highlights
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• Geoff Howarth scored 94 in the first Test and shared in a
century partnership with John Wright.
• Howarth
then reached a century (123) in the third Test at Lord’s
• In the same match
Richard Hadlee took 5 wickets for 84 runs,
helping New Zealand to a first innings lead.
• Howarth
(296 runs) and Hadlee (13 wickets at 20.76) were
the only players whose accomplishments were equal to the England side.
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Tour Summary
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F
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W
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L
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D
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Aban
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Test Matches
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3
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0
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3
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Other
first-class matches
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13
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5
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1
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7
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ϯ Minor
matches
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7
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2
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2
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2
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1
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§ One-day internationals
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2
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0
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2
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All Matches
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25
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7
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6
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11
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1
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F Fixtures W
Won L Lost
D Drawn Canc Cancelled
Aban abandoned
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Return to New
Zealand
London Q Auckland
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Dayle Hadlee
had to leave the tour with a back injury.
The team flew from Heathrow
Airport to Amsterdam for the two matches in Holland, then back to England
for one night before leaving again for home. The team arrived in New Zealand on 13
September 1978.
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Time away from
New Zealand 95 days
(10 June to 13 September)
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Written
accounts of the tour
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Postscript
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Bevan Congdon (aged 40) and Dick Collinge (age 32) announced their retirements from Test
cricket.
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Other Test
tours in 1978
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Pakistanis to England 1978
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