| Tour of India, Pakistan, England 1965 Captain : John Reid | |
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| Eighth New Zealand Test tour (February - July 1965) Second Test-playing tours of Pakistan & India (previous tour 1955-56) Fifth tour of England by New Zealand (previous tour 1958) | New Zealand was the first country to take part in the new arrangements for English cricket seasons. The aim of "twin tours", where two touring teams would visit the country each summer, was to increase the frequency with which West Indies could tour. An itinerary forced upon the New Zealand Board for reasons of finance had the touring team start their trip by playing seven exhausting Test matches on the Indian sub-continent in 47 days : scarcely ideal preparation for an England tour which, even in its new shortened format, lasted nearly 14 weeks John Reid led a very inexperienced team, shored up by including veteran Bert Sutcliffe for his ability to play spin bowling in the matches against India. Only six of the team had appeared in more than ten Tests but Taylor, Pollard and Sinclair came through strongly as fine prospects for the future. Jack Newman, the President of New Zealand Cricket Association, and owner of a big transport firm, visited the team in Lahore and watched the 2nd and 3rd Test matches. Playing golf with Fida Hassan at Gymkhana Golf Club, he struck a bird in flight which was stuffed and mounted in the Lahore Gymkhana pavilion. | All New Zealand tours Previous tour South Africa 1961-62 Next tour England 1969 Next tour of England, India and Pakistan 1969 | |
| Members of the Test tour party (15 + 1) Opening batsmen Graham Dowling, Terry Jarvis, Bevan Congdon Middle-order batsmen:, John Reid, Barry Sinclair, Bert Sutcliffe, Ross Morgan Wicket-keepers: John Ward, + Artie Dick (reinforcement) Spin bowlers:Vic Pollard, Bryan Yuile, Graham Vivian Fast bowlers: Frank Cameron, Dick Collinge, Dick Motz, Bruce Taylor. | F J Cameron | O | 32 | RFM | | R O Collinge | CD | 18 | RFM | | B E Congdon | CD | 27 | RHB RM | | G T Dowling | C | 27 | RHB opener | | T W Jarvis | A | 20 | RHB opener | | R W Morgan | A | 24 | RHB OB | | R C Motz | C | 25 | RFM | | V Pollard | CD | 19 | RHB OB | | J R Reid | W | 36 | RHB RM captain | | B W Sinclair | W | 28 | RHB | | B Sutcliffe | ND | 41 | LHB | | B R Taylor | C | 21 | RFM | | G E Vivian | A | 18 | LHB LB | | J T Ward | C | 27 | WK | | B W Yuile | CD | 23 | SLA |
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Provincial representation: (Plunket Shield teams) A - Auckland (3) C - Canterbury (4) CD - Central Districts (4) ND - Northern Districts (1) O - Otago (1) W - Wellington (2) Average age of team at time of first Test match (27 February 1965) : 26 yrs 4 months. | |
| Test Appearances made before the tour | Reid 48, Sutcliffe 34, Cameron 14, Dick 12, Motz 12, Dowling 10, Sinclair 8, Yuile 5, Collinge 3, Congdon 3, Morgan 2, Ward 1, Jarvis 0, Pollard 0, Taylor 0, Vivian 0. | | |
| Tour Officials | Walter Hadlee | Manager | Trevor Eltoft | Treasurer | Dr Bill Treadwell | Medical Officer | Jack Ikin (?) | Coach in England | Harry Hibberd | Baggage in England | Doug Hamlett | Driver in England | S M Hussain | Liaison officer in Pakistan |
Don Cameron wrote “…the Auckland contingent and John Reid resumed the crusade to have Wallace as coach” but NZCC considered it demeaning for the national side to need coaching. Then it transpired that the council had privately approached MCC about providing a coach while in England, and Jack Ikin was accepted. | | |
| Selectors | Gordon Leggatt (convenor), John Reid, Merv Wallace. (Wallace replaced Jack Newman on the panel). | | |
| Selection | Walter Hadlee was appointed manager in September 1964. Unavailable : John Sparling (on 2 January for business reasons); Bob Blair (ankle injury), John Reid (at first - on 6 February 1964 Reid had said that business commitments at his new squash centre made him unavailable). Tour Party Announced : 14 February 1965. Not selected: Gary Bartlett was wanted by the selectors but he failed his medical owing to a back injury and Bruce Taylor took his place. The selectors brought back Bert Sutcliffe after a six-year gap in his Test appearances. John Reid described elaborate trials to find a suitable leg-spin bowler but had to admit that choosing 18 year-old Vivian rather than the experienced leg-spinner Jack Alabaster was a selectoral mistake. | Time between selection and departure from New Zealand 9 days (14 February to 23 February) | |
| Travel Christchurch Q Madras Karachi QRomeQ London | The team flew from Harewood Airport, Christchurch, at 7.30 pm on 23 February 1965. They went via Sydney, Perth and Singapore to Madras, landing on 24 February. Their luggage, mislaid at Sydney, arrived next day, which delayed their practices. The team arrived in Rawalpindi for the Pakistan matches on 25 March. They left Karachi on 15 April for Rome and a week-long holiday in Europe. They finally touched down at London Airport on 23 April. Journalist Dick Brittenden accompanied the team throughout the tour. | Time spent in India and Pakistan 50 days (24 February - 15 April) Time spent in England 90 days (23 April - 22 July) | |
| On-tour selection panel | John Reid (captain), Graham Dowling (vice-captain), Frank Cameron. | | |
| Reinforcements | Artie Dick was added to the touring party because the team's only wicket-keeper, John Ward injured a thumb in the New Delhi Test. Dick flew in to Karachi on 25 March and got a connecting flight to Lahore. He arrived in Rawalpindi on 26 March. At various stages the team coped with the loss of Ward, Vivian (damaged right ankle), Sutcliffe (struck on head by a bouncer) and Jarvis (unwell after the tour of India). Manager Walter Hadlee played in the match at Los Angeles (and scored 65 not out). | | |
| Fixtures/Results Including their Test series at home against Pakistan, New Zealand had played ten Test matches in twelve weeks before arriving in England. The Test matches in India & Pakistan were 4-day and those in England were 5-day. | a | MADRAS | INDIA First Test | DRAWN | b | CALCUTTA | INDIA Second Test | DRAWN | c | BOMBAY | INDIA Third Test | DRAWN | d | DELHI | INDIA Fourth Test | LOST 7 w | e | RAWALPINDI | PAKISTAN First Test | LOST inns 64 r | f | LAHORE | PAKISTAN Second Test | DRAWN | g | KARACHI | PAKISTAN Third Test | LOST 8 w | | | | | h | � Kennington Oval | London New Zealand CC (1-day) | Won 5 w | i | � Arundel | Duke of Norfolk's XI (1-day) | Drawn | j | Worcester | Worcestershire | Drawn | k | Old Trafford | Lancashire | Lost inns 6 r | l | Bristol | Gloucestershire | Won 4 w | m | Lord’s | M C C | Drawn | n | Trent Bridge | Nottinghamshire | Drawn | o | Cambridge | Cambridge University | Drawn | p | EDGBASTON | ENGLAND First Test | LOST 9 w | q | Bradford | Yorkshire | Lost inns 77 r | r | Cardiff | Glamorgan | Drawn | s | Kennington Oval | Surrey | Drawn | t | Taunton | Somerset | Drawn | u | LORD’S | ENGLAND Second Test | LOST 7 w | v | Oxford | Oxford University | Drawn | w | Maidstone | Kent | Drawn | x | Edgbaston | Warwickshire | Lost 9 w | y | Northampton | Northamptonshire | Drawn | z | HEADINGLEY | ENGLAND Third Test | LOST inns 187 r | a’ | Glasgow | Scotland | Won 9 w | b’ | Belfast | Ireland | Won 10 w | c’ | ϯ Haarlem | Holland (2-day) | Drawn | d’ | ϯ Somerset | Somers Isle (1-day) | Drawn | e’ | ϯ Hamilton | Bermuda(2-day) | Drawn | f’ | ϯ Los Angeles | Southern California (1-day) | Won 64 r |
| � not first-class Time spent in India before First Test: 3 days (24 February - 27 February) Time spent in England before First Test: 34 days (23 April - 27 May) | |
| Test appearances on tour | 10 - Morgan, Pollard, Reid 9 - Dowling, 8 - Sinclair, Sutcliffe, Taylor 7 - Collinge, Congdon, Motz, 5 - Cameron, Dick, Jarvis, Ward, Yuile 1 - Vivian. 0 - | | |
| Match appearances T Test match x other match ∙ played for opposition W won L lost D drawn N no result A abandoned u unknown result | | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z | a ‘ | b’ | c’ | d’ | e’ | f’ | F J Cameron | | | | T | | T | T | | x | x | x | | x | x | | T | | x | x | x | T | | x | x | | | x | x | x | x | | x | R O Collinge | T | | | T | T | T | | x | x | x | | x | x | x | x | T | | x | x | x | T | | x | x | x | T | | x | | x | x | x | B E Congdon | | T | T | T | | | T | x | x | x | x | | x | x | x | T | x | x | | x | T | x | x | x | x | T | x | | x | x | x | | A E Dick | | | | | T | T | T | x | x | x | x | x | | x | | T | | x | x | x | T | | x | | x | | x | x | | x | x | x | G T Dowling | T | T | T | T | T | T | | | | | x | x | x | x | x | T | x | x | x | x | T | x | | x | x | T | | x | x | x | x | | T W Jarvis | T | | | T | T | T | T | | | | | | | x | | | x | x | | x | | x | x | x | x | | x | x | x | x | | x | R W Morgan | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | | T | x | x | x | | T | x | x | x | x | T | x | x | | | x | x | R C Motz | T | T | T | | | | T | | x | x | x | x | x | | x | T | x | | | x | T | x | | x | x | | x | | x | | x | x | V Pollard | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | x | | x | x | | x | x | x | T | x | | x | | T | x | x | x | | T | | x | | x | x | x | J R Reid | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | x | x | x | x | x | x | | x | T | x | x | x | x | T | | x | x | x | T | x | | x | | x | | B W Sinclair | T | | T | | T | T | T | x | x | x | | x | x | x | x | T | x | x | x | x | T | x | x | | x | T | | | x | | | | B Sutcliffe | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | x | | x | x | x | x | | x | T | | | x | x | | | | | | | x | x | x | x | x | | B R Taylor | | T | T | T | T | T | T | x | x | | x | x | | x | x | | x | x | x | | T | x | x | | x | T | x | x | x | x | x | | G E Vivian | | T | | | | | | x | x | | x | | | | x | | | x | x | | | x | | x | | | x | x | x | x | | x | J T Ward | T | T | T | T | | | | | | | | x | x | | x | | x | | | | | x | | | | T | | | x | | | x | B W Yuile | T | T | T | | T | | | x | x | x | | x | | x | | | x | | | x | | x | x | x | x | T | x | x | | x | x | x | W A Hadlee | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | x | R E S U L T S | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | L | L | D | D | D | L | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z | a ‘ | b’ | c’ | d’ | e’ | f’ |
| New Zealand’s six previous Test tour results: in South Africa 1961-62 (5 Tests) - drew 2-2 in England 1958 (5 Tests) - lost 0-4 in India & Pakistan 1955-56 (8 Tests) - lost 0-2 and lost 0-2 in South Africa 1953-54 (5 Tests) - lost 0-4 in England 1949 (4 Tests) - drew 0-0 in England 1937 (3 Tests) - lost 0-1 | |
| Highlights | • Bert Sutcliffe scored 56, 151* and 54 against India - testament to his skill against spin bowling. • Graham Vivian's appearance in the Test match at Calcutta was his first-class debut. • Bruce Taylor hit 3 sixes and 14 fours in his century on Test debut (105) at Calcutta before taking 5 wicket for 86 runs. Scoring a century and taking five wickets was at the time a unique feat on Test debut. • In the Bombay match, Taylor, riled by poor umpiring decisions, bowled out India for 88 by taking 5-26. • Barry Sinclair (130) and John Reid (88) shared a third wicket partnership of 178 in the Test at Lahore. • Reid followed up with innings of 126 and 78 in the next Test match at Karachi. • Dick Motz and Frank Cameron shared a last-wicket partnership of 107 in the tour match at Worcester • New Zealand scored 413 at Edgbaston, seven players reaching 40 but only Pollard going on to a large score. • Vic Pollard was New Zealand’s unexpected batting hero in England with scores of 4, 81*, 55, 55, 33, 53. • In his final Test match at Headingley, John Reid set a New Zealand record of 58 consecutive appearances. | | |
| ⋆ Tour Summary | | F | W | L | D | Aban | Test Matches | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | - | Other first-class matches | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | - | Minor matches | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | - | All Matches | 32 | 5 | 9 | 18 | - |
| F Fixtures W Won L Lost T Tied D Drawn Canc Cancelled Aban abandoned | |
| Return to New Zealand London Q Bermuda New York Q Auckland | After the final first class match in UK (in Belfast), the New Zealanders flew out on 22 July 1965. Their long journey home took them first to Heemstede where they played against Holland. From Den Haag, the team took a train to Paris, then flew via London, arriving in Hamilton, Bermuda, at 6:40 pm on Wednesday 28 July. They flew to New York and on to Los Angeles for another match, then via Honolulu and Nandi, finally arriving back in Auckland on 7 August, bringing the 24-week, round-the-world tour to a close. | Time away from New Zealand 165 days (23 February to 7 August) | |
| Finances | Significant revenues in India and Pakistan offset a £4000 loss in England, giving an overall balance of £21,500. | | |
| Written accounts of the tour | "Red Leather, Silver Fern" (1965) by R T Brittenden (pub AH & AW Reed) “A Million Miles of Cricket” (1966) by John Reid (pub AH & AW Reed) | | |
| Postscript | The third Test at Edgbaston brought to a close John Reid’s distinguished career as New Zealand player and captain but he was honoured with the appointment as captain of the Rest of the World XI, and returned to England for two matches against England sponsored by Rothmans. | | |
| Other Test tours in 1964-65 in 1965 | England (M.C.C.) to South Africa 1964-65 Pakistanis to Australia & New Zealand 1964-65 Australians to West Indies 1964-65 South Africans to England 1965 | | |