Tour of India, Pakistan, England 1965             Captain : John Reid
	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	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	A E Dick W 28 WK   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

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