Test Cricket Tour New Zealand to England 1978

Test Cricket Tours - New Zealand to England 1978

Tour of England 1978                     Captain : Mark Burgess

14th New Zealand Test tour.
(June - September 1978)

Eighth Test-playing tour of England by New Zealand
(previous tour 1973)


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.

All New Zealand tours

Previous tour
India 1976-77

Next tour
Australia 1980-81

Next tour of England
1983

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)]

R W Anderson
CD
29
RHB opener

S L Boock
C
26
SLA

B P Bracewell
CD
18
RFM

M G Burgess
A
34
RHB    captain

B L Cairns
O
28
RHB   RM

B E Congdon
C
40
RHB

B A Edgar
W
21
LHB opener    second WK.

G N Edwards
CD
23
WK

D R Hadlee
C
30
RFM

R J Hadlee
C
27
RFM

G P Howarth
ND
27
RHB

J M McIntyre
A
34
SLA

J M Parker
ND
27
RHB     vice-captain

G B Thomson
O
27
LFM

J G Wright
ND
24
LHB opener

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.

Test Appearances made before the tour

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.

Tour Officials

Barry J Patterson
Manager
Wayne N Larkins
Scorer

Selectors

Frank Cameron (convenor), John Reid and Ian Colquhoun.

Selection

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.

Time between selection and departure from New Zealand     83 days
(19 March to 10 June)

Travel
Auckland Q London

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.

Time spent in England
   90 days
(12 June - 11 September)

On-tour selection panel

Mark Burgess (captain), John Parker (vice-captain), Bevan Congdon (senior player), Barry Patterson (manager).

Reinforcements

G B Troup
A
25
LFM

R O Collinge
ND
32
LFM

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.

Fixtures/Results

a
ϯ Eastbourne
London New Zealand CC
Drawn
b
ϯ Arundel
Duchess of Norfolk’s XI (1-day)
Lost 1 r
c
ϯ Warnford
Hampshire Hogs
Drawn
d
Eastbourne
Derrick Robins XI
Drawn
e
Hove
Sussex
Won 68 r
f
Bristol
Gloucestershire
Drawn
g
Taunton
Somerset
Drawn
h
Swansea
Glamorgan
Drawn
i
Lord’s
Middlesex
Won inns 10 r
j
Edgbaston
Warwickshire
Won inns 52 r
k
§ Scarborough
England(1st ODI)
Lost 19 r
l
§ Old Trafford
England(2nd ODI)
Lost 126 r
m
Dundee
Scotland
Won inns 157 r
n
Headingley
Yorkshire
Drawn
o
KENNINGTON OVAL
ENGLAND First Test
LOST 7 w
p
ϯ Torquay
Minor Counties (2-day)
Lost 3 w
q
Old Trafford
Lancashire
Drawn
r
TRENT BRIDGE
ENGLAND Second Test
LOST inns 119 r
s
Leicester
Young England
Drawn
t
Worcester
Worcestershire
Won 7 w
u
LORD’S
ENGLAND Third Test
LOST 7 w
v
Scarborough
T N Pearce’s XI
Lost 38 r
w
ϯ Scarborough
T N Pearce’s XI (40 overs)
Abandoned
x
ϯ Amstelveen
Netherlands(55 overs)
Won 23 r
y
ϯ Amstelveen
All-Holland (40 overs)
Won 47 r

† not first-class
§ one day internationals (for the Prudential Trophy)

Time spent in England before First Test:
45 days
(12 June - 27 July)

Test appearances on tour

3 -   Anderson, Boock,   Bracewell,   Burgess, Congdon, Edgar, R J Hadlee, Howarth
2 -   Cairns, Edwards, Parker, Wright
1 -    Collinge
0 -    D R Hadlee, McIntyre, Thomson.

Match appearances

T Test match
o one-day international
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
R W Anderson
x
x
x
x

x
x
x
x
x
o

x
x
T
x
x
T
x
x
T

x

S L Boock
x
x
∙
x
x
x

x
x

o

x
x
T
x
x
T

x
T
x

x
B P Bracewell

∙

x
x
x
x

o

x
T
x

T

x
T

x
x
M G Burgess
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
o
o
x
x
T

x
T

x
T
x

x
x
B L Cairns
x
x
x
x
x
x

x
x

o
o

x
T

x
T

x

x

x
x
R O Collinge

x
o
o
x
x

x
x

x

T

B E Congdon
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x

x
o
o
x
x
T
x

T
x
x
T

B A Edgar
x
∙
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x

o
x
x
T
x
x
T
x

T
x

x
G N Edwards
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x

o
o
x
x
T
x
x
T
x
x

x

x
x
D R Hadlee
x
∙
x

x

R J Hadlee
∙
x
x
x

x
x
o
o
x

T

T
x
x
T
x

x
x
G P Howarth

x

x
x

x
x
o
o

x
T
x
x
T
x
x
T
x

J M McIntyre
x
x
x
x
x

x
x

x

x

x
x

x

x

x
x
J M Parker
x
x
x
x
x

x
x
x
x
o
o

x
x
T
x
x
T
x

x
x
G B Thomson
∙

x
x

x

x

x
x

x

x

x
x
G B Troup

x

J G Wright
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
o
o
x
x
T

x
x
T
x

x
x
W N Larkins

x

R E S U L T S
D
L
D
D
W
D
D
D
W
W
L
L
W
D
L
L
D
L
D
W
L
L
A
W
W

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

Highlights

• 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.

Tour Summary

F
W
L
D
Aban
Test Matches
3
0
3
0
-
Other first-class matches
13
5
1
7
-
ϯ Minor matches
7
2
2
2
1
§ One-day internationals
2
0
0
2
-
All Matches
25
7
6
11
1

F Fixtures   W Won   L Lost
D Drawn   Canc Cancelled
Aban abandoned

Return to New Zealand
London Q Auckland

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.

Time away from New Zealand    95 days
(10 June to 13 September)

Written accounts of the tour

Postscript

Bevan Congdon (aged 40) and Dick Collinge (age 32) announced their retirements from Test cricket.

Other Test tours in 1978
Pakistanis to England 1978