Australian cricket team in New Zealand in 1909–10

The Australia national cricket team toured New Zealand from February to April 1910 and played seven first-class matches including two against the New Zealand national cricket team. New Zealand at this time had not been elevated to Test status.

Australian tour of New Zealand 1909/10
DatesFeb 1910 – Apr 1910
Cricket formatFirst-class
Matches7
Most runsEdgar Mayne (532)
Most wicketsBill Whitty (42)

Australia won five of the seven first-class matches by comfortable margins, including the two against New Zealand. The match against Canterbury was a close draw, and the last match, against Hawke's Bay, was abandoned without any play taking place.

Background

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In late 1908, The New Zealand Cricket Council asked the Australian Board of Control of Cricket to consider a proposal that the Australian team selected for the 1909 Ashes tour play a series of matches in New Zealand prior to departing for England, as had been the case for the previous tour in 1904/05. The Australian Board declined this proposal and offered to send a Second Eleven team instead.[1] The New Zealand authorities rejected this proposal on the grounds that a second-string team would not make the tour a financial success and asked the Australian Board on what terms would the Australian side visit New Zealand on their return journey from England.[2] Again, this proposal was rejected by the Australian Board and the arrangements for the tour were pushed back to the 1909/10 season.

Team

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The Australian Cricket Team in New Zealand 1909/10

Back Row: C.R. Gorry, N. Dodds, A.C.K. Mackenzie (Manager), T.S. Warne, A.J.Y Hopkins, D.B.M. Smith
Middle Row: C. Kelleway, A.C. Facy, E.R. Mayne, W.W. Armstrong (Captain), S.H. Emery, C.E. Simpson
Front Row: W. Bardsley (Vice-captain), W.J. Whitty

On 14 Jan 1910 the Australian Board of Control of Cricket met and appointed a selection committee of Clem Hill, Frank Iredale and Peter McAlister to choose the touring squad and appointed Alick Mackenzie as the tour manager and Australian Board representative.[3] The appointment of Mackenzie to this role was seen as a reward for his services to Australian cricket after a long career. The 1909/10 season was his last in competitive cricket. It was his second tour of New Zealand having previously toured with the New South Wales side in 1893/94.

The Australian Board of Control asked each state representative on the board to nominate a set number of players from their state for selection. New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia were asked to nominate six players each, while Queensland and Tasmania were asked to nominate two each. From this pool of 22 players the selectors would choose a final touring squad of 13.[4]

Of the players initially selected, Gar Waddy and Stanley Hill were unavailable to make the tour.[5][6] They were replaced in the team by Tom Warne and Charles Simpson respectively.

Australian touring party to New Zealand 1909/10
Name Age Role Batting Style Bowling Style First-Class Team Notes
Alick Mackenzie (Manager) 39 Team manager Right-handed -   New South Wales
Warwick Armstrong (Captain) 30 All-rounder Right-handed Right-arm legspin   Victoria
Warren Bardsley (Vice-captain) 27 Batter Left-handed -   New South Wales
Norman Dodds 33 Batter Right-handed -   Tasmania
Sid Emery 24 Bowler Right-handed Legbreak googly   New South Wales
Ashley Facy 24 Bowler Right-handed Right-arm fast   Tasmania
Charles Gorry 31 Wicket-keeper Right-handed -   New South Wales
Stanley Hill 24 Batter Right-handed -   South Australia Replaced by Charles Simpson
Bert Hopkins 35 All-rounder Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium   New South Wales
Charles Kelleway 23 All-rounder Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium   New South Wales
Edgar Mayne 27 Batter Right-handed -   South Australia
Charles Simpson 27 Batter Right-handed Right-arm off-spin   Queensland
Dave Smith 25 Batsman Right-handed -   Victoria
Tom Warne 40 All-rounder Right-handed Right-arm leg-spin   Victoria
Gar Waddy 30 Wicket-keeper Right-handed   New South Wales Replaced by Tom Warne
Bill Whitty 23 Bowler Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium   South Australia

The touring party was not a full-strength Australian team. Of the selected players, only Armstrong, Bardsley, Hopkins and Whitty had previously played Test cricket and no other players outside of those four had toured with the 1909 Australian team in England. Outside those four, Emery, Kelleway, Mayne and Smith went on to play Tests.

The tour

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The touring party left Australia on 5 February 1910, departing Sydney on the steamship Moeraki, and arrived in New Zealand at Wellington on 9 February.[7] On the evening of their arrival the touring party were officially welcomed to Wellington at a function in the town hall hosted by Dr. Alfred Newman.

 
The official programme of matches for the tour

Tour itinerary

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Date Opponent Venue Match type Result Notes
11-14 Feb 1910 Wellington   Basin Reserve, Wellington First-Class Australians won by 6 wickets 3-day match; rest day on 13 Feb.
18-21 Feb 1910 Auckland   Auckland Domain, Auckland First-Class Australians won by an innings and 128 runs 3-day match; rest day on 20 Feb.
25-28 Feb 1910 Canterbury   Lancaster Park, Christchurch First-Class Draw 3-day match; rest day on 27 Feb.
5-8 Mar 1910 Otago   Carisbrook, Dunedin First-Class Australians won by 10 wickets 3-day match; rest day on 6 Mar.
11-14 Mar 1910 New Zealand   Lancaster Park, Christchurch First-Class Australia won by 9 wickets 3-day match; rest day on 13 Mar.
16-17 Mar 1910 Manawatu XIII
   
   
Sports Ground, Palmerston North Minor Australians won by an innings and 104 runs 2-day match
18-19 Mar 1910 Wanganui
   
   
Cooks Gardens, Wanganui Minor Australians won by six wickets 2-day match
22-23 Mar 1910 Taranaki XV
   
   
Pukekura Park (Recreation Ground), New Plymouth Minor Draw 2-day match
26-29 Mar 1910 New Zealand   Basin Reserve, Wellington First-Class Australia won by 162 runs 3-day match; rest day on 27 Mar.
1-4 Apr 1910 Hawke's Bay
   
   
Recreation Ground, Napier First-Class Match abandoned due to rain 3-day match; rest day on 3 Apr.

Match summaries

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Australia v Wellington

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11–14 February 1910
Scorecard
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107 (31.4 overs)
D.M. Patrick 25
W.J. Whitty 3/16 (8.0 overs)
130 (25.4 overs)
C.E. Simpson 51
D.M. Patrick 5/13 (7.0 overs)
208 (59 overs)
F.A. Midlane 67
W.W. Armstrong 4/56 (21 overs)
188/4 (32 overs)
E.R. Mayne 58
C.E.H Hickey 2/41 (6 overs)
Australia won by 6 wickets
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: Daniel McKenzie, J. Varnham
  • Wellington won the toss and elected to bat

Australia v Auckland

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18–21 February 1910
Scorecard
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112 (44.0 overs)
A.E. Relf 51
W.J. Whitty 8/27 (22.0 overs)
355 (99.3 overs)
E.R. Mayne 136
C. Olliff 3/77 (20.0 overs)
115 (32 overs)
A.E. Hadden 27*
S.H. Emery 5/42 (10 overs)
Australia won by an innings and 128 runs
Auckland Domain, Auckland
Umpires: Sammy Jones, Clarence van der Heyde
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bowl

Australia v Canterbury

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25–28 February 1910
Scorecard
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321 (80.3 overs)
D. Reese 108
W.J. Whitty 4/69 (19.0 overs)
240 (48.5 overs)
S.H. Emery 50*
J.H. Bennett 4/61 (16.5 overs)
259 (58.4 overs)
D. Reese 41
W.W. Armstrong 4/83 (19.0 overs)
307/8 (77 overs)
W.W. Armstrong 149
J.H. Bennett 4/87 (29.0 overs)
Match Drawn
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: C. Hardy, Alfred Hart
  • Canterbury won the toss and elected to bat

Australia v Otago

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5–8 March 1910
Scorecard
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166 (66.4 overs)
H.G. Siedeberg 50
T.S Warne 5/37 (13.0 overs)
189 (55.5 overs)
W.W. Armstrong 91
C.G. Macartney 7/81 (24.5 overs)
120 (63 overs)
C.G. Macartney 45
S.H. Emery 5/20 (10.0 overs)
99/0 (23 overs)
W. Barsdley 56
Match Drawn
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Umpires: A. Austin, R. Ferguson
  • Otago won the toss and elected to bat

1st Unofficial Test Australia v New Zealand

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11–14 March 1910
Scorecard
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155 (46.0 overs)
DA. Sims 51*
W.J. Whitty 6/53 (22.0 overs)
306 (91.3 overs)
W. Bardsley 97
J.H. Bennett 5/74 (25.3 overs)
258 (87.3 overs)
F. Midlane 47 A.E. Hadden 47
A.J.Y. Hopkins 4/34 (10.3 overs)
1/108 (20.5 overs)
E.R. Mayne 74*
J.H. Bennett 1/15 (7.5 overs)
Australia won by 9 wickets
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bowl

Australia v Manawatu XIII

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16–17 March 1910
Scorecard
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87
R. Cobbe 32
W.J. Whitty 6/36
304
D. Smith 107
Australian XI won by an innings and 104 runs
Sports Ground, Palmerston North
  • Wellington won the toss and elected to bat

2nd Unofficial Test Australia v New Zealand

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26–29 March 1910
Scorecard
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260 (52.0 overs)
D.B.M. Smith 102
A.W.S. Brice 5/70 (18.0 overs)
177 (68.0 overs)
D. Reese 69*
A.C. Facy 7/71 (28.0 overs)
232/5d (47.0 overs)
E.R. Mayne 90
D.M. Sandman 2/62 (16.0 overs)
153 (41 overs)
A.W.S. Brice 43
W.J. Whitty 6/28 (16 overs)
Australia won by 162 runs
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: Daniel McKenzie, J. Varnham
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat

First-class statistics

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Batting

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Name Matches Innings Not Outs 100s 50s H.S. Runs Average
Edgar Mayne 6 11 2 2 3 136 532 59.11
Warwick Armstrong 6 8 1 1 2 149* 393 56.14
Warren Bardsley 6 11 2 0 3 97 375 41.67
Dave Smith 6 9 1 1 0 102 206 25.75
Charles Kelleway 6 8 1 0 1 51 187 26.71
Charles Simpson 5 8 1 0 1 51 155 22.14
Sid Emery 6 8 2 0 1 50* 114 19.00
Tom Warne 4 5 2 0 1 54 112 37.33
Norman Dodds 3 5 0 0 1 53 84 16.80
Bill Whitty 6 7 1 0 0 14 53 8.83
Charles Gorry 5 5 3 0 0 11* 25 12.5
Ashley Facy 3 4 1 0 0 7* 17 5.67
Bert Hopkins 4 5 0 0 0 8 16 3.20

Bowling

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Name Matches Balls Bowled Maidens Runs Wickets Best Bowling Average Strike rate Economy Rate
Bill Whitty 6 1312 69 510 42 8/27 12.14 31.24 2.33
Sid Emery 6 552 15 355 22 5/20 16.14 25.09 3.86
Warwick Armstrong 6 745 27 367 16 4/56 22.94 46.56 2.96
Ashley Facy 3 366 12 178 11 7/71 16.18 33.27 2.92
Bert Hopkins 4 375 17 163 9 4/34 18.11 41.67 2.61
Tom Warne 4 210 6 154 7 5/37 22.00 30.00 4.40
Charles Kelleway 6 276 10 116 5 2/1 23.20 55.20 2.52
Charles Simpson 5 232 11 52 1 1/5 52.00 232.00 1.34

References

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  1. ^ "BOARD OF CONTROL". Sydney Morning Herald. 21 December 1908. p. 8. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  2. ^ "THE ELEVEN'S TOUR". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 January 1909. p. 7. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  3. ^ "TRIANGULAR CRICKET". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 January 1910. p. 13. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  4. ^ "TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND". Examiner. 20 December 1909. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  5. ^ "NEW ZEALAND TOUR". Sydney Morning Herald. 31 January 1910. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  6. ^ "THE NEW ZEALAND TOUR". Argus. 26 January 1910. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  7. ^ "NEW ZEALAND TOUR". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 February 1910. p. 10. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
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