New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 1913–14

The New Zealand cricket team toured Australia from early December 1913 to late January 1914, playing four first-class matches against state teams and five other matches.

The team

Three of New Zealand’s leading batsmen, David Collins, Harold Lusk and Arthur Sims, were unavailable.[1] The provincial cricket associations were asked to submit the names of suitable players from their regions. Out of 40 players nominated, 14 were eventually chosen.[2]

The matches

The New Zealanders won the first first-class match against Queensland, lost to New South Wales and Victoria, and drew with South Australia.

References

  1. Dan Reese, Was It All Cricket?, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1948, p. 389.
  2. "The New Zealand Cricket Team". Referee: 16. 22 October 1913. Retrieved 23 January 2018.

Other sources

  • Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 53–56.
  • Dan Reese, Was It All Cricket?, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1948, pp. 389–401.
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