Marylebone Cricket Club cricket team in New Zealand in 1906–07
An English team raised by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) toured New Zealand between December 1906 and March 1907 to play two first-class matches versus the New Zealand national cricket team. MCC played two first-class matches against each of the four main provincial teams: Auckland, Canterbury, Otago and Wellington; and one against Hawke's Bay.[1]
The MCC team was captained by Teddy Wynyard and included future Test players like Johnny Douglas and George Simpson-Hayward.
Full team, in alphabetical order as recorded on the first-class passenger list of the ship "SS Corinthic", by which they travelled to New Zealand:
G.T. Branston, W.B. Burns, W.G.H. Curwen, C.E. De Trafford, J.W.H. Douglas, R.H. Fox, W.P. Harrison, G.H. Simpson-Hayward, P.R. May, C.C. Page, A.A. Torrens, N.C. Tufnell.
Captain: E.G. Wynyard, Umpire: J. Moss
References
Bibliography
- Ryan, Greg (2004) The Making of New Zealand Cricket 1832-1914. London. Portland, Oregon: Frank Cass Publishers. (Foreword by Glenn Turner)
- D.O. Neely, R.P. King & F.K. Payne (1986) Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket. Auckland, NZ: Moa Publications. "The definitive work covering every match played by a New Zealand team from the first in 1894 to May 1985."
External links
- MCC in New Zealand 1906-07 at Cricket Archive
- English Team for New Zealand "Auckland Star", 14 July 1906.
- New Zealand Cricket: Playing England NZ History (NZ Ministry for Culture & Heritage)