Marylebone Cricket Club in New Zealand in 1935–36

An English team raised by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) toured New Zealand from December 1935 to March 1936 and played eight first-class matches including four against the New Zealand national cricket team. MCC also played the main provincial teams, Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago, and ten non-first-class matches against teams from minor cricket associations.^[1]

The MCC team was captained by Errol Holmes. The overall tour included a short stopover in Ceylon, where a single minor match was played, and six first-class matches in Australia between October and December 1935.^[1]

The team

Bob Wyatt was offered the captaincy but declined, saying he needed a rest.^[2] In order to limit the expense of the tour, MCC chose only six professionals (Barber, Hardstaff, Langridge, Parks, Sims and Smith), and there was no manager.^[3] The team was the youngest-ever English touring team, with an average age of 26.^[4] Holmes judged his team to be "just about representative of England's second XI at the time".^[5]

Lyttelton, later known as Viscount Cobham, returned to New Zealand as Governor-General between 1957 and 1962.

First-class matches

20-23 December 1935
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Wellington	v	Marylebone Cricket Club
164 (55.2 overs) Jack Lamason 62 Jim Sims 8/53 (22 overs)		166 (55.1 overs) Charles Lyttelton 35 Denis Blundell 3/29 (11.1 overs)
146 (37.5 overs) Jimmy Ell 61 Jim Sims 4/47 (10.5 overs)		130 (56.4 overs) Jim Sims 43 Denis Blundell 5/50 (22 overs)

Wellington won by 14 runs
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: Charles Moore and Charlie Webb

Marylebone Cricket Club elected to field

24-26 December 1935
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Canterbury	v	Marylebone Cricket Club
243 (71.1 overs) Jack Kerr 146* Jim Sims 4/52 (16 overs)		364 (94.5 overs) Wilf Barber 116 Ian Cromb 5/52 (14.5 overs)
172 (59.5 overs) Jack Kerr 71 Hopper Read 6/61 (21 overs)		52/0 (16.1 overs) Jim Parks 34*

Marylebone Cricket Club won by 10 wickets
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: JT Forrester and R Coleman

Canterbury elected to bat

31 December 1935-2 January 1936
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Otago	v	Marylebone Cricket Club
78 (37.1 overs) Alec Knight 35 Jim Sims 3/11 (7.1 overs)		550 (128.4 overs) Denis Smith 165 Lankford Smith 3/71 (16 overs)
357 (110.5 overs) Vic Cavanagh 66 Hopper Read 3/99 (29.5 overs)

Marylebone Cricket Club won by an innings and 115 runs
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Umpires: Richard Torrance and William Butler

Otago elected to bat first

10-13 January 1936
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New Zealand	v	Marylebone Cricket Club
81 (38 overs) Lindsay Weir 21 Hopper Read 6/26 (9 overs)		653/5d (147 overs) Wilf Barber 173 Cedric Elmes 2/129 (32 overs)
205/7 (65.1 overs) Giff Vivian 87 Hopper Read 5/74 (27 overs)

Match drawn
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Umpires: Richard Torrance and William Butler

New Zealand elected to bat

17-20 January 1936
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New Zealand	v	Marylebone Cricket Club
242 (95.3 overs) Alby Roberts 75* Jim Parks 4/46 (29 overs)		156 (54.5 overs) Mandy Mitchell-Innes 57 Ian Cromb 4/52 (14 overs)
229/3d (55.1 overs) Jack Kerr 105* Jim Sims 2/70 (17 overs)		130/7 (59 overs) James Langridge 61* Alby Roberts 2/39 (22 overs)

Match drawn
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: Charles W. Moore and DL Ryan

New Zealand elected to bat

21-24 January 1936
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Auckland	v	Marylebone Cricket Club
306/6d (106 overs) Merv Wallace 113 James Langridge 3/54 (28 overs)		329 (121.2 overs) Jim Parks 88 Raoul Garrard 4/114 (43 overs)

Match drawn
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: DL Ryan and Oscar Montgomery

Auckland elected to bat
23 February was taken as a rest day

28 February-2 March 1936
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New Zealand	v	Marylebone Cricket Club
368 (116.1 overs) Cedric Elmes 99 Jim Sims 4/92 (25 overs)		435 (167.5 overs) Joe Hardstaff 147* Bernard Griffiths 3/105 (28 overs)
128/3 (63 overs) Mal Matheson 50* Sandy Baxter 1/9 (6 overs)

Match drawn
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: DL Ryan and Oscar Montgomery

Toss not known
1 March was taken as a rest day

6-9 March 1936
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Marylebone Cricket Club	v	New Zealand
195 (68.1 overs) Wilf Barber 60 Bernard Griffiths 4/60 (17 overs)		334 (96.1 overs) Jack Kerr 132 Hopper Read 5/72 (21.1 overs)
142/2 (58 overs) Denis Smith 40* Ian Cromb 1/32 (15 overs)

Match drawn
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: DL Ryan and JT Forrester

Marylebone Cricket Club elected to bat
8 March was taken as a rest day
No play on 9 March due to rain

Assessments

The tour made a financial loss for the New Zealand Cricket Council of £3,000, which was considered severe.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b CricketArchive – tour itinerary
^ "M.C.C. Team for Dominion: Holmes Captain". Auckland Star: 7. 9 July 1935.
^ Errol Holmes, Flannelled Foolishness, Hollis & Carter, London, 1957, p. 109.
^ Holmes, pp. 112, 121.
^ Holmes, p. 111.
^ "Cricket". Otago Daily Times: 4. 9 December 1937.

Bibliography

Errol Holmes, Flannelled Foolishness, Hollis & Carter, London, 1957, pp. 126–143
Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 136–139

External links

Marylebone Cricket Club in New Zealand, 1935-36 at Cricinfo
Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1935-36 at CricketArchive

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[CA-1] CricketArchive – tour itinerary

[2] "M.C.C. Team for Dominion: Holmes Captain". Auckland Star: 7. 9 July 1935.

[3] Errol Holmes, Flannelled Foolishness, Hollis & Carter, London, 1957, p. 109.

[4] Holmes, pp. 112, 121.

[5] Holmes, p. 111.

[6] "Cricket". Otago Daily Times: 4. 9 December 1937.

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