Australian cricket team in New Zealand in 1909–10

Australian tour of New Zealand 1909/10
Dates	Feb 1910 – Apr 1910
Cricket format	First-class
Matches	7
Most runs	Edgar Mayne (532)
Most wickets	Bill Whitty (42)
	← 1904/05 1913/14 →

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.

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

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

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

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.

Tour itinerary

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

Australia v Wellington

11–14 February 1910
Scorecard

Wellington	v	Australia
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

18–21 February 1910
Scorecard

Auckland	v	Australia
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

25–28 February 1910
Scorecard

Canterbury	v	Australia
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

5–8 March 1910
Scorecard

Otago	v	Australia
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

11–14 March 1910
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Australia
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

16–17 March 1910
Scorecard

Manawatu	v	Australia
87 R. Cobbe 32 W.J. Whitty 6/36		304 D. Smith 107
113 A.M. Ongley W.J. Whitty 3/22

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

26–29 March 1910
Scorecard

Australia	v	New Zealand
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

Batting


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


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

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

External links

Australia in New Zealand 1909-10 at CricHQ

[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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