| New South Wales tour of New Zealand 1893/94 | |
| Fromdate: | January |
| Todate: | February 1894 |
| Cricket Format: | First-class |
| Matches: | 7 |
| Most Runs: | Alick Mackenzie (296) |
| Most Wickets: | Sydney Austin (52) |
| Previous Year: | 1889/90 |
| Next Year: | 1895/96 |
| Previous Tournament: | New South Wales cricket team in New Zealand in 1890 |
The New South Wales cricket team toured New Zealand from January to February 1894 and played seven first-class matches and one minor match. The tour is notable for the fact that the game against New Zealand was New Zealand's first first-class match. The tour was New South Wales' second of New Zealand after a tour in 1890. Like the previous tour it was privately organised by Coleman Davis and not officially sanctioned by the New South Wales Cricket Association. Despite this, given the touring party consisted of leading players from Sydney clubs the team is considered to have been a representative quality side and the matches played on tour to have been official New South Wales first-class games.
The following players were selected for the tour:[1]
| Name | Club | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.J. Davis (Captain) | Warwick | 34 | |
| Randwick | 27 | ||
| Redfern | 25 | ||
| East Sydney | 21 | ||
| Paddington | 23 | ||
| Lithgow | 23 | ||
| Maitland | 22 | ||
| Paddington | 28 | ||
| Paddington | 20 | ||
| East Sydney | 32 | ||
| Parramatta | 34 |
| 18–20 Jan 1894 | Auckland | Auckland Domain, Auckland | NSW won by 9 wickets.[2] | 3 day game; no play on day 1 | |
| 24–25 Jan 1894 | Hawke's Bay | Recreation Ground, Napier | NSW won by an innings and 13 runs.[3] | 2 day game | |
| 27–29 Jan 1894 | Wellington | Basin Reserve, Wellington | Match drawn[4] | 2 day game | |
| 1–5 Feb 1894 | Canterbury | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | Canterbury won by an innings and 7 runs[5] | 4 day game | |
| 10–13 Feb 1894 | Otago | Carisbrook, Dunedin | Match drawn[6] | 3 day game | |
| 15–17 Feb 1894 | New Zealand | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | NSW won by 160 runs[7] | 3 day game; First time New Zealand played a first-class match | |
| 19–21 Feb 1894 | North Island | Basin Reserve, Wellington | NSW won by 123 runs[8] | 3 day game |
| 7–8 Feb 1894 | South Canterbury XV | South Canterbury Athletic Club Ground, Timaru | Match Drawn | |
| 13–14 Feb 1894 | Oamaru XV | New Cricket Ground, Oamaru | Match cancelled |
| S.W. Austin | 7 | 10 | 0 | 163 | 43 | 16.30 | – | – | 1 | – | |
| O.W. Cowley | 7 | 12 | 1 | 266 | 55 | 24.18 | – | 1 | 5 | – | |
| J.J. Davis | 7 | 10 | 3 | 139 | 25* | 19.85 | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
| J.W. Gould | 7 | 12 | 0 | 232 | 45 | 19.33 | – | – | 3 | – | |
| A.C.K. Mackenzie | 7 | 13 | 0 | 296 | 60 | 22.76 | – | 2 | 5 | – | |
| D.L. Miller | 7 | 11 | 2 | 86 | 18 | 9.55 | – | – | 5 | – | |
| L.D. Moore | 7 | 12 | 1 | 254 | 68 | 23.09 | – | 2 | 4 | – | |
| E.G. Noble | 7 | 11 | 2 | 215 | 51 | 23.88 | – | 1 | 10 | – | |
| M.A. Noble | 7 | 10 | 1 | 93 | 26 | 10.33 | – | – | 3 | – | |
| J. Searle | 7 | 13 | 6 | 186 | 45* | 26.57 | – | – | 7 | 6 | |
| S.R. Walford | 7 | 11 | 0 | 121 | 22 | 11.00 | – | – | 3 | – |
| Player | Matches | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Average | Best Bowling | 5 w/i | 10 w/m | Strike rate | Economy rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.W. Austin | 7 | 1761 | 86 | 612 | 52 | 11.76 | 8/14 | 6 | 1 | 33.8 | 2.08 | |
| O.W. Cowley | 7 | 253 | 16 | 78 | 6 | 13.00 | 3/14 | – | – | 42.1 | 1.84 | |
| J.J. Davis | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| J.W. Gould | 7 | 605 | 16 | 327 | 15 | 21.80 | 4/30 | – | – | 40.3 | 3.24 | |
| A.C.K. Mackenzie | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| D.L. Miller | 7 | 1407 | 69 | 482 | 30 | 16.06 | 4/25 | – | – | 46.9 | 2.05 | |
| L.D. Moore | 7 | 64 | 2 | 23 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 2.15 | |
| E.G. Noble | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| M.A. Noble | 7 | 301 | 13 | 153 | 4 | 38.25 | 2/16 | – | – | 75.2 | 3.04 | |
| J. Searle | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| S.R. Walford | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |