New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 1913–14 explained

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]

• Dan Reese (captain)
• Joe Bennett
• Charles Boxshall
• Tom Carlton
• Lancelot Hemus
• Rupert Hickmott
• Billy Patrick
• Charles Robinson
• Don Sandman
• Nessie Snedden
• Robert Somervell
• Leslie Taylor
• Henry Tattersall
• Bertie Tuckwell

Tour matches

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

First match

Second match

Third match

Fourth match

Fifth match

Sixth match

Seventh match

Eighth match

Ninth match

External links

• New Zealand in Australia 1913-14 at CricketArchive

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.

Notes and References

1. [Dan Reese (cricketer)|Dan Reese]
2. The New Zealand Cricket Team. Referee. 22 October 1913. 16. 23 January 2018.