New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 1973–74 explained

The New Zealand national cricket team toured Australia in the 1973-74 season and played 3 Test matches. Australia won the series 2-0 with one match drawn.

New Zealand team

• Bevan Congdon (captain)
• Glenn Turner (vice-captain)
• Gren Alabaster
• Bryan Andrews
• Lance Cairns
• Keith Campbell
• Jeremy Coney
• Dayle Hadlee
• Richard Hadlee
• Brian Hastings
• John Morrison
• David O'Sullivan
• John Parker
• Mike Shrimpton
• Ken Wadsworth

Coney joined the tour when Turner was injured. Andrews, Cairns, Coney and Morrison made their Test debuts on the tour.^[1] Alabaster and Campbell never played Test cricket.

Test series summary

Third Test

Tour matches summary

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Annual reviews

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1974
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1975

Further reading

• Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
• Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993

External links

• New Zealand in Australia: Dec 1973/Jan 1974 at Cricinfo
• New Zealand to Australia 1973-74 at Test Cricket Tours
• New Zealand in Australia 1973-74 at CricketArchive

Notes and References

1. Wisden 1975, pp. 930-43.