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New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 1961–62

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New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 1961–62[a]
 
  South Africa New Zealand
Dates 12 October 1961 – 12 March 1962
Captains DJ McGlew JR Reid
Test series
Result 5-match series drawn 2–2
Most runs DJ McGlew (426) JR Reid (546)
Most wickets GB Lawrence (28) JC Alabaster (22)[1]

The New Zealand national cricket team toured South Africa from October 1961 to February 1962 and played a five-match Test series against the South Africa national cricket team. The series was drawn 2–2, with New Zealand's victory in the third Test the team's first Test match win outside their home country. New Zealand captain John Reid scored a total of 1,915 runs during the tour, setting a record for the most runs scored in South Africa by a touring batsman.[2] The tour was the second to South Africa by a team from New Zealand, the previous tour having taken place in 1953–54.

After South Africa withdrew from the British Commonwealth in 1961,[b] the tour was not deemed official as the country was no longer a member of the Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC). Despite this, the international matches on the tour have always been considered to have Test match status.[3][4]

Due to the sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era, no official Test cricket was played by South Africa after 1970, with an effective moratorium on international tours to the country after a resolution passed by the ICC opposing the apartheid system.[c][6] As a result, New Zealand did not tour the country again until 1994–95, after the end of the apartheid regime and the reintegration of South Africa into international sport in 1991.[7]

Tour party

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John Reid captained the New Zealand side on the tour

The New Zealand side was captained by John Reid with Murray Chapple as the vice-captain. Reid was by far the most experienced member of the side with 34 Test caps; other than Noel McGregor with 15, no other member of the side had more than 10 caps to their name and eight players on the tour had not made their Test debut. Six of these went on to play in the Test matches on the tour, with only John Ward and Bryan Yuile not playing in any of the Tests.[d][8][9]

New Zealand's outstanding post-war batsman, Bert Sutcliffe,[10] had retired from Test cricket and was not available for the tour,[8] although he came back into the side for the 1965 tour of India, Pakistan and England at the age of 41.[10][11] Experienced players Bob Blair and Alex Moir were not selected for the tour.[8]

The manager of the team was Gordon Leggat,[9] who played in one of the non-first-class matches on the tour.[8]

A protest against the South African apartheid regime took place during the squad selection meeting in Christchurch.[8][12] The team was the last from New Zealand to visit apartheid-era South Africa; the next New Zealand team to tour the country did so in 1994/95, after the end of the sporting boycott of South Africa.[13]

Tour itinerary

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The tour took place between October 1961 and March 1962. The New Zealanders travelled to and from South Africa via Australia. They played a first-class match against Western Australia on the outward leg of their journey and matches against South Australia and New South Wales on the return journey, the only matches played in March.[8][14]

A total of 21 matches were played in South Africa during the tour, including the five Test matches, as well as three played in Rhodesia.[e][4] Eleven matches, seven of which were first-class, were played during the period between October and December, before the first Test match. These included three matches, two of which were first-class, in Rhodesia. Another eight matches, six of which were first-class, were played between the Test matches, including five in January 1962 between the third and fourth Tests.[14]

Test series

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Jackie McGlew scored a century in the first Test to lead the home side to victory.

All of the Test matches during the tour were four-day matches.[f] Each side won two of the five matches with one drawn Test, leaving the series drawn.[4]

First Test

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The first Test match of the tour was held at Kingsmead Cricket Ground in Durban, beginning on 8 December 1961. Seven of the South African team and five New Zealanders made their Test debuts in the match. The South African team was captained by Jackie McGlew in his final series.

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat, scoring 292 runs in their first innings, and innings anchored by McGlew who carried his bat with a score of 127. Only Roy McLean, who scored 63, made a score of more than 25 runs and Wisden commented that the batting of the new South African players, other than Colin Bland, was "disappointing" throughout the match. In reply New Zealand scored 245 runs, with Paul Barton and Zin Harris both making half-centuries, leaving South Africa with a lead of 47 runs after the first innings.[17]

After a rest day on Sunday 10 December,[g][19] South Africa resumed their second innings. When Bland was fourth man out with the score on 110 they appeared well placed to build a big lead, but collapsed in less than an hour to be all out for 149, leaving New Zealand to score 197 runs with more than a days play remaining. They failed to reach their target and were all out for 166 after what Wisden called "rank bad batting", with South Africa winning the match by just 30 runs. Peter Pollock, on his Test debut aged 20, took a five-wicket haul with six wickets for a cost of 38 runs in the innings and nine wickets in the match.[17][19]

8–12 December 1961
v
South Africa won by 30 runs
 
 
292 (88.5 overs)
DJ McGlew 127
FJ Cameron 3/60 (27 overs)
245 (99.3 overs)
PGZ Harris 74
KA Walter 4/63 (25.3 overs)
149 (61.2 overs)
JHB Waite 63
FJ Cameron 3/32 (15.2 overs)
166 (79.3 overs)
SN McGregor 55
PM Pollock 6/38 (20.3 overs)

Second Test

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The second Test match began on Boxing Day at Wanderers in Johannesburg. McGlew again won the toss and chose to bat, John Waite scoring a century in South Africa's first innings score of 322 runs. Frank Cameron took five wickets in the innings. Rain had restricted play to only 80 minutes on the first day, and New Zealand did not begin their reply until the final session of the second day. They scored 223 in their innings, with Godfrey Lawrence taking eight wickets for 53 runs, the best bowling figures in Test matches by a South African fast bowler.[h] Debutant Graham Dowling top scored for New Zealand with 74.[20][21]

McGlew declared South Africa's second innings at 178/6, leaving New Zealand with a target of 278 runs in around four hours play. They reached 165 runs for the loss of four wickets and the match was drawn, with Wisden lamenting the loss of time to rain on the first day. Dowling scored a second half century, with John Reid top scoring with 75 not out.[20][21]

26–29 December 1961
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Drawn
 
 
322 (103.2 overs)
JHB Waite 101
FJ Cameron 5/83 (36.2 overs)
223 (92.3 overs)
GT Dowling 74
GB Lawrence 8/53 (30.3 overs)
178/6 declared (43 overs)
EJ Barlow 45
RC Motz 4/68 (17 overs)
165/4 (68 overs)
JR Reid 75*
PM Pollock 2/18 (14 overs)
  • South Africa won the toss and chose to bat
  • Only 80 minutes play was possible on the first day of the match due to rain
  • GT Dowling (New Zealand) made his Test match debut

Third Test

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The third Test was played at Newlands Cricket Ground

The third Test was played at Newlands in Cape Town, beginning on New Year's Day. Reid won the toss for the first time in the series and New Zealand chose to bat, scoring 385 runs in their first innings, attacking the South African bowling after losing early wickets. Reid scored a "pulsating" 92 runs before Murray Chapple and Zin Harris put on 148 runs for the fifth wicket, Harris scoring his maiden Test century before being stumped for 101. Sydney Burke, making his debut for South Africa, took six wickets, including four cheap ones on the second morning of the match.[22] Buster Farrer also made his debut for South Africa in the match.[23]

In reply South Africa were bowled out for 190 runs, Cameron taking a five-wicket haul. Reid did not enforce the follow on[i] and New Zealand scored 212 runs before declaring with nine wickets down, Burke taking another five wickets for 11 on debut.[22]

South Africa required 407 runs to win the match. McGlew, who suffered a hand injury, made 63 runs and McLean a century in under three hours, but the South Africans were bowled out for 335, New Zealand winning by 72 runs. The victory, which Wisden described as a "thriller", was their second in Test matches and their first away from home.[j][22]

1–4 January 1962
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New Zealand won by 72 runs
 
 
385 (157.5 overs)
PGZ Harris 101
SF Burke 6/128 (19.5 overs)
190 (68.4 overs)
EJ Barlow 51
FJ Cameron 5/48 (24.4 overs)
212/9 declared (88.1 overs)
AE Dick 50*
SF Burke 5/68 (27.1 overs)
335 (142.2 overs)
RA McLean 113
JC Alabaster 4/119 (50 overs)
  • New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat
  • SF Burke and WS Farrer (both South Africa) made their Test match debuts

Fourth Test

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The fourth Test was played at the beginning of February, with Wanderers being used again to host the match. Burke was dropped, despite his bowling display in the previous Test, and Peter Heine returned to the South African team after an absence of three years. It was to be his last Test match. Tiger Lance made his Test debut for the South Africans, the side's tenth new cap of the series.[26]

Reid won the toss again and opted to bat, but New Zealand were dismissed for 164 runs in their first innings, with Godfrey Lawrence taking another five-wicket haul at Wanderers. Only Reid, who played a "glorious innings" for 60, scored more than 22 runs.[26] South Africa replied with a score of 464, with an opening partnership of 134 and another century from McGlew, the seventh and last of his Test match career.[27] Facing a deficit of over 300, New Zealand lost both opening batsmen for ducks and were all out for 249. Reid again dominated the innings, scoring 142, but his side lost by an innings and 51 runs with a full day to play.[26][27] The match saw South African wicket-keeper John Waite take his 24th dismissal of the series, breaking the world record for dismissals in a five-match series by a wicket-keeper with a match remaining.[27]

2–5 February 1962
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South Africa won by an innings and 51 runs
 
 
164 (53.1 overs)
JR Reid 60
GB Lawrence 5/52 (16.1 overs)
464 (124.2 overs)
DJ McGlew 120
JR Reid 3/55 (16 overs)
249 (88.2 overs)
JR Reid 142
GB Lawrence 4/57 (22.2 overs)
  • New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat
  • 4 February was a rest day
    The match was scheduled to last until 6 February but was completed within three days of play
    HR Lance (South Africa) made his Test match debut

Fifth Test

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The pitch at St George's Oval for the firth Test favoured the batters.

The final Test match of the series was played at St George's Oval in Port Elizabeth, beginning on 16 February. Reid won the toss for the third match in a row and chose to bat on what Wisden described as a "batsman's wicket".[k][28]

The New Zealanders scored 275 runs, with Paul Barton top-scoring with 109, scoring his only Test century in an innings Wisden described as "composed, correct and polished". In reply South Africa scored 190, with opening batsman McGlew, playing in his final Test, suffering from an injured shoulder and not batting until ninth in the batting order as a result. New Zealand were then bowled out for 228 runs in their second innings, leaving South Africa requiring 314 to win the match.[28][29]

The second South African innings was in trouble at 199 for the loss of eight wickets, until a ninth wicket stand of 60 runs brought them to within 60 runs of the target. They lost their final two wickets, the last falling with only 21 minutes of play remaining in the match.[29] to leave New Zealand the winners by 40 runs, levelling the series at 2 wins apiece.[28] Waite took two more dismissals to take his total for the Test matches to 26, at the time the most by a wicket-keeper in a five-match Test series. New Zealand's wicket-keeper Artie Dick took five dismissals during the match, leaving him with a total of 23 for the series, equalling the previous record.[4][29]

16–20 February 1962
v
New Zealand won by 40 runs
 
 
275 (111.2 overs)
PT Barton 109
NAT Adcock 3/60 (27 overs)
190 (72.4 overs)
GB Lawrence 43
RC Motz 3/33 (14 overs)
228 (83.1 overs)
GT Dowling 78*
GB Lawrence 4/85 (28 overs)
273 (144 overs)
EJ Barlow 59
JR Reid 4/44 (45 overs)
  • New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat
  • 18 February was a rest day

Other matches

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The New Zealanders played 22 other matches during the tour. Three of these were played in Australia, one on the outward leg of the journey and two on the return. In total, 16 matches of these matches were considered first-class, including all three matches played in Australia.[14] An additional match was played after the team returned to New Zealand against a touring side.

Outward journey

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New Zealand arrived in Perth on 8 October 1961 and spent three days practicing before playing a first-class match against Western Australia.[8]

12–14 October 1961
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Drawn
 
 
249 (60.5 overs)
JR Reid 62
HG Bevan 5/55 (11.5 overs)
113 (37.7 overs)
HK Joynt 18
FJ Cameron 7/27 (16 overs)
173/5 declared (53 overs)
GT Dowling 83*
KF Punch 2/18 (11 overs)
253/3 (51 overs)
KF Punch 76
JT Sparling 1/25 (7 overs)
  • New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat
  • Eight-ball overs were used in the match

Early tour matches

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After arriving in South Africa on 17 October, the New Zealand side travelled first to Southern Rhodesia to play three matches, two of which were first-class, against Rhodesian teams in October, narrowly avoiding defeat in the first match.[30] They then travelled back to South Africa and played eight matches before the first Test. Five of these matches were first-class.[8][14]

21–23 October 1961
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Drawn
 
 
Summary
Scorecard (subscription required)
311/9 declared (111 overs)
KC Bland 91
JR Reid 3/59 (25 overs)
262 (77 overs)
JR Reid 97
JM Griffin 4/74 (27 overs)
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: HR Brown and HMF Johnston
197/4 declared (66 overs)
RA Gripper 52
RC Motz 5/65 (24 overs)
162/9 (64 overs)
PGZ Harris 47
JT Partridge 5/52 (16 overs)
  • Rhodesia won the toss and chose to bat
25–26 October 1961
Rhodesia Country Districts
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Drawn
 
 
Scorecard (subscription required)
326/5 declared (67 overs)
PGZ Harris 86
P Elgin 3/96 (20 overs)
347/8 declared (84.3 overs)
T Taberer 101
RC Motz 2/51 (71 overs)
Que Que Sports Club, Que Que
Umpires: J Fletcher and Kietzman
245/3 (61 overs)
JW Guy 83
N Waller 1/29 (8 overs)
  • New Zealanders won the toss and chose to bat
  • Non first-class match played over two days
28–30 October 1961
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Drawn
 
 
Summary
Scorecard (subscription required)
189 (82.5 overs)
KC Bland 67
JC Alabaster 4/71 (26.5 overs)
186 (74.1 overs)
JW Guy 54
GB Lawrence 5/32 (18.1 overs)
Police A Ground, Salisbury
Umpires: G Lowe and WK Smith
255/8 declared (92 overs)
AJ Pithey 66
JC Alabaster 4/80 (28 overs)
27/0 (12 overs)
JT Sparling 19 not out
  • Rhodesia won the toss and chose to bat

After returning from Rhodesia, the New Zealanders played eight matches before the first Test match in early December.

3–6 November 1961
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Drawn
 
 
Scorecard (subscription required)
397/9 declared (105 overs)
JHB Waite 122
JT Sparling 2/45 (9 overs)
317/9 declared (108 overs)
PT Barton 110
PS Heine 3/61 (21 overs)
167/5 declared (50 overs)
IR Fullerton 81 not out
RC Motz 3/36 (19 overs)
185/6 (69.5 overs)
SN McGregor 102
PS Heine 2/29 (17 overs)
  • Transvaal won the toss and chose to bat
  • 5 November was a rest day
8–9 November 1961
Natal Country Districts
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Drawn
 
 
Scorecard (subscription required)
151 (53.1 overs)
C Logan 47
FJ Cameron 6/42 (16 overs)
239/7 declared (93 overs)
ME Chapple 120 not out
LW Payn 3/92 (30.3 overs)
Alexandra Memorial Ground, Umzinto
Umpires: JDM Anderson and LD Lamble
167/5 (50 overs)
E Eaglestone 75
FJ Cameron 3/36 (16 overs)
  • Natal Country Districts won the toss and chose to bat
  • Non first-class match played over two days
10–13 November 1961
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Drawn
 
 
Scorecard (subscription required)
242 (62.4 overs)
RA McLean 50
FJ Cameron 4/55 (16 overs)
215 (96 overs)
JW Guy 60
NAT Adcock 4/28 (28 overs)
167 (52.3 overs)
MK Elgie 72
RC Motz 7/70 (19.3 overs)
108/5 (49 overs)
PT Barton 23
JM Cole 2/17 (12 overs)
  • Natal won the toss and chose to bat
  • 12 November was a rest day
15–16 November 1961
Transvaal Country Districts
v
New Zealanders won by an innings and 113 runs
 
 
Scorecard (subscription required)
115 (50.1 overs)
P Levy 27
RC Motz 8/37 (16.1 overs)
325/6 declared (65 overs)
JW Guy 122
A Dell 3/75 (17 overs)
West Rand Consolidated Mines Ground, Krugersdorp
Umpires: AGR Morris and G Parry
97 (45.1 overs)
R Lindsay 28
JC Alabaster 4/45 (15.1 overs)
  • Transvaal Country Districts won the toss and chose to bat
  • Non first-class match played over two days
17–20 November 1961
v
New Zealanders won by 168 runs
 
 
Scorecard (subscription required)
303 (91.2 overs)
BW Yuile 58
BA Goble 5/67 (21 overs)
179 (71 overs)
MK Glover 69
JC Alabaster 5/84 (21 overs)
De Beers Stadium, Kimberley
Umpires: TH Boggan and A Dunn
166/5 declared (36 overs)
JW Guy 67 not out
CR English 3/58 (15 overs)
122 (70 overs)
MK Glover 29
CWJ Hayes 29
RC Motz 4/20 (16 overs)
  • Griqualand West won the toss and chose to field
  • 19 November was a rest day
24–27 November 1961
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Drawn
 
 
Scorecard (subscription required)
315/9 declared (124 overs)
JH Ferrandi 81 not out
JR Reid 2/46 (20 overs)
523 (155.5 overs)
JR Reid 203
HD Bromfield 3/129 (41 overs)
247 (107.3 overs)
WL Taylor 61
FJ Cameron 3/44 (25 overs)
  • Western Province won the toss and chose to bat
  • 26 November was a rest day
8–9 November 1961
Western Province Country Districts
v
New Zealanders won by 8 wickets
 
 
Scorecard (subscription required)
124 (79.2 overs)
JA Kennedy 33
PGZ Harris 4/21 (13 overs)
173 (51.4 overs)
SN McGregor 37
PJ Slabbert 3/41 (15 overs)
Recreation Ground, Oudtshoorn
Umpires: J Gordon and EL Tuchten
123 (65.2 overs)
JL Taylor 30
ME Chapple 3/30 (17.2 overs)
76/2 (26.4 overs)
GT Dowling 49 not out
RR Lindsay 1/19 (8 overs)
  • Western Province Country Districts won the toss and chose to bat
  • Non first-class match played over two days
2–5 December 1961
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Drawn
 
 
Scorecard (subscription required)
249 (92.4 overs)
AE Dick 75
PM Pollock 6/53 (23 overs)
271 (103.3 overs)
RG Pollock 78
JC Alabaster 5/71 (29.3 overs)
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Umpires: DB Gibbon and G Minnaar
254/9 declared (83.3 overs)
JR Reid 49
JB Brodie 5/58 (23.3 overs)
139/9 (61 overs)
PH Copeland 54
JC Alabaster 4/60 (21 overs)
  • New Zealanders won the toss and chose to bat
  • 4 December was a rest day

Mid tour matches

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Between the first and second Tests, the New Zealanders played first-class matches in Pretoria and Benoni. The second and third Tests were played over the Christmas and New Year period without any intervening fixtures, and were followed by five fixtures, three of which were first-class, before the fourth Test. A single first-class match was played in East London between the fourth and fifth Tests.[14]

15–19 December 1961
v
New Zealanders won by 37 runs
 
 
Scorecard (subscription required)
228 (96.3 overs)
BW Yuile 75
MA Seymour 7/80 (32.3 overs)
207 (78.3 overs)
MA Menter 48
RC Motz 4/21 (14 overs)
Berea Park, Pretoria
Umpires: GI Fitzpatrick and GS Hawkins
215 (82.4 overs)
SN McGregor 51
MA Seymour 5/72 (32 overs)
199 (78.1 overs)
RJ Falkson 45
JC Alabaster 6/82 (26.1 overs)
  • New Zealanders won the toss and chose to bat
  • 16 and 17 December were rest days
21–23 December 1961
v
Drawn
 
 
Scorecard (subscription required)
228 (96.3 overs)
JR Reid 39
JT Botten 6/40 (26.4 overs)
218 (83.5 overs)
DT Lindsay 77
FJ Cameron 6/48 (31 overs)
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: TV Burnard and JG Sharp
282/9 declared (110 overs)
JR Reid 50
NM Riley 4/39 (20 overs)
142/6 (55 overs)
KJ Funston 59
JR Reid 2/10 (5 overs)
  • New Zealanders won the toss and chose to bat

The second Test started on 26 December and the third on 1 January after which the New Zealanders played five more matches before the fourth Test match.

6–8 January 1962
v
South African Country Districts
Drawn
 
 
Scorecard (subscription required)
169 (52 overs)
BW Yuile 29
JJA Nunan 3/48 (16 overs)
97 (47.5 overs)
DCB Lang 22
JJA Nunan 22
RC Motz 3/22 (10 overs)
JC Alabaster 3/22 (15.5 overs)
De Beers Stadium, Kimberley
Umpires: TH Boggan and LCP Oates
167/5 declared (45.4 overs)
JW Guy 71
AIH Rennie 3/45 (15 overs)
181/7 (63 overs)
E Eaglestone 98 not out
GA Bartlett 3/27 (11 overs)
  • New Zealanders won the toss and chose to bat
  • Non first-class match played over two days
12–15 January 1962
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Drawn
 
 
Scorecard (subscription required)
337/7 declared (95.4 overs)
ME Chapple 150 not out
N Wessels 5/111 (32 overs)
314 (133.3 overs)
C Richardson 114
JC Alabaster 4/106 (45.3 overs)
237/4 declared (55 overs)
JR Reid 118 not out
WT Strydom 1/31 (5 overs)
178/6 (77 overs)
DJ Schonegevel 30
S Strydom 30
JC Alabaster 5/86 (35 overs)
  • Orange Free State won the toss and chose to field
  • 14 January was a rest day
19–22 January 1962
South African Colts XI
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Drawn
 
 
Scorecard (subscription required)
318/4 declared (83 overs)
WS Farrer 147 not out
RC Motz 2/86 (25 overs)
295 (71.1 overs)
JR Reid 165
JM Cole 5/80 (22.1 overs)
Jan Smuts Ground, East London
Umpires: C Baines and TMA Gunton
144 (70.3 overs)
IR Fullerton 35
JC Alabaster 7/41 (17 overs)
116/8 (48 overs)
PT Barton 42
HR Lance 4/45 (18 overs)
  • South African Colts won the toss and chose to bat
  • 21 January was a rest day
24–25 January 1962
v
Natal XI
Drawn
 
 
Scorecard (subscription required)
262 (80.2 overs)
JG Leggat 91 not out
PHJ Trimborn 5/85 (23.2 overs)
231 (54.5 overs)
CGD Burger 65
JC Alabaster 4/74 (16.5 overs)
Oval, Kokstad
Umpires: D Dorning and RLD Gilson
188/8 declared (57 overs)
JW Guy 70
PHJ Trimborn 4/38 (17 overs)
151/4 (23 overs)
RK Lambert 42
AE Dick 2/33 (4 overs)
  • New Zealanders won the toss and chose to bat
  • Non first-class match played over two days
26–29 January 1962
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Drawn
 
 
Scorecard (subscription required)
474 (126.2 overs)
GT Dowling 145
R Dumbrill 3/79 (18 overs)
293 (89 overs)
R Dumbrill 74
JC Alabaster 4/64 (20 overs)
Jan Smuts Stadium, Pietermaritzburg
Umpires: DT Drew and DR Fell
384 (88.2 overs following on)
C Wesley 131
PGZ Harris 3/34 (8.2 overs)
  • New Zealanders won the toss and chose to bat
    Natal were asked to follow on after completing their first innings 181 runs behind
  • 28 January was a rest day

After the fourth Test match, which was scheduled to be played between 2–6 February, the New Zealanders played one first-class match against Border before the final Test match began on 16 February.

9–12 February 1962
v
New Zealanders won by 9 wickets
 
 
Scorecard (subscription required)
204 (63.1 overs)
S Knott 65
FJ Cameron 5/39 (19 overs)
343 (111.3 overs)
JR Reid 107
RK Thorne 8/101 (47.3 overs)
Jan Smuts Ground, East London
Umpires: TMA Gunton and FH Winrow
193 (78.1 overs)
PJ Muzzell 95
RC Motz 6/53 (19.1 overs)
57/1 (17.1 overs)
GT Dowling 126
RK Thorne 1/29 (8 overs)
  • Border won the toss and chose to bat
  • 11 February was a rest day

Return journey

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After leaving South Africa after the final Test at the end of February, the New Zealanders played two first-class matches against Australian sides on the return journey.[14] Immediately after arriving back in New Zealand, a further first-class match was played against a Commonwealth XI. The New Zealand side featured exclusively players from the touring side.[8]

2–5 March 1962
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South Australia won by 6 wickets
 
 
129 (45.5 overs)
GT Dowling 41
DJ Sincock 6/54 (15 overs)
260 (75 overs)
LE Favell 109
FJ Cameron 5/56 (21 overs)
251 (70.6 overs)
GT Dowling 54
NJN Hawke 5/71 (17.6 overs)
121/4 (35 overs)
JC Lill 52*
BW Yuile 2/38 (8 overs)
  • South Australia won the toss and chose to field
  • Eight-ball overs were used in the match
    4 March was a rest day
    The match was scheduled to last four days but was completed on the third day
9–12 March 1962
v
New South Wales won by 59 runs
 
 
322/7 declared (62 overs)
AK Davidson 76
GA Bartlett 2/54 (10 overs)
JR Reid 2/54 (13 overs)
251 (67.1 overs)
AE Dick 127
R Benaud 5/30 (12 overs)
152/7 declared (34 overs)
NC O'Neill 46
GA Bartlett 4/26 (7 overs)
164 (41.1 overs)
JR Reid 40
R Benaud 3/52 (11 overs)
  • New Zealander won the toss and chose to field
  • Eight-ball overs were used in the match
    11 March was a rest day
16–19 March 1962
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International XI won by 8 wickets
 
 
Scorecard (subscription required)
207 (86.3 overs)
GT Dowling 67
R Benaud 5/49 (25 overs)
414/7 declared (109.4 overs)
RB Simpson 167
JC Alabaster 3/106 (25.4 overs)
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: RW Pollock and AJ Reece
241 (77.5 overs)
SN McGregor 72
R Benaud 5/62 (21 overs)
35/2 (12.5 overs)
DA Ford 22*
SN McGregor 1/5 (4 overs)
  • New Zealand XI won the toss and chose to bat
  • The match was part of a world tour undertaken by a Commonwealth XI
    18 March was a rest day

Notes

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  1. ^ The New Zealand side also played matches in Australia at the beginning and end of the tour as well as one match in New Zealand on their return to the country.
  2. ^ South Africa voted to become a republic in 1960 but hoped to remain a member of the Commonwealth. The country requested to be allowed to do so at a meeting in London in 1961 but this was opposed by a number of members due to the apartheid system that had been introduced in South Africa in 1948. As a result South Africa withdrew its application to retain Commonwealth membership.[3]
  3. ^ By 1970 the ICC was known as the International Cricket Conference. It is now known as the International Cricket Council. South Africa had never officially rejoined after it left the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1961 and the ICC never issued a suspension or an outright ban on cricket against the country.[5]
  4. ^ Both Ward and Yuile later played Test cricket for New Zealand.
  5. ^ In 1961 Southern Rhodesia was a self-governing British Crown colony. The colony's government issued a Unilateral Declaration of Independence in 1965, establishing the unrecognised state of Rhodesia which existed until the formation of Zimbabwe in 1980. The Rhodesia cricket team first played in the Currie Cup, the South African first-class cricket competition, in 1904/05 and played regularly in the competition from 1946/47 until becoming Zimbabwe in 1980. Zimbabwean teams continued to play in South African domestic competitions occasionally in the mid-1990s and in 2007/08. Rhodesia did not play Test cricket and were not considered a full international side before the formation of Zimbabwe, but international sides touring South Africa, including England and Australian sides, occasionally played matches against the Rhodesian team.[15]
  6. ^ The duration of Test matches has varied throughout the history of Test cricket. Although most modern matches are scheduled to be played over five days, historically Test matches have been played over three, four or six days as well. Timeless Tests, matches played to their conclusion without a time limit, have also been played, mainly in Australia during the period before the Second World War.[16]
  7. ^ It was common for Test matches to include rest days, generally on Sundays, until the 1990s.[18]
  8. ^ As of December 2020 Lawrence's figures remain the best by a South African fast bowler and third best by any type of bowler for the side. Spin bowlers Hugh Tayfield and Keshav Maharaj have both taken nine wickets in a Test match innings, Tayfield doing so in 1957 and Maharaj in 2018.
  9. ^ In a four-day match the follow on target is 150 runs less than the team batting first made in total. If the team batting second fails to reach this target (235 runs in this case) they could have been asked to bat again, thus following on. It is a matter of match tactics whether or not the follow on is enforced.
  10. ^ New Zealand played its first Test match in 1930, but did not win a match until 1956 when the side, captained by John Reid, defeated the visiting West Indies side.[24][25]
  11. ^ A batsman's wicket is one on which the ball bounces consistently, making it easier for batsmen to score runs. They are sometimes called "flat wickets".

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Further reading

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  • Whitington RS (1962) John Reid's Kiwis. Christchurch: Whitcombe & Tombs.
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