Tour of England 1973                     Captain : Bev Congdon
	Eleventh New Zealand Test tour. (April - July 1973)     Seventh Test-playing tour of England by New Zealand    (previous tour 1969)	Glenn Turner scored 1000 first-class runs in England before the end of May, a feat not accomplished since Bill Edrich did it before the Second World War.  The vice-captain's feat attracted publicity to the New Zealanders' tour but thereafter Turner made very few runs in the Test matches.  The other major batsman, the captain Bev Congdon, made two large scores in the Test series, centuries which nearly saved one Test match and nearly won another.  New Zealand were set 479 to win at Trent Bridge and fell only 38 runs short of this huge target. They almost achieved their goal of winning a Test match in England for the first time when they gained a first innings lead of nearly 300 at Lord’s but the match was left drawn. The tourists succumbed in the other Test match to the greater all-round strength of Ray Illingworth's efficient England side, and so lost both the Test series and the rain-affected one-day series.	All New Zealand tours     Previous tour West Indies 1971-72   Next tour Australia 1973-74     Next tour of England 1978
	Members of the Test tour party (15)       Opening batsmen  John Parker, Rodney Redmond, Glenn Turner Middle-order Robert Anderson, Mark Burgess, Bevan Congdon, Brian Hastings Wicket-keeper:  Ken Wadsworth. Spin bowlers:  Eric Gillott, Hedley Howarth, Vic Pollard. Fast bowlers: Dick Collinge, Dayle Hadlee, Richard Hadlee, Bruce Taylor.	R W Anderson O 24 RHB   M G Burgess A 28 RHB   R O Collinge W 27 LF   B E Congdon O 35 RHB         RM     captain   E K Gillott ND 22 SLA  orthodox   D R Hadlee C 25 RMF   R J Hadlee C 21 RFM   B F Hastings C 33 RHB   H J Howarth A 29 SLA  orthodox   J M Parker ND 22 RHB  opener    reserve WK   V Pollard C 27 RHB        OB   R E Redmond A 28 LHB  opener   B R Taylor W 29 LHB       RFM   G M Turner O 25 RHB  opener   K J Wadsworth C 26 WK	Provincial representation:    (Plunket Shield teams)   A - Auckland (3) C - Canterbury (5) CD - Central Districts (0) ND - Northern Districts (2) O - Otago (3) W - Wellington (2)     Average age of  team at time of first Test match (7 June 1973) :  27 yrs  3 months.
	Test Appearances made before the tour	Congdon 39,  Pollard 29,  Taylor 27,  Burgess  23,  Turner 19,  Wadsworth 19,  Hastings 19,  Howarth 19,  Collinge 17,  D R Hadlee 10,  R J Hadless 1,  Parker 1,  Redmond 1,  Anderson 0,  Gillott 0.
	Tour Officials	J C ‘Jack’ Saunders Manager Ian Walter Scorer Tony Smith Driver - baggage   Dick Brittenden, the NZ PA reporter, again accompanied the team throughout the tour.
	Selectors	Ken Deas (convenor),  Frank Cameron,  Frank Mooney.
	Selection	The treasurer of the New Zealand Cricket Council, Jack Saunders, was appointed manager in October 1972. Unavailable  : Graham Dowling (back injury). Tour Party Announced  :  4 March 1973. Not selected:   Terry Jarvis,  David O’Sullivan,  John Morrison  (the choices of Anderson and Gillott caused surprise)	Time between selection and departure from New Zealand   39 days (4 March to 12 April)
	Travel   Christchurch  Q London	Despite hold-ups to air traffic at Harewood Airport, Christchurch, caused by a fireman's strike at the airport between 4 and 13 April, the tourists were able to get away on 12 April 1973. They landed at Heathrow Airport, London, on 16 April. Ken Wadsworth, who had left without tablets to treat his cartilage condition, missed some early practices with a sore right knee.  Bruce Taylor’s departure from New Zealand was delayed by business. He arrived at Heathrow Airport on 2 May when the plane, a Boeing 707, made an emergency landing owing to faulty brakes.	Time spent in England    102 days (16 April - 26 July)
	On-tour selection panel	Bev Congdon (captain),  Glenn Turner (vice-captain),  Jack Saunders (manager).
	Reinforcements	The scorer Ian Walter played in a match in Scotland.  Geoff Howarth missed matches with a chipped ankle bone.  Glenn Turner missed only two matches, in one of which he had a dislocated finger. Hedley Howarth broke a bone in his ankle practising for the M.C.C. match at Lord’s and was unable to play for nearly a month
	Fixtures/Results	a ϯ Kennington Oval London New Zealand CC (55 overs) Won 61 r b Eastbourne Derrick Robins XI Drawn c Worcester Worcestershire Drawn d Bournemouth Hampshire Drawn e Canterbury Kent Drawn f Bristol Gloucestershire Drawn g Taunton Somerset Drawn h Cardiff Glamorgan Won 3 w i Lord’s M C C Drawn j Derby Derbyshire Drawn k Leicester Leicestershire Drawn l Northampton Northamptonshire Drawn m Old Trafford Lancashire Won 9 w n TRENT BRIDGE ENGLAND  First Test LOST 38 r o Cambridge Oxford & Cambridge Universities Drawn p Edgbaston Warwickshire Drawn q LORD’S ENGLAND  Second Test DRAWN r Kennington Oval Surrey Drawn s HEADINGLEY ENGLAND  Third Test LOST inns 1 r t ϯ Dundee Scotland  (2-day) Drawn u Westcliff-on-Sea Essex Won inns 18 r v § Swansea England  (1st ODI) Lost 7 w w § Old Trafford England  (2nd ODI) No result	† not first-class   § one-day internationals (Prudential Trophy)     Time spent in England before First Test:   53 days (16 April - 7 June)
	Test appearances on tour	3  -    Burgess,  Collinge,  Congdon,  D R Hadlee,  Hastings,  Parker,  Pollard,  Taylor, Turner,  Wadsworth. 2  -    Howarth. 1  -    R J Hadlee. 0  -    Anderson,  Gillott,  Redmond.
	Match appearances           T  Test match o  one-day international  x other match  ∙  played for opposition   W won  L lost  D drawn   N no result   A abandoned   u unknown result	a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w R W Anderson x x   x   x x x   x x x     x     x   x x     M G Burgess x x x x x x   x x x   x x T x x T   T   x o o R O Collinge x x x   x x   x x x   x x T x   T x T   x o o B E Congdon x x x x x x x x x   x x x T   x T   T x x o o E K Gillott x   x     x x   x x x x x         x   x x     D R Hadlee ∙   x x x   x   x x x   x T x x T x T         R J Hadlee x x   x       x   x x x x T   x   x   x x o o B F Hastings   x x x x   x x x x x   x T x x T x T   x o o H J Howarth x x x x x   x x             x x T x T x   o o J M Parker x   x x x   x x x x   x x T x x T x T x       V Pollard x x   x x x     x x x x x T x x T   T x x o o R E Redmond ∙ x x   x x x     x x       x     x   x x o o B R Taylor           x x x x   x x   T x x T   T x x o o G M Turner x x x x x x x x x x x x x T   x T x T x   o o K J Wadsworth x x x x x x x x x   x x x T x x T x T   x o o I Walter                                       x        R E S U L T S  W D D D D D D W D D D D W L D D D D L D W L N	New Zealand’s six previous Test tour results:     in West Indies 1971-72 (5 Tests)  - drew 0-0 in India & Pakistan 1969-70  (6 Tests)  - drew 1-1 and won 1-0 in England 1969 (3 Tests)  - lost 0-2 in England 1965 (3 Tests)  - lost 0-3 in India & Pakistan 1964-65 (7 Tests)  - lost 0-1, lost 0-2 in South Africa 1961-62 (5 Tests)  - drew 2-2
	Highlights	•   Glenn Turner scored 1000 runs in first-class matches before the end of May. •   Dick Collinge took 6-52 in an early tour match against Worcestershire •   Bevan Congdon (176) and Vic Pollard (116) shared a partnership of 177 at Trent Bridge •  The New Zealand second innings of 440 was the second highest scored in the 4th innings of a Test match. •  Hedley Howarth returned after his ankle injury taking ten wickets for 145 against Combined Universities. •  Bevan Congdown scored his second successive century of 175 at Lord’s where Burgess (105) and Pollard (105) also scored centuries in New Zealand’s record total of 551-9 declared •   Dick Collinge who narrowly passed a fitness test to play, captured 5-74 in the third Test at Headingley •
	Tour Summary	F W L  D Aban Test Matches   3 0 2   1 - Other first-class matches 16 3 0 13 - Minor matches   2 1 0   1 - One-day internationals   2 0 1   1 - All Matches 23 4 3 16 -	F  Fixtures   W  Won   L  Lost   T  Tied   D Drawn   Canc  Cancelled Aban  abandoned
	Return to New Zealand   London  Q Auckland	At the end of the tour Glenn Turner and John Parker remained in England, being professional cricketers with Worcestershire. Turner married Sukinder Kaur Gill, 21, at Brentford on 24 July. They subsequently returned to live in New Zealand where she later served as Mayor of Dunedin 1995-2004 and became DNZM. The team flew out from London on 26 July 1973.  Howarth and five others arrived in Auckland on Sunday 29 July.  The manager Mr Saunders, Congdon and six South Island players arrived in Christchurch later that day.	Time away from New Zealand    109 days   (12 April to 29 July)
	Finances
	Written accounts of the tour	“The New Zealand Tour to England 1973”  by David Parsons  (The Cricket Publishing Company, 2013)
	Postcript	Two New Zealanders, Bruce Taylor and Mark Burgess announced their retirement from Test cricket at the end of the tour (though Burgess came back to play many more Tests and captain the country).
	Other Test tours in 1973	West Indians  to England 1973.

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