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Marylebone Cricket Club cricket team in New Zealand in 1906–07

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An English team raised by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) toured New Zealand between December 1906 and March 1907. The tour comprised two first-class matches against New Zealand, two each against the four main provincial teams – Auckland, Canterbury, Otago and Wellington – and one against Hawke's Bay. There were also five minor matches against teams from country areas.

The team

The team, which consisted entirely of amateurs, most of them young and inexperienced, was captained by Teddy Wynyard and included future Test players like Johnny Douglas and George Simpson-Hayward.

  • Teddy Wynyard (captain)
  • Trevor Branston
  • William Burns
  • Wilfred Curwen
  • Charles de Trafford
  • Johnny Douglas
  • Raymond Fox
  • Philip Harrison
  • Peter Randall Johnson
  • Percy May
  • Charles Page
  • George Simpson-Hayward
  • Attwood Torrens
  • Neville Tufnell
  • Philip Williams
  • The team took their own umpire with them, John Moss, who officiated in all their matches, sharing the duties with a local official.

    References

    Marylebone Cricket Club cricket team in New Zealand in 1906–07 Wikipedia