West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1955–56

The West Indies cricket team toured New Zealand between January and March 1956 and played a four-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team. West Indies won the series 3–1.

West Indies team

• Denis Atkinson (captain)
• John Goddard (player-manager)
• Alfie Binns
• Clairmonte Depeiaza
• Tom Dewdney
• Wilfred Edun
• Hammond Furlonge
• Frank King
• Bruce Pairaudeau
• Sonny Ramadhin
• Alphonso Roberts
• Collie Smith
• Gary Sobers
• Alf Valentine
• Everton Weekes

Test series summary

First Test

3, 4, 6 February 1956 (4-day match) Scorecard

New Zealand	v	West Indies
74 (62.2 overs) JW Guy 23 S Ramadhin 6/23 (21.2 overs)		353 (112.5 overs) ED Weekes 123 RW Blair 4/90 (22.5 overs)
208 (110.2 overs) JEF Beck 66 OG Smith 3/42 (18 overs)

West Indies won by an innings and 71 runs Carisbrook, Dunedin Umpires: LG Clark and AE Jelley

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• 5 February was taken as a rest day.
• The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
• AF Lissette (NZ) made his Test debut.

Second Test

18, 20, 21 February 1956 (4-day match) Scorecard

West Indies	v	New Zealand
386 (136.5 overs) ED Weekes 103 JR Reid 3/68 (24 overs)		158 (75.5 overs) AR MacGibbon 31* S Ramadhin 5/46 (26 overs)
		164 (f/o) (60.4 overs) JR Reid 40 AL Valentine 5/32 (22.4 overs)

West Indies won by an innings and 64 runs Lancaster Park, Christchurch Umpires: J Cowie and WJC Gwynne

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
• 19 February was taken as a rest day.
• The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
• IM Sinclair (NZ) made his Test debut.
• SC Guillen made his Test debut for New Zealand, having appeared in five Tests for West Indies.

Third Test

3, 5, 6, 7 March 1956 (4-day match) Scorecard

West Indies	v	New Zealand
404 (135.5 overs) ED Weekes 156 JR Reid 3/85 (32.5 overs)		208 (140 overs) JEF Beck 55 DS Atkinson 2/20 (12.2 overs)
13/1 (5.2 overs) BH Pairaudeau 8 AR MacGibbon 1/6 (3 overs)		208 (f/o) (106.5 overs) DD Taylor 77 DS Atkinson 5/66 (31 overs)

West Indies won by 9 wickets Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: LG Clark and WJC Gwynne

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
• 4 March was taken as a rest day.
• RT Barber (NZ) made his Test debut.

Fourth Test

9, 10, 12, 13 March 1956 (4-day match) Scorecard

New Zealand	v	West Indies
255 (166.5 overs) JR Reid 84 DT Dewdney 5/21 (19.5 overs)		145 (78.3 overs) HA Furlonge 64 HB Cave 4/22 (27.3 overs)
157/9d (80 overs) SC Guillen 41 DS Atkinson 7/53 (40 overs)		77 (45.1 overs) ED Weekes 31 HB Cave 4/21 (13.1 overs)

New Zealand won by 190 runs Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: JC Harris and TM Pearce

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• 11 March was taken as a rest day.
• AT Roberts (WIN) made his Test debut.
• This was New Zealand’s first Test victory after 26 years as a Test-playing nation.

External links

• West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1955-56 at ESPNcricinfo