International cricket tour
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
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
First Test
29 December 1973–2 January 1974
(5-day match)
Scorecard
Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
31 December was taken as a rest day.
The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
Ian Davis and Gary Gilmour (both AUS), and Bryan Andrews and John Morrison (both NZ) made their Test debuts.
Second Test
Australia won the toss and elected to field.
8 January was taken as a rest day.
There was no play on the third and final days.
Jeremy Coney (NZ) made his Test debut.
Third Test
Tour matches summary
30 November-3 December 1973
(4-day match)
Scorecard
New Zealand won the toss and decided to field
Newcastle 125 (37.4 overs)
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Newcastle won the toss and decided to bat
New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat
9 December was taken as a rest day
Queensland won the toss and decided to field
Queensland won the toss and decided to bat
Australian Capital Territory won the toss and decided to field
South Australia won the toss and decided to field
New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat
New Zealand won by 4 wickets TCA Ground , Hobart Umpires: L.W. Cox and James M. Stevens
New Zealand won the toss and decided to field
Western Australia won the toss and decided to bat
South Australia won the toss and decided to field
Western Australia won the toss and decided to field
Annual reviews
References
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
1985 2002
Non Trans-Tasman Trophy – Australia v New Zealand Test series
International cricket tours of Australia
Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan Bangladesh England India New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka West Indies Zimbabwe
Other tours
Afghanistan Australian Forces English England Lions Fijian Ireland Multi-national Nepal New Zealand PNG Scotland Sri Lanka UAE World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)Pakistan A
§: Toured New Zealand as well as Australia