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[]
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- 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[]
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- 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[]
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- 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[]
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- 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.
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Categories:
- 1956 in West Indian cricket
- 1956 in New Zealand cricket
- New Zealand cricket seasons from 1945–46 to 1969–70
- West Indian cricket tours of New Zealand
- International cricket competitions from 1945–46 to 1960
- International cricket tour of New Zealand stubs