f21194 t421	New Zealand v West Indies
	West Indies in New Zealand and Fiji 1955/56 (1st Test)
Venue	Carisbrook, Dunedin on 3rd, 4th, 6th February 1956 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat
Result	West Indies won by an innings and 71 runs
Umpires	LG Clark, AE Jelley
Close of play day 1	West Indies (1) 234/3 (Weekes 123*, Smith 63*)
Close of play day 2	New Zealand (2) 158/6 (Beck 36*, Moir 7*)

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New Zealand first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Leggat	c Sobers b Atkinson	3		7	-	-
B Sutcliffe	b Valentine	9		83		-
JW Guy	c Goddard b Ramadhin	23		72		-
JR Reid	b Ramadhin	10
SN McGregor	run out	0
JEF Beck	b Valentine	7
RW Blair	c Binns b Ramadhin	0
AM Moir	not out	15
*HB Cave	b Ramadhin	0
+TG McMahon	c Binns b Ramadhin	0
AF Lissette	lbw b Ramadhin	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 62.2 overs)	74
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Leggat), 2-36 (Guy), 3-36 (Sutcliffe), 4-43 (McGregor), 5-54 (Reid), 6-54 (Blair), 7-54 (Beck), 8-62 (Cave), 9-70 (McMahon), 10-74 (Lissette, 62.2 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	8	2	11	0	-	-
Atkinson	7	5	2	1	-	-
Depeiaza	2	0	3	0	-	-
Valentine	24	13	28	2	-	-
Ramadhin	21.2	13	23	6	-	-

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West Indies first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BH Pairaudeau	c Lissette b Blair	0
+AP Binns	b Lissette	10
GS Sobers	run out	27
ED Weekes	c McMahon b Cave	123			17	-
OG Smith	b Blair	64		112	9	1
*DS Atkinson	c McMahon b Cave	0
CC Depeiaza	b Lissette	14
JDC Goddard	not out	48		129	7	-
S Ramadhin	b Blair	44		72	8	-
AL Valentine	lbw b Blair	2
FM King	absent hurt
Extras	(9 b, 10 lb, 2 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 112.5 overs)	353
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Pairaudeau), 2-30 (Binns), 3-72 (Sobers), 4-234 (Weekes), 5-234 (Atkinson), 6-236 (Smith), 7-272 (Depeiaza), 8-347 (Ramadhin), 9-353 (Valentine, 112.5 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	22.5	5	90	4	-	-
Cave	26	12	47	2	-	-
Reid	17	3	43	0	-	-
Lissette	28	11	73	2	-	-
Moir	19	3	79	0	-	-

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New Zealand second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Leggat	lbw b Ramadhin	17
B Sutcliffe	c Binns b Valentine	48		95	6	1
JW Guy	st Binns b Smith	0
JR Reid	run out	23
SN McGregor	b Smith	11
JEF Beck	lbw b Atkinson	66		81	11	1
RW Blair	c Depeiaza b Smith	0
AM Moir	c Binns b Ramadhin	20		91		1
*HB Cave	c Pairaudeau b Valentine	0
+TG McMahon	b Ramadhin	2
AF Lissette	not out	1
Extras	(19 b, 1 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 110.2 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-61 (Sutcliffe), 2-65 (Guy), 3-73 (Leggat), 4-108 (McGregor), 5-108 (Reid), 6-108 (Blair), 7-198 (Beck), 8-201 (Cave), 9-207 (Moir), 10-208 (McMahon, 110.2 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ramadhin	36.2	17	58	3	-	-
Valentine	36	17	51	2	-	-
Sobers	4	4	0	0	-	-
Depeiaza	3	0	12	0	-	-
Atkinson	13	5	25	1	-	-
Smith	18	7	42	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> AF Lissette made his debut in Test matches
--> JG Leggat made his last appearance in Test matches
--> JG Leggat made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TG McMahon made his last appearance in Test matches
--> ED Weekes (1) 50 in 81 minutes with 6 fours
--> ED Weekes (1) 100 in 132 minutes
--> ED Weekes (1) passed 3500 runs in Test matches when he reached 113
--> ED Weekes (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 49
--> OG Smith (1) 50 in 65 minutes
--> S Ramadhin (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Test matches
--> S Ramadhin (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in First-Class matches
--> JEF Beck (2) 50 in 53 minutes
--> AF Lissette made his debut for New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> OG Smith made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> CC Depeiaza made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> TG McMahon made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> JW Guy made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> AP Binns made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> FM King made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> BH Pairaudeau made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> BH Pairaudeau made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> JEF Beck made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> GS Sobers made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> S Ramadhin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the New Zealand first innings (previous best was 6-86)
--> S Ramadhin reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed AF Lissette, his 6th wicket in the New Zealand first innings
--> RW Blair achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the West Indies first innings (previous best was 4-98)
--> RW Blair reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed BH Pairaudeau, his 1st wicket in the West Indies first innings
--> OG Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the New Zealand second innings (previous best was 3-71)
--> S Ramadhin reached 100 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed JG Leggat, his 1st wicket in the New Zealand second innings

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