New South Wales cricket team in New Zealand in 1893–94
# New South Wales cricket team in New Zealand in 1893–94

The New South Wales cricket team toured New Zealand from January to February 1894 and played seven first-class matches and one minor match. The tour is notable for the fact that the game against New Zealand was New Zealand's first first-class match. The tour was New South Wales' second of New Zealand after a tour in 1890. Like the previous tour it was privately organised by Coleman Davis and not officially sanctioned by the New South Wales Cricket Association. Despite this, given the touring party consisted of leading players from Sydney clubs the team is considered to have been a representative quality side and the matches played on tour to have been official New South Wales first-class games.

## Team

The following players were selected for the tour:

| Name | Club | Age |
| - | - | - |
| J.J. Davis (Captain) | Warwick | 34 |
| S.W. Austin | Randwick | 27 |
| O.W. Cowley | Redfern | 25 |
| J.W. Gould | East Sydney | 21 |
| A.C.K. Mackenzie | Paddington | 23 |
| D.L. Miller | Lithgow | 23 |
| L.D. Moore | Maitland | 22 |
| E.G. Noble | Paddington | 28 |
| M.A. Noble | Paddington | 20 |
| J. Searle | East Sydney | 32 |
| S.R. Walford | Parramatta | 34 |

* New South Wales XI in New Zealand 1893/94
* D. L. Miller
* J. Searle
* J. J. Davis
* S. R. Walford
* E. G. Noble
* A. C. K. Mackenzie
* M. A. Noble
* J. Gould
* S. W. Austin
* O. W. Cowley
* L. D. Moore

## Tour

### First-class matches

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 18–20 Jan 1894 | Auckland | Auckland Domain, Auckland | NSW won by 9 wickets. | 3 day game; no play on day 1 |
| 24–25 Jan 1894 | Hawke's Bay | Recreation Ground, Napier | NSW won by an innings and 13 runs. | 2 day game |
| 27–29 Jan 1894 | Wellington | Basin Reserve, Wellington | Match drawn | 2 day game |
| 1–5 Feb 1894 | Canterbury | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | Canterbury won by an innings and 7 runs | 4 day game |
| 10–13 Feb 1894 | Otago | Carisbrook, Dunedin | Match drawn | 3 day game |
| 15–17 Feb 1894 | New Zealand | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | NSW won by 160 runs | 3 day game; First time New Zealand played a first-class match |
| 19–21 Feb 1894 | North Island | Basin Reserve, Wellington | NSW won by 123 runs | 3 day game |

### Minor matches

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| 7–8 Feb 1894 | South Canterbury XV | Aorangi Oval, Timaru | Match Drawn |
| 13–14 Feb 1894 | Oamaru XV | New Cricket Ground, Oamaru | Match cancelled |

## Match summaries

### New South Wales vs Auckland

* 19-20 January 1894 Scorecard
* New South Wales won by 9 wickets Auckland Domain, Auckland Umpires: J.C. Davis, McPherson
* New South Wales enforced the follow-on

### New South Wales vs Hawke's Bay

* 24-25 January 1894 Scorecard
* New South Wales won by an innings and 13 runs Recreation Ground, Napier Umpires: C.H. Edwards, Jacobs and W.J. Salmon

### New South Wales vs Wellington

* 27-29 January 1894 Scorecard
* Match Drawn Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: J.C. Davis, E.M. Knapp
* 2-day match

### New South Wales vs Canterbury

* 1-5 February 1894 Scorecard
* Canterbury won by an innings and 7 runs Lancaster Park, Christchurch Umpires: J.C. Davis
* 4-day match; Canterbury enforced the follow-on

### New South Wales vs Otago

* 10-13 February 1894 Scorecard
* Match Drawn Carisbrook, Dunedin Umpires: S. Hopkinson, H. Rose
* 3-day match

### New South Wales vs New Zealand

* 15-17 February 1894 Scorecard
* New South Wales won by 160 runs Lancaster Park, Christchurch Umpires: T.D. Condell, J.C. Davis, A.M. Ollivier
* 3-day match

### New South Wales vs North Island

* 19-21 February 1894 Scorecard
* New South Wales won by 123 runs Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: J.C. Davis, J. Searle
* 3-day match

## Statistics (first-class matches)

### Batting

| Player | Matches | Innings | Not outs | Runs | Highest score | Average | 100s | 50s | Catches | Stumpings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| S.W. Austin | 7 | 10 | 0 | 163 | 43 | 16.30 | – | – | 1 | – |
| O.W. Cowley | 7 | 12 | 1 | 266 | 55 | 24.18 | – | 1 | 5 | – |
| J.J. Davis | 7 | 10 | 3 | 139 | 25* | 19.85 | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| J.W. Gould | 7 | 12 | 0 | 232 | 45 | 19.33 | – | – | 3 | – |
| A.C.K. Mackenzie | 7 | 13 | 0 | 296 | 60 | 22.76 | – | 2 | 5 | – |
| D.L. Miller | 7 | 11 | 2 | 86 | 18 | 9.55 | – | – | 5 | – |
| L.D. Moore | 7 | 12 | 1 | 254 | 68 | 23.09 | – | 2 | 4 | – |
| E.G. Noble | 7 | 11 | 2 | 215 | 51 | 23.88 | – | 1 | 10 | – |
| M.A. Noble | 7 | 10 | 1 | 93 | 26 | 10.33 | – | – | 3 | – |
| J. Searle | 7 | 13 | 6 | 186 | 45* | 26.57 | – | – | 7 | 6 |
| S.R. Walford | 7 | 11 | 0 | 121 | 22 | 11.00 | – | – | 3 | – |

### Bowling

| Player | Matches | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Average | Best Bowling | 5 w/i | 10 w/m | Strike rate | Economy rate |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| S.W. Austin | 7 | 1761 | 86 | 612 | 52 | 11.76 | 8/14 | 6 | 1 | 33.8 | 2.08 |
| O.W. Cowley | 7 | 253 | 16 | 78 | 6 | 13.00 | 3/14 | – | – | 42.1 | 1.84 |
| J.J. Davis | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| J.W. Gould | 7 | 605 | 16 | 327 | 15 | 21.80 | 4/30 | – | – | 40.3 | 3.24 |
| A.C.K. Mackenzie | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| D.L. Miller | 7 | 1407 | 69 | 482 | 30 | 16.06 | 4/25 | – | – | 46.9 | 2.05 |
| L.D. Moore | 7 | 64 | 2 | 23 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 2.15 |
| E.G. Noble | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| M.A. Noble | 7 | 301 | 13 | 153 | 4 | 38.25 | 2/16 | – | – | 75.2 | 3.04 |
| J. Searle | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| S.R. Walford | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
