New Zealand v England @ Basin Reserve, Wellington
1, 2, 4 March 1963 (four-day match)
Toss: England (field)
Umpires: DP Dumbleton, WT Martin
Match Result: England won by an innings and 47 runs
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Graham Dowling | c Alan Smith b Fred Trueman | 12 | - | 37 | 2 | - | |
| 2. Bill Playle | c Alan Smith b Barry Knight | 23 | 0 | 94 | 2 | - | |
| 3. Paul Barton | c Colin Cowdrey b Fred Trueman | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| *4. John Reid | c Alan Smith b Barry Knight | 0 | - | 18 | - | - | |
| 5. Barry Sinclair | b Fred Trueman | 4 | - | 10 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Mike Shrimpton | lbw b Barry Knight | 28 | - | 68 | 4 | - | |
| +7. Artie Dick | c David Sheppard b Fred Trueman | 7 | - | 21 | - | - | |
| 8. Bryan Yuile | c Ray Illingworth b Fred Titmus | 13 | - | 58 | 2 | - | |
| 9. Bob Blair | not out | 64 | - | 111 | 8 | - | |
| 10. Bruce Morrison | run out ( > > ) | 10 | - | 27 | 2 | - | |
| 11. Frank Cameron | lbw b Ken Barrington | 12 | - | 50 | - | - |
| FOW | . |
| Extras | 13b, 5lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 76.3 ovs) 194 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Fred Trueman | 20 | 5 | 46 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| David Larter | 14 | 2 | 52 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Barry Knight | 21 | 8 | 32 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Fred Titmus | 18 | 3 | 40 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ken Barrington | 2.3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ted Dexter | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. David Sheppard | b Bob Blair | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| 2. Ray Illingworth | c Bruce Morrison b Bob Blair | 46 | - | 96 | 6 | - | |
| 3. Ken Barrington | c Artie Dick b John Reid | 76 | - | 197 | 8 | 1 | |
| *4. Ted Dexter | b Bruce Morrison | 31 | - | 57 | 5 | - | |
| 5. Peter Parfitt | c Artie Dick b Bruce Morrison | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| 6. Barry Knight | c Artie Dick b Frank Cameron | 31 | - | 71 | 3 | - | |
| 7. Fred Titmus | run out ( > > ) | 33 | - | 101 | 2 | - | |
| 8. Colin Cowdrey | not out | 128 | - | 238 | 10 | - | |
| 9. Fred Trueman | b Frank Cameron | 3 | - | 14 | - | - | |
| +10. Alan Smith | not out | 69 | - | 151 | 11 | - | |
| 11. David Larter |
| FOW | 1-0 (David Sheppard), 2-77 (Ray Illingworth), 3-125 (Ted Dexter), 4-125 (Peter Parfitt), 5-173 (Ken Barrington), 6-197 (Barry Knight), 7-258 (Fred Titmus), 8-265 (Fred Trueman). |
| Extras | 3b, 6lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 149 ovs) 428 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bob Blair | 33 | 11 | 81 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bruce Morrison | 31 | 5 | 129 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Frank Cameron | 43 | 16 | 98 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Reid | 32 | 8 | 73 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bryan Yuile | 10 | 1 | 36 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Graham Dowling | c Barry Knight b Fred Trueman | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2. Bill Playle | c & b Ray Illingworth | 65 | 0 | 202 | 4 | - | |
| 3. Paul Barton | c Ken Barrington b Barry Knight | 3 | - | - | - | - | |
| *4. John Reid | c Ken Barrington b Fred Titmus | 9 | - | - | 1 | - | |
| 5. Barry Sinclair | c & b Ken Barrington | 36 | - | 117 | 3 | - | |
| 6. Mike Shrimpton | c Peter Parfitt b Ken Barrington | 10 | - | 55 | 1 | - | |
| +7. Artie Dick | not out | 38 | - | 78 | 5 | - | |
| 8. Bryan Yuile | b Fred Titmus | 0 | - | 2 | - | - | |
| 9. Bob Blair | c David Larter b Fred Titmus | 5 | - | 12 | 1 | - | |
| 10. Bruce Morrison | c David Larter b Fred Titmus | 0 | - | 4 | - | - | |
| 11. Frank Cameron | lbw b Ken Barrington | 0 | - | 10 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-15 (Graham Dowling), 2-18 (Paul Barton), 3-41 (John Reid), 4-122 (Barry Sinclair), 5-126 (Bill Playle), 6-158 (Mike Shrimpton), 7-159 (Bryan Yuile), 8-171 (Bob Blair), 9-179 (Bruce Morrison), 187 (Frank Cameron). |
| Extras | 13b, 4lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 98 ovs) 187 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Fred Trueman | 18 | 7 | 27 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| David Larter | 7 | 1 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Barry Knight | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Fred Titmus | 31 | 15 | 50 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ken Barrington | 11 | 3 | 32 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ray Illingworth | 27 | 14 | 34 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand:
Graham Dowling, Bill Playle, Paul Barton, John Reid, Barry Sinclair, Mike Shrimpton, Artie Dick, Bryan Yuile, Bob Blair, Bruce Morrison, Frank Cameron
England:
David Sheppard, Ray Illingworth, Ken Barrington, Ted Dexter, Peter Parfitt, Barry Knight, Fred Titmus, Colin Cowdrey, Fred Trueman, Alan Smith, David Larter
