#kiwi cricket

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New Zealand Granted Test Status — Imperial Cricket Conference, 1929

New Zealand and Imperial Cricket Conference

1929-05-31

On 31 May 1929 the Imperial Cricket Conference at Lord's voted to grant New Zealand full Test status, making it the fifth Test-playing nation. The first New Zealand Test was scheduled for January 1930 against MCC at Christchurch — the formal admission of a country whose 1927 tour of England had impressed observers across the counties.

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Stewie Dempster — New Zealand's Pre-Test Star, 1929

New Zealand v England

1929-12-15

In New Zealand's first home Test series in 1929-30, the 26-year-old Stewie Dempster scored 136 in the second Test at Wellington, partnered by Jackie Mills's 117 in an opening stand of 276 — the highest first-wicket partnership made in a Test by any country to that point and the founding statement of New Zealand Test batting.

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