NZ first Test Cricket Win 1956

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Year
1956
Reference
34732
Media type
Audio

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Rights Information
Year
1956
Reference
34732
Media type
Audio

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Series
D series, ca. 1935-1950s.
Categories
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio programs
Radio sports events
Sound recordings
Duration
00:17:48
Broadcast Date
1956
Credits
RNZ Collection
Reid, John (b.1928), Interviewee
Hadlee, Walter (b.1915, d.2006), Interviewee

Coverage of New Zealand's first ever test cricket win against the West Indies in Auckland, 1956. The recording consists of comments from Captain John Reid, J. L. Kerr, and Walter Hadlee. Then there is an account of the match from John Goddard, interspersed with live commentary. Lance Cross interviews Dennis Atkinson and Merv Wallace, and results from the match are listed.