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New Zealand tour to England 1931. Six official scorecards including for the three matches played in the England v New Zealand Test series, and three tour matches. Test match scorecards are 1st Test, Lord’s, 27th- 30th June, complete printed and handwritten scores in ink, New Zealand 224 (Ian Peebles 5/77) & 469/9 dec. (Stewie Dempster 120, Curly Page 104, Roger Blunt 96), England 454 (Les Ames 137, Gubby Allen 122) & 146/5, match drawn. 2nd Test, Kennington Oval, 29th- 31st July, incomplete scores handwritten in pencil, England 416/4 dec. (Herbert Sutcliffe 117, K.S. Duleepsinhji 109, Wally Hammond 100no), New Zealand 193 (Allen 5/14) & 197, England won by an innings and 26 runs. 3rd Test, Old Trafford, 15th- 18th August, incomplete printed scores, England 224/3 (Sutcliffe 109no), match drawn. The tour scorecards are for the matches v Middlesex, Lord’s, 30th May- 2nd June, complete printed and handwritten scores in ink, Middlesex 241 (Ian Cromb 8/70) & 225 (Bill Merritt 5/77), New Zealanders 152 (Peebles 5/66) & 235), Middlesex won by 79 runs. v Lancashire, Aigburth, Liverpool, 11th- 14th July, incomplete printed and handwritten scores, New Zealanders 410/9 dec. (Lindsay Weir 101, Tom Lowry 92) & 306/8, Lancashire 487 (Charlie Hallows 115, Eddie Paynter 102), match drawn. v H.D.G. Leveson-Gower’s XI, Scarborough, 9th- 11th September, players listed at start of play, New Zealanders 217 & 370 (Dempster 122, Blunt 127, Leveson-Gower’s XI 423/4 dec. (Jack Hobbs 153, Sutcliffe 126) & 61/3, match drawn. Odd folds, tape to verso of one, otherwise in good condition.