MacRobertson Shield 1956
England June-September 1956
England v New Zealand 6-3
Southwick 13-15 June 1956
Patrick Cotter beat Arthur Ross -16, +6, +13
Freddie Stone beat Gordon Rowling -23, +22, +26
Maurice Reckitt lost to Rene Watkins -21, -20
John Solomon beat Clem Watkins +19, +4
Bobby Wiggins lost to Ivy Wainwright -12, +25, -15
Leslie Kirk-Greene beat Tui McKenzie-Smart +15, +7
Solomon/Cotter beat Ross/Wainwright +23, +23tp(S)
Stone/Kirk-Greene beat Watkins/Watkins +1, -12, +10
Reckitt/Wiggins lost to Rowling/M-Smart +17, -6, -21
England v New Zealand 6-2
Nottingham 23-26 June 1956
Humphrey Hicks lost to Arthur Ross +17, -15, -26
Patrick Cotter beat Tui McKenzie-Smart +22, +26
John Solomon beat Rene Watkins -10, +26tp, +22
Freddie Stone beat Ada Kirk +18, +14
Bobby Wiggins beat Gordon Rowling -12, +26, +3
Hope Rotherham unf Ivy Wainwright +15, -2
Solomon/Cotter beat Ross/M-Smart +9, +22
Hicks/Rotherham beat Watkins/Kirk +5, +24
Wiggins/Stone lost to Rowling/Wainwright -10, +24, -12
England v New Zealand 9-0
Hurlingham 19-21 July 1956
John Solomon beat Gordon Rowling +4, +16
Freddie Stone beat Rene Watkins +26, +24
Leslie Kirk-Greene beat Ada Kirk +18, +14
Patrick Cotter beat Arthur Ross +22, -25, +26tp
Humphrey Hicks beat Ivy Wainwright +20, +20
Bobby Wiggins beat Tui McKenzie-Smart +19, +20
Solomon/Cotter beat Ross/M-Smart +9, +22
Hicks/Wiggins beat Rowling/Wainwright +17, +18
Stone/Kirk-Greene beat Watkins/Kirk +12, -6, +17
England v New Zealand 8-1
Roehampton 20-22 August 1956
Patrick Cotter beat Gordon Rowling +26, +25
Bobby Wiggins beat Rene Watkins -16, +22, +14
William Ormerod beat Tui McKenzie-Smart +16, +14
John Solomon beat Arthur Ross +25, +3
Freddie Stone beat Ivy Wainwright +8, +17
Hope Rotherham beat Ada Kirk +16, +15
Solomon/Cotter beat Ross/Watkins +9, +22
Stone/Ormerod beat Wainwright/Kirk +13, +24
Wiggins/Rotherham lost to Rowling/M-Smart +12, -14, -3
England v New Zealand 7-2
Budleigh Salterton 18-20 September 1956
Freddie Stone beat Gordon Rowling +16, -24, -12
Hope Rotherham beat Ada Kirk +4, +17
William Ormerod beat Margaret Rowling +24, +26
John Solomon beat Arthur Ross +16, +17
Bobbie Wiggins lost to Ivy Wainwright -13, +25, -12
Maurice Reckitt beat Tui McKenzie-Smart +2, -11, +10
Solomon/Reckitt beat Ross/Rowling +12, +10
Stone/Ormerod lost to Kirk/Wainwright -3, -21
Wiggins/Rotherham beat M-Smart/Mrs Rowling +9, +20
Teams
England
Patrick Cotter (Captain)
Leslie Kirk-Greene
Humphrey Hicks
William Ormerod
Maurice Reckitt
Hope Rotherham
John Solomon
Freddie Stone
Bobby Wiggins
New Zealand
Arthur Ross (Captain)
Gordon Rowling
Margaret Rowling
Ada Kirk
Tui McKenzie-Smart
Clem Watkins
Rene Watkins
Ivy Wainwright
Links to Gazettes containing reports
First Test (June 1956)
Second Test (July 1956)
Third Test (August 1956)
Fourth Test (September 1956)
Fifth Test (December 1956)