Marylebone Cricket Club in New Zealand in 1906–07

The tour comprised two first-class matches against New Zealand, two each against the four main provincial teams – Auckland, Canterbury, Otago and Wellington – and one against Hawke's Bay.

[1] The team, which consisted entirely of amateurs, most of them young and inexperienced, was captained by Teddy Wynyard and included future Test players like Johnny Douglas and George Simpson-Hayward.

They included Lord Hawke, Kenneth Hutchings, Reggie Spooner, H. D. G. Leveson Gower, Leonard Moon, Frederick Fane, Neville Knox and Henry Martyn.

The MCC team attributed this loss largely to the voyage from Wellington to Christchurch in rough weather in an overcrowded ship – 660 passengers where there was accommodation for only 360 – and the fact that they had no time to recover.

It was repaired as well as it could be before play began, but still left an uneven surface that made batting difficult and even dangerous at times; several batsmen were injured.

[10] New Zealand's captain for this match, Arnold Williams, was the highest scorer on either side, with 72 not out in the second innings; Ernest Upham took 6 for 84 and 1 for 51, and Arthur Fisher 4 for 25 and 5 for 61.