In February 2017, a retrospective account of all known tour games was recorded in the book Overshadowed: The New Zealand Services Cricket Team in England 1945 by Rob Franks.
The side was captained by Ken James, who had toured England as a wicketkeeper with the 1927 and 1931 New Zealand teams, and played for Northamptonshire in the late 1930s as a professional.
Other former and future Test players in the team at different times included Stewie Dempster, Ted Badcock, Martin Donnelly, Roger Blunt and Alex Moir.
Tom Pritchard, who played county cricket for Warwickshire for several seasons from 1946, was also a member of the New Zealand Services side.
But Len Hutton scored 188 and though the New Zealanders declared their second innings with the game apparently saved, Leveson-Gower's XI hit 63 in 25 minutes to win.