Four leading players (David Collins, Herb McGirr, James Shepherd and Nessie Snedden) had announced that they were unavailable, four (Stewie Dempster, George Dickinson, Syd Hiddleston and Richard Rowntree) withdrew from the subsequently selected team, and two (John Banks and Matt Henderson) of their replacements also withdrew.
[1][2] Fourteen players toured: The team was managed by Frank Peake, the secretary of the New Zealand Cricket Council.
The New Zealanders lost their first first-class match, against Queensland, by an innings, 227 and 94 to 413 for seven declared.
[4] They thrashed a team from Ballarat before playing South Australia.
[1] Only six of the team (Allcott, Blunt, Cunningham, Dacre, James and Lowry) toured England in 1927.