MacRobertson Shield 1956
England
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, Bill Kirk, Mrs Kirk, Mrs McKenzie-Smart, Clem Watkins, Mrs Watkins, Miss I Wainwright.
England v New Zealand 6-3
Southwick 13-15 June 1956
EPC Cotter beat AGF Ross -16, +6, +13
G F Stone beat GD Rowling -23, +22, +26
MB Reckitt lost to Mrs C Watkins -21, -20
JW Solomon beat C Watkins +19, +4
WRD Wiggins lost to Miss I Wainwright -12, +25, -15
L Kirk-Greene beat Mrs 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
HO Hicks lost to AGF Ross +17, -15, -26
EPC Cotter beat Mrs McKenzie-Smart +22, +26
JW Solomon beat Mrs C Watkins -10, +26tp, +22
GF Stone beat Mrs WH Kirk +18, +14
WRD Wiggins beat GD Rowling -12, +26, +3
Mrs E Rotherham unf Miss I 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
JW Solomon beat GD Rowling +4, +16
GF Stone beat Mrs C Watkins +26, +24
L Kirk-Greene beat Mrs WH Kirk +18, +14
EPC Cotter beat AGF Ross +22, -25, +26tp
HO Hicks beat Miss I Wainwright +20, +20
WRD Wiggins beat Mrs 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
EPC Cotter beat GD Rowling +26, +25
WRD Wiggins beat Mrs C Watkins -16, +22, +14
WP Ormerod beat Mrs McKenzie-Smart +16, +14
JW Solomon beat AGF Ross +25, +3
GF Stone beat Miss I Wainwright +8, +17
Mrs E Rotherham beat Mrs WH 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
GF Stone beat GD Rowling +16, -24, -12
Mrs E Rotherham beat Mrs WH Kirk +4, +17
WP Ormerod beat Mrs GD Rowling +24, +26
JW Solomon beat AGF Ross +16, +17
WRD Wiggins lost to Miss I Wainwright -13, +25, -12
MB Reckitt beat Mrs 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
From Left to Right are:
Standing: W. Ormerod (England), G.F. Stone (England), C. Watkins (NZ), R. Wiggins (England), G. Rowling (NZ), J. W. Solomon (England).
Sitting: Mrs. C. Watkins(NZ), Mrs. E. Rotherham (England), A.G.F.Ross (NZ)(Captain), E.P.Cotter (England)(Captain), Mrs. G. McKenzie-Smart (NZ), Mrs. W.H. Kirk (NZ), Miss I Wainright (NZ).