MacRobertson Shield 1956

England

PHOTOGRAPHS

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

PHOTOGRAPHS

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).