MacRobertson Shield 1956
England June-September 1956
England v New Zealand 6-3
Southwick 13-15 June 1956
EPC Cotter beat AGF Ross -16, +6, +13
GF 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 T 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
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
Margaret Rowling
Ada Kirk
Tui McKenzie-Smart
Clem Watkins
Rene Watkins
Ivy Wainwright
Links to Gazettes containing reports
First Test (June 1956)
Second Test (July 1956)
Third Test (August 1956)
Fourth Test (September 1956)
Fifth Test (December 1956)