West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1955–56
The West Indies cricket team toured New Zealand between January and March 1956 and played a four-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team. West Indies won the series 3–1.
West Indies team
- Denis Atkinson (captain)
- John Goddard (player-manager)
- Alfie Binns
- Clairmonte Depeiaza
- Tom Dewdney
- Wilfred Edun
- Hammond Furlonge
- Frank King
- Bruce Pairaudeau
- Sonny Ramadhin
- Alphonso Roberts
- Collie Smith
- Gary Sobers
- Alf Valentine
- Everton Weekes
Test series summary
- 1st Test at Carisbrook, Dunedin – West Indies won by an innings and 71 runs[1]
- 2nd Test at Lancaster Park, Christchurch – West Indies won by an innings and 64 runs[2]
- 3rd Test at Basin Reserve, Wellington – West Indies won by 9 wickets[3]
- 4th Test at Eden Park, Auckland – New Zealand won by 190 runs[4]
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