 As E.W.Swanton noted
"It was a tour which saw all sorts of perverse happenings – from an injury list that never stopped (and culminated in only 12 out of 18 being fit to fly to New Zealand), to the dis-satisfaction with umpiring and bowlers' actions that so undermined morale.From various causes England gave below their best..."
The tour manager was Freddie Brown, the rugged ex-Northamptonshire and England captain.