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A '''Civil Service cricket team''' made just one appearance in [[first-class cricket]], when they played the touring [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealanders]], who were on [[New Zealand cricket team in England in 1927|their first tour of England]], at the [[King's House Sports Ground|Civil Service Sports Ground]] in [[Chiswick]] in 1927. The New Zealanders proved too strong for their hosts, winning by [[result (cricket)|an innings and 15 runs]], although the result might have been different had [[John Mills (New Zealand cricketer)|Jackie Mills]] (104[[not out|*]]) and [[Cyril Allcott]] (102*) not shared an unbroken stand of 190 for the eighth wicket to allow the New Zealanders to declare at 421/7.<ref name="SCORE">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12399.html |title=Civil Service v New Zealanders, 1927 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-17 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

For the Civil Service, the best performer with the bat was [[Edwin Bennett (cricketer)|Edwin Bennett]], who hit 73 and 60, while the best bowling came from [[Allinson Chapman]], playing his one and only first-class match, who claimed 3-73 from his 21 overs. The team was captained by [[Reginald Collins]], the brother of the [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] [[Test cricket|Test]] captain [[Herbie Collins]].

The team also played the [[Australian cricket team in England in 1926|touring Australians]] in 1926 and the [[West Indian cricket team in England in 1928|West Indians]] in 1928, both matches being of two days' duration and not first-class.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Grounds/11/415_misc.html CricketArchive]</ref>

==Civil Service v New Zealanders, 1927==

{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 16–19 July 1927<br>(3-day match)
| team1 = Civil Service
| team2 = {{cr|NZ|name=New Zealanders}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 256 (93.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Edwin Bennett (cricketer)|EH Bennett]] 73
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Cyril Allcott|CFW Allcott]] 2/23 (6.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 421/7[[Declaration and forfeiture|dec]] (123.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[John Mills (New Zealand cricketer)|JE Mills]] 104[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Allinson Chapman|AG Chapman]] 3/73 (21 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 150 (53 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Edwin Bennett (cricketer)|EH Bennett]] 60
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Matt Henderson (cricketer)|M Henderson]] 5/27 (14 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 
| runs-team2-inns2 = 
| wickets-team2-inns2 = 

| result = New Zealanders won by an innings and 15 runs
| report = [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12399.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Civil Service Sports Ground]], [[Chiswick]]
| umpires = [[Harry Butt|HR Butt]] and [[Arthur Morton (cricketer, born 1883)|A Morton]]
| toss = Civil Service won the toss and elected to bat
| rain = 17 July was taken as a rest day
| notes = 
}}

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