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Australia v England - 1967-68 to 1978-79

1967-68 England won series 3-2
OFFICIAL




11.11 Sydney Showground :
25.11 Brisbane (Exhibition Ground) :
02.12 Sydney Showground :
16.12 Sydney Showground :
05.01 Adelaide (Rowley Park) :
Australia 53 England 54 (Att : 30,000)
Australia 62 England 46
Australia 43 England 64
Australia 68 England 40
Australia 46 England 62
POINT SCORERS
Australia Jim Airey © 64, Gordon Guasco 56, Greg Kentwell 52, John Boulger 22, Jack White 18, Keith Gurtner 14, Charlie Monk 12, Peter Ingram 8, Chum Taylor 7, Bill Bryden 6, Kevin Torpie 6, Trevor Harding 4, Don Prettejohn 3.
England Eric Boocock 71, Nigel Boocock © 49, Ken McKinlay 45, Ray Wilson 33, Roy Trigg 32, Terry Betts 27, Colin Pratt 4, Bryan Elliott 4, Bill Landels 1.
1st.Test : Sydney 2nd.Test : Brisbane
Jim Airey (3 3 1' 3 3 2) = 15+1 Ken McKinlay (2 R - - - -) = 2 Jim Airey (3 1' 3 3 0 3) = 13+1 Nigel Boocock (1' 0 0 - - 1) = 2+1
Bill Bryden (R 0 2 1 0 F) = 3 Ray Wilson (- 3 0 R - -) = 3 John Boulger (F 2 1 2' 2 1) = 8+1 Roy Trigg (2 2 2 1 1 0) = 8
Jack White (1' 2 1 0 1' -) = 5+2 Eric Boocock (3 2 3 3 R 3) = 14 Gordon Guasco (3 3 2 0 3 3) = 14 Eric Boocock (2 0 2 2 2 2) = 10
Trevor Harding (2 - R - 2 0) = 4 Colin Pratt (0 1' R 1 1 1) = 4+1 Greg Kentwell (0 1 0 - - -) = 1 Terry Betts (1' 2 0 1' 0 0) = 4+2
Gord Guasco(3 3 3 3 2' FX) = 14+1 Nigel Boocock (1' 1' 3 1' 1' 1)=8+4 Jack White (0 1 1 1 1 -) = 4 Ken McKinlay (3 3 3 3 3 0) = 15
Kevin Torpie (0 0 - R - -) = 0 Roy Trigg (2 2 2' 2 2 3) = 13+1 Keith Gurtner (2 3 3 0 3 3) = 14 Ray Wilson (1 0 1 2' 1 2) = 7+1
Greg Kentwell (1' 1 2 3 3 2) = 12+1 Terry Betts (1' 2 2 3 2) = 10+1 Peter Ingram (3 2' 2' 1) = 8+2 Colin Pratt (0 0) = 0
1: Airey, McKinlay, Betts, Bryden R 3-3. 2: E Boocock, Harding, White, Pratt 3-3 6-6. 3: Guasco, Trigg, N Boocock, Torpie 3-3 9-9. 4: Wilson, White, Kentwell, McKinlay R 3-3 12-12. 5: Guasco, E Boocock, Pratt, Torpie 3-3 15-15. 6: Airey, Trigg, N Boocock, Bryden 3-3 18-18. 7: Guasco, Betts, Kentwell, Wilson 4-2 22-20. 8: E Boocock, Bryden, Airey, Pratt R 3-3 25-23. 9: N Boocock, Trigg, White, Harding R 1-5 26-28. 10: Airey, Betts, Bryden, Wilson R 4-2 30-30. 11: E Boocock, Kentwell, Pratt, White 2-4 32-34. 12: Guasco, Trigg, N Boocock, Torpie R 3-3 35-37. 13: Betts, Harding, White (3 riders only) 3-3 38-40. 14: Kentwell, Guasco, Pratt, E Boocock R 5-1 43-41 15: Airey, Trigg, N Boocock, Bryden 3-3 46-44. 16: Kentwell, Betts, Guasco FX (3 riders only) 3-2 49-46. 17: E Boocock, Airey, Pratt, Bryden F 2-4 51-50. 18: Trigg, Kentwell, N Boocock, Harding 2-4 53-54. Top Scorers Race: Airey, E Boocock, Trigg, Kentwell. 1: Airey, Trigg, N Boocock, Boulger F 3-3. 2: Guasco, E Boocock, Betts, Kentwell 3-3 6-6. 3: McKinlay, Gurtner, Wilson, White 51.6 (equals record) 2-4 8-10. 4: Guasco, Trigg, Kentwell, N Boocock 4-2 12-12. 5: Gurtner, Betts, White, E Boocock 4-2 16-14. 6: McKinlay, Boulger, Airey, Wilson 51.2 (new record) 3-3 19-17. 7: Gurtner, Trigg, White, N Boocock 4-2 23-19. 8: Airey, E Boocock, Boulger, Betts 4-2 27-21. 9: McKinlay, Guasco, Wilson, Kentwell 2-4 29-25. 10: Airey, Boulger, Trigg, Pratt 5-1 34-26. 11: Ingram, E Boocock, Betts, Guasco. 3-3 37-29. 12: McKinlay, Wilson, White, Gurtner 1-5 38-34. 13: Guasco, Ingram, Trigg, Pratt 5-1 43-35 14: Gurtner, E Boocock, White, Betts 4-2 47-37 15: McKinlay, Boulger, Wilson, Airey 2-4 49-41. 16: Gurtner, Ingram, N Boocock, Trigg 5-1 54-42 17: Airey, E Boocock, Boulger, Betts 4-2 58-44 18: Guasco, Wilson, Ingram, McKinlay 4-2 62-46. Star Scratch Race: Guasco, Gurtner, Airey. "A" Grade Scratch: Kevin Torpie, Bryan Loakes, Tony Hart.
3rd.Test : Sydney 4th.Test : Sydney
Jim Airey (3 3 2 R 3 2) = 13 Ken McKinlay (2 - 3 3 2 3) = 13 Jim Airey (3 3 2 3 3 3) = 17 K McKinlay (2 1' 3 2 1 3) = 12+1
John Boulger (0 1 0 1 1 1') = 4+1 Ray Wilson (1' 3 1 2' 1' 1) = 9+3 John Boulger (0 1 0 1 1 1) = 4 Ray Wilson (1' 2 FX 0 - -) = 3+1
Chum Taylor (2 1' R 2 0 2) = 7+1 Eric Boocock (3 3 3 3 3 3) = 18 Jack White (2' 0 2' 1 2' 2') = 9+4 Eric Boocock (1 R 3 2 3 2) = 11
Keith Gurtner (0 - R - - -) = 0 Terry Betts (1 1 1 1 0 0) = 4 Greg Kentwell (3 3 3 3 3 3) = 18 Terry Betts (0 3 1 0 0 0) = 4
Gord Guasco (3 2 0 R 1' R) = 6+1 Nigel Boocock (2 2 3 3 2 3) = 15 Gordon Guasco (3 2 2 3 2 2) = 14 Nigel Boocock (1 2 1 2 2 1) = 9
Peter Ingram (0 0 - - - -) = 0 Roy Trigg (1' 0 2' 1 0 1) = 5+2 Kevin Torpie (2' 1' 1' 1 1' 0) = 6+4 Roy Trigg (0 0 0 - 0 0) = 0
Greg Kentwell (2 2 2 2 2) = 10 Colin Pratt (0) = 0 Bill Bryden did not ride Colin Pratt (0) = 0
Bill Bryden (0 3 0) = 3 Bill Landels did not ride Brian Collins did not ride Bill Landels (0 1) = 1
1: Airey, McKinlay, Wilson, Boulger 58.6 (equals record) 3-3 2: E Boocock, Taylor, Betts, Gurtner 2-4 5-7 3: Guasco, N Boocock, Trigg, Ingram 3-3 8-10 4: Wilson, Kentwell, Taylor, Pratt 3-3 11-13 5: E Boocock, Guasco, Betts, Ingram 2-4 13-17 6: Airey, N Boocock, Boulger, Trigg 58.4 (new record) 4-2 17-19 7: McKinlay, Kentwell, Wilson, Guasco 2-4 19-23 8: E Boocock, Airey, Betts, Boulger 2-4 21-27 9: N Boocock, Trigg, Taylor R, Gurtner R 0-5 21-32 10: McKinlay, Wilson, Boulger, Airey R 1-5 22-37 11: E Boocock, Taylor, Betts, Bryden 2-4 24-41 12: N Boocock, Kentwell, Trigg, Guasco R 2-4 26-45 13: Bryden, McKinlay, Wilson, Taylor 3-3 29-48 14: E Boocock, Kentwell, Guasco, Betts 3-3 32-51 15: Airey, N Boocock, Boulger, Trigg 4-2 36-53 16: McKinlay, Kentwell, Wilson, Guasco R 2-4 38-57 17: E Boocock, Airey, Boulger, Betts 3-3 41-60 18: N Boocock, Taylor, Trigg, Bryden 2-4 43-64 Stars' Scratch: Airey, E Boocock, N Boocock, Kentwell. 1: Airey, McKinlay, Wilson, Boulger 3-3 2: Kentwell, White, E Boocock, Betts 5-1 8-4 3: Guasco, Torpie, N Boocock, Trigg 13-5 4: Kentwell, Wilson, McKinlay, White 3-3 16-8 5: Betts, Guasco, Torpie, , E Boocock R 3-3 19-11 6: Airey, N Boocock, Boulger, Trigg 4-2 23-13 7: McKinlay, Guasco, Torpie, Wilson FX 3-3 26-16 8: E Boocock, Airey, Betts, Boulger 2-4 28-20 9: Kentwell, White, N Boocock, Trigg 5-1 33-21 10: Airey, McKinlay, Boulger, Wilson 4-2 37-23 11: Kentwell, E Boocock, White, Betts 4-2 41-25 12: Guasco, N Boocock, Torpie, Pratt 4-2 45-27 13: Kentwell, White, McKinlay, Landels 5-1 50-28 14: E Boocock, Guasco, Torpie, Betts 3-3 53-31 15: Airey, N Boocock, Boulger, Trigg. 4-2 57-33 16: McKinlay, Guasco, Landels, Torpie 2-4 59-37 17: Airey, E Boocock, Boulger, Betts 4-2 63-39 18: Kentwell, White, N Boocock, Trigg 5-1 68-40 Stars' Scratch: Guasco, Airey, McKinlay, Kentwell FX
5th.Test : Adelaide
Jim Airey (1 3 2 0 0 0) = 6 Ken McKinlay (3 0 0 - - -) = 3
John Boulger (0 1 1' 1 2 1) = 6+1 Ray Wilson (2' 2 2 3 2 F) = 11+1
Greg Kentwell (2 3 1 2 3 FX) = 11 Eric Boocock (3 3 3 3 3 3) = 18
Don Prettejohn (0 1 0 0 - 2) = 3 Terry Betts (1 R 0 1 1 2') = 5+1
Gord Guasco (1' 1' 1 0 2 3) = 8+2 Nigel Boocock(3 2 2' 2 3 3)= 15+1
Charlie Monk (2 2 3 3 0 2') = 12+1 Roy Trigg (0 - 3 1' 1 1) = 6+1
Trevor Harding (0) = 0 Bryan Elliott (2' 1' 1) = 4+2
Colin Pratt (0) = 0
1: McKinlay, Wilson, Airey, Boulger 1-5 2: E Boocock, Kentwell, Betts, Prettejohn 2-4 3-9 3: N Boocock, Monk, Guasco, Trigg 3-3 6-12 4: Kentwell, Wilson, Prettejohn, McKinlay 4-2 10-14 5: E Boocock, Monk, Guasco, Betts R 3-3 13-17 6: Airey, N Boocock, Boulger, Pratt 4-2 17-19 7: Monk, Wilson, Guasco, McKinlay 4-2 21-21 8: E Boocock, Airey, Boulger, Betts 3-3 24-24 9: Trigg, N Boocock, Kentwell, Prettejohn 1-5 25-29 10: Wilson, Elliott, Boulger, Airey 1-5 26-34 11: E Boocock, Kentwell, Betts, Prettejohn 2-4 28-38 12: Monk, N Boocock, Trigg, Guasco 3-3 31-41 13: Kentwell, Wilson, Elliott, Harding 3-3 34-44 14: E Boocock, Guasco, Betts, Monk 2-4 36-48 15: N Boocock, Boulger, Trigg, Airey 2-4 38-52 16: Guasco, Monk, Elliott, Wilson Fns 5-1 43-53 17: E Boocock, Betts, Boulger, Airey 1-5 44-58 18: N Boocock, Prettejohn, Trigg, Kentwell FX 2-4 46-62 OTHER MEETINGS
18.11 Brisbane: Queensland 24 (K Gurtner 6, K Torpie 5, B Loakes 4, T Hart 4, P Ingram 3, J White 2, D Hands 0) England 30 (McKinlay 7, E Boocock 6, Wilson 6, Betts 6, Trigg 3, N Boocock 2, Pratt 0) International Scratch Race Final: E Boocock, Gurtner, White.
20.11 Sydney Showground International Scratch: J Airey, K McKinlay, E Boocock, G Guasco 58.6 (new record). Stars' Scratch: 1: G Kentwell, E Boocock, Guasco, C Platt 2: McKinlay, Airey, B Bryden, B Collins Final: Airey, McKinlay, Kentwell, E Boocock 58.6 (equals record).
27.11 Townsville, Qld A 3-riders-a-side Australia v England Teams Race was held, results unknown. The England team comprised Colin Pratt, Terry Betts, and Roy Trigg 29.11 Rockhampton Australia Test Match Stars 25 (Guasco 11, Airey 7, T Hart 4, White 3) England 23 (N Boocock 9, McKinlay 7, E Boocock 5, Wilson 2). Stars' Scratch 1: McKinlay, Airey, N Boocock, Guasco 2: T Hart, White, E Boocock, Wilson.
09.12 Sydney Showground: Australian Championship: J Airey 15, N Boocock 14, E Boocock 13, K McKinlay 12, G Guasco / G Kentwell 10, K Torpie / R Wilson 8, J Boulger / B Bryden 6, T Betts / B Harkins / C Taylor 4, K Gurtner 2, R Trigg / C Pratt 1
10.12 Kembla Grange: New South Wales 18 (J Airey 9, G Guasco 8, L Levy 1) England 18 (N Boocock 9, E Boocock 8, B Landels 1)
19.12 Brisbane : International Pairs Qualifying: Tony Hart/Jack White 5, Bert Kingston/Bob Gourlay 4, Doug White/George Chadwick 3, Jim Airey/Kevin Torpie 3, Ken McKinlay/Ray Wilson 3, Steve Reinke/Peter Ingram 3, Jim McMillan/Lex Fielding 2, Eric Boocock/Arnold Haley 1 Semi-final 1: Bert Kingston/Bob Gourlay bt Tony Hart/Jack White 4-2 Semi-final 2: Doug White/George Chadwick bt Steve Reinke/Peter Ingram 4-2 Final: Bert Kingston/Bob Gourlay bt Doug White/George Chadwick 4-2
27.12 Brisbane: Queensland 13 (J White 5, K Torpie 4, P Ingram 2, T Hart 2, K Gurtner 0) England 34 (K McKinlay 12, N Boocock 12, R Wilson 8, T Betts 2). [Originally 23.12.67]
13.01 Melbourne (Brooklyn) : Australian Speedway Demons 28 (J Dewhurst © 8, B Harkins 7, G Middleton 5, J Board 4, K Gray 2, P Bradshaw 1, B Craig 1) England (N Boocock © 9, C Pratt 7, T Betts 5, R Trigg 5)
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NSW v England at Kembla Grange 10.12.67

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4th Test 5th Test "Other Meeting" at Townsville 27.11.67
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Queensland v England at Brisbane 18.11.67 Queensland v England at Brisbane 27.12.67

1968-69 Australia won series 3-2
OFFICIAL 23.11 : Melbourne Australia 43 England 65
06.12 : Adelaide (Rowley Park) Australia 61 England 47
14.12 : Sydney Showground Australia 68 England 40
11.01 : Brisbane Australia 51 England 57
18.01 : Sydney Showground Australia 60 England 48
Australia Total England Total
Jim Airey © 13 16 16 11 17 73 Ken McKinlay 13 13 17 12 12 67
Charlie Monk 8 18 12 10 12 60 Nigel Boocock © 16 9 4 16 13 58
John Langfield 8 8 15 - 7 38 Eric Boocock 14 11 8 2 11 46
Jack White - - 12 12 14 38 Jim McMillan 8 8 9 6 11 42
Geoff Mudge 12 6 - - - 18 Bob Kilby 7 0 1 8 0 16
John Boulger - 7 5 - 3 15 Mike Broadbank - 3 1 10 1 15
Greg Kentwell - 4 8 - - 12 Dave Younghusband 7 3 0 3 0 13
Bert Kingston - - - 8 3 11
Bryan Loakes - - - 6 - 6
Kevin Torpie - - - 4 - 4
Geoff Curtis - - - - 4 4
John Dewhurst 2 - - - - 2
Gordon Guasco - 2 - - - 2
Peter Moore 0 - - - - 0
Les Bentzen - - - 0 - 0

1st Test at Melbourne
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Jim Airey © 2 0 3 2 3 3 13 Eric Boocock 3 1 3 3 3 1 14
John Dewhurst 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 Jim McMillan 1 0 1 1 2' 3 8+1
Charlie Monk 1 2' 3 0 1 1' 8+2 Nigel Boocock © 3 3 2 3 3 2 16
John Langfield 0 3 2' 1 0 2 8+1 Dave Younghusband 2' 1 0 2' 1 1' 7+3
Geoff Mudge 3 2 2 1 2 2 12 Ken McKinlay 2 3 1 3 1' 3 13+1
Peter Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Kilby 1' 2' 0 2' 2 0 7+3
Ht 1: E. Boocock, Airey, McMillan, Dewhurst 53.5 2-4 2-4
Ht 2: N. Boocock, Younghusband, Monk, Langfield 53.6 1-5 3-9
Ht 3: Mudge, McKinlay, Kilby, Moore 53.7 3-3 6-12
Ht 4: Langfield, Monk, E. Boocock, McMillan 53.7 5-1 11-13
Ht 5: N. Boocock, Mudge, Younghusband, Moore 53.7 2-4 13-17
Ht 6: McKinlay, Kilby, Dewhurst, Airey 53.5 1-5 14-22
Ht 7: E. Boocock, Mudge, McMillan, Moore 53.4 2-4 16-26
Ht 8: Airey, N. Boocock, Dewhurst, Younghusband 52.9 4-2 20-28
Ht 9: Monk, Langfield, McKinlay, Kilby 54.2 5-1 25-29
Ht 10: E. Boocock, Airey, McMillan, Dewhurst 52.7 (record) 2-4 27-33
Ht 11: N. Boocock, Younghusband, Langfield, Monk 54.2 1-5 28-38
Ht 12: McKinlay, Kilby, Mudge, Moore 53.4 1-5 29-43 Ht 13: E. Boocock, McMillan, Monk, Langfield 54.3 1-5 30-48
Ht 14: N. Boocock, Mudge, Younghusband, Moore 54.2 2-4 32-52
Ht 15: Airey, Kilby, McKinlay, Dewhurst 53.5 3-3 35-55
Ht 16: McMillan, Mudge, E. Boocock, Moore 54.3 2-4 37-59
Ht 17: Airey, N. Boocock, Younghusband, Dewhurst 52.9 3-3 40-62
Ht 18: McKinlay, Langfield, Monk, Kilby 53.9 3-3 43-65
2nd Test at Adelaide (Rowley Park)
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Jim Airey © 3 1' 3 3 3 3 16+1 Ken McKinlay 2 3 2 2 2 2 13
John Boulger 1 2 1 0 1 2' 7+1 Bob Kilby f,ex 0
John Langfield 1 2 1 3 1 0 8 Eric Boocock 2' 2 2 2 2 1 11+1
Greg Kentwell 0 0 3 1 4 Dave Younghusband 3 0 0 0 0 ret 3
Charlie Monk 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Nigel Boocock © 2 3 f 2 ef 2' 9+1
Gordon Guasco 1 1 0 2 Jim McMillan 0 0 2 1' 2 3 8+1
Geoff Mudge 3 1 0 1 1 6 Mike Broadbank 1 1' 1' 0 0 3+2
Ht 1: Airey, McKinlay, Boulger, Kilby (fex) 47.8 4-2 4-2
Ht 2: Younghusband, E. Boocock, Langfield, Kentwell 49.2 1-5 5-7
Ht 3: Monk, N. Boocock, Guasco, McMillan 48.8 4-2 9-9
Ht 4: McKinlay, Langfield, Broadbank, Kentwell 48.8 2-4 11-13
Ht 5: Monk, E, Boocock, Guasco, Younghusband 48.6 4-2 15-15
Ht 6: N. Boocock, Boulger, Airey, McMillan 48.8 3-3 18-18
Ht 7: Monk, McKinlay, Broadbank, Guasco 49.0 3-3 21-21
Ht 8: Airey, E. Boocock, Boulger, Younghusband 49.0 4-2 25-23
Ht 9: Mudge, McMillan, Langfield, N. Boocock (f) 50.6 4-2 29-25
Ht 10: Airey, McKinlay, Broadbank, Boulger 49.2 3-3 32-28
Ht 11: Langfield, E. Boocock, Mudge, Younghusband 50.0 4-2 36-30
Ht 12: Monk, N. Boocock, McMillan, Mudge 49.0 3-3 39-33
Ht 13: Kentwell, McKinlay, Langfield, Broadbank 50.0 4-2 43-35
Ht 14: Monk, E. Boocock, Mudge, Younghusband 49.8 4-2 47-37
Ht 15: Airey, McMillan, Boulger, N. Boocock (ef) 50.2 4-2 51-39
Ht 16: Monk, McKinlay, Mudge, Broadbank 50.2 4-2 55-41
Ht 17: Airey, Boulger, E. Boocock, Younghusband (ret) 50.2 5-1 60-42
Ht 18: McMillan, N. Boocock, Kentwell, Langfield 50.2 1-5 61-47
3rd Test at Sydney Showground
Australia 68 England 40
Jim Airey 3 3 3 3 2 2 16 Eric Boocock ret 1 1 2 3 1 8
John Boulger 2' 1 1 1 ef 0 5+1 Mike Broadbank 1 0 0 1
John Langfield 3 3 2 3 2 2 15 Nigel Boocock © 1 0 0 0 0 3 4
Greg Kentwell 2' 2' 1' 1 1' 1' 8+5 Jim McMillan 0 3 2 2 1 1 9
Charlie Monk 1' 1' 3 2 3 2' 12+3 Ken McKinlay 3 2 3 3 3 3 17
Jack White 2 2 2' 1' 2' 3 12+3 Bob Kilby 0 ret ret 1 0 1
Dave Younghusband 0 0 0 0 0
Ht 1: Airey, Boulger, Broadbank, E. Boocock (ret) 60.2 5-1 5-1
Ht 2: Langfield, Kentwell, N. Boocock, McMillan 59.2 5-1 10-2
Ht 3: McKinlay, White, Monk, Kilby 59.6 3-3 13-5
Ht 4: Langfield, Kentwell, E, Boocock, Broadbank 59.9 5-1 18-6
Ht 5: McMillan, White, Monk, N. Boocock 60.0 3-3 21-9
Ht 6: Airey, McKinlay, Boulger, Kilby (ret) 60.3 4-2 25-11
Ht 7: Monk, White, E. Boocock, Younghusband 61.0 5-1 30-12
Ht 8: Airey, McMillan, Boulger, N. Boocock 60.0 4-2 34-14
Ht 9: McKinlay, Langfield, Kentwell, Kilby (ret) 59.6 3-3 37-17
Ht 10: Airey, E. Boocock, Boulger, Broadbank 60.0 4-2 41-19
Ht 11: Langfield, McMillan, Kentwell, N. Boocock 61.0 4-2 45-21
Ht 12: McKinlay, Monk, White, Younghusband 60.1 3-3 48-24
Ht 13: E. Boocock, Langfield, Kentwell, Younghusband 61.2 3-3 51-27
Ht 14: Monk, White, McMillan, N. Boocock 61.1 5-1 56-28
Ht 15: McKinlay, Airey, Kilby, Boulger (ef) 60.5 2-4 58-32
Ht 16: White, Monk, E. Boocock, Younghusband 61.3 5-1 63-33
Ht 17: N. Boocock, Airey, McMillan, Boulger 61.5 2-4 65-37
Ht 18: McKinlay, Langfield, Kentwell, Kilby 61.6 3-3 68-40
4th Test at Brisbane
Australia 51 England 57
Jim Airey © 2 0 1 2 3 3 11 Nigel Boocock © 3 2' 2 3 3 3 16+1
Bert Kingston 0 1 3 1' 2' 1 8+2 Jim McMillan 1 3 0 0 2' 0 6+1
Kevin Torpie 1 0 1 0 1 1' 4+1 Eric Boocock 2' 0 0 2+1
Les Bentzen ex 0 Mike Broadbank 3 2 2 1' 0 2 10+1
Charlie Monk 1' 3 1 1' 2' 2 10+3 Ken McKinlay ef 2' 3 3 1 3 12+1
Jack White 2 1 3 2 3 1' 12+1 Bob Kilby 3 3 2' 0 0 0 8+1
Bryan Loakes 1 0 3 0 2 6 Dave Younghusband 2 1 0 3
Ht 1: N. Boocock, Airey, McMillan, Kingston 2-4 2-4
Ht 2: Broadbank, E. Boocock, Torpie, Bentzen (fex) 1-5 3-9
Ht 3: Kilby, White, Monk, McKinlay (ef) 3-3 6-12
Ht 4: McMillan, N. Boocock, Loakes, Torpie 1-5 7-17
Ht 5: Monk, Broadbank, White, E. Boocock 4-2 11-19
Ht 6: Kilby, McKinlay, Kingston, Airey 1-5 12-24
Ht 7: White, N. Boocock, Monk, McMillan 4-2 16-26
Ht 8: Kingston, Broadbank, Airey, E. Boocock 4-2 20-28
Ht 9: McKinlay, Kilby, Torpie, Loakes 1-5 21-33
Ht 10: N. Boocock, Airey, Kingston, McMillan 3-3 24-36
Ht 11: Loakes, Younghusband, Broadbank, Torpie 3-3 27-39
Ht 12: McKinlay, White, Monk, Kilby 3-3 30-42
Ht 13: N. Boocock, McMillan, Torpie, Loakes 1-5 31-47
Ht 14: White, Monk, Younghusband, Broadbank 5-1 36-48
Ht 15: Airey, Kingston, McKinlay, Kilby 5-1 41-49
Ht 16: N. Boocock, Monk, White, McMillan 3-3 44-52
Ht 17: Airey, Broadbank, Kingston, Younghusband 4-2 48-54
Ht 18: McKinlay, Loakes, Torpie, Kilby 3-3 51-57
5th Test at Sydney Showground
Australia 60 England 48
Jim Airey © 3 3 2 3 3 3 17 Eric Boocock 2 1 1 2 3 2 11
John Boulger 1 1 0 1 0 3 Mike Broadbank 0 0 1' 0 0 1+1
Jack White 2 3 3 1 2 3 14 Nigel Boocock © 3 3 3 2' 1 1' 13+2
John Langfield 0 2' 2' 0 1' 2' 7+4 Jim McMillan 1 1 1 3 3 2 11
Charlie Monk 2 2 2' 1' 2 3 12+2 Ken McKinlay 3 2 1 3 2 1 15
Bert Kingston 1' 0 2 0 3+1 Bob Kilby 0 0 0 0 0
Geoff Curtis 3 0 1 4 Dave Younghusband 0 0 0 0
Ht 1: Airey, E. Boocock, Boulger, Broadbank 59.8 4-2 4-2
Ht 2: N. Boocock, White, Mc Millan, Langfield 60.5 2-4 6-6
Ht 3: McKinlay, Monk, Kingston, Kilby 60.3 3-3 9-9
Ht 4: White, Langfield, E. Boocock, Broadbank 60.2 5-1 14-10
Ht 5: N. Boocock, Monk, McMillan, Kingston 60.3 2-4 16-14
Ht 6: Airey, McKinlay, Boulger, Kilby 61.2 4-2 20-16
Ht 7: Curtis, Monk, E. Boocock, Younghusband 60.8 5-1 25-17
Ht 8: N. Boocock, Airey, McMillan, Boulger 60.4 2-4 27-21
Ht 9: White, Langfield, McKinlay, Kilby 61.8 5-1 32-22
Ht 10: Airey, E. Boocock, Broadbank, Curtis 61.0 3-3 35-25
Ht 11: McMillan, N. Boocock, White, Langfield 61.4 1-5 36-30
Ht 12: McKinlay, Kingston, Monk, Kilby 61.6 3-3 39-33
Ht 13: E. Boocock, White, Langfield, Broadbank 61.6 3-3 42-36
Ht 14: McMillan, Monk, N. Boocock, Kingston 61.8 2-4 44-40
Ht 15: Airey, McKinlay, Boulger, Younghusband 61.2 4-2 48-42
Ht 16: Monk, E. Boocock, Curtis, Broadbank 62.6 4-2 52-44
Ht 17: Airey, McMillan, N. Boocock, Boulger 62.0 3-3 55-47
Ht 18: White, Langfield, McKinlay, Younghusband 62.6 5-1 60-48
Top Scorers Scratch Race : Airey, N Boocock, Monk, White

OTHER MATCHES
16.11.68 : Melbourne:
Victoria 15: Peter Bradshaw 5, Ken McKinlay 4, John Mills 2, Peter Moore 2, Johnny Board 1, John Dewhurst 1
England 39: Bob Kilby 8, Nigel Boocock 7, Jim McMillan 7, Dave Younghusband 6, Eric Boocock 6, Mike Broadbank 5
29.11.68 : Rowley Park Adelaide: South Australian Championship
Qualifying scores: John Boulger 12, Charlie Monk 11, Eric Boocock 9, Nigel Boocock 8, Jim McMillan 7, Ken McKinlay 5, Mike Broadbank 4, Geoff Mudge 3, Dave Younghusband 1, Bob Kilby 0 Final: Nigel Boocock, John Boulger, Charlie Monk, Eric Boocock
22/12/68 : Sydney Showground : Australian Championship Jim Airey 15, Ken McKinlay 12, Jack White 12, Greg Kentwell 12, Jim McMillan 11, Chum Taylor 9, Nigel Boocock 8, John Langfield 7, Charlie Monk 7, Eric Boocock 6, John Boulger 6, Geoff Mudge 4, Bob Kilby 4, Bert Kingston 3, M Broadbank 2, Dave Younghusband 1
4.1.69 : Brisbane (Exhibition):
Queensland 24: Les Bentzen 9, Kevin Torpie 6, Bert Kingston 5, Jack White 2, Bob Gourlay 2, Bluey Scott 0, Keith Gurtner 0 England 30: Eric Boocock 8, Nigel Boocock 7, Ken McKinlay 6, Bob Kilby 4, Jim McMillan 3, Mike Broadbank 1, Dave Youghusband 1
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1969-70 England won series 3-2
OFFICIAL 21.11 : Perth (Claremont) Australia 61 England 47
05.12 : Adelaide (Rowley Park) Australia 45 England 63
13.12 : Sydney Showground Australia 50 England 58
26.12 : Brisbane (Exhibition Grounds) Australia 56 England 52
03.01 : Sydney Showground Australia 49 England 58
Australia Total England Total
Jim Airey 17© 15 18 14 15 79 Eric Boocock © 10 13 9 5 15 52
Chum Taylor 16 8 - - 9 33 Tony Clarke 3 10 11 13 13 50
Jack White - 3 9 13 7 32 Jim McMillan 10 11 13 8 4 46
Bert Kingston - - 9 10 7 26 Ray Wilson 6 16 9 11 4 46
John Boulger 10 9 4 - - 23 Arnold Haley 9 0 11 10 14 44
Charlie Monk 3 7 7 2 - 19 Ken McKinlay 6 5 3 3 2 19
Greg Kentwell 8 0 - - 7 15 Martin Ashby 3 8 - - - 11
Doug White - - - 11 3 14 Nigel Boocock - - - - 6 6
Terry O'Leary 7 - - - - 7 Howard Cole - - 2 2 - 4
Garry Middleton - - - 6 - 6
Chris Bass - 3 - - - 3
John Langfield - - 3 - - 3
Bill Landels - - - - 1 1
Abe Schneider 0 - - - - 0
Trevor Harding - - 0 - - 0
Steve Reinke - - - 0 - 0

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British Lions in Australia 1969-70 : Jim McMillan, Ken McKinlay, Ray Wilson, Eric Boocock (on bike), Howard Cole, Tony Clarke & Arnold Haley
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the 1st Test at
Claremont, Perth, WA.

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HEAT DETAILS 1st Test at Perth 1: Airey, O'Leary, Boocock, Haley 5-1 2: McKinlay, Kentwell, Taylor, Clarke 3-3 8-4 3: McMillan, Boulger, Ashby, Monk 2-4 10-8 4: Taylor, Boocock, Kentwell, Haley 4-2 14-10 5: Clarke, Boulger, McKinlay, Monk 2-4 16-14 6: Airey, Ashby, O'Leary, McMillan 4-2 20-16 7: Boocock, Haley, Monk, Boulger 1-5 21-21 8: Airey, McKinlay, O'Leary, Clarke 4-2 25-23 9: Taylor, Kentwell, McMillan, Ashby 5-1 30-24 10: Haley, Airey, O'Leary, Boocock 3-3 33-27 11: Taylor, Wilson, Kentwell, McKinlay 4-2 37-29 12: McMillan, Boulger, Monk, Ashby 3-3 40-32 13: Taylor, Haley, Boocock, Kentwell 3-3 43-35 14: Boulger, Wilson, Monk, McKinlay 4-2 47-37 15: Airey, McMillan, O'Leary, Ashby 4-2 51-39 16: Boocock, Haley, Boulger, Monk 1-5 52-44 17: Airey, Wilson, O'Leary, McKinlay 4-2 56-46 18: Taylor, Kentwell, McMillan, Ashby 5-1 61-47
2nd.Test at Adelaide 1: Airey, Ashby, Clarke 3-3 2: Boulger, Boocock, McMillan 3-3 6-6 3: Wilson, Monk, Taylor 3-3 9-9 4: Ashby, Clarke, White, Boulger R 1-5 10-14 5: McMillan, Boocock, Monk 1-5 11-19 6: Wilson, McKinlay, Airey 1-5 12-24 7: Monk, Clarke, Ashby, Taylor 3-3 15-27 8: Boocock, Airey, Bass, McMillan 3-3 18-30 9: Wilson, McKinlay, Bass, Boulger 1-5 19-35 10: Airey, Ashby, Clarke 3-3 22-38 11: McMillan, Boocock, Boulger 1-5 23-43 12: Taylor, Wilson, Monk 4-2 27-45 13: Boulger, Clarke, White 4-2 31-47 14: McMillan, Boocock, Taylor 1-5 32-52 15: Airey, Wilson, Bass 4-2 36-54 16: Taylor, Clarke, McKinlay, Monk X Ashby F,ns (broken ankle) 3-3 39-57 17: Airey, Boocock, McMillan 3-3 42-60 18: Wilson, Boulger, White 3-3 45-63
3rd.Test at Sydney 1: Airey, Kingston, McMillan, Cole 5-1 2: Clarke, White, Monk, McKinlay 3-3 8-4 3: Haley, Wilson, Boulger, Langfield 1-5 9-9 4: McMillan, Boocock, Monk, White 1-5 10-14 5: Clarke, Boulger, Cole, Harding F 2-4 12-18 6: Airey, Kingston, Haley, Wilson R 5-1 17-19 7: McMillan, Boocock, Langfield, Harding 1-5 18-24 8: Airey, Kingston, Clarke, McKinlay R 5-1 23-25 9: Haley, Wilson, Monk, White 1-5 24-30 10: Airey, Boocock, Kingston, McMillan 4-2 28-32 11: Monk, White, Cole, Clarke R 5-1 33-33 12: Wilson, Haley, Langfield, Boulger 1-5 34-38 13: McMillan, White, Boocock, Monk 2-4 36-42 14: McKinlay, Clarke, Langfield, Harding 1-5 37-47 15: Airey, Haley, Kingston, Wilson 4-2 41-49 16: McMillan, Boocock, Boulger, Langfield 1-5 42-54 17: Airey, Clarke, Kingston, McKinlay 4-2 46-56 18: White, Wilson, Monk, Haley 4-2 50-58
4th.Test at Brisbane 1: Airey, Kingston, Boocock, McMillan 5-1 2: McKinlay, Clarke, Monk, J White 1-5 6-6 3: Wilson, Middleton, Haley, Reinke 2-4 8-10 4: J White, McMillan, Monk, Boocock R 4-2 12-12 5: Clarke, D White, Middleton, McKinlay R 3-3 15-15 6: Airey, Haley, Wilson, Kingston 3-3 18-18 7: D White, Boocock, McMillan, Reinke 3-3 21-21 8: Airey, Clarke, Cole, Kingston 3-3 24-24 9: Wilson, J White, D White, Haley 3-3 27-27 10: Kingston, Airey, Boocock, McMillan 5-1 32-28 11: Clarke, J White, D White, Cole 3-3 35-31 12: Haley, Wilson, Middleton, Reinke 1-5 36-36 13: J White, McMillan, Boocock, Monk 3-3 39-39 14: Clarke, D White, Middleton, McKinlay 3-3 42-42 15: Kingston, Haley, Wilson, Airey 3-3 45-45 16: McMillan, D White, Middleton, Boocock 3-3 48-48 17: Airey, Kingston, Cole, Clarke 5-1 53-49 18: J White, Haley, Wilson, Monk 3-3 56-52. International Scratch: Airey, Kingston, Clarke.
5th.Test at Sydney 1: E Boocock, Airey, Kingston, McMillan 3-3 2: Clarke, Taylor, J White, McKinlay R 3-3 6-6 3: Haley, Wilson, D White, Landels 1-5 7-11 4: McMillan, J White, Taylor, E Boocock ns 3-3 10-14 5: N Boocock, Clarke, D White F, Kentwell F 0-5 10-19 6: Airey, Kingston, Haley, Wilson R 5-1 15-20 7: E Boocock, Kentwell, McMillan, D White R 2-4 17-24 8: Airey, N Boocock, Clarke, Kingston 3-3 20-27 9: Haley, J White, Wilson, Taylor 2-4 22-31 10: E Boocock, Kingston, Airey, McMillan 3-3 25-34 11: Taylor, Clarke, N Boocock, J White 3-3 28-37 12: Kentwell, Haley, Landels, Wilson 4-2 32-39 13: E Boocock, J White, Taylor, McMillan 3-3 35-42 14: Clarke, McKinlay, Kentwell, Landels 1-5 36-47 15: Airey, Haley, Kingston, Wilson 4-2 40-49 16: E Boocock, D White, Kentwell, McMillan 3-3 43-52 17: Airey, Clarke, Kingston, McKinlay 4-2 47-54 18: Haley, Taylor, Wilson, J White 2-4 49-58

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07.11: Perth (Claremont)(6-rider races, scoring 4-3-2-1-0-0): Western Australia 41(Chum Taylor 21) England 79 (Haley 26, McMillan 18)
14.11: Perth (Claremont): Claremont Solo Championship: 1.Chum Taylor 17, 2.McMillan 16, 3.Haley 15, 4.Clarke 11, 5.E Boocock 10, 6.Ashby 8, 7.Abe Schneider 7, 8.Hec Haslinger 5, Wilson 5, 10.McKinlay 4.
06.12: Melbourne, Vic: Victoria 63 (Peter Moore, Neil Street, Bert Harkins, Johnny Board, Roy Trigg, Johnny Dewhurst, Dave O'Connor) England 45 (Eric Boocock, Jim McMillan, Arnold Haley, Martin Ashby, Ray Wilson, Tony Clarke, J Mills)
14.12: Liverpool, NSW: Internationale: 1.Garry Middleton 8+3, 2.Bert Harkins 9+2, 3.Bill Landels 10+1, 4.John Langfield 9+0, 5.Roy Trigg 7, Greg Kentwell 7, 7.Ted Lindskog 6, 8.Cole 5, 9.Haley 4, 10.Clarke 3, Garry Hay 3, 12.Bob Campbell 0.
19.12: Brisbane: Queensland Championship: 1.Jim Airey, 2.McMillan, 3.Jack White, 4.McKinlay. And at the same meeting ...

International Pairs Competition Qualifying Heats Tony Hart/Jack White 5, Bert Kingston/Bob Gourlay 4, Doug White/George Chadwick 3, Jim Airey/Kevin Torpie 3, Ken McKinlay/Ray Wilson 3, Steve Reinke/Peter Ingram 3, Jim McMillan/Lex Fielding 2, Eric Boocock/Arnold Haley 1 Semi-final 1: Bert Kingston/Bob Gourlay bt Tony Hart/Jack White 4-2 Semi-final 2: Doug White/George Chadwick bt Steve Reinke/Peter Ingram 4-2 Final: Bert Kingston/Bob Gourlay bt Doug White/George Chadwick 4-2
20.12: Rockhampton: Queensland 67 (Doug White 16, Jim Airey 14, Peter Ingram 12, Steve Reinke 10, Jack White 9, Bert Kingston 6) England 41 (Clarke 14, E Boocock 10, McMillan 9, Wilson 5, Haley 3, McKinlay 0)
21.12: Maryborough: Queensland v England (no details available)

09.01: Liverpool, NSW: A C McGrath Monarchs 45 (Jim Airey 11, John Langfield 11, Bill Landels 9, Garry Middleton 5, Ted Lindskog 4, Bert Harkins 4, Greg Kentwell 1, Howard Cole 0) England 63 (McMillan 16, Haley 14, N Boocock 12, Wilson 8, Clarke 5, E Boocock 4, Roy Trigg 3, McKinlay 1)
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1970-71 Australia won series 5-2
OFFICIAL 20.11 : Perth (Claremont) Australia 58 England 50
27.11 : Perth (Claremont) Australia 61 England 46
05.12 : Adelaide (Rowley Park) Australia 55 England 53
26.12 : Sydney Showground Australia 52 England 56
02.01 : Brisbane (Exhibition Grounds) Australia 54 England 54
09.01 : Brisbane (Exhibition Grounds) Australia 54 England 54
30.01 : Sydney Showground Australia 56 England 52
Australia Total England Total
John Langfield 13 14 12 13 12 9 - 73 Nigel Boocock 15 8 12 14 13 16 10 88
Laurie Hodgson 12 16 14 8 - 2 12 64 Chris Pusey 12 10 5 13 6 7 16 69
Bert Kingston - - - 8 11 14 18 51 Roy Trigg 5 3 14 8 14 12 8 64
John Boulger 5 - 9 8 10 11 - 43 Bob Kilby 4 5 3 10 9 5 7 43
Chum Taylor 11© 13© 2 7 0 - - 33 George Hunter - - 12 5 0 10 4 31
Jack White - - 0 - 9 9 10 28 Ken McKinlay 2 3 7 6 8 2 - 28
Doug White - - - - 7 7 3 17 Arnold Haley 12 14 0 - - - - 26
Bob O'Leary 9 6 - - - - - 15 Jim McMillan - 3 - - 4 2 7 16
Les Sharpe 8 6 - - - - - 14
Charlie Monk - - 14 - - - - 14
Bob Valentine - - - 5 - - 5 10
Garry Middleton - 5 - 3 - - - 8
Steve Reinke - - - - 5 2 - 7
Chris Bass - - 4 - - - - 4
Kevin Torpie - - - - - - 4 4
Bob Humphreys - - - - - - 4 4
Les Leisk 0 1 - - - - - 1

1st Test at Perth 20th November
Ht 1: Boocock, Hodgson, Taylor, McKinlay 67.5 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Sharpe, Haley, O'Leary, Kilby 67.5 4-2 7-5
Ht 3: Langfield, Boulger, Pusey, Trigg ret 67.8 5-1 12-6
Ht 4: Boocock, O'Leary, Sharpe, McKinlay 67.6 3-3 15-9
Ht 5: Haley, Langfield, Kilby, Boulger 68.0 2-4 17-13
Ht 6: Trigg, Taylor, Hodgson, Pusey 68.0 3-3 20-16
Ht 7: Langfield, Boocock, McKinlay, Boulger 67.9 3-3 23-19
Ht 8: Taylor, Haley, Hodgson, Kilby 68.2 4-2 27-21
Ht 9: Pusey, Sharpe, O'Leary, Trigg 67.8 3-3 30-24
Ht 10: Hodgson, Boocock, Taylor, McKinlay 67.9 4-2 34-26
Ht 11: O'Leary, Kilby, Haley, Sharpe 68.5 3-3 37-29
Ht 12: Pusey, Langfield, Trigg, Leisk ret 68.1 2-4 39-33
Ht 13: Boocock, Sharpe, McKinlay, O'Leary f,ex 68.8 2-4 41-37
Ht 14: Haley, Langfield, Kilby, Leisk 68.7 2-4 43-41
Ht 15: Hodgson, Pusey, Taylor, Trigg 68.0 4-2 47-43
Ht 16: Boulger, Boocock, Langfield, McKinlay 68.5 4-2 51-45
Ht 17: Taylor, Hodgson, Haley, Kilby 68.3 5-1 56-46
Ht 18: Pusey, O'Leary, Trigg, Sharpe 68.1 2-4 58-50
Results of heats 8 & 11 were corrected based on Ken Brown's records
2nd Test at Perth 27th November
Ht 1: McKinlay, Taylor, Boocock, Middleton 66.9 2-4 2-4
Ht 2: Haley, Langfield, Sharpe, Kilby 66.4 3-3 5-7
Ht 3: Hodgson, Pusey, O'Leary, Trigg 66.7 4-2 9-9
Ht 4: Langfield, Sharpe, Boocock, McKinlay ret 67.9 5-1 14-10
Ht 5: Kilby, Haley, Hodgson, O'Leary 67.5 1-5 15-15
Ht 6: Pusey, Taylor, Middleton, Trigg 67.9 3-3 18-18
Ht 7: Hodgson, Boocock, O'Leary, McKinlay 67.0 4-2 22-20
Ht 8: Haley, Kilby, Middleton, Taylor 67.6 1-5 23-25
Ht 9: Sharpe, Pusey, Langfield, McMillan 68.2 4-2 27-27
Ht 10: Taylor, Middleton, Boocock, McKinlay 67.5 5-1 32-28
Ht 11: Haley, Langfield, Sharpe f,ex, Kilby ex-2m 67.8 2-3 34-31
Ht 12: Hodgson, O'Leary, Pusey, Trigg 67.8 5-1 39-32
Ht 13: Langfield, McMillan, Boocock, Sharpe 68.3 3-3 42-35
Ht 14: Hodgson, O'Leary, Haley, Kilby 68.1 5-1 47-36
Ht 15: Taylor, Pusey, Trigg, Middleton ret 68.5 3-3 50-39
Ht 16: Hodgson, Boocock, McMillan, O'Leary 67.3 3-3 53-42
Ht 17: Taylor, Haley, Middleton, Kilby 67.5 4-2 57-44
Ht 18: Langfield, Trigg, Leisk, Pusey ret 69.3 4-2 61-46
Australia 58
1 Chum Taylor 1' 2 3 1 1 3 = 11+1
2 Laurie Hodgson 2 1' 1 3 3 2' = 12+2
3 Bob O'Leary 1 2 1' 3 f,ex 2 = 9+1
4 Les Sharpe 3 1' 2 0 2 0 = 8+1
5 John Boulger 2' 0 0 - - 3 = 5+1
6 John Langfield 3 2 3 2 2 1 = 13
7 Les Leisk ret 0 = 0
England 50
1 Nigel Boocock 3 3 2 2 3 2 = 15
2 Ken McKinlay 0 0 1' 0 1 0 = 2+1
3 Arnold Haley 2 3 2 1' 3 1 = 12+1
4 Bob Kilby 0 1 0 2 1 0 = 4
5 Chris Pusey 1 0 3 3 2 3 = 12
6 Roy Trigg ret 3 0 1 0 1 = 5
7 Jim McMillan did not ride
Australia 61
1 Chum Taylor 2 2 0 3 3 3 = 13
2 Garry Middleton 0 1' 1 2' R 1 = 5+2
3 John Langfield 2 3 1 2 3 3 = 14
4 Les Sharpe 1' 2' 3 f,ex 0 - = 6+2
5 Laurie Hodgson 3 1 3 3 3 3 = 16
6 Bob O’Leary 1 0 1 2' 2' 0 = 6+2
7 Les Leisk 1 = 1
England 46
1 Nigel Boocock 1 1 2 1 1' 2 = 8+1
2 Ken McKinlay 3 ret 0 0 - - = 3
3 Bob Kilby 0 3 2' ex2m 0 0 = 5+1
4 Arnold Haley 3 2' 3 3 1 2 = 14+1
5 Chris Pusey 2 3 2 1 2 ret = 10
6 Roy Trigg 0 0 - 0 1' 2 = 3+1
7 Jim McMillan 0 2 1' = 3+1
4th Test at Sydney 26th December
Ht 1: McKinlay, Boocock, Middleton, Taylor 58.9 1-5 1-5
Ht 2: Kingston, Kilby, Hunter, Langfield (ef) 59.0 3-3 4-8
Ht 3: Pusey, Hodgson, Boulger, Trigg 59.0 3-3 7-11
Ht 4: Langfield, Kingston, Boocock, McKinlay (ef) 60.7 5-1 12-12
Ht 5: Hodgson, Boulger, Hunter, Kilby 60.0 5-1 17-13
Ht 6: Trigg, Pusey, Taylor, Middleton (f exc) 60.6 18-18
Ht 7: Boocock, McKinlay, Hodgson, Boulger 60.7 19-23
Ht 8: Kilby, Middleton, Taylor, Hunter 59.9 3-3 22-26
Ht 9: Langfield, Pusey, Trigg, Kingston 61.2 3-3 25-29
Ht 10: Boocock, Taylor, McKinlay, Middleton 59.9 27-33
Ht 11: Langfield, Kilby, Hunter, Kingston 59.9 3-3 30-36
Ht 12: Pusey, Valentine, Trigg, Hodgson 60.3 2-4 32-40
Ht 13: Langfield, Boocock, Kingston, McKinlay 60.4 4-2 36-42
Ht 14: Boulger, Hunter, Hodgson, Kilby 61.1 4-2 40-44
Ht 15: Trigg, Taylor, Valentine (f rem), Pusey (f exc) 64.2 3-3 43-47
Ht 16: Boocock, Boulger, Hodgson, McKinlay 61.6 46-50
Ht 17: Kilby, Valentine, Taylor, Hunter 60.8 3-3 49-53
Ht 18: Pusey, Kingston, Langfield, Trigg 61.4 3-3 52-56
5th Test at Brisbane 2nd January
Ht 1: Boocock, McKinlay, J White, Taylor 53.5 1-5 1-5
Ht 2: Langfield, Kingston, Kilby, Hunter 52.9 5-1 6-6
Ht 3: Boulger, Reinke, Pusey, Trigg 52.2 5-1 11-7
Ht 4: Kingston, McKinlay, Boocock, Langfield 52.2 3-3 14-10
Ht 5: Reinke, Boulger, Kilby, Hunter 53.1 5-1 19-11
Ht 6: J White, Trigg, Pusey, Taylor 52.5 3-3 22-14
Ht 7: Boocock, McKinlay, Boulger, Reinke 52.6 1-5 23-19
Ht 8: D White, Kilby, J White, Hunter 52.5 4-2 27-21
Ht 9: Trigg, Langfield, Pusey, Kingston 52.5 2-4 29-25 Ht 10: J White, Boocock, D White, McKinlay 53.3 4-2 33-27
Ht 11: Langfield, Kingston, McMillan, Kilby 53.0 5-1 38-28
Ht 12: Trigg, Boulger, Pusey, Reinke 53.3 2-4 40-32
Ht 13: Kingston, Langfield, Boocock, McKinlay 53.4 5-1 45-33
Ht 14: Kilby, McMillan, Boulger, Reinke 53.4 1-5 46-38
Ht 15: Trigg, Pusey, J White, Taylor 53.6 1-5 47-43
Ht 16: Boocock, McKinlay, Boulger, Reinke 53.8 1-5 48-48
Ht 17: D White, Kilby, McMillan, J White 53.0 3-3 51-51
Ht 18: Trigg, Langfield,m Kingston, Pusey 53.3 3-3 54-54
6th Test at Brisbane 9th January
Ht 1: Boocock, Kingston, McKinlay, Langfield 51.5 2-4 2-4 Ht 2: Hunter, J White, Kilby, D White 52.2 2-4 4-8
Ht 3: Pusey, Boulger, Trigg, Hodgson 52.5 2-4 6-12
Ht 4: Boocock, J White, D White, McKinlay 51.9 3-3 9-15
Ht 5: Hunter, Hodgson, Boulger, Kilby 51.8 3-3 12-18
Ht 6: Trigg, Kingston, Langfield, Pusey 51.8 3-3 15-21
Ht 7: Boocock, Boulger, McKinlay, Hodgson (ef) 52.6 2-4 17-25
Ht 8: Kingston, Langfield, Kilby, Hunter 52.9 5-1 22-26
Ht 9: D White, Trigg, J White, Pusey 53.4 4-2 26-28
Ht 10: Kingston, Boocock, Langfield, McKinlay 53.3 4-2 30-30
Ht 11: Hunter, J White, D White, Kilby 53.5 3-3 33-33
Ht 12: Trigg, Boulger, Pusey, Hodgson 52.7 2-4 35-37
Ht 13: Boocock, D White, McMillan, J White 53.5 2-4 37-41
Ht 14: Kilby, Reinke, Boulger, Hunter (ef) 54.0 3-3 40-44
Ht 15: Langfield, Pusey, Kingston, Trigg 54.2 4-2 44-46
Ht 16: Boulger, Boocock, McMillan, Reinke 53.9 3-3 47-49 Ht 17: Kingston, Langfield, Hunter, Kilby 54.3 5-1 52-50
Ht 18: Trigg, J White, Pusey, D White 53.9 2-4 54-54

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OTHER MEETINGS
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13.11 Perth (Claremont), WA (6-rider races, scoring 4-3-2-1-0-0): Western Australia 50 (Chum Taylor 20, Bob O'Leary 19) England 49 (Pusey 11, Haley 10, Boocock 10, Trigg 8, Kilby 7, McKinlay 1, Peter Boston, res 2)
19.12 Sydney Showground, NSW: New South Wales Best Pairs Championship: 1.Hunter 9 & Bill Landels 9 = 18, 2.Garry Hay 13 & McKinlay 4 = 17, Boocock 9 & Valentine 8 = 17, 4.Langfield 9 & Kilby 6 = 15, 5.Middleton 10 & Pusey 4 = 14, 6.Greg Kentwell 7 & Roy Trigg 1 = 8.

20.01 Townsville (Savanna Speedway), Qld: Townsville (Jack White) v. England (Nigel Boocock ©, Chris Pusey, Roy Trigg, Bob Kilby)
23.01 Bundaberg (Carina), Qld: Queensland (Peter Ingram 14) 52 England 56
24.01 Maryborough, Qld: Queensland v England (no details)
31.01 Kembla Grange, NSW : Australia v U.K (unofficial) 6-heat match with 3 riders per team. No results available. Teams -
Australia: John Langfield, Bob Humphries & A.N Other
U.K: Nigel Boocock, Chris Pusey & Bert Harkins
The Lions also rode - and won - matches at Rockhampton, Townsville, and Maribon (Maryborough?)
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13.11.1970 Ipswich

1971-72 England won series 4-3 Attendance
OFFICIAL 13.11 : Sydney Showground Australia 60 England 48
20.11 : Brisbane Australia 61 England 47
27.11 : Brisbane Australia 46 England 61
07.01 : Adelaide (Rowley Park) Australia 57 England 51
15.01 : Melbourne (Brooklyn) Australia 44 England 64
28.01 : Perth Australia 49 England 59
04.02 : Perth Australia 31 England 77 20,000
Notes : The England team was often referred to as Great Britain.
In the 7th Test, Harkins equalled Anders Michanek's track record 65.0
Australia Total England Total
Jim Airey 15© 6 10 18 - 16 - 65 Chris Pusey 5 8 18 9 13 13 10 76
John Langfield 16 8 7 2 10 - 14 57 Nigel Boocock © 11 13 13 5 1 12 16 71
John Boulger 6 15 - 16 - 8 - 45 Jim McMillan 14 9 2 12 11 8 9 65
Jack White 12 13 7 6 - - 6 44 Malcolm Simmons 8 3 7 6 10 11 16 61
Kevin Torpie 7 8 6 - - - - 21 Bert Harkins 3 4 7 9 4 9 17 53
Tony Hart - 6 10 - - - - 16 George Hunter 6 0 5 4 15 5 9 44
Charlie Monk - - - 14 2 - - 16 Tony Lomas 1 10 9 6 10 1 - 37
Phil Crump - - - 1 12 - - 13
Chum Taylor - - - - - 10 2 12
Steve Reinke - 5 6 - - - - 11
Les Sharpe - - - - - 10 1 11
John Dewhurst - - - - 9 - - 9
Les Leisk - - - - - 4 4 8
Greg Kentwell - - 0 - 5 - - 5
Bill Landels 3 - - - - - - 3
Jack Biggs - - - - 3 - - 3
Neil Street - - - - 3 - - 3
Jim Ryman - - - - - - 3 3
Bob O'Leary - - - - - 1 1 2
John Bowerman 1 - - - - - - 1
Chris Bass - - - 0 - - - 0
Doug Underwood - - - - - 0 - 0

1st Test at Sydney 13th November
Ht 1: Airey, Landels, Boocock, Harkins 58.9 5-1 5-1
Ht 2: McMillan, Hunter, White, Boulger (f) 59.7 1-5 6-6
Ht 3: Langfield, Torpie, Simmons, Pusey 59.0 5-1 11-7
Ht 4: White, Harkins, Boulger, Boocock (ret) 58.8 4-2 15-9
Ht 5: Langfield, Hunter, McMillan, Torpie 59.6 3-3 18-12
Ht 6: Airey, Simmons, Pusey, Landels 58.5 3-3 21-15
Ht 7: Langfield, Boocock, Torpie, Harkins 59.4 4-2 25-17
Ht 8: Airey, McMillan, Landels, Hunter 59.2 4-2 29-19
Ht 9: White, Boulger, Lomas, Simmons 59.2 5-1 34-20
Ht 10: Airey, Boocock, Harkins, Landels 58.4 3-3 37-23
Ht 11: White, McMillan, Boulger, Hunter 59.3 4-2 41-25
Ht 12: Langfield, Torpie, Pusey, Lomas 60.2 5-1 46-26
Ht 13: Boocock, White, Boulger, Harkins 60.2 3-3 49-29
Ht 14: McMillan, Langfield, Torpie, Hunter 58.9 3-3 52-32
Ht 15: Airey, Simmons, Pusey, Landels 59.7 3-3 55-35
Ht 16: Boocock, Langfield, Torpie, Harkins 60.6 3-3 58-38
Ht 17: McMillan, Hunter, Bowerman, Airey (ef) 60.2 1-5 59-43
Ht 18: Simmons, Pusey, Boulger, White 61.1 1-5 60-48
2nd Test at Brisbane 20th November
Ht 1: Boocock, Harkins, Airey, Reinke 51.8 1-5 1-5
Ht 2: Boulger, White, McMillan, Hunter 52.0 5-1 6-6
Ht 3: Lomas, Torpie, Langfield, Pusey 53.7 3-3 9-9
Ht 4: White, Boulger, Boocock, Harkins 52.8 5-1 14-10
Ht 5: McMillan, Langfield, Torpie, Lomas 53.0 3-3 17-13
Ht 6: Airey, Simmons, Pusey, Reinke 53.6 3-3 20-16
Ht 7: Boocock, Torpie, Langfield, Harkins 53.7 3-3 23-19
Ht 8: Hart, McMillan, Airey, Hunter 53.5 4-2 27-21
Ht 9: Boulger, White, Pusey, Simmons 53.1 5-1 32-22
Ht 10: Hart, Boocock, Lomas, Airey 53.3 3-3 35-25
Ht 11: White, Boulger, McMillan, Hunter (ret) 53.8 5-1 40-26
Ht 12: Torpie, Pusey, Simmons Langfield 53.6 3-3 43-29
Ht 13: White, Boulger, Boocock, Harkins 54.2 5-1 48-30
Ht 14: Langfield, Lomas, McMillan, Torpie (ret) 55.1 3-3 51-33
Ht 15: Pusey, Reinke, Airey, Simmons 54.0 3-3 54-36
Ht 16: Boocock, Harkins, Langfield, Torpie 55.0 1-5 55-41
Ht 17: Reinke, Lomas, McMillan, Airey (ret) 54.3 3-3 58-44
Ht 18: Boulger, Lomas, Pusey, White (f) 54.8 3-3 61-47
3rd Test at Brisbane 27th November
Ht 1: Airey, Harkins, Boocock, Kentwell 52.8 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Pusey, White, Hart (exc), Simmons (ns) 52.6 2-3 5-6
Ht 3: Lomas, Torpie, McMillan, Langfield 52.8 2-4 7-10
Ht 4: Boocock, White, Harkins, Reinke 53.7 2-4 9-14
Ht 5: Pusey, Simmons, Langfield, Torpie 52.8 1-5 10-19
Ht 6: Lomas, Airey, McMillan, Kentwell 53.9 2-4 12-23
Ht 7: Boocock, Harkins, Langfield, Torpie 53.5 1-5 13-28
Ht 8: Pusey, Hart, Simmons, Airey 52.4 2-4 15-32
Ht 9: Hart, White, Hunter, Lomas 53.3 5-1 20-33
Ht 10: Hart, Airey, Boocock, Harkins 53.0 5-1 25-34
Ht 11: Pusey, Reinke, Simmons, White 52.9 2-4 27-38
Ht 12: Torpie, Lomas, Langfield, Hunter 53.7 4-2 31-40
Ht 13: Boocock, Harkins, Reinke, White 54.0 1-5 32-45
Ht 14: Pusey, Simmons, Langfield, Torpie 53.5 1-5 33-50
Ht 15: Airey, Hunter, Lomas, Kentwell 54.4 3-3 36-53
Ht 16: Langfield, Boocock, Torpie, Harkins 54.5 4-2 40-55
Ht 17: Pusey, Hart, Simmons, Airey 53.4 2-4 42-59
Ht 18: Reinke, Hunter, White, Lomas 54.1 4-2 46-61
5th Test at Melbourne 15th January
Ht 1: Hunter, Dewhurst, Boocock, Monk 53.5 2-4 2-4
Ht 2: McMillan, Biggs, Crump, Simmons 54.6 3-3 5-7
Ht 3: Pusey, Langfield, Lomas, Kentwell 54.6 2-4 7-11
Ht 4: Crump, Hunter, Biggs, Boocock 53.4 4-2 11-13
Ht 5: Simmons, Langfield, McMillan, Kentwell 54.9 2-4 13-17
Ht 6: Pusey, Lomas, Monk, Dewhurst 55.0 1-5 14-22
Ht 7: Langfield, Hunter, Kentwell, Boocock 55.0 4-2 18-24
Ht 8: McMillan, Dewhurst, Monk, Simmons 54.7 3-3 21-27
Ht 9: Crump, Lomas, Pusey, Biggs 54.6 3-3 24-30
Ht 10: Hunter, Dewhurst, Harkins, Monk 54.2 2-4 26-34
Ht 11: Simmons, McMillan, Crump, Biggs 55.9 1-5 27-39
Ht 12: Langfield, Kentwell, Pusey, Lomas 55.3 5-1 32-40
Ht 13: Crump, Hunter, Harkins, Biggs 55.6 3-3 35-43
Ht 14: Simmons, McMillan, Kentwell, Langfield 55.4 1-5 36-48
Ht 15: Lomas, Pusey, Dewhurst, Street 55.3 1-5 37-53
Ht 16: Hunter, Harkins, Kentwell, Langfield 55.5 1-5 38-58
Ht 17: Street, Dewhurst, Simmons, McMillan 55.4 5-1 43-59 Ht 18: Pusey, Lomas, Crump, Biggs 55.3 1-5 44-64
6th Test at Perth 28th January
Ht 1: Hunter, Sharpe, Boulger 66.0 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Taylor, Pusey, Leisk 66.2 4-2 7-5
Ht 3: Airey, Simmons, McMillan 66.7 3-3 10-8
Ht 4: Sharpe, Pusey, Boulger 67.0 4-2 14-10
Ht 5: Taylor, Simmons, McMillan 66.0 3-3 17-13
Ht 6: Airey, Boocock, Hunter 67.2 3-3 20-16
Ht 7: Sharpe, Simmons, McMillan 66.5 3-3 23-19
Ht 8: Boocock, Taylor, Hunter 66.9 2-4 25-23
Ht 9: Pusey, Airey, O'Leary 66.8 3-3 28-26
Ht 10: Boocock, Boulger, Sharpe 67.5 3-3 31-29
Ht 11: Harkins, Pusey, Taylor 66.0 1-5 32-34
Ht 12: Airey, McMillan, Simmons 67.3 3-3 35-37
Ht 13: Harkins, Pusey, Boulger 66.0 1-5 36-42
Ht 14: McMillan, Simmons, Leisk 68.0 1-5 37-47
Ht 15: Harkins, Airey, Boocock 67.0 2-4 39-51
Ht 16: Boulger, Simmons, Sharpe 68.1 4-2 43-53
Ht 17: Boocock, Leisk, Taylor 68.8 3-3 46-56
Ht 18: Airey, Pusey, Lomas 66.2 3-3 49-59
7th Test at Perth 4th February
1 Boocock, Hunter, Taylor, Leisk 1-5 1-5
2 Harkins, Pusey, Langfield, Ryman 1-5 2-10
3 Simmons, McMillan, White, Sharpe ef 1-5 3-15
4 Harkins, Pusey, Taylor, O'Leary 1-5 4-20
5 Langfield, Simmons, McMillan, Ryman 3-3 7-23
6 Hunter, Boocock, White, Sharpe 1-5 8-28
7 Simmons, McMillan, Leisk, O'Leary 1-5 9-33
8 Langfield, Boocock, Ryman, Hunter ef 4-2 13-35
9 Harkins, Pusey, Sharpe, White 1-5 14-40
10 Boocock, Hunter, O'Leary, Leisk 1-5 15-45
11 Langfield, Harkins, Pusey, Ryman 3-3 18-48
12 Simmons, McMillan, White, Sharpe 1-5 19-53
13 Harkins, Pusey, Leisk, O'Leary 1-5 20-58
14 Langfield, Simmons, McMillan, Ryman 3-3 23-61
15 Boocock, Hunter, White, Sharpe 1-5 24-66
16 Simmons, Leisk, McMillan, O'Leary 2-4 26-70
17 Boocock, Langfield, Ryman, Hunter ef 3-3 29-73
18 Harkins, White, Pusey, Sharpe 2-4 31-77

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In addition to the Official Tests, the touring team took part in various other meetings:
17.11 Liverpool, NSW Liverpool 43 (O Olsen 11, J Boulger 9, N Cameron 8, D Mills 6, B van Praag 4, B Landels 3, H Schippl 2) GB 35 (J McMillan 10, N Boocock 7, B Harkins 7, M Simmons 5, T Lomas 2, G Hunter 2, C Pusey 2)
04.12 Brisbane, Qld Queensland 67 (J White 18, S Reinke 14, T Hart 12, K Torpie 10, B Gourlay 10, B Loakes 3, J Titman 0) GB 41 (N Boocock 11, T Lomas 10, C Pusey 8, M Simmons 7, J McMillan 3, B Harkins 2, G Hunter 0)

11.12 Townsville (Savanna Speedway), Qld : Best Pairs (featuring all the England tourists). No result available.
13.12 Rockhampton, Qld Rockhampton 66 (J Airey 18, O Olsen 16, J Langfield 15, J White 12, K Torpie 4, T Hart 1) GB 42 (N Boocock 13, T Lomas 8, C Pusey 7, M Simmons 4, J McMillan 4, B Harkins 3, G Hunter 3)


18.12 Brisbane, Qld International Best Pairs - GB 31 (T Lomas 21, G Hunter 8, B Loakes 2); Queensland I 30 (T Hart 21, K Torpie 9); New South Wales 23 (B Van Praag 13, D Mills 10); Queensland II 22 (S Reinke 6, B Gourlay 16); Sweden 14 (O Nygren 5, J Simensen 6, B Loakes 3)
01.01 Sydney Showground, NSW New South Wales Pairs Championship - N Boocock (9) & C Pusey (11) 20; J Airey (8) & J Langfield (10) 18; J McMillan (9) & G Hunter (6) 15; O Olsen (15) & B Van Prag (0) 15; B Landels (8) & B Harkins (5) 13; T Lomas (5) & M Simmons (3) 8; Reserve: D Mills (0)
08.01 : Melbourne, Vic Victoria 20 (P Crump 7, J Biggs 6, J Dewhurst 6, P Moore 1, D O'Connor 0, N Street 0) GB 34 (J McMllan 7, G Hunter 7, N Boocock 5, M Simmons 5, C Pusey 5, T Lomas 4, B Harkins 1)

09.01 : Warrnambool, Vic Warrnambool 24 (J Dewhurst 8, J Biggs 4, P Moore 4, D O'Connor 3, R Craig 2, N Edwards 2, B Edgar 1) The Lions 36 (N Boocock 9, T Lomas 8, M Simmons 7, B Harkins 6, W Pattie 3, R Jones 3, T Melrose 0)
21.01 : Perth, WA Governor's Cup - C Taylor 12, J McMillan 9, L Leisk 8, M Simmons 8, N Boocock 7, T Lomas 5, B Harkins 3, B O'Leary 3, G Hunter 1, L Sharpe 1, P Boston 1, D Underwood 1, C Pusey 0, A Schneider 0.






1972-73 Australia won series 6-1
OFFICIAL 17.11 : Perth Australia 60 England 48
01.12 : Adelaide (Rowley Park) Australia 50 England 58
23.12 : Sydney Showground Australia 63 England 45
30.12 : Sydney Showground Australia 58 England 50
06.01 : Brisbane Australia 71 England 36
13.01 : Brisbane Australia 58 England 50
29.01 : Sydney Showground Australia 62 England 46
Australia Total England Total
John Boulger 14 16© 15© 15© 17© 15© 17 109 Nigel Boocock 11 10 12 12 7 10 9 71
John Langfield 4 9 7 11 - - 18 49 Arnold Haley 7 14 5 9 4 10 9 58
Bob Valentine - 14 13 11 4 - 5 47 Chris Pusey 8 4 2 5 14 10 9 52
Kevin Torpie - - 6 11 15 6 - 38 Peter Collins 7 14 15 11 - - - 47+
Jim Airey 18© - - - - - 14© 32 Bob Kilby 13 2 1 6 0 9 3 34
Jack White - - 15 - 3 9 - 27 Barry Thomas 2 9 2 5 5 7 0 30
Steve Reinke - 1 - - 12 11 - 24 Eric Broadbelt 0 5 8 2 3 4 5 27
Doug White - - - - 13 8 - 21 George Hunter - - - - - - 11 11
Bill Landels - - 6 8 - - 1 15 Alan Wilkinson - - - - 3 0 - 3
John Titman - - - - 7 8 - 15
Barry van Praag - - 1 2 - - 7 10
Les Sharpe 8 - - - - - - 8
Chum Taylor 8 - - - - - - 8
Phil Crump - 8 - - - - - 8
Les Leisk 6 - - - - - - 6
Bob O'Leary 2 - - - - - - 2
Chris Bass - 1 - - - - - 1
Kym Amundson - 1 - - - - - 1
Bob Gourlay - - - - - 1 - 1
Bob Humphreys - - - 0 - - - 0
Geoff Curtis - - - - - - 0 0

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1st Test at Perth 17th November
Ht 1: Airey, Boocock, Langfield, Broadbelt 65.6 4-2 4-2
Ht 2: Boulger, Kilby, Haley, Sharpe (f) 67.3 3-3 7-5
Ht 3: Collins, Pusey, Leisk, Taylor 67.3 1-5 8-10
Ht 4: Airey, Kilby, Haley, Langfield (ret) 67.0 3-3 11-13
Ht 5: Boulger, Collins, Pusey, Sharpe (ef) 67.2 3-3 14-16
Ht 6: Leisk, Taylor, Boocock, Broadbelt 68.1 5-1 19-17
Ht 7: Airey, Langfield, Pusey, Collins (ret) 67.4 5-1 24-18
Ht 8: Boulger, Boocock, O'Leary, Thomas 68.0 4-2 28-20
Ht 9: Kilby, Haley, Leisk, Taylor (ef) 67.4 1-5 29-25
Ht 10: Airey, Boocock, Langfield, Thomas 67.0 4-2 33-27
Ht 11: Kilby, Sharpe, Boulger, Haley 67.0 3-3 36-30
Ht 12: Taylor, Collins, Pusey, Leisk (ef) 67.1 3-3 39-33
Ht 13: Airey, Kilby, Haley, O'Leary 67.1 3-3 42-36
Ht 14: Sharpe, Boulger, Pusey, Collins 66.8 5-1 47-37
Ht 15: Boocock, Thomas, Leisk, Taylor 69.0 1-5 48-42
Ht 16: Airey, Pusey, O'Leary, Collins 67.4 4-2 52-44
Ht 17: Sharpe, Boulger, Boocock, Thomas 68.0 5-1 57-45
Ht 18: Taylor, Haley, Kilby, Leisk 69.3 3-3 60-48
2nd Test at Adelaide 1st December
Ht 1: Boulger, Thomas, Boocock, Bass 48.4 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Haley, Valentine, Kilby, Reinke 49.8 2-4 5-7

Ht 3: Collins, Pusey, Langfield, Crump 48.6 1-5 6-12
Ht 4: Boocock, Valentine, Thomas, Reinke 49.4 2-4 8-16
Ht 5: Langfield, Haley, Crump, Kilby 49.0 4-2 12-18
Ht 6: Collins, Boulger, Pusey, Bass 49.0 2-4 14-22
Ht 7: Crump, Boocock, Langfield, Thomas 49.6 4-2 18-24
Ht 8: Boulger, Broadbelt, Haley, Bass 49.0 3-3 21-27
Ht 9: Valentine, Collins, Pusey, Amundson 49.2 3-3 24-30
Ht 10: Thomas, Boulger, Boocock, Bass (f) 48.6 2-4 26-34
Ht 11: Haley, Valentine, Reinke, Kilby (exc) 48.6 3-3 29-37
Ht 12: Collins, Langfield, Crump, Broadbelt 49.0 3-3 32-40
Ht 13: Valentine, Boocock, Amundson, Thomas 49.8 4-2 36-42
Ht 14: Haley, Langfield, Crump, Kilby 49.8 3-3 39-45
Ht 15: Boulger, Collins, Bass, Broadbelt 49.6 4-2 43-47
Ht 16: Thomas, Crump, Boocock, Langfield 50.0 2-4 45-51
Ht 17: Boulger, Haley, Kilby, Bass 49.8 3-3 48-54
Ht 18: Broadbelt, Valentine, Collins, Amundson 49.8 2-4 50-58
3rd Test at Sydney 23rd December
Ht 1: Boulger, Landels, Boocock, Thomas 61.5 5-1 5-1
Ht 2: White, Torpie, Broadbelt, Haley 60.0 5-1 10-2
Ht 3: Collins, Valentine, Langfield, Pusey 59.2 3-3 13-5
Ht 4: Boulger, Landels, Haley, Broadbelt 60.5 5-1 18-6
Ht 5: Collins, White, Torpie, Pusey 58.9 3-3 21-9
Ht 6: Boocock, Langfield, Valentine, Thomas 60.5 3-3 24-12 Ht 7: Collins, Landels, Boulger, Kilby 59.0 3-3 27-15
Ht 8: White, Boocock, Van Praag, Thomas 60.5 4-2 31-17
Ht 9: Haley, Valentine, Langfield, Broadbelt 60.7 3-3 34-20
Ht 10: Boulger, Boocock, Thomas, Landels 60.9 3-3 37-23
Ht 11: Broadbelt, White, Torpie, Haley 61.1 3-3 40-26
Ht 12: Collins, Valentine, Langfield, Pusey (ef) 61.5 3-3 43-29
Ht 13: Boulger, Broadbelt, Kilby, Landels 61.4 3-3 46-32
Ht 14: White, Torpie, Pusey, Collins (ef) 62.0 5-1 51-33
Ht 15: Valentine, Langfield, Boocock, Thomas 63.3 5-1 56-34
Ht 16: Collins, Boulger, Pusey, Van Praag 61.7 2-4 58-38
Ht 17: Boocock, White, Thomas, Torpie 62.8 2-4 60-42
Ht 18: Valentine, Broadbelt, Haley, Langfield 62.4 3-3 63-45

4th Test at Sydney 30th December
Ht 1: Boocock, Langfield, Thomas, Humphreys 61.8 2-4 2-4
Ht 2: Torpie, Boulger, Haley, Kilby (f), Broadbelt (exc) 62.1 5-1 7-5
Ht 3: Collins, Valentine, Landels, Pusey 62.0 3-3 10-8
Ht 4: Boulger, Kilby, Torpie, Thomas, Boocock, (exc) 61.3 4-2 14-10
Ht 5: Landels, Haley, Valentine, Broadbelt 62.1 4-2 18-12
Ht 6: Collins, Langfield, Pusey, Humphreys 61.3 2-4 20-16
Ht 7: Landels, Valentine, Thomas, Boocock (f rem) 62.4 5-1 25-17
Ht 8: Haley, Van Praag, Broadbelt, Langfield (ef) 62.0 2-4 27-21
Ht 9: Boulger, Torpie, Collins, Pusey 61.4 5-1 32-22
Ht 10: Boocock, Langfield, Thomas, Van Praag 61.4 2-4 34-26
Ht 11: Torpie, Boulger, Broadbelt, Haley 61.6 5-1 39-27
Ht 12: Collins, Pusey, Valentine, Landels 61.2 1-5 40-32
Ht 13: Boocock, Boulger, Thomas, Torpie 61.5 2-4 42-36
Ht 14: Valentine, Haley, Landels, Broadbelt 62.0 4-2 46-38
Ht 15: Langfield, Pusey, Collins, Humphreys 62.4 3-3 49-41
Ht 16: Boocock, Valentine, Thomas, Landels 62.3 2-4 51-45
Ht 17: Kilby, Langfield, Haley, Humphreys 63.1 2-4 53-49
Ht 18: Boulger, Torpie, Kilby, Collins (f), Pusey (f exc) 62.5 5-1 58-50
5th Test at Brisbane 6th January
Ht 1: Boulger, Boocock, Thomas, Valentine 53.1 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: J White, Torpie, Broadbelt, Kilby 52.8 5-1 8-4
Ht 3: Reinke, D White, Wilkinson, Haley 53.5 5-1 13-5
Ht 4: Torpie, Boocock, Thomas, Titman (ef), J White (f) 54.0 3-3 16-8
Ht 5: D White, Pusey, Reinke, Broadbelt 53.7 4-2 20-10
Ht 6: Boulger, Valentine, Haley, Wilkinson 52.9 5-1 25-11
Ht 7: Reinke, Titman, Boocock, Thomas, D White (exc) 53.0 5-1 30-12
Ht 8: Boulger, Pusey, Broadbelt, Valentine 53.3 3-3 33-15
Ht 9: Torpie, Titman, Wilkinson, Haley 54.2 5-1 38-16
Ht 10: Boulger, Pusey, Boocock (exc), Valentine (exc) 54.1 3-2 41-18
Ht 11: Pusey, Torpie, Titman, Broadbelt 54.0 3-3 44-21
Ht 12: D White, Haley, Reinke, Wilkinson (exc) 53.0 4-2 48-23
Ht 13: Thomas, Torpie, Boocock, Titman 54.3 2-4 50-27
Ht 14: D White, Pusey, Reinke, Broadbelt 53.8 4-2 54-29
Ht 15: Boulger, Valentine, Haley, Wilkinson 55.6 5-1 59-30
Ht 16: Reinke, D White, Boocock, Thomas 54.5 5-1 64-31
Ht 17: Pusey, Boulger, Broadbelt, Valentine 54.0 2-4 66-35
Ht 18: Torpie, Titman, Wilkinson, Haley 54.8 5-1 71-36
6th Test at Brisbane 13th January
Ht 1: Boulger, Boocock, Thomas, Gourlay 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Pusey, J White, Torpie, Wilkinson 3-3 6-6
Ht 3: Reinke, Haley, Broadbelt, D White (ef) 3-3 9-9
Ht 4: Boocock, J White, Torpie, Thomas 3-3 12-12
Ht 5: Pusey, D White, Reinke, Wilkinson 3-3 15-15
Ht 6: Boulger, Haley, Gourlay, Broadbelt 4-2 19-17
Ht 7: Thomas, Reinke, Boocock, D White 2-4 21-21
Ht 8: Kilby, Boulger, Pusey, Gourlay 2-4 23-25
Ht 9:Torpie, Haley, Broadbelt, J White 3-3 26-28
Ht 10: Titman, Boulger, Boocock, Thomas 5-1 31-29
Ht 11: Kilby, J White, Pusey, Torpie 2-4 33-33
Ht 12: D White, Reinke, Broadbelt, Haley 5-1 38-34
Ht 13: Thomas, Titman, Boocock, Torpie, J White (exc) 2-4 40-38
Ht 14: Kilby, Reinke, Pusey, D White 2-4 42-42
Ht 15: Boulger, Haley, Broadbelt, Titman (ef) 3-3 45-45
Ht 16: D White, Boocock, Reinke, Thomas (f) 4-2 49-47
Ht 17: Titman, Boulger, Pusey (f rem), Kilby (ret) 5-1 54-48
Ht 18: J White, Haley, Torpie, Broadbelt 4-2 58-50
7th Test at Sydney 29th January
Ht 1: Boocock, Kilby, Van Praag, Landels, Airey (exc) 60.8 1-5 1-5
Ht 2: Boulger, Haley, Broadbelt, Curtis (ef) 58.3 3-3 4-8
Ht 3: Langfield, Pusey, Hunter, Valentine 59.2 3-3 7-11
Ht 4: Boulger, Van Praag, Kilby, Boocock (ns) 58.4 5-1 12-12
Ht 5: Langfield, Valentine, Haley, Broadbelt 60.4 5-1 17-13
Ht 6: Hunter, Airey, Pusey, Landels 59.4 2-4 19-17
Ht 7: Langfield, Boocock, Valentine, Thomas, Kilby (exc) 60.2 4-2 23-19
Ht 8: Airey, Haley, Broadbelt, Van Praag (ef) 58.2 3-3 26-22
Ht 9: Hunter, Boulger, Pusey, Curtis (ef) 59.9 2-4 28-26
Ht 10: Airey, Boocock, Landels, Kilby 58.0 4-2 32-28
Ht 11: Boulger, Van Praag, Broadbelt, Haley 59.3 5-1 37-29
Ht 12: Langfield, Hunter, Pusey, Valentine (ef) 60.9 3-3 40-32
Ht 13: Boulger, Van Praag, Boocock, Thomas, Kilby (exc) 59.9 5-1 45-33
Ht 14: Langfield, Haley, Boradbelt, Valentine (ret) 61.0 3-3 48-36
Ht 15: Airey, Pusey, Hunter, Landels 58.9 3-3 51-39
Ht 16: Langfield, Valentine, Boocock, Kilby 61.1 5-1 56-40
Ht 17: Airey, Haley, Broadbelt, Van Praag (ns) 59.8 3-3 59-43
Ht 18: Boulger, Pusey, Hunter, Curtis 61.2 3-3 62-46

OTHER MEETINGS
10.11: Perth (Claremont): Royal Agric.Soc.Trophy: C Taylor 15, P Collins 14, B Kilby/E Broadbelt/L Sharpe 10, A Haley 9, B O'Leary 8, C Pusey 7, N Boocock/B Thomas/G Taylor/R Chessell 6, A Schneider 5, L Leisk 3, P Ecclestone 1, J Phillips 0.
24.11: Adelaide (Rowley Park): South Australia Champ: J Boulger 13+3, C Pusey 13+2, N Boocock 12, P Crump 11, A Haley/B Kilby 10, B Thomas 9, P Collins/A Wilkinson 7, E Broadbelt/K Amundson 6, C Bass 5, R Snider 2, R Amundson 1, S Bass/P Scanlon 0.
02.12: Warrnambool, Vic: Scratch: D O'Connor 8, N Boocock/C Pusey/B Kilby 6, J Boulger/P Collins 5, B Thomas/A Wilkinson/E Broadbelt 4, J Dewhurst/J Biggs 3, N Street/A Haley 2, C Bass 1.
09.12: Canberra (Tralee), ACT: Australia Select 64 (Billy Sanders 16, Bob Humphreys 12, Wayne Forrest 12, Bob Valentine 9, John Langfield 8, Phil Herne 5, Bill Landels 2) England 43 (Nigel Boocock 9, Peter Collins 9, Chris Pusey 8, Arnold Haley 6, Bob Kilby 5, Eric Broadbelt 3, Barry Thomas 3)
16.12: Sydney Showground: NSW Champ: B Valentine 15, E Broadbelt 12, A Haley 11+3, J Langfield 11+2, G Hunter/B Thomas 10, B Landels 9, P Collins/N Boocock 8, B van Praag/D Mills 6, G Curtis 4, R Day/G Magnall 3, B Kilby 1, C Pusey 0.
17.01: Townsville: Queensland 49 (programmed team Jack White, Steve Reinke, Steve Koppe, Mike Farrell, Ray Garvey and Gary Christopher) England 59
20.01: Rockhampton: Australia Select 77 (J White 18, K Torpie 16, S Reinke 12, D White 11, J Titman 11, G Kluver 8, M Brown 1) England 31 (G Hunter 8, E Broadbelt 7, N Boocock 5, C Pusey 5, A Haley 4, B Kilby 2, A Wilkinson 0)

30.01 Tomago (Jerilderie Park National Speedway): Newcastle Select (programmed team Bob Valentine, Geoff Curtis, John Langfield, Barry Van Praag, Ricky Day, Wayne Forrest and Pat Fernance (res) lost to England

In 1973-74 and 1974-75 Australia v Great Britain series were held

1975-76 England won series 6-1
OFFICIAL 14.11 : Perth (Claremont) Australia 41 England 67
28.11 : Perth (Claremont) Australia 34 England 74
05.12 : Newcastle (Jerilderie Park) Australia 32 England 76
06.12 : Sydney Showground Australia 38 England 70
26.12 : Liverpool Australia 47 England 61
27.12 : Sydney Showground Australia 62 England 45
10.01 : Brisbane (Ekka) Australia 50 England 57
Australia Total England Total
Phil Crump 17 17 7 15 17 15 17 105 Peter Collins 14 17 18 14 17 2 15 97
Phil Herne - 5 4 9 7 16 7 48 Doug Wyer 9 13 12 18 13 10 13 88
Billy Sanders - 2 6 1 11 11 8 39 John Davis 12 13 15 11 7 15 10 83
John Langfield - 5 3 8 2 6 - 24 Chris Morton 12 10 13 8 9 5 5 62
John Titman - - 7 2 - - 7 16 Dave Morton 9 7 3 8 3 9 7 46
Glyn Taylor 9 2 - - - - - 11 Chris Pusey 9 13 6 7 5 1 - 41
Ricky Day - - - 3 - 7 - 10 Gordon Kennett 2 1 9 4 7 3 0 26
Terry Sutherland - - - - 4 4 - 8 Malcolm Simmons - - - - - - 7 7
Peter Thompson 4 2 - - - - - 6
Ron Henderson - - - - - - 6 6
Mick McKeon 5 - - - - - - 5
Les Leisk 4 1 - - - - - 5
Garry Middleton - - 2 - 3 - - 5
Mike Farrell - - - - - - 4 4
Bob Valentine - - 3 - - - - 3
Mitch Shirra - - - 0 3 - - 3
Stuart Mountford - - - - - 3 - 3
Rod Chessell 2 - - - - - - 2
Neil Coddington - - - - - - 1 1
Bob O'Leary 0 - - - - - - 0
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England 1975-76 in Australia Australia 1975-76 Newcasle (Jerilderie Park)
Back - Peter Collins, John Davis, John Berry (manager), Doug Wyer, Gordon Kennett Back - John Langfield, Bob Valentine, Phil Crump, John Titman
Front - Dave Morton, Chris Pusey, Chris Morton Front - Phil Herne, Billy Sanders, Garry Middleton
In addition to the above Official Test Series, the England tourists took part in other meetings, including:
21.11: Perth (Claremont): Best Pairs: 1.M Simmons 14/L Sharp 4 = 18; 2.C Morton 16/G Taylor 1 = 17; 3.P Collins 14/B O'Leary 2 = 16; 4.D Wyer 14/R Chessell 0 = 14; 5.G Kennett 6/P Thompson 6 = 12; 6.C Pusey 11/G Payne 0 = 11 / J Davis 9/C Thompson 2 = 11 / D Morton 10/M McKeon 1 = 11.
13.12 Brisbane (Exhibition): Queensland 38 (J Titman 13, M Farrell 12, R Henderson 6, R Garvey 2, D McLean 2, S Moffatt 2, M Janke 1) England 70 (D Wyer 18, P Collins 17, J Davis 10, D Morton 7, C Pusey 7, C Morton 7, G Kennett 4)
02.01 Newcastle (Jerilderie Park): Johnnie Hoskins Trophy: 1.P Crump, 2.P Collins, 3.P Herne.
03.01 Sydney Showground: Internationale: 1.P Crump 15, 2.P Collins 14, 3.P Herne. Other England riders: 4.D Wyer 11, 5.D Morton 10, 7.C Morton 9, 10.G Kennett 5, 13.J Davis 3.
13.01: Ayr (Pioneer Park): P Collins, C Pusey, & G Kennett rode in various scratch races and were undefeated by local riders. Collins clipped 2 seconds off the track record.
17.01 Brisbane (Exhibition): Inter-Nations Cup: 1.P Crump, 2.P Collins, 3.D Wyer, 4.D Morton.

1st Test at Perth 14th November
Ht 1: Crump, Davis, Pusey 64.7 (track record) 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Wyer, C Morton, McKeon 65.0 1-5 4-8
Ht 3: Collins, D Morton, Taylor 64.9 1-5 5-13
Ht 4: Davis, Pusey, Chessell 64.5 (track record) 1-5 6-18
Ht 5: C Morton, Taylor, Kennett 64.7 2-4 8-22
Ht 6: Crump, Collins, Thompson 64.8 4-2 12-24
Ht 7: Davis, Taylor, Leisk 65.3 3-3 15-27
Ht 8: Crump, Thompson, C Morton 64.7 5-1 20-28
Ht 9: Collins, D Morton, McKeon 64.9 1-5 21-33
Ht 10: Crump, Davis, Thompson 64.7 4-2 25-35
Ht 11: C Morton, Chessell, Kennett 66.0 2-4 27-39
Ht 12: Collins, Leisk, Taylor 65.8 3-3 30-42
Ht 13: Pusey, Davis, McKeon 66.0 1-5 31-47
Ht 14: Wyer, C Morton, Taylor 64.7 1-5 32-52
Ht 15: Crump, D Morton, Collins 64.6 3-3 35-55
Ht 16: Pusey, Taylor, Leisk 65.6 3-3 38-58
Ht 17: Wyer, Crump, C Morton 64.3 (track record) 2-4 40-62
Ht 18: D Morton, Collins, McKeon 66.2 1-5 41-67
2nd Test at Perth 28th November
Ht 1: Crump, Pusey, Davis, Thompson (f) 66.7 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Wyer, C Morton, Langfield, Leisk 66.7 1-5 4-8
Ht 3: Collins, Herne, Kennett, Sanders (ef) 66.8 2-4 6-12
Ht 4: Pusey, Davis, Leisk, Langfield (ef) 67.7 1-5 7-17
Ht 5: C Morton, Wyer, Sanders, Herne 68.0 1-5 8-22
Ht 6: Crump, Collins, Taylor, D Morton 66.0 4-2 12-24
Ht 7: Pusey, Davis, Sanders, Herne (ef) 68.0 1-5 13-29
Ht 8: Crump, Wyer, Taylor, C Morton (ef) 67.0 4-2 17-31
Ht 9: Collins, D Morton, Langfield, Leisk 66.0 1-5 18-36
Ht 10: Crump, Davis, Pusey, Thompson 67.6 3-3 21-39
Ht 11: Wyer, C Morton, Langfield, Leisk 67.9 1-5 22-44
Ht 12: Collins, D Morton, Herne, Sanders 66.4 1-5 23-49
Ht 13: Davis, Pusey, Langfield, Leisk 68.0 1-5 24-54
Ht 14: Wyer, C Morton, Herne, Taylor 68.0 1-5 25-59
Ht 15: Collins, Crump, D Morton, Thompson 66.2 2-4 27-63
Ht 16: Davis, Pusey, Herne, Taylor 68.1 1-5 28-68
Ht 17: Crump, Thompson, C Morton, Wyer (ef) 68.1 5-1 33-69
Ht 18: Collins, D Morton, Langfield, Leisk 67.0 1-5 34-74
3rd Test at Newcastle 5th December
Ht 1: Davis, Pusey, Crump, Valentine 54.5 1-5 1-5
Ht 2: Wyer, C Morton, Titman, Langfield 54.4 1-5 2-10
Ht 3: Collins, D Morton, Sanders, Herne 54.8 1-5 3-15
Ht 4: Crump, C Morton, Valentine, Wyer 54.4 4-2 7-17
Ht 5: Collins, Langfield, D Morton, Titman 53.8 2-4 9-21
Ht 6: Davis, Herne, Pusey, Sanders 54.9 2-4 11-25
Ht 7: Collins, Crump, Kennett, Valentine, D Morton (exc) 53.5 2-4 13-29
Ht 8: Davis, Middleton, Pusey, Titman, Langfield (exc) 55.0 2-4 15-33
Ht 9: C Morton, Sanders, Wyer, Herne 55.2 2-4 17-37
Ht 10: Davis, Kennett, Crump, Valentine, Pusey (exc) 55.3 1-5 18-42
Ht 11: Wyer, Titman, C Morton, Langfield 55.0 2-4 20-46
Ht 12: Collins, Herne, Sanders, D Morton 53.8 3-3 23-49
Ht 13: Wyer, C Morton, Crump, Middleton 53.4 1-5 24-54
Ht 14: Collins, Kennett, Titman, Langfield 54.8 1-5 25-59
Ht 15: Davis, Pusey, Sanders, Middleton, Herne (exc) 55.6 1-5 26-64
Ht 16: Collins, Kennett, Valentine, Crump 55.4 1-5 27-69
Ht 17: Titman, Kennett, Langfield, Davis (exc 2 mins) 56.0 4-2 31-71
Ht 18: C Morton, Wyer, Sanders, Herne 55.6 1-5 32-76
4th Test at Sydney 6th December
Ht 1: Crump, D Morton, Davis 62.0 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Wyer, C Morton, Langfield 61.3 1-5 4-8
Ht 3: Collins, Herne, Kennett 61.4 2-4 6-12
Ht 4: Davis, D Morton, Day 62.0 1-5 7-17
Ht 5: Wyer, C Morton, Sanders 60.8 1-5 8-22
Ht 6: Crump, Day, Kennett 62.7 5-1 13-23
Ht 7: Pusey, Herne, Davis 61.0 2-4 15-27
Ht 8: Wyer, Crump, C Morton 60.7 2-4 17-31
Ht 9: Collins, Langfield, Titman 61.8 3-3 20-34
Ht 10: Crump, Davis, Pusey 61.4 3-3 23-37
Ht 11: Wyer, Langfield, C Morton 60.0 2-4 25-41
Ht 12: Collins, Kennett, Herne 61.3 1-5 26-46
Ht 13: Davis, Langfield, Titman 61.7 3-3 29-49
Ht 14: Wyer, Herne, C Morton 61.1 2-4 31-53
Ht 15: Collins, Crump, D Morton 61.3 2-4 33-57
Ht 16: Pusey, Herne, Davis 61.5 2-4 35-61
Ht 17: Wyer, Crump, C Morton 61.8 2-4 37-65
Ht 18: D Morton, Collins, Langfield 61.5 1-5 38-70

1976-77 British Lions won this series for the "Challenge Cup" by 2 matches to 1
UNOFFICIAL 06.12 : Brisbane (Exhibition) Australian Kangaroos 44 British Lions 46
11.12 : Brisbane (Exhibition) Australian Kangaroos 48 British Lions 42
18.12 : Brisbane (Exhibition) Australian Kangaroos 44 British Lions 46
For other Kangaroos v Lions matches on this tour, see below
Australian Kangaroos Total British Lions Total
John Titman 14 16 21© 51 Alan Wilkinson 9 8 16 33
Steve Koppe 6 9 8 23 Reg Wilson 6 12 11 29
John Boulger 12© - 20 Michael Lee 14 10 3 27
Mike Farrell 7 8 5 20 John Davis 8 10 7 25
Neil Coddington 5 - 8 13 Nigel Boocock © 9 2 9 20
Garry Middleton - 7 2 9
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Brisbane 6th December
Ht 1: Titman, Boocock, Wilson, Boulger 50.72 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Wilkinson, Davis, Koppe, Farrell (ret) 51.39 1-5 4-8
Ht 3: Lee, Boocock, Boulger, Coddington 50.78 1-5 5-13
Ht 4: Titman, Wilson, Farrell, Davis (ef) 51.55 4-2 9-15
Ht 5: Lee, Coddington, Wilkinson, Koppe 50.89 2-4 11-19
Ht 6: Wilson, Boocock, Farrell, Koppe 52.11 1-5 12-24
Ht 7: Boulger, Davis, Wilkinson, Coddington (ret) 51.99 3-3 15-27
Ht 8: Titman, Farrell, Boocock, Lee 51.75 5-1 20-28
Ht 9: Davis, Coddington, Koppe, Wilson (ef) 52.40 3-3 23-31
Ht 10: Boulger, Lee, Wilkinson, Titman 52.34 3-3 26-34
Ht 11: Boulger, Boocock, Titman, Wilson (ef) 52.54 4-2 30-36
Ht 12: Farrell, Wilkinson, Titman, Davis 53.29 4-2 34-38
Ht 13: Lee, Koppe, Coddington, Boocock 52.77 3-3 37-41
Ht 14: Titman, Boulger, Davis, Wilson 54.37 5-1 42-42
Ht 15: Lee, Koppe, Wilkinson, Farrell 52.82 2-4 44-46
Brisbane 11th December
Ht 1: Wilson, Titman, Boulger, Boocock (ef) 52.42 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Wilkinson, Koppe, Farrell, Davis (ef) 50.25 3-3 6-6
Ht 3: Lee, Middleton, Boocock, Boulger 50.85 2-4 8-10
Ht 4: Titman, Davis, Farrell, Wilson 50.89 4-2 12-12
Ht 5: Lee, Wilkinson, Middleton, Koppe 50.96 1-5 13-17
Ht 6: Wilson, Farrell, Koppe, Boocock (ef) 52.44 3-3 16-20
Ht 7: Davis, Boulger, Middleton, Wilkinson 52.01 3-3 19-23
Ht 8: Titman, Farrell, Lee, Boocock (ef) 51.42 5-1 24-24
Ht 9: Davis, Koppe, Wilson, Middleton 53.04 2-4 26-28
Ht 10: Boulger, Titman, Lee, Wilkinson (ef) 52.29 5-1 31-29
Ht 11: Wilson, Boulger, Boocock, Middleton (ef) 52.80 2-4 33-33
Ht 12: Titman, Farrell, Davis, Wilkinson 52.55 5-1 38-34
Ht 13: Middleton, Koppe, Lee, Boocock (ef) 53.50 5-1 43-35
Ht 14: Titman, Wilson, Davis, Boulger no time 3-3 46-38
Ht 15: Wilkinson, Koppe, Lee, Farrell no time 2-4 48-42
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UNOFFICIAL INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE MATCHES 1976-77 These matches did not form a series
05.11 : Perth (Claremont), WA Kangaroos 19 Lions 71
12.11 : Perth (Claremont), WA Kangaroos 31 Lions 59
13.11 : Bunbury, WA Kangaroos ? Lions ?
01.01 : Newcastle, NSW * Kangaroos ? Lions ?
07.01 : Newcastle, NSW * Kangaroos ? Lions ?
08.01 : Sydney Showground, NSW
Kangaroos 48 Lions 42
12.01 : Liverpool, NSW Kangaroos 63 Lions 27
15.01 : Sydney Showground, NSW Kangaroos 48 Lions 42
22.01 : Latrobe, Tasmania Kangaroos ? Lions ?
??.?? : Venue unknown Kangaroos 37 Lions 51
26.01 : Adelaide (Wayville), SA Kangaroos ? Lions ?
* One of the two matches at Newcastle finished :
Kangaroos 52 (Phil Herne, Billy Sanders, Mitch Shirra, Stuart Mountford, Robbie Blackadder)
Lions 34 (Alan Wilkinson, Nigel Boocock, Reg Wilson, Michael Lee, John Davis)
Kangaroos Lions
John Boulger - - ? ? ? 15 12 9 ? - ? Nigel Boocock 12 6 ? ? ? 6 0 12 ? 7 ?
Phil Crump - 12 - 17 15 - John Davis 16 14 7 6 3 13
Ricky Day - - 4 - 5 - Michael Lee 15 10 14 6 9 13
Phil Herne - - 14 14 6 - Alan Wilkinson 12 14 9 11 8 7
John Howell 4 - - - - - Reg Wilson 16 15 6 4 10 11
Les Leisk 6 4 - - - -
Mick McKeon 4 - - - - -
Billy Sanders - - 12 14 13 -
Glyn Taylor - 6 - - - -
Peter Thompson 5 1 - - - -
John Titman - 8 3 6 - 6
Garry Middleton - - - - - 5
Mike Farrell - - - - - 8
Steve Koppe - - - - - 15
Neil Coddington - - - - - 3
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12.11 : Perth 13.11 : Bunbury 08.01 : Sydney
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12.11 : Perth
Kangaroos 31 Lions 59 1 Crump, Boocock, Wilson, Thompson 3-3 3-3
2 Davis, Wilkinson, Leisk, Titman 1-5 4-8
3 Lee, Crump, Boocock, Taylor 2-4 6-12
4 Wilkinson, Wilson, Leisk, Thompson 1-5 7-17
5 Titman, Davis, Taylor, Lee 4-2 11-19
6 Wilkinson, Davis, Crump, Thompson 1-5 12-24
7 Titman, Lee, Boocock, Leisk 3-3 15-27
8 Wilson, Wilkinson, Crump, Taylor 1-5 16-32
9 Davis, Lee, Thompson, Leisk 1-5 17-37
10 Wilson, Taylor, Titman, Boocock 3-3 20-40
11 Crump, Lee, Boocock, Thompson 3-3 23-43
12 Wilson, Wilkinson, Titman, Leisk 1-5 24-48
13 Davis, Crump, Lee, Taylor 2-4 26-52
14 Wilson, Leisk, Boocock, Thompson 2-4 28-56
15 Taylor, Wilkinson, Davis, Titman 3-3 31-59
Phil Crump 3 2 1 1 3 2 12 Nigel Boocock 2 1 1' 0 1' 1 6+2
Peter Thompson 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Reg Wilson 1' 2' 3 3 3 3 15+2
Les Leisk 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 Alan Wilkinson 2' 3 3 2' 2' 2 14+3
John Titman 0 3 3 1' 1 0 8+1 John Davis 3 2 2' 3 3 1' 14+2
Glyn Taylor 0 1 0 2 0 3 6 Michael Lee 3 0 2 2' 2 1 10+1
Heat details from a completed programme, rather than the incomplete details in Speedway Star

Perth 5th November
Ht 1: Wilson, Thompson, McKeon 67.5 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Davis, Wilkinson, Leisk 66.2 1-5 4-8
Ht 3: Lee, Boocock, Howell 65.6 1-5 5-13
Ht 4: Wilson, Leisk, Thompson 67.4 3-3 8-16
Ht 5: Lee, Davis, Howell 65.2 1-5 9-21
Ht 6: Boocock, Wilson, Leisk 66.5 1-5 10-26
Ht 7: Wilkinson, Davis, McKeon 66.0 1-5 11-31
Ht 8: Boocock, Lee, Leisk 66.2 1-5 12-36
Ht 9: Wilson, Wilkinson, Howell 66.5 1-5 13-41
Ht 10: Davis, Lee, McKeon 66.7 1-5 14-46
Ht 11: Wilson, Boocock, McKeon 67.0 1-5 15-51
Ht 12: Davis, Wilkinson, Thompson 66.3 1-5 16-56
Ht 13: Lee, Boocock, Howell 66.5 1-5 17-61
Ht 14: Wilkinson, Wilson, Leisk 66.8 1-5 18-66
Ht 15: Davis, Lee, Thompson 66.4 1-5 19-71
Liverpool 5th January
Ht 1: Sanders, Boulger, Wilson, Boocock 62.0 5-1 5-1
Ht 2: Crump, Wilkinson, Herne, Davis 60.0 4-2 9-3
Ht 3: Boulger, Lee, Titman, Boocock (f) 61.1 4-2 13-5
Ht 4: Crump, Sanders, Davis Wilson 60.9 5-1 18-6
Ht 5: Herne, Titman, Lee, Wilkinson 60.8 5-1 23-7
Ht 6: Crump, Herne, Wilson, Boocock 61.9 5-1 28-8
Ht 7: Wilkinson, Boulger, Davis, Titman 62.0 2-4 30-12
Ht 8: Sanders, Crump, Lee, Boocock 61.5 5-1 35-13
Ht 9: Herne, Davis, Wilson, Titman 61.4 3-3 38-16
Ht 10: Wilkinson, Boulger, Sanders, Lee 61.9 3-3 41-19
Ht 11: Titman, Boulger, Wilson, Boocock 62.8 5-1 46-20
Ht 12: Crump, Sanders, Wilkinson, Davis 61.8 5-1 51-21
Ht 13: Herne, Wilkinson, Lee, Titman 62.0 3-3 54-24
Ht 14: Sanders, Davis, Boulger, Wilson 62.6 4-2 58-26
Ht 15: Crump, Herne, Lee, Wilkinson (ef) 63.0 5-1 63-27
Sydney 8th January
Ht 1: Herne, Boocock, Titman, Wilson 58.7 4-2 4-2
Ht 2: Boulger, Sanders, Wilkinson, Davis 59.5 5-1 9-3
Ht 3: Lee, Day, Herne, Boocock 59.0 3-3 12-6
Ht 4: Sanders, Davis, Wilson, Titman 60.1 3-3 15-9
Ht 5: Wilkinson, Boulger, Day, Lee 59.7 3-3 18-12
Ht 6: Boulger, Sanders, Boocock, Wilson 59.5 5-1 23-13
Ht 7: Herne, Wilkinson, Day, Davis 59.7 4-2 27-15
Ht 8: Lee, Titman, Boocock, Sanders 59.3 2-4 29-19
Ht 9: Boulger, Davis, Wilson, Day 60.1 3-3 32-22
Ht 10: Lee, Herne, Wilkinson, Titman 59.3 2-4 34-26
Ht 11: Wilson, Herne, Boocock, Day 60.1 2-4 36-30
Ht 12: Sanders, Wilkinson, Davis, Titman 60.7 3-3 39-33
Ht 13: Boulger, Lee, Boocock, Day 60.3 3-3 42-36
Ht 14: Herne, Davis, Wilson, Titman 60.8 3-3 45-39
Ht 15: Lee, Sanders, Boulger, Wilkinson 60.4 3-3 48-42
Sydney 15th January
Ht 1: Crump, Wilson, Boocock, Herne 59.0 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Sanders, Boulger, Davis, Wilkinson 59.2 5-1 8-4
Ht 3: Day, Lee, Boocock, Herne 58.9 3-3 11-7
Ht 4: Sanders, Crump, Wilson, Davis (ef) 59.4 5-1 16-8
Ht 5: Boulger, Wilkinson, Lee, Day (f) 59.7 3-3 19-11
Ht 6: Boocock, Sanders, Wilson, Boulger 59.3 2-4 21-15
Ht 7: Wilkinson, Davis, Herne, Day 60.1 1-5 22-20
Ht 8: Lee, Boocock, Crump, Sanders 58.8 1-5 23-25
Ht 9: Wilson, Day, Boulger, Davis 60.2 3-3 26-28
Ht 10: Crump, Herne, Wilkinson, Lee 60.0 5-1 31-29
Ht 11: Boocock, Herne, Wilson, Day 59.9 2-4 33-33
Ht 12: Crump, Sanders, Wilkinson, Davis 59.7 5-1 38-34
Ht 13: Boulger, Boocock, Lee, Day 60.0 3-3 41-37
Ht 14: Crump, Wilson, Herne, Davis 60.1 4-2 45-39
Ht 15: Sanders, Wilkinson, Lee, Boulger (ef) 60.1 3-3 48-42
OTHER MATCHES 1976-77
06.11 : Collie, WA : Collie Archers 31 (Glyn Taylor 10, Peter Thompson 7, Phil Michelides 7, Les Leisk 4, David Coles 3) British Lions 59 (Michael Lee 16, Reg Wilson 13, John Davis 12, Nigel Boocock 10, Alan Wilkinson 8)

19.11 : Rowley Park, Adelaide, SA South Australia 34 (John Boulger 15, Chris Morton 15, Kym Amundson 2, Malcolm Mackay 2, Robin Amundson 0, Phil Bass 0) British Lions 56 (John Davis 16, Alan Wilkinson 11, Michael Lee 11, Reg Wilson 11, Nigel Boocock 7)
28.11 : Pioneer Park, Ayr, Qld Pioneer Park 38 (Mike Farrell 15, Steve Koppe 11, Merv Janke, Owen Wallace, Ray Garvey, Brian Hodder) British Lions 52 (Michael Lee 16, John Davis, Nigel Boocock, Reg Wilson, Alan Wilkinson)

1977-78 England won series 5-2
OFFICIAL 02.01 : Newcastle (Jerilderie Park) Australia 38 England 70
07.01 : Brisbane Australia 51 England 57
14.01 : Brisbane Australia 61 England 47
20.01 : Sydney Showground Australia 53 England 55
03.02 : Adelaide (Rowley Park) Australia 56 England 52
11.02 : Sydney Showground Australia 47 England 61
24.02 : Perth Australia 38 England 70

Australia Total England Total
John Titman 12 14 15 11 13 13 6 84 Peter Collins 18 14 16 14 11 17 18 108
Billy Sanders - - 17 15 14 13 10 69 John Davis 17 12 11 10 0 11 14 75
Mick McKeon - 9 10 7 6 6 12 50 Gordon Kennett 10 7 10 7 9 15 14 72
John Boulger - 13 10 - 14 5 - 42 Doug Wyer 11 6 2 8 11 9 12 59
Phil Herne 11 - 2 7 4 1 5 30 Alan Wilkinson 6 12 4 9 10 7 4 52
Mike Farrell - 5 2 7 0 4 - 18 Keith White 5 5 4 7 5 2 8 36
Steve Koppe - 9 5 - - - - 14 Neil Middleditch 3 1 0 0 6 0 - 10
Ricky Day 7 - - 5 - - - 12
Lloyd Cross - - - - - 5 1 6
Tony Boyle - - - - 5 - - 5
John Langfield 3 - - - - - - 3
Terry Sutherland 3 - - - - - - 3
Glyn Taylor - - - - - - 3 3
Robbie Blackadder 2 - - - - - - 2
Neil Coddington - 1 - - - - - 1
Wayne Forrest 0 - - 1 - - - 1
Mick Moores - - - - - - 1 1
Ken Murray - 0 - - - - - 0

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1st Test - Newcastle 02.01 2nd Test - Brisbane 07.01 3rd Test - Brisbane 14.01
Ht 1: Collins, Herne, Wilkinson, Blackadder 2-4 2-4
Ht 2: Davis, Titman, White, Forrest 2-4 4-8
Ht 3: Kennett, Day, Wyer, Langfield 2-4 6-12
Ht 4: Collins, Titman, Wilkinson, Forrest 2-4 8-16
Ht 5: Davis, White, Day, Sutherland 1-5 9-21
Ht 6: Kennett, Herne, Sutherland, Wyer (f) 3-3 12-24
Ht 7: Collins, Wilkinson, Day, Langfield 1-5 13-29
Ht 8: Davis, Blackadder, Herne, White (ret) 3-3 16-32
Ht 9: Wyer, Kennett, Sutherland, Forrest 1-5 17-37
Ht 10: Collins, Herne, Wilkinson, Blackadder 2-4 19-41
Ht 11: Titman, Davis, White, Forrest 3-3 22-44
Ht 12: Day, Wyer, Langfield, Kennett (exc tapes) 4-2 26-46
Ht 13: Collins, Titman, Wilkinson, Forrest 2-4 28-50
Ht 14: Davis, Langfield, White, Day 2-4 30-54
Ht 15: Wyer, Herne, Kennett, Blackadder 2-4 32-58
Ht 16: Collins, Middleditch, Sutherland, Langfield 33-63
Ht 17: Davis, Herne, Middleditch, Blackadder 2-4 35-67
Ht 18: Titman, Wyer, Kennett, Forrest 3-3 38-70
Ht 1: Boulger, Collins, Wilkinson, Murray 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Titman, Davis, White, Coddington 3-3 6-6
Ht 3: McKeon, Koppe, Kennett, Wyer 5-1 11-7
Ht 4: White, Davis, Boulger, Murray 1-5 12-12
Ht 5: Titman, Wyer, Kennett, Coddington 3-3 15-15
Ht 6: Wilkinson, Collins, Koppe, McKeon 1-5 16-20
Ht 7: Farrell, Wyer, Middleditch, Boulger, Kennett (exc tapes) 3-3 19-23
Ht 8: Collins, Wilkinson, Titman, Farrell 1-5 20-28
Ht 9: Koppe, McKeon, Davis, White 5-1 25-29
Ht 10: Boulger, Wilkinson, Collins, Murray 3-3 28-32
Ht 11: Titman, Davis, White, Farrell 3-3 31-35
Ht 12: Kennett, McKeon, Koppe, Wyer 3-3 34-38
Ht 13: Boulger, Davis, Farrell, White 4-2 38-40
Ht 14: Titman, Kennett, Coddington, Wyer 4-2 42-42
Ht 15: Collins, Wilkinson, Koppe, McKeon 1-5 43-47
Ht 16: Boulger, Wyer, Farrell, Kennett (ef) 4-2 47-49
Ht 17: Collins, Wilkinson, Titman, Coddington 1-5 48-54
Ht 18: Davis, McKeon, Koppe, White 3-3 51-57
Ht 1: Collins, Titman, Boulger, Wilkinson (f) 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Sanders, Davis, White, Herne 3-3 6-6
Ht 3: Kennett, Koppe, McKeon, Middleditch, Wyer (exc tapes) 3-3 9-9
Ht 4: Collins, Sanders, Wilkinson, Herne 2-4 11-13
Ht 5: Davis, McKeon, Koppe, White 3-3 14-16
Ht 6: Boulger, Kennett, Titman, Wyer 4-2 18-18
Ht 7: Collins, Wilkinson, McKeon, Koppe 1-5 19-23
Ht 8: Titman, Davis, Boulger, White 4-2 23-25
Ht 9: Sanders, Kennett, Wyer, Farrell 3-3 26-28
Ht 10: Titman, Collins, Boulger, Wilkinson 4-2 30-30
Ht 11: Sanders, Herne, Davis, Middleditch 5-1 35-31
Ht 12: McKeon, Kennett, Koppe, Wyer 4-2 39-33
Ht 13: Sanders, Collins, Wilkinson, Farrell 3-3 42-36
Ht 14: White, Davis, McKeon, Koppe (f) 1-5 43-41
Ht 15: Titman, Boulger, Kennett, Wyer 5-1 48-42
Ht 16: Collins, McKeon, Koppe, Wilkinson (f) 3-3 51-45
Ht 17: Titman, Boulger, Davis, White 5-1 56-46
Ht 18: Sanders, Farrell, Wyer, Kennett 5-1 61-47
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4th Test - Sydney 20.01 5th Test - Adelaide 03.02 6th Test - Sydney 11.02
Ht 1: Sanders, Collins, Wilkinson, McKeon (f) 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Davis, Titman, Herne, White 3-3 6-6
Ht 3: Day, Kennett, Forrest, Wyer (ef) 4-2 10-8
Ht 4: Collins, Titman, Herne, Wilkinson 3-3 13-11
Ht 5: White, Davis, Day, Forrest 1-5 14-16
Ht 6: Sanders, McKeon, Kennett, Wyer 5-1 19-17
Ht 7: Wilkinson, Farrell, Day, Collins 3-3 22-20
Ht 8: Sanders, Davis, White, McKeon 3-3 25-23
Ht 9: Wyer, Titman, Kennett, Herne 2-4 27-27
Ht 10: Collins, Sanders, Wilkinson, McKeon 2-4 29-31
Ht 11: Titman, Herne, Davis, Middleditch, White (exc tapes) 5-1 34-32
Ht 12: Wyer, Farrell, Kennett, Day 2-4 36-36
Ht 13: Collins, Wilkinson, Titman, Herne 1-5 37-41
Ht 14: White, Farrell, Davis, Day 2-4 39-45
Ht 15: McKeon, Wyer, Sanders, Kennett 4-2 43-47
Ht 16: Collins, Wilkinson, Farrell, Day 1-5 44-52
Ht 17: Sanders, McKeon, Davis, White 5-1 49-53
Ht 18: Herne, Kennett, Titman, Wyer (f) 4-2 53-55
Ht 1: Wilkinson, Boulger, Collins, Farrell 2-4 2-4
Ht 2: Titman, White, Herne, Davis (f) 4-2 6-6
Ht 3: Sanders, Kennett, Wyer, McKeon (ret) 3-3 9-9
Ht 4: Collins, Titman, Wilkinson, Herne 2-4 11-13
Ht 5: McKeon, Middleditch, White, Sanders 3-3 14-16
Ht 6: Boulger, Kennett, Wyer, Farrell 3-3 17-19
Ht 7: Sanders, Collins, Wilkinson, McKeon 3-3 20-22
Ht 8: Middleditch, Boulger, Boyle, White 3-3 23-25
Ht 9: Wyer, Titman, Herne, Middleditch, Kennett (exc 2 mins) 3-3 26-28
Ht 10: Collins, Boulger, Wilkinson, Boyle 2-4 28-32
Ht 11: Titman, Herne, Middleditch, White (ret) 5-1 33-33
Ht 12: Kennett, Sanders, McKeon, Wyer 3-3 36-36
Ht 13: Wilkinson, Titman, Boyle, Collins (ret) 3-3 39-39
Ht 14: Sanders, McKeon, White, Middleditch (ret) 5-1 44-40
Ht 15: Wyer, Boulger, Boyle, Kennett (exc t) 3-3 47-43
Ht 16: Sanders, Collins, Wilkinson, McKeon 3-3 50-46
Ht 17: Boulger, Boyle, White, Middleditch 5-1 55-47
Ht 18: Wyer, Kennett, Titman, Boyle 1-5 56-52
Ht 1: Collins, Sanders, Wilkinson, McKeon 2-4 2-4
Ht 2: Titman, White, Davis, Herne 3-3 5-7
Ht 3: Kennett, Boulger, Wyer, Farrell 2-4 7-11
Ht 4: Collins, Titman, Wilkinson, Herne 2-4 9-15
Ht 5: Cross, Davis, Boulger, White 4-2 13-17
Ht 6: Kennett, Sanders, Wyer, McKeon 2-4 15-21
Ht 7: Collins, Wilkinson, Farrell, Boulger (ef) 1-5 16-26
Ht 8: Sanders, Davis, Cross, White 4-2 20-28
Ht 9: Titman, Kennett, Wyer, Herne 3-3 23-31
Ht 10: McKeon, Collins, Sanders, Wilkinson 4-2 27-33
Ht 11: Titman, Davis, Herne, White (ret) 4-2 31-35
Ht 12: Wyer, Kennett, Cross, Farrell 1-5 32-40
Ht 13: Collins, Wilkinson, Titman, Cross 1-5 33-45
Ht 14: Davis, Boulger, Farrell, Middleditch 3-3 36-48
Ht 15: Sanders, Kennett, Wyer, McKeon 3-3 39-51
Ht 16: Collins, Farrell, Wilkinson, Boulger 2-4 41-55
Ht 17: McKeon, Sanders, Davis, Middleditch 5-1 46-56
Ht 18: Kennett, Wyer, Titman, Cross 1-5 47-61
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Ht 1: Collins, Wilkinson, Cross, Sanders (f) 1-5 1-5
Ht 2: White, Davis, Herne, Titman 1-5 2-10
Ht 3: Wyer, Kennett, McKeon, Taylor 1-5 3-15
Ht 4: Collins, Herne, Titman, Wilkinson 3-3 6-18
Ht 5: Davis, Taylor, McKeon, White 3-3 9-21
Ht 6: Wyer, Kennett, Sanders, Moores 1-5 10-26
Ht 7: Collins, McKeon, Wilkinson, Taylor (ret) 2-4 12-30
Ht 8: Sanders, Davis, White, Moores 3-3 15-33
Ht 9: Kennett, Herne, Titman, Wyer (ret) 3-3 18-36
Ht 10: Collins, Sanders, Wilkinson, Moores 2-4 20-40
Ht 11: Davis, White, Titman, Herne (ret) 1-5 21-45
Ht 12: McKeon, Kennett, Wyer, Taylor 3-3 24-48
Ht 13: Collins, Titman, Moores, Wilkinson 3-3 27-51
Ht 14: McKeon, Davis, White, Taylor 3-3 30-54
Ht 15: Kennett, Wyer, Sanders, Moores 1-5 31-59
Ht 16: Collins, McKeon, Taylor, Wilkinson 3-3 34-62
Ht 17: Sanders, Davis, White, Cross 3-3 37-65
Ht 18: Wyer, Kennett, Titman, Herne 1-5 38-70

OTHER MATCHES raced by England on this tour:
25/11/77 at Perth : Best Pairs Tournament John Davis & Neil Webb 26, Mick McKeon & Glyn Taylor 23, Soren Karlsson & Bernt Persson 16
30/12/77: Sydney Showground New South Wales 34 (B Sanders 11, W Forrest 6, D Shields 4, P O'Neil 4, G McDonald 4, R Day 3, P Herne 2) England 43 (P Collins 10, J Davis 10, D Wyer 9, A Wilkinson 7, G Kennett 4, K White 2, N Midleditch 1)
27/01/78: Newcastle Johnnie Hoskins Internationale - abandoned after 5 heats. Heat winners, B Sanders, J Titman, K White, D Wyer, P Collins

29/01/78: Canberra (Tralee) AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND (unofficial) - postponed due to rain. Rescheduled to 30/01/78 as an individual event, but rained-off again.
04/02/78: Geelong Individual Meeting - English scorers, P Collins 15, G Kennett 12, N Middleditch 10, K White 10, D Wyer 5, J Davis 2, A Wilkinson 0
05/02/78: Mildura Phil Crump Select 57 (J Boulger 16, P Crump 13, B Sanders 11, J McNeil 9, T Boyle 5, T Nunan 3) England 50 ( N Middleditch 15, D Wyer 14, A Wilkinson 12, P Collins 7, K White 2, J Davis 0, G Kennett 0)
17/02/78: Perth Governor's Cup - P Collins 20, D Wyer 18, G Taylor 11, N Middleditch 10, G Kennett 10, K Jolly 9, A Wilkinson 8, M Conroy 8, K White 6, M Moores 6, B Persson 5, D Coles 4, J Davis 3, L Leisk 3, N Webb 2, N Wilson 2, J Howell 1, M Williams 0


1978-79 England won series 7-0
OFFICIAL 17.11 : Perth Australia 39 England 69 (Att: 18,000)
24.11 : Adelaide (Rowley Park) Australia 45 England 63 (Att: 12,000)
25.11 : Liverpool Australia 47 England 60
01.12 : Newcastle Australia 50 England 58
02.12 : Sydney Showground Australia 51½ England 56½
01.01 : Brisbane Australia 50 England 58
06.01 : Brisbane Australia 43 England 65
Notes Interesting to note that the programme for the 4th Test Match in the series (Newcastle) refers to the match as "The 235th Official Test Match" !
The England team manager on this tour was Phil Mountford, who has supplied the missing details of the matches at Adelaide and Newcastle. The Australian team manager was Jim Airey.
This was England's most successful tour of Australia of all time - they were never beaten, niether in official Tests or in challenge matches
Australia Total England Total
Billy Sanders 9 13 16 15 16 13 4 86 Michael Lee 18 17 12 8 15 14 14 98
John Titman © 14 7 10 14 15 7 14 81 Doug Wyer © 11 13 12 11 16 18 14 95
Phil Herne - 8 6 9 - - 31½ Gordon Kennett 9 16 14 11 11 14 13 88
Steve Koppe 5 5 - - - 6 7 23 Alan Grahame 10 7 9 7 8 3 5 49
Mike Farrell 3 - - - - 13 6 22 Steve Bastable 10 6 9 9 2 5 7 48
Ricky Day - - 7 6 7 - - 20 Phil Collins 10 4 3 8 4 9 42½
Phil Crump - - - - - - 11 11 Nigel Boocock 1 - 1 4 - - 3 9
Mick McKeon - - - - - 10 - 10
Gary Guglielmi - - 7 2 0 - - 9
Glenn McDonald - - 1 3 5 - - 9
John Boulger - 8 - - - - - 8
Danny Kennedy 4 - - - - - 1 5
Mick Moores 4 - - 1 0 - - 5
Robert Maxfield - 4 - - - - - 4
Neil Coddington - - - - - 1 - 1
David Shields 0 - - - - - - 0
Kym Amundson - 0 - - - - - 0
Phil Cain - - 0 - - - - 0
Ken Murray - - - - - 0 - 0
Robbie Blackadder - - - - - - 0 0

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Australia 1978-79 at Adelaide
Jim Airey (manager), John Titman, Robert Maxfield, Kym Amundson, Steve Koppe, Phil Herne, Billy Sanders, John Boulger

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1st Test at Perth 17th November
Ht 1: Titman, Wyer, Collins 65.9 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Lee, Bastable, Sanders 65.5 1-5 4-8
Ht 3: Grahame, Koppe, Boocock 67.3 2-4 6-12
Ht 4: Moores, Collins, Sanders 65.5 4-2 10-14
Ht 5: Lee, Bastable, Kennedy 64.2 1-5 11-19
Ht 6: Farrell, Titman, Grahame 65.5 5-1 16-20
Ht 7: Wyer, Collins, Koppe 65.2 1-5 17-25
Ht 8: Lee, Bastable, Titman 64.4 1-5 18-30
Ht 9: Kennett, Grahame, Moores 66.6 1-5 19-35
Ht 10: Titman, Wyer, Collins 65.3 3-3 22-38
Ht 11: Lee, Bastable, Sanders 64.3 1-5 23-43
Ht 12: Kennett, Koppe, Grahame 66.3 2-4 25-47
Ht 13: Sanders, Collins, Wyer 66.8 3-3 28-50
Ht 14: Lee, Kennedy, Bastable 65.2 2-4 30-54
Ht 15: Titman, Kennett, Grahame 65.6 3-3 33-57
Ht 16: Wyer, Collins, Kennedy 65.7 1-5 34-62
Ht 17: Lee, Titman, Bastable 63.6 2-4 36-66
Ht 18: Sanders, Grahame, Kennett 66.5 3-3 39-69
2nd Test at Adelaide 24th November
Ht 1 Herne, Titman, Wyer, Collins 5-1 5-1
Ht 2 Lee, Sanders, Koppe, Bastable 3-3 8-4
Ht 3 Kennett, Boulger, Grahame, Amundson 2-4 10-8
Ht 4 Wyer, Sanders, Collins, Koppe 2-4 12-12
Ht 5 Lee, Bastable, Maxfield, Boulger ef 1-5 13-17
Ht 6 Kennett, Herne, Grahame, Titman 2-4 15-21
Ht 7 Wyer, Collins, Maxfield, Amundson 1-5 16-26
Ht 8 Titman, Lee, Bastable, Herne 3-3 19-29
Ht 9 Kennett, Sanders, Koppe, Grahame 3-3 22-32
Ht 10 Wyer, Titman, Herne, Collins 3-3 25-35
Ht 11 Lee, Sanders, Koppe, Bastable 3-3 28-38
Ht 12 Boulger, Grahame, Kennett, Maxfield 3-3 31-41
Ht 13 Sanders, Koppe, Collins, Wyer 5-1 36-42
Ht 14 Lee, Boulger, Bastable, Amundson 2-4 38-46
Ht 15 Kennett, Grahame, Herne, Titman 1-5 39-51
Ht 16 Wyer, Maxfield, Boulger, Collins 3-3 42-54
Ht 17 Lee, Bastable, Herne, Titman ef 1-5 43-59
Ht 18 Kennett, Sanders, Grahame, Koppe 2-4 45-63
3rd Test at Liverpool 25th November
Ht 1: Titman, Wyer, Guglielmi, Collins 59.6 4-2 4-2
Ht 2: Sanders, Bastable, Lee, McDonald 58.4 (record) 3-3 7-5
Ht 3: Kennett, Day, Herne, Grahame (f) 59.4 3-3 10-8
Ht 4: Sanders,Wyer, Collins (ex), McDonald (ex) 59.6 3-2 13-10 Ht 5: Lee, Bastable, Herne, Day 59.8 1-5 14-15
Ht 6: Kennett, Guglielmi, Grahame, Cain, Titman (exc tapes) 59.6 2-4 16-19
Ht 7: Day, Herne, Boocock, Collins, Wyer (ex-t) 60.6 5-1 21-20
Ht 8: Lee, Titman, Bastable, Guglielmi 60.4 2-4 23-24
Ht 9: Sanders, Grahame, McDonald, Kennett (ex) 60.1 4-2 27-26
Ht 10: Wyer, Titman, Collins, Guglielmi 60.2 2-4 29-30
Ht 11: Sanders, Lee, Bastable, McDonald 59.5 3-3 32-33
Ht 12: Grahame, Kennett, Day, Herne 60.4 1-5 33-38
Ht 13: Sanders, Wyer, Collins, McDonald 59.7 3-3 36-41
Ht 14: Lee, Bastable, Day, Herne (ef) 60.7 1-5 37-46
Ht 15: Kennett, Guglielmi, Grahame, Cain, Titman (exc tapes) 59.3 2-4 39-50
Ht 16: Wyer, Herne, Collins, Day 60.6 2-4 41-54
Ht 17: Titman, Guglielmi, Bastable, Lee 60.1 5-1 46-55
Ht 18: Kennett, Grahame, Sanders, McDonald 60.9 1-5 47-60

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4th Test at Newcastle 1st December
Ht.1 Titman, Boocock, Collins, Guglielmi, Wyer ex-t 3-3 3-3
Ht 2 Sanders, Bastable, Moores, Lee 4-2 7-5
Ht 3 Herne, Grahame, Boocock, Day 3-3 10-8
Ht 4 Wyer, Sanders, Collins, Moores 2-4 12-12
Ht 5 Day, Bastable, McDonald, Lee, Herne ex-2 4-2 16-14
Ht 6 Kennett, Titman, Grahame, Guglielmi 2-4 18-18
Ht 7 Day, Collins, Wyer, Herne ef 3-3 21-21
Ht 8 Lee, Bastable, Guglielmi, Titman 1-5 22-26
Ht 9 Sanders, Grahame, Boocock, Moores f,ex, Kennett ex 3-3 25-29
Ht 10 Titman, Wyer,Collins, Guglielmi 3-3 28-32
Ht 11 Lee, Sanders, Bastable, Moores 2-4 30-36
Ht 12 Kennett, Herne, Grahame, Day 2-4 32-40
Ht 13 Sanders, Wyer, Collins, McDonald 3-3 35-43
Ht 14 Herne, Lee, McDonald, Bastable 4-2 39-45
Ht 15 Titman, Kennett, Guglielmi, Grahame 4-2 43-47
Ht 16 Wyer, Collins, Herne, Day 1-5 44-52
Ht 17 Titman, Bastable, McDonald, Lee 4-2 48-54
Ht 18 Kennett, Sanders, Grahame, Moores f 2-4 50-58
5th Test at Sydney 2nd December
Ht 1: Wyer, Titman, Collins, Guglielmi 59.1 2-4 2-4
Ht 2: Sanders, Lee, Bastable, Moores 58.9 3-3 5-7
Ht 3: Grahame, Herne, Kennett, Day (ef) 60.0 2-4 7-11
Ht 4: Wyer, Sanders, McDonald, Collins, Moores (exc tapes) 57.6 3-3 10-14
Ht 5: Lee, Herne, McDonald, Bastable 58.5 3-3 13-17
Ht 6: Grahame, Kennett, Titman, Guglielmi 59.5 1-5 14-22
Ht 7: Wyer, Collins and Herne (dead-heat), Day 58.9 1.5-4.5 15.5-26.5
Ht 8: Titman, Lee, McDonald, Bastable 58.7 4-2 19.5-28.5
Ht 9: Sanders, Kennett, Grahame, Moores (ef) 58.4 3-3 22.5-31.5
Ht 10: Titman, Wyer, Collins, Guglielmi (ef) 57.9 3-3 25.5-34.5
Ht 11: Lee, Sanders, McDonald, Bastable 58.3 3-3 28.5-37.5
Ht 12: Day, Kennett, Herne, Grahame 58.8 4-2 32.5-39.5
Ht 13: Sanders, Wyer, Collins, McDonald 58.4 3-3 35.5-42.5
Ht 14: Lee, Day, Herne, Bastable 59.3 3-3 38.5-45.5
Ht 15: Titman, Kennett, Grahame, Guglielmi 58.8 3-3 41.5-48.5
Ht 16: Wyer, Day, Henre, Collins 58.5 3-3 44.5-51.5
Ht 17: Titman, Lee, Bastable, Guglielmi 58.9 3-3 47.5-54.5
Ht 18: Sanders, Kennett, McDonald, Grahame 58.7 4-2 51.5-56.5
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6th Test at Brisbane 1st January
Ht 1: Wyer, Titman, Collins, McKeon 51.3 2-4 2-4
Ht 2: Sanders, Koppe, Lee, Bastable 52.1 5-1 7-5
Ht 3: Kennett, Farrell, Grahame, Murray 51.4 2-4 9-9
Ht 4: Lee, Bastable, McKeon, Titman (exc) 51.1 1-5 10-14
Ht 5: Kennett, Sanders, Grahame, Koppe (f exc) 52.3 2-4 12-18
Ht 6: Wyer, Farrell, Collins, Coddington 51.5 2-4 14-22
Ht 7: McKeon, Titman, Kennett, Grahame 52.3 5-1 19-23
Ht 8: Wyer, Koppe, Sanders, Collins 52.0 3-3 22-26
Ht 9: Lee, Farrell, Bastable, Murray 52.0 2-4 24-30
Ht 10: Wyer, McKeon, Collins, Titman (ef) 52.8 2-4 26-34
Ht 11: Sanders, Lee, Bastable, Koppe (ef) 52.2 3-3 29-37
Ht 12: Farrell, Kennett, Coddington, Grahame 53.1 4-2 33-39
Ht 13: McKeon, Lee, Titman, Bastable 53.4 4-2 37-41
Ht 14: Sanders, Kennett, Grahame, Koppe 53.2 3-3 40-44
Ht 15: Wyer, Farrell, Collins, Coddington 52.2 2-4 42-48
Ht 16: Kennett, Titman, McKeon, Grahame 52.8 3-3 45-51
Ht 17: Wyer, Koppe, Sanders, Collins 52.6 3-3 48-54
Ht 18: Lee, Farrell, Bastable, Coddington 53.0 2-4 50-58
7th Test at Brisbane 6th January
Ht 1: Titman, Wyer, Collins, Kennedy 50.6 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Lee, Koppe, Bastable, Blackadder 50.3 2-4 5-7
Ht 3: Farrell, Kennett, Crump, Grahame 50.2 4-2 9-9
Ht 4: Wyer, Collins, Koppe, Blackadder 49.9 1-5 10-14
Ht 5: Crump, Bastable, Farrell, Lee 50.6 4-2 14-16
Ht 6: Kennett, Grahame, Titman, Kennedy (ef) 51.4 1-5 15-21
Ht 7: Wyer, Crump, Farrell, Collins 51.1 3-3 18-24
Ht 8: Lee, Sanders, Titman, Bastable 51.1 3-3 21-27
Ht 9: Kennett, Grahame, Koppe, Sanders 51.7 1-5 22-32
Ht 10: Titman, Collins, Kennedy, Wyer (f exc) 51.4 4-2 26-34
Ht 11: Lee, Bastable, Sanders, Koppe 52.3 1-5 27-39
Ht 12: Crump, Kennett, Grahame, Farrell 52.2 3-3 30-42
Ht 13: Wyer, Collins, Koppe, Sanders 51.5 1-5 31-47
Ht 14: Lee, Crump, Bastable, Farrell 52.1 2-4 33-51
Ht 15: Titman, Kennett, Sanders (f, awarded), Grahame (f) no time 4-2 37-53
Ht 16: Wyer, Collins, Farrell, Crump 51.8 1-5 38-58
Ht 17: Titman, Lee, Bastable, Kennedy (ef) 52.3 3-3 41-61
Ht 18: Boocock, Koppe, Kennett, Blackadder 53.0 2-4 43-65

OTHER MATCHES raced by the England team:
10/11/78: Perth King of Claremont Trophy - M Lee 22, D Wyer 20, G Kennett 16, S Bastable 16, N Boocock 12, A Grahame 10, M McKeon 9, P Collins 5, D Coles (res) 3, L Leisk 2, M Moores 2, M Williams (res) 2, P Thompson 0, L Cross 0
19/11/78: Mildura President's Plate - Leading scorers: G Kennett 15, M Lee 14, D Wyer 12, P Collins 12, S Bastable 11, A Grahame 10, N Boocock 9
10/12/78: Rockhampton Rockhampton 47 (S Koppe 13, M Lohmann 12, J Titman 11, M Farrell 10, N Coddington 1, M Shepherd 0, B Kluver 0) England 61 (M Lee 17, G Kennett 14, D Wyer 12, P Collins 8, S Bastable 6, A Grahame 4, N Boocock (dnr)
12/12/78: Pioneer Park, Ayr Pioneer Park 25 (T Keyse 6, D Cavill 5, T Constantinides 5, R Garvey 4, B Hodder 4, D Christopher 1, D Garvey (res) 0) England 82 (M Lee 18, G Kennett 18, A Grahame 12, D Wyer 12, S Bastable 11, P Collins 11)

19/12/78: Toowoomba Suzuki Super Seven 49 (J Titman18, M Shirra 11, M Lohmann 7, M Farrell 7, S Koppe 4, N Coddington 2, M Stewart 0) English Lions 58 (D Wyer 13, G Kennett 13, M Lee 10, S Bastable 10, A Grahame 9, P Collins 3)
23/12/78: Sydney Showground Winfield Olympique - M Lee 15, D Wyer 12, N Boocock 11, P Collins 11, S Bastable 11, G Kennett 11, A Grahame 8, S Paulomaki 7, N Collins 7, D Shields 7 J Langfield 7,G McDonald 5, M Bedkober 4,P O'Neil 1, M Gardner 1,R Doyle 0)
26/12/78: Brisbane Abandoned after 16 heats - Queensland Select 47 (J Titman 13, S Koppe 12, M Farrell 9, N Coddington 7, M Lohmann 5, K Murray 1, M Stewart 0) England 48 (D Wyer 17,G Kennett 13, M Lee 6,A Grahame 3, N Boocock 3, S Bastable 2, P Collins 2

13/01/79: Avalon Avalon 25 (P Crump 11, R North 4, K McNeil 3, G McNeil 2, D Kennedy 2, O Hall 1, R Lambert 1, I Smith 1, D Young 0) England 58 (P Collins 14, M Lee 13, D Wyer 11, S Bastable 8, G Kennett 6, N Boocock 6)

No further series held until 1985-86, however Australia raced a series against Young England in 1981-82

Contributors : Charles McKay, Roger Stevens, Tom Marriott, David Austin, Steve Magro, Phil Smith, Phil Mountford ,
John Langfield, Alan Sampson, Graeme Frost, Ken Brown, Andy Reid

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