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INTERNATIONALS - AUSTRALIA

Australia v Europe

1953-54 Australia won series 3-2
OFFICIAL Fri 08.01 : Sydney (Sports Ground) Australia 35 Europe 37 (Att: 10,000)
Sat 23.01 : Sydney (Showground) Australia 42 Europe 30
Sat 06.02 : Brisbane (Exhibition) Australia 48 Europe 24
Fri 12.02 : Sydney (Sports Ground) Australia 21 Europe 50
Fri 26.02 : Adelaide (Rowley Park) Australia 37 Europe 34 (Att: 9,000)
Notes :
The meeting originally listed for Sydney Sports Ground 19.02 (Aus 32 Europe 40) has now been deleted
The 6th Test at Perth, previously shown here, is now known to be an unofficial challenge match (see below)

Australia Total Europe Total
Aub Lawson 13 18 18© 13 13 75 Rune Sormander (Swe) 17 11 12© 14 16 70
Keith Gurtner 12 2 15 6 - 35 Ken McKinlay (Scot) 9 4 5 16 9 43
Lionel Levy 10 13 7 2 - 32 Dan Forsberg (Swe) 6 6 4 10 6 32
Jack Young - - - - 17© 17 Arthur Wright (Eng) 1† 9 3 10 1† 24
Keith Cox - 8 0 - 8 Olle Segerstrom (Swe) 4 - - - 2 6
Allan Quinn - 6† - - - 6
Merv Harding - - - - 5 5
Jack Biggs - 3 - - - 3
Lubor Simek 2† 2
Ken Walsh 0 - - - - 0
Don Lawson 0† - - 0† - 0
Lindsay Nixon - - ‡ - - -
Lindsay Mitchell - - - - ‡ -
† reserve ; ‡ no rides

1st. Test at Sydney Sports Ground 2nd Test at Sydney Showground 3rd Test at Brisbane Exhibition
1 Sormander, Gurtner, Forsberg, Levy 52.6 2-4
2 A Lawson, McKinlay, Segerstrom,Walsh 52.6 3-3 5-7
3 Sormander, McKinlay, Gurtner, Walsh 51.8 1-5 6-12
4 Levy, A Lawson, Wright, Segerstrom 52.4 5-1 11-13
5 Sormander, Gurtner, A Lawson, Wright 52.0 3-3 14-16
6 Levy, McKinlay, Forsberg, D Lawson 53.0 3-3 17-19
7 Gurtner, McKinlay, Levy, Forsberg 53.4 4-2 21-21
8 Sormander, Segerstrom, A Lawson, Walsh 53.8 1-5 22-26
9 Forsberg, Gurtner, Segerstrom, Walsh 53.6 2-4 24-30
10 A Lawson, Sormander, Levy, McKinlay 53.0 4-2 28-32
11 A Lawson, Gurtner, McKinlay, Segerstrom 54.0 5-1 33-33
12 Sormander, Levy, Forsberg, Walsh, D Lawson ex-2m 53.0 2-4 35-37
 (2 lap races)
1: Lawson, Sormander, Forsberg, Gurtner 3-3
2: Levy, Wright, Biggs, McKinlay 4-2 7-5
3: Sormander, Biggs, McKinlay, Gurtner 2-4 9-9
4: Lawson, Levy, Forsberg, Wright 5-1 14-10
5: Quinn, Sormander, Wright, Biggs 3-3 17-13
6: Lawson, Forsberg, McKinlay, Levy 3-3 20-16
7: Lawson, Quinn, McKinlay, Forsberg 5-1 25-17
8: Levy, Sormander, Wright, Biggs 3-3 28-20
9: Wright, Gurtner, Quinn, Forsberg 3-3 31-23
10: Lawson, Levy, Sormander, McKinlay 5-1 36-24
11: Levy, Wright, McKinlay, Gurtner 3-3 39-27
12: Lawson, Forsberg, Sormander, Biggs 3-3 42-30
 1 Gurtner, Forsberg, Sormander, Cox (3-3)(3-3) 54.8
2 Lawson, McKinlay, Wright, Levy (3-3)(6-6) 53.8
3 Gurtner, Levy, Forsberg, Wright (5-1)(11-7) 53.6
4 Lawson, Sormander, Cox, McKinlay (4-2)(15-9) 52.6
5 Lawson, Gurtner, Forsberg, McKinlay (5-1)(20-10) 52.6
6 Sormander, Cox, Wright, Levy (2-4)(22-14) 53.0
7 Sormander, Gurtner, Cox, Forsberg (3-3)(25-17) 54.0
8 Lawson, McKinlay, Levy, Wright (4-2)(29-19) 53.6
9 Gurtner, Levy, Wright, Forsberg (5-1)(34-20) 54.8
10 Lawson, Sormander, Cox, McKinlay (4-2)(38-22) 53.6
11 Lawson, Gurtner, McKinlay, Forsberg (5-1)(43-23) 53.8
12 Cox, Levy, Sormander, Wright (5-1)(48-24) 54.0
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4th Test at Sydney Sports Ground 5th Test at Adelaide
# 1 Forsberg, Gurtner, Sörmander; 52.2s (2-4) 2-4
# 2 McKinley, Wright, Gurtner; 51.2s (1-5) 3-9
# 3 Sörmander, Wright; (no third) 53.0s (0-5) 3-14
# 4 McKinley, Forsberg, A.Lawson; 51.0s (1-5) 4-19
# 5 McKinley, Sörmander, Gurtner; 52.0s (1-5) 5-24
# 6 A.Lawson, Wright, Forsberg; 52.6s (3-3) 8-27
# 7 Sörmander, Gurtner, Forsberg; 51.6s (2-4) 10-31
# 8 A.Lawson, McKinley, Wright; 51.6s (3-3) 13-34
# 9 Sörmander, Wright, Levy; 51.0s (1-5) 14-39
# 10 A.Lawson, McKinley, Forsberg; 52.0s (3-3) 17-42
# 11 McKinley, Sörmander, Levy; 53.0s (1-5) 18-47
# 12 A.Lawson, Forsberg, Wright; 52.0s (3-3) 21-50
No 4th place details available		 # 1 Sörmander, Forsberg; (no third) (0-5) 0-5
# 2 Young, McKinley, Lawson; (4-2) 4-7
# 3 Lawson, Forsberg, Segerström; (3-3) 7-10
# 4 Young, Sörmander, McKinley; (3-3) 10-13
# 5 Young, McKinley, Harding; (4-2) 14-15
# 6 Sörmander, Lawson, Simek; (3-3) 17-18
# 7 Sörmander, Harding, Simek; (3-3) 20-21
# 8 Young, Lawson, Wright; (5-1) 25-22
# 9 Lawson, Forsberg, Harding; (4-2) 29-24
#10 Young, Sörmander, McKinley; (3-3) 32-27
#11 McKinley, Young, Harding; (3-3) 35-30
#12 Sörmander, Lawson, Segerström; (2-4) 37-34
No 4th place details available
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INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES
20/02/54 at Melbourne (Maribyrnong) Australia 47 (Jack Biggs 18, Jack Young 13, Peter Moore 10, Ken Walsh 3, Jack Geran 3) Europe 25 (Ken McKinlay 12, Arthur Wright 6, Rune Sormander 4, Dan Forsberg 3, Olle Segerstrom 0) Att: 12,000.
05/03/54 at Perth (Claremont) Australia 29 (Graham Warren ©, Aub Lawson, Ernie Brecknell, George McPherson)Europe 31 (Rune Sormander ©, Ken McKinlay, Dan Forsberg, Olle Segerstrom) no scorers available

OTHER MEETINGS
11/12/53 at Sydney Sports Ground New South Wales 48 (Lionel Levy 17, Aub Lawson 15, Allan Quinn 9, Don Lawson 5, Graham Warren (res) 2) Europe 24 (Rune Sormander 12, Ken McKinlay 7, Olle Segerstrom 4, Dan Forsberg 1, Arthur Wright (res) 0)
19/12/53 at Sydney Showground NSW Championship. Final: Aub Lawson, Lionel Levy, Don Lawson, Allan Quinn.
16/01/54 at Sydney Showground International Best Pairs Championship : Lionel Levy & Jack Chignell 18, Ken McKinlay & Don Lawson 15, Aub Lawson & Dennis Newton 11, Arthur Wright & Olle Segestrom 8, Rune Sormander & Dan Forsberg 5
22/01/54 at Sydney Sports Ground Australian 3-lap Championship. Final: Aub Lawson, Ken McKinlay, Lionel Levy, Dan Forsberg.
30/01/54 at Brisbane Queensland Championship. Final: Rune Sormander, Keith Cox, Ken McKinlay, Lindsay Nixon
05/02/54 at Sydney Sports Ground Sydney 22 (Lionel Levy 6, Don Lawson 5, Alec Hunter 4, Alan Wall 3, Jack Chignell 2, R Meyer 2) Europe 32 (Dan Forsberg 9, Rune Sormander 8, Ken McKinlay 7, Arthur Wright 4, Val Morton 2, Olle Segerstrom 1, Dennis Newton 1)
19/02/54 at Sydney Sports Ground Champion of Champions. Aub Lawson 11, Lionel Levy 9, Rune Sormander 3, Ken McKinlay 1 (This meeting also featured Fay Taylour in a speedcar)		 {short description of image}
05.03.54 - Perth Challenge programme

1954-55 Australia won series 3-2
Sat 15.01 : Brisbane Australia 27 Europe 45 (Att: 18,000)
Sat 22.01 : Brisbane Australia 39 Europe 33
Fri 04.02 : Sydney Australia 33 Europe 39
Sat 19.02 : Melbourne Australia 49 Europe 23
Sat 26.02 : Adelaide (Rowley Park) Australia 43 Europe 29

Australia Total Europe Total
Aub Lawson 9© 18© 16 14 16 73 Ron Mountford(Eng) 14 8 12 6 10 50
Jack Young - - - 15 18 33 Ove Fundin(Swe) 6 14 10 5 8 43
Keith Cox 8 9 - - - 17 Ulf Ericsson(Swe) 9 7 7 10 5 38
Don Lawson - 6 10 - - 16 Goran Norlen(Swe) 8 2 8 2 6 26
Jack Geran - - - 11 4 15 Jack Parker(Eng) 8 2 2 - - 12
Keith Gurtner 5 6 - - - 11
Jack Biggs - - - 9© - 9

Graham Warren 5 - 3 - - 8
Lindsay Mitchell - - - - 4 4
Lionel Levy - - 3 - - 3
Jack Chignell - - 1 - - 1
Merv Harding - - - - 1 1

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Ht 1: Biggs, Lawson, Ericsson 56.8 5-1 5-1
Ht 2: Young, Geran, Fundin 56.5 5-1 10-2
Ht 3: Young, Ericsson, Geran 56.4 4-2 14-4
Ht 4: Lawson, Fundin, Norlen 57.2 3-3 17-7
Ht 5: Biggs, Young, Mountford 56.8 5-1 22-8
Ht 6: Lawson, Geran, Fundin 57.0 5-1 27-9
Ht 7: Geran, Mountford, Lawson 56.6 4-2 31-11
Ht 8: Ericsson, Young, Biggs 56.4 3-3 34-14
Ht 9: Mountford, Biggs, Geran 57.0 3-3 37-17
Ht 10: Young, Lawson, Ericsson 57.0 5-1 42-18
Ht 11: Lawson, Young, Fundin 57.6 5-1 47-19
Ht 12: Ericsson, Geran, Norlen 56.4 2-4 49-23
5th Test at Adelaide

OTHER MEETINGS
08/11/54 at Perth
Western Australia 31 (Don Ralston 13, George McPherson 12, Brian McKeown 4, Eric Franklyn 1, Harry Greenhalgh 1)
Europe 41 (Ulf Ericsson 19, Jack Parker 10, Ove Fundin 10, Goran Norlen 2)
12/11/54 at Adelaide
South Australia 45 (Bob Leverenz 18, Lindsay Mitchell 10, Merv Harding 10, Jack Young 7)
Europe 27 (Ulf Ericsson 11, Ove Fundin 10, Goran Norlen 4, Lubos Simek 2)
16/11/54 at Adelaide
South Australia 37 (Merv Harding 15, Jack Young 14, Lindsay Mitchell 7, J Oram 1)
Europe 35 (Ulf Ericsson 12, Ove Fundin 8, Goran Norlen 7, Brian McKeown 5, Lubos Simek 3)
(3 laps) 1— J. Young, B. McKeown, L. Mitchell. 2— M. Harding, G. Norlen, U. Ericsson. 3— Ericsson, Harding, L. Simek. 4— Young, Ericsson, Mitchell. 5— Harding, O. Fundin, McKeown. 6— Young, Ericsson, Norlen. 7— Fundin, Harding, McKeown. 8- Norlen, Simek, J. Oram. 9— Young, Fundin, McKeown. 10 —Ericsson, Harding, Norlen. 11— Mitchell, Young, Fundin. 12 — Harding, Mitchell, Ericsson.
27/11/54 at Maribyrnong, Vic (rained off on 20/11/54)
Australian Internationals 29 (Jack Geran 10, Ken Walsh 10, Gordon Leigh 6, Bluey Scott 3)
Europe 43 (Gordon McGregor 15, Ulf Ericsson 13, Ove Fundin 9, Goran Norlen 6)
3/12/54 at Sydney Sports Ground
Sydney Sports Ground 12 (Aub Lawson 6, Graham Warren 4, Don Lawson 2, Noel Thurley 0)
Europe 12 (Ulf Ericsson 4, Jack Parker 3, Ron Mountford 2, Goran Norlen 2, Ove Fundin 1)
10/12/54 at Sydney Sports Ground
New South Wales 50 (Graham Warren 16, Lionel Levy 15, Aub Lawson 12, Jack Chignell 7)
Europe 22 (Goran Norlen 10, Ron Mountford 5, Jack Parker 4, Ulf Ericsson 3, Ove Fundin 0)

1956-57 All details of this series from Wally Auckram, who tells me that these matches were designated
UNOFFICIAL "International Teams Matches", and not Test matches.
Series result unknown
Sat 09.03 : Melbourne Australia ?? Europe ??
Mon 11.03 : Mildura Australia 34 Europe 38
Australia Total Europe Total
Jack Young ? 17 ? Ove Fundin (Swe) ? 13 ?
Neil Street 11 Ken McKinlay (Scot) 13
Gordon Leigh 5 Gerry Hussey (Eng) 10
Ern Brecknell 1 Charlie Barsby (Eng) 2

1979-80 OTHER MATCHES
03.02 Canberra (Tralee), (ACT) Australian Kangaroos 40 (Phil Herne 12 [max], Billy Sanders, Robbie Blackadder, Ricky Day, Glenn McDonald, John [or
should that be Dave?] Mills) European All Stars 38 (Nigel Boocock (Eng)11 [5 rides], Hans Nielsen [Denmark], Tommy Knudsen [Denmark], Finn Rune
Jensen [Denmark], Alf Busk [Denmark])

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Contributors : Wally Auckram, Charles MacKay, Andy Reid, Graeme Frost, David Austin, Peter Hosking

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