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England C v New Zealand (Div.3)

This series was raced on National League Division 3 and Open Licence tracks

1951 New Zealand won series 3-2
Thu 19.07 : Ipswich England C 50 New Zealand 57 (Att: 13,792)
Sat 04.08 : Rayleigh England C 70 New Zealand 38
Tue 07.08 : Cardiff (Penarth Road) England C 55 New Zealand 53 (Att: 20,000)
Sat 25.08 : Aldershot England C 39 New Zealand 69 (Att: 10,000)
Sat 01.09 : Swindon England C 51 New Zealand 57
For the 2nd Test at Rayleigh, team managers were Len Matcham (England C) and Butch Williams (New Zealand).
The New Zealand team manager for the 4th and 5th Tests was pre-war rider Wally Kilmister.
England "C" Pts-Bns-R
Ken Middleditch © 17-0-6 14-2-6 13-0-6 13-0-6 18-0-6 75-2-30 Ipswich
1:Middleditch Morton New Dunn 5-1 5-1
2:Hardy Redmond McFarlane Small F 3-3 8-4
3:Campbell Brown Smith Fairhurst 3-3 11-7
4:Hardy Lewis Dunn New 5-1 16-8
5: Redmond McFarlane Smith Brown 1-5 17-13
6:Middleditch Fairhurst Morton Campbell 4-2 21-15
7:Mardon New Brown Smith 1-5 22-20
8:Middleditch McFarlane Morton Redmond 4-2 26-22
9:Fairhurst Lewis Hardy Holland 3-3 29-25
10:Middleditch New Dunn Morton 3-3 32-28
11:Redmond Mardon Hardy Jones 1-5 33-33
12:Smith Campbell Fairhurst Brown 3-3 36-36
13:Dunn New Lewis Hardy 1-5 37-41
14:Redmond Brown McFarlane F, Smith F 2-3 39-44
15:Campbell Middleditch Fairhurst Morton 2-4 41-48
16: New Lewis Dunn Jones 2-4 43-52
17:Middle- ditch Redmond Morton Mardon 4-2 47-54
18:Campbell Hardy Lewis Fairhurst 3-3 50-57
Alan Smith 5-1-5 12-0-6 13-1-6 4-1-5 8-2-6 42-5-28
Terry Small 0-0-1 14-1-6 5-0-5 5-1-5 9-2-6 33-4-23
Tony Lewis 8-2-5 7-2-5 - 1-1-4 - 16-5-14
Charlie May - - 14-0-6 - - 14-0-6
Bert Edwards - - - 10-0-5 - 10-0-5
Don Hardy 10-1-6 - - - - 10-1-6
Tom O'Connor - 10-4-6 - - - 10-4-6
Les McGillivray - 9-3-5 - - - 9-3-5
Bill Holden - - 5-2-5 - 2-0-4 7-2-9
Buster Brown 5-0-5 - 1-0-2 - - 6-0-2
Bob Roger - - - - 6-1-6 6-1-6
Jack Unstead - 2-1-1 4-2-4 - - 6-3-5 Rayleigh
1: Middleditch Lewis McFarlane Dunn 5-1
2:Redmond Mardon Small O'Connor 1-5 6-6
3:Smith McGillivray Benson Boyle 5-1 11-7
4:Small O'Connor Dunn McFarlane 5-1 16-8
5:Redmond McGillivray Mardon Smith 2-4 18-12
6:Lewis Middleditch Boyle Benson 5-1 23-13
7:Smith McGillivray Dunn McFarlane 5-1 28-14
8:Redmond Middleditch Mardon Lewis 2-4 30-18
9:Small O'Connor Benson Boyle 5-1 35-19
10:Middleditch Lewis Dunn Hayden 5-1 40-20
11: Redmond Small O'Connor Mardon 3-3 43-23
12:Smith McGillivray Benson Boyle 5-1 48-24
13:Small O'Connor Dunn Hayden 5-1 53-25
14:Mardon, Redmond McGillivray Smith 1-5 54-30
15:Middleditch Benson Hayden Lewis 3-3 57-33
16: Smith Unstead Dunn McFarlane 5-1 62-34
17:Redmond Jackson Middleditch Mardon 3-3 65-37
18: O'Connor Small Benson Boyle 5-1 70-38
Wal Morton 5-1-6 - - - - 5-1-6
Bob Jones 0-0-2 - - - 4-0-4 4-0-6
Frank Evans - - - 3-0-5 - 3-0-5
Johnny Sargeant - - 0-0-2 - 3-0-3 3-0-5
Basil Harris - - - 2-0-3 - 2-0-3
Gerald Jackson - 2-0-1 - - - 2-0-?
Brian Crutcher - - - - 1-0-1 1-0-1
Goog Hoskins - - - 1-0-3 - 1-0-3
New Zealand Pts-Bns-R Cardiff
1:Middleditch Unstead Holland New 5-1
2:May Redmond Holden Mardon 4-2 9-3
3:Smith Hayden Small Dunn 4-2 13-5
4:May Holden New Holland 5-1 18-6
5:Redmond Smith Mardon Small 2-4 20-10
6:Dunn Middleditch Unstead Hayden 3-3 23-13
7:Small Smith New McFarlane 5-1 28-14
8:Mardon Redmond Middleditch Sargeant 1-5 29-19
9:May Dunn Hayden Holden 3-3 32-22
10:Holland Middleditch New Unstead 2-4 34-26
11:Mardon May Holden Redmond 3-3 37-29
12:Dunn Hayden Small Smith 1-5 38-34
13:Holland New Holden May 1-5 39-39
14: Smith Redmond Mardon Small 3-3 42-42
15:Middleditch Hayden Unstead Dunn 4-2 46-44
16:Smith Holland Brown New 4-2 50-46
17:Redmond Middleditch Mardon Sargeant 2-4 52-50
18: May Dunn Hayden Brown 3-3 55-53
Trevor Redmond © 13-0-6 17-1-6 12-1-6 14-3-6 15-1-6 71-6-30
Geoff Mardon 5-1-3 7-1-6 9-1-6 16-2-6 9-0-6 46-5-27
Maury Dunn 6-1-5 5-0-6 10-0-6 11-1-6 5-1-6 37-3-29
Mick Holland 0-0-1 - 9-0-5 13-0-6 10-1-6 32-1-18
Bob McFarlane 5-2-4 1-0-4 0-0-1 11-1-6 - 17-3-15
Charlie New 10-2-6 - 5-1-6 - - 15-3-12
Bruce Abernethy - - - - 12-2-6 12-2-6
Kevin Hayden - 1-1-3 8-3-6 - 6-1-6 15-5-15
Dick Campbell 11-0-5 - - - - 11-0-5
Jack Cunningham - - - 1-0-2 - 1-0-2
Harold Fairhurst 7-1-6 - - - - 7-1-6
Julie Benson - 6-0-6 - - - 6-0-6
Frank Boyle - 1-0-5 - 3-1-4 - 4-1-9

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Aldershot
1:Redmond Middleditch Lewis Dunn 3-3
2:Mardon McFarlane Hoskin Small 1-5 4-8
3:Holland Evans Smith Boyle F 3-3 7-11
4:Dunn Redmond Small Hoskin 1-5 8-16
5:McFarlane Mardon Smith Evans 1-5 9-21
6:Middleditch Holland Boyle Lewis 3-3 12-24
7:Dunn Redmond Evans Smith 1-5 13-29
8:Mardon Middleditch McFarlane Lewis F 2-4 15-33
9:Holland Edwards Boyle Small 2-4 17-37
10:Redmond Middleditch Dunn Harris 2-4 19-41
11:Mardon Small McFarlane Edwards 2-4 21-45
12:Holland Smith Boyle Evans 2-4 23-49
13:Dunn Redmond Harris Hoskin 1-5 24-54
14:Mardon Edwards McFarlane Smith 2-4 26-58
15:Middleditch Holland Harris Cunningham 4-2 30-60
16:Edwards Redmond Dunn Evans 3-3 33-63
17:McFarlane Mardon Middleditch Lewis 1-5 34-68
18:Edwards Small Cunningham Holland X 5-1 39-69		 Swindon
1:Middleditch Redmond Holden Dunn 4-2
2:Mardon Roger Small Hayden 3-3 7-5
3:Abernethy Holland Jones Smith 1-5 8-10
4:Redmond Small Roger Dunn 3-3 11-13
5:Smith Hayden Jones Mardon R 4-2 15-15
6:Middleditch Holland Holden Abernethy F 4-2 19-17
7:Redmond Jones Smith Dunn 3-3 22-20
8:Middleditch Mardon Hayden Holden 3-3 25-23
9:Holland Abernethy Small Roger 1-5 26-28
10:Middleditch Redmond Dunn Holden 3-3 29-31
11:Small Mardon Roger Hayden 4-2 33-33
12:Holland Abernethy Smith Jones 1-5 34-38
13:Dunn Redmond Small Roger 1-5 35-43
14:Hayden Sargeant Smith Mardon 3-3 38-46
15:Middleditch Abernethy Sargeant Holland 4-2 42-48
16:Redmond Smith Dunn Sargeant 2-4 44-52
17:Middleditch Mardon Crutcher Hayden 4-2 48-54
18: Abernerthy Roger Small Holland 3-3 51-57

1952 03.10 : Plymouth
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 This was a challenge match at a Southern League track, in which Southern Stars lost to New Zealand 48-60. Scorers:
Southern Stars: Peter Robinson 14 (6 rides), Alan Smith 9+1 (6), Vic Gent 9 (4), Maury McDermott 6+1 (5), Brian Hitchcock 4+1 (3), George Wall 4 (5), Goog Hoskin 2 (4), Gerald Pugh 0 (3)
New Zealand: Ronnie Moore 14+1 (5), Geoff Mardon 13+1 (6), Peter Clark 10+1 (6), Kevin Hayden 9+2 (5), Bill Thatcher 7+1 (5), Barry Briggs 4 (5), Frank Boyle 2 (2), Ted Stevens 1 (2)

The first full international series between England and New Zealand was in 1953

Contributors : Roger Stevens, Jim Henry

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