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INTERNATIONALS - UNITED KINGDOM & Republic of IRELAND
England C v America (Div.3)
This series was raced on National League Division 3 and Open Licence tracks |
The American team was based at Shelbourne Park, Dublin, Eire (an Open Licence track) for the season |
1951 | England "C" won series 3-2 | |||||
Tue 04.09 : Cardiff (Penarth Road), Wales | England C | 64 | America | 44 | ||
Thu 06.09 : Poole | England C | 46 | America | 62 | ||
Sun 09.09 : Dublin (Shelbourne Park), Ireland | England C | 42 | America | 66 | ||
Wed 12.09 : Aldershot | England C | 76 | America | 32 | ||
Fri 14.09 : Swindon | England C | 57 | America | 48 |
England "C" | Total | America | Total | |||||||||||||
Ken Middleditch | 14 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 53 | Nick Nicolaides | 10 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 62 | |||
Terry Small | 11 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 41 | Ernie Roccio | 18 | 14 | 11 | - | 13 | 56 | |||
Don Hardy | - | 7 | 3 | 12 | - | 22 | Don Hawley | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 39 | |||
Gerald Jackson | - | 4 | - | - | 14 | 18 | Royal Carroll jr | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 36 | |||
Bert Edwards | - | - | -- | 15 | - | 15 | Johnny Roccio | 0 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 29 | |||
Basil Harris | - | - | - | 15 | - | 15 | Jimmy Gibb | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 14 | |||
Bob Jones | 8 | - | - | - | 7 | 15 | Lloyd Campbell | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | |||
Bob Roger | - | - | 7 | - | 8 | 15 | Johnny Gibson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
Tony Lewis | - | 14 | - | - | - | 14 | ||||||||||
Charlie May | 13 | - | - | - | - | 13 | ||||||||||
Alan Smith | 3 | - | - | 9 | - | 12 | ||||||||||
Johnny Sargeant | 11 | - | - | - | - | 11 | ||||||||||
George Wall | - | - | 10 | - | - | 10 | ||||||||||
Johnny Reason | - | - | 9 | - | - | 9 | ||||||||||
Charlie Hayden | - | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | ||||||||||
Jim Boyd | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | ||||||||||
Buster Brown | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
Gerald Pugh | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | ||||||||||
Frank Evans | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
Brian Crutcher | - | 2 | - | - | 0 | 2 |
1st Match at Cardiff | 2nd Match at Poole | |||||||||||
England "C" | 64 | America | 44 | England "C" | 46 | America | 62 | |||||
Ken Middleditch | 2' 3 2 3 2' 2 | 14+2 | Nick Nicolaides | 1 2 2 2 1 2 | 10 | Ken Middleditch | 0 2' 0 2 1 1' | 6+2 | Nick Nicolaides | 1' 3 3 1 3 3 | 14+1 | |
Bob Jones | 3 0 1' 1 3 0 | 8+1 | Johnny Roccio | 0 0 - 0 0 0 | 0 | Tony Lewis | 3 3 0 ex 3 2 | 11 | Royal Carroll | 2 2' 1 3 0 1 | 9+1 | |
Terry Small | 1' 1 3 2 2' 2 | 11+2 | Ernie Roccio | 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | Terry Small | 1 1 3 1 1' 1' | 8+2 | Ernie Roccio | 2' 2' 1' 3 3 3 | 14+3 | |
Bob Roger | - - - - - - | - | Don Hawley | 0 0 - 0 1 1 | 2 | Gerry Jackson | 0 0 - 0 2 2 | 4 | Johnny Roccio | 3 3 2 2' 1 0 | 11+1 | |
Charlie May | 3 2 3 3 2 ex | 13 | Jimmy Gibb | 1' 1' 0 - 0 0 | 2+2 | Don Hardy | 1 1 - 3 2 0 | 7 | Don Hawley | 2 0 2 2 2 3 | 11 | |
Alan Smith | 0 1' 1 - - 1 | 3+1 | Royal Carroll | 2 2 2 2 1 3 | 12 | Charlie Hayden | 3 0 0 0 - 2 | 5 | Jimmy Gibb | 0 1 - - - - | 1 | |
Gerald Pugh | 1 0 3 | 4 | Lloyd Campbell | 0 0 | 0 | Brian Crutcher | 2 f 0 | 2 | Lloyd Campbell | 1' 1' | 2+2 | |
Johnny Sargeant | 2 3 1 1' 3 1' | 11+2 | Johnny Gibson | 0 | 0 | Johnny Thomson | no rides | - | Johnny Gibson | 0 0 | 0 | |
1 Jones,
Middleditch, Nicolaides, J Roccio 73.8 5-1 5-1 2 E Roccio, Sargeant, Small, Hawley 72.0 3-3 8-4 3 May, Carroll, Gibb, Smith 73.4 3-3 11-7 4 Sargeant, Nicolaides, Small, J Roccio 73.8 4-2 15-9 5 E Roccio, May, Smith, Hawley 73.0 3-3 18-12 6 Middleditch, Carroll, Gibb, Jones 72.8 3-3 21-15 7 May, Nicolaides, Smith, Campbell 73.8 4-2 25-17 8 E Roccio, Middleditch, Jones, Gibson 73.0 3-3 28-20 9 Small, Carroll, Sargeant, Gibb 74.0 4-2 32-22 10 Middleditch, Nicolaides, Jones, J Roccio 73.2 4-2 36-24 11 E Roccio, Small, Sargeant, Hawley 73.2 3-3 39-27 12 May, Carroll, Pugh, Campbell 73.6 4-2 43-29 13 Sargeant, Small, Nicolaides, J Roccio 74.2 5-1 48-30 14 E Roccio, May, Hawley, Pugh72.8 2-4 50-34 15 Jones, Middleditch, Carroll, Gibb 74.6 5-1 55-35 16 Pugh, Nicolaides, Smith, J Roccio, May (ex-2m) 74.4 4-2 59-37 17 E Roccio, Middleditch, Hawley, Jones 73.0 2-4 61-41 18 Carroll, Small, Sargeant, Gibb 72.8 3-3 64-44 |
Ht1 Lewis,
Carroll, Nicolaides, Middleditch 77.0 3-3 Ht2 J.Roccio, E.Roccio, Small, Jackson 76.0 4-8 Ht3 Hayden, Hawley, Hardy, Gibb 77.0 8-10 Ht4 Nicolaides, Carroll, Small, Jackson 75.6 9-15 Ht5 J.Roccio, E.Roccio, Hardy, Hayden 77.0 10-20 Ht6 Lewis, Middleditch, Gibb, Hawley 78.2 15-21 Ht7 Nicolaides, Crutcher, Carroll, Hayden 75.8 17-25 Ht8 Lewis, J.Roccio, E.Roccio, Middleditch 76.4 20-28 Ht9 Small, Hawley, Campbell, Crutcher (f) 76.8 23-31 Ht10 Carroll, Middleditch, Nicolaides, Lewis (exc) 77.8 25-35 Ht11 E.Roccio, J.Roccio, Small, Jackson 76.8 26-40 Ht12 Hardy, Hawley, Campbell, Hayden 77.4 29-43 Ht13 Nicolaides, Jackson, Small, Caroll 77.4 32-46 Ht14 E.Roccio, Hardy, J.Roccio, Crutcher 77.8 34-50 Ht15 Lewis, Hawley, Middleditch, Gibson 78.0 38-52 Ht16 Nicolaides, Hayden, Carroll, Hardy 77.8 40-56 Ht17 E.Roccio, Lewis, Middleditch, J.Roccio 76.8 43-59 Ht18 Hawley, Jackson, Small, Gibson 78.2 46-62 |
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3rd Match at Dublin | 4th Match at Aldershot | |||||||||||
England "C" | 42 | America | 66 | England "C" | 76 | America | 32 | |||||
Ken Middleditch | 2 2 0 0 2 3 | 9 | Nick Nicolaides | 3 3 3 3 1' 3 | 16+1 | Ken Middleditch | 2' 2' 2' 2' 2' 2 | 12+5 | Nick Nicolaides | 0 2 2 1 2 3 | 10 | |
Bob Roger | 1' ex 3 1 0 2' | 7+2 | Royal Carroll | 0 0 - 2' 2 2' | 6+2 | Basil Harris | 3 3 3 3 3 f | 15 | Jimmy Gibb | 1 0 0 - 0 - | 1 | |
Jim Boyd | 1 1 1 1 0 - | 4 | Ernie Roccio | 3 1 1 - 3 3 | 11 | Terry Small | 3 1 3 3 1 2' | 13+1 | (no rider) | - | ||
Terry Small | 0 0 - 0 - 0 | 0 | Johnny Roccio | 2' 3 - 3 1 1 | 10+1 | Bert Edwards | 2' 3 2' 2 3 3 | 15+2 | Johnny Roccio | 1 1 1 0 - 3 | 6 | |
Johnnie Reason | 1' 2 3 0 3 0 | 9+1 | Jimmy Gibb | ex 3 2 2 3 - | 10 | Alan Smith | 1' 3 1 3 1' 0 | 9+2 | Don Hawley | 3 1 1 1 f f | 6 | |
George Wall | 2 1' 2' 3 0 2 | 10+2 | Don Hawley | 3 2' 1' 1' - 1 | 8+3 | Don Hardy | 2 2' 3 2' 2 1 | 12+2 | Royal Carroll | f f - 0 1 1 | 2 | |
Don Hardy | 0 2 1 | 3 | Lloyd Campbell | 2' 2' 0 | 4+2 | George Wall | no rides | - | Lloyd Campbell | f 0 1 3 1 | 5 | |
Alan Smith | no rides | - | Johnny Gibson | 0 1 | 1 | Johnny Sargeant | no rides | - | Johnny Gibson | 0 0 0 0 2' | 2+1 | |
Ht1
Nicolaides, Middleditch, Roger, Carroll 71.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 E.Roccio, J.Roccio, Boyd, Small 72.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Hawley, Wall, Reason, Gibb (exc) 72.6 3 3 11 7 Ht4 J.Roccio, Middleditch, E.Roccio, Roger (exc) 72.6 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Gibb, Hawley, Boyd, Small 73.4 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Nicolaides, Reason, Wall, Carroll 72.0 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Roger, Gibb, Hawley, Middleditch 73.0 3 3 26 16 Ht8 Nicolaides, Campbell, Boyd, Hardy 72.8 5 1 31 17 Ht9 Reason, Wall, E.Roccio, Gibson 73.4 1 5 32 22 Ht10 Nicolaides, Carroll, Roger, Middleditch 72.8 5 1 37 23 Ht11 J.Roccio, Campbell, Boyd, Small 74.0 5 1 42 24 Ht12 Wall, Gibb, Hawley, Reason 74.2 3 3 45 27 Ht13 E.Roccio, Middleditch, J.Roccio, Roger 74.0 4 2 49 29 Ht14 Gibb, Hardy, Gibson, Boyd 74.0 4 2 53 31 Ht15 Reason, Carroll, Nicolaides, Wall 73.6 3 3 56 34 Ht16 Middleditch, Roger, Hawley, Campbell 74.4 1 5 57 39 Ht17 Nicolaides, Carroll, Hardy, Small 73.2 5 1 62 40 Ht18 E.Roccio, Wall, J.Roccio, Reason 74.0 4 2 66 42 |
1 Harris,
Middleditch, Gibb, Nicolaides 68.2 5-1 5-1 2 Small, Edwards, Roccio, Campbell f 70.2 5-1 10-2 3 Hawley, Hardy, Smith, Carroll f 69.8 3-3 13-5 4 Edwards, Nicolaides, Small, Gibb 69.0 4-2 17-7 5 Smith, Hardy, Roccio, Gibson 69.2 5-1 22-8 6 Harris, Middleditch, Hawley, Carroll f 69.0 5-1 27-9 7 Hardy, Nicolaides, Smith, Gibb 70.6 4-2 31-11 8 Harris Middleditch, Roccio, Gibson 69.6 5-1 36-12 9 Small, Edwards, Hawley, Campbell 70.0 5-1 41-13 10 Harris, Middleditch, Nicolaides, Gibson 69.0 5-1 46-14 11 Small, Edwards, Campbell, Roccio 69.2 5-1 51-15 12 Smith, Hardy, Hawley, Carroll 69.8 5-1 56-16 13 Edwards, Nicolaides, Small, Gibb 69.4 4-2 60-18 14 Campbell, Hardy, Smith, Gibson 69.6 3-3 63-21 15 Harris, Middleditch, Carroll, Hawley f 69.2 5-1 68-22 16 Nicolaides, Gibson, Hardy, Smith 69.0 1-5 69-27 17 Roccio, Middleditch, Campbell, Harris f 69.6 2-4 71-31 18 Edwards, Small, Carroll, Hawley f 68.8 5-1 76-32 |
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5th Match at Swindon | ||||||||
England "C"` | 57 | America | 48 | |||||
Ken Middleditch © | 3 2 2 1' 2' 2 | 12+2 | Nick Nicolaides © | ex 3 1 3 3 2 | 12 | Ht 1: (Re-Run)
Middleditch, Jones (fell), Gibb (fell), Nicolaides (ex), 78.0 (3-0)
Ht 2: E. Roccio, Carroll, Small, Brown, 77.0 (4-5) Ht 3: Hawley, Jackson, Campbell, Roger, 78.6 (6-9) Ht 4: Nicolaides, Brown, Small, J. Roccio, 76.8 (9-12) Ht 5: E. Roccio, Roger, Carroll, Jackson , 76.8. (11-16) Ht 6: Hawley, Middleditch, Jones, Campbell , 78.2 (14-19) Ht 7: Jackson, Roger, Nicolaides, J. Roccio, 77.4 (19-20) Ht 8: E. Roccio, Middleditch, Jones, Carroll, 77.6 (22-23) Ht 9: Hawley, Brown, Small, Campbell , 78.4 (25-26) Ht 10: Nicolaides, Jones, Middleditch, Gibson (ret), 77.4 (28-29) Ht 11: Small, Carroll, E. Roccio, Brown, 76.0 (31-32) Ht 12: (Re-Run) Jackson, Roger, Campbell, Hawley (f, ex), 77.8 (36-33) Ht 13: Nicolaides, Small, J. Roccio, Brown, 77.2 (38-37) Ht 14: Jackson, Roger, Carroll, E. Roccio (fell), 78.0 (43-38) Ht 15: Jones, Middleditch, Hawley, Campbell, 78.0 (48-39) Ht 16: Jackson, Nicolaides, J. Roccio, Roger, 78.0 (51-42) Ht 17: E. Roccio, Middleditch, Carroll, Jones, 77.8 (53-46) Ht 18: Evans, Hawley, Small, Gibson, 78.4 (57-48) |
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Bob Jones | f 1' 1' 2 3 0 | 7+2 | Jimmy Gibb | f - - - - - | 0 | |||
Terry Small | 1 1' 1' 3 2 1 | 9+2 | Ernie Roccio | 3 3 3 1' f 3 | 13+1 | |||
Buster Brown | 0 2 2 0 0 - | 4 | Royal Carroll | 2' 1 0 2 1 1 | 7+1 | |||
Bob Roger | 0 2 2' 2' 2' 0 | 8+3 | Don Hawley | 3 3 3 ex 1 2 | 12 | |||
Gerald Jackson | 2 0 3 3 3 3 | 14 | Lloyd Campbell | 1 0 0 1 0 - | 2 | |||
Brian Crutcher | no rides | - | Johnny Roccio | 0 0 1 1' | 2+1 | |||
Frank Evans | 3 | 3 | Johnny Gibson | ret 0 | 0 |
Programme scans provided by Roger Stevens | ||
Contributors : Roger Stevens, Jim Henry, Robert Bamford |
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