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England v Australia - 1928 to 1933

In the very earliest days of speedway in the UK, and before the establishment of any form of team competition, the rivalry between the established Australian stars and the new crop of British riders was intense. Prior to the staging of the first official Test Match in 1930, various events between the two countries were staged, and I have chosen to include brief details of such meetings here.

1928 Sa 19.05 : Crystal Palace, London England beat Australia {short description of image}
(Att: 20,000) Ht.1 : Lionel Wills (Eng) beat Ron Johnson (Aus)
This was a series of 3 match races, with Ht.2 : Sig Schlam (Aus) beat Les Blakebrough (Eng)
the winners meeting in the Final. Ht.3 : Roger Frogley (Eng) beat Charlie Datson (Aus)
Final: Frogley (Eng), Wills (Eng), Schlam (Aus)
"Nearly an hour before the start of the opening meeting on the new Crystal Palace speedway, a steady downpour of rain set in. In spite of this, spectators continued to pour into the grounds, and a little before zero hour there was not a stand seat to be had for love or money. Thousands had to stand out in the rain, and when it was announced that, owing to the conditions, the start would be postponed for half an hour, the crowd bore its discomforts with great patience. The Marconiphone loud-speakers refused to function, so announcements had to be made by megaphone ; apart from this, the organisation was excellent. Although a shade heavy owing to the deluge, the track was in very fine condition. Later on, the rain almost ceased, and the crowd was fully repaid for its long-suffering. The chief event was an international match race between three celebrated Australian and English riders."

"Two Englishmen and one Australian lined up for the Final, and after one false rolling start, caused by the fact that Schlam's "Peashooter" was running very erratically, the three got going and dead-heated for the first bend. Here, However, Schlam went into a broadside like lightning, and shot ahead. On the following straight, however, his engine suddenly cut out like a knife, and he had, perforce, to become a spectator.Thereafter, the race became rather dull, for, although Frogley and Wills were at the top of their form, their riding, as a spectacle, was not in the same street as that of the Australians. Less experienced riders on the more reliable machines ruled the day."
Excerpts from The Motor Cycle report of May 24th 1928 1928 Crystal Palace
1928 Sa 17.11 : Southampton (Att: 8,000) England 19 Australia 8
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Bill Bragg 0 1 1 2 Hilary Buchanan 0 0 0 0
Les Dallimore 1 2 2 5 Boyd Pratt 0 0 0 0
Sonny Wilson 0 1 0 1 Noel Johnson 2 0 2 4
Roger May 2 1 1 4 Harold Stevens 0 0 0 0
Colin Watson 1 0 0 1 Bert Spencer 0 0 0 0
Heat scoring 2-1-0-0
1 Spencer, Hibberd, [Bragg, Buchanan] 88.2 2-1 2-1
2 Johnson, Dallimore, [Wilson, Pratt] 92.2 1-2 3-3
3 May, Watson, [Stevens, Spencer] 94.4 3-0 6-3
4 Spencer, Bragg, [Pratt, Johnson] 89.4 3-0 9-3
5 Dallimore, Wilson, [Stevens,Spencer] 93.4 3-0 12-3
6 Hibberd, May, [Watson, Buchanan] 93.8 1-2 13-5
7 Spencer, Bragg, [Stevens, Spencer] 87.2 3-0 16-5
8 Dallimore, Hibberd, [Wilson, Buchanan] 91.2 2-1 18-6
9 Johnson, May, [Watson, Pratt] 94.4 1-2 19-8
1929 Sa 06.07 : Sheffield (Att: 18,000) England 19 Australia 8
Heat scoring 4-2-1-0
Ht.1 Beckett, Platts, Parsons, Wise 87.2 6-1 6-1
Ht.2 Round, Chapman, Barber, Jackson 84.4 5-2 11-3
Ht.3 Wise, Barber, Round ret, Parsons ef 85.4 2-4 13-7
Ht.4 Beckett, Platts, Jackson, Chapman No Time 6-1 19-8
Clem Beckett 4 4 8 Syd Parsons © 1 ef 1
Bert Round 4 ret 4 Dick Wise 0 4 4
Jack Barber 1 2 3 Jack Chapman 2 0 2
W E "Gus" Platts 2 2 4 Jack Jackson 0 1 1
1929 We 24.07 : Exeter England 4 Australia 14
Ht.1: Bishop (A) beat Buckland (E) 81.4
Ht.2: Johnson (A) beat Kempster (E) 86.2
Ht.3: Stevens (A) beat Watson (E) 82.4
Ht.4: Stokes (E) ef, pushed beat Buchanan (A) ef 183.0
(Both riders broke their gearboxes)
SF1: Bishop (A) beat Johnson (A)
SF2: Stevens (A) beat Stokes (E)
Final: Bishop (A) beat Stevens (A)
A knock-out competition of match races for "The Ashes" trophy
Jim Kempster Jack Bishop
Colin Watson Harold Stevens
Frank Buckland Hilary Buchanan
Ron Stokes Noel Johnson

1929
Sa 03.08 : Sheffield (Att: 7,000) England beat Australia
Ht.1 Barber (E) beat Chapman (A) 84.8
Ht.2 Round (E) beat Parsons (A) 83.0
Ht.3 Platts (E) beat Kelly (A) 84.2
Ht.4 Cummings (E) beat Litchfield (A) 89.0 Semi-Final 1. Round beat Barber 85.6
Semi-Final 2. Platts Beat Cumming 86.0
Final. Round beat Platts 83.8
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Jack Barber Jack Chapman
Bert Round Syd Parsons
W E "Gus" Platts Les "Ned" Kelly
George Cummings Keith Litchfield
1929 Mo 09.09 : Coventry (Att: 25,000) England Australia
Jack Parker 3 Max Grosskreutz 3
16 match races, scoring 1-0 Arthur Jervis 3 Frank Arthur 2
Wilmot Evans Billy Lamont 1
Syd Jackson 1 Col Stewart ½
1: Evans & Stewart dead-heat ½-½
2: Arthur bt Jackson 0-1 ½-1½
3: Jervis bt Grosskreutz F 1-0 1½-1½
4: Parker bt Lamont 1-0 2½-1½
5: Evans bt Arthur 1-0 3½-1½
6: Grosskreutz bt Jackson 0-1 3½-2½
7: Jervis bt Lamont F 1-0 4½-2½
8: Parker bt Stewart 1-0 5½-2½
9: Grosskreutz bt Evans 0-1 5½-3½
10: Lamont bt Jackson 0-1 5½-4½
11: Jervis bt Stewart 1-0 6½-4½
12: Parker bt Arthur F 1-0 7½-4½
13: Evans bt Lamont F 1-0 8½-4½
14: Jackson bt Stewart 1-0 9½-4½
15: Arthur bt Jervis 0-1 9½-5½
16: Grosskreutz bt Parker 0-1 9½-6½
1929 Coventry
1929 Nottingham England 20 Australia 8
No other details

1930 England won series 4-1 Attendance
OFFICIAL Mo 30.06 : Wimbledon England 17 Australia 35 35,800
We 23.07 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 56 Australia 39 40-50,000
We 20.08 : Stamford Bridge England 49 Australia 46 45,000
We 03.09 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 51 Australia 45 40,000
Fr 26.09 : Wembley England 49 Australia 45 25,000
The first-ever Test Match was arranged in secret by the Wimbledon promotion, in fear that the other promoters would not release their contracted stars for such an event. Instead, riders were booked for a "championship" (i.e individual) event, and other promoters were not happy when plans for a Test match were revealed. They were placated by agreements that other Tests would be staged, for which star riders would be made available. The ACU were as ignorant about the Test Match plans as most of the promoters, and took no action at all in the organisation of the event.
The start was delayed for 45 minutes to enable the capacity crowd to negotiate the traffic jams and long turnstile queues around the stadium. The 6-a-side match over 9 heats resulted, as expected, in a comfortable victory for Australia, but the obvious public excitement over the Test meant that subsequent matches were increased to 8-a-side over 16 heats, which was to the detriment of the Australians, as they struggled to find two additional riders of Test match calibre. The track record was broken 3 times during the meeting.
A team of mainly Northern riders led England to a big win at Belle Vue in front of another capacity crowd, but the third match at Stamford Bridge (then, as now, home of Chelsea FC) was much closer, though Australia began with two 5-1's. The second of those came when England star Varey crashed, and lay, unmoving, on the track before being stretchered off. An electrical problem saw the stadium plunged into darkness for 35 minutes, before a mighty cheer accompanied the news that Varey had recovered consciousness ... soon, he staggered onto the track, and he returned to ride in heat 6 - which he won! With two heats remaining the score was 42-42. In heat 15, Phillips and Charles faced Aussies Huxley and Wilkinson, but Huxley fell, leaving England on a 5-1. But then Charles' tyre burst, Wilkinson fell, and Huxley had remounted to finish second behind Phillips. Eng 45 Aus 44. Heat 16 : Syd Jackson and Tiger Stevenson v Cyclone Billy Lamont and Max Grosskreutz. Jackson went from third to first in a lap and a half and, with Stevenson holding out a engine-troubled Lamont for third, England had won a fine match.
The popularity of the series caused the 4th Test, originally due to be staged at Sheffield (Owlerton), to be switched to the much larger Belle Vue (Hyde Road) a week before the event. Huxley and Jack Chapman scored over half Australia's points, but England had more strength in depth, though captain Varey barely arrived in time for the match having missed the boat from the Isle of Man where he had been practising for the Manx Grand Prix.
At Wembley it rained all day and all evening, but another close match ensued, and close racing too, with Squib Burton beating Billy Lamont by a whisker after a superb 4-lap race. England did just enough to win the match, but the star of the series had been Vic Huxley, who dropped just 6 points in the five matches. He also won the "second-half" knock-out trophies at all five meetings.

1930 Series Point-Scorers
England Australia
Frank Varey 0 9 7 8 4 28 Colin Watson - 1 - - 8 9 Vic Huxley 9 7 11 12 12 51 Dick Wise - 3 0 1 - 4
Squib Burton - 9 5 5 7 26 Bob Harrison - - - 8 - 8 Max Grosskreutz 6 12 7 4 4 33 Bruce McCallum - 2 - - - 2
Frank Charles - 5 3 5 4 17 Joe Abbott - 7 - - - 7 Frank Arthur 6 6 8 3 - 23 Bluey Wilkinson - - 0 - 2 2
Jim Kempster 5 10 1 1 - 17 Tiger Stevenson - - 7 - - 7 Billy Lamont 6 5 1 1 10 23 Arnie Hansen - - - - 1 1
Eric Langton - 8 - 9 - 17 Gus Kuhn 0 - - - 6 6 Dick Case 3 4 5 7 3 22 Stan Catlett - 0 - - - 0
Jack Parker 1 - - 9 7 17 Arthur Warwick - - 6 - - 6 Jack Chapman - 0 4 11 7 22 Billy Galloway - - - - 0 0
Wal Phillips 4 - 12 - - 16 Syd Jackson - - 3 - - 3 Ron Johnson 5 - 7 6 4 22 Buzz Hibberd - - - 0 - 0
Roger Frogley 6 - 2 - 5 13 Arthur Jervis - - 3 - - 3 Charlie Spinks - - 3 - 2 5
Wally Hull - 5 - 6 - 11 Oliver Langton - 2 - - - 2
Jack Ormston 1 - - - 8 9

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First-Ever Official Test Match programme, Wimbledon, special thanks to Roger Stevens 2nd Test at Belle Vue

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4th Test at Belle Vue, Manchester 3rd Test at Stamford Bridge

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5th Test at Wembley

1st Test at Wimbledon ACU Steward : Mr A G Pickering
England 17 Australia 35 1: Huxley, Phillips, Case ef, pushed, Kempster f 2-4 73.2 (record)
2: Arthur, Johnson, R Frogley, Varey ef 1-5 3-9 76.2
3: Grosskreutz, Lamont, Parker, Ormston 1-5 4-14 74.4
4: Kempster, Phillips, Johnson, Arthur f 5-1 9-15 74.4
5: Frogley, Grosskreutz, Lamont, Kuhn (rep. Varey) 3-3 12-18 74.6
6: Huxley, Case, Ormston, Parker f 1-5 13-23 73.8
7: Lamont, Kempster, Grosskreutz, Phillips f 2-4 15-27 73.0 (record)
8: Huxley, Frogley, Varey f, Case f,rm,f 2-3 17-30 74.2
9: Arthur, Johnson, Parker ret, Ormston ret 0-5 17-35 76.0
1 Jim Kempster © f 3 2 5 1 Vic Huxley © 3 3 3 9
2 Frank Varey ef - f 0 2 Frank Arthur 3 f 3 6
3 Jack Parker 1 f ret 1 3 Max Grosskreutz 3 2 1 6
4 Roger Frogley 1 3 2 6 4 Dick Case 1 2' f 3+1
5 Wal Phillips 2 2' f 4+1 5 Ron Johnson 2' 1 2' 5+2
6 Jack Ormston 0 1 ret 1 6 Billy Lamont 2' 1' 3 6+2
res Gus Kuhn 0 0 res Arnie Hansen -
2nd Test at Belle Vue ACU Steward: R J Gabriel
England 56 Australia 39 1: Burton, Varey, Arthur, Huxley f,rm 82.6 5-1 5-1
2: Grosskreutz, Kempster f,rm, Chapman f, Watson f 93.8 2-3 7-4
3: E Langton, Case, Lamont, Charles 87.4 3-3 10-7
4: Abbott, Hull, McCullum, Wise f 87.8 5-1 15-8
5: Grosskreutz, Burton, Varey, Chapman ret 87.6 3-3 18-11
6: Huxley, Kempster, Watson, Arthur 87.2 3-3 21-14
7: E Langton, Charles, Wise, Catlett (rep. McCullum) 85.8 5-1 26-15
8: Lamont, Abbott, Hull, Case 87.8 3-3 29-18
9: Varey, Burton, McCullum, Wise 85.8 5-1 34-19
10: Kempster, Case, O Langton (rep.Watson), Lamont f 86.0 4-2 38-21
11: Huxley, Arthur, Abbott, Hull 86.6 1-5 39-26
12: Grosskreutz, E Langton, Charles, Catlett (rep.Chapman) 84.4 3-3
13: Varey, Burton, Lamont, Case 85.6 5-1 47-30
14: Kempster, Wise, O Langton (rep.Watson), Catlett (rep. McCullum) 87.6 4-2 51-32
15: Grosskreutz, Hull, Abbott, Catlett (rep.Chapman) 87.8 3-3 54-35
16: Arthur, Charles, Huxley, E Langton 85.4 2-4 56-39
GOLDEN SWORD CHAMPIONSHIP
1: Huxley, Chapman, ? 84.2 ; 2: Lamont, McCallum, ? 88.2 ; 3: Burton, Kempster, ? 85.8 ; 4: Langton, Charles, ? 85.8 ; Final: Huxley, Burton [Lamont, Langton] 83.8
1 Frank Varey © 2' 1' 3 3 9+2 1 Vic Huxley © 0 3 3 1 7
2 Squib Burton 3 2 2' 2' 9+2 2 Frank Arthur 1 0 2' 3 6+1
3 Jim Kempster 2 2 3 3 10 3 Max Grosskreutz 3 3 3 3 12
4 Colin Watson f 1' - - 1+1 4 Jack Chapman f ret - - 0
5 Eric Langton 3 3 2 0 8 5 Billy Lamont 1' 3 f 1 5+1
6 Frank Charles 0 2' 1' 2 5+2 6 Dick Case 2 0 2 0 4
7 Joe Abbott 3 2 1 1' 7+1 7 Dick Wise f 1 0 2 3
8 Wally Hull 2' 1' 0 2 5+2 8 Bruce McCallum 1 - 1 - 2
9 Oliver Langton 1 1 2 9 Stan Catlett 0 0 0 0 0
3rd Test at Stamford Bridge
England 49 Australia 46 1: Arthur, Case, Kempster, Burton f 1-5 1-5 44.55mph
2: Huxley, Spinks, Warwick, Jackson, Varey f,ns 1-5 2-10 44.77mph
3: Phillips, Grosskreutz, Frogley, Lamont 4-2 6-12 44.88mph
4: Stevenson, Chapman, Jervis, Johnson ret 4-2 10-14 44.55mph
5: Huxley, Burton, Spinks, Kempster 2-4 12-18 45.22mph
6: Varey, Warwick, Grosskreutz, Lamont 5-1 17-19 44.44mph
7: Phillips, Charles, Johnson, Chapman 5-1 22-20 45.00mph
8: Arthur, Stevenson, Case, Jervis 2-4 24-24 44.88mph
9: Burton, Lamont, Grosskreutz, Kempster 3-3 27-27 44.55mph
10: Johnson, Warwick, Varey, Chapman ex 3-3 30-30 43.79mph
11: Phillips, Case, Charles, Arthur ef 4-2 34-32 45.22mph
12: Huxley, Jervis, Stevenson, Spinks 3-3 37-35 45.22mph
13: Johnson, Chapman, Frogley, Burton punc 1-5 38-40 44.11mph
14: Varey, Arthur, Warwick, Case 4-2 42-42 45.34mph
15: Phillips, Huxley f,rm , Charles punc, Wilkinson f 3-2 45-44 45.80
16: Jackson, Grosskreutz, Stevenson, Lamont ret 4-2 49-46 44.66mph
1 Jim Kempster © 1 0 0 - 1 1 Frank Arthur © 3 3 ef 2 8
2 Squib Burton f 2 3 punc 5 2 Dick Case 2' 1 2 0 5+1
3 Frank Varey f,ns 3 1' 3 7+1 3 Vic Huxley 3 3 3 2 11
4 Arthur Warwick 1 2' 2 1 6+1 4 Charlie Spinks 2' 1 0 - 3+1
5 Wal Phillips 3 3 3 3 12 5 Max Grosskreutz 2 1 1' 2 6+1
6 Frank Charles - 2' 1 punc 3+1 6 Billy Lamont 0 0 2 ret 2
7 Tiger Stevenson 3 2 1' 1 7+1 7 Ron Johnson ret 1 3 3 7
8 Arthur Jervis 1 0 2 - 3 8 Jack Chapman 2 0 ex 2' 4+1
9 Syd Jackson 0 3 3 9 Bluey Wilkinson f 0
10 Roger Frogley 1 1 2 10 Dick Wise -

4th Test at Belle Vue ACU Steward: W G Gabriel
England 51 Australia 45 1: Huxley, Langton, Varey, Hibberd 3-3 3-3 82.8
2: Chapman, Burton, Arthur, Harrison 2-4 5-7 84.8
3: Johnson, Hull, Kempster, Lamont ret 3-3 8-10 85.8
4: Parker, Case, Grosskreutz, Charles ret 3-3 11-13 85.6
5: Varey, Chapman, E Langton, Arthur 4-2 15-15 85.0
6: Huxley, Harrison, Burton, Hibberd 3-3 18-18 84.6
7: Grosskreutz, Case, Hull, Kempster 1-5 19-23 85.4
8: Parker, Charles, Johnson, Lamont 5-1 24-24 83.4
9: Langton, Varey, Case, Grosskreutz ret 5-1 29-25 83.8
10: Harrison, Johnson, Burton, Lamont ret 4-2 33-27 85.0
11: Huxley, Parker, Charles, Hibberd 3-3 36-30 83.8
12: Chapman, Arthur, Hull, Kempster 1-5 37-35 84.6
13: Langton, Varey, Lamont, Johnson f 5-1 42-36 84.8
14: Harrison, Case, Burton f,rm , Grosskreutz ret 4-2 46-38 85.4
15: Chapman, Charles, Parker, Arthur 3-3 49-41 84.4
16: Huxley, Hull, Wise, Kempster f 2-4 51-45 85.8
1 Frank Varey © 1' 3 2' 2' 8+3 1 Vic Huxley © 3 3 3 3 12
2 Eric Langton 2 1 3 3 9 2 Buzz Hibberd 0 0 0 - 0
3 Squib Burton 2 1' 1 1 5+1 3 Frank Arthur 1 0 2' 0 3+1
4 Bob Harrison 0 2 3 3 8 4 Jack Chapman 3 2 3 3 11
5 Jim Kempster 1' 0 0 f 1+1 5 Ron Johnson 3 1 2 f 6
6 Wally Hull 2 1 1 2 6 6 Billy Lamont ret 0 ret 1 1
7 Jack Parker 3 3 2 1' 9+1 7 Max Grosskreutz 1' 3 ret ret 4+1
8 Frank Charles ret 2' 1' 2 5+2 8 Dick Case 2 2' 1 2 7+1
9 Norman Hartley - 9 Dick Wise 1 1
5th Test at Wembley
England 49 Australia 45 1: Huxley, Watson, Wilkinson ret, Kuhn f,rm, f 2-3 2-3 83.4
2: Chapman, Lamont, Varey, Ormston ret 1-5 3-8 83.2
3: Parker, Grosskreutz, Burton ret Galloway f 3-2 6-10 87.4
4: Johnson, Case, Frogley, Charles ret 1-5 7-15 87.0
5: Watson, Kuhn, Grosskreutz, Spinks 5-1 12-16 84.0
6: Ormston, Varey, Case, Johnson ret 5-1 17-17 84.2
7: Huxley, Parker, Burton, Wilkinson 3-3 20-20 83.6
8: Lamont, Chapman, Charles, Frogley 1-5 21-25 83.6
9: Watson, Kuhn, Johnson, Case f 5-1 26-26 84.2
10: Huxley, Ormston, Wilkinson, Varey 2-4 28-30 84.4
11: Burton, Lamont, Chapman, Parker 3-3 31-33 81.6
12: Charles, Frogley, Grosskreutz, Spinks f 5-1 36-34 84.6
13: Lamont, Kuhn, Chapman, Watson ret 2-4 38-38 84.4
14: Ormston, Spinks, Varey, Grosskreutz f 4-2 42-40 83.0
15: Burton, Parker, Johnson, Case f 5-1 47-41 82.6
16: Huxley, Frogley, Wilkinson, Charles 2-4 49-45 83.2
1 Colin Watson © 2 3 3 ret 8 1 Vic Huxley © 3 3 3 3 12
2 Gus Kuhn f 2' 2' 2 6+2 2 Bluey Wilkinson ret 0 1 1 2
3 Jack Ormston ret 3 2 3 8 3 Billy Lamont 2' 3 2 3 10+1
4 Frank Varey 1 2' 0 1 4+1 4 Jack Chapman 3 2' 1' 1 7+2
5 Squib Burton ret 1' 3 3 7+1 5 Max Grosskreutz 2 1 1 f 4
6 Jack Parker 3 2 0 2' 7+1 6 Charlie Spinks - 0 f 2 2
7 Frank Charles ret 1 3 0 4 7 Ron Johnson 3 ret 1 1 5
8 Roger Frogley 1 0 2' 2 5+1 8 Dick Case 2' 1 f f 3+1
9 Arthur Jervis - 9 Arnie Hansen -
10 Syd Jackson - 10 Billy Galloway f 0

1930 Following the success of the Official Test Matches, several unofficial matches were staged
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Tu 10.06 : Leicester Stadium (Att: 12,000) England 15 Australia 21
1: Arthur, Jackson, Frogley, Johnson 3-3 3-3
2: Burton, Grosskreutz, Taylor, Kempster 3-3 6-6
3: Arthur, Taylor, Kempster, Jackson f 1-5 7-11
4: Grosskreutz, Frogley, Johnson, Burton 2-4 9-15
5: Frogley, Johnson, Taylor, Kempster 3-3 12-18
6: Grosskreutz, Burton, Jackson, Arthur ef 15-21
Roger Frogley 6 Max Grosskreutz 8
Squib Burton 5 Frank Arthur © 6
Syd Jackson © 3 Alby Taylor 4
Jim Kempster 1 Ron Johnson 3
Mo 16.06 : Nottingham See England v Overseas
We 09.07 : Southampton England 26 Australia 28
1: Hansen, Wilkinson, Stevenson, Goulden f 75.4 1-5 1-5
2: Mitchell, Frogley, Case, Sharp 76.6 2-4 3-9
3: Spinks, Bishop, Croombs, Jones 76.4 3-3 6-12
4: Goulden, Mitchell, Stevenson, Case 77.0 4-2 10-14
5: Sharp, Frogley, Spinks, Jones f 76.6 5-1 15-15
6: Hansen, Croombs, Wilkinson, Bishop 75.8 2-4 17-19
7: Stevenson, Goulden, Jones, Spinks e/t 76.4 5-1 22-20
8: Hansen, Frogley, Sharp, Wilkinson 75.2 3-3 25-23
9: Case, Mitchell, Bishop, Croombs77.6 1-5 26-28
Tiger Stevenson
5 Arnie Hansen ©
9
Frank Goulden ©
5+1 Bluey Wilkinson
3+1 1930 Southampton
Roger Frogley
6+1 Clem Mitchell 7+1 {short description of image}
Triss Sharp 4+1 Dick Case 4
Phil Bishop 3 Charlie Spinks 4
Tommy Croombs
3+1 Bert Jones 1
Len Parker - Dick Sulway
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Sa 12.07 : Leeds (heat scoring 4-2-1-0) England 29 Australia 13
1: Burton, Grosskreutz, Abbott, ? 5-2
2: 5-2 10-4
3: 5-2 15-6
4: Charles, Grosskreutz, Taylor, ? 4-3 19-9
5: 6-1 25-10
6: Burton, Grosskreutz, Taylor, ? 4-3 29-13
Squib Burton © ? Max Grosskreutz © 6
Joe Abbott ? Alby Taylor ?
Frank Charles ? Dick Wise ?
Roy Barrowclough ? Syd Parsons ?
Billy Ellmore ? Frank Duckett ? 1930 Leeds
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Th 28.08 : Leicester Stadium (Att: 15,000) England 25 Australia 11
1: Frogley, Arthur, Jackson, ? 4-2
2: Burton, Varey, Lamont, Case 5-1 9-3
3: Arthur, Case, ? , ? 1-5 10-8
4: Burton, Frogley, ? , ? 5-1 15-9
5: Varey, Frogley, ? , ? 5-1 20-10
6: Burton, Jackson, Lamont, ? 5-1 25-11
Squib Burton 9 Frank Arthur ?
Roger Frogley 7 Dick Case ?
Frank Varey ? Ron Johnson ?
Syd Jackson ? Billy Lamont ?
Th 04.09 : Halifax(Thrum Hall) 3 laps, rolling start England 31 Australia 23
1: Lamont, Langton, Cort, ? 3-3
2: Chapman. Michie, Wise, ? 2-4 5-7
3: Byers, Hibberd, Watson, ? 4-2 9-9
4: Langton, Wise, Cort, ? 4-2 13-11
5: Haigh, Michie, McCallum, ? 5-1 18-12
6: Lamont, Byers, Evans ? 2-4 20-16
7: Cort, Langton, Hibberd, ? 5-1 25-17
8: Haigh, Lamont, Evans, ? 3-3 28-20
9: Wise, Watson, Byers, ? 3-3 31-23
Heat details from Wally Auckram (NZ)
Eric Langton © 7 Billy Lamont © 8
Gordon Byers 6 Dick Wise 6
Dusty Haigh 6 Jack Chapman 3
Clem Cort 5 Buzz Hibberd 3
Scot Michie 4 Ernie Evans 2
Harry Watson 3 Bruce McCallum 1
We 24.09 : Exeter England 24 Australia 28
1: Watson, R Johnson, Mitchell, ? 3-3 75.4*
2: Buckland, Case, Taft, ? 4-2 7-5
3: Wilkinson, Francis, Lloyd, ? 3-3 10-8
4: Watson, Case, N Johnson, ? 3-3 13-11
5: Buckland, Wilkinson, Taft, ? 4-2 17-13
6: R Johnson, Mitchell, Francis, ? 1-5 18-18
7: Wilkinson,Sanderson,Sharp f,Watson ret20-21
8: R Johnson, Mitchell, Taft, Buckland ret 21-26
9: Francis, N Johnson, Lloyd ret, Case ret 24-28
Colin Watson © 6 Ron Johnson © 8
Frank Buckland 6 Bluey Wilkinson 8
Joe Francis 6 Clem Mitchell 5 1930 Halifax
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Tiger Sanderson 2 Noel Johnson 3
Wally Lloyd 1 Jack Sharp 0
Sa 18.10 : Exeter England 30 Australia 24
1 Watson, Bravery, R Johnson, (Bryant f) 76.2 5-1 5-1
2 Buckland, N Johnson, Luke 79.7 4-2 9-3
3 Spinks, Bishop, Sharp 79.4 2-4 11-7
4 N Johnson, Jackson, Bravery 82.4 1-5 12-12
5 Spinks, Buckland, Luke 79.4 3-3 15-15
6 R Johnson, Bishop, Ormston 78.5 3-3 18-18
7 Watson, Spinks, Sharp 78.5 3-3 21-21
8 Buckland, R Johnson, Luke 79.5 4-2 25-23
9 Ormston, Bishop, N Johnson
Colin Watson © 6 Ron Johnson © 6
Ted Bravery 3 Percy Bryant 0
Frank Buckland 8 Charlie Spinks 8
Jack Luke 3 Jack Sharp 2
Jack Ormiston 4 Jack Jackson 2
Phil Bishop 6 Noel Johnson 6
Tu 20.05 : West Ham
Individual evernt, but advertised as an "International Test Match - Australia v England".
Ht 1: (Aus) Frank Arthur, Bluey Wilkinson, Harold Hastings.
Ht 2: (Eng) Tiger Stevenson, Arthur Westwood, Roger Frogley.
Ht.3: (Aus) Vic Huxley, Bert Jones, Dick Sulway.
1930 West Ham
Ht 4: (Eng) Jack Ormston, Geoff Taylor, Tommy Croombs.
Semi-Final 1: (Aus) Huxley, Arthur.
Semi-Final 2: (Eng) Stevenson, Ormston f.
Final: Huxley (Aus), Stevenson (Eng).

1931 England won series 4-1 Attendance
OFFICIAL Sa 27.06 : Crystal Palace England 55 Australia 37 47,000
Mo 20.07 : Leicester Super England 46 Australia 47 25,000
Fr 21.08† : Wembley England 53 Australia 43 50,000
Sa 05.09 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 53 Australia 41 40,000
We 23.09 : Stamford Bridge England 48 Australia 46
† Postponed from Fr 14.08 due to rain
Speedway machines were far less reliable in 1931 than they are today, and the Australian team were afflicted with a plethora of engine problems at Crystal Palace in front of a record crowd, which resulted in a big England victory. Australia were expected to do well at the countries' largest track, the third-of-a-mile Leicester Super (where races were over 3 laps) but their victory margin was limited to a single point. It was in this match that England lost two of its' best riders for the rest of the season, captain Cyril "Squib" Burton and Wal Phillips. Burton's engine seized solid in heat 1, and Ron Johnson couldn't avoid him - Burton suffered a broken thigh. Two races later, Phillips crashed and a spoke almost penetrated right through his ankle. Australia needed a last heat 4-2 to win the match, which they got when Arthur led home Jack Parker and Arnie Hansen, after Eric Langton's engine failed early in the race.
England new boy Reg Bounds was the difference between the two teams at Wembley, before England took the series with a win at Belle Vue in front of a big crowd that included two train loads of fans from the London tracks. England were led by Jack Parker, who scored a maximum despite defying doctor's orders not to ride, and Ginger Lees. Each team lost a rider to injury during the match - Joe Abbott for England, and Ron Johnson for Australia. Parker was unbeaten again in the final match at Stamford Bridge, and broke the track record, but this time it was a last heat decider in which Australia needed a 5-1 to win the match, but when Dick Smythe was left at the start it was all over.

1931 Series Point-Scorers
England Australia
Jack Parker 7 7 11 12 12 49 Gus Kuhn - - - - 7 7 Frank Arthur 9 7 11 6 8 39 Billy Lamont - - - 1 5 6
Eric Langton 12 7 7 4 7 37 Jack Ormston 5 - - - - 5 Max Grosskreutz 7 4 6 9 7 33 Bobby Blake - 5 - - - 5
Dusty Haigh 4 6 5 6 5 26 Frank Varey - - - 5 - 5 Vic Huxley 6 6 1 10 10 33 Arnie Hansen - 5 0 - - 5
Ginger Lees - - 8 11 2 21 Arthur Warwick - - 1 - 4 5 Bluey Wilkinson 4 3 5 8 4 24 Dickie Smythe 0 - - - 3 3
Colin Watson 4 - 3 6 8 21 Joe Francis 3 - - - - 3 Lionel van Praag - 9 4 2 4 19 Col Stewart - - 3 - - 3
Reg Bounds - - 10 - 3 13 Hal Herbert - 3 - - - 3 Dick Case 6 8 - - - 14 Len Woods 2 - - 1 - 3
Tom Croombs - - 4 7 - 11 Syd Jackson - 3 - - - 3 Ron Johnson 3 0 6 0 4 13 Dick Wise - - - - 1 1
Joe Abbott - 8 - 2 - 10 Fred Wilkinson - 3 - 0 - 3 Charlie Spinks - - 7 4 - 11 Len Stewart 0 - - - - 0
Squib Burton 10 0 - - - 10 Tom Farndon - - 2 - - 2
Wal Phillips 10 - - - 10 Harry Whitfield - - 2 - - 2
Arthur Jervis - 9 - - - 9
† 1 ride - fell, non-starter

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1931 Crystal Palace 1931 Leicester Super 1931 Wembley
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1931 Belle Vue 1931 Stamford Bridge

1st Test at Crystal Palace
England 55 Australia 37 1 Huxley, Watson, Ormston, Woods 80.6 3-3 3-3
2 Case, Wilkinson, Phillips, Francis 82.6 1-5 4-8
3 Burton, Arthur, Haigh f,rm, Smythe f 81.4 4-2 8-10
4 Langton, Parker, Grosskreutz, Johnson 80.6 5-1 13-11
5 Ormston, Wilkinson ret, Case ret, Watson ret 85.0 3-0 16-11
6 Phillips, Arthur, Francis, Smythe 81.4 4-2 20-13
7 Haigh, Burton, Grosskreutz, Johnson 82.4 5-1 25-14
8 Langton, Parker, Woods, Huxley f,rm 81.8 5-1 30-15

9 Arthur, Watson, Ormston, Smythe 82.0 3-3 33-18
10 Phillips, Grosskreutz, Johnson, Francis f 80.8 3-3 36-21
11 Burton, Huxley, Woods, Haigh ret 82.6 3-3 39-24
12 Langton, Parker, Wilkinson, Case ret 81.4 5-1 44-25
13 Grosskreutz, Johnson f,rm, Watson ret, Ormston f 87.2 44-30
14 Phillips, Francis, Huxley , Woods 81.6 5-1 49-31
15 Case, Burton, Wilkinson, Haigh 81.6 2-4 51-35
16 Langton, Arthur, Parker, Stewart 81.8 4-2 55-37
1 Colin Watson© 2 ret 2 ret 4 1 Vic Huxley © 3 0 2 1 6
2 Jack Ormston 1' 3 1' f 5+2 2 Len Woods 0 1 1' 0 2+1
3 Wal Phillips 1 3 3 3 10 3 Dick Case 3 ret ret 3 6
4 Joe Francis 0 1 f 2' 3+1 4 Bluey Wilkinson 2' ret 1 1 4+1
5 Squib Burton 3 2' 3 2 10+1 5 Dickie Smythe f 0 0 - 0
6 Dusty Haigh 1 3 ret 0 4 6 Frank Arthur 2 2 3 2 9
7 Eric Langton 3 3 3 3 12 7 Max Grosskreutz 1 1 2 3 7
8 Jack Parker 2' 2' 2' 1 7+3 8 Ron Johnson 0 0 1' 2' 3+2
9 Syd Jackson - 9 Len Stewart 0 0
10 Arthur Warwick - 10 Arnie Hansen -
2nd Test at Leicester Super
England 46 Australia 47 1 Abbott, Huxley, Burton F, Johnson F 75.6 3-2 3-2
2 Case, van Praag, Herbert, Jackson 74.6 1-5 4-7
3 Hansen, Arthur, Haigh, Phillips f,ns 73.4 1-5 5-12
4 Parker, Langton, Grosskreutz ret, B Wilkinson ret 78.0 5-0 10-12
5 Case, van Praag, Abbott, Jackson 75.6 1-5 11-17
6 Jervis, Arthur, Hansen, Herbert 73.2 3-3 14-20
7 Haigh, F Wilkinson, Grosskreutz f,rm, B Wilkinson ret 74.6 19-21
8 Huxley, Langton, Parker, Blake 74.2 3-3 22-24
9 Jackson, Abbott, Arthur f , Hansen f 75.8 5-0 27-24
10 Jervis, Grosskreutz, Herbert, B Wilkinson ret 73.6 4-2 31-26
11 Blake, Haigh, Huxley 74.4 2-4 33-30
12 Langton, van Praag, Parker, Case 74.4 4-2 37-32
13 B Wilkinson, Abbott, Grosskreutz 75.6 2-4 39-36
14 Jervis, Blake, Herbert, Huxley ret 72.6 4-2 43-38
15 van Praag, Case, F Wilkinson, Haigh ret 75.0 1-5 44-43
16 Arthur, Parker, Hansen, Langton ret 2-4 46-47
Squib Burton © f - - - 0 Vic Huxley © 2 3 1 ret 6
Joe Abbott 3 1 2' 2 8+1 Ron Johnson f - - - 0
Arthur Jervis - 3 3 3 9 Dick Case 3 3 0 2' 8+1
Hal Herbert 1 0 1 1 3 Lionel van Praag 2' 2' 2 3 9+2
Wal Phillips f,ns - - - - Frank Arthur 2' 2 f 3 7+1
Dusty Haigh 1 3 2 ret 6 Arnie Hansen 3 1' f 1 5+1
Jack Parker 3 1' 1 2 7+1 Max Grosskreutz ret 1 2 1 4
Eric Langton 2' 2 3 ret 7+1 Bluey Wilkinson ret ret ret 3 3
Syd Jackson 0 0 3 3 Bobby Blake 0 3 2 5
Fred Wilkinson 2' 1 3+1
3rd Test at Wembley ACU Steward : Mr H N Edwards
England 53 Australia 43 1 Watson, van Praag, Whitfield F,rm, Huxley f 82.0 4-2 4-2
2 Lees, Spinks, Grosskreutz, Langton e/t 79.8 3-3 7-5
3 Arthur, Bounds, Croombs, Stewart 80.2 3-3 10-8
4 Parker, Haigh, Wilkinson F,rm, Johnson f 79.0 5-1 15-9
5 Spinks, Grosskreutz, Whitfield, Watson ef 82.4 1-5 16-14
6 Arthur, Langton, Lees, Stewart 79.8 3-3 19-17
7 Johnson, Bounds, Croombs, Wilkinson f 80.6 3-3 22-20
8 Haigh, Parker, van Praag, Huxley ef 81.4 5-1 27-21
9 Arthur, Stewart, Farndon, Watson e/t 80.6 1-5 28-26
10 Langton, Wilkinson, Lees, Johnson ret 82.6 4-2 32-28
11 Bounds, Croombs, van Praag, Huxley e/t 81.2 5-1 37-29
12 Parker, Spinks, Grosskreutz, Haigh f 79.6 3-3 40-32
13 Johnson, Wilkinson, Farndon, Watson f 83.8 1-5 41-37
14 Lees, Langton, Huxley, van Praag 81.0 5-1 46-38
15 Bounds, Grosskreutz, Warwick, Hansen, Spinks f,ns, Croombs f,ns 81.6 4-2 50-40
16 Parker, Arthur, Stewart, Haigh f 80.2 3-3 53-43
1 Colin Watson © 3 ef 0 f 3 1 Vic Huxley © f ef 0 1 1
2 Harry Whitfield 1 1 - - 2 2 Lionel van Praag 2 1 1 0 4
3 Eric Langton 0 2 3 2' 7+1 3 Max Grosskreutz 1' 2' 1' 2 6+3
4 Ginger Lees 3 1' 1 3 8+1 4 Charlie Spinks 2 3 2 f,ns 7
5 Tommy Croombs 1' 1' 2' f,ns 4+3 5 Frank Arthur 3 3 3 2 11
6 Reg Bounds 2 2 3 3 10 6 Col Stewart 0 0 2' 1' 3+2
7 Jack Parker 3 2' 3 3 11+1 7 Bluey Wilkinson 1 f 2 2' 5+1
8 Dusty Haigh 2' 3 f f 5+1 8 Ron Johnson f 3 ret 3 6
9 Tom Farndon 1 1 2 9 Arnie Hansen 0 0
10 Arthur Warwick 1 1

4th Test at Belle Vue
England 53 Australia 41 1 Huxley, Langton, Lamont, Varey f 82.4 2-4 2-4
2 Croombs, Arthur, Watson, Spinks 82.0 4-2 6-6
3 Parker, Grosskreutz, Haigh, van Praag 81.8 4-2 10-8
4 B Wilkinson, Lees, Abbott, Johnson f 82.6 3-3 13-11
5 Arthur, Spinks, Langton, Varey ef 83.8 1-5 14-16
6 Grosskreutz, Croombs, Watson, van Praag 83.0 3-3 17-19
7 Parker, Haigh, B Wilkinson F,rm, Johnson f 83.0 5-1 22-20
8 Lees, Huxley, Abbott, Lamont ef 85.4 4-2 26-22
9 Grosskreutz, Varey, Langton ef, van Praag ef 83.2 2-3 28-25
10 Watson, B Wilkinson, Woods, Croombs ret 84.2 3-3 31-28
11 Parker, Huxley, Haigh, Lamont 82.6 4-2 35-30
12 Lees, Spinks, Arthur f, Abbott f,ex 83.2 3-2 38-32
13 Varey, B Wilkinson, Langton, Woods 84.8 4-2 42-34
14 Huxley, Croombs, Watson, Lamont f 84.0 3-3 45-37
15 Parker, Haigh, Arthur, Spinks 83.6 5-1 50-38
16 Lees, van Praag, Grosskreutz f,rm, F Wilkinson f 85.0 3-3 53-41
Eric Langton © 2 1 ef 1 4 Vic Huxley © 3 2 2 3 10
Frank Varey f ef 2 3 5 Billy Lamont 1 ef 0 f 1
Colin Watson 1 1' 3 1' 6+2 Frank Arthur 2 3 f 1 6
Tommy Croombs 3 2 ret 2 7 Charlie Spinks 0 2' 2 0 4+1
Jack Parker 3 3 3 3 12 Max Grosskreutz 2 3 3 1' 9+1
Dusty Haigh 1 2' 1 2' 6+2 Lionel van Praag 0 0 ef 2 2
Joe Abbott 1' 1 f,ex - 2+1 Bluey Wilkinson 3 1 2 2 8
Ginger Lees 2 3 3 3 11 Ron Johnson f f - - 0
Fred Wilkinson f 0 Len Woods 1' 0 1+1
Larry Boulton - Bobby Blake -
5th Test at Stamford Bridge
England 48 Australia 46 1 Parker, Huxley, Lamont ef, pushed, Haigh ef 77.0* 3-3 3-3
2 Watson, Kuhn, Grosskreutz f, Johnson f 77.4 5-0 8-3
3 Arthur, Warwick, Smythe, Lees 79.0 2-4 10-7
4 Langton, van Praag, Wilkinson, Bounds 79.0 3-3 13-10
5 Parker, Grosskreutz, Haigh, Johnson 76.8* 4-2 17-12
6 Watson, Arthur, Smythe, Kuhn ef 77.4
3-3 20-15
7 Wilkinson, van Praag, Lees, Warwick 79.4 1-5 21-20
8 Huxley, Langton, Bounds, Lamont 78.6 3-3 24-23
9 Parker, Haigh, Smythe, Arthur ex-tapes 77.4 5-1 29-24
10 Kuhn, Watson, Wilkinson ef, van Praag ef 79.6 5-0 34-24
11 Lamont, Huxley, Lees, Warwick ef 80.0 1-5 35-29
12 Johnson, Grosskreutz, Langton, Bounds ef 80.0 1-5 36-34
13 Parker, Haigh, Wise, Wilkinson ef 78.0 5-1 41-35
14 Huxley, Kuhn, Lamont, Watson f 79.6 2-4 43-39
15 Grosskreutz, Warwick, Johnson, Lees 78.4 2-4 45-43
16 Arthur, Bounds, Langton, Smythe 80.0 3-3 48-46

1 Jack Parker © 3 3 3 3 12 1 Vic Huxley © 2 3 2' 3 10+1
2 Dusty Haigh ef 1 2' 2' 5+2 2 Billy Lamont 1' 0 3 1 5+1
3 Colin Watson 3 3 2' f 8+1 3 Max Grosskreutz f 2 2' 3 7+1
4 Gus Kuhn 2' ef 3 2 7+1 4 Ron Johnson f 0 3 1 4
5 Ginger Lees 0 1 1 0 2 5 Frank Arthur 3 2 ex-t 3 8
6 Arthur Warwick 2 0 ef 2 4 6 Dickie Smythe 1 1' 1 0 3+1
7 Eric Langton 3 2 1 1' 7+1 7 Bluey Wilkinson 1' 3 ef ef 4+1
8 Reg Bounds 0 1' ef 2 3+1 8 Lionel van Praag 2 2' ef - 4+1
9 Tom Farndon - 9 Dick Wise 1 1
10 Phil Bishop - 10 Charlie Spinks -

1932 England won series 3-2 Attendance
OFFICIAL Sa 04.06 : Stamford Bridge England 50 Australia 41 42,000
Th 23.06 : Wembley England 35 Australia 59
Sa 16.07 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 53 Australia 43
Sa 06.08 : Crystal Palace England 45 Australia 49
Th 15.09†† : Wembley England 51 Australia 42 53,000 †
† UK speedway's biggest-ever attendance at that time
†† Originally scheduled for Sa 24.09 at Southampton
Despite the failure of their captain, Colin Watson, to score in the opening Test at Stamford Bridge, England were inspired by the form of young Tom Farndon to victory over Australia, whose riders were unable to match the home heat-leaders. Not so at Wembley, where Australia won by the biggest margin so far, 24 points, in a match where the crowd became incensed by some very rough riding, several riders were disqualified (i.e excluded), the Australians got the best of some appalling rolling starts, and the steward (who would now be called a referee) left under a police escort! Heroes of the match were the unbeaten Dick Case / Billy Lamont pairing, with Lamont following his partner home in all their four rides together.
A capacity crowd at Belle Vue saw an even match, with England drawing ahead in the closing stages against an Australian side for whom Ron Johnson failed to arrive (car breakdown)
and Dickie Smythe was injured in a road accident on his journey north, while Vic Huxley became the first rider to score 100 points in Test matches. At the Crystal Palace, the scores were level going into the final (16th) heat, and when Varey led Johnson and Wilkinson after a lap, a draw looked a likely result. But then Johnson took the lead, and Varey's tyre burst (not uncommon in those days), so Australia took the win on a night of superb and aggressive racing, and several falls.
The final Test was scheduled for Southampton . In July the National Speedway Association said "There is no foundation whatever for the rumours which have been circulated regarding a change of venue for the 5th Test, which will take place at Southampton on 24th August as arranged" 4 weeks later the same organisation announced that it had been moved to Wembley at a later date! The series was tied, and speedway's biggest-ever crowd (press reports varied from 50,000 to 80,000!) descended on Wembley for the decider, while millions more listened to live race commentary on BBC Radio, and Pathe News filmed the match. Star of the meeting was Australian Vic Huxley, with a superb maximum, but too many weak links meant that he finshed on the losing side against the England team led by Eric Langton and Ginger Lees, who thus won the series. But the race points for the series were equal at 234 to each country.

1932 Series Point-Scorers
England Australia
Eric Langton 2 6 6 10 10 34 Joe Francis - 0 - 8 - 8 Dick Case 6 12 10 10 5 43 Max Grosskreutz 7 4 5 2 0 18
Tom Farndon 11 0 11 2 7 31 Jack Ormston - 7 1 - - 8 Vic Huxley 5 9 6 9 12 41 Dickie Smythe 0 5 0 4 5 14
Ginger Lees - 5 11 4 10 30 Tiger Stevenson - - - - 5 5 Bluey Wilkinson 5 9 6 6 3 29 Lionel van Praag 2 - 3 0 7 12
Frank Varey 8 - 11 7 - 26 Syd Jackson - - - 4 - 4 Frank Arthur 6 8 5 5 2 26 Jack Chapman 2 - - - 1 3
Wal Phillips 10 4 0 1 8 23 Dusty Haigh - - 2 - - 2 Billy Lamont 4 8 6 8 - 26 Charlie Spinks - 1 2 - - 3
Jack Parker - 5 9 2 6 22 Gordon Byers - - - - 1 1 Ron Johnson 4 3 - 5 7 19
Nobby Key 6 0 - 6 4 16 Tom Croombs 0 - - - - 0
Geo. Greenwood 5 8 - - - 13 Colin Watson 0 - - - - 0
Arthur Warwick 8 0 2 1 - 11

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1st Test - Stamford Bridge 2nd Test - Wembley 4th Test - Crystal Palace 5th Test - Wembley

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3rd Test - Belle Vue ... BULLETIN and PROGRAMME (RARE!)

1st Test at Stamford Bridge
England 50 Australia 41 Speeds (mph) rather than time (secs) were announced.
1 Arthur, Phillips, Smythe f, Watson f 45.80mph 2-3 2-3
2 Varey, Case, Chapman, Langton f 45.68mph 3-3 5-6
3 Johnson, Key, Grosskreutz, Warwick ef 45.57mph 2-4 7-10
4 Farndon, Greenwood, Huxley, van Praag 46.51mph 5-1 12-11
5 Arthur, Smythe f, Varey ef, Langton ex,start 34.95mph 0-3 12-14
6 Wilkinson, Warwick, Key, Case ex,start 45.80mph 3-3 15-17
7 Greenwood, Farndon, Grosskreutz, Johnson f 45.68mph 5-1 20-18
8 Phillips, van Praag, Huxley, Croombs 45.22mph 3-3 23-21
9 Warwick, Wilkinson, Key, Arthur 45.92mph 4-2 27-23
10 Farndon, Lamont, Case, Greenwood f 45.57mph 3-3 30-26
11 Phillips, Grosskreutz, Johnson, Watson 45.80mph 3-3 33-29
12 Varey, Huxley, Langton, van Praag 45.22mph 4-2 37-31
13 Farndon, Lamont, Arthur f, Greenwood ef 44.44mph 3-2 40-33
14 Case, Phillips, Chapman, Watson 45.57mph 2-4 42-37
15 Grosskreutz, Varey, Langton, Johnson f 45.45mph 3-3 45-40
16 Warwick, Key, Huxley, van Praag 45.22mph 5-1 50-41
1 Colin Watson© f - 0 0 0 1 Frank Arthur © 3 3 0 f 6
2 Wal Phillips 2 3 3 2 10 2 Dickie Smythe f f - - 0
3 Eric Langton f ex-t 1 1' 2+1 3 Dick Case 2 ex-t 1' 3 6+1
4 Frank Varey 3 ef 3 2 8 4 Jack Chapman 1' - - 1 2+1
5 Nobby Key 2 1' 1 2' 6+2 5 Ron Johnson 3 f 1' f 4+1
6 Arthur Warwick ef 2 3 3 8 6 Max Grosskreutz 1 1 2 3 7
7 Tom Farndon 3 2' 3 3 11+1 7 Vic Huxley 1 1' 2 1 5+1
8 George Greenwood 2' 3 f ef 5+1 8 Lionel van Praag 0 2 0 0 2
9 Tommy Croombs 0 0 9 Bluey Wilkinson 3 2 5
10 Syd Jackson - 10 Billy Lamont 2 2 4
2nd Test at Wembley
England 35 Australia 59 1 Lees, Smythe, Huxley, Parker ef 79.8 3-3 3-3
2 Greenwood, Arthur, Grosskreutz, Farndon f 78.8 3-3 6-6
3 Johnson, Ormston, Wilkinson, Warwick ef 78.0 2-4 8-10
4 Case, Lamont, Phillips, Langton 79.6 1-5 9-15
5 Huxley, Greenwood, Smythe, Farndon ef 80.0 2-4 11-19
6 Grosskreutz, Ormston, Arthur, Warwick 78.4 2-4 13-23
7 Wilkinson, Phillips, Spinks, Key, Langton f,ns, Johnson f,ns 80.2 2-4 15-27
8 Case, Lamont, Lees, Parker f 79.6 1-5 16-32
9 Huxley, Ormston, Smythe, Francis ex,time 79.4 2-4 18-36
10 Langton, Arthur, Phillips, Grosskreutz f 79.6 4-2 22-38
11 Parker, Wilkinson, Lees f,pushed, Johnson f 80.0 4-2 26-40
12 Case, Lamont, Greenwood, Farndon f 81.1 1-5 27-45
13 Langton, Huxley, Smythe, Phillips f 80.6 3-3 30-48
14 Arthur, Parker, Grosskreutz ex,unfair ride, Key f 80.0 2-3 32-51
15 Wilkinson, Greenwood, Spinks ex,time, Farndon ef 81.0 2-3 34-54
16 Case, Lamont, Ormston, Warwick 80.2 1-5 35-59
1 Jack Parker © ef f 3 2 5 1 Vic Huxley © 1' 3 3 2 9+1
2 Ginger Lees 3 1 1 - 5 2 Dickie Smythe 2 1 1 1' 5+1
3 George Greenwood 3 2 1 2 8 3 Frank Arthur 2 1 2 3 8
4 Tom Farndon f ef f ef 0 4 Max Grosskreutz 1' 3 f ex 4+1
5 Jack Ormston 2 2 2 1 7 5 Ron Johnson 3 f,ns f - 3
6 Arthur Warwick ef 0 - 0 0 6 Bluey Wilkinson 1 3 2 3 9
7 Eric Langton 0 f,ns 3 3 6 7 Dick Case 3 3 3 3 12
8 Wal Phillips 1 2 1 f 4 8 Billy Lamont 2' 2' 2' 2' 8+4
9 Joe Francis ex-2 - 9 Charlie Spinks 1 ex-2 1
10 Nobby Key 0 f 0 10 Jack Chapman -
3rd Test at Belle Vue
England 53 Australia 43 1 Parker, Langton, Huxley, Smythe 79.4 5-1 5-1
2 Case, Farndon, Lamont, Haigh f 80.0 2-4 7-5
3 Varey, Wilkinson, van Praag, (Ormston?) 80.6 3-3 10-8
4 Lees, Grosskreutz, Arthur, Phillips ef 79.4 3-3 13-11
5 Farndon, Huxley, Haigh, (Smythe?) 78.6 4-2 17-13
6 Case, Varey, Lamont, (Ormston?) 80.4 2-4 19-17
7 Lees, Wilkinson, Spinks, (Phillips?) 79.0 3-3 22-20
8 Parker, Arthur, Grosskreutz, (Langton?) 79.0 3-3 25-23
9 Varey, Huxley, Ormston, (Smythe?) 80.0 4-2 29-25
10 Lamont, Lees, Case, (Phillips?) 80.0 2-4 31-29
11 Parker, Langton, Spinks, (Wilkinson?) 79.6 5-1 36-30
12 Farndon, Grosskreutz, Arthur, Haigh ef 80.4 3-3 39-33
13 Lees, van Praag, Huxley, Phillips f 80.4 3-3 42-36
14 Case, Langton, Lamont, Parker ef 79.6 2-4 44-40
15 Farndon, Wilkinson, Haigh, (???) 80.2 4-2 48-42
16 Varey, Warwick, Arthur, (Grosskreutz?) 81.4 5-1 53-43
Eric Langton © 2' (0) 2' 2 6+2 Vic Huxley © 1 2 2 1' 6+1
Jack Parker 3 3 3 ef 9 Dickie Smythe 0 (0) (0) - 0
Tom Farndon 2 3 3 3 11 Dick Case 3 3 1 3 10
Dusty Haigh f 1 ef 1 2 Billy Lamont 1 1 3 1 6
Frank Varey 3 2 3 3 11 Ron Johnson did not arrive -
Jack Ormston (0) (0) 1 - 1 Bluey Wilkinson 2 2 (0) 2 6
Ginger Lees 3 3 2 3 11 Frank Arthur 1' 2 1' 1 5+2
Wal Phillips ef (0) (0) f 0 Max Grosskreutz 2 1' 2 (0) 5+1
George Greenwood - Charlie Spinks 1' 1 2+1
Arthur Warwick 2' 2+1 Lionel van Praag 1' 2 3+1

4th Test at Crystal Palace
England 45 Australia 49 1 Jackson, Parker, Smythe, Arthur 81.4 5-1 5-1
2 Lamont, Case, Lees, Key 82.0 1-5 6-6
3 Varey, Huxley, Grosskreutz, Phillips f 81.2 3-3 9-9
4 Langton, Wilkinson, Johnson f, Farndon f 81.4 3-2 12-11
5 Key, Arthur, Smythe, Lees chain 80.4 3-3 15-14
6 Case, Varey, Phillips, Lamont ex,start 81.4 3-3 18-17
7 Langton, Francis, Huxley, Grosskreutz 80.4 5-1 23-18
8 Francis, Wilkinson, Johnson ef, Parker f,ns, Jackson ret,ns 81.6
26-20
9 Arthur, Varey, Smythe, Phillips 82.0 2-4 28-24
10 Case, Lamont, Langton, Farndon 80.8 1-5 29-29
11 Huxley, Francis, Jackson, van Praag f 81.0 3-3 32-32
12 Key, Johnson, Lees, Wilkinson 80.4 4-2 36-34
13 Langton, Farndon, Smythe, Arthur 81.0 5-1 41-35
14 Lamont, Case, Francis, Jackson 82.0 1-5 42-40
15 Huxley, Lees, Grosskreutz, Key 82.4 2-4 44-44
16 Johnson, Wilkinson, Warwick, Varey punctured 82.0 1-5 45-49
1 Jack Parker © 2' f,ns - - 2+1 1 Frank Arthur © 0 2 3 0 5
2 Syd Jackson 3 ret 1' 0 4+1 2 Dickie Smythe 1 1' 1 1 4+1
3 Ginger Lees 1 ret 1 2 4 3 Dick Case 2' 3 3 2' 10+2
4 Nobby Key 0 3 3 0 6 4 Billy Lamont 3 ex-t 2' 3 8+1
5 Wal Phillips f 1' 0 - 1+1 5 Vic Huxley 2 1 3 3 9
6 Frank Varey 3 2 2 ret 7 6 Max Grosskreutz 1' 0 - 1 2+1
7 Tom Farndon f - 0 2' 2+1 7 Ron Johnson f ef 2 3 5
8 Eric Langton 3 3 1 3 10 8 Bluey Wilkinson 2 2 0 2' 6+1
9 Joe Francis 2' 3 2 1 8+1 9 Jack Chapman -
10 Arthur Warwick 1 1 10 Lionel van Praag f 0
5th Test at Wembley
England 51 Australia 42 1 Parker, Langton, Smythe, Arthur f 80..0 5-1 5-1
2 Johnson, Lees, Byers f, Wilkinson ef 81.4 2-3 7-4
3 Huxley, Stevenson, Key, Grosskreutz 80.0 3-3 10-7
4 Case, Phillips, van Praag, Farndon 80.0 2-4 12-11
5 Lees, Arthur, Smythe, Byers 79.8 3-3 15-14
6 Johnson, Key, Wilkinson f, Stevenson f 82.4 2-3 17-17
7 Huxley, Farndon, Phillips, Grosskreutz 78.4 3-3 20-20
8 Langton, Parker, van Praag, Case f 79.4 5-1 25-21
9 Stevenson, Smythe, Key f, Arthur f 81.2 3-2 28-23
10 Farndon, Phillips, Wilkinson, Johnson f 78.4 5-1 33-24
11 Huxley, Langton, Parker, Grosskreutz 77.2** 3-3 36-27
12 Lees, van Praag, Byers, Case 79.8 4-2 40-29
13 Phillips, Farndon, Smythe, Arthur 79.0 5-1 45-30
14 Langton, Wilkinson, Johnson, Parker ef 78.6 3-3 48-33
15 Huxley, Lees, Chapman, Byers ef 78.6 2-4 50-37
16 van Praag, Case, Key, Stevenson 80.4 1-5 51-42
1 Jack Parker © 3 2' 1' ef 6+2 1 Frank Arthur © f 2 f 0 2
2 Eric Langton 2' 3 2 3 10+1 2 Dickie Smythe 1 1' 2 1 5+1
3 Ginger Lees 2 3 3 2 10 3 Ron Johnson 3 3 f 1' 7+1
4 Gordon Byers f 0 1 ef 1 4 Bluey Wilkinson ef f 1 2 3
5 Tiger Stevenson 2 f 3 0 5 5 Vic Huxley 3 3 3 3 12
6 Nobby Key 1' 2 f 1 4+1 6 Max Grosskreutz 0 0 0 - 0
7 Wal Phillips 2 1' 2' 3 8+2 7 Dick Case 3 f 0 2' 5+1
8 Tom Farndon 0 2 3 2' 7+1 8 Lionel van Praag 1 1 2 3 7
9 Jack Ormston - 9 Jack Chapman 1 1
10 Colin Watson - 10 Billy Lamont -

1933 England won series 3-2 Attendance
OFFICIAL Th 29.06 : Wembley England 76 Australia 47 50,000
Sa 15.07 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 61 Australia 65 40,000
Sa 29.07 : Crystal Palace England 63½ Australia 62½ 30,000
Mo 21.08 : Wimbledon England 62 Australia 64 25,000
Tu 05.09 : West Ham England 74 Australia 52
As with all league and cup matches in 1933, the heat scoring for this series was 4-2-1-0.
† The press were told that the attendance was 82,606, but this was later reported as being "wildly exaggerated"
The First Test marked the introduction of the "classic" Test Match race formula, with 6 riders + 2 reserves for each team, racing over 18 heats, with the formula for 1st 9 races bring repeated for heats 10 to 18. It also marked the first occasion on which clutch starts were used (rolling starts were previously used), albeit from a hand-operated (rather than electrically-operated) starting gate. England were surprisingly easy winners at Wembley, especially as they lost 3 riders to injury during the match (Farndon, Phillips & Rye), but the Australians (who themselves lost Grosskreutz as early as heat 2) had a long tail. Eric Langton, who suffered a debatable exclusion in his 5th ride for riding on the infield, refused to come out for his final ride, and was then "punished" by being dropped from the team for the 2nd Test at his home track, Belle Vue. It probably (together wirh sparse use of home track rider Kitchen) cost England the match, despite a record individual score of 22 for Lees. Australia had more top-end power, with Bluey scoring a personal record Test score of 16.
It needed Jack Parker to be at the top of his form at a packed Crystal Palace to edge home in the 3rd match, though the closeness of the scores was not echoed by closeness in the racing. "The Most Uninteresting Test Match" and "Heat after heat was nothing more than a procession" was the Speedway News opinion of the Wimbledon Test - another case of the close result giving a misleading impression of the standard of racing. Australia were huge favourites to win the final Test at West Ham because, for various reasons, England were without Langton, Parker, Phillips, Jackson, Kitchen, Lees, and Rye. But this meant that the "B" team had to prove themselves, which they did with a vengeance - England led by 20 points after 8 races, and the match was all over. Wilkinson did his best for Australia, riding unbeaten after the interval, but it was too late to stop the home country completing a 100 per cent record of series wins.

1933 Series Point-Scorers
England Australia
Ginger Lees 20 22 13 17 - 72 Colin Watson - - - - 9 9 Bluey Wilkinson 8 16 14 14 16 68
Tiger Stevenson 13 7 12 13 15 60 Joe Francis - - 1 - Vic Huxley 12 16 12 13 61½
Jack Parker 7 4 17 9 - 37 Tommy Croombs - - - - 7 7 Dick Case 8 12 15 10 12 57
Tom Farndon 1 0 11 11 10 33 Bob Harrison - 2 - 4 1 7 Max Grosskreutz 0 9 13 18 4 44
Syd Jackson 15 12 4 1 - 32 Wal Phillips 4 - - - - 4 Ron Johnson 8 1 9 0 3 21
Frank Varey - 8 - - 18 26 Gordon Byers - - - - 2 2 Ernie Evans 3 9 1 2 1 16
Eric Langton 16 - - - - 16 Tommy Gamble - - 0 - - 0 Jack Chapman - 1 - 8 2 11
Squib Burton - - - - 12 12 Claude Rye 0 - - - - 0 Lionel van Praag 5 1 2 - 1 9
Bill Kitchen - 6 0 6 - 12 Jack Sharp 3 - - 0 - 3

In this series, heat scoring was 4-2-1-0. Bonus points have been ignored.
1st Test at Wembley ACU Steward: Mr O'Neill
England 76 Australia 47
Team Manager: Alec Jackson
1 Tiger Stevenson© 4 2 2 1 2 2 13 1 Vic Huxley © 2 2 2 f 2 4 12 {short description of image}
2 Tom Farndon 1 ret f - - - 1 2 Lionel van Praag 0 0 (0) 4 (0) 1 5
3 Ginger Lees 2 4 4 2 4 4 20 3 Dick Case 4 f 4 ret f ret 8
4 Claude Rye f - - - - - 0 4 Max Grosskreutz f - - - - - 0
5 Eric Langton 4 4 4 4 ex ns 16 5 Ron Johnson 2 4 ret 2 (0) f 8
6 Wal Phillips 1 2 1 f - - 4 6 Bluey Wilkinson f 1 2 1 4 f 8
7 Syd Jackson 1 1 4 1 4 4 15 7 Ernie Evans 1 1 1 3
8 Jack Parker 2 1 2 2 7 8 Jack Sharp 1 2 3
1 Stevenson, Huxley, Farndon, Praag 80.4 5-2 5-2
2 Case, Lees, Rye f, Grosskreutz f 79.6 2-4 7-6
3 Langton, Johnson, Phillips, Wilkinson f 80.8 5-2 12-8
4 Lees, Huxley, Jackson, Praag 79.4 5-2 17-10
5 Langton, Phillips, Evans, Case f no time 6-1 23-11
6 Johnson, Stevenson, Wilkinson, Farndon ret 80.4 2-5 25-16
7 Langton, Huxley, Phillips, (Praag?) 79.4 5-2 30-18
8 Case, Stevenson, Sharp, Farndon f 80.6 2-4 32-23
9 Lees, Wilkinson, Jackson, Johnson ret 80.2 5-2 37-25
10 Praag, Parker, Stevenson, Huxley f 81.0 3-4 40-29
11 Jackson, Lees, Evans, Case ret 79.6 6-1 46-30
12 Langton, Johnson, Wilkinson, Phillips f 80.2 4-3 50-33
13 Lees, Huxley, Jackson, (Praag?) 80.8 5-2 55-35
14 Jackson, Sharp, Case f, Langton ex 81.0 4-2 59-37
15 Wilkinson, Stevenson, Parker, (Johnson?) 81.4 3-4 62-41
16 Huxley, Parker, Praag, Langton ns 81.0 2-5 64-46
17 Jackson, Stevenson, Evans, Case ret 82.2 6-1 70-47
18 Lees, Parker, Johnson f, Wilkinson f 82.4 6-0 76-47
2nd Test at Belle Vue
England 61 Australia 65
Tiger Stevenson© 2 2 1 1 (0) 1 7 Vic Huxley © 4 4 1 4 2 1 16 {short description of image}
Jack Parker 1 (0) - 2 1 - 4 Ron Johnson f 1 ret (0) - (0) 1
Ginger Lees 4 2 4 4 4 4 22 Max Grosskreutz 2 1 2 (0) 4 (0) 9
Bob Harrison 1 0 1 - (0) - 2 Dick Case (0) 4 4 1 1 2 12
Frank Varey 2 (0) 4 f f 2 8 Bluey Wilkinson 4 4 2 2 2 2 16
Syd Jackson 1 2 2 1 2 4 12 Ernie Evans (0) - (0) 4 4 1 9
Tom Farndon 0 0 0 Lionel van Praag 1 1
Bill Kitchen 2 4 6 Jack Chapman 1 1
1 Huxley, Stevenson, Parker, Johnson f 80.8** 3-4 3-4
2 Lees, Grosskreutz, Harrison, (Case?) 80.4* 5-2 8-6
3 Wilkinson, Varey, Jackson, (Evans?) 81.0 3-4 11-10
4 Huxley, Lees, Johnson, Harrison 81.2 2-5 13-15
5 Case, Jackson, Grosskreutz, (Varey?) 83.0 2-5 15-20
6 Wilkinson, Stevenson, Praag, (Parker?) 81.0 2-5 17-25
7 Varey, Jackson, Huxley, Johnson ret 81.4 6-1 23-26
8 Case, Grosskreutz, Stevenson, Farndon 81.2 1-6 24-32
9 Lees, Wilkinson, Harrison, (Evans?) 81.6 5-2 29-34
10 Huxley, Parker, Stevenson, (Johnson?) 82.0 3-4 32-38
11 Lees, Kitchen, Case, (Grosskreutz?) 82.2 6-1 38-39
12 Evans, Wilkinson, Jackson, Varey f 82.6 1-6 39-45
13 Lees, Huxley, Chapman, (Harrison?) 82.6 4-3 43-48
14 Grosskreutz, Jackson, Case, Varey f 82.2 2-5 45-53
15 Evans, Wilkinson, Parker, (Stevenson?) 82.2 1-6 46-59
16 Jackson, Varey, Huxley, (Johnson?) 82.0 6-1 52-60
17 Kitchen, Case, Stevenson, (Grosskreutz?) 81.6 5-2 57-62
18 Lees, Wilkinson, Evans, Farndon 82.0 4-3 61-65
3rd Test at Crystal Palace
England 63½ Australia 62½ {short description of image}
1 Ginger Lees © 2 1 (0) 4 4 2 13 1 Vic Huxley © 1 0 2 2 2
2 Tom Farndon 4 (0) 4 1 2 0 11 2 Ernie Evans (0) 0 1 (0) - - 1
3 Tiger Stevenson f 4 0 4 4 ret 12 3 Ron Johnson 4 ret 2 f 2 1 9
4 Joe Francis 2 1 1 f 1 4 Bluey Wilkinson 1 2 1 2 4 4 14
5 Syd Jackson 0 1 2 - 1 - 4 5 Dick Case 2 4 4 2 1 2 15
6 Jack Parker 1 4 4 4 0 4 17 6 Max Grosskreutz 4 2 2 1 0 4 13
7 Bill Kitchen 0 0 7 Lionel van Praag 1 1 2
8 Tommy Gamble 0 0 8 Jack Chapman -
1 Farndon, Lees, Huxley, (Evans?) 81.4 6-1 6-1
2 Johnson, Francis, Wilkinson, Stevenson f 83.2 2-5 8-6
3 Grosskreutz, Case, Parker, Jackson 82.6 1-6 9-12
4 Stevenson, Huxley & Francis d-h, Evans 82.2 5½-1½ 14½-13½
5 Parker, Wilkinson, Jackson, Johnson ret 82.0 5-2 19½-15½
6 Case, Grosskreutz, Lees, (Farndon?) 83.0 1-6 20½-21½
7 Parker, Jackson, Evans, Huxley 82.6 6-1 26½-22½
8 Farndon, Johnson, Wilkinson, (Lees) 83.4 4-3 30½-25½
9 Case, Grosskreutz, Francis, Stevenson 83.4 1-6 31½-31½
10 Lees, Huxley, Farndon, (Evans?) 83.2 5-2 36½-33½
11 Stevenson, Wilkinson, Francis, Johnson f 82.8 41½-35½
12 Parker, Case, Grosskreutz, Kitchen 83.2 4-3 45½-38½
13 Stevenson, Huxley, Praag, Francis f 83.0 4-3 49½-41½
14 Wilkinson, Johnson, Jackson, Parker 83.2 1-6 50½-47½
15 Lees, Farndon, Case, Grosskreutz 83.4 6-1 56½-48½
16 Parker, Huxley, Praag, Gamble 83.6 4-3 60½-51½
17 Wilkinson, Lees, Johnson, Farndon 83.4 2-5 62½-56½
18 Grosskreutz, Case, Francis, Stevenson ret 84.6 1-6 63½-62½

4th Test at Wimbledon
England 62 Australia 64
{short description of image} Tiger Stevenson© 4 2 4 1 1 1 13 Vic Huxley © ret 1 4 4 2 1 12
Bill Kitchen 2 1 1 2 f - 6 Ernie Evans 1 ret 1 ret (0) - 2
Ginger Lees 4 2 2 1 4 4 17 Bluey Wilkinson 2 2 2 2 2 4 14
Tom Farndon 1 4 1 4 1 f 11 Ron Johnson (0) (0) - f - - 0
Syd Jackson 0 1 ret 0 - - 1 Dick Case 2 ret 4 1 2 1 10
Jack Parker 1 4 2 2 f - 9 Max Grosskreutz 4 4 ret 4 4 2 18
Joe Francis 1 0 1 Jack Sharp 0 0
Bob Harrison 2 2 4 Jack Chapman 4 4 0 8
1 Stevenson, Kitchen, Evans, Huxley ret 75.6 6-1 6-1
2 Lees, Wilkinson, Farndon, (Johnson) 77.4 5-2 11-3
3 Grosskreutz, Case, Parker, Jackson 75.4 1-6 12-9
4 Farndon, Lees, Huxley, Evans ret 75.6 6-1 18-10
5 Parker, Wilkinson, Jackson, (Johnson) 76.0 5-2 23-12
6 Grosskreutz, Stevenson, Kitchen, Case ret 75.6 3-4 26-16
7 Huxley, Parker, Evans, Jackson ret 77.2 2-5 28-21
8 Stevenson, Wilkinson, Kitchen, Sharp 76.8 5-2 33-23
9 Case, Lees, Farndon, Grosskreutz ret 78.2 3-4 36-27
10 Huxley, Kitchen, Stevenson, Evans ret 76.4 3-4 39-31
11 Farndon, Wilkinson, Lees, Johnson f 76.8 5-2 44-33
12 Grosskreutz, Parker, Case, Jackson 76.6 2-5 46-38
13 Lees, Huxley, Farndon, (Evans?) 76.2 5-2 51-40
14 Chapman, Wilkinson, Francis, Parker f 77.2 1-6 52-46
15 Grosskreutz, Case, Stevenson, Kitchen f 77.0 1-6 53-52
16 Chapman, Harrison, Huxley, Francis 77.2 2-5 55-57
17 Wilkinson, Harrison, Stevenson, Chapman 77.0 3-4 58-61
18 Lees, Grosskreutz, Case, Farndon f 75.4 4-3 62-64
5th Test at West Ham
England 74 Australia 52
{short description of image} Tiger Stevenson© 4 4 4 2 ret 1 15 Vic Huxley © 2 2 2 1 2 4 13
Squib Burton 1 1 f 4 4 2 12 Ron Johnson (0) 1 1 (0) (0) 1 3
Tom Farndon 4 ret ret - 4 2 10 Bluey Wilkinson 1 1 2 4 4 4 16
Colin Watson 0 4 4 1 f,ns - 9 Jack Chapman 2 0 - (0) (0) (0) 2
Frank Varey 2 4 4 4 2 2 18 Dick Case 1 2 2 1 2 4 12
Tommy Croombs 4 2 f (0) 1 f 7 Max Grosskreutz f (0) - 2 1 1 4
Bob Harrison 1 1 Lionel van Praag 1 1
Gordon Byers 2 (0) 2 Ernie Evans 1 1
1 Stevenson, Huxley, Burton, (Johnson?) 83.0* 5-2 5-2
2 Farndon, Chapman, Wilkinson, Watson 85.6 4-3 9-5
3 Crombs, Varey, Case, Grosskreutz f 90.0 6-1 15-6
4 Watson, Huxley, Johnson, Farndon ret 85.2 4-3 19-9
5 Varey, Croombs, Wilkinson, Chapman 87.8 6-1 25-10
6 Stevenson, Case, Burton, (Grosskreutz?) 85.8 5-2 30-12
7 Varey Huxley, Johnson, Croombs f 89.2 4-3 34-15
8 Stevenson, Wilkinson, Praag, Burton f 85.0 4-3 38-18
9 Watson, Case, Evans, Farndon ret 86.8 4-3 42-21
10 Burton, Stevenson. Huxley, (Johnson) 86.6 6-1 48-22
11 Wilkinson, Byers, Watson, (Chapman?) 86.6 3-4 51-26
12 Varey, Grosskreutz, Case, (Croombs?) 87.4 4-3 55-29
13 Farndon,Huxley, Harrison, (Johnson?),Watson f,ns 87.8 5-2 60-31
14 Wilkinson, Varey, Croombs, (Chapman?) 87.4 3-4 63-35
15 Burton, Case, Grosskreutz, Stevenson ret 87.0 4-3 67-38
16 Huxley, Varey, Johnson, Croombs f 88.0 2-5 69-43
17 Wilkinson, Burton, Stevenson, (Chapman?) 86.2 3-4 72-47
18 Case, Farndon, Grosskreutz, (Byers) 89.6 2-5 74-52

Next series 1934

ABBREVIATIONS
© = captain ns = non-starter ' = bonus point
ef = engine failed rep. = replaced * = new track record
ex = excluded ret = retired ** = equals track record
f = fell rm = remounted (0) = assumed point score

Contributors : Roger Stevens, Ross Garrigan, Maciej Wegrzyn, Andy Davidson, Allen Trump, Wally Auckram, Speedway Researcher, Gary Gregor, Lynn Isaac, Phil Smith, Nigel Bird, Vic Butcher, David Austin, Christian Weber, Jim Henry