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England v Australia 1945 to 1953
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captain ; F fell ; ns non-starter ; R retired or engine failure ; rm
remounted ; T exclusion at tapes (start) ; X exclusion ; ( ) "assumed" last place ; ' bonus point |
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| Details of "Pirate" programmes issued for some these Test Matches can be found here |
| 1945 | 01.09 : Odsal (Bradford) | England | 67 | Australia | 38 | |
| UNOFFICIAL |
| England 67 | Australia 38 | 1: Kitchen, Tuck, Longley, T Hart 5-1 2: Statham, Chitty, Morton, Spinks 4-2 9-3 3: O Hart, Jay, Clarke, Johnson 5-1 14-4 4: Chitty, Kitchen, Tuck, Spinks 3-3 17-7 5: Statham, Morton, Clarke, Johnson 5-1 22-8 6: Longley, O Hart F, T Hart X, Jay F,ns 22-11 7: Kitchen, Parker, Clarke, Tuck 3-3 25-14 8: Statham, Morton, Longley, T Hart F 5-1 30-15 9: O Hart, Spinks, Chitty, Pitcher 3-3 33-18 10: Kitchen, T Hart, Tuck, Littlewood 4-2 37-20 11: Statham, Morton, Chitty, Spinks F 5-1 42-21 12: O Hart, Pitcher, Parker, Clarke 5-1 47-22 13: Chitty, Kitchen, Littlewood, Tuck 2-4 49-26 14: Statham, Morton, Clarke, Parker 5-1 54-27 15: O Hart, T Hart, Craven, Longley 4-2 58-29 16: Kitchen, Clarke, Tuck, Parker 4-2 62-31 17: Statham, T Hart, Longley, Morton F 3-3 65-34 18: Chitty, O Hart, Littlewood, Craven 2-4 67-36 | ||||
| Bill Kitchen 3 2 3 3 2 3 | 16 | Tiger Hart 0 X F 2 2 2 | 6 | |||
| Fred Tuck 2' 1' 0 1 0 1 | 5+2 | Bill Longley 1 3 1 - 0 1' | 6+1 | |||
| Wal Morton 1 2' 2' 2' 2' F | 9+4 | Eric Chitty (Can) 2 3 1' 1 3 3 |
13+1 | |||
| Alec Statham 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | Charlie Spinks 0 0 2 F - - | 2 | |||
| Oliver Hart 3 F 3 3 3 2 | 14 | Ron Clarke (Eng) 1 1 1' 0 1 2 | 6+1 | |||
| Wilf Jay 2' Fns - - - - | 2+1 | Ron Johnson 0 0 - - - | 0 | |||
| res.Bill Pitcher 0 2' | 2+1 | res.Jack Parker (Eng) 2 1 0 0 | 3 | |||
| res.Malcolm Craven 1 0 | 1 | res.Syd Littlewood 0 1 1 | 2 | |||
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| Odsal programmes from 1945 (left) and 1947 (right) | |
| 1947 | England beat Australia 2-1 | |
| OFFICIAL |
05.07 Odsal (Bradford) :
29.07 West Ham : 14.08 Wembley : |
England 65 Australia 43 (Att :
47,050) England 58 Australia 50 (Att : 40,000*) England 49 Australia 57 (Att : 80,000) |
| *The British government imposed a mid-week sports ban after the war, from which speedway was generally exempt, but the government limited the attendance at West Ham to 40,000, though the promoters had planned for a 60,000 crowd. | ||
| POINT SCORERS England Jack Parker 37, Bill Kitchen 31, Norman Parker 26, Alec Statham 24, Tommy Price 19, George Wilks 19, Eric Langton 9, Ron Clarke 4, Malcolm Craven 3, Wally Lloyd 0. |
Australia Vic Duggan 46, Max Grosskreutz 30, Lionel van Praag 27, Bill Longley 16, Ron Johnson 15, Frank Dolan 13, Aub Lawson 3, Ray Duggan 0, Doug McLachlan 0. |
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| The first post-war series
was deliberately limited to three matches as it was felt that
Australia's limited riding resources would not make a 5-match series
attractive. This fear was borne out in the Odsal Test, where England won
at a canter, though Duggan and Grosskreutz ensured that no home country
rider was unbeaten. Grosskreutz, who had struggled badly at his new home
track at Odsal, astonished the crowd with an impressive display after a
first race fall. England were solid throughout, but the star was Alec
Statham. He led the field in heat 6 until the final bend, when he slowed
dramatically, and appeared to lose control temporarily, before
recovering to narrrowly win the race - amazingly, his front fork had
snapped, but he managed to somehow nurse his bike across the finish
line. Ron Clarke broke his leg in a last heat fall. The West Ham match was a much closer affair, and only the excellent pairing of the Parker brothers, Jack and Norman (two 5-1's and four 4-2's in their six rides), plus debutant George Wilks, took England to victory after being four points in arrears at the halfway stage. Jack, a superb maximum, and Wilks with three victories, were England's only race winners. Jack Parker was in such superb form (at the age of 42) that he twice defeated the Australian star Vic Duggan by the length of a straight, revenge for being defeated by Duggan 2-0 in both legs of the Match Race Championship a few days earlier. The fact that the series was already decided did not deter a huge all-ticket crowd of 80,000 packing Wembley for match three, where England got off to the worst possible start, conceding a 5-0. Jack Parker stalled at the gate, pushed 30 yards to start his machine, rode half a lap behind the Australians and lost ground on a misfiring engine, eventually being lapped; while his brother Norman had fallen. With Duggan shepherding Dolan home to a 5-1 in heat 2, Australia led by 9 points, and England barely made any impression as Duggan, with a paid maximum, led his much-improved team to a convincing win. |
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| Australia 1947 at Odsal |
| Aub Lawson, Max Grosskreutz, Bill Longley, Johnnie Hoskins (manager), Lionel van Praag, Frank Dolan, Ray Duggan, Vic Duggan, Doug McLachlan |
| Odsal : England 65 Australia 43 | West Ham : England 58 Australia 50 | |||||||
| Jack Parker © 2' 0 2 2' 1' 2' | 9+4 | L van Praag © 1 0 - - 0 2 | 3 | Jack Parker © 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | L van Praag 2 2' 3 F 3 0 | 10+1 | |
| Norman Parker 3 2 0 3 2 3 | 13 | Bill Longley F 2 1 1 2 0 | 6 | Norman Parker 1 1 1 2' 1 2' | 8+2 | B Longley 0 3 F 1 0 2 | 6 | |
| Bill Kitchen 3 2 2' 3 3 3 | 16+1 | Vic Duggan 2 3 3 2 3 3 | 16 | Bill Kitchen 2 R 2 1 2' 1 | 8+1 | Vic Duggan © F 2 3 3 2 3 | 13 | |
| Tommy Price 0 1' 3 1 1 1 | 7+1 | Frank Dolan 1' 1 - - 0 1 | 3+1 | Tommy Price 1' 1 1' - - - | 3+2 | Frank Dolan 3 - 0 2' - - | 5+1 | |
| Alec Statham 3 3 2 3 3 2 | 16 | Ron Johnson 2 F 1 1' 0 1 | 5+1 | Alec Statham 2 1 2 0 2 1' | 8+1 | Ron Johnson 1 2' 2 1' F X | 6+2 | |
| Ron Clarke 1 1 1' 0 1 F | 4+1 | M Grosskreutz F 3 3 2 2 0 | 10 | Malc Craven 0 F - - 1' 2 | 3+1 | M Grosskreutz 3 3 0 2 1 1 | 10 | |
| res.M Craven did not ride | res.Aub Lawson 0 0 | 0 | res.George Wilks 1' 3 3 3 | 10+1 | res.Aub Lawson 0 R | 0 | ||
| res.L Wotton did not ride | res.Ray Duggan 0 0 | 0 | res.Wally Lloyd 0 | 0 | res.Ray Duggan 0 | 0 | ||
| res.T Croombs did not ride | ||||||||
| 1: N Parker, J Parker, Praag, Longley F 5-1 2: Kitchen, V Duggan, Dolan, Price 3-3 8-4 3: Statham, Johnson, Clarke, Grosskreutz F 4-2 12-6 4: V Duggan, N Parker, Dolan, J Parker 2-4 14-10 5: Grosskreutz, Kitchen, Price, Johnson F 3-3 17-13 6: Statham, Longley, Clarke, Praag 4-2 21-15 7: Grosskreutz, J Parker, Johnson, N Parker 2-4 23-19 8: Price, Kitchen, Longley, R Duggan 5-1 28-20 9: V Duggan, Statham, Clarke, Lawson 3-3 31-23 10: N Parker, J Parker, Longley, R Duggan 5-1 36-24 11: Kitchen, V Duggan, Price, Lawson 4-2 40-26 12: Statham, Grosskreutz, Johnson, Clarke 3-3 43-29 13: V Duggan, N Parker, J Parker, Dolan 3-3 46-32 14: Kitchen, Grosskreutz, Price, Johnson 4-2 50-34 15: Statham, Longley, Clarke, Praag 4-2 54-36 16: N Parker, J Parker, Johnson, Grosskreutz 5-1 59-37 17: Kitchen, Praag, Price, Longley 4-2 63-39 18: V Duggan, Statham, Dolan, Clarke F 2-4 65-43 | 1: J Parker, Praag, N
Parker, Longley 4-2 2: Dolan, Kitchen, Price, V Duggan F 3-3 7-5 3:
Grosskreutz, Statham, Johnson, Craven 2-4 9-9 4: J Parker, V Duggan, N
Parker, Lawson 4-2 13-11 5: Grosskreutz, Johnson, Price, Kitchen R 1-5
14-16 6: Longley, Praag, Statham, Craven F 1-5 15-21 7: J Parker,
Johnson, N Parker, Grosskreutz 4-2 19-23 8: Praag, Kitchen, Price,
Longley F 3-3 22-26 9: V Duggan, Statham, Wilks, Dolan 3-3 25-29 10: J
Parker, N Parker, Longley, Praag F 5-1 30-30 11: V Duggan, Dolan,
Kitchen, Lloyd 1-5 31-35 12: Wilks, Grosskreutz, Johnson, Statham 3-3
34-38 13: J Parker, V Duggan, N Parker, R Duggan 4-2 38-40 14: Wilks,
Kitchen, Grosskreutz, Johnson F 5-1 43-41 15: Praag, Statham, Craven,
Longley 3-3 46-44 16: J Parker, N Parker, Grosskreutz, Johnson X 5-1
51-45 17: Wilks, Longley, Kitchen, Praag 4-2 55-47 18: V Duggan, Craven,
Statham, Lawson R 3-3 58-50. |
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| Wembley : England 49 Australia 57 | ||||||
| Jack Parker © X 2 3 2 0 3 | 10 | B Longley 2' 0 0 0 2 0 | 4+1 | 1: Praag, Longley, N Parker F, J Parker X 0-5 2: Dolan, V Duggan, Wilks, Kitchen 1-5 1-10 3: Langton, Grosskreutz, Price, Johnson 4-2 5-12 4: V Duggan, J Parker, N Parker, Dolan 3-3 8-15 5: Grosskreutz, Kitchen, Wilks, Johnson 3-3 11-18 6: Praag, Price, Langton, Longley 3-3 14-21 7: J Parker, Johnson, N Parker, Grosskreutz 4-2 18-23 8: Wilks, Praag, Kitchen, Longley 4-2 22-25 9: V Duggan, Lawson, Langton, Price 1-5 23-30 10: Praag, J Parker, N Parker, Longley 3-3 26-33 11: V Duggan, Dolan, Wilks, Kitchen 1-5 27-38 12: Price, Langton, Johnson, Grosskreutz 5-1 32-39 13: V Duggan, N Parker, Lawson, J Parker 2-4 34-43 14: Grosskreutz, Wilks, Kitchen, Johnson 3-3 37-46 15: Price, Longley, Praag, Langton 3-3 40-49 16: J Parker, Grosskreutz, Johnson, N Parker 3-3 43-52 17: Kitchen, Praag, Wilks, Longley 4-2 47-54 18: V Duggan, Langton, Price R, McLachlan R 2-3 49-57 | ||
| Norman Parker F 1' 1 1' 2 0 | 5+2 | L van Praag 3 3 2 3 1' 2 | 14+1 | |||
| Bill Kitchen 0 2 1 0 1' 3 | 7+1 | Vic Duggan 2' 3 3 3 3 3 | 17+1 | |||
| George Wilks 1 1' 3 1 2 1 | 9+1 | Frank Dolan 3 0 - 2' - - | 5+1 | |||
| Eric Langton 3 1' 1 2' 0 2 | 9+2 | Ron Johnson 0 0 2 1 0 1' | 4+1 | |||
| Tommy Price 1 2 0 3 3 0 | 9 | M Grosskreutz © 2 3 0 0 3 2 | 10 | |||
| res.L Wotton did not ride | - | res.Aub Lawson 2' 1 | 3+1 | |||
| res.J Lloyd did not ride | - | res.Doug McLachlan R | 0 | |||
| Team Manager Alec Jackson | Team Manager Johnnie Hoskins | |||||
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1947 programmes from West Ham (left) and Wembley (right) |  |
| 1948 | England beat Australia 4-1 | |
| OFFICIAL |
24.05 Wimbledon :
19.06 Belle Vue (Hyde Road) : 30.06 New Cross : 13.08 Harringay : 07.09 West Ham : |
England 61 Australia 45 (Att :
22,000) England 69 Australia 39 (Att : 29,000) England 57 Australia 51 (Att : 20,000) England 58 Australia 50 (Att : 21,000) England 45 Australia 63 (Att : 32,000) |
| POINT SCORERS England Jack Parker 58, Norman Parker 49, Alec Statham 43, Split Waterman 39, Dent Oliver 22, Bill Gilbert 20, Jeff Lloyd 20, George Wilks 11, Oliver Hart 9, Ray Moore 7, Tommy Price 6, Malcolm Craven 2, Tommy Croombs 2, Lloyd Goffe 2. |
Australia Vic Duggan 74, Bill Longley 41, Ron Johnson 39, Aub Lawson 23, Ray Duggan 21, Max Grosskreutz 14, Graham Warren 14, Jack Biggs 10, Frank Dolan 10, Cliff Watson 2. |
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| Vic Duggan's almost total
domination of League racing meant nothing as he was beaten several times
by a rampant England team in the series opener at Wimbledon. Top home
country pairing was Statham and Wilks, and they dropped just two points
when Wilks was squeezed out on the first bend of ht.9, while the best
individual race was from Norman Parker in the opener when he came from
behind to pass Vic Duggan (almost unheard of in 1948) and win in a new
record time. Three days later, England lost Wilks from the rest of the
series when he broke a thigh at Wembley, so a much closer match was
expected at Belle Vue, but for two reasons it didn't happen. First,
England gave (amazingly successful) Test debuts to home track rider Dent
Oliver, a superb maximum, and Jeff Lloyd. Secondly, Australia lost Ron
Johnson through illness, Grosskreutz blew his engine in the opening
heat, and Lawson fell in heat 3, being dragged by his bike and suffering
friction burns. Another comfortable home win looked likely at New Cross with the score 34-20 at the half-way mark, but skipper Ron Johnson led his team by example and Australia actually won the last 9 races 31-23, though the Parker brothers with a 5-1 and a 4-2 towards the end ensured that England won the series and thus regained the speedway "ashes" that had been lost the previous winter. Bill Gilbert's late inclusion in the England team, as a replacement for the injured Tommy Price, proved to be an important factor in England's victory at Harringay. But more sensational was the debut of Australia's "Blond Bombshell" Graham Warren (who began this, his first season in England, in the third division, but was quickly moved to the second division) in ht.11 when, on a track he had never ridden before, he shot from the gate to win the race by the proverbial mile in the second fastest time of the match. Vic Duggan was at his best with a maximum at West Ham, and with some excellent support, including Warren, Australia crucified England with three 5-1's in the space of four races early in the second half, scores having been close until that point. England missed the reliability of the Parker brothers after Jack was badly shaken by a heavy fall when he hit Warren's back wheel, but this was a well deserved Australian win. |
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| Wimbledon : England 61 Australia 45 | Belle Vue : England 69 Australia 39 | |||||||
| Jack Parker © 0 1' 2' 2 2' X | 7+3 | Vic Duggan 2 1 3 3 1 2' | 12+1 | Jack Parker © 3 2' 3 2 3 3 | 16+1 | M Grosskreutz R - - 3 3 F | 6 | |
| Norman Parker 3 2 3 0 3 3 | 14 | M Grosskreutz 1' 0 0 1 0 3 | 5+1 | Norman Parker 2' 3 0 1' 2' 1 | 9+3 | Ray Duggan 1 2 0 - - - | 3 | |
| Alec Statham 3 3 3 3 2' 3 | 17+1 | Aub Lawson 1 3 1 1 1 FX | 7 | Alec Statham 2 1 2' 0 1' 0 | 6+2 | Vic Duggan 3 2 2 3 2 2 | 14 | |
| George Wilks 2' 2' 0 2' 3 2' | 11+4 | Cliff Watson 0 0 - 0 - - | 0 | Jeff Lloyd 0 3 3 2 2 3 | 13 | Bill Longley 1 1' 1' 1 0 0 | 4+2 | |
| Tommy Price 2 1' 1' 1 0 1 | 6+2 | Ron Johnson R 3 1' 3 0 T | 7+1 | S Waterman 2' 0 2' 0 1 2' | 7+3 | Aub Lawson F - - - - - | 0 | |
| S Waterman R 2 2 0 2 0 | 6 | Bill Longley 3 0 2 2' 1 1 | 9+1 | Dent Oliver 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | Frank Dolan 1 1 0 2 0 2 | 6 | |
| res.M Craven did not ride | - | res.Frank Dolan 0 | 0 | res.L Lawson did not ride | - | res.Cliff Watson 0 1 0 0 1 | 2 | |
| res.C Brine did not ride | - | res.Ray Duggan 3 2 | 5 | res.W Lloyd did not ride | - | res.Jack Biggs 0 1 1' 1 1' | 4+2 | |
| 1: N Parker, V Duggan, Grosskreutz, J Parker 67.6 (new record) 3-3 2: Statham, Wilks, Lawson, Watson 5-1 8-4 3: Longley, Price, Waterman R, Johnson R 2-3 10-7 4: Statham, Wilks, V Duggan, Grosskreutz 5-1 15-8 5: Lawson, Waterman, Price, Watson 3-3 18-11 6: Johnson, N Parker, J Parker, Longley 3-3 21-14 7: V Duggan, Waterman, Price, Grosskreutz 3-3 24-17 8: N Parker, J Parker, Lawson, Dolan 5-1 29-18 9: Statham, Longley, Johnson, Wilks 3-3 32-21 10: V Duggan, J Parker, Grosskreutz, N Parker 2-4 34-25 11: Statham, Wilks, Lawson, Watson 5-1 39-26 12: Johnson, Longley, Price, Waterman 1-5 40-31 13: Wilks, Statham, V Duggan, Grosskreutz 5-1 45-32 14: R Duggan, Waterman, Lawson, Price 2-4 47-36 15: N Parker, J Parker, Longley, Johnson 5-1 52-37 16: Grosskreutz, V Duggan, Price, Waterman 1-5 53-42 17: N Parker, R Duggan, J Parker X, Lawson FX 3-2 56-44 18: Statham, Wilks, Longley, Johnson T 5-1 61-45 | 1: J Parker, N Parker, R Duggan, Grosskreutz R 5-1 2: V Duggan, Statham, Longley, J Lloyd 2-4 7-5 3: Oliver, Waterman, Dolan, Lawson F 5-1 12-6 4: J Lloyd, R Duggan, Statham, Watson 4-2 16-8 5: Oliver, V Duggan, Longley, Waterman 3-3 19-11 6: N Parker, J Parker, Dolan, Biggs 5-1 24-12 7: Oliver, Waterman, Watson, R Duggan 5-1 29-13 8: J Parker, V Duggan, Longley, N Parker 3-3 32-16 9: J Lloyd, Statham, Biggs, Dolan 5-1 37-17 10: Grosskreutz, J Parker, N Parker, Watson 3-3 40-20 11: V Duggan, J Lloyd, Longley, Statham 2-4 42-24 12: Oliver, Dolan, Biggs, Waterman 3-3 45-27 13: Grosskreutz, J Lloyd, Statham, Watson 3-3 48-30 14: Oliver, V Duggan, Waterman, Longley 4-2 52-32 15: J Parker, N Parker, Biggs, Dolan 5-1 57-33 16: Oliver, Waterman, Watson, Grosskreutz F 5-1 62-34 17: J Parker, V Duggan, N Parker, Longley 4-2 66-36 18: J Lloyd, Dolan, Biggs, Statham 3-3 69-39 | |||||||
| New Cross : England 57 Australia 51 | Harringay : England 58 Australia 50 | |||||||
| Jack Parker © 3 3 1' 1 3 3 | 14+1 | Ron Johnson© 2 3 R 3 3 3 | 14 | Jack Parker © 2 3 3 3 2 2' | 15+1 | Vic Duggan © 3 2 3 2 3 2 | 15 | |
| Norman Parker 1 1 2 0 2' 1 | 7+1 | Ray Duggan 0 0 1 2' 1 1 | 5+1 | Norm Parker 1' 2' 2' 0 R 3 | 8+3 | Jack Biggs F 0 1 1' 2' 1' | 5+3 | |
| S Waterman 1' 2 2' 3 2 2 | 12+2 | Vic Duggan 3 3 3 2 2' 2 | 15+1 | Alec Statham 3 3 2 0 1 - | 9 | Frank Dolan 0 - - - - - | 0 | |
| Ray Moore 2 1' 3 1 0 0 | 7+1 | Frank Dolan 0 1 - 0 3 0 | 4 | S Waterman 2' 1 1' 1 0 2 | 7+2 | Bill Longley 1 2 1 2' 0 F | 6+1 | |
| Jeff Lloyd 3 0 2' 0 1 0 | 6+1 | Bill Longley 0 2 1 3 1 3 | 10 | Bill Gilbert 2 3 0 3 2' 3 | 13+1 | Ron Johnson 1 1 3 2 3 F | 10 | |
| Alec Statham 2' 2 3 2 0 2 | 11+1 | M Grosskreutz 1 0 F 1 0 1 | 3 | Dent Oliver 0 0 - - 3 FX | 3 | Ray Duggan 3 0 0 1' 1 3 |
8+1 | |
| res.T Price did not ride | - | res.Aub Lawson 0 | 0 | res.Jeff Lloyd 1' | 1+1 | res.Aub Lawson 1' 0 | 1+1 | |
| res.D Oliver did not ride | - | res.J Biggs did not ride | - | res.Lloyd Goffe 2 0 | 2 | res.Graham Warren 3 1 1 | 5 | |
| 1: J Parker, Johnson, N Parker, R Duggan 4-2 2: V Duggan, Moore, Waterman, Dolan 3-3 7-5 3: Lloyd, Statham, Grosskreutz, Longley 5-1 12-6 4: Johnson, Waterman, Moore, R Duggan 3-3 15-9 5: V Duggan, Statham, Dolan, Lloyd 2-4 17-13 6: J Parker, Longley, N Parker, Grosskreutz 4-2 21-15 7: Statham, Lloyd, R Duggan, Johnson R (lost a chain when leading) 5-1 26-16 8: V Duggan, N Parker, J Parker, Lawson 3-3 29-19 9: Moore, Waterman, Longley Frm, Grosskreutz F 5-1 34-20 10: Johnson, R Duggan, J Parker, N Parker 1-5 35-25 11: Waterman, V Duggan, Moore, Dolan 4-2 39-27 12: Longley, Statham, Grosskreutz, Lloyd 2-4 41-31 13: Johnson, Waterman, R Duggan, Moore 2-4 43-35 14: Dolan, V Duggan, Lloyd, Statham 1-5 44-40 15: J Parker, N Parker, Longley, Grosskreutz 5-1 49-41 16: Johnson, Statham, R Duggan, Lloyd 2-4 51-45 17: J Parker, V Duggan, N Parker, Dolan 4-2 55-47 18: Longley, Waterman, Grosskreutz, Moore 2-4 57-51 | 1: V Duggan, J Parker, N Parker, Biggs F 3-3 2: Statham, Waterman, Longley, Dolan 5-1 8-4 3: R Duggan, Gilbert, Johnson, Oliver 2-4 10-8 4: Statham, V Duggan, Waterman, Biggs 4-2 14-10 5: Gilbert, Longley, Lawson, Oliver 3-3 17-13 6: J Parker, N Parker, Johnson, R Duggan 5-1 22-14 7: V Duggan, Goffe, Biggs, Gilbert 2-4 24-18 8: J Parker, N Parker, Longley, Lawson 5-1 29-19 9: Johnson, Statham, Waterman, R Duggan 3-3 32-22 10: J Parker, V Duggan, Biggs, N Parker 3-3 35-25 11: Warren, Longley, Waterman, Statham 1-5 36-30 12: Gilbert, Johnson, R Duggan, Goffe 3-3 39-33 13: V Duggan, Biggs, Statham, Waterman 1-5 40-38 14: Oliver, Gilbert, Warren, Longley 5-1 45-39 15: Johnson, J Parker, R Duggan, N Parker R 2-4 47-43 16: Gilbert, V Duggan, Biggs Frm, Oliver FX 3-3 50-46 17: N Parker, J Parker, Warren, Longley F 5-1 55-47 18: R Duggan, Waterman, Lloyd, Johnson F 3-3 58-50 | |||||||
| West Ham : England 45 Australia 63 | |||||
| Jack Parker© 3 1' FX 0 1' 1' | 6+3 | Bill Longley © 2 3 0 1' 3 3 | 12+1 | 1: J Parker, Longley,
Johnson, N Parker 3-3 2: Lawson, Waterman, Oliver, Warren F 3-3 6-6 3: V
Duggan, Hart, Gilbert, R Duggan 3-3 9-9 4: Longley, Waterman, Johnson,
Oliver 2-4 11-13 5: Warren, Hart, Lawson, Gilbert 2-4 13-17 6: V Duggan,
N Parker, J Parker, Watson 3-3 16-20 7: Hart, Gilbert, Johnson, Longley
5-1 21-21 8: Lawson, N Parker, Warren, J Parker FX 2-4 23-25 9: V
Duggan, Waterman, Craven, Watson 3-3 26-28 10: N Parker, Johnson,
Longley, J Parker 3-3 29-31 11: Lawson, Warren, Craven, Waterman 1-5
30-36 12: V Duggan, Hart, Gilbert, Watson 3-3 33-39 13: Longley,
Johnson, Waterman, Oliver 1-5 34-44 14: Warren, Lawson, Gilbert, Hart
1-5 35-49 15: V Duggan, N Parker, J Parker, Biggs 3-3 38-52 16: Longley,
Gilbert, Johnson, Hart F 2-4 40-56 17: Lawson, N Parker, J Parker,
Warren* 3-3 43-59 18: V Duggan, Croombs, Biggs, Waterman* 2-4 45-63 |
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| Norman Parker 0 2 2 3 2 2 | 11 | Ron Johnson 1' 1 1 2 2' 1 | 8+2 | ||
| Dent Oliver 1' 0 - - 0 - | 1+1 | Aub Lawson 3 1 3 3 2' 3 | 15+1 | ||
| Split Waterman 2 2 2 0 1 0* | 7 | GrahamWarren F 3 1 2' 3 0* | 9+1 | ||
| Bill Gilbert 1' 0 2' 1' 1 2 | 7+3 | Vic Duggan 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | ||
| Oliver Hart 2 2 3 2 0 F | 9 | Ray Duggan 0 - - - - - | 0 | ||
| res.Tommy Croombs 2 | 2 | res.Cliff Watson 0 0 0 | 0 | ||
| res.Malcolm Craven 1' 1 | 2+1 | res.Jack Biggs 0 1 | 1 | ||
| * Some sources give Warren F in heat 17 and Waterman F or ef in heat 18 | |||||
| England Team Manager : Fred Mockford | |||||
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The "unofficial" version of
the Belle Vue programme can be seen here |
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| Australia 1948 v England at Belle Vue | ||
| Left to right : Jack Biggs, Cliff
Watson, Ray Duggan, Mr E Simcock (team manager), Vic Duggan, Max
Grosskreutz (on bike), Bill Longley, Aub Lawson, Frank Dolan |
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An excellent cast and plenty of speedway
action (much of it filmed at New Cross, featuring Ron Johnson) in this
1948 British movie, which was nominated for Best British Film at the
1948 British Film Academy Awards. It has been available on video, and is worth searching for, at sites like amazon.co.uk for example. Also shown occasionally on TV in the UK and Australia. More details at Internet Movie Database |
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| 1948 | 08.05 Norwich : |
English Stars (2nd.Div.) 47 Australians (2nd.Div.) 36 (Att: 18,349) | ||||
| UNOFFICIAL | ||||||
| English Stars (2nd Div) | Australians (2nd.Div) | 1: Mills, Ryan, Freeman,
Lawson X 4-2 2: Spencer, Plant, Bravery, Fairhurst 3-3 7-5 3: Clarke,
Hodgson, Watson, Littlewood 5-1 12-6 4: Bainbridge, Powell, Ryan,
Bravery 2-4 14-10 5: Mills, Spencer, Freeman, Fairhurst 4-2 18-12 6:
Watson, Plant, Bravery, Littlewood X 3-3 21-15 7: Lawson, Hodgson, Ryan,
Clarke 2-4 23-19 8: Spencer, Plant, Revett, Thorpe 3-3 26-22 9: Mills,
Watson, Freeman, Littlewood 4-2 30-24 10: Lawson, Bravery, Plant, Ryan
3-3 33-27 11: Spencer, Hodgson, Clarke, Fairhurst 3-3 36-30 12: Freeman,
Thorpe, Powell F, Littlewood F 3-2 39-32 13: Clarke, Bainbridge, Revett,
Fairhurst 4-2 43-34 14: Mills, Lawson, Hodgson, Watson 4-2 47-36 Caister Scratch Race: Revett, Powell, Ted Rawlinson, Phil Day. Glasgow Scratch Race: Bainbridge, Ryan, Fairhurst, Thorpe. Yarmouth Scratch Race: Ted Rawlinson, Bert Rawlinson, Billy Bales, Ted Walker. East Coast Scratch Race: Powell, P Hammond, Phil Day, Roy Dook X. |
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| Jack Freeman 1 1 1 3 | 6 | Buck Ryan 2 1 1 0 | 4 | ||
| Paddy Mills © 3 3 3 3 | 12 | Aub Lawson X 3 3 2 | 8 | ||
| Wilf Plant 2 2 2 1' | 7+1 | Bert Spencer © 3 2 3 3 | 11 | ||
| Ted Bravery 1' 0 1' 2 | 4+2 | Bruce Fairhurst 0 0 0 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Clarke 3 0 1' 3 | 7+1 | Syd Littlewood 0 X 0 F | 0 | ||
| Frank Hodgson 2' 2 2 1 | 7+1 | Cliff Watson 1 3 2 0 | 6 | ||
| Aussie Powell 2 F | 2 | Junior Bainbridge 3 2 | 5 | ||
| Geoff Revett 1' 1 | 2+1 | Bluey Thorpe 0 2 | 2 | ||
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| There are 2 different versions of this programme, produced by 2 different printing companies. Not only is the wording and font different on the cover, but there are significant differences on the pages inside also. Did the big crowd neccessitate a late reprint of the programme? | |
| 1949 | Australia beat England 3-2 | |
| OFFICIAL |
26.05 Wembley : 18.06 Birmingham (Perry Barr) : 13.07 New Cross : 05.08 Harringay : 03.09 Odsal (Bradford) : |
England 41 Australia 67 (Att:
70,000) England 53 Australia 55 (Att: 37,000) England 62 Australia 46 England 53 Australia 55 England 72 Australia 36 |
| POINT SCORERS
England Jack Parker 66, Dent Oliver 47, Bill Gilbert 40, Tommy Price 29, Louis Lawson 25, Freddie Williams 22, Ron Clarke 14, Eric French 10, Oliver Hart 10, Split Waterman 10, Norman Parker 4, Alec Statham 3, Cyril Roger 1, Cyril Brine 0. |
Australia Graham Warren 53, Vic Duggan 36, Bill Longley 33, Aub Lawson 28, Ron Johnson 26, Jack Biggs 22, Cliff Watson 20, Ken Le Breton 17, Arthur Payne 13, Bob Leverenz 4, Ray Duggan 3, Doug McLachlan 3, Jack Young 1 |
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| A stunning performance by
Australia saw England routed in the opening Test at Wembley. England
provided just two of the 18 race winners, and their best heat score was
3-3 - thankfully their reserves saved the team further embarassment. The
expected fine performances of post-war stars Duggan and Warren for
Australia were surprisingly aided by a welcome return to form for
pre-war Scottish born star Ron Johnson. The 2nd. Test at Birmingham was a much closer match, due in no small measure to the absence from the Australian team of the home track star, Graham Warren, due to injury, and the effective loss of Ron Johnson with bike problems. In fact, the England team (for whom Louis Lawson's debut was the only bright spot) was again criticised after this match, for they had led by 8 points with seven heats remaining and then conceded two 5-1's and two 4-2's in the next 5 races, which put Australia in the driving seat. On the tiny 262 yard New Cross bowl, England took advantage of Vic Duggan's injury absence and a semi-fit Warren to record an emphatic victory, with skipper Jack Parker and alleged big track rider Dent Oliver surprisingly heading the scorechart.Impressive debutant for Australia was the "White Ghost", Ken le Breton. Australia were also without Duggan and Johnson at the Harringay Test. Experts one and all predicted an England victory. It all looked like going to plan when England opened with a couple of 4-2's, but that four point lead was never to be increased. Warren team-rode le Breton to a maximum heat win in the fourth race to tie the scores, but it not until heat 13 that Australia took the lead when le Breton dived under Dent Oliver to join Warren for a 5-1. Oliver fell, le Breton was booed, but the result stood. Australia led 52-50 going into the final heat, and had Jack Biggs and reserve Ray Duggan facing Bill Gilbert and reserve Louis Lawson. The younger Duggan broke the tapes and was excluded. Biggs HAD to win to give Australia the match - and the series. There ensued a superb race, with Biggs gating just in front of Lawson, who drew level with the Australian on almost every bend, and actually pulled slightly ahead on the third lap, but Biggs' superior speed on the straight enabled him to regain the lead and become his countries' hero. The final match at Odsal saw England score a big win over a weak Australian team, with Duggan, Johnson, and Biggs all absent injured. Notable debutant for Australia was a certain Jack Young. |
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| Australia 1949 at Wembley |
| Jack Biggs, Graham Warren, Ken Le Breton, Ron Johnson, Vic Duggan, Bill Longley, Cliff Watson, Aub Lawson |
| Wembley : England 41 Australia 67 | Birmingham : England 53 Australia 55 | |||||||
| Jack Parker © 2 2 2 1' F 2 | 9+1 | Vic Duggan © 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | Jack Parker © 2 R 2 2' 1 2 | 9+1 | D McLachlan 1 1 1 0 - - | 3 | |
| Norman Parker 0 0 0 - - - | 0 | Jack Biggs 1 2' 0 f,rm 2' 1 | 6+2 | Fred Williams F 3 1' 3 0 0 | 7+1 | Arthur Payne 3 0 3 1 3 3 | 13 | |
| Bill Gilbert 1' 1 2 3 2 0 | 9+1 | Ron Johnson 3 1 3 1' 1' 3 | 12+2 | Bill Gilbert 2' 2 0 1 2 1' | 8+2 | Bill Longley © 1 2 2 2 3 0 | 10 | |
| Oliver Hart 2 0 1' f,rm ret - | 3+1 | Bill Longley 0 3 F 2 2 0 | 7 | Louis Lawson 3 1' 2 3 1' 2 | 12+2 | Ron Johnson X 1' 1' 0 - - | 2+2 | |
| Dent Oliver 0 1 - 1' 1 - | 3+1 | Aub Lawson 2' 2' 1 0 1 0 | 6+2 | Dent Oliver F 2' 3 2 1 3 | 11+1 | Vic Duggan 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | |
| Alec Statham 1 0 - 2 F - | 3 | Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | Split Waterman 2 3 F 0 0 - | 5 | Cliff Watson 1 R - - - 1 | 2 | |
| res.Split Waterman 1' 2 2 | 5+1 | res.C Watson did not ride | - | res.Cyril Roger 1 | 1 | res.Jack Biggs 0 1 0 | 1 | |
| res.F Williams 2 2 3 1' 1' | 9+2 | res.K Le Breton did not ride - | res.Paddy Mills did not ride | res.Aub Lawson 2' 2' R 2 | 6+2 | |||
| 1: Duggan, J Parker, Biggs, N Parker 2-4 2: Johnson, Hart, Gilbert, Longley 3-3 5-7 3: Warren, Lawson, Statham, Oliver 1-5 6-12 4: Longley, J Parker, Johnson, N Parker 2-4 8-16 5: Warren, Lawson, Gilbert, Hart 1-5 9-21 6: Duggan, Biggs, Oliver, Statham 1-5 10-26 7: Warren, J Parker, Lawson, N Parker 2-4 12-30 8: Duggan, Gilbert, Hart, Biggs 3-3 15-33 9: Johnson, Williams, Waterman, Longley F 3-3 18-36 10: Duggan, Williams, J Parker, Biggs f,rm 3-3 21-39 11: Gilbert, Longley, Johnson, Hart f,rm 3-3 24-42 12: Warren, Statham, Oliver, Lawson 3-3 27-45 13: Williams, Longley, Johnson, J Parker F 3-3 30-48 14: Warren, Gilbert, Lawson, Hart ret 2-4 32-52 15: Duggan, Biggs, Oliver, Statham F 1-5 33-57 16: Warren, J Parker, Williams, Lawson 3-3 36-60 17: Duggan, Waterman, Biggs, Gilbert 2-4 38-64 18: Johnson, Waterman, Williams, Longley 3-3 41-67 | 1: Payne, Parker, McLachlan, Williams F 2-4 2: L Lawson, Gilbert, Longley, Johnson X 5-1 7-5 3: Duggan, Waterman, Watson, Oliver F 2-4 9-9 4: Williams, Longley, Johnson, Parker R 3-3 12-12 5: Duggan, Gilbert, L Lawson, Watson R 3-3 15-15 6: Waterman, Oliver, McLachlan, Payne 5-1 20-16 7: Duggan, Parker, Williams, Biggs 3-3 23-19 8: Payne, L Lawson, McLachlan, Gilbert 2-4 25-23 9: Oliver, Longley, Johnson, Waterman F 3-3 28-26 10: Williams, Parker, Payne, McLachlan 5-1 33-27 11: L Lawson, Longley, Gilbert, Johnson 4-2 37-29 12: Duggan, Oliver, Biggs, Waterman 2-4 39-33 13: Longley, A Lawson, Parker, Williams 1-5 40-38 14: Duggan, Gilbert, L Lawson, Biggs 3-3 43-41 15: Payne, A Lawson, Oliver, Waterman 1-5 44-46 16: Duggan, Parker, Watson, Williams 2-4 46-50 17: Payne, L Lawson, Gilbert, A Lawson R 3-3 49-53 18: Oliver, A Lawson, Roger, Longley 4-2 53-55. | |||||||
| New Cross : England 62 Australia 46 | Harringay : England 53 Australia 55 | |||||||
| Jack Parker © 3 3 3 3 3 2 | 17 | Ron Johnson© 2 2 3 1' 3 1 | 12+1 | Jack Parker © 3 1' 3 3 3 3 | 16+1 | Graham Warren2 2' 3 2 3 2 | 14+1 | |
| Fred Williams 1 1 1 0 2' 1' | 6+2 | Ray Duggan 0 0 - - - - | 0 | Norman Parker 1 2 0 0 - 1 | 4 | Ken Le Breton 0 3 1 1' 2' 1' | 8+3 | |
| Bill Gilbert 2' 1 2' 2' 2 2 | 11+3 | Bill Longley 1 2' 0 0 1' 3 | 7+2 | Bill Gilbert 3 1 3 3 1 1' | 12+1 | Bill Longley © 2 F 1' 1' 1 0 | 5+2 | |
| Dent Oliver 3 3 3 3 1' 1' | 14+2 | Cliff Watson 0 3 2 1 2 0 | 8 | Dent Oliver 1 F 0 - F - | 1 | Cliff Watson 0 1 2 2 3 2 | 10 | |
| Cyril Roger R 0 - - - - | 0 | Graham Warren2 2 F 3 F 3 | 10 | Tommy Price 2 2' 0 2 2 0 | 8+1 | Aub Lawson 0 0 - - - - | 0 | |
| Tommy Price 3 1 F 2 3 2 | 11 | Aub Lawson 1' 0 1 - 1 - | 3+1 | Eric French 1' 3 2 1' X - | 7+2 | Jack Biggs 3 3 1' 3 2 3 | 15+1 | |
| res.Eric French 2 1' 0 | 3+1 | res.Arthur Payne 0 0 | 0 | res.Louis Lawson F 3 2 | 5 | res.Ray Duggan 2 0 1' T | 3+1 | |
| res.Cyril Brine 0 | 0 | res.Ken Le Breton 1 2 0 3 | 6 | res.Cyril Brine F | 0 | res.Bob Leverenz did not ride - | ||
| 1: Parker, Johnson, Williams, Duggan 4-2 2: Oliver, Gilbert, Longley, Watson 5-1 9-3 3: Price, Warren, Lawson, Roger R 3-3 12-6 4: Oliver, Johnson, Gilbert, Duggan 4-2 16-8 5: Watson, Longley, Price, Roger 1-5 17-13 6: Parker, Warren, Williams, Lawson 4-2 21-15 7: Johnson, French, Le Breton, Price F 2-4 23-19 8: Parker, Watson, Williams, Longley 4-2 27-21 9: Oliver, Gilbert, Lawson, Warren F 5-1 32-22 10: Parker, Le Breton, Johnson, Williams 3-3 35-25 11: Oliver, Gilbert, Watson, Longley 5-1 40-26 12: Warren, Price, French, Payne 3-3 43-29 13: Johnson, Gilbert, Oliver, Le Breton 3-3 46-32 14: Price, Watson, Longley, Brine 3-3 49-35 15: Parker, Williams, Lawson, Warren F 5-1 54-36 16: Le Breton, Price, Johnson, French 2-4 56-40 17: Longley, Parker, Williams, Watson 3-3 59-43 18: Warren, Gilbert, Oliver, Payne 3-3 62-46. | 1: J Parker, Warren, N Parker, Le Breton 4-2 2: Gilbert, Longley, Oliver, Watson 4-2 8-4 3: Biggs, Price, French, A Lawson 3-3 11-7 4: Le Breton, Warren, Gilbert, Oliver F 1-5 12-12 5: French, Price, Watson, Longley F 5-1 17-13 6: Biggs, N Parker, J Parker, A Lawson 3-3 20-16 7: Warren, French, LeBreton, Price 2-4 22-20 8: J Parker, Watson, Longley, N Parker 3-3 25-23 9: Gilbert, R Duggan, Biggs, Oliver 3-3 28-26 10: J Parker, Warren, Le Breton, N Parker 3-3 31-29 11: Gilbert, Watson, Longley, L Lawson F 3-3 34-32 12: Biggs, Price, French, R Duggan 3-3 37-35 13: Warren, Le Breton, Gilbert, Oliver F 1-5 38-40 14: Watson, Price, Longley, French X 2-4 40-44 15: J Parker, Biggs, R Duggan, Brine F 3-3 43-47 16: L Lawson, Warren, Le Breton, Price 3-3 46-50 17: J Parker, Watson, N Parker, Longley 4-2 50-52 18: Biggs, L Lawson, Gilbert, R Duggan T 3-3 53-55. | |||||||
| Odsal : England 72 Australia 36 | ||||||
| Jack Parker 3 3 3 2 1' 3 | 15+1 | Graham Warren 2 1 2 3 0 3 | 11 | 1: Parker, Warren, L Lawson, Duggan F 4-2 2: Clarke, A Lawson, Hart, Watson 4-2 8-4 3: Oliver, Price, Longley, Le Breton 5-1 13-5 4: Parker, A Lawson, L Lawson, Watson 4-2 17-7 5: Hart, Clarke, Le Breton, Longley 5-1 22-8 6: Oliver, Price, Warren, Duggan R 5-1 27-9 7: Parker, Le Breton, L Lawson, Longley 4-2 31-11 8: Clarke, Warren, Leverenz, Hart R 3-3 34-14 9: Oliver, A Lawson, Price, Young 4-2 38-16 10: Warren, Parker, L Lawson, Leverenz 3-3 41-19 11: A Lawson, Clarke, Young, Hart F 2-4 43-23 12: Oliver, Price, Longley, Le Breton 5-1 48-24 13: A Lawson, L Lawson, Parker, Young 3-3 51-27 14: Hart, Clarke, Longley, Le Breton 5-1 56-28 15: Oliver, Leverenz, Price, Warren 4-2 60-30 16: Parker, L Lawson, Longley, Le Breton 5-1 65-31 17: Warren, Clarke, Leverenz, Hart 2-4 67-35 18: Oliver, Price, A Lawson, Watson 5-1 72-36. | ||
| Louis Lawson 1 1 1 1' 2 2' | 8+2 | Ray Duggan F R - - - - | 0 | |||
| Ron Clarke 3 2' 3 2 2' 2 | 14+2 | Aub Lawson 2 2 2 3 3 1 | 13 | |||
| Oliver Hart 1 3 R F 3 0 | 7 | Cliff Watson 0 0 - - - 0 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Price 2' 2' 1 2' 1 2' | 10+4 | Bill Longley 1 0 0 1 1 1 | 4 | |||
| Dent Oliver 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | Ken Le Breton 0 1 2 0 0 0 | 3 | |||
| res.Ernie Price did not ride | - | res.Bob Leverenz 1' 0 2 1 | 4+1 | |||
| res.Bill Gilbert did not ride | - | res.Jack Young 0 1 0 | 1 | |||
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| 1949 | 21.05 Norwich : | England (2nd.Div.) 53 Australia (2nd.Div.) 43 | ||||
| UNOFFICIAL | ||||||
| England (2nd.Div) | Australia (2nd.Div) | |||||
| Geoff Godwin 0 1 1 1 | 3 | Syd Littlewood© 1' 2 3 2 1 | 9+1 | 1: Mills, Le Breton, Littlewood, Godwin 3-3 2: Bainbridge, Freeman, Clarke, L Kilmeyer 3-3 6-6 3: Bales, F Hodgson, Hunter, J Hodgson 2-4 8-10 4: Clarke, Littlewood, K Killmeyer, Arnfield R 4-2 12-12 5: Mills, Bainbridge, Godwin, L Killmeyer 4-2 16-14 6: Clarke, Freeman, Hunter, Bales 5-1 21-15 7: Littlewood, F Hodgson, Le Breton, J Hodgson 2-4 23-19 8: Bainbridge, Freeman, Codling, Lindsay F 3-3 26-22 9: Mills, Hunter, Godwin, Bales R 4-2 30-24 10: Clarke, Littlewood, Lindsay, Freeman F 3-3 33-27 11: Bainbridge, F Hodgson, J Hodgson, L Killmeyer 3-3 36-30 12: Lindsay, Hunter, Godwin, K Killmeyer 1-5 37-35 13: Codling, Arnfield, J Hodgson, L Killmeyer F 4-2 41-37 14: Mills, Le Breton, F Hodgson, Bales 4-2 45-39 15: Codling, Lindsay, Arnfield, K Killmeyer 3-3 48-42 16: Mills, Clarke, Littlewood, Bainbridge 5-1 53-43. Tharston Scratch Race : Johnny Davies, Bob Womack, Farmer Giles, Bassey Davey. | ||
| Paddy Mills © 3 3 3 3 3 | 15 | Ken Le Breton 2 1 - 2 | 5 | |||
| Jack Freeman 2 2' 2 F | 6+1 | Junior Bainbridge 3 2 3 3 0 | 11 | |||
| Phil Clarke 1' 3 3 3 2' | 12+2 | Leopold Killmeyer*0 0 0 F | 0 | |||
| Jack Hodgson 0 0 1' 1 | 2+1 | Alec Hunter 1 1 2 2' | 6+1 | |||
| Frank Hodgson 2 2 2 1 | 7 | Billy Bales** 3 0 R 0 | 3 | |||
| Karl Killmeyer* 1 0 0 | 1 | Jack Arnfield R 2 1' | 3+1 | |||
| Bill Codling 1' 3 3 | 7+1 | Norman Lindsay F 1' 3 2 | 6+1 | |||
| * Austria ** England | ||||||
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| Billy Bales leads Jack and Frank Hodgson in heat 3 of the 1949 Division 2 international at Norwich |
| Thanks to Michael Kemp for the photo |
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| And thanks to Roger Stevens for the TWO versions, from different printers, of the 1949 Norwich programme | |
| 1950 | England beat Australia 3-2 | |
| OFFICIAL |
06.06 West Ham : 24.06 Belle Vue (Hyde Road) : 12.07 New Cross : 31.07 Wimbledon : 31.08 Wembley : |
England 47 Australia 60 (Att:
52,731) England 58 Australia 50 England 63 Australia 45 England 62 Australia 46 (Att: 30,000) England 53 Australia 55 |
| POINT SCORERS
England Tommy Price 55, Cyril Brine 40, Eric French 28, Alan Hunt 24, Bert Roger 23, Louis Lawson 20, Cyril Roger 20, Jack Parker 18, Norman Parker 18, Freddie Williams 13, Eddie Rigg 12, Alec Statham 5, Malcolm Craven 4, Split Waterman 2, Dent Oliver 1, Arthur Forrest 0. |
Australia Graham Warren 64, Ken Le Breton 44, Aub Lawson 35, Jack Young 25, Vic Duggan 20, Merv Harding 20, Jack Biggs 19, Bill Longley 15, Ronnie Moore 5, Bob Leverenz 3, Ron Johnson 2, Arthur Payne 2, Junior Bainbridge 1, Cliff Watson 1. |
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| England raced to an early
18-11 lead at West Ham, thanks largely to a lucky 5-0 when race leader
le Breton, and then team mate Warren, both retired. Australia fought
back well, notably with a 5-1 from second division riders le Breton and
Young in heat 8, and by the interval their team had taken the lead.
England panicked, five of its' six man team being replaced by reserves
at some point, but Australia cruised to victory. At rain-soaked Belle
Vue, Australia were forced to include FOUR second division riders due to
injuries but, with Duggan withdrawing after some terrible starts, there
could only be one result, though England won by default rather than
superiority. The pre-war stars were being edged out of Test Match speedway, never more obviously than at New Cross where the Roger brothers (third division riders two years earlier) headed the home scorechart against a Warren-led Australia. Alan Hunt impressed for England from reserve, and he was promoted to a team slot for the Wimbledon match where he scored 12 points in a solid England win which clinched the series, in front of a capacity crowd with hundreds locked out. Australia were forced to track a relatively inexperienced team, none more so than home track wonder boy debutant Ronnie Moore. Australia supplied 10 of the 18 race winners - and lost by sixteen points. A close encounter at Wembley saw Australia lead by two points before the final heat. Hunt passed Lawson to win the race, but Young just held Williams out of 3rd place by half a wheel to give his team their usual Wembley victory. |
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| West Ham : England 47 Australia 60 | Belle Vue : England 58 Australia 50 | |||||||
| Jack Parker 3 1 1 1' 2' 0 | 8+2 | Vic Duggan 1 3 0 3 2' 3 | 12+1 | Jack Parker 3 1 1 1' 1 1 | 8+1 | Vic Duggan 0 1 0 - - - | 1 | |
| Cyril Roger 2' 0 0 - 3 1 | 6+1 | Jack Biggs 0 1 2 0 3 0 | 6 | Dent Oliver 1 0 0 - 0 - | 1 | Merv Harding 2 0 3 3 3 3 | 14 | |
| Eric French 3 2 1 0 0 - | 6 | Graham Warren 2 R - - 0 - | 2 | Tommy Price 2' 3 0 2' 2 1 | 10+2 | Aub Lawson 0 1 3 1 F 0 | 5 | |
| Malcolm Craven1 0 R - 1 2 | 4 | Ken Le Breton R R 3 3 3 2' | 11+1 | Louis Lawson 3 2' 2 3 1' 3 | 14+2 | Jack Young 1 0 2' 0 - 2 | 5+1 | |
| Tommy Price 2 3 1 2 - 2 | 10 | Aub Lawson 1 3 2' 3 0 3 | 12+1 | Eric French 1' 2' 1' 1' 2' 1 | 8+5 | Ken Le Breton R 2' 1 0 2' 2 | 7+2 | |
| Fred Williams 0 2' - - 2 1' | 5+2 | Bill Longley 3 2' 3 1 1 F | 10+1 | Eddie Rigg 2 3 2 2 3 0 | 12 | Graham Warren3 3 3 3 3 R | 15 | |
| res.L Lawson 3 1 0 1' 1' | 6+2 | res.Jack Young 2' 2' 3 | 7+2 | res.Alec Statham 2 3 | 5 | res.Bob Leverenz 1 2' | 3+1 | |
| res.Split Waterman 2 | 2 | res.Dick Seers did not ride | res.Bert Roger did not ride | res.Arthur Payne 0 0 | 0 | |||
| res.K Gurtner did not ride | - | |||||||
| 1: Parker, Roger, Duggan, Biggs 5-1 2: French, Warren, Craven, Le Breton R 4-2 9-3 3: Longley, Price, A Lawson, Williams 2-4 11-7 4: Duggan, French, Biggs, Craven 2-4 13-11 5: Price, Williams, Warren R, Le Breton R 5-0 18-11 6: A Lawson, Longley, Parker, Roger 1-5 19-16 7: L Lawson, Biggs, Price, Duggan 4-2 23-18 8: Le Breton, Young, Parker, Roger 1-5 24-23 9: Longley, A Lawson, French, Craven R 1-5 25-28 10: Duggan, Waterman, Parker, Biggs 3-3 28-31 11: Le Breton, Young, L Lawson, French 1-5 29-36 12: A Lawson, Price, Longley, L Lawson 2-4 31-40 13: Biggs, Duggan, Craven, French 1-5 32-45 14: Le Breton, Williams, L Lawson, Warren 3-3 35-48 15: Roger, Parker, Longley, A Lawson 5-1 40-49 16: Duggan, Price, Williams, Biggs 3-3 43-52 17: Young, Le Breton, Roger, Parker 1-5 44-57 18: A Lawson, Craven, L Lawson, Longley F 3-3 47-60 | 1: Parker, Harding, Oliver, Duggan 4-2 2: L Lawson, Price, Young, A Lawson 5-1 9-3 3: Warren, Rigg, French, Le Breton R 3-3 12-6 4: Price, L Lawson, Duggan, Harding 5-1 17-7 5: Rigg, French, A Lawson, Young 5-1 22-8 6: Warren, Le Breton, Parker, Oliver 1-5 23-13 7: Harding, Rigg, French, Duggan 3-3 26-16 8: A Lawson, Young, Parker, Oliver 1-5 27-21 9: Warren, L Lawson, Le Breton, Price 2-4 29-25 10: Harding, Statham, Parker, Payne 3-3 32-28 11: L Lawson, Price, A Lawson, Young 5-1 37-29 12: Warren, Rigg, French, Le Breton 3-3 40-32 13: Harding, Price, L Lawson, Payne 3-3 43-35 14: Rigg, French, Leverenz, A Lawson F 5-1 48-36 15: Warren, Le Breton, Parker, Oliver 1-5 49-41 16: Harding, Leverenz, French, Rigg 1-5 50-46 17: Statham, Young, Parker, A Lawson 4-2 54-48 18: L Lawson, Le Breton, Price, Warren R 4-2 58-50 | |||||||
| New Cross : England 63 Australia 45 | Wimbledon : England 62 Australia 46 | |||||||
| Team Manager: Arthur Simcock | ||||||||
| Bert Roger 2 3 2 3 2 2 | 14 | Vic Duggan 1 1 0 F - - | 2 | Norman Parker 2 2 2' 0 1 2' | 9+2 | Graham Warren 3 0 3 3 3 3 | 15 | |
| Eric French 0 0 - - - - | 0 | Jack Biggs 3 0 1 - 2 1 | 7 | Cyril Brine 1' 1' 3 2 3 3 | 13+2 | Merv Harding 0 1 0 1 2' 2' | 6+2 | |
| Norman Parker 1 2' 2' 1 1 - | 7+2 | Graham Warren 3 2 3 3 3 3 | 17 | Eric French 1' 3 2 2 0 1 | 9+1 | Aub Lawson 3 FX - - - - | 3 | |
| Cyril Brine 0 3 3 0 3 2' | 11+1 | Ken Le Breton 2' 1' 1 2' 0 0 | 6+3 | Tommy Price 2 2' 1' 1' 1 3 | 10+3 | Ronnie Moore 0 1 - 3 F 1 | 5 | |
| Cyril Roger 3 3 3 0 2 3 | 14 | Bill Longley 1 1' 1 1' 0 0 | 4+2 | Bert Roger 1 2' 2 1' 2' 1 | 9+3 | Ken Le Breton 0 0 3 3 0 2 | 8 | |
| Tommy Price 2' 0 2' 3 1' 2' | 10+4 | Ron Johnson 0 2 0 - - - | 2 | Alan Hunt 3 3 1' 2 3 0 | 12+1 | Jack Young 2 3 0 0 2 0 | 7 | |
| res.Louis Lawson R | 0 | res.Cliff Watson 1 0 | 1 | res.Ron Clarke did not ride | res.Junior Bainbridge 0 1 | 1 | ||
| res.Alan Hunt 2' 1' 1' 3 | 7+3 | res.Aub Lawson 2 3 0 1 | 6 | res.Vic Emms did not ride | - | res.Bill Longley 1 0 0 | 1 | |
| 1: Biggs, B Roger, Duggan, French 2-4 2: Warren, Le Breton, Parker, Brine 1-5 3-9 3: C Roger, Price, Longley, Johnson 5-1 8-10 4: Brine, Parker, Duggan, Biggs 5-1 13-11 5: C Roger, Warren, Le Breton, Price 3-3 16-14 6: B Roger, Johnson, Longley, French 3-3 19-17 7: C Roger, Price, Biggs, Duggan 5-1 24-18 8: Warren, B Roger, Le Breton, L Lawson R 2-4 26-22 9: Brine, Parker, Longley, Johnson 5-1 31-23 10: B Roger, Hunt, Watson, Duggan F 5-1 36-24 11: Warren. Le Breton, Parker, Brine 1-5 37-29 12: Price, A Lawson, Longley, C Roger 3-3 40-32 13: Brine, Biggs, Parker, Watson 4-2 44-34 14: Warren, C Roger, Price, Le Breton 3-3 47-37 15: A Lawson, B Roger, Hunt, Longley 3-3 50-40 16: C Roger, Price, Biggs, A Lawson 5-1 55-41 17: Warren, B Roger, Hunt, Le Breton 3-3 58-44 18: Hunt, Brine, A Lawson, Longley 5-1 63-45 | 1: Warren, Parker, Brine, Harding 3-3 2: Lawson, Price, French, Moore 3-3 6-6 3: Hunt, Young, Roger, Le Breton 4-2 10-8 4: French, Price, Harding, Warren 5-1 15-9 5: Hunt, Roger, Moore, Lawson FX 5-1 20-10 6: Young, Parker, Brine, Le Breton 3-3 23-13 7: Warren, Roger, Hunt, Harding 3-3 26-16 8: Brine, Parker, Longley, Bainbridge 5-1 31-17 9: Le Breton, French, Price, Young 3-3 34-20 10: Warren, Brine, Harding, Parker 2-4 36-24 11: Moore, French, Price, Longley 3-3 39-27 12: Le Breton, Hunt, Roger, Young 3-3 42-30 13: Warren, Harding, Price, French 1-5 43-35 14: Hunt, Roger, Bainbridge, Moore F 5-1 48-36 15: Brine, Young, Parker, Le Breton 4-2 52-38 16: Warren, Harding, Roger, Hunt 1-5 53-43 17: Brine, Parker, Moore, Longley 5-1 58-44 18: Price, Le Breton, French, Young 4-2 62-46 | |||||||
| Wembley : England 53 Australia 55 | ||||||
| Tommy Price 2 3 2 2 3 3 | 15 | Graham Warren 3 2' 1 3 3 3 | 15+1 | 1: Warren, Price, French, Payne 3-3 2: Le Breton, Biggs, Hunt, J Parker R 1-5 4-8 3: Brine, Young, N Parker, Lawson 4-2 8-10 4: Duggan, Warren, Hunt, Parker F 1-5 9-15 5: Brine, Le Breton, Biggs, N Parker 3-3 12-18 6: Price, French, Young, Harding 5-1 17-19 7: Brine, Williams, Warren, Duggan R 5-1 22-20 8: Le Breton, Price, French, Biggs 3-3 25-23 9: Lawson, J Parker, Williams, Young 3-3 28-26 10: Warren, Price, Payne, Forrest 2-4 30-30 11: Williams, Le Breton, Biggs,J Parker 3-3 33-33 12: Brine, Lawson, Young, N Parker 3-3 36-36 13: Warren, Williams, Payne, Forrest 2-4 38-40 14: Brine, Biggs, N Parker, Le Breton R 4-2 42-42 15: Price, Lawson, Young, French 3-3 45-45 16: Warren, Duggan, Brine, Williams 1-5 46-50 17: Price, Le Breton, French, Biggs 4-2 50-52 18: Hunt, Lawson, Young, Williams 3-3 53-55 | ||
| Eric French 1' 2' 1' - 0 1 | 5+3 | Arthur Payne 0 - - 1 1 - | 2 | |||
| Jack Parker R F 2 0 - - | 2 | Ken Le Breton 3 2 3 2 R 2 | 12 | |||
| Alan Hunt 1 1 - - - 3 | 5 | Jack Biggs 2' 1' 0 1' 2 0 | 6+3 | |||
| Norman Parker 1 0 - 0 1 - | 2 | Aub Lawson 0 - 3 2 2 2 | 9 | |||
| Cyril Brine 3 3 3 3 3 1 | 16 | Jack Young 2 1 0 1' 1' 1' | 6+3 | |||
| res.F Williams 2' 1' 3 2 0 0 | 8+2 | res.Vic Duggan 3 R 2' | 5+1 | |||
| res.Arthur Forrest 0 0 | 0 | res.Merv Harding 0 | 0 | |||
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| 1950 programmes include the unofficial match at Shelbourne Park, | ||
| Dublin, Ireland (result below) | ||
| 1950 | 24.09 : Shelbourne Park, Dublin, Ireland | England | 39 | Australia | 45 | |
| UNOFFICIAL |
| England | 39 | Australia | 45 | |||
| Bill Kitchen 2 2 1 3 | 8 | Graham Warren 3 1 2' 3 | 9+1 | 1: Warren, Kitchen, French, Redmond 3-3 2: Longley, Lawrence, Payne, Tolley 2-4 5-7 3: Harding, Mountford, Perkins, Le Breton 3-3 8-10 4: Longley, Kitchen, Rawlings, Tolley 2-4 10-14 5: Lawrence, C Roger, Warren, Redmond 5-1 15-15 6: Payne, Longley, Mountford, Perkins 1-5 16-20 7: French, Le Breton, Kitchen, Harding 4-2 20-22 8: C Roger, Tolley, Payne, Ible 5-1 25-23 9: Redmond, Warren, Mountford, Perkins 1-5 26-28 10: Kitchen, Longley, Payne, French 3-3 29-31 11: Lawrence, C Roger, Le Breton, Harding 5-1 34-32 12: Warren, Rawlings, Perkins, Tolley 1-5 35-37 13: Le Breton, Lawrence, Tolley, Ible 3-3 38-40 14: Redmond, Harding, Mountford, French 1-5 39-45 | ||
| Eric French 1' 3 0 0 | 4+1 | Trevor Redmond 0 0 3 3 | 6 | |||
| Cyril Roger - 2' 3 2' | 7+2 | Arthur Payne 1 3 1 1' | 6+1 | |||
| Frank Lawrence 2 3 3 2 | 10 | Bill Longley 3 3 2' 2 | 10+1 | |||
| Bert Roger - - - - | - | Ken Le Breton 0 2 1 3 | 6 | |||
| Ron Mountford 2 1 1 1 | 5 | Merv Harding 3 0 0 2' | 5+1 | |||
| Fred Perkins 1' - 0 0 1 - | 2+1 | Ernie Rawlings 1 2' | 3+1 | |||
| Dick Tolley 0 0 2' 0 1' | 3+2 | Doug Ible 0 0 | 0 | |||
| 1951 | Australia beat England 4-1 | |
| OFFICIAL |
01.06 Harringay :
30.06 Odsal (Bradford) : 19.07 Wembley : 04.08 Birmingham : 28.08 West Ham : |
England 48 Australia 60 (Att:
27,000) England 59 Australia 49 (Att: 27,780) England 49 Australia 58 (Att: 54,000) England 46 Australia 62 England 49 Australia 58 |
| POINT SCORERS England Split Waterman 40, Eddie Rigg 39, Freddie Wiliams 38, Jack Parker 24, Alan Hunt 21, Cyril Roger 21, Norman Parker 18, Cyril Brine 9, Tommy Miller 9, Eric Williams 9, George Wilks 9, Arthur Forrest 4, Malcolm Craven 3, Ron Mountford 3, Derek Close 2, Dennis Gray 1, Tommy Price 1, Bob Oakley 0 (1 uncompleted ride - fell, non-starter). |
Australia Jack Young 69, Aub Lawson 54, Jack Biggs 51, Ronnie Moore 36, Arthur Payne 29, Graham Warren 20, Bob Leverenz 17, Junior Bainbridge 6, Merv Harding 3, Cliff Watson 2, Keith Gurtner 0, Les Hewitt 0. |
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| England were clear
favourites to win the opening Test of 1951 at Harringay, and duly went 8
points ahead after 6 races. But Jack Young led an Australian revival
which saw the scores level by the interval, before stunning the home
country with four successive 5-1's in heats 11 to 14. Ronnie Moore
epitomised the Aussie spirit when, after falling due to a clash with
Waterman and losing several teeth, he returned to figure in three 5-1's
with partner Young. At Odsal, Young was equally impressive, but his teammates less so, and England tied the series. On to Wembley, where Aub Lawson and Arthur Payne supplied Young with the heat-leader support neccessary to beat a tired-looking English team. Then Australia wrapped up the series victory at Birmingham against a strictly post-war England team for whom Rigg and new boy Tommy Miller impressed, but who were disappointed by the lack of points from Freddie Williams. The Australians completed a best-ever 4-1 series win at Custom House when they went nine points ahead by the interval, before all nine second-half races were split 3-3. |
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| Harringay : England 48 Australia 60 | Odsal : England 59 Australia 49 | |||||||
| Jack Parker 0 3 F 2 2' 2 | 9+1 | Aub Lawson 3 1 3 3 3 2 | 15 | Eddie Rigg 2' 2 2 2 1' 3 | 12+2 | Aub Lawson 0 R - 3 0 3 | 6 | |
| Cyril Brine 2 1 1 1' 3 0 | 8+1 | Cliff Watson 1 - 1 - - - | 2 | Norman Parker 3 1' 0 0 - - | 4+1 | Jnr Bainbridge 1 1 - - - - | 2 | |
| S Waterman Fns - F - - - | 0 | Jack Young 1 3 3 3 3 3 | 16 | Bob Oakley Fns - - - - - | - | Jack Young 3 3 3 2 3 2 | 16 | |
| Fred Williams 3 3 2 1 1 1 | 11 | R Moore Fns 1 2' 2' 2' 1 | 8+3 | Fred Williams X 3 3 3 3 1 | 13 | Ronnie Moore 1 2' 1 0 0 0 | 4+1 | |
| Cyril Roger 3 F F 1 - 3 | 7 | Bob Leverenz 0 F - 3 1 2 | 6 | Jack Parker 3 1 3 1 2 2 | 12 | Bob Leverenz 0 0 1' 0 - - | 1+1 | |
| Alan Hunt 1 2 2 0 - 0 | 5 | Jack Biggs 2 2 3 2' 0 0 | 9+1 | Cyril Roger 2' 0 2' 3 1' FX | 8+3 | Jack Biggs 1 3 2 2 0 3 | 11 | |
| res.Norman Parker 2' 2' 1 3 | 8+2 | res.Graham Warren 0 0 F | 0 | res.Arthur Forrest 2 F 2' 0 | 4+1 | res.Arthur Payne 0 1 3 2' | 6+1 | |
| res.Eddie Rigg 0 0 0 | 0 | res.J Bainbridge 1 2' 1' | 4+2 | res.Alan Hunt 2' 1 2 1 | 6+1 | res.Merv Harding 1 1 1 | 3 | |
| 1: Lawson, Brine, Watson, J Parker 2-4 2: Williams, N Parker, Young, Warren, Moore F,ns, Waterman F,ns 5-1 7-5 3: Roger, Biggs, Hunt, Leverenz 4-2 11-7 4: Williams, N Parker, Lawson, Warren 5-1 16-8 5: Young, Hunt, Moore, Roger F 2-4 18-12 6: J Parker, Biggs, Brine, Leverenz F 4-2 22-14 7: Lawson, Hunt, Watson, Roger F 2-4 24-18 8: Young, Moore, Brine, J Parker F 1-5 25-23 9: Biggs, Williams, Bainbridge, Waterman F 2-4 27-27 10: Lawson, J Parker, Brine, Warren F 3-3 30-30 11: Young, Moore, Williams, Rigg 1-5 31-35 12: Leverenz, Biggs, Roger, Hunt 1-5 32-40 13: Lawson, Bainbridge, Williams, Rigg 1-5 33-45 14: Young, Moore, N Parker, Rigg 1-5 34-50 15: Brine, J Parker, Leverenz, Biggs 5-1 39-51 16: Roger, Lawson, Bainbridge, Hunt 3-3 42-54 17: Young, J Parker, Moore, Brine 2-4 44-58 18: N Parker, Leverenz, Williams, Biggs 4-2 48-60 | 1: N Parker, Rigg, Bainbridge, Lawson 5-1 2: Young, Forrest, Moore, Williams X, Oakley F,ns 2-4 7-5 3: J Parker, Roger, Biggs, Leverenz 5-1 12-6 4: Williams, Hunt, Bainbridge, Lawson R 5-1 17-7 5: Young, Moore, J Parker, Roger 1-5 18-12 6: Biggs, Rigg, N Parker, Leverenz 3-3 21-15 7: J Parker, Roger, Harding, Payne 5-1 26-16 8: Young, Rigg, Moore, N Parker 2-4 28-20 9: Williams, Biggs, Leverenz, Forrest F 3-3 31-23 10: Lawson, Rigg, Payne, N Parker 2-4 33-27 11: Williams, Young, Hunt, Moore 4-2 37-29 12: Roger, Biggs, J Parker, Leverenz 4-2 41-31 13: Williams, Forrest, Harding, Lawson 5-1 46-32 14: Young, J Parker, Roger, Moore 3-3 49-35 15: Payne, Hunt, Rigg, Biggs 3-3 52-38 16: Lawson, J Parker, Harding, Roger FX 2-4 54-42 17: Rigg, Young, Hunt, Moore 4-2 58-44 18: Biggs, Payne, Williams, Forrest 1-5 59-49 | |||||||
| Wembley : England 49 Australia 58 | Birmingham : England 46 Australia 62 | |||||||
| Fred Williams 1 1 3 3 1 3 | 12 | Jack Young F 2' 2 2 2 2 | 10+1 | Fred Williams 0 1 0 1' 0 - | 2+1 | Arthur Payne 2 0 0 - 2 3 | 7 | |
| Norman Parker 3 0 1 1 X 1 | 6 | Ronnie Moore 2 3 0 0 1' 0 | 6+1 | Tommy Miller 3 0 1 - 3 2 | 9 | Graham Warren1' 1 3 3 0 0 | 8+1 | |
| Jack Parker 1' 0 - 2 0 - | 3+1 | Arthur Payne 3 3 2 3 3 2 | 16 | Alan Hunt 0 2' 0 1' 1 2 | 6+2 | Jack Young 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | |
| Cyril Roger 2 1 0 - - - | 3 | Graham Warren 0 0 - - 0 - | 0 | Eddie Rigg 2 3 3 2 3 0 | 13 | Ronnie Moore 1 2' 2' 0 1 1 | 7+2 | |
| Alan Hunt F 2 1 F 1' - | 4+1 | Aub Lawson 3 2' 3 3 3 3 | 17+1 | Split Waterman 1' 1 2 2 2 2 | 10+1 | Aub Lawson 0 2' 1' 1 1' 1 | 6+3 | |
| Split Waterman 2 1' 3 2 2 3 | 13+1 | Jack Biggs 1 3 2' 1 2' X | 9+2 | Derek Close 2 0 - - 0 - | 2 | Jack Biggs 3 3 2 3 2 3 | 16 | |
| res.George Wilks 1 3 1 2 | 7 | res.Bob Leverenz 0 0 | 0 | res.Cyril Brine 1' 0 | 1+1 | res.Bob Leverenz 0 | 0 | |
| res.Tommy Price 1' R | 1' | res.Junior Bainbridge 0 | 0 | res.Ron Mountford 2 0 1' | 3+1 | res.Les Hewitt did not ride | ||
| 1: N Parker, Moore, Williams, Young F 4-2 2: Payne, Roger, J Parker, Warren 3-3 7-5 3: Lawson, Waterman, Biggs, Hunt F 2-4 9-9 4: Moore, Young, Roger, J Parker 1-5 10-14 5: Payne, Hunt, Waterman, Warren 3-3 13-17 6: Biggs, Lawson, Williams, N Parker 1-5 14-22 7: Waterman, Young, Hunt, Moore 4-2 18-24 8: Williams, Payne, N Parker, Leverenz 4-2 22-26 9: Lawson, Biggs, Wilks, Roger 1-5 23-31 10: Williams, Young, N Parker, Moore 4-2 27-33 11: Payne, J Parker, Price, Bainbridge 3-3 30-36 12: Lawson, Waterman, Biggs, Hunt F 2-4 32-40 13: Wilks, Young, Moore, J Parker 3-3 35-43 14: Payne, Waterman, Hunt, Warren 3-3 38-46 15: Lawson, Biggs, Williams, N Parker X 1-5 39-51 16: Waterman, Young, Wilks, Moore 4-2 43-53 17: Williams, Payne, N Parker, Leverenz 4-2 47-55 18: Lawson, Wilks, Price R, Biggs X 2-3 49-58 | 1: Miller, Payne, Warren, Williams 3-3 2: Young, Rigg, Moore, Hunt 2-4 5-7 3: Biggs, Close, Waterman, Lawson 3-3 8-10 4: Rigg, Hunt, Warren, Payne 5-1 13-11 5: Young, Moore, Waterman, Close 1-5 14-16 6: Biggs, Lawson, Williams, Miller 1-5 15-21 7: Warren, Waterman, Brine, Payne 3-3 18-24 8: Young, Moore, Miller, Williams 1-5 19-29 9: Rigg, Biggs, Lawson, Hunt 3-3 22-32 10: Warren, Mountford, Williams, Leverenz 3-3 25-35 11: Young, Rigg, Hunt, Moore 3-3 28-38 12: Biggs, Waterman, Lawson, Mountford 2-4 30-42 13: Rigg, Payne, Hunt, Warren 4-2 34-44 14: Young, Waterman, Moore, Close 2-4 36-48 15: Miller, Biggs, Lawson, Williams 3-3 39-51 16: Payne, Waterman, Mountford, Warren 3-3 42-54 17: Young, Miller, Moore, Brine 2-4 44-58 18: Biggs, Hunt, Lawson, Rigg 2-4 46-62 | |||||||
| West Ham : England 49 Australia 58 | ||||||
| Split Waterman 3 3 3 3 2 3 | 17 | Aub Lawson 1' 2' 2' 2 2 1' | 10+4 | 1: Waterman, Warren, Lawson, Wilks 3-3 2: Young, Leverenz, Craven, Williams 1-5 4-8 3: Rigg, Biggs, Roger, Moore F 4-2 8-10 4: Warren, Lawson, Craven , Miller 1-5 9-15 5: Rigg, Leverenz, Roger R, Young F 3-2 12-17 6: Waterman, Moore, Wilks, Biggs 4-2 16-19 7: Warren, Lawson, Roger, Rigg F 1-5 17-24 8: Waterman, Young, Leverenz, Wilks 3-3 20-27 9: Moore, Williams, Biggs, Craven 2-4 22-31 10: Waterman, Lawson, Warren, Wilks 3-3 25-34 11: Leverenz, Williams, Gray, Young R 3-3 28-37 12: Moore, Rigg, Roger, Hewitt 3-3 31-40 13: Williams, Lawson, Warren, Miller 3-3 34-43 14: Rigg, Young, Leverenz, Roger 3-3 37-46 15: Moore, Waterman, Wilks, Gurtner 3-3 40-49 16: Rigg, Warren, Lawson, Roger 3-3 43-52 17: Waterman, Young, Leverenz, Wilks 3-3 46-55 18: Biggs, Williams, Craven, Moore F 3-3 49-58 | ||
| George Wilks 0 1 0 0 1' 0 | 2+1 | Graham Warren 2 3 3 1' 1' 2 | 12+2 | |||
| Malcolm Craven 1 1 0 - - 1' | 3+1 | Jack Young 3 F 2 R 2 2 | 9 | |||
| Eric Williams 0 - 2 2 3 2 | 9 | Bob Leverenz 2' 2 1' 3 1' 1' | 10+4 | |||
| Eddie Rigg 3 3 F 2 3 3 | 14 | Jack Biggs 2 0 1 - - 3 | 6 | |||
| Cyril Roger 1 R 1 1' 0 0 | 3+1 | Ronnie Moore F 2 3 3 3 F | 11 | |||
| res.Tommy Miller 0 0 | 0 | res.Les Hewitt 0 | 0 | |||
| res.Dennis Gray 1' | 1+1 | res.Keith Gurtner 0 | 0 | |||
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| 1952 | Australia beat England 4-1 | |
| OFFICIAL |
09.06 Wimbledon :
26.06 Wembley : 19.07 Belle Vue (Hyde Road) : 20.08 New Cross : 12.09 Harringay : |
England 52 Australia 56 (Att:
19,000) England 52 Australia 56 (Att: 36,000) England 50 Australia 58 (Att: 30,000) England 46 Australia 62 England 55 Australia 53 |
| POINT SCORERS England Bert Roger 40, Alan Hunt 38, Freddie Williams 38, Wally Green 29, Split Waterman 23, Dick Bradley 16, Cyril Brine 14, Ken Sharples 12, Ron How 9, Eddie Rigg 8, Derek Close 5, Eric French 5, Tommy Miller 5, Ron Mountford 5, Tommy Price 5, Brian Crutcher 1, Louis Lawson 1, George Wilks 1, Arthur Forrest 0, Jeff Lloyd 0, Norman Parker 0. |
Australia Ronnie Moore 80, Jack Young 75, Jack Biggs 45, Arthur Payne 34, Graham Warren 26, Merv Harding 18, Lionel Benson 2, Bill Longley 2, Ken Walsh 2, Cliff Watson 1, Junior Bainbridge 0, Bob Leverenz 0. |
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| In the first heat of the
Wimbledon Test, Jack Young dived between the England pair of skipper
Norman Parker and Cyril Brine. In recovering, Parker clipped Young's
rear wheel and was sent awkwardly towards the fence. He was taken to
hospital where he remained unconscious for almost 3 days, before
thankfully recovering. Despite four Australians contributing just two
points, Ronnie Moore's first Test maximum led their team to victory. Moore repeated the dose as Australia won by an identical score in a tame match at Wembley, before the Aussies wrapped up the series with a third win at Manchester, where Moore arrived late, missed his first ride, and was fined. England were fired up early on in this match, but an eight point lead after 10 heats became an eight point defecit by the end of the match, as they ran out of race winners. Australia made it 4-0 with their biggest win of the series so far at New Cross so, in an effort to end the rout, England made wholesale changes to their team for the final Test at Harringay. Even so, it took a magnificent performance by young reserve Dick Bradley, who scored 16 points in 6 rides and was only beaten by Moore, to give England a slender two-point win. |
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| Wimbledon : England 52 Australia 56 | Wembley : England 52 Australia 56 | |||||||
| Norman Parker Fns - - - - - | - | Jack Young 3 2 2' 3 3 3 | 16+1 | S Waterman 0 3 1' 1' 2' F | 7+3 | Jack Young 1' 3 3 3 3 3 | 16+1 | |
| Cyril Brine 2 3 2 1 3 2 | 13 | Merv Harding 0 1' 3 2' 2' 2' | 10+4 | Wally Green 3 1 2 2 3 1 | 12 | Merv Harding 2 0 2' 0 1 1 | 6+1 | |
| Tommy Price 2 0 1 1' 0 1 | 5+1 | Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | Bert Roger 2 2 2 1' 2 2 | 11+1 | Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | |
| Bert Roger 0 3 3 2 1 3 | 12 | G Warren 1 0 0 FX - - | 1 | Alan Hunt 1' 1' 1' 2 0 - | 5+3 | Graham Warren 0 1 0 - - - | 1 | |
| Fred Williams 2' 2 0 2 1' 0 | 7+2 | Jack Biggs 1 0 2 3 2 2 | 10 | Fred Williams 3 2 1 1 1' 2 | 10+1 | Jack Biggs R 2 0 2 1 0 | 5 | |
| Alan Hunt 3 1' 1 1' 2 1 | 9+2 | Arthur Payne R 1 - - 0 0 | 1 | Cyril Brine 1 0 0 - - - | 1 | Arthur Payne 2 R 3 0 R 3 | 8 | |
| res.Wally Green 1' 2' 1' 1 1' | 6+4 | res.Bob Leverenz 0 0 0 | 0 | res.Tommy Miller 3 2 0 | 5 | res.Cliff Watson 0 | 0 | |
| res.Tommy Miller 0 | 0 | res.Junior Bainbridge 0 | 0 | res.George Wilks 1' | 1+1 | res.Lionel Benson 0 2' | 2+1 | |
| 1: Young, Brine, Green, Harding, N Parker F,ns 3-3 2: Moore, Price, Warren, Roger 2-4 5-7 3: Hunt, Williams, Biggs, Payne R 5-1 10-8 4: Roger, Young, Harding, Price 3-3 13-11 5: Moore, Williams, Hunt, Warren 3-3 16-14 6: Brine, Green, Payne, Biggs 5-1 21-15 7: Harding, Young, Hunt, Williams 1-5 22-20 8: Moore, Brine, Green, Warren 3-3 25-23 9: Roger, Biggs, Price, Leverenz 4-2 29-25 10: Young, Harding, Brine, Miller 1-5 30-30 11: Moore, Roger, Price, Warren FX 3-3 33-33 12: Biggs, Williams, Hunt, Leverenz 3-3 36-36 13: Young, Harding, Roger, Price 1-5 37-41 14: Moore, Hunt, Williams, Bainbridge 3-3 40-44 15: Brine, Biggs, Green, Payne 4-2 44-46 16: Young, Harding, Hunt, Williams 1-5 45-51 17: Moore, Brine, Green, Leverenz 3-3 48-54 18: Roger, Biggs, Price, Payne 4-2 52-56 | 1: Green, Harding, Young, Waterman 3-3 2: Moore, Roger, Hunt, Warren 3-3 6-6 3: Williams, Payne, Brine, Biggs R 4-2 10-8 4: Young, Roger, Hunt, Harding 3-3 13-11 5: Moore, Williams, Warren, Brine 2-4 15-15 6: Waterman, Biggs, Green, Payne R 4-2 19-17 7: Young, Harding, Williams, Brine 1-5 20-22 8: Moore, Green, Waterman, Warren 3-3 23-25 9: Payne, Roger, Hunt, Biggs 3-3 26-28 10: Young, Green, Waterman, Harding 3-3 29-31 11: Moore, Hunt, Roger, Watson 3-3 32-34 12: Miller, Biggs, Williams, Payne 4-2 36-36 13: Young, Roger, Harding, Hunt 2-4 38-40 14: Moore, Miller, Williams, Benson 3-3 41-43 15: Green, Waterman, Biggs, Payne R 5-1 46-44 16: Young, Williams, Harding, Miller 2-4 48-48 17: Moore, Benson, Green, Waterman F 1-5 49-53 18: Payne, Roger, Wilks, Biggs 3-3 52-56 | |||||||
| Belle Vue : England 50 Australia 58 | New Cross : England 46 Australia 62 | |||||||
| Bert Roger F 1' 1' 2' 2 0 | 6+3 | Jack Young 3 1 3 1 3 3 | 14 | Bert Roger 2 3 2 2 1 1 | 11 | Jack Young 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | |
| Alan Hunt 2 2 2 3 0 2 | 11 | Cliff Watson 1 0 0 0 - - | 1 | Eric French 1' 2' 1' 1' 0 0 | 5+4 | Lionel Benson 0 0 - - - 0 | 0 | |
| S Waterman 2' 2' 3 R 1' 0 | 8+3 | Ronnie Moore - 3 0 2' 3 3 | 11+1 | Split Waterman 1 2 2 2 0 1' | 8+1 | Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | |
| Ken Sharples 3 3 1 1 2 2 | 12 | Arthur Payne 1 2' 3 3 2' 1 | 12+2 | Ron Mountford F 1' - - 2 2 | 5+1 | Arthur Payne 2' 0 0 1 1 2' | 6+2 | |
| Fred Williams 0 0 - - - 1' | 1+1 | Jack Biggs 2 3 2 1 3 1 | 12 | Alan Hunt 3 1' 0 3 0 2 | 9+1 | Jack Biggs 2 0 3 0 3 0 | 8 | |
| Wally Green 3 1 2 2 1 2 | 11 | Graham Warren 1' 0 - 3 1 3 | 8+1 | Fred Williams 0 2 2 1 2 1' | 8+1 | Graham Warren1' 1 1 2 2' 3 | 10+2 | |
| res.Louis Lawson 1' 0 | 1+1 | res.Lionel Benson 0 0 0 | 0 | res.Cyril Brine 0 | 0 | res.Bill Longley 1 F 1 | 2 | |
| res.Arthur Forrest 0 | 0 | res.Junior Bainbridge 0 | 0 | res.Wally Green 0 | 0 | res.Keith Gurtner did not ride - | ||
| 1: Young, Hunt, Watson, Roger F 2-4 2: Sharples, Waterman, Payne, Benson 5-1 7-5 3: Green, Biggs, Warren, Williams 3-3 10-8 4: Sharples, Waterman, Young, Watson 5-1 15-9 5: Moore, Payne, Green, Williams 1-5 16-14 6: Biggs, Hunt, Roger, Warren 3-3 19-17 7: Young, Green, Lawson, Watson 3-3 22-20 8: Payne, Hunt, Roger, Moore 3-3 25-23 9: Waterman, Biggs, Sharples, Bainbridge 4-2 29-25 10: Hunt, Roger, Young, Watson 5-1 34-26 11: Payne, Moore, Sharples, Waterman R 1-5 35-31 12: Warren, Green, Biggs, Forrest 2-4 37-35 13: Young, Sharples, Waterman, Benson 3-3 40-38 14: Moore, Payne, Green, Lawson 1-5 41-43 15: Biggs, Roger, Warren, Hunt 2-4 43-47 16: Young, Green, Williams, Benson 3-3 46-50 17: Moore, Hunt, Payne, Roger 2-4 48-54 18: Warren, Sharples, Biggs, Waterman 2-4 50-58 | 1: Young, Roger, French, Benson 3-3 2: Moore, Payne, Waterman, Mountford F 1-5 4-8 3: Hunt, Biggs, Warren, Williams 3-3 7-11 4: Young, Waterman, Mountford, Benson 3-3 10-14 5: Moore, Williams, Hunt, Payne 3-3 13-17 6: Roger, French, Warren, Biggs 5-1 18-18 7: Young, Williams, Longley, Hunt 2-4 20-22 8: Moore, Roger, French, Payne 3-3 23-25 9: Biggs, Waterman, Warren, Brine 2-4 25-29 10: Young, Roger, French, Longley F 3-3 28-32 11: Moore, Waterman, Payne, Green 2-4 30-36 12: Hunt, Warren, Williams, Biggs 4-2 34-38 13: Young, Mountford, Longley, Waterman 2-4 36-42 14: Moore, Williams, Payne, Hunt 2-4 38-46 15: Biggs, Warren, Roger, French 1-5 39-51 16: Young, Hunt, Williams, Benson 3-3 42-54 17: Moore, Payne, Roger, French 1-5 43-59 18: Warren, Mountford, Waterman, Biggs 3-3 46-62 | |||||||
| Harringay : England 55 Australia 53 | ||||||
| Jeff Lloyd F - - - - - | 0 | Jack Young 3 2 3 0 1 2 | 11 | 1: Young, Harding, How, Lloyd F 1-5 2: Williams, Warren, Biggs, Close 3-3 4-8 3: Moore, Rigg, Payne, Hunt 2-4 6-12 4: Williams, Young, Close, Harding 4-2 10-14 5: Biggs, Warren, Rigg, Hunt F 1-5 11-19 6: Payne, How, Moore, Crutcher 2-4 13-23 7: Young, Rigg, Hunt, Harding 3-3 16-26 8: Bradley, How, Warren, Biggs 5-1 21-27 9: Moore, Payne, Williams, Close 1-5 22-32 10: Bradley, Walsh, How, Young 4-2 26-34 11: Biggs, Close, Williams, Warren 3-3 29-37 12: Bradley, Moore, Payne, Rigg 3-3 32-40 13: Williams, Close, Young, Walsh 5-1 37-41 14: Biggs, Rigg, Crutcher, Warren F 3-3 40-44 15: Moore, Bradley, How, Payne 3-3 43-47 16: Hunt, Young, Rigg, Harding 4-2 47-49 17: Bradley, How, Warren, Biggs 5-1 52-50 18: Moore, Bradley, Williams, Payne 3-3 55-53 | ||
| Ron How 1 2 2' 1 1' 2' | 9+3 | Merv Harding 2' 0 0 - - 0 | 2+1 | |||
| Fred Williams 3 3 1 1' 3 1' | 12+2 | Jack Biggs 1' 3 0 3 3 0 | 10+1 | |||
| Derek Close 0 1 0 2 2' - | 5+1 | Graham Warren 2 2' 1 0 F 1 | 6+1 | |||
| Alan Hunt 0 F 1' - - 3 | 4+1 | Ronnie Moore 3 1 3 2 3 3 | 15 | |||
| Eddie Rigg 2 1 2 0 2 1 | 8 | Arthur Payne 1 3 2' 1' 0 0 | 7+2 | |||
| res.Brian Crutcher 0 1' | 1+1 | res.Ken Walsh 2 0 | 2 | |||
| res.Dick Bradley 3 3 3 2 3 2 | 16 | res.Cliff Watson did not ride | ||||
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| 1953 | England beat Australia 2-1 | |
| OFFICIAL |
20.06 Norwich : 13.08 Wembley : 29.08 Birmingham : |
England 46 Australia 62 (Att:
27,051) England 57 Australia 51 (Att: 34,000) England 61 Australia 47 |
| POINT SCORERS England Split Waterman 31, Tommy Price 26, Eric Williams 23, Arthur Forrest 14, Billy Bales 13, Alan Hunt 13, Eddie Rigg 11, Freddie Williams 11, Ken Sharples 9, Brian Crutcher 7, Pat Clarke 3, Fred Rogers 2, Tommy Miller 1, Dick Bradley 0. |
Australia Jack Young 44, Aub Lawson 31, Jack Biggs 29, Ronnie Moore 28, Arthur Payne 12, Dick Seers 5, Graham Warren 4, Johnnie Chamberlain 3, Jack Geran 2, Keith Gurtner 1, Peter Moore 1. |
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| The first-ever Test Match
at Norwich was a huge success, with the gates closed on a capacity crowd
who witnessed some superb racing and the emergence of their own local
star as the hero of the meeting. The Australian "big 3",
skipper Jack Young, boy wonder Ronnie Moore, and Gentleman Aub Lawson
led their team to victory, but it was little Billy Bales who thrilled
his home track fans by beating Lawson after a race-long wheel-to-wheel
duel, and defeating World Champion Young, though even he couldn't get
close to 20 year old Ronnie Moore, who scored his 4th.full Test maximum
in his last six matches. For the first time since the war, England beat Australia at Wembley. This was largely due to England team manager Charles Ochiltree's ruthless axing of Bradley (after 1 ride) and Miller (after 2), and replacing them with home track reserves Eric Williams and Tommy Price, who totalled 27 points. Thus an Australian first-half lead was overthrown, and the scoring of two 5-1's over Jack Young in heats 10 and 13 were ultimately decisive. England's victory at Birmingham, which gave them their first series win in 3 years, was aided by the non-arrival of Ronnie Moore, who had been on a short holiday in the Channel Islands. It later transpired that he had suffered face injuries while taking part in sand track racing in Jersey. |
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| Norwich : England 46 Australia 62 | Wembley : England 57 Australia 51 | |||||||
| Ken Sharples 1 2 1' 1 2 2 | 9+1 | Aub Lawson 2' 0 3 3 2 3 | 13+1 | S Waterman 3 2 2' 2' 3 R | 12+2 | Jack Young 2 3 2 1 1 3 | 12 | |
| Fred Williams 0 - 2 0 1' 0 | 3+1 | Arthur Payne 3 1 0 2' 1' 0 | 7+2 | Tommy Miller 1 0 - - - - | 1 | Graham Warren 0 1 0 - - 0 | 1 | |
| Split Waterman1' 2' 2 1 0 2 | 8+2 | Jack Young 3 3 3 2 3 3 | 17 | Fred Williams 0 2 2 1 3 0 | 8 | Ronnie Moore 3 0 R 2 3 2 | 10 | |
| Billy Bales 2 3 1' 3 3 1' | 13+2 | Peter Moore 0 1 0 - - - | 1 | Pat Clarke 2 FX 0 - - 1 | 3 | Arthur Payne 1 1 1 FX - - | 3 | |
| Alan Hunt 2 0 1' 0 - - | 3+1 | Jack Biggs 1 1 0 1 0 0 | 3 | Brian Crutcher 1 2' 1 0 1' 1' | 6+3 | Aub Lawson 2' 1 1 3 2 2' | 11+2 | |
| Arthur Forrest 0 2 2 2 0 1' | 7+1 | Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | Dick Bradley 0 - - - - - | 0 | Jack Biggs 3 3 3 1 F 3 | 13 | |
| res.Fred Rogers 0 2 | 2 | res.John Chamberlain0 2' 1 | 3+1 | res.Tommy Price 3 3 2' 1 3 | 12+1 | res.Peter Moore F 0 | 0 | |
| res.Brian Crutcher 1 | 1 | res.Keith Gurtner did not ride - | res.E Williams 3 3 3 2 2 2 | 15 | res.Keith Gurtner 0 1' | 1+1 | ||
| 1: Payne, Lawson, Sharples, Williams 1-5 2: Young, Bales, Waterman, P Moore 3-3 4-8 3: R Moore, Hunt, Biggs, Forrest 2-4 6-12 4: Bales, Waterman, Payne, Lawson 5-1 11-13 5: Young, Forrest, P Moore, Hunt 2-4 13-17 6: R Moore, Sharples, Biggs, Rogers 2-4 15-21 7: Lawson, Forrest, Hunt, Payne 3-3 18-24 8: Young, Williams, Sharples, P Moore 3-3 21-27 9: R Moore, Waterman, Bales, Biggs 3-3 24-30 10: Lawson, Payne, Sharples, Williams 1-5 25-35 11: Bales, Young, Waterman, Chamberlain 4-2 29-37 12: R Moore, Forrest, Biggs, Hunt 2-4 31-41 13: Bales, Lawson, Payne, Waterman 3-3 34-44 14: Young, Chamberlain, Crutcher, Forrest 1-5 35-49 15: R Moore, Sharples, Williams, Biggs 3-3 38-52 16: Lawson, Rogers, Forrest, Payne 3-3 41-55 17: Young, Sharples, Chamberlain, Williams 2-4 43-59 18: R Moore, Waterman, Bales, Biggs 3-3 46-62 | 1: Waterman, Young, Miller, Warren 4-2 2: R Moore, Clarke, Payne, F Williams 2-4 6-6 3: Biggs, Lawson, Crutcher, Bradley 1-5 7-11 4: Young, F Williams, Warren, Clarke 2-4 9-15 5: E Williams, Crutcher, Payne, R Moore 5-1 14-16 6: Biggs, Waterman, Lawson, Miller 2-4 16-20 7: E Williams, Young, Crutcher, Warren 4-2 20-22 8: Price, Waterman, Payne, Moore R 5-1 25-23 9: Biggs, Williams, Lawson, Clarke 2-4 27-27 10: E Williams, Waterman, Young, P Moore F 5-1 32-28 11: Price, R Moore, F Williams, Payne FX 4-2 36-30 12: Lawson, E Williams, Biggs, Crutcher 2-4 38-34 13: F Williams, Price, Young, P Moore 5-1 43-35 14: R Moore, E Williams, Crutcher, Gurtner 3-3 46-38 15: Waterman, Lawson, Price, Biggs F 4-2 50-40 16: Young, E Williams, Crutcher, Warren 3-3 53-43 17: Price, R Moore, Gurtner, Waterman R 3-3 56-46 18: Biggs, Lawson, Clarke, F Williams 1-5 57-51 | |||||||
| Birmingham : England 61 Australia 47 | ||||||
| Split Waterman 3 0 2 1' 3 2 | 11+1 | Dick Seers 0 - - 3 1 1 | 5 | 1: Waterman, Forrest, Payne, Seers 5-1 2:Young, Price, Geran, Hunt R 2-4 7-5 3: Biggs, Rigg, Lawson, E Williams F 2-4 9-9 4: Price, Hunt, Warren, Payne F 5-1 14-10 5: Young, E Williams, Rigg, Geran 3-3 17-13 6: Biggs, Lawson, Forrest, Waterman 1-5 18-18 7: E Williams, Rigg, Payne, Warren 5-1 23-19 8: Young, Waterman, Forrest, Geran 3-3 26-22 9: Price, Biggs, Hunt, Lawson 4-2 30-24 10: Seers, Forrest, Waterman, Payne R 3-3 33-27 11: Hunt, Warren, Young, Price 3-3 36-30 12: Biggs, Lawson, E Williams, Rigg 1-5 37-35 13: Price, Hunt, Seers, Warren F 5-1 42-36 14: Rigg, Young, Geran, E Williams 3-3 45-39 15: Waterman, Biggs, Lawson, Forrest 3-3 48-42 16: Rigg, E Williams, Seers, Warren 5-1 53-43 17: Young, Waterman, Forrest, Geran 3-3 56-46 18: Price, Hunt, Lawson, Biggs 5-1 61-47 | ||
| Arthur Forrest 2' 1 1' 2 0 1' | 7+3 | Arthur Payne 1 F 1 R - - | 2 | |||
| Alan Hunt R 2' 1 3 2' 2' | 10+3 | Jack Young 3 3 3 1' 2 3 | 15+1 | |||
| Tommy Price 2 3 3 0 3 3 | 14 | Jack Geran 1 0 0 - 1' 0 | 2+1 | |||
| Eric Williams F 2 3 1 0 2' | 8+1 | Aub Lawson 1 2' 0 2' 1' 1 | 7+3 | |||
| Eddie Rigg 2 1' 2' 0 3 3 | 11+2 | Jack Biggs 3 3 2 3 2 0 | 13 | |||
| res.E Boothroyd did not ride | res.G Warren 1 0 2 F 0 | 3 | ||||
| res.Len Williams did not ride | ||||||
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| No further England v Australia series were held until 1969, though some England v Australasia |
| series were held during the intervening period. |
| There was also an unofficial match at Ipswich in 1959, details are at EXTRA !!! Page 2 |
| Contributors : Roger Stevens, Michael Kemp, Jim Henry, Graeme Frost, David Austin |
© Brian Collins