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England v Australia 1938 - Heat Details

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1 - Belle Vue
England 52 Australia 56
Frank Varey © 1' 3 2 2 2' 2 12 + 2 Max Grosskreutz © 3 3 2 3 2 2' 15 + 1
Frank Charles 2 1 1' 0 3 0 7 + 1 Ron Johnson 0 2' 1' 1 1' 3 8 + 3
Bill Kitchen 1 1 3 3 3 2' 13 + 1 Bluey Wilkinson 2' 3 3 2 2' 3 15 + 2
Jack Parker 0 0 - - - - 0 Clem Mitchell 3 0 0 1' 3 1 8 + 1
George Newton 3 1' 3 3 0 1 11 + 1 Lionel van Praag 2 f - - - - 2
Arthur Atkinson 1 2 0 0 1 0 4 Charlie Spinks 0 2 1 1' 1 1 6 + 1
Bob Harrison 3 0 3 Bill Rogers 2 (0) 0 2
Alec Statham 2' 0 2 + 1 Eric Collins 0 0
1: Grosskreutz, Charles, Varey, Johnson 3-3 3-3
2: Mitchell, Wilkinson, Kitchen, Parker 1-5 4-8
3: Newton, van Praag, Atkinson, Spinks 4-2 8-10
4: Grosskreutz, Johnson, Kitchen, Parker 1-5 9-15
5: Wilkinson, Atkinson, Newton, Mitchell 3-3 12-18
6: Varey, Spinks, Charles, van Praag f 4-2 16-20
7: Newton, Grosskreutz, Johnson, Atkinson 3-3 19-23
8: Wilkinson, Varey, Charles, Mitchell 3-3 22-26
9: Kitchen, Statham, Spinks, Collins 5-1 27-27		 10: Grosskreutz, Varey, Johnson, Charles 2-4 29-31
11: Kitchen, Wilkinson, Mitchell, Statham 3-3 32-34
12: Newton, Rogers, Spinks, Atkinson 3-3 35-37
13: Kitchen, Grosskreutz, Johnson, Harrison 3-3 38-40
14: Mitchell, Wilkinson, Atkinson, Newton 1-5 39-45
15: Charles, Varey, Spinks, Rogers 5-1 44-46
16: Johnson, Grosskreutz, Newton, Atkinson 1-5 45-51
17: Wilkinson, Varey, Mitchell, Charles 2-4 47-55
18: Harrison, Kitchen, Spinks, Rogers 5-1 52-56

2 - Wembley
England 63 Australia 44
Frank Charles © 2 1 2 2 3 3 13 Lionel van Praag © 3 3 3 3 2 1 15
Tommy Croombs f 0 1' - - 2' 3 + 2 Charlie Spinks 1 f f f (0) (0) 1
Bill Kitchen 1' 2' 2 1' 2' 3 11 + 4 Bluey Wilkinson 3 3 3 3 f 3 15
Frank Varey 2 3 1' 2 3 2' 13 + 2 Clem Mitchell (0) 2' 1 (0) 2 (0) 5 + 1
George Newton 3 f f 3 3 2 11 Max Grosskreutz 1 f 3 1 1 f 6
Arthur Atkinson 2' 2 2 2' 1 1' 10 + 3 Ron Johnson (0) 1 f (0) (0) 1
Geoff Pymar 1' 1 + 1 Eric Collins 0
George Wilks 1 1 Bill Rogers 1 1
1: Praag, Charles, Spinks, Croombs f 2-4 2-4
2: Wilkinson, Varey, Kitchen, (Mitchell) 3-3 5-7
3: Newton, Atkinson, Grosskreutz, (Johnson) 5-1 10-8
4: Wilkinson, Mitchell, Charles, Croombs 1-5 11-13
5: Varey, Kitchen, Johnson, Grosskreutz f 5-1 16-14
6: Praag, Atkinson, Spinks f, Newton f 2-3 18-17
7: Grosskreutz, Charles, Croombs, Johnson f 3-3 21-20
8: Praag, Kitchen, Varey, Spinks f 3-3 24-23
9: Wilkinson, Atkinson, Mitchell, Newton f 2-4 26-27
 10: Praag, Charles, Pymar, Spinks f 3-3 29-30
11: Wilkinson, Varey, Kitchen, (Mitchell) 3-3 32-33
12: Newton, Atkinson, Grosskreutz, (Johnson) 5-1 37-34
13: Charles, Mitchell, Wilks, Wilkinson f 4-2 41-36
14: Varey, Kitchen, Grosskreutz, (Johnson) 5-1 46-37
15: Newton, Praag, Atkinson, (Spinks) 4-2 50-39
16: Charles, Croombs, Rogers, Grosskreutz f 5-1 55-40
17: Kitchen, Varey, Praag, (Spinks) 5-1 60-41
18: Wilkinson, Newton, Atkinson, (Mitchell) 3-3 63-44
NOTE : It is known that Spinks and Johnson were replaced by reserves in some later rides.

3 - New Cross
England 47 Australia 61
Bill Kitchen 2 3 (0) 2 3 2 12 Lionel van Praag © 3 3 3 3 3 3 18
Frank Varey 1' (0) - (0) (0) - 1 + 1 Charlie Spinks (0) (0) (0) - (0) - 0
Frank Charles (0) (0) - - - - 0 Max Grosskreutz 1' 1' (0) (0) - - 2 + 2
Stan Greatrex 3 2 2 3 (0) ex 10 Ron Johnson 2 2 1 2 2 2 11
Arthur Atkinson 1 2 3 2 1' 3 12 + 1 Bluey Wilkinson 3 3 3 3 3 3 18
Tommy Croombs (0) 1' 2' 1' 2 (0) 6 + 3 Clem Mitchell 2' 1 2' 0 2' (0) 7 + 3
George Wilks 1' 1 1 1 4 + 1 Bill Longley 1' 2' 3 + 2
Les Wotton 1 1' 2 + 1 Bill Rogers 1 1' 2 + 1
1: Praag, Kitchen, Varey, (Spinks) 3-3 3-3
2: Greatrex, Johnson, Grosskreutz, (Charles) 3-3 6-6
3: Wilkinson, Mitchell, Atkinson, (Croombs) 1-5 7-11
4: Kitchen, Johnson, Grosskreutz, (Varey) 3-3 10-14
5: Wilkinson, Greatrex, Mitchell, (Charles) 2-4 12-18
6: Praag, Atkinson, Croombs, (Spinks) 3-3 15-21
7: Wilkinson, Mitchell, Wotton, (Kitchen) 1-5 16-26
8: Praag, Greatrex, Wilks, (Spinks) 3-3 19-29
9: Atkinson, Croombs, Johnson, (Grosskreutz) 5-1 24-30
 10: Praag, Kitchen, Rogers, (Varey) 2-4 26-34
11: Greatrex, Johnson, Wilks, (Grosskreutz) 4-2 30-36
12: Wilkinson, Atkinson, Croombs, Mitchell 3-3 33-39
13: Kitchen, Johnson, Longley, (Varey) 3-3 36-42
14: Wilkinson, Mitchell, Wilks, (Greatrex) 1-5 37-47
15: Praag, Croombs, Atkinson, (Spinks) 3-3 40-50
16: Wilkinson, Kitchen, Wotton, (Mitchell) 3-3 43-53
17: Praag, Longley, Wilks, Greatrex ex 1-5 44-58
18: Atkinson, Johnson, Rogers, (Croombs) 3-3 47-61

4 - West Ham
England 55 Australia 51
Arthur Atkinson © 2' 3 3 1 2 2' 13 + 2 Bluey Wilkinson © fx 3 3 3 2' 3 14 + 1
Geoff Pymar 3 0 2' ef 1' 3 9 + 2 Clem Mitchell ef 0 2' 2' 3 1 8 + 2
Tiger Stevenson ex 2 3 2' f 1' 8 + 2 Lionel van Praag 3 0 1 1 2 f 7
Tommy Croombs 1 1' 2' 3 1 2 10 + 2 Charlie Spinks 2' 2 0 f - 1 5 + 1
Bill Kitchen 1 3 1 1' 3 2 11 + 1 Max Grosskreutz 2' 2 f f 3 3 10 + 1
Frank Varey f 1 0 - - - 1 Ron Johnson 3 1' f 3 0 ef 7 + 1
Frank Charles (no rides) - Bill Rogers 0 0
Alec Statham 2 1 0 3 Vic Duggan (no rides) -
1: Pymar, Atkinson, Mitchell ef, Wilkinson f,ex 5-0 5-0
2: Praag, Spinks, Croombs f,rm, Stevenson ex tapes 1-5 6-5
3: Johnson, Grosskreutz, Kitchen, Varey f 1-5 7-10
4: Wilkinson, Stevenson, Croombs, Mitchell 3-3 10-13
5: Kitchen, Spinks, Varey, Praag 4-2 14-15
6: Atkinson, Grosskreutz, Johnson, Pymar 3-3 17-18
7: Wilkinson, Mitchell, Kitchen, Varey 1-5 18-23
8: Atkinson, Pymar, Praag, Spinks 5-1 23-24
9: Stevenson, Croombs, Johnson f, Grosskreutz f 5-0 28-24
 10: Wilkinson, Mitchell, Atkinson, Pymar ef 1-5 29-29
11: Croombs, Stevenson, Praag, Spinks f 5-1 34-30
12: Johnson, Statham, Kitchen, Grosskreutz f 3-3 37-33
13: Mitchell, Wilkinson, Croombs, Stevenson f 1-5 38-38
14: Kitchen, Praag, Statham, Rogers 4-2 42-40
15: Grosskreutz, Atkinson, Pymar, Johnson 3-3 45-43
16: Wilkinson, Kitchen, Mitchell, Statham 2-4 47-47
17: Pymar, Atkinson, Spinks, Praag f 5-1 52-48
18: Grosskreutz, Croombs, Stevenson, Johnson ef 3-3 55-51

5 - Wimbledon
England 58 Australia 49
George Newton © f 3 3 1' 2 3 12 + 1 Bluey Wilkinson © 3 3 3 3 3 3 18
Tommy Croombs 2 2' 1 2 1' 1 9 + 2 Clem Mitchell 1 0 0 0 - - 1
Bill Kitchen 1 1' 1' 1' 2 3 9 + 3 Lionel van Praag 3 1 2 0 2 2 10
Eric Langton 0 2 2 2 1' 0 7 + 1 Eric Collins 2' 0 0 - - 0 2 + 1
Arthur Atkinson f 2' 1' 3 0 2 8 + 2 Max Grosskreutz 1' 0 3 f 3 2 9 + 1
Geoff Pymar 3 3 2 2' 3 ef 13 + 1 Ron Johnson 2 1 0 1 0 - 4
Alec Statham no rides - Bert Spencer 3 0 1' ef 4 + 1
Wally Lloyd no rides - Bill Longley 1' 1 + 1
1: Wilkinson, Croombs, Mitchell, Newton f 2-4 2-4
2: Praag, Collins, Kitchen, Langton 1-5 3-9
3: Pymar, Johnson f,rm, Grosskreutz , Atkinson f 3-3 6-12
4: Wilkinson, Langton, Kitchen, Mitchell 3-3 9-15
5: Pymar, Atkinson, Praag, Collins 5-1 14-16
6: Newton, Croombs, Johnson, Grosskreutz 5-1 19-17
7: Wilkinson, Pymar, Atkinson, Mitchell 3-3 22-20
8: Newton, Praag, Croombs, Collins 4-2 26-22
9: Grosskreutz, Langton, Kitchen, Johnson 3-3 29-25		 10: Wilkinson, Croombs, Newton, Mitchell 3-3 32-28
11: Spencer, Langton, Kitchen, Praag 3-3 35-31
12: Atkinson, Pymar, Johnson, Grosskreutz f 5-1 40-32
13: Wilkinson, Kitchen, Langton, Spencer 3-3 43-35
14: Pymar, Praag, Spencer, Atkinson 3-3 46-38
15: Grosskreutz, Newton, Croombs, Johnson 3-3 49-41
16: Wilkinson, Atkinson, Pymar ef, Spencer ef 2-3 51-44
17: Newton, Praag, Croombs, Collins 4-2 55-46
18: Kitchen, Grosskreutz, Longley, Langton 3-3 58-49

Contributors : Graeme Frost

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