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INTERNATIONALS - UNITED KINGDOM
England v Soviet Union
| The Soviet Union team were billed as, at various
times, Russia, Soviet Russia, or USSR |
For Great Britain v Soviet Union 1963-68, see here
| 1966 | England won series 4-1 | |||||
| OFFICIAL | Mon 04.07 : Newcastle | England | 49 | U.S.S.R | 59 | (Att: 15,000) |
| Wed 06.07 : Halifax | England | 59 | U.S.S.R | 49 | ||
| Fri 08.07 : Wolverhampton | England | 59 | U.S.S.R | 49 | ||
| Mon 11.07 : Exeter | England | 60 | U.S.S.R | 48 | ||
| Tue 12.07 : West Ham | England | 71 | U.S.S.R | 37 | ||
| England | Total | U.S.S.R | Total | ||||||||||||
| Nigel Boocock © | 13 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 13½ | 64½ | Igor Plechanov © | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 67 |  |
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| Eric Boocock | 9 | 14 | 15 | - | - | 38 | Boris Samorodov | 11 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 56 | ||
| Trevor Hedge | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 35 | Viktor Trofimov | 16 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 50 | ||
| Ron Mountford | 8 | 10 | 3 | 13 | - | 34 | Yuri Chekranov | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 34 | ||
| Terry Betts | - | - | 11 | - | 15 | 26 | Vladimir Kornev | 8 | 5 | - | - | - | 13 | ||
| Brian Brett | 12 | - | 4 | - | 6 | 22 | Gabdrakhman Kadirov | - | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Colin Pratt | - | - | - | 7 | 12½ | 19½ | Gennady Kurilenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Norman Hunter | - | - | - | - | 18 | 18 | Rail Fafarov | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||
| Eric Boothroyd | - | 11 | - | - | - | 11 | |||||||||
| Bob Paulson | - | 6 | 2 | - | - | 8 | |||||||||
| Colin Gooddy | - | - | - | 7 | - | 7 | |||||||||
| Tom Sweetman | - | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | |||||||||
| Malcolm Simmons | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Dave Younghusband | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | |||||||||
| Ivor Brown | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |||||||||
| Reg Luckhurst | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Peter Kelly | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | All programmes for this series used | ||||||||
| Dick Fisher | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | the same cover design |
| 1st Test at Newcastle | Ref: D Miller | ||||
| England | 49 | U.S.S.R | 59 | Ht 1: N
Boocock, Plechanov, Chekranov, Kelly 73.0 3-3 3-3 Ht 2: Brett, Samorodov, Kornev, Hedge (ef) 71.3 3-3 6-6 Ht 3: E Boocock, Trofimov, Kurilenko, Mountford (exc) 73.0 3-3 9-9 Ht 4: Hedge, Brett, Plechanov, Chekranov 73.0 5-1 14-10 Ht 5: Samorodov, Mountford, E Boocock, Kornev 74.2 3-3 17-13 Ht 6: Trofimov, N Boocock, Kelly, Kurilenko 73.3 3-3 20-16 Ht 7: Plechanov, Chekranov, Mountford, E Boocock 73.1 1-5 21-21 Ht 8: Samorodov, N Boocock, Kornev, Kelly 73.4 2-4 23-25 Ht 9: Trofimov, Brett, Hedge, Kurilenko 73.1 3-3 26-28 Ht 10: Plechanov, N Boocock, Younghusband, Chekranov 73.1 3-3 29-31 Ht 11: Kornev, Brett, Samorodov, Hedge (f) 74.1 2-4 31-35 Ht 12: Mountford, Trofimov, E Boocock, Kurilenko 73.2 4-2 35-37 Ht 13: Plechanov, Chekranov, Brett, Hedge 74.3 1-5 36-42 Ht 14: E Boocock, Mountford, Samorodov, Kornev 74.2 5-1 41-43 Ht 15: Trofimov, N Boocock, Kurilenko, Fisher 74.3 2-4 43-47 Ht 16: Plechanov, Chekranov, E Boocock, Mountford 74.2 1-5 44-52 Ht 17: Kornev, N Boocock, Samorodov, Younghusband 75.0 2-4 46-56 Ht 18: Trofimov, Brett, Hedge, Kurilenko (ef) 74.2 3-3 49-59 |
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| Team Manager: Bill Bridgett | Team Manager: Alexander Ipatenko | ||||
| 1 Nigel Boocock 3 2 2 2 2 2 | 13 | 1 Igor Plechanov 2 1 3 3 3 3 | 15 | ||
| 2 Peter Kelly 0 1' 0 - - - | 1+1 | 2 Yuri Chekranov 1' 0 2' 0 2' 2' | 7+4 | ||
| 3 Brian Brett 3 2' 2 2 1 2 | 12+1 | 3 Boris Samorodov 2 3 3 1 1 1 | 11 | ||
| 4 Trevor Hedge ef 3 1' f 0 1' | 5+2 | 4 Vladimir Kornev 1' 0 1 3 0 3 | 8+1 | ||
| 5 Ron Mountford ex 2 1 3 2' 0 | 8+1 | 5 Gennady Kurilenko 1' 0 0 0 1 ef | 2+1 | ||
| 6 Eric Boocock 3 1' 0 1 3 1 | 9+1 | 6 Viktor Trofimov 2 3 3 2 3 3 | 16 | ||
| 7 Dave Younghusband 1' 0 | 1+1 | 7 Rail Fafarov | - | ||
| 8 Dick Fisher 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2nd Test at Halifax | Ref: J Ashworth | ||||
| England | 59 | U.S.S.R | 49 | Ht 1:
Plechanov, N Boocock, Boothroyd, Chekranov 67.8 3-3 3-3 Ht 2: Mountford, Hedge, Kornev, Samorodov 70.4 5-1 8-4 Ht 3: Trofimov, E Boocock, Paulson, Kurilenko 69.4 3-3 11-7 Ht 4: Plechanov, Hedge, Chekranov, Mountford (ef) 69.2 2-4 13-11 Ht 5: E Boocock, Samorodov, Kornev, Paulson 68.4 3-3 16-14 Ht 6: Boothroyd, Trofimov, N Boocock, Kurilenko 69.2 4-2 20-16 Ht 7: E Boocock, Plechanov, Paulson, Chekranov 69.0 4-2 24-18 Ht 8: N Boocock, Boothroyd, Samorodov, Kornev 69.0 5-1 29-19 Ht 9: Hedge, Trofimov, Mountford, Kurilenko 70.0 4-2 33-21 Ht 10: Chekranov, Plechanov, Boothroyd, N Boocock 71.6 1-5 34-26 Ht 11: Samorodov, Mountford, Kornev, Hedge (f exc) 71.2 2-4 36-30 Ht 12: Paulson, E Boocock, Trofimov, Kurilenko 71.2 5-1 41-31 Ht 13: Chekranov, Plechanov, Mountford, Hedge 71.0 1-5 42-36 Ht 14: E Boocock, Kornev, Paulson, Samorodov 71.0 4-2 46-38 Ht 15: N Boocock, Boothroyd, Trofimov, Kurilenko 72.0 5-1 51-39 Ht 16: Chekranov, Plechanov, E Boocock, Paulson 72.0 1-5 52-44 Ht 17: Samorodov, Boothroyd, N Boocock, Kornev 71.0 3-3 55-47 Ht 18: Mountford, Trofimov, Younghusband, Kadirov 71.4 4-2 59-49 |
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| Team Manager: Frank Varey | Team Manager: Alexander Ipatenko | ||||
| 1 Nigel Boocock 2 1 3 0 3 1' | 10+1 | 1 Igor Plechanov 3 3 2 2' 2' 2' | 14+3 | ||
| 2 Eric Boothroyd 1' 3 2' 1 2' 2 | 11+3 | 2 Yuri Chekranov 0 1 0 3 3 3 | 10 | ||
| 3 Trevor Hedge 2' 2 3 f,ex 0 - | 7+1 | 3 Boris Samorodov 0 2 1 3 0 3 | 9 | ||
| 4 Ron Mountford 3 ef 1 2 1 3 | 10 | 4 Vladimir Kornev 1 1' 0 1 2 0 | 5+1 | ||
| 5 Eric Boocock 2 3 3 2' 3 1 | 14+1 | 5 Gennady Kurilenko 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 Bob Paulson 1' 0 1 3 1 0 | 6+1 | 6 Viktor Trofimov 3 2 2 1 1 2 | 11 | ||
| 7 Dave Younghusband 1 | 1 | 7 Gab. Kadirov 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 Peter Kelly | - | ||||
| 3rd Test at Wolverhampton | Ref: H P Ellis | ||||
| England | 59 | U.S.S.R | 49 | Ht 1:
Plechanov, Chekranov, N Boocock, Brett 66.4 1-5 1-5 Ht 2: E Boocock, Samorodov, Hedge, Kadirov 68.4 4-2 5-7 Ht 3: Betts, Trofimov, Mountford, Kurilenko 67.8 4-2 9-9 Ht 4: Plechanov, Hedge, E Boocock, Chekranov 67.2 3-3 12-12 Ht 5: Samorodov, Betts, Mountford, Kadirov 67.4 3-3 15-15 Ht 6: N Boocock, Trofimov, Brett, Kurilenko 67.6 4-2 19-17 Ht 7: Chekranov, Plechanov, Mountford, Betts 67.2 1-5 20-22 Ht 8: Brett, N Boocock, Samorodov, Kadirov 68.0 5-1 25-23 Ht 9: Hedge, E Boocock, Trofimov, Fafarov 67.0 5-1 30-24 Ht 10: N Boocock, Plechanov, Chekranov, Brett 66.8 3-3 33-27 Ht 11: E Boocock, Hedge, Samorodov, Kadirov 67.6 5-1 38-28 Ht 12: Trofimov, Betts, Brown, Fafarov 67.4 3-3 41-31 Ht 13: E Boocock, Hedge, Plechanov, Chekranov 67.0 5-1 46-32 Ht 14: Betts, Samorodov, Kadirov, Mountford 68.0 3-3 49-35 Ht 15: Trofimov, Paulson, Fafarov, Brett 67.8 2-4 51-39 Ht 16: Chekranov, Plechanov, Betts, Mountford 67.6 1-5 52-44 Ht 17: N Boocock, Samorodov, Kadirov, Brett 67.0 3-3 55-47 Ht 18: E Boocock, Trofimov, Hedge, Fafarov 67.2 4-2 59-49 |
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| Team Manager: Mike Parker | Team Manager: Alexander Ipatenko | ||||
| 1 Nigel Boocock 1 3 2' 3 - 3 | 12+1 | 1 Igor Plechanov 3 3 2' 2 1 2' | 13+2 | ||
| 2 Brian Brett 0 1 3 0 0 0 | 4 | 2 Yuri Chekranov 2' 0 3 1' 0 3 | 9+2 | ||
| 3 Trevor Hedge 1 2 3 2' 2' 1 | 11+2 | 3 Boris Samorodov 2 3 1 1 2 2 | 11 | ||
| 4 Eric Boocock 3 1' 2' 3 3 3 | 15+2 | 4 Gab. Kadirov 0 0 0 0 1 1' | 2+1 | ||
| 5 Ron Mountford 1 1' 1 - 0 0 | 3+1 | 5 Gennady Kurilenko 0 0 - - - - | 0 | ||
| 6 Terry Betts 3 2 0 2 3 1 | 11 | 6 Viktor Trofimov 2 2 1 3 3 2 | 13 | ||
| 7 Bob Paulson 2 | 2 | 7 Rail Fafarov 0 0 1 0 | 1 | ||
| 8 Ivor Brown 1' | 1+1 | ||||
| 4th Test at Exeter | Ref: C C Mason | ||||
| England | 60 | U.S.S.R | 48 | 1 Boocock,
Pratt, Chekranov, Plechanov 73.8 5-1 5-1 2 Samorodov, Sweetman, Mountford, Trofimov 76.4 3-3 8-4 3 Hedge, Gooddy, Kurilenko, Kadirov 74.2 5-1 13-5 4 Plechanov, Mountford, Sweetman, Chekranov 74.8 3-3 16-8 5 Hedge, Samorodov, Gooddy, Trofimov 73.2 4-2 20-10 6 Boocock, Pratt, Kurilenko, Kadirov 76.2 5-1 25-11 7 Plechanov, Hedge, Gooddy, Chekranov 74.2 3-3 28-14 8 Boocock, Samorodov, Trofimov, Pratt 75.0 3-3 31-17 9 Mountford, Kadirov, Sweetman, Kurilenko 74.2 4-2 35-19 10 Boocock, Plechanov, Chekranov, Pratt 74.2 3-3 38-22 11 Samorodov, Mountford, Sweetman, Trofimov 74.2 3-3 41-25 12 Hedge, Kurilenko, Gooddy, Kadirov 74.8 4-2 45-27 13 Plechanov, Mountford, Sweetman, Chekranov 74.0 3-3 48-30 14 Samorodov, Trofimov, Gooddy, Hedge ef 74.8 1-5 49-35 15 Pratt, Boocock, Kurilenko, Kadirov 75.6 5-1 54-36 16 Plechanov, Chekranov, Gooddy, Hedge ef 74.0 1-5 55-41 17 Samorodov, Boocock, Trofimov, Pratt ef 74.4 2-4 57-45 18 Mountford, Kadirov, Kurilenko, Sweetman 75.6 3-3 60-48 |
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| Team Manager: | Team Manager: Alexander Ipatenko | ||||
| 1 Nigel Boocock 3 3 3 3 2' 2 | 16+1 | 1 Igor Plechanov 0 3 3 2 3 3 | 14 | ||
| 2 Colin Pratt 2' 2' 0 0 3 ef | 7+2 | 2 Yuri Chekranov 1 0 0 1' 0 2' | 4+2 | ||
| 3 Ron Mountford 1' 2 3 2 2 3 | 13+1 | 3 Boris Samorodov 3 2 2 3 3 3 | 16 | ||
| 4 Tom Sweetman 2 1' 1 1' 1' 0 | 6+3 | 4 Viktor Trofimov 0 0 1' 0 2'1 | 4+2 | ||
| 5 Trevor Hedge 3 3 2 3 ef ef | 11 | 5 Gennady Kurilenko 1 1 0 2 1 1' | 6+1 | ||
| 6 Colin Gooddy 2' 1 1' 1 1 1 | 7+2 | 6 Gab. Kadirov 0 0 2 0 0 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 Jim Squibb | - | 7 Rail Fafarov | - | ||
| 5th Test at West Ham | Ref: A W Day | ||||
| England | 71 | Soviet Russia | 37 | Ht 1:
Plechanov, Boocock, Pratt, Chekranov 73.6 3-3 3-3 Ht 2: Hunter, Trofimov, Samorodov, Hedge 74.6 3-3 6-6 Ht 3: Betts, Brett, Kadirov, Kurilenko (ef) 75.8 5-1 11-7 Ht 4: Hunter, Plechanov, Chekranov, Hedge 75.0 3-3 14-10 Ht 5: Betts, Trofimov, Brett, Samorodov 75.2 4-2 18-12 Ht 6: Pratt, Boocock, Kadirov, Kurilenko 74.4 5-1 23-13 Ht 7: Plechanov, Betts, Brett, Chekranov 74.2 3-3 26-26 Ht 8: Boocock, Samorodov, Trofimov, Pratt 74.8 3-3 29-19 Ht 9: Hunter, Kadirov, Luckhurst, Kurilenko 74.6 4-2 33-21 Ht 10: Pratt, Boocock, Chekranov, Plechanov 75.2 5-1 38-22 Ht 11: Hunter, Samorodov, Hedge, Trofimov 75.2 4-2 42-24 Ht 12: Betts, Brett, Kurilenko, Kadirov 75.6 5-1 47-25 Ht 13: Hunter, Simmons, Chekranov, Plechanov 74.8 5-1 52-26 Ht 14: Samorodov, Betts, Trofimov, Brett 75.6 2-4 54-30 Ht 15: Boocock & Pratt (dead heat), Kurilenko, Kadirov 75.0 5-1 59-31 Ht 16: Plechanov, Betts, Chekranov, Brett 75.2 2-4 61-35 Ht 17: Pratt, Boocock, Samorodov, Trofimov 75.4 5-1 66-36 Ht 18: Hunter, Simmons, Kadirov, Kurilenko 75.6 5-1 71-37 |
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| Team Manager: Charles Ochiltree | Team Manager: Alexander Ipatenko |
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| 1 Nigel Boocock 2 2' 3 2' 2½+½ 2' | 13½+3½ | 1 Igor Plechanov 3 2 3 0 0 3 | 11 | ||
| 2 Colin Pratt 1' 3 0 3 2½+½ 3 | 12½+1½ | 2 Yuri Chekranov 0 1' 0 1 1 1 | 4+1 | ||
| 3 Trevor Hedge 0 0 - 1 - - | 1 | 3 Boris Samorodov 1' 0 2 2 3 1 | 9+1 | ||
| 4 Norman Hunter 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | 4 Viktor Trofimov 2 2 1' 0 1 0 | 6+1 | ||
| 5 Brian Brett 2' 1 1' 2' 0 0 | 6+3 | 5 Gennady Kurilenko ef 0 0 1 1 0 | 2 | ||
| 6 Terry Betts 3 3 2 3 2 2 | 15 | 6 Gab. Kadirov 1 1 2 0 0 1 | 5 | ||
| 7 Reg Luckhurst 1 | 1 | ||||
| 8 Malcolm Simmons 2' 2' | 4+2 | ||||
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| England Team at Halifax v Soviet
Union 1966 Eric Boocock, Dave Younghusband, Nigel Boocock (capt), Ron Mountford, Frank Varey (team manager), Eric Boothroyd, Trevor Hedge, Bob Paulson |
| OTHER MATCHES Wed 29.06 at Poole : Southern Counties 53 (Barry Briggs 18, Peter Vandenberg 9, Bill Andrew 8, Mike Broadbank 6, Geoff Mudge 5, Ronnie Genz 5, Neil Street 2) Soviet Union 55 (Igor Plechanov 14, Gennady Kurilenko 14, Boris Samorodov 13, Yuri Chekranov 6, Gabdrakhman Kadirov 4, Vladimir Kornev 4) Fri 01.07 at Glasgow : Scotland v Russia - see here Sat 09.07 at Swindon : West of England 59 (Barry Briggs 18, Mike Broadbank 16, Bill Andrew 10, Martin Ashby 6, Jack Biggs 5, Colin Gooddy 3, Jon Erskine 1, Neil Street 0) Soviet Union 49 (Boris Samorodov 13, Igor Plechanov 12, Viktor Trofimov 12, Yuri Chekranov 10, Gabdrakhman Kadirov 1, Rail Fafarov 1) |
| 1968 | England won series 3-0 | |||||
| OFFICIAL | Wed 03.07 : Coventry | England | 58 | Russia | 50 | |
| Fri 05.07 : Newport (Somerton Park) | England | 68 | Russia | 40 | ||
| Sat 06.07 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) | England | 77 | Russia | 31 | ||
| England | Total | Russia | Total | ||||||||||
| Eric Boocock © | 12 | 15 | 18 | 45 | Igor Plechanov © | 16 | 11 | 12 | 39 |  |
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| Martin Ashby | 13 | 17 | 13 | 43 | Vladimir Smirnov | 9 | 13 | 9 | 31 | ||||
| Norman Hunter | 11 | 11 | 18 | 40 | Gennady Kurilenko | 15 | 9 | 6 | 30 | ||||
| Terry Betts | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 | Boris Samorodov | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Ray Wilson | 3 | - | 11 | 14 | Yuri Lombotski | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Roy Trigg | 4 | 5 | - | 9 | Boris Tsekhanovitch | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Jon Erskine | - | 6 | - | 6 | Gabdrakhman Kadirov | 0 | 2 | - | 2 | ||||
| Col Cottrell | 5 | - | - | 5 | Anatoli Petrovski | 2 | - | - | 2 | ||||
| Arnold Haley | - | - | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Cyril Maidment | - | - | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Gooch | - | 2 | - | 2 | |||||||||
| Jim Squibb | - | 2 | - | 2 | |||||||||
| Tommy Roper | - | - | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Trevor Hedge | 0 | - | - | 0 |
| 1st Test at Coventry | Ref: H P Ellis | ||||
| England | 58 | Russia | 50 | 1: Plechanov,
Ashby, Hunter, Petrovski 66.0 3-3 3-3 2: Kurilenko, Betts, Cottrell, Kadirov 67.2 3-3 6-6 3: Boocock, Wilson, Smirnov, Samorodov 66.2 5-1 11-7 4: Plechanov, Cottrell, Petrovski, Betts 66.6 2-4 13-11 5: Kurilenko, Boocock, Wilson, Kadirov 67.2 3-3 16-14 6: Hunter, Ashby, Samorodov, Smirnov f 66.8 5-1 21-15 7: Plechanov, Boocock, Petrovski, Wilson f 66.8 2-4 23-19 8: Kurilenko, Ashby, Hunter, Kadirov 67.6 3-3 26-22 9: Samorodov, Betts, Smirnov, Cottrell 67.6 2-4 28-26 10: Ashby, Hunter, Plechanov, Tsekhanovitch 67.0 5-1 33-27 11: Kurilenko, Betts, Cottrell, Kadirov 68.2 3-3 36-30 12: Samorodov, Boocock, Smirnov, Hedge 68.2 2-4 38-34 13: Plechanov, Betts, Cottrell, Tsekhanovitch 69.0 3-3 41-37 14: Trigg, Kurilenko, Boocock, Lombotski 68.2 4-2 45-39 15: Smirnov, Ashby, Hunter, Samorodov 68.0 3-3 48-42 16: Plechanov, Boocock, Trigg, Petrovski f 69.0 3-3 51-45 17: Hunter, Ashby, Kurilenko, Lombotski 69.0 5-1 56-46 18: Smirnov, Betts, Samorodov, Cottrell 69.2 2-4 58-50 |
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| Team Manager: Wally Mawdsley | Team Manager: Alexander Ivanov | ||||
| 1 Norman Hunter 1' 3 1' 2' 1' 3 | 11+4 | 1 Igor Plechanov 3 3 3 1 3 3 | 16 | ||
| 2 Martin Ashby 2 2' 2 3 2 2' | 13+2 | 2 Anatoli Petrovski 0 1 1 - - f | 2 | ||
| 3 Terry Betts 2 0 2 2 2 2 | 10 | 3 Gennady Kurilenko 3 3 3 3 2 1 | 15 | ||
| 4 Col Cottrell 1' 2 0 1' 1' 0 | 5+3 | 4 Gab. Kadirov 0 0 0 0 - - | 0 | ||
| 5 Eric Boocock 3 2 2 2 1 2 | 12 | 5 Boris Samorodov 0 1 3 3 0 1 | 8 | ||
| 6 Ray Wilson 2' 1' f - - - | 3+2 | 6 Vladimir Smirnov 1 f 1 1 3 3 | 9 | ||
| 7 Trevor Hedge 0 | 0 | 7 Boris Tsekhanovitch 0 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 Roy Trigg 3 1' | 4+1 | 8 Yuri Lombotski 0 0 | 0 | ||
| 2nd Test at Newport | Ref: C H King | ||||
| England | 68 | Russia | 40 | 1: Ashby,
Plechanov, Gooch, Tsekhanovitch f 66.6 (track record) 4-2 4-2 2: Boocock, Kurilenko, Erskine, Kadirov 69.6 4-2 8-4 3: Smirnov, Hunter, Betts, Samorodov 71.4 3-3 11-7 4: Boocock, Plechanov, Tsekhanovitch, Erskine 69.0 3-3 14-10 5: Kurilenko, Betts, Kadirov, Hunter ret 69.2 2-4 16-14 6: Ashby, Smirnov, Gooch, Samorodov70.4 4-2 20-16 7: Plechanov, Hunter, Tsekhanovitch, Betts 70.2 2-4 22-20 8: Ashby, Trigg, Kadirov, Kurilenko 69.6 5-1 27-21 9: Smirnov, Boocock, Erskine, Samorodov 71.2 3-3 30-24 10: Trigg, Ashby, Plechanov, Tsekhanovitch 70.4 5-1 35-25 11: Boocock, Kurilenko, Squibb, Kadirov f 70.2 4-2 39-27 12: Hunter, Smirnov, Betts, Lombotski f 72.0 4-2 43-29 13: Plechanov, Boocock, Erskine, Tsekhanovitch 71.6 3-3 46-32 14: Betts, Hunter, Lombotski, Kurilenko 71.6 5-1 51-33 15: Ashby, Smirnov, Lombotski, Gooch 71.6 3-3 54-36 16: Betts, Hunter, Tsekhanovitch, Plechanov 72.0 5-1 59-37 17: Ashby, Kurilenko, Squibb, Kadirov 71.2 4-2 63-39 18: Erskine, Boocock, Smirnov, Lombotski 72.2 5-1 68-40 |
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| Team Manager: Wally Mawdsley | Team Manager: Alexander Ivanov | ||||
| 1 Jimmy Gooch 1 1 - - 0 - | 2 | 1 Igor Plechanov 2 2 3 1 3 0 | 11 | ||
| 2 Martin Ashby 3 3 3 2' 3 3 | 17+1 | 2 Boris Tsekhanovitch f 1' 1 0 0 1 | 3+1 | ||
| 3 Eric Boocock 3 3 2 3 2 2' | 15+1 | 3 Gennady Kurilenko 2 3 0 2 0 2 | 9 | ||
| 4 Jon Erskine 1 0 1' - 1' 3 | 6+2 | 4 Gab. Kadirov 0 1 1 f - 0 | 2 | ||
| 5 Terry Betts 1' 2 0 1 3 3 | 10+1 | 5 Boris Samorodov 0 0 0 - - - | 0 | ||
| 6 Norman Hunter 2 ret 2 3 2' 2' | 11+2 | 6 Vladimir Smirnov 3 2 3 2 2 1 | 13 | ||
| 7 Roy Trigg 2' 3 | 5+1 | 7 Yuri Lombotski f 1 1' 0 | 2+1 | ||
| 8 Jim Squibb 1 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3rd Test at Belle Vue | Ref: J R Greene | ||||
| England | 77 | Russia | 31 | 1: Ashby,
Plechanov, Tsekhanovitch, Roper 71.3 3-3 3-3 2: Hunter, Betts, Lombotski, Kurilenko 74.1 5-1 8-4 3: Boocock, Wilson, Smirnov, Samorodov 74.2 5-1 13-5 4: Hunter, Betts, Plechanov, Tsekhanovitch 74.3 5-1 18-6 5: Boocock, Wilson, Lombotski, Kurilenko 74.2 5-1 23-7 6: Smirnov, Ashby, Roper, Samorodov 73.1 3-3 26-10 7: Boocock, Wilson, Plechanov, Tsekhanovitch 73.2 5-1 31-11 8: Haley, Ashby, Lombotski, Kurilenko 74.2 5-1 36-12 9: Hunter, Smirnov, Betts, Samorodov 73.4 4-2 40-14 10: Plechanov, Maidment, Ashby, Tsekhanovitch 73.2 3-3 43-17 11: Hunter, Kurilenko, Betts, Lombotski 73.1 4-2 47-19 12: Boocock, Smirnov, Wilson, Samorodov 74.1 4-2 51-21 13: Hunter, Plechanov, Betts, Tsekhanovitch 74.0 4-2 55-23 14: Boocock, Wilson, Kurilenko, Lombotski 72.4 5-1 60-24 15: Ashby, Plechanov, Haley, Smirnov 73.3 4-2 64-26 16: Boocock, Wilson, Plechanov, Tsekhanovitch 74.1 5-1 69-27 17: Kurilenko, Ashby, Maidment, Lombotski 74.0 3-3 72-30 18: Hunter, Betts, Smirnov, Lombotski 74.3 5-1 77-31 |
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| Team Manager: Ronnie Greene | Team Manager: Alexander Ivanov | ||||
| 1 Tommy Roper 0 1' - - - - | 1+1 | 1 Igor Plechanov 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 | 12 | ||
| 2 Martin Ashby 3 2 2' 1' 3 2 | 13+2 | 2 Boris Tsekhanovitch 1' 0 0 0 0 0 | 1+1 | ||
| 3 Terry Betts 2' 2' 1 1 1 2' | 9+3 | 3 Gennady Kurilenko 0 0 0 2 1 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 Norman Hunter 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | 4 Yuri Lombotski 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 | 3 | ||
| 5 Eric Boocock 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | 5 Boris Samorodov 0 0 0 0 - - | 0 | ||
| 6 Ray Wilson 2' 2' 2' 1 2' 2' | 11+5 | 6 Vladimir Smirnov 1 3 2 2 0 1 | 9 | ||
| 7 Arnold Haley 3 1 | 4 | ||||
| 8 Cyril Maidment 2 1' | 3+1 | ||||
| The Russia team also rode 2 matches against Great Britain in the World League - see here |
| 1971 | England won series 3.5-1.5 | |||||
| OFFICIAL | Mon 23.08 : Exeter | England | 54 | Soviet Russia | 53 | |
| Wed 25.08 : Poole | England | 54 | Soviet Russia | 54 | (Att: 6,500) | |
| Thu 26.08 : Wimbledon | England | 61 | Soviet Russia | 46 | ||
| Sat 28.08 : Halifax | England | 51 | Soviet Russia | 57 | ||
| Mon 30.08 : Coventry | England | 59 | Soviet Russia | 49 | ||
| England | Total | Soviet Russia | Total | |||||||||||||
| Team Manager: Ronnie Greene | Team Manager: |  |
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| Ray Wilson | 9 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 61 | Vladimir Paznikov | 11 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 45 | |||
| Tony Lomas | 9 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 29 | Alexander Pavlov | - | 9 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 44 | |||
| Martin Ashby | 6 | 13 | 9 | - | - | 28 | Gennady Kurilenko | 10 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 40 | |||
| Bob Kilby | 17 | - | - | - | 9 | 26 | Grigori Mironov | 7 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 40 | |||
| Nigel Boocock | 8 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 18 | Grigori Khlinovsky | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 32 | |||
| Eric Boocock | - | - | 7 | 10 | - | 17 | Vladimir Gordeev | 13 | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | 23 | |||
| Trevor Hedge | - | 3 | 14 | - | - | 17 | Vladimir Smirnov | 1 | 8 | - | 4 | 2 | 15 | |||
| Roy Trigg | - | - | 12 | - | 5 | 17 | Anatoli Kuzmin | 5 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 11 | |||
| Malcolm Simmons | - | - | 11 | - | - | 11 | Viktor Trofimov | - | - | 6 | - | 3 | 9 | |||
| Pete Smith | 1 | 10 | - | - | - | 11 | ||||||||||
| Barry Thomas | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | - | 11 | ||||||||||
| Bob Paulson | - | - | - | 8 | - | 8 | ||||||||||
| Alan Jay | - | - | - | 7 | - | 7 | ||||||||||
| Arnold Haley | - | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | ||||||||||
| Terry Betts | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Roger Hill | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Reg Luckhurst | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||||||||||
| Graham Plant | - | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1st Test at Exeter | Ref: | ||||
| England | 54 | Soviet Russia | 53 | Ht 1: Boocock,
Kurilenko, Smirnov, Smith 73.0 3-3 3-3 Ht 2: Gordeev, Kuzmin, Lomas, Wilson 71.8 1-5 4-8 Ht 3: Kilby, Paznikov, Ashby, Khlinovski 72.2 4-2 8-10 Ht 4: Kurilenko, Wilson, Lomas, Smirnov 72.0 3-3 11-13 Ht 5: Gordeev, Kilby, Ashby, Kuzmin 71.2 3-3 14-16 Ht 6: Khlinovski, Paznikov, Boocock, Smith 72.2 1-5 15-21 Ht 7: Kilby, Kurilenko, Ashby, Smirnov 70.4 4-2 19-23 Ht 8: Gordeev, Boocock, Kuzmin, Thomas 71.2 2-4 21-27 Ht 9: Wilson, Lomas, Paznikov, Khlinovski 73.2 5-1 26-28 Ht 10: Mironov, Kurilenko, Smith, Boocock (ef) 72.2 1-5 27-33 Ht 11: Lomas, Gordeev, Wilson, Kuzmin 73.6 4-2 31-35 Ht 12: Kilby, Paznikov, Khlinovski, Ashby 71.0 3-3 34-38 Ht 13: Mironov, Lomas, Kurilenko, Wilson 72.0 2-4 36-42 Ht 14: Kilby, Gordeev, Ashby, Kuzmin 71.0 4-2 40-44 Ht 15: Paznikov, Boocock, Thomas, Khlinovski 72.2 3-3 43-47 Ht 16: Kilby, Ashby, Mironov, Kurilenko 71.4 5-1 48-48 Ht 17: Thomas, Kuzmin, Gordeev (f), Boocock (ret) 71.4 3-2 51-50 Ht 18: Wilson, Paznikov, Khlinovski, Lomas 73.2 3-3 54-53 |
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| 1 Nigel Boocock © 3 1 2 ef 2 ret | 8 | 1 Vladimir Smirnov 1' 0 0 - - - | 1+1 | ||
| 2 Pete Smith 0 0 - 1 - - | 1 | 2 Gennady Kurilenko 2 3 2 2' 1 0 | 10+1 | ||
| 3 Ray Wilson 0 2 3 1 0 3 | 9 | 3 Vladimir Gordeev 3 3 3 2 2 f | 13 | ||
| 4 Tony Lomas 1 1' 2' 3 2 0 | 9+2 | 4 Anatoli Kuzmin 2' 0 1 0 0 2 | 5+1 | ||
| 5 Martin Ashby 1 1' 1 0 1 2' | 6+2 | 5 Vladimir Paznikov 2 2' 1 2 3 2 | 12+1 | ||
| 6 Bob Kilby 3 2 3 3 3 3 | 17 | 6 Grigori Khlinovsky 0 3 0 1' 0 1' | 5+2 | ||
| 7 Barry Thomas 0 1' 3 | 4+1 | 7 Grigori Mironov 3 3 1 | 7 | ||
| 8 Graham Plant (did not arrive) | - | 8 Alexander Pavlov | - | ||
| 2nd Test at Poole | Ref: A Mellors | ||||
| England | 54 | Soviet Russia | 54 | Ht 1:
Kurilenko, Smith, Smirnov, Boocock 71.6 2-4 2-4 Ht 2: Wilson, Kuzmin, Pavlov, Hedge 70.8 3-3 5-7 Ht 3: Ashby, Paznikov, Lomas, Khlinovski 71.4 4-2 9-9 Ht 4: Wilson, Hedge, Smirnov, Kurilenko 70.8 5-1 14-10 Ht 5: Kuzmin, Pavlov, Ashby, Lomas 71.4 1-5 15-15 Ht 6: Smith, Khlinovski, Thomas, Paznikov, Boocock f,ns 71.0 4-2 19-17 Ht 7: Kurilenko, Smirnov, Ashby, Lomas 71.6 1-5 20-22 Ht 8: Pavlov, Smith, Plant, Kuzmin 70.8 3-3 23-25 Ht 9: Wilson, Paznikov, Khlinovski, Hedge 71.2 3-3 26-28 Ht 10: Smirnov, Kurilenko, Smith, Thomas 71.2 1-5 27-33 Ht 11: Wilson, Pavlov, Hedge, Kuzmin 70.6 4-2 31-35 Ht 12: Paznikov, Ashby, Khlinovski, Lomas 70.4 2-4 33-39 Ht 13: Wilson, Kurilenko, Smirnov, Hedge 71.2 3-3 36-42 Ht 14: Ashby, Lomas, Pavlov, Mironov 70.4 5-1 41-43 Ht 15: Paznikov, Khlinovski, Plant, Smith 71.4 1-5 42-48 Ht 16: Ashby, Kurilenko, Lomas, Smirnov 71.4 4-2 46-50 Ht 17: Thomas, Smith, Mironov, Pavlov 72.0 5-1 51-51 Ht 18: Wilson, Paznikov, Khlinovski, Plant 71.2 3-3 54-54 |
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| 1 Nigel Boocock © 0 f,ns - - - - | 0 | 1 Vladimir Smirnov 1 1 2' 3 1' 0 | 8+2 | ||
| 2 Pete Smith 2 3 2 1 0 2' | 10+1 | 2 Gennady Kurilenko 3 0 3 2' 2 2 | 12+1 | ||
| 3 Ray Wilson 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | 3 Alexander Pavlov 1' 2' 3 2 1 0 | 9+2 | ||
| 4 Trevor Hedge 0 2' 0 1 0 - | 3 +1 | 4 Anatoli Kuzmin 2 3 0 0 - - | 5 | ||
| 5 Tony Lomas 1 0 0 0 2' 1 | 4+1 | 5 Vladimir Paznikov 2 0 2 3 3 2 | 12 | ||
| 6 Martin Ashby 3 1 1 2 3 3 | 13 | 6 Grigori Khlinovsky 0 2 1' 1 2' 1' | 7+3 | ||
| 7 Barry Thomas 1 0 3 | 4 | 7 Grigori Mironov 0 1 | 1 | ||
| 8 Graham Plant 1' 1 0 | 2+1 | 8 Vladimir Gordeev | - | ||
| 3rd Test at Wimbledon | Ref: A E Humphrey | ||||
| England | 61 | Soviet Russia | 46 | Ht 1: Simmons,
Chlinovski, Trigg, Gordeev, Kurilenko (ex-t) 66.1 4-2 4-2 Ht 2: Ashby, Mironov, Boocock (ret), Paznikov (exc) 67.3 3-2 7-4 Ht 3: Hedge, Trofimov, Pavlov, Wilson (ef) 66.0 3-3 10-7 Ht 4: Boocock, Ashby, Gordeev, Kurilenko 66.4 5-1 15-8 Ht 5: Wilson, Hedge, Mironov, Paznikov 66.2 5-1 20-9 Ht 6: Trigg, Simmons, Trofimov, Pavlov 65.1 5-1 25-10 Ht 7: Hedge, Wilson, Kurilenko, Gordeev 66.8 5-1 30-11 Ht 8: Mironov, Trigg, Simmons, Paznikov 64.1 3-3 33-14 Ht 9: Pavlov, Trofimov, Boocock, Ashby (ef) 66.0 1-5 34-19 Ht 10: Simmons, Trigg, Kurilenko, Gordeev 64.4 5-1 39-20 Ht 11: Paznikov, Mironov, Ashby, Boocock (ef) 64.0 1-5 40-25 Ht 12: Wilson, Hedge, Pavlov, Trofimov 65.5 5-1 45-26 Ht 13: Boocock, Kurilenko, Ashby, Gordeev, 64.9 4-2 49-28 Ht 14: Mironov, Paznikov, Hedge, Wilson 64.1 1-5 50-33 Ht 15: Trigg, Pavlov, Simmons, Trofimov 64.7 4-2 54-35 Ht 16: Hedge, Kurilenko, Gordeev, Wilson 64.9 3-3 57-38 Ht 17: Mironov, Simmons, Paznikov, Trigg 64.3 2-4 59-42 Ht 18: Pavlov, Ashby, Trofimov, Thomas 65.1 2-4 61-46 |
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| 1 Roy Trigg 1 3 2 2' 3 0 | 11+1 | 1 Vladimir Gordeev 0 1 0 0 0 1' | 2+1 | ||
| 2 Malcolm Simmons 3 2' 1' 3 1 2 | 12+2 | 2 Gennady Kurilenko ex-t 0 1 1 2 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 Eric Boocock © ret 3 1 ef 3 - | 7 | 3 Grigori Mironov 2 1 3 2' 3 3 | 14+1 | ||
| 4 Martin Ashby 3 2' ef 1 1 2 | 9+1 | 4 Vladimir Paznikov ex 0 0 3 2' 1 | 6+1 | ||
| 5 Ray Wilson ef 3 2' 3 0 0 | 8+1 | 5 Viktor Trofimov 2 1 2' 0 0 1 | 6+1 | ||
| 6 Trevor Hedge 3 2' 3 2' 1 3 | 14+2 | 6 Alexander Pavlov 1' 0 3 1 2 3 | 10+1 | ||
| 7 Barry Thomas 0 | 0 | 7 Grigori Khlinovsky 2 | 2 | ||
| 8 Anatoli Kuzmin | - | ||||
| 4th Test at Halifax | Ref: J M Whitaker | ||||
| England | 51 | Soviet Russia | 57 | Ht 1: Boocock, Paulson,
Smirnov, Gordeev ef, Kurilenko ex-t 69.4 5-1 5-1 Ht 2: Mironov, Wilson, Khlinovski, Haley (ef) 67.2 2-4 7-5 Ht 3: Pavlov, Jay, Paznikov, Plant (ef) 69.2 2-4 9-9 Ht 4: Wilson, Gordeev, Kurilenko, Haley (ef) 68.4 3-3 12-12 Ht 5: Mironov, Khlinovski, Jay, Thomas (ef) 68.0 1-5 13-17 Ht 6: Paznikov, Boocock, Kuzmin, Paulson, Pavlov ex-t 67.8 2-4 15-21 Ht 7: Thomas, Kurilenko, Jay, Gordeev 68.8 4-2 19-23 Ht 8: Mironov, Khlinovski, Boocock, Paulson 68.0 1-5 20-28 Ht 9: Wilson, Haley, Paznikov, Pavlov 69.0 5-1 25-29 Ht 10: Boocock, Kurilenko, Paulson, Gordeev 68.0 4-2 29-31 Ht 11: Wilson, Haley, Khlinovski, Mironov 68.6 5-1 34-32 Ht 12: Paznikov, Pavlov, Jay, Luckhurst 68.4 1-5 35-37 Ht 13: Wilson, Haley, Smirnov, Kurilenko 69.0 5-1 40-38 Ht 14: Mironov, Jay, Luckhurst, Khlinovski (f exc) 68.0 3-3 43-41 Ht 15: Paulson, Pavlov, Paznikov, Boocock (ef) 69.4 3-3 46-44 Ht 16: Kurilenko, Smirnov, Luckhurst, Jay 69.2 1-5 47-49 Ht 17: Mironov, Paulson, Boocock, Khlinovski 69.2 3-3 50-52 Ht 18: Pavlov, Paznikov, Willson, Luckhurst 68.8 1-5 51-57 |
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| 1 Eric Boocock © 3 2 1 3 ef 1' | 10+1 | 1 Vladimir Gordeev ef 2 0 0 - - | 2 | ||
| 2 Bob Paulson 2' 0 0 1 3 2 | 8+1 | 2 Gennady Kurilenko ex-t 1' 2 2 0 3 | 8+1 | ||
| 3 Ray Wilson 2 3 3 3 3 1 | 15 | 3 Grigori Khlinovsky 1 2' 2' 1 f,ex 0 | 6+2 | ||
| 4 Arnold Haley ef ef 2' 2' 2' - | 6+3 | 4 Grigori Mironov 3 3 3 0 3 3 | 15 | ||
| 5 Alan Jay 2 1 1 1 2 0 | 7 | 5 Vladimir Paznikov 1 3 1 3 1' 2' | 11+2 | ||
| 6 Graham Plant ef - - - - - | 0 | 6 Alexander Pavlov 3 ex-t 0 2' 2 3 | 10+1 | ||
| 7 Barry Thomas ef 3 | 3 | 7 Vladimir Smirnov 1 1 2' | 4+1 | ||
| 8 Reg Luckhurst 0 1' 1 0 | 2+1 | 8 Anatoli Kuzmin 1 | 1 | ||
| 5th Test at Coventry | Ref: H P Ellis | ||||
| England | 59 | Soviet Russia | 49 | Ht 1: Gordeev, Boocock,
Betts, Kurilenko 66.0 3-3 3-3 Ht 2: Kilby, Lomas, Khlinovski, Mironov 64.8 5-1 8-4 Ht 3: Pavlov, Trigg, Wilson, Trofimov (f) 66.0 3-3 11-7 Ht 4: Lomas, Gordeev, Paznikov, Kilby 67.2 3-3 14-10 Ht 5: Wilson, Khlinovski, Mironov, Trigg (f) 67.0 3-3 17-13 Ht 6: Pavlov, Boocock, Smirnov, Betts 66.8 2-4 19-17 Ht 7: Trigg, Wilson, Gordeev, Paznikov 67.6 5-1 24-18 Ht 8: Boocock, Khlinovski, Hill, Mironov 68.0 4-2 28-20 Ht 9: Lomas, Kilby, Pavlov, Smirnov 67.4 5-1 33-21 Ht 10: Boocock, Paznikov, Betts, Kurilenko 68.2 4-2 37-23 Ht 11: Lomas, Khlinovski, Kilby, Smirnov 67.6 4-2 41-25 Ht 12: Pavlov, Wilson, Trofimov, Trigg 67.8 2-4 43-29 Ht 13: Kilby, Lomas, Kurilenko, Paznikov 66.6 5-1 48-30 Ht 14: Khlinovski, Wilson, Smirnov, Trigg (ef) 67.8 2-4 50-34 Ht 15: Pavlov, Betts, Trofimov, Plant (f) 67.6 2-4 52-38 Ht 16: Kurilenko, Paznikov, Wilson, Trigg 68.0 1-5 53-43 Ht 17: Hill, Mironov, Khlinovski, Betts 68.0 3-3 56-46 Ht 18: Lomas, Pavlov, Trofimov, Kilby (ret) 68.0 3-3 59-49 |
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| 1 Nigel Boocock © 2 2 3 3 - - | 10 | 1 Vladimir Gordeev 3 2 1 - - - | 6 | ||
| 2 Terry Betts 1' 0 - 1 2 0 | 4+1 | 2 Gennady Kurilenko 0 - - 0 1 3 | 4 | ||
| 3 Tony Lomas 2' 3 3 3 2' 3 | 16+2 | 3 Grigori Khlinovsky 1 2 2 2 3 1' | 11+1 | ||
| 4 Bob Kilby 3 0 2' 1 3 ret | 9+1 | 4 Grigori Mironov 0 1' 0 - - 2 | 3+1 | ||
| 5 Ray Wilson 1' 3 2' 2 2 1 | 11+2 | 5 Viktor Trofimov f - - 1 1 1' | 3+1 | ||
| 6 Roy Trigg 2 f 3 0 ef 0 | 5 | 6 Alexander Pavlov 3 3 1 3 3 2 | 15 | ||
| 7 Roger Hill 1 3 | 4 | 7 Vladimir Paznikov 1' 0 2 0 2' | 5+2 | ||
| 8 Graham Plant f | 0 | 8 Vladimir Smirnov 1 0 0 1 | 2 | ||
| 1973 | England raced USSR at Ipswich in the Daily Mirror International Tournament |
| 1974 | England won series 5-0 (1 abandoned, 1 cancelled) | |||||
| OFFICIAL | Sat 27.07 : Swindon | England | 66 | U.S.S.R | 41 | |
| Sun 28.07 : Wolverhampton | England | 61 | U.S.S.R | 47 | ||
| Thu 01.08 : Wimbledon | England | 71 | U.S.S.R | 37 | ||
| Sat 03.08 : Cradley Heath | England | 65 | U.S.S.R | 43 | ||
| Sun 04.08 : Oxford | Cancelled - Rain | |||||
| Wed 07.08 : Belle Vue | England | 75 | U.S.S.R | 33 | ||
| Fri 09.08 : Newport | England | 17 | U.S.S.R | 19 | abandoned | |
| England | Total | U.S.S.R | Total | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Manager : Len Silver | Team Manager: Nikolai Konstantinovich | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Holden | - | 15 | 10 | 9 | - | - | 1 | 35 | Grigori Khlinovsky | 11 | 14 | 10 | 10 | - | 14 | 6 | 65 | ||
| Barry Thomas | 5 | - | 16 | 14 | - | - | - | 35 | Vladimir Gordeev | 13 | 3 | 9 | 10 | - | 8 | 3 | 46 | ||
| Martin Ashby | 17 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 29 | Valeri Gordeev | 0 | 12 | 8 | 10 | - | 6 | 6 | 42 | ||
| Tony Davey | 16 | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | 29 | Nikolai Kornev | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | 3 | 4 | 22 | ||
| Peter Collins | - | 10 | - | - | - | 18 | - | 28 | Anatoli Kuzmin | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | ||
| Chris Pusey | - | 9 | - | - | - | 15 | 3 | 27 | Vladimir Nesterov | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Richard Greer | - | 6 | - | 5 | - | 12 | - | 23 | Sergei Douzhenko | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Eric Broadbelt | - | - | 8 | 12 | - | - | - | 20 | Viktor Kuznetsov | - | 5 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Ray Wilson | - | 9 | - | - | - | 11 | - | 20 | Viktor Trofimov | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| Dave Jessup | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Trevor Hedge | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | 15 | |||||||||||
| Doug Wyer | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 4 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Howard Cole | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | |||||||||||
| John Louis | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Reg Wilson | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 8 | |||||||||||
| Alan Wilkinson | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | |||||||||||
| Roger Johns | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | |||||||||||
| Terry Betts | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Frank Auffret | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |||||||||||
| Malcolm Simmons | - | - | 3 |
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| Bob Coles | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |||||||||||
| Laurie Etheridge | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | |||||||||||
| Tom Leadbitter | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Price | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |||||||||||
| Paul Tyrer | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Soviet Union 1974 |
| Back: Viktor Trofimov, Anatoli Kuzmin (5), Vladimir Nesterov (4), Grigori Khlinovsky (3), Viktor Kuznetsov (7), unknown, Nikolai Kornev (6), unknown |
| Front: Valeri Gordeev (1), Vladimir Gordeev (2), Sergei Douzhenko (8) |
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| 1st Test at Swindon | Ref: M Palmer | ||||
| England | 66 | U.S.S.R | 41 | Ht 1: Ashby,
Vl Gordeev, Thomas, Va Gordeev 70.4 4-2 4-2 Ht 2: Davey, Khlinovski, Nesterov, Louis 71.6 3-3 7-5 Ht 3: Jessup, Kuzmin, Auffret, Kornev 71.8 4-2 11-7 Ht 4: Davey, Louis, Vl Gordeev, Va Gordeev 71.2 5-1 16-8 Ht 5: Jessup, Auffret, Khlinovski, Nesterov 71.2 5-1 21-9 Ht 6: Ashby, Thomas, Kornev, Kuzmin 70.8 5-1 26-10 Ht 7: Vl Gordeev, Jessup, Auffret, Va Gordeev 71.2 3-3 29-13 Ht 8: Ashby, Khlinovski, Thomas, Nesterov 71.2 4-2 33-15 Ht 9: Davey, Kuzmin, Kornev, Coles, Louis (exc 2 mins) 72.0 3-3 36-18 Ht 10: Vl Gordeev, Ashby, Thomas (ef), Va Gordeev (ret) 72.0 2-3 38-21 Ht 11: Davey, Khlinovski, Nesterov, Leadbitter, Louis (ex-t) 71.6 3-3 41-24 Ht 12: Kuzmin, Jessup, Kornev, Auffret 72.0 2-4 43-28 Ht 13: Davey, Vl Gordeev, Louis, Va Gordeev 71.6 4-2 47-30 Ht 14: Jessup, Khlinovski, Coles, Nesterov 72.0 4-2 51-32 Ht 15: Ashby, Kornev, Kuzmin, Leadbitter, Thomas (exc tapes) 71.6 3-3 54-35 Ht 16: Jessup, Vl Gordeev, Coles, Va Gordeev 72.0 4-2 58-37 Ht 17: Ashby, Khlinovski, Thomas, Nesterov 72.2 4-2 62-39 Ht 18: Louis, Kuzmin, Davey, Kornev 72.4 4-2 66-41 |
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| 1 Martin Ashby © 3 3 3 2 3 3 | 17 | 1 Valeri Gordeev 0 0 0 ret 0 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 Barry Thomas 1 2' 1 ef ex-t 1 | 5+1 | 2 Vladimir Gordeev 2 1 3 3 2 2 | 13 | ||
| 3 John Louis 0 2' ex-2 ex-t 1 3 | 6+1 | 3 Grigori Khlinovsky 2 1 2 2 2 2 | 11 | ||
| 4 Tony Davey 3 3 3 3 3 1 | 16 | 4 Vladimir Nesterov 1' 0 0 1' 0 0 | 2+2 | ||
| 5 Dave Jessup 3 3 2 2 3 3 | 16 | 5 Anatoli Kuzmin 2 0 2 3 1' 2 | 10+1 | ||
| 6 Frank Auffret 1 2' 1' 0 - - | 4+2 | 6 Nikolai Kornev 0 1 1' 1 2 0 | 5+1 | ||
| 7 Tom Leadbitter 0 0 | 0 | 7 Viktor Kuznetsov | - | ||
| 8 Bob Coles 0 1 1 | 2 | 8 Sergei Douzhenko | - | ||
| 2nd Test at Wolverhampton | Ref : H P Ellis | ||||
| England | 61 | U.S.S.R | 47 | Ht 1: Wilson,
Va Gordeev, Vl Gordeev, Greer 67.3 3-3 3-3 Ht 2: Collins, Holden, Chlinovski, Douzhenko (f rem) 65.5 5-1 8-4 Ht 3: Pusey, Kuzmin, Kuznetsov, Betts 66.9 3-3 11-7 Ht 4: Holden, Va Gordeev, Collins, Vl Gordeev 65.9 4-2 15-9 Ht 5: Pusey, Chlinovski, Douzhenko, Betts (ef) 66.5 3-3 18-12 Ht 6: Kuzmin, Wilson, Greer, Kuznetsov 66.1 3-3 21-15 Ht 7: Pusey, Va Gordeev, Vl Gordeev, Leadbitter 65.2 3-3 24-18 Ht 8: Chlinovski, Greer, Douzhenko, Wilson 67.1 2-4 26-22 Ht 9: Collins, Holden, Kuznetsov, Kuzmin 67.4 5-1 31-23 Ht 10: Wilson, Va Gordeev, Greer, Vl Gordeev 67.7 4-2 35-25 Ht 11: Chlinovski, Holden, Wilkinson, Douzhenko, Collins ex-t 65.9 3-3 38-28 Ht 12: Betts, Kuzmin, Leadbitter, Kuznetsov, Pusey f,ns 66.9 4-2 42-30 Ht 13: Holden, Va Gordeev, Collins, Vl Gordeev 67.2 4-2 46-32 Ht 14: Wilkinson, Chlinovski, Leadbitter, Douzhenko 67.5 4-2 50-34 Ht 15: Kuzmin, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Greer 66.7 1-5 51-39 Ht 16: Wilkinson, Va Gordeev, Vl Gordeev, Leadbitter 67.1 3-3 54-42 Ht 17: Chlinovski, Greer, Douzhenko, Wilson (ef) 67.1 2-4 56-46 Ht 18: Holden, Collins, Kuznetsov, Kornev (f), Kuzmin f,ns 68.3 5-1 61-47 |
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| 1 Ray Wilson © 3 2 0 3 1 ef | 9 | 1 Valeri Gordeev 2 2 2 2 2 2 | 12 | ||
| 2 Richard Greer 0 1' 2 1 0 2 | 6+1 | 2 Vladimir Gordeev 1' 0 1' 0 0 1' | 3+3 | ||
| 3 Peter Collins 3 1 3 ex-t 1 2' | 10+1 | 3 Grigori Khlinovsky 1 2 3 3 2 3 | 14 | ||
| 4 Kevin Holden 2' 3 2' 2 3 3 | 15+2 | 4 Sergei Douzhenko f,rm 1' 1 0 0 1 | 3+1 | ||
| 5 Terry Betts 0 ef - 3 - - | 3 | 5 Anatoli Kuzmin 2 3 0 2 3 f,ns | 10 | ||
| 6 Chris Pusey 3 3 3 f,ns - - | 9 | 6 Viktor Kuznetsov 1' 0 1 0 2' 1 | 5+2 | ||
| 7 Alan Wilkinson 1' 3 3 | 7+1 | 7 Nikolai Kornev f | 0 | ||
| 8 Tom Leadbitter 0 1 1 0 | 2 | ||||
| 3rd Test at Wimbledon | Ref : Graham Brodie | ||||
| England | 71 | U.S.S.R | 37 | Ht 1: Ashby,
Vl Gordeev, Kornev (f rem), Hedge (f) 64.2 3-3 3-3 Ht 2: Khlinovski, Broadbelt, Nesterov, Simmons (ef) 65.6 2-4 5-7 Ht 3: Holden, Thomas, Kuznetsov, Va Gordeev 66.0 5-1 10-8 Ht 4: Broadbelt, Kornev, Vl Gordeev, Simmons 65.0 3-3 13-11 Ht 5: Thomas, Khlinovski, Nesterov, Holden 63.4 3-3 16-14 Ht 6: Hedge, Ashby, Kuznetsov, Va Gordeev 63.2 5-1 21-15 Ht 7: Holden, Thomas, Vl Gordeev, Kornev 64.2 5-1 26-16 Ht 8: Hedge, Ashby, Khlinovski, Nesterov 63.2 5-1 31-17 Ht 9: Johns, Va Gordeev, Broadbelt, Kuznetsov, Simmons (exc) 64.2 4-2 35-19Ht 10: Hedge, Vl Gordeev, Ashby, Kornev 61.6 4-2 39-21 Ht 11: Simmons, Broadbelt, Khlinovski, Nesterov 62.8 5-1 44-22 Ht 12: Thomas, Va Gordeev, Holden, Douzhenko 62.8 4-2 48-24 Ht 13: Vl Gordeev, Etheridge, Kornev, Broadbelt f,ex, Simmons ex 64.2 2-4 50-28 Ht 14: Thomas, Khlinovski, Holden, Nesterov (f) 62.0 4-2 54-30 Ht 15: Hedge, Ashby, Va Gordeev, Douzhenko 64.0 5-1 59-31 Ht 16: Thomas, Holden, Kornev, Vl Gordeev 62.6 5-1 64-32 Ht 17: Hedge, Ashby, Khlinovski, Nesterov 64.0 5-1 69-33 Ht 18: Va Gordeev, Johns, Douzhenko, Broadbelt 63.4 2-4 71-37 |
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| 1 Martin Ashby © 3 2' 2' 1 2' 2' | 12+4 | 1 Vladimir Gordeev 2 1' 1 2 3 0 | 9+1 | ||
| 2 Trevor Hedge f 3 3 3 3 3 | 15 | 2 Nikolai Kornev 1' 2 0 0 1 1 | 5+1 | ||
| 3 Malcolm Simmons ef 0 ex 3 ex - | 3 | 3 Grigori Khlinovsky 3 2 1 1 2 1 | 10 | ||
| 4 Eric Broadbelt 2 3 1 2' f,ex 0 | 8+1 | 4 Vladimir Nesterov 1 1' 0 0 f 0 | 2+1 | ||
| 5 Barry Thomas 2' 3 2' 3 3 3 | 16+2 | 5 Valeri Gordeev 0 0 2 2 1 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 Kevin Holden 3 0 3 1 1 2' | 10+1 | 6 Viktor Kuznetsov 1 1 0 - - - | 2 | ||
| 7 Roger Johns 3 2 | 5 | 7 Sergei Douzhenko 0 0 1 | 1 | ||
| 8 Laurie Etheridge 2 | 2 | ||||
| 4th Test at Cradley Heath | |||||
| England | 65 | U.S.S.R | 43 | Ht 1: Greer,
Va Gordeev, Douzhenko, Thomas (f exc) 69.2 3-3 3-3 Ht 2: Davey, Cole, Khlinovski, Nesterov 69.0 5-1 8-4 Ht 3: Kornev, Broadbelt, Vl Gordeev, Holden 69.0 2-4 10-8 Ht 4: Davey, Cole, Douzhenko, Va Gordeev (ef) 69.0 5-1 15-9 Ht 5: Broadbelt, Khlinovski, Holden, Nesterov 69.4 4-2 19-11 Ht 6: Vl Gordeev, Thomas, Greer, Kornev (ef) 68.8 3-3 22-14 Ht 7: Va Gordeev, Holden, Broadbelt, Douzhenko 69.8 3-3 25-17 Ht 8: Thomas, Nesterov, Khlinovski, Greer 69.4 3-3 28-20 Ht 9: Davey, Trofimov, Cole, Vl Gordeev (exc) 69.6 4-2 32-22 Ht 10: Thomas, Va Gordeev, Greer, Douzhenko 69.2 4-2 36-24 Ht 11: Khlinovski, Cole, Nesterov, Davey 69.8 2-4 38-28 Ht 12: Vl Gordeev, Holden, Kornev, Broadbelt (f exc) 69.0 2-4 40-32 Ht 13: Davey, Va Gordeev, Cole, Douzhenko 69.4 4-2 44-34 Ht 14: Broadbelt, Holden, Khlinovski, Nesterov 69.8 5-1 49-35 Ht 15: Thomas, Price, Kornev, Vl Gordeev 69.8 5-1 54-36 Ht 16: Broadbelt, Holden, Va Gordeev, Douzhenko 70.2 5-1 59-37 Ht 17: Thomas, Khlinovski, Nesterov, Greer 69.4 3-3 62-40 Ht 18: Vl Gordeev, Cole, Davey, Kornev 69.8 3-3 65-43 |
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| 1 Barry Thomas © f,ex 2 3 3 3 3 | 14 | 1 Valeri Gordeev 2 ef 3 2 2 1 | 10 | ||
| 2 Richard Greer 3 1' 0 1 - 0 | 5+1 | 2 Sergei Douzhenko 1' 1 0 0 0 0 | 2+1 | ||
| 3 Tony Davey 3 3 3 0 3 1' | 13+1 | 3 Grigori Khlinovsky 1 2 1' 3 1 2 | 10+1 | ||
| 4 Howard Cole 2' 2' 1 2 1 2 | 10+2 | 4 Vladimir Nesterov 0 0 2 1 0 1' | 4+1 | ||
| 5 Kevin Holden 0 1 2 2 2' 2' | 9+2 | 5 Vladimir Gordeev 1 3 ex 3 0 3 | 10 | ||
| 6 Eric Broadbelt 2 3 1' f,ex 3 3 | 12+1 | 6 Nikolai Kornev 3 ef - 1 1 0 | 5 | ||
| 7 Arthur Price 2' | 2+1 | 7 Viktor Trofimov 2 | 2 | ||
| 8 Frank Auffret | - | ||||
| 5th Test at Oxford | |||||
| CANCELLED due to rain | |||||
| 6th Test at Belle Vue | |||||
| England | 75 | U.S.S.R | 33 | Ht 1: Collins,
Vl Gordeev, Reg Wilson, Kornev 72.2 4-2 4-2 Ht 2: Khlinovski, Pusey, Douzhenko, Wyer (ef), Nesterov (exc) 75.2 2-4 6-6 Ht 3: Greer, Tyrer, Va Gordeev, Kuznetsov, Ray Wilson (exc) 75.4 5-1 11-7 Ht 4: Pusey, Vl Gordeev, Wyer, Kornev 74.4 4-2 15-9 Ht 5: Ray Wilson, Greer, Khlinovski, Nesterov 75.0 5-1 20-10 Ht 6: Collins, Reg Wilson, Va Gordeev, Kuznetsov 75.4 5-1 25-11 Ht 7: Vl Gordeev, Ray Wilson, Greer, Kornev 75.0 3-3 28-14 Ht 8: Collins, Khlinovski, Reg Wilson, Nesterov 74.6 4-2 32-16 Ht 9: Pusey, Wyer, Va Gordeev, Kuznetsov 75.6 5-1 37-17 Ht 10: Collins, Reg Wilson, Vl Gordeev, Kornev 74.4 5-1 42-18 Ht 11: Khlinovski, Pusey, Wyer, Nesterov 74.6 3-3 45-21 Ht 12: Greer, Ray Wilson, Va Gordeev, Kuznetsov 75.2 5-1 50-22 Ht 13: Wyer, Pusey, Kornev, Vl Gordeev 74.8 5-1 55-23 Ht 14: Khlinovski, Greer, Ray Wilson, Nesterov 75.4 3-3 58-26 Ht 15: Collins, Reg Wilson, Va Gordeev, Kuznetsov 74.4 5-1 63-27 Ht 16: Ray Wilson, Kornev, Greer, Vl Gordeev 75.2 4-2 67-29 Ht 17: Collins, Khlinovski, Nesterov, Reg Wilson (ef) 74.0 3-3 70-32 Ht 18: Pusey, Wyer, Va Gordeev, Kuznetsov 74.8 5-1 75-33 |
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| 1 Peter Collins 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | 1 Vladimir Gordeev 2 2 3 1 0 0 | 8 | ||
| 2 Reg Wilson 1 2' 1 2' 2' ef | 8+3 | 2 Nikolai Kornev 0 0 0 0 1 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 Chris Pusey 2 3 3 2 2' 3 | 15+1 | 3 Grigori Khlinovsky 3 1 2 3 3 2 |
14 | ||
| 4 Doug Wyer ef 1 2' 1' 3 2' | 9+3 | 4 Vladimir Nesterov ex 0 0 0 0 1' | 1+1 | ||
| 5 Ray Wilson © ex 3 2 2' 1' 3 | 11+2 | 5 Valeri Gordeev 1 1 1 1 1 1 | 6 | ||
| 6 Richard Greer 3 2' 1' 3 2 1 | 12+2 | 6 Viktor Kuznetsov 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 Paul Tyrer 2' | 2+1 | 7 Sergei Douzhenko 1 | 1 | ||
| 8 Alan Wilkinson | - | ||||
| 7th Test at Newport | |||||
| ABANDONED after heat 6 due to rian | |||||
| England | 17 | U.S.S.R | 19 | Ht1: Vl
Gordeev, Louis, Kornev, Holden 70.5 2-4 2-4 Ht 2: Chlinovski, Wyer, Betts, Douzhenko 71.2 3-3 5-7 Ht 3: Va Gordeev, Pusey, Jessup, Kuznetsov 71.0 3-3 8-10 Ht 4: Kornev, Wyer, Betts, Vl Gordeev 71.1 3-3 11-13 Ht 5: Chlinovski, Jessup, Pusey, Douzhenko 73.6 3-3 14-16 Ht 6: Va Gordeev, Louis, Holden, Nesterov 76.6 3-3 17-19 Match abandoned |
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| 1 John Louis © 2 2 | 4 | 1 Vladimir Gordeev 3 0 | 3 | ||
| 2 Kevin Holden 0 1' | 1+1 | 2 Nikolai Kornev 1 3 | 4 | ||
| 3 Terry Betts 1' 1' | 2+2 | 3 Grigori Khlinovsky 3 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 Doug Wyer 2 2 | 4 | 4 Sergei Douzhenko 0 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 Chris Pusey 2 1' | 3+1 | 5 Valeri Gordeev 3 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 Dave Jessup 1' 2 | 3+1 | 6 Viktor Kuznetsov 0 - | 0 | ||
| 7 Bob Coles | - | 7 Vladimir Nesterov 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 Frank Auffret | - | ||||
| Contributors : Roger Stevens, David Austin |
© Brian Collins