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THE "ALMOST" INTERNATIONALS |
Homeland v. Colonies |
& Home v Overseas |
These early international team matches were frequently described as "test matches" in contemporary press reports. |
1929 | 07.05 : West Ham | Homeland | 24 | Colonies | 38 | |
UNOFFICIAL |
Teams Homeland: Ivor Creek, Jack Adams, Taffy Williams, Eric Spencer, Colin Watson, Jim Kempster Colonies: Vic Huxley, Billy Galloway, Buzz Hibberd, Frank Arthur, Billy Lamont, Max Grosskreutz |
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This report is from the Auto Motor Journal May 16, 1929: | ||||||
1929 | 13.05 : Wimbledon | Homeland | 12 | Colonies | 30 | |
UNOFFICIAL | Heat Details
(scoring 4-2-1-0) : 1: Arthur, Buchanan, Creek F,rm, Kempster F 1-6 2: Huxley, Grosskreutz, Williams, Spencer F,rm 2-12 3: Lamont, Adams, Seiffert F,pushed, Hibberd F 5-16 4: Buchanan, Spencer, Arthur, Williams 7-21 5: Huxley, Seiffert, Adams, Grosskreutz F 10-25 6: Lamont, Kempster, Hibberd, Creek R 12-30 |
Jack Adams | 3 | Vic Huxley | 8 | |
Mart Seiffert | 3 | Billy Lamont | 8 | |||
Eric Spencer | 2 | Hilary Buchanan | 6 | |||
Jim Kempster | 2 | Frank Arthur | 5 | |||
Ivor Creek | 1 | Max Grosskreutz | 2 | |||
Taffy Williams | 1 | Buzz Hibberd | 1 | |||
In the Homeland team, Mart Seiffert was a late replacement for the injured Colin Watson | ||||||
The Colonies team at Wimbledon (left to right). Standing: Vic Huxley, Buzz Hibberd, Frank Arthur, Max Grosskreutz, and Billy Lamont. Hilary Buchanan is seated. |
1929 | 10.08 : Southampton | Homeland | 39 | Colonies | 24 | |
UNOFFICIAL | Tiger Stevenson (4 4 2) | 10 | Sprouts Elder (USA) © (1 4 4) | 9 | ||
In the programme, individual heats refer to Homeland and Colonies - but the scorechart refers to the teams as Homeland and Overseas! | Ivor Creek © (f 4 4) | 8 | Buzz Hibberd (Aus) (2 1 0 4) | 7 | ||
Eric Lister (4 1 2) | 7 | Bruce McCullum (Aus) (2 2 0) | 4 | |||
Don Durant (0 4 1) | 5 | Bluey Wilkinson (Aus) (2 ef 1) | 3 | |||
Albert Wakerley (1 2 2) | 5 | Freddie Hore (Aus) (0 1 f) | 1 | |||
Tommy Cullis (1 2 -) | 3 | ??? (0 0 -) | 0 | |||
Vic Collins (res) (1) | 1 |
The report below is from the Southern Daily Echo | ||
1929 | 17.09 : West Ham | Homelands | 26 | Colonies | 36 | |
UNOFFICIAL | Heat details
(scoring 4-2-1-0): 1: Taylor, Wise, Stevenson, Duckett 5-2 2: Chapman, Grosskreutz, Ford, Frogley f 6-8 3: Stewart, Lamont, Creek, Parker f 7-14 4: Chapman, Taylor, Grosskreutz, Stevenson 9-19 5: Stewart, Lamont, Ford, Frogley 10-25 6: Parker, Wise, Creek, Duckett 15-27 7: Lamont, Stewart, Taylor, Durant 16-33 8: Frogley, Ford, Wise nf, Duckett nf 22-33 9: Parker, Grosskreutz, Chapman, Creek 26-36 |
Jack Parker | 8 | Col Stewart | 10 | |
Geoff Taylor | 7 | Jack Chapman | 9 | |||
Roger Frogley | 4 | Billy Lamont | 8 | |||
Colin Ford | 4 | Max Grosskreutz | 5 | |||
Ivor Creek | 2 | Dick Wise | 4 | |||
Tiger Stevenson | 1 | Frank Duckett | 0 | |||
Don Durant (res) | 0 | Buzz Hibberd (res) | dnr | |||
1930 | 01.05 : West Ham | Homeland | 27 | Colonies | 16 | |
UNOFFICIAL | 1: Arthur, Stevenson,
Kemp, ? 2-4 2: Taylor, Whitfield, Cantwell, Mitchell ef 5-1 7-5 3: Westwood, Hastings, Dallison ef, Wilkinson ef 3-2 10-7 4: Abandoned. Barnett & Cantwell f. 0-0 10-7 5: Atkinson. Hastings f, Taylor ef, Hansen ef 3-0 13-7 6: Arthur, Dallison, Westwood , ? 3-3 16-10 7: Whitfield, Stevenson, Wilkinson, ? 5-1 21-11 8: Arthur, Kemp, Whitfield, Atkinson ef 1-5 22-16 9: Dallison, Westwood, Hansen ef, Mitchell ef 5-0 27-16 |
Arthur Westwood | 6 | Frank Arthur | 9 | |
Harry Whitfield | 6 | Dave Kemp | 3 | |||
Billy Dallison | 5 | Harold Hastings | 2 | |||
Tiger Stevenson | 4 | Con Cantwell | 1 | |||
Geoff Taylor | 3 | Bluey Wilkinson | 1 | |||
Arthur Atkinson | 3 | Arnie Hansen | 0 | |||
Jack Barnett | 0 | Clem Mitchell | 0 | |||
1930 | 04.06 : Exeter | Homeland | 12 | Colonies | 11 | |
UNOFFICIAL | 1: Buckland,
Stevens, Reeve, Stokes 79.8 3-3 3-3 2: Lloyd, Johnson, Swift, Mitchell 83.6 4-2 7-5 3: Johnson, Mitchell, Buckland f, Stokes ex 84.0 0-5 7-10 4: Swift, Lloyd, Reeve, Stevens ef 85.0 5-1 12-11 |
Wally Lloyd | 5 | Noel Johnson (Aus) | 5 | |
Charlie Swift | 4 | Alan Reeve (Sth Af) | 2 | |||
Frank Buckland | 3 | Harold Stevens (Aus) | 2 | |||
Ron Stokes | 0 | Clem Mitchell (Aus) | 2 | |||
1931 | 20.05 : Southampton | Home | 25 | Overseas | 28 | |
UNOFFICIAL | 1: Huxley, Langton,
Warwick, Parker ef 1-5 2: Stevenson, Rickman, Case 5-1 6-6 3: Wilkinson, Goulden, Jones 2-4 8-10 4: Rickman, Langton f,rm, Stevenson f, Huxley f 3-2 11-12 5: Case, Goulden, Greenwood 3-3 14-15 6: Wilkinson, Jones, Parker 1-5 15-20 7: Huxley, Greenwood, Langton 2-4 17-24 8: Parker, Warwick, Case 5-1 22-25 9: Wilkinson, Rickman, Collins 3-3 25-28 |
Ernie Rickman | 7 | Bluey Wilkinson | 9 | |
Jack Parker | 4 | Vic Huxley | 6 | |||
Frank Goulden | 4 | Steve Langton | 5 | |||
Arthur Warwick | 3 | Dick Case | 5 | |||
Tiger Stevenson | 3 | Bert Jones | 3 | |||
George Greenwood | 3 | ??? | 0 | |||
Vic Collins | 1 | |||||
1931 | 11.06 : Exeter | Homelands | 34 | Colonies | 17 | |
UNOFFICIAL | 1 Buckland, Johnson,
Bravery 4-2 4-2 2 Francis, Shepherd, Bradshaw 5-1 9-3 3 Parker, Key, Spencer 5-1 14-4 4 Bravery, Buckland, Johnson 5-1 19-5 5 Blake, Francis, Shepherd 3-3 22-8 6 Johnson, Key, Blacklock 2-4 24-12 7 Bravery (only finisher) 3-0 27-12 8 Johnson, Francis, Blacklock 2-4 29-16 9 Key, Parker, Bradshaw 5-1 34-17 |
Nobby Key | 7 | Ron Johnson | 9 | |
Ted Bravery | 7 | Bobby Blake | 3 | |||
Joe Francis | 7 | Charlie Blacklock | 2 | |||
Frank Buckland | 5 | Maurice Bradshaw | 2 | |||
Norman Parker | 5 | Bert Spencer | 1 | |||
Harry Shepherd | 3 | Dicky Smythe | 0 | |||
1932 | 06.07 : Leicester Stadium | Homelands | 54 | Colonies | 42 | |
UNOFFICIAL | 1 Reg Bounds Syd Jackson
Ron Johnson 5-1 2 Dick Case Tom Farndon Tiger Stevenson 8-4 3 Frank Varey Vic Huxley Dick Wise 11-7 4 Nobby Key Bluey Wilkinson Joe Francis 15-9 5 Tom Farndon Harold Hastings Mick Murphy 18-12 6 Dick Case Eric Langton Frank Varey 21-15 7 Vic Huxley Nobby Key Joe Francis 24-18 8 Syd Jackson Reg Bounds Bluey Wilkinson 29-19 9 Frank Varey Harold Hastings Eric Langton 33-21 10 Dick Case Nobby Key Joe Francis 36-24 11 Syd Jackson Vic Huxley Reg Bounds 40-26 12 Tom Farndon Charlie Spinks Tiger Stevenson 44-28 13 Harold Hastings Ron Johnson Joe Francis 45-33 14 Syd Jackson Dick Case Reg Bounds 49-35 15 Vic Huxley Tiger Stevenson Dick Wise 51-39 16 Langton Wilkinson Spinks Varey f,ns 54-42 |
Syd Jackson | 11 | Dick Case | 11 | |
Tom Farndon | 8 | Vic Huxley | 10 | |||
Reg Bounds | 7 | Harold Hastings | 7 | |||
Frank Varey | 7 | Bluey Wilkinson | 5 | |||
Nobby Key | 7 | Charlie Spinks | 3 | |||
Eric Langton | 6 | Ron Johnson | 3 | |||
Tiger Stevenson | 4 | Dick Wise | 2 | |||
Joe Francis | 4 | Mick Murphy | 1 | |||
1932 | 12.07 : Plymouth | Homeland | 42 | Overseas | 54 | |
UNOFFICIAL | 1 Spencer Evans Mitchell
Clibbett 2-4 2 Harry Whitfield Lionel v Praag Stan Lupton 5-7 3 Kilmister Hawken Bradshaw Byers ef 7-11 4 Eric Collins Ray Taylor Jack Jackson 8-16 5 Norman Evans Lionel v Praag Bill Clibbett 12-18 6 Wally Kilmister Harry Whitfield Maur.Bradshaw 14-22 7 Gordon Byers Eric Collins Fred Hawken 18-24 8 Bert Spencer Alf Summersby Clem Mitchell 20-28 9 Wally Kilmister Bill Clibbett Norman Evans 78.2 3-3 10 Eric Collins Harry Whitfield Peter Slade 26-34 11 Bert Spencer Gordon Byers Fred Hawken 29-37 12 Jack Jackson Lionel v Praag Alf Summersby 33-39 13 Eric Collins Ray Taylor Norman Evans 34-44 14 Bert Spencer Harry Whitfield Peter Slade 37-47 15 Gordon Byers Lionel v Praag Stan Lupton 40-50 16 Wally Kilmister Jack Jackson Maurice Bradshaw 42-54 |
Harry Whitfield | 9 | Bert Spencer | 12 | |
Gordon Byers | 8 | Wally Kilmister | 12 | |||
Norman Evans | 7 | Eric Collins | 11 | |||
Jack Jackson | 6 | Lionel van Praag | 8 | |||
Fred Hawken | 4 | Ray Taylor | 4 | |||
Bill Clibbett | 3 | Maurice Bradshaw | 3 | |||
Alf Summersby | 3 | Clem Mitchell | 2 | |||
Peter Slade | 2 | Stan Lupton | 2 | |||
1933 | 02.09 : Lea Bridge (scoring 4-2-1-0) | Homelands | 27 | Overseas | 35 | |
UNOFFICIAL | Ht1: Stevenson,
Kilmister, Huxley 4-3 Ht2: Johnson, Whitfield, Evans 3-4 7-7 Ht3: Case, Pymar, Wilkinson 2-5 9-12 Ht4: Huxley, Kilmister, Evans 1-6 10-18 Ht5: Jackson, Pymar, Lewis 6-1 16-19 Ht6: Case, Wilkinson 6-0 16-25 Ht7: Jackson, Huxley, Kilmister 4-3 20-28 Ht8: Stevenson, Dook, Hansen 6-1 26-29 Ht9: Case, Wilkinson, Whitfield 1-6 27-35 |
Tiger Stevenson | 8 | Dick Case | 12 | |
Syd Jackson | 8 | Vic Huxley | 7 | |||
Geoff Pymar | 4 | Wally Kilmister | 5 | |||
Harry Whitfield | 3 | Bluey Wilkinson | 5 | |||
Roy Dook | 2 | Ron Johnson | 4 | |||
Norman Evans | 2 | Morian Hansen | 1 | |||
Tiger Lewis | 1 | |||||
1933 | 28.09 : Plymouth (scoring 4-2-1-0) | Homelands | 7 | Overseas | 14 | |
UNOFFICIAL | 1: Hansen,
Burton, Wilkinson, Stevenson 2-5 2-5 2: Roth, Croombs, Sharp, Clibbett 2-5 4-10 3: Wilkinson, Croombs, Clibbett, Hansen 3-4 7-14 4: Abandoned due to crash 0-0 7-14 |
Tommy Croombs | 4 | Bluey Wilkinson (Aus) | 5 | |
Squib Burton | 2 | Morian Hansen (Den) | 4 | |||
Bill Clibbett | 1 | Sebastian Roth (Ger) | 4 | |||
Tiger Stevenson | 0 | Jack Sharp (Aus) | 1 | |||
1934 | 23.06 : Harringay (12 riders per team) | Home | 61 | Abroad | 46 | |
UNOFFICIAL | 1 J Parker, Case,
Dallison 4-2 2 Evans, Praag, Little 3-3 7-5 3 Lees, Kirkman, Wilkinson 3-3 10-8 4 Johnson, Croombs, Bibby 2-4 12-12 5 Farndon, Pymar, Blacklock 5-1 17-13 6 Phillips, Kilmister, Sharp 3-3 20-16 7 N Parker, Langton 3-2 23-18 8 Praag, Lees. Watson 3-3 26-21 9 Wilkinson, J Parker, Dallison 3-3 29-24 10 Johnson, Pymar, Farndon 3-3 32-27 11 Phillips, Stevenson, Blacklock 5-1 37-28 12 Kilmister, Bishop, Sharp 2-4 39-32 13 Johnson, Lees, Watson 3-3 42-35 14 J Parker, Dallison, Little 5-1 47-36 15 Wilkinson, N Parker, Evans 3-3 50-39 16 Johnson, Phillips, Stevenson 3-3 53-42 17 Croombs, Bishop, Blacklock 5-1 58-43 18 Farndon, Kilmister, Sharp 3-3 61-46 |
Jack Parker | 8 | Ron Johnson (Aus) | 12 | |
Wal Phillips | 8 | Bluey Wilkinson (Aus) | 7 | |||
Tom Farndon | 7 | Wally Kilmister (NZ) | 7 | |||
Ginger Lees | 7 | Lionel van Praag (Aus) | 5 | |||
Norman Parker | 5 | Jack Sharp (Aus) | 3 | |||
Tommy Croombs | 5 | Charlie Blacklock (NZ) | 3 | |||
Billy Dallison | 4 | Wally Little (Aus) | 2 | |||
Phil Bishop | 4 | Ken Kirkman (Aus) | 2 | |||
Norman Evans | 4 | Steve Langton (Aus) | 2 | |||
Geoff Pymar | 4 | Dick Case (Aus) | 2 | |||
Tiger Stevenson | 3 | Jack Bibby (Aus) | 1 | |||
Colin Watson | 2 | Frank Arthur (Aus) | 0 | |||
UNOFFICIAL | 11.08 : Harringay | Home | 28 | Abroad | 24 | |
1 J Parker, Case, N Parker
4-2 4-2 2 Ormston, Sharp, Wotton 4-2 8-4 3 Kilmister, Byers, nf 2-3 10-7 4 Case, Ormston, Wotton 3-3 13-10 5 Byers, Kilmeyer, nf 3-2 16-12 6 J Parker, N Parker, Kilmister 5-1 21-13 7 Case, Blacklock, Haigh 1-5 22-18 8 N Parker, Sharp, Kilmeyer, J Parker f 3-3 25-21 9 Kilmister, Ormston, Wotton 3-3 28-24 |
Jack Ormston | 7 | Dick Case (Aus) | 8 | ||
Norman Parker | 6 | Wally Kilmister (NZ) | 7 | |||
Jack Parker | 6 | Jack Sharp (Aus) | 4 | |||
Gordon Byers | 5 | Leopold Kilmeyer (Aut) | 3 | |||
Les Wotton | 3 | Charlie Blacklock (NZ) | 2 | |||
Dusty Haigh | 1 | ??? | 0 | |||
1938 | 20.08 : Edinburgh (Marine Gardens) | Home Country | 24 | Overseas | 30 | |
UNOFFICIAL | 1: Greatrex, Gibb, Venier,
Nisbet 3-3 2: Spinks, Hart, Hay, Hargreaves ef 2-4 5-7 3: Pepper, Sparks, Burgess, Stobbart 1-5 6-12 4: Greatrex, Spinks, Hay, Nisbet 3-3 9-15 5: Hart, Hargreaves, Pepper, Sparks 5-1 14-16 6: Gibb, Stobbart, Bugess, Venier 3-3 17-19 7: Greatrex, Pepper, Sparks, Nisbet 3-3 20-22 8: Gibb, Hart, Hargreaves, Venier 3-3 23-25 9: Spinks, Hay, Stobbart, Burgess 1-5 24-30 |
Stan Greatrex | 9 | Jimmy Gibb | 8 | |
Oliver Hart | 7 | Charlie Spinks | 8 | |||
Norman Hargreaves | 3 | George Pepper | 6 | |||
Rol Stobbart | 3 | Reg Hay | 4 | |||
George Burgess | 2 | Bob Sparks | 3 | |||
Bill Nisbet | 0 | Bruce Venier | 1 | |||
Contributors : Duncan Luke, Roger Stevens, Ken MacLeod |
© Brian Collins