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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
This report is from the Auto Motor Journal May 16, 1929:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Contributors : Duncan Luke, Roger Stevens, Ken MacLeod

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