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INTERNATIONALS - FRANCE
"International" matches at the Buffalo Stadium, Paris
Special thanks to Christian Weber who has carried out in-depth research of many French newspapers of this period |
The Stade Velodrome Buffalo, at Montrouge, Paris, was opened in 1922, and speedway racing was first held there in 1930. The track was 382 metres long, inside a banked concrete cycle track. Meetings were most often held on Saturday nights or Sunday afternoons. The stadium was demolished in 1957. Christian Weber |
The matches were staged between 2, 3, or 4 countries, usually over just a few heats, with 2, 3, or 4 riders in a race. The result was determined by the number of heat winners for each country. The British-based riders appeared to be able to change nationalities as required with, for example, English riders riding for Australia, and vice versa! Whilst meetings were frequently previewed in the French press, results were rarely given. |
The surname of Raymond Lemone (see 1937 below) was often reported erroneously as Lamothe. |
1930 | Fri 27.06 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | v. | England | |||
Yves de Lathé | Les Dallimore | (1 heat) | |||||
Camille Tanton | Syd Fuller | ||||||
1931 | Sat 30.05 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | v. | England | (3 heats) | ||
Fernand Meynier | Greenall | ||||||
Yves de Lathé | Butler | ||||||
France | v. | Germany | (3 heats) | ||||
Charles Bellissent | Sebastian Roth | ||||||
André Bourgeois | Hermann Gunzenhauser | ||||||
Sat 06.06 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | beat | Germany | ||||
Charles Bellissent | Hermann Gunzenhauser | ||||||
André Bourgeois | Amend | ||||||
Yves de Lathé | Johannes "Hans" Wunder | ||||||
René Rousselle | Weinand | ||||||
Sat 11.07 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | v. | England | v. | Germany | ||
Charles Bellissent | Arthur "Westy" Westwood | Johannes "Hans" Wunder | |||||
Fernand Meynier | Max Wunder | ||||||
(6 heats) | |||||||
Sat 15.08 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | v. | England | ||||
Charles Bellissent | Arthur "Westy" Westwood | (6 heats) | |||||
Fernand Meynier | Jimmy Hayes | ||||||
André Bourgeois | Gordon Cobbold | ||||||
Sat 29.08 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France 19 | Charles Bellissent, Camille Tanton | (4-team match) | ||||
England 18 | Arthur "Westy" Westwood, Gordon Cobbold | ||||||
France II 17 | Fernand Meynier, André Bourgeois | ||||||
Australia 12 | Harry Bray, Dudley Cox | ||||||
Sat 19.09 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | beat | England | (6 heats) | |||
Ht.1 Bourgeois v Cobbold
Ht.2 Meynier v Bray Ht.3 Bellissent v Westwood Ht.4 Meynier & Bourgeois v Bray & Cobbold Ht.5 Bourgeois & Bellissent v Cobbold & Westwood Ht.6 Bellissent & Meynier v Westwood & Bray |
Charles Bellissent | Arthur "Westy" Westwood | |||||
Fernand Meynier | Harry Bray | ||||||
André Bourgeois | Gordon Cobbold | ||||||
1932 | Sun 10.04 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | 4 | Australia | 0 | ||
Ht 1: Bellissent, Meynier Ht 2: Meynier, Lamont Ht 3: Bellissent, Lamont Ht 4: Bellissent, Lamont, Meynier |
Charles Bellissent | 3 | Billy Lamont | 0 | |||
Fernand Meynier | 1 | ||||||
(only 2 riders) | (only 1 rider) | ||||||
Sun 24.04 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | v. | England | ||||
(Jack Parker's debut at Buffalo Stadium) | Charles Bellissent | Jack Parker | |||||
Fernand Meynier | Arthur "Westy" Westwood | ||||||
"General Ranking": 1st J Parker, 2nd A Westwood, 3rd C Bellissent, 4th F Meynier | |||||||
France | 1 | Germany | 0 | ||||
Yves de Lathé | won | Graf Strachwitz | ex | ||||
Thu 05.05 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | 0 | America | 1 | England | 3 | |
Charles Bellissent | Ray Tauser | Jack Parker | |||||
Fernand Meynier | |||||||
Match comprised 4 x 3-rider races - Parker won 3 races, and Tauser the other | |||||||
Sat 04.06 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | v. | Ètrangers (Foreigners) | ||||
Charles Bellissent | Arthur "Westy" Westwood (Eng) | ||||||
Fernand Meynier | Arthur Warren (Aus) | ||||||
André Bourgeois | Joe Gooding (Eng) | ||||||
Jean Roger | John van Hulzen (Hol) | ||||||
Sun 12.06 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | v. | Germany | ||||
Fri 17.06 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | Germany | 4 | France | 2 | (6 heats) | ||
Johannes "Hans" Wunder | 2 | Charles Bellissent | 2 | ||||
Alfred Rumrich | 1 | Fernand Meynier | 0 | ||||
Herbert Drews | 1 | André Bourgeois | 0 | ||||
Match comprised 4 match races, plus 2 four-rider races. Heat winners are shown | |||||||
Sun 19.06 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | England | 5 | France | 1 | (6 heats) | ||
Arthur Westwood | 2 | Charles Bellissent | 1 | ||||
Frank Arthur (Aus) | 1 | Ernest Vergnes | 0 | ||||
Jack Parker | 1 | Jean Roger | 0 | ||||
Art Warren | 1 | Fernand Meynier | 0 | ||||
Match comprised 4 match races, plus 2 four-rider races. Heat winners are shown | |||||||
Sat 30.07 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | v. | Ètrangers (Foreigners) | ||||
Charles Bellissent | Leopold Killmeyer (Aut) | ||||||
Fernand Meynier | Charlie Blacklock (NZ) | ||||||
Jean Roger | John van Hulzen (Hol) | ||||||
1933 | Sun 18.06 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | 1 | Germany | 3 | (4 heats) | |
Ht.1: Buttler
beat Roger Ht.2: Paulot beat Weinand f Ht.3: Buttler, Roger, Paulot, Weinand ns Ht.4: Buttler, Roger, Paulot, Weinand ns |
Paul Paulot | 1 | Weinand | 0 | |||
Jean Roger | 0 | Walter Buttler | 3 | ||||
Leon Boulard | ns | Hermann Gunzenhauser | ns | ||||
Klinghammer | ns | ||||||
Sun 02.07 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | v. | Southern Germany (Allemagne du Sud) | ||||
1934 | Sun 27.05 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France (Paris) | v. | Australia | |||
Leon Boulard | Charlie Blacklock (NZ) |
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Emile Beranger | Mick Murphy | ||||||
Francois Hofecker | Jack Sharp | ||||||
1935 | Sun 09.06 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | v. | England | |||
Fernand Meynier | Mick Murphy (Aus) | ||||||
Charles Bellissent | Gene Thomas (NZ) | ||||||
Leon Boulard | Les Gregory | ||||||
Sun 30.06 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | 2 | Australia | 4 | (6 heats) | ||
Ht.1: Meynier, Leavis 86.0 Ht.2: Murphy, Hofecker 86.0 Ht.3: Rye, Bellissent 85.8 Ht.4: Murphy, Menier, Hofecker, Leavis no time Ht.5: Rye, Leavis, Bellissent, Meynier 88.6 Ht.6 : Bellissent, Hofecker, Rye, Murphy 85.0 |
Charles Bellissent | 1 | Claude Rye (Eng) | 2 | |||
Fernand Meynier | 1 | Mick Murphy | 2 | ||||
Francois Hofecker | 0 | Fred Leavis (Eng) | 0 | ||||
Match comprised 3 match races, plus 3 four-rider races. Heat winners scored a point. | |||||||
Sat 06.07 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | 5 | Austria | 2 | |||
Ht
1: Meynier (20.1 secs), Berenger (20.3), Bellissent and Killmeyer (20.4
each), Hubmann (21.0), Wurstbauer (21.2). Ht 2: Hubmann, Berenger. Ht 3: Meynier, Wurstbauer. Ht 4: Killmeyer, Bellissent. Ht 5: Meynier, Berenger, Wurstbauer, Hubmann. Ht 6: Bellissent, Berenger, Killmeyer f, Hubmann f Ht 7: Meynier, Bellissent, Killmeyer, Wurstbauer. |
Fernand Meynier | 4 | Leopold Killmeyer | 1 | |||
Charles Bellissent | 1 | Hans Hubmann | 1 | ||||
Emile Bérenger | 0 | Karl Wurstbauer | 0 | ||||
Match was decided on race wins over seven events, one of which was a flying one-lap contest for all six riders, in which Meynier set a new record of 20.1 seconds. Other events were three match races and three four-rider races. (Christian Weber) | |||||||
1936 | Sun 13.09 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | v. | Australia | v. | England | |
Fernand Meynier | Billy Lamont | ??? | |||||
Léon Boulard | ??? | ??? | |||||
1937 | (Mon/Tue 07/08?).06 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | v. | Holland | |||
Léon Boulard | de Jong | ||||||
Raymond Lemone | Maller | ||||||
Francois Peraldi | Meulemans (Bel) | ||||||
Thu 17.06 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | v. | Britain | ||||
Fernand Meynier | Les Bowden (Eng) | ||||||
Léon Boulard | Cecil de la Porte (Sth Africa) | ||||||
Raymond Lemone | Phil "Tiger" Hart (Eng) | ||||||
Meynier was advertised, modestly, as "Champion of the World, of Europe, and of France" ! | |||||||
1947 | Sat/Sun 05/06.07 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | v. | Italy | |||
Fernand Meynier | Francesco Gandi | ||||||
Paulo Mugnier | Francois Peraldi | ||||||
Sat/Sun 12/13.07 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | v. | Italy | ||||
Leon Boulard | Francesco Gandi | ||||||
Fernand Meynier | Francois Peraldi | ||||||
Charles Bellissent | |||||||
1948 | Sun 25.04 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) |
France | lost | Holland | won | ||
Fernand Meynier | Piet van Aartsen | ||||||
Gerrit Kops | |||||||
Jan Bosman | |||||||
Maan Coumans | |||||||
Gerrit van Dijk | |||||||
1949 | Sat 02.04 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | Holland | 30 | England | 26 | Australia | 16 |
Henk Steman | Phil Bishop | ||||||
Henk Dammers | Bill Harris | ||||||
Piet van Aartsen | Al Collins | ||||||
Arend Hartman | (Harry?) Saunders |
Contributors : Christian Weber, John Hyam, Duncan Luke, Przemyslaw Jany |