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INTERNATIONALS - UNITED KINGDOM
Great Britain v Denmark (Div.2)
1978 | This series was regarded as unofficial by the Danish DMU | |||||
UNOFFICIAL | Denmark won series 4½-½ | |||||
Sun 03.09 : Rye House | Great Britain | 41 | Denmark | 67 | ||
Sun 17.09 : Eastbourne | Great Britain | 53 | Denmark | 55 | ||
Wed 27.09 : Edinburgh (Powderhall) | Great Britain | 54 | Denmark | 54 | ||
Sun 01.10 : Boston | Great Britain | 45 | Denmark | 63 | ||
Thu 19.10 : Teesside | Great Britain | 42 | Denmark | 66 |
Great Britain (Team manager : Colin Pratt) | Total | Denmark | Total | |||||||||||||
Phil Collins | - | 12 | 10 | - | 11 | 33 | Hans Nielsen | 18 | - | 18 | 10 | 14 | 60 | |||
Mike Sampson | - | 13 | 11 | - | 8 | 32 | Finn Thomsen | 16 | 15 | - | 12 | 11 | 54 | |||
Nicky Allott | - | - | 13 | 7 | - | 20 | Bo Petersen | - | 14 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 45 | |||
George Hunter | 8 | - | 6 | - | - | 14 | Kristian Praestbro | - | - | 16 | 11 | 6 | 33 | |||
Steve Lomas | - | - | 9 | 4 | - | 13 | Alf Busk | 16 | 7 | - | - | - | 23 | |||
Steve Wilcock | - | - | - | 2 | 11 | 13 | Bent Rasmussen | - | 9 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 23 | |||
Dave Allen | - | - | - | 11 | - | 11 | Mike Lohmann | - | 9 | - | - | 12 | 23 | |||
Robert Hollingworth | - | - | - | 11 | - | 11 | Finn Jensen | 10 | - | - | 9 | - | 19 | |||
Eric Dugard | - | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | Ari Kopenen* | - | - | 14 | - | - | 14 | |||
Tony Lomas | - | - | - | 10 | - | 10 | Steen Mastrup | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 7 | |||
Tom Owen | - | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | Klaus Lohmann | - | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 4 | |||
Malcolm Shakespeare | 9 | - | - | - | - | 9 | Knud Ellegaard | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | |||
Laurie Etheridge | 7 | 0 | - | - | - | 7 | ||||||||||
Andy Hines | - | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | * guest | |||||||||
Ted Hubbard | 7 | - | - | - | - | 7 | ||||||||||
David Kennett | - | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | ||||||||||
Les Rumsey | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | ||||||||||
Steve Finch | - | 4 | - | - | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
Steve Lawson | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | ||||||||||
Kelvin Mullarkey | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||||||||||
Peter E Smith | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
Karl Fiala | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||||||||||
Dave Trownson | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | ||||||||||
Stuart Cope | - | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||||||||||
Bob Garrad | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||||||||||
Brian Havelock | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Andy Hibbs | - | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||||||||||
Steve Naylor | - | 0 | - | - | 0 |
1st Test at Rye House 3rd
September Ht 1: Thomsen, Rumsey, Hubbard, Jensen 61.6 3-3 3-3 Ht 2: Nielsen, Ellegaard, Etheridge, Mullarkey (f) 62.0 1-5 4-8 Ht 3: Shakespeare, Hunter, Busk, Mastrup (f) 64.0 5-1 9-9 Ht 4: Thomsen, Etheridge, Jensen, Mullarkey 63.0 2-4 11-13 Ht 5: Nielsen, Shakespeare, Hunter, Ellegaard 62.0 3-3 14-16 Ht 6: Busk, Mastrup, Rumsey, Hubbard 63.2 1-5 15-21 Ht 7: Thomsen, Shakespeare, Jensen, Hunter 63.0 2-4 17-25 Ht 8: Nielsen, Hubbard, Rumsey, Ellegaard 61.4 3-3 20-28 Ht 9: Busk, Etheridge, Mullarkey, Mastrup 63.4 3-3 23-31 Ht 10: Thomsen, Jensen, Hubbard, Rumsey 63.0 1-5 24-36 Ht 11: Nielsen, Fiala, Etheridge, Ellegaard 62.2 3-3 27-39 Ht 12: Busk, Hunter, Shakespeare, Mastrup 63.6 3-3 30-42 Ht 13: Jensen, Thomsen, Etheridge, Fiala 62.4 1-5 31-47 Ht 14: Nielsen, Hunter, Shakespeare, Ellegaard 62.2 3-3 34-50 Ht 15: Busk, Mastrup, Hubbard, Garrad 63.6 1-5 35-55 Ht 16: Jensen, Thomsen, Hunter, Shakespeare 63.0 1-5 36-60 Ht 17: Nielsen, Hubbard, Rumsey, Ellegaard 61.8 3-3 39-63 Ht 18: Busk, Mullarkey, Mastrup (awarded), Etheridge (exc) 63.8 2-4 41-67 |
2nd Test at Eastbourne 17th
September Ht 1: Sampson, Finch, Thomsen, Mastrup 61.2 5-1 5-1 Ht 2: Petersen, Hines, Busk, Kennett (f exc) 61.0 2-4 7-5 Ht 3: Collins, Dugard, M Lohmann, K Lohmann (f exc) 61.4 5-1 12-6 Ht 4: Thomsen, Kennett, Hines, Mastrup 60.6 3-3 15-9 Ht 5: Petersen, Dugard, Busk, Collins 61.0 2-4 17-13 Ht 6: Sampson, M Lohmann, Rasmussen, Finch 61.0 3-3 20-16 Ht 7: Collins, Thomsen, Mastrup, Dugard 60.8 3-3 23-19 Ht 8: Sampson, Busk, Petersen, Finch 62.0 3-3 26-22 Ht 9: Rasmussen, M Lohmann, Kennett, Hines 62.6 1-5 27-27 Ht 10: Thomsen, Rasmussen, Sampson, Etheridge, Mastrup (exc 2 mins) 61.8 1-5 28-32 Ht 11: Petersen, Kennett, Busk, Naylor (f exc) 61.0 2-4 30-36 Ht 12: Collins, M Lohmann, Dugard, Rasmussen 61.2 4-2 34-38 Ht 13: Thomsen, Kennett, Hines, Mastrup 60.8 3-3 37-41 Ht 14: Dugard, Collins, Petersen, Busk 61.2 5-1 42-42 Ht 15: Sampson, Rasmussen, Finch, M Lohmann 62.0 4-2 46-44 Ht 16: Thomsen, Dugard, Collins, Mastrup 62.0 3-3 49-47 Ht 17: Petersen, Busk, Finch, Sampson (ef) 62.2 1-5 50-52 Ht 18: Hines, M Lohmann, Rasmussen, Kennett 62.6 3-3 53-55 |
3rd Test at Edinburgh 27th
September Ht 1: Praestbro, Sampson, Lawson, Rasmussen 67.3 3-3 3-3 Ht 2: Collins, Lomas, Koponen, Petersen 66.4 5-1 8-4 Ht 3: Nielsen, Allott, Hunter, Lohmann 66.2 3-3 11-7 Ht 4: Praestbro, Collins, Rasmussen, Lomas 67.5 2-4 13-11 Ht 5: Koponen, Hunter, Petersen, Allott 67.3 2-4 15-15 Ht 6: Nielsen, Sampson, Lawson, Lohmann 65.8 3-3 18-18 Ht 7: Allott, Praestbro, Rasmussen, Hunter (f) 67.5 3-3 21-21 Ht 8: Koponen, Petersen, Sampson, Lawson 67.6 1-5 22-26 Ht 9: Nielsen, Collins, Lomas, Lohmann 66.0 3-3 25-29 Ht 10: Praestbro, Sampson, Trownson, Rasmussen ef 67.6 3-3 28-32 Ht 11: Lomas, Koponen, Petersen, Collins 67.3 3-3 31-35 Ht 12: Nielsen, Allott, Hunter, Lohmann 66.6 3-3 34-38 Ht 13: Praestbro, Lomas, Collins, Rasmussen 67.6 3-3 37-41 Ht 14: Allott, Koponen, Hunter, Petersen 68.0 4-2 41-43 Ht 15: Nielsen, Sampson, Lawson, Lohmann 66.6 3-3 44-46 Ht 16: Allott, Praestbro, Hunter, Rasmussen ef 67.8 4-2 48-48 Ht 17: Koponen, Sampson, Trownson, Petersen (exc) 69.6 3-3 51-51 Ht 18: Nielsen, Collins, Lomas, Lohmann 66.7 3-3 54-54 |
4th Test at Boston 1st October Ht 1: Thomsen, T Lomas, Praestbro, Allott 64.8 2-4 2-4 Ht 2: Hollingworth, Petersen, S Lomas, Jensen 63.0 4-2 6-6 Ht 3: Nielsen, Allen, Rasmussen, Wilcock 63.0 2-4 8-10 Ht 4: Thomsen, S Lomas, Hollingworth, Praestbro 64.8 3-3 11-13 Ht 5: Jensen, Allen, Petersen, Wilcock 63.8 2-4 13-17 Ht 6: T Lomas, Rasmussen, Allott, Nielsen (exc) 65.2 4-2 17-19 Ht 7: Praestbro, Thomsen, Allen, Wilcock 65.0 1-5 18-24 Ht 8: Petersen, T Lomas, Jensen, Cope 64.2 2-4 20-28 Ht 9: Nielsen, Rasmussen, Hollingworth, S Lomas 64.2 1-5 21-33 Ht 10: Allott, Praestbro, Thomsen, T Lomas 65.0 3-3 24-36 Ht 11: Jensen, Hollingworth, Petersen, S Lomas 64.4 2-4 26-40 Ht 12: Allen, Rasmussen, Mastrup, Hibbs 65.4 3-3 29-43 Ht 13: Thomsen, Praestbro, Hollingworth, Cope (ef) 65.0 1-5 30-48 Ht 14: Petersen, Allen, Jensen, Wilcock 64.8 2-4 32-52 Ht 15: Allott, Nielsen, T Lomas, Rasmussen 64.2 4-2 36-54 Ht 16: Praestbro, Wilcock, Allen, Thomsen 65.0 3-3 39-57 Ht 17: Petersen, T Lomas, Jensen, Allott 65.4 2-4 41-61 Ht 18: Hollingworth, Nielsen, S Lomas, Mastrup 64.8 4-2 45-63 |
5th Test at Teeside 19th October Ht 1: Thomsen, Owen, Smith, K Lohmann, Praestbro (exc tapes) 66.6 3-3 3-3 Ht 2: Petersen, Wilcock, M Lohmann, Collins 67.2 2-4 5-7 Ht 3: Rasmussen, Nielsen, Sampson, Finch 67.4 1-5 6-12 Ht 4: Collins, Thomsen, Wilcock, Praestbro 67.0 4-2 10-14 Ht 5: Petersen, M Lohmann, Sampson, Finch 66.4 1-5 11-19 Ht 6: Nielsen, Rasmussen, Smith, Owen (f exc) 68.0 1-5 12-24 Ht 7: Thomsen, Sampson, Praestbro, Havelock (f exc) 67.0 2-4 14-28 Ht 8: Petersen, M Lohmann, Owen, Smith 66.4 1-5 15-33 Ht 9: Nielsen, Wilcock, Collins, Rasmussen (f exc) (track record) 3-3 18-36 Ht 10: Owen, Praestbro, Smith, Thomsen (ret) 68.0 4-2 22-38 Ht 11: Wilcock, M Lohmann, Collins, Petersen 67.0 4-2 26-40 Ht 12: Nielsen, Sampson, K Lohmann, Finch 65.4 (track record) 2-4 28-44 Ht 13: Collins, Wilcock, Praestbro, Thomsen (ef) 67.4 5-1 33-45 Ht 14: Petersen, M Lohmann, Sampson, Havelock 66.0 1-5 34-50 Ht 15: Nielsen, Owen, K Lohmann, Smith 65.8 2-4 36-54 Ht 16: Thomsen, Praestbro, Sampson, Havelock 66.8 1-5 37-59 Ht 17: M Lohmann, Petersen, Owen, Smith 67.0 1-5 38-64 Ht 18: Collins, K Lohmann, Wilcock, Nielsen (f exc) 67.6 4-2 42-66 |
Contributors : Roger Stevens, David Austin, Dave Allan |
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