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Holland v Germany

1958 Sun 12.10 : Zuidwolde (Sportpark Beugeling) Holland 50 Germany 58
Tonny Kroeze 21 Hans Jager 12
Piet Verbrugge 9 Frans Tham 11
Gerrit Kops Noel Conway*
Nick van Gorcum
Thei Bisschops
*guest (Aus)

1959 Holland won series 2-1 Complete heat details below
Sat 04.07 : Sleen (Veenoord) (Att: 15,000) Holland 40 Germany 38
Sun 05.07 : Hengelo (Stadion Veldwijk) Holland 38 Germany 45 (Att: 20,000)
Mon 06.07 : Amsterdam Holland 42 Germany 41 (Att: 30,000)
IMPORTANT NOTE The details of these matches are taken from "Speedway Star" magazines. But Przemyslaw Jany has now sent a comprehensive Dutch newspaper report of the 1st Test at Veenoord, where the score, and the riders and their scores, differ significantly from those in Speedway Star. These alternative results of the 1st Test are:
Holland 39 (Hans van der Sluis 16, Gerrit Kops 7, Thei Bisschops 6, Piet Verbrugge 5, Gerrit Jonker 5, Nico van Gorcum 0, Tonny Kroeze 0.
Germany 38 (Josef Hofmeister 11, Manfred Poschenreider 8, Josef Seidl 7, Alois Frach ? , Kiendl ? , others unknown.
The newspaper confirms that van Gorcum and Kroeze were taken to hospital after their heat 1 crash with Frach and Kiendl. Hofmeister lowered the track record to 78.0 sec
Holland Total Germany Total
Hans van der Sluis 16 16 8 40 Alois Frach 9 12 13 34 {short description of image}
Gerrit Jonker 6 7 4 17 Josef Hofmeister 11 11 8 30
Thei Bisschops 6 3 7 16 Manfred Poschenreider 8 8 9 25
Piet Verbrugge 3 10 1 14 Josef Seidl 5 6 7 18
Danny Dunton* - - 11 11 Alfred Aberl 3 7 3 13
Gerrit Kops 8 0 2 10 Fritz Kindsmuller 2 1 1 4
Phil Bishop* - - 6 6
Nick van Gorcum 0 - 3 3
Gerrit Muts - 2 - 2
Hans Schollaerdt 1 - - 1
Tonny Kroeze 0 - - 0
Gus Schuurman - 0 - 0
* guest
Heat Details
F Fell M Time exclusion ns non-starter R Retired; Engine failure
rm remounted T Tapes/start exclusion X Excluded; Disqualified ' Bonus point
. Scheduled ride ( ) "Assumed" points score (heat results incomplete)
1st. Test at Sleen - but see IMPORTANT NOTE above
Heat No. 01* 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Total
Nick van Gorcum F 0
Tonny Kroeze F 0
Thei Bisschops 3 1' 0 2 6 + 1
Gerrit Jonker 0 2 3 1 6
Hans van der Sluis 2 3 3 3 3 2 16
Gerrit Kops 1' 1 3 2' 1' 8 + 3
Piet Verbrugge 0 1 1 0 1' 3 + 1
Hans Schollaerdt 1 0 1
HOLLAND 0 3 6 7 11 15 18 22 25 28 29 34 37 40 40
GERMANY 0 3 6 11 13 15 18 20 23 26 31 32 35 38 38
Alois Frach NF 2' 2 2' 3 9 + 2
Manfred Poschenrieder NF 3 0 2 3 8
Josef Seidl 2 2 1 R 5
Fritz Kindsmuller 1' 0 F 1' 0 2 + 2
Josef Hofmeister 3 3 2 3 11
Alfred Aberl 0 F 2 1' R 3 + 1
*Note : Heat 1 was declared void.
2nd. Test at Hengelo
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Total
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Piet Verbrugge 1 1' 1 1 2' 3 1 10 + 2
Thei Bisschops 1' 0 F 2' 3 + 2
Gerrit Jonker 2 2 2 1 7
Hans van der Sluis 3 2 3 2 3 3 16
Gerrit Kops 0 0 0
Gerrit Muts 1 1 0 2
Gus Schuurman 0 0 0
HOLLAND 4 7 9 10 13 17 18 20 21 23 24 29 34 38 38
GERMANY 2 5 9 14 17 19 24 28 33 37 42 42 43 45 45
Alois Frach 2 2' 2 3 3 0 12 + 1
Manfred Poschenrieder 0 3 3 2' 8 + 1
Josef Seidl 3 3 R R 6
Fritz Kindsmuller 0 0 0 1 R 1
Josef Hofmeister 3 3 3 2 11
Alfred Aberl 1 2' 2' 1 1 7 + 2
3rd. Test at Amsterdam
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Total
Nick van Gorcum 0 1 0 2' 3 + 1
Danny Dunton 3 3 2 3 11
Thei Bisschops 1' 3 0 3 7 + 1
Gerrit Jonker 2 1 0 1 4
Hans van der Sluis 2 3 3 R 8
Gerrit Kops 1' 1 0 2 + 1
Piet Verbrugge 0 1' 1 + 1
Phil Bishop 3 2 1 6
HOLLAND 3 6 9 12 16 20 24 27 28 30 31 34 39 42 42
GERMANY 3 6 9 12 14 16 18 21 26 30 35 38 39 41 41
Alois Frach 2 2 2 0 3 3 1 13
Manfred Poschenrieder 1' 1' 3 2' 2' 9 + 2
Josef Seidl 3 2 2 R 7
Fritz Kindsmuller 0 0 0 1' 1 + 1
Josef Hofmeister 3 R 3 2 8
Alfred Aberl 0 2 1 R 3

1962 Germany won series 2-0 Complete heat details below
Sun 01.07 : Eindhoven (Att: 6,000) Holland 36 Germany 47
Mon 02.07 : Amsterdam (Att: 30,000) Holland 40 Germany 44
Holland Total Germany Total
Hans van der Sluis 9 8 17 Kurt Pieper 10 9 19
Nico van Gorcum 7 10 17 Sebastian Wiesent 9 9 18
Piet Verbrugge 6 5 11 Alois Frach 11 6 17
Gerrit Kops 7 4 11 Edi Lachner 8 3 11
Tonny Kroeze 2 5 7 Alfred Aberl 5 4 9
Thei Bisschops 2 4 6 Josef Hofmeister - 8 8
Piet Seur - 4 4 Alfred Hamberger 3 3 6
Gerrit Muts 3 - 3 Heinrich Sprenger - 2 2
Teun van der Sluis 0 0 0 M Hormann 1 - 1
Heat Details
F Fell M Time exclusion ns non-starter R Retired; Engine failure
rm remounted T Tapes/start exclusion X Excluded; Disqualified ' Bonus point
. Scheduled ride ( ) "Assumed" points score (heat results incomplete)
1st.Test at Eindhoven
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Total
Nick van Gorcum 3 2 2 0 7
Gerrit Kops 2' 1' 3 1' 7 + 3
Tonny Kroeze 1' R 1' R 2 + 2
Gerrit Muts 2 1 - - 3
Hans van der Sluis 3 3 3 R 9
Thei Bisschops 0 1 0 1 2
res Piet Verbrugge 1 1 2' 2 6 + 1
res Teun van der Sluis 0 0 - 0
HOLLAND 5 8 11 12 13 16 20 21 26 29 32 35 36 36 36
GERMANY 1 4 7 12 17 20 22 27 28 31 34 37 42 47 47
Alfred Aberl 0 2' 1' 2' 5 + 3
Sebastian Wiesent 1 3 2 3 9
Alois Frach 3 2 3 3 11
Alfred Hamberger 0 2' 0 1 0 3 + 1
Kurt Pieper 2 3 2' 3 10 + 1
M Hormann 1' 0 R R - 1 + 1
res (no rider) - - -
res Edi Lachner 3 3 2' 8 + 1
2nd.Test at Amsterdam
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Total
Nick van Gorcum 2 2 3 3 10
Gerrit Kops 1' 0 1 2' 4 + 2
Tonny Kroeze R - 2 3 5
Piet Seur 2 1 1' 0 4 + 1
Hans van der Sluis 3 3 1 1 8
Thei Bisschops 2' 1 0 1 4 + 1
res Piet Verbrugge 3 0 2 5
res Teun van der Sluis 0 0 0
HOLLAND 3 5 10 13 14 16 20 23 24 25 30 32 36 40 40
GERMANY 3 7 8 11 16 20 22 25 30 35 36 40 42 44 44
Sebastian Wiesent 3 2' 2' 2 9+2
Josef Hofmeister R 3 3 2 8
Alfred Aberl 3 0 1 R 4
Alois Frach 1 2 3 R 6
Kurt Pieper F 3 3 3 9
Alfred Hamberger 1 1 1 R 3
res Edi Lachner 1' 2' 3 + 2
res Heinrich Sprenger 2 0 2

2006 Sun 10.09 : Vledderveen Holland 36 Germany 48
UNOFFICIAL Jannick de Jong 14 Ramon Stanek 13
Henk Bos 7 Sonke Petersen 12
Kaj de Jong 6 Kristian Drossman 10
Mark Stiekema 4 Sjoerd Rozenberg* 8
Pascal Swart 3 Dominik Moller 5
* guest Erik Eijbergen 2 Benjamin Borgers* 0
Contributors : Charles Mckay, Roger Stevens, Przemyslaw Jany, David Austin

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