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INTERNATIONALS - NEW ZEALAND
England v The Colonies
1935-36 | Originally planned as a New Zealand v
England series, the home team soon realised that they needed |
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OFFICIAL | to be strengthened by two Australians, van Praag and Case, and became "The Colonies". This | |||||
series, also known as "Australasia v England" in the contemporary New Zealand press, was | ||||||
officially sanctioned by the A-C.U in London, and was probably the first Official Test series held | ||||||
in New Zealand. | ||||||
The Colonies won series 3-0 | Attendance | |||||
01.02 : Christchurch (Monica Park) (pic here) | England | 17 | The Colonies | 30 | ||
10.02* : Wellington (Kilbirnie) (pic below) | England | 16 | The Colonies | 32 | 5,000 | |
15.02 : Auckland (Western Springs) | England | 8 | The Colonies | 15 | 10,000 | |
* Originally 08.02, but postponed due to rain |
England | Total | The Colonies | Total | |||||||||
Bill Clibbett | ? | 4 | 3 | Dick Case (Aus) | ? | 11 | 5 | |||||
Stan Greatrex | ? | 3 | 0 | Charlie Goldberg (NZ) | - | - | 1 | |||||
Bob Harrison | ? | 6 | 0 | Jack Hobson (NZ) | ? | 0 | - | |||||
Eric Langton | ? | 3 | 5 | Wally Kilmister (NZ) | ? | 11 | - | |||||
Alf Mattson (NZ) | - | - | 3 | |||||||||
Lionel van Praag (Aus) | ? | 10 | 6 | |||||||||
Note No scorers available for 1st Test (Christchurch), but the 8 heat winners were Lionel van Praag (Colonies) 3 wins; Jack Hobson (Colonies) 2 wins; Wally Kilmister (Colonies) 2 wins; Eric Langton (England) 1 win. |
Heat Details - 2nd match at Wellington | |||||||||||
Heat No. | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | Total | ||
Lionel van Praag | 2' | 3 | 3 | 2' | 10+2 | ||||||
Wally Kilmister | 3 | 2' | 3 | 3 | 11+1 | ||||||
Dick Case | 3 | 3 | 2' | 3 | 11+1 | ||||||
Jack Hobson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
COLONIES | 5 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 32 | 32 | ||
ENGLAND | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | ||
Eric Langton | 0 | 1' | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | ||||||
Bob Harrison | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
Stan Greatrex | 1' | 1 | 0 | 1' | 3+2 | ||||||
Bill Clibbett | 2 | 0 | 1' | 1 | 4+1 | ||||||
Heat Details - 3rd match at Auckland | |||||||||||
Heat No. | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | Total | ||||||
Lionel van Praag | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
Alf Mattson | 1 | 2' | 3+1 | ||||||||
Dick Case | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
Charlie Goldberg | 1 | R | 1 | ||||||||
COLONIES | 4 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
ENGLAND | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
Eric Langton | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||
Bob Harrison | 0 | R | 0 | ||||||||
Bill Clibbett | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
Stan Greatrex | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The days when a speedway track in a built-up area was NOT a problem ... |
... Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand, in the mid-1930's.(photo from Ross Garrigan) |
Contributors: Ross Garrigan, Barry Forsyth, Bob Andrews, Wally Auckram, David Austin |
© Brian Collins