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INTERNATIONALS - RHODESIA
England v Rest of the World
1971-72 | This was an England v Rest of the World series in all but name. Politics in Rhodesia at that time ruled | |||||
UNOFFICIAL | out the appearance of any official England team, so the name Sassenachs was used. | |||||
World Stars won series 2-1 | ||||||
15.12 : Salisbury | Sassenachs | 31 | World Stars | 59 | ||
17.12 : Bulawayo | Sassenachs | 50 | World Stars | 39 | ||
29.01 : Bulawayo | Sassenachs | 36 | World Stars | 53 |
Sassenachs | Pts-Bns-R | World Stars | Pts-Bns-R | ||||||
Tom Leadbitter | 4-1-6 | 12-0-6 | 9-1-6 | 25-2-18 | Brian Collins (Scot) | 12-2-5 | 5-0-5 | 12-3-6 | 29-5-16 |
Dave Hemus | 14-0-6 | 10-2-5 | - | 24-2-11 | Peter Prinsloo (Rho) | 9-3-5 | 11-1-6 | 9-0-5 | 29-4-16 |
Malcolm Brown | 3-1-5 | 12-2-5 | 7-2-5 | 22-5-15 | Oyvind Berg (Nor) | 12-1-5 | 7-0-5 | 9-0-5 | 28-1-15 |
Norman Strachan | 7-0-4 | 0-0-4 | 8-0-5 | 15-0-13 | Odd Fossengen (Nor) | 4-1-5 | 9-0-5 | 8-0-5 | 21-1-15 |
Alan Cowland | 0-0-5 | 8-1-5 | 5-0-4 | 13-1-14 | Geoff Curtis (Aus) | 12-1-5 | 6-1-5 | - | 18-2-10 |
Laurie Etheridge | 3-0-4 | 8-1-5 | 2-0-5 | 13-1-14 | Bob Young (Aus) | 10-3-5 | 1-0-4 | 6-0-4 | 17-3-13 |
Dave Jessup | - | - | 5-1-5 | 5-1-5 | Bob Valentine (Aus) | - | - | 9-0-5 | 9-0-5 |
Heat details - 1st Match: Ht 1: Hemus, Curtis, Fossengen, Cowland. 77.0 Ht 2: Stachan, Berg, Young, Brown (ef). 78.2 Ht 3: Collins, Prinsloo, Leadbitter, Etheridge. 77.2 Ht 4: Strachan, Fossengen, Curtis, Brown. 78.6 Ht 5: Young, Berg, Etheridge, Leadbitter. 77.0 Ht 6: Hemus, Collins, Prinsloo, Cowland. 78.3 Ht 7: Curtis, Hemus, Leadbitter, Fossengen. 76.4 Ht 8: Prinsloo, Collins, Strachan, Brown. 77.4 Ht 9: Hemus, Berg, Young, Cowland (ef). 77.6 Ht 10: Curtis, Leadbitter, Brown, Fossengen. 77.4 Ht 11: Berg, Prinsloo, Hemus, Cowland. 77.6 Ht 12: Collins, Young, Etheridge, Strachan. 78.2 Ht 13: Berg, Brown, Prinsloo, Leadbitter. 77.2 Ht 14: Curtis, Hemus, Fossengen, Cowland. 77.8 Ht 15: Young, Collins, Etheridge, Leadbitter. 79.0 Top 4 Finale: Hemus, Collins, Curtis, Prinsloo 78.5 |
Heat details - 2nd Match: Ht 1: Fossengen, Brown, Hemus (f), Curtis (f). 77.3 Ht 2: Cowland, Etheridge, Berg, Young. 76.4 Ht 3: Prinsloo, Leadbitter, Collins, Strachan. 75.4 Ht 4: Fossengen, Curtis, Etheridge, Cowland. 76.6 Ht 5: Berg, Leadbitter, Young, Strachan. 75.1 Ht 6: Brown, Hemus, Prinsloo, Collins. 77.0 Ht 7: Curtis, Leadbitter, Fossengen, Strachan. 74.5 Ht 8: Prinsloo, Etheridge, Collins, Cowland. 73.0 Ht 9: Hemus, Brown, Berg, Young. 75.5 Ht 10: Leadbitter, Fossengen, Etheridge, Curtis. 74.8 Ht 11: Hemus, Brown, Berg, Prinsloo. 75.0 Ht 12: Leadbitter, Cowland, Collins, Young. 76.5 Ht 13: Prinsloo, Etheridge, Berg, Leadbitter. 72.3 (new track record) Ht 14: Brown, Hemus, Curtis, Fossengen. 76.4 Ht 15: Cowland, Collins, Prinsloo, Strachan. 76.6 Top 4 Finale: Berg, Curtis, Prinsloo, Leadbitter 72.5 |
Heat details - 3rd Match: Ht 1: Valentine, Brown, Fossengen, Jessup (ef). 74.0 Ht 2: Collins, Cowland, Young, Etheridge (ef). 73.4 Ht 3: Berg, Strachan, leadbitter, Prinsloo. 72.6 Ht 4: Valentine, Cowland, Fossengen, Etheridge (ef). 73.1 Ht 5: Young, Collins, Leadbitter, Strachan. 75.1 Ht 6: Berg, Jessup, Brown, Prinsloo. 74.2 Ht 7: Strachan, Fossengen, Leadbitter, Valentine. 75.4 Ht 8: Prinsloo, Etheridge, Berg, Cowland. 74.2 Ht 9: Collins, Jessup, Brown, Young. 73.5 Ht 10: Valentine, Leadbitter, Fossengen, Etheridge. 74.6 Ht 11: Prinsloo, Collins, Brown, Jessup. 74.4 Ht 12: Strachan, Young, Cowland, Berg (ef). 75.6 Ht 13: Prinsloo, Collins, Leadbitter, Etheridge. 75.0 Ht 14: Fossengen, Brown, Jessup, Valentine (f). 75.8 Ht 15: Leadbitter, Berg, Strachan (f), Collins (ef). 74.3 Colin Underwood Trophy: Collins, Berg, Young, Prinsloo 75.8 |
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