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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
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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
Contributors : Christian Weber, David Austin

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