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South Africa v British Commonwealth

1954-55	29.12 : Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia	South Africa	52	British Commonwealth	56
UNOFFICIAL	South Africa were captained by former Rhodesian road racer Bert Hall for this one-off international match. Kiwi Peter Dykes had apparently been living in Bulawayo in 1954. The Commonwealth took 5-1's in each of the last three heats to win.	Bert Hall (Rho) ©	11	Barry Briggs (NZ)	15
		Doug Davies	11	Ken McKinlay (Scot) ©	12
		Roy Bester	11	Ronnie Genz (Eng)	11
		Peter Dykes (Rho / NZ)	9	Allan Quinn (Aus)	7
		Arthur Duncan	5	Gerald Jackson (Eng)	5
		Doug Serrurier	5	Peter Clark (NZ)	5
		Neil Mortimer	0	Junior Bainbridge (Aus)	1

heat 1: 1 B. Hall, 2 A. Duncan, 3 K. McKinlay. 5-1 5-1
heat 2: 1 P. Dykes, 2 B. Briggs, 3 D. Davies 4-2 9-3
heat 3: 1 A. Quinn, 2 R. Bester, 3 J. Bainbridge 2-4 11-7
heat 4: 1 K. McKinlay, 2 D. Davies, 3 P. Dykes 3-3 14-10
heat 5: 1 B. Briggs, 2 D. Serrurier, 3 P. Clark 2-4 16-14
heat 6: 1 B. Hall, 2 A. Duncan, 3 A. Quinn 5-1 21-15
heat 7: 1 R. Bester, 2 K. McKinlay, 3 D. Serrurier 4-2 25-17
heat 8 : 1 B. Briggs, 2 B. Hall, 3 P. Clark 2-4 27-21
heat 9: 1 P. Dykes, 2 R. Genz, 3 D. Davies 4-2 31-23

heat 10: 1 G. Jackson 2 K. McKinlay, 3 A. Duncan 1-5 32-28
heat 11: 1 D. Davies, 2 B. Briggs, 3 P. Clark 3-3 35-31
heat 12: 1 R. Genz, 2 R. Bester, 3 D. Serrurier 3-3 38-34
heat 13: 1 D. Davies, 2 P. Dykes, 3 K. McKinlay 5-1 43-35
heat 14: 1 R. Bester, 2 B. Briggs, 3 D. Serrurier 4-2 47-37
heat 15: 1 R. Genz, 2 B. Hall, 3 A. Quinn 2-4 49-41
heat 16: 1 K. McKinlay, 2 G. Jackson, 3 R. Bester 1-5 50-46
heat 17: 1 B. Briggs, 2 P. Clark, 3 B. Hall 1-5 51-51
heat 18: 1 R. Genz, 2 A. Quinn, 3 D. Davies 1-5 52-56
Highest scorers match race: R. Bester beat B. Briggs

Contributors : Ken MacLeod