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INTERNATIONALS - SOUTH AFRICA
Dominions v England
| 1953-54 | Dominions won series 3-0 | |||||
| 08.01 : Johannesburg (Wembley Stadium) | Dominions | 59 | England | 48 | (Att : 10,000) | |
| 08.02* : Johannesburg (Wembley Stadium) | Dominions | 55 | England | 53 | ||
| 13.03 : Springs (Olympia Park) | Dominions | 55 | England | 53 | ||
| * Rained-off from 05.02 | ||||||
| Dominions | Total | England | Total | |||||||||
| Henry Long (S.A) | 10 | 12 | 15 | 37 | Brian Crutcher | 15 | 17 | 17© | 49 | |||
| Trevor Redmond (NZ) | 10 | 9 | 16© | 35 | Freddie Williams | 17© | 13© | - | 30 | |||
| Dick Campbell (NZ) | 13© | 15© | - | 28 | Dom Perry (Ire) | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||
| Fred Lang (S.A) | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 | Ian Williams | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | |||
| Roy Bester (S.A) | - | 6 | 8 | 14 | Howdy Byford | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | |||
| Bob Raw (S.A) | 10 | - | - | 10 | Reg Duval | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | |||
| Joe Blankfield (S.A) | 6 | - | - | 6 | Bill Kitchen | 1 | 5 | - | 6 | |||
| Harry du Toit (S.A) | - | - | 6 | 6 | Bill Griffiths | 2 | 3 | - | 5 | |||
| Alec Blankfield (S.A) | - | 4 | - | 4 | Bert Clark* | - | - | 2 | 2 | |||
| Doug Lang (S.A) | - | - | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| Toby Boshoff (S.A) | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | ||||||||
| Fred Wills (S.A) | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||||||||
| *Bert Clark was a Welshman who emigrated to Rhodesia after the war. | ||||||||||||
| Heat Winners - 1st Match at Johannesburg 8.1.54 | |
| h 1: F. Williams 75.8 seconds (track record). h 2: B. Crutcher, h 3: B. Raw, h 4: F. Williams, h 5: B. Raw, h 6: D. Campbell, h 7: F. Williams, h 8: B. Crutcher h 9: H. Long | h 10: F. Williams, h 11: B. Crutcher, h 12: R. Duval, h 13: F. Williams h 14: B. Crutcher, h 15: F. Lang, h 16: T. Redmond, h 17: B. Crutcher h 18: H. Long. From the Jo'burg Star |
| Full Details - 2nd Match at Johannesburg 8.2.54 | |
| Dominions Dick Campbell: 3, 3, 3, 1, 3, 2 = 15 Fred Wills: 0, 0, 0 = 0 Henry Long: ex, 3, 3, 1, 2, 3 = 12 Fred Lang: 2, 1, 2’, 0, 1’, 2’ = 8+3 Trevor Redmond: 3, 1, 2, 2’, 1, 0 = 9+1 Roy Bester: 0, 0, 1’, 3, 0, 2 = 6+1 Alec Blankfield: 1, 3 = 4 Toby Boshoff: 1’ = 1+1 England Freddie Williams: 2, 2, 3, 0, 3, 3 = 13 Howdy Byford: 1’, 0, 0 = 1+1 Brian Crutcher: 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3 = 17 Dom Perry: 1, 2’, 0, 2’, 2’, 0 =7+3 Bill Kitchen: 1’, 1’, 1, 0, 1’, 1 = 5+3 Ian Williams: 2, 2, 0, 1, 2, 0 = 7 Bill Griffiths: 2, 1 = 3 Reg Duval: 0 = 0 |
Ht 1: Campbell, F Williams, Byford,
Wills 76.2 3-3 3-3 Ht 2: Crutcher, Lang, Perry, Long ex 75.8 2-4 5-7 Ht 3: Redmond, I Williams, Kitchen, Bester 76.9 3-3 8-10 Ht 4: Long, F Williams, Lang, Byford 75.9 4-2 12-12 Ht 5: Crutcher, Perry, Redmond, Bester 77.7 1-5 13-17 Ht 6: Campbell, I Williams, Kitchen, Wills 76.9 3-3 16-20 Ht 7: F Williams, Redmond, Bester, Byford 75.8 3-3 19-23 Ht 8: Campbell, Crutcher, Blankfield, Perry 76.9 4-2 23-25 Ht 9: Long, Lang, Kitchen, I Williams 77.0 5-1 28-26 Ht 10: Blankfield, Griffiths, Campbell, F Williams 76.9 4-2 32-28 Ht 11: Crutcher, Perry, Long, Lang 77.9 1-5 33-33 Ht 12: Bester, Redmond, I Williams, Kitchen 77.6 5-1 38-34 Ht 13: F Williams, Long, Lang, Duval 76.4 3-3 41-37 Ht 14: Crutcher, Perry, Redmond, Bester 78.2 1-5 42-42 Ht 15: Campbell, I Williams, Kitchen, Wills 77.8 3-3 45-45 Ht 16: F Williams, Bester, Griffiths, Redmond 76.7 2-4 47-49 Ht 17: Crutcher, Campbell, Boshoff, Perry 76.4 3-3 50-52 Ht 18: Long, Lang, Kitchen, I Williams 77.2 5-1 55-53 |
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