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Dominions v Europe

1951-52 19.03 : Cape Town (van Riebeeck Stadium) Dominions 35 Europe 37
From Ken MacLeod :
This match - and two others - were held between 18 and 20 March 1952 as part of the van Riebeeck Tercentenary Festival. This marked the 300th anniversary of the first Dutch settlers, under their commander Jan van Riebeeck. The meetings were held at the van Riebeeck Festival Stadium, a temporary structure on reclaimed land, and reports say that the speedway meetings were the most popular events of the festival. The speedway meetings were:
18.03.52 South Africa 36 Overseas 36
19.03.52 Dominions 35 Europe 37
20.03.52 South Africa 33½ Overseas 38½
Each of the meetings also included a second-half individual event for the Van Riebeeck Trophy, comprising 2 Semi-Finals and a Final, for which points were awarded 4-3-2-1. The overall winner, with 12 points, was Henry Andersen (Norway). Details of the South Africa v Overseas matches are here
Dominions 35 Europe 37
Fred Wills (Sth Af) © 2 3 3 0 8 Ken Middleditch (Eng) © 3 2 2 3 10 {short description of image}
Fred van Zyl (Sth Af) 1' 0 0 - 1+1 Ake Lindqvist (Swe) 0 0 1' 2 3+1
Trevor Redmond (NZ) 2 3 2 2 9 Sune Carlsson (Swe) 1 0 1' 1 3+1
Doug Serrurier (Sth Af) 0 1 0 - 1 Jock Grierson (Scot) 3 1 2 3 9
Geoff Mardon (NZ) 1 3 3 1 8 Reg Duval (Eng) 2 1' 3 2' 8+2
Roy Bester (Sth Af) 3 2' 0 3 8+1 Henry Andersen (Nor) 0 2 1 1' 4+1
Toby Boshoff (Sth Af) (res) 0 0 0 Tony Lewis (Eng) (res) no rides -
1 Middleditch, Wills, V Zyl, Lindqvist 64.3 3-3 3-3
2 Grierson, Redmond, Carlsson, Serrurier 64.9 2-4 5-7
3 Bester, Duval, Mardon, Andersen 64.9 4-2 9-9
4 Redmond, Middleditch, Serrurier, Lindqvist 64.6 4-2 13-11
5 Mardon, Bester, Grierson, Carlsson 64.8 5-1 18-12
6 Wills, Andersen, Duval, v Zyl 3-3 21-15		 7 Mardon, Middleditch, Lindqvist, Bester 64.9 3-3 24-18
8 Wills, Grierson, Carlsson, v Zyl 65.0 3-3 27-21
9 Duval, Redmond, Andersen, Serrurier 64.8 2-4 29-25
10 Grierson, Duval, Mardon, Boshoff 65.2 1-5 30-30
11 Bester, Lindqvist, Andersen, Boshoff 64.4 3-3 33-33
12 Middleditch, Redmond, Carlsson, Wills 64.5 4-2 37-35
Contributors : Ken MacLeod , Roger Stevens, Duncan Luke