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South Africa v British Commonwealth

1954-55	British Commonwealth won series 4-1
OFFICIAL	03.12 : Johannesburg (Wembley)	South Africa	60	British Commonwealth	48	(Att : 8,000)
	28.01 : Johannesburg (Wembley)	South Africa	39	British Commonwealth	63
	05.02 : Springs	South Africa	48	British Commonwealth	59
	12.02* : Durban (Hoy Park)	South Africa	48	British Commonwealth	60	(Att : 7,000)
	25.02 : Johannesburg (Wembley)	South Africa	51	British Commonwealth	57	(Att : 7,000)
	*Rained-off on both the original date of 29.01 AND the restaging date of 31.01

South Africa						Total	British Commonwealth						Total
							Team manager : Freddie Williams
Henry Long ©	17	11	9	10	15	62	Barry Briggs (NZ) ©	8	16	18	13	18	73
Doug Davies	17	0	9	8	12	46	Ken McKinlay (Scot) ©	11	9	11	10	14	55
Fred Wills	11	3	8	9	3	34	Peter Clark (NZ)	11	11	0	10	7	39
Roy Bester	5	7	8	5	-	25	Gerald Jackson (Eng)	11	5	5	6	8	35
Arthur Duncan	6	5	2	7	4	24	Ronnie Genz (Eng)	3	7	7	9	6	32
Trevor Redmond	-	-	9	-	12	21	Allan Quinn (Aus)	4	1	8	12	2	27
Fred Lang	4	7	-	3	4	18	Junior Bainbridge (Aus)	0	14	10	-	2	26
Roy Browning	-	-	-	6	-	6
Doug Lang	-	6	-	-	-	6	©McKinlay was captain for 1st 4 Tests, Briggs for the 5th Test.
Doug Serrurier	-	-	3	-	-	3
Alec Blankfield	-	-	-	-	0	0

1st.Test The Wembley track (plus Durban and Randfontein) was resurfaced with a deep layer of cinders, and all track records were scrapped. Heat Winners h 1: H. Long, h 2: D. Davies, h 3: P. Clark, h 4: D. Davies, h 5: F. Wills, h 6: H. Long h 7: K. McKinlay, h 8: H. Long, h 9: A. Duncan, h 10: H. Long 77.7 secs (track record), h 11: D. Davies 77.7 secs (equals track record), h 12: P. Clark, h 13: D. Davies, h 14: F. Wills, h 15: H. Long, h 16: G. Jackson, h 17: B. Briggs 77.7 secs (equals track record), h 18: D. Davies.

2nd.Test Run in torrential rain. Doug Davies fell twice and failed to score. Heat Winners h 1: H. Long, h 2: B. Briggs, h 3: J. Bainbridge, h 4: K. McKinlay, h 5: B. Briggs, h 6: J. Bainbridge, h 7: K. McKinlay, h 8: B. Briggs, h 9: J. Bainbridge, h 10: H. Long h 11: P. Clark, h 12: R. Genz, h 13: A. Duncan h 14: B. Briggs, h 15: H. Long, h 16: F. Wills, h 17: P. Clark h 18: D. Lang.

3rd.Test Heat Winners h 1: H. Long, h 2: B. Briggs 61.5 secs (record), h 3: K. McKinlay, h 4: A. Quinn, h 5: B. Briggs, h 6: H. Long, h 7: A. Quinn, h 8: B. Briggs, h 9: K. McKinlay, h 10: R. Genz, h 11: B. Briggs, h 12: D. Davies, h 13: R. Bester, h 14: B. Briggs 61.4 secs (record), h 15: K. McKinlay, h 16: D. Davies, h 17: B. Briggs, h 18: R. Bester.

5th.Test Peter Clark excluded from ht 16 for causing Redmond and Wills to crash, and the Commonwealth team rode the rest of the match under protest. Briggs lowered the track record to 76.6

In an unofficial international challenge match at Randfontein on 03.02.55, British Commonwealth (Barry Briggs 12) beat South Africa 39-33. The South African team was Fred Wills , Roy Bester, Henry Long, Alec Blankfield, Doug Davies, Doug Lang, and Trevor Blokdyk. Captains were Wills and Ken McKinlay.

Contributors : Christian Weber, Ken MacLeod, David Austin