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England v Australia

1949 16.10 : Zurich (Oerlikon Stadium) England 22 Australia 14
UNOFFICIAL (Att : 5,000) Eric French Vic Duggan
Geoff Pymar Graham Warren
Lloyd Goffe Arthur Payne
Nobby Stock Doug McLachlan

{short description of image} According to an article by Graham Warren in Speedway Echo Nov 5, 1949, the Swiss tour comprised three dates, the other two being individual events staged on 15.10 and 18.10. No results are available.The tour party comprised the eight riders listed above, plus Ray Duggan, Arthur Bush, Sid Clark, Frank Lawrence, Ray Moore, Don Gray, Don Ellis, and Bruce Abernethy. Birmingham riders Warren, Payne, and McLachlan did not ride in the first meeting, as they were riding at Birmingham.

Left : Switzerland programme.

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This match was part of a three-meeting series staged on a specially constructed fenceless cinder track,
280 yards long, laid inside the steeply-banked cycle track of the Oerlikon Stadium.

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