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Australia v Europe

1953-54 (Series result unknown)
OFFICIAL 08.01 : Sydney Sports Ground Australia 35 Europe 37
23.01 : Sydney Showground Australia 42 Europe 30
06.02 : Brisbane Exhibition Australia 48 Europe 24
12.02 : Sydney Sports Ground Australia 21 Europe 50
??.02 : Sydney Sports Ground Australia 32 Europe 40
??.02 : Adelaide Australia ?? Europe ??
05.03 : Perth (Claremont) Australia ?? Europe ??
No scorers available from 5th, 6th, & 7th matches.
Note : Scorers for 1st. Test at the Sports Ground supplied by Wally Auckram suggest that Segerstrom scored 4 and Wright 0 for Europe; and that Don Lawson had no rides for Australia. He also tells me that an unofficial match (i.e NOT a Test match) was held on 20.02 at Melbourne. Details - Australia 47 (Jack Biggs 18, Jack Young 13, Peter Moore 10, Ken Walsh 3, Jack Geran 3) Europe 25 (Ken McKinlay 12, Arthur Wright 6, Rune Sormander 4, Dan Forsberg 3, Olle Segerstrom 0) Att: 12,000.
Australia Total Europe Total
Aub Lawson 13 18 18© 13 ? ? ? ? Rune Sormander (Swe) 17 11 12© 14 ? ? ? ?
Lionel Levy 10 13 7 2 Ken McKinlay (Scot) 9 4 5 16
Keith Gurtner 12 2 15 6 Arthur Wright (Eng) 1 9 3 10
Allan Quinn - 6 - - Dan Forsberg (Swe) 6 6 4 10
Jack Biggs - 3 - - Olle Segerstrom (Swe) 4 - - -
Keith Cox - - 8 0
Don Lawson 0 - - 0
Ken Walsh 0 - - -
1st. Match at Sydney Sports Ground
1: Sormander, Gurtner, Forsberg, Levy 2-4
2: A Lawson, McKinlay, Segerstrom,Walsh 3-3 5-7
3: Sormander, McKinlay, Gurtner, Walsh 1-5 6-12
4: Levy, A Lawson, Wright, Segerstrom 5-1 11-13
5: Sormander, Gurtner, A Lawson, Wright 3-3 14-16
6: Levy, McKinlay, Forsberg, D Lawson 3-3 17-19
7: Gurtner, McKinlay, Levy, Forsberg 4-2 21-21
8: Sormander, Segerstrom, A Lawson, Walsh 1-5 22-26
9: Forsberg, Gurtner, Segerstrom, Walsh 2-4 24-30
10: A Lawson, Sormander, Levy, McKinlay 4-2 28-32
11: A Lawson, Gurtner, McKinlay, Segerstrom 5-1 33-33
12: Sormander, Levy, Forsberg, Walsh 2-4 35-37
Results from Speedway Star		 2nd Match at Sydney Showground (2 lap races)
1: Lawson, Sormander, Forsberg, Gurtner 3-3
2: Levy, Wright, Biggs, McKinlay 4-2 7-5
3: Sormander, Biggs, McKinlay, Gurtner 2-4 9-9
4: Lawson, Levy, Forsberg, Wright 5-1 14-10
5: Quinn, Sormander, Wright, Biggs 3-3 17-13
6: Lawson, Forsberg, McKinlay, Levy 3-3 20-16
7: Lawson, Quinn, McKinlay, Forsberg 5-1 25-17
8: Levy, Sormander, Wright, Biggs 3-3 28-20
9: Wright, Gurtner, Quinn, Forsberg 3-3 31-23
10: Lawson, Levy, Sormander, McKinlay 5-1 36-24
11: Levy, Wright, McKinlay, Gurtner 3-3 39-27
12: Lawson, Forsberg, Sormander, Biggs 3-3 42-30
Results from Speedway Star		 3rd Match at Brisbane Exhibition
1 Gurtner, Forsberg, Sormander, Cox (3-3)(3-3) 54.8
2 Lawson, McKinlay, Wright, Levy (3-3)(6-6) 53.8
3 Gurtner, Levy, Forsberg, Wright (5-1)(11-7) 53.6
4 Lawson, Sormander, Cox, McKinlay (4-2)(15-9) 52.6
5 Lawson, Gurtner, Forsberg, McKinlay (5-1)(20-10) 52.6
6 Sormander, Cox, Wright, Levy (2-4)(22-14) 53.0
7 Sormander, Gurtner, Cox, Forsberg (3-3)(25-17) 54.0
8 Lawson, McKinlay, Levy, Wright (4-2)(29-19) 53.6
9 Gurtner, Levy, Wright, Forsberg (5-1)(34-20) 54.8
10 Lawson, Sormander, Cox, McKinlay (4-2)(38-22) 53.6
11 Lawson, Gurtner, McKinlay, Forsberg (5-1)(43-23) 53.8
12 Cox, Levy, Sormander, Wright (5-1)(48-24) 54.0
Results from Andy Reid
1st Test Programme 2nd Test Programme 3rd Test Programme
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4th Test Programme 7th Test Programme
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1954-55 Australia won series 3-2 Attendance
15.01 : Brisbane Australia 27 Europe 45 18,000
22.01 : Brisbane Australia 39 Europe 33
04.02 : Sydney Australia 33 Europe 39
19.02 : Melbourne Australia 49 Europe 23
26.02 : Adelaide (Rowley Park) Australia 43 Europe 29

Australia Total Europe Total
Aub Lawson 9 18 16 11† 16 70 Ron Mountford(Eng) 14 8 12 6 10 50
Jack Young - - - 15 18 33 Ove Fundin(Swe) 6 14 10 5 8 43
Keith Cox 8 9 - - - 17 Ulf Ericsson(Swe) 9 7 7 10 5 38
Don Lawson - 6 10 - - 16 Goran Norlen(Swe) 8 2 8 2 6 26
Jack Biggs - - - 14† - 14 Jack Parker(Eng) 8 2 2 - - 12
Jack Geran - - - 9† 4 13
Keith Gurtner 5 6 - - - 11 † Charles MacKay tells me that Speedway
News listed the scorers as Young 15, Lawson 14, Geran 11, Biggs 9.
Graham Warren 5 - 3 - - 8
Lindsay Mitchell - - - - 4 4
Lionel Levy - - 3 - - 3
Jack Chignell - - 1 - - 1
Merv Harding - - - - 1 1

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1956-57 All details of this series from Wally Auckram, who tells me that these matches were designated
UNOFFICIAL "International Teams Matches", and not Test matches.
Series result unknown
Melbourne Australia ?? Europe ??
11.03 : Mildura Australia 34 Europe 38
Australia Total Europe Total
Jack Young ? 17 ? Ove Fundin (Swe) ? 13 ?
Neil Street 11 Ken McKinlay (Scot) 13
G Leigh 5 Gerry Hussey (Eng) 10
Ern Brecknell 1 Charlie Barsby (Eng) 2

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