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Australia v Europe

1953-54 Series tied 3-3 ( though it is NOT certain that all these matches were part of the Official series)
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
26.02 : Adelaide (Rowley Park) Australia 37 Europe 34
05.03 : Perth (Claremont) Australia 29 Europe 31
Notes :
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.
The meeting originally listed for Sydney Sports Ground 19.02 (Aus 32 Europe 40) has now been deleted - Graeme Frost tells me that the riders were at the Showgrounds that night in the Champion of Champions (see Other Meetings below)
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 6th Test Programme
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OTHER MEETINGS
19/12/53 at Sydney Showground NSW Championship
Final: Aub Lawson, Lionel Levy, Don Lawson, Allan Quinn. Ken McKinlay and Arthur Wright were eliminated in the Quarter-finals, Rune Sormander, and Olle Segestrom in the Semi-finals.
16/01/54 at Sydney Showground International Best Pairs Championship
Lionel Levy & Jack Chignell 18, Ken McKinlay & Don Lawson 15, Aub Lawson & Dennis Newton 11, Arthur Wright & Olle Segestrom 8, Rune Sormander & Dan Forsberg 5
22/01/54 at Sydney Sports Ground Australian 3-lap Championship
Final: Aub Lawson, Ken McKinlay, Lionel Levy, Dan Forsberg. Olle Segestrom was eliminated in the Quarter-finals, Arthur Wright and Rune Sormander in the Semi-finals.
30/01/54 at Brisbane Queensland Championship
Final: Rune Sormander, Keith Cox, Ken McKinlay, Lindsay Nixon
19/02/54 at Sydney Showgrounds Champion of Champions
Aub Lawson 11, Lionel Levy 9, Rune Sormander 3, Ken McKinlay 1
Date unknown at Sydney Sports Ground
New South Wales 48 (Lionel Levy 17, Aub Lawson 15, Allan Quinn 9, Don Lawson 5, Graham Warren (res) 2)
Europe 24 (Rune Sormander 12, Ken McKinlay 7, Olle Segerstrom 4, Dan Forsberg 1, Arthur Wright (res) 0)

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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OTHER MEETINGS
08/11/54 at Perth
Western Australia 31 (Don Ralston 13, George McPherson 12, Brian McKeown 4, Eric Franklyn 1, Harry Greenhalgh 1)
Europe 41 (Ulf Ericsson 19, Jack Parker 10, Ove Fundin 10, Goran Norlen 2)
12/11/54 at Adelaide
South Australia 45 (Bob Leverenz 18, Lindsay Mitchell 10, Merv Harding 10, Jack Young 7)
Europe 27 (Ove Fundin 10, Ulf Ericsson 9) (Jack Parker and Goran Norlen also rode for Europe but their scores are not known)

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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