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INTERNATIONALS - AUSTRALIA
Australia v Sweden
| 1959 | Australia also met Sweden in an unofficial international at
Ipswich, England. |
| Details are at EXTRA !!! Page 2 |
| 1971-72 | Australia won series 5-1 (with 1 match abandoned) | Attendance | ||||
| OFFICIAL | 19.11 : Perth | Australia | 63 | Sweden | 45 | 20,000 |
| 26.11 : Perth | Australia | 41 | Sweden | 67 | ||
| 03.12 : Adelaide (Rowley Park) | Australia | 68 | Sweden | 40 | ||
| 03.01 : Rockhampton | Australia | 29 | Sweden | 25 | abandoned | |
| 11.12 : Melbourne (Brooklyn) | Australia | 61 | Sweden | 47 | ||
| 22.01 : Brisbane | Australia | 67 | Sweden | 41 | ||
| 29.01 : Sydney Showground | Australia | 61 | Sweden | 47 | ||
| Australia | Total | Sweden | Total | |||||||||||||||
| John Boulger | 9 | 10 | 17 | - | 14 | 16 | 6 | 72 | Anders Michanek | 15 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 99 | |
| John Langfield | 10 | - | 10 | 5 | 12 | - | 18 | 55 | Soren Sjosten | 13 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 74 | |
| Jim Airey | 8 | - | 14 | 8 | 7 | - | 18 | 55 | Bernt Persson | 6 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 54 | |
| Jack White | - | - | 11 | 6 | - | 12 | 5 | 34 | Jan Simensen | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 36 | |
| Chum Taylor | 15 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | Bengt Jansson | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 30 | |
| Charlie Monk | - | - | 8 | - | 13 | - | - | 21 | Bengt Larsson | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| Bill Landels | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 10 | 21 | Olle Nygren | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Bob O'Leary | 10 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | Other
Matches raced by Sweden: 18/12/71: Brisbane International Best Pairs - GB 31 (T Lomas 21, G Hunter 8, B Loakes 2); Queensland I 30 (T Hart 21, K Torpie 9); New South Wales 23 (B Van Praag 13, D Mills 10); Queensland II 22 (S Reinke 6, B Gourlay 16); Sweden 14 (O Nygren 5, J Simensen 6, B Loakes 3) no date-: Liverpool Liverpool 46 (O Olsen 17, B Landels 12, J Ryman 9, B Van Praag 4, H Schippl 2, D Mills 2, N Cameron 0) Sweden 62 (A Michanek 17, S Sjosten 14, B Persson 14, B Larsson 6, J Simensen 6, B Jansson 5, O Nygren 0) 08/01/72: Brisbane Queensland 44 (S Reinke 11, J White 9, B Loakes 8, T Hart 6, K Torpie 5, B Gourlay 5, A Buckland 0) Sweden 64 (A Michanek 18, S Sjosten 17, B Persson 14, B Larsson 6, J Simensen 4, B Jansson 3, O Nygren 2) 17/01/72: Rockhampton Rockhampton 50 (J Airey 17, J White 10, J Boulger 9, J Langfield 7, B Loakes 7, M Brown 0) Sweden 58 (S Sjosten 15, A Michanek 13, B Persson 12, J Simensen 8, B Larsson 5, O Nygren 4, B Jansson 1) City of Rockhampton Three-Lap Championship: 1st: A Michanek, 2nd: J Boulger, 3rd: J Airey |
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| Steve Reinke | - | - | - | 4 | - | 9 | - | 13 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gourlay | - | - | - | 3 | - | 9 | - | 12 | ||||||||||
| Les Sharpe | 8 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | ||||||||||
| Chris Bass | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 | ||||||||||
| Jack Biggs | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 8 | ||||||||||
| John Dewhurst | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | 7 | ||||||||||
| Terry O'Leary | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | ||||||||||
| A Hart | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | ||||||||||
| Kevin Torpie | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | ||||||||||
| Jim Ryman | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Dud McKean | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||||||||||
| Jim Phillips | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||||||||||
| Mal Brown | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | ||||||||||
| Phil Crump | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||||||||||
| Neil Street | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | ||||||||||
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| 2nd Test at Perth | 5th Test at Melbourne | 7th Test at Sydney |
| 1st Test at Perth | 1 Taylor, Michanek, Airey,
Nygren 4-2 4-2 2 Boulger, Sharpe, Persson, Jansson 5-1 9-3 3 Sjosten, O'Leary, Simensen, Langfield 2-4 11-7 4 Taylor, Airey, Persson, Jansson 5-1 16-8 5 Boulger, Simensen, Sjosten, Sharpe 3-3 19-11 6 Michanek, Langfield, O'Leary, Nygren 3-3 22-14 7 Simensen, Taylor, Airey, Sjosten ef 3-3 25-17 8 Michanek, Sharpe, Boulger, Nygren 3-3 28-20 9 O'Leary, Langfield, Persson, Larsson 5-1 33-21 10 Taylor, Michanek, Airey, Nygren 4-2 37-23 11 McKean, Persson, Jansson, Sharpe ef 3-3 40-26 12 Sjosten, O'Leary, Simensen, Langfield 2-4 42-30 13 Airey, Taylor, Persson, Jansson 5-1 47-31 14 Sjosten, Sharpe, Boulger, Simensen 3-3 50-34 15 Langfield, Michanek, O'Leary, Nygren 4-2 54-36 16 Sjosten, Taylor, Simensen, Airey 2-4 56-40 17 Michanek, Sharpe, Boulger, Larsson 3-3 59-43 18 Langfield, Jansson, O'Leary, Persson 4-2 63-45 |
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| Australia | 63 | Sweden | 45 | ||||||
| Jim Airey | 1 2' 1' 1 3 0 | 8 + 2 | Anders Michanek | 2 3 3 2 2 3 | 15 | ||||
| Chum Taylor | 3 3 2 3 2' 2 | 15 + 1 | Olle Nygren | 0 0 0 0 0 - | 0 | ||||
| John Boulger | 3 3 1' - 1' 1' | 9 + 3 | Bengt Jansson | 0 0 - 1' 0 2 | 3 + 1 | ||||
| Les Sharpe | 2' 0 2 ef 2 2 | 8 + 1 | Bernt Persson | 1 1 1 2 1 0 | 6 | ||||
| John Langfield | 0 2 2' 0 3 3 | 10 + 1 | Soren Sjosten | 3 1' ef 3 3 3 | 13 + 1 | ||||
| Bob O'Leary | 2 1' 3 2 1 1 | 10 + 1 | Jan Simensen | 1 2 3 1 0 1 | 8 | ||||
| Dud McKean | 3 | 3 | Bengt Larsson | 0 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2nd Test at Perth | 1 Taylor, Michanek,
Larsson, McKean 3-3 3-3 2 Persson, Boulger, Jansson, Sharpe f 2-4 5-7 3 Sjosten, T O'Leary, Simensen, B O'Leary f,ex 2-4 7-11 4 Taylor, Persson, Jansson, McKean 3-3 10-14 5 Sjosten, Boulger, Simensen, Phillips 2-4 12-18 6 Michanek, B O'Leary, T O'Leary, Larsson 3-3 15-21 7 Sjosten, Taylor, Simensen, McKean 2-4 17-25 8 Michanek, Boulger, Phillips, Nygren 3-3 20-28 9 Persson, T O'Leary, Jansson, B O'Leary 2-4 22-32 10 Michanek, Taylor, Larsson, McKean 2-4 24-36 11 Persson, Boulger, Phillips, Jansson 3-3 27-39 12 Sjosten, B O'Leary, Simensen, T O'Leary 2-4 29-43 13 Taylor, Persson, Jansson, McKean f 3-3 32-46 14 Sjosten, Boulger, Simensen, Phillips 2-4 34-50 15 Michanek, Larsson, B O'Leary, T O'Leary 1-5 35-55 16 Sjosten, Taylor, Simensen 2-4 37-59 17 Michanek, Larsson, Phillips, Boulger 1-5 38-64 18 Persson, B O'Leary, T O'Leary 3-3 41-67 |
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| Australia | 41 | Sweden | 67 | ||||||
| Chum Taylor | 3 3 2 2 3 2 | 15 | Anders Michanek | 2 3 3 3 3 3 | 17 | ||||
| Dud McKean | 0 0 0 0 f - | 0 | Bengt Larsson | 1' 0 - 1 2' 2' | 6 + 3 | ||||
| John Boulger | 2 2 2 2 2 0 | 10 | Bengt Jansson | 1 1' 1 0 1' - | 4 + 2 | ||||
| Les Sharpe | f - - - - - | 0 | Bernt Persson | 3 2 3 3 2 3 | 16 | ||||
| Terry O'Leary | 2 1' 2 0 0 1' | 6 + 2 | Soren Sjosten | 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | ||||
| Bob O'Leary | f,ex 2 0 2 1 2 | 7 | Jan Simensen | 1 1 1 1 1 1 | 6 | ||||
| Jim Phillips | 0 1' 1' 0 1 | 3 + 2 | Olle Nygren | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 4th Test at Rockhampton | 1 Nygren, White, Michanek,
Langfield 2-4 2-4 2 Airey, Sjosten, Simensen, Brown 3-3 5-7 3 Persson, Gourlay, Jansson, Reinke 2-4 7-11 4 Airey, Michanek, Nygren, Brown 3-3 10-14 5 Reinke, Simensen, Gourlay, Sjosten 4-2 14-16 6 Langfield, Persson, White 4-2 18-18 7 Nygren, Michanek, Reinke, Gourlay 1-5 19-23 8 White, Langfield, Sjosten, Simensen 5-1 24-24 9 Brown, Airey, Persson 5-1 29-25 abandoned due to rain |
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| Australia | 29 | Sweden | 25 | ||||||
| John Langfield | 0 3 2' | 5 + 1 | Anders Michanek | 1 2 2' | 5 + 1 | ||||
| Jack White | 2 1 3 | 6 | Olle Nygren | 3 1' 3 | 7 + 1 | ||||
| Jim Airey | 3 3 2' | 8 + 1 | Soren Sjosten | 2 0 1 | 3 | ||||
| Mal Brown | 0 0 3 | 3 | Jan Simensen | 1' 2 0 | 3 + 1 | ||||
| Steve Reinke | 0 3 1 | 4 | Bengt Jansson | 1 - - | 1 | ||||
| Bob Gourlay | 2 1 0 | 3 | Bernt Persson | 3 2 1 | 6 | ||||
| 6th Test at Brisbane | 1 Boulger, Michanek,
Gourlay, Larsson 4-2 4-2 2 Persson, White, Jansson, Hart 2-4 6-6 3 Reinke, Landels, Sjosten, Simensen 5-1 11-7 4 Michanek, White, Hart, Larsson 3-3 14-10 5 Gourlay, Boulger, Jansson, Persson 5-1 19-11 6 Sjosten, Simensen, Hart, White 1-5 20-16 7 Landels, Michanek, Reinke, Nygren 4-2 24-18 8 Boulger, Gourlay, Simensen, Sjosten 5-1 29-19 9 Landels, Reinke, Jansson, Persson 5-1 34-20 10 Michanek, Boulger, Gourlay, Larsson 3-3 37-23 11 White, Hart, Jansson, Persson 5-1 42-24 12 Landels, Sjosten, Simensen, Reinke 3-3 45-27 13 Michanek, White, Hart, Larsson 3-3 48-30 14 Boulger, Gourlay, Persson, Jansson 5-1 53-31 15 White, Sjosten, Hart, Simensen 4-2 57-33 16 Torpie, Michanek, Reinke, Larsson 4-2 61-35 17 Boulger, Sjosten, Simensen, Gourlay 3-3 64-38 18 Persson, Reinke, Torpie, Jansson 3-3 67-41 |
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| Australia | 67 | Sweden | 41 | ||||||
| John Boulger | 3 2' 3 2 3 3 | 16 + 1 | Anders Michanek | 2 3 2 3 3 2 | 15 | ||||
| Bob Gourlay | 1 3 2' 1' 2' 0 | 9 + 3 | Bengt Larsson | 0 0 - 0 0 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jack White | 2 2 0 3 2 3 | 12 | Bengt Jansson | 1 1 1 1 0 0 | 4 | ||||
| A Hart | 0 1' 1 2' 1' 1 | 6 + 3 | Bernt Persson | 3 0 0 0 1 3 | 7 | ||||
| Steve Reinke | 3 1 2' 0 1 2 | 9 + 1 | Soren Sjosten | 1 3 0 2 2 2 | 10 | ||||
| Bill Landels | 2' 3 3 3 - - | 11 + 1 | Jan Simensen | 0 2' 1 1' 0 1' | 5 + 3 | ||||
| Kevin Torpie | 3 1' | 4 + 1 | Olle Nygren | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 7th Test at Sydney | 1 Airey, Michanek, Ryman,
Larsson 4-2 4-2 2 Landels, Jansson, Persson, Boulger 3-3 7-5 3 Langfield, Sjosten, White, Simensen 4-2 11-7 4 Michanek, Boulger, Landels, Larsson 3-3 14-10 5 Langfield, Persson, White, Jansson 4-2 18-12 6 Airey, Sjosten, Nygren, Ryman 3-3 21-15 7 Langfield, Michanek, White, Larsson 4-2 25-17 8 Airey, Ryman, Jansson, Persson ef 5-1 30-18 9 Sjosten, Landels, Boulger, Simensen 3-3 33-21 10 Airey, Michanek, Larsson, Ryman 3-3 36-24 11 Jansson, Boulger, Landels, Persson 3-3 39-27 12 Langfield, Sjosten, Simensen, White 3-3 42-30 13 Michanek, Landels, Boulger, Larsson 3-3 45-33 14 Langfield, White, Jansson, Persson ef 5-1 50-34 15 Airey, Sjosten, Simensen, Ryman 3-3 53-37 16 Langfield, Michanek, Larsson, White 3-3 56-40 17 Airey, Persson, Ryman, Jansson 4-2 60-42 18 Simensen, Sjosten, Landels, Boulger 1-5 61-47 |
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| Australia | 61 | Sweden | 47 | ||||||
| Jim Airey | 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | Anders Michanek | 2 3 2 2 3 2 | 14 | ||||
| Jim Ryman | 1 0 2' 0 0 1 | 4 + 1 | Bengt Larsson | 0 0 0 1' 0 1' | 2 + 2 | ||||
| John Boulger | 0 2 1' 2 1' 0 | 6 + 2 | Bengt Jansson | 2 0 1 3 1 0 | 7 | ||||
| Bill Landels | 3 1' 2 1' 2 1 | 10 + 2 | Bernt Persson | 1' 2 ef 0 ef 2 | 5 + 1 | ||||
| John Langfield | 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | Soren Sjosten | 2 2 3 2 2 2' | 13 + 1 | ||||
| Jack White | 1 1 1 0 2' 0 | 5 + 1 | Jan Simensen | 0 - 0 1' 1' 3 | 5 + 2 | ||||
| Jim Bowerman | no rides | - | Olle Nygren | 1' | 1 + 1 | ||||
Australia also raced Sweden in the UK at the 1972 Inter Nations Championship, the 1973 Daily Mirror International Tournament (qualifying round and semi-final), and the 1975 Daily Mirror International Tournament
| 1990-91 | Sweden won series 3-2 | |||||
| OFFICIAL | 01.01 : Brisbane (Exhibition) | Australia | 68 | Sweden | 40 | Att: 11,000 |
| 09.01 : Adelaide (North Arm) | Australia | 49 | Sweden | 59 | Att: 4,800 | |
| 12.01 : Brisbane (Exhibition) | Australia | 67 | Sweden | 41 | ||
| 13.01 : Mildura (Olympic Park) | Australia | 52 | Sweden | 56 | ||
| 23.01 : Newcastle (Motordrome) | Australia | 39 | Sweden | 69 | ||
| Australia | Total | Sweden | Total | ||||||||||||
| Todd Wiltshire | 11 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 63 | Per Jonsson | 13 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 77 | ||
| Phil Crump | 13 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 49 | Henrik Gustafsson | 6 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 50 | ||
| Craig Boyce | 14 | - | 11 | 11 | 11 | 47 | Jimmy Nilsen | 9 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 39 | ||
| Leigh Adams | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | 26 | Erik Stenlund | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 32 | ||
| Glenn Doyle | - | 11 | 9 | 5 | - | 25 | Conny Ivarsson | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 31 | ||
| Troy Butler | 6 | - | 13 | - | - | 19 | Tony Rickardsson | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | - | 18 | ||
| Shane Bowes | - | 8 | - | 11 | - | 19 | Peter Nahlin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | ||
| Stephen Davies | 6 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 13 | 
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| Mick Poole | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |||||||||
| Alan Rivett | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | |||||||||
| Scott Norman | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |||||||||
| Jason Lyons | - | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | |||||||||
| Chris Watson | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rod Colquhoun | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
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| Australia's victorious 3rd.Test team at the Ekka | |||||||||||||||
| Back: Troy Butler, Craig Boyce, Mick Poole, Todd Wiltshire. | Programme for what actually became | ||||||||||||||
| Front: Alan Rivett, Phil Crump, Glenn Doyle | the 3rd. Test | ||||||||||||||
| Contributors : Ross Garrigan, Tom Marriott, Roger Stevens, Vic Butcher, David Austin |
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