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Australia v Sweden

1959 Australia also met Sweden in an unofficial international at Ipswich, England.
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1971-72 Australia won series 5-1 (with 1 match abandoned)
OFFICIAL Fri 19.11 : Perth Australia 63 Sweden 45 (Att: 20,000)
Fri 26.11 : Perth Australia 41 Sweden 67
Fri 03.12 : Adelaide (Rowley Park) Australia 68 Sweden 40
Sat 11.12 : Melbourne (Brooklyn) Australia 61 Sweden 47
Mon 03.01 : Rockhampton Australia 29 Sweden 25 abandoned
Sat 22.01* : Brisbane Australia 67 Sweden 41
Sat 29.01 : Sydney Showground Australia 61 Sweden 47
The Rockhampton match may or may not have been part of the official series.
* Brisbane Test probably delayed from 15.01 to 22.01 by rain.
Australia Total Sweden Total
John Boulger 9 10 17 14 - 16 6 72 Anders Michanek 15 17 15 18 5 15 14 99
John Langfield 10 - 10 12 5 - 18 55 Soren Sjosten 13 18 10 7 3 10 13 74
Jim Airey 8 - 14© 7 8 - 18 55 Bernt Persson 6 16 6 8 6 7 5 54
Jack White - - 11 - 6 12 5 34 Jan Simensen 8 6 2 7 3 5 5 36
Chum Taylor 15 15 - - - - - 30 Bengt Jansson 3 4 6 5 1 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 0 7 0 1 9
Bob O'Leary 10 7 - - - - - 17 Other Matches raced by Sweden:
12/11/71: Perth Claremont Craven Filter Champ: Bob O'Leary 13+3, Anders Michanek 13+2, Soren Sjosten 12, Chum Taylor 12, Jim Phillips 10, Don Collins 9, Dud McKean 8, Bernt Persson 8, Jan Simensen 7, Les Sharpe 7, Abe Schneider 5, Pete Biston 5, Bengt Larsson 4, Bengt Jansson 3, Terry O'Leary 3, Olle Nygren 0, Les Leisk 0
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)
26/12/71: 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
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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Perth (1st Test) Perth (2nd Test) Melbourne
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Brisbane Sydney Adelaide

1st Test at Perth 1 Taylor, Michanek, Airey, Nygren 66.7 4-2 4-2
2 Boulger, Sharpe, Persson, Jansson 66.6 5-1 9-3
3 Sjosten, O'Leary, Simensen, Langfield 67.1 2-4 11-7
4 Taylor, Airey, Persson, Jansson 67.2 5-1 16-8
5 Boulger, Simensen, Sjosten, Sharpe 67.5 3-3 19-11
6 Michanek, Langfield, O'Leary, Nygren 67.5 3-3 22-14
7 Simensen, Taylor, Airey, Sjosten ef 67.9 3-3 25-17
8 Michanek, Sharpe, Boulger, Nygren 67.2 3-3 28-20
9 O'Leary, Langfield, Persson, Larsson 68.7 5-1 33-21
10 Taylor, Michanek, Airey, Nygren 67.8 4-2 37-23
11 McKean, Persson, Jansson, Sharpe ef 68.3 3-3 40-26
12 Sjosten, O'Leary, Simensen, Langfield 67.0 2-4 42-30
13 Airey, Taylor, Persson, Jansson 67.0 5-1 47-31
14 Sjosten, Sharpe, Boulger, Simensen 67.1 3-3 50-34
15 Langfield, Michanek, O'Leary, Nygren 68.3 4-2 54-36
16 Sjosten, Taylor, Simensen, Airey 67.0 2-4 56-40
17 Michanek, Sharpe, Boulger, Larsson 67.0 3-3 59-43
18 Langfield, Jansson, O'Leary, Persson 68.1 4-2 63-45
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
Terry O'Leary did not ride -
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
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
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
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
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 Tue 01.01 : Brisbane (Exhibition) Australia 68 Sweden 40 (Att: 11,000)
Wed 09.01 : Adelaide (North Arm) Australia 49 Sweden 59 (Att: 4,800)
Sat 12.01 : Brisbane (Exhibition) Australia 67 Sweden 41
Sun 13.01 : Mildura (Olympic Park) Australia 52 Sweden 56
Wed 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
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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

2nd Test at North Arm, Adelaide
Australia vs Sweden Speedway Test.
2nd test of 5. Wednesday 9 January 1991
North Arm Speedway, Adelaide
Track Length - 280 metres (310 yards) 4 Lap
Track Record - 59.41 (Shane Bowes in Dec 1990)
Referee: Sam Bass
Attendance: 4,800

Australia: 49
1. Todd Wiltshire (0,1,2,0,3+2) - 8
2. Leigh Adams (1,3,3,3,2+1) - 13
3. Phil Crump (c) (0,nf,1,2,1) - 4
4. Glenn Doyle (3,2,1,2,f+3) - 11
5. Shane Bowes (1,3,0,1,3+nf) - 8
6. Stephen Davies (0,2,2,0,-) - 4
7. Scott Norman (-,-,-,0,1) - 1
* Shane Bowes replaced Craig Boyce
who was unavailable due to a license issue.
Scott Norman came in as the reserve.

Sweden: 59
1. Per Jonsson (c) (3,3,3,2,3+3) - 17
2. Conny Ivarsson (2,1,1,1,1+2) - 8
3. Jimmy Nilsen (1,1,1,-,-) - 3
4. Tony Rickardsson (2,nf,3,2,3) - 10
5. Henrik Gustafsson (3,2,2,2,0+2) - 11
6. Erik Stenlund (2,f,3,3,1+0) - 9
7. Peter Nahlin (-,-,nf,nf,1+0) - 1 		Heat 1: Jonsson, Ivarsson, Adams, Wiltshire - 60.94
Heat 2: Doyle, Rickardsson, Nilsen, Crump - 59.55
Heat 3: Gustafsson, Stenlund, Bowes, Davies - 61.02
Heat 4: Jonsson, Doyle, Ivarsson, Crump (nf) - N/A
Sweden 17, Australia 7
Heat 5: Bowes, Davies, Nilsen, Rickardsson (nf) - 63.24
Heat 6: Adams, Gustafsson, Wiltshire, Stenlund (f, nf) - 61.52
Heat 7: Jonsson, Davies, Ivarsson, Bowes - 62.12
Heat 8: Adams, Wiltshire, Nilsen, Nahlin (nf) - 61.12
Sweden 25, Australia 23
Heat 9: Stenlund, Gutafsson, Doyle, Crump (nf) - 61.56
Heat 10: Adams, Jonsson, Ivarsson, Wiltshire - N/A
Heat 11: Rickardsson, Doyle, Crump, Nahlin (nf) - 60.20
Heat 12: Stenlund, Gustafsson, Bowes, Davies - 61.76
Sweden 41, Australia 31
Heat 13: Jonsson, Crump, Ivarsson, Doyle (f, nf) - N/A
Heat 14: Bowes, Rickardsson, Nahlin, Norman - 61.97
Heat 15: Wiltshire, Adams, Stenlund, Gustafsson - 61.27
Heat 16: Jonsson, Ivarsson, Norman, Bowes (nf) - 62.19
Sweden 54, Australia 42
Heat 17: Rickardsson, Wiltshire, Adams, Nahlin - 59.83
Heat 18: Doyle, Gustaffson, Crump, Stenlund - 60.81
Sweden 59 defeated Australia 49
At the conclusion of the test, the fastest 5 available riders (Sweden had no less than 3 engine failures on the night!) raced in the second running of the annual Jack Young Memorial Cup held over 6 laps.
JYMC: Stenlund, Gustafsson, Doyle, Adams (f, nf), Jonsson (nf) - 1:30.97 (track record)

Contributors : Ross Garrigan, Tom Marriott, Roger Stevens, Vic Butcher, David Austin, Peter Hunter

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