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Austria & Germany v Sweden

1955 Fri 12.08 : Vienna (ASKÖ-Speedwaybahn, Wien-Favoriten) Austria & Germany 42 Sweden 47
Riders as programmed Fritz Dirtl (Aut) Ove Fundin ©
Josef Kamper (Aut) Dan Forsberg
Karl Killmeyer (Aut) Kaj Forsberg
Josef Seidl (Ger) Stig Pramberg
Albin Siegl (Ger) Per Olaf Soderman
Valentin Unterkofler (Aut) Per Tage Svensson
Sun 14.08 : Bruck an der Mur Austria & Germany v. Sweden
Mon 15.08 : Linz (Linzer Stadion) Austria & Germany 46 Sweden 44
Fritz Dirtl & Josef Kamper top-scored for this team
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1956 Series tied 1-1
Tue 08.05 : Vienna (Asko-Speedwaybahn,
Wien-Favoriten)
Austria & Germany 48 Sweden (Swedish Lions)* 40 (Att: 9,000)
Fri 11.05 : Graz Austria & Germany 43 Sweden (Swedish Lions)* 47 (Att: 10,000)
* The Sweden (Swedish Lions) team comprised riders from Filbyterna (Soderman, Fundin, Forsberg) and Vargarna (Engman, Eldh, Carlsson)

Austria & Germany Total Sweden (Swedish Lions) Total {short description of image}
Josef Kamper (Aut) 11 14 25 Ove Fundin 13 10 23
Fritz Dirtl (Aut) 10 11 21 Per Olaf Soderman 11 11 22
Josef Seidl (Ger)
8 8 16 Dan Forsberg 5 11 16
Albin Siegl (Ger) 9 7 16 Gert Engman 6 5 11
Hans Sidlo (Aut) 6 1 7 Curt Eldh 3 7 10
Valentin Unterkofler (Aut) 2 2 4 Reine Carlsson 2 3 5
Phil Bishop (GB, guest) 2 - 2

1st Test at Vienna
Austria & Germany 48 Sweden 40
Josef Kamper 3 3 2 ef 3 11 Per Olaf Soderman 3 0 3 3 2 11
Fritz Dirtl 3 2 2 2 1 10 Ove Fundin 3 2 3 3 2 13
Albin Siegl - 3 1 2 3 9 Gert Engman 2 0 1' 3 0 6+1
Josef Seidl 2 ef 3 ef 3 8 Dan Forsberg ef 2 2 1 ef 5
Hans Sidlo 1 1' 1' 1' 2' 6+4 Curt Eldh 0 0 0 2' 1 3+1
Valentin Unterkofler ef 1 1' f - 2+1 Reine Carlsson 0 2 0 0 0 2
Phil Bishop (res) 1' 1 2+1
Ht 1: Kamper, Engman, Forsberg (EF), Unterkofler (EF) (3-2)
Ht 2: Soderman, Seidl, Bishop, Carlsson (3-3) (6-5)
Ht 3: Dirtl, Forsberg, Sidlo, Engman (4-2) (10-7)
Ht 4: Kamper, Carlsson, Unterkofler, Soderman (4-2) (14-9)
Ht 5: Fundin, Dirtl, Sidlo, Eldh (3-3) (17-12)
Ht 6: Siegl, Forsberg, Engman, Seidl (EF) (3-3) (20-15)
Ht 7: Soderman, Dirtl, Sidlo, Carlsson (3-3) (23-18)
Ht 8: Seidl, Fundin, Siegl, Eldh (4-2) (27-20)
Ht 9: Fundin, Kamper, Unterkofler, Eldh (3-3) (30-23)
Ht 10: Soderman, Dirtl, Forsberg, Kamper (EF) (2-4) (32-27)
Ht 11: Engman, Eldh, Unterkofler (F), Seidl (EF) (0-5) (32-32)
Ht 12: Fundin, Siegl, Sidlo, Carlsson (3-3) (35-35)
Ht 13: Seidl, Soderman, Bishop, Engman (4-2) (39-37)
Ht 14: Siegl, Sidlo, Eldh, Carlsson (5-1) (44-38)
Ht 15: Kamper, Fundin, Dirtl, Forsberg (EF) (4-2) (48-40)
2nd Test at Graz
Austria & Germany 43 Sweden 47
Josef Kamper 2 3 3 3 3 14 Dan Forsberg 3 2 3 2 1 11
Fritz Dirtl 3 3 3 ret 2 11 Per Olaf Soderman 3 2 2 1 3 11
Josef Seidl 2 2 2 ret 2 8 Ove Fundin 2 3 2 3 f 10
Albin Siegl f 1 1 2 3 7 Curt Eldh 1 0 1 3 2 7
Valentin Unterkofler 0 1 0 1 0 2 Gert Engman 1 1 ret 2 1 5
Hans Sidlo 0 0 0 1 0 1 Reine Carlsson 1 ret 1 0 1 3

1957 Series tied 1-1
Sat 13.04 : Vienna - Wiener Stadion (Prater Stadion) Austria & Germany 58 Sweden* 32 (Att: 18,000)
Sun 14.04 : Vienna - but NOT the same stadium as above Austria & Germany 41 Sweden* 49 (Att: 22,000)
Sat 20.04 : Venue unknown Austria & Germany v. Sweden Cancelled
* The Sweden team was represented by club team Vargarna, with the addition of Fundin and Soderman (both Filbyterna)

Austria & Germany Total Sweden Total {short description of image}
Josef Kamper (Aut) 13 13 26 Ove Fundin 5 17 22
Josef Seidl (Ger) 13 10 23 Per Olaf Soderman 6 13 19
Josef Hofmeister (Ger) 12 7 19 Joel Jansson 8 4 12
Albin Siegl (Ger) 8 5 13 Gunnar Karlsson 0 10 10
Hans Sidlo (Aut) 5 5 10 Curt Eldh 4 2 6
Erich Sidlo (Aut) 6 1 7 Gert Engman 3 3 6
Otto Holubek (Aut) 1 0 1 Bjorn Knutsson 6 - 6

1st Test at Vienna (13.04) (in riding order) 2nd Test at Vienna (14.04) (in riding order)
Austria & Germany 58 Sweden 32 Austria & Germany 41 Sweden 49
Josef Kamper 3 3 3 2 2 13 Ove Fundin ret ret 2 3 5 Josef Kamper 3 2 2 3 3 13 Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3 3 2 17
Hans Sidlo 1 1 2 1 5 Gert Engman 1 1 1 0 3 Albin Siegl 2 1 1 1 5 Gert Engman 1 1 0 1 3
Josef Hofmeister 3 3 3 3 0 12 Per Olaf Soderman f 0 2 ret ret 3 1 6 Josef Hofmeister 2 1 2 2 0 7 Per Olaf Soderman 2 3 3 3 1 1 13
Albin Siegl 2 1 1 1 3 8 Bjorn Knutsson 2 2 2 f 6 Otto Holubek 0 0 ret ret 0 Curt Eldh 1 0 1 0 2
Josef Seidl 3 3 3 1 3 13 Joel Jansson 2 2 3 1 8 Josef Seidl 3 ret 2 2 3 10 Joel Jansson 0 ret f 1 3 4
Erich Sidlo 1 2 2 1 6 Gunnar Karlsson 0 0 0 0 Hans Sidlo 0 2 1 2 5 Gunnar Karlsson 1 2 3 2 2 10
Otto Holubek 1 0 1 Curt Eldh ret 0 2 2 4 Erich Sidlo 0 1 0 1

Contributors : Roger Stevens, Christian Weber, David Austin, Andy Reid