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England - 3-Team Matches

1929 Fri 03.08 : Crystal Palace England v Australia v Scotland {short description of image}
UNOFFICIAL Won by Australia
This match comprised a series of 3 match races, with the
winners meeting in the Final:
Ht.1: Hilary Buchanan (Aus) beat Sam Reid (Scot) 94.4
Ht.2: Triss Sharp (Eng) beat Jack Jackson (Scot) 88.4
Ht.3: Ron Johnson (Aus) beat Gus Kuhn (Eng) 85.0
Final: Ron Johnson (Aus), Triss Sharp (Eng), Hilary Buchanan (Aus) 85.0

1930 Wed 11.06 : Exeter England v Australia v New Zealand (match races) {short description of image}
UNOFFICIAL Won by England
Heat 1: Colin Watson (Eng) beat Bert Spencer (Aus)
Heat 2: Wally Kilmister (NZ) beat Buster Buckland (Eng)
Final: Colin Watson (Eng) beat Wally Kilmister (NZ)
1930 Sat 09.08 : Stamford Bridge England 20 Australia 14 USA 8
UNOFFICIAL Wal Phillips 10 Frank Arthur 8 Sprouts Elder 6
Arthur Warwick 10 Dick Case 6 Ray Tauser 2
Round 1:


(6 match races, scoring 3-1) 1: Arthur bt Elder. 2: Case bt Tauser. 3: Phillips bt Elder. 4: Warwick bt Tauser.
5: Phillips bt Arthur. 6: Warwick bt Case. Round 1 score: Eng 12 Aus 8 USA 4
Round 2:

(3 4-man races, scoring 3-2-1-0) 1:Elder, Case, Arthur, Tauser. 2:Arthur, Phillips, Warwick, Case. 3:Warwick, Phillips, Elder, Tauser. Round 2 score: Eng 8 Aus 6 USA 4
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Left to right : Arthur Warwick & Wal Phillips (England), Frank Arthur & Dick Case (Australia), Ray Tauser & Sprouts Elder (USA)

1933 {short description of image} Sat 05.08 : Crystal Palace
UNOFFICIAL New Zealand v England v Australia
Won by Australia
This match comprised 3 races. Results as follows:
Ht.1: Ron Johnson (Aus), Joe Francis (Eng), Alf Mattson (NZ) 83.2
Ht.2: Tom Farndon (Eng), Charlie Blacklock (NZ), Bluey Wilkinson (Aus) 83.6
Ht.3: Ron Johnson (Aus), Charlie Blacklock (NZ), Tom Farndon (Eng) 83.2

1936 .{short description of image} Wed 15.07 : New Cross
UNOFFICIAL Australia 31 England 26 America 15
Australia :
Bluey Wilkinson 11-1-4 1 D Case J Milne P Colman 61.4
2 J Parker G Newton B Lisman 61.0
3 B Wilkinson J Abbott V Huxley 61.4
4 G Newton J Milne J Parker 60.8
5 B Wilkinson V Huxley S Arena 61.8
6 D Case J Abbott R Johnson 61.3
7 V Huxley B Wilkinson J Milne 61.5
8 G Newton D Case J Parker 61.2
9 J Abbott S Greatrex S Arena 62.6
10 J Milne J Abbott S Greatrex 62.7
11 D Case B Lisman S Arena 62.4
12 B Wilkinson V Huxley G Newton 61.8
Dick Case 11-0-4
Vic Huxley 8-2-4
Ron Johnson 1-0-4
England :
George Newton 9-1-4
Joe Abbott 9-0-4
Jack Parker 5-0-4
Stan Greatrex 3-2-4
America :
Jack Milne 8-0-4
Sam Arena 3-1-4
Bo Lisman 3-0-4
Pete Coleman 1-1-4

1937 09.09 : Wembley (second-half event) America 15 England 11 Australia 10
UNOFFICIAL {short description of image} Jack Milne 6 Ginger Lees 4 Lionel van Praag 6
Wilbur Lamoreaux 5 Bill Kitchen 4 Bluey Wilkinson 3
Cordy Milne 4 Frank Charles 2 Dicky Smythe 1
Byrd McKinney 0 Eric Langton 1 Wally Little 0
1: Praag, Lees, Charles, Smythe
2: Kitchen, Wilkinson, Langton, Little
3: Lamoreaux, Lees, Charles, McKinney
4: J Milne, C Milne, Kitchen, Langton
5: Praag, Lamoreaux, Smythe, McKinney
6: J Milne, C Milne, Wilkinson, Little

1939 THREE CONTINENTS CHALLENGE (second-half event)
UNOFFICIAL 04.05 : Wimbledon Europe 7 America 6 Australia 5
{short description of image} Eric Langton 5 Wilbur Lamoreaux 6 Lionel van Praag 4
Bill Kitchen 2 Jack Milne 0 Vic Duggan 1
1 Langton, van Praag, Kitchen, Duggan
2 Lamoreaux, van Praag, Duggan, Milne
3 Lamoreaux, Langton, Kitchen, Milne
(Rained off on 01.05)

1945 This is a real curiosity. The riders in this wartime meeting were representing three of the countries celebrating victory in the war in Europe.
UNOFFICIAL As contributor Igor Kalashnik has reminded me, this was a "fun" meeting, NOT a true international. Speedway did not start in
the Soviet Union until 1958.
21.05 : Belle Vue "Russia" 25 "USA" 23 "Britain" 18
"Triple Internationale" Alec Statham 8 Bill Longley 8 Frank Varey 7
{short description of image} Eric Gregory 7 Eric Chitty 6 Norman Parker 5
Jack Parker 5 Bill Pitcher 6 Les Wotton 4
Tommy Price 5 Ron Johnson 3 Oliver Hart 2
Ernie Appleby (res) - Stan Dell (res) - Wally Lloyd (res) -
3-rider races (scoring 3-2-1)
1 Varey, Chitty, J Parker nf 78.0 Rus 0-USA 2-Brit 3
2 Longley, Price, Hart nf 77.6 2-5-3
3 Statham, N Parker, Johnson nf 78.6 5-5-5
4 Wotton, Pitcher, Gregory 79.8 6-7-8
5 Varey, Price, Johnson nf 79.4 8-7-11
6 Statham, Hart, Chitty 78.0 11-8-13
7 J Parker, Longley, N Parker 79.4 14-10-14
8 Gregory, Pitcher, Wotton 79.4 17-12-15
9 Longley, Statham, Varey 79.0 19-15-16
10 Chitty, N Parker, Price 80.8 20-18-18
11 Gregory, Pitcher, Wotton nf 80.4 23-20-18
12 Johnson, J Parker, Hart nf 25-23-18
Match Race
Longley beat Johnson 82.4
Victory Scratch Race
1 Gregory, Lloyd, Appleby, Dell 79.4
2 Hart, J Parker, Wotton, Chitty 79.2
3 Longley (also Johnson, Statham, Pitcher) 81.4
Final Hart, Gregory, Longley, Lloyd 79.4

1969 BriSA Tournament
OFFICIAL 02.07 : Coventry Britannia 33 Australasia 24 Scandinavia 26
11.08 : Exeter Britannia 27 Australasia 35 Scandinavia 22
Aggregate scores Britannia 60 Australasia 59 Scandinavia 48
The match at Exeter was rained off on its' original staging date, 28.07

Britannia Total Australasia Total Scandinavia Total
Nigel Boocock 11 6 17 Ivan Mauger (NZ) 9 12 21 Reidar Eide (Nor) 0 10 10
Ray Wilson 10 5 15 Jim Airey (Aus) 9 11 20 Soren Sjosten (Swe) 9 - 9
Martin Ashby - 8 8 Geoff Mudge (Aus) - 8 8 Ole Olsen (Den) 7 - 7
Rick France 6 - 6 Ronnie Moore (NZ) 3 4 7 Jan Holub (Cz) - 6 6
Jim Squibb - 6 6 John Boulger (Aus) 2 - 2 Bernt Persson (Swe) 6 - 6
Terry Betts 5 - 5 Greg Kentwell (Aus) 1 - 1 Oyvind S Berg (Nor) - 5 5
Norman Hunter 1 - 1 Conny Samuelsson (Swe) 4 - 4
Odd Fossengen (Nor) - 1 1
Dewayne Keeter (USA) - 0 0

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Match 1 at Coventry
BRITANNIA 33 SCANDINAVIA 26 AUSTRALASIA 24
Ray Wilson 1 3 3 3 10 Ole Olsen 1 2 2 2 7 Ivan Mauger 3 1 3 2 9
Norman Hunter 0 1 0 - 1 Reidar Eide 0 0 0 0 0 Ronnie Moore 2' 0 1 0 3+1
Nigel Boocock 3 2 3 3 11 Soren Sjosten 2' 3 2 2 9+1 Jim Airey 1 3 2 3 9
Terry Betts 2' 1' 1 1 5+2 Bernt Persson 3 2' 0 1' 6+2 John Boulger 0 0 1' 1 2+1
res Rick France 3 3 0 6 res.C Samuelsson 2 2 4 res.Greg Kentwell 1 0 1
Antonin Kasper was the meeting reserve
1: Mauger, Moore, Wilson, Hunter B1 S0 A5
2: Boocock, Betts, Olsen, Eide B6 S1 A5
3: Persson, Sjosten, Airey, Boulger R B6 S6 A6
4: Wilson, Olsen, Hunter, Eide B10 S8 A6
5: France, Samuelsson, Kentwell, Antonin Kasper B13 S10 A7
6: Airey, Boocock, Betts, Boulger B16 S10 A10
7: Sjosten, Persson, Mauger, Moore B16 S15 A11
8: Wilson, Airey, Boulger, Hunter R B19 S15 A14
9: Boocock, Sjosten, Betts, Persson B23 S17 A14
10: France, Samuelsson, Kasper, Kentwell FX B26 S19 A14
11: Mauger, Olsen, Moore, Eide B26 S21 A18
12: Wilson, Sjosten, Persson, France B29 S24 A18
13: Airey, Olsen, Boulger, Eide B29 S26 A22
14: Boocock, Mauger, Betts, Moore FX B33 S26 A24
INDIVIDUAL TROPHY
1: Wilson, Betts, Hunter, France
2: Mauger, Kentwell, Boulger, Moore NS
3: Olsen, Sjosten, Persson, Samuelsson
4: Boocock, Airey, Kasper, Eide
SF1: Mauger, Wilson, Betts, Kentwell
SF2: Sjosten, Olsen, Boocock, Airey
Final: Mauger & Olsen (dead-heat), Wilson, Sjosten
Run-off: Mauger, Olsen

Match 2 at Exeter
AUSTRALASIA 35 BRITANNIA 27 SCANDINAVIA 22
Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 3 12 Nigel Boocock 2 0 2 2' 6+1 Odd Fossengen 0 1' 0 - 1+1
Ronnie Moore 0 2' 1 1 4+1 Martin Ashby 1' 3 1' 3 8+2 Reidar Eide 3 2 2 3 10
Jim Airey 3 3 3 2 11 Ray Wilson 1' 1 3 0 5+1 Dewayne Keeter 0 0 - 0 0
Geoff Mudge 1 3 2' 0 2 8+1 Jim Squibb 2 0 2' 2 6+1 Oyvind S Berg 2 1 1 1 5
res.Alan Cowland 1 1 2 res.Jan Holub 2 0 3 1 6
Mike Cake was the meeting reserve
1: Mauger, Boocock, Ashby, Moore A3 B3 S0
2: Eide, Squibb, Wilson, Fossengen A3 B6 S3
3: Airey, Berg, Mudge, Keeter A7 B6 S5
4: Ashby, Eide, Fossengen, Boocock A7 B9 S8
5: Mudge, Holub, Cowland, Mike Cake A10 B10 S10
6: Airey, Mudge, Wilson, Squibb A15 B11 S10

7: Mauger, Moore, Berg, Keeter A20 B11 S11
8: Airey, Boocock, Ashby, Mudge A23 B14 S11
9: Wilson, Squibb, Berg, Holub A23 B19 S12
10: Holub, Mudge, Cowland, Cake A25 B20 S15
11: Mauger, Eide, Moore, Fossengen A29 B20 S17
12: Ashby, Boocock, Berg, Keeter A29 B25 S18
13: Eide, Airey, Holub, (Cake) A31 B25 S22
14: Mauger, Squibb, Moore, Wilson A35 B27 S22
INDIVIDUAL TROPHY
Cancelled due to rain

Contributors : Roger Stevens, Jim Henry, Tom Marriott, Igor Kalashnik

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