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England C v America (Div.3)

This series was raced on National League Division 3 and Open Licence tracks
The American team was based at Shelbourne Park, Dublin, Eire (an Open Licence track) for the season
1951 England "C" won series 3-2
Tue 04.09 : Cardiff (Penarth Road), Wales England C 64 America 44
Thu 06.09 : Poole England C 46 America 62
Sun 09.09 : Dublin (Shelbourne Park), Ireland England C 42 America 66
Wed 12.09 : Aldershot England C 76 America 32
Fri 14.09 : Swindon England C 57 America 48
England "C" Total America Total
Ken Middleditch 14 6 9 12 12 53 Nick Nicolaides 10 14 16 10 12 62
Terry Small 11 8 0 13 9 41 Ernie Roccio 18 14 11 - 13 56
Don Hardy - 7 3 12 - 22 Don Hawley 2 11 8 6 12 39
Gerald Jackson - 4 - - 14 18 Royal Carroll jr 12 9 6 2 7 36
Bert Edwards - - -- 15 - 15 Johnny Roccio 0 11 10 6 2 29
Basil Harris - - - 15 - 15 Jimmy Gibb 2 1 10 1 0 14
Bob Jones 8 - - - 7 15 Lloyd Campbell 0 2 4 5 2 13
Bob Roger - - 7 - 8 15 Johnny Gibson 0 0 1 2 0 3
Tony Lewis - 14 - - - 14
Charlie May 13 - - - - 13
Alan Smith 3 - - 9 - 12
Johnny Sargeant 11 - - - - 11
George Wall - - 10 - - 10
Johnny Reason - - 9 - - 9
Charlie Hayden - 5 - - - 5
Jim Boyd - - 4 - - 4
Buster Brown - - - - 4 4
Gerald Pugh 4 - - - - 4
Frank Evans - - - - 3 3
Brian Crutcher - 2 - - 0 2
1st Match at Cardiff 2nd Match at Poole
England "C" 64 America 44 England "C" 46 America 62
Ken Middleditch 2' 3 2 3 2' 2 14+2 Nick Nicolaides 1 2 2 2 1 2 10 Ken Middleditch 0 2' 0 2 1 1' 6+2 Nick Nicolaides 1' 3 3 1 3 3 14+1
Bob Jones 3 0 1' 1 3 0 8+1 Johnny Roccio 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 Tony Lewis 3 3 0 ex 3 2 11 Royal Carroll 2 2' 1 3 0 1 9+1
Terry Small 1' 1 3 2 2' 2 11+2 Ernie Roccio 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Terry Small 1 1 3 1 1' 1' 8+2 Ernie Roccio 2' 2' 1' 3 3 3 14+3
Bob Roger - - - - - - - Don Hawley 0 0 - 0 1 1 2 Gerry Jackson 0 0 - 0 2 2 4 Johnny Roccio 3 3 2 2' 1 0 11+1
Charlie May 3 2 3 3 2 ex 13 Jimmy Gibb 1' 1' 0 - 0 0 2+2 Don Hardy 1 1 - 3 2 0 7 Don Hawley 2 0 2 2 2 3 11
Alan Smith 0 1' 1 - - 1 3+1 Royal Carroll 2 2 2 2 1 3 12 Charlie Hayden 3 0 0 0 - 2 5 Jimmy Gibb 0 1 - - - - 1
Gerald Pugh 1 0 3 4 Lloyd Campbell 0 0 0 Brian Crutcher 2 f 0 2 Lloyd Campbell 1' 1' 2+2
Johnny Sargeant 2 3 1 1' 3 1' 11+2 Johnny Gibson 0 0 Johnny Thomson no rides - Johnny Gibson 0 0 0
1 Jones, Middleditch, Nicolaides, J Roccio 73.8 5-1 5-1
2 E Roccio, Sargeant, Small, Hawley 72.0 3-3 8-4
3 May, Carroll, Gibb, Smith 73.4 3-3 11-7
4 Sargeant, Nicolaides, Small, J Roccio 73.8 4-2 15-9
5 E Roccio, May, Smith, Hawley 73.0 3-3 18-12
6 Middleditch, Carroll, Gibb, Jones 72.8 3-3 21-15
7 May, Nicolaides, Smith, Campbell 73.8 4-2 25-17
8 E Roccio, Middleditch, Jones, Gibson 73.0 3-3 28-20
9 Small, Carroll, Sargeant, Gibb 74.0 4-2 32-22
10 Middleditch, Nicolaides, Jones, J Roccio 73.2 4-2 36-24
11 E Roccio, Small, Sargeant, Hawley 73.2 3-3 39-27
12 May, Carroll, Pugh, Campbell 73.6 4-2 43-29
13 Sargeant, Small, Nicolaides, J Roccio 74.2 5-1 48-30
14 E Roccio, May, Hawley, Pugh72.8 2-4 50-34
15 Jones, Middleditch, Carroll, Gibb 74.6 5-1 55-35
16 Pugh, Nicolaides, Smith, J Roccio, May (ex-2m) 74.4 4-2 59-37
17 E Roccio, Middleditch, Hawley, Jones 73.0 2-4 61-41
18 Carroll, Small, Sargeant, Gibb 72.8 3-3 64-44
 Ht1 Lewis, Carroll, Nicolaides, Middleditch 77.0 3-3
Ht2 J.Roccio, E.Roccio, Small, Jackson 76.0 4-8
Ht3 Hayden, Hawley, Hardy, Gibb 77.0 8-10
Ht4 Nicolaides, Carroll, Small, Jackson 75.6 9-15
Ht5 J.Roccio, E.Roccio, Hardy, Hayden 77.0 10-20
Ht6 Lewis, Middleditch, Gibb, Hawley 78.2 15-21
Ht7 Nicolaides, Crutcher, Carroll, Hayden 75.8 17-25
Ht8 Lewis, J.Roccio, E.Roccio, Middleditch 76.4 20-28
Ht9 Small, Hawley, Campbell, Crutcher (f) 76.8 23-31
Ht10 Carroll, Middleditch, Nicolaides, Lewis (exc) 77.8 25-35
Ht11 E.Roccio, J.Roccio, Small, Jackson 76.8 26-40
Ht12 Hardy, Hawley, Campbell, Hayden 77.4 29-43
Ht13 Nicolaides, Jackson, Small, Caroll 77.4 32-46
Ht14 E.Roccio, Hardy, J.Roccio, Crutcher 77.8 34-50
Ht15 Lewis, Hawley, Middleditch, Gibson 78.0 38-52
Ht16 Nicolaides, Hayden, Carroll, Hardy 77.8 40-56
Ht17 E.Roccio, Lewis, Middleditch, J.Roccio 76.8 43-59
Ht18 Hawley, Jackson, Small, Gibson 78.2 46-62
3rd Match at Dublin 4th Match at Aldershot
England "C" 42 America 66 England "C" 76 America 32
Ken Middleditch 2 2 0 0 2 3 9 Nick Nicolaides 3 3 3 3 1' 3 16+1 Ken Middleditch 2' 2' 2' 2' 2' 2 12+5 Nick Nicolaides 0 2 2 1 2 3 10
Bob Roger 1' ex 3 1 0 2' 7+2 Royal Carroll 0 0 - 2' 2 2' 6+2 Basil Harris 3 3 3 3 3 f 15 Jimmy Gibb 1 0 0 - 0 - 1
Jim Boyd 1 1 1 1 0 - 4 Ernie Roccio 3 1 1 - 3 3 11 Terry Small 3 1 3 3 1 2' 13+1 (no rider) -
Terry Small 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 Johnny Roccio 2' 3 - 3 1 1 10+1 Bert Edwards 2' 3 2' 2 3 3 15+2 Johnny Roccio 1 1 1 0 - 3 6
Johnnie Reason 1' 2 3 0 3 0 9+1 Jimmy Gibb ex 3 2 2 3 - 10 Alan Smith 1' 3 1 3 1' 0 9+2 Don Hawley 3 1 1 1 f f 6
George Wall 2 1' 2' 3 0 2 10+2 Don Hawley 3 2' 1' 1' - 1 8+3 Don Hardy 2 2' 3 2' 2 1 12+2 Royal Carroll f f - 0 1 1 2
Don Hardy 0 2 1 3 Lloyd Campbell 2' 2' 0 4+2 George Wall no rides - Lloyd Campbell f 0 1 3 1 5
Alan Smith no rides - Johnny Gibson 0 1 1 Johnny Sargeant no rides - Johnny Gibson 0 0 0 0 2' 2+1
Ht1 Nicolaides, Middleditch, Roger, Carroll 71.4 3 3 3 3
Ht2 E.Roccio, J.Roccio, Boyd, Small 72.4 5 1 8 4
Ht3 Hawley, Wall, Reason, Gibb (exc) 72.6 3 3 11 7
Ht4 J.Roccio, Middleditch, E.Roccio, Roger (exc) 72.6 4 2 15 9
Ht5 Gibb, Hawley, Boyd, Small 73.4 5 1 20 10
Ht6 Nicolaides, Reason, Wall, Carroll 72.0 3 3 23 13
Ht7 Roger, Gibb, Hawley, Middleditch 73.0 3 3 26 16
Ht8 Nicolaides, Campbell, Boyd, Hardy 72.8 5 1 31 17
Ht9 Reason, Wall, E.Roccio, Gibson 73.4 1 5 32 22
Ht10 Nicolaides, Carroll, Roger, Middleditch 72.8 5 1 37 23
Ht11 J.Roccio, Campbell, Boyd, Small 74.0 5 1 42 24
Ht12 Wall, Gibb, Hawley, Reason 74.2 3 3 45 27
Ht13 E.Roccio, Middleditch, J.Roccio, Roger 74.0 4 2 49 29
Ht14 Gibb, Hardy, Gibson, Boyd 74.0 4 2 53 31
Ht15 Reason, Carroll, Nicolaides, Wall 73.6 3 3 56 34
Ht16 Middleditch, Roger, Hawley, Campbell 74.4 1 5 57 39
Ht17 Nicolaides, Carroll, Hardy, Small 73.2 5 1 62 40
Ht18 E.Roccio, Wall, J.Roccio, Reason 74.0 4 2 66 42 		1 Harris, Middleditch, Gibb, Nicolaides 68.2 5-1 5-1
2 Small, Edwards, Roccio, Campbell f 70.2 5-1 10-2
3 Hawley, Hardy, Smith, Carroll f 69.8 3-3 13-5
4 Edwards, Nicolaides, Small, Gibb 69.0 4-2 17-7
5 Smith, Hardy, Roccio, Gibson 69.2 5-1 22-8
6 Harris, Middleditch, Hawley, Carroll f 69.0 5-1 27-9
7 Hardy, Nicolaides, Smith, Gibb 70.6 4-2 31-11
8 Harris Middleditch, Roccio, Gibson 69.6 5-1 36-12
9 Small, Edwards, Hawley, Campbell 70.0 5-1 41-13
10 Harris, Middleditch, Nicolaides, Gibson 69.0 5-1 46-14
11 Small, Edwards, Campbell, Roccio 69.2 5-1 51-15
12 Smith, Hardy, Hawley, Carroll 69.8 5-1 56-16
13 Edwards, Nicolaides, Small, Gibb 69.4 4-2 60-18
14 Campbell, Hardy, Smith, Gibson 69.6 3-3 63-21
15 Harris, Middleditch, Carroll, Hawley f 69.2 5-1 68-22
16 Nicolaides, Gibson, Hardy, Smith 69.0 1-5 69-27
17 Roccio, Middleditch, Campbell, Harris f 69.6 2-4 71-31
18 Edwards, Small, Carroll, Hawley f 68.8 5-1 76-32

5th Match at Swindon
England "C"` 57 America 48
Ken Middleditch © 3 2 2 1' 2' 2 12+2 Nick Nicolaides © ex 3 1 3 3 2 12 Ht 1: (Re-Run) Middleditch, Jones (fell), Gibb (fell), Nicolaides (ex), 78.0 (3-0)
Ht 2: E. Roccio, Carroll, Small, Brown, 77.0 (4-5)
Ht 3: Hawley, Jackson, Campbell, Roger, 78.6 (6-9)
Ht 4: Nicolaides, Brown, Small, J. Roccio, 76.8 (9-12)
Ht 5: E. Roccio, Roger, Carroll, Jackson , 76.8. (11-16)
Ht 6: Hawley, Middleditch, Jones, Campbell , 78.2 (14-19)
Ht 7: Jackson, Roger, Nicolaides, J. Roccio, 77.4 (19-20)
Ht 8: E. Roccio, Middleditch, Jones, Carroll, 77.6 (22-23)
Ht 9: Hawley, Brown, Small, Campbell , 78.4 (25-26)
Ht 10: Nicolaides, Jones, Middleditch, Gibson (ret), 77.4 (28-29)
Ht 11: Small, Carroll, E. Roccio, Brown, 76.0 (31-32)
Ht 12: (Re-Run) Jackson, Roger, Campbell, Hawley (f, ex), 77.8 (36-33)
Ht 13: Nicolaides, Small, J. Roccio, Brown, 77.2 (38-37)
Ht 14: Jackson, Roger, Carroll, E. Roccio (fell), 78.0 (43-38)
Ht 15: Jones, Middleditch, Hawley, Campbell, 78.0 (48-39)
Ht 16: Jackson, Nicolaides, J. Roccio, Roger, 78.0 (51-42)
Ht 17: E. Roccio, Middleditch, Carroll, Jones, 77.8 (53-46)
Ht 18: Evans, Hawley, Small, Gibson, 78.4 (57-48)
Bob Jones f 1' 1' 2 3 0 7+2 Jimmy Gibb f - - - - - 0
Terry Small 1 1' 1' 3 2 1 9+2 Ernie Roccio 3 3 3 1' f 3 13+1
Buster Brown 0 2 2 0 0 - 4 Royal Carroll 2' 1 0 2 1 1 7+1
Bob Roger 0 2 2' 2' 2' 0 8+3 Don Hawley 3 3 3 ex 1 2 12
Gerald Jackson 2 0 3 3 3 3 14 Lloyd Campbell 1 0 0 1 0 - 2
Brian Crutcher no rides - Johnny Roccio 0 0 1 1' 2+1
Frank Evans 3 3 Johnny Gibson ret 0 0

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