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England v Australia 1934 to 1939
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1934 | Australia won series 3-2 | Attendance | ||||
OFFICIAL | Th 07.06 : Wembley | England | 38 | Australia | 69 | 50,000 |
We 20.06 : New Cross | England | 58 | Australia | 48 | ||
Mo 09.07 : Wimbledon | England | 51 | Australia | 54 | 30,000 | |
Sa 21.07 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) | England | 60½ | Australia | 45½ | ||
Tu 21.08 : West Ham | England | 50 | Australia | 57 | 80,600 | |
generally thought to be greatly exaggerated, realistically 35-40,000 |
1934 Series Points-Scorers | |||||||||||||||||||||
England | Total | Total | Australia | Total | |||||||||||||||||
Ginger Lees | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 66 | Bill Kitchen | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | Max Grosskreutz | 15 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 59 | |
Eric Langton | - | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 58 | Geoff Pymar | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | Ron Johnson | 10 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 54 | |
Joe Abbott | - | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 43 | Tiger Stevenson | 0 | - | - | 1½ | 1 | 2½ | Bluey Wilkinson | 12 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 46 | |
Tom Farndon | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 32 | Gordon Byers | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Dick Case | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 45 | |
Frank Charles | 5 | - | - | 13 | 2 | 20 | Norman Parker | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | Jack Sharp | - | 3 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 25 | |
Tommy Croombs | - | 3 | - | 3 | 7 | 13 | Joe Francis | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | Vic Huxley | 12½ | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | 21½ | |
Wally Key | 2 | 6 | - | - | - | 8 | Claude Rye | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | Lionel van Praag | 6½ | 2 | 1 | 4½ | 2 | 16 | |
Colin Watson | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 | Les Wotton | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | Frank Pearce | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
Frank Arthur | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Wally Little | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
1st Test at Wembley | |||||||||||||||||
England | 38 | Australia | 69 | ||||||||||||||
Colin Watson © | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | Vic Huxley © | f | 2 | 2 | 2½+½ | 3 | 3 | 12½+½ | ||
Les Wotton | f | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | Lionel van Praag | 2 | 0 | 1' | 2½+½ | ret | 1 | 6½+1½ | ||
Tom Farndon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | Ron Johnson | 1' | 2 | 2' | 2' | f | 3 | 10+3 | ||
Frank Charles | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1' | 0 | 5+1 | Bluey Wilkinson | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2' | 12+1 | ||
Ginger Lees | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 15 | Dick Case | 2 | 3 | 2' | 2' | 2' | 2' | 13+4 | ||
Gordon Byers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 2 | Max Grosskreutz | 1' | 2' | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15+2 | ||
Tiger Stevenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Arthur | - | ||||||||||||
Nobby Key | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Jack Sharp | - | |||||||||||
1: Watson, Praag, Huxley
f, Wotton f 78.8 3-2 2: Farndon, Wilkinson, Johnson, Charles 77.2* 3-3 6-5 3: Lees, Case, Grosskreutz, Byers 77.4 3-3 9-8 4: Charles, Huxley, Farndon, Praag 78.8 4-2 13-10 5: Lees, Johnson, Byers, Wilkinson 77.8 4-2 17-12 6: Case, Grosskreutz, Watson, Wotton 78.4 1-5 18-17 7: Lees, Huxley, Praag, Byers 77.8 3-3 21-20 8: Wilkinson, Johnson, Watson, Stevenson 79.6 1-5 22-25 9: Grosskreutz, Case, Farndon, Charles 78.0 1-5 23-30 |
10: Huxley & Praag
(dead-heat), Key, Watson 80.2 1-5 24-35 11: Wilkinson, Johnson, Charles, Farndon 79.0 1-5 25-40 12: Grosskreutz, Case, Lees, Byers 78.8 1-5 26-45 13: Huxley, Farndon, Charles, Praag ret 79.4 3-3 29-48 14: Lees, Wilkinson, Byers, Johnson f 80.0 4-2 33-50 15: Grosskreutz, Case, Watson, Key 79.2 1-5 34-55 16: Huxley, Lees, Praag, Stevenson 79.4 2-4 36-59 17: Johnson, Wilkinson, Key, Watson 81.4 1-5 37-64 18: Grosskreutz, Case, Farndon, Charles 80.2 1-5 38-69 |
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2nd Test at New Cross | |||||||||||||||||
England | 58 | Australia | 48 | ||||||||||||||
Eric Langton © | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | Vic Huxley © | 0 | 3 | f | 3 | f | - | 6 | ||
Tommy Croombs | 2' | 1 | f | f | - | f,ns | 3+1 | Lionel van Praag | - | 0 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | ||
Tom Farndon | 3 | 2 | 1' | 1 | 2' | f | 9+2 | Ron Johnson | 2 | f | 3 | f | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||
Joe Abbott | 1 | 1' | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13+1 | Bluey Wilkinson | 0 | 2 | 2' | 2 | 2' | 1' | 9+3 | ||
Ginger Lees | f,ex | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | Dick Case | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1' | 3 | 2 | 13+1 | ||
Nobby Key | 3 | 1 | 2' | f | ret | f | 6+1 | Max Grosskreutz | f,ns | 0 | ret | 2 | 1 | f | 3 | ||
Joe Francis | 0 | 0 | Frank Arthur | 1 | 1' | 2+1 | |||||||||||
Claude Rye | 0 | 0 | Jack Sharp | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
1: Langton, Croombs,
Sharp, Huxley f,rm 61.6** 5-1 2: Farndon, Johnson, Abbott, Wilkinson 61.4* 4-2 9-3 3: Key, Case, Grosskreutz f,ns, Lees f,ex 63.6 3-2 12-5 4: Huxley, Farndon, Abbott, Praag 61.2* 3-3 15-8 5: Lees, Wilkinson, Key, Johnson f 62.6 4-2 19-10 6: Langton, Case, Croombs, Grosskreutz 62.8 4-2 23-12 7: Lees, Key, Arthur, Huxley f 62.8 5-1 28-13 8: Johnson, Wilkinson, Langton f,rm, Croombs f 63.8 1-5 29-18 9: Case, Abbott, Farndon, Grosskreutz ret 62.6 3-3 32-21 |
10: Huxley, Langton,
Sharp, Croombs f 61.4 2-4 34-25 11: Abbott, Wilkinson, Farndon, Johnson f 63.2 4-2 38-27 12: Lees, Grosskreutz, Case F,rm, Key f 63.4 3-3 41-30 13: Abbott, Farndon, Sharp, Huxley f 63.6 5-1 46-31 14: Johnson, Wilkinson, Lees, Key ret 64.0 1-5 47-36 15: Case, Langton, Grosskreutz, Francis 64.0 2-4 49-40 16: Lees, Praag, Arthur, Key f 64.2 3-3 52-43 17: Langton, Johnson, Wilkinson, Rye, Croombs f,ns 63.6 3-3 55-46 18: Abbott, Case, Grosskreutz f, Farndon f 64.0 3-2 58-48 |
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3rd Test at Wimbledon | |||||||||||||||||
England | 51 | Australia | 54 | ||||||||||||||
Eric Langton © | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | Vic Huxley © | 2 | f,ns | - | - | - | 2 | |||
Bill Kitchen | (0) | (0) | 2' | (0) | 1 | 1 | 4+1 | Jack Sharp | 1' | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13+1 | ||
Tom Farndon | 1' | ex-t | 1' | 2' | f | (0) | 4+3 | Ron Johnson | 3 | 3 | f | ex-2 | 3 | f | 9 | ||
Joe Abbott | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ret | 2 | 11 | Bluey Wilkinson | (0) | 1 | f | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
Ginger Lees | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | Dick Case | 3 | 2' | ret | 1 | (0) | 1 | 7+1 | ||
Claude Rye | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | Max Grosskreutz | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | ||
Geoff Pymar | 2' | (0) | (0) | 1' | 3+2 | Frank Pearce | 1' | 2' | (0) | 3+2 | |||||||
Wal Phillips | - | Lionel van Praag | ex-t | (0) | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
1: Langton, Huxley, Sharp,
(Kitchen) 73.6 3-3 3-3 2: Johnson, Abbott, Farndon, (Wilkinson) 74.0 3-3 6-6 3: Case, Lees, Grosskreutz, Rye 76.0 2-4 8-10 4: Sharp, Abbott, Huxley f,ns, Farndon ex-t, Praag ex-t 74.4 2-3 10-13 5: Johnson, Lees, Wilkinson, Rye 75.0 2-4 12-17 6: Grosskreutz, Case, Langton, (Kitchen) 74.0 1-5 13-22 7: Lees, Pymar, Sharp, (Praag) 76.4 5-1 18-23 8: Langton, Kitchen, Johnson f, Wilkinson f 83.0 5-0 23-23 9: Grosskreutz, Abbott, Farndon, Case ret 75.0 3-3 26-26 |
10: Langton, Sharp,
Pearce, (Kitchen) 73.6 3-3 29-29 11: Abbott, Farndon, Praag, Wilkinson, Johnson ex-2 74.8 5-1 34-30 12: Grosskreutz, Lees, Case, (Pymar) 74.0 2-4 36-34 13: Sharp, Pearce, Farndon f, Abbott ret 77.2 0-5 36-39 14: Johnson, Lees, Wilkinson, (Pymar) 73.6 2-4 38-43 15: Langton, Grosskreutz, Kitchen, (Case) 73.0 4-2 42-45 16: Sharp, Lees, Pymar, (Pearce) 76.0 3-3 45-48 17: Langton, Wilkinson, Kitchen, Johnson f 73.0 4-2 49-50 18: Grosskreutz, Abbott, Case, (Farndon) 74.4 2-4 51-54 |
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4th Test at Belle Vue | |||||||||||||||||
England | 60½ | Australia | 45½ | ||||||||||||||
1 Eric Langton © | 3 | 3 | f | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 1 Vic Huxley © | f | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | ||
2 Tom Farndon | f | 2' | 1 | 1 | ret | - | 4+1 | 2 Dick Case | 2 | f | - | 2 | f | 0 | 4 | ||
3 Frank Charles | 3 | 3 | 1' | 1' | 2' | 3 | 13+3 | 3 Ron Johnson | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | ||
4 Joe Abbott | 1 | 2' | 2 | 2 | 3 | f | 10+1 | 4 Bluey Wilkinson | 0 | 1' | 2' | 0 | 1 | 1' | 5+3 | ||
5 Ginger Lees | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 Max Grosskreutz | ex | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | ||
6 Tiger Stevenson | ret | 0 | 1½ | 0 | 0 | - | 1½ | 6 Jack Sharp | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 1' | 1' | 4+2 | ||
7 Tommy Croombs | 3 | ret | 3 | 7 Lionel van Praag | 1½ | 1 | 2 | 4½ | |||||||||
8 Gordon Byers | - | 8 Wally Little | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
1: Langton, Case, Huxley
f, Farndon f 76.4* 3-2 2: Charles, Johnson, Abbott, Wilkinson 77.0 4-2 7-4 3: Lees, Sharp, Grosskreutz ex, Stevenson ret 78.0 3-2 10-6 4: Charles, Abbott, Huxley, Case f 78.0 5-1 15-7 5: Lees, Johnson, Wilkinson, Stevenson 77.8 3-3 18-10 6: Langton, Farndon, Grosskreutz, Sharp 78.6 5-1 23-11 7: Lees, Stevenson & Praag (dead-heat), Huxley 78.0 4½-1½ 27½-12½ 8: Johnson, Wilkinson, Farndon, Langton f 77.4 1-5 28½-17½ 9: Grosskreutz, Abbott, Charles, Sharp 77.4 3-3 31½-20½ |
10: Langton, Case,
Farndon, Huxley 78.8 4-2 35½-22½ 11: Johnson, Abbott, Charles, Wilkinson 79.0 3-3 38½-25½ 12: Grosskreutz, Lees, Praag, Stevenson 78.0 2-4 40½-29½ 13: Abbott, Charles, Little, Case f 84.4 5-1 45½-30½ 14: Johnson, Lees, Wilkinson, Stevenson 78.2 2-4 47½-34½ 15: Langton, Grosskreutz, Sharp, Farndon ret 78.4 3-3 50½-37½ 16: Croombs, Praag, Lees, Case 78.0 4-2 54½-39½ 17: Langton, Johnson, Wilkinson, Croombs ret 79.0 57½-42½ 18: Charles, Grosskreutz, Sharp, Abbott f 79.2 3-3 60½-45½ |
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5th Test at West Ham | |||||||||||||||||
England | 50 | Australia | 57 | ||||||||||||||
Eric Langton © | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | Ron Johnson © | 2 | 2' | 2 | 1 | f | 3 | 10+1 | ||
Tommy Croombs | 1 | - | 1 | 2' | 2 | 1' | 7+2 | Jack Sharp | 0 | 3 | 0 | ret | 2 | - | 5 | ||
Frank Charles | 2 | 0 | ret | - | - | - | 2 | Bluey Wilkinson | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | ||
Joe Abbott | 1' | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ret | 9+1 | Lionel van Praag | 0 | 1' | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | ||
Ginger Lees | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | Dick Case | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2' | 8+1 | ||
Tom Farndon | ret | ret | 3 | 3 | 1' | - | 7+1 | Max Grosskreutz | 3 | 3 | 3 | f | 3 | 3 | 15 | ||
Tiger Stevenson | ret | 1 | ex-t | 1 | Wally Little | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Norman Parker | f | 0 | 0 | Bert Spencer | - | ||||||||||||
1: Langton, Johnson,
Croombs, Sharp 81.6* 4-2 4-2 2: Wilkinson, Charles, Abbott, Praag 82.2 3-3 7-5 3: Grosskreutz, Lees, Case, Farndon ret 81.8 2-4 9-9 4: Sharp, Johnson, Abbott, Charles 84.2 1-5 10-14 5: Lees, Wilkinson, Praag, Farndon ret 83.0 3-3 13-17 6: Grosskreutz, Langton, Case, Stevenson ret 81.8 2-4 15-21 7: Farndon, Johnson, Lees, Sharp 81.6** 4-2 19-23 8: Langton, Wilkinson, Croombs, Praag 82.8 4-2 23-25 9: Grosskreutz, Abbott, Case, Charles R 84.4 2-4 25-29 |
10: Langton, Croombs,
Johnson, Sharp ret 83.4 5-1 30-30 11: Wilkinson, Abbott, Praag, N Parker f 84.6 2-4 32-34 12: Farndon, Case, Lees, Grosskreutz f 83.8 4-2 36-36 13: Abbott, Sharp, Stevenson, Johnson f 85.0 4-2 40-38 14: Wilkinson, Lees, Farndon, Praag 84.2 3-3 43-41 15: Grosskreutz, Croombs, Case, Langton 83.8 2-4 45-45 16: Johnson, Lees, Little, N Parker 83.8 2-4 47-49 17: Wilkinson, Langton, Croombs, Praag 83.6 3-3 50-52 18: Grosskreutz, Case, Stevenson ex-t, Abbott ret 85.2 0-5 50-57 |
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On the left, the England bodycolour of series top-scorer Harold "Ginger"
Lees from the Allen Trump collection |
1935 | England won series 4-1 | Attendance | ||||
OFFICIAL | Th 06.06 : Wembley | England | 56 | Australia | 52 | |
We 19.06 : New Cross | England | 59 | Australia | 46 | 30,000 | |
Sa 06.07 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) | England | 59 | Australia | 48 | 30,000 | |
Tu 30.07 : West Ham | England | 40 | Australia | 66 | 71,000 | |
Sa 24.08 : Harringay | England | 63 | Australia | 44 | 38,126 | |
By 1935 the
Australian ranks were getting a bit thin, with a mere half dozen riders
of Test standard, but still England made very hard work of winning the
opening Test at Wembley. Rain fell for most of the match, which meant
little entertainment for the fans, and only Belle Vue riders such as
Langton, Kitchen and Grosskreutz impressed (must be due tio their
familiarity with the Manchester weather). Another poor meeting followed
at New Cross, though the home crowd were pleased to see Farndon (at the
peak of his career) regain his England place after being strangely
omitted from the 1st Test and top score for his country. Plenty of fine racing, falls and incidents at Belle Vue, but a superb Langton led England to another win and an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the series. Huxley's poor form continued for Australia, while Case was nowhere near his best after a heavy crash into the fence in his first ride. England scored just one heat advantage, and supplied only 2 of the 18 race winners in a terrible display as they were surprisingly crushed by Australia on the wide open spaces of West Ham in the 4th Test. Grosskreutz led a determined Oz squad with some fine starts and received good support from all his team. When England went 10 points up after just 6 races at Harringay, the match looked all over, but by the interval the scores were level. Alas, as rain continued to fall in the second 9 heats, England's Northern riders led the team to an ultimately comfortable victory. |
1935 Series Point-Scorers | ||||||||||||||||
England | Total | Australia | Total | |||||||||||||
Eric Langton | 15 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 67 | Max Grosskreutz | 15 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 64 | |||
Tom Farndon | - | 14 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 41 | Bluey Wilkinson | 10 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 44 | |||
Frank Charles | 11 | 6 | - | 6 | 12 | 35 | Ron Johnson | 9 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 43 | |||
Bill Kitchen | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | - | 35 | Vic Huxley | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 39 | |||
Jack Parker | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 32 | Lionel van Praag | 8 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 35 | |||
Joe Abbott | 1 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 24 | Dick Case | - | 12 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 26 | |||
Jack Ormston | 5 | - | - | - | 14 | 19 | Jack Sharp | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 5 | |||
Tommy Croombs | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 18 | Mick Murphy | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | |||
Tiger Stevenson | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | ||||||||||
Norman Parker | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Bob Harrison | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
1st Test at Wembley | |||||||||||||||||
England | 56 | Australia | 52 | ||||||||||||||
1 Eric Langton © | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2' | 3 | 15+1 | 1 Vic Huxley © | 0 | 2 | 1' | ret | 2 | 1' | 6+2 | ||
2 Jack Parker | 1 | 1' | 1' | 2' | 3 | 2' | 10+4 | 2 Lionel van Praag | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1' | 2 | 8+1 | ||
3 Frank Charles | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 3 Ron Johnson | f | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2' | 1 | 9+1 | ||
4 Joe Abbott | f,ns | - | 1' | 0 | - | - | 1+1 | 4 Bluey Wilkinson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||
5 Tommy Croombs | f | 2 | ret | - | - | - | 2 | 5 Jack Sharp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
6 Jack Ormston | 2 | 0 | 3 | ex | f | ex | 5 | 6 Max Grosskreutz | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | f | 3 | 15 | ||
7 Bill Kitchen | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 Dickie Smythe | - | ||||||||
8 Bob Harrison | 0 | 0 | 8 Mick Murphy | - | |||||||||||||
1: Langton, Praag, Parker,
Huxley f,rm 79.8 4-2 4-2 2: Kitchen, Wilkinson, Charles, Johnson f, Abbott f,ns 78.4 4-2 8-4 3: Grosskreutz, Ormston, Sharp, Croombs f 79.4 2-4 10-8 4: Kitchen, Huxley, Charles, Praag 78.8 4-2 14-10 5: Johnson, Croombs, Wilkinson, Ormston 79.2 2-4 16-14 6: Grosskreutz, Langton, Parker, Sharp 78.2 3-3 19-17 7: Ormston, Praag, Huxley, Croombs ret 79.8 3-3 22-20 8: Wilkinson, Langton, Parker, Johnson 78.2 3-3 25-23 9: Grosskreutz, Charles, Abbott, Sharp 78.8 3-3 28-26 |
10: Langton, Parker,
Praag, Huxley ret 78.0 5-1 33-27 11: Johnson, Charles, Wilkinson, Abbott 80.0 2-4 35-31 12: Grosskreutz, Kitchen, Sharp, Ormston ex 78.6 2-4 37-35 13: Charles, Huxley, Praag, Harrison 80.2 3-3 40-38 14: Wilkinson, Johnson, Kitchen, Ormston f 80.4 1-5 41-43 15: Parker, Langton, Sharp, Grosskreutz f 81.6 5-1 46-44 16: Kitchen, Praag, Huxley, Ormston ex 81.6 3-3 49-47 17: Langton, Parker, Johnson, Wilkinson 80.6 5-1 54-48 18: Grosskreutz, Charles, Sharp, Kitchen 80.8 2-4 56-52 |
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2nd Test at New Cross | |||||||||||||||||
England | 59 | Australia | 46 | ||||||||||||||
Eric Langton © | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2' | 2 | 3 | 13+1 | Vic Huxley © | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1' | 8+1 | ||
Jack Parker | 2' | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8+1 | Lionel van Praag | (0) | (0) | - | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | ||
Tom Farndon | 3 | 3 | ex | 3 | 2' | 3 | 14+1 | Ron Johnson | 1 | 3 | f | f | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
Bill Kitchen | 2' | 2' | 1 | f | 3 | 2' | 10+3 | Bluey Wilkinson | ret | 2' | 2 | f,ex | 1' | f | 5+2 | ||
Frank Charles | 1' | 1 | 1' | 0 | - | 3 | 6+2 | Dick Case | 3 | 2' | 2' | 2' | 3 | f | 12+3 | ||
Joe Abbott | 2 | (0) | 2 | 1 | 3 | ret | 8 | Max Grosskreutz | f | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||
Tommy Croombs | ret | 0 | Jack Sharp | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Geoff Pymar | - | Dickie Smythe | - | ||||||||||||||
1: Langton, Parker,
Huxley, (Praag) 62.0 5-1 5-1 2: Farndon, Kitchen, Johnson, Wilkinson ret 60.6 5-1 10-2 3: Case, Abbott, Charles, Grosskreutz f 62.6 3-3 13-5 4: Farndon, Kitchen, Huxley (Praag) 61.2 5-1 18-6 5: Johnson, Wilkinson, Charles, (Abbott) 62.3 1-5 19-11 6: Grosskreutz, Case, Parker, Langton 61.3 1-5 20-16 7: Huxley, Abbott, Charles, Sharp 62.5 3-3 23-19 8: Langton, Wilkinson, Parker, Johnson f 62.2 4-2 27-21 9: Grosskreutz, Case, Kitchen, Farndon ex 61.8 1-5 28-26 |
10: Parker, Langton,
Huxley, Praag 62.8 5-1 33-27 11: Farndon, Wilkinson f,ex, Kitchen f, Johnson f 65.6 3-0 36-27 12: Grosskreutz, Case, Abbott, Charles 61.8 1-5 37-32 13: Kitchen, Farndon, Huxley, Sharp 63.3 5-1 42-33 14: Abbott, Johnson, Wilkinson, Croombs ret 62.3 3-3 45-36 15: Case, Langton, Grosskreutz, Parker 62.2 2-4 47-40 16: Charles, Praag, Huxley, Abbott ret 62.7 3-3 50-43 17: Langton, Johnson, Parker, Wilkinson f 62.3 4-2 54-45 18: Farndon, Kitchen, Grosskreutz f,rm, Case f 65.0 5-1 59-46 |
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3rd Test at Belle Vue | |||||||||||||||||
England | 59 | Australia | 48 | ||||||||||||||
Eric Langton © | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | Vic Huxley © | 2 | 1 | f | 1' | 1 | 1 | 6+1 | ||
Jack Parker | 1 | 2' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | Ron Johnson | f | ret | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | ||
Tom Farndon | 2 | 2' | 2' | 2 | ret | 3 | 11+2 | Bluey Wilkinson | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | f | 1' | 13+1 | ||
Bill Kitchen | f | 3 | 3 | 1' | 2 | 1 | 10+1 | Lionel van Praag | 1 | ret | 1 | (0) | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
Joe Abbott | 2 | 1' | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13+1 | Dick Case | f,ns | - | - | 1' | 2 | - | 3+1 | ||
Tommy Croombs | 1' | 2 | f | f | 2' | ret | 5+2 | Max Grosskreutz | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1' | 2 | 9+1 | ||
Tiger Stevenson | - | Jack Sharp | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Bob Harrison | - | Mick Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1: Langton, Huxley, Parker
f,rm, Johnson f 78.0 4-2 4-2 2: Wilkinson, Farndon, Praag, Kitchen f 78.4 2-4 6-6 3: Grosskreutz, Abbott, Croombs, Sharp, Case f,ns 77.6 9-9 4: Kitchen, Farndon, Huxley, Johnson ret 78.2 5-1 14-10 5: Wilkinson, Croombs, Abbott, Praag ret 78.4 3-3 17-13 6: Langton, Parker, Sharp, Grosskreutz 79.6 5-1 22-14 7: Johnson, Abbott, Croombs f, Huxley f 78.8 2-3 24-17 8: Wilkinson, Langton, Praag, Parker 79.2 2-4 26-21 9: Kitchen, Farndon, Grosskreutz, Murphy 79.0 5-1 31-22 |
10: Langton, Johnson,
Huxley, Parker 78.4 3-3 34-25 11: Wilkinson, Farndon, Kitchen, (Praag) 78.8 3-3 37-28 12: Abbott, Grosskreutz, Case, Croombs f 79.0 3-3 40-31 13: Johnson, Kitchen, Huxley, Farndon ret 78.8 2-4 42-35 14: Abbott, Croombs, Praag, Wilkinson f 80.0 5-1 47-36 15: Langton, Case, Grosskreutz, Parker 79.4 3-3 50-39 16: Johnson, Abbott, Huxley, Croombs ret 78.6 2-4 52-43 17: Langton, Praag, Wilkinson, Parker 80.0 3-3 55-46 18: Farndon, Grosskreutz, Kitchen, Murphy 79.6 4-2 59-48 |
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4th Test at West Ham | |||||||||||||||||
England | 40 | Australia | 66 | ||||||||||||||
Eric Langton © | 2 | 0 | f | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | Vic Huxley © | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2' | f | 9+1 | ||
Frank Charles | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1' | 0 | 1' | 6+2 | Ron Johnson | 1 | 3 | f | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | ||
Tommy Croombs | 2 | 2 | 3 | ret | ex | 2 | 9 | Bluey Wilkinson | ret | 1 | 2 | ret | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||
Tiger Stevenson | 1' | ret | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | Lionel van Praag | 3 | 3 | 1' | 3 | 2' | ret | 12+2 | ||
Tom Farndon | 1 | 2 | 1' | 2 | ex | - | 6+1 | Max Grosskreutz | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | ||
Bill Kitchen | 0 | 0 | - | 1' | f | 2 | 3+1 | Dick Case | 2' | 2' | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6+2 | ||
Joe Abbott | 2 | 2 | Mick Murphy | f | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Jack Parker | 1 | 1' | 2+1 | Jack Sharp | - | ||||||||||||
1: Huxley, Langton,
Johnson, Charles 81.2* 2-4 2-4 2: Praag, Croombs, Stevenson, Wilkinson ret 81.4 3-3 5-7 3: Grosskreutz, Case, Farndon, Kitchen 82.4 1-5 6-12 4: Johnson, Croombs, Huxley, Stevenson ret 81.4 2-4 8-16 5: Praag, Farndon, Wilkinson, Kitchen 81.8 2-4 10-20 6: Grosskreutz, Case, Charles, Langton 82.4 1-5 11-25 7: Huxley, Abbott, Farndon, Johnson f 83.0 3-3 14-28 8: Charles, Wilkinson, Praag, Langton f 82.6 3-3 17-31 9: Croombs, Grosskreutz, Parker, Murphy f 83.8 4-2 21-33 |
10: Johnson, Langton,
Charles, Huxley 82.2 3-3 24-36 11: Praag, Stevenson, Croombs ret, Wilkinson ret 85.4 26-39 12: Grosskreutz, Farndon, Kitchen, Murphy 82.8 3-3 29-42 13: Johnson, Huxley, Stevenson, Croombs ex 82.2 1-5 30-47 14: Wilkinson, Praag, Farndon F,rm,ex , Kitchen f 83.8 30-52 15: Grosskreutz, Langton, Case, Charles 83.4 2-4 32-56 16: Johnson, Kitchen, Parker, Huxley f 85.6 3-3 35-59 17: Wilkinson, Langton, Charles, Praag ret 83.8 3-3 38-62 18: Grosskreutz, Croombs, Case, Stevenson 83.2 2-4 40-66 excluded for exceeding the maximum race time |
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5th Test at Harringay | |||||||||||||||||
England | 63 | Australia | 44 | The "pirate" Harringay programme | |||||||||||||
1 Eric Langton © | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2' | 2' | 14+2 | 1 Vic Huxley © | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | can be seen here | |
2 Jack Parker | f | 2' | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9+1 | 2 Ron Johnson | 1' | 0 | 1 | 0 | f | - | 2+1 | ||
3 Tom Farndon | 3 | 2' | 0 | 2' | 2' | 1' | 10+4 | 3 Bluey Wilkinson | f | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | f | 7 | ||
4 Jack Ormston | 2' | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14+1 | 4 Lionel van Praag | 1 | 3 | 2' | 1 | f | 1 | 8+1 | ||
5 Frank Charles | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 5 Dick Case | f | 1 | 2' | 2' | ret | - | 5+2 | ||
6 Joe Abbott | f,ns | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 Max Grosskreutz | 3 | f | 3 | 3 | ret | 3 | 12 | ||
7 Norman Parker | 1' | ret | 0 | 1' | 2+2 | 7 Jack Sharp | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
8 Tommy Croombs | 0 | 2' | 2+1 | 8 Dickie Smythe | - | ||||||||||||
1: Langton, Huxley,
Johnson, J Parker f 72.4 3-3 3-3 2: Farndon, Ormston, Praag, Wilkinson f 73.4 5-1 8-4 3: Grosskreutz, Charles,N Parker, Case f, Abbott f,ns 73.2 11-7 4: Ormston, Farndon, Huxley, Johnson 73.0 5-1 16-8 5: Praag, Charles, Wilkinson, N Parker ret 73.6 2-4 18-12 6: Langton, J Parker, Case, Grosskreutz f 74.4 5-1 23-13 7: Huxley, Charles, Johnson, Croombs 74.8 2-4 25-17 8: Wilkinson, Praag, Langton, J Parker 74.2 1-5 26-22 9: Grosskreutz, Case, Ormston, Farndon 74.0 1-5 27-27 |
10: Langton, Huxley, J
Parker, Johnson 75.0 4-2 31-29 11: Ormston, Farndon, Praag, Wilkinson 73.8 5-1 36-30 12: Grosskreutz, Case, Charles, N Parker 75.2 1-5 37-35 13: Ormston, Farndon, Huxley, Johnson f 74.2 5-1 42-36 14: Wilkinson, Charles, N Parker, Praag f 77.8 3-3 45-39 15: J Parker, Langton, Case ret, Grosskreutz ret 76.2 5-0 50-39 16: Charles, Croombs, Huxley, Sharp 75.0 5-1 55-40 17: J Parker, Langton, Praag, Wilkinson f 75.0 5-1 60-41 18: Grosskreutz, Ormston, Farndon, Sharp 74.8 3-3 63-44 |
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Note : THIS MATCH NOW MOVED TO ENGLAND v AUSTRALASIA HERE | ||||||
1935 | 30.07 : Plymouth | England | 25 | Australia | 29 | |
UNOFFICIAL | This was a "Junior Test Match" |
1936 | England won series 3-2 | Attendance | ||||
OFFICIAL | Th 28.05 : Wembley | England | 65 | Australia | 43 | |
We 17.06 : New Cross | England | 49 | Australia | 56 | ||
Sa 04.07 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) | England | 70 | Australia | 38 | 50,000 | |
Mo 20.07 : Wimbledon | England | 58 | Australia | 47 | ||
Tu 18.08 : West Ham | England | 35 | Australia | 73 |
1936 Series Point-Scorers | ||||||||||||||||
England | Total | Australia | Total | |||||||||||||
Team Manager : Alec Jackson | Team Manager : Norman Pritchard | |||||||||||||||
Frank Charles | 13 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 68 | Lionel van Praag | 4 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 57 | |||
Eric Langton | 12 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 44 | Bluey Wilkinson | 11 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 49 | |||
Bill Kitchen | 5 | - | 16 | 11 | 8 | 40 | Dick Case | 2 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 42 | |||
Jack Parker | 12 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 32 | Vic Huxley | 7 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 38 | |||
George Newton | 16 | 7 | - | 1 | 4 | 28 | Max Grosskreutz | 13 | 12 | - | - | 10 | 35 | |||
Joe Abbott | 5 | 6 | 13 | - | - | 24 | Ron Johnson | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 24 | |||
Wal Phillips | - | - | 7 | 9 | - | 16 | Eric Collins | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||
Ginger Lees | 2 | 4 | - | 2 | - | 8 | Billy Lamont | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | |||
Arthur Atkinson | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | Jack Sharp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 2 | |||
Stan Greatrex | - | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | Mick Murphy | - | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | |||
Jack Ormston | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | Dickie Smythe | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |||
Tommy Croombs | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Gus Kuhn | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
These beautiful plaques were presented to the riders who took part in the England v Australia Test series in the 1930's. This one, still in excellent condition, was presented to England's H R "Ginger" Lees for his four appearnaces (4 stars at the top) in the 1936 series. This comes from the collection of Allen Trump. |
1st Test at Wembley | |||||||||||||||||
England | 65 | Australia | 43 | ||||||||||||||
Frank Charles © | 3 | ? | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | Max Grosskreutz © | 1' | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13+1 | ||
Joe Abbott | ? | 2 | ? | 1' | ? | 2' | 5+2 | Dick Case | 2 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2 | ||
Eric Langton | 2' | 1 | 3 | 2' | 1' | 3 | 12+3 | Vic Huxley | 1 | ? | 1' | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7+1 | ||
Jack Parker | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ? | 12 | Lionel van Praag | ? | 2 | 2 | ? | ? | ? | 4 | ||
Bill Kitchen | 1 | 1 | 1' | 1 | 1' | - | 5+2 | Ron Johnson | ? | 1 | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
George Newton | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | Bluey Wilkinson | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1' | 11+1 | ||
Ginger Lees | 2' | 2+1 | Jack Sharp | ? | 0 | ||||||||||||
Gus Kuhn | - | Dickie Smythe | ? | 0 | |||||||||||||
1: Charles, Case,
Grosskreutz 75.0 3-3 3-3 2: Parker, Langton, Huxley 77.0 5-1 8-4 3: Newton, Wilkinson, Kitchen 77.6 4-2 12-6 4: Parker, Grosskreutz, Langton 76.8 4-2 16-8 5: Newton, Praag, Kitchen 77.4 4-2 20-10 6: Wilkinson, Abbott, Johnson 77.4 2-4 22-14 7: Grosskreutz, Newton, Kitchen 77.2 3-3 25-17 8: Charles, Praag, Huxley 78.2 3-3 28-20 9: Langton, Wilkinson, Parker 77.6 4-2 32-22 |
10: Grosskreutz, Charles,
Abbott 78.6 3-3 35-25 11: Parker, Langton, Huxley 78.4 5-1 40-26 12: Newton, Wilkinson, Kitchen 78.8 4-2 44-28 13: Grosskreutz, Parker, Langton 77.8 3-3 47-31 14: Huxley, Newton, Kitchen 78.2 3-3 50-34 15: Johnson, Charles, Wilkinson 77.6 2-4 52-38 16: Newton, Lees, Grosskreutz 81.6 5-1 57-39 17: Charles, Abbott, Huxley 78.6 5-1 62-40 18: Langton, Johnson, Wilkinson 78.8 3-3 65-43 No 4th place finishers available |
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2nd Test at New Cross | |||||||||||||||||
England | 49 | Australia | 56 | ||||||||||||||
Frank Charles © | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | Ron Johnson © | 2 | 1' | f | 0 | f,ns | - | 3+1 | ||
Joe Abbott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2' | 1 | 2' | 6+2 | Lionel van Praag | f | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | ||
Eric Langton | 0 | 0 | f | - | - | - | 0 | Max Grosskreutz | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | f,ns | 12 | ||
Jack Parker | 3 | 3 | 2 | ret | f,ns | 0 | 8 | Bluey Wilkinson | 1' | 1' | 1' | 2' | 2' | 0 | 7+5 | ||
George Newton | 2 | 3 | f | ret | f | 2 | 7 | Vic Huxley | 1 | 1' | ex | f | 0 | 2' | 4+2 | ||
Stan Greatrex | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | f | 5 | Dick Case | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | ||
Ginger Lees | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Jack Sharp | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Jack Ormston | 1' | 1+1 | Mick Murphy | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
1:
Charles, Johnson, Abbott, Praag f 59.2 4-2 4-2 2: Parker, Grosskreutz, Wilkinson, Langton 60.8 3-3 7-5 3: Case, Newton, Huxley, Greatrex 60.0 2-4 9-9 4: Parker, Praag, Johnson, Langton 60.8 3-312-12 5: Newton, Grosskreutz, Wilkinson, Greatrex 60.4 3-3 15-15 6: Charles, Case, Huxley, Abbott 59.4 3-3 18-18 7: Praag, Greatrex, Johnson f, Newton f 62.4 2-3 20-21 8: Charles, Grosskreutz, Wilkinson, Abbott 60.0 3-3 23-24 9: Case, Parker, Langton f, Huxley ex 61.6 2-3 25-27 10: Charles, Abbott, Praag, Johnson 60.2 5-1 30-28 |
11: Grosskreutz,
Wilkinson, Lees, Parker ret 62.2 1-5 31-33 12: Case, Greatrex, Huxley f, Newton ret 61.6 2-3 33-36 13: Praag, Lees, Ormston, Sharp, Johnson f,ns, Parker f,ns 62.6 3-3 36-39 14: Grosskreutz, Wilkinson, Greatrex, Newton f 61.0 1-5 37-44 15: Charles, Case, Abbott, Huxley 59.8 4-2 41-46 16: Praag, Newton, Murphy, Greatrex F, Sharp f,ns 62.2 43-50 17: Charles, Abbott, Murphy, Wilkinson, Grosskreutz f,ns 60.8 5-1 48-51 18: Case, Huxley, Lees, Parker 62.6 1-5 49-56 |
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3rd Test at Belle Vue | |||||||||||||||||
England | 70 | Australia | 38 | ||||||||||||||
1 Frank Charles © | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 1 Lionel van Praag© | 2 | 3 | 2 | ret | 1' | 3 | 11+1 | ||
2 Joe Abbott | 3 | 2' | 2' | 2' | 2' | 2' | 13+5 | 2 Ron Johnson | 0 | 2' | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2' | 7+2 | ||
3 Eric Langton | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 3 Vic Huxley | 2 | f | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
4 Jack Parker | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1' | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 4 Bluey Wilkinson | 0 | 2 | ret | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
5 Bill Kitchen | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 5 Dick Case | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1' | 8+1 | ||
6 Wal Phillips | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2' | 2' | 0 | 7+2 | 6 Jack Sharp | 0 | f | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
7 Ginger Lees | - | 7 Mick Murphy | f,ns | - | |||||||||||||
8 Bob Harrison | - | 8 Billy Lamont | f | ex-t | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
1: Abbott, Praag, Charles,
Johnson 78.4 4-2 4-2 2: Parker, Huxley, Langton, Wilkinson 79.4 4-2 8-4 3: Kitchen, Case, Phillips, Sharp 77.8 4-2 12-6 4: Praag, Johnson, Langton, Parker 79.4 1-5 13-11 5: Kitchen, Wilkinson, Phillips, Huxley f 79.2 4-2 17-13 6: Charles, Abbott, Case, Sharp f 77.6 5-1 22-14 7: Kitchen, Praag, Phillips, Johnson 79.6 2-4 26-16 8: Charles, Abbott, Huxley, Wilkinson ret 78.4 5-1 31-17 9: Langton, Case, Parker, Lamont f, Murphy f,ns 79.4 35-19 |
10: Charles, Abbott,
Johnson, Praag ret 77.2 5-1 40-20 11: Wilkinson, Langton, Parker, Huxley 80.0 3-3 43-23 12: Kitchen, Phillips, Case, Lamont ex-t 79.8 5-1 48-24 13: Langton, Johnson, Praag, Parker 80.0 3-3 51-27 14: Kitchen, Phillips, Wilkinson, Huxley 79.8 5-1 56-28 15: Charles, Abbott, Case, Lamont 80.2 5-1 61-29 16: Praag, Johnson, Kitchen, Phillips 80.2 1-5 62-34 17: Charles, Abbott, Huxley, Wilkinson 79.8 5-1 67-35 18: Langton, Lamont, Case, Parker 81.8 3-3 70-38 |
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Page 3 of Wimbledon programme. (Front | 4th Test at Wimbledon | ||||||||||||||||
cover - Union flag; rear - Australian flag) | England | 58 | Australia | 47 | |||||||||||||
Frank Charles © | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | Vic Huxley © | f | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | ||
Ginger Lees | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 | Eric Collins | 2 | 0 | 1' | 1 | f | f | 4+1 | ||
Eric Langton | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | Lionel van Praag | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | ||
Jack Parker | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1' | 1 | 1 | 7+1 | Ron Johnson | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | ||
Bill Kitchen | 3 | 3 | f | 3 | 2 | ex | 11 | Dick Case | ret | 0 | 2 | f | 3 | f | 5 | ||
Wal Phillips | f | 1 | 3 | 2' | 1' | 2 | 9+2 | Bluey Wilkinson | 2 | 2 | 1' | f | 2' | 2 | 9+2 | ||
George Newton | 1 | f | 1 | Jack Sharp | 1 | f | 1' | 2+1 | |||||||||
Claude Rye | - | Mick Murphy | - | ||||||||||||||
1: Charles, Collins, Lees,
Huxley f 72.6 4-2 4-2 2: Parker, Praag, Langton, Johnson 72.2 4-2 8-4 3: Kitchen, Wilkinson, Case ret, Phillips f 72.0 3-2 11-6 4: Langton, Huxley, Parker, Collins 72.0 4-2 15-8 5: Kitchen, Praag, Phillips, Johnson 73.0 4-2 19-10 6: Charles, Wilkinson, Lees, Case 73.4 4-2 23-12 7: Phillips, Huxley, Collins, Kitchen f 74.0 3-3 26-15 8: Praag, Charles, Sharp, Lees 72.2 2-4 28-19 9: Langton, Case, Wilkinson, Parker 72.2 3-3 31-22 |
10: Huxley, Charles,
Collins, Lees 72.0 2-4 33-26 11: Praag, Langton, Parker, Johnson 72.4 3-3 36-29 12: Kitchen, Phillips, Wilkinson f, Case f 72.4 5-0 41-29 13: Langton, Huxley, Parker, Collins f 72.0 4-2 45-31 14: Praag, Kitchen, Phillips, Sharp f 72.8 3-3 48-34 15: Case, Wilkinson, Newton, Charles 74.0 1-5 49-39 16: Huxley, Phillips, Collins f, Kitchen ex 73.0 2-3 51-42 17: Charles, Praag, Sharp, Newton f 72.4 3-3 54-45 18: Langton, Wilkinson, Parker, Case f 74.0 4-2 58-47 |
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5th Test at West Ham | |||||||||||||||||
England | 35 | Australia | 73 | ||||||||||||||
1 Eric Langton © | 1 | ret | 3 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 1 Bluey Wilkinson© | 3 | 2' | 3 | 2' | 3 | 3 | 16+2 | ||
2 Jack Parker | f | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 Dick Case | f,ns | 3 | 2' | 3 | 2' | 1 | 11+2 | ||
3 Frank Charles | 2 | 0 | 3 | f | f | 3 | 8 | 3 Lionel van Praag | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2' | 15+1 | ||
4 George Newton | f | 1 | ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 Ron Johnson | 1 | 1 | f | 2' | 1' | 3 | 8+2 | ||
5 Bill Kitchen | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | f | 0 | 8 | 5 Max Grosskreutz | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2' | 0 | 10+1 | ||
6 Arthur Atkinson | ret | 0 | ret | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 Vic Huxley | 1 | 2' | 1' | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11+2 | ||
7 Jack Ormston | 1 | 1 | 1 | f | ex-t | 3 | 7 Eric Collins | 2' | 2+1 | ||||||||
8 Tommy Croombs | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 Charlie Spinks | - | ||||||||||||
1: Wilkinson, Collins,
Langton, Parker f, Case f,ns 83.0 1-5 1-5 2: Praag, Charles, Johnson, Newton f 82.6 2-4 3-9 3: Grosskreutz, Kitchen, Huxley, Atkinson ret 82.8 2-4 5-13 4: Case, Wilkinson, Newton, Charles 82.2 1-5 6-18 5: Praag, Kitchen, Johnson, Atkinson 83.6 2-4 8-22 6: Grosskreutz, Huxley, Ormston, Langton ret 83.2 1-5 9-27 7: Wilkinson, Case, Kitchen, Atkinson ret 82.4 1-5 10-32 8: Langton, Praag, Ormston, Johnson f 83.0 4-2 14-34 9: Charles, Grosskreutz, Huxley, Newton ret 83.0 3-3 17-37 |
10: Case, Wilkinson,
Ormston, Langton 81.2 1-5 18-42 11: Praag, Johnson, Newton f,pushed, Charles f 82.2 1-5 19-47 12: Kitchen, Huxley, Atkinson, Grosskreutz 81.6 4-2 23-49 13: Wilkinson, Case, Newton, Charles 82.6 1-5 24-54 14: Atkinson, Praag, Johnson, Kitchen f 83.0 3-3 27-57 15: Huxley, Grosskreutz, Croombs, Ormston f 84.0 1-5 28-62 16: Wilkinson, Atkinson, Case, Kitchen 83.6 2-4 30-66 17: Johnson, Praag, Croombs, Ormston ex-t 85.0 1-5 31-71 18: Charles, Huxley, Newton, Grosskreutz 82.4 4-2 35-73 |
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1936 | Fr 18.09 : Bristol | England | 33 | Australia | 21 | Att: 8,650 |
UNOFFICIAL | George Newton | 9 | Norman Evans (Eng) | 7 | ||
Roy Dook | 6 | Bill Rogers | 7 | |||
Wal Morton | 6 | Bert Spencer | 5 | |||
Harry Shepherd | 5 | Jack Hobson | 2 | |||
Fred Leavis | 5 | Eric Collins | 0 | |||
Dick Hollis | 2 | Dick Wise | 0 | |||
1937 | England win series 1-0 | |||||
OFFICIAL | Th 27.05 : Wembley | England | 66 | Australia | 41 | Att : 48,000 |
Tu 15.06 : West Ham | England | v. | Australia | Cancelled | ||
Sa 03.07 : Belle Vue | England | v. | Australia | Cancelled | ||
We 21.07 : New Cross | England | v. | Australia | Cancelled | ||
Mo 23.08 : Wimbledon | England | v. | Australia | Cancelled | ||
Due to the weakness of the Australian team, this projected 5-match series was curtailed after one match, and replaced by an England v Overseas series. Australia were without Huxley (retired), and Grosskreutz (now a promoter at Norwich), and would have lost Ron Johnson (suspended). Bluey Wilkinson would also have missed the planned 2nd Test due to injury. |
England 66 | Team Manager: Alec Jackson | ||||||||||
Frank Charles © | 2 | 3 | 1' | 2 | ? | ? | 8+1 | 1: Praag, Charles,
Ormston 3-3 3-3 2: Wilkinson, Parker, Langton 3-3 6-6 3: Atkinson, Kitchen, Case 5-1 11-7 4: Praag, Langton, Parker 3-3 14-10 5: Wilkinson, Atkinson, Kitchen 3-3 17-13 6: Charles, Ormston, Case 5-1 22-14 7: Collins, Kitchen 2-3 24-17 8: Wilkinson, Ormston, Charles 3-3 27-20 9: Langton, Parker, Case 5-1 32-21 10: Praag, Charles, Ormston 3-3 35-24 11: Parker, Wilkinson, Langton 4-2 39-26 12: Atkinson, Kitchen, Johnson 5-1 44-27 13: Parker, Langton, Praag 5-1 49-28 14: Wilkinson, Kitchen, Atkinson 3-3 52-31 15: Ormston, Mitchell, Case 3-3 55-34 16: Atkinson, Praag, Kitchen 4-2 59-36 17: Wilkinson, Ormston, Johnson 2-4 61-40 18: Langton, Parker, Case 5-1 66-41 4th places & non-finishers not available |
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Jack Ormston | 1' | 2' | 2 | 1' | 3 | 2 | 11+3 | ||||
Eric Langton | 1' | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2' | 3 | 12+2 | ||||
Jack Parker | 2 | 1' | 2' | 3 | 3 | 2' | 13+3 | ||||
Bill Kitchen | 2' | 1' | 2 | 2' | 2 | 1 | 10+3 | ||||
Arthur Atkinson | 3 | 2 | ? | 3 | 1' | 3 | 12+1 | ||||
Ginger Lees | 0 | ||||||||||
Tommy Croombs | 0 | ||||||||||
Australia 41 | Team Manager: Norman Pritchard | ||||||||||
Lionel van Praag © | 3 | 3 | ? | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||||
Eric Collins | ? | ? | 3 | ? | ? | ? | 3 | ||||
Bluey Wilkinson | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 17 | ||||
Charlie Spinks | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | - | 0 | ||||
Dick Case | 1 | 1 | 1 | ? | 1' | 1 | 5+1 | ||||
Clem Mitchell | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2 | ? | 2 | ||||
Ron Johnson | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Ernie Evans | 0 | ||||||||||
1937 | Australia won series 5-0 | Attendance | ||||
DIV.2 | Tu 13.07 : Nottingham | England | 53 | Australia | 55 | 15,000 |
Fr 30.07 : Bristol | England | 29 | Australia | 78 | 12,723 | |
Th 05.08 : Belle Vue Mersey | England | 48 | Australia | 60 | ||
We 25.08 : Southampton | England | 43 | Australia | 64 | ||
We 08.09 : Birmingham (Hall Green) | England | 51 | Australia | 56 |
With the "senior"
Test Series abandoned, the Australians were asked to field their
strongest possible teams in a 5-match series of international matches
(NOT Test Matches) against teams of English riders from the National
Provincial League (effectively a 2nd Division). The
England team in this series was sometimes referred to in the speedway
press and programmes as Provincial Riders, English
Provincial League, English Provincial Riders, or Provinces. The 3rd match was originally due to be held at Liverpool but the track closed. The league team - and this match - was moved to Belle Vue (Hyde Road) |
1937 Div.2 Series Point-Scorers | |||||||||||||||||||||
England | Total | Total | Australia | Total | |||||||||||||||||
George Greenwood | 8 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 50 | Ted Bravery | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | 6 | Lionel van Praag | 18 | 17 | - | 11 | 15 | 61 | |
Harry Shepherd | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 27 | Cyril Anderson | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | Dick Case | 13 | - | 16 | 12 | 6 | 47 | |
Syd Griffiths | - | - | - | 14 | 9 | 23 | George Dykes | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | Bluey Wilkinson | - | 17 | 14 | - | 15 | 46 | |
Fred Strecker | 9 | - | - | 9 | - | 18 | Wilf Jay | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | Eric Collins | 7 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 43 | |
Billy Dallison | 14 | 2 | - | 0 | - | 16 | Fred Leavis | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | Bill Rogers | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 28 | |
Frank Goulden | 8 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 14 | Tommy Allott | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | Charlie Spinks | - | 0 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 26 | |
Wal Morton | - | - | - | - | 14 | 14 | Tommy Price | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Ron Johnson | 1 | 10 | - | - | - | 11 | |
Les Bowden | 1 | - | 8 | - | 2 | 11 | Malcolm Craven | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Bert Jones | - | - | - | 11 | - | 11 | |
Stan Hart | - | 1 | 8 | - | - | 9 | Paul Goodchild | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Dickie Smythe | - | - | - | 10 | - | 10 | |
Ernie Price | - | - | 7 | - | - | 7 | Roy Dook | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | Ernie Evans | - | 8 | - | - | - | 8 | |
Tiger Hart | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | Eric Blain | - | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | Bert Spencer | - | - | 7 | - | - | 7 | |
The Liverpool rider, NOT the 1949 World Champion | Vic Duggan | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Steve Langton | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Billy Lamont | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Mick Murphy | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 |
1st Match at Nottingham | |||||||||||||||||
England | 53 | Australia | 55 | ||||||||||||||
Team Manager: Fred Whitehead | Team Manager: Bluey Wilkinson | ||||||||||||||||
George Greenwood© | 1 | 3 | 1' | 1' | ret | 2 | 8+2 | Lionel van Praag © | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||
Fred Strecker | f | 2' | 2 | 2 | 3 | f | 9+1 | Bill Rogers | 2' | (0) | 2' | 0 | 1 | 2' | 7+3 | ||
Billy Dallison | 3 | 1' | 2' | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14+2 | Dick Case | f | 2' | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13+1 | ||
Frank Goulden | 2' | 2 | 3 | (0) | (0) | 1 | 8+1 | Vic Duggan | 1 | 3 | (0) | 1' | (0) | 1 | 6+1 | ||
Harry Shepherd | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2' | 1' | f | 7+2 | Eric Collins | 3 | 1 | (0) | (0) | 1' | 2 | 7+1 | ||
Tommy Price | 1' | (0) | 0 | - | - | - | 1+1 | Ron Johnson | (0) | (0) | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | ||
George Dykes | 3 | 2 | 5 | Billy Lamont | 1 | 2 | (0) | 3 | |||||||||
Les Bowden | 1 | 1 | Dick Wise | - | |||||||||||||
1: Praag, Rogers,
Greenwood, Strecker f 73.91 1-5 1-5 2: Dallison, Goulden, Duggan, Case f 76.60 5-1 6-6 3: Collins, Shepherd, Price, (Johnson?) 76.37 3-3 9-9 4: Praag, Goulden, Dallison, (Rogers?) 74.53 3-3 12-12 5: Duggan, Case, Shepherd, (Price?) 77.84 1-5 13-17 6: Greenwood, Strecker, Collins, (Johnson?) 76.35 5-1 18-18 7: Praag, Rogers, Shepherd, Price 76.00 1-5 19-23 8: Case, Strecker, Greenwood, (Duggan?) 76.84 3-3 22-26 9: Goulden, Dallison, Johnson, (Collins?) 76.11 5-1 27-27 |
10: Praag, Strecker,
Greenwood, Rogers 74.78 3-3 30-30 11: Dallison, Case, Duggan, (Goulden?) 76.37 3-3 33-33 12: Dykes, Shepherd, Lamont, (Collins?) 78.21 5-1 38-34 13: Praag, Dallison, Rogers, (Goulden?) 75.02 2-4 40-38 14: Case, Dykes, Shepherd, (Duggan?) 78.22 3-3 43-41 15: Strecker, Lamont, Collins, Greenwood ret 77.46 3-3 46-44 16: Praag, Rogers, Bowden, Shepherd f 78.68 1-5 47-49 17: Case, Greenwood, Duggan, Strecker f 79.51 2-4 49-53 18: Dallison, Collins, Goulden, (Lamont?) 77.59 4-2 53-55 |
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2nd Match at Bristol | the Union flag, the rear cover is the | ||||||||||||||||
England | 29 | Australia | 78 | Australian flag. Below is page 3 | |||||||||||||
George Greenwood | 1' | 0 | 1' | 3 | 2 | ret | 7+2 | Eric Collins | 3 | 3 | 2' | 1' | 2' | 3 | 14+3 | ||
Harry Shepherd | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | Charlie Spinks | 0 | f | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
Frank Goulden | 1 | 1' | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5+1 | Lionel van Praag | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2' | 3 | 17+1 | ||
Roy Dook | f | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | Ernie Evans | 2' | 1 | 0 | 2' | 3 | - | 8+2 | ||
Billy Dallison | 0 | 2 | 0 | f,ns | - | - | 2 | Bluey Wilkinson | 2' | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17+1 | ||
Fred Leavis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Bill Rogers | 3 | 2' | 2' | 2' | 1 | 2' | 12+4 | ||
Tommy Allott | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Ron Johnson | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2' | 10+1 | |||||
Stan Hart | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Mick Murphy | ret | 0 | ||||||||||
1: Collins, Shepherd,
Greenwood, Spinks 68.8 3-3 3-3 2: Praag, Evans, Goulden, Dook f 69.0 1-5 4-8 3: Rogers, Wilkinson, Leavis, Dallison 70.8 1-5 5-13 4: Collins, Allott, Goulden, Spinks f 69.8 3-3 8-16 5: Praag, Dallison, Evans, Leavis 69.4 2-4 10-20 6: Wilkinson, Rogers, Shepherd, Greenwood 70.6 1-5 11-25 7: Johnson, Collins, Leavis, Dallison 69.6 1-5 12-30 8: Praag, Shepherd, Greenwood, Evans 70.2 3-3 15-33 9: Wilkinson, Rogers, Allott, Goulden 70.8 1-5 16-38 |
10: Greenwood, Johnson,
Collins, Shepherd 69.8 3-3 19-41 11: Praag, Evans, Goulden, Allott 69.4 1-5 20-46 12: Wilkinson, Rogers, Leavis, Hart, Dallison f,ns 70.8 21-51 13: Johnson, Collins, Goulden, Allott 70.2 1-5 22-56 14: Evans, Praag, Leavis, Hart 70.4 1-5 23-61 15: Wilkinson, Greenwood, Rogers, Shepherd 71.2 2-4 25-65 16: Collins, Johnson, Hart, Leavis 70.2 1-5 26-70 17: Praag, Shepherd, Greenwood ret, Murphy ret 71.8 2-3 28-73 18: Wilkinson, Rogers, Goulden, Allott 72.0 1-5 29-78 |
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3rd Match at Belle Vue (Mersey) | |||||||||||||||||
England | 48 | Australia | 60 | ||||||||||||||
Stan Hart © | 2 | 2 | (0) | 2 | 1' | 1' | 8+2 | Bluey Wilkinson © | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | (0) | 14 | ||
Harry Shepherd | 1' | (0) | 2 | 1' | - | - | 4+2 | Charlie Spinks | (0) | (0) | 2' | (0) | 1 | 2 | 5+1 | ||
Frank Goulden | (0) | 1 | (0) | (0) | (0) | - | 1 | Eric Collins | 1' | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12+1 | ||
George Greenwood | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | Bert Spencer | 2 | 2' | 3 | - | - | - | 7+1 | ||
Ernie Price | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Bill Rogers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2' | (0) | (0) | 5+1 | ||
Eric Blain | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | - | - | 0 | Dick Case | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | ||
Les Bowden | 3 | 3 | 2' | 8+1 | Billy Lamont | 1' | (0) | (0) | 1+1 | ||||||||
Ted Bravery | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
1: Wilkinson, Hart,
Shepherd, (Spinks?) 78.6 3-3 3-3 2: Greenwood, Spencer, Collins, (Goulden?) 79.4 3-3 6-6 3: Case, Price, Rogers, (Blain?) 79.6 2-4 8-10 4: Greenwood, Wilkinson, Goulden, (Spinks?) 79.0 4-2 12-12 5: Collins, Spencer, Price, (Blain?) 82.0 1-5 13-17 6: Case, Hart, Rogers, (Shepherd?) 80.2 2-4 15-21 7: Wilkinson, Spinks, Price, (Blain?) 81.4 1-5 16-26 8: Spencer, Shepherd, Collins, (Hart?) 82.0 2-4 18-30 9: Case, Greenwood, Rogers, (Goulden?) 80.0 2-4 20-34 |
10: Wilkinson, Hart,
Shepherd, (Spinks?) 82.8 3-3 23-37 11: Greenwood, Collins, Lamont, (Goulden?) 82.0 3-3 26-40 12: Case, Rogers, Price, (Blain?) 82.4 1-5 27-45 13: Wilkinson, Greenwood, Spinks, (Goulden?) 81.0 2-4 29-49 14: Bowden, Collins, Price, (Lamont?) 81.8 4-2 33-51 15: Case, Bravery, Hart, (Rogers?) 83.4 3-3 36-54 16: Bowden, Spinks, Price, (Wilkinson?) 81.4 4-2 40-56 17: Collins, Bravery, Hart, (Lamont?) 83.6 3-3 43-59 18: Greenwood, Bowden, Case, (Rogers?) 80.4 5-1 48-60 |
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4th Match at Southampton | |||||||||||||||||
England | 43 | Australia | 64 | ||||||||||||||
Team Manager: Alec Jackson | Team Manager: Norman Pritchard | ||||||||||||||||
Billy Dallison | ret | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | Lionel van Praag | 3 | 3 | 2' | 3 | - | ef | 11+1 | ||
Syd Griffiths | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1' | 14+1 | Bert Jones | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||
George Greenwood | 2' | 2 | 1' | 1 | (0) | - | 6+2 | Dickie Smythe | (0) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | (0) | 10 | ||
Fred Strecker | 3 | (0) | 2 | (0) | 1 | 3 | 9 | Charlie Spinks | 1 | 2' | (0) | 2' | 2' | 3 | 10+3 | ||
Harry Shepherd | 1 | (nf) | (0) | (0) | 1 | 1 | 3 | Eric Collins | 2' | 1' | (0) | 3 | 2 | (0) | 8+2 | ||
Ted Bravery | (0) | (nf) | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | Dick Case | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2' | (0) | 2 | 12+1 | ||
Cyril Anderson | (0) | 2' | (0) | 1 | 2 | 5+1 | Bill Rogers | 2' | 2+1 | ||||||||
Wilf Jay | (0) | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||
1: Praag, Griffiths,
Jones, Dallison ret 69.0 2-4 2-4 2: Strecker, Greenwood, Spinks, (Smythe?) 69.8 5-1 7-5 3: Case, Collins, Shepherd, (Bravery?) 71.4 1-5 8-10 4: Praag, Greenwood, Jones, (Strecker?) 69.0 2-4 10-14 5: Smythe, Spinks, (Shepherd) nf, (Bravery?) nf 71.6 0-5 10-19 6: Griffiths, Case, Collins, (Anderson?) 69.6 3-3 13-22 7: Jones, Praag, Bravery, (Shepherd?) 71.4 1-5 14-27 8: Griffiths, Anderson, Smythe, (Spinks?) 69.6 5-1 19-28 9: Case, Strecker, Greenwood, (Collins?) 70.8 3-3 22-31 |
10: Praag, Griffiths,
Jones, (Anderson?) 71.2 2-4 24-35 11: Smythe, Spinks, Greenwood, (Strecker?) 71.2 1-5 25-40 12: Collins, Case, Bravery, (Shepherd?) 72.2 1-5 26-45 13: Jones, Rogers, Strecker, (Greenwood?) 72.6 1-5 27-50 14: Smythe, Spinks, Shepherd, (Jay?) 71.6 1-5 28-55 15: Griffiths, Collins, Anderson, (Case?) 70.6 4-2 32-57 16: Jay, Jones, Shepherd, Praag ef 70.8 4-2 36-59 17: Spinks, Anderson, Griffiths, (Smythe?) 70.8 3-3 39-62 18: Strecker, Case, Jay, (Collins?) 71.6 4-2 43-64 |
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5th Match at Birmingham | |||||||||||||||||
England | 51 | Australia | 56 | ||||||||||||||
George Greenwood | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | Lionel van Praag | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | ||
Les Bowden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 2 | Dick Case | 2' | 2' | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+2 | ||
Wal Morton | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2' | 2 | 14+1 | Bluey Wilkinson | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ret | 3 | 15 | ||
Syd Griffiths | 1' | 1 | 2' | 1' | 3 | 1' | 9+4 | Steve Langton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2' | 5+1 | ||
Tiger Hart | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1' | f,ns | 5+1 | Eric Collins | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | ||
Harry Shepherd | 1' | 1 | 1' | 1 | 2 | f | 6+2 | Charlie Spinks | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||
Malcolm Craven | ret | 1 | 1 | Bill Rogers | 0 | 2' | 0 | 2+1 | |||||||||
Paul Goodchild | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
1: Praag, Case, Bowden,
Greenwood 73.8 1-5 1-5 2: Wilkinson, Morton, Griffiths, Langton 75.0 3-3 4-8 3: Spinks, Hart, Shepherd, Collins 75.6 3-3 7-11 4: Wilkinson, Greenwood, Langton, Bowden 76.0 2-4 9-15 5: Morton, Spinks, Griffiths, Collins 75.0 4-2 13-17 6: Praag, Case, Shepherd, Hart 75.6 1-5 14-22 7: Greenwood, Spinks, Bowden, Rogers 75.6 4-2 18-24 8: Morton, Griffiths, Case, Praag 75.4 5-1 23-25 9: Wilkinson, Hart, Shepherd, Langton 78.0 3-3 26-28 |
10: Praag, Greenwood,
Case, Bowden 73.8 2-4 28-32 11: Wilkinson, Morton, Griffiths, Langton 77.0 3-3 31-35 12: Spinks, Rogers, Shepherd, Hart 76.6 1-5 32-40 13: Greenwood, Langton, Wilkinson ret, Craven ret 78.4 35-42 14: Griffiths, Morton, Spinks, Rogers 77.4 5-1 40-43 15: Praag, Shepherd, Hart, Case 76.0 3-3 43-46 16: Greenwood, Collins, Craven, Spinks 76.2 4-2 47-48 17: Praag, Morton, Griffiths, Case 77.6 3-3 50-51 18: Wilkinson, Langton, Goodchild, Shepherd f, Hart f,ns 80.4 1-5 51-56 |
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1938 | England won series 3-2 | Heat details here | Attendance | |||
OFFICIAL | 28.05 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) | England | 52 | Australia | 56 | 40,000 |
09.06 : Wembley | England | 63 | Australia | 44 | 47,000 | |
29.06 : New Cross | England | 47 | Australia | 61 | 20,000 | |
12.07 : West Ham | England | 55 | Australia | 51 | 40,000 | |
25.07 : Wimbledon | England | 58 | Australia | 49 | 30,000 |
England | Total | Total | ||||||||||||||
Bill Kitchen | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 56 | Harold Stevenson | - | - | - | 8 | - | 8 | |||
Arthur Atkinson | 4 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 47 | Eric Langton | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | |||
George Newton | 11 | 11 | - | - | 12 | 34 | Alec Statham | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | 5 | |||
Tommy Croombs | - | 3 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 28 | George Wilks | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | 5 | |||
Frank Varey | 12 | 13 | 1 | 1 | - | 27 | Bob Harrison | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | |||
Geoff Pymar | - | 1 | - | 9 | 13 | 23 | Les Wotton | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | |||
Frank Charles | 7 | 13 | 0 | - | - | 20 | Jack Parker | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |||
Stan Greatrex | - | - | 10 | - | - | 10 | ||||||||||
Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Bluey Wilkinson | 15 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 80 | Charlie Spinks | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | - | 12 | |||
Lionel van Praag | 2 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 52 | Bill Rogers | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 5 | |||
Max Grosskreutz | 15 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 42 | Bill Longley | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 4 | |||
Ron Johnson | 8 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 31 | Bert Spencer | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |||
Clem Mitchell | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 29 | Eric Collins | 0 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
Wimbledon Pirate Programme | Wimbledon Official Programme |
1939 | England won series 4-1, with one match cancelled | Attendance | ||||
OFFICIAL | 07.06 : New Cross | England | 62 | Australia | 46 | 12,000 |
26.06 : Wimbledon | England | 55 | Australia | 53 | ||
15.07 : Harringay | England | 48 | Australia | 58 | 25,000 | |
12.08 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) | England | 65 | Australia | 42 | ||
24.08 : Wembley | England | 71 | Australia | 36 | 30,000 | |
19.09 : West Ham | England | v. | Australia | Cancelled due to outbreak of war |
England | Total | Total | ||||||||||||||
Bill Kitchen | 15 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 70 | Frank Varey | - | - | - | 8 | - | 8 | |||
Jack Parker | 11 | 10 | 8© | 15 | 11© | 55 | Alec Statham | - | - | 5 | - | 0 | 5 | |||
Arthur Atkinson | 18© | - | 12 | 10 | 11 | 51 | Stan Greatrex | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | |||
Eric Langton | 6 | 10 | 8 | 8© | 14 | 46 | Wally Lloyd | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | |||
Tommy Croombs | 8 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 17 | Norman Parker | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | |||
Joe Abbott | - | 3 | - | 8 | - | 11 | George Wilks | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |||
Malcolm Craven | - | - | - | - | 11 | 11 | Bill Pitcher | - | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | |||
Tommy Price | 1 | - | - | - | 9 | 10 | Geoff Pymar | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | |||
Frank Charles | - | 9 | - | - | - | 9 | ||||||||||
Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Vic Duggan | 15 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 66 | Bill Longley | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 4 | |||
Lionel van Praag | 8© | 17 | 14© | 8© | 11© | 58 | Charlie Spinks | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 4 | |||
Ron Johnson | 12 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 39 | Ray Duggan | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
Eric Collins | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 32 | Ernie Evans | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | |||
Aub Lawson | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 21 | Andy Menzies | - | - | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | |||
Bert Spencer | - | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | ||||||||||
Ernie Evans was actually selected to ride in the 3rd Test, but this was blocked by the Control Board, as on his A-C U licence application he had declared himself to be a South African (where he was born when his parents were on holiday!). This despite the fact that Evans had already represented Australia in official tests in 1933 and 1937 | ||||||||||||||||
Australia 1939 at Belle Vue | ||||||||||||||||
Left to right: Nobby Clarke (trainer), Ron Johnson, Vic Duggan, Lionel van Praag (on bike), Andy Menzies, Ray Duggan, | ||||||||||||||||
Arthur Simcock (manager), Ernie Evans, Eric Collins, Aub Lawson |
A "pirate" version of the Harringay
programme can be seen here |
The next match was in 1945
Contributors : Roger Stevens, Allen Trump, Graeme Frost, David Austin |
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