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England v Australia - 1969 to date
| 1969 | England beat Australia 3-0 | |
| OFFICIAL |
28.05 Poole : 05.06 Sheffield : 04.07 *Wolverhampton : |
England 66 Australia 42 England 69 Australia 39 England 72 Australia 36 |
| * originally staged 30.05, abandoned after ht.2, England 8 Australia 4 | ||
| POINT SCORERS England Nigel Boocock 43½, Martin Ashby 33½, Ray Wilson 32, Terry Betts 27, Eric Boocock 17, Pete Smith 16, Arnold Haley 14, Norman Hunter 14, Roy Trigg 6, Tommy Roper 4, Tony Clarke 1. |
Australia Jim Airey 37, Geoff Mudge 33, Charlie Monk 22, Greg Kentwell 8, Gordon Guasco 7, Chris Bass 4, Garry Middleton 3, John Boulger 1, Dennis Gavros 1, Peter Bradshaw 0, Pete Vandenberg 0 |
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| The revival of this Test
series after a gap of 16 years proved to be premature. With only four
riders of international standard, the lack of points from the Australian
second-strings and reserves were decisive in England's comfortable
victories, though the racing was always interesting. Australia's cause was not helped by the disappointment of John Boulger scoring just a single point in fourteen rides (due in part to mechanical problems); the decision of the authorities to allow Middleton to miss the Sheffield match in order to fulfill an open booking in Germany; and the loss of both Monk and Middleton from their 3rd. Test team due to their riding in league matches on the same night. Captain Airey led from the front, and Mudge was (as always) the ultimate professional, but 42 last places in the 54 races of this series tells the Australian story. It was all too easy for a strong home squad, who quickly recovered from the early loss of Hunter (groin injury) and Wilson in the first few heats of the 1st.Test, and who ended the series with two maximum-men at Wolverhampton. |
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| Poole : England 66 Australia 42 | Sheffield : England 69 Australia 39 | |||||||
| Nigel Boocock 1 3 2' 2' 1 3 | 12+2 | Jim Airey 2 2 3 1 0 3 | 11 | Nigel Boocock 3 3 3 2 3 3 | 17 | Jim Airey 2 3 3 3 3 2 | 16 | |
| Martin Ashby 3 1 3 3 3 2' | 15+1 | Gordon Guasco 0 1' 1 - 1 1 | 4+1 | Martin Ashby1 2' 1 1' 2' 2' | 9+4 | Gordon Guasco 0 0 - 0 0 - | 0 | |
| Eric Boocock 0 3 1' 3 2' 3 | 12+2 | Charlie Monk 3 2 1 1 2 1 | 10 | Eric Boocock R - 2' 1' 2 - | 5+2 | Charlie Monk 2 1 2 3 3 1 | 12 | |
| Terry Betts 1 0 2 2' 3 1 | 9+1 | G Middleton 2' 1' R 0 - 0 | 3+2 | Arnold Haley 3 2 3 2 1' 1 | 12+1 | Dennis Gavros 1' 0 - 0 0 - | 1+1 | |
| Norman HunterFns - - - - - | - | Geoff Mudge 2 2 3 2 2 2 | 13 | Norman Hunter1' 3 2 3 2 3 | 14+1 | Geoff Mudge 3 1 1 1 1 2 | 9 | |
| Ray Wilson 3 3 R - - - | 6 | John Boulger 0 0 - 1' 0 0 | 1+1 | Ray Wilson 2 2' X 2' 1' 1 | 8+3 | John Boulger 0 0 - - 0 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Smith 1 2 3 1 2 | 9 | Peter Vandenberg 0 0 | 0 | Tommy Roper 1' 3 | 4+1 | Greg Kentwell 1 0 0 0 | 1 | |
| Roy Trigg F 0 3 R | 3 | Dennis Gavros 0 | 0 | Dave Younghusband d n r | Chris Bass 0 0 | 0 | ||
| 1: Ashby,
Airey, N Boocock, Guasco 4-2 2: Monk, Middleton,
Betts, E Boocock 1-5 5-7 3: (rerun) Wilson,
Mudge, Smith, Boulger, Hunter F,ns 4-2 9-9 4: E
Boocock, Airey, Guasco, Betts 3-3 12-12 5:
Wilson, Monk, Middleton, Trigg F 3-3 15-15 6: N
Boocock, Mudge, Ashby, Boulger 4-2 19-17 7:
Airey, Smith, Guasco, Wilson R 2-4 21-21 8:
Ashby, N Boocock, Monk, Middleton R 5-1 26-22 9:
Mudge, Betts, E Boocock, Vandenberg 3-3 29-25 10:
Ashby, N Boocock, Airey, Gavros 5-1 34-26 11: E
Boocock, Betts, Monk, Middleton 5-1 39-27 12:
Smith, Mudge, Boulger, Trigg 3-3 42-30 13:
Betts, E Boocock, Guasco, Airey 5-1 47-31 14:
Trigg, Monk, Smith, Vandenberg 4-2 51-33 15:
Ashby, Mudge, N Boocock, Boulger 4-2 55-35 16:
Airey, Smith, Guasco, Trigg R 2-4 57-39 17: N
Boocock, Ashby, Monk, Middleton 5-1 62-40 18: E
Boocock, Mudge, Betts, Boulger 4-2 66-42 |
1: N Boocock, Airey, Ashby, Guasco 4-2 2: Haley, Monk, Gavros, E Boocock R 3-3 7-5 3: Mudge, Wilson, Hunter, Boulger 3-3 10-8 4: Airey, Haley, Roper, Guasco 3-3 13-11 5: Hunter, Wilson, Monk, Gavros 5-1 18-12 6: N Boocock, Ashby, Mudge, Boulger 5-1 23-13 7: (rerun) Airey, Hunter, Kentwell, Wilson X 2-4 25-17 8: N Boocock, Monk, Ashby, Bass 4-2 29-19 9: Haley, E Boocock, Mudge, Kentwell 5-1 34-20 10: Airey, N Boocock, Ashby, Guasco 3-3 37-23 11: Monk, Haley, E Boocock, Gavros 3-3 40-26 12: Hunter, Wilson, Mudge, Kentwell 5-1 45-27 13: Airey, E Boocock, Haley, Guasco 3-3 48-30 14: Monk, Hunter, Wilson, Gavros 3-3 51-33 15: N Boocock, Ashby, Mudge, Boulger 5-1 56-34 16: Hunter, Airey, Wilson, Bass 4-2 60-36 17: N Boocock, Ashby, Monk, Kentwell 5-1 65-37 18: Roper, Mudge, Haley, Boulger 4-2 69-39 | |||||||
| Wolverhampton : England 73 Australia 35 | ||||||
| Nigel Boocock 2 3 3 3 1 2½½ |
14½+½ | Jim Airey 3 0 2 2 2 1 | 10 | 1: Airey, Boocock, Bass, Ashby 2-4 2: Betts, Smith, Guasco, Boulger 5-1 7-5 3: Wilson, Haley, Mudge, Gavros 5-1 12-6 4: Betts, Smith, Bass, Airey 5-1 17-7 5: Wilson, Kentwell, Guasco, Trigg 3-3 20-10 6: Boocock, Mudge, Ashby, Bradshaw 4-2 24-12 7: Wilson, Airey, Bass, Trigg 3-3 27-15 8: Boocock, Ashby, Guasco, Boulger 5-1 32-16 9: Betts, Mudge, Smith, Kentwell 4-2 36-1 10: Boocock, Airey, Ashby, Bass 4-2 40-20 11: Betts, Kentwell, Smith, Guasco 4-2 44-22 12: Wilson, Mudge, Clarke, Gavros 4-2 48-24 13: Betts, Airey, Bass, Haley 3-3 51-27 14: Wilson, Kentwell, Trigg, Boulger 4-2 55-29 15: Ashby, Mudge, Boocock, Bradshaw 4-2 59-31 16: Wilson, Trigg, Airey, Bass 5-1 64-32 17: Ashby & Boocock dead-heat, Kentwell, Guasco 5-1 69-33 18: Betts, Mudge, Smith, Gavros 4-2 73-35 | ||
| Martin Ashby 0 1 2' 1 3 2½½ | 9½+1½ | Chris Bass 1 1 1' 0 1' 0 | 4+2 | |||
| Terry Betts 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | John Boulger 0 - 0 - 0 - | 0 | |||
| Pete Smith 2' 2' 1 1 - 1 | 7+2 | Gordon Guasco 1 1' 1 0 - 0 | 3+1 | |||
| Ray Wilson 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | Geoff Mudge 1 2 2 2 2 2 | 11 | |||
| Roy Trigg - 0 0 - 1 2' | 3+1 | Dennis Gavros 0 - - 0 - 0 | 0 | |||
| Arnold Haley 2' 0 | 2+1 | Greg Kentwell 2 0 2 2 1 | 7 | |||
| Tony Clarke 1 | 1 | Peter Bradshaw 0 0 | 0 | |||
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| 1969 at Sheffield | 1970 at Hackney |
| 1970 | England beat Australia 1-0 (2 matches abandoned) | |
| OFFICIAL |
17.04 Hackney : 20.04 Newcastle : 11.05 Cradley Heath : |
England 30 Australia 24 (abandoned
after heat 9) England 29 Australia 31 (abandoned after heat 10) England 70 Australia 38 |
| POINT SCORERS England Terry Betts 17 (+ 11 in abandoned matches), Nigel Boocock 13 (+ 14), Eric Boocock 13 (+ 6), Ray Wilson 10 (+ 7), Trevor Hedge 9 (+ 5), Roy Trigg 8. The following riders rode only in the abandoned matches: Colin Pratt 7, Tony Clarke 6, Martin Ashby 3, Arnold Haley 0, Reg Luckhurst 0. |
Australia Les Sharpe 14 (+ 4 in abandoned matches), Garry Middleton 9 (+ 7), John Boulger 5 (+ 4), Jim Airey 4 (+ 19), Charlie Monk 4 (+ 11), Gordon Guasco 2 (+ 6), Geoff Mudge 0 (+ 3), Peter Vandenberg 0. The following riders rode only in the abandoned matches: Peter Bradshaw 1, Neil Street 0. |
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| After two rain-offs, the much anticipated decider at Cradley Heath was disappointing. When Australia went six points ahead after just two races it was thought that a strong-looking England team may be tested, but within 3 races the scores were level, and then four successive 5-1's put the result beyond doubt by the interval. With their three heat-leaders (Airey, Boulger, and Monk) contributing just 13 points, it was just as well that Halifax's Les Sharpe chose this match to record his best-ever Test score, and deny Terry Betts a maximum. |
| Hackney : England 30 Australia 24 (abandoned) | Newcastle : England 29 Australia 31 (abandoned) | |||||||
| Nigel Boocock 1' 3 1 | 5+1 | Jim Airey 3 3 3 | 9 | Nigel Boocock 2 2 3 2 | 9 | Jim Airey 3 1 3 3 | 10 | |
| Colin Pratt 2 2' 3 | 7+1 | Gordon Guasco 0 0 R | 0 | Arnold Haley 0 0 0 0 | 0 | Les Sharpe 1 FX 2' 1 | 4+1 | |
| Martin Ashby 0 1' 2 | 3+1 | Charlie Monk 3 3 2 | 8 | Eric Boocock 2' 2' 2 | 6+2 | Charlie Monk 0 1' 2 | 3+1 | |
| Terry Betts 2 2 0 | 4 | Peter Bradshaw 1 F - | 1 | Ray Wilson 3 3 1' | 7+1 | Garry Middleton 1 2 1' | 4+1 | |
| Trevor Hedge 2' 2 1' | 5+2 | Geoff Mudge 1 1 1 | 3 | Terry Betts 3 3 1 | 7 | John Boulger 1' 3 0 | 4+1 | |
| Tony Clarke 3 1' 2 | 6+1 | Garry Middleton R R 3 | 3 | Reg Luckhurst 0 0 0 | 0 | Gordon Guasco 2 1 3 | 6 | |
| res.Neil Street R | 0 | 1: Airey, N Boocock, Sharpe, Haley 2-4 2: Wilson, E Boocock, Middleton, Monk 5-1 7-5 3: Betts, Guasco, Boulger, Luckhurst 3-3 10-8 4: Wilson, E Boocock, Airey, Sharpe FX 5-1 15-9 5: Betts, Middleton, Monk, Luckhurst 3-3 18-12 6: Boulger, N Boocock, Guasco, Haley 2-4 20-16 7: Airey, Sharpe, Betts, Luckhurst 1-5 21-21 8: N Boocock, Monk, Middleton, Haley 3-3 24-24 9: Guasco, E Boocock, Wilson, Boulger 3-3 27-27 10: Airey, N Boocock, Sharpe, Haley 2-4 29-31. ABANDONED. | ||||||
| 1: Airey, Pratt, Boocock, Guasco 3-3 2: Monk, Betts, Bradshaw, Ashby 2-4 5-7 3: Clarke, Hedge, Mudge, Middleton R 5-1 10-8 4: Airey, Betts, Ashby, Guasco 3-3 13-11 5: Monk, Hedge, Clarke, Bradshaw F 3-3 16-14 6: Boocock, Pratt, Mudge, Middleton R 5-1 21-15 7: Airey, Clarke, Hedge, Guasco R 3-3 24-18 8: Pratt, Monk, Boocock, Street R 4-2 28-20 9: Middleton, Ashby, Mudge, Betts 2-4 30-24. ABANDONED. | ||||||||
| Cradley Heath : England 70 Australia 38 | ||||||
| Nigel Boocock 1 2' 3 2 2' 3 | 13+2 | Jim Airey 3 0 0 0 1' 0 | 4+1 | 1: Airey, Sharpe, N Boocock, Hedge 1-5 2: Middleton, E Boocock, Boulger, Trigg 2-4 3-9 3: Betts, Wilson, Monk, Mudge 5-1 8-10 4: Sharpe, Trigg, E Boocock, Airey 3-3 11-13 5: Betts, Boulger, Wilson, Middleton 4-2 15-15 6: Hedge, N Boocock, Monk, Mudge 5-1 20-16 7: Betts, Wilson, Sharpe, Airey 5-1 25-17 8: N Boocock, Hedge, Middleton, Boulger 5-1 30-18 9: E Boocock, Trigg, Monk, Vandenberg 5-1 35-19 10: Sharpe, N Boocock, Hedge, Airey 3-3 38-22 11: Middleton, E Boocock, Trigg, Boulger 3-3 41-25 12: Betts, Wilson, Monk, Mudge 5-1 46-26 13: E Boocock, Sharpe, Airey, Trigg 3-3 49-29 14: Betts, Wilson, Boulger, Middleton 5-1 54-30 15: Hedge, N Boocock, Guasco, Monk 5-1 59-31 16: Sharpe, Betts, Wilson, Airey 3-3 62-34 17: N Boocock, Middleton, Boulger, Hedge 3-3 65-37 18: Trigg, E Boocock, Guasco, Monk 5-1 70-38 | ||
| Trevor Hedge 0 3 2' 1' 3 0 | 9+2 | Les Sharpe 2' 3 1 3 2 3 | 14+1 | |||
| Eric Boocock 2 1' 3 2 3 2' | 13+2 | John Boulger 1 2 0 0 1 1' | 5+1 | |||
| Roy Trigg 0 2 2' 1' 0 3 | 8+2 | G Middleton 3 0 1 3 0 2 | 9 | |||
| Ray Wilson 2' 1 2' 2' 2' 1' | 10+5 | Charlie Monk 1 1 1 1 0 0 | 4 | |||
| Terry Betts 3 3 3 3 3 2 | 17 | Geoff Mudge 0 0 - 0 - - | 0 | |||
| res.Peter Vandenberg 0 | 0 | |||||
| res.Gordon Guasco 1 1 | 2 | |||||
| No series was held in 1971 |
| 1972 | England raced Australia at Halifax during the Inter-Nations Championship |
| 1973 | England raced Australia at King's Lynn during the Daily Mirror International Tournament |
| No series was held in 1974 |
| 1975 | England raced Australia at Leicester during the Daily Mirror International Tournament |
| No series were held between 1976 and 1991 |
| 1992 | England beat Australia 2-1 | |
| OFFICIAL |
10.04 Oxford : 15.06 Reading (Smallmead) : 05.07 Peterborough : |
England 73 Australia 35 England 55 Australia 53 England 49 Australia 59 |
| POINT SCORERS England Mark Loram 29, Gary Havelock 26, Martin Dugard 23, Chris Louis 19, David Mullett 14, Dean Barker 13, Sean Wilson 12, Marvyn Cox 11, Ray Morton 11, Jeremy Doncaster 6, Dean Standing 5, Graham Jones 4, David Norris 3, Andy Smith 1 |
Australia Leigh Adams 41, Craig Boyce 34, Shane Parker 28, Troy Butler 16, Mick Poole 10, Stephen Davies 5, Shane Bowes 4, Jason Lyons 4, Mark Carlson 2, Glenn Doyle 2, Steve Regeling 1, David Cheshire 0, Tony Langdon 0, Trevor O'Brien 0 |
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| It was a one-sided opener at Oxford, where only a superb performance from home pairing Dugard and Barker gave the crowd anything to get excited about, but the Australians fought all the way at Reading where they needed two 5-1's in the last two heats to draw the match, and almost got them but for a stunning ride by England hero Ray Morton in the last race when he split the Australian pair of Boyce and Bowes. England had lost both Smith and Barker through injury during this match, but in the final match at Peterborough (the first senior international to be staged on a second division track) both countries were to lose a rider when Dugard and Lyons crashed in ht.8, suffering a collarbone injury and concussion respectively. Australia then dominated the second-half of the match for a comfortable win. |
| Oxford : England 73 Australia 35 | Reading : England 55 Australia 53 | |||||||
| Gary Havelock 3 3 2 3 - 3 | 14 | Leigh Adams 1 1 3 2 1 3 | 11 | J Doncaster 1' 2' 0 1 2' - | 6+3 | Leigh Adams 3 3 3 2 3 3 | 17 | |
| Chris Louis 2' 2' 0 - 3 2' | 9+3 | Steve Regeling 0 0 - 1' 0 - | 1+1 | David Mullett 2 3 2 3 3 1 | 14 | Jason Lyons 0 1 - - - | 1 | |
| Dean Barker 1 2' 2' 2' 2' 1 | 10+4 | Shane Parker 2 3 3 1 1 0 | 10 | Andy Smith 1 F - - - - | 1 | Shane Parker 0 2 3 FX R 2' | 7+1 | |
| Martin Dugard 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | Glenn Doyle 0 0 1 0 - 1 | 2 | Ray Morton 3 2 1 1' 2 2 | 11+1 | Troy Butler 2 0 1 3 2 3 | 11 | |
| Mark Loram 1 2 1' - 2' 1' | 7+3 | Craig Boyce 2 1 1 3 2 0 | 9 | Mark Loram 1' 3 1 2 3 2 | 12+1 | Craig Boyce 3 1 2 3 1 3 | 13 | |
| Marvyn Cox 3 1' 2 2 3 - | 11+1 | Mark Carlson 0 0 0 - 0 2 | 2 | Chris Louis 2 1 0 1' 1 1' | 6+2 | Stephen Davies 0 0 - - - - | 0 | |
| res.David Norris 0 1 | 1 | res.Trevor O'Brien 0 F | 0 | res.Dean Standing 2 0 0 0 | 2 | res.David Cheshire 0 F R | 0 | |
| res.Dean Standing 1' 2 | 3+1 | res.Tony Langdon 0 F | 0 | res.Dean Barker 3 Fns | 3 | res.Shane Bowes 2' 0 1 0 1 | 4+1 | |
| 1: Havelock, Louis, Adams, Regeling 5-1 2: Dugard, Parker, Barker, Doyle 4-2 9-3 3: Cox, Boyce, Loram, Carlson 4-2 13-5 4: Dugard, Barker, Adams, Regeling 5-1 18-6 5: Parker, Loram, Cox, Doyle 3-3 21-9 6: Havelock, Louis, Boyce, Carlson 5-1 26-10 7: Adams, Cox, Loram, O'Brien 3-3 29-13 8: Parker, Havelock, Doyle, Louis 2-4 31-17 9: Dugard, Barker, Boyce, Carlson 5-1 36-18 10: Havelock, Adams, Regeling, Norris 3-3 39-21 11: Dugard, Barker, Parker, Doyle 5-1 44-22 12: Boyce, Cox, Standing, O'Brien F 3-3 47-25 13: Dugard, Barker, Adams, Regeling 5-1 52-26 14: Cox Loram, Parker, Langdon 5-1 57-27 15: Louis, Boyce, Norris, Carlson 4-2 61-29 16: Adams, Standing, Loram, Langdon F 3-3 64-32 17: Havelock, Louis, Doyle, Parker 5-1 69-33 18: Dugard, Carlson, Barker, Boyce 4-2 73-35 | 1: Adams, Mullett, Doncaster, Lyons 3-3 2: Morton, Butler, Smith, Parker 4-2 7-5 3: Boyce, Louis, Loram, Davies 3-3 10-8 4: Adams, Morton, Lyons (F), Smith F (awarded) 2-4 12-12 5: Loram, Parker, Louis, Butler 4-2 16-14 6: Mullett, Doncaster, Boyce, Davies 5-1 21-15 7: Adams, Lyons, Loram , Louis 1-5 22-20 8: Parker, Mullett, Butler, Doncaster 2-4 24-24 9: Barker, Boyce, Morton, Cheshire 4-2 28-26 10: Mullett, Adams, Doncaster, Bowes 4-2 32-28 11: Butler, Standing, Morton, Parker FX, Barker F,ns 3-3 35-31 12: Boyce, Loram, Louis, Cheshire F 3-3 38-34 13: Adams, Morton, Bowes, Standing 2-4 40-38 14: Loram , Butler, Louis, Parker R 4-2 44-40 15: Mullett, Doncaster, Boyce, Bowes 5-1 49-41 16: Adams, Loram, Louis, Cheshire R 3-3 52-44 17: Butler, Parker, Mullett, Standing 1-5 53-49 18: Boyce, Morton, Bowes, Standing 2-4 55-53 | |||||||
| Peterborough : England 49 Australia 59 | ||||||
| M Dugard 3 2 Fns - - - | 5 | Craig Boyce 2 3 2 1 1' 3 | 12+1 | 1: Dugard, Boyce, Loram, Poole 61.6 (track record) 4-2 2: Lyons, Adams, Havelock, Louis 1-5 5-7 3: Wilson, Butler, Jones, Parker 4-2 9-9 4: Boyce, Poole, Havelock, Louis R 1-5 10-14 5: Jones, Adams, Wilson, Lyons 4-2 14-16 6: Parker, Dugard, Loram, Butler FX 3-3 17-19 7: Wilson, Boyce, Poole, Jones 3-3 20-22 8: Adams, Loram, Norris, Cheshire, Dugard Fns, Lyons Fns 3-3 23-25 9: Havelock, Parker, Davies, Barker 3-3 26-28 10: Poole, Loram, Boyce, Norris 2-4 28-32 11: Havelock, Davies, Louis, Adams 4-2 32-34 12: Parker, Wilson, Butler, Jones 2-4 34-38 13: Havelock, Poole, Boyce, Louis 3-3 37-41 14: Adams, Wilson, Davies, Jones 2-4 39-45 15: Parker, Loram, Norris, Butler 3-3 42-48 16: Boyce,Poole, Wilson, Barker 1-5 43-53 17: Adams, Loram, Davies, Norris 2-4 45-57 18: Louis, Butler, Havelock, Parker 4-2 49-59 | ||
| Mark Loram 1 1' 2 2 2 2 | 10+1 | Mick Poole 0 2' 1' 3 2 2' | 10+3 | |||
| Gary Havelock 1 1 3 3 3 1 | 12 | Leigh Adams 2' 2 3 0 3 3 | 13+1 | |||
| Chris Louis 0 R - 1 0 3 | 4 | Jason Lyons 3 0 Fns - - - | 3 | |||
| Graham Jones 1 3 0 0 0 - | 4 | Shane Parker 0 3 2 3 3 0 | 11 | |||
| Sean Wilson 3 1 3 2 2 1 | 12 | Troy Butler 2 FX - 1 0 2 | 5 | |||
| res.David Norris 1' 0 1' 0 | 2+2 | res.S Davies 1' 2 1 1 | 5+1 | |||
| res.Dean Barker 0 0 | 0 | res.David Cheshire 0 | 0 | |||
| Identical programme design was used for all three matches in this series |
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| No series were held in 1993 or 1994 |
| 1995 | Australia beat England 2-1 | |
| OFFICIAL |
23.08 Poole 24.08 Sheffield 21.10 King's Lynn |
England 58 Australia 50 England 35 Australia 73 (Att: 2,500) England 49 Australia 59 |
| POINT SCORERS England Chris Louis 28, Paul Thorp 25, Gary Havelock 23, Joe Screen 20, Kelvin Tatum 15, Steve Schofield 14, Sean Wilson 8, Neil Collins 6, Andy Smith 3, Martin Dugard 0, Paul Hurry 0, Carl Stonehewer 0. |
Australia Jason Crump 46, Craig Boyce 33, Leigh Adams 26, Shane Parker 25, Jason Lyons 23, Mick Poole 15, Ryan Sullivan 8, Shane Bowes 4, Greg Bartlett 1, Steve Johnston 1. |
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| England adapted to the conditions
better than most of the Australian team at a very wet Poole in the
series opener, but at Sheffield the next night it was a very different
story as the the Aussies scored four 5-1 maximum heat wins in the first
six races, and England tamely surrendered. At the King's Lynn decider, Australia suffered engine problems in heats 3, 4, and 5, allowing England to score a 4-2 on each occasion to build an early 6-point lead. But with these problems solved, Australia quickly gained a lead which they never looked like losing against an effectively 2-man home team. |
| Poole : England 58 Australia 50 | Sheffield : England 35 Australia 73 | |||||||
| Gary Havelock 2 3 2 0 1 1 | 9 | Craig Boyce 3 1 3 3 3 3 | 16 | Gary Havelock 2 0 3 2 1 1 | 9 | Craig Boyce 3 3 3 3 3 2 | 17 | |
| Joe Screen 0 2' 1' 2 3 3 | 11+2 | Shane Parker 1 0 2' 1 2' 2' | 8+3 | Sean Wilson 0 1 1 0 - 0 | 2 | Shane Parker 1 2' 1 1 2' 0 | 7+2 | |
| Chris Louis 3 3 3 2 0 3 | 14 | Jason Crump R 3 3 3 3 2 | 14 | Neil Collins 1 1 1 1 1 1 | 6 | Jason Crump 2' 3 2 3 3 3 | 16+1 | |
| S Schofield 2' 2' 2' 1' 1 2' | 10+5 | Jason Lyons 1 0 - - 0 0 | 1 | Martin Dugard R - 0 - - - | 0 | Jason Lyons 3 2' R 2' 1 2' | 10+3 | |
| Sean Wilson 2 2 0 1 1' 0 | 6+1 | Leigh Adams 1 1 0 - - - | 2 | Joe Screen 2' 1 2 1 2 1 | 9+1 | Leigh Adams 1 3 3 0 3 2' | 12+1 | |
| Paul Thorp 0 1' 1 3 2 1 | 8+1 | Mick Poole 3 0 1 0 0 - | 4 | Paul Thorp 3 0 0 3 0 3 | 9 | Mick Poole 0 2' 2' 2 2' 3 | 11+3 | |
| res.Alun Rossiter | - | res.Shane Bowes 2 2 F | 4 | res.Carl Stonehewer 0 0 | 0 | res.Greg Bartlett | - | |
| res.Ben Howe | - | res.Greg Bartlett 0 0 1 | 1 | res.Steve Schofield R 0 0 | 0 | res.Shane Bowes | - | |
| 1: Boyce, Havelock, Parker, Screen 2-4 2: Louis, Schofield, Lyons, Crump R 5-1 7-5 3: Poole, Wilson, Adams, Thorp 2-4 9-9 4: Louis, Schofield, Boyce, Parker 5-1 14-10 5: Crump, Wilson, Thorp, Lyons 3-3 17-13 6: Havelock, Screen, Adams, Poole 5-1 22-14 7: Boyce, Parker, Thorp, Wilson 1-5 23-19 8: Crump, Havelock, Screen, Bartlett 3-3 26-22 9: Louis, Schofield, Poole, Adams 5-1 31-23 10: Boyce, Screen, Parker, Havelock 2-4 33-27 11: Crump, Louis, Schofield, Bartlett 3-3 36-30 12: Thorp, Bowes, Wilson, Poole 4-2 40-32 13: Boyce, Parker, Schofield, Louis 1-5 41-37 14: Crump, Thorp, Wilson, Lyons 3-3 44-40 15: Screen, Bowes, Havelock, Poole 4-2 48-42 16: Boyce, Parker, Thorp, Wilson 1-5 49-47 17: Screen, Crump, Havelock, Lyons 4-2 53-49 18: Louis, Schofield, Bartlett, Bowes F 5-1 58-50 | 1: Boyce, Havelock, Parker, Wilson 2-4 2: Lyons, Crump, Collins, Dugard R 1-5 3-9 3: Thorp, Screen, Adams, Poole 5-1 8-10 4: Boyce, Parker, Collins, Stonehewer 1-5 9-15 5: Crump, Lyons, Screen, Thorp 1-5 10-20 6: Adams, Poole, Wilson, Havelock 1-5 11-25 7: Boyce, Screen, Parker, Thorp 2-4 13-29 8: Havelock, Crump, Wilson, Lyons R 4-2 17-31 9: Adams, Poole, Collins, Dugard 1-5 18-36 10: Boyce, Havelock, Parker, Wilson 2-4 20-40 11: Crump, Lyons, Collins, Schofield R 1-5 21-45 12: Thorp, Poole, Screen, Adams 4-2 25-47 13: Boyce, Parker, Collins, Schofield 1-5 26-52 14: Crump, Screen, Lyons, Thorp 2-4 28-56 15: Adams, Poole, Havelock, Schofield 1-5 29-61 16: Thorp, Boyce, Screen, Parker 4-2 33-63 17: Crump, Lyons, Havelock, Wilson 1-5 34-68 18: Poole, Adams, Collins, Stonehewer 1-5 35-73 | |||||||
| King's Lynn : England 49 Australia 59 | ||||||
| Gary Havelock 1' 0 0 1' 1' 2 | 5+3 | Jason Crump 3 2 3 3 2 3 | 16 | 1: Crump, Thorp, Havelock, Poole 3-3 2: Louis, Lyons, Parker, Schofield 3-3 6-6 3: Tatum, Adams, Smith, Sullivan R 4-2 10-8 4: Louis, Crump, Schofield, Poole R 59.2 (track record) 4-2 14-10 5: Tatum, Parker, Smith, Lyons R 4-2 18-12 6: Adams, Sullivan, Thorp, Havelock 1-5 19-17 7: Crump, Tatum, Smith, Poole 3-3 22-20 8: Lyons, Parker, Thorp, Havelock 1-5 23-25 9: Adams, Louis, Schofield, Sullivan 3-3 26-28 10: Crump, Thorp, Havelock, Johnston 3-3 29-31 11: Lyons, Parker, Schofield, Louis R 1-5 30-36 12: Adams, Tatum, Sullivan, Smith 2-4 32-40 13: Louis, Crump, Schofield, Johnston 4-2 36-42 14: Tatum, Parker, Lyons, Smith 3-3 39-45 15: Sullivan, Thorp, Havelock, Adams 3-3 42-48 16: Crump, Tatum, Johnston, Hurry 2-4 44-52 17: Lyons, Havelock, Parker, Thorp 2-4 46-56 18: Louis, Sullivan, Adams, Schofield 3-3 49-59 | ||
| Paul Thorp 2 1 1 2 2 0 | 8 | Mick Poole 0 R 0 - - - | 0 | |||
| Chris Louis 3 3 2 R 3 3 | 14 | Jason Lyons 2 R 3 3 1' 3 | 12+1 | |||
| Steve Schofield 0 1 1' 1 1 0 | 4+1 | Shane Parker 1' 2 2' 2' 2 1 | 10+3 | |||
| Kelvin Tatum 3 3 2 2 3 2 | 15 | Leigh Adams 2 3 3 3 0 1' | 12+1 | |||
| Andy Smith 1 1 1' 0 0 - | 3+1 | Ryan Sullivan R 2' 0 1 3 2 | 8+1 | |||
| res.Sean Wilson | - | res.Steve Johnston 0 0 1 | 1 | |||
| res.Paul Hurry 0 | 0 | res.Greg Bartlett | - | |||
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| 1996 | England beat Australia 2½ - ½ | |
| OFFICIAL |
12.06 Hull (Craven Park)
03.07 Poole 15.07 Wolverhampton |
England 55 Australia 41 (Att:
4,000) England 48 Australia 48 England 54 Australia 42 |
| POINT SCORERS England Joe Screen 31, Chris Louis 28, Mark Loram 25, Martin Dugard 22, Kelvin Tatum 17, Steve Schofield 13, Paul Thorp 13, Gary Havelock 4, Ben Howe 4. |
Australia Jason Crump 31, Craig Boyce 30, Jason Lyons 21, Leigh Adams 17, Ryan Sullivan 11, Shane Parker 8, Shane Bowes 7, Steve Johnston 3, Tony Langdon 3. |
|
| Despite being without Leigh Adams (injured) and
Ryan Sullivan (ill), Australia led 25-23 at the halfway stage of the
first Test at a rough Hull circuit, but the home countries' strength in
depth, and notably the form of home reserve Thorp, ensured a comfortable
home win. The by now full-strength Australians held a small lead for most of the second match, though a Tatum/Screen 4-2 tied the scores in the penultimate heat. England looked to have thrown the match away in the decider when first Dugard was excluded for touching the tapes, and then replacement Schofield was similarly penalised for riding through them. The other reserve, Screen, had already taken his full allocation of rides, following a serious back injury sustained by skipper Havelock in heat 6 when he ploughed into the fallen Lyons and his machine. So Chris Louis was left to face Leigh Adams and the unbeaten Aussie skipper (and home track rider) Craig Boyce alone, but he gated superbly to win the race, tie the match, and ensure that England could not lose the series. England quickly recovered from an early defecit to record a fine win at Wolverhampton, while Australia used 3 tactical substitutes to keep it competitive. This was a classic match with some fine racing (in front of Sky TV cameras), none more so than in heat 14 when Dugard went around Adams, then inside Lyons on the final bend, for a great win to ensure his teams' victory and to earn him a standing ovation from the normally anti-Dugard Monmore Green crowd. |
| Hull : England 55 Australia 41 | Poole : England 48 Australia 48 | |||||||
| Gary Havelock © 1 1' 2 - | 4+1 | Craig Boyce © 3 2 0 0 1 | 6 | Gary Havelock © 0 Fns - - | 0 | Craig Boyce © 3 3 3 3 2 | 14 | |
| Martin Dugard R 2 1 1' | 4+1 | Shane Parker 2' R 2 1 0 | 5+1 | Martin Dugard 1 2 3 1 T | 7 | Shane Parker 2' 0 1 0 | 3+1 | |
| Chris Louis 0 1 3 1' 3 | 8+1 | Jason Crump 2' 2' 3 3 R | 10+2 | Chris Louis 0 1' 1' 3 3 | 8+2 | Leigh Adams 3 3 2' 2 1' | 11+2 | |
| Mark Loram 1 3 2' 1' 1 | 8+2 | Jason Lyons 3 3 F 3 2 | 11 | Mark Loram 2 2 2 0 | 6 | Ryan Sullivan 1 1 3 1' 2 | 8+1 | |
| Joe Screen 3 1 2' 3 3 | 12+1 | Steve Johnston 0 0 1 2 | 3 | Kelvin Tatum 2 R 2 2 3 | 9 | Jason Crump 3 3 3 0 0 | 9 | |
| Kelvin Tatum 2' 0 3 1 2 | 8+1 | Tony Langdon 0 3 0 0 | 3 | Joe Screen 3 1' 2 1' 1' 3 1 | 12+3 | Jason Lyons 1 R R 0 2 | 3 | |
| Paul Thorp 3 1 3 2 2' | 11+1 | Shane Bowes 1 2 0 0 | 3 | S Schofield 2' 1' 2' 0 1 T | 6+3 | Shane Bowes 0 0 0 - | 0 | |
| 1: Boyce, Parker, Havelock, Dugard R 1-5 2: Thorp, Tatum, Bowes, Langdon 5-1 6-6 3: Lyons, Crump, Loram, Louis 1-5 7-11 4: Screen, Bowes, Thorp, Johnston 4-2 11-13 5: Loram, Boyce, Louis, Parker R 4-2 15-15 6: Langdon, Dugard, Havelock, Johnston 3-3 18-18 7: Lyons, Crump, Screen, Tatum 1-5 19-23 8: Thorp, Parker, Dugard, Bowes 4-2 23-25 9: Louis, Loram, Johnston, Langdon 5-1 28-26 10: Crump, Havelock, Dugard, Lyons F 3-3 31-29 11: Tatum, Screen, Parker, Boyce 5-1 36-30 12: Crump, Thorp, Louis, Langdon 3-3 39-33 13: Screen, Johnston, Tatum, Boyce 4-2 43-35 14: Lyons, Tatum, Loram, Bowes 3-3 46-38 15: Louis, Thorp, Boyce, Parker 5-1 51-39 16: Screen, Lyons, Loram, Crump R 4-2 55-41 | 1: Boyce, Parker, Dugard, Havelock 1-5 2: Screen, Schofield, Lyons, Bowes 5-1 6-6 3: Adams, Loram, Sullivan, Louis 2-4 8-10 4: Crump, Tatum, Schofield, Bowes 3-3 11-13 5: Boyce, Loram, Louis, Parker 3-3 14-16 6: Crump, Dugard, Screen, Lyons R, Havelock Fns 3-3 17-19 7: Adams, Screen, Sullivan, Tatum R 2-4 19-23 8: Dugard, Schofield, Parker, Bowes 5-1 24-24 9: Crump, Loram, Louis, Lyons R 3-3 27-27 10: Sullivan, Adams, Dugard, Schofield 1-5 28-32 11: Boyce, Tatum, Screen, Parker 3-3 31-35 12: Louis, Adams, Schofield, Lyons 4-2 35-37 13: Boyce, Tatum, Screen, Crump 3-3 38-40 14: Screen, Lyons, Sullivan, Loram 3-3 41-43 15: Tatum, Sullivan, Screen, Crump 4-2 45-45 16: Louis, Boyce, Adams, Schofield T, Dugard T 3-3 48-48 | |||||||
| Wolverhampton : England 54 Australia 42 | ||||||
| Paul Thorp 2 0 0 0 | 2 | Jason Crump 3 2 1 3 3 0 | 12 | 1: Crump, Thorp, Dugard, Johnston 3-3 2: Bowes, Lyons, Schofield, Howe R 1-5 4-8 3: Louis, Loram, Adams, Sullivan 5-1 9-9 4: Schofield, Boyce, Screen, Bowes Frm 4-2 13-11 5: Louis, Crump, Loram, Johnston FX 4-2 17-13 6: Boyce, Dugard, Lyons, Thorp 2-4 19-17 7: Screen, Howe, Sullivan, Adams 5-1 24-18 8: Dugard, Schofield, Bowes, Johnston FX 5-1 29-19 9: Loram, Lyons, Louis, Boyce 4-2 33-21 10: Adams, Dugard, Crump, Thorp 2-4 35-25 11: Crump, Howe, Screen, Lyons 3-3 38-28 12: Boyce, Louis, Schofield, Adams 3-3 41-31 13: Crump, Screen, Boyce, Thorp 2-4 43-35 14: Loram, Sullivan, Adams, Howe 3-3 46-38 15: Dugard, Lyons, Adams, Screen 3-3 49-41 16: Louis, Loram, Boyce, Crump 5-1 54-42 | ||
| Martin Dugard 1' 2 3 2 3 | 11+1 | Steve Johnston 0 FX FX - | 0 | |||
| Chris Louis 3 3 1 2 3 | 12 | Leigh Adams 1 0 3 0 1' 1' | 6+2 | |||
| Mark Loram 2' 1 3 3 2' | 11+2 | Ryan Sullivan 0 1 - 2 | 3 | |||
| Joe Screen 1 3 1' 2 0 | 7+1 | Craig Boyce © 2 3 0 3 1 1 | 10 | |||
| Ben Howe R 2' 2 0 | 4+1 | Jason Lyons 2' 1 2 0 - 2 | 7+1 | |||
| Steve Schofield 1 3 2' 1' | 7+2 | Shane Bowes 3 0 1 - | 4 | |||
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| 1997 | Australia beat England 2-1 | |
| OFFICIAL |
11.07 Belle Vue
(Kirkmanshulme Lane) 14.09 Swindon 19.10 Eastbourne |
England 52 Australia 44 England 42 Australia 54 England 43 Australia 53 |
| POINT SCORERS England Chris Louis 35, Joe Screen 30, Mark Loram 28, David Norris 12, Martin Dugard 11, Gary Havelock 8, Dean Barker 5, Scott Nicholls 5, Kelvin Tatum 2, Paul Hurry 1. |
Australia Jason Crump 32, Leigh Adams 26, Craig Boyce 22, Jason Lyons 20, Steve Johnston 18, Mark Lemon 17, Shane Parker 9, Ryan Sullivan 7. |
|
| Louis and Screen led England to victory at Belle Vue over an Australian team for whom Boyce received little heat leader support, but the Aussies were, as expected, much more impressive on the Swindon track where they went 8 points ahead after eight races. England fought back well, with Screen figuring in a 5-1 and a 4-2 in successive heats, though the visitors forged ahead in the later stages, with Steve Johnston their surprise top scorer. Four England riders managed a total of just seven points and one of them, Hurry, missed his first two rides, arriving late following his riding in the afternoon's British Masters grasstrack. The Eastbourne track for the decider was thought to favour England, but Australia dominated a disappointing match, all but one member of their team being paid for a race win. |
| Belle Vue : England 52 Australia 44 | Swindon : England 42 Australia 54 | |||||||
| Joe Screen 2' 3 3 3 1' | 12+2 | Jason Crump 1 3 FX 2 3 | 9 | Joe Screen 1' 2 2' 3 1' 0 | 9+3 | Jason Crump 3 2 2 3 3 | 13 | |
| Martin Dugard 3 0 2' 2' FX | 7+2 | Jason Lyons 0 1 R 3 2' | 6+1 | Martin Dugard 2 1' 0 1 0 | 4+1 | Jason Lyons 0 1' 1' 1' | 3+3 | |
| Chris Louis 3 2 3 3 2 | 13 | Leigh Adams 1' 0 0 2 | 3+1 | Chris Louis 2 3 3 3 2 1 | 14 | Leigh Adams 3 3 2 3 2' | 13+1 | |
| Kelvin Tatum 0 0 0 2 | 2 | Craig Boyce 2 3 1 3 3 | 12 | Gary Havelock 0 0 - 0 | 0 | Ryan Sullivan 1 1 0 - | 2 | |
| Mark Loram 3 2 2 0 1 | 8 | Ryan Sullivan 0 2 2 1' 0 | 5+1 | Mark Loram 2 2 3 2 3 | 12 | Craig Boyce 1 3 1 0 1' | 6+1 | |
| Dean Barker 2 1' 1' 1' | 5+3 | Shane Parker 1 1' 1' 1' | 4+3 | Paul Hurry - - 0 1 | 1 | Mark Lemon 1 0 R - 2' | 3+1 | |
| Gary Havelock 0 2' 3 0 | 5+1 | Mark Lemon 3 1 1 0 | 5 | Scott Nicholls 2 0 0 - R | 2 | Steve Johnston 3 3 2 1 3 2 | 14 | |
| 1: Dugard, Screen, Crump, Lyons 5-1 2: Lemon, Barker, Parker, Havelock 2-4 7-5 3: Louis, Boyce, Adams, Tatum 3-3 10-8 4: Loram, Havelock, Lemon, Sullivan 5-1 15-9 5: Crump, Louis, Lyons, Tatum 2-4 17-13 6: Screen, Sullivan, Parker, Dugard 3-3 20-16 7: Boyce, Loram, Barker, Adams 3-3 23-19 8: Havelock, Dugard, Lemon, Lyons R 5-1 28-20 9: Louis, Sullivan, Parker, Tatum 3-3 31-23 10: Screen, Dugard, Boyce, Adams 5-1 36-24 11: Lyons, Loram, Barker, Crump FX 3-3 39-27 12: Louis, Adams, Parker, Havelock 3-3 42-30 13: Screen, Crump, Sullivan, Loram 3-3 45-33 14: Boyce, Tatum, Barker, Lemon 3-3 48-36 15: Crump, Lyons, Loram, Dugard FX 1-5 49-41 16: Boyce, Louis, Screen, Sullivan 3-3 52-44 | 1: Crump, Dugard, Screen, Lyons 3-3 2: Johnston, Nicholls, Lemon (only 3 riders) 2-4 5-7 3: Adams, Louis, Sullivan, Havelock 2-4 7-11 4: Johnston, Loram, Boyce, Nicholls 2-4 9-15 5: Louis, Crump, Lyons, Havelock 3-3 12-18 6: Boyce, Screen, Dugard, Lemon 3-3 15-21 7: Adams, Loram, Sullivan, Nicholls 2-4 17-25 8: Louis, Johnston, Lyons, Dugard 3-3 20-28 9: Louis, Screen, Boyce, Lemon R 5-1 25-29 10: Screen, Adams, Dugard, Sullivan 4-2 29-31 11: Loram, Crump, Lyons, Hurry 3-3 32-34 12: Adams, Louis, Johnston, Nicholls R 2-4 34-38 13: Crump, Loram, Screen, Boyce 3-3 37-41 14: Johnston, Lemon, Hurry, Havelock 1-5 38-46 15: Loram, Johnston, Boyce, Dugard 3-3 41-49 16: Crump, Adams, Louis, Screen 1-5 42-54 | |||||||
| Eastbourne : England 43 Australia 53 | ||||||
| Joe Screen 1 1 3 1' 3 | 9+1 | Jason Crump 3 1' R 3 3 | 10+1 | 1: Crump, Lyons, Screen, Dugard R 1-5 2: Lemon, Norris, Parker, Nicholls Frm 2-4 3-9 3: Adams, Louis, Johnston, Havelock 2-4 5-13 4: Parker, Norris, Loram, Boyce 3-3 8-16 5: Louis, Lyons, Crump, Havelock 3-3 11-19 6: Lemon, Boyce, Screen, Dugard 1-5 12-24 7: Adams, Loram, Nicholls, Johnston 3-3 15-27 8: Norris, Lyons, Parker, Dugard 3-3 18-30 9: Norris, Boyce, Lemon, Louis 3-3 21-33 10: Screen, Johnston, Adams, Dugard FX 3-3 24-36 11: Lyons, Loram, Louis, Crump R 3-3 27-39 12: Adams, Lemon, Norris, Louis 1-5 28-44 13: Crump, Loram, Screen, Boyce 3-3 31-47 14: Havelock, Nicholls, Johnston, Parker 5-1 36-48 15: Crump, Louis, Norris, Lemon 3-3 39-51 16: Screen, Lyons, Loram, Adams 4-2 43-53 | ||
| Martin Dugard R 0 0 FX | 0 | Jason Lyons 2' 2 2 3 2 | 11+1 | |||
| Chris Louis 2 3 0 1' 0 2 | 8+1 | Leigh Adams 3 3 1' 3 0 | 10+1 | |||
| Gary Havelock 0 0 - 3 | 3 | Steve Johnston 1 0 2 1 | 4 | |||
| Mark Loram 1' 2 2 2 1 | 8+1 | Craig Boyce 0 2' 2 0 | 4+1 | |||
| Scott Nicholls 0 1' - 2' | 3+2 | Mark Lemon 3 3 1' 2' 0 | 9+2 | |||
| David Norris 2 2 3 3 1 1' | 12+1 | Shane Parker 1 3 1' 0 | 5+1 | |||
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| 1998 | England beat Australia 2-1 | |
| OFFICIAL | 06.07 Wolverhampton
01.08 Eastbourne 02.08 King's Lynn |
England 55 Australia 41 England 56 Australia 40 England 37 Australia 59 |
| POINT SCORERS England Chris Louis 32, Paul Hurry 24, Martin Dugard 22, Joe Screen 21, Mark Loram 17, Scott Nicholls 10, Glenn Cunningham 8, David Norris 8, Andy Smith 6. |
Australia Jason Crump 28, Leigh Adams 25, Shane Parker 21, Craig Boyce 17, Mark Lemon 17, Jason Lyons 16, Ryan Sullivan 14, Steve Johnston 2. |
|
| Paul Hurry, joint top-scorer and most exciting
rider of the night, led England, under new team manager Dave Jessup, to
a comfortable win at Wolverhampton over an Australian team which badly
missed the injured Jason Crump. England won the series in an incident-filled match at rainy Eastbourne. Debutant Cunningham passed Parker and Lemon to join Hurry for a 5-1 in heat 2, but fell on the slippery circuit causing Lemon to lay his bike down. England led by 2 points after seven races, but were then to score 3 successive 5-1's in heats 8, 9, & 10 when an Australian fell in each of those races at almost the same spot - once for Parker, and twice for Lemon. Crump took 8 points in races 11, 12, & 13 to reduce his teams' defecit to 10 points, but Hurry beat Sullivan from behind to win the 14th race and ensure a home win. As lightning flashed, the starting gate malfunctioned , and the last 2 heats began on the green light. In the final heat, Dugard jumped the start and was excluded, but then reinstated by referee Ebdon. In the rerun Adams got away ahead of the field and was excluded, which was followed by (unsuccessful) protests from his team manager Neil Street. Already without Scott Nicholls for the final two matches, England also lost Mark Loram with a knee injury in his first ride of the final Test at King's Lynn, and were well-beaten by a determined Australia team for whom Crump scored the only maximum of the series. |
| Wolverhampton : England 55 Australia 41 | Eastbourne : England 56 Australia 40 | |||||||
| Chris Louis 3 1' 2' 2 3 | 11+2 | Mark Lemon 1 0 - 3 3 2 | 9 | Chris Louis 2 0 3 3 | 8 | Jason Crump 3 1 3 3 2 2 | 14 | |
| Scott Nicholls 2' 2 1 3 2' | 10+2 | Jason Lyons 0 2 0 1 | 3 | David Norris 1' 1 3 2' 1 | 8+2 | Craig Boyce 0 0 1 - | 1 | |
| Martin Dugard R 1 1 0 | 2 | Ryan Sullivan 2 0 0 - | 2 | Martin Dugard 2 3 3 2 3 | 13 | Jason Lyons 3 2 1 1 1' FX | 8+1 | |
| Mark Loram 3 3 3 0 3 | 12 | Craig Boyce 1' 2 1 1 - 0 | 5+1 | Mark Loram 1' 2' 2' 0 | 5+3 | Ryan Sullivan 0 0 - 2 | 2 | |
| Joe Screen 0 3 2' 0 | 5+1 | Leigh Adams 1' 3 2 0 1 1' | 8+2 | Joe Screen 3 3 1 1 3 | 11 | Leigh Adams 2 2' 1 2' 0 T | 7+2 | |
| Andy Smith 0 1 - 2 | 3 | Steve Johnston 2' 0 0 - | 2+1 | G Cunningham FX 1 0 - | 1 | Mark Lemon 2 3 0 FX - | 5 | |
| Paul Hurry 1 3 3 3 2 X |
12 | Shane Parker 3 2 2 3 1 1 | 12 | Paul Hurry 3 0 2' 0 3 2' | 10+2 | Shane Parker 1' 1' 0 - 1 0 | 3+2 | |
| 1: Louis, Nicholls, Lemon, Lyons 5-1 2: Parker, Johnston, Hurry, Smith 1-5 6-6 3: Loram, Sullivan, Boyce, Dugard R 3-3 9-9 4: Hurry, Parker, Adams, Screen 3-3 12-12 5: Loram, Lyons, Dugard, Lemon 4-2 16-14 6: Adams, Nicholls, Louis, Johnston 3-3 19-17 7: Screen, Boyce, Smith, Sullivan 4-2 23-19 8: Hurry, Parker, Nicholls, Lyons 4-2 27-21 9: Loram, Adams, Dugard, Johnston 4-2 31-23 10: Nicholls, Louis, Boyce, Sullivan 5-1 36-24 11: Hurry, Screen, Lyons, Adams 5-1 41-25 12: Parker, Hurry, Boyce, Dugard 2-4 43-29 13: Lemon, Louis, Adams, Screen 2-4 45-33 14: Lemon, Smith, Parker, Loram 2-4 47-37 15: Loram, Nicholls, Parker, Boyce 5-1 52-38 16: Louis, Lemon, Adams, Hurry X 3-3 55-41 | 1: Crump, Louis, Norris, Boyce 3-3 2: Hurry, Lemon, Parker, Cunningham FX 3-3 6-6 3: Lyons, Dugard, Loram, Sullivan 3-3 9-9 4: Screen, Adams, Parker, Hurry 3-3 12-12 5: Dugard, Loram, Crump, Boyce 5-1 17-13 6: Lemon, Adams, Norris, Louis 1-5 18-18 7: Screen, Lyons, Cunningham, Sullivan 4-2 22-20 8: Norris, Hurry, Boyce, Parker 5-1 27-21 9: Dugard, Loram, Adams, Lemon 5-1 32-22 10: Louis, Norris, Lyons, Lemon FX 5-1 37-23 11: Crump, Adams, Screen, Cunningham 1-5 38-28 12: Crump, Dugard, Lyons, Hurry 2-4 40-32 13: Louis, Crump, Screen, Adams 4-2 44-34 14: Hurry, Sullivan, Lyons, Loram 3-3 47-37 15: Screen, Hurry, Parker, Lyons FX 5-1 52-38 16: Dugard, Crump, Norris, Parker, Adams T 4-2 56-40 | |||||||
| King's Lynn : England 37 Australia 59 | ||||||
| Chris Louis © 1 3 2 3 2 2 | 13 | Jason Crump 2' 3 3 3 3 | 14+1 | 1: Boyce, Crump, Louis, Hurry 1-5 2: Cunningham, Parker, Smith, Lemon R 4-2 5-7 3: Sullivan, Dugard, Lyons, Loram FX 2-4 7-11 4: Screen, Adams, Smith, Parker R 4-2 11-13 5: Crump, Boyce, Dugard, Cunningham 1-5 12-18 6: Louis, Lemon, Adams, Hurry 3-3 15-21 7: Sullivan, Screen, Cunningham, Lyons 3-3 18-24 8: Boyce, Parker, Smith, Hurry 1-5 19-29 9: Adams, Louis, Dugard, Lemon 3-3 22-32 10: Louis, Lyons, Sullivan, Screen 3-3 25-35 11: Crump, Boyce, Cunningham, Screen R 1-5 26-40 12: Dugard, Lyons, Lemon, Smith 3-3 29-43 13: Crump, Louis, Adams, Screen 2-4 31-47 14: Sullivan, Parker, Cunningham, Dugard 1-5 32-52 15:Adams, Hurry, Cunningham, Parker 3-3 35-55 16: Crump, Louis, Boyce, Dugard 2-4 37-59 | ||
| Paul Hurry 0 0 0 - 2 | 2 | Craig Boyce © 3 2' 3 2' 1 | 11+2 | |||
| Martin Dugard 2 1 1' 3 0 0 | 7+1 | Jason Lyons 1 0 2 2 | 5 | |||
| Mark Loram FX - - - | 0 | Ryan Sullivan 3 3 1' 3 | 10+1 | |||
| Joe Screen 3 2 0 R 0 | 5 | Leigh Adams 2 1' 3 1 3 | 10+1 | |||
| G Cunningham 3 0 1' 1 1 1' | 7+2 | Mark Lemon R 2 0 1' | 3+1 | |||
| Andy Smith 1 1 1 0 | 3 | Shane Parker 2 R 2' 2' 0 | 6+2 | |||
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| 1999 | England beat Australia 2½ - ½ | |
| OFFICIAL |
11.06 Belle Vue
(Kirkmanshulme Lane) 16.06 Hull (Craven Park) 18.06 Oxford |
England 45 Australia 45 England 46 Australia 44 England 60 Australia 30 |
| POINT SCORERS England Joe Screen 26, Scott Nicholls 24, Chris Louis 21, Martin Dugard 20, Paul Hurry 20, Mark Loram 20, Carl Stonehewer 17, David Norris 3. |
Australia Jason Lyons 26, Leigh Adams 22, Todd Wiltshire 17, Steve Johnston 15, Jason Crump 12, Ryan Sullivan 11, Craig Boyce 10, Shane Parker 5, Mark Lemon 1. |
|
| England built up a lead of 8 points by the halfway stage of the opening Test, but engine problems for both Dugard and Hurry allowed Australia to take their chances and pull level. At Hull, amidst all the Elite League and GP stars, it was Premier League number 1, a very aggressive Carl Stonehewer, who was instrumental in winning the second match of the series for England when he came under Lyons for third place in the final, nominated riders heat. It had been a see-saw encounter, with the home country building a 6 point lead after 6 races, before Australia fought back with 2 5-1's and a 4-2 to lead by four points. Dugard and that man Stonehewer scored the 5-1 that put England back on level terms in heat 14, before Stoney joined race winner Louis for the match winning 4-2. Crump, after a sluggish display, fell and suffered shoulder and rib injuries which kept him out of the final Test at Oxford where England, inspired by 20 points from reserves Hurry and Stoney, ran rampant over an Australian team who never recovered from conceding three successive 5-1's in heats 4, 5, & 6. |
| Belle Vue : England 45 Australia 45 | Hull : England 46 Australia 44 | |||||||
| Chris Louis 2 0 0 - | 2 | Jason Crump 3 1' 1 3 3 | 11+1 | Chris Louis 1 3 3 2 3 | 12 | Jason Crump 0 1' 0 FX | 1+1 | |
| Scott Nicholls 1' 3 3 2 2 | 11+1 | Jason Lyons R 2 1' 3 3 0 | 9+1 | Scott Nicholls 3 2' FX 0 | 5+1 | Jason Lyons 2 2 3 3 0 | 10 | |
| Joe Screen 3 3 3 3 1' | 13+1 | Todd Wiltshire 1 1 - 2 | 4 | Joe Screen 3 0 R 3 | 6 | Todd Wiltshire 0 2' 1' 2 | 5+2 | |
| Martin Dugard 2' 0 R R | 2+1 | Mark Lemon 0 0 - 1 | 1 | Martin Dugard 1 3 1 3 | 8 | Craig Boyce 2 3 2 1 | 8 | |
| Mark Loram 0 3 2 2 | 7 | Leigh Adams 1 2 2 1 | 6 | Mark Loram 2 0 2 1' | 5+1 | Leigh Adams 3 1 3 3 2 | 12 | |
| Paul Hurry 3 2' R R 2 | 7+1 | Steve Johnston 2 1' 1' 1' | 5+3 | Paul Hurry 0 1 - R - | 1 | Steve Johnston 1' 0 2' 1' | 4+3 | |
| David Norris 1 2 0 0 | 3 | Ryan Sullivan 0 3 2 1 3 | 9 | C Stonehewer 3 R 2 1' 2' 1 | 9+2 | Shane Parker 2 1 1 0 | 4 | |
| 1: Crump, Louis, Nicholls, Lyons R 3-3 2: Hurry, Johnston, Norris, Sullivan 4-2 7-5 3: Screen, Dugard, Wiltshire, Lemon 5-1 12-6 4: Sullivan, Norris, Adams, Loram Frm 2-4 14-10 5: Screen, Lyons, Crump, Dugard 3-3 17-13 6: Nicholls, Adams, Johnston, Louis 3-3 20-16 7: Loram, Hurry, Wiltshire, Lemon 5-1 25-17 8: Nicholls, Sullivan, Lyons, Norris 3-3 28-20 9: Screen, Adams, Johnston, Dugard R 3-3 31-23 10: Lyons, Nicholls, Sullivan, Louis 2-4 33-27 11: Lyons, Loram, Crump, Hurry R 2-4 35-31 12: Screen, Wiltshire, Johnston, Norris 3-3 38-34 13: Crump, Loram, Adams, Hurry R 2-4 40-38 14: Sullivan, Hurry, Lemon, Dugard R 2-4 42-42 15: Crump, Nicholls, Screen, Lyons 3-3 45-45 | 1: Nicholls, Lyons, Louis, Crump 4-2 2: Stonehewer, Parker, Johnston, Hurry 3-3 7-5 3: Screen, Boyce, Dugard, Wiltshire 4-2 11-7 4: Adams, Loram, Parker, Stonehewer R 2-4 13-11 5: Dugard, Lyons, Crump, Screen 3-3 16-14 6: Louis, Nicholls, Adams, Johnston 5-1 21-15 7: Boyce, Wiltshire, Hurry, Loram 1-5 22-20 8: Lyons, Stonehewer, Parker, Nicholls FX 2-4 24-24 9: Adams, Johnston, Dugard, Screen R 1-5 25-29 10: Louis, Boyce, Wiltshire, Nicholls 3-3 28-32 11: Lyons, Loram, Stonehewer, Crump 3-3 31-35 12: Screen, Wiltshire, Johnston, Hurry R 3-3 34-38 13: Adams, Louis, Loram, Crump FX 3-3 37-41 14: Dugard, Stonehewer, Boyce, Parker 5-1 42-42 15: Louis, Adams, Stonehewer, Lyons 4-2 46-44 | |||||||
| Oxford : England 60 Australia 30 | ||||||
| Chris Louis 2' 2' 3 0 | 7+2 | Leigh Adams 1 0 1 2' | 4+1 | 1: Nicholls, Louis, Adams, Boyce 5-1 2: Johnston, Hurry, Sullivan, Stonehewer 2-4 7-5 3: Lyons, Dugard, Loram, Parker 3-3 10-8 4: Stonehewer, Screen, Wiltshire, Sullivan 5-1 15-9 5: Dugard, Loram, Boyce, Adams 5-1 20-10 6: Nicholls, Louis, Johnston, Wiltshire 5-1 25-11 7: Lyons, Hurry, Screen, Parker 3-3 28-14 8: Stonehewer, Johnston, Boyce, Nicholls R, Sullivan M 3-3 31-17 9: Wiltshire, Loram, Dugard, Johnston 3-3 34-20 10: Louis, Nicholls, Parker, Lyons R 5-1 39-21 11: Screen, Hurry, Adams, Boyce 5-1 44-22 12: Loram, Stonehewer, Lyons, Johnston 5-1 49-23 13: Wiltshire, Adams, Screen, Louis 1-5 50-28 14: Hurry, Dugard, Sullivan, Parker 5-1 55-29 15: Hurry, Dugard, Wiltshire, Johnston R 5-1 60-30 | ||
| Scott Nicholls 3 3 R 2' | 8+1 | Craig Boyce 0 1 1' 0 | 2+1 | |||
| Mark Loram 1' 2' 2 3 | 8+2 | Jason Lyons 3 3 R 1 | 7 | |||
| Martin Dugard 2 3 1' 2' 2' | 10+3 | Shane Parker 0 0 1 0 | 1 | |||
| Joe Screen 2' 1' 3 1 | 7+2 | Todd Wiltshire 1 0 3 3 1 | 8 | |||
| Paul Hurry 2 2 2' 3 3 | 12+1 | Steve Johnston 3 1 2 0 0 R | 6 | |||
| Carl Stonehewer 0 3 3 2' | 8+1 | Ryan Sullivan 1 0 M 1 | 2 | |||
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| No further series have been raced, though there was a Great Britain v Australia match in 2001 |
| Contributors : Roger Stevens |
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