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England v Australia 1934 - Heat Details

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© captain ; F Fell ; M Time exclusion ; ns non-starter ; R Retired ; rm remounted ; T Start/tapes exclusion ; X Exclusion

For matches where the heat details list only the first three finishers, (0) indicates the probable last place rider, though they could have been replaced by a reserve.

1 - Wembley
England 38 Australia 69
Colin Watson © 3 1 1 0 1 0 6 Vic Huxley © F 2 2 2½½3 3 12½ + ½
Les Wotton F 0 - - - - 0 Lionel van Praag 2 0 1' 2½½R 1 6½ + 1½
Frank Charles 0 3 0 1 1' 0 5 + 1 Ron Johnson 1' 2 2' 2' F 3 10 + 3
Tom Farndon 3 1 1 0 2 1 8 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
res.Tiger Stevenson 0 0 0 res.Frank Arthur no rides -
res.Nobby Key 1 0 1 2 res.Jack Sharp no rides -
1: Watson, Praag, Huxley F, Wotton F 3-2 2: Farndon, Wilkinson, Johnson, Charles 77.2 (new record) 3-3 6-5
3: Lees, Case, Grosskreutz, Byers 3-3 9-8
4: Charles, Huxley, Farndon, Praag 4-2 13-10
5: Lees, Johnson, Byers, Wilkinson 4-2 17-12
6: Case, Grosskreutz, Watson, Wotton 1-5 18-17
7: Lees, Huxley, Praag, Byers 3-3 21-20
8: Wilkinson, Johnson, Watson, Stevenson 1-5 22-25
9: Grosskreutz, Case, Farndon, Charles 1-5 23-30		 10: Huxley & Praag (dead-heat), Key, Watson 1-5 24-35
11: Wilkinson, Johnson, Charles, Farndon 1-5 25-40
12: Grosskreutz, Case, Lees, Byers 1-5 26-45
13: Huxley, Farndon, Charles, Praag R 3-3 29-48
14: Lees, Wilkinson, Byers, Johnson F 4-2 33-50
15: Grosskreutz, Case, Watson, Key 1-5 34-55
16: Huxley, Lees, Praag, Stevenson 2-4 36-59
17: Johnson, Wilkinson, Key, Watson 1-5 37-64
18: Grosskreutz, Case, Farndon, Charles 1-5 38-69

2 - New Cross
England 58 Australia 48
Eric Langton © 3 3 1 2 2 3 14 Vic Huxley © Frm 3 F 3 F - 6
Tommy Croombs 2' 1 F F - - 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 FX 3 3 3 1 3 13 Dick Case 2 2 3 1' 3 2 13 + 1
Nobby Key 3 1 2' F R F 6 + 1 Max Grosskreutz F 0 R 2 1 F 3
res.Joe Francis 0 0 res.Frank Arthur 1 1' 2 + 1
res.Claude Rye 0 0 res.Jack Sharp 1 1 1 3
1: Langton, Croombs, Sharp, Huxley F,rm 61.6 (equals record)5-1 2: Farndon, Johnson, Abbott, Wilkinson 61.4 (new record) 4-2 9-3 3: Key, Case, Grosskreutz F,ns, Lees FX 3-2 12-5 4: Huxley, Farndon, Abbott, Praag 61.2 (new record) 3-3 15-8 5: Lees, Wilkinson, Key, Johnson F 4-2 19-10
6: Langton, Case, Croombs, Grosskreutz 4-2 23-12
7: Lees, Key, Arthur, Huxley F 5-1 28-13
8: Johnson, Wilkinson, Langton F,rm, Croombs F 1-5 29-18
9: Case, Abbott, Farndon, Grosskreutz R 3-3 32-21		 10: Huxley, Langton, Sharp, Croombs F 2-4 34-25
11: Abbott, Wilkinson, Farndon, Johnson F 4-2 38-27
12: Lees, Grosskreutz, Case F,rm, Key F 3-3 41-30
13: Abbott, Farndon, Sharp, Huxley F 5-1 46-31
14: Johnson, Wilkinson, Lees, Key R 1-5 47-36
15: Case, Langton, Grosskreutz, Francis 2-4 49-40
16: Lees, Praag, Arthur, Key F 3-3 52-43 17: Langton, Johnson, Wilkinson, Rye, Croombs F,ns 3-3 55-46
18: Abbott, Case, Grosskreutz F, Farndon F 3-2 58-48

3 - Wimbledon
England 51 Australia 54
Eric Langton © 3 1 3 3 3 3 16 Vic Huxley © 2 Fns - - - - 2
Bill Kitchen (0) (0) 2' (0) 1 1 4 + 1 Jack Sharp 1' 3 1 2 3 3 13 + 1
Tom Farndon 1' T 1' 2' F (0) 4 + 3 Ron Johnson 3 3 F M 3 F 9
Joe Abbott 2 2 2 3 R 2 11 Bluey Wilkinson (0) 1 F 0 1 2 4
Ginger Lees 2 2 3 2 2 2 13 Dick Case 3 2' R 1 (0) 1 7 + 1
Claude Rye 0 0 - - - - 0 Max Grosskreutz 1 3 3 3 2 3 15
res.Geoff Pymar 2' (0) (0) 1' 3 + 2 res.Lionel van Praag T (0) 1 1
res.Wal Phillips did not ride - res.Frank Pearce 1' 2' (0) 3 + 2
1: Langton, Huxley, Sharp, (Kitchen) 3-3
2: Johnson, Abbott, Farndon, (Wilkinson) 3-3 6-6
3: Case, Lees, Grosskreutz, Rye 2-4 8-10
4: Sharp, Abbott, Huxley F,ns, Farndon T, Praag T 2-3 10-13
5: Johnson, Lees, Wilkinson, Rye 2-4 12-17
6: Grosskreutz, Case, Langton, (Kitchen) 1-5 13-22
7: Lees, Pymar, Sharp, (Praag) 5-1 18-23
8: Langton, Kitchen, Johnson F, Wilkinson F 5-0 23-23
9: Grosskreutz, Abbott, Farndon, Case R 3-3 26-26		 10: Langton, Sharp, Pearce, (Kitchen) 3-3 29-29 11: Abbott, Farndon, Praag, Wilkinson, Johnson M 5-1 34-30
12: Grosskreutz, Lees, Case, (Pymar) 2-4 36-34
13: Sharp, Pearce, Farndon F, Abbott R 0-5 36-39
14: Johnson, Lees, Wilkinson, (Pymar) 2-4 38-43
15: Langton, Grosskreutz, Kitchen, (Case) 4-2 42-45
16: Sharp, Lees, Pymar, (Pearce) 3-3 45-48
17: Langton, Wilkinson, Kitchen, Johnson F 4-2 49-50
18: Grosskreutz, Abbott, Case, (Farndon) 2-4 51-54

4 - Belle Vue
England 60½ Australia 45½
Eric Langton © 3 3 F 3 3 3 15 Vic Huxley © F 1 0 0 - - 1
Tom Farndon F 2' 1 1 R 4 + 1 Dick Case 2 F - 2 F 0 4
Frank Charles 3 3 1' 1' 2' 3 13 + 3 Ron Johnson 2 2 3 3 3 2 15
Joe Abbott 1 2' 2 2 3 F 10 + 1 Bluey Wilkinson 0 1' 2' 0 1 1' 5 + 3
Ginger Lees 3 3 3 2 2 1 14 Max Grosskreutz X 1 3 3 2 2 11
Tiger Stevenson R 0 1½ 0 0 - 1½ Jack Sharp 2 0 0 - 1' 1' 4 + 2
res.Tommy Croombs 3 R 3 res.Lionel van Praag 1½ 1 2 4½
res.Gordon Byers did not ride - res.Wally Little 1 1
1: Langton, Case, Huxley F, Farndon F 76.4 (new record) 3-2
2: Charles, Johnson, Abbott, Wilkinson 4-2 7-4
3: Lees, Sharp, Grosskreutz X, Stevenson R 3-2 10-6
4: Charles, Abbott, Huxley, Case F 5-1 15-7
5: Lees, Johnson, Wilkinson, Stevenson 3-3 18-10
6: Langton, Farndon, Grosskreutz, Sharp 5-1 23-11 7: Lees, Stevenson & Praag (dead-heat), Huxley 4½-1½ 27½-12½
8: Johnson, Wilkinson, Farndon, Langton F 1-5 28½-17½
9: Grosskreutz, Abbott, Charles, Sharp 3-3 31½-20½		 10: Langton, Case, Farndon, Huxley 4-2 35½-22½
11: Johnson, Abbott, Charles, Wilkinson 3-3 38½-25½
12: Grosskreutz, Lees, Praag, Stevenson 2-4 40½-29½
13: Abbott, Charles, Little, Case F 5-1 45½-30½
14: Johnson, Lees, Wilkinson, Stevenson 2-4 47½-34½
15: Langton, Grosskreutz, Sharp, Farndon R 3-3 50½-37½
16: Croombs, Praag, Lees, Case 4-2 54½-39½
17: Langton, Johnson, Wilkinson, Croombs R 3-3 57½-42½
18: Charles, Grosskreutz, Sharp, Abbott F 3-3 60½-45½

5 - 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 R 2 - 5
Frank Charles 2 0 R - - - 2 Bluey Wilkinson 3 2 2 3 3 3 16
Joe Abbott 1' 1 2 2 3 R 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 R R 3 3 1' - 7 + 1 Max Grosskreutz 3 3 3 F 3 3 15
res.Tiger Stevenson R 1 T 1 res.Wally Little 1 1
res.Norman Parker F 0 0 res.Bert Spencer did not ride -
1: Langton, Johnson, Croombs, Sharp 81.6 (new record) 4-2
2: Wilkinson, Charles, Abbott, Praag 3-3 7-5
3: Grosskreutz, Lees, Case, Farndon R 2-4 9-9
4: Sharp, Johnson, Abbott, Charles 1-5 10-14
5: Lees, Wilkinson, Praag, Farndon R 3-3 13-17
6: Grosskreutz, Langton, Case, Stevenson R 2-4 15-21
7: Farndon, Johnson, Lees, Sharp 81.6 (equals record) 4-2 19-23 8: Langton, Wilkinson, Croombs, Praag 4-2 23-25
9: Grosskreutz, Abbott, Case, Charles R 2-4 25-29		 10: Langton, Croombs, Johnson, Sharp R 5-1 30-30
11: Wilkinson, Abbott, Praag, N Parker F 2-4 32-34
12: Farndon, Case, Lees, Grosskreutz F 4-2 36-36
13: Abbott, Sharp, Stevenson, Johnson F 4-2 40-38
14: Wilkinson, Lees, Farndon, Praag 3-3 43-41
15: Grosskreutz, Croombs, Case, Langton 2-4 45-45
16: Johnson, Lees, Little, N Parker 2-4 47-49
17: Wilkinson, Langton, Croombs, Praag 3-3 50-52
18: Grosskreutz, Case, Stevenson T, Abbott R 0-5 50-57

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