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1934 29.09 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 52 Australasia 55
UNOFFICIAL {short description of image} Tom Farndon © Ron Johnson ©
Wal Phillips Bluey Wilkinson
Ginger Lees Wally Kilmister
Geoff Pymar Lionel van Praag
Tommy Croombs Dick Case
Stan Greatrex Wally Little
Dusty Haigh Tiger Lewis
Teams as listed in programme

1954 England won series 3-0
OFFICIAL 10.08 : West Ham England 60 Australasia 48
04.09 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 64 Australasia 44
25.09 : Bradford (Att : 11,000) England 56 Australasia 52
England Total Australasia Total
Brian Crutcher 17-0-6 10-2-6 15-0-6 42-2-18 Geoff Mardon (NZ) 8-0-6 13-0-6 13-1-6 34-1-18
Arthur Forrest 15-1-6 13-3-6 10-2-6 38-6-18 Jack Young (Aus) 12-0-6 15-0-6 - 27-0-12
Eddie Rigg 9-3-6 11-1-6 10-1-6 30-5-18 Ronnie Moore (NZ) - 7-0-6 11-2-6 18-2-12
Eric Williams 1-0-1 11-2-6 9-1-6 21-3-13 Trevor Redmond (NZ) 10-1-6 1-0-4 7-0-5 18-1-15
Ken Sharples - 12-1-6 - 12-1-6 Barry Briggs (NZ) 5-1-5 0-0-2 10-2-6 15-3-13
Peter Craven 0-0-1 7-3-6 1-0-3 8-3-10 Ron Johnston (NZ) 1-0-2 6-0-3 4-1-4 11-1-9
Split Waterman 7-2-6 - - 7-2-6 Aub Lawson (Aus) 4-0-4 - 5-0-6 9-0-10
Wally Green 6-0-5 - - 6-0-5 Jack Biggs (Aus) 7-3-5 1-1-4 0-0-1 8-4-10
Arthur Wright - - 6-1-6 6-1-6 Merv Neil (NZ) 1-0-2 1-0-2 - 2-0-4
Freddie Williams 5-1-5 - - 5-1-5 Dick Seers (Aus) - - 2-0-2 2-0-2
Ron How - - 4-1-2 4-1-2
Keith Milner - - 1-0-1 1-0-1
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Australasia 1954 at Belle Vue
Back - Geoff Mardon, Ron Johnston, Jack Young, Jack Biggs
Front - Merv Neil, Barry Briggs, Ronnie Moore, Trevor Redmond
1st Test at West Ham
England 60 Australasia 48 1: Green, Young, Briggs, F Williams 3-3 2: Crutcher, Redmond, Waterman, Lawson 7-5 3: Mardon, Forrest, Rigg, Johnston 10-8 4: Crutcher, Young, Waterman, Briggs 14-10 5: Forrest, Rigg, Lawson, Redmond 19-11 6: Green, F Williams, Johnston, Mardon R 24-12 7: Rigg, Forrest, Young, Briggs 29-13 8: Redmond, Biggs, F Williams, Green 30-18 9: Crutcher, Waterman, Neil, Mardon R 35-19 10: Young, Biggs, E Williams, Green 36-24 11: Crutcher, Waterman, Redmond, Lawson 41-25 12: Forrest, Rigg, Biggs, Mardon F 46-26 13: Young, Crutcher, Briggs, Waterman 48-30 14: Forrest, Redmond, Rigg, Neil 52-32 15: Mardon, Biggs, F Williams, Craven 53-37 16: Briggs, Forrest, Young, Rigg 55-41 17: Lawson, Redmond, F Williams, Green 56-46 18: Crutcher, Mardon, Waterman, Biggs 60-48
Fred Williams 0 2' 1 - 1 1 5+1 Jack Young 2 2 1 3 3 1 12
Wally Green 3 3 0 0 - 0 6 Barry Briggs 1' 0 0 - 1 3 5+1
Split Waterman 1 1 2' 2' 0 1 7+2 Aub Lawson 0 1 - 0 - 3 4
Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 2 3 17 Trevor Redmond 2 0 3 1 2 2' 10+1
Arthur Forrest 2 3 2' 3 3 2 15+1 Geoff Mardon 3 R R F 3 2 8
Eddie Rigg 1' 2' 3 2' 1 0 9+3 Ron Johnston 0 1 - - - - 1
Eric Williams 1 1 Jack Biggs 2' 2' 1 2' 0 7+3
Peter Craven 0 0 Merv Neil 1 0 1
2nd Test at Belle Vue
England 64 Australasia 44 1: Young, Johnston, Forrest, Rigg 1-5 2: Crutcher, Moore, Williams, Redmond 5-7 3: Mardon, Craven, Sharples, Biggs 8-10 4: Williams, Young, Johnston, Crutcher 11-13 5: Moore, Sharples, Craven, Redmond 14-16 6: Forrest, Mardon, Biggs, Rigg F 17-19 7: Young, Sharples, Johnston, Craven R 19-23 8: Forrest, Rigg, Moore, Briggs 24-24 9: Mardon, Crutcher, Williams, Biggs 27-27 10: Rigg, Forrest, Young, Johnston 32-28 11: Williams, Crutcher, Neil, Moore 37-29 12: Sharples, Craven, Mardon, Briggs 42-30 13: Young, Crutcher, Williams, Johnston 45-33 14: Sharples, Craven, Moore, Redmond 50-34 15: Rigg, Forrest, Mardon, Biggs 55-35 16: Young, Johnston, Sharples, Craven 56-40 17: Rigg, Forrest, Redmond, Moore 61-41 18: Mardon, Williams, Crutcher, Neil 64-44
Arthur Forrest 1 3 3 2' 2' 2' 13+3 Jack Young 3 2 3 1 3 3 15
Eddie Rigg 0 F 2' 3 3 3 11+1 Ron Johnston 2' 1' 1 0 0 2' 6+3
Brian Crutcher 3 0 2 2' 2 1' 10+2 Ronnie Moore 2 3 1 0 1 0 7
Eric Williams 1 3 1' 3 1' 2 11+2 Trevor Redmond 0 0 - - 0 1 1
Peter Craven 2 1' R 2' 2' 0 7+3 Geoff Mardon 3 2 3 1 1 3 13
Ken Sharples 1' 2 2 3 3 1 12+1 Jack Biggs 0 1' 0 - 0 - 1+1
Barry Briggs 0 0 0
Merv Neil 1 0 1
3rd Test at Bradford
England 56 Australasia 52 1: Redmond, Briggs, Forrest, Rigg 1-5 2: Moore, Johnston, Williams, Wright R 2-10 3: Crutcher, Lawson, Mardon, Craven 5-13 4: Briggs, Wright, Williams, Redmond 8-16 5: Crutcher, Moore, Craven, Johnston 12-18 6: Mardon, Forrest, Rigg, Lawson 15-21 7: Crutcher, Briggs, Milner, Biggs 19-23 8: Rigg, Johnston, Moore, Forrest 22-26 9: Mardon, Williams, Lawson, Wright 24-30 10: Forrest, Redmond, Briggs, Rigg R 27-33 11: Moore, Williams, Wright, Johnston 30-36 12: Mardon, Crutcher, How, Lawson 33-39 13: Wright, Redmond, Williams, Briggs X 37-41 14: Crutcher, Seers, Moore, Craven 40-44 15: Rigg, Forrest, Lawson, Mardon 45-45 16: How, Briggs, Crutcher, Redmond 49-47 17: Rigg, Forrest, Moore, Seers 54-48 18: Mardon, Williams, Lawson, Wright 56-52
Arthur Forrest 1 2 0 3 2' 2' 10+2 Barry Briggs 2' 3 2 1' X 2 10+2
Eddie Rigg 0 1' 3 R 3 3 10+1 Trevor Redmond 3 0 - 2 2 0 7
Eric Williams 1 1' 2 2 1 2 9+1 Ronnie Moore 3 2 1' 3 1' 1 11+2
Arthur Wright R 2 0 1' 3 0 6+1 Ron Johnston 2' 0 2 0 - - 4+1
Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 2 3 1 15 Aub Lawson 2 0 1 0 1 1 5
Peter Craven 0 1 - - 0 - 1 Geoff Mardon 1' 3 3 3 0 3 13+1
Keith Milner 1 1 Jack Biggs 0 0
Ron How 1' 3 4+1 Dick Seers 2 0 2

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1955 England won series 4-2
OFFICIAL 13.06 : Wimbledon England 39 Australasia 67
23.06 : Wembley England 67 Australasia 41
05.07 : West Ham England 42 Australasia 66
20.07 : Bradford (Odsal) England 66 Australasia 42
27.07 : Birmingham (Alexander Stadium) England 61 Australasia 46
05.08 : Norwich England 57 Australasia 51

England Pts-Bns-R
Brian Crutcher - 16-0-6 10 14-0-6 11-3-6 10-1-6 61
Arthur Forrest - - - 18-0-6 12-1-6 12-2-6 42-3-18
Arthur Wright 10-1-6 9-1-6 6 6-2-5 - 3-0-2 34
Freddie Williams 10-1-5 17-0-6 4 - - - 31
Ken McKinlay - - 11 9-1-5 7-1-5 - 27
Alan Hunt - - 9 5-0-5 8-1-6 - 22
Phil Clarke 9-1-6 3-1-4 - - - 7-2-6 19-4-16
Ken Middleditch - - - - 13-1-6 5-1-5 18-2-11
Ron Mountford 2-1-3 4-2-2 0 - 10-2-6 - 16
Billy Bales - - - - 0-0-1 13-1-6 13-1-7
Eric Williams - 11-3-6 2 - - - 13
Ken Sharples 1-1-2 - - 10-1-4 - - 11-2-6
Ron How 4-0-6 - - 4-2-5 - 2-0-3 10-2-14
Tommy Price 2-0-4 7-3-6 - - - - 9-3-10
Cyril Roger - - - - - 5-1-2 5-1-2
Eddie Rigg 1-1-4 - - - - - 1-1-4
Gerry Hussey - - 0 - - - 0
Australasia Pts-Bns-R
Jack Young (Aus) 15-0-6 15-0-6 18-0-6 9-0-6 9-1-6 17-1-6 83-2-36
Barry Briggs (NZ) 12-0-6 5-0-6 14 6-1-5 15-0-6 13-0-6 65
Ronnie Moore (NZ) 18-0-6 9-0-6 18-0-6 12-0-6 - - 57-0-24
Ron Johnston(NZ) - - - 1-0-1 12-0-6 10-1-6 23-1-13
Aub Lawson (Aus) 9-1-6 3-0-5 1 0-0-2 4-0-4 4-1-6 21
Jack Geran (Aus) - 7-1-5 4 3-0-5 0-0-3 6-1-6 20
Peter Moore (Aus) 11-5-6 2-0-5 2 - 1-0-4 1-1-3 17
Jack Biggs (Aus) 0-0-1 - 9 3-2-5 - - 12
Bob Duckworth (NZ) 0-0-2 - - 8-1-6 1-0-3 0-0-2 9-1-13
Peter Clark (NZ) 2-0-3 0-0-3 0 - 4-0-4 0-0-1 6
Australasia Team v England at Wembley 1955 England Team v Australasia at Wembley 1955
Australasia and England teams at Wembley, 1955
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1st Test at Wimbledon 13th June
England 39
Tommy Price: 1, 1, 0, F = 2
Phil Clarke: 0, 3, 2, 1, 1', 2 = 9+1
Eddie Rigg: 0, F = 0
Arthur Wright: 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2' = 10+1
Ron How: 2, F, F, 0, 2, 0 = 4
Ron Mountford: 1', F, 1, F = 2+1
Ken Sharples: 0, 1' = 1+1
Freddie Williams: 1', 2, 2, 2, 3 = 10+1
Australasia 67
Ronnie Moore: 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 18
Peter Moore: 2', 2', 2', 2', 2', 1 = 11+5
Barry Briggs: 3, 3, 3, ef, ef, 3 = 12
Aub Lawson: 1, 2', 0, 3, 3, F = 9+1
Jack Young: 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 1 = 15
Bob Duckworth: 0, 0 = 0
Peter Clarke: 1, 1, 0 = 2
Jack Biggs: 0 = 0
Ht 1: R Moore, P Moore, Price, Phil Clarke 65.4 1-5 1-5
Ht 2: Briggs, Wright, Lawson, Rigg 66.6 2-4 3-9
Ht 3: Young, How, Mountford, Duckworth 65.6 3-3 6-12
Ht 4: R Moore, P Moore, Wright, Rigg (f) 66.8 1-5 7-17
Ht 5: Briggs, Lawson, How (f), Mountford (f) 66.8 0-5 7-22
Ht 6: Phil Clarke, Young, Price, Duckworth 65.8 4-2 11-24
Ht 7: R Moore, P Moore, Mountford, How (f) 66.0 1-5 12-29
Ht 8: Briggs, Phil Clarke, Williams, Lawson 65.2 3-3 15-32
Ht 9: Young, Wright, Peter Clarke, Sharples 66.6 2-4 17-36
Ht 10: R Moore, P Moore, Phil Clarke, Price 66.4 1-5 18-41
Ht 11: Lawson, Wright, Rigg, Briggs (ef) 67.4 3-3 21-44
Ht 12: Young, Williams, Peter Clarke, How 66.0 2-4 23-48
Ht 13: R Moore, P Moore, Wright, Rigg 66.6 1-5 24-53
Ht 14: Lawson, How, Sharples, Briggs (ef) 67.6 3-3 27-56
Ht 15: Young, Williams, Phil Clarke, Biggs 66.2 3-3 30-59
Ht 16: R Moore, Williams, P Moore, How 66.6 2-4 32-63
Ht 17: Briggs, Phil Clarke, Price (f), Lawson (f) 66.4 2-3 34-66
Ht 18: Williams, Wright, Young, Peter Clarke 67.4 5-1 39-67
2nd Test at Wembley 23rd June
England 67
Tommy Price: 1', 0, 2', 1, 2', 1 = 7+3
Brian Crutcher: 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 16
Eric Williams: 3, 1', 1', 3, 1', 2 = 11+3
Arthur Wright: 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1' = 9+1
Freddie Williams: 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 17
Phil Clarke: 1', 1, 1, 0 = 3+1
Ron Mountford: 2', 2' = 4+2
Australasia 41
Ronnie Moore: 3, 3, ef, 2, F, 1 = 9
Peter Moore: 0, F, 2, 0, 0 = 2
Barry Briggs: 2, 0, ef, 2, 1, F = 5
Aub Lawson: 0, 2, 1, 0, 0 = 3
Jack Young: 3, 3, 3, 2, 1, 3 = 15
Peter Clarke: 0, 0, 0 = 0
Jack Geran: 1, 1', 3, 0, 2 = 7+1
Ht 1: R Moore, Williams, Crutcher, P Moore 70.8 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: E Williams, Briggs, Wright, Lawson 71.2 4-2 7-5
Ht 3: Young, F Williams, Phil Clarke, Peter Clarke 71.6 3-3 10-8
Ht 4: R Moore, Wright, E Williams, P Moore (f) 71.6 3-3 13-11
Ht 5: F Williams, Lawson, Phil Clarke, Briggs 71.8 4-2 17-13
Ht 6: Young, Crutcher, Geran, Price 72.0 2-4 19-17
Ht 7: F Williams, P Moore, Phil Clarke, R Moore (ef) 71.8 4-2 23-19
Ht 8: Crutcher, Price, Lawson, Briggs (ef) 72.2 5-1 28-20
Ht 9: Young, Wright, E Williams, Peter Clarke 72.2 3-3 31-23
Ht 10: Crutcher, R Moore, Price, P Moore 72.4 4-2 35-25
Ht 11: E Williams, Briggs, Wright, Lawson 73.2 4-2 39-27
Ht 12: F Williams, Young, Geran, Phil Clarke 72.4 3-3 42-30
Ht 13: Geran, Wright, E Williams, R Moore (f) 73.2 3-3 45-33
Ht 14: F Williams, Mountford, Briggs, Lawson 72.8 5-1 50-34
Ht 15: Crutcher, Price, Young, Geran 73.6 5-1 55-35
Ht 16: F Williams, Mountford, R Moore, P Moore 73.6 5-1 60-36
Ht 17: Crutcher, Geran, Price, Briggs (f) 73.6 4-2 64-38
Ht 18: Young, E Williams, Wright, Peter Clarke 73.4 3-3 67-41
3rd Test at West Ham 5th July 1955
England 42
Freddie Williams: 1', 0, 2, 1' = 4+2
Brian Crutcher: 2, 2, 1', 2, 1', 2 = 10+2
Arthur Wright: 1', 1', 1, 1', 1', 0 = 5+4
Ken McKinlay: 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1 = 12
Ron Mountford: 0, 0, 0, 0 = 0
Alan Hunt: 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2 = 9
Gerry Hussey: 0, 0 = 0
Eric Williams: 2, 0 = 2
Australasia 66
Ronnie Moore: 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 18
Aub Lawson: 0, 0, 0, 1, 0 = 1
Jack Young: 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 18
Jack Geran: 0, 2', 0, 2', 0 = 4+2
Barry Briggs: 3, 1, 2, 2', 3, 3 = 14+1
Jack Biggs: 1, 3, 0, 3, 0, 2' = 9+1
Peter Moore: 1, 1, = 2
Peter Clarke: 0 = 0

Ht 1: R Moore, Crutcher, F Williams, Lawson 73.4 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Young, McKinlay, Wright, Geran 74.0 3-3 6-6
Ht 3: Briggs, Hunt, Biggs, Mountford 73.6 2-4 8-10
Ht 4: R Moore, McKinlay, Wright, Lawson 73.8 3-3 11-13
Ht 5: Young, Geran, Hunt, Mountford 74.4 1-5 12-18
Ht 6: Biggs, Crutcher, Briggs, F Williams 74.0 2-4 14-22
Ht 7: R Moore, Hunt, P Moore, Hussey 75.2 2-4 16-26
Ht 8: Young, E Williams, Crutcher, Geran 74.8 3-3 19-29
Ht 9: McKinlay, Briggs, Wright, Biggs 74.0 4-2 23-31
Ht 10: R Moore, Crutcher, Lawson, E Williams 74.8 2-4 25-35
Ht 11: Young, McKinlay, Wright, Clarke 74.2 3-3 28-38
Ht 12: Biggs, Briggs, Hunt, Mountford 74.4 1-5 29-43
Ht 13: R Moore, McKinlay, Wright, Lawson 74.4 3-3 32-46
Ht 14: Young, Geran, Hunt, Hussey 74.6 1-5 33-51
Ht 15: Briggs, F Williams, Crutcher, Biggs 75.2 3-3 36-54
Ht 16: R Moore, Hunt, P Moore, E Williams 75.0 2-4 38-58
Ht 17: Young, Crutcher, F Williams, Geran 74.8 3-3 41-61
Ht 18: Briggs, Biggs, McKinlay, Wright 75.2 1-5 42-66
4th Test at Bradford 20th July
England 66
Arthur Forrest: 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 =18
Arthur Wright: 2', 1, 1, 0, 2' = 6+2
Alan Hunt: 1, 1, 2, 0, 1 = 5
Ken McKinlay: 3, 3, 1', 2, 0 = 9+1
Brian Crutcher: 3, 3, 0, 3, 3, 2 = 14
Ron How: F, 1, 0, 2', 1' = 4+2
Ken Sharples: 2, 3, 2', 3 = 10+1
Australasia 42
Ronnie Moore: ef, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3 = 12
Jack Biggs: 1, 0, 1', 1', 0 = 3+2
Jack Young: 2, 0, 2, 3, 1, 1 = 9
Jack Geran: 0, 2, 0, 1, 0 = 3
Barry Briggs: 1', ef, 2, 1, 2 = 6+1
Bob Duckworth: 2, 2, 3, 1', 0, 0 = 8+1
Ron Johnston: 1 = 1
Aub Lawson: 0, 0 = 0
Ht 1: Forrest, Wright, Biggs, Moore (ef) 66.4 5-1 5-1
Ht 2: McKinlay, Young, Hunt, Geran 65.6 4-1 9-3
Ht 3: Crutcher, Duckworth, Briggs, How (f) 66.4 3-3 12-6
Ht 4: McKinlay, Moore, Hunt, Biggs 65.4 4-2 16-8
Ht 5: Crutcher, Geran, How, Young 66.2 4-2 20-10
Ht 6: Forrest, Duckworth, Wright, Briggs (ef) 66.0 4-2 24-12
Ht 7: Moore, Sharples, Johnston, Crutcher 65.4 2-4 26-16
Ht 8: Forrest, Young, Wright, Geran 67.2 4-2 30-18
Ht 9: Duckworth, Hunt, McKinlay, Lawson 67.0 3-3 33-21
Ht 10: Forrest, Moore, Biggs, Wright 66.2 3-3 36-24
Ht 11: Young, McKinlay, Geran, Hunt 67.6 2-4 38-28
Ht 12: Cruthcer, Briggs, Duckworth, How 66.8 3-3 41-31
Ht 13: Sharples, Moore, Biggs, McKinlay 68.0 3-3 44-34
Ht 14: Crutcher, How, Young, Geran 68.0 5-1 49-35
Ht 15: Forrest, Sharples, Briggs, Duckworth 68.4 5-1 54-36
Ht 16: Moore, Crutcher, How, Biggs 68.2 3-3 57-39
Ht 17: Forrest, Wright, Young, Lawson 67.8 5-1 62-40
Ht 18: Sharples, Briggs, Hunt, Duckworth 67.6 4-2 66-42
5th Test at Birmingham 27th July
England 61
Alan Hunt: 1, 1', 1, 0, 3, 2 = 8+1
Ken Middleditch: 3, 2, 3, 3, 2', 0 = 13+1
Brian Crutcher: 2', 2, 2, 2, 2', 1' = 11+2
Ron Mountford: 3, 1', ef, 1', 3, 2 = 10+2
Ken McKinlay: 1', ef, 3, F, 3 = 7+1
Arthur Forrest: 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2' = 12+1
Billy Bales: fex = 0
Australasia 46
Jack Young: 2, 3, 2, 1', 0, 1 = 9+1
Jack Geran: 0, 0, 0 = 0
Peter Moore: 0, 1, 0, 0 = 1
Ron Johnston: 1, 3, 2, 3, ef, 3 = 12
Barry Briggs: 3, 3, 3, 3, ex, 3 = 15
Bob Duckworth: 0, F, 1 = 1
Aub Lawson: 0, 2, 1, 1 = 4
Peter Clarke: 1, 1, 2, 0 = 4
Ht 1: Middleditch, Young, Hunt, Geran 72.0 4-2 4-2
Ht 2: Mountford, Crutcher, Johnston, Moore 73.2 5-1 9-3
Ht 3: Briggs, Forrest, McKinlay, Duckworth 72.2 3-3 12-6
Ht 4: Young, Crutcher, Mountford, Geran 73.4 3-3 15-9
Ht 5: Johnston, Forrest, Moore, McKinlay (ef) 73.6 2-4 17-13
Ht 6: Briggs, Middleditch, Hunt, Duckworth (f) 73.2 3-3 20-16
Ht 7: McKinlay, Young, Forrest, Lawson 74.4 4-2 24-18
Ht 8: Middleditch, Johnston, Hunt, Moore 73.8 4-2 28-20
Ht 9: Briggs, Crutcher, Clarke, Mountford (ef) 73.4 2-4 30-24
Ht 10: Middleditch, Lawson, Young, Hunt 73.8 3-3 33-27
Ht 11: Johnston, Crutcher, Mountford, Moore 73.2 3-3 36-30
Ht 12: Briggs, Forrest, Clarke, McKinlay (f) 73.6 2-4 38-34
Ht 13: Mountford, Crutcher, Lawson, Young 74.4 5-1 43-35
Ht 14: Forrest, Clarke, Johnston (f), Bales (fex) 75.0 3-2 46-37
Ht 15: Hunt, Middleditch, Duckworth, Briggs (ex) 75.4 5-1 51-38
Ht 16: McKinlay, Forrest, Young, Geran 74.2 5-1 56-39
Ht 17: Johnston, Hunt, Lawson, Middleditch 74.8 2-4 58-43
Ht 18: Briggs, Mountford, Crutcher, Clarke 74.2 3-3 61-46
6th Test at Norwich 5th August
England 57
Billy Bales: 2, 3, 2', 2, 1, 3 = 13+1
Ken Middleditch: 0, 1, 3, 1', 0 = 5+1
Brian Crutcher: 3, ex, 3, 1', 0, 3 = 10+1
Ron How: 1, 1, 0 = 2
Arthur Forrest: 3, 2, 1', 2, 3, 1' = 12+2
Phil Clarke: 0, 1', 2, 1', 1, 2 = 7+2
Arthur Wright: 2, 1 = 3
Cyril Roger: 3, 2' = 5+1
Australasia 51
Jack Young: 3, 2', 3, 3, 3, 3 = 17+1
Jack Geran: 1, 3, 0, 0, 2', 0 = 6+1
Barry Briggs: 2, 3, 1, 3, 2, 2 = 13
Bob Duckworth: 0, 0 = 0
Aub Lawson: 2, 0, 1', 0, 0, 1 = 4+1
Ron Johnston: 1', 2, 2, 3, 2, ex = 10+1
Peter Moore: 0, 0, 1' = 1+1
Peter Clarke: 0 = 0
Ht 1: Young, Bales, Geran, Middleditch 71.2 2-4 2-4
Ht 2: Crutcher, Briggs, How, Duckworth 71.2 4-2 6-6
Ht 3: Forrest, Lawson, Johnston, Phil Clarke 72.6 3-3 9-9
Ht 4: Geran, Young, How, Crutcher (ex) 72.6 1-5 10-14
Ht 5: Briggs, Forrest, Phil Clarke, Duckworth 72.4 3-3 13-17
Ht 6: Bales, Johnston, Middleditch, Lawson 72.4 4-2 17-19
Ht 7: Young, Phil Clarke, Forrest, Geran 72.2 3-3 20-22
Ht 8: Middleditch, Bales, Briggs, Moore 73.2 5-1 25-23
Ht 9: Crutcher, Johnston, Lawson, How 73.0 3-3 28-26
Ht 10: Young, Bales, Middleditch, Geran 72.0 3-3 31-29
Ht 11: Briggs, Wright, Crutcher, Peter Clarke 72.6 3-3 34-32
Ht 12: Johnston, Forrest, Phil Clarke, Lawson 72.6 3-3 37-35
Ht 13: Young, Geran, Wright, Crutcher 74.0 1-5 38-40
Ht 14: Forrest, Briggs, Phil Clarke, Moore 73.6 4-2 42-42
Ht 15: Roger, Johnston, Bales, Lawson 73.8 4-2 46-44
Ht 16: Young, Phil Clarke, Forrest, Geran 75.0 3-3 49-47
Ht 17: Bales, Briggs, Moore, Middleditch 74.8 3-3 52-50
Ht 18: Crutcher, Roger, Lawson, Johnston (ex) 74.2 5-1 57-51

1956 England won series 3-0
OFFICIAL 11.07 : Bradford (Odsal) England 55 Australasia 53
10.08 : Birmingham (Alexander Stadium) England 65 Australasia 43
28.08 : Poole England 57 Australasia 51
England Pts-Bns-R Australasia Pts-Bns-R
Brian Crutcher 16-0-6 13-1-6 13-1-6 42-2-18 Ronnie Moore (NZ) 16-0-6 14-2-6 11-1-6 41-3-18
Ken McKinlay 10-0-4 14-2-6 12-3-6 36-5-16 Barry Briggs (NZ) 17-0-6 10-0-6 7-1-6 34-1-18
Alan Hunt 8-4-6 18-0-6 5-1-5 31-5-17 Jack Biggs (Aus) 10-0-6 8-0-6 9-1-6 27-1-18
Bert Edwards 4-0-3 7-2-4 5-0-3 16-2-10 Aub Lawson (Aus) 1-0-3 7-0-4 9-2-6 17-2-13
Peter Craven - - 15-2-6 15-2-6 Jack Geran (Aus) - - 9-2-6 9-2-6
Split Waterman 11-0-6 1-0-3 - 12-0-9 Bob Duckworth (NZ) 3-1-5 1-1-4 4-1-3 8-3-12
Eric Boothroyd - 8-3-6 - 8-3-6 Ron Johnston (NZ) 3-2-4 1-1-3 2-0-1 6-3-8
Ken Middleditch - 1-0-2 6-0-5 7-0-7 Peter Moore (Aus) 3-1-5 1-1-4 0-0-1 4-2-10
Phil Clarke - 3-0-3 0-0-4 3-0-7 Ray Cresp (Aus) - 1-0-3 - 1-0-3
Arthur Wright 3-1-4 - - 3-1-4 Sharpe 0-0-1 - - 0-0-1
Ron Mountford 2-1-4 - - 2-1-4
Ron How 1-1-3 - - 1-1-3
Cyril Roger - - 1-0-1 1-0-1

Bradford Odsal 11th July
England
Brian Crutcher 2 3 3 2 3 3 = 16
Ron Mountford 0 0 1 0 1 = 2
Alan Hunt 2' 1' 1' 3 0 1' = 8+4
Split Waterman 3 2 2 1 1 2 = 11
Arthur Wright 0 2' 1 0 = 3+1
Ken McKinlay 2 3 2 3 = 10
Ron How 0 1 = 1
Bert Edwards 2 1 1 = 4
Australasia
Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 3 2 = 17
Ron Johnston 1 0 2' 0 = 3+1
Jack Biggs 0 1 2 2 3 2 = 10
Aub Lawson 1 0 0 = 1
Ronnie Moore 3 2 3 3 2 3 = 16
Peter Moore 1 1' 0 1 0 = 3+1
Bob Duckworth 2' 1 0 0 0 = 3+1
Bob Sharp 0 = 0
Ht 1 Briggs, Crutcher, Johnston, Mountford 65.0 2-4 2-4
Ht 2 Waterman, Hunt, Lawson, Biggs 67.8 5-1 7-5
Ht 3 R Moore, McKinlay, P Moore, Wright 66.2 2-4 9-9
Ht 4 Briggs, Waterman, Hunt, Johnston 3-3 12-12
Ht 5 McKinlay, Wright, Biggs, Lawson 67.4 5-1 17-13
Ht 6 Crutcher, R Moore, P Moore, Mountford 65.8 20-16
Ht 7 Briggs, Duckworth, Wright, How 67.2 1-5 21-21
Ht 8 Crutcher, Biggs, Mountford, Sharp 4-2 25-23
Ht 9 R Moore, Waterman, Hunt, P Moore 3-3 28-26
Ht 10 Briggs, Crutcher, Duckworth, Mountford 2-4 30-30
Ht 11 Hunt, Biggs, Waterman, Lawson 68.2 4-2 34-32
Ht 12 R Moore, McKinlay, P Moore, Wright 68.4 2-4 36-36
Ht 13 Briggs, Johnston, Waterman, Hunt 1-5 37-41
Ht 14 Biggs, Edwards, How, Duckworth 68.8 3-3 40-44
Ht 15 Crutcher, R Moore, Mountford, P Moore 67.2 44-46
Ht 16 McKinlay, Briggs, Edwards, Johnston 4-2 48-48
Ht 17 Crutcher, Biggs, Edwards, Duckworth 4-2 52-50
Ht 18 R Moore, Waterman, Hunt, Duckworth 68.4 55-53
Birmingham 10th August
England 65
Brian Crutcher: 2, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2' = 13+1
Eric Boothroyd: 1', 1, 1', ef, 2', 3 = 8+3
Alan Hunt: 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 18
Split Waterman: 1, 0, 0 = 1
Ken McKinlay: 3, 3, 2, 3, 2', 1' = 14+2
Ken Middleditch: 1, 0 = 1
Bert Edwards: 1', 2', 3, 1 = 7+2
Phil Clarke: 1, 0, 2 = 3
Australasia 43
Ronnie Moore: 3, 2, 3, 2', 1', 3 = 14+2
Peter Moore: 0, 1', 0, 0 = 1+1
Barry Briggs: 2, 2, 3, 2, 1, ef = 10
Bob Duckworth: F, 1', 0, 0 = 1+1
Jack Biggs: 2, 0, 2, 1, 1, 2 = 8
Ron Johnston: ef, 1', 0 = 1+1
Aub Lawson: 2, 3, 2, 0 = 7
Ray Cresp: 0, 1, 0 = 1
Ht 1: R Moore, Crutcher, Boothroyd, P Moore 70.8 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Hunt, Briggs, Waterman, Duckworth (f) 70.6 4-2 7-5
Ht 3: McKinlay,Biggs, Middleditch,Johnston (ef) 70.6 11-7 Ht 4: Hunt, R Moore, P Moore, Waterman 71.2 3-3 14-10
Ht 5: McKinlay,Briggs, Duckworth,Middleditch 71.0 17-13 Ht 6: Crutcher, Lawson, Boothroyd, Biggs 72.6 4-2 21-15
Ht 7: R Moore, McKinlay, Edwards,P Moore 71.8 3-3 24-18 Ht 8: Briggs, Crutcher, Boothroyd, Duckworth 72.2 27-21
Ht 9: Hunt, Biggs, Johnston, Waterman 72.6 3-3 30-24
Ht 10: Lawson,R Moore,Crutcher,Boothroyd (ef)72.8 31-29 Ht 11: Hunt, Briggs, Clarke, Cresp 72.0 4-2 35-31
Ht 12: McKinlay, Edwards, Biggs, Johnston 72.0 5-1 40-32
Ht 13: Hunt, Lawson, R Moore, Clarke 72.2 3-3 43-35
Ht 14: Edwards, McKinlay, Briggs, Duckworth 73.2 48-36
Ht 15: Crutcher, Boothroyd, Biggs, Lawson 73.8 5-1 53-37
Ht 16: R Moore, Clarke, McKinlay, P Moore 74.0 3-3 56-40
Ht 17: Boothroyd, Crutcher, Cresp, Briggs (ef) 74.2 61-41
Ht 18: Hunt, Biggs, Edwards, Cresp 72.8 4-2 65-43
Poole 28th August
England 57
Brian Crutcher: 1, 2', 1, 3, 3, 3 = 13+1
Phil Clarke: 0, 0, 0, 0 = 0
Ken McKinlay: 2', 3, 3, 1', 1, 2' = 12+3
Peter Craven: 3, 2', 2', 2, 3, 3 = 15+2
Alan Hunt: 0, 0, 1, 1', 3 = 5+1
Ken Middleditch: 1, 0, 3, 2, 0 = 6
Bert Edwards: 3, 2, 0 = 5
Cyril Roger: 1 = 1
Australasia 51
Jack Biggs: 3, 0, 1, 1', 2, 2 = 9+1
Jack Geran: 2', 1, 3, 2, 0, 1' = 9+2
Ronnie Moore: 1, 3, 2', 0, 3, 2 = 11+1
Aub Lawson: 0, 2', 3, 3, 0, 1' = 9+2
Barry Briggs: 3, 0, 1, 2, 1', 0 = 7+1
Bob Duckworth: 2', 1, 0, 1 = 4+1
Ron Johnston: 2 = 2
Peter Moore 0 = 0
Ht 1: Biggs, Geran, Crutcher, Clarke 1-5 1-5
Ht 2: Craven, McKinlay, R Moore, Lawson 5-1 6-6
Ht 3: Briggs, Duckworth, Middleditch, Hunt 1-5 7-11
Ht 4: McKinlay, Craven, Geran, Biggs 5-1 12-12
Ht 5: R Moore, Lawson, Roger, Middleditch 1-5 13-17
Ht 6: Edwards, Crutcher, Duckworth, Briggs 5-1 18-18
Ht 7: Geran, Edwards, Biggs, Hunt 2-4 20-22
Ht 8: Lawson, R Moore, Crutcher, Clarke 1-5 21-27
Ht 9: McKinlay, Craven, Briggs, Duckworth 5-1 26-28
Ht 10: Crutcher, Geran, Biggs, Clarke 3-3 29-31
Ht 11: Lawson, Craven, McKinlay, R Moore 3-3 32-24
Ht 12: Middleditch, Briggs, Hunt, P Moore 4-2 36-36
Ht 13: Craven, Biggs, McKinlay, Geran 4-2 40-38
Ht 14: R Moore, Middleditch, Hunt, Lawson 3-3 43-41
Ht 15: Crutcher, Johnston, Briggs, Edwards 3-3 46-44
Ht 16: Hunt, Biggs, Geran, Middleditch 3-3 49-47
Ht 17: Crutcher, R Moore, Lawson, Clarke 3-3 52-50
Ht 18: Craven, McKinlay, Duckworth, Briggs 5-1 57-51
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1958 England won series 3-2
OFFICIAL 11.06 : Swindon England 51 Australasia 57
18.06 : Oxford England 44 Australasia 64
23.07 : Coventry England 65 Australasia 43
20.08 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 58 Australasia 50
09.09 : Southampton England 63 Australasia 45
England Pts-Bns-R
Peter Craven 16-0-6 13-0-6 14-1-6 18-0-6 12-0-6 73-1-30 {short description of image}
Ken McKinlay 6-2-5 10-1-6 15-0-6 14-0-6 12-2-6 57-5-29
Ron How 4-0-4 4-2-6 7-4-6 12-2-6 8-2-6 35-10-28
Brian Crutcher - - 14-1-6 - 15-1-6 29-2-12
Dick Bradley 6-2-6 5-3-5 - - 10-4-6 21-9-17
George White 8-1-5 10-1-6 - - - 18-2-11
Mike Broadbanks 7-0-3 - - 2-0-5 6-0-5 15-0-13
Arthur Forrest - 0-0-2 7-3-6 3-2-3 0-0-1 10-5-12
Jim Lightfoot - - 8-3-6 - - 8-3-6
Gordon McGregor - 2-0-3 - 4-0-5 - 6-0-8
Billy Bales - - - 4-0-3 - 4-0-3
Ian Williams 4-3-6 - - - - 4-3-6
Eddie Rigg - - - 1-0-2 - 1-0-2
Ronnie Genz - 0-0-2 - - - 0-0-2
Gerald Jackson 0-0-1 - - - - 0-0-1
Australasia Pts-Bns-R
Barry Briggs (NZ) 18-0-6 17-0-6 18-0-6 4-2-4 17-0-6 74-2-28
Jack Young (Aus) 11-1-6 11-1-6 13-0-6
10-2-6 5-1-6 50-5-30
Peter Moore (Aus) 12-1-6 12-0-6 4-0-6 6-0-5 1-0-2 35-1-25
Neil Street (Aus) © 12-2-6 15-3-6 0-0-3 - 3-0-4 30-5-19
Jack Geran (Aus) 3-1-4 5-1-6 5-0-5 - 12-0-6 25-2-21
Ronnie Moore (NZ) - - 3-1-5 10-1-6 4-1-6 17-3-17
Ron Johnston (NZ) - - - 15-0-6 - 15-0-6
Aub Lawson (Aus) 0-0-3 - 0-0-2 2-1-2 3-0-3 5-1-10
Jack Biggs (Aus) 1-0-3 2-0-4 0-0-3 1-1-3 - 4-1-13
Chum Taylor (Aus) - 2-0-2 - 2-1-4 0-0-3 4-1-9
Ray Cresp (Aus) 0-0-2 - - - - 0-0-2

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Swindon 11th June
England 51
Peter Craven: 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3 = 16
Ian Williams: 0, 1', 2', 0, 1', 0 = 4+3
Dick Bradley: 1, 0, 2, 1', 1, 1' = 6+2
George White: 3, 2, 1', 0, 2 = 8+1
Ron How: 2, 2, 0, 0 = 4
Ken McKinlay: 1', 1', 2, 2, 0 = 6+2
Mike Broadbank: 2, 3, 2 = 7
Gerald Jackson: 0 = 0
Australasia 57
Neil Street: 2, 3, 3, 1', 2', 1 = 12+2
Jack Young: 1', 1, 1, 2, 3, 3 = 11+1
Peter Moore: 2, 3, 1, 3, 2, 1' = 12+1
Jack Geran: 0, 0, 1', 2 = 3+1
Aub Lawson: 0, 0, 0 = 0
Barry Briggs: 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 18
Jack Biggs: 0, 1, 0 = 1
Ray Cresp: 0, 0 = 0
Ht 1: Craven, Street, Young, Williams 74.0 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: White, Moore, Bradley, Geran 75.6 4-2 7-5
Ht 3: Briggs, How, McKinlay, Lawson 75.4 3-3 10-8
Ht 4: Street, White, Young, Bradley 75.2 2-4 12-12
Ht 5: Moore, How, McKinlay, Geran 76.8 3-3 15-15
Ht 6: Briggs, Craven, Williams, Lawson 75.0 3-3 18-18
Ht 7: Street, McKinlay, Young, How 75.8 2-4 20-22
Ht 8: Craven, Williams, Moore, Cresp 75.6 5-1 25-23
Ht 9: Briggs, Bradley, White, Biggs 75.8 3-3 28-26
Ht 10: Craven, Young, Street, Williams 75.2 3-3 31-29
Ht 11: Moore, Broadbank, Bradley, Cresp 75.0 3-3 34-32
Ht 12: Briggs, McKinlay, Biggs, How 75.6 2-4 36-36
Ht 13: Young, Street, Bradley, White 75.8 1-5 37-41
Ht 14: Broadbank, Moore, Geran, Jackson 76.0 3-3 40-44
Ht 15: Briggs, Craven, Williams, Biggs 75.2 3-3 43-47
Ht 16: Young, Broadbank, Street, McKinlay 74.8 2-4 45-51
Ht 17: Craven, Geran, Moore, Williams 76.0 3-3 48-54
Ht 18: Briggs, White, Bradley, Lawson 76.2 3-3 51-57
Oxford 18th June
England 44
Peter Craven: 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3 = 13
Dick Bradley: 1', 1, 1', 0, 2' = 5+3
Gordon McGregor: 2, 0, 0 = 2
George White: 1', 1, 2, 3, 1, 2 = 10+1
Ron How: 0, ef, 1', 1', 2, ef = 4+2
Ken McKinlay: 2, 2, 2, 2, 1', 1 = 10+1
Ronnie Genz: 0, 0 = 0
Arthur Forrest: 0, 0 = 0
Australasia 64
Jack Young: 0, 3, ex, 2', 3, 3 = 11+1
Neil Street: 3, 2', 3, 3, 2', 2' = 15+3
Jack Geran: 0, 3, 0, 1', 0, 1 = 5+1
Peter Moore: 3, 1, 3, 2, 3, 0 = 12
Barry Briggs: 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 17
Jack Biggs: 1, 0, 1, 0 = 2
Chum Taylor: 1, 1 = 2
Aub Lawson: - dnr
Ht 1: Street, Craven, Bradley, Young 66.8 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Moore, McGregor, White, Geran 68.2 3-3 6-6
Ht 3: Briggs, McKinlay, Biggs, How 68.0 2-4 8-10
Ht 4: Young, Street, White, McGregor 67.6 1-5 9-15
Ht 5: Geran, McKinlay, Moore, How (ef) 68.2 2-4 11-19
Ht 6: Craven, Briggs, Bradley, Biggs 66.2 4-2 15-21
Ht 7: Street, McKinlay, How, Young (ex) 68.0 3-3 18-24
Ht 8: Moore, Craven, Bradley, Geran 67.6 3-3 21-27
Ht 9: Briggs, White, Biggs, Genz 67.8 2-4 23-31
Ht 10: Street, Young, Craven, Bradley 67.6 1-5 24-36
Ht 11: White, Moore, Geran, Forrest 67.2 3-3 27-39
Ht 12: Briggs, McKinlay, How, Biggs 67.6 3-3 30-42
Ht 13: Young, Street, White, McGregor 68.0 1-5 31-47
Ht 14: Moore, How, McKinlay, Geran 69.2 3-3 34-50
Ht 15: Briggs, Craven, Taylor, Forrest 67.8 2-4 36-54
Ht 16: Young, Street, McKinlay, How (ef) 68.8 1-5 37-59
Ht 17: Craven, Bradley, Geran, Moore 68.4 5-1 42-60
Ht 18: Briggs, White, Taylor, Genz 68.0 2-4 44-64
Coventry 23rd July
England 65
Peter Craven: 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 1’ = 14+1
Jim Lightfoot: 1, 1’, 2’, 1, 1’, 2 = 8+3
Ken McKinlay: 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2 = 15
Ron How: 1, 1’, 1’, 2’, 2’, 0 = 7+4
Brian Crutcher: 1’, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3 = 14+1
Arthur Forrest: 2, 2’, 0, 1’, 2’, 0 = 7+3
Billy Bales: - dnr-
Mike Broadbank: -dnr-
Australasia 43
Neil Street: 0, 0, 0 = 0
Jack Young: 2, 3, 3, 2, 1, 2 = 13
Peter Moore: 2, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0 = 4
Jack Geran: 0, 0, 1, 1, 3 = 5
Barry Briggs: 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 18
Jack Biggs: 0, 0, 0 = 0
Aub Lawson: 0, 0 = 0
Ronnie Moore: 1, 0, 0, 1’, 1 = 3+1
Ht 1: Craven, Young, Lightfoot, Street 67.2 4-2 4-2
Ht 2: McKinlay, P Moore, How, Geran 69.8 4-2 8-4
Ht 3: Briggs, Forrest, Crutcher, Biggs 69.0 3-3 11-7
Ht 4: Young, McKinlay, How, Street 68.8 3-3 14-10
Ht 5: Crutcher, Forrest, P Moore, Geran 70.0 5-1 19-11
Ht 6: Briggs, Craven, Lightfoot, Biggs 69.6 3-3 22-14
Ht 7: Young, Crutcher, R Moore, Forrest 69.6 2-4 24-18
Ht 8: Craven, Lightfoot, P Moore, Lawson 69.8 5-1 29-19
Ht 9: Briggs, McKinlay, How, R Moore 69.4 3-3 32-22
Ht 10: Craven, Young, Lightfoot, R Moore 70.0 4-2 36-24
Ht 11: McKinlay, How, Geran, P Moore 69.8 5-1 41-25
Ht 12: Briggs, Crutcher, Forrest, Biggs 70.0 3-3 44-28
Ht 13: McKinlay, How, Young, Street 69.8 5-1 49-29
Ht 14: Crutcher, Forrest, P Moore, Geran 70.2 5-1 54-30
Ht 15: Briggs, Craven, Lightfoot, Lawson 69.6 3-3 57-33
Ht 16: Crutcher, Young, R Moore, Forrest 70.6 3-3 60-36
Ht 17: Geran, Lightfoot, Craven, P Moore 71.4 3-3 63-39
Ht 18: Briggs, McKinlay, R Moore, How 70.2 2-4 65-43

Belle Vue 20th August
England 58
Peter Craven: 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 18
Mike Broadbank: F, 1, 0, 1, 0 = 2
Ken McKinlay: 3, 3, 0, 3, 2, 3 = 14
Billy Bales: 1, 1, 2 = 4
Ron How: 1', 3, 1', 3, 3, 1 = 12+2
Gordon McGregor: 2, 0, 2, 0, 0 = 4
Eddie Rigg: 1, 0 = 1
Arthur Forrest: 2', 1' = 3+2
Australasia 50
Ron Johnston: 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3 = 15
Jack Biggs: 1', 0, ef = 1+1
Barry Briggs: ef, 2, 1', 1' = 4+2
Ronnie Moore: 2, 2, 1', 1, 2, 2 = 10+1
Jack Young: 3, 2, 3, 1', 0, 1' = 10+2
Peter Moore: 0, 0, 2, 2, 2 = 6
Aub Lawson: 0, 2' = 2+1
Chum Taylor: 1', 1, 0, 0 = 2+1
Ht 1: Craven, Johnston, Biggs, Broadbank (f) 75.4 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: McKinlay, R Moore, Bales, Briggs (ef) 76.0 4-2 7-5
Ht 3: Young, McGregor, How, P Moore 77.6 3-3 10-8
Ht 4: McKinlay, Johnston, Bales, Biggs 76.4 4-2 14-10 `
Ht 5: How, R Moore, Taylor, McGregor 78.0 3-3 17-13
Ht 6: Craven, Young, Broadbank, P Moore 77.0 4-2 21-15
Ht 7: Johnston, McGregor, How, Lawson 78.2 3-3 24-18
Ht 8: Craven, Briggs, R Moore, Broadbank 76.6 3-3 27-21
Ht 9: Young, Bales, Taylor, McKinlay 77.4 2-4 29-25
Ht 10: Craven, Johnston, Rigg, Biggs (ef) 76.4 4-2 33-27
Ht 11: McKinlay, Forrest, R Moore, Taylor 76.6 5-1 38-28
Ht 12: How, P Moore, Young, McGregor 77.6 3-3 41-31
Ht 13: Johnston, McKinlay, Forrest, Taylor 77.2 3-3 44-34
Ht 14: How, R Moore, Briggs, Rigg 78.2 3-3 47-37
Ht 15: Craven, P Moore, Broadbank, Young 77.0 4-2 51-39
Ht 16: Johnston, Lawson, How, McGregor 77.4 1-5 52-44
Ht 17: Craven, R Moore, Briggs, Broadbank 76.6 3-3 55-47
Ht 18: McKinlay, P Moore, Young, Forrest 78.0 3-3 58-50

1958 27.09 : Coventry : England 18 Australasia 18 {short description of image}
UNOFFICIAL A Cavalcade of Speed, comprising speedcars
and sidecars, as well as solo speedway, was held.
The conventional speedway consisted of a 6-
heat match between England and Australasia.
Details (points - bonus - rides)
England :
Arthur Forrest 5½-½-3
Jim Lightfoot 5½-1½-3
Gerry Hussey 1-0-3
Ron Mountford 6-0-3
Australasia :
Jack Geran 8-0-3
Neil Street 3-0-3
Chum Taylor 4-1-3
Ivan Mauger 3-1-3
Heat results:
1: Geran, Forrest, Lightfoot, Street 3-3
2: Mountford, Taylor, Mauger, Hussey 6-6
3: Forrest & Lightfoot (dead-heat), Mauger, Taylor 11-7
4: Mountford, Geran, Hussey, Street 15-9
5: Geran, Lightfoot, Mauger, Hussey 17-13
6: Street, Taylor, Forrest, Mountford 18-18

1959 England won series 2-1
OFFICIAL 08.09 : Southampton England 52 Australasia 56
12.09 : Norwich England 62 Australasia 46
26.09 : Swindon England 55 Australasia 53
England Pts-Bns-R Australasia Pts-Bns-R
Ron How 16-0-6 16-1-6 11-1-6 43-2-18 Ronnie Moore (NZ) 8-1-6 13-1-6 14-1-6 35-3-18
Peter Craven 11-1-6 16-2-6 13-3-6 40-6-18 Aub Lawson (Aus) 12-0-6 13-0-6 5-1-5 30-1-17
Ken McKinlay 11-1-5 12-0-6 5-0-6 28-1-17 Barry Briggs (NZ) 11-0-6 0-0-2 16-1-6 27-1-14
Mike Broadbanks 6-2-6 9-0-6 11-1-6 26-3-18 Geoff Mardon (NZ) 8-2-6 9-1-6 7-0-4 24-3-16
Ian Williams 6-0-3 - 8-1-6 14-1-9 Peter Moore (Aus) 12-2-6 4-1-5 6-1-6 22-4-17
Gordon McGregor - - 6-1-6 6-1-6 Chum Taylor (Aus) 5-3-5 3-0-3 - 8-3-8
Reg Trott - 6-1-4 - 6-1-4 Bob Duckworth (NZ) 0-0-1 4-3-6 - 4-3-7
Cyril Roger - 3-0-6 - 3-0-6 Neil Street (Aus) - - 3-0-5 3-0-5
Brian Crutcher 2-0-6 - - 2-0-6 Jack Geran (Aus) - - 2-0-4 2-0-4
Dick Bradley 0-0-1 - 1-0-1 1-0-2 Johnnie Chamberlain(A) - 0-0-2 - 0-0-2
George White 0-0-3 - - 0-0-3
Jack Unstead - 0-0-2 - 0-0-2

1st Test at Southampton 2nd Test at Norwich 3rd Test at Swindon
England 52 England 62 England 55
Ron How 3 3 2 2 3 3 16 Peter Craven 3 3 2' 3 3 2' 16+2 Peter Craven 1' 3 2' 1' 3 3 13+3
Brian Crutcher 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 Mike Broadbank 1 0 3 1 1 3 9 Mike Broadbank 2 2' 3 2 1 1 11+1
Peter Craven 3 2 0 3 2 1' 11+1 Ron How 3 2 3 2' 3 3 16+1 Ron How 2' F 2 3 2 2 11+1
Mike Broadbank 0 1' 1 1 1' 2 6+2 Jack Unstead 0 - 0 - - - 0 Ian Williams 3 3 1' 1 0 0 8+1
Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 2' 0 - 11+1 Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 2 1 0 12 Ken McKinlay 1 3 - 1 F R 5
George White 0 0 - - - 0 0 Cyril Roger 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 Gordon McGregor 0 2' 0 0 2 2 6+1
Dick Bradley 0 0 Reg Trott 1' 3 1 1 6+1 Dick Bradley 1 1
Ian Williams 3 1 2 6 ------------ - ------------ -
Australasia 56 Australasia 46 Australasia 53
Barry Briggs 2 0 2 3 3 1 11 Barry Briggs 0 R - - - - 0 Barry Briggs 3 1' 3 3 3 3 16+1
Ronnie Moore 0 3 1' 1 0 3 8+1 Ronnie Moore 2 3 2 2 2 2' 13+1 Peter Moore 0 2 2' 0 1 1 6+1
Geoff Mardon 2 1' 1 0 2' 2 8+2 Geoff Mardon 1' 2 1 1 3 1 9+1 Jack Geran 1 0 1 0 - - 2
Peter Moore 1' 2 3 2 3 1' 12+2 Peter Moore 2 0 0 - 2' 0 4+1 Neil Street R - 0 2 1 0 3
Aub Lawson 2 2 3 0 2 3 12 Aub Lawson 2 2 2 3 2 2 13 Aub Lawson 3 R 0 2' 0 - 5+1
Chum Taylor 1' 1' 2' 1 0 - 5+3 Bob Duckworth 1' 1' 1' 1 0 0 4+3 Ronnie Moore 2' 1 3 3 2 3 14+1
Bob Duckworth 0 0 Chum Taylor 0 0 3 3 Geoff Mardon 1 3 2 1 7
Jack Scott no rides - John Chamberlain 0 0 0 Chum Taylor no rides -
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1: How, Briggs, Crutcher, R Moore 4-2 2: Craven, Mardon, P Moore, Broadbank 3-3 7-5 3: McKinlay, Lawson, Taylor, White 3-3 10-8 4: R Moore, Craven, Broadbank, Briggs 3-3 13-11 5: McKinlay, P Moore, Mardon, White 3-3 16-14 6: How, Lawson, Taylor, Crutcher 3-3 19-17 7: McKinlay, Briggs, R Moore, Bradley 3-3 22-20 8: P Moore, How, Mardon, Crutcher 2-4 24-24 9: Lawson, Taylor, Broadbank, Craven 1-5 25-29 10: Briggs, How, R Moore, Crutcher 2-4 27-33 11: Craven, P Moore, Broadbank, Mardon 4-2 31-35 12: Williams, McKinlay, Taylor, Lawson 5-1 36-36 13: Briggs, Craven, Broadbank, R Moore 3-3 39-39 14: P Moore, Mardon, Williams, McKinlay 1-5 40-44 15: How, Lawson, Crutcher, Taylor 4-2 44-46 16: R Moore, Williams, Briggs, White 2-4 46-50 17: How, Mardon, P Moore, Crutcher 3-3 49-53 18: Lawson, Broadbank, Craven, Duckworth 3-3 52-56 1: Craven, R Moore, Broadbank, Briggs 4-2 2: How, P Moore, Mardon, Unstead 3-3 7-5 3: McKinlay, Lawson, Duckworth, Roger 3-3 10-8 4: R Moore, How, Trott, Briggs R 3-3 13-11 5: McKinlay, Mardon, Roger, P Moore 4-2 17-13 6: Craven, Lawson, Duckworth, Broadbank 3-3 20-16 7: McKinlay, R Moore, Roger, Taylor 4-2 24-18 8: Broadbank, Craven, Mardon, P Moore 5-1 29-19 9: How, Lawson, Duckworth, Unstead 3-3 32-22 10: Craven, R Moore, Broadbank, Taylor 4-2 36-24 11: Trott, How, Mardon, Chamberlain 5-1 41-25 12: Lawson, McKinlay, Duckworth, Roger 2-4 43-29 13: How, R Moore, Trott, Chamberlain 4-2 47-31 14: Mardon, P Moore, McKinlay, Roger 1-5 48-36 15: Craven, Lawson, Broadbank, Duckworth 4-2 52-38 16: Taylor, R Moore, Roger, McKinlay 1-5 53-43 17: Broadbank, Craven, Mardon, P Moore 5-1 58-44 18: How, Lawson, Trott, Duckworth 4-2 62-46
1: Briggs, Broadbank, Craven, P Moore (72.0, track record) 3-3 2: Williams, How, Geran, Street R 5-1 8-4 3: Lawson, R Moore, McKinlay, McGregor 1-5 9-9 4: Williams, P Moore, Briggs, How F 3-3 12-12 5: McKinlay, McGregor, Mardon, Geran 5-1 17-13 6: Craven, Broadbank, R Moore, Lawson R 5-1 22-14 7: Briggs, P Moore, Bradley, McGregor 1-5 23-19 8: Broadbank, Craven, Geran, Street 5-1 28-20 9: R Moore, How, Williams, Lawson 3-3 31-23 10: Briggs, Broadbank, Craven, P Moore 3-3 34-26 11: How, Street, Williams, Geran 4-2 38-28 12: R Moore, Lawson, McKinlay, McGregor 1-5 39-33 13: Briggs, How, P Moore, Williams 2-4 41-37 14: Mardon, McGregor, Street, McKinlay F 2-4 43-4115: Craven, R Moore, Broadbank, Lawson 4-2 47-43 16: Briggs, McGregor, P Moore, McKinlay R 2-4 49-47 17: Craven, Mardon, Broadbank, Street 4-2 53-49 18: R Moore, How, Mardon, Williams 2-4 55-53

1960 Australasia won series 5½-½ Heat details here
OFFICIAL 01.06 : Coventry England 49 Australasia 59
15.06 : Norwich England 54 Australasia 54
30.06 : Ipswich England 51 Australasia 57
19.08 : Leicester England 52 Australasia 56
07.09 : New Cross England 47 Australasia 61
20.09 : Southampton England 41 Australasia 67
England Pts-Bns-R
Peter Craven 14-1-6 18-0-6 15-1-6 17-0-6 5-1-6 14-1-6 83-4-36
Ken McKinlay 11-0-6 7-0-6 2-0-3 15-0-6 12-0-6 7-0-6 54-0-33
Ron How 8-0-6 18-0-6 9-1-6 11-1-6 - - 46-2-24
Nigel Boocock 6-2-6 0-0-2 9-3-6 1-1-5 6-2-6 3-0-4 25-8-29
Bob Andrews 1-0-4 2-1-2 4-1-3 2-1-4 3-2-3 5-0-5 17-5-21
Mike Broadbanks 6-0-4 2-0-4 0-0-1 - - 5-2-5 13-2-14
Ian Williams - - - - 11-0-6 - 11-0-6
Split Waterman - - - - 10-1-6 - 10-1-6
Eric Williams - - 9-2-6 1-0-3 - - 10-2-9
George White 0-0-2 1-0-4 3-1-5 5-0-3 - - 9-1-14
Ronnie Genz 3-0-2 - - - 0-0-1 5-1-6 8-1-9
Billy Bales - 6-1-6 - - - - 6-1-6
Bryan Elliott - - - 0-0-3 - 2-2-2 2-2-5
Dick Bradley - - - - - 0-0-2 0-0-2
Les McGillivray - - - - 0-0-2 - 0-0-2
Australasia Pts-Bns-R
Ronnie Moore (NZ) 17-0-6 13-0-6 14-1-6 16-1-6 16-0-6 16-1-6 92-3-36
Jack Young (Aus) 13-0-6 9-2-6 7-1-6 10-2-6 15-1-6 14-0-6 68-6-36
Barry Briggs (NZ) - - 17-0-6 9-1-6 9-3-6 17-0-6 52-4-24
Ron Johnston (NZ) 15-0-6 12-2-6 5-2-6 8-2-6 5-2-6 - 45-8-30
Peter Moore (Aus) - 9-3-6 12-0-6 - 15-0-6 4-1-4 40-4-22
Aub Lawson (Aus) 2-1-3 9-2-6 2-0-5 - 0-0-2 7-3-6 20-6-22
Chum Taylor (Aus) - - - 8-2-6 1-1-2 9-4-6 18-7-14
Jack Geran (Aus) 7-3-6 2-1-5 - 5-1-6 - - 14-5-17
Bob Duckworth (NZ) 3-0-5 - - - - - 3-0-5
Johnnie Chamberlain (Aus) 2-0-3 - - - - - 2-0-3
Ray Cresp (Aus) - 0-0-1 0-0-1 - 0-0-2 0-0-1 0-0-5
Neil Street (Aus) - - - - - 0-0-1 0-0-1
Graham Warren (Aus) 0-0-1 - - - - - 0-0-1

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1978 Australasia won series 3-2
OFFICIAL 21.07 : Bristol (Att: 10,276) England 52 Australasia 56
24.07 : Birmingham (Perry Barr) England 59 Australasia 49
10.08 : Ipswich England 51 Australasia 57
16.08 : Hull (Boulevard) England 36 Australasia 70
18.08 : Hackney Wick England 56 Australasia 52

England (manager: John Berry) Pts-Bns-R
Malcolm Simmons 15-0-6 12-1-6 7-2-6 - 10-2-5 44-5-23 The weak team tracked by England in the 4th.Test was due to the re-staging of the British Final of the World Championship on the same evening.
Michael Lee 3-0-3 15-1-6 11-1-6 - 12-0-6 41-2-21
Tony Davey 10-0-6 5-1-3 14-1-6 - 3-0-2 32-2-17
Peter Collins 4-1-4 7-0-5 5-0-5 - 9-0-6 25-1-20
John Louis - - 10-0-6 - 9-0-6 19-0-12
Gordon Kennett - 9-4-6 4-1-5 - 3-2-5 16-7-16
Chris Morton 10-2-6 2-1-2 - - - 12-3-8
Dave Jessup - - 0-0-2 - 10-0-6 10-0-8
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Dave Morton - 8-0-6 - - - 8-0-6
Alan Grahame 7-2-4 - - - - 7-2-4
Ian Cartwright - - - 7-1-6 - 7-1-6
Frank Auffrett - - - 7-0-4 - 7-0-4
Kevin Jolly - - - 6-1-6 - 6-1-6
Steve Bastable 3-1-6 1-0-2 - - - 4-1-8
Neil Middleditch - - - 3-1-4 - 3-1-4
Chris Pusey - - - 2-0-3 - 2-0-3
Terry Betts - - - 1-1-3 - 1-1-3
Les Collins 0-0-1 - - - - 0-0-1
Graham Drury - - - 0-0-4 - 0-0-4
Australasia (manager: Wayne Wattie) Pts-Bns-R
Billy Sanders (Aus) 10-1-6 11-2-6 14-0-6 15-0-6 12-2-6 62-5-30
Phil Crump (Aus) 17-0-6 11-0-6 6-1-6 16-2-6 5-2-6 55-5-30
John Titman (Aus) 13-3-6 9-1-6 14-1-6 9-3-6 7-2-6 52-10-30 One programme design was used for
Larry Ross (NZ) 12-0-6 11-1-6 10-1-6 13-2-6 5-1-6 51-5-30 this series
Ivan Mauger (NZ) 1-1-4 3-1-4 10-2-5 7-1-5 12-1-6 33-6-24
Mitch Shirra (NZ) 1-1-3 - 2-1-4 7-0-3 11-0-6 21-2-16
John Boulger (Aus) 2-0-4 0-0-2 0-0-1 3-1-4 - 5-1-11
Bruce Cribb (NZ) 0-0-1 3-0-3 - - - 3-0-4
Phil Herne (Aus) - 1-0-3 1-0-2 - - 2-0-5

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Australasia 1978

1st Test - Bristol
Ht 1: Simmons, Ross, Bastable, Mauger 71.6 Ht 2: Lee, Crump, Morton, Boulger 71.0 Ht 3: P Collins, Sanders, Titman, Davey 72.4 Ht 4: Morton, Ross, Shirra, Lee 71.6 Ht 5: Crump, Davey, P Collins, Boulger 71.8 Ht 6: Titman, Simmons, Sanders, Bastable 72.8 Ht 7: Davey, Ross, Mauger, P Collins 72.8 Ht 8: Crump, Simmons, Bastable, Shirra 72.2 Ht 9: Titman, Sanders, Morton, Lee 73.4 Ht 10: Simmons, Ross, Bastable, Mauger (ret) 72.4 Ht 11: Crump, Grahame, Morton, Cribb (ef) 73.2 Ht 12: Sanders, Titman, Davey, P Collins 73.8 Ht 13: Morton, Grahame, Ross, Mauger 74.0 Ht 14: Crump, Davey, Boulger, L Collins 73.2 Ht 15: Simmons, Sanders, Titman, Bastable 73.6 Ht 16: Ross, Davey, Grahame, Shirra (f) 73.2 Ht 17: Crump, Simmons, Boulger, Bastable 73.4 Ht 18: Titman, Grahame, Morton, Sanders 73.4
2nd Test - Birmingham
Ht 1: Ross, Mauger, Bastable, Simmons 61.2 Ht 2: Kennett, Lee, Herne, Crump 61.8 Ht 3: Collins, Sanders, D Morton, Titman 62.2 Ht 4: Lee, Kennett, Ross, Mauger 60.6 Ht 5: D Morton, Crump, Collins, Herne 62.6 Ht 6: Simmons, Titman, Sanders, Bastable 62.8 Ht 7: Ross, Collins, Mauger, D Morton 62.2 Ht 8: Simmons, Davey, Crump, Herne 62.8 Ht 9: Sanders, Lee, Kennett, Titman 63.1 Ht 10: Davey, Simmons, Ross, Cribb 62.9 Ht 11: Crump, Lee, Kennett, Boulger 62.7 Ht 12: Titman, Sanders, D Morton, Collins 63.8 Ht 13: Lee, Kennett, Ross, Mauger (exc) 61.5 Ht 14: D Morton, Crump, C Morton, Boulger 62.7 Ht 15: Titman, Simmons, Sanders, Davey 62.2 Ht 16: Cribb, Ross, Collins, D Morton 63.1 Ht 17: Crump, Simmons, C Morton, Cribb (exc) 62.7 Ht 18: Lee, Sanders, Titman, Kennett 61.8
3rd Test - Ipswich
Ht 1: Louis, Simmons, Mauger, Ross 62.8 Ht 2: Lee, Titman, Kennett, Crump 63.0 Ht 3: Collins, Davey, Herne, Sanders (ef) 64.2 Ht 4: Lee, Ross, Mauger, Kennett (f) 63.2 Ht 5: Davey, Titman, Collins, Crump 63.8 Ht 6: Sanders, Simmons, Shirra, Louis (f exc) 63.2 Ht 7: Davey, Ross, Collins, Boulger 64.2 Ht 8: Titman, Simmons, Crump, Louis 64.0 Ht 9: Sanders, Lee, Kennett, Herne 63.4 Ht 10: Mauger, Louis, Ross, Simmons 63.4 Ht 11: Crump, Titman, Lee, Kennett 63.8 Ht 12: Davey, Sanders, Shirra, Collins 63.8 Ht 13: Ross, Mauger, Lee, Jessup 64.2 Ht 14: Titman, Davey, Crump, Collins 64.8 Ht 15: Sanders, Louis, Simmons, Shirra 63.4 Ht 16: Mauger, Ross, Davey, Jessup 65.2 Ht 17: Louis, Titman, Crump, Simmons 64.4 Ht 18: Sanders, Kennett, Lee, Shirra 64.0

4th Test - Hull
Ht 1: Mauger, Ross, Pusey, Betts (ret) 73.4 Ht 2: Crump, Cartwright, Boulger, Middleditch 72.0 Ht 3: Sanders, Titman, Jolly, Drury 72.2 Ht 4: Ross, Cartwright, Middleditch, Mauger 72.5 Ht 5: Crump, Boulger, Jolly, Drury 73.0 Ht 6: Sanders, Auffret, Betts (ret), Titman (ret) 73.5 Ht 7: Owen, Mauger, Ross, Jolly 72.5 Ht 8: Crump, Owen, Betts, Boulger 72.8 Ht 9: Sanders, Middleditch, Cartwright (f exc), Titman (ret) no time Ht 10: Ross, Owen, Shirra, Pusey 72.8 Ht 11: Crump, Owen, Cartwright, Boulger 73.5 Ht 12: Sanders, Titman, Jolly, Drury 73.5 Ht 13: Ross, Mauger, Cartwright, Middleditch 76.0 Ht 14: Shirra, Crump, Jolly, Drury 74.8 Ht 15: Titman, Auffret, Owen, Sanders 74.5 Ht 16: Auffret, Jolly, Ross, Mauger 74.0 Ht 17: Shirra, Crump, Pusey, Owen 73.8 Ht 18: Sanders, Titman,Cartwright, Auffret 74.8

5th Test - Hackney
Ht 1: Simmons, Mauger, Ross, Jessup 63.4 Ht 2: Lee, Kennett, Crump, Shirra (ret) 63.4 Ht 3: Louis, Sanders, Collins, Titman 63.0 Ht 4: Mauger, Lee, Ross, Kennett (ret) 63.6 Ht 5: Louis, Shirra, Crump, Collins 63.0 Ht 6: Jessup, Titman, Sanders, Davey, Simmons (exc 2 mins) 63.0 Ht 7: Collins, Mauger, Louis, Ross 64.6 Ht 8: Simmons, Shirra, Crump, Jessup 64.8 Ht 9: Sanders, Lee, Kennett, Titman 63.4 Ht 10: Jessup, Simmons, Mauger, Ross 63.4 Ht 11: Shirra, Lee, Crump, Kennett 64.0 Ht 12: Collins, Sanders, Titman, Louis 64.2 Ht 13: Lee, Ross, Mauger, Kennett 64.4 Ht 14: Shirra, Louis, Crump, Collins 64.2 Ht 15: Sanders, Titman, Jessup, Simmons 64.0 Ht 16: Mauger, Collins, Ross, Louis 65.0 Ht 17: Jessup, Simmons, Shirra, Crump 64.6 Ht 18: Davey, Titman, Sanders, Lee (ret) 64.0

1979 England won series 5-0
OFFICIAL 12.07 : Wimbledon England 61 Australasia 47
27.07 : Swindon England 67 Australasia 41
02.08 : Ipswich England 60 Australasia 48
22.08 : Cradley Heath England 72 Australasia 36
14.10 : Halifax England 68 Australasia 40
England Pts-Bns-R
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Michael Lee 11-2-6 16-1-6 16-0-6 8-1-6 - 51-4-24
Peter Collins 9-3-6 9-2-6 9-0-5 17-0-6 - 44-5-23
John Davis 13-1-6 4-2-4 - 10-5-6 15-1-6 42-9-22
Kenny Carter - 4-0-2 - - 14-2-6 18-2-8
Malcolm Simmons 9-2-6 8-0-6 1-0-3 - - 18-2-15
Phil Collins - - - 11-3-6 6-2-6 17-5-12
Reg Wilson - - - - 14-2-6 14-2-6
Chris Morton - 11-4-6 - 2-1-1 - 13-5-7
Ian Cartwright - - - - 10-2-6 10-2-6
Steve Bastable - - - - 9-2-6 9-2-6
Gordon Kennett 7-0-5 - 2-1-3 - - 9-1-8
Alan Grahame - - - 8-2-6 - 8-2-6
Kevin Jolly - - 7-3-4 - - 7-3-4
Joe Owen - - 7-0-4 - - 7-0-4
John Louis - - 7-3-6 - - 7-3-6
Roger Johns 0-0-1 - - - - 0-0-1
Australasia Pts-Bns-R
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Larry Ross (NZ) 12-0-6 8-0-6 9-1-6 6-1-6 8-1-6 43-3-30
Billy Sanders (Aus) 11-1-6 10-0-6 15-0-6 - - 36-1-18
Mitch Shirra (NZ) 2-0-4 - - 0-0-2 15-0-6 17-0-12
Ivan Mauger (NZ) - 12-0-6 - - - 12-0-6
John Titman (Aus) 4-1-6 1-1-3 - 6-0-6 - 11-2-15
Bruce Cribb (NZ) 5-2-6 0-0-5 0-0-2 5-0-6 - 10-2-19
Mike Farrell (Aus) - - - - 8-0-6 8-0-6
John Boulger (Aus) - 0-0-2 - 6-0-6 1-0-5 7-0-13
Mick McKeon (Aus) - - - - 7-1-6 7-1-6
Danny Kennedy (Aus) - - 6-1-6 - - 6-1-6
Gary Guglielmi (Aus) 0-0-1 - 0-0-4 - 1-1-6 1-1-11
Steve Koppe (Aus) 0-0-1 - 1-0-6 - - 1-0-7
John McNeill (Aus) - - - 1-0-2 - 1-0-2
Phil Herne (Aus) - 0-0-2 - 0-0-2 - 0-0-4

1st Test at Wimbledon 12th July
Ht 1: Simmons, Crump, Jessup, Titman 59.9 4-2 4-2
Ht 2: Ross, Lee, Shirra, Kennett 59.5 2-4 6-6
Ht 3: Davis, Cribb, Sanders, Collins 59.5 3-3 9-9
Ht 4: Lee, Crump, Titman, Kennett 59.2 3-3 12-12
Ht 5: Ross, Collins, Davis, Shirra 59.5 3-3 15-15
Ht 6: Jessup, Sanders, Cribb, Simmons 60.0 3-3 18-18
Ht 7: Titman, Sanders, Collins, Davis 59.9 1-5 19-23
Ht 8: Jessup, Ross, Simmons, Shirra 4-2 23-25
Ht 9: Lee, Sanders, Cribb, Johns (ret) 59.6 3-3 26-28
Ht 10: Crump, Jessup, Simmons, Titman 60.0 3-3 29-31
Ht 11: Ross, Kennett, Lee, Guglielmi (f exc) 59.7 3-3 32-34
Ht 12: Davis, Collins, Sanders, Cribb 60.3 5-1 37-35
Ht 13: Crump, Kennett, Lee, Titman 60.8 3-3 40-38
Ht 14: Davis, Collins, Ross, Koppe 60.9 5-1 45-39
Ht 15: Sanders, Simmons, Cribb, Jessup 60.7 2-4 47-43
Ht 16: Davis, Collins, Crump, Titman 61.0 5-1 52-44
Ht 17: Jessup, Simmons, Shirra, Ross 60.6 5-1 57-45
Ht 18: Kennett, Sanders, Lee, Cribb 60.6 4-2 61-47
2nd Test at Swindon 27th July
Ht 1: Jessup, Mauger, Titman, Simmons (ef) 68.6 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Crump, Lee, Ross, Morton 67.0 (track record) 2-4 5-7
Ht 3: Sanders, Collins, Davis, Herne 67.1 3-3 8-10
Ht 4: Lee, Morton, Mauger, Cribb 67.5 5-1 13-11
Ht 5: Crump, Collins, Ross, Davis 68.0 2-4 15-15
Ht 6: Jessup, Sanders, Simmons, Herne (ef) 67.8 4-2 19-17
Ht 7: Mauger, Davis, Collins, Cribb 67.9 3-3 22-20
Ht 8: Simmons, Jessup, Crump, Ross 68.8 5-1 27-21
Ht 9: Lee, Morton, Sanders, Cribb 68.1 5-1 32-22
Ht 10: Jessup, Mauger, Simmons, Titman 68.2 4-2 36-24
Ht 11: Lee, Morton, Ross, Crump 67.6 5-1 41-25
Ht 12: Carter, Collins, Sanders, Boulger 69.2 5-1 46-26
Ht 13: Morton, Lee, Mauger, Titman 68.7 5-1 51-27
Ht 14: Ross, Crump, Carter, Collins 69.4 1-5 52-32
Ht 15: Simmons, Sanders, Jessup, Cribb 69.6 4-2 56-34
Ht 16: Mauger, Collins, Davis, Cribb 69.0 3-3 59-37
Ht 17: Jessup, Ross, Crump, Simmons 69.4 3-3 62-40
Ht 18: Lee, Morton, Sanders, Boulger 69.5 5-1 67-41
3rd Test at Ipswich 2nd August
Ht 1: Jessup, Sanders, Simmons, Cribb 61.4 4-2 4-2
Ht 2: Lee, Ross, Kennett, Kennedy 61.4 4-2 8-4
Ht 3: Crump, Collins, Louis, Koppe 62.0 3-3 11-7
Ht 4: Sanders, Lee, Kennett, Guglielmi 61.2 3-3 14-10
Ht 5: Collins, Ross, Louis, Kennedy 62.2 4-2 18-12
Ht 6: Crump, Jessup, Koppe, Simmons 62.2 2-4 20-16
Ht 7: Sanders, Collins, Louis, Guglielmi 62.0 3-3 23-19
Ht 8: Jessup, Kennedy, Ross, Simmons 62.8 3-3 26-22
Ht 9: Crump, Lee, Jolly, Koppe, Kennett (exc tapes) 62.4 3-3 29-25
Ht 10: Sanders, Owen, Jessup, Guglielmi 63.0 3-3 32-28
Ht 11: Lee, Jolly, Ross, Kennedy 63.0 5-1 37-29
Ht 12: Crump, Collins, Louis, Koppe 62.8 3-3 40-32
Ht 13: Lee, Sanders, Owen, Cribb (ret) 62.4 4-2 44-34
Ht 14: Kennedy, Louis, Ross, Collins (ret) 63.4 2-4 46-38
Ht 15: Crump, Jessup, Jolly, Koppe 62.6 3-3 49-41
Ht 16: Owen, Sanders, Louis, Guglielmi (f) 63.6 4-2 53-43
Ht 17: Jolly, Ross, Kennedy, Jessup 63.0 3-3 56-46
Ht 18: Lee, Crump, Owen, Koppe 62.2 4-2 60-48

4th Test at Cradley Heath 22nd August
Ht 1: Jessup, Boulger, Ross, Grahame 65.4 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Titman, Phil Collins, Lee, Cribb 65.4 3-3 6-6
Ht 3: Peter Collins, Crump, Davis, Shirra 65.2 4-2 10-8
Ht 4: Lee, Phil Collins, Boulger, Ross 65.5 5-1 15-9
Ht 5: Cribb, Peter Collins, Davis, Titman 65.8 3-3 18-12
Ht 6: Crump, Jessup, Grahame, Shirra 65.6 3-3 21-15
Ht 7: Peter Collins, Davis, Ross, Boulger 65.5 5-1 26-16
Ht 8: Jessup, Cribb, Grahame, Titman 65.6 4-2 30-18
Ht 9: Crump, Lee, Phil Collins, Herne 65.9 3-3 33-21
Ht 10: Jessup, Boulger, Grahame, Ross 65.8 4-2 37-23
Ht 11: Phil Collins, Morton, Titman, Cribb, Lee (exc tapes) 65.5 5-1 42-24
Ht 12: Peter Collins, Davis, Crump, Herne 65.8 5-1 47-25
Ht 13: Ross, Phil Collins, Boulger, Lee 66.3 2-4 49-29
Ht 14: Peter Collins, Davis, Titman, Cribb 66.4 5-1 54-30
Ht 15: Jessup, Grahame, McNeill, Crump 66.0 5-1 59-31
Ht 16: Peter Collins, Davis, Ross, Boulger 66.7 5-1 64-32
Ht 17: Grahame, Jessup, Titman, Cribb 66.7 5-1 69-33
Ht 18: Crump, Lee, Phil Collins, McNeill 66.6 3-3 72-36
5th Test at Halifax 14th October
Ht 1: Davis, McKeon, Collins, Guglielmi 69.4 4-2 4-2
Ht 2: Wilson, Cartwright, Farrell, Ross 66.6 5-1 9-3
Ht 3: Shirra, Carter, Boulger, Bastable 65.8 2-4 11-7
Ht 4: Wilson, Cartwright, McKeon, Guglielmi 66.8 5-1 16-8
Ht 5: Bastable, Carter, Farrell, Ross 66.0 5-1 21-9
Ht 6: Collins, Davis, Shirra, Boulger 65.8 5-1 26-10
Ht 7: Carter, Farrell, McKeon, Bastable 65.8 3-3 29-13
Ht 8: Ross, Davis, Collins, Guglielmi 65.6 3-3 32-16
Ht 9: Wilson, Shirra, Cartwright, Boulger 66.8 4-2 36-18
Ht 10: Davis, McKeon, Guglielmi, Collins 67.5 3-3 39-21
Ht 11: Ross, Cartwright, Wilson, Farrell 66.8 3-3 42-24
Ht 12: Shirra, Carter, Bastable, Boulger 67.2 3-3 45-27
Ht 13: Wilson, Farrell, Cartwright, McKeon 67.4 4-2 49-29
Ht 14: Carter, Bastable, Ross, Guglielmi 66.8 5-1 54-30
Ht 15: Shirra, Collins, Davis, Boulger (exc 2 mins) 67.0 3-3 57-33
Ht 16: Bastable, Carter, McKeon, Guglielmi 67.0 5-1 62-34
Ht 17: Davis, Farrell, Ross, Collins 67.6 3-3 65-37
Ht 18: Shirra, Wilson, Cartwright, Boulger (ef) 66.4 3-3 68-40

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1985 England won series 2-1
OFFICIAL 23.07 : King's Lynn England 71 Australasia 37
26.07 : Oxford England 69 Australasia 38
15.09 : Halifax England 53 Australasia 55
England Pts-Bns-R Australasia Pts-Bns-R
Kelvin Tatum 17-1-6 17-0-6 17-1-6 51-2-18 Rod Hunter (Aus) 6-0-6 9-0-6 10-3-6 25-3-18
Andy Smith 7-3-6 10-5-6 12-1-6 29-9-18 Mitch Shirra (NZ) 5-0-5 9-1-6 10-0-6 24-1-17
Richard Knight 5-2-3 10-1-6 3-0-4 18-3-13 David Bargh (NZ) 2-0-5 7-0-6 13-0-6 22-0-17
Neil Collins 1-0-4 9-2-5 7-1-6 17-3-15 Phil Crump (Aus) 9-1-6 9-1-6 2-1-2 20-3-14
Jeremy Doncaster 17-0-6 - - 17-0-6 Larry Ross (NZ) 6-2-6 0-0-4 13-2-6 19-4-16
Dave Jessup 15-0-6 - - 15-0-6 Steve Regeling (Aus) 8-0-6 3-0-5 4-1-6 15-1-17
Simon Wigg - 15-0-6 - 15-0-6 Steve Baker (Aus) 0-0-1 - 3-1-4 3-1-5
John Davis - 5-2-5 8-2-6 13-4-11 David Cheshire (Aus) 1-0-2 - - 1-0-2
Simon Cross 9-0-6 2-0-1 - 11-0-7 Ray Dole (Aus) - 1-1-3 - 1-1-3
Peter Carr - - 4-0-4 4-0-4 Stan Bear (Aus) - 0-0-1 - 0-0-1
Neil Evitts - - 2-0-3 2-0-3
Marvyn Cox - 1-0-1 - 1-0-1
Carl Blackbird - - 0-0-1 0-0-1

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1st Test at King's Lynn 23rd July
Ht 1: Crump, Jessup, Shirra, Collins 63.0 2-4 2-4
Ht 2: Tatum, Knight, Regeling, Bargh 63.2 5-1 7-5 Ht 3: Doncaster, Ross, Smith, Hunter 64.0 4-2 11-7
Ht 4: Tatum, Crump, Knight, Shirra 62.6 4-2 15-9 Ht 5: Regeling, Doncaster, Smith, Bargh 63.2 3-3 18-12
Ht 6: Jessup, Hunter, Ross, Collins 64.0 3-3 21-15
Ht 7: Doncaster, Smith, Crump, Shirra 63.6 5-1 26-16
Ht 8: Jessup, Regeling, Cross, Baker 63.6 4-2 30-18
Ht 9: Tatum, Knight, Ross, Hunter 64.0 5-1 35-19

Ht 10: Cross, Crump, Jessup, Cheshire 65.0 4-2 39-21
Ht 11: Cross, Tatum, Cheshire, Regeling (f exc), Knight (f inj), Bargh (exc tapes) 65.0 5-1 44-22
Ht 12: Doncaster, Smith, Ross, Hunter 64.2 5-1 49-23
Ht 13: Tatum, Shirra, Cross, Crump (ef) 64.0 4-2 53-25
Ht 14: Doncaster, Regeling, Smith, Bargh 64.8 4-2 57-27
Ht 15: Jessup, Hunter, Cross, Ross, Collins (exc tapes) 64.2 4-2 61-29
Ht 16: Doncaster, Shirra, Crump, Smith 64.0 3-3 64-32
Ht 17: Jessup, Bargh, Collins, Regeling (ef) 65.0 4-2 68-34
Ht 18: Tatum, Hunter, Ross, Cross 64.8 3-3 71-37
2nd Test at Oxford 26th July
Ht 1: Wigg, Shirra, Crump, Davis 62.0 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Tatum, Smith, Regeling, Bargh (ef) 62.0 5-1 8-4
Ht 3: Hunter, Collins, Knight, Ross 62.2 3-3 11-7
Ht 4: Tatum, Smith, Crump, Shirra 61.8 5-1 16-8
Ht 5: Collins, Bargh, Knight, Regeling 62.4 4-2 20-10
Ht 6: Wigg, Davis, Hunter, Ross 63.0 5-1 25-11
Ht 7: Crump, Knight, Collins, Dole, Shirra (exc tapes) 61.4 3-3 28-14
Ht 8: Wigg, Davis, Bargh, Regeling 61.0 5-1 33-15
Ht 9: Tatum, Smith, Hunter, Dole 62.2 5-1 38-16

Ht 10: Wigg, Shirra, Davis, Crump (ret) 61.3 4-2 42-18
Ht 11: Tatum, Smith, Bargh, Bear (ef) 62.0 5-1 47-19
Ht 12: Knight, Collins, Hunter, Ross 61.8 5-1 52-20
Ht 13: Shirra, Tatum, Crump, Smith 62.6 2-4 54-24
Ht 14: Knight, Regeling, Collins, Bargh 61.6 4-2 58-26
Ht 15: Wigg, Hunter, Dole, Davis (f exc) 63.0 3-3 61-29
Ht 16: Crump, Shirra, Cox, Knight (ef) 62.6 1-5 62-34
Ht 17: Bargh, Cross, Wigg (ef), Regeling (exc), Cox (exc 2 mins) 2-3 64-37
Ht 18: Tatum, Smith, Hunter, Ross 62.6 5-1 69-38
3rd Test at Halifax 15th September
Ht 1: Ross, Evitts, Hunter, Smith 66.1 2-4 2-4
Ht 2: Bargh, Collins, Regeling, Knight 66.3 2-4 4-8
Ht 3: Tatum, Davis, Crump, Shirra (exc) 67.1 5-1 9-9
Ht 4: Hunter, Ross, Knight, Collins 68.2 1-5 10-14
Ht 5: Tatum, Bargh, Davis, Regeling 66.7 4-2 14-16
Ht 6: Smith, Shirra, Crump, Evitts (exc) 66.5 3-3 17-19
Ht 7: Tatum, Ross, Hunter, Davis 67.0 3-3 20-22
Ht 8: Bargh, Regeling, Smith, Evitts 65.8 1-5 21-27
Ht 9: Shirra, Baker, Collins, Carr (exc) 66.6 1-5 22-32

Ht 10: Smith, Hunter, Ross, Blackbird 66.8 3-3 25-35
Ht 11: Bargh, Knight, Collins, Regeling 67.8 3-3 28-38
Ht 12: Davis, Tatum, Shirra, Baker 69.1 5-1 33-39
Ht 13: Ross, Hunter, Collins, Carr 69.6 1-5 34-44 Ht 14: Tatum, Davis, Regeling, Bargh 70.3 5-1 39-45
Ht 15: Carr, Smith, Shirra, Baker 68.9 5-1 44-46
Ht 16: Tatum, Ross, Hunter, Davis (ef) 68.5 3-3 47-49
Ht 17: Smith, Bargh, Carr, Regeling (ef) 66.8 4-2 51-51
Ht 18: Shirra, Collins, Baker, Knight 67.6 2-4 53-55

Contributors : Roger Stevens, Trevor Chater, David Austin, Jim Henry

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