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| 1934 | 29.09 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) | England | 52 | Australasia | 55 | |
| UNOFFICIAL | ![]() |
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 | |||||||
| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ![]() |
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| 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 |
| 1958 | 27.09 : Coventry : England 18 Australasia 18 | ![]() |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||||
| Tom Owen | - | - | - | 10-1-6 | - | 10-1-6 | ![]() |
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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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| England 1978 |
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 |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Jessup | 12-0-6 | 15-1-6 | 11-1-6 | 16-1-6 | - | 54-3-24 | ![]() |
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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 | ||||||||||||||
| Phil Crump (Aus) | 13-1-6 | 10-2-6 | 17-0-6 | 12-0-6 | - | 52-3-24 | |||||||||
| 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 |
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