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England v Overseas

1929 Sat 25.05 : Stamford Bridge, London England 20 Overseas 16
UNOFFICIAL {short description of image} Gus Kuhn 6 Frank Arthur (Aus) 6
Dank Ewen 5 Buzz Hibberd (Aus) 4
Colin Ford 5 Cecil Brown (USA) 3
Harold "Tiger" Stevenson 4 Billy Lamont (Aus) 3
This match comprised a series of 12 Match Races, in which
the winner received 2 points, and the loser 1 point.
Results:
1: Ford beat Lamont
2: Arthur beat Ewen
3: Kuhn beat Hibberd
4: Stevenson beat Brown
5: Ewen beat Lamont
6: Arthur beat Ford
7: Hibberd beat Stevenson
8: Kuhn beat Brown
9: Arthur beat Stevenson
10: Ford beat Brown
11: Kuhn beat Lamont
12: Ewen beat Hibberd

1930 Mon 16.06 : Nottingham England 33 Overseas 20 (Att: 20,000)
UNOFFICIAL 1 Varey, Strecker, Arthur 74.2 (record) 5-1 5-1
2 Mitchell, Burton, Ellmore 79.6 3-3 8-4
3 Herbert, Elder, Humphrey 78.6 4-2 12-6
4 Varey, Strecker, Mitchell 78.4 5-1 17-7
5 Ellmore, Burton, Elder 78.0 5-1 22-8
6 Arthur, Humphrey, Hore 79.2 2-4 24-12
7 Varey, Elder, Strecker 77.0 4-2 28-14
8 Arthur, Burton 78.0 2-3 30-17
9 Herbert, Catlett, Mitchell 79.8 3-3 33-20
Frank Varey 9 Frank Arthur (Aus) 7 In local newspapers, this match was referred to as England v Australia - even Sprouts Elder was referred to as Australian!
And members of the Australian cricket Test team (playing a Test at Trent Bridge) were present at the meeting.
Squib Burton 6 Clem Mitchell (Aus) 5
Hal Herbert 6 Sprouts Elder (USA) 5
Fred Strecker 5 Stan Catlett (Aus) 2
Billy Ellmore 4 Freddie Hore (Aus) 1
Wally Hummphrey 3 Spencer Stratton (NZ) 0

1931 Tue 21.04 : West Ham {short description of image}
UNOFFICIAL New Zealand Test Team* 32 The Overseas Team 19
George Greenwood 3 3 3 9 Ron Johnson 0 3 3 6
Jim Kempster 3 3 2 8 Blos Bromfield 1 1' 2 4
Frank Bond 3 nf 3 6 Bert Jones 2 2 0 4
Norman Evans 2' 1 1 4 Arthur Mann 1' 0 1 2
Frank Randall 2' - 2 Charlie Spinks 0 2 2
Squib Burton nf 2' 2 Charlie Datson 1 0 1
Roger Frogley 0 0 1' 1 Ray Tauser nf 0 0
* This is actually the unofficial England team that toured
New Zealand in 1930-31. The results of that tour are here
1.Bond, Randall, Datson, Spinks 5-1 5-1
2.Greenwood, Evans, Bromfield, Johnson 5-1 10-2
3.Kempster, Jones, Mann, Frogley 3-3 13-5
4.Johnson, Burton nf, Bond nf, Tauser nf 0-3 13-8
5.Greenwood, Jones, Evans, Mann 4-2 17-10
6.Kempster, Spinks, Bromfield, Frogley 3-3 20-13
7.Bond, Burton, Mann, Jones 5-1 25-14
8.Greenwood, Bromfield, Evans, Datson 4-2 29-16
9.Johnson, Kempster, Frogley, Tauser 3-3 32-19
1931 Thu 16.07 : Wembley (4-heat second-half match)
UNOFFICIAL England 12 Overseas 12 1: Praag, Wilkinson, Hull, Frogley 1-5 1-5
2: Langton, Burton, Case, Hansen 5-1 6-6
3: Langton, Praag, Burton , Wilkinson 4-2 10-8
4: Hansen, Frogley , Case, Hull f 2-4 12-12
Eric Langton 6 Lionel van Praag (Aus) 5
Squib Burton 3 Morian Hansen (Den) 3
Buster Frogley 2 Dick Case (Aus) 2
Wally Hull 1 Bluey Wilkinson (Aus) 2

1933 Mon 16.10 : Wimbledon England 31 Overseas 32
UNOFFICIAL
Without their captain Harold "Tiger" Stevenson, injured at Lea Bridge two days earlier, England were nevertheless dominant in the early stages and led 24-11 after five races. Then they collapsed, and Overseas won all the remaining four heats to gain a slender one point victory. England held a two point lead going into the final race, but when Kitchen fell on the final bend of the last race while chasing Case, it was all over. This match used the 4-2-1-0 heat scoring system, which was standard throughout 1933.
Heat Details
F Fell M Time exclusion ns non-starter R Retired; Engine failure
rm remounted T Tapes/start exclusion X Excluded; Disqualified ' Bonus point
. Scheduled ride ( ) "Assumed" points score (heat results incomplete)
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 Total {short description of image}
Gus Kuhn 2 F - 2
Syd Jackson 1' 1 (0) 2 + 1
Bill Kitchen 4 4 F 8
Bob Harrison 1 - 2 3
Tom Farndon 2' F 2 4 + 1
Gordon Byers 4 4 1' 9 + 1
res Tommy Croombs 2' 1 3 + 1
ENGLAND 3 8 14 20 24 25 28 29 31 31
OVERSEAS 4 6 7 8 11 17 21 27 32 32
Vic Huxley (Aus) 4 1 4 9
Max Grosskreutz(Aus) (0) (0) - 0
Ron Johnson (Aus) R 1' 2' 3 + 2
Bluey Wilkinson (Aus) 2 2 4 8
Dick Case (Aus) 1 4 4 9
Billy Lamont (Aus) (0) 2' - 2 + 1
res Wally Kilmister (NZ) (0) 1 1

1937 Overseas won series 3½ - 1½
OFFICIAL Tue 15.06 : West Ham England 54 Overseas 53
Sat 03.07 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 54 Overseas 54
Wed 21.07 : New Cross England 43 Overseas 64
Mon 23.08 : Wimbledon England 32 Overseas 75
Sat 11.09 : Harringay England 50 Overseas 57 (Att: 18,000)
England Total Overseas Total
Eric Langton 13 11© 13© - 14 51 Jack Milne (USA) 10 11 14© 16 16 67
Joe Abbott - 15 4 8 10 37 Lionel van Praag (Aus) 10© 12 13 15 56
Bill Kitchen 12 12 - 10 4 37 Wilbur Lamoreaux (USA) 13 10 5 14 12 54
Jack Parker - - 9 5 7 21 Cordy Milne (USA) 13 7 7 11 3 41
George Newton 8 4 2 3 3 20 Eric Chitty (Can) - 13 12 5 9 39
Frank Varey - 11 - - - 11 Bluey Wilkinson (Aus) - - 14 4 - 18
Ginger Lees - 0 - 3 8 11 Eric Collins (Aus) - - - 12 - 12
Arthur Atkinson 8 1 0 - - 9 Dicky Case (Aus) 9 2 - - - 11
Harold Stevenson 10 - - - - 10 Dick Smythe (Aus) - - - - 2 2
Frank Charles 1 0 6 0 - 7 Charlie Spinks (Aus) 2 - - - - 2
Stan Greatrex - - 7 - - 7 Morian Hansen (Den) - 1 - - - 1
Tommy Croombs 2 - 2 2 - 6 Ron Johnson (Aus) 0 - - - 0 0
Jack Ormston - - - - 4 4
Claude Rye - - - 1 - 1
1st Test at West Ham
Eng v Overseas 37 West Ham England 54
Arthur Atkinson: 0, 2, 2, 0, 1, 3 = 8
Tiger Stevenson: 1, 1’, F, 3, 3, 2’ = 10+2
Frank Charles: 0, 0, 1’ = 1+1
George Newton: 1, 2, 2, 1, F, 2 = 8
Eric Langton: 3, 3, 1, 1, 3, 2’ = 13+1
Bill Kitchen: 1, F, 3, 3, 2’, 3 = 12+1
Tommy Croombs: F, 2, F = 2
Jack Parker: -dnr-

Overseas 53
Lionel Van Praag: 2', 1, 0, 2, 1, 0 = 6+1
Cordy Milne: 3, 3, 2, 1’, 3, 1 = 13+1
Dick Case: 3, 2, 1, 2’, 1, 0 = 9+1
Jack Milne: 2', 1’, 3, 3, 0, 1 = 10+2
Wilbur Lamoreaux: 0, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3 = 13
Charlie Spinks: 2, ret, F, 0, F = 2
Ron Johnson: F = 0
Wally Kilmister: -dnr-
Ht 1: C Milne, Van Praag, Stevenson, Atkinson 81.0 1-5 1-5
Ht 2: Case, J Milne, Newton, Charles 81.2 1-5 2-10
Ht 3: Langton, Spinks, Kitchen, Lamoreaux 81.0 4-2 6-12
Ht 4: C Milne, Newton, Van Praag, Charles 82.4 2-4 8-16
Ht 5: Langton, Case, J Milne, Kitchen (f) 82.4 3-3 11-19
Ht 6: Lamoreaux, Atkinson, Stevenson, Spinks (ret) 80.6 3-3 14-22
Ht 7: Kitchen, C Milne, Langton, Van Praag 81.8 4-2 18-24
Ht 8: J Milne, Atkinson, Case, Stevenson (f) 82.6 2-4 20-28
Ht 9: Lamoreaux, Newton, Charles, Spinks (f) 80.6 3-3 23-31
Ht 10: Stevenson, Van Praag, C Milne, Atkinson 80.8 3-3 26-34
Ht 11: J Milne, Case, Newton, Croombs (f) 83.4 1-5 27-39
Ht 12: Kitchen, Lamoreaux, Langton, Spinks 81.2 4-2 31-41
Ht 13: C Milne, Croombs, Van Praag, Newton (f) 84.2 2-4 33-45
Ht 14: Langton, Kitchen, Case, J Milne 82.8 5-1 38-46
Ht 15: Stevenson, Lamoreaux, Atkinson (f rem), Spinks (f) 82.0 4-2 42-48
Ht 16: Kitchen, Langton, C Milne, Van Praag 82.8 5-1 47-49
Ht 17: Atkinson, Stevenson, J Milne, Case 82.8 5-1 52-50
Ht 18: Lamoreaux, Newton, Croombs (f), Johnson (f) 81.2 2-3 54-53
2nd Test at Belle Vue
{short description of image} England 54
Eric Langton: 2, 2’, 1’, 3, 2’, 1 = 11+3
Bill Kitchen: 0, 3, 2, 1, 3, 3 = 12
Joe Abbott: 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2 = 15
Frank Charles: 0, 0, 0 = 0
Frank Varey: 2, 3, 1’, 2, 2, 1 = 11+1
George Newton: F, 2’, 2, F, F, 0 = 4+1
Arthur Atkinson: 1’, F = 1+1
Ginger Lees: 0 = 0

Overseas 54
Jack Milne: 1, 3, 3, 0, 2, 2’ = 11+1
Wilbur Lamoreaux: 3, 1, 0, 2, 1’, 3 = 10+1
Dick Case: 1’, 1, 0 = 2+1
Eric Chitty: 2, ex, 3, 3, 3, 2 = 13
Lionel Van Praag: 3, ef, 2, 3, 1, 1 = 10
Cordy Milne: 1, 1, 1’, 1, F, 3 = 7+1
Morian Hansen: 0, 1, 0 = 1
Ron Johnson: -dnr-
Ht 1: Lamoreaux, Langton, J Milne, Kitchen 77.0 2-4 2-4
Ht 2: Abbott, Chitty, Case, Charles 79.0 3-3 5-7
Ht 3: Van Praag, Varey, C Milne, Newton (f) 78.0 2-4 7-11
Ht 4: J Milne, Abbott, Lamoreaux, Charles 78.0 2-4 9-15
Ht 5: Varey, Newton, Case, Chitty (ex) 78.4 5-1 14-16
Ht 6: Kitchen, Langton, C Milne, Van Praag (ef) 78.8 5-1 19-17
Ht 7: J Milne, Newton, Varey, Lamoreaux 79.6 3-3 22-20
Ht 8: Chitty, Kitchen, Langton, Hansen 77.0 3-3 25-23
Ht 9: Abbott, Van Praag, C Milne, Charles 78.4 3-3 28-26
Ht 10: Langton, Lamoreaux, Kitchen, J Milne 77.2 4-2 32-28
Ht 11: Chitty, Abbott, Atkinson, Case 78.8 3-3 35-31
Ht 12: Van Praag, Varey, C Milne, Newton (f) 79.2 2-4 37-35
Ht 13: Abbott, J Milne, Lamoreaux, Atkinson (f) 78.4 3-3 40-38
Ht 14: Chitty, Varey, Hansen, Newton (f) 78.4 2-4 42-42
Ht 15: Kitchen, Langton, Van Praag, C Milne (f) 78.8 5-1 47-43
Ht 16: Lamoreaux, J Milne, Varey, Newton 78.4 1-5 48-48
Ht 17: Kitchen, Chitty, Langton, Hansen 79.6 4-2 52-50
Ht 18: C Milne, Abbott, Van Praag, Lees 79.0 2-4 54-54
3rd Test at New Cross
{short description of image} England 43
Eric Langton: 3, 3, 3, 2, 0, 2’ =13+1
Jack Parker: 2’, 0, 2’, 1’, 1, 3 = 9+3
George Newton: 0, 1, ret, 0, 0, 1 = 2
Stan Greatrex: 2, 3, ret, 1, 1, 0 = 7
Tommy Croombs: 1, 0, 1 = 2
Joe Abbott: 0, 1, 0, 2, 1’ = 4+1
Frank Charles: 3, 1’, 2 = 6+1
Arthur Atkinson: 0 = 0

Overseas 64
Jack Milne: 1, 2, 2’, 3, 3, 3 = 14+1
Wilbur Lamoreaux: 0, 0, 3, 0, 2’, 0 = 5+1
Lionel Van Praag: 3, 3, 0, 3, 3, 0 = 12
Cordy Milne: 1, 2’, 1, 2’, 0, 1 = 7+2
Bluey Wilkinson: 2’, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2’ = 14+2
Eric Chitty: 3, 1’, 2’, 1’, 2’, 3 = 12+4
Morian Hansen: -dnr-
Dick Case: -dnr-
Ht 1: Langton, Parker, J Milne, Lamoreaux 59.8 5-1 5-1
Ht 2: Van Praag, Greatrex, C Milne, Newton 60.4 2-4 7-5
Ht 3: Chitty, Wilkinson, Croombs, Abbott 61.0 1-5 8-10
Ht 4: Greatrex, J Milne, Newton, Lamoreaux 59.6 4-2 12-12
Ht 5: Van Praag, C Milne, Abbott, Croombs 61.0 1-5 13-17
Ht 6: Langton, Wilkinson, Chitty, Parker 59.8 3-3 16-20
Ht 7: Lamoreaux, J Milne, Croombs, Abbott 61.6 1-5 17-25
Ht 8: Langton, Parker, C Milne, Van Praag 60.4 5-1 22-26
Ht 9: Wilkinson, Chitty, Newton (ret), Greatrex (ret) 60.6 0-5 22-31
Ht 10: J Milne, Langton, Parker, Lamoreaux 61.0 3-3 25-34
Ht 11: Van Praag, C Milne, Greatrex, Newton 61.0 1-5 26-39
Ht 12: Charles, Wilkinson, Chitty, Atkinson 61.4 3-3 29-42
Ht 13: J Milne, Lamoreaux, Greatrex, Newton 62.4 1-5 30-47
Ht 14: Van Praag, Abbott, Charles, C Milne 61.2 3-3 33-50
Ht 15: Wilkinson, Chitty, Parker, Langton 62.0 1-5 34-55
Ht 16: J Milne, Charles, Abbott, Lamoreaux 61.6 3-3 37-58
Ht 17: Parker, Langton, C Milne, Van Praag 61.2 5-1 42-59
Ht 18: Chitty, Wilkinson, Newton, Greatrex 64.6 1-5 43-64
4th Test at Wimbledon
{short description of image} England 32
Ginger Lees: F, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1 = 3
Jack Parker: 3, F, 1, EF, 1, 0 =5
Joe Abbott: 2, 2, 1, 1, 0, 2 = 8
Frank Charles: ex, 0, 0, 0 = 0
George Newton: 1, 1’, 1 = 3+1
Bill Kitchen: 3, 2, 0, 3, 1, 1 = 10
Tommy Croombs: 1, 1’ = 2+1
Claude Rye: 1, 0, F = 1

Overseas 75
Wilbur Lamoreaux: ex, 3, 3, 3, 2’, 3 = 14+1
Eric Collins: 2, 1, 2’, 2’, 3, 2’ = 12+3
Jack Milne: 3, 3, 2’, 3, 2’, 3 = 16+2
Cordy Milne: 1, 0, 3, 2’, 3, 2’ = 11+2
Lionel Van Praag: 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, ef = 13
Bluey Wilkinson: 0, 2’, 2’, ef = 4+2
Eric Chitty: 2’, 3 = 5+1
Morian Hansen: -dnr-
Ht 1: Parker, Collins, Lees (f), Lamoreaux (ex) 71.4 3-2 3-2
Ht 2: J Milne, Abbott, C Milne, Charles (ex) 73.4 2-4 5-6
Ht 3: Kitchen, Van Praag, Newton, Wilkinson 71.8 4-2 9-8
Ht 4: Lamoreaux, Abbott, Collins, Charles 71.4 2-4 11-12
Ht 5: J Milne, Kitchen, Newton, C Milne 72.4 3-3 14-15
Ht 6: Van Praag, Wilkinson, Lees, Parker (f) 72.6 1-5 15-20
Ht 7: Lamoreaux, Collins, Newton, Kitchen 72.8 1-5 16-25
Ht 8: C Milne, J Milne, Parker, Lees 73.0 1-5 17-30
Ht 9: Van Praag, Wilkinson, Abbott, Charles 72.4 1-5 18-35
Ht 10: Lamoreaux, Collins, Lees, Parker (ef) 71.6 1-5 19-40
Ht 11: J Milne, C Milne, Abbot, Charles 73.2 1-5 20-45
Ht 12: Kitchen, Van Praag, Rye, Wilkinson (ef) 72.0 4-2 24-47
Ht 13: Collins, Lamoreaux, Croombs, Abbott 72.0 1-5 25-52
Ht 14: C Milne, J Milne, Kitchen, Rye 73.0 1-5 26-57
Ht 15: Van Praag, Chitty, Parker, Lees 73.2 1-5 27-62
Ht 16: Lamoreaux, Collins, Kitchen, Rye (f) 72.2 1-5 28-67
Ht 17: J Milne, C Milne, Lees, Parker 74.2 1-5 29-72
Ht 18: Chitty, Abbott, Croombs, Van Praag (ef) 74.2 3-3 32-75
5th Test at Harringay
{short description of image} England 50
Jack Parker: 2, 1, ret, 2’, 1, 1 = 7+1
Eric Langton: 1’, 3, 1, 3, 3, 3 = 14+1
Jack Ormston: 1, 0, 3, 0 = 4
Ginger Lees: 0, 1, 2’, 2, 1’, 2 = 8+2
Bill Kitchen: 2’, 0, F, 1, 1, F = 4+1
Joe Abbott: 3, 3, 2, 0, 0, 2 = 10
George Newton: 2, 1’ = 3+1
Frank Charles: -dnr-

Overseas 57
Jack Milne: 3, 3, 3, 1, 3, 3 = 16
Cordy Milne: 0, 2’, 1, 0, 0, F = 3+1
Lionel Van Praag: 3, 1’, 3, 3, 3, 2 = 15+1
Eric Chitty: 2’, 2, 2’, 1, 2’, 0 = 9+3
Wilbur Lamoreaux: 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 3 = 12
Ron Johnson: 0, 0, 0 = 0
Dick Smythe: 2’, 0, F = 2+1
Charlie Spinks: -dnr-
Ht 1: J Milne, Parker, Langton, C Milne 72.0 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Van Praag, Chitty, Ormston, Lees 71.6 1-5 4-8
Ht 3: Abbot, Kitchen, Lamoreaux, Johnson 72.4 5-1 9-9
Ht 4: J Milne, C Milne, Lees, Ormston 72.4 1-5 10-14
Ht 5: Abbot, Chitty, Van Praag, Kitchen 71.6 3-3 13-17
Ht 6: Langton, Lamoreaux, Parker, Johnson 72.2 4-2 17-19
Ht 7: J Milne, Abbott, C Milne, Kitchen (f) 73.2 2-4 19-23
Ht 8: Van Praag, Chitty, Langton, Parker (ret) 72.8 1-5 20-28
Ht 9: Ormston, Lees, Lamoreaux, Johnson 73.0 5-1 25-29
Ht 10: Langton, Parker, J Milne, C Milne 72.4 5-1 3
Ht 11: Van Praag, Lees, Chitty, Ormston 72.8 2-4 32-34
Ht 12: Lamoreaux, Smythe, Kitchen, Abbott 73.8 1-5 33-39
Ht 13: J Milne, Newton, Lees, C Milne 71.6 3-3 36-42
Ht 14: Van Praag, Chitty, Kitchen, Abbott 72.8 1-5 37-47
Ht 15: Langton, Lamoreaux, Parker, Smythe 72.8 4-2 41-49
Ht 16: J Milne, Abbott, C Milne (f), Kitchen (f) 74.8 2-3 43-52
Ht 17: Langton, Van Praag, Parker, Chitty 72.8 4-2 47-54
Ht 18: Lamoreaux, Lees, Newton, Smythe (f) 74.8 3-3 50-57
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The programme on the left, immediately above, is a rare "pirate" programme from the match at Harringay.
More examples of "pirate" programmes for Test Matches can be found here

1937 Tue 11.05 : Plymouth England 27 Overseas 27 (Att: 5,000)
UNOFFICIAL

England 27 Overseas 27 {short description of image}
Bill Clibbett © 2 3 ? 5 Dick Case © 3 3 3 9
Sam Marsland 1' 2' 2 5+2 Steve Langton ? ef 1 1
Ted Bravery 3 1' ? 4+1 Jack Sharp 1 3 - 4
Stan Dell 2' 2 3 7+1 Vic Duggan ? 1 3 4
George Dykes 2 2 2 6 Billy Lamont 3 1 2 6
Fred Tuck ? ? ? ? 0 Frank Hodgson (Eng) 1 ? 1' 2+1
Don Hemingway (res) 1 1
1 Case, Clibbett, Marsland 80.2 3-3 3-3
2 Bravery, Dell, Sharp 81.0 5-1 8-4
3 Lamont, Dykes, Hodgson 80.6 2-4 10-8
4 Case, Dell, Bravery, Langton ef 79.9 3-3 13-11
5 Sharp, Dykes, Duggan 81.0 2-4 15-15
6 Clibbett, Marsland, Lamont 79.6 5-1 20-16
7 Case, Dykes, Langton 81.2 2-4 22-20
8 Duggan, Marsland, Hemingway 81.8 2-4 24-24
9 Dell, Lamont, Hodgson 80.4 3-3 27-27

1940 Sat 31.08 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 44 Overseas 27
UNOFFICIAL
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Total
Jack Parker 3 3 3 2' 11 + 1
Jack Hargreaves 1 2' 1 3 7 + 1
Bill Kitchen 3 2 2' 3 10 + 1
Frank Varey 1 F 3 2 6
Oliver Hart 3 2 R 0 5
Norman Parker 1' 2 2' 5 + 2
Oliver Langton 0 0
ENGLAND 4 8 11 13 16 21 23 27 32 37 39 44 44
OVERSEAS 2 4 7 11 14 15 19 21 22 23 27 27 27
Eric Chitty (Can) 2 3 3 R 8
Ron Clarke (Eng) 0 1 1 1 3
Ron Johnson (Aus) 2 3 2 3 10
Clem Mitchell (Aus) 0 0 F 0 0
Bill Longley (Aus) 2 1 0 1 4
Fred Curtis (Aus) 1' 1 + 1
George Pepper (Can) 0 1 1

1942 Sat 27.06 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 35½ Overseas 35½
UNOFFICIAL
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Total
Eric Langton 3 3 2 8
Tommy Price 1 0 1' 1 3 + 1
Jack Parker 1 0 1
Bill Pitcher R F 1 0 1
Bill Kitchen 2' 3 3 1' 9 + 2
Oliver Hart 3 2' 1 2 8 + 1
Alec Statham 3 3
ENGLAND 4 5 10 11½ 16½ 19½ 23½ 26½ 27½ 31½ 32½ 35½ 35½
OVERSEAS 2 7 8 12½ 12½ 15½ 17½ 20½ 25½ 27½ 32½ 35½ 35½
Eric Chitty (Can) 2 3 2 2 9
Ron Clarke (Eng) 0 0 0
Ron Johnson (Aus) 3 R 3 3 9
Morian Hansen (Den) 2' R 0 2' 4 + 2
Bill Longley (Aus) 1 1' 2' 3 7 + 2
Doug McLachlan (A) 0 2 3 0 5
Phil "Tiger" Hart (A) did not ride -

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1943 Sat 10.07 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 41 Overseas 30
UNOFFICIAL
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Total
Frank Varey 1 3 3 3 10
Jack Parker 0 3 1 0 - 4
Bill Kitchen 3 3 1 2' 9 + 1
Oliver Hart 0 0 3 3 6
Norman Parker 3 3 2 8
Les Wotton R 1 0 1' 2 + 1
Tommy Price 2' 2 + 1
Bill Pitcher did not ride -
ENGLAND 1 4 7 10 14 18 21 24 28 33 38 41 41
OVERSEAS 5 8 10 13 15 17 20 23 25 26 27 30 30
Eric Chitty (Can) 2' 2 2 1 7 + 1
Ron Johnson (Aus) 3 1' 1' 0 5 + 2
Ron Clarke (Eng) 2 2 2 0 6
Morian Hansen (Den) 1' 0 1' 1 3 + 2
Bill Longley (Aus) R 0 - 3 3
Wally Lloyd (Aus) 2 2 0 - 4
Phil "Tiger" Hart (A) 2 2
Doug McLachlan (A) F 0
INTERNATIONAL SCRATCH RACE : Varey, Chitty, Kitchen, N Parker.

1945 Sat 15.09 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 33 Overseas 39
UNOFFICIAL Note : Frank Varey was the non-riding England captain.
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Total
Bill Kitchen 3 2 3 2 10
Oliver Hart F R 1 0 1
Jack Parker 3 3 2' 2 10 + 1
Bill Pitcher 0 0 3 0 3
Tommy Price R 2 2 3 7
Stan Dell 1 1' 0 0 2 + 1
Ernie Appleby did not ride -
ENGLAND 3 6 7 10 13 15 17 21 26 28 30 33 33
OVERSEAS 3 6 11 14 17 21 25 27 28 32 36 39 39
Eric Chitty (Can) 2 2 3 3 10
Ron Clarke (Eng) 1' 1' 1 1 4 + 2
Ron Johnson (Aus) 2 2
Alec Statham (Eng) 1' 3 2 3 9 + 1
Bill Longley (Aus) 3 3 1 2 9
Wally Lloyd (Aus) 2' 1 0 1' 4 + 2
Jeff Lloyd (Eng) R 0 1 1

1948 Sat 24.07 : Bradford (Odsal) England 54 Overseas 53
UNOFFICIAL
England 54 Overseas 53 1: N Parker, Chitty, Clarke, Dolan X 4-2
2: Statham, Johnson, Waterman, Lamoreaux 4-2 8-4
3: Duggan, Longley, Hart, Price 1-5 9-9
4: Gilbert, Lamoreaux, Johnson, N Parker F 3-3 12-12
5: Statham, Duggan, Longley, Waterman 3-3 15-15
6: Hart, Chitty, Price, Dolan 4-2 19-17
7: Longley, Duggan, J Parker, N Parker R 1-5 20-22
8: Chitty, Statham, Biggs, Waterman 2-4 22-26
9: Price, Hart, Lamoreaux R, Johnson X 5-0 27-26
10: N Parker, Chitty, J Parker, Menzies 4-2 31-28
11: Statham, Johnson, Gilbert, Lamoreaux 4-2 35-30
12: Duggan, Price, Hart, Longley F 3-3 38-33
13: N Parker, Lamoreaux, J Parker, Johnson 4-2 42-35 14: Longley, Gilbert, Duggan, Statham 2-4 44-39
15: Hart, Chitty, Dolan, Price 3-3 47-42
16: Longley, Duggan, N Parker, J Parker FX 1-5 48-47 17: Gilbert, Statham, Chitty, Biggs 5-1 53-48
18: Lamoreaux, Johnson, Price, Hart 1-5 54-53.
1 Jack Parker - - 1 1 1 FX 3 1 Frank Dolan (Aus) X 0 - - 1' - 1+1
2 Norman Parker 3 F R 3 3 1 10 2 Eric Chitty (Can) 2 2 3 2 2 1 12
3 Split Waterman 1 0 0 - - - 1 3 Ron Johnson (Aus) 2 1' X 2 0 2' 7+2
4 Alec Statham 3 3 2 3 0 2' 13+1 4 W Lamoreaux (USA) 0 2 R 0 2 3 7
5 Oliver Hart 1 3 2' 1' 3 0 10+2 5 Vic Duggan (Aus) 3 2 2' 3 1 2' 13+2
6 Ernie Price 0 1 3 2 0 1 7 6 Bill Longley (Aus) 2' 1' 3 F 3 3 12+2
7res Bill Gilbert 3 1 2 3 9 7res Jack Biggs (Aus) 1 0 1
8res Ron Clarke 1 1 8res Andy Menzies (Aus) 0 0
Excellent racing at Odsal with England just winning thanks to reserve Bill Gilbert (a late replacement for Tommy Price) who successfully replaced out-of-touch Split Waterman. Jack Parker, who arrived late by taxi after his car had broken down, missed his first two rides. The Overseas team were missing the injured Australian pair, Max Grosskreutz and Aub Lawson.
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1949 Mon 03.10 : Wimbledon England 70 Overseas 38
UNOFFICIAL
England 70
Norman Parker: 3, 3, ex, 3, 3, 3 = 15
Bert Roger: 1, 1, 2, 1', 1 = 6+1
Jack Parker: 2, 2', 3, 2', 2 = 11+2
Louis Lawson: 3, 3, 3, 2', 2', 2' = 15+3
Tommy Price: 1, 1, 1, 1, 0 = 4
Cyril Brine: 1', 1, 1', 3, 3 = 9+2
Malcolm Craven: 3, 2' = 5+1
Bill Gilbert: 2', 3 = 5+1
Overseas 38
Bill Longley: 2, 2, 2', 3, 1, 0 = 10+1
Cliff Watson: 0, 1, 0, 0, 0 = 1
Wilbur Lamoreaux: 0, 0, 3, 0, 3 = 6
Jimmy Gibb: 3, 0, 2, 0, 1 = 6
Graham Warren:2, 0, 3, 2, ef, 1 = 8
Aub Lawson: 0, 2, 1, 2', 0 = 5+1
Charles "Pee Wee" Cullum: 1, 0 = 1
Ray Duggan: 0, 1 = 1
Ht 1: N Parker, Longley, Roger, Watson 66.6 4-2 4-2
Ht 2: Gibb, J Parker, Brine, Lamoreaux 68.4 3-3 7-5
Ht 3: L Lawson, Warren, Roger, A lawson 67.6 4-2 11-7
Ht 4: Craven, Gilbert, Cullum, Duggan 70.0 5-1 16-8
Ht 5: L Lawson, J Parker, Watson, Lamoreaux 68.6 5-1 21-9
Ht 6: N Parker, A Lawson, Brine, Gibb 68.6 4-2 25-11
Ht 7: J Parker, Longley, Price, Warren 67.6 4-2 29-13
Ht 8: Lamoreaux, Longley, Price, N Parker (exc) 67.6 1-5 30-18
Ht 9: N Parker, J Parker, A Lawson, Watson 68.0 5-1 35-19
Ht 10: Warren, Roger, Brine, Lamoreaux 68.2 3-3 38-22
Ht 11: L Lawson, Gibb, Price, Watson 68.4 4-2 42-24
Ht 12: Longley, J Parker, Roger, Gibb 68.8 3-3 45-27
Ht 13: Brine, Warren, Price, Watson 67.8 4-2 49-29
Ht 14: Gilbert, Craven, Duggan, Cullum 69.2 5-1 54-30
Ht 15: N Parker, L Lawson, Gibb, Warren (ef) 68.2 5-1 59-31
Ht 16: Lamoreaux, A Lawson, Roger, Price 70.0 1-5 60-36
Ht 17: Brine, L Lawson, Longley, A Lawson 68.4 68.4 5-1 65-37
Ht 18: N Parker, L Lawson, Warren, Longley 68.4 5-1 70-38

1950 Fri 12.05 : Harringay (4-heat second-half match)
INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE Little England 16 Overseas 8 {short description of image}
Danny Dunton 3 3 6 Vic Duggan (Aus) 2 1' 3+1
Bill Gilbert 2' 3 5+1 Jack Biggs (Aus) 1' 2 3+1
Bill Kitchren 3 0 3 Eric Chitty (Can) 1 1 2
Split Waterman 0 2' 2+1 Pee Wee Cullum (USA) 0 - 0
Ht 1: Dunton, Duggan, Biggs, Waterman 71.2 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Kitchen, Gilbert, Chitty, Cullum (ef) 73.8 5-1 8-4
Ht 3: Dunton, Waterman, Chitty, Cullum (ns) 71.8 5-1 13-5
Ht 4: Gilbert, Biggs, Duggan, Kitchen 73.0 3-3 16-8

1951 Sat 22.09 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 55 Overseas 52
OFFICIAL
England Overseas
Jack Parker © 0 0 - - - - 0 Aub Lawson © 2 2 3 2 1 1' 11+1 {short description of image}
Cyril Brine 3 1 2' 1 2 0 9+1 Eric Chitty (Can) 1' 0 2' 0 0 2 5+2
Norman Parker 0 1 0 1 2' 0 4+1 Henry Long (Sth Af) 2 1' 1 0 1' 2 7+2
Ken Sharples 3 3 3 3 3 2 17 Ron Johnston (NZ) 1' 2 0 2 2 1' 8+2
Louis Lawson 2 3 0 1 0 0 6 Bruce Abernethy (NZ) 1 2' 1' 0 R 1 5+2
Tommy Miller 0 0 1 3 3 3 10 Ronnie Moore (NZ) 3 3 2 2 3 3 16
Len Williams 3 3 R 3 9 Junior Bainbridge (Aus) d n r -
Len Read did not ride - Mick Holland (NZ) did not ride -
1: Brine, A Lawson, Chitty, J Parker 3-3 3-3 2: Sharples, Long, Johnston, N Parker 3-3 6-6 3: Moore, L Lawson, Abernethy, Miller 2-4 8-10 4: Sharples, A Lawson, N Parker, Chitty 4-2 12-12 5: L Lawson, Johnston, Long, Miller 3-3 15-15 6: Moore, Abernethy, Brine, J Parker 1-5 16-20 7: A Lawson, Chitty, Miller, L Lawson 1-5 17-25 8: Williams, Brine, Long, Johnston 5-1 22-26 9: Sharples, Moore, Abernethy, N Parker 3-3 25-29 10: Williams, A Lawson, Brine, Chitty 4-2 29-31 11: Sharples, Johnston, N Parker, Long 4-2 33-33 12: Miller, Moore, L Lawson, Abernethy 4-2 37-35 13: Sharples, N Parker, A Lawson, Chitty 5-1 42-36 14: Miller, Johnston, Long, L Lawson 3-3 45-39 15: Moore, Brine, Williams R, Abernethy R 2-3 47-42 16: Miller, Chitty, A Lawson, L Lawson 3-3 50-45 17: Williams, Long, Johnston, Brine 3-3 53-48 18: Moore, Sharples, Abernethy, N Parker 2-4 55-52

1957 Wed 17.07 : Norwich England League Stars 60 Overseas Stars 48
UNOFFICIAL

England 60
Phil Clarke: 2, 2, 3, 2', 1 = 10+1

Nigel Boocock: 0, 2, 0, 0, 2 = 4
Ken McKinlay: 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 16
George White: 0, 2', 2', 3, 3 = 10+2
Billy Bales: 3, 3, 3, 3, 0, 1 = 13
Bob Roger: 0, 1, 0, 1, 3 = 5
Harry Edwards: 0, 1, 0, 1' = 2+1
Overseas 48
Ove Fundin: 3, 2 = 5
Peter Clarke: 1, 1, 0, 0, 2 = 4
Aub Lawson: 2', 1, 1', 2, 2, 1' = 9+3
Rune Sormander: 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2 = 17
Peter Moore: 2, 1, 0, 1', 1', 0, 0 = 5+2
Dan Forsberg: 1', 0, 0 = 1+1
Junior Bainbridge: 3, 2, 1, 1, 0, 0 = 7
{short description of image} Ht 1: Fundin, Phil Clarke, Peter Clarke, Boocock 72.0 2-4 2-4
Ht 2: Sormander, Lawson, McKinlay, White 72.2 1-5 3-9
Ht 3: Bales, Moore, Forsberg, Roger 72.4 3-3 6-12
Ht 4: Bainbridge, Boocock, Peter Clarke, Edwards 74.0 2-4 8-16
Ht 5: McKinlay, White, Moore, Forsberg 71.8 5-1 13-17
Ht 6: Sormander, Phil Clarke, Lawson, Boocock 74.0 2-4 15-21
Ht 7: Bales, Fundin, Roger, Peter Clarke 73.2 4-2 19-23
Ht 8: Phil Clarke, Bainbridge, Edwards, Moore 73.4 4-2 23-25
Ht 9: Bales, Sormander, Lawson, Roger 74.0 3-3 26-28
Ht 10: McKinlay, White, Bainbridge, Peter Clarke 72.0 5-1 31-29
Ht 11: White, Phil Clarke, Bainbridge, Forsberg 75.4 5-1 36-30
Ht 12: Bales, Lawson, Moore, Boocock 75.2 3-3 39-33
Ht 13: McKinlay, Sormander, Moore, Edwards 71.8 3-3 42-36
Ht 14: White, Lawson, Roger, Bainbridge 74.2 4-2 46-38
Ht 15: McKinlay, Sormander, Lawson, Bales 72.8 3-3 49-41
Ht 16: Roger, Peter Clarke, Phil Clarke, Moore 75.4 4-2 53-43
Ht 17: Sormander, Boocock, Edwards, Bainbridge 76.6 3-3 56-46
Ht 18: McKinlay, Sormander, Bales, Moore 73.4 4-2 60-48

1957 Mon 12.08 : Exeter England 46 Overseas 50 (Att: 6,950)
UNOFFICIAL
England 46 Overseas 50
Bob Roger 0 2' 1 1' 3 7 + 2 Jack Biggs (Aus) 2 1 3 0 2' 8 + 1 {short description of image}
Dick Bradley 3 3 3 0 ef 9 Birger Forsberg (Swe) 1' 1 0 1 0 3 + 1
Geoff Pymar 1' 0 0 0 - 1 + 1 Aub Lawson (Aus) ef 0 1 1' 2 4 + 1
Ken Middleditch 2 2 2 2 3 11 Peter Moore (Aus) 3 1 3 3 3 13
Peter Craven 2 3 0 3 0 8 Ove Fundin (Swe) 3 1 2' 2 2 10 + 1
George White 0 2' 2 1 1 6 + 1 Neil Street (Aus) 1 3 3 3 2' 12 + 1
Francis Cann 2' 1 1 4 + 1 Bob Duckworth (NZ) 0 0 0
Ht1 Bradley, Biggs, Forsberg, Roger 74.6 3-3
Ht2 Moore, Middleditch, Pymar, Lawson (ef) 74.0 6-6
Ht3 Fundin, Craven, Street, White 74.0 8-10
Ht4 Bradley, Cann, Forsberg, Duckworth 75.2 13-11
Ht5 Street, Middleditch, Fundin, Pymar 73.8 15-15
Ht6 Bradley, Roger, Moore, Lawson 74.6 20-16
Ht7 Craven, White, Biggs, Forsberg 73.8 25-17
Ht8 Street, Fundin, Roger, Bradley 73.6 26-22
Ht9 Moore, White, Lawson, Craven 75.2 28-26
Ht10 Biggs, Middleditch, Forsberg, Pymar 75.0 30-30
Ht11 Street, Middleditch, Roger, Biggs 73.0 33-33
Ht12 Craven, Fundin, Lawson, Bradley (ef) 72.8 36-36
Ht13 Moore, Street, Cann, Pymar 74.6 37-41
Ht14 Middleditch, Lawson, White, Duckworth 75.0 41-43 Ht15 Moore, Biggs, Cann, Craven 75.2 42-48
Ht16 Roger, Fundin, White, Forsberg 72.8 46-50

1961 Sat 23.09 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England Select 46 Overseas Select 38
UNOFFICIAL Ron Johnston, along with Ron How and Split Waterman, failed to arrive for this match

England Select 46 Overseas Select 38
Peter Craven 3 3 2 3 3 14 Jack Scott (Aus) 1 0 3 0 4 {short description of image}
Dick Fisher 2' 2' 2' 2' 0 8+4 Ron Johnston (NZ) no rides -
Bob Andrews 3 2 3 3 11 Peter Moore (Aus) 1' 1 0 0 2+1
Jack Kitchen 0 f ret 0 Ray Cresp (Aus) 2 0 1 3 6
Cyril Maidment 1 0 2' 1' 4+2 Ronnie Moore (NZ) 2' 3 3 1 2 11+1
Eric Williams 0 2 0 2 4 Trevor Redmond (NZ) 3 1 2' 0 1' 7+2
Jim Yacoby 3 1 1 5 Bryce Subritzky (NZ) f 1 1 3 1 2 8
Ht 1: Craven, Fisher, Scott, Subritzsky (f) 72.6 5-1 5-1
Ht 2: Andrews, Cresp, P Moore, Kitchen 76.6 3-3 8-4
Ht 3: Redmond, R Moore, Maidment, Williams 77.0 9-9
Ht 4: Yacoby, Fisher, Subritzsky, Scott 76.8 5-1 14-10
Ht 5: R Moore, Andrews, Redmond, Kitchen (f) 73.8 2-4 16-14
Ht 6: Scott, Williams, Subritzsky, Maidment 77.0 18-18
Ht 7: Craven, Fisher, P Moore, Cresp 75.6 5-1 23-19
Ht 8: Subritzky, Redmond, Yacoby, Kitchen (ret) 76.0 1-5 24-24
Ht 9: Andrews, Maidment, Subritzsky, P Moore 74.4 5-1 29-25
Ht 10: R Moore, Craven, Cresp, Williams 74.0 2-4 31-29
Ht 11: Andrews, Subritzsky, Yacoby, Scott 74.6 4-2 35-31
Ht 12: Craven, Fisher, R Moore, Redmond 77.8 5-1 40-32
Ht 13: Cresp, Williams, Maidment, P Moore 76.0 3-3 43-35
Ht 14: Craven, R Moore, Redmond, Fisher 73.8 3-3 46-38

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