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England v Overseas
1929 | Sat 25.05 : Stamford Bridge, London | England | 20 | Overseas | 16 | |
UNOFFICIAL | 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 | |||||
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 |
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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 |
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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 | |
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) |
1st Test at 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 |
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2nd Test at Belle Vue | ||
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 |
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3rd Test at New Cross | ||
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 |
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4th Test at Wimbledon | ||
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 |
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5th Test at Harringay | ||
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 | ||||||
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 |
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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 | 1½ | 0 | 1 | 3½ | ||||||||||
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 | 1½ | 0 | 0 | 1½ | ||||||||||
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 | - |
1940 | 1942 | |
1943 | 1945 |
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. |
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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. | ||||||||
1948 | 1949 |
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 | ||
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 |
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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 | ||||
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 |
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 | ||||
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 |
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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 | ||||
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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