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England v USA & Canada

1939 Wed 16.08 : Southampton England 54 USA & Canada 54
OFFICIAL

England 54 USA & Canada 54
1 Jack Parker 1 3 2' 0 2 3 11 + 1 1 Cordy Milne (USA) 3 3 2 3 3 3 17 Although designated "official" by the ACU, riders at a match at New Cross were not selected, which deprived the North American team of Jack Milne, and the England team of the Belle Vue stars.

Many people had thought that the official England v Australia series should have been replaced by a series of matches such as this, a view supported by the closeness of the scores, with the lead changing hands several times, and the difference in scores never being greater than 4 points.

Biggest surprise was the defeat in heat 8 (which comprised four home track riders) of Cordy Milne, albeit by only a few inches, by Frank Goulden.
2 Alec Statham 0 1 3 2 0 2' 8 + 1 2 Benny Kaufman (USA) 2' 2' 1' 1 1 0 7 + 3
3 Frank Goulden 3 3 3 3 0 2 14 3 Wilbur Lamoreaux (USA) 2 2 0 2 3 3 12
4 Syd Griffiths ef 2' 0 1 2 1' 6 + 2 4 Crocky Rawding (Can) 1' 0 2 0 1 0 4 + 1
5 Arthur Atkinson 3 0 3 0 2 2 10 5 Eric Chitty (Can) 2 1 1 3 3 1 11
6 Tommy Croombs 0 1 1 2 0 1' 5 + 1 6 Jimmy Gibb (Can) 1' 0 0 1 1 0 3 + 1
7 Les Wotton no rides - 7 George Pepper (Can) no rides -
1 C Milne Kaufman J Parker Statham 66.6 1-5 1-5
2 Goulden Lamoreaux Rawding Griffiths ef 68.8 3-3 4-8
3 Atkinson Chitty Gibb Croombs 71.4 3-3 7-11
4 J Parker Lamoreaux Statham Rawding 67.8 4-2 11-13
5 Goulden Grifftihs Chitty Gibb 70.4 5-1 16-14
6 C Milne Kaufman Croombs Atkinson 69.0 1-5 17-19
7 Statham J Parker Chitty Gibb 68.6 5-1 22-20
8 Goulden C Milne Kaufman Griffiths 68.4 3-3 25-23
9 Atkinson Rawding Croombs Lamoreaux 70.2 4-2 29-25
10 C Milne Statham Kaufman J Parker 71.0 2-4 31-29
11 Goulden Lamoreaux Griffiths Rawding 69.2 4-2 35-31
12 Chitty Croombs Gibb Atkinson 67.6 2-4 37-35
13 Lamoreaux J Parker Rawding Statham 68.0 2-4 39-39
14 Chitty Griffiths Gibb Goulden 69.8 2-4 41-43
15 C Milne Atkinson Kaufman Croombs 70.0 2-4 43-47
16 J Parker Statham Chitty Gibb 68.8 5-1 48-48
17 C Milne Goulden Griffiths Kaufman 69.0 3-3 51-51
18 Lamoreaux Atkinson Croombs Rawding 68.2 3-3 54-54
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