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INTERNATIONALS - FRANCE
"International" matches at the Buffalo Stadium, Paris
| The Stade Velodrome Buffalo, at Montrouge, Paris,
was opened in 1922, and speedway racing was first held there in 1930.
The track was 382 metres long, inside a banked concrete cycle track.
Meetings were generally held on Saturday nights or Sunday afternoons.
The stadium was demolished in 1957. Christian Weber |
| The matches were staged between 2 or 3 countries, uaually over just a few heats, with 2, 3, or 4 riders in a race. The British-based riders appeared to be able to change nationalities as required with, for example, English riders riding for Australia, and vice versa! In many cases, no results are available. |
| 1931 | Sa 30.05 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | v. | England | (3 heats) | ||
| France | v. | Germany | (3 heats) | ||||
| Sa 06.06 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | v. | Germany | ||||
| Sa 19.09 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | v. | England | ||||
| Charles Bellisent | Arthur Westwood | ||||||
| Fernand Meynier | Harry Bray | ||||||
| Andre Bourgeois | Gordon Cobbold | ||||||
| 1932 | Su 10.04 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | 4 | Australia | 0 | ||
| Ht 1: Bellisent, Meynier Ht 2: Meynier, Lamont Ht 3: Bellisent, Lamont Ht 4: Bellisent, Lamont, Meynier |
Charles Bellisent | 3 | Billy Lamont | 0 | |||
| Fernand Meynier | 1 | ||||||
| (only 2 riders) | (only 1 rider) | ||||||
| Fr 20.05 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | England | 3 | USA | 1 | France | 0 | |
| Jack Parker | 3 | Ray Tauser | 1 | Charles Bellisent | 0 | ||
| Match comprised 4 races between these 3 riders - Parker won 3 races, and Tauser the other | |||||||
| Fr 17.06 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | Germany | 4 | France | 2 | |||
| Hans Wunder | 2 | Charles Bellisent | 2 | ||||
| Alfred Rumrich | 1 | Fernand Meynier | 0 | ||||
| Herbert Drews | 1 | Andre Bourgeois | 0 | ||||
| Match comprised 4 match races, plus 2 four-rider races. Heat winners are shown | |||||||
| Su 19.06 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | England | 5 | France | 1 | |||
| Arthur Westwood | 2 | Charles Bellisent | 1 | ||||
| Frank Arthur (Aus) | 1 | Vorgnes | 0 | ||||
| Jack Parker | 1 | Jean Roger | 0 | ||||
| Art Warren | 1 | Fernand Meynier | 0 | ||||
| Match comprised 4 match races, plus 2 four-rider races. Heat winners are shown | |||||||
| 1933 | Su 18.06 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | 1 | Germany | 3 | ||
| Ht.1: Buttler
beat Roger Ht.2: Paulot beat Weinand f Ht.3: Buttler, Roger, Paulot, Weinand ns Ht.4: Buttler, Roger, Paulot, Weinand ns |
Paul Paulot | 1 | ? Weinand | 0 | |||
| Jean Roger | 0 | Walter Buttler | 3 | ||||
| Match comprised 2 match races, plus 2 four-rider races. Heat winners are shown | |||||||
| 1935 | Su 30.06 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | 2 | Australia | 4 | ||
| Ht.1: Meynier, Leavis 86.0 Ht.2: Murphy, Hofecker 86.0 Ht.3: Rye, Bellisent 85.8 Ht.4: Murphy, Menier, Hofecker, Leavis no time Ht.5: Rye, Leavis, Bellisent, Meynier 88.6 Ht.6 : Bellisent, Hofecker, Rye, Murphy 85.0 |
Charles Bellisent | 1 | Claude Rye (Eng) | 2 | |||
| Fernand Meynier | 1 | Mick Murphy | 2 | ||||
| Francois Hofecker | 0 | Fred Leavis (Eng) | 0 | ||||
| Match comprised 3 match races, plus 3 four-rider races. Heat winners are shown | |||||||
| 1937 | Mo/Tu 07/08.06 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | v. | Holland | |||
| Lion Boulard | de Jong | ||||||
| Raymond Lamothe (?) | Maffer (?) | ||||||
| Piraldi (?) | Meulemans (?) | ||||||
| Sa/Su 19/20.06 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | v. | Britain | ||||
| Fernand Meynier | Les Bowden | ||||||
| Lion Boulard | Cecil de la Porte (Sth Africa) | ||||||
| Raymond Lamothe | Phil "Tiger" Hart | ||||||
| Meynier was advertised, modestly, as "Champion of the World, of Europe, and of France" ! | |||||||
| 1947 | Sa/Su 05/06.07 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | v. | Italy | |||
| Fernand Meynier | Francesco Gandi | ||||||
| Paulo Mugnier | Francois Peraldi | ||||||
| Sa/Su 12/13.07 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | France | v. | Italy | ||||
| Leon Boulard | Francesco Gandi | ||||||
| Fernand Meynier | Francois Peraldi | ||||||
| Charles Bellisent | |||||||
| 1948 | Su 25.04 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) |
France | v. | Holland | |||
| Piet van Aartsen | |||||||
| Gerrit Kops | |||||||
| Jaap Iesberts | |||||||
| Maan Coumans | |||||||
| Gerrit van Dijk | |||||||
| 1949 | Sa 02.04 : Paris (Buffalo Stadium) | Holland | 30 | England | 26 | Australia | 16 |
| Henk Steman | Phil Bishop | ||||||
| Henk Dammers | Bill Harris | ||||||
| Piet van Aartsen | Al Collins | ||||||
| Arend Hartman | (Harry?) Saunders | ||||||
| Contributors : Christian Weber, John Hyam, Duncan Luke, Przemyslaw Jany |