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Great Britain v Soviet Union

The Soviet Union team rode as either Soviet Russia or as Russia

1963 This planned series was cancelled just days before it was scheduled to begin.
Further details are at EXTRA !!! Page 1

1964 Great Britain won series 3-0
OFFICIAL Sat 04.07 : Wembley Great Britain 73 Soviet Russia 35 (Att: 26,800)
Wed 08.07 : Coventry Great Britain 56 Soviet Russia 52
Sat 11.07 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) Great Britain 71 Soviet Russia 37
Great Britain Total Soviet Russia Total
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Ron How 16 12 14 42 Igor Plechanov 16 15 14 45
Nigel Boocock 16 11 12 39 Boris Samorodov 9 16 9 34
Ken McKinlay 5 14 11 30 Gabdrakhman Kadirov 3 4 9 16
Barry Briggs © 16 1 12 29 Gennady Kurilenko 4 9 2 15
Dick Fisher - 5 13 18 Yuri Chekranov 2 8 2 12
Ron Mountford - 7 7 14 Anatoli Gruzintsev 0 0 1 1
Brian Brett 7 6 0 13 Vitaly Shilo 1 - - 1
Mike Broadbank 10 - - 10
Leo McAuliffe 2 - - 2
Gordon McGregor - - 2 2
Ray Cresp 1 - - 1

1st Test at Wembley Ref: A W Day
Great Britain 73 Soviet Russia 35 Ht 1: Plechanov, Briggs, Broadbank, Chekranov (f rem) 71.2 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: How, McKinlay, Samorodov, Shilo 71.4 5-1 8-4
Ht 3: Boocock, Brett, Kadirov, Kurilenko 70.6 5-1 13-5
Ht 4: Plechanov, How, Chekranov, McKinlay 69.8 2-4 15-9
Ht 5: Samorodov, Boocock, Brett, Shilo 70.4 3-3 18-12
Ht 6: Broadbank, Briggs, Kurilenko, Kadirov (f rem) 71.2 5-1 23-13
Ht 7: Boocock, Plechanov, Brett, Chekranov 70.2 4-2 27-15
Ht 8: Briggs, Broadbank, Shilo, Samorodov 70.6 5-1 32-16
Ht 9: How, McKinlay, Kadirov, Kurilenko 70.6 5-1 37-17
Ht 10: Briggs, Plechanov, Broadbank, Chekranov 69.6 4-2 41-19
Ht 11: How, Samorodov, McKinlay, Shilo (f exc) 70.6 4-2 45-21
Ht 12: Boocock, Brett, Kadirov, Kurilenko 70.8 5-1 50-22
Ht 13: Plechanov, How, Cresp, Chekranov 70.4 3-3 53-25
Ht 14: Boocock, Samorodov, Brett, Gruzintsev 70.8 4-2 57-27
Ht 15: Briggs, Kurilenko, Broadbank, Kadirov 70.4 4-2 61-29
Ht 16: Plechanov, Boocock, Chekranov, Brett 71.0 2-4 63-33
Ht 17: Briggs, Broadbank, Samorodov, Gruzintsev 69.8 5-1 68-34
Ht 18: How, McAuliffe, Kurilenko, Kadirov 72.0 5-1 73-35
1 Barry Briggs 2 2' 3 3 3 3 16+1 1 Igor Plechanov 3 3 2 2 3 3 16
2 Mike Broadbank 1' 3 2' 1 1 2' 10+3 2 Yuri Chekranov f,rm 1 0 0 0 1 2
3 Ron How 3 2 3 3 2 3 16 3 Boris Samorodov 1 3 0 2 2 1 9
4 Ken McKinlay 2' 0 2' 1 - - 5+2 4 Vitaly Shilo 0 0 1 f,ex - - 1
5 Nigel Boocock 3 2 3 3 3 2 16 5 Gennady Kurilenko 0 1 0 0 2 1 4
6 Brian Brett 2' 1' 1 2' 1 0 7+3 6 Gab. Kadirov 1 f,rm 1 1 0 0 3
7 Ray Cresp 1' 1+1 7 Anatoli Gruzintsev 0 0 0
8 Leo McAuliffe 2' 2+1

2nd Test at Coventry Ref: H P Ellis
Great Britain 56 Soviet Russia 52 Ht 1: Plechanov, Boocock, Chekranov, Briggs (ef) 68.4 2-4 2-4
Ht 2: Samorodov, How, Fisher, Gruzintsev 68.6 3-3 5-7
Ht 3: McKinlay, Mountford, Kadirov, Kurilenko 69.0 5-1 10-8
Ht 4: Plechanov, How, Fisher, Chekranov 68.6 3-3 13-11
Ht 5: Samorodov, Mountford, McKinlay, Gruzintsev 68.4 3-3 16-14
Ht 6: Boocock, Kurilenko, Kadirov, Briggs (ef) 69.2 3-3 19-17
Ht 7: Plechanov, Chekranov, McKinlay, Mountford 68.8 1-5 20-22
Ht 8: Samorodov, Boocock, Briggs, Gruzintsev 68.6 3-3 23-25
Ht 9: How, Kurilenko, Fisher, Kadirov 69.6 4-2 27-27
Ht 10: Chekranov, Plechanov, Boocock, Briggs 69.2 1-5 28-32
Ht 11: Samorodov, How, Fisher, Gruzintsev 70.2 3-3 31-35
Ht 12: McKinlay, Kurilenko, Kadirov, Mountford 71.2 3-3 34-38
Ht 13: Plechanov, Chekranov, Fisher, How (f) 1-5 35-43
Ht 14: McKinlay, Samorodov, Mountford, Gruzintsev 70.0 4-2 39-45
Ht 15: Brett, Boocock, Kurilenko, Kadirov 70.2 5-1 44-46
Ht 16: McKinlay, Mountford, Plechanov, Chekranov 70.2 5-1 49-47
Ht 17: Brett, Samorodov, Boocock, Gruzintsev 69.4 4-2 53-49
Ht 18: How, Kurilenko, Kadirov, Fisher 70.4 3-3 56-52
1 Barry Briggs ef ef 1' 0 - - 1+1 1 Igor Plechanov 3 3 3 2' 3 1 15+1
2 Nigel Boocock 2 3 2 1 2' 1 11+1 2 Yuri Chekranov 1 0 2' 3 2' 0 8+2
3 Ron How 2 2 3 2 f 3 12 3 Boris Samorodov 3 3 3 3 2 2 16
4 Dick Fisher 1' 1' 1 1' 1 0 5+3 4 Anatoli Gruzintsev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Ken McKinlay 3 1' 1 3 3 3 14+1 5 Gennady Kurilenko 0 2 2 2 1 2 9
6 Ron Mountford 2' 2 0 0 1 2' 7+2 6 Gab. Kadirov 1 1' 0 1' 0 1' 4+3
7 Brian Brett 3 3 6
8 Mike Broadbank -

3rd Test at Belle Vue Ref: D Miller
Great Britain 71 Soviet Russia 37 Ht 1: Plechanov, Boocock, Briggs, Chekranov 72.8 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Fisher, How, Samorodov, Gruzintsev 73.8 5-1 8-4
Ht 3: McKinlay, Kadirov, McGregor, Kurilenko 74.2 4-2 12-6
Ht 4: Plechanov, Fisher, How, Chekranov 74.2 3-3 15-9
Ht 5: Samorodov, McKinlay, McGregor, Gruzintsev 75.4 3-3 18-12
Ht 6: Briggs, Boocock, Kadirov, Kurilenko 75.0 5-1 23-13
Ht 7: McKinlay, Plechanov, Chekranov, Mountford 75.6 3-3 26-16
Ht 8: Briggs, Boocock, Samorodov, Gruzintsev 75.2 5-1 31-17
Ht 9: Fisher, How, Kurilenko, Kadirov 76.6 5-1 36-18
Ht 10: Briggs, Boocock, Plechanov, Chekranov 75.4 5-1 41-19
Ht 11: How, Fisher, Samorodov, Gruzintsev 76.6 5-1 46-20
Ht 12: Kadirov, Mountford, McKinlay, Kurilenko 77.0 3-3 49-23
Ht 13: How, Plechanov, Fisher, Chekranov 75.8 4-2 53-25
Ht 14: Mountford, McKinlay, Gruzintsev, Samorodov (ef) 5-1 58-26
Ht 15: Kadirov, Boocock, Briggs, Kurilenko 76.4 3-3 61-29
Ht 16: Plechanov, Mountford, Chekranov, Brett (f) 76.0 2-4 63-33
Ht 17: Samorodov, Boocock, Briggs, Gruzintsev 76.2 3-3 66-36
Ht 18: How, Fisher, Kurilenko, Kadirov 77.0 5-1 71-37
1 Barry Briggs 1' 3 3 3 1' 1' 12+3 1 Igor Plechanov 3 3 2 1 2 3 14
2 Nigel Boocock 2 2' 2' 2' 2 2 12+3 2 Yuri Chekranov 0 0 1' 0 0 1 2+1
3 Ron How 2' 1' 2' 3 3 3 14+3 3 Boris Samorodov 1 3 1 1 ef 3 9
4 Dick Fisher 3 2 3 2' 1 2' 13+2 4 Anatoli Gruzintsev 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
5 Ken McKinlay 3 2 3 1' 2' - 11+2 5 Gennady Kuilenko 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
6 Ron Mountford - - 0 2 3 2 7 6 Gab. Kadirov 2 1 0 3 3 0 9
7 Gordon McGregor 1 1' 2+1
8 Brian Brett f 0

Thanks to Steve Magro for these pics from the historic Wembley Test ...
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Great Britain 1964 v Soviet Union at Wembley
Left to right: Barry Briggs, Mike Broadbank, Ron How, Ken McKinlay, Nigel Boocock, Brian Brett, Ray Cresp, Leo McAuliffe
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Soviet Union 1964 v Great Britain at Wembley
Left to right front row (my guesses!): Gab. Kadirov, Gennady Kurilenko, Igor Plechanov, Boris Samorodov (part hidden), Yuri Chekranov
Gotta love those handlebars!!

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Soviet Union 1964
Gennady Kurilenko, Igor Plechanov (capt, on bike), Yuri Chekranov, Anatoli Gruzintsev, Gabdrakhman Kadirov, Boris Samorodov, Konstantin Krishtal

OTHER MATCHES
09/07/64 Oxford Oxford 62 (Ron How 14, Barry Briggs 13, Ronnie Genz 10, Arne Pander 8, Jimmy Gooch 6, Colin Gooddy 5, Ken McKinlay 4, Jack Geran 2) Foreign Riders 46 (Ove Fundin 14, Olle Nygren 12, Teo Teodorowicz 6, Gennady Kurilenko 6, Soren Sjosten 5, Sverre Harrfeldt 2, Gab Kadirov 1, Yuri Chekranov 0)
10/07/64 at Norwich Norwich 53 (Ove Fundin 18, Olle Nygren 17, Trevor Hedge 9, Billy Bales 8, Tich Read 1, Sandor Levai 0, Reg Trott 0) Soviet Union 55 (Igor Plechanov 19, Gennady Kurilenko 16, Gabdrakhman Kadirov 11, Yuri Chekranov 9) Each of the Soviet riders had 9 rides!

1965 Great Britain won series 5-0
OFFICIAL Mon 05.07 : Wimbledon Great Britain 71 Soviet Russia 36
Wed 07.07 : Coventry Great Britain 66 Soviet Russia 42
Thu 08.07 : Sheffield Great Britain 73 Soviet Russia 35
Wed 14.07 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) Great Britain 69 Soviet Russia 39
Fri 16.07 : Newport (Somerton Park) Great Britain 63 Soviet Russia 45 (Att: 19,000)

Great Britain Total Soviet Russia Total
Barry Briggs © 17 18 17 17 14 83 Igor Plechanov © 10 10 15 15 12 62 {short description of image}
Nigel Boocock 16 16 17 15 6 70 Gennady Kurilenko 3 12 3 8 14 40
Ken McKinlay 10 9 9 10 15 53 Vladimir Sokolov 13 0 9 6 7 35
Charlie Monk 14 7 15 3 11 50 Yuri Chekranov 2 8 3 5 5 23
George Hunter 6 6 - 0 7 19 Gabdrakhman Kadirov 8 0 5 3 2 18
Cyril Maidment - - 6 7 - 13 Valentin Moiseyev - 10 0 0 5 15
Dick Fisher - - - 11 - 11 Sergei Lyatosinsky - 2 - - - 2
Jack Kitchen - - 4 6 - 10 Vladimir Kornev 0 - 0 2 - 2
Jimmy Gooch - - - - 8 8 Boris Samorodov 0 - - - - 0
Jim Lightfoot - 8 - - - 8
Clive Featherby - - 5 - - 5
Trevor Hedge 3 - - - - 3
Reg Luckhurst 3 - - - - 3
Jim Airey - 2 - - - 2
Ron How 2 - - - - 2
Alby Golden - - - - 1 1
Peter Vandenberg - - - - 1 1
Billy Bales - - 0 - - 0
Mike Broadbank - 0 - - - 0

1st Test at Wimbledon Ref: A W Day
Great Britain 71 Soviet Russia 36 Ht 1: Briggs, Plechanov, Hunter, Chekranov 66.0 4-2 4-2
Ht 2: Boocock, Sokolov, McKinlay, Samorodov (f) 67.0 4-2 8-4
Ht 3: Monk, Kadirov, How, Kurilenko (f ret) 67.2 4-2 12-6
Ht 4: Boocock, McKinlay, Plechanov, Chekranov 66.6 5-1 17-7
Ht 5: Sokolov, Monk, How, Kornev 67.2 3-3 20-10
Ht 6: Briggs, Kadirov, Hunter, Kurilenko 67.0 4-2 24-12
Ht 7: Monk, Hedge, Plechanov (f), Chekranov (f exc) 67.8 5-0 29-12
Ht 8: Briggs, Sokolov, Hunter, Kornev 67.6 4-2 33-14
Ht 9: Boocock, McKinlay, Kadirov, Kurilenko 68.4 5-1 38-15
Ht 10: Plechanov, Briggs, Hunter, Chekranov (f) 67.8 3-3 41-18
Ht 11: Sokolov, Boocock, McKinlay, Kornev 68.0 3-3 44-21
Ht 12: Monk, Luckhurst, Kadirov, Kurilenko 69.0 5-1 49-22
Ht 13: McKinlay, Boocock, Plechanov, Chekranov 69.2 5-1 54-23
Ht 14: Monk, Sokolov, Hedge, Kornev 69.0 4-2 58-25
Ht 15: Briggs, Kadirov, Kurilenko, Hunter 68.8 3-3 61-28
Ht 16: Plechanov, Chekranov, Luckhurst, Monk (f) 68.4 1-5 62-33
Ht 17: Briggs, Hunter, Sokolov, Kornev 69.0 5-1 67-34
Ht 18: Boocock, Kurilenko, McKinlay, Kadirov 69.0 4-2 71-36
Team Manager: Charles Foot Team Manager: G S Tcherkassy
1 Barry Briggs 3 3 3 2 3 3 17 1 Igor Plechanov 2 1 f 3 1 3 10
2 George Hunter 1 1 1 1' 0 2' 6+2 2 Yuri Chekranov 0 0 f,ex f 0 2' 2+1
3 Ken McKinlay 1 2' 2' 1' 3 1 10+3 3 Boris Samorodov f - - - - - 0
4 Nigel Boocock 3 3 3 2 2' 3 16+1 4 Vladimir Sokolov 2 3 2 3 2 1 13
5 Ron How 1 1' - - - - 2+1 5 Gab. Kadirov 2 2 1 1 2 0 8
6 Charlie Monk 3 2 3 3 3 f 14 6 Gennady Kurilenko f 0 0 0 1' 2 3+1
7 Trevor Hedge 2' 1 3+1 7 Valentin Moiseyev -
8 Reg Luckhurst 2' 1 3+1 8 Vladimir Kornev 0 0 0 0 0 0
2nd Test at Coventry Ref: H P Ellis
Great Britain 66 Soviet Russia 42 Ht 1: Briggs, Chekranov, Plechanov, Hunter 71.2 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Boocock, McKinlay, Moiseyev, Sokolov 71.4 5-1 8-4
Ht 3: Kurilenko, Lightfoot, Monk, Kadirov 72.2 3-3 11-7
Ht 4: Boocock, McKinlay, Plechanov, Chekranov 71.4 5-1 16-8
Ht 5: Monk, Moiseyev, Lightfoot, Sokolov 71.0 4-2 20-10
Ht 6: Briggs, Hunter, Kurilenko, Kadirov 71.8 5-1 25-11
Ht 7: Monk, Plechanov, Chekranov, Lightfoot (f exc) 72.0 3-3 28-14
Ht 8: Briggs, Hunter, Moiseyev, Sokolov 71.8 5-1 33-15
Ht 9: Kurilenko, Boocock, McKinlay, Kadirov 71.2 3-3 36-18
Ht 10: Briggs, Plechanov, Chekranov, Hunter 72.6 3-3 39-21
Ht 11: McKinlay, Boocock, Moiseyev, Lyatosinsky 72.6 5-1 44-22
Ht 12: Lightfoot, Kurilenko, Airey, Kadirov, Monk (f ns) 71.6 4-2 48-24
Ht 13: Boocock, Chekranov, Plechanov, McKinlay 71.4 3-3 51-27
Ht 14: Moiseyev, Lightfoot, Lyatosinsky, Broadbank (f) 72.6 2-4 53-31
Ht 15: Briggs, Hunter, Kurilenko, Kadirov 72.0 5-1 58-32
Ht 16: Plechanov, Chekranov, Airey, Lightfoot (f) 72.8 1-5 59-37
Ht 17: Briggs, Moiseyev, Lyatosinsky, Airey 72.2 3-3 62-40
Ht 18: Boocock, Kurilenko, McKinlay, Kadirov 72.2 4-2 66-42
Team Manager: Charles Foot Team Manager: G S Tcherkassy
1 Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 1 Igor Plechanov 1' 1 2 2 1' 3 10+2
2 George Hunter 0 2' 2' 0 2' - 6+3 2 Yuri Chekranov 2 0 1' 1' 2 2' 8+3
3 Ken McKinlay 2' 2' 1' 3 0 1 9+3 3 Valentin Moiseyev 1 2 1 1 3 2 10
4 Nigel Boocock 3 3 2 2' 3 3 16+1 4 Vladimir Sokolov 0 0 0 - - - 0
5 Jim Lightfoot 2 1 f,ex 3 2 f 8 5 Gab. Kadirov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Charlie Monk 1' 3 3 f,ns - - 7+1 6 Gennady Kurilenko 3 1 3 2 1 2 12
7 Jim Airey 1 1 0 2 7 Sergei Lyatosinsky 0 1 1' 2+1
8 Mike Broadbank f 0 8 Vladimir Kornev -
3rd Test at Sheffield Ref: J Ashworth
Great Britain 73 Soviet Russia 35 Ht 1: Plechanov, Briggs, Chekranov, Featherby (ret) 70.4 2-4 2-4
Ht 2: Boocock, Sokolov, McKinlay, Moiseyev 70.6 4-2 6-6
Ht 3: Monk, Kurilenko, Kadirov, Bales (f) 71.6 3-3 9-9
Ht 4: Boocock, Plechanov, McKinlay, Chekranov 70.6 4-2 13-11
Ht 5: Monk, Maidment, Sokolov, Moiseyev 71.0 5-1 18-12
Ht 6: Briggs, Featherby, Kadirov, Kurilenko 70.6 5-1 23-13
Ht 7: Plechanov, Maidment, Monk, Chekranov 70.6 3-3 26-16
Ht 8: Briggs, Featherby, Sokolov, Kornev 72.2 5-1 31-17
Ht 9: Boocock, McKinlay, Kadirov, Kurilenko 69.8 5-1 36-18
Ht 10: Briggs, Chekranov, Plechanov, Featherby 69.2 3-3 39-21
Ht 11: Boocock, McKinlay, Sokolov, Kornev 70.4 5-1 44-22
Ht 12: Monk, Kitchen, Kadirov, Kurilenko 71.6 5-1 49-23
Ht 13: Plechanov, Boocock, McKinlay, Chekranov (ret) 70.4 3-3 52-26
Ht 14: Monk, Sokolov, Maidment, Kornev 71.6 4-2 56-28
Ht 15: Briggs, Kitchen, Kadirov, Kurilenko (ret) 71.0 5-1 61-29
Ht 16: Plechanov, Monk, Maidment, Chekranov 71.0 3-3 64-32
Ht 17: Briggs, Sokolov, Featherby, Kornev 71.0 4-2 68-34
Ht 18: Boocock, McKinlay, Kurilenko, Kadirov 71.4 5-1 73-35
Team Manager: Charles Ochiltree Team Manager: G S Tcherkassy
1 Barry Briggs 2 3 3 3 3 3 17 1 Igor Plechanov 3 2 3 1' 3 3 15+1
2 Clive Featherby ret 2' 2' 0 - 1 5+2 2 Yuri Chekranov 1 0 0 2 ret 0 3
3 Ken McKinlay 1 1 2' 2' 1' 2' 9+4 3 Valentin Moiseyev 0 0 - - - - 0
4 Nigel Boocock 3 3 3 3 2 3 17 4 Vladimir Sokolov 2 1 1 1 2 2 9
5 Charlie Monk 3 3 1' 3 3 2 15+1 5 Gab. Kadirov 1' 1 1 1 1 0 5+1
6 Billy Bales f - - - - 0 6 Gennady Kurilenko 2 0 0 0 ret 1 3
7 Cyril Maidment 2' 2 1 1' 6+2 7 Vladimir Kornev 0 0 0 0 0
8 Jack Kitchen 2' 2' 4+2 8 Sergei Lyatosinsky -

4th Test at Belle Vue Ref: J R Greene
Great Britain 69 Soviet Russia 39 Ht 1: Plechanov, Briggs, Chekranov, Hunter 71.2 2-4 2-4
Ht 2: Boocock, Sokolov, McKinlay, Moiseyev 72.4 4-2 6-6
Ht 3: Fisher, Monk, Kadirov, Kurilenko 74.0 5-1 11-7
Ht 4: Plechanov, Boocock, Chekranov, McKinlay (ef) 73.2 2-4 13-11
Ht 5: Fisher, Sokolov, Monk, Moiseyev 74.2 4-2 17-13
Ht 6: Briggs, Kurilenko, Kadirov, Hunter 74.4 3-3 20-16
Ht 7: Plechanov, Fisher, Chekranov, Monk 73.6 2-4 22-20
Ht 8: Briggs, Maidment, Sokolov, Moiseyev 74.2 5-1 27-21
Ht 9: Boocock, McKinlay, Kadirov, Kurilenko 75.2 5-1 32-22
Ht 10: Briggs, Plechanov, Maidment, Chekranov 73.2 4-2 36-24
Ht 11: Boocock, McKinlay, Sokolov, Kornev 75.4 5-1 41-25
Ht 12: Kurilenko, Kitchen, Fisher, Kadirov 75.6 3-3 44-28
Ht 13: McKinlay, Boocock, Plechanov, Chekranov 75.2 5-1 49-29
Ht 14: Kitchen, Fisher, Kornev, Sokolov 76.6 5-1 54-30
Ht 15: Briggs, Maidment, Kurilenko, Kadirov 76.0 5-1 59-31
Ht 16: Plechanov, Chekranov, Kitchen, Fisher 75.0 1-5 60-36
Ht 17: Briggs, Maidment, Kornev, Sokolov 75.4 5-1 65-37
Ht 18: Boocock, Kurilenko, McKinlay, Kadirov 75.8 4-2 69-39
Team Manager: Mike Parker Team Manager: G S Tcherkassy
1 Barry Briggs 2 3 3 3 3 3 17 1 Igor Plechanov 3 3 3 2 1 3 15
2 George Hunter 0 0 - - - - 0 2 Yuri Chekranov 1 1 1 0 0 2' 5+1
3 Ken McKinlay 1 ef 2' 2' 3 1 9+2 3 Vladimir Kornev - - - 0 1 1 2
4 Nigel Boocock 3 2 3 3 2' 3 16+1 4 Vladimir Sokolov 2 2 1 1 0 0 6
5 Charlie Monk 2' 1 0 - - - 3+1 5 Gab. Kadirov 1 1' 1 0 0 0 3+1
6 Dick Fisher 3 3 2 1' 2' 0 11+2 6 Gennady Kurilenko 0 2 0 3 1 2 8
7 Cyril Maidment 2' 1 2' 2' 7+3 7 Valentin Moiseyev 0 0 0 0
8 Jack Kitchen 2 3 1 6 8 Sergei Lyatosinsky -
5th Test at Newport Ref: C H Telling
Great Britain 63 Soviet Russia 45 Ht 1: Plechanov, Hunter, Chekranov, Briggs (f) 68.4 2-4 2-4
Ht 2: McKinlay, Boocock, Moiseyev, Sokolov 69.6 5-1 7-5
Ht 3: Kurilenko, Monk, Gooch, Kadirov 68.0 (track record) 3-3 10-8
Ht 4: McKinlay, Boocock, Chekranov, Plechanov 69.6 5-1 15-9
Ht 5: Gooch, Sokolov, Monk, Moiseyev 69.8 4-2 19-11
Ht 6: Kurilenko, Briggs, Hunter, Kadirov 68.4 3-3 22-14
Ht 7: Pechanov, Gooch, Monk, Chekranov 68.0 (equals record) 3-3 25-17
Ht 8: Briggs, Moiseyev, Sokolov, Hunter 69.2 3-3 28-20
Ht 9: McKinlay, Kurilenko, Kadirov, Boocock 70.0 3-3 31-23
Ht 10: Briggs, Hunter, Chekranov, Plechanov 69.8 5-1 36-24
Ht 11: McKinlay, Sokolov, Moiseyev, Boocock 70.6 3-3 39-27
Ht 12: Monk, Kurilenko, Kadirov, Gooch 70.0 3-3 42-30
Ht 13: Plechanov, Chekranov, Boocock, McKinlay 69.2 1-5 43-35
Ht 14: Monk, Sokolov, Vandenberg, Moiseyev (ex) 70.6 4-2 47-37
Ht 15: Briggs, Kurilenko, Golden, Kadirov 69.2 4-2 51-39
Ht 16: Plechanov, Gooch, Monk, Chekranov 69.0 3-3 54-42
Ht 17: Briggs, Hunter, Moiseyev, Sokolov 71.2 5-1 59-43
Ht 18: McKinlay, Kurilenko, Boocock, Kadirov 70.6 4-2 63-45
Team Manager: Ronnie Greene Team Manager: G S Tcherkassy
1 Barry Briggs f 2 3 3 3 3 14 1 Igor Plechanov 3 0 3 0 3 3 12
2 George Hunter 2 1' 0 2' - 2' 7+3 2 Yuri Chekranov 1 1 0 1 2' 0 5+1
3 Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 0 3 15 3 Valentin Moiseyev 1 0 2 1' ex 1 5+1
4 Nigel Boocock 2' 2' 0 0 1 1 6+2 4 Vladimir Sokolov 0 2 1' 2 2 0 7+1
5 Jimmy Gooch 1' 3 2 0 - 2 8+1 5 Gab. Kadirov 0 0 1' 1' 0 0 2+2
6 Charlie Monk 2 1 1' 3 3 1' 11+2 6 Gennady Kurilenko 3 3 2 2 2 2 14
7 Peter Vandenberg 1 1
8 Alby Golden 1 1

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Soviet Union 1965
Standing : Yuri Chekranov, Vladimir Kornev, Valentin Moiseyev, Gab.Kadirov, Sergei Lyatosinsky, Vladimir Sokolov
On Bike : Igor Plechanov, Gennady Kurilenko
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Great Britain 1965 at Belle Vue.
Left to right: Ken McKinlay, Dick Fisher, George Hunter, Charlie Monk, Barry Briggs (on bike), Mike Parker (manager),
Jack Kitchen, Nigel Boocock, Cyril Maidment

OTHER MATCHES
10.07 at Edinburgh : Scotland v Soviet Union - see here
12.07 at Exeter : West of England 56 (Colin Gooddy 16, Alan Cowland 11, Jimmy Squibb 11, Bill Andrew 9, Ronnie Genz 7, Barry Briggs 2, Martin Ashby 0, Mike Broadbank 0) Soviet Union 51 (Igor Plechanov 15, Yuri Chekranov 10, Gabdrakhman Kadirov 8, Valentin Moiseyev 8, Gennady Kurilenko 7, Vladimir Sokolov 3)

1968 Great Britain raced Russia at both West Ham and Exeter in the World League

For England v Soviet Union 1966-74 see here
Contributors : Roger Stevens, Steve Magro, David Austin