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Great Britain v Sweden

1961 Great Britain won series 5-0 Complete heat details here
OFFICIAL Wed 12.07 : Norwich Great Britain 58 Sweden 50
Thu 13.07 : Oxford Great Britain 69 Sweden 39
Fri 14.07 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) Great Britain 68 Sweden 40
Mon 17.07 : Wimbledon Great Britain 77 Sweden 31
Tue 18.07 : Southampton Great Britain 57 Sweden 51
Great Britain Total Sweden Total
Peter Craven 12 12 17 16 14 71 Bjorn Knutsson 11 16 15 7 17 66
Ronnie Moore 11 15 10 17 9 62 Ove Fundin 18 15 0 14 17 64
Barry Briggs 8 13 15 11 12 59 Soren Sjosten 9 0 9 2 7 27
Ron How 7 14 7 10 9 47 Gote Nordin 3 5 7 1 6 22
Bob Andrews 9 8 8 12 2 39 Rune Sormander 6 2 0 5 2 15
Johnnie Chamberlain 11 - 11 - - 22 Bengt Brannefors 0 1 9 1 0 11
Ronnie Genz - 7 - - - 7 Evert Andersson 3 0 0 1 0 4
Cyril Maidment - - - 5 - 5 Arne Carlsson 0 0 0 0 2 2
Peter Moore - - - 5 - 5
Chum Taylor - - - - 5 5
Jack Young - - - - 5 5
Les Owen - - - 1 - 1
Jack Scott - - - - 1 1

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Great Britain v Sweden at Oxford 1961
Johnnie Chamberlain, Ron How, Ronnie Genz, Ted Flanaghan (manager), Ronnie Moore (on bike),
Les Owen, Bob Andrews, Barry Briggs, Peter Craven
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1967 Sweden won series 3-2 Complete heat details here
OFFICIAL Thu 15.06 : Wimbledon Great Britain 46 Sweden 62
Sat 17.06 : Coventry Great Britain 46 Sweden 62
Wed 21.06 : Newport (Somerton Park) Great Britain 62 Sweden 46
Fri 23.06 : Glasgow (White City) Great Britain 66 Sweden 41
Mon 26.06 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) * Great Britain 44 Sweden 63
* Original date : Sat 24.06 (rained-off)
Great Britain Total Sweden Total
Eric Boocock 4 - 15 15 12 46 Gote Nordin 17 14 - 12 51
Nigel Boocock 4 9 8 14 4 39 Olle Nygren 16 8 - 10© 9 43
Barry Briggs © - - 11 12 14 37 Torbjorn Harrysson 6 14 15 - 7 42
Ivan Mauger 6 4 - 7 - 17 Ove Fundin 13© 11© 11© - - 35
Charlie Monk - - 12 5 - 17 Anders Michanek - - 11 7 12 30
Ray Wilson 6 5 - - 6 17 Bernt Persson 0 - 6 10 14 30
Ken McKinlay - 12 - 0 4 16 Bengt Jansson 9 7 1 - 6 23
Reg Luckhurst 13 - - - - 13 Gunnar Malmqvist 1 8 2 1 7 19
Rick France - 11 - - - 11 Bo Josefsson - 0 0 1 - 1
Trevor Hedge 10 - - - 1 11 Bengt Larsson - - - 0 - 0
Terry Betts 3 - 7 - - 10 Nils Ringstrom - - 0 0 - 0
George Hunter - - - 9 - 9 Leif Soderberg 0 - - - - 0
Ron Mountford - 2 - 4 - 6
Jimmy Gooch - - 5 - - 5
Jon Erskine - - 4 - - 4
Jim Airey - 3 - - - 3
Cyril Maidment - - - - 3 3
Arnold Haley - - - - 0 0
Norman Hunter 0 - - - - 0
Jim Lightfoot - 0 - - - 0

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Great Britain 1967 v Sweden at Coventry
Back: Ivan Mauger, Rick France, Jim Lightfoot, Ronnie Greene (manager), Jim Airey, Ron Mountford
Front: Ray Wilson, Nigel Boocock (captain, on bike), Ken McKinlay
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Great Britain 1967 v Sweden at Newport
Back: Terry Betts, Charlie Monk, Wally Mawdsley (manager), Jon Erskine, Barry Briggs
Front: Roy Trigg, Nigel Boocock, Jimmy Gooch, Eric Boocock

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1967 1968 (details below)
The above programme designs were used for all matches in that years' series

1968 Sweden won series 2-1 Complete heat details here
OFFICIAL Fri 21.06 : Wolverhampton Great Britain 52 Sweden 55
Sat 22.06 : Coatbridge (Att: 6,000) Great Britain 37 Sweden 71
Sat 20.07 : Swindon Great Britain 62 Sweden 46
Great Britain Pts-Bns-R Sweden Pts-Bns-R
Martin Ashby 12-1-6 14-0-6 15-2-6 41-3-18 Soren Sjosten 11-0-6 14-1-5 10-1-6 35-2-17
Eric Boocock 6-1-5 3-1-4 9-2-6 18-4-15 Bengt Jansson - 15-1-6 15-0-6 30-1-12
Nigel Boocock 4-0-3 - 11-2-6 15-2-9 Anders Michanek 14-1-6 - 14-0-6 28-1-12
Jim Airey 14-0-6 - - 14-0-6 Ove Fundin 8-0-6 14-1-6 - 22-1-12
Mike Broadbanks - - 14-1-6 14-1-6 Olle Nygren 12-2-6 4-0-5 4-1-5 20-3-16
Terry Betts - - 7-2-6 7-2-6 Torbjorn Harrysson 6-1-6 10-5-6 3-2-5 19-8-17
Ivan Mauger 0-0-4 3-0-5 4-2-4 7-2-13 Bernt Persson 2-0-3 14-4-6 0-0-5 16-4-14
Jim McMillan - 7-1-6 - 7-1-6 Hasse Holmkvist 2-2-3
- - 2-2-3
Peter Vandenberg 7-1-4 - - 7-1-4 Lars Jansson - 0-0-1 0-0-2 0-0-3
Ken McKinlay 6-1-5 - - 6-1-5 Bengt Larsson - - 0-0-1 0-0-1
Charlie Monk - 5-1-6 - 5-1-6 Gunnar Malmqvist - 0-0-1 - 0-0-1
Barry Briggs 3-0-3 - - 3-0-3
Arnold Haley - 3-1-4 - 3-1-4
Norman Hunter - 2-1-3 0-0-1 2-1-4
Reg Luckhurst - - 2-1-1 2-1-1
Bert Harkins - 0-0-2 - 0-0-2

1968 Great Britain raced Sweden at both Wimbledon and Halifax in the World League

1969 Great Britain won series 5-0
OFFICIAL Thu 12.06 : Wimbledon Great Britain 68 Sweden 40
Fri 13.06 : Newport (Somerton Park) Great Britain 70 Sweden 38
Tue 17.06 : Leicester Great Britain 79 Sweden 29
Sat 21.06 : Halifax Great Britain 62 Sweden 46
Mon 23.06 : Cradley Heath Great Britain 63 Sweden 45
Great Britain Pts-Bns-R
Ivan Mauger 18-0-6 14 18-0-6 - 11-1-6 61
Barry Briggs 11-0-5 15 17-0-6 - 12-3-6 55
Nigel Boocock 11-1-6 11 13-4-6 - 17-0-6 52
Ray Wilson 1-0-2 - 13-1-6 11-1-6 14-1-6 39-3-20
Eric Boocock 1-0-3 10 8-2-6 13-1-6 - 32
Martin Ashby - 12 - 6-1-3 - 18
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Ronnie Moore 14-2-6 - - - - 14-2-6
Jim Airey - - - 9-2-6 2-1-2 11-3-8
Norman Hunter - - 10-5-6 1-1-3 0-0-2 11-6-11
Jim McMillan - - - 10-3-6 - 10-3-6
Greg Kentwell - - - 8-1-3 - 8-1-3
Roy Trigg - - - - 5-1-5 5-1-5
Charlie Monk - - - 4-0-3 - 4-0-3
Bob Andrews - - - - 2-0-3 2-0-3
Trevor Hedge 2-1-3 - - - - 2-1-3
Tony Clarke - 1 - - - 1
Jon Erskine - 1 - - - 1
Sweden Pts-Bns-R
Anders Michanek 1-0-3 9 12-0-6 9-1-6 12-1-5 43
Torbjorn Harrysson 7-1-6 13 7-0-6 9-1-6 4-1-3 40
Soren Sjosten 7-2-6 2 1-1-5 9-0-6 10-0-6 29
Bengt Jansson 12-0-6 7 4-0-6 3-0-4 2-1-5 28
Ove Fundin 2-0-2 0 1-0-2 7-2-6 8-0-5 18
Gote Nordin 1-0-3 6 4-0-6 5-2-4 0-0-1 16
Bernt Persson 2-0-5 0 0-0-3 - 8-1-6 10
Olle Nygren 8-1-6 1 - - - 9
Bengt Larsson - - 0-0-2 4-0-3 - 4-0-5
Conny Samuelsson - - - - 1-0-5 1-0-5
Bengt Andersson - - - 0-0-1 - 0-0-1

1st Test at Wimbledon 12th June
Ht 1: Briggs, Nygren, Moore, Michanek, Sjosten (exc) 64.5 4-2 4-2
Ht 2: Mauger, Jansson, E Boocock, Nordin 66.0 4-2 8-4
Ht 3: Harrysson, N Boocock, Hedge, Fundin 64.9 3-3 11-7
Ht 4: Mauger, Nygren, Sjosten, E Boocock 64.7 3-3 14-10
Ht 5: Jansson, N Boocock, Nordin, Hedge (f exc) 65.1 2-4 16-14
Ht 6: Moore, Fundin, Briggs, Harrysson (exc) 66.9 20-16
Ht 7: Sjosten, Nygren, Hedge, N Boocock 64.8 1-5 21-21
Ht 8: Moore, Jansson, Briggs, Nordin 64.1 4-2 25-23
Ht 9: Mauger, Persson, Harrysson, E Boocock 63.8 3-3 28-26
Ht 10: Moore, Luckhurst, Sjosten, Nygren 65.3 5-1 33-27
Ht 11: Mauger, Jansson, Wilson, Michanek 64.5 4-2 37-29
Ht 12: N Boocock, Luckhurst, Harrysson, Persson 64.8 5-1 42-30
Ht 13: Mauger, Nygren, Sjosten, Wilson 64.1 3-3 45-33
Ht 14: Jansson, Luckhurst, N Boocock, Persson 64.8 48-36 Ht 15: Briggs, Moore, Harrysson, Persson (ef) 65.3 53-37
Ht 16: N Boocock, Luckhurst, Sjosten, Nygren 64.6 58-38
Ht 17: Briggs, Moore, Michanek, Jansson (ef) 65.2 63-39
Ht 18: Mauger, Luckhurst, Harrysson, Persson (ef) 65.0 5-1 68-40
2nd Test at Newport 13th June
Ht 01: Briggs, Harrysson, E.Boocock, Fundin (ef) 69.0 4 2
Ht 02: Ashby, Nordin, Jansson, N.Boocock 67.4 3 3 7 5
Ht 03: Michanek, Luckhurst, Clarke, Persson, Mauger (ex tapes) 69.2 3 3 10 8
Ht 04: N.Boocock, Harrysson, Ashby, Fundin (ef) 68.6 4 2 14 10
Ht 05: Mauger, Jansson, Nordin, Luckhurst 68.0 3 3 17 13
Ht 06: Briggs, E.Boocock,Michanek, Nygren 70.0 5 1 22 14
Ht 07: Harrysson, Mauger, Luckhurst, Sjosten 68.4 25 17
Ht 08: E.Boocock, Briggs, Nordin, Jansson 69.8 5 1 30 18
Ht 09: N.Boocock, Michanek, Ashby, Persson 69.4 34 20
Ht 10: Harrysson, E.Boocock, Briggs, Sjosten 68.4 3 3 37 23
Ht 11: Ashby, Nordin, N.Boocock, Jansson 69.0 4 2 41 25
Ht 12: Mauger, Luckhurst, Nygren, Michanek 69.4 5 1 46 26
Ht 13: Harrysson, N.Boocock, Ashby, Sjosten 70.2 49 29
Ht 14: Mauger, Jansson, Erskine, Nordin (f) 70.0 4 2 53 31
Ht 15: Briggs, Michanek, E.Boocock, Nygren (f) 70.8 57 33
Ht 16: Mauger, Sjosten, Luckhurst, Harrysson (f exc) 70.8 4 2 61 35
Ht 17: Briggs, Jansson, E.Boocock, Nordin 71.2 4 2 65 37
Ht 18: Ashby, N.Boocock, Michanek, Sjosten 70.4 5 1 70
3rd Test at Leicester 17th June
Ht 1: N Boocock, Michanek, Sjosten, Wilson 66.4 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Mauger, Nordin, E Boocock, Jansson 67.6 4-2 7-5
Ht 3: Briggs, Hunter, Harrysson, Fundin (ef) 68.8 5-1 12-6
Ht 4: Mauger, E Boocock, Michanek, Sjosten 67.4 5-1 17-7
Ht 5: Briggs, Jansson, Hunter, Nordin (f) 68.2 4-2 21-9
Ht 6: Wilson, N Boocock, Fundin, Harrysson 67.4 26-10
Ht 7: Michanek, Briggs, Hunter, Persson 67.8 3-3 29-13
Ht 8: Wilson, N Boocock, Nordin, Jansson 68.6 5-1 34-14
Ht 9: Mauger, Harrysson, E Boocock, Larsson 68.6 4-2 38-16
Ht 10: Michanek, N Boocock, Wilson, Sjosten (ret) 68.4 3-3 41-19
Ht 11: Mauger, E Boocock, Jansson, Nordin 68.8 5-1 46-20
Ht 12: Briggs, Hunter, Harrysson, Persson 68.2 5-1 51-21
Ht 13: Mauger, Michanek, E Boocock, Sjosten 68.4 4-2 55-23
Ht 14: Briggs, Hunter, Nordin, Jansson 68.8 5-1 60-24
Ht 15: Wilson, N Boocock, Harrysson, Larsson 69.4 5-1 65-25
Ht 16: Briggs, Hunter, Michanek, Sjosten 69.0 5-1 70-26
Ht 17: Wilson, N Boocock, Jansson, Nordin 69.2 5-1 75-27
Ht 18: Mauger, Harrysson, E Boocock, Persson 69.4 4-2 79-29
4th Test at Halifax 21st June
Ht 1: Fundin, Harrysson, McMillan, Boocock (f exc) 66.2 1-5 1-5
Ht 2: Wilson, Airey, Nordin, Jansson 66.8 5-1 6-6
Ht 3: Sjosten, Monk, Hunter, Michanek (ef) 66.6 3-3 9-9
Ht 4: Airey, Wilson, Harrysson, Fundin (ret) 67.0 5-1 14-10 Ht 5: Jansson, Nordin, Monk, Hunter (ef) 68.0 1-5 15-15
Ht 6: Michanek, Boocock, McMillan, Sjosten, 67.6 18-18
Ht 7: Harrysson, Fundin, Monk, Hunter (ret) 66.4 1-5 19-23 Ht 8: McMillan, Boocock, Nordin, Jansson 67.0 5-1 24-24
Ht 9: Sjosten, Michanek, Wilson, Airey 67.4 1-5 25-29
Ht 10: Boocock, McMillan, Harrysson, Fundin 65.8 30-30
Ht 11: Wilson, Larsson, Nordin, Airey 67.2 3-3 33-33
Ht 12: Kentwell, Michanek, Ashby, Sjosten, 67.4 4-2 37-35
Ht 13: Airey, Harrysson, Fundin, Wilson 66.6 3-3 40-38
Ht 14: Ashby, Kentwell, Larsson (f rem), Jansson (ef) 66.4 5-1 45-39
Ht 15: Boocock, Michanek, McMillan, Sjosten (ret) 67.0 4-2 49-41
Ht 16: Kentwell, Ashby, Fundin, Harrysson f,ex 67.6 54-42
Ht 17: Boocock, McMillan, Larsson, Andersson 68.6 59-43 Ht 18: Sjosten, Wilson, Airey, Michanek 67.8 3-3 62-46
5th Test at Cradley Heath 23rd June
Ht 1: Boocock, Sjosten, Persson, Hunter 69.2 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Wilson, Briggs, Jansson, Nordin 69.8 5-1 8-4
Ht 3: Mauger, Harrysson, Trigg, Fundin 69.2 4-2 12-6
Ht 4: Sjosten, Wilson, Persson, Briggs 69.6 2-4 14-10
Ht 5: Michanek, Trigg, Mauger, Jansson 69.2 3-3 17-13
Ht 6: Boocock, Fundin, Harrysson, Hunter 70.4 3-3 20-16
Ht 7: Sjosten, Mauger, Persson, Trigg 69.8 2-4 22-20
Ht 8: Michanek, Boocock, Airey, Samuelsson 70.2 25-23
Ht 9: Wilson, Briggs, Harrysson, Samuelsson 69.8 5-1 30-24
Ht 10: Boocock, Persson, Andrews, Sjosten 70.6 4-2 34-26
Ht 11: Briggs, Wilson, Samuelsson, Jansson 70.4 5-1 39-27 Ht 12: Fundin, Michanek, Trigg, Mauger 71.4 1-5 40-32
Ht 13: Briggs, Sjosten, Wilson, Persson 4-2 44-34
Ht 14: Mauger, Michanek, Jansson, Andrews 71.2 3-3 47-37
Ht 15: Boocock, Fundin, Airey, Samuelsson 72.0 4-2 51-39
Ht 16: Persson, Mauger, Trigg, Sjosten 72.0 3-3 54-42
Ht 17: Boocock, Michanek, Andrews, Jansson 73.0 4-2 58-44
Ht 18: Wilson, Briggs, Fundin, Samuelsson 72.8 5-1 63-45

1970 Great Britain won series 5-1 Complete heat details here
OFFICIAL Fri 03.07 : Glasgow (Hampden Park) Great Britain 66 Sweden 42
Sat 04.07 : Halifax Great Britain 48 Sweden 60
Mon 06.07 : Exeter Great Britain 66 Sweden 42
Tue 07.07 : West Ham Great Britain 62 Sweden 46
Fri 10.07 : Newport (Somerton Park) Great Britain 70 Sweden 38
Sat 11.07 : Coventry Great Britain 71 Sweden 37
Great Britain Pts-Bns-R
Barry Briggs 8-1-3 14-0-6 17-0-6 18-0-6 17-0-6 - 74-1-27
Ivan Mauger 17-0-6 - 9-2-6 17-0-6 10-1-6 18-0-6 71-3-30
Nigel Boocock 9-1-5 7-1-5 16-1-6 - 12-2-6 16-1-6 60-6-28
Ronnie Moore 8-3-6 - 11-1-6 15-0-6 16-0-6 - 50-4-24
Eric Boocock 11-2-6 3-0-3 - 4-1-4 - - 18-3-13
Jim McMillan 8-4-6 - - - - 10-4-6 18-8-12
Ray Wilson - 4-1-3 10-0-6 - 0-0-1 - 14-1-10
Rick France - - - - - 13-1-6 13-1-6
Bill Andrew - - - - 11-4-6 - 11-4-6
Jim Airey - 8-0-6 - - 2-0-3 - 10-0-9
Martin Ashby - 5-3-6 3-1-5 - 2-1-3 - 10-5-14
Ken McKinlay - - - - - 8-3-6 8-3-6
John Boulger - - - - - 6-2-6 6-2-6
Arnold Haley - 4-0-3 - - - - 4-0-3
Charlie Monk 4-1-3 - - - - - 4-1-3
Les Sharpe 1-0-1 3-0-4 - - - - 4-0-5
Tony Clarke - - - 3-0-6 - - 3-0-6
Terry Betts - - - 2-1-5 - - 2-1-5
Bob Kilby - - 0-0-1 2-1-2 - - 2-1-3
Trevor Hedge - - - 1-0-1 - - 1-0-1
Sweden Pts-Bns-R
Anders Michanek 14-0-6 17-0-6 14-1-6 15-0-6 6-1-6 13-0-6 79-2-36
Soren Sjosten 10-0-6 11-1-6 2-0-4 6-2-6 10-0-6 8-0-6 47-3-34
Bernt Persson 10-0-6 15-1-6 7-0-6 0-0-4 7-0-6 4-2-6 43-3-34
Olle Nygren 3-1-6 7-3-6 4-0-6 9-1-6 6-0-6 8-0-6 37-5-36
Bengt Jansson - 6-1-6 8-1-6 13-0-6 7-2-6 1-0-3 35-4-27
Christer Lofqvist 5-1-6 2-0-2 5-1-4 2-1-5 2-1-5 1-0-3 17-4-25
Bengt Larsson 0-0-4 2-1-4 2-0-3 1-1-2 - 2-0-5 7-2-18
Bengt Brannefors - - 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-4
Ove Fundin 0-0-2 - - - - - 0-0-2

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2002 Wed 12.06 : Poole Team Great Britain 42 Sweden 48
OFFICIAL

Team Great Britain Sweden
Mark Loram 0 0 2 3 2 3 10 Tony Rickardsson 2 1 3 R 6 {short description of image}
Gary Havelock 3 2 2 1' 1 9+1 Niklas Klingberg 1' 0 3 T 4+1
Scott Nicholls 0 3 2 1 6 Peter Karlsson 2' 3 0 3 8+1
Lee Richardson 1 2' 1' F 4+2 Andreas Jonsson 3 0 3 3 0 9
Joe Screen X 2 2 1 5 Mikael Karlsson 3 3 3 2 2 13
Carl Stonehewer 2' 1' 0 3+2 Daniel Nermark 1 1 0 1 2' 5+1
Paul Hurry 3 1 1' 0 5+1 Freddie Eriksson 0 2' 0 1 3+1
1: Havelock, Rickardsson, Klingberg, Loram 3-3 3-3
2: Hurry, Stonehewer, Nermark, Eriksson 5-1 8-4
3: Jonsson, P Karlsson, Richardson, Nicholls 1-5 9-9
4: M Karlsson, Eriksen, Hurry, Screen X 1-5 10-14
5: Nicholls, Richardson, Rickardsson, Klingberg 5-1 15-15
6: M Karlsson, Havelock, Nermark, Loram 2-4 17-19
7: P Karlsson, Screen, Stonehewer, Jonsson 3-3 20-22
8: Klingberg, Havelock, Hurry, Eriksson 3-3 23-25
9: M Karlsson, Nicholls, Richardson, Nermark 3-3 26-28
10: Jonsson, Loram, Havelock, P Karlsson 3-3 29-31
11: Rickardsson, Screen, Nermark, Stonehewer, Klingberg T 2-4 31-35
12: P Karlsson, Nermark, Nicholls, Hurry 1-5 32-40
13: Loram, M Karlsson, Screen, Rickardsson R 4-2 36-42
14: Jonsson, Loram, Eriksson, Richardson F 2-4 38-46
15: Loram, M Karlsson, Havelock, Jonsson 4-2 42-48

2006 Tue 11.04 : Swindon Team Great Britain 1 Sweden 5 Abandoned due to rain
OFFICIAL 1: Freddie Lindgren, Jonas Davidsson, David Howe, Scott Nicholls F
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Contributors : Roger Stevens, Steve Magro, David Austin

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