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INTERNATIONALS - HOLLAND
Holland v England
| 1945 | An England team including Norman Parker, Ron Johnson, Bob Harrison, and Les Wotton allegedly raced |
| against Holland at Antwerp and Brussels. No details are available. |
| 1948 | Sun 18.07 : Rotterdam | Holland | 41 | England & Denmark Combined | 31 | (Att : 50,000) |
| UNOFFICIAL | (Feyenoord Stadium) | Henk Steman |
Split Waterman |  |
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| Star Riders Final: Byford, Steman, Kops, Knudsen | Henk Dammers | Howdy Byford | ||||
| Hartman broke his leg | Arend Hartman | Phil Bishop | ||||
| Piet van Aartsen | Jack Cooley | |||||
| Jan Bosman | J Carpenter | |||||
| Gerrit Kops | Ole Knudsen | |||||
| Piet Maller | Ulf Jensen | |||||
| Van Doornik | Stan Tay? |
| 1948 | Sun 01.08 morning: Amsterdam (Olympic Stadium) | Holland | v. | England | ||
| UNOFFICIAL | The Holland side was a combination of the Flying Dutchmen and Dutch Lions teams. | |||||
| Sun 01.08 afternoon : Rotterdam (Feyenoord Stadium) | Holland | 41 | England | 43 | ||
| Henk Steman | max | Phil Bishop | ||||
| Star Riders Final: Steman, Arnfield, Ison, Bosman | Jan Bosman | ? Morridge | ||||
| Henk Dammers | Jack Arnfield | |||||
| Martinus van Rijswijk | Stan Bedford | |||||
| P Kreukniet | Steve Ison | |||||
| Jan de Laat | Arthur Bush | |||||
| Eric of Jimmy(?) Dunn | ||||||
| 1948 | Sat 02.10 : Rotterdam (Feyenoord Stadium) | Holland | 35 | England | 49 | (Att: 10,000) |
| UNOFFICIAL | Jan Bosman | 9 | Phil Bishop | 11 | ||
| Star Riders Final: Bishop | Wim van Hemelrijk | 3 | Pete Lansdale | 10 | ||
| Henk Steman | 10 | Howdy Byford | 13 | |||
| Henk Dammers | 3 | Wally Green | 2 | |||
| Gerrit Kops | 3 | Jack Maddern | 1 | |||
| Piet Maller | 6 | Roy Craighead | 10 | |||
| Cor van Gorcum | 1 | Cor van Gorcum* | 2 | |||
| Martinus van Rijswijk | 0 | *guest, Hol | ||||
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| Programme and scoring details (taken
from the programme) are from Andy Reid . A contemporary Dutch newspaper report appears to confirm these scores. |
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| A short report in National Speedway Reporter 16.10.48 has the result as Holland 34 England 50 (Bishop 13, Lansdale 12, Byford 10, Craighead 9) BUT this appears to be incorrect. | |
| 1949 | Sat 07.05 : Antwerp | Holland | v. | England | ||
| No details available | ||||||
| 1952 | England won series 1½ - ½ | |||||
| UNOFFICIAL | Sat 09.08 : Den Haag (Rijswijk Speedway) | Holland | 41 | England | 41 | |
| Tinus Metzelaar | Bill Longley | |||||
| Jan Bosman | Jack Davis | |||||
| Star Riders Final: Longley, Dammers, Metzelaar, Moore | Martinus van Rijswijk | Phil Bishop | ||||
| Wim van Hemelrijk | Ronnie Genz | |||||
| Henk Dammers | Lloyd Goffe | |||||
| Nico van Gorcum | ? Moore | |||||
| Mon 11.08 : Amsterdam (Olympic Stadium) | Holland | 36 | England | 48 | ||
| Gerrit Jonker | Bill Longley | |||||
| Thei Bisschops | Jack Davis | |||||
| Star Riders Final: Longley, Boef, Moore ef, Bisschops f | Tonny Kroeze | Phil Bishop | ||||
| Co Boef | Ronnie Genz | |||||
| Arend Hartman | Lloyd Goffe | |||||
| ? Moore | ||||||
| 1953 | England won series 2-0 | |||||
| UNOFFICIAL | Sun 28.06 : Rotterdam (Feyenoord Stadium) | Holland | 41 | England | 43 | |
| (Att: 16,000) | Tonny Kroeze | Wilf Plant © | ||||
| Wim van Hemelrijk | Pete Lansdale |
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| Nico van Gorcum | Stan Clark | |||||
| Henk Dammers | Johnny O'Connor | |||||
| Gerrit Kops | Dave Collins | |||||
| Martinus van Rijswijk | Jack Winstanley | |||||
| Cor Bijman | Lloyd Goffe | |||||
| Jan Roestenburg | Phil Bishop | |||||
| Tue 30.06 : Amsterdam (Olympic Stadium) | Holland | 40 | England | 44 | ||
| (Att: 15,000) | Gerrit Jonker © | 5 | Wilf Plant | |||
| Tonny Kroeze | 12 | Pete Lansdale |
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| Nico van Gorcum | Stan Clark | |||||
| Henk Dammers | Johnny O'Connor | |||||
| Gerrit Kops | Dave Collins | |||||
| Wim van Hemelrijk | Jack Winstanley | |||||
| Cor Bijman | Lloyd Goffe | |||||
| Jan Roestenburg | Phil Bishop | |||||
| 1954 | Series tied 1-1 | |||||
| UNOFFICIAL | Sun 20.06 : Rotterdam (Feyenoord Stadium) | Holland | 35 | England | 49 | (Att: 30,000) |
| Full details below | ||||||
| Mon 21.06 : Amsterdam (Olympic Stadium) | Holland | 44 | England | 39 | ||
| Hans van der Sluis | Roy Craighead | |||||
| Tonny Kroeze | Fred Pawson | |||||
| Jan Kesselmans | Terry Courtnell | |||||
| Henk Verhoef | Phil Bishop | |||||
| Gerrit Jonker | Jimmy Gooch | |||||
| Co Boef | Jack Winstanley | |||||
| Thei Bisschops | ||||||
| Cor Bijman | ||||||
| 1st Test at Rotterdam | ||||||||||
| Holland | 35 | England | 49 | Heat 1: Pawson, Plant,
Kroeze, Kesselmans (1-5) 72.4 Heat 2: Craighead, Bisschops, Bishop, van der Sluis (2-4)(3-9) 73.4 Heat 3: Byford, Davis, Dammers, van Hemelrijk (1-5)(4-14) 71.8 Heat 4: Pawson, van der Sluis, van Rijswijk, Plant (3-3)(7-17) 72.4 Heat 5: Winstanley, Kroeze, Byford, Bisschops (2-4)(9-21) 73.6 Heat 6: Bishop, van Hemelrijk, Craighead, Dammers (2-4)(11-25) 74.2 Heat 7: Winstanley, Davis, Kesselmans, van Rijswijk (1-5)(12-30) 70.8 Heat 8: van der Sluis, Dammers, Bishop, Craighead (5-1)(17-31) 74.6 Heat 9: van Hemelrijk, Plant, Byford, Kroeze (3-3)(20-34) 72.2 Heat 10: Winstanley, Pawson, Kesselmans, Bisschops (1-5)(21-39) 70.6 Heat 11: van der Sluis, Byford, Bishop, van Rijswijk (3-3)(24-42) 75.4 Heat 12: Craighead, Kesselmans, Plant, Dammers (2-4)(26-46) 70.2 Heat 13: van Rijswijk, Byford, Bisschops, Winstanley (4-2)(30-48) 71.4 Heat 14: Kroeze, van Hemelrijk, Bishop, Pawson (5-1)(35-49) 74.6 |
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| Tonny Kroeze |
1 2 0 3 | 6 | Wilf Plant | 2' 0 2 1 | 5+1 | |||||
| Jan Kesselmans | 0 1 1 2 | 4 | Fred Pawson |
3 3 2' 0 | 8+1 | |||||
| Hans van der Sluis |
0 2 3 3 | 8 | Phil Bishop | 1 3 1 1' 1 | 7+1 | |||||
| Thei Bisschops |
2 0 0 1 | 3 | Roy Craighead | 3 1 0 3 | 7 | |||||
| Henk Dammers |
1 0 2' 0 | 3+1 | Howdy Byford | 3 1 1' 2 2 | 9+1 | |||||
| Wim van Hemelrijk | 0 2 3 2' | 7+1 | Jack Winstanley | 3 3 3 0 | 9 | |||||
| Tinus van Rijswijk | 1' 0 0 3 | 4+1 | Jack Davis (res) | 2' 2' | 4+2 | |||||
| Jan Roestenburg I (res) | - | |||||||||
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| Rotterdam Programme | Amsterdam Programme | Poster |
| 1955 | Holland won series 2-0 | |||||
| UNOFFICIAL | Sun 10.07 : Rotterdam (Feyenoord Stadium) | Holland | 49 | England | 35 | |
| (Att: 25,000) | Tonny Kroeze © | Phil Bishop | ||||
| Nico van Gorcum | 12 | Cecil Bailey | ||||
| Star Riders Final: Plant, Osborne, van Gorcum, Kroeze ef | Hans van der Sluis | Wilf Plant | ||||
| Gerrit Jonker | Roy Craighead | |||||
| Gerrit Kops | Bill Osborne | |||||
| Jan Bosman | Fred Curtis | |||||
| Wim van Hemelrijk | Ray Thackwell | |||||
| Tinus van Rijswijk | ||||||
| Mon 11.07 : Amsterdam (Olympic Stadium) | Holland | 42 | England | 41 | ||
| (Att: 20,000) | Tonny Kroeze | 9 | Roy Craighead | 11 | ||
| Nico van Gorcum | 8 | Wilf Plant | 9 | |||
| Note England scorers do NOT add up to 41 | Cor Bijman | 7 | Bill Osborne | 8 | ||
| Hans van der Sluis | 6 | Phil Bishop | 8 | |||
| Henk Dammers | 5 | Fred Curtis | 5 | |||
| Gerrit Jonker | 4 | Cecil Bailey | 2 | |||
| Thei Bisschops | 2 | Ray Thackwell | 0 | |||
| Tinus van Rijswijk | 1 | |||||
| 1956 | England won series 2½ - ½ | |||||
| UNOFFICIAL | Sun 08.07 : Hengelo (Att: 20,000) | Holland | 34 | England | 43 | |
| Thei Bisschops | 10 | Bill Denton | 8 | |||
| Tonny Kroeze | ||||||
| Nico van Gorcum | ||||||
| Mon 09.07 : Amsterdam | Holland | 40 | England | 44 | ||
| Nico van Gorcum | 10 | Bill Denton | 13 | |||
| Star Riders Final: Osborne, Denton, v Gorcum, Bisschops f | Thei Bisschops | 10 | Bill Osborne | 8 | ||
| Hans van der Sluis | 6 | John Laury | 8 | |||
| Tonny Kroeze | 6 | Howdy Byford | 5 | |||
| Gerrit Jonker | 3 | Phil Bishop | 4 | |||
| Bert Willard | 2 | Jimmy Gooch | 4 | |||
| Piet Verbrugge | 2 | Roy Craighead | 2 | |||
| Gerrit Kops | 1 | |||||
| ??.?? : s'Hertogenbosch | Holland | 42 | England | 42 | ||
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| 1957 | Holland won series 4-1 | |||||
| UNOFFICIAL | Sun 07.07 : Hengelo | Holland | 36 | England | 46 | (Att: 10,000) |
| Mon 08.07 : Amsterdam (Olympic Stadium) | Holland | 46 | England | 35 | ||
| ??.07 : s'Hertogenbosch | Holland | 43 | England | 40 | ||
| Sat 13.07 : Veenoord (Sleen) | Holland | 43 | England | 41 | (Att: 5,000) | |
| Sun 14.07 : Eindhoven | Holland | 43 | England | 41 | ||
| Holland | Total | England | Total | ||||||||||||
| Nick van Gorcum | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | ? | 30 | Mick Simmonds | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | ? | 28 | ||
| Tonny Kroeze | - | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 | Bob Fletcher | 8 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 28 | ||||
| Gerrit Jonker | 9 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 27 | Keith "Porky" Veal | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 26 | ||||
| Hans van der Sluis | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | Pat McKenzie | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | ||||
| Thei Bisschops | 6 | 4 | 8 | - | 18 | Maury Conway | - | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | ||||
| Gerrit Kops | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | Phil Bishop | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | ||||
| Piet Verbrugge | - | 4 | - | 9 | 13 | Jack Winstanley | 1 | - | 4 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| Bert Willard | 2 | 2 | - | - | 4 | Terry Small | 9 | - | - | - | 9 | ||||
| Roestenburg I | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Gerrit Muts | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | No details available for 5th match | |||||||||
| Roestenburg II | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| 1978 | Sun 23.07 : Holland team rode and lost a club-vs-country international match at Geleen, against British League club Bristol Bulldogs |
| 38-40. The Holland team on this occasion included Henny Kroeze, Henk Steman, Frits Koppe, Rudi Muts and Frits Koning. |
| 1991 | Tue 30.04 : Veenoord | Holland | 52 | England | 56 | |
| UNOFFICIAL | Rene Elzinga | 16 | Gary Tagg | 14 | ||
| Ron Koppe | 13 | David Norris | 11 | |||
| Rob Steman | 8 | Darren Grayling | 11 | |||
| Robert-Jan Munnecom |
7 | Robert Ledwith | 9 | |||
| Erik Drayer | 5 | Roland Pollard | 5 | |||
| Henk Bangma | 3 | Tommy Palmer | 5 | |||
| Patrick Pino | 0 | Daniel O'Brien | 0 |
| Contributors : Charles McKay, Kevin Twohigg,
Andy Reid, David Austin, John Skinner, Roger Stevens, Duncan Luke, Christian Weber, Sebastian Sojka, Przemyslaw Jany |
© Brian Collins