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Holland v Sweden

1949 Holland won series
UNOFFICIAL Sat 25.06 : Den Haag (Rijswijk) Holland 46 Sweden 38
Sun 26.06 : Rotterdam (Feyenoord Stadion)
Holland 44 Sweden 40 (Att : 30,000)
Thu 30.06 : Amsterdam (Olympisch Stadion) Holland ? Sweden ?
These matches were advertised in the Dutch press as Netherlands v Sweden, though the Dutch teams were strengthened Dutch league teams , and the Swedish team was represented by Filbyterna, with the addition of Bertil Andersson and a guest reserve.
At Rotterdam, the Star Riders Final resulted: Bosman, Eriksson, Dammers, Metzelaar

Holland Total Sweden Total
Co Boef 11 - ? ? Gosta Zanderholm 9 ? ? ?
Henk Steman © 9 - - 9 Linus Eriksson 8 ? ? ?
Henk Dammers 8 ? - ? Dick Weider 8 ? ? ?
Jan Bosman 6 ? ? ? Gosta Kugelberg 6 ? ? ?
Wim van Hemelrijk 5 - - 5 Gunnar Boo 3 ? ? ?
Cor van Gorcum 4 - - 4 Bertil Andersson 2 ? - ?
Martinus van Rijswijk 2 - - 2 Al Collins (GB)* 2 - - 2
Ouke Baas 1 - ? ? Evert Boo 0 ? ? ?
Gerrit Kops - ? - ?
Piet Maller - ? - ? * guest rider
Tinus Metzelaar - ? - ?
Gerrit Jonker - ? ? ? Henk Steman broke his leg in the first match
Reg Duval (GB)* - ? ? ?
Al Collins (GB)* - ? - ?
Arend Hartman - - ? ?
Jan Verhoef - - ? ?

{short description of image} All details of the Den Haag match from Andy Reid

The programme cover below is interesting -
what is the R.A.F connection,
does anybody know?
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1958 Sweden won series 2-1 Attendance
Sun 06.07 : Hengelo Holland 51 Sweden 56 25,000
Mon 07.07 : Amsterdam Holland 52 Sweden 56 35,000
Sat 12.07 : Sleen (Veenoord) Holland 54 Sweden 47 12,000

Holland Total Sweden Total
Hans van der Sluis 16 16 14 46 Gote Nordin 15 16 15 46
Tonny Kroeze 17 16 13 46 Bengt Eriksson 14 15 12 43
Nick van Gorcum - 5 9 14 Kurt Lundgren 6 9 3 18
Gerrit Jonker 5 3 6 14 Roland Krantz 5 5 7 17
Roestenburg 1 6 5 2 12 Sune Karlsson 6 4 5 15
Gerrit Kops - 4 7 11 Hasse Hallberg 4 5 4 13
Piet Verbrugge 3 3 3 9 Pelle Sjoholm 6 2 1 9
Henk Verbrugge 4 - - 4
Thei Bischopps 0 - - 0
Bert Willard 0 - - 0

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Poster from Amsterdam Programme from Sleen

3rd Match at Sleen 1: Eriksson, Sluis, Krantz, Roestenburg 1 2-4 2-4
2: Kroeze, Jonker, Lundgren, Karlsson 5-1 7-5
3: Nordin, Gorcum, Sjoholm, Kops 2-4 9-9
4: Eriksson, Kroeze, Jonker, Krantz 3-3 12-12
5: Sluis, Verbrugge, Lundgren, Karlsson 5-1 17-13
6: Nordin, Hallberg, Kops, Gorcum 1-5 18-18
7: Sluis, Krantz, Verbrugge, Sjoholm 4-2 22-20
8: Kops, Gorcum, Lundgren, Karlsson 5-1 27-21
9: Kroeze, Nordin, Jonker, Hallberg 4-2 31-23
10: Eriksson, Gorcum, Hallberg, Roestenburg 1 2-4 33-27
11: Kroeze, Kops, Karlsson, Sjoholm 5-1 38-28
12: Sluis, Norden, Krantz, Verbrugge 3-3 41-31
13: Eriksson, Jonker, Hallberg, Roestenburg 1 2-4 43-35
14: Sluis, Karlsson, Kops, Lundgren 4-2 47-37
15: Krantz, Nordin, Kroeze, Gorcum 1-5 48-42
16: Race void [Verbrugge, Kops, Eriksson, Hallberg] 48-42
17: Gorcum, Karlsson, Sluis nf, Sjoholm nf 3-2 51-44
18: Nordin, Roestenburg 1, Kroeze, Krantz 3-3 54-47
Details from completed programme
Holland Sweden
Roestenburg 1 0 0 0 2 2 Bengt Eriksson 3 3 3 3 12
Hans van der Sluis 2 3 3 3 3 nf 14 Roland Krantz 1 0 2 1' 3 0 7 + 1
Tonny Kroeze 3 2 3 3 1 1' 13 + 1 Sune Karlsson 0 0 0 1 2 2 5
Gerrit Jonker 2' 1' 1 2 6 + 2 Kurt Lundgren 1 1 1 0 3
Nick van Gorcum 2 0 2' 2 0 3 9 + 1 Gote Nordin 3 3 2 2 2' 3 15 + 1
Gerrit Kops 0 1 3 2' 1 7 + 1 Pelle Sjoholm 1 0 0 nf 1
Piet Verbrugge 2' 1 0 3 + 1 Hasse Hallberg 2' 0 1 1 4 + 1
NOVICE RACES
1: J Siepel, Roestenburg 3, A Klapmuts nf, Piet Seur nf
2: P Seur, A Klapmuts, Roestenburg 3, J Siepel

Contributors : Charles McKay, Tom Marriott, Andy Reid, Christian Weber

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