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INTERNATIONALS - NEW ZEALAND
England v The Colonies
| 1935-36 | Originally planned as a New Zealand v
England series, the home team soon realised that they needed |
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| OFFICIAL | to be strengthened by two Australians, van Praag and Case, and became "The Colonies". This | |||||
| series, also known as "Australasia v England" in the contemporary New Zealand press, was | ||||||
| officially sanctioned by the A-C.U in London, and was probably the first Official Test series held | ||||||
| in New Zealand. | ||||||
| The Colonies won series 3-0 | Attendance | |||||
| 01.02 : Christchurch (Monica Park) (pic here) | England | 17 | The Colonies | 30 | ||
| 10.02* : Wellington (Kilbirnie) (pic below) | England | 16 | The Colonies | 32 | 5,000 | |
| 15.02 : Auckland (Western Springs) | England | 8 | The Colonies | 15 | 10,000 | |
| * Originally 08.02, but postponed due to rain | ||||||
| England | Total | The Colonies | Total | |||||||||
| Bill Clibbett | ? | 4 | 3 | Dick Case (Aus) | ? | 11 | 5 | |||||
| Stan Greatrex | ? | 3 | 0 | Charlie Goldberg (NZ) | - | - | 1 | |||||
| Bob Harrison | ? | 6 | 0 | Jack Hobson (NZ) | ? | 0 | - | |||||
| Eric Langton | ? | 3 | 5 | Wally Kilmister (NZ) | ? | 11 | - | |||||
| Alf Mattson (NZ) | - | - | 3 | |||||||||
| Lionel van Praag (Aus) | ? | 10 | 6 | |||||||||
| Note No scorers available for 1st Test (Christchurch), but the 8 heat winners were Lionel van Praag (Colonies) 3 wins; Jack Hobson (Colonies) 2 wins; Wally Kilmister (Colonies) 2 wins; Eric Langton (England) 1 win. | ||||||||||||
| Heat Details - 2nd match at Wellington | |||||||||||
| Heat No. | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | Total | ||
| Lionel van Praag | 2' | 3 | 3 | 2' | 10+2 | ||||||
| Wally Kilmister | 3 | 2' | 3 | 3 | 11+1 | ||||||
| Dick Case | 3 | 3 | 2' | 3 | 11+1 | ||||||
| Jack Hobson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| COLONIES | 5 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 32 | 32 | ||
| ENGLAND | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | ||
| Eric Langton | 0 | 1' | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | ||||||
| Bob Harrison | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| Stan Greatrex | 1' | 1 | 0 | 1' | 3+2 | ||||||
| Bill Clibbett | 2 | 0 | 1' | 1 | 4+1 | ||||||
| Heat Details - 3rd match at Auckland | |||||||||||
| Heat No. | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | Total | ||||||
| Lionel van Praag | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
| Alf Mattson | 1 | 2' | 3+1 | ||||||||
| Dick Case | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| Charlie Goldberg | 1 | R | 1 | ||||||||
| COLONIES | 4 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
| ENGLAND | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Eric Langton | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||
| Bob Harrison | 0 | R | 0 | ||||||||
| Bill Clibbett | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Stan Greatrex | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
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| The days when a speedway track in a built-up area was NOT a problem ... |
| ... Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand, in the mid-1930's.(photo from Ross Garrigan) |
| Contributors: Ross Garrigan, Barry Forsyth, Bob Andrews, Wally Auckram, David Austin |
© Brian Collins