International SPEEDWAY
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INTERNATIONALS - NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand v Overseas
| 1949-50 | Overseas won series 3-1 | |||||
| Mon 13.02 : Christchurch (Aranui) | New Zealand | 18 | Overseas | 30 | ||
| Sat 18.02 : Wellington (Hutt) | New Zealand | 20 | Overseas | 28 | ||
| ??.?? : Palmerston North | New Zealand | 25 | Overseas | 23 | ||
| Sat 04.03 : Christchurch (Aranui) | New Zealand | 22 | Overseas | 26 | ||
| Note : This was planned to be a New Zealand v England series, but was changed to Overseas when Malcolm Craven was injured and replaced by Australian Charlie Spinks. | ||||||
| New Zealand | Total | Overseas | Total | |||||||||||
| Bruce Abernethy | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 37 | Ron Mason (Eng) | 12 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 37 | |||
| Mick Holland | 3 | 5 | - | 6 | 14 | Norman Parker (Eng) | 12 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 36 | |||
| Alf Clarkin | - | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | Gil Craven (Eng) | 6 | 9 | 10 | - | 25 | |||
| Harold Fairhurst | - | 5 | 4 | - | 9 | Kevin Hayden (Eng) | - | 4 | 0 | - | 4 | |||
| Peter Pollett | - | - | 8 | - | 8 | Les Moore (Aus) | 0 | - | - | 3 | 3 | |||
| Trevor Redmond | 6 | - | - | 2 | 8 | Charlie Spinks (Aus) | 0 | - | - | 2 | 2 | |||
| Craig Jones | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
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| Programmes from Wally Auckram |
| Match at Christchurch 04.03.1950 | ||||||||
| New Zealand 22 | Heat details 1: Abernethy, Parker, Holland, Spinks 4-2 2: Mason, Clarkin, Moore, Redmond 2-4 6-6 3: Holland, Abernethy, Parker, Spinks 5-1 11-7 4: Mason, Moore, Clarkin, Redmond 1-5 12-12 5: Parker, Spinks, Redmond, Clarkin 1-5 13-17 6: Mason, Abernethy, Holland, Moore 3-3 16-20 7: Parker, Clarkin, Redmond, Spinks 3-3 19-23 8: Mason, Abernethy, Holland, Moore 3-3 22-26 |
Christchurch H/C
1: Spinks (60yards), Abernethy (80). 2: Craig Jones (60), Clarkin (70). 3: Parker (80), Moore (40). 4: Geoff Mardon (60), Holland (70). S-F1: Abernethy, Jones, Spinks, Clarkin F. S-F2: Moore, Parker, Mardon. FINAL : Moore, Parker, Abernethy, Jones. Brighton H/C 1: A Thomas (40), E Poskitt (40), R Hooper (30), B Philp (30) ef. 2: J Cunningham (60), B McKeown (scr), K Robinson (scr). FINAL: Thomas, Cunningham, Poskitt. |
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| Bruce Abernethy © | 3 2' 2 2 | 9 + 1 | ||||||
| Mick Holland | 1 3 1' 1' | 6 + 2 | ||||||
| Alf Clarkin | 2 1 0 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Trevor Redmond | 0 0 1 1' | 2 + 1 | ||||||
| Overseas 26 | ||||||||
| Norman Parker © (Eng) | 2 1 3 3 | 9 | ||||||
| Charlie Spinks (Aus) | 0 0 2' 0 | 2 + 1 | ||||||
| Ron Mason (Eng) | 3 3 3 3 | 12 | ||||||
| Les Moore (Aus) | 1 2' 0 0 | 3 + 1 | ||||||
| 1974-75 | 16.02 : Oreti Park, Invercargill (18-heat Test Match) | New Zealand | 48 | Overseas | 60 | |
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Ivan Mauger | 16 | Ole Olsen (Den) | 16 | ||
| Graeme Stewart | 0 | Scott Autrey (USA) | 7 | |||
| Barry Briggs | 17 | John Louis (Eng) | 12 | |||
| Larry Ross | 2 | Henny Kroeze (Hol) | 7 | |||
| Graeme Stapleton | 7 | Tommy Jansson (Swe) | 11 | |||
| Gary Peterson | 6 | Egon Muller (W Ger) | 7 | |||
| 1976-77 | OTHER MATCHES |
| Tue 01.02 : Templeton, Christchurch
(Ronnie Moore Benefit) Canterbury 22 (Ivan Mauger 7, Graeme
Stapleton 6, Larry Ross 5, Max Brown 3, Roger Wright 1 Barry Briggs 0)
Overseas 32 (Peter Collins (Eng) 8, Anders Michaenk (Swe) 6,
Bruce Penhall (USA) 5, Jim McMillan (Scot) 5, Zenon Plech (Pol) 5, Jiri
Stancl (Cz) 3 |
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| 1. Collins, Plech, Mauger, Brown. 2.
Michanek, Stapleton, Stancl, Briggs. 3.Penhall,
McMillan, Wright, Ross. 4.Collins, Plech,
Stapleton, Briggs. 5.Michanek, Ross, Stancl,
Wright. 6. Mauger, McMillan, Brown, Penhall.
7. Ross, Collins, Plech, Wright. 8.
Mauger, Brown, Stancl, Michanek nf. 9.
Stapleton, Penhall, McMillan, Briggs. |
| 1978-79 | Sun 11.02 : Dunedin | Kiwi Select | 17 | Overseas | 19 | |
| UNOFFICIAL |
Ht 1: Ross, Penhall,
Skretting, Stapleton (f) 3-3 3-3 Ht 2: Ross, Briggs, Muts, Skretting 5-1 8-4 Ht 3: Penhall, Muts, Briggs, Stapleton (f) 1-5 9-9 Ht 4: Ross, Muts, Skretting, Briggs 3-3 12-12 Ht 5: Penhall, Stapleton, Skretting, Briggs 2-4 14-16 Ht 6: Ross, Penhall, Muts, Stapleton (f) 3-3 17-19 |
Larry Ross 3 3 3 3 | 12 | Bruce Penhall (USA) 2 3 3 2 | 10 | |
| Tony Briggs 2 1 0 0 | 3 | Rudy Muts (Hol) 1 2 2 1 | 6 | |||
| Graeme Stapleton f f 2 f | 2 | Trond Helge Skretting (Nor) 1 0 1 1 | 3 | |||
| Sat 17.02 : Christchurch [6 rider races, scoring 6-5-4-3-2-1] | Kiwi Select | 64 | Overseas | 39 | ||
| Ht 1: Ross, Briggs,
Stapleton (Penhall [ef]) 77.5 Ht 2: Penhall, Ross, Stapleton 73.2 Ht 3: Ross, Muts, Briggs 71.4 (track record) Ht 4: Ross, Muts, Penhall 74.9 Ht 5: Ross, Stapleton, Muts 76.0 |
Larry Ross | 29 | Bruce Penhall (USA) | |||
| Tony Briggs | Rudy Muts (Hol) | |||||
| Graeme Stapleton | Trond Helge Skretting (Nor) | |||||
| Contributors : Ross Garrigan, Bob Andrews, Wally Auckram, Roger Stevens, David Austin, Peter Hosking, Andy Reid |
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