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INTERNATIONALS - NEW ZEALAND

New Zealand v Poland

1974-75 New Zealand won series 2-1 (1 match void)
25.01 : Auckland (Western Springs)* New Zealand 62 Poland 45
05.02 : Christchurch New Zealand 56 Poland 50
08.02 : Wellington (Te Marua)** New Zealand 38 Poland 70
18.02 : Auckland (Western Springs) New Zealand 70 Poland 38
* First match declared void by New Zealand Control Board after both teams were found to be, unknowingly (?), using the banned fuel additive Nitro.
** Result reported elsewhere as 39-69.
{short description of image} The New Zealand Team for the 1st Test at Auckland
Standing (left to right):
Robin Adlington
Gary Peterson
Barry Briggs
Terry Darwent
Bob Andrews
Graeme Stapleton
John Goodall
Reece Facoory (manager)

and
captain Ivan Mauger (on bike)

Photo from Christian Weber
(with thanks to Tracy Holmes for
help in identification of riders)
New Zealand Total Poland Total
Ivan Mauger © 17 17 13 16 63 Edward Jancarz 12 15 16 11 54
Gary Peterson 18 15 10 18 61 Zenon Plech © 10 14 18 12 54
Barry Briggs 8 7 7 18 40 Andrzej Tkocz 8 7 15 6 36
Graeme Stapleton 12 7 - 9 28 Piotr Bruzda 7 7 5 3 22
Robin Adlington 5 10 3 4 22 Andrzej Jurczynski 3 2 8 2 15
John Goodall 2 - - 4 6 Piotr Pyszny 5 3 7 4 19
Colin Farquharson - - 4 - 4 Zygfryd Kostka - 2 1 0 3
Bob Andrews 0 - - 1 1 Team Manager : Bernard Kowalski
B Sargent - - 1 - 1
Terry Darwent 0 - - - 0
Larry Ross - 0 0 - 0
Grahame Stewart - 0 - - 0
Graeme Smith - - 0 - 0
Colin Tucker - - - 0 0
Gavin Rhodes - - - - -

1st Test at Auckland
New Zealand 62 Poland 45 Ht 1: Mauger, Plech, Pyszny, Andrews 71.8 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Tkocz, Adlington, Bruzda, Briggs (ef) 73.7 2-4 5-7
Ht 3: Peterson, Stapleton, Jancarz, Jurczynski 71.5 5-1 10-8
Ht 4: Mauger, Tkocz, Bruzda, Andrews (ef) 71.0 3-3 13-11
Ht 5: Jancarz, Briggs, Adlington, Jurczynski 72.0 3-3 16-14
Ht 6: Peterson, Stapleton, Plech, Pyszny 72.0 5-1 21-15
Ht 7: Jancarz, Mauger, Jurczynski, Goodall 72.3 2-4 23-19
Ht 8: Plech, Adlington, Pyszny, Briggs (ef) 73.5 2-4 25-23
Ht 9: Peterson, Stapleton, Tkocz, Bruzda 72.0 5-1 30-24
Ht 10: Mauger, Plech, Pyszny, Goodall 71.3 3-3 33-27
Ht 11: Bruzda, Tkocz, Adlington (ef), Briggs (ef) 75.0 0-5 33-32
Ht 12: Peterson, Stapleton, Jancarz, Jurczynski 72.0 5-1 38-33
Ht 13: Mauger, Goodall, Bruzda, Tkocz 72.0 5-1 43-34
Ht 14: Briggs, Jancarz, Jurczynski, Adlington 72.2 3-3 46-37
Ht 15: Peterson, Stapleton, Plech, Pyszny 72.7 5-1 51-38
Ht 16: Mauger, Jancarz, Jurczynski, Goodall 71.8 3-3 54-41
Ht 17: Briggs, Plech, Pyszny, Darwent (ef) 72.1 3-3 57-44
Ht 18: Peterson, Stapleton, Bruzda, Tkocz 73.0 5-1 62-45
Ivan Mauger © 3 3 2 3 3 3 17 Zenon Plech © 2 1 3 2 1 1' 10+1
Bob Andrews 0 ef - - - 0 Piotr Pyszny 1' 0 1 1' 0 2 5+2
Barry Briggs ef 2 ef ef 3 3 8 Andrzej Tkocz 3 2 1 2' 0 0 8+1
Robin Adlington 2 1' 2 ef 0 - 5+1 Piotr Bruzda 1 1' 0 3 1 1 7+1
Gary Peterson 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Edward Jancarz 1 3 3 1 2 2 12
Graeme Stapleton 2' 2' 2' 2' 2' 2' 12+6 Andrzej Jurczynski 0 0 1 0 1' 1' 3+2
John Goodall 0 0 2' 0 2+1 Zygfryd Kostka -
Terry Darwent ef 0
2nd Test at Christchurch
New Zealand 56 Poland 50
1 Ivan Mauger 3 3 2 3 3 3 17 1 Zenon Plech 2 3 3 2 1 3 14
2 Larry Ross 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 2 Piotr Pyszny
 1' 0 1 1' 0 ef 3+2
3 Barry Briggs 2 ef 0 ef 3 2 7 3 Andrzej Tkocz 3 1' 1 f 1' 1 7+2
4 Robin Adlington 1' 2 2 3 1 1' 10+2 4 Piotr Bruzda - - - 2 2 3 7
5 Graeme Stapleton 1' 1' 2' 1 2' ef 7+4 5 Edward Jancarz 3 3 3 2 2 2 15
6 Gary Peterson 2 2 3 3 3 2 15 6 Andrzej Jurczynski 0 ef 1 0 0 1' 2+1
7 Grahame Stewart 0 0 7 Zygfryd Kostka 0 2 0 2
8 Gavin Rhodes no rides -
3rd Test at Wellington Ref : Ross Smith
New Zealand 38 Poland 70 1 Plech , Mauger , Farquharson, Pyszny. 3-3 3-3
2 Bruzda , Tkocz , Briggs , Ross. 1-5 4-8
3 Jurczynski, Jancarz , Adlington , Peterson. 1-5 5-13
4 Tkocz , Pysny , Mauger , Farquharson. 1-5 6-18
5 Jancarz , Jurczynski, Briggs , Ross. 1-5 7-23
6 Plech , Peterson , Adlington , Bruzda. 3-3 10-26
7 Jancarz , Mauger , Jurczynski , Farquharson. 2-4 12-30
8 Plech , Briggs , Kostka , Sargent. 2-4 14-34
9 Tkocz , Pyszny , Peterson , Adlington. 1-5 15-39
10 Plech , Mauger , Farquharson , Bruzda. 3-3 18-42
11 Tkocz , Pyszny , Briggs, , Sargent. 1-5 19-47
12 Jancarz , Peterson , Jurczynski , Adlington. 2-4 21-51
13 Mauger , Tkocz , Farquharson , Pyszny. 4-2 25-53
14 Jancarz , Briggs , Jurczynski , Smith. 2-4 27-57
15 Plech , Peterson , Adlington , Kostka. 3-3 30-60
16 Mauger , Jancarz , Farquharson , Jurczynski. 4-2 34-62
17 Plech , Bruzda , Sargent , Briggs e.f 1-5 35-67
18 Peterson , Tkocz , Pyszny , Adlington. 3-3 38-70
1 Ivan Mauger © 2 1 2 2 3 3 13 1 Zenon Plech © 3 3 3 3 3 3 18
2 Colin Farquharson 1' 0 0 1' 1 1 4+2 2 Piotr Pyszny
 0 2' 2' 2' 0 1' 7+4
3 Barry Briggs 1 1 2 1 2 ef 7 3 Andrzej Tkocz 2' 3 3 3 2 2 15+1
4 Larry Ross 0 0 - - - - 0 4 Piotr Bruzda 3 0 - 0 - 2' 5+1
5 Gary Peterson 0 2 1 2 2 3 10 5 Edward Jancarz 2' 3 3 3 3 2 16+1
6 Robin Adlington 1 1' 0 0 1' 0 3+2 6 Andrzej Jurczynski 3 2' 1 1 1 0 8+1
7 Bill Sargent 0 0 1 1 7 Zygfryd Kostka 1 0 1
8 Graeme Smith 0 0
4th Test at Auckland
New Zealand 70 Poland 38 Ht 1: Plech, Bruzda, Mauger, Andrews 75.0 1-5 1-5
Ht 2: Briggs, Pyszny, Tkocz, Adlington 73.0 3-3 4-8
Ht 3: Peterson, Jancarz, Stapleton, Jurczynski 73.0 4-2 8-10
Ht 4: Mauger, Goodall, Tkocz, Pyszny 73.0 5-1 13-11
Ht 5: Briggs, Jancarz, Jurczynski, Adlington 72.9 3-3 16-14
Ht 6: Peterson, Plech, Bruzda, Stapleton (ef) 72.3 3-3 19-17
Ht 7: Mauger, Jancarz, Jurczynski, Goodall 71.5 3-3 22-20
Ht 8: Briggs, Plech, Adlington, Bruzda 73.5 4-2 26-22
Ht 9: Peterson, Stapleton, Tkocz, Pyszny 72.5 5-1 31-23
Ht 10: Mauger, Plech, Goodall, Bruzda 72.3 4-2 35-25
Ht 11: Briggs, Adlington, Tkocz, Pyszny 74.2 5-1 40-26
Ht 12: Peterson, Stapleton, Jancarz, Jurczynski 72.0 5-1 45-27
Ht 13: Mauger, Tkocz, Pyszny, Goodall 72.0 3-3 48-30
Ht 14: Briggs, Jancarz, Adlington, Jurczynski 72.8 4-2 52-32
Ht 15: Peterson, Stapleton, Plech, Kostka 72.3 5-1 57-33
Ht 16: Mauger, Jancarz, Goodall, Jurczynski 72.0 4-2 61-35
Ht 17: Briggs, Plech, Andrews, Kostka 72.0 4-2 65-37
Ht 18: Peterson, Stapleton, Pyszny, Tkocz 71.9 5-1 70-38
Ivan Mauger © 1 3 3 3 3 3 16 Zenon Plech © 3 2 2 2 1 2 12
Bob Andrews 0 - - - - 1 1 Piotr Bruzda 2' 1' 0 0 - - 3+2
Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Andrzej Tkocz 1' 1 1 1 2 0 6+1
Robin Adlington 0 0 1 2' 1 - 4+1 Piotr Pyszny 2 0 0 0 1' 1 4+1
Gary Peterson 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Edward Jancarz 2 2 2 1 2 2 11
Graeme Stapleton 1 ef 2' 2' 2' 2' 9+4 Andrzej Jurczynski 0 1' 1' 0 0 0 2+2
John Goodall 2' 0 1 0 1 4+1 Zygfryd Kostka 0 0 0
Colin Tucker 0

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Thanks to Bob Andrews for the programme of the first (void) Test at Auckland ... ... to Vic Butcher for the scan of the 2nd Test programme cover at Christchurch ... to Chris Sweetman in New Zealand for this scan of the 3rd (Wellington) Test cover ... and to Roger Stevens for the programme of the (probably) final Test of the series
Contributors : Bob Andrews, Vic Butcher, Chris Sweetman, Roger Stevens, Christian Weber, Tracy Holmes, David Austin, Krzysztof Nowacki

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