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New Zealand v USA

1935-36 The America teams were comprised of members of the Putt Mossman Rodeo Circus.
Sat 15.02 : Christchurch (Monica Park) New Zealand 10 America 14
Ht.1-Kilmister, Trujillo, Rhodes.
Ht.2-Schnitzer, Mossman, Dumpleton.
Ht.3-Kilmister, Lisman, Dumpleton.
Ht.4-Arena, McKinney, Forbes. 		Wally Kilmister 6 Eward Schnitzer 3
Bill Dumpleton 2 Sam Arena 3
Jack Forbes 1 Putt Mossman 2
Cyril 'Squeak' Rhodes 1 Manuel Trujillo 2
Byrd McKinney 2
Bo Lisman 2
Pee Wee Cullum 0
Ray Grant 0
Thu 05.03 : Palmerston North New Zealand 30 USA 22
Details from "The Big Thrill" by Allan Batt Wally Kilmister 9 Ray Grant 7
Alf Mattson 8 Manuel Trujillo 5
Howard Tolley 7 Putt Mossman 4
Ron Vining 4 Pee Wee Cullum 4
Sel Casey 1 Pete Coleman 2
Rusty Styles 1
1936-37 Mon 08.03 : Auckland (Western Springs) New Zealand 35 America 35 (Att : 7,000)
Heat details (2 finishers only)
Ht.1 Mattson, Mossman 77.0
Ht.2 Rhodes, Smith (only 2 finishers) 83.2 5-0
Ht.3 Grant, Day (only 2 finishers) 85.2 2-3
Ht.4 Rhodes, Hill (only 3 finishers) 82.4
Ht.5 Wilson, Tolley, Mossman 81.8 2-4
Ht.6 Mattson, Diehl, Grant 77.2 3-3
Ht.7 Mossman, Tolley, Hill 77.4 2-4 21-19
Ht.8 Mattson (only 3 finishers) 78.6
Ht.9 Grant, Smith, Rhodes 82.2 3-3
Ht.10 Mossman 80.0
Ht.11 Day, Diehl, Smith 82.2 4-2
Ht.12 Mossman, Grant (pushed), Rhodes f, Mattson f 77.0 0-5 35-35		 Alf Mattson © Putt Mossman ©
Cyril 'Squeak' Rhodes Ray Grant
Brian Smith Bob Hill
Frank Day Lou Wilson
Howard Tolley Johnny Diehl
Sat 20.03 : Auckland (Western Springs) New Zealand 15 USA 32
Heat details (3 finishers only)
Ht 1: Grant, Wilson, Mattson 78.0 1-5 1-5
Ht 2: Diehl, Casey 82.4 2-3 3-8
Ht 3: Diehl, Mattson, Tolley, Hill 80.4 3-3 6-11
Ht 4: Grant, Wilson, Morgan 79.2 1-5 7-16
Ht 5: Mattson, Grant, Hill 76.2 3-3 10-19
Ht 6: Wilson, Diehl, Tolley 80.2 1-5 11-24
Ht 7: Grant, Hill, Tolley 78.8 1-5 12-29
Ht 8: Mattson, Wilson, Diehl 78.6 3-3 15-32		 Alf Mattson © 9 Ray Grant 11
Howard Tolley 3 Johnny Diehl 9+2
Sel Casey 2 Lou Wilson 9+2
Chas Morgan 1 Bob Hill 3+2
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An excellent aerial shot of the Monica Park track at Christchurch, mid 1930's (photo from Ross Garrigan)
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Christchurch programme

1971-72 New Zealand won series 2-0
OFFICIAL Sat 04.03 : Auckland (Western Springs) New Zealand 70 USA 38
Mon 13.03 : Auckland (Western Springs) New Zealand 66 USA 42
A scheduled 3rd match at Christchurch (Templeton), on Thu 09.03, was cancelled due to rain (?). The New Zealand team was programmed as : Ivan Mauger, Tom Black, Ronnie Moore, Graeme Stapleton, Bruce Cribb, Roger Wright, Stephen Foster (res)
New Zealand Total USA Total
Bruce Cribb 17 13 30 Bill Cody 12 15 27
Bob Andrews 8 12 20 DeWayne Keeter 11 6 17
Bryce Subritzky 8 11 19 Mike Konle 11 6 17
Ivan Mauger - 18 18 Sonny Nutter 3 9 12
Barry Briggs 16 - 16 Steve Bast 0 5 5
Gary Peterson 14 - 14 Mike Bast 1 1 2
Lance Gandy 6 5 11
Tom Sweetman - 7 7
Robin Adlington 1 - 1
John Goodall - 0 0

1st. Test at Auckland
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Barry Briggs 1 3 3 3 3 3 16
Lance Gandy 3 F 0 2' 1 - 6 + 1
Gary Peterson 3 3 3 1 2 2 14
Bob Andrews 1 1 1 3 1' 1' 8 + 2
Bruce Cribb 3 3 3 2' 3 3 17 + 1
Bryce Subritzky 1 1 2' 3 0 1 8 + 1
res Robin Adlington 1 1
NEW ZEALAND 4 8 12 16 20 23 28 31 35 40 44 49 52 55 59 63 67 70 70
USA 2 4 6 8 10 13 14 17 19 20 22 23 26 29 31 33 35 38 38
DeWayne Keeter 2 2 1 1 3 2 11
Steve Bast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sonny Nutter R 0 1' 0 2 R 3 + 1
Mike Konle 2 2 2 2 1' 2 11 + 1
Bill Cody 2 2 2 1 2 3 12
Mike Bast 0 1' 0 0 0 0 1 + 1

2nd Test at Auckland
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 3 3 3 18
Tom Sweetman 0 1 2' 2' 1 1 7 + 2
Bruce Cribb 2 3 2 3 3 0 13
Lance Gandy 0 2' 1' R - 2 5 + 2
Bob Andrews 2 2 1 1 3 3 12
Bryce Subritzky 1' 1' 3 3 1 2' 11 + 3
res John Goodall 0 0
NEW ZEALAND 3 5 8 13 16 20 24 29 32 37 40 44 47 51 55 60 64 66 66
USA 3 7 10 11 14 16 18 19 22 23 26 28 31 33 35 36 38 42 42
DeWayne Keeter 1' 1 2 R 1' 1 6 + 2
Steve Bast 2 R 0 1 2 0 5
Sonny Nutter 3 3 1 2 0 0 9
Mike Konle 1 0 0 1' 2 2 6 + 1
Bill Cody 3 2 3 2 2 3 15
Mike Bast R R R R R 1 1
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Programmes of both Auckland matches, and of the cancelled Christchurch match (right)

1986-87 New Zealand won series 4-1 Format
Sat 29.11 : Auckland (Western Springs) (Att: 25,000) New Zealand 68 USA 50 †8 heats, 6 riders per heat
Tue 09.12 : Palmerston North New Zealand 26 USA 28 9 heats, 4 riders per heat
Sat 13.12 : Napier New Zealand 29 USA 25 9 heats, 4 riders per heat
Sun 04.01 : Blenheim New Zealand 63 USA 41
Sat 10.01 : Christchurch (Ruapuna) New Zealand 63 USA 56 †8 heats, 6 riders per heat
† Scoring 5-4-3-2-1-0

New Zealand Total USA Total
David Bargh 18 5 9 10 16 58 Gary Hicks 15 9 5 18 24 71
Larry Ross 9 4 6 18 20 57 Bobby Ott 11 4 8 5 - 28
Alan Mason - 6 6 16 - 28 Scotty Brown © 11 2 5 6 1 25
Trevor Chapman - - - 10 11 21 George Lazor 4 4 1 8 7 24
Mitch Shirra 20 - - - - 20 Rich Perkins 2 6 1 4 6 19
Craig Monk - - - 8 6 14 Walt Farnum 2 3 5 0 6 16
Chris Martin 11 - - - 11 G Davey - - - - 12 12
Jamie Martin - - - - 8 8 Phil Dulaso 5 - - - - 5
Steve Rose 6 - - - - 6
G Halloway - 5 - - 5
Rob Price - 5 - - 5
Kelvin Jelaca 4 - - - - 4
Michael Long - - 4 - 4
D Sherwood - 1 3 - 4
D Hopewell - - - - 2 2
Spencer Timmo - - 1 - 1
Darrell Cotton - - - 1 - 1
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Auckland Palmerston North Christchurch
Contributors : Ross Garrigan, Barry Forsyth, Roger Stevens, Tracy Holmes, Christian Weber, Duncan Luke, David Austin