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INTERNATIONALS - SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa v Combined Europe
| 1952-53 | South Africa won series 3-2 | Heat details here | ||||
| 20.10* : Johannesburg (Wembley) | South Africa | 65 | Combined Europe | 42 | ||
| 31.10 : Johannesburg (Wembley) | South Africa | 52 | Combined Europe | 55 | ||
| 21.11 : Johannesburg (Wembley) | South Africa | 53 | Combined Europe | 55 | (Att : 12,000) | |
| 22.11 : Durban (Hoy Park) | South Africa | 57 | Combined Europe | 49 | (Att : 6,000) | |
| 05.12 : Johannesburg (Wembley) | South Africa | 67 | Combined Europe | 40 | ||
| * Postponed from 17.10 due to rain. | ||||||
| South Africa's Henry Long
missed the first two Tests as he was still riding in England. Fred Wills
suffered a leg injury when he hit the fence in heat 6 of the 1st.Test,
later rode again, and then went to hospital and was ruled out of the
2nd.Test. For Europe, Metzelaar broke a leg in a second-half crash at
Johannesburg on 24.10 when he fell and was hit by both Hofmeister and
Doug Lang. He was replaced by Dalton for the remainder of the series. Bertil Carlsson II was the son of the rider of the same name, who came 2nd in the first Swedish Championships in 1936. At this time (1952) the father was still riding in Sweden, in the same team as his son. |
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| South Africa | Total | Combined Europe | Total | |||||||||||
| Roy Bester | 15 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 60 | Basse Hveem (Nor) © | 17 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 82 | |
| Fred Wills | 6© | - | 12 | 15 | 14© | 47 | Karl Killmeyer (Aut) | 1 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 37 | |
| Henry Long | - | - | 16© | 8© | 16 | 40 | Evert Andersson (Swe) | 6 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 33 | |
| Bob Raw | 8 | 13 | 3 | - | 14 | 38 | Bertil Carlsson II (Swe) | 5 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 32 | |
| Joe Blankfield | 14 | 5 | 7 | - | 9 | 35 | Bill Dalton (Eng) | - | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |
| Harry du Toit | 9 | 6 | - | 9 | - | 24 | Reidar Kristoffersen (Nor) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | |
| Doug Serrurier | 6 | 5© | 0 | 7 | - | 18 | Josef Hofmeister (Ger) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |
| Bob Serrurier | - | - | - | 11 | 2 | 13 | Tinus Metzelaar (Holl) | 11 | - | - | - | - | 11 | |
| Buddy Fuller | 7 | - | 3 | - | - | 10 | ||||||||
| Alec Blankfield | - | 5 | - | - | 2 | 7 | ||||||||
| Fred van Zyl | - | 2 | - | 0 | - | 2 | ||||||||
| 1957-58 | South Africa won series 3½-1½ | |||||
| OFFICIAL | 25.01 : Durban | South Africa | 57 | Europe | 50 | |
| 01.02 : Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia | South Africa | 40½ | Europe | 64½ | ||
| 07.02 : Pretoria | South Africa | 53 | Europe | 52 | ||
| 01.03 : Springs (Olympia Park) | South Africa | 54 | Europe | 54 | ||
| 08.03 : Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia | South Africa | (won) | Europe | ? | ||
| Note : According to the
programme for the 5th.Test, the result of the 1st.Test (Durban) was 57-49,
and of the 2nd.Test (Bulawayo) was 42½-64½. Henry Long set a track record of 59.8 sec when beating Ove Fundin in heat 18 of the 5th Test at Bulawayo. |
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| South Africa | Total | Europe | Total | |||||||||||||
| Trevor Redmond | 11 | 10½© | 14 | 18© | ? | Olle Nygren (Swe) | 14 | 17 | 17 | 15 | - | 63 | ||||
| Henry Long | 16© | - | 13© | 15 | ?© | Ove Fundin (Swe) © | 15 | 18 | 15 | 14 | ? | |||||
| Trevor Blokdyk | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | ? | Dennis Newton (Eng) | 2 | 13½ | 9 | 10 | ? | |||||
| Roy Bester | 13 | - | 7 | 4 | - | 24 | Bob Andrews (Eng) | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | ? | ||||
| Howdy Cornell | - | 4 | - | 9 | ? | Roy Bowers (Eng) | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ? | |||||
| Toy Edwards | 4 | 9 | - | - | ? | Des Haswell (Eng) | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | ? | |||||
| Neil Mortimer | - | - | 9 | - | - | 9 | Graham White | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Scott | - | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | Charles Branders (Sth Af) | - | - | - | - | ? | ||||
| Bev Bird (Rhod) | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | Bev Bird (Rhod) | - | - | - | - | ? | ||||
| Johnny Ackerman | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||||||||||
| Claude Warne | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | Scorers for 5th.Test not available - scheduled teams | |||||||||
| Gerry Hickson | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | indicated by "?" in scores | |||||||||
| Vern McWilliams | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||||||||||
| Nick Dormehl | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | ||||||||||
| Neil Neilson (Rhod) | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | ||||||||||
| Arthur Duncan | - | - | - | - | ? | |||||||||||
| Aubrey Long | - | - | - | - | ? | |||||||||||
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| The programme above left (4 Jan 1958 Bulawayo), which has no results filled in, is for a meeting that was postponed because the road between Bulawayo (Southern Rhodesia) and the South African border was flooded and impassable. | ||
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| 1960-61 | South Africa won series 2-0 | |||||
| 24.03 : Johannesburg (Wembley) | South Africa | 43 | Combined Europe | 27 | ||
| 01.04 : Durban (Hoy Park) | South Africa | 59 | Combined Europe | 47 | ||
| Details by Ken MacLeod from The Rand Daily Mail, The Star (Johannesburg), Natal Daily News, and Sunday Tribune. | ||||||
| Reg Duval twice broke the
track record at Durban, setting a new time of 56.4. But then he fell in
the final heat and broke a collarbone. The Europeans also rode in a best Pairs meeting at Bloemfontein: 1.Roy Bester & Toby Boshoff (SA) 35?, 2.Erich Luther & Otto Holoubek (Aut) 25, 3.Kurt Pieper & "Hans" (Trevor??) Blokdyk (Ger) 23. |
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| South Africa | Total | Combined Europe | Total | |||||||
| Henry Long | 5 © | - | 5 | Reg Duval (Eng) | 9 | 12© | 21 | |||
| Doug Davies | 8 | ? | Erich Luther (Aut) | 8 © | ? | |||||
| Roy Bester | ? | ? | Otto Holoubek (Aut) | ? | ? | |||||
| Neil Mortimer | ? | ? | Thei Bischopps (Holl) | ? | ? | |||||
| Trevor Blokdyk | 10 | ? | Gerrit Jonker (Holl) | ? | ? | |||||
| Claude Warne | ? | - | Kurt Pieper (Ger) | ? | ? | |||||
| Roy Browning | - | 15© | 15 | |||||||
| Toby Boshoff | - | ? | ||||||||
| Graham Aldsworth | - | ? | ||||||||
| © Captain |
| Contributors : Christian Weber, Bob Andrews, Ken MacLeod, Duncan Luke, David Austin |
© Brian Collins