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INTERNATIONALS - SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa v England

1930-31	Fri 12.12 : Johannesburg (Ellis Park Cindrena)	South Africa	17	England	37
UNOFFICIAL		Joe Sarkis	5	Nobby Key	9
*Note* : Scorers of this match supplied by Maciej Wegrzyn.		"Baby" (B E) Scott	4	John Deeley	9
Heat details, supplied by Ken MacLeod, are from the		Stan Collins ©	3	Ivor Hill	7
Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg).		Allan Reeve	3	Wally Lloyd	5
Other matches in this series appear to have been cancelled		Fred Neill	2	"Bunny" Wilcox	4
due to a combination of the lack of strength of the home		Ginger Bower	0	Charlie Hornby ©	2
team, heavy rain, and a "strike" (for more pay) by the South		"Gummy" Barnes	0	Arthur Tims	1
African riders.

Heat Details				5 : Deeley, Lloyd, Sarkis	59.0	1-5	9-21
1 : Hill, Reeve, Collins	57.8	3-3	3-3	6 : Key, Collins, Wilcox	58.8	2-4	11-25
2 : Deeley, Scott, Lloyd	59.8	2-4	5-7	7 : Sarkis, Hornby, Hill	59.6	3-3	14-28
3 : Key, Wilcox, Sarkis	59.0	1-5	6-12	8 : Deeley, Lloyd, Reeve	60.0	1-5	15-33
4 : Hill, Neill, Timms	60.0	2-4	8-16	9 : Key, Scott, Wilcox	59.8	2-4	17-37
Chateau Brandy Handicap : Deeley, Hornby, Key

1948-49	*England won series 4-1*
UNOFFICIAL	Sat 01.01 : Johannesburg (Wembley)	South Africa	31	England	53
	Sat 08.01 : Benoni (Dunswart)	South Africa	42	England	41	(Att: 8,000)
	Sat 15.01 : Johannesburg (Wembley)	South Africa	39	England	44	(Att: 10,000)
	Sat 22.01 : Johannesburg (Wembley) †	South Africa	39	England	44	(Att: 8,000)
	Sat 29.01 : Benoni (Dunswart)	South Africa	40	England	44
	† 4th Test at Jo'burg : Other sources have result as 39-43 (Gibson 2)

South Africa						Total	England						Total
Henry Long	11	10	9	11	10	51	Alan Chambers	8	12	10	7	10	47
Buddy Fuller ©	5	10	11	8	7	41	Peter Robinson	11	7	8	8	9	43
Fred Wills	3	6	5	3	5	22	Wilf Plant ©	5	9	11	8	8	41
Toby Boshoff	5	3	-	4	4	16	Ken Middleditch	7	8	8	9	6	38
Doug Serrurier	2	6	4	2	2	16	Ted Gibson	9	0	3	3	5	20
Bob Quick	2	3	4	4	-	13	Ken Tidbury	7	2	2	2	2	15
Syd van der Vyver	-	-	3	4	5	12	Jeff Bishop	3	3	2	6	0	14
Harry du Toit	-	-	2	3	6	11	Jimmy Dunn	3	0	0	1	4	8
Joe Blankfield	3	1	-	-	1	5
Oscar Wessman	-	3	1	-	-	4
Bob Serrurier	0	-	-	-	-	0


Some of the riders of both teams, probably pictured before the 4th Test, identified by David Austin.
Standing (left to right): Ted Gibson, Buddy Fuller, Doug Serrurier, Jimmy Dunn, Wilf Plant, Jeff Bishop, Harry du Toit, Toby Boshoff
Kneeling (left to right): Fred Wills, Syd van der Vyver, Ken Middleditch, Bob Quick, Ken Tidbury

The above pic shows that, in earlier Test Matches, the tourists used their own British club race jackets. David Austin tells me that the Union flag race jackets were first used in the 3rd Test, having been ordered from London!. Top L/R: Jimmy Dunn, Ken Tidbury, Wilf Plant, Ted Gibson ; bottom L/R: Ken Middleditch and Jeff Bishop

Heat Details - 1st.Match at Johannesburg
H 1: 1 B. Fuller, 2 D. Serrurier, 3 W. Plant, Tidbury 75.8 5-1 5-1 H 2: 1 H. Long, 2 P. Robinson, 3 T. Boshoff, Middleditch 76.8 4-2 9-3 H 3: 1 T. Gibson, 2 A. Chambers, 3 B. Quick, Wills 77.2 1-5 10-8 H 4: 1 K. Middleditch, 2 J. Blankfield, 3 J. Dunn, Fuller f 78.7 2-4 12-12 H 5: 1 H. Long, 2 K. Tidbury, 3 T. Boshoff, Plant 80.5 4-2 16-14 H 6: 1 P. Robinson, 2 K. Middleditch, 3 F. Wills, Quick 81.2 1-5 17-19 H 7: 1 T. Gibson, 2, A. Chambers, 3 B. Fuller, D Serrurier 78.9 1-5 18-24		H 8: 1 P. Robinson, 2 H. Long, 3 J. Bishop, B Serrurier 79.9 2-4 20-28 H 9: 1 K. Tidbury, 2 F. Wills, 3 W. Plant, Quick 88.8 2-4 22-32 H 10: 1 Robinson, 2 Middleditch, 3 Fuller, D Serrurier 99.6 1-5 23-37 H 11: 1 H. Long, 2 T. Boshoff, 3 A. Chambers, Gibson f 86.2 5-1 28-38 H 12: 1 Plant, 2 Dunn, 4 Blankfield, Wills ex, B Serrurier f,ns 86.2 1-5 29-43 H 13: 1 A. Chambers, 2 J. Bishop, 3 Boshoff, Blankfield 87.6 1-5 30-48 H 14: 1 T. Gibson, 2 K. Tidbury, 3 B. Quick, D Serrurier 84.1 1-5 31-53
Heat Details - 2nd.Match at Benoni
1: Fuller, Plant, D Serrurier, Tidbury 72.3 (equals record) 4-2 4-2 2: Long, Middleditch, Boshoff, Robinson 4-2 8-4 3: Chambers, Wills, Quick, Gibson 71.9 (new record) 3-3 11-7 4: Middleditch, Fuller, Blankfield, Dunn 71.0 (new record) 3-3 14-10 5: Long, Plant, Tidbury, Boshoff 3-3 17-13 6: Middleditch, Robinson, Wills, Quick 1-5 18-18 7: Chambers, Fuller, D Serrurier, Gibson 3-3 21-21		8: Robinson, Long, Bishop, Wessman 2-4 23-25 9: Plant, Wills, Tidbury, Quick 2-4 25-29 10: Fuller, Robinson, D Serrurier, Middleditch 4-2 29-31 11: Chambers, Long, Boshoff, Gibson 3-3 32-34 12: Wessman, Plant, Wills, Dunn 4-2 36-36 13: Chambers, Bishop, Boshoff, Blankfield 1-5 37-41 14: Serrurier, Quick, Dunn R, Tidbury F 5-0 42-41
Heat Scorers - 3rd.Match at Johannesburg
South Africa : Fuller (2,3,3,3) 11; Serrurier (1,0,1,2) 4; Long (2,3,3,1) 9; Wessman (0,0,0,1) 1; Wills (2,2,1,0) 5; Quick (1,1,2,0) 4; du Toit (0,2) 2; van der Vyver (1,2) 3		England : Plant (3,2,3,3) 11; Tidbury (0,1,0,1) 2; Chambers (3,3,2,2) 10; Gibson (1,2,0,0) 3; Robinson (3,3,2,0) 8; Middleditch (0,2,3,3) 8; Bishop (1,1) 2; Dunn (0,0) 0
Heat Scorers - 4th.Match at Johannesburg
1 Fuller, Plant, Serrurier 74.2 4-2 4-2 2 Long, Chambers, Middleditch 74.2 3-3 7-5 3 Robinson, Bishop, Wills 74.9 1-5 8-10 4 Middleditch Vyver 75.2 2-3 10-13 5 Plant, Long, Boshoff 72.7* 3-3 13-16 6 Middleditch, Chambers, Quick 74.3 1-5 14-21 7 Robinson, Bishop, Serrurier 76.8 1-5 15-26		8 Long, Chambers, du Toit 74.4 4-2 19-28 9 Quick, Wills, Tidbury 77.7 5-1 24-29 10 Fuller, Middleditch, Chambers 75.6 3-3 27-32 11 Long, Robinson, Bishop 74.6 3-3 30-35 12 Gibson, du Toit, Tidbury 77.7 2-4 32-39 13 Boshoff, Vyver, Dunn 77.6 5-1 37-40 14 Plant, Fuller, Bishop 75.7 2-4 39-44 * track record
South Africa : D Serrurier (1,F,1,0) 2; Fuller (3,F,3,2) 8; Long (3,2,3,3) 11; Boshoff (0,1,0,3) 4; Wills (1,0,2,0) 3; Quick (0,1,3,0) 4; van der Vyver (res)(2,2) 4; du Toit (res)(1,2) 3		England : Tidbury (0,0,1,1) 2; Plant (2,3,ns,3) 8; Chambers (2,2,2,1) 7; Middleditch (1,3,3,2) 9; Robinson (3,3,2,0) 8; Bishop (2,2,1,1) 6; Gibson (res) (F,3) 3; Dunn (res) (0,1) 1
5th.Match at Benoni
1 Boshoff, Middleditch, Fuller 73.3 4-2 4-2 2 Long, Chambers, Serrurier 72.9 4-2 8-4 3 Robinson, Gibson, Vyver 73.8 1-5 9-9 4 du Toit, Dunn, Fuller 73.5 4-2 13-11 5 Plant, Long, Serrurier 71.4 3-3 16-14 6 Chambers, Vyver, Tidbury 70.9* 2-4 18-18 7 Fuller, Gibson, Robinson 72.8 3-3 21-21		8 Long, Chambers, Blankfield 72.5 4-2 25-23 9 Plant, Wills, Middleditch 71.1 2-4 27-27 10 Chambers, Fuller, Dunn 73.1 2-4 29-31 11 Robinson, Long, Gibson 71.9 2-4 31-35 12 Wills, Plant, Tidbury 71.9 3-3 34-38 13 du Toit, Robinson, Dunn 73.6 3-3 37-41 14 Middleditch, Vyver, Boshoff 73.9 3-3 40-44 * track record
South Africa : Long (2 3 2 3) 10; Fuller (1 1 3 2) 7; du Toit (res) (3 3) 6; Wills (0 0 3 2) 5; van der Vyver (1 2 0 2) 5, Boshoff (1 f 0 1) 2; Blankfield (res) (1 0) 1		England : Chambers (3 2 3 2) 10, Robinson (3 1 3 2) 9, Plant (0 3 3 2) 8, Middleditch (2 0 1 3) 6, Gibson (2 2 1 0) 5, Dunn (res) (2 1 1) 4, Tidbury (res) (1 1) 2, Bishop (f) 0

OTHER MATCHES 16.12.48 Benoni (Dunswart) Eastern Transvaal 30 (Fred Wills 9, Bob Quick 6, Godfrey Rabie 5, Oscar Wessman 5, Digger Filer 2, Dirk Schoombie 2, Ian Scott 1, Clarrie Hurst 0)England 52 (Alan Chambers 12, Peter Robinson 11, Wilf Plant 10, Ken Middleditch 8, Ken Tidbury 5, Jeff Bishop 4, Ted Gibson 1, Jimmy Dunn 1) 18.12.48 Johannesburg (Wembley) Johannesburg Pirates 29 (Buddy Fuller 10, Joe Blankfield 6, Toby Boshoff 6, Buster Blane 3, Alec Blankfield 1, Alec Gould 1, Syd van der Vyver 1, Laurie Zeeman 1) England 55 (Alan Chambers 11, Wilf Plant 11, Peter Robinson 9, others unknown) (Att: 8,000) 27.12.48 Johannesburg (Wembley) Germiston Eagles 27 (Henry Long 12, Doug Serrurier 7, Bob Serrurier 3, Harry du Toit 2, Len Rees 1, Harry Serrurier 1, Jack Serrurier 1) Britain 55 (Wilf Plant 11, Alan Chambers 11, Peter Robinson 9, Ken Middleditch 8, Jimmy Dunn 5, Ted Gibson 5, Ken Tidbury 3, Jeff Bishop 3) 05.03.49 Johannesburg (Wembley) Challenge. South Africa 43 (Henry Long 11+1, Bob Quick 9, Fred Wills 8, Joe Blankfield 7, Oscar Wessman 4, Toby Boshoff 3, Syd van der Vyver 1) Britain 40 (Alan Chambers 9, Wilf Plant © 9, Ted Gibson 6, Jimmy Dunn 2, Ken Tidbury 0, others unknown) The tourists rode borrowed machines in this match, as their own were being shipped back to the UK. Buddy Fuller was unable to ride due to a back injury.

1949-50	England won series 3-2	.
UNOFFICIAL	Sat 28.01 : Bloemfontein (Railway Ground)	South Africa	33	England	51	Att : 3,000
	Sat 04.02 : Johannesburg (Wembley)	South Africa	44	England	39	Att : 12,000
	Fri 17.02 : Johannesburg (Wembley)	South Africa	36	England	47	Att : 12,000
	Thu 23.02* : Boksburg (Prince George Park)	South Africa	49	England	35	Att : 5,000
	Mon 06.03* : Johannesburg (Wembley)	South Africa	41	England	43	Att : 10,000
	*Notes* : Programmes refer to the touring team as Britain. Henry Long's three maximums were the first by a South African in Test matches.
	Oscar Wessman (South Africa) died following a crash in the 5th Test.
	Alan Chambers, who had top scored for England in the 1948-49 series, stayed in South Africa during the 1949 British season, and changed his nationality to South African.
	* 4th test at Boksburg was rained-off on Wed 22.02 and rescheduled; 5th Test at Jo'burg was rained-off on Fri 03.03 and rescheduled.

South Africa						Total	England						Total
Henry Long	11	10	12	12	12	57	Ken Middleditch	9	9	10	8	6	42
Fred Wills ©	7	10	5	10	11	43	Derrick Tailby	4	8	10	5	10	37
Alan Chambers	7	9	6	9	7	38	Ron Clark	10	7	8	4	5	34
Syd van der Vyver	2	6	3	6	3	20	Jack Hodgson ©	7	5	8	9	5	34
Doug Serrurier	-	3	7	2	-	12	Peter Robinson	7	5	5	5	9	31
Bob Serrurier	-	3	2	4	2	11	Harry Welch	7	5	1	-	-	13
Oscar Wessman	3	3	-	5	0	11	Wal Morton	-	-	4	3	6	13
Toby Boshoff	1	-	-	1	4	6	Ted Gibson	5	0	1	1	-	7
Alec Gould	-	-	1	-	2	3	Dave Collins	2	-	-	-	2	4
Digger Filer	2	-	-	-	-	2	Maurice Fenton †	-	-	-	0	-	0
Joe Blankfield	0	0	-	-	-	0	† guest (Sth Af)							5th Test at Johannesburg

Heat Details - 1st.Match at Bloemfontein
1: Wills, Tailby, Hodgson, Blankfield 3-3 2: Middleditch, Long, Robinson, Wessman 2-4 5-7 3: Clark, Chambers, Welsh, Vyver 2-4 7-11 4: Robinson, Gibson, Boshoff, Wills1-5 8-16 5: Long, Hodgson, Wessman, Tailby 4-2 12-18 6: Middleditch, Robinson, Chambers, Vyver 1-5 13-23 7: Clark, Wills, Welch, Blankfield 2-4 15-27		8: Long, Filer, Collins, Middleditch R 5-1 20-28 9: Chambers, Hodgson, Vyver, Tailby 4-2 24-30 10: Middleditch, Wills, Robinson, Blankfield 2-4 26-34 11: Long, Welch, Clark, Wessman 3-3 29-37 12: Gibson, Hodgson, Chambers, Filer 1-5 30-42 13: Welch, Wessman, Collins, Boshoff 2-4 32-46 14: Clark, Tailby, Vyver, Blankfield 1-5 33-51
Heat Details - 2nd.Match at Johannesburg
1: Tailby, Wills, D Serrurier, Hodgson 3-3 2: Long, Middleditch, Robinson, B Serrurier 3-3 6-6 3: Chambers, Clark, Welch, Wessman 3-3 9-9 4: Robinson, Wills, Vyver, Gibson 3-3 12-12 5: Tailby, Long, Hodgson, B Serrurier 2-4 14-16 6: Middleditch, Chambers, Robinson, Wessman 2-4 16-20 7: Wills, Clark, Welch, D Serrurier 3-3 19-23		8: Middleditch, Long, Gibson F, Blankfield F 2-3 21-26 9: Hodgson, Wessman, Chambers, Tailby 3-3 24-29 10: Wills, D Serrurier, Middleditch, Robinson 5-1 29-30 11: Long, Welch, B Serrurier, Clark 4-2 33-32 12: Chambers, Vyver, Hodgson, Gibson 5-1 38-33 13: Vyver, B Serrurier, Welch, Gibson 5-1 43-34 14: Clark, Tailby, Wessman, D Serrurier 1-5 44-39
Heat Details - 3rd.Match at Johannesburg
Ht. 1: 82.0 Tailby, Hodgson, D.Serrurier, Wills. (1-5) 1-5 Ht. 2: 81.5 Long, Middleditch, vdVyfer, Robinson. (4-2) 5-7 Ht. 3: 84.5 Clark, Chambers, Welch, Gould. (2-4) 7-11 Ht. 4: 84.9 Robinson, Wills, Gibson. (2-4) 9-15 Ht. 5: 83.1 Long, Hodgson, Tailby, vdVyfer. (3-3) 12-18 Ht. 6: 84.7 Middleditch, Robinson, Gould, Chambers.(1-5) 13-23 Ht. 7: 84.9 D.Serrurier, Wills, Clark. (Welch F) (5-1) 18-24		Ht. 8: 81.7 Long, Middleditch, Morton. (3-3) 21-27 Ht. 9: 84.1 Tailby, Chambers, Hodgson. (2-4) 23-31 Ht.10: 84.2 Middleditch, D.Serrurier, Wills. (3-3) 26-34 Ht.11: 82.1 Long, Clark, vdVyfer. (4-2) 30-36 Ht.12: 86.0 Hodgson, Chambers. (2-3) 32-39 Ht.13: 85.6 Morton, B.Serrurier, vdVyfer.(Gibson F) (3-3) 35-42 Ht.14: 85.5 Tailby, Clark, D.Serrurier, Gould. (1-5) 36-47
Heat Details - 4th.Match at Boksburg
1: Hodgson, Wills, Tailby, B Serrurier 2-4 2: Long, Middleditch, Wessman, Robinson 4-2 6-6 3: Chambers, D Serrurier, Gibson, Clark 5-1 11-7 4: Wills, Robinson, Morton, Boshoff 3-3 14-10 5: Long, Hodgson, Wessman, Tailby 4-2 18-12 6: Middleditch, Chambers, Vyver, Robinson 3-3 21-15 7: Wills, B Serrurier, Clark, Gibson 5-1 26-16		8: Long, Middleditch, Vyver, Fenton 4-2 30-18 9: Tailby, Hodgson, Chambers, Boshoff 1-5 31-23 10: Robinson, Wills, Middleditch, B Serrurier 2-4 33-27 11: Long, Morton, Clark, Wessman 3-3 36-30 12: Chambers, Hodgson, Vyver, Morton 4-2 40-32 13: Wessman, Clark, Boshoff, Fenton 4-2 44-34 14: Vyver, B Serrurier, Tailby, Fenton 5-1 49-35
Heat Details - 5th.Match at Johannesburg
1: Wills, Clark, Hodgson, Serrurier 3-3 2: Long, Tailby, Morton, Wessman 3-3 6-6 3: Robinson, Vyver, Middleditch, Chambers 2-4 8-10 4: Wills, Morton, Boshoff, Collins 4-2 12-12 5: Long, Clark, Hodgson, Wessman F 3-3 15-15 6: Tailby, Morton, Chambers, Vyver 1-5 16-20 7: Wills, Robinson, Middleditch, Serrurier 3-3 19-23		8: Long, Tailby, Gould, Collins 4-2 23-25 9: Chambers, Hodgson, Clark, Vyver 3-3 26-28 10: Tailby, Wills, Morton, Serrurier 2-4 28-32 11: Long, Middleditch, Robinson, Gould 3-3 31-35 12: Chambers, Collins, Hodgson, Boshoff 3-3 34-38 13: Boshoff, Middleditch, Gould, Collins 4-2 38-40 14: Robinson, Serrurier, Vyver, Clark 3-3 41-43

OTHER MATCHES 15.12 Johannesburg (Wembley) (challenge) South Africa 36 (Henry Long 12, Fred Wills 10, Alan Chambers 6, Doug Serrurier 4+1, Syd van der Vyver 3+1, Toby Boshoff 1+1) British Tourists 36 (Jack Hodgson 10, Ken Middleditch 10, Ron Clark 6+1, Harry Welch 4+2, Derrick Tailby 3, Peter Robinson 3+2) (Att : 8,000) Ht 1: Hodgson, Chambers, van der Vyver 83.1 3-3 3-3 ; Ht 2: Long, Middleditch, D Serrurier 82.3 (record) 4-2 7-5 ; Ht 3: Wills, Clark, Welch 84.7 3-3 10-8 ; Ht 4: Long, Hodgson, Serrurier 82.3 4-2 14-10 ; Ht 5: Wills, Middleditch, Robinson 83.6 3-3 17-13 ; Ht 6: Chambers, Clark, Welch 84.5 3-3 20-16 ; Ht 7: Hodgson, Wills, Boshoff 85.4 3-3 23-19 ; Ht 8: Middleditch, Robinson, van der Vyver 85.8 1-5 24-24 ; Ht 9: Long, Welch, Serrurier 83.8 4-2 28-26 ; Ht 10: Middleditch, Wills, Serrurier 85.6 3-3 31-29 ; Ht 11: Tailby, Clark, van der Vyver 87.7 1-5 32-34 ; Ht 12: Long, Hodgson, Chambers 83.2 4-2 36-36. 23.12 Johannesburg (Wembley) Johannesburg & West Rand 22 (Henry Long 8, Fred Wills 7, Syd van der Vyver 5, Digger Filer 2, Joe Blankfield 0, Alec Gould 0) England 44 (Peter Robinson 10, Derrick Tailby 9, Ken Middleditch 7, Ron Clark 7, Harry Welch 7, Jack Hodgson 4) (Abandoned after heat 11) 06.01 Johannesburg (Wembley) Lions (Combined Pretoria + East Rand) 36 (Alan Chambers 9, Oscar Wessman 7, Bob Serrurier 6, Harry du Toit 4, Doug Serrurier 3, Toby Boshoff 3, Bob Raw 2, Godfrey Rabie 2). Britain 48 (Ken Middleditch 11, Peter Robinson 9, Jack Hodgson 7, Derrick Tailby 7, Harry Welch 7, Ron Clark 4, Dave Collins 2, Ted Gibson 1) 10.02 Johannesburg (Wembley) Springbok 'B' 30 (Syd van der Vyver 7, Toby Boshoff 6, Alec Gould 6, Bob Serrurier 6, Buddy Fuller 3, Dan Mailer 2) British Bulldogs 41 (Peter Robinson 12, Harry Welch 9, Wal Morton 8, Jack Hodgson 7, Ron Clark 4, Ted Gibson 4)

1953-54	*England won series 3½-1½*
	Wed 02.12*: Johannesburg (Wembley)	South Africa	54	England	54	(Att: 9,000)
	Fri 18.12 : Johannesburg (Wembley)	South Africa	45½	England	62½	(Att: 2,000)
	Fri 22.01 : Johannesburg (Wembley)	South Africa	45	England	62
	Fri 19.02 : Johannesburg (Wembley)	South Africa	56	England	51	(Att: 9,000)
	Fri 05.03 : Johannesburg (Wembley)	South Africa	51	England	57
	* This meeting had been twice postponed on 27.11 and 30.11 due to rain.
	The starting area at Jo'burg was tarmacced (as in the UK) for the first match, though by the 4th match it had reverted to cinders. England captain Freddie Williams missed the final match (though was non-riding captain in the pits) when he broke his collarbone on 26.02, when he collided with Brian Crutcher while racing for the South African Match Race Championship. Bill Kitchen was due to deputise as captain in the last match, but two days before the meeting he returned to the UK to visit his sick mother.

South Africa						Total	England						Total
Fred Lang	13	11½	12	12	12	60½	Brian Crutcher	17	18	18	16	15	84
Henry Long	12©	11	12	16©	9©	60	Freddie Williams©	13	17	18	15	-	63
Harry du Toit	13	5©	7	4	12	41	Dom Perry	2	11½	8	5	13	39½
Fred Wills	5	5	0	3	5	18	Bill Kitchen	13	11	8	5	-	37
Roy Bester	1	4	-	6	4	15	Ian Williams	1	3	8	5	2	19
Alec Blankfield	2	-	-	11	1	14	Howdy Byford	5	0	1	2	8	16
Doug Lang	7	2	2	-	-	11	Bill Griffiths	2	2	0	3	4	11
Joe Blankfield	-	6	2	2	-	10	Reg Duval	1	0	1	0	8	10
Toby Boshoff	1	1	6	2	0	10	Gerry Hussey	-	-	-	-	7	7
Doug Davies	-	-	-	-	8	8
Bob Raw	-	-	4©	-	-	4

1st.Test at Johannesburg

Heat Winners
h 1: H. Long, h 2: B. Crutcher 76.7 seconds (track record), h 3: H. du Toit, h 4: F. Williams, h 5: B. Crutcher, h 6: B. Kitchen, h 7: F. Williams, h 8: B. Crutcher, h 9: F. Lang 76.6 seconds (track record), h 10: D. Lang, h 11: F. Lang 76.4 seconds (track record), h 12: H. du Toit, h 13: F. Lang, h 14: B. Crutcher, h 15: H. Long, h 16: H. du Toit, h 17: B. Crutcher, h 18: D. Lang.

			2nd Test at Johannesburg
South Africa		45½	England		62½
Harry du Toit	0 1' 2 2 0 0	5+1	Freddie Williams	3 3 2 3 3 3	17
Fred Wills	2 2 0 - 1 -	5	Bill Griffiths	1 1 0 0 0 0	2
Fred Lang	2 2 1' 2 2 2½	11½+1	Brian Crutcher	3 3 3 3 3 3	18
Toby Boshoff	1' 0 - - - 0	1+1	Howdy Byford	0 - - 0 - -	0
Henry Long	ef 1' 3 3 2 2	11+1	Bill Kitchen	3 0 3 2 2' 1	11+1
Doug Lang	1 - 1 0 0 -	2	Dom Perry	2' 3 0 1' 3 2½	11½+2
Joe Blankfield	2 1' 1' 2	6+2	Reg Duval	0	0
Roy Bester	2 1' 1'	4+2	Ian Williams	1 1 1	3
Ht 1: F Williams, Wills, Griffiths, du Toit 77.5 2-4 2-4 Ht 2: Crutcher, F Lang, Boshoff, Byford 76.5 3-3 5-7 Ht 3: Kitchen, Perry, D Lang, Long (ef) 77.3 1-5 6-12 Ht 4: F Williams, F Lang, Griffiths, Boshoff 76.5 2-4 8-16 Ht 5: Crutcher, Bester, Long, Duval 77.4 3-3 11-19 Ht 6: Perry, Wills, du Toit, Kitchen 78.4 3-3 14-22 Ht 7: Long, F Williams, D Lang, Griffiths 77.2 4-2 18-24 Ht 8: Crutcher, du Toit, I Williams, Wills 77.8 2-4 20-28 Ht 9: Kitchen, Blankfield, F Lang, Perry 79.5 3-3 23-31 Ht 10: F Williams, du Toit, Bester, Griffiths 76.0 (track record) 3-3 26-34			Ht 11: Crutcher, F Lang, Blankfield, Byford 77.8 3-3 29-37 Ht 12: Long, Kitchen, Perry, D Lang 77.2 3-3 32-40 Ht 13: F Williams, F Lang, Blankfield, Griffiths 77.6 35-43 Ht 14: Crutcher, Long, I Williams, D Lang 77.8 2-4 37-47 Ht 15: Perry, Kitchen, Wills, du Toit 80.2 1-5 38-52 Ht 16: F Williams, Long, Bester, Griffiths 77.6 3-3 41-55 Ht 17: Crutcher, Blankfield, I Williams, du Toit 79.7 43-59 Ht 18: F Lang & Perry (dead-heat), Kitchen, Boshoff 79.9 2½-3½ 45½-62½

			3rd.Test at Johannesburg
South Africa		45	England		62
Bob Raw	0 0 - 2 0 2'	4+1	Freddie Williams	3 3 3 3 3 3	18
Fred Lang	2 2 3 1' 1 3	12+1	Reg Duval	1 0 - 0 - -	1
Henry Long	2' 2 2 3 2 1	12+1	Bill Kitchen	0 3 1' 0 3 1	8+1
Toby Boshoff	3 1' ex 1 1' 0	6+2	Ian Williams	1 1 2 2 2' 0	8+1
Fred Wills	0 0 0 0 - -	0	Brian Crutcher	3 3 3 3 3 3	18
Harry du Toit	2 2 2 1 0 -	7	Dom Perry	1 1 - 2' 2' 2'	8+3
Doug Lang	1 1'	2+1	Howdy Byford	1 0	1
Joe Blankfield	ex 2	2	Bill Griffiths	ex 0	0
Ht 1: F Williams, F Lang, Duval, Raw 75.6 2-4 2-4 Ht 2: Boshoff, Long, I Williams, Kitchen 77.4 5-1 7-5 Ht 3: Crutcher, du Toit, Perry, Wills 76.7 2-4 9-9 Ht 4: F Williams, Long, Boshoff, Duval 75.8 3-3 12-12 Ht 5: Kitchen, du Toit, I Williams, Wills 78.9 2-4 14-16 Ht 6: Crutcher, F Lang, Perry, Raw 76.6 2-4 16-20 Ht 7: F Williams, du Toit, Byford, Wills 77.5 2-4 18-24 Ht 8: F Lang, I Williams, Kitchen, Blankfield (ex) 78.3 3-3 21-27 Ht 9: Crutcher, Long, Griffiths (exc), Boshoff (ex) 78.3 2-3 23-30			Ht 10: F Williams, Raw, F Lang, Duval 77.7 3-3 26-33 Ht 11: Long, I Williams, Boshoff, Kitchen 77.2 4-2 30-35 Ht 12: Crutcher, Perry, du Toit, Wills 78.3 1-5 31-40 Ht 13: F Williams, Long, Boshoff, Byford 76.6 3-3 34-43 Ht 14: Kitchen, I Williams, D Lang, du Toit 79.5 1-5 35-48 Ht 15: Crutcher, Perry, F Lang, Raw 79.2 1-5 36-53 Ht 16: F Williams, Blankfield, D Lang, Griffiths 79.5 3-3 39-56 Ht 17: F Lang, Raw, Kitchen, I Williams 79.2 5-1 43-59 44-57 Ht 18: Crutcher, Perry, Long, Boshoff 80.5 1-5 44-64 45-62

			4th Test at Johannesburg
South Africa		56	England		51
Henry Long	3 3 2 2 3 3	16	Freddie Williams	2 2 3 3 3 2	15
Toby Boshoff	0 1 1' 0 - 0	2+1	Bill Griffiths	1' 0 - 1 1 -	3+1
Harry du Toit	1' 1 2' 0 - ret	4+2	Brian Crutcher	3 2 3 3 3 2	16
Alec Blankfield	2 3 3 1 0 2	11	Dom Perry	0 0 0 2' 2' 1'	5+3
Roy Bester	2' 1 1' 1 1 0	6+2	Bill Kitchen	1 0 - 2 2 ret	5
Fred Lang	3 3 - 3 0 3	12	Ian Williams	0 2 0 0 0 3	5
Fred Wills	2 1	3	Howdy Byford	1 1'	2+1
Joe Blankfield	2	2	Reg Duval	0	0
Ht 1: Long, F Williams, Griffiths, Boshoff 76.2 3-3 3-3 Ht 2: Crutcher, A Blankfield, du Toit, Perry 78.8 3-3 6-6 Ht 3: F Lang, Bester, Kitchen, I Williams 76.4 5-1 11-7 Ht 4: A Blankfield, F Williams, du Toit, Griffiths 78.4 4-2 15-9 Ht 5: F Lang, Crutcher, Bester, Perry 77.7 4-2 19-11 Ht 6: Long, I Williams, Boshoff, Kitchen 76.6 4-2 21-13 Ht 7: F Williams, Wills, Bester, Duval 77.9 3-3 26-16 Ht 8: Crutcher, Long, Boshoff, Perry 78.3 3-3 29-19 Ht 9: A Blankfield, du Toit, Byford, I Williams 78.5 5-1 34-20			Ht 10: F Williams, Long, Griffiths, Boshoff 78.3 2-4 36-24 Ht 11: Crutcher, Perry, A Blankfield, du Toit 79.8 1-5 37-29 Ht 12: F Lang, Kitchen, Bester, I Williams 77.8 4-2 41-31 Ht 13: F Williams, J Blankfield, Griffiths, A Blankfield 2-4 43-35 Ht 14: Crutcher, Perry, Bester, F Lang 79.5 1-5 44-40 Ht 15: Long, Kitchen, Wills, I Williams 77.3 4-2 48-42 Ht 16: F Lang, F Williams, Byford, Bester 77.7 3-3 51-45 Ht 17: Long, Crutcher, Perry, Boshoff 80.6 3-3 54-48 Ht 18: I Williams, A Blankfield, du Toit (ret), Kitchen (ret) 85.5 2-3 56-51

			5th Test at Johannesburg
South Africa		51	England		57
1 Henry Long	1 3 3 2' 0 0	9 + 1	1 Reg Duval	2' 2 2 1 1 0	8 + 1
2 Alec Blankfield	0 - 1 - - -	1	2 Bill Griffiths	3 0 1' 0 - -	4 + 1
3 Harry du Toit	2' 3 1 3 2 1	12 + 1	3 Ian Williams	0 0 0 2 0 -	2
4 Roy Bester	3 1 0 0 0 0	4	4 Howdy Byford	1 2 2 1' 1 1'	8 + 2
5 Fred Lang	0 3 3 0 3 3	12	5 Brian Crutcher	3 2 2' 3 3 2'	15 + 2
6 Fred Wills	1 1 - - 2' 1	5 + 1	6 Dom Perry	2' 1' 3 2' 2' 3	13 + 4
7 Toby Boshoff	0	0	7 Gerry Hussey	3 2 2	7
8 Doug Davies	0 3 1 1 3	8	8 Bert Clark	no rides	-
1 Griffiths, Duval, Long, Blankfield 76.9 1-5 1-5 2 Bester, du Toit, Byford, Williams 77.2 5-1 6-6 3 Crutcher, Perry, Wills, Lang 76.3 1-5 7-11 4 du Toit, Duval, Bester, Griffiths 77.4 4-2 11-13 5 Lang, Byford, Wills, Williams 77.1 4-2 15-15 6 Long, Crutcher, Perry, Boshoff 75.5 3-3 18-18 7 Lang, Duval, Griffiths, Davies 76.9 3-3 21-21 8 Long, Byford, Blankfield, Williams 75.8 4-2 25-23 9 Perry, Crutcher, du Toit, Bester 77.5 1-5 26-28			10 Davies, Long, Duval, Griffiths 76.6 5-1 31-29 11 du Toit, Williams, Byford, Bester 76.9 3-3 34-32 12 Crutcher, Perry, Davies, Lang 77.3 1-5 35-37 13 Hussey, du Toit, Duval, Bester 76.6 2-4 37-41 14 Lang, Wills, Byford, Williams 77.0 5-1 42-42 15 Crutcher, Perry, Davies, Long 78.0 1-5 43-47 16 Lang, Hussey, Wills, Duval 77.2 4-2 47-49 17 Davies, Hussey, Byford, Long 78.0 3-3 50-52 18 Perry, Crutcher, du Toit, Bester 77.5 1-5 51-57

OTHER MATCHES

27.02 at Klerksdorp Western Transvaal v England (Freddie Williams ©) No other details available

11.03 at Randfontein Randfontein Aces 40 (Brian Crutcher 11, Alec Blankfield, Joe Blankfield, Bill Griffiths, Pat McKenzie, Dave Naude, Fred Wills) England 32 (Howdy Byford, Bert Clark (guest), Reg Duval, Gerry Hussey, Dom Perry, Don Watson (guest), Ian Williams) Two members of the touring team, Crutcher and Griffiths, rode for their South African team Randfontein, and were repaced ib the England team by Northern Rhodesians Clark and Watson.

1956-57	*England won series 4-3*
UNOFFICIAL	Fri 30.11 : Bloemfontein (Railway Grounds)	South Africa	57	England	51
	Fri 07.12 : Johannesburg (Wembley)	South Africa	58	England	49
	Sat 15.12 : Port Elizabeth	South Africa	46	England	57
	Fri 28.12 : Cape Town (Goodwood Showgrounds)	South Africa	50	England	57	(Att: 10,000)
	Sat 19.01 : Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia	South Africa	49	England	56
	Fri 15.02 : Johannesburg (Wembley)	South Africa	57	England	51
	Sat 23.02 : Durban (Hoy Park)	South Africa	49	England	59
	Important notes: The British speedway press referred to this as a 5-match series, i.e excluding the matches at Port Elizabeth and Cape Town, which were deemed unofficial. However, research carried out by Ken MacLeod in the South African press - the Star (Johannesburg), the Rand Daily Mail, the Natal Daily News, and Sapa (South African Press Association) - has now confirmed that all seven matches were officially part of the series. However, the programme for the 19.01 match at Bulawayo refers to it as the 3rd Test (not 5th). Yes, I'm confused too! This series was run on tracks controlled by Buddy Fuller's South African Riders' Association, and outside the juridiction of the South African Control Board, who declared all the matches to be unofficial, and all the competing riders suspended. The England captain, Alan Hunt, died in a racing accident at Johannesburg on 01.02. Eric Boothroyd and Ron Mountford took over the captaincy for the final two tests. The 4th Test at Cape Town was only only the second meeting ever held at Goodwood. During the match Roy Bester set a track record of 71.0 sec, 51 mph. This was for 3 laps of the third-of-a-mile circuit.

South Africa				†				Total	England				†				Total
Doug Davies	17	14	?	15	0	18	17		Eric Boothroyd	5	13	?	6	15	11	7
Henry Long ©	15	0	?	7	7	18	14		Ron Mountford*	14	4	?	10	16	11	11
Roy Bester	8	15	?	16	8	13	9		Alan Hunt ©	11	15	?	11	11	-	-
Neil Mortimer	14	14	?	-	6	5	-		Peter Williams	8	12	?	10	5	5	8
Arthur Duncan	0	5	?	6	6	0	4		Jimmy Gooch	7	0	?	5	6	12	14
Pat McKenzie	0	7	-	3	-	2	0		Jim Lightfoot	0	4	?	9	3	5	13
Bev Bird (Rhod)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-		Nick Nicholls	6	1	?	3	0	7	5
Roy Browning	-	-	?	-	-	-	5		Vic Ridgeon	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Toy Edwards	3	3	-	-	-	-	-		Dave Collins	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
Claude Warne	-	-	?	-	3	-	-
Johnny Gander	-	-	-	-	-	1	-		* Mountford became © for final two Tests.
Vern McWilliams	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Malcolm Dean	-	-	?	-	-	-	-
Dave Collins	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
Johnny Bekker	-	-	-	0	-	-	-
† Point-scorers for the 4th Test (Cape Town) are based on the slightly incomplete heat details shown below, and do not agree with the final scores.


The 1956-57 England Touring Team Back - Jimmy Gooch, Eric Boothroyd, Ron Mountford, Peter Williams Front - Alan Hunt, Nick Nicholls, Jim Lightfoot
Heat Details - 1st.Test at Bloemfontein (from the Bloemfontein "Friend" 1.12.56) heat 1: 1 H. Long, 2 A. Hunt, 3 R. Bester 4 2 4 2 heat 2: 1 D. Davies, 2 E. Boothroyd, 3 P. Williams 3 3 7 5 heat 3: 1 N. Mortimer, 2 R. Mountford, 3 N. Nicholls 3 3 10 8 heat 4: 1 D. Davies, 2 A. Hunt, 3 J. Gooch 3 3 13 11 heat 5: 1 N. Mortimer, 2 P. Williams, 3 E. Boothroyd 3 3 16 14 heat 6: 1 R. Mountford, 2 N. Nicholls, 3 R. Bester 1 5 17 19 heat 7: 1 A. Hunt, 2 N. Mortimer, 3 J. Gooch 2 4 19 23 heat 8: 1 H. Long, 2 R. Bester, 3 P. Williams 5 1 24 24 heat 9: 1 D. Davies, 2 R. Mountford, 3 N. Nicholls 3 3 27 27 heat 10: 1 H. Long, 2 R. Bester, 3 J. Gooch 5 1 32 28 heat 11: 1 D. Davies, 2 T. Edwards, 3 P. Williams 5 1 37 29 heat 12: 1 R. Mountford, 2 N. Nicholls, 3 N. Mortimer 1 5 38 34 heat 13: 1 A. Hunt, 2 D. Davies, 3 J. Gooch 2 4 40 38 heat 14: 1 N. Mortimer, 2 E. Boothroyd, 3 P. Williams 3 3 43 41 heat 15: 1 H. Long, 2 R. Mountford, 3 R. Bester 4 2 47 43 heat 16: 1 J. Gooch, 2 N. Mortimer, 3 A. Hunt 2 4 49 47 heat 17: 1 H. Long, 2 P. Williams, 3 R. Bester 4 2 53 49 heat 18: 1 D. Davies, 2 R. Mountford, 3 T. Edwards 4 2 57 51
Heat Details - 2nd Test at Johannesburg (from the Johannesburg "Star") Heat winners ONLY available: Ht.1 Roy Bester, 2 Peter Williams, 3 Neil Mortimer, 4 Doug Davies, 5 Pat McKenzie, 6 Roy Bester, 7 Alan Hunt, 8 Peter Williams, 9 Doug Davies, 10 Alan Hunt, 11 Doug Davies, 12 Eric Boothroyd, 13 Doug Davies, 14 Neil Mortimer, 15 Eric Boothroyd, 16 Alan Hunt, 17 Roy Bester, 18 Eric Boothroyd. Henry Long had bike problems and withdrew.
Heat Details - 4th.Test at Cape Town (from the "Cape Times") H 1: 1 R. Bester, 2 H. Long, 3 A. Hunt, H 2: 1 R. Mountford, 2 D. Davies, 3 D. Collins H 3: 1 E. Boothroyd, 2 A. Duncan, 3 J. Lightfoot. H 4: 1 D. Davies, 2 A. Hunt, 3 D. Collins H 5: 1 P. Williams, 2 R. Mountford, 3 A. Duncan H 6: 1 R. Bester, 2 J. Lightfoot, 3 E. Boothroyd H 7: 1 N. Nicholls, 2 A. Hunt, 3 A. Duncan H 8: 1 R. Bester, 2 R. Mountford, 3 P. Williams. H 9: 1 D. Davies H 10: 1 R. Bester, 2 H. Long H 11: 1 P. Williams, 2 D. Davies H 12: 1 J. Lightfoot, 2 E. Boothroyd, 3 A. Duncan H 13: 1 A. Hunt, 2 D. Davies, 3 J. Gooch H 14: 1 P. Williams, 2 P. McKenzie, 3 A. Duncan H 15: 1 R. Bester, 2 J. Lightfoot, 3 H. Long H 16: 1 A. Hunt, 2 J. Gooch, 3 P. McKenzie H 17: 1 R. Mountford, 2 H. Long, 3 R. Bester H 18: 1 D. Davies, 2 J. Gooch, 3 J. Lightfoot
Heat Details - 5th.Test at Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia heat 1: 1 A. Hunt, H. Long (ef), A. Duncan (ef), N. Nicholls(ef) 0 3 0 3 heat 2: 1 C. Warne, 2 E. Boothroyd, 3 J. Gooch, D. Davies (r) 3 3 3 6 Davies withdrew from the meeting, replaced by reserve Bev Bird. heat 3:1 R. Bester, 2 R. Mountford, 3 N. Mortimer, 4 P. Williams. 4 2 7 8 heat 4: 1 B. Bird, 2 A. Hunt, 3 J. Lightfoot. three starters only 3 3 10 11 rerun: Warne jumped off bike to avoid fallen Lightfoot and taken to hospital. also withdrew from meeting. heat 5: 1 R. Bester, 2 E. Boothroyd, 3 J. Gooch,4 N. Mortimer 3 3 13 14 heat 6: 1 R. Mountford, 2 P. Williams, 3 A. Duncan, 4 H. Long 1 5 14 19 heat 7: 1 R. Bester, 2 N. Mortimer, 3 A. Hunt, N. Nicholls (ef) 5 1 19 20 heat 8: 1 E. Boothroyd, 2 H. Long, 3 A. Duncan, 4 J. Gooch 3 3 22 23 heat 9: 1 R. Mountford, 2 P. Williams, 3 B. Bird (three strters 1 5 23 28 heat 10: 1 H. Long, 2 N. Mortimer, 3 J. Lightfoot, 4 A. Hunt(ef) 5 1 28 29 heat 11: 1 1 E. Boothroyd, 2 J. gooch, 3 B. Bird (three starters) 1 5 29 34 heat 12: 1 R. Bester, 2 R. Mountford, 3 N. Mortimer, 4 P. Wiliams 4 2 33 36 heat 13: 1 A. Hunt, 2 B. Bid, 3 J. Lightfoot (three starters) 2 4 35 40 heat 14: 1 R. Bester, 2 E. boothroyd, 3 N. Mortimer, 4 J. Gooch 4 2 39 42 heat 15: 1 R. Mountford, 2 H. Long, 3 a. Duncan, P. Williams 3 3 42 45 heat 16: 1 R. Bester, 2 A. Hunt, 3 N. Mortimer, 4 J. Lightfoot 4 2 46 47 heat 17: 1 E. Boothroyd, 2 J. Gooch, 3 . Duncan, 4 H., Long (ef) 1 5 47 52 heat 18: 1 R. Mountford, 2 B. Bird, 3 P. Williams (three starters) 2 4 49 56 Captains match race challenge for Rhodesian Golden Helmet: H. Long bt A. Hunt (ef) 1-0
Heat Details - 6th.Test at Johannesburg The Johannesburg "Star" lists heat winners only: 1 Henry Long, 2 Doug Davies, 3 Jimmy Gooch, 4 Doug Davies, 5 Nick Nicholls, 6 Henry Long, 7 Roy Bester, 8 Henry Long, 9 Doug Davies, 10 Henry Long, 11 Doug Davies, 12 Jimmy Gooch, 13 Doug Davies, 14 Roy Bester, 15 Henry Long, 16 Roy Bester, 17 Henry Long, 18 Doug Davies. The UK Speedway Star has the following details, which do not agree with the individual point scores!(or with the Jo'burg Star!)Ht 1: Long, Boothroyd, Lightfoot, 77.0 Ht 2: Davies, Mountford, Nicholls, 76.1 Ht 3: Gooch, Bester, Williams, 77.1 Ht 4: Davies, Boothroyd, Lightfoot, Gander 77.8 (S.A. reserve Johnny Gander replaced Mortimer because of engine trouble in heat 4) Ht 5: Mountford, Nicholls, Bester, 79.9 Ht 6: Long, Gooch, Williams, 76.9 Ht 7: Bester, Boothroyd, Lightfoot, 78.2 Ht 8: Long, Mountford, Nicholls, 77.2 Ht 9: Mortimer, Davies, Gooch, 76.2 Ht 10: Long, Boothroyd, Gooch, Gander (fx) 78.0 (Gander replaced Arthur Duncan in heat 10) Ht 11: Davies, Mortimer, Mountford, 77.2 Ht 12: Gooch, Bester, McKenzie, 81.9 Ht 13: Davies, Mortimer, Boothroyd, 78.3 Ht 14: Bester, Mountford, Nicholls, 78.8 Ht 15: Long, Gooch, Gander, 77.6 (Gander again replaced Arthur Duncan in heat 15) Ht 16: Bester, Boothroyd, Lightfoot, 78.7 Ht 17: Long, Mountford, Nicholls, Gander 78.2 (Gander again replaced Arthur Duncan in heat 17) Ht 18: Davies, Williams, Mortimer, 77.8 The England reserve Dave Collins did not ride.
Heat Details - 7th.Test at Durban heat 1: 1 R. Mountford, 2 H. Long, 3 R. Browning 3 3 3 3 heat 2: 1 D. Davies, 2 E. Boothroyd, 3 J. Lightfoot 3 3 6 6 heat 3: 1 J. Gooch, 2 R. Bester, 3 N. Nicholls 2 4 8 10 heat 4: 1 D. Davies, 2 P. Williams, 3 R. Mountford 3 3 11 13 heat 5: 1 J. Lightfoot, 2 E. Boothroyd, 3 R. Bester 1 5 12 18 heat 6: 1 J. Gooch, 2 N. Nicholls, 3 R. Browning 1 5 13 23 heat 7: 1 P. Williams, 2 R. Mountford, 3 R. Bester 1 5 14 28 heat 8: 1 H. Long, 2 E. Boothroyd, 3 J. Lightfoot 3 3 17 31 heat 9: 1 D. Davies, 2 J. Gooch, 3 N. Nicholls 3 3 20 34 heat 10: 1 H. Long, 2 R. Browning, 3 P. Williams 5 1 25 35 heat 11: 1 J. Lightfoot, 2 D. Davies, 3 E. Boothroyd 2 4 27 39 heat 12: 1 R. Bester, 2 J. Gooch, 3 A. Duncan 4 2 31 41 heat 13: 1 D. Davies, 2 R. Mountford, 3 P. Williams 3 3 34 44 heat 14: 1 J. Lightfoot, 2 R. Bester, 3 A. Duncan 3 3 37 47 heat 15: 1 H. Long, 2 J. Gooch, 3 N. Nicholls 3 3 40 50 heat 16: 1 R. Mountford, 2 A. Duncan, 3 P. Williams 2 4 42 54 heat 17: 1 H. Long, 2 J. Lightfoot, 3 R. Browning 4 2 46 56 heat 18: 1 D. Davies, 2 J. Gooch, 3 V. Ridgeon 3 3 49 59

1956-57	In addition to the above matches, the England tourists rode two further matches:
INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE	Wed 20.02 : Springs	South Africa Select	39	England	33
INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE	??.03 : Klerksdorp	South Africa Select	beat	England		(attendance 7,500 - estimated by Vic Ridgeon!)
	England also rode a match at Hoy Park, Durban in Nov.1956 against Durban Hornets, but no results are available. In the same month England , captained by Alan Hunt, and including Jimmy Gooch, beat Wembley Lions 41-29 at Johannesburg, who were skippered by Henry Long, and included Jimmy Meade.

	1 - Springs
	South Africa Select 39 Doug Davies 10, Roy Bester 10+1, Henry Long 9+1, Toy Edwards 4+2, Pat McKenzie 4, Claude Warne 2+1, Aubrey Long 0. England 33 Ron Mountford 11, Eric Boothroyd 8, Jimmy Gooch 6, Nick Nicholls 3+2, Jim Lightfoot 2+2, Peter Williams 2, Dave Collins 1.		1: Mountford, Davies, Edwards 3-3 2: Boothroyd, Nicholls, H Long, A Long 1-5 4-8 3: Bester, Warne, Gooch, Lightfoot 5-1 9-9 4: Boothroyd, Davies, Edwards 3-3 12-12 5: H Long, Gooch, Lightfoot 3-3 15-15 6: Mountford, Bester, Williams, Warne 2-4 17-19 7: Davies, Gooch, Lightfoot 3-3 20-22 8: H Long, Mountford, McKenzie 4-2 24-24 9: Bester, Boothroyd, Nicholls 3-3 27-27 10: McKenzie, Bester, Gooch 5-1 32-28 11: Mountford, Edwards, Collins 2-4 34-32 12: Davies, H Long, Williams, Boothroyd F 5-1 39-33

	2 - Klerksdorp
	South African Select Top scorers: Henry Long, Roy Bester England Top scorers: Ron Mountford, Eric Boothroyd, Nick Nicholls, Vic Ridgeon

Contributors : Ken MacLeod, Maciej Wegrzyn, Ron Clark jnr, Bob Andrews, Charles McKay, Christian Weber, Duncan Luke, Phil Smith, Vic Butcher, David Austin, Roger Stevens

1967-68

England (Great Britain?) won series on aggregate score 110 - 106

mid-Oct 1967 : Cape Town (Goodwood Showgrounds)

South Africa

mid-Oct 1967 : Cape Town (Goodwood Showgrounds)

South Africa

mid-Oct 1967 : Cape Town (Goodwood Showgrounds)

South Africa

David Austin writes:
"Three meetings between SA and Great Britain (there is some confusion as to whether the team was called Great Britain or England as reference sources differ) were held at the Goodwood Showgrounds in Cape Town in 1967, either in October or November (the 1967/68 SA season). The British team consisted of British riders living in Cape Town and no UK based riders were used. The aggregate scores from the three meetings were used to produce a single result. Each meeting was over 12 heats and the aggregate score after the first two meetings was 72-72. In the third match Britain emerged the winners by 38-34, an aggregate score of 110 to 106, clinching victory with a 5-1 maximum in the 12th (36th) heat. The British team was reported as being Dave Collins (capt), Bob Cooper, Jeff Frost and Vic Peters (although this may have been Vic Page who finished second in the 1968 SA Junior Championship). In an interview with the Vintage Speedway Magazine in 2006, Dave Collins confirms he rode in this International series. The SA captain is believed to have been Reg Duval."