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INTERNATIONALS - SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa v New Zealand
| 1952-53 | South Africa won series 3-2 | |||||
| OFFICIAL | 09.01 : Johannesburg (Wembley) | South Africa | 55 | New Zealand | 53 | OTHER MATCHES 30/11/52 at Hoy Park, Durban Durban Hornets 23 (Bill Dalton 6, Bob Serrurier 6, Roy Bester 5, Vern McWilliams 5, Harry Adendorff 1) New Zealand 48 (Trevor Redmond 10, Ronnie Moore 9, Dick Campbell 8, Frank Boyle 6, Barry Briggs 6, Peter Dykes 6, Jack Cunningham 3) 19/12/52 at Wembley, Johannesburg: Combined Wembley Lions & Germiston Stars 39 (Roy Bester 9, Harry du Toit 8+1, Henry Long 7+1, Alec Blankfield 7+1, Buddy Fuller 6, Toby Boshoff 2+1) New Zealand 33 (Barry Briggs 8, Trevor Redmond 7, Ronnie Moore 6+3, Dick Campbell 6, Frank Boyle 4, Jack Cunningham 1, Peter Dykes 1) 27/12/52 at Wembley, Johannesburg: Combined Durban Hornets & Boksburg Bees 29 (Fred Wills10, Joe Blankfield 6, Doug Serrurier 4, Fred van Zyl 4, Bob Serrurier 3+1, Bob Raw 2) New Zealand 43 (Ronnie Moore 11+1, Frank Boyle 9+1, Barry Briggs 8+1, Jack Cunningham 5+1, Peter Dykes 5, Trevor Redmond 5) 21/03/53/at Hoy Park, Durban South African Elect 33½ (Bob Serrurier 11, Henry Long 11, Roy Bester 4, Bob Raw 4, Harry Serrurier 3, Bill Dalton ½) New Zealand 37½ (Ronnie Moore 11, Dick Campbell 8, Barry Briggs 7½, Trevor Redmond 6, Peter Dykes 5) |
| 30.01 : Johannesburg (Wembley) | South Africa | 50 | New Zealand | 58 | ||
| 20.02 : Johannesburg (Wembley) | South Africa | 60 | New Zealand | 41 | ||
| 06.03 : Johannesburg (Wembley) | South Africa | 49 | New Zealand | 57 | ||
| 20.03 : Johannesburg (Wembley) | South Africa | 55 | New Zealand | 53 | ||
| The New Zealand tourists
were reduced to 6 riders before the Test series even began, when on
27.12.52 Jack Cunningham crashed into the fence when he was blinded by
cinders, and broke a leg. He had been riding for New Zealand in a
challenge match against a "Combined League Team" at
Johannesburg. So New Zealand went into the Tests using South African
riders at reserve, though none of them were given a ride until the final
Test, when Frank Boyle was absent having injured a shoulder the previous
evening. In the 1st Test, South Africa were reduced to 5 riders, after falls by Joe Blankfield and du Toit in heat 11, but Redmond sportingly allowed them to draft in Alec Blankfield as an additional reserve. Henry Long broke the existing Wembley track record in each of his first 3 rides. There was an unusual decision in the 3rd Test when heat 14 was declared void after Ronnie Moore fell heavily when his front wheel came out of the forks! New Zealand suffered badly with their machines during this match, at one point having just one servicable bike and borrowing machines from local riders. |
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| South Africa | Total | ||||||||||||||
| Henry Long | 15© | 17 | 15 | 18 | 14© | 79 |  |
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| Roy Bester | 9 | 17© | 13 | 9 | 8 | 56 | |||||||||
| Bob Serrurier | - | - | 8 | 6 | 12 | 26 | |||||||||
| Fred Wills | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3© | - | 24 | |||||||||
| Bob Raw | 11 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Alec Blankfield | 7 | 2 | 7 | - | - | 16 | |||||||||
| Buddy Fuller | 5 | - | 4© | - | 7 | 16 | |||||||||
| Harry du Toit | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | 11 | 15 | |||||||||
| Joe Blankfield | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 | |||||||||
| Doug Serrurier | - | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | |||||||||
| Fred van Zyl | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | |||||||||||||||
| Ronnie Moore | 16 | 13© | 13 | 13 | 13 | 68 | |||||||||
| Barry Briggs | 6 | 9 | 9 | 16© | 10 | 50 | |||||||||
| Trevor Redmond | 11© | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11© | 45 | |||||||||
| Dick Campbell | 12 | 13 | 6© | 5 | 7 | 43 | |||||||||
| Peter Dykes | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 23 | |||||||||
| Frank Boyle | 5 | 6 | 1 | 9 | - | 21 | |||||||||
| Fred Lang * | - | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | New Zealand in South Africa 1952-53 | ||||||||
| Alec Blankfield * | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | Standing - Dick Campbell, Barry Briggs (on bike), Frank Boyle, Peter Dykes | ||||||||
| * guest riders | Kneeling - Ronnie Moore, Trevor Redmond | ||||||||||||||
| All heat details are from The Star (Johannesburg) | ||||||||
| 1 : Johannesburg : South Africa 55 New Zealand 53 | 2 : Johannesburg : South Africa 50 New Zealand 58 | |||||||
| Henry Long 3 3 3 3 3 0 | 15 | Trev Redmond 2 3 2 2 2 0 | 11 | Roy Bester 3 3 3 2 3 3 | 17 | Ronnie Moore 0 3 2' 3 2 3 | 13+1 | |
| Buddy Fuller 1 (0) 1 1 0 2 | 5 | Peter Dykes 0 1 0 0 0 2 | 3 | F van Zyl 2' 1 (0) 1' (0) (0) | 4+2 | Frank Boyle 1 1 3 0 1' 0 | 6+1 | |
| F Wills 1' (0) (0) (0) 1(0) | 2+1 | Ronnie Moore 3 3 2 2' 3 3 | 16+1 | Henry Long 3 2 3 3 3 3 | 17 | Trev Redmond 1' 2' 2 2 3 2 | 12+2 | |
| Joe Blankfield 2 2 2 F - | 6 | Frank Boyle 0 1 0 3 0 1 | 5 | Bob Raw (0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0) | 0 | Barry Briggs 2 3 1' 1' 1 1' | 9+3 | |
| Roy Bester 1' (0) 1 3 1' 3 | 9+2 | Dick Campbell 3 2 3 2 1' 1' | 12+2 | Fred Wills 1 1 1 3 (0) 2 | 8 | Dick Campbell 3 2 2 2 2 2 | 13 | |
| Bob Raw 2 2 3 1 2 1 | 11 | Barry Briggs 0 1' 1 0 2 2 | 6+1 | H du Toit (0) (0) (0) 1 - 1' | 2+1 | Peter Dykes 2' 0 1' 0 1' 1' | 5+4 | |
| res.Harry du Toit F | 0 | res.Alec Blankfield 2 | 2 | res.Doug Lang (Sth Af) | - | |||
| res.Alec Blankfield 1 3 3 | 7 | |||||||
| 1: Long, Redmond, Fuller 73.4 (track record) 4-2 2: Moore, J Blankfield, Wills 3-3 7-5 3: Campbell, Raw, Bester. 3-3 10-8 4: Redmond, J. Blankfield, Dykes 2-4 12-12 5: Moore, Raw, Boyle 2-4 14-16 6: Long, Campbell, Briggs 3-3 17-19 7: Raw, Redmond, Bester 4-2 21-21 8: Long, Moore, Fuller 4-2 25-23 9: Campbell, J. Blankfield, Briggs 2-4 27-27 10: Long, Redmond, Fuller 4-2 31-29 11: Boyle, Moore, A. Blankfield, J Blankfield F,ns, du Toit F,ns 1-5 32-34 12: Bester, Campbell, Raw 4-2 36-36 13: A. Blankfield, Redmond, Wills 4-2 40-38 14: Moore, Raw, Bester 3-3 43-41 15: Long, Briggs, Campbell 3-3 46-44 16: Bester, Dykes, Raw 4-2 50-46 17: Moore, Fuller, Boyle 2-4 52-50 18: A. Blankfield, Briggs, Campbell 3-3 55-53 | 1: Bester, van Zyl, Boyle 5-1 2: Long, Briggs, Redmond 3-3 8-4 3: Campbell, Dykes, Wills 1-5 9-9 4: Moore, Long, Boyle 2-4 11-13 5: Briggs, Redmond, Wills 1-5 12-18 6: Bester, Campbell, van Zyl 4-2 16-20 7: Boyle, Moore, Wills 1-5 17-25 8: Bester, Redmond, Briggs 3-3 20-28 9: Long, Campbell, Dykes 3-3 23-31 10: Moore, Bester, van Zyl 3-3 26-34 11: Long, Redmond, Briggs 3-3 29-37 12: Wills, Campbell, du Toit 4-2 33-39 13: Long, Moore, Boyle 3-3 36-42 14: Redmond, A. Blankfield, Briggs 2-4 38-46 15: Bester, Campbell, Dykes 3-3 41-49 16: Moore, Wills, du Toit 3-3 44-52 17: Bester, Redmond, Briggs 3-3 47-55 18: Long, Campbell, Dykes 3-3 50-58 | |||||||
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| 3 : Johannesburg : South Africa 60 New Zealand 41 | 4 : Johannesburg : South Africa 49 New Zealand 57 | |||||||
| Fred Wills 3 3 2 2 1 (0) | 11 | Dick Campbell 0 1' 0 3 2 0 | 6+1 | Fred Wills 1 1' (0) (0) (0) 1' | 3+2 | Barry Briggs 3 2 3 3 2 3 | 16 | |
| Buddy Fuller 1 1 1' 1' (0) - | 4+2 | Peter Dykes 2 2 1 0 0 1 | 6 | Doug Serrurier (0)2 0 1 1 2 | 6 | Frank Boyle 2' 0 2' 2' 1' 2' | 9+5 | |
| Henry Long 3 (0) 3 3 3 3 | 15 | Ronnie Moore 2 3 3 2 F 3 | 13 | Henry Long 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | Dick Campbell 2 1 2' 0 0 0 | 5+1 | |
| A Blankfield 1 3 1 1 1 (0) | 7 | Frank Boyle 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1 | Bob Raw 1 1 2' 2' (0) 1 | 7+2 | Peter Dykes 0 0 3 1 2 3 | 9 | |
| Roy Bester 3 2 3 2 0 3 | 13 | Trev Redmond 0 0 2 0 3 1' | 6+1 | Roy Bester 2 2' (0) 2 3 0 | 9+1 | Ronnie Moore 3 3 1 3 3 0 | 13 | |
| Bob Serrurier 2' 1' 2' 1' 0 2' | 8+5 | Barry Briggs 0 2 0 3 2' 2 | 9+1 | Bob Serrurier 1' 3 1(0)1(0) | 6+1 | Trev Redmond 0 0 0 1 2' 2 | 5+1 | |
| res.Harry du Toit 2 | 2 | res.Fred Lang (Sth Af) | - | res.Pat McKenzie (Sth Af) | - | |||
| 1: Wills, Dykes, Fuller 4-2 2: Long, Moore, A. Blankfield 4-2 8-4 3: Bester, Serrurier (only finishers) 5-0 13-4 4: A. Blankfield, Dykes, Campbell 3-3 16-7 5: Moore, Bester, B. Serrurier 3-3 19-10 6: Wills, Briggs, Fuller 4-2 23-12 7: Bester, B. Serrurier, Dykes 5-1 28-13 8: Moore, Wills, Fuller 3-3 31-16 9: Long, Redmond, A. Blankfield 4-2 35-18 10: Campbell, Wills, Fuller 3-3 38-21 11: Long, Moore, A. Blankfield 4-2 42-23 12: Briggs, Bester, B. Serrurier 3-3 45-26 13: Long, Campbell, A. Blankfield 4-2 49-28 14: abandoned 0-0 49-28 15: Redmond, Briggs, Wills 1-5 50-33 16: Bester, B. Serrurier, Dykes 5-1 55-34 17: Moore, du Toit, Boyle 2-4 57-38 18: Long, Briggs, Redmond 3-3 60-41 | 1: Briggs, Boyle, Wills 1-5 2: Long, Campbell, Raw 4-2 5-7 3: Moore, Bester, B. Serrurier 3-3 8-10 4: Long, Briggs, Raw 4-2 12-12 5: B. Serrurier, Bester, Campbell 5-1 17-13 6: Moore, D. Serrurier, Wills 3-3 20-16 7: Briggs, Boyle, B. Serrurier 1-5 21-21 8: Dykes, Campbell. (Only finishers) 0-5 21-26 9: Long, Raw, Moore 5-1 26-27 10: Briggs, Boyle, D. Serrurier 1-5 27-32 11: Long, Raw, Dykes 5-1 32-33 12: Moore, Bester, Redmond 2-4 34-37 13: Long, Briggs, Boyle 3-3 37-40 14: Bester, Dykes, B. Serrurier 4-2 41-42 15: Moore, Redmond, D. Serrurier 1-5 42-47 16: Briggs, Boyle 0-5 42-52 17: Dykes, D Serrurier, Wills 3-3 45-55 18: Long, Redmond, Raw 4-2 49-57 | |||||||
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| 5 : Johannesburg : South Africa 55 New Zealand 53 | ||||||
| Henry Long 3 2 0 3 3 3 | 14 | Trev Redmond 2 1 2 2 1 3 | 11 | 1: Long, Redmond, Raw 4-2 2: Moore, B. Serrurier, Bester 3-3 7-5 3: du Toit, Briggs, Fuller 4-2 11-7 4: Bester, B. Serrurier, Redmond 5-1 16-8 5: Fuller, du Toit, Campbell 5-1 21-9 6: Lang, Long, Briggs 2-4 23-13 7: du Toit, Redmond, Fuller 4-2 27-15 8: Moore, Campbell, Raw 1-5 28-20 9: B. Serrurier, Bester, Briggs 5-1 33-21 10: Long, Redmond, Raw 4-2 37-23 11: B. Serrurier, Moore, Campbell 3-3 40-26 12: Lang, Briggs, Fuller 1-5 41-31 13: A. Blankfield, B. Serrurier, Redmond 2-4 43-35 14: Moore, Campbell, du Toit 1-5 44-40 15: Long, Lang, Briggs 3-3 47-43 16: Redmond, du Toit, Fuller 3-3 50-46 17: Long, Moore, Campbell 3-3 53-49 18: Briggs, Bester, Lang 2-4 55-53 | ||
| Bob Raw 1 0 1 1 0 0 | 3 | Peter Dykes 0 0 0 0 - - | 0 | |||
| Roy Bester 1' 3 2' 0 0 2 | 8+2 | Ronnie Moore 3 0 3 2 3 2 | 13 | |||
| Bob Serrurier 2 2' 3 3 2 0 | 12+1 | Dick Campbell 0 1 2' 1' 2' 1' | 7+4 | |||
| Buddy Fuller 1 3 1 1 0 1' | 7+1 | Barry Briggs 2 1 1 2' 1' 3 | 10+2 | |||
| Harry du Toit 3 2' 3 0 1 2 | 11+1 | Fred Lang (SA) 0 3 0 3 2 1 | 9 | |||
| res.A Blankfield (SA) 3 0 | 3 | |||||
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| 1952-53 | 07.03 : Boksburg (Prince George Park) | South Africa | 55 | New Zealand | 53 | |
| UNOFFICIAL | Henry Long © | 17 | Trevor Redmond | 13 | ||
| Roy Bester | 17 | Ronnie Moore | 13 | |||
| Fred Wills | 8 | Frank Boyle | 7 | |||
| Bob Raw | 7 | Barry Briggs © | 6 | |||
| Fred Lang | 5 | Dick Campbell | 6 | |||
| Doug Serrurier | 1 | Peter Dykes | 5 | |||
| Bob Serrurier (SA, res) | 3 | |||||
| Heat winners : Ht 1: Henry
Long 57.5; Ht 2: Roy Bester 58.6; Ht 3: Frank Boyle 59.9; Ht 4: Trevor
Redmond 56.9; Ht 5: Ronnie Moore 58.9; Ht 6: Henry Long 56.9; Ht 7:
Trevor Redmond 58.1; Ht 8: Henry Long 57.3; Ht 9: Roy Bester 58.8; Ht
10: Trevor Redmond 56.7; Ht 11: Roy Bester 58.9; Ht 12: Bob Raw 58.5; Ht
13: Roy Bester 58.2; Ht 14: Ronnie Moore 58.9; Ht 15: Henry Long 58.2;
Ht 16: Trevor Redmond 57.5; Ht 17: Henry Long 57.1; Ht 18: Roy Bester
59.9 Both Henry Long and Roy Bester dropped their only point to Trevor Redmond. |
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| Contributors : Bob Andrews, Ken MacLeod, Chris Sweetman, Roger Stevens, David Austin |
© Brian Collins