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INTERNATIONALS - SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa v Overseas
| 1951-52 | Overseas won series 3½ - 1½ | |||||
| 07.12 : Johannesburg (Wembley) | South Africa | 49 | Overseas | 59 | Att : 13,000 | |
| 11.01* : Johannesburg (Wembley) | South Africa | 45 | Overseas | 62 | ||
| 01.02† : Johannesburg (Wembley) | South Africa | 61 | Overseas | 47 | Att : 5,000 | |
| 22.02 : Johannesburg (Wembley) | South Africa | 51 | Overseas | 57 | ||
| 14.03 : Johannesburg (Wembley) | South Africa | 54 | Overseas | 54 | ||
| * 2nd Test originally
staged 04.01, but abandoned due to rain after 5 heats with the score
South Africa 16 Overseas 14 : Heat 1: Long, Middleditch, Lewis, D Serrurier 75.8 3-3 3-3 Heat 2: Wills, Andersen, Karlsson, van Zyl 77.9 3-3 6-6 Heat 3: A Blankfield, Raw, Mardon, Redmond 78.6 5-1 11-7 Heat 4: Wills, Lewis, Middleditch, van Zyl 79.1 3-3 14-10 Heat 5: Andersen, Raw, Karlsson, A Blankfield 83.4 2-4 16-14 |
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| † 3rd Test originally
due to be staged 25.01, but postponed due to rain. Restaged on 28.01,
but abandoned due to rain after 4 heats with the score South Africa
18 Overseas 6 : Heat 1: Wills, van Zyl, Middleditch, Lindqvist 77.9 5-1 Heat 2: Boshoff, Fuller, Redmond, Grierson 78.8 5-1 10-2 Heat 3: Long, D Serrurier, Duval, Andersen 77.5 5-1 15-3 Heat 4: Fuller, Middleditch, Lindqvist, Boshoff 83.7 3-3 18-6 |
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| South Africa | Total | Overseas | Total | ||||||||||||
| Henry Long | 12 | 18© | 18 | 15 | 17 | 80 | Ken Middleditch (Eng)© | 17 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 55 | ||
| Fred Wills | 7 | 12 | 14© | 16© | 12 | 61 | Henry Andersen (Nor) | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 48 | ||
| Fred van Zyl | 14 | 1 | 7 | 4 | - | 26 | Trevor Redmond (NZ) | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 48 | ||
| Joe Blankfield | - | 1 | - | 9 | 9© | 19 | Tony Lewis (Eng) | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 31 | ||
| Alec Blankfield | 8 | 6 | - | 3 | - | 17 | Geoff Mardon (NZ) | 11 | 9 | - | - | 9 | 29 | ||
| Bob Raw | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | Ake Lindqvist (Swe) | 3 | - | 10 | 5 | 5 | 23 | ||
| Buddy Fuller | 3© | - | 11 | 1 | - | 15 | Reg Duval (Eng) | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Doug Serrurier | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | 8 | Sune Karlsson (Swe) | - | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Roy Bester | - | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | Jock Grierson (Scot) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 7 | ||
| Toby Boshoff | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | 6 | |||||||||
| George Mathews | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Des Wolfe | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
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| Thanks to Dave Collins for supplying the heat details of this series. Dave rode for BOTH teams during the 1956-57 South Africa v England series. I was fortunate enough to meet Dave at Wimbledon, during his 2005 trip to the UK. |
| 1 - Johannesburg | 2 - Johannesburg | |||||||
| South Africa 49 | Overseas 59 | South Africa 45 | Overseas 62 | |||||
| Buddy Fuller 1' 2 | 3+1 | Geoff Mardon 1 1' 3 3 3 | 11+1 | Henry Long 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | K Middleditch 1' 3 2' 2 2 2' | 12+3 | |
| Alec Blankfield 2 2 1 2 1' | 8+1 | T Redmond 3 2 2' 2' 1 1 | 11+2 | Doug Serrurier 1 | 1 | Tony Lewis 2 1 3 | 6 | |
| Henry Long 3 3 1 2 3 | 12 | K Middleditch 3 3 3 3 2 3 | 17 | Fred Wills 2 3 1 3 3 | 12 | H Andersen 2' 3 2 3 2' 2 | 14+2 | |
| Doug Serrurier 2 2' | 4+1 | Jock Grierson 1 | 1 | Fred van Zyl 1 | 1 | Sune Karlsson 3 1' 2' 3 | 9+2 | |
| Fred Wills 1' 3 1 2' | 7+2 | Henry Andersen 1' 1 1 | 3+1 | Alec Blankfield 1' 1 3 1 | 6+1 | Geoff Mardon 3 1' 2 2 1' | 9+2 | |
| Fred van Zyl 3 2 1 2' 3 3 | 14+1 | Reg Duval 2 3 | 5 | Bob Raw 1 2 1 | 4 | T Redmond 2' 2 2 1' 2 | 9+2 | |
| res.Bob Raw 1 | 1 | res.Tony Lewis 2' 2' 3 1' | 8+3 | res.Toby Boshoff 1 1 | 2 | res.Jock Grierson 3 | 3 | |
| res.Ake Lindqvist 1 2 | 3 | res.Joe Blankfield 1 | 1 | res.Reg Duval | 0 | |||
| 1: Redmond, Blankfield, Mardon 77.8 (track record) 2-4 2: Middleditch, Serrurier, Grierson 2-4 4-8 3: van Zyl, Duval, ,Andersen 77.0 (track record) 3-3 7-11 4: Long, Redmond, Mardon 3-3 10-14 5: Middleditch, van Zyl, Wills 3-3 13-17 6: Duval, Blankfield, Andersen 2-4 15-21 7: Mardon, Redmond, van Zyl 1-5 16-26 8: Middleditch, Lewis, Blankfield 1-5 17-31 9: Long, Serrurier, Lindqvist 5-1 22-32 10: Mardon,Redmond, Raw 1-5 23-37 11: Middleditch, Lewis, Long 1-5 24-42 12: Wills, van Zyl, Andersen 5-1 29-43 13: Mardon, Long, Redmond 76.6 (track record) 2-4 31-47 14: van Zyl, Middleditch, Wills 4-2 35-49 15: Lewis, Blankfield, Fuller 3-3 38-52 16: van Zyl, Wills, Redmond 5-1 43-53 17: Middleditch, Fuller, Blankfield 3-3 46-56 18: Long, Lindqvist, Lewis 3-3 49-59 | 1: Long, Lewis, Middleditch 75.4 (track record) 3-3 2: Karlsson, Andersen, van Zyl 1-5 4-8 3: Mardon, Redmond, Raw 1-5 5-13 4: Middleditch, Wills, Lewis 2-4 7-17 5: Andersen, Raw, A Blankfield 3-3 10-20 6: Long, Redmond, Serrurier 4-2 14-22 7: Grierson, Middleditch, A Blankfield 1-5 15-27 8: Long, Andersen, Karlsson 3-3 18-30 9: Wills, Redmond, Mardon 3-3 21-33 10: Long, Middleditch, Duval R, Boshoff R 3-2 24-35 11: Andersen, Karlsson, Wills 1-5 25-40 12: A Blankfield, Mardon, Boshoff 4-2 29-42 13: Wills, Middleditch, J Blankfield, Duval 4-2 33-44 14: Karlsson, Andersen, Raw 1-5 34-49 15: Long, Mardon, Redmond 3-3 37-52 16: Lewis, Middleditch, A Blankfield 1-5 38-57 17: Long, Andersen, Boshoff 4-2 42-59 18: Wills, Redmond, Mardon 3-3 45-62 | |||||||
| 3 - Johannesburg | 4 - Johannesburg | |||||||
| South Africa 61 | Overseas 47 | South Africa 51 | Overseas 57 | |||||
| Fred Wills 3 3 2' 2 2 2 | 14+1 | Ken Middleditch 2 2 1 | 5 | Fred Wills 3 3 3 2 2 3 | 16 | Ken Middleditch 2 2 3 1 1' | 9+1 | |
| Fred van Zyl 1 1 3 1' 1' | 7+2 | Ake Lindqvist 1 1' 3 3 2 | 10+1 | Fred van Zyl 1 1' 1' 1 | 4+2 | Tony Lewis 1' 1' 2' 3 | 7+3 | |
| Buddy Fuller 3 3 2 2 1' | 11+1 | Trevor Redmond 2 2 1 3 2 | 10 | Henry Long 1 3 3 3 2' 3 | 15+1 | Trevor Redmond 3 3 2 2 1 | 11 | |
| Toby Boshoff 2' 1 1' | 4+2 | Jock Grierson 1' | 1+1 | Doug Serrurier | 0 | Reg Duval 2' 2' 1' 1' 3 2 | 11+4 | |
| Henry Long 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | H Andersen 1 2 3 2 3 3 | 14 | Buddy Fuller 1 | 1 | Sune Karlsson 3 2 2 1' 1 | 9+1 | |
| Doug Serrurier 2' 1 | 3+1 | Reg Duval 2' 1' 1 | 4+2 | Alec Blankfield 1 2 | 3 | Ake Lindqvist 2' 1' 2 | 5+2 | |
| res.Bob Raw 1 1 | 2 | res.Tony Lewis 3 | 3 | res.Joe Blankfield 1 3 3 2' | 9+1 | res.Henry Andersen 3 | 3 | |
| res.George Matthews 2 | 2 | res.Sune Karlsson | 0 | res.Bob Raw 3 | 3 | res.Jock Grierson 2 | 2 | |
| 1: Wills, Middleditch, van Zyl 4-2 2: Fuller, Redmond, Grierson 3-3 7-5 3: Long, Serrurier, Andersen 5-1 12-6 4: Fuller, Boshoff, Lindqvist 5-1 17-7 5: Long, Redmond, Serrurier 4-2 21-9 6: Wills, Andersen, van Zyl 4-2 25-11 7: Long, Middleditch, Lindqvist 3-3 28-14 8: van Zyl, Wills, Redmond 5-1 33-15 9: Andersen, Duval, Boshoff 1-5 34-20 10: Lindqvist, Wills, van Zyl 3-3 37-23 11: Redmond, Fuller, Boshoff 3-3 40-26 12: Long, Andersen, Duval 3-3 43-29 13: Lindqvist, Fuller, Middleditch 2-4 45-33 14: Long, Redmond, Raw 4-2 49-35 15: Andersen, Wills, Duval 2-4 51-39 16: Long, Lindqvist, Raw 4-2 55-41 17: Lewis, Wills, van Zyl 3-3 58-44 18: Andersen, Matthews, Fuller 3-3 61-47 | 1: Wills, Middleditch, Lewis 3-3 2: Redmond, Duval, Long 1-5 4-8 3: Karlsson, Lindqvist, A Blankfield 1-5 5-13 4: Long, Middleditch, Lewis 3-3 8-16 5: Redmond, Duval, Fuller 1-5 9-21 6: Wills, Karlsson, van Zyl 4-2 13-23 7: Middleditch, Lewis, J Blankfield 1-5 14-28 8: Wills, Redmond, Duval 3-3 17-31 9: Long, Karlsson, Lindqvist 3-3 20-34 10: Lewis, Wills, van Zyl 3-3 23-37 11: Long, Redmond, Duval 3-3 26-40 12: Raw, Lindqvist, Karlsson 3-3 29-43 13: J Blankfield, Long, Middleditch 5-1 34-44 14: Duval, A Blankfield, Redmond 2-4 36-48 15: Andersen, Wills, van Zyl 3-3 39-51 16: J Blankfield, Grierson, Middleditch 3-3 42-54 17: Wills, Duval, van Zyl 4-2 46-56 18: Long, J Blankfield, Karlsson 5-1 51-57 | |||||||
| 5 - Johannesburg | ||||||
| South Africa 54 | Overseas 54 | |||||
| Roy Bester 1' 3 1 2 1 | 8+1 | Ken Middleditch 3 2 2 2' 2 | 11+1 | 1: Middleditch, Lewis, Blankfield 1-5 2: Mardon, Wills, Lindqvist 2-4 3-9 3: Long, Raw, Andersen 5-1 8-10 4: Wills, Middleditch, Lewis 3-3 11-13 5: Mardon, Long, Lindqvist 2-4 13-17 6: Andersen, Blankfield, Bester 3-3 16-20 7: Long, Raw, Lewis 5-1 21-21 8: Bester, Blankfield, Lindqvist 5-1 26-22 9: Wills, Andersen, Matthews 4-2 30-24 10: Blankfield, Middleditch, Bester 4-2 34-26 11: Redmond, Wills, Wolfe 3-3 37-29 12: Long, Andersen, Raw 4-2 41-31 13: Lewis, Middleditch, Wills 1-5 42-36 14: Long, Redmond, Raw 4-2 46-38 15: Andersen, Bester, Blankfield 3-3 49-41 16: Long, Middleditch, Lewis 3-3 52-44 17: Mardon, Lindkvist, Bester 1-5 53-49 18: Andersen, Redmond, Wills 1-5 54-54 | ||
| Joe Blankfield 1 2 2' 3 1' | 9+2 | Tony Lewis 2' 1' 1 3 1' | 8+3 | |||
| Fred Wills 2 3 3 2 1 1 | 12 | Geoff Mardon 3 3 3 | 9 | |||
| George Matthews 1 | 1 | Reg Duval | 0 | |||
| Henry Long 3 2 3 3 3 3 | 17 | Henry Andersen 1 3 2 2 3 3 | 14 | |||
| Bob Raw 2' 2' 1 1 | 6+2 | Sune Karlsson | 0 | |||
| res.Des Wolfe 1' | 1+1 | res.Trevor Redmond 3 2 2' | 7+1 | |||
| res.Ake Lindqvist 1 1 1 2' | 5+1 | |||||
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| OTHER MATCHES 02.02 : Boksburg Eastern Transvaal 51 (Henry Long 18, Fred Wills 13, Bob Serrurier 7, George Matthews 6, Fred van Zyl 4, Doug Serrurier 3, Roy Bester 0, Bob Raw 0) Overseas 57 (Henry Andersen 14, Sune Karlsson 7, Tony Lewis 7, Ken Middleditch 7, Trevor Redmond 7, Reg Duval 6, Ake Lindqvist 5, Jock Grierson 4) 23.02 : Durban (Alan Ford Stadium, Hoy Park) South Africa Select 47 (Henry Long 17, Joe Blankfield 11, Fred Wills 7, Syd van ber Vyver 6, Toby Boshoff (res) 4, Bob Serrurier 2, Alec Blankfield 0) Overseas 59 (Henry Anderson 13, Ken Middleditch 12, Bill Dalton 10, Reg Duval 10, Trevor Redmond 6, Sune Karlsson 5, Jock Grierson (res) 3) ??.03 : Klerksdorp South Africa Select v Overseas (inc Sune Karlsson, who rode the track spare - a 1928 Rudge!) - no details available 18.03 : Cape Town (van Riebeeck Stadium) South Africa Select 36 (Doug Serrurier 10, Fred Wills © 9, Bob Serrurier, Buddy Fuller, Toby Boshoff, Fred van Zyl, Alec Gould) Overseas 36 (Henry Andersen 10, Ken Middleditch © 9, Tony Lewis, Geoff Mardon, Sune Karlsson, Reg Duval, Jock Grierson) 20.03 : Cape Town (van Riebeeck Stadium) South Africa Select 33½ Overseas 38½ - see details below Note The two meetings at Cape Town were part of the van Riebeeck Tercentenary Festival - details here |
| 20.03 : Cape Town | |||||||||
| South Africa Select | 33½ | Overseas | 38½ |  |
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| Fred Wills © | 3 2 2' 1' | 8+2 | Ken Middleditch (Eng) © | 2 3 2 3 | 10 | ||||
| Toby Boshoff | 0 0 - - | 0 | Jock Grierson (Scot) | 1' 2' 1' 3 | 7+3 | ||||
| Buddy Fuller | 3 0 - 2 | 5 | Sune Karlsson (Swe) | 2 2½ 1 - | 5½ | ||||
| Fred van Zyl | 0 1 - - | 1 | Geoff Mardon (NZ) | 1' f - - | 1+1 | ||||
| Doug Serrurier | 3 2½ 0 0 | 5½ | Henry Andersen (Nor) | 1' 1 2 3 | 7+1 | ||||
| Bob Serrurier | 0 1 3 0 | 4 | Tony Lewis (Eng) | 2 3 1' 1 | 7+1 | ||||
| Alec Gould (res) | 3 2 | 5 | Reg Duval (Eng) (res) | 0 0 | 0 | ||||
| Roy Bester (res) | 3 2 | 5 | Ake Lindqvist (Swe) (res) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Vern McWilliams (res) | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Ht 1: Wills, Middleditch,
Grierson, Boshoff 64.3 Ht 2: Fuller, Carlsson, Mardon, van Zyl 64.1 Ht 3: D Serrurier, Lewis, Andersen, B Serrurier 64.2 Ht 4: Middleditch, Grierson, van Zyl, Fuller 64.6 Ht 5: D Serrurier & Carlsson (dead heat), B Serrurier, Mardon (f) 64.6 Ht 6: Lewis, Wills, Andersen, Boshoff 64.0 (track record) |
Ht 7: B Serrurier,
Middleditch, Grierson, D Serrurier 64.5 Ht 8: Gould, Wills, Carlsson, Duval 64.2 Ht 9: Bester, Andersen, Lewis, McWilliams 64.5 Ht 10: Andersen, Gould, Lindquist, D Serrurier 64.2 Ht 11: Grierson, Bester, Lewis, B Serrurier 64.4 Ht 12: Middleditch, Fuller, Wills, Duval 64.0 (equals track record) |
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| 1953-54 | South Africa won series 2-1 | ||||
| 16.01 : Springs (Olympia Park) | South Africa | 62 | Overseas | 46 | |
| 28.01 : Randfontein | South Africa | 67 | Overseas | 41 | |
| 06.02 : Durban (Hoy Park) | South Africa | 45 | Overseas | 61 | |
| South Africa | Total | Overseas | Total | ||||||||
| Henry Long | 15© | 17 | 14© | 46 | Trevor Redmond (NZ) | 15© | ? | - | |||
| Fred Wills | 12 | 14© | 12 | 38 | Gerry Hussey (Eng) | 12 | - | 12 | 24 | ||
| Fred Lang | 12 | 7 | 7 | 26 | Dick Campbell (NZ) | 9 | 12© | 14 | 35 | ||
| Roy Bester | 8 | 13 | - | 21 | Bill Dalton (Eng) | 5 | ? | 0 | |||
| Bob Raw | 9 | - | - | 9 | Dave Collins (Sth Af) | 3 | ? | - | |||
| Alec Blankfield | - | 7 | - | 7 | Roy Browning (Eng) | 1 | ? | 7 | |||
| Joe Blankfield | - | 7 | - | 7 | Peter Dykes (NZ) | 1 | ? | 7 | |||
| Doug Lang | - | 2 | 4 | 6 | Bill Griffiths (Eng) | - | 12 | 7 | 21 | ||
| Harry du Toit | 5 | - | - | 5 | Freddie Williams (Eng) | - | ? | 14© | |||
| Harry Serrurier | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| Toby Boshoff | - | - | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Vern McWilliams | - | - | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Full Overseas scorers not available for 2nd match | |||||||||||
| Heat Winners - 1st Test at Springs |
| h 1: T. Redmond 62.4 (track record), h 2: D. Campbell, h 3: B. Dalton, h 4: T. Redmond, h 5: D. Campbell, h 6: G. Hussey, h 7: F. Wills, h 8: H. Long, h 9: F. Lang, h 10: H. Long 62.4 (equals track record), h 11: F. Lang, h 12: B. Raw, h 13: F. Lang, h 14: F. Wills, h 15: H. Long, h 16: T. Redmond, h 17: H. Long h 18: G. Hussey From the Johannesburg Star |
| Heat Winners - 2nd Test at Randfontein |
| h 1: D. Campbell, h 2: H. Long, h 3: R. Bester, h 4: H. Long, h 5: R. Bester, h 6: F. Wills, h 7: D. Campbell, h 8: F. Wills, h 9: H. Long, h 10: D. Campbell, h 11: H. Long, h 12: B. Griffiths, h 13: D. Campbell, h 14: T. Redmond, h 15: F. Wills, H 16: R. Bester, h 17: J. Blankfield, h 18: H. Long. From the Johannesburg Star |
| Heat Winners - 3rd Test at Durban |
| h1 Williams, h 2: Campbell, h 3: Hussey, h 4: Campbell, h 5: D. Lang, h 6: Williams, h 7: Browning, h 8: Williams, h 9: Wills, h 10: Boshoff, h 11: Dykes, h 12: Browning, h 13: Long, h 14: Hussey h 15: Wills, h 16: Long, h 17: Williams, h 18: Campbell Heat winners / scorers from the Sunday Tribune and the Natal Mercury. |
| 1954-55 | 08.01 : Port Elizabeth | South Africa | 51½ | Overseas | 56½ | |
| Doug Davies © | 13½ | Reg Duval | 13 | |||
| Roy Bester | 12 | Fred Williams © | 12½ | |||
| Fred Wills | 10 | Barry Briggs | 10 | |||
| Neil Mortimer | 6 | Dick Campbell | 9 | |||
| Arthur Duncan | 5 | Peter Clark | 7 | |||
| Toby Boshoff | 5 | Howdy Byford | 5 | |||
| 05.03 : Bloemfontein | South Africa | 56 | Overseas | 52 | ||
| Henry Long © | 18 | Peter Clark | 12 | |||
| Doug Davies | 15 | Ken McKinlay © | 10 | |||
| Fred Wills | 7 | Gerald Jackson | 10 | |||
| Doug Serrurier | 7 | Barry Briggs | 9 | |||
| Arthur Duncan | 6 | Reg Duval | 8 | |||
| Doug Lang | 3 | Junior Bainbridge | 3 |
| A challenge match was staged at Springs on
22.12.54 between an Overseas team and a combined Pretoria-Springs team.
Details: North Eastern Transvaal 48 (Trevor Redmond 13, Doug Davies 11, Roy Bester 10, Arthur Duncan 5, Doug Serrurier 5, Toby Boshoff 3, Neil Mortimer 1) Overseas 60 (Ronnie Genz 19, Barry Briggs 14, Ken McKinlay 12, Peter Clark 7, Allan Quinn 5, Reg Duval 3) |
| 1960-61 | The matches previously mentioned here will now be found at South Africa v Combined Europe |
| 1972-73 | Christian Weber tells me that the 2-match series previously listed here was actually between Southern |
| Africa (including Rhodesian riders) and Overseas. Details can now be found here |
| 1977-78 | This "mystery series" was in reality South Africa v Britain, though for (probably) political reasons the visitors became "Overseas". |
| For the on-going story of this series, see http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/savbrit.htm |
| 1978-79 | Sat 06.01 : Goodwood Showgrounds, Cape Town | South Africa | 13 | Overseas | 11 | |
| UNOFFICIAL | Ht 1: Prinsloo, Rourke, Smith, Kent
64.6 3-3 3-3 Ht 2: Ferreira, Wilcock, Harrison, Stephens 63.2 3-3 6-6 Ht 3: Rourke, Kent, Close, Bruins 63.9 2-4 8-10 Ht 4: Ferreira, Prinsloo, Harrison, Smith 62.9 5-1 13-11 |
Peter Prinsloo: 3, 2’ = 5+1 Denzil Kent: 0, 2 = 2 Mike Ferreira: 3, 3 = 6 Brian Stephens: 0 = 0 Arthur Bruins: 0 = 0 |
Pete Smith: 1’, 0 = 1+1 Benny Rourke: 2, 3 = 5 Steve Wilcock: 2, ns = 2 Derek Harrison: 1’, 1 = 2+1 Nig Close: 1 = 1 | |||
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| The international match opened the programme, followed by the S.A Speedway Championships | ||||||
| 1980-81 | Overseas won series 3-1 | ||||
| 24.01 : Johannesburg (Milner Park - INDOORS) | South Africa | 48 | Overseas | 60 | |
| 06.02 : Benoni (Dunswart Raceway)* | South Africa | 21 | Overseas | 44 | |
| 20.02 : Benoni (Dunswart Raceway) | South Africa | 33 | Overseas | 38 | |
| 21.02 : Krugersdorp (Tarlton Raceway) | South Africa | 45 | Overseas | 27 | |
| * Abandoned after 11 of the scheduled 12 heats due to rain. Result stands. | |||||
| South Africa | Total | Overseas | Total | ||||||||||
| Denzil Kent | 15 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 43 (18) | Dave Jessup © | 18 | 9 | 12 | - | 39 (13) | ||
| Mike Ferreira © | 11 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 34+1 (17) | John Barker | 5 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 30+2 (13) | ||
| Alan Simpson | 9 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 31+4 (18) | Steve Wilcock | 15 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 22+3 (13) | ||
| Derek Harrison | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 17+5 (17) | Colin Ackroyd | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 21 (13) | ||
| Gary Prommel | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12+6(18) | Peter Tarrant | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21+4 (16) | ||
| Wayne Coughlan | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10+2(18) | Pete Smith | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20+6 (16) | ||
| Arthur Bruins | - | - | - | - | - | Ray Griffiths | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11+3 (14) | ||
| James Bruins* | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Angelo Rippamonte* | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Mike Marsh* | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| * guest | |||||||||||||
| 2nd Test at Benoni | |||||||||
| South Africa | 21 | Overseas | 44 | Ht 1:
Jessup, Ferreira, Smith, Prommel (f rem) 61.5 2-4 2-4 Ht 2: Wilcock, Simpson, Ackroyd, Harrison 63.9 2-4 4-8 Ht 3: Barker, Kent, Tarrant, Coughlan 64.8 2-4 6-12 Ht 4: Jessup, Smith, Simpson, Harrison 63.2 1-5 7-17 Ht 5: Kent, Ackroyd, Coughlan, Wilcock (ef) 64.8 4-2 11-19 Ht 6: Ferreira, Barker, Tarrant, Prommel 64.5 3-3 14-22 Ht 7: Jessup, Smith, Kent, Coughlan (ef) 1-5 15-27 Ht 8: Ackroyd, Ferreira, Prommel, Griffiths 63.6 3-3 18-30 Ht 9: Barker, Tarrant, Simpson, Harrison 67.7 1-5 19-35 Ht 10: Barker, Kent, Tarrant, Coughlan 2-4 21-39 Ht 11: Ackroyd, Griffiths, Simpson (f), Prommel (ef) 0-5 21-44 |
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| Mike Ferreira | 2 3 2 | 7 | Dave Jessup | 3 3 3 | 9 | ||||
| Gary Prommel | f,rm 0 1' ef | 1+1 | Pete Smith | 1 2' 2' | 5+2 | ||||
| Alan Simpson | 2 1 1 f | 4 | Steve Wilcock | 3 ef - - | 3 | ||||
| Derek Harrison | 0 0 0 | 0 | Colin Ackroyd | 1 2 3 3 | 9 | ||||
| Denzil Kent | 2 3 1 2 | 8 | John Barker | 3 2 3 3 | 11 | ||||
| Wayne Coughlan | 0 1 ef 0 | 1 | Peter Tarrant | 1 1' 2' 1 | 5+2 | ||||
| Ray Griffiths (res) | 0 2' | 2+1 | |||||||
| 3rd Test at Benoni | |||||||||
| South Africa | 33 | Overseas | 38 | Ht 1:
Jessup, Smith, Ferreira, Prommel 1-5 1-5 Ht 2: Simpson, Harrison, Ackroyd, Wilcock (ef) 5-1 6-6 Ht 3: Barker, Tarrant, Kent, Coughlan 1-5 7-11 Ht 4: Jessup, Simpson, Harrison, Smith (ef) 3-3 10-14 Ht 5: Kent, Ackroyd, Griffiths, Coughlan (ef) 3-3 13-17 Ht 6: Barker, Ferreira, Tarrant, Prommel (f) 2-4 15-21 Ht 7: Jessup, Kent, Smith, Coughlan 2-4 17-25 Ht 8: Ferreira, Prommel, Griffiths, Ackroyd (ef) 5-1 22-26 Ht 9: Barker, Harrison, Simpson, Tarrant (ef) 3-3 25-29 Ht 10: Barker, Kent, Coughlan, Tarrant (ef) 3-3 28-32 Ht 11: Simpson, Prommel, Smith, Ackroyd (ef) 5-1 33-33 Ht 12: Jessup, Griffiths, Ferreira (ef), Harrison (ef) 0-5 33-38 |
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| Mike Ferreira | 1 2 3 ef | 6 | Dave Jessup | 3 3 3 3 | 12 | ||||
| Gary Prommel | 0 f 2' 2' | 4+2 | Pete Smith | 2' ef 1 1 | 4+1 | ||||
| Alan Simpson | 3 2 1' 3 | 9+1 | Steve Wilcock | ef - - - | 0 | ||||
| Derek Harrison | 2' 1' 2 ef | 5+2 | Colin Ackroyd | 1 2 ef ef | 3 | ||||
| Denzil Kent | 1 3 2 2 | 8 | John Barker | 3 3 3 3 | 12 | ||||
| Wayne Coughlan | 0 ef 0 1' | 1+1 | Peter Tarrant | 2' 1 ef ef | 3+1 | ||||
| Ray Griffiths (res) | 1' 1 2' | 4+2 | |||||||
| 4th Test at Krugersdorp | |||||||||
| South Africa | 45 | Overseas | 27 | Ht 1:
Smith, Prommel, Ferreira, Griffiths 3-3 3-3 Ht 2: Ackroyd, Simpson, Wilcock, Harrison 2-4 5-7 Ht 3: Kent, Barker, Coughlan, Tarrant (f) 4-2 9-9 Ht 4: Harrison, Simpson, Griffiths, Smith (ef) 5-1 14-10 Ht 5: Kent, Ackroyd, Wilcock, Coughlan 3-3 17-13 Ht 6: Ferreira, Prommel, Tarrant, Barker (f) 5-1 22-14 Ht 7: Kent, Griffiths, Coughlan, J Bruins 4-2 26-16 Ht 8: Ferreira, Ackroyd, Wilcock, Prommel 3-3 29-19 Ht 9: Harrison, Simpson, J Bruins, Marsh 5-1 34-20 Ht 10: Kent, Rippamonte, J Bruins, Coughlan (f) 3-3 37-23 Ht 11: Simpson, Ackroyd, Smith, Prommel 3-3 40-26 Ht 12: Ferreira, Harrison, Wilcock, Griffiths (ef) 5-1 45-27 |
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| Mike Ferreira | 1' 3 3 3 | 10+1 | Ray Griffiths | 0 1 2 ef | 3 | ||||
| Gary Prommel | 2 2' 0 0 | 4+1 | Pete Smith | 3 ef - 1' | 4+1 | ||||
| Alan Simpson | 2 2' 2' 3 | 9+2 | Steve Wilcock | 1 1' 1' 1 | 4+2 | ||||
| Derek Harrison | 0 3 3 2' | 8+1 | Colin Ackroyd | 3 2 2 2 | 9 | ||||
| Denzil Kent | 3 3 3 3 | 12 | John Barker | 2 f - - | 2 | ||||
| Wayne Coughlan | 1 0 1 f | 2 | Peter Tarrant | f 1 - - | 1 | ||||
| James Bruins* | 0 1 1' | 2+1 | |||||||
| * guest | Mike Marsh* | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Angelo Rippamonte* | 2 | 2 | |||||||
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| Indoors at Milner Park | Cover & part of scoresheet for 06.02 match at Benoni (Dunswart) | |
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| Overseas 1980-81 Standing : Peter Tarrant. Colin Ackroyd, John Barker, Steve Wilcock Kneeling : Ray Griffiths, Pete Smith, Dave Jessup |
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| 1982-83 | Overseas won series 3-0 | ||||
| UNOFFICIAL | ??.02 : Durban (New Kingsmead) | South Africa | 23 | Overseas | 25 |
| ??.02 : Benoni (Dunswart) | South Africa | 20 | Overseas | 27 | |
| ??.02 : Durban (New Kingsmead) | South Africa | 34 | Overseas | 44 | |
| Overseas actually rode the first match at Durban as Rest of the World. The Durban matches were raced on 2 dates from 05.02, 12.02 and 26.02 | |||||
| South Africa | Total | Overseas | Total | |||||||||
| Denzil Kent © | 7 | - | ? | John Barker | 9 | 6 | ? | |||||
| Gary Prommel | 6 | 0 | Pete Smith | 8 | 6 | |||||||
| Derek Harrison | 5 | 7 | Wally Hill (Sth Af) | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| Alan Simpson | 1 | 5 | Phil Kynman | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| Mike Cothill | 2 | 2 | Colin Ackroyd | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Noddy Naude | 2 | 6 | Flippie Blignault (Sth Af) | 0 | - | |||||||
| Ashley Meade | - | 0 | Rob Dolman | - | 4 | |||||||
| Des Jones | - | 0 | ||||||||||
| No scorers available for 3rd Test | ||||||||||||
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| Combined programme for the Durban Tests | ||||||||||||
| 1982-83 | INDOOR SERIES Overseas win series 2-0 | |||||
| INDOOR | 17.02 : Johannesburg (Milner Park) | South Africa | 34 | Overseas | 44 | Video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bha4GypyJRs |
| 18.02 : Johannesburg (Milner Park) | South Africa | 37 | Overseas | 40 | ||
| 1st Indoor Test at Johannesburg | |||||||||
| South Africa | 34 | Overseas | 44 | Ht 1:
Jessup, Knight, Prommel, Prinsloo (f) 1-5 1-5 Ht 2: Kynman, Dolman, Cothill, Naude 1-5 2-10 Ht 3: Reid, Harrison, Trownson, Simpson 2-4 4-14 Ht 4: Kent, Kynman, Campbell, Naude 3-3 7-17 Ht 5: Knight, Simpson, Harrison, Jessup 3-3 10-20 Ht 6: Campbell, Prinsloo, Prommel, Dolman 3-3 13-23 Ht 7: Kent, Reid, Naude, Trownson 4-2 17-25 Ht 8: Prommel, Cothill, Knight, Kynman (f) 5-1 22-26 Ht 9: Campbell, Simpson, Harrison, Dolman 3-3 25-29 Ht 10: Reid, Prinsloo, Trownson, Prommel (f) 2-4 27-33 Ht 11: Kent, Knight, Jessup, Cothill 3-3 30-36 Ht 12: Campbell, Prinsloo, Trownson, Simpson 2-4 32-40 Ht 13: Reid, Harrison, Jessup, Kent (f) 2-4 34-44 |
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| Peter Prinsloo | f 2 2 2 | 6 | Dave Jessup | 3 0 1' 1 | 5+1 | ||||
| Gary Prommel | 1 1' 3 f | 5+1 | Richard Knight | 2' 3 1 2 | 8+1 | ||||
| Alan Simpson | 0 2 2 0 | 4 | Andy Reid | 3 2 3 3 | 11 | ||||
| Derek Harrison | 2 1' 1' 2 | 6+2 | Dave Trownson | 1 0 1 1 | 3 | ||||
| Denzil Kent | 3 3 3 f | 9 | Andy Campbell | 1' 3 3 3 | 10+1 | ||||
| Noddy Naude | 0 0 1 | 1 | Rob Dolman | 2' 0 0 | 2+1 | ||||
| Mike Cothill | 1 2' 0 | 3+1 | Phil Kynman | 3 2 f | 5 | ||||
| 2nd Indoor Test at Johannesburg | |||||||||
| South Africa | 37 | Overseas | 40 | Ht 1:
Jessup, Prinsloo, Knight, Prommel (f) 2-4 2-4 Ht 2: Naude, Kynman, Dolman, Cothill (ef) 3-3 5-7 Ht 3: Reid, Trownson, Harrison, Simpson 1-5 6-12 Ht 4: Kent, Kynman, Campbell, Naude (f) 3-3 9-15 Ht 5: Jessup, Knight, Harrison, Simpson 1-5 10-20 Ht 6: Campbell, Prommel, Prinsloo, Dolman 3-3 13-23 Ht 7: Reid, Kent, Trownson, Naude 2-4 15-27 Ht 8: Prommel, Knight, Kynman, Cothill 3-3 18-30 Ht 9: Simpson, Harrison, Campbell (exc), Dolman (ef) 5-0 23-30 Ht 10: Prommel, Reid, Prinsloo, Trownson 4-2 27-32 Ht 11: Kent, Jessup, Cothill, Knight (ef) 4-2 31-34 Ht 12: Trownson, Prinsloo,Simpson, Campbell (exc) 3-3 34-37 Ht 13: Kent, Jessup, Reid, Harrison 3-3 37-40 |
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| Peter Prinsloo | 2 1' 1 2 | 6+1 | Dave Jessup | 3 3 2 2 | 10 | ||||
| Gary Prommel | f 2 3 3 | 8 | Richard Knight | 1 2' 2 ef | 5+1 | ||||
| Alan Simpson | 0 0 3 1' | 4+1 | Andy Reid | 3 3 2 1' | 9+1 | ||||
| Derek Harrison | 1 1 2' 0 | 4+1 | Dave Trownson | 2' 1 0 3 | 6+1 | ||||
| Denzil Kent | 3 2 3 3 | 11 | Andy Campbell | 1' 3 ex ex | 4+1 | ||||
| Noddy Naude | 3 f 0 | 3 | Rob Dolman | 1' 0 ef | 1+1 | ||||
| Mike Cothill | ef 0 1 | 1 | Phil Kynman | 2 2 1' | 5+1 | ||||
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| Programme for the 1983 Indoor Matches at Johannesburg |
| 1983-84 | Overseas won series 5-2 | ||||
| Durban (King's Park Raceway) | South Africa | 13 | Overseas | 23 | |
| Benoni (Dunswart Raceway) | South Africa | 17 | Overseas | 25 | |
| Benoni (Dunswart Raceway) | South Africa | 9 | Overseas | 32 | |
| Bloemfontein (Agricultural Showground) | South Africa | 30 | Overseas | 48 | |
| Benoni (Dunswart Raceway) | South Africa | 22 | Overseas | 20 | |
| Durban (King's Park Raceway) | South Africa | 16 | Overseas | 14 | |
| Bloemfontein (Agricultural Showground) | South Africa | 33 | Overseas | 45 | |
| Note : In heat 3 of the 2nd Test at Dunswart, Andy Campbell broke the track record. During the 7th Test at Bloemfontein, Dave Jessup broke the track record 3 times, reducing it by a total of 3 seconds | |||||
| South Africa | Total | Overseas | Total | ||||||||||||||||
| Denzil Kent | 2 | 3 | - | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 32 | Richard Knight | 5 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 49 | ||
| Alan Simpson | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 8 | - | 9 | 32 | Andy Campbell | 6 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 49 | ||
| Wally Hill^ | - | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 27 | Dave Jessup | - | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | - | 12 | 44 | ||
| Gary Prommel | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | - | - | - | 13 | Phil Kynman | 6 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 4 | - | 4 | 38 | ||
| Noddy Naude | - | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | Jerry Martin* | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Flippie Blignaut | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 5 | 11 | Wally Hill*^ | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | ||
| Peter Prinsloo | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Gary Marsh* | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 4 | ||
| Paul Smuts-Steyn | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 0 | 2 | Mike Cothill* | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | ||
| Jimmy Oliver | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Rob Lassen | - | 0 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| Farrel Steyn | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | James Bruins* | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | ||
| Kevin Tebbitt^ | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | Des Jones* | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Vic Pretorius* | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |||||||||||
| Kevin Tebbitt*^ | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |||||||||||
| ^ rode for both teams | * guest | ||||||||||||||||||
| Contributors : Christian Weber, Wally Auckram, Charles McKay, Bob Andrews, Dave Collins, Ken MacLeod, David Austin, Andy Reid |
© Brian Collins