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INTERNATIONALS - SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa v Scandinavia
1955-56 | Scandinavia won series 4-1 | |||||
OFFICIAL | 02.12 : Johannesburg (Wembley) | South Africa | 53 | Scandinavia | 55 | Att: 10,000 |
28.01 : Durban (Hoy Park) | South Africa | 48 | Scandinavia | 59 | ||
01.02 : Pretoria | South Africa | 54 | Scandinavia | 53 | Att: 8,000 | |
10.02 : Johannesburg (Wembley) | South Africa | 52 | Scandinavia | 55 | ||
03.03 : Springs | South Africa | 51 | Scandinavia | 57 |
South Africa | Total | Scandinavia | Total | ||||||||||||||
Henry Long © | 16 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 72 | Olle Nygren (Swe) © | 15 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 73 | ||||
Trevor Redmond | 8 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 48 | Rune Sormander (Swe) | 16 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 65 | ||||
Doug Davies | 14 | 9 | - | - | 8 | 31 | Ulf Ericsson (Swe) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 46 | ||||
Alan Hunt | - | 15 | 10 | 6 | - | 31 | Lasse Pettersson(Swe) | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 34 | ||||
Roy Bester | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 23 | Reidar Kristoffersen (Nor) | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 25 | ||||
Neil Mortimer | - | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 18 | Dan Forsberg(Swe) | 2 | 14 | 9 | - | - | 25 | ||||
Toy Edwards | - | - | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | Basse Hveem (Nor) | 10 | - | - | - | - | 10 | ||||
Trevor Blokdyk | - | - | 1 | - | 7 | 8 | Aubrey Long (Sth Af) * | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||||
Arthur Duncan | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 | * guest | ||||||||||
Fred Lang | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | |||||||||||
Fred Wills | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | |||||||||||
Note : In the 4th. Test, Scandinavia were only a 5-man team, so 4 of their riders (including Nygren and Sormander) had an extra (7th) ride - as did South Africa's Henry Long. | |||||||||||||||||
An additonal Test Match,
which was NOT part of the 5-match series, was staged on 09.03 at
Bloemfontein. Details: SOUTH AFRICA 53 (Henry Long © 18, Doug Davies 13, Toy Edwards ?) SCANDINAVIA 55 (Olle Nygren 13, Ulf Ericsson 13) |
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Heat Winners - 1st.Test at Jo'burg H 1 H. Long 75.8 seconds (new track record). H 2: R. Sormander H 3: B.Hveem 75.8 seconds (equals new track record) H 4: O. Nygren 75.7 seconds (new track record) H 5: R. Sormander H 6: H. Long H 7: O. Nygren H 8: R. Sormander H 9: D. Davies 75.5 seconds (new track record) H 10: O. Nygren H 11: D. Davies 75.4 seconds (new track record) H 12: B. Hveem H 13: D. Davies 75.4 seconds (equals new track record) H 14: R. Sormander H 15: H. Long H 16: B. Hveem H 17: H. Long H 18: D. Davies. |
Heat Details - 2nd.Test at Durban heat 1: 1 O. Nygren, 2 H. Long, 3 R. Bester, 4 R. Kristofferson SA 3 Scand. 3 3 3 heat 2: 1 A. Hunt, 2 D. Forsberg, 3 N. Mortimer, 4 R. Sormander 4 2 7 5 heat 3:1 L. Petterson, 2 T. Redmond, 3 U. Ericcson, 4 D. Davies 2 4 9 9 heat 4: 1 A. Hunt, 2 O. Nygen, 3 N. Mortimer, 4 R. Kristofferson 4 2 13 11 heat 5: 1 D. Forsberg, 2 D. Davies, 3 R. Sormander, 4 T. Redmond 2 4 15 15 heat 6: 1 L. Petterson, 2 R. Bester, 3 U. Ericcson, 4 H. Long 2 4 17 19 heat 7: 1 O. Nygren, 2 T. Redmond, 3 D. Davies, 4 R. Kristoferson 3 3 20 22 heat 8: 1 R. Sormander, 2 H. Long, 3 D. Forsberg, 4 R. Bester 2 4 22 26 heat 9: 1 A. Hunt, 2 L. Petterson, 3 N. Mortimer, 4 U. Ericcson 4 2 26 28 heat 10: 1 R. Bester, 2 O. Nygren, 3 H. Long, 4 R. Kristofferson 4 2 30 30 heat 11: 1 D. Forsberg, 2 R. Sormander, 3 A. Hunt, 4 N. Mortimer 1 5 31 35 heat 12: 1 D. Davies, 2 U. Ericcson, 3 T. Redmond, 4 L. Petterson 4 2 35 37 heat 13: 1 O. Nygren, 2 A. Hunt, 3 R. Kristofferson, 4 N. Mortimer 2 4 37 41 heat 14: 1 D. Davies, 2 D. Forsberg, 3 R. Sormander, 4 T. Redmond 3 3 40 44 heat 15: 1 H. Long, 2 U. Ericcson, 3 R. Bester, 4 L. Petterson 4 2 44 46 heat 16: 1 O. Nygren, 2 R. Kristofferson, D. Davies (F), T. Redmond (F) 0 5 44 51 heat 17: 1 D. Forsberg , 2 R. Sormander, 3 R. Bester, 4 H. Long 1 5 45 56 heat 18: 1 A. Hunt, 2 U. Ericcson, 3 L. Petterson, 4 N. Mortimer 3 3 48 59 |
Heat Details - 3rd.Test at
Pretoria H 1: 1 H. Long, 2 O. Nygren, 3 R. Kristofferson, 4 R. Bester. 3-3 H 2: 1 T. Redmond, 2 R. Sormander, 3 T. Edwards, 4 D. Forsberg. 4-2 7-5 H 3: 1 A. Hunt, 2 L. Petterson, 3 N. Mortimer, 4 U. Ericcson 4-2 11-7 H 4: 1 T. Redmond, 2 O. Nygren, 3 T. Edwards, 4 R. Kristofferson 4-2 15-9 H 5: 1 R. Sormander, 2 N. Mortimer, 3 D. Forsberg, 4 A. Hunt 2-4 17-13 H 6: 1 L. Petterson, 2 U. Ericcson, 3 R. Bester, 4 H. Long 1-5 18-18 H 7: 1 A. Hunt, 2 R. Kristofferson, 3 O. Nygren, 4 N. Mortimer 3-3 21-21 H 8: 1 H. Long, 2 D. Forsberg, 3 R. Sormander, 4 R. Bester 3-3 24-24 H 9: 1 T. Redmond, 2 U. Ericcson, 3 L. Petterson, 4 T. Edwards 3-3 27-27 H 10:1 O. Nygren, 2 H. Long, 3 R. Kristofferson, 4 R. Bester 2-4 29-31 H 11:1 T. Redmond, 2 D. Forsberg, 3 R. Sormander, 4 T. Edwards 3-3 32-34 H 12:1 1 L. Petterson, 2 U. Ericcson, 3 N. Mortimer, 4 A. Hunt 1-5 33-39 H 13: 1 T. Redmond, 2 R. Kristofferson, 3 T. Edwards, 4 O. Nygren 4-2 37-41 H 14: 1 D. Forsberg, 2 R. Sormander, 3 A. Hunt, 4 N. Mortimer 1-5 38-46 H 15: 1 H. Long, 2 U. Ericcson, 3 T. Blokdyk. L. Petterson (excluded. broke tapes). 4-2 42-48 H 16: 1 A. Hunt, 2 N. Mortimer. R. Kristofferson (excluded for rough riding. bumped Mortimer). O. Nygren (R.ef). 5-0 47-48 H 17: 1 H. Long, 2 R. Sormander, 3 D. Forsberg, 4 T. Blokdyk. 3-3 50-51 H 18: 1 T. Redmond, 2 U. Ericcson, 3 T. Edwards. 4 L. Petterson. 4-2 54-53 |
Heat Winners - 4th Test at Jo'burg H 1 O. Nygren. H 2: U. Ericcson. H 3: R. Sormander, H 4:O. Nygren, H 5: N. Mortimer, H 6: H. Long, H 7: O. Nygren, H 8: H. Long, H 9: A. Hunt, H 10: H. Long, H 11: U. Ericcson, H 12:R. Sormander, H 13: A. Hunt, H 14: T. Redmond, H 15: H. Long H 16: O. Nygren, H 17: H. Long, H 18: H. Long. |
The Scandinavia team also rode the
following non-test matches: 08.11 at Durban : National League Elect 26 (Alan Hunt 8, Henry Long © 7) Scandinavia 46 (Rune Sormander 10, Lasse Pettersson 10, Ulf Ericsson 8, Reider Kristoffersen 7) 11.11 at Johannesburg : Wembley Lions 29 (Alan Hunt 11, Henry Long 9, Aubrey Long 4, Fred Lang 4, Sonny James 1, Jimmy Meade 0, Johnnie Bekker 0) Scandinavia 43 (Rune Sormander 11, Dan Forsberg 9, Ulf Ericsson 8, Reidar Kristoffersen 5, Lasse Pettersson 5, Olle Nygren 4, Bud Messer 1) |
Contributors : Ken MacLeod, David Austin |
© Brian Collins 2004-08