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INTERNATIONALS - SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa v USA
| 1972-73 | USA won series 4-0 | |||||
| 27.10 : Johannesburg (Wembley) | South Africa | 11 | USA | 22 | David Austin tells me that the final scheduled match at Benoni was cancelled because Mike Curoso (injured) and Scott Autrey had already returned home to California. | |
| 28.10 : Benoni (Dunswart) | South Africa | 15 | USA | 21 | ||
| 03.11 : Johannesburg (Wembley) | South Africa | 14 | USA | 22 | ||
| 04.11 : Durban (Hoy Park) | South Africa | 8 | USA | 27 | ||
| 02.12 : Benoni (Dunswart) | Cancelled | |||||
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South Africa | Total | USA | Total | |||||||||
| Dennis Newton | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | Rick Woods © | 8 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 32 | ||
| Ettienne Olivier | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | Scott Autrey | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 26 | ||
| Des Haswell | - | - | 3 | 3 | 6 | Mike Curoso | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | ||
| George Baynes* | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | Sumner McKnight | 1 | - | 5 | 6 | 12 | ||
| Vic Pretorius | 0 | 3 | - | - | 3 | George Baynes (Sth Af) * | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | ||
| Louis Fourie | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | ||||||||
| G Brunton | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | * rode for both teams | |||||||
| Neil Mortimer | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | ||||||||
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David Austin has kindly sent me this newspaper photo of the USA Touring Team in South Africa, 1972 |
| 1981-82 | USA won series 5-0 | |||||
| 29.01 : Pretoria | South Africa | 22 | USA | 26 | ||
| 30.01 : Benoni (Dunswart Raceway) | South Africa | 21 | USA | 24 | ||
| 31.01 : Durban (Ottawa Autodrome) | South Africa | 19 | USA | 29 | ||
| 05.02 : Krugersdorp (Tarlton) | South Africa | 18 | USA | 29 | ||
| 07.02 : Durban (Ottawa Autodrome) | South Africa | 21 | USA | 25 |
| South Africa | Total | USA | Total | |||||||||||||
| Alan Simpson | ? | 8 | ? | 4 | ? | Mark Borgman | ? | 9 | ? | 10 | ? | |||||
| James Bruins | 5 | 0 | Chris Reichardt | 8 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Bruins | 3 | - | Rob Borg | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Coughlan | 3 | - | Tom Dickerson | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Gary Prommel | 1 | 7 | Rob Lassen | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Noddy Naude | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ernest Blignaut | - | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Denzil Kent | - | 6 |
| 1981-82 | INDOOR Series tied 1-1 | |||||
| INDOOR | 16.01 : Johannesburg (Milner Park) | South Africa | 19 | USA | 29 | |
| 19.01 : Johannesburg (Milner Park) | South Africa | 26 | USA | 22 |
| South Africa | Total | USA | Total | |||||||
| Denzil Kent | 9 | 6 | 15 | Chris Reichardt | 11 | 7 | 18 | |||
| Gary Prommel | 4 | 4 | 8 | Mark Borgman | 6 | 8 | 14 | |||
| Alan Simpson | 1 | 7 | 8 | Rob Borg | 6 | 5 | 11 | |||
| Wayne Coughlan | 2 | 4 | 6 | Tom Dickerson | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Noddy Naude | 2 | 3 | 5 | Rob Lassen* | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Arthur Bruins | - | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| James Bruins | 1 | - | 1 | * guest |
| Contributors : David Austin |
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