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Scotland v England

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England v Scotland

1928 to 1956

Scotland teams have often included riders from other countries who were riding for Scottish clubs, or
who (allegedly) had a Scottish parent or grandparent.
However, between 1973 and 1982 (excluding 1978) Scotland was represented by a true home-grown team.
In 1972 and 1978, the team rode as Scotland Select, though details of these matches are included here.

1928 This match race series was tied 1-1
14.07 : Crystal Palace : England 1 Scotland 1 Drew McQueen (Scot) beat Buster Frogley (Eng)
Arthur Willimott (Eng) beat Eric Burnett (Scot)
21.07 : Edinburgh (Marine Gardens) :
Scotland 1 England 1
Roger Frogley (Eng) beat Drew McQueen (Scot)
Eric Burnett (Scot) beat Arthur Willimott (Eng)
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1928 15.08 : White City, Manchester : A series of 3 match races, all won by England (Att: 45,000)
1: Ginger Lees (Eng) beat Harry Duncan (Scot) 104.8

2: Clem Beckett (Eng) beat Drew McQueen (Scot) 113.0

3: Arthur Franklyn (Eng) beat George MacKenzie (Scot) 105.6
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1929 30.07 : West Ham 46 Edinburgh 17 - match referred to in programme as England v Scotland, but in
reality this was definitely a club match, and reported as such in Auto magazine.
1929 02.10 : Belle Vue : an individual event
1930 06.08 : Leeds : England 33 Scotland 20
Scotland team included Drew McQueen ©, who scored a 9 pt maximum despite never having seen the Leeds track before, George McKenzie, Lawrence "Scot" Michie, and Len Stewart.
The England team included Ivor Creek ©, George Greenwood, Eric Langton, and Jack Ormston.
Eng v Scot 30 Leeds
Some of the programmes for these early matches between England and Scotland have
been kindly supplied by Programme Swap Shop

1939 12.08 : Glasgow (White City) Scotland 45 England 38
UNOFFICIAL (Att : 20,000)
Heat Details
With several English Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 10 11 12 13 14 Total
riders on each team, 1 Gruff Garland 0 3 1 1 5
this match barely 2 Harold Jackson 2 3 3 0 8
qualifies as an 3 George Greenwood 3 3 2 3 11
"international", 4 Bob Wells 2' 1 0 0 3 + 1
but that is how it 5 Will Lowther 2' 2 1' F 5 + 2
was promoted to 6 Oliver Hart 3 F 2 3 8
the Glasgow public.
res Jack Hyland 1 2 3
Of the home team, res Leo Lungo 0 2 2
comprised of SCOTLAND 2 7 12 16 20 22 26 28 31 35 38 40 42 45 45
Scottish-based ENGLAND 4 5 6 8 10 14 16 20 23 25 28 31 35 38 38
riders, only the 1 George Pepper 3 2 3 3 11
Italian-sounding 2 Rol Stobbart 1 0 0 1' 2 + 1
Lungo was a native, 3 Ted Bravery 1 3 3 2 9
whilst the England 4 Reg Hay 0 2 1 0 3
team included the 5 Kid Curtis 1 2 2 2 7
Canadian, Pepper, 6 Tommy Bateman 0 0 1' 1 2 + 1
and Aussies Hay and res Alan Butler 1 3 4
Littlewood res Syd Littlewood 0 F 0
Scottish Silver Gauntlet 1: Curtis, Wells, Garland, Stobbart. 2: Pepper, Lowther, Jack Chapman, Bateman. 3: Greenwood, Jackson, Hay, Elwood Stillwell. 4: Joe Crowther, Hart, Fred Belliveau, Bravery. FINAL: Greenwood, Pepper, Crowther, Curtis.
Match Race : Crowther, Chapman, Belliveau, Stillwell.
Reserves Race : Lungo, Butler, Hyland, Littlewood.

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Glasgow White City (details above) Edinburgh Marine Gardens (details below)

1939 22.08 : Edinburgh (Marine Gardens) Scotland 51 England 32
UNOFFICIAL

Heat Details
F Fell M Time exclusion ns non-starter R Retired; Engine failure
rm remounted T Tapes/start exclusion X Excluded; Disqualified ' Bonus point
. Scheduled ride ( ) "Assumed" points score (heat results incomplete)
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13
14 Total
1 George Greenwood 1 3 3 3 10 A 1-man England
2 Will Lowther 0 2' 0 F 2 + 1 team opened with a
3 Oliver Hart 3 2 3 3 11 5-1 but were well-
4 Harold Jackson 2' R - - 2 + 1 beaten by a fine
5 Jack Chapman 2' 0 0 - 2 + 1 "Scottish" squad.
6 Gruff Garland 3 3 2 3 11 For England, their
res Leo Lungo 2' 2' 0 3 7 + 2 only star was an
res Jack Hyland 2' 2 2' 6 + 2 Australian born in
SCOTLAND 1 6 11 16 18 21 26 31 33 36 41 43 48 51 51 South Africa, Ernie
ENGLAND 5 6 7 8 12 15 16 17 21 24 25 29 30 32 32 Evans. A second
1 Ernie Evans © 3 3 3 3 12 programed Aussie,
2 Broncho Dixon 2' 1 1 R 4 + 1 Billy Lamont, was
3 Maurice Stobbart 1 1' 1 1' 4 + 2 replaced by
4 Syd Littlewood 0 1 2 2 5 Stobart. Lone Scot
5 Jack Gordon 1 0 0 1 2 Lungo was the
6 Alan Butler 0 1 1 2 4 surprise success of
res Reg Hay 0 1 1 the home team.
res Will Goodall 0 0 0

1945 22.08 : Glasgow (White City) Scotland 54 England 53
UNOFFICIAL
Heat Details
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
1 Ron Johnson 3 3 0 - - - 6
2 Bert Spencer 1 0 2 0 1 1 5
3 Eric Chitty 2' 2 - 3 3 3 1' 14 + 2
4 Ron Clarke 3 1' 3 0 2' 2 11 + 2
5 Bill Longley 3 2 0 2 3 1' 11 + 1
6 Phil Hart 1 0 2 0 - 2 5
res Leo Lungo R 0
res Norman Evans 1 (0) 1
res Maurice Stobart 1 1
SCOTLAND 4 9 13 16 19 21 23 27 29 30 33 35 36 41 44 48 51 54 54
ENGLAND 2 3 5 8 11 15 19 21 25 30 33 37 42 43 45 47 50 53 53
1 Bill Kitchen 0 3 3 2' 1 3 12 + 1
2 Will Lowther 2 0 1 3 - 0 6
3 Oliver Hart 1 1' 1 - 3 R 6 + 1
4 Wal Morton 0 2 3 2 2' - 9 + 1
5 Malcolm Craven 2 3 2 1 2 0 10
6 Wilf Plant 0 1 0 - 0 - 1
res Joe Crowther 3 0 2 3 8
res Maurice Stobart 1' 1 + 1

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Glasgow White City programmes from 1945 and 1948

1948 18.08 : Glasgow (White City) (Att: 20,000) Scotland 59 England 49
1: Johnson, Parker, Dell f,rm, Campbell f 3-3
2: Lowther, Geary, Hodgson, Byrnes 3-3 6-6
3: Crowther, Evans, Plant, Bainbridge 3-3 9-9
4: Johnson, Geary, Hodgson, Campbell 3-3 12-12
5: Lowther, Byrnes, Plant, Evans 5-1 17-13
6: Parker, Crowther, Bainbridge, Dell 3-3 20-16
7: Johnson, Plant, Lindsay, Evans 4-2 24-18
8: Parker, Byrnes, Dell, Lowther 2-4 26-22
9: Crowther, Hodgson, Bainbridge, Geary 4-2 30-24
10: Parker, Johnson, Dell, Maddern 2-4 32-28
11: Hodgson, Byrnes, Geary, Lowther 2-4 34-32
12: Bainbridge, Crowther, Plant, Evans 5-1 39-33
13: Johnson, Lindsay, Hodgson, Williams 5-1 44-34
14: Plant, Byrnes, Lowther, Goodwin 3-3 47-37
15: Crowther, Dell, Bainbridge, Parker 4-2 51-39
16: Johnson, Lindsay, Godwin, Plant 5-1 56-40
17: Parker, Dell, Byrnes, Lowther 1-5 57-45
18: Geary, Bainbridge, Hodgson, Crowther 2-4 59-49
Ron Johnson © 3 3 3 2 3 3 17 Jack Parker © 2 3 3 3 0 3 14
Dick Campbell f 0 - - - - 0 Stan Dell 1' 0 1 1 2 2' 7+2
Will Lowther 3 3 0 0 1' 0 7+1 Frank Hodgson 1' 1' 2 3 1 1 9+2
Bat Byrnes 0 2' 2 2 2 1 9+1 Stan Williams - - - - 0 - 0
Joe Crowther 3 2 3 2' 3 0 13+1 Norman Evans 2 0 0 0 - - 2
Junior Bainbridge 0 1' 1 3 1 2 8+1 Wilf Plant 1' 1 2 1 3 0 8+1
Bill Maddern 0 0 Geoff Godwin 0 1 1
Norman Lindsay 1 2' 2' 5+2 Dick Geary 2 2 0 1 3 8

1949 24.08 : Glasgow (White City) Scotland 52 England 55
1: Le Breton, McGregor, Parker, Bales 5-1
2: Craven, Campbell, Hunt, Crowther 2-4 7-5
3: Bennett, Young, Byford, Bainbridge 2-4 9-9
4: Bales, Parker, Campbell, Crowther 1-5 10-14
5: Young, Bainbridge, Hunt, Craven 5-1 15-15
6: Le Breton, Bennett, Byford, McGregor 3-3 18-18
7: Young, Parker, Bales f, Bainbridge ef 3-2 21-20
8: Hunt, Le Breton, McGregor, Craven 3-3 24-23
9: Campbell, Bennett, Byrnes, Byford f 4-2 28-25
10: Parker, Le Breton, Bales, McGregor f 2-4 30-29
11: Craven, Byrnes, Hunt, Campbell 2-4 32-33
12: Young, Bainbridge, Byford, Bennett 5-1 37-34
13: Bales, Parker, Campbell, Byrnes 1-5 38-39
14: Young, Craven, Hunt, Bainbridge 3-3 41-42
15: Le Breton, Bennett, McGregor, Byford 4-2 45-44
16: Parker, Bainbridge, Bales, Young f 2-4 47-48
17: Le Breton, Hunt, Craven, McGregor f 3-3 50-51
18: Bennett, Byrnes, Byford, Campbell 2-4 52-55
Gordon McGregor © 2' 0 1' f 1 f 4+2 Norman Parker © 1 2' 2 3 2' 3 13+2
Ken Le Breton 3 3 2 2 3 3 16 Billy Bales 0 3 f 1 3 1 8
Dick Campbell 2 1 3 0 1 0 7 Malcolm Craven 3 0 0 3 2 1' 9+1
Joe Crowther 0 0 - - - - 0 Alan Hunt 1 1 3 1 1' 2 9+1
Junior Bainbridge 0 2' ef 2' 0 2 6+2 Geoff Bennett 3 2 2 0 2 3 12
Jack Young 2 3 3 3 3 f 14 Howdy Byford 1 1' f 1 0 1 4+1
Bat Byrnes 1 2 0 2 5 Derek Close no rides -
Merv Harding no rides - Phil Clarke no rides -
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Back
Bat Byrnes,
Dick Campbell,
Ian Hoskins (manager), Junior Bainbridge,
Jack Young.
Front
Merv Harding,
Ken Le Breton,
Joe Crowther,
Gordon McGregor.
The England team v Scotland 1949

Back
Alan Hunt,
Phil Clarke,
Howdy Byford,
Geoff Bennett
Front
Malcolm Craven,
Norman Parker,
Billy Bales,
Derek Close
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Medal presented to England's Billy Bales for the 1949 Test. If anyone knows the whereabouts of this
medal, then please contact me at internationalspeedway@yahoo.co.uk

Scot v Eng 1949 Glasgow WC Scot v Eng 50 Glasgow WC
1949 & 1950 Programmes

1950 11.09 : Glasgow (White City) (Att: 24,000) Scotland 67 England 41
1: Miller, Parker, Campbell, Williams 4-2
2: Le Breton, Roger, McGregor, Forrest 4-2 8-4
3: Young, Lawson, Harding, Bennett 4-2 12-6
4: Le Breton, Parker, Williams, McGregor 3-3 15-9
5: Harding, Young, Forrest, Roger 5-1 20-10
6: Miller, Lawson, Bennett, Campbell f,ex 3-3 23-13
7: Parker, Young, Harding, Williams 3-3 26-16
8: Miller, Forrest, Lindsay, Roger ef 4-2 30-18
9: Le Breton, Lawson, Bennett, McGregor 3-3 33-21
10: Miller, Emms, Parker, Campbell 3-3 36-24
11: Le Breton, Wilson, Roger, Forrest 5-1 41-25
12: Lawson, Young, Harding, Reason f 3-3 44-28
13: Parker, Wilson, Emms, Le Breton ef 2-4 46-32
14: Young, Harding, Williams, Forrest f,ex 5-1 51-33
15: Miller, Wilson, Lawson, Reason 5-1 56-34
16: Emms, Young, Harding, Parker 3-3 59-37
17: Miller, Wilson, Williams, Reason f 5-1 64-38
18: Le Breton, Lawson, Bennett, Lindsay 3-3 67-41
Tommy Miller © 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Jack Parker © 2 2 3 1' 3 0 11+1
Dick Campbell 1 f,ex - 0 - - 1 Stan Williams 0 1' 0 - 1 1 3+1
Ken Le Breton 3 3 3 3 ef 3 15 Cyril Roger 2 0 ef 1 - - 3
Gordon McGregor 1 0 0 - - - 1 Arthur Forrest 0 1 2 0 f,ex - 3
Jack Young 3 2' 2 2 3 2 14+1 Louis Lawson 2 2 2 3 1 2 12
Merv Harding 1 3 1' 1' 2' 1' 9+4 Geoff Bennett 0 1' 1' - - 1' 3+3
Norman Lindsay 1 0 1 Vic Emms 2 1 3 6
Willie Wilson 2' 2 2' 2' 8+3 Johnny Reason f 0 f 0

1951 Scotland won series 3-2 Attendance
13.06 : Glasgow (White City) Scotland 50 England 58 25,000
03.07 : Ashfield Scotland 59 England 49 20,688
10.08 : Cradley Heath England 61 Scotland 47
27.08 : Halifax England 48 Scotland 60 9,000
15.09 : Edinburgh (Meadowbank) Scotland 56 England 52 26,000
Scotland Total England Total
Jack Young 17 17 18 18 12 82 Arthur Forrest - - 9 13 14 36
Tommy Miller 10 6 15 13 8 52 Freddie Williams - 10 - - 10 20
Willie Wilson 4 12 2 7 - 25 Cyril Brine - 12 - - 7 19
Bruce Semmens - - 6 14 4 24 Derek Close 9 - - 9 - 18
Junior Bainbridge 15 6 0 0 - 21 Norman Parker 9 3 - - 5 17
Bob Mark - - 5 2 12 19 Guy Allott - - 13 3 - 16
Dick Campbell 1 5 0 - 7 13 Eddie Rigg 16 - - - - 16
Derek Close - - - - 12 12 Fred Brand - - 9 6 - 15
Merv Harding 1 4 1 5 - 11 Jack Parker 15 - - - - 15
Don Cuppleditch - 6 - - - 6 Vic Emms - - - 12 - 12
Keith Gurtner - 3 - - - 3 Phil Malpass - - 12 - - 12
Gordon McGregor 2 - - - 1 3 Alan Hunt - 11 - - - 11
Ken McKinlay - - - 1 - 1 Gil Craven - - 9 - - 9
Bill Dalton 0 - - - - 0 Pete Lansdale - - 9 - - 9
Bob Oakley - - - - 9 9
Scot v Eng 51 Edinburgh Len Williams - - - - 7 7
Bill Kitchen - 6 - - 0 6
Harry Edwards 5 - - - - 5
Oliver Hart - 5 - - - 5
Al Allison - - - 4 - 4
Eric Boothroyd - 2 - - - 2
Ken Sharples 2 - - - - 2
Bob Fletcher 1 - - - - 1
Jack Hughes - - - 1 - 1
Louis Lawson 1 - - - - 1
Ron Peace - 0 - - - 0
Johnny Reason - - - 0 - 0

Scot v Eng 1951 Glasgow WC Scot v Eng 1951 Ashfield Scot v Eng 1951 Cradley Heath Scot v Eng 1951 Halifax

1st Test
Scotland 50
Tommy Miller: 2, 0, 2, 1', 2, 3 = 10+1
Dick Campbell: 0, 1 = 1
Jack Young: 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 17
Merv Harding: 1', 0, 0, ex = 1+1
Junior Bainbridge: 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2 = 15
Gordon McGregor: 2', 0, 0, 0, 0 = 2+1
Willie Wilson: 2, 1, 0, 0, 1 = 4
Bill Dalton: 0, 0 = 0
England 58
Jack Parker: 3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3 = 15
Harry Edwards: 1, 1', 1', 0, 1', 1 = 5+3
Eddie Rigg: 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2 = 16
Louis Lawson: ef, 1, ex, ef = 1
Norman Parker: 1, 2', 2, 1', 1, 2 = 9+2
Derek Close: F, 3, 1', 2, 3, 0 = 9+1
Ken Sharples: 1, 1' = 2+1
Bob Fletcher: 1 = 1
Ht 1: J Parker, Miller, Edwards, Campbell 80.4 2-4 2-4
Ht 2: Rigg, Young, Harding, Lawson (ef) 80.8 3-3 5-7
Ht 3: Bainbridge, McGregor, N Parker, Close (f) 83.2 5-1 10-8
Ht 4: Young, J Parker, Edwards, Harding 83.2 3-3 13-11
Ht 5: Rigg, Bainbridge, Lawson, McGregor 84.2 2-4 15-15
Ht 6: Close, N Parker, Campbell, Miller 84.8 1-5 16-20
Ht 7: Bainbridge, J Parker, Edwards, McGregor 83.8 3-3 19-23
Ht 8: Rigg, Miller, Sharples, Dalton, Lawson (ex) 85.0 2-4 21-27
Ht 9: Young, N Parker, Close, Harding 85.4 3-3 24-30
Ht 10: J Parker, Wilson, Miller, Edwards 84.8 3-3 27-33
Ht 11: Young, Rigg, Wilson, Lawson (ef), Harding (ex) 84.0 4-2 31-35
Ht 12: Bainbridge, Close, N Parker, McGregor 84.2 3-3 34-38
Ht 13: Young, J Parker, Edwards, Wilson 84.0 3-3 37-41
Ht 14: Rigg, Bainbridge, Fletcher, Dalton 88.0 2-4 39-45
Ht 15: Close, Miller, N Parker, Wilson 84.2 2-4 41-49
Ht 16: J Parker, Bainbridge, Edwards, McGregor 84.0 2-4 43-53
Ht 17: Miller, Rigg, Sharples, Wilson 85.0 3-3 46-56
Ht 18: Young, N Parker, Wilson, Close 83.2 4-2 50-58
3rd Test
England 61
Guy Allott: 3, 3, ef, 3, 2', 2 = 13+1
Gil Craven: 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1' = 9+1
Arthur Forrest: 1', 1, 2', 2, 3, F = 9+2
Pete Lansdale: 2, 0, 3, 1', 1, 2 = 9+1
Phil Malpass: 3, 1', 2, 3, 2, 1' = 12+2
Fred Brand: 2', 2, 1', 1, 1', 2 = 9+3
Vic Emms: - dnr -
Les Tolley: - dnr -
Scotland 47
Tommy Miller: 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3 = 15
Willie Wilson: 0, 2', 0, 0, 0, 0 = 2+1
Jack Young: 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 18
Merv Harding: 0, ef, 1, 0, 0, 0 = 1
Junior Bainbridge: Fns = 0
Dick Campbell: ex = 0
Bruce Semmens: 1, 0, 0, 2, 0, 3 = 6
Bob Mark: 2, 1, ef, 1, 1 = 5
Ht 1: Allott, Miller, Craven, Wilson 73.2 4-2 4-2
Ht 2: Young, Lansdale, Forrest, Harding 73.4 3-3 7-5
Ht 3: Malpass, Brand, Semmens, Campbell (fex), Bainbridge (fns) 74.2 5-1 12-6
Ht 4: Miller, Wilson, Forrest, Lansdale 73.8 1-5 13-11
Ht 5: Young, Brand, Malpass, Harding (ef) 73.0 3-3 16-14
Ht 6: Allott, Mark, Craven, Semmens 73.0 4-2 20-16
Ht 7: Miller, Malpass, Brand, Wilson 73.8 3-3 23-19
Ht 8: Young, Craven, Harding, Allott (ef) 74.0 2-4 25-23
Ht 9: Lansdale, Forrest, Mark, Semmens 74.8 5-1 30-24
Ht 10: Allott, Miller, Craven, Wilson 75.0 4-2 34-26
Ht 11: Young, Forrest, Lansdale, Harding 73.6 3-3 37-29
Ht 12: Malpass, Semmens, Brand, Mark (ef) 75.0 4-2 41-31
Ht 13: Forrest, Miller, Lansdale, Wilson 74.6 4-2 45-33
Ht 14: Young, Malpass, Brand, Harding 73.8 3-3 48-36
Ht 15: Craven, Allott, Mark, Semmens 76.0 5-1 53-37
Ht 16: Miller, Brand, Malpass, Wilson 74.6 3-3 56-40
Ht 17: Young, Allott, Craven, Harding 73.8 3-3 59-43
Ht 18: Semmens, Lansdale, Mark, Forrest (f) 76.0 2-4 61-47
4th Test
England 48
Arthur Forrest: 3, 2, 0, 3, 3, 3 = 14
Fred Brand: 2', 1', 1, 0, 1, 1 = 6+2
Vic Emms: 2, 2, 0, 2, 3, 3 = 12
Guy Allott: 1', 1', 1, 0 = 3+2
Derek Close: 3, F, 1, 2, 2, 1' = 9+1
Johnnie Reason: 0, 0 = 0
Jack Hughes: 1, 0 = 1
Al Allison: 0, 1, 2, 1 = 4
Scotland 60
Tommy Miller: 1, 3, 2', 2, 2, 3 = 13+1
Ken McKinlay: 0, 0, 1', 0 = 1+1
Jack Young: 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 18
Merv Harding: 0, 2', 2', 1, 0, 0 = 5+2
Bruce Semmens: 2, 3, 2', 3, 2, 2 = 14+1
Bob Mark: 1', 0, 1, ef = 2+1
Junior Bainbridge: - dnr -
Willie Wilson: 3, 3, 1', 0 = 7+1
Ht 1: Forrest, Brand, Miller, McKinlay 68.4 5-1 5-1
Ht 2: Young, Emms, Allott, Harding 69.6 3-3 8-4
Ht 3: Close, Semmens, Mark, Reason 69.6 3-3 11-7
Ht 4: Miller, Emms, Allott, McKinlay 69.8 3-3 14-10
Ht 5: Young, Harding, Hughes, Close (f) 71.0 1-5 15-15
Ht 6: Semmens, Forrest, Brand, Mark 70.0 3-3 18-18
Ht 7: Wilson, Miller, Close, Reason 71.2 1-5 19-23
Ht 8: Young, Harding, Brand, Forrest 71.2 1-5 20-28
Ht 9: Wilson, Semmens, Allott, Emms 71.4 1-5 21-33
Ht 10: Forrest, Miller, Wilson, Brand 70.4 3-3 24-36
Ht 11: Young, Emms, Harding, Allott 70.6 2-4 26-40
Ht 12: Semmens, Close, Mark, Allison 71.2 2-4 28-44
Ht 13: Emms, Miller, McKinlay, Hughes 72.0 3-3 31-47
Ht 14: Young, Close, Allison, Harding 71.2 3-3 34-50
Ht 15: Forrest, Semmens, Brand, Wilson 71.2 4-2 38-52
Ht 16: Miller, Allison, Close, McKinlay 71.4 3-3 41-55
Ht 17: Young, Forrest, Brand, Harding 70.6 3-3 44-58
Ht 18: Emms, Semmens, Allison, Mark (ef) 71.4 4-2 48-60

1952 Scotland won series 3-2 Attendance
28.05 : Glasgow (White City) Scotland 61 England 46
16.06 : Coventry England 62 Scotland 46
02.08 : Ashfield Scotland 51 England 55 14,899
11.08 : Liverpool England 52 Scotland 56
05.09 : Motherwell Scotland 56 England 52 35,000
Scotland Total England Total
Tommy Miller 18 17 8 13 16 72 Freddie Williams - - - 18 13 31
Derek Close 10 10 15 14 9 58 Arthur Forrest 7 2 10 - 9 28
Ken McKinlay - - 10 7 11 28 Alan Hunt - 16 12 - - 28
Don Cuppleditch - 7 - 9 4 20 Ken Sharples 9 4 7 - 4 24
Willie Wilson 7 3 6 0 4 20 Billy Bales 14 6 - - - 20
Harold Fairhurst - 5 - 11 1 17 Vic Emms - 13 6 - - 19
Bob Mark 10 - 0 - 6 16 Cyril Brine 5 - 9 - - 14
Junior Bainbridge 11 0 4 - - 15 Brian Crutcher - - - - 12 12
Keith Gurtner 5 4 0 - - 9 Jack Parker - 12 - - - 12
Bruce Semmens - 0 8 1 - 9 Bert Roger - - - 12 - 12
Wilf Jay - - - 1 1 2 Eddie Rigg - - - - 11 11
Jack Hughes - - 9 - 0 9
Scot v Eng 1952 Glasgow WC Scot v Eng 1952 Ashfield Peter Robinson 2 - - 6 1 9
Len Williams - 9 - - - 9
Wally Green 5 - - - - 5
Harry Welch - - - 5 - 5
Jeff Lloyd - - - 4 - 4
George Wilks - - - 4 - 4
Dent Oliver - - - 3 - 3
Fred Brand 2 - - - - 2
Malcolm Craven 2 - - - - 2
Bob Oakley - - 2 - - 2
Eric Williams - - - - 2 2
Reg Fearman - - - 0 - 0
Stan Williams - 0 - - - 0

Scot v Eng 1952 Coventry Scot v Eng 1952 Liverpool Scot v Eng 1952 Motherwell

1st Test
Scotland 61
Tommy Miller: 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 18
Willie Wilson: 1, 1, 1, 2', 1, 1 = 7+1
Junior Bainbridge: 0, F, 3, 2', 3, 3 = 11+1
Bob Mark: 2, 3, 2', 3, 0, 0 = 10+1
Derek Close: 3, 2, 2, ef, F, 3 = 10
Keith Gurtner: 1, 0, 1', 2, 1, 0 = 5+1
Ken McKinlay: - dnr -
Bruce Semmens: - dnr -
England 46
Cyril Brine: 2, F, ef, 1, 1', 1' = 5+2
Fred Brand: 0, 2 = 2
Malcolm Craven: 1, 1, ef, 0, 0 = 2
Billy Bales: 3, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2 = 14
Wally Green: 0, 0, 3, 0, 2 = 5
Ken Sharples: 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1' = 9+1
Arthur Forrest: 3, 0, 2, 2 = 7
Peter Robinson: 0, 2 = 2
Ht 1: Miller, Brine, Wilson, Brand 76.0 (track record) 4-2 4-2
Ht 2: Bales, Mark, Craven, Bainbridge 79.4 2-4 6-6
Ht 3: Close, Sharples, Gurtner, Green 79.2 4-2 10-8
Ht 4: Mark, Brand, Bainbridge (f), Brine (f) 79.8 3-2 13-10
Ht 5: Bales, Close, Craven, Gurtner 79.2 2-4 15-14
Ht 6: Miller, Sharples, Wilson, Green 78.8 4-2 19-16
Ht 7: Forrest, Close, Gurtner, Brine (ef) 79.2 3-3 22-19
Ht 8: Miller, Bales, Wilson, Craven (ef) 78.2 4-2 26-21
Ht 9: Bainbridge, Mark, Sharples, Robinson 79.2 5-1 31-22
Ht 10: Miller, Wilson, Brine, Forrest 79.4 5-1 36-23
Ht 11: Mark, Bainbridge, Bales, Craven 80.0 5-1 41-24
Ht 12: Green, Gurtner, Sharples, Close (ef) 80.2 2-4 43-28
Ht 13: Bainbridge, Forrest, Brine, Mark 79.0 3-3 46-31
Ht 14: Bales, Robinson, Gurtner, Close (f) 80.8 1-5 47-36
Ht 15: Miller, Sharples, Wilson, Green 79.4 4-2 51-38
Ht 16: Close, Forrest, Brine, Gurtner 79.2 3-3 54-41
Ht 17: Miller, Bales, Wilson, Craven 79.8 4-2 58-43
Ht 18: Bainbridge, Green, Sharples, Mark 79.4 3-3 61-46
4th Test
England 52
Freddie Williams: 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 18
George Wilks: 1, 2', 0, 1, 0 = 4+1
Dent Oliver: 3, ef, 0, 0 = 3
Peter Robinson: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1' = 6+1
Bert Roger: 2', 3, 3, 3, 1', 0 = 12+2
Jeff Lloyd: 3, 1, 0, 0 = 4
Reg Fearman: 0, 0 = 0
Harry Welch: 2, 1, 2 = 5
Scotland 56
Tommy Miller: 2, 3, 1', 2, 2', 3 = 13+2
Don Cuppleditch: 0, 2', 2, 0, 3, 2' = 9+2
Derek Close: 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2 = 14
Willie Wilson: 0, 0, 0 = 0
Ken McKinlay: 1, 1, 2', 2, 1', 0 = 7+2
Bruce Semmens: 0, F, 1' = 1+1
Wilf Jay: 1' = 1+1
Harold Fairhurst: 3, 2', 2, 3, 1' = 11+2
Ht 1: Williams, Miller, Wilks, Cuppleditch 75.6 4-2 4-2
Ht 2: Oliver, Close, Robinson, Wilson, 80.2 4-2 8-4
Ht 3: Lloyd, Roger, McKinlay, Semmens 80.2 5-1 13-5
Ht 4: Miller, Cuppleditch, Robinson, Oliver (ef) 78.2 1-5 14-10
Ht 5: Roger, Close, Lloyd, Wilson 80.8 4-2 18-12
Ht 6: Williams, Wilks, McKinlay, Semmens (f) 80.4 5-1 23-13
Ht 7: Roger, Cuppleditch, Miller, Lloyd 81.4 3-3 26-16
Ht 8: Williams, Close, Jay, Wilks 79.8 3-3 29-19
Ht 9: Fairhurst, McKinlay, Robinson, Oliver 81.8 1-5 30-24
Ht 10: Williams, Miller, Wilks, Cuppleditch 79.4 4-2 34-26
Ht 11: Close, Fairhurst, Robinson, Oliver 81.4 1-5 35-31
Ht 12: Roger, McKinlay, Semmens, Lloyd 82.4 3-3 38-34
Ht 13: Cuppleditch, Miller, Robinson, Fearman 83.0 1-5 39-39
Ht 14: Close, Welch, Roger, Wilson 83.0 3-3 42-42
Ht 15: Williams, Fairhurst, McKinlay, Wilks 81.2 3-3 45-45
Ht 16: Miller, Cuppleditch, Welch, Roger 81.6 1-5 46-50
Ht 17: Williams, Close, Fairhurst, Fearman 81.2 3-3 49-53
Ht 18: Fairhurst, Welch, Robinson, McKinlay 84.2 3-3 52-56
5th Test
Scotland 56
Derek Close: ef, ef, ef, 3, 3, 3 = 9
Noel Watson: 2, 1, 2, 0 = 5
Tommy Miller: 3, 2', 3, 2, 3, 3 = 16+1
Don Cuppleditch: 0, 3, 1, 0 = 4
Willie Wilson: 1, 1, 0, 2 = 4
Ken McKinlay: 3, ef, 2, 2, 3, 1' = 11+1
Bob Mark: 2', 2', 2' = 6+3
Harold Fairhurst: 1', 0, 0 = 1+1
Gordon McGregor: - dnr -
England 52
Freddie Williams: 3, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3 = 13
Eric Williams:1, 0, 1', 0, 0 = 2+1
Eddie Rigg: 1', 2', 3, 3, 2, 0 = 11+2
Arthur Forrest: 2, 3, 1, 1, 1', 1 = 9+1
Ken Sharples: 0, 2', 0, 1, 1' = 4+2
Brian Crutcher: 2, 3, 2, 3, 0, 2 = 12
Peter Robinson: 1 = 1
Jack Hughes: 0 = 0
Ken Middleditch: - dnr -
Ht 1: F Williams, Watson, E Williams, Close (ef) 74.0 2-4 2-4
Ht 2: Miller, Forrest, Rigg, Cuppleditch 73.6 3-3 5-7
Ht 3: McKinlay, Crutcher, Wilson, Sharples 73.4 4-2 9-9
Ht 4: Cuppleditch, Miller, F Williams, E Williams 74.6 5-1 14-10
Ht 5: Forrest, Rigg, Wilson, McKinlay (ef) 73.4 1-5 15-15
Ht 6: Crutcher, Sharples, Watson, Close (ef) 74.6 1-5 16-20
Ht 7: F Williams, McKinlay, Robinson, Wilson 74.2 2-4 18-24
Ht 8: Rigg, Watson, Forrest, Close (ef) 74.4 2-4 20-28
Ht 9: Miller, Crutcher, Cuppleditch, Sharples 74.2 4-2 24-30
Ht 10: Close, F Williams, E Williams, Watson 74.4 3-3 27-33
Ht 11: Rigg, Miller, Forrest, Cuppleditch 74.4 2-4 29-37
Ht 12: Crutcher, McKinlay, Fairhurst, Hughes 74.8 3-3 32-40
Ht 13: Miller, Mark, F Williams, E Williams 75.4 5-1 37-41
Ht 14: McKinlay, Rigg, Forrest, Fairhurst 74.8 3-3 40-44
Ht 15: Close, Mark, Sharples, Crutcher 74.8 5-1 45-45
Ht 16: F Williams, Wilson, McKinlay, E Williams 76.4 3-3 48-48
Ht 17: Close, Mark, Forrest, Rigg 75.4 5-1 53-49
Ht 18: Miller, Crutcher, Sharples, Fairhurst 75.6 3-3 56-52

1953 Scotland won series 4-1
27.05 : Glasgow (White City) Scotland 70 England 38
03.07 : Leicester England 66 Scotland 42
14.07 : Wolverhampton England 51 Scotland 56
14.08 : Motherwell Scotland 62 England 46
22.09 : Edinburgh (Meadowbank) Scotland 71 England 37
Scot v Eng 1953 Edinburgh Scotland Total
Tommy Miller 18 14 14 12 9 67
Don Cuppleditch 4 13 12 11 14 54
Ken McKinlay 14 2 12 11 14 53
Bob Mark 7 8 5 - 9 29
Gordon McGregor 6 - 5 7 9 27
Dick Campbell - - 5 0 16 21
Ron Phillips - - - 14 - 14
Junior Bainbridge 9 1 3 0 0 13
Derek Close 11 - - - - 11
Johnny Green - - - 7 - 7
Roy Bester - 4 - - - 4
Willie Wilson 1 0 - - - 1
Jock Grierson - 0 - - - 0
England
Eddie Rigg 3 - - 12 13 28
Ken Sharples 9 11 6 - - 26
Len Williams - 16 - - 8 24
Alan Hunt - 15 - - 7 22
Ron Mountford - - 3 12 1 16
Harry Bastable - - 15 - - 15
Dick Bradley - - 11 - 3 14
Jeff Lloyd 8 - 6 - - 14
Brian Crutcher - 11 2 - - 13
Scot v Eng 1953 Motherwell Dent Oliver 7 - - - 2 9
Bert Roger - - - 6 - 6
Cyril Roger - - - 6 - 6
Jim Tolley - - 6 - - 6
Eric Williams - - - 6 - 6
Freddie Williams - 6 - - - 6
Jack Parker 5 - - - - 5
Vic Emms - 4 - - - 4
Ken Middleditch 1 - 2 - - 3
Split Waterman 3 - - - - 3
Billy Bales - - - 2 - 2
Jack Hughes - - - 2 - 2
Louis Lawson 2 - - - - 2
Johnny Reason - 2 - - - 2
Reg Fearman - 1 - - - 1
Eddie Lack - - - - 1 1
Phil Clarke - - - 0 - 0

1st Test at Glasgow Ht 1: Miller, Cuppleditch, Sharples, Parker 76.4 5-1 5-1
Ht 2: McKinlay, Rigg, Lloyd, Wilson 79.2 3-3 8-4
Ht 3: Waterman, Close, Mark, Oliver 78.4 3-3 11-7
Ht 4: McKinlay, Sharples, Parker, Wilson 78.2 3-3 14-10
Ht 5: Mark, Lloyd, Rigg, Close (f) 80.2 3-3 17-13
Ht 6: Miller, Cuppleditch, Oliver, Waterman (ef) 77.4 5-1 22-14 Ht 7: Sharples, Parker, Bainbridge, Mark 79.0 1-5 23-19
Ht 8: Miller, McGregor, Lloyd, Rigg 78.4 5-1 28-20
Ht 9: Oliver, McKinlay, Wilson, Lawson 79.4 3-3 31-23
Ht 10: Miller, McGregor, Sharples, Parker 78.0 5-1 36-24
Ht 11: Bainbridge, McKinlay, Lloyd, Rigg 78.8 5-1 41-25
Ht 12: Close, Oliver, Mark, Middleditch 79.8 4-2 45-27
Ht 13: Bainbridge, Sharples, McKinlay, Lawson 79.2 4-2 49-29 Ht 14: Close, Lloyd, Mark, Rigg 79.2 4-2 53-31
Ht 15: Miller, Lawson, Oliver, McGregor 79.6 3-3 56-34
Ht 16: Close, Parker, Mark, Sharples (f)79.4 4-2 60-36
Ht 17: Miller, McGregor, Lloyd, Lawson 78.6 5-1 65-37
Ht 18: McKinlay, Bainbridge, Middleditch, Oliver 78.6 70-38
Scotland 70 England 38
Tommy Miller 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Jack Parker 0 1' 2' 0 2 5 + 2
Don Cuppleditch 2' 2' 4 + 2 Ken Sharples 1 2 3 1 2 f 9
Ken McKinlay 3 3 2 2' 1 3 14 + 1 Eddie Rigg 2 1' 0 0 0 3 + 1
Willie Wilson 0 0 1' 1 + 1 Jeff Lloyd 1' 2 1 1 2 1 8 + 1
Derek Close 2 f 3 3 3 11 Split Waterman 3 ef 3
Bob Mark 1' 3 0 1 1 1 7 + 1 Dent Oliver 0 1 3 2 1' 0 7 + 1
Junior Bainbridge 1 3 3 2' 9 + 1 Louis Lawson 0 0 2 0 2
Gordon McGregor 2' 2' 0 2' 6 + 3 Ken Middleditch 0 1 1
2nd Test at Leicester Ht1 Miller, Bester, Emms, Hunt 68.6 1 5 1 5
Ht2 L.Williams, Cuppleditch, F.Williams, Grierson 68.0 4 2 5 7 Ht3 Mark, Sharples, Crutcher, McKinlay 69.0 3 3 8 10
Ht4 L.Williams, Miller, F.Williams, Bester 68.8 4 2 12 12
Ht5 Cuppleditch, Sharples, Crutcher, Grierson 70.2 3 3 15 15
Ht6 Hunt, Mark, McKinlay, Emms 69.4 3 3 18 18
Ht7 Miller, Crutcher, Sharples, Bester 69.6 3 3 21 21
Ht8 Hunt, Cuppleditch, Reason, Bainbridge 69.4 4 2 25 23
Ht9 L.Williams, F.Williams, Mark, Wilson 69.6 5 1 30 24
Ht10 Hunt, Bester, Fearman, Miller (ef) 70.0 4 2 34 26
Ht11 Cuppleditch, L Williams, F Williams, Grierson 70.0 37 29 Ht12 Sharples, Crutcher, Bainbridge, Mark 69.4 5 1 42 30
Ht13 Miller, L.Williams, F.Williams, Bester 70.4 3 3 45 33
Ht14 Crutcher, Sharples, Cuppleditch, Wilson 69.8 5 1 50 34
Ht15 Hunt, Emms, McKinlay, Mark (ef) 70.4 5 1 55 35
Ht16 Miller, Crutcher, Sharples, Bester 71.2 3 3 58 38
Ht17 Hunt, Cuppleditch, Emms, Bainbridge 70.2 4 2 62 40
Ht18 L.Williams, Mark, Reason, Bainbridge 70.0 4 2 66 42
England 66 Scotland 42
Alan Hunt 0 3 3 3 3 3 15 Tommy Miller 3 2 3 ef 3 3 14
Vic Emms 1 0 - - 2' 1 4 + 1 Roy Bester 2' 0 0 2 0 0 4 + 1
Freddie Williams 1 1 2' 1' 1' - 6 + 3 Don Cuppleditch 2 3 2 3 1 2 13
Len Williams 3 3 3 2 2 3 16 Jock Grierson 0 0 - 0 - - 0
Ken Sharples 2 2 1' 3 2' 1' 11 + 3 Ken McKinlay 0 1' - - 1 - 2 + 1
Brian Crutcher 1' 1' 2 2' 3 2 11 + 3 Bob Mark 3 2 1 0 ef 2 8
Johnny Reason 1 1 2 Junior Bainbridge 0 1 0 0 1
Reg Fearman 1 1 Willie Wilson 0 0 0
4th Test at Motherwell Ht 1: Miller, B Roger, C Roger, McKinlay 74.2 3-3 3-3
Ht 2:Cuppleditch, Williams, Rigg, McGregor 76.4 3-3 6-6
Ht 3: Phillips, Green, Mountford, Bales 75.8 5-1 11-7
Ht 4: Cuppleditch, McGregor, B Roger, C Roger 75.4 5-1 16-8
Ht 5: Phillips, Rigg, Green, Clarke 75.4 4-2 20-10
Ht 6: McKinlay, Mountford, Hughes, Miller (ef) 76.0 23-13
Ht 7: Phillips, C Roger, Green, B Roger 76.2 4-2 27-15
Ht 8: Rigg, McKinlay, Williams, Miller (ef) 76.0 2-4 29-19
Ht 9: Mountford, McGregor, Bales, Cuppleditch 77.0 31-23
Ht 10: Miller, McKinlay, B Roger, C Roger 75.0 5-1 36-24
Ht 11: Rigg, Cuppleditch, McGregor, Williams 75.6 3-3 39-27
Ht 12: Phillips, Mountford, Hughes, Green (f) 76.6 3-3 42-30
Ht 13: Cuppleditch, B Roger, C Roger, McGregor f 76.2 45-33
Ht 14: Rigg, Williams, Phillips, Green 75.8 1-5 46-38
Ht 15: Miller, McKinlay, Mountford, Bales 76.0 5-1 51-39
Ht 16: Green, C Roger, Phillips, B Roger 78.0 4-2 55-41
Ht 17: Miller, McKinlay, Williams, Rigg 76.2 5-1 60-42
Ht 18: Mountford, McGregor, Hughes, Cuppleditch (fex) 77.0 2-4 62-46
Scotland 62 England 46
Tommy Miller 3 ef ef 3 3 3 12 Cyril Roger 1' 0 2 0 1' 2 6 + 2
Ken McKinlay 0 3 2 2' 2' 2' 11 + 3 Bert Roger 2 1 0 1 2 0 6
Don Cuppleditch 3 3 0 2 3 ex 11 Eric Williams 2 1 0 2' 1 6 + 1
Gordon McGregor 0 2' 2 1' ef 2 7 + 2 Eddie Rigg 1' 2 3 3 3 0 12 + 1
Johnny Green 2 1 1 f 0 3 7 Ron Mountford 1 2 3 2 1 3 12
Ron Phillips 3 3 3 3 1 1 14 Billy Bales 0 1 0 1
Junior Bainbridge no rides - Jack Hughes 1' 1' 1 3 + 2
Dick Campbell no rides - Phil Clarke 0 0

Scot v Eng 1953 Glasgow WC Scot v Eng 1953 Leicester Scot v Eng 1953 Wolverhampton

1954 30.07 : Motherwell Scotland 47 England 61 Att: 12,000
Scotland 47 England 61 1 Close, Scott, Rigg, Wright 5-1
2 Waterman, Craven, Miller, Cuppleditch 6-6
3 Hunt, Green, Mountford, Phillips 8-10
4 Wright, Miller, Rigg, Cuppleditch 10-14
5 Craven, Waterman, Phillips, Green 11-19
6 Close, Scott, Boothroyd, Hunt x 16-20
7 Green, Wright, Rigg, Phillips 19-23
8 Close, Waterman, Craven, Scott 22-26
9 Hunt, Cooper, Miller, Clarke 25-29
10 Close, Scott, Rigg, Wright 5-1 30-30
11 Waterman, Cooper, Craven, Miller 32-34
12 Hunt, Phillips, Green, Mountford 35-37
13 Wright, Cooper, Rigg, Lazarus 37-41
14 Waterman, Craven, Green, Phillips ef 38-46
15 Hunt, Close, Scott, Mountford 41-49
16 Wright, Phillips, Boothroyd, Green 43-53
17 Close, Craven, Waterman, Scott 46-56
18 Boothroyd, Hunt, Cooper, Lazarus 47-61
1 Derek Close 3 3 3 3 2 3 17 1 Eddie Rigg 1 1 1' 1 1 - 5+1
2 Bluey Scott 2' 2' 0 2' 1' 0 7+4 2 Arthur Wright 0 3 2 0 3 3 11
3 Tommy Miller 1 2 1' 0 - - 4+1 3 Split Waterman 3 2' 2 3 3 1' 14+2
4 Don Cuppleditch 0 0 - - - - 0 4 Peter Craven 2' 3 1' 1 2' 2 11+3
5 Johnny Green 2 0 3 1' 1 0 7+1 5 Alan Hunt 3 X 3 3 3 2' 14+1
6 Ron Phillips 0 1 0 2 R 2 5 6 Ron Mountford 1 - - 0 0 - 1
7 Cyril Cooper 2 2 2 1 7 7 Eric Boothroyd 1 1 3 5
8 Larry Lazarus 0 0 0 8 Ron Clarke 0 0

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1954 & 1956 Programmes

1956 16.05 : Glasgow (White City) Scotland 49 England Select 57
(Att: 15,000) Tommy Miller 14 Peter Craven 17
Ken McKinlay 11 Arthur Wright 12
Junior Bainbridge 8 Arthur Forrest 10
Gordon McGregor 7 Dick Fisher 8
Willie Wilson 6 Jim Lightfoot 7
Larry Lazarus 3 Charlie Barsby 3
Willie Templeton 0 Bert Edwards 0

No further matches were held until 1964

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