International SPEEDWAY
International SPEEDWAY
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INTERNATIONALS - SPAIN
Spain v England
| Special thanks to Christian
Weber who has researched the early days of speedway in Spain, and
discovered this previously unknown international match. Many thanks, Christian ! |
| 1931 | 17.05 : Madrid (Metropolitano Stadium) | Spain | 9 | England | 19 | |
| UNOFFICIAL | This was a 4-heat match between 4-man teams. Scoring for each heat was 4-2-1-0. | |||||
| Scorers were : Spain: Torres & Francisco Alvarez 5 pts, Angel V Arche & Monteiro 4 pts England: Dudley Cox & Leonard "Dicky" Bird 11 pts, Phil Blake & Winks Rice 8 pts |
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| Heat details : 1 : Spain (Arche & Monteiro) 1 pt, England (Cox & Bird) 6 pts 1-6 2 : Spain (Torres & Alvarez) 3 pts, England (Blake & Rice) 4 pts 4-10 3 : Spain (Torres & Alvarez) 2 pts, England (Cox & Bird) 5 pts 6-15 4 : Spain (Arche & Monteiro) 3 pts, England (Blake & Rice) 4 pts 9-19 |
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| This track
in Madrid (home of the Atletico Madrid football club) was opened for
speedway in October 1929, two months after Spain's first track (mainly used for athletics) at Barcelona. Johnnie Hoskins was involved in the promotion at both venues. |
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