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Sweden v Australasia

1955 Sweden won series 2-1 Attendance
02.10 : Växjö Sweden 51 Australasia 45 5,700
04.10 : Norrköping Sweden 47 Australasia 49 8,000
06.10 : Gothenburg Sweden 59 Australasia 36 11,000
Note Probably the first series of recognised international matches in which the tactical substitute rule was used
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Rune Sormander 12 10 14 36 Ronnie Moore 12 11 10 33
Olle Nygren 7 14 14 35 Jack Young 14 8 8 30
Ove Fundin 15 6 2 23 Barry Briggs 9 8 9 26
Birger Forsberg 11 - 8 19 Peter Clarke 6 8 3 17
Dan Forsberg 1 10 6 17 Neil Street 1 5 4 10
Kjell Carlsson - - 11 11 Aub Lawson - 6 2 8
Goran Norlen - - 4 4 Peter Moore 3 3 0 6
Lasse Pettersson - 4 - 4 Trevor Redmond 0 - - 0
Allan Nilsson 3 - - 3
Evert Andersson 2 - - 2
Per Olaf Soderman - 2 - 2
Ulf Ericsson - 1 - 1
1st Test at Vaxjo
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1 Rune Sormander 2 3 3 1 3 12 1 Jack Young 3 1 2 3 3 2 14
2 Allan Nilsson 1' 2' 0 0 - 3+2 2 Trevor Redmond 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Olle Nygren 2 3 0 2' 0 7+1 3 Ronnie Moore 3 2 1' 2 2' 2 12+2
4 Dan Forsberg 0 - - 1 0 1 4 Peter Moore 1 0 1 - 1' 3+1
5 Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3 3 15 5 Barry Briggs 2 2 3 1 1' 9+1
6 Evert Andersson 0 1 1 0 0 2 6 Peter Clarke 1' - 1 2' 2 0 6+2
7 Birger Forsberg 3 2' 2 3 1 11+1 7 Neil Street 1 - 1
1 Young, Sormander, Nilsson, Redmond 3-3 3-3
2 R Moore, Nygren, P Moore, D Forsberg 2-4 5-7
3 Fundin, Briggs, Clarke, Andersson 3-3 8-10
4 B Forsberg, Nilsson, Street, Redmond 5-1 13-11
5 Fundin, R Moore, Andersson, P Moore 4-2 17-13
6 Nygren, B Forsberg, Young, Redmond 5-1 22-14
7 Sormander, Briggs, R Moore*, Nilsson 3-3 25-17
8 Fundin, Young, Andersson, Redmond 4-2 29-19		 9 Briggs, B Forsberg, Clarke, Nygren 2-4 31-23
10 Sormander, R Moore, P Moore, Nilsson 3-3 34-26
11 Young, Clarke*, Sormander, Andersson 1-5 35-31
12 Fundin, Nygren, Briggs, Redmond 5-1 40-32
13 Young*, R Moore, D Forsberg, Andersson 41-37
14 B Forsberg, Clarke, P Moore, Nygren 3-3 44-40
15 Sormander, R Moore, Briggs, D Forsberg 3-3 47-43
16 Fundin, Young, B Forsberg, Clarke 4-2 51-45
* tactical substitute
3rd Test at Gothenburg
Sweden 59 Australasia 36
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1 Kjell Carlsson 2' 3 0 3 3 11+1 1 Jack Young 1 2 1' 2 2 0 8+1
2 Goran Norlen 3 0 0 1 - 4 2 Aub Lawson 0 1' - 1' 0 2+2
3 Dan Forsberg 2' 0 2' 1 1 6+2 3 Ronnie Moore 1 2 2 3 2 R 10
4 Rune Sormander 3 3 3 3 2' 14+1 4 Peter Moore 0 0 - 0 0 0
5 Olle Nygren 3 3 3 3 2 14 5 Barry Briggs 2 1' 1 2 R 3 9+1
6 Ove Fundin R - 0 1 1 2 6 Peter Clarke 1' 2 0 - - 3+1
7 Birger Forsberg 3 1 3 1' 8+1 7 Neil Street 2 2' 0 4+1
1 Norlen, Carlsson, Young, Lawson 5-1
2 Sormander, D Forsberg, R Moore, P Moore 5-1 10-2
3 Nygren, Briggs, Clarke, Fundin ret 3-3 13-5
4 B Forsberg, Street, Lawson, Norlen 3-3 16-8
5 Nygren, R Moore, B Forsberg, P Moore 4-2 20-10
6 Sormander, Young, Lawson, D Forsberg 3-3 23-13
7 Carlsson, Clarke, Briggs, Norlen 3-3 26-16
8 Nygren, R Moore*, Young, Fundin 3-3 29-19		 9 Sormander, D Forsberg, Briggs, Clarke 5-1 34-20
10 R Moore, Street, Norlen, Carlsson 1-5 35-25
11 Carlsson. Young, Fundin, P Moore 4-2 39-27
12 Nygren, Briggs, D Forsberg, Lawson 4-2 43-29
13 Sormander, R Moore, Fundin, Street 4-2 47-31
14 B Forsberg, Young*, D Forsberg, P Moore 4-2 51-33
15 Carlsson, Sormander, R Moore nf, B Briggs nf 5-0 56-33
16 Briggs*, Nygren, B Forsberg, Young 3-3 59-36
* tactical substitute

1956 Sweden won series 2½-½
07.10 : Gislaved Sweden 58 Australasia 50
11.10 : Norrkoping (Att: 5,000) Sweden 52 Australasia 52
12.10 : Stockholm (Ostermalm) Sweden 60 Australasia 48
Sweden Total Australasia Total
Ove Fundin 18 13 17 48 Aub Lawson 13 15 11 39
Olle Nygren 6 11 17 34 Jack Biggs 6 3 14 23
Rune Sormander 16 - 12 28 Barry Briggs 7 12 4 23
Ulf Ericsson - 12 10 22 Peter Moore 9 9 5 23
Joel Jansson 10 - - 10 Ronnie Moore 10 6 5 21
Lars Pettersson 3 7 - 10 Junior Bainbridge 3 7 2 12
Per Olaf Soderman 3 3 3 9 Jack Geran 2 - 7 9
Dan Forsberg - 6 - 6 Ray Cresp - 0 - 0
Alf Jonsson 2 - - 2
Birger Forsberg - - 1 1
Gote Nordin - - 0 0

1st Match at Gislaved 1 Fundin, Lawson, R Moore, Soderman 3-3
2 Nygren, Jansson, Briggs, Biggs 8-4
3 Sormander, Geran, P Moore, Pettersson 11-7
4 Lawson, Jansson, R Moore, Nygren 13-11
5 Sormander, Bainbridge, Pettersson, Briggs 17-13
6 Fundin, P Moore, Soderman, Geran 21-15
7 Sormander, R Moore, Lawson, Pettersson 24-18
8 Fundin, Biggs, Soderman, Briggs 28-20
9 Nygren, P Moore, Jansson, Geran 32-22
10 Fundin, Lawson, R Moore, Soderman 35-25
11 Biggs, Briggs, Jansson, Nygren 36-30
12 Sormander, Pettersson, P Moore, Geran 41-31
13 Fundin, Briggs, Soderman, Biggs 45-33
14 Jansson, P Moore, Bainbridge, Nygren 48-36
15 R Moore, Lawson, Sormander, Pettersson 49-41
16 Fundin, Jonsson, P Moore, Geran 54-42
17 Lawson, R Moore, Jansson, Nygren 55-47
18 Sormander, Briggs, Biggs, Pettersson 58-50
Sweden 58 Australasia 50
Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Ronnie Moore 1' 1 2 1' 3 2' 10+3
Per Olaf Soderman 0 1 1 0 1 - 3 Aub Lawson 2 3 1' 2 2' 3 13+2
Olle Nygren
 3 0 3 0 0 0 6 Barry Briggs 1 0 0 2' 2 2 7+1
Joel Jansson
 2' 2 1 1 3 1 10+1 Jack Biggs 0 - 2 3 0 1' 6+1
Rune Sormander 3 3 3 3 1 3 16 Peter Moore 1' 2 2 1 2 1 9+1
Lars Pettersson 0 1 0 2' 0 0 3+1 Jack Geran 2 0 0 0 - 0 2
Alf Jonsson (res) 2' 2+1 Junior Bainbridge (res) 2 1' 3+1
2nd Match at Norrkoping 1 Lawson, R Moore, Nygren, Forsberg 1-5 1-5
2 Fundin, Pettersson, Biggs, Briggs 5-1 6-6
3 P Moore, Ericsson, Cresp ret, Soderman ret 2-3 8-9
4 Lawson, R Moore, Fundin, Pettersson f 1-5 9-14
5 Ericsson, Briggs, Biggs, Soderman 3-3 12-17
6 Nygren, P Moore, Forsberg, Cresp 4-2 16-19
7 Ericsson, R Moore ret, Lawson ret, Soderman ret 3-0 19-19
8 Nygren, Briggs, Biggs, Forsberg 3-3 22-22
9 Fundin, Bainbridge, P Moore, Pettersson 3-3 25-25
10 Lawson, Nygren, Forsberg, R Moore 3-3 28-28
11 Fundin, Briggs, Pettersson, Biggs 4-2 32-30
12 Bainbridge, Ericsson, P Moore, Soderman 2-4 34-34
13 Briggs, Nygren, Forsberg, Biggs 3-3 37-37
14 Fundin, Pettersson, Bainbridge, P Moore 5-1 42-38
15 Lawson, Soderman, R Moore, Ericsson 2-4 44-42
16 Forsberg, P Moore, Bainbridge, Nygren ret 3-3 47-45
17 Lawson, Pettersson, R Moore, Fundin ret 2-4 49-49
18 Briggs, Ericsson, Soderman, Biggs 3-3 52-52
Sweden 52 Australasia 52
Olle Nygren
 1 3 3 2 2 ret 11 Ronnie Moore 2' 2' ret 0 1 1 6+2
Dan Forsberg 0 1 0 1' 1' 3 6+2 Aub Lawson 3 3 ret 3 3 3 15
Ove Fundin 3 1 3 3 3 ret 13 Barry Briggs 0 2 2 2 3 3 12
Lars Pettersson 2' f 0 1 2' 2 7+2 Jack Biggs 1 1' 1' 0 0 0 3+2
Per Olaf Soderman ret 0 ret 0 2 1' 3+1 Peter Moore 3 2 1' 1 0 2 9+1
Ulf Ericsson 2 3 3 2 0 2 12 Ray Cresp ret 0 0
Olle Andersson II no rides - Junior Bainbridge (res) 2 3 1 1' 7+1
Jack Geran (res) no rides -

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1956 Norrkoping 1956 Stockholm

1957 Sweden won series 2-1
02.10 : Linkoping Sweden 45 Australasia 51
04.10 : Stockholm (Olympic Stadion) Sweden 54 Australasia 40
06.10 : Vaxjo Sweden 59 Australasia 37
Sweden Total Australasia Total
Rune Sormander 15 14 15 44 Barry Briggs 14 8 7 29
Ove Fundin 10 15 14 39 Aub Lawson 11 10 - 21
Per Olaf Soderman 9 13 15 37 Jack Biggs 9 9 1 19
Joel Jansson 8 - - 8 Peter Moore 7 - 6 13
Torsten Carlsson 0 - 6 6 Jack Geran 3 3 5 11
Gote Nordin - 6 - 6 Ronnie Moore 5 5 - 10
Arne Carlsson - - 4 4 Trevor Redmond 2 5 3 10
Alf Jonsson - - 4 4 Neil Street - - 10 10
Goran Norlen - 4 - 4 Peter Clarke - 0 5 5
Lasse Pettersson 2 - - 2
Bengt Brannefors - - 1 1
Birger Forsberg - 1 - 1
Bjorn Knutsson 1 - - 1
Berndt Nilsson - 1 - 1

1st Match at Linkoping 1 Briggs, Jansson, Geran, Fundin ef 2-4
2 Sormander, P Moore, Pettersson, Redmond 6-6
3 Lawson, Soderman, R Moore, Carlsson ef 8-10
4 Biggs, Jansson, Knutsson, Geran f 11-13
5 P Moore, Redmond, Soderman, Carlsson 12-18
6 Sormander, Briggs, Geran, Pettersson 15-21
7 Fundin, Lawson, Jansson, R Moore ef 19-23
8 Briggs, Soderman, Biggs, Carlsson 21-27
9 Sormander, Lawson, R Moore, Pettersson 24-30
10 Fundin, Jansson, P Moore, Redmond f 29-31
11 Briggs, Fundin, Soderman, P Moore 32-34
12 Sormander, R Moore, Geran, Knutsson 35-37
13 Soderman, Biggs, Pettersson, Redmond 39-39
14 Sormander, Lawson, P Moore, Knutsson f 42-42
15 Biggs, Fundin, R Moore, Pettersson 44-46
16 Briggs, Lawson, Jansson, Carlsson 45-51
Sweden 45 Australasia 51
Ove Fundin ef 3 3 2 2 10 Barry Briggs 3 2 3 3 3 14
Joel Jansson 2 2 1 2' 1 8 + 1 Jack Geran 1 f 1' 1' 3 + 2
Rune Sormander 3 3 3 3 3 15 Trevor Redmond 0 2' f 0 2 + 1
Lasse Pettersson 1 0 0 1 0 2 Peter Moore 2 3 1 0 1' 7 + 1
Torsten Carlsson ef 0 0 0 0 Ronnie Moore 1 ef 1' 2 1 5 + 1
Per Olaf Soderman 2 1 2 1' 3 9 + 1 Aub Lawson 3 2 2 2 2' 11 + 1
Bjorn Knutsson 1' 0 f 1 + 1 Jack Biggs 3 1 2 3 9

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1957 Linkoping 1957 Stockholm 1957 Vaxjo

1958 Sweden won series 3-0
05.10 : Vaxjo Sweden 56 Australasia 40
07.10 : Norrkoping (Att: 2,818) Sweden 51 Australasia 45
09.10 : Stockholm (Hammarby) Sweden 49 Australasia 47
Sweden Total Australasia Total
Ove Fundin 13 15 15 43 Aub Lawson 4 13 9 26
Olle Nygren 12 15 11 38 Ronnie Moore 12 4 10 26
Rune Sormander 12 13 3 28 Ron Johnston 5 8 11 24
Per Olaf Soderman 10 3 12 25 Barry Briggs 7 6 8 21
Bjorn Knutsson - 3 4 7 Jack Geran 4 4 6 14
Arne Carlsson 5 - - 5 Peter Moore 6 6 - 12
Berndt Nilsson - - 4 4 Neil Street 2 4 2 8
Torvald Karlsson 3 - - 3 Trevor Redmond - - 1 1
Joel Jansson - 1 - 1
Bert Lindarw - 1 - 1
Allan Nilsson 1 - - 1
Bengt Eriksson - - 0 0

2nd Match at Norrkoping
Sweden 51 Australasia 45
Olle Nygren 3 3 3 3 3 15 Barry Briggs 2 1 0 2 1 6
Bjorn Knutsson 0 0 1 0 2 3 Peter Moore 1 1 2 2 0 6
Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3 3 15 Jack Geran 1 1 1 1 4
Joel Jansson 0 0 0 1 0 1 Ron Johnston 2 2 1 1 1 1 8
Rune Sormander 3 3 3 1 3 13 Aub Lawson 2 2 2 2 3 2 13
Bert Lindarw 0 0 1 0 1 Ronnie Moore 1 1 2 0 4
Per Olaf Soderman 3 ret 0 3 Neil Street 2 2 4

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1958 Norrkoping 1958 Stockholm

1959 Sweden won series 2-1
04.10 : Vaxjo Sweden 54 Australasia 42
06.10 : Stockholm (Hammarby) Sweden 53 Australasia 43 (Att: 8,000)
07.10 : Gothenburg Sweden 42 Australasia 54 (Att: 8,999)
Sweden Total Australasia Total
Ove Fundin 15 14 14 43 Ronnie Moore 12 13 12 37
Rune Sormander 13 9 11 33 Ron Johnston 7 7 12 26
Olle Nygren 7 10 13 30 Barry Briggs 5 8 11 24
Bjorn Knutsson 6 12 2 20 Geoff Mardon 6 5 6 17
Joel Jansson 6 1 - 7 Peter Moore 7 5 4 16
Ulf Ericsson - 5 - 5 Aub Lawson 5 3 4 12
Alf Johnsson 3 - 1 4 Jack Geran 0 2 5 7
Allan Nilsson 4 - - 4
Berndt Nilsson - 2 - 2
Bengt Brannefors - - 1 1
Goran Carlsson - - 0 0
3rd.Match at Gothenburg
Sweden 42 Australasia 54 1 R Moore, Fundin, Mardon, Carlsson 2-4
2 Johnston, Sormander, Johnsson, Lawson 3-3 5-7
3 Briggs, Nygren, Knutsson, P Moore 3-3 8-10
4 Geran, Mardon, Carlsson, Brannefors 1-5 9-15
5 Lawson, Nygren, Johnston, Knutsson 2-4 11-19
6 R Moore, Sormander, Mardon, Johnsson 2-4 13-23
7 Briggs, Fundin, P Moore, Carlsson ret 2-4 15-27
8 R Moore, Nygren, Mardon, Knutsson 2-4 17-31
9 P Moore, Briggs, Sormander, Johnsson 1-5 18-36
10 Johnston, Fundin, Lawson, Brannefors 2-4 20-40
11 Johnston, Fundin, R Moore, Knutsson 2-4 22-44
12 Nygren, Briggs, Mardon, Johnsson 3-3 25-47
13 Sormander, Geran, Knutsson, Lawson 4-2 29-49
14 Nygren, Johnston, Sormander, P Moore 4-2 33-51
15 Fundin, Sormander, Briggs, Geran 5-1 38-52
16 Fundin, R Moore, Nygren, P Moore 4-2 42-54
Ove Fundin 2 2 2 2 3 3 14 Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 1 2 12
Goran Carlsson 0 1 R 1 Geoff Mardon 1 2' 1 1 1' 6+2
Alf Johnsson 1' 0 0 0 1+1 Aub Lawson 0 3 1 0 4
Rune Sormander 2 2 1 3 1 2' 11+1 Ron Johnston 3 1 3 3 2 12
Olle Nygren 2 2 2 3 3 1 13 Barry Briggs 3 3 2' 2 1 11+1
Bjorn Knutsson 1' 0 0 0 1 2+1 Peter Moore 0 1 3 0 0 4
Bengt Brannefors 0 0 0 Jack Geran 3 2 0 5

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1959 Vaxjo 1959 Stockholm 1959 Gothenburg

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