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Sweden v England

1956 Sweden won series 3-0
Sun 30.09 : Kumla Sweden 65 England 43 (Att: 8,000)
Mon 01.10* : Stockholm (Ostermalm) Sweden 71 England 37
Tue 02.10** : Linkoping Sweden 69 England 39 (Att: 10,000)
* postponed from Fri 28.09 ; ** Olle Nygren set track record 73.7secs.
Sweden Total England Total
Olle Nygren 15 17 17 49 Peter Craven 7 8 13 28
Ove Fundin 17 16 14 47 Ken McKinlay 10 8 7 25
Rune Sormander 6 15 15 36 Arthur Forrest 8 5 4 17
Ulf Ericsson - 9 10 19 Alan Hunt 6 1 6 13
Per Olaf Soderman - 4 12 16 Bert Edwards 5 0 7 12
Lars Pettersson 14 - 0 14 Split Waterman 4 7 1 12
Birger Forsberg 3 8 1 12 Ron How 3 6 1 10
Dan Forsberg 5 - 0 5 Nigel Boocock - 2 - 2
Joel Jansson 5 - - 5 Cyril Roger 0 - - 0
Berndt Nilsson - 2 - 2
Olle Andersson II 0 - - 0

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Kumla Stockholm Ostermalm Linkoping

1958 Sweden won series 2-1
Wed 24.09 : Gothenburg (Ullevi Stadium) Sweden 61 England 46 (Att: 9,600)
Fri 26.09 : Stockholm (Hammarby) Sweden 62 England 46
Sun 28.09 : Malilla Sweden 48 England 60

Sweden Total England Total
Olle Nygren 17 18 8 43 Peter Craven 13 14 16 43
Rune Sormander 14 12 17 43 Ken McKinlay 6 12 9 27
Ove Fundin 16 12 11 39 George White 7 6 13 26
Per Olaf Soderman 6 9 4 19 Ron How 6 8 5 19
Arne Carlsson 6 - - 6 Dick Bradley 4 5 8 17
Bengt Eriksson - 6 - 6 Mike Broadbank 10 1 7 18
Berndt Nilsson 1 5 - 6 Billy Bales 0 0 2 2
Torvald Karlsson - - 5 5
Ake Andersson - - 2 2
Alf Jonsson 1 - 1 2

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Gothenburg Stockholm Hammarby Malilla

1st Test at Gothenburg
Sweden 61 England 46 1 Fundin, Carlsson, Craven, Bradley 5-1
2 McKinlay, Sormander, White, Soderman 7-5
3 Nygren, How, Broadbank, Nilsson 10-8
4 Craven, Bradley, Sormander, Jonsson 11-13
5 Nygren, White, McKinlay, Nilsson 14-16
6 Broadbank, How, Fundin, Carlsson 15-21
7 Craven, Nygren, Nilsson, Bradley ef 18-24
8 Fundin, Carlsson, McKinlay, White 23-25
9 Sormander, Broadbank, Soderman, How 27-27
10 Fundin, Bradley, Craven, Carlsson 30-30
11 Sormander, Soderman, White, Bales 35-31
12 Nygren, Broadbank, How, Nilsson 38-34
13 Fundin, Carlsson, White, McKinlay 43-35
14 Sormander, Soderman, How nf, Broadbank ef 48-35
15 Nygren, Craven, Jonsson, Bradley 52-37
16 Fundin, Broadbank, How, Carlsson ef 55-40
17 Craven, Sormander, Soderman, Bradley 58-43
18 Nygren, White, McKinlay, Nilsson 61-46
1 Ove Fundin 3 1 3 3 3 3 16 1 Peter Craven 1 3 3 1' 2 3 13+1
2 Arne Carlsson 2' 0 2' 0 2' R 6+3 2 Dick Bradley 0 2' R 2 0 0 4+1
3 Rune Sormander 2 1 3 3 3 2 14 3 Ken McKinlay 3 1' 1 - 0 1' 6+2
4 Per Olaf Soderman 0 - 1 2' 2' 1' 6+3 4 George White 1 2 0 1 1 2 7
5 Olle Nygren 3 3 2 3 3 3 17 5 Ron How 2 2' 0 1' R 1' 6+3
6 Bernt Nilsson 0 0 1' 0 - 0 1+1 6 Mike Broadbank 1' 3 2 2 R 2 10+1
7 Alf Jonsson 0 1 1 7 Billy Bales 0 0
8 Per Tage Svensson no rides - 8 Gordon McGregor no rides -

1975 England won series 5-0
Tue 26.08 : Kumla Sweden 53 England 55
Wed 27.08 : Eskilstuna Sweden 51 England 57
Thu 28.08 : Stockholm (Gubbangen) Sweden 44 England 64
Fri 29.08 : Vetlanda Sweden 40 England 68
Sun 31.08 : Mariestad Sweden 50 England 58

Sweden Total England Total
Tommy Jansson 15 16 6 16 11 64 Martin Ashby 13 14 18 14 - 59
Bernt Persson 14 9 12 14 2 51 Peter Collins 16 14 15 11 - 56
Tommy Johansson 8 10 11 3 - 32 Dave Morton 5 10 - 12 10 37
Bengt Jansson 1 10 11 - 2 24 Dave Jessup - - 12 9 10 31
Soren Karlsson 10 4 0 4 1 19 Chris Pusey 8 5 7 8 - 28
Anders Michanek - - - - 18 18 John Davis 5 6 2 3 11 27
Soren Sjosten - 2 0 1 14 17 Malcolm Simmons - - - 11 10 21
Tommy Nilsson 1 - 4 - - 5 Chris Morton 3 7 6 - - 16
Hasse Holmqvist 4 0 - - - 4 Gordon Kennett - - - - 11 11
Borje Klingberg - - - - 2 2 Terry Betts 5 1 4 - - 10
Gunnar Malmqvist - - - 1 - 1 Eric Broadbelt - - - - 6 6
Bo Wirebrand - - - 1 - 1 Doug Wyer 0 0 - - - 0
Karl-Erik Claesson - 0 - - 0 0
Bo Josefsson - - - 0 - 0

1st Test at Kumla 26.08 2nd Test at Eskilstuna 27.08 3rd Test at Stockholm Gubbangen 28.08
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Sweden 53
Bernt Persson 3 3 2 2 1 3 = 14
Hasse Holmqvist 1 1 1' 0 0 1 = 4+1
Bengt Jansson 0 0 - - 1' 0 = 1+1
Soren Karlsson 1 1 2 3 2 1 = 10
Tommy Jansson 3 3 2 3 2' 2 = 15+1
Tommy Johansson 1 1 1' 2' 3 0 = 8+2
Tommy Nilsson (res) 1' 0 = 1+1
England 55
Martin Ashby 2 2' 3 3 ef 3 = 13+1
Terry Betts f,ex 3 0 1 1 1 - = 5
Peter Collins 3 2 3 2 3 3 = 16
Chris Morton 2' 0 f 1' - - = 3+2
Chris Pusey 2 - ex-t 1 3 2 = 8
Doug Wyer 0 0 - - - - = 0
John Davis (res) 2 3 0 0 = 5
Dave Morton (res) 2' ex-t 2' 1 = 5+2		 Sweden 51
Tommy Jansson 2 3 3 3 2 3 = 16
Soren Sjosten 1' 1 0 0 - - = 2+1
Tommy Johansson 2 2 3 1 1 1 = 10
Soren Karlsson 1' 0 0 - 3 0 = 4+1
Bengt Jansson 3 0 1' 2' 2 2 = 10+2
Bernt Persson 2' 1 2 3 1' 0 = 9+2
Karl-Erik Claesson (res) 0 0 = 0
Hasse Holmqvist (res) = 0
England 57
Martin Ashby 3 3 3 2 0 3 = 14
Terry Betts 0 1 0 - - - = 1
Peter Collins 3 3 2 2' 1 3 = 14+1
Dave Morton 0 2' 1' 3 3 1 = 10+2
Chris Pusey 1 2 1' 1 0 - = 5+1
Doug Wyer 0 0 - - - - = 0
John Davis (res) 2 1' 2 1' = 6+2
Chris Morton (res) 0 3 2 2' = 7+1
 Sweden 44
Tommy Jansson ef 1 1' 2 2 0 = 6+1
Tommy Johansson 2 3 2 1' 0 3 = 11+1
Bengt Jansson ef 1 3 3 2 2 = 11
Tommy Nilsson 1 0 1 0 1' 1' = 4+2
Bernt Persson 1 2 2 3 3 1 = 12
Soren Sjosten 0 0 - 0 - 0 = 0
Soren Karlsson (res) 0 0 = 0
England 64
Martin Ashby 3 3 3 3 3 3 = 18
Terry Betts 1 2' 1 0 0 - = 4+1
Peter Collins 3 3 3 2 2 2 = 15
Chris Morton 2 1 0 1' 1' 1' = 6+4
Chris Pusey 2' 2 f 2 1 0 = 7+1
Dave Jessup 3 0 2 1' 3 3 = 12+1
John Davis (res) 2' = 2+1
1 Persson, Ashby, Holmqvist, Betts f,ex 4-2 4-2
2 Collins, C Morton, Karlsson, B Jansson 1-5 5-7
3 T Jansson, Pusey, Johansson, Wyer 4-2 9-9
4 Betts, Ashby, Karlsson, B Jansson 1-5 10-14
5 T Jansson, Collins, Johansson, C Morton 4-2 14-16
6 Persson, Davis, Holmqvist, Wyer 4-2 18-18
7 Ashby, T Jansson, Johansson, Betts 3-3 21-21
8 Collins, Persson, Holmqvist, C Morton f 3-3 24-24
9 Davis, Karlsson, Nilsson, Pusey ex-t 3-3 27-27
10 Ashby, Persson, Betts, Holmqvist 2-4 29-31
11 Karlsson, Collins, C Morton, Nilsson 3-3 32-34
12 T Jansson, Johansson, Pusey, Davis 5-1 37-35
13 Collins, D Morton, Persson, Holmqvist 1-5 38-40
14 Pusey, Karlsson, B Jansson, D Morton ex-t 3-3 41-43
15 Johansson, T Jansson, Betts, Ashby ef 5-1 46-44
16 Persson, Pusey, Holmqvist, Davis 4-2 50-46
17 Ashby, D Morton, Karlsson, B Jansson 1-5 51-51
18 Collins, T Jansson, D Morton, Johansson 2-4 53-55		 1 Ashby, T Jansson, Sjosten, Betts 3-3 3-3
2 Collins, Johansson, Karlsson, D Morton 3-3 6-6
3 B Jansson, Persson, Pusey, Wyer 5-1 11-7
4 Ashby, Johansson, Betts, Karlsson 2-4 13-11
5 Collins, D Morton, Persson, B Jansson 1-5 14-16
6 T Jansson, Pusey, Sjosten, Wyer 4-2 18-18
7 Ashby, Persson, B Jansson, Betts 3-3 21-21
8 T Jansson, Collins, D Morton, Karlsson 3-3 24-24
9 Johansson, Davis, Pusey, Karlsson 3-3 27-27
10 T Jansson, Ashby, Davis, Sjosten 3-3 30-30
11 D Morton, Collins, Johansson, Claesson 1-5 31-35
12 Persson, B Jansson, Pusey, C Morton 5-1 36-36
13 D Morton, T Jansson, Collins, Claesson 2-4 38-40
14 Karlsson, Davis, Johansson, Pusey 4-2 42-42
15 C Morton, B Jansson, Persson, Ashby 3-3 45-45
16 T Jansson, C Morton, Davis, Holmqvist 3-3 48-48
17 Ashby, C Morton, Johansson, Karlsson 1-5 49-53
18 Collins, B Jansson, D Morton, Persson 2-4 51-57		 1 Ashby, Johansson, Betts, T Jansson ret 2-4 2-4
2 Collins, C Morton, Nilsson, B Jansson ef 1-5 3-9
3 Jessup, Pusey, Persson, Sjosten 1-5 4-14
4 Ashby, Betts, B Jansson, Nilsson 1-5 5-19
5 Collins, Persson, C Morton, Sjosten 2-4 7-23
6 Johansson, Pusey, T Jansson, Jessup 4-2 11-25
7 Ashby, Persson, Betts, Karlsson 2-4 13-29
8 Collins, Johansson, T Jansson, C Morton 3-3 16-32
9 B Jansson, Jessup, Nilsson, Pusey f 4-2 20-34
10 Ashby, T Jansson, Johansson, Betts 3-3 23-37
11 B Jansson, Collins, C Morton, Nilsson 3-3 26-40
12 Persson, Pusey, Jessup, Sjosten 3-3 29-43
13 Ashby, B Jansson, Nilsson, Betts 3-3 32-46
14 Persson, Collins, C Morton, Karlsson 3-3 35-49
15 Jessup, T Jansson, Pusey, Johansson 2-4 37-53
16 Ashby, Davis, Persson, Sjosten 1-5 38-58
17 Johansson, Collins, C Morton, T Jansson 3-3 41-61
18 Jessup, B Jansson, Nilsson, Pusey 3-3 44-64

4th Test at Vetlanda 29.08 5th Test at Mariestad 31.08
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Sweden 40
Soren Karlsson 1 1 0 1 0 1 = 4
Bo Wirebrand 0 0 1 0 - 0 = 1
Bernt Persson 1 3 3 3 3 1 = 14
Soren Sjosten 0 - 0 1 0 0 = 1
Tommy Jansson 2' 3 3 3 2 3 = 16+1
Tommy Johansson 3 - - - - - = 3
Bo Josefsson (res) 0 0 0 0 = 0
Gunnar Malmqvist (res) 0 1 0 = 1
England 68
Martin Ashby 3 1' 1' 3 3 3 = 14+2
Malcolm Simmons 2' 2 2 2' 1 2' = 11+3
Peter Collins 2' 2 2' 0 3 2 = 11+2
Dave Morton 3 1' 3 2 2' 1' = 12+3
Chris Pusey 0 3 2 1' 2 - = 8+1
Dave Jessup 1 2' 1' 2 1' 2' = 9+4
John Davis (res) 3 = 3		 Sweden 50
Anders Michanek 3 3 3 3 3 3 = 18
Soren Karlsson 1 0 0 - 0 - = 1
Tommy Jansson ef 0 2 3 3 3 = 11
Borje Klingberg 1 - 1' 0 0 - = 2+1
Bernt Persson 2' ef - - - - = 2+1
Soren Sjosten 3 2 2 2 2 3 = 14
Bengt Jansson (res) 1 0 1' 0 0 = 2+1
Karl-Erik Claesson (res) 0 0 0 = 0
England 58
Malcolm Simmons 2 2' 1 1' 3 1' = 10+3
John Davis 0 3 3 2 1 2 = 11
Dave Jessup 2' 1 2 1' 2 2 = 10+2
Gordon Kennett 3 3 1' 2 1' 1' = 11+3
Dave Morton 1 2 f 3 2 2 = 10
Eric Broadbelt 0 1' 3 ef 1' 1' = 6+3
1 Ashby, Simmons, Karlsson, Wirebrand 1-5 1-5
2 D Morton, Collins, Persson, Sjosten 1-5 2-10
3 Johansson, T Jansson, Jessup, Pusey 5-1 7-11
4 Persson, Simmons, Ashby, Josefsson 3-3 10-14
5 T Jansson, Collins, D Morton, Malmqvist 3-3 13-17
6 Pusey, Jessup, Karlsson, Wirebrand 1-5 14-22
7 T Jansson, Simmons, Ashby, Josefsson 3-3 17-25
8 D Morton, Collins, Wirebrand, Karlsson 1-5 18-30
9 Persson, Pusey, Jessup, Sjosten 3-3 21-33
10 Ashby, Simmons, Karlsson, Wirebrand 1-5 22-38
11 Persson, D Morton, Sjosten, Collins 4-2 26-40
12 T Jansson, Jessup, Pusey, Josefsson 3-3 29-43
13 Collins, D Morton, Malmqvist, Karlsson 1-5 30-48
14 Persson, Pusey, Jessup, Sjosten 3-3 33-51
15 Ashby, T Jansson, Simmons, Josefsson 2-4 35-55
16 Davis, Jessup, Karlsson, Wirebrand 1-5 36-60
17 Ashby, Simmons, Persson, Sjosten 1-5 37-65
18 T Jansson, Collins, D Morton, Malmqvist 3-3 40-68		 1 Michanek, Simmons, Karlsson, Davis 4-2 4-2
2 Kennett, Jessup, Klingberg, T Jansson ef 1-5 5-7
3 Sjosten, Persson, D Morton, Broadbelt 5-1 10-8
4 Davis, Simmons, B Jansson, T Jansson 1-5 11-13
5 Kennett, Sjosten, Jessup, Persson ef 2-4 13-17
6 Michanek, Jessup, Kennett, Karlsson 3-3 16-20
7 Davis, Sjosten, Simmons, B Jansson 2-4 18-24
8 Michanek, Jessup, Kennett, Karlsson 3-3 21-27
9 Broadbelt, T Jansson, Klingberg, D Morton f 3-3 24-30
10 Michanek, Davis, Simmons, Claesson 3-3 27-33
11 T Jansson, Kennett, Jessup, Klingberg 3-3 30-36
12 D Morton, Sjosten, B Jansson, Broadbelt ef 3-3 33-39
13 Michanek, Jessup, Kennett, Karlsson 3-3 36-42
14 T Jansson, D Morton, Broadbelt, Klingberg 3-3 39-45
15 Simmons, Sjosten, Davis, B Jansson 2-4 41-49
16 Michanek, D Morton, Broadbelt, Claesson 3-3 44-52
17 T Jansson, David, Simmons, Claesson 3-3 47-55
18 Sjosten, Jessup, Kennett, B Jansson 3-3 50-58

Contributors : Roger Stevens

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