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Sweden v England
| 1956 | Sweden won series 3-0 | Attendance | ||||
| 30.09 : Kumla | Sweden | 65 | England | 43 | 8,000 | |
| 01.10* : Stockholm (Ostermalm) | Sweden | 71 | England | 37 | ||
| 02.10 : Linkoping | Sweden | 69 | England | 39 | ||
| * postponed from 28.09 | ||||||
| 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 | 1956 Kumla | |||||||
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| 1956 Stockholm | 1958 Stockholm | 1958 Målilla |
| 1958 | Sweden won series 2-1 | ||||
| 24.09 : Gothenburg | Sweden | 61 | England | 46 | |
| 26.09 : Stockholm (Hammarby) | Sweden | 62 | England | 46 | |
| 28.09 : Malilla | Sweden | 48 | England | 60 | |
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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 | |||||||
| 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 |
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| 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 | Complete heat details here | ||||
| 26.08 : Kumla | Sweden | 53 | England | 55 | ||
| 27.08 : Eskilstuna | Sweden | 51 | England | 57 | ||
| 28.08 : Stockholm | Sweden | 44 | England | 64 | ||
| 29.08 : Vetlanda | Sweden | 40 | England | 68 | ||
| 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 | |||||||||
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| Contributors : Roger Stevens |
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