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1975 Daily Mirror International Tournament

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Final Table
M W D L F A Pts
1. England 3 3 0 0 145 89 6
2. Australia 3 2 0 1 111 123 4
3. Sweden 3 1 0 2 102 132 2
4. Rest of the World 3 0 0 3 110 124 0

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Results
Match Att.
1 21.07 : Sheffield England 54 Sweden 24
2 21.07 : Exeter Australia 42 Rest of the World 36
3 22.07 : Leicester England 50 Australia 28
4 22.07 : Hackney Sweden 41 Rest of the World 37
5 23.07 : Hull (Boulevard) England 41 Rest of the World 37 7,131
6 23.07 : Poole Australia 41 Sweden 37

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Point Scorers

England Sweden
Match 1 3 5 Total Match 1 4 6 Total
Peter Collins 12 8 8 28 Tommy Jansson 9 9 11 29
John Louis 8 12 7 27 Anders Michanek - 11 7 18
Dave Jessup 10 7 6 23 Bernt Persson 2 8 6 16
Doug Wyer 9 - 11 20 Soren Sjosten 7 4 5 16
Malcolm Simmons 7 8 - 15 Tommy Nilsson 5 2 4 11
Ray Wilson 4 8 0 12 Bengt Jansson - 4 3 7
Chris Pusey - - 8 8 Soren Karlsson 1 3 1 5
Martin Ashby - 5 1 6
Carl Glover 4 - - 4 Rest of the World
Terry Betts - 2 - 2 Match 2 4 5 Total
Ivan Mauger (NZ) 13 13 15 41
Australia Scott Autrey (USA) 5 7 8 20
Match 2 3 6 Total Jim McMillan (Scot) 10 5 1 16
Phil Crump 11 13 9 33 Reidar Eide (Nor) 1 8 - 9
Billy Sanders 6 6 7 19 Edgar Stangeland (Nor) 5 4 - 9
John Boulger 5 4 7 16 Bobby Beaton (Scot) - - 5 5
Phil Herne 4 0 9 13 Ole Olsen (Den) - - 5 5
Neil Street 10 - 3 13 Dag Lovaas (Nor) 2 0 2 4
Bob Valentine - 4 6 10 Barry Briggs (NZ) - - 1 1
Steve Reinke 5 - - 5 Bruce Cribb (NZ) 0 - - 0
Bob Humphreys - 1 - 1 Gary Peterson (NZ) - 0 - 0
John Titman 1 - - 1
Garry Middleton - 0 0 0

Scorecharts
© captain ; R/R rider replacement ; T/S tactical substitute ; T tapes exclusion ; F fall ; R retired ; X exclusion
1 : 21.07 : Sheffield
England 54 Sweden 24
1 Ray Wilson © 0 , 3 , 1', 0 4 + 1 1 R/R (A Michanek) -
2 Doug Wyer 2 , 2', 3 , 2 9 + 1 2 Bernt Persson 1 , 1 , 0 , 0 , 0 2
3 Peter Collins 3 , 3 , 3 , 3 12 3 Soren Sjosten 3 , 0 , 0 , 1 , 2 , 1 7
4 Dave Jessup 3 , 3 , 2', 2 10 + 1 4 (no rider) -
5 John Louis 1 , 2', 3 , 2' 8 + 2 5 Tommy Jansson 2 , 0 , 1 , 3 , 3 9
6 Malcolm Simmons 3 , 2', 2' 7 + 2 6 Soren Karlsson 0 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 0 1
7 Carl Glover 1 , 2', 1 4 + 1 7 Tommy Nilsson 2 , 1 , 1 , 0 , 1 5
Fans were furious when Sweden arrived without both World Champion Anders Michanek (delayed by his wife's illness) and Christer Lofqvist (in dispute with Hackney), allowing England to cruise to victory with six successive 5-1's.
1: Sjosten (R/R), Wyer, Persson, Wilson 2-4
2: Simmons, Nilsson, Glover, Karlsson 4-2 6-6
3: Jessup, Jansson, Louis, Karlsson 4-2 10-8
4: Collins, Simmons, Nilsson, Sjosten 5-1 15-9
5: Jessup, Louis, Persson, Jansson (R/R) 5-1 20-10

 6: Wilson, Wyer, Karlsson, Sjosten 5-1 25-11
7: Collins, Simmons, Jansson, Persson (T/S) 5-1 30-12
8: Wyer, Glover, Nilsson, Persson 5-1 35-13
9: Louis, Jessup, Sjosten Karlsson 5-1 40-14
10: Jansson, Wyer, Wilson, Nilsson 3-3 43-17
11: Collins, Sjosten (T/S), Glover, Persson 4-2 47-19
12: Jansson, Jessup, Sjosten, Wilson 2-4 49-23
13: Collins, Louis, Nilsson, Karlsson 5-1 54-24
2 : 21.07 : Exeter
Australia 42 Rest of the World 36
1 Phil Crump 3 , 3 , 3 , 2 11 1 Ivan Mauger © 2 , 2 , 3 , 3 , 3 13
2 Steve Reinke 1 , 1 , 2 , 1 5 2 Scott Autrey 0 , 0 , 3 , 1 , 1 5
3 John Boulger © 2 , 1', 2 , 0 5 + 1 3 Bruce Cribb 0 , - , 0 , - 0
4 Neil Street 3 , 3 , 3 , 1' 10 + 1 4 Reidar Eide 1 , 0 , - , 1
5 Billy Sanders 2', 1 , 1 , 2 6 + 1 5 Dag Lovaas 0 , - , 2 , 0 2
6 Phil Herne 1 , 1', 2 , 0 4 + 1 6 Jim McMillan 3 , 2 , 2 , 0 , 3 10
7 John Titman 0 , 1', - 1 + 1 7 Edgar Stangeland 2', 3 , 0 , F , 5 + 1
The absence of Ole Olsen through injury cost the World this match against an impressive Australian team. Mauger was surprisingly headed by Crump and Street early on, but both Aussies lost their maximums to super reserve McMillan.
1: Crump, Mauger, Reinke, Autrey 4-2
2: McMillan, Stangeland, Herne, Titman 1-5 5-7
3: Street, Sanders, Eide, Lovaas 5-1 10-8
4: Stangeland, Boulger, Herne, Cribb 3-3 13-11
5: Street, Mauger, Sanders, Autrey 4-2 17-13
 6: Crump, McMillan, Reinke, Stangeland 4-2 21-15
7: Mauger (T/S), Herne, Boulger, Eide 3-3 24-18
8: Autrey, Reinke, Titman, Stangeland F 3-3 27-21
9: Street, McMillan, Sanders, Cribb 4-2 31-23
10: Crump, Lovaas, Reinke, McMillan 4-2 35-25
11: Mauger, Boulger, Autrey, Herne 2-4 37-29
12: McMillan, Crump, Street, Lovaas 3-3 40-32
13: Mauger, Sanders, Autrey (T/S), Boulger 2-4 42-36
3 : 22.07 : Leicester
England 50 Australia 28
1 Ray Wilson © 2 , 2 , 3 , 1 8 1 Phil Crump 3 , 2 , 3 , 3 , 2 13
2 Martin Ashby 1', 1', 1 , 2' 5 + 3 2 Bob Valentine 0 , 1', 2', 1 , 0 4 + 2
3 Peter Collins 3 , 2', 2 , 1 8 + 1 3 John Boulger © 1 , 3 , 0 , 0 , R 4
4 Dave Jessup 2', 0 , 2', 3 7 + 2 4 Phil Herne 0 , 0 , - , - 0
5 John Louis 3 , 3 , 3 , 3 12 5 Billy Sanders 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 2 6
6 Malcolm Simmons 3 , 2', 3 8 + 1 6 Garry Middleton R , 0 , - 0
7 Terry Betts 2', 0 , 0 2 + 1 7 Bob Humphreys 1 , 0 , - 1
Against possibly the strongest England team of all time, Australia had little chance of victory but often outgated the home country. But Crump received little support from both ex-Leicester rider Boulger and Sanders.
1: Crump, Wilson, Ashby, Valentine 3-3
2: Simmons, Betts, Humphreys, Middleton R 5-1 8-4
3: Louis, Jessup, Sanders, Herne 5-1 13-5
4: Collins, Simmons, Boulger, Humphreys 5-1 18-6
5: Louis, Crump, Valentine, Jessup 3-3 21-9

 6: Boulger, Wilson, Ashby, Middleton 3-3 24-12
7: Simmons, Collins, Sanders, Herne 5-1 29-13
8: Crump (T/S), Valentine, Ashby, Betts 1-5 30-18
9: Louis, Jessup, Sanders (T/S), Boulger 5-1 35-19
10: Wilson, Ashby, Sanders, Boulger (T/S) 5-1 40-20
11: Crump, Collins, Valentine, Betts 2-4 42-24
12: Jessup, Sanders, Wilson, Boulger R 4-2 46-26
13: Louis, Crump, Collins, Valentine (T/S) 4-2 50-28
4 : 22.07 : Hackney
Sweden 41 Rest of the World 37
1 Anders Michanek © 3 , 3 , 3 , 2 11 1 Ivan Mauger © 2 , 3 , 2 , 3 , 3 13
2 Tommy Nilsson 1 , 0 , 1 , - 2 2 Gary Peterson F , 0 , - , - 0
3 Tommy Jansson 1 , 3 , 3 , 2 9 3 Scott Autrey 2', 1', 3 , 1 7 + 2
4 Soren Karlsson 1 , 1', 1', - 3 + 2 4 Jim McMillan 2 , 1 , 2 , 0 5
5 Bernt Persson 3 , 2 , 2 , 1' 8 + 1 5 Dag Lovaas 0 , 0 , - , - 0
6 Soren Sjosten 1 , 0 , 2', 1 4 + 1 6 Edgar Stangeland 2', 2 , 0 , 0 4 + 1
7 Bengt Jansson R , 3 , 1 , - , 0 4 7 Reidar Eide 3 , 3 , 2 , 0 , 0 8
Some fine racing and a last-heat decider, with the stars being Michanek (a superb last to first in ht.10) and Mauger (who won a 3-rider scrap with Autrey and Michanek in ht.12)
1: Michanek, Mauger, Nilsson, Peterson F 4-2
2: Eide, Stangeland, Sjosten, B Jansson R 1-5 5-7
3: Persson, McMillan, Karlsson, Lovaas 4-2 9-9
4: Eide, Autrey, T Jansson, Sjosten 1-5 10-14
5: Mauger, Persson, Karlsson, Peterson 3-3 13-17		 6: Michanek, Stangeland, Autrey, Nilsson 3-3 16-20
7: T Jansson, Sjosten, McMillan, Lovaas 5-1 21-21
8: B Jansson, Eide, Nilsson, Stangeland 4-2 25-23
9: Autrey, Persson, Karlsson, Stangeland 3-3 28-26
10: Michanek, McMillan, B Jansson, Eide 4-2 32-28
11: T Jansson, Mauger, Sjosten, Eide 4-2 36-30
12: Mauger (T/S), Michanek, Autrey, B Jansson 2-4 38-34
13: Mauger, T Jansson, Persson, McMillan 3-3 41-37
5 : 23.07 : Hull
England 41 Rest of the World 37
1 Ray Wilson © 0 , 0 , 0 , - 0 1 Ivan Mauger © 3 , 3 , 3 , 3 , 3 15
2 Doug Wyer 2 , 3 , 3 , 3 11 2 Barry Briggs 1 , X , 0 , 0 , 1
3 Peter Collins 3 , 3 , 1', 1 8 + 1 3 Ole Olsen 1', 2 , 1 , 1', 0 5 + 2
4 Dave Jessup 2', 1', 0 , 3 6 + 2 4 Jim McMillan 1 , 0 , - , - 1
5 John Louis 3 , 2 , 2 , 0 7 5 Scott Autrey 0 , 2 , 2 , 2 , 2' 8 + 1
6 Martin Ashby 0 , 0 , - , 1 1 6 Dag Lovaas 1', 1', - 2 + 2
7 Chris Pusey 3 , 1 , 2', X , 2 8 + 1 7 Bobby Beaton 2 , 2 , 0 , 1 , 5
A near record Hull crowd saw a classic performance by Mauger, who won all of his 8 rides tonight. Had Olsen been fully fit, then the World team could well have inflicted a rare defeat on England.
1: Mauger, Wyer, Briggs, Wilson 2-4
2: Pusey, Beaton, Lovaas, Ashby 3-3 5-7
3: Louis, Jessup, McMillan, Autrey 5-1 10-8
4: Collins, Beaton, Olsen, Ashby 3-3 13-11
5: Mauger, Louis, Jessup, Beaton, Briggs X 3-3 16-14
6: Wyer, Olsen, Lovaas, Wilson 3-3 19-17
7: Collins, Autrey, Pusey, McMillan 4-2 23-19
8: Wyer, Pusey, Beaton, Briggs 5-1 28-20
9: Mauger (T/S), Louis, Olsen, Jessup 2-4 30-24		 10: Wyer, Autrey, Olsen (T/S), Wilson, Pusey X 3-3 33-27
11: Mauger, Pusey, Collins, Briggs 3-3 36-30
12: Jessup, Autrey, Ashby, Olsen 4-2 40-32
13: Mauger, Autrey (T/S), Collins, Louis 1-5 41-37

YORKSHIRE TV TROPHY
1: Pusey, Briggs, McMillan, Dave Gatenby
2: Autrey, Olsen, Wilson, Carl Glover
3: Mauger, Wyer, Ashby, Louis
4: Lovaas, Beaton, Jessup, Collins
SF1: Mauger, Pusey, Olsen, Beaton
SF2: Wyer, Briggs, Autrey, Lovaas
Final: Mauger, Wyer, Pusey, Briggs
6 : 23.07 : Poole
Australia 41 Sweden 37
1 Billy Sanders 2 , 2 , 2 , 1' 7 + 1 1 Anders Michanek © 3 , 2 , 2', T , R 7 + 1
2 Garry Middleton 0 , F , - , - 0 2 Soren Karlsson 1 , 0 , 0 , - 1
3 John Boulger © 1 , 1 , 3 , 2' 7 + 1 3 Tommy Jansson 2 , 3 , 3 , 3 11
4 Bob Valentine 2', 1 , 1 , 2 6 + 1 4 Soren Sjosten 0 , 3 , 1 , 1 5
5 Phil Crump 3 , 3 , F , 3 9 5 Bernt Persson 1 , 2', 3 , 0 6 + 1
6 Phil Herne 3 , 3 , 0 , 3 , 0 9 6 Bengt Jansson 0 , 1 , - , 2 3
7 Neil Street 2', 1 , T 3 + 1 7 Tommy Nilsson 1 , 0 , 2 , 1' 4 + 1
A see-saw match with Australia building a 10-point lead by heat 5, only for Sweden to draw level 5 races later, and the match to be decided in the last heat when Michanek's engine failed while challenging Crump for the lead.
1: Michanek, Sanders, Karlsson, Middleton 2-4
2: Herne, Street, Nilsson, B Jansson 5-1 7-5
3: Crump, Valentine, Persson, Sjosten 5-1 12-6
4: Herne, T Jonsson, Boulger, Nilsson 4-2 16-8
5: Crump, Michanek, Valentine, Karlsson 4-2 20-10		 6: T Jansson, Sanders, B Jansson, Middleton F 2-4 22-14
7: Sjosten, Persson, Boulger, Herne 1-5 23-19
8: Herne, Nilsson, Street, Karlsson 4-2 27-21
9: T Jansson, Michanek (T/S), Valentine, Crump F (broken footrest) 1-5 28-26
10: Persson, Sanders, Sjosten, Herne 2-4 30-30
11: Boulger, B Jansson, Nilsson, Michanek T, Street T 3-3 33-33
12: T Jansson, Valentine, Sanders, Persson 3-3 36-36
13: Crump, Boulger, Sjosten, Michanek R 5-1 41-37

Following the conclusion of the tournament, the sponsors invited many of the top riders to compete in their "Daily Mirror Open Championship" on 24.07 at Wimbledon (Att: 10,000): O Olsen 15, P Collins 14, A Michanek 13, D Jessup / M Ashby / M Simmons 9, R Wilson / B Briggs 8, B Valentine 7, Barry Thomas / T Jansson / J Boulger 6, Nigel Boocock 3, Joe Owen 2, S Autrey / Dave Morton 0. Reserves: E Stangeland 5, B Jansson 1.

© Brian Collins