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Young England v Young Czechoslovakia (Div.2)

1969 Young Czechoslovakia won series 4½-2½
16.08 : Canterbury Young England 47 Young Czechoslovakia 61 {short description of image}
17.08 : Doncaster Young England 62 Young Czechoslovakia 46
18.08 : Crewe Young England 54 Young Czechoslovakia 54
21.08 : Middlesbrough Young England 63 Young Czechoslovakia 45
23.08 : Rayleigh Young England 49 Young Czechoslovakia 59
24.08 : King's Lynn Young England 45 Young Czechoslovakia 62
25.08 : Reading (Tilehurst) Young England 51 Young Czechoslovakia 57
Young England Total Young England (cont) Total
Geoff Ambrose 13 15 10 16 - - - 54 Peter Bailey - - - - - 3 - 3
Martyn Piddock 8 - - 7 - 11 10 36 Dave Baugh - 3 - - - - - 3
Terry Lee - 9 10 13 - - - 32 Ian Bottomley - 3 0 - - - - 3
Richard May 8 - - 4 10 - 10 32 Dave Parry - - 3 - - - - 3
Tom Leadbitter - 3 11 12 - - - 26 Steve Waplington - 2 - - - - - 2
Peter Murray 5 - - - - 15 5 25 John Harrhy - - - - - 1 - 1
Chris Bailey - - 14 - 9 - - 23 Colin Clark 0 - - - - - - 0
Mick Bell 1 - - 8 2 - 10 21 Ian Turner - - - - 0 - - 0
Eric Broadbelt - 11 3 - - - 5 19
Geoff Maloney - - - - 8 1 9 18 Young Czechoslovakia
Ken Eyre - 16 - - - - - 16 Miroslav Verner 10 10 17 15 17 17 18 104
Phil Woodcock - - - - 6 9 - 15 Frantisek Ledecky 13 12 9 11 14 11 2 72
Dingle Brown - - - - 10 0 - 10 Zdenek Majstr 15 3 4 11 12 10 9 64
Graham Miles 8 - - - - - - 8 Jiri Stancl 4 9 8 1 5 5 7 39
Roger Mills - - 3 3 - - - 6 Karel Prusa 12 1 15 1 4 0 2 35
Dave Jessup 4 - - - - - 1 5 Vaclav Verner - - - 6 2 7 14 29
Arthur Price - - - - - 5 - 5 Jan Klokocka 6 8 0 0 5 6 0 25
Mike Vernam - - - - 4 - 1 5 Josef Lid 1 3 1 0 - 6 5 16

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Young Czechoslovakia 1969
Frantisek Ledecky, Josef Lid, Jan Klokocka, Miroslav Verner, Jiri Stancl, Zdenek Majstr, Karel Prusa

1st Test - Canterbury
Ht 1: Murray, Ledecky, May, Stancl 78.2 4-2:4-2
Ht 2: Ambrose, Klokocka, Jessup, Prusa 79.8 4-2:8-4
Ht 3: Piddock, Majstr, Miles, Verner (f) 79.4 4-2:12-6
Ht 4: Ambrose, Jessup, Stancl, Ledecky (f rm) 79.0 5-1:17-7
Ht 5: Piddock, Prusa, Miles, Klokocka (ret) 78.8 4-2:21-9
Ht 6: Majstr, Verner, May, Murray 79.6 1-5:22-14
Ht 7: Ledecky, Miles, Piddock, Stancl 78.8 3-3:25-17
Ht 8: Prusa, Murray, Bell, Klokocka 79.4 3-3:28-20
Ht 9: Ambrose, Verner, Majstr, Jessup 77.8 3-3:31-23
Ht 10: Ledecky, May, Lid, Murray (ret) 82.6 2-4:33-27
Ht 11: Prusa, Klokocka, Ambrose, Clark 80.8 1-5:34-32
Ht 12: Majstr, Verner, Miles, Piddock (f exc) 79.0 1-5:35-37
Ht 13: Ledecky, Ambrose, Jessup, Lid 80.6 3-3:38-40
Ht 14: Miles, Prusa, Klokocka, Piddock 80.4 3-3:41-43
Ht 15: Majstr, Verner, May, Murray (ret) 78.2 1-5:42-48
Ht 16: Stancl, Ledecky, Piddock, Miles 79.6 1-5:43-53
Ht 17: May, Prusa, Klokocka, Murray (ret) 81.0 3-3:46-56
Ht 18: Majstr, Verner, Ambrose, Bell 79.2 1-5:47-61
2nd Test - Doncaster
Ht 1: Ledecky, Ambrose, Stancl, Baugh 71.6 2-4:2-4
Ht 2: Eyre, Klokocka, Bottomley, Prusa (ef) 73.8 4-2:6-6
Ht 3: Lee, Broadbelt, Verner (f rem), Majstr (exc) 72.8 5-1:11-7
Ht 4: Eyre, Stancl, Bottomley, Ledecky 71.8 4-2:15-9
Ht 5: Broadbelt, Klokocka, Lee, Prusa 72.2 4-2:19-11
Ht 6: Ambrose, Baugh, Lid, Majstr (f exc) 72.2 5-1:24-12
Ht 7: Stancl, Lee, Ledecky, Broadbelt 71.2 2-4:26-16
Ht 8: Ambrose, Klokocka, Baugh, Prusa 72.2 4-2:30-18
Ht 9: Eyre, Verner, Majstr, Bottomley (f) 72.8 3-3:33-21
Ht 10: Ledecky, Ambrose, Stancl, Baugh 71.0 2-4:35-25
Ht 11: Eyre, Lid, Bottomley, Klokocka (exc) 73.2 4-2:39-27
Ht 12: Broadbelt, Verner, Majstr, Lee 71.6 3-3:42-30
Ht 13: Eyre, Ledecky, Stancl, Bottomley (f) 72.0 3-3:45-33
Ht 14: Lee, Klokocka, Broadbelt, Lid 71.6 4-2:49-35
Ht 15: Ambrose, Verner, Majstr, Baugh 72.2 3-3:52-38
Ht 16: Ledecky, Broadbelt, Stancl, Lee 71.6 2-4:54-42
Ht 17: Leadbitter, Ambrose, Prusa, Klokocka 72.8 5-1:59-43
Ht 18: Verner, Waplington, Eyre, Majstr (exc) 71.4 3-3:62-46
3rd Test - Crewe
Ht 1: Ledecky, Leadbitter, Stancl, Bottomley 74.2 2-4:2-4
Ht 2: Prusa, Lee, Lid, Broadbelt 76.2 2-4:4-8
Ht 3: Verner, Ambrose, Bailey, Majstr 75.0 3-3:7-11
Ht 4: Broadbelt, Ledecky, Stancl, Lee 75.0 3-3:10-14
Ht 5: Bailey, Ambrose, Prusa, Lid 73.0 5-1:15-15
Ht 6: Verner, Leadbitter, Majstr, Bottomley (f) 76.0 2-4:17-19
Ht 7: Bailey, Ledecky, Ambrose, Stancl 73.8 4-2:21-21
Ht 8: Parry, Prusa, Leadbitter, Klokocka 74.0 4-2:25-23
Ht 9: Verner, Lee, Majstr, Mills 75.0 2-4:27-27
Ht 10: Stancl, Leadbitter, Ledecky, Parry 75.2 2-4:29-31
Ht 11: Prusa, Lee, Mills, Lid 74.8 3-3:32-34
Ht 12: Bailey, Verner, Ambrose, Majstr 73.8 4-2:36-36
Ht 13: Stancl, Lee, Mills, Ledecky 75.0 3-3:39-39
Ht 14: Prusa, Ambrose, Bailey, Klokocka 73.4 3-3:42-42
Ht 15: Verner, Leadbitter, Majstr, Parry 73.8 2-4:44-46
Ht 16: Bailey, Ambrose, Ledecky, Stancl 74.8 5-1:49-47
Ht 17: Prusa, Leadbitter, Mills, Lid 74.0 3-3:52-50
Ht 18: Verner, Lee, Majstr, Mills 72.0 2-4:54-54
4th Test - Middlesbrough
Ht 1: Piddock, Leadbitter, Ledecky, Stancl (f rem) 71.0 5-1:5-1
Ht 2: Ambrose, Bell, Prusa, V Verner 73.4 5-1:10-2
Ht 3: M Verner, Lee, May, Majstr 72.2 3-3:13-5
Ht 4: Ambrose, Bell, Ledecky, Stancl 72.2 5-1:18-6
Ht 5: Lee, Mills, V Verner, Prusa (f exc) 73.0 5-1:23-7
Ht 6: M Verner, Majstr, Leadbitter, Piddock 72.4 1-5:24-12
Ht 7: Ledecky, Lee, May, Klokocka 72.6 3-3:27-15
Ht 8: Leadbitter, Piddock, V Verner, Lid 73.2 5-1:32-16
Ht 9: M Verner, Ambrose, Majstr, Bell 72.2 2-4:34-20
Ht 10: Ledecky, Leadbitter, Piddock, Stancl 72.0 3-3:37-23
Ht 11: Ambrose, Bell, V Verner, Prusa 73.6 5-1:42-24
Ht 12: M Verner, Majstr, Lee, Mills 73.2 1-5:43-29
Ht 13: Ambrose, Bell, Stancl, Ledecky 72.0 5-1:48-30
Ht 14: Lee, May, V Verner, Lid 73.0 5-1:53-31
Ht 15: Majstr, M Verner, Leadbitter, Piddock 71.6 1-5:54-36
Ht 16: Ledecky, Lee, Mills, Stancl 72.2 3-3:57-39
Ht 17: Leadbitter, V Verner, Piddock, Klokocka 73.0 4-2:61-41
Ht 18: Majstr, Ambrose, M Verner, Bell 71.4 2-4:63-45
5th Test - Rayleigh
Ht 1: Ledecky, Maloney, Stancl, May (f) 71.1 2-4:2-4
Ht 2: Prusa, Bell, Bailey, Klokocka (exc), Turner (f ns) 75.0 3-3:5-7
Ht 3: M Verner, Majstr, Woodcock, Brown 72.9 1-5:6-12
Ht 4: Ledecky, Vernam, Bailey, Stancl 73.4 3-3:9-15
Ht 5: Brown, Woodcock, Klokocka, Prusa 72.1 5-1:14-16
Ht 6: Majstr, M Verner, May, Maloney (f) 73.9 1-5:15-21
Ht 7: Brown, Ledecky, V Verner, Woodcock (f rem) 73.9 3-3:18-24
Ht 8: May, Klokocka, Prusa, Maloney (f rem) 73.6 3-3:21-27
Ht 9: M Verner, Majstr, Bailey, Bell 73.1 1-5:22-32
Ht 10: May, Maloney, Ledecky, Stancl 73.1 5-1:27-33
Ht 11: Bailey, Vernam, V Verner, Klokocka 73.2 5-1:32-34
Ht 12: M Verner, Majstr, Woodcock, Brown 73.3 1-5:33-39
Ht 13: Ledecky, Bailey, Stancl, Vernam (f rem) 73.2 2-4:35-43
Ht 14: Brown, Woodcock, Klokocka, V Verner (exc) 74.6 5-1:40-44
Ht 15: M Verner, Maloney, Majstr, May 73.3 2-4:42-48
Ht 16: Stancl, Ledecky, Brown, Woodcock 73.6 1-5:43-53
Ht 17: May, Maloney, Klokocka, Prusa 73.8 5-1:48-54
Ht 18: M Verner, Majstr, Bailey, Vernam 73.2 1-5:49-59
6th Test - King's Lynn
Ht 1: Ledecky, Stancl, Woodcock, Maloney 77.4 1-5:1-5
Ht 2: Klokocka, Murray, Bailey, Prusa 75.0 3-3:4-8
Ht 3: M Verner, Majstr, Price, Piddock 74.8 1-5:5-13
Ht 4: Murray, Ledecky, Bailey, Stancl 74.4 4-2:9-15
Ht 5: V Verner, Piddock, Price, Klokocka (f) 75.8 3-3:12-18
Ht 6: M Verner, Majstr, Woodcock, Maloney (f rem) 74.6 1-5:13-23
Ht 7: Piddock, Price, Stancl, Ledecky (f) 75.0 5-1:18-24
Ht 8: Woodcock, V Verner, Klokocka, Harrhy (f) 75.4 3-3:21-27
Ht 9: M Verner, Murray, Majstr, Bailey 74.0 2-4:23-31
Ht 10: Ledecky, Stancl, Harrhy, Woodcock 75.4 1-5:24-36
Ht 11: Murray, Lid, V Verner, Brown 75.0 3-3:27-39
Ht 12: M Verner, Majstr, Price (f), Piddock (f exc) 74.2 0-5:27-44
Ht 13: Ledecky, Murray, Bailey, Stancl 74.4 3-3:30-47
Ht 14: Piddock, Lid, V Verner, Harrhy 75.8 3-3:33-50
Ht 15: M Verner, Majstr, Woodcock, Maloney (f) 74.2 1-5:34-55
Ht 16: Piddock, Lid, Price, Ledecky (f exc) 75.8 4-2:38-57
Ht 17: Woodcock, Klokocka, Maloney, V Verner 75.8 4-2:42-59
Ht 18: Murray, M Verner, Majstr, Bailey 73.4 3-3:45-62
7th Test - Reading
Ht 1: Bell, Ledecky, Stancl, Vernam 71.2 (track record) 3-3:3-3
Ht 2: Piddock, May, Prusa, Klokocka 72.2 5-1:8-4
Ht 3: M Verner, Broadbelt, Murray, Majstr (f) 71.8 3-3:11-7
Ht 4: May, Piddock, Stancl, Ledecky (ret) 72.4 5-1:16-8
Ht 5: Murray, Lid, V Verner, Broadbelt 73.0 3-3:19-11
Ht 6: M Verner, Bell, Majstr, Vernam 72.0 2-4:21-15
Ht 7: Stancl, Broadbelt, Murray, Ledecky (f exc) 73.2 3-3:24-18
Ht 8: Maloney, V Verner, Bell, Lid 73.6 4-2:28-20
Ht 9: M Verner, Majstr, May, Piddock 72.0 1-5:29-25
Ht 10: V Verner, Bell, Maloney, Stancl 72.4 3-3:32-28
Ht 11: May, Piddock, Prusa, Klokocka 74.2 5-1:37-29
Ht 12: M Verner, Majstr, Broadbelt, Murray 73.2 1-5:38-34
Ht 13: Piddock, V Verner, Stancl, May 74.0 3-3:41-37
Ht 14: Maloney, Lid, Jessup, Prusa 74.2 4-2:45-39
Ht 15: M Verner, Majstr, Vernam, Bell 73.8 1-5:46-44
Ht 16: V Verner, Maloney, Stancl, Broadbelt 73.8 2-4:48-48
Ht 17: V Verner, Bell, Lid, Maloney 73.2 2-4:50-52
Ht 18: M Verner, Majstr, May, Piddock 74.0 1-5:51-57
Note An additional (challenge) match was staged on 14.08:
Romford 35 (Phil Woodcock 11, Frank Wendon 9, Brian Davies 6, Ross Gilbertson 5, Ian Gills 2, Brian Foote 1, Charlie Benham 1)
Young Czecholsovakia 43 (J Klokocka 10, M Verner 9, J Stancl 8, Z Majstr 8, V Verner 4, K Prusa 3, F Ledecky 1, J Lid 0)

1970 Young Czechoslovakia won series 4-3
06.08 : Romford Young England 56 Young Czechoslovakia 52
08.08 : Canterbury Young England 46 Young Czechoslovakia 62
09.08 : Rochdale Young England 40 Young Czechoslovakia 68
12.08 : King's Lynn Young England 66 Young Czechoslovakia 42
13.08 : Ipswich Young England 56 Young Czechoslovakia 51
15.08 : Rayleigh Young England 49 Young Czechoslovakia 59
17.08 : Reading (Tilehurst) Young England 53 Young Czechoslovakia 55
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John Louis 5 7 6 14 17 12 11 72
Richard May 14 5 6 16 2 4 6 53
Dave Jessup 14 - - 8 - 9 12 43
Malcolm Shakespeare 7 5 - 9 9 - 0 30
Barry Crowson 9 9 - - 3 - 8 29
Geoff Maloney 1 3 - 12 4 5 - 25
Barry Thomas - 10 - - - - 14 24
Phil Woodcock 4 6 - 5 - 8 - 23
Mike Vernam - - - - 2 11 2 15
John Harrhy - - - - 12 - - 12
Eric Broadbelt - - 11 - - - - 11
Alan Knapkin - - 9 - - - - 9
Peter Bailey - - - - 7 - 0 7
Tom Leadbitter - - 4 - - - - 4
Alan Wilkinson - - 3 - - - - 3
Brian Foote 2 - - - - 0 - 2 {short description of image}
Arthur Price - - - 2 - - - 2
Graham Banks - 1 - - - - - 1
Ken Moss - - 1 - - - - 1
John Jackson - - 0 - - - - 0
Hughie Saunders - - - - - 0 - 0
Young Czechoslovakia Total
Miroslav Verner 16 12 15 16 13 13 14 99
Jiri Stancl 12 9 13 10 12 9 10 75
Milan Spinka 0 4 5 9 12 11 9 50
Vaclav Verner 14 15 18 0 - - - 47
Jan Klokocka 2 11 5 3 8 12 3 44 Young England 1970 at Romford
Richard May, John Louis, Geoff Maloney, Maurice Morley (manager, on bike), Malcolm Shakespeare, Phil Woodcock (on bike), Brian Foote, Barry Crowson, Dave Jessup
Zdenek Majstr 7 10 12 0 0 8 4 41
Josef Lid 0 1 - 4 5 6 13 29
Zbynek Novotny 1 - 0 0 1 - 2 4

1st Test at Romford 6th August
Ht 1: Majstr, Stancl, Shakespeare, Woodcock 69.6 1-5 1-5
Ht 2: Jessup, V Verner, Louis, Spinka 70.0 4-2 5-7
Ht 3: May, M Verner, Klokocka, Crowson (ef) 70.4 3-3 8-10 Ht 4: Jessup, Majstr, Stancl, Louis 69.6 3-3 11-13
Ht 5: May, V Verner, Crowson, Spinka 69.2 (track record) 4-2 15-15
Ht 6: M Verner, Shakespeare, Klokocka, Woodcock (f) 69.4 2-4 17-19
Ht 7: May, Stancl, Majstr, Crowson (ef) 70.0 3-3 20-22
Ht 8: V Verner, Shakespeare, Foote, Lid 69.0(record) 23-25
Ht 9: Jessup, M Verner, Maloney, Klokocka 70.4 4-2 27-27
Ht 10: Stancl, Woodcock, Majstr, Shakespeare (exc) 71.2 2-4 29-31
Ht 11: V Verner, Louis, Jessup, Lid 71.4 3-3 32-34
Ht 12: M Verner, Crowson, May, Novotny 70.6 3-3 35-37
Ht 13: Stancl, Jessup, Louis, Majstr 70.6 3-3 38-40
Ht 14: Crowson, May, V Verner, Spinka 71.4 5-1 43-41
Ht 15: M Verner, Woodcock, Novotny, Shakespeare (f exc) 72.8 2-4 45-45
Ht 16: Crowson, May, Stancl, Majstr 71.0 5-1 50-46
Ht 17: V Verner, Shakespeare, Foote, Spinka 73.8 3-3 53-49 Ht 18: M Verner, Jessup, Louis, Novotny 72.0 3-3 56-52
2nd Test at Canterbury 8th August
Ht 1: Crowson, Stancl, Majstr, Maloney 75.0 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: V Verner, Spinka, Shakespeare, Louis 76.2 1-5 4-8
Ht 3: May, M Verner, Klokocka, Woodcock 76.6 3-3 7-11 Ht 4: Louis, Stancl, Shakespeare, Majstr 76.2 4-2 11-13
Ht 5: V Verner, Woodcock, May, Spinka 77.0 3-3 14-16
Ht 6: Klokocka, Crowson, M Verner, Maloney (f) 76.8 2-4 16-20
Ht 7: Stancl, Woodcock, Majstr, May 76.8 2-4 18-24
Ht 8: Crowson, V Verner, Thomas, Spinka 76.4 4-2 22-26
Ht 9: M Verner, Louis, Shakespeare, Klokocka 76.0 3-3 25-29
Ht 10: Majstr, Maloney, Crowson, Stancl 76.2 3-3 28-32
Ht 11: Thomas, V Verner, Louis, Lid 76.0 4-2 32-34
Ht 12: M Verner, Klokocka, May, Woodcock 77.0 33-39
Ht 13: Thomas, Majstr, Louis, Stancl 76.4 4-2 37-41
Ht 14: V Verner, Woodcock, Spinka, May 76.0 2-4 39-45
Ht 15: M Verner, Klokocka, Maloney, Crowson (f exc) 77.2 1-5 40-50
Ht 16: Majstr, Stancl, Banks, Woodcock 77.2 1-5 41-55
Ht 17: Thomas, V Verner, Spinka, Maloney 76.6 3-3 44-58
Ht 18: Klokocka, Shakespeare, Lid, Louis, M Verner (exc) 77.6 2-4 46-62
3rd Test at Rochdale 9th August
Ht 1: Broadbelt, Stancl, Leadbitter, Majstr 77.0 4-2 4-2
Ht 2: V Verner, Spinka, May, Jackson 77.2 1-5 5-7
Ht 3: Knapkin, M Verner, Louis, Klokocka 77.2 4-2 9-9
Ht 4: Majstr, Stancl May, Jackson 77.0 1-5 10-14
Ht 5: V Verner, Knapkin, Louis, Spinka 77.0 3-3 13-17
Ht 6: Leadbitter, M Verner, Broadbelt, Klokocka 78.4 4-2 17-19
Ht 7: Stancl, Louis, Majstr, Knapkin 77.4 2-4 19-23
Ht 8: V Verner, Broadbelt, Spinka, Leadbitter 78.4 2-4 21-27
Ht 9: M Verner, May, Wilkinson, Novotny 81.2 3-3 24-30
Ht 10: Majstr, Broadbelt, Stancl, Leadbitter 80.6 2-4 26-34
Ht 11: V Verner, May, Spinka, Moss 80.2 2-4 28-38
Ht 12: M Verner, Louis, Knapkin, Novotny 80.8 3-3 31-41
Ht 13: Stancl, Majstr, Wilkinson, May 78.0 1-5 32-46
Ht 14: V Verner, Knapkin, Wilkinson, Spinka, Louis (exc) 77.4 3-3 35-49
Ht 15: Klokocka, M Verner, Broadbelt, Leadbitter (f) 79.2 1-5 36-54
Ht 16: Majstr, Stancl, Knapkin, Louis 78.4 1-5 37-59
Ht 17: V Verner, Broadbelt, Spinka, Leadbitter 78.4 2-4 39-63
Ht 18: M Verner, Klokocka, Moss, May 80.0 1-5 40-68

4th Test at King's Lynn 12th August
Ht 1: Shakespeare, Maloney, Stancl, Majstr (f exc) 74.2 5-1 5-1
Ht 2: Louis, Spinka, Woodcock, V Verner (f exc) 74.4 4-2 9-3
Ht 3: M Verner, May, Jessup, Klokocka 74.6 3-3 12-6
Ht 4: Woodcock, Louis, Stancl, Majstr (ret) 74.0 5-1 17-7
Ht 5: May, Spinka, Jessup, Lid 73.6 4-2 21-9
Ht 6: M Verner, Price, Shakespeare, Klokocka 74.4 3-3 24-12
Ht 7: May, Stancl, Jessup, Novotny 73.4 4-2 28-14
Ht 8: Shakespeare, Maloney, Lid, Spinka 75.6 5-1 33-15
Ht 9: Louis, M Verner, Klokocka, Woodcock 74.8 3-3 36-18
Ht 10: Maloney, Stancl, Shakespeare, Majstr 74.4 4-2 40-20
Ht 11: Spinka, Louis, Lid, Woodcock (ret) 75.0 2-4 42-24
Ht 12: May, M Verner, Klokocka, Jessup 74.0 3-3 45-27
Ht 13: Stancl, Louis, Woodcock, Novotny 74.8 3-3 48-30
Ht 14: Jessup, May, Spinka, Lid 74.8 5-1 53-31
Ht 15: M Verner, Maloney, Shakespeare, Klokocka 74.8 3-3 56-34
Ht 16: May, Jessup, Stancl, Novotny 74.8 5-1 61-35
Ht 17: Maloney, Lid, Spinka, Shakespeare 75.0 3-3 64-38
Ht 18: M Verner, Louis, Klokocka, Woodcock (f) 74.0 2-4 66-42
5th Test at Ipswich 13th August
Ht 1: Stancl, Harrhy, May, Majstr 70.6 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Louis, Spinka, Lid, Bailey 70.8 3-3 6-6
Ht 3: M Verner, Klokocka, Crowson, Shakespeare 71.8 1-5 7-11
Ht 4: Stancl, Louis, Maloney, Majstr (f exc) 70.2 3-3 10-14
Ht 5: Spinka, Shakespeare, Crowson, Lid 70.4 3-3 13-17
Ht 6: M Verner, Klokocka, May (f rem), Harrhy (f exc) 71.4 1-5 14-22
Ht 7: Stancl, Shakespeare, Crowson, Majstr (ret) 70.2 3-3 17-25
Ht 8: Spinka, Lid, Harrhy, May 73.0 1-5 18-30
Ht 9: Louis, M Verner, Klokocka, Maloney 72.0 3-3 21-33
Ht 10: Harrhy, Vernam, Novotny, Stancl (f) 72.2 5-1 26-34
Ht 11: Louis, Maloney, Spinka, Lid 73.2 5-1 31-35
Ht 12: M Verner, Klokocka, Shakespeare, Crowson 71.8 1-5 32-40
Ht 13: Louis, Stancl, Maloney, Novotny 72.6 4-2 36-42
Ht 14: Spinka, Shakespeare, Lid, Vernam 71.6 2-4 38-46
Ht 15: Harrhy, M Verner, Klokocka, May 72.0 3-3 41-49
Ht 16: Harrhy, Vernam, Stancl, Novotny 73.0 5-1 46-50
Ht 17: Harrhy, Bailey, Lid, Spinka 72.0 5-1 51-51
Ht 18: Louis, Bailey, Klokocka (f), M Verner (exc) 5-0 56-51
6th Test at Rayleigh 15th August
Ht 1: Vernam, Maloney, Stancl, Majstr 73.1 5-1 5-1
Ht 2: Woodcock, Spinka, May, Lid (f) 73.4 4-2 9-3
Ht 3: Louis, Verner, Jessup, Klokocka 73.0 4-2 13-5
Ht 4: Stancl, Majstr, Woodcock, May 73.1 1-5 14-10
Ht 5: Jessup, Louis, Spinka, Lid 72.2 5-1 19-11
Ht 6: Vernam, Klokocka, Verner, Maloney 72.7 3-3 22-14
Ht 7: Louis, Jessup, Stancl, Majstr 71.9 5-1 27-15
Ht 8: Maloney, Lid, Spinka, Vernam 71.4 3-3 30-18
Ht 9: Klokocka, Verner, Woodcock, Saunders 70.7 1-5 31-23
Ht 10: Majstr, Vernam, Stancl, Maloney 71.6 2-4 33-27
Ht 11: Spinka, May, Lid, Woodcock 72.6 2-4 35-31
Ht 12: Verner, Klokocka, Jessup, Louis 71.7 1-5 36-36
Ht 13: Majstr, Woodcock, May, Stancl 71.6 3-3 39-39
Ht 14: Louis, Lid, Spinka, Jessup (f rem) 72.7 3-3 42-42
Ht 15: Klokocka, Verner, Vernam, Maloney (f) 70.6 (equals track record) 1-5 43-47
Ht 16: Stancl, Jessup, Louis, Majstr (f exc) 71.6 3-3 46-50
Ht 17: Spinka, Vernam, Lid, Foote 72.7 2-4 48-54
Ht 18: Verner, Klokocka, Woodcock, May 71.6 1-5 49-59
7th Test at Reading 17th August
Ht 1: Crowson, Stancl, May, Majstr 72.6 4-2 4-2
Ht 2: Lid, Spinka, Vernam, Shakespeare (ef) 74.0 1-5 5-7
Ht 3: Verner, Louis, Klokocka, Bailey (f) 73.4 2-4 7-11
Ht 4: Majstr, Stancl, Vernam, Shakespeare 73.8 1-5 8-16
Ht 5: Louis, Spinka, Lid, Bailey 73.2 3-3 11-19
Ht 6: Verner, May, Klokocka, Crowson 72.6 2-4 13-23
Ht 7: Louis, Thomas, Majstr, Stancl (f) 73.2 5-1 18-24
Ht 8: Lid, Crowson, Spinka, May (ef) 72.8 2-4 20-28
Ht 9: Jessup, Thomas, Verner, Novotny 73.4 5-1 25-29
Ht 10: May, Stancl, Crowson, Majstr 72.8 4-2 29-31
Ht 11: Thomas, Lid, Spinka, Vernam 72.2 3-3 32-34
Ht 12: Jessup, Verner, Louis, Klokocka 73.0 4-2 36-36
Ht 13: Thomas, Stancl, Novotny, Shakespeare 72.2 3-3 39-39
Ht 14: Lid, Louis, Spinka, Jessup (ef) 73.2 2-4 41-43
Ht 15: Verner, Crowson, Klokocka, May 72.8 2-4 43-47
Ht 16: Thomas, Stancl, Novotny, Louis 72.0 3-3 46-50
Ht 17: Jessup, Spinka, Lid, Crowson 72.4 3-3 49-53
Ht 18: Jessup, Verner, Thomas, Klokocka 73.0 4-2 53-55
Note An additional (challenge) match was staged on 10.08:
Crewe 48 (Paul O'Neil 14, Ian Bottomley 10, Barry Meeks 7, John Jackson 5, Dave Parry 5, Dai Evans 4, Warren Hawkins 3, Rob Jackson 0)
Young Czechoslovakia 59 (Vaclav Verner 12, Milosalv Verner 12, Jiri Stancl 11, Zdenek Majstr 9, Milan Spinka 6, Josef Lid 6, Zbynek Novotny 3, Jan Klokocka 0)

1971 Young England won series 4½-2½
07.08 : Canterbury Young England 47 Young Czechoslovakia 60
09.08 : Crewe Young England 54 Young Czechoslovakia 54
11.08 : Bradford Young England 64 Young Czechoslovakia 44
15.08 : Peterborough Young England 52 Young Czechoslovakia 56
17.08* : Workington Young England 55 Young Czechoslovakia 52
19.08 : Romford Young England 66 Young Czechoslovakia 42
20.08 : Ipswich Young England 60 Young Czechoslovakia 48
* postponed from original staging date of 13.08
{short description of image} Young England Total
John Louis 17 15 14 18 15 13 0 92
Alan Knapkin - 7 12 4 15 8 12 58
Kevin Holden 1 - - - - 15 14 30
Doug Wyer - - 17 - 13 - - 30
Tony Davey 10 - 0 5 - - 13 28
Arthur Price - - 15 11 2 0 - 28
Reg Wilson - 6 - - 6 4 - 16
Peter Collins - 14 - - - - - 14
Bob Coles - - - - - 13 - 13
Ross Gilbertson - - - - - 13 - 13
Malcolm Shakespeare 3 - - 1 0 0 7 11
Malcolm Ballard 9 - - - - - - 9
Peter Bailey - - - - - - 8 8
Carl Glover - 7 - - - - - 7
Richard Greer - - - 7 - - - 7
Dave Baugh - - 6 - - - - 6
Geoff Bouchard 0 - - - - - 6 6
John Jackson - 5 - - - - - 5
Bruce Forrester - - - 4 - - - 4
Gordon Kennett 4 - - - - - - 4
Roger Mills - - - - 4 - - 4
Graham Banks 3 - - - - - - 3
Roy Carter - - - 2 - - - 2
Dave Kumeta - - 0 - 0 - - 0
Barry Meeks - 0 - - - - - 0
Young Czechoslovakia Total
Miroslav Verner 11 10 6 8 13 12 12 72
Pavel Mares 3 15 5 10 15 11 1 60
Milan Spinka 12 3 4 6 4 13 18 60
Zdenek Majstr 12 14 10 10 6 0 - 52
Jiri Stancl 8 9 11 12 11 - - 51
Vaclav Verner 10 3 5 10 3 4 13 48
Pavel Busta 3 0 2 0 0 1 3 9
Jaroslav Volf 1 0 1 - 0 1 1 4

1st Test at Canterbury 7th August
Ht 1: Louis, V Verner, Bouchard (f), Mares (f) 78.0 3-2 4-2
Ht 2: Spinka, Ballard, Stancl, Holden (f rem) 79.2 2-4 5-6
Ht 3: Majstr, M Verner, Kennett, Banks 78.0 1-5 6-11
Ht 4: Mares, V Verner, Holden, Ballard 80.1 1-5 7-16
Ht 5: Spinka, Davey, Stancl, Kennett 78.4 2-4 9-20
Ht 6: Louis, Majstr, M Verner, Bouchard 76.8 3-3 12-23
Ht 7: Banks, Davey, Volf, V Verner 79.0 5-1 17-24
Ht 8: Louis, Spinka, Stancl, Shakespeare (ef) 78.0 3-3 20-27
Ht 9: Majstr, M Verner, Ballard, Holden (ef) 78.6 1-5 21-32
Ht 10: Louis, Davey, V Verner, Mares (exc) 76.2 5-1 26-33
Ht 11: Ballard, Stancl, Busta, Holden (ef) 77.4 3-3 29-36
Ht 12: Majstr, M Verner, Kennett, Banks 76.9 1-5 30-41
Ht 13: Ballard, V Verner, Shakespeare, Mares 77.4 4-2 34-43
Ht 14: Stancl, Spinka, Kennett, Banks 77.2 1-5 35-48
Ht 15: Davey, Louis, M Verner, Volf 76.6 5-1 40-49
Ht 16: V Verner, Busta, Kennett,Shakespeare ef 80.0 41-54
Ht 17: Louis, Spinka, Davey, Stancl 77.0 4-2 45-56
Ht 18: M Verner, Shakespeare, Majstr, Ballard 77.4 2-4 47-60
2nd Test at Crewe 9th August
Ht 1: Mares, Jackson, Collins, V Verner 76.2 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Glover, Stancl, Wilson, Spinka 76.6 4-2 7-5
Ht 3: Majstr, Louis, M Verner, Knapkin 74.8 2-4 9-9
Ht 4: Mares, Wilson, V Verner, Glover 75.4 2-4 11-13
Ht 5: Louis, Knapkin, Stancl, Spinka 76.4 5-1 16-14
Ht 6: Majstr, Collins, M Verner, Jackson 74.0 2-4 18-18
Ht 7: Louis, Mares, Knapkin, Volf 74.8 4-2 22-20
Ht 8: Collins, Stancl, Jackson, Busta (ret) 74.4 4-2 26-22
Ht 9: Majstr, M Verner, Wilson, Glover 74.6 1-5 27-27
Ht 10: Collins, Mares, V Verner, Meeks 74.4 3-3 30-30
Ht 11: Spinka, Glover, Wilson, Stancl (ret) 76.8 3-3 33-33
Ht 12: Majstr, Knapkin, Louis, M Verner 75.0 3-3 36-36
Ht 13: Mares, Glover, V Verner, Wilson 75.4 2-4 38-40
Ht 14: Louis, Stancl, Knapkin, Spinka 74.4 4-2 42-42
Ht 15: M Verner, Collins, Jackson, Majstr (ret) 75.6 3-3 45-45
Ht 16: Louis, Mares, Knapkin, V Verner (ret) 75.2 4-2 49-47 Ht 17: Collins, Stancl, Jackson, Spinka (ret) 76.0 4-2 53-49
Ht 18: M Verner, Majstr, Wilson, Glover 76.2 1-5 54-54
3rd Test at Bradford 11th August
Ht 1: Knapkin, Wyer, Mares, V Verner 71.8 5-1 5-1
Ht 2: Louis, Stancl, Baugh, Spinka 70.2 4-2 9-3
Ht 3: Majstr, Price, M Verner, Davey 70.4 2-4 11-7
Ht 4: Louis, Baugh, V Verner, Mares 70.6 5-1 16-8
Ht 5: Price, Stancl, Spinka, Davey (f) 70.2 3-3 19-11
Ht 6: Wyer, Knapkin, Majstr, M Verner 70.4 5-1 24-12
Ht 7: Price, V Verner, Mares, Davey 70.2 3-3 27-15
Ht 8: Wyer, Stancl, Knapkin, Volf 70.2 4-2 31-17
Ht 9: Majstr, M Verner, Baugh, Louis 70.0 1-5 32-22
Ht 10: Wyer, Knapkin, Mares, Basta 70.6 5-1 37-23
Ht 11: Stancl, Louis, Spinka, Baugh (ret) 70.4 2-4 39-27
Ht 12: Majstr, M Verner, Price, Davey 70.8 1-5 40-32
Ht 13: Louis, Mares, V Verner, Baugh 70.6 3-3 43-35
Ht 14: Price, Stancl, Spinka, Davey 71.0 3-3 46-38
Ht 15: Wyer, Knapkin, M Verner, Majstr 70.6 5-1 51-39
Ht 16: Price, Basta, V Verner, Kumeta 71.8 3-3 54-42
Ht 17: Wyer, Knapkin, Spinka, Volf 71.2 5-1 59-43
Ht 18: Louis, Baugh, Volf, Basta 71.0 5-1 64-44

4th Test at Peterborough 15th August
Ht 1: Mares, V Verner, Greer, Shakespeare 72.6 1-5 1-5
Ht 2: Price, Spinka, Davey, Stancl 72.2 4-2 5-7
Ht 3: Louis, Majstr, Forrester, Basta 72.0 4-2 9-9
Ht 4: Mares, Price, V Verner, Davey 71.8 2-4 11-13
Ht 5: Louis, Forrester, Stancl, Spinka 71.6 5-1 16-14
Ht 6: Greer, M Verner, Shakespeare, Majstr 72.6 4-2 20-16
Ht 7: Louis, V Verner, Forrester, Mares 71.4 4-2 24-18
Ht 8: Stancl, Spinka, Greer, Shakespeare 73.4 1-5 25-23
Ht 9: Davey, Price, M Verner, Majstr 71.6 5-1 30-24
Ht 10: V Verner, Mares, Carter, Greer 72.6 1-5 31-29
Ht 11: Stancl, Price, Spinka, Davey 72.6 2-4 33-33
Ht 12: Louis, Majstr, M Verner, Forrester 72.4 3-3 36-36
Ht 13: Knapkin, Price, V Verner, Mares 72.8 5-1 41-37
Ht 14: Louis, Stancl, Spinka, Forrester 71.6 3-3 44-40
Ht 15: Majstr, M Verner, Carter, Shakespeare (ret) 72.6 1-5 45-45
Ht 16: Louis, Mares, V Verner, Knapkin 72.4 3-3 48-48
Ht 17: Stancl, Greer, Knapkin, Spinka 73.4 3-3 51-51
Ht 18: Majstr, M Verner, Davey, Price (f) 73.2 1-5 52-56
5th Test at Workington 17th August
Ht 1: Louis, Mares, Wilson, V Verner 74.8 4-2 4-2
Ht 2: Wyer, Spinka, Stancl, Prive (f) 76.2 3-3 7-5
Ht 3: M Verner, Knapkin, Majstr, Shakespeare 76.0 2-4 9-9
Ht 4: Mares, Wyer, V Verner, Price 75.2 2-4 11-13
Ht 5: Stancl, Knapkin, Spinka, Shakespeare 75.0 2-4 13-17
Ht 6: Louis, M Verner, Wilson, Majstr 75.4 4-2 17-19
Ht 7: Mares, Knapkin, V Verner, Mills 75.8 2-4 19-23
Ht 8: Louis, Stancl, Spinka, Wilson (f) 75.4 3-3 22-26
Ht 9: Wyer, M Verner, Majstr, Kumeta 76.0 3-3 25-29
Ht 10: Louis, Mares, Wilson, Volf 75.4 4-2 29-31
Ht 11: Wyer, Stancl, Price, Busta 76.2 4-2 33-33
Ht 12: Knapkin, Mills, M Verner, Majstr 76.2 5-1 38-34
Ht 13: Mares, Wyer, Price, V Verner 76.0 3-3 41-37
Ht 14: Knapkin, Mills, Stancl, Spinka 76.4 5-1 46-38
Ht 15: M Verner, Louis, Majstr, Wilson 76.4 2-4 48-42
Ht 16: Knapkin, Mares, V Verner, Mills (f) 76.8 3-3 51-45
Ht 17: Wilson, Stancl, Louis, Spinka 77.4 4-2 55-47
Ht 18: Majstr, M Verner, Wyer (f), Price (ef) 77.6 0-5 55-52
6th Test at Romford 19th August
Ht 1: Mares, Holden, Wilson, V Verner 72.8 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Spinka, Gilbertson, Coles, Volf 73.6 3-3 6-6
Ht 3: M Verner, Knapkin, Louis, Majstr (f exc) 72.4 3-3 9-9
Ht 4: Gilbertson, Mares, Coles, V Verner 73.0 4-2 13-11
Ht 5: Louis, Spinka, Knapkin, Volf 72.6 4-2 17-13
Ht 6: Holden, M Verner, Wilson, Busta 72.0 4-2 21-15
Ht 7: Mares, V Verner, Louis, Knapkin 73.0 1-5 22-20
Ht 8: Holden, Spinka, Volf, Wilson (f) 72.0 3-3 25-23
Ht 9: Gilbertson, Coles, M Verner, Busta 71.8 5-1 30-24
Ht 10: Holden, Mares, V Verner, Wilson 72.0 3-3 33-27
Ht 11: Coles, Gilbertson, Spinka, Volf 71.0 5-1 38-28
Ht 12: Louis, M Verner, Knapkin, Busta, Shakespeare (exc 2 mins) 69.8 4-2 42-30
Ht 13: Coles, Gilbertson, V Verner, Mares 71.0 5-1 47-31
Ht 14: Louis, Spinka, Knapkin, Volf 70.0 4-2 51-33
Ht 15: Holden, M Verner, Busta, Price 71.8 3-3 54-36
Ht 16: Knapkin, Louis, Mares, V Verner 71.8 5-1 59-37
Ht 17: Spinka, Wilson, Holden, Volf 72.0 3-3 62-40
Ht 18: Coles, M Verner, Gilbertson, Busta 71.6 4-2 66-42
7th Test at Ipswich 20th August
Ht 1: Holden, V Verner, Mares, Louis (f exc) 71.2 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Spinka, Shakespeare, Knapkin, Volf 71.4 3-3 6-6
Ht 3: M Verner, Bailey, Davey, Busta 71.0 3-3 9-9
Ht 4: V Verner, Knapkin, Shakespeare, Mares 71.6 3-3 12-12
Ht 5: Spinka, Davey, Volf, Bailey (f) 70.4 2-4 14-16
Ht 6: Holden, M Verner, Bouchard, Busta 69.8 4-2 18-18
Ht 7: Davey, V Verner, Bailey 69.6 4-2 22-20
Ht 8: Spinka, Holden, Bouchard, Volf 71.0 3-3 25-23
Ht 9: Knapkin, Shakespeare, Busta, M Verner 70.0 5-1 30-24
Ht 10: V Verner, Bouchard, Holden 70.4 3-3 33-27
Ht 11: Spinka, Knapkin, Shakespeare, Volf 70.2 3-3 36-30
Ht 12: Davey, M Verner, Bailey, Busta 70.6 4-2 40-32
Ht 13: Knapkin, V Verner, Shakespeare 69.6 4-2 44-34
Ht 14: Spinka, Davey, Bailey, Volf 70.6 3-3 47-37
Ht 15: Holden, M Verner, Bouchard, Busta 71.0 4-2 51-39
Ht 16: Bailey, Davey, V Verner 70.8 5-1 56-40
Ht 17: Spinka, Holden, Bouchard, Volf 70.4 3-3 59-43
Ht 18: M Verner, Busta, Knapkin (f rem), Shakespeare (f) 73.2 1-5 60-48

There was a series between England and Czechoslovakia at Division 2 level in 1974. See here for details.

Contributors : David Austin

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