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Young England v Young Overseas

1950 09.09 : Rayleigh Young England 57 Young Overseas 51
20.09 : Aldershot Young England 45 Young Overseas 60
Note : A 3rd match was staged at Long Eaton. For details, and the reason why it is
not included on this page, see here
Young England Total Young Overseas Total
Ken Middleditch 15 15 30 Trevor Redmond 17 18 35
Basil Harris 8 9 17 Harold Bull 11 11 22
Pat Clarke 14 0 14 Bob McFarlane 11 11 22
Joe Bowkis 14 - 14 Doug Ible 8 7 15
Ron Howes - 8 8 Jim Taylor 1 9 10
Ivor Powell - 7 7 Hugh Geddes - 2 2
George Craig - 4 4 Jack Gates 2 0 2
Cyril Quick 4 - 4 Jack Bedkober - 2 2
Buster Brown - 2 2 Frank Malouf 1 - 2
Charlie Mugford 1 - 1
Mike Wood 1 - 1
Mick Mitchell - 0 0

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Heat Details for match at Rayleigh
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Pat Clarke 2 2 3 2 2 3 14
Charlie Mugford 1' 0 0 0 - - 1 + 1
Ken Middleditch 3 2 2 3 2 3 15
Cyril Quick 1 0 1' 1 0 1 4 + 1
Basil Harris 2 2' 2' 1' 0 1' 8 + 4
Joe Bowkis 1' 3 3 2 3 2 14 + 1
res Mike Wood 0 1 1
YOUNG ENGLAND 3 7 10 12 17 19 24 27 30 32 36 39 41 44 46 49 53 57 57
YOUNG OVERSEAS 3 5 8 12 13 17 18 21 24 28 30 33 37 40 44 47 49 51 51
Bob McFarlane 0 1 1 3 3 3 11
Doug Ible 3 3 0 1 1 0 8
Harold Bull 2 1 2 2 2 2 11
Frank Malouf 0 0 1' 0 - 0 1 + 1
Trevor Redmond 3 3 3 3 3 2 17
Jack Gates 0 1 0 - 1 0 2
res Cecil Hookham 0 0
res Jim Taylor 1' 1 + 1
Heat Details for match at Aldershot
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Pat Clarke R - - - - - 0
Buster Brown R 1 0 nf 1 - 2
Basil Harris 3 1' nf 3 2 R 9 + 1
Ivor Powell 0 2 1 0 1' 3 7 + 1
Ken Middleditch 3 3 2 3 2 2 15
George Craig 0 2' 1' 0 0 1' 4 + 3
res Ron Howes 3 2 3 8
res Mick Mitchell ex 0
YOUNG ENGLAND 0 3 6 9 14 18 21 23 24 24 27 30 33 35 36 39 42 45 45
YOUNG OVERSEAS 5 8 11 14 15 17 20 24 29 34 37 40 43 47 52 55 58 60 60
Trevor Redmond 3 3 3 3 3 3 18
Hugh Geddes 2' 0 0 - 0 - 2 + 1
Harold Bull 2 0 3 2 3 1' 11 + 1
Doug Ible 1' 1 1 1' 1 2 7 + 2
Bob McFarlane 2 2 3 1' 3 R 11 + 1
Jim Taylor 1' 0 2' 2 2' 2 9 + 3
res Jack Bedkober 2' 2 + 1
res Jack Gates 0 0

1950 UNOFFICIAL 30.06 : Harringay Young England 22 Young Overseas 8
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 Split Waterman 8+1(3) Jack Young 6(3)
Eric Williams 7+1(3) Merv Harding 2(2)
Bert Roger 4(2) Keith Gurtner 0(2)
Danny Dunton 3+2(2) Ronnie Moore 0(3)
1: Young, Williams, Dunton, Gurtner f 3-3
2: Roger, Waterman, Harding, Moore f 5-1 8-4
3: Williams, Dunton, Harding, Moore f,rm 5-1 13-5
4: Waterman, Young, Roger, Gurtner 4-2 17-7
5: Waterman, Williams, Young, Moore f 5-1 22-8

This was a second-half event

1952 Young Overseas won series 2-0
16.08 : Rayleigh Young England 53 Young Overseas 55
06.09 : Swindon Young England 46 Young Overseas 62
Young England Total Young Overseas Total
Alan Smith 18 12 30 Maury Dunn - 15 15
George Wall 9 11 20 Sune Karlsson 14 - 14
Sid Clark 8 1 9 Brian McKeown 7 7 14
Stan Clarke 2 7 9 Allan Quinn 6 7 13
Reg Duval - 7 7 Rune Sormander 11 - 11
Doug Papworth 5 - 5 Ken Walsh - 11 11
Gerald Pugh - 5 5 Chum Taylor - 9 9
Jimmy Grant 4 - 4 Noel Watson 8 - 8
Norman Street 4 0 4 Bill Thatcher 0 8 8
Benny King 3 - 3 Keith Gurtner 6 - 6
Goog Hoskin - 3 3 Jack Geran - 5 5
Peter Moore 3 - 3
Hugh Geddes - 0 0
1st Match at Rayleigh
Young England 53 Young Overseas 55 Ht1 Smith, Wall, Gurtner, Watson 72.2 5 1 5 1
Ht2 Karlsson, Grant, King, Thatcher 77.2 3 3 8 4
Ht3 Sormander, Watson, Street, Clarke 73.8 1 5 9 9
Ht4 Papworth, Clark, Moore, Quinn 75.0 5 1 14 10
Ht5 Smith, Karlsson, Sormander, King 72.0 3 3 17 13
Ht6 Street, Gurtner, Grant, Thatcher 74.8 4 2 21 15
Ht7 Karlsson, Wall, Clarke, McKeown 73.2 3 3 24 18
Ht8 McKeown, Gurtner, Wall, King 74.0 1 5 25 23
Ht9 Smith, Karlsson, Gurtner, Street 71.8 3 3 28 26
Ht10 Clarke, Watson, Moore, King 73.4 3 3 31 29
Ht11 Smith, Sormander, McKeown, Grant 73.8 3 3 34 32 Ht12 Watson, Karlsson, Wall, Grant 73.0 1 5 35 37
Ht13 Smith, Quinn, Clarke, McKeown 73.0 4 2 39 39
Ht14 Quinn, Papworth, Moore, Clark ? 2 4 41 43
Ht15 Clarke, Sormander, Grant, Gurtner 74.0 4 2 45 45
Ht16 McKeown, King, Watson, Papworth 74.2 2 4 47 49 Ht17 Sormander, Wall, Quinn, Street 74.0 2 4 49 53
Ht18 Smith, Karlsson, Wall, Sormander 73.4 4 2 53 55
George Wall
 2' 2 1 1 2 1 9 + 1 Keith Gurtner 1 2 2' 1' 0 6 + 2
Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Noel Watson 0 2' 2 3 1 8 + 1
Benny King 1' 0 0 0 2 3 + 1 Sune Karlsson 3 2 3 2 2' 2 14 + 1
Jimmy Grant 2 1 0 0 1 4 Rune Sormander 3 1' 2 2 3 0 11 + 1
Sid Clarke 0 1' 3 1 3 8 + 1 Brian McKeown 0 3 1' 0 3 7 + 1
Norman Street 1 3 0 0 4 Bill Thatcher 0 0 0
Doug Papworth 3 2 0 5 Allan Quinn 0 2 3 1 6
Stan Clark 2' 0 2 + 1 Peter Moore 1 1' 1 3 + 1
2nd Match at Swindon
Young England 46 Young Overseas 62 1 Smith, McKeown, Quinn, Wall ef 3-3 3-3
2 Walsh, Taylor, Hoskin, Clark 1-5 4-8
3 Pugh, Duval, Quinn, Dunn f 5-1 9-9
4 Geran, Clarke, Thatcher, Street 2-4 11-13
5 Dunn, Walsh, Smith, Hoskin 1-5 12-18
6 Taylor, McKeown, Duval, Clark 1-5 13-23
7 Wall, Pugh, Walsh, Geddes 5-1 18-24
8 Wall, Hoskin, McKeown, Geddes 5-1 23-25
9 Smith, Walsh, Duval, McKeown ret 4-2 27-27
10 Clarke, Taylor, Quinn, Pugh 3-3 30-30
11 Dunn, Smith, Geran, Clark 2-4 32-34
12 Wall, Walsh, Quinn, Street 3-3 35-37
13 Thatcher, Taylor, Smith, Pugh 1-5 36-42
14 Thatcher, Clarke, Geran, Street 2-4 38 46
15 Dunn, McKeown, Clark, Pugh 1-5 39-51
16 Quinn, Duval, Thatcher, Hoskin 2-4 41-55
17 Dunn, Wall, Duval, Taylor 3-3 44-58
18 Dunn, Smith, Walsh, Wall 2-4 46-62
George Wall ef 3 3 3 2 0 11 Brian McKeown 2 2' 1 ret 2' 7 + 2
Alan Smith 3 1 3 2 1 2 12 Allan Quinn 1' 1 1' 1' 3 7 + 3
Goog Hoskin 1 0 2' 0 3 + 1 Ken Walsh 3 2' 1 2 2 1 11 + 1
Sid Clark 0 0 0 1 1 Maury Dunn f 3 3 3 3 3 15
Gerald Pugh 3 2' 0 0 0 5 + 1 Hugh Geddes 0 0 0
Reg Duval 2' 1 1 2 1' 7 + 2 Chum Taylor 2' 3 2 2' 0 9 + 2
Stan Clarke (res) 2 3 2 7 Bill Thatcher (res) 1 3 3 1 8
Norman Street (res) 0 0 0 0 Jack Geran (res) 3 1 1 5

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1953 Young Overseas won series 2-1
09.06 : St.Austell (Par Moor) Young England 38 Young Overseas 46 14 heats
13.06 : Swindon Young England 36 Young Overseas 47 14 heats
16.06 : Southampton Young England 59 Young Overseas 49 18 heats
Young England Ttl Young Overseas Ttl
Goog Hoskin 7 9 - 16 Jack Geran 7 7 16 30
Ernie Rawlins - 4 11 15 Brian McKeown - 9 7 16
Alan Smith 6 - 7 13 Johnnie Chamberlain - 12 - 12
Ian Williams 9 4 - 13 Ken Walsh - 9 - 9
Pete Lansdale - - 11 11 Graham Williams 9 - - 9
Gerald Jackson - - 9 9 Jack Gates 9 - - 9
Don Hardy 4 4 - 8 Bill Thatcher - - 8 8
Charlie May - 7 - 7 Hugh Geddes 5 - 3 8
Dudley Smith - - 7 7 Bob Duckworth 8 - - 8
Maury McDermott - - 6 6 Ernie Brecknell - - 8 8
Ken Monk 5 - - 5 Neil Street - 7 - 7
Bert Edwards - - 4 4 Harold Bull 5 0 - 5
Jim Gregory - 4 - 4 Bob McFarlane - - 4 4
Danny Malone - 4 - 4 Peter Clark - - 3 3
Morrie Mattingley - - 4 4 Jackie Hart - 2 - 2
John Yates 4 - - 4 Maury McHugh 2 - - 2
Alf Webster 2 - - 2 Bluey McCoy - 1 - 1
Johnny Sargeant 1 - - 1 Roy Thomas 1 - - 1
Bob Jones - 0 - 0 Frank Boyle - - 0 0
1st Match at St.Austell
Young England 38 Young Overseas 46 Ht1 I.Williams, Hoskin, Geddes, Duckworth 67.2 5 1 5 1
Ht2 Gates, Geran, Yates, Hardy 66.2 1 5 6 6
Ht3 Smith, G.Williams, Bull, Webster 67.8 3 3 9 9
Ht4 Hardy, Duckworth, Thomas, Sargeant 67.8 3 3 12 12
Ht5 I.Williams, Hoskin, Gates, Geran 67.4 5 1 17 13
Ht6 G.Williams, Yates, Bull, Hardy 68.0 2 4 19 17
Ht7 Duckworth, Geddes, Smith, Webster 68.0 1 5 20 22
Ht8 Monk, Geran, Yates, McHugh 67.6 4 2 24 24
Ht9 I.Williams, Bull, G.Williams, Hoskin 67.4 3 3 27 27
Ht10 Duckworth, Geddes, Hardy, Yates 68.0 1 5 28 32
Ht11 Geran, Gates, Webster, Smith 66.8 1 5 29 37
Ht12 G.Williams, McHugh, Sargeant, I.Williams 68.2 1 5 30 42
Ht13 Gates, Monk, Webster, Thomas 67.6 3 3 33 45
Ht14 Hoskin, Smith, Bull, Geddes 68.4 5 1 38 46
Ian Williams 3 3 3 0 9 Bob Duckworth 0 2 3 3 8
Goog Hoskin 2' 2' 0 3 7 + 2 Hugh Geddes 1 2' 2' 0 5 + 2
John Yates 1 2 1 0 4 Jack Geran 2' 0 2 3 7 + 1
Don Hardy 0 3 0 1 4 Jack Gates 3 1 2' 3 9 + 1
Alf Webster 0 0 1 1' 2 + 1 Graham Williams 2 3 1' 3 9 + 1
Alan Smith 3 1 0 2' 6 + 1 Harold Bull 1' 1 2 1 5 + 1
Johnny Sargeant 0 1 1 Roy Thomas 1' 0 1 + 1
Ken Monk 3 2 5 Maury McHugh 0 2' 2 + 1
2nd Match at Swindon
Young England 36 Young Overseas 47 1 McKeown, Hoskin, Hardy, Bull ef 3-3 3-3
2 Chamberlain, Geran, Williams, Jones 1-5 4-8
3 Walsh, Malone, Gregory, McCoy 3-3 7-11
4 Street, May, Hart, Jones 2-4 9-15
5 Chamberlain, Hoskin, Hardy, Geran ef 3-3 12-18
6 Walsh, Williams, McCoy, Jones 2-4 14-22
7 Street, Malone, Gregory, McKeown ex 3-3 17-25
8 Chamberlain, Rawlins, Hart, Williams 2-4 19-29
9 Hoskin, Walsh, Hardy, McCoy 4-2 23-31
10 McKeown, Rawlins, Williams, Street 3-3 26-34
11 Chamberlain, Geran, Gregory ex, Malone ef 0-5 26-39
12 May, Hoskin, Walsh, Hart ex 5-1 31-40
13 Geran, May, Street, Rawlins 2-4 33-44
14 McKeown, Gregory, Hardy, McCoy 3-3 36-47
Goog Hoskin 2 2 3 2'
 9 + 1 Harold Bull ef - - - 0
Don Hardy 1' 1' 1 1' 4 + 3 Brian McKeown 3 ex 3 3 9
Ian Williams 1 2 0 1' 4 + 1 Johnnie Chamberlain 3 3 3 3 12
Bob Jones 0 0 0 - 0 Jack Geran 2' ef 2' 3 7 + 2
Danny Malone 2 2 ef - 4 Ken Walsh 3 3 2 1 9
Jim Gregory 1' 1' ex 2 4 + 2 Bluey McCoy 0 1 0 0 1
Charlie May 2 3 2 7 Neil Street 3 3 0 1 7
Ernie Rawlins 2 2 0 4 Jackie Hart 1 1 ex 2
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1954 04.08 : Weymouth Young England 48 Young Overseas 35 Att : 10,000
UNOFFICIAL Note: This was the first-ever meeting held at Weymouth.
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Dick Bradley 3 0 3 2 8 Junior Bainbridge 0 3 0 0 3
Ken Adams 1 0 2' 3 6 + 1 Jackie Hart 3 1' 0 0 4 + 1
Jack Unstead 2' 3 nf 1' 6 + 2 Jack Geran 1 2 1 3 7
Johnnie Fitzpatrick 0 1 3 2' 6 + 1 Chum Taylor 2' 2' 2 3 9 + 2
Goog Hoskin 3 1' 3 2 9 + 1 Brian McKeown 2 3 nf 0 5
Johnnie Hole 1 3 1 1' 6 + 1 Ernie Brecknell 0 1' 2 1 4 + 1
Don Hardy 2' 2 4 + 1 Bill Thatcher 1 0 2 3
Ronnie Genz 3 0 3 Sonny Mitchell 0 - 0
Ht1 Bradley, Unstead. Geran, Bainbridge 71.8 (record) 5-1 5-1
Ht2 Hart, Taylor, Adams, Fitzpatrick 72.0 1-5 6-6
Ht3 Hoskin, McKeown, Hole, Brecknell 72.8 4-2 10-8
Ht4 Genz, Hardy, Thatcher, Mitchell 72.4 5-1 15-9
Ht5 Bainbridge, Taylor, Fitzpatrick, Bradley 73.8 1-5 16-14
Ht6 McKeown, Hardy, Hoskin, Thatcher 72.0 3-3 19-17 Ht7 Unstead, Geran, Hart, Adams 73.2 3-3 22-20 		Ht8 Hole, Thatcher, Brecknell, Genz 77.8 3-3 25-23
Ht9 Fitzpatrick, Adams, Geran, Bainbridge 75.4 5-1 30-24
Ht10 Hoskin, Taylor, Hole, Hart 73.8 4-2 34-26
Ht11 Bradley, Brecknell, Unstead (nf), McKeown (nf)75.8 3-2 37-28
Ht12 Geran, Hoskin, Hole, Bainbridge 74.0 3-3 40-31
Ht13 Adams, Fitzpatrick, Brecknell, McKeown 76.2 5-1 45-32
Ht14 Taylor, Bradley, Unstead, Hart 76.3 3-3 48-35

1958 31.08 : Eastbourne Young England 58 Young Overseas 49
OFFICIAL




 This match was officially designated as a "Junior Test Match", and is notable for the first international team appearance of Ivan Mauger. England were without Leo McAuliffe, who broke down on the way to the track, so Ross Gilbertson replaced him in the team and Bob Warner, who had attended the match as a spectator, borrowed novice Ken Vale's equipment and became reserve. It was to be the peak of Warner's speedway career for, with Overseas holding a 3-point lead after 11 races, and England robbed of the services of Bobby Croombs and Frank Bettis through injury, he was called on to ride in 5 of the last 7 races, and his 8 points gave England the match.
Heat Details
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Colin Gooddy 3 3 3 3 3 1' 16 + 1
Jimmy Gleed 1 1 1 1 2' - 6 + 1
Tommy Sweetman 2' 1' 1' R 2 3 9 + 3
Frank Bettis 3 2 2 FX - - 7
Ross Gilbertson 2 F 2 2 3 F 9
Bobby Croombs 1' 2 FX - - - 3 + 1
res Bob Warner 1' 1 3 2 1 8 + 1
YOUNG ENGLAND 4 9 12 15 17 21 23 27 30 34 34 37 39 43 48 51 54 58 58
YOUNG OVERSEAS 2 3 6 9 13 15 19 21 24 26 31 34 38 40 41 44 47 49 49
Trevor Blokdyk (Sth Af) 2 3 3 2 3 1' 14 + 1
Jerry Bridson* (NZ) 0 F 1 0 1 2 4
Ivan Mauger (NZ) R 3 2 3 F 3 11
Shorty Schirmer (Aus) 1 1 0 2' 2 X 6 + 1
Maury Conway (Aus) 3 2 3 3 1 2 14
Les Spillsbury (Aus) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
67.4 68.8 68.6 68.4 69.8 69.2 69.2 68.4 70.0 66.6 71.4 68.4 68.2 71.4 68.9 70.4 70.6 68.6
* Bridson was actually born in Liverpool UK, and emigrated to New Zealand in 1949

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Young England team at Eastbourne, 1958.
Back Bob Warner, Tommy Sweetman, Ross Gilbertson
Front Frank Bettis, Colin Gooddy, Jimmy Gleed

1977 20.10 : Wimbledon Young England 39 Young Overseas 33
Note : Match abandoned after heat 12 - result stands.
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John Davis 10 Young England v Young Overseas at Wimbledon 20th October 1977
Ht 1: Jancarz, Kennett, Richardson, Thomsen (f) 60.4 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Autrey, Herne, Davis, Hines 61.2 1-5 4-8
Ht 3: Lee, White, Ross, Teromaa 61.3 5-1 9-9
Ht 4: Davis, Jancarz, Nielsen, Hines 60.7 3-3 12-12
Ht 5: Autrey, White, Lee, Herne 60.6 3-3 15-15
Ht 6: Shirra, Kennett, Richardson, Teromaa 61.0 3-3 18-18
Ht 7: Lee, White, Ross (pushed), Jancarz (f exc) 61.1 5-1 23-19
Ht 8: Autrey, Richardson, Kennett, Herne 61.2 3-3 26-22
Ht 9: Davis, Shirra, Teromaa, Weatherley 61.1 3-3 29-25
Ht 10: Kennett, Jancarz, Nielsen, Richardson 61.6 3-3 32-28
Ht 11: Davis, Autrey, Herne, Bastable 61.6 3-3 35-31
Ht 12: Lee, Teromaa, White, Shirra 65.5 4-2 39-33
match abandoned
Michael Lee 10
Gordon Kennett 8
Keith White 7
Colin Richardson 4
Steve Bastable 0
Mick Hines 0
Steve Weatherley 0
Young Overseas
Scott Autrey (USA) 11
Edward Jancarz (Pol) 7
Mitch Shirra (NZ) 5
Phil Herne (Aus) 3
Ila Teromaa (Fin) 3
Hans Nielsen (Den) 2
Larry Ross (NZ) 2
Finn Thomsen (Den) 0
Contributors : Roger Stevens, John Hyam, Jim Henry, Phil Smith, David Austin

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