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Young England v Young Sweden
| 1970 | Young England won series 4½-½ | ||||
| 23.07 : Middlesbrough | Young England | 68 | Young Sweden | 38 | |
| 24.07 : Workington | Young England | 75 | Young Sweden | 32 | |
| 25.07 : Berwick (Shielfield Park) | Young England | 54 | Young Sweden | 54 | |
| 27.07 : Reading (Tilehurst) | Young England | 69 | Young Sweden | 39 | |
| 30.07 : Ipswich | Young England | 71 | Young Sweden | 37 | |
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Young England | Total | ||||||
| Richard May | 16 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 64 | ||
| John Louis | 15 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 51 | ||
| Dave Jessup | 13 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 41 | ||
| Tom Leadbitter | 7 | 18 | 11 | - | - | 36 | ||
| Eric Broadbelt | - | 15 | 15 | - | - | 30 | ||
| Peter Bailey | - | - | 11 | 8 | 3 | 22 | ||
| Ian Turner | - | - | - | - | 16 | 16 | ||
| John Harrhy | - | - | - | 4 | 10 | 14 | ||
| Mike Vernam | - | - | - | 14 | - | 14 | ||
| Geoff Maloney | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | 11 | ||
| Roger Mills | 10 | - | - | - | - | 10 | ||
| Phil Woodcock | - | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | ||
| Barry Crowson | - | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | ||
| Reg Wilson | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | ||
| Alistair Brady | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | ||
| Barry Thomas | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | ||
| Andy Meldrum | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | ||
| Young Sweden | Total | |||||||
| Tommy Johansson | 11 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 69 | ||
| Kall Haage | 12 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 36 | ||
| Roland Karlsson | 0 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 28 | ||
| Goran Jansson | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Christer Lofqvist | - | - | - | - | 15 | 15 | ||
| Kurt Nyqvist | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | ||
| Sixten Karlberg | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Tommy Jansson | 10 | 0 | - | - | - | 10 | ||
| Lennart Michanek | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| 1st Test at
Middlesbrough 23rd July Ht 1: Johansson, May, Leadbitter, Karlberg 69.4 3-3 3-3 Ht 2: Louis, Maloney, Nyqvist, T Jansson 71.0 5-1 8-4 Ht 3: Mills, Jessup, Haage (f exc), Michanek (f exc) 72.2 5-0 13-4 Ht 4: Louis, Johansson, Maloney, Karlberg 70.0 4-2 17-6 Ht 5: Mills, Jessup, Nyqvist, T Jansson 71.4 5-1 22-7 Ht 6: May, Leadbitter, Haage, G Jansson (exc) 71.2 27-8 Ht 7: Mills, Johansson, Jessup, Karlsson (f exc) 71.4 4-2 31-10 Ht 8: May, T Jansson, Leadbitter, Nyqvist 70.8 4-2 35-12 Ht 9: Haage, Louis, Maloney, G Jansson 71.4 3-3 38-15 Ht 10: May, Johansson, Leadbitter, Karlberg 71.4 42-17 Ht 11: T Jansson, Louis, Maloney, Nyqvist 71.0 3-3 45-20 Ht 12: Haage, Jessup, G Jansson, Mills (f) 71.8 2-4 47-24 Ht 13: Louis, Maloney, Johansson (f exc), Karlsson (ef) 71.2 5-0 52-24 Ht 14: Jessup, T Jansson, Mills, Nyqvist 70.4 4-2 56-26 Ht 15: May, Haage, Leadbitter, G Jansson 71.0 4-2 60-28 Ht 16: Jessup, Johansson, Karlberg, Mills (f) 71.0 3-3 63-31 Ht 17: T Jansson, May, Leadbitter, Nyqvist 71.4 3-3 66-34 Ht 18: Haage, Louis, G Jansson, Maloney 71.6 2-4 68-38 |
2nd Test at
Workington 24th July Ht 1: Broadbelt, Haage, Louis, Karlsson 75.4 4-2 4-2 Ht 2: May, Jessup, Johansson, Karlberg 75.0 5-1 9-3 Ht 3: Leadbitter, Maloney, Nyqvist, T Jansson (exc) 77.0 5-1 14-4 Ht 4: May, Jessup, Karlsson, Haage (f) 78.0 5-1 19-5 Ht 5: Leadbitter, Maloney, Karlberg, Johansson (f) 77.4 5-1 24-6 Ht 6: Louis, Broadbelt, Nyqvist, G Jansson 77.6 5-1 29-7 Ht 7: Leadbitter, Haage, Maloney (f), Karlsson (ef) 77.6 3-2 32-9 Ht 8: Broadbelt, Johansson, Louis, Karlberg 77.0 4-2 36-11 Ht 9: Jessup, May, G Jansson, Nyqvist 78.2 5-1 41-12 Ht 10: Louis, Broadbelt, Karlsson, Haage 78.6 5-1 46-13 Ht 11: Johansson, May, Jessup, Karlberg 78.4 3-3 49-16 Ht 12: Leadbitter, Wilson, G Jansson, Nyqvist 78.0 54-17 Ht 13: May, Karlsson, Haage, Jessup (ef) 81.2 3-3 57-20 Ht 14: Leadbitter, Johansson, Wilson, Karlberg 79.4 4-2 61-22 Ht 15: Broadbelt, G Jansson, Louis, Nyqvist 79.4 4-2 65-24 Ht 16: Leadbitter, Karlsson, Wilson, Haage 80.2 4-2 69-26 Ht 17: Johansson, Broadbelt, Louis, Karlberg 81.4 72-29 Ht 18: May, Nyqvist, G Jansson, Wilson (f) 82.6 3-3 75-32 |
3rd Test at Berwick
25th July Ht 1: Johansson, Leadbitter, Nyqvist, Jessup (f exc) 80.4 2-4 2-4 Ht 2: Haage, Jansson, Bailey, Louis 79.6 1-5 3-9 Ht 3: Broadbelt, Karlsson, May, Karlberg 80.0 4-2 7-11 Ht 4: Johansson, Bailey, Nyqvist, Louis (ret) 79.8 2-4 9-15 Ht 5: Broadbelt, Haage, May, Jansson 78.4 4-2 13-17 Ht 6: Leadbitter, Meldrum, Karlberg, Karlsson (ret) 82.6 5-1 18-18 Ht 7: Jansson, Broadbelt, May, Nyqvist 78.4 3-3 21-21 Ht 8: Haage, Leadbitter, Jansson, Meldrum 80.4 2-4 23-25 Ht 9: Bailey, Karlsson, Brady, Karlberg 80.0 4-2 27-27 Ht 10: Johansson, Leadbitter, Nyqvist, Meldrum 79.8 2-4 29-31 Ht 11: Haage, Louis, Bailey, Jansson 80.8 3-3 32-34 Ht 12: Broadbelt, Karlsson, May, Karlberg 79.4 4-2 36-36 Ht 13: Johansson, Bailey, Louis, Nyqvist 80.2 3-3 39-39 Ht 14: Haage, Broadbelt, May, Jansson 81.8 3-3 42-42 Ht 15: Karlsson, Brady, Karlberg, Leadbitter (ret) 82.4 2-4 44-46 Ht 16: Johansson, Broadbelt, May, Nyqvist 80.8 3-3 47-49 Ht 17: Haage, Leadbitter, Jansson, Meldrum 82.2 2-4 49-53 Ht 18: Louis, Bailey, Karlsson, Karlberg 82.0 5-1 54-54 |
| 4th Test at Reading 27th July
Ht 1: Johansson, Crowson, Nyqvist, Vernam (ef) 71.2 2-4 2-4 Ht 2: May, Bailey, Karlsson, Jansson 71.0 (track record) 5-1 7-5 Ht 3: Jessup, Louis, Karlberg, Haage (f) 75.4 5-1 12-6 Ht 4: Johansson, Thomas, Nyqvist, Bailey, May (exc) 70.4 (track record) 2-4 14-10 Ht 5: Karlsson, Jansson, Jessup, Louis 73.8 1-5 15-15 Ht 6: Vernam, Karlberg, Crowson, Haage 73.4 4-2 19-17 Ht 7: Johansson, Louis, Jessup, Nyqvist 72.0 3-3 22-20 Ht 8: Vernam, Harrhy, Jansson, Karlsson (f) 74.0 5-1 27-21 Ht 9: May, Bailey, Haage, Karlberg 73.4 5-1 32-22 Ht 10: Johansson, Vernam, Thomas, Nyqvist 71.2 3-3 35-25 Ht 11: May, Karlsson, Bailey, Jansson 73.0 4-2 39-27 Ht 12: Louis, Jessup, Karlberg, Haage (f exc) 74.6 5-1 44-28 Ht 13: Johansson, May, Bailey, Nyqvist 72.2 3-3 47-31 Ht 14: Louis, Harrhy, Karlsson, Jansson 74.0 5-1 52-32 Ht 15: Vernam, Karlberg, Crowson, Haage (ns) 74.6 4-2 56-34 Ht 16: Johansson, Louis, Jessup, Nyqvist 73.6 3-3 59-37 Ht 17: Vernam, Crowson, Jansson, Karlsson 74.0 5-1 64-38 Ht 18: May, Bailey, Karlberg, Haage (ns) 74.8 5-1 69-39 |
5th Test at Ipswich 30th July
Ht 1: Turner, Lofqvist, Louis, Karlsson 70.4 4-2 4-2 Ht 2: Jessup, Harrhy, Karlberg, Johansson (ef) 73.4 5-1 9-3 Ht 3: May, Woodcock, Nyqvist, Jansson 74.0 5-1 14-4 Ht 4: Karlsson, Harrhy, Jessup, Haage 71.4 3-3 17-7 Ht 5: Lofqvist, Johansson (f rem), Woodcock, (f rem), May (f) 70.6 1-5 18-12 Ht 6: Turner, Louis, Nyqvist, Jansson 71.5 5-1 23-13 Ht 7: May, Lofqvist, Woodcock, Karlsson (f) 69.8 4-2 27-15 Ht 8: Turner, Louis, Johansson, Karlberg 70.2 5-1 32-16 Ht 9: Jessup, Harrhy, Nyqvist, Jansson 71.8 5-1 37-17 Ht 10: Turner, Lofqvist, Louis, Karlsson (f) 69.8 4-2 41-19 Ht 11: Johansson, Harrhy, Jessup, Karlberg 70.2 3-3 44-22 Ht 12: May, Woodcock, Nyqvist, Jansson 73.0 5-1 49-23 Ht 13: Jessup, Bailey, Haage, Karlsson 72.4 5-1 54-24 Ht 14: Johansson, May, Woodcock, Karlberg 71.0 3-3 57-27 Ht 15: Lofqvist, Louis, Turner, Nyqvist 71.6 3-3 60-30 Ht 16: Woodcock, Karlsson, May, Haage 73.0 4-2 64-32 Ht 17: Turner, Johansson, Bailey, Karlberg 70.4 4-2 68-34 Ht 18: Lofqvist, Harrhy, Jessup, Nyqvist 72.0 3-3 71-37 |
| 1971 | Young England won series 3-2 | ||||
| 17.06 : Ipswich | Young England | 66½ | Young Sweden | 40½ | |
| 19.06 : Rayleigh | Young England | 49 | Young Sweden | 59 | |
| 20.06 : Eastbourne | Young England | 64 | Young Sweden | 43 | |
| 21.06 : Crewe | Young England | 60 | Young Sweden | 48 | |
| 24.06 : Teesside | Young England | 42 | Young Sweden | 66 | |
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Young England | Total | ||||||
| John Louis | 18 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 63 | ||
| Malcolm Shakespeare | 17 | - | 9 | - | - | 26 | ||
| Alan Knapkin | - | - | - | 7 | 11 | 18 | ||
| Kevin Holden | 8 | - | 9 | - | - | 17 | ||
| Alan Wilkinson | - | - | - | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Malcolm Ballard | 1 | - | 14 | - | - | 15 | ||
| Hughie Saunders | - | 12 | 2 | - | - | 14 | ||
| Tony Davey | 10 | 3 | - | - | - | 13 | ||
| Arthur Price | - | 4 | - | 0 | 8 | 12 | ||
| Gordon Kennett | - | - | 11 | - | - | 11 | ||
| Mike Vernam | - | 11 | - | - | - | 11 | ||
| Barry Meeks | - | - | - | 10 | - | 10 | ||
| Geoff Bouchard | 8½ | - | - | 0 | - | 8½ | ||
| Dave Durham | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | ||
| John Jackson | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
| David Kennett | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | 6 | ||
| Tim Swales | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | ||
| Doug Wyer | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | ||
| Dingle Brown | - | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | ||
| Paul Tyrer | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | ||
| Peter Bailey | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | ||
| Graham Banks | - | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | ||
| Geoff Maloney | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Young Sweden | Total | |||||||
| Tommy Jansson | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 64 | ||
| Tommy Bergkvist | 11½ | 10 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 55½ | ||
| Christer Sjosten | 5 | 12 | 10 | 10 | - | 37 | ||
| Lars-Ake Andersson | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 32 | ||
| Hakan Karlsson | 3 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 25 | ||
| Karl-Erik Claesson | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | - | 22 | ||
| Bo Wirebrand | - | - | - | - | 14 | 14 | ||
| Stefan Salomonsson | 0 | - | - | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Terje Henriksson | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| 1st Test at Ipswich 17th June
Ht 1: Louis, Karlsson, Holden, Jansson (f exc) 67.2 (track record) 4-2 4-2 Ht 2: Claesson, Shakespeare, Bouchard, Henriksson (f) 67.6 3-3 7-5 Ht 3: Bergkvist, Davey, Bailey, Sjosten (f rem) 70.6 3-3 10-8 Ht 4: Shakespeare, Bouchard, Jansson, Karlsson 69.2 5-1 15-9 Ht 5: Davey, Claesson, Henriksson, Bailey 70.4 3-3 18-12 Ht 6: Louis, Bergkvist, Sjosten, Holden 68.8 3-3 21-15 Ht 7: Jansson, Davey, Karlsson, Bailey 69.0 2-4 23-19 Ht 8: Louis, Holden, Claesson (f exc), Andersson (f exc) 69.8 5-0 28-19 Ht 9: Shakespeare, Sjosten, Bouchard, Bergkvist 68.2 4-2 32-21 Ht 10: Louis, Holden, Jansson, Karlsson 67.4 5-1 37-22 Ht 11: Shakespeare, Bouchard, Claesson, Salomonsson 68.6 5-1 42-23 Ht 12; Bergkvist, Sjosten, Bailey, Davey 70.2 1-5 43-28 Ht 13: Shakespeare, Jansson, Bouchard, Karlsson 68.8 4-2 47-30 Ht 14: Claesson, Davey, Ballard, Salomonsson 68.2 50-33 Ht 15: Louis, Bergkvist, Holden, Sjosten 69.8 4-2 54-35 Ht 16: Jansson, Davey, Bailey, Karlsson 70.0 3-3 57-38 Ht 17: Louis, Holden, Andersson, Claesson 69.8 5-1 62-39 Ht 18: Shakespeare, Bouchard and Bergkvist (dead heat), Sjosten (f exc) 4.5-1.5 66.5-40.5 |
2nd Test at Rayleigh 19th June
Ht 1: Jansson, Andersson, Saunders, Maloney 68.6 (track record) 1-5 1-5 Ht 2: Vernam, Price, Sjosten, Claesson 70.2 5-1 6-6 Ht 3: Louis, Bergkvist, Karlsson, Davey 70.0 3-3 9-9 Ht 4: Jansson, Vernam, Price, Andersson 69.8 3-3 12-12 Ht 5: Sjosten, Louis, Claesson, Davey 70.0 2-4 14-16 Ht 6: Saunders, Karlsson, Bergkvist, Maloney (f) 72.4 3-3 17-19 Ht 7: Louis, Jansson, Brown, Andersson 70.2 4-2 21-21 Ht 8: Sjosten, Claesson, Saunders, Kennett 70.4 1-5 22-26 Ht 9: Karlsson, Bergkvist, Vernam, Price 1-5 23-31 Ht 10: Saunders, Jansson, Andersson, Maloney 71.6 3-3 26-34 Ht 11: Claesson, Sjosten, Price, Vernam 71.0 1-5 27-39 Ht 12: Karlsson, Louis, Bergkvist, Davey 71.8 2-4 29-43 Ht 13: Andersson, Vernam, Jansson, Price 72.4 2-4 31-47 Ht 14: Sjosten, Louis, Brown, Claesson 71.6 3-3 34-50 Ht 15: Saunders, Bergkvist, Brown, Karlsson 71.2 4-2 38-52 Ht 16: Davey, Jansson, Louis, Andersson (ef) 71.6 4-2 42-54 Ht 17: Claesson, Brown, Saunders, Sjosten (f) 71.8 3-3 45-57 Ht 18: Vernam, Bergkvist, Kennett, Karlsson 72.4 4-2 49-59 |
3rd Test at Eastbourne 20th June
Ht 1: Andersson, Shakespeare, Jansson, Louis 64.6 2-4 2-4 Ht 2: Sjosten, Ballard, Holden, Claesson 64.2 3-3 5-7 Ht 3: Karlsson, G Kennett, Bergkvist, Banks 65.6 2-4 7-11 Ht 4: Jansson, Holden, Ballard, Andersson (exc) 65.0 3-3 10-14 Ht 5: Sjosten, Claesson, G Kennett, Banks 65.2 1-5 11-19 Ht 6: Louis, Shakespeare, Bergkvist, Karlsson 64.4 5-1 16-20 Ht 7: D Kennett, G Kennett, Jansson, Andersson 65.2 5-1 21-21 Ht 8: Louis, Shakespeare, Claesson, Sjosten 65.2 5-1 26-22 Ht 9: Ballard, Holden, Bergkvist, Karlsson 64.8 5-1 31-23 Ht 10: Jansson, Louis, Andersson, Shakespeare 64.2 2-4 33-27 Ht 11: Ballard, Sjosten, Claesson, Holden (ef) 64.8 3-3 36-30 Ht 12: G Kennett, Bergkvist, Karlsson, Banks 65.6 3-3 39-33 Ht 13: Holden, Ballard, Jansson, Andersson 65.2 5-1 44-34 Ht 14: G Kennett, D Kennett, Claesson (f), Sjosten (f) 5-0 49-34 Ht 15: Louis, Shakespeare, Bergkvist, Karlsson 64.4 5-1 54-35 Ht 16: Jansson, Saunders, Andersson, G Kennett (ef) 66.4 2-4 56-39 Ht 17: Louis, Sjosten, Shakespeare, Claesson 65.0 4-2 60-41 Ht 18: Ballard, Bergkvist, Holden, Karlsson 65.2 4-2 64-43 |
| 4th Test at Crewe 21st June
Ht 1: Louis, Bergkvist, Jackson, Claesson 76.8 4-2 4-2 Ht 2: Jansson, Wilkinson, Knapkin, Karlsson no time 3-3 7-5 Ht 3: Meeks, Sjosten, Andersson, Bouchard (f) 78.4 3-3 10-8 Ht 4: Wilkinson, Knapkin, Bergkvist, Salomonsson 77.0 5-1 15-9 Ht 5: Karlsson, Jansson, Meeks, Bouchard80.4 1-5 16-14 Ht 6: Louis, Jackson, Andersson, Sjosten 80.0 5-1 21-15 Ht 7: Salomonsson, Bergkvist, Tyrer, Meeks (f) 79.8 1-5 22-20 Ht 8: Louis, Jansson, Karlsson, Jackson (ef) 79.2 3-3 25-23 Ht 9: Wilkinson, Knapkin, Sjosten, Andersson 77.4 5-1 30-24 Ht 10: Jackson, Salomonsson, Bergkvist, Louis (exc) 79.6 3-3 33-27 Ht 11: Wilkinson, Jansson, Karlsson, Knapkin 78.0 3-3 36-30 Ht 12: Sjosten, Meeks, Andersson, Bouchard 80.0 2-4 38-34 Ht 13: Wilkinson, Knapkin, Bergkvist, Salomonsson 83.0 5-1 43-35 Ht 14: Meeks, Tyrer, Jansson, Karlsson 79.2 5-1 48-36 Ht 15: Louis, Sjosten, Andersson, Price 82.2 3-3 51-39 Ht 16: Bergkvist, Tyrer, Meeks, Salomonsson 80.4 3-3 54-42 Ht 17: Louis, Jansson, Karlsson, Jackson 80.8 3-3 57-45 Ht 18: Wilkinson, Sjosten, Andersson, Knapkin no time 3-3 60-48 |
5th Test at Teeside 24th June
Ht 1: Jansson, Louis, Price, Karlsson 70.6 3-3 3-3 Ht 2: Swales, Wirebrand, Jackson, Salomonsson 71.4 4-2 7-5 Ht 3: Knapkin, Bergkvist, Andersson, Wilkinson (exc) 70.4 3-3 10-8 Ht 4: Jansson, Karlsson, Swales, Jackson 71.0 1-5 11-13 Ht 5: Wirebrand, Wyer, Knapkin, Salomonsson 71.2 3-3 14-16 Ht 6: Andersson, Bergkvist, Louis, Price 70.4 1-5 15-21 Ht 7: Knapkin, Jansson, Durham, Karlsson 70.8 4-2 19-23 Ht 8: Wirebrand, Price, Salomonsson, Louis (f) 71.8 2-4 21-27 Ht 9: Andersson, Bergkvist, Swales, Jackson 71.2 1-5 22-32 Ht 10: Jansson, Price, Durham, Karlsson 71.8 3-3 25-35 Ht 11: Bergkvist, Wyer, Swales, Wirebrand (exc), Salomonsson (exc) 71.4 3-3 28-38 Ht 12: Andersson, Bergkvist, Durham, Knapkin 71.2 1-5 29-43 Ht 13: Jansson, Durham, Karlsson, Wyer 71.0 2-4 31-47 Ht 14: Wirebrand, Knapkin, Durham, Salomonsson 70.2 3-3 34-50 Ht 15: Bergkvist, Andersson, Price, Wyer (f) 71.4 1-5 35-55 Ht 16: Jansson, Knapkin, Durham, Karlsson 71.0 3-3 38-58 Ht 17: Wirebrand, Price, Wyer, Salomonsson 71.8 3-3 41-61 Ht 18: Andersson, Bergkvist, Wyer, Jackson (ns) 71.2 1-5 42-66 |
| Contributors : David Austin |
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