International SPEEDWAY

AUSTRALIA

	International matches and tournaments ridden by Australia,
	or featuring Australian riders, are listed here.
	Great Britain teams of the 1960's and 1970's usually included Australian
	riders, as Australia was not affiliated directly to the F.I.M, but rather
	through the A-C.U of Great Britain. Australians also rode for (amongst
	others) Australasia , various Rest of the World teams, Overseas, and
	(if they rode for a Scottish club) Scotland.
	Several unofficial tours of Australia by teams from England took
	place prior to the first Official Tour in 1934-35. Until recently,
	little was known of these unofficial tours but, thanks to some
	detailed research by Ross Garrigan and Barry Forsyth in
	Australia, comprehensive details of the Unofficial Test Series
	of 1932-33 and 1933-34 are now available on this website. In
	addition, details of a second (unofficial) tour to Western Australia
	in 1936-37 are also included, thanks to Ross and Barry.
	On the left, the complex of Sydney sports stadia in 1946. From
	top to bottom : Royale (Showground) Speedway; Cricket Ground ;
	Football Ground ; Sports Ground Speedway

1950	England v Australia	Britain v Overseas	Scotland v England	Yng England v Yng Overseas
	Young England v Young Australia
1950-51	Australia v England
1951	England v Australia	England v Overseas	Britain v Overseas	Scotland v England
1951-52	Australia v England
1952	England v Australia	Britain v Overseas	Scotland v England	Yng England v Yng Overseas
	Young England v Young Australasia		Britain v Overseas (in Ireland)
1952-53	Australia v England
1953	England v Australia	Britain v Overseas	Scotland v England	Yng England v Yng Overseas
	Australia v England v New Zealand v Scandinavia		Scotland v Dominions
1953-54	Australia v Europe
1954	England v Australasia	Young England v Young Overseas		Yng Britain v Yng Overseas
1954-55	South Africa v British Commonwealth		Australia v Europe
	South Africa v British Commonwealth (in Rhodesia)
1955	England v Australasia	Sweden v Australasia	Scandinavia v Great Britain (in Norway)
	Scandinavia v Australasia (in Norway)		Norway v Australia
	England v Scotland v Overseas v England B
1956	England v Australasia	Sweden v Australasia	Britain v Overseas
1956-57	Europe v British Commonwealth (in South Africa)		Australia v Europe
1957	Sweden v Australasia	Sweden v Australia v New Zealand v Norway		Poland v Australasia
	Norway v Australia v New Zealand v Sweden		England v Overseas
	Australasia v Europe (in Austria)
1958	England v Australasia	Sweden v Australasia	Sweden v Australia v New Zealand v Norway
	Continent v Australia (in Austria)		Young England v Young Overseas
1958-59	Australia v England
1959	England v Australasia	Sweden v Australasia	West Germany v Great Britain v Norway v Sweden
	Australasia v Sweden(UK)	England v Australia (UK)	Swedish Aces v The Rest (in UK)
1959-60	Australia v England	New Zealand v Australia
1960	England v Australasia	World Team Cup	Holland : 4-Team
1961	Great Britain v Sweden	England v Overseas	Sweden v British Commonwealth
	World Team Cup
1961-62	New Zealand v Australia
1962	Britain v Overseas
1963	Britain v Overseas	World Team Cup (GB)
1964	Great Britain v Soviet Union		Britain v Overseas	Scotland v England
	England v Overseas v Scotland v Wales		Scotland v N Zealand	Scotland v Rest of the World
1965	Great Britain v Soviet Union		Scotland v England	Scotland v Soviet Union
	World Team Cup (GB)
1966	Scotland v England	Scotland v Poland	Scotland v Soviet Union
	New Zealand v England v Australia v Scotland (in Italy)
1967	Great Britain v Poland	Great Britain v Sweden	Scotland v England	Scotland Select v Poland
1967-68	Australia v England
1968	Great Britain v Sweden	World League
1968-69	Australia v England
1969	England v Australia	Scotland v Australia	Great Britain v Sweden	Scotland v England
	Scotland v Norway	Young Britain v Young Australasia
		Britannia v Australasia v Scandinavia
1969-70	Australia v England
1970	England v Australia	Great Britain v Sweden	Scotland v England	Yng Britain v Yng Australasia
1970-71	Australia v England
1971	Great Britain v Poland	Poland v Great Britain	England v Australasia(2)	USA v United Kingdom
	World Team Cup (GB)	Rhodesia v South Africa
1971-72	Australia v England	Australia v Sweden	Australia v Britain v Sweden
	England v Rest of the World (in Rhodesia)
1972	Internations Championship	England v Australasia(2)	Scotland Select v England
1972-73	Australia v England	Southern Africa v Overseas
1973	Daily Mirror International Tournament		Great Britain v Rest of the World
	England v Australasia(2)	Poland v Great Britain	Poland Under-23 v Great Britain Under-23
	Scotland v England
1973-74	Australia v Great Britain	Great Britain v Rest of the World (in New Zealand)
		Australia v Rest of the World
1974	England v Australasia(2)	World Team Cup
1974-75	Australia v Great Britain	Australia v Poland
1975	Daily Mirror International Tournament		England v Australasia(2)	Scotland v Australasia
	West Germany v Australia v Denmark v Scotland		Rhodesia v Overseas
	England v Rest of the World		World Team Cup
1975-76	Australia v England
1976	England v Australasia(2)	West Germany v Australia v New Zealand v Scotland
	England v Rest of the World (in Denmark)		World Team Cup
1976-77	Australian Kangaroos v British Lions
1977	England v Australasia(2)	England v Rest of the World
	World Team Cup	Young England v Young Overseas
1977-78	Australia v England
1978	England v Australasia	England v Australasia(2)	Scotland v England	World Team Cup
1978-79	Australia v England
1979	England v Australasia	England v Australasia(2)	World Team Cup	UK 4-team match
1979-80	Australia v Rest of the World		N Zealand v Australia	Leigh Adams
	Australia v Denmark v USA v England
1980	World Team Cup
1980-81	Tri-Nations Test Series
1981	World Team Cup
1981-82	Australia v Young England
1982	International Fours	World Team Cup
1983	Inter Nations Tournament	World Team Cup
1983-84	Australasia v The Rest
1984	World Team Cup
1984-85	Australia v Rest of the World
1985	England v Australasia	World Team Cup
1985-86	Australia v England	Australasia v Rest of the World
1986	Young Lions v Wallabies	World Team Cup
1986-87	Australia v England	Australia vEngland vUSA	Australia v Rest of the World
1987	West Germany v Australia v Soviet Union v Sweden		World Team Cup	USA v Rest of the World
1987-88	Australia v England	Australia v Rest of the World
1988	USA v The World	World Team Cup	(UK)Nat.Lge v Australia	Austria v Australia
1988-89	Australia Select v England Select		Australia v Rest of the World
1989	World Team Cup	(UK) Nat.Lge v Australia
1989-90	Australia v England	Australia v New Zealand	Australia v Rest of the World
1990	World Team Cup
1990-91	Australia v Sweden
1991	Inter Nations Championship		Poland v Australia	World Team Cup
1992	England v Australia	World Team Cup
1992-93	Australia Select v Rest of the World
1993	World Team Cup
1993-94	Australia v England
1994	Poland v Rest of the World		World Team Cup
1995	England v Australia	World Team Cup
1996	England v Australia	World Team Cup
1997	England v Australia
1998	England v Australia	Italy v Australia v Denmark v Hungary
1999	England v Australia	World Team Cup
1999-2000	New Zealand v Rest of the World
2000	Young England v Young Australia		World Team Cup
2001	Great Britain v Australia	Poland v Australia
	World Cup	Poland v Rest of the World
2001-02	Young Australia v Young Great Britain			Craig Boyce
2002	World Cup
2003	Great Britain v Rest of the World		England v Australia(2)	USA v The World
			World Cup
2004	World Cup		Gt.Britain U-21 v Rest of World
	USA v The World
2005	World Cup		Great Britain v Australia
	Junior World Cup		USA v The World
2006	World Cup		USA v The World
2007	World Cup		Junior World Cup
2008	World Cup		Junior World Cup
			Young Lions v Young Roos

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