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INTERNATIONALS - AUSTRALIA
Australia v Rest of the World
| 1936-37 | The World won series 1½-½ | Details: Ross Garrigan & Barry Forsyth | Attendance | |||
| 13.02 : Sydney Royale | Australia | 27 | The World | 27 | 35,000 | |
| 20.02 : Sydney Royale | Australia | 21 | The World | 33 | 30,000 | |
| Heat Details | Scorers | Total | |||||||||||||
| 1st. Match | Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Heat No. | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | Total | Clem Mitchell | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| Bluey Wilkinson | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | Bluey Wilkinson | 9 | 3 | 12 | |||||||
| Bill Rogers | 0 | - | - | 0 | Wally Little | 8 | 3 | 11 | |||||||
| Vic Huxley | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | Vic Duggan | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
| Vic Duggan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Vic Huxley | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| Wally Little | 3 | 3 | 2' | 8 + 1 | Art Fenn | - | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Clem Mitchell | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Dick Sulway | 1 | - | 1 | |||||||
| res Dick Sulway | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bill Rogers | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| AUSTRALIA | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 27 | The World | ||||
| THE WORLD | 3 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 27 | 27 | Jack Milne (USA) | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Jack Parker | 2 | - | - | 2 | Wilbur Lamoreaux (USA) | 7 | 6 | 13 | |||||||
| Tommy Croombs | 1' | 2' | 1 | 4 + 2 | Tommy Croombs (Eng) | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||||||
| Wilbur Lamoreaux | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Cliff Parkinson (Eng) | - | 6 | 6 | |||||||
| Norman Parker | 1 | R | - | 1 | Byrd McKinney (USA) | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
| Jack Milne | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | Earle Farrand (USA) | - | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Byrd McKinney | 1' | 0 | 1 | 2 + 1 | Les Wotton (Eng) | 3 | - | 3 | |||||||
| res Les Wotton | 3 | 0 | 3 | Jack Parker (Eng) | 2 | - | 2 | ||||||||
| res Eric Gregory | 1' | 1 + 1 | Eric Gregory (Eng) | 1 | - | 1 | |||||||||
| Norman Parker (Eng) | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2nd. Match | |||||||||||||||
| Bluey Wilkinson | 3 | Fns | - | 3 | |||||||||||
| Bill Rogers | R | Fns | - | 0 | Remarkably, the second of these star- | ||||||||||
| Wally Little | F | 0 | 3 | 3 | studded matches, on Sat.Feb.20 1937, | ||||||||||
| Vic Duggan | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | was not even the main event of the | ||||||||||
| Vic Huxley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | evening, but merely an appetiser for the | ||||||||||
| Clem Mitchell | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1937 Australian Championship Final. | ||||||||||
| res Art Fenn | 1 | 1 | 2 | Following the events of the sixth heat of | |||||||||||
| res Dick Sulway | ns | - | this match, two of the programmed | ||||||||||||
| AUSTRALIA | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 21 | finalists, Wilkinson and Rogers, were | ||||
| THE WORLD | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 31 | 33 | 33 | unable to compete. Both were injured | ||||
| Jack Milne | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | in falls resulting from the snapping of the | ||||||||||
| Byrd McKinney | 1' | 1 | 1 | 3 + 1 | conrod of Bluey's engine, which threw | ||||||||||
| Wilbur Lamoreaux | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | its' rider into the fence, and the machine | ||||||||||
| Cliff Parkinson | 3 | 1' | 2' | 6 + 2 | into the path of Rogers. | ||||||||||
| Tommy Croombs | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Earle Farrand | 1' | 2' | 0 | 3 + 2 | |||||||||||
| 1938-39 | 25.02 : Sydney Sports Ground | Australia | v. | The Rest | ||
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No details of this match are
available. According to the programme, the riders involved were: Bluey Wilkinson, Charlie Spinks, Lionel Van Praag, Frank Dolan, Wally Lloyd, Bill Longley, Wilbur Lamoreaux, Jack Milne, Cordy Milne, Doug Mclachlan, Bill Melluish, Wally Little, Bobby Hill, and Ray Taylor. |
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| 1973-74 | Australia Select won series 3-1 | |||||
| UNOFFICIAL | 02.03 : Liverpool | Australia Select | 52 | Rest of the World | 55 | |
| 06.03 : Canberra (Tralee) | Australia Select | 65 | Rest of the World | 43 | ||
| 09.03 : Liverpool | Australia Select | 57 | Rest of the World | 51 | ||
| 12.03 : Newcastle (Jerilderie Park) | Australia Select | 68 | Rest of the World | 40 |
| Australia Select | Total | Rest of the World | Total | |||||||||||
| Bob Valentine | 11 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 56 | Zenon Plech (Pol) | 14 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 54 | |||
| Billy Sanders | 8 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 44 | Edward Jancarz (Pol) | 10 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 46 | |||
| Garry Middleton | 10 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 40 | Antoni Woryna (Pol) | 7 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 25 | |||
| John Titman | 7 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 40 | Scott Autrey (USA) | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | |||
| Peter Thompson | 7 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 37 | Chris Pusey (Eng) | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | |||
| Greg Kentwell | - | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | George Hunter (Scot) | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | |||
| Dave Mills | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 8 | Bert Harkins (Scot) | 5 | 0 | - | - | 5 | |||
| Bill Landels | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | |||||||||
| Australia raced against Rest of the World in the 1975 Daily Mirror International Tournament in the UK. |
| 1979-80 | Australia won series 2-0 | |||||
| OFFICIAL | 29.12 : Brisbane (Exhibition) | Australia | 71 | The World | 37 | |
| 09.02 : Brisbane (Exhibition) | Australia | 56 | The World | 52 |
| Australia | Total |  |
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| John Titman | 18 | 15 | 33 | |||
| Mike Farrell | 15 | 8 | 23 | |||
| Phil Crump | - | 15 | 15 | |||
| Steve Koppe | 7 | 7 | 14 | |||
| Neil Coddington | 8 | 5 | 13 | |||
| Billy Sanders | 13 | - | 13 | |||
| Ron Henderson | 10 | - | 10 | |||
| Kevin MacDonald | - | 5 | 5 | |||
| Steve Regeling | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| Glenn McDonald | 0 | - | 0 | |||
| The World | ||||||
| Rolf Gramstad (Nor) | 15 | 10 | 25 | |||
| Ole Olsen (Den) | - | 16 | 16 | |||
| Tommy Knudsen (Den) | - | 12 | 12 | |||
| Bruce Penhall (USA) | 10 | - | 10 | |||
| Hans Nielsen (Den) | - | 10 | 10 | |||
| Nigel Boocock (Eng) | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Doug Wyer (Eng) | 6 | - | 6 | |||
| Alf Busk (Den) | - | 2 | 2 | |||
| Bobby Schwartz (USA) | 1 | - | 1 | |||
| Denny Pyeatt (USA) | 0 | - | 0 | |||
| Ivan Blacka (Eng-USA) | 0 | - | 0 | |||
| Finn Rune Jensen (Den) | - | 0 | 0 |
| Heat Details | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1st. Match | |||||||||||||||||||
| Heat No. | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Total |
| John Titman | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| Neil Coddington | 2' | 1 | 0 | 2' | 2' | 1 | 8 + 3 | ||||||||||||
| Billy Sanders | 2' | 3 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 + 1 | ||||||||||||
| Ron Henderson | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2' | 1' | 0 | 10 + 2 | ||||||||||||
| Mike Farrell | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Steve Koppe | 1' | 2' | R | 1' | 1' | 2' | 7 + 5 | ||||||||||||
| res Glenn McDonald | R | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| AUSTRALIA | 5 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 48 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 63 | 66 | 71 | 71 |
| THE WORLD | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 37 |
| Bruce Penhall | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Bobby Schwartz | 0 | 0 | 1' | 0 | R | - | 1 + 1 | ||||||||||||
| Doug Wyer | 1 | 2 | 1' | 1 | R | 1 | 6 + 1 | ||||||||||||
| Denny Pyeatt | 0 | F | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Rolf Gramstad | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Ivan Blacka | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | ||||||||||||
| res Nigel Boocock | 1' | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1' | 5 + 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2nd. Match | |||||||||||||||||||
| Heat No. | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Total |
| John Titman | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2' | 15 + 1 | ||||||||||||
| Neil Coddington | 0 | 0 | 2' | R | R | 3 | 5 + 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mike Farrell | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | R | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Kevin MacDonald | 0 | 2' | 1' | 0 | 1' | 1 | 5 + 3 | ||||||||||||
| Phil Crump | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Steve Koppe | 1' | 1' | 1 | 2' | 1' | 1 | 7 + 4 | ||||||||||||
| res Steve Regeling | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| AUSTRALIA | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 40 | 43 | 46 | 51 | 52 | 56 | 56 |
| THE WORLD | 3 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 34 | 35 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 45 | 50 | 52 | 52 |
| Ole Olsen | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Alf Busk | 1' | 0 | R | 1' | - | - | 2 + 2 | ||||||||||||
| Tommy Knudsen | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1' | 0 | 12 + 1 | ||||||||||||
| Hans Nielsen | 2' | 2' | 0 | 2' | 2 | 2 | 10 + 3 | ||||||||||||
| Rolf Gramstad | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Finn Rune Jensen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | ||||||||||||
| res Nigel Boocock | 0 | R | 2' | 2 + 1 |
| 1979-80 | 05.01 : Rockhampton | Australia | 37 | Rest of the World | 51 | |
| UNOFFICIAL | John Titman | 12 | Rolf Gramstad (Nor) | 17 | ||
| Mike Farrell | 12 | Bruce Penhall (USA) | 15 | |||
| Merv Janke | 8 | Denny Pyeatt (USA) | 7 | |||
| Terry Keyse | 4 | Bobby Schwartz (USA) | 6 | |||
| G Odger | 1 | Ivan Blacka (Eng-USA) | 6 |
| 1984-85 | Australia won series 2-0 | |||||
| Brisbane (Exhibition) | Australia | 63 | Rest of the World | 57 | ||
| Brisbane (Exhibition) | Australia | 75 | Rest of the World | 45 |
| Australia | Total | Rest of the World | Total | |||||||
| Billy Sanders | 16 | 21 | 37 | Bobby Schwartz (USA) | 14 | 13 | 27 | |||
| John Titman | 17 | 20 | 37 | Rick Miller (USA) | 10 | 13 | 23 | |||
| Gary Guglielmi | 12 | 8 | 20 | Peter Carr (Eng) | 17 | 3 | 20 | |||
| Steve Regeling | 12 | 7 | 19 | Shawn Moran (USA) | 7 | 11 | 18 | |||
| Phil Crump | - | 13 | 13 | Eric Monaghan (Eng) | 8 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Stan Bear | 2 | 6 | 8 | Peter Ravn (Den) | - | 5 | 5 | |||
| Alan Rivett | 3 | - | 3 | Andy Campbell (Scot) | 1 | - | 1 | |||
| Neil Coddington | 1 | - | 1 | Sean Willmott (Eng) | 0 | - | 0 | |||
| Marvyn Cox (Eng) | - | 0 | 0 |
| 1986-87 | 27.12 : Archerfield (Brisbane) | Australia | 44 | Rest of the World | 64 | |
| UNOFFICIAL | 07.01 : Newcastle* | Australia | 39 | Rest of the World | 54 | |
| * This match was held over 13 heats (after which the score was 30-48), plus a | ||||||
| 6-rider Top Scorers' race (scoring 5-4-3-2-1-0) | ||||||
| Australia | Total | Rest of the World | Total | |||||||
| Steve Regeling | 7 | 15 | 22 | Tommy Knudsen (Den) | 16 | 16 | 32 | |||
| John Titman | 12 | 4 | 16 | Rick Miller (USA) | 16 | 11 | 27 | |||
| Troy Butler | 7 | 3 | 10 | Kelvin Tatum (Eng) | 13 | 10 | 23 | |||
| Tony Rose | 9 | - | 9 | Valentino Furlanetto (It) | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||
| Gary Allan | 7 | - | 7 | Peter Ravn (Den) | 7 | 4 | 11 | |||
| Brian Nixon | - | 7 | 7 | Shawn Moran (USA) | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| Chris Watson | - | 7 | 7 | Andrew Silver (Eng) | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Stan Bear | 2 | - | 2 | |||||||
| Ian Wedgwood | - | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Mick Poole | - | 1 | 1 |
| 1987-88 | 10.02 : Parramatta | Australia | 60 | Rest of the World | 48 | Att : 10,800 |
| Glenn Doyle | 15 | Shawn Moran (USA) | 15 | |||
| Chris Watson | 14 | Bobby Schwartz (USA) | 11 | |||
| Phil Crump | 10 | Neil Evitts (Eng) | 7 | |||
| Craig Hodgson | 8 | Andy Smith (Eng) | 7 | |||
| Stan Bear | 6 | Mitch Shirra (NZ) | 6 | |||
| Mick Poole | 4 | Phil Collins (Eng) | 2 | |||
| Scott Humphries | 3 | Sean Wilson (Eng) | 0 | |||
| Mark Carlson | 0 |
| 1988-89 | 25.01 : Liverpool | Australia | 33 | Rest of the World | 45 | |
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Mick Poole | 10 | Sam Ermolenko (USA) | 11 | ||
| Phil Crump | 6 | Sean Willmott (Eng) | 9 | |||
| Stephen Davies | 6 | Sean Wilson (Eng) | 8 | |||
| Craig Boyce | 5 | Shawn Moran (USA) | 7 | |||
| Todd Wiltshire | 4 | Einar Kyllingstad (Nor) | 5 | |||
| Glenn Doyle | 2 | Bobby Schwartz (USA) | 5 | |||
| Craig Hodgson | 0 | Peter Schroeck (W Ger) | 0 | |||
| 1989-90 | 19.01 : Adelaide (North Arm) | Australia | 61 | Rest of the World | 33 | Att : 4,000 |
| 27.01 : Brisbane (Exhibition) | Australia | 49 | Rest of the World | 41 | Att : 15,000 | |
| 10.02 : Melbourne (Showground) | Australia | 16 | Rest of the World | 37 |
| Australia |
Total | Rest of the World | Total | |||||||||
| Phil Crump | 12 | 14 | 4 | 30 | Jimmy Nilsen (Swe) | 12 | 7 | 4 | 23 | |||
| Mick Poole | 10 | 13 | - | 23 | Shawn Moran (USA) | 9 | - | 7 | 16 | |||
| Leigh Adams | 10 | 7 | 1 | 18 | Simon Wigg (Eng) | - | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| Troy Butler | - | 5 | 5 | 10 | Kelvin Tatum (Eng) | - | 8 | 6 | 14 | |||
| Shane Parker | 10 | - | - | 10 | Hans Nielsen (Den) | - | 8 | 5 | 13 | |||
| Steve Regeling | 6 | 3 | - | 9 | Mitch Shirra (NZ) | 3 | 10 | - | 13 | |||
| Glenn Doyle | - | 6 | 2 | 8 | Kelly Moran (USA) | - | - | 6 | 6 | |||
| Scott Norman | 7 | - | - | 7 | Jan Staechmann (Den) | 3 | 2 | - | 5 | |||
| Shane Bowes | 6 | - | - | 6 | David Walsh (Eng) | 3 | - | - | 3 | |||
| Todd Wiltshire | - | - | 4 | 4 | Gary Havelock (Eng) | 2 | - | - | 2 | |||
| Alan Rivett | - | 1 | - | 1 | Neville Tatum (Eng) | 1 | - | - | 1 | |||
| Chris Watson | - | - | 0 | 0 | Bobby Schwartz (USA) | - | 0 | - | 0 |
| Heat Details | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st Match at Adelaide | ||||||||||||||||
| No details available | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd Match at Brisbane | ||||||||||||||||
| Heat No. | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Total |
| 1 Glenn Doyle | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2 Troy Butler | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 3 Phil Crump | 3 | 2' | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 + 1 | ||||||||||
| 4 Steve Regeling | 0 | 2' | 0 | 1 | 3 + 1 | |||||||||||
| 5 Leigh Adams | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2' | 7 + 1 | |||||||||||
| 6 Alan Rivett | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 7 Mick Poole | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2' | 13 + 1 | |||||||||
| AUSTRALIA | 4 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 33 | 37 | 38 | 43 | 44 | 49 | 49 |
| REST OF WORLD | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 34 | 35 | 40 | 41 | 41 |
| 1 Hans Nielsen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2' | 2 | - | 1 | 8 + 1 | ||||||||
| 2 Bobby Schwartz | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 Simon Wigg | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||