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England v Denmark
| 1947 | A planned meeting at Holbeach was cancelled. Details are at EXTRA !!! Page 1 | |||||
| UNOFFICIAL | ||||||
| 1981 | England won series 2-1 | ||||
| OFFICIAL | 12.06 : Hackney | England | 62 | Denmark | 46 |
| 22.06 : Reading (Smallmead) | England | 58 | Denmark | 50 | |
| 01.07 : Coventry | England | 46 | Denmark | 62 | |
| England | Pts-Bns-R | Denmark | Pts-Bns-R | ||||||||
| Dave Jessup | 17-0-6 | 12 | 12 | 41-3-18 | Erik Gundersen | 8-0-6 | 15-0-6 | 16-0-6 | 39-0-18 | ||
| Kenny Carter | 11-0-6 | 14 | 8 | 33-2-18 | Tommy Knudsen | 12-3-6 | 11 | 14 | 37-7-18 | ||
| Michael Lee | 8-3-6 | 13 | 11 | 32-5-18 | Finn Thomsen | 10-0-6 | 6 | 12 | 28-1-18 | ||
| Les Collins | 13-0-6 | - | 6-3-6 | 19-3-12 | Ole Olsen | 7-0-6 | 10 | 9 | 26-1-18 | ||
| Chris Morton | 6-3-6 | 9-1-6 | - | 15-4-12 | Alf Busk | - | - | 7-3-6 | 7-3-6 | ||
| Steve Bastable | - | 6 | 7 | 13-1-10 | Hans Nielsen | 3-2-6 | 3 | 1 | 7-3-14 | ||
| Gordon Kennett | 7-2-6 | 2-0-3 | - | 9-2-9 | Preben Eriksen | - | 5 | 1 | 6-3-8 | ||
| John Davis | - | 2-0-5 | - | 2-0-5 | Bo Petersen | 6-1-6 | 0-0-1 | - | 6-1-7 | ||
| Alan Grahame | - | - | 1-0-1 | 1-0-1 | Finn Jensen | - | - | 2-1-1 | 2-1-1 | ||
| Dave Morton | - | - | 1-0-4 | 1-0-4 | |||||||
| Ian Cartwright | - | - | 0-0-1 | 0-0-1 | |||||||
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| 1982 | England won series 2-1 | ||||
| OFFICIAL | 13.06 : Halifax | England | 60 | Denmark | 48 |
| 15.06 : Leicester | England | 66 | Denmark | 42 | |
| 06.08* : Hackney | England | 40 | Denmark | 68 | |
| * Restaging date. Original date : 18.06 | |||||
| England | Pts-Bns-R | Denmark | Pts-Bns-R | ||||||||
| Kenny Carter | 17-0-6 | 15-0-6 | - | 32-0-12 | Tommy Knudsen | 8-0-6 | 13-1-6 | 16-1-6 | 37-2-18 | ||
| Chris Morton | 10-1-6 | 10-3-6 | 5-2-6 | 25-6-18 | Erik Gundersen | 9-1-6 | 6-0-6 | 15-1-6 | 30-2-18 | ||
| Alan Grahame | 10-0-6 | 12-2-6 | 2-2-5 | 24-4-17 | Hans Nielsen | 12-0-6 | 3-0-6 | 14-1-6 | 29-1-18 | ||
| Andy Grahame | 4-0-2 | 12-2-6 | 8-1-6 | 24-3-14 | Bo Petersen | 6-2-6 | 6-0-6 | 8-1-5 | 20-3-17 | ||
| Malcolm Simmons | - | - | 13-0-6 | 13-0-6 | Preben Eriksen | 2-0-4 | 10-1-6 | 4-2-2 | 16-3-12 | ||
| Les Collins | - | 4-1-4 | 6-1-6 | 10-2-10 | Ole Olsen | 8-0-6 | 3-0-5 | 4-1-4 | 15-1-15 | ||
| Peter Collins | 8-0-6 | 2-0-3 |
- | 10-0-9 | Finn Thomsen | 3-0-2 | 1-0-1 | 7-3-6 | 11-3-9 | ||
| John Louis | 6-1-5 | - | 3-0-3 | 9-1-8 | Jens Rasmussen | - | - | 0-0-1 | 0-0-1 | ||
| Phil Collins | - | 7-0-3 | - | 7-0-3 | The 2nd.Test was remarkable for the inclusion in the England team of four of the five Collins brothers, two of whom were paired together, with the other two as reserves. The team also included the Grahame brothers - who were also paired together. | ||||||
| Ian Cartwright | 5-1-5 | - | - | 5-1-5 | |||||||
| Neil Collins | - | 4-0-2 | - | 4-0-2 | |||||||
| John Davis | - | - | 3-0-4 | 3-0-4 | |||||||
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| 1983 | England won series 2-1 | ||||
| OFFICIAL | 29.06 : Coventry | England | 46 | Denmark | 62 |
| 03.07 : Halifax | England | 65 | Denmark | 43 | |
| 08.07 : Hackney | England | 65 | Denmark | 43 | |
| England | Total | Denmark | Total | ||||||||
| Kenny Carter | 8-1-6 | 14-1-6 | 14-0-6 | 36-2-18 | Erik Gundersen | 13-2-6 | 14-0-6 | 9-1-6 | 36-3-18 | ||
| Chris Morton | 8-1-5 | 12-1-6 | 13-1-6 | 33-3-17 | Hans Nielsen | 13-2-6 | 15-0-6 | 8-0-6 | 36-2-18 | ||
| Peter Collins | 9-0-6 | 14-3-6 | 7-2-6 | 30-5-18 | Tommy Knudsen | 16-1-6 | 12-0-6 | 1-1-5 | 29-2-17 | ||
| Michael Lee | - | - | 16-1-6 | 16-1-6 | Peter Ravn | 8-1-6 | 2-0-6 | 6-1-6 | 16-2-18 | ||
| Les Collins | 6-0-3 | 2-1-2 | 5-1-6 | 13-2-11 | Ole Olsen | - | - | 11-0-6 | 11-0-6 | ||
| Alan Grahame | - | 13-2-6 | - | 13-2-6 | Finn Thomsen | 4-0-5 | 0-0-5 | 6-0-5 | 10-0-15 | ||
| Andy Grahame | 7-1-6 | 6-3-6 | - | 13-4-12 | Sam Nikolajsen | 7-0-3 | - | - | 7-0-3 | ||
| Dave Jessup | - | - | 10-2-6 | 10-2-6 | Preben Eriksen | 1-0-4 | 0-0-6 | 1-0-1 | 2-0-11 | ||
| Simon Wigg | 6-1-6 | - | - | 6-1-6 | Jens Rasmussen | - | - | 1-1-1 | 1-1-1 | ||
| Mark Courtney | 1-0-3 | 4-0-4 | - | 5-0-7 | Kent Noer | - | 0-0-1 | - | 0-0-1 | ||
| Phil Collins | 1-0-1 | - | - | 1-0-1 | |||||||
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| 1984 | England won series 2½-1½ | ||||
| OFFICIAL | 04.06 : Reading (Smallmead) (Att: 2,000) | England | 54 | Denmark | 54 |
| 07.06 : Wimbledon | England | 45 | Denmark | 63 | |
| 08.06 : Wolverhampton | England | 59 | Denmark | 48 | |
| 10.06 : Halifax | England | 59 | Denmark | 49 | |
| England | Pts-Bns-R | Denmark | Pts-Bns-R | |||||||||
| Chris Morton | 10-2-6 | 7-1-6 | 13-1-6 | 11-1-6 | 41-5-24 | Hans Nielsen | 15-0-6 | 17-1-6 | 11-0-6 | 15-0-6 | 58-1-24 | |
| Phil Collins | 1-1-3 | 7-1-5 | 16-0-6 | 11-2-5 | 35-4-19 | Erik Gundersen | 15-0-6 | 14-0-6 | 11-0-6 | 13-0-6 | 53-0-24 | |
| John Louis | 10-2-6 | 3-0-3 | 8-0-6 | 10-1-6 | 31-3-21 | Bo Petersen | 13-0-6 | 13-1-6 | 5-1-5 | 8-1-6 | 39-3-23 | |
| Peter Collins | 11-0-6 | 8-1-6 | 7-3-6 | 1-0-2 | 27-4-20 | Preben Eriksen | 0-0-2 | - | 14-1-6 | 8-1-6 | 22-2-14 | |
| Dave Jessup | 11-1-6 | 9-2-6 | - | - | 20-3-12 | John Eskildsen | 3-2-4 | 11-4-6 | 1-0-5 | - | 15-6-15 | |
| Alan Grahame | - | - | 6-3-6 | 13-3-6 | 19-6-12 | Peter Ravn | 5-1-4 | 1-0-3 | 3-1-5 | - | 9-2-12 | |
| John Davis | 8-2-5 | 8-0-6 | - | - | 16-2-11 | Jens Rasmussen | 1-0-3 | 5-0-4 | 1-1-1 | 1-0-5 | 8-1-13 | |
| Andy Grahame | - | - | 9-1-6 | 3-1-3 | 12-2-9 | John Jorgensen | 2-0-5 | 2-1-6 | 2-0-2 | - | 6-1-13 | |
| Neil Evitts | - | - | - | 9-3-6 | 9-3-6 | Jan O Pedersen | - | - | - | 4-0-6 | 4-0-6 | |
| Malcolm Simmons | 3-1-4 | 3-1-3 | - | - | 6-2-7 | Sam Nikolajsen | - | - | - | 0-0-2 | 0-0-2 | |
| Andy Smith | - | - | - | 1-0-2 | 1-0-2 | |||||||
| Colin Richardson | - | 0-0-1 | - | - | 0-0-1 |
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| 1985 | Denmark won series 2-1 | ||||
| OFFICIAL | 20.04 : Coventry | England | 47 | Denmark | 61 |
| 26.04 : Oxford | England | 58 | Denmark | 50 | |
| 04.05 : Cradley Heath | England | 53 | Denmark | 55 | |
| England | Pts-Bns-R | Denmark | Pts-Bns-R | ||||||||
| Phil Collins | 6-2-6 | 13-0-6 | 12-1-6 | 31-3-18 | Tommy Knudsen | 12-4-6 | 12-0-6 | 13-0-6 | 37-4-18 | ||
| Chris Morton | 10-0-6 | 11-2-6 | 9-1-6 | 30-3-18 | Bo Petersen | 10-2-6 | 7-1-6 | 11-0-6 | 28-3-18 | ||
| Kelvin Tatum | 8-1-5 | 15-2-6 | 6-1-4 | 29-4-15 | Peter Ravn | 15-0-6 | 8-1-6 | 3-0-3 | 26-1-15 | ||
| Simon Wigg | 0-0-3 | 9-1-6 | 13-0-6 | 22-1-15 | Erik Gundersen | 5-0-6 | 4-1-6 | 15-1-6 | 24-2-18 | ||
| Kenny Carter | 11-1-6 | 1-1-3 | 8-2-6 | 20-4-15 | Preben Eriksen | 11-1-6 | 3-0-2 | 4-3-5 | 18-4-13 | ||
| Jeremy Doncaster | 6-1-5 | 5-1-4 | - | 11-2-9 | John Eskildsen | 3-1-3 | 10-0-6 | 0-0-2 | 13-1-11 | ||
| Andy Smith | 6-1-4 | 1-0-2 | 1-1-3 | 8-2-9 | John Jorgensen | 5-1-3 | - | 2-0-3 | 7-1-6 | ||
| Simon Cross | 0-0-1 | - | 3-2-3 | 3-2-4 | Jan O Pedersen | - | - | 7-2-5 | 7-2-5 | ||
| Richard Knight | - | 3-1-3 | - | 3-1-3 | Hans Nielsen | - | 4-0-2 | - | 4-0-2 | ||
| Neil Evitts | - | - | 1-1-2 | 1-1-2 | Jens Rasmussen | - | 2-1-4 | - | 2-1-4 | ||
| 1986 | Denmark won series 4-1 | ||||
| OFFICIAL | 03.05 : Cradley Heath | England | 53 | Denmark | 55 |
| 16.05 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) | England | 45 | Denmark | 63 | |
| 23.05 : Wolverhampton | England | 41 | Denmark | 66 | |
| 25.05 : Bradford | England | 57 | Denmark | 51 | |
| 30.05 : Oxford | England | 49 | Denmark | 59 | |
| England | Pts-Bns-R | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Morton | 10-1-6 | 10-1-6 | 10-0-6 | 12-2-6 | 9-1-6 | 51-5-30 | |||||||||
| Simon Wigg | 14-1-6 | 10-0-6 | 4-2-5 | 11-1-6 | 12-0-5 | 51-4-28 | |||||||||
| Jeremy Doncaster | 7-1-6 | 8-2-6 | 9-1-6 | 14-0-6 | 8-1-5 | 46-5-29 | |||||||||
| Kenny Carter | 10-0-6 | 8-0-5 | - | - | - | 18-0-11 | The design below was used for all | ||||||||
| Neil Evitts | - | 4-0-4 | 2-1-4 | 8-1-6 | - | 14-2-14 | five matches in the 1986 series | ||||||||
| Kelvin Tatum | 0-0-1 | 1-0-2 | - | 5-0-4 | 8-2-6 | 14-2-13 | |||||||||
| Neil Collins | - | 4-1-5 | 9-0-6 | - | - | 13-1-11 | |||||||||
| Phil Collins | 9-4-6 | - | 0-0-1 | - | 4-1-4 | 13-5-11 | |||||||||
| Andrew Silver | - | - | 7-1-6 | - | 5-1-6 | 12-2-12 | |||||||||
| Simon Cross | 0-0-1 | - | - | 5-1-4 | 1-0-1 | 6-1-6 | |||||||||
| Carl Blackbird | 3-2-4 | 0-0-2 | 0-0-2 | - | - | 3-2-8 | |||||||||
| Marvyn Cox | - | - | - | - | 2-1-3 | 2-1-3 | |||||||||
| John Davis | - | - | - | 1-0-3 | - | 1-0-3 | |||||||||
| Richard Knight | - | - | - | 1-0-1 | - | 1-0-1 | |||||||||
| Denmark | Pts-Bns-R | ||||||||||||||
| Erik Gundersen | 12-0-6 | 15-0-6 | 17-0-6 | 15-0-6 | 13-3-6 | 72-3-30 | |||||||||
| Hans Nielsen | 13-0-6 | 15-0-6 | 14-0-5 | 8-0-6 | 17-0-6 | 67-0-29 | |||||||||
| Jan O Pedersen | 12-4-6 | 8-1-6 | 9-5-6 | 8-1-6 | 13-3-6 | 50-14-30 | |||||||||
| Bo Petersen | - | 0-0-2 | 10-0-6 | 10-1-6 | 13-0-6 | 33-1-20 | |||||||||
| Tommy Knudsen | - | 15-0-6 | 9-1-6 | 5-1-5 | - | 29-2-17 |
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| John Jorgensen | 6-1-6 | 7-5-6 | 6-3-5 | 3-0-4 | 2-1-6 | 24-10-27 | |||||||||
| Preben Eriksen | 8-0-5 | - | - | - | - | 8-0-5 | |||||||||
| Jens Rasmussen | - | 3-1-4 | - | 2-1-4 | 0-0-3 | 5-2-11 | |||||||||
| Peter Ravn | 4-1-5 | - | - | - | - | 4-1-5 | |||||||||
| John Eskildsen | 0-0-2 | - | 1-0-1 | - | 0-0-1 | 1-0-4 | |||||||||
| Sam Nikolajsen | 0-0-1 | - | - | - | 1-1-2 | 1-1-3 | |||||||||
| Jan Staechmann | - | - | 0-0-1 | - | - | 0-0-1 | |||||||||
| 1987 | Series tied 2½-2½ | Attendance | ||||
| OFFICIAL | 03.05 : King's Lynn | England | 58 | Denmark | 50 | |
| 08.05 : Oxford | England | 49 | Denmark | 59 | ||
| 10.05 : Cradley Heath | England | 54 | Denmark | 54 | 3,000 | |
| 13.05 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) | England | 56 | Denmark | 52 | ||
| 18.05 : Wolverhampton | England | 53 | Denmark | 55 | ||
| England | Pts-Bns-R | ||||||||||||||
| Kelvin Tatum | 14-2-6 | 6-3-6 | 14-0-6 | 12-1-6 | 4-2-3 | 50-8-27 | |||||||||
| Simon Wigg | 14-1-6 | 12-0-6 | 6-2-6 | 9-1-6 | 7-2-6 | 48-6-30 | |||||||||
| Simon Cross | 5-2-5 | 6-1-4 | 8-1-6 | 4-2-4 | 12-3-6 | 35-9-25 | |||||||||
| Jeremy Doncaster | 11-1-6 | 5-1-4 | - | 8-2-5 | 9-1-6 | 33-5-21 | |||||||||
| Chris Morton | 7-1-6 | 3-0-4 | 4-3-4 | 8-2-5 | 6-0-4 | 28-6-23 | |||||||||
| Marvyn Cox | - | 14-0-6 | 6-4-5 | 3-1-3 | - | 23-5-14 | |||||||||
| Paul Thorp | 6-2-6 | - | 3-0-3 | 11-2-6 | - | 20-4-15 | |||||||||
| Andy Grahame | - | - | 13-0-6 | - | - | 13-0-6 | |||||||||
| Andrew Silver | - | 2-2-3 | - | - | 7-1-5 | 9-3-8 | |||||||||
| Gary Havelock | - | - | - | - | 5-3-4 | 5-3-4 | |||||||||
| Neil Evitts | - | - | - | - | 3-0-2 | 3-0-2 | |||||||||
| Martin Dugard | - | 1-1-3 | - | - | - | 1-1-3 | |||||||||
| Richard Knight | 1-1-1 | - | - | - | - | 1-1-1 | |||||||||
| Alun Rossiter | - | - | - | 1-0-1 | - | 1-0-1 | |||||||||
| Denmark | Pts-Bns-R | ||||||||||||||
| Hans Nielsen | 15-0-6 | 17-0-6 | 12-1-6 | 15-0-6 | 18-0-6 | 77-1-30 | |||||||||
| Erik Gundersen | 6-2-6 | 16-0-6 | 12-0-6 | 13-1-6 | 16-0-6 | 63-3-30 | |||||||||
| Tommy Knudsen | 13-1-6 | 12-1-6 | 7-1-6 | 12-0-6 | 10-1-6 | 54-4-30 | |||||||||
| John Jorgensen | 5-2-5 | 6-1-6 | 9-1-6 | 4-1-5 | 9-2-6 | 33-7-28 | |||||||||
| Peter Ravn | 1-0-5 | 0-0-3 | 8-2-6 | 8-1-6 | 0-0-3 | 17-3-23 | This design for the 1987 matches was also | ||||||||
| Jan O Pedersen | 10-1-6 | 6-3-5 | - | - | - | 16-4-11 | used for the England v USA series. | ||||||||
| Peter Glanz | - | 1-1-2 | 3-1-2 | 0-0-2 | - | 4-2-6 | |||||||||
| Jens Rasmussen | 0-0-1 | 1-1-2 | 3-0-4 | 0-0-4 | - | 4-1-11 | |||||||||
| Preben Eriksen | - | - | - | - | 1-0-5 | 1-0-5 | |||||||||
| Allan Johansen | 0-0-1 | - | - | - | 1-0-3 | 1-0-4 | |||||||||
| Jan Staechmann | - | - | - | 0-0-1 | 0-0-1 | 0-0-2 | |||||||||
| 1st Test at King's Lynn | |||||||||
| England | 58 | Denmark | 50 | 1: Nielsen, Wigg, Thorp, Ravn 3-3 2: Doncaster, Cross, Gundersen, Pedersen 8-4 3: Morton, Tatum, Knudsen, Jorgensen 13-5 4: Nielsen, Doncaster, Ravn, Cross 15-9 5: Tatum, Pedersen, Gundersen, Morton 18-12 6: Knudsen, Jorgensen, Wigg, Thorp 19-17 7: Tatum, Nielsen, Morton, Ravn 23-19 8: Wigg, Thorp, Pedersen, Gundersen 28-20 9: Knudsen, Doncaster, Cross, Jorgensen 31-23 10: Thorp, Wigg, Nielsen, Ravn 36-24 11: Gundersen, Pedersen, Doncaster, Cross 37-29 12: Tatum, Jorgensen, Knudsen, Morton 40-32 13: Nielsen, Doncaster, Knight, Ravn 43-35 14: Pedersen, Morton, Tatum, Gundersen 46-38 15: Wigg, Knudsen, Jorgensen, Thorp 49-41 16: Nielsen, Tatum, Morton, Rasmussen 52-44 17: Wigg, Pedersen, Gundersen, Thorp 55-47 18: Knudsen, Cross, Doncaster, Johansen 58-50 | |||||
| Simon Wigg | 2 1 3 2' 3 3 | 14+1 | Hans Nielsen | 3 3 2 1 3 3 | 15 | ||||
| Paul Thorp | 1' 0 2' 3 0 0 | 6+2 | Peter Ravn | 0 1 0 0 0 - | 1 | ||||
| Jeremy Doncaster | 3 2 2 1 2 1' | 11+1 | Erik Gundersen | 1 1' 0 3 0 1' | 6+2 | ||||
| Simon Cross | 2' 0 1' 0 - 2 | 5+2 | Jan O Pedersen | 0 2 1 2' 3 2 | 10+1 | ||||
| Chris Morton | 3 0 1 0 2 1' | 7+1 | Tommy Knudsen | 1 3 3 1' 2 3 | 13+1 | ||||
| Kelvin Tatum | 2' 3 3 3 1' 2 | 14+2 | John Jorgensen | 0 2' 0 2 1' - | 5+2 | ||||
| Richard Knight | 1' | 1+1 | Jens Rasmussen | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Carl Blackbird | did not ride | - | Allan Johansen | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2nd Test at Oxford | |||||||||
| England | 49 | Denmark | 59 | 1: Nielsen, Wigg, Dugard, Ravn 3-3 2: Cox, Gundersen, Tatum, Pedersen 7-5 3: Knudsen, Morton, Doncaster, Jorgensen FX 10-8 4: Nielsen, Cox, Tatum, Ravn 13-11 5: Gundersen, Pedersen, Morton, Doncaster 14-16 6: Knudsen, Jorgensen, Wigg, Dugard R 15-21 7: Cross, Nielsen, Rasmussen, Morton 18-24 8: Gundersen, Pedersen, Wigg, Silver 19-29 9: Cox, Tatum, Jorgensen, Knudsen 24-30 10: Nielsen, Wigg, Silver, Rasmussen 27-33 11: Gundersen, Pedersen, Cox, Tatum 28-38 12: Knudsen, Cross, Jorgensen, Morton 30-42 13: Nielsen, Cox, Tatum, Glanz 33-45 14: Gundersen, Doncaster, Cross, Pedersen R 36-48 15: Wigg, Jorgensen, Knudsen, Cross 39-51 16: Nielsen, Doncaster, Silver, Ravn 42-54 17: Wigg, Gundersen, Glanz, Dugard 45-57 18: Cox, Knudsen, Tatum, Jorgensen R 49-59 | |||||
| Simon Wigg | 2 1 1 2 3 3 | 12 | Hans Nielsen | 3 3 2 3 3 3 | 17 | ||||
| Martin Dugard | 1' R - - - 0 | 1+1 | Peter Ravn | 0 0 - - - 0 | 0 | ||||
| Marvyn Cox | 3 2 3 1 2 3 | 14 | Erik Gundersen | 2 3 3 3 3 2 | 16 | ||||
| Kelvin Tatum | 1 1' 2' 0 1' 1 | 6+3 | Jan O Pedersen | 0 2' 2' 2' R - | 6+3 | ||||
| Jeremy Doncaster | 1' 0 - - 2 2 | 5+1 | Tommy Knudsen | 3 3 0 3 1' 2 | 12+1 | ||||
| Chris Morton | 2 1 0 0 - - | 3 | John Jorgensen | FX 2' 1 1 2 R | 6+1 | ||||
| Simon Cross | 3 2 1' 0 | 6+1 | Jens Rasmussen | 1' 0 | 1+1 | ||||
| Andrew Silver | 0 1' 1' | 2+2 | Peter Glanz | 0 1' | 1+1 | ||||
| 3rd Test at Cradley Heath | |||||||||
| England | 54 | Denmark | 54 | 1: Gundersen, Ravn, Cross, Wigg 1-5 2: Rasmussen, Nielsen, Tatum, Cox 2-10 3: Grahame, Jorgensen, Knudsen, Morton 5-13 4: Gundersen, Tatum, Cox, Ravn 8-16 5: Nielsen, Grahame, Morton, Rasmussen X 11-19 6: Cross, Wigg, Jorgensen, Knudsen 16-20 7: Gundersen, Ravn, Thorp, Grahame R 17-25 8: Nielsen, Wigg, Cross, Rasmussen 20-28 9: Tatum, Jorgensen, Thorp, Knudsen 24-30 10: Ravn, Cross, Wigg, Gundersen 27-33 11: Tatum, Cox, Nielsen, Rasmussen 32-34 12: Grahame, Jorgensen, Thorp, Knudsen R 36-36 13: Tatum, Cox, Ravn, Gundersen 41-37 14: Grahame, Morton, Glanz, Nielsen 46-38 15: Knudsen, Jorgensen, Wigg, Cross 47-43 16: Gundersen, Grahame, Morton, Ravn 50-46 17: Nielsen, Glanz, Cross, Wigg 51-51 18: Knudsen, Tatum, Cox, Jorgensen FX 54-54 | |||||
| Simon Wigg | 0 2' 2 1' 1 0 | 6+2 | Erik Gundersen | 3 3 3 0 0 3 | 12 | ||||
| Simon Cross | 1 3 1' 2 0 1 | 8+1 | Peter Ravn | 2' 0 2' 3 1 0 | 8+2 | ||||
| Marvyn Cox | 0 1' - 2' 2' 1' | 6+4 | Hans Nielsen | 2' 3 3 1 0 3 | 12+1 | ||||
| Kelvin Tatum | 1 2 3 3 3 2 | 14 | Jens Rasmussen | 3 X 0 0 - - | 3 | ||||
| Chris Morton | 0 1' - - 2' 1' | 4+3 | Tommy Knudsen | 1' 0 0 R 3 3 | 7+1 | ||||
| Andy Grahame | 3 2 R 3 3 2 | 13 | John Jorgensen | 2 1 2 2 2' FX | 9+1 | ||||
| Paul Thorp | 1 1 1 | 3 | Peter Glanz | 1 2' | 3+1 | ||||
| Martin Dugard | did not ride | - | Brian Karger | did not ride | - | ||||
| 4th Test at Belle Vue | |||||||||
| England | 56 | Denmark | 52 | 1: Gundersen, Ravn, Wigg, Thorp 1-5 2: Doncaster, Morton, Nielsen, Rasmussen 6-6 3: Knudsen, Tatum, Cross, Jorgensen 9-9 4: Ravn, Gundersen, Cox, Doncaster, Morton M 10-14 5: Nielsen, Tatum, Cross, Rasmussen 13-17 6: Thorp, Knudsen, Wigg, Jorgensen 17-19 7: Gundersen, Cross, Tatum, Ravn 20-22 8: Nielsen, Thorp, Wigg, Glanz 23-25 9: Doncaster, Morton, Knudsen, Staechmann 28-26 10: Ravn, Wigg, Thorp, Gundersen 31-29 11: Nielsen, Morton, Donaster, Rasmussen 34-32 12: Knudsen, Tatum, Jorgensen, Cross 36-36 13: Gundersen, Morton, Doncaster, Ravn 39-39 14: Nielsen, Tatum, Cox, Rasmussen 42-42 15: Wigg, Thorp, Jorgensen, Knudsen 47-43 16: Tatum, Gundersen, Cox, Ravn FX 51-45 17: Thorp, Nielsen, Wigg, Glanz 55-47 18: Knudsen, Jorgensen, Rossiter, Morton R 56-52 | |||||
| Simon Wigg | 1 1 1' 2 3 1 | 9+1 | Erik Gundersen | 3 2' 3 0 3 2 | 13+1 | ||||
| Paul Thorp | 0 3 2 1' 2' 3 | 11+2 | Peter Ravn | 2' 3 0 3 0 FX | 8+1 | ||||
| Jeremy Doncaster | 3 0 3 1' 1' - | 8+2 | Hans Nielsen | 1 3 3 3 3 2 | 15 | ||||
| Chris Morton | 2' M 2' 2 2 R | 8+2 | Jens Rasmussen | 0 0 - 0 0 - | 0 | ||||
| Kelvin Tatum | 2 2 1' 2 2 3 | 12+1 | Tommy Knudsen | 3 2 1 3 0 3 | 12 | ||||
| Simon Cross | 1' 1' 2 0 - - | 4+2 | John Jorgensen | 0 0 - 1 1 2' | 4+1 | ||||
| Marvyn Cox | 1 1' 1 | 3+1 | Peter Glanz | 0 0 | 0 | ||||
| Alun Rossiter | 1 | 1 | Jan Staechmann | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 5th Test at Wolverhampton | |||||||||
| England | 53 | Denmark | 55 | 1: Nielsen, Wigg, Silver, Eriksen 3-3 2: Gundersen, Doncaster, Cross, Ravn R 6-6 3: Jorgensen, Morton, Havelock, Knudsen 9-9 4: Nielsen, Cross, Doncaster, Eriksen 12-12 5: Gundersen, Morton, Havelock, Staechmann F 15-15 6: Knudsen, Silver, Jorgensen, Wigg FX 17-19 7: Nielsen, Morton, Havelock, Johansen F 20-22 8: Gundersen, Silver, Wigg, Ravn 23-25 9: Cross, Knudsen, Jorgensen, Doncaster FX 26-28 10: Nielsen, Silver, Wigg, Eriksen 29-31 11: Doncaster, Cross, Gundersen, Ravn 34-32 12: Evitts, Knudsen, Jorgensen, Morton 37-35 13: Nielsen, Cross, Eriksen, Doncaster 39-39 14: Gundersen, Tatum, Johansen, Evitts 41-43 15: Jorgensen, Knudsen, Wigg, Silver FX 42-48 16: Nielsen, Havelock, Tatum, Eriksen 45-51 17: Gundersen, Wigg, Tatum, Johansen 48-54 18: Doncaster, Cross, Knudsen, Jorgensen F 53-55 | |||||
| Simon Wigg | 2 FX 1' 1' 1 2 | 7+2 | Hans Nielsen | 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 18 | ||||
| Andrew Silver | 1' 2 2 2 FX - | 7+1 | Preben Eriksen | 0 0 - 0 1 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jeremy Doncaster | 2 1' FX 3 0 3 | 9+1 | Erik Gundersen | 3 3 3 1 3 3 | 16 | ||||
| Simon Cross | 1' 2 3 2' 2 2' | 12+3 | Peter Ravn | R - 0 0 - - | 0 | ||||
| Chris Morton | 2 2 2 0 - - | 6 | Tommy Knudsen | 0 3 2 2 2' 1 | 10+1 | ||||
| Gary Havelock | 1' 1' 1' - - 2 | 5+3 | John Jorgensen | 3 1 1' 1' 3 F | 9+2 | ||||
| Neil Evitts | 3 0 | 3 | Jan Staechmann | F | 0 | ||||
| Kelvin Tatum | 2 1' 1' | 4+2 | Allan Johansen | F 1 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1988 | Denmark won series 2-1 | ![]() |
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| OFFICIAL | 25.09 : Cradley Heath | England | 48 | Denmark | 60 | |
| 02.10 : Sheffield | England | 46 | Denmark | 62 | ||
| 30.10 : Oxford * | England | 55 | Denmark | 53 | ||
| * The British ACU withdrew the official FIM sanction for this | ||||||
| Test match when it was rescheduled to coincide with the big | ||||||
| Aces of Aces grasstrack meeting, in which riders such as Simon | ||||||
| Wigg and Chris Morton were contracted to ride. So the | ||||||
| Oxford match was designated as Sunbrite Lions v British | ||||||
| League Stars of Denmark. The British Speedway | ||||||
| Promoters Association rightly ignored this bizarre ruling. | ||||||
| One programme design for the 3 matches of the 1988 series (right) | ||||||
| England | Pts-Bns-R | Denmark | Pts-Bns-R | ||||||||
| Simon Cross | 10-0-6 | 15-0-6 | 10-2-6 | 35-2-18 | Hans Nielsen | 17-0-6 | 13-1-6 | 17-0-6 | 47-1-18 | ||
| Kelvin Tatum | 9-2-6 | 1-1-4 | 16-0-6 | 26-3-16 | Erik Gundersen | 14-1-6 | 16-1-6 | 10-0-6 | 40-2-18 | ||
| Chris Morton | 13-2-6 | 7-0-5 | - | 20-2-11 | Tommy Knudsen | 10-0-6 | - | 15-0-6 | 25-0-12 | ||
| Gary Havelock | 2-2-3 | 5-2-6 | 8-3-6 | 15-7-15 | Jan O Pedersen | 10-2-6 | 9-2-6 | 2-1-4 | 21-5-16 | ||
| Martin Dugard | 6-0-5 | 0-0-2 | 8-1-6 | 14-1-13 | Brian Karger | 5-2-6 | 9-1-5 | 6-2-6 | 20-5-17 | ||
| Simon Wigg | 1-0-3 | 11-0-6 | - | 12-0-9 | Peter Ravn | 3-0-2 | 11-0-6 | 3-1-6 | 17-1-14 | ||
| Jeremy Doncaster | 5-1-5 | - | 6-0-3 | 11-1-8 | John Jorgensen | 1-0-3 | 4-2-5 | 0-0-3 | 5-2-11 | ||
| Peter Carr | - | 7-2-5 | - | 7-2-5 | Gert Handberg | - | 0-0-1 | - | 0-0-1 | ||
| Andrew Silver | 2-0-2 | - | 3-1-5 | 5-1-7 | Jan Staechmann | 0-0-1 | 0-0-1 | - | 0-0-2 | ||
| Richard Knight | - | - | 2-0-2 | 2-0-2 | |||||||
| Paul Thorp | - | - | 2-0-3 | 2-0-3 | |||||||
| Neil Collins | - | 0-0-2 | - | 0-0-2 | |||||||
| 1988 | In addition to the above series, England raced Denmark, at both Ipswich and King's Lynn, in |
| the qualifying round and the final of the Diamond Jubilee Series |
| 1990 | England won series 3-0 | ||||
| OFFICIAL | 18.04 : Oxford | England | 63 | Denmark | 45 |
| 22.04 : Bradford | England | 62 | Denmark | 46 | |
| 30.04 : Wolverhampton | England | 60 | Denmark | 47 | |
| England | Pts-Bns-R | Denmark | Pts-Bns-R | ||||||||
| Simon Cross | 14-3-6 | 13-3-6 | 16-1-6 | 43-7-18 | Hans Nielsen | 15-1-6 | 12-0-6 | 15-0-6 | 42-1-18 | ||
| Kelvin Tatum | 9-3-6 | 11-2-6 | 14-0-6 | 34-5-18 | Jan O Pedersen | 9-1-6 | 11-3-6 | 15-0-6 | 35-4-18 | ||
| Gary Havelock | 9-1-6 | 13-0-6 | 11-2-6 | 33-3-18 | Brian Karger | 8-1-6 | 8-1-5 | 3-0-3 | 19-2-14 | ||
| Jeremy Doncaster | 4-1-4 | 12-1-6 | 7-2-6 | 23-4-16 | John Jorgensen | 4-0-5 | |||||