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England v Overseas

1929 25.05 : Stamford Bridge, London England 20 Overseas 16
{short description of image} Gus Kuhn 6 Frank Arthur (Aus) 6
Dank Ewen 5 Buzz Hibberd (Aus) 4
Colin Ford 5 Cecil Brown (USA) 3
Harold Stevenson 4 Billy Lamont (Aus) 3
This match comprised a series of 12 Match
Races, in which the winner received 2
points, and the loser 1 point.
Results:
1: Ford, Lamont
2: Arthur, Ewen
3: Kuhn, Hibberd
4: Stevenson, Brown
5: Ewen, Lamont
6: Arthur, Ford
7: Hibberd, Stevenson
8: Kuhn, Brown
9: Arthur, Stevenson
10: Ford, Brown
11: Kuhn, Lamont
12: Ewen, Hibberd

1930 16.06 : Nottingham England 33 Overseas 20
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1931 21.04 : West Ham {short description of image}
UNOFFICIAL New Zealand Test Team* 32 The Overseas Team 19
George Greenwood 9 Ron Johnson 6
Jim Kempster 8 Blos Bromfield 4
Frank Bond 6 Bert Jones 4
Norman Evans 4 Arthur Mann 2
Frank Randall 2 Charlie Spinks 2
Squib Burton 2 Charlie Datson 1
Roger Frogley 1 Ray Tauser 0
* This is actually the unofficial England team that toured
New Zealand in 1930-31. The results of that tour are here
1.Frank Bond, Frank Randall, Charlie Datsun, Charlie Spinks 5-1 2.George Greenwood, Norman Evans, Blos Bromfield, Ron johnson 5-1 10-2 3.Jim Kempster, Bert Jones, ? Mann?, Roger Frogley 3-3 13-5 4.Ron Johnson, (Squib Burton, Frank Bond, Ray Tauser ALL DNF)0-3 13-8 5.Greenwood, Jones, Evans, Mann 4-2 17-10 6.Kempster, Spinks, Bromfield, Frogley 3-3 20-13 7.Bond, Burton, Mann, Jones 5-1 25-14 8.Greenwood, Bromfield, Evans, Datson 4-2 29-16 9.Johnson, Kempster, Frogley, Tauser 3-3 32-19
1931 16.07 : Wembley (4-heat second-half match)
UNOFFICIAL England 12 Overseas 12
Eric Langton 6 Lionel van Praag (Aus)
Buster Frogley Bluey Wilkinson (Aus)
Wally Hull Dick Case (Aus)
Squib Burton Morian Hansen (Den)

1933 16.10 : Wimbledon England 31 Overseas 32
UNOFFICIAL
Without their captain Harold "Tiger" Stevenson, injured at Lea Bridge two days earlier, England were nevertheless dominant in the early stages and led 24-11 after five races. Then they collapsed, and Overseas won all the remaining four heats to gain a slender one point victory. England held a two point lead going into the final race, but when Kitchen fell on the final bend of the last race while chasing Case, it was all over. This match used the 4-2-1-0 scoring system, which was standard throughout 1933.
Heat Details
F Fell M Time exclusion ns non-starter R Retired; Engine failure
rm remounted T Tapes/start exclusion X Excluded; Disqualified ' Bonus point
. Scheduled ride ( ) "Assumed" points score (heat results incomplete)
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 Total {short description of image}
Gus Kuhn 2 F - 2
Syd Jackson 1' 1 (0) 2 + 1
Bill Kitchen 4 4 F 8
Harrison 1 - 2 3
Tom Farndon 2' F 2 4 + 1
Gordon Byers 4 4 1' 9 + 1
res Tommy Croombs 2' 1 3 + 1
ENGLAND 3 8 14 20 24 25 28 29 31 31
OVERSEAS 4 6 7 8 11 17 21 27 32 32
Vic Huxley (Aus) 4 1 4 9
Max Grosskreutz(Aus) (0) (0) - 0
Ron Johnson (Aus) R 1' 2' 3 + 2
Bluey Wilkinson (Aus) 2 2 4 8
Dick Case (Aus) 1 4 4 9
Billy Lamont (Aus) (0) 2' - 2 + 1
res Wally Kilmister (NZ) (0) 1 1

1937 Overseas won series 3½ - 1½
OFFICIAL 15.06 : West Ham England 54 Overseas 53
03.07 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 54 Overseas 54
21.07 : New Cross England 43 Overseas 64
23.08 : Wimbledon England 32 Overseas 75
11.09 : Harringay (Att: 18,000) England 50 Overseas 57
England Total Overseas Total
Eric Langton 13 11© 13© - 14 51 Jack Milne (USA) 10 11 14© 16 16 67
Joe Abbott - 15 4 8 10 37 Lionel van Praag (Aus) 6© 10© 12 13 15 56
Bill Kitchen 11 12 - 10 4 37 Wilbur Lamoreaux (USA) 13 10 5 14 12 54
Jack Parker - - 9 5 7 21 Cordy Milne (USA) 13 7 7 11 3 41
George Newton 8 4 2 3 3 20 Eric Chitty (Can) - 13 13 5 9 40
Frank Varey - 11 - - - 11 Bluey Wilkinson (Aus) - - 13 4 - 17
Ginger Lees - 0 - 3 8 11 Eric Collins (Aus) - - - 12 - 12
Arthur Atkinson 9 1 0 - - 10 Dicky Case (Aus) 9 2 - - - 11
Harold Stevenson 9 - - - - 9 Dick Smythe (Aus) - - - - 2 2
Frank Charles 2 0 6 0 - 8 Charlie Spinks (Aus) 2 - - - - 2
Stan Greatrex - - 7 - - 7 Morian Hansen (Den) - 1 - - - 1
Tommy Croombs 2 - 2 2 - 6 Ron Johnson (Aus) 0 - - - 0 0
Jack Ormston - - - - 4 4
Claude Rye - - - 1 - 1
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{short description of image} All five programmes from the 1937 England v Overseas series.

This series replaced the planned England v Australia series, which was suspended after one match due to the weakness of the Australian team.		 {short description of image}

1940 31.08 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 44 Overseas 27
UNOFFICIAL
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Total
Jack Parker 3 3 3 2' 11 + 1
Jack Hargreaves 1 2' 1 3 7 + 1
Bill Kitchen 3 2 2' 3 10 + 1
Frank Varey 1 F 3 2 6
Oliver Hart 3 2 R 0 5
Norman Parker 1' 2 2' 5 + 2
Oliver Langton 0 0
ENGLAND 4 8 11 13 16 21 23 27 32 37 39 44 44
OVERSEAS 2 4 7 11 14 15 19 21 22 23 27 27 27
Eric Chitty (Can) 2 3 3 R 8
Ron Clarke (Eng) 0 1 1 1 3
Ron Johnson (Aus) 2 3 2 3 10
Clem Mitchell (Aus) 0 0 F 0 0
Bill Longley (Aus) 2 1 0 1 4
Fred Curtis (Aus) 1' 1 + 1
George Pepper (Can) 0 1 1

1942 27.06 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 35½ Overseas 35½
UNOFFICIAL
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Total
Eric Langton 3 3 2 8
Tommy Price 1 0 1' 1 3 + 1
Jack Parker 1 1½ 0 1 3½
Bill Pitcher R F 1 0 1
Bill Kitchen 2' 3 3 1' 9 + 2
Oliver Hart 3 2' 1 2 8 + 1
Alec Statham 3 3
ENGLAND 4 5 10 11½ 16½ 19½ 23½ 26½ 27½ 31½ 32½ 35½ 35½
OVERSEAS 2 7 8 12½ 12½ 15½ 17½ 20½ 25½ 27½ 32½ 35½ 35½
Eric Chitty (Can) 2 3 2 2 9
Ron Clarke (Eng) 0 1½ 0 0 1½
Ron Johnson (Aus) 3 R 3 3 9
Morian Hansen (Den) 2' R 0 2' 4 + 2
Bill Longley (Aus) 1 1' 2' 3 7 + 2
Doug McLachlan (A) 0 2 3 0 5
Phil "Tiger" Hart (A) did not ride -

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1943 1945

1943 10.07 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 41 Overseas 30
UNOFFICIAL
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Total
Frank Varey 1 3 3 3 10
Jack Parker 0 3 1 0 - 4
Bill Kitchen 3 3 1 2' 9 + 1
Oliver Hart 0 0 3 3 6
Norman Parker 3 3 2 8
Les Wotton R 1 0 1' 2 + 1
Tommy Price 2' 2 + 1
Bill Pitcher did not ride -
ENGLAND 1 4 7 10 14 18 21 24 28 33 38 41 41
OVERSEAS 5 8 10 13 15 17 20 23 25 26 27 30 30
Eric Chitty (Can) 2' 2 2 1 7 + 1
Ron Johnson (Aus) 3 1' 1' 0 5 + 2
Ron Clarke (Eng) 2 2 2 0 6
Morian Hansen (Den) 1' 0 1' 1 3 + 2
Bill Longley (Aus) R 0 - 3 3
Wally Lloyd (Aus) 2 2 0 - 4
Phil "Tiger" Hart (A) 2 2
Doug McLachlan (A) F 0
INTERNATIONAL SCRATCH RACE : Varey, Chitty, Kitchen, N Parker.

1945 15.09 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 33 Overseas 39
UNOFFICIAL
Note : Frank Varey was the non-riding England captain.
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Total
Bill Kitchen 3 2 3 2 10
Oliver Hart F R 1 0 1
Jack Parker 3 3 2' 2 10 + 1
Bill Pitcher 0 0 3 0 3
Tommy Price R 2 2 3 7
Stan Dell 1 1' 0 0 2 + 1
Ernie Appleby did not ride -
ENGLAND 3 6 7 10 13 15 17 21 26 28 30 33 33
OVERSEAS 3 6 11 14 17 21 25 27 28 32 36 39 39
Eric Chitty (Can) 2 2 3 3 10
Ron Clarke (Eng) 1' 1' 1 1 4 + 2
Ron Johnson (Aus) 2 2
Alec Statham (Eng) 1' 3 2 3 9 + 1
Bill Longley (Aus) 3 3 1 2 9
Wally Lloyd (Aus) 2' 1 0 1' 4 + 2
Jeff Lloyd (Eng) R 0 1 1

1948 24.07 : Bradford (Odsal) England 54 Overseas 53
UNOFFICIAL
England 54 Overseas 53 1: N Parker, Chitty, Clarke, Dolan X 4-2
2: Statham, Johnson, Waterman, Lamoreaux 4-2 8-4
3: Duggan, Longley, Hart, Price 1-5 9-9
4: Gilbert, Lamoreaux, Johnson, N Parker F 3-3 12-12
5: Statham, Duggan, Longley, Waterman 3-3 15-15
6: Hart, Chitty, Price, Dolan 4-2 19-17
7: Longley, Duggan, J Parker, N Parker R 1-5 20-22
8: Chitty, Statham, Biggs, Waterman 2-4 22-26
9: Price, Hart, Lamoreaux R, Johnson X 5-0 27-26
10: N Parker, Chitty, J Parker, Menzies 4-2 31-28
11: Statham, Johnson, Gilbert, Lamoreaux 4-2 35-30 12: Duggan, Price, Hart, Longley F 3-3 38-33
13: N Parker, Lamoreaux, J Parker, Johnson 4-2 42-35 14: Longley, Gilbert, Duggan, Statham 2-4 44-39
15: Hart, Chitty, Dolan, Price 3-3 47-42
16: Longley, Duggan, N Parker, J Parker FX 1-5 48-47 17: Gilbert, Statham, Chitty, Biggs 5-1 53-48
18: Lamoreaux, Johnson, Price, Hart 1-5 54-53.
1 Jack Parker - - 1 1 1 FX 3 1 Frank Dolan (Aus) X 0 - - 1' - 1+1
2 Norman Parker 3 F R 3 3 1 10 2 Eric Chitty (Can) 2 2 3 2 2 1 12
3 Split Waterman 1 0 0 - - - 1 3 Ron Johnson (Aus) 2 1' X 2 0 2' 7+2
4 Alec Statham 3 3 2 3 0 2' 13+1 4 W Lamoreaux (USA) 0 2 R 0 2 3 7
5 Oliver Hart 1 3 2' 1' 3 0 10+2 5 Vic Duggan (Aus) 3 2 2' 3 1 2' 13+2
6 Ernie Price 0 1 3 2 0 1 7 6 Bill Longley (Aus) 2' 1' 3 F 3 3 12+2
7res Bill Gilbert 3 1 2 3 9 7res Jack Biggs (Aus) 1 0 1
8res Ron Clarke 1 1 8res Andy Menzies (Aus) 0 0
Excellent racing at Odsal with England just winning thanks to reserve Bill Gilbert (a late replacement for Tommy Price) who successfully replaced out-of-touch Split Waterman. Jack Parker, who arrived late by taxi after his car had broken down, missed his first two rides. The Overseas team were missing the injured Australian pair, Max Grosskreutz and Aub Lawson.
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1948 1949

1949 03.10 : Wimbledon England 70 Overseas 38
UNOFFICIAL Norman Parker 15 Bill Longley (Aus) 9
Louis Lawson 15 Graham Warren (Aus) 8
Jack Parker 11 Wilbur Lamoreaux (USA) 6
Cyril Brine 9 Jimmy Gibb (Can) 6
Cyril Roger 6 Aub Lawson (Aus) 5
Malcolm Craven 5 Ray Duggan (Aus) 2
Bill Gilbert 5 Cliff Watson (Aus) 1
Tommy Price 4 Pee Wee Cullum (USA)

1950 12.05 : Harringay staged a 4-heat second-half match in which Little (?) England beat Overseas 16-8
UNOFFICIAL Little England: Danny Dunton (3 3) 6, Bill Gilbert (2' 3) 5, Bill Kitchen (3 0) 3, Split Waterman (0 2') 2
Overseas: Vic Duggan (Aus)(2 1') 3, Jack Biggs (Aus)(1' 2) 3, Eric Chitty (Can)(1 1) 2, Pee Wee Cullum (USA)(0) 0

1951 22.09 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 55 Overseas 52
UNOFFICIAL
England Overseas
Jack Parker © 0 0 - - - - 0 Aub Lawson © 2 2 3 2 1 1' 11+1 {short description of image}
Cyril Brine 3 1 2' 1 2 0 9+1 Eric Chitty (Can) 1' 0 2' 0 0 2 5+2
Norman Parker 0 1 0 1 2' 0 4+1 Henry Long (Sth Af) 2 1' 1 0 1' 2 7+2
Ken Sharples 3 3 3 3 3 2 17 Ron Johnston (NZ) 1' 2 0 2 2 1' 8+2
Louis Lawson 2 3 0 1 0 0 6 Bruce Abernethy (NZ) 1 2' 1' 0 R 1 5+2
Tommy Miller 0 0 1 3 3 3 10 Ronnie Moore (NZ) 3 3 2 2 3 3 16
Len Williams 3 3 R 3 9 Junior Bainbridge (Aus) d n r -
Len Read did not ride - Mick Holland (NZ) did not ride -
1: Brine, A Lawson, Chitty, J Parker 3-3 3-3 2: Sharples, Long, Johnston, N Parker 3-3 6-6 3: Moore, L Lawson, Abernethy, Miller 2-4 8-10 4: Sharples, A Lawson, N Parker, Chitty 4-2 12-12 5: L Lawson, Johnston, Long, Miller 3-3 15-15 6: Moore, Abernethy, Brine, J Parker 1-5 16-20 7: A Lawson, Chitty, Miller, L Lawson 1-5 17-25 8: Williams, Brine, Long, Johnston 5-1 22-26 9: Sharples, Moore, Abernethy, N Parker 3-3 25-29 10: Williams, A Lawson, Brine, Chitty 4-2 29-31 11: Sharples, Johnston, N Parker, Long 4-2 33-33 12: Miller, Moore, L Lawson, Abernethy 4-2 37-35 13: Sharples, N Parker, A Lawson, Chitty 5-1 42-36 14: Miller, Johnston, Long, L Lawson 3-3 45-39 15: Moore, Brine, Williams R, Abernethy R 2-3 47-42 16: Miller, Chitty, A Lawson, L Lawson 3-3 50-45 17: Williams, Long, Johnston, Brine 3-3 53-48 18: Moore, Sharples, Abernethy, N Parker 2-4 55-52

1957 17.07 : Norwich England 60 Overseas 48
UNOFFICIAL Ken McKinlay 16 Rune Sormander (Swe) 17
Billy Bales 13 Aub Lawson (Aus) 9
Phil Clarke 10 Junior Bainbridge (Aus) 7
George White 10 Ove Fundin (Swe) 5
Bob Roger 5 Peter Moore (Aus) 5
Nigel Boocock 4 Peter Clark (NZ) 4
Harry Edwards 2 Dan Forsberg (Swe) 1
UNOFFICIAL 12.08 : Exeter England 46 Overseas 50
(Att: 6,950) Ken Middleditch 11 Peter Moore (Aus) 13
Dick Bradley 9 Ove Fundin (Swe) 11
Peter Craven 8 Neil Street (Aus) 11
Bob Roger 7 Jack Biggs (Aus) 8
George White 6 Aub Lawson (Aus) 4
Francis Cann 4 Birger Forsberg (Swe) 3
Geoff Pymar 1 Bob Duckworth (NZ) 0

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1957 programmes

1961 23.09 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 46 Overseas 38
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England Pts-Bns-R
Peter Craven 14-0-5
Bob Andrews 11-0-4
Dick Fisher 8-4-5
Jim Yacoby 5-0-3
Eric Williams 4-0-4
Cyril Maidment 4-2-4
Jack Kitchen 0-0-3
Overseas
Ronnie Moore (NZ) 11-1-5
Bryce Subritzky (NZ) 8-0-6
Trevor Redmond (NZ) 7-2-5
Ray Cresp (Aus) 6-0-4
Jack Scott (Aus) 4-0-4
Peter Moore (Aus) 2-1-4

Contributors : Wally Auckram, Del Carruthers, Roger Stevens, Jim Henry, Ross Garrigan

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