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England v USA - 1937 to 1989

1937 30.08 : Wimbledon
UNOFFICIAL England Test Riders 51 USA 57
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Claude Rye 0 0 - - - - 0 Byrd McKinney 1' 1 ret 1 0 1 4 + 1
Frank Charles 2 0 1 0 1' 0 4 + 1 Jack Milne 3 3 3 3 3 3 18
Joe Abbott 1' 2 3 2 2 1 11 + 1 Pete Colman 0 0 2' 1 0 0 3 + 1
Bill Kitchen 2' 2 2' 3 2 2 13 + 2 Cordy Milne 1 2 2 0 3 3 11
Ginger Lees 3 1' 3 1 1' 0 9 + 2 Manuel Trujillo 0 1' 0 2 1 2' 6 + 2
Geoff Pymar 1 0 f,ns 1
Tommy Croombs 2 1' 3 + 1
1: Parker, Lamoreaux, McKinney, Rye 3-3 3-3
2: J Milne, Charles, Abbott, Colman 3-3 6-6
3: Lees, Kitchen, C Milne, Trujillo 5-1 11-7
4: Lamoreaux, Abbott, McKinney, Charles 2-4 13-11
5: J Milne, Kitchen, Lees, Colman 3-3 16-14
6: Parker, C Milne, Trujillo, Rye 3-3 19-17
7: Lees, Kitchen, Lamoreaux, McKinney ret 5-1 24-18
8: J Milne, Colman, Pymar, Parker 1-5 25-23
9: Abbott, C Milne, Charles, Trujillo 4-2 29-25		 10: Lamoreaux, Parker, McKinney, Pymar 2-4 31-29
11: J Milne, Abbott, Colman, Charles 2-4 33-33
12: Kitchen Trujillo, Lees, C Milne 4-2 37-35
13: Lamoreaux, Abbott, Charles, McKinney 3-3 40-38
14: J Milne, Kitchen, Lees, Colman 3-3 43-41
15: C Milne, Croombs, Trujillo, Parker, Pymar f,ns 2-4 45-45
16: Lamoreaux, Kitchen, McKinney, Lees 2-4 47-49
17: J Milne, Parker, Croombs, Colman 3-3 50-52
18: C Milne, Trujillo, Abbott, Charles 1-5 51-57

1951 See England C v USA

1980 USA won series 3½-1½
OFFICIAL 01.05 : Wimbledon (Att: 7,000) England 54 USA 54
03.05 : Cradley Heath England 62 USA 46
07.05 : Hull (Boulevard) England 47 USA 61
14.05 : Poole England 44 USA 63
24.05 : Swindon England 49 USA 59
Eng v USA 1980 Wimbledon Eng v USA 1980 Cradley Heath Eng v USA 1980 Hull Eng v Hull 1980 Poole
{short description of image} England Pts-Bns-R
Michael Lee 9-0-6 12-1-6 10-1-6 2-1-4 12-0-6 45-3-28
Dave Jessup - 17-0-6 - 13-1-6 12-1-6 42-2-18
John Louis 11-2-6 8-0-6 11-0-6 0-0-3 10-0-6 40-2-27
Peter Collins 11-1-6 9-3-6 0-0-1 11-1-6 8-2-6 39-7-25
Chris Morton 12-1-6 7-3-4 3-2-6 4-0-4 1-0-3 27-6-23
John Davis 7-1-6 0-0-2 11-1-6 - 2-1-5 20-3-19
Kenny Carter 0-0-1 - 7-0-5 - 4-0-4 11-0-10
Phil Collins - 9-2-6 2-1-4 0-0-2 - 11-3-12
Malcolm Simmons 4-1-3 - - 7-0-5 - 11-1-8
Les Collins 0-0-2 0-0-1 - 7-0-6 - 7-0-9
Frank Auffret - - 3-0-2 - - 3-0-2
USA Pts-Bns-R
Bruce Penhall 13-1-6 15-0-6 14-0-6 16-1-6 14-0-6 72-2-30
Scott Autrey 15-0-6 8-2-6 14-0-6 12-2-6 15-1-6 64-5-30
Dennis Sigalos 7-1-6 12-1-6 15-0-6 9-0-6 15-0-6 58-2-30
Bobby Schwartz 8-4-6 4-1-6 9-4-6 10-4-6 4-2-6 35-15-30
Steve Gresham 3-2-6 4-0-6 7-2-5 10-0-5 5-1-6 29-5-28
Ron Preston 8-2-6 3-1-6 1-0-4 2-0-3 - 14-3-19
Shawn Moran - - 1-0-2 4-2-4 6-1-6 11-3-12
John Cook - 0-0-1 0-0-1 - - 0-0-2

1981 England won series 4-1
OFFICIAL 26.04 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 60 USA 48 Att: 4,000
29.04 : Poole England 55 USA 53
02.05 : Swindon England 64 USA 43
07.05 : Ipswich England 44 USA 52 abandoned - result stands
10.05 : Cradley Heath England 69 USA 38
England Pts-Bns-R
Dave Jessup 12-2-5 11-1-5 13-1-6 11-0-5 17-0-6 64-4-27 {short description of image}
Michael Lee 14-1-6 9-2-6 16-0-6 6-2-6 13-1-6 58-6-30
Chris Morton 13-0-6 10-3-6 9-2-6 10-1-5 14-2-6 56-8-29
Gordon Kennett - 12-1-6 7-2-6 11-1-6 9-2-6 39-6-24
Les Collins 8-1-6 8-0-6 6-1-3 - - 22-2-15
Alan Grahame 5-0-2 - - 1-1-1 10-3-6 16-4-9
Steve Bastable 0-0-1 - 13-1-6 - - 13-1-7
John Davis - 5-0-4 0-0-3 4-1-5 - 9-1-12
Phil Collins 2-1-4 - - - 6-2-6 8-3-10
Ian Cartwright 6-1-6 - - - - 6-1-6
Kevin Jolly - - - 1-1-4 - 1-1-4
Malcolm Simmons - 0-0-2 - - - 0-0-2
Kevin Smith - 0-0-1 - - - 0-0-1
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USA
Bruce Penhall 15-0-6 14-2-6 11-0-6 12-2-6 9-0-6 61-4-30
Bobby Schwartz 6-4-6 6-0-6 8-2-6 9-1-5 10-1-6 39-8-29
Dennis Sigalos 8-0-6 15-0-6 0-0-4 11-1-5 1-0-3 35-1-24
Scott Autrey 5-0-3 9-1-6 5-1-6 9-0-5 3-0-4 31-2-24
Steve Gresham 10-0-6 0-0-3 10-0-6 3-0-5 - 23-0-20
Kelly Moran - 3-1-4 9-0-6 - 5-1-6 17-2-16
John Cook - - 0-0-1 8-1-6 3-1-3 11-2-10
Ron Preston 3-0-2 6-0-5 - - - 9-0-7
Shawn Moran 1-0-4 - 0-0-1 - 7-0-6 8-0-11
Keith Chrisco - - - - 0-0-2 0-0-2
Larry Kosta 0-0-3 - - - - 0-0-3
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1982 USA won series 3-2
OFFICIAL 29.04 : Wimbledon England 63 USA 45
02.05 : Swindon England 47 USA 60
06.05 : Ipswich England 42 USA 66
09.05 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) (Att: 8,000) England 61 USA 47
19.05 : Poole England 39 USA 69
England Pts-Bns-R
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Chris Morton 5-1-4 10-1-5 7-0-5 15-0-6 3-1-4 40-3-24
Dave Jessup 6-2-5 12-1-6 8-0-6 2-2-3 1-0-2 29-5-22
Malcolm Simmons 12-0-6 6-0-6 - 3-0-2 6-0-6 27-0-20
Alan Grahame 6-0-4 3-0-4 0-0-2 8-2-5 7-0-5 24-2-20
Peter Collins - - - 14-1-6 - 14-1-6
Andy Grahame 9-1-5 - 0-0-3 5-1-5 - 14-2-13
John Davis 8-3-4 0-0-1 - - 2-0-5 10-3-10
Michael Lee - 2-0-4 7-0-6 - 1-0-3 10-0-13
Les Collins - - - 3-0-3 4-0-5 7-0-8
Gordon Kennett 0-0-2 - 4-1-5 - - 4-1-7
Steve Bastable - 3-1-4 - - - 3-1-4
Poole programme (above), and for the Kevin Jolly - - 1-0-3 - - 1-0-3
original rained-off match (below)
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USA Pts-Bns-R
Shawn Moran 13-0-6 12-0-6 14-2-6 13-0-6 15-2-6 67-4-30
Dennis Sigalos 13-2-6 10-0-6 13-0-6 14-0-6 15-0-6 65-2-30
Bruce Penhall 9-2-6 12-2-6 14-1-6 13-0-6 14-0-6 62-5-30
Kelly Moran 3-2-6 9-2-6 11-3-6 5-1-6 12-3-6 40-11-30
Bobby Schwartz 6-0-6 1-1-2 8-2-6 1-1-4 8-6-6 24-10-24
Scott Autrey 1-0-3 11-2-6 5-1-3 1-0-4 5-3-6 23-6-22
John Cook 0-0-2 5-0-4 1-0-3 - - 6-0-9
Steve Gresham - - - 0-0-2 - 0-0-2
Lance King - - - 0-0-2 - 0-0-2
Brad Oxley 0-0-1 - - - - 0-0-1

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1983 England won series 3-2
OFFICIAL 21.04 : Wimbledon England 43 USA 64
24.04 : Swindon England 57 USA 51
04.05 : Poole England 63 USA 45
05.05 : Ipswich England 42 USA 66
08.05 : Sheffield England 58 USA 50 Att: 7,000
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Chris Morton 10-1-6 16-0-6 3-1-5 9-1-6 14-0-6 52-3-29
Kenny Carter 4-1-5 5-2-5 16-1-6 13-0-6 13-1-6 51-5-28
Peter Collins 6-1-6 8-2-6 10-3-6 0-0-4 16-0-6 40-6-28
Simon Wigg - 10-0-6 12-1-6 9-0-6 - 31-1-18
Dave Jessup 4-0-5 12-1-6 6-0-5 7-0-6 - 29-1-22
Michael Lee 4-0-3 - 12-1-6 3-0-3 4-1-5 23-2-17
John Davis 6-1-5 4-0-3 3-0-1 0-0-3 - 13-1-12
Malcolm Simmons 9-2-6 0-0-1 - - - 9-2-7
Les Collins 0-0-0 ‡ - - - 5-0-6 5-0-6
Neil Collins - - - 1-1-2 4-0-2 5-1-4
Steve Bastable - - - - 2-1-4 2-1-4
Gordon Kennett - 2-0-3 - - - 2-0-3
Kevin Smith - - 1-1-1 - - 1-1-1
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‡ 1 ride - fell, non-starter (injured)
USA
Dennis Sigalos 18-0-6 11-1-6 11-1-6 15-0-6 13-0-6 68-2-30
Bobby Schwartz 16-1-6 11-1-6 7-0-6 16-0-6 11-1-6 61-3-30
Shawn Moran 14-0-6 6-0-6 8-2-6 18-0-6 12-0-6 58-2-30
Kelly Moran 3-0-6 10-1-6 11-0-6 6-2-5 5-2-6 35-5-29
Lance King 9-4-6 10-1-6 6-0-6 4-2-6 3-1-6 32-8-30
John Cook - - 2-0-6 6-2-6 6-1-5 14-3-17
Mike Faria 4-0-6 3-0-6 - - - 7-0-12
Rick Miller - - - 1-0-1 - 1-0-1
Steve Gresham - - - - 0-0-1 0-0-1
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1984 USA won series 4-1
OFFICIAL 14.04 : Swindon England 50 USA 58
29.04 : Sheffield (Att: 6,500) England 58 USA 50
05.05 : Cradley Heath England 49 USA 59
07.05 : Ipswich England 36 USA 72
09.05 : Poole England 50 USA 58
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Chris Morton 13-0-6 9-2-6 2-0-4 9-1-6 4-3-5 37-6-27
Simon Wigg 7-2-6 10-1-6 10-1-6 - 9-0-6 36-4-24
Michael Lee - 16-0-6 12-0-6 0-0-2 7-1-4 35-1-18
Peter Collins 6-2-6 10-1-6 8-0-6 - 7-0-5 31-3-23
Dave Jessup 12-1-6 10-1-6 0-0-2 3-1-4 - 25-3-18
Phil Collins 2-1-5 - 10-1-6 - 9-0-4 21-2-15
Alan Grahame - - 5-0-4 - 10-2-6 15-2-10
Kenny Carter 10-1-6 - - - - 10-1-6
Richard Knight - - - 8-0-4 - 8-0-4
Kelvin Tatum 0-0-1 - - 6-0-6 - 6-0-7
Jeremy Doncaster - - - 5-0-5 - 5-0-5
Paul Woods - - - 4-1-6 - 4-1-6
John Davis 0-0-1 - - - 3-0-2 3-0-3
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Andy Grahame - - 2-0-3 - - 2-0-3
Les Collins - 1-1-3 - - - 1-1-3
John Louis - - - 1-0-4 - 1-0-4
Kevin Smith - - - - 1-0-4 1-0-4
USA Pts-Bns-R
Shawn Moran 12-0-6 15-0-6 13-0-6 18-0-6 15-0-6 73-0-30
Dennis Sigalos 17-0-6 14-1-6 14-0-6 15-1-6 - 60-2-24
John Cook 13-0-6 9-2-6 12-0-6 13-1-6 8-3-6 55-6-30
Lance King 6-3-6 7-1-6 6-3-6 11-3-6 12-1-6 42-11-30
Bobby Schwartz 6-2-6 5-1-6 7-2-6 9-3-6 13-1-6 40-9-30
Sam Ermolenko 4-0-6 0-0-5 7-2-6 5-2-5 1-0-6 17-4-28
Rick Miller 0-0-1 0-0-1 - 1-0-1 8-1-6 9-1-9
Steve Lucero - - - - 1-0-1 1-0-1
Robert Pfetzing - - - 0-0-1 - 0-0-1
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1985 USA won series 3-0
OFFICIAL 01.09 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 48 USA 58 Att: 5,000
06.09 : Ipswich England 50 USA 58
08.09 : Swindon England 42 USA 66
England Pts-Bns-R USA Pts-Bns-R
Jeremy Doncaster 7-0-5 12-0-6 8-0-6 27-0-17 Shawn Moran 10-1-6 17-0-6 13-1-6 40-2-18
Richard Knight 6-1-4 10-0-6 6-1-5 22-2-15 John Cook 14-1-6 10-1-6 9-1-5 33-3-17
Kelvin Tatum 6-0-6 1-0-4 12-0-6 19-0-16 Lance King 6-1-6 8-2-6 17-0-6 31-3-18
Phil Collins 7-1-5 5-1-3 4-1-6 16-3-14 Bobby Schwartz 9-1-6 7-0-4 10-1-4 26-2-14
Simon Wigg 9-0-5 7-2-6 - 16-2-11 Rick Miller 10-1-5 5-2-6 9-1-6 24-4-17
John Davis 3-0-2 3-1-4 9-0-6 15-1-12 Sam Ermolenko 6-0-6 10-1-6 6-3-6 22-4-18
Dave Jessup - 12-2-6 - 12-2-6 Eddie Ingels 3-0-4 1-0-2 2-0-2 6-0-8
Neil Collins 7-3-6 - - 7-3-6 Kelly Moran - 0-0-2 - 0-0-2
Malcolm Simmons - - 3-1-5 3-1-5 Mike Rooney 0-0-1 - 0-0-1 0-0-2
Andy Smith 3-1-4 - 0-0-1 3-1-5
Carl Blackbird - 0-0-1 - 0-0-1
Neil Evitts - - 0-0-1 0-0-1
Eng v USA 1985 Belle Vue Eng v USA 1985 Ipswich Eng v USA 1985 Swindon

1986 England won series 3-0
OFFICIAL 10.08 : Sheffield England 60 USA 48 Att: 6,000
13.08 : Oxford England 60 USA 47 Att: 5,000
14.08 : Ipswich England 62 USA 43
England Pts-Bns-R
Simon Wigg 16-0-6 15-0-6 9-1-6 40-1-18
Jeremy Doncaster 7-2-6 12-0-6 15-1-6 34-3-18
{short description of image} Marvyn Cox 5-2-5 12-2-6 6-1-5 23-5-16
Chris Morton 12-0-5 2-0-5 8-2-6 22-2-16
Kelvin Tatum - 13-2-6 - 13-2-6
Neil Evitts 5-2-5 3-1-3 4-2-3 12-5-11
Andrew Silver - 3-1-3 7-1-3 10-2-6
Neil Collins 9-2-6 - - 9-2-6
Richard Knight - 0-0-1 8-0-4 8-0-5
Carl Blackbird - - 5-1-3 5-1-3
Peter Carr 5-1-3 - - 5-1-3
Phil Collins 1-0-1 - - 1-0-1
USA Pts-Bns-R
Shawn Moran 14-1-6 10-0-6 14-0-6 38-1-18
Lance King 13-0-6 7-2-6 7-0-6 27-2-18
Sam Ermolenko 8-1-6 6-2-6 11-0-6 25-3-18
A single programme design for the Rick Miller 5-2-6 11-1-6 4-1-6 20-4-18
three matches in this series. John Cook 4-0-6 10-1-6 4-1-6 18-2-18
Bobby Schwartz 4-1-6 3-2-6 3-0-6 10-3-18
Sean Diiullo - 0-0-1 - 0-0-1

1987 England won series 2-0 (1 abandoned)
OFFICIAL 13.08 : Ipswich England 55 USA 52
21.08 : Hackney England 34 USA 36 abandoned
30.08 : Sheffield England 59 USA 49 Att: 3,500
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Simon Cross 12-2-6 (5-1-4) 14-2-6 26-4-12
Jeremy Doncaster 16-0-6 (7-0-4) 7-1-5 23-1-11
Kelvin Tatum 6-2-5 (11-0-4) 11-3-6 17-5-11
Simon Wigg 6-1-6 (3-0-3) 6-1-5 12-2-11
Marvyn Cox 8-0-5 (0-0-1) 4-1-4 12-1-9
Chris Morton 3-1-4 - 8-0-6 11-1-10
Peter Carr - - 9-0-3 9-0-3
Andrew Silver 4-2-3 (5-0-4) - 4-2-3
Richard Knight 0-0-1 - - 0-0-1
Paul Thorp - (1-0-1) 0-0-1 0-0-1
Martin Dugard - (2-1-3) - -
USA Pts-Bns-R
Shawn Moran 18-0-6 (4-1-3) 10-0-6 28-0-12
Sam Ermolenko 11-0-6 (10-1-4) 12-0-6 23-0-12
Rick Miller 11-1-6 (7-0-4) 9-1-6 20-2-12 One programme design used throughout
Lance King 6-3-6 (3-1-4) 8-1-6 14-4-12 this series
Kelly Moran - (5-0-4) 9-1-6 9-1-6
Ronnie Correy 3-1-6 (5-1-4) 0-0-3 3-1-9
Robert Pfetzing 3-1-6 (2-0-1) - 3-1-6
Randy Green - - 1-0-3 1-0-3

1988 England raced USA at Bradford in the Diamond Jubilee Series

1989 England won series 2-1
OFFICIAL 02.07 : Cradley Heath England 64 USA 44
14.07 : Belle Vue (Kirkmanshulme Lane) England 53 USA 54
30.07 : Swindon England 75 USA 32
England Pts-Bns-R USA Pts-Bns-R
Jeremy Doncaster 13-1-6 4-2-5 14-1-6 31-4-17 Lance King 12-1-6 13-0-6 12-0-6 37-1-18
Kelvin Tatum 12-2-6 - 15-1-6 27-3-12 Shawn Moran 7-0-5 12-1-6 9-0-6 28-1-17
Simon Cross 11-1-5 11-1-6 - 22-2-11 Sam Ermolenko 11-1-6 13-2-6 - 24-3-12
Andrew Silver - 10-1-6 10-4-6 20-5-12 Robert Pfetzing 4-0-5 11-1-6 5-2-6 20-3-17
Martin Dugard 0-0-1 6-3-6 11-4-5 17-7-12 Rick Miller 4-1-6 0-0-4 6-0-6 10-1-16
Paul Thorp 10-0-6 7-1-5 0-0-1 17-1-12 Ronnie Correy 6-2-6 3-0-2 - 9-2-8
Richard Knight 8-1-6 - 8-4-6 16-5-12 Greg Hancock 0-0-1 2-2-4 0-0-6 2-2-11
Neil Evitts - - 15-0-6 15-0-6 Bart Bast 0-0-2 0-0-1 0-0-6 0-0-9
Chris Morton - 14-0-6 - 14-0-6
Alan Grahame 10-2-6 - - 10-2-6
Sean Wilson - - 2-1-1 2-1-1
Neil Collins - 1-1-1 - 1-1-1
Andy Smith - 0-0-1 - 0-0-1

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This programme design was used for all three matches in the 1989 series

No series was held in 1990
For details of England v USA 1991 to date, click here

Contributors : Roger Stevens

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