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Great Britain v Soviet Union

The Soviet Union team were billed as, at various times, Soviet Russia or Russia

1963 This planned series was cancelled just days before it was scheduled to begin.
Further details are at EXTRA !!! Page 1

1964 Great Britain won series 3-0
OFFICIAL 04.07 : Wembley Great Britain 73 Soviet Russia 35 Att: 26,800
08.07 : Coventry Great Britain 56 Soviet Russia 52
11.07 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) Great Britain 71 Soviet Russia 37
Great Britain Pts-Bns-R
Ron How 16-0-6 12-0-6 14-3-6 42-3-18
Nigel Boocock 16-0-6 11-1-6 12-3-6 39-4-18 {short description of image}
Ken McKinlay 5-2-4 14-1-6 11-2-5 30-5-15
Barry Briggs 16-1-6 1-1-4 12-3-6 29-5-16
Dick Fisher - 5-3-6 13-2-6 18-5-12
Ron Mountford - 7-2-6 7-0-4 14-2-10
Brian Brett 7-3-6 6-0-2 0-0-1 13-3-9
Mike Broadbank 10-3-6 - - 10-3-6
Leo McAuliffe 2-1-1 - - 2-1-1
Gordon McGregor - - 2-1-2 2-1-2
Ray Cresp 1-1-1 - - 1-1-1
Soviet Russia Pts-Bns-R
Igor Plechanov 16-0-6 15-1-6 14-0-6 45-1-18
Boris Samorodov 9-0-6 16-0-6 9-0-6 34-0-18
Gabdrakhman Kadirov 3-0-6 4-3-6 9-0-6 16-3-18
Gennady Kurilenko 4-0-6 9-0-6 2-0-6 15-0-18
Yuri Chekranov 2-0-6 8-2-6 2-1-6 12-3-18
Anatoli Gruzintsev 0-0-2 0-0-6 1-0-6 1-0-14
Vitaly Shilo 1-0-4 - - 1-0-4

1965 Great Britain won series 5-0
OFFICIAL 05.07 : Wimbledon Great Britain 71 Soviet Russia 36
07.07 : Coventry Great Britain 66 Soviet Russia 42
08.07 : Sheffield Great Britain 73 Soviet Russia 35
14.07 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) Great Britain 69 Soviet Russia 39
16.07 : Newport (Somerton Park) Great Britain 63 Soviet Russia 45
Great Britain Pts-Bns-R
Barry Briggs 17-0-6 18-0-6 17-0-6 17-0-6 14-0-6 83-0-30
Nigel Boocock 16-1-6 16-1-6 17-0-6 15-2-6 6-2-6 70-6-30
Ken McKinlay 10-3-6 9-3-6 9-4-6 10-1-6 15-0-6 53-11-30
Charlie Monk 14-0-6 7-1-4 15-1-6 3-1-3 11-2-6 50-5-25
George Hunter 6-2-6 6-3-5 - 0-0-2 7-3-5 19-8-18
Cyril Maidment - - 6-2-4 7-3-4 - 13-5-8
{short description of image} Dick Fisher - - - 11-2-6 - 11-2-6
Jack Kitchen - - 4-2-2 6-0-3 - 10-2-5
Jimmy Gooch - - - - 8-1-5 8-1-5
Jim Lightfoot - 8-0-6 - - - 8-0-6
Clive Featherby - - 5-2-5 - - 5-2-5
Trevor Hedge 3-1-2 - - - - 3-1-2
Reg Luckhurst 3-1-2 - - - - 3-1-2
Jim Airey - 2-0-3 - - - 2-0-3
Ron How 2-1-2 - - - - 2-1-2
Alby Golden - - - - 1-0-1 1-0-1
Peter Vandenberg - - - - 1-0-1 1-0-1
Billy Bales - - 0-0-1 - - 0-0-1
Mike Broadbank - 0-0-1 - - - 0-0-1
Soviet Russia Pts-Bns-R
Igor Plechanov 10-0-6 10-2-6 15-1-6 15-0-6 12-0-6 62-3-30
Gennady Kurilenko 3-1-6 12-0-6 3-0-6 8-0-6 14-0-6 40-1-30
Vladimir Sokolov 13-0-6 0-0-3 9-0-6 6-0-6 7-1-6 35-1-27
Only one programme design was used for Yuri Chekranov 2-1-6 8-3-6 3-0-6 5-1-6 5-1-6 23-6-30
each of these series. Gabdrakhman Kadirov 8-0-6 0-0-6 5-1-6 3-1-6 2-2-6 18-4-30
Valentin Moiseyev - 10-0-6 0-0-2 0-0-3 5-1-6 15-1-17
Sergei Lyatosinsky - 2-1-3 - - - 2-1-3
Vladimir Kornev 0-0-5 - 0-0-4 2-0-3 - 2-0-12
Boris Samorodov 0-0-1 - - - - 0-0-1

1968 Great Britain raced Russia at both West Ham and Exeter in the World League

Contributors : Roger Stevens

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