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Great Britain v Sweden
| 1961 | Great Britain won series 5-0 | Complete heat details here | |||
| OFFICIAL | 12.07 : Norwich | Great Britain | 58 | Sweden | 50 |
| 13.07 : Oxford | Great Britain | 69 | Sweden | 39 | |
| 14.07 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) | Great Britain | 68 | Sweden | 40 | |
| 17.07 : Wimbledon | Great Britain | 77 | Sweden | 31 | |
| 18.07 : Southampton | Great Britain | 57 | Sweden | 51 | |
| Great Britain | Total | Sweden | Total | ||||||||||||
| Peter Craven | 12 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 71 | Bjorn Knutsson | 11 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 66 | ||
| Ronnie Moore | 11 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 62 | Ove Fundin | 18 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 64 | ||
| Barry Briggs | 8 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 59 | Soren Sjosten | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 27 | ||
| Ron How | 7 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 47 | Gote Nordin | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 22 | ||
| Bob Andrews | 9 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 39 | Rune Sormander | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | ||
| Johnnie Chamberlain | 11 | - | 11 | - | - | 22 | Bengt Brannefors | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Ronnie Genz | - | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | Evert Andersson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Cyril Maidment | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | Arne Carlsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Peter Moore | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | |||||||||
| Chum Taylor | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Jack Young | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Les Owen | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |||||||||
| Jack Scott | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
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| 1967 | Sweden won series 3-2 | Complete heat details here | |||
| OFFICIAL | 15.06 : Wimbledon | Great Britain | 46 | Sweden | 62 |
| 17.06 : Coventry | Great Britain | 46 | Sweden | 62 | |
| 21.06 : Newport (Somerton Park) | Great Britain | 62 | Sweden | 46 | |
| 23.06 : Glasgow (White City) | Great Britain | 66 | Sweden | 41 | |
| 26.06 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) * | Great Britain | 44 | Sweden | 63 | |
| * Original date : 24.06 (rained-off) | |||||
| Great Britain | Total | Sweden | Total | ||||||||||||
| Eric Boocock | 4 | - | 15 | 15 | 12 | 46 | Gote Nordin | 17 | 14 | - | 12 | 8 | 51 | ||
| Nigel Boocock | 4 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 39 | Olle Nygren | 16 | 8 | - | 10 | 9 | 43 | ||
| Barry Briggs | - | - | 11 | 12 | 14 | 37 | Torbjorn Harrysson | 6 | 14 | 15 | - | 7 | 42 | ||
| Ivan Mauger | 6 | 4 | - | 7 | - | 17 | Ove Fundin | 13 | 11 | 11 | - | - | 35 | ||
| Charlie Monk | - | - | 12 | 5 | - | 17 | Anders Michanek | - | - | 11 | 7 | 12 | 30 | ||
| Ray Wilson | 6 | 5 | - | - | 6 | 17 | Bernt Persson | 0 | - | 6 | 10 | 14 | 30 | ||
| Ken McKinlay | - | 12 | - | 0 | 4 | 16 | Bengt Jansson | 9 | 7 | 1 | - | 6 | 23 | ||
| Reg Luckhurst | 13 | - | - | - | - | 13 | Gunnar Malmqvist | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 19 | ||
| Rick France | - | 11 | - | - | - | 11 | Bo Josefsson | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| Trevor Hedge | 10 | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | Bengt Larsson | - | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| Terry Betts | 3 | - | 7 | - | - | 10 | Nils Ringstrom | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| George Hunter | - | - | - | 9 | - | 9 | Leif Soderberg | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Ron Mountford | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | 6 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Gooch | - | - | 5 | - | - | 5 | |||||||||
| Jon Erskine | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | |||||||||
| Jim Airey | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | |||||||||
| Cyril Maidment | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Arnold Haley | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Norman Hunter | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Lightfoot | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | |||||||||
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| The above programme designs were used for all matches in that years' series | ||
| 1968 | Sweden won series 2-1 | Complete heat details here | |||
| OFFICIAL | 21.06 : Wolverhampton | Great Britain | 52 | Sweden | 55 |
| 22.06 : Coatbridge | Great Britain | 37 | Sweden | 71 | |
| 20.07 : Swindon | Great Britain | 62 | Sweden | 46 | |
| Great Britain | Pts-Bns-R | Sweden | Pts-Bns-R | ||||||||
| Martin Ashby | 12-1-6 | 14-0-6 | 15-2-6 | 41-3-18 | Soren Sjosten | 11-0-6 | 14-1-5 | 10-1-6 | 35-2-17 | ||
| Eric Boocock | 6-1-5 | 3-1-4 | 9-2-6 | 18-4-15 | Bengt Jansson | - | 15-1-6 | 15-0-6 | 30-1-12 | ||
| Nigel Boocock | 4-0-3 | - | 11-2-6 | 15-2-9 | Anders Michanek | 14-1-6 | - | 14-0-6 | 28-1-12 | ||
| Jim Airey | 14-0-6 | - | - | 14-0-6 | Ove Fundin | 8-0-6 | 14-1-6 | - | 22-1-12 | ||
| Mike Broadbanks | - | - | 14-1-6 | 14-1-6 | Olle Nygren | 12-2-6 | 4-0-5 | 4-1-5 | 20-3-16 | ||
| Terry Betts | - | - | 7-2-6 | 7-2-6 | Torbjorn Harrysson | 6-1-6 | 10-5-6 | 3-2-5 | 19-8-17 | ||
| Ivan Mauger | 0-0-4 | 3-0-5 | 4-2-4 | 7-2-13 | Bernt Persson | 2-0-3 | 14-4-6 | 0-0-5 | 16-4-14 | ||
| Jim McMillan | - | 7-1-6 | - | 7-1-6 | Hasse Holmkvist | 2-2-3 |
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| Peter Vandenberg | 7-1-4 | - | - | 7-1-4 | Lars Jansson | - | 0-0-1 | 0-0-2 | 0-0-3 | ||
| Ken McKinlay | 6-1-5 | - | - | 6-1-5 | Bengt Larsson | - | - | 0-0-1 | 0-0-1 | ||
| Charlie Monk | - | 5-1-6 | - | 5-1-6 | Gunnar Malmqvist | - | 0-0-1 | - | 0-0-1 | ||
| Barry Briggs | 3-0-3 | - | - | 3-0-3 | |||||||
| Arnold Haley | - | 3-1-4 | - | 3-1-4 | |||||||
| Norman Hunter | - | 2-1-3 | 0-0-1 | 2-1-4 | |||||||
| Reg Luckhurst | - | - | 2-1-1 | 2-1-1 | |||||||
| Bert Harkins | - | 0-0-2 | - | 0-0-2 | |||||||
| 1968 | Great Britain raced Sweden at both Wimbledon and Halifax in the World League |
| 1969 | Great Britain won series 5-0 | ||||
| OFFICIAL | 12.06 : Wimbledon | Great Britain | 68 | Sweden | 40 |
| 13.06 : Newport (Somerton Park) | Great Britain | 70 | Sweden | 38 | |
| 17.06 : Leicester | Great Britain | 79 | Sweden | 29 | |
| 21.06 : Halifax | Great Britain | 62 | Sweden | 46 | |
| 23.06 : Cradley Heath | Great Britain | 63 | Sweden | 45 | |
| Great Britain | Pts-Bns-R | ||||||||||||||
| Ivan Mauger | 18-0-6 | 14 | 18-0-6 | - | 11-1-6 | 61 | |||||||||
| Barry Briggs | 11-0-5 | 15 | 17-0-6 | - | 12-3-6 | 55 | |||||||||
| Nigel Boocock | 11-1-6 | 11 | 13-4-6 | - | 17-0-6 | 52 | |||||||||
| Ray Wilson | 1-0-2 | - | 13-1-6 | 11-1-6 | 14-1-6 | 39-3-20 | |||||||||
| Eric Boocock | 1-0-3 | 10 | 8-2-6 | 13-1-6 | - | 32 | |||||||||
| Martin Ashby | - | 12 | - | 6-1-3 | - | 18 | |||||||||
| Reg Luckhurst | 10-4-5 | 6 | - | - | - | 16 |  |
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| Ronnie Moore | 14-2-6 | - | - | - | - | 14-2-6 | |||||||||
| Jim Airey | - | - | - | 9-2-6 | 2-1-2 | 11-3-8 | |||||||||
| Norman Hunter | - | - | 10-5-6 | 1-1-3 | 0-0-2 | 11-6-11 | |||||||||
| Jim McMillan | - | - | - | 10-3-6 | - | 10-3-6 | |||||||||
| Greg Kentwell | - | - | - | 8-1-3 | - | 8-1-3 | |||||||||
| Roy Trigg | - | - | - | - | 5-1-5 | 5-1-5 | |||||||||
| Charlie Monk | - | - | - | 4-0-3 | - | 4-0-3 | |||||||||
| Bob Andrews | - | - | - | - | 2-0-3 | 2-0-3 | |||||||||
| Trevor Hedge | 2-1-3 | - | - | - | - | 2-1-3 | |||||||||
| Tony Clarke | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |||||||||
| Jon Erskine | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |||||||||
| Sweden | Pts-Bns-R | ||||||||||||||
| Anders Michanek | 1-0-3 | 9 | 12-0-6 | 9-1-6 | 12-1-5 | 43 | |||||||||
| Torbjorn Harrysson | 7-1-6 | 13 | 7-0-6 | 9-1-6 | 4-1-3 | 40 | |||||||||
| Soren Sjosten | 7-2-6 | 2 | 1-1-5 | 9-0-6 | 10-0-6 | 29 | |||||||||
| Bengt Jansson | 12-0-6 | 7 | 4-0-6 | 3-0-4 | 2-1-5 | 28 | |||||||||
| Ove Fundin | 2-0-2 | 0 | 1-0-2 | 7-2-6 | 8-0-5 | 18 | |||||||||
| Gote Nordin | 1-0-3 | 6 | 4-0-6 | 5-2-4 | 0-0-1 | 16 | |||||||||
| Bernt Persson | 2-0-5 | 0 | 0-0-3 | - | 8-1-6 | 10 | |||||||||
| Olle Nygren | 8-1-6 | 1 | - | - | - | 9 | |||||||||
| Bengt Larsson | - | - | 0-0-2 | 4-0-3 | - | 4-0-5 | |||||||||
| Conny Samuelsson | - | - | - | - | 1-0-5 | 1-0-5 | |||||||||
| Bengt Andersson | - | - | - | 0-0-1 | - | 0-0-1 | |||||||||
| 1970 | Great Britain won series 5-1 | Complete heat details here | |||
| OFFICIAL | 03.07 : Glasgow (Hampden Park) | Great Britain | 66 | Sweden | 42 |
| 04.07 : Halifax | Great Britain | 48 | Sweden | 60 | |
| 06.07 : Exeter | Great Britain | 66 | Sweden | 42 | |
| 07.07 : West Ham | Great Britain | 62 | Sweden | 46 | |
| 10.07 : Newport (Somerton Park) | Great Britain | 70 | Sweden | 38 | |
| 11.07 : Coventry | Great Britain | 71 | Sweden | 37 | |
| Great Britain | Pts-Bns-R | ||||||||||||||||
| Barry Briggs | 8-1-3 | 14-0-6 | 17-0-6 | 18-0-6 | 17-0-6 | - | 74-1-27 | ||||||||||
| Ivan Mauger | 17-0-6 | - | 9-2-6 | 17-0-6 | 10-1-6 | 18-0-6 | 71-3-30 | ||||||||||
| Nigel Boocock | 9-1-5 | 7-1-5 | 16-1-6 | - | 12-2-6 | 16-1-6 | 60-6-28 | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Moore | 8-3-6 | - | 11-1-6 | 15-0-6 | 16-0-6 | - | 50-4-24 | ||||||||||
| Eric Boocock | 11-2-6 | 3-0-3 | - | 4-1-4 | - | - | 18-3-13 | ||||||||||
| Jim McMillan | 8-4-6 | - | - | - | - | 10-4-6 | 18-8-12 | ||||||||||
| Ray Wilson | - | 4-1-3 | 10-0-6 | - | 0-0-1 | - | 14-1-10 | ||||||||||
| Rick France | - | - | - | - | - | 13-1-6 | 13-1-6 | ||||||||||
| Bill Andrew | - | - | - | - | 11-4-6 | - | 11-4-6 | ||||||||||
| Jim Airey | - | 8-0-6 | - | - | 2-0-3 | - | 10-0-9 | ||||||||||
| Martin Ashby | - | 5-3-6 | 3-1-5 | - | 2-1-3 | - | 10-5-14 | ||||||||||
| Ken McKinlay | - | - | - | - | - | 8-3-6 | 8-3-6 | ||||||||||
| John Boulger | - | - | - | - | - | 6-2-6 | 6-2-6 | ||||||||||
| Arnold Haley | - | 4-0-3 | - | - | - | - | 4-0-3 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Monk | 4-1-3 | - | - | - | - | - | 4-1-3 | ||||||||||
| Les Sharpe | 1-0-1 | 3-0-4 | - | - | - | - | 4-0-5 | ||||||||||
| Tony Clarke | - | - | - | 3-0-6 | - | - | 3-0-6 | ||||||||||
| Terry Betts | - | - | - | 2-1-5 | - | - | 2-1-5 | ||||||||||
| Bob Kilby | - | - | 0-0-1 | 2-1-2 | - | - | 2-1-3 | ||||||||||
| Trevor Hedge | - | - | - | 1-0-1 | - | - | 1-0-1 | ||||||||||
| Sweden | Pts-Bns-R | ||||||||||||||||
| Anders Michanek | 14-0-6 | 17-0-6 | 14-1-6 | 15-0-6 | 6-1-6 | 13-0-6 | 79-2-36 | ||||||||||
| Soren Sjosten | 10-0-6 | 11-1-6 | 2-0-4 | 6-2-6 | 10-0-6 | 8-0-6 | 47-3-34 | ||||||||||
| Bernt Persson | 10-0-6 | 15-1-6 | 7-0-6 | 0-0-4 | 7-0-6 | 4-2-6 | 43-3-34 | ||||||||||
| Olle Nygren | 3-1-6 | 7-3-6 | 4-0-6 | 9-1-6 | 6-0-6 | 8-0-6 | 37-5-36 | ||||||||||
| Bengt Jansson | - | 6-1-6 | 8-1-6 | 13-0-6 | 7-2-6 | 1-0-3 | 35-4-27 | ||||||||||
| Christer Lofqvist | 5-1-6 | 2-0-2 | 5-1-4 | 2-1-5 | 2-1-5 | 1-0-3 | 17-4-25 | ||||||||||
| Bengt Larsson | 0-0-4 | 2-1-4 | 2-0-3 | 1-1-2 | - | 2-0-5 | 7-2-18 | ||||||||||
| Bengt Brannefors | - | - | 0-0-1 | 0-0-1 | 0-0-1 | 0-0-1 | 0-0-4 | ||||||||||
| Ove Fundin | 0-0-2 | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0-2 | ||||||||||
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| 2002 | 12.06 : Poole | Team Great Britain | 42 | Sweden | 48 | |
| OFFICIAL | ||||||
| Team Great Britain | Sweden | |||||||
| Mark Loram | 0 0 2 3 2 3 | 10 | Tony Rickardsson | 2 1 3 R | 6 |  |
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| Gary Havelock | 3 2 2 1' 1 | 9+1 | Niklas Klingberg | 1' 0 3 T | 4+1 | |||
| Scott Nicholls | 0 3 2 1 | 6 | Peter Karlsson | 2' 3 0 3 | 8+1 | |||
| Lee Richardson | 1 2' 1' F | 4+2 | Andreas Jonsson | 3 0 3 3 0 | 9 | |||
| Joe Screen | X 2 2 1 | 5 | Mikael Karlsson | 3 3 3 2 2 | 13 | |||
| Carl Stonehewer | 2' 1' 0 | 3+2 | Daniel Nermark | 1 1 0 1 2' | 5+1 | |||
| Paul Hurry | 3 1 1' 0 | 5+1 | Freddie Eriksson | 0 2' 0 1 | 3+1 | |||
| 1: Havelock, Rickardsson,
Klingberg, Loram 3-3 3-3 2: Hurry, Stonehewer, Nermark, Eriksson 5-1 8-4 3: Jonsson, P Karlsson, Richardson, Nicholls 1-5 9-9 4: M Karlsson, Eriksen, Hurry, Screen X 1-5 10-14 5: Nicholls, Richardson, Rickardsson, Klingberg 5-1 15-15 6: M Karlsson, Havelock, Nermark, Loram 2-4 17-19 7: P Karlsson, Screen, Stonehewer, Jonsson 3-3 20-22 8: Klingberg, Havelock, Hurry, Eriksson 3-3 23-25 9: M Karlsson, Nicholls, Richardson, Nermark 3-3 26-28 10: Jonsson, Loram, Havelock, P Karlsson 3-3 29-31 11: Rickardsson, Screen, Nermark, Stonehewer, Klingberg T 2-4 31-35 12: P Karlsson, Nermark, Nicholls, Hurry 1-5 32-40 13: Loram, M Karlsson, Screen, Rickardsson R 4-2 36-42 14: Jonsson, Loram, Eriksson, Richardson F 2-4 38-46 15: Loram, M Karlsson, Havelock, Jonsson 4-2 42-48 |
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| 2006 | 11.04 : Swindon | Team Great Britain | 1 | Sweden | 5 | Abandoned due to rain |
| OFFICIAL | 1: Freddie Lindgren, Jonas Davidsson, David Howe, Scott Nicholls F | |||||
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| Contributors : Roger Stevens |
© Brian Collins 2004-08