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New Zealand v England
| 1930-31 | England won series 3-0 | |||||
| UNOFFICIAL | 18.02 : Dunedin (Speedway Royal) | New Zealand | 18 | England | 36 | Att: 10,000 |
| 28.02 : Wellington (Kilbirnie) | New Zealand | 23 | England | 30 | ||
| 07.03 : Auckland (Western Springs) | New Zealand | 24 | England | 30 | Att : 11,000 | |
| Note : A planned Test at Christchurch (Monica Park) on 21.02 was cancelled when the promoters failed to come to terms with several New Zealand riders. | ||||||
| Complete heat details for this series available here | ||||||
| The Vintage Speedway Magazine (Vol.5 No.3, Autumn 1997) contains an excellent article on this series by Allan Batt | ||||||
| New Zealand | Total | England | Total | |||||||||
| Alf Mattson | 8 | 5 | 8 | 21 | Cyril "Squib" Burton | 9 | 5 | 9 | 23 | |||
| Wally Kilmister | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | Norman Evans | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |||
| Harry Mangham | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | Frank Bond | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | |||
| Clarrie Tonks | - | 6 | 2 | 8 | Jim Kempster | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |||
| Albert Hunger | - | - | 3 | 3 | George Greenwood | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | |||
| Frank Day | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | Roger Frogley | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Ben Bray | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Percy Lunn | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||||||||
| Tim Wilkinson | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||||
| Charlie Blacklock | 0 | - | - | 0 |
| 1951-52 | 12.02 : Hastings (Hawke's Bay) | New Zealand | 31 | England | 17 | |
| UNOFFICIAL | This had been planned as the first match in a series, but a knee injury to Freddie Williams in his last ride meant that the series was abandoned. In each of the 8 races in this match, the existing track record was either equalled or broken, finishing with the unbeaten Ronnie Moore as the new record holder. | Ronnie Moore | 12 | Norman Parker | 7 | |
| Bruce Abernethy | 11 | Freddie Williams | 6 | |||
| Maury Dunn | 5 | Gil Craven | 3 | |||
| Ron Johnston | 3 | Bill Osborne | 1 |
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| The photo above comes from a 1972-73 programme, and Jack Hart is listed as a member of the New Zealand team in place of Ronnie Moore. It is also states that the match was at Napier, which is incorrect - there was no track at Napier in 1952. |
| 1952-53 | New Zealand won series 3-2 | Att | ||||
| OFFICIAL | Dunedin | New Zealand | 36½ | England | 35½ | 8,500 |
| Christchurch (Aranui) | New Zealand | 31 | England | 41 | 9,000 | |
| 05.02 : Hastings (Hawke's Bay) | New Zealand | 47 | England | 25 | 7,000 | |
| 07.02 : Wellington (Taita) | New Zealand | 35 | England | 37 | 7,500 | |
| 11.02 : Auckland (Western Springs) | New Zealand | 47 | England | 24 | 15,000 | |
| Note Originally the 1st Test was to be staged at Auckland 22.01, and the 2nd Test at Wellington 24.01, but both were rained off and rescheduled, for 11.02 and 07.02 respectively. The 3rd Test at Hastings was first staged on 04.02, but abandoned due to rain after 3 heats, and restaged the following night. | ||||||
| New Zealand | Total | England | Total | ||||||||||||
| Ron Johnston | 16 | - | 16 | 12 | 7 | 51 | Bill Kitchen | 6½ | 5 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 40½ | ||
| Maury Dunn | 6 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 53 | Eric Williams | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 41 | ||
| Geoff Mardon | 12½ | 12 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 46½ | Chris Boss | 7 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 34 | ||
| Merv Neil | - | 10 | - | 1 | 17 | 28 | Ken Sharples | 17 | 12 | - | - | - | 29 | ||
| Peter Clark | - | - | 10 | 2 | 1 | 13 | Jimmy Gooch | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 6 | ||
| Mick Holland | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 4 | Fred Pawson | - | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | ||
| Bob Duckworth | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Terry Small | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 |
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| The match at Auckland (programme, far right) was originally the 1st.Test, but was rained off and restaged at the end of the series. | ||
| 1955-56 | New Zealand won series 2½ - 1½ | ||||
| 21.01 : Christchurch (Aranui) | New Zealand | 27 | England | 27 | |
| 01.02 : Masterson | New Zealand | 24 | England | 29 | |
| 12.01? : Auckland (Western Springs) | New Zealand | 29 | England | 18 | |
| 18.02 : Christchurch (Aranui) | New Zealand | 41 | England | 13 | |
| New Zealand | Total | England | Total | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Moore | 12 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 44 | Ken McKinlay | 8 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 35 | ||
| Peter Clark | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 29 | Eric Williams | 8 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 29 | ||
| Barry Briggs | - | - | 10 | 13 | 23 | Ron Mountford | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Brian McKeown | 4 | - | - | 8 | 12 | Fred Pawson | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Kevin Bock | - | 5 | - | - | 5 | Bryce Subritzky* | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| Merv Neil | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | ||||||||
| Mick Holland | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | * guest | |||||||
| Harry Mangham | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 1st. Test | |
| 1: Moore, Mountford, Holland, McKinlay f 4-2 4-2 2: Williams, Clark, McKeown, Pawson 3-3 7-5 3: McKinlay, Mountford, Clark, McKeown ef 1-5 8-10 4: Moore, Williams, Pawson, Holland 3-3 11-13 5: Moore, McKinlay, McKeown, Williams ef 4-2 15-15 |
6: Clark, Mountford, Holland, Pawson 4-2 19-17 7: Mountford, McKeown, Pawson, Moore ef 2-4 21-21 8: Williams, McKinlay, Clark, Holland 1-5 22-26 9: Moore, Clark, McKinlay, Williams ef 5-1 27-27 |
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| 1967-68 | England won series 4-1 | Attendance | ||||
| OFFICIAL | 20.01 : Auckland (Western Springs) | New Zealand | 39 | England | 69 | |
| 24.01 : Napier | New Zealand | 55 | England | 53 | ||
| 25.01 : New Plymouth | New Zealand | 22 | England | 86 | 2,000 | |
| 27.01 : Auckland (Western Springs) | New Zealand | 29 | England | 79 | ||
| 05.02 : Christchurch | New Zealand | 47 | England | 60 |
| New Zealand | Pts-Bns-R | |||||||
| Bob Andrews | 15-0-6 | 14-0-6 | 8-0-6 | 9-0-6 | 10-0-6 | 56-0-30 |  |
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| Rick Timmo | 12-1-6 | 16-0-6 | 6-0-6 | 11-0-6 | - | 45-1-24 | ||
| Ronnie Moore | - | - | - | 6-1-6 | 17-0-6 | 23-1-12 | ||
| Merv Neil | 4-0-6 | 4-1-6 | 6-0-6 | 3-0-6 | 3-1-5 | 20-2-29 | ||
| Bryce Subritzky | 3-0-6 | 10-0-6 | 0-0-6 | 0-0-6 | 0-0-4 | 13-0-28 | ||
| Frank Shuter | - | - | - | - | 10-0-6 | 10-0-6 | ||
| Len Jelaca | 1-0-6 | 5-3-6 | 0-0-3 | 0-0-1 | - | 6-3-16 | ||
| Gary Peterson | 4-0-6 | 2-0-3 | - | - | - | 6-0-9 | ||
| Dave Whittaker | - | 4-1-3 | 2-0-6 | 0-0-5 | - | 6-1-14 | ||
| Allan Brown | - | - | - | - | 3-2-3 | 3-2-3 | ||
| Roger Wright | - | - | - | - | 4-2-6 | 4-2-6 | ||
| Brian Carkeek | 0-0-0* | - | - | - | - | 0-0-0 | ||
| Bruce Ovenden | - | - | 0-0-3 | - | - | 0-0-3 | ||
| England | ||||||||
| Nigel Boocock | 15-1-6 | 3-0-5 | 17-1-6 | 16-1-6 | 17-0-6 | 68-3-29 | ||
| Colin Pratt | 8-3-6 | 10-0-6 | 14-4-6 | 12-4-6 | 15-1-6 | 59-12-30 | ||
| Ken McKinlay | 0-0-1 | 5-0-4 | 18-0-6 | 16-1-6 | 18-0-7 | 57-1-24 | ||
| Eric Boocock | 14-1-6 | 7-2-6 | 16-2-6 | 17-1-6 | - | 54-6-24 | ||
| Roy Trigg | 12-2-6 | 12-1-5 | 13-5-6 | 9-3-6 | 2-0-6 | 48-11-29 | * fell, injured, non-starter in re-run. | |
| Terry Betts | 11-0-6 | 10-2-6 | 8-2-6 | 9-2-6 | - | 38-6-24 | ||
| Howard Cole | 9-3-5 | 6-1-4 | - | - | 8-2-7 | 23-6-16 |
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| 1968-69 | New Zealand won series 2½-1½ | ||||
| UNOFFICIAL | 25.01 : Auckland (Western Springs) | New Zealand | 24 | England | 24 |
| 29.01 : Napier (Meeanee) | New Zealand | 25 | England | 23 | |
| 30.01 : Palmerston North | New Zealand | 11 | England | 37 | |
| 01.02 : Christchurch (Att: 8,000) | New Zealand | 26 | England | 22 | |
| New Zealand | Total | England | Total | ||||||||||
| Ivan Mauger © | 9 | 11 | - | 7 | 27 | Nigel Boocock © | 10 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 39 | ||
| Bob Andrews | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | Jim McMillan | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 38 | ||
| Ronnie Moore | 5 | - | - | 12 | 17 | Bob Kilby | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 16 | ||
| Bill Andrew | - | 5 | - | - | 5 | Dave Younghusband | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Howard Cole* | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | Howard Cole* | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | ||
| Bryce Subritzky | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | 4 | ||||||||
| Colin McKee | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | * Howard Cole rode for both countries in this series. | |||||||
| Roger Wright | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Jack Hart | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||||
| Merv Hodgson | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||||
| Bill Moulin | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
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1st.Test at Auckland 1:Moore, Boocock,
Mauger, Kilby 4-2 2:Andrews, McMillan, Subritzky, Younghusband R 4-2 8-4
3:Boocock, Subritzky, Andrews, Kilby 3-3 11-7 4:Mauger, McMillan,
Younghusband, Moore R 3-3 14-10 5:Mauger, Boocock, Younghusband,
Subritzky 3-3 17-13 6:McMillan, Andrews, Kilby, Subritzky 2-4 19-17
7:Boocock, Mauger, Andrews, Younghusband 3-3 22-20 8:McMillan, Moore,
Kilby, Subritzky 2-4 24-24. BIG SIX H/C: McMillan (scr), Mauger (20yds),
Andrews (scr), Moore (20yds), Subritzky (scr), Boocock (20yds)R(flat
tyre) 2nd.Test at Napier 1:Mauger, Boocock, Subritzky, Younghusband R 4-2 (new track record) 2:Andrews, McMillan, Kilby, McKee 3-3 7-5 3:Boocock, Andrews, McKee, Younghusband R 3-3 10-8 4:Mauger, McMillan, Subritzky, Kilby 4-2 14-10 5:Mauger, Boocock, Younghusband, Subritzky F 3-3 17-13 6:Andrew, McMillan, Andrews, Kilby 4-2 21-15 7:Boocock, Andrew, Cole, ?. 2-4 23-19 8:McMillan, Mauger, Cole, Subritzky 2-4 25-23 3rd.Test at Palmerston North 1:Younghusband, Boocock, McKee 1-5 2:McMillan, Kilby, Cole 1-5 2-10 3:Kilby, McMillan, Andrews 1-5 3-15 4:Boocock, Cole, Younghusband 2-4 5-19 5:Boocock, Andrews, Hart 3-3 8-22 6:Kilby, McMillan, Cole 1-5 9-27 7:McMillan, Kilby, Hodgson 1-5 10-32 8:Boocock, Younghusband, McKee 1-5 11-37. 4th.Test at Christchurch 1:Mauger, Younghusband, Boocock, Wright F 3-3 2:Moore, McMillan, Andrews, Kilby 4-2 7-5 3:Moore, Boocock, Andrews, Younghusband 4-2 11-7 4:McMillan, Wright, Kilby, Mauger R 2-4 13-11 5:Boocock, Andrews, Mauger, Younghusband 3-3 16-14 6:Moore, McMillan, Kilby, Wright F 3-3 19-17 7:Mauger, McMillan, Kilby, Andrews 3-3 22-20 76.2 (equals track record) 8:Moore, Boocock, Moulin, Younghusband 4-2 26-22. |
| 1969-70 | England won series 3-0 | ||||
| 17.01 : Auckland (Western Springs) | New Zealand | 36 | England | 72 | |
| 24.01 : Auckland (Western Springs) | New Zealand | 43 | England | 65 | |
| 31.01 : Christchurch | New Zealand | 40 | England | 67 |
| New Zealand | Total | England | Total | ||||||||
| Ivan Mauger | 9 | 17 | 12 | 38 | Nigel Boocock | 10 | 17 | 14 | 41 | ||
| Ronnie Moore | 7 | 9 | 16 | 32 | Jim McMillan | 17 | 14 | 10 | 41 | ||
| Bob Andrews | 10 | 6 | 4 | 20 | Eric Boocock | 11 | 11 | 13 | 35 | ||
| Bill Andrew | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | Ray Wilson | 11 | 11 | 10 | 32 | ||
| Bryce Subritzky | 2 | 7 | - | 9 | Tony Clarke | 17 | 5 | 6 | 28 | ||
| Colin McKee | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | Arnold Haley | 6 | 7 | 14 | 27 | ||
| Tom Black | - | - | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Allan Brown | - | - | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Goog Allan | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | |||||||
| Roger Wright | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| In another match at New Plymouth : Ivan Mauger Select 22 (Mauger 7, Bill Andrew 6, Bob Andrews 5, Bryce Subritzky 4, Gary Peterson 2) England 50 (N Boocock 12, Haley 11, E Boocock 11, Wilson 7, McMillan 6, Clarke 3) |
| A further unofficial match, England v Kiwis Select, was staged at Hamilton on 27.01 - see programme below. |
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| 17.01 at Auckland | 24.01 at Auckland | 27.01 at Hamilton | 31.01 at Christchurch |
| 1970-71 | England won series 2-1 | ||||
| OFFICIAL | Auckland (Western Springs) | New Zealand | 48½ | England | 59½ |
| Auckland (Western Springs) | New Zealand | 40 | England | 68 | |
| 20.02 : Christchurch | New Zealand | 65 | England | 43 |
| New Zealand | Total | England | Total | ||||||||
| Ivan Mauger | - | 15 | 18 | 33 | Roy Trigg | 15 | 13 | 14 | 42 | ||
| Bob Andrews | 11 | 8 | 9 | 28 | Nigel Boocock | 17 | 13 | 10 | 40 | ||
| Rick Timmo | 9½ | 7 | 10 | 26½ | Chris Pusey | 12½ | 15 | 8 | 35½ | ||
| Gary Peterson | 12 | 2 | 8 | 22 | Jim McMillan | 12 | 12 | - | 24 | ||
| Bryce Subritzky | 8 | 7 | - | 15 | Bob Kilby | 1 | 12 | - | 13 | ||
| Allan Brown | - | - | 13 | 13 | Ken McKinlay | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Frank Shuter | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | Tom Sweetman | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Lance Gandy | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | Howard Cole | - | - | 4 | 4 | ||
| Jack Millen | 4 | 0 | - | 4 |
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| 1970-71 | 17.02 : Gisborne (Awapuni) | New Zealand | 58 | British Isles | 50 | |
| UNOFFICIAL | Gary Peterson | 17 | Chris Pusey | 16 | ||
| Bob Andrews | 13 | Nigel Boocock | 12 | |||
| Rick Timmo | 13 | Ken McKinlay | 8 | |||
| Bryce Subritzky | 8 | Howard Cole | 7 | |||
| John Goodall | 3 | Roy Trigg | 7 | |||
| Colin Farquharson | 2 | Tom Sweetman | 0 | |||
| Jack Millen | 2 |
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| 1972-73 | Series tied 2-2 | ||||
| OFFICIAL | 03.02 : Auckland (Western Springs) | New Zealand | 52 | Great Britain | 56 |
| 10.02 : Christchurch | New Zealand | 77 | Great Britain | 31 | |
| 19.02 : Auckland (Western Springs) | New Zealand | 53 | Great Britain | 54 | |
| 24.02 : Wellington (Te Marua) | New Zealand | 67 | Great Britain | 41 |
| New Zealand | Total | Great Britain | Total | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Moore | 14 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 51 | Chris Pusey | 12 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 46 | ||
| Ivan Mauger | - | 18 | 15 | 18 | 51 | Eric Broadbelt | 7 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 36 | ||
| Graeme Stapleton | 8 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 40 | Bob Kilby | 12 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 36 | ||
| Barry Briggs | - | 17 | - | 16 | 33 | Arnold Haley | 12 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 29 | ||
| Roger Wright | 9 | 9 | 4 | - | 22 | George Hunter | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Bob Andrews | 12 | - | 2 | - | 14 | Nigel Boocock | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 16 | ||
| Gary Peterson | 6 | - | 8 | - | 14 | Tom Sweetman | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Graeme Smith | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | Barry Thomas | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Frank Shuter | - | 7 | - | - | 7 | ||||||||
| Bryce Subritzky | 3 | - | 1 | - | 4 | ||||||||
| Lance Gandy | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Rick Timmo | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| John Goodall | 0 | - | - | - | 0 |
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| 03.02 Auckland | 10.02 Christchurch | 24.02 Wellington |
| 1972-73 | 07.02 : Wanganui (Ocean View) |
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| New Zealand beat England |  |
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| The teams, according to the programme, | ||||
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| New Zealand | ||||
| Ivan Mauger | ||||
| Barry Briggs | ||||
| Ronnie Moore | ||||
| Graeme Stapleton | ||||
| Gary Peterson | ||||
| Graeme Smith | ||||
| Lance Gandy | ||||
| England | ||||
| Nigel Boocock | ||||
| Arnold Haley | ||||
| Eric Broadbelt | ||||
| Chris Pusey | ||||
| George Hunter | ||||
| Barry Thomas | ||||
| Bob Kilby | ||||
| 1975-76 | England won series 3-0 | ||||
| Auckland (Western Springs) | New Zealand | 23 | England | 85 | |
| Christchurch | New Zealand | 24 | England | 84 | |
| Auckland (Western Springs) | New Zealand | 25 | England | 83 |
| New Zealand | Total | England | Total | ||||||||
| Colin Farquharson | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 | John Davis | 16 | 17 | 18 | 51 | ||
| Graeme Stapleton | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | Chris Morton | 14 | 17 | 10 | 41 | ||
| Larry Ross | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | Doug Wyer | 11 | 12 | 17 | 40 | ||
| Mike Fullerton | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | Chris Pusey | 12 | 13 | 12 | 37 | ||
| Colin Tucker | 2 | - | 6 | 8 | Dave Morton | 12 | 10 | 13 | 35 | ||
| Max Brown | - | 4 | - | 4 | Peter Collins | 18 | 15 | - | 33 | ||
| John Goodall | 2 | - | 0 | 2 | Gordon Kennett | 2 | - | 13 | 15 | ||
| Paul Church | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Robin Adlington | - | 0 | - | 0 |
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| 2001-02 | UNOFFICIAL. | Part of the "Red Baron International Series" | |||
| Christchurch (Ruapuna Park) | New Zealand | 20 | England | 51 | |
| Sean Cox | 6 | Andrew Appleton | 12 | ||
| Daniel McKinlay | 5 | Aidan Collins | 11 | ||
| Graham Hartshorne | 4 | Lee Richardson | 9 | ||
| Scott Boyce | 3 | Les Collins | 8 | ||
| Kris Jemmett | 2 | Glen Phillips | 6 | ||
| Blair McKinlay | 0 | Chris Collins | 5 | ||
| Contributors : Ross Garrigan, Barry Forsyth, Wally Auckram, Bob Andrews, Tracy Holmes, Tom Marriott, Roger Stevens. |
© Brian Collins 2004-08