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INTERNATIONALS - SOUTH AFRICA
Europe v British Commonwealth
| 1956-57 | Series tied 2-2 (& 1 match abandoned) | |||||
| OFFICIAL | 31.01 : Randfontein | Europe | 50 | British Commonwealth | 56 | |
| 08.02 : Pretoria | Europe | 54 | British Commonwealth | 53 | ||
| 01.03 : Pretoria | Europe | 59 | British Commonwealth | 49 | ||
| Randfontein or Pretoria | Europe | lost to | British Commonwealth | |||
| 15.03 : Pretoria | Europe | 15 | British Commonwealth | 9 | abandoned | |
| Europe | Total | British Commonwealth | Total | ||||||||||||
| Olle Nygren (Swe) © | 9 | 20 | 18 | ? | 6 | Barry Briggs (NZ) © | 15 | 17 | 16 | ? | 3 | ||||
| Frank Johnson (Eng) | 7 | 10 | 10 | 4 | Trevor Redmond (Sth Af) | 14 | 13 | 14 | 1 | ||||||
| Howdy Byford (Eng) | 9 | 6 | 11 | ? | Ray Cresp (Aus) | 14 | 15 | 8 | 1 | ||||||
| Dennis Newton (Eng) | 5 | 11 | 9 | ? | Trevor Blokdyk (Sth Af) | 5 | 3 | 3 | ? | ||||||
| Ronnie Genz (Eng) | 4 | 4 | 11 | ? | Howdy Cornell (Sth Af) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Peter Craven (Eng) | 15 | 3 | - | - | Fred van Zyl (Sth Af) | 5 | 1 | - | - | ||||||
| Jim Scott (Sth Af)* | 0 | - | - | - | Dick Scott (Sth Af) | - | - | 3 | - | ||||||
| Kevin Robertson (S A) | - | - | 0 | - | Jim Scott (Sth Af)* | - | 1 | - | 0 | ||||||
| Nic Dormehl (Sth Af) | - | - | - | ? | Charlie Branders (Sth Af) | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| * Jim Scott rode for both teams | Percy Binder (Sth Af) | - | - | - | ? | ||||||||||
| Notes
: In the 1st Test, Craven broke the track record in the first heat. In the 2nd.Test, run immediately following a thunderstorm, Craven damaged his knee in his second ride. Hence Nygren, Byford, and Newton each had 7 rides. 4th.Test details are not available 5th.Test scorers are incomplete |
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| Contributors : Ken MacLeod |
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