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South Africa v Holland

All details on this page from Ken MacLeod

1950-51 South Africa won series 5-0
OFFICIAL 15.12 : Johannesburg (Wembley) South Africa 65 Holland 42
19.01 : Johannesburg (Wembley) South Africa 60 Holland 47
02.03 : Johannesburg (Wembley) South Africa 54 Holland 53
16.03 : Johannesburg (Wembley) South Africa 59 Holland 49
30.03 : Johannesburg (Wembley) South Africa 65 Holland 42
After a big win in the opening match, South Africa lost the services of Doug Serrurier with the recurrence of a wrist injury, whilst the Dutch team was strengthened by the addition of Henk Stemen. The 3rd.Test was originally staged on 09.02, but heavy rain fell during the interval and in heat 12 all four riders fell with the score South Africa 39 Holland 26. The match was abandoned and restaged, since it was theoretically possible for Holland to win the match.
South Africa's Henry Long, suspended from the first two matches, made his track return on 02.02, and then scored 18-point maximums in each of the last three Tests. Having scored 12-point maximums in the final three matches of the previous seasons' South Africa v England series, Henry actually recorded six successive Test maximums, and 30 successive race wins (34, including the abandoned 3rd Test of this series!)
In the 5th Test, Bisschopps was absent due to a broken wrist (replaced by Raw), whilst Bob Serrurier withdrew after engine trouble in his first ride.
South Africa Total Holland Total
Fred Wills © 15 9 14 12 12 62 Gerrit Jonker 9 15 11 9 12 56
Henry Long - - 18 18 18 54 Tinus Metzelaar 8 6 13 11 12 50
Buddy Fuller 13 14 11 - - 38 Henk Stemen - 7 11 14 9 41
Harry du Toit 7 12 - 8 10 37 Henk Dammers 7 6 5 6 3 27
Bob Serrurier 13 6 6 10 0 35 Wim van Hemelrijk 10 5 7 0 4 26
Joe Blankfield 0 8 - - 15 23 Jan Bosman 3 7 6 7 1 24
Alec Blankfield 2 - 2 5 8 17 Thei Bisschopps 2 0 - 2 - 4
Doug Serrurier 14 - - - - 14 Joop Nolten 2 1 - - - 3
Toby Boshoff - 6 2 1 1 10 Bob Raw * - - - - 1 1
Alec Gould - 2 - 3 - 5 Bert Willard 1 - - - - 1
Harry Serrurier - 3 - 2 - 5 * guest
Maurice Fenton - - 1 - - 1
Bob Raw 1 - - - - 1
Des Wolfe (Wolff?) - - - - 1 1
1st Test : Johannesburg
South Africa 65 Holland 42 1: Wills, Jonker, Bosman 3-3 2: Fuller, Metzelaar, Dammers 3-3 6-6 3: D Serrurier, van Hemelrijk, B Serrurier 4-2 10-8 4: Wills, Metzelaar, Raw 4-2 14-10 5: du Toit, Fuller, van Hemelrijk 5-1 19-11 6: Jonker, D Serrurier, B Serrurier 3-3 22-14 7: Wills, van Hemelrijk, Bisschopps 3-3 25-17 8: Fuller, Jonker, Nolten 3-3 28-20 9: B Serrurier, D Serrurier, Metzelaar 5-1 33-21 10: Wills, du Toit, Bosman 5-1 38-22 11: Dammers, A Blankfield 2-3 40-25 12: B Serrurier, D Serrurier, Bisschopps 5-1 45-26 13: Dammers, Metzelaar, du Toit 1-5 46-31 14: van Hemelrijk, Fuller, Willard 2-4 48-35 15: D Serrurier, B Serrurier, Nolten 5-1 53-36 16: Wills, van Hemelrijk, du Toit 4-2 57-38 17: Fuller, Jonker, Bosman 3-3 60-41 18: B Serrurier, D Serrurier, Metzelaar 5-1 65-42
Fred Wills © 3 3 3 3 3 15 Jan Bosman © 1' 1 1' 3+2
Bob Raw 1 1 Gerrit Jonker 2 3 2 2 9
Buddy Fuller 3 2' 3 2 3 13+1 Tinus Metzelaar 2 2 1 2' 1 8+1
Joe Blankfield 0 Henk Dammers 1' 3 3 7+1
Doug Serrurier 3 2 2' 2' 3 2' 14+3 Thei Bisschopps 1' 1 2+1
Bob Serrurier 1 1' 3 3 2' 3 13+2 Wim van Hemelrijk 2 1 2 3 2 10
res.Harry du Toit 3 2' 1 1 7+1 res.Bert Willard 1 1
res.Alec Blankfield 2 2 res.Joop Nolten 1' 1 2+1
2nd.Test : Johannesburg
1: Wills, Bosman, Nolten 3-3 2: Fuller, Metzelaar, Dammers 3-3 6-6 3: du Toit, Blankfield 5-0 11-6 4: Wills, Metzelaar, B Serrurier 4-2 15-8 5: Jonker, Fuller, van Hemelrijk 2-4 17-12 6: du Toit, Bosman, Stemen 3-3 20-15 7: Wills, B Serrurier, van Hemelrijk 5-1 25-16 8: Boshoff, Fuller, Bosman 5-1 30-17 9: du Toit, Metzelaar, Dammers 3-3 33-20 10: Stemen, B Serrurier, Boshoff 3-3 36-23 11: H Serrurier, Fuller, Dammers 5-1 41-24 12: Jonker, Blankfield, du Toit 3-3 44-27 13: Stemen, Boshoff, Dammers 2-4 46-31 14: Jonker, Fuller, van Hemelrijk 2-4 48-35 15: Blankfield, du Toit, Bosman 5-1 53-36 16: Jonker, van Hemelrijk, B Serrurier 1-5 54-41 17: Fuller, Gould, Bosman 5-1 59-42 18: Jonker, Dammers, Blankfield 1-5 60-47 South Africa 60 Holland 47
Fred Wills © 3 3 3 9 Jan Bosman © 2 2 1 1 1 7
Bob Serrurier 1 2' 2 1 6+1 Henk Stemen 1' 3 3 7+1
Buddy Fuller 3 2 2' 2' 2 3 14+2 Tinus Metzelaar 2 2 2 6
Alec Gould 2' 2+1 Henk Dammers 1' 1' 1 1 2' 6+3
Joe Blankfield 2' 2 3 1 8+1 Gerrit Jonker 3 3 3 3 3 15
Harry du Toit 3 3 3 1' 2' 12+2 Wim van Hemelrijk 1 1 1 2' 5+1
res.Harry Serrurier 3 3 res.Thei Bisschopps 0
res.Toby Boshoff 3 1' 2 6+1 res.Joop Nolten 1' 1+1
3rd.Test : Johannesburg
South Africa 54 Holland 53 1: Wills, Metzelaar, Boshoff 4-2 2: Jonker, Fuller, Bosman 2-4 6-6 3: Long, Serrurier, Stemen 5-1 11-7 4: Wills, Jonker, Boshoff 4-2 15-9 5: Dammers, Fuller 2-3 17-12 6: Long, Metzelaar, van Hemelrijk 3-3 20-15 7: 1 Stemen, Blankfield, Wills 3-3 23-18 8: van Hemelrijk, Metzelaar, Fenton 1-5 24-23 9: Long, Serrurier, Bosman 5-1 29-24 10: Wills, Metzelaar, van Hemelrijk 3-3 32-27 11: Fuller, Jonker, Bosman 3-3 35-30 12: Long, Stemen, Serrurier 4-2 39-32 13: Bosman, Jonker, Wills 1-5 40 37 14: Stemen, Fuller, Dammers 2-4 42-41 15: Long, Metzelaar, van Hemelrijk 3-3 45-44 16: Wills, Stemen, Dammers 3-3 48-47 17: Metzelaar, Fuller, van Hemelrijk 2-4 50-51 18: Long, Jonker, Serrurier 4-2 54-53
Fred Wills © 3 3 1' 3 1 3 14+1 Tinus Metzelaar 2 2 2' 2 2 3 13+1
Toby Boshoff 1 1 2 Wim van Hemelrijk 1' 3 1' 1' 1 7+3
Buddy Fuller 2 2 3 2 2 11 Jan Bosman © 1 1 1' 3 6+1
Maurice Fenton 1 1 Gerrit Jonker 3 2 2 2' 2 11+1
Henry Long 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Henk Stemen 1 3 2 3 2 11
Bob Serrurier 2' 2' 1 1 6+2 Henk Dammers 3 1 1' 5+1
res.Alec Blankfield 2 2
4th.Test : Johannesburg
1: Wills, du Toit, Metzelaar 5-1 2: Jonker, Bosman, Boshoff 1-5 6-6 3: Long, Stemen, Bischopps 3-3 9-9 4: du Toit, Wills, Jonker 5-1 14-10 5: Stemen, Blankfield, Bisschopps 2-4 16-14 6: Long, B Serrurier, Metzelaar 5-1 21-15 7: Stemen, Wills, du Toit 3-3 24-18 8: Metzelaar, H Serrurier, Gould 3-3 27-21 9: 1 Long, B Serrurier, Jonker 5-1 32-22 10: Wills, Metzelaar, Dammers 3-3 35-25 11: Blankfield, Bosman, Jonker 3-3 38-28 12: Long, B Serrurier, Stemen 5-1 43-29 13: Jonker, Bosman, du Toit 1-5 44-34 14: Dammers, Stemen, Gould 1-5 45-39 15: Long, B Serrurier, Metzelaar 5-1 50-40 16: Stemen, Wills, du Toit 3-3 53-43 17: Metzelaar, Dammers, Gould 1-5 54-48 18: Long, B Serrurier, Bosman 5-1 59-49 South Africa 59 Holland 49
Fred Wills © 3 2' 2 3 2 12+1 Tinus Metzelaar 1 1 3 2 1 3 11
Harry du Toit 2' 3 1' 1 1' 8+3 Henk Dammers 1' 3 2' 6+2
Toby Boshoff 1 1 Jan Bosman © 2' 2 2' 1 7+2
Alec Blankfield 2 3 5 Gerrit Jonker 3 1 1 1' 3 9+1
Henry Long 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Henk Stemen 2 3 3 1 2' 3 14+1
Bob Serrurier 2' 2' 2' 2' 2' 10+5 Thei Bisschopps 1' 1 2+1
res.Harry Serrurier 2 2 res.Wim van Hemelrijk 0
res.Alec Gould 1' 1 1 3+1
5th.Test : Johannesburg
South Africa 65 Holland 42
Fred Wills © 12 Henk Stemen 9 Unfortunately, the Johannesburg "Star" carried only heat winners for this match:
H 1: H. Stemen, H 2: H. Long, H 3: J. Blankfield, H 4: F. Wills, H 5: H. Long, H 6: J. Blankfield, H 7: T. Metzelaar, H 8: H. Long, H 9: J. Blankfield, H 10: F. Wills H 11: H. Long, H 12: J. Blankfield, H 13: G. Jonker, H 14: H. Long, H 15: J. Blankfield, H 16: T. Metzelaar, H 17: H. Long, H 18: H. du Toit.
Toby Boshoff 1 Henk Dammers 3
Henry Long 18 Jan Bosman © 1
Bob Serrurier 0 Gerrit Jonker 12
Harry du Toit 10 Tinus Metzelaar 12
Joe Blankfield 15 Wim van Hemelrijk 4
res.Alec Blankfield 8 res.Bob Raw (guest) 1
res.Des Wolfe (Wolff?) 1
Other matches ridden by the Dutch tourists included:
15.03 Bloemfontein South Africa Six 41 (Fred Wills © 11) Holland 31. This was at the Railway Grounds, and was for the Bloemfontein Show Trophy. Buddy Fuller broke his collarbone when he fell and was hit by Joop Nolten (hence his omission from the last two Tests)
Klerksdorp Western Transvaal 37 Holland 46
Bloemfontein Fred Wills Select 33 Holland 39
Boksburg Germiston Eagles & Boksburg Lions 33 Holland 51

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