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South Africa v Overseas

1951-52 Overseas won series 3½ - 1½
07.12 : Johannesburg (Wembley) South Africa 49 Overseas 59 12,000
11.01* : Johannesburg (Wembley) South Africa 45 Overseas 62
01.02† : Johannesburg (Wembley) South Africa 61 Overseas 47
22.02 : Johannesburg (Wembley) South Africa 51 Overseas 57
14.03 : Johannesburg (Wembley) South Africa 54 Overseas 54
* 2nd Test originally staged 04.01, but abandoned due to rain with the score South Africa 16 Overseas 14
† 3rd Test originally due to be staged 25.01, but postponed due to rain. Restaged on 28.01, but abandoned due to rain with the score South Africa 18 Overseas 6
South Africa Total Overseas Total
Henry Long 12 18© 18 15 17 80 Ken Middleditch (Eng)© 17 13 5 9 11 55
Fred Wills 7 12 14© 16© 12 61 Henry Andersen (Nor) 3 14 14 3 14 48
Fred van Zyl 14 1 7 4 - 26 Trevor Redmond (NZ) 11 9 10 11 7 48
Joe Blankfield - 1 - 9 19 Tony Lewis (Eng) 8 5 3 7 8 31
Alec Blankfield 8 6 - 3 - 17 Geoff Mardon (NZ) 11 9 - - 9 29
Bob Raw 1 4 2 3 6 16 Ake Lindqvist (Swe) 3 - 10 5 5 23
Buddy Fuller - 11 1 - 15 Reg Duval (Eng) 5 0 4 11 0 20
Doug Serrurier 4 1 3 0 - 8 Sune Karlsson (Swe) - 9 0 9 0 18
Roy Bester - - - - 8 8 Jock Grierson (Scot) 1 3 1 2 - 7
Toby Boshoff - 2 4 - - 6
George Mathews - - 2 - 1 3
Des Wolfe (Wolff?) - - - - 1 1
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Thanks to Dave Collins for supplying the heat details of this series. Dave rode for BOTH teams during the 1956-57 South Africa v England series. I was fortunate enough to meet Dave at Wimbledon, during his 2005 trip to the UK.
1 - Johannesburg 2 - Johannesburg
South Africa 49 Overseas 59 South Africa 45 Overseas 62
Buddy Fuller 1' 2 3+1 Geoff Mardon 1 1' 3 3 3 11+1 Henry Long 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 K Middleditch 1' 3 2' 2 2 2' 12+3
Alec Blankfield 2 2 1 2 1' 8+1 T Redmond 3 2 2' 2' 1 1 11+2 Doug Serrurier 1 1 Tony Lewis 2 1 3 6
Henry Long 3 3 1 2 3 12 K Middleditch 3 3 3 3 2 3 17 Fred Wills 2 3 1 3 3 12 H Andersen 2' 3 2 3 2' 2 14+2
Doug Serrurier 2 2' 4+1 Jock Grierson 1 1 Fred van Zyl 1 1 Sune Karlsson 3 1' 2' 3 9+2
Fred Wills 1' 3 1 2' 7+2 Henry Andersen 1' 1 1 3+1 Alec Blankfield 1' 1 3 1 6+1 Geoff Mardon 3 1' 2 2 1' 9+2
Fred van Zyl 3 2 1 2' 3 3 14+1 Reg Duval 2 3 5 Bob Raw 1 2 1 4 T Redmond 2' 2 2 1' 2 9+2
res.Bob Raw 1 1 res.Tony Lewis 2' 2' 3 1' 8+3 res.Toby Boshoff 1 1 2 res.Jock Grierson 3 3
res.Ake Lindqvist 1 2 3 res.Joe Blankfield 1 1 res.Reg Duval 0
1: Redmond, Blankfield, Mardon 77.8 (track record) 2-4 2: Middleditch, Serrurier, Grierson 2-4 4-8 3: van Zyl, Duval, ,Andersen 77.0 (track record) 3-3 7-11 4: Long, Redmond, Mardon 3-3 10-14 5: Middleditch, van Zyl, Wills 3-3 13-17 6: Duval, Blankfield, Andersen 2-4 15-21 7: Mardon, Redmond, van Zyl 1-5 16-26 8: Middleditch, Lewis, Blankfield 1-5 17-31 9: Long, Serrurier, Lindqvist 5-1 22-32 10: Mardon,Redmond, Raw 1-5 23-37 11: Middleditch, Lewis, Long 1-5 24-42 12: Wills, van Zyl, Andersen 5-1 29-43 13: Mardon, Long, Redmond 76.6 (track record) 2-4 31-47 14: van Zyl, Middleditch, Wills 4-2 35-49 15: Lewis, Blankfield, Fuller 3-3 38-52 16: van Zyl, Wills, Redmond 5-1 43-53 17: Middleditch, Fuller, Blankfield 3-3 46-56 18: Long, Lindqvist, Lewis 3-3 49-59 1: Long, Lewis, Middleditch 75.4 (track record) 3-3 2: Karlsson, Andersen, van Zyl 1-5 4-8 3: Mardon, Redmond, Raw 1-5 5-13 4: Middleditch, Wills, Lewis 2-4 7-17 5: Andersen, Raw, A Blankfield 3-3 10-20 6: Long, Redmond, Serrurier 4-2 14-22 7: Grierson, Middleditch, A Blankfield 1-5 15-27 8: Long, Andersen, Karlsson 3-3 18-30 9: Wills, Redmond, Mardon 3-3 21-33 10: Long, Middleditch, Duval R, Boshoff R 3-2 24-35 11: Andersen, Karlsson, Wills 1-5 25-40 12: A Blankfield, Mardon, Boshoff 4-2 29-42 13: Wills, Middleditch, J Blankfield, Duval 4-2 33-44 14: Karlsson, Andersen, Raw 1-5 34-49 15: Long, Mardon, Redmond 3-3 37-52 16: Lewis, Middleditch, A Blankfield 1-5 38-57 17: Long, Andersen, Boshoff 4-2 42-59 18: Wills, Redmond, Mardon 3-3 45-62
3 - Johannesburg 4 - Johannesburg
South Africa 61 Overseas 47 South Africa 51 Overseas 57
Fred Wills 3 3 2' 2 2 2 14+1 Ken Middleditch 2 2 1 5 Fred Wills 3 3 3 2 2 3 16 Ken Middleditch 2 2 3 1 1' 9+1
Fred van Zyl 1 1 3 1' 1' 7+2 Ake Lindqvist 1 1' 3 3 2 10+1 Fred van Zyl 1 1' 1' 1 4+2 Tony Lewis 1' 1' 2' 3 7+3
Buddy Fuller 3 3 2 2 1' 11+1 Trevor Redmond 2 2 1 3 2 10 Henry Long 1 3 3 3 2' 3 15+1 Trevor Redmond 3 3 2 2 1 11
Toby Boshoff 2' 1 1' 4+2 Jock Grierson 1' 1+1 Doug Serrurier 0 Reg Duval 2' 2' 1' 1' 3 2 11+4
Henry Long 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 H Andersen 1 2 3 2 3 3 14 Buddy Fuller 1 1 Sune Karlsson 3 2 2 1' 1 9+1
Doug Serrurier 2' 1 3+1 Reg Duval 2' 1' 1 4+2 Alec Blankfield 1 2 3 Ake Lindqvist 2' 1' 2 5+2
res.Bob Raw 1 1 2 res.Tony Lewis 3 3 res.Joe Blankfield 1 3 3 2' 9+1 res.Henry Andersen 3 3
res.George Matthews 2 2 res.Sune Karlsson 0 res.Bob Raw 3 3 res.Jock Grierson 2 2
1: Wills, Middleditch, van Zyl 4-2 2: Fuller, Redmond, Grierson 3-3 7-5 3: Long, Serrurier, Andersen 5-1 12-6 4: Fuller, Boshoff, Lindqvist 5-1 17-7 5: Long, Redmond, Serrurier 4-2 21-9 6: Wills, Andersen, van Zyl 4-2 25-11 7: Long, Middleditch, Lindqvist 3-3 28-14 8: van Zyl, Wills, Redmond 5-1 33-15 9: Andersen, Duval, Boshoff 1-5 34-20 10: Lindqvist, Wills, van Zyl 3-3 37-23 11: Redmond, Fuller, Boshoff 3-3 40-26 12: Long, Andersen, Duval 3-3 43-29 13: Lindqvist, Fuller, Middleditch 2-4 45-33 14: Long, Redmond, Raw 4-2 49-35 15: Andersen, Wills, Duval 2-4 51-39 16: Long, Lindqvist, Raw 4-2 55-41 17: Lewis, Wills, van Zyl 3-3 58-44 18: Andersen, Matthews, Fuller 3-3 61-47 1: Wills, Middleditch, Lewis 3-3 2: Redmond, Duval, Long 1-5 4-8 3: Karlsson, Lindqvist, A Blankfield 1-5 5-13 4: Long, Middleditch, Lewis 3-3 8-16 5: Redmond, Duval, Fuller 1-5 9-21 6: Wills, Karlsson, van Zyl 4-2 13-23 7: Middleditch, Lewis, J Blankfield 1-5 14-28 8: Wills, Redmond, Duval 3-3 17-31 9: Long, Karlsson, Lindqvist 3-3 20-34 10: Lewis, Wills, van Zyl 3-3 23-37 11: Long, Redmond, Duval 3-3 26-40 12: Raw, Lindqvist, Karlsson 3-3 29-43 13: J Blankfield, Long, Middleditch 5-1 34-44 14: Duval, A Blankfield, Redmond 2-4 36-48 15: Andersen, Wills, van Zyl 3-3 39-51 16: J Blankfield, Grierson, Middleditch 3-3 42-54 17: Wills, Duval, van Zyl 4-2 46-56 18: Long, J Blankfield, Karlsson 5-1 51-57
5 - Johannesburg
South Africa 54 Overseas 54
Roy Bester 1' 3 1 2 1 8+1 Ken Middleditch 3 2 2 2' 2 11+1 1: Middleditch, Lewis, Blankfield 1-5 2: Mardon, Wills, Lindqvist 2-4 3-9 3: Long, Raw, Andersen 5-1 8-10 4: Wills, Middleditch, Lewis 3-3 11-13 5: Mardon, Long, Lindqvist 2-4 13-17 6: Andersen, Blankfield, Bester 3-3 16-20 7: Long, Raw, Lewis 5-1 21-21 8: Bester, Blankfield, Lindqvist 5-1 26-22 9: Wills, Andersen, Matthews 4-2 30-24 10: Blankfield, Middleditch, Bester 4-2 34-26 11: Redmond, Wills, Wolfe 3-3 37-29 12: Long, Andersen, Raw 4-2 41-31 13: Lewis, Middleditch, Wills 1-5 42-36 14: Long, Redmond, Raw 4-2 46-38 15: Andersen, Bester, Blankfield 3-3 49-41 16: Long, Middleditch, Lewis 3-3 52-44 17: Mardon, Lindkvist, Bester 1-5 53-49 18: Andersen, Redmond, Wills 1-5 54-54
Joe Blankfield 1 2 2' 3 1' 9+2 Tony Lewis 2' 1' 1 3 1' 8+3
Fred Wills 2 3 3 2 1 1 12 Geoff Mardon 3 3 3 9
George Matthews 1 1 Reg Duval 0
Henry Long 3 2 3 3 3 3 17 Henry Andersen 1 3 2 2 3 3 14
Bob Raw 2' 2' 1 1 6+2 Sune Karlsson 0
res.Des Wolfe 1' 1+1 res.Trevor Redmond 3 2 2' 7+1
res.Ake Lindqvist 1 1 1 2' 5+1
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In a match at Boksburg, the result was Eastern Transvaal 47 Overseas 51.
There was also an unofficial match at Klerksdorp between South Africa and Overseas - the result is not known, but Sune Karlsson had to ride the track spare - a 1928 Rudge!

1951-52 23.02 : Durban (Alan Ford Stadium, South Africa Select 47 Overseas 59
UNOFFICIAL Hoy Park) Henry Long 17 Henry Andersen (Nor) 13
Joe Blankfield 11 Ken Middleditch (Eng) 12
Fred Wills 7 Bill Dalton (Eng) 10
Syd van der Vyver 6 Reg Duval (Eng) 10
Toby Boshoff (res) 4 Trevor Redmond (NZ) 6
Bob Serrurier 2 Sune Karlsson (Swe) 5
Alec Blankfield 0 Jock Grierson (res) (Scot) 3
18.03 : Cape Town (van Riebeeck South Africa Select 36 Overseas 36
Stadium) Fred Wills © 9 Ken Middleditch (Eng) © 9
The two meetings at Cape Town were part of the van Riebeeck Tercentenary Festival, details of which can be found here Bob Serrurier Tony Lewis (Eng)
Buddy Fuller Geoff Mardon (NZ)
Toby Boshoff Sune Karlsson (Swe)
Doug Serrurier 10 Henry Andersen (Nor) 10
Fred van Zyl Reg Duval (Eng)
Alec Gould Jock Grierson (Scot)
20.03 : Cape Town (van Riebeeck South Africa Select 33½ Overseas 38½
Stadium) No scorers available

1953-54 South Africa won series 2-1
16.01 : Springs (Olympia Park) South Africa 62 Overseas 46
28.01 : Randfontein South Africa 67 Overseas 41
06.02 : Durban (Hoy Park) South Africa 45 Overseas 61
South Africa Total Overseas Total
Henry Long 15© 17 14© 46 Trevor Redmond (NZ) 15© ? -
Fred Wills 12 14© 12 38 Gerry Hussey (Eng) 12 - 12 24
Fred Lang 12 7 7 26 Dick Campbell (NZ) 9 12© 14 35
Roy Bester 8 13 - 21 Bill Dalton (Eng) 5 ? 0
Bob Raw 9 - - 9 Dave Collins (Sth Af) 3 ? -
Alec Blankfield - 7 - 7 Roy Browning (Eng) 1 ? 7
Joe Blankfield - 7 - 7 Peter Dykes (NZ) 1 ? 7
Doug Lang - 2 4 6 Bill Griffiths (Eng) - 12 7 21
Harry du Toit 5 - - 5 Freddie Williams (Eng) - ? 14©
Harry Serrurier 1 - 3 4
Toby Boshoff - - 3 3
Vern McWilliams - - 2 2
Full Overseas scorers not available for 2nd match
Heat Winners - 1st Test at Springs
h 1: T. Redmond 62.4 (track record), h 2: D. Campbell, h 3: B. Dalton, h 4: T. Redmond, h 5: D. Campbell, h 6: G. Hussey, h 7: F. Wills, h 8: H. Long, h 9: F. Lang, h 10: H. Long 62.4 (equals track record), h 11: F. Lang, h 12: B. Raw, h 13: F. Lang, h 14: F. Wills, h 15: H. Long, h 16: T. Redmond, h 17: H. Long h 18: G. Hussey From the Johannesburg Star
Heat Winners - 2nd Test at Randfontein
h 1: D. Campbell, h 2: H. Long, h 3: R. Bester, h 4: H. Long, h 5: R. Bester, h 6: F. Wills, h 7: D. Campbell, h 8: F. Wills, h 9: H. Long, h 10: D. Campbell, h 11: H. Long, h 12: B. Griffiths, h 13: D. Campbell, h 14: T. Redmond, h 15: F. Wills, H 16: R. Bester, h 17: J. Blankfield, h 18: H. Long. From the Johannesburg Star
Heat Winners - 3rd Test at Durban
h1 Williams, h 2: Campbell, h 3: Hussey, h 4: Campbell, h 5: D. Lang, h 6: Williams, h 7: Browning, h 8: Williams, h 9: Wills, h 10: Boshoff, h 11: Dykes, h 12: Browning, h 13: Long, h 14: Hussey h 15: Wills, h 16: Long, h 17: Williams, h 18: Campbell Heat winners / scorers from the Sunday Tribune and the Natal Mercury.

1954-55 08.01 : Port Elizabeth South Africa 51½ Overseas 56½
Doug Davies © 13½ Reg Duval 13
Roy Bester 12 Fred Williams © 12½
Fred Wills 10 Barry Briggs 10
Neil Mortimer 6 Dick Campbell 9
Arthur Duncan 5 Peter Clark 7
Toby Boshoff 5 Howdy Byford 5
05.03 : Bloemfontein South Africa 56 Overseas 52
Henry Long © 18 Peter Clark 12
Doug Davies 15 Ken McKinlay © 10
Fred Wills 7 Gerald Jackson 10
Doug Serrurier 7 Barry Briggs 9
Arthur Duncan 6 Reg Duval 8
Doug Lang 3 Junior Bainbridge 3
A challenge match was staged at Springs on 22.12.54 between an Overseas team and a combined Pretoria-Springs team. Details:
North Eastern Transvaal 48 (Trevor Redmond 13, Doug Davies 11, Roy Bester 10, Arthur Duncan 5, Doug Serrurier 5, Toby Boshoff 3, Neil Mortimer 1) Overseas 60 (Ronnie Genz 19, Barry Briggs 14, Ken McKinlay 12, Peter Clark 7, Allan Quinn 5, Reg Duval 3)

1960-61 The matches previously mentioned here will now be found at South Africa v Combined Europe

1972-73 Christian Weber tells me that the 2-match series previously listed here was actually between Southern
Africa (including Rhodesian riders) and Overseas. Details can now be found here

1980-81 Overseas won series 3-1
Johannesburg (Milner Park - INDOORS) South Africa 48 Overseas 60
Benoni (Dunswart Raceway)* South Africa 21 Overseas 44
Benoni (Dunswart Raceway) South Africa 33 Overseas 38
Krugersdorp (Tarlton Raceway) South Africa 45 Overseas 27
* Abandoned after 11 of the scheduled 12 heats due to rain. Result stands.
South Africa Total Overseas Total
Denzil Kent 15 8 8 12 43 (18) Dave Jessup © 18 9 12 - 39 (13)
Mike Ferreira 11 7 6 10 34+1 (17) John Barker 5 11 12 2 30+2 (13)
Alan Simpson 9 4 9 9 31+4 (18) Steve Wilcock 15 3 0 4 22+3 (13)
Derek Harrison 4 0 5 8 17+5 (17) Colin Ackroyd 0 9 3 9 21 (13)
Gary Prommel 3 1 4 4 12+6(18) Peter Tarrant 12 5 3 1 21+4 (16)
Wayne Coughlan 6 1 1 2 10+2(18) Pete Smith 7 5 4 4 20+6 (16)
Arthur Bruins - - - - - Ray Griffiths 2 2 4 3 11+3 (14)
James Bruins* - - - 2 2
Angelo Rippamonte* - - - 2 2
Mike Marsh* - - - 0 0
* guest

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1982-83 Overseas won series 5-0
Durban (New Kingsmead) South Africa 23 Overseas* 25
??.01 : Benoni (Dunswart) South Africa 20 Overseas 27
17.02 : Johannesburg (Milner Park) INDOOR South Africa 34 Overseas 44
18.02 : Johannesburg (Milner Park) INDOOR South Africa 37 Overseas 40
Durban (New Kingsmead) South Africa 34 Overseas 44
* Overseas actually rode this first match as Rest of the World
South Africa Total Overseas Total
Denzil Kent 7 - 9 11 ? Andy Reid - - 11 9 ?
Gary Prommel 6 0 5 8 Dave Jessup - - 5 10
Peter Prinsloo (Zim) - - 6 6 Andy Campbell - - 10 4
Derek Harrison 5 7 6 4 Richard Knight - - 8 5
Alan Simpson 1 5 4 4 Phil Kynman 3 4 5 5
Mike Cothill 2 2 3 1 Dave Trownson - - 3 6
Noddy Naude 2 6 1 3 Rob Dolman - 4 2 1
Ashley Meade - 0 - - John Barker 9 6 - -
Des Jones - 0 - - Pete Smith 8 6 - -
Wally Hill (Sth Af) 4 1 - -
No scorers available for 5th.match Colin Ackroyd 1 6 - -
Flippie Blignaut (Sth Af) 0 - - -
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Programme for the 1983 Indoor Matches at Johannesburg

1983-84 Overseas won series 5-2
Durban (King's Park Raceway) South Africa 13 Overseas 23
Benoni (Dunswart Raceway) South Africa 17 Overseas 25
Benoni (Dunswart Raceway) South Africa 9 Overseas 32
Bloemfontein (Agricultural Showground) South Africa 30 Overseas 48
Benoni (Dunswart Raceway) South Africa 22 Overseas 20
Durban (King's Park Raceway) South Africa 16 Overseas 14
Bloemfontein (Agricultural Showground) South Africa 33 Overseas 45

South Africa Total Overseas Total
Denzil Kent 2 3 - 4 6 9 8 32 Richard Knight 5 11 6 9 0 7 11 49
Alan Simpson 1 7 5 2 8 - 9 32 Andy Campbell 6 4 8 9 7 6 9 49
Wally Hill^ - 4 3 6 2 4 8 27 Dave Jessup - 3 9 12 8 - 12 44
Gary Prommel 2 2 1 8 - - - 13 Phil Kynman 6 7 6 11 4 - 4 38
Noddy Naude - 1 0 4 4 2 2 13 Jerry Martin* - - - - - 1 5 6
Flippie Blignaut - - - 6 - - 5 11 Wally Hill*^ 5 - - - - - - 5
Peter Prinsloo 8 - - - - - - 8 Gary Marsh* - - - 2 - - 2 4
Paul Smuts-Steyn - - - - 2 - 0 2 Mike Cothill* - - - 4 - - - 4
Jimmy Oliver - - - - - - 1 1 Rob Lassen - 0 3 - - - - 3
Farrel Steyn - - - - - 1 - 1 James Bruins* - - - - - - 2 2
Kevin Tebbitt^ - - 0 - - - - 0 Des Jones* 1 - - - - - - 1
Vic Pretorius* - - - 1 - - - 1
Kevin Tebbitt*^ - - - - 1 - - 1
^ rode for both teams * guest

Contributors : Christian Weber, Wally Auckram, Charles McKay, Bob Andrews, Dave Collins, Ken MacLeod, David Austin, Andy Reid

© Brian Collins 2004-08