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INTERNATIONALS - SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa v Scandinavia

1955-56	*Scandinavia won series 4-1*
OFFICIAL	02.12 : Johannesburg (Wembley)	South Africa	53	Scandinavia	55	Att: 10,000
	28.01 : Durban (Hoy Park)	South Africa	48	Scandinavia	59
	01.02 : Pretoria	South Africa	54	Scandinavia	53
	10.02 : Johannesburg (Wembley)	South Africa	52	Scandinavia	55
	03.03 : Springs	South Africa	51	Scandinavia	57

	South Africa						Total	Scandinavia						Total
	Henry Long ©	16	8	14	20	14	72	Olle Nygren (Swe) ©	15	16	8	17	17	73
	Trevor Redmond	8	5	18	10	7	48	Rune Sormander (Swe)	16	9	11	14	15	65
	Doug Davies	14	9	-	-	8	31	Ulf Ericsson (Swe)	7	8	10	10	11	46
	Alan Hunt	-	15	10	6	-	31	Lasse Pettersson(Swe)	4	9	9	6	6	34
	Roy Bester	4	8	1	4	6	23	Reidar Kristoffersen (Nor)	1	3	6	7	8	25
	Neil Mortimer	-	3	6	8	1	18	Dan Forsberg(Swe)	2	14	9	-	-	25
	Toy Edwards	-	-	4	3	8	15	Basse Hveem (Nor)	10	-	-	-	-	10
	Trevor Blokdyk	-	-	1	-	7	8	Aubrey Long (Sth Af) *	-	-	-	1	-	1
	Arthur Duncan	6	-	-	-	-	6	* guest
	Fred Lang	4	-	-	-	-	4
	Fred Wills	1	-	-	2	-	3
Note : In the 4th. Test, Scandinavia were only a 5-man team, so 4 of their riders (including Nygren and Sormander) had an extra (7th) ride - as did South Africa's Henry Long.

An additonal Test Match, which was NOT part of the 5-match series, was staged on 09.03 at Bloemfontein. Details: SOUTH AFRICA 53 (Henry Long © 18, Doug Davies 13, Toy Edwards ?) SCANDINAVIA 55 (Olle Nygren 13, Ulf Ericsson 13)

Heat Winners - 1st.Test at Jo'burg
H 1 H. Long 75.8 seconds (new track record). H 2: R. Sormander H 3: B.Hveem 75.8 seconds (equals new track record) H 4: O. Nygren 75.7 seconds (new track record) H 5: R. Sormander H 6: H. Long H 7: O. Nygren H 8: R. Sormander H 9: D. Davies 75.5 seconds (new track record) H 10: O. Nygren H 11: D. Davies 75.4 seconds (new track record) H 12: B. Hveem H 13: D. Davies 75.4 seconds (equals new track record) H 14: R. Sormander H 15: H. Long H 16: B. Hveem H 17: H. Long H 18: D. Davies.

Heat Details - 2nd.Test at Durban
heat 1: 1 O. Nygren, 2 H. Long, 3 R. Bester, 4 R. Kristofferson SA 3 Scand. 3 3 3 heat 2: 1 A. Hunt, 2 D. Forsberg, 3 N. Mortimer, 4 R. Sormander 4 2 7 5 heat 3:1 L. Petterson, 2 T. Redmond, 3 U. Ericcson, 4 D. Davies 2 4 9 9 heat 4: 1 A. Hunt, 2 O. Nygen, 3 N. Mortimer, 4 R. Kristofferson 4 2 13 11 heat 5: 1 D. Forsberg, 2 D. Davies, 3 R. Sormander, 4 T. Redmond 2 4 15 15 heat 6: 1 L. Petterson, 2 R. Bester, 3 U. Ericcson, 4 H. Long 2 4 17 19 heat 7: 1 O. Nygren, 2 T. Redmond, 3 D. Davies, 4 R. Kristoferson 3 3 20 22 heat 8: 1 R. Sormander, 2 H. Long, 3 D. Forsberg, 4 R. Bester 2 4 22 26 heat 9: 1 A. Hunt, 2 L. Petterson, 3 N. Mortimer, 4 U. Ericcson 4 2 26 28 heat 10: 1 R. Bester, 2 O. Nygren, 3 H. Long, 4 R. Kristofferson 4 2 30 30 heat 11: 1 D. Forsberg, 2 R. Sormander, 3 A. Hunt, 4 N. Mortimer 1 5 31 35 heat 12: 1 D. Davies, 2 U. Ericcson, 3 T. Redmond, 4 L. Petterson 4 2 35 37 heat 13: 1 O. Nygren, 2 A. Hunt, 3 R. Kristofferson, 4 N. Mortimer 2 4 37 41 heat 14: 1 D. Davies, 2 D. Forsberg, 3 R. Sormander, 4 T. Redmond 3 3 40 44 heat 15: 1 H. Long, 2 U. Ericcson, 3 R. Bester, 4 L. Petterson 4 2 44 46 heat 16: 1 O. Nygren, 2 R. Kristofferson, D. Davies (F), T. Redmond (F) 0 5 44 51 heat 17: 1 D. Forsberg , 2 R. Sormander, 3 R. Bester, 4 H. Long 1 5 45 56 heat 18: 1 A. Hunt, 2 U. Ericcson, 3 L. Petterson, 4 N. Mortimer 3 3 48 59

Heat Details - 3rd.Test at Pretoria
H 1: 1 H. Long, 2 O. Nygren, 3 R. Kristofferson, 4 R. Bester. 3-3 H 2: 1 T. Redmond, 2 R. Sormander, 3 T. Edwards, 4 D. Forsberg. 4-2 7-5 H 3: 1 A. Hunt, 2 L. Petterson, 3 N. Mortimer, 4 U. Ericcson 4-2 11-7 H 4: 1 T. Redmond, 2 O. Nygren, 3 T. Edwards, 4 R. Kristofferson 4-2 15-9 H 5: 1 R. Sormander, 2 N. Mortimer, 3 D. Forsberg, 4 A. Hunt 2-4 17-13 H 6: 1 L. Petterson, 2 U. Ericcson, 3 R. Bester, 4 H. Long 1-5 18-18 H 7: 1 A. Hunt, 2 R. Kristofferson, 3 O. Nygren, 4 N. Mortimer 3-3 21-21 H 8: 1 H. Long, 2 D. Forsberg, 3 R. Sormander, 4 R. Bester 3-3 24-24 H 9: 1 T. Redmond, 2 U. Ericcson, 3 L. Petterson, 4 T. Edwards 3-3 27-27 H 10:1 O. Nygren, 2 H. Long, 3 R. Kristofferson, 4 R. Bester 2-4 29-31 H 11:1 T. Redmond, 2 D. Forsberg, 3 R. Sormander, 4 T. Edwards 3-3 32-34 H 12:1 1 L. Petterson, 2 U. Ericcson, 3 N. Mortimer, 4 A. Hunt 1-5 33-39 H 13: 1 T. Redmond, 2 R. Kristofferson, 3 T. Edwards, 4 O. Nygren 4-2 37-41 H 14: 1 D. Forsberg, 2 R. Sormander, 3 A. Hunt, 4 N. Mortimer 1-5 38-46 H 15: 1 H. Long, 2 U. Ericcson, 3 T. Blokdyk. L. Petterson (excluded. broke tapes). 4-2 42-48 H 16: 1 A. Hunt, 2 N. Mortimer. R. Kristofferson (excluded for rough riding. bumped Mortimer). O. Nygren (R.ef). 5-0 47-48 H 17: 1 H. Long, 2 R. Sormander, 3 D. Forsberg, 4 T. Blokdyk. 3-3 50-51 H 18: 1 T. Redmond, 2 U. Ericcson, 3 T. Edwards. 4 L. Petterson. 4-2 54-53

Heat Winners - 4th Test at Jo'burg H 1 O. Nygren. H 2: U. Ericcson. H 3: R. Sormander, H 4:O. Nygren, H 5: N. Mortimer, H 6: H. Long, H 7: O. Nygren, H 8: H. Long, H 9: A. Hunt, H 10: H. Long, H 11: U. Ericcson, H 12:R. Sormander, H 13: A. Hunt, H 14: T. Redmond, H 15: H. Long H 16: O. Nygren, H 17: H. Long, H 18: H. Long.

The Scandinavia team also rode the following non-international matches:
08.11 at Durban : National League Elect 26 (Alan Hunt 8, Henry Long © 7) Scandinavia 46 (Rune Sormander 10, Lasse Pettersson 10, Ulf Ericsson 8, Reider Kristoffersen 7)
11.11 at Johannesburg : Wembley Lions 29 (Alan Hunt 11) Scandinavia 43 (Rune Sormander 11)

Contributors : Ken MacLeod