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Young England v Young Overseas

1950 09.09 : Rayleigh Young England 57 Young Overseas 51
20.09 : Aldershot Young England 45 Young Overseas 60
Note : A 3rd match was staged at Long Eaton. For details, and the reason why it is
not included on this page, see here
Young England Total Young Overseas Total
Ken Middleditch 15 15 30 Trevor Redmond 17 18 35
Basil Harris 8 9 17 Harold Bull 11 11 22
Pat Clarke 14 0 14 Bob McFarlane 11 11 22
Joe Bowkis 14 - 14 Doug Ible 8 7 15
Ron Howes - 8 8 Jim Taylor 1 9 10
Ivor Powell - 7 7 Hugh Geddes - 2 2
George Craig - 4 4 Jack Gates 2 0 2
Cyril Quick 4 - 4 Jack Bedkober - 2 2
Buster Brown - 2 2 Frank Malouf 1 - 2
Charlie Mugford 1 - 1
Mike Wood 1 - 1
Mick Mitchell - 0 0

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Heat Details for match at Rayleigh
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Pat Clarke 2 2 3 2 2 3 14
Charlie Mugford 1' 0 0 0 - - 1 + 1
Ken Middleditch 3 2 2 3 2 3 15
Cyril Quick 1 0 1' 1 0 1 4 + 1
Basil Harris 2 2' 2' 1' 0 1' 8 + 4
Joe Bowkis 1' 3 3 2 3 2 14 + 1
res Mike Wood 0 1 1
YOUNG ENGLAND 3 7 10 12 17 19 24 27 30 32 36 39 41 44 46 49 53 57 57
YOUNG OVERSEAS 3 5 8 12 13 17 18 21 24 28 30 33 37 40 44 47 49 51 51
Bob McFarlane 0 1 1 3 3 3 11
Doug Ible 3 3 0 1 1 0 8
Harold Bull 2 1 2 2 2 2 11
Frank Malouf 0 0 1' 0 - 0 1 + 1
Trevor Redmond 3 3 3 3 3 2 17
Jack Gates 0 1 0 - 1 0 2
res Cecil Hookham 0 0
res Jim Taylor 1' 1 + 1
Heat Details for match at Aldershot
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Pat Clarke R - - - - - 0
Buster Brown R 1 0 nf 1 - 2
Basil Harris 3 1' nf 3 2 R 9 + 1
Ivor Powell 0 2 1 0 1' 3 7 + 1
Ken Middleditch 3 3 2 3 2 2 15
George Craig 0 2' 1' 0 0 1' 4 + 3
res Ron Howes 3 2 3 8
res Mick Mitchell ex 0
YOUNG ENGLAND 0 3 6 9 14 18 21 23 24 24 27 30 33 35 36 39 42 45 45
YOUNG OVERSEAS 5 8 11 14 15 17 20 24 29 34 37 40 43 47 52 55 58 60 60
Trevor Redmond 3 3 3 3 3 3 18
Hugh Geddes 2' 0 0 - 0 - 2 + 1
Harold Bull 2 0 3 2 3 1' 11 + 1
Doug Ible 1' 1 1 1' 1 2 7 + 2
Bob McFarlane 2 2 3 1' 3 R 11 + 1
Jim Taylor 1' 0 2' 2 2' 2 9 + 3
res Jack Bedkober 2' 2 + 1
res Jack Gates 0 0

1950 UNOFFICIAL 30.06 : Harringay Young England 22 Young Overseas 8
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 Split Waterman 8+1(3) Jack Young 6(3)
Eric Williams 7+1(3) Merv Harding 2(2)
Bert Roger 4(2) Keith Gurtner 0(2)
Danny Dunton 3+2(2) Ronnie Moore 0(3)
1: Young, Williams, Dunton, Gurtner f 3-3
2: Roger, Waterman, Harding, Moore f 5-1 8-4
3: Williams, Dunton, Harding, Moore f,rm 5-1 13-5
4: Waterman, Young, Roger, Gurtner 4-2 17-7
5: Waterman, Williams, Young, Moore f 5-1 22-8

This was a second-half event

1952 Young Overseas won series 2-0
16.08 : Rayleigh Young England 53 Young Overseas 55
06.09 : Swindon Young England 46 Young Overseas 62
Young England Total Young Overseas Total
Alan Smith 18 12 30 Maury Dunn - 15 15
George Wall 9 11 20 Sune Karlsson 14 - 14
Sid Clark 8 1 9 Brian McKeown 7 7 14
Stan Clarke 2 7 9 Allan Quinn 6 7 13
Reg Duval - 7 7 Rune Sormander 11 - 11
Doug Papworth 5 - 5 Ken Walsh - 11 11
Gerald Pugh - 5 5 Chum Taylor - 9 9
Jimmy Grant 4 - 4 Noel Watson 8 - 8
Norman Street 4 0 4 Bill Thatcher 0 8 8
Benny King 3 - 3 Keith Gurtner 6 - 6
Goog Hoskin - 3 3 Jack Geran - 5 5
Peter Moore 3 - 3
Hugh Geddes - 0 0

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1953 Young Overseas won series 2-1
09.06 : St.Austell (Par Moor) Young England 38 Young Overseas 46 14 heats
13.06 : Swindon Young England 36 Young Overseas 47 14 heats
16.06 : Southampton Young England 59 Young Overseas 49 18 heats
Young England Ttl Young Overseas Ttl
Goog Hoskin 10 9 - 19 Jack Geran 8 7 16 31
Ernie Rawlins - 4 11 15 Brian McKeown - 9 7 16
Alan Smith 7 - 7 14 Johnny Chamberlain - 12 - 12
Pete Lansdale - - 11 11 Ken Walsh - 9 - 9
Ian Williams 6 4 - 10 Graham Williams 9 - - 9
Gerald Jackson - - 9 9 Ernie Brecknell - - 8 8
Don Hardy 4 4 - 8 Bill Thatcher - - 8 8
Charlie May - 7 - 7 Hugh Geddes 5 - 3 8
Dudley Smith - - 7 7 Bob Duckworth 8 - - 8
Maury McDermott - - 6 6 Jack Gates 8 - - 8
Ken Monk 5 - - 5 Neil Street - 7 - 7
Bert Edwards - - 4 4 Harold Bull 5 0 - 5
Jim Gregory - 4 - 4 Bob McFarlane - - 4 4
Danny Malone - 4 - 4 Peter Clark - - 3 3
Morrie Mattingley - - 4 4 Jackie Hart - 2 - 2
John Yates 4 - - 4 Maury McHugh 2 - - 2
Johnny Sargeant 1 - - 1 Bluey McCoy - 1 - 1
Alf Webster 1 - - 1 Roy Thomas 1 - - 1
Bob Jones - 0 - 0 Frank Boyle - - 0 0
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1954 04.08 : Weymouth Young England 48 Young Overseas 35 Att : 10,000
UNOFFICIAL Note : This was the first-ever meeting at Weymouth. Record for the 379 yard track was set at 71.8 seconds by Dick Bradley in heat 1.
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Dick Bradley 8
Goog Hoskins 7
Ken Adams 6
Jack Unstead 6
Johnnie Hole 6
Don Hardy 6
Ronnie Genz 5
Johnnie Fitzpatrick 4
Young Overseas
Chum Taylor 9
Jack Geran 7
Brian McKeown 5
Ernie Brecknell 4
Jackie Hart 4
Junior Bainbridge 3
Bill Thatcher 3
Sonny Mitchell 0
1958 31.08 : Eastbourne Young England 58 Young Overseas 49
OFFICIAL




 This match was officially designated as a "Junior Test Match", and is notable for the first international team appearance of Ivan Mauger. England were without Leo McAuliffe, who broke down on the way to the track, so Ross Gilbertson replaced him in the team and Bob Warner, who had attended the match as a spectator, borrowed novice Ken Vale's equipment and became reserve. It was to be the peak of Warner's speedway career for, with Overseas holding a 3-point lead after 11 races, and England robbed of the services of Bobby Croombs and Frank Bettis through injury, he was called on to ride in 5 of the last 7 races, and his 8 points gave England the match.
Heat Details
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Colin Gooddy 3 3 3 3 3 1' 16 + 1
Jimmy Gleed 1 1 1 1 2' - 6 + 1
Tommy Sweetman 2' 1' 1' R 2 3 9 + 3
Frank Bettis 3 2 2 FX - - 7
Ross Gilbertson 2 F 2 2 3 F 9
Bobby Croombs 1' 2 FX - - - 3 + 1
res Bob Warner 1' 1 3 2 1 8 + 1
YOUNG ENGLAND 4 9 12 15 17 21 23 27 30 34 34 37 39 43 48 51 54 58 58
YOUNG OVERSEAS 2 3 6 9 13 15 19 21 24 26 31 34 38 40 41 44 47 49 49
Trevor Blokdyk (Sth Af) 2 3 3 2 3 1' 14 + 1
Jerry Bridson* (NZ) 0 F 1 0 1 2 4
Ivan Mauger (NZ) R 3 2 3 F 3 11
Shorty Schirmer (Aus) 1 1 0 2' 2 X 6 + 1
Maury Conway (Aus) 3 2 3 3 1 2 14
Les Spillsbury (Aus) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
* Bridson was actually born in Liverpool UK, and emigrated to New Zealand in 1949
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1977 20.10 : Wimbledon Young England 39 Young Overseas 33
Note : Match abandoned after heat 12 - result stands.
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John Davis 10
Michael Lee 10
Gordon Kennett 8
Keith White 7
Colin Richardson 4
Steve Bastable 0
Mick Hines 0
Steve Weatherley 0
Young Overseas
Scott Autrey (USA) 11
Edward Jancarz (Pol) 7
Mitch Shirra (NZ) 5
Phil Herne (Aus) 3
Ila Teromaa (Fin) 3
Hans Nielsen (Den) 2
Larry Ross (NZ) 2
Finn Thomsen (Den) 0
Contributors : Roger Stevens, John Hyam, Jim Henry

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