salty Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 3 hours ago, chunky said: Well, the OP stated "other than England, Australia, Sweden etc" (which I would take to include Denmark), so I think we should just focus on the minor speedway nations... Minor Speedway nations! In that case Collins and Grahame at Cradley! Point taken though - no Danes from late 70's onwards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Technik said: Bo Brhel & Tom Topinka Czechoslovakia at Kings Lynn Both later figured at Oxford (1996) and of the two I thought that Bo Brhel was the better rider round Cowley who displayed some classy riding passing where others feared to tread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 11 minutes ago, salty said: Minor Speedway nations! In that case Collins and Grahame at Cradley! Ouch!!! True though... Funny enough, did you know that England has provided more individual world champs than any other country? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 1 hour ago, chunky said: Ouch!!! True though... Funny enough, did you know that England has provided more individual world champs than any other country? ...that came as a surprise to me until I totalled them up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technik Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 Another trip to Reading for KIwis Mitch Shirra & Nathan Murray. I think possibly Peter Nightingale might have been involved at some point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 8 minutes ago, steve roberts said: ...that came as a surprise to me until I totalled them up! That's why I mentioned it! I knew that not everybody would know that... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted August 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, steve roberts said: ...that came as a surprise to me until I totalled them up! 2 hours ago, chunky said: Ouch!!! True though... Funny enough, did you know that England has provided more individual world champs than any other country? Am I missing something here? According to my calculations, Sweden and Denmark have each provided 14 World Champions, New Zealand has 12 and England has 10. Edited August 24, 2021 by Split Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 12 minutes ago, Split said: Am I missing something here? According to my calculations, Sweden and Denmark have both provided 14 World Champions, New Zealand has 12 and England has 10. Is it something to do with the words ? It wasn’t that England had won more individual world titles, but…… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Split said: Am I missing something here? According to my calculations, Sweden and Denmark have each provided 14 World Champions, New Zealand has 12 and England has 10. See below... 1 hour ago, iris123 said: Is it something to do with the words ? It wasn’t that England had won more individual world titles, but…… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted August 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 17 hours ago, iris123 said: Is it something to do with the words ? It wasn’t that England had won more individual world titles, but…… Semantics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 9 minutes ago, Split said: Semantics Seven Englishmen have won the World Championship, compared to six Aussies, five Danes, and five Swedes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted August 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, chunky said: Seven Englishmen have won the World Championship, compared to six Aussies, five Danes, and five Swedes. Yes, believe it or not I got that in the end and only three New Zealanders have shared 12 world titles. The point you were making wasn't clear (as least not to me) from your first post but I don't want to quibble about that which is why I made my comment above. Anyway, the way things are going the Poles will eventually outstrip everybody else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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