YORK (Burnholme) Brian Collins

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1 YORK (Burnholme) 1931 Brian Collins Acknowledgements There is an article by Peter Lipscombe about this track in Vintage Speedway Magazine Vol.3 No.4 page 35. Auto = Automotor Journal ; Sh Ind = Sheffield Independent ; SN = Speedway News ; S-TPWY = Speedway The Pre War Years ; VSM = Vintage Speedway Magazine Good Fri (11am) : York (Burnholme) SN First-ever meeting at this venue (a demo was held in 1930) at Burnholme, Heworth, York. Light rain fell, and the crowd was about 1,000. Arthur Atkinson set track record at Other advertised riders included Arthur Humphries, Eric Smiler Gregory, and Tommy Bateman. Final Tony Golding (4 secs), Broncho Dixon, Arthur Moore Final Tommy Gamble, Biily Halstead, Gordon Byers ef, George Reynard ef Wed (7.15pm) : York (Burnholme) SN ; programme at VSM Vol.4 No.1 p36 5,000. Big Nine Final: Arthur Atkinson, Tommy Gamble, George Reynard Final: W Johnson (4 sec), Tommy Gamble (1 sec), Billy Halstead (3 sec) Final: Broncho Dixon, Arthur Moore, George Reynard, Arthur Atkinson f Wed : York (Burnholme) SN Postponed to due to rain Fri : York (Burnholme) SN The second attempt to run last Wednesday's meeting (3 rd of the season) was ruined by heavy rain, and abandoned after 3 races, though not before Geoff Kilburn somewhat surprisingly (in view of the conditions) lowered the 4-lap record to 87.6 in a special attempt. 1 J Gregory 2 Geoff Kilburn No further heats run 1 J Gregory No further heats run Wed : York (Burnholme) SN Geoff Kilburn lowered the track record to : Frank Charles, Dave Onanoff Johnson (by ½ a lap) 2: Chun Moore

2 3: Tony Golding, Arthur Atkinson ef, George Reynard ef Final: Chun Moore, Tony Golding, Frank Charles lost chain, pushed home Turner 1: Tony Golding 2: Billy Halstead 3: Tommy Gamble 4: Dave Johnson (4 sec) Final: Tony Golding, Billy Halstead, Tommy Gamble 1: Frank Charles 2: George Reynard [Austin Humphries f, "Yank" Harrison f] 3: Chun Moore Final: Chun Moore, George Reynard, Frank Charles Wed : York (Burnholme) Auto ; SN ,000. The track record was lowered to 85.4 by Terry White Reginald Final Arthur Atkinson, Tony Golding [Terry White, Tommy Bateman] Final Arthur Atkinson, Alf Summersby, Billy Halstead Final Tony Golding (2 sec), Arthur Atkinson (scr) Wed : York (Burnholme) Auto ; SN Two newcomers to this track were Slider Shuttleworth and Bud Thompson. Abnormal amount of chain problems, due to extremely bumpy track. Big Six Final Arthur Atkinson, Tommy Gamble, George Reynard Final George Reynard (2 sec), Worthington (6), Fred Ledger (6) Final George Reynard, Tony Golding, Fred Ledger Wed : York (Burnholme) Auto Big Six 1 George Reynard, Arthur Atkinson 2 Tommy Gamble, Alf Summersby Final Tommy Gamble, Tony Golding, George Reynard Final Bud Thomson (4 sec), Tommy Gamble (2), Fred Ledger (5) Scratch Final Billy Halstead, Tommy Gamble, Terry White Wed : York (Burnholme) Auto ; SN Squib Burton lowered the 4-lap standing start record to : Squib Burton e/t, George Reynard 2: Eric Gregory ef, Geoff Kilburn ef 3: Tony Golding Final: Squib Burton, Tony Golding Turner Cup Scratch Final Tommy Gamble, Squib Burton, Bud Thompson, George Reynard ef Hunt Cup Final Tommy Gamble (2 sec), George Reynard (1), Tony Golding (1), Billy Halstead (4) f Whit Mon : York (Burnholme) : York 42 Leicester Super 53 (Nat Tphy North - Rd.1, 1st

3 Leg) Auto ; SN National Trophy details at Wed : York (Burnholme) : York v Wombwell (Challenge) Auto Postponed due to rain until Sat : York (Burnholme) : York v Wombwell (Challenge) Cancelled due to rain Wed : York (Burnholme) Postponed due to rain until Sat : York (Burnholme) Auto ; SN Tommy Gamble lowered the push start track record to 85.2sec Inter-Track Match Races: York v Nottingham: 1: Alf Summersby (York) bt Bert Fairweather (Notts) 2: Austin Humphries (York) bt Billy Ellmore (Notts) ef 3: George Wigfield (Notts) bt Tony Golding (York) 4: Fred Strecker (Notts) bt George Reynard (York) ef Final: George Wigfield (Notts), Fred Strecker (Notts), Alf Summersby (York), Austin Humphries (York) 86.6 Reginald Hunt Cup H/C Final: Bud Thompson (3 sec), Bert Fairweather, W O'Neill (3), Billy Ellmore, Billy Halstead f 92.0 Final: Billy Ellmore, Fred Strecker, W O Neill 87.0 Sat (eve) : York (Burnholme) SN ; Sh Ind Inter-Track Race - York (George Reynard, Austin Humphries, Billy Thompson, Tommy Gamble) v Sheffield (Eric Blain, Fred Hatton, Eric Hall, Tommy Allott): 1: Blain (S) beat Reynard (Y) ef 2: Humphries (Y) beat Hatton (S) 3: Thompson (Y) beat Hall (S) 4: Gamble (Y) beat Allott (S) by a length Final: Eric Blain (S), Billy Thompson (Y), Tommy Gamble (Y), Austin Humphries (Y) 87.2 Heat winners: Alf Summersby (Eric Blain 2nd), Billy Halstead, Billy Thompson, Terry White Final: Billy Thompson, Alf Summersby 92.0 Race 1: Dick Bailey 2: No finishers. [Billy Halstead ef, Alf Summersby ef, Tiger Lewis f, Bill Thompson f] 3: Eric Blain 4: Tommy Gamble Final: Tommy Gamble, Eric Blain, Dick Bailey 86.0 Mon : York (Burnholme) Auto ; SN : Eric Langton, Wally Hull, Tommy Gamble ef 2: Jack Barber, Max Grosskreutz 3: Frank Varey, Fred Hatton Final: Eric Langton, Frank Varey, Jack Barber Hunt Cup 1: Dick Bailey (4 sec) 2: Broncho Dixon (scr) 3: Fred Hatton

4 4: Billy Halstead (4) Final: Billy Halstead, Broncho Dixon by 2 lengths 1: Billy Halstead, George Corney 2: Max Grosskretz 3: Frank Varey 4: Broncho Dixon Final: Frank Varey, Billy Halstead, Max Grosskreutz, Broncho Dixon Mon : York (Burnholme) : York 30 Wombwell 22 (Northern League Knock-Out Cup Round 1, 1st Leg) S-TPWY p64; See Auto report for Wombwell as well as the York report mistakenly dated 09.07; SN ; Researcher Nth.Lge KOC file Northern League K O Cup (details from Bob Ozanne) York 30 Austin Humphries Billy Halstead Bud Thompson Alf Summersby Tommy Gamble ??? - Wombwell 22 Arthur Moore Billy O'Neill Tommy Lindley 1 1 Joe Mitchell 2 2 Eric Gregory Jack Dudding Moore Halstead O Neill Thompson Summersby Lindley Gamble Gregory Dudding Humphries Mitchell (nf) (nf) Thompson Dudding Summersby Gamble Moore O Neill Halstead Gregory Thompson Moore O Neill Summersby Gamble Humphries (nf) (nf) Scratch (3-Laps Rolling Start) 1 Dick Bailey 2 Tommy Gamble Geoff Kilburn 3 Billy Halstead Alf Summersby 4 Arthur Moore Final Tommy Gamble Billy Halstead Arthur Moore Dick Bailey 65.2 Mon : York (Burnholme) Auto ; SN ; Sh Ind With the York team riding at Wombwell, the programme here comprised Leeds and Sheffield riders. Inter-Track Race - Leeds v Sheffield: 1: Gordon Byers (Leeds) beat Alec Peel (Shef) by half a lap (!) : Jack Barber (Shef) beat Sammy Marsland (Leeds) by 3 lengths : Roy Barrowclough (Leeds) beat Vic Ctercteko (Shef) 93.0 Final: Jack Barber, Gordon Byers, Roy Barrowclough e/t : Tiger Lewis : George Corney (1 sec) : Sammy Marsland : Harry Watson (1 sec) 94.4 Final: Harry Watson, George Corney, Sammy Marsland, Tiger Lewis 94.6 (3 laps) 1: George Corney 66.8

5 2: Alec Hill : Jack Barber : Broncho Dixon 66.8 Final: Jack Barber, Alex Hill, George Corney, Broncho Dixon f 67.0 Mon : York (Burnholme) Auto Scratch Championship Final: Bud Thompson, Tommy Gamble Final: Alf Summersby, Billy Halstead, Broncho Dixon Scratch Race Final: Jack Barber, Bud Thompson, Cliff Watson f, Tommy Gamble ret Mon : York (Burnholme) : York 26 Leeds 28 (Northern Knock-Out Cup - Semi-Final, 2nd Leg. Agg: 41-63) Auto ; SN ; Researcher Nth.Lge KOC file (R Ozanne); Yorkshire Post National League K O Cup York 26 Broncho Dixon 9, Tommy Gamble 7, Bud Thompson 3, Alf Summersby (res) 3, Austin Humphries 2, Billy Halstead 1, Dick Bailey (res) 1, Jack Barber 0 Leeds 28 Roy Barrowclough 7, Alec Hill 5+2, Gordon Byers 5+1, Drew McQueen 5, Alex Peel 4+2, Harry Watson Barrowclough, Humphries, Watson Gamble, McQueen, Hill Dixon, Byers, Peel McQueen, Hill, Bailey Gamble, Byers, Peel Dixon, Barrowclough, Watson Thompson, Peel, Byers Summersby, Barrowclough, Gamble Dixon, Hill, Halstead Alf Summersby 2 Bud Thompson 3 Broncho Dixon (Barrowclough ef ) 4 Alec Hill BillyHalstead Final Broncho Dixon Alf Summersby (Bud Thompson ef)(alec Hill ef) Bank Holiday Mon : York (Burnholme) Auto Final: Alf Summersby, Drew McQueen, Cliff Watson Final: Tiger Lewis (4 sec), Harry Watson, Cliff Watson Scratch Race Final: Tommy Gamble, Cliff Watson, Billy Halstead Mon : York (Burnholme) Postponed due to rain Wed : York (Burnholme) Final meeting. No results available //