English Speedway Trophy 1938

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1 English Speedway Trophy 1938 Compiled by Bob Ozanne. Acknowledgments I should like to thank the following for their encouragement and practical help with my Speedway Pre-War research. Very much appreciated. Bob. Roger Beaman, Nigel Bird, Brian Collins, Keith Green, Jim Henry, Matt Jackson, Peter Jackson Alan Jones, John Somerville, Mike Terran and Allen Trump. Comment The original plans for the 1938 Division 2 were based on the hope that reserve teams from Division 1 would join the League. Encouraging new talent in both divisions was the objective, This early season competition was a trial to test comparative strengths between the two Divisions. The Division 1 reserve teams fared badly apart from Belle Vue who won the Cup. To be fair the odds were stacked against them. The Div 1 sides were not allowed to race on their home tracks. Even matches between them were at neutral second division venues. The Div 1 clubs were discouraged and the awaited entries for Division 2 did not materialise, even from Belle Vue. Out of the English Cup Reserve teams only West Ham entered the second division. They were joined by Harringay reserves who rode as Lea Bridge at the newly reopened track. Key to Abbreviations C = chain, DH = dead heat, E = engine or machine failure, EPH = pushed home, ET = bike problems but finished, F = fell, FRM = remounted, FIL = fell when leading, L = lapped, LD = laid bike down, N = replaced by reserve, NS = non starter, no reserve, P = tyre problems, R = non finisher but reason not known, XS = excluded for starting offence, XT = excluded time limit, XW = excluded, crossed white line, W = wheel problems.

2 English Speedway Trophy 1938 Group Tables North P W D L F A Pts Belle Vue Res Sheffield Nottingham Newcastle West Ham Res South P W D L F A Pts Southampton Hackney Wick Norwich Birmingham Wembley Res New Cross Res Final "Home" team in bold The nominated home track for Belle Vue Reserves was Sheffield. Belle Vue Res 47 Southampton 36 Belle Vue Res 38 Southampton

3 Thursday 21/04/1938 English Trophy North Score Chart SHEFFIELD SHEFFIELD Total BELLE VUE RESERVES 41 Hels at Sheffield 1 Don Houghton Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Ted Bravery Bravery E Price Houghton Cliff Watson EF/N? 0 2 O Hart Williams Butler (C Watson E) Stan Williams Jackson Allott Oates Tommy Allott 2 E E Williams T Price Gordon Preston Harry Watson Bravery Houghton Butler J. Preston 0 0 F 0 RR 6 Williams (Jackson F) No third Len Tupling E Price T Price H Watson (Allott E) Eyre Butler Tupling Preston BELLE VUE RESERVES 9 Bravery Jackson Houghton Tom Price E Price T Price Williams Ernie Price O Hart O Godwin (Allott E) Alan Butler Tupling No second or third Oliver Hart 3 3 E 6 13 Allott Gordon (Hart E) (Preston F) Harold Jackson 3 F Bravery E Price Oates Charlie Oates Billy Lamont was supposed to ride for Sheffield but he was stuck at Tilbury docks waiting 7 Jack Gordon for his bikes and kit to be unloaded from the ship. Les Gregory didn't show up and Eric 8 Len Eyre 3 3 Blain was injured. Sheffield had big problems and had to call on their juniors. 9 Geoff Godwin 2 2 Cliff Watson took a bad fall in the first run of heat 6 and Charlie Oates laid his bike down. 41

4 Thursday 12/05/1938 English Trophy North Score Chart BELLE VUE RESERVES BELLE VUE RESERVES Total WEST HAM RESERVES 51 Hels at Sheffield 1 Tom Price Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Jack Gordon Bishop Gordon Price Oliver Hart Spinks Butler Hart Alan Butler Eyre Goffe Dixon Chun Moore Bishop Butler Barker Len Eyre Spinks Amon Price Charlie Oates Dixon Butler Goffe Ken Ellis Bishop Eyre Williams Spinks Hart Ellis WEST HAM RESERVES 9 Dixon Goffe Price Phil Bishop Hart Butler Williams Butch Williams Spinks Amon Moore Charlie Spinks Goffe Price Oates Les Amon Amon Moore Barker Lloyd Goffe Dixon Eyre Williams Jack Dixon Eddie Barker

5 Tuesday 31/05/1938 English Trophy North Score Chart NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAM Total BELLE VUE RESERVES 48 Held at Nottingham 1 George Greenwood Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Harold Brailsford R R N Hart T Price Greenwood (Brailsfrd R) Fred Tuck E Price Tuck Marsland Butler Sam Marsland 1 0 R Jackson Dykes (Hargrvs EIL) (Strecker E) Fred Strecker E 2 E Greenwood Butler Plant (Gordon F) George Dykes 2 1 F Hart Tuck T Price Marsland Wilf Plant E Price Strecker Dykes Butler Ted English Greenwood Hargreaves Jackson (Brailsfrd R) E Price Tuck Eyre English BELLE VUE RESERVES 9 T Price Hart (Dykes F) (Strecker E) Tom Price Greenwood E Price Plant Butler Oliver Hart Hargreaves Tuck Jackson (Marsland R) Ernie Price T Price Strecker English (Gordon F) Alan Butler Hargreaves Marsland Eyre Plant Jack Hargreaves EIL Hart Dykes Brailsford Jackson Harold Jackson Something under 1000 faithful supporters witnessed the last match at Nottingham before closure. 7 Jack Gordon F F 0 8 Len Eyre

6 Monday 20/06/1938 English Trophy North Score Chart NEWCASTLE NEWCASTLE Total BELLE VUE RESERVES 59 Held at Newcastle 1 George Pepper Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Bob Sparks T Price Sparks Pepper Maurice Stobart E Price Butler Stilwell Elwood Stilwell J Hargreaves Curtis N Hargreaves 77.4= Fred Curtis Butler Pepper Gordon Norman Hargreaves T Price Hart Stilwell Norman Newton E Price Butler N Hargreaves Bruce Venier J Hargreaves Jackson Pepper E Price Stobart Venier BELLE VUE RESERVES 9 Curtis T Price No third Tom Price Butler E Price Pepper Oliver Hart J Hargreaves Jackson Venier Ernie Price T Price Gordon Curtis Alan Butler J Hargreaves Eyre Newton Jack Hargreaves Hart N Hargreaves Jackson Harold Jackson Jack Hargreaves equalled the track record of 77.4 seconds held by Frank Varey 7 Jack Gordon In the seond half Frank Varey took the track record to 76.2 seconds in a match race with 8 Len Eyre 2 2 Bill Kitchen. 59

7 Monday 02/05/1938 English Trophy North Score Chart NEWCASTLE NEWCASTLE Total BELLE VUE RESERVES 45 Attendance 10, George Pepper Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Bruce Venier Langton Pepper No third Maurice Stobart Stobart Hart Stilwell Elwood Stilwell Jackson N Hargreaves Sparks Norman Hargreaves 2 2 F/N 4 4 Butler Pepper Curtis Bob Sparks Langton Stilwell No third Fred Curtis Butler Hart Sparks Norman Newton 0 7 Jackson J Hargreaves Pepper Stobart Hart Oates BELLE VUE RESERVES 9 Langton N Hargreaves Sparks Oliver Langton Pepper Hart Butler Stobart Jackson J Hargreaves Oliver Hart RR 12 Langton Curtis No third Alan Butler Stilwell Oates Jackson Harold Jackson J Hargreaves Venier Sparks Jack Hargreaves Norman Hargreaves was carried off after a bad crash in heat 12. He was hit hard in a 7 0 collision with Fred Curtis. Luckily Hargreaves was not seriously injured. 8 Charlie Oates

8 Monday 09/05/1938 English Trophy North Score Chart NEWCASTLE NEWCASTLE Total WEST HAM RESERVES 26 Attendance 6, George Pepper Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Elwood Stilwell Pepper Stilwell Bishop Williams Norman Hargreaves Goffe Hargreaves (Sparks R) (Dixon R) Bob Sparks R Spinks Stobart Venier Barker Maurice Stobart Pepper Goffe Curtis Ellis Bruce Venier 1 N Bishop Hargreaves Sparks Williams Fred Curtis Stobart Curtis Goffe Barker Percy Dunn 1 N 1 7 Pepper Stilwell Barker (Spinks FIL) Hargreaves Dixon Dunn Grant WEST HAM RESERVES 9 Stobart Bishop Williams Venier Phil Bishop Pepper Dixon Stilwell Goffe Butch Williams Hargreaves Sparks Spinks Barker Jack Dixon R N Curtis Bishop Stobart Ellis Lloyd Goffe Curtis Sparks Spinks Grant Charlie Spinks 3 FIL Venier Stilwell Williams Barker Eddie Barker Very wet track. 7 Ken Ellis Alec Grant

9 Monday 30/05/1938 English Trophy North Score Chart NEWCASTLE NEWCASTLE Total SHEFFIELD 30 Attendance 8, George Pepper Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Bob Sparks Pepper Lamont Sparks (Gregory F) Maurice Stobart R 9 2 Stobart Williams Allott Elwood Stilwell Curtis Bravery Hargreaves Fred Curtis Pepper Allott Venier Norman Hargreaves Stobart Stilwell (Lamont F) Bruce Venier Williams Curtis Allott Norman Newton Pepper Sparks Blain (Bravery F) Stobart No other finishers SHEFFIELD 9 Curtis Lamont Hargreaves Billy Lamont 2 F Pepper Allott Williams Les Gregory F N N N 0 11 Bravery Stilwell Blain (Stobart R) Stan Williams Lamont Curtis Newton Tommy Allott Venier Bravery Stilwell Ted Bravery 2 F Sparks Blain No third Eric Blain Cliff Watson 0 8 Harry Watson 0 30

10 Monday 27/06/1938 English Trophy North Score Chart NEWCASTLE NEWCASTLE Total NOTTINGHAM 43 1 George Pepper Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Bob Sparks Greenwood Pepper Plant 76.2= Fred Curtis Tuck Hargreaves Curtis Norman Hargreaves Strecker Marsland Venier Maurice Stobart Pepper Dykes English Bruce Venier Greenwood Curtis Hargreaves Tuck Stobart Venier Elwood Stilwell Pepper Marsland Sparks Curtis Tuck Stilwell NOTTINGHAM 9 Venier Stobart Plant George Greenwood Pepper Tuck Dykes Wilf Plant Curtis Strecker Hargreaves Fred Tuck Greenwood Stobart English George Dykes Hargreaves Marsland Hemingway Sam Marsland Plant Strecker Sparks Fred Strecker Even though Nottingham had closed over a month before and all riders had been 7 Ted English transferred to Leeds the ACU insisted that this fixture was Newcastle v Nottingham 8 Don Hemingway 1 1 rather than Leeds. In heat 1 Greenwood equalled Frank Varey's track record, 76.2 seconds. 43

11 Tuesday 19/04/1938 English Trophy North Score Chart NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAM Total BELLE VUE RESERVES 47 1 George Greenwood Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Fred Tuck E Price Greenwood T Price Tuck Fred Strecker E 3 3 E 6 2 Hart Butler (Strecker E) (Dykes E) George Dykes E 3 E XS 3 3 Jackson Brailsford Oates (English R) Harold Brailsford F 4 4 Dykes Gordon Challis (T Price E) Ted English R Greenwood Hart Tuck Butler Charlie Challis 1 0 F 1 6 Strecker Jackson Oates (Dykes E) No rider 7 E Price T Price Brailsford English Strecker Eyre Butler Challis BELLE VUE RESERVES 9 Greenwood Jackson Tuck Oates Tom Price 1 E E Price T Price (Strecker E) (Dykes XS) Ernie Price Hart English Brailsford Gordon Alan Butler N 3 12 Greenwood Jackson Eyre (Challis F) Oliver Hart R 8 13 Gordon (Hart R) (Brailsford F) 3 riders only Harold Jackson E Price Tuck English Oates Charlie Oates Jack Gordon Len Eyre

12 Tuesday 26/04/1938 English Trophy North Score Chart NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAM Total WEST HAM RESERVES 31 1 George Greenwood Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Charlie Challis Greenwood Powell Challis (Bishop F) Fred Strecker 3 E Strecker Dykes Williams (Amon R) George Dykes Tuck Goffe Brailsford (Ellis F) Harold Brailsford 1 F N Bishop Dykes English (Barker F) Fred Tuck Greenwood Challis Williams Whiffen Ted English Dykes Goffe Ellis (Strecker E) Ken Glover Bishop Tuck Powell (Brailsford F) Strecker Glover Williams Whiffen WEST HAM RESERVES 9 Greenwood Goffe Challis Ellis Phil Bishop F Bishop Dykes Powell Strecker Ossie Powell Tuck English Williams (Barker F) Butch Williams Greenwood English Whiffen (Ellis R) Les Amon R XT N Amon Brailsford Glover (Barker F) Ken Ellis F 1 0 R 1 14 Tuck Goffe Powell Challis Lloyd Goffe Eddie Barker F F F 0 8 Edward Whiffen

13 Tuesday 03/05/1938 English Trophy North Score Chart NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAM Total SHEFFIELD 47 1 George Greenwood Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Harold Brailsford Lamont Williams Greenwood Brailsford Sam Marsland 2 1 N N 3 2 Bravery Marsland Tuck Blain Fred Tuck Allott Gregory Dykes (Strecker F) Fred Strecker F Tuck Challis Watson (Lamont E) George Dykes 1 E E E 1 5 Greenwood Bravery Brailsford Blain Charlie Challis F 4 6 Allott Tuck Marsland Gregory Don Hemingway R R 0 7 Lamont Strecker (Dykes E) (Williams F) Bravery Challis Houghton (Hemngwy R) SHEFFIELD 9 Allott Greenwood Gregory Brailsford Billy Lamont 3 E Williams Lamont Tuck Challis Stan Williams 2 F 3 R 5 11 Bravery Strecker Houghton (Dykes E) Ted Bravery Greenwood Allott Watson (Challis F) Eric Blain 0 0 N Strecker Blain Watson (Hemngwy R) Tommy Allott Brailsford Gregory (Dykes E) (Williams R) Les Gregory Cliff Watson Don Houghton

14 Tuesday 10/05/1938 English Trophy North Score Chart NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAM Total NEWCASTLE 27 1 George Greenwood 3 3 EIL 3 9 Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Harold Brailsford Greenwood Pepper Brailsford Fred Tuck Tuck Stobart Marsland Sam Marsland Strecker Dykes Sparks Fred Strecker FX 9 4 Pepper Hemingway Newton George Dykes Greenwood Stobart Brailsford Don Hemingway Tuck Marsland Sparks Ted English Strecker Pepper Dykes Tuck English Curtis NEWCASTLE 9 Sparks English Hargreaves (Grenwd EIL) George Pepper XU 7 10 Tuck Marsland Stilwell (Pepper XU) Elwood Stilwell Strecker Dykes No third Bruce Venier 0 12 Greenwood Curtis No third Maurice Stobart RR 13 Stobart English Newton (Strecker FX) Norman Hargreaves Brailsford Dykes Sparks Bob Sparks George Pepper was disqualified for cutting in unfairly on Fred Tuck. 7 Norman Newton At this time gates were poor at Nottingham and closure was looking possible. 8 Fred Curtis At the first run of heat 13 Maurice Stobart and Fred Strecker collided. Fred was held 27 responsible. He was carried off with concussion and bruises.

15 Thursday 28/04/1938 English Trophy North Score Chart SHEFFIELD SHEFFIELD Total NOTTINGHAM 35 1 Billy Lamont 2 3 E 3 8 Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Stan Williams Greenwood Lamont Williams Ted Bravery C 9 2 Bravery Strecker Blain Eric Blain Tuck Brailsford Watson Tommy Allott Greenwood Blain English Cliff Watson Lamont Williams Strecker Les Gregory Bravery Tuck Brailsford Don Houghton Greenwood Allott Challis Bravery Strecker Houghton NOTTINGHAM 9 Williams Tuck Brailsford (Lamont E) George Greenwood Greenwood Blain Challis (Bravery C) Charlie Challis Allott No other finisher Fred Strecker Lamont Gregory Marsland George Dykes Allott Houghton Dykes Harold Brailsford Williams Tuck Gregory Fred Tuck Ted English Sam Marsland

16 Thursday 02/06/1938 English Trophy North Score Chart SHEFFIELD SHEFFIELD Total NEWCASTLE 29 Attendance 4, Billy Lamont Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Les Gregory Lamont Pepper Sparks Tommy Allott Allott Stobart Stilwell Stan Williams Blain Bravery Hargreaves Ted Bravery Lamont Venier Stilwell Eric Blain Allott Pepper Williams Blain Bravery Stilwell Harry Watson Lamont Curtis Gregory Allott Stobart Newton NEWCASTLE 9 Bravery Blain Sparks George Pepper Lamont Gregory Stobart Bob Sparks Allott Curtis Hargreaves Maurice Stobart Bravery Venier Watson Elwood Stilwell Williams Curtis Newton Fred Curtis Gregory Blain Sparks Norman Hargreaves The meeting was spoilt by rain. Billy Lamont had lost none of his entertainment value. 7 Bruce Venier Usually first into the first bend he did it with his front wheel well off the ground, like a 8 Norman Newton regular piece of trick riding. The crowd loved it. 29

17 Thursday 09/06/1938 English Trophy North Score Chart SHEFFIELD SHEFFIELD Total WEST HAM RESERVES 27 Attendance 18, Billy Lamont Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Les Gregory Lamont Bishop Gregory Tommy Allott Allott Powell S Williams Stan Williams Stevenson Bravery Blain Ted Bravery Lamont Powell No third Eric Blain Allott S Williams No third Paddy Mills Blain Powell Bravery Harry Watson Lamont Stevenson Gregory Allott Bullivant Jones WEST HAM RESERVES 9 Bravery Bishop Blain Phil Bishop Lamont Gregory Powell Butch Williams 0 11 Allott S Williams Bullivant Moff Jones Bravery Bishop Watson Ossie Powell Stevenson Mills Bullivant Tiger Stevenson Blain Gregory Ellis Butch Williams had a bad crash in his second ride 7 Ken Ellis 1 1 and was out of the match. Place in team not known. 8 Fred Bullivant

18 Thursday 16/06/1938 English Trophy North Score Chart SHEFFIELD SHEFFIELD Total BELLE VUE RESERVES 42 1 Billy Lamont Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Les Gregory 1 N 1 1 Lamont T Price Hart Tommy Allott E Price Allott Butler Stan Williams F Hargreaves Blain Jackson Ted Bravery Lamont Butler Gordon Eric Blain Allott Hart (FRM) (T Price FX) (Williams F) Paddy Mills F 0 6 E Price Bravery Blain Harry Watson Lamont Hargreaves Gregory Allott Eyre Watson BELLE VUE RESERVES 9 Bravery T Price Blain Tom Price 2 FX Lamont E Price Butler Oliver Hart Hargreaves Allott Jackson Ernie Price Bravery T Price Gordon Alan Butler Hargreaves Williams Eyre (Mills F) Jack Hargreaves Blain Hart Jackson Watson Harold Jackson Chaos reigned in heat 5. Allott from gate 4 came across hard. In the bunching that 7 Jack Gordon resulted. Tom Price came into contact with Stan Williams and they went down along 8 Len Eyre with Hart. Allott's exclusion light came on and he slowed down. The flag marshal grabbed the 42 black and the red flags and then the white excusion light (Tom Price ) came on. The flag marshal was trying to sort out the flags and Arthur Westwood the Sheffield manager was running all over the place waving his arms and shouting. Westwood ran over to Allott and encouraged him to ride on, which he did and won!! Oliver Hart remounted and was the only other finisher. The steward explained that he had originally pressed the wrong switch.

19 Thursday 05/05/1938 English Trophy North Score Chart SHEFFIELD SHEFFIELD Total WEST HAM RESERVES 38 Held at Sheffield 1 Billy Lamont Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Les Gregory Lamont Bishop Gregory Stan Williams Spinks Allott Williams Tommy Allott Bravery Houghton Goffe Dixon (FRM) Ted Bravery Allott Barker No third Don Houghton Spinks Gregory Lamont Harry Watson 0 6 Allott Dixon Williams Cliff Watson Bishop Bravery Powell Spinks Williams Watson WEST HAM RESERVES 9 Lamont Goffe Dixon Phil Bishop Allott Bishop Powell Ossie Powell Spinks Bravery Houghton Charlie Spinks Lamont Goffe Ellis Les Amon Bravery Amon Watson Lloyd Goffe Dixon Gregory Powell Jack Dixon FRM Eddie Barker Ken Ellis

20 Monday 16/05/1938 English Trophy North Score Chart WEST HAM RESERVES WEST HAM RESERVES Total BELLE VUE RESERVES 54 Held at Newcastle 1 Phil Bishop Heat Results Attendance 5,000. Time H A H A 0 1 Hull Price Bishop Charlie Spinks 3 3 R Spinks Hargreaves Hart Jackson Goffe Butler Lloyd Goffe Hart Bishop Geary Jack Dixon Spinks Hull Price Dick Geary Hargreaves Goffe Hart Eddie Barker Jackson Bishop Butler Hargreaves Gordon Barker (Spinks R) BELLE VUE RESERVES 9 Hull Dixon Price Wally Hull Hart Hargreaves Bishop Ernie Price Spinks Jackson Butler 78.8= Jack Hargreaves Hull Goffe Oates Oliver Hart Butler Gordon Geary Alan Butler Dixon Price Geary (Jackson F) Harold Jackson F 8 Newcastle temporarily had no starting gate and the signal to start was given by a gun. 7 Charlie Oates Jack Gordon

21 Monday 13/06/1938 English Trophy North Score Chart NEWCASTLE NEWCASTLE Total WEST HAM RESERVES 35 Held at Newcastle 1 George Pepper Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Bruce Venier Pepper Venier No third Maurice Stobart Spinks Stobart Stilwell Elwood Stilwell Geary Curtis Hargreaves Fred Curtis Pepper Sparks Williams Norman Hargreaves Bishop Stilwell Stobart Bob Sparks Spinks Curtis Hargreaves Norman Newton Powell Geary Venier Spinks Stobart Newton (Ellis F) WEST HAM RESERVES 9 Bishop Curtis Hargreaves Phil Bishop 3 3 F 6 10 Spinks Pepper Venier Geary Stilwell Stobart Charlie Spinks Curtis Newton (Bishop F) Powell Sparks Stilwell (Ellis F) Ossie Powell Hargreaves Geary Venier Dick Geary In the second half Frank Varey took the track record to 77.8 seconds. 7 Butch Williams Ken Ellis F F 0 35 WEST HAM RESERVES NOTTINGHAM The fixture was not held due to the closure of Nottingham. 2 match points were awarded to West Ham.

22 Wednesday 13/04/1938 English Trophy South Score Chart BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM Total HACKNEY WICK 35 1 Tiger Hart Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Bob Lovell Lovell Hodgson Hart Steve Langton F 0 N N 0 RR 2 Lee Dell Windmill (Langton F) Danny Lee Lemon Wells Harvey Stan Lemon Stanger Hart Windmill Keith Harvey Lee Hodgson Dugard Langton Lionel Stanger Dell Lemon Windmill Leslie Trim Lovell Baylais Hart (Wells E) Dell Stanger Tidbury HACKNEY WICK 9 Lemon Hodgson Dugard Frank Hodgson Lovell Hart Dell Charlie Dugard Lee Wells Baylais Stan Dell Hodgson Lemon Trim Archie Windmill Lee Tidbury Stanger (Wells E) Doug Wells 2 E 2 E 4 14 Lovell Baylais No third Jim Baylais Danny Lee's wins in heats 2 and 13 were gained from the back. He came through from 7 Henry Collins 0 last each time. Bob Lovell had a great night being unbeaten throughout including the 8 Jack Tidbury second half. Steve Langton had a bad fall in heat 2 and did not take his last 2 rides. 35 He had a bad fall in the first run of heat 2 and came off again in the rerun.

23 Wednesday 20/04/1938 English Trophy South Score Chart BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM Total SOUTHAMPTON 45 1 Tiger Hart Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Bob Lovell Hart Goulden Lovell Steve Langton 0 2 Griffiths Lee Collins Danny Lee Lemon Jones Dallison Stan Lemon Boyd Goulden Lee Lionel Stanger 1 FX 1 5 Lovell Hart Griffiths Keith Harvey Dallison Lee Jones Leslie Trim Boyd Lemon Stanger (Goulden F) Griffiths Trim Boyd SOUTHAMPTON 9 Hart Dallison Lovell Frank Goulden 2 2 F Lee Anderson Goulden Cyril Anderson 2 FN 2 11 Griffiths Lemon Collins Syd Griffiths Dallison Hart Harvey Vic Collins Boyd Trim Collins Billy Dallison RR 14 Lovell Adams Jones (Stanger FX) Bert Jones Danny Lee scored his 8 points from the back. He was last out of the gate in all his rides. 7 Jim Boyd He rode a brilliant race in heat 10 when he was left well adrift at the start and fought his 8 Jack Adams 2 2 way to the front. 45 Heat 14 was rerun because Stanger and Anderson collided. Stanger was excluded from the rerun as primary cause. Anderson was replaced by Adams.

24 Wednesday 27/04/1938 English Trophy South Score Chart BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM Total NORWICH 25 1 Tiger Hart Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Steve Langton F 1 F Hart Hay (Langton F) (Sweet F) Bob Lovell Morton Lovell Lee Danny Lee Trim Lemon Jay Birtwell Stan Lemon DH Lee/Harvey Sweet Peel Leslie Trim Hart Morton Langton Keith Harvey Lovell Lee Birtwell Jay Lionel Stanger Trim Sweet Lemon Hay Morton Lovell Littlewood Stanger NORWICH 9 Hart Jay (Langton F) (Birtwell F) Jock Sweet F Lovell Lee Hay Sweet Reg Hay Trim Morton Lemon Wal Morton Hart Harvey Jay Littlewood Paul Goodchild Lemon Peel Stanger Wilf Jay Langton Trim Littlewood Hay Bill Birtwell 0 1 F F/N 1 Spdwy World says Birtwell fell in heat 14. Looks like rerun with Littlewood in as res. 7 Alec Peel Syd Littlewood

25 Wednesday 04/05/1938 English Trophy South Score Chart BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM Total NEW CROSS RESERVES 29 1 Tiger Hart LD Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Steve Langton Langton (Dook F) (Hart LD) (Gore F) Bob Lovell 3 3 EIL Lovell Lee Mitchell Danny Lee Trim Lambourne Lemon (Duggan E) Stan Lemon Dook Harvey Lee Leslie Trim Hart Stobart Langton Keith Harvey RR 6 Lovell Lee Lambourne (Duggan FX) Lionel Stanger Dook Trim Lemon Stobart Lewis Stanger (Lovell EIL) NEW CROSS RESERVES 9 Langton Hart Lambourne (Duggan E) Roy Dook F Lovell Dook Lee Reg Gore F 0 11 Stobart Lemon Trim Rol Stobart Harvey Hart Lewis (Duggan E) Clem Mitchell Mitchell Lemon Stanger Ray Duggan E FX E E 0 14 Langton Lambourne Trim Reg Lambourne Heat 1 - Gore looped at the gate, Dook took evasive action but crashed at the first bend 7 Harry Bowler 0 and Hart laid his bike down to avoid hitting Dook. 8 Fred Lewis Duggan and Lovell collided in heat 6 and Lovell collected Lee as a result. There was some 29 major damage to the bikes and a 10 minute break was needed to fix them before the rerun.

26 Wednesday 22/06/1938 English Trophy South Score Chart BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM Total WEMBLEY RESERVES 36 1 Tiger Hart Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Bob Lovell Hart Watson Lovell Kuhn Steve Langton Trim Menzies Langton Craven Les Trim 3 2 F Parkinson Harvey (FRM) (Lee F) (Bowden F) Danny Lee F Hart Menzies Lemon Wells Keith Harvey 2 F R N 2 5 Watson Trim Langton Kuhn Stan Lemon Craven Lee Menzies (Harvey F) Jack Hyland Hart Parkinson Lovell Bowden Craven Langton Hyland Lloyd WEMBLEY RESERVES 9 Lee Kuhn (Harvey R) (Watson R) Colin Watson 2 3 R Craven Hart Lovell Menzies Gus Kuhn Parkinson Langton Bowden (Trim F) Malcolm Craven Lee Watson Hyland Wells Andy Menzies Parkinson Lemon Trim Lloyd Cliff Parkinson Lovell Hyland Bowden Kuhn Les Bowden F Bob Wells Jeff Lloyd

27 Saturday 16/04/1938 English Trophy South Score Chart HACKNEY WICK HACKNEY WICK Total WEMBLEY RESERVES 30 1 Frank Hodgson Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Charlie Dugard Hodgson Watson Dugard Milward Stan Dell Craven Windmill Dell (FRM) Menzies Archie Windmill Wells Baylais Bowden (Kuhn XS) Doug Wells Windmill Watson Warren (Slade F) Jim Baylais Dugard Hodgson Menzies (Craven XS) Bronco Slade (Res) F F 0 6 Dell Windmill Kuhn Bowden Jack Tidbury (Res) Watson Wells Baylais Milward Craven Dell Tidbury Lloyd WEMBLEY RESERVES 9 Hodgson Bowden Kuhn Dugard Colin Watson Dell Watson Windmill Warren Jim Milward 0 0 XT Craven Baylais Wells Menzies Malcolm Craven 3 XS Hodgson Bowden Lloyd (Slade F) Andy Menzies Wells Tidbury Warren Menzies Les Bowden Baylais Dugard Kuhn Milward Gus Kuhn XS Hackney sported smart new race jackets in "claret and champagne quarters". These were 7 Sam Warren (Res) Fred Whitehead's horse racing colours. 8 Jeff Lloyd (Res)

28 Saturday 23/04/1938 English Trophy South Score Chart HACKNEY WICK HACKNEY WICK Total BIRMINGHAM 29 1 Frank Hodgson Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Tommy Bateman Hart Hodgson Bateman Stan Dell Windmill Dell Lee Archie Windmill Baylais Stanger Lemon (Wells F) Doug Wells F Hart Windmill Dugard Jim Baylais Hodgson Bateman Lee Charlie Dugard Dell Windmill Lemon Jack Tidbury Hart Wells Baylais Dell Trim Tidbury BIRMINGHAM 9 Hodgson Bateman Lemon Tiger Hart Dell Hart Lovell Bob Lovell Wells Baylais Lee Hodgson Trim Lemon Danny Lee Wells Lee Harvey Stan Lemon Baylais Bateman Lovell Lionel Stanger Keith Harvey Les Trim

29 Saturday 30/04/1938 English Trophy South Score Chart HACKNEY WICK HACKNEY WICK Total NEW CROSS RESERVES 36 1 Frank Hodgson 3 FIL Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Tommy Bateman 1 2 F N 3 1 Hodgson Dook Bateman George Saunders Windmill Gore Saunders Archie Windmill Lambourne Baylais (Wells FIL) Doug Wells FIL Bowler Gore Dugard (Hdgson FIL) Jim Baylais Windmill Dook Duggan Charlie Dugard Gore Wells Baylais Jack Tidbury Hodgson Bateman Lambourne Tidbury Stobart Saunders NEW CROSS RESERVES 9 Duggan Dook Baylais (Wells F) Roy Dook Hodgson Stobart (Bateman F) (Gore XU) Ray Duggan Windmill Lambourne Saunders Rol Stobart Wells Tidbury Bowler Reg Gore XU 7 13 Windmill Lambourne Lewis Reg Lambourne Tidbury Mitchell No third Norman Mitchell 2 2 Reg Gore was disqualified from heat 10 for forcing Tommy Bateman into the fence. Bateman 7 Harry Bowler injured his left foot. 8 Fred Lewis 1 1 Stan Dell was missing from the Hackney side having broken his leg in a second half event at 36 West Ham.

30 Saturday 07/05/1938 English Trophy South Score Chart HACKNEY WICK HACKNEY WICK Total NORWICH 22 1 Frank Hodgson Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Tommy Bateman F Hodgson Goodchild (Bateman F) (Wise F) Archie Windmill Windmill Morton Saunders Hay George Saunders Wells Baylais Jay Sweet Doug Wells Tidbury Hodgson Smith Hay Jim Baylais Windmill Smith Saunders Goodchild Jack Tidbury 3 R 3 6 Wells Baylais Morton (Hay F) Charlie Dugard Hodgson Bateman Jay Sweet Windmill Morton Peel Dugard NORWICH 9 Wells Baylais Goodchild Peel Paul Goodchild N 3 10 Hodgson Bateman Morton Hay Dick Wise F N N N 0 11 Windmill Saunders Sweet Jay Wal Morton Wells Peel Smith Dugard Reg Hay 0 0 F Saunders Jay (Tidbury R) (Peel R) Wilf Jay Baylais Bateman Sweet Smith Jock Sweet Dick Wise broke a finger in the heat 1 crash. 7 Alan Smith Peel pushed his bike 3/4 of a lap to within 5 yards of the line and passed out (heat 13). 8 Alec Peel R 3 22

31 Saturday 06/08/1938 English Trophy South Score Chart HACKNEY WICK 38 HACKNEY WICK Total SOUTHAMPTON 43 1 Frank Hodgson Heat Results Time H A H A Goulden Rickman Hodgson Archie Windmill 3 2 XU Windmill Boyd Saunders George Saunders Wells Dallison Baylais Doug Wells Boyd Hodgson Dell Jim Baylais Goulden Windmill Rickman Stan Dell 1 2 F 3 6 Wells Baylais Boyd Jack Tidbury Dallison Hodgson Jones Tidbry (FRM) (Windmill XU) (Griffiths F) SOUTHAMPTON 9 Wells Rickman Goulden Ernie Rickman Griffiths Dell Boyd Frank Goulden Dallison Windmill Jones Syd Griffiths F Wells Rickman Anderson Tidbury Jim Boyd Dallison Saunders May (Dell F) Billy Dallison Jones Baylais Goulden Bert Jones Cyril Anderson Charlie May

32 Saturday 21/05/1938 English Trophy South Score Chart NORWICH NORWICH Total NEW CROSS RESERVES 38 Held at Norwich 1 Dick Wise Heat Results Attendance 7,500. Time H A H A 2 Max Grosskreutz E Dook Wise Stobart (Grsskrtz E) Wal Morton F/N N NS N 0 RR 2 C Mitchell Birtwell Goodchild Murphy Paul Goodchild NS 3 3 Spencer Longley Sweet Evans Bert Spencer Birtwell Wise Murphy (Duggan NS) Wilf Jay N N Dook Sweet Goodchild Stobart Jock Sweet C Mitchell Spencer Sweet N Mitchell Bill Birtwell Grosskreutz Wise Longley Evans Birtwell C Mitchell N Mitchell (Morton NS) NEW CROSS RESERVES 9 Dook Jay Stobart Spencer Roy Dook Grosskreutz C Mitchell Duggan Wise Rol Stobart Birtwell Longley Goodchild Evans Clem Mitchell Spencer Dook Murphy 3 riders only Ray Duggan F/N NS N Sweet N Mitchell Longley (Gdchild NS) Bill Longley Grosskreutz Murphy Stobart Jay Ernie Evans N 0 Wal Morton injured his foot in a four rider pile up in heat 2 and was out of the match. 7 Mick Murphy Ray Duggan was also out of the rerun but came back for his 4th ride. 8 Norman Mitchell Clem and Norman Mitchell were brothers 38

33 Wednesday 25/05/1938 English Trophy South Score Chart BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM Total NEW CROSS RESERVES 22 Held at Birmingham 1 Tiger Hart Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Steve Langton Hart Langton Duggan Bob Lovell Lovell Lee Lambourne Danny Lee Lemon Trim Lewis (Murphy F) Stan Lemon Harvey Hart Mitchell Leslie Trim 2 3 E Lovell Lee Duggan Keith Harvey Trim Lambourne Lemon Jack Hyland F Hart Langton Lewis Lovell Lambourne Wolsy (FPH) (Hyland F) NEW CROSS RESERVES 9 Duggan Gore Lemon (Trim E) Ray Duggan Hart Langton Lambourne Reg Gore Lee Lovell Lewis Reg Lambourne Lemon Hyland Warlock Norman Mitchell Lee Harvey (FPH) No third Fred Lewis Gore Langton Trim Mick Murphy F N N N 0 Mick Murphy was injured in a collision with Les Trim at the stsrt of heat 3. Murphy was 7 V. Warlock 1 1 carried off. 8 Norman Wolsey

34 Wednesday 01/06/1938 English Trophy South Score Chart SOUTHAMPTON SOUTHAMPTON Total NEW CROSS RESERVES 33 Held at Southampton 1 Jim Boyd 0 3 N 3 Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Frank Goulden V Duggan Goulden R Duggan Boyd Syd Griffiths FIL 9 2 Griffiths Rogers Anderson (Murphy F) Cyril Anderson 1 F LD 1 3 Dallison Dook Jones Billy Dallison Boyd Rickman Mitchell Bert Jones Griffiths V Duggan (Anderson F) (R Duggan F) Ernie Rickman Dallison Jones Rogers (FRM) Wolsey Vic Collins Goulden Dook Lambourne Griffiths Collins Rogers NEW CROSS RESERVES 9 V Duggan R Duggan Jones Dallison Vic Duggan Goulden Rickman Rogers Ray Duggan 1 F Dook (Griffiths FIL) (Lambourne F) (Anderson LD) Bill Rogers Dallison V Duggan Collins Mick Murphy F N 0 13 Rickman Mitchell Wolsey Reg Lambourne 1 F 1 14 R Duggan Jones Goulden (FRM) (Dook E) Roy Dook E 7 High winds and heavy showers made things uncomfortable for riders and supporters alike. 7 Norman Mitchell Norman Wolsey

35 Monday 06/06/1938 English Trophy South Score Chart NEW CROSS RESERVES NEW CROSS RESERVES Total WEMBLEY RESERVES 30 Held at Hackney 1 Ernie Evans Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Goldie Restall Evans Restall Watson (Lloyd F) Bill Longley 3 3 F Longley Parkinson (Murphy F) (Menzies F) Mick Murphy F N N N 0 3 Craven Dook Duggan (Bowden F) Roy Dook Evans Wells Wolsey (Lloyd E) Ray Duggan Longley Watson Kuhn Mitchell Norman Wolsey 1 F Dook Duggan Wells (Parkinson F) Norman Mitchell Evans Restall Craven Bowden Wells Mitchell (Longley F) (Parkinson F) WEMBLEY RESERVES 9 Duggan Dook Watson Kuhn Colin Watson Evans Restall Parkinson only 3 riders Gus Kuhn N Longley Craven Bowden (Wolsey F) Cliff Parkinson 2 F F Watson Dook Mitchell only 3 riders Andy Menzies F N N N 0 13 Craven Wells Mitchell Wolsey Malcolm Craven Duggan Restall Kuhn (Bowden F) Les Bowden F 0 1 F 1 7 Jeff Lloyd F E 0 8 Bob Wells

36 Saturday 23/07/1938 English Trophy South Score Chart HACKNEY WICK HACKNEY WICK Total NEW CROSS RESERVES 35 Held at Hackney 1 Frank Hodgson Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Tommy Bateman Hodgson Francis Bateman Doug Wells Longley Wells Baylais Jim Baylais Duggan Restall Windmill Archie Windmill Tidbury Hodgson Mitchell George Saunders Baylais Wells Francis Jack Tidbury Longley Windmill Saunders Charlie Appleby Hodgson Bateman Restall Wells Longley Appleby NEW CROSS RESERVES 9 Francis Saunders Windmill Joe Francis Longley Hodgson Bateman Duggan Wells Restall Bill Longley Windmill Francis Appleby Baylais Restall Tidbury Goldy Restall Duggan Saunders Bateman Ray Duggan Norman Mitchell

37 Saturday 16/04/1938 English Trophy South Score Chart NORWICH NORWICH Total BIRMINGHAM 39 1 Dick Wise Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Alec Peel 0 N Lovell Hart Wise Peel Wal Morton Morton Lee Sweet Langton Jock Sweet Birtwell Jay Lemon Stanger Wilf Jay Goodchild Wise Lee Harvey Bill Birtwell 3 2 N Morton Hart Lovell Sweet Paul Goodchild Jay Birtwell Lee Langton Reg Hay Lemon Wise Stanger Goodchild Morton Langton Hay Trim BIRMINGHAM 9 Lovell Hart Jay Hay Tiger Hart Langton Wise Lee Peel Bob Lovell Morton Lemon Sweet Stanger Steve Langton Jay Hart Harvey Hay Danny Lee Goodchild Sweet Trim Lemon Stan Lemon Lovell Stanger Peel Birtwell Lionel Stanger Norwich had a new sand surface for Many of the riders found it tricky at first. 7 Keith Harvey Les Trim

38 Saturday 23/04/1938 English Trophy South Score Chart NORWICH NORWICH Total NEW CROSS RESERVES 36 1 Dick Wise 1 F Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Paul Goodchild N 2 1 C Mitchell Dook Wise Goodchild Wal Morton Morton Peel Duggan Restall Alec Peel Jay Birtwell Longley N Mitchell Wilf Jay Sweet Lewis (Wise F) (Duggan F) Bill Birtwell Morton C Mitchell Dook Peel Jock Sweet Birtwell Jay Restall Duggan Reg Hay Longley Wise Goodchild N Mitchell Morton Hay Bowler Restall NEW CROSS RESERVES 9 C Mitchell Birtwell Dook Jay Roy Dook Duggan Restall Goodchild Wise Clem Mitchell Morton Longley N Mitchell Peel Goldy Restall Jay Dook Sweet Lewis Ray Duggan 1 F Longley Peel Hay Bowler Bill Longley Birtwell C Mitchell Sweet N Mitchell Norman Mitchell The sand surface proved unpopular and was replaced by cinders. 7 Fred Lewis Harry Bowler

39 Saturday 30/04/1938 English Trophy South Score Chart NORWICH NORWICH Total WEMBLEY RESERVES 44 1 Dick Wise Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Paul Goodchild 1 0 N Gregory Wise Goodchild Kaines Wal Morton Morton Craven Menzies Peel Alec Peel Parkinson Jay Bowden Birtwell Wilf Jay Sweet Wise Menzies Kaines Bill Birtwell 0 F/N N N 0 5 Morton Gregory Watson Peel Jock Sweet RR 6 Menzies Jay Sweet Kaines Reg Hay Parkinson Bowden Wise Goodchild Morton Hay Lloyd Kaines WEMBLEY RESERVES 9 Gregory Watson Jay Sweet Colin Watson N Menzies Hay Lloyd Wise Eric Gregory Morton Parkinson Peel Bowden Malcolm Craven 2 F/N N N 2 12 Watson Jay Lloyd Sweet Andy Menzies Peel Hay Bowden Lloyd Les Bowden Parkinson Gregory Hay Goodchild Cliff Parkinson Birtwell and Craven were put out of the match due to a big crash in the first run of heat 6. 7 Alf Kaines Craven chipped an ankle bone. 8 Jeff Lloyd

40 Saturday 14/05/1938 English Trophy South Score Chart NORWICH NORWICH Total SOUTHAMPTON 36 1 Alan Smith 1 R Heat Results Time H A H A 2 Max Grosskreutz N 9 1 Grosskreutz Goulden Smith Boyd Wal Morton Morton Griffiths Anderson Goodchild Paul Goodchild Spencer Jay (Dallison F) (Adams E) Bert Spencer Griffiths Jones (Smith R) (Birtwell R) Wilf Jay Morton Goulden Goodchild Boyd Bill Birtwell R Griffiths Spencer Jay Anderson Dick Wise Grosskreutz Jones Smith (Dallison XW) Morton Wise Anderson Rickman SOUTHAMPTON 9 Spencer Goulden Jay Boyd Frank Goulden Grosskreutz Griffiths Anderson Smith Jim Boyd N 0 11 Dallison Morton Goodchild Adams Cyril Anderson Spencer Wise Jones Rickman Syd Griffiths Dallison Goodchild Rickman Birtwell Billy Dallison F XW Jones Goulden Wise Jay Jack Adams E N 0 N 0 Southampton were unhappy about the disqualification of Billy Dallison in heat 7 and 7 Bert Jones staged a protest. They claimed that Max Grosskreutz had forced Dallison over the line. 8 Ernie Rickman They temporarily withdrew their riders from heat 8 but when the riders were put on 2 36 minutes common sense took over and the racing continued.