Belle Vue Results compiled by Bob Ozanne.

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1 Belle Vue 1938 Results 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. 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 Saturday 09/04/1938 Team Selection Match Frank Varey's Team 44 Eric Langton's Team 40 Frank Varey's Team Frank Varey Harold Jackson Bill Kitchen Eric Blain Wally Hull Jack Gordon 2 2 Tom Price Eric Langton's Team Eric Langton Oliver Langton Bob Harrison Ernie Price Jack Hargreaves Alan Butler Oliver Hart Time FV EL FV EL 1 Varey E Langton O Langton Kitchen Harrison E Price Hull Hargreaves Butler E Langton Gordon Blain Varey Jackson Harrison Kitchen Hargreaves Butler E Langton Hull O Langton Kitchen Harrison T Price Varey Jackson Butler E Langton Kitchen O Langton Harrison E Price Hull Varey Hart Blain T Price E Price Hull O Langton Jackson Butler Match Races Frank Charles bt Bill Kitchen 79.8 Eric Langton bt Eric Gregory 81.8 Evening Chronicle Cup Final Bob Harrison, Oliver Langton, Frank Varey (FRM), (Frank Charles F) 80.6

3 Saturday 16/04/1938 Challenge Attendance 35,000. BELLE VUE 55 WEST HAM 29 Belle Vue Eric Langton Bob Harrison Bill Kitchen Wally Hull Ftrank Varey Harold Jackson Jack Hargreaves 3 3? Price West Ham Tiger Stevenson Tommy Croombs Jack Dixon 3 3 Arthur Atkinson Jimmy Gibb Eric Chitty Charlie Spinks Time H A H A 1 Langton Stevenson Harrison Kitchen Atkinson Hull Varey Chitty Gibb Spinks Langton Atkinson Kitchen Stevenson Croombs Varey Jackson Atkinson Harrison Chitty Gibb Dixon Kitchen Price Varey Jackson Stevenson Langton Harrison Atkinson Kitchen Chitty Hull Varey Price Stevenson Hargreaves Hull Gibb Harrison Croombs Jackson McCarthy Trophy Eric Langton, Arthur Atkinson, Bill Kitchen 80.8 Frank Varey fell. Match Race Frank Varey bt Eric Chitty 80.2

4 Monday 18/04/1938 Challenge Attendance 30,000. BELLE VUE WEMBLEY Belle Vue Oliver Langton Bob Harrison Ernie Price 3 3 Wally Hull Ftrank Varey Bill Kitchen N N CIL 3 3 Jack Hargreaves Harold Jackson Wembley Lionel Van Praag Frank Charles Wally Kilmister Tommy Price Eric Gregory Gus Kuhn George Wilks Time H A H A 1 Van Praag Charles Harrison T Price Hull Kilmister Varey Gregory Jackson Wilks Langton Hargreaves Charles Van Praag Hull Varey Kilmister Hargreaves Harrison Langton Gregory E Price Jackson no third Varey Van Praag Charles (Kitchen CIL?) Harrison T Price Langton Gregory Hull Kuhn Varey Praag Wilks Gregory Hull Hargreaves Kitchen Charles Kuhn Frank Varey, Bill Kitchen, Tommy Price 80.2 Bill kitchen arrived late due to his car breaking down. His chain broke when leading one race. Eric Langton was absent caused by illness.

5 Saturday 23/04/1938 BELLE VUE 43 WEST HAM 41 All Star Scratch Race Final Bluey Wilkinson 79.8 Saturday 30/04/1938 BELLE VUE 41 NEW CROSS 40 Bill Kitchen, Eric Langton, Frank Varey (FRM) 79.8 Saturday 07/05/1938 BELLE VUE 49 BRISTOL 35 Military Trophy Frank Varey, Bill Kitchen, Bob Harrison 80.0 The Royal Corps of Signals gave a display of motorcycle acrobatics. Saturday 14/05/1938 BELLE VUE 48 WEMBLEY 36 Lancashire Cup Bill Kitchen, Frank Charles, Oliver Langton 80.8 Saturday 21/05/1938 BELLE VUE 50 WIMBLEDON 34 1 Bill Kitchen, Wilbur Lamoreaux, Harold Jackson Frank Varey, Benny Kaufman, no third Geoff Pymar, Jack Hargreaves, Alan Butler Eric Collins, Oliver Hart, Oliver Langton 81.0 Final Frank Varey, Bill Kitchen, Geoff Pymar 78.2

6 Saturday 28/05/1938 First Test ENGLAND 52 AUSTRALIA 56 Saturday 04/06/1938 ACU Cup 1938 BELLE VUE 78 BRISTOL 30 Monday 06/06/1938 BELLE VUE 53 HARRINGAY 31 Whitsuntide Scratch Race Alan Butler, Harold Jackson, George Burgess, Charlie Oates Bill Kitchen, Oliver Hart, Jack Hargreaves, Alec Statham Frank Varey, Bill Pitcher, Harold Jackson, Charlie Oates Bob Harrison, Jack ormston, Tom Price, Alan Butler Oliver Langton, Wally Hull, Les Wotton, Ernie Price 82.0 Final Bob Harrison, Frank Varey, Bill Kitchen, Oliver Langton 81.2 Saturday 11/06/1938 Midget Cars Belle Vue 34 The Rest 37 Belle Vue Bruce Warburton Charlie Pashley Eric Worswick 3 3 X 2 8 V. Atkinson Frank Marsh R. Wills 2 2 Growley The Rest Walter Mackereth Squib Burton J. Young Stan Martin 1 3 nf 4 Vic Patterson Les White 0 37

7 Time H A H A 1 Mackereth Pashley Warburton Worswick Young Burton Marsh Wills Martin RR 4 Worswick Mackereth Atkinson Burton Growley Marsh Martin Patterson Pashley Patterson Marsh Growley Burton Warburton Young RR 9 Patterson Atkinson (Worswick X) Young Warburton Patterson Burton Marsh Atkinson Mackereth Worswick Pashley This match was staged as a trial for planned League racing. Worswick collided spectacularly with Les White in the first run of heat 4. In heat 9 Worswick crashed with Martin. The sfaety fence was smashed and an eleven years old boy standing in the prohibited area was slightly injured. Saturday 18/06/1938 BELLE VUE 40 NEW CROSS 44 All Star Scratch Race 1 Jack Milne, Frank Varey Stan Greatrex, Ron Johnson Wally Hull, Oliver Hart Jack Hargreaves, Ernie Price 81.4 Final Jack Milne, Stan Greatrex, Wally Hull 80.6 Saturday 25/06/1938 ACU Cup 1938 BELLE VUE 71 WEMBLEY 36 Saturday 02/07/1938 ACU Cup 1938 BELLE VUE 56 WIMBLEDON 52 Saturday 09/07/1938 National Trophy 1938 BELLE VUE 60 WEMBLEY 48

8 Saturday 16/07/1938 World Championship Qualifying Round 1938 Jack Milne Wednesday 20/07/1938 National Speedway Car League BELLE VUE 34 WEMBLEY 37 BV - Frank Marsh 12, Charlie Pashley 12, Eric Worswick. Wem - R.Wills 8, Daytona Flying Eight Spike Rhiando, Frank Marsh Saturday 23/07/1938 BELLE VUE 43 WEMBLEY 41 1 Eric Langton only finisher Andy Menzies, Wally Hull, Ernie Price Bill Kitchen, George Wilks, Eric Gregory Frank Charles, Frank Varey, Len Eyre 80.2 Final Bill Kitchen, Frank Charles, Eric Langton 80.8 Golden Sword (4 highest scorers in League match) Frank Varey, Eric Langton, Bill Kitchen 79.6 Wednesday 27/07/1938 National Speedway Car League BELLE VUE 32 STOKE 38 Squib Burton 11 for Stoke. There were two bad accidents. Squib burton smashed his knee cap and suffered bad facial cuts in the scratch events after the league match. Acorn Dobson sustained internal injuries and facial cuts in heat 4 of the league match. Saturday 30/07/1938 World Championship - Championship Round 1938 Wilbur Lamoreaux

9 Monday 01/08/1938 BELLE VUE 45 HARRINGAY 39 Match Race Max Grosskreutz bt Bill Kitchen 2/ and 79.0 Kitchen fell in the second race. Golden Sword 1 Eric Langton, Jack Gordon, (Jack Parker R), (Jack Hargreaves R) Frank Varey, Alec Statham, Oliver Langton, Ernie Price Wally Hull, Les Wotton, Alan Butler, (Jack Gorst R) Bill Kitchen, Jack Ormston, Oliver Hart, Harold Jackson 82.2 Final Frank Varey, Wally Hull, Bill Kitchen, Eric Langton 81.0 Saturday 06/08/1938 Northern Championship Tommy Croombs Cordy Milne Bluey Wilkinson F 12 Bill Kitchen 2 F Jack Milne F 11 Frank Varey Arthur Atkinson Ron Johnson Jimmy Gibb Phil Bishop Eric Langton Jack Hargreaves Len Eyre Jack Gorst George Burgess 1 1 Jack Gorst 1 1 Oliver Langton 1 N N N N 1 Charlie Oates 1 1

10 Time 1 Croombs Gibb Hargreaves C Milne Kitchen O Langton Wilkinson Johnson Gorst J Milne Atkinson E Langton Wilkinson Croombs Atkinson (Kitchen F) C Milne Bishop Gorst J Milne Johnson Burgess Varey Gibb Eyre Croombs C Milne Johnson Kitchen J Milne Oates Croombs Bishop Eyre Atkinson Gibb No third Wilkinson Varey Bishop Varey Johnson Atkinson Kitchen E Langton Hargreaves J Milne C Milne Gibb (Wilkinson F) Croombs Varey Gorst (J.Milne F) Wilkinson E Langton No third C Milne Atkinson Hargreaves Kitchen Johnson Gibb? Oliver Langton fell awkwardly after the finish of heat 2 and was taken to hospital. He suffered head and internal injuries. Bluey Wilkinson overslid in heat 16 when fighting a hard race with Jack Milne. In the very next race Jack Milne had a rare fall. Wednesday 10/08/1938 Midget cars - Belle Vue Grand Prix Walter Mackereth 14, H. de Mattos 13, V.Atkinson 12, G.Turvey 12. De Mattos was the only man to beat Mackereth. Saturday 13/08/1938 BELLE VUE 36 WEST HAM 47 1 Jimmy Gibb, Arthur Atkinson, Eric Langton Dick Geary, Ernie Price, George Burgess Bill Kitchen, Tommy Croombs, Colin Watson Frank Varey, Bluey Wilkinson, Charlie Spinks 80.8 Final Frank Varey, Bill Kitchen, Jimmy Gibb 81.6 Saturday 20/08/1938 BELLE VUE 54 BRISTOL 30 Evening Chronicle Cup Final Bill Kitchen, Frank Varey, Eric Langton 78.6 Golden Sword Bill Kitchen, Eric Langton 80.0

11 Saturday 27/08/1938 Challenge BELLE VUE NEW CROSS Belle Vue Eric Langton Jack Hargreaves Bob Harrison Ernie Price Frank Varey Wally Hull Frank Chiswell 1 1 Jack Gordon New Cross George Newton Ron Johnson Clem Mitchell 2 2 Bill Longley Stan Greatrex Joe Francis 1 1 Ray Duggan Time H A H A 1 Langton Hargreaves Newton Harrison Price Longley Greatrex Varey Hull Langton Duggan Longley Newton Price Harrison Varey Hull Longley Langton Hargreaves Greatrex Gordon Mitchell no third Newton Varey Johnson Langton Hargreaves Longley Harrison Price Greatrex Newton Varey Duggan Price Greatrex Chiswell Johnson Hargreaves Francis Eric Langton, Jack Hargreaves 82.6 Wednesday 31/08/1938 Midget cars - Individual Cup events Four Cups were contested. Walter Mackereth won 3 and B.Reynolds 1. Mackereth also reduced the track record to J.Young was second in the event won by Reynolds. Young reached all 4 finals.

12 Saturday 03/09/1938 BELLE VUE 50 WIMBLEDON 34 Junior Scratch Race 1 Jack Gordon, Alan Butler, Jack Gorst, Acorn Dobson Harold Jackson, Ernie Price, (Oliver Hart R?, Frank Chiswell R?) 82.4 Mancunian Scratch Race 1 Eric Langton, Wally Hull, Geoff Pymar, Norman Evans Bill Kitchen, Jack Hargreaves, Oliver Hart, Benny Kaufman Jack Gordon, Fred Leavis, Eric Collins, Bob Harrison Frank Varey, Wilbur Lamoreaux, Harold Jackson, Ernie Price 80.4 Final Eric Langton, Bill Kitchen, Jack Gordon, (Frank Varey NS) 81.0 Saturday 17/09/1938 Third Test ENGLAND & AUSTRALIA 63 U.S.A & CANADA 45 Saturday 24/09/1938 Official Representative Match NORTH SOUTH NORTH Eric Langton Jack Hargreaves Bill Kitchen 2 3 F N N N 5 Bob Harrison Frank Varey 0 N N N N N 0 Wally Hull Ernie Price (Res) Oliver Langton (Res) SOUTH Bluey Wilkinson Tommy Croombs Wilbur Lamoreaux E 14 Geoff Pymar N N 1 Lionel Van Praag Cordy Milne Tommy Price (Res) Eric Gregory (Res) DNR 61

13 Time H A H A 1 Wilkinson Croombs E Langton Hargreaves Lamoreaux Kitchen Harrison Pymar Milne Van Praag Hull (Varey R) Kitchen Croombs Wilkinson Harrison Lamoreaux E Price Pymar Hull E Langton Milne Hargreaves Van Praag Croombs Wilkinson Hull E Price E Langton Lamoreaux Hargreaves Pymar RR 9 Milne Harrison Van Praag (Kitchen F) E Langton Croombs Wilkinson Hargreaves Lamoreaux Harrison O Langton Pymar Milne E Price Van Praag Hull Harrison Wilkinson O Langton Croombs Lamoreaux E Price Hull T Price E Langton Van Praag Hargreaves Milne Wilkinson Croombs Hull E Price Hargreaves E Langton Pymar (Lamoreux E) Milne Van Praag Harrison O Langton Kitchen whacked the fence hard in heat 9. He fell and had injuries to the groin, ankle and a cut eye. Varey retired after only one ride with a recurrence of his Manx Grand Pix injuries. Saturday 01/10/1938 Challenge Attendance 25,000. BELLE VUE 37 WEST HAM 43 Belle Vue Eric Langton Jack Hargreaves Wally Hull Bob Harrison Frank Varey R N N N 0 Ernie Price Oliver Hart Oliver Langton West Ham Bluey Wilkinson Tommy Croombs Charlie Spinks Jack Dixon 1 F 1 Arthur Atkinson Phil Bishop 2 F 2 43

14 Time H A H A 1 E.Langton Wilkinson Hargreaves Spinks Croombs Hull Atkinson Price Dixon E.Langton Spinks Hart Wilkinson Harrison Hull Croombs Price Spinks E.Langton Atkinson Hargreaves Croombs Bishop Hart Wilkinson Price O.Langton Croombs E.Langton Spinks Atkinson Harrison Hull Wilkinson O.Langton No third Harrison (Dixon F) (Bishop F) Atkinson Hargreaves Price Arthur Atkinson, Eric Langton, Bob Harrison 81.8 Jack Dixon injured his ankle in the heat 13 crash with Phil Bishop. Frank Varey dropped out when he strained his injured leg in his first ride. Saturday 08/10/1938 Challenge BELLE VUE WEMBLEY Belle Vue Eric Langton Ernie Price Bob Harrison Jack Hargreaves Wally Hull Harold Jackson Jack Gordon Wembley Lionel Van Praag Eric Gregory Frank Charles George Wilks Malcolm Craven Tommy Price Cliff Parkinson Wally Kilmister

15 Time H A H A 1 Langton Gregory No third Harrison E.Price Wilks Hargreaves Craven T.Price Langton Jackson Parkinson Van Praag E.Price Harrison Wilks Hargreaves Hull Langton T.Price Craven Charles E.Price Kilmister Hargreaves Gregory Hull Langton Wilks Charles Craven E.Price T.Price Van Praag Hargreaves Parkinson Craven Harrison Jackson Kilmister Gregory T.Price Gordon The meeting was held in heavy rain which had begun in the afrernoon. The riders put on a good show in the circumstances. Saturday 15/10/1938 Challenge Jack Hargreaves' Team 29 Eric Langton's Team 24 JHT - Bob Harrison 8, Jack Hargreaves 7, Ernie Price 7 ELT - Eric Langton 9, Wally Hull 6 Scratch Race Eric Langton, Ernie Price, Jack Hargreaves The closing meeting of the 1938 season.