STOKE Thursday, 20 th April 1939, Sun Street, Hanley Stoke 45 Belle Vue Reserves 38 (Challenge) SN; BDG ; SS 21.4.

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1 STOKE 1939 File dated Sources SR = Speedway Researcher Year by Year 1939 file; SN = Speedway News; ES = Evening Sentinel; NEC = Newcastle Evening Chronicle; SDE = Sunderland Daily Echo; SS = Staffordshire Sentinel; SDT = Sheffield Daily Telegraph; LPT = Leek Post & Times; BDG = Birmingham Daily Gazette; BEP = Bristol Evening Post; TA = The Advertiser; DH = Daily Herald; ED = Evening Dispatch; DGM = Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough Thursday, 20 th April 1939, Sun Street, Hanley 45 Belle Vue Reserves 38 (Challenge) SN; BDG ; SS ,000 Ted Bravery Fred Tuck Danny Lee George Dykes Tommy Allott Alan Butler Tommy Burgess Len Eyre Belle Vue Reserves Ernie Price Acorn Dobson? Harold Jackson Oliver Hart Jack Gordon Jack Gorst Jack White Dick Tolley Ht 1: Bravery, Price, Tuck,? Ht 2: Hart, Jackson, Lee, Dykes Ht 3: Allott, Butler, Gorst, Gordon Ht 4: Bravery, White, Burgess, Hart Ht 5: Price, Tolley, Dykes, Lee Ht 6: Hart, Allott, Butler, Jackson Ht 7: Bravery, Gordon, Tuck, Gorst Ht 8: Eyre, Jackson, Lee, Tolley Ht 9: Price, Allott, Butler,? Ht 10: Bravery, Hart, Tuck (nf), Jackson (nf) Ht 11: Lee, Gorst, Gordon, Dykes Ht 12: Price, Eyre, White, Allott Ht 13: Gordon, Burgess, Dykes, Tolley Ht 14: Tuck, Butler, Gorst,? Match Races 1 Bill Kitchen beat Frank Varey 2 Kitchen beat Varey 80.2 Potteries Trophy Race Final Hart, Price, Butler, Bravery (f)

2 Saturday, 22 nd April 1939, Waterden Road, Hackney Hackney Wick (National League Division 2) SR; SN; DH ; SS Hackney Frank Hodgson Nobby Stock Doug Wells Jim Baylais Stan Dell Arch Windmill Tiger Hart George Saunders Ted Bravery Fred Tuck Tommy Allott Fred Strecker Danny Lee Harold Jackson Alan Butler Tommy Burgess Ht 1: Hodgson, Bravery, Stock, Tuck Ht 2: Baylais, Wells, Strecker, Allott (f) Ht 3: Dell, Jackson, Windmill, Lee Ht 4: Hodgson, Hart, Strecker, Butler Ht 5 Wells, Bravery, Baylais, Tuck Ht 6: Allott, Windmill, Strecker, Dell Ht 7: Hodgson, Stock, Lee, Jackson Ht 8: Wells, Saunders, Burgess, Allott Ht 9: Dell, Bravery, Windmill,? Ht 10: Hodgson, Stock, Allott, Strecker Ht 11: Wells, Baylais, Lee, Jackson Ht 12: Dell, Bravery, Saunders, Butler Ht 13: Baylais, Lee, Burgess, Hart (mf) Ht 14: Windmill, Stock, Jackson,? Waterden Scurry (3 laps) Final Hodgson, Baylais, Wells Reserves Scratch Race Appleby, Saunders, Tidbury Cubs Scratch Race Pitcher, Weir, Page 78.40

3 Thursday, 27 th April 1939, Sun Street, Hanley 44 Middlesbrough 39 (English Speedway Trophy) SR; SN; ES , LPT ; ED ; DGM Ted Bravery Alan Butler Tommy Allott Len Eyre Fred Strecker Danny Lee Fred Tuck Harold Jackson Middlesbrough George Greenwood Wilf Plant Aub Lawson Bob Wells Will Lowther Jack Hyland Geoff Godwin Jack Tidbury Ht 1: Greenwood, Bravery, Butler, Plant 78.0 (record) Ht 2: Wells, Allott, Lawson, Eyre Ht 3: Lowther, Strecker, Lee, Hyland Ht 4: Bravery, Tuck, Godwin, Godwin Ht 5: Greenwood, Allott, Eyre, Plant Ht 6: Wells, Lawson, Lee, Strecker Ht 7: Bravery, Butler, Lowther, Hyland Ht 8: Lawson, Allott, Jackson, Tidbury Ht 9: Greenwood, Plant, Tuck, Strecker Ht 10: Bravery, Lawson, Butler, Wells Ht 11: Allott, Eyre, Hyland, Lowther Ht 12: Greenwood, Strecker, Godwin, Jackson Ht 13: Lowther, Tuck, Eyre (nf), Tidbury (nf) Ht 14: Butler, Lee, Plant, Hyland Staffs Scratch Race Ht 1: Bravery 81.4 Ht 2: Greenwood 81.6 Ht 3: Wells 83.0 Ht 4: Butler 83.8 Final Greenwood, Bravery, Wells, Butler 81.0

4 Monday, 1 st May 1939, Brough Park, Newcastle Newcastle (English Speedway Trophy) SR; SN; ES ; NEC ; SDE Newcastle George Pepper Fred Curtis Rol Stobbart Billy Lamont Norman Hargreaves Maurice Stobbart Reg Hay Syd Littlewood Ted Bravery Alan Butler Tommy Allott Fred Tuck Fred Strecker Danny Lee Len Eyre did not ride Harold Jackson Ht 1: Pepper, Curtis, Bravery, Butler Ht 2: R Stobbart, Lamont, Tuck, Allott Ht 3: Hargreaves, Lee, Strecker, M Stobbart (nf) Ht 4: Pepper, Hay, Tuck Ht 5: R Stobbart, Lamont, Bravery, Butler Ht 6: Hargreaves, M Stobbart, Allott, Tuck Ht 7: Pepper, Curtis, Strecker, Lee Ht 8: R Stobbart, Littlewood, Allott, Jackson Ht 9: Bravery, Hargreaves, Butler, M Stobbart (exc) Ht 10: Pepper, Tuck, Curtis, Allott Ht 11: R Stobbart, Lamont, Lee, Strecker Ht 12: Hargreaves, Bravery, Littlewood Ht 13: Lamont, Hay, Strecker, Jackson Ht 14: M Stobbart, Curtis, Butler, Lee Match Races Ht 1: Norman Hargreaves beat Tiger Stevenson 58.4 Ht 2: Norman Hargreaves beat Tiger Stevenson 60.0 Brough Scratch Race Final Pepper, Butler, Curtis 77.6 Local Lads Scratch Race Hamilton, Newton (no third) 84.6

5 Thursday, 4 th May 1939, Sun Street, Hanley 40 Newcastle 44 (English Speedway Trophy) SR; SN; ES Ted Bravery Fred Strecker Tommy Allott Jack Gordon Fred Tuck Alan Butler Harold Jackson ? 0 Newcastle George Pepper Fred Curtis Rol Stobbart Billy Lamont Norman Hargreaves dnr Maurice Stobbart Syd Littlewood Reg Hay Ht 1: Bravery, Pepper, Curtis, Strecker 77.8 (record) Ht 2: R Stobbart, Allott, Gordon, Lamont Ht 3: Tuck, Butler, Hay, M Stobbart Ht 4: Bravery, Lamont, Littlewood, Jackson Ht 5: Pepper, Curtis, Allott, Gordon Ht 6: Tuck, Butler, Lamont, R Stobbart Ht 7: Bravery, M Stobbart, Strecker (3 riders only) Ht 8: R Stobbart, Allott, Littlewood,? Ht 9: Pepper, Butler, Curtis, Tuck Ht 10: Bravery, Lamont, R Stobbart, Strecker Ht 11: Hay, M Stobbart, Allott, Gordon Ht 12: Pepper, Tuck, Littlewood,? Ht 13: Hay, Gordon, Jackson (3 riders only) Ht 14: M Stobbart, Butler, Jackson, Curtis Halton Scratch Race Ht 1: Bravery 81.0 Ht 2: Allott 83.6 Ht 3: Pepper 83.4 Curtis was fastest second Final: Bravery, Pepper, Curtis, Allott 81.2

6 Friday, 5 th May 1939, Cleveland Park, Middlesbrough Middlesbrough (English Speedway Trophy) SR; SN; ES ; SS Middlesbrough George Greenwood Wilf Plant Will Lowther Jack Hyland Bob Wells Aub Lawson Tommy Bateman Jack Tidbury Ted Bravery Fred Strecker Tommy Allott Jack Gordon Fred Tuck did not ride Alan Butler Harold Jackson Jack White Ht 1: Greenwood, Bravery, Strecker, Plant Ht 2: Allott, Hyland, Gordon, Lowther Ht 3: Wells, Lawson, Butler Ht 4: Greenwood, Bateman, Jackson, Gordon Ht 5: Lowther, Hyland, Bravery, Strecker Ht 6: Allott, Gordon, Wells, Lawson Ht 7: Greenwood, Butler, Plant Ht 8: Lowther, Tidbury, Allott, White Ht 9: Lawson, Bravery, Strecker, Wells Ht 10: Greenwood, Gordon, Allott, Plant Ht 11: Hyland, Butler, Lowther (nf) Ht 12: Bravery, Bateman, Tidbury, Jackson Ht 13: Hyland, Jackson, White, Bateman Ht 14: Lawson, Strecker, Plant, Butler Saturday, 6 th May 1939, The Firs, Norwich Norwich (National League Division 2) SR; SN; SS Norwich Wal Morton Alan Smith Bert Spencer Wilf Jay Dick Wise Bill Birtwell Jock Sweet Paul Goodchild

7 Ted Bravery Fred Strecker Tommy Allott Danny Lee George Dykes Alan Butler Jack Gordon Harold Jackson Ht 1: Morton, Bravery, Smith, Strecker Ht 2: Allott, Lee, Spencer (ef}, Jay (f) Ht 3: Birtwell, Wise, Butler, Dykes Ht 4: Morton, Sweet, Gordon, Lee Ht 5: Jay, Spencer, Strecker, Bravery Ht 6: Wise, Allott, Lee, Sweet (ef) Ht 7: Morton, Smith, Dykes, Butler Ht 8: Spencer, Goodchild, Allott, Jackson Ht 9: Bravery, Wise, Strecker, Birtwell Ht 10: Morton, Smith, Lee, Allott Ht 11: Jay, Spencer, Butler, Dykes Ht 12: Bravery, Wise, Gordon, Goodchild Ht 13: Jay, Sweet, Dykes, Jackson Ht 14: Smith, Birtwell, Strecker, Butler Married Stars 10 Single Stars 14 (Challenge Event) Ht 1: Morton (M), Sweet (S), Goodchild (M) nf, Spencer (S) nf Ht 2: Jay (S), Wise (M), Birtwell (M) nf, Smith (S) nf Ht 3: Morton, Jay, Goodchild, Smith Ht 4: Spencer, Sweet, Wise, Birtwell Scratch Race Ht 1: Morton, Wise, Lee, Bravery 82.4 Ht 2: Jay, Sweet, Allott, Dykes 80.0 Final: Morton, Jay, Sweet, Wise 80.6 Thursday, 11 th May 1939, Owlerton, Sheffield Sheffield (English Speedway Trophy) SR; SN; SDT ; SS Allott seized his engine in Ht2 and took no further part in the match. Hart and Tuck collided and were injured in Ht11. Sheffield Ernie Evans Don Houghton Stan Williams Paddy Mills Jack Dixon Ivor Aussie Powell Doug McLachlan Harold Brailsford

8 Ted Bravery Alan Butler Tommy Allott 0 0 Fred Strecker Oliver Hart Fred Tuck 0 0 Jack White Jack Gordon Ht 1: Bravery, Evans, Butler, Houghton 73.0 (record) Ht 2: Williams, Strecker, Mills, Allott (ef) Ht 3: Dixon, Hart, Powell, Tuck Ht 4 Evans, McLachlan, Strecker, White Ht 5: Bravery, Williams, Butler, Mills Ht 6: Powell, Dixon, Strecker Ht 7: Evans, Gordon, Houghton (f), Hart (nf) Ht 8: Williams, Gordon, Brailsford Ht 9: Bravery, Dixon, Powell, Butler Ht 10: Evans, Strecker, Gordon Ht 11: Williams, White, Hart (f ex), [Tuck (f, inj)] Ht 12: Bravery, Dixon, Brailsford, White Ht 13: Gordon, McLachlan, Mills (nf), Hart (nf) Ht 14: Butler, Powell, Houghton Handicap Dashes (2 laps) Evans beat Bravery 35.8 Williams beat Allott 36.6 Reserves Scratch Race Harwood Pike, Len Tupling, Les Gregory 79.8 Hillsborough Scratch Race Ht 1: Evans, White, Gregory 78.0 Ht 2: Bravery, Powell, Houghton 77.4 Ht 3: Dixon, Mills, Pike 78.8 Ht 4: Williams, McLachlan, Strecker 77.8 Final: Evans, Bravery, Williams, Dixon 73.6 Thursday, 11 th May 1939, Sun Street, Hanley All-Star Programme SN; SS Stars Scratch Race Ht 1: Alan Smith, Rol Stobart 80.6 Ht 2: Bill Birtwell, Ernie Price 83.2 Ht 3: George Pepper, Wal Morton 81.0 Ht 4: Stan Lemon, Harold Jackson 84.0 SF 1: Stobbart, Price 82.0 SF 2: Morton, Pepper 81.6 Final: Morton, Pepper, Stobbart, Price 81.2

9 Visitors Scratch Race Ht 1: Frank Hodgson, Birtwell 85.4 Ht 2: George Greenwood, Price 80.8 Ht 3: Pepper, Smith 84.0 Ht 4: Len Eyre, Doug Wells 85.0 SF 1: Greenwood, Hodgson 82.0 SF 2: Pepper, Smith 83.6 Final: Greenwood, Hodgson, Pepper, Smith 82.0 Captains Race Greenwood, Morton, Hodgson 80.6 Match Races Jack Milne beat Hodgson 83.0 Milne beat Greenwood 81.2 Solo Run (flying start) Jack Milne 73.8 Saturday, 13 th May 1939, Waterden Road, Hackney Hackney Wick (National Trophy Division 2 Round One, 1 st Leg) SR; SN; ES ; BDG Hackney Doug Wells Jim Baylais Frank Hodgson Arch Windmill Stan Dell Tiger Hart Nobby Stock George Saunders Tommy Allott Danny Lee Ted Bravery Alan Butler Jack Gordon Fred Tuck Oliver Hart did not ride Fred Strecker Ht 1: Wells, Baylais, Butler, Allott Ht 2: Hodgson, Windmill, Lee, Tuck Ht 3: Gordon, Bravery, Dell (f rmtd), Wells (ex tapes) Ht 4: Stock, Saunders, Strecker (3 riders only) Ht 5: Hodgson, Bravery, Hart, Butler Ht 6: Windmill, Wells, Allott, Lee Ht 7: Baylais, Hart, Gordon, Tuck Ht 8: Hodgson, Bravery, Dell, Allott Ht 9: Hodgson, Wells, Butler, Tuck Ht 10: Windmill, Hart, Allott, Lee Ht 11: Baylais, Dell, Gordon, Butler

10 Ht 12: Hart, Wells, Lee, Bravery Ht 13: Windmill, Dell, Gordon, Butler Ht 14: Strecker, Stock, Saunders (3 riders only) Ht 15: Hodgson, Baylais, Gordon, Lee Ht 16: Hart, Allott, Dell, Tuck Ht 17: Baylais, Tuck, Windmill, Bravery Ht 18: Hodgson, Baylais, Gordon, Bravery Stadium Scratch Race Saunders, Brett (no third) Thursday, 18 th May 1939, Sun Street, Hanley 45 Sheffield 36 (English Speedway Trophy) SR; SN; ES , SS , BDG ; SDT Ted Bravery Alan Butler Tommy Allott Jack Gordon Oliver Hart Fred Tuck Fred Strecker Stan Lemon Sheffield Ernie Evans Don Houghton Stan Williams Doug McLachlan Jack Dixon Ivor Ossie Powell Paddy Mills 0 0 Harwood Pike Ht 1: Houghton, Bravery (ret), Butler (ret), Evans (ex) Ht 2: Williams, Allott, McLachlan, Gordon Ht 3: Tuck, Dixon, Hart, Powell Ht 4 Bravery, McLachlan, Strecker, Mills Ht 5: Evans, Allott, Gordon, Houghton Ht 6: Tuck, Williams, Hart, McLachlan Ht 7: Butler, Dixon, Powell, Bravery Ht 8: Williams, Lemon, Allott, Pike Ht 9: Evans, Hart, Tuck, Houghton Ht 10: Butler, Williams, Bravery, McLachlan Ht 11: Allott, Gordon, Dixon, Powell Ht 12: Evans, Hart, Lemon, Pike Ht 13: Dixon, Strecker, Gordon, Pike (f ex) Ht 14: Tuck, Houghton, Butler, Powell Captain s Match Race Evans beat Tuck 82.8 Tuck replaced Bravery (machine trouble)

11 Burslem Scratch Race Ht1 Butler 81.6 Ht2 Gordon 82.8 Ht3 Hart 86.6 Ht4 Evans 85.0 Final Evans, Butler, Gordon, Hart 83.6 Thursday, 25 th May 1939, Sun Street, Hanley 68 Hackney Wick 39 (National Trophy Division 2 Round One, 2 nd Leg) Aggregate score: 96 Hackney 119 SR; SN; BDG ; SS Ted Bravery Fred Tuck Tommy Allott Jack Gordon Oliver Hart Alan Butler Stan Lemon Fred Strecker Hackney Frank Hodgson George Saunders Stan Dell Arch Windmill Doug Wells Jim Baylais Nobby Stock No number 8 Ht 1: Gordon, Dell, Saunders, Allott Ht 2: Bravery, Tuck, Windmill, Baylais Ht 3: Hart, Hodgson, Allott, Wells Ht 4: Lemon, Strecker, Stock (nf), (3 riders only) Ht 5: Bravery, Butler, Hodgson, Saunders Ht 6: Tuck, Allott, Windmill, Dell Ht 7: Baylais, Butler, Wells, Gordon Ht 8: Bravery, Hodgson, Dell, Strecker Ht 9: Bravery, Baylais, Allott, Saunders Ht 10: Butler, Dell, Windmill, Tuck Ht 11: Hart, Gordon, Wells, Saunders Ht 12: Hodgson, Windmill, Butler, Allott Ht 13: Tuck, Hart, Saunders, Wells Ht 14: Lemon, Strecker, Stock, (3 riders only) Ht 15: Bravery, Gordon, Windmill, Wells Ht 16: Butler, Baylais, Hart, Dell Ht 17: Baylais, Hodgson, Gordon, Tuck Ht 18: Bravery, Baylais, Hodgson, Hart

12 Monday, 29 th May 1939, Brough Park, Newcastle Newcastle (National League Division 2) SR; SN; NEC ; SS ,500 Newcastle George Pepper Fred Kid Curtis Billy Lamont Rol Stobbart Maurice Stobbart Norman Hargreaves Reg Hay Syd Littlewood Ted Bravery Alan Butler Tommy Allott Jack Gordon Oliver Hart Fred Tuck Fred Strecker Did not ride Stan Lemon Ht 1: Curtis, Butler, Pepper, Bravery (f) Ht 2: Lamont, R Stobbart, Gordon, Allott Ht 3: Hargreaves, Hart, M Stobbart, Tuck Ht 4: Pepper, Hay, Gordon (3 riders only) Ht 5: R Stobbart, Lamont, Butler, Bravery (f) Ht 6: Allott, Hargreaves, M Stobbart, Gordon Ht 7: Pepper, Curtis, Hart, Tuck Ht 8: Lamont, Allott, Lemon, Littlewood Ht 9: Hargreaves, Butler, Lemon, M Stobbart Ht 10: Pepper, Curtis, Gordon, Allott Ht 11: R Stobbart, Hart, Lamont (3 riders only) Ht 12: Littlewood, M Stobbart, Lemon (3 riders only) Ht 13: R Stobbart, Hart, Lemon, Hay Ht 14: Hargreaves, Curtis, Butler (3 riders only) Match Races (2 laps) Lamont beat Charlie Spinks Eric Chitty beat Pepper (4 laps) Pepper beat Chitty 39.4 (= track record) Evening Chronicle Cup Final: O Hart, Pepper

13 Thursday, 1 st June 1939, Sun Street, Hanley 62 Crystal Palace 20 (National League Division 2) SR; SN; ES ; BDG , SS Ted Bravery Alan Butler Oliver Hart Fred Tuck Tommy Allott Jack Gordon Fred Strecker Stan Lemon Crystal Palace Bob Lovell Keith Harvey George Dykes Charlie Challis Vic Weir Mick Mitchell No number 7 George Gower Ht 1: Butler, Bravery, Lovell, Harvey Ht 2: Tuck, Challis, Hart (nf), Dykes (nf) Ht 3: Gordon, Mitchell, Allott, Weir Ht 4: Strecker, Bravery, Challis Ht 5: Tuck, Hart, Lovell, Harvey (3 riders only) Ht 6: Allott, Gordon, Gower, Dykes Ht 7: Bravery, Butler, Mitchell, Weir Ht 8: Lemon, Hart, Gower, Dykes no time Ht 9: Gordon, Harvey, Lovell, Allott Ht 10: Bravery, Butler, Dykes, Challis Ht 11: Hart, Mitchell, Tuck, Weir Ht 12: Lemon, Allott, Lovell (3 riders only) Ht 13: Strecker, Tuck, Gower, Weir Ht 14: Butler, Mitchell, Gordon (nf), Harvey (nf) Ht8 run over 5 laps Golden Helmet Scratch Race Ht 1: Bravery, [Lemon, Harvey} 81.2 Ht 2: Gordon, [Strecker, Lovell, Gower] 83.8 Ht 3: Hart, [Len Eyres, Challis, J White] 83.6 Ht 4: Tuck, Harold Jackspn, Weir, G Burgess] 84.4 Final: Bravery, Hart, [Gordon, Tuck] 82.8

14 Thursday, 8 th June 1939, Sun Street, Hanley 32 Newcastle 52 (National League Division 2) SR; SN; ES Ted Bravery Alan Butler Oliver Hart Fred Tuck Bill Birtwell Jack Gordon Tommy Allott Fred Strecker Newcastle George Pepper Fred Kid Curtis Billy Lamont Rol Stobbart Maurice Stobbart Norman Hargreaves Reg Hay Syd Littlewood 1 1 Ht 1: Pepper, Butler, Curtis, Bravery (f) Ht 2: R Stobbart, Tuck, Hart, Lamont Ht 3: M Stobbart, Gordon, Hargreaves, Birtwell Ht 4: R Stobbart, Bravery, Hay, Allott Ht 5: Pepper, Hart, Curtis, Tuck Ht 6: Lamont, R Stobbart, Gordon, Birtwell Ht 7: M Stobbart, Bravery, Hargreaves, Butler Ht 8: Lamont, Strecker, Littlewood, Hart Ht 9: Pepper, Gordon, Curtis, Birtwell Ht 10: Lamont, R Stobbart, Butler, Bravery Ht 11: M Stobbart, Hart, Hargreaves, Tuck Ht 12: Pepper, Birtwell, Strecker, Hay Ht 13: M Stobbart, Tuck, Allott, Littlewood Ht 14: Butler, Gordon, Hargreaves, Curtis Captains Challenge Pepper, Bravery Wulstan Scratch Race Bravery, Pepper

15 Thursday, 15 th June 1939, Sun Street, Hanley World Championship Qualifying Round SR; SN; ES Ted Bravery Alan Butler Fred Strecker Fred Tuck Vic Weir Mick Mitchell Arch Windmill Stan Dell Jack Bibby Jeff Lloyd Ray Duggan Emerson Rawding Norman Hargreaves Jack Hargreaves Ernie Price Dick Harris Tommy Allott (res) 2 2 Ht 1 Tuck, Bravery, Strecker, Butler 79.6 Ht 2 Windmill, Dell, Mitchell, Weir 78.8 Ht 3 Lloyd, Duggan, Rawding, Bibby 78.0 Ht 4 Price, J Hargreaves, N Hargreaves 81.0 Ht 5 Bibby, N Hargreaves, Weir, Butler 81.6 Ht 6 Lloyd, J Hargreaves, Bravery (nf), Mitchell (nf) 78.0 Ht 7 Price, Duggan, Windmill, Strecker 81.8 Ht 8 Harris, Dell, Rawding, Tuck 80.4 Ht 9 Harris, Allott, Butler (nf), Mitchell (nf) 83.2 Ht 10 Price, Bravery, Rawding, Bravery 80.0 Ht 11 J Hargreaves, Butler 82.4 Ht 12 Lloyd, Windmill, Tuck, N Hargreaves 81.2 Ht 13 J Hargreaves, Bibby, Strecker, Dell 80.2 Ht 14 Bravery, Dell 86.4 Ht 15 Lloyd, Strecker, Harris, Weir 81.0 Ht 16 Price, Mitchell, Bibby, Tuck 81.6 Ht 17 Lloyd, Price, Butler, Dell 80.2 Ht 18 Harris, Bibby, Bravery, Windmill 80.6 Ht 19: N Hargreaves, Strecker, Mitchell, Rawding 82.4 Ht 20: J Hargreaves, Tuck, Weir, 82.6

16 Thursday, 22 nd June 1939, Sun Street, Hanley 55 Bristol 28 (National League Division 2) SR; SN; ES ; BDG , BEP Ted Bravery Tommy Allott Alan Butler Bill Birtwell Oliver Hart Jack Gordon Fred Strecker Fred Tuck Bristol Harry Shepherd Jeff Lloyd Bill Clibbett Norman Lindsay Roy Dook Jack Bibby Ron Howes George Craig Ht 1: Allott, Bravery, Shepherd, Lloyd Ht 2: Butler, Birtwell, Lindsay, Clibbett 77.2 (record) Ht 3: Hart, Gordon, Bibby, Dook Ht 4: Bravery, Strecker, Lindsay, Howes Ht 5: Butler, Shepherd, Lloyd, Birtwell Ht 6: Hart, Clibbett, Gordon, Lindsay Ht 7: Allott, Dook, Bravery (f), Bibby (f) Ht 8: Tuck, Butler, Clibbett, Craig (f) Ht 9: Shepherd, Gordon, Hart, Lloyd Ht 10: Bravery, Clibbett, Lindsay, Allott Ht 11: Butler, Bibby, Birdwell, Dook Ht 12: Tuck, Shepherd, Howes, Hart Ht 13: Strecker, Dook, Birtwell, Craig Ht 14: Bibby, Gordon, Allott, Lloyd Fenton Scratch Race (3 laps) Final: Bravery, Tuck, Shepherd 60.6 Saturday, 24th June 1939, Crystal Palace Exhibition Grounds, Sydenham, London Crystal Palace (National League Division 2) SR; SN; TA ; SS Crystal Palace Les Trim Keith Harvey Mick Mitchell Ron Clarke Vic Weir Bob Lovell Charlie Appleby Charlie Challis

17 Ted Bravery Fred Tuck Alan Butler Bill Birtwell Oliver Hart Jack Gordon Fred Strecker Tommy Allott 0 0 Ht 1: Bravery, Trim, Tuck, Harvey (f) Ht 2: Mitchell, Clarke, Birtwell, Butler Ht 3: Weir, Hart, Gordon, Lovell Ht 4: Appleby, Strecker, Trim, Birtwell Ht 5: Mitchell, Clarke, Tuck, Bravery Ht 6: Lovell, Weir, Butler, Birtwell Ht 7: Harvey, Hart, Trim, Gordon Ht 8: Challis, Mitchell, Butler, Allott Ht 9: Weir, Bravery, Lovell, Tuck Ht 10: Harvey, Butler, Birdwell, Trim Ht 11: Mitchell, Hart, Clarke, Gordon Ht 12: Weir, Challis, Bravery, Strecker Ht 13: Hart, Appleby (f rmtd), Clarke, [Allott (ns)] Ht 14: Lovell, Tuck, Harvey, Gordon Alpha Scratch Race Gower, Saunders (no third) Beta Scratch Race Appleby, Challis, Humphries Auckland Scratch Race Ht1: Mitchell, Harvey, Tuck Ht2: Hart, Weir, Clarke Ht3: Lovell, Gower, Saunders Ht4: Appleby, Page, Eddie Barker Final: Mitchell, Hart, Lovell, Appleby Tuesday, 27 th June 1939, Marine Gardens, Edinburgh Edinburgh (Challenge) SR; ES Edinburgh Oliver Hart Chick Brine Laurie Packer Jack Hancock Jack Gordon Norrie Isbister

18 Ted Bravery 2 3 2' 7 1 Tommy Allott 1' 2' Alan Butler Fred Tuck Bill Birtwell 0 1' 1' 2 2 Syd Littlewood Ht 1: Hart, Bravery, Allott, Brine Ht 2: Packer, Butler, Hancock, Tuck Ht 3: Gordon, Littlewood, Isbister, Birtwell Ht 4: Hart, Tuck, Brine, Butler Ht 5: Packer, Littlewood, Birtwell, Hancock Ht 6: Bravery, Allott, Gordon, Isbister Ht 7: Hart, Littlewood, Birtwell, Brine Ht 8: Allott, Bravery, Packer, Hancock Ht 9: Tuck, Butler, Isbister, Gordon Match Race Hart, Bravery, Packer, Littewood 83.2 Special Match Race (Reserves Race) Leo Lungo, Jack Hancock, Dick Dennie, Bill Nisbet 84.2 All Star Match Race Bravery, George Pepper, Hart, Packer 82.6 Scottish Silver Torch Ht 1: Tuck, Gruff Garland, Packer, Isbister 85.0 Ht 2: Bravery, Frank Woodroffe, Jack Hyland, Butler 85.4 Ht 3: Birtwell, Littlewood, Elwood Stilwell, Hart (mf) 85.2 Ht 4: Allott, Brine, Gordon, Pepper (mf) 85.8 Final: Bravery, Allott, Birtwell, Tuck 82.4 Thursday, 29 th June 1939, Sun Street, Hanley 45 Hackney Wick 38 (National League Division 2) SR; SN; ES Ted Bravery Tommy Allott Alan Butler Fred Tuck Oliver Hart Jack Gordon Bill Birtwell Fred Strecker Hackney Stan Dell Arch Windmill Jim Baylais Sonny Brown Ken Brett

19 Nobby Stock Doug Wells 2 2 Ht 1: Windmill, Bravery, Allott, Dell Ht 2: Butler, Baylais, Tuck,? Ht 3: Gordon, Hart, Brown, Brett Ht 4: Stock, Baylais, Birtwell, Bravery Ht 5: Windmill, Butler, Tuck, Dell Ht 6: Baylais, Gordon, Hart,? Ht 7: Stock, Brett, Bravery (nf), Allott (nf) Ht 8: Butler, Wells, Strecker,? Ht 9: Windmill, Hart, Dell, Gordon Ht 10: Bravery, Baylais, Allott,? Ht 11: Tuck, Butler, Brown, Brett Ht 12: Hart, Stock, Strecker, Dell Ht 13: Tuck, Birtwell, Stock,? Ht 14: Windmill, Allott, Brett, Gordon Westlands Scratch Race Ht 1: Windmill Ht 2: Gordon Ht 3: Allott Final: Gordon, Allott, Butler, Windmill 80.0 Junior Scratch Race Maurice Butler, J Page, E Nabney, N Parton 86.8 Saturday, 1 st July 1939 Waterden Road, Hackney Hackney Wick (National League Division 2) SR; SN; ES ; BDG Hackney Tiger Hart George Saunders Doug Wells Jim Baylais Stan Dell Arch Windmill Nobby Stock Ken Brett Ted Bravery Tommy Allott Alan Butler Fred Tuck Oliver Hart Jack Gordon Bill Birtwell Fred Strecker 0 0 0

20 Ht 1: T Hart, Saunders, Allott, Bravery Ht 2: Wells, Baylais, Tuck, Butler (ef) Ht 3: O Hart, Windmill, Dell, Gordon Ht 4: T Hart, Stock, Birtwell, Tuck Ht 5: Wells, Baylais, Allott, Bravery Ht 6: Tuck, Butler, Windmill, Dell Ht 7: T Hart, O Hart, Gordon, Saunders Ht 8: Wells, Butler, Brett, Strecker Ht 9: Bravery, Allott, Windmill, Dell Ht 10: Saunders, T Hart, Tuck, Butler (mf) Ht 11: Baylais, Wells, O Hart (f), Gordon (f) Ht 12: Bravery, Dell, Birdwell, Brett Ht 13: O Hart, Baylais, Stock, Strecker Ht 14: Saunders, Windmill, Birtwell, Allott Thursday, 6 th July 1939, Owlerton, Sheffield Sheffield (National League Division 2) SR; SN; SDT Sheffield Ernie Evans Paddy Mills Stan Williams Doug McLachlan Jack Dixon Ivor Ossie Powell Geoff Godwin Harry Whitfield Ted Bravery No rider Alan Butler Fred Tuck Oliver Hart Bill Birtwell Fred Strecker Jack Gordon Ht 1: Evans, Mills, Bravery (nf),? Ht 2: Williams, Butler, McLachlan, Tuck Ht 3: Dixon, Hart, Birdwell, Powell Ht 4: Evans, Godwin, Strecker, Tuck Ht 5: Williams, Bravery, McLachlan,? Ht 6: Dixon, Tuck, Butler, Powell Ht 7: Evans, Hart, Mills, Birtwell Ht 8: Williams, Butler, Whitfield, Gordon Ht 9: Dixon, Powell, Strecker, Bravery Ht 10: Evans, Mills, Tuck, Butler Ht 11: Williams, Hart, Birdwell, McLachlan Ht 12: Dixon, Strecker, Gordon, Whitfield Ht 13: Hart, Godwin, Gordon, McLachlan Ht 14: Mills, Gordon, Powell, Birtwell

21 Sheffield Road Transport Trophy Ht 1: Williams, Hart, Strecker 79.0 Ht 2: Dixon, Butler, Birtwell 79.2 Ht 3: Evans, Tuck, Pike 80.0 Ht 4: Mills, Gordon, McLachlan 78.6 Final: Evans, Mills, Williams, Dixon 79.0 Two Lap Dash Hart beat Evans 38.8 withdrew from Division 2, with Belle Vue Reserves taking over their remaining fixtures.