English Dirt Track League 1929

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1 Results compiled by Bob Ozanne. English Dirt Track League 1929 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. About the files. Reports including race results were very rare for this league. Some reports give no more than the match score. I have provided as much detail as is available. I hope the team line ups and facts about heat winners are informative. Riders scores are in here when I could find them. This league saw the early careers of many pre-war top liners, some continuing into the 1940's. if anyone can add to this record please contact the website. We will be delighted to hear from you.

2 Saturday 06/04/1929 EDTL 1929 BARNSLEY BARNSLEY 11 Attendance 3,000. Bob Allen BURNLEY 17 Tom Thompson Heat Results Time H A H A Joe Mitchell Allen Charles C Wilcock Thompson Austin Humphries Abbott A Wilcock Mitchell Humphries Allen A Wilcock Thompson BURNLEY 4 C Wilcock Charles Mitchell Humphries Frank Charles Bob Allen lowered the track record to 88 seconds. Cyril Wilcock Athletic News says that 3 riders from each side rode in each heat. This is not confirmed Arthur Wilcock anywhere else. Joe Abbott Saturday 04/05/1929 EDTL 1929 BARNSLEY HALIFAX BARNSLEY- Bert Round 8, Joe Mitchell 5, Bob Allen 0, Fred Ledger, Austin Humphries, Tom Thompson, Reg Marshall, Charlie Ward. HALIFAX- George Reynard, Alec Tidswell, Dusty Haigh, Geoff Taylor, George Corney, Geoff Wilson, Bert Clayton, Alan Earp. Allen was plagued by machine problems. Mitchell left the track in the lead in his first ride but beat Reynard. Saturday 18/05/1929 EDTL 1929 BARNSLEY BELLE VUE BARNSLEY- Bert Round, Bob Allen, Charlie Ward. BELLE VUE- Arthur Franklyn, Frank Varey. Belle Vue had no finishers in one heat because one rider was disqualified and the other left the track. Round defeated both Franklyn and Varey to the delight of the Lundwood faithful.

3 Monday 20/05/1929 EDTL 1929 BARNSLEY LEEDS BARNSLEY- Bob Allen 8, Charlie Ward 8, Bert Round 5, Joe Mitchell 3. LEEDS- Eric Langton 10, Oliver Langton. Saturday 08/06/1929 EDTL 1929 BARNSLEY HANLEY BARNSLEY- Bob Allen, Charlie Ward,Bert Round,Tommy Allott, Fred Ledger, Tom Thompson, Reg Marshall, George Thompson HANLEY- Jack Rowley. Saturday 15/06/1929 EDTL 1929 BARNSLEY SHEFFIELD BARNSLEY- Charlie Ward 8, Bob Allen 0, Bert Round 10, George Thompson 3, Reg Marshall 10, Tommy Allott 5, B.Whitehead 1. SHEFFIELD- Clem Beckett, Jack Barber, Scotty Cummings. Heat Winners- 1) Ward 81.6, 2) Round. 3) Marshall, 4) Ward, 5) Barber, 6) Marshall, 7) Cummings, 8) Round, 9) Allott. Sheffield were without Spencer Stratton. Barber beat Round which was becoming a rare event. Ward and Allen crashed. Saturday 29/06/1929 EDTL 1929 BARNSLEY 32 Attendance 6,000. NEWCASTLE 22 BARNSLEY- Bert Round 8, Charlie Ward 3, Charlie Gray 10, Fred Ledger 3, Reg Marshall 0, Tommy Allott 8, Tom Thompson, Bob Allen NEWCASTLE- Fred or Walter Creasor 2, Tommy Storey 0, Gordon Byers. Heat Winners- 1) Round, 2) Gray, 3) Allott, 4) Round, 5) Byers, 6) Void, 7) Byers, 8) Gray, 9) Allott Charlie Gray was a new signing and came from Australia. Gray made a good impression on his debut but unfortunately was soon out for the season with an injury. Heat 6 was declared void. Marshall fell. Storey fell seperately and Allott hit his bike and came down.

4 Saturday 20/07/1929 EDTL 1929 BARNSLEY LIVERPOOL 30 25/27 BARNSLEY- Bert Round 10, Tom Thompson 5, Charlie Ward 6, Fred Ledger 2, Tommy Allott 5, Reg Marshall 0, Joe Chance 2. LIVERPOOL- Eric Blain Blain was the rider who beat Round. Heat 3 was declared void as all 4 riders fell triggered off by Reg Marshall. Both Barnsley papers have score 30/25. Yorkshire Post, Sheffield Daily Telegraph and The Auto have score 30/27. Saturday 27/07/1929 EDTL 1929 BARNSLEY WARRINGTON BARNSLEY- Bert Round 12, Tom? Thompson 0, Arthur Moore 10, Charlie Ward 7, Tommy Allott 4, Fred Ledger 0, Joe Mitchell 4, Bob Allen 1. WARRINGTON- George Milton, Ezra C. Deakin, Norman Dawson, Tom Middlehurst, Tommy Hatch, Harry Solomon. Heat Winners- 1) Round, 2) Ward, 3) Allott, 4) Round, 5) Moore, 6) Milton, 7) Round, 8) Moore, 9) Dawson. Heat 6 was rerun after all 4 riders fell. Allott collided with the 2 Warrington riders as he tried to pass them. The heat was rerun later with Allen and Mitchell replacing Allott and Ledger. Saturday 10/08/1929 EDTL 1929 BARNSLEY SALFORD BARNSLEY- Bert Round 12, Arthur Moore, Charlie Ward, Fred Ledger. SALFORD- Syd Newiss, Fred Williams. Heat 2 was declared void due to crashes. Ward, riding a Matchless, touched Williams. Williams was driven to the fence and he scraped along it for some distance trying to regain control. However he came down in the end. The race was stopped and abandoned.

5 Saturday 17/08/1929 EDTL 1929 BARNSLEY LEICESTER STADIUM BARNSLEY- Bert Round 12, Reg Marshall 7, Fred Ledger 5, Charlie Ward 4, Arthur Moore 8. LEICESTER- Syd Jackson, Billy Ellmore, Stan Baines. The 3 Leicester riders named each had a race win. The other six heats were won by the Barnsley lads with Bert Round taking his usual 3 wins for a maximum. Tuesday 20/08/1929 EDTL 1929 BARNSLEY BARNSLEY 30 Attendance 10,000. Bert Round 4 C 4 8 WHITE CITY (MCR) 32 Charlie Ward 1 1 N 2 Heat Results Time H A H A Arthur Moore 4 E Round A Jervis Ward Owen Fred Ledger Moore Hull Skinner Albert Brown 4 0 N 4 3 Brown Wotton Marshall Reg Marshall Hull Skinner Ward (Round CIL) Tommy Allott Wotton Ledger Gresty (Moore EIL) A Jervis Owen Marshall Brown WHITE CITY (MCR) 7 Round Wotton Allott Arthur Jervis 2 4 F 6 8 Moore Ledger (H Jervis F) (A Jervis F) Jack? Owen 0 2 N 2 9 Skinner Hull Marshall Allott Skid Skinner Fastes time Round 77.6 Walter Hull Billy Dallison was absent for White City. Les Wotton Harry Gresty 1 1 Hugh Jervis F 0 32

6 Saturday 24/08/1929 EDTL 1929 BARNSLEY BARNSLEY 32 Bert Round 4 R 4 8 PRESTON 31 Tommy Allott N N 0 Heat Results Time H A H A Arthur Moore Round Myerscough Burrill Reg Marshall N 0 2 Abbott Moore J Chiswell Charlie Ward F Chiswell Rye Thompson Tom Thompson 1 N 1 4 Abbott Ledger J Chiswell (Round R) Albert Brown Moore Rye F Chiswell Fred Ledger Myerscough Ledger Lund Round Brown Rye (EP) PRESTON 8 Moore Ledger Burrill Lund Ham Burrill 1 N Ward Abbott Brown J Chiswell Len Myerscough 2 4 N 6 Frank Charles had been injured at Newcastle and could not ride for Preston Joe Abbott Tommy Allott dropped out of the match with machine problems. Jack Chiswell Rye pushed home for almost a lap in heat 7. He was trying for second place as Brown Claude Rye was stopped for some time. However Brown managed to restart and pass the struggling Frank Chiswell Rye. Claude got a great ovation when he crossed the line. Ted Lund Saturday 14/09/1929 EDTL 1929 BARNSLEY 40 MIDDLESBROUGH 22 BARNSLEY- Charlie Ward 10, Fred Ledger 9, Arthur Moore 8. MIDDLESBROUGH- Norman Evans, Frank Harrison. Barnsley were reeling from the devastating fatal accident to Bert Round. Round was killed on the road on a motor cycle on his way to compete at Wombwell. He collided in a freakish accident with another motor cyclist on the open road. The accident happened on 26 August. Round looked very special with very high potential. He defeated many of the north s top riders both home and away and was given a match race against Vic Huxley at West Ham. Round did not win that event but did himself credit defeating Huxley in a scratch race final. One of the early stars of the sport in the north Bert Round deserves to be remembered in speedway history. Saturday 21/09/1929 EDTL 1929 BARNSLEY ROCHDALE BARNSLEY- Arthur Moore 10, Charlie Ward 6, Albert Brown 4, Fred Ledger 3, Joe Mitchell 2, Tommy Allott 1, Tom Thompson 0. ROCHDALE- Cyril "Squib" Burton 12, Buster Breaks 8. Perhaps uniquely in the history of the sport Barnsley had 4 pairs of brothers on their books, Albert and George Brown, George and Tom Thompson, George and Joe Chance and Joe and Tom Mitchell. The season s closing match held on 28 September 1929 featured a team contest in which the brothers rode as pairs.

7 Saturday 04/05/1929 EDTL 1929 BELLE VUE 40 Attendance 25,000 despite heavy rain. PRESTON 21 BELLE VUE- Arthur Franklyn 12, Frank Varey 8, Norman Hartley, Bob Harrison, Wilf McClure, George Hazard, Riskit Riley. PRESTON- Ham Burrill, Jack Chiswell, Ian Ritchings, Tom Price, Frank Chiswell, Crazy Hutchins. Heat Wins- Franklyn 3, Varey 2, Burrill 2, Hartley 1, Harrison 1. No information held on whether Belle Vue wore team colours in their short period in the league. Wilf McClure was described as the heaviest dirt track rider in the country! Saturday 11/05/1929 EDTL 1929 BELLE VUE 37 Attendance 30,000. BARNSLEY 25 BELLE VUE- Arthur Franklyn 12, Frank Varey 12, Norman Hartley, Riskit Riley, Bob Harrison, George Hazard BARNSLEY- Bert Round, Austin Humphries, Bob Allen, Joe Mitchell, Fred Ledger, Tom Thompson. Heat Wins- Franklyn 3, Varey 3, Hartley 2, Humphries 1. Round was top scorer for Barnsley. Wednesday 29/05/1929 EDTL 1929 BELLE VUE WARRINGTON Only the score is available for this one. Wednesday 03/07/1929 EDTL 1929 BELLE VUE SALFORD Belle Vue withdrew from the league on the grounds that league racing was unpopular with the fans. However it was well known that the club was very dissatisfied with the way the NDTOA was run. On 2 September Belle Vue's owners, the North Manchester Motor Club resigned from the NDTOA. Belle Vue were completely undamaged as a club and continued with huge success.

8 Saturday 20/04/1929 EDTL 1929 BOLTON PRESTON BOLTON- Norman Dawson, F.Hughes, Jack Woods, Syd Newiss, Alec Jackson. PRESTON- Ham Burrill, Claude Rye. Heat Wins- Jackson 2, Burrill 2, Dawson 1, Hughes 1, Woods 1, Newiss 1, Rye 1. This was the only match at Bolton and the club immediately closed down. Alec Jackson replaced Frank Greenall for Bolton. Jackson went on to become team manager of Wembley Lions for many years. Saturday 11/05/1929 EDTL 1929 BURNLEY 41 Attendance 10,000 SALFORD 22 BURNLEY- Ginger Lees 12, Frank Charles, Billy Howard, Arthur Wilcock, Cyril Wilcock, Joe Abbott, Ernie Ingham, Jack Lund. SALFORD- Tommy Mason 5, Cliff Watson, Joe Palastrand, Sid Newiss, Sam Higgins, Fred Williams. Heat Wins- Lees 3, C.Wilcock 2, Abbott 2, Watson 1. This was an afternoon match. Salford rode again at Preston in the evening. Cliff Whateley was out of the Salford team as he broke his shoulder blade in a practice crash at Salford the previous day. Saturday 29/06/2029 EDTL 1929 BURNLEY 13 Attendance 2,000. LEICESTER STADIUM 8 BURNLEY- Frank Charles, Billy Howard, Joe Abbott, Jack Lund, Arthur Wilcock, Cyril Wilcock, L.Martin. LEICESTER- Syd Jackson, Nobby Kendrick, Hal Herbert, Dilly Gittins, Slider Shurrleworth, Billy Ellmore, Len Bown, Jimmy Gent. Heat Winners- 1) Charles, 2) Abbott, 3) Shuttleworth. Match abandoned after 3 heats due to excessive dust. There was a drought and the Local Authority banned the use of water at the stadium. Th last EDTL match at Burnley. It was a pity they closed down because the team was very compettitive and could well have challenged for the League title.

9 Saturday 27/04/29 EDTL 1929 HALIFAX 30 Arrendance 6,000. WHITE CITY (MCR) 33 HALIFAX- Geoff Wilson 6, George Reynard, George Corney. Saturday 11/05/29 EDTL 1929 HALIFAX HANLEY Saturday 18/05/29 EDTL 1929 HALIFAX SALFORD Saturday 01/06/29 EDTL 1929 HALIFAX BARNSLEY Thursday 13/06/29 EDTL 1929 HALIFAX SHEFFIELD HALIFAX- Geoff Taylor, George Reynard, George Corney. SHEFFIELD- Clem Beckett 6, W.E. "Gus" Platts 4, Spencer "Smoky" Stratton, George Crawshaw, Jack Barber, Stan Jenkins. Heat Wins- Corney 2, Taylor 1, Reynard 1, Beckett 1, Barber 1 Beckett and Stratton both sustained leg injuries which put them out of the match. Thursday 20/06/29 EDTL 1929 HALIFAX MIDDLESBROUGH HALIFAX- George Reynard 12, George Corney 12, Geoff Taylor 12. As shown by the scores the 3 Halifax men won all 9 heats between them.

10 Thursday 27/06/29 EDTL 1929 HALIFAX ROCHDALE HALIFAX- Geoff Taylor 4, George Reynard, George Corney, Dusty Haigh, Alan Earp, Geoff Kilburn. ROCHDALE- Cyril "Squib" Burton, Buster Breaks. Heat Wins- Burton 2, Reynard 1, Taylor 1, Corney 1, Breaks 1. Thursday 11/07/29 EDTL 1929 HALIFAX BELLE VUE 25 36/37 HALIFAX- Frank Smith 6, Dusty Haigh, George Reynard, Geoff Taylor, Geoff Wilson. BELLE VUE- Arthur Franklyn, Frank Varey, Riskit Riley, Bob Harrison. Heat Wins- Franklyn 2, Reynard 1, Taylor 1, Varey 1, Riley 1. Franklyn took 2 seconds off of the 4 laps rolling start record held by Varey reducing it to 84.0 seconds. Thursday 18/07/29 EDTL 1929 HALIFAX WARRINGTON HALIFAX- George Reynard 12, Geoff Taylor, George Corney, Dusty Haigh, Frank Smith. Heat Wins- Reynard 3, Corney 2, Smith 2, Taylor 1. Saturday 03/08/29 EDTL 1929 HALIFAX LEEDS HALIFAX- George Reynard, Geoff Taylor, Dusty Haigh. LEEDS- Eric Langton 10, Roy Barrowclough, Billy Lye. Heat Wins- Langton 2, Reynard 2, Taylor 1, Haigh 1. Leeds had lost Oliver Langton and George Greenwood to injury and brought in Roy Barrowclough and Billy Lye.

11 Thursday 08/08/29 EDTL 1929 HALIFAX PRESTON 39 22/24 HALIFAX- George Reynard, Dusty Haigh. PRESTON- Frank Charles, Ham Burrill. Heat Wins- Reynard 1, Haigh 1. Burrill was disqualified for looking back in one heat. Thursday 29/08/29 EDTL 1929 HALIFAX NEWCASTLE HALIFAX- Frank Smith 12, George Reynard, Geoff Taylor, Dusty Haigh. NEWCASTLE- Phil Blake, Fred Creasor, Walter Creasor. Heat Wins- Smith 3, Reynard 2, Taylor 1, Haigh 1.

12 Saturday 18/05/1929 EDTL 1929 HANLEY Total HANLEY 13 Len Blunt BURNLEY 49 N. Jones 4 4 Heat Results Time H A H A J.O. Cunliffe F F N 0 1 Lees A Wilcock Blunt N. Beech 1 R Charles Lund Beech (Cunliffe F) Jack Rowley Abbott Ingham Rowley H.P. Reynish 0 4 Jones Charles Blunt H. Evans (Res) Abbott Ingham (Beech R) (Cunliffe F) Lees A Wilcock Rowley BURNLEY 7 Abbott Blunt Ingham Ginger Lees A Wilcock Lees Beech Evans Arthur Wilcock C Wilcock Charles Rowley Frank Charles Jack Lund 2 N 2 Joe Abbott Ernie Ingham Cyril Wilcock (Res) Thursday 04/07/1929 EDTL 1929 HANLEY Total HANLEY 14 Len Blunt F N 0 WHITE CITY (MCR) 48 R. Illingworth 2 R 2 Heat Results Time H A H A N. Beech A Jervis Illingworth H Jervis R. Cope Dallison Beech Cope Jack Rowley Skinner Rowley Gresty W. Chun? Moore 0 4 A Jervis H Jervis Beech Maddox (Res) Dallison Rowley Withington Skinner Gresty (Blunt F) (Illingworth R) WHITE CITY (MCR) 7 A Jervis Rowley H Jervis Arthur Jervis Dallison Withington Maddox Hugh Jervis Skinner Gresty Beech Billy Dallison Hanley were admitted to the League when Bolton withdrew. They did not take over T. Withington Bolton's fixtures or inherit their 2 match points. Poor Hanley were outclassed and by Skid Skinner misfortune had their first two home matches against two of the best sides in the League. Harry Gresty They were crushed each time and no further matches were held. 48 Speedway continued until September however.

13 Friday 29/03/1929 EDTL 1929 LEEDS 38 Attendance 10,000. BARNSLEY 24 LEEDS- Oliver Langton, Arnold Moore, Billy Lye, Arthur Atkinson, Alec Hill, H.Bouskill, Tommy Bullus, Charlie Tobin. BARNSLEY- Bob Allen, Joe Mitchell, Austin Humphries, Reg Marshall, Tommy Allott, Bert Round, Tom Thompson, Lester Moore. This was the first League match ever held in British Speedway. Oliver Langton took the rolling start record down to 93.3 (previously 94.5 Eric Langton). Billy Burrows lowered the standing start record to 96.5 breaking 97 by Joe Mitchell earlier. Saturday 20/04/1929 EDTL 1929 LEEDS 43 Attendance 10,000. ROCHDALE 20 LEEDS- Tommy Bullus, Billy Burrows, Oliver Langton, Alec Hill, Eric Langton, Arthur Atkinson The side also included Arnold Moore or George Dallison. ROCHDALE- Squib Burton 8, Rex Kirby, Bud Proctor, Buster Breaks, Ron Chadwick, Jack Atkinson, E.Jennings. Heat wins- Bullus 2, Burrows 2, Burton 2, O.Langton 1, Hill 1, Kirby 1. Burton fell when leading his other heat.. Wednesday 08/05/1929 EDTL 1929 LEEDS PRESTON PRESTON- Ham Burrill 12. Saturday 11/05/1929 EDTL 1929 LEEDS WARRINGTON LEEDS- Arthur Atkinson, Oliver Langton, Alec Hill, Dennis Atkinson, Tommy Bullus, Charlie Tobin, George Dallison. WARRINGTON- George Milton 10, Tom Middlehurst, Harry Solomon, "Speed" Formby, T.F.Houghton, P.Hughes, H.McCann. Milton's only defeat was by Arthur Atkinson Tuesday 21/05/1929 EDTL 1929 LEEDS WHITE CITY (MCR) LEEDS- Billy Lye, Frank Smith, Eric Langton, Arthur Atkinson, Oliver Langton, Alec Hill, George Greenwood. WHITE CITY (MCR)- Arthur Jervis, Bunny Wilcox, Billy Dallison, Skid Skinner, Walter Hull, Rex kirby. White City started off with a 6/1, Jervis winning heat 1 from Wilcox in 91.2 seconds. Billy Lye of Leeds suffered a badly bruised shoulder in a collision with his partner Frank Smith.

14 Saturday 01/06/1929 EDTL 1929 LEEDS 46 Attendance 10,000. SALFORD 16 LEEDS- Eric Langton 12, Arthur Atkinson 10, Frank Smith, Dennis Atkinson, Alec Hill. SALFORD- Syd Newiss, Cliff Watson, Sam Higgins. Heat wins- Langton 3, Atkinson 2, Hill 2, Smith 1, Newiss 1. Salford's only heat winner was Syd Newiss when Dennis Atkinson was disqualified for crossing the white line. Saturday 15/06/1929 EDTL 1929 LEEDS 50 Attendance 5,000. LEICESTER STADIUM 13 LEEDS- Eric Langton, Alec Hill, George Greenwood, Dennis Atkinson, Arthur Atkinson, Frank Smith. LEICESTER- Stan Baines, Hal Herbert, Roy Barrowclough, Len Bown. Heat wins- Langton 2, Greenwood 2, Smith 2, Hill 1, D.Atkinson 1, A.Atkinson 1. Leicester were without the Taft brothers and Arthur Sherlock due to injuries. In addition Stan Baines and Hal Herbert were injured during the match and did not take all their rides. Baines injured arm, Herbert fractured shoulder. Leicester borrowed Roy Barrowclough from Leeds. Saturday 29/06/1929 EDTL 1929 LEEDS 41 Attendance 10,000. MIDDLESBROUGH 21/22 LEEDS- Eric Langton 12, George Greenwood 12, Dennis Atkinson, Alec Hill. MIDDLESBROUGH- John Scatcherd, Yank Harrison, Jack "Broncho" Dixon. Heat wins- Langton 3, Greenwood 3, Hill 2, Harrison 1. Leeds were without Oliver Langton injured and Middlesbro were similarly minus Norman Evans. Middlesbrough were 2 riders short and borrowed Scatcherd. Saturday 20/07/1929 EDTL 1929 LEEDS 41 Attendance 10,000. NEWCASTLE 22 LEEDS- Eric Langton 12, George Greenwood 10. NEWCASTLE- Walter Creasor. Eric Langton's times 88.4, 88.6 and Creasor won in All other times were 92 plus. Leeds rider Dennis Atkinson was killed in a crash at Middlesbrough on 12 July. Dennis was the brother of the great Arthur Atkinson who continued and became one of England's finest in the pre-war era.

15 Saturday 17/08/1929 EDTL 1929 LEEDS HALIFAX LEEDS- George Greenwood 12, Arthur Atkinson, Roy Barrowclough. HALIFAX- George Reynard. Heat Winners- 1) Greenwood 98.4, 2) Atkinson 95.3, 3) Barrowclough 102.0, 4) Greenwood 88.1, 5) Reynard 89.6, 6) Barrowclugh 96.3, 7) Greenwood 88.4, 8) Atkinson 91.7, 9) Reynard 93.7 Eric Langton was absent riding in Hamburg. Saturday 21/09/1929 EDTL 1929 LEEDS LIVERPOOL LEEDS- George Greenwood, Harry Watson, Roy Barrowclough, Billy Burrows, Arthur Atkinson, Alec Hill. LIVERPOOL- Tom Price 11, Chris Hughes, "Crasher" Coxhead, Tommy Gamble, Larry Boulton, Eric Blain. Heat Winners- 1) dead heat Greenwood/Price 86.8, 2) Barrowclough 91.3, 3) Atkinson 88.4, 4) Greenwood 88.7, 5) Gamble 92.2, 6) Price 86.3, 7) Watson 92.1, 8) Price 88.6, 9) Coxhead Leeds loaned Tommy Gamble to Liverpool. Saturday 05/10/1929 EDTL 1929 LEEDS SHEFFIELD LEEDS- Tommy Gamble 12, Arthur Atkinson 12, Roy Barrowclough 8, Alec Hill, Billy Burrows, Harry Watson. SHEFFIELD- Jack Barber, Scotty Cummings, Austin Humphries, Gus Platts, Ernie Ingham, "Broadside" Hall, H.Bingley, J.Hindley. Heat Winners- Gamble 98.2, 2) Barrowclough 97.4, 3) Atkinson ) Gamble 98.2, 5) Barrowclough 97.8, 6) Atkinson ) Gamble 94.2, 8) Barber 95.0, 9) Atkinson The track was very wet and heavy causing a lot of crashes. H Bingley of Sheffield injured his knee. Leeds wore red and Sheffield blue. This probably refers to helmet colours worn by both partners rather than coloured race jackets. Leeds were the recognised League winners by sponsors "The Sunday Chronicle". They were presented with a magnificent trophy with a superb representation of a trailing leg speedway rider in action. It was similar to the Daily Mail National Trophy but predated it by two years.

16 Thursday 02/05/1929 EDTL 1929 LEICESTER STADIUM Total LEICESTER STADIUM 45 Arthur Sherlock LEEDS 17 Syd Jackson Heat Results Time H A H A Stan Baines FX Sherlock Jackson Burrows Alec Bowerman Bullus Atkinson Bowerman Harry Taft Taft O Langton Hill Nev Wheeler Jackson Sherlock Atkinson Bowerman Hill (Baines FX) LEEDS 6 Taft Wheeler E Langton Eric Langton Jackson Sherlock Hill Billy Burrows Taft Wheeler Atkinson Tommy Bullus Baines Bowerman E Langton Arthur Atkinson Oliver Langton 2 R 2 Alec Hill George Greenwood (Res) 17 Thursday 09/05/1929 EDTL 1929 LEICESTER STADIUM Total LEICESTER STADIUM 37 Hal Herbert ROCHDALE 26 Al Wilkinson 1 F/N 1 Heat Results Time H A H A Syd Jackson Burton B Proctor Wilkinson Alec Bowerman Jackson Bowerman Nock Stan Baines Baines Ellmore F Proctor Billy Ellmore Breaks Herbert Nock G.R. Airey (Res) Jackson Bowerman Higginbottom Burton Ellmore B Proctor ROCHDALE RR 7 F Proctor Airey Herbert Squib Burton 4 4 F 8 8 Jackson Bowerman B Proctor (Burton F) Bud Proctor Ellmore Nock Baines Buster Breaks 4 4 Arthur Sherlock should have been in the Stadium line up but he had accepted a Skid Nock booking elsewhere. Fred Proctor Wilkinson fell in the lead of heat 7 and was replaced by Airey in a rerun. Ben Higginbottom

17 Thursday 16/05/1929 EDTL 1929 LEICESTER STADIUM Total LEICESTER STADIUM 43 Syd Jackson BARNSLEY 20 Hal Herbert 0 Heat Results Time H A H A Stan Baines Jackson Allen Mitchell Billy Ellmore Baines Thompson Elliott Alec Bowerman Bowerman Marshall Westwood Arthur Westwood Baines Ellmore Mitchell Jackson Marshall Round BARNSLEY 6 Bowerman Westwood Thompson Bob Allen Baines Ellmore Marshall Joe Mitchell Bowerman Mitchell Allen Bob Elliott Jackson Round Elliott N/k Tom Thompson Reg Marshall Bert Round Thursday 23/05/1929 EDTL 1929 LEICESTER STADIUM Total LEICESTER STADIUM 28 Syd Jackson 4 4 F 8 HALIFAX 34 Len Bown Heat Results Time H A H A Billy Ellmore Jackson Corney Kilburn Norman Kendrick 2 R Ellmore Kendrick Tidswell Stan Baines F F N 0 3 Haigh Clayton (Baines F) (Kendrick R) Wally Humphrey F Corney Kilburn Humphrey (Baines F) S. Chamberlain Jackson Taylor Bown Haigh Clayton Ellmore HALIFAX 7 Taylor Tidswell Chamberlain George Corney Ellmore Kendrick Kilburn Geoff Kilburn Bown Clayton Haigh (Jackson F) Geoff Taylor Both Leicester men fell in two heats though one of them must have finished. Baines was Alec Tidswell carried off. Dusty Haigh Bert Clayton

18 Thursday 20/06/1929 EDTL 1929 LEICESTER STADIUM Total LEICESTER STADIUM 25 Syd Jackson E NEWCASTLE 35 Norman Kendrick 2 2 Heat Results Time H A H A Billy Ellmore 0 1 W Creasor Smith No third (Jackson E) Jimmy Gent F Creasor Gent Dunn Cyril Taft Blake Taft Shuttleworth Slider Shuttleworth W Creasor Gent Smith Jackson Kendrick Storey NEWCASTLE 6 F Creasor Shuttleworth Dunn Walter Creasor Gent Blake No third Ernie Smith W Creasor Shutleworth Smith Fred Creasor Jackson Dunn No third Percy Dunn Tommy Storey 1 1 Phil Blake Thursday 27/06/1929 EDTL 1929 LEICESTER STADIUM Total LEICESTER STADIUM 41 Syd Jackson SHEFFIELD 21 Hal Herbert Heat Results Time H A H A Norman Kendrick Jackson Herbert Jenkins Broughton Slider Shuttleworth Kendrick Shutleworth Platts Barber Billy Ellmore Ellmore Cummings (Gent R) (Westwood R) Jimmy Gent R Jenkins Broughton Shuttleworth Kendrick Jackson Westwood Cummings Herbert SHEFFIELD 6 Gent Ellmore Platts Barber Dusty Jenkins Westwood Shuttleworth Kendrick Cummings Johnny Broughton Ellmore Gent Broughton Jenkins Gus Platts Jackson Platts Herbert Barber Jack Barber Clem Beckett was out of the Sheffield team with a leg injury. Scotty Cummings Arthur Westwood R

19 Thursday 04/07/1929 EDTL 1929 LEICESTER STADIUM Total LEICESTER STADIUM 34 Syd Jackson PRESTON 29 Hal Herbert 1 1 Heat Results Time H A H A Norman Kendrick Jackson Burrill Lund Slider Shuttleworth F Chiswell Myerscough Kendrick Billy Ellmore Ellmore Gent J Chiswell Jimmy Gent Burrill Kendrick Shuttleworth Len Bown (Res) 5 Jackson J Chiswell Rye Ellmore Gent Myerscough PRESTON 7 J Chiswell Rye Kendrick Ham Burrill Ellmore Burrill Lund Jack Lund Jackson Myerscough Herbert Frank Chiswell 4 4 Len Myerscough Jack Chiswell Claude Rye Thursday 18/07/1929 EDTL 1929 LEICESTER STADIUM SALFORD LEICESTER- Syd Jackson 12, Dilly Gittins 0, Billy Ellmore, Jimmy Gent, Nobby Kendrick, Slider Shuttleworth, Hal Herbert. SALFORD- Cliff Watson, Syd Newiss, Fred Williams, A.J.Ward, Stan Wynne, Eric Worswick, Cliff Whateley or Tommy Simpson. Heat 8 result- Kendrick, Shuttleworth, Watson. Thursday 25/07/1929 EDTL 1929 LEICESTER STADIUM WARRINGTON LEICESTER- Syd Jackson 12, Nobby Kendrick, Alec Bowerman, Alf Summersby, Billy Ellmore, Jimmy Gent. WARRINGTON- George Milton, Ezra C. Deakin, Alec McLachlan, Tom Middlehurst, Harry Solomon, H.P.Hughes. Heat wins- Jackson 3, Kendrick 2, Summersby 1. In one heat both Ellmore and Gent fell. Ellmore was carried off.

20 Thursday 01/08/1929 EDTL 1929 LEICESTER STADIUM LIVERPOOL LEICESTER- Syd Jackson 12, Alec Bowerman, Nobby Kendrick, Jimmy Gent, Billy Ellmore, Alf Summersby, Les Dearth. LIVERPOOL- Tom Price, Syd Plevin, Larry Boulton, Eric Blain, Eddie Myerscough, "Crasher" Coxhead, Scotty Cummings. Thursday 15/08/1929 EDTL 1929 LEICESTER STADIUM MIDDLESBROUGH LEICESTER- Syd Jackson, Nobby Kendrick, Harry Taft, Stan Baines, Billy Ellmore, Alf Summersby, Les Dearth. MIDDLESBROUGH- Yank Harrison, Norman Evans, Dan Buck, James "Indian" Allen, Cal Danby, Hal Herbert, Dick? Bailey Thursday 29/08/1929 EDTL 1929 LEICESTER STADIUM 34 Attendance 25,000. WHITE CITY (MCR) 29 LEICESTER- Syd Jackson, Nobby Kendrick, Billy Ellmore, Jimmy Gent, Stan Baines, Harry Taft. WHITE CITY (MCR)- Arthur Jervis, Hugh Jervis, Walter Hull, Harry Gresty, Les Wotton, Jack Owen. Skid Skinner was ill with pleurisy. His place in the White City team was taken by Harry Gresty.

21 Saturday 04/05/1929 EDTL 1929 LIVERPOOL BURNLEY LIVERPOOL- Chris Hughes, Tom Middlehurst, Rex Kirby, George Milton. BURNLEY- Frank Charles 12, Ginger Lees, Arthur Wilcock, Cyril Wilcock, Joe Abbott, J.Howard, Jack Lund, Ernie Ingham. Heat Wins- Charles 3, Lees 2, Hughes 1, Middlehurst 1, Kirby 1, Milton 1. Wednesday 15/05/1929 EDTL 1929 LIVERPOOL WARRINGTON Saturday 01/06/1929 EDTL 1929 LIVERPOOL NEWCASTLE LIVERPOOL- Tom Price 12, Chris Hughes 12, Larry Boulton. NEWCASTLE- Walter Creasor, Gordon Byers, Percy Dunn. Heat wins- Price 3, Hughes 3, Boulton 1, Creasor 1, Dunn 1. Saturday 27/07/1929 EDTL 1929 LIVERPOOL 29 Attendance 5,000. LEEDS 33 LIVERPOOL- Eric Blain, Charlie Hornby, Tom Price. LEEDS- Eric Langton 12, Arthur Atkinson, Roy Barrowclough. Heat wins- Langton 3, Blain 2, Atkinson 2, Hornby 1, Price 1,

22 Saturday 03/08/1929 EDTL 1929 LIVERPOOL LEICESTER STADIUM LIVERPOOL- Larry Boulton, Eric Blain. LEICESTER- Billy Ellmore 12, Syd Jackson, Stan Baines. Heat wins- Ellmore 3, Boulton 2, Blain 2, Jackson 1, Baines 1. Poor attendance in heavy rain. Saturday 10/08/1929 EDTL 1929 LIVERPOOL PRESTON LIVERPOOL- Larry Boulton. PRESTON- Joe Abbott 12, Frank Charles, Frank Chiswell, Ham Burrill. Heat wins- Abbott 3, Charles 2, Burrill 2, Boulton 1, Chiswell 1. Saturday 24/08/1929 EDTL 1929 LIVERPOOL MIDDLESBROUGH LIVERPOOL- Tom Price 12, Larry Boulton 12, J.S."Crasher" Coxhead, Eric Blain. MIDDLESBROUGH- Billy Blincoe. Heat wins- Price 3, Boulton 3, Blain 2. Saturday 31/08/1929 EDTL 1929 LIVERPOOL SHEFFIELD LIVERPOOL- Tom Price 12, Norman Dawson 12, J.S."Crasher" Coxhead, Larry Boulton. SHEFFIELD- Stan Jenkins. Heat wins- Price 3, Dawson 3, Coxhead 2, Boulton 1. Sheffield were badly weakened by injuries.

23 Saturday 07/09/1929 EDTL 1929 LIVERPOOL WHITE CITY (MCR) LIVERPOOL- Larry Boulton, Eric Blain, H. Golding. WHITE CITY (MCR)- Billy Dallison 12, Walter Hull, Skid Skinner. Heat wins- Dallison 3, Boulton 2, Blain 1, Golding 1, Hull 1, Skinner 1. There were lots of engine problems in this match. A second place for Liverpool in heat 9 would have won them the match but their riders came third and fell off. Saturday 14/09/1929 EDTL 1929 LIVERPOOL SALFORD LIVERPOOL- Tom Price 12, J.S."Crasher" Coxhead, Norman Dawson, Eric Blain. SALFORD- Eric Worswick, Syd Newiss, Cliff Watson. Heat wins- Price 3, Coxhead 2, Blain 2, Dawson 1, Newiss 1. Worswick was only 15 years old at the time of this match. Cliff Watson crashed badly but turned out for 2 more rides before he was taken to hospital where he was found to have concussion. Saturday 28/09/1929 EDTL 1929 LIVERPOOL HALIFAX LIVERPOOL- Les Wotton, Larry Boulton, Eric Blain, Norman Dawson. HALIFAX- Bert Clayton. Heat wins- Wotton 2, Blain 2, Dawson 2, Boulton 1, Clayton 1. Halifax's only win came when both Liverpool riders had engine trouble.

24 Saturday 05/10/1929 EDTL 1929 LIVERPOOL BARNSLEY LIVERPOOL- Les Wotton 12,?.Dinsmore, Eric Blain, Larry Boulton. BARNSLEY- Arthur Moore, Billy Halstead,?.Thompson. Heat wins- Wotton 3, Blain 2, Dinsmore 1, Boulton 1, Moore 1, Thompson 1. Wednesday 09/10/1929 EDTL 1929 LIVERPOOL ROCHDALE 50 12

25 Thursday 16/05/1929 EDTL 1929 MIDDLESBROUGH SALFORD MIDDLESBROUGH- Charlie Barratt, Norman Evans, Alec Hill, Jack Ormston, Frank Harrison. SALFORD- Cliff Watson, Fred Williams, Sam Higgins, Stan Wynne. Alec Hill rode a Douglas, Norman Evans a James. Williams was Salford's only heat winner. Friday 31/05/1929 EDTL 1929 MIDDLESBROUGH Total MIDDLESBROUGH 43 Charlie Barratt SHEFFIELD 18 Eddie Crenston 2 2 Heat Results Time H A H A Frank Harrison 4 N 4 1 Barratt Barber No third Indian Allen Harrison Allen Broughton Norman Evans Evans Carling No third Ron Carling Barratt Crenston Broughton Evans Allen Westwood SHEFFIELD 6 Barratt Barber Platts Jack Barber Evans Westwood Longley Gus Platts Barber Allen Platts Johnny Broughton Evans Broughton Carling Scotty Cummings 0 Evans took one of Harrison's rides. Harrison was having a lot of bike problems. Arthur Westwood Indian Allen was on a James. Arthur Longley

26 Tuesday 04/06/1929 EDTL 1929 MIDDLESBROUGH Total MIDDLESBROUGH 38 Charlie Barratt WARRINGTON 25 Indian Allen Heat Results Time H A H A Frank Harrison 4 4 N 8 1 Barratt Allen Solomon Jack Dixon Harrison Dixon Hornby Norman Evans Evans McLachlan Crenston Eddie Crenston Barratt Hornby Wood Ron Carling (Res) Harrison Deakin McLachlan Solomon Evans Crenston WARRINGTON 7 Barratt Deakin Allen Harry Solomon Solomon Dixon Carling J. Hornby Hornby Evans Wood Jack? Wood Other Warrington riders in preview Tom Middlehurst and Harold Leigh. Alec McLachlan E C Deakin Tuesday 11/06/1929 EDTL 1929 MIDDLESBROUGH Total MIDDLESBROUGH 20 Charlie Barratt 2 2 NEWCASTLE 42 Eddie Crenston Heat Results Time H A H A Norman Evans W Creasor Smith Crenston Ron Carling Evans Blake Carling Frank Harrison N 0 3 F Creasor Byers Allen Indian Allen Blake Barratt Crenston Jack Dixon (Res) F Creasor Evans Byers W Creasor Allen Smith NEWCASTLE 7 F Creasor Byers Crenston Walter Creasor W Creasor Carling No third Ernie Smith Blake Allen Dixon Phil Blake The track record at this time was 80.2, flying start, Harry Whitfield. Percy Dunn 0 League matches had rolling starts. Fred Creasor Gordon Byers Sid Simpkins (Res) Ron Dirkin (Res) 42

27 Tuesday 18/06/1929 EDTL 1929 MIDDLESBROUGH Total MIDDLESBROUGH 28 Charlie Barratt HALIFAX 35 Indian Allen Heat Results Time H A H A Jack Dixon Reynard Barratt Kilburn Ron Carling Haigh Wilson Dixon Dan Buck Taylor Buck Corney Barratt Allen Haigh HALIFAX 5 Taylor Buck Dixon George Reynard Reynard Allen Kilburn Geoff Kilburn Barratt Buck Corney Dusty Haigh Reynard Allen Dixon Geoff Wilson Haigh Buck Carling Geoff Taylor In the other events Frank Charles lowered the flying start track record to 79.9 George Corney seconds. 35 Tuesday 25/06/1929 EDTL 1929 MIDDLESBROUGH Total MIDDLESBROUGH 30 Attendance 10,000. Charlie Barratt LEEDS 33 Dick Bailey Heat Results Time H A H A Indian Allen O Langton Moore Bailey Jack Dixon Dixon Barrowclgh Allen Frank Harrison Harrison Hill D Atkinson Dan Buck Barrowclgh Barratt Bailey Allen Dixon Hill LEEDS 6 O Langton Harrison Buck Oliver Langton Hill Scatcherd Barratt Arnold Moore O Langton Allen Dixon Roy Barrowclough Harrison Barrowclgh Greenwood George Greenwood 1 1 Record attendance. Alec Hill Dennis Atkinson 1 N 1 John Scatcherd

28 Tuesday 16/07/1929 EDTL 1929 MIDDLESBROUGH PRESTON MIDDLESBROUGH- Norman Evans 12, James "Indian" Allen, Billy Blincoe. Blincoe replaced Jack "Bronco" Dixon. Wednesday 24/07/1929 EDTL 1929 MIDDLESBROUGH LEICESTER STADIUM 34/37 27/24 Tuesday 20/08/1929 EDTL 1929 MIDDLESBROUGH ROCHDALE 33/32 29/28 ROCHDALE- Scott Michie Tuesday 24/09/1929 EDTL 1929 MIDDLESBROUGH BARNSLEY MIDDLESBROUGH- Norman Evans, Jack "Bronco" Dixon, Frank Harrison, James "Indian" Allen, Alex Peel, Dick Bailey. BARNSLEY- Arthur Moore, Joe Mitchell, Fred Ledger, Albert Brown, Charlie Ward, Tom Thompson, Tommy Allott.

29 Monday 20/05/1929 EDTL 1929 NEWCASTLE Total NEWCASTLE 37 Attendance 7,000. Walter Creasor HALIFAX 23 Fred Creasor Heat Results Time H A H A Phil Blake 2 E W Creasor F Creasor Clayton (Haigh F) Ernie Smith XW FIL Corney Blake (FRM) Wilson (Smith XW) Percy Dunn Dunn Tidswell Taylor Gordon Byers Clayton (Blake E) (Smith FIL) (Haigh X) W Creasor F Creasor Wilson (Corney FIL) HALIFAX 6 Dunn Clayton Byers Dusty Haigh F X 0 7 Smith Blake Tidswell Bert Clayton Corney Byers Wilson George Corney 4 FIL W Creasor F Creasor Taylor Geoff Wilson Alec Tidswell Geoff Taylor Friday 24/05/1929 EDTL 1929 NEWCASTLE Total NEWCASTLE 23 Walter Creasor LEEDS 37 Fred Creasor F F F 0 Heat Results Time H A H A Phil Blake F E W Creasor Hill (F Creasor F) (Greenwd F) N/k Ernie Smith F E Langton Tobin (Blake F) (Smith F) Gordon Byers F 1 F 1 3 Dunn Barrowclough A Atkinson (Byers F) Percy Dunn 4 2 F 6 4 Hill Smith Greenwood (Blake E) W Creasor E Langton Tobin (F Creasor F) LEEDS 6 Hill Dunn Byers Greenwood Alec Hill A Atkinson Smith Barrowclough Blake George Greenwood F E Langton Tobin (Byers F) (Dunn F) Eric Langton W Creasor A Atkinson Barrowclough (F Creasor F) Charlie Tobin Roy Barrwclough Arthur Atkinson

30 Friday 14/06/1929 EDTL 1929 NEWCASTLE Total NEWCASTLE 39 Walter Creasor MIDDLESBROUGH 24 Tommy Storey Heat Results Time H A H A Percy Dunn W Creasor Evans Carling Storey Ernie Smith Smith Brown Dunn Harrison Phil Blake Dixon Bailey Blake (FRM) (Byers F) Gordon Byers F N N 0 4 Smith Evans Dunn Carling B.E. Vincent W Creasor Storey Brown E Johnson Blake Evans B E Vincent Carling MIDDLESBROUGH 7 Smith Dunn Allen Dixon Norman Evans Blake Brown B E Vincent E Johnson Ron Carling Dixon W Creasor Bailey Storey Frank Harrison 0 N N 0 Gordon Byers's fall in heat 3 put him out of the match. W. Brown Dick Bailey 2 N 1 3 Jack Dixon E. Johnson Indian Allen Friday 28/06/1929 EDTL 1929 NEWCASTLE Total NEWCASTLE 41 Walter Creasor 4 4 LIVERPOOL 19 Ernie Smith Heat Results Time H A H A Percy Dunn Smith Dirkin No third Fred Creasor Dunn Myerscough No third Phil Blake Blake Byers Hughes Gordon Byers F Creasor * Dirkin Dunn Smith Myerscough No third LIVERPOOL 6 Byers Dirkin Blake Ron Dirkin F Creasor * Dunn Plevin Tom Price Price Byers Myerscough Eddie Myerscough W Creasor Plevin Smith Syd Plevin Liverpool were hit by injuries and Ron Dirkin, a Newcastle rider "guested" for them. Chris Hughes 1 1 * The papers have different results for the Creasors. Sports World has Fred as winner of heats 4 19 and 7. Newcastle Journal has Walter.

31 Friday 05/07/1929 EDTL 1929 NEWCASTLE Total NEWCASTLE 44 Walter Creasor LEICESTER STADIUM 18 Ernie Smith Heat Results Time H A H A Fred Creasor W Creasor Smith Shutleworth Kendrick Tommy Storey RR 2 Storey Herbert Bown F Creasor Phil Blake Blake Ellmore Byers Gittins Gordon Byers Storey Kendrick Shutleworth F Creasor Smith Bown Herbert W Creasor LEICESTER STADIUM 6 Byers Blake Kendrick Shuttleworth Slider Shuttlewrth Ellmore Storey F Creasor Gittins Norman Kendrick Byers Blake (Herbert R) (Bown R) Syd Jackson F/N N N 0 9 Smith W Creasor Gittins Ellmore Hal Herbert 2 1 R 3 Syd Jackson fell in heat 2 in a collision with Herbert and was out of the match. Billy Ellmore Dilly Gittins Len Bown (Res) 1 2 R 3 18 Friday 12/07/1929 EDTL 1929 NEWCASTLE Total NEWCASTLE 44 Walter Creasor SHEFFIELD 19 Ernie Smith Heat Results Time H A H A Fred Creasor Smith Jenkins W Creasor Tommy Storey Storey Cummings F Creasor Phil Blake Blake Byers Platts Gordon Byers Storey F Creasor Barber Bianchi Smith Cummings SHEFFIELD 6 Jenkins Blake Byers Stan Jenkins F Creasor Storey Platts Jack Barber Blake Byers Bianchi Scotty Cummings Smith Broughton W Creasor Frank Bianchi Sheffield were without Clem Beckett who was involved in a car crash on the way. Johnny Broughton 2 2 W.E. (Gus) Platts

32 Friday 19/07/1929 EDTL 1929 NEWCASTLE Total NEWCASTLE 26 Attendance 15,000. Ernie Smith PRESTON 36 Walter Creasor Heat Results Time H A H A Fred Creasor J Chiswell Smith W Creasor Tommy Storey Burrill Storey F Chiswell Phil Blake Byers Blake F Chiswell Gordon Byers Lund J Chiswell No third Burrill Smith W Creasor PRESTON 6 J Chiswell Lund Blake Jack Chiswell F Creasor L Myrscough F Chiswell Jack Lund Blake Burrill Rye Ham Burrill L Myerscgh Smith W Creasor Claude Rye 1 1 Len Myerscough Frank Chiswell Friday 09/08/1929 EDTL 1929 NEWCASTLE Total NEWCASTLE 36 Walter Creasor BARNSLEY 26 Ernie Smith 1 1 Heat Results Time H A H A Fred Creasor W Creasor Moore C Ward Tommy Storey F Creasor Round Storey Phil Blake Blake Byers Allott Gordon Byers F Creasor Moore Storey W Creasor Round Smith BARNSLEY 6 Moore Blake No third Arthur Moore F Creasor Ledger Storey Charlie Ward Round Blake T Thompson Bert Round Ledger W Creasor (ET) Allott Tom Thompson 1 1 Fred Ledger Tommy Allott

33 Friday 16/08/1929 EDTL 1929 NEWCASTLE Total NEWCASTLE 40 Walter Creasor ROCHDALE 22 Ernie Smith Heat Results Time H A H A Fred Creasor W Creasor Smith B Proctor Tommy Storey Burton F Creasor Storey Phil Blake Blake Byers R Thompson Gordon Byers F Creasor Storey B Proctor Burton W Creasor Smith ROCHDALE 6 Blake B Proctor Byers Bud Proctor F Creasor R Thompson No third Jack Atkinson 0 8 Burton Blake Hicklin Squib Burton W Creasor R Thompson Smith Wally Hicklin 1 1 Sports World has Jack Atkinson second in heat 6. Ron Thompson EDTL 1929 NEWCASTLE Total NEWCASTLE 41 Friday 06/09/1929 Walter Creasor SALFORD 20 Ernie Smith Heat Results Time H A H A Fred Creasor W Creasor Smith A Wilcock Tommy Storey Storey Watson No third Phil Blake Blake C Wilcock Dunn Percy Dunn Storey A Wilcock F Creasor W Creasor Watson Smith SALFORD 6 Blake A Wilcock Dunn Arthur Wilcock C Wilcock Ward F Creasor Ken Miller 0 8 Blake Watson Williams Cliff Watson Smith W Creasor No third Fred Williams 1 1 Cyril Wilcock A.J. Ward

34 Saturday 27/04/1929 EDTL 1929 PRESTON Total PRESTON 35 Attendance 10,000. Tom Price LEEDS 27 Ian Ritchings Heat Results Time H A H A Ham Burrill E Langton Price Ritchings Frank Chiswell Burrill F Chiswell O Langton Jack Chiswell 0 3 A Atkinson Burrows No third Crazy Hutchins O Langton Price Hill Burrill F Chiswell Burrows LEEDS 6 Hutchins Bullus E Langton Eric Langton RR 7 Price A Atkinson Ritchings Tom Bullus Burrill E Langton F Chiswell Oliver Langton Hutchins Hill O Langton Alec Hill Burrows and A Atkinson collided in heat 7 causing a rerun. Arthur Atkinson Burrill shattered the record for the rolling start which was set up by Eric Langton in Billy Burrows heat 1. Dennis Atkinson (Res) 27 Saturday 11/05/1929 EDTL 1929 PRESTON SALFORD PRESTON- Frank Chiswell 12, Jack Chiswell 12, Tom Price 10, John Stockdale, Findlay McNab, Bill Anderton. SALFORD- Cliff Watson, Tommy Mason, Joe Palastrand, Sam Higgins, Syd Newiss, Fred Williams. Heat Winners- 1) F.Chiswell, 2) Price, 3) J.Chiswell, 4) F.Chiswell, 5) Price, 6) J.Chiswell, 7) F.Chiswell 8) Watson, 9) J.Chiswell. Palastrand replaced Cliff Whateley. Hutchins broke a finger. Salford had already ridden at Burnley in the afternoon. This meeting was marred by a tragic accident to John Stockdale in the scratch races. Stockdale sustained severe head injuries and died soon after admission to hospital. He was not booked to be at the meeting but had turned up with his bike in the hope of a ride. He had won a junior race and earned a place in the Preston team to stand in for Ham Burrill.

35 Saturday 18/05/1929 EDTL 1929 PRESTON Total PRESTON 47 Attendance 11,000. Ham Burrill WARRINGTON 14 Len Myerscough 2 2 Heat Results Time H A H A Frank Chiswell Burrill Myerscough Solomon Tom Price F Chiswell Price Formby Jack Chiswell J Chiswell Rye Deakin Crazy Hutchins F/N N N 0 4 Burrill Formby No third N/k Claude Rye (Res) F Chiswell Price Hughes Bill Anderton (Res) R R 0 6 J Chiswell Milton Rye Burrill Hughes No third WARRINGTON 8 F Chiswell Milton Solomon George Milton Rye J Chiswell Formby Harry Solomon In heat 3 Crazy Hutchins crashed badly and was replaced by Claude Rye. Speed Formby Myerscough who fell in 4 was replaced by Bill Anderton. Tom Middlehurst 0 Burrill and J Chiswell were on Douglases. F Chiswell was riding a James. E.C. Deakin 1 1 H.P. Hughes Saturday 25/05/1929 EDTL 1929 PRESTON 46 Attendance 14,000 MIDDLESBROUGH 15 PRESTON- Jack Chiswell 12, Frank Chiswell 12, Ham Burrill 6, Len Myerscough, Tom Price, Smoke Robinson. MIDDLESBROUGH- Frank Harrison 6, Norman Evans 4, Dick Bailey, Eddie Crenston, Ron Carling, Jack "Bronco" Dixon. Heat wins- J.Chiswell 3, F.Chiswell 3, Price 2, Burrill 1. Middlesbrough had already been in a League match at White City, Manchester in the afternoon. They were without Charlie Barratt, injured. Norman Evans injured a toe in heat 7.

36 Thursday 06/06/1929 EDTL 1929 PRESTON Total PRESTON 46 Attendance 10,000. Ham Burrill 4 4 C 8 SHEFFIELD 16 Len Myerscough Heat Results Time H A H A Jack Chiswell Burrill Myerscough (Barber F) (Sweeney F) Claude Rye J Chiswell Rye Platts Frank Chiswell F Chiswell Cummings Jenkins Crazy Hutchins Burrill Myerscough Platts J Chiswell Rye Cummings SHEFFIELD 6 F Chiswell Hutchins Platts Jack Barber F Myerscough Jenkins Cummings (Burrill CIL) Jack Sweeney F N N 0 8 Barber J Chiswell Platts Arthur Longley F Chiswell Hutchins Longley Gus Platts Jack Sweeney, a new Australian, was out of the match after cutting his head Scotty Cummings in a first ride crash. Stan Jenkins Saturday 22/06/1929 EDTL 1929 PRESTON Total PRESTON 39 Attendance 11,000. Ham Burrill 2 4 C 6 LEICESTER STADIUM 24 Len Myerscough Heat Results Time H A H A Jack Chiswell Myerscough Burrill Shuttlewrth Baines Bill Anderton 0 2 J Chiswell Kendrick Ellmore Frank Chiswell 4 F F Chiswell Herbert Hutchins Gittins Crazy Hutchins Burrill Kendrick Myerscough Ellmore Eric Worswick DNR? 5 J Chiswell Gittins Herbert Shuttlewrth Kendrick Hutchins (F Chiswll F) LEICESTER 7 Myerscough Gittins Herbrt (FRM) (Burrill C) Slider Shuttlewrth J Chiswell Baines Shuttlewrth Stan Baines F Chiswell Hutchins Ellmore Norman Kendrick Cyril Taft and Jimmy Gent were missing from the Leicester Billy Ellmore line up. Claude Rye was also unfit and replaced by Anderton for Preston. Dilly Gittins Joe Abbott joined Preston from Burnley but was not yet eligible to ride for them in Hal Herbert the League. Len Bown DNR? 24