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1 EASTBOURNE 1938 by Brian Collins Sources of information : EG = Eastbourne Gazette; E Cour = Eastbourne Courier; E Chron - Eastbourne Chronicle SCH = Sussex County Herald; TMC = The Motor Cycle; 75YES = 75 Years of Eastbourne Speedway (Jacobs & Burnett); HoBS = Homes of British Speedway (Bamford & Jarvis); RO = Robert Ozanne; Dag Post = Dagenham Post ; SN = Speedway News; Sp - Speedway (weekly magazine); SiSE - Speedway in the South-East ( 1938 saw the introduction of the Inter-Club League for Sunday tracks, also known as the Sunday Dirt-Track League. It comprised 5 teams Eastbourne Eagles (who headed the unfinished league table at the end of the season), Dagenham Daggers, Romford Rommers (who rode their home matches at Dagenham), Rye House Cubs, and Smallford Stags. Stan Lemon rode as Stan Johns Hailsham Cup This year the competition was based on the results over the whole season scored in all events. Result was Danny Lee 109pts, Charlie Page 99, Stan Johns 83, Harry Saunders 59, Charlie Dugard 54 Easter Sun : Eastbourne EG ; E Cour ; E Chron Att: 2,000. "Unprecedented shortage of riders and track difficulties" meant that an "impromptu programme had to be arranged with the team competitions in the first half (this was a Probables v Possibles match) and handicaps in the second". Unfortunately, no results are available, but the competing riders included Phil "Tiger" Hart, Danny Lee, Charlie Dugard, Harry Saunders, Charlie Page, Charlie Blythe, Jack Adams, Jack Collins, and J (or C?) Law Sun : Eastbourne : Eastbourne v Smallford (Sunday Dirt Track League) Postponed due to rain until 26.06

2 Sun : at Dagenham : Dagenham 39 Eastbourne 44 (Sunday Dirt Track League) EG ; 75YES; Dag Post ; E Cour ; RO Daggers: Frank Hodgson 11, Jim Baylais 10, Ed "Crusty" Pye, Cyril Browning, Nobby Stock, Charlie Challis (broke collarbone in heat 7 fall) Eagles: Tiger Hart 12, Danny Lee 8, Stan Johns 7, Bob Lovell 6, Charlie Page 5, Harry Saunders (res) 3, Jack or Henry(?) Collins (res) 2, Charlie Dugard 1. 1: Hart, Hodgson : Pye, Johns, Browning, Collins ex,tapes : Lee, Baylais : Hart, Browning : Hodgson, Johns : Lee, Page [or Pye?] : Hart, Baylais, East rider nf, Challis f,ns : Lovell, Pye : Hodgson, Stock, East rider, Lee f : Hart, Pye : Baylais, Lovell : Hodgson, Lee : Baylais, Johns : Stock, Page Captains' M.R (2-Laps,rolling start): T Hart beat F Hodgson 36.0 Seaside Scratch Race 1: S Johns, N Stock : T Hart, J Baylais : F Hodgson, C Page 76.0 SF1: S Johns, N Stock 78.8 SF2: T Hart, F Hodgson 74.2 Final: F Hodgson, T Hart, S Johns 74.4 Sun : Eastbourne : Eastbourne 57 Dagenham 27 (Sunday Dirt Track League) EG ; 75YES; E Cour Att: 2,000 Eagles: Tiger Hart 12, Danny Lee 10, Stan Johns 9+1, Charlie Page 8+3, Bob Lovell 6+2, Charlie Dugard 5+1 (res), Bill Desmond (res) 3+2, Harry Collins 4+1. Daggers: Frank Hodgson 11, Ed "Crusty" Pye 7, Harry Saunders 4, Jim Baylais 3, Nobby Stock 2+1, 1: Hart, Hodgson, Collins : Pye, Johns, Lovell : Lee, Page, Saunders : Hart, Dugard, Saunders : Hodgson, Johns, Lovell : Lee, Page, Pye : Hart, Saunders, Stock : Lovell, Desmond, Pye : Hodgson, Lee, Page : Hart, Pye, Collins : Johns, Baylais, Lovell : Hodgson, Lee, Desmond : Dugard, Johns, Baylais : Page, Collins, Stock Captains' M.R T Hart beat F Hodgson 72.8 Essex Scratch Race 1: T Hart, C Page : S Johns, C Pye : Lee, Dugard : F Hodgson, N Stock 72.8 SF1: T Hart, S Johns, C Pye 73.2 SF2: F Hodgson, D Lee, C Dugard 72.2 Final: T Hart, D Lee, F Hodgson 72.4

3 Sun : at Smallford : Smallford 54 Eastbourne 27 (Sunday Dirt Track League) EG ; 75YES; SiSE; SN ; Smallford: Arch Windmill 11, Ken Tidbury 11, Percy Brine 9, Jack Clementson 7, Dick Geary 6, Charlie Appleby 5, Fred Bullivant 3, Cyril Brine 2 Eastbourne: Tiger Hart (capt) 9, Charlie Page 6, Harry Bray 4, Bill Desmond 4, Harry Saunders 3, Jack Milross 1 1 Hart, Tidbury, Brine Geary, Page, Clementson Windmill, P Brine, Bray? Geary, Hart Tidbury, Desmond, Page Clementson, Bray, Saunders P Brine, Windmill, Hart Clementson, Desmond, Appleby Tidbury, Saunders Hart, Appleby, Milross? Windmill, P Brine, Page Tidbury, Appleby, Bray Windmill, P Brine Bullivant, Page, C Brine Sun : Eastbourne : Eastbourne 53 Romford 23 (Sunday Dirt Track League) 75YES; E Cour Are A and G Pilgrim the same person??? Eastbourne: Bill Desmond 11+1, Charlie Page 10+2, Harry Saunders 10+2, Stan Johns 9+1, Danny Lee 9, Tiger Hart 4, Romford: Les Gore 7, T Quick 5+1, Bill Weston 4, Arthur Pilgrim 3, Alec Gray 2+1, G Pilgrim 2, 1: Desmond, Gore, Hart : Page : Johns, Saunders, Gray : A Pilgrim : Lee, Page, Gore : Saunders, Johns, Weston : Desmond, Quick, Gray : Lee, G Pilgrim : Johns, Saunders, Quick : Hart, Desmond, Weston : Lee, Page, Quick : Saunders, Gore : Page, Weston, Quick : Desmond, Gore, Johns All second-half events were cancelled due to rain.

4 Sun : at Dagenham : Romford 46 Eastbourne 33 (Sunday Dirt Track League) 75YES; Dag Post ; Sp ; Both teams were without their captains Romford s Jack Tidbury had been riding for Hackney Wick at Leeds the previous night, while Eagles Tiger Hart was at the bedside of his young daughter, who was dangerously ill. Romford: Bob Wells, Arthur Pilgrim, Ronnie Baker, Sonny Brown, Eastbourne: Danny Lee, Harry Saunders, Bill Desmond, F Wrenn, Stan Lemon, 1 Wells, Saunders Lee, Pilgrim, Desmond Baker, Wrenn, f, f Pilgrim, Saunders, Brown Wells, Lee, Desmond Lee f Seaweed Scratch Race 1 Baker, Brown 2 Lee, Wells SF1 Lee, Baker SF2 Wells, Lemon Final Wells [Lee, Baker, Lemon] 73.0 Sun : Eastbourne : Eastbourne 47 Reading 25 (Challenge) EG ; 75YES; E Cour Eagles: Tiger Hart 12, Danny Lee 12, Stan Johns 8+2, Charlie Page 7+1, Harry Saunders 4+1, Charlie Dugard 4+1, Reading: Bill Desmond 8+1, Jack Collins 7, Fred Cooper 4+1, Jack Adams 4, R Mason 1, Len Keefe 1, 1: Hart, Collins, Page : Lee, Desmond, Saunders : Dugard, Johns, Cooper : Hart, Desmond, Page : Lee, Saunders, Cooper : Collins, Johns, Dugard : Hart, Page, Cooper : Lee, Adams, Saunders : Desmond, Johns, Mason : Hart, Adams, Cooper : Page, Collins, Desmond : Lee, Johns, Keefe Sudden Death Scratch Race 1: Hart, Page : Johns, Adams : Lee, Desmond : Dugard, Collins 77.6 Final: Hart, Lee, Dugard, Johns 74.8

5 Sun : Eastbourne : Eastbourne 55 Smallford 28 (Sunday Dirt Track League) EG ; 75YES; E Cour Only five of the Smallford team arrived at Arlington. Doug Wells rode, but referred to as B and G Wells in heat details! Eagles: Tiger Hart 12, Danny Lee 12, Stan Johns 10+1, Charlie Page 7+2, Jack Collins 6+3, Charlie Dugard 5+1, Harry Saunders 3+1, Stags: Harry Bowler 7+1, Doug Wells 7, Fred Cooper 4+1, Cyril Brine 4+1, G Wells 3, George Gower 2+1, Len Keefe 1, 1: Hart, Dugard, Bowler : Page, Johns, Cooper : Lee, Collins, Keefe : Hart, Cooper : Johns, Page, Bowler : Lee, Collins, Gower : Hart, B Wells, Brine : B Wells, Johns, Saunders : Lee, Collins, Bowler : Hart, B Wells, Gower : Johns, Page, Brine : Lee, Bowler, Saunders : G Wells, Bowler, Saunders : Dugard, Brine, Cooper Hatfield Scratch Race 1: Hart, Lee : Johns, Dugard : B Wells, Page 76.8 Final: B Wells, Lee, Johns 73.4 Track Record Attempts 1-Lap: Brine 18.8; Lee 18.0; Hart 17.2 (existing record 19.2)

6 Sun : at Dagenham : Dagenham 39 Eastbourne 43 (Sunday Dirt Track League) EG ; 75YES; Dag Post ; SN ; Dagenham: Frank Hodgson 11, Ed Crusty Pye 8, Nobby Stock 7, Jim Baylais 5, Charlie Challis 3, Cyril Browning 2, Jack Cooley 2, Ben Pawson 1, Ron Seddon, Jamie Alford Eastbourne: Tiger Hart 11, Danny Lee 10, Stan Johns 8, Charlie Page 6, Harry Saunders 3, Charlie Dugard 3, Fred Cooper 2 1 Hodgson, Hart, Stock Johns, Page, Pye, Browning f Lee, Challis,?, Baylais ret Hart, Cooley, Browning Stock, Hodgson, Page Lee, Pye, Browning Hart, Saunders, Challis, Baylais f Pye, Johns, Cooper Hodgson, Lee, Dugard Hart, Pye, Saunders ex tapes, Alford f Johns, Baylais, Page, Baker ef Hodgson, Lee, Cooper, Cooley ef Baylais, Page, Pawson [or Alford?] Stock, Dugard, Saunders, Seddon Captains Match Race Hodgson beat Hart Seaside Scratch Race SF1 SF2 Final Lee, Hodgson (puncture), Hart, Baylais No times available Sun : Eastbourne : Eastbourne 56 Rye House 27 (Sunday Dirt Track League) EG ; 75YES; E Cour Rye House captain Les Trim was unable to ride due to machine problems. Eagles: Tiger Hart 12, Danny Lee 11+1, Charlie Page 9+1, Stan Johns 8+1, Charlie Dugard 7+1, Harry Saunders 5+2, Jack Collins (res) 2+1, Fred Cooper (res) 2+1. R House: Jock Hamilton 9, Jack Hyland 6, B Robbins 3+1, R Hall 3+1, Jack Milross 3, J Lemon 2, Vic Weir 1, 1: Hart, Hamilton, Saunders : Dugard, Lee, Milross : Page, Johns, Robbins : Hart, Collins, Hall : Lee, Dugard, Hamilton : Page, Milross, Johns : Hart, Saunders, Hyland : Lee, Cooper : Hamilton, Johns, Page : Hart, Saunders, Weir : Lee, Hyland, Robbins : Johns, Lemon, Hall : Hyland, Dugard, Hall : Hamilton, Page, Robbins Summer Scratch Race 1: Johns, Weir : Saunders, Robbins : Hart, Dugard : Hyland, Page 78.4 Final: Hart, Johns, Saunders 77.2

7 Sun : at Rye House : Rye House 29 Eastbourne 52 (Sunday Dirt Track League) EG ; 75YES; SiSE; SN ; Sp World p8 Att: 2,000 Rye House: Les Trim 7, Andy Menzies 6, Vic Weir 5, A Stewart 2, B Robbins 2, G Lloyd 2, Roy Duke 2, B Slow 2, Broncho Slade 1 Eastbourne: Tiger Hart 12, Stan Johns 10, Danny Lee 8, Charlie Dugard 6, Charlie Page 6, Harry Saunders 5, Bob Lovell 5 1 Hart, Trim, Saunders Lee, Dugard, Weir Menzies, Page, Johns Lovell, Trim, Stewart Hart, Saunders, Weir Menzies, Lloyd, Dugard Johns, Trim, Robbins Lee, Duke, Weir Hart Dugard, Lee, Trim Johns, Weir, Page Hart, Lovell, Slade Johns, Slow, Stewart Page, Saunders, Robbins Captains Match Race Hart beat Trim Junior Scratch Race Jack Lemon Novices Race W Hall No times available Sun : Eastbourne : Eastbourne 44 Dagenham 39 (Sunday Dirt Track League) EG ; 75YES; SCH ; E Cour Eagles: Tiger Hart 12, Charlie Page 10+2, Danny Lee 9, Stan Johns 7+1, Charlie Dugard 4+2, Harry Saunders 2+1, Jack Collins (res) 0. Daggers: Frank Hodgson 14, Jim Baylais 8+1, Nobby Stock 7+2, Ernie Pawson 5+1, Bill Desmond 4+1, T Newland 1. 1: Hart, Hodgson, Dugard : Lee, Desmond : Johns, Page, Pawson : Hart, Stock, Desmond : Hodgson, Lee, Saunders : Page, Johns, Baylais : Hart, Stock, Pawson : Hodgson, Baylais, Saunders : Hodgson, Johns, Page : Hart, Baylais, Stock : Lee, Dugard, Newland : Hodgson, Page, Desmond : Baylais, Stock, Lee : Pawson, Page, Dugard Captains' M.R Hart bt Hodgson 75.4 July Scratch Race 1: Hodgson, Desmond : Baylais, Lee : Hart, Pawson 77.8 Final: Hart, Hodgson, Lee 74.6

8 Sun : Eastbourne : Eastbourne 53 Internationals 12 (Challenge) EG ; 75YES; SCH ; E Cour Att: 2,500. Exhibition of stunt riding by Putt Mossman. In ht.1 Dave Hynes looped at the gate, his machine landed on top of him, and he was taken to hospital. In five of the 12 races, the Internationals failed to have a finisher. Eagles: Tiger Hart 12, Danny Lee 11+1, Charlie Dugard 9+1, Charlie Page 8+2, Stan Johns 8+1, Fred Cooper (res) 5+2, Harry Saunders 0. Internationals:Fred Hudson 4+1, Moff Jones 4, E Parker 3, Ken Ellis 1, Dave Hynes 0, Putt Mossman 0. 1: Hart, Cooper, Ellis, Hynes f : Lee, Dugard, Hudson : Page : Hart, Parker, Cooper : Lee, Jones, Dugard : Johns, Page, Parker : Hart, Jones, Hudson : Dugard, Lee : Johns, Hudson, Page : Hart, Page : Dugard, Cooper : Lee, Johns Match Race Hart bt Lee 76.0 Sun : Eastbourne : Eastbourne v Romford (Sunday Dirt Track League) EG ; 75YES; SCH ; E Cour Meeting cancelled - Romford informed Eastbourne on that they were unable to raise a team, due to internal difficulties at the Romford / Dagenham track. The meeting was replaced at short notice by: : Cads 29 Thugs 42 (Challenge) Cads: Tiger Hart 12, Charlie Page 5, Stan Johns 5, Harry Saunders 4, Norman Anderson 2+1, J Mason 1, Thugs: Jack Tidbury 12+1, Danny Lee 9+1, Tommy Bateman 9, Bob Lovell 7+2, Charlie Dugard 5+1, L Dugard 0. 1: Hart, C Dugard, Lee : Bateman, Lovell : Tidbury, Page, Anderson : Hart, Bateman, Saunders : Johns, Tidbury, Mason : Lee, C Dugard, Page : Hart, Tidbury, Saunders : Lee, Johns, C Dugard : Bateman, Lovell, Page : Hart, Lee, Anderson : Tidbury, Saunders, Bateman : Lovell, Tidbury, Page August Scratch Race 1: Hart, C Dugard : Bateman, Lovell : Lee, Saunders : Page, L Dugard 88.4 Final: Hart, Bateman, Lee 74.8 Lee suffered a knee injury in the scratch race final E Cour reported the result of Ht.11 as Bateman, Saunders, C Dugard

9 Sun : Eastbourne : Eastbourne 51 Smallford 32 (Sunday Dirt Track League) EG ; 75YES; E Cour Eagles: Tommy Bateman 12, Tiger Hart 11, Charlie Page 10, Charlie Dugard 8+2, Bob Lovell 7+2, Harry Saunders 3+2. Stags: Jack Tidbury 11, Ken Tidbury 7, Percy Brine 5+1, George Gower 3+1, Cyril Brine 2, H Richardson 2, H Rust 1+1, J Pilgrim : J Tidbury, Hart, Saunders : Bateman, Dugard, K Tidbury : Page, Lovell, P Brine : Hart, Richardson, Rust : Bateman, J Tidbury, Dugard : Page, K Tidbury, Lovell : Hart, Gower : Bateman, K Tidbury, P Brine : J Tidbury, Page, Lovell : Hart, K Tidbury, Saunders : Bateman, Dugard, P Brine : Lovell, C Brine, Pilgrim : Dugard, P Brine, Gower : J Tidbury, Page, Saunders September Scratch 1: C Brine, Lovell : J Tidbury, Saunders : Hart, Dugard : Bateman, Page 74.8 Final: Hart, C Brine, J Tidbury f, Bateman f 73.4 Captains' M.R Hart bt C Brine 77.0 Sun : Eastbourne : Eastbourne 46 Rye House 34 (Sunday Dirt Track League) EG ; 75YES; E Cour Eagles: Danny Lee 12, Charlie Dugard 11+1, Charlie Page 9+1, Harry Saunders 7+1, Tiger Hart 6, C Rose 1, S MacGregor (res) 0. R House: Jack Milross 10, Johnny Myson 5, R Hall 5, K Bruce 4+1, Vic Weir 3+1, W Dibbs 3+1, J Wilde 3+1, Bob Lovell 1+1, R Mason 0. 1: Milross, Saunders, Dibbs : Page, Dugard, Hall : Lee, Myson, Rose : Hart, Bruce : Dugard, Milross, Page : Lee, Hall, Weir : Hart, Myson, Wilde : Page, Weir, Lovell : Lee, Milross, Dibbs : Saunders, Hall : Dugard, Page, Myson : Milross, Bruce : Dugard, Wilde : Lee, Saunders, Dibbs Record Attempt - 2-Lap Flying Start Charlie Dugard 37.2 (existing record 38.4) Captains' M.R Hart bt Milross 76.6 Hertford Scratch Race 1: Lovell, Milross : Lee, Saunders : Dugard : Myson, Weir 85.2 Final: Lee, Dugard, Lovell 77.4

10 Sun : Eastbourne Postponed due to rain until Sun : Eastbourne Postponed due to rain until Sun : Eastbourne EG ; E Cour Final meeting of the season. The "Doodle Bugs" (i.e midget cars) were the feature of this twice-postponed meeting. E Cour: "In the Inter-Club League, Eastbourne won 9 out of their 11 matches, and headed the League at the completion of the programme" The Hailsham Cup, awarded for performances throughout the season, was won by Tiger Hart 135 pts. The other leading scorers were Danny Lee 109, Charlie Page 99, Stan Johns 83, Harry Saunders 59, Charlie Dugard 54. October Scratch Race 1: Tiger Hart, Charlie Page : Danny Lee, H Booker : Harry Saunders, Bob Lovell : Charlie Dugard, R Booker 77.0 SF1: T Hart, D Lee, C Page 73.4 SF2: C Dugard, H Saunders, B Lovell 74.2 Final: D Lee, T Hart, H Saunders 72.4 Arlington H/Cap Race 1: D Lee, Jack Kemsley : C Page, T Hart : C Dugard, B Lovell : H Saunders, J Jarvis 81.2 SF1: T Hart, C Page, D Lee 72.0 SF2: B Lovell, C Dugard, H Saunders 74.2 Final: C Page, C Dugard, B Lovell 72.2 Novices Match Race F Kaye beat H Booker 85.0 Track Record Attempt: 1-lap Clutch Start Charlie Dugard 20.2 (equals record) Doodle Bug M.R Les White beat Lane White 2-1 (Les 80.0, Lane 75.6, Les 71.4) Doodle Bug Record Attempt Les White 71.4 (existing record 73.2)

LFP reported that track improvements had been carried out, with the new track measuring 370 yards, compared to 350 yards for the old track.

LFP reported that track improvements had been carried out, with the new track measuring 370 yards, compared to 350 yards for the old track. Bell End 1939 7.9.17 Sources BG = Boston Guardian; LFP = Lincolnshire Free Press; LSBG = Lincolnshire Standard & Boston Guardian; TCWA = Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser; SCH = Somerset County Herald;