STOKE 1939 File dated 20.10.2018 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 21.4.39; SS 21.4.39 6,000 Ted Bravery 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Tuck 1 1 0 3 5 Danny Lee 1 0 1 3 5 George Dykes 0 1 0 1 2 1 Tommy Allott 3 2 2 0 7 Alan Butler 2 1 1 2 6 4 Tommy Burgess 1 2 3 Len Eyre 3 2 5 Belle Vue Reserves Ernie Price 2 3 3 3 11 Acorn Dobson? Harold Jackson 2 0 2 0 4 1 Oliver Hart 3 0 3 2 8 Jack Gordon 0 2 1 3 6 1 Jack Gorst 1 0 2 1 4 Jack White 2 1 3 Dick Tolley 2 0 0 2 1 Ht 1: Bravery, Price, Tuck,? 81.4 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Hart, Jackson, Lee, Dykes 85.0 1 5 5 7 Ht 3: Allott, Butler, Gorst, Gordon 83.6 5 1 10 8 Ht 4: Bravery, White, Burgess, Hart 83.2 4 2 14 10 Ht 5: Price, Tolley, Dykes, Lee 82.4 1 5 15 15 Ht 6: Hart, Allott, Butler, Jackson 83.4 3 3 18 18 Ht 7: Bravery, Gordon, Tuck, Gorst 81.2 4 2 22 20 Ht 8: Eyre, Jackson, Lee, Tolley 82.4 4 2 26 22 Ht 9: Price, Allott, Butler,? 81.4 3 3 29 25 Ht 10: Bravery, Hart, Tuck (nf), Jackson (nf) 80.8 3 2 32 27 Ht 11: Lee, Gorst, Gordon, Dykes 84.6 3 3 35 30 Ht 12: Price, Eyre, White, Allott 82.2 2 4 37 24 Ht 13: Gordon, Burgess, Dykes, Tolley 81.8 3 3 40 37 Ht 14: Tuck, Butler, Gorst,? 83.4 5 1 45 38 Match Races 1 Bill Kitchen beat Frank Varey 2 Kitchen beat Varey 80.2 Potteries Trophy Race Final Hart, Price, Butler, Bravery (f)
Saturday, 22 nd April 1939, Waterden Road, Hackney Hackney Wick 60 24 (National League Division 2) SR; SN; DH 24.4.39; SS 24.4.39 Hackney Frank Hodgson 3 3 3 3 12 Nobby Stock 1 2 2 2 7 3 Doug Wells 2 3 3 3 11 1 Jim Baylais 3 1 2 3 9 1 Stan Dell 3 0 3 3 9 Arch Windmill 1 2 1 3 7 Tiger Hart 2 0 2 1 George Saunders 2 1 3 1 Ted Bravery 2 2 2 2 8 Fred Tuck 0 0 0 Tommy Allott 0 3 0 1 4 Fred Strecker 1 1 1 0 3 Danny Lee 0 1 1 2 4 Harold Jackson 2 0 0 1 3 Alan Butler 0 0 0 Tommy Burgess 1 1 2 1 Ht 1: Hodgson, Bravery, Stock, Tuck 75.20 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Baylais, Wells, Strecker, Allott (f) 76.50 5 1 9 3 Ht 3: Dell, Jackson, Windmill, Lee 78.22 4 2 13 5 Ht 4: Hodgson, Hart, Strecker, Butler 75.40 5 1 18 6 Ht 5 Wells, Bravery, Baylais, Tuck 75.40 4 2 22 8 Ht 6: Allott, Windmill, Strecker, Dell 75.77 2 4 24 12 Ht 7: Hodgson, Stock, Lee, Jackson 75.10 5 1 29 13 Ht 8: Wells, Saunders, Burgess, Allott 79.10 5 1 34 14 Ht 9: Dell, Bravery, Windmill,? 76.52 4 2 38 16 Ht 10: Hodgson, Stock, Allott, Strecker 76.64 5 1 43 17 Ht 11: Wells, Baylais, Lee, Jackson 77.36 5 1 48 18 Ht 12: Dell, Bravery, Saunders, Butler 76.00 4 2 52 20 Ht 13: Baylais, Lee, Burgess, Hart (mf) 75.50 3 3 55 23 Ht 14: Windmill, Stock, Jackson,? 76.10 5 1 60 24 Waterden Scurry (3 laps) Final Hodgson, Baylais, Wells 56.45 Reserves Scratch Race Appleby, Saunders, Tidbury 76.50 Cubs Scratch Race Pitcher, Weir, Page 78.40
Thursday, 27 th April 1939, Sun Street, Hanley 44 Middlesbrough 39 (English Speedway Trophy) SR; SN; ES 28.4.39, LPT 29.4.39; ED 28.4.39; DGM 28.4.39 Ted Bravery 2 3 3 3 11 Alan Butler 1 2 1 3 7 2 Tommy Allott 2 2 2 3 9 Len Eyre 0 1 2 0 3 2 Fred Strecker 2 0 0 2 4 Danny Lee 1 1 2 4 2 Fred Tuck 2 1 2 5 1 Harold Jackson 1 0 1 1 Middlesbrough George Greenwood 3 3 3 3 12 Wilf Plant 0 0 2 1 3 1 Aub Lawson 1 2 3 2 8 1 Bob Wells 3 3 0 6 Will Lowther 3 1 0 3 7 Jack Hyland 0 0 1 0 1 Geoff Godwin 0 1 1 2 Jack Tidbury 0 0 0 Ht 1: Greenwood, Bravery, Butler, Plant 78.0 (record) 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Wells, Allott, Lawson, Eyre 81.2 2 4 5 7 Ht 3: Lowther, Strecker, Lee, Hyland 81.4 3 3 8 10 Ht 4: Bravery, Tuck, Godwin, Godwin 82.2 5 1 13 11 Ht 5: Greenwood, Allott, Eyre, Plant 79.2 3 3 16 14 Ht 6: Wells, Lawson, Lee, Strecker 83.8 1 5 17 19 Ht 7: Bravery, Butler, Lowther, Hyland 81.2 5 1 22 20 Ht 8: Lawson, Allott, Jackson, Tidbury 84.2 3 3 25 23 Ht 9: Greenwood, Plant, Tuck, Strecker 81.8 1 5 26 28 Ht 10: Bravery, Lawson, Butler, Wells 81.6 4 2 30 30 Ht 11: Allott, Eyre, Hyland, Lowther 83.6 5 1 35 31 Ht 12: Greenwood, Strecker, Godwin, Jackson 82.4 2 4 37 35 Ht 13: Lowther, Tuck, Eyre (nf), Tidbury (nf) 82.0 2 3 39 38 Ht 14: Butler, Lee, Plant, Hyland 82.8 5 1 44 39 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
Monday, 1 st May 1939, Brough Park, Newcastle Newcastle 63 21 (English Speedway Trophy) SR; SN; ES 6.5.39; NEC 2.5.39; SDE 2.5.39 Newcastle George Pepper 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Curtis 2 2 1 2 7 3 Rol Stobbart 3 3 3 3 12 Billy Lamont 2 2 2 3 9 3 Norman Hargreaves 3 3 2 3 11 Maurice Stobbart 0 2 0 3 5 1 Reg Hay 2 2 4 2 Syd Littlewood 2 1 3 1 Ted Bravery 1 1 3 2 7 Alan Butler 0 0 1 1 2 Tommy Allott 0 1 1 0 2 Fred Tuck 1 1 0 2 4 Fred Strecker 1 1 0 1 3 1 Danny Lee 2 0 1 0 3 Len Eyre did not ride Harold Jackson 0 0 0 Ht 1: Pepper, Curtis, Bravery, Butler 75.8 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: R Stobbart, Lamont, Tuck, Allott 79.0 5 1 10 2 Ht 3: Hargreaves, Lee, Strecker, M Stobbart (nf) 77.4 3 3 13 5 Ht 4: Pepper, Hay, Tuck 75.8 5 1 18 6 Ht 5: R Stobbart, Lamont, Bravery, Butler 78.4 5 1 23 7 Ht 6: Hargreaves, M Stobbart, Allott, Tuck 76.8 5 1 28 8 Ht 7: Pepper, Curtis, Strecker, Lee 76.8 5 1 33 9 Ht 8: R Stobbart, Littlewood, Allott, Jackson 79.0 5 1 38 10 Ht 9: Bravery, Hargreaves, Butler, M Stobbart (exc) 79.8 2 4 40 14 Ht 10: Pepper, Tuck, Curtis, Allott 77.2 4 2 44 16 Ht 11: R Stobbart, Lamont, Lee, Strecker 79.4 5 1 49 17 Ht 12: Hargreaves, Bravery, Littlewood 76.8 4 2 53 19 Ht 13: Lamont, Hay, Strecker, Jackson 79.0 5 1 58 20 Ht 14: M Stobbart, Curtis, Butler, Lee 79.0 5 1 63 21 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
Thursday, 4 th May 1939, Sun Street, Hanley 40 Newcastle 44 (English Speedway Trophy) SR; SN; ES 5.5.39 Ted Bravery 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Strecker 0 1 0 1 Tommy Allott 2 1 2 1 6 Jack Gordon 1 0 0 2 3 1 Fred Tuck 3 3 0 2 8 Alan Butler 2 2 2 2 8 2 Harold Jackson 0 1 1 2 2? 0 Newcastle George Pepper 2 3 3 3 11 Fred Curtis 1 2 1 0 4 2 Rol Stobbart 3 0 3 1 7 1 Billy Lamont 0 2 1 2 5 Norman Hargreaves dnr Maurice Stobbart 0 2 2 3 7 1 Syd Littlewood 1 1 1 3 1 Reg Hay 1 3 3 7 Ht 1: Bravery, Pepper, Curtis, Strecker 77.8 (record) 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: R Stobbart, Allott, Gordon, Lamont 81.8 3 3 6 6 Ht 3: Tuck, Butler, Hay, M Stobbart 80.2 5 1 11 7 Ht 4: Bravery, Lamont, Littlewood, Jackson 79.8 3 3 14 10 Ht 5: Pepper, Curtis, Allott, Gordon 80.2 1 5 15 15 Ht 6: Tuck, Butler, Lamont, R Stobbart 81.8 5 1 20 16 Ht 7: Bravery, M Stobbart, Strecker (3 riders only) 79.8 4 2 24 18 Ht 8: R Stobbart, Allott, Littlewood,? 82.2 2 4 26 22 Ht 9: Pepper, Butler, Curtis, Tuck 80.4 2 4 28 26 Ht 10: Bravery, Lamont, R Stobbart, Strecker 80.4 3 3 31 29 Ht 11: Hay, M Stobbart, Allott, Gordon 82.8 1 5 32 34 Ht 12: Pepper, Tuck, Littlewood,? 81.4 2 4 34 38 Ht 13: Hay, Gordon, Jackson (3 riders only) 82.6 3 3 37 41 Ht 14: M Stobbart, Butler, Jackson, Curtis 82.0 3 3 40 44 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
Friday, 5 th May 1939, Cleveland Park, Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 49 34 (English Speedway Trophy) SR; SN; ES 6.5.39; SS 6.5.39 Middlesbrough George Greenwood 3 3 3 3 12 Wilf Plant 0 1 0 1 2 Will Lowther 0 3 3 0 6 Jack Hyland 2 2 3 3 10 1 Bob Wells 3 1 0 4 Aub Lawson 2 0 3 3 8 1 Tommy Bateman 2 2 0 4 1 Jack Tidbury 2 1 3 2 Ted Bravery 2 1 2 3 8 Fred Strecker 1 0 1 2 4 2 Tommy Allott 3 3 1 1 8 1 Jack Gordon 1 0 2 2 5 1 Fred Tuck did not ride Alan Butler 1 2 2 0 5 Harold Jackson 1 0 2 3 Jack White 0 1 1 1 Ht 1: Greenwood, Bravery, Strecker, Plant 73.0 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Allott, Hyland, Gordon, Lowther 78.4 2 4 5 7 Ht 3: Wells, Lawson, Butler 77.4 5 1 10 8 Ht 4: Greenwood, Bateman, Jackson, Gordon 75.2 5 1 15 9 Ht 5: Lowther, Hyland, Bravery, Strecker 76.2 5 1 20 10 Ht 6: Allott, Gordon, Wells, Lawson 77.2 1 5 21 15 Ht 7: Greenwood, Butler, Plant 75.2 4 2 25 17 Ht 8: Lowther, Tidbury, Allott, White 77.0 5 1 30 18 Ht 9: Lawson, Bravery, Strecker, Wells 78.0 3 3 33 21 Ht 10: Greenwood, Gordon, Allott, Plant 77.0 3 3 36 24 Ht 11: Hyland, Butler, Lowther (nf) 78.4 3 2 39 26 Ht 12: Bravery, Bateman, Tidbury, Jackson 77.0 3 3 42 29 Ht 13: Hyland, Jackson, White, Bateman 79.2 3 3 45 32 Ht 14: Lawson, Strecker, Plant, Butler 77.4 4 2 49 34 Saturday, 6 th May 1939, The Firs, Norwich Norwich 56 27 (National League Division 2) SR; SN; SS 8.5.39 Norwich Wal Morton 3 3 3 3 12 Alan Smith 1 2 2 3 8 2 Bert Spencer 0 2 3 2 7 2 Wilf Jay 0 3 3 3 9 Dick Wise 2 3 2 2 9 1 Bill Birtwell 3 0 2 5 1 Jock Sweet 2 0 2 4 2 Paul Goodchild 2 0 2 1
Ted Bravery 2 0 3 3 8 Fred Strecker 0 1 1 1 3 Tommy Allott 3 2 1 0 6 Danny Lee 2 0 1 1 4 2 George Dykes 0 1 0 1 2 Alan Butler 1 0 1 0 2 Jack Gordon 1 1 2 Harold Jackson 0 0 0 Ht 1: Morton, Bravery, Smith, Strecker 79.2 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Allott, Lee, Spencer (ef}, Jay (f) 81.2 0 5 4 7 Ht 3: Birtwell, Wise, Butler, Dykes 80.4 5 1 9 8 Ht 4: Morton, Sweet, Gordon, Lee 79.2 5 1 14 9 Ht 5: Jay, Spencer, Strecker, Bravery 79.0 5 1 19 10 Ht 6: Wise, Allott, Lee, Sweet (ef) 80.4 3 3 22 13 Ht 7: Morton, Smith, Dykes, Butler 79.6 5 1 27 14 Ht 8: Spencer, Goodchild, Allott, Jackson 80.6 5 1 32 15 Ht 9: Bravery, Wise, Strecker, Birtwell 79.2 2 4 34 19 Ht 10: Morton, Smith, Lee, Allott 79.6 5 1 39 20 Ht 11: Jay, Spencer, Butler, Dykes 80.0 5 1 44 21 Ht 12: Bravery, Wise, Gordon, Goodchild 79.2 2 4 46 25 Ht 13: Jay, Sweet, Dykes, Jackson 80.6 5 1 51 26 Ht 14: Smith, Birtwell, Strecker, Butler 81.8 5 1 56 27 Married Stars 10 Single Stars 14 (Challenge Event) Ht 1: Morton (M), Sweet (S), Goodchild (M) nf, Spencer (S) nf 80.2 3 2 3 2 Ht 2: Jay (S), Wise (M), Birtwell (M) nf, Smith (S) nf 79.2 2 3 5 5 Ht 3: Morton, Jay, Goodchild, Smith 79.8 4 2 9 7 Ht 4: Spencer, Sweet, Wise, Birtwell 79.0 1 5 10 12 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 46 35 (English Speedway Trophy) SR; SN; SDT 12.5.39; SS 12.5.39 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 2 3 3 3 11 Don Houghton 0 0 1 1 1 Stan Williams 3 2 3 3 11 Paddy Mills 1 0 1 Jack Dixon 3 2 2 2 9 1 Ivor Aussie Powell 1 3 1 2 7 1 Doug McLachlan 2 2 4 1 Harold Brailsford 1 1 2 1
Ted Bravery 3 3 3 3 12 Alan Butler 1 1 0 3 5 Tommy Allott 0 0 Fred Strecker 2 1 1 2 6 Oliver Hart 2 0 0 0 2 Fred Tuck 0 0 Jack White 0 2 0 2 Jack Gordon 2 2 1 3 8 1 Ht 1: Bravery, Evans, Butler, Houghton 73.0 (record) 2 4 2 4 Ht 2: Williams, Strecker, Mills, Allott (ef) 76.0 4 2 6 6 Ht 3: Dixon, Hart, Powell, Tuck 76.8 4 2 10 8 Ht 4 Evans, McLachlan, Strecker, White 75.0 5 1 15 9 Ht 5: Bravery, Williams, Butler, Mills 73.6 2 4 17 13 Ht 6: Powell, Dixon, Strecker 77.0 5 1 22 14 Ht 7: Evans, Gordon, Houghton (f), Hart (nf) 75.2 3 2 25 16 Ht 8: Williams, Gordon, Brailsford 76.4 4 2 29 18 Ht 9: Bravery, Dixon, Powell, Butler 76.8 3 3 32 21 Ht 10: Evans, Strecker, Gordon 75.8 3 3 35 24 Ht 11: Williams, White, Hart (f ex), [Tuck (f, inj)] 75.0 3 2 38 26 Ht 12: Bravery, Dixon, Brailsford, White 76.6 3 3 41 29 Ht 13: Gordon, McLachlan, Mills (nf), Hart (nf) 77.8 2 3 43 32 Ht 14: Butler, Powell, Houghton 74.4 3 3 46 35 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 12.5.39 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
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 80 28 (National Trophy Division 2 Round One, 1 st Leg) SR; SN; ES 15.5.39; BDG 15.5.39 Hackney Doug Wells 3 0 2 2 2 9 3 Jim Baylais 2 3 3 2 3 2 15 2 Frank Hodgson 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Arch Windmill 2 3 3 3 1 12 1 Stan Dell 1 1 2 2 1 7 2 Tiger Hart 1 2 2 3 3 11 2 Nobby Stock 3 2 5 George Saunders 2 1 3 1 Tommy Allott 0 1 0 1 2 4 Danny Lee 1 0 0 1 0 2 Ted Bravery 2 2 2 0 0 0 6 1 Alan Butler 1 0 1 0 0 2 Jack Gordon 3 1 1 1 1 1 8 Fred Tuck 0 0 0 0 2 2 Oliver Hart did not ride Fred Strecker 1 3 4 Ht 1: Wells, Baylais, Butler, Allott 78.30 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Hodgson, Windmill, Lee, Tuck 74.98 5 1 10 2 Ht 3: Gordon, Bravery, Dell (f rmtd), Wells (ex tapes) 76.11 1 5 11 7 Ht 4: Stock, Saunders, Strecker (3 riders only) 76.40 5 1 16 8 Ht 5: Hodgson, Bravery, Hart, Butler 75.21 4 2 20 10 Ht 6: Windmill, Wells, Allott, Lee 77.53 5 1 25 11 Ht 7: Baylais, Hart, Gordon, Tuck 77.13 5 1 29 13 Ht 8: Hodgson, Bravery, Dell, Allott 76.70 4 2 34 14 Ht 9: Hodgson, Wells, Butler, Tuck 76.75 5 1 39 15 Ht 10: Windmill, Hart, Allott, Lee 77.40 5 1 44 16 Ht 11: Baylais, Dell, Gordon, Butler 77.82 5 1 49 17
Ht 12: Hart, Wells, Lee, Bravery 77.50 5 1 54 18 Ht 13: Windmill, Dell, Gordon, Butler 77.62 5 1 59 19 Ht 14: Strecker, Stock, Saunders (3 riders only) 76.53 3 3 62 22 Ht 15: Hodgson, Baylais, Gordon, Lee 77.61 5 1 67 23 Ht 16: Hart, Allott, Dell, Tuck 77.85 4 2 71 25 Ht 17: Baylais, Tuck, Windmill, Bravery 77.32 4 2 75 27 Ht 18: Hodgson, Baylais, Gordon, Bravery 77.01 5 1 80 28 Stadium Scratch Race Saunders, Brett (no third) 38.25 Thursday, 18 th May 1939, Sun Street, Hanley 45 Sheffield 36 (English Speedway Trophy) SR; SN; ES 19.5.39, SS 19.5.39, BDG 19.5.39; SDT 19.5.39 Ted Bravery 0 3 0 1 4 Alan Butler 0 3 3 1 7 Tommy Allott 2 2 1 3 8 1 Jack Gordon 0 1 2 1 4 3 Oliver Hart 1 1 2 2 6 Fred Tuck 3 3 1 3 10 1 Fred Strecker 1 2 3 Stan Lemon 2 1 3 1 Sheffield Ernie Evans 0 3 3 3 9 Don Houghton 3 0 0 2 5 Stan Williams 3 2 3 2 10 Doug McLachlan 1 2 0 0 3 Jack Dixon 2 2 1 3 8 Ivor Ossie Powell 0 1 0 0 1 1 Paddy Mills 0 0 Harwood Pike 0 0 0 0 Ht 1: Houghton, Bravery (ret), Butler (ret), Evans (ex) 101.4 0 3 0 3 Ht 2: Williams, Allott, McLachlan, Gordon 81.8 2 4 2 7 Ht 3: Tuck, Dixon, Hart, Powell 84.6 4 2 6 9 Ht 4 Bravery, McLachlan, Strecker, Mills 84.6 4 2 10 11 Ht 5: Evans, Allott, Gordon, Houghton 81.4 3 3 13 14 Ht 6: Tuck, Williams, Hart, McLachlan 80.8 4 2 17 16 Ht 7: Butler, Dixon, Powell, Bravery 82.8 3 3 20 19 Ht 8: Williams, Lemon, Allott, Pike 82.2 3 3 23 22 Ht 9: Evans, Hart, Tuck, Houghton 80.6 3 3 26 25 Ht 10: Butler, Williams, Bravery, McLachlan 81.8 4 2 30 27 Ht 11: Allott, Gordon, Dixon, Powell 83.6 5 1 35 28 Ht 12: Evans, Hart, Lemon, Pike 81.6 3 3 38 31 Ht 13: Dixon, Strecker, Gordon, Pike (f ex) 84.8 3 3 41 34 Ht 14: Tuck, Houghton, Butler, Powell 87.6 4 2 45 36 Captain s Match Race Evans beat Tuck 82.8 Tuck replaced Bravery (machine trouble)
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 26.5.39; SS 26.5.39 Ted Bravery 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Fred Tuck 2 3 0 3 0 8 1 Tommy Allott 0 1 2 1 0 4 1 Jack Gordon 3 0 2 2 1 8 2 Oliver Hart 3 3 2 1 0 9 1 Alan Butler 2 2 3 1 3 11 1 Stan Lemon 3 3 6 Fred Strecker 2 0 2 4 2 Hackney Frank Hodgson 2 1 2 3 2 1 11 2 George Saunders 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 Stan Dell 2 0 1 2 0 5 1 Arch Windmill 1 1 1 2 1 6 2 Doug Wells 0 1 1 0 0 2 Jim Baylais 0 3 2 2 3 2 12 Nobby Stock 0 1 1 No number 8 Ht 1: Gordon, Dell, Saunders, Allott 79.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Bravery, Tuck, Windmill, Baylais 83.0 5 1 8 4 Ht 3: Hart, Hodgson, Allott, Wells 81.2 4 2 12 6 Ht 4: Lemon, Strecker, Stock (nf), (3 riders only) 83.2 5 0 17 6 Ht 5: Bravery, Butler, Hodgson, Saunders 80.6 5 1 22 7 Ht 6: Tuck, Allott, Windmill, Dell 83.4 5 1 27 8 Ht 7: Baylais, Butler, Wells, Gordon 80.8 2 4 29 12 Ht 8: Bravery, Hodgson, Dell, Strecker 80.0 3 3 32 15 Ht 9: Bravery, Baylais, Allott, Saunders 80.0 4 2 36 17 Ht 10: Butler, Dell, Windmill, Tuck 81.4 3 3 39 20 Ht 11: Hart, Gordon, Wells, Saunders 82.8 5 1 44 21 Ht 12: Hodgson, Windmill, Butler, Allott 81.4 1 5 45 26 Ht 13: Tuck, Hart, Saunders, Wells 83.2 5 1 50 27 Ht 14: Lemon, Strecker, Stock, (3 riders only) 83.2 5 1 55 28 Ht 15: Bravery, Gordon, Windmill, Wells 82.1 5 1 60 29 Ht 16: Butler, Baylais, Hart, Dell 82.0 4 2 64 31 Ht 17: Baylais, Hodgson, Gordon, Tuck 80.8 1 5 65 36 Ht 18: Bravery, Baylais, Hodgson, Hart 80.2 3 3 68 39
Monday, 29 th May 1939, Brough Park, Newcastle Newcastle 59 25 (National League Division 2) SR; SN; NEC 30.5.39; SS 30.5.39 10,500 Newcastle George Pepper 1 3 3 3 10 Fred Kid Curtis 3 2 2 2 9 3 Billy Lamont 3 2 3 1 9 1 Rol Stobbart 2 3 3 3 11 1 Maurice Stobbart 1 1 0 2 4 2 Norman Hargreaves 3 2 3 3 11 Reg Hay 2 0 2 1 Syd Littlewood 0 3 3 Ted Bravery 0 0 0 Alan Butler 2 1 2 1 6 Tommy Allott 0 3 2 0 5 Jack Gordon 1 1 0 1 3 Oliver Hart 2 1 2 2 7 Fred Tuck 0 0 0 Fred Strecker Did not ride Stan Lemon 1 1 1 1 4 3 Ht 1: Curtis, Butler, Pepper, Bravery (f) 79.8 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Lamont, R Stobbart, Gordon, Allott 82.0 5 1 9 3 Ht 3: Hargreaves, Hart, M Stobbart, Tuck 81.6 4 2 13 5 Ht 4: Pepper, Hay, Gordon (3 riders only) 82.2 5 1 18 6 Ht 5: R Stobbart, Lamont, Butler, Bravery (f) 83.8 5 1 23 7 Ht 6: Allott, Hargreaves, M Stobbart, Gordon 81.0 3 3 26 10 Ht 7: Pepper, Curtis, Hart, Tuck 78.0 5 1 31 11 Ht 8: Lamont, Allott, Lemon, Littlewood 80.4 3 3 34 14 Ht 9: Hargreaves, Butler, Lemon, M Stobbart 80.2 3 3 37 17 Ht 10: Pepper, Curtis, Gordon, Allott 78.4 5 1 42 18 Ht 11: R Stobbart, Hart, Lamont (3 riders only) 78.8 4 2 46 20 Ht 12: Littlewood, M Stobbart, Lemon (3 riders only) 79.8 5 1 51 21 Ht 13: R Stobbart, Hart, Lemon, Hay 79.4 3 3 54 24 Ht 14: Hargreaves, Curtis, Butler (3 riders only) 80.2 5 1 59 25 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
Thursday, 1 st June 1939, Sun Street, Hanley 62 Crystal Palace 20 (National League Division 2) SR; SN; ES 2.6.49; BDG 2.6.39, SS 2.6.49 Ted Bravery 2 2 3 3 10 2 Alan Butler 3 2 2 3 10 2 Oliver Hart 0 2 2 3 7 2 Fred Tuck 3 3 1 2 9 1 Tommy Allott 1 3 0 2 6 1 Jack Gordon 3 2 3 0 6 1 Fred Strecker 3 3 6 Stan Lemon 3 3 6 Crystal Palace Bob Lovell 1 1 1 1 4 1 Keith Harvey 0 0 2 0 2 George Dykes 0 0 0 1 1 Charlie Challis 2 1 0 3 Vic Weir 0 0 0 0 0 Mick Mitchell 2 1 2 2 7 No number 7 George Gower 1 1 1 3 Ht 1: Butler, Bravery, Lovell, Harvey 80.8 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Tuck, Challis, Hart (nf), Dykes (nf) 83.0 3 2 8 3 Ht 3: Gordon, Mitchell, Allott, Weir 84.6 4 2 12 5 Ht 4: Strecker, Bravery, Challis 81.4 5 1 17 6 Ht 5: Tuck, Hart, Lovell, Harvey (3 riders only) 83.0 5 1 22 7 Ht 6: Allott, Gordon, Gower, Dykes 85.2 5 1 27 8 Ht 7: Bravery, Butler, Mitchell, Weir 82.8 5 1 32 9 Ht 8: Lemon, Hart, Gower, Dykes no time 5 1 37 10 Ht 9: Gordon, Harvey, Lovell, Allott 83.8 3 3 40 13 Ht 10: Bravery, Butler, Dykes, Challis 83.8 5 1 45 14 Ht 11: Hart, Mitchell, Tuck, Weir 81.2 4 2 49 16 Ht 12: Lemon, Allott, Lovell (3 riders only) 84.6 5 1 54 17 Ht 13: Strecker, Tuck, Gower, Weir 85.0 5 1 59 18 Ht 14: Butler, Mitchell, Gordon (nf), Harvey (nf) 82.6 3 2 62 20 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
Thursday, 8 th June 1939, Sun Street, Hanley 32 Newcastle 52 (National League Division 2) SR; SN; ES 9.6.39 Ted Bravery 0 2 2 0 4 Alan Butler 2 0 1 3 6 Oliver Hart 1 2 0 2 5 1 Fred Tuck 2 0 0 2 4 Bill Birtwell 0 0 0 2 2 Jack Gordon 2 1 2 2 7 1 Tommy Allott 0 1 1 1 Fred Strecker 2 1 3 1 Newcastle George Pepper 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Kid Curtis 1 1 1 0 3 Billy Lamont 0 3 3 3 9 Rol Stobbart 3 3 2 2 10 2 Maurice Stobbart 3 3 3 3 12 Norman Hargreaves 1 1 1 1 4 Reg Hay 1 0 1 Syd Littlewood 1 1 Ht 1: Pepper, Butler, Curtis, Bravery (f) 78.0 2 4 2 4 Ht 2: R Stobbart, Tuck, Hart, Lamont 81.0 3 3 5 7 Ht 3: M Stobbart, Gordon, Hargreaves, Birtwell 81.8 2 4 7 11 Ht 4: R Stobbart, Bravery, Hay, Allott 80.4 2 4 9 15 Ht 5: Pepper, Hart, Curtis, Tuck 80.8 2 4 11 19 Ht 6: Lamont, R Stobbart, Gordon, Birtwell 81.8 1 5 12 24 Ht 7: M Stobbart, Bravery, Hargreaves, Butler 79.8 2 4 14 28 Ht 8: Lamont, Strecker, Littlewood, Hart 83.0 2 4 16 32 Ht 9: Pepper, Gordon, Curtis, Birtwell 81.8 2 4 18 36 Ht 10: Lamont, R Stobbart, Butler, Bravery 81.6 1 5 19 41 Ht 11: M Stobbart, Hart, Hargreaves, Tuck 82.0 2 4 21 45 Ht 12: Pepper, Birtwell, Strecker, Hay 81.4 3 3 24 48 Ht 13: M Stobbart, Tuck, Allott, Littlewood 80.6 3 3 27 51 Ht 14: Butler, Gordon, Hargreaves, Curtis 82.0 5 1 32 52 Captains Challenge Pepper, Bravery Wulstan Scratch Race Bravery, Pepper
Thursday, 15 th June 1939, Sun Street, Hanley World Championship Qualifying Round SR; SN; ES 16.6.39 Ted Bravery 2 0 3 2 1 8 Alan Butler 0 0 0 2 1 3 Fred Strecker 1 0 1 2 2 6 Fred Tuck 3 0 1 0 2 6 Vic Weir 0 1 0 0 1 2 Mick Mitchell 1 0 0 2 1 4 Arch Windmill 3 1 0 2 0 6 Stan Dell 2 2 0 2 0 6 Jack Bibby 0 3 2 1 2 8 Jeff Lloyd 3 3 3 3 3 15 Ray Duggan 2 2 4 Emerson Rawding 1 1 1 3 Norman Hargreaves 1 2 0 0 3 6 Jack Hargreaves 2 2 3 3 2 13 Ernie Price 3 3 3 3 2 14 Dick Harris 0 3 3 1 3 10 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
Thursday, 22 nd June 1939, Sun Street, Hanley 55 Bristol 28 (National League Division 2) SR; SN; ES 23.6.39; BDG 23.6.39, BEP 23.6.39 Ted Bravery 2 3 0 3 8 1 Tommy Allott 3 3 0 1 7 1 Alan Butler 3 3 2 3 11 1 Bill Birtwell 2 0 1 1 4 1 Oliver Hart 3 3 1 0 7 1 Jack Gordon 2 1 2 2 7 1 Fred Strecker 2 3 5 1 Fred Tuck 2 3 6 Bristol Harry Shepherd 1 2 3 2 8 Jeff Lloyd 0 1 0 0 1 1 Bill Clibbett 0 2 1 2 5 Norman Lindsay 1 1 0 1 3 1 Roy Dook 0 2 0 2 4 Jack Bibby 1 0 2 3 6 Ron Howes 0 1 1 1 George Craig 0 0 0 Ht 1: Allott, Bravery, Shepherd, Lloyd 79.4 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Butler, Birtwell, Lindsay, Clibbett 77.2 (record) 5 1 10 2 Ht 3: Hart, Gordon, Bibby, Dook 82.2 5 1 15 3 Ht 4: Bravery, Strecker, Lindsay, Howes 82.6 5 1 20 4 Ht 5: Butler, Shepherd, Lloyd, Birtwell 80.0 3 3 23 7 Ht 6: Hart, Clibbett, Gordon, Lindsay 82.4 4 2 27 9 Ht 7: Allott, Dook, Bravery (f), Bibby (f) 82.6 3 2 30 11 Ht 8: Tuck, Butler, Clibbett, Craig (f) 80.8 5 1 35 12 Ht 9: Shepherd, Gordon, Hart, Lloyd 80.6 3 3 38 15 Ht 10: Bravery, Clibbett, Lindsay, Allott 81.0 3 3 41 18 Ht 11: Butler, Bibby, Birdwell, Dook 80.2 4 2 45 20 Ht 12: Tuck, Shepherd, Howes, Hart 81.0 3 3 48 23 Ht 13: Strecker, Dook, Birtwell, Craig 81.2 4 2 52 25 Ht 14: Bibby, Gordon, Allott, Lloyd 81.2 3 3 55 28 Fenton Scratch Race (3 laps) Final: Bravery, Tuck, Shepherd 60.6 Saturday, 24th June 1939, Crystal Palace Exhibition Grounds, Sydenham, London Crystal Palace 56 28 (National League Division 2) SR; SN; TA 30.6.39; SS 26.6.39 Crystal Palace Les Trim 2 1 1 0 4 Keith Harvey 0 3 3 1 7 Mick Mitchell 3 3 2 3 11 1 Ron Clarke 2 2 1 1 6 3 Vic Weir 3 2 3 3 11 1 Bob Lovell 0 3 1 3 7 Charlie Appleby 3 2 5 Charlie Challis 3 2 5 1
Ted Bravery 3 0 2 1 6 Fred Tuck 1 1 0 2 4 Alan Butler 0 1 1 2 4 Bill Birtwell 1 0 0 1 2 1 Oliver Hart 2 2 2 3 9 Jack Gordon 1 0 0 0 1 1 Fred Strecker 2 0 2 Tommy Allott 0 0 Ht 1: Bravery, Trim, Tuck, Harvey (f) 85.02 2 4 2 4 Ht 2: Mitchell, Clarke, Birtwell, Butler 84.18 5 1 7 5 Ht 3: Weir, Hart, Gordon, Lovell 83.01 3 3 10 8 Ht 4: Appleby, Strecker, Trim, Birtwell 87.59 4 2 14 10 Ht 5: Mitchell, Clarke, Tuck, Bravery 84.43 5 1 19 11 Ht 6: Lovell, Weir, Butler, Birtwell 86.15 5 1 24 12 Ht 7: Harvey, Hart, Trim, Gordon 85.75 4 2 28 14 Ht 8: Challis, Mitchell, Butler, Allott 86.50 5 1 33 15 Ht 9: Weir, Bravery, Lovell, Tuck 84.36 4 2 37 17 Ht 10: Harvey, Butler, Birdwell, Trim 88.56 3 3 40 20 Ht 11: Mitchell, Hart, Clarke, Gordon 84.25 4 2 44 22 Ht 12: Weir, Challis, Bravery, Strecker 84.82 5 1 49 23 Ht 13: Hart, Appleby (f rmtd), Clarke, [Allott (ns)] 88.72 3 3 52 26 Ht 14: Lovell, Tuck, Harvey, Gordon 86.55 4 2 56 28 Alpha Scratch Race Gower, Saunders (no third) 87.15 Beta Scratch Race Appleby, Challis, Humphries 86.63 Auckland Scratch Race Ht1: Mitchell, Harvey, Tuck 85.13 Ht2: Hart, Weir, Clarke 85.95 Ht3: Lovell, Gower, Saunders 87.23 Ht4: Appleby, Page, Eddie Barker 89.25 Final: Mitchell, Hart, Lovell, Appleby 85.68 Tuesday, 27 th June 1939, Marine Gardens, Edinburgh Edinburgh 24 30 (Challenge) SR; ES 28.6.39 Edinburgh Oliver Hart 3 3 3 9 Chick Brine 0 1 0 1 Laurie Packer 3 3 1 7 Jack Hancock 1 0 0 1 Jack Gordon 3 1 0 4 Norrie Isbister 1 0 1 2
Ted Bravery 2 3 2' 7 1 Tommy Allott 1' 2' 3 6 2 Alan Butler 2 0 2 4 Fred Tuck 0 2 3 5 Bill Birtwell 0 1' 1' 2 2 Syd Littlewood 2 2 2 6 Ht 1: Hart, Bravery, Allott, Brine 81.4 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Packer, Butler, Hancock, Tuck 84.0 4 2 7 5 Ht 3: Gordon, Littlewood, Isbister, Birtwell 83.2 4 2 11 7 Ht 4: Hart, Tuck, Brine, Butler 83.0 4 2 15 9 Ht 5: Packer, Littlewood, Birtwell, Hancock 83.2 3 3 18 12 Ht 6: Bravery, Allott, Gordon, Isbister 83.2 1 5 19 17 Ht 7: Hart, Littlewood, Birtwell, Brine 83.2 3 3 22 20 Ht 8: Allott, Bravery, Packer, Hancock 83.2 1 5 23 25 Ht 9: Tuck, Butler, Isbister, Gordon 86.2 1 5 24 30 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 30.6.39 Ted Bravery 2 0 0 3 5 Tommy Allott 1 0 1 2 4 1 Alan Butler 3 2 3 2 10 1 Fred Tuck 1 1 3 3 8 1 Oliver Hart 2 1 2 8 2 Jack Gordon 3 2 0 0 5 Bill Birtwell 1 2 3 1 Fred Strecker 1 1 2 Hackney Stan Dell 0 0 1 0 5 Arch Windmill 3 3 3 3 12 Jim Baylais 2 2 3 2 9 1 Sonny Brown 1 1 0 2 Ken Brett 0 2 0 1 3 1
Nobby Stock 3 3 2 1 9 Doug Wells 2 2 Ht 1: Windmill, Bravery, Allott, Dell 78.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Butler, Baylais, Tuck,? 79.0 4 2 7 5 Ht 3: Gordon, Hart, Brown, Brett 80.2 5 1 12 6 Ht 4: Stock, Baylais, Birtwell, Bravery 81.6 1 5 13 11 Ht 5: Windmill, Butler, Tuck, Dell 80.6 3 3 16 14 Ht 6: Baylais, Gordon, Hart,? 80.6 3 3 19 17 Ht 7: Stock, Brett, Bravery (nf), Allott (nf) 82.2 0 5 19 22 Ht 8: Butler, Wells, Strecker,? 80.6 4 2 23 24 Ht 9: Windmill, Hart, Dell, Gordon 79.0 2 4 25 28 Ht 10: Bravery, Baylais, Allott,? 80.4 4 2 29 30 Ht 11: Tuck, Butler, Brown, Brett 81.8 5 1 34 31 Ht 12: Hart, Stock, Strecker, Dell 80.6 4 2 38 33 Ht 13: Tuck, Birtwell, Stock,? 81.4 5 1 43 34 Ht 14: Windmill, Allott, Brett, Gordon 79.4 2 4 45 38 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 52 31 (National League Division 2) SR; SN; ES 3.7.39; BDG 3.7.39 Hackney Tiger Hart 3 3 3 2 11 1 George Saunders 2 0 3 3 8 1 Doug Wells 3 3 3 2 11 1 Jim Baylais 2 2 3 2 9 2 Stan Dell 1 0 0 2 3 1 Arch Windmill 2 1 1 2 6 1 Nobby Stock 2 1 3 2 Ken Brett 1 0 1 Ted Bravery 0 0 3 3 6 Tommy Allott 1 1 2 0 4 1 Alan Butler 0 2 2 0 4 1 Fred Tuck 1 0 3 1 5 Oliver Hart 3 2 0 3 8 Jack Gordon 0 1 0 1 1 Bill Birtwell 1 1 1 3 Fred Strecker 0 0 0
Ht 1: T Hart, Saunders, Allott, Bravery 73.25 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Wells, Baylais, Tuck, Butler (ef) 76.19 5 1 10 2 Ht 3: O Hart, Windmill, Dell, Gordon 72.46 3 3 13 5 Ht 4: T Hart, Stock, Birtwell, Tuck 74.68 5 1 18 6 Ht 5: Wells, Baylais, Allott, Bravery 77.20 5 1 23 7 Ht 6: Tuck, Butler, Windmill, Dell 75.09 1 5 24 12 Ht 7: T Hart, O Hart, Gordon, Saunders 74.10 3 3 27 15 Ht 8: Wells, Butler, Brett, Strecker 76.25 4 2 31 17 Ht 9: Bravery, Allott, Windmill, Dell 76.62 1 5 32 22 Ht 10: Saunders, T Hart, Tuck, Butler (mf) 75.66 5 1 37 23 Ht 11: Baylais, Wells, O Hart (f), Gordon (f) 74.87 5 0 42 23 Ht 12: Bravery, Dell, Birdwell, Brett 75.92 2 4 44 27 Ht 13: O Hart, Baylais, Stock, Strecker 75.36 3 3 47 30 Ht 14: Saunders, Windmill, Birtwell, Allott 76.16 5 1 52 31 Thursday, 6 th July 1939, Owlerton, Sheffield Sheffield 54 29 (National League Division 2) SR; SN; SDT 7.7.39 Sheffield Ernie Evans 3 3 3 3 12 Paddy Mills 2 1 2 3 8 2 Stan Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Doug McLachlan 1 1 0 0 2 Jack Dixon 3 3 3 3 12 Ivor Ossie Powell 0 0 2 1 1 Geoff Godwin 2 2 4 1 Harry Whitfield 1 0 1 Ted Bravery 0 2 0 2 No rider Alan Butler 2 1 2 0 5 1 Fred Tuck 0 0 2 1 3 Oliver Hart 2 2 2 3 9 Bill Birtwell 1 0 1 0 2 2 Fred Strecker 1 1 2 4 Jack Gordon 0 1 1 2 4 1 Ht 1: Evans, Mills, Bravery (nf),? 75.8 5 0 5 0 Ht 2: Williams, Butler, McLachlan, Tuck 76.8 4 2 9 2 Ht 3: Dixon, Hart, Birdwell, Powell 76.2 3 3 12 5 Ht 4: Evans, Godwin, Strecker, Tuck 77.6 5 1 17 6 Ht 5: Williams, Bravery, McLachlan,? 77.4 4 2 21 8 Ht 6: Dixon, Tuck, Butler, Powell 78.8 3 3 24 11 Ht 7: Evans, Hart, Mills, Birtwell 76.6 4 2 28 13 Ht 8: Williams, Butler, Whitfield, Gordon 77.2 4 2 32 15 Ht 9: Dixon, Powell, Strecker, Bravery 79.8 5 1 37 16 Ht 10: Evans, Mills, Tuck, Butler 77.4 5 1 42 17 Ht 11: Williams, Hart, Birdwell, McLachlan 76.8 3 3 45 20 Ht 12: Dixon, Strecker, Gordon, Whitfield 80.8 3 3 48 23 Ht 13: Hart, Godwin, Gordon, McLachlan 82.4 2 4 50 27 Ht 14: Mills, Gordon, Powell, Birtwell 78.6 4 2 54 29
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.