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.
Saturday 06/04/1929 EDTL 1929 BARNSLEY BARNSLEY 11 Attendance 3,000. Bob Allen 4 4 8 BURNLEY 17 Tom Thompson 0 1 1 Heat Results Time H A H A Joe Mitchell 1 1 2 1 Allen Charles C Wilcock Thompson 4 3 4 3 Austin Humphries 0 0 0 2 Abbott A Wilcock Mitchell Humphries 1 6 5 9 11 3 Allen A Wilcock Thompson 5 2 10 11 BURNLEY 4 C Wilcock Charles Mitchell Humphries 1 6 11 17 Frank Charles 2 2 4 Bob Allen lowered the track record to 88 seconds. Cyril Wilcock 1 4 5 Athletic News says that 3 riders from each side rode in each heat. This is not confirmed Arthur Wilcock 2 2 4 anywhere else. Joe Abbott 4 4 17 Saturday 04/05/1929 EDTL 1929 BARNSLEY HALIFAX 23 40 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 36 26 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.
Monday 20/05/1929 EDTL 1929 BARNSLEY LEEDS 26 36 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 50 13 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 37 24 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.
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 38 24 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 24 31 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.
Saturday 17/08/1929 EDTL 1929 BARNSLEY LEICESTER STADIUM 36 27 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 4 8 1 Round A Jervis Ward Owen 5 2 5 2 Fred Ledger 2 2 4 2 Moore Hull Skinner 4 3 9 5 Albert Brown 4 0 N 4 3 Brown Wotton Marshall 5 2 14 7 Reg Marshall 1 1 1 3 4 Hull Skinner Ward (Round CIL) 1 6 15 13 Tommy Allott 1 0 1 5 Wotton Ledger Gresty (Moore EIL) 2 5 17 18 30 6 A Jervis Owen Marshall Brown 1 6 18 24 WHITE CITY (MCR) 7 Round Wotton Allott 5 2 23 26 Arthur Jervis 2 4 F 6 8 Moore Ledger (H Jervis F) (A Jervis F) 6 0 29 26 Jack? Owen 0 2 N 2 9 Skinner Hull Marshall Allott 1 6 30 32 Skid Skinner 1 2 4 7 Fastes time Round 77.6 Walter Hull 2 4 2 8 Billy Dallison was absent for White City. Les Wotton 2 4 2 8 Harry Gresty 1 1 Hugh Jervis F 0 32
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 2 4 4 10 1 Round Myerscough Burrill 77.2 4 3 4 3 Reg Marshall N 0 2 Abbott Moore J Chiswell 2 5 6 8 Charlie Ward 4 4 3 F Chiswell Rye Thompson 1 6 7 14 Tom Thompson 1 N 1 4 Abbott Ledger J Chiswell (Round R) 2 5 9 19 Albert Brown 2 1 3 5 Moore Rye F Chiswell 4 3 13 22 Fred Ledger 2 2 2 6 6 Myerscough Ledger Lund 2 5 15 27 32 7 Round Brown Rye (EP) 6 1 21 28 PRESTON 8 Moore Ledger Burrill Lund 6 1 27 29 Ham Burrill 1 N 1 2 9 Ward Abbott Brown J Chiswell 5 2 32 31 Len Myerscough 2 4 N 6 Frank Charles had been injured at Newcastle and could not ride for Preston Joe Abbott 4 4 2 10 Tommy Allott dropped out of the match with machine problems. Jack Chiswell 1 1 0 2 Rye pushed home for almost a lap in heat 7. He was trying for second place as Brown Claude Rye 2 2 1 5 was stopped for some time. However Brown managed to restart and pass the struggling Frank Chiswell 4 1 5 Rye. Claude got a great ovation when he crossed the line. Ted Lund 1 0 1 31 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 26 36 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.
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 48 15 Only the score is available for this one. Wednesday 03/07/1929 EDTL 1929 BELLE VUE SALFORD 43 20 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.
Saturday 20/04/1929 EDTL 1929 BOLTON PRESTON 36 24 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.
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 49 14 Saturday 18/05/29 EDTL 1929 HALIFAX SALFORD 42 21 Saturday 01/06/29 EDTL 1929 HALIFAX BARNSLEY 35 27 Thursday 13/06/29 EDTL 1929 HALIFAX SHEFFIELD 39 24 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 46 17 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.
Thursday 27/06/29 EDTL 1929 HALIFAX ROCHDALE 29 34 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 49 14 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 31 31 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.
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 43 20 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.
Saturday 18/05/1929 EDTL 1929 HANLEY Total HANLEY 13 Len Blunt 1 1 2 4 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 92.4 1 6 1 6 N. Beech 1 R 1 2 2 Charles Lund Beech (Cunliffe F) 96.0 1 6 2 12 Jack Rowley 1 1 1 3 3 Abbott Ingham Rowley 97.0 1 6 3 18 H.P. Reynish 0 4 Jones Charles Blunt 96.0 5 2 8 20 H. Evans (Res) 0 0 5 Abbott Ingham (Beech R) (Cunliffe F) 101.4 0 6 8 26 13 6 Lees A Wilcock Rowley 99.0 1 6 9 32 BURNLEY 7 Abbott Blunt Ingham 97.0 2 5 11 37 Ginger Lees 4 4 2 10 8 A Wilcock Lees Beech Evans 100.4 1 6 12 43 Arthur Wilcock 2 2 4 8 9 C Wilcock Charles Rowley 102.0 1 6 13 49 Frank Charles 4 2 2 8 Jack Lund 2 N 2 Joe Abbott 4 4 4 12 Ernie Ingham 2 2 1 5 Cyril Wilcock (Res) 4 4 49 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 2 1 1 4 1 A Jervis Illingworth H Jervis 2 5 2 5 R. Cope 1 1 2 Dallison Beech Cope 3 4 5 9 Jack Rowley 2 2 2 6 3 Skinner Rowley Gresty 2 5 7 14 W. Chun? Moore 0 4 A Jervis H Jervis Beech 1 6 8 20 Maddox (Res) 1 1 5 Dallison Rowley Withington 2 5 10 25 14 6 Skinner Gresty (Blunt F) (Illingworth R) 0 6 10 31 WHITE CITY (MCR) 7 A Jervis Rowley H Jervis 2 5 12 36 Arthur Jervis 4 4 4 12 8 Dallison Withington Maddox 1 6 13 42 Hugh Jervis 1 2 1 4 9 Skinner Gresty Beech 1 6 14 48 Billy Dallison 4 4 4 12 Hanley were admitted to the League when Bolton withdrew. They did not take over T. Withington 1 2 3 Bolton's fixtures or inherit their 2 match points. Poor Hanley were outclassed and by Skid Skinner 4 4 4 12 misfortune had their first two home matches against two of the best sides in the League. Harry Gresty 1 2 2 5 They were crushed each time and no further matches were held. 48 Speedway continued until September however.
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 42 21 PRESTON- Ham Burrill 12. Saturday 11/05/1929 EDTL 1929 LEEDS WARRINGTON 46 16 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) 29 33 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.
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 89.2. Creasor won in 90.2. 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.
Saturday 17/08/1929 EDTL 1929 LEEDS HALIFAX 42 21 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 36 27 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 91.3. Leeds loaned Tommy Gamble to Liverpool. Saturday 05/10/1929 EDTL 1929 LEEDS SHEFFIELD 47 16 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 95.1 4) Gamble 98.2, 5) Barrowclough 97.8, 6) Atkinson 92.0 7) Gamble 94.2, 8) Barber 95.0, 9) Atkinson 92.0. 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.
Thursday 02/05/1929 EDTL 1929 LEICESTER STADIUM Total LEICESTER STADIUM 45 Arthur Sherlock 4 2 2 8 LEEDS 17 Syd Jackson 2 4 4 10 Heat Results Time H A H A Stan Baines FX 4 4 1 Sherlock Jackson Burrows 84.6 6 1 6 1 Alec Bowerman 1 4 2 7 2 Bullus Atkinson Bowerman 86.6 1 6 7 7 Harry Taft 4 4 4 12 3 Taft O Langton Hill 87.8 4 3 11 10 Nev Wheeler 2 2 4 4 Jackson Sherlock Atkinson 89.0 6 1 17 11 45 5 Bowerman Hill (Baines FX) 90.2 4 2 21 13 LEEDS 6 Taft Wheeler E Langton 90.0 6 1 27 14 Eric Langton 1 1 2 7 Jackson Sherlock Hill 89.0 6 1 33 15 Billy Burrows 1 1 8 Taft Wheeler Atkinson 91.4 6 1 39 16 Tommy Bullus 4 4 9 Baines Bowerman E Langton 91.2 6 1 45 17 Arthur Atkinson 2 1 1 4 Oliver Langton 2 R 2 Alec Hill 1 2 1 4 George Greenwood (Res) 17 Thursday 09/05/1929 EDTL 1929 LEICESTER STADIUM Total LEICESTER STADIUM 37 Hal Herbert 2 1 3 ROCHDALE 26 Al Wilkinson 1 F/N 1 Heat Results Time H A H A Syd Jackson 4 4 4 12 1 Burton B Proctor Wilkinson 86.0 1 6 1 6 Alec Bowerman 2 2 2 6 2 Jackson Bowerman Nock 83.2 6 1 7 7 Stan Baines 4 1 5 3 Baines Ellmore F Proctor 89.2 6 1 13 8 Billy Ellmore 2 2 4 8 4 Breaks Herbert Nock 91.6 2 5 15 13 G.R. Airey (Res) 2 2 5 Jackson Bowerman Higginbottom 89.0 6 1 21 14 37 6 Burton Ellmore B Proctor 86.4 2 5 23 19 ROCHDALE RR 7 F Proctor Airey Herbert 97.4 3 4 26 23 Squib Burton 4 4 F 8 8 Jackson Bowerman B Proctor (Burton F) 97.6 6 1 32 24 Bud Proctor 2 1 1 4 9 Ellmore Nock Baines 83.2 5 2 37 26 Buster Breaks 4 4 Arthur Sherlock should have been in the Stadium line up but he had accepted a Skid Nock 1 1 2 4 booking elsewhere. Fred Proctor 1 4 5 Wilkinson fell in the lead of heat 7 and was replaced by Airey in a rerun. Ben Higginbottom 1 1 26
Thursday 16/05/1929 EDTL 1929 LEICESTER STADIUM Total LEICESTER STADIUM 43 Syd Jackson 4 4 4 12 BARNSLEY 20 Hal Herbert 0 Heat Results Time H A H A Stan Baines 4 4 4 12 1 Jackson Allen Mitchell 85.0 4 3 4 3 Billy Ellmore 2 2 4 2 Baines Thompson Elliott 99.4 4 3 8 6 Alec Bowerman 4 4 4 12 3 Bowerman Marshall Westwood 88.4 5 2 13 8 Arthur Westwood 1 2 3 4 Baines Ellmore Mitchell 91.6 6 1 19 9 43 5 Jackson Marshall Round 85.4 4 3 23 12 BARNSLEY 6 Bowerman Westwood Thompson 89.2 6 1 29 13 Bob Allen 2 1 3 7 Baines Ellmore Marshall 92.8 6 1 35 14 Joe Mitchell 1 1 2 4 8 Bowerman Mitchell Allen 95.0 4 3 39 17 Bob Elliott 1 1 2 9 Jackson Round Elliott N/k 4 3 43 20 Tom Thompson 2 1 3 Reg Marshall 2 2 1 5 Bert Round 1 2 3 20 Thursday 23/05/1929 EDTL 1929 LEICESTER STADIUM Total LEICESTER STADIUM 28 Syd Jackson 4 4 F 8 HALIFAX 34 Len Bown 1 4 5 Heat Results Time H A H A Billy Ellmore 4 1 4 9 1 Jackson Corney Kilburn 85.4 4 3 4 3 Norman Kendrick 2 R 2 4 2 Ellmore Kendrick Tidswell 92.6 6 1 10 4 Stan Baines F F N 0 3 Haigh Clayton (Baines F) (Kendrick R) 0 6 10 10 Wally Humphrey F 1 1 4 Corney Kilburn Humphrey (Baines F) 102.6 1 6 11 16 S. Chamberlain 1 1 5 Jackson Taylor Bown 89.6 5 2 16 18 28 6 Haigh Clayton Ellmore 96.2 1 6 17 24 HALIFAX 7 Taylor Tidswell Chamberlain 99.2 1 6 18 30 George Corney 2 4 6 8 Ellmore Kendrick Kilburn 94.8 6 1 24 31 Geoff Kilburn 1 2 1 4 9 Bown Clayton Haigh (Jackson F) 108.2 4 3 28 34 Geoff Taylor 2 4 6 Both Leicester men fell in two heats though one of them must have finished. Baines was Alec Tidswell 1 2 3 carried off. Dusty Haigh 4 4 1 9 Bert Clayton 2 2 2 6 34
Thursday 20/06/1929 EDTL 1929 LEICESTER STADIUM Total LEICESTER STADIUM 25 Syd Jackson E 4 4 8 NEWCASTLE 35 Norman Kendrick 2 2 Heat Results Time H A H A Billy Ellmore 0 1 W Creasor Smith No third (Jackson E) 86.8 0 6 0 6 Jimmy Gent 2 2 4 8 2 F Creasor Gent Dunn 89.2 2 5 2 11 Cyril Taft 2 2 3 Blake Taft Shuttleworth 92.6 3 4 5 15 Slider Shuttleworth 1 2 2 5 4 W Creasor Gent Smith 89.2 2 5 7 20 25 5 Jackson Kendrick Storey 85.6 6 1 13 21 NEWCASTLE 6 F Creasor Shuttleworth Dunn 89.8 2 5 15 26 Walter Creasor 4 4 4 12 7 Gent Blake No third 90.0 4 2 19 28 Ernie Smith 2 1 1 4 8 W Creasor Shutleworth Smith 88.6 2 5 21 33 Fred Creasor 4 4 8 9 Jackson Dunn No third 87.2 4 2 25 35 Percy Dunn 1 1 2 4 Tommy Storey 1 1 Phil Blake 4 2 6 35 Thursday 27/06/1929 EDTL 1929 LEICESTER STADIUM Total LEICESTER STADIUM 41 Syd Jackson 4 4 4 12 SHEFFIELD 21 Hal Herbert 2 0 1 3 Heat Results Time H A H A Norman Kendrick 4 0 1 5 1 Jackson Herbert Jenkins Broughton 84.6 6 1 6 1 Slider Shuttleworth 2 1 2 5 2 Kendrick Shutleworth Platts Barber 91.6 6 1 12 2 Billy Ellmore 4 2 4 10 3 Ellmore Cummings (Gent R) (Westwood R) 98.8 4 2 16 4 Jimmy Gent R 4 2 6 4 Jenkins Broughton Shuttleworth Kendrick 87.2 1 6 17 10 41 5 Jackson Westwood Cummings Herbert 87.2 4 3 21 13 SHEFFIELD 6 Gent Ellmore Platts Barber 88.6 6 1 27 14 Dusty Jenkins 1 4 0 5 7 Westwood Shuttleworth Kendrick Cummings 86.4 3 4 30 18 Johnny Broughton 0 2 1 3 8 Ellmore Gent Broughton Jenkins 89.4 6 1 36 19 Gus Platts 1 1 2 4 9 Jackson Platts Herbert Barber 88.8 5 2 41 21 Jack Barber 0 0 0 0 Clem Beckett was out of the Sheffield team with a leg injury. Scotty Cummings 2 1 0 3 Arthur Westwood R 2 4 6 21
Thursday 04/07/1929 EDTL 1929 LEICESTER STADIUM Total LEICESTER STADIUM 34 Syd Jackson 4 4 4 12 PRESTON 29 Hal Herbert 1 1 Heat Results Time H A H A Norman Kendrick 1 2 1 4 1 Jackson Burrill Lund 80.8 4 3 4 3 Slider Shuttleworth 1 1 2 F Chiswell Myerscough Kendrick 84.4 1 6 5 9 Billy Ellmore 4 4 4 12 3 Ellmore Gent J Chiswell 85.6 6 1 11 10 Jimmy Gent 2 2 4 4 Burrill Kendrick Shuttleworth 88.6 3 4 14 14 Len Bown (Res) 5 Jackson J Chiswell Rye 85.4 4 3 18 17 34 6 Ellmore Gent Myerscough 86.6 6 1 24 18 PRESTON 7 J Chiswell Rye Kendrick 87.0 1 6 25 24 Ham Burrill 2 4 2 8 8 Ellmore Burrill Lund 85.4 4 3 29 27 Jack Lund 1 1 2 9 Jackson Myerscough Herbert 84.8 5 2 34 29 Frank Chiswell 4 4 Len Myerscough 2 1 2 5 Jack Chiswell 1 2 4 7 Claude Rye 1 2 3 29 Thursday 18/07/1929 EDTL 1929 LEICESTER STADIUM SALFORD 33 29 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 31 31 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.
Thursday 01/08/1929 EDTL 1929 LEICESTER STADIUM LIVERPOOL 44 19 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 38 25 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.
Saturday 04/05/1929 EDTL 1929 LIVERPOOL BURNLEY 28 35 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 35 26 Saturday 01/06/1929 EDTL 1929 LIVERPOOL NEWCASTLE 33 27 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,
Saturday 03/08/1929 EDTL 1929 LIVERPOOL LEICESTER STADIUM 32 30 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 15 48 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 43 18 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 50 11 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.
Saturday 07/09/1929 EDTL 1929 LIVERPOOL WHITE CITY (MCR) 31 32 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 42 21 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 44 18 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.
Saturday 05/10/1929 EDTL 1929 LIVERPOOL BARNSLEY 39 23 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
Thursday 16/05/1929 EDTL 1929 MIDDLESBROUGH SALFORD 44 18 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 4 4 4 12 SHEFFIELD 18 Eddie Crenston 2 2 Heat Results Time H A H A Frank Harrison 4 N 4 1 Barratt Barber No third 87.0 4 2 4 2 Indian Allen 2 2 2 6 2 Harrison Allen Broughton 91.0 6 1 10 3 Norman Evans 4 4 4 4 16 3 Evans Carling No third 88.0 6 0 16 3 Ron Carling 2 1 3 4 Barratt Crenston Broughton 91.8 6 1 22 4 43 5 Evans Allen Westwood 93.0 6 1 28 5 SHEFFIELD 6 Barratt Barber Platts 88.8 4 3 32 8 Jack Barber 2 2 4 8 7 Evans Westwood Longley 89.2 4 3 36 11 Gus Platts 1 1 2 8 Barber Allen Platts 87.8 2 5 38 16 Johnny Broughton 1 1 2 4 9 Evans Broughton Carling 89.4 5 2 43 18 Scotty Cummings 0 Evans took one of Harrison's rides. Harrison was having a lot of bike problems. Arthur Westwood 1 2 3 Indian Allen was on a James. Arthur Longley 1 1 18
Tuesday 04/06/1929 EDTL 1929 MIDDLESBROUGH Total MIDDLESBROUGH 38 Charlie Barratt 4 4 4 12 WARRINGTON 25 Indian Allen 2 1 3 Heat Results Time H A H A Frank Harrison 4 4 N 8 1 Barratt Allen Solomon 83.2 6 1 6 1 Jack Dixon 2 2 4 2 Harrison Dixon Hornby 84.8 6 1 12 2 Norman Evans 4 2 2 8 3 Evans McLachlan Crenston 92.0 5 2 17 4 Eddie Crenston 1 1 2 4 Barratt Hornby Wood 85.4 4 3 21 7 Ron Carling (Res) 1 1 5 Harrison Deakin McLachlan 85.2 4 3 25 10 38 6 Solomon Evans Crenston 87.4 3 4 28 14 WARRINGTON 7 Barratt Deakin Allen 85.4 5 2 33 16 Harry Solomon 1 4 4 9 8 Solomon Dixon Carling 87.4 3 4 36 20 J. Hornby 1 2 4 7 9 Hornby Evans Wood 88.2 2 5 38 25 Jack? Wood 1 1 2 Other Warrington riders in preview Tom Middlehurst and Harold Leigh. Alec McLachlan 2 1 3 E C Deakin 2 2 4 25 Tuesday 11/06/1929 EDTL 1929 MIDDLESBROUGH Total MIDDLESBROUGH 20 Charlie Barratt 2 2 NEWCASTLE 42 Eddie Crenston 1 1 1 3 Heat Results Time H A H A Norman Evans 4 2 6 1 W Creasor Smith Crenston 82.4 1 6 1 6 Ron Carling 1 2 3 2 Evans Blake Carling 85.4 5 2 6 8 Frank Harrison N 0 3 F Creasor Byers Allen 86.2 1 6 7 14 Indian Allen 1 2 2 5 4 Blake Barratt Crenston 85.4 3 4 10 18 Jack Dixon (Res) 1 1 5 F Creasor Evans Byers 85.6 2 5 12 23 20 6 W Creasor Allen Smith 85.0 2 5 14 28 NEWCASTLE 7 F Creasor Byers Crenston 83.4 1 6 15 34 Walter Creasor 4 4 4 12 8 W Creasor Carling No third 85.2 2 4 17 38 Ernie Smith 2 1 3 9 Blake Allen Dixon 87.0 3 4 20 42 Phil Blake 2 4 4 10 The track record at this time was 80.2, flying start, Harry Whitfield. Percy Dunn 0 League matches had rolling starts. Fred Creasor 4 4 4 12 Gordon Byers 2 1 2 5 Sid Simpkins (Res) Ron Dirkin (Res) 42
Tuesday 18/06/1929 EDTL 1929 MIDDLESBROUGH Total MIDDLESBROUGH 28 Charlie Barratt 2 4 4 10 HALIFAX 35 Indian Allen 2 2 2 6 Heat Results Time H A H A Jack Dixon 1 1 1 3 1 Reynard Barratt Kilburn 84 2 5 2 5 Ron Carling 1 1 2 Haigh Wilson Dixon 84.4 1 6 3 11 Dan Buck 2 2 2 2 8 3 Taylor Buck Corney 89.4 2 5 5 16 28 4 Barratt Allen Haigh 84.4 6 1 11 17 HALIFAX 5 Taylor Buck Dixon 87.4 3 4 14 21 George Reynard 4 4 4 12 6 Reynard Allen Kilburn 85.4 2 5 16 26 Geoff Kilburn 1 1 2 7 Barratt Buck Corney 86.4 6 1 22 27 Dusty Haigh 4 1 4 9 8 Reynard Allen Dixon 86.0 3 4 25 31 Geoff Wilson 2 2 9 Haigh Buck Carling 87.0 3 4 28 35 Geoff Taylor 4 4 8 In the other events Frank Charles lowered the flying start track record to 79.9 George Corney 1 1 2 seconds. 35 Tuesday 25/06/1929 EDTL 1929 MIDDLESBROUGH Total MIDDLESBROUGH 30 Attendance 10,000. Charlie Barratt 2 1 3 LEEDS 33 Dick Bailey 1 1 2 Heat Results Time H A H A Indian Allen 1 4 2 7 1 O Langton Moore Bailey 93.4 1 6 1 6 Jack Dixon 4 2 1 7 2 Dixon Barrowclgh Allen 89.6 5 2 6 8 Frank Harrison 4 2 4 10 3 Harrison Hill D Atkinson 86.2 4 3 10 11 Dan Buck 1 1 4 Barrowclgh Barratt Bailey 87.4 3 4 13 15 30 5 Allen Dixon Hill 87.6 6 1 19 16 LEEDS 6 O Langton Harrison Buck 83 3 4 22 20 Oliver Langton 4 4 4 12 7 Hill Scatcherd Barratt 89 1 6 23 26 Arnold Moore 2 2 8 O Langton Allen Dixon 83.4 3 4 26 30 Roy Barrowclough 2 4 2 8 9 Harrison Barrowclgh Greenwood 86.8 4 3 30 33 George Greenwood 1 1 Record attendance. Alec Hill 2 1 4 7 Dennis Atkinson 1 N 1 John Scatcherd 2 2 33
Tuesday 16/07/1929 EDTL 1929 MIDDLESBROUGH PRESTON 37 25 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 48 15 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.
Monday 20/05/1929 EDTL 1929 NEWCASTLE Total NEWCASTLE 37 Attendance 7,000. Walter Creasor 4 4 4 12 HALIFAX 23 Fred Creasor 2 2 2 6 Heat Results Time H A H A Phil Blake 2 E 2 4 1 W Creasor F Creasor Clayton (Haigh F) 96.2 6 1 6 1 Ernie Smith XW FIL 4 4 2 Corney Blake (FRM) Wilson (Smith XW) 104 2 5 8 6 Percy Dunn 4 4 8 3 Dunn Tidswell Taylor 103 4 3 12 9 Gordon Byers 1 2 3 4 Clayton (Blake E) (Smith FIL) (Haigh X) 110 0 4 12 13 37 5 W Creasor F Creasor Wilson (Corney FIL) 97.5 6 1 18 14 HALIFAX 6 Dunn Clayton Byers 103 5 2 23 16 Dusty Haigh F X 0 7 Smith Blake Tidswell 107 6 1 29 17 Bert Clayton 1 4 2 7 8 Corney Byers Wilson 100 2 5 31 22 George Corney 4 FIL 4 8 9 W Creasor F Creasor Taylor 95.5 6 1 37 23 Geoff Wilson 1 1 1 3 Alec Tidswell 2 1 3 Geoff Taylor 1 1 2 23 Friday 24/05/1929 EDTL 1929 NEWCASTLE Total NEWCASTLE 23 Walter Creasor 4 4 4 12 LEEDS 37 Fred Creasor F F F 0 Heat Results Time H A H A Phil Blake F E 0 0 1 W Creasor Hill (F Creasor F) (Greenwd F) N/k 4 2 4 2 Ernie Smith F 2 2 4 2 E Langton Tobin (Blake F) (Smith F) 96.8 0 6 4 8 Gordon Byers F 1 F 1 3 Dunn Barrowclough A Atkinson (Byers F) 97.8 4 3 8 11 Percy Dunn 4 2 F 6 4 Hill Smith Greenwood (Blake E) 100.0 2 5 10 16 23 5 W Creasor E Langton Tobin (F Creasor F) 92.6 4 3 14 19 LEEDS 6 Hill Dunn Byers Greenwood 97.6 3 4 17 23 Alec Hill 2 4 4 10 7 A Atkinson Smith Barrowclough Blake 98.2 2 5 19 28 George Greenwood F 1 0 1 8 E Langton Tobin (Byers F) (Dunn F) 104.1 0 6 19 34 Eric Langton 4 2 4 10 9 W Creasor A Atkinson Barrowclough (F Creasor F) 100.6 4 3 23 37 Charlie Tobin 2 1 2 5 Roy Barrwclough 2 1 1 4 Arthur Atkinson 1 4 2 7 37
Friday 14/06/1929 EDTL 1929 NEWCASTLE Total NEWCASTLE 39 Walter Creasor 4 4 2 10 MIDDLESBROUGH 24 Tommy Storey 0 2 0 2 Heat Results Time H A H A Percy Dunn 1 1 2 4 1 W Creasor Evans Carling Storey 92.2 4 3 4 3 Ernie Smith 4 4 4 12 2 Smith Brown Dunn Harrison 92.0 5 2 9 5 Phil Blake 1 4 4 9 3 Dixon Bailey Blake (FRM) (Byers F) 97.0 1 6 10 11 Gordon Byers F N N 0 4 Smith Evans Dunn Carling 91.0 5 2 15 13 B.E. Vincent 1 1 2 5 W Creasor Storey Brown E Johnson 92.2 6 1 21 14 39 6 Blake Evans B E Vincent Carling 91.8 5 2 26 16 MIDDLESBROUGH 7 Smith Dunn Allen Dixon 93.0 6 1 32 17 Norman Evans 2 2 2 6 8 Blake Brown B E Vincent E Johnson 92.3 5 2 37 19 Ron Carling 1 0 0 1 9 Dixon W Creasor Bailey Storey 95.4 2 5 39 24 Frank Harrison 0 N N 0 Gordon Byers's fall in heat 3 put him out of the match. W. Brown 2 1 2 5 Dick Bailey 2 N 1 3 Jack Dixon 4 0 4 8 E. Johnson 0 0 0 Indian Allen 1 1 24 Friday 28/06/1929 EDTL 1929 NEWCASTLE Total NEWCASTLE 41 Walter Creasor 4 4 LIVERPOOL 19 Ernie Smith 4 4 1 9 Heat Results Time H A H A Percy Dunn 4 1 2 7 1 Smith Dirkin No third 102.5 4 2 4 2 Fred Creasor 4 4 8 2 Dunn Myerscough No third 100.7 4 2 8 4 Phil Blake 4 1 5 3 Blake Byers Hughes 95.2 6 1 14 5 Gordon Byers 2 4 2 8 4 F Creasor * Dirkin Dunn 98.4 5 2 19 7 41 5 Smith Myerscough No third 95.2 4 2 23 9 LIVERPOOL 6 Byers Dirkin Blake 98.5 5 2 28 11 Ron Dirkin 2 2 2 6 7 F Creasor * Dunn Plevin 96.3 6 1 34 12 Tom Price 4 4 8 Price Byers Myerscough 96.3 2 5 36 17 Eddie Myerscough 2 2 1 5 9 W Creasor Plevin Smith 97.8 5 2 41 19 Syd Plevin 1 2 3 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.
Friday 05/07/1929 EDTL 1929 NEWCASTLE Total NEWCASTLE 44 Walter Creasor 4 0 2 6 LEICESTER STADIUM 18 Ernie Smith 2 4 4 10 Heat Results Time H A H A Fred Creasor 0 0 1 1 1 W Creasor Smith Shutleworth Kendrick 96.1 6 1 6 1 Tommy Storey 4 4 2 10 RR 2 Storey Herbert Bown F Creasor 94.8 4 3 10 4 Phil Blake 4 2 2 8 3 Blake Ellmore Byers Gittins 90.1 5 2 15 6 Gordon Byers 1 4 4 9 4 Storey Kendrick Shutleworth F Creasor 92.6 4 3 19 9 44 5 Smith Bown Herbert W Creasor 92.7 4 3 23 12 LEICESTER STADIUM 6 Byers Blake Kendrick Shuttleworth 89.4 6 1 29 13 Slider Shuttlewrth 1 1 0 2 7 Ellmore Storey F Creasor Gittins 87.3 3 4 32 17 Norman Kendrick 0 2 1 3 8 Byers Blake (Herbert R) (Bown R) 90.6 6 0 38 17 Syd Jackson F/N N N 0 9 Smith W Creasor Gittins Ellmore 90.6 6 1 44 18 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 2 4 0 6 Dilly Gittins 0 0 1 1 Len Bown (Res) 1 2 R 3 18 Friday 12/07/1929 EDTL 1929 NEWCASTLE Total NEWCASTLE 44 Walter Creasor 1 1 2 SHEFFIELD 19 Ernie Smith 4 2 4 10 Heat Results Time H A H A Fred Creasor 1 2 4 7 1 Smith Jenkins W Creasor 92.1 5 2 5 2 Tommy Storey 4 4 2 10 2 Storey Cummings F Creasor 91.8 5 2 10 4 Phil Blake 4 2 4 10 3 Blake Byers Platts 94.0 6 1 16 5 Gordon Byers 2 1 2 5 4 Storey F Creasor Barber 90.9 6 1 22 6 44 5 Bianchi Smith Cummings 91.3 2 5 24 11 SHEFFIELD 6 Jenkins Blake Byers 90.0 3 4 27 15 Stan Jenkins 2 4 6 7 F Creasor Storey Platts 89.8 6 1 33 16 Jack Barber 1 1 8 Blake Byers Bianchi 91.5 6 1 39 17 Scotty Cummings 2 1 3 9 Smith Broughton W Creasor 94.5 5 2 44 19 Frank Bianchi 4 1 5 Sheffield were without Clem Beckett who was involved in a car crash on the way. Johnny Broughton 2 2 W.E. (Gus) Platts 1 1 2 19
Friday 19/07/1929 EDTL 1929 NEWCASTLE Total NEWCASTLE 26 Attendance 15,000. Ernie Smith 2 2 2 6 PRESTON 36 Walter Creasor 1 1 1 3 Heat Results Time H A H A Fred Creasor 4 4 1 J Chiswell Smith W Creasor 91.5 3 4 3 4 Tommy Storey 2 2 2 Burrill Storey F Chiswell 89.8 2 5 5 9 Phil Blake 2 1 4 7 3 Byers Blake F Chiswell 92.5 6 1 11 10 Gordon Byers 4 4 4 Lund J Chiswell No third 131.0 0 6 11 16 26 5 Burrill Smith W Creasor 88.4 3 4 14 20 PRESTON 6 J Chiswell Lund Blake 90.2 1 6 15 26 Jack Chiswell 4 2 4 10 7 F Creasor L Myrscough F Chiswell 91.0 4 3 19 29 Jack Lund 4 2 6 8 Blake Burrill Rye 89.2 4 3 23 32 Ham Burrill 4 4 2 10 9 L Myerscgh Smith W Creasor 92.5 3 4 26 36 Claude Rye 1 1 Len Myerscough 2 4 6 Frank Chiswell 1 1 1 3 36 Friday 09/08/1929 EDTL 1929 NEWCASTLE Total NEWCASTLE 36 Walter Creasor 4 4 2 10 BARNSLEY 26 Ernie Smith 1 1 Heat Results Time H A H A Fred Creasor 4 4 4 12 1 W Creasor Moore C Ward 86.5 4 3 4 3 Tommy Storey 1 1 1 3 2 F Creasor Round Storey 89.1 5 2 9 5 Phil Blake 4 2 2 8 3 Blake Byers Allott 90.2 6 1 15 6 Gordon Byers 2 2 4 F Creasor Moore Storey 88.5 5 2 20 8 36 5 W Creasor Round Smith 86.0 5 2 25 10 BARNSLEY 6 Moore Blake No third 88.6 2 4 27 14 Arthur Moore 2 2 4 8 7 F Creasor Ledger Storey 88.5 5 2 32 16 Charlie Ward 1 1 8 Round Blake T Thompson 88.2 2 5 34 21 Bert Round 2 2 4 8 9 Ledger W Creasor (ET) Allott 90.4 2 5 36 26 Tom Thompson 1 1 Fred Ledger 2 4 6 Tommy Allott 1 1 2 26
Friday 16/08/1929 EDTL 1929 NEWCASTLE Total NEWCASTLE 40 Walter Creasor 4 2 4 10 ROCHDALE 22 Ernie Smith 2 1 1 4 Heat Results Time H A H A Fred Creasor 2 4 4 10 1 W Creasor Smith B Proctor 85.0 6 1 6 1 Tommy Storey 1 2 3 2 Burton F Creasor Storey 83.9 3 4 9 5 Phil Blake 4 4 2 10 3 Blake Byers R Thompson 88.3 6 1 15 6 Gordon Byers 2 1 3 4 F Creasor Storey B Proctor 87.5 6 1 21 7 40 5 Burton W Creasor Smith 84.7 3 4 24 11 ROCHDALE 6 Blake B Proctor Byers 88.6 5 2 29 13 Bud Proctor 1 1 2 4 7 F Creasor R Thompson No third 88.2 4 2 33 15 Jack Atkinson 0 8 Burton Blake Hicklin 85.9 2 5 35 20 Squib Burton 4 4 4 12 9 W Creasor R Thompson Smith 90.6 5 2 40 22 Wally Hicklin 1 1 Sports World has Jack Atkinson second in heat 6. Ron Thompson 1 2 2 5 22 EDTL 1929 NEWCASTLE Total NEWCASTLE 41 Friday 06/09/1929 Walter Creasor 4 4 2 10 SALFORD 20 Ernie Smith 2 1 4 7 Heat Results Time H A H A Fred Creasor 1 1 2 1 W Creasor Smith A Wilcock 85.3 6 1 6 1 Tommy Storey 4 4 8 2 Storey Watson No third 87.3 4 2 10 3 Phil Blake 4 4 4 12 3 Blake C Wilcock Dunn 88.2 5 2 15 5 Percy Dunn 1 1 2 4 Storey A Wilcock F Creasor 85.1 5 2 20 7 41 5 W Creasor Watson Smith 87.2 5 2 25 9 SALFORD 6 Blake A Wilcock Dunn 88.1 5 2 30 11 Arthur Wilcock 1 2 2 5 7 C Wilcock Ward F Creasor 85.8 1 6 31 17 Ken Miller 0 8 Blake Watson Williams 87.0 4 3 35 20 Cliff Watson 2 2 2 6 9 Smith W Creasor No third 91.5 6 0 41 20 Fred Williams 1 1 Cyril Wilcock 2 4 6 A.J. Ward 2 2 20
Saturday 27/04/1929 EDTL 1929 PRESTON Total PRESTON 35 Attendance 10,000. Tom Price 2 2 4 8 LEEDS 27 Ian Ritchings 1 1 2 Heat Results Time H A H A Ham Burrill 4 4 4 12 1 E Langton Price Ritchings 93.8 3 4 3 4 Frank Chiswell 2 2 1 5 2 Burrill F Chiswell O Langton 90.2 6 1 9 5 Jack Chiswell 0 3 A Atkinson Burrows No third 106.0 0 6 9 11 Crazy Hutchins 4 4 8 4 O Langton Price Hill 93.8 2 5 11 16 35 5 Burrill F Chiswell Burrows 90.2 6 1 17 17 LEEDS 6 Hutchins Bullus E Langton 92.0 4 3 21 20 Eric Langton 4 1 2 7 RR 7 Price A Atkinson Ritchings 102.0 5 2 26 22 Tom Bullus 2 2 8 Burrill E Langton F Chiswell 91.2 5 2 31 24 Oliver Langton 1 4 1 6 9 Hutchins Hill O Langton 93.4 4 3 35 27 Alec Hill 1 2 3 Burrows and A Atkinson collided in heat 7 causing a rerun. Arthur Atkinson 4 2 6 Burrill shattered the record for the rolling start which was set up by Eric Langton in Billy Burrows 2 1 3 heat 1. Dennis Atkinson (Res) 27 Saturday 11/05/1929 EDTL 1929 PRESTON SALFORD 38 24 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.
Saturday 18/05/1929 EDTL 1929 PRESTON Total PRESTON 47 Attendance 11,000. Ham Burrill 4 4 4 12 WARRINGTON 14 Len Myerscough 2 2 Heat Results Time H A H A Frank Chiswell 4 4 4 12 1 Burrill Myerscough Solomon 93.0 6 1 6 1 Tom Price 2 2 4 2 F Chiswell Price Formby 100.0 6 1 12 2 Jack Chiswell 4 4 2 10 3 J Chiswell Rye Deakin 97.5 6 1 18 3 Crazy Hutchins F/N N N 0 4 Burrill Formby No third N/k 4 2 22 5 Claude Rye (Res) 2 1 4 7 5 F Chiswell Price Hughes 98.0 6 1 28 6 Bill Anderton (Res) R R 0 6 J Chiswell Milton Rye 92.2 5 2 33 8 47 7 Burrill Hughes No third 94.0 4 2 37 10 WARRINGTON 8 F Chiswell Milton Solomon 93.4 4 3 41 13 George Milton 2 2 4 9 Rye J Chiswell Formby 95.0 6 1 47 14 Harry Solomon 1 1 2 In heat 3 Crazy Hutchins crashed badly and was replaced by Claude Rye. Speed Formby 1 2 1 4 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 1 2 3 14 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.
Thursday 06/06/1929 EDTL 1929 PRESTON Total PRESTON 46 Attendance 10,000. Ham Burrill 4 4 C 8 SHEFFIELD 16 Len Myerscough 2 2 4 8 Heat Results Time H A H A Jack Chiswell 4 4 2 10 1 Burrill Myerscough (Barber F) (Sweeney F) 92.0 6 0 6 0 Claude Rye 2 2 4 2 J Chiswell Rye Platts 93.6 6 1 12 1 Frank Chiswell 4 4 4 12 3 F Chiswell Cummings Jenkins 95.0 4 3 16 4 Crazy Hutchins 2 2 4 4 Burrill Myerscough Platts 92.4 6 1 22 5 46 5 J Chiswell Rye Cummings 94.0 6 1 28 6 SHEFFIELD 6 F Chiswell Hutchins Platts 93.0 6 1 34 7 Jack Barber F 4 4 7 Myerscough Jenkins Cummings (Burrill CIL) 98.4 4 3 38 10 Jack Sweeney F N N 0 8 Barber J Chiswell Platts 93.4 2 5 40 15 Arthur Longley 1 1 9 F Chiswell Hutchins Longley 94.4 6 1 46 16 Gus Platts 1 1 1 1 4 Jack Sweeney, a new Australian, was out of the match after cutting his head Scotty Cummings 2 1 1 4 in a first ride crash. Stan Jenkins 1 2 3 16 Saturday 22/06/1929 EDTL 1929 PRESTON Total PRESTON 39 Attendance 11,000. Ham Burrill 2 4 C 6 LEICESTER STADIUM 24 Len Myerscough 4 1 4 9 Heat Results Time H A H A Jack Chiswell 4 4 4 12 1 Myerscough Burrill Shuttlewrth Baines 98.2 6 1 6 1 Bill Anderton 0 2 J Chiswell Kendrick Ellmore 96.2 4 3 10 4 Frank Chiswell 4 F 4 8 3 F Chiswell Herbert Hutchins Gittins 96.0 5 2 15 6 Crazy Hutchins 1 1 2 4 4 Burrill Kendrick Myerscough Ellmore 94.0 5 2 20 8 Eric Worswick DNR? 5 J Chiswell Gittins Herbert 94.0 4 3 24 11 39 6 Shuttlewrth Kendrick Hutchins (F Chiswll F) 100.0 1 6 25 17 LEICESTER 7 Myerscough Gittins Herbrt (FRM) (Burrill C) 97.0 4 3 29 20 Slider Shuttlewrth 1 4 1 6 8 J Chiswell Baines Shuttlewrth 94.0 4 3 33 23 Stan Baines 0 2 2 9 F Chiswell Hutchins Ellmore 95.0 6 1 39 24 Norman Kendrick 2 2 2 6 Cyril Taft and Jimmy Gent were missing from the Leicester Billy Ellmore 1 0 1 2 line up. Claude Rye was also unfit and replaced by Anderton for Preston. Dilly Gittins 0 2 2 4 Joe Abbott joined Preston from Burnley but was not yet eligible to ride for them in Hal Herbert 2 1 1 4 the League. Len Bown DNR? 24