MARINE GARDENS RECORD 1930 Meeting No1 Mon 14/04/30 Edinburgh Handicap Frank Charles Gold Sash Frank Varey Meeting No2 Sat 19/04/30 Edinburgh 13 Belle Vue 21 (Northern League) Edinburgh Handicap Percy Dunn Scottish Gold Torch Eric Langton Meeting No3 Sat 26/04/30 Edinburgh Handicap Bill Llewellyn Scottish Gold Helmet Jack Chapman Meeting No4 Sat 3/05/30 Edinburgh 21 Preston 15 (Northern League) Edinburgh Handicap George McKenzie Scottish Gold Gauntlet Joe Abbott Meeting No5 Sat 10/05/30 Edinburgh 12 Glasgow 10 (Challenge) Edinburgh Handicap George McKenzie Scottish Gold Sash George McKenzie Meeting No6 Sat 17/05/30 Edinburgh 26 Newcastle 10 (Northern League) Edinburgh Handicap Syd Parsons Scottish Gold Torch Drew McQueen Meeting No7 Mon 19/05/30 Edinburgh Handicap George McKenzie Scottish Gold Helmet Frank Varey Meeting No8 Sat 24/05/30 Edinburgh 22 Barnsley 14 (Northern League) Edinburgh Handicap George McKenzie Scottish Gold Gauntlet George McKenzie Meeting No9 Sat 31/05/30 Edinburgh 23 Warrington13 (Northern League) Edinburgh Handicap Tommy Hatch Scottish Gold Sash George Milton Meeting No10 Sat 7/06/30 Edinburgh 16 Wembley 20 (Challenge) Edinburgh Handicap Drew McQueen Scottish Gold Torch Jack Ormston Meeting No11 Sat 14/06/30 Edinburgh 17 Sheffield 19 (Northern League) Edinburgh Handicap George McKenzie Scottish Gold Helmet Laurie Packer Meeting No12 Sat 21/06/30 Edinburgh 20 Wombwell 4##(Northern League) Edinburgh Handicap Col Stewart Scottish Gold Sash Len Stewart Meeting No13 Sat 28/06/30 500cc Scottish Championship 1st Harry Whitfield 2nd Stan Catlett 3rd Syd Parsons Meeting No14 Sat 5/07/30 Edinburgh 12 White City 24 * (Northern League) Edinburgh Handicap Bob Dawson Scottish Gold Torch Frank Charles Meeting No15 Sat 12/07/30 Edinburgh Handicap Ivor Creek Scottish Gold Gauntlet Ivor Creek Meeting No16 Sat 19/07/30 Edinburgh Handicap Norrie Isbister Scottish Gold Helmet George McKenzie Meeting No17 Sat 26/07/30 Marine Gardens Track Championship 1st Harry Whitfield 2nd Gordon Byers 3rd Stan Catlett Rain Offs 1/01/30 Sports Day Friday 16/05/30 Featured Dirt Track Racing * [ White City Manchester ]
Wednesday 1st January 1930 The first scheduled meeting of 1930, a New Year's Day event fell victim to the weather. Wednesday 9th April 1930 Practice Monday 14th April 1930 Ht 1 George McKenzie (scr) James Logie (1) [ Max Grosskreutz(scr) John Miller (5) George Vallance (1) 1min 33.2 Ht 2 Tom Royston (5) Frank Charles (scr) Harry Duncan (1) Dusty Haigh (scr) Syd Parsons (scr)(f) 1min 41.1 Ht 3 Len Stewart (scr) Bill Barclay (3) [ Gordon Spalding (1) Bob McGregor (2) Frank Varey (scr)(ef) 1min 32.8 Ht 4 Eric Langton (scr) Archie Chisholm (3) [ Andy Milne (1) Drew McQueen (scr) Bruce McCallum (scr) ( New Track Record ) 1min 29.2 Semi-Final (1) Harry Duncan Frank Charles Tom Royston [ James Logie George McKenzie (EF) 1min 34.2 Semi-Final (2) Eric Langton Bill Barclay Len Stewart Drew McQueen ( F Inj ) 1min 30.6 Final: Frank Charles Eric Langton Harry Duncan Bill Barclay Tom Royston 1min 30.6 Scottish Gold Sash ( 4 Laps Flying Start ) Ht 1 Frank Charles Andy Milne Len Stewart Gordon Spalding (F) 1min 26.6 Ht 2 Max Grosskreutz Dusty Haigh [ Bill Barclay Bob McGregor 1min 27.2 Ht 3 George McKenzie Harry Duncan Syd Parsons (EF) Bruce McCallum (NS) 1min 31.8 Ht 4 Frank Varey Eric Langton [ George Vallance James Logie 1min 24.2 Semi-Final (1) Dusty Haigh Frank Charles [ Andy Milne Max Grosskreutz 1min 27.4 Semi-Final (2) Frank Varey Eric Langton [ George McKenzie Harry Duncan 1min 25.2 Final: Frank Varey Frank Charles Eric Langton Dusty Haigh 1min 23.8 MATCH RACE ( 4 Laps Flying Start ) Frank Varey Bt Len Stewart 1min 23.2
Saturday 19th April 1930 EDINBURGH 13 v BELLE VUE 21 BELLE VUE: George McKenzie 1-E = 1 Frank Varey 3-3-E = 6 Drew McQueen E-2-0-2 = 4 Eric Langton 3-F-3 = 6 Syd Parsons 1'F-2 = 3+1 Percy Dunn 0-3-0 = 3 Len Stewart 2-2-1 = 5 Arthur Franklyn 3 = 3 Gordon Spalding DNR Bob Harrison 2'1 = 3+1 Ht 1 Varey, Harrison, McKenzie, McQueen (EF) 1 5 1 5 1min 24.2 Ht 2 Langton, Stewart, Parsons, Dunn 3 3 4 8 1min 29.2 Ht 3 Varey, McQueen, Langton (F), Parsons (F) 2 3 6 11 1min 31.6 Ht4 Dunn, Stewart, McQueen (EF), Varey (EF) 2 3 8 14 1min 31.6 Ht 5 Langton, Parsons, Harrison, McKenzie (EF) 2 4 10 18 1min 27.4 Ht 6 Franklyn, McQueen, Stewart, Dunn 3 3 13 21 1min 29.4 Marine Gardens Were In Light Blue Jackets Belle Vue Were In Red and Blue Striped Jerseys Ht 1 Gordon Spalding (1) Eric Langton (scr) [ Arthur Moser (1) Bob McGregor (2) William Cochrane (5) 1min 39.2 Ht 2 Frank Varey (scr) Tom Royston (5) [ Syd Parsons (scr) Andy Milne (2) Bill Barclay (2) 1min 32.6 Ht 3 Bob Harrison (1) Archie Chisholm (3) [ Arthur Franklyn (scr) George McKenzie (scr) Harry Duncan (1) 1min 35.2 Ht 4 Percy Dunn (1) Drew McQueen (scr) [ Len Stewart (scr) George Vallance (1) James Logie (2) 1min 37.2 Final: Percy Dunn Gordon Spalding Bob Harrison Tom Royston Frank Varey (EF) 1min 31.4 Scottish Gold Torch ( 4 Laps Flying Start ) Ht 1 Eric Langton Arthur Franklyn [ George Vallance Harry Duncan 1min 31 Ht 2 George McKenzie Percy Dunn [ Andy Milne Arthur Moser 1min 37.2 Ht 3 Drew McQueen Bob Harrison [ James Logie Syd Parsons 1min 28.6 Ht 4 Len Stewart Gordon Spalding [ Bob McGregor Frank Varey (EF) 1min 30.4 Final: Eric Langton George McKenzie Drew McQueen Len Stewart 1min 26.4
Saturday April 26th 1930 Marine Gradens, Edinburgh Ht 1 Alex McLachlan (3) Jack Ormston (scr) Harry Duncan (1) [ Archie Chisholm (1) Bill Naismith (1) 1min 33.6 Ht 2 Bill Llewellyn (3) Bill Barclay (2) James Logie (1) Jack Chapman (scr)(f) Kai Anderson (scr)(f) 1min 33 Ht 3 Andy Milne (1) Bill Dickie (3) John Miller (6) Tommy Hatch (1)(F) 1min 32.6 Ht 4 Bob McGregor (3) Andy Nicholl (1) William Cochrane (5) Eddie Reynolds (2)(EF) Walter Ryle (scr)(f) 1min 35 Semi-Final (1) Bill Llewellyn Alex McLachlan Jack Ormston [ Bill Barclay Harry Duncan 1min 33.2 Semi-Final (2) Andy Nicholl Andy Milne Bill Dickie [ Bob McGregor Walter Ryle 1min 32.8 Final: Bill Llewellyn Andy Milne Jack Ormston Andy Nicholl Alex McLachlan 1min 34.8 Scottish Gold Helmet ( 4 Laps Flying Start ) Ht 1 Andy Milne Bill Dickie Kai Anderson Jack Ormston (EF) 1min 29.2 Ht 2 Tommy Hatch James Logie [ Andy Nicholl Alex McLachlan 1min 29.8 Ht 3 Harry Duncan Bill Barclay [ Bill Naismith Walter Ryle 1min 32.4 Ht 4 Jack Chapman Bob McGregor Bill Llewellyn Eddie Reynolds (F) 1min 33.2 Semi-Final (1) James Logie Tommy Hatch Bill Dickie Andy Milne 1min 31.2 Semi-Final (2) Jack Chapman Harry Duncan [ Bob McGregor Bill Barclay 1min 29.4 Final: Jack Chapman Harry Duncan Tommy Hatch James Logie 1min 27.8 LAP RECORD ATTEMPT Jack Chapman 20.6sec ( New Track Record) Jack Chapman 20.8sec Tommy Hatch 21.0sec ( Equals Old Record ) Tommy Hatch 21.8sec
Saturday 3rd May 1930 EDINBURGH 21 PRESTON 15 PRESTON: Drew McQueen 1-E-E = 0 Ham Burrell 3-1 = 4 George McKenzie 2'-3 = 5+1 Joe Abbott 2'1'2 = 5+2 Len Stewart 3-3-1 = 7 George Reynard 1-2-2 = 5 Syd Parsons 2'3-3 = 8+1 Jack Chiswell 0-F-1 = 1 Gordon Spalding 0 = 0 Frank Smith F = 0 Ht 1 Burrell, Abbott, McQueen, Spalding 1 5 1 5 1min 26.6 Ht 2 Stewart, Parsons, Reynard, Chiswell 5 1 6 6 1min 26.8 Ht 3 Stewart, Reynard, Abbott, McQueen (EF) 3 3 9 9 1min 28.6 Ht 4 Parsons, McKenzie, Burrell, Chiswell (F) 5 1 14 10 1min 24.4 Ht 5 Parsons, Abbott, Chiswell, McQueen (EF) 3 3 17 13 1min 25.2 Ht 6 McKenzie, Reynard, Stewart, Smith (F) 4 2 21 15 1min 26.4 Ht 1 George McKenzie (scr) Ham Burrell (scr)[ Gordon Spalding (1) James Logie (1) Peter Coia (14)1min 31.4 Ht 2 Bob McGregor (2) Harry Duncan (1) [ John Miller (6) George Reynard (scr) Len Stewart (scr) 1min 34.2 Ht 3 Archie Chisholm(1) William Cochrane (6)[Joe Abbott (scr)frank Smith (1)Drew McQueen (scr)1min 31.4 Ht 4 Syd Parsons (scr) Bill Barclay (2) [ Jack Chiswell (2) Billy Llewellyn (1) Andy Milne (3) 1min 31.4 Final: George McKenzie Syd Parsons Bob McGregor Ham Burrell Archie Chisholm 1min 29.4 Scottish Gold Gauntlet ( 4 Laps Flying Start ) Ht 1 Harry Duncan Gordon Spalding Drew McQueen Andy Milne (F) 1min 34 Ht 2 Joe Abbott Bob McGregor [ George McKenzie Bill Llewellyn 1min 29.2 Ht 3 Len Stewart George Reynard [ Jack Chiswell James Logie 1min 28.6 Ht 4 Syd Parsons Ham Burrell [ Frank Smith Bill Barclay 1min 26.4 Final: Joe Abbott Len Stewart Harry Duncan (F) Syd Parsons (EF) 1min 26.4
Saturday 10th May 1930 EDINBURGH 12 GLASGOW 10 GLASGOW: Syd Parsons 3-1 = 4 Andy Nicholl 2-1 = 3 Drew McQueen E-0 = 0 Billy Galloway E-0 = 0 Len Stewart 3-3 = 6 Bill Naismith 2-3 = 5 George McKenzie E-2' = 2+1 Colin Stewart E = 0 Gordon Spalding DNR Arthur Mann 2' = 2+1 Ht 1 Parsons, Nicholl, Galloway (EF), McQueen (EF) 3 2 3 2 1min 28.4 Ht 2 L Stewart, Naismith, McKenzie (EF), C Stewart (EF 3 2 6 4 1min 26.8 Ht 3 L Stewart, McKenzie, Nicholl, Galloway 5 1 11 5 1min 27.2 Ht 4 Naismith, Mann, Parsons, McQueen 1 5 12 10 1min 29.6 ( In Heat Two George McKenzie Had The Spokes Ripped Out Of His Wheel. Colin Stewart (EF) But Pushed To Finish But Not Awarded Third Place Due To Receiving Outside Assistance ) ( In Heat 4 McQueen And Parsons Both Suffered Engine Failure Parsons Pushed Home For Third ) Ht 1 Archie Chisholm (3) Bill Barclay (2) [ James Logie (1) Arthur Mann (1) 1min 33.2 Ht 2 William Cochrane (6) Len Stewart (scr) [ Billy Galloway (scr) Bill Naismith (2) 1min 34.4 Ht 3 Bob McGregor (2) Andy Nicholl (scr) Gordon Spalding (1) Syd Parsons (scr) (EF) 1min 34.4 Ht 4 George McKenzie (scr) Andy Milne (1) Drew McQueen (scr) Colin Stewart (scr)(ef) 1min 31.8 Semi-Final (1) Len Stewart Bill Barclay William Cochrane (F) Archie Chisholm (F) 1min 33.4 Semi-Final (2) George McKenzie Andy Nicholl Andy Milne Bob McGregor (EF) 1min 34.4 Final: George McKenzie Bill Barclay Andy Nicholl Len Stewart (EF) 1min 33.4 Scottish Gold Sash ( 4 Laps Flying Start ) Ht 1 Andy Nicholl Bob McGregor Syd Parsons (EF) Andy Milne (EF) 1min 31.4 Ht 2 Drew McQueen Gordon Spalding [ Archie Chisholm Arthur Mann 1min 28.4 Ht 3 James Logie Colin Stewart (NF) Len Stewart (EF) William Cochrane (NS) 1min 30.6 Ht 4 George McKenzie Billy Galloway [ Bill Naismith Bill Barclay 1min 28.4 Semi-Final (1) Drew McQueen Bob McGregor [ Andy Nicholl Gordon Spalding 1min 29 Semi-Final (2) James Logie George McKenzie [ Walk Over * No Time Final: George McKenzie James Logie Bob McGregor Drew McQueen (EF) 1min 27.6
Friday 16th May 1930 Victoria Sports Gala MATCH RACES Scotland v Australia Ht 1 Drew McQueen Bt Syd Parsons 1min 29 Ht 2 George McKenzie Bt Len Stewart 1min 32 Final: George McKenzie Bt Drew McQueen 1min 29 Saturday 17th May 1930 EDINBURGH 26 NEWCASTLE (Gosforth) 10 NEWCASTLE: George McKenzie 3-3-3 = 9 Charles Sanderson 1-2-2 = 5 Drew McQueen 2'3-2' = 7+2 Tommy Storey 0-1-F = 1 Syd Parsons 3-2'3 = 8+1 Tommy Harrison 1-1 = 2 Len Stewart 2'0-N = 2+1 Harry Huntley 0-1-1 = 2 Gordon Spalding DNR Arnie Cattell 0 = 0 Ht 1 McKenzie, McQueen, Sanderson, Storey 5 1 5 1 1min 26.4 Ht 2 Parsons, Stewart, Harrison, Huntley 5 1 10 2 1min 29.6 Ht 3 McKenzie, Parsons, Storey, Cattell 5 1 15 3 1min 32.6 Ht 4 McQueen, Sanderson, Huntley, Stewart (NF) 3 3 18 6 1min 30.2 Ht 5 Parsons, McQueen, Huntley, Storey (F) 5 1 23 7 1min 26.2 Ht 6 McKenzie, Sanderson, Harrison, Stewart(NS) 3 3 26 10 1min 28.8 Ht 1 Bob McGregor (2) Archie Chisholm (3) [ Andy Milne (1) George Milton (scr) Tom Royston (6)(F) 1min 34.6 Ht 2 Stan Catlett (scr) Gordon Spalding (1) [ Bill Barclay (2)Bob Dawson (6) John Miller (6) 1min 31.6 Ht 3 James Logie (1) Syd Parsons (scr) [ Drew McQueen (scr) Tommy Harrison (1) Harry Huntley (1) 1min 31.4 Ht 4 Len Stewart (scr) Tommy Storey (1) [ George McKenzie (scr) Arnie Cattell (1) Charles Sanderson (1)(F) 1min 33.6 Final: Syd Parsons Stan Catlett Bob McGregor(FRM) Len Stewart(FRM) James Logie(NS) 1min 30.4 Scottish Gold Torch ( 4 Laps Flying Start ) Ht 1 Charles Sanderson [ Harry Huntley Gordon Spalding Len Stewart (EF) 1min 28.2 Ht 2 Drew McQueen [ Andy Milne Tommy Harrison Stan Catlett 1min 24.9 Ht 3 Tommy Storey [ George Milton Bill Barclay George McKenzie (EF) 1min 28.6 Ht 4 Bob McGregor [ Archie Chisholm Arnie Cattell Syd Parsons (EF) 1min 32.2 Final: Drew McQueen Bob McGregor Tommy Storey Charles Sanderson (F) 1min 28.8
Monday 19th May 1930 Ht 1 Len Stewart (scr) Frank Charles (scr) Archie Chisholm (3)(F) Andy Milne (1)(F) 1min 31.4 Ht 2 Norman Hartley (scr) Drew McQueen (scr) [ Gordon Spalding (1) Bob Dawson (6) 1min 30.4 Ht 3 George McKenzie (scr) Bill Barclay (2) Frank Varey (scr)(ef) John Miller (6)(NF) 1min 31.8 Ht 4 Syd Parsons (scr) Bob McGregor (2) [ Charlie Hornby (scr) Tom Royston (6) 1min 31.4 Semi-Final (1) Drew McQueen Norman Hartley Frank Charles Len Stewart (EF) 1min 30 Semi-Final (2) George McKenzie Bob McGregor Syd Parsons Bill Barclay (EF) 1min 30.4 Final: George McKenzie Norman Hartley Bob McGregor Drew McQueen (EF) 1min 30.4 Scottish Gold Helmet ( 4 Laps Flying Start ) Ht 1 Drew McQueen Charlie Hornby [ Bob McGregor Bill Barclay 1min 26.8 Ht 2 Bob Dawson Norman Hartley (NF) Len Stewart (NF) James Logie (NS) 1min 37.2 Ht 3 Frank Varey Syd Parsons Archie Chisholm Andy Milne (NS) 1min 25.6 Ht 4 George McKenzie Frank Charles Gordon Spalding Tom Royston 1min 26.6 Semi-Final (1) Drew McQueen Charlie Hornby Bob Dawson 1min 27.2 Semi-Final (2) Frank Varey Frank Charles George McKenzie Syd Parsons (NS) 1min 25.6 Final: Frank Varey Frank Charles Charlie Hornby Drew McQueen (NF) 1min 25.8 MATCH RACE Frank Varey Bt Len Stewart 1min 23 ( Equals Track Record )
Saturday 24th May 1930 EDINBURGH 22 BARNSLEY 14 BARNSLEY: Drew McQueen 1-3-N = 4 Arthur Moore 2-2-2 = 6 George McKenzie 3-3-2' = 8+1 George Chance D.N.R Len Stewart 3-1-3 = 7 Billy Halstead 2-2-1' = 5+1 Syd Parsons E-3 = 3 Tommy Thompson 1'0-0 = 1+1 Gordon Spalding F = 0 Tom Lindley 0-1'1 = 2+1 Ht 1 McKenzie, Moore, McQueen, Lindley 4 2 4 2 1min 25.6 Ht 2 Stewart, Halstead, Thompson, Parsons (EF) 3 3 7 5 No Time Ht 3 McKenzie, Halstead, Lindley, Spalding (F) 3 3 10 8 1min 25.6 Ht 4 McQueen, Moore, Stewart, Thompson 4 2 14 10 1min 32 Ht 5 Parsons, Moore, Halstead, McQueen (NF.Left Track) 3 3 17 13 1min 26.4 Ht 6 Stewart, McKenzie, Lindley, Thompson 5 1 22 14 1min 28.8 (In Ht 2 and Ht 4 due to trouble getting these races started on using a flying start they were started using a standing start ) Edinburgh Handicap ( 4 laps Standing Start ) Ht 1 Ivor Creek (scr) Bob McGregor (2) [ Norrie Isbister (1) Bob Dawson (6) 1min 32.4 Ht 2 Tommy Price (scr) Tom Royston (6) [ John Miller (6) Jack White (2) 1min 32.4 Ht 3 Bill Halstead (2) Syd Parsons (scr) [ Gordon Spalding (1) Arthur Moore (scr) Bill O'Neil (2) 1min 32.4 Ht 4 George McKenzie (scr) Tom Lindley (2) [ Drew McQueen (scr) Len Stewart (scr) Tommy Thompson (1) 1min 31.4 Final: George McKenzie Ivor Creek Bill Halstead Tommy Price 1min 29.6 Scottish Gold Gauntlet ( 4 Laps Flying Start ) Ht 1 Arthur Moore Len Stewart (EF) Norrie Isbister (NF) Jack White (NF) 1min 29.4 Ht 2 Drew McQueen Tom Lindley [ Tommy Thompson Bill O'Neil (*) 1min 36.6 Ht 3 Ivor Creek Bill Halstead Bob Dawson Syd Parsons (F) 1min 30.6 Ht 4 George McKenzie Tommy Price [ Gordon Spalding Bob McGregor (*) 1min 29.2 Final: George McKenzie Ivor Creek Arthur Moore Drew McQueen (NS) 1min 25.8 (* Heats 2 & 4 were standing starts ) ( George McKenzie Equalled The Track Record In Heat 4 ) (In The Final Ivor Creek And Drew McQueen Fell The Race Was Rerun McQueen Was A Non Starter) (Ivor Creek Coasted Over The Line After Suffering Engine Failure in The Final)
Saturday 31st May 1930 EDINBURGH 23 WARRINGTON 13 WARRINGTON: George McKenzie 3-2-2' = 7+1 Tommy Hatch 2-0-2 = 4 Drew McQueen 1-1-3 = 5 Norman Dawson 0-1-0 = 1 Syd Parsons 3-E-1 = 4 George Milton 2-3-0 = 5 Len Stewart 1-3-3 = 7 Charlie Hornby 0-2-1 = 3 Gordon Spalding D.N.R Alex McLachlan D.N.R Ht 1 McKenzie, Hatch, McQueen, Dawson 4 2 4 2 1min 27.2 Ht 2 Parsons, Milton, Stewart, Hornby 4 2 8 4 1min 25.2 Ht 3 Milton, McKenzie, Dawson, Parsons (EF) 2 4 10 8 1min 25.6 Ht 4 Stewart, Hornby, McQueen, Hatch 4 2 14 10 1min 26.4 Ht 5 McQueen, Hatch, Parsons, Milton 4 2 18 12 1min 28.4 Ht 6 Stewart, McKenzie, Hornby, Dawson 5 1 23 13 1min 25.4 Ht 1 Bill Barclay (2) Bill David (6) [ George Pinkerton (2) Bob Dawson (6) 1min 37.4 Ht 2 Clem Beckett (scr) Tom Royston (6) [ Bob McGregor (2) John Miller (6) 1min 31.6 Ht 3 Tommy Hatch (scr) Gordon Spalding (1)(NF) Drew McQueen (scr)(nf) George Milton (1)(NF) 1min 32.6 Ht 4 George McKenzie (scr) Alex McLachlan (1) Charlie Hornby (scr) Len Stewart (scr)(f) Norman Dawson (scr)(f) 1min 29.6 Final: Tommy Hatch Clem Beckett Bill Barclay George McKenzie (F) 1min 30.6 Scottish Gold Sash ( 4 Laps Flying Start ) Ht 1 George Milton Clem Beckett Bill Barclay George McKenzie (F) 1min 24.6 Ht 2 Alex McLachlan Drew McQueen Bob Dawson 1min 28.2 Ht 3 Len Stewart Tommy Hatch [ George Pinkerton Bob McGregor 1min 26.4 Ht 4 Syd Parsons Tom Royston [ Two Starters Only 1min 27.4 Final: George Milton Alex McLachlan Syd Parsons (ET) Len Stewart (F) 1min 26.4 ( In The Final Syd Parsons Had Engine Trouble But Still Finished Third )
Saturday 7th June 1930 EDINBURGH 16 WEMBLEY 20 WEMBLEY: Drew McQueen 3-2-3 = 8 Stan Catlett 2-1'2' = 5+2 George McKenzie 1-0-E = 1 Arthur Atkinson 0-1-2 = 3 Syd Parsons 2-3-1 = 6 Jack Ormston 3-3-3 = 9 Len Stewart 0-0-1 = 1 Harry Whitfield 1-2-0 = 3 Bill Barclay DNR Reg Ranby DNR Ht 1 McQueen, Catlett, McKenzie, Atkinson 4 2 4 2 1min 25.4 Ht 2 Ormston, Parsons, Whitfield, Stewart 2 4 6 6 1min 24.8 Ht 3 Parsons, Whitfield, Catlett, McKenzie 3 3 9 9 1min 25.4 Ht 4 Ormston, McQueen, Atkinson, Stewart 2 4 11 13 1min 25.2 Ht 5 McQueen, Atkinson, Parsons (ET), Whitfield 4 2 15 15 1min 25.2 Ht 6 Ormston, Catlett, Stewart (F/Rem), McKenzie (EF) 1 5 16 20 1min 24.6 Ht 1 Broncho Bianchi (1) John Miller (6) [ Alfie Williams (2) Reg Ranby (scr) 1min 34.8 Ht 2 George McKenzie (scr) Tom Royston (6) Andy Marr (2) Stan Catlett (NS) 1min 30 Ht 3 Drew McQueen (scr) Arthur Atkinson (scr) [ Bill Barclay (2) Bob Dawson (6) Syd Parsons (scr)(ef) 1min 29.4 Ht 4 Jack Ormston (scr) Bob McGregor (2) [ Harry Whitfield (scr)bill David (6) Len Stewart (scr) 1min 33.2 Final: Drew McQueen George McKenzie Jack Ormston (F) Broncho Bianchi (F) 1min 29.8 Scottish Gold Torch ( 4 Laps Flying Start ) Ht 1 Arthur Atkinson George McKenzie [ Andy Marr 1min 23.8 Ht 2 Stan Catlett Drew McQueen [ Broncho Bianchi Alfie Williams 1min 25.4 Ht 3 Len Stewart Harry Whitfield [ Bill Barclay 1min 26.4 Ht 4 Jack Ormston Bob McGregor [ Syd Parsons 1min 24.4 Final: Jack Ormston Arthur Atkinson Len Stewart Stan Catlett 1min 23.8
Saturday 14th June 1930 EDINBURGH 17 SHEFFIELD 19 SHEFFIELD: Drew McQueen 3-1-2 = 6 Dick Wise 2-3-2 = 7 George McKenzie 1-E-3 = 4 Jack Chapman 0-2'E = 2+1 Syd Parsons 3-1 = 4 Jack Barber 1-3-1' = 5+1 Len Stewart 2'E-0 = 2+1 Gus Platts 0-2'3 = 5+1 Bob McGregor 1' = 1+1 Laurie Packer D.N.R Ht 1 McQueen, Wise, McKenzie, Chapman 4 2 4 2 1min 24.4 Ht 2 Parsons, Stewart, Barber, Platts 5 1 9 3 1min 28.2 Ht 3 Wise, Platts, Parsons (ET), McKenzie (EF) 1 5 10 8 1min 24.2 Ht 4 Barber, Chapman, McQueen, Stewart (EF) 1 5 11 13 1min 32.8 Ht 5 Platts, McQueen, McGregor, Chapman (EF) 3 3 14 16 1min 26.6 Ht 6 McKenzie, Wise, Barber, Stewart 3 3 17 19 1min 26.6 Ht 1 Bob Dawson (6) Ernie Evans (scr) [ Gordon Spalding (2) John Miller (6) 1min 36.2 Ht 2 Tom Royston (6) Oliver Goodfellow (3) [ Bill Barclay (2) Bill David (6) 1min 36.4 Ht 3 Gus Platts (2) Jack Chapman (scr) [ Laurie Packer (2) Syd Parsons (scr) Drew McQueen (scr)(et) 1min 31.6 Ht 4 Dick Wise (scr) George McKenzie (scr) #(Dead Heat) [ Len Stewart (scr) Bob McGregor (2) Jack Barber (2)(EF) 1min 31.8 Final: George McKenzie Dick Wise Gus Platts [ Bob Dawson Tom Royston 1min 30.2 Scottish Gold Helmet ( 4 Laps Flying Start ) Ht 1 Laurie Packer Bill Barclay Ernie Evans George McKenzie (T) 1min 30.6 Ht 2 Jack Barber Drew McQueen (EF) Gordon Spalding (F) 1min 30.2 Ht 3 Jack Chapman Gus Platts Len Stewart (EF) Oliver Goodfellow (EF) 1min 26.6 Ht 4 Dick Wise Syd Parsons (EF) Bob McGregor (EF) 1min 29.8 Final: Laurie Packer Dick Wise Jack Barber (ET) Jack Chapman (ET) 1min 27.4
Saturday 21st June 1930 EDINBURGH 20 WOMBWELL 4 WOMBWELL: George McKenzie 3 2 = 5+1 Frank Ledger(C) 0-0 = 0 Drew McQueen 2 '2' = 4+2 William Burrows 1-1 = 2 Syd Parsons 3-3 = 6 Tommy Gamble 1-1 = 2 Len Stewart 3 = 3 George Kilburn 0-0 = 0 Bill Barclay 2' = 2+1 Eric Gregory D.N.R Ht 1 McKenzie, McQueen, Burrows, Ledger 5 1 5 1 1min 28.8 Ht 2 Parsons, Barclay, Gamble, Kilburn 5 1 10 2 1min 28.2 Ht 3 Parsons, McKenzie, Burrows, Kilburn 5 1 15 3 1min 27.4 Ht 4 Stewart, McQueen, Gamble, Ledger 5 1 20 4 1min 28.8 Wombwell conceded the match Ht 1 Colin Stewart (scr) George Cumming (1) Tom Royston (6) John Miller (6) 1min 34.8 Ht 2 Allan Campbell (3) Bill David (6) William Cochrane (3) Bob Dawson (6) 1min 34.6 Ht 3 Syd Parsons (scr) Frank Ledger (scr) George Kilburn (2) Eric Gregory (3) Drew McQueen (scr)(ef) 1min 32.4 Ht 4 George McKenzie (scr) William Burrows (scr) Bill Barclay (2) Tommy Gamble (scr) Len Stewart (scr)(ef) 1min 31.8 Final: Colin Stewart Syd Parsons Allan Campbell George McKenzie (F) 1min 30.8 Scottish Gold Sash ( 4 laps Flying Start ) Ht 1 Drew McQueen Frank Ledger George Kilburn ( 3 Riders Only) 1min 32.4 Ht 2 Colin Stewart [ George Cumming William Cochrane George McKenzie (NF) 1min 47.4 Ht 3 Len Stewart Tommy Gamble Allan Campbell Eric Gregory 1min 29.4 Ht 4 Syd Parsons Bill Barclay William Burrows (NF) ( 3 Riders Only ) 1min 32.4 Final: Len Stewart Syd Parsons (EF) Colin Stewart (EF) Drew McQueen (NS) 1min 46.4 ( Len Stewart Won The Trophy Outright )
Saturday 28th June 1930 Scottish A.C.U. 500cc Scottish Open Championship Attendance At This Meeting 25,000 Ht 1 Colin Stewart George Cumming Norrie Isbister 1min 25.8 Ht 2 Tommy Hatch Arthur Mann Sprouts Elder (EF) 1min 28.4 Ht 3 Stan Catlett Cliff Watson Bill Barclay 1min 25.8 Ht 4 Harry Whitfield Buzz Hibberd Bill Llewellyn 1min 24,4 Ht 5 Colin Watson Austin Humphries Tony Golding 1min 23.4 Ht 6 Arnie Cattell Arthur Moore (F) George McKenzie (EF) 1min 28.6 Ht 7 Arthur Atkinson Alby Taylor Scott Michie 1min 25.2 Ht 8 Syd Parsons Harry Butler Bert Spencer (F) 1min 27 Ht 9 Len Stewart Tom Farndon Jimmie Pinkerton 1min 25.8 Semi-Final (1) Stan Catlett Tommy Hatch Colin Stewart 1min 24 Semi-Final (2) Harry Whitfield Arnie Cattell Colin Watson (EF) 1min 23.8 Semi-Final (3) Syd Parsons Arthur Atkinson Len Stewart (F) 1min 23.8 Final: Harry Whitfield Stan Catlett Syd Parsons 1min 22.4 ( N.T.R ) Harry Whitfield Winner 100 Plus S.A.C.U Championship Cup Stan Catlett Second 50 Syd Parsons Third 25 MATCH RACE ( After Heat 6 ) Sprouts Elder Bt George McKenzie 1min 24.6 LAP RECORD ATTEMPT Sprouts Elder 20.2sec ( New Track Record )
Saturday 5th July 1930 Marine Gradens, Edinburgh EDINBURGH 12 WHITE CITY ( Manchester ) 24 WHITE CITY: Drew McQueen 1-0-1 = 2 Max Grosskreutz 3-3-3 = 9 George McKenzie 0-1'0 = 1+1 Frank Charles (c) 2'3-3 = 8+1 Syd Parsons 2-2-2 = 6 Wally Hull 3-2'2' = 7+2 Len Stewart 1'1-1 = 3+1 Fred Strecker F = 0 Arthur Wilcock 0-0 = 0 Ht 1 Grosskreutz, Charles, McQueen, McKenzie 1 5 1 5 1min 23.2 Ht 2 Hull, Parsons, Stewart, Strecker (F) 3 3 4 8 1min 23.6 Ht 3 Grosskreutz, Parsons, McKenzie, Wilcock 3 3 7 11 1min 23.4 Ht 4 Charles, Hull, Stewart, McQueen 1 5 8 16 1min 22.8 Ht 5 Charles, Parsons, McQueen, Wilcock 3 3 11 19 1min 22.6 Ht 6 Grosskreutz, Hull, Stewart, McKenzie 5 12 24 1min 22.8 Ht 1 George Cumming (1) Alex White (3) [ William Cochrane (3) John Miller (6) Bill David (6) 1min 35.8 Ht 2 Bob Dawson (6) Bob McGregor (2) [ Bill Llewellyn (2) Tom Royston (6) Jack Reilly (3) 1min 35.8 Ht 3 Syd Parsons (scr) Frank Charles (scr) [ Arthur Wilcock (1)Bill Barclay (2) Drew McQueen (scr) ( New Track Record ) 1min 28.6 Ht 4 Wally Hull (1) Fred Strecker (1) [ Max Grosskreutz (scr) George McKenzie (scr) Len Stewart (scr) 1min 28.8 Final: Bob Dawson Wally Hull Syd Parsons George Cumming 1min 32.6 Scottish Gold Torch ( 4 Laps Flying Start ) Ht 1 Bill Llewellyn Wally Hull (ET) Drew McQueen (T) 1min 27.6 Ht 2 Frank Charles Len Stewart [ Fred Strecker George Cumming 1min 21.6 Ht 3 Max Grosskreutz Syd Parsons Bill Barclay 1min 22.6 Ht 4 George McKenzie Bob McGregor Arthur Wilcock 1min 24.6 Final: Frank Charles Max Grosskreutz George McKenzie Bill Llewellyn 1min 21.6 ONE LAP RECORD ATTEMPT Frank Charles 19.8 sec ( New Track Record )
Saturday 12th July 1930 Attendance At This Meeting 8,000 Ht 1 Bob McGregor (1) George McKenzie (scr) Bob Dawson (3) Hugh Adamson (NS) 1min 36.6 Ht 2 Len Stewart (scr) William Cochrane (4) Bill Dickie (3) [ Bill Barclay (2) John Miller (6) 1min 30.4 Ht 3 Drew McQueen (scr) Sam Aitkenhead (3) [ Bill Naismith (2) Tom Royston (6) 1min 31.6 Ht 4 Ivor Creek (scr) Allan Campbell (1) [ George Cumming (1) Bill David (6) 1min 31.8 Semi-Final (1) Len Stewart Bill Dickie [ Bob McGregor William Cochrane George McKenzie (NS) 1min 32.2 Semi-Final (2) Allan Campbell Ivor Creek Drew McQueen Sam Aitkenhead George Cumming 1min 33.8 Final: Ivor Creek Allan Campbell Len Stewart Bill Dickie Drew McQueen (ET) 1min 30.6 ( Bill Dickie Replaced George McKenzie In Semi-Final (1) ) Scottish Gold Gauntlet ( 4 Laps Flying Start ) Ht 1 Len Stewart Bob McGregor Sam Aitkenhead Bill David (NS) 1min 28.8 Ht 2 Drew McQueen George Cumming Allan Campbell Bob Dawson (NS) 1min 28.4 Ht 3 Ivor Creek Bill Barclay Tom Royston Hugh Adamson (NS) 1min 24.4 Ht 4 George McKenzie Bill Dickie [ Bill Naismith William Cochrane 1min 33.4 Semi-Final (1) Len Stewart Drew McQueen [ Bob McGregor George Cumming 1min 26.2 Semi-Final (2) Ivor Creek George McKenzie [ Bill Barclay Bill Dickie 1min 24.8 Final: Ivor Creek George McKenzie Drew McQueen (F/Rem) Len Stewart (EF) 1min 23 ( In The Final Drew McQueen Fell And Len Stewart's engine failed, Drew McQueen Remounted To Finish )
Saturday 19th July 1930 Attendance At This Meeting 8,000 Ht 1 Norrie Isbister (3) Drew McQueen (scr) [ Syd Parsons (scr) William Cochrane (6) 1min 31.2 Ht 2 Bill David (8) Len Stewart (scr) [ Colin Stewart (scr) 1min 35.6 Ht 3 Allan Campbell (5) Henning Hansen (scr) Sam Aitkenhead (4) George Cumming (3) (F) 1min 42.2 Ht 4 Bob McGregor (3) John Miller (8) [ George McKenzie (scr) Andy Nicholl (2) 1min 32.4 Semi-Finals Were Not Run Final: Norrie Isbister Allan Campbell Bob McGregor Bill David 1min 30.6 Scottish Gold Helmet ( 4 Laps Flying Start ) Ht 1 George McKenzie Bob McGregor Allan Campbell George Cumming 1min 27.6 Ht 2 Drew McQueen Andy Nicholl [ Norrie Isbister William Cochrane 1min 22.8 Ht 3 Henning Hansen Len Stewart Bill Barclay Bob Dawson 1min 25.2 Ht 4 Colin Stewart Bill David Sam Aitkenhead Syd Parsons 1min 26.8 Semi-Final (1) Drew McQueen George McKenzie [ Bob McGregor Andy Nicholl 1min 22.8 Semi-Final (2) Henning Hansen Colin Stewart Len Stewart (F) 1min 23.2 Final: George McKenzie Drew McQueen Colin Stewart Henning Hansen(EF) 1min 23.4 MATCH RACE George McKenzie won after crashing with Syd Parsons who broke a collar bone
Saturday 26th July 1930 500cc Marine Gardens Track Championship Ht 1 Frank Arthur Allan Campbell Jimmy Allan (NS) 1min 23.4 Ht 2 Frank Charles Tommy Gamble Tom Royston 1min 24.8 Ht 3 Harry Whitfield Joe Abbott Bill Barclay 1min 22 Ht 4 Gordon Byers Buster Frogley Tom Farndon (NF) 1min 23.8 Ht 5 Len Stewart Norman Parker Arthur Moore (EF) 1min 24.2 Ht 6 Drew McQueen Juan Pagano Charles Sanderson (F) 1min 24.6 Ht 7 George McKenzie Norrie Isbister Jack Barber (ET) 1min 26.6 Ht 8 George Milton Andy Nicholl ( Two Riders Only ) 1min 27.8 Ht 9 Stan Catlett Colin Stewart Arthur Moser 1min 24.6 Semi-Final (1) Harry Whitfield Frank Arthur Frank Charles 1min 21.2 # Semi-Final (2) Gordon Byers Len Stewart Drew McQueen (F) 1min 22.4 Semi-Final (3) Stan Catlett George Milton George McKenzie 1min 23.2 Final: Harry Whitfield Gordon Byers Stan Catlett 1min 22.6 Harry Whitfield Winner 100 Plus Trophy Gordon Byers Second 50 Stan Catlett Third 25 ( Harry Whitfield set a new track record of 1min 21.2 seconds in semi-final (1) ) MATCH RACE Frank Charles Bt Drew McQueen 1min 22.8