EASTBOURNE 1938 by Brian Collins

EASTBOURNE 1938 by Brian Collins internationalspeedway@yahoo.co.uk Sources of information : EG = Eastbourne Gazette; E Cour = Eastbourne Courier; E Chron - Eastbourne Chronicle SCH = Sussex County Herald; TMC = The Motor Cycle; 75YES = 75 Years of Eastbourne Speedway (Jacobs & Burnett); HoBS = Homes of British Speedway (Bamford & Jarvis); RO = Robert Ozanne; Dag Post = Dagenham Post ; SN = Speedway News; Sp - Speedway (weekly magazine); SiSE - Speedway in the South-East ( 1938 saw the introduction of the Inter-Club League for Sunday tracks, also known as the Sunday Dirt-Track League. It comprised 5 teams Eastbourne Eagles (who headed the unfinished league table at the end of the season), Dagenham Daggers, Romford Rommers (who rode their home matches at Dagenham), Rye House Cubs, and Smallford Stags. Stan Lemon rode as Stan Johns Hailsham Cup This year the competition was based on the results over the whole season scored in all events. Result was Danny Lee 109pts, Charlie Page 99, Stan Johns 83, Harry Saunders 59, Charlie Dugard 54 Easter Sun 17.04.38 : Eastbourne EG 20.4.38; E Cour 22.4.38; E Chron 23.4.38 Att: 2,000. "Unprecedented shortage of riders and track difficulties" meant that an "impromptu programme had to be arranged with the team competitions in the first half (this was a Probables v Possibles match) and handicaps in the second". Unfortunately, no results are available, but the competing riders included Phil "Tiger" Hart, Danny Lee, Charlie Dugard, Harry Saunders, Charlie Page, Charlie Blythe, Jack Adams, Jack Collins, and J (or C?) Law Sun 01.05.38 : Eastbourne : Eastbourne v Smallford (Sunday Dirt Track League) Postponed due to rain until 26.06

Sun 08.05 : at Dagenham : Dagenham 39 Eastbourne 44 (Sunday Dirt Track League) EG 11.5.38; 75YES; Dag Post 13.5.38; E Cour 13.5.38; RO Daggers: Frank Hodgson 11, Jim Baylais 10, Ed "Crusty" Pye, Cyril Browning, Nobby Stock, Charlie Challis (broke collarbone in heat 7 fall) Eagles: Tiger Hart 12, Danny Lee 8, Stan Johns 7, Bob Lovell 6, Charlie Page 5, Harry Saunders (res) 3, Jack or Henry(?) Collins (res) 2, Charlie Dugard 1. 1: Hart, Hodgson 73.4 2-4 2-4 2: Pye, Johns, Browning, Collins ex,tapes 76.0 4-2 6-6 3: Lee, Baylais 74.6 4: Hart, Browning 77.2 5: Hodgson, Johns 74.0 6: Lee, Page [or Pye?] 75.4 15-21 7: Hart, Baylais, East rider nf, Challis f,ns 73.4 2-3 17-24 8: Lovell, Pye 77.0 3-3 20-27 9: Hodgson, Stock, East rider, Lee f 75.2 5-1 25-28 10: Hart, Pye 75.2 2-4 27-32 11: Baylais, Lovell 76.0 3-3 30-35 12: Hodgson, Lee 74.0 3-3 33-38 13: Baylais, Johns 78.6 3-3 36-41 14: Stock, Page 79.0 3-3 39-44 Captains' M.R (2-Laps,rolling start): T Hart beat F Hodgson 36.0 Seaside Scratch Race 1: S Johns, N Stock 77.4 2: T Hart, J Baylais 75.0 3: F Hodgson, C Page 76.0 SF1: S Johns, N Stock 78.8 SF2: T Hart, F Hodgson 74.2 Final: F Hodgson, T Hart, S Johns 74.4 Sun 15.05.38 : Eastbourne : Eastbourne 57 Dagenham 27 (Sunday Dirt Track League) EG 18.5.38; 75YES; E Cour 20.5.38 Att: 2,000 Eagles: Tiger Hart 12, Danny Lee 10, Stan Johns 9+1, Charlie Page 8+3, Bob Lovell 6+2, Charlie Dugard 5+1 (res), Bill Desmond (res) 3+2, Harry Collins 4+1. Daggers: Frank Hodgson 11, Ed "Crusty" Pye 7, Harry Saunders 4, Jim Baylais 3, Nobby Stock 2+1, 1: Hart, Hodgson, Collins 71.4 4-2 4-2 2: Pye, Johns, Lovell 75.4 3-3 7-5 3: Lee, Page, Saunders 76.2 5-1 12-6 4: Hart, Dugard, Saunders 75.4 5-1 17-7 5: Hodgson, Johns, Lovell 72.8 3-3 20-10 6: Lee, Page, Pye 73.6 5-1 25-11 7: Hart, Saunders, Stock 77.8 3-3 28-14 8: Lovell, Desmond, Pye 74.2 5-1 33-15 9: Hodgson, Lee, Page 73.4 3-3 36-18 10: Hart, Pye, Collins 74.6 4-2 40-20 11: Johns, Baylais, Lovell 73.8 4-2 44-22 12: Hodgson, Lee, Desmond 72.8 3-3 47-25 13: Dugard, Johns, Baylais 75.4 5-1 52-26 14: Page, Collins, Stock 76.2 5-1 57-27 Captains' M.R T Hart beat F Hodgson 72.8 Essex Scratch Race 1: T Hart, C Page 76.0 2: S Johns, C Pye 76.2 3: Lee, Dugard 73.2 4: F Hodgson, N Stock 72.8 SF1: T Hart, S Johns, C Pye 73.2 SF2: F Hodgson, D Lee, C Dugard 72.2 Final: T Hart, D Lee, F Hodgson 72.4

Sun 22.05.38 : at Smallford : Smallford 54 Eastbourne 27 (Sunday Dirt Track League) EG 25.5.38; 75YES; SiSE; SN 4.6.38; Smallford: Arch Windmill 11, Ken Tidbury 11, Percy Brine 9, Jack Clementson 7, Dick Geary 6, Charlie Appleby 5, Fred Bullivant 3, Cyril Brine 2 Eastbourne: Tiger Hart (capt) 9, Charlie Page 6, Harry Bray 4, Bill Desmond 4, Harry Saunders 3, Jack Milross 1 1 Hart, Tidbury, Brine 79.8 3-3 3-3 2 Geary, Page, Clementson 82.6 4-2 7-5 3 Windmill, P Brine, Bray? 5-1 12-6 4 Geary, Hart 79.2 3-2 15-8 5 Tidbury, Desmond, Page 82.2 3-3 18-11 6 Clementson, Bray, Saunders 83.8 3-3 21-14 7 P Brine, Windmill, Hart 79.6 5-1 26-15 8 Clementson, Desmond, Appleby 82.0 4-2 30-17 9 Tidbury, Saunders 82.0 3-2 33-19 10 Hart, Appleby, Milross? 2-4 35-23 11 Windmill, P Brine, Page 78.4 5-1 40-24 12 Tidbury, Appleby, Bray 83.6 5-1 45-25 13 Windmill, P Brine 79.0 5-0 50-25 14 Bullivant, Page, C Brine 81.2 4-2 54-27 Sun 29.05.38 : Eastbourne : Eastbourne 53 Romford 23 (Sunday Dirt Track League) 75YES; E Cour 3.6.38 Are A and G Pilgrim the same person??? Eastbourne: Bill Desmond 11+1, Charlie Page 10+2, Harry Saunders 10+2, Stan Johns 9+1, Danny Lee 9, Tiger Hart 4, Romford: Les Gore 7, T Quick 5+1, Bill Weston 4, Arthur Pilgrim 3, Alec Gray 2+1, G Pilgrim 2, 1: Desmond, Gore, Hart 81.2 4-2 4-2 2: Page 86.8 3-0 7-2 3: Johns, Saunders, Gray 85.2 5-1 12-3 4: A Pilgrim 99.4 0-3 12-6 5: Lee, Page, Gore 85.0 5-1 17-7 6: Saunders, Johns, Weston 85.4 5-1 22-8 7: Desmond, Quick, Gray 87.6 3-3 25-11 8: Lee, G Pilgrim 84.2 3-2 28-13 9: Johns, Saunders, Quick 87.4 5-1 33-14 10: Hart, Desmond, Weston 81.2 5-1 38-15 11: Lee, Page, Quick 83.0 5-1 43-16 12: Saunders, Gore 84.4 3-2 46-18 13: Page, Weston, Quick 83.2 3-3 49-21 14: Desmond, Gore, Johns 81.0 4-2 53-23 All second-half events were cancelled due to rain.

Sun 05.06.38 : at Dagenham : Romford 46 Eastbourne 33 (Sunday Dirt Track League) 75YES; Dag Post 10.6.38; Sp 11.6.38; Both teams were without their captains Romford s Jack Tidbury had been riding for Hackney Wick at Leeds the previous night, while Eagles Tiger Hart was at the bedside of his young daughter, who was dangerously ill. Romford: Bob Wells, Arthur Pilgrim, Ronnie Baker, Sonny Brown, Eastbourne: Danny Lee, Harry Saunders, Bill Desmond, F Wrenn, Stan Lemon, 1 Wells, Saunders 76.0 3-2 3-2 2 Lee, Pilgrim, Desmond 2-4 5-6 3 Baker, Wrenn, f, f 3-2 8-8 4 Pilgrim, Saunders, Brown 4-2 12-10 5 Wells, Lee, Desmond 3-3 15-13 6 2-4 17-17 7 8 9 26-25 10 1-5 27-30 11 Lee f 5-0 32-30 12 13 14 46-33 Seaweed Scratch Race 1 Baker, Brown 2 Lee, Wells SF1 Lee, Baker SF2 Wells, Lemon Final Wells [Lee, Baker, Lemon] 73.0 Sun 12.06.38 : Eastbourne : Eastbourne 47 Reading 25 (Challenge) EG 15.6.38; 75YES; E Cour 17.6.38 Eagles: Tiger Hart 12, Danny Lee 12, Stan Johns 8+2, Charlie Page 7+1, Harry Saunders 4+1, Charlie Dugard 4+1, Reading: Bill Desmond 8+1, Jack Collins 7, Fred Cooper 4+1, Jack Adams 4, R Mason 1, Len Keefe 1, 1: Hart, Collins, Page 75.4 4-2 4-2 2: Lee, Desmond, Saunders 76.4 4-2 8-4 3: Dugard, Johns, Cooper 78.0 5-1 13-5 4: Hart, Desmond, Page 75.4 4-2 17-7 5: Lee, Saunders, Cooper 76.0 5-1 22-8 6: Collins, Johns, Dugard 75.6 3-3 25-11 7: Hart, Page, Cooper 77.0 5-1 30-12 8: Lee, Adams, Saunders 75.2 4-2 34-14 9: Desmond, Johns, Mason 76.2 2-4 36-18 10: Hart, Adams, Cooper 77.4 3-3 39-21 11: Page, Collins, Desmond 76.2 3-3 42-24 12: Lee, Johns, Keefe 75.6 5-1 47-25 Sudden Death Scratch Race 1: Hart, Page 76.8 2: Johns, Adams 80.2 3: Lee, Desmond 75.2 4: Dugard, Collins 77.6 Final: Hart, Lee, Dugard, Johns 74.8

Sun 26.06.38 : Eastbourne : Eastbourne 55 Smallford 28 (Sunday Dirt Track League) EG 29.6.38; 75YES; E Cour 1.7.38 Only five of the Smallford team arrived at Arlington. Doug Wells rode, but referred to as B and G Wells in heat details! Eagles: Tiger Hart 12, Danny Lee 12, Stan Johns 10+1, Charlie Page 7+2, Jack Collins 6+3, Charlie Dugard 5+1, Harry Saunders 3+1, Stags: Harry Bowler 7+1, Doug Wells 7, Fred Cooper 4+1, Cyril Brine 4+1, G Wells 3, George Gower 2+1, Len Keefe 1, 1: Hart, Dugard, Bowler 78.8 5-1 5-1 2: Page, Johns, Cooper 76.6 5-1 10-2 3: Lee, Collins, Keefe 79.4 5-1 15-3 4: Hart, Cooper 77.8 3-2 18-5 5: Johns, Page, Bowler 77.2 5-1 23-6 6: Lee, Collins, Gower 75.2 5-1 28-7 7: Hart, B Wells, Brine 77.4 3-3 31-10 8: B Wells, Johns, Saunders 76.2 3-3 34-13 9: Lee, Collins, Bowler 76.0 5-1 39-14 10: Hart, B Wells, Gower 76.4 3-3 42-17 11: Johns, Page, Brine 77.2 5-1 47-18 12: Lee, Bowler, Saunders 76.2 4-2 51-20 13: G Wells, Bowler, Saunders 77.8 1-5 52-25 14: Dugard, Brine, Cooper 79.2 3-3 55-28 Hatfield Scratch Race 1: Hart, Lee 73.2 2: Johns, Dugard 77.2 3: B Wells, Page 76.8 Final: B Wells, Lee, Johns 73.4 Track Record Attempts 1-Lap: Brine 18.8; Lee 18.0; Hart 17.2 (existing record 19.2)

Sun 03.07.38 : at Dagenham : Dagenham 39 Eastbourne 43 (Sunday Dirt Track League) EG 6.7.38; 75YES; Dag Post 8.7.38; SN 9.7.38; Dagenham: Frank Hodgson 11, Ed Crusty Pye 8, Nobby Stock 7, Jim Baylais 5, Charlie Challis 3, Cyril Browning 2, Jack Cooley 2, Ben Pawson 1, Ron Seddon, Jamie Alford Eastbourne: Tiger Hart 11, Danny Lee 10, Stan Johns 8, Charlie Page 6, Harry Saunders 3, Charlie Dugard 3, Fred Cooper 2 1 Hodgson, Hart, Stock 4-2 4-2 2 Johns, Page, Pye, Browning f 1-5 5-7 3 Lee, Challis,?, Baylais ret 2-3 7-10 4 Hart, Cooley, Browning 3-3 10-13 5 Stock, Hodgson, Page 5-1 15-14 6 Lee, Pye, Browning 3-3 18-17 7 Hart, Saunders, Challis, Baylais f 1-5 19-22 8 Pye, Johns, Cooper 3-3 22-25 9 Hodgson, Lee, Dugard 3-3 25-28 10 Hart, Pye, Saunders ex tapes, Alford f 2-3 27-31 11 Johns, Baylais, Page, Baker ef 2-4 29-35 12 Hodgson, Lee, Cooper, Cooley ef 3-3 32-38 13 Baylais, Page, Pawson [or Alford?] 4-2 36-40 14 Stock, Dugard, Saunders, Seddon 3-3 39-43 Captains Match Race Hodgson beat Hart Seaside Scratch Race 1 2 3 4 SF1 SF2 Final Lee, Hodgson (puncture), Hart, Baylais No times available Sun 10.07.38 : Eastbourne : Eastbourne 56 Rye House 27 (Sunday Dirt Track League) EG 13.7.38; 75YES; E Cour 15.7.38 Rye House captain Les Trim was unable to ride due to machine problems. Eagles: Tiger Hart 12, Danny Lee 11+1, Charlie Page 9+1, Stan Johns 8+1, Charlie Dugard 7+1, Harry Saunders 5+2, Jack Collins (res) 2+1, Fred Cooper (res) 2+1. R House: Jock Hamilton 9, Jack Hyland 6, B Robbins 3+1, R Hall 3+1, Jack Milross 3, J Lemon 2, Vic Weir 1, 1: Hart, Hamilton, Saunders 76.6 4-2 4-2 2: Dugard, Lee, Milross 80.2 5-1 9-3 3: Page, Johns, Robbins 77.8 5-1 14-4 4: Hart, Collins, Hall 79.2 5-1 19-5 5: Lee, Dugard, Hamilton 79.2 5-1 24-6 6: Page, Milross, Johns 78.2 4-2 28-8 7: Hart, Saunders, Hyland 79.4 5-1 33-9 8: Lee, Cooper 80.4 5-0 38-9 9: Hamilton, Johns, Page 77.8 3-3 41-12 10: Hart, Saunders, Weir 78.6 5-1 46-13 11: Lee, Hyland, Robbins 77.2 3-3 49-16 12: Johns, Lemon, Hall 80.2 3-3 52-19 13: Hyland, Dugard, Hall 77.6 2-4 54-23 14: Hamilton, Page, Robbins 77.2 2-4 56-27 Summer Scratch Race 1: Johns, Weir 79.6 2: Saunders, Robbins 84.0 3: Hart, Dugard 78.2 4: Hyland, Page 78.4 Final: Hart, Johns, Saunders 77.2

Sun 17.07.38 : at Rye House : Rye House 29 Eastbourne 52 (Sunday Dirt Track League) EG 20.7.38; 75YES; SiSE; SN 23.7.38; Sp World 20.7.38 p8 Att: 2,000 Rye House: Les Trim 7, Andy Menzies 6, Vic Weir 5, A Stewart 2, B Robbins 2, G Lloyd 2, Roy Duke 2, B Slow 2, Broncho Slade 1 Eastbourne: Tiger Hart 12, Stan Johns 10, Danny Lee 8, Charlie Dugard 6, Charlie Page 6, Harry Saunders 5, Bob Lovell 5 1 Hart, Trim, Saunders 2-4 2-4 2 Lee, Dugard, Weir 1-5 3-9 3 Menzies, Page, Johns 3-3 6-12 4 Lovell, Trim, Stewart 3-3 9-15 5 Hart, Saunders, Weir 1-5 10-20 6 Menzies, Lloyd, Dugard 5-1 15-21 7 Johns, Trim, Robbins 3-3 18-24 8 Lee, Duke, Weir 3-3 21-27 9 Hart 0-3 21-30 10 Dugard, Lee, Trim 1-5 22-35 11 Johns, Weir, Page 2-4 24-39 12 Hart, Lovell, Slade 1-5 25-44 13 Johns, Slow, Stewart 3-3 28-47 14 Page, Saunders, Robbins 1-5 29-52 Captains Match Race Hart beat Trim Junior Scratch Race Jack Lemon Novices Race W Hall No times available Sun 24.07.38 : Eastbourne : Eastbourne 44 Dagenham 39 (Sunday Dirt Track League) EG 27.7.38; 75YES; SCH 29.7.38; E Cour 15.7.38 Eagles: Tiger Hart 12, Charlie Page 10+2, Danny Lee 9, Stan Johns 7+1, Charlie Dugard 4+2, Harry Saunders 2+1, Jack Collins (res) 0. Daggers: Frank Hodgson 14, Jim Baylais 8+1, Nobby Stock 7+2, Ernie Pawson 5+1, Bill Desmond 4+1, T Newland 1. 1: Hart, Hodgson, Dugard 73.2 4-2 4-2 2: Lee, Desmond 90.2 3-2 7-4 3: Johns, Page, Pawson 77.4 5-1 12-5 4: Hart, Stock, Desmond 75.8 3-3 15-8 5: Hodgson, Lee, Saunders 74.4 3-3 18-11 6: Page, Johns, Baylais 77.4 5-1 23-12 7: Hart, Stock, Pawson 74.8 3-3 26-15 8: Hodgson, Baylais, Saunders 74.8 1-5 27-20 9: Hodgson, Johns, Page 75.8 3-3 30-23 10: Hart, Baylais, Stock 75.4 3-3 33-26 11: Lee, Dugard, Newland 76.8 5-1 38-27 12: Hodgson, Page, Desmond 76.0 2-4 40-31 13: Baylais, Stock, Lee 75.6 1-5 41-36 14: Pawson, Page, Dugard 77.0 3-3 44-39 Captains' M.R Hart bt Hodgson 75.4 July Scratch Race 1: Hodgson, Desmond 75.0 2: Baylais, Lee 75.6 3: Hart, Pawson 77.8 Final: Hart, Hodgson, Lee 74.6

Sun 31.07.38 : Eastbourne : Eastbourne 53 Internationals 12 (Challenge) EG 3.8.38; 75YES; SCH 5.8.38; E Cour 5.8.38 Att: 2,500. Exhibition of stunt riding by Putt Mossman. In ht.1 Dave Hynes looped at the gate, his machine landed on top of him, and he was taken to hospital. In five of the 12 races, the Internationals failed to have a finisher. Eagles: Tiger Hart 12, Danny Lee 11+1, Charlie Dugard 9+1, Charlie Page 8+2, Stan Johns 8+1, Fred Cooper (res) 5+2, Harry Saunders 0. Internationals:Fred Hudson 4+1, Moff Jones 4, E Parker 3, Ken Ellis 1, Dave Hynes 0, Putt Mossman 0. 1: Hart, Cooper, Ellis, Hynes f 80.0 5-1 5-1 2: Lee, Dugard, Hudson 75.4 5-1 10-2 3: Page 77.8 3-0 13-2 4: Hart, Parker, Cooper 80.2 4-2 17-4 5: Lee, Jones, Dugard 74.8 4-2 21-6 6: Johns, Page, Parker 76.0 5-1 26-7 7: Hart, Jones, Hudson 77.0 3-3 29-10 8: Dugard, Lee 81.2 5-0 34-10 9: Johns, Hudson, Page 77.8 4-2 38-12 10: Hart, Page 77.2 5-0 43-12 11: Dugard, Cooper 82.6 5-0 48-12 12: Lee, Johns 77.2 5-0 53-12 Match Race Hart bt Lee 76.0 Sun 21.08.38 : Eastbourne : Eastbourne v Romford (Sunday Dirt Track League) EG 24.8.38; 75YES; SCH 26.8.38; E Cour 26.8.38 Meeting cancelled - Romford informed Eastbourne on 18.08 that they were unable to raise a team, due to internal difficulties at the Romford / Dagenham track. The meeting was replaced at short notice by: : Cads 29 Thugs 42 (Challenge) Cads: Tiger Hart 12, Charlie Page 5, Stan Johns 5, Harry Saunders 4, Norman Anderson 2+1, J Mason 1, Thugs: Jack Tidbury 12+1, Danny Lee 9+1, Tommy Bateman 9, Bob Lovell 7+2, Charlie Dugard 5+1, L Dugard 0. 1: Hart, C Dugard, Lee 76.6 3-3 3-3 2: Bateman, Lovell 76.4 0-5 3-8 3: Tidbury, Page, Anderson 77.2 3-3 6-11 4: Hart, Bateman, Saunders 76.4 4-2 10-13 5: Johns, Tidbury, Mason 76.8 4-2 14-15 6: Lee, C Dugard, Page 77.8 1-5 15-20 7: Hart, Tidbury, Saunders 77.4 4-2 19-22 8: Lee, Johns, C Dugard 75.8 2-4 21-26 9: Bateman, Lovell, Page 76.8 1-5 22-31 10: Hart, Lee, Anderson 74.8 4-2 26-33 11 : Tidbury, Saunders, Bateman 76.8 2-4 28-37 12: Lovell, Tidbury, Page 75.6 1-5 29-42 August Scratch Race 1: Hart, C Dugard 77.0 2: Bateman, Lovell 76.2 3: Lee, Saunders 76.2 4: Page, L Dugard 88.4 Final: Hart, Bateman, Lee 74.8 Lee suffered a knee injury in the scratch race final E Cour reported the result of Ht.11 as Bateman, Saunders, C Dugard

Sun 04.09.38 : Eastbourne : Eastbourne 51 Smallford 32 (Sunday Dirt Track League) EG 7.9.38; 75YES; E Cour 9.9.38 Eagles: Tommy Bateman 12, Tiger Hart 11, Charlie Page 10, Charlie Dugard 8+2, Bob Lovell 7+2, Harry Saunders 3+2. Stags: Jack Tidbury 11, Ken Tidbury 7, Percy Brine 5+1, George Gower 3+1, Cyril Brine 2, H Richardson 2, H Rust 1+1, J Pilgrim 1+1. 1: J Tidbury, Hart, Saunders 73.0 3-3 3-3 2: Bateman, Dugard, K Tidbury 75.4 5-1 8-4 3: Page, Lovell, P Brine 77.2 5-1 13-5 4: Hart, Richardson, Rust 73.6 3-3 16-8 5: Bateman, J Tidbury, Dugard 76.4 4-2 20-10 6: Page, K Tidbury, Lovell 76.4 4-2 24-12 7: Hart, Gower 83.4 3-2 27-14 8: Bateman, K Tidbury, P Brine 73.4 3-3 30-17 9: J Tidbury, Page, Lovell 74.6 3-3 33-20 10: Hart, K Tidbury, Saunders 74.8 4-2 37-22 11: Bateman, Dugard, P Brine 75.0 5-1 42-23 12: Lovell, C Brine, Pilgrim 76.2 3-3 45-26 13: Dugard, P Brine, Gower 76.8 3-3 48-29 14: J Tidbury, Page, Saunders 76.8 3-3 51-32 September Scratch 1: C Brine, Lovell 75.2 2: J Tidbury, Saunders 77.0 3: Hart, Dugard 75.2 4: Bateman, Page 74.8 Final: Hart, C Brine, J Tidbury f, Bateman f 73.4 Captains' M.R Hart bt C Brine 77.0 Sun 18.09.38 : Eastbourne : Eastbourne 46 Rye House 34 (Sunday Dirt Track League) EG 21.9.38; 75YES; E Cour 23.9.38 Eagles: Danny Lee 12, Charlie Dugard 11+1, Charlie Page 9+1, Harry Saunders 7+1, Tiger Hart 6, C Rose 1, S MacGregor (res) 0. R House: Jack Milross 10, Johnny Myson 5, R Hall 5, K Bruce 4+1, Vic Weir 3+1, W Dibbs 3+1, J Wilde 3+1, Bob Lovell 1+1, R Mason 0. 1: Milross, Saunders, Dibbs 77.2 2-4 2-4 2: Page, Dugard, Hall 78.6 5-1 7-5 3: Lee, Myson, Rose 77.8 4-2 11-7 4: Hart, Bruce 83.2 3-2 14-9 5: Dugard, Milross, Page 76.4 4-2 18-11 6: Lee, Hall, Weir 76.0 3-3 21-14 7: Hart, Myson, Wilde 89.0 3-3 24-17 8: Page, Weir, Lovell 79.0 3-3 27-20 9: Lee, Milross, Dibbs 74.8 3-3 30-23 10: Saunders, Hall 77.8 3-2 33-25 11: Dugard, Page, Myson 78.0 5-1 38-26 12: Milross, Bruce 82.4 0-5 38-31 13: Dugard, Wilde 83.4 3-2 41-33 14: Lee, Saunders, Dibbs 78.6 5-1 46-34 Record Attempt - 2-Lap Flying Start Charlie Dugard 37.2 (existing record 38.4) Captains' M.R Hart bt Milross 76.6 Hertford Scratch Race 1: Lovell, Milross 76.8 2: Lee, Saunders 75.8 3: Dugard 76.2 4: Myson, Weir 85.2 Final: Lee, Dugard, Lovell 77.4

Sun 02.10.38 : Eastbourne Postponed due to rain until 16.10 Sun 16.10.38 : Eastbourne Postponed due to rain until 30.10 Sun 30.10.38 : Eastbourne EG 2.11.38; E Cour 4.11.38 Final meeting of the season. The "Doodle Bugs" (i.e midget cars) were the feature of this twice-postponed meeting. E Cour: "In the Inter-Club League, Eastbourne won 9 out of their 11 matches, and headed the League at the completion of the programme" The Hailsham Cup, awarded for performances throughout the season, was won by Tiger Hart 135 pts. The other leading scorers were Danny Lee 109, Charlie Page 99, Stan Johns 83, Harry Saunders 59, Charlie Dugard 54. October Scratch Race 1: Tiger Hart, Charlie Page 78.2 2: Danny Lee, H Booker 74.2 3: Harry Saunders, Bob Lovell 75.2 4: Charlie Dugard, R Booker 77.0 SF1: T Hart, D Lee, C Page 73.4 SF2: C Dugard, H Saunders, B Lovell 74.2 Final: D Lee, T Hart, H Saunders 72.4 Arlington H/Cap Race 1: D Lee, Jack Kemsley 72.8 2: C Page, T Hart 72.2 3: C Dugard, B Lovell 75.0 4: H Saunders, J Jarvis 81.2 SF1: T Hart, C Page, D Lee 72.0 SF2: B Lovell, C Dugard, H Saunders 74.2 Final: C Page, C Dugard, B Lovell 72.2 Novices Match Race F Kaye beat H Booker 85.0 Track Record Attempt: 1-lap Clutch Start Charlie Dugard 20.2 (equals record) Doodle Bug M.R Les White beat Lane White 2-1 (Les 80.0, Lane 75.6, Les 71.4) Doodle Bug Record Attempt Les White 71.4 (existing record 73.2)