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LEICESTER 1956

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Friday 30th March 1956 Blackbird Road, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 51 Coventry Bees 43 (East Midlands Challenge Bowl)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 0 2 3 2 3 10

Charlie Barsby 3 2 1’ 1 1 8 1

Gordon McGregor 3 2 2 3 1 11

Barry East 0 0 0 0 0

Len Williams 3 3 3 3 3 15

Ron Phillips 1 2’ 0 2 2’ 7 3

Brian Elliott 0 0 1 1

Coventry

Charlie New 2 0 1 1 2 6

Nick Nicholls 0 1 1 3 3 0 8

Tommy Miller 2 3 2 0 3 10

Jim Lightfoot 1’ 0 1’ 0 2 2

Bob Mark 2 3 3 3 1 10

Peter Brough 0 1 0 1

Reg Duval 3 2 1 0 6

Ht1Barsby, New, Nicholls (nf), McKinlay (nf) 68.6 3 2 3 2

Ht2 McGregor, Miller, Lightfoot, East 68.4 3 3 6 5

Ht3 Williams, Mark, Phillips, Brough 69.4 4 2 10 7

Ht4 Duval, Barsby, Nicholls, Elliott 69.4 2 4 12 11

Ht5 Mark, McGregor, Brough, East 69.2 2 4 14 15

Ht6 Miller, McKinlay, Barsby, Lightfoot 68.8 3 3 17 18

Ht7 Williams, Phillips, Nicholls, New 69.8 5 1 22 19

Ht8 McKinlay, Mark, Barsby, Brough 69.4 4 2 26 21

Ht9 Williams, Miller, Lightfoot, Phillips 68.4 3 3 29 24

Ht10 Nicholls, McGregor, New, East 70.2 2 4 31 28

Ht11 Nicholls, McKinlay, New, Elliott 69.4 2 4 33 32

Ht12 Williams, Mark, Barsby, Miller 68.4 4 2 37 34

Ht13 McGregor, Duval, Elliott, Lightfoot 70.2 4 2 41 36

Ht14 Miller, Phillips, Duval, East 70.2 2 4 43 40

Ht15 Williams, New, McGregor, Duval 68.2 4 2 47 42

Ht16 McKinlay, Phillips, Mark, Nicholls 69.2 5 1 52 43

Easter Scurry

Duval, Brough, Elliott, East 70.4

Season Opening Scratch Race

Ht1 New, McGregor, Miller, Phillips 70.0 70.2

Ht2 McKinlay, Barsby, Nicholls, Duval 70.2 71.2

Ht3 Williams, Mark, Elliott, Lightfoot 70.0 72.8

Final Williams, New, McKinlay, McGregor 69.8

Saturday 31st March 1956 Brandon Stadium, Coventry

Coventry Bees 51 Leicester Hunters 45 (East Midlands Challenge Bowl)

Coventry

Charlie New 2 3 2’ 2 2 11 1

Nick Nicholls F 2’ 2’ 3 0 7 2


Jim Lightfoot 1 0 E 1

Bob Mark 3 2 3 1 1’ 10 1

Peter Brough 2’ 0 1 2 0 5 1

Reg Duval 3 1’ 0 1’ 5 2

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 2 3 17

Charlie Barsby 1 1 1 2’ 1 6 1

Gordon McGregor 2 1 2 2’ 3 10 1

Barry East E 0 0 0

Len Williams 1 2 1 3 0 3 10

Ron Phillips 0 1’ 0 0 1’ 2 2

Brian Elliott F 0 0

Ht1 McKinlay, New, Barsby, Nicholls (f) 68.0 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Miller, McGregor, Lightfoot, East (ef) 70.2 4 2 6 6

Ht3 Mark, Brough, Williams, Phillips 71.0 5 1 11 7

Ht4 Duval, Nicholls, Barsby, Elliott (f) 70.0 5 1 16 8

Ht5 Miller, Williams, Phillips, Lightfoot 70.8 3 3 19 11

Ht6 New, Nicholls, McGregor, East 69.8 5 1 24 12

Ht7 McKinlay, Mark, Barsby, Brough 68.6 2 4 26 16

Ht8 Nicholls, New, Williams, Phillips 70.2 5 1 31 17

Ht9 Mark, McGregor, Brough, East 70.4 4 2 35 19

Ht10 McKinlay, Barsby, Miller, Lightfoot (ef) 69.4 1 5 36 24

Ht11 McKinlay, New, Duval, Phillips 69.2 3 3 39 27

Ht12 Williams, McGregor, Mark, Nicholls 69.8 1 5 40 32

Ht13 Miller, McKinlay, Phillips, Duval 71.0 3 3 43 35

Ht14 McGregor, Brough, Duval, Elliott 69.8 3 3 46 38

Ht15 McKinlay, Miller, Mark, Williams 71.0 3 3 49 41

Ht16 Williams, New, Barsby, Brough 70.0 2 4 51 45

Friday 6th April 1956 Blackbird Road, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 42 Monarkerna 54 (Challenge)

Leicester


Charlie Barsby 3 2 E 1’ 1’ E 7 2


Barry East 1’ 0 0 1

Len Williams 2 0 2

Ron Phillips 1’ 1 2 2 1 1 8 1

Brian Elliott 1’ 1’ 0 0 2 2

Monarkerna

Olle Nygren 2 3 3 3 3 14

Birger Forsberg 0 3 2’ 2’ 2 9 2

Berndt Nilsson 3 2 3 1 2 11

Ulf Eriksson F 1’ 0 2’ 1 4 2

Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3 F 12

Dan Forsberg 0 1 0 0 3 4

Bertil Carlsson 0 0 0

Ht1Barsby, Nygren, McKinlay, B.Forsberg 68.4 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Nilsson, McGregor, East, Eriksson (f) 68.8 3 3 7 5

Ht3 Fundin, Williams, Phillips, D.Forsberg 68.2 3 3 10 8

Ht4 B.Forsberg, Barsby, Elliott, Carlsson 69.8 3 3 13 11

Ht5 Fundin, McGregor, D.Forsberg, East 69.4 2 4 15 15

Ht6 McKinlay, Nilsson, Eriksson, Barsby (ef) 69.0 3 3 18 18

Ht7 Nygren. B.Forsberg, Phillips, Williams 69.0 1 5 19 23

Ht8 Fundin, McKinlay(push), Barsby, D.Forsberg 68.4 3 3 22 26

Ht9 Nilsson, Phillips, Elliott, Eriksson 70.0 3 3 25 29

Ht10 Nygren, B.Forsberg, McGregor, East 70.2 1 5 26 34

Ht11 Nygren, McKinlay, Barsby, D.Forsberg 69.0 3 3 29 37

Ht12 Fundin, Phillips, Nilsson, Barsby (ef) 69.4 2 4 31 41

Ht13D.Forsberg, Eriksson, McGregor, Elliott 69.4 1 5 32 46

Ht14 McKinlay, Nilsson, Phillips, Carlsson 69.0 4 2 36 48

Ht15 Nygren, McGregor, Eriksson, Elliott 69.8 2 4 38 52

Ht16 McKinlay, B.Forsberg, Phillips, Fundin (f) 69.8 4 2 42 54

Stadium Scurry

Barsby, Olle Heyman, Elliott, East 72.4

Syston Scratch Race

McGregor, Heyman, Nilsson, Elliott 70.2

Quorn Scratch Race

McKinlay, Eriksson, Phillips, B.Forsberg 69.2

Stadium Scratch Race

Fundin, Nygren, McKinlay, McGregor ?


Leicester Hunters v Rayleigh Rockets (National League Division Two) Rained Off

Saturday 14th April 1956 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh

Rayleigh Rockets 69 Leicester Hunters 27 (National League Division Two)

Rayleigh

Alan Smith 3 2’ 3 2 2’ 12 2

Pete Lansdale 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 3 12 3

Jack Unstead 3 3 2 2 1’ 11 1

Maurice McDermott 2’ 2’ 1’ 1’ 1 7 4

Les McGillivray 2’ 2’ 1 2’ 2 9 3

Gerald Jackson 3 3 3 3 3 15

Eric Ebbs 3 0 3

Leicester


Charlie Barsby 0 1 0 0 0 0 1


Barry East 0 0 0 0

Len Williams DNR

Ron Phillips 0 1 1 0 1 0 3

Brian Elliott 1 0 0 0 0 1 1

Ht1 Smith, Lansdale, McKinlay, Barsby 71.8 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Unstead, McDermott, McGregor, East 72.8 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Jackson, McGillivray, Elliott, Phillips 72.4 5 1 15 3

Ht4 Ebbs, Lansdale, Barsby, Elliott 74.8 5 1 20 4

Ht5 Unstead, McDermott, Phillips, Elliott 71.8 5 1 25 5

Ht6 Lansdale, Smith, McGregor, East 72.5 5 1 30 6

Ht7 Jackson, McGillivray, McKinlay, Barsby 71.0 5 1 35 7

Ht8 Smith, Lansdale, Phillips, Elliott 72.8 5 1 40 8

Ht9 Jackson, McGregor, McGillivray, East 71.6 4 2 44 10

Ht10 McKinlay, Unstead, McDermott, Barsby 71.6 3 3 47 13

Ht11 McKinlay, Smith, McDermott, Phillips 70.2 3 3 50 16

Ht12 Lansdale, McGillivray, McGregor, Elliott 71.4 5 1 55 17

Ht13 McKinlay, Unstead, Phillips, Ebbs 71.2 2 4 57 21

Ht14 Jackson, McGregor, McDermott, Phillips 71.8 4 2 61 23

Ht15 McKinlay, McGillivray, Unstead, Barsby 70.6 3 3 64 26

Ht16 Jackson, Smith, Elliott, Barsby 71.8 5 1 69 27

Friday 20 April 1956 Blackbird Road, Leicester

LEICESTER HUNTERS 65 SWINDON ROBINS 43 (National Trophy)

LEICESTER

Ken McKinlay (C) 3 3 3 3 3 3 - 18

Charlie Barsby 2* 2* 2 2 1* - - 9 (3)

Gordon McGregor 2 3 2* 3 2 1 - 13 (1)

Johnny Green 1* 1* R 0 - - - 2 (2)

Len Williams 3 1 0 2 3 - - 9

Ron Phillips 1 2 1* 0 2* - - 6 (2)

Bryan Elliott F 2* - - - - - 2 (1)

Barry East 3 3 0 - - - - 6

SWINDON

Ian Williams (C) 1 3 0 0 2 - - 6

Ray Harris F 2 2 1* 1 - - 6 (1)

Bob Roger 3 1 F 3 2 2 - 11

Danny Malone 0 0 1 1* 0 - - 2 (1)

George White 2 1 3 3 3 0 - 12

Ron Swaine 0 0 1* 0 1 - - 2 (1)

Ernie Lessiter 2 0 - - - - - 2

Francis Cann 1* 1 - - - - - 2 (1)

Ht 1: McKinlay, Barsby, I. Williams, Harris (fell), 69.0 (5-1)

Ht 2: Roger, McGregor, Green, Swaine, 69.8 (8-4)

Ht 3: L. Williams, Harris, Phillips, Malone, 69.8 (12-6)

Ht 4: East, Lessiter, Cann, Elliott (fell), 70.0 (15-9)

Ht 5: McGregor, Barsby, Roger, Malone, 68.8 (20-10)

Ht 6: I. Williams, Phillips, Green, Swaine, 69.6 (23-13)

Ht 7: McKinlay, White, L. Williams, Roger (fell), 68.2 (27-15)

Ht 8: McKinlay, McGregor, White, I. Williams, 68.6 (32-16)

Ht 9: Roger, Barsby, Phillips, I. Williams, 69.8 (35-19)

Ht 10: McGregor, Harris, Swaine, L. Williams, 70.2 (38-22)

Ht 11: White, Barsby, Malone, Green (ret), 68.4 (40-26)

Ht 12: McKinlay, Roger, Harris, Green, 69.0 (43-29)

Ht 13: White, L. Williams, Barsby, Swaine, 68.4 (46-32)

Ht 14: East, Elliott, Cann, Lessiter, 70.6 (51-33)

Ht 15: L. Williams, I. Williams, Malone, East, 69.8 (54-36)

Ht 16: White, McGregor, Harris, Phillips, 69.2 (56-40)

Ht 17: McKinlay, Phillips, Swaine, Malone, 69.0 (61-41)

Ht 18: (Nominated) McKinlay (r), Roger (w), McGregor (b), White (y), 69.0 (65-43)

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Junior Inter-Track Handicap:

Bill McGregor (1 sec. behind), Brian Meredith (3), Norman Unger (Scr),

Ivor Brown (4), Brian Edwards (2), 75.2

Senior Handicap:

Brown (2), Meredith (1), Elliott (4), East (3), Unger (Scr), 73.6

Saturday 21 April 1956 Abbey Stadium, Swindon

SWINDON ROBINS 65 LEICESTER HUNTERS 43 (National Trophy)

SWINDON

Ian Williams (C) 2 1 2 2 3 - - 10

Ray Harris 1* 3 1 2* 2* - - 9 (3)

Bob Roger 2 2* 1* 2* 2 1 - 10 (3)

Danny Malone R 1 3 0 2 - - 6

George White 3 3 3 3 1* 3 - 16 (1)

Ron Swaine 2* 0 1* - - - - 3 (2)

Ernie Lessiter 3 0 3 2* - - - 8 (1)

Francis Cann 2* 1 - - - - - 3 (1)

LEICESTER

Ken McKinlay (C) 3 3 3 3 3 R - 15

Charlie Barsby R 1 F 1 0 - - 2

Gordon McGregor 3 1 2 2* 3 2 - 13 (1)

Ivor Brown F 0 0 0 - - - 0

Len Williams 0 0 1 1 3 - - 5

Ron Phillips 1 2* 1 0 1 - - 5 (1)

Bryan Elliott F 0 M - - - - 0

Barry East 1 2 - - - - - 3

Ht 1: McKinlay, I. Williams, Harris, Barsby (ret), 74.4 (3-3)

Ht 2: McGregor, Roger, Phillips, Malone (ret), 75.8 (5-7)

Ht 3: White, Swaine, Barsby, Brown (fell), 76.6 (10-8)

Ht 4: Lessiter, Cann, East, Elliott (fell), 78.8 (15-9)

Ht 5: Harris, Roger, McGregor, Brown, 76.6 (20-10)

Ht 6: McKinlay, Phillips, Malone, Swaine, 76.2 (21-15)

Ht 7: White, McGregor, I. Williams, L. Williams, 75.4 (25-17)

Ht 8: McKinlay, I. Williams, Roger, L. Williams, 75.8 (28-20)

Ht 9: McKinlay, McGregor, Harris, Lessiter, 76.8 (29-25)

Ht 10: White, Roger, Phillips, Barsby (fell), 76.2 (34-26)

Ht 11: Malone, Harris, L. Williams, Brown, 77.6 (39-27)

Ht 12: McGregor, I. Williams, Barsby, Malone, 76.8 (41-31)

Ht 13: White, Harris, L. Williams, Phillips, 75.2 (46-32)

Ht 14: Lessiter, East, Cann, Elliott, 77.6 (50-34)

Ht 15: McKinlay, Malone, White, Brown, 75.6 (53-37)

Ht 16: L. Williams, Roger, Swaine, Barsby, 77.8 (56-40)

Ht 17: I. Williams, Lessiter, Phillips, Elliott (ex, 2 mins), 78.0 (61-41)

Ht 18: (Nominated) White (r), McGregor (y), Roger (b), McKinlay (w; ret), 77.6 (65-43)


Leicester Hunters 45 Birmingham Brummies 51 (Inter-Division Tournament)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 3 E 3 3 3 15

Charlie Barsby 1 3 1 1 E 6


Barry East 0 1’ 1 0 2 1

Len Williams 1’ 1 3 3 1 9 1

Ron Phillips 2 0 1 1 2’ 6 1

Brian Elliott 0 F 0

Birmingham

Alan Hunt 2 3 2 1’ 2’ 10 2

Harry Bastable 0 1’ 2’ E 1 4 2

Ron Mountford 3 2 E 1’ 2 8 1

Jim Tolley 2’ 0 2 3 3 10

Eric Boothroyd E X 2’ 2 0 4 1

Doug Davies 3 3 3 2 2’ 13 1

Neil Mortimer 2 E 0 2

Ht1 McKinlay, Hunt, Barsby, Bastable 67.4 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Mountford, Tolley, McGregor, East 70.0 1 5 5 7

Ht3 Davies, Phillips, Williams, Boothroyd (ef) 69.2 3 3 8 10

Ht4 Barsby, Mortimer, Bastable, Elliott 70.8 3 3 11 13

Ht5 Davies, McGregor, East, Mortimer (ef) 68.4 3 3 14 16

Ht6 McKinlay, Mountford, Barsby, Tolley 68.4 4 2 18 18

Ht7 Hunt, Bastable, Williams, Phillips 70.4 1 5 19 23

Ht8 Davies, Boothroyd, Barsby, McKinlay (ef) 70.8 1 5 20 28

Ht9 Williams, Tolley, Phillips, Mountford 69.6 4 2 24 30

Ht10 McGregor, Hunt, East, Bastable (ef) 70.6 4 2 28 32

Ht11 McKinlay, Davies, Hunt, East 69.4 3 3 31 35

Ht12 Williams, Boothroyd, Mountford, Barsby (ef) 70.8 3 3 34 38

Ht13 Tolley, Davies, McGregor, Elliott (f) 70.8 1 5 35 43

Ht14 McKinlay, Mountford, Phillips, Mortimer 69.8 4 2 39 45

Ht15 Tolley, Hunt, Williams, McGregor 70.8 1 5 40 50

Ht16 McKinlay, Phillips, Bastable, Boothroyd 70.0 5 1 45 51

Enderby Encounter

East, Mortimer, Elliott, Brown 72.2

Stadium Scurry 3 laps (fastest winner)

Ht1 Barsby, Phillips, Bastable, Tolley 54.0

Ht2 McGregor, Davies, East, Elliott 53.2

Ht3 McKinlay, Hunt, Boothroyd, Williams 52.0

Saturday 28th April 1956 Brandon Stadium, Coventry

Coventry Bees 53 Leicester Hunters 43 (National League Division Two)

Coventry

Nick Nicholls 1 2’ 3 2 1 9 1

Charlie New 2 2’ 1’ 1 1 9 2

Bob Mark 2’ 3 2 2 2 11 1

Reg Duval 3 2’ 1’ 1’ 1 8 3

Les Tolley 0 0 0


Jim Lightfoot 3 0 3 0 1’ 7 1

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 E 3 15

Charlie Barsby X 2’ E 2’ 4 2

Gordon McGregor 1 3 2 3 2 2 13

Barry East 0 0 0

Len Williams 1’ 1 0 2 1

Ron Phillips 2 0 2 0 0 3 7

Brian Elliott F 1 1

Ht1 McKinlay, Nicholls, New, Elliott (f) 66.6 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Duval, Mark, McGregor, East 70.4 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Miller, Phillips, Williams Tolley 70.2 3 3 11 7

Ht4 Lightfoot, New, Elliott, Barsby (exc) 68.8 5 1 16 8

Ht5 Mark, Duval, Williams, Phillips 70.4 5 1 21 9

Ht6 McGregor, Nicholls, New, East 69.4 3 3 24 12

Ht7 McKinlay, Barsby, Miller, Lightfoot 68.8 1 5 25 17

Ht8 Nicholls, Philips, New, Williams 69.6 4 2 29 19

Ht9 Lightfoot, McGregor, Miller, Phillips 69.2 4 2 33 21

Ht10 McKinlay, Mark, Duval, Barsby (f) 69.6 3 3 36 24

Ht11 McKinlay, Nicholls, Duval, Phillips 68.8 3 3 39 27

Ht12 McGregor, Barsby, New, Lightooft 71.0 1 5 40 32

Ht13 Phillips, Mark, Lightfoot, McKinlay (ef) 70.4 3 3 43 35

Ht14 Miler, McGregor, Duval, Elliott 70.0 4 2 47 37

Ht15 McKinlay, Mark, East, Tolley 68.6 2 4 49 41

Ht16 Miller, McGregor, Nicholls, Barsby 70.0 4 2 53 43

Thursday 3rd May 1956 Cowley Stadium, Oxford

Oxford Cheetahs 47 Leicester Hunters 49 (National League Division Two)

Oxford

Pat Clarke 0 2 2 2 0 6

Bill Thatcher 1 1’ 1’ 0 3 2

Ronnie Genz 3 3 3 3 3 3 18

Bob Baker 0 1 2’ 1’ 2 6 2

Peter Robinson 2 2 E 2 2 8

Dennis Newton 1’ E 1’ 1 3 2

Howdy Byford 2 1’ 0 3 1

Leicester

Len Williams 3 1 1 0 0 0 5

Charlie Barsby 2’ 3 3 E 2’ 10 2


Ivor Brown 1’ 0 1’ 1’ 1 4 3

Ron Phillips 0 0 1 3 4


Barry East 0 0 0

Ht1 Williams, Barsby, Thatcher, Clarke 69.8 1 5 1 5

Ht2 Genz, McGregor, Brown, Baker 68.8 3 3 4 8

Ht3 McKinlay, Robinson, Newton, Phillips 68.0 3 3 7 11

Ht4 Barsby, Byford, Thatcher, East 69.6 3 3 10 14

Ht5 Genz, McKinlay, Baker, Phillips 69.0 4 2 14 16

Ht6 McGregor, Clarke, Thatcher, Brown 69.6 3 3 17 19

Ht7 Barsby, Robinson, Williams, Newton (ef) 69.6 2 4 19 23

Ht8 McKinlay, Clarke, Phillips, Thatcher 69.8 2 4 21 27

Ht9 Genz, McGregor, Brown, Robinson (ef) 68.6 3 3 24 30

Ht10 Genz, Baker, Williams, Barsby (ef) 69.4 5 1 29 31

Ht11 McKinlay, Clarke, Baker, Williams 69.4 3 3 32 34

Ht12 McGregor, Robinson, Byford, Williams 69.6 3 3 35 34

Ht13 Genz, McKinlay, Brown, Byford (f) 68.2 3 3 38 40

Ht14 McGregor, Baker, Newton, East 69.6 3 3 41 43

Ht15 Genz, Robinson, Brown, Williams 70.4 5 1 46 44

Ht16 Phillips, Barsby, Newton, Clarke 69.6 1 5 47 49

Friday 4 May 1956 Blackbird Road, Leicester

LEICESTER HUNTERS 76 SWINDON ROBINS 32 (National Trophy)

LEICESTER

Ken McKinlay (C) 3 3 3 3 3 3 - 18

Charlie Barsby 2* 2* 2* 2 1 - - 9 (3)

Gordon McGregor 3 3 2* 3 2* 2* - 15 (3)

Reg Fearman 2* 2* 0 1 R - - 5 (2)

Len Williams 2* 0 2* 3 3 - - 10 (2)

Ron Phillips 3 3 3 3 2* - - 14 (1)

Barry East 1 3 - - - - - 4

Ivor Brown F 1 - - - - - 1

SWINDON

Ian Williams (C) 0 1 0 R 1* - - 2 (1)

Ray Harris 1 1 0 0 0 - - 2

Bob Roger 1 1 1* 1 2 1 - 7 (1)

Danny Malone 0 1 2 0 - - - 3

George White 2 1 3 2 1 0 - 9

Ernie Lessiter 0 0 1 0 1 - - 2

Ron Swaine 3 0 2 - - - - 5

Roy Taylor 2* 0 - - - - - 2 (1)

Ht 1: McKinlay, Barsby, Harris, I. Williams, 70.0 (5-1)

Ht 2: McGregor, Fearman, Roger, Lessiter, 70.4 (10-2)

Ht 3: Phillips, L. Williams, Harris, Malone, 72.0 (15-3)

Ht 4: Swaine, Taylor, East, Brown (fell), 74.0 (16-8)

Ht 5: McGregor, Barsby, Roger, Swaine, 71.8 (21-9)

Ht 6: Phillips, Fearman, I. Williams, Lessiter, 72.0 (26-10)

Ht 7: McKinlay, White, Roger, L. Williams, 70.6 (29-13)

Ht 8: McKinlay, McGregor, White, I. Williams, 70.6 (34-14)

Ht 9: Phillips, Barsby, Roger, I. Williams (ret), 72.4 (39-15)

Ht 10: McGregor, L. Williams, Lessiter, Harris, 71.8 (44-16)

Ht 11: White, Barsby, Malone, Fearman, 72.0 (46-20)

Ht 12: McKinlay, Roger, Fearman, Harris, 71.0 (50-22)

Ht 13: L. Williams, White, Barsby, Lessiter, 71.2 (54-24)

Ht 14: East, Swaine, Brown, Taylor, 72.0 (58-26)

Ht 15: L. Williams, Malone, I. Williams, Fearman (ret), 71.6 (61-29)

Ht 16: Phillips, McGregor, White, Harris, 71.8 (66-30)

Ht 17: McKinlay, Phillips, Lessiter, Malone, 71.6 (71-31)

Ht 18: (Nominated) McKinlay (r), McGregor (b), Roger (y), White (w), 71.0 (76-32)

Late Night Mile: Swaine, Brown, East, Bryan Elliott, Brian Edwards, 74.4

Saturday 5 May 1956 Abbey Stadium, Swindon

SWINDON ROBINS 51 LEICESTER HUNTERS 56 (National Trophy)

SWINDON

Ian Williams (C) 1 2* 1* F 2 - - 6 (2)

Ray Harris 0 0 1 0 - - - 1

Bob Roger 3 3 2 2* 3 1* - 14 (2)

Danny Malone 2* 2 2 1 1* - - 8 (2)

George White 3 3 3 3 2 2 - 16

Ernie Lessiter 0 0 0 0 - - - 0

Ron Swaine 2 3 0 - - - - 5

Roy Taylor F 0 1 - - - - 1

LEICESTER

Ken McKinlay (C) 3 3 3 3 3 3 - 18

Charlie Barsby 2* 2 1 2* 2 0 - 9 (2)

Gordon McGregor 1 2 0 2* 3 - - 8 (1)

Barry East 1* 1* 3 0 3 - - 8 (2)

Len Williams 1 0 1 1* 1* - - 4 (2)

Ron Phillips 0 1 0 2 - - - 3

Ivor Brown 3 2 1 - - - - 6

Bryan Elliott F 0 - - - - - 0

Ht 1: McKinlay, Barsby, I. Williams, Harris, 75.8 (1-5)

Ht 2: Roger, Malone, McGregor, Phillips, 76.8 (6-6)

Ht 3: White, Barsby, East, Lessiter, 77.0 (9-9)

Ht 4: Brown, Swaine, Taylor (fell), Elliott (fell), 80.6 (11-12)

Ht 5: Roger, McGregor, East, Harris, 77.2 (14-15)

Ht 6: McKinlay, Malone, Phillips, Lessiter, 78.0 (16-19)

Ht 7: White, I. Williams, L. Williams, McGregor, 77.0 (21-20)

Ht 8: McKinlay, Roger, I.Williams, L.Williams, 76.4 (24-23)

Ht 9: McKinlay, McGregor, Harris, Lessiter, 78.4 (25-28)

Ht 10: White, Roger, Barsby, Phillips, 76.6 (30-29)

Ht 11: East, Malone, L. Williams, Harris, 78.4 (32-33)

Ht 12: McGregor, Barsby, Malone, I. Williams (fell), 78.8 (33-38)

Ht 13: White, Phillips, L. Williams, Taylor, 77.4 (36-41)

Ht 14: Swaine, Brown, Taylor, Elliott, 79.8 (40-43)

Ht 15: McKinlay, White, Malone, East, 77.0 (43-46)

Ht 16: Roger, Barsby, L. Williams, Lessiter, 78.4 (46-49)

Ht 17: East, I. Williams, Brown, Swaine, 78.8 (48-53)

Ht 18: (Nominated) McKinlay (w), White (b), Roger (r), Barsby (y), 77.2 (51-56)

Friday 11th May 1956 Blackbird Road, Leicester Leicester Hunters 58 Oxford Cheetahs 38 (National League Division Two)

Leicester





Len Williams 3 3 2 1’ 1 10 1

Ron Phillips 2’ 1 1’ 3 1 8 2

Ivor Brown 2 1 0 3

Oxford

Peter Robinson 2 2 2 1’ 0 7 1

Howdy Byford 0 3 0 0 3

Ronnie Genz 2 2 3 3 2 2 14

Bob Baker 1’ 0 0 2 2 5 1

Pat Clarke 1 1’ 0 0 2 1

Dennis Newton 0 2 1 2 1’ 0 6 1

Bill Thatcher 1 0 1

Ht1 McKinlay, Robinson, Barsby, Byford 71.0 4 2 4 2

Ht2 McGregor, Genz, Baker, East 72.0 3 3 7 5

Ht3 Williams, Phillips, Clarke, Newton 73.8 5 1 12 6

Ht4 Byford, Brown, Thatcher, Barsby 74.0 2 4 14 10

Ht5 McGregor, Newton, Clarke, East 72.4 3 3 17 13

Ht6 McKinlay, Genz, Barsby, Baker 71.6 4 2 21 15

Ht7 Williams, Robinson, Philips, Byford 72.2 4 2 25 17

Ht8McKinlay, Barsby, Newton, Clarke 71.2 5 1 30 18

Ht9 Genz, Williams, Philips, Baker 71.2 3 3 33 21

Ht10 McGregor, Robinson, Brown, Byford 71.6 4 2 37 23

Ht11 McKinlay, Newton, Robinson, East 71.8 3 3 40 26

Ht12 Genz, Barsby, Williams, Clarke 72.6 3 3 43 29

Ht13 McGregor, Baker, Newton, Brown 72.0 3 3 46 32

Ht14 Phillips, Genz, East, Thatcher 72.2 4 2 50 34

Ht15 McGregor, Baker, Williams, Robinson 72.8 4 2 54 36

Ht16 McKinlay, Genz, Phillips, Newton 72.2 4 2 58 38

Handicap Race

East, Newton, Thatcher, [ Brown, Elliott (0) 73,0

Harborough Scratch Race 3 laps

McGregor, Genz, Williams, Baker 54.4

Syston Scratch Race

Phillips, Barsby, Byford, Brown 72.6

Melton Scratch Race 3 laps

McKinlay, East, Robinson, Clarke 54.4

Tuesday 15th May 1956 Bannister Court, Southampton

Southampton Saints 48 Leicester Hunters 48 (National League Division Two)

Southampton

Dick Bradley 2 3 3 2 3 13 0 5

Alby Golden 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

Ernie Rawlins 3 3 3 3 2 14 0 5

Johnny Hole 1 0 0 1* 2 1 4

Brian Hanham 3 2 2 2 1* 10 1 5

Charlie May 2*0 0 2 0 4 1 5

Maury Mattingley 2 1 0 2* 5 1 4

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 3 2 3 3 14 0 5

Charlie Barsby 1 3 1 1*2 8 1 5

Gordon McGregor 2 2 3 3 3 13 0 5


Len Williams 1 1*2 1 1* 6 2 5

Ron Phillips 0 2 1*1 1 5 1 5

Ivor Brown 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 5

1 Ken McKinlay, Dick Bradley, Charlie Barsby, Alby Golden 65.8 2 – 4 2 – 4

2 Ernie Rawlins, Gordon McGregor, Johnny Hole, Barry East 66.6 4 – 2 6 – 6

3 Brian Hanham, Charlie May, Len Williams, Ron Phillips(ef) 67.4 5 – 1 11 – 7

4 Charlie Barsby, Maury Mattingley, Ivor Brown, Alby Golden 67.6 2 – 4 13 – 11

5 Ernie Rawlins, Ron Phillips, Len Williams, Johnny Hole 66 3 – 3 16 – 14

6 Dick Bradley, Gordon McGregor, Maury Mattingley, Barry East 66.2 4 – 2 20 – 16

7 Ken McKinlay, Brian Hanham, Charlie Barsby, Charlie May 65.4 2 – 4 22 – 20

8 Dick Bradley, Len Williams, Ron Phillips, Alby Golden 66.2 3 – 3 25 – 23

9 Gordon McGregor, Brian Hanham, Ivor Brown, Charlie May 66.6 2 – 4 27 – 27

10 Ernie Rawlins, Ken McKinlay, Charlie Barsby, Johnny Hole 65.4 3 – 3 30 – 30

11 Ken McKinlay, Dick Bradley, Ron Phillips, Maury Mattingley 65.6 2 – 4 32 – 34

12 Gordon McGregor, Brian Hanham, Len Williams, Alby Golden 66.2 2 – 4 34 – 38

13 Ernie Rawlins, Maury Mattingley, Ron Phillips, Ivor Brown 65.8 5 – 1 39 – 39

14 Gordon McGregor, Charlie May, Johnny Hole, Ivor Brown 67.2 3 – 3 42 – 42

15 Ken McKinlay, Ernie Rawlins, Brian Hanham, Ivor Brown 65.2 3 – 3 45 – 45

16 Dick Bradley, Charlie Barsby, Len Williams, Charlie May 66.6 3 – 3 48 – 48

Friday 18th May 1956 Blackbird Road, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 45 Coventry Bees 51 (National League Division Two)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 1 3 3 3 2’ 3 15 1

Charlie Barsby 0 2 E 0 0 2

Gordon McGregor 2 2 2’ 1 2 0 9 1

Ivor Brown 0 0 0 0


Ron Phillips 0 1 1’ 3 1 6 1

Barry East 1’ 1’ 2 2

Coventry

Les Tolley 2’ 0 2’ 1’ 1 6 3


Jim Lightfoot 1 2 0 2’ 1 6 1

Tommy Miller 3 1’ 3 3 3 13

Nick Nicholls 1’ 3 1 3 0 8 1

Reg Duval 2 1 0 2 0 5

Bryan Meredith 0 0 0

Ht1 New, Tolley, McKinlay, Barsby 70.4 1 5 1 5

Ht2 Miller, McGregor, Lightfoot, Brown 71.8 2 4 3 9

Ht3 Williams, Duval, Nicholls, Phillips 71.2 3 3 6 12

Ht4 New, Barsby, East, Meredith 71.2 3 3 9 15

Ht5 Nicholls, McGregor, Duval, Brown 71.6 2 4 11 19

Ht6 McKinlay, Lightfoot, Miller, Barsby (ef) 71.2 3 3 14 22

Ht7Williams, New, Phillips, Tolley 71.4 4 2 18 24

Ht8 McKinlay, McGregor, Nicholls, Duval 71.4 5 1 23 25

Ht9 Miller, Williams, Phillips, Lightfoot 71.2 3 3 26 28

Ht10 New, Tolley, McGregor, Brown 71.4 1 5 27 33

Ht11 McKinlay, Duval, Tolley, Barsby 71.8 3 3 30 36

Ht12 Nicholls, Lightfoot, Williams, Barsby 72.2 1 5 31 41

Ht13 Miller, McGregor, East, Duval 72.2 3 3 34 44

Ht14 Phillips, McKinlay, Lightfoot, Meredith 72.4 5 1 39 45

Ht15 Miller, Williams, Tiolley, McGregor 71.8 2 4 41 49

Ht16 McKinlay, New, Phillips, Nicholls 71.8 4 2 45 51

Saffron Scratch Race

Tolley, East, Meredith, Elliott (f) 72.4

Three Corner Contest

Leicester (3) + 6 9 Coventrians (1) + 3 4 Scots (0) + 8 8

Ht1 Williams, Brown, Duval, Nicholls (ef) 72.4

Ht2 McKinlay, New, Lightfoot, Miller 72.0

Ht3 McGregor, Phillips, East, Barsby ?

Saturday 19th May 1956 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Odsal Tudors 57 Leicester Hunters 26 (Challenge) Bradford

A Forrest 3 3 2* 2* 10

R Clarke 1 2* 3 6

A Allison 0 3 1 4 7

A Wright 3 3 ef 2 8

G Allott 2 3 2 3 10

E Rigg 3 2* 1* 2* 8

N Boocock 3 2 1* 6

D Haswell 2* 0 2

Leicester

K McKinlay 2 0 3 3 8

C Barsby 2 F 1 1 4

G McGregor 1* 2 0 3 6

I Brown 0 F 0 0 0

L Williams 1 0 0 0 1

R Phillips 0 1 2 1 4

B East 1 1 2

B Elliott 0 1* 1

Ht 1 Forrest, McKinlay, McGregor, Allison 66.6 3 3 3 3

Ht 2 Wright, Barsby, Clarke, Brown 68.0 4 2 7 5

Ht 3 Rigg, Allott, Williams, Phillips 69.8 5 1 12 6

Ht 4 Boocock, Haswell, East, Elliott (frmted) 69.6 5 1 17 7

Ht 5 Allison, Clarke, Barsby (f), Brown (f) 70.0 5 0 22 7

Ht 6 Forrest, Rigg, Phillips, McKinley (ef) 68.2 5 1 27 8

Ht 7 Allott, McGregor, Allison, Williams 68.0 4 2 31 10

Ht 8 Clarke, Phillips, Elliott, Haswell 70.4 3 3 34 13

Ht 9 Wright, Forrest, Barsby, Brown 67.8 5 1 39 14

Ht 10 McKinley, Allott, Rigg, McGregor 68.8 3 3 42 17

Ht 11 Allison, Forrest, East, Williams 69.4 5 1 47 18

Ht 12 McGregor, Boocock, Phillips, Wright (ef) 69.2 2 4 49 22

Ht 13 Allott, Rigg, Barsby, Brown 69.6 5 1 54 23

Ht 14 McKinlay, Wright, Boocock, Williams (ef) 68.4 3 3 57 26

Monday 21st May 1956 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich

Ipswich Witches 46 Leicester Hunters 62 (National Trophy)

Ipswich

Junior Bainbridge 1’ 1’ 0 0 1 3 2

Tich Read 2 1’ 1 0 0 4 1

Bert Edwards 2 2 2 1’ 3 2 12 1

Ken Adams 0 1’ 1 3 1’ 6 2

Bob Sharp 2 2 2 2 2 1’ 11 1

Len Silver 1’ 2 0 2’ 0 5 2

Bill Bryden 2 E 2

Doug Templeton 1’ 2 3 1

Leicester



Gordon McGregor 3 3 3 2’ 2 0 13 1

Ivor Brown 0 0 0 0

Len Williams 0 1 2’ 1 0 4 1

Ron Phillips 1 E 3 3 3 10

Barry East 3 3 3 2’ 11 1

Brian Elliott 0 1 1

Ht1 McKinlay, Read, Bainbridge, Barsby 73.2 3 3 3 3

Ht2 McGregor, Edwards, Phillips, Adams 74.4 2 4 5 7

Ht3 Barsby, Sharp, Silver, Brown 74.8 3 3 8 10

Ht4 East, Bryden, Templeton, Elliott 76.6 3 3 11 13

Ht5 McGregor, Edwards, Read, Brown 74.8 3 3 14 16

Ht6 McKinlay, Silver, Adams, Phillips (ef) 74.4 3 3 17 19

Ht7 McGregor, Sharp, Bainbridge, Williams 75.0 3 3 20 22

Ht8 McKinlay, Edwards, Williams, Bainbridge 74.0 2 4 22 26

Ht9 McKinlay, McGregor, Read, Silver 74.8 1 5 23 31

Ht10 Phillips, Sharp, Edwards, Barsby 75.4 3 3 26 34

Ht11 East, Williams, Adams, Read 75.6 1 5 27 39

Ht12 Adams, McGregor, Barsby, Bainbridge 75.4 3 3 30 42

Ht13 Phillips, Sharp, Williams, Read 75.8 2 4 32 46

Ht14 East, Templeton, Elliott, Bryden (ef) 76.2 2 4 34 50

Ht15 McKinlay, Sharp, Adams, Brown 74.8 3 3 37 53

Ht16 Edwards, Silver, Barsby, Williams 75.8 5 1 42 54

Ht17 Phillips, East, Bainbridge, Silver 76.4 1 5 43 59

Ht18 McKinlay, Edwards, Sharp, McGregor 75.2 3 3 46 62

Friday 25th May 1956 Blackbird Road, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 67 Ipswich Witches 40 (National League Division Two)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay F F 3 2’ 5 1

Charlie Barsby 3 1’ 3 3 3 1 13 1


Barry east 1 2’ 1 0 1 5 1

Len Williams 1’ 2 2’ 1 3 9 2

Ron Phillips 2 3 2’ 2’ 3 12 2

Brian Elliott 1’ 3 4 1

Ivor Brown 2 0 0 2

Ipswich

Bert Edwards 3 1 0 2 6

Ken Adams 1 0 1 1’ 0 3 1

Junior Bainbridge 2 3 3 1 2 2 13

Tich Read 3 0 0 0 1 4

Bob Sharp F 2 2 2 1 0 7

Bill Bryden 0 0 0 0

Len Silver 3 1’ 0 1’ 0 5 2

Doug Templeton 0 2 2

Ht1 Edwards, Barsby, Adams, McKinlay (f) 70.2 2 4 2 4

Ht2 McGregor, Bainbridge, East, Bryden 70.0 4 2 6 6

Ht3 Read, Phillips, Williams, Adams 71.0 3 3 9 9

Ht4 Silver, Brown, Elliott, Templeton 73.2 3 3 12 12

Ht5 Bainbridge, McGregor, Barsby, Read 70.8 3 3 15 15

Ht6 Phillips, East, Edwards, Bryden 71.8 5 1 20 16

Ht7 Bainbridge, Williams, Sharp (f), McKinlay (f) 71.2 2 3 22 19

Ht8 McGregor, Sharp, Silver, Brown 71.6 3 3 25 22

Ht9 Barsby, Phillips, Bainbridge, Edwards 71.0 5 1 30 23

Ht10 McGregor, Williams, Adams, Silver 71.4 5 1 35 24

Ht11 Barsby, Sharp, East, Read 72.0 4 2 39 26

Ht12 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Adams, East 71.4 3 3 42 29

Ht13 Barsby, Sharp, Williams, Bryden 72.2 4 2 46 31

Ht14 Elliott, Templeton, Silver, Brown 73.0 3 3 49 34

Ht15 Williams, Edwards, East, Read 71.8 4 2 53 36

Ht16 McGregor, Phillips, Sharp, Adams 71.8 5 1 58 37

Ht17 Phillips, McKinlay, Read, Silver 72.6 5 1 63 38

Ht18 McGregor, Bainbridge, Barsby, Sharp 71.8 4 2 67 40

Mallory Scurry 3 laps

Brown, Templeton, Bryden, Elliott (ef) 56.0

Friday 1st June 1956 Blackbird Road, Leicester

Midland Riders Championship Qualifying Round

Charlie Barsby 1 1 2 2 3 9

Reg Duval 0 1 0 0 2 3

Ron Mountford 2 3 2 2 1 10

Doug Davies 3 3 3 3 1 13


Harry Bastable 2 2 1 2 0 7

Barry East 1 2 F 1 1 5

Ivor Brown 0 0 0 1 0 1

Dennis Parker 0 0


Nick Nicholls 1 0 0 2 0 3


Neil Mortimer 1 3 2 3 2 11



Ron Phillips 2 2 3 1 3 11

Brian Elliott (res) 0 1 0 0 1

Ht1 Davies, Mountford, Barsby, Duval 69.2

Ht2 Williams, Bastable, East, Brown 68.6

Ht3 New, McGregor, Nicholls, Parker 71.0

Ht4 McKinlay, Phillips, Mortimer, Miller 69.2

Ht5 Mortimer, Williams, Barsby, Elliott 70.6

Ht6 McKinlay, Bastable, Duval, New 70.2

Ht7 Mountford, East, Miller, Nicholls 70.4

Ht8 Davies, Phillips, McGregor, Brown 70.4

Ht9 Phillips, Barsby, Bastable, Nicholls 70.8

Ht10 Williams, McGregor, Miller, Duval 70.4

Ht11 McKinlay, Mountford, Elliott, Brown 70.4

Ht12 Davies, Mortimer, New, East (f) 71.0

Ht13 McKinlay, Barsby, East, McGregor 71.4

Ht14 Mortimer, Nicholls, Brown, Duval 71.8

Ht15 Williams, Mountford, Phillips, New 71.0

Ht16 Davies, Bastable, Miller, Elliott 70.6

Ht17 Barsby, New, Miller, Brown 71.8

Ht18 Phillips, Duval, East, Elliott 71.8

Ht19 McGregor, Mortimer, Mountford, Bastable 71.6

Ht20 Williams, McKinlay, Davies, Nicholls 71.4

Friday 8th June 1956 Blackbird Road, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 49 Odsal Tudors 47 (Inter League Tournament)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 2’ 3 3 3 3 14 1



Barry East 1 1 0 0 1 3



Dennis Parker 1 0 1

Odsal

Arthur Forrest 1 3 2 1’ 2’ 3 12 2

Jimmy Gooch 0 0 1’ 1 1

Al Allison 0 E 1’ 1 1

Arthur Wright 2 2 2 2 3 3 14

Guy Allott E 0 0 0 0

Nigel Boocock 3 2 1 2 2’ 10 1

Des Haswell 2 2’ 1’ 2’ 2 8 3

H1 Barsby, McKinlay, Forrest, Gooch 72.4 5 1 5 1

Ht2 McGregor, Wright, East, Allison 71.8 4 2 9 3

Ht3 Boocock, Phillips, Williams, Allott (ef) 74.4 3 3 12 6

Ht4 Barsby, Haswell, Parker, Gooch 74.4 4 2 16 8

Ht5 McGregor, Boocock, East, Allott 73.4 4 2 20 10

Ht6 McKinlay, Wright, Barsby, Allison, (ef) 72.4 4 2 24 12

Ht7 Forrest, Haswell, Williams, Phillips 74.4 1 5 25 17

Ht8 McKinlay, Barsby, Boocock, Allott 74.0 5 1 30 18

Ht9 Phillips, Wright, Allison, Williams 75.6 3 3 33 21

Ht10 McGregor, Forrest, Gooch, East 76.2 3 3 36 24

Ht11 McKinlay, Boocock, Forrest, East 74.6 3 3 39 27

Ht12 Barsby, Wright, Haswell, Williams 75.8 3 3 42 30

Ht13 Wright, Boocock, McGregor, Parker 76.8 1 5 43 35

Ht14 Forrest, Hasswell, East, Phillips 76.6 1 5 44 40

Ht15 Wright, Forrest, McGregor, Williams 77.0 1 5 45 45

Ht16 McKinlay, Haswell, Phillips, Allott 75.6 4 2 49 47

Hinckley Scratch Race

Hall, Fred Greenwell, Maury Pycke, Fred Robinson 79.6

Croft Scratch Race

Not Raced

Stadium Scatch Race Fastest Winner

Ht1 McGregor, Barsby, Elliott, Gooch 76.2

Ht2 Wright, East, Parker, Brown 78.0

Ht3 McKinlay, Boocock, Phillips, Forrest 78.0


Leicester Hunters 55 Norwich Stars 41 (Inter-Division Tournament)

LEICESTER

Ken McKinlay 3 2’ 3 3 3 14 1

Charlie Barsby 2’ 3 3 0 3 11 1


Barry East 2’ 2’ 1 1 1 7 2


Ron Ohillips 2 2 3 3 1 11

Dennis Parker 0 0 0

NORWICH

Ove Fundin 0 3 2 2 3 3 13

Reg Trott 1 2 1 0 0 4

Harry Edwards 1 1 2 2 2 8

Billy Bales 0 0 1’ 2 2’ 5 2

Aub Lawson 3 0 2 1’ 2 8 1

Phil Clarke 0 1 1’ 0 2 1

Fred Brand 1’ 0 1 1

1 McKinlay, Barsby, Trott, Fundin (f), 70.2 5 1

2 McGregor, East, Edwards, Bales, 69.4 10 2

3 Lawson, Phillips, Williams, Clarke, 69.6 13 5

4 Barsby, Trott, Brand, Parker, 70.2 16 8

5 McGregor, East, Clarke, Lawson, 70.0 21 9

6 Barsby, McKinlay, Edwards, Bales, 69.6 26 10

7 Fundin, Phillips, Trott, Williams, 68.4 28 14

8 McKinlay, Lawson, Clarke, Barsby, 69.4 31 17

9 Phillips, Edwards, Bales, Williams, 70.0 34 20

10 McGregor, Fundin, East, Trott, 70.4 38 22

11 McKinlay, Fundin, East, Clarke, 69.4 42 24

12 Barsby, Edwards, Lawson, Williams, 70.8 45 27

13 Fundin, Bales, McGregor, Parker, 69.8 46 32

14 Phillips, Edwards, East, Brand, 70.4 50 34

15 Fundin, Bales, Williams, McGregor, 69.4 51 39

16 McKinlay, Lawson, Phillips, Trott, 70.0 55 41

Second Half Results

Junior Scurry – Vic Hall, Maury Pycke, Fred Robinson, Fred Greenwell, 72.4

Croft Scratch Race – East, Parker, Brian Elliott, Ivor Brown (f), 72.4


1 Edwards, Williams, Clarke, Brand, 71.4

2 Lawson, McGregor, Barsby, Trott, 70.2

3 Fundin, McKinlay, Phillips, Bales, 69.8

A final was not run or even scheduled

Tuesday 19th June 1956 Bannister Court, Southampton

Southampton Saints 64 Leicester Hunters 43 (National Trophy)

Southampton

Dick Bradley 3 3 2 2*2 3 15 1 6

Johnny Hole 0 2*3 2 0 7 1 5

Ernie Rawlins 3 3 1*2*3 12 2 5

Maury Mattingley 0 1 3 0 4 0 4

Brian Hanham 3 2*3 3 2 0 13 1 6

Alby Golden 1 0 1 2*1* 5 2 5

Ron Sharp 0 2* 2 1 2

Frank Bettis 3 0 3 6 0 3

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 2 2*3 2 3 2 14 1 6

Charlie Barsby 1*2 1 1 0 5 1 5

Gordon McGregor 1*0 1 0 0 2 1 5

Barry East 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 5

Len Williams 0 0 3 1*1 5 1 5

Ron Phillips 2 3 0 2 3 1* 11 1 6

Bryan Elliott 2 1 3 0 2

Ivor Brown 0 0 0 0 2

1 Dick Bradley, Ken McKinlay, Charlie Barsby, Johnny Hole 65.8 3 – 3 3 – 3

2 Ernie Rawlins, Ron Phillips, Gordon McGregor, Maury Mattingley 66.2 3 – 3 6 – 6

3 Brian Hanham, Charlie Barsby, Alby Golden, Barry East 66.8 4 – 2 10 – 8

4 Frank Bettis, Bryan Elliott, Ron Sharp(nf), Ivor Brown(ex) 68 3 – 2 13 – 10

5 Ernie Rawlins, Johnny Hole, Barry East, Gordon McGregor(ef) 66.6 5 – 1 18 – 11

6 Ron Phillips, Ken McKinlay, Maury Mattingley, Alby Golden 67 1 – 5 19 – 16

7 Dick Bradley, Brian Hanham, Gordon McGregor, Len Williams 66.6 5 – 1 24 – 17

8 Ken McKinlay, Dick Bradley, Ernie Rawlins, Len Williams 66 3 – 3 27 – 20

9 Johnny Hole, Ken McKinlay, Alby Golden, Gordon McGregor 66.4 4 – 2 31 – 22

10 Brian Hanham, Ernie Rawlins, Charlie Barsby, Ron Phillips 66 5 – 1 36 – 23

11 Len Williams, Johnny Hole, Barry East, Frank Bettis 66.4 2 – 4 38 – 27

12 Maury Mattingley, Dick Bradley, Charlie Barsby, Gordon McGregor 66.4 5 – 1 43 – 28

13 Brian Hanham, Ron Phillips, Len Williams, Johnny Hole 66.2 3 – 3 46 – 31

14 Frank Bettis, Ron Sharp, Bryan Elliott, Ivor Brown 68.2 5 – 1 51 – 32

15 Ken McKinlay, Brian Hanham, Barry East, Maury Mattingley 66 2 – 4 53 – 36

16 Ernie Rawlins, Alby Golden, Len Williams, Charlie Barsby 65.8 5 – 1 58 – 37

17 Ron Phillips, Dick Bradley, Alby Golden, Barry East 66.2 3 – 3 61 – 40

18 Dick Bradley, Ken McKinlay, Ron Phillips, Brian Hanham 66 3 – 3 64 – 43

Thursday 21st June 1956 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich

Ipswich Witches 56 Leicester Hunters 40 (National League Division Two)

Ipswich

Bob Sharp 3 3 3 2 1’ 12 1

Len Silver 0 F 0 0 0 0

Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1

Tich Read 2’ 2’ 1 1’ 3 12 3

Bert Edwards 3 E 3 3 3 12

Ken Adams 2’ 1 2’ 1’ 2 8 3

Danny Dunton 2 0 2

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 2 3 2 3 3 X 13

Charlie Barsby 1’ 3 2’ 0 2 3 11 2

Brian Elliott 1 1’ 0 2 1

Barry East 0 2 1 1’ 1 5 1

Len Williams 1 1 2 1’ 2 0 7 1

Ron Phillips 0 0 1’ 0 1 1

Ivor Brown 1 0 1

Ht1 Sharp, McKinlay, Barsby, Silver 72.6 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Bainbridge, Read, Elliott, East 74.2 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Edwards, Adams, Williams, Phillips 73.6 5 1 13 5

Ht4 Barsby, Dunton, Brown, Silver (f) 75.4 2 4 15 9

Ht5 Bainbridge, Read, Williams, Phillips 73.8 5 1 20 10

Ht6 Sharp, East, Elliott, Silver 74.0 3 3 23 13

Ht7 McKinlay, Barsby, Adams, Edwards 73.6 1 5 24 18

Ht8 Sharp, Williams, Phillips, Silver 73.6 3 3 27 21

Ht9 Edwards, Adams, Elliott, East 75.2 5 1 32 22

Ht10 Bainbridge, McKinlay, Read, Barsby 72.6 4 2 36 24

Ht11 McKinlay, Sharp, Read, Phillips 72.4 3 3 39 27

Ht12 Edwards, Barsby, Williams, Silver 73.8 3 3 42 30

Ht13 Bainbridge, Williams, East, Dunton 74.0 3 3 45 33

Ht14 McKinlay, Read, Adams, Brown 74.0 3 3 48 36

Ht15 Edwards, Bainbridge, East, McKinlay (excltra) 73.0 5 1 53 37

Ht16 Barsby, Adams, Sharp, Williams 75.0 3 3 56 40

Friday 22nd June 1956 Blackbird Road, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 54 Southampton Saints 54 (National Trophy)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 0 3 1*0 2 9 1 6

Charlie Barsby 1 2 2 1*0 6 1 5


Barry East 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 5

Len Williams 3 1 3 3 1 1* 12 1 6

Ron Phillips 1 1 1*2*3 8 2 5

Dennis Parker 3 1 4 0 2

Ivor Brown 1 3 4 0 2

Southampton

Dick Bradley 2 3 2 3 3 0 13 0 6

Johnny Hole 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5

Ernie Rawlins 3 3 2*0 3 3 14 1 6

Maury Mattingley 2 1 0 2*2 7 1 5

Brian Hanham 3 0 3 2 1 9 0 5

Alby Golden 1 2*0 1*1* 5 3 5

Ron Sharp 0 2 2 0 2

Frank Bettis 2 0 2 0 2

1 Ken McKinlay, Dick Bradley, Charlie Barsby, Johnny Hole 71.4 4 – 2 4 – 2

2 Ernie Rawlins, Gordon McGregor, Alby Golden, Barry East 72 2 – 4 6 – 6

3 Len Williams, Maury Mattingley, Ron Phillips, Johnny Hole 71.8 4 – 2 10 – 8

4 Dennis Parker, Frank Bettis, Ivor Brown, Ron Sharp(ef) 74 4 – 2 14 – 10

5 Ernie Rawlins, Charlie Barsby, Maury Mattingley, Gordon McGregor(ef) 71.8 2 – 4 16 – 14

6 Dick Bradley, Alby Golden, Ron Phillips, Barry East 72.6 1 – 5 17 – 19

7 Brian Hanham, Ernie Rawlins, Len Williams, Ken McKinlay(ef) 72.2 1 – 5 18 – 24

8 Ken McKinlay, Dick Bradley, Gordon McGregor, Brian Hanham 71.2 4 – 2 22 – 26

9 Dick Bradley, Charlie Barsby, Ron Phillips, Ernie Rawlins 71.8 3 – 3 25 – 29

10 Len Williams, Johnny Hole, Gordon McGregor, Alby Golden 72 4 – 2 29 – 31

11 Brian Hanham, Barry East, Charlie Barsby, Maury Mattingley 72.6 3 – 3 32 – 34

12 Ernie Rawlins, Barry East, Ken McKinlay, Johnny Hole 72 3 – 3 35 – 37

13 Len Williams, Brian Hanham, Alby Golden, Charlie Barsby(f) 71.8 3 – 3 38 – 40

14 Ivor Brown, Ron Sharp, Dennis Parker, Frank Bettis(ns) 74.4 4 – 2 42 – 42

15 Dick Bradley, Maury Mattingley, Len Williams, Barry East 73 1 – 5 43 – 47

16 Gordon McGregor, Ron Phillips, Brian Hanham, Johnny Hole 72.2 5 – 1 48 – 48

17 Ron Phillips, Maury Mattingley, Alby Golden, Ken McKinlay(ef) 72.2 3 – 3 51 – 51

18 Ernie Rawlins, Ken McKinlay, Len Williams, Dick Bradley 71.6 3 – 3 54 – 54

Junior Jaunt: Maury Pycke, Fred Robinson, Fred Greenwell, Ted Connor(f) 75.2

Stadium Scurry: Dennis Parker, Vic Hall, Bryan Elliott, Ivor Brown 73.4



Leicester


Charlie Barsby 2’ 3 1 1 1 8 1

Gordon McGregor 3 2 0 2’ 1’ 8 1

Barry East 1 1’ 0 1 3 2

Len Williams 2’ 1’ 2’ 0 2 7 3

Ron Phillips 3 2 3 2 1’ 11 1

Brian Elliott 2’ 1 1’ 4 2

Ipswich

Bert Edwards 1 2 3 3 2 3 14

Ken Adams 0 1 0 0 1

Bob Sharp 2 0 1 2’ 2 3 10 2

Bill Bryden 0 0 0 0

Junior Bainbridge 0 3 2 3 3 3 14

Tich Read 1 0 0 1’ 0 2 1

Ken Last 0 0 0

Ht1 McKinlay, Barsby, Edwards, Adams 68.6 5 1 5 1

Ht2 McGregor, Sharp, East, Bryden 72.2 3 2 9 3

Ht3 Phillips, Williams, Read, Bainbridge 71.8 5 1 14 4

Ht4 Barsby, Elliott, Adams, Last 72.2 5 1 19 5

Ht5 Bainbridge, McGregor, East, Read 71.2 3 3 22 8

Ht6 McKinlay, Edwards, Barsby, Sharp 70.8 4 2 26 10

Ht7 Edwards, Phillips, Williams, Adams 71.4 3 3 29 13

Ht8 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Barsby, Read 70.6 4 2 33 15

Ht9 Phillips, Williams, Sharp, Bryden 72.2 5 1 38 16

Ht10 Edwards, Sharp, Elliott, McGregor 71.8 1 5 39 21

Ht11 McKinlay, Edwards, Read, East 70.6 3 3 42 24

Ht12 Bainbridge, Sharp, Barsby, Williams 71.2 1 5 43 29

Ht13 Bainbridge, McGregor, Elliott, Read 71.2 3 3 46 32

Ht14 Sharp, Phillips, East, Last 71.2 3 3 49 35

Ht15 Edwards, Williams, McGregor, Bryden 72.0 3 3 52 38

Ht16 Bainbridge, McKinlay, Phillips, Adams 71.0 3 3 55 41

Mountsorrel Scurry

Greenwell, Hall, Pycke 3 only 75.6


Parker, Elliott, Brown, Bryden 72.6

Highest Scorers Hurrican

Ht1 Edwards, Phillips, Sharp, Barsby 54.2

Ht2 Bainbridge, McGregor, Parker, Williams 54.0

Saturday 30 June 1956 Abbey Stadium

SWINDON ROBINS 50 LEICESTER HUNTERS 46 (National League Division Two)

SWINDON

Bob Roger 3 3 R 3 3 - - 12

Glyn Chandler 0 R F - - - - 0

Ian Williams (C) 2* R R 3 R - - 5 (1)

Ray Harris 3 3 2 1 3 - - 12

George White 3 2 3 2 1 - - 11

Ron Swaine R 1* 0 1 - - - 2 (1)

Al Sparrey 2 3 1* 1 1 - - 8 (1)

LEICESTER

Ken McKinlay (C) 2 3 3 2 2* - - 12 (1)

Charlie Barsby 1* 3 X 1 2 - - 7 (1)

Gordon McGregor 0 2 2 3 2 - - 9

Barry East 1 1* 1* 2 3 - - 8 (2)

Len Williams 2 2 0 0 - - - 4

Ron Phillips 1* 1* 2 0 0 - - 4 (2)

Bryan Elliott 1 1* 0 - - - - 2 (1)

Ht 1: Roger, McKinlay, Barsby, Chandler, 74.0 (3-3)

Ht 2: Harris, I. Williams, East, McGregor, 75.8 (8-4)

Ht 3: White, L. Williams, Phillips, Swaine (ret), 75.6 (11-7)

Ht 4: Barsby, Sparrey, Elliott, Chandler (ret), 79.2 (13-11)

Ht 5: Harris, L. Williams, Phillips, I. Williams (ret), 76.2 (16-14)

Ht 6: Roger, McGregor, East, Chandler (fell), 76.6 (19-17)

Ht 7: (Re-Run) McKinlay, White, Swaine, Barsby (f, ex), 76.6 (22-20)

Ht 8: Sparrey, Phillips, Elliott, Roger (ret), 76.6 (25-23)

Ht 9: White, McGregor, East, Swaine, 78.0 (28-26)

Ht 10: McKinlay, Harris, Barsby, I. Williams (ret), 77.6 (30-30)

Ht 11: Roger, McKinlay, Harris, Phillips, 75.8 (34-32)

Ht 12: McGregor, White, Sparrey, L. Williams, 78.8 (37-35)

Ht 13: I. Williams, East, Sparrey, Phillips, 78.0 (41-37)

Ht 14: Harris, McGregor, Swaine, Elliott, 79.0 (45-39)

Ht 15: East, McKinlay, White, I. Williams (ret), 79.0 (46-44)

Ht 16: Roger, Barsby, Sparrey, L. Williams, 78.0 (50-46)

Friday 6th July 1956 Blackbird Road, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 66 Oxford Cheetahs 30 (National League Division Two)

Leicester


Charlie Barsby 2’ 3 1 2’ 1’ 9 3

Gordon McGregor 2’ 3 3 3 3 14 1

Barry East 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 12 3

Len Williams 3 3 2 2 2’ 12 1

Ron Phillips 1 0 1’ 2’ 0 4 2

Brian Elliott 0 0 0

Oxford

Peter Robinson 0 1’ 0 0 1 1

Terry Courtnell 1 1’ 2 1 1’ 6 2

Ronnie Genz 1 2 3 0 3 1 10

Pat Clarke 0 0 0 1’ 1 1

Howdy Byford 0 1 0 0 2 3

Dennis Newton 2 1 1 2 1 7

Maury Courtnell 2 0 2

Ht1 McKinlay, Barsby, T.Courtnell, Robinson 70.8 5 1 5 1

Ht2 East, McGregor, Genz, Clarke 71.4 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Williams, Newton, Phillips, Byford 71.6 4 2 14 4

Ht4 Barsby, M.Courtnell, T.Courtnell, Elliott 71.8 3 3 17 7

Ht5 McGregor, East, Byford, Newton 70.8 5 1 22 8

Ht6 McKinlay, Genz, Barsby, Clarke 70.4 4 2 26 10

Ht7 Williams, T.Courtnell, Robinson, Phillips 71.8 3 3 29 13

Ht8 McKinlay, Barsby, Newton, Byford 71.8 5 1 34 14

Ht9 Genz, Williams, Phillips, Clarke 75.4 3 3 37 17

Ht10 McGregor, East, T.Courtnell, Genz 72.8 5 1 42 18

Ht11 McKinlay, East, Newton, Robinson 70.8 5 1 47 19

Ht12 Genz, Williams, Barsby, Byford 71.6 3 3 50 22

Ht13 McGregor, Newton, Clarke, Elliott 71.6 3 3 53 25

Ht14 East, Phillips, Genz, M.Courtnell 72.4 5 1 58 26

Ht15 McGregor, Williams, Newton, Robinson 72.2 5 1 63 27

Ht16 McKinlay, Byford, T.Courtnell, Phillips 70.6 3 3 66 30

Stoughton Scratch Race

Parker, Courtnell, Newton, Elliott 73.0

High Scorers Hurrican

Genz, Barsby, McGregor, East 71.8


World Championship Qualifying Round


Bob Mark 1 1 2 2 0 6

Harry Edwards 0 1 0 0 2 3

Dennis Newton 2 2 1 0 2 7


Nick Nicholls E 0 0 1 3 4

Harry Bastable 1 3 3 3 2 12

Jim Lightfoot 3 1 2 3 2 11


Neil Mortimer 2 2 2 1 0 7

Jimmy Gooch 3 0 1 1 1 6

Al Allison 0 1 1 2

Tink Maynard F 0 0 0 0

George White F 3 3 E 0 6

Peter Williams 3 2 3 2 1 11

Dick Bradley 2 3 2 3 3 13

Brian Elliott (res) 2 2

Dennis Parker (res) 0 0

Ht1 L.Williams, Newton, Mark, Edwards 70.8

Ht2 Lightfoot, McGregor, Bastable, Nicholls (ef) 69.4

Ht3 Gooch, Mortimer, Barsby, Allison 71.8

Ht4 P.Williams, Bradley, White (f), Maynard (f) 71.2

Ht5 Barsby, Elliott, L.Williams, McGregor 71.8

Ht6 White, Mortimer, Mark, Nicholls 68.8

Ht7 Bastable, P.williams, Edawrds, Gooch 71.6

Ht8 Bardley, Newton, Lightfoot, Allison (ns) 71.2

Ht9 L.Williams, Bradley, Gooch, Nicholls 71.4

Ht10 P.Williams, Mark, McGregor, Parker 71.8

Ht11 White, Lightfoot, Barsby, Edwards 69.4

Ht12 Bastable, Mortimer, Newton, Maynard 71.2

Ht13 Bastable, L.Williams, Allison, White (ef) 71.2

Ht14 Lightfoot, Mark, Gooch, Maynard 70.6

Ht15 Bradley, McGregor, Mortimer, Edwards 71.2

Ht16 Barsby, P.Williams, Nicholls (fr), Newton (fr f) 71.4

Ht17 L.Williams, Lightfoot, P.Williams, Mortimer 71.4

Ht18 Bradley, Bastable, Barsby, Mark 71.2

Ht19 Nicholls, Edwards, Allison, Maynard 72.8

Ht20 McGregor, Newton, Gooch, White 71.8

Thursday 19th July 1956 Cowley Stadium, Oxford

Oxford Cheetahs 50 Leicester Hunters 46 (National League Division Two)

Oxford

Peter Robinson 1 3 2 0 1 7

Terry Courtnell 0 1’ 0 F 1 1

Ronnie Genz 3 3 2 3 3 14

Pat Clarke 2’ 2’ 1’ 1 1 7 3

Howdy Byford 3 2 F 2 2’ 11

Dennis Newton 2’ E 2 3 3 10 1

Jim Tebby 2 0 0 2

Leicester


Charlie Barsby 2’ F 1 F 2 5 1


Barry East 0 1’ 1 2 1 5 1


Ron Phillips 1 0 3 2’ 1’ 7 2

Bryan Elliott 3 2 5

Ht1 McKinlay, Barsby, Robinson, Courtnell 68.8 1 5 1 5

Ht2 Genz, Clarke, McGregor, East 68.8 5 1 6 6

Ht3 Byford, Newton, Phillips, Williams 68.8 5 1 11 7

Ht4 Elliott, Tebby, Courtnell, Barsby (f) 71.0 3 3 14 10

Ht5 Genz, Clarke, Williams, Phillips 68.8 5 1 19 11

Ht6 Robinson, McGregor, East, Courtnell 68.8 3 3 22 14

Ht7 McKinlay, Byford, Barsby, Newton (ef) 68.8 2 4 24 18

Ht8 Phillips, Robinson, Williams, Tebby 69.2 2 4 26 22

Ht9 McGregor, Newton, East, Byford (f) 69.6 2 4 28 26

Ht10 McKinlay, Genz, Clarke, Barsby (f) 68.6 3 3 31 29

Ht11 McKinlay, Phillips, Clarke, Robinson 69.8 1 5 32 34

Ht12 McGregor, Byford, Williams, Courtnell (f) 70.6 2 4 34 38

Ht13 Genz, East, Phillips, Tebby 70.0 3 3 37 41

Ht14 Newton, Elliott, Clarke, McGregor 71.2 4 2 41 43

Ht15 Genz, Byford, East, McKinlay 70.0 5 1 46 44

Ht16 Newton, Barsby, Robinson, Williams 70.8 4 2 50 46


Leicester Hunters 43 Coventry Bees 52 (National League Division Two)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 2 3 3 2 1 2’ 13 1

Charlie Barsby 1’ 2 1 0 1’ 5 2

Gordon McGregor 2 E 2 3 3 10

Barry East 1’ F 0 0 1 2 1

Len Williams 0 0 2 1 3

Ron Phillips 1 2 1’ 3 3 10 1

Brian Elliott 0 0 0

Coventry



Bob Mark 0 0 0 0 2 2

Reg Duval 3 2 3 1 0 9

Tommy Miller 2’ 3 1’ 3 1 10 2

Jim Lightfoot 3 2’ 2 2’ 2 11 2

Les Tolley 1 0 1

Ht1 New, McKinlay, Barsby, Nicholls 69.8 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Duval, McGregor, East, Mark 71.0 3 3 6 6

Ht3 Lightfoot, Miller, Phillips, Williams 71.2 1 5 7 11

Ht4 New, Barsby, Tolley, Elliott 71.4 2 4 9 15

Ht5 Miller, Lightfoot, McGregor (ef), East (f) 72.0 0 5 9 20

Ht6 McKinlay, Duval, Barsby, Mark 70.8 4 2 13 22

Ht7 Nicholls, Phillips, New, Williams 71.0 2 5 15 26

Ht8 McKinlay, Lightfoot, Miller, Barsby 71.2 3 3 18 29

Ht9 Duval, McKinlay, Phillips, Mark 71.8 3 3 21 32

Ht10 Nicholls, McGregor, New, East 71.4 2 4 23 36

Ht11 Nichols, Lightfoot, McKinlay, East 71.8 1 5 24 41

Ht12 Miller, Williams, Barsby, Mark 72.0 3 3 27 44

Ht13McGregor, Lightfoot, Duval, Elliott 72.8 3 3 30 47

Ht14 Phillips, Mark, East, Tolley 72.8 4 2 34 49

Ht15 McGregor, Nicholls, Williams, Duval 72.0 4 2 38 51

Ht16 Phillips, McKinlay, Miller, New 71.6 5 1 43 52

Junior Scurry

Hall, Pycke, Greenwell, Fred Robinson 73.0

Tilton Tearaway

Elliott, Mark, Brown, Tolley 72.6

Big Boys Blazeaway

Ht1 New, Duval, Barsby, Lightfoot 72.2

Ht2 Miller, McGregor, Phillips, New 71.6

Saturday 21st July 1956 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh

Rayleigh Rockets 55 Leicester Hunters 41 (National League Division Two)

Rayleigh

John Fitzpatrick 1 1’ 2 1 1 6 1

Pete Lansdale 3 3 2 F 1 9

Jack Unstead 3 3 2 3 1’ 12 1

Maurice McDermott 2’ 2’ 0 0 1 5 2

Les McGillivray 2’ 1’ 1 2 2 8 2


Eric Ebbs 1 0 2

Leicester


Charlie Barsby F 2 0 1 1’ 0 4 1


Barry East 0 0 0 0

Brian Elliott 0 1 1 0 0 2

Ron Philips 1 E 3 2’ 2 F 8 1

Ivor Brown 0 0 0

Ht1 Lansdale, McKinlay, Fitzpatrick, Barsby (f) 70.4 4 2 4 2


Ht3 Jackson, McGillivray, Phillips, Elliott 71.6 5 1 14 4

Ht4 Lansdale, Barsby, Ebbs, Brown 70.8 4 2 18 6

Ht5 Unstead, McDermott, Elliott, Philips (ef) 71.8 5 1 23 7

Ht6 McGregor, Lansdale, Fitzpatrick, East 71.8 3 3 26 10

Ht7 McKinlay, Jackson, McGillivray, Barsby 71.6 3 3 29 13

Ht8 Phillips, Fitzpatrick, Elliott, Lansdale (f) 72.4 2 4 31 17

Ht9 Jackson, McGregor, McGillivray, East 71.4 4 2 35 19

Ht10 McKinlay, Unstead, Barsby, McDermott 72.0 2 4 37 23

Ht11 McKinlay, Phillips, Fitzpatrick, McDermott 70.8 1 5 38 28

Ht12 McKinlay, McGillivray, Lansdale, McGregor 70.8 3 3 41 31

Ht13 Unstead, Phillips, Barsby, Ebbs 71.6 3 3 44 34

Ht14 Jackson, McGregor, McDermott, Brown 71.8 4 2 48 36

Ht15 McKinlay, McGillivray, Unstead, Phillips (f) 71.2 3 3 51 39

Ht16 Jackson, McGregor, Fitzpatrick, Barsby 71.2 4 2 55 41


Leicester Hunters 40 Rayleigh Rockets 56 (National league Division Two)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 E 3 3 3 12





Ron Phillips 0 1 0 1

Brian Elliott 0 1 0 0 1

Rayleigh

Alan Smith 1 1’ 1 1 4 1

Pete Lansdale 2 3 2 2 1’ 10 1

Jack Unstead 3 3 3 3 3 15

Maurice McDermott 2’ 1 1 3 3 10 1

Les McGillivray 2 F 2 2’ 2 8 1

Gerald Jackson 1’ 2 0 2’ 2 7 2

John Fitzpatrick 1 1 2

Ht1 McKinlay, Lansdale, Smith, Barsby 68.8 3 3 3 3


Ht3 Williams, McGillivray, Jackson, Phillips 69.6 3 3 7 11

Ht4 Lansdale, Barsby, Fitzpatrick, Elliott 71,0 2 4 9 15

Ht5 McGregor, Jackson, East, McGillivray (f) 70.2 4 2 13 17

Ht6 Unstead, Barsby, McDermott, McKinlay (ef) 69.8 2 4 15 21

Ht7 Williams, Lansdale, Phillips, Smith (ns) 70.4 4 2 19 23

Ht8 McKinlay, McGillivray, Barsby, Jackson 70.6 4 2 23 25

Ht9 Unstead, Williams, McDermott, Phillips 70.6 2 4 25 29

Ht10 McGregor, Lansdale, Smith, East 70.2 3 3 28 32

Ht11 McKinlay, Jackson, Smith, East 70.4 3 3 31 35

Ht12 Unstead, McGillivray, Williams, Barsby 71.0 1 5 32 40

Ht13 McDermott, Jackson, Elliott, McGregor 76.6 1 5 33 45

Ht14 Unstead, East, Fitzpatrick, Elliott 74.0 2 4 35 49

Ht15 McDermott, McGregor, Smith, Williams 76.0 2 4 37 53

Ht16 McKinlay, McGillivray, Lansdale, Elliott 75.8 3 3 40 56

Second Half Rained Off

Saturday 28 July 1956 Abbey Stadium, Swindon

SWINDON ROBINS 61 LEICESTER HUNTERS 34 (National League Division Two)

SWINDON

Bob Roger 3 3 3 3 3 - - 15

Ernie Lessiter 2* 3 1 2* 2 - - 10 (2)

Ian Williams (C) 3 3 2 3 3 - - 14

Ray Harris 2* 2* 0 1 2 - - 7 (2)

George White 2* 2 0 0 2* - - 6 (2)

Al Sparrey 3 F 2 1* 0 - - 6 (1)

Ron Swaine 1 2* - - - - - 3 (1)

LEICESTER

Ken McKinlay (C) 1 3 3 2 1 - - 10

Charlie Barsby 0 2 1 1 1 2 - 7

Gordon McGregor 1 2 3 3 3 - - 12

Barry East 0 0 1 1 0 - - 2

Bryan Elliott R 1 0 1* - - - 2 (1)

Ivor Brown R 0 1 0 0 0 - 1

Stan Paulsen - - - - - - - -

Ht 1: Roger, Lessiter, McKinlay, Barsby, 79.8 (5-1)

Ht 2: Williams, Harris, McGregor, East, 80.0 (10-2)

Ht 3: Sparrey, White, Elliott (ret), Brown (ret), 81.6 (15-2)

Ht 4: Lessiter, Barsby, Swaine, Paulsen (ns), 79.6 (3 riders only) (19-4)

Ht 5: Williams, Harris, Elliott, Brown, 80.4 (24-5)

Ht 6: Roger, McGregor, Lessiter, East, 79.2 (28-7)

Ht 7: McKinlay, White, Barsby, Sparrey (fell), 79.4 (30-11)

Ht 8: Roger, Lessiter, Brown, Elliott, 79.0 (35-12)

Ht 9: McGregor, Sparrey, East, White, 81.6 (37-16)

Ht 10: McKinlay, Williams, Barsby, Harris, 78.8 (39-20)

Ht 11: Roger, McKinlay, Harris, Brown, 78.0 (43-22)

Ht 12: McGregor, Lessiter, Barsby, White, 79.4 (45-26)

Ht 13: Williams, Swaine, East, Brown, 81.6 (50-27)

Ht 14: McGregor, Harris, Sparrey, Brown, 80.6 (53-30)

Ht 15: Williams, White, McKinlay, East, 78.8 (58-31)

Ht 16: Roger, Barsby, Elliott, Sparrey, 80.0 (61-34)

Tuesday 31st July 1956 Bannister Court, Southampton

Southampton Saints 70 Leicester Hunters 26 (National League Division Two)

Southampton

Dick Bradley 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 5

Johnny Hole 2*3 1 0 2 8 1 5


Bill Holden 1 2*2*2*2 9 3 5

Brian Hanham 2*3 2*1*1 9 3 5

Alby Golden 3 2*3 1*2* 11 3 5

Maury Mattingley 1 2* 3 1 2

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 1 1 0 1 2 5 0 5

Charlie Barsby 0 2 0 1 1 1 5 0 6

Gordon McGregor 2 2 1 3 3 0 11 0 6


Len Williams 1 1 1*0 0 3 1 5

Bryan Elliott 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5

Nils Paulsen 0 0 0 0 2

1 Dick Bradley, Johnny Hole, Ken McKinlay, Charlie Barsby 64.8 5 – 1 5 – 1

2 Ernie Rawlins, Gordon McGregor, Bill Holden, Barry East 65.4 4 – 2 9 – 3

3 Alby Golden, Brian Hanham, Len Williams, Bryan Elliott 65 5 – 1 14 – 4

4 Johnny Hole, Charlie Barsby, Maury Mattingley, Nils Paulsen 65 4 – 2 18 – 6

5 Ernie Rawlins, Bill Holden, Len Williams, Bryan Elliott 66 5 – 1 23 – 7

6 Dick Bradley, Gordon McGregor, Johnny Hole, Barry East 65 4 – 2 27 – 9

7 Brian Hanham, Alby Golden, Ken McKinlay, Charlie Barsby 64.8 5 – 1 32 – 10

8 Dick Bradley, Bryan Elliott, Len Williams, Johnny Hole(f) 66 3 – 3 35 – 13

9 Alby Golden, Brian Hanham, Gordon McGregor, Barry East 64.6 5 – 1 40 – 14

10 Ernie Rawlins, Bill Holden, Charlie Barsby, Ken McKinlay 64.8 5 – 1 45 – 15

11 Dick Bradley, Bill Holden, Ken McKinlay, Bryan Elliott 64.8 5 – 1 50 – 16

12 Gordon McGregor, Johnny Hole, Brian Hanham, Len Williams 65 3 – 3 53 – 19

13 Ernie Rawlins, Maury Mattingley, Charlie Barsby, Bryan Elliott 65.2 5 – 1 58 – 20

14 Gordon McGregor, Bill Holden, Alby Golden, Nils Paulsen 65.8 3 – 3 61 – 23

15 Ernie Rawlins, Ken McKinlay, Brian Hanham, Gordon McGregor 64.8 4 – 2 65 – 25

16 Dick Bradley, Alby Golden, Charlie Barsby, Len Williams 65.4 5 – 1 70 – 26

Friday 3rd August1956 Blackbird Road, Leicester

Leicester Hunters v Swindon Robins (National League Division Two) Rained Off

Thursday 16th August 1956 Foxhall Heath, Ipswich

Ipswich Witches 37 Leicester Hunters 17 (National League Division Two) Abandoned

Ipswich

Junior Bainbridge 2 3 3 8

Tich Read 1’ 3 2’ 2’ 8 3

Bob Sharp 3 2 5

Danny Dunton 1 1’ 2 1

Bert Edwards 3 3 F 6

Ken Adams 2’ 1 3 6 1

Bill Bryden 2’ 2 1

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 2 5

Ron Phillips 0 0 0 0

Gordon McGregor 2 1 2 5

Brian Elliott 0 0 1’ 1 1

Len Williams 1 3 0 4

Charlie Barsby 0 0 1 1

Barry East 1 1

Ht1 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Read, Phillips 72.6 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Sharp, McGregor, Dunton, Elliott 74.0 4 2 7 5

Ht3 Edwards, Adams, Williams, Barsby 74.0 5 1 12 6

Ht4 Read, Bryden, East, Phillips 74.0 5 1 17 7

Ht5 Williams, Sharp, Dunton, Barsby 75.2 3 3 20 10

Ht6 Bainbridge, Read, McGregor, Elliott 74.2 5 1 25 11

Ht7 Edwards, McKinlay, Adams, Phillips 76.4 4 2 29 13

Ht8 Bainbridge, Read, Barsby, Williams 75.2 5 1 34 14

Ht9 Adams, McGregor, Elliott, Edwards (f) 79.8 3 3 37 17

Friday 17th August 1956 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester


Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 3 1’ 16 1


Gordon McGregor 2 1 1 1 1’ 6 1

Brian Elliott 0 0 0 0

Len Williams 1’ 3 2’ 2 2 10 2


Barry East 1 0 0 1

Ipswich

Bob Sharp 2 2 3 2 3 12

Danny Dunton 1’ 0 0 1 1

Junior Bainbridge 3 2 1 1 1 8

Tich Read 1 0 0 3 0 4

Bert Edwards 3 3 1’ 3 3 13 1

Ken Adams 0 2’ 2 1’ 3 7 3

Len Silver 2 2 0 0 4

Ht1 McKinlay, Sharp, Dunton, Phillips 69.2 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Bainbridge, McGregor, Read, Elliott 70.2 2 4 5 7

Ht3 Edwards, Barsby, Williams, Adams 70.2 3 3 8 10

Ht4 Phillips, Silver, East, Dunton 71.2 4 2 12 12

Ht5 Edwards, Adams, McGregor, Elliott 70.6 1 5 13 17

Ht6 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Phillips, Read 69.4 4 2 17 19

Ht7 Williams, Sharp, Barsby, Dunton 70.2 4 2 21 21

Ht8 McKinlay, Adams, Edwards, Phillips 70.0 3 3 24 24

Ht9 Barsby, Williams, Bainbridge, Read 70.6 5 1 29 25

Ht10 Sharp, Silver, McGregor, Elliott 71.0 1 5 30 30

Ht11 McKinlay, Sharp, Adams, East 70.2 3 3 33 33

Ht12 Edwards, Williams, Bainbridge, Phillips 70.2 2 4 35 37

Ht13 Read, Adams, McGregor, East 70.4 1 5 36 42

Ht14 McKinlay, Barsby, Bainbridge, Silver 68.8 5 1 41 43

Ht15 Sharp, Williams, McGregor, Read 70.4 3 3 44 46

Ht16 Edwards, Barsby, McKinlay, Silver 69.6 3 3 47 49

Mallory Scratch Race

Parker, Hall, Brown, Stan Paulsen 72.6

Top Scorers Tearaway

Ht1 Bainbridge, Barsby, Read, McGregor 70.6

Ht2 Edwards, Sharp, Williams, Parker 69.8

Swadlincote Scratch Race

Phillips, East, Elliott, Silver 71.2

Thursday 23rd August 1956 Cowley Stadium, Oxford

Oxford Cheetahs v Leicester Hunters (Challenge) Rained Off

Friday 24th August 1956 Blackbird Road, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 60 Rayleigh Rockets 34 (National League Division Two)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 0 3 3 2’ 11 1

Dennis Parker 1 2 1 0 0 4


Charlie Barsby 2’ 2’ 2’ 1 2’ 9 4

Len Williams 2’ 1 2’ 2 0 7 2


Vic Hall 1’ 0 1 1

Rayleigh

Alan Smith 0 2 0 2 2 6

Pete Lansdale 2 0 0 1 1 4

Jack Unstead 0 3 1 3 1 8

John Fitzpatrick 1 2’ 0 1’ 1’ 5 3

Les McGillivray 0 1 1’ 1 0 3 1


Freddie Greenwell 3 0 3

Ht1 McKinlay, Lansdale, Parker, Smith 67.2 4 2 4 2

Ht2 McGregor, Barsby, Fitzpatrick, Unstead 71.4 5 1 9 3

Ht3 Phillips, Williams, Jackson, McGillivray 69.4 5 1 14 4

Ht4 Greenwell, Parker, Hall, Lansdale 71.2 3 3 17 7

Ht5 McGregor, Barsby, McGillivray, Jackson 71.2 5 1 22 8

Ht6 Unstead, Fitzpatrick, Parker, McKinlay 71.2 1 5 23 13

Ht7 Phillips, Smith, Williams, Lansdale 73.2 4 2 27 15

Ht8 McKinlay, Jackson, McGillivray, Parker 70.2 3 3 30 18

Ht9 Phillips. Williams, Unstead, Fitzpatrick 70.6 5 1 35 19

Ht10 McGregor, Barsby, Lansdale Smith 71.4 5 1 40 20

Ht11 McKinlay, Smith, Barsby, Jackson 69.0 4 2 42 22

Ht12 Unstead, Williams, McGillivray, Parker 71.8 2 4 44 26

Ht13 McGregor, Jackson, Fitzpatrick, Hall 71.2 3 3 47 29

Ht14 Phillips, Barsby, Unstead, Greenwell 71.0 5 1 52 30

Ht15 McGregor, Smith, Fitzpatrick, Williams 71.4 3 3 55 33

Ht16 Phillips, McKinlay, Lansdale, McGillivray 71.4 5 1 60 34

Desford Scratch Race

East, Greenwell, Hall, Elliott 72.2


Ht1 Unstead, Phillips, Fitzpatrick, Williams 71.8

Ht2 Jackson, McGregor, Lansdale, Parker 71.2

Ht3 McKinlay, Barsby, McGillivray, Smith 69.4

Saturday 25th August 1956 Brandon Stadium, Coventry

Coventry Bees 49 Leicester Hunters 47 (National League Division Two)

Coventry

Bob Mark 1’ 1 2’ F 1 5 2


Per Olaf Soederman 3 3 2 3 3 14

Reg Duval E 2’ 1’ 1 2 6 2

Les Tolley 3 1’ 0 1’ 0 5 2

Jim Lightfoot 2’ 2 1 1’ 0 6 2

Brian Miller 2’ 1 3 1

Leicester


Dennis Parker 0 0 0 0 0

Gordon McGregor 2 3 3 3 3 2’ 16 1

Charlie Barsby 1’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 2 1’ 10 5

Len Williams 1 1 1 0 1

Ron Phillips 0 E 0

Vic Hall 1 0 0 0 1

Ht1 McKinlay, Nicholls, Mark, Parker 69.6 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Soederman, McGregor, Barsby, Duval (ef) 71.6 3 3 6 6

Ht3 Tolley, Lightfoot, Williams, Phillips 74.0 5 1 11 7

Ht4 Nicholls, Miller, Hall, Parker 75.0 5 1 16 8

Ht5 Soederman, Duval, Williams, Phillips (ef) 73.2 5 1 21 9

Ht6 McGregor, Barsby, Mark, Nicholls 79.2 1 5 22 14

Ht7 McKinlay, Lightfoot, Tolley, Parker 73.8 3 3 25 17

Ht8 Williams, Mark, Nicholls, Hall 79.2 5 1 30 18

Ht9 McGregor, Barsby, Lightfoot, Tolley 77.6 1 5 31 23

Ht10 McKinlay, Soederman Duval, Parker 73.4 3 3 34 26

Ht11 McKinlay, Barsby, Duval, Markj (f) 78.0 1 5 35 31

Ht12 McGregor, Nicholls, Tolley, Williams 76. 3 3 38 34

Ht13 Soederman, Barsby, Miller, Hall 74.4 4 2 42 36

Ht14 McGregor, Duval, Lightfoot, Hall 77.6 3 3 45 39

Ht15 Soederman, McKinlay, Barsby, Tolley 73.6 3 3 48 42

Ht16 McKinlay, McGregor, Mark, Lightfoot 76.4 1 5 49 47

Friday 31st August 1956 Blackbird Road, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 47 Southampton Saints 49 (National League Division Two)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 0 6

Dennis Parker 0 0 0 0 0 3

Gordon McGregor 1 3 3 3 3 2 15 0 6

Charlie Barsby 0 0 2*0 2 4 1 5

Len Williams 3 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 6

Ron Phillips no rides

Vic Hall 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 6

Southampton

Dick Bradley 2 1*0 2 1 6 1 5

Maury Mattingley 1*3 2 2 8 1 4

Ernie Rawlins 3 2 1*2 3 11 1 5

Bill Holden 2*1*2 2 3 10 2 5

Brian Hanham 0 0 0 1

Johnny Hole 2 2 2 1*1* 8 2 5

Ron Sharp 2*1*1*1 0 1 6 3 6

1 Ken McKinlay, Dick Bradley, Maury Mattingley, Dennis Parker 69.8 3 – 3 3 – 3

2 Ernie Rawlins, Bill Holden, Gordon McGregor, Charlie Barsby 70 1 – 5 4 – 8

3 Len Williams, Johnny Hole, Vic Hall, Brian Hanham(f) 70.8 4 – 2 8 – 10

4 Maury Mattingley, Ron Sharp, Vic Hall, Dennis Parker 71 1 – 5 9 – 15

5 Gordon McGregor, Johnny Hole, Ron Sharp, Charlie Barsby(ef) 71.8 3 – 3 12 – 18

6 Ken McKinlay, Ernie Rawlins, Bill Holden, Len Williams 70 3 – 3 15 – 21

7 Gordon McGregor, Maury Mattingley, Dick Bradley, Len Williams 71 3 – 3 18 – 24

8 Ken McKinlay, Johnny Hole, Ron Sharp, Dennis Parker 70.6 3 – 3 21 – 27

9 Ken McKinlay, Bill Holden, Ernie Rawlins, Len Willliams 70.4 3 – 3 24 – 30

10 Gordon McGregor, Charlie Barsby, Ron Sharp, Dick Bradley(f) 71.8 5 – 1 29 – 31

11 Ken McKinlay, Dick Bradley, Johnny Hole, Charlie Barsby 70.6 3 – 3 32 – 34

12 Len Williams, Ernie Rawlins, Vic Hall, Ron Sharp 71.6 4 – 2 36 – 36

13 Gordon McGregor, Bill Holden, Johnny Hole, Vic Hall 71 3 – 3 39 – 39

14 Ernie Rawlins, Charlie Barsby, Ron Sharp, Vic Hall(ef) 71.2 2 – 4 41 – 43

15 Bill Holden, Gordon McGregor, Dick Bradley, Len Williams 70.6 2 – 4 43 – 47

16 Ken McKinlay, Maury Mattingley, Vic Hall 70.6 only three riders 4 – 2 47 – 49

Stadium Hurricane

Ht 1: Bryan Elliott, Barry East, Ron Sharp, Fred Greenwell 72.2

Ht 2: Johnny Hole, Charlie Barsby, Ernie Rawlins, Dennis Parker 72

Ht 3: Gordon McGregor, Bill Holden, Bryan Elliott, Vic Hall 71.2

Ht 4: Ken McKinlay, Len Williams, Maury Mattingley, Berry East 70.2

Winner: Ken McKinlay – fastest time

Friday 7 September 1956 Blackbird Road, Leicester

LEICESTER HUNTERS 45 SWINDON ROBINS 51 (National League Division Two)

LEICESTER

Ken McKinlay (C) 3 3 3 3 3 3 - 18

Charlie Barsby 0 3 1 0 1 0 - 5

Gordon McGregor 2 2 2* 3 3 - - 12 (1)

Vic Hall 1* 0 - - - - - 1 (1)

Len Williams 0 1 0 0 - - - 1

Les McGillivray 2 F 2 2 1 0 - 7

Bryan Elliott 1 0 F - - - - 1

SWINDON

Bob Roger 1* 2* 0 2 2 - - 7 (2)

Ray Harris 2 F 3 1 1* - - 7 (1)

Ian Williams (C) 3 2 3 3 3 - - 14

Glyn Chandler R 0 1 2 0 - - 3

George White 3 3 2 2* 2 - - 12 (1)

Ernie Lessiter 1 1 1* 1* 1* - - 5 (3)

Ron Swaine 2 1 - - - - - 3

Ht 1: McKinlay, Harris, Roger, Barsby, 71.2 (3-3)

Ht 2: I. Williams, McGregor, Hall, Chandler (ret), 73.0 (6-6)

Ht 3: White, McGillivray, Lessiter, L. Williams, 72.4 (8-10)

Ht 4: Barsby, Swaine, Elliott, Harris (fell), 75.0 (12-12)

Ht 5: White, McGregor, Lessiter, Hall, 73.2 (14-16)

Ht 6: McKinlay, I. Williams, Barsby, Chandler, 74.4 (18-18)

Ht 7: Harris, Roger, L. Williams, McGillivray (fell), 76.8 (19-23)

Ht 8: McKinlay, White, Lessiter, Barsby, 74.0 (22-26)

Ht 9: I. Williams, McGillivray, Chandler, L. Williams, 75.0 (24-30)

Ht 10: McKinlay, McGregor, Harris, Roger, 74.6 (29-31)

Ht 11: McKinlay, Roger, Lessiter, Elliott, 75.6 (32-34)

Ht 12: I. Williams, White, Barsby, L. Williams, 75.6 (33-39)

Ht 13: McGregor, Chandler, Lessiter, Elliott (fell), 76.2 (36-42)

Ht 14: I. Williams, McGillivray, Swaine, Barsby, 74.8 (38-46)

Ht 15: McGregor, Roger, McGillivray, Chandler, 76.2 (42-48)

Ht 16: McKinlay, White, Harris, McGillivray, 74.4 (45-51)

Stadium Hurricane

Ht 1: Barry East, Swaine, Hall, Elliott, 76.8

Ht 2: I. Williams, Chandler, McGillivray, Barsby (fell), 75.8

Ht 3: White, McGregor, L. Williams, East, 74.8

Ht 4: McKinlay, Roger, Lessiter, Harris, 75.4

NOTE: White was the overall winner of the Stadium Hurricane by virtue of clocking the fastest time.

Saturday 8th September 1956 Brandon Stadium, Coventry

Coventry Bees 63 Leicester Hunters 33 (Challenge)

Coventry

Jim Lightfoot 1’ 3 2’ 1’ 3 10 3

Reg Duval 2 3 2’ 3 2’ 12 2

Per Olaf Soederman 3 3 3 3 3 15

Les Tolley 2’ 2’ 1 2 3 10 2

Nick Nicholls 1 2 2’ 3 1 9 1

Bob Mark F F 3 2’ 2’ 7 2

Eric Hockaday 0 0 0

Leicester




Vic Hall 0 0 0 0 0 0

Len Williams 3 1 0 4

Len Williams 2’ 0 1 0 1’ 4 1

Brian Elliott 1’ 0 0 1 1

Ht1 McKinlay, Duval, Lightfoot, Barsby 66.4 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Soederman, Tolley, McGregor, Hall 67.6 5 1 8 5

Ht3 Williams, McGillivray, Niccholls, Mark (f) 69.2 1 5 9 9

Ht4 Duval, Barsby, Elliott, Hockaday 67.2 3 3 12 12

Ht5 Soederman, Tolley, Williams, McGillivray 66.0 5 1 17 13

Ht6 Lightfoot, Duval, McGregor, Hall 68.0 5 1 22 14

Ht7 McKinlay, Nicholls, Barsby, Mark (f) 66.8 2 4 24 18

Ht8 Duval, Lightfoot, McGillivray, Williams 69.4 5 1 29 19

Ht9 Mark, Nicholls, McGregor, Hall 69.6 5 1 34 20

Ht10 Soederman, McKinlay, Tolley, Barsby 67.2 4 2 38 22

Ht11 McKinlay, Tolley, Lightfoot, McGillivray 67.8 3 3 41 25

Ht12 Nicholls, Duval, Barsby, McGregor 69.4 5 1 46 26

Ht13 Soederman, McKinlay, McGillivray, Hockaday 67.6 3 3 49 29

Ht14 Tolley, Mark, McGregor, Elliott 69.4 5 1 54 30

Ht15 Soederman, McKinlay, Nicholls, Hall 68.0 4 2 58 32

Ht16 Lightfoot, Mark, Barsby, Hall 70.8 5 1 63 33

Thursday 13th September 1956 Foxhall Heath, Ipswich

Ipswich Witches 57 Leicester Hunters 39 (National League Division Two)

Ipswich

Bob Sharp 2’ 3 2 2 2 11 1

Danny Dunton 3 3 1 0 0 7

Junior Bainbridge 3 2’ 2 2 1’ 10 2

Ken Adams 2’ 3 1’ 0 1 7 2

Tich Read 3 3 3 3 2 14

Bert Edwards 0 2’ 1 3 0 6 1

Bill Bryden 2’ F 2 1

Leicester

Ken McKinlay E 3 3 3 3 12


Gordon McGregor 1 2 2 1’ 2 8 1

Vic Hall 0 0 0 0 0


Les McGillivray 2 1 1 1 1 6

Barry East 0 1 0 1

Ht1 Dunton, Sharp, Barsby, McKinlay (ef) 73.4 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Bainbridge, Adams, McGregor, Hall 73.6 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Read, McGillivray, Williams, Edwards 74.2 3 3 13 5

Ht4 Dunton, Bryden, Barsby, East 74.2 5 1 18 6

Ht5 Adams, Bainbridge, McGillivray, Williams 74.4 5 1 23 7

Ht6 Sharp, McGregor, Dunton, Hall 74.0 4 2 27 9

Ht7 Read, Edwards, East, Barsby 73.4 5 1 32 10

Ht8 Williams, Sharp, McGillivray, Dunton 73.6 2 4 34 14

Ht9 Read, McGregor, Edwards, Hall 74.4 4 2 38 16

Ht10 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Adams, Barsby 73.0 3 3 41 19

Ht11 McKinlay, Sharp, McGillivray, Adams 73.2 2 4 43 23

Ht12 Read, Williams, McGregor, Dunton 73.0 3 3 46 26

Ht13 McKinlay, Bainbridge, McGillivray, Bryden (f) 73.6 2 4 48 30

Ht14 Edwards, McGregor, Adams, East 75.4 4 2 52 32

Ht15 McKinlay, Read, Bainbridge, Hall 73.8 3 3 55 35

Ht16 Williams, Sharp, Barsby, Edwards 74.2 2 4 57 39

Friday 14th September 1956 Blackbird Road, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 41 Southampton Saints 55 (National League Division Two)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 2 3 1 3 3 3 15 0 6

Charlie Barsby 1*3 1 3 3 3 14 1 6


Vic Hall 0 0 0 0 2

Len Williams 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 5

Les McGillivray 2 2 1 0 1 1 7 0 6


Southampton

Dick Bradley 3 2*2 2 2* 11 2 5

Maury Mattingley 0 1*1*0 2 2 4


Bill Holden 2*0 1 2*3 8 2 5

Brian Hanham 3 3 2 1*2 11 1 5

Alby Golden 1 1 0 3 5 0 4

Johnny Hole 2 3 1*0 6 1 4

1 Dick Bradley, Ken McKinlay, Charlie Barsby, Maury Mattingley 70.2 3 – 3 3 – 3

2 Ernie Rawlins, Bill Holden, Gordon McGregor, Vic Hall 71 1 – 5 4 – 8

3 Brian Hanham, Les McGillivray, Alby Golden, Len Williams 71.4 2 – 4 6 – 12

4 Charlie Barsby, Johnny Hole, Maury Mattingley, Barry East 71.2 3 – 3 9 – 15

5 Brian Hanham, Les McGillivray, Alby Golden, Gordon McGregor 71 2 – 4 11 – 19

6 Ken McKinlay, Ernie Rawlins, Charlie Barsby, Bill Holden 69.8 4 – 2 15 – 21

7 Johnny Hole, Dick Bradley, Les McGillivray, Len Williams 70.8 1 – 5 16 – 26

8 Charlie Barsby, Brian Hanham, Ken McKinlay, Alby Golden 71.4 4 – 2 20 – 28

9 Ernie Rawlins, Len Williams, Bill Holden, Les McGillivray(f) 71 2 – 4 22 – 32

10 Ken McKinaly, Dick Bradley, Maury Mattingley, Gordon McGregor 70 3 – 3 25 – 35

11 Ken McKinlay, Dick Bradley, Johnny Hole, Vic Hall 69.8 3 – 3 28 – 38

12 Charlie Barsby, Ernie Rawlins, Brian Hanham, Len Williams 71.2 3 – 3 31 – 41

13 Alby Golden, Bill Holden, Barry East, Gordon McGregor 72.6 1 – 5 32 – 46

14 Charlie Barsby, Ernie Rawlins, Les McGillivray, Johnny Hole 71.2 4 – 2 36 – 48

15 Bill Holden, Dick Bradley, Len Williams, Gordon McGregor 72.2 1 – 5 37 – 53

16 Ken McKinlay, Brian Hanham, Les McGillivray, Maury Mattingley 70 4 – 2 41 – 55

Battle of Britain Trophy

Ht 1: Alby Golden, Len Williams, Les McGillivray, Bryan Elliott 71.8

Ht 2: Ken McKinlay, Barry East, Bill Holden, Ernie Rawlins 70

Ht 3: Charlie Barsby, Dick Bradley, Gordon McGregor, Vic Hall 71.8

Final: Ken McKinlay, Charlie Barsby, Dick Bradley, Alby Golden 70

Friday 21 September 1956 Blackbird Road, Leicester

LEICESTER HUNTERS 53 SWINDON ROBINS 43 (National League Division Two)

LEICESTER

Barry East 1 2* 0 0 1* - - 4 (2)

Ken McKinlay (C) 3 3 3 3 3 - - 15

Gordon McGregor 0 2* 1* 2 2 - - 7 (2)

Charlie Barsby 3 3 2 2 3 - - 13

Len Williams 3 0 2 2* - - - 7 (1)

Les McGillivray F 1 1* 1 2 - - 5 (1)

Vic Hall 2* 0 0 - - - - 2 (1)

SWINDON

Bob Roger 2 2* 3 3 3 - - 13 (1)

Ray Harris 0 0 0 - - - - 0

Ian Williams (C) 1* 1 3 3 1 2 - 11 (1)

Ron Swaine 2 0 0 1 1 - - 4

George White 2 1 2 0 0 3 - 8

Ernie Lessiter 1* 0 1* 1 3 - - 6 (2)

Al Sparrey 1 0 - - - - - 1

Ht 1: McKinlay, Roger, East, Harris, 69.4 (4-2)

Ht 2: Barsby, Swaine, I. Williams, McGregor, 71.8 (7-5)

Ht 3: L. Williams, White, Lessiter, McGillivray (fell), 71.0 (10-8)

Ht 4: McKinlay, Hall, Sparrey, Harris, 69.2 (15-9)

Ht 5: Barsby, McGregor, White, Lessiter, 72.4 (20-10)

Ht 6: McKinlay, East, I. Williams, Swaine, 70.2 (25-11)

Ht 7: I. Williams, Roger, McGillivray, L. Williams, 71.8 (26-16)

Ht 8: McKinlay, White, Lessiter, East, 70.0 (29-19)

Ht 9: I. Williams, L. Williams, McGillivray, Swaine, 71.8 (32-22)

Ht 10: Roger, Barsby, McGregor, White, 71.6 (35-25)

Ht 11: Roger, Barsby, Lessiter, East, 71.2 (37-29)

Ht 12: McKinlay, L. Williams, I. Williams, White, 69.8 (42-30)

Ht 13: Lessiter, McGregor, Swaine, Hall, 72.8 (44-34)

Ht 14: Barsby, I. Williams, McGillivray, Sparrey, 71.8 (48-36)

Ht 15: Roger, McGregor, Swaine, Hall, 71.8 (50-40)

Ht 16: White, McGillivray, East, Harris, 73.0 (53-43)

Hunters’ 1956 Supporters’ Trophy (Ht 1): Barsby, McGregor, East, Bryan Elliott, 72.8

Hunters’ 1956 Supporters’ Trophy (Ht 2): McKinlay, McGillivray, L. Williams, Hall, 71.2

Wiltshire Whirlwind: White, Lessiter, I. Williams, Roger (ret), 72.6

Hunters’ 1956 Supporters’ Trophy (Final): McKinlay, McGregor, Barsby, McGillivray, 70.4

1956 Leicester Needs in BOLD

Friday 30th March 1956 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 51 Coventry Bees 43 (EMCB)

Saturday 31st March 1956 Brandon Coventry Bees 51 Leicester Hunters 45 (EMCB)

Friday 6th April 1956 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 42 Monarkerna 54 (Ch) TStad Scr

Friday 13th April 1956 Blackbird RoadLeicester Hunters v Rayleigh Rockets (NLD2) Rained Off

Saturday 14th April 1956 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 69 Leicester Hunters 27 (NLD2)

Friday 20 April 1956 Blackbird Road LEICESTER HUNTERS 65 SWINDON ROBINS 43 (NT)

Saturday 21 April 1956 Abbey Stadium SWINDON ROBINS 65 LEICESTER HUNTERS 43 (NT)

Friday 27th April 1956 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 45 Birmingham Brummies 51 (IDT)

Saturday 28th April 1956 Brandon Coventry Bees 53 Leicester Hunters 43 (NLD2)

Thursday 3rd May 1956 Cowley Oxford Cheetahs 47 Leicester Hunters 49 (NLD2)

Friday 4 May 1956 Blackbird Road LEICESTER HUNTERS 76 SWINDON ROBINS 32 (N T)

Saturday 5 May 1956 Abbey SWINDON ROBINS 51 LEICESTER HUNTERS 56 (NT)

Friday 11th May 1956 Blackbird Road, Leicester Leicester Hunters 58 Oxford Cheetahs 38 (NLD2)

Tuesday 15th May 1956 Bannister Court Southampton Saints 48 Leicester Hunters 48 (NLD2)

Friday 18th May1956Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters45 Coventry Bees 51 (NLD2)THt3 3 Corner

Saturday 19th May 1956 Bradford Odsal Tudors 57 Leicester Hunters 26 (Ch)

Monday 21st May 1956 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 46 Leicester Hunters 62 (NT)

Friday 25th May 1956 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 67 Ipswich Witches 40 (NLD2)

Friday 1st June 1956 Leicester Midland Riders Championship Qualifying Round

Friday 8th June 1956 Blackbird Road, Leicester Hunters 49 Odsal Tudors 47 (IDT)

Friday 15th June 1956 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 55 Norwich Stars 41 (IDT)

Tuesday 19th June 1956 Bannister Court Southampton Saints 64 Leicester Hunters 43 (NT)

Thursday 21st June 1956 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 56 Leicester Hunters 40 (NLD2)

Friday 22nd June 1956 Blackbird Road, Leicester Hunters 54 Southampton Saints 54 (NT)

Friday 29th June 1956 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 55 Ipswich Witches 41 (NLD2)

Saturday 30 June 1956 Abbey Stadium SWINDON ROBINS 50 LEICESTER HUNTERS 46 (NLD2)

Friday 6th July 1956 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 66 Oxford Cheetahs 30 (NLD2

Friday 13th July 1956 Leicester World Championship Qualifying Round

Thursday 19th July 1956 Cowley Oxford Cheetahs 50 Leicester Hunters 46 (NLD2)

Friday 20th July 1956 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 43 Coventry Bees 52 (NLD2)

Saturday 21st July 1956 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 55 Leicester Hunters 41 (NLD2)

Friday 27th July 1956 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 40 Rayleigh Rockets 56 (NLD2)

Saturday 28 July 1956 Abbey Stadium SWINDON ROBINS 61 LEICESTER HUNTERS 34 (NLD2)

Tuesday 31st July 1956 Bannister Court Southampton Saints 70 Leicester Hunters 26 (NLD2)

Friday 3rd August1956 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters v Swindon Robins (NLD2) Rained Off

Thursday 16th August 1956 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 37 Leicester Hunters 17 (NLD2) Aban

Friday 17th August 1956 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 47 Ipswich Witches 49 (NLD2)

Thursday 23rd August 1956 Cowley Oxford Cheetahs v Leicester Hunters (Ch) Rained Off

Friday 24th August 1956 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 60 Rayleigh Rockets 34 (NLD2)

Saturday 25th August 1956 Brandon Coventry Bees 49 Leicester Hunters 47 (NLD2)

Friday 31st August 1956 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 47 Southampton Saints 49 (NLD2)

Friday 7 September 1956 Blackbird Road LEICESTER HUNTERS 45 SWINDON ROBINS 51 (NLD2)

Saturday 8th September 1956 Brandon Coventry Bees 63 Leicester Hunters 33 (Ch)

Thursday 13th September 1956 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 57 Leicester Hunters 39 (NLD2)

Friday 14th September 1956 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 41 Southampton Saints 55 (NLD2)

Friday 21 September 1956 Blackbird Road LEICESTER HUNTERS 53 SWINDON ROBINS 43 (NLD2)

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