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SWINDON 1951
Thanks to Rob Bamford Updated 26.11.2016
Saturday 24 March 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 40
OXFORD CHEETAHS 44
Challenge
SWINDON
Alex Gray (C) 0 2* 2 2 - - - 6 (1)
Bob Jones 3 3 0 1* - - - 7 (1)
Frank Evans 3 2 3 3 - - - 11
Ron Clark 0 2 0 0 - - - 2
Buster Brown 1* 1 0 0 - - - 2 (1)
Hugh Geddes 2 3 3 2 - - - 10
Dennis Newton 0 0 - - - - - 0
Reg Lambourne 1 1 - - - - - 2
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
OXFORD
Brian Wilson 1* 1 0 2 - - - 4 (1)
Cyril Quick 2 2 1* 0 - - - 5 (1)
Eric Irons 2 1 2 2 - - - 7
Harry Saunders (C) 1* 0 1* 3 - - - 5 (2)
Ernie Rawlins 3 3 1 3 - - - 10
Bill Osborne 0 1 3 3 - - - 7
Bill Kemp 3 2* - - - - - 5 (1)
Colin Clarke 0 1 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Henry Chandler
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Jones, Quick, Wilson, Gray, 75.8 (3-3)
Ht 2: Evans, Irons, Saunders, Clark, 77.0 (6-6)
Ht 3: Rawlins, Geddes, Brown, Osborne, 77.0 (9-9)
Ht 4: Kemp, Clark, Wilson, Newton, 77.8 (11-13)
Ht 5: Jones, Gray, Irons, Saunders, 76.2 (16-14)
Ht 6: Rawlins, Evans, Osborne, Clark, 76.4 (18-18)
Ht 7: Geddes, Quick, Brown, Wilson, 78.2 (22-20)
Ht 8: Evans, Irons, Lambourne, Clarke, 78.2 (26-22)
Ht 9: Osborne, Gray, Rawlins, Jones, 78.4 (28-26)
Ht 10: Evans, Wilson, Quick, Clark, 78.4 (31-29)
Ht 11: Geddes, Irons, Saunders, Brown, 78.6 (34-32)
Ht 12: Rawlins, Gray, Clarke, Newton, 77.0 (36-36)
Ht 13: Saunders, Kemp, Lambourne, Brown, 80.2 (37-41)
Ht 14: Osborne, Geddes, Jones, Quick, 78.4 (40-44)
Programme changes:
None.
Junior Robins’ Scurry: Danny Malone, Ken Wiggins, Reg Nichols, Dudley Smith, 78.8
Easter Scratch Race: Evans, Jones, Geddes, Gray, 78.2
The Cheetahs’ Scurry: Kemp, Quick, Clarke (ret), Wilson (ret), 81.0
The Swindon Scurry: Malone, Brown, Clark, Newton, 79.8
The Oxford Scurry: Saunders, Irons, Osborne, Rawlins, 78.2
The Blunsdon Scurry: Lambourne, Wiggins, Nichols, Smith, 79.4
Monday 26 March 1951
EXETER FALCONS 42
SWINDON ROBINS 37
Challenge
Match-Race: Eric Williams, Bill Kitchen, 76.6
EXETER
Vic Gent (C) 3 3 3 1 - - - 10
Johnny Sargeant F 1 2* 2 - - - 5 (1)
Don Hardy 1* 3 3 1 - - - 8 (1)
Goog Hoskin 2 3 1 0 - - - 6
Bob Roger 1* 0 2 R - - - 3 (1)
Ted Moore 2 1 1* R - - - 4 (1)
Jack Bedkober 1 3 - - - - - 4
Paul Best 0 2 - - - - - 2
Team manager: Bill Dutton
SWINDON
Buster Brown R 2 2* 3 - - - 7 (1)
Hugh Geddes (C) F 3 2* R - - - 5 (1)
Ron Clark 3 0 2 0 - - - 5
Danny Malone 0 2 3 R - - - 5
Reg Lambourne 0 2 0 2 - - - 4
Frank Evans 3 0 1 3 - - - 7
Dennis Newton 0 3 - - - - - 3
Ken Wiggins 1* 0 - - - - - 1 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Fred Vigers
Ht 1: Gent, Sargeant (fell), Geddes (fell), Brown (ret), 78.8 (3-0)
Ht 2: Clark, Hoskin, Hardy, Malone, 77.8 (6-3)
Ht 3: Evans, Moore, Roger, Lambourne, 78.4 (9-6)
Ht 4: Hoskin, Brown, Bedkober, Newton, 78.8 (13-8)
Ht 5: Gent, Malone, Sargeant, Clark (fell), 78.0 (17-10)
Ht 6: Hardy, Lambourne, Hoskin, Evans, 77.8 (21-12)
Ht 7: Geddes, Brown, Moore, Roger (fell), 76.2 (22-17)
Ht 8: Hardy, Clark, Wiggins, Best (fell), 79.0 (25-20)
Ht 9: Gent, Sargeant, Evans, Lambourne, 78.2 (30-21)
Ht 10: Brown, Geddes, Hardy, Hoskin, 76.4 (31-26)
Ht 11: Malone, Roger, Moore, Clark, 77.4 (34-29)
Ht 12: Bedkober, Lambourne, Gent, Wiggins, 79.2 (38-31)
Ht 13: Newton, Best, Malone (ret), Roger (ret), 79.8 (40-34)
Ht 14: Evans, Sargeant, Geddes (ret), Moore (ret), 78.2 (42-37)
Programme changes:
None.
Match-Race: Kitchen, Williams, 77.8
Reserves’ Scratch Race: Wiggins, Best, Bedkober, Newton (fell), 79.2
Devon Scurry 1: Brown, Clark, Moore, Sargeant (ret), 76.4
Devon Scurry 2: Hoskin, Lambourne, Malone, Best (fell), 80.0
English Challenge: Gent, Williams, Kitchen, Hardy, 77.2
Aussie Challenge: Williams, Gent and Kitchen (Dead-heat), Geddes, 77.8
Thursday 29 March 1951
LONG EATON ARCHERS 49
SWINDON ROBINS 58
Daily Mail National Trophy quarter-final, first leg
LONG EATON
Pedlar Palmer (C) 2* 1 1* 1 2 0 - 7 (2)
Johnnie Jones 3 1 0 1 1 - - 6
Frank Malouf 3 3 2 3 3 3 - 17
Fred Siggins 0 0 0 3 0 - - 3
Eric Mason 1 0 0 0 1 - - 2
Bob Ibbotson 3 3 2 0 0 - - 8
Peter Moore 3 2 - - - - - 5
Bill Humphries 1 R - - - - - 1
Team manager: Stan Lish
SWINDON
Bob Jones 0 1* 0 3 2* 1* - 7 (3)
Alex Gray (C) 1 2 1* 0 - - - 4 (1)
Reg Lambourne 2 2 2* 1 2 - - 9 (1)
Buster Brown 0 0 2* 3 1 - - 6 (1)
Danny Malone 3 3 3 3 2 2 - 16
Hugh Geddes 1* 2 2 2* 3 - - 10 (2)
Dennis Newton 2 3 1* - - - - 6 (1)
Ron Clark X - - - - - - 0
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: E.G. Cope
Ht 1: J. Jones, Palmer, Gray, B. Jones, 73.8 (5-1)
Ht 2: Malouf, Lambourne, Geddes, Siggins, 72.6 (8-4)
Ht 3: Ibbotson, Gray, Mason, Brown, 72.8 (12-6)
Ht 4: (Re-Run) Moore, Newton, Humphries, Clark (f, ex), 75.6 (16-8)
Ht 5: Malouf, Lambourne, J. Jones, Brown, 73.8 (20-10)
Ht 6: Ibbotson, Geddes, B. Jones, Siggins, 73.2 (23-13)
Ht 7: Malone, Lambourne, Palmer, Mason, 72.2 (24-18)
Ht 8: Malone, Malouf, Palmer, B. Jones, 72.2 (27-21)
Ht 9: B. Jones, Ibbotson, Lambourne, J. Jones, 73.2 (29-25)
Ht 10: Malouf, Geddes, Gray, Mason, 73.0 (32-28)
Ht 11: Malone, Brown, J. Jones, Siggins, 73.2 (33-33)
Ht 12: Siggins, Lambourne, Palmer, Gray, 74.0 (37-35)
Ht 13: Malone, Geddes, J. Jones, Siggins, 74.4 (38-40)
Ht 14: Newton, Moore, Humphries (ret), 75.2 (3 riders only) (40-43)
Ht 15: Brown, B. Jones, Mason, Siggins, 74.2 (41-48)
Ht 16: Malouf, Malone, Newton, Ibbotson, 73.6 (44-51)
Ht 17: Geddes, Palmer, Brown, Ibbotson, 74.2 (46-55)
Ht 18: (Nominated) Malouf (b), Malone (y), B. Jones (w), Palmer (r), 74.2 (49-58)
Programme change:
Ht 16: Newton replaced Gray.
NOTE: Clark broke a leg in heat four; therefore Swindon were only able to tracked one rider in heat
fourteen as their other reserve, Newton, was already in the race.
Saturday 31 March 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 71
LONG EATON ARCHERS 37
Daily Mail National Trophy quarter-final, second leg
Swindon won 129-86 on aggregate.
SWINDON
Bob Jones 3 0 3 0 3 - - 9
Alex Gray (C) 1 1* - - - - - 2 (1)
Buster Brown 2* 2 2* 3 2 2* - 13 (3)
Hugh Geddes 3 3 3 3 3 - - 15
Reg Lambourne 3 2 0 3 2* - - 10 (1)
Danny Malone 1 1 0 F X - - 2
Dennis Newton 2* 2* 3 - - - - 7 (2)
Ray Ellis 3 3 2* 2* 3 - - 13 (2)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
LONG EATON
Johnnie Jones 0 0 0 1* 1 - - 2 (1)
Pedlar Palmer (C) 2 2 2 1* 3 1 - 11 (1)
Frank Malouf 1 3 3 2 2 0 - 11
Fred Siggins 0 0 - - - - - 0
Eric Mason 1 1 0 0 1 - - 3
Bob Ibbotson 0 2 1* 1 N - - 4 (1)
Peter Moore 1 1 0 0 1* - - 3 (1)
Bill Humphries 0 1 2 - - - - 3
Team manager: Stan Lish
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: B. Jones, Palmer, Gray, J. Jones, 78.4 (4-2)
Ht 2: Geddes, Brown, Malouf, Ibbotson, 77.8 (9-3)
Ht 3: Lambourne, Palmer, Malone, Siggins, 79.2 (13-5)
Ht 4: Ellis, Newton, Moore, Humphries, 80.6 (18-6)
Ht 5: Malouf, Brown, Gray, Siggins, 78.8 (21-9)
Ht 6: Geddes, Ibbotson, Malone, J. Jones, 80.0 (25-11)
Ht 7: Malouf, Lambourne, Mason, B. Jones, 82.0 (27-15)
Ht 8: B. Jones, Brown, Mason, J. Jones, 81.8 (32-16)
Ht 9: Ellis, Malouf, J. Jones, Malone, 81.4 (35-19)
Ht 10: Brown, Palmer, Ibbotson, Lambourne, 81.0 (38-22)
Ht 11: Geddes, Ellis, Moore, Mason, 79.2 (43-23)
Ht 12: Geddes, Malouf, Palmer, B. Jones, 78.8 (46-26)
Ht 13: Lambourne, Ellis, Ibbotson, Mason, 81.8 (51-27)
Ht 14: Ellis, Newton, Humphries, Moore, 81.4 (56-28)
Ht 15: Geddes, Lambourne, J. Jones, Moore, 80.6 (61-29)
Ht 16: Palmer, Brown, Mason, Malone (fell), 78.6 (63-33)
Ht 17: (Re-Run) B. Jones, Humphries, Moore, Malone (f, ex), Ibbotson (f, ns), 82.8 (66-36)
Ht 18: (Nominated) Newton (b), Brown (r), Palmer (y), Malouf (w), 80.2 (71-37)
Programme changes:
Ht 9: Ellis replaced Gray; Ht 11: Ellis replaced Gray; Moore replaced Siggins; Ht 13: Ellis replaced
Gray; Ht 15: Moore replaced Siggins; Ht 17: Moore replaced Ibbotson, who was unable to
participate in the re-run; Humphries replaced Siggins.
[Untitled Race 1] Ken Wiggins, Moore, Dudley Smith, Reg Nichols, 82.2
[Untitled Race 2] Smith, Wiggins, Nichols (ret), Humphries (ret), 82.2
Saturday 7 April 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 66
POOLE PIRATES 41
Daily Mail National Trophy semi-final, first leg
SWINDON
Bob Jones 1 3 2 3 3 - - 12
Hugh Geddes 3 3 R 3 3 F - 12
Buster Brown 2* 2* 1* 0 2 - - 7 (3)
Ray Ellis 3 2 1 0 2 - - 8
Alex Gray (C) 0 2* 3 2* 1* 3 - 11 (3)
Frank Evans 3 0 1 0 - - - 4
Reg Lambourne 3 2* - - - - - 5 (1)
Dennis Newton 2* 3 2* - - - - 7 (2)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
POOLE
Ken Middleditch (C) 2 3 3 3 3 2 - 16
Tony Lewis 0 2 1* 2 1 - - 6 (1)
Dick Howard 1 0 0 2* 1* - - 4 (2)
Charlie Hayden 1* 1 0 0 1 - - 3 (1)
Terry Small 1 R 2 1 3 F - 7
Frank Wheeler 0 1 2 0 0 - - 3
Allan Kidd 1 1 - - - - - 2
Jack Cunningham 0 F - - - - - 0
Team manager: Don Gould
ACU Steward: George Allan
Ht 1: Geddes, Middleditch, Jones, Lewis, 76.8 (4-2)
Ht 2: Ellis, Brown, Howard, Wheeler, 78.2 (9-3)
Ht 3: Evans, Lewis, Hayden, Gray, 79.8 (12-6)
Ht 4: Lambourne, Newton, Kidd, Cunningham, 77.6 (17-7)
Ht 5: Geddes, Brown, Hayden, Howard, 79.2 (22-8)
Ht 6: Middleditch, Ellis, Wheeler, Evans, 78.8 (24-12)
Ht 7: Jones, Gray, Small, Howard, 78.4 (29-13)
Ht 8: Middleditch, Jones, Brown, Small (ret), 79.4 (32-16)
Ht 9: Middleditch, Howard, Evans, Geddes (ret), 80.6 (33-21)
Ht 10: Gray, Wheeler, Lewis, Brown, 81.0 (36-24)
Ht 11: Geddes, Small, Ellis, Hayden, 80.2 (40-26)
Ht 12: Jones, Lewis, Howard, Ellis, 80.0 (43-29)
Ht 13: Geddes, Gray, Small, Wheeler (f, rem), 80.8 (48-30)
Ht 14: Newton, Lambourne, Kidd, Cunningham (fell), 79.6 (53-31)
Ht 15: Middleditch, Ellis, Gray, Hayden, 81.8 (56-34)
Ht 16: Small, Brown, Lewis, Evans, 80.6 (58-38)
Ht 17: Jones, Newton, Hayden, Wheeler, 81.4 (63-39)
Ht 18: (Nominated) Gray (r), Middleditch (w), Geddes (b; fell), Small (y; fell), 83.0 (66-41)
Programme change:
Ht 17: Newton replaced Evans.
[Untitled Race 1] (Re-Run) Wheeler (f, rem), Ken Wiggins (fell), Reg Nichols (ret),
Danny Malone (f, ex), 95.8
[Untitled Race 2] Malone, Wiggins, Cunningham, Dudley Smith (fell), 82.6
Saturday 14 April 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 60
CARDIFF DRAGONS 60
Festival of Britain Trophy
SWINDON
Bob Jones 2 2* 0 3 2 F - 9 (1)
Alex Gray (C) 0 3 1* 1 3 - - 8 (1)
Hugh Geddes - - - - - - - -
Ray Ellis R 1 1* 0 0 - - 2 (1)
Buster Brown 1 1 2 2 2* - - 8 (1)
Frank Evans 2 3 2 1* 3 - - 11 (1)
Reg Lambourne N - - - - - - 0
Dennis Newton 1* 3 3 3 3 3 - 16 (1)
Reg Nichols 0 1 2* - - - - 3 (1)
Ken Wiggins 0 0 2* 1 0 - - 3 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
CARDIFF
Arthur Pilgrim (C) 1 3 3 3 2 1* - 13 (1)
Jim Wright 3 3 3 3 X - - 12
Mick Holland 3 2* 2* 2 3 2 - 14 (2)
Frank Johnson X 1 F 3 0 - - 4
Kevin Hayden 1* 2* 0 2* 1 - - 6 (3)
Harry Hughes 2 0 0 1 1* - - 4 (1)
Mick Callaghan 2 F - - - - - 2
Ray Beaumont 1 1 - - - - - 2
Vic Butcher 0 2 - - - - - 2
Peter Boss 1* F - - - - - 1 (1)
Team manager: Alf Elliott
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Wright, Jones, Pilgrim, Gray, 77.4 (2-4)
Ht 2: (Re-Run) Holland, Evans, Newton, Johnson (ex, foul riding),
Lambourne (f, ns), 77.6 (5-7)
Ht 3: Gray, Hughes, Hayden, Ellis (ret), 78.6 (8-10)
Ht 4: Newton, Callaghan, Boss, Nichols, 78.0 (11-13)
Ht 5: Wright, Holland, Ellis, Wiggins, 77.8 (12-18)
Ht 6: Evans, Jones, Johnson, Hughes, 77.4 (17-19)
Ht 7: Pilgrim, Hayden, Brown, Wiggins, 79.2 (18-24)
Ht 8: Newton, Wiggins, Beaumont, Butcher, 78.8 (23-25)
Ht 9: Wright, Holland, Brown, Jones, 77.8 (24-30)
Ht 10: Pilgrim, Evans, Gray, Hughes, 78.4 (27-33)
Ht 11: Jones, Holland, Nichols, Hayden, 77.0 (31-35)
Ht 12: Newton, Butcher, Wiggins, Callaghan (fell), 79.2 (35-37)
Ht 13: Wright, Brown, Ellis, Johnson (fell), 78.4 (38-40)
Ht 14: Pilgrim, Hayden, Gray, Wiggins, 79.8 (39-45)
Ht 15: (Re-Run) Johnson, Brown, Evans, Wright (f, ex), 78.4 (42-48)
Ht 16: Newton, Nichols, Beaumont, Boss (fell), 81.4 (47-49)
Ht 17: Holland, Jones, Hughes, Ellis, 78.0 (49-53)
Ht 18: Gray, Brown, Hayden, Johnson, 79.8 (54-54)
Ht 19: Evans, Pilgrim, Hughes, Ellis, 79.4 (57-57)
Ht 20: (Nominated) Newton (b), Holland (w), Pilgrim (y), Jones (r; fell), 77.8 (60-60)
Programme changes:
Ht 2: Lambourne replaced Geddes, but came down after an over-zealous challenge from Johnson.
Lambourne was unable to participate in the re-run, so was replaced by Newton; Ht 4: Newton replaced
Lambourne; Ht 5: Wiggins replaced Geddes; Ht 7: Wiggins replaced Geddes; Ht 11: Nichols replaced
Geddes; Ht 12: Newton replaced Lambourne; Ht 14: Wiggins replaced Geddes.
Monday 16 April 1951
POOLE PIRATES 61
SWINDON ROBINS 47
Daily Mail National Trophy semi-final, second leg
Swindon won 113-102 on aggregate.
POOLE
Tony Lewis 3 2* 2 2 3 - - 12 (1)
Ken Middleditch (C) 1 3 3 3 2 1* - 13 (1)
Jack Cunningham 3 R 0 1* 1* - - 5 (2)
Dick Howard 2* 3 1 1* 1* - - 8 (3)
Terry Small 3 3 2 1* 2 2 - 13 (1)
Charlie Hayden 1 1 0 2 2* - - 6 (1)
Viv Thyer 0 2 - - - - - 2
Allan Kidd 1 1* - - - - - 2 (1)
Team manager: Don Gould
SWINDON
Bob Jones 0 2 3 2 3 3 - 13
Hugh Geddes 2 2 3 3 0 - - 10
Alex Gray (C) 1 2 0 1* 0 - - 4 (1)
Buster Brown 0 1* 0 1 - - - 2 (1)
Ray Ellis 1 1 2 3 3 0 - 10
Frank Evans 0 0 0 0 - - - 0
Danny Malone 3 F 3 0 - - - 6
Dennis Newton 2* X - - - - - 2 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Lewis, Geddes, Middleditch, Jones, 77.2 (4-2)
Ht 2: Cunningham, Howard, Gray, Evans, 78.8 (9-3)
Ht 3: Small, Geddes, Hayden, Brown, 77.0 (13-5)
Ht 4: Malone, Newton, Kidd, Thyer, 77.8 (14-10)
Ht 5: Middleditch, Gray, Brown, Cunningham (ret), 77.4 (17-13)
Ht 6: Howard, Jones, Hayden, Evans, 77.0 (21-15)
Ht 7: Small, Lewis, Ellis, Gray, 75.8 (26-16)
Ht 8: Jones, Lewis, Ellis, Cunningham, 76.0 (28-20)
Ht 9: Middleditch, Jones, Gray, Hayden, 77.8 (31-23)
Ht 10: Geddes, Small, Cunningham, Malone (fell), 76.4 (34-26)
Ht 11: Middleditch, Ellis, Howard, Brown, 77.2 (38-28)
Ht 12: Geddes, Lewis, Howard, Gray, 76.8 (41-31)
Ht 13: Ellis, Middleditch, Small, Evans, 76.0 (44-34)
Ht 14: Malone, Thyer, Kidd, Newton (f, ex), 78.4 (47-37)
Ht 15: Jones, Small, Howard, Malone, 76.8 (50-40)
Ht 16: Ellis, Hayden, Cunningham, Geddes, 76.8 (53-43)
Ht 17: Lewis, Hayden, Brown, Evans, 77.0 (58-44)
Ht 18: (Nominated) Jones (w), Small (b), Middleditch (r), Ellis (y), 76.6 (61-47)
Programme changes:
Ht 10: Malone replaced Evans; Ht 15: Malone replaced Brown.
Spring Scratch Race: Thyer, Johnny Thomson, Malone, 80.6 (3 riders only)
Stadium Scratch Race: Kidd, Thomson, Jimmy Coughlan, Newton, 78.2
Thursday 19 April 1951
CARDIFF DRAGONS 59
SWINDON ROBINS 61
Festival of Britain Trophy
CARDIFF
Arthur Pilgrim (C) 0 1 2* 0 2 - - 5 (1)
Jim Wright 3 3 F 3 3 3 - 15
Mick Holland 1 3 2* 1 2* - - 9 (2)
Frank Johnson 0 0 1 0 1 - - 2
Kevin Hayden 3 3 3 2 2* 1 - 14 (1)
Harry Hughes 0 0 1 0 R - - 1
Mick Callaghan 3 3 - - - - - 6
Ray Beaumont 2 0 - - - - - 2
Vic Butcher 1 3 - - - - - 4
Gerald Pugh 0 1 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Alf Elliott
SWINDON
Bob Jones 2 1 2* 0 2* - - 7 (2)
Alex Gray (C) 1* 2 0 0 - - - 3 (1)
Hugh Geddes 3 1* 1 3 1 0 - 9 (1)
Ray Ellis 2* 3 2 3 1 - - 11 (1)
Buster Brown 2 0 2* 1 0 - - 5 (1)
Frank Evans 1* 2* 3 3 3 - - 12 (2)
Reg Nichols 0 0 - - - - - 0
Dennis Newton 1 2 - - - - - 3
Danny Malone 3 2 1 2 - - - 8
Ken Wiggins 2 1* - - - - - 3 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Wright, Jones, Gray, Pilgrim, 74.8 (3-3)
Ht 2: Geddes, Ellis, Holland, Hughes, 74.8 (4-8)
Ht 3: Wright, Brown, Evans, Johnson, 74.4 (7-11)
Ht 4: Callaghan, Wiggins, Butcher, Nichols, 76.0 (11-13)
Ht 5: Holland, Gray, Geddes, Johnson, 74.4 (14-16)
Ht 6: Ellis, Evans, Pilgrim, Hughes, 74.6 (15-21)
Ht 7: Hayden, Holland, Jones, Brown, 73.2 (Track Record) (20-22)
Ht 8: Malone, Beaumont, Newton, Pugh, 75.2 (22-26)
Ht 9: Hayden, Pilgrim, Geddes, Gray, 74.2 (27-27)
Ht 10: Evans, Jones, Hughes, Wright (fell), 75.4 (28-32)
Ht 11: Geddes, Brown, Holland, Pilgrim, 74.0 (29-37)
Ht 12: Callaghan, Malone, Pugh, Nichols, 75.0 (33-39)
Ht 13: Hayden, Ellis, Johnson, Gray, 74.2 (37-41)
Ht 14: Wright, Holland, Brown, Jones, 74.4 (42-42)
Ht 15: Ellis, Hayden, Malone, Hughes, 74.8 (44-46)
Ht 16: Butcher, Newton, Wiggins, Beaumont, 76.2 (47-49)
Ht 17: Evans, Pilgrim, Geddes, Johnson, 74.8 (49-53)
Ht 18: Wright, Hayden, Ellis, Brown, 74.2 (54-54)
Ht 19: Evans, Jones, Johnson (f, rem), Hughes (ret), 75.0 (55-59)
Ht 20: (Nominated) Wright (r), Malone (y), Hayden (b), Geddes (w), 73.8 (59-61)
Programme change:
Ht 15: Malone replaced Gray.
Saturday 21 April 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 47
EXETER FALCONS 61
Daily Mail National Trophy (Division Three) final, first leg
SWINDON
Bob Jones (C) 0 2 3 2 3 R - 10
Hugh Geddes 1 2 3 3 3 3 - 15
Buster Brown 1 R 1 1 1 - - 4
Ray Ellis X 1* 0 1* 0 - - 2 (2)
Frank Evans 1 R 0 0 - - - 1
Danny Malone 3 2 0 3 1 - - 9
Ken Wiggins 3 2 1 - - - - 6
Dennis Newton X - - - - - - 0
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
EXETER
Don Hardy 2* X 2 2 3 1* - 10 (2)
Goog Hoskin 3 0 3 3 - - - 9
Johnny Sargeant 3 1 3 1* 0 - - 8 (1)
Bob Roger 2 3 2 2* 2 2 - 13 (1)
Vic Gent (C) 1 0 1* 2 2 - - 6 (1)
Ted Moore 2* 3 2* 1* R - - 8 (3)
Paul Best 1* 1 - - - - - 2 (1)
Jack Bedkober 2 3 0 - - - - 5
Team manager: Bill Dutton
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Hoskin, Hardy, Geddes, Jones, 76.4 (1-5)
Ht 2: (Re-Run) Sargeant, Moore, Brown, Ellis (ex), 78.2 (2-10)
Ht 3: Malone, Roger, Evans, Hoskin, 77.6 (6-12)
Ht 4: (Re-Run) Wiggins, Bedkober, Best, Newton (f, ex), 80.4 (9-15)
Ht 5: Roger, Geddes, Sargeant, Brown (ret), 77.6 (11-19)
Ht 6: Moore, Malone, Ellis, Hardy (f, ex), 78.2 (14-22)
Ht 7: Sargeant, Jones, Gent, Evans (ret), 78.0 (16-26)
Ht 8: Jones, Hardy, Brown, Gent, 78.2 (20-28)
Ht 9: Geddes, Hardy, Sargeant, Malone, 77.8 (23-31)
Ht 10: Hoskin, Moore, Brown, Evans, 77.8 (24-36)
Ht 11: Geddes, Roger, Gent, Ellis, 78.0 (27-39)
Ht 12: Hoskin, Jones, Ellis, Sargeant, 78.6 (30-42)
Ht 13: Geddes, Gent, Moore, Evans, 77.2 (33-45)
Ht 14: Bedkober, Wiggins, Best, 79.6 (3 Riders Only) (35-49)
Ht 15: Hardy, Roger, Wiggins, Ellis, 78.8 (36-54)
Ht 16: Malone, Gent, Brown, Bedkober, 77.6 (40-56)
Ht 17: Jones, Roger, Malone, Moore (ret), 77.4 (44-53)
Ht 18: (Nominated) Geddes (b), Roger (y), Hardy (w), Jones (r; ret), 76.6 (47-61)
Programme changes:
Ht 15: Wiggins replaced Evans; Ht 16: Bedkober replaced Hoskin.
NOTE: Due to injury, Newton was a non-starter in heat fourteen and, as the other reserve rider,
Wiggins, was already in the race, Swindon were only able to track one rider.
[Untitled Race 1] Bedkober, Evans, Wiggins, Dudley Smith (fell), 78.0
[Untitled Race 2] Best, Wiggins, Reg Nichols, 79.8 (3 riders only)
Monday 23 April 1951
EXETER FALCONS 63
SWINDON ROBINS 45
Daily Mail National Trophy (Division Three) final, second leg
Exeter won 124-92 on aggregate.
EXETER
Don Hardy 2 3 R 0 3 - - 8
Goog Hoskin 1* 1 3 3 2* - - 10 (2)
Vic Gent (C) 3 3 3 3 2 2 - 16
Johnny Sargeant 0 2* 2* 3 3 - - 10 (2)
Bob Roger F 2* 2* 3 2* - - 9 (3)
Ted Moore 2 3 1 1* 1 - - 8 (1)
Bert Fryer 0 0 - - - - - 0
Jack Bedkober 1 1 0 - - - - 2
Team manager: Bill Dutton
SWINDON
Bob Jones 0 0 2 1 - - - 3
Hugh Geddes (C) 3 3 1 2 3 3 - 15
Ray Ellis 1* 2 0 0 1* - - 4 (2)
Buster Brown 1 0 0 0 - - - 1
Danny Malone 1 2 1 0 F 1 - 5
George Craig 2 1 0 1 2 - - 6
Frank Evans 3 1* 3 0 - - - 7 (1)
Ken Wiggins 2* 2* - - - - - 4 (2)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Geddes, Hardy, Hoskin, Jones, 76.4 (3-3)
Ht 2: Gent, Craig, Ellis, Sargeant, 77.0 (6-6)
Ht 3: Geddes, Moore, Brown, Roger (fell), 77.6 (8-10)
Ht 4: Evans, Wiggins, Bedkober, Fryer, 80.0 (9-15)
Ht 5: Gent, Ellis, Hoskin, Brown, 77.2 (13-17)
Ht 6: Moore, Sargeant, Craig, Jones, 78.4 (18-18)
Ht 7: Hardy, Roger, Malone, Ellis, 78.6 (23-19)
Ht 8: Gent, Malone, Evans, Hardy (ret), 77.6 (26-22)
Ht 9: Hoskin, Jones, Moore, Ellis, 77.2 (30-24)
Ht 10: Gent, Roger, Geddes, Craig, 78.0 (35-25)
Ht 11: Hoskin, Sargeant, Malone, Brown, 78.8 (40-26)
Ht 12: Sargeant, Geddes, Ellis, Hardy, 77.4 (43-29)
Ht 13: Roger, Hoskin, Craig, Malone, 79.0 (48-30)
Ht 14: Evans, Wiggins, Bedkober, Fryer, 79.6 (49-35)
Ht 15: Sargeant, Roger, Jones, Brown, 78.0 (54-36)
Ht 16: Geddes, Gent, Moore, Malone (fell), 78.8 (57-39)
Ht 17: Hardy, Craig, Moore, Evans, 78.2 (61-41)
Ht 18: (Nominated) Geddes (w), Gent (r), Malone (y), Bedkober (b), 78.6 (63-45)
Programme changes:
Ht 8: Evans replaced Jones; Ht 17: Evans replaced Brown.
Novices Race 1: Norman Davies, Mick Hard, Dudley Smith, 81.8 (3 riders only)
Novices Race 2: Smith, Dabinett, Hard, Davies (f, rem), 82.6
Saturday 28 April 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 86
LONG EATON ARCHERS 34
Festival of Britain Trophy
SWINDON
Bob Jones 3 3 2* 3 3 - - 14 (1)
George Craig 2* 3 3 2* 2* - - 12 (3)
Hugh Geddes 0 2 3 2* 3 - - 10 (1)
Ray Ellis 2* 1* 0 2* 3 - - 8 (3)
Frank Evans 2* 3 3 3 3 - - 14 (1)
Danny Malone 2 2* 2* 1 2* - - 9 (3)
Alex Gray (C) 2* 2 0 - - - - 4 (1)
Buster Brown 3 3 2 - - - - 8
Ken Wiggins 3 2* - - - - - 5 (1)
Bob Wigg 1 1* - - - - - 2 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
LONG EATON
Pedlar Palmer (C) 0 1 0 - - - - 1
Peter Moore 1 3 1 1* 2 1 - 9 (1)
Frank Malouf 3 0 0 1 0 - - 4
Johnnie Jones 1 1 2 0 1 - - 5
Percy Brine 1 0 0 0 - - - 1
Cecil Hookham 0 0 0 - - - - 0
Ted Gibson 0 0 - - - - - 0
Bill Humphries 0 1 1 - - - - 2
Eric Mason 2 1 3 1 1 3 - 11
Ken Holmes 1 0 0 - - - - 1
Team manager: Charlie Lish
ACU Steward: George Allan
Ht 1: B. Jones, Craig, Moore, Palmer, 79.8 (5-1)
Ht 2: Malouf, Malone, J. Jones, Geddes, 78.8 (7-5)
Ht 3: Craig, Ellis, Brine, Hookham, 79.6 (12-6)
Ht 4: Wiggins, Gray, Holmes, Gibson, 78.8 (17-7)
Ht 5: Moore, Geddes, Ellis, Malouf, 77.8 (20-10)
Ht 6: B. Jones, Malone, J. Jones, Hookham, 77.8 (25-11)
Ht 7: Geddes, Evans, Palmer, Brine, 79.2 (30-12)
Ht 8: Brown, Mason, Wigg, Humphries, 77.8 (34-14)
Ht 9: Evans, B. Jones, Moore, Malouf, 78.8 (39-15)
Ht 10: Craig, Malone, Mason, Palmer, 79.8 (44-16)
Ht 11: B. Jones, Geddes, Malouf, Brine, 77.4 (49-17)
Ht 12: Mason, Gray, Wigg, Gibson, 80.2 (52-20)
Ht 13: Evans, J. Jones, Moore, Ellis, 79.0 (55-23)
Ht 14: Geddes, Craig, Mason, Holmes, 78.6 (60-24)
Ht 15: Evans, Moore, Malone, J. Jones, 78.8 (64-26)
Ht 16: Brown, Wiggins, Humphries, Holmes, 77.0 (69-27)
Ht 17: B. Jones, Ellis, Mason, Malouf, 78.2 (74-28)
Ht 18: Evans, Craig, J. Jones, Brine, 79.2 (79-29)
Ht 19: Ellis, Malone, Humphries, Hookham, 78.8 (84-30)
Ht 20: (Nominated) Mason (w), Brown (b), Moore (y), Gray (r), 80.4 (86-34)
Programme changes:
Ht 10: Mason replaced Hookham; Ht 14: Mason replaced Palmer; Holmes replaced Brine; Ht 17:
Mason replaced Hookham; Ht 19: Humphries replaced Palmer.
Thursday 3 May 1951
LONG EATON ARCHERS 52
SWINDON ROBINS 68
Festival of Britain Trophy
LONG EATON
Peter Moore 3 3 3 F 3 R - 12
Frank Malouf 0 0 3 3 2 - - 8
Pedlar Palmer (C) 2 3 1 3 2* 2 - 13 (1)
Eric Mason 2 1 F 1 F - - 4
Johnnie Jones 0 2* 1 2 F - - 5 (1)
Percy Brine 0 1 1 0 2 - - 4
Cecil Hookham 1 1 - - - - - 2
Bill Humphries 2 2 - - - - - 4
John Hanson 0 0 - - - - - 0
John Robinson 0 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: Charlie Lish
SWINDON
Bob Jones 1* 2* 0 0 3 - - 6 (2)
George Craig 2 F 1 3 - - - 6
Hugh Geddes 1 2 0 2 0 - - 5
Ray Ellis 3 2 2* 1 1 - - 9 (1)
Frank Evans 3 3 1* 3 - - - 10 (1)
Danny Malone 1 0 2 2 1 - - 6
Alex Gray (C) 3 3 1 1 - - - 8
Buster Brown 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Ken Wiggins 1 2* - - - - - 3 (1)
Bob Wigg 2* 1 - - - - - 3 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: E.G. Cope
Ht 1: Moore, Craig, B. Jones, Malouf, 71.6 (3-3)
Ht 2: Ellis, Palmer, Geddes, Brine, 73.0 (5-7)
Ht 3: Evans, Mason, Malone, Malouf, 74.2 (7-11)
Ht 4: Gray, Wigg, Hookham, Hanson, 74.6 (8-16)
Ht 5: Palmer, Geddes, Mason, Craig (fell), 74.6 (12-18)
Ht 6: Moore, Ellis, Brine, Malone, 74.0 (16-20)
Ht 7: Evans, B. Jones, Palmer, J. Jones, 74.6 (17-25)
Ht 8: Brown, Humphries, Wiggins, Robinson, 73.4 (19-29)
Ht 9: Moore, J. Jones, Craig, Geddes, 73.8 (24-30)
Ht 10: Malouf, Malone, Brine, B. Jones, 75.8 (28-32)
Ht 11: Palmer, Geddes, Evans, Moore (fell), 75.2 (31-35)
Ht 12: Gray, Wiggins, Hookham, Robinson, 76.0 (32-40)
Ht 13: Craig, Ellis, J. Jones, Mason (fell), 73.8 (33-45)
Ht 14: Malouf, Palmer, Gray, B. Jones, 75.6 (38-46)
Ht 15: Brown, J. Jones, Ellis, Brine, 76.0 (40-50)
Ht 16: Brown, Humphries, Wigg, Hanson, 73.6 (42-54)
Ht 17: Moore, Malone, Mason, Geddes, 76.2 (46-56)
Ht 18: Evans, Malouf, Ellis, J. Jones (fell), 73.8 (48-60)
Ht 19: B. Jones, Brine, Malone, Mason (fell), 75.0 (50-64)
Ht 20: (Nominated) Brown (y), Palmer (r), Gray (w), Moore (b; ret), 74.0 (52-68)
Programme changes:
Ht 14: Gray replaced Evans; Ht 15: Brown replaced Craig.
Saturday 5 May 1951
RAYLEIGH ROCKETS 77
SWINDON ROBINS 43
Festival of Britain Trophy
RAYLEIGH
Jack Unstead (C) 3 2* 2* 3 2* 2 - 14 (3)
Tom O’ Connor 1 2* 1 F 1 - - 5 (1)
Les McGillivray 2* 3 2* 0 2 - - 9 (2)
Gerald Jackson 3 1 3 3 0 - - 10
Ron Howes 3 3 2* 2* 3 0 - 13 (2)
Maurice Dunn 3 3 3 3 2 - - 14
Frank Bettis 2 3 - - - - - 5
Oz Osborne 0 2 - - - - - 2
Julie Benson 1* F - - - - - 1 (1)
Vic Gooden 2 2* - - - - - 4 (1)
Team manager: John ‘Butch’ Williams
SWINDON
Bob Jones 2 1 2 3 1 1 - 10
George Craig 0 R 0 1 - - - 1
Hugh Geddes 1 2 1 1* X - - 5 (1)
Ray Ellis 0 1 0 2 - - - 3
Frank Evans 0 0 0 - - - - 0
Danny Malone 1 0 F 1 - - - 2
Alex Gray (C) 3 0 1 - - - - 4
Buster Brown 3 2 1 3 3 3 - 15
Ken Wiggins 1 1 0 - - - - 2
Bob Wigg F 1 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Alfred Pickering
Ht 1: Unstead, Jones, O’ Connor, Craig, 73.2 (4-2)
Ht 2: Dunn, McGillivray, Geddes, Ellis, 73.6 (9-3)
Ht 3: Jackson, O’ Connor, Malone, Evans, 74.4 (14-4)
Ht 4: Gray, Bettis, Benson, Wigg (fell), 75.0 (17-7)
Ht 5: McGillivray, Geddes, Jackson (f, rem), Craig (ret), 74.8 (21-9)
Ht 6: Dunn, Unstead, Ellis, Malone, 74.0 (26-10)
Ht 7: Howes, McGillivray, Jones, Evans, 74.8 (31-11)
Ht 8: Brown, Gooden, Wiggins, Osborne, 73.6 (33-15)
Ht 9: Howes, Unstead, Geddes, Craig, 74.8 (38-16)
Ht 10: Dunn, Jones, O’ Connor, Malone (fell), 74.0 (42-18)
Ht 11: Unstead, Brown, Geddes, McGillivray, 73.8 (45-21)
Ht 12: Bettis, Gooden, Wiggins, Gray, 75.8 (50-22)
Ht 13: Jackson, Howes, Brown, Ellis, 73.8 (55-23)
Ht 14: Jones, McGillivray, Gray, O’ Connor (fell), 74.4 (57-27)
Ht 15: Dunn, Howes, Craig, Wiggins, 74.6 (62-28)
Ht 16: Brown, Osborne, Wigg, Benson, 74.4 (64-32)
Ht 17: (Re-Run) Jackson, Unstead, Malone, Geddes (f, ex), 75.4 (69-33)
Ht 18: Howes, Ellis, O’ Connor, Evans, 74.0 (73-35)
Ht 19: Brown, Dunn, Jones, Jackson, 73.2 (75-39)
Ht 20: (Nominated) Brown (y), Unstead (r), Jones (w), Howes (b), 73.4 (77-43)
Programme changes:
Ht 11: Brown replaced Evans; Ht 13: Brown replaced Craig; Ht 14: Gray replaced Evans; Ht 15:
Wiggins replaced Ellis; Ht 19: Brown replaced Malone.
Wednesday 9 May 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 51
RAYLEIGH ROCKETS 67
Festival of Britain Trophy
SWINDON
Bob Jones R 1* 3 2* 3 0 - 9 (2)
Buster Brown 2 X 0 - - - - 2
Frank Evans 3 0 1 3 1 - - 8
Alex Gray (C) 3 2 2* 0 3 - - 10 (1)
Ray Ellis 3 X 3 0 1 1 - 8
Danny Malone 1 2 X 2 2* - - 7 (1)
Dudley Smith 0 0 - - - - - 0
Ken Wiggins 2 2 0 - - - - 4
George Craig 0 1 F - - - - 1
Reg Nichols 1* 1 - - - - - 2 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
RAYLEIGH
Jack Unstead (C) R 2 2* 2* 1 - - 7 (2)
Les McGillivray 3 1 1* 1 3 3 - 12 (1)
Gerald Jackson 2 3 2 0 2 - - 9
Tom O’ Connor 0 - - - - - - 0
Vic Gooden 2 0 1 3 2* - - 8 (1)
Maurice Dunn 1* 0 3 1* 0 - - 5 (2)
Ron Howes 3 3 2* 1 3 2* - 14 (2)
Oz Osborne 3 1 - - - - - 4
Julie Benson 0 3 0 - - - - 3
Frank Bettis 2* 3 - - - - - 5 (1)
Team manager: John ‘Butch’ Williams
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: McGillivray, Brown, Jones (ret), Unstead (ret), 80.2 (2-3)
Ht 2: Evans, Jackson, Malone, O’ Connor, 79.4 (6-5)
Ht 3: Gray, Gooden, Dunn, Craig, 79.4 (9-8)
Ht 4: Howes, Bettis, Craig, Smith, 79.6 (10-13)
Ht 5: Jackson, Gray, McGillivray, Evans, 80.0 (12-17)
Ht 6: Howes, Malone, Jones, Dunn, 79.0 (15-20)
Ht 7: Ellis, Unstead, Evans, Gooden, 78.2 (19-22)
Ht 8: Osborne, Wiggins, Nichols, Benson, 84.2 (22-25)
Ht 9: Jones, Jackson, McGillivray, Ellis (ex), 80.8 (25-28)
Ht 10: Dunn, Unstead, Brown (ex), Malone (ex), 86.4 (25-33)
Ht 11: Evans, Jones, Gooden, Jackson, 80.4 (30-34)
Ht 12: Benson, Howes, Nichols, Smith, 82.4 (31-39)
Ht 13: Ellis, Gray, McGillivray, Benson, 79.6 (36-40)
Ht 14: Gooden, Unstead, Evans, Brown, 82.2 (37-45)
Ht 15: McGillivray, Malone, Howes, Ellis, 82.8 (39-49)
Ht 16: Bettis, Wiggins, Osborne, Craig (fell), 84.2 (41-53)
Ht 17: Jones, Jackson, Dunn, Gray, 81.8 (44-56)
Ht 18: Howes, Gooden, Ellis, Wiggins, 82.2 (45-61)
Ht 19: Gray, Malone, Unstead, Dunn, 82.8 (50-62)
Ht 20: (Nominated) McGillivray (y), Howes (w), Ellis (b), Jones (r), 83.0 (51-67)
Programme changes:
Ht 3: Craig replaced Brown; Ht 6: Howes replaced O’ Connor; Ht 13: Benson replaced O’ Connor; Ht
15: Howes replaced O’ Connor; Ht 18: Wiggins replaced Brown; Howes replaced O’ Connor.
Friday 11 May 1951
WOLVERHAMPTON WASPS 26
SWINDON ROBINS 58
National League Division Three
WOLVERHAMPTON
Gundy Harris 1 1 1 0 - - - 3
Syd George (C) 0 0 0 0 - - - 0
Derek Timms 1 1 2 3 - - - 7
Ted Stevens 0 1 0 F - - - 1
Barry Pickering 1* 2* 0 1 - - - 4 (2)
Roy Moreton 2 3 1 2 - - - 8
Jack Adams 0 0 - - - - - 0
John Hitchings 1* 2 - - - - - 3 (1)
Team manager: Arthur Simcock
SWINDON
Ray Ellis 2* 3 1 2 - - - 8 (1)
Bob Jones 3 0 1* 3 - - - 7 (1)
Hugh Geddes 2* 3 3 3 - - - 11 (1)
Buster Brown 3 2* 2* 3 - - - 10 (2)
Alex Gray (C) 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Danny Malone 0 2* 2* 1 - - - 5 (2)
Frank Evans 2* 2* - - - - - 4 (2)
Ken Wiggins 0 1 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: R.F. Jones
Ht 1: Jones, Ellis, Harris, George, 70.2 (1-5)
Ht 2: Brown, Geddes, Timms, Stevens, 70.2 (2-10)
Ht 3: Gray, Moreton, Pickering, Malone, 70.0 (5-13)
Ht 4: Ellis, Evans, Stevens, Adams, 70.4 (6-18)
Ht 5: Geddes, Brown, Harris, George, 70.0 (7-23)
Ht 6: Gray, Malone, Timms, Stevens, 70.0 (8-28)
Ht 7: Moreton, Pickering, Ellis, Jones, 70.8 (13-29)
Ht 8: Geddes, Timms, Hitchings, Wiggins, 70.2 (16-32)
Ht 9: Gray, Malone, Harris, George, 71.4 (17-37)
Ht 10: Timms, Ellis, Jones, Stevens (fell), 70.2 (20-40)
Ht 11: Geddes, Brown, Moreton, Pickering, 69.8 (Track Record) (21-45)
Ht 12: Gray, Hitchings, Wiggins, Harris, 70.8 (23-49)
Ht 13: Brown, Evans, Pickering, Adams, 70.8 (24-54)
Ht 14: Jones, Moreton, Malone, George, 71.0 (26-58)
Programme changes:
None.
Wolverhampton Scratch Race (Ht 1): Ellis, George, Jones, Tom Turnham, 53.4
Wolverhampton Scratch Race (Ht 2): Brown, Timms, Moreton, George, 52.8
Wolverhampton Scratch Race (Ht 3): Gray, Hitchings, Harris, Pickering, 53.0
Junior Scratch Race: Alan Sutcliffe, Turnham, Roy Browning, Bob Legg, 72.6
Wolverhampton Scratch Race (Final): Brown, Gray, Timms, Ellis (ret), 52.8
Reserves’ Scratch Race: Evans, Stevens, Hitchings, Wiggins, 71.6
The Monmore Scratch Race: Sutcliffe, Evans, Turnham, Stevens (fell), 72.4
NOTE: The heats and final of the Wolverhampton Scratch Race were run over three laps only.
Saturday 12 May 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 45
POOLE PIRATES 38
Challenge
SWINDON
Ray Ellis R R 1 0 - - - 1
Bob Jones 2 2 3 3 - - - 10
Hugh Geddes 2* 3 2 3 - - - 10 (1)
Buster Brown 3 1* 2* X - - - 6 (2)
Alex Gray (C) 1* R 1* 3 - - - 5 (2)
Danny Malone 2 2 2 R - - - 6
Frank Evans 2 3 - - - - - 5
Ken Wiggins 1* 1 - - - - - 2 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
POOLE
Ken Middleditch (C) 3 3 3 2 - - - 11
Tony Lewis 1 1 R 1* - - - 3 (1)
Terry Small R 3 3 3 - - - 9
Allan Kidd 1 1 0 2 - - - 4
Dick Howard 3 1 2 1* - - - 7 (1)
Charlie Hayden 0 0 R 2 - - - 2
Jack Cunningham 0 0 - - - - - 0
Jimmy Coughlan 0 2 - - - - - 2
Team manager: Don Gould
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Middleditch, Jones, Lewis (pushed), Ellis (ret), 76.4 (2-4)
Ht 2: Brown, Geddes, Kidd, Small (ret), 76.6 (7-5)
Ht 3: Howard, Malone, Gray, Hayden, 78.6 (10-8)
Ht 4: Middleditch, Evans, Brown, Cunningham, 76.6 (13-11)
Ht 5: Small, Jones, Kidd, Ellis (ret), 77.2 (15-15)
Ht 6: Geddes, Brown, Howard, Hayden, 76.4 (20-16)
Ht 7: Middleditch, Malone, Lewis, Gray (ret), 77.0 (22-20)
Ht 8: Small, Geddes, Wiggins, Coughlan, 76.4 (25-23)
Ht 9: Jones, Howard, Ellis, Hayden (ret), 77.2 (29-25)
Ht 10: (Re-Run) Geddes, Middleditch, Lewis (ret), Brown (f, ex), 76.4 (32-27)
Ht 11: Small, Malone, Gray, Kidd, 77.2 (35-30)
Ht 12: Evans, Coughlan, Howard, Ellis, 78.2 (38-33)
Ht 13: Gray, Kidd, Wiggins, Cunningham, 78.4 (42-35)
Ht 14: Jones, Hayden, Lewis, Malone (ret), 76.6 (45-38)
Programme changes:
None.
Robins’ Scurry: Wiggins, George Craig, Reg Nichols (ret), Dudley Smith (ret), 79.4
Whitsun Scurry (Ht 1): Geddes, Howard, Lewis, Malone, 78.2
Whitsun Scurry (Ht 2): Gray, Small, Ellis, Kidd, 77.8
Whitsun Scurry (Ht 3): Evans, Craig, Cunningham, Coughlan, 78.6
Whitsun Scurry (Ht 4): Middleditch, Jones, Wiggins, Hayden, 77.2
Whitsun Scurry (Final): Middleditch, Geddes, Evans, Gray, 78.6
Monday 14 May 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 53.5
ALDERSHOT SHOTS 30.5
National League Division Three
SWINDON
Ray Ellis R 1* 3 2 - - - 6 (1)
Bob Jones 3 2 2* 2* - - - 9 (2)
Hugh Geddes 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Buster Brown 1 3 1.5 2* - - - 7.5 (1)
Alex Gray (C) 1 1 0 2 - - - 4
Danny Malone 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Frank Evans 2* 0 - - - - - 2 (1)
Ken Wiggins 0 1* - - - - - 1 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ALDERSHOT
Basil Harris (C) 1* 0 0 R - - - 1 (1)
Ivor Powell 2 2 1 1 - - - 6
Trevor Redmond 0 F 2 1* - - - 3 (1)
Bert Edwards 2 3 2 3 - - - 10
Brian Wilson 2 0 0 1 - - - 3
Doug Papworth F 1.5 1 - - - - 2.5
Bill Grimes 1 0 - - - - - 1
Geoff Mardon 1* 3 R - - - - 4 (1)
Team manager: Alec Moseley
ACU Steward: George Allan
Ht 1: Jones, Powell, Harris, Ellis (ret), 78.0 (3-3)
Ht 2: Geddes, Edwards, Brown, Redmond, 76.8 (7-5)
Ht 3: Malone, Wilson, Gray, Papworth (fell), 77.4 (11-7)
Ht 4: Brown, Evans, Grimes, Harris, 77.6 (16-8)
Ht 5: Edwards, Jones, Ellis, Redmond (fell), 78.2 (19-11)
Ht 6: Geddes, Brown and Papworth (Dead-heat), Wilson, 76.2 (23.5-12.5)
Ht 7: Malone, Powell, Gray, Harris, 77.2 (27.5-14.5)
Ht 8: Geddes, Redmond, Mardon, Wiggins, 76.0 (30.5-17.5)
Ht 9: Ellis, Jones, Papworth, Wilson, 79.0 (35.5-18.5)
Ht 10: Geddes, Brown, Powell, Harris (ret), 76.4 (40.5-19.5)
Ht 11: Malone, Edwards, Redmond, Gray, 77.2 (43.5-22.5)
Ht 12: Mardon, Ellis, Wilson, Evans, 77.4 (45.5-26.5)
Ht 13: Edwards, Gray, Wiggins, Grimes, 77.6 (48.5-29.5)
Ht 14: Malone, Jones, Powell, Mardon (ret), 77.0 (53.5-30.5)
Programme change:
Ht 14: Mardon replaced Papworth.
Robins’ Scurry: George Craig, Wiggins, Reg Nichols, Dudley Smith, 78.0
Holiday Scratch (Ht 1): Geddes, Malone, Wilson, Powell, 76.4
Holiday Scratch (Ht 2): Ellis, Edwards, Papworth, Gray, 78.2
Holiday Scratch (Ht 3): Evans, Grimes, Mardon, Craig, 77.6
Holiday Scratch (Ht 4): Redmond, Brown, Wiggins, Jones, 76.2
Holiday Scratch (Final): Geddes, Redmond, Ellis, Evans, 77.6
Saturday 19 May 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 52
PLYMOUTH DEVILS 32
National League Division Three
SWINDON
Alex Gray (C) 1 3 2* 3 - - - 9 (1)
Bob Jones 0 1 3 1 - - - 5
Buster Brown 3 3 2 1 - - - 9
Ray Ellis 1 0 1 0 - - - 2
Hugh Geddes 2* 2* 3 3 - - - 10 (2)
Danny Malone 3 3 1 3 - - - 10
Frank Evans 3 2* - - - - - 5 (1)
Ken Wiggins 1* 1 - - - - - 2 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
PLYMOUTH
Alan Smith 2* 2 0 3 - - - 7 (1)
Bill Thatcher 3 1 2* 2 - - - 8 (1)
George Wall (C) 2 2 3 2 - - - 9
George Watts 0 0 2 - - - - 2
Johnny Bradford 0 0 1 1 - - - 2
Brian Hitchcock 1 2 0 0 - - - 3
Frank Holcombe 1* 0 0 - - - - 1 (1)
Rusty Wainwright 0 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: Sid Hazzard
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Thatcher, Smith, Gray, Jones, 78.2 (1-5)
Ht 2: Brown, Wall, Ellis, Watts, 78.6 (5-7)
Ht 3: Malone, Geddes, Hitchcock, Bradford, 78.2 (10-8)
Ht 4: Evans, Smith, Holcombe, Ellis, 77.8 (13-11)
Ht 5: Gray, Wall, Jones, Watts, 78.2 (17-13)
Ht 6: Brown, Hitchcock, Ellis, Bradford, 77.6 (21-15)
Ht 7: Malone, Geddes, Thatcher, Smith, 77.8 (26-16)
Ht 8: Wall, Brown, Wiggins, Wainwright, 78.0 (29-19)
Ht 9: Jones, Gray, Bradford, Hitchcock, 77.6 (34-20)
Ht 10: Smith, Thatcher, Brown, Ellis, 77.2 (35-25)
Ht 11: Geddes, Wall, Malone, Holcombe, 77.0 (39-27)
Ht 12: Gray, Evans, Bradford, Wainwright, 79.0 (44-28)
Ht 13: Geddes, Watts, Wiggins, Holcombe, 77.6 (48-30)
Ht 14: Malone, Thatcher, Jones, Hitchcock, 78.2 (52-32)
Programme change:
Ht 11: Holcombe replaced Watts.
Robins’ Scurry: George Craig, Wiggins, Evans, Reg Nichols, 78.6
Wilts and Devon Scurry (Ht 1): Thatcher, Brown, Gray, Bradford, 59.0
Wilts and Devon Scurry (Ht 2): Smith, Geddes, Jones, Watts, 58.8
Wilts and Devon Scurry (Ht 3): Craig, Evans, Holcombe, Wainwright, 59.0
Wilts and Devon Scurry (Ht 4): Malone, Wall, Hitchcock, Ellis, 58.8
Wilts and Devon Scurry (Final): Smith, Thatcher, Malone, Craig, 58.6
NOTE: The heats and final of the Wilts and Devon Scurry were run over three laps only.
Saturday 26 May 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 61
WOLVERHAMPTON WASPS 23
National League Division Three
SWINDON
Alex Gray (C) 2* 1 1 2 - - - 6 (1)
Frank Evans 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Buster Brown 2* 3 3 3 - - - 11 (1)
Bob Jones 3 3 2* 2* - - - 10 (2)
Danny Malone 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Hugh Geddes R - - - - - - 0
Ray Ellis X 2* 1* 2* - - - 5 (3)
Ken Wiggins 2* 1 2* - - - - 5 (2)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
WOLVERHAMPTON
Gundy Harris 0 1* 0 0 - - - 1 (1)
Bob Wigg 1 1 1 0 - - - 3
John Hitchings 1 2 1 2 - - - 6
Derek Timms 0 0 0 1 - - - 1
Roy Moreton (C) 2 1 2 3 - - - 8
Alan Sutcliffe 1* 0 0 1 - - - 2 (1)
Jack Adams - - - - - - - -
Barry Pickering 2 0 0 0 - - - 2
Team manager: Arthur Simcock
ACU Steward: George Allan
Ht 1: Evans, Gray, Wigg, Harris, 77.6 (5-1)
Ht 2: Jones, Brown, Hitchings, Timms, 77.2 (10-2)
Ht 3: Malone, Moreton, Sutcliffe, Geddes (ret), 78.4 (13-5)
Ht 4: (Re-Run) Jones, Pickering, Harris, Ellis (f, ex), 77.0 (16-8)
Ht 5: Evans, Hitchings, Gray, Timms, 78.4 (20-10)
Ht 6: Brown, Jones, Moreton, Sutcliffe, 78.2 (25-11)
Ht 7: Malone, Ellis, Wigg, Harris, 77.8 (30-12)
Ht 8: Brown, Wiggins, Hitchings, Pickering, 77.6 (35-13)
Ht 9: Evans, Moreton, Gray, Sutcliffe, 77.0 (39-15)
Ht 10: Brown, Jones, Wigg, Harris, 77.2 (44-16)
Ht 11: Malone, Hitchings, Wiggins, Timms, 77.8 (48-18)
Ht 12: Moreton, Gray, Ellis, Pickering, 79.0 (51-21)
Ht 13: Malone, Wiggins, Timms, Pickering, 78.6 (56-22)
Ht 14: Evans, Ellis, Sutcliffe, Wigg, 78.0 (61-23)
Programme changes:
Ht 4: Pickering replaced Adams; Ht 7: Ellis replaced Geddes; Ht 11: Wiggins replaced Geddes; Ht 13:
Pickering replaced Adams; Ht 14: Ellis replaced Geddes.
NOTE: Adams failed to arrive for the meeting.
England v. Australia Match-Race: Split Waterman, Jones, 77.2
Swindon Scurry: Ellis, Hitchings, Roger Wise, Wiggins, 78.8
Festival Scurry: Waterman, Brown, Malone, Jones, 77.8
The May Scurry: Gray, Moreton, Wigg, Wise, 79.0
Moonrakers Scurry: Malone, Pickering, Harris, Wiggins, 80.8
White Horse Scurry: Waterman, Ellis, Evans, Sutcliffe, 78.4
Saturday 2 June 1951
SUNDAY DISPATCH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND ONE
(Staged at Swindon)
1st, Hugh Geddes
2nd, Alan Smith
3rd, Peter Moore
4th, Bob Jones
Ray Johnson 1 2 3 1 1 - - 8
Ray Ellis 3 1 1 1 1 - - 7
Keith Gurtner 0 1 0 0 0 - - 1
Norman Lindsay 2 1 2 1 3 - - 9
George Wall 1 2 1 1 2 - - 7
Peter Moore 3 1 3 2 3 - - 12
Eric Mason 0 2 0 1 2 - - 5
Alan Smith 2 3 3 3 2 - - 13
Bob Jones 0 3 2 3 3 - - 11
Hugh Geddes 3 3 3 3 3 - - 15
Ken McKinlay 1 3 0 2 X - - 6
Les Tolley 2 2 2 3 2 - - 11
Pedlar Palmer 0 0 0 0 1 - - 1
Harold McNaughton 2 0 2 1 1 - - 6
Frank Malouf 1 0 0 0 0 - - 1
Alex Gray 3 0 2 2 0 - - 7
Frank Evans (Res) - - - - - - - -
Buster Brown (Res) - - - - - - - -
ACU Steward: Wilf Potter
Ht 1: Ellis, Lindsay, Johnson, Gurtner, 77.4
Ht 2: Moore, Smith, Wall, Mason, 76.2
Ht 3: Geddes, Tolley, McKinlay, Jones, 77.2
Ht 4: Gray, McNaughton, Malouf, Palmer, 77.8
Ht 5: Jones, Wall, Ellis, Palmer, 77.2
Ht 6: Geddes, Johnson, Moore, McNaughton, 77.0
Ht 7: McKinlay, Mason, Gurtner, Malouf, 78.6
Ht 8: Smith, Tolley, Lindsay, Gray, 77.4
Ht 9: Moore, Gray, Ellis, McKinlay, 76.8
Ht 10: Johnson, Tolley, Wall, Malouf, 78.6
Ht 11: Tolley, McNaughton, Ellis, Mason, 78.8
Ht 12: Geddes, Lindsay, Mason, Palmer, 76.8
Ht 13: Smith, Jones, McNaughton, Gurtner, 76.6
Ht 14: Smith, McKinlay, Johnson, Palmer, 77.8
Ht 15: Geddes, Gray, Wall, Gurtner, 77.4
Ht 16: Jones, Moore, Lindsay, Malouf, 77.2
Ht 17: Geddes, Smith, Ellis, Malouf, 77.6
Ht 18: Jones, Mason, Johnson, Gray, 77.0
Ht 19: Moore, Tolley, Palmer, Gurtner, 77.6
Ht 20: (Re-Run), Lindsay, Wall, McNaughton, McKinlay (f, ex), 78.2
Programme changes:
None.
Thursday 7 June 1951
IPSWICH WITCHES 38
SWINDON ROBINS 46
Challenge
IPSWICH
Joe Baldwin 0 0 0 0 - - - 0
Fred Brand 2 3 3 3 - - - 11
Rod Laudrum 1* 1 3 1* - - - 6 (2)
Derek Hewitt 2 3 0 2 - - - 7
Alby Smith 2* 0 0 1* - - - 3 (2)
Wal Morton (C) 3 2 2 1 - - - 8
Robert Womack F 1 - - - - - 1
George Flower 0 2 - - - - - 2
Team manager: Arthur Franklyn
SWINDON
Alex Gray (C) 1 2 1 - - - - 4
Buster Brown 3 3 3 2 - - - 11
Ray Ellis 3 2 2 1 - - - 8
Bob Jones 0 1* 3 3 - - - 7 (1)
Frank Evans 1 3 2 2* - - - 8 (1)
Ken Wiggins 0 2* 1* 0 - - - 3 (2)
Reg Nichols 1* 0 0 - - - - 1 (1)
Reg Lambourne 1* 3 - - - - - 4 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: A.G. Jewhurst
Ht 1: Brown, Brand, Gray, Baldwin, 77.0 (2-4)
Ht 2: Ellis, Hewitt, Laudrum, Jones, 78.0 (5-7)
Ht 3: Morton, Smith, Evans, Wiggins, 76.2 (10-8)
Ht 4: Hewitt, Gray, Nichols, Womack (fell), 79.8 (13-11)
Ht 5: Brand, Ellis, Jones, Baldwin, 77.0 (16-14)
Ht 6: Evans, Wiggins, Laudrum, Hewitt, 79.2 (17-19)
Ht 7: Brown, Morton, Gray, Smith, 76.4 (19-23)
Ht 8: Laudrum, Ellis, Lambourne, Flower, 79.0 (22-26)
Ht 9: Brand, Evans, Wiggins, Baldwin, 78.2 (25-29)
Ht 10: Brown, Hewitt, Laudrum, Nichols, 77.0 (28-32)
Ht 11: Jones, Morton, Ellis, Smith, 78.6 (30-36)
Ht 12: Lambourne, Evans, Womack, Baldwin, 79.8 (31-41)
Ht 13: Jones, Flower, Smith, Nichols, 78.4 (34-44)
Ht 14: Brand, Brown, Morton, Wiggins, 77.6 (38-46)
Programme change:
Ht 10: Nichols replaced Gray.
Reserves’ Scratch Race (Ht 1): Vic Ridgeon, Paul Cook, Geoff Leith (ret), 82.6 (3 riders only)
Reserves’ Scratch Race (Ht 2): Lambourne, Flower, Wiggins, Womack, 79.6
Kesgrave Scratch Race (Ht 1): Evans, Ellis (79.4), Baldwin, Morton, 79.0
Kesgrave Scratch Race (Ht 2): Brown, Laudrum (77.4), Smith, Jones, 76.8
Kesgrave Scratch Race (Ht 3): Gray, Brand (79.2), Wiggins, Hewitt, 79.0
Reserves’ Scratch Race (Final): (Re-Run) Lambourne, Ridgeon, Cook (ret), Flower (f, ex), 79.4
Kesgrave Scratch Race (Final): Brown, Evans, Gray, Laudrum, 77.2
Saturday 9 June 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 55
ST AUSTELL GULLS 29
National League Division Three
SWINDON
Alex Gray (C) 2* 2* 1 3 - - - 8 (2)
Buster Brown 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Ray Ellis 3 2 2* 1 - - - 8 (1)
Bob Jones 0 0 - - - - - 0
Frank Evans F 0 3 - - - - 3
Hugh Geddes 3 3 3 2* - - - 11 (1)
Reg Lambourne 2 1* 3 2* - - - 8 (2)
Ken Wiggins 3 1 1 - - - - 5
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ST AUSTELL
Bill Rundle 0 1 1* 0 - - - 2 (1)
Norman Street (C) 1 2 2 1 - - - 6
Harold Bull 2 0 1 0 - - - 3
Allan Quinn 1* 1 2 0 - - - 4 (1)
Maurice Hutchens 1* 0 R 1 - - - 2 (1)
Mick Mitchell 2 3 0 - - - - 5
Ticker James 3 2 2 - - - - 7
Stan Bedford F 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: Charlie Lobb
ACU Steward: Wilf Potter
Ht 1: Brown, Gray, Street, Rundle, 78.8 (5-1)
Ht 2: Ellis, Bull, Quinn, Jones, 81.6 (8-4)
Ht 3: Geddes, Mitchell, Hutchens, Evans (fell), 83.2 (11-7)
Ht 4: James, Lambourne, Rundle, Jones, 81.8 (13-11)
Ht 5: Brown, Gray, Quinn, Bull, 80.6 (18-12)
Ht 6: Mitchell, Ellis, Lambourne, Hutchens, 82.0 (21-15)
Ht 7: Geddes, Street, Rundle, Evans, 82.2 (24-18)
Ht 8: Wiggins, Ellis, Bull, Bedford (fell), 84.4 (29-19)
Ht 9: Brown, James, Gray, Hutchens (ret), 81.8 (33-21)
Ht 10: Lambourne, Street, Ellis, Rundle, 82.6 (37-23)
Ht 11: Geddes, Quinn, Wiggins, Bull, 82.8 (41-25)
Ht 12: Gray, Lambourne, Hutchens, Bedford, 83.4 (46-26)
Ht 13: Evans, James, Wiggins, Quinn, 82.0 (50-28)
Ht 14: Brown, Geddes, Street, Mitchell, 81.2 (55-29)
Programme changes:
Ht 6: Lambourne replaced Jones; Ht 9: James replaced Mitchell; Ht 10: Lambourne replaced Jones; Ht
11 Wiggins replaced Evans.
[Untitled Race]: Reg Nichols, Wiggins, Rundle, Tony Lockyer, 84.4
June Scurry (Ht 1): Brown, Jones, Quinn, Hutchens, 80.0
June Scurry (Ht 2): Wiggins, Nichols, Lambourne, Bedford, 84.0
June Scurry (Ht 3): Mitchell, Evans, Street, Gray, 81.4
June Scurry (Ht 4): Geddes, James, Bull, Ellis, 81.6
June Scurry (Final): Geddes, Mitchell, Brown, Wiggins, 81.6
Monday 11 June 1951
EXETER FALCONS 45
SWINDON ROBINS 38
National League Division Three
EXETER
Don Hardy 2* 2* 2 2 - - - 8 (2)
Jack Bedkober 3 3 1* 3 - - - 10 (1)
Vic Gent (C) 2 2 1 1 - - - 6
Ken Walsh 1* 1* R - - - - 2 (2)
Bob Roger 1* F R 1 - - - 2 (1)
Johnny Sargeant 2 3 3 R - - - 8
Goog Hoskin 2 3 1* - - - - 6 (1)
Ted Moore 3 T - - - - - 3
Team manager: Bill Dutton
SWINDON
Bob Jones 1 3 1* 2 - - - 7 (1)
Hugh Geddes (C) F - - - - - - 0
Ray Ellis 3 1 2 2 - - - 8
Frank Evans 0 0 1* 2* - - - 3 (2)
Buster Brown 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Danny Malone - - - - - - - -
Reg Lambourne 0 2 0 3 - - - 5
Ken Wiggins 0 1 0 2 - - - 3
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Fred Vigers
Ht 1: Bedkober, Hardy, Jones, Geddes (fell), 77.0 (5-1)
Ht 2: Ellis, Gent, Walsh, Evans, 77.8 (8-4)
Ht 3: Brown, Sargeant, Roger, Wiggins, 77.2 (11-7)
Ht 4: Jones, Hoskin, Walsh, Lambourne, 77.2 (14-10)
Ht 5: Bedkober, Hardy, Ellis, Evans, 76.8 (19-11)
Ht 6: Brown, Gent, Wiggins, Walsh (ret), 76.0 (21-15)
Ht 7: Sargeant, Lambourne, Jones, Roger (fell), 78.8 (24-18)
Ht 8: Moore, Ellis, Gent, Wiggins, 80.4 (28-20)
Ht 9: Brown, Hardy, Bedkober, Lambourne, 77.6 (31-23)
Ht 10: Hoskin, Jones, Gent, 78.6 (3 riders only) (35-25)
Ht 11: Sargeant, Ellis, Evans, Roger (ret), 80.2 (38-28)
Ht 12: Brown, Hardy, Hoskin (f, rem), 77.2 (3 riders only) (41-31)
Ht 13: Lambourne, Evans, Roger, Moore (ex, tapes), 79.8 (42-36)
Ht 14: Bedkober, Wiggins, Sargeant (ret), 79.8 (3 riders only) (45-38) Programme changes:
Ht 3: Wiggins replaced Malone; Ht 6: Wiggins replaced Malone; Ht 7: Lambourne replaced Geddes; Ht
9: Lambourne replaced Malone; Ht 10: Hoskin replaced Walsh; Ht 14: Wiggins replaced Geddes. NOTE: Malone was absent, having not arrived back in time from Sweden, where he had been riding
for an England ‘C’ side. His rides were taken by the reserve duo of Lambourne and Wiggins, except
heat fourteen, by which time both had taken the maximum permitted rides; Having crashed out of
the meeting in the opening race, Geddes was not replaced in heat ten; Wiggins missed his programmed
ride in heat twelve so that he could take the place of Geddes in heat fourteen, otherwise Swindon would
have had no rider in the race! Exeter Scramble: Hoskin, Moore, Paul Best, Bill Downton, 77.8
R.K.O. Gaumont Scratch Race (Ht 1): Hardy, Ellis, Evans, Bedkober (fell), 80.0
R.K.O. Gaumont Scratch Race (Ht 2): Jones, Best, Gent (ret), 79.6 (3 riders only)
R.K.O. Gaumont Scratch Race (Ht 3): Brown, Sargeant, Downton, 77.2 (3 riders only)
R.K.O. Gaumont Scratch Race (Ht 4): Hoskin, Lambourne, Wiggins, Moore (ret), 77.4
R.K.O. Gaumont Scratch Race (Final): Brown, Jones, Hardy, Hoskin, 76.2
Tuesday 12 June 1951
ST AUSTELL GULLS 50
SWINDON ROBINS 34
National League Division Three
ST AUSTELL
Maurice Hutchens 2 2 0 0 - - - 4
Norman Street (C) 1* 1* 2 0 - - - 4 (2)
Ticker James 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Allan Quinn 2* 3 0 2* - - - 7 (2)
Mick Mitchell 0 1 3 2* - - - 6 (1)
Harold Bull 3 3 2* 2 - - - 10 (1)
Ken Monk 0 2 - - - - - 2
Stan Bedford 2* 3 - - - - - 5 (1)
Team manager: Charlie Lobb
SWINDON
Bob Jones 0 2 0 - - - - 2
Hugh Geddes (C) 3 2 1 3 - - - 9
Ray Ellis 1 3 0 1 - - - 5
Frank Evans 0 0 0 - - - - 0
Buster Brown 2 2 3 3 - - - 10
Danny Malone 1* 1* 1 1 - - - 4 (2)
Ken Wiggins 1* 0 - - - - - 1 (1)
Reg Lambourne 1 0 1 1 - - - 3
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Not recorded
Ht 1: Geddes, Hutchens, Street, Jones, 71.4 (3-3)
Ht 2: James, Quinn, Ellis, Evans, 70.0 (8-4)
Ht 3: Bull, Brown, Malone, Mitchell, 71.2 (11-7)
Ht 4: Quinn, Jones, Wiggins, Monk, 72.8 (14-10)
Ht 5: Ellis, Hutchens, Street, Evans, 70.8 (17-13)
Ht 6: James, Brown, Malone, Quinn, 69.6 (20-16)
Ht 7: Bull, Geddes, Mitchell, Jones, 69.6 (24-18)
Ht 8: James, Bedford, Lambourne, Ellis, 69.8 (29-19)
Ht 9: Brown, Street, Malone, Hutchens, 69.4 (31-23)
Ht 10: James, Quinn, Geddes, Lambourne, 70.2 (36-24)
Ht 11: Mitchell, Bull, Ellis, Evans, 70.2 (41-25)
Ht 12: Brown, Monk, Lambourne, Hutchens, 70.0 (43-29)
Ht 13: Bedford, Mitchell, Lambourne, Wiggins, 70.2 (48-30)
Ht 14: Geddes, Bull, Malone, Street, 69.2 (50-34)
Programme changes:
Ht 10: Lambourne replaced Jones; Ht 13: Lambourne replaced Evans.
Knightor Challenge [1]: Geddes, Brown, Bull, James, 69.2
Knightor Challenge [2]: Mitchell, Malone, Ellis, Quinn, 70.0
Reserves’ Hammer & Tongs: Max Rech, Monk, Bill Rundle, Hec Paterson, 71.4
Knightor Challenge [3]: Street, Jones, Rundle, Hutchens, 68.8
Reserves’ Set-Too!!: Bedford, Rech, Monk, Paterson, 71.2
[Untitled]: Rundle, Lambourne, Bedford, Wiggins, 71.4
Thursday 14 June 1951
OXFORD CHEETAHS 58
SWINDON ROBINS 26
Challenge
OXFORD
Bill Kemp 3 2* 3 3 - - - 11 (1)
Harry Saunders (C) 1 3 2* 1* - - - 7 (2)
Eric Irons 1 2* 3 0 - - - 6 (1)
Bill Osborne 3 3 3 2 - - - 11
Bob McFarlane 2* 3 3 2* - - - 10 (2)
Ernie Rawlins 3 2* 1 2 - - - 8 (1)
Roger Wise 0 2* - - - - - 2 (1)
Frank Boyle R 3 - - - - - 3
Team manager: Henry Chandler
SWINDON
Bob Jones 2 1* 0 3 - - - 6 (1)
Buster Brown 0 1 1 0 - - - 2
Ray Ellis R 1 2 2 - - - 5
Frank Evans 2 0 0 0 - - - 2
Danny Malone 1 0 0 1 - - - 2
Hugh Geddes (C) F 1 3 - - - - 4
Reg Lambourne 2 1 1 - - - - 4
Ken Wiggins 1* 0 - - - - - 1 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Arthur Humphrey
Ht 1: Kemp, Jones, Saunders, Brown, 70.4 (4-2)
Ht 2: Osborne, Evans, Irons, Ellis (ret), 70.2 (8-4)
Ht 3: Rawlins, McFarlane, Malone, Geddes (fell), 72.4 (13-5)
Ht 4: Osborne, Lambourne, Jones, Wise, 70.6 (16-8)
Ht 5: Saunders, Kemp, Ellis, Evans, 70.2 (21-9)
Ht 6: Osborne, Irons, Lambourne, Malone, 70.2 (26-10)
Ht 7: McFarlane, Rawlins, Brown, Jones, 71.4 (31-11)
Ht 8: Irons, Ellis, Wiggins, Boyle (ret), 73.0 (34-14)
Ht 9: Kemp, Saunders, Geddes, Malone, 71.0 (39-15)
Ht 10: Jones, Osborne, Brown, Irons, 71.4 (41-19)
Ht 11: McFarlane, Ellis, Rawlins, Evans, 71.6 (45-21)
Ht 12: Kemp, Wise, Malone, Wiggins, 70.8 (50-22)
Ht 13: Boyle, McFarlane, Lambourne, Evans, 70.0 (55-23)
Ht 14: Geddes, Rawlins, Saunders, Brown, 71.0 (58-26)
Programme change:
Ht 6: Lambourne replaced Geddes.
The Oxford Scratch Race: Kemp, McFarlane, Wise, Irons, 71.8
Special Match-Race Event (Ht 1): Aub Lawson, Saunders, 67.8
Special Match-Race Event (Ht 2): Saunders, Lawson, 68.0
The Blunsdon Scratch Race: Boyle, Brown, Herbie King, Doug Ible, 70.2
The Stratford Scratch Race: Osborne, Rawlins, Ellis, King, 70.0
The Wiltshire Scratch Race: Jones, Malone, Evans, Geddes (fell), 69.4
The Banbury Scratch Race: King, Lambourne, Ible, Wiggins, 71.8
Special Match-Race Event (Decider): Lawson, Saunders, 68.2
Saturday 16 June 1951
SILVER TROPHY
(Staged at Swindon)
1st, Billy Hole
=2nd, Tommy Miller
=2nd, Dick Bradley
4th, Harry Saunders
Harry Saunders 2 3 3 1 1 - - 10
Billy Hole 3 3 3 3 3 - - 15
Jimmy Squibb 1 2 3 1 2 - - 9
Tommy Miller 0 3 3 3 2 - - 11
Dick Bradley 3 2 F 3 3 - - 11
Chris Boss 0 1 2 2 3 - - 8
Johnny Hole 1 3 1 2 F - - 7
Bill Kemp 2 2 2 2 1 - - 9
Frank Hodgson 3 0 0 1 3 - - 7
Jack Mountford R 0 1 2 2 - - 5
Tom Oakley 2 R 1 R 1 - - 4
Geoff Pymar F 0 X - - - - 0
Eric Salmon 0 1 0 3 1 - - 5
Ernie Rawlins 3 2 2 1 R - - 8
Jack Summers 1 1 2 0 F - - 4
Charlie May 2 1 0 2 - - - 5
Bob Legg (Res) 0 0 0 - - - - 0
ACU Steward: George Allan
Ht 1: B. Hole, Saunders, Squibb, Miller, 75.2 (Equalled Track Record)
Ht 2: Bradley, Kemp, J. Hole, Boss, 75.4
Ht 3: Hodgson, Oakley, Pymar (fell), Mountford (ef), 77.4
Ht 4: Rawlins, May, Summers, Salmon, 76.8
Ht 5: B. Hole, Bradley, Salmon, Hodgson, 74.6 (Track Record)
Ht 6: Saunders, Rawlins, Boss, Mountford, 76.8
Ht 7: J. Hole, Squibb, Summers, Oakley (f, rem, ret), 76.8
Ht 8: Miller, Kemp, May, Pymar, 77.4
Ht 9: B. Hole, Boss, Oakley, May, 76.8
Ht 10: (Re-Run) Saunders, Summers, Bradley (fell), Pymar (f, ex), 77.6
Ht 11: B. Hole, Rawlins, J. Hole, Legg, 75.8
Ht 12: Miller, J. Hole, Mountford, Salmon, 76.6
Ht 13: Squibb, Kemp, Rawlins, Hodgson, 78.2
Ht 14: Salmon, Kemp, Saunders, Oakley (ret), 77.6
Ht 15: Bradley, Mountford, Squibb, Legg, 76.2
Ht 16: Miller, Boss, Hodgson, Summers, 76.4
Ht 17: B. Hole, Mountford, Kemp, Summers (fell), 78.0
Ht 18: Hodgson, May, Saunders, J. Hole (fell), 78.2
Ht 19: Boss, Squibb, Salmon, Legg, 76.6
Ht 20: Bradley, Miller, Oakley, Rawlins (ef), 76.8
Programme changes:
Ht 11: Legg replaced Pymar; Ht 15: Legg replaced May; Ht 19: Legg replaced Pymar.
Saturday 16 June 1951
RAYLEIGH ROCKETS 50
SWINDON ROBINS 34
National League Division Three
RAYLEIGH
Maurice Dunn 1 3 2 3 - - - 9
Tom O’ Connor 3 2* 1* X - - - 6 (2)
Les McGillivray 0 3 3 3 - - - 9
Gerald Jackson (C) 3 3 1 2* - - - 9 (1)
Ron Howes 0 3 3 0 - - - 6
Vic Gooden 2 F 2* 1 - - - 5 (1)
Frank Bettis 0 1 - - - - - 1
Oz Osborne 2* 3 - - - - - 5 (1)
Team manager: John ‘Butch’ Williams
SWINDON
Bob Jones 2 2 2 1 - - - 7
Buster Brown 0 1* R 3 - - - 4 (1)
Ray Ellis 2 1 1 0 - - - 4
Frank Evans 1* 0 1 2 - - - 4 (1)
Danny Malone 3 0 3 2 - - - 8
Hugh Geddes (C) 1 2 R 2* - - - 5 (1)
Reg Lambourne 1* 1* - - - - - 2 (2)
Ken Wiggins 0 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Alfred Pickering
Ht 1: O’ Connor, Jones, Dunn, Brown, 72.8 (4-2)
Ht 2: Jackson, Ellis, Evans, McGillivray (f, rem), 73.8 (7-5)
Ht 3: Malone, Gooden, Geddes, Howes, 72.6 (9-9)
Ht 4: Jackson, Jones, Lambourne, Bettis, 72.8 (12-12)
Ht 5: Dunn, O’ Connor, Ellis, Evans, 73.6 (17-13)
Ht 6: McGillivray, Geddes, Jackson, Malone (f, rem), 71.4 (21-15)
Ht 7: Howes, Jones, Brown, Gooden (fell), 72.4 (24-18)
Ht 8: McGillivray, Osborne, Ellis, Wiggins, 72.4 (29-19)
Ht 9: Malone, Dunn, O’ Connor, Geddes (ret), 73.2 (32-22)
Ht 10: McGillivray, Jackson, Jones, Brown (ret), 73.2 (37-23)
Ht 11: Howes, Gooden, Evans, Ellis, 73.0 (42-24)
Ht 12: Dunn, Malone, Bettis, Wiggins, 73.2 (46-26)
Ht 13: Osborne, Evans, Lambourne, Howes, 74.4 (49-29)
Ht 14: Brown, Geddes, Gooden, O’ Connor (ex, crossed white line), 72.0 (50-34)
Programme changes:
None.
The Rayleigh Cinders (One Lap Flying Start): Howes, 17.8
The Rayleigh Cinders (One Lap Flying Start): Geddes, 18.4
The Rayleigh Cinders (One Lap Flying Start): Jackson, 18.0
The Reserves’ Scratch Race: Mike Wood, Jules Benson, Bettis, Osborne, 73.0
The Stadium Scratch Race (Ht 1): McGillivray, Brown, Gooden, Jackson, 72.2
The Stadium Scratch Race (Ht 2): Howes, Geddes, Jones, Bettis, 73.0
The Stadium Scratch Race (Ht 3): O’ Connor, Benson, Wood, Ellis, 74.0
The Stadium Scratch Race (Ht 4): Dunn, Malone, Osborne, Evans, 72.6
The Stadium Scratch Race (Final): Dunn, McGillivray, O’ Connor, Howes, 71.8
Thursday 21 June 1951
CARDIFF DRAGONS 42
SWINDON ROBINS 42
National League Division Three
CARDIFF
Arthur Pilgrim (C) 3 2 0 3 - - - 8
Jim Wright 1 1* 2 3 - - - 7 (1)
Gerald Pugh 2* 2 R 1* - - - 5 (2)
Kevin Hayden 3 2 1* 2 - - - 8 (1)
Frank Johnson 0 1 0 0 - - - 1
Mick Holland 3 3 3 0 - - - 9
Ray Thackwell 0 0 - - - - - 0
Jack Bibby 2 2 - - - - - 4
Team manager: Alf Elliott
SWINDON
Buster Brown 2 3 2 3 - - - 10
Ray Ellis 0 0 0 - - - - 0
Danny Malone 1 0 3 2 - - - 6
Bob Jones 0 3 1* 3 - - - 7 (1)
Frank Evans 2 0 1 2 - - - 5
Hugh Geddes (C) 1* 3 3 2 - - - 9 (1)
Reg Lambourne 1 1 - - - - - 2
Ken Wiggins 1 1* 1* - - - - 3 (2)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Pilgrim, Brown, Wright, Ellis, 72.8 (4-2)
Ht 2: Hayden, Pugh, Malone, Jones, 73.6 (9-3)
Ht 3: Holland, Evans, Geddes, Johnson, 74.2 (12-6)
Ht 4: Brown, Hayden, Lambourne, Thackwell, 72.6 (14-10)
Ht 5: Jones, Pilgrim, Wright, Malone, 73.6 (17-13)
Ht 6: Geddes, Pugh, Hayden, Evans, 73.2 (20-16)
Ht 7: Holland, Brown, Johnson, Ellis, 73.6 (24-18)
Ht 8: Malone, Bibby, Wiggins, Pugh (ret), 74.2 (26-22)
Ht 9: Geddes, Wright, Evans, Pilgrim, 73.2 (28-26)
Ht 10: Brown, Hayden, Pugh, Ellis, 73.4 (31-29)
Ht 11: Holland, Malone, Jones, Johnson, 74.0 (34-32)
Ht 12: Pilgrim, Evans, Wiggins, Thackwell, 74.8 (37-35)
Ht 13: Jones, Bibby, Lambourne, Johnson, 74.4 (39-39)
Ht 14: Wright, Geddes, Wiggins, Holland, 73.6 (42-42)
Programme change:
Ht 14: Wiggins replaced Ellis.
Event 2 (Ht 1): Lambourne, Bibby, Wiggins, Thackwell, 75.8
Event 2 (Ht 2): Arthur Doughty, Vic Brinkworth, Bob Wall, 77.6 (3 riders only)
Event 3 (Ht 1): Geddes, Pugh, Wright, Ellis, 73.2
Event 3 (Ht 2): Brown, Jones, Hayden, Pilgrim, 73.4
Event 3 (Ht 3): Malone, Evans, Johnson, Holland, 75.6
Event 2 (Final): Lambourne, Bibby, Brinkworth, Doughty, 75.4
Event 3 (Final): Pugh, Geddes, Brown, Malone, 73.2
Saturday 23 June 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 35
RAYLEIGH ROCKETS 49
National League Division Three
SWINDON
Buster Brown 3 3 2 3 - - - 11
Ray Ellis 0 1 0 - - - - 1
Danny Malone 1 F 2* R - - - 3 (1)
Bob Jones 0 0 1 - - - - 1
Frank Evans 1* 1* 1 3 - - - 6 (2)
Hugh Geddes (C) 2 2 0 3 - - - 7
Reg Lambourne 1 1* R - - - - 2 (1)
Ken Wiggins 3 1 0 - - - - 4
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
RAYLEIGH
Maurice Dunn 2 2* 0 2* - - - 6 (2)
Tom O’ Connor 1* 3 3 1* - - - 8 (2)
Gerald Jackson (C) 2* 0 1 3 - - - 6 (1)
Les McGillivray 3 2 2* 2 - - - 9 (1)
Vic Gooden 3 3 3 2 - - - 11
Ron Howes F 2* 0 2 - - - 4 (1)
Julie Benson 3 1* - - - - - 4 (1)
Frank Bettis 0 1* - - - - - 1 (1)
Team manager: John ‘Butch’ Williams
ACU Steward: Wilf Potter
Ht 1: Brown, Dunn, O’ Connor, Ellis, 75.0 (3-3)
Ht 2: McGillivray, Jackson, Malone, Jones, 76.8 (4-8)
Ht 3: Gooden, Geddes, Evans, Howes (fell), 76.6 (7-11)
Ht 4: Benson, Dunn, Lambourne, Jones, 78.2 (8-16)
Ht 5: Brown, McGillivray, Ellis, Jackson, 76.2 (12-18)
Ht 6: Gooden, Howes, Jones, Malone (fell), 76.2 (13-23)
Ht 7: O’ Connor, Geddes, Evans, Dunn, 76.6 (16-26)
Ht 8: Wiggins, Malone, Jackson, Bettis, 78.4 (21-27)
Ht 9: Gooden, Brown, Lambourne, Howes, 76.0 (24-30)
Ht 10: O’ Connor, Dunn, Wiggins, Malone (ret), 77.0 (25-35)
Ht 11: Jackson, McGillivray, Evans, Geddes, 77.6 (26-40)
Ht 12: Brown, Gooden, Bettis, Lambourne (ret), 77.0 (29-43)
Ht 13: Evans, McGillivray, Benson, Wiggins, 77.2 (32-46)
Ht 14: Geddes, Howes, O’ Connor, Ellis, 76.2 (35-49)
Programme changes:
Ht 9: Lambourne replaced Ellis; Ht 10: Wiggins replaced Jones.
Junior Scratch Race: Reg Nichols, Maury Mattingley, Tony Lockyer, Graham Royal (fell), 80.4
Blunsdon Scratch Race: Brown, Evans, Jackson, Howes, 75.4
Reserves’ Scratch Race: Nichols, Wiggins, Lambourne, Mattingley, 79.6
Swindon Scratch Race: Gooden, O’ Connor, Jones, Ellis, 77.2
Rockets’ Scratch Race: Geddes, Malone, McGillivray, Dunn, 77.0
Robins’ Scurry: Bettis, Lambourne, Wiggins, Nichols (fell), 78.8
Monday 25 June 1951
POOLE PIRATES 48
SWINDON ROBINS 36
National League Division Three
BRONZE HELMET
Ht 1: Terry Small, Trevor Redmond, 74.4
Ht 2: Redmond, Small, 74.4
Ht 3: Small, Redmond, 74.6
POOLE
Ken Middleditch (C) 3 3 1* 3 - - - 10 (1)
Tony Lewis R 2* 2 2 - - - 6 (1)
Terry Small 3 2 3 1* - - - 9 (1)
Charlie Hayden 1 2 1* 2 - - - 6 (1)
Dick Howard 1* 1* 1 1* - - - 4 (3)
Allan Kidd 2 2 3 1* - - - 8 (1)
Brian Crutcher 1* 1 - - - - - 2 (1)
Frank Wheeler 1 2 - - - - - 3
Team manager: Don Gould
SWINDON
Buster Brown 1* 3 0 0 - - - 4 (1)
Ray Ellis 2 3 3 0 - - - 8
Danny Malone X 1 2 2 - - - 5
Bob Jones 2 0 0 3 - - - 5
Frank Evans 0 0 0 2 - - - 2
Hugh Geddes (C) 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Reg Lambourne 0 0 - - - - - 0
Ken Wiggins 0 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: George Allan
Ht 1: Middleditch, Ellis, Brown, Lewis (ret), 74.0 (3-3)
Ht 2: (Re-Run) Small, Jones, Hayden, Malone (f, ex), 74.2 (7-5)
Ht 3: Geddes, Kidd, Howard, Evans, 74.2 (10-8)
Ht 4: Brown, Hayden, Crutcher, Lambourne, 74.4 (13-11)
Ht 5: Middleditch, Lewis, Malone, Jones, 75.8 (18-12)
Ht 6: Geddes, Small, Hayden, Evans, 73.8 (21-15)
Ht 7: Ellis, Kidd, Howard, Brown, 75.0 (24-18)
Ht 8: Small, Malone, Wheeler, Wiggins, 76.4 (28-20)
Ht 9: Geddes, Lewis, Middleditch, Evans, 75.2 (31-23)
Ht 10: Ellis, Hayden, Small, Brown, 75.2 (34-26)
Ht 11: Kidd, Malone, Howard, Jones, 75.0 (38-28)
Ht 12: Middleditch, Evans, Crutcher, Wiggins, 74.2 (42-30)
Ht 13: Jones, Wheeler, Howard, Lambourne, 74.6 (45-33)
Ht 14: Geddes, Lewis, Kidd, Ellis, 74.6 (48-36)
Programme changes:
None.
The Stadium Scurry: Bill Holden, Johnny Thomson, Lambourne, Crutcher, 75.0
The Tigers’ Scratch Race: Middleditch, Geddes, Ellis, Kidd, 75.0
The Reserves’ Scratch Race: Wheeler, Crutcher, Wiggins, Thomson, 75.6
The Invitation Scratch Race: Holden, Jones, Wheeler, Malone, 74.6
Saturday 30 June 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 61
CARDIFF DRAGONS 22
National League Division Three
SWINDON
Buster Brown 1 2* R 3 - - - 6 (1)
Ray Ellis 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Danny Malone 2* 3 2 3 - - - 10 (1)
Bob Jones 3 3 1 2* - - - 9 (1)
Frank Evans 2* 3 3 3 - - - 11 (1)
Hugh Geddes 3 2* R 2* - - - 7 (2)
Alex Gray (C) 2* 1 - - - - - 3 (1)
Reg Lambourne 1* 2* - - - - - 3 (2)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
CARDIFF
Arthur Pilgrim (C) R R R 1 - - - 1
Bert Croucher 2 1 R 0 - - - 3
Gerald Pugh 1 1 3 1* - - - 6 (1)
Kevin Hayden 0 0 2 1 - - - 3
Frank Johnson F 0 2 2 - - - 4
Mick Holland 1 2 R 1 - - - 4
Jack Bibby 1 0 - - - - - 1
Ray Thackwell 0 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: Alf Elliott
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Ellis, Croucher, Brown, Pilgrim (ret), 78.2 (4-2)
Ht 2: Jones, Malone, Pugh, Hayden, 77.0 (9-3)
Ht 3: Geddes, Evans, Holland, Johnson (fell), 76.8 (14-4)
Ht 4: Jones, Gray, Bibby, Pilgrim (ret), 78.4 (19-5)
Ht 5: Ellis, Brown, Pugh, Hayden, 77.4 (24-6)
Ht 6: Malone, Holland, Jones, Johnson, 77.8 (28-8)
Ht 7: Evans, Geddes, Croucher, Pilgrim (ret), 77.0 (33-9)
Ht 8: Pugh, Malone, Lambourne, Thackwell, 77.4 (36-12)
Ht 9: Ellis, Johnson, Brown (ret), Holland (ret), 77.8 (39-14)
Ht 10: Malone, Jones, Pilgrim, Croucher (ret), 78.0 (44-15)
Ht 11: Evans, Hayden, Pugh, Geddes (ret), 77.8 (47-18)
Ht 12: Brown, Johnson, Gray, Thackwell, 76.6 (51-20)
Ht 13: Evans, Lambourne, Hayden, Bibby, 78.0 (56-21)
Ht 14: Ellis, Geddes, Holland, Croucher, 77.4 (61-22)
Programme changes:
None.
[Untitled Race 1] Ken Wiggins, Dudley Smith, Reg Nichols, Graham Royal, 78.8
[Untitled Race 2] Hayden, Ellis, Jones, Bibby, 78.0
[Untitled Race 3] Holland, Brown, Geddes, Croucher, 78.2
[Untitled Race 4] Wiggins, Lambourne, Gray, Nichols, 79.2
[Untitled Race 5] Pilgrim, Malone, Evans, Thackwell, 78.8
Wednesday 4 July 1951
DUBLIN EAGLES 35.5
SWINDON ROBINS 35.5
Challenge
DUBLIN
Eddie Rigg (C) 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Derick Edwardes 0 0 0 0 - - - 0
Jack Wright 2 2.5 3 3 - - - 10.5
Ginger O’ Beirne 0 1 0 - - - - 1
Dick Tolley 1 0 0 X - - - 1
Les Tolley 3 3 2 3 - - - 11
Des Monson 0 - - - - - - 0
Team manager: Geoff Woodcock
SWINDON
Buster Brown 2 0 1* 2 - - - 5 (1)
Ray Ellis 1* 2.5 2 1* - - - 6.5 (2)
Ken Wiggins 1 1* 1 1* - - - 4 (2)
Hugh Geddes 3 2 3 R - - - 8
Reg Lambourne 0 1* 1* 2 - - - 4 (2)
Alex Gray (C) 2 2 2 2 - - - 8
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: R. Kenny
Ht 1: Rigg, Brown, Ellis, Edwardes, 74.8 (3-3)
Ht 2: Geddes, Wright, Wiggins, O’ Beirne, 78.2 (5-7)
Ht 3: L. Tolley, Gray, D. Tolley, Lambourne, 77.2 (9-9)
Ht 4: Wright and Ellis (Dead-heat), O’ Beirne, Brown, 76.8 (12.5-11.5)
Ht 5: Rigg, Geddes, Wiggins, Edwardes, 75.8 (15.5-14.5)
Ht 6: Wright, Gray, Lambourne, Monson, 78.0 (18.5-17.5)
Ht 7: L. Tolley, Ellis, Brown, D. Tolley, 77.4 (21.5-20.5)
Ht 8: Rigg, Gray, Lambourne, Edwardes, 77.4 (24.5-23.5)
Ht 9: Geddes, L. Tolley, Wiggins, D. Tolley, 78.0 (26.5-27.5)
Ht 10: Wright, Gray, Ellis, Edwardes, 79.2 (29.5-30.5)
Ht 11: L. Tolley, Lambourne, Wiggins, O’ Beirne, 80.0 (32.5-33.5)
Ht 12: Rigg, Brown, Geddes (ret), D. Tolley (ex), 78.0 (35.5-35.5)
Programme change:
Ht 6: Monson replaced O’Beirne.
Irish Parade (Ht 1): O’ Beirne, Charlie O’ Hara, Dom Perry, Mick Savage, 62.0
Irish Parade (Ht 2): Edwardes, Alan Marr, Monson, 61.8 (3 riders only)
Irish Parade (Final): O’ Beirne, Edwardes, O’ Hara, Marr, 61.0
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 1): Rigg, Gray (57.2), Brown, 56.8 (3 riders only)
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 2): Wright, L. Tolley (60.4), Lambourne, Geddes, 60.0
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 3): Ellis, Wiggins (60.0), O’ Beirne, Edwardes, 58.8
Stadium Scratch Races (Final): Rigg, Gray, Ellis, Wright, 57.4
NOTE: All the second half races were run over three laps only.
Saturday 7 July 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 31
POOLE PIRATES 53
National League Division Three
SWINDON
Buster Brown 1 3 R 2 - - - 6
Ray Ellis X - - - - - - 0
Danny Malone F 1* 1 1 - - - 3 (1)
Bob Jones 2 0 2 R - - - 4
Frank Evans 2* 3 1 2 - - - 8 (1)
Hugh Geddes 3 2* R 1 - - - 6 (1)
Alex Gray (C) 1 2 0 0 - - - 3
Reg Lambourne 1 0 0 - - - - 1
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
POOLE
Tony Lewis 2* 3 0 2* - - - 7 (2)
Ken Middleditch (C) 3 1 3 3 - - - 10
Terry Small 3 2 2* 2* - - - 9 (2)
Charlie Hayden 1 0 3 1 - - - 5
Allan Kidd 0 1 - - - - - 1
Dick Howard 1 0 1 - - - - 2
Bill Holden 2* 3 3 3 - - - 11 (1)
Brian Crutcher 3 3 2* - - - - 8 (1)
Team manager: Don Gould
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: (Re-Run) Middleditch, Lewis, Brown, Ellis (f, ex), 76.8 (1-5)
Ht 2: Small, Jones, Hayden, Malone (fell), 76.2 (3-9)
Ht 3: Geddes, Evans, Howard, Kidd, 77.8 (8-10)
Ht 4: Lewis, Holden, Gray, Jones, 77.6 (9-15)
Ht 5: Brown, Small, Lambourne, Hayden, 78.0 (13-17)
Ht 6: Holden, Jones, Malone, Howard, 78.2 (16-20)
Ht 7: Evans, Geddes, Middleditch, Lewis, 77.0 (21-21)
Ht 8: Crutcher, Small, Malone, Lambourne, 76.8 (22-26)
Ht 9: Holden, Gray, Howard, Brown (ret), 77.4 (24-30)
Ht 10: Middleditch, Lewis, Malone, Jones (ret), 78.8 (25-35)
Ht 11: Hayden, Small, Evans, Geddes (ret), 77.0 (26-40)
Ht 12: Crutcher, Brown, Kidd, Gray, 76.8 (28-44)
Ht 13: Holden, Evans, Hayden, Lambourne, 77.2 (30-48)
Ht 14: Middleditch, Crutcher, Geddes, Gray, 77.6 (31-53)
Programme changes:
Ht 5: Lambourne replaced Ellis; Ht 6: Holden replaced Kidd; Ht 9: Gray replaced Ellis; Holden
replaced Kidd; Ht 14: Gray replaced Ellis; Crutcher replaced Howard.
The Swindon Scurry: Dudley Smith, Ken Wiggins, Gray, Reg Nichols, 77.4
Challenge Match-Race, No. 1: Small, Brown, 76.6
The Stadium Scurry: Evans, Jones, Howard, Malone, 77.8
Challenge Match-Race, No. 2: Geddes, Middleditch, 79.4
Reserves’ Scratch Race: Holden, Crutcher, Lambourne, Wiggins, 77.0
Challenge Match-Race, No. 3: Evans, Lewis, 78.6
Saturday 14 July 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 56
ALDERSHOT SHOTS 28
National League Division Three
SWINDON
Buster Brown 2 1 2* 3 - - - 8 (1)
Ray Ellis 1* 3 3 3 - - - 10 (1)
Bob Jones 1* 3 2* 1* - - - 7 (3)
Danny Malone 2 2* 1 2 - - - 7 (1)
Frank Evans 2* 3 3 3 - - - 11 (1)
Hugh Geddes (C) 3 1 1 1 - - - 6
Ken Wiggins 3 1 - - - - - 4
Dudley Smith 3 0 - - - - - 3
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ALDERSHOT
Ivor Powell 0 1 0 0 - - - 1
Trevor Redmond (C) 3 2 3 2 - - - 10
Geoff Mardon 3 2 R 2 - - - 7
Bill Grimes 0 0 0 1* - - - 1 (1)
Basil Harris 1 R 1 2 - - - 4
Doug Papworth 0 2 0 0 - - - 2
Brian Wilson 0 2 - - - - - 2
Craig Jones 1 0 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Alec Moseley
ACU Steward: Wilf Potter
Ht 1: Redmond, Brown, Ellis, Powell, 74.2 (Track Record) (3-3)
Ht 2: Mardon, Malone, B. Jones, Grimes, 75.0 (6-6)
Ht 3: Geddes, Evans, Harris, Papworth, 76.2 (11-7)
Ht 4: Wiggins, Malone, Powell, Wilson, 77.4 (16-8)
Ht 5: Ellis, Mardon, Brown, Grimes, 76.0 (20-10)
Ht 6: B. Jones, Papworth, Malone, Harris (ret), 77.6 (24-12)
Ht 7: Evans, Redmond, Geddes, Powell, 75.0 (28-14)
Ht 8: Smith, B. Jones, C. Jones, Mardon (ret), 77.6 (33-15)
Ht 9: Ellis, Brown, Harris, Papworth, 76.6 (38-16)
Ht 10: Redmond, Malone, B. Jones, Powell, 76.2 (41-19)
Ht 11: Evans, Mardon, Geddes, Grimes, 75.2 (45-21)
Ht 12: Brown, Harris, Wiggins, C. Jones, 76.2 (49-23)
Ht 13: Evans, Wilson, Grimes, Smith (f, rem), 76.4 (52-26)
Ht 14: Ellis, Redmond, Geddes, Papworth, 76.8 (56-28)
Programme changes:
None.
Swindon Scurry: Wiggins, Reg Lambourne, Vic Sage, Reg Nichols, 78.8
Challenge Match-Race, No. 1: Aub Lawson, Brown, 75.4
Stadium Scurry: Ellis, Mardon, B. Jones, Malone, 76.6
Challenge Match-Race, No. 2: Lawson, Redmond, 75.2
Blunsdon Scurry: Evans, Powell, Papworth, Grimes, 77.6
Challenge Match-Race, No. 3: Geddes, Lawson, 76.8
Reserves’ Scratch Race: Smith, Lambourne, C. Jones, Wilson, 78.8
Tuesday 17 July 1951
ALDERSHOT SHOTS 54
SWINDON ROBINS 29
National League Division Three
ALDERSHOT
Ivor Powell 2* 2* 3 3 - - - 10 (2)
Trevor Redmond 3 3 0 3 - - - 9
Geoff Mardon 3 3 3 2 - - - 11
Craig Jones 1 R 1 0 - - - 2
Basil Harris (C) 3 3 2* 3 - - - 11 (1)
Doug Papworth 1 0 3 2* - - - 6 (1)
Bert Edwards 3 2* - - - - - 5 (1)
Bill Grimes 0 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: Alec Moseley
SWINDON
Buster Brown 1 F 2 3 - - - 6
Ray Ellis 0 1* 1 0 - - - 2 (1)
Bob Jones 2 0 2 1 - - - 5
Danny Malone 0 1 0 2 - - - 3
Frank Evans 2 2 2 0 - - - 6
Hugh Geddes (C) 0 F - - - - - 0
Ken Wiggins 2 1* 1* - - - - 4 (2)
Reg Lambourne 1* 1 1 - - - - 3 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Arthur Humphrey
Ht 1: Redmond, Powell, Brown, Ellis, 68.0 (5-1)
Ht 2: Mardon, B. Jones, C. Jones, Malone, 69.2 (9-3)
Ht 3: Harris, Evans, Papworth, Geddes, 69.2 (13-5)
Ht 4: Edwards, Wiggins, C. Jones (ret), Brown (fell), 69.6 (16-7)
Ht 5: Redmond, Powell, Malone, B. Jones, 69.6 (21-8)
Ht 6: Mardon, Evans, C. Jones, Geddes (fell), 68.0 (25-10)
Ht 7: Harris, Brown, Ellis, Papworth, 69.4 (28-13)
Ht 8: Mardon, B. Jones, Lambourne, Grimes, 68.8 (31-16)
Ht 9: Powell, Evans, Wiggins (f, rem), Redmond, 73.0 (34-19)
Ht 10: Brown, Mardon, Ellis, C. Jones, 69.6 (36-23)
Ht 11: Papworth, Harris, B. Jones, Malone, 72.6 (41-24)
Ht 12: Powell, Edwards, Lambourne, Evans, 70.6 (46-25)
Ht 13: Harris, Malone, Wiggins, Grimes, 71.0 (49-28)
Ht 14: Redmond, Papworth, Lambourne, Ellis, 68.2 (54-29)
Programme changes:
Ht 9: Wiggins replaced Geddes; Ht 14: Lambourne replaced Geddes.
Farnham Scurry (Ht 1): Edwards, Brian Wilson, Lambourne, Grimes, 68.8
Farnham Scurry (Ht 2): Redmond, Powell, Evans, Brown, 68.2
Farnham Scurry (Ht 3): Mardon, B. Jones, Malone, C. Jones, 68.8
Farnham Scurry (Ht 4): Papworth, Harris, Lambourne, Wiggins, 69.8
Farnham Scurry (Final): Redmond, Edwards, Mardon, Papworth, 68.4
Pairs Special Match-Race: Mardon, Redmond, Brown, Ellis, 68.2
Saturday 21 July 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 45
ST AUSTELL GULLS 39
National League Division Three
SWINDON
Buster Brown 1 3 2 2 - - - 8
Ray Ellis 0 1 0 0 - - - 1
Bob Jones 3 0 2* 1* - - - 6 (2)
Danny Malone 2* 2 3 2 - - - 9 (1)
Frank Evans 3 1 3 3 - - - 10
Hugh Geddes (C) 1 3 2* 2 - - - 8 (1)
Ken Wiggins 0 F - - - - - 0
Dudley Smith 3 R - - - - - 3
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ST AUSTELL
Max Rech 3 3 0 0 - - - 6
Harold Bull 2* 2 3 3 - - - 10 (1)
Ken James R 0 R 0 - - - 0
Norman Street (C) 1 2 1 2 - - - 6
Allan Quinn 2 2 3 3 - - - 10
Ticker James 0 1* 1 1 - - - 3 (1)
Maurice Hutchens 1 1* - - - - - 2 (1)
Ken Monk 1 1 - - - - - 2
Team manager: Charlie Lobb
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Rech, Bull, Brown, Ellis, 75.0 (1-5)
Ht 2: Jones, Malone, Street, K. James (ret), 75.4 (6-6)
Ht 3: Evans, Quinn, Geddes, T. James, 77.0 (10-8)
Ht 4: Rech, Malone, Hutchens, Wiggins, 75.8 (12-12)
Ht 5: Brown, Street, Ellis, K. James, 77.0 (16-14)
Ht 6: Malone, Quinn, T. James, Jones, 76.8 (19-17)
Ht 7: Geddes, Bull, Evans, Rech, 76.6 (23-19)
Ht 8: Smith, Jones, Monk, K. James (ret), 78.2 (28-20)
Ht 9: Quinn, Brown, T. James, Ellis, 75.8 (30-24)
Ht 10: Bull, Malone, Jones, Rech, 77.2 (33-27)
Ht 11: Evans, Geddes, Street, K. James, 76.8 (38-28)
Ht 12: Quinn, Brown, Monk, Wiggins (fell), 76.6 (40-32)
Ht 13: Evans, Street, Hutchens, Smith (ret), 77.2 (43-35)
Ht 14: Bull, Geddes, T. James, Ellis, 77.0 (45-39)
Programme changes:
None.
The Swindon Scurry: Reg Lambourne, Wiggins, Vic Sage (fell), Reg Nichols (ex), 79.8
The Robins’ Birthday Scurry (Ht 1): Malone, Street, Ellis, K. James, 77.8
The Robins’ Birthday Scurry (Ht 2): Quinn, Geddes, Jones, T. James, 76.6
The Robins’ Birthday Scurry (Ht 3): Evans, Brown, Hutchens, Sage, 77.2
The Robins’ Birthday Scurry (Ht 4): Lambourne, Monk, Wiggins, Smith, 78.8
The Robins’ Birthday Scurry (Final): Quinn, Evans, Malone, Lambourne, 76.6
Thursday 26 July 1951
IPSWICH WITCHES 38
SWINDON ROBINS 45
Challenge
IPSWICH
Wal Morton (C) 1 2 2 3 - - - 8
Rod Laudrum 0 0 1* 0 - - - 1 (1)
Allan Briggs 3 0 2 0 - - - 5
Sid Clark 2* 3 3 1 - - - 9 (1)
Dick Shepherd 3 1 1 2 - - - 7
Harold McNaughton 1 0 3 1 - - - 5
Alby Smith 1 2* - - - - - 3 (1)
Derek Hewitt F F - - - - - 0
Team manager: Arthur Franklyn
SWINDON
Buster Brown 3 2 3 3 - - - 11
Ray Ellis 2* 2* 2* 2* - - - 8 (4)
Bob Jones 0 1 3 0 - - - 4
Danny Malone 1 3 2 3 - - - 9
Frank Evans 0 1* 3 1 - - - 5 (1)
Hugh Geddes (C) 2 - - - - - - 2
Ken Wiggins 0 0 1 - - - - 1
Dudley Smith 2 F 0 3 - - - 5
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: A.G. Jewhurst
Ht 1: Brown, Ellis, Morton, Laudrum, 74.4 (Track Record) (1-5)
Ht 2: Briggs, Clarke, Malone, Jones, 78.0 (6-6)
Ht 3: Shepherd, Geddes, McNaughton, Evans, 77.4 (10-8)
Ht 4: Clarke, Brown, A. Smith, Wiggins, 76.5 (14-10)
Ht 5: Malone, Morton, Jones, Laudrum, 77.6 (16-14)
Ht 6: Clarke, D. Smith, Evans, Briggs, 77.2 (19-17)
Ht 7: Brown, Ellis, Shepherd, McNaughton, 75.9 (20-22)
Ht 8: Jones, Briggs, D. Smith (fell), Hewitt (fell), 76.8 (22-25)
Ht 9: Evans, Morton, Laudrum, Wiggins, 77.2 (25-28)
Ht 10: Brown, Ellis, Clarke, Briggs, 76.8 (26-33)
Ht 11: McNaughton, Malone, Shepherd, Jones, 77.6 (30-35)
Ht 12: Morton, A. Smith, Evans, D. Smith, 78.2 (35-36)
Ht 13: Malone, Shepherd, Wiggins, Hewitt (fell), 78.6 (37-40)
Ht 14: D. Smith, Ellis, McNaughton, Laudrum, 78.9 (38-45)
Programme change:
Ht 6: D. Smith replaced Geddes; Ht 9: Wiggins replaced Geddes; Ht 14: D. Smith replaced Geddes.
The Orwell Scratch Race (Ht 1): Wiggins, A. Smith, D. Smith (ret), 81.0 (3 riders only)
The Orwell Scratch Race (Ht 2): Clark, Malone, Shepherd, Jim McGillivray, 77.3
The Orwell Scratch Race (Ht 3): Brown, McNaughton, Laudrum, Jones (ret), 76.8
The Orwell Scratch Race (Ht 4): Morton, Ellis, Evans, Allen Briggs, 77.7
The Orwell Scratch Race (Final): Brown, Morton, Clark, Wiggins, 76.6
Friday 27 July 1951
WOLVERHAMPTON WASPS 38
SWINDON ROBINS 44
National League Division Three
WOLVERHAMPTON
Gundy Harris F 0 2 - - - - 2
Derek Timms 3 1 1 1 - - - 6
Ted Stevens X F 2 0 - - - 2
Roy Moreton (C) 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Ron Wilson 2* 1* 1 2 - - - 6 (2)
Jack Cunningham 3 2 0 3 - - - 8
Bob Wigg 1 R R - - - - 1
Alan Sutcliffe 1* 0 - - - - - 1 (1)
Team manager: Arthur Simcock
SWINDON
Buster Brown 1* 2 0 2 - - - 5 (1)
Ray Ellis 2 3 1* 2 - - - 8 (1)
Bob Jones F 3 3 3 - - - 9
Danny Malone 2 2* 2* 3 - - - 9 (2)
Frank Evans 0 1* 3 3 - - - 7 (1)
Hugh Geddes (C) 1 2 2* 0 - - - 5 (1)
Ken Wiggins 0 1 - - - - - 1
Dudley Smith F X - - - - - 0
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: A.B. Taylor
Ht 1: Timms, Ellis, Brown, Harris (fell), 71.4 (3-3)
Ht 2: Moreton, Malone, Jones (fell), Stevens (ex), 70.4 (6-5)
Ht 3: Cunningham, Wilson, Geddes, Evans, 71.2 (11-6)
Ht 4: Moreton, Brown, Wigg, Wiggins, 71.0 (15-8)
Ht 5: Jones, Malone, Timms, Harris, 71.6 (16-13)
Ht 6: Moreton, Geddes, Evans, Stevens (fell), 72.0 (19-16)
Ht 7: Ellis, Cunningham, Wilson, Brown, 71.0 (22-19)
Ht 8: Jones, Stevens, Sutcliffe, Smith (fell), 71.6 (25-22)
Ht 9: Evans, Geddes, Timms, Wigg (ret), 72.4 (26-27)
Ht 10: Moreton, Brown, Ellis, Stevens, 71.0 (29-30)
Ht 11: Jones, Malone, Wilson, Cunningham, 70.0 (30-35)
Ht 12: Evans, Harris, Wigg (ret), Smith (ex), 72.6 (32-38)
Ht 13: Malone, Wilson, Wiggins, Sutcliffe, 72.6 (34-42)
Ht 14: Cunningham, Ellis, Timms, Geddes, 71.6 (38-44)
Programme change:
Ht 9: Wigg replaced Harris.
Wolverhampton Scratch Race (Ht 1): Jones, Cunningham, Moreton, Malone, 53.6
Wolverhampton Scratch Race (Ht 2): Ellis, Evans, Wilson, Timms, 53.2
Reserves’ Scratch Race: Sutcliffe, Smith, Wiggins, Dennis Day, [Time not recorded]
Wolverhampton Scratch Race (Final): Cunningham, Ellis, Evans, Jones, [Time not recorded]
Junior Scratch Race: Result not known, competitors listed as Derek Braithwaite, Dave Collins,
Eric Eadon and Cliff Biggs.
NOTE: The heats and final of the Wolverhampton Scratch Race were run over three laps only.
Saturday 28 July 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 59
LONG EATON ARCHERS 25
National League Division Three
SWINDON
Buster Brown 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Ray Ellis 2* 1 2* 2* - - - 7 (3)
Frank Evans 1 2 2* 3 - - - 8 (1)
Danny Malone 3 3 1* 2* - - - 9 (2)
Bob Jones 1 0 2* 1* - - - 4 (2)
Hugh Geddes (C) 3 2 3 3 - - - 11
Ken Wiggins 2* 1 - - - - - 3 (1)
Dudley Smith 3 2 - - - - - 5
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
LONG EATON
Jack Winstanley 1 0 1 0 - - - 2
Johnnie Jones 0 3 1 1 - - - 5
Eric Mason 2 0 F 0 - - - 2
Eric Minall F 2 1 3 - - - 6
Frank Malouf 2 3 1 2 - - - 8
Peter Moore R 0 0 - - - - 0
Pedlar Palmer (C) 1 0 0 - - - - 1
Ray Binfield 1 0 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Charlie Lish
ACU Steward: George Allan
Ht 1: Brown, Ellis, Winstanley, J. Jones, 74.8 (5-1)
Ht 2: Malone, Mason, Evans, Minall (fell), 80.0 (9-3)
Ht 3: Geddes, Malouf, B. Jones, Moore (ret), 77.8 (13-5)
Ht 4: Malone, Wiggins, Palmer, Winstanley, 79.4 (18-6)
Ht 5: Brown, Minall, Ellis, Mason, 77.0 (22-8)
Ht 6: Malouf, Evans, Malone, Moore, 77.6 (25-11)
Ht 7: J. Jones, Geddes, Winstanley, B. Jones, 79.4 (27-15)
Ht 8: Smith, Evans, Binfield, Mason (fell), 79.2 (32-16)
Ht 9: Brown, Ellis, Malouf, Palmer (f, rem), 77.0 (37-17)
Ht 10: Evans, Malone, J. Jones, Winstanley, 77.4 (42-18)
Ht 11: Geddes, B. Jones, Minall, Mason, 78.4 (47-19)
Ht 12: Brown, Malouf, Wiggins, Binfield, 77.8 (51-21)
Ht 13: Minall, Smith, B. Jones, Palmer, 79.0 (54-24)
Ht 14: Geddes, Ellis, J. Jones, Moore, 78.2 (59-25)
Programme change:
Ht 9: Palmer replaced Moore.
The Swindon Scurry: Reg Lambourne, Wiggins, Reg Nichols, Smith, 77.0
Match Championship (Ht 1): Malouf, Winstanley, J. Jones, Minall, 77.8
Match Championship (Ht 2): Brown, Ellis, Malone, Geddes, 76.8
Stadium Scurry: Evans, Mason, B. Jones, Moore, 78.6
Match Championship (Final): Brown, Malouf, 77.8 (2 riders only)
Reserves’ Scurry: Lambourne, Binfield, Nichols, Palmer, 78.4
Tuesday 31 July 1951
ST AUSTELL GULLS 44
SWINDON ROBINS 40
National League Division Three
ST AUSTELL
Max Rech F 2* 1* 2* - - - 5 (3)
Harold Bull 3 3 2 2 - - - 10
Maurice Hutchens X 2* 2* 2 - - - 6 (2)
Norman Street (C) 3 2 3 0 - - - 8
Allan Quinn 1 2 2 0 - - - 5
Ticker James 0 0 0 - - - - 0
Ken James 1* 0 - - - - - 1 (1)
Ken Monk 3 3 3 - - - - 9
Team manager: Charlie Lobb
SWINDON
Buster Brown 1* 3 3 1 - - - 8 (1)
Ray Ellis 2 1 3 1 - - - 7
Frank Evans 1* 1 1 1 - - - 4 (1)
Danny Malone 2 0 3 2 - - - 7
Bob Jones 2* 0 0 0 - - - 2 (1)
Hugh Geddes (C) 3 1 3 3 - - - 10
Ken Wiggins 0 1* - - - - - 1 (1)
Dudley Smith 0 1 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: C.C. Mason
Ht 1: Bull, Ellis, Brown, Rech (fell), 69.4 (3-3)
Ht 2: Street, Malone, Evans, Hutchesns (ex), 69.4 (6-6)
Ht 3: Geddes, Jones, Quinn, T. James, 70.0 (7-11)
Ht 4: Brown, Street, K. James, Wiggins, 70.0 (10-14)
Ht 5: Bull, Rech, Evans, Malone, 70.0 (15-15)
Ht 6: Street, Hutchens, Geddes, Jones, 69.6 (20-16)
Ht 7: Brown, Quinn, Ellis, T. James, 69.4 (22-20)
Ht 8: Monk, Hutchens, Evans, Smith, 70.6 (27-21)
Ht 9: Geddes, Bull, Rech, Jones, 69.4 (30-24)
Ht 10: Ellis, Hutchens, Brown, Street, 69.8 (32-28)
Ht 11: Malone, Quinn, Evans, T. James, 70.2 (34-32)
Ht 12: Monk, Rech, Smith, Jones, 69.2 (39-33)
Ht 13: Monk, Malone, Wiggins, Quinn, 70.2 (42-36)
Ht 14: Geddes, Bull, Ellis, K. James, 69.4 (44-40)
Programme changes:
Ht 12: Monk replaced K. James; Ht 14: K. James replaced T. James.
Knightor Challenge [1]: Bull, Monk, Brown, Geddes, 69.0
Knightor Challenge [2]: Malone, Ellis, Street, Rech, 70.0
Reserves’ Hammer & Tongs: Monk, Stan Bedford, Harold Carder, K. James, 70.4
Knightor Challenge [3]: Evans, Jones, Quinn, Hutchens, 70.4
Free For All: Wiggins, K. James, Smith, Bedford, 72.4
Reserves’ Set-Too!!: Monk, Bedford, K. James, Carder, 71.0
Thursday 2 August 1951
PLYMOUTH DEVILS 37
SWINDON ROBINS 47
National League Division Three
PLYMOUTH
George Wall (C) 2 R 2 1* - - - 5 (1)
George Craig F 1 1* F - - - 2 (1)
Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Frank Wheeler F 2 0 F - - - 2
Brian Hitchcock 3 3 1 2 - - - 9
Ron Barrett 1 F 0 1 - - - 2
Johnny Bradford 1* 2 - - - - - 3 (1)
Doug Fursey 1 1* - - - - - 2 (1)
Team manager: Sid Hazzard
SWINDON
Buster Brown 1 3 1* 1* - - - 6 (2)
Ray Ellis 3 2 2 2* - - - 9 (1)
Frank Evans 1* 3 2 3 - - - 9 (1)
Danny Malone 2 2* 2* 3 - - - 9 (2)
Bob Jones 0 1* 3 3 - - - 7 (1)
Hugh Geddes (C) 2 2 0 3 - - - 7
Ken Wiggins 0 0 - - - - - 0
Dudley Smith 0 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: C.C. Mason
Ht 1: Ellis, Wall, Brown, Craig (fell), 76.0 (2-4)
Ht 2: A. Smith, Malone, Evans, Wheeler (fell), 73.4 (5-7)
Ht 3: Hitchcock, Geddes, Barrett, Jones, 75.0 (9-9)
Ht 4: Brown, Wheeler, Bradford, Wiggins, 75.8 (12-12)
Ht 5: Evans, Malone, Craig, Wall (ret), 75.6 (13-17)
Ht 6: A. Smith, Geddes, Jones, Wheeler, 73.6 (16-20)
Ht 7: Hitchcock, Ellis, Brown, Barrett (fell), 75.0 (19-23)
Ht 8: A. Smith, Evans, Fursey, D. Smith, 74.0 (23-25)
Ht 9: Jones, Wall, Craig, Geddes, 75.6 (26-28)
Ht 10: A. Smith, Ellis, Brown, Wheeler (fell), 74.4 (29-31)
Ht 11: Evans, Malone, Hitchcock, Barrett, 76.0 (30-36)
Ht 12: Jones, Bradford, Wall, D. Smith, 75.0 (33-39)
Ht 13: Malone, Hitchcock, Fursey, Wiggins, 76.6 (36-42)
Ht 14: Geddes, Ellis, Barrett, Craig (fell), 76.0 (37-47)
Programme changes:
None.
Junior Scurry (Ht 1): Denis Hayles, Vic Sage, Jimmy Coughlan, Ron Goulding, 77.0
August Scratch Race (Ht 1): Brown, Geddes, Wall, Wheeler, 75.0
August Scratch Race (Ht 2): Bradford, Fursey, Wiggins, Viv Thyer, 77.2
August Scratch Race (Ht 3): Smith, Malone, Ellis, George Craig (fell), 74.8
August Scratch Race (Ht 4): Jones, Evans, Hitchcock, Smith, 76.0
Junior Scurry (Ht 2): Hayles, Thyer, Coughlan, Goulding, 77.8
August Scratch Race (Final): Smith, Brown, Jones, Bradford, 75.6
Saturday 4 August 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 41
EXETER FALCONS 43
National League Division Three
SWINDON
Buster Brown 1* 1 0 3 - - - 5 (1)
Ray Ellis 2 3 1 1 - - - 7
Bob Jones 1 0 2 3 - - - 6
Danny Malone R 2 2 2* - - - 6 (1)
Frank Evans 0 3 1 3 - - - 7
Hugh Geddes (C) 2 1 3 0 - - - 6
Ken Wiggins 1* 2* - - - - - 3 (2)
Dudley Smith 1* 0 - - - - - 1 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
EXETER
Goog Hoskin 3 R 0 F - - - 3
Ken Walsh 0 2 1 2* - - - 5 (1)
Jack Bedkober 0 2 - - - - - 2
Don Hardy 2* 2 X 2 - - - 6 (1)
Vic Gent (C) 1 1 2* X - - - 4 (1)
Bob Roger 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Johnny Sargeant 3 3 3 1* - - - 10 (1)
Paul Best 0 1 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Bill Dutton
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Hoskin, Ellis, Brown, Walsh, 76.2 (3-3)
Ht 2: (Re-Run) Sargeant, Hardy, Jones, Malone (ret), 76.0 (4-8)
Ht 3: Roger, Geddes, Gent, Evans (f, rem), 76.2 (6-12)
Ht 4: Sargeant, Malone, Wiggins, Hoskin (ret), 76.8 (9-15)
Ht 5: Ellis, Hardy, Brown, Bedkober, 77.2 (13-17)
Ht 6: Roger, Malone, Gent, Jones, 75.6 (15-21)
Ht 7: Evans, Walsh, Geddes, Hoskin, 76.4 (19-23)
Ht 8: Sargeant, Jones, Smith, Best, 76.8 (22-26)
Ht 9: Roger, Gent, Ellis, Brown, 76.4 (23-31)
Ht 10: Jones, Malone, Walsh, Hoskin (fell), 76.4 (28-32)
Ht 11: (Re-Run) Geddes, Bedkober, Evans, Hardy (f, ex), 77.4 (32-34)
Ht 12: (Re-Run) Brown, Wiggins, Best, Gent (f, ex), 77.6 (37-35)
Ht 13: Evans, Hardy, Sargeant, Smith, 77.0 (40-38)
Ht 14: Roger, Walsh, Ellis, Geddes, 76.6 (41-43)
Programme changes:
Ht 2: Sargeant replaced Bedkober; Ht 8: Sargeant replaced Bedkober.
Reserves’ Scurry [1]: Reg Lambourne, Smith, Wiggins, Reg Nichols, 77.2
Three-Lap Dash [1]: Brown, Gent, 59.2 (2 riders only)
Three-Lap Dash [2]: Roger, Evans, 58.0 (2 riders only)
Robin v. Falcon Match-Race [1]: Geddes, Hardy, 77.6
Robin v. Falcon Match-Race [2]: Malone, Hoskin, 78.6
Reserves’ Scurry [2]: Lambourne, Sargeant, Smith, Best, 77.0
Final Event: Walsh, Jones, Ellis, Bedkober, 78.0
Wednesday 8 August 1951
POOLE PIRATES 54
SWINDON ROBINS 30
National League Division Three
POOLE
Tony Lewis 1 1 2* 1 - - - 5 (1)
Ken Middleditch (C) 3 3 3 R - - - 9
Terry Small 3 2 2* 1* - - - 8 (2)
Charlie Hayden 1 2* 0 2 - - - 5 (1)
Bill Holden F 0 2* 2* - - - 4 (2)
Roy Craighead 3 3 3 2 - - - 11
Allan Kidd 3 3 - - - - - 6
Brian Crutcher 3 3 - - - - - 6
Team manager: Don Gould
SWINDON
Bob Jones 2 F 1* 0 - - - 3 (1)
Hugh Geddes (C) 0 2 3 3 - - - 8
Ken Wiggins 0 0 1 0 - - - 1
Ray Ellis 2 2 1 1 - - - 6
Danny Malone 2 1 1 2 - - - 6
Frank Evans 1* 3 0 1 - - - 5 (1)
Dudley Smith 1 0 0 R - - - 1
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Wilf Potter
Ht 1: Middleditch, Jones, Lewis, Geddes, 72.6 (Equalled Track Record) (4-2)
Ht 2: Small, Ellis, Hayden, Wiggins, 72.0 (Track Record) (8-4)
Ht 3: Craighead, Malone, Evans, Holden (fell), 74.0 (11-7)
Ht 4: Kidd, Hayden, Smith, Jones (fell), 74.4 (16-8)
Ht 5: Middleditch, Ellis, Lewis, Wiggins, 72.4 (20-10)
Ht 6: Evans, Small, Malone, Hayden, 73.0 (22-14)
Ht 7: Craighead, Geddes, Jones, Holden, 73.0 (25-17)
Ht 8: Crutcher, Small, Wiggins, Smith, 72.0 (Equalled Track Record) (30-18)
Ht 9: Middleditch, Lewis, Malone, Evans, 73.8 (35-19)
Ht 10: Geddes, Hayden, Small, Jones, 73.0 (38-22)
Ht 11: Craighead, Holden, Ellis, Wiggins, 74.2 (43-23)
Ht 12: Kidd, Malone, Lewis, Smith, 74.0 (47-25)
Ht 13: Crutcher, Holden, Ellis, Smith (ret), 71.8 (Track Record) (52-26)
Ht 14: Geddes, Craighead, Evans, Middleditch (ret), 73.4 (54-30)
Programme changes:
None.
NOTE: Swindon had only seven riders, with Wiggins moving up from the no. 7 berth to the no. 3
position to replace the absent Buster Brown, whose van broke down en route to the meeting. Smith
therefore took Wiggins’ two programmed reserve rides in heats four and thirteen.
Stadium Scurry: Dick Howard, Kidd, Johnny Thomson, Maury Mattingley, 73.0
Wessex Scratch Race: Jones, Lewis, Craighead, Evans, 72.6
Reserves’ Scratch Race: Crutcher, Kidd, Smith, Thomson, 74.0
Seniors’ Scratch Race: Geddes, Middleditch, Wiggins, Small, 74.0
Invitation Scratch Race: Hayden, Malone, Holden, Ellis, 73.4
Dorset Scratch Race: Crutcher, Howard, Thomson, Mattingley, 72.8
Wednesday 15 August 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 59
WOLVERHAMPTON WASPS 25
National League Division Three
SWINDON
Buster Brown 2 R 3 3 - - - 8
Ray Ellis 1* 3 2* 1 - - - 7 (2)
Bob Jones 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Danny Malone R 3 1 1 - - - 5
Frank Evans 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Hugh Geddes (C) 2* 2* 2* 3 - - - 9 (3)
Reg Lambourne 2* 2* - - - - - 4 (2)
Dudley Smith 2* 0 - - - - - 2 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
WOLVERHAMPTON
Cyril Maidment 0 1 F 0 - - - 1
Roy Moreton (C) 3 1 2 0 - - - 6
Ted Stevens 1* 1* 0 1 - - - 3 (2)
Cliff Biggs 2 2 0 1* - - - 5 (1)
Ron Wilson 1 0 1 1 - - - 3
Jack Cunningham 0 2 0 2 - - - 4
Gundy Harris 0 2 - - - - - 2
Derek Timms 1 0 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Arthur Simcock
ACU Steward: George Allan
Ht 1: Moreton, Brown, Ellis, Maidment, 75.8 (3-3)
Ht 2: Jones, Biggs, Stevens, Malone (ret), 75.4 (6-6)
Ht 3: Evans, Geddes, Wilson, Cunningham, 76.4 (11-7)
Ht 4: Malone, Lambourne, Maidment, Harris, 77.0 (16-8)
Ht 5: Ellis, Biggs, Stevens, Brown (ret), 76.0 (19-11)
Ht 6: Jones, Cunningham, Malone, Wilson, 75.6 (23-13)
Ht 7: Evans, Geddes, Moreton, Maidment (fell), 76.0 (28-14)
Ht 8: Jones, Smith, Timms, Stevens, 76.2 (33-15)
Ht 9: Brown, Ellis, Wilson, Cunningham, 77.6 (38-16)
Ht 10: Jones, Moreton, Malone, Maidment, 76.8 (42-18)
Ht 11: Evans, Geddes, Stevens, Biggs, 77.0 (47-19)
Ht 12: Brown, Lambourne, Wilson, Timms, 77.6 (52-20)
Ht 13: Evans, Harris, Biggs, Smith, 77.6 (55-23)
Ht 14: Geddes, Cunningham, Ellis, Moreton, 77.2 (59-25)
Programme changes:
None.
Stadium Scurry: Lambourne, Dick Howard, Smith, Ken Wiggins, 76.4
Robins’ Scurry: Jones, Ellis, Moreton, 76.4 (3 riders only)
[Untitled]: Evans, Brown, Malone, 76.8 (3 riders only)
Swindon Scurry: Howard, Wilson, Cunningham, Wiggins, 77.0
Final Scurry: Howard, Stevens, Maidment, Biggs, 77.4
Thursday 16 August 1951
CARDIFF DRAGONS 42
SWINDON ROBINS 42
National League Division Three
CARDIFF
Kevin Hayden 3 3 1* 2 - - - 9 (1)
Gerald Pugh 2* 1 2 2* - - - 7 (2)
Arthur Pilgrim (C) 1 0 R 1 - - - 2
Mick Holland 3 3 2 R - - - 8
Les Moore 0 0 0 0 - - - 0
Charlie May 3 3 1 3 - - - 10
Bert Croucher 0 1* - - - - - 1 (1)
Chum Taylor 2 3 - - - - - 5
Team manager: Alf Elliott
SWINDON
Buster Brown 0 1* 2 2* - - - 5 (2)
Ray Ellis 1 1* 3 1 - - - 6 (1)
Bob Jones 2 2 3 3 - - - 10
Danny Malone R R 2* 2 - - - 4 (1)
Frank Evans 2 3 3 3 - - - 11
Hugh Geddes (C) 1* 1 0 0 - - - 2 (1)
Reg Lambourne 2 1* - - - - - 3 (1)
Ken Wiggins 1 R - - - - - 1
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Hayden, Pugh, Ellis, Brown, 72.8 (5-1)
Ht 2: Holland, Jones, Pilgrim, Malone (ret), 73.2 (9-3)
Ht 3: May, Evans, Geddes, Moore, 74.2 (12-6)
Ht 4: Holland, Lambourne, Brown, Croucher, 74.2 (15-9)
Ht 5: Hayden, Jones, Pugh, Malone (ret), 73.6 (19-11)
Ht 6: Evans, Holland, Geddes, Pilgrim, 73.8 (21-15)
Ht 7: May, Brown, Ellis, Moore, 74.0 (24-18)
Ht 8: Jones, Taylor, Wiggins, Pilgrim (ret), 73.8 (26-22)
Ht 9: Evans, Pugh, Hayden, Geddes, 73.8 (29-25)
Ht 10: Ellis, Brown, Pilgrim, Holland (ret), 74.6 (30-30)
Ht 11: Jones, Malone, May, Moore, 73.8 (31-35)
Ht 12: Evans, Hayden, Croucher, Wiggins (ret), 74.0 (34-38)
Ht 13: Taylor, Malone, Lambourne, Moore, 74.0 (37-41)
Ht 14: May, Pugh, Ellis, Geddes, 73.4 (42-42)
Programme changes:
None.
Event 2 (Ht 1): Vic Brinkworth, Arthur Doughty, Billy Ward, Dave Collins, 76.6
Event 2 (Ht 2): Taylor, Lambourne, Croucher, Wiggins, 74.8
Ace in the Hole Scurry (Ht 1): Malone, Ellis, Pugh, Moore, 74.8
Ace in the Hole Scurry (Ht 2): May, Brown, Pilgrim, Geddes, 74.0
Ace in the Hole Scurry (Ht 3): Holland, Hayden, Evans, Jones, 74.2
Event 2 (Final): Lambourne, Brinkworth, Doughty, Taylor (ex), 74.8
Ace in the Hole Scurry (Final): Holland, May, Hayden, Malone, 75.0
Friday 17 August 1951
EXETER FALCONS 25, POOLE PIRATES 25,
SWINDON ROBINS 27, CARDIFF DRAGONS 39
Four-Team Tournament
(Staged at Bristol)
EXETER
Bob Roger (C) 2 3 3 X 2 - - 10
Ken Walsh 1* 1 0 0 0 - - 2 (1)
Goog Hoskins 2 3 1 0 0 - - 6
Johnny Sergeant 1* F 3 2 1 - - 7 (1)
Tam manager: Bill Dutton
POOLE
Ken Middleditch (C) 3 3 X - - - - 6
Brian Crutcher X F 0 3 3 - - 6
Bill Holden 3 2* 3 X - - - 8 (1)
Allan Kidd 0 2 0 1 2 - - 5
Team manager: Don Gould
SWINDON
Bob Jones (C) 0 2 2 1 1* - - 6 (1)
Danny Malone 1 2 2 1 1 - - 7
Frank Evans 0 F 1 2 3 - - 6
Buster Brown 1 1* 2 2 2 - - 8 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
CARDIFF
Gerald Pugh 2* 0 3 2 1 - - 8 (1)
Charlie May (C) 3 3 3 3 3 - - 15
Kevin Hayden 2* 1 1 2 2* - - 8 (2)
Mick Holland 3 1 1 0 3 - - 8
Team manager: Alf Elliott
Reserve: Jack Summers 3 X 0 - - - - 3
ACU Steward: George Allan Ht 1: (Re-Run) Middleditch, Roger, Walsh, Crutcher (f, ex), 63.8
Ht 2: May, Pugh, Malone, Jones, 65.2
Ht 3: (Re-Run) Holden, Hoskins, Sergeant, Kidd, 63.6
Ht 4: Holland, Hayden, Brown, Evans, 65.6
Ht 5: Hoskins, Jones, Walsh, Evans (fell), 64.8
Ht 6: Roger, Malone, Brown, Sergeant (fell), 65.6
Ht 7: Middleditch, Holden, Hayden, Pugh, 63.0
Ht 8: May, Kidd, Holland, Crutcher (fell), 65.2
Ht 9: Holden, Malone, Holland, Walsh, 64.4
Ht 10: Roger, Jones, Hayden, Kidd, 65.8
Ht 11: Pugh, Brown, Kidd, Walsh, 66.2
Ht 12: Sergeant, Pugh, Evans, Crutcher, 65.4
Ht 13: (Re-Run) May, Brown, Hoskins, Middleditch (f, ex), 65.4
Ht 14: (Re-Run twice) May, Evans, Holden (f, ex), Roger (f, ex), 65.8
Ht 15: Summers, Sergeant, Jones, Holland, 65.0
Ht 16: Crutcher, Hayden, Malone, Hoskins, 65.2
Ht 17: May, Hayden, Sergeant, Walsh, 65.6
Ht 18: Holland, Roger, Pugh, Hoskins, 65.8
Ht 19: (Re-Run) Evans, Kidd, Malone, Summers (f, ex), 66.8
Ht 20: Crutcher, Brown, Jones, Summers, 65.8
Saturday 18 August 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 44
PLYMOUTH DEVILS 39
National League Division Three
SWINDON
Buster Brown 3 1* 0 2* - - - 6 (2)
Ray Ellis 2* 2 1 3 - - - 8 (1)
Bob Jones 2 R 2 2 - - - 6
Danny Malone F 2 1 0 - - - 3
Frank Evans 3 3 3 - - - - 9
Hugh Geddes (C) 1 1 1* 2* - - - 5 (2)
Reg Lambourne 1* 2 3 - - - - 6 (1)
Ken Wiggins 1* 0 - - - - - 1 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
PLYMOUTH
George Wall (C) 1 3 2 3 - - - 9
Ron Barrett 0 0 1 1 - - - 2
Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Frank Wheeler F F 0 1* - - - 1 (1)
Doug Fursey 0 2* 2* 1 - - - 5 (2)
Brian Hitchcock 2 3 3 F - - - 8
George Craig F 2 - - - - - 2
Johnny Bradford 0 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: Sid Hazzard
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Brown, Ellis, Wall, Barrett, 90.4 (5-1)
Ht 2: Smith, Jones, Malone (fell), Wheeler (fell), 76.4 (7-4)
Ht 3: Evans, Hitchcock, Geddes, Fursey, 77.0 (11-6)
Ht 4: Wall, Malone, Lambourne, Craig (fell), 76.4 (14-9)
Ht 5: Smith, Ellis, Brown, Wheeler (fell), 76.0 (17-12)
Ht 6: Hitchcock, Fursey, Malone, Jones (ret), 77.8 (18-17)
Ht 7: Evans, Wall, Geddes, Barrett, 77.0 (22-19)
Ht 8: Smith, Jones, Wiggins, Bradford, 76.2 (25-22)
Ht 9: Hitchcock, Fursey, Ellis, Brown, 77.8 (26-27)
Ht 10: Wall, Jones, Barrett, Malone, 77.8 (28-31)
Ht 11: Smith, Lambourne, Geddes, Wheeler, 77.0 (31-34)
Ht 12: Lambourne, Brown, Fursey, Bradford, 77.4 (36-35)
Ht 13: Evans, Craig, Wheeler, Wiggins, 77.4 (39-38)
Ht 14: Ellis, Geddes, Barrett, Hitchcock (fell), 78.2 (44-39)
Programme change:
Ht 11: Lambourne replaced Evans.
Stadium Scurry: Lambourne, Bradford, Wiggins, Dudley Smith, 77.4
Match Champion (Ht 1): Wall, Hitchcock, A. Smith, Fursey, 77.8
Match Champion (Ht 2): Brown, Lambourne, Geddes, Ellis, 77.8
Devon and Wilts Scurry: Malone, Jones, Barrett, Wheeler, 77.0
Match Champion (Final): Wall, Brown, 78.4 (2 riders only)
Reserves’ Scurry: Lambourne, George Craig, D. Smith, Wiggins, 78.8
Monday 20 August 1951
EXETER FALCONS 53
SWINDON ROBINS 31
National League Division Three
EXETER
Ken Walsh 2 1* 2* 3 - - - 8 (2)
Goog Hoskin 1* 2 3 2* - - - 8 (2)
Johnny Sargeant 2 2 3 2* - - - 9 (1)
Jack Bedkober 0 2* 1* 3 - - - 6 (2)
Vic Gent (C) 1 0 - - - - - 1
Bob Roger 3 3 2 3 - - - 11
Paul Best 3 2* 1 0 - - - 6 (1)
Ted Moore 2* 2 - - - - - 4 (1)
Team manager: Bill Dutton
SWINDON
Buster Brown 0 1 1 0 - - - 2
Ray Ellis 3 F - - - - - 3
Bob Jones 3 3 1 3 - - - 10
Danny Malone 1 0 1 3 - - - 5
Frank Evans 0 0 1 2 - - - 3
Hugh Geddes (C) 2 3 0 1 - - - 6
Reg Lambourne 0 1 1 0 - - - 2
Dudley Smith F F - - - - - 0
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: C.C. Mason
Ht 1: Ellis, Walsh, Hoskin, Brown, 76.4 (3-3)
Ht 2: Jones, Sargeant, Malone, Bedkober, 76.2 (5-7)
Ht 3: Roger, Geddes, Gent, Evans, 75.8 (9-9)
Ht 4: Best, Bedkober, Brown, Lambourne, 77.2 (14-10)
Ht 5: Jones, Hoskin, Walsh, Malone, 76.0 (17-13)
Ht 6: Geddes, Sargeant, Bedkober, Evans, 76.8 (20-16)
Ht 7: Roger, Best, Brown, Ellis (fell), 76.2 (25-17)
Ht 8: (Re-Run) Sargeant, Moore, Jones, Smith (fell), 75.8 (30-18)
Ht 9: Hoskin, Walsh, Evans, Geddes, 76.4 (35-19)
Ht 10: Bedkober, Sargeant, Lambourne, Brown, 76.4 (40-20)
Ht 11: Jones, Roger, Malone, Gent, 76.0 (42-24)
Ht 12: Walsh, Evans, Best, Smith (fell), 77.2 (46-26)
Ht 13: Malone, Moore, Lambourne, Best, 76.8 (48-30)
Ht 14: Roger, Hoskin, Geddes, Lambourne, 75.6 (53-31)
Programme changes:
Ht 7: Best replaced Gent; Ht 10: Lambourne replaced Ellis; Ht 13: Best replaced Gent: Ht 14:
Lambourne replaced Ellis.
Reserves’ Scratch Race: Lambourne, Morris Barnett, Best, Smith, 78.0
The Devon Scratch Race (Ht 1): Walsh, Moore, Brown, Barnett, 77.6
The Devon Scratch Race (Ht 2): Hoskin, Walsh, Sargeant, Geddes, 75.8
The Devon Scratch Race (Ht 3): Roger, Bedkober, Lambourne, Malone, 76.0
The Devon Scratch Race (Ht 4): Jones, Moore, Evans, Best, 77.0
The Devon Scratch Race (Final): Walsh, Roger, Hoskin, Jones, 78.0
Saturday 25 August 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 46
CARDIFF DRAGONS 38
National League Division Three
SWINDON
Buster Brown 0 2* 1* 3 - - - 6 (2)
Bob Jones 3 3 2 3 - - - 11
Reg Lambourne 3 2 2 3 - - - 10
Danny Malone F 2 1* 2* - - - 5 (2)
Ken Wiggins 3 0 1* 1* - - - 5 (2)
Hugh Geddes (C) R 2 2 1 - - - 5
Berne Aldridge 0 1 - - - - - 1
Dudley Smith 1* 2 - - - - - 3 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
CARDIFF
Arthur Pilgrim (C) 2 1 3 1 - - - 7
Gerald Pugh 1* 1 0 0 - - - 2 (1)
Chum Taylor 2 1 3 3 - - - 9
Bert Croucher 1* 0 3 - - - - 4 (1)
Les Moore 1* X R 2 - - - 3 (1)
Charlie May 2 3 3 2 - - - 10
Frank Johnson 3 F F - - - - 3
Vic Brinkworth 0 F - - - - - 0
Team manager: Alf Elliott
ACU Steward: George Allan
Ht 1: Jones, Pilgrim, Pugh, Brown, 75.8 (3-3)
Ht 2: Lambourne, Taylor, Croucher, Malone (fell), 76.6 (6-6)
Ht 3: Wiggins, May, Moore, Geddes (ret), 78.4 (9-9)
Ht 4: Johnson, Malone, Pilgrim, Aldridge, 76.2 (11-13)
Ht 5: Jones, Brown, Taylor, Croucher, 76.6 (16-14)
Ht 6: (Re-Run) May, Lambourne, Malone, Moore (f, ex), 76.8 (19-17)
Ht 7: Pilgrim, Geddes, Pugh, Wiggins, 78.2 (21-21)
Ht 8: Taylor, Lambourne, Smith, Brinkworth, 77.6 (24-24)
Ht 9: May, Jones, Brown, Moore (ret), 77.0 (27-27)
Ht 10: Lambourne, Malone, Pilgrim, Pugh, 77.6 (32-28)
Ht 11: Taylor, Geddes, Wiggins, Johnson (fell), 77.6 (35-31)
Ht 12: Brown, Moore, Aldridge, Brinkworth (fell), 78.4 (39-33)
Ht 13: Croucher, Smith, Wiggins, Johnson (fell), 79.2 (42-36)
Ht 14: Jones, May, Geddes, Pugh, 77.2 (46-38)
Programme change:
Ht 11: Johnson replaced Croucher.
Stadium Scurry: Aldridge, Mike Beddoe, Reg Nichols, Gerald Coombe, 79.2
Match Champion (Ht 1): May, Taylor, Croucher, Pilgrim, 77.6
Match Champion (Ht 2): Lambourne, Jones, Wiggins, Brown, 77.6
Dragons and Robins’ Scurry: Geddes, Malone, Pugh, Moore, 77.4
Match Champion (Final): May, Lambourne, 77.0 (2 riders only)
Final Scurry: Smith, Beddoe, Brinkworth, Johnson, 79.0
Thursday 30th
August 1951 Station Road, Long Eaton
Long Eaton Archers v Swindon Robins (National League Division Three) Rained
Off
Saturday 1 September 1951
ENGLAND ‘C’ 51
NEW ZEALAND 57
Test Match
(Staged at Swindon)
ENGLAND ‘C’
Ken Middleditch (C) 3 3 3 3 3 3 - 18
Bill Holden 1 1 0 - - - - 2
Terry Small 1* 2 1 3 1 1* - 9 (2)
Bob Roger 2 1* 0 1 0 2 - 6 (1)
Alan Smith 0 3 1* 1 1* 2 - 8 (2)
Bob Jones 1 1 2 0 - - - 4
Brian Crutcher F 1 1 - - - - 2
Johnny Sargeant 2 0 - - - - - 2
Team manager: Bill Dutton
NEW ZEALAND
Trevor Redmond (C) 2 3 3 2 2* 3 - 15 (1)
Maurice Dunn 0 0 0 - - - - 0
Geoff Mardon 3 R 2 2 0 2 - 9
Kevin Hayden 0 2 1* 0 0 - - 3 (1)
Bruce Abernethy 3 F 2* 2* 2 3 - 12 (2)
Mick Holland 2* 2 3 3 0 0 - 10 (1)
Laurie Holland 1* 3 3 1 - - - 8 (1)
Jack Cunningham - - - - - - - -
Team manager: Wally Kilmister
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Middleditch, Redmond, Holden, Dunn, 74.4 (4-2)
Ht 2: Mardon, Roger, Small, Hayden, 76.0 (7-5)
Ht 3: Abernethy, M. Holland, Jones, Smith, 75.8 (8-10)
Ht 4: Redmond, Small, Roger, Dunn, 76.4 (11-13)
Ht 5: Smith, Hayden, Jones, Mardon (ret), 79.2 (15-15)
Ht 6: Middleditch, M. Holland, Holden, Abernethy (fell), 76.4 (19-17)
Ht 7: Redmond, Jones, Smith, Dunn, 77.6 (22-20)
Ht 8: Middleditch, Mardon, Hayden, Holden, 78.2 (25-23)
Ht 9: M. Holland, Abernethy, Small, Roger, 79.0 (26-28)
Ht 10: Middleditch, Redmond, L. Holland, Crutcher (fell), 77.6 (29-31)
Ht 11: Small, Mardon, Roger, Hayden, 78.2 (33-33)
Ht 12: M. Holland, Abernethy, Smith, Jones, 79.2 (34-38)
Ht 13: L. Holland, Redmond, Small, Roger, 79.0 (35-43)
Ht 14: L. Holland, Sargeant, Smith, Mardon, 79.8 (38-46)
Ht 15: Middleditch, Abernethy, Crutcher, M. Holland, 77.2 (42-48)
Ht 16: Redmond, Smith, L. Holland, Sargeant, 77.4 (44-52)
Ht 17: Middleditch, Mardon, Crutcher, Hayden, 78.6 (48-54)
Ht 18: Abernethy, Roger, Small, M. Holland, 78.6 (51-57)
Programme change:
Ht 10: Crutcher replaced Holden; L. Holland replaced Dunn; Ht 13: L. Holland replaced Dunn; Ht 14:
Sargeant replaced Jones; L. Holland replaced Hayden; Ht 15: Crutcher replaced Holden; Ht 16:
Sargeant replaced Jones; L. Holland replaced Dunn; Ht 17: Crutcher replaced Holden.
Saturday 8 September 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 41
RAYLEIGH ROCKETS 43
National League Division Three
SWINDON
Buster Brown 0 2 1 2 - - - 5
Bob Jones 3 1* 3 3 - - - 10 (1)
Reg Lambourne 1 2 2 F - - - 5
Danny Malone 3 0 1* 3 - - - 7 (1)
Frank Evans 0 2 R 3 - - - 5
Hugh Geddes (C) 2 X 3 1 - - - 6
Mike Beddoe 1 1* - - - - - 2 (1)
Ken Wiggins 1* F - - - - - 1 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
RAYLEIGH
Jack Unstead (C) 1* 3 3 2 - - - 9 (1)
Julie Benson 2 1 1* 0 - - - 4 (1)
Gerald Jackson 0 0 3 1* - - - 4 (1)
Tom O’ Connor 2 3 2 2 - - - 9
Maurice Dunn 3 3 2 3 - - - 11
Ron Howes 1 0 0 2 - - - 3
Frank Bettis 2* 1* - - - - - 3 (2)
Oz Osborne 0 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: John ‘Butch’ Williams
ACU Steward: George Allan
Ht 1: Jones, Benson, Unstead, Brown, 75.0 (3-3)
Ht 2: Malone, O’ Connor, Lambourne, Jackson, 75.8 (7-5)
Ht 3: Dunn, Geddes, Howes, Evans, 76.2 (9-9)
Ht 4: Unstead, Bettis, Beddoe, Malone, 77.6 (10-14)
Ht 5: O’ Connor, Brown, Jones, Jackson, 75.8 (13-17)
Ht 6: Dunn, Lambourne, Malone, Howes, 76.6 (16-20)
Ht 7: (Re-Run) Unstead, Evans, Benson, Geddes (f, ex), 77.6 (18-24)
Ht 8: Jackson, Lambourne, Wiggins, Osborne, 77.6 (21-27)
Ht 9: Jones, Dunn, Brown, Howes, 76.0 (25-29)
Ht 10: Malone, Unstead, Benson, Lambourne (fell), 77.8 (28-32)
Ht 11: Geddes, O’ Connor, Jackson, Evans (ret), 77.4 (31-35)
Ht 12: Dunn, Brown, Beddoe, Osborne, 76.8 (34-38)
Ht 13: Evans, O’ Connor, Bettis, Wiggins (fell), 78.2 (37-41)
Ht 14: Jones, Howes, Geddes, Benson, 76.8 (41-43)
Programme changes:
None.
Junior Scurry: Dudley Smith, Berne Aldridge, Reg Nichols, 78.0 (3 riders only)
Reserves’ Scurry: Osborne, Beddoe, Bettis, Wiggins, 77.4
Swindon Scratch Race: Jones, Malone, Lambourne, Geddes, 76.6
Rayleigh Scratch Race: Jackson, O’ Connor, Howes, Unstead, 77.6
Rockets and Robins’ Scurry: Benson, Evans, Brown, Dunn, 77.8
Final Scurry: Beddoe, Smith, Aldridge, Osborne, 78.2
Wednesday 12 September 1951
RAYLEIGH ROCKETS 50
SWINDON ROBINS 34
National League Division Three
RAYLEIGH
Jack Unstead (C) 3 3 2 2 - - - 10
Frank Bettis 2* 1 1* 1* - - - 5 (3)
Gerald Jackson 1 1 0 3 - - - 5
Tom O’Connor 3 1* 3 0 - - - 7 (1)
Ron Howes 1 2* 3 3 - - - 9 (1)
Maurice Dunn 3 3 1 2 - - - 9
Mike Wood 2 1* - - - - - 3 (1)
Julie Benson 1 1 - - - - - 2
Team manager: John ‘Butch’ Williams
SWINDON
Buster Brown F 3 1 2 - - - 6
Bob Jones 1 0 1* 0 - - - 2 (1)
Reg Lambourne R 2 3 2 - - - 7
Danny Malone 2 X 0 0 - - - 2
Frank Evans 0 0 3 3 - - - 6
Hugh Geddes (C) 2 N 3 - - - - 5
Mike Beddoe 0 2 R 2 - - - 4
Ken Wiggins 2* 0 - - - - - 2 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Arthur Humphrey
Ht 1: Unstead, Bettis, Jones, Brown (fell), 71.2 (5-1)
Ht 2: O’Connor, Malone, Jackson, Lambourne (ret), 72.8 (9-3)
Ht 3: Dunn, Geddes, Howes, Evans, 72.4 (13-5)
Ht 4: Brown, Wood, O’Connor, Beddoe, 73.2 (16-8)
Ht 5: (Re-Run) Unstead, Lambourne, Bettis, Malone (f, ex), 72.2 (20-10)
Ht 6: (Re-Run) O’Connor, Beddoe, Jackson, Evans, Geddes (f, ns), 72.4 (24-12)
Ht 7: Dunn, Howes, Brown, Jones, 73.0 (29-13)
Ht 8: Lambourne, Wiggins, Benson, Jackson, 72.8 (30-18)
Ht 9: Evans, Unstead, Bettis, Beddoe (ret), 72.2 (33-21)
Ht 10: Jackson, Brown, Jones, O’Connor, 72.0 (36-24)
Ht 11: Howes, Lambourne, Dunn, Malone, 73.0 (40-26)
Ht 12: Evans, Unstead, Wood, Wiggins, 72.6 (43-29)
Ht 13: Howes, Beddoe, Benson, Malone, 73.0 (47-31)
Ht 14: Geddes, Dunn, Bettis, Jones, 72.8 (50-34)
Programme change:
Ht 6: Beddoe replaced Geddes, who had accidentally collided with Jackson and, although not
excluded, was unfit to participate in the re-run.
The Special Rayleigh Match-Race: Howes, Cliff Watson, 73.2
The Rayleigh Weir Scratch Race (Ht 1): Geddes, Brown, Lambourne, Malone, 73.6
The Rayleigh Weir Scratch Race (Ht 2): Jackson, Watson, Unstead, O’ Connor, 73.2
The Rayleigh Weir Scratch Race (Ht 3): Jones, Howes, Bettis, Wood, 73.8
The Rayleigh Weir Scratch Race (Ht 4): Dunn, Evans, Beddoe, Benson, 73.2
The Reserves’ Scratch Race: Oz Osborne, Wiggins, Jim McGillivray, Ray Thackwell, 74.4
Thursday 13 September 1951
LONG EATON ARCHERS 39
SWINDON ROBINS 45
National League Division Three
LONG EATON
Jack Winstanley 2 3 3 3 - - - 11
Frank Malouf (C) F 0 0 2 - - - 2
Eric Mason 1 2* 2 1* - - - 6 (2)
Wilf Plant 0 3 3 2 - - - 8
Pedlar Palmer 2* 0 2 0 - - - 4 (1)
Peter Moore 3 2 0 1* - - - 6 (1)
Lionel Pugh 1 R - - - - - 1
Johnnie Jones F 1 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Charlie Lish
SWINDON
Buster Brown 3 R 3 R - - - 6
Bob Jones 1 1 3 3 - - - 8
Reg Lambourne 2* 1* 3 1 - - - 7 (2)
Danny Malone 3 2 3 3 - - - 11
Frank Evans 0 1 1* - - - - 2 (1)
Hugh Geddes (C) 1 0 0 - - - - 1
Mike Beddoe 2 2 2 2* - - - 8 (1)
Ken Wiggins 1 1* - - - - - 2 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: E.G. Cope
Ht 1: Brown, Winstanley, B. Jones, Malouf (fell), 72.4 (2-4)
Ht 2: Malone, Lambourne, Mason, Plant (f, rem), 74.6 (3-9)
Ht 3: Moore, Palmer, Geddes, Evans, 74.6 (8-10)
Ht 4: Plant, Beddoe, Pugh, Brown (ret), 74.4 (12-12)
Ht 5: Winstanley, Malone, Lambourne, Malouf (f, rem), 74.2 (15-15)
Ht 6: Plant, Mason, Evans, Geddes, 73.8 (20-16)
Ht 7: Brown, Moore, B. Jones, Palmer, 74.6 (22-20)
Ht 8: Lambourne, Mason, Wiggins, J. Jones (fell), 74.8 (24-24)
Ht 9: Winstanley, Beddoe, Evans, Malouf (f, rem), 74.0 (27-27)
Ht 10: B. Jones, Plant, Mason, Brown (ret), 75.0 (30-30)
Ht 11: Malone, Palmer, Lambourne, Moore, 74.2 (32-34)
Ht 12: Winstanley, Beddoe, Wiggins, Pugh (ret), 74.0 (35-37)
Ht 13: Malone, Beddoe, J. Jones, Palmer, 75.0 (36-42)
Ht 14: B. Jones, Malouf, Moore, Geddes, 74.6 (39-45)
Programme changes:
Ht 9: Beddoe replaced Geddes; Ht 12: Beddoe replaced Evans.
Cinders Trophy 1 lap dash
Eric Minall 20.4
Johnny Jones 19.6
Novices Scratch Race Humphries, Binfield, Pugh (f), Jim Courtney (nf)77.2
Reserves Scratch Race Beddoe, Hickman, Wiggins, J.Jones (f) 75.2
Toton Scratch Race Ht1 Malone, Winstanley, Mason, Brown 75.2
Toton Scratch Race Ht2 Malouf, Plant, Minall, B.Jones 75.0
Toton Scratch Race Ht3 Moore, Palmer, Evans, Bob Lovell 77.2
Friday 14 September 1951
ENGLAND ‘C’ 57
AMERICA 48
Test Match
(Staged at Swindon)
ENGLAND ‘C’
Ken Middleditch (C) 3 2 2 1* 2* 2 - 12 (2)
Bob Jones F 1* 1* 2 3 0 - 7 (2)
Terry Small 1 1* 1* 3 2 1 - 9 (2)
Buster Brown 0 2 2 0 0 - - 4
Bob Roger 0 2 2* 2* 2* 0 - 8 (3)
Gerald Jackson 2 0 3 3 3 3 - 14
Brian Crutcher - - - - - - - -
Frank Evans 3 - - - - - - 3
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
AMERICA
Nick Nicolaides (C) X 3 1 3 3 2 - 12
Jimmy Gibb F - - - - - - 0
Ernie Roccio 3 3 3 1* F 3 - 13 (1)
Royal Carroll 2* 1 0 2 1 1 - 7 (1)
Don Hawley 3 3 3 X 1 2 - 12
Lloyd Campbell 1 0 0 1 0 - - 2
Johnny Roccio 0 0 1 1* - - - 2 (1)
Johnny Gibson R 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: Charles Arthur
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: (Re-Run) Middleditch, Jones (fell), Gibb (fell), Nicolaides (ex, foul riding), 78.0 (3-0)
Ht 2: E. Roccio, Carroll, Small, Brown, 77.0 (4-5)
Ht 3: Hawley, Jackson, Campbell, Roger, 78.6 (6-9)
Ht 4: Nicolaides, Brown, Small, J. Roccio, 76.8 (9-12)
Ht 5: E. Roccio, Roger, Carroll, Jackson, 76.8. (11-16)
Ht 6: Hawley, Middleditch, Jones, Campbell, 78.2 (14-19)
Ht 7: Jackson, Roger, Nicolaides, J. Roccio, 77.4 (19-20)
Ht 8: E. Roccio, Middleditch, Jones, Carroll, 77.6 (22-23)
Ht 9: Hawley, Brown, Small, Campbell, 78.4 (25-26)
Ht 10: Nicolaides, Jones, Middleditch, Gibson (ret), 77.4 (28-29)
Ht 11: Small, Carroll, E. Roccio, Brown, 76.0 (31-32)
Ht 12: (Re-Run) Jackson, Roger, Campbell, Hawley (f, ex), 77.8 (36-33)
Ht 13: Nicolaides, Small, J. Roccio, Brown, 77.2 (38-37)
Ht 14: Jackson, Roger, Carroll, E. Roccio (fell), 78.0 (43-38)
Ht 15: Jones, Middleditch, Hawley, Campbell, 78.0 (48-39)
Ht 16: Jackson, Nicolaides, J. Roccio, Roger, 78.0 (51-42)
Ht 17: E. Roccio, Middleditch, Carroll, Jones, 77.8 (53-46)
Ht 18: Evans, Hawley, Small, Gibson, 78.4 (57-48)
Programme change:
Ht 4: J. Roccio replaced Gibb; Ht 7: J. Roccio replaced Gibb; Ht 10: Gibson replaced Gibb; Ht 13: J.
Roccio replaced Gibb; Ht 16: J. Roccio replaced Gibb; Ht 18: Evans replaced Brown; Gibson replaced
Campbell.
Thursday 20 September 1951
PLYMOUTH DEVILS 47
SWINDON ROBINS 37
National League Division Three
PLYMOUTH
George Wall (C) 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Johnny Bradford 0 0 0 - - - - 0
Alan Smith R 3 3 3 - - - 9
Frank Wheeler 1 3 1 0 - - - 5
Brian Hitchcock 3 0 1 2 - - - 6
Ron Barrett 2* 2 3 3 - - - 10 (1)
George Craig 2* 0 2* - - - - 4 (2)
Denis Hayles 1 0 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Sid Hazzard
SWINDON
Bob Jones 2 0 1 1* - - - 4 (1)
Buster Brown 1* 3 2 2 - - - 8 (1)
Reg Lambourne 2* 1* 2 0 - - - 5 (2)
Danny Malone 3 2 2 3 - - - 10
Hugh Geddes (C) 1 0 0 - - - - 1
Frank Evans 0 2 2 1* - - - 5 (1)
Mike Beddoe 1 1* 1 - - - - 3 (1)
Ken Wiggins 0 1 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: C.C. Mason
Ht 1: Wall, Jones, Brown, Bradford, 74.0 (3-3)
Ht 2: Malone, Lambourne, Wheeler, Smith (ret), 75.8 (4-8)
Ht 3: Hitchcock, Barrett, Geddes, Evans, 76.8 (9-9)
Ht 4: Wheeler, Craig, Beddoe, Jones, 78.4 (14-10)
Ht 5: Wall, Malone, Lambourne, Bradford, 75.8 (17-13)
Ht 6: Smith, Evans, Wheeler, Geddes, 73.8 (21-15)
Ht 7: Brown, Barrett, Jones, Hitchcock, 75.8 (23-19)
Ht 8: Smith, Lambourne, Hayles, Wiggins, 74.6 (27-21)
Ht 9: Wall, Evans, Beddoe, Craig, 76.2 (30-24)
Ht 10: Smith, Brown, Jones, Wheeler, 75.0 (33-27)
Ht 11: Barrett, Malone, Hitchcock, Lambourne, 76.4 (37-29)
Ht 12: Wall, Craig, Wiggins, Geddes, 76.4 (42-30)
Ht 13: Malone, Hitchcock, Beddoe, Hayles, 76.8 (44-34)
Ht 14: Barrett, Brown, Evans, Bradford, 77.0 (47-37)
Programme changes:
Ht 9: Craig replaced Bradford; Beddoe replaced Geddes.
Stadium Scurry (Ht 1): Doug Fursey, Geoff Woodger, Wiggins, Tom Turnham, 77.6
Event 3 (Ht 1): Wall, Lambourne, Brown, Wheeler, 75.6
Stadium Scurry (Ht 2): Beddoe, Turnham, Woodger, Fursey, 77.2
Event 3 (Ht 2): Malone, Geddes, Bradford, Smith, 77.2
Event 3 (Ht 3): Hitchcock, Craig, Barrett, Fursey, 78.2
Event 3 (Ht 4): Jones, Beddoe, Hayles, Evans, 77.0
Event 3 (Final): Wall, Jones, Malone, Hitchcock, 76.2
Saturday 22 September 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 38
POOLE PIRATES 46
National League Division Three
SWINDON
Bob Jones 1 0 1 3 - - - 5
Buster Brown 0 1 0 - - - - 1
Reg Lambourne 2 1* 3 2 - - - 8 (1)
Danny Malone 1* 3 2 F - - - 6 (1)
Hugh Geddes (C) 2* 1* 3 3 - - - 9 (2)
Frank Evans 3 2 1 1 - - - 7
Mike Beddoe 1 0 X - - - - 1
Ken Wiggins 0 1 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
POOLE
Tony Lewis 2* R 0 1 - - - 3 (1)
Ken Middleditch (C) 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Terry Small 0 3 1* 0 - - - 4 (1)
Brian Crutcher 3 2* 2 R - - - 7 (1)
Bill Holden 0 0 2* 2 - - - 4 (1)
Roy Craighead 1 3 3 2* - - - 9 (1)
Charlie Hayden 2 2 - - - - - 4
Allan Kidd 2 1* - - - - - 3 (1)
Team manager: Don Gould
ACU Steward: George Allan
Ht 1: Middleditch, Lewis, Jones, Brown, 77.0 (1-5)
Ht 2: Crutcher, Lambourne, Malone, Small, 76.8 (4-8)
Ht 3: Evans, Geddes, Craighead, Holden, 77.8 (9-9)
Ht 4: Malone, Hayden, Beddoe, Lewis (ret), 77.6 (13-11)
Ht 5: Small, Crutcher, Brown, Jones, 76.8 (14-16)
Ht 6: Craighead, Malone, Lambourne, Holden, 77.4 (17-19)
Ht 7: Middleditch, Evans, Geddes, Lewis, 77.8 (20-22)
Ht 8: Lambourne, Kidd, Small, Wiggins, 78.2 (23-25)
Ht 9: Craighead, Holden, Jones, Beddoe, 77.4 (24-30)
Ht 10: Middleditch, Lambourne, Lewis, Malone (fell), 77.4 (26-34)
Ht 11: Geddes, Crutcher, Evans, Small, 77.6 (30-36)
Ht 12: (Re-Run) Jones, Holden, Kidd, Beddoe (f, ex), 77.0 (33-39)
Ht 13: Geddes, Hayden, Wiggins, Crutcher (ret), 78.8 (37-41)
Ht 14: Middleditch, Craighead, Evans, Brown, 78.4 (38-46)
Programme change:
Ht 9: Beddoe replaced Brown.
Junior Scurry: Beddoe, Berne Aldridge, Reg Nichols, Dudley Smith, 78.6
Match Champion (Ht 1): Middleditch, Holden, Craighead, Lewis, 77.8
Match Champion (Ht 2): Evans, Lambourne, Malone, Geddes, 78.0
Pirates and Robins’ Scurry: Brown, Kidd, Jones, Hayden, 77.4
Match Champion: Middleditch, Evans, 77.8 (2 riders only)
Final Scurry: Kidd, Beddoe, Wiggins, Hayden, 78.8
Tuesday 25 September 1951
ALDERSHOT SHOTS 52
SWINDON ROBINS 31
National League Division Three
ALDERSHOT
Ivor Powell 3 2* 1 2 - - - 8 (1)
Trevor Redmond X 3 3 3 - - - 9
Geoff Mardon 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Doug Papworth 0 1* 2* R - - - 3 (2)
Basil Harris (C) 2 2* 0 2* - - - 6 (2)
Bert Edwards 1* 3 3 0 - - - 7 (1)
Brian Wilson 2 1* - - - - - 3 (1)
Craig Jones 1 3 - - - - - 4
Team manager: Alec Moseley
SWINDON
Bob Jones 2 0 0 R - - - 2
Buster Brown 1* 1 2 2 - - - 6 (1)
Reg Lambourne 2 1 2 2 - - - 7
Danny Malone 1* 0 1* 0 - - - 2 (2)
Hugh Geddes (C) 0 0 - - - - - 0
Frank Evans 3 0 0 1* - - - 4 (1)
Mike Beddoe 3 1 2 1 - - - 7
Ken Wiggins 0 3 - - - - - 3
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Not recorded
Ht 1: Powell, B. Jones, Brown, Redmond (ex), 76.0 (3-3)
Ht 2: Mardon, Lambourne, Malone, Papworth, 75.2 (6-6)
Ht 3: Evans, Harris, Edwards, Geddes, 76.0 (9-9)
Ht 4: Beddoe, Wilson, Papworth, B. Jones, 74.8 (12-12)
Ht 5: Redmond, Powell, Lambourne, Malone, 75.2 (17-13)
Ht 6: Mardon, Papworth, Beddoe, Evans, 74.2 (22-14)
Ht 7: Edwards, Harris, Brown, B. Jones, 74.8 (27-15)
Ht 8: Mardon, Lambourne, C. Jones, Wiggins, 76.0 (31-17)
Ht 9: Redmond, Beddoe, Powell, Evans, 76.4 (35-19)
Ht 10: Mardon, Brown, Papworth (ret), B. Jones (ret), 76.2 (38-21)
Ht 11: Edwards, Lambourne, Malone, Harris, 74.6 (41-24)
Ht 12: Wiggins, Powell, Wilson, Geddes, 77.8 (44-27)
Ht 13: C. Jones, Harris, Beddoe, Malone, 74.8 (49-28)
Ht 14: Redmond, Brown, Evans, Edwards, 75.8 (52-31)
Programme changes:
Ht 6: Beddoe replaced Geddes; Ht 9: Beddoe replaced Geddes.
Thursday 4 October 1951
LONG EATON ARCHERS 60
SWINDON ROBINS 24
National League Division Three
LONG EATON
Jack Winstanley 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Frank Malouf (C) 2* 1 1 1 - - - 5 (1)
Eric Mason 2* 3 1 1 - - - 7 (1)
Wilf Plant 3 2* 1 3 - - - 9 (1)
Pedlar Palmer 1 1 1 1 - - - 4
Peter Moore 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Johnnie Jones 3 2* - - - - - 5 (1)
Eric Minall 3 3 - - - - - 6
Team manager: Charlie Lish
SWINDON
Bob Jones F 0 0 - - - - 0
Danny Malone 1 2 2 2 - - - 7
Reg Lambourne 1 0 2 0 - - - 3
Buster Brown 0 2 2 2 - - - 6
Hugh Geddes (C) 0 X 0 0 - - - 0
Frank Evans 2 2 2 0 - - - 6
Mike Beddoe 1 0 - - - - - 1
Ken Wiggins 0 0 1 - - - - 1
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: E.G. Cope
Ht 1: Winstanley, Malouf, Malone, B. Jones (fell), 71.4 (5-1)
Ht 2: Plant, Mason, Lambourne, Brown, 72.8 (10-2)
Ht 3: Moore, Evans, Palmer, Geddes, 72.6 (14-4)
Ht 4: J. Jones, Plant, Beddoe, B. Jones, 74.2 (19-5)
Ht 5: Winstanley, Brown, Malouf, Lambourne, 73.0 (23-7)
Ht 6: Mason, Evans, Plant, Geddes (ex), 74.8 (27-9)
Ht 7: Moore, Malone, Palmer, B. Jones, 72.8 (31-11)
Ht 8: Minall, Lambourne, Mason, Wiggins, 73.6 (35-13)
Ht 9: Winstanley, Evans, Malouf, Geddes, 74.4 (39-15)
Ht 10: Plant, Malone, Mason, Wiggins, 74.0 (43-17)
Ht 11: Moore, Brown, Palmer, Lambourne, 73.2 (47-19)
Ht 12: Winstanley, J. Jones, Wiggins, Geddes, 74.0 (52-20)
Ht 13: Minall, Brown, Palmer, Beddoe, 74.8 (56-22)
Ht 14: Moore, Malone, Malouf, Evans, 75.0 (60-24)
Programme change:
Ht 10: Wiggins replaced B. Jones.
Cinders Trophy 1 lap dash
Peter Moore (f) NT
Ray Binfield 20.0
Junior Scurry Hickman, Binfield, Barsby, Pugh (f) 75.4
Robins ScurryMalone, Evans, Brown, Humphries 74.2
Notts ScurryMason, Malone, Lamborne, B.Jones 75.6
Archers ScurryMoore, Plant, Winstanley, Palmer 73.6
Reserves Scratch RaceMinall, J.Jones, Beddoe, Wiggins 74.4
Saturday 6 October 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 38
EXETER FALCONS 46
National League Division Three
SWINDON
Bob Jones 1 0 3 - - - - 4
Danny Malone F 3 3 F - - - 6
Reg Lambourne 1* 1* 2 1 - - - 5 (2)
Buster Brown 2 2 2 R - - - 6
Hugh Geddes (C) 2 2 3 3 - - - 10
Frank Evans 0 0 1 - - - - 1
Mike Beddoe 1* 1 1 - - - - 3 (1)
Ken Wiggins 1* 1 1 - - - - 3 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
EXETER
Ken Walsh 3 3 1 3 - - - 10
Goog Hoskin 2* 3 2* 3 - - - 10 (2)
Bob Roger 3 2 3 2 - - - 10
Vic Gent (C) 0 1* 0 2 - - - 3 (1)
Don Hardy 3 3 2 2 - - - 10
Ted Moore 1 0 0 2* - - - 3 (1)
Paul Best 0 0 0 0 - - - 0
Morris Barnett - - - - - - - -
Team manager: Bill Dutton
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Walsh, Hoskin, Jones, Malone (fell), 76.6 (1-5)
Ht 2: Roger, Brown, Lambourne, Gent, 77.6 (4-8)
Ht 3: Hardy, Geddes, Moore, Evans, 78.2 (6-12)
Ht 4: Walsh, Brown, Beddoe, Best, 77.0 (9-15)
Ht 5: Malone, Roger, Gent, Jones, 78.0 (12-18)
Ht 6: Hardy, Brown, Lambourne, Moore, 77.6 (15-21)
Ht 7: Hoskin, Geddes, Walsh, Evans, 78.2 (17-25)
Ht 8: Roger, Lambourne, Wiggins, Best, 78.2 (20-28)
Ht 9: Malone, Hardy, Beddoe, Moore, 78.0 (24-30)
Ht 10: Walsh, Hoskin, Lambourne, Brown (ret), 77.8 (25-35)
Ht 11: Geddes, Roger, Wiggins, Gent, 78.6 (29-37)
Ht 12: Jones, Hardy, Beddoe, Best, 78.0 (33-39)
Ht 13: Geddes, Gent, Wiggins, Best, 78.8 (37-41)
Ht 14: Hoskin, Moore, Evans, Malone (fell), 77.4 (38-46)
Programme changes:
Ht 8: Best replaced Barnett; Ht 9: Beddoe replaced Jones; Ht 11: Wiggins replaced Evans; Ht 12:
Best replaced Barnett.
NOTE: Exeter had only seven riders, as Barnett was an absentee. Best therefore took Barnett’s two
programmed rides in heats 8 and 12.
Junior Scurry: Beddoe, Dudley Smith, Wiggins, Reg Nichols, 79.2
Falcons and Robins’ Scurry (Ht 1): Brown, Geddes, Evans, Malone (fell), 78.2
Falcons and Robins’ Scurry (Ht 2): Jones, Lambourne, Hoskin, Moore, 79.2
Falcons and Robins’ Scurry (Ht 3): Beddoe, Best, Wiggins, Smith (fell), 79.0
Falcons and Robins’ Scurry (Ht 4): Roger, Walsh, Gent, Hardy (ret), 77.0
Falcons and Robins’ Scurry (Final): Roger, Brown, Beddoe, Jones, 77.2
Saturday 13 October 1951
SWINDON ROBINS 27
BRISTOL BULLDOGS 57
Challenge
SWINDON
Bob Jones (C) 0 0 2 2 - - - 4
Danny Malone 3 2 0 0 - - - 5
Reg Lambourne 0 0 2 0 - - - 2
Buster Brown 1 0 1 3 - - - 5
Hugh Geddes 1 2 2 1 - - - 6
Frank Evans R R 1* 2 - - - 3 (1)
Mike Beddoe 1 1* - - - - - 2 (1)
Ken Wiggins 0 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
BRISTOL
Jack Mountford 1* 3 3 1* - - - 8 (2)
Billy Hole (C) 2 1 2 1 - - - 6
Eric Salmon 2* 3 3 0 - - - 8 (1)
Geoff Pymar 3 1 3 3 - - - 10
Chris Boss 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Dick Bradley 2* 2* 1 3 - - - 8 (2)
Johnny Hole 2* 2* - - - - - 4 (2)
Jack Summers 1 0 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Bill Hamblin
ACU Steward: George Allan
Ht 1: Malone, B. Hole, Mountford, Jones, 77.6 (3-3)
Ht 2: Pymar, Salmon, Brown, Lambourne, 78.2 (4-8)
Ht 3: Boss, Bradley, Geddes, Evans (ret), 76.4 (5-13)
Ht 4: Mountford, J. Hole, Beddoe, Brown, 78.2 (6-18)
Ht 5: Salmon, Malone, Pymar, Jones, 78.0 (8-22)
Ht 6: Boss, Bradley, Brown, Lambourne, 78.0 (9-27)
Ht 7: Mountford, Geddes, B. Hole, Evans (ret), 78.0 (11-31)
Ht 8: Salmon, Lambourne, Summers, Wiggins, 79.0 (13-35)
Ht 9: Boss, Jones, Bradley, Malone, 77.2 (15-39)
Ht 10: Brown, B. Hole, Mountford, Lambourne, 78.8 (18-42)
Ht 11: Pymar, Geddes, Evans, Salmon, 78.4 (21-45)
Ht 12: Boss, Jones, Beddoe, Summers, 78.4 (24-48)
Ht 13: Pymar, J. Hole, Geddes, Wiggins, 79.0 (25-53)
Ht 14: Bradley, Evans, B. Hole, Malone, 79.0 (27-57)
Programme changes:
None.
Special Match-Race: Brown, Jones, 65.0 (3 laps only, rolling start)
Junior Robins’ Scurry: Beddoe, Dudley Smith, Wiggins, Berne Aldridge, 80.6
Swindon Scratch Race: Boss, Malone and Evans (Dead-heat), Brown (fell), 78.4
Challenge Match-Race: Bradley, Jones, 77.4
Bulldogs’ Scratch Race: Pymar, Salmon, B. Hole, Mountford, 77.2
Final Scratch Race: J. Hole, Summers, Lambourne, Geddes, 79.4