WEMBLEY 1955

Updated 16.3.2017

Friday 8th April 1955 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 43 Wembley Lions 53 (Challenge)

West Ham Charlie New 1’ 1 1 F 3 1 Alan Smith 2 2 0 3 0 7 Gerry Hussey 3 3 2 3 2 0 13 Howdy Byford 0 0 0 0 Wally Green 2’ 2 2 3 1’ 10 2 Bert Roger 3 1’ 1’ 1 1 7 2 Don Lawson 1’ 1’ 1 0 3 2

Wembley Brian Crutcher 0 3 3 3 3 12 Tommy Price 3 3 0 0 2’ 8 1 Eric Williams 2 3 3 2 3 13 Jimmy Gooch 1’ 2’ 0 1’ 0 4 3 Freddie Williams E 2 0 1’ 3 6 1 Eric French 1’ 1 2’ 2 2 8 2 Dennis Newton 0 2’ 2 1

Ht1 Price, Smith, New, Crutcher 73.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Hussey, E.Williams, Gooch, Byford 72.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Roger, Green, French, F.Williams (ef) 73.2 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Price, Smith, Lawson, Newton 75.5 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Hussey, F.Williams, French, Byford 73.0 3 3 17 13 Ht6 E.Williams, Gooch, New, Smith 73.0 1 5 18 18 Ht7 Crutcher, Green, Roger, Price 72.6 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Smith, French, New, F.Williams 74.0 4 2 25 23 Ht9 E.Williams, Green, Roger, Gooch 73.6 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Crutcher, Hussey, Lawson, Price 72.4 3 3 31 29 Ht11 Crutcher, French, Lawson, New 73.6 1 5 32 34 Ht12 Green, E.Williams, F.Williams, Smith 74.0 3 3 35 37 Ht13 Hussey, French, Gooch, Lawson 74.4 3 3 38 40 Ht14 E.Williams, Newton, Roger, Byford 73.0 1 5 39 46 Ht15 Crutcher, Hussey, Green, Gooch 76.0 3 3 42 49 Ht16 F.Williams, Price, Roger, Hussey 75.0 1 5 43 53

Saturday 9th April 1955 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 49 Wembley Lions 47 (Challenge)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 0 3 3 2 3 3 14 Don Cuppleditch 2 1’ 1 0 4 1 Ron Johnston 0 0 1’ 3 1’ 5 2 Bob Duckworth 3 3 2 1’ 2 11 1 Peter Craven 1 1 3 2’ 2 9 1 Harry Edwards 0 1 3 0 4 Dick Fisher 2 0 0 2

Wembley Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 3 15 Tommy Price 1 3 2’ E 2 8 1 Eric Williams 2 2 2 0 1 7 Jimmy Gooch 1’ F 0 1 0 2 1 Freddie Williams 3 2 2 1 1’ 9 1 Eric French 2’ 1’ 1’ 0 2’ 6 4 Dennis Newton 0 0 0

Ht1 Crutcher, Cuppleditch, Price, Sharples 72.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Duckworth, E.Williams, Gooch, Johnston 73.6 3 3 5 7 Ht3 F.Williams, French, Craven, Edwards 73.2 1 5 6 12 Ht4 Price, Fisher, Cuppleditch, Newton 74.8 3 3 9 15 Ht5 Duckworth, F.Williams, French, Johnston 74.2 3 3 12 18 Ht6 Sharples, E.Williams, Cuppleditch, Gooch (f) 74.8 4 2 16 20 Ht7 Crutcher, Price, Craven, Fisher 74.4 1 5 17 25 Ht8 Sharples, F.Williams, French, Cuppleditch 73.8 3 3 20 28 Ht9 Craven, E.Williams, Edwards, Gooch 73.4 4 2 24 30 Ht10 Crutcher, Duckworth, Johnston, Price (ef) 74.4 3 3 27 33 Ht11 Crutcher, Sharples, Duckworth, French 74.4 3 3 30 36 Ht12 Sharples, Craven, F.Williams, E.Williams 75.0 5 1 35 37 Ht13 Johnston, French, Gooch, Fisher 76.2 3 3 38 40 Ht14 Edwards, Duckworth, E.Williams, Newton 76.2 5 1 43 41 Ht15 Crutcher, Craven, Johnston, Gooch 75.2 3 3 46 44 Ht16 Sharples, Price, F.Williams, Edwards 75.6 3 3 49 47

Monday 11th April 1955 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 48 Wembley Lions 48 (Challenge)

Wimbledon Alf Hagon F 0 2 1 2 5 Reg Trott 1 2 3 0 1 7 Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Cyril Brine X 1 0 3 2’ 6 1 Ron How 3 F F E 2’ 5 1 Peter Moore 2’ 1 2 0 5 1 Cyril Maidment 1’ 1 2 1

Wembley Brian Crutcher 2’ 3 2 2 0 9 1 Tommy Price 3 3 2’ 1’ 3 11 1 Eric Williams 1’ 2 3 3 1 10 1 Jimmy Gooch 2 1’ 1 0 1 5 1 Freddie Williams 1 0 3 2’ 1 7 1 Eric French 0 2 1 0 2 5 Dennis Newton 0 F 0

Ht1 Price, Crutcher, Trott, Hagon (f) 66.4 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Briggs, Gooch, E.Williams, Brine (exctps) 65.0 3 3 4 8 Ht3 How, Moore, F.Williams, French 68.2 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Price, Trott, Maidment, Newton 67.6 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Briggs, French, Brine, F.Williams 66.0 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Trott, E.Williams, Gooch, Hagon 68.0 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Crutcher, Price, Moore, How (f) 67.8 1 5 20 22 Ht8 F.Williams, Hagon, French, Trott 67.2 2 4 22 26 Ht9 E.Williams, Moore, Gooch, How (ef) 67.2 2 4 24 30 Ht10 Briggs, Crutcher, Price, Brine 65.2 3 3 27 33 Ht11 Brine, Crutcher, Hagon, French 67.0 4 2 31 35 Ht12 E.Williams, F.Williams, Trott, How (ef) 68.2 1 5 32 40 Ht13 Briggs, French, Maidment, Gooch 65.2 4 2 36 42 Ht14 Briggs, Brine, E.Williams, Newton (f) 67.4 5 1 41 43 Ht15 Briggs, How, Gooch, Crutcher 62.2 5 1 46 44 Ht16 Price, Hagon, F.Williams, Moore 67.2 2 4 48 48

Monday 25th April 1955 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 49 Wembley Lions 46 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 2 3 3 3 2’ 13 1 Alf Hagon F 0 1 1 F 2 Barry Briggs 3 3 3 2 3 14 Cyril Brine 0 1 1 0 2’ 2’ 6 2 Ron How 1 2 2 3 8 Peter Moore 0 1’ 0 3 2 6 1 Reg Trott 0 0 0

Wembley Brian Crutcher 3 3 2 3 1 12 Tommy Price 1 1’ 0 F X 2 1 Eric Williams 1’ 3 1 1 1 7 1 Eric French 2 1’ 3 3 0 9 1 Freddie Williams 3 2 E 0 3 8 Trevor Redmond 2’ X 2 2’ 1 7 2 Jimmy Gooch 2 0 2

Ht1 Crutcher, R.Moore, Price, Hagon (f) 64.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Briggs, French, E.Williams, Brine 64.4 3 3 5 7 Ht3 F.Williams, Redmond, How, P.Moore 65.6 1 5 6 12 Ht4 R.Moore, Gooch, Price, Trott 66.4 3 3 9 15 Ht5 Briggs, F.Williams, Brine, Redmond (exc) 64.6 4 2 13 17 Ht6 R.Moore, E.Williams, French, Hagon 65.8 3 3 16 20 Ht7 Crutcher, How, P.Moore, Price 65.4 3 3 19 23 Ht8 R.Moore, Redmond, Hagon, F.Williams (ef) 66.6 4 2 23 25 Ht9 French, How, E.Williams, P.Moore 66.6 2 4 25 29 Ht10 Briggs, Crutcher, Brine, Price (f) 64.8 4 2 29 31 Ht11 Crutcher, Redmond, Hagon, Brine 67.4 1 5 30 36 Ht12 How, R.Moore, E.Williams, F.Williams 67.6 5 1 35 37 Ht13 French, Briggs, Redmond, Trott 66.4 2 4 37 41 Ht14 P.Moore, Brine, E.Williams, Gooch 67.4 5 1 42 42 Ht15 Briggs, Brine, Crutcher, French 67.0 5 1 47 43 Ht16 F.Williams, P.Moore, Price (exc), Hagon (f) 67.0 2 3 49 46

Saturday 7th May 1955 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 57 Wembley Lions 39 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 3 3 3 2’ 3 14 1 Don Cuppleditch F 0 2’ 2’ 0 4 2 Peter Craven 3 3 2 3 3 14 Harry Edwards 1 0 0 0 1 Ron Johnston 3 1’ 2’ 3 E 9 2 Bob Duckworth 2’ 2 3 2 1 10 1 Dick Fisher 2 3 5

Wembley Brian Crutcher 1’ 0 1 1 1’ 4 2 Tommy Price 2 3 3 3 2* 2 15 Eric Williams F 1 1 1’ 3 6 1 Eric French 2 0 0 2 4 Freddie Williams 0 2 1 2 0 5 Trevor Redmond 1 1’ 0 0 2 1 Jimmy Gooch 1 1’ 1 3 1

Ht1 Sharples, Price, Crutcher, Cuppleditch 72.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Craven, French, Edwards, E.Williams (f) 72.4 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Johnston, Duckworth, Redmond, F.Williams 74.4 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Price, Fisher, Gooch, Cuppleditch 74.0 2 4 14 10 Ht5 Craven, F.Williams, Redmond, Edwards 74.2 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Sharples, Cuppleditch, E.Williams, French 74.4 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Price, Duckworth, Johnston, Crutcher 75.0 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Sharples, Cuppleditch, F.Williams, Redmond 75.0 5 1 30 18 Ht9 Duckworth, Johnston, F.Williams, E.Williams 76.0 5 1 35 19 Ht10 Price, Craven, Crutcher, Edwards 75.6 2 4 37 23 Ht11 Fisher, Sharples, Crutcher, Redmond 76.2 5 1 42 24 Ht12 Johnston, F.Williams, E.Williams, Cuppleditch 75.8 3 3 45 27 Ht13 Craven, Price*, Gooch, Fisher 75.8 3 3 48 30 Ht14 E.Williams, Duckworth, Gooch, Edwards 75.2 2 4 50 34 Ht15 Craven, French, Crutcher, Johnston (ef) 76.8 3 3 53 37 Ht16 Sharples, Price, Duckworth, F.Williams 75.8 4 2 57 39

Monday 9th May 1955 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon 32 Odsal 6 West Ham 20 Wembley 17 Birmingham 15

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 12 Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 12 Ron How 2 3 3 0 8

Odsal Eddie Rigg 0 1 1 Arthur Forrest 0 0 2 0 2 Arthur Wright 1 0 0 0 1 Cyril Brine 0 0 Alf Hagon 2 2

West Ham Jack Young 1 3 0 3 7 Split Waterman 2 1 3 0 6 Gerald Hussey 2 2 2 1 7

Wembley Tommy Price 2 1 1 2 6 Freddie Williams 0 2 3 2 7 Eric Williams 0 1 1 2 4

Birmingham Alan Hunt 1 2 2 1 6 Ron Mountford 3 0 2 1 6 Graham Warren 1 0 1 1 3

W O WH WE B Ht1 Moore, Price, Young, Rigg 65.4 3 0 1 2 0 Ht2 Briggs, Waterman, Hunt, Forrest 63.8 6 0 3 2 1 Ht3 Mountford, How, Wright, F.Williams 66.0 8 1 3 2 4 Ht4 Moore, Hussey, Warren, E.Williams 65.4 11 1 5 2 5 Ht5 Briggs, F.Williams, Rigg, Warren 64.2 14 2 5 4 5 Ht6 How, Hussey, Price, Forrest 65.8 17 2 7 5 5 Ht7 Young, Hunt, E.Williams, Wright 65.4 17 2 10 6 7 Ht8 Moore, Forrest, Waterman, Mountford 65.0 20 4 11 6 7 Ht9 How, Hussey, E.Willliams, Brine 64.6 23 4 13 7 7 Ht10 Briggs, Mountford, Price, Wright 64.2 26 4 13 8 9 Ht11 Waterman, Hagon, Warren, How 66.2 26 6 16 8 10 Ht12 F.Williams, Hunt, Hussey, Wright 66.6 26 6 17 11 12 Ht13 Briggs, E.Williams, Mountford, Young 64.4 29 6 17 13 13 Ht14 Moore, Price, Hunt, Waterman 65.0 32 6 17 15 14 Ht15 Young, F.Williams, Warren, Forrest 66.2 32 6 20 17 15

Saturday 14th May 1955 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Odsal Tudors 46 Wembley Lions 50 (National League Division One)

Bradford Eddie Rigg 1 0 1 2 2 6 Keith Milner 0 3 1 3 1 8 Guy Allott 1 3 0 3 1’ 8 1 Arthur Wright 0 2’ 2 0 3 7 1 Arthur Forrest 3 2 2’ 3 2 12 1 Al Allison 0 1’ 3 E 1’ 5 2 John Gribbin 0 0 0

Wembley Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 3 15 Tommy Price 2’ 2 0 1 3 8 1 Eric Williams 3 2’ 0 2 1’ 8 2 Trevor Redmond 2’ 3 1 1’ 0 7 2 Freddie Williams 2 1 2 0 0 5 Eric French 1’ 0 0 1 2 4 1 Jimmy Gooch 1’ 2 3 1

Ht1 Crutcher, Price, Rigg, Milner 66.4 1 5 1 5 Ht2 E.Williams, Redmond, Allott, Wright 69.6 1 5 2 10 Ht3 Forrest, F.Williams, French, Allison 70.0 3 3 5 13 Ht4 Milner, Price, Gooch, Gribbin 67.8 3 3 8 16 Ht5 Allott, Wright, F.Williams, French 70.4 5 1 13 17 Ht6 Redmond, E.Williams, Milner, Rigg 70.4 1 5 14 22 Ht7 Crutcher, Forrest, Allison, Price 67.8 3 3 17 25 Ht8 Milner, F.Williams, Rigg, French 69.8 4 2 21 27 Ht9 Allison, Forrest, Redmond, E.Williams 67.6 5 1 26 28 Ht10 Crutcher, Wright, Price, Allott 67.8 2 4 28 32 Ht11 Crutcher, Rigg, French, Wright 68.0 2 4 30 36 Ht12 Forrest, E.Williams, Milner, F.Williams 69.4 4 2 34 38 Ht13 Allott, French, Redmond, Gribbin 70.4 3 3 37 41 Ht14 Wright, Gooch, E.Williams, Allison (ef) 70.4 3 3 40 44 Ht15 Crutcher, Forrest, Allott, Redmond 68.2 3 3 43 47 Ht16 Price, Rigg, Allison, F.Williams 69.4 3 3 46 50

Saturday 21st May 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 50 Wembley Lions 45 (National League Division One)

Birmingham Alan Hunt 1 2’ 2’ 2 1 8 2 Jim Tolley 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 Ron Mountford 3 E 1 2 1’ 7 1 Eric Boothroyd F F 0 2 2 Doug Davies 3 2 3 3 2 13 Graham Warren 1 0 2’ 1’ 4 2 Harry Bastable 1 1’ 0 2 1

Wembley Brian Crutcher 0 3 3 3 3 3 15 Tommy Price 2 2 1 2’ 3 10 1 Eric Williams 1’ 0 0 1 3 2’ 7 2 Trevor Redmond 2 1 1 1 0 5 Freddie Williams 0 3 1 0 4 Eric French 2’ 2 0 0 4 1 Jimmy Gooch 0 0 0

Ht1 Tolley, Price, Hunt, Crutcher 72.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Mountford, Redmond, E.Williams, Boothroyd (f) 74.0 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Davies, French, Warren, F.Williams 74.0 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Tolley, Price, Bastable, Gooch 74.8 4 2 15 9 Ht5 F.Williams, French, Mountford (ef), Boothroyd (f)77.2 0 5 15 14 Ht6 Tolley, Hunt, Redmond, E.Williams 75.0 5 1 20 15 Ht7 Crutcher, Davies, Price, Warren 73.8 2 4 22 19 Ht8 Tolley, Hunt, F.Williams, French 75.6 5 1 27 20 Ht9 Davies, Warren, Redmond, E.Williams 75.2 5 1 32 21 Ht10 Crutcher, Price, Mountford, Boothroyd 73.8 1 5 33 26 Ht11 Crutcher, Hunt, Bastable, French 74.6 3 3 36 29 Ht12 Davies, Tolley, E.Williams, F.Williams 75.8 5 1 41 30 Ht13 Crutcher, Mountford, Redmond, Bastable 75.0 2 4 43 34 Ht14 E.Williams, Boothroyd, Warren, Gooch 76.4 3 3 46 37 Ht15 Crutcher, Davies, Mountford, Redmond 75.0 3 3 49 40 Ht16 Price, E.Williams, Hunt, Warren 76.4 1 5 50 45

Thursday 26th May 1955 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 49 Wimbledon Dons 47 (National League Division One)

Wembley Gerald Jackson 1 0 2 3 1 7 Freddie Williams 3 2 3 E 2 10 Eric Williams 1’ 1 2 3 2’ 9 2 Trevor Redmond 2 2 1’ E 3 8 1 Brian Crutcher 2 2 3 0 3 10 Eric French 1’ 1’ 2’ 0 0 4 3 Jimmy Gooch 1’ 0 1 1

Wimbledon Alf Hagon 0 0 0 0 0 Ronnie Moore 2 3 3 3 2’ 13 1 Ron How 0 1’ 1 1 2 5 1 Peter Moore 3 2 0 2 1 8 Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 3 15 Cyril Maidment 0 0 1 2 1’ 4 1 Cyril Brine 0 1’ 1’ 2 2

Ht1 F.Williams, R.Moore, Jackson, Hagon 72.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 P.Moore, Redmond, E.Williams, How 72.8 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Briggs, Crutcher, French, Maidment 73.0 3 3 10 8 Ht4 R.Moore, F.Williams, Gooch, Brine 73.2 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Briggs, Redmond, E.Williams, Maidment 71.8 3 3 16 14 Ht6 F.Williams, P.Moore, How, Jackson 72.0 3 3 19 17 Ht7 R.Moore, Crutcher, French, Hagon 71.8 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Briggs, Jackson, Maidment, F.Williams (ef) 72.6 2 4 24 24 Ht9 Crutcher, French, How, P.Moore 72.6 5 1 29 25 Ht10 R.Moore, E.Williams, Redmond, Hagon 73.0 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Jackson, Maidment, Brine, Redmond (ef) 73.6 3 3 35 31 Ht12 Briggs, F.Williams, How, Crutcher 71.8 2 4 37 35 Ht13 E.Williams, P.Moore, Maidment, Gooch (excbor)73.6 3 3 40 38 Ht14 Redmond, How, Brine, French 73.8 3 3 43 41 Ht15 Crutcher, E.Williams, P.Moore, Hagon 73.4 5 1 48 42 Ht16 Briggs, R.Moore, Jackson, French 72.8 1 5 49 47

Wembley Invitation Handicap Yards On Gooch (30), Briggs (0), Hussey (10), Brine (20), French (15) 73.8

Flying Four Scratch Race 3 laps Moore, Young, Crutcher, waterman 55.2

Side-car Scratch Race Ht1 Geoff Lucy, Harold Hill, Geoff Baker, Bill Evans 85.2 Ht2 Lucy (0), Baker (20), Evans (30), Hill (2) 89.2

Wembley Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Moore, Williams, Redmond, Jackson 54.8 ? Ht2 Briggs, Hussey, Crutcher, French 54.6 ? Ht3 Young, Williams, How, Waterman 55.2 ? Final Moore, Briggs, Williams, Young (exctps) 55.2

Monday 30th May 1955 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 51 Wembley Lions 45 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon Alf Hagon 2’ 2’ 0 3 2 9 2 Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 Ron How 1’ 0 2 0 0 3 1 Peter Moore 2 1 1’ 1 1’ 6 2 Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 3 15 Reg Trott 0 0 2 0 2 Cyril Brine 1 0 1 2

Wembley Tommy Price 0 1’ 1’ 2 1’ 5 3 Freddie Williams 1 2 3 3 9 Brian Crutcher 3 1 2 0 1 3 10 Trevor Redmond 0 0 1’ 1 1 Eric Williams 1’ 3 2 0 2’ 1 9 2 Eric French 2 2’ 0 3 2 9 1 Jimmy Gooch 0 0 0

Ht1 R.Moore, Hagon, F.Williams, Price 66.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Crutcher, P.Moore, How, Redmond 66.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Briggs, French, E.Williams, Trott 63.6 3 3 11 7 Ht4 R.Moore, F.Williams, Brine, Gooch 65.6 4 2 15 9 Ht5 E.Williams, French, P.Moore, How 66.2 1 5 16 14 Ht6 R.Moore, Hagon, Crutcher, Redmond 64.6 5 1 21 15 Ht7 Briggs, F.Williams, Price, Trott 64.2 3 3 24 18 Ht8 R.Moore, E.Williams, French, Hagon 65.4 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Briggs, Crutcher, Redmond, Brine 64.2 3 3 30 24 Ht10 F.Williams, How, P.Moore, Crutcher 66.0 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Hagon, Price, P.Moore, French 66.0 4 2 37 29 Ht12 Briggs, R.Moore, Crutcher, E.Williams 65.4 5 1 42 30 Ht13 French, E.Williams, Brine, How 66.6 1 5 43 35 Ht14 Crutcher, Trott, P.Moore, Gooch 66.4 3 3 46 38 Ht15 Briggs, French, Price, How 65.2 3 3 49 41 Ht16 F.Williams, Hagon, E.Williams, Trott 66.4 2 4 51 45

Thursday 2nd June 1955 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 66 Norwich Stars 30 (National League Division One)

WEMBLEY Tommy Price 3 3 1 3 0 10 Fred Williams 0 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Eric Williams 3 1 3 3 1 11 Trevor Redmond 2’ 3 1 1 1’ 8 2 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 3 15 Eric French 2’ 1 2’ 2 2 9 2 Jimmy Gooch 1 2’ 3 1

NORWICH Aub Lawson 1’ 2 0 0 2 5 1 Billy Bales 2 2 0 0 2 3 9 Cyril Roger 1 0 1 2 1 3 8 Fred Brand 0 1 0 1 0 2 Phil Clarke 1 2 2 0 0 1 6 Don Lawson 0 0 0 0 Malcolm Flood 0 0

1 Price, Bales, A. Lawson, F. Williams, 72.4 3 3 2 E. Williams, Redmond, Roger, Brand, 72.8 8 4 3 Crutcher, French, Clarke, D. Lawson, 71.4 13 5 4 F. Williams, Bales, Gooch, Flood, 72.4 17 7 5 Redmond, Clarke, E. Williams, D. Lawson, 72.6 21 9 6 Price, F. Williams, Brand, Roger (f), 72.4 26 10 7 Crutcher, A. Lawson, French, Bales, 72.0 30 12 8 F. Williams, Clarke, Price, Bales, 72.2 34 14 9 Crutcher, French, Roger, Brand, 71.8 39 15 10 E. Williams, Bales, Redmond, A. Lawson (ex), 72.4 43 17 11 Price, Roger, Redmond, A. Lawson, 73.0 47 19 12 F. Williams, Crutcher, Roger, Clarke, 72.8 52 20 13 E. Williams, Gooch, Brand, Clarke, 73.8 57 21 14 Roger, French, Redmond, D. Lawson (f), 74.8 60 24 15 Crutcher, A. Lawson, E. Williams, Brand, 72.8 64 26 16 Bales, French, Clarke, Price (e/f), 73.6 66 30

Wembley Invitation Handicap – yards behind scratch Gooch (20), Brand (10), Ken McKinlay (0), Ken Adams (15), Peter Clarke (5), 74.2

Wembley Scratch Race – 3 lap races 1 F. Williams, Price, Redmond, Roger, 55.6 2 Crutcher, French, Peter Clarke, Phil Clarke, 55.4 3 A. Lawson, E. Williams, McKinlay, Adams, 56.0 Final – F. Williams, Crutcher, E. Williams, A. Lawson (ex), 55.6

Bantam Car Match – Wembley v Southampton – 2 laps, rolling start 1 French (W), Keith Yeo (S), Gerry Bridson (S), Bill Kitchen (W), 56.0 .... W 3 – S 3 2 Bill Randall (S), Ray Hammond (S), Redmond (W), E> Williams (W), 56.2 .... W 4 – S 8

Saturday 4th June 1955 Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich Stars 46 Wembley Lions 50 (National League Division One)

NORWICH Aub Lawson 1 1 1’ 0 2 5 1 Phil Clarke 3 3 3 2 3 14 Cyril Roger 3 0 2 3 0 8 Fred Brand 1 1 1’ 1 2’ 6 2 Billy Bales 1 0 3 1 1 6 Harry Edwards 0 3 0 3 1’ 7 1 Malcolm Flood 0 0 0

WEMBLEY Tommy Price 0 1’ 3 3 3 10 1 Fred Williams 2 2 2 0 0 6 Eric Williams 0 2 1’ 0 1 4 1 Trevor Redmond 2 0 2 1’ 2’ 7 2 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 2 3 14 Eric French 2’ 2’ 0 2’ 2 8 3 Ken Adams 1’ 0 1 1

1 Clarke, F. Williams, Lawson, Price, 75.2 4 2 2 Roger, Redmond, Brand, E. Williams, 74.0 8 4 3 Crutcher, French, Bales, Edwards, 73.2 9 9 4 Clarke, F. Williams, Adams, Flood, 73.8 12 12 5 Crutcher, French, Brand, Roger, 73.6 13 17 6 Clarke, E. Williams, Lawson, Redmond, 74.0 17 19 7 Edwards, F. Williams, Price, Bales, 75.8 20 22 8 Crutcher, Clarke, Lawson, French, 74.4 23 25 9 Bales, Redmond, E. Williams, Edwards, 75.6 26 28 10 Price, Roger, Brand, F. Williams, 75.0 29 31 11 Price, French, Brand, Lawson, 74.8 30 36 12 Clarke, Crutcher, Bales, E. Williams, 74.2 34 38 13 Roger, French, Redmond, Flood, 75.0 37 41 14 Edwards, Brand, E. Williams, Adams, 76.0 42 42 15 Price, Redmond, Bales, Roger, 75.4 43 47 16 Crutcher, Lawson, Edwards, F. Williams, 74.4 46 50

Thursday 9th June 1955 Wembley Stadium, London £500 Open Championship

Ken Sharples 1 0 1 1 1 4 Freddie Williams 3 1 0 2 3 7 Eddie Rigg 0 0 0 1 0 1 Ron Mountford 2 2 2 2 2 10 Arthur Wright 3 1 2 2 3 10 Trevor Redmond 2 2 2 0 1 7 Eric Williams 1 1 0 0 0 2 Ron How 0 0 1 1 0 2 Jack Young 3 2 3 3 2 13 Gerry Hussey 0 0 1 0 2 3 Eric French 2 2 0 0 0 4 Split Waterman 1 1 1 2 2 7 Tommy Price 0 3 3 3 3 12 Brian Crutcher 2 3 2 3 1 11 Barry Briggs 3 3 3 1 3 13 Ronnie Moore 1 3 3 3 1 11

Ht1 F.Williams, Mountford, Sharples, Rigg 71.4 Ht2 Wright, Redmond, E.Williams, How 71.2 Ht3 Young, French, Waterman, Hussey 71.0 Ht4 Briggs, Crutcher, Moore, Price 70.4 Ht5 Price, Young, Wright, Sharples 72.2 Ht6 Crutcher, Redmond, F.Williams, Hussey 71.4 Ht7 Briggs, French, E.Williams, Rigg 71.4 Ht8 Moore, Mountford, Waterman, How 71.8 Ht9 Moore, Redmond, Sharples, French 72.6 Ht10 Briggs, Wright, Waterman, F.Williams 71.2 Ht11 Young, Crutcher, How, Rigg 72.0 Ht12 Price, Mountford, Hussey, E.Williams 72.0 Ht13 Crutcher, Waterman, Sharples, E.Williams 72.0 Ht14 Price, F.Williams, How, French 72.4 Ht15 Moore, Wright, Rigg, Hussey 72.0 Ht16 Young, Mountford, Briggs, Redmond 71.6 Ht17 Briggs, Hussey, Sharples, How 71.8 Ht18 F.Williams, Young, Moore, E.Williams 72.0 Ht19 Price, Waterman, Redmond, Rigg 72.4 Ht20 Wright, Mountford, Crutcher, French 72.0 SF2 Briggs, Wright, Price, Mountford 71.4 SF2 Crutcher, Moore, F.Williams, Young 72.8 Final Briggs, Moore, Wright, Crutcher (ef) 72.2

Saturday 11th June 1955 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Odsal Tudors 55 Wembley Lions 41 (National League Division One)

Bradford Eddie Rigg 0 3 1 2 6 Keith Milner 2 3 2 2’ Inj 9 1 Guy Allott 1’ 0 2’ 2’ 0 5 3 Arthur Wright 2 3 3 3 3 14 Arthur Forrest 3 3 2 2’ 3 13 1 Al Allison 0 1’ 2’ 3 2 Des Haswell 1 0 1’ 3 F 5 1

Wembley Tommy Price 3 1’ 0 2 2 8 1 Freddie Williams 1 2 2 1 6 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 0 F 3 12 Eric French 0 1 0 0 1 Eric Williams 2 2 1 3 1 1 10 Trevor Redmond 1’ 1’ 0 0 1 3 2 Ken Adams 0 1 1

Ht1 Price, Milner, F.Williams, Rigg 67.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Crutcher, Wright, Allott, French 67.2 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Forrest, E.Williams, Redmond, Allison 66.6 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Milner, F.Williams, Haswell, Adams 67.6 4 2 12 12 Ht5 Wright, E.Williams, Redmond, Allott 67.4 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Crutcher, Milner, French, Rigg (ns) 66.2 2 4 17 19 Ht7 Forrest, F.Williams, Price, Haswell 67.8 3 3 20 22 Ht8 Rigg, Milner, E.Williams, Redmond 68.2 5 1 25 23 Ht9 Crutcher, Forrest, Allison, French 66.6 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Wright, Allott, F.Williams, Price 68.0 5 1 33 27 Ht11 Wright, Price, Rigg, Redmond 68.2 4 2 37 29 Ht12* E.Williams, Forrest, Haswell only 68.2 3 3 40 32 Ht13 Haswell, Allott, Redmond, French 66.8 5 1 45 33 Ht14 Wright, Allison, Adams, Crutcher (f) 67.8 5 1 50 34 Ht15 Forrest, Price, E.Williams, Allott 68.4 3 3 53 37 Ht16 Crutcher, Rigg, E.Williams, Haswell (f) 67.4 2 4 55 41 *Crutcher & Milner inj

Thursday 16th June 1955 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 66 Belle Vue Aces 30 (National League Division One)

Wembley Tommy Price 3 3 3 2 3 14 Freddie Williams 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 3 12 3 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 2 3 14 Eric French 1 2’ 1’ 1 0 5 2 Eric Williams 3 2’ 0 2 2’ 9 2 Trevor Redmond 2’ 3 2 2 2’ 11 2 Ken Adams 1 1’ 2 1

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 1 0 2 3 0 6 Fred Rogers 0 2 1 0 0 3 Ron Johnston 2 1 3 2 3 11 Bob Duckworth 0 0 1 3 1 5 Peter Craven 1 1 1 0 1 4 Peter Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dick Fisher 0 1 1

Ht1 Price, F.Williams, Sharples, Rogers 72.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Crutcher, Johnston, French, Duckworth 72.0 4 2 9 3 Ht3 E.Williams, Redmond, Craven, P.Williams 72.8 5 1 14 4 Ht4 F.Williams, Rogers, Adams, Fisher 72.0 4 2 18 6 Ht5 Crutcher, French, Craven, P.Williams 72.0 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Price, F.Williams, Johnston, Duckworth 73.0 5 1 28 8 Ht7 Redmond, E.Williams, Rogers, Sharples 73.6 5 1 33 9 Ht8 Price, F.Williams, Craven, P.Williams 73.2 5 1 38 10 Ht9 Johnston, Redmond, Duckworth, E.Williams 73.6 2 4 40 14 Ht10 Crutcher, Sharples, French, Rogers 73.4 4 2 44 16 Ht11 Sharples, Price, French, P.Williams 74.2 3 3 47 19 Ht12 F.Williams, Johnston, E.Williams, Craven 72.4 4 2 51 21 Ht13 Duckworth, Crutcher, Adams, P.Williams 73.0 3 3 54 24 Ht14 Johnston, Redmond, Fisher, French 74.4 2 4 56 28 Ht15 Crutcher, E.Williams, Duckworth, Sharples 73.6 5 1 61 29 Ht16 Price, Redmond, Craven, Rogers 74.0 5 1 66 30

Match Race Championship (Decider) Ht1 Ronnie Moore bt Barry Briggs 69.6 Ht2 Barry Briggs bt Ronnie Moore 70.0 Ht3 Ronnie Moore bt Barry Briggs 70.2

Southern Area League Scratch Race 3 laps Albert Sparrey, Eric Hockaday, Michael Broadbanks, Merv Hanham 58.2

Wembley Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 R.Moore, F.Williams, Johnston, Adams 54.8 ? Ht2 Price, B.Briggs, French, Sharples 55.4 ? Ht3 Crutcher, E.Williams, Redmond, Duckworth 56.0 ? Final Moore, Crutcher, Price, E.Williams 54.8

Saturday 18th June 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 55 Wembley Lions 41 (National League Division One)

Birmingham Alan Hunt 3 3 3 1’ 3 13 1 Harry Bastable 1 0 0 0 1’ 2 1 Ron Mountford 0 3 3 2 1’ 9 1 Jim Tolley 1 1 0 2 Doug Davies 3 3 3 2 2 13 Eric Boothroyd 2’ 2’ 1 2 2’ 9 3 Graham Warren 3 2 1’ 1’ 7 2

Wembley Tommy Price 2 X 2 3 3 10 Freddie Williams 0 2 1 1’ 1 5 1 Brian Crutcher 3 2 2 3 3 13 Eric French 2’ 1’ 0 3 0 6 2 Eric Williams 1 0 2 0 E 3 Trevor Redmond 0 2 1’ 0 0 3 1 Ken Adams 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Hunt, Price, Bastable, F.Williams 73.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Crutcher, French, Tolley, Mountford 73.4 1 5 5 7 Ht3 Davies, Boothroyd, E.Williams, Redmond 75.4 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Warren, F.Williams, Adams, Bastable 75.8 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Mountford, Redmond, Tolley, E.Williams 75.8 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Hunt, Crutcher, French, Bastable 74.8 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Davies, Boothroyd, F.Williams, Price (fexc) 76.0 5 1 25 17 Ht8 Hunt, E.Williams, Redmond, Bastable 76.4 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Davies, Crutcher, Boothroyd, French 75.4 4 2 32 22 Ht10 Mountford, Price, F.Williams, Tolley 75.8 3 3 35 25 Ht11 Price, Warren, Hunt, Redmond 76.6 3 3 38 28 Ht12 Crutcher, Davies, Bastable, E.Williams 76.4 3 3 41 31 Ht13 French, Mountford, Warren, Redmond 77.6 3 3 44 34 Ht14 Crutcher, Boothroyd, Warren, Adams 76.8 3 3 47 37 Ht15 Price, Davies, Mountford, French 76.0 3 3 50 40 Ht16 Hunt, Boothroyd, F.Williams, E.Williams (ef) 78.8 5 1 55 41

Thursday 23rd June 1955 Wembley Stadium, London England 67 Australasia 41 (Test Match)

England Tommy Price 1’ 0 2’ 1 2’ 1 9 3 Brian Crutcher 2 2 3 3 3 3 16 Eric Williams 3 1’ 1’ 3 1’ 2 11 3 Arthur Wright 1 2 2 1 2 1’ 9 1 Freddie Williams 2 3 3 3 3 3 17 Phil Clarke 1’ 1 1 0 3 Ron Mountford 2’ 2’ 4 2

Australasia Ronnie Moore 3 3 E 2 F 1 9 Peter Moore 0 F 2 0 0 2 Barry Briggs 2 0 E 2 1 F 5 Aub Lawson 0 2 1 0 0 3 Jack Young 3 3 3 2 1 3 15 Peter Clark 0 0 0 0 Jack Geran 1 1’ 3 0 2 7 1 Bob Duckworth DNR

Ht1 R.Moore, Crutcher, Price, P.Moore 70.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 E.Williams, Briggs, Wright, Lawson 71.2 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Young, F.Williams, Clarke, Clark 71.6 3 3 10 8 Ht4 R.Moore, Wright, E.Williams, P.Moore (f) 71.6 3 3 13 11 Ht5 F.Williams, Lawson, Clarke, Briggs 71.8 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Young, Crutcher, Geran, Price 72.0 2 4 19 17 Ht7 F.Williams, P.Moore, Clarke, R.Moore (ef) 71.8 4 2 23 19 Ht8 Crutcher, Price, Lawson, Briggs (ef) 72.2 5 1 28 20 Ht9 Young, Wright, E.Williams, Clark 72.2 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Crutcher, R.Moore, Price, P.Moore 72.4 4 2 35 25 Ht11 E.Williams, Briggs, Wright, Lawson 73.2 4 2 39 27 Ht12 F.Williams, Young, Geran, Clarke 72.4 3 3 42 30 Ht13 Geran, Wright, E.Williams, R.Moore (f) 73.2 3 3 45 33 Ht14 F.Williams, Mountford, Briggs, Lawson 72.8 5 1 50 34 Ht15 Crutcher, Price, Young, Geran 73.6 5 1 55 35 Ht16 F.Williams, Mountford, R.Moore, P.Moore 73.6 5 1 60 36 Ht17 Crutcher, Geran, Price, Briggs (f) 73.6 4 2 64 38 Ht18 Young, E.Williams, Wright, Clark 73.4 3 3 67 41

Thursday 30th June 1955 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 68 Birmingham Brummies 28 (National League Division One)

Wembley Tommy Price 1 3 2’ 2’ 3 11 2 Freddie Williams 3 0 1 3 1 8 Brian Crutcher 2’ 3 3 3 3 14 1 Eric French 3 2’ 1 3 3 12 1 Eric Williams 3 2 3 3 2’ 13 1 Trevor Redmond 2’ 1’ 1 1 2’ 7 3 Ken Adams 2 1 3

Birmingham Eric Boothroyd 0 0 0 0 1 1 Doug Davies 2 3 3 2 10 Ron Mountford 1 2 2 1 2 0 8 Harry Bastable 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 Jim Tolley 0 0 0 0 Alan Hunt 1 1 0 0 1 3 Graham Warren 1 1 0 2

Ht1 F.Williams, Davies, Price, Boothroyd 72.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 French, Crutcher, Mountford, Bastable 72.2 5 1 9 3 Ht3 E.Williams, Redmond, Hunt, Tolley 72.6 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Davies, Adams, Warren, F.Williams 72.8 2 4 16 8 Ht5 Crutcher, French, Hunt, Tolley 72.0 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Price, Mountford, F.Williams, Bastable 72.6 4 2 25 11 Ht7 Davies, E.Williams, Redmond, Boothroyd 72.8 3 3 28 14 Ht8 F.Williams, Price, Warren, Hunt 73.4 5 1 33 15 Ht9 E.Williams, Mountford, Redmond, Bastable 73.4 4 2 37 17 Ht10 Crutcher, Davies, French, Boothroyd 72.4 4 2 41 19 Ht11 French, Price, Mountford, Boothroyd 73.8 5 1 46 20 Ht12 E.Williams, Bastable, F.Williams, Hunt 74.0 4 2 50 22 Ht13 Crutcher, Mountford, Adams, Tolley 73.6 4 2 54 24 Ht14 French, Bastable, Redmond, Warren 73.6 4 2 58 26 Ht15 Crutcher, E.Williams, Boothroyd, Mountford 72.6 5 1 63 27 Ht16 Price, Redmond, Hunt, Bastable 73.4 5 1 68 28

Wembley Handicap Adams, Mountford, French, Crutcher, Bastable 73.6

Stadium Scratch Race 3 laps McKinlay, Warren, Redmond, Hussey 55.2

Wembley Scratch 3 laps Ht1 F.Williams, Adams, Hunt, French 56.2 ? Ht2 Crutcher, Mountford, Redmond, Boothroyd 55.6 ? Ht3 McKinlay, E.Williams, Price, Hussey 55.4 ? Final Crutcher, McKinlay, F.Williams, Mountford 55.4

Saturday 2nd July 1955 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 53 Wembley Lions 43 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 3 3 2 2 2 12 Fred Rogers 1 2’ 0 0 3 1 Ron Johnston 3 2 3 3 2’ 13 1 Bob Duckworth 0 F 2’ 0 E 2 1 Peter Craven 1 3 3 2 3 12 Peter Williams 0 1 2’ 3 1’ 7 2 Dick Fisher 3 0 1 4

Wembley Tommy Price 2 2 0 2* 1 7 Freddie Williams 0 1 1 0 2 Eric Williams 1’ 1’ 1 1 4 2 Trevor Redmond 2 2 0 2 0 6 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3* 3 3 18 Eric French 2’ 1 1 1 0 5 1 Ken Adams 0 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Sharples, Price, Rogers, F.Williams 74.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Johnston, Redmond, E.Williams, Duckworth 74.8 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Crutcher, French, Craven, P.Williams 73.0 1 5 8 10 Ht4 Fisher, Rogers, F.Williams, Adams 76.8 5 1 13 11 Ht5 Crutcher, Johnston, French, Duckworth (f) 73.4 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Sharples, Redmond, E.Williams, Rogers 75.2 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Craven, Price, P.Williams, Adams 74.8 4 2 22 20 Ht8 Crutcher, Sharples, French, Rogers 75.0 2 4 24 24 Ht9 Craven, P.Williams, E.Williams, Redmond 74.4 5 1 29 25 Ht10 Johnston, Duckworth, F.Williams, Price 75.2 5 1 34 26 Ht11 Crutcher*, Sharples, French, Duckworth 74.8 2 4 36 30 Ht12 Crutcher, Craven, E.Williams, Fisher 75.0 2 4 38 34 Ht13 Johnston, Redmond, Fisher, French 76.2 4 2 42 36 Ht14 P.Williams, Price*, Adams, Duckworth (ef) 77.0 3 3 45 39 Ht15 Craven, Johnston, Price, Redmond 76.0 5 1 50 40 Ht16 Crutcher, Sharples, P.Williams, F.Williams 75.4 3 3 53 43

Monday 4th July 1954 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon 30, Bradford 17, West Ham 17, Wembley 16, Norwich 10 (Inter Track Challenge)

WIMBLEDON DONS Ronnie Moore 3 3 1 2 9 Barry Briggs 3 3 3 2 11 Ron How 3 2 2 3 10

BRADFORD TUDORS Eddie Rigg 1 3 3 0 7 Arthur Forrest 2 1 3 1 7 Arthur Wright 0 2 0 1 3

WEST HAM HAMMERS Jack Young 1 3 3 2 9 Split Waterman 2 0 0 2 Gerry Hussey 0 2 1 1 4 Peter Moore (Reserve) 2 2

WEMBLEY LIONS Tommy Price 1 0 0 3 4 Eric French 2 2 1 1 6 Eric Williams 2 1 0 3 6

NORWICH STARS Cyril Roger 1 1 2 0 4 Phil Clarke 0 1 3 2 6 Billy Bales 0 0 0 0 0

Running Totals given – Wim., Brad., W H., Wem., Nch.

1 R. Moore, French, Roger, Hussey, 64.8 3, x, 0, 2, 1 2 Briggs, Williams, Young, Clarke, 63.8 6, x, 1, 4, 1 3 How, Waterman, Price, Bales, 66.4 9, x, 3, 5, 1 4 Briggs, Hussey, Rigg, Bales, 65.4 12, 1, 5, 5, 1 5 R. Moore, Forrest, Clarke, Waterman, 15, 3, 5, 5, 2 6 Young, How, Roger, Wright, 65.6 17, 3, 8, 5, 3 7 Rigg, Roger, Williams, Waterman, 66.2 17, 6, 8, 6, 5 8 Young, French, Forrest, Bales, 66.6 17, 7, 11, 8, 5 9 Clarke, Wright, Hussey, Price, 67.6 17, 9, 12, 8, 8 10 Rigg, Young, R. Moore, Price, 66.8 18, 12, 14, 8, 8 11 Briggs, P. Moore, French, Wright, 65.2 21, 12, 16, 9, 8 12 Forrest, How, Hussey, Williams, 66.6 23, 15, 17, 9, 8 13 Williams, R. Moore, Wright, Bales, 67.4 25, 16, 17, 12, 8 14 Price, Briggs, Forrest, Roger, 66.2 27, 17, 17, 15, 8 15 How, Clarke, French, Rigg, 67.0 30, 17, 17, 16, 10

Thursday 7th July 1955 Wembley Stadium, London £500 Trophy

Eric French 2 0 1 1 2 6 Ken McKinlay 1 3 1 3 2 10 Freddie Williams 0 3 3 3 3 12 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 3 15 Arthur Forrest 1 1 2 0 1 5 Billy Bales 0 1 2 0 3 Eric Williams 3 0 1 3 F 7 Trevor Redmond 2 0 0 2 1 5 Split Waterman 2 2 1 2 1 8 Barry Briggs 3 2 2 2 3 12 Dick Bradley 0 1 0 1 2 4 Tommy Price 1 1 3 0 2 7 Ron How 3 2 2 0 7 Ron Mountford 0 0 0 Ronnie Moore 3 2 0 1 0 6 Jack Young 2 2 3 1 3 11 Arthur Wright (res) 1 0 0 1 2 Alan Smith (res) 0 0

Ht1 Crutcher, French, McKinlay, F.Williams 70.9 Ht2 E.Williams, Redmond, Forrest, Bales 72.0 Ht3 Briggs, Waterman, Price, Bradley 72.4 Ht4 Moore, Young, Wright, Mountford 72.6 Ht5 How, Waterman, Forrest, French 72.8 Ht6 McKinlay, Briggs, Bales, Mountford 72.0 Ht7 F.Williams, Moore, Bradley, E.Williams 72.2 Ht8 Crutcher, Young, Price, Redmond 71.8 Ht9 Young, Bales, French, Bradley 73.8 Ht10 Price, Forrest, McKinlay, Moore 73.4 Ht11 F.Williams, How, Waterman, Redmond 72.6 Ht12 Crutcher, Briggs, E.Williams, Wright 74.8 Ht13 E.Williams, How, French, Price 72.4 Ht14 McKinlay, Redmond, Bradley, Wright 74.8 Ht15 F.Williams, Briggs, Young, Forrest 73.4 Ht16 Crutcher, Waterman, Moore, Bales 74.2 Ht17 Briggs, French, Redmond, Moore 74.2 Ht18 Young, McKinlay, Waterman, E.Williams (f) 73.8 Ht19 F.Williams, Price, Wright, Smith 74.2 Ht20 Crutcher, Bradley, Forrest, How 74.2 SF1 Crutcher, McKinlay, Briggs, ? 73.4 SF2 Young, F.Williams, How, Waterman 74.0 Final Young, Crutcher, F.Williams, McKinlay 74.2

Thursday 14th July 1955 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 67 Belle Vue Aces 41 (National Trophy)

Wembley Tommy Price 1 1’ 3 3 F 8 1 Freddie Williams 3 2 3 3 3 3 17 Trevor Redmond 1’ 0 1 1 Eric Williams 2 3 2’ 2 E 9 1 Brian Crutcher 3 2 3 2’ 2 2’ 14 2 Eric French 1 1 0 2 1 5 Jimmy Gooch 3 E 2’ 3 1’ 9 2 Ken Adams 2’ 2’ 4 2

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 2 2 2 1’ 3 1 11 1 Fred Rogers 0 F 0 0 Ron Johnston 3 3 3 2 X F 11 Peter Williams 0 0 1 0 2’ 3 1 Bob Duckworth 2 1 1 1 3 8 Peter Craven 0 1 0 1’ 3 5 1 Dick Fisher 1 1 1 0 3 Frank Johnson 0 X 0

Ht1 F.Williams, Sharples, Price, Rogers 71.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Johnston, E.Williams, Redmond, P.Williams 72.8 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Crutcher, Duckworth, French, Rogers 72.6 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Gooch, Adams, Fisher, Johnson 74.0 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Johnston, F.Williams, Duckworth, Redmond 72.0 2 4 18 12 Ht6 E.Williams, Sharples, French, P.Williams 72.8 4 2 22 14 Ht7 Johnson, Crutcher, Price, Rogers (f) 72.4 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Price, Sharples, Craven, Gooch 72.8 3 3 28 20 Ht9 F.Williams, Johnston, Sharples, French 71.8 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Crutcher, Gooch, P.Williams, Rogers 73.4 5 1 36 24 Ht11 F.Williams, E.Williams, Duckworth, Craven 72.8 5 1 41 25 Ht12 Price, E.Williams, Fihser, Johnston (exc) 74.4 5 1 46 26 Ht13 F.Willams, Crutcher, Craven P.Williams 73.2 5 1 51 27 Ht14 Gooch, Adams, Fisher, Johnson (exc) 74.8 5 1 56 28 Ht15 Sharples, Crutcher, Duckworth, E.Williams 75.2 2 4 58 32 Ht16 Craven, French, Gooch, Fisher 73.0 3 3 61 35 Ht17 Duckworth, P.Williams, French, Price 74.0 1 5 62 40 Ht18 F.Williams, Crutcher, Sharples, Johnston 73.2 5 1 67 41

Non Speedway Motorcycle Race D.Smith, P.Bennett, E.Brice, R.Crosby, [ J.Dunn, J.Argrave, T.Davis (f), P.Roddy (f) 92.0

Two Lap Dash Tommy Price bt Ian Williams 55.6

Wembley Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Briggs, Crutcher, E.Williams, Johnston 55.0 ? Ht2 I.Williams, Sharples, French, Redmond 55.8 ? Ht3 Young, F.Williams, Price, Duckworth 55.4 ? Final Young, Briggs, F.Williams, I.Williams 54.8

Saturday 16th July 1955 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 61 Wembley Lions 47 (National Trophy)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 2 2’ 2’ 1 2 9 2 Dick Fisher 0 E 2 0 1 3 Ron Johnston 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Bob Duckworth 1 2 3 3 E 9 Peter Craven 2 3 1 3 3 2’ 14 1 Peter Williams^ F 0 0 1 1’ 2 1 Fred Rogers E 3 3 Frank Johnson 1 2’ 3 1

Wembley Brian Crutcher 3 3 0 3 1’ 1 11 1 Tommy Price 1 3 2 2 2 0 10 Freddie Williams 2 2 0 1 0 5 Trevor Redmond 1 1’ 1’ 2 0 5 2 Eric Williams 1 0 2 2 E 5 Eric French^ 0 1 0 0 1 Jimmy Gooch 3 1 3 7 Ken Adams 2’ 0 2 1

Ht1 Crutcher, Sharples, Price, Fisher 71.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Johnston, F.Williams, Duckworth, French 74.4 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Price, Craven, Redmond, P.Williams (f) 74.4 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Gooch, Adams, Johnson, Rogers (ef) 76.2 1 5 9 15 Ht5 Johnston, F.Williams, Redmond, Fisher (ef) 74.4 3 3 12 18 Ht6 Crutcher, Duckworth, French, P.Williams 74.8 2 4 14 22 Ht7 Craven, Sharples, E.Williams, F.Williams 74.6 5 1 19 23 Ht8 Johnston, Sharples, E.Williams, Crutcher 74.8 5 1 24 24 Ht9 Crutcher, Fisher, F.Williams, P.Williams 75.2 2 4 26 28 Ht10 Johnston, Price, Craven, French 75.2 4 2 30 30 Ht11 Duckworth, E.Williams, Redmond, Fisher 75.0 3 3 33 33 Ht12 Duckworth, Price, Sharples, F.Williams 75.2 4 2 37 35 Ht13 Craven, E.Williams, Fisher, French 75.4 4 2 41 37 Ht14 Rogers, Johnson, Gooch, Adams 77.4 5 1 46 38 Ht15 Craven, Redmond, Crutcher, Duckworth (ef) 76.0 3 3 49 41 Ht16 Johnston, Price, P.Williams, E.Williams (ef) 75.8 4 2 53 43 Ht17 Gooch, Sharples, P.Williams, Redmond 76.8 3 3 56 46 Ht18 Johnston, Craven, Crutcher, Price 75.6 5 1 61 47

Thursday 21st July 1955 Wembley Stadium, London £500 Empire Trophy

Ron Johnston 3 3 3 3 12 Gerald Jackson 2 0 1 3 6 Bert Roger 1 2 2 1 6 Ian Williams 0 F 2 1 3 Brian Crutcher 1 1 1 2 5 Eric French 0 0 1 2 3 Tommy Price 3 3 3 2 11 Trevor Redmond 2 3 0 0 5 Ronnie Moore 0 2 3 3 8 Ken McKinlay 1 0 0 1 2 Freddie Williams 3 2 2 3 10 Ove Fundin 2 F 3 0 5 Eric Williams 1 1 1 2 5 Barry Briggs 2 3 2 1 8 Jack Young 3 1 E 0 4 Ken Middleditch 0 E 0 2 2

Ht1 Johnston, Jackson, Roger, I.Williams 71.2 Ht2 Price, Redmond, Crutcher, French 72.2 Ht3 F.Williams, Fundin, McKinlay, Moore 72.0 Ht4 Young, Briggs, E.Williams, Middleditch 72.2 Ht5 Johnston, Moore, E.Williams, French 71.2 Ht6 Briggs, Roger, Crutcher, McKinlay 73.6 Ht7 Price, F.Williams, Young, Jackson 72.4 Ht8 Redmond, Fundin (f), I.Williams (f), Middleditch (ef) 76.2 Ht9 Johnston, F.Williams, Crutcher, Middleditch 71.8 Ht10 Fundin, Roger, French, Young (ef) 73.6 Ht11 Moore, Briggs, Jackson, Redmond 72.0 Ht12 Price, I.Williams, E.Williams, McKinlay 72.8 Ht13 Johnston, Price, Briggs Fundin 73.2 Ht14 F.Williams, E.Williams, Roger, Redmond 72.6 Ht15 Jackson, Middleditch, McKinlay, French 71.4 Ht16 Moore, Crutcher, I.Williams, Young 72.2 SF1 Roger, F.Williams, Johnston, Briggs (f) 73.6 SF2 Moore, Fundin, Price, Jackson 73.2 Final Moore, F.Williams, Fundin, Roger 72.2

Thursday 28th July 1955 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 50 West Ham Hammers 46 (National League Division One)

Wembley Tommy Price 1 1 3 3 F 8 Eric French 3 2’ 0 1 1’ 7 2 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 3 15 Eric Williams, 0 E 1 0 3 4 Freddie Williams 3 3 1 2 0 9 Trevor Redmond 1 0 0 1 2 Ken Adams 3 1 1 5

West Ham Jack Young 2 2 2 2 2 10 Alan Smith 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 Gerry Hussey 1’ 2’ 2’ 3 2 3 13 3 Bert Roger 2 3 3 2 1’ 2’ 13 2 Wally Green 0 1’ 0 1 1 Split Waterman 2 2 2 1’ E 7 1 John Fitzpatrick 1 0 0 1

Ht1 French, Young, Price, Smith 71.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Crutcher, Roger, Hussey, E.Williams 71.0 3 3 7 5 Ht3 F.Williams, Waterman, Redmond, Green 72.4 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Adams, French, Fitzpatrick, Smith 74.0 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Crutcher, Waterman, Green, E.Williams (ef) 71.4 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Roger, Hussey, Price, French 73.2 1 5 20 16 Ht7 F.Williams, Young, Smith, Redmond 72.2 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Price, Waterman, French, Green 74.0 4 2 27 21 Ht9 Roger, Hussey, F.Williams, Redmond 73.0 1 5 28 26 Ht10 Crutcher, Young, E.Williams, Smith 72.4 4 2 32 28 Ht11 Price, Young, Waterman, E.Williams 73.2 3 3 35 31 Ht12 Hussey, F.Williams, French, Fitzpatrick 73.4 3 3 38 34 Ht13 Crutcher, Roger, Adams, Waterman 72.4 4 2 42 36 Ht14 E.Williams, Hussey, Adams, Fitzpatrick 73.8 4 2 46 38 Ht15 Crutcher, Young, Roger, F.Williams 72.8 3 3 49 41 Ht16 Hussey, Roger, Redmond, Price 74.6 1 5 50 46

Non Speedway Motor Cycle Race Ht1 Baldwin, Sinclair, Smith, Bennett 92.0 Ht2 Crosby, Hargreaves, Healy, Johnson 92.2 Final

Wembley Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 F.Williams, Green, Redmond, Roger 56.4 ? Ht2 E.Williams, Price, Hussey, Waterman 56.0 ? Ht3 Crutcher, French, Smith, Young 55.4 ? Final Crutcher, Price, F.Williams, French 55.2

Saturday 30th July 1955 Odsal Stadium Bradford Odsal Tudors 45 Wembley Lions 51 (National League Division One)

Bradford E Rigg 3 0 3 0 1 7 G Allott 0 3 3 1 0 7 A Forrest 1 3 3 3 3 13 A Allison 0 ef 1 1 0 2 A Wright 3 3 3 1 2* 12 D Haswell 0 0 2* 2 0 4 R Clarke 0 0 0

Wembley T Price 1* 1* 0 2* 0 4 F Williams 2 2 2 2 3 11 B Crutcher 3 2 1 3 3 12 E French 2* 1* 0 1* 1 5 E Williams 1* 1* 2 2* 2 8 T Redmond 2 2 0 3 2 9 K Adams 1* 1 2

Ht 1 Rigg, F Williams, Price, Allott 65.8 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Crutcher, French, Forrest, Allison 66.2 1 5 4 8 Ht 3 Wright, Redmond, E Williams, Haswell 67.2 3 3 7 11 Ht 4 Allott, F Williams, Adams, Clarke 66.4 3 3 10 14 Ht 5 Forrest, Redmond, E Williams, Allison ef 67.2 3 3 13 17 Ht 6 Allott, Crutcher, French, Rigg 67.2 3 3 16 20 Ht 7 Wright, F Williams, Price, Haswell 66.0 3 3 19 23 Ht 8 Rigg, E Williams, Allott, Redmond 66.8 4 2 23 25 Ht 9 Wright, Haswell, Crutcher, French 66.8 5 1 28 26 Ht 10 Forrest, F Williams, Allison, Price 67.0 4 2 32 28 Ht 11 Redmond, Price, Allison, Rigg 68.8 1 5 33 33 Ht 12 Crutcher, E Williams, Wright, Allott 66.0 1 5 34 38 Ht 13 Forrest, Redmond, French, Clarke 67.6 3 3 37 41 Ht 14 Crutcher, Haswell, Adams, Allison 66.4 2 4 39 45 Ht 15 Forrest, Wright, French, Price 68.0 5 1 44 46 Ht 16 F Williams, E Williams, Rigg, Haswell 67.4 1 5 45 51

Monday 1st August 1955 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 49 Wembley Lions 46 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon Peter Moore F 1 3 3 F 7 Reg Trott F 0 Ron How 2’ F 0 2’ 2’ 6 3 Alf Hagon 3 F 3 1 2 9 Barry Briggs 2 3 3 3 3 14 Cyril Maidment 1’ 0 0 E 1 1 Cyril Brine 1 3 E 1’ 2 3 12 1

Wembley Tommy Price 2 1’ 2 0 1 6 1 Freddie Williams 2’ 2 2 1’ 3 11 2 Brian Crutcher 1 3 1’ 0 3 8 1 Eric French 0 2 2 1 0 5 Eric Williams 3 2’ 2 1 1 9 1 Trevor Redmond X 3 0 2 E 5 Ken Adams 1’ 1 2 1

Ht1 Price, F.Williams, Brine, Trott (f), Moore (fns) 66.6 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Hagon, How, Crutcher, French 66.2 5 1 6 6 Ht3 E.Williams, Briggs, Maidment, Redmond (exc) 66.4 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Brine, F.Williams, Adams, Trott (ns) 66.4 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Redmond, E.Williams, How (f), Hagon (f) 66.8 0 5 12 17 Ht6 Crutcher, French, Moore, Brine (ef) 66.0 1 5 13 22 Ht7 Briggs, F.Williams, Price, Maidment 65.0 3 3 16 25 Ht8 P.Moore, E.Williams, Brine, Redmond (ns) 66.0 4 2 20 27 Ht9 Briggs, French, Crutcher, Maidment 66.0 3 3 23 30 Ht10 Hagon, Price, F.Williams, How 66.2 3 3 26 33 Ht11 Moore, Redmond, Hagon, Price 66.8 4 2 30 35 Ht12 Briggs, Brine, E.Williams, Crutcher 67.0 5 1 35 36 Ht13 Brine, How, French, Redmond (ef) 67.4 5 1 40 37 Ht14 Crutcher, Hagon, Adams, Maidment (ef) 66.8 2 4 42 41 Ht15 Briggs, How, Price, French 67.4 5 1 47 42 Ht16 F.Williams, Brine, E.Williams, Moore (f) 67.8 2 4 49 46

Thursday 4th August 1955 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 63 Wimbledon Dons 45 (National Trophy)

Wembley Tommy Price 2’ 0 0 1’ 3 6 2 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 3 2 17 Eric Williams 3 1 2 2’ 1 9 1 Jimmy Gooch 0 0 1 2 0 3 Freddie Williams 3 1 3 2’ 3 1’ 13 2 Ken Adams 0 0 Eric French 2’ 3 0 5 1 Trevor Redmond 3 2 2’ 2’ 9 2

Wimbledon Alf Hagon 1 2’ 1 0 1’ 5 2 Peter Moore 0 1’ 1 3 2’ 7 2 Ron How 2 2 2’ 1 F 0 7 1 Cyril Brine 2 0 0 2 0 4 Barry Briggs 3 3 2 1 3 3 15 Ernie Rawlins 1’ 3 0 0 1 5 1 Cyril Maidment 0 1 1 Vic Emms 1 0 1

Ht1 Crutcher, Price, Hagon, Moore 71.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 E.Williams, How, Rawlins, Gooch 74.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 F.Williams, Brine, Moore, Adams 73.2 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Redmond, French, Emms, Maidment 74.2 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Crutcher, How, E.Williams, Brine 72.2 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Rawlins, Hagon, Redmond, Gooch 74.6 1 5 21 15 Ht7 Briggs, How, F.Williams, Price 72.8 1 5 22 20 Ht8 Briggs, E.Williams, Hagon, Price 72.2 2 4 24 24 Ht9 Crutcher, Redmond, How, Hagon 72.2 5 1 29 25 Ht10 F.Williams, E.Williams, Moore, Rawlins 73.4 5 1 34 26 Ht11 Crutcher, Briggs, Gooch, Brine 72.4 4 2 38 28 Ht12 Moore, Gooch frmtd), Price (frmtdx2), How (f) 74.4 3 3 41 31 Ht13 Crutcher, F.Williams, Briggs, Rawlins 73.0 5 1 46 32 Ht14 French, Redmond, Maidment, Emms 74.6 5 1 51 33 Ht15 F.Williams, Brine, Hagon, Gooch 73.6 3 3 54 36 Ht16 Briggs, Moore, E.Williams, French 75.4 5 1 59 37 Ht17 Price, Redmond, Rawlins, Brine (f) 76.0 5 1 64 38 Ht18 Briggs, Crutcher, F.Williams, How 73.2 3 3 67 41

Special Three Lap Match Race (Rudge JAPs) Freddie Williams bt Cyril Brine 59.4

Inter-Club Non Speedway Motor Cycle Race 4 laps J,Rogers, F.Baldwin, E.Bayley, [ H.Perish, B.Keir, A.Sinclair, R.Crosby, N.Johnson 88.2

Flying Eight Rolling Start Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Crutcher, Redmond, Rawlins, P.Moore 53.6 Ht2 Briggs, F.Williams, E.Williams, Hagon 54.2 Final Crutcher, Briggs, F.Williams, Redmons 53.8

Saturday 6th August 1955 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets 41 Wembley Lions 55 (Challenge)

Rayleigh Peter Clark 2 1 0 0 3 6 Pete Lansdale 1’ 3 2 2 0 8 1 Gerald Jackson 0 0 1 1 2 Jack Unstead 2 2 1’ 3 3 2 13 1 Les McGillivray 2 2 2 1 3 0 10 Maurice McDermott 0 0 1’ 1 1 Dennis Gray 1 0 1

Wembley Tommy Price 3 1 0 2 2 8 Gerry Hussey 0 2 3 1 1’ 7 1 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 3 15 Eric French 1 2’ 0 2’ 0 5 2 Eric Williams 3 1 3 2’ 2 11 1 Split Waterman 1 3 1 1’ 3 9 1 Ken Adams 0 0 0

Ht1, Price, Clark, Lansdale, Hussey, 69.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2, Crutcher, Unstead, French, Jackson, 69.0 2 4 5 7 Ht3, Williams, McGillivray, Waterman, McDermott, 70.8 2 4 7 11 Ht4, Lansdale, Hussey, Gray, Adams, 70.2 4 2 11 13 Ht5, Waterman, Unstead, Williams, Jackson, 69.6 2 4 13 17 Ht6, Crutcher, French, Clark, Lansdale, 69.8 1 5 14 22 Ht7, Hussey, McGillivray, Price, McDermott, 70.4 2 4 16 26 Ht8, Williams, Lansdale, Waterman, Clark, 71.2 2 4 18 30 Ht9, Crutcher, McGillivray, Unstead, French, 70.0 3 3 21 33 Ht10, Unstead, Lansdale, Hussey, Price, 70.4 5 1 26 34 Ht11, Unstead, Price, Waterman, Clark, 70.6 3 3 29 37 Ht12, Crutcher, Williams, McGillivray, Lansdale, 70.4 1 5 30 42 Ht13, Waterman, French, Jackson, Gray, 72.2 1 5 31 47 Ht14, Crutcher, Unstead, McDermott, Adams, 70.4 3 3 34 50 Ht15, McGillivray, Price, Jackson, French, 71.6 4 2 38 52 Ht16, Clark, Williams, Hussey, McGillivray, 71.2 3 3 41 55

Thursday 11th August 1955 Wembley Stadium, London World Championship Qualifying Round

Bob Mark 3 1 1 1 0 6 Terry Small 2 0 1 0 0 3 Tommy Price 1 1 F 2 1 5 Eddie Rigg F 0 Charlie New 1 0 2 0 2 5 Ken McKinlay F 3 3 1 2 9 Eric Williams 2 3 2 2 3 12 Arthur Wright 3 3 1 2 2 11 Billy Bales 2 3 2 2 2 11 Doug Davies 3 2 1 3 3 12 Tommy Miller 1 0 2 1 0 4 Ron Clarke 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Crutcher 3 2 3 3 3 14 Freddie Williams 1 2 3 3 3 12 Gerry Hussey 2 2 3 3 1 11 Eric French 0 2 0 2 1 5 Ken Adams 1 0 0 1 2

Ht1 Mark, Small, Price, Rigg (f) 75.0 Ht2 Wright, E.Williams, New, McKinlay (f) 73.4 Ht3 Davies, Bales, Miller, Clarke 74.8 Ht4 Crutcher, Hussey, F.Williams, French 72.6 Ht5 Bales, Crutcher, Mark, New 73.4 Ht6 McKinlay, F.Williams, Davies, Small 73.0 Ht7 E.Williams, Hussey, Price, Miller 73.6 Ht8 Wright, French, Adams, Clarke 74.4 Ht9 McKinlay, Miller, Mark, French 74.0 Ht10 Hussey, New, Small, Clarke 74.4 Ht11 F.Williams, Bales, Wright, Price (f) 73.2 Ht12 Crutcher, E.Williams, Davies, Adams 73.0 Ht13 F.Williams, E.Williams, Mark, Clarke 74.6 Ht14 Crutcher, Wright, Miller, Small 73.0 Ht15 Davies, Price, French, New 74.0 Ht16 Hussey, Bales, McKinlay, Adams 74.4 Ht17 Davies, Wright, Hussey, Mark 73.8 Ht18 E.Williams, Bales, French, Small 74.2 Ht19 Crutcher, McKinlay, Price, Clarke 74.0 Ht20 F.Williams, New, Adams, Miller 75.0

Saturday 13th August 1955 Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich Stars 51 Wembley Lions 45 (National League Division One)

NORWICH Cyril Roger 3 2 3 0 8 Harry Edwards 1 0 1’ 0 1 3 1 Aub Lawson 2 3 3 3 0 11 Phil Clarke 1’ 0 1 2 1’ 5 2 Billy Bales 3 3 2 3 3 14 Fred Brand 1 1 1’ 2 2 7 1 Don Lawson 1 2’ 3 1

WEMBLEY Tommy Price 2 2 2 3 1’ 10 1 Fred Williams 0 3 0 0 3 6 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 2 3 2 16 Ken Adams 0 0 Eric Williams 2 1’ 1’ 0 1 5 2 Eric French 0 2 2 1 0 5 Bill Longley 2’ 0 0 1 0 3 1 Guest

1 Roger, Price, Edwards, F. Williams, 73.4 4 2 2 Crutcher, A. Lawson, Clarke, Adams. 72.2 7 5 3 Bales, E. Williams, Brand, French, 73.0 11 7 4 F. Williams, Longley, D. Lawson, Edwards, 73.4 12 12 5 A. Lawson, French, E. Williams, Clarke, 73.8 15 15 6 Crutcher, Roger, Edwards, Longley, 73.0 18 18 7 Bales, Price, Brand, F. Williams, 74.0 22 20 8 Roger, French, E. Williams, Edwards, 73.6 25 23 9 Crutcher, Bales, Brand, Longley, 73.2 28 26 10 A. Lawson, Price, Clarke, F. Williams, 74.8 32 28 11 Price, Clarke, French, Roger, 75.0 34 32 12 Bales, Crutcher, Edwards, E. Williams, 74.2 38 34 13 A. Lawson, D. Lawson, Longley, French, 75.6 43 35 14 Crutcher, Brand, Clarke, Longley, 74.8 46 38 15 Bales, Crutcher, Price, A. Lawson, 74.4 49 41 16 F. Williams, Brand, E. Williams, D. Lawson, 75.6 51 45

Monday 15th August 1955 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 61 Wembley Lions 47 (National Trophy)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 2’ 3 3 3 2’ 2’15 3 Peter Moore 3 0 1 0 3 7 Ron How 3 1 3 2’ 2 11 1 Alf Hagon F 0 0 1 1’ 2 1 Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 2 3 17 Cyril Brine 1 2 0 0 1 4 Cyril Maidment 2 0 2 Reg Trott 1’ 2 3 1

Wembley Tommy Price 1 1 0 0 2 Freddie Williams 0 0 0 0 Brian Crutcher 2 0 2 2 3 9 Eric Williams 2 2 2 3 2 1 12 Trevor Redmond 1’ 2 1’ 0 1 5 2 Jimmy Gooch 1’ 3 1 1 0 6 1 Eric French 3 1’ 2’ 3 3 0 12 2 Ken Adams 0 1 1

Ht1 P.Moore, R.Moore, Price, F.Williams 67.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 How, Crutcher, Gooch, Hagon (f) 66.2 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Briggs, E.Williams, Brine, F.Williams 64.4 4 2 12 6 Ht4 French, Maidment, Trott, Adams 66.8 3 3 15 9 Ht5 R.Moore, E.Williams, How, Crutcher 65.4 4 2 19 11 Ht6 Gooch, Brine, Price, Hagon 67.0 2 4 21 15 Ht7 Briggs, Crutcher, Redmond, P.Moore 65.6 3 3 24 18 Ht8 How, Redmond, P.Moore, Price 66.0 4 2 28 20 Ht9 R.Moore, Crutcher, French, Brine 65.6 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Briggs, How, Gooch, F.Williams 67.4 5 1 36 24 Ht11 R.Moore, E.Williams, Redmond, Hagon 66.0 3 3 39 27 Ht12 Crutcher, French, Hagon, P.Moore 66.6 1 5 40 32 Ht13 Briggs, R.Moore, Gooch, Redmond (ret) 67.6 5 1 45 33 Ht14 French, Trott, Adams, Maidment 67.4 2 4 47 37 Ht15 E.Williams, Briggs, Hagon, Price 65.8 3 3 50 40 Ht16 French, How, Redmond, Brine 66.8 2 4 52 44 Ht17 P.Moore, E.Williams, Brine, Gooch 66.6 4 2 56 46 Ht18 Briggs, R.Moore, E.Williams, French 68.8 5 1 61 47

Thursday 18th August 1955 Wembley Stadium, London £500 Handicap Trophy (Yards on)

Jack Young (0) 3 0 3 3 3 12 Eric Williams (5) 1 0 1 3 3 8 Peter Clark (10) 0 0 0 0 1 1 Ken Adams (20) 2 1 3 2 3 11 Barry Briggs (0) 2 2 1 3 2 10 Tommy Price (5) 0 3 3 2 2 10 Peter Moore (10) 1 3 0 2 2 8 Gerald Jackson (15) 3 3 3 2 2 13 Brian Crutcher (0) 2 0 2 1 3 8 Ron How (5) 1 1 1 1 0 4 Jack Unstead (10) 0 2 0 0 0 2 Eric French (15) 3 3 1 1 1 9 Freddie Williams (0) 0 1 1 Bert Roger (5) 1 2 2 1 0 6 Trevor Redmond (10) 2 1 2 0 0 5 Jimmy Gooch (15) 3 2 2 3 1 11 Bill Longley (res) (15) 0 0 0 Cyril Maidment (res) (15)0 0

Ht1 Young, Adams, E.Williams, Clark 73.0 Ht2 Jackson, Briggs, Moore, Price 72.0 Ht3 French, Crutcher, How, Unstead 72.6 Ht4 Gooch, Redmond, Roger, F.Williams 73.4 Ht5 Price, Roger, How, Young 71.8 Ht6 French, Briggs, Redmond, E.Williams 73.8 Ht7 Moore, Unstead, F.Williams, Clark 74.4 Ht8 Jackson, Gooch, Adams, Crutcher 73.6 Ht9 Young, Gooch, Briggs, Unstead 73.0 Ht10 Price, Crutcher, E.Wiliams (10), Longley 73.4 Ht11 Jackson (10), Redmond, How, Clark 73.0 Ht12 Adams, Roger, French (10), Moore 75.2 Ht13 Young, Moore, Crutcher, Redmond 74.0 Ht14 E.Williams (10), Jackson, Unstead, Roger 74.6 Ht15 Gooch (10), Price, French, Gooch (10) 74.4 Ht16 Briggs, Adams (15), How, Longley 75.0 Ht17 Young, Jackson (5), French (10), Maidment 75.0 Ht18 E.Williams (10), Moore, Gooch (10), How 74.0 Ht19 Crutcher, Briggs, Clark, Roger 74.2 Ht20 Adams (15), Price, Redmond (nf), Price (nf) 75.2

Non Speedway Motor Cycle Race Ht1 F.Baldwin, R.Hargreaves, E.Brice, R.Brunsdon 90.4 Ht2 D.Smith, P.Bennett, F.Howard, N.Bartlett 90.8 Final Smith, Hargreaves, Bennett, Baldwin 90.0

Thursday 25th August 1955 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 61 Odsal Tudors 35 (National League Division One)

Wembley Tommy Price 1 2 2 3 3 11 Freddie Williams 3 2 0 1’ 0 6 1 Brian Crutcher 1 F 3 3 3 10 Trevor Redmond 3 3 2’ 0 3 11 1 Eric Williams 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 Eric French 0 1’ 2’ 1 2’ 6 3 Ken Adams 1’ 2’ 3 2

Bradford Guy Allott 0 0 1 1 Arthur Wright 2 3 2 1 2 0 10 Dick Bradley 2 3 0 1’ 1’ 2 9 2 Ernie Rawlins 0 1 1 0 0 2 Ron Clarke 1’ 1’ 0 1 3 2 Arthur Forrest 2 2 3 0 2 1 10 Nigel Boocock 0 0 0

Ht1 F.Williams, Wright, Price, Allott 71.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Redmond, Bradley, Crutcher, Rawlins 73.2 4 2 8 4 Ht3 E.Williams, Forrest, Clarke, French 72.0 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Wright, F.Williams, Adams, Boocock 72.0 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Redmond, Forrest, Clarke, Crutcher (f) 73.2 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Bradley, Price, Rawlins, F.Williams 72.6 2 4 19 17 Ht7 E.Williams, Wright, French, Allott 71.8 4 2 23 19 Ht8 Forrest, Price, F.Williams, Clarke 73.8 3 3 26 22 Ht9 E.Williams, French, Rawlins, Bradley (ret) 74.4 5 1 31 23 Ht10 Crutcher, Redmond, Wright, Forrest 73.0 5 1 36 24 Ht11 Price, Forrest, Bradley, Redmond 73.8 3 3 39 27 Ht12 E.Williams, Wright, Bradley, F.Williams 73.2 3 3 42 30 Ht13 Crutcher, Adams, Forrest, Rawlins 73.2 5 1 47 31 Ht14 Redmond, Bradley, French, Boocock 74.6 4 2 51 33 Ht15 Crutcher, E.Williams, Allott, Rawlins 73.0 5 1 56 34 Ht16 Price, French, Clarke, Wright 74.2 5 1 61 35

Non Speedway Motor Cycle Race Osborn, Norton, Barnes, [Gibbs, Irving, Beesley 108.2

Two Lap Dash Match Race Ht1 Brian Crutcher Bt Peter Craven 37.0 Ht2 Arthur Wright Bt Tommy Price 38.0

Wembley Invitation Handicap Ht1 Redmond (10), Crutcher (0), Adams (15), [ Forrest (5), Bradley (5) 75.8 Ht2 Craven (0), Price (5), Longley (20), [ French (10), Clarke (15) 76.6 Final Crutcher (0), Adams (15), Redmond (10), [ Craven (0), Price (5) 75.4

Thursday 1st September 1955 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 67 Wimbledon Dons 40 (Challenge)

Wembley Eric French 1’ 0 2 2’ 2’ 7 3 Tommy Price 1’ 3 2’ E 3 9 2 Brian Crutcher 1 3 3 3 2 12 Eric Williams 3 2’ 3 1 3 1 13 1 Trevor Redmond 1’ 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 0 10 4 Freddie Williams 2 3 0 1’ 1 7 1 Jimmy Gooch 3 3 6 Ken Adams 1 1 2

Wimbledon Cyril Brine 0 0 1 0 1 Barry Briggs 3 0 E 2’ 3 2’10 2 Ronnie Moore 2 E 0 3 3 3 11 Peter Moore 3 2 0 1 2 8 Les McGillivray 1 0 1 1 0 3 Ron How 0 1 1 0 0 2 Cyril Maidment 2 1 2 5 Maurice McDermott 0 0 0

Ht1 Briggs, Price, French, Brine 70.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 E.Williams, R.Moore, Crutcher, How 71.0 4 2 7 5 Ht3 P.Moore, F.Williams, Redmond, Briggs 72.0 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Gooch, Maidment, Adams, McDermott 73.2 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Crutcher, P.Moore, R.Moore (ef), French (nf) 71.8 3 2 17 12 Ht6 F.Williams, E.Williams, How, Brine 72.6 5 1 22 13 Ht7 Price, Redmond, McGillivray, R.Moore 72.0 5 1 27 14 Ht8 Crutcher, Price, Brine, McGillivray 70.8 5 1 32 15 Ht9 R.Moore, French, Maidment, F.Williams 71.4 2 4 34 19 Ht10 Crutcher, Redmond, How, Briggs (ef) 72.2 5 1 39 20 Ht11 E.Williams, French, McGillivray, P.Moore 73.6 5 1 44 21 Ht12 R.Moore, Briggs, E.Williams, Price (ef) 71.6 1 5 45 26 Ht13 Redmond, French, McGillivray, How 73.4 5 1 50 27 Ht14 Gooch, Maidment, Adams, McDermott 73.0 4 2 54 29 Ht15 E.Williams, Redmond, P.Moore, Brine 72.8 5 1 59 30 Ht16 Briggs, Crutcher, F.Williams, McGillivray 72.6 3 3 62 33 Ht17 Price, P.Moore, F.Williams, How 73.2 4 2 66 35 Ht18 R.Moore, Briggs, E.Williams, Redmond 72.8 1 5 67 40

The Cinders 1 lap flying start Tommy Price 18.0 Brian Crutcher 17.6 Barry Briggs 17.8

Non-Speedway Motor Cycle Race 4 laps D.Smith, R.Crosby, P.Bennett, D.Bartlett, [P.Osborn, C.Norton 90.6

Wembley Invitation Handicap race Ht1 Crutcher (0), Redmond (10), How (5), [ Maidment (15), Longley (20) 73.4 Ht2 Adams (15), Price (5), French (10), [ Briggs (0), P.Moore (10) 74.0 Final Crutcher, Price, Adams, [ Redmond, How 73.2

Saturday 3rd September 1955 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 57 Wembley Lions 38 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 3 1 2 1 2’ 9 1 Peter Williams ^ 1 0 2’ 3 1 Peter Craven 3 2 3 3 2’ 13 1 Fred Rogers F 0 0 1’ 1 1 Ron Johnston 3 2’ 3 3 3 14 1 Bob Duckworth 0 3 1 2 3 9 Dick Fisher 3 0 3 2’ 8 1

Wembley Tommy Price^ F F 2 2 1 5 Trevor Redmond 2 2 1’ 1 6 1 Brian Crutcher 2 3 2 X 3 F*10 Freddie Williams 1 2’ 0 1 4 1 Eric Williams 2 3 1 X 1 7 Eric French 1’ 1 3 0 0 5 Ken Adams 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Sharples, Redmond, P.Williams, Price (f) 76.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Craven, Crutcher, F.Williams, Rogers (f) 73.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Johnston, E.Williams, French, Duckworth 75.4 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Fisher, Redmond, Adams, P.Williams 75.0 3 3 13 11 Ht5 E.Williams, Craven, French, Rogers 75.0 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Crutcher, F.Williams, Sharples, Fisher 76.2 1 5 16 20 Ht7 Duckworth, Johnston, Redmond, Fisher 75.2 5 1 21 21 Ht8 French, Sharples, E.Williams, Fisher 76.0 2 4 23 25 Ht9 Johnston, Crutcher, Duckworth, F.Williams 75.2 4 2 27 27 Ht10 Craven, Price, Redmond, Rogers 74.6 3 3 30 30 Ht11 Fisher, Price, Sharples, French 76.4 4 2 34 32 Ht12 Johnston, P.Williams, E.Williams (fexc), Crutcher (fexcinRR) 75.2 5 0 39 32 Ht13 Craven, Fisher, F.Williams, French 76.8 5 1 44 33 Ht14 Crutcher, Duckworth, Rogers, Adams 76.4 3 3 47 36 Ht15 Johnston, Craven, Price, Crutcher *(f) 75.6 5 1 52 37 Ht16 Duckworth, Sharples, E.Williams, Redmond 76.0 5 1 57 38

Thursday 8th September 1855 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 43 Norwich Stars 64 (National Trophy Final)

WEMBLEY Tommy Price 3 0 0 0 3 Eric French 0 0 0 0 Eric Williams 2’ 1 2 1 1 2 9 1 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 3 0 15 Trevor Redmond 0 1 0 0 1 2 Fred Williams 1 1 1 0 3 6 Ken Adams 2’ 2 0 4 1 Jimmy Gooch 3 0 1 0 4

NORWICH Cyril Roger 1’ 2 3 3 2 0 11 1 Ove Fundin 2 3 3 2 3 3 16 Aub Lawson 1 3 3 2’ 1’ 10 2 Harry Edwards 0 0 2’ 2’ 2 6 2 Phil Clarke 2’ 2’ 1’ 0 1’ 6 4 Billy Bales 2’ 1 2 3 2’ 10 2 Fred Brand 1 3 4 Don Lawson 0 1 1

1 Price, Fundin, Roger, French, 70.4 3 3 2 Crutcher, E. Williams, A. Lawson, Edwards, 71.4 8 4 3 Fundin, Clarke, F. Williams, Redmond, 72.4 9 9 4 Gooch, Adams, Brand, D. Lawson, 74.0 14 10 5 A. Lawson, Clarke, E. Williams, French, 74.2 15 15 6 Crutcher, Roger, F. Williams, Edwards, 72.4 19 17 7 A. Lawson, Bales, Redmond, Price, 73.2 20 22 8 Roger, E. Williams, Bales, Price (f/ex), 72.6 22 26 9 Roger, A. Lawson, F. Williams, Gooch, 73.2 23 31 10 Fundin, Edwards, E. Williams, Redmond, 72.0 24 36 11 Crutcher, Bales, Clarke, French, 72.0 27 39 12 Crutcher, Fundin, A. Lawson, Price, 72.2 30 42 13 Bales, Edwards, Gooch, Redmond, 72.6 31 47 14 Brand, Adams, D. Lawson, Gooch (e/f), 74.2 33 51 15 Crutcher, Roger, Redmond, Clarke, 72.8 37 53 16 Fundin, Bales, E. Williams, F. Williams, 73.6 38 58 17 F. Williams, Edwards, Clarke, Adams, 73.2 41 61 18 Fundin, E. Williams, (Crutcher & Roger [f]), 73.8 43 64 Second Half Results Borough of Wembley Trophy – 3 lap races 1 F. Williams, Crutcher, Redmond, Gooch, 55.2 2 Adams, French, E. Williams, Price, 56.4 Final – F. Williams, Crutcher, Adams, French, 55.4 Mechanics Scratch Race – 4 laps Dave Lambert (J.G), Charlie Carcavella (E.F), Jim Charnock (B.C), Harry Carter (T.P), 79.8

Saturday 10th September 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 53 Wembley Lions 43 (National League Division One)

Birmingham Alan Hunt 2 3 3 2 3 13 Neil Street 1’ 3 1 0 2 7 1 Ron Mountford 2 3 2 1’ 3 11 1 Jim Tolley 1’ 2’ 1’ 1’ 1’ 6 5 Harry Bastable 0 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 Eric Boothroyd 3 3 2 2 2’ 12 1 Derrick Tailby 1 2 3

Wembley Tommy Prince 3 2 3 3 3* 2 16 Trevor Redmond 0 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Brian Crutcher 3 2 3 3 3 1’*15 1 Freddie Williams 0 1 1 Eric Williams 2 1 2 0 1 6 Eric French 1’ 0 1’ 0 0 2 2 Ken Adams 2 0 0 2

Ht1 Price, Hunt, Street, Redmond 74.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Crutcher, Mountford, Tolley, F.Williams 74.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Boothroyd, E.Williams, French, Bastable 75.2 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Street, Adams, Tailby, Redmond 76.0 4 2 13 11 Ht5 Mountford, Tolley, E.Williams, French 74.8 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Hunt, Crutcher, Street, Adams 74.4 4 2 22 14 Ht7 Boothroyd, Price, Redmond, Bastable 74.0 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Hunt, E.Williams, French, Street 74.8 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Crutcher, Boothroyd, F.Williams, Bastable 74.2 2 4 30 24 Ht10 Price, Mountford, Tolley, Redmond 73.2 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Price, Hunt, Tolley, French 73.2 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Crutcher, Street, Bastable, E.Williams 75.4 3 3 39 33 Ht13 Price*, Tailby, Mountford, French 75.0 3 3 42 36 Ht14 Crutcher, Boothroyd, Tollet, Adams 75.2 3 3 45 39 Ht15 Mountford, Price, Crutcher, Bastable 74.8 3 3 48 42 Ht16 Hunt, Boothroyd, E.Williams, Redmond 74.6 5 1 53 43

Monday 12th September 1955 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 77 Wembley Lions 31 (Challenge)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 1 13 3 Peter Moore 2’ 1 2’ 3 1 9 2 Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Cyril Brine 2’ 0 3 1 1’ 7 2 Ron How 1 3 1 2’ 2 9 1 Les McGillivray 3 2 3 1 3 12 Cyril Maidment 3 3 6 Reg Trott 2’ 1 3 1

Wembley Tommy Price 1 3 1 1 3 9 Brian Crutcher F 2 2 0 2 2 8 Eric Williams 0 0 2 0 2 4 Trevor Redmond 0 1 0 E 0 0 1 Freddie Williams 0 1 0 0 1 Eric French 1 1 0 1 2 5 Ken Adams 0 0 0 Gerald Jackson 1 0 2 3

Ht1 R.Moore, P.Moore, Price, Crutcher (f) 65.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Briggs, Brine, French, E.Williams 65.2 5 1 10 2 Ht3 McGillivray, Crutcher, How, Redmond 66.0 4 2 14 4 Ht4 Maidment, Trott, Jackson, Adams 66.2 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Briggs, R.Moore, Redmond, E.Williams 63.0 5 1 24 6 Ht6 Price, McGillivray, French, Brine 65.2 2 4 26 10 Ht7 How, E.Williams, P.Moore, F.Williams 66.0 4 2 30 12 Ht8 Briggs, P.Moore, Price, Jackson 65.0 5 1 35 13 Ht9 McGillivray, R.Moore, Price, E.Williams 66.8 5 1 40 14 Ht10 Briggs, Crutcher, How, French 63.8 4 2 44 16 Ht11 Brine, R.Moore, F.Williams, Redmond 67.6 5 1 49 17 Ht12 P.Moore, E.Williams, Brine, Crutcher 65.4 4 2 53 19 Ht13 R.Moore, How, French, F.Williams 67.2 5 1 58 20 Ht14 Maidment, Jackson, Trott, Adams 66.4 4 2 62 22 Ht15 Price, How, Brine, Redmond, (ef) 67.0 3 3 65 25 Ht16 Briggs, Crutcher, McGillivray, F.Williams 65.6 4 2 69 27 Ht17 McGillivray, French, P.Moore, Redmond 66.8 4 2 73 29 Ht18 Briggs, Crutcher, R.Moore, Redmond 65.0 4 2 77 31

Thursday 15th September 1955 Wembley Stadium, London World Speedway Championship Final

Brian Crutcher 2 2 3 X 3 10 Ronnie Moore 3 1 3 2 3 12 Arthur Wright 1 3 0 1 1 6 Arthur Forrest 0 2 2 1 1 6 Ove Fundin 2 1 1 3 3 10 Olle Nygren 0 3 2 2 2 9 Ron Johnston 1 1 2 1 1 6 Peter Craven 3 3 2 3 2 13 Jack Young 1 3 1 3 2 10 Billy Bales 2 0 1 2 1 6 Kjell Carlsson 0 2 0 1 0 3 Eric Williams 3 1 2 3 3 12 Phil Clarke 2 0 0 0 0 2 Barry Briggs 3 2 3 2 2 12 Cyril Roger 0 0 0 0 0 0 Henry Andersen 1 0 1 0 0 2 Ken McKinlay (res) DNR Gerry Hussey (resO DNR

Ht1 Moore, Crutcher, Wright, Forrest 70.4 Ht2 Craven, Fundin, Johnston, Nygren 69.2 Ht3 Williams, Bales, Young, Carlsson 71.2 Ht4 Briggs, Clarke, Andersen, Roger 70.4 Ht5 Young, Crutcher, Fundin, Clarke 71.2 Ht6 Nygren, Briggs, Moore, Bales 70.8 Ht7 Wright, Carlsson, Johnston, Roger 72.0 Ht8 Craven, Forrest, Williams, Andersen 70.8 Ht9 Crutcher, Nygren, Andersen, Carlsson 71.4 Ht10 Moore, Williams, Fundin, Roger 71.4 Ht11 Briggs, Craven, Young, Wright 70.4 Ht12 Forrest, Johnston, Bales, Clarke 72.2 Ht13 Williams, Briggs, Johnston, Crutcher (fexc) 72.0 Ht14 Craven, Moore, Carlsson, Clarke 72.0 Ht15 Fundin, Bales, Wright, Andersen 72.4 Ht16 Young, Nygren, Forrest, Roger 72.0 Ht17 Crutcher, Craven, Bales, Roger 71.4 Ht18 Moore, Young, Johnston, Andersen 72.0 Ht19 Williams, Nygren, Wright, Clarke 73.2 Ht20 Fundin, Briggs, Forrest, Carlsson 72.6 Run Off Moore, Briggs (pushed), Williams (f) 71.6

Saturday 17th September 1955 Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich Stars 45 (109) Wembley Lions 63 (106) (National Trophy Final)

NORWICH Cyril Roger 2 3 3 1 0 0 9 Harry Edwards 0 2 0 1 1 4 Reg Trott 1 1’ 1 2 0 5 1 Guest Phil Clarke 3 3 3 3 2 1 15 Billy Bales 3 injured 3 Fred Brand 1 0 1 2 2 6 Don Lawson 0 1 1 0 2 Malcolm Flood 1 0 0 0 1

WEMBLEY Tommy Price 3 2 0 2’ 3 3 13 1 Brian Crutcher 1 0 3 2 3 2’ 11 1 Eric Williams 0 0 0 3 0 3 Trevor Redmond 2 3 2 1 3 11 Fred Williams 2 0 2’ 1 5 1 Eric French 2 1’ 1 3 1 8 1 Jimmy Gooch 3 2 0 3 8 Ken Adams 2’ 2’ 4 2

1 Price, Roger, Crutcher, Edwards, 73.4 2 4 66 47 2 Clarke, French, Trott, E. Williams, 74.0 6 6 70 49 3 Bales, Redmond, Brand, Crutcher (m/t), 73.0 10 8 74 51 4 Gooch, Adams, Flood, Lawson, 76.0 11 13 75 56 5 Redmond, Edwards, Trott, E. Williams, 74.8 14 16 78 59 6 Clarke, Price, French, Brand (f), 73.4 17 19 81 62 7 Roger, F. Williams, Lawson, E. Williams (ex), 74.6 21 21 85 64 8* Roger, Gooch, Trott, F. Williams, 74.0 (Price ex/2min.)25 23 89 66 9 E. Williams, Price, Brand, Edwards, 74.2 26 28 90 71 10 Crutcher, Trott, French, Flood, 75.0 28 32 92 75 11 Clarke, Redmond, Edwards, Gooch, 73.2 32 34 96 77 12 Clarke, Crutcher, Roger, E. Williams, 73.6 36 36 100 79 13 French, F. Williams, Edwards, Flood, 74.4 37 41 101 84 14 Gooch, Adams, Lawson, Flood, 77.2 38 46 102 89 15 Price, Clarke, Redmond, Lawson, 74.4 40 50 104 93 16 Crutcher, Brand, F. Williams, Trott (f), 74.4 42 54 106 97 17 Redmond, Brand, French, Roger, 74.2 44 58 108 101 18 Price, Crutcher, Clarke, Roger, 75.0 45 63 109 106 *(In original running E. W shunted Bales into the fence. Bales unable to continue)

Saturday 24th September 1955 Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich Stars 42 Wembley Lions 54 (National League Division One)

NORWICH Cyril Roger 2’ 0 1 1’ 0 2’ 6 3 Junior Bainbridge 3 3 1 3 3 2 15 Guest Phil Clarke 0 1 1 1 3 6 Fred Brand 1 0 1 1 3 Harry Edwards 0 0 1 1 Bert Edwards 1 2 2 0 3 3 11 Guest Don Lawson 0 0 0

WEMBLEY Tommy Price 1 3 2 3 0 9 Fred Williams 0 2 1 0 1 4 Brian Crutcher 3 3 0 3 2 11 Eric Williams 2’ 2’ 3 3 2 12 2 Trevor Redmond 3 3 2 1 0 9 Eric French 2’ 2’ 0 2’ 2’ 8 4 Ken Adams 1’ 0 1 1

1 Bainbridge, Roger, Price, F. Williams, 71.8 5 1 2 Crutcher, E. Williams, Brand, Clarke, 73.0 6 6 3 Redmond, French, B. Edwards, H. Edwards, 73.6 7 11 4 Bainbridge, F. Williams, Adams, Lawson, 74.2 10 14 5 Redmond, French, Clarke, Brand, 75.2 11 19 6 Crutcher, E. Williams, Bainbridge, Roger, 73.2 12 24 7 Price, B. Edwards, F. Williams, H. Edwards, 74.2 14 28 8 Bainbridge, Redmond, Roger, French, 74.4 18 30 9 E. Williams, B. Edwards, Roger, Crutcher, 74.8 21 33 10 Bainbridge, Price, Clarke, F. Williams, 74.8 25 35 11 Price, French, Brand, Roger, 74.0 26 40 12 Crutcher, Bainbridge, Redmond, B. Edwards, 73.4 28 44 13 E. Williams, French, Clarke, Lawson, 74.8 29 49 14 B. Edwards, Crutcher, Brand, Adams, 74.4 33 51 15 Clarke, E. Williams, H. Edwards, Price, 75.2 37 53 16 B. Edwards, Roger, F. Williams, Redmond, 74.6 42 54

Saturday 1 October 1955 Abby Stadium, Swindon SWINDON ROBINS 29 WEMBLEY LIONS 67 (Challenge)

SWINDON Bob Jones 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 Ron Swaine 1 1 1 2 1 1* - 7 (1) Bob Roger (C) 3 2 2 1 1 2 - 11 Ronnie Genz 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 Alan Smith 0 0 - - - - - 0 Danny Malone 1 1 3 3 2 1 - 11 Ray Harris 0 0 0 - - - - 0

WEMBLEY Brian Crutcher (C) 3 3 3 3 3 - - 15 Freddie Williams 2* 2* 2* 1 3 - - 10 (3) Ken Adams 1* 3 1* 2 0 - - 7 (2) Eric Williams 2 2* 2 2* 1 - - 9 (2) Jimmy Gooch 2* 1 1 0 2* - - 6 (2) Eric French 3 3 3 2* 3 - - 14 (1) Reg Trott 3 3 - - - - - 6

Ht 1: Crutcher, F. Williams, Swaine, Jones, 74.0 (1-5) Ht 2: Roger, E. Williams, Adams, Genz, 74.8 4-8) Ht 3: French, Gooch, Malone, Smith, 73.8 (5-13) Ht 4: Trott, F. Williams, Swaine, Harris, 75.4 (6-18) Ht 5: French, Roger, Gooch, Genz, 74.4 (8-22) Ht 6: Adams, E. Williams, Swaine, Jones, 76.8 (9-27) Ht 7: Crutcher, F. Williams, Malone, Smith, 74.6 (10-32) Ht 8: French, Swaine, Gooch, Jones, 75.8 (12-36) Ht 9: Malone, E. Williams, Adams, Harris, 76.2 (15-39) Ht 10: Crutcher, Roger, F. Williams, Genz, 74.8 (17-43) Ht 11: Crutcher, French, Roger, Genz, 75.2 (18-48) Ht 12: Malone, Adams, Swaine, Gooch, 76.2 (22-50) Ht 13: French, E. Williams, Roger, Harris, 76.4 (23-55) Ht 14: Trott, Malone, Swaine, Adams, 77.2 (26-58) Ht 15: Crutcher, Roger, E. Williams, Jones, 76.0 (28-62) Ht 16: F. Williams, Gooch, Malone, Jones, 77.2 (29-67)

1955 Wembley Needs in BOLD

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