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programme most of them had been carried off on a stretcher. Walthamstow managed to win this match, as a result of a 5 - 1 in the last heat, by 29 - 25. The next home match was a challenge over 18 heats against West Ham on The Speedway Researcher 23rd August. Although the Hammers were without Tiger Stevenson, Bluey Promoting Research into the History of Speedway and Dirt Track Racing Wilkinson and Tommy Croombs they won 65 - 39 over the Wolves who were Volume No. 4 . No. 2 September 2001 lacking Dicky Case and Dusty Haigh. There were eleven fallers during this Edited by Graham Fraser and Jim Henry match. The last heats of the match were raced in heavy rain and due to the rain Subscribers : 175 the second half was abandoned. The race times varied from 70.05 seconds in heat 8 to heat 18 which was clocked at 92.5 seconds. Walthamstow 1934 A week later Walthamstow raced in the London Cup. They faced New Cross in a two - leg semi final of the contest. At Old Kent Road on 28th August the A few editions ago we carried a brief item on Walthamstow’s 1934 season by Wolves lost 69 - 38 with home stars Tommy Farndon and Stan Greatrex both Don Gray. Alan Bates of Felixstowe, who is researching the complete scoring 18 point maximums and Ron Johnson scoring 17 to gain what today history of the London venue and who has an almost complete record of the would be known today as an 18 point paid maximum. -
The Speedway Researcher
The Speedway Researcher Promoting Research into the History of Speedway and Dirt Track Racing Volume No. 6 . No. 3 December 2003 Edited by Graham Fraser and Jim Henry Subscribers : Editors’ Blethers The next edition will carry the annual questionnaire. We will be posing a few questions and trying to wrest another annual subscription from you. If you have suggestions for the questionnaire - please pass them to us ASAP. We will include the ones we consider the best. As ever we urge you to get your pens out and give us an article. You’ll be surprised how easy it is as you draw on your own information and personal experiences. We’ll never be Ian Felming or J.K. Rowling but it is a great feeling to see your work in print. Ranking Team Strengths David Selby, 34 Paddock Drive, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 6SS. Tel: 01245 464922 has penned the following article which has a statistical bent. Over to you number crunchers for reactions to David’s thoughts. The science of speedway statistics is a relatively modern development and the grandfather of the the discipline is surely Bryan Seery, who, upon his appointment as BSPA Manager in the mid-60s proceeded to take the art of recording match details and general speedway statistics to a hitherto unseen level. As a result the recording of speedway records since the introduction of the British League in 1965 is all but complete. However, prior to 1965 the situation is entirely different with the only records being the pages of the Speedway Star and other speedway publications, marked programmes and the records collated and published by folk like Peter Jackson and Peter Oakes. -
Aldershot 1952
ALDERSHOT 1952 Updated 24.3.2020 Saturday 5th April 1952 Tongham Greyhound Stadium, Aldershot Probables 57 Possibles 36 (Trial Challenge) Probables Bert Edwards 3 3 3 3 12 Charles Frenzel 0 2’ 2’ 0 4 2 Bill Grimes 3 3 3 2 11 Jack Davis 1 0 2’ 1’ 4 2 John Dore 3 F 3 3 9 Len Glover 2’ 3 0 2 7 1 Stan Stringer 0 0 0 0 0 Ern Steers 2 2 3 3 10 Possibles Ivor Powell 2 2 2 2 8 Chris Papworth 1’ 0 1’ 1’ 3 3 Doug Papworth 2 F 2 0 4 Jack Taylor 0 1 1 Bill Lockyer 0 1 1 1’ 3 1 George Watts 1 3 0 2 6 Berne Aldridge 1 1’ 1 0 3 Ron Burnett 3 2 0 3 8 Wally Wilson 0 0 Ht1 Edwards, Powell, C.Papworth, Frenzel 74.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Grimes, D.Papworth, Davis, Taylor 73.0 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Dore, Glover, Watts, Lockyer 74.2 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Burnett, Steers, Aldridge, Stringer 76.2 2 4 14 10 Ht5 Edwards, Frenzel, Taylor, D.Papworth (f) 76.2 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Grimes, Powell, Davies (nf), Burnett (nf) 75.2 3 2 22 13 Ht7 Glover, Burnett, Aldridge, Dore 75.0 3 3 25 16 Ht8 Watts, Steers, Lockyer, Stringer 76.2 2 4 27 20 Ht9 Edwards, Frenzel, Aldridge, Burnett 75.0 5 1 32 21 Ht10 Grimes, Davis, Lockyer, Watts 74.4 5 1 37 22 Ht11 Dore, Powell, C.Papworth, Glover 75.4 3 3 40 25 Ht12 Steers, D.Papworth, Stringer (nf), Wilson (nf) 75.6 3 2 43 27 Ht13 Burnett, Grimes, Davis, Aldridge 74.6 3 3 46 30 Ht14 Edwards, Watts, Lockyer, Frenzel 77.2 3 3 49 33 Ht15 Dore, Glover, D.Papworth (nf), Taylor (ns) 77.8 5 0 54 33 Ht16 Steers, Powell, C.Papworth, Stringer ? 3 3 57 36 Lap Trials Ht1 Edwards, Grimes, Dore, Steers 73.2 Ht2 Watts, Aldridge, Powell (nf), D.Papworth (nf) 79.0 Ht3 Frenzel, Glover,