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Birmingham Speedway 1956 Statistical Record Contents Index Of Meetings Meeting Details Nigel Nicklin & Roger Beaman – 12th Jan 2012 (Iss 5) Birmingham Speedway 1956 - Index Of Meetings Month Date Opponents Competition Venue Result For Agst Page April 14 Bradford NL Div 1 Home Won 48 35 3 21 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Home Won 45 39 4 27 Leicester Inter-Div Tourn Away Won 51 45 5 28 Norwich NL Div 1 Home Won 48 36 6 30 Poole NL Div 1 Away Lost 30 54 7 May 5 Wembley NL Div 1 Home Lost 33 50 8 11 Poland Challenge Home Won 72 36 9 12 Bradford NL Div 1 Away Lost 41 43 10 14 Wimbledon NL Div 1 Away Lost 32 51 11 19 Wimbledon NL Div 1 Home Draw 42 42 12 21 Coventry Challenge Away Lost 37 59 13 24 Wembley NL Div 1 Away Lost 33 50 14 26 Poole NL Div 1 Home Won 61 23 15 30 Glasgow Challenge Away Draw 48 48 16 June 2 Norwich NL Div 1 Away Won 57 27 17 4 Poole NL Div 1 Away Won 44 40 18 9 Midland Riders QR Individual Home Doug Davies 19 16 Bradford NL Div 1 Home Postponed Rain 20 23 Wembley NL Div 1 Home Won 50 32 21 30 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Away Lost 39 45 22 July 7 Poole NL Div 1 Home Won 51 33 23 14 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Home Abandoned Rain 24 19 Wembley Nat Trophy Away Postponed Rain 25 21 Wembley Nat Trophy Home Won 61 47 26 26 Wembley Nat Trophy Away Lost 47 60 27 28 Norwich NL Div 1 Home Lost 41 43 28 Aug 4 Bradford NL Div 1 Away Won 43 41 29 6 Wimbledon NL Div 1 Away Lost 23 61 30 9 Wembley NL Div 1 Away Lost 38 46 31 10 England v Australasia Test Match Home 65 43 32 11 Norwich NL Div 1 Away Lost 34 50 33 16 Oxford Inter-Div Tourn Away Postponed Rain 34 17 Belle Vue Nat Trophy Home Won 64 44 35 18 Belle Vue Nat Trophy Away Postponed Rain 36 25 World Championship QR Individual Home Postponed Rain 37 31 World Championship QR Individual Home Alan Hunt/Doug Davies 38 Sep 1 Belle Vue Nat Trophy Away Lost 25 83 39 4 Southampton Inter-Div Tourn Away Postponed Rain 40 8 Bradford NL Div 1 Home Won 51 33 41 15 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Home Won 44 40 42 15 Wimbledon NL Div 1 Home Won 56 28 43 18 Southampton Inter-Div Tourn Away Lost 47 48 44 29 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Away Lost 23 60 45 2 Saturday 14th April 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 48 – Bradford Tudors 35 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 2. Ron Mountford 2’ 1 2 1 6 1 3. Eric Boothroyd 2’ 3 1’ 2’ 8 3 4. Doug Davies 3 3 2 3 11 5. Jim Tolley 3 2 EF 1 6 6. Harry Bastable EF 0 N N 0 7. Neil Mortimer 3 2 1’ 6 1 8. Arthur Duncan EF 0 0 0 Bradford 1. Ron Clarke 0 N N N 0 2. Arthur Forrest 1 2 2 1 3 9 3. Arthur Wright 1 3 3 3 2 12 4. Eddie Rigg 0 0 0 2’ 2 1 5. Al Allison 2 0 0 N 2 6. Guy Allott F 1’ 3 0 4 1 7. Nigel Boocock 1’ 1 0 2 1 8. Des Haswell 2 1 1 4 Ht1 Hunt, Boothroyd, Wright, Clarke 71.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Davies, Mountford, Forrest, Rigg 72.8 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Tolley, Allison, Allott [f], Bastable [ef] 76.0 3 2 13 4 Ht4 Mortimer, Haswell, Boocock, Duncan [ef] 73.6 3 3 16 7 Ht5 Boothroyd, Forrest, Mountford, Rigg 73.4 4 2 20 9 Ht6 Hunt, Forrest [ts], Allott, Bastable 73.4 3 3 23 12 Ht7 Wright, Tolley, Boothroyd, Allison 73.6 3 3 26 15 Ht8 Allott, Mountford, Haswell, Duncan 76.2 2 4 28 19 Ht9 Davies, Hunt, Forrest, Rigg 74.0 5 1 33 20 Ht10 Wright, Mortimer, Haswell, Tolley [ef] 74.2 2 4 35 24 Ht11 Hunt, Boothroyd, Boocock, Allison 74.8 5 1 40 25 Ht12 Wright, Davies, Mortimer, Allott 74.0 3 3 43 28 Ht13 Forrest, Rigg, Tolley, Duncan 74.2 1 5 44 33 Ht14 Davies, Wright [ts], Mountford, Boocock 73.4 4 2 48 35 Novices Scratch Race Graham White, Frank Bird, Dave Hankins, Mike Lawrence 80.6 Perry Barr Scratch Races (3 Laps) Ht1 Hunt, Mountford, Rigg, Forrest 55.8 Ht2 Mortimer, Boocock, Derrick Tailby, Bill Bridgett 57.8 Ht3 Clarke, Haswell, Allott, Duncan 58.0 Ht4 Davies, Boothroyd, Wright, Boocock 56.2 Midlanders Handicap Tailby [60], Hankins [20yds behind], White [25], [Bird [20], Bridgett [30], Lawrence [Scr] 80.6 3 Saturday 21st April 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 45 – Belle Vue Aces 39 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 1 3 1 1’ 6 1 2. Ron Mountford 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 3. Eric Boothroyd 3 2’ 2 2 9 1 4. Doug Davies 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 5. Jim Tolley 0 EF N 1 1 6. Neil Mortimer 1 0 0 0 1 7. Harry Bastable 3 1 0 4 8. Arthur Duncan 2’ 0 2 1 Belle Vue 1. Ken Sharples 2 1’ 2’ 3 1 9 2 2. Peter Craven 1 1 2 2’ 6 1 3. Dick Fisher 0 1 3 2 6 4. Fred Rogers 0 0 EF N 0 5. Ron Johnston 3 3 3 0 9 6. Bob Duckworth 2’ 2 2 1’ 7 2 7. Peter Williams 1 0 1 8. Tink Maynard 0 1’ 1 1 Ht1 Boothroyd, Sharples, Hunt, Fisher 72.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Davies, Mountford, Craven, Rogers 73.2 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Johnston, Duckworth, Mortimer, Tolley 76.0 1 5 10 8 Ht4 Bastable, Duncan, Williams, Maynard 74.8 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Mountford, Boothroyd, Craven, Rogers 72.8 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Hunt, Duckworth, Sharples, Mortimer 73.8 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Johnston, Boothroyd, Fisher, Tolley [ef] 73.6 2 4 25 17 Ht8 Mountford, Duckworth, Maynard, Duncan 72.6 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Davies, Craven, Hunt, Rogers 74.6 4 2 32 22 Ht10 Fisher, Sharples, Bastable, Mortimer 74.6 1 5 33 27 Ht11 Johnston, Boothroyd, Hunt, Williams 74.4 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Davies, Fisher, Duckworth, Bastable 74.2 3 3 39 33 Ht13 Sharples [ts], Craven, Tolley, Mortimer 75.4 1 5 40 38 Ht14 Mountford, Davies, Sharples, Johnston 74.0 5 1 45 39 Reserves Scratch Race Williams, Derrick Tailby, Maynard, Duncan 74.6 Perry Barr Scratch Race (3 Laps) Ht1 Craven, Mountford, Davies, Duckworth 55.6 56.0 Ht2 Tolley, Bastable, Mortimer, Tailby 57.0 57.2 Ht3 Hunt, Boothroyd, Fisher, Sharples 55.6 56.2 Final Craven, Tolley, Mountford, Hunt 55.8 Midlanders Handicap Tailby [65yds behind], Bill Bridgett [25], Graham White [25], Mike Lawrence [Scr], Dave Hankins [30] 81.0 4 Friday 27th April 1956 Blackbird Road, Leicester Leicester Hunters 45 - Birmingham Brummies 51 (Inter-Divisional Tournament) Leicester 1. Ken McKinlay 3 3 EF 3 3 3 15 2. Charlie Barsby 1 3 1 1 EF 6 3. Gordon McGregor 1 2 3 1 0 7 4. Barry East 0 1’ 1 0 2 1 5. Len Williams 1’ 1 3 3 1 9 1 6. Ron Phillips 2 0 1 1 2’ 6 1 7. Brian Elliott 0 F 0 Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 3 2 1’ 2’ 10 2 2. Harry Bastable 0 1’ 2’ EF 1 4 2 3. Ron Mountford 3 2 EF 1’ 2 8 1 4. Jim Tolley 2’ 0 2 3 3 10 5. Eric Boothroyd EF EX 2’ 2 0 4 1 6. Doug Davies 3 3 3 2 2’ 13 1 7. Neil Mortimer 2 EF 0 2 Ht1 McKinlay, Hunt, Barsby, Bastable 67.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Mountford, Tolley, McGregor, East 70.0 1 5 5 7 Ht3 Davies, Phillips, Williams, Boothroyd [ef] 69.2 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Barsby, Mortimer, Bastable, Elliott 70.8 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Davies, McGregor, East, Mortimer [ef] 68.4 3 3 14 16 Ht6 McKinlay, Mountford, Barsby, Tolley 68.4 4 2 18 18 Ht7 Hunt, Bastable, Williams, Phillips 70.4 1 5 19 23 Ht8 Davies, Boothroyd, Barsby, McKinlay [ef] 70.8 1 5 20 28 Ht9 Williams, Tolley, Phillips, Mountford 69.6 4 2 24 30 Ht10 McGregor, Hunt, East, Bastable [ef] 70.6 4 2 28 32 Ht11 McKinlay, Davies, Hunt, East 69.4 3 3 31 35 Ht12 Williams, Boothroyd, Mountford, Barsby [ef] 70.8 3 3 34 38 Ht13 Tolley, Davies, McGregor, Elliott [f] 70.8 1 5 35 43 Ht14 McKinlay, Mountford, Phillips, Mortimer 69.8 4 2 39 45 Ht15 Tolley, Hunt, Williams, McGregor 70.8 1 5 40 50 Ht16 McKinlay, Phillips, Bastable, Boothroyd 70.0 5 1 45 51 Enderby Encounter East, Mortimer, Elliott, Ivor Brown 72.2 Stadium Scurry 3 laps (fastest winner) Ht1 Barsby, Phillips, Bastable, Tolley 54.0 Ht2 McGregor, Davies, East, Elliott 53.2 Ht3 McKinlay, Hunt, Boothroyd, Williams 52.0 5 Saturday 28th April 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 48 – Norwich Stars 36 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1.
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