Saturday 14Th May 1955

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. Alan Hunt 3 F 3 3 9 2. Ron Mountford 1 3 2 EF 6 3. Eric Boothroyd 2’ 2’ 2 2’ 8 3 4. Doug Davies 3 2’ 3 2 10 1 5. Jim Tolley 1 1’ 3 3 8 1 6. Harry Bastable 3 1 1 0 5 7. Neil Mortimer 1 EF 1 8. Arthur Duncan EX 1’ 1 1

Norwich 1. Aub Lawson 1 3 2 1’ 7 1 2. Ove Fundin 2 F 1 2 3 8 3. Harry Edwards 0 0 0 N 0 4. Fred Brand 0 1 0 N 1 5. Billy Bales 2 3 1 2 1 9 6. Phil Clarke 0 2’ 3 1’ 6 2 7. Reg Trott 2’ 0 2 1 8. Derek Strutt 3 0 3

Ht1 Hunt, Boothroyd, Lawson, Edwards 71.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Davies, Fundin, Mountford, Brand 71.4 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Bastable, Bales, Tolley, Clarke 71.8 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Strutt, Trott, Mortimer, Duncan [ex] 75.0 1 5 14 10 Ht5 Mountford, Boothroyd, Brand, Fundin [f] 73.2 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Lawson, Clarke, Bastable, Hunt [f] 72.6 1 5 20 16 Ht7 Bales, Boothroyd, Tolley, Edwards 72.0 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Clarke, Mountford, Duncan, Strutt 72.2 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Hunt, Davies, Fundin, Brand 72.4 5 1 31 23 Ht10 Tolley, Lawson, Bastable, Edwards 72.6 4 2 35 25 Ht11 Hunt, Boothroyd, Bales, Trott 73.0 5 1 40 26 Ht12 Davies, Bales [ts], Clarke, Mortimer [ef] 72.2 3 3 43 29 Ht13 Tolley, Fundin [ts], Lawson, Bastable 72.6 3 3 46 32 Ht14 Fundin, Davies, Bales, Mountford 73.0 2 4 48 36

Reserves Scratch Race Trott, Derrick Tailby, Strutt, Ray Thackwell [ef] 75.0

‘Stars’ Scratch Race Lawson, Fundin, Bales, Clarke (or Edwards) 73.0

Midlanders Handicap Tailby [80 yds behind], C Holt [Scr], Johnnie James [Scr], Derek Timms [25], Graham White [15] [f], Ray Thackwell [40] [ns] 80.2

Brummie New Tyre Match Races Ht1 Hunt bt Mountford [ef] 74.8 Ht2 Boothroyd bt Davies [ex] 75.0

All Brummie New Tyre Scratch Races Ht1 Tolley, Duncan, Bastable [ns], Mortimer [ns] 75.0 Ht2 Hunt, Boothroyd, Tolley [f], Mountford [ns] 74.4

6 Monday 30th April 1956 Wimbourne Road, Poole

Poole Pirates 54 - Birmingham Brummies 30 (National League Division One)

Poole 1. Ken Middleditch 2’ 3 1’ 2’ 8 3 2. Cyril Roger 2 2’ 2’ 2 8 2 3. Jim Squibb 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 4. Terry Small 1’ 2 1’ 1 4 2 5. Jack Biggs 2 3 3 3 11 6. Allan Kidd 0 0 N 0 0 7. Bill Holden 3 2 5 8. Bert Roger 2’ 3 2’ 7 2

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt EF 1’ EF 3 4 1 2. Ron Mountford 3 1 3 2 9 3. Eric Boothroyd 1 1 1 0 3 4. Harry Bastable 0 0 0 1’ 1 1 5. Doug Davies 1 EF 1 1 3 6. Jim Tolley 3 2 1 3 9 7. Neil Mortimer 0 0 0 8. Arthur Duncan 1 0 1

Ht1 Squibb, Middleditch, Boothroyd, Hunt [ef] 73.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Mountford, C Roger, Small, Bastable 71.8 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Tolley, Biggs, Davies, Kidd 71.6 2 4 10 8 Ht4 Holden, B Roger, Duncan, Mortimer 74.6 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Squibb, C Roger, Mountford, Bastable 72.2 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Middleditch, Tolley, Hunt, Kidd 72.4 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Biggs, Squibb, Boothroyd, Davies [ef] 72.4 5 1 28 14 Ht8 B Roger, C Roger, Tolley, Duncan 73.0 5 1 33 15 Ht9 Mountford, Small, Middleditch, Bastable 71.4 3 3 36 18 Ht10 Biggs, B Roger, Boothroyd, Hunt [ef] 71.6 5 1 41 19 Ht11 Squibb, Middleditch, Davies, Mortimer 72.4 5 1 46 20 Ht12 Tolley, Holden, Small, Boothroyd 73.0 3 3 49 23 Ht13 Biggs, Mountford, Bastable, Kidd 72.0 3 3 52 26 Ht14 Hunt, C Roger, Davies, Small 73.0 2 4 54 30

Parkstone Scratch Race Davies, Middleditch, Bastable, Small 73.2

Lilliput Scratch Race Holden, Ray Cresp, Norman Strachan, Mortimer 75.0

Stadium Scratch Race Squibb, Holden, Tolley, Kidd 74.6

Newtown Scratch Race B Roger, Strachan, Cresp, Duncan 76.6

Sterte Scratch Race Biggs, Mountford, Hunt, C Roger 75.0

Late Night Final Biggs, Squibb, Davies, Holden 76.6

7 Saturday 5th May 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 33 – Wembley Lions 50 (National League Division One)

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt EF 0 3 3 6 2. Ron Mountford 3 3 3 3 2 14 3. Eric Boothroyd 1 2’ 0 N 3 1 4. Doug Davies 1 0 1 0 2 5. Jim Tolley 1 1 EF 3 5 6. Harry Bastable 0 N EF 1 1 7. Neil Mortimer NS 1 0 1 8. Derrick Tailby 1 0 1

Wembley 1. Brian Crutcher 3 2 3 3 11 2. Tommy Price 2 1 2 2 7 3. Trevor Redmond 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 4. Freddie Williams EF 0 1’ 0 1 1 5. Split Waterman 2’ 2’ EF 1 5 2 6. Eric French 3 1’ 2 3 9 1 7. Mike Broadbanks 3 2 5 8. Jimmy Gooch 2’ 1’ 3 2

Ht1 Crutcher, Redmond, Boothroyd, Hunt [ef] 74.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Mountford, Price, Davies, Williams 73.4 4 2 5 7 Ht3 French, Waterman, Tolley, Bastable 75.8 1 5 6 12 Ht4 Broadbanks, Gooch, Tailby, Mortimer 75.0 1 5 7 17 Ht5 Mountford, Boothroyd, Price, Williams [ef] 73.6 5 1 12 18 Ht6 Mountford [ts], Crutcher, French, Hunt 74.2 3 3 15 21 Ht7 Redmond, Waterman, Tolley, Boothroyd 75.0 1 5 16 26 Ht8 Mountford, French, Gooch, Tailby 74.8 3 3 19 29 Ht9 Hunt, Price, Williams, Davies 74.0 3 3 22 32 Ht10 Crutcher, Redmond, Tolley [ef], Bastable [ef] 73.8 0 5 22 37 Ht11 Hunt, Broadbanks, Mortimer, Waterman [ef] 74.4 4 2 26 39 Ht12 French, Redmond, Davies, Mortimer 74.8 1 5 27 44 Ht13 Tolley, Price, Bastable, Williams 74.8 4 2 31 46 Ht14 Crutcher, Mountford, Waterman, Davies 73.2 2 4 33 50

Reserves Scratch Race (3 Laps) Mortimer, Broadbanks, Ray Thackwell, Arthur Duncan 57.8

Perry Barr Scratch Race (3 Laps) Ht1 Hunt, Tolley, Gooch, Williams 56.2 56.4 Ht2 Redmond, Waterman, Bastable, Mortimer 57.4 57.6 Ht3 Crutcher, Mountford, French, Price 56.2 57.0 Final Crutcher, Hunt, Tolley, Redmond 57.0

Midlanders Handicap Graham White [25yds Behind], Duncan [75], Thackwell [40], Tailby [90], [Johnnie James [Scr], Derek Timms [30] 80.4

8 Friday 11th May 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 72 – Poland 36 (International Challenge)

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 2’ 3 3 1 3 15 1 2. Harry Bastable 2’ 3 N 2’ 3 2’ 12 3 3. Ron Mountford 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 4. Jim Tolley 2’ 2’ 1 0 2’ EF 7 3 5. Eric Boothroyd 1 3 0 0 3 2 9 6. Doug Davies 3 2’ 3 3 0 EF 11 1 7. Arthur Duncan EF 0

Poland 1. Edward Kupczynski 1 0 1’ 0 0 1 3 1 2. Tadeusz Teodorowicz 0 1 2 1 N 3 7 3. Mieczyslaw Polukard 0 0 1’ N 2 1 4 1 4. Florian Kapala 1 1 2 2 1’ 0 7 1 5. Marian Kaiser 2 1 2 1’ 2 2 10 1 6. Wlodz. Szwendrowski 0 0 0 2 0 1’ 3 1 7. Eugeniusz Nazimek 1’ 1 2 1

Ht1 Hunt, Bastable, Kupczynski, Teodorowicz 73.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Mountford, Tolley, Kapala, Polukard 74.2 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Davies, Kaiser, Boothroyd, Szwendrowski 74.0 4 2 14 4 Ht4 Mountford, Tolley, Teodorowicz, Kupczynski 74.2 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Boothroyd, Davies, Kapala, Polukard 76.0 5 1 24 6 Ht6 Bastable, Hunt, Kaiser, Szwendrowski 74.8 5 1 29 7 Ht7 Davies, Teodorowicz, Kupczynski, Boothroyd 74.4 3 3 32 10 Ht8 Hunt, Kapala, Polukard, Duncan [ef] 75.6 3 3 35 13 Ht9 Mountford, Kaiser, Tolley, Szwendrowski 75.4 4 2 39 15 Ht10 Hunt, Bastable, Teodorowicz, Kupczynski 75.6 5 1 44 16 Ht11 Mountford, Kapala, Nazimek, Tolley 75.8 3 3 47 19 Ht12 Davies, Szwendrowski, Kaiser, Boothroyd 75.6 3 3 50 22 Ht13 Mountford, Tolley, Nazimek, Kupczynski 74.6 5 1 55 23 Ht14 Boothroyd, Polukard, Kapala, Davies 75.8 3 3 58 26 Ht15 Bastable, Kaiser, Hunt, Szwendrowski 76.0 4 2 62 28 Ht16 Teodorowicz, Boothroyd, Kupczynski, Davies [ef] 75.6 2 4 64 32 Ht17 Hunt, Bastable, Polukard, Kapala 74.4 5 1 69 33 Ht18 Mountford, Kaiser, Szwendrowski, Tolley [ef] 74.4 3 3 72 36

9 Saturday 12th May 1956 Odsal Stadium, Bradford

Bradford Tudors 43 - Birmingham Brummies 41 (National League Division One)

Bradford 1. Arthur Forrest 3 3 3 3 12 2. Ron Clarke 2 1’ N N 3 1 3. Al Allison 1 2 0 1 4 4. Arthur Wright 0 2’ 3 1 6 1 5. Guy Allott 2 2 3 3 10 6. Eddie Rigg 0 0 0 1 1 7. Nigel Boocock 2 2 2’ 0 6 1 8. Des Haswell 1’ 0 1 1

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 2 2 3 9 2. Ron Mountford 3 3 0 2 8 3. Eric Boothroyd 0 1 1’ 0 2 1 4. Harry Bastable 1 0 N 0 1 5. Doug Davies 3 3 2 2’ 10 1 6. Jim Tolley 1 1’ 3 1 6 1 7. Neil Mortimer 3 1 0 4 8. Derrick Tailby 0 1 1

Ht1 Forrest, Hunt, Allison, Boothroyd 66.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Mountford, Clarke, Bastable, Wright 68.0 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Davies, Allott, Tolley, Rigg 67.6 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Mortimer, Boocock, Haswell, Tailby 67.6 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Mountford, Allison, Clarke, Bastable 68.0 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Forrest, Hunt, Tolley, Rigg 67.0 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Davies, Allott, Boothroyd, Allison 67.2 2 4 19 23 Ht8 Tolley, Boocock, Tailby, Haswell 68.4 2 4 21 27 Ht9 Forrest, Wright, Mortimer, Mountford 67.8 5 1 26 28 Ht10 Allott, Hunt, Boothroyd, Rigg 67.4 3 3 29 31 Ht11 Forrest, Davies, Allison, Mortimer 67.4 4 2 33 33 Ht12 Wright, Boocock, Tolley, Boothroyd 68.4 5 1 38 34 Ht13 Allott, Mountford, Rigg, Bastable 68.2 4 2 42 36 Ht14 Hunt, Davies, Wright, Boocock 67.4 1 5 43 41

Juniors Scratch Races Ht1 John Gribbin, Malcolm Bruce, David Wright, Stan Holey 71.0 Ht2 PeterThompson, Tommy Toll, Alan Forrest, DH? 69.8

Stadium Scratch Races (3 Laps) Ht1 Davies, Allott, Clarke, Boothroyd 52.2 52.6 Ht2 Hunt, Mountford, Allison, A Wright 51.0 52.2 Ht3 Forrest, Boocock, Tolley, Toll 50.8 53.4

Reserves’ Race Boocock, Haswell, Mortimer, Tailby 70.0

Stadium Scratch Race Final Forrest, Davies, Hunt, Allott 51.0

Junior Scratch Race Final Gribbin, Bruce, Toll, Thompson 71.6

10 Monday 14th May 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London

Wimbledon Dons 51 - Birmingham Brummies 32 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon 1. Ronnie Moore 2’ 3 XT F 5 1 2. Ron How 3 1 3 2 9 3. Peter Moore 3 3 3 3 12 4. Alf Hagon 1 2 0 0 3 5. Barry Briggs 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 6. Cyril Maidment 1 0 2’ 1 4 1 7. Cyril Brine 2’ 2 4 1 8. Gil Goldfinch 3 F 3

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 1 2 1 3 7 2. Ron Mountford 2 2 3 0 2 9 3. Eric Boothroyd 0 F N 1 1 4. Harry Bastable 0 0 1 0 1 5. Doug Davies 2 1 2 1 6 6. Jim Tolley 0 1’ 2 3 6 1 7. Neil Mortimer F 1’ 1 1 8. Arthur Duncan F 1’ 1 1

Ht1 P Moore, R Moore, Hunt, Boothroyd 66.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 How, Mountford, Hagon, Bastable 67.2 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Briggs, Davies, Maidment, Tolley 65.6 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Goldfinch, Brine, Mortimer [f], Duncan [f] 71.8 5 0 18 5 Ht5 P Moore, Mountford, How, Bastable 66.8 4 2 22 7 Ht6 R Moore, Hunt, Tolley, Maidment 67.2 3 3 25 10 Ht7 P Moore, Briggs, Davies, Boothroyd [f] 66.4 5 1 30 11 Ht8 How, Tolley, Duncan, Goldfinch [f] 69.8 3 3 33 14 Ht9 Mountford, Hagon, Bastable, R Moore [xt] 67.0 2 4 35 18 Ht10 Briggs, Maidment, Hunt, Mountford [ts] 66.2 5 1 40 19 Ht11 P Moore, Davies, Mortimer, R Moore [f] 68.2 3 3 43 22 Ht12 Tolley, Brine, Boothroyd, Hagon 68.4 2 4 45 26 Ht13 Briggs, Mountford, Maidment, Bastable 66.8 4 2 49 28 Ht14 Hunt, How, Davies, Hagon 68.0 2 4 51 32

Wimbledon Juniors 8 – Wimbledon & Birmingham Reserves 10

Juniors Reserves 1. Tom Sweetman 0 2 2 1. Harry Bastable 2’ 3 5+1 2. Bob Andrews 1 3 4 2. Neil Mortimer 3 2 5 3. Eric Hockaday 1’ 1 2+1 3. Arthur Duncan F 0 0

Ht1 Mortimer, Bastable, Andrews, Sweetman 70.8 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Bastable, Sweetman, Hockaday, Duncan [f] 71.0 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Andrews, Mortimer, Hockaday, Duncan 69.0 4 2 8 10

The Flying Four Scratch Race Briggs, Davies, Mountford, R Moore [ns] 66.2

Wandle Scratch Race P Moore, How, Hunt, Boothroyd 68.2

Plough Lane Scratch Race Hagon, Maidment, Tolley [f], Brine [f] 69.4

11 Saturday 19th May 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 42 – Wimbledon Dons 42 (National League Division One)

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt EF 2 1 1’ 4 1 2. Ron Mountford 2 2’ 3 1 8 1 3. Doug Davies 2 3 1 2 8 4. Jim Tolley 0 3 2 0 5 5. Eric Boothroyd 2 0 1 3 6 6. Harry Bastable 1’ 1’ 0 1 3 2 7. Neil Mortimer 3 1’ 4 1 8. Derrick Tailby 2’ 2’ 4 2

Wimbledon 1. Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 2. Ron How 3 1 2 2 8 3. Peter Moore 1 2’ 2’ 3 8 2 4. Alf Hagon 1 0 0 0 1 5. Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 12 6. Cyril Maidment 0 EF EF 0 0 7. Cyril Brine 1 1 0 2 8. Gil Goldfinch 0 N 0

Ht1 R Moore, Davies, P Moore, Hunt [ef] 73.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 How, Mountford, Hagon, Tolley 75.2 2 4 4 8 Ht3 Briggs, Boothroyd, Bastable, Maidment 73.4 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Mortimer, Tailby, Brine, Goldfinch 76.2 5 1 12 12 Ht5 Davies, Mountford, How, Hagon 75.0 5 1 17 13 Ht6 R Moore, Hunt, Bastable, Maidment [ef] 73.6 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Briggs, P Moore, Davies, Boothroyd 73.2 1 5 21 21 Ht8 Mountford, Tailby, Brine, Maidment [ef] 74.4 5 1 26 22 Ht9 Tolley, How, Hunt, Hagon 75.4 4 2 30 24 Ht10 R Moore, P Moore, Boothroyd, Bastable 75.8 1 5 31 29 Ht11 Briggs, Davies, Hunt, Brine 73.6 3 3 34 32 Ht12 P Moore, Tolley, Mortimer, Maidment 76.0 3 3 37 35 Ht13 Boothroyd, How, Bastable, Hagon 75.2 4 2 41 37 Ht14 Briggs, R Moore, Mountford, Tolley 74.8 1 5 42 42

Reserves Scratch Race Arthur Duncan, Dick Tolley, Graham White, Ray Thackwell 77.4

Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 C Brine, Mortimer, Tailby, Maidment 57.8 Ht2 Boothroyd, Hagon, Duncan, Bastable 57.2 Ht3 R Moore, Briggs, Mountford, Hunt 56.6 Ht4 P Moore, J Tolley, Davies, How [f] 58.0

Midlanders Handicap Duncan [50yds Behind], D Tolley [40], Graham White [Scr], J Tolley [175], Hunt [200], Thackwell [20] [ef] 80.4

12 Monday 21st May 1956 Brandon Stadium, Coventry

Coventry Bees 59 - Birmingham Brummies 37 (Inter-Division Challenge)

Coventry 1. Nick Nicholls 1 2’ 2 0 1’ 6 2 2. Charlie New 3 3 3 0 3 12 3. Dick Bradley (G) 3 2 3 2 3 13 4. Reg Duval 2’ 1’ 2’ 2 0 7 3 5. Jim Lightfoot EF 3 2’ 1 2’ 8 2 6. Tommy Miller 3 2’ 3 1 2 11 1 7. Les Tolley 1 1’ 2 1

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 0 1 1 0 4 2. Harry Bastable 0 0 N 0 N 0 3. Ron Mountford 0 1 1 0 2’ 4 1 4. Jim Tolley 1 0 0 0 1 2 5. Eric Boothroyd 1’ 0 1 2 0 4 1 6. Doug Davies 2 3 3 3 3 3 17 7. Neil Mortimer 2 1 3 6

Ht1 New, Hunt, Nicholls, Bastable 70.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Bradley, Duval, J Tolley, Mountford 71.6 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Miller, Davies, Boothroyd, Lightfoot [ef] 71.4 3 3 12 6 Ht4 New, Mortimer, L Tolley, Bastable 70.6 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Davies, Bradley, Duval, Boothroyd 70.2 3 3 19 11 Ht6 New, Nicholls, Mountford, J Tolley 70.6 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Lightfoot, Miller, Mortimer, Hunt 70.0 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Davies, Nicholls, Boothroyd, New 70.4 2 4 31 17 Ht9 Miller, Lightfoot, Mountford, J Tolley 71.8 5 1 36 18 Ht10 Bradley, Duval, Hunt, Bastable 71.2 5 1 41 19 Ht11 Davies, Duval, Hunt, Nicholls 69.8 2 4 43 23 Ht12 New, Boothroyd, Lightfoot, Mountford 70.8 4 2 47 25 Ht13 Davies, Bradley, L Tolley, J Tolley 71.0 3 3 50 28 Ht14 Mortimer, Mountford, Miller, Duval 71.0 1 5 51 33 Ht15 Bradley, Lightfoot, J Tolley, Hunt 71.2 5 1 56 34 Ht16 Davies, Miller, Nicholls, Boothroyd 70.6 3 3 59 37

Junior Spree (Handicap Race) Brian Miller [55yds], Les Owen [20yds], Bill McGregor [35yds], Col Smith [Scr], Lucky Leffanue [20yds], Tony Eadon [Scr] 75.2

Lillington Scratch Race L Tolley, Mortimer, Bastable, Miller 71.6

Stadium Scratch Race (3 Laps) Ht1 Bradley, Boothroyd, Lightfoot, Hunt [Ex] 53.8 Ht2 J Tolley, Nicholls, Duval, L Tolley 54.2 Ht3 Davies, New, Miller, Mountford 53.4

13 Thursday 24th May 1956 Empire Stadium, London

Wembley Lions 50 - Birmingham Brummies 33 (National League Division One)

Wembley 1. Tommy Price 2 1’ 3 3 9 1 2. Split Waterman 1 2 2’ 0 5 1 3. Trevor Redmond EF 0 N N 0 4. Freddie Williams 3 2’ 2 1 8 1 5. Brian Crutcher 1 3 3 3 10 6. Eric French 3 2 0 2’ 7 1 7. Ray Cresp 3 2’ 1’ 6 2 8. Mike Broadbanks 2’ 3 0 5 1

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 2 3 3 14 2. Ron Mountford 2 1 1 1 5 3. Eric Boothroyd 1 0 1’ 0 2 1 4. Harry Bastable 0 N 0 0 0 5. Doug Davies 2 3 1 2 2’ 10 1 6. Jim Tolley 0 0 0 N 0 7. Neil Mortimer F 1’ 1 1 8. Arthur Duncan F 1 1

Ht1 Hunt, Price, Boothroyd, Redmond [ef] 71.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Williams, Mountford, Waterman, Bastable 73.4 4 2 6 6 Ht3 French, Davies, Crutcher, Tolley 73.0 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Cresp, Broadbanks, Mortimer [f], Duncan [f] 74.0 5 0 15 8 Ht5 Davies [ts], Waterman, Mountford, Redmond 73.8 2 4 17 12 Ht6 Hunt, French, Price, Tolley 73.8 3 3 20 15 Ht7 Crutcher, Cresp, Davies, Boothroyd 73.2 5 1 25 16 Ht8 Broadbanks, Waterman, Duncan, Tolley 73.6 5 1 30 17 Ht9 Price, Williams, Mountford, Bastable 73.8 5 1 35 18 Ht10 Crutcher, Hunt, Boothroyd, French 73.4 3 3 38 21 Ht11 Price, Davies, Mortimer, Broadbanks 74.2 3 3 41 24 Ht12 Hunt [ts], Williams, Cresp, Boothroyd 73.8 3 3 44 27 Ht13 Crutcher, French, Mountford, Bastable 74.2 5 1 49 28 Ht14 Hunt, Davies, Williams, Waterman 74.8 1 5 50 33

Golden Helmet Match Race Championship – First Leg Ht1 Ronnie Moore bt Brian Crutcher 71.0 Ht2 Brian Crutcher bt Ronnie Moore 74.6 Ht3 Ronnie Moore bt Brian Crutcher 71.6

Reserves Scratch Race (3 Laps) Broadbanks, Jimmy Gooch, Mortimer, Duncan 58.2

Stadium Handicap Race Cresp [15yds], Boothroyd [5yds], Bastable [10yds], [Crutcher [Scr], Merv Hannam [20yds] 75.0

Wembley Scratch Race (3 Laps) Ht1 Davies, Williams, Mountford, Waterman 56.6 ??.? Ht2 R Moore, Price, Boothroyd, Redmond 56.6 ??.? Ht3 Crutcher, Hunt, French, Tolley 56.8 ??.? Final R Moore, Crutcher, Price, Davies 56.0

Empire Scratch Race (3 Laps) Cresp, Gooch, Hannam, Broadbanks 56.8

14 Saturday 26th May 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 61 – Poole Pirates 23 (National League Division One)

Birmingham 1. Doug Davies 3 3 3 3 12 2. Ron Mountford 3 2 3 2 10 3. Jim Tolley 0 1’ 1 1 3 1 4. Eric Boothroyd 2’ 2’ 2’ 1’ 7 4 5. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 6. Harry Bastable 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4 7. Neil Mortimer 3 3 6 8. Derrick Tailby 2’ 1 3 1

Poole 1. Ken Middleditch 2 1 2 1 0 6 2. Cyril Roger 1 0 N NS 1 3. Jim Squibb 1’ F N 0 1 2 1 4. Terry Small 0 N 0 1 1 2 5. Jack Biggs 1 3 2 2 3 11 6. Bill Holden EF N N N 0 7. Bert Roger 0 0 0 8. Allan Kidd 1 0 0 0 1

Ht1 Davies, Middleditch, Squibb, Tolley 72.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Mountford, Boothroyd, C Roger, Small 74.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Hunt, Bastable, Biggs, Holden [ef] 74.0 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Mortimer, Tailby, Kidd, B Roger 74.6 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Biggs [ts], Mountford, Tolley, C Roger 74.4 3 3 21 9 Ht6 Davies, Bastable, Middleditch, Squibb [ts] [f] (rr) 74.0 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Hunt, Biggs, Tolley, Small [ts] 72.8 4 2 30 12 Ht8 Mountford, Middleditch [ts], Tailby, Kidd 73.8 4 2 34 14 Ht9 Davies, Boothroyd, Small, Kidd 73.0 5 1 39 15 Ht10 Hunt, Bastable, Middleditch, Squibb 74.0 5 1 44 16 Ht11 Davies, Biggs, Tolley, B Roger 74.2 4 2 48 18 Ht12 Mortimer, Boothroyd, Squibb, Kidd 76.6 5 1 53 19 Ht13 Hunt, Bastable, Small, C Roger [ns] 74.4 5 1 58 20 Ht14 Biggs, Mountford, Boothroyd, Middleditch 74.0 3 3 61 23

Reserves Scratch Race Arthur Duncan, Tailby, Vic Hall, Graham White 76.0

Perry Barr Scratch Race (3 Laps) Ht1 Boothroyd, Mortimer, Tailby, Small 56.8 Ht2 Davies, Biggs, Mountford, Middleditch 55.6 Ht3 Bastable, Duncan, Squibb, Kidd 57.0 Ht4 Hunt, Boothroyd, Tolley B Roger 56.0

Midlanders Handicap Hall [20yds Behind], Davies [175], White [Scr] [f], Duncan [40] [f], Mortimer [50] [f] 78.0

15 Wednesday 30th May 1956 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 48 - Birmingham Brummies 48 (Anglo Scottish Cup)

Glasgow 1. Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 2 3 14 2. Gordon McGregor 0 2 2’ 0 1’ 5 1 3. Tommy Miller 2 3 3 3 1 12 4. Larry Lazarus 1’ F 1 0 0 2 1 5. Bob Sharp 1’ 2 2 2 EF 7 1 6. Willie Wilson 2 1’ 0 3 1 8 1 7. Doug Templeton 0 1 1

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 3 EF 3 3 11 2. Harry Bastable 1’ 3 0 2 2 8 1 3. Ron Mountford 3 EF 3 2 2’ 10 1 4. Eric Boothroyd 0 1 1 0 1’ 3 1 5. Doug Davies 3 2 2 3 F 10 6. Neil Mortimer 0 1’ 1’ 1 0 3 2 7. Arthur Duncan 1 2 3

Ht 1 Bainbridge, Hunt, Bastable, McGregor 81.4 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Mountford, Miller, Lazarus, Boothroyd 82.6 3 3 6 6 Ht 3 Davies, Wilson, Sharp, Mortimer 80.2 3 3 9 9 Ht 4 Bastable, McGregor, Duncan, Templeton 81.4 2 4 11 13 Ht 5 Miller, Davies, Mortimer, Lazarus [f] 81.6 3 3 14 16 Ht 6 Bainbridge, McGregor, Boothroyd, Mountford [ef] 82.4 5 1 19 17 Ht 7 Hunt, Sharp, Wilson, Bastable 81.4 3 3 22 20 Ht 8 Bainbridge, Davies, Mortimer, McGregor 80.0 3 3 25 23 Ht 9 Mountford, Sharp, Boothroyd, Wilson 81.0 2 4 27 27 Ht 10 Miller, Bastable, Lazarus, Hunt [ef] 82.2 4 2 31 29 Ht 11 Hunt, Bainbridge, Mortimer, Lazarus 82.0 2 4 33 33 Ht 12 Davies, Sharp, McGregor, Boothroyd 79.8 3 3 36 36 Ht 13 Miller, Mountford, Templeton, Mortimer 81.2 4 2 40 38 Ht 14 Wilson, Duncan, Boothroyd, Lazarus 81.6 3 3 43 41 Ht 15 Hunt, Mountford, Miller, Sharp [ef] 81.0 1 5 44 46 Ht 16 Bainbridge, Bastable, Wilson, Davies [f] 82.0 4 2 48 48

Discovery Race Ht1 Red Monteith, Jimmy Black, Jimmy Cox, W.Templeton 82.8 Ht2 D.Templeton, Jimmy Tannock, Mitchell, Jock Scott [f] 82.8 Final Black, D.Templeton, Monteith, Tannock 82.4

Grand Final Miller, Hunt, Mountford, Bainbridge 81.0

16 Saturday 2nd June 1956 Firs Stadium, Norwich

Norwich Stars 27 - Birmingham Brummies 57 (National League Division One)

Norwich 1. Aub Lawson 1 2 2 1’ 2 8 1 2. Ove Fundin 2 EF EF 2 1 5 3. Geoff Pymar 0 1 0 N 1 4. Phil Clarke 1’ 0 N EF 1 1 5. Billy Bales 1’ 1 1’ 1 4 2 6. Reg Trott 2 1’ 2 0 5 1 7. Fred Brand 2 0 2 8. Harry Edwards 0 1 1

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 2. Ron Mountford 0 3 3 2’ 8 1 3. Jim Tolley 2’ 3 0 1 6 1 4. Eric Boothroyd 3 2’ 1 3 9 1 5. Doug Davies 3 2’ 3 2’ 10 2 6. Harry Bastable 0 0 3 3 6 7. Neil Mortimer 1 0 1 8. Arthur Duncan 3 2’ 5 1

Ht1 Hunt, Tolley, Lawson, Pymar 72.2 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Boothroyd, Fundin, Clarke, Mountford 73.2 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Davies, Trott, Bales, Bastable 72.4 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Duncan, Brand, Mortimer, Edwards 75.0 2 4 9 15 Ht5 Mountford, Boothroyd, Pymar, Fundin [ef] 74.6 1 5 10 20 Ht6 Hunt, Lawson, Trott, Bastable 72.8 3 3 13 23 Ht7 Tolley, Davies, Bales, Pymar 73.6 1 5 14 28 Ht8 Bastable, Duncan, Edwards, Fundin [ef] 74.8 1 5 15 33 Ht9 Mountford, Lawson, Boothroyd, Clarke 72.2 2 4 17 37 Ht10 Hunt, Trott, Bales, Tolley 73.0 3 3 20 40 Ht11 Davies, Fundin [ts], Lawson, Mortimer 72.8 3 3 23 43 Ht12 Bastable, Lawson [ts], Tolley, Brand 74.0 2 4 25 47 Ht13 Boothroyd, Mountford, Bales, Trott 74.8 1 5 26 52 Ht14 Hunt, Davies, Fundin, Clarke [ef] 74.2 1 5 27 57

Reserve Scurry Brand, Peter Atkins, Wal Morton, Derek Strutt 75.4

Drayton Scratch Race Ht1 Bales, Mountford, Bastable, Lawson 75.0 Ht2 Pymar, Fundin, Davies, Tolley 74.8 Ht3 Duncan, Edwards, Mortimer, Brand 76.4 Ht4 Hunt, Boothroyd, Trott, Clarke 75.8 Final Hunt, Duncan, Pymar, Bales 76.0

17 Monday 4th June 1956 Wimbourne Road, Poole

Poole Pirates 40 - Birmingham Brummies 44 (National League Division One)

Poole 1. Ken Middleditch 1’ 2 2 3 8 1 2. Cyril Roger 1 3 3 1 8 3. Bert Roger 2 0 2’ 0 4 1 4. Allan Kidd 0 N 3 F 3 5. Jack Biggs 0 3 2 3 8 6. Bill Holden 3 1’ 1’ 0 5 2 7. Jim Squibb 2 1’ 0 3 1 8. Norman Strachan 0 1 1

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 2. Ron Mountford 3 2 0 2 7 3. Jim Tolley 0 1 N 2 3 4. Eric Boothroyd 2’ 1’ 3 1’ 7 3 5. Doug Davies 2 0 0 2 2’ 6 1 6. Harry Bastable 1’ 0 2 1’ 4 2 7. Neil Mortimer 3 1’ 4 1 8. Arthur Duncan 1 0 1

Ht1 Hunt, B Roger, Middleditch, Tolley 71.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Mountford, Boothroyd, C Roger, Kidd 72.0 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Holden, Davies, Bastable, Biggs 72.0 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Mortimer, Squibb, Duncan, Strachan 73.0 2 4 9 15 Ht5 C Roger, Mountford, Boothroyd, B Roger 71.4 3 3 12 18 Ht6 Hunt, Middleditch, Holden, Bastable 70.8 3 3 15 21 Ht7 Biggs, B Roger, Tolley, Davies 70.8 5 1 20 22 Ht8 C Roger, Bastable, Strachan, Duncan 72.0 4 2 24 24 Ht9 Boothroyd, Middleditch, Squibb, Mountford 71.6 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Hunt, Biggs, Holden, Davies [ts] 71.4 3 3 30 30 Ht11 Middleditch, Davies, Mortimer, B Roger 71.6 3 3 33 33 Ht12 Kidd, Tolley, Bastable, Squibb 73.0 3 3 36 36 Ht13 Biggs, Mountford, Boothroyd, Holden 71.0 3 3 39 39 Ht14 Hunt, Davies, C Roger, Kidd [f] 71.4 1 5 40 44

Query finishing order of Duncan and Mortimer in heat 4 What rule allowed Davies to replace Tolley in heat 10?

The Dolphin Scratch Race Ht1 Kidd, Boothroyd, Terry Small, Bastable 73.0 Ht2 Mortimer, Strachan, Squibb, Small 73.0 Ht3 Middleditch, B Roger, Davies, Tolley 71.8 Ht4 Squibb, Strachan, Small, Duncan 72.4 Ht5 Biggs, Hunt, C Roger, Mountford 71.8 Final Middleditch, Biggs, Squibb, Kidd 72.4

18 Saturday 9th June 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Midland Riders Championship Qualifying Round

1. Barry East 1 1 0 0 0 2 14th 2. Peter Robinson 2 0 1 1 0 4 12th 3. Arthur Duncan F EF 0 EF 0 0 16th 4. Jim Tolley 3 2 1 0 3 9 =7th 5. Alan Hunt 3 F 2 2 1 8 9th 6. Ken McKinlay 2 3 1 1 3 10 =4th 7.Dennis Newton 1 2 2 3 1 9 =7th 8. Dennis Parker 0 1 1 0 1 3 13th 9. Neil Mortimer 1 3 3 2 3 12 =2nd 10. Howdy Byford 2 1 0 1 2 6 11th 11. Ron Mountford 3 EF 3 2 2 10 =4th 12. Maury Courtnell 0 0 0 N 1 1 15th 13. Eric Boothroyd 2 2 3 3 2 12 =2nd 14. Len Williams 1 2 2 2 0 7 10th 15. Doug Davies 3 3 3 3 3 15 1st 16. Harry Bastable EF 3 2 3 2 10 =4th Res. Derrick Tailby 1 1

Ht1 Tolley, Robinson, East, Duncan [f] (rr) 73.2 Ht2 Hunt, McKinlay, Newton, Parker 73.2 Ht3 Mountford, Byford, Mortimer, Courtnell 73.8 Ht4 Davies, Boothroyd, Williams, Bastable [ef] 72.6 Ht5 Mortimer, Boothroyd, East, Hunt [f] (rr) 73.0 Ht6 McKinlay, Williams, Byford, Robinson 74.0 Ht7 Davies, Newton, Mountford [ef], Duncan [ef] 73.4 Ht8 Bastable, Tolley, Parker, Courtnell 74.0 Ht9 Mountford, Bastable, McKinlay, East 74.4 Ht10 Davies, Hunt, Robinson, Courtnell [f] 74.0 Ht11 Mortimer, Williams, Parker, Duncan 74.8 Ht12 Boothroyd, Newton, Tolley, Byford 75.0 Ht13 Newton, Williams, Tailby, East 75.2 Ht14 Boothroyd, Mountford, Robinson, Parker 75.2 Ht15 Bastable, Hunt, Byford, Duncan [ef] 74.4 Ht16 Davies, Mortimer, McKinlay, Tolley 74.4 Ht17 Davies, Byford, Parker, East 75.2 Ht18 Mortimer, Bastable, Newton, Robinson 75.2 Ht19 McKinlay, Boothroyd, Courtnell, Duncan 75.2 Ht20 Tolley, Mountford, Hunt, Williams 76.4

Query Heat 16 – McKinlay, Tolley finishing order?

19 Saturday 16th June 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies v Bradford Tudors (National League Division One) Postponed Due To Rain

20 Saturday 23rd June 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 50 - Wembley Lions 32 (National League Division One)

Birmingham 1. Doug Davies 3 3 3 3 12 2. Ron Mountford 1 EF F 3 4 3. Neil Mortimer 2’ F 1 F 3 1 4. Eric Boothroyd 3 2’ 3 1 9 1 5. Alan Hunt 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 6. Harry Bastable 1 1 3 2’ 7 1 7. Jim Tolley 3 F 3 8. Arthur Duncan 1 F 1

Wembley 1. Brian Crutcher 1 EF 1 2 4 2. Trevor Redmond 2 3 1 1 7 3. Tommy Price F EF 0 2 2 4. Ray Cresp EF 2’ F 0 2 1 5. Split Waterman 2 2 2 0 6 6. Eric French 0 2 3 1’ 6 1 7. Mike Broadbanks 0 1’ 1 1 8. Merv Hannam 2 2’ 4 1

Ht1 Davies, Mortimer, Crutcher, Price [f] 73.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Boothroyd, Redmond, Mountford, Cresp [ef] 74.4 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Hunt, Waterman, Bastable, French 73.0 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Tolley, Hannam, Duncan, Broadbanks 75.8 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Redmond, Cresp, Mountford [ef], Mortimer [f] 74.6 0 5 17 12 Ht6 Davies, French, Bastable, Crutcher [ef] 73.6 4 2 21 14 Ht7 Hunt, Waterman, Mortimer, Price [ef] 74.8 4 2 25 16 Ht8 French, Hannam, Mountford [f], Duncan [f] (rr) 75.6 0 5 25 21 Ht9 Davies, Boothroyd, Redmond, Cresp [f] 74.6 5 1 30 22 Ht10 Bastable, Hunt, Crutcher, Price 74.0 5 1 35 23 Ht11 Davies, Waterman, Broadbanks, Mortimer [f] 74.0 3 3 38 26 Ht12 Boothroyd, Price, French, Tolley [f] 75.0 3 3 41 29 Ht13 Hunt, Bastable, Redmond, Cresp 75.2 5 1 46 30 Ht14 Mountford, Crutcher, Boothroyd, Waterman 76.2 4 2 50 32

Reserves Scratch Race Duncan, Hannam, Broadbanks, Derrick Tailby 75.6

Perry Barr Scratch Race (3 Laps) Ht1 French, Bastable, Price, Tolley 56.6 57.0 Ht2 Hunt, Cresp, Redmond, Mountford 56.0 57.4 Ht3 Davies, Boothroyd, Crutcher, Waterman 56.4 57.2 Final Davies, French, Bastable, Hunt 57.2

Midlanders Handicap Vic Hall [20yds behind], Derek Timms [10], Graham White [Scr], Mortimer [100], [Duncan [90], Tailby [90] 80.8

21 Saturday 30th June 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester

Belle Vue Aces 45 - Birmingham Brummies 39 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue 1. Ken Sharples 3 2 0 1 6 2. Peter Craven 2’ 3 2 3 10 1 3. Fred Rogers 0 0 0 0 0 4. Dick Fisher 3 3 2 0 8 5. Ron Johnston 3 3 3 3 12 6. Bob Duckworth 2’ 1’ 0 2’ 5 3 7. Peter Williams 2 1’ 3 1 8. Slant Payling 0 1’ 1 1

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 1’ 3 3 2 2 11 1 2. Ron Mountford EF 2 2 EF 4 3. Neil Mortimer 2 1’ 1’ 0 4 2 4. Eric Boothroyd 1 1’ 1’ N 3 2 5. Doug Davies EF 2 3 1’ 6 1 6. Harry Bastable 1 0 N N 1 7. Jim Tolley 3 2’ 3 1 9 1 8. Derrick Tailby 1 0 1

Ht1 Sharples, Mortimer, Hunt, Rogers 72.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Fisher, Craven, Boothroyd, Mountford [ef] 71.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Johnston, Duckworth, Bastable, Davies [ef] 73.4 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Tolley, Williams, Tailby, Payling 73.0 2 4 15 9 Ht5 Craven, Mountford, Boothroyd, Rogers 72.0 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Hunt, Sharples, Duckworth, Bastable 73.8 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Johnston, Davies, Mortimer, Rogers 73.4 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Hunt [ts], Craven, Payling, Tailby 73.4 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Fisher, Mountford, Boothroyd, Sharples 73.4 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Johnston, Hunt, Mortimer, Duckworth 73.6 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Davies, Tolley, Sharples, Rogers 73.8 1 5 34 32 Ht12 Tolley, Fisher, Williams, Mortimer 74.8 3 3 37 35 Ht13 Johnston, Duckworth, Tolley, Mountford [ef] 74.8 5 1 42 36 Ht14 Craven, Hunt, Davies, Fisher 73.8 3 3 45 39

Sunshine Scratch Race (3 Laps) Ht1 Mountford, Boothroyd, Fisher, Sharples 56.2 Ht2 Davies, Johnston, Bastable, Rogers 56.4 Ht3 Craven, Mortimer, Hunt, Duckworth 56.2

Reserves Round-Up (3 Laps) Williams, Tolley, Tailby, Payling [f] 57.6

Stand By Scratch Race Frank Johnson, Tink Maynard, Brian Craven, Alf Webster 77.4

Bubble-Bounce Handicap Lou Grepp [20yds Behind], Jack Kitchen [25], Sandy Sandall [15], Derek Warburton [Scr], Bob McHugh [10] [f] 79.6

Speed Car Special Ht1 – Cancelled (Doc Garth hit safety fence – injured) Ht2 Albert Brown, Derek Bennett, Wilf Harrison, [Wilf Johnson, Duggy Thornton, Hinchcliffe 102.0 Ht3 Brown, Stan Beardsall, Harrison, Bennett 99.6

22 Saturday 7th July 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 51 – Poole Pirates 33 (National League Division One)

Birmingham 1. Doug Davies F 2’ 2 3 7 1 2. Ron Mountford 3 2 3 2 10 3. Neil Mortimer 2 1’ 1’ 1 5 2 4. Eric Boothroyd 1 1’ 3 1’ 6 2 5. Alan Hunt 3 2 3 3 11 6. Harry Bastable 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 7. Jim Tolley 3 F 3 8. Derrick Tailby 0 0 0

Poole 1. Ken Middleditch 1 0 0 0 1 2. Cyril Roger 2 3 0 0 5 3. Bert Roger 3 0 1 2 1 7 4. Allan Kidd 0 0 N N 0 5. Jack Biggs 1 3 3 2 3 12 6. Jim Squibb 0 1 2 1’ 4 1 7. Terry Small 2 0 2 8. Norman Strachan 1’ 1’ 2 2

Ht1 B Roger, Mortimer, Middleditch, Davies [f] 73.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Mountford, C Roger, Boothroyd, Kidd 73.4 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Hunt, Bastable, Biggs, Squibb 73.0 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Tolley, Small, Strachan, Tailby 74.0 3 3 14 10 Ht5 C Roger, Mountford, Mortimer, Kidd 74.0 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Bastable, Davies, Squibb, Middleditch 73.0 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Biggs, Hunt, Mortimer, B Roger 73.4 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Mountford, Squibb, Strachan, Tailby 73.8 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Biggs [ts], Davies, Boothroyd, C Roger 73.4 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Hunt, Bastable, B Roger, Middleditch 74.0 5 1 36 24 Ht11 Davies, Biggs, Mortimer, Small 73.6 4 2 40 26 Ht12 Boothroyd, B Roger, Squibb, Tolley [f] 74.4 3 3 43 29 Ht13 Hunt, Bastable, B Roger [ts], C Roger 73.8 5 1 48 30 Ht14 Biggs, Mountford, Boothroyd, Middleditch 73.4 3 3 51 33

Perry Barr Scratch Race – Section A Ht1 Tolley, Small, Strachan, Tailby 57.4 Ht2 Mortimer, Middleditch, Squibb, Mountford [ef] 56.6 Final Mortimer, Middleditch, Small, Tolley 75.2

Perry Barr Scratch Race – Section B Ht1 Hunt, Boothroyd, C Roger, B Roger 56.0 Ht2 Bastable, Biggs, Strachan, Kidd 56.0 Final Biggs, Hunt, Bastable, Boothroyd 74.0

23 Saturday 14th July 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 23 - Belle Vue Aces 31 (National League Division One) Abandoned Due To Rain

Birmingham 1. Doug Davies 1 3 1’ 5 1 2. Ron Mountford 2’ 1 3 6 1 3. Jim Tolley F 0 1 1 4. Eric Boothroyd 1 2 3 5. Alan Hunt 3 1 4 6. Harry Bastable 0 0 0 7. Neil Mortimer 3 0 3 8. Derrick Tailby 1 1 2

Belle Vue 1. Ken Sharples 3 2 5 2. Peter Craven 3 3 3 9 3. Dick Fisher 2’ 3 5 1 4. Peter Williams 0 2’ 0 2 1 5. Ron Johnston 2’ 2’ 4 2 6. Bob Duckworth 1’ 1’ 2 4 2 7. Tink Maynard 0 0 8. Frank Johnson 2 F 2

Ht1 Sharples, Fisher, Davies, Tolley [f] 74.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Craven, Mountford, Boothroyd, Williams 74.6 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Hunt, Johnston, Duckworth, Bastable 75.0 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Mortimer, Johnson, Tailby, Maynard 76.0 4 2 11 13 Ht5 Craven, Williams, Mountford, Tolley 76.0 1 5 12 18 Ht6 Davies, Sharples, Duckworth, Bastable 78.6 3 3 15 21 Ht7 Fisher, Johnston, Hunt, Mortimer 78.0 1 5 16 26 Ht8 Mountford, Duckworth, Tailby, Johnson [f] 78.0 4 2 20 28 Ht9 Craven, Boothroyd, Davies, Williams ? 3 3 23 31

24 Thursday 19th July 1956 Empire Stadium, London

Wembley Lions v Birmingham Brummies (National Trophy) Postponed Due To Rain

25 Saturday 21st July 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 61 – Wembley Lions 47 (National Trophy)

Birmingham 1. Harry Bastable 1 0 N 3 1’ 5 1 2. Doug Davies EF 3 2’ 1’ 2 8 2 3. Ron Mountford 3 1 3 3 2 1’ 13 1 4. Eric Boothroyd 2’ 2 2 1 3 2 12 1 5. Alan Hunt 3 2 EF 1’ 1 7 1 6. Jim Tolley 1 0 N 0 N 1 7. Arthur Duncan 2’ 2’ 4 2 8. Neil Mortimer 3 0 3 3 2 11

Wembley 1. Split Waterman 2’ 3 1’ EF 0 6 2 2. Tommy Price 3 0 2 0 1 6 3. Trevor Redmond 1 0 1 1 2 5 4. Ray Cresp 2 2 0 2 3 0 9 5. Brian Crutcher 3 2 3 3 3 3 17 6. Eric French 0 1 1’ 0 0 2 1 7. Mike Broadbanks F FX 0 8. Merv Hannan 1 1 2

Ht1 Price, Waterman, Bastable, Davies [ef] 73.8 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Mountford, Boothroyd, Redmond, French 73.8 5 1 6 6 Ht3 Hunt, Cresp, Tolley, Price 71.6 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Mortimer, Duncan, Hannan, Broadbanks [f] 74.8 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Davies, Cresp, Mountford, Redmond 73.8 4 2 19 11 Ht6 Waterman, Boothroyd, French, Tolley 74.2 2 4 21 15 Ht7 Crutcher, Hunt, Redmond, Bastable 72.0 2 4 23 19 Ht8 Mountford, Crutcher, Waterman, Mortimer 73.2 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Mortimer, Davies, Redmond, Waterman [ef] 74.2 5 1 31 23 Ht10 Mountford, Price, French, Hunt [ef] 74.4 3 3 34 26 Ht11 Crutcher, Boothroyd, Davies, Cresp 74.0 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Bastable, Redmond, Boothroyd, Price 74.4 4 2 41 31 Ht13 Crutcher, Davies, Hunt, French 73.0 3 3 44 34 Ht14 Mortimer, Duncan, Hannan, Broadbanks [fx] (rr) 75.0 5 1 49 35 Ht15 Boothroyd, Cresp, Hunt, Waterman 74.6 4 2 53 37 Ht16 Crutcher, Mountford, Price, Tolley 74.2 2 4 55 41 Ht17 Cresp, Mortimer, Bastable, French 75.2 3 3 58 44 Ht18 Crutcher, Boothroyd, Mountford, Cresp 74.6 3 3 61 47

Golden Helmet Match Race Championship Ht1 Brian Crutcher bt Alan Hunt [ef] 71.8 Ht2 Alan Hunt bt Brian Crutcher [ef] 74.8 Ht3 Brian Crutcher bt Alan Hunt 71.2

26 Thursday 26th July 1956 Empire Stadium, London

Wembley Lions 60 - Birmingham Brummies 47 (National Trophy)

Wembley 1. Tommy Price 3 0 1 NF 0 4 2. Trevor Redmond 1 0 0 1 2’ 4 1 3. Split Waterman 1 3 3 2’ 2’ 0 11 2 4. Eric French 3 3 3 3 0 12 5. Brian Crutcher 1 3 3 3 2 1 13 6. Ray Cresp 3 2’ 1 3 3 12 1 7. Mike Broadbanks 0 2 2 8. Merv Hannan 2 0 2

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 1 2 3 3 3 14 2. Ron Mountford 0 N N N N 0 3. Doug Davies 2 1’ 2 2’ 2 2’ 11 3 4. Eric Boothroyd 2 2 2 1 2 9 5. Jim Tolley 0 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 6. Harry Bastable 0 0 N 1 1’ 2 1 7. Neil Mortimer 0 1 1 NF 1 3 8. Arthur Duncan 3 0 3 1 7

Ht1 Price, Hunt, Redmond, Mountford 75.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 French, Davies, Waterman, Bastable 75.4 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Cresp, Boothroyd, Crutcher, Mortimer 74.4 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Duncan, Hannan, Mortimer, Broadbanks 75.0 2 4 14 10 Ht5 Waterman, Boothroyd, Davies, Redmond 75.4 3 3 17 13 Ht6 French, Cresp, Hunt, Bastable 75.2 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Crutcher, Davies, Tolley, Price 74.2 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Waterman, Hunt, Price, Tolley 74.6 4 2 29 19 Ht9 Hunt, Davies, Cresp, Redmond 74.8 1 5 30 24 Ht10 Crutcher, Waterman, Mortimer, Duncan 73.8 5 1 35 25 Ht11 French, Boothroyd, Redmond, Tolley 75.0 4 2 39 27 Ht12 French, Davies, Price [nf], Mortimer [nf] 75.2 3 2 42 29 Ht13 Crutcher, Redmond, Bastable, Tolley 73.8 5 1 47 30 Ht14 Duncan, Broadbanks, Mortimer, Hannan 76.2 2 4 49 34 Ht15 Hunt, Crutcher, Boothroyd, French 73.6 2 4 51 38 Ht16 Cresp, Waterman, Duncan, Tolley 75.4 5 1 56 39 Ht17 Cresp, Boothroyd, Bastable, Price 76.2 3 3 59 42 Ht18 Hunt, Davies, Crutcher, Waterman 74.4 1 5 60 47

Golden Helmet Match Race Championship Ht1 Brian Crutcher bt Alan Hunt 73.8 Ht2 Brian Crutcher bt Alan Hunt 74.4

Invitation Handicap Race Broadbanks [15 yds start], Waterman [Scr], Davies [Scr], Hannan [20], Duncan [15] 75.2

Flying Twelve Rolling Start Scratch Race (3 Laps) Ht1 Hunt, Price, French, Bastable 55.2 ??? Ht2 Waterman, Davies, Crutcher, Duncan 54.6 ??? Ht3 Redmond, Broadbanks, Cresp, Boothroyd 54.8 ??? Final Waterman, Hunt, Redmond, Davies [ns] 54.6

27 Saturday 28th July 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 41 – Norwich Stars 43 (National League Division One)

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 1 3 3 3 12 2. Ron Mountford 1’ EF 2 1’ 4 2 3. Neil Mortimer 1’ 3 0 1 5 1 4. Eric Boothroyd 2 2’ 2 2 8 1 5. Doug Davies 2 3 EF 2’ 7 1 6. Harry Bastable 1’ 0 1 N 2 1 7. Jim Tolley EF 0 0 8. Arthur Duncan 3 0 3

Norwich 1. Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3 12 2. Harry Edwards 3 1’ 0 0 4 1 3. Gerry Hussey 0 2 2’ 1 5 1 4. Billy Bales 0 2 1 1 4 5. Aub Lawson 0 1’ 2 0 3 1 6. Phil Clarke 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 7. Geoff Pymar 1’ 0 1 1 8. Peter Atkins 2 1 3

Ht1 Fundin, Hunt, Mortimer, Hussey 71.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Edwards, Boothroyd, Mountford, Bales 73.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Clarke, Davies, Bastable, Lawson 72.2 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Duncan, Atkins, Pymar, Tolley [ef] 76.6 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Mortimer, Bales, Edwards, Mountford [ef] 73.2 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Fundin, Clarke, Hunt, Bastable 72.8 1 5 16 20 Ht7 Davies, Hussey, Lawson, Mortimer 73.6 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Clarke, Mountford, Atkins, Duncan 73.4 2 4 21 27 Ht9 Hunt, Boothroyd, Bales, Edwards 73.8 5 1 26 28 Ht10 Fundin, Hussey, Bastable, Davies [ef] 73.6 1 5 27 33 Ht11 Hunt, Lawson, Mortimer, Pymar 73.4 4 2 31 35 Ht12 Clarke, Boothroyd, Hussey, Tolley 73.6 2 4 33 39 Ht13 Hunt [ts], Davies, Bales, Edwards 74.0 5 1 38 40 Ht14 Fundin, Boothroyd, Mountford, Lawson 73.2 3 3 41 43

Perry Barr Scratch Race – Section A (Heats 3 Laps, Final 4 Laps) Ht1 Pymar, Derrick Tailby, Duncan, Atkins 57.8 Ht2 Mortimer, Clarke, Edwards, Bastable 55.8 Final Clarke, Mortimer, Tailby, Pymar 73.8

Perry Barr Scratch Race – Section B (Heats 3 Laps, Final 4 Laps) Ht1 Hunt, Bales, Mountford, Lawson 56.2 Ht2 Boothroyd, Hussey, Fundin, Davies 55.8 Final Hunt, Boothroyd, Bales, Hussey 74.4

28 Tuesday 31st July 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Cavalcade of Speed Midlands 56 North 38 (Composite Challenge

Midlands Sidecars Harold Hill 0 3 John Lidgate 1 3 Jock Grassick 0 0 Claude Evans 3 1 Bill Evans 2’ 3 Chris Vincent 3 2’ Speedcars Jack Bottomley 1 2 Dick Mountfield 3 1’ Albert Brown 3 3 Wilf Johnson 0 1 Wilf Harrison 0 H. Hinchcliffe 2 Doug Thornton Speedway Alan Hunt 1 3 Ron Mountford 3 3 Doug Davies 1 1 Trotting Edward Dewey 1 Little Dolfie Mary Dewey Pat Dewey 3

North Sidecars Geoff Baker 2’ 2 Geoff Lucy 3 1 Vic Artus 2 2 Dennis Austin 1’ 0 Arthur Candlin 1 1’ Tommy Westwood 0 0 Speedcars Doc Garth 2 3 Red Moore 1 0 Bruce Blood 0 2 Derek Bennett 2 Ted Howell Davy Crockett 3 G.O’Neil 1 Speedway Ron Johnston 2 2 Bob Duckworth 0 2 Dick Fisher 0 0 Trotting Direct Dillon 2

29 Golden Idol Lea Dillon Ingle Boy

Ht1 Lucy, Baker, Lidgate, Hill 1 5 1 5 Ht2 C.Evans, Artus, Austin, Grassick (nf), 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Vincent, B.Evans, Candlin, Westwood 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Mountford, Johnston, Hunt, Duckworth 4 2 13 11 Ht5 Brown, Garth, Bottomley, Blood 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Mountfield, Bennett, Moore, Johnson 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Crockett, Hinchcliffe, O’Neil, Harrison 2 4 22 20 Ht8 P.Dewey, E.Dewey, D.Dillon, [N.Dewey, Idol, L.Dillon 4 2 26 22 Ht9 Hunt, Johnston, Davies, Fisher 4 2 30 24 Ht10 Hill, Baker, C.Evans, Austin 4 2 34 26 Ht11 B.Evans, Artus, Candlin, Grassick 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Lidgate, Vincent, Lucy, Westwood 5 1 42 30 Ht13 Garth, Bottomley, Mountfield, Moore 3 3 45 33 Ht14 Brown, Blood, Johnson, ? 4 2 49 35 Ht15 Harrison, Howell, Hincliffe (nf),Crockett (nf) 3 2 52 37 Ht16 Mountford, Duckworth, Davies, Fisher 4 2 56 39 Ht17 [ all runners

Match Race Speedcars Garth bt Moore

Sidecars Ht1 Lucy (30behind), Hill (30), Vincent (5). [ Austin (0), Aertus (0), Baker (30) Ht2 B.Evans (20), Lidgate (15), Candlin (20), [ Westwood (0), Grassick (0), C.Evans (5)

Speedcars Ht1 Garth, Blood, Brown, [ Bottomley, Moore, Mountfield Ht2 [ Howell, Harrison, Johnson, Crockett, Hinchcliffe, Bennett

30 Saturday 4th August 1956 Odsal Stadium, Bradford

Bradford Tudors 41 - Birmingham Brummies 43 (National League Division One)

Bradford 1. Arthur Wright 1’ 2 0 0 3 1 2. Ron Clarke 3 3 3 1 10 3. Al Allison 2 0 0 3 5 4. Jimmy Gooch 0 1 2 0 3 5. Guy Allott 3 1 1’ 3 8 1 6. Nigel Boocock 2’ 1’ 2 0 5 2 7. Dent Oliver 3 0 3 8. Des Haswell 2’ 2’ 4 2

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 2. Ron Mountford 1’ 2 2’ 2 7 2 3. Neil Mortimer 0 3 0 3 6 4. Eric Boothroyd 2 1’ 3 1’ 7 2 5. Doug Davies 0 2’ 2 2’ 6 2 6. Harry Bastable 1 0 1 1 3 7. Jim Tolley 0 1’ 1 1 8. Arthur Duncan 1 0 0

Ht1 Hunt, Allison, Wright, Mortimer 68.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Clarke, Boothroyd, Mountford, Gooch 68.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Allott, Boocock, Bastable, Davies 68.0 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Oliver, Haswell, Duncan, Tolley 69.2 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Clarke, Mountford, Boothroyd, Allison 68.2 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Hunt, Wright, Boocock, Bastable 67.8 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Mortimer, Davies, Allott, Allison 67.8 1 5 23 19 Ht8 Clarke, Haswell, Bastable, Duncan 68.6 5 1 28 20 Ht9 Boothroyd, Mountford, Gooch, Wright 68.2 1 5 29 25 Ht10 Hunt, Boocock, Allott, Mortimer 67.4 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Allison, Davies, Tolley, Wright 69.0 3 3 35 31 Ht12 Mortimer, Gooch, Bastable, Oliver 68.4 2 4 37 35 Ht13 Allott, Mountford, Boothroyd, Boocock 68.6 3 3 40 38 Ht14 Hunt, Davies, Clarke, Gooch 68.0 1 5 41 43

Juniors Scratch Race Ht1 Greenwood, Toll, Bruce 68.4 Ht2 Thompson, Challoner 72.0

Stadium Scratch Races (3 laps) Ht1 Hunt, Greenwood, Wright 51.2 52.4 Ht2 Clarke, Boocock, Bastable, Mortimer 51.8 53.0 Ht3 Allison, Boothroyd, Oliver 52.0 52.6 Final Hunt, Greenwood, Clarke,Allison 51.6

Reserves Race Haswell, Duncan, Oliver 69.0

Juniors Scratch Race Final Greenwood, Toll, Thompson, Challoner 71.8

31 Monday 6th August 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London

Wimbledon Dons 61 - Birmingham Brummies 23 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon 1. Ronnie Moore 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 2. Peter Moore 3 2’ 2 3 10 1 3. Cyril Brine 1’ 3 2’ 3 9 2 4. Alf Hagon 2’ 2’ 3 1 8 2 5. Barry Briggs 3 3 1 3 10 6. Ron How 2’ 1 3 2’ 8 2 7. Cyril Maidment 2 2’ 4 1 8. Bob Andrews 1’ 1’ 2 2

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 2 3 2 2 12 2. Ron Mountford 0 EF EF 1 1 3. Neil Mortimer FX N N N 0 4. Eric Boothroyd 1 1 1 0 3 5. Doug Davies 1 1 EF EF 2 6. Harry Bastable 0 0 N 1 1 7. Jim Tolley 3 0 1 4 8. Arthur Duncan 0 EF 0 0 0

Ht1 Hunt, R Moore, Brine, Mortimer [fx] (rr) 66.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 P Moore, Hagon, Boothroyd, Mountford 68.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Briggs, How, Davies, Bastable 68.0 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Tolley, Maidment, Andrews, Duncan 70.6 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Brine, P Moore, Boothroyd, Mountford [ef] 68.0 5 1 21 9 Ht6 R Moore, Hunt, How, Bastable 68.2 4 2 25 11 Ht7 Briggs, Brine, Davies, Duncan [ef] 67.6 5 1 30 12 Ht8 Hunt [ts], P Moore, Andrews, Duncan 67.6 3 3 33 15 Ht9 R Moore, Hagon, Boothroyd, Mountford [ef] 69.0 5 1 38 16 Ht10 How, Hunt, Briggs, Tolley 67.6 4 2 42 18 Ht11 Brine, R Moore, Tolley, Davies [ef] 67.4 5 1 47 19 Ht12 Hagon, Maidment, Bastable, Duncan 68.2 5 1 52 20 Ht13 Briggs, How, Mountford, Boothroyd 67.8 5 1 57 21 Ht14 P Moore, Hunt, Hagon, Davies [ef] 67.2 4 2 61 23

Junior Scratch Race Gil Goldfinch, Eric Hockaday, Jim French, Tom Sweetman 71.6

Four Lap Track Record Attempt Ronnie Moore 66.8 Alan Hunt 67.0 Peter Moore 67.2

Two Lap Track Record Attempt Barry Briggs 34.4 Doug Davies 36.0 Ron How 35.8

Reserves Scratch Race Maidment, Andrews, Tolley, Duncan [ef] 69.6

Bank Holiday Scratch Race Hagon, Brine, Mountford, Bastable 68.0

Four Highest Points Scorers Scratch Race P Moore, Briggs, Brine, R Moore 67.6

32 Thursday 9th August 1956 Empire Stadium, London

Wembley Lions 46 - Birmingham Brummies 38 (National League Division One)

Wembley 1. Tommy Price 1 2 2’ 3 8 1 2. Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 2 11 3. Trevor Redmond 3 0 0 2’ 5 1 4. Split Waterman 2’ 3 2 0 7 1 5. Eric French 3 3 1 3 10 6. Ray Cresp 1 0 0 0 1 7. Mike Broadbanks 2 0 2 8. Merv Hannan 1’ 1 2 1

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 3 2’ 3 1 11 1 2. Ron Mountford 1 2 2 0 2 7 3. Derrick Tailby 0 N N N 0 4. Eric Boothroyd 0 1’ 1 1’ 3 2 5. Doug Davies FX 1’ 3 1 3 8 1 6. Harry Bastable 2 1 N 1 4 7. Jim Tolley 3 2 0 5 8. Arthur Duncan 0 0 0

Ht1 Redmond, Hunt, Price, Tailby 72.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Crutcher, Waterman, Mountford, Boothroyd 72.8 5 1 9 3 Ht3 French, Bastable, Cresp, Davies [fx] (rr) 72.0 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Tolley, Broadbanks, Hannan, Duncan 72.4 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Crutcher, Mountford, Boothroyd, Redmond 72.4 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Hunt, Price, Bastable, Cresp 74.0 2 4 21 15 Ht7 French, Mountford [ts], Davies, Redmond 73.2 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Crutcher, Tolley, Hannan, Duncan 73.2 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Waterman, Price, Boothroyd, Mountford 74.2 5 1 33 21 Ht10 Davies [ts], Hunt, French, Cresp 74.6 1 5 34 26 Ht11 Price, Redmond, Davies, Tolley 74.2 5 1 39 27 Ht12 Hunt [ts], Waterman, Bastable, Broadbanks 74.4 2 4 41 31 Ht13 French, Mountford, Boothroyd, Cresp 74.4 3 3 44 34 Ht14 Davies, Crutcher, Hunt, Waterman 73.8 2 4 46 38

Stadium Handicap Race Hunt [Scr], Les McGillivray [15yds start], French [Scr], Cresp [5], Bastable [10] 73.6

Reserves Scratch Race (3 Laps) Tolley, Broadbanks, Hannan, Duncan 56.4

International Scratch Race (3 Laps) Ht1 Davies, Mountford, Boothroyd, Crutcher [ef] 56.2 Ht2 Price, Hunt, Waterman, Tailby 56.4 Ht3 Bastable, McGillivray, Broadbanks, French 56.8 Ht4 Cresp, Redmond, Duncan, Hannan 56.6 SF1 Hunt, Davies, Price, Mountford 55.0 SF2 Cresp, Redmond, McGillivray, Bastable 57.0 Final Davies, Hunt, Redmond, Cresp 56.6

33 Friday 10th August 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham

England 65 – Australasia 43 (Test Match)

England 1. Brian Crutcher 2 3 2 1 3 2’ 13 1 2. Eric Boothroyd 1’ 1 1’ EF 2’ 3 8 3 3. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 4. Split Waterman 1 0 0 N N N 1 5. Ken McKinlay 3 3 2 3 2’ 1’ 14 2 6. Ken Middleditch 1 0 N N N N 1 7. Bert Edwards 1’ 2’ 3 1 7 2 8. Phil Clarke 1 0 2 3

Australasia 1. Ronnie Moore 3 2 3 2’ 1’ 3 14 2 2. Peter Moore 0 1’ 0 N N 0 1 1 3. Barry Briggs 2 2 3 2 1 EF 10 4. Bob Duckworth F 1’ 0 N 0 N 1 1 5. Jack Biggs 2 0 2 1 1 2 8 6. Ron Johnston EF N 1’ 0 N N 1 1 7. Aub Lawson 2 3 2 0 7 8. Ray Cresp 0 1 0 1

Ht1 R Moore, Crutcher, Boothroyd, P Moore 70.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Hunt, Briggs, Waterman, Duckworth [f] 70.6 4 2 7 5 Ht3 McKinlay, Biggs, Middleditch, Johnston [ef] 70.6 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Hunt, R Moore, P Moore, Waterman 71.2 3 3 14 10 Ht5 McKinlay, Briggs, Duckworth, Middleditch 71.0 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Crutcher, Lawson, Boothroyd, Biggs 72.6 4 2 21 15 Ht7 R Moore, McKinlay, Edwards, P Moore 71.8 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Briggs, Crutcher, Boothroyd, Duckworth 72.2 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Hunt, Biggs, Johnston, Waterman (rr) 72.6 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Lawson, R Moore, Crutcher, Boothroyd [ef] 72.8 1 5 31 29 Ht11 Hunt, Briggs, Clarke, Cresp 72.0 4 2 35 31 Ht12 McKinlay, Edwards, Biggs, Johnston 72.0 5 1 40 32 Ht13 Hunt, Lawson, R Moore, Clarke 72.2 3 3 43 35 Ht14 Edwards, McKinlay, Briggs, Duckworth 73.2 5 1 48 36 Ht15 Crutcher, Boothroyd, Biggs, Lawson 73.8 5 1 53 37 Ht16 R Moore, Clarke, McKinlay, P Moore 74.0 3 3 56 40 Ht17 Boothroyd, Crutcher, Cresp, Briggs [ef] 74.2 5 1 61 41 Ht18 Hunt, Biggs, Edwards, Cresp 72.8 4 2 65 43

34 Saturday 11th August 1956 Firs Stadium, Norwich

Norwich Stars 50 - Birmingham Brummies 34 (National League Division One)

Norwich 1. Harry Edwards 1’ 1’ 1 0 3 2 2. Aub Lawson 2’ 2’ 3 FN 7 2 3. Ove Fundin 2 3 2’ 3 10 1 4. Billy Bales 3 0 2 2 7 5. Phil Clarke 1 3 2 3 9 6. Gerry Hussey 3 2 1’ 2’ 8 2 7. Peter Atkins 1 0 1’ 2 1 8. Reg Trott 3 1 4

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 EX 12 2. Ron Mountford 1 0 3 1 5 3. Neil Mortimer 0 1 N N 1 4. Eric Boothroyd F 1 2’ 0 3 1 5. Doug Davies 2 F 0 1’ 3 6 1 6. Harry Bastable 0 0 2 1 3 7. Jim Tolley 2 2 4 8. Arthur Duncan EF 0 0

Ht1 Hunt, Fundin, Edwards, Mortimer 74.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Bales, Lawson, Mountford, Boothroyd [f] 73.8 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Hussey, Davies, Clarke, Bastable 74.8 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Trott, Tolley, Atkins, Duncan [ef] 75.8 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Fundin, Lawson, Boothroyd, Mountford 74.8 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Hunt, Hussey, Edwards, Bastable 73.6 3 3 24 12 Ht7 Clarke, Fundin, Mortimer, Davies [f] 75.2 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Lawson, Bastable, Trott, Duncan 75.6 4 2 33 15 Ht9 Mountford, Boothroyd, Edwards, Bales 75.4 1 5 34 20 Ht10 Hunt, Clarke, Hussey, Davies [ts] 73.8 3 3 37 23 Ht11 Fundin, Tolley, Davies, Edwards 75.6 3 3 40 26 Ht12 Hunt [ts], Bales, Bastable, Atkins 74.0 2 4 42 30 Ht13 Clarke, Hussey, Mountford, Boothroyd [ef] 76.2 5 1 47 31 Ht14 Davies, Bales, Atkins, Hunt [ex] (rr) 76.0 3 3 50 34

Reserves Scurry Atkins, Dave Hankins, Derek Strutt, (3 Only) 76.4

Norfolk Scratch Race Ht1 Boothroyd, Hussey, Atkins, Bastable 75.4 Ht2 Clarke, Davies, Edwards, Hankins 75.0 Ht3 Hunt, Bales, Tolley, Mortimer 74.8 Ht4 Atkins, Strutt, Hankins, Duncan 77.8 Final Hunt, Clarke, Atkins, Boothroyd 75.6

35 Thursday 16th August 1956 Cowley Stadium, Oxford

Oxford Cheetahs v Birmingham Brummies (Inter-Divisional Tournament) Postponed Due To Rain

36 Friday 17th August 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 64 – Belle Vue Aces 44 (National Trophy)

Birmingham 1. Eric Boothroyd 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 1 9 4 2. Alan Hunt 3 1’ 3 2 3 0 12 1 3. Doug Davies 3 2 3 3 3 3 17 4. Neil Mortimer 1 2 1’ 3 1’ 8 2 5. Ron Mountford 2 3 EF 2’ 2 9 1 6. Jim Tolley 0 0 N 1 N 1 7. Harry Bastable 3 2’ 1’ 0 6 2 8. Arthur Duncan EF 2 2

Belle Vue 1. Dick Fisher 1 3 1 0 0 5 2. Peter Williams 0 1 1’ 0 2 4 1 3. Bob Duckworth 2 0 1 1 1 5 4. Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 2 17 5. Ken Sharples 0 0 N 0 0 0 6. Ron Johnston 0 1 2 1 2’ 1’ 7 2 7. Alf Webster 1’ 3 4 1 8. Tink Maynard 2 0 0 2

Ht1 Hunt, Boothroyd, Fisher, Williams 73.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Davies, Duckworth, Mortimer, Johnston 73.0 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Craven, Mountford, Williams, Tolley 72.6 2 4 11 7 Ht4 Bastable, Maynard, Webster, Duncan [ef] 73.2 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Craven, Davies, Hunt, Duckworth 71.8 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Fisher, Mortimer, Johnston, Tolley 73.6 2 4 19 17 Ht7 Mountford, Boothroyd, Duckworth, Sharples 73.2 5 1 24 18 Ht8 Davies, Boothroyd, Fisher, Sharples 71.6 5 1 29 19 Ht9 Hunt, Bastable, Duckworth, Fisher 73.6 5 1 34 20 Ht10 Davies, Johnston, Williams, Mountford [ef] 73.4 3 3 37 23 Ht11 Craven, Hunt, Mortimer, Maynard 72.6 3 3 40 26 Ht12 Mortimer, Boothroyd, Duckworth, Williams 74.2 5 1 45 27 Ht13 Hunt, Mountford, Johnston, Sharples 73.4 5 1 50 28 Ht14 Webster, Duncan, Bastable, Maynard 74.4 3 3 53 31 Ht15 Craven, Mountford, Mortimer, Fisher 72.4 3 3 56 34 Ht16 Davies, Williams, Tolley, Sharples 73.0 4 2 60 36 Ht17 Craven, Johnston, Boothroyd, Bastable 72.4 1 5 61 41 Ht18 Davies, Craven, Johnston, Hunt 73.0 3 3 64 44

37 Saturday 18th August 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester

Belle Vue Aces v Birmingham Brummies (National Trophy) Postponed Due To Rain

38 Saturday 25th August 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham

World Championship Qualifying Round Postponed Due To Rain

39 Friday 31st August 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham

World Championship Qualifying Round

1. Alby Golden 1 2 0 2 1 6 =10th 2. Neil Mortimer DNR 3. Eric Boothroyd EF 3 3 3 3 12 3rd 4. Doug Davies 3 2 3 3 3 14 =1st 5. Ray Cresp 1 3 2 1 0 7 =7th 6. Bob Roger 3 3 3 2 0 11 4th 7. Bob Sharp 0 1 0 1 0 2 =14th 8. Eric French 2 1 1 1 2 7 =7th 9. Cyril Roger 0 0 2 0 3 5 12th 10. Ken Sharples 1 1 2 2 3 9 6th 11. Harry Bastable 2 2 2 3 1 10 5th 12. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 2 14 =1st 13. Jim Tolley 2 1 1 2 1 7 =7th 14. Reg Duval EF 2 0 0 2 4 13th 15. Terry Small 1 0 0 1 0 2 =14th 16. Bert Roger 3 0 1 0 2 6 =10th Res. Derrick Tailby 0 1 F 1 2 Res. Arthur Duncan 2 2

Ht1 Davies, Duncan, Golden, Boothroyd [ef] 74.2 Ht2 Bo Roger, French, Cresp, Sharp 73.4 Ht3 Hunt, Bastable, Sharples, C Roger 73.8 Ht4 Be Roger, Tolley, Small, Duval [ef] 74.8 Ht5 Cresp, Golden, Tolley, C Roger 75.4 Ht6 Bo Roger, Duval, Sharples, Tailby 74.4 Ht7 Boothroyd, Bastable, Sharp, Small 75.0 Ht8 Hunt, Davies, French, Be Roger 73.4 Ht9 Bo Roger, Bastable, Be Roger, Golden 74.8 Ht10 Hunt, Cresp, Tailby, Small 74.4 Ht11 Boothroyd, C Roger, French, Duval 74.4 Ht12 Davies, Sharples, Tolley, Sharp 74.8 Ht13 Hunt, Golden, Sharp, Duval 74.6 Ht14 Bastable, Tolley, French, Tailby [f] 75.6 Ht15 Boothroyd, Sharples, Cresp, Be Roger 75.2 Ht16 Davies, Bo Roger, Small, C Roger 75.2 Ht17 Sharples, French, Golden, Small 75.4 Ht18 C Roger, Be Roger, Tailby, Sharp 75.6 Ht19 Boothroyd, Hunt, Tolley, Bo Roger 75.2 Ht20 Davies, Duval, Bastable, Cresp 74.8

40 Saturday 1st September 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester

Belle Vue Aces 83 - Birmingham Brummies 25 (National Trophy)

Belle Vue 1. Dick Fisher 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 2. Peter Williams 1 3 2’ 3 3 2’ 14 2 3. Ron Johnston 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 10 5 4. Ken Sharples 3 2’ 2’ 1 2 10 2 5. Bob Duckworth 2’ 2’ FN N N 4 2 6. Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 7. Alf Webster 2’ 2’ 0 4 2 8. Brian Craven 3 3 3 0 9

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt EF EF 1 0 3 4 2. Eric Boothroyd 2 1 EX 0 1 4 3. Doug Davies 1 1 1 1 2 6 4. Ron Mountford EF 0 1 1 1 3 5. Jim Tolley EF 0 EF 0 N 0 6. Harry Bastable 0 1 1 1 EF 3 7. Derrick Tailby 0 2 1 3 8. Arthur Duncan 1 0 1’ 0 2 1

Ht1 Fisher, Boothroyd, Williams, Hunt [ef] 71.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Sharples, Johnston, Davies, Bastable 74.4 5 1 9 3 Ht3 P.Craven, Duckworth, Boothroyd, Mountford [ef] 75.8 5 1 14 4 Ht4 B.Craven, Webster, Duncan, Tailby 77.4 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Williams, Johnston, Davies, Mountford 75.0 5 1 24 6 Ht6 P.Craven, Sharples, Bastable, Hunt [ef] 75.8 5 1 29 7 Ht7 Fisher, Duckworth, Davies, Tolley [ef] 75.2 5 1 34 8 Ht8 Fisher, Johnston, Hunt, Tolley 74.8 5 1 39 9 Ht9 P.Craven, Williams, Davies, Hunt 74.6 5 1 44 10 Ht10 B.Craven, Johnston, Bastable, Boothroyd [ex] 75.0 5 1 49 11 Ht11 Williams, Sharples, Mountford, Duncan 74.8 5 1 54 12 Ht12 Fisher, Davies, Sharples, Boothroyd 76.0 4 2 58 14 Ht13 P.Williams, Webster, Bastable, Tolley [ef] NA 5 1 63 15 Ht14 B.Craven, Tailby, Duncan, Webster 77.2 3 3 66 18 Ht15 Hunt, Sharples, Mountford, B.Craven 77.0 2 4 68 22 Ht16 P.Craven, Johnston, Boothroyd, Tolley 76.4 5 1 73 23 Ht17 Fisher, P.Craven, Mountford, Bastable [ef] 76.2 5 1 78 24 Ht18 Fisher, Williams, Tailby, Duncan 76.0 5 1 83 25

Reserves Race Grepp (scr), Maynard (20), Robinson (scr), Payling (20), Johnson (20) 78.6

Weston Biscuit Trophy Ht1 Garth, Bottomley, Brown, Kin Tiki, [ Blood, Bennett 98.0 Ht2 Crockett, O’Neil, Johnson, [ Joe Reece, Ernie Shaw, Adge Hinchcliffe 106.0

41 Tuesday 4th September 1956 Bannister Court, Southampton

Southampton Saints v Birmingham Brummies (Inter-Divisional Tournament) Postponed Due To Rain

42 Saturday 8th September 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 51 – Bradford Tudors 33 (National League Division One)

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 2 3 3 11 2. Harry Bastable 0 1 2 N 3 3. Eric Boothroyd 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 4. Doug Davies 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 5. Jim Tolley 0 3 1 1 5 6. Ron Mountford 2 EF 3 3 8 7. Arthur Duncan 3 1 0 4 8. Derrick Tailby EF 0 0

Bradford 1. Arthur Forrest 1 3 0 1’ 5 1 2. Ron Clarke 2 2 0 2 6 3. Al Allison 0 0 N 2 2 4. Jimmy Gooch 1’ 0 1 0 2 1 5. Guy Allott 1 1 1 2 5 6. Nigel Boocock 3 1 3 2 0 9 7. Des Haswell 1’ 0 1 1 8. Johnnie Greenwood 2 1 3

Ht1 Hunt, Boothroyd, Forrest, Allison 73.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Davies, Clarke, Gooch, Bastable 74.8 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Boocock, Mountford, Allott, Tolley 74.8 2 4 10 8 Ht4 Duncan, Greenwood, Haswell, Tailby [ef] 77.0 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Boothroyd, Clarke, Bastable, Gooch 74.8 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Forrest, Hunt, Boocock, Mountford [ef] 75.2 2 4 19 17 Ht7 Tolley, Boothroyd, Allott, Allison 76.0 5 1 24 18 Ht8 Boocock, Bastable, Greenwood, Tailby 75.8 2 4 26 22 Ht9 Hunt, Davies, Gooch, Clarke 75.4 5 1 31 23 Ht10 Mountford, Boocock [ts], Tolley, Forrest 75.2 4 2 35 25 Ht11 Hunt, Boothroyd, Allott, Haswell 76.0 5 1 40 26 Ht12 Davies, Allison, Duncan, Boocock 75.2 4 2 44 28 Ht13 Mountford, Clarke, Tolley, Gooch 75.6 4 2 48 30 Ht14 Davies, Allott, Forrest, Duncan 76.0 3 3 51 33

Perry Barr Scratch Race – Section A Ht1 Duncan, Greenwood, Haswell, Tailby [ns] 58.2 Ht2 Bastable, Tolley, Gooch, Clarke [ef] 57.6 Final Greenwood, Duncan, Tolley, Bastable [f] 77.6

Perry Barr Scratch Race – Section B Ht1 Mountford, Hunt, Forrest, Greenwood 56.4 Ht2 Davies, Allott, Boothroyd, Boocock 56.6 Final Davies, Mountford, Allott, Hunt [ef] 74.8

43 Saturday 15th September 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 44 – Belle Vue Aces 40 (National League Division One)

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt EF EF 3 2 5 2. Harry Bastable 0 1 3 1 5 3. Eric Boothroyd 3 0 3 1’ 7 1 4. Doug Davies 1 2’ 2’ 3 8 2 5. Jim Tolley 1 0 N 0 1 6. Ron Mountford 3 2 3 1 9 7. Arthur Duncan 2 3 5 8. Neil Mortimer 1’ 2’ 1 4 2

Belle Vue 1. Dick Fisher 2 3 2 0 7 2. Peter Craven 3 2’ 1 2’ 8 2 3. Peter Williams 1’ 1’ 0 1 3 2 4. Ken Sharples 2’ 3 0 3 8 1 5. Ron Johnston 2 2 3 2 9 6. Alf Webster 0 1 0 N 1 7. Tink Maynard 3 XT 0 3 8. Brian Craven F 1 1

Ht1 Boothroyd, Fisher, Williams, Hunt [ef] 73.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 P Craven, Sharples, Davies, Bastable 74.0 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Mountford, Johnston, Tolley, Webster 75.0 4 2 8 10 Ht4 Maynard, Duncan, Mortimer, B Craven [f] 76.4 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Sharples, P Craven, Bastable, Boothroyd 74.8 1 5 12 18 Ht6 Fisher, Mountford, Webster, Hunt [ef] 74.4 2 4 14 22 Ht7 Boothroyd, Johnston, Williams, Tolley 75.6 3 3 17 25 Ht8 Bastable, Mortimer, B Craven, Webster 76.2 5 1 22 26 Ht9 Hunt, Davies, P Craven, Sharples 75.0 5 1 27 27 Ht10 Mountford, Fisher, Mortimer, Williams 74.8 4 2 31 29 Ht11 Johnston, Hunt, Boothroyd, Maynard [xt] 74.6 3 3 34 32 Ht12 Duncan, Davies, Williams, Maynard 76.4 5 1 39 33 Ht13 Sharples, P Craven, Mountford, Tolley 75.0 1 5 40 38 Ht14 Davies, Johnston, Bastable, Fisher 75.4 4 2 44 40

No Second Half – This meeting formed the first part of a double header

44 Saturday 15th September 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 56 – Wimbledon Dons 28 (National League Division One)

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 2. Harry Bastable 0 2 3 2’ 7 1 3. Eric Boothroyd 2’ 1’ 3 2’ 8 3 4. Doug Davies 2 2’ 3 3 10 1 5. Jim Tolley 1 2’ 0 1 4 1 6. Ron Mountford 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 7. Derrick Tailby F 0 0 8. Arthur Duncan 2 2’ 4 1

Wimbledon 1. Alf Hagon 0 0 N N 0 2. Ronnie Moore 3 EF 0 N 3 3. Peter Moore 1 EF 2 1’ 1 5 1 4. Barry Briggs 1 3 1 2 7 5. Cyril Brine 0 1 0 N 1 6. Ron How 2 1 1 2 0 6 7. Cyril Maidment 1 1 2 8. Bob Andrews 3 0 1’ 0 4 1

Ht1 Hunt, Boothroyd, P Moore, Hagon 75.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 R Moore, Davies, Briggs, Bastable 75.0 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Mountford, How, Tolley, Brine 76.2 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Andrews, Duncan, Maidment, Tailby [f] 77.0 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Briggs, Bastable, Boothroyd, R Moore [ef] 76.6 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Hunt, Mountford, How, Hagon 76.2 5 1 21 15 Ht7 Boothroyd, Tolley, Brine, P Moore [ef] 78.0 5 1 26 16 Ht8 Bastable, Duncan, How, Andrews 77.0 5 1 31 17 Ht9 Hunt, Davies, Briggs, R Moore 75.2 5 1 36 18 Ht10 Mountford, P Moore, Andrews, Tolley 75.6 3 3 39 21 Ht11 Hunt, Boothroyd, Maidment, Brine 77.2 5 1 44 22 Ht12 Davies, How, P Moore, Tailby 75.6 3 3 47 25 Ht13 Mountford, Briggs, Tolley, Andrews 75.8 4 2 51 27 Ht14 Davies, Bastable, P Moore [ts], How [ts] 75.8 5 1 56 28

No Second Half – This meeting formed the second part of a double header

45 Tuesday 18th September 1956 Bannister Court, Southampton

Southampton Saints 48 - Birmingham Brummies 47 (Inter-Divisional Tournament)

Southampton 1. Dick Bradley 3 F 2 3 2 10 2. Maurice Mattingley 1 2 2 1’ 0 6 1 3. Ernie Rawlins F N N NS N 0 4. Bill Holden 3 2 1 1 3 10 5. Brian Hanham 3 1 2 1 2 9 6. Alby Golden 2’ 3 1’ 2’ 0 8 3 7. Johnny Hole 1’ EF 0 3 1’ 5 2

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 0 2’ 2 3 9 1 2. Ron Mountford 0 3 2 3 3 11 3. Doug Davies FX 3 3 2’ EF 8 1 4. Harry Bastable 2 1 0 1’ 0 4 1 5. Eric Boothroyd 1 3 3 3 1 11 6. Arthur Duncan 0 1 0 F 2 2 7. Jim Tolley 0 1 1

Ht1 Bradley, Hunt, Mattingley, Mountford 64.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Holden, Bastable, Rawlins [f], Davies [fx] 66.6 3 2 7 4 Ht3 Hanham, Golden, Boothroyd, Duncan 65.6 5 1 12 5 Ht4 Mountford, Mattingley, Hole, Tolley 65.0 3 3 15 8 Ht5 Boothroyd, Holden, Duncan, Hole [ef] 66.4 2 4 17 12 Ht6 Davies, Mattingley, Bastable, Bradley [f] ??.? 2 4 19 16 Ht7 Golden, Mountford, Hanham, Hunt 65.8 4 2 23 18 Ht8 Boothroyd, Bradley, Mattingley, Duncan 66.4 3 3 26 21 Ht9 Davies, Hanham, Golden, Bastable 65.0 3 3 29 24 Ht10 Mountford, Hunt, Holden, Hole 66.4 1 5 30 29 Ht11 Bradley, Hunt, Holden, Duncan [f] 65.4 4 2 34 31 Ht12 Boothroyd, Davies, Hanham, Mattingley 66.0 1 5 35 36 Ht13 Hole, Duncan, Bastable, Rawlins [ns] 66.8 3 3 38 39 Ht14 Holden, Golden, Tolley, Davies [ef] 66.2 5 1 43 40 Ht15 Hunt, Hanham, Hole, Bastable 66.8 3 3 46 43 Ht16 Mountford, Bradley, Boothroyd, Golden 66.6 2 4 48 47

Grand Final Knockout Ht1 Mountford, Boothroyd, Holden, Bradley 65.2 Ht2 Golden, Hunt, Hanham, Davies 66.2 Final Hunt, Golden, Boothroyd, Mountford 65.8

46 Saturday 29th September 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester

Belle Vue Aces 60 - Birmingham Brummies 23 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue 1. Ken Sharples FX N N N 0 2. Ron Johnston 3 3 3 3 12 3. Tink Maynard 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 4. Bob Duckworth 2’ 3 2 1 8 1 5. Dick Fisher 3 3 3 3 12 6. Alf Webster 2’ 2 1 2’ 7 2 7. Brian Craven 3 1’ 2’ 1’ 7 3 8. Slant Payling 2’ 2’ 0 4 2

Birmingham 1. Eric Boothroyd 2 3 2 3 2 12 2. Harry Bastable 1 1 0 1 0 3 3. Ron Mountford FN N NS N 0 4. Jim Tolley 0 0 0 1 1 5. Arthur Duncan 1 1 2 0 4 6. Derrick Tailby 0 0 1 NS 1 7. Mike Lawrence 1 1’ 2 1 8. Alan Pearce 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Maynard, Boothroyd, Pearce [nf], Sharples [fx] (rr) 74.2 3 2 3 2 Ht2 Johnston, Duckworth, Bastable, Tolley 73.0 5 1 8 3 Ht3 Fisher, Webster, Duncan, Tailby 77.0 5 1 13 4 Ht4 Craven, Payling, Lawrence, Pearce 75.2 5 1 18 5 Ht5 Johnston, Maynard, Bastable, Tolley 74.6 5 1 23 6 Ht6 Boothroyd, Webster, Craven, Tailby 75.6 3 3 26 9 Ht7 Fisher, Maynard, Duncan, Bastable [ts] 75.4 5 1 31 10 Ht8 Johnston, Payling, Tailby, Pearce 74.8 5 1 36 11 Ht9 Duckworth, Craven, Bastable, Tolley 76.0 5 1 41 12 Ht10 Fisher, Boothroyd, Webster, Mountford [ns] 75.6 4 2 45 14 Ht11 Maynard, Duncan, Lawrence, Payling 76.8 3 3 48 17 Ht12 Boothroyd [ts], Duckworth, Craven, Tailby [ns] 76.4 3 3 51 20 Ht13 Fisher, Webster, Tolley, Bastable 76.6 5 1 56 21 Ht14 Johnston, Boothroyd, Duckworth, Duncan 75.8 4 2 60 23

No Second Half – This meeting formed the first part of a double header

47 Birmingham 1956 – Required List

28th Apr Norwich NL Div 1 Home Stars Scratch Race 4th Place query 12th May Bradford NL Div 1 Away Poor Copy – Further Prog Reqd 24th May Wembley NL Div 1 Away 2nd Half – 2nd Place Times 4th June Poole NL Div 1 Away Query ht4 & 10 9th June Midland Riders QR Individual Home Query Ht16 23rd June Wembley NL Div 1 Home 2nd Half – Last Heat Minor Posns 30th June Belle Vue NL Div 1 Away Speedcar Minor Places Reqd 26th July Wembley Nat Trophy Away Poor Copy – Further Prog Reqd 1st Sep Belle Vue Nat Trophy Away 3 times + Speedcar Minor Places Reqd 18th Sep Southampton Inter Div Tourn Away Time Ht 6

Modification Index

Iss 2 01/09 Belle Vue Nat. Trophy Away All Details Added Iss 3 04/08 Bradford NL Div 1 Away All Details Added 08/09 Bradford NL Div 1 Home 2nd Half – Final Time Added 27/04 Leicester Inter Div Tourn Away All Details Added Iss 4 26/05 Poole NL Div 1 Home 2nd Half – Final Time Added 07/07 Poole NL Div 1 Home 2nd Half – Final Times Added 14/07 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Home All Details Added 28/04 Norwich NL Div 1 Home 2nd Half Final Heat Time Added 21/05 Coventry Inter Div Chall Away 2nd Half Details Added Iss 5 12/05 Bradford NL Div 1 Away All Details Added