West Ham 1954

WEST HAM 1954

Data from Ray Bysouth Updated 12.11.2010

Monday 5th April 1954 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon 25 West Ham 21.5 Wembley 9.5 Harringay 22 (4 Team)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 3 2 2 3 10 Geoff Mardon 1 3 2 6 Reg Trott 3 1 3 7 Cyril Brine 0 2 F 2

West Ham Jack Young 1 3 3 7 Malcolm Craven 2 0 1.5 3.5 Pat Clarke 2 1 0 3 Bert Roger 3 2 3 0 8

Wembley Bob Oakley 0 1 1.5 2.5 Eric French F 0 1 1 Tommy Price 0 1 0 1 Freddie Williams 1 2 1 1 5

Harringay Split Waterman 2 3 3 2 10 Jeff Lloyd 3 F 1 4 Jack Biggs 1 0 2 3 Ron How 2 3 E 5 Wi WH We H Ht1 Moore, Waterman, Young, Oakley 66.2 3 1 0 2 Ht2 Lloyd, Craven, Mardon, French (f) 68.0 4 3 0 5 Ht3 Trott, Clarke, Biggs, Price 69.4 7 5 0 6 Ht4 Roger, How, Williams, Brine 67.4 7 8 1 8 Ht5 How, Moore, Clarke, French 66.6 9 9 1 11 Ht6 Young, Williams, Trott, Lloyd (f) 66.8 10 12 3 11 Ht7 Mardon, Roger, Oakley, Biggs 66.6 13 14 4 11 Ht8 Waterman, Brine, Price, Craven 67.6 15 14 5 14 Ht9 Roger, Moore, Lloyd, Price 67.4 17 17 5 15 Ht10 Waterman, Mardon, Williams, Clarke 66.2 19 17 6 18 Ht11 Trott, Oakley & Craven, How (ef) 68.0 22 18.5 7.5 18 Ht12 Young, Biggs, French, Brine (f) 67.0 22 21.5 8.5 20 Ht13 Moore, Waterman, Williams, Roger 66.4 25 21.5 9.5 22

Friday 16th April 1954 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 48 Wembley Lions 36 (RAC Cup)

West Ham Jack Young 3 3 3 3 12 Wally Green 3 0 3 1 7 Malcolm Craven 2’ 3 1 0 6 1 Howdy Byford 2’ 2’ 1 0 5 2 Pat Clarke 0 1 2’ 2 5 1 Bert Roger 2 1’ 3 1’ 7 2 Gerry Hussey 0 3 3 Keith Gurtner 1 2 3

Wembley Tommy Price E 1 2 3 6 Freddie Williams 1 1’ 0 2 4 1 Eric French 1 2 0 0 3 Trevor Redmond 0 0 1 1’ 2 1 Eric Williams 1 2 2 3 8 Brian Crutcher 3 3 E 2’ 8 1 Fred Lang 3 0 3 Jimmy Gooch 2’ 0 2 1

Ht1 Young, Craven, French, Price (ef) 73.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Green, Byford, F.Williams, Redmond 73.8 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Crutcher, Roger, E.Williams, Clarke 72.0 2 4 12 6 Ht4 Lang, Gooch, Gurtner, Hussey 73.8 1 5 13 11 Ht5 Young, Byford, Price, Redmond 72.6 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Hussey, E.Williams, Clarke, Lang 73.4 4 2 22 14 Ht7 Craven, French, F.Williams, Green 74.8 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Crutcher, Gurtner, Roger, Gooch 73.2 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Green, Price,Byford, French 74.8 4 2 32 22 Ht10 Roger, Clarke, Redmond, F.Williams 74.8 5 1 37 23 Ht11 Young, E.Williams, Craven, Crutcher (ef) 74.0 4 2 41 25 Ht12 Price, Clarke, Roger, French 75.0 3 3 44 28 Ht13 E.Williams, Crutcher, Green, Byford 75.2 1 5 45 33 Ht14 Young, F.Williams, Redmond, Craven 75.0 3 3 48 36

The Cadbury Elimination Race Hussey, Gurtner, Don Lawson, Ron Butcher 74.8

The Easter Egg Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Young, Crutcher, Clarke, Price 56.4 Ht2 Redmond, Craven, Roger, E.Williams 57.4 Ht3 Hussey, Green, Gooch, Byford 56.6 Ht4 F.Williams, Gurtner, French, Lang 56.4 Final Young, F.Williams, Hussey, Redmond 55.6

Tuesday 20th April 1954 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 60 Norwich Stars 24 (RAC Cup)

WEST HAM Jack Young 3 3 3 3 12 Wally Green 2’ 3 2 3 10 1 Malcolm Craven 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4 Howdy Byford 3 2’ 1’ 0 6 2 Pat Clarke 3 1 1 1’ 6 1 Bert Roger 2’ 1’ 3 2 8 2 Gerry Hussey 2’ 3 5 1 Keith Gurtner 3 2 5 NORWICH Cyril Roger 0 0 3 3 6 Fred Rogers 1 1 2 1 5 Phil Clarke 1 0 0 0 1 Fred Pawson 0 1 0 0 1 Fred Brand 1 2 1 1’ 5 1 Bob Oakley 0 3 0 2 5 Roy Craighead 0 0 0 Bill Codling 1 0 1

1 Young, Craven, Clarke (N), C. Roger (e/f), 73.2 5 1 2 Byford, Green, Rogers, Pawson (e/f), 76.4 10 2 3 Clarke (WH), B. Roger, Brand, Oakley, 75.0 15 3 4 Gurtner, Hussey, Codling, Craighead, 74.0 20 4 5 Young, Byford, Pawson, C. Roger (f), 73.8 25 5 6 Hussey, Brand, Clarke (WH), Craighead, 75.4 29 7 7 Green, craven, Rogers, Clarke (N), 76.4 34 8 8 Oakley, Gurtner, B. Roger, Codling, 76.0 37 11 9 C. Roger, Green, Byford, Clarke (N), 74.2 40 14 10 B. Roger, Rogers, Clarke (WH), Pawson, 77.0 44 16 11 Young, Craven, Brand, Oakley, 75.0 49 17 12 C. Roger, B. Roger, Clarke (WH), Clarke (N), 52 20 13 Green, Oakley, Brand, Byford, 74.8 55 23 14 Young, Craven, Rogers, Pawson, 76.0 60 24

Track Record Attempts (72.0) Ronnie Moore 72.6, Jack Young 72.8, Cyril Roger 74.0

Reserve Challenge Gurtner, Lawson, Craighead, Codling, 74.8

Stars Scratch Races – 3 laps only 1 Green, C. Roger, Craven, Clarke (N), 55.8 2 Young, B. Roger, Brand, Pawson, 55.2 3 Hussey, Gurtner, Clarke (WH), Rogers, 56.4 4 Moore, Byford, Oakley, Lawson, 56.6 Final – Young, Moore, Green, Hussey, 55.4

Saturday 24th April 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 42 West Ham Hammers 42 (RAC Cup)

Birmingham Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 Eric Boothroyd 2’ 3 2 2 9 1 Harry Bastable 0 0 0 1 1 Ron Mountford 3 1 1’ 1’ 6 2 Arthur Payne 2 3 3 2 10 Ivor Davies 0 3 0 0 3 Wilf Wilstead 1 0 1 Dennis Bennett F E 0

West Ham Jack Young 2 2 3 3 10 Wally Green 0 2 2 2 6 Malcolm Craven 1’ 1’ 0 2 2 Howdy Byford 1 0 1’ 0 2 1 Pat Clarke 1 1’ 1’ 0 3 2 Bert Roger 3 1’ 2 3 9 1 Gerry Hussey 2’ 2 4 1 Keith Gurtner 3 2 1 6

Ht1 Hunt, Young, Craven, Bastable 70.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Mountford, Boothroyd, Byford, Green 73.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Roger, Payne, Clarke, Davies 73.6 2 4 10 8 Ht4 Gurtner, Hussey, Wilstead, Bennett (f) 72.8 1 5 11 13 Ht5 Hunt, Young, Mountford, Byford 71.4 4 2 15 15 Ht6 Payne, Hussey, Clarke, Wilstead 72.8 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Boothroyd, green, Craven, Bastable 73.2 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Davies, Gurtner, Roger, Wilstead 73.4 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Young, Boothroyd, Mountford, Craven 72.8 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Payne, Green, Byford, Davies 73.8 3 3 30 30 Ht11 Hunt, Roger, Clarke, Bastable 72.4 3 3 33 33 Ht12 Young, Payne, Gurtner, Davies 73.4 2 4 35 37 Ht13 Roger, Boothroyd, Mountford, Clarke 73.8 3 3 38 40 Ht14 Hunt, Green, Bastable, Byford 72.8 4 2 42 42

Tuesday 27th April 1954 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 52 Harringay Racers 31 (National League Division One)

West Ham Jack Young 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Wally Green 3 2 3 3 11 Keith Gurtner 2’ 0 1 3 1 Howdy Byford 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 3 Pat Clarke 2 2’ 1’ 2 7 2 Bert Roger 1’ 0 0 1 1 Gerry Hussey 3 3 2 3 11 Don Lawson 0 1 1

Harringay Jack Biggs F 0 Split Waterman 2 3 3 1 9 Alan Quinn 1 1 F 3 5 Frank Lawrence 1 1 0 0 2 Jeff Lloyd 0 0 0 Ron How 3 3 F E 6 Ken Walsh 1 1 1 1 4 Alf Hagon 0 2’ 2 2 6 1

Ht1 Young, Gurtner, Quinn, Biggs (f) 73.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Green, Waterman, Byford, Lawrence 74.0 4 2 9 3 Ht3 How, Clarke, Roger, Lloyd 74.6 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Hussey, Hagon, Walsh, Lawson 74.0 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Young, Byford, Lawrence, Hagon (frmtd) 76.4 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Hussey, Clarke, Walsh, Lloyd 74.4 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Waterman, Green, Quinn, Gurtner 75.2 2 4 27 15 Ht8 How, Hagon, Lawson, Roger 76.4 1 5 28 20 Ht9 Green, Byford, Walsh, Quinn (f) 75.2 5 1 33 21 Ht10 Waterman, Hussey, Clarke, Lawrence 75.0 3 3 36 24 Ht11 Young, Hagon, Gurtner, How (f) 74.4 4 2 40 26 Ht12 Quinn, Clarke, Walsh, Roger 75.6 2 4 42 30 Ht13 Green, Byford, How (efchain), Lloyd (ns) 75.2 5 0 47 30 Ht14 Hussey, Young, Waterman, Lawrence 74.2 5 1 52 31

Reserves’ Challenge Hussey, Walsh, Hagon, Lawson 75.2

Prince Regent Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Young, Waterman, Byford, Quinn 57.0 Ht2 Hagon, Clarke, Lawson, Lawrence 57.4 Ht3 Hussey, Gurtner, Green, Lloyd (ns) 57.4 Ht4 Walsh, Roger, Lawson, How 58.0 Final Young, Walsh, Hagon, Hussey 55.0*

Saturday 1st May 1954 Firs Stadium, Norwich – Norwich Stars 33 West Ham Hammers 51 (RAC Cup)

NORWICH Cyril Roger 1 2 2 3 8 Fred Rogers 0 2’ 0 0 2 1 Phil Clarke 0 3 0 0 3 Merv Neil 3 0 2 2 7 Fred Brand 0 1 0 1’ 2 1 Bob Oakley 1 2 3 2 8 Fred Pawson 2 0 2 Roy Craighead 1’ 0 1 1

WEST HAM Jack Young 3 3 3 3 12 Wally Green 1’ 0 1 1 Malcolm Craven 2’ 1 1 0 4 1 Howdy Byford 2 1 2 1’ 6 1 Pat Clarke 3 2’ 1 1 7 1 Bert Roger 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Gerry Hussey 3 3 1’ 2 9 1 Keith Gurtner 0 1 1

1 Young, Craven, C. Roger, Clarke (N), 78.2 1 5 2 Neil, Byford, Green, Rogers, 76.6 4 8 3 Clarke (WH), B. Roger, Oakley, Brand, 77.2 5 13 4 Hussey, Pawson, Craighead, Gurtner, 79.4 8 16 5 Young, C. Roger, Byford, Neil, 76.0 10 20 6 Hussey, Clarke (WH), Brand, Pawson, 77.6 11 25 7 Clarke (N), Rogers, Craven, Green, 78.0 16 26 8 B. Roger, Oakley, Gurtner, Craighead, 77.6 18 30 9 Young, Neil, Craven, Rogers, 76.4 20 34 10 Oakley, Byford, Hussey, Brand, 77.4 23 37 11 B. Roger, C. Roger, Clarke (WH), Clarke (N), 76.8 25 41 12 Young, Oakley, Brand, Craven, 75.4 28 44 13 B. Roger, Neil, Clarke (WH), Rogers, 76.6 30 48 14 C. Roger, Hussey, Byford, Clarke (N), 76.8 33 51

Tuesday 4th May 1954 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 50 Birmingham Brummies 34 (RAC Cup)

West Ham Jack Young 2 2 3 3 10 Wally Green 3 3 1’ 3 10 1 Malcolm Craven 1’ 1 2’ 0 4 2 Howdy Byford 0 0 2’ 0 2 1 Pat Clarke 1 2’ E 1’ 4 2 Bert Roger 0 3 3 2 8 Gerry Hussey 2’ 3 2 7 1 Keith Gurtner 3 2’ 5 1

Birmingham Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 Eric Boothroyd 2 2 2 2 8 Ivor Davies 0 0 0 0 0 Harry Bastable 1’ 1 1’ 1’ 4 3 Ron Mountford 2’ 2’ Arthur Payne 3 3 Les Jenkins 1 1 1 1 4 Dennis Bennett 0 0 0 1 1

Ht1 Hunt, Young, Craven, Davies 73.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Green, Boothroyd, Bastable, Byford 74.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Payne, Mountford, Clarke, Roger 75.6 1 5 7 11^ Ht4 Gurtner, Hussey, Jenkins, Bennett 75.6 5 1 12 12 Ht5 Hunt, Young, Bastable, Byford 73.0 2 4 14 16 Ht6 Hussey, Clarke, Jenkins, Bennett 73.6 5 1 19 17 Ht7 Green, Boothroyd, Craven, Davies 74.6 4 2 23 19 Ht8 Roger, Gurtner, Jenkins, Bennett 77.6 5 1 28 20 Ht9 Hunt, Hussey, Green, Davies 74.4 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Roger, Boothroyd, Bastable, Clarke (ef) 75.4 3 3 34 26 Ht11 Young, Craven, Bennett, Payne (ns) 77.0 5 1 39 27 Ht12 Hunt, Roger, Clarke, Davies 74.4 3 3 42 30 Ht13 Green, Byford, Jenkins, Mountford (ns) 77.0 5 1 47 31 Ht14 Young, Boothroyd, Bastable, Craven 74.0 3 3 50 34 ^ Payne & Mountford crashed after race

Golden Helmet Match Race Championship Ht1 Ronnie Moore bt Jack Young (f) 78.0 Ht2 Ronnie Moore bt Jack Young 72.6

Reserves Challenge Gurtner, Lawson, Jenkins, Bennett 75.8

The Spring Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Young, Boothroyd, Craven, Jenkins 56.2 Ht2 Clarke, Moore, Gurtner, Bennett 56.2 Ht3 Green, Hunt, Davies, Roger (ret) 56.6 Ht4 Hussey, Byford, Bastable, Lawson 56.8 Final Young, Hussey, Green, Clarke 55.8

Saturday 8th May 1954 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 37 West Ham Hammers 47 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 12 Ken Sharples 1 2 2 2 7 Bob Duckworth 2’ 0 X 1 3 1 Willie Wilson 0 1 0 1 Jack Parker 0 0 0 0 Ron Johnston 2 2 3 2 9 Bob Fletcher 2 2 0 0 4 Peter Williams 1’ 0 1 1

West Ham Jack Young 1 2 3 3 9 Wally Green 3 1 2 2 8 Malcolm Craven 0 3 1 1 5 Howdy Byford 2’ 0 1’ E 3 2 Pat Clarke 3 3 1 1 8 Bert Roger 1 3 2 3 9 Gerry Hussey 3 1 4 Keith Gurtner 0 1 1

Ht1 P.Craven, Duckworth, Young, M.Craven 74.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Green, Byford, Sharples, Wilson 73.2 1 5 6 6 Ht3 Clarke, Johnston, Roger, Parker 72.2 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Hussey, Fletcher, Williams, Gurtner 73.2 3 3 11 13 Ht5 P.Craven, Young, Wilson, Byford 71.2 4 2 15 15 Ht6 Clarke, Fletcher, Hussey, Parker 72.6 2 4 17 19 Ht7 M.Craven, Sharples, Green, Duckworth 75.8 2 4 19 23 Ht8 Roger, Johnston, Gurtner, Williams 72.6 2 4 21 27 Ht9 Young, Sharples, M.Craven, Wilson 72.4 2 4 23 31 Ht10 Johnston, Green, Byford, Fletcher 73.4 3 3 26 34 Ht11 P.Craven, Clarke, Roger, Duckworth (exctps) 72.0 3 3 29 37 Ht12 Young, Johnston, M.Craven, Patker 73.8 2 4 31 41 Ht13 Roger, Sharples, Clarke, Fletcher 73.0 2 4 33 45 Ht14 P.Craven, Green, Duckworth, Byford 73.2 4 2 37 47

Tuesday 11th May 1954 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 48 Wembley Lions 35 (RAC Cup)

West Ham Jack Young 3 3 3 E 9 Wally Green 3 1 3 3 10 Malcolm Craven 2’ 3 1 3 9 1 Gerry Hussey E 2’ 1 2’ 5 2 Pat Clarke 2 3 3 2 10 Bert Roger 0 0 1’ 1 1 Howdy Byford E X 1 1 Keith Gurtner 2 1 3

Wembley Freddie Williams 0 1 2 3 6 Brian Crutcher 2 2 0 2 6 Trevor Redmond 1 0 0 1 Eric Williams 1’ 0 2 1’ 4 2 Tommy Price 3 0 3 Eric French 1 2’ 2 0 5 1 Jimmy Gooch X 0 0 0 Fred Lang 3 2 3 1 9

Ht1 Young, Craven, Redmond, F.Williams 75.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Green, Crutcher, E.Williams, Hussey (ef) 75.2 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Price, Clarke, French, Roger 76.4 2 4 10 8 Ht4 Lang, Gurtner, Byford (ef), Gooch (fexc) 76.6 2 3 12 11 Ht5 Young, Hussey, F.Williams, E.Williams 75.0 5 1 17 12 Ht6 Clarke, Lang, Gooch, Byford (fexc) 76.4 3 3 20 15 Ht7 Craven, Crutcher, Green, Redmond 75.4 4 2 24 17 Ht8 Lang, French, Gurtner, Roger 75.8 1 5 25 22 Ht9 Green, F.Williams, Hussey, Redmond 76.0 4 2 29 24 Ht10 Clarke, E.Williams, Byford, Crutcher 75.8 4 2 33 26 Ht11 Young, French, Craven, Price 75.6 4 2 37 28 Ht12 F.Williams, Clarke, Roger, Gooch 76.0 3 3 40 31 Ht13 Green, Hussey, Lang, French 75.8 5 1 45 32 Ht14 Craven, Crutcher, E.Williams, Young (ef) 76.6 3 3 48 35

Reserves’ Challenge Lang, Gooch, Johnny Chamberlain, Lawson 76.6

Royal Albert Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Green, French, E.Williams, Byford 57.6 Ht2 F.Williams, Hussey, Craven, Redmond 57.2 Ht3 Young, Crutcher, Gurtner, Chamberlain (frmtd) 57.4 Ht4 Clarke, Lawson, Price, Roger 57.6 Final F.Williams, Green, Clarke, Young (ef) 57.0

Wednesday 12th May 1954 Harringay Stadium, London Harringay Racers 47 West Ham Hammers 37 (National League Division One)

Harringay Split Waterman 2 2 2’ 2’ 8 2 Ron How 3 3 2 3 11 Frank Lawrence 1’ 1 3 3 8 1 Jeff Lloyd 0 2 1’ 2’ 5 2 Danny Dunton 2 1’ 0 3 1 Allan Quinn 1 2 1’ 1 5 1 Ken Walsh 0 3 3 Jack Biggs 3 1 2 6

West Ham Jack Young 3 3 3 3 12 Wally Green 2 2 3 E 7 Malcolm Craven 2 0 2’ 4 1 Gerry Hussey 1 1 E 1 3 Pat Clarke N 2 0 F 2 Bert Roger 2 3 1 1 7 Howdy Byford 3 0 0 3 Keith Gurtner 1 0 1

Ht1 Young, Waterman, Lawrence, Craven 66.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 How, green, Hussey, Lloyd 67.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Biggs, Roger, Quinn, Clarke (ns) 69.0 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Byford, Dunton, Gurtner, Walsh 69.8 2 4 12 12 Ht5 Young, Waterman, Hussey, Lloyd 68.0 2 4 14 16 Ht6 Walsh, Clarke, Biggs, Byford 68.6 4 2 18 18 Ht7 How, Green, Lawrence, Craven 68.2 4 2 22 20 Ht8 Roger, Quinn, Dunton, Gurtner 70.0 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Young, How, Lloyd, Byford 68.2 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Green, Biggs, Quinn, Hussey (fexc) 69.0 3 3 31 29 Ht11 Lawrence, Waterman, Roger, Clarke 70.2 5 1 36 30 Ht12 Young, Craven, Quinn, Dunton (ns) 67.8 1 5 37 35 Ht13 How, Lloyd, Roger, Clarke (f) 70.6 5 1 42 36 Ht14 Lawrence, Waterman, Hussey, Green (ef) 71.0 5 1 47 37

Tuesday 18th May 1954 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 52 Belle Vue Aces 32 (National League Division One)

West Ham Jack Young 3 1’ 2 3 9 1 Wally Green 2’ 3 3 0 8 1 Malcolm Craven 2’ 1 1’ 2’ 6 3 Gerry Hussey 3 2 2’ 3 10 1 Howdy Byford 0 2 0 0 2 Bert Roger 2 2 3 3 10 Don Lawson 2’ 1 3 1 Keith Gurtner 3 1’ 4 1

Belle Vue Peter Craven 1 3 X 4 Ken Sharples 1 2 2 1 6 Dob Duckworth 0 0 1 2 3 Bob Fletcher 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 Jack Parker 1 3 0 1’ 5 1 Willie Wilson 1 0 1 Dick Fisher 0 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Young, M.Craven, P.Craven, Duckworth 73.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Hussey, Green, Sharples, Fletcher 71.8* 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Johnston, Roger, Parker, Byford 73.4 2 4 12 6 Ht4 Gurtner, Lawson, Wilson, Fisher (et) 74.4 5 1 17 7 Ht5 P.Craven, Hussey, Young, Fletcher 73.0 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Parker, Byford, Lawson, Wilson 74.4 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Green, Sharples, M.Craven, Duckworth 73.8 4 2 27 15 Ht8 Johnston, Roger, Gurtner, Fisher 73.8 3 3 30 18 Ht9 Green, Hussey, Duckworth, P.Craven (fexc) 74.0 5 1 35 19 Ht10 Roger, Sharples, Fletcher, Byford 75.2 3 3 38 22 Ht11 Johnston, Young, M.Craven, Parker 74.2 3 3 41 25 Ht12 Roger, Duckworth, Fisher, Byford 75.4 3 3 44 28 Ht13 Hussey, Johnston, Parker, Green 74.2 3 3 47 31 Ht14 Young, M.Craven, Sharples, Fletcher 74.4 5 1 52 32

Reserves’ Challenge Fletcher, Lawson, Fisher, Wilson 77.0

Royal Return Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Gurtner, Fletcher, Wilson, Clarke (ns) 57.0 Ht2 Young, Parker, Duckworth, Lawson 56.4 Ht3 Green, Hussey, Sharples, Fisher 56.2 Ht4 Johnston, M.Craven, Byford, Roger 56.0 Final Green, Young, Gurtner, Johnston 56.0

Saturday 22nd May 1954 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Odsal Tudors 53 West Ham Hammers 31 (National League Division One)

Bradford E Rigg 1* 3 3 3 10 A Wright 3 3 1* 1* 5 D Seers 2 2* 2* 0 6 D Oliver 0 2 2 A Forrest 3 3 3 2 11 A Allison 2* 2* 0 1* 5 K Milner 2* 1* 1 2 6 R Clarke 2 3 5

West Ham J Young 3 2 3 3 11 W Green 0 1 1* 1* 3 M Craven 0 0 0 H Byford 1 1* 2 2 6 G Hussey 1 2 1 3 7 B Roger 0 1 0 0 1 K Gurtner 3 0 0 0 3

Ht 1 Young, Seers, Rigg, Craven 3 3 3 3 66.4 Ht 2 Wright, Milner, Green, Byford 5 1 8 4 67.2 Ht 3 Forrest, Allison, Hussey, Roger 5 1 13 5 67.4 Ht 4 Gurtner, Clarke, Milner, Lawson 3 3 16 8 68.2 Ht 5 Rigg, Young, Byford, Oliver 3 3 19 11 66.2 Ht 6 Forrest, Hussey, Milner, Lawson 4 2 23 13 67.2 Ht 7 Wright, Seers, Green, Craven 5 1 28 14 68.0 Ht 8 Clarke, Allison, Roger, Gurtner 5 1 33 15 69.0 Ht 9 Young, Milner, Wright, Gurtner 3 3 36 18 67.0 Ht 10 Forrest, Byford, Green, Allison 3 3 39 21 67.2 Ht 11 Rigg, Seers, Hussey, Roger 5 1 44 22 69.0 Ht 12 Young, Forrest, Allison, Gurtner 3 3 47 25 67.4 Ht 13 Hussey, Oliver, Wright, Roger 3 3 50 28 70.2 Ht 14 Rigg, Byford, Green, Seers 3 3 53 31 67.2

Tuesday 25th May 1954 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 49 Odsal Tudors 35 (National League Division One)

West Ham Jack Young 3 3 3 1’ 10 1 Malcolm Craven 1 1 1 2 5 Wally Green 3 3 3 F 9 Keith Gurtner 2’ 1 1 2 6 1 Gerry Hussey 3 3 3 3 12 Bert Roger 1 0 0 2’ 3 1 Howdy Byford 0 2 1 3 Terry Courtnell 1 1

Odsal Al Allison X 3 1 0 3 Arthur Forrest 2 3 2 1 8 Arthur Wright 1 2 2 3 8 Dent Oliver F 1’ 0 0 1 1 Dick Seers 0 1 0 1 Eddie Rigg 2 2’ 2 3 9 1 Ron Clarke 1 2’ 2 1 6 1 Wal Morton F 0 0

Ht1 Young, Forrest, Craven, Allison (exctps) 76.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Green, Gurtner, Clarke, Oliver (f) 73.4 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Hussey, Rigg, Roger, Seers 72.2 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Green, Wright, Courtnell (efpu), Morton (f) 73.6 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Forrest, Rigg, Craven, Roger 73.6 1 5 18 12 Ht6 Alison, Clarke, Gurtner, Byford 75.2 1 5 19 17 Ht7 Hussey, Wright, Oliver, Roger 73.4 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Young, Byford, Seers, Morton 75.8 5 1 27 21 Ht9 Green, Forrest, Gurtner, Allison 73.6 4 2 31 23 Ht10 Hussey, Clarke, Byford, Oliver 73.6 4 2 35 25 Ht11 Young, Rigg, Craven, Seers 73.8 4 2 39 27 Ht12 Hussey, Roger, Forrest, Allison 75.0 5 1 44 28 Ht13 Rigg, Gurtner, Clarke, Green (f) 76.4 2 4 46 32 Ht14 Wright, Craven, Young, Oliver 77.4 3 3 49 35

Return Match Race Ht1 Gerry Hussey bt Barry Briggs 75.8 Ht2 Gerry Hussey bt Barry Briggs 75.0

Tudor Rose Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Craven, Gurtner, Allison, Seers 57.2 Ht2 Roger, Wright, Clarke, Courtnell 56.8 Ht3 Rigg, Hussey, Byford, Green 56.6 Ht4 Forrest, Young, Briggs, Oliver 56.2 Final Rigg, Forrest, Craven, Roger 57.0

Saturday 29th May 1954 Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich Stars 40 West Ham Hammers 44 (National League Division One)

NORWICH Fred Rogers 3 3 3 1 10 Merv Neil 0 2 1 3 6 Fred Brand 1’ 2 0 1 4 1 Bob Oakley 2 1 2 3 8 Cyril Roger 2 3 1 2 8 Phil Clarke 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Barry East 0 0 0 Billy Bales 0 3 3

WEST HAM Jack Young 2 3 3 3 11 Malcolm Craven 1’ 1 1 1 4 1 Bert Roger 3 3 2 2 10 Howdy Byford 0 1’ 2 0 3 1 Wally Green 0 1’ 0 1 1 Gerry Hussey 3 3 2 2 10 Keith Gurtner 2’ 0 2 1 Terry Courtnell 1 2 3

1 Rogers, Young, Craven, Neil. 76.2 3 3 2 B. Roger, Oakley, Brand, Byford, 76.8 6 6 3 Hussey, C. Roger, Clarke, Green, 75.6 9 9 4 B. Roger, Brand, Courtnell, Bales, 75.8 11 13 5 Hussey, Neil, Craven, Clarke, 75.8 13 17 6 Young, Gurtner, Oakley, East, 78.4 14 22 7 C. Roger, B. Roger, Byford, Clarke, 74.8 17 25 8 Rogers, Courtnell, Green, East, 75.6 20 28 9 Young, Oakley, Craven, Brand, 74.8 22 32 10 Bales, Byford, C. Roger, Gurtner, 75.2 26 34 11 Rogers, Hussey, Neil, Green, 74.6 30 36 12 Young, C. Roger, Craven, Clarke, 74.6 32 40 13 Oakley, Hussey, Brand, Courtnell, 75.2 36 42 14 Neil, B. Roger, Rogers, Byford, 75.6 40 44

Tuesday 1st June 1954 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 41 Wimbledon Dons 43 (National League Division One)

West Ham Jack Young 3 E 2’ 2 7 1 Malcolm Craven 0 1’ 3 1’ 5 2 Wally Green 2 2 2 3 9 Keith Gurtner 1’ 0 0 1 1 Gerry Hussey 3 3 3 3 12 Bert Roger 2’ 2 1 0 7 1 Howdy Byford 1 1 0 2 Terry Courtnell 0 0 0

Wimbledon Don Perry 1’ 3 1 2 7 1 Ronnie Moore 2 3 3 1’ 9 1 Geoff Mardon 3 3 2 3 11 Bill Longley 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 Barry Briggs 1 2’ 1 2 6 1 Cyril Brine 0 0 0 Peter Moore 2’ 2 1’ 5 2 Cyril Maidment 1 3 0 4

Ht1 Young, R.Moore, Perry, Craven 70.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Mardon, Green, Gurtner, Longley 72.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Hussey, Roger, Briggs, Brine 73.8 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Mardon, Green, Maidment, Courtnell 73.2 2 4 13 11 Ht5 R.Moore, Roger, Craven, Brine 73.0 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Perry, P.Moore, Byford, Gurtner 74.0 1 5 17 19 Ht7 Hussey, Mardon, Roger, Longley 72.6 4 2 21 21 Ht8 Maidment, Briggs, Byford, Young (ef) 75.2 1 5 22 26 Ht9 R.Moore, Green, Perry, Gurtner 74.2 2 4 24 30 Ht10 Hussey, P.Moore, Longley, Courtnell 72.8 3 3 27 33 Ht11 Craven, Young, Briggs, Maidment 74.0 5 1 32 34 Ht12 Hussey, Perry, Moore, Roger 73.6 3 3 35 37 Ht13 Green, Briggs, P.Moore, Byford 74.4 3 3 38 40 Ht14 Mardon, Young, Craven, Longley 74.0 3 3 41 43

Reserves’ Challenge P.Moore, Byford, Maidment, Courtnell 74.4

Thameside Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Gurtner, Mardon, P.Moore, Johnny Applegate 55.2 Ht2 Hussey, Craven, Maidment, R.Moore 54.2 Ht3 Green, Briggs, Longley, Courtnell 56.0 Ht4 Byford, Perry, Brine, Roger 55.8 Final Hussey, Byford, Green, Gurtner 55.0

Saturday 5th June 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 46 West Ham Hammers 38 (National League Division One)

Birmingham Alan Hunt 2 3 3 3 11 Jim Tolley 0 0 0 1 1 Eric Boothroyd 3 2 2 2 9 Ivor Davies 2’ 1’ 0 0 3 2 Arthur Payne 0 1 3 0 4 Ron Mountford 3 3 3 3 12 Harry Bastable 2’ 2 4 1 Ron Barrett 1’ 1 2 1

West Ham Jack Young 3 3 3 2 11 Malcolm Craven 1 2 1 1’ 5 1 Bert Roger 0 3 2 2 7 Howdy Byford 1 0 2 X 3 Wally Green 2 1 1’ 1 5 1 Gerry Hussey 1’ 1’ 2 3 7 2 Keith Gurtner 0 0 0 Terry Courtnell 0 0 0

Ht1 Young, Hunt, Craven, Tolley 70.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Boothroyd, Davies, Byford, Roger 73.0 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Mountford, Green, Hussey, Payne 71.4 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Roger, Boothroyd, Barrett, Courtnell 71.6 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Mountford, Craven, Hussey, Tolley 71.6 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Young, Bastable, Davies, Gurtner 72.0 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Mountford, Roger, Payne, Byford 72.2 4 2 23 19 Ht8 Hunt, Bastable, Green, Courtnell 72.8 5 1 28 20 Ht9 Young, Boothroyd, Craven, Davies 72.0 2 4 30 24 Ht10 Payne, Byford, Barrett, Gurtner 74.2 4 2 34 26 Ht11 Hunt, Hussey, Green, Tolley 72.2 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Mountford, Young, Craven, Payne 73.0 3 3 40 32 Ht13 Hussey, Boothroyd, Green, Davies 73.2 2 4 42 36 Ht14 Hunt, Roger, Tolley, Byford (exctps) 72.6 4 2 46 38

Monday 7th June 1954 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 58 West Ham Hammers 26 (RAC Cup Final)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 3 3 2’ 1 9 1 Peter Moore 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Barry Briggs 3 3 3 0 9 Cyril Brine 2’ 3 1 1 7 1 Geoff Mardon 3 3 1 1 8 Don Perry 2’ 1 2’ 3 8 2 Cyril Maidment 1 3 4 Bill Longley 1 1 2

West Ham Jack Young 1 2 0 2 5 Malcolm Craven 0 2 2 0 4 Bert Roger 1 2 E E 3 Howdy Byford 0 1 2 2 5 Wally Green 1 2 0 3 6 Gerry Hussey 0 0 1 2’ 3 1 Terry Courtnell 0 0 0 Keith Gurtner 0 0 0

Ht1 R.Moore, P.Moore, Young, Craven 67.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Briggs, Brine, Roger, Byford 66.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Mardon, Perry, Green, Hussey 66.8 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Briggs, Roger, Maidment, Courtnell 66.4 4 2 19 5 Ht5 P.Moore, Craven, Perry, Hussey 67.8 4 2 23 7 Ht6 Brine, Young, Longley, Gurtner 67.2 4 2 27 9 Ht7 Mardon, Perry, Byford, Roger (ef) 68.2 5 1 32 10 Ht8 R.Moore, Green, Longley, Courtnell 68.0 4 2 36 12 Ht9 Briggs, Craven, Brine, Young 67.0 4 2 40 14 Ht10 Maidment, Byford, Mardon, Gurtner 66.8 4 2 44 16 Ht11 P.Moore, R.Moore, Hussey, Green 68.0 5 1 49 17 Ht12 Perry, Young, Mardon, Craven 67.8 4 2 53 19 Ht13 Green, Hussey, Brine, Briggs 68.2 1 5 54 24 Ht14 P.Moore, Byford, R.Moore, Roger 9ef) 67.2 4 2 58 26

Tuesday 8th June 1954 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 54 Birmingham Brummies 30 (National League Division One)

West Ham Jack Young 3 3 3 3 12 Malcolm Craven 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 Wally Green 3 3 2 3 11 Howdy Byford 2’ 2 1’ 2’ 7 3 Gerry Hussey 3 E 2 2 7 Bert Roger 2’ 0 1 1’ 4 2 Keith Gurtner 1’ 1 2 1 Terry Courtnell 1 1’ 2 1

Birmingham Alan Hunt 1 3 3 3 10 Jim Tolley 0 2 0 F 2 Eric Boothroyd 1 2 3 1 7 Ivor Davies 0 2’ 3 0 5 1 Arthur Payne E 2 1 0 3 Ron Mountford 1’ 1 0 1 3 1 Harry Bastable 0 0 0 Ron Barrett E 0 0

Ht1 Young, Craven, Hunt, Tolley 73.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Green, Byford, Boothroyd, Davies 74.2 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Hussey, Roger, Mountford, Payne (ef) 73.2 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Green, Boothroyd, Courtnell, Barrett (ef) 73.8 4 2 19 5 Ht5 Craven, Tolley, Mountford, Roger (exc) 74.2 3 3 22 8 Ht6 Hunt, Byford, Gurtner, Bastable (f) 74.4 3 3 25 11 Ht7 Boothroyd, Davies, Roger, Hussey 73.4 1 5 26 16 Ht8 Young, Payne, Gurtner, Barrett 73.6 4 2 30 18 Ht9 Hunt, Green, Byford, Tolley 73.8 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Davies, Hussey, Courtnell, Bastable 76.2 3 3 36 24 Ht11 Young, Craven, Payne, Mountford 75.8 5 1 41 25 Ht12 Hunt, Hussey, Roger, Tolley (fexc) 77.4 3 3 44 28 Ht13 Green, Byford, Mountford, Payne 82.6 5 1 49 29 Ht14 Young, Craven, Boothroyd, Davies 81.2 5 1 54 30

Reserves’ Challenge Gurtner, Courtnell, Bastable, Barrett (ef) 88.0

Whitsun Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Young, Mountford, Tolley, Davies 61.2

Rest of meeting Abandoned – rain

Sunday 13th June 1954 Shelbourne Park, Dublin Shelbourne 53 West Ham Hammers 42 (Challenge)

Shelbourne Ronnie Moore 2 3 3 2 3 13 Dom Perry 1’ 2 2 3 2’ 10 2 Geoff Mardon 1 2 1’ 1’ 2 7 2 Cyril Brine 0 3 1 3 1’ 8 1 Barry Briggs 3 2’ 1’ 1 0 7 2 Bill Longley 2’ 1’ 0 1 2 6 2 Reg Trott 0 2 2

West Ham Jack Young 3 3 3 3 3 15 Keith Gurtner F 0 0 0 2 2 Gerry Hussey 2’ 0 2 3 7 1 Bert Roger 3 3 2 2 1 11 Wally Green 1 0 3 0 0 4 Reg Fearman 0 1 0 0 0 1 Terry Courtnell 1 0 1 2

Ht1 Young, Moore, Perry, Gurtner (f) 67.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Roger, Hussey, Mardon, Brine 70.0 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Briggs, Longley, Green, Fearman 70.4 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Roger, Perry, Courtnell, Trott 69.2 2 4 11 13 Ht5 Young, Mardon, Longley, Gurtner 70.4 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Brine, Briggs, Fearman, Hussey 70.8 5 1 19 17 Ht7 Moore, Roger, Longley (nf), Green (nf) 69.0 3 2 22 19 Ht8 Young, Perry, Mardon, Fearman 69.0 3 3 25 22 Ht9 Moore, Hussey, Brine, Gurtner 69.2 4 2 29 24 Ht10 Green, Trott, Briggs, Courtnell 70.6 3 3 32 27 Ht11 Perry, Roger, Longley, Gurtner 69.6 4 2 36 29 Ht12 Young, Moore, Mardon, Green 69.0 3 3 39 32 Ht13 Brine, Gurtner, Briggs, Fearman 71.6 4 2 43 34 Ht14 Moore, Perry, Roger, Green 71.2 5 1 48 35 Ht15 Young, Mardon, Brine, Fearman 69.2 3 3 51 38 Ht16 Hussey, Longley, Courtnell, Briggs 71.2 2 4 53 42

Tuesday 15th June 1954 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 46 Wembley Lions 38 (National League Division One)

West Ham Jack Young 3 3 3 3 12 Malcolm Craven 0 3 0 0 3 Wally Green 2 2 1’ 2 7 1 Howdy Byford 1’ 1’ 2 0 4 2 Gerry Hussey 3 3 3 3 12 Bert Roger 2’ 2’ 0 1 5 2 Keith Gurtner 2 1 3 Terry Courtnell 0 0 0

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

Ht1 Young, F.Williams, French, Craven 72.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 E.Williams, Green, Byford, Redmond 72.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Hussey, Roger, Lang, Price 72.6 5 1 11 7 Ht4 E.Williams, Gooch, Courtnell 73.2 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Craven, Roger, French, Price 73.8 4 1 18 12 Ht6 F.Williams, Gurtner, Byford, Lang (f) 73.6 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Hussey, E.Williams, Redmond, Roger 72.6 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Young, Gooch, Gurtner, Crutcher (ef) 73.0 4 2 28 20 Ht9 F.Williams, Byford, Green, French 73.2 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Hussey, Redmond, F.Williams, Byford 73.6 3 3 34 26 Ht11 Young, Crutcher, Gooch, Craven 72.0 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Hussey, F.Williams, Roger, French (fexc) 72.8 4 2 41 31 Ht13 Crutcher, Green, Gooch, Byford 72.8 2 4 43 35 Ht14 Young, Redmond, E.Williams, Craven 73.0 3 3 46 38

Reserves’ Challenge Gurtner, Gooch, Lang, Courtnell 73.8

The Ascot Stakes 3 laps Ht1 Craven, E.Williams, Roger, French 55.2*= Ht2 Green, Redmond, Courtnell, Byford (excbor) 56.0 Ht3 Young, Crutcher, Gurtner, Lang 54.8* Ht4 Hussey, F.Williams, Gooch, Price 55.0 Final Young, Hussey, Craven, Green 54.8*=

Thursday 17th June 1954 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 54 West Ham Hammers 30 (National League Division One)

Wembley Freddie Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Jimmy Gooch 1 3 2’ 0 6 1 Brian Crutcher 1 2’ 2 3 8 1 Tommy Price 3 2 3 2’ 10 1 Eric Williams 3 3 3 2 11 Trevor Redmond 2’ 2’ 1 0 5 2 George Wilks 1’ 0 1 1 Fred Lang 1’ 1 2 1

West Ham Jack Young 2 0 0 3 5 Malcolm Craven 0 1 1 1 3 Wally Green 2 3 2 3 10 Howdy Byford 0 0 2 1’ 3 1 Gerry Hussey 1 2 1 1 5 Bert Roger 0 0 0 0 Terry Courtnell 0 0 0 Keith Gurtner 3 1’ 0 4 1

Ht1 F.Williams, Young, Gooch, Craven 71.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Price, Green, Crutcher, Byford 74.6 4 2 8 4 Ht3 E.Williams, Redmond, Hussey, Roger 74.4 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Green, Crutcher, Wilks, Courtnell 74.0 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Gooch, Redmond, Craven, Roger 74.4 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Gurtner, Price, Lang, Young 75.6 3 3 24 12 Ht7 E.Williams, Green, Redmond, Byford 73.8 4 2 28 14 Ht8 F.Williams, Hussey, Lang, Courtnell 73.2 4 2 32 16 Ht9 Price, Crutcher, Craven, Young 73.8 5 1 37 17 Ht10 E.Williams, Byford, Gurtner, Wilks 74.4 3 3 40 20 Ht11 F.Williams, Gooch, Hussey, Roger 75.8 5 1 45 21 Ht12 Young, E.Williams, Craven, Redmond 73.8 2 4 47 25 Ht13 Crutcher, Price, Hussey, Gurtner 73.6 5 1 52 26 Ht14 Green, F.Williams, Byford, Gooch 73.8 2 4 54 30

Monday 21st June 1954 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 53 West Ham Hammers 30 (London Cup)

Wimbledon Don perry 2’ 1’ 1’ 1’ X 5 4 Ronnie Moore 3 3 1 2’ 3 2 14 1 Cyril Brine 2 F 2 3 2’ 9 1 Barry Briggs 1’ 3 3 2 2’ 1’12 3 Geoff Mardon 2’ 2’ 2’ 1 3 10 3 Peter Moore 3 1 X 3 3 10 Bill Longley 2’ 3 5 1 Cyril Maidment 3 1 4

West Ham Jack Young 1 2 3 3 1 3 13 Malcolm Craven 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wally Green 3 2’ 3 2 3 0 13 1 Howdy Byford 1 F 0 F 2 3 Gerry Hussey 0 0 1 2 1 4 Bert Roger 0 0 0 Keith Gurtner 1 1 0 0 2 Terry Courtnell 0 0 0

Ht1 R.Moore, Perry, Young, Craven 67.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Green, Brine, Briggs, Roger 66.2 3 3 8 4 Ht3 P.Moore, Mardon, Byford, Craven 67.6 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Maidment, Longley, Gurtner, Courtnell 67.4 5 1 18 6 Ht5 R.Moore, Green, Brine (f), Byford (f) 67.2 3 2 21 8 Ht6 Briggs, Young, P.Moore, Roger 64.8 4 2 25 10 Ht7 Green, Mardon, Perry, Hussey 66.2 3 3 28 13 Ht8 Young, Brine, Perry, Hussey 65.2 3 3 31 16 Ht9 Young, Green, R.Moore, P.Moore 65.0 1 5 32 21 Ht10 Brine, Mardon, Gurtner, Craven 66.0 5 1 37 22 Ht11 Briggs, R.Moore, Hussey, Byford 65.6 5 1 42 23 Ht12 Green, Briggs, Perry, Craven 65.8 3 3 45 26 Ht13 R.Moore, Hussey, Mardon, Gurtner 66.2 4 2 49 28 Ht14 Longley, Gurtner, Maidment, Courtnell 67.2 4 2 53 30 Ht15 Mardon, Briggs, Young, Byford 66.0 5 1 58 31 Ht16 P.Moore, Brine, Hussey, Craven 66.6 5 1 63 32 Ht17 P.Moore, Byford, Gurtner, Perry (exc) 68.0 3 3 66 35 Ht18 Young, R.Moore, Briggs, Green 64.6 3 3 69 38

Tuesday 22nd June 1954 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 55 Wimbledon Dons 53 (London Cup)

West Ham Jack Young 2 2 3 3 3 3 16 Malcolm Craven 1’ 1’ 2 1’ 0 5 3 Wally Green 3 2 2’ 1 2 10 Howdy Byford 1 F 2 0 E 3 Gerry Hussey 2 1’ 2 3 3 2’ 13 2 Bert Roger 0 1 0 0 1 Keith Gurtner 3 1 3 7 Terry Courtnell 0 0 0

Wimbledon Don Perry 0 2’ 0 1’ 3 2 Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 2 1 1 13 Geoff Mardon 2 3 0 3 1’ 9 1 Cyril Brine 1 0 0 2 1’ 4 1 Barry Briggs 3 1 3 1’ 3 0 11 1 Peter Moore 0 3 0 2 2 7 Bill Longley 1’ 1’ 2 2 Cyril Maidment 2 0 2 4

Ht1 R.Moore, Young, Craven, Perry 72.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Green, Mardon, Byford, P.Moore 73.4 4 2 7 5 Ht3 R.Moore, Hussey, Brine, Roger 73.8 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Gurtner, Maidment, Longley, Courtnell 74.2 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Mardon, Green, Craven, Brine 73.4 3 3 15 15 Ht6 P.Moore, Perry, Gurtner, Byford (f) 74.2 1 5 16 20 Ht7 Briggs, Young, Hussey, Mardon 72.8 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Young, Green, Briggs, Perry 73.2 5 1 24 24 Ht9 Mardon, Craven, Roger, Maidment 74.4 3 3 27 27 Ht10 R.Moore, Hussey, Green, P.Moore 74.0 3 3 30 30 Ht11 Briggs, Byford, Craven, Brine 74.2 3 3 33 33 Ht12 Young, R.Moore, Mardon, Byford 72.6 3 3 36 36 Ht13 Hussey, P.Moore, Briggs, Craven 74.2 3 3 39 39 Ht14 Gurtner, Maidment, Longley, Courtnell 75.2 3 3 42 42 Ht15 Hussey, Brine, Perry, Byford (ef) 75.4 3 3 45 45 Ht16 Briggs, Green, R.Moore, Roger 74.0 2 4 47 49 Ht17 Young, P.Moore, Brine, Roger (ef) 74.2 3 3 50 52 Ht18 Young, Hussey, R.Moore, Briggs 73.2 5 1 55 53

The Evening News Scratch Races Ht1 Longley, Craven, Courtnell, Byford (ef) 76.0 Ht2 Gurtner, Brine, Maidment, Roger 75.2

th Saturday 26 June 1954 Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich Stars 53 West Ham Hammers 31 (National League Division One)

Norwich Aub Lawson 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 Merv Neil 3 3 3 3 12 Cyril Roger 0 3 0 3 Fred Brand 3 1’ 2 2’ 8 2 Fred Rogers 2 3 0 1’ 6 1 Bob Oakley 0 1 0 1 Billy Bales 2 2’ 2 6 1 Phil Clarke 2’ 3 3 8 1

West Ham Jack Young 3 3 3 9 Malcolm Craven 1 2 1 0 4 Wally Green 1’ 1 1 0 3 1 Howdy Byford 2 2 2 1 7 Gerry Hussey 3 0 0 1 4 Bert Roger 1 0 1 0 2 Keith Gurtner 0 0 1’ 1 1 Terry Courtnell 0 1 1

1 Neil, Lawson, Craven, Gurtner, 73.2 5 1 (Lawson & Young collided, Lawson informed the Steward that Young was not to blame so a reserve was allowed to ride in re-run) 2 Brand, Byford, Green, C. Roger, 73.4 8 4 3 Hussey, Rogers, B. Roger, Oakley, 72.8 10 8 4 C. Roger, Clarke, Green, Courtnell, 73.4 15 9 5 Neil, Craven, Oakley, B. Roger, 73.2 19 11 6 Young, Bales, Brand, Gurtner, 72.8 22 14 7 Rogers, Byford, Green, Oakley, 74.8 25 17 8 Lawson, Bales, Courtnell, Hussey, 74.6 30 18 9 Young, Brand, Craven, C. Roger, 73.2 32 22 10 Clarke, Byford, Gurtner, Rogers, 74.2 35 25 11 Neil, Lawson, B. Roger, Hussey, 75.2 40 26 12 Young, Bales, Rogers, Craven, 73.6 43 29 13 Clarke, Brand, Hussey, B. Roger, 74.6 48 30 14 Neil, Lawson, Byford, Green, 75.4 53 31

Tuesday 29th June 1954 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 29 Norwich Stars 55 (National League Division One)

West Ham Keith Gurtner 1 2 1 1 5 Malcolm Craven 0 2’ 0 3 5 1 Bert Roger 1 1 1 3 6 Gerry Hussey 0 0 0 1 1 Wally Green 2 3 0 1 6 Howdy Byford 0 3 0 0 3 Terry Courtnell 1 1’ 2 1 Johnny Applegate 0 1 1

Norwich Aub Lawson 3 3 3 3 12 Merv Neil 2’ 0 2’ 2’ 6 3 Cyril Roger 3 2’ 1’ 0 6 2 Fred Brand 2’ 2 3 2 9 1 Fred Rogers 3 0 3 Bob Oakley 1 1 2’ 0 4 1 Billy Bales 2’ 2’ 4 2 Phil Clarke 3 3 3 2 11

1 Lawson, Neil, Gurtner, Craven, 73.4 1 5 2 C. Roger, Brand, B. Roger, Hussey, 73.0 2 10 3 Rogers, Green, Oakley, Byford (f), 74.2 4 14 4 Clarke, C. Roger, B. Roger, Applegate, 72.6 5 19 5 Byford, Craven, Oakley, Neil, 74.2 10 20 6 Lawson, Bales, Courtnell, Hussey (f), 74.0 11 25 7 Green, Brand, C. Roger, Byford, 73.4 14 28 8 Clarke, Gurtner, Courtnell, Rogers (e/f), 73.2 17 31 9 Lawson, Neil, B. Roger, Hussey, 74.2 18 36 10 Brand, Bales, Applegate, Green (e/f), 74.8 19 41 11 Clarke, Oakley, Gurtner, Craven, 73.2 20 46 12 Lawson, Neil, Green, Byford, 74.0 21 51 13 B. Roger, Clarke, Hussey, Oakley, 74.4 25 53 15 Craven, Brand, Gurtner, C. Roger, 75.0 29 55 Second Half Results Reserve Challenge Gurtner, Bales, Clarke, Courtnell, 73.0

Skal Scratch Race 1 Lawson, Brand, Rogers, Applegate, 72.8 2 Hussey, Gurtner, C. Roger, Neil, 73.0 3 Green, Oakley, Bales, Byford, 73.2 4 Clarke, B. Roger, Craven, Courtnell, 72.8 Final – Lawson, Clarke, Green, Hussey, 72.6

Tuesday 6th July 1954 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 42 Wimbledon Dons 42 (National League Division One)

West Ham Jack Young 3 3 2 3 11 Malcolm Craven 0 3 0 1 4 Bert Roger 2 3 2 3 10 Keith Gurtner 0 3 1’ 1 5 1 Wally Green 3 2 E 2 7 Howdy Byford 2’ 1 1’ F 4 2 Terry Courtnell 0 F 0 John Applegate 0 1 1

Wimbledon Geoff Mardon 2 2 0 3 7 Don Perry 1’ 2 3 1 7 1 Barry Briggs 3 2 3 2 10 Cyril Maidment 1 0 3 F 4 Cyril Brine 1 2 1 2 6 Peter Moore E 0 3 0 3 Bill Longley 1’ 2’ 3 2 Reg Trott 1’ 1’ 2 2

Ht1 Young, Mardon, Perry, Craven 73.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Briggs, Roger, Maidment, Gurtner 73.4 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Green, Byford, Brine, Moore (ef) 74.0 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Roger, Briggs, Trott, Applegate 74.8 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Craven, Perry, Byford, Moore 75.0 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Gurtner, Mardon, Longley, Courtnell 75.6 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Briggs, Green, Byford, Maidment 74.6 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Young, Brine, Trott, Courtnell (f) 77.2 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Perry, Roger, Gurtner, Mardon 76.8 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Maidment, Longley, Applegate, Green (ef) 79.8 1 5 30 30 Ht11 Moore, Young, Brine, Craven 79.0 2 4 32 34 Ht12 Mardon, Green, Perry, Byford (fexc) 83.0 2 4 34 38 Ht13 Roger, Brine, Gurtner, Moore 80.6 4 2 38 40 Ht14 Young, Briggs, Craven, Maidment (f) 84.2 4 2 42 42

Second half cancelled due to rain

Monday 12th July 1954 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 53 West Ham Hammers 31 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon Geoff Mardon 1’ 3 2’ 3 9 2 Peter Moore 2 1 3 2’ 8 1 Barry Briggs 3 2 3 3 11 Cyril Maidment E 2 1 1 4 Cyril Brine 3 3 3 1’ 10 1 Don Perry E 3 1 2 6 Bill Longley 1’ 1 2 1 Reg Trott 1’ 2’ 3 2

West Ham Jack Young 3 3 2 3 11 Malcolm Craven DNR Bert Roger 1’ 3 2 1 7 1 Keith Gurtner 2 0 0 0 2 Wally Green 2 2 1 2 7 Howdy Byford 1’ 2 0 3 1 Terry Courtnell 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 John Applegate F 0 0

Ht1 Young, Moore, Mardon, Courtnell 65.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Briggs, Gurtner, Roger, Maidment (ef) 65.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Brine, Green, Byford, Perry (ef) 65.8 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Roger, Briggs, Trott, Applegate (f) 65.2 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Perry, Byford, Moore, Courtnell 66.8 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Young, Maidment, Longley, Courtnell 65.8 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Brine, Roger, Perry, Gurtner 65.6 4 2 23 19 Ht8 Mardon, Green, Longley, Applegate 65.6 4 2 27 21 Ht9 Briggs, Young, Maidment, Courtnell 65.4 4 2 31 23 Ht10 Brine, Trott, Courtnell, Gurtner 66.4 5 1 36 24 Ht11 Moore, Mardon, Green, Byford 66.6 5 1 41 25 Ht12 Young, Perry, Brine, Courtnell 65.4 3 3 44 28 Ht13 Briggs, Green, Maidment, Courtnell 66.0 4 2 48 30 Ht14 Mardon, Moore, Roger, Gurtner 65.8 5 1 53 31

Tuesday 13th July 1954 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 44 Odsal Tudors 40 (National League Division One)

West Ham Jack Young 3 3 3 2 11 Malcolm Craven 1 2’ F 0 3 1 Bert Roger 0 0 2 3 5 Keith Gurtner 0 0 0 Wally Green 3 3 3 1’ 10 1 Howdy Byford 2’ 3 2’ 2 9 2 Terry Courtnell 0 1 1 Pat Clarke 2 1 1’ 1 5 1

Osdal Eddie Rigg 2 3 3 3 11 Dick Seers 1’ 1 0 2 1 Arthur Forrest 3 3 E 3 9 Al Allison 1 1 2 1 5 Arthur Wright 1 2 2 2 9 Dent Oliver 0 0 0 Ron Clarke 2’ 1’ 0 3 2 Guy Allott 2’ 0 1’ F 3 2

Ht1 Young, Rigg, Seers, Craven 71.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Forrest, P. Clarke, Allison, Roger 72.6 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Green, Byford, Wright, Oliver (frmtd) 74.2 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Forrest, Allott, Gurtner, Roger (frmtd) 74.2 1 5 11 13 Ht5 Byford, Craven, Seers, Oliver 74.8 5 1 16 14 Ht6 Rigg, R.Clarke, P.Clarke, Courtnell 75.4 1 5 17 19 Ht7 Green, Byford, Allison, Forrest (ef) 75.0 5 1 22 20 Ht8 Young, Wright, Courtnell, Allott 74.8 4 2 26 22 Ht9 Rigg, Roger, P.Clarke, Seers 74.0 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Green, Allison, R.Clarke, Gurtner 74.0 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Young, Wright, Allott, Craven (frmtd) 74.2 3 3 35 31 Ht12 Seers, Byford, Green, R.Clarke 74.2 3 3 38 34 Ht13 Roger, Wright, P.Clarke, Allott (f) 74.8 4 2 42 36 Ht14 Forrest, Young, Allison, Craven 74.0 2 4 44 40

West Ham Television Trophy Ht1 Rigg, F.Williams, P.Clarke, Green 74.4 Ht2 Wright, Gurtner, Lawson, Craven 74.4 Ht3 Young, Forrest, Waterman, Allison 74.6 Ht4 Byford, Mardon, Roger, R.Clarke 75.4 SF1 Young, Rigg, Wright, Byford 74.2 SF2 Gurtner, Williams, Mardon, Forrest 75.0 Final Young, Rigg, Williams, Gurtner 74.2

Saturday 17th July 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies v West Ham Hammers (National League Division One) Rained Off

Tuesday 20th July 1954 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 50 Wembley Lions 58 (National Trophy)

West Ham Jack Young 3 2 2 3 3 3 16 Alan Smith 1 1 0 1 3 Bert Roger 0 E 2’ 1 1 4 1 Pat Clarke 1 1’ 3 0 0 5 1 Wally Green 3 1’ 3 3 3 0 13 1 Howdy Byford 1 2 1 0 0 4 Keith Gurtner 2 1’ 0 3 6 1 Malcolm Craven 0 0 0

Wembley Freddie Williams 2 X 0 3 2 7 Eric Williams 0 2 1 1’ 2’ 6 2 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 2’ 2 2 15 2 Tommy Ptice 0 2’ 2 1’ 1’ 6 3 Jimmy Gooch 0 3 1’ 0 3 7 1 Trevor Redmond 2’ 3 0 2 2 1’ 10 2 Eric French 1 2 3 Fred Lang 3 1’ 4 1

Ht1 Young, F.Williams, Smith, E.Williams 72.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Crutcher, Redmond, Clarke, Roger 73.4 1 5 5 7 Ht3 Green, E.Williams, Byford, Price 73.0 4 2 9 9 Ht4 Lang, Gurtner, French, Craven 73.6 2 4 11 13 Ht5 Crutcher, Price, Smith, Roger (ef) 72.4 1 5 12 18 Ht6 Redmond, Byford, Clarke, F.Williams (exc) 72.8 3 3 15 21 Ht7 Crutcher, Young, Green, Gooch 71.2 3 3 18 24 Ht8 Gooch, Young, Gurtner, F.Williams 73.0 3 3 21 27 Ht9 F.Williams, Crutcher, Byford, Smith 72.8 1 5 22 32 Ht10 Green, Roger, E.Williams, Redmond 73.0 5 1 27 33 Ht11 Clarke, Price, Gooch, Gurtner 73.6 3 3 30 36 Ht12 Young, Crutcher, E.Williams, Clarke 72.4 3 3 33 39 Ht13 Green, Redmond, Smith, Gooch 73.4 4 2 37 41 Ht14 Gurtner, French, Lang, Craven 73.6 3 3 40 44 Ht15 Green, F.Williams, Price, Clarke 73.4 3 3 43 47 Ht16 Gooch, E.Williams, Roger, Byford 74.8 1 5 44 52 Ht17 Young, Redmond, Price, Byford 73.4 3 3 47 55 Ht18 Young, Crutcher, Redmond, Green 72.4 3 3 50 58

Consolation Race Gurtner, Craven, Courtnell, Lawson 75.0

Daily Mail Scurry Courtnell, Lawson, Applegate (f), Al Sparrey (excBor) 75.2

Thursday 22nd July 1954 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 70 West Ham Hammers 37 (National Trophy)

Wembley Jimmy Gooch 1 3 1 2 N 7 Freddie Williams 3 2’ 3 1 2’ 3 14 2 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 3 1 16 Tommy Price 1 3 3 1’ 1’ 9 2 Eric Williams 1’ 1 2’ 3 2 9 2 Trevor Redmond 2 2’ 2’ 1 2 9 2 Eric French 3 2 5 Fred Lang 0 1’ 1 1

West Ham Jack Young 2 0 2 1 3 8 Alan Smith 0 3 1 3 2 0 9 Bert Roger 0 1 0 0 1 Howdy Byford 2 1 0 1 N 4 Pat Clarke 0 0 0 0 Wally Green 2 0 0 0 0 2 Malcolm Craven 2 2 3 3 2 12 Keith Gurtner 1’ 0 0 1 1

Ht1 F.Williams, Young, Gooch, Smith 71.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Crutcher, Byford, Price, Roger 71.0 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Smith, Redmond, E.Williams, Clarke 73.2 3 3 11 7 Ht4 French, Craven, Gurtner, Lang 73.0 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Crutcher, F.Williams, Roger, Clarke 72.4 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Price, Redmond, Byford, Young 72.6 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Gooch, Green, E.Williams, Roger 72.0 4 2 28 14 Ht8 Crutcher, Young, Gooch, Green 71.2 4 2 32 16 Ht9 F.Williams, Redmond, Young, Roger 72.4 5 1 37 17 Ht10 Crutcher, E.Williams, Smith, Byford 72.2 5 1 42 18 Ht11 Price, Craven, F.Williams, Green 72.8 4 2 46 20 Ht12 Smith, Gooch, Price, Gurtner 73.0 3 3 49 23 Ht13 E.Williams, F.Williams, Byford, Green 72.6 5 1 54 24 Ht14 Craven French, Lang, Gurtner 72.6 3 3 57 27 Ht15 Young, E.Williams, Price, Clarke 72.2 3 3 60 30 Ht16 Crutcher, Smith, Redmond, Green 72.6 4 2 64 32 Ht17 Craven, Redmond, Gooch (nf), Byford (nf) 72.2 2 3 66 35 Ht18 F.Williams, Craven, Crutcher, Smith 73.4 4 2 70 37

Tuesday 27th July 1954 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 40 Harringay Racers 44 (National League Division One)

West Ham Jack Young 1’ 3 4 Alan Smith 0 2 0 2 Pat Clarke 0 0 0 0 Keith Gurtner 1 2 2 1 6 Howdy Byford 0 1 2’ 1’ 4 2 Wally Green 3 3 3 2 11 Malcolm Craven 2 1’ 1 1 5 1 Bert Roger 1 2 3 3 9

Harringay Split Waterman 3 3 3 3 12 Ken Walsh 1 0 1 0 2 Ron How 2’ 2’ 2 2 8 2 Jeff Lloyd 3 0 1 0 4 Jack Biggs 1’ 3 2’ 2 8 2 Allan Quinn 2 2 3 0 7 Danny Dunton 0 0 0 Alf Hagon 3 F F

Ht1 Waterman, Craven, Walsh, Smith 73.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Lloyd, How, Gurtner, Clarke 73.6 1 5 3 9 Ht3 Green, Quinn, Biggs, Byford 74.0 3 3 6 12 Ht4 Hagon, How, Roger, Clarke 74.4 1 5 7 17 Ht5 Green, Quinn, Smith, Walsh 73.6 4 2 11 19 Ht6 Waterman, Gurtner, Courtnell, Dunton 74.0 3 3 14 22 Ht7 Green, How, Byford, Lloyd 74.0 4 2 18 24 Ht8 Biggs, Roger, Craven, Hagon 73.8 3 3 21 27 Ht9 Waterman, Gurtner, Walsh, Clarke 73.6 2 4 23 31 Ht10 Roger, Byford, Lloyd, Dunton 74.8 5 1 28 32 Ht11 Quinn, Biggs, Craven, Smith 75.4 1 5 29 37 Ht12 Waterman, Green, Byford, Walsh 74.2 3 3 32 40 Ht13 Roger, Biggs, Gurtner, Quinn 74.4 4 2 36 42 Ht14 Courtnell, How, Craven, Lloyd 76.0 4 2 40 44

Reserves Challenge Craven, Courtnell, Lawson, Sparrey 76.0

The Goodwood Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Waterman, Quinn, Walsh, Courtnell 56.4 Ht2 Smith, Byford, Biggs, Gurtner 56.6 Ht3 Roger, Hagon, Dunton, Lawson 56.5 Ht4 Green, Clarke, Lloyd, How 56.4 Final Waterman, Roger, Smith, Green 56.4

Wednesday 28th July 1954 Harringay Stadium, London Harringay Racers 11 West Ham Hammers 13 (National League Division One) Abn Rain

Harringay Split Waterman 3 3 Ken Walsh F 0 Ron How 3 0 3 Jeff Lloyd 2’ 2 1 Jack Biggs 1 1 Allan Quinn 0 0 Danny Dunton DNR Alf Hagon 2 2

West Ham Malcolm Craven 1’ 1 1 Alan Smith 2 2 Pat Clarke 0 0 Keith Gurtner 1 1 Howdy Byford 3 3 Wally Green 2’ 2 1 Terry Courtnell 1 1 Bert Roger 3 3

Ht1 Waterman, Smith, Craven, Walsh (f) 74.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 How, Lloyd, Gurtner, Clarke 75.8 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Byford, green, Biggs (frmtd), Quinn (frmtd) 74.4 1 5 9 9 Ht4 Roger, Hagon, Courtnell, How (f) 76.8 2 4 11 13

Saturday 31st July 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 43 West Ham Hammers 41 (National League Division One)

Birmingham Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 Harry Bastable 0 0 2’ 1 3 1 Ron Mountford 0 0 2 2’ 4 1 Jim Tolley 3 2 E 3 8 Eric Boothroyd 3 1 2 2 8 Ivor Davies 0 3 3 1’ 7 1 Ron Barrett 0 0 0 Hec Mayhead 1 X 1

West Ham Bert Roger 1’ 1 3 3 8 1 Alan Smith 2 2 1 0 5 Pat Clarke 1’ 3 0 0 4 1 Keith Gurtner 2 2 3 2 9 Howdy Byford 1’ 1’ X F 2 2 Wally Green 2 1’ 1 1 5 1 Malcolm Carve 3 1 4 Terry Courtnell 2’ 2 4 1

Ht1 Hunt, Smith, Roger, Bastable 72.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Tolley, Gurtner, Clarke, Mountford 73.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Boothroyd, Green, Byford, Davies 74.0 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Clarke, Courtnell, Mayhead, Mountford 74.6 1 5 10 14 Ht5 Davies, Smith, Green, Bastable 74.0 3 3 13 17 Ht6 Craven, Tolley, Roger, Barrett 73.8 2 4 15 21 Ht7 Davies, Gurtner, Boothroyd, Clarke 73.6 4 2 19 23 Ht8 Hunt, Courtnell, Byford, Barrett 73.6 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Roger, Mountford, Smith, Tolley (ef) 73.0 2 4 24 30 Ht10 Gurtner, Boothroyd, Craven, Mayhead (exc) 74.2 2 4 26 34 Ht11 Hunt, Bastable, Green, Byford 74.8 5 1 31 35 Ht12 Roger, Boothroyd, Davies, Smith 73.8 3 3 34 38 Ht13 Tolley, Mountford, Green, Byford (f) 74.0 5 1 39 39 Ht14 Hunt, Gurtner, Bastable, Clarke 74.0 4 2 43 41

Tuesday 3rd August 1954 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 45 Norwich Stars 39 (National League Division One)

WEST HAM Wally Green 3 2 1 2 8 Howdy Byford 1 3 0 1’ 5 1 Bert Roger 3 2 0 3 8 Alan Smith 1 1’ 1 3 1 Jack Young 3 3 3 3 12 Keith Gurtner 0 1 2’ 3 1 Malcolm Craven 2 1’ 0 3 1 Pat Clarke 1’ 1 1 3 1

NORWICH Aub Lawson 2 3 2’ 0 7 1 Merv Neil 0 0 3 1 4 Cyril Roger 2 3 2 3 10 Fred Brand 0 0 0 0 Phil Clarke 1’ 0 2’ 1’ 4 3 Billy Bales 2 2 3 2 9 Barry East 0 0 Bob Oakley 0 3 2 0 5

1 Green, Lawson, Byford, Neil, 73.0 4 2 2 B. Roger, C. Roger, Smith, Brand, 72.2 8 4 3 Young, Bales, Clarke (N), Gurtner, 73.8 11 7 4 C. Roger, B. Roger, Clarke (WH), Oakley, 72.4 14 10 5 Byford, Bales, Gurtner, Neil (e/f), 74.0 18 12 6 Lawson, Craven, Smith, East, 74.0 21 15 7 Young, C. Roger, Clarke (WH), Brand, 72.8 25 17 8 Oakley, Green, Craven, Clarke (N), 73.4 28 20 9 Neil, Lawson, Smith, B. Roger, 73.2 29 25 10 Young, Oakley, Clarke (WH), Brand, 73.8 33 27 11 Bales, Clarke (N), Green, Byford (f), 74.6 34 32 12 Young, Gurtner, Neil, Lawson (m/f), 74.2 39 33 13 B. Roger, Bales, Clarke (N), Craven, 74.2 42 36 14 C. Roger, Green, Byford, Oakley, 74.2 45 39

Reserve Challenge Terry Courtnell, East, Don Lawson, Al Sparrey, 77.0

Norfolk Scratch Race – 3 lap races 1 Young, A. Lawson, Green, Gurtner, 56.2 2 C. Roger, Neil, Smith, B. Roger, 56.4 3 Oakley, Craven, Pa.Clarke, Ph.Clarke (N), 55.8 4 Byford, Bales, Brand, Courtnell, 56.6 Final Young, Oakley, Byford, C. Roger, 55.6

Wednesday 4th August 1954 Harringay Stadium, London Harringay Racers 48 West Ham Hammers 36 (National League Division One)

Harringay Split Waterman 2 3 3 3 11 Ken Walsh 1’ 3 1 0 5 1 Ron How 3 3 2 2’ 10 1 Jeff Lloyd 0 1’ 1’ 3 5 2 Jack Biggs 2 3 3 0 8 Allan Quinn 1’ 0 1 2 1 Danny Dunton 2 0 2 Alf Hagon 2’ 1 2’ 5 2

West Ham Jack Young 3 3 3 3 12 Alan Smith 0 1’ 0 2’ 3 2 Bert Roger 2 1 2 2 7 Keith Gurtner 1’ 0 1 1 Howdy Byford F 1’ 0 1 2 1 Pat Clarke 0 1 1 Malcolm Craven F 2 F 1’ 3 1

Ht1 Young, Waterman, Walsh, Smith 69.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 How, Roger, Gurtner, Lloyd 72.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Green, Biggs, Quinn, Byford (f) 72.2 3 3 9 9 Ht4 How, Hagon, Roger, Craven (f) 72.0 5 1 14 10 Ht5 Walsh, Green, Smith, Quinn 69.8 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Young, Dunton, Lloyd, Clarke 71.2 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Biggs, Roger, Hagon, Gurtner 71.4 4 2 24 18 Ht8 Waterman, Craven, Byford, Dunton 71.8 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Young, How, Lloyd, Smith 69.2 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Biggs, Hagon, Clarke, Craven (f) 72.2 5 1 35 25 Ht11 Waterman, Green, Walsh, Byford (f) 71.4 4 2 39 27 Ht12 Young, Smith, Quinn, Biggs 70.0 1 5 40 32 Ht13 Lloyd, How, Byford, Green 71.6 5 1 45 33 Ht14 Waterman, Roger, Craven, Walsh 70.6 3 3 48 36

Tuesday 10th August 1954 West Ham Stadium, London England 60 Australiasia 48 (International Match)

England Wally Green 3 3 0 0 0 6 Freddie Williams 0 2’ 1 1 1 5 1 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 2 3 17 Split Waterman 1 1 2’ 2’ 0 1 7 2 Eddie Rigg 1’ 2’ 3 2’ 1 0 9 3 Arthur Forrest 2 3 2’ 3 3 2 15 Eric Williams 1 1 Peter Craven 0 0

Australia Jack Young 2 2 1 3 3 1 12 Barry Briggs 1’ 0 0 1 3 5 1 Trevor Redmond 2 1 3 2 2’ 10 Aub Lawson 0 1 0 3 4 Geoff Mardon 3 E 0 F 3 2 8 Ron Johnston 0 1 1 Jack Biggs 2’ 2’ 1 2’ 0 7 3 Merv Neil 1 0 1

Ht1 Green, Young, Briggs , F.Williams 72.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Crutcher, Redmond, Waterman, Lawson 71.8 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Mardon, Forrest, Rigg, Johnson 73.2 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Crutcher, Young, Waterman, Biggs 71.4 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Forrest, Rigg, Redmond, Lawson 72.8 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Green, F.Williams, Johnston, Mardon (efchain) 73.8 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Rigg, Forrest, Young, Briggs 72.1 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Redmond, Biggs, F.Williams, Green 74.4 1 5 30 18 Ht9 Crutcher, Waterman, Neil, Mardon (ef) 72.2 5 1 35 19 Ht 10 Young, Biggs, E.Williams, Green 73.6 1 5 36 24 Ht11 Crutcher, Waterman, Redmond, Lawson 72.4 5 1 41 25 Ht12 Forrest, Rigg, Biffs, Mardon (f) 73.2 5 1 46 26 Ht13 Young, Crutcher, Briggs, Waterman 73.4 2 4 48 30 Ht14 Forrest, Redmond, Rigg, Neil 73.8 4 2 52 32 Ht15 Mardon, Biggs, F.Williams, Craven 73.4 1 5 53 37 Ht16 Briggs, Forrest, Young, Rigg 73.4 2 4 55 41 Ht17 Lawson, Redmond, F.Williams, Green 75.6 1 5 56 46 Ht18 Crutcher, Mardon, Waterman, Biggs 73.4 4 2 60 48

Thursday 12th August 1954 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 49 West Ham Hammers 35 (National League Division One)

Wembley Freddie Williams 1’ 0 2 3 6 1 Jimmy Gooch 2 2 0 0 4 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 12 Tommy Price 2’ 2 1 2’ 7 2 Eric Williams 2 3 3 1 9 Trevor Redmond 1’ 3 2’ 3 9 2 Fred Lang F 0 0 Eric French 1’ 1 0 2 1

West Ham Jack Young 3 2 2 2 9 Malcolm Craven 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Bert Roger 1 3 1 2 7 Keith Gurtner 0 0 0 Wally Green 3 2 3 1 9 Alan Smith 0 3 1 0 4 Howdy Byford X 1 2 1’ 4 1 Pat Clarke 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Young, Gooch, F.Williams, Craven 71.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Crutcher, Price, Roger, Gurtner 73.6 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Green, E.Williams, Redmond, Smith 72.6 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Roger, Price, French, Byford (fexc), Lang (f) 73.0 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Redmond, Green, Craven, F.Williams 72.0 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Crutcher, Young, French, Clarke 70.6 4 2 21 15 Ht7 E.Williams, Redmond, Roger, Gurtner 72.6 5 1 26 16 Ht8 Smith, Gooch, Byford, French 72.8 2 4 28 20 Ht9 Crutcher, Young, Price, Craven 71.4 4 2 32 22 Ht10 E.Williams, Byford, Clarke, Lang 73.6 3 3 35 25 Ht11 Green, F.Williams, Smith, Gooch 73.2 2 4 37 29 Ht12 Redmond, Young, E.Williams, Craven 72.8 4 2 41 31 Ht13 Crutcher, Price, Green, Smith 72.8 5 1 46 32 Ht14 F.Williams, Roger, Byford, Gooch 72.6 3 3 49 35

Tuesday 17th August 1954 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers v Wembley Lions (National League Division One) Rained Off

Tuesday 24th August 1954 West Ham Stadium, London World Championship Qualifying Round Rained Off

Tuesday 31st August 1954 West Ham Stadium, London World Championship Qualifying Round

Pat Clarke 0 0 0 0 1 1 Junior Bainbridge 2 0 1 1 0 4 Ken Sharples 3 0 0 0 0 3 Bert Roger 1 0 1 1 1 4 Gerry Hussey 3 1 2 3 3 12 Harry Edwards 0 1 1 2 2 4 Ronnie Moore 2 3 3 3 2 13 Dick Bradley 1 1 3 2 2 9 Ove Fundin 2 3 2 3 3 13 Wally Green 0 2 0 1 3 6 Tommy Price 1 2 2 3 2 10 Jack Young 3 3 3 2 3 14 Derek Close 1 2 2 0 1 6 Ian Williams 0 3 1 1 0 4 Billy Bales 2 1 E 3 Aub Lawson 3 2 3 2 1 11 Terry Courtnell (res) F 0 Don Lawson (res) 0 0

Ht1 Sharples, Bainbridge, Roger, Clarke (et) 75.2 Ht2 Hussey, Moore, Bradley, Edwards 73.0 Ht3 Young, Fundin, Price, Green 74.4 Ht4 A.Lawson, Bales, Close, Williams 75.2 Ht5 Fundin, Close, Hussey, Clarke 74.6 Ht6 Williams, Green, Edwards, Bainbridge 75.8 Ht7 Moore, Price, Bales, Sharples 74.8 Ht8 Young, A.Lawson, Bradley, Roger 74.6 Ht9 A.Lawson, Price, Edwards, Clarke 76.0 Ht10 Young, Hussey, Bainbridge, Bales (eftyre) 74.0 Ht11 Bradley, Fundin, Williams, Sharples 75.6 Ht12 Moore, Close, Roger, Green 75.2 Ht13 Moore, Young, Williams, Clarke 73.2 Ht14 Price, Bradley, Bainbridge, Close 75.2 Ht15 Hussey, A.Lawson, Green, Sharples 74.0 Ht16 Fundin, Edwards, Roger, Courtnell (f) 76.2 Ht17 Green, Bradley, Clarke, D.Lawson 75.2 Ht18 Fundin, Moore, A.Lawson, Bainbridge 74.8 Ht19 Young, Edwards, Close, Sharples 74.6 Ht20 Hussey, Price, Roger, Williams 75.2

Saturday 4th September 1954 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 35 West Ham Hammers 48 (Challenge)

Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 3 2 1 1’ 7 1 Bob Sharp 1 3 3 2 9 Bert Edwards 1 2 1’ 2 6 1 Johnny Chamberlain F F 2 1’ 3 1 Dick Campbell 0 1 1 2’ 4 1 Reg Reeves 1 E 0 1 Tich Read 1 1’ 3 5 1 Len Silver F 0 0

West Ham Wally Green 2 2’ 3 E 7 1 Keith Gurtner E 1’ 0 1 1 Bob Roger 2’ 3 3 0 8 1 Gerry Hussey 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Alan Smith 3 0 2 0 5 Howdy Byford 2’ 2 0 3 7 1 Pat Clarke 3 2’ 5 1 Terry Courtnell F 3 1 4

Ht1 Bainbridge, Green, Sharp, Gurtner (ef) 80.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Hussey, Roger, Edwards, Chamberlain (f) 78.0 1 5 5 7 Ht3 Smith, Byford, Reeves, Campbell 81.6 1 5 6 12 Ht4 Roger, Edwards, Courtnell (f), Silver (f) 79.8 2 3 8 15 Ht5 Sharp, Byford, Gurtner, Reeves (ef) 82.6 3 3 11 18 Ht6 Clarke, Green, Read, Chamberlain (f) 82.4 1 5 12 23 Ht7 Roger, Hussey, Campbell, Reeves 81.6 1 5 13 28 Ht8 Courtnell, Bainbridge, Read, Smith 80.6 4 2 17 30 Ht9 Green, Chamberlain, Edwards, Gurtner 80.2 3 3 20 33 Ht10 Hussey, Clarke, Campbell, Silver 77.2 1 5 21 38 Ht11 Sharp, Smith, Bainbridge, Byford 78.6 4 2 25 40 Ht12 Read, Campbell, Courtnell, Green (ef) 81.6 4 2 29 42 Ht13 Byford, Edwards,, Chamberlain, Smith 78.4 3 3 32 45 Ht14 Hussey, Sharp, Bainbridge, Roger 76.6 3 3 35 48

Monday 6th September 1954 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 54 West Ham Hammers 29 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 Don Perry 0 0 Geoff Mardon 3 3 3 3 12 Cyril Brine 1 2 0 3 Barry Briggs 3 1’ 3 1 8 1 Peter Moore 2’ 3 2 3 10 1 Cyril Maidment 1 2’ 2’ 3 8 2 Reg Trott F 1’ 0 2’ 3 2

West Ham Jack Young 3 3 2 2 10 Howdy Byford 1 X 1’ 0 2 1 Bert Roger 0 0 0 0 Gerry Hussey 2 3 1 1 7 Wally Green 0 2 1 1 4 Allan Smith 1 2 F F 3 Malcolm Craven 2 0 X 2 Keith Gurtner 0 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Young, R.Moore, Byford, Perry 65.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Mardon, Hussey, Brine, Roger 65.2 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Briggs, P.Moore, Smith, Green 65.4 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Mardon, Craven, Maidment, Roger 66.0 4 2 15 9 Ht5 P.Moore, Smith, Trott (f), Byford (exc) 66.4 3 2 18 11 Ht6 Young, Brine, Trott, Gurtner 67.4 3 3 21 14 Ht7 Hussey, P.Moore, Briggs, Craven 66.4 3 3 24 17 Ht8 R.Moore, Green, Gurtner, Trott, Craven (exc2m) 67.4 3 3 27 20 Ht9 Mardon, Young, Byford, Brine (retinj) 67.2 3 3 30 23 Ht10 Briggs, Maidment, Hussey, Gurtner 66.2 5 1 35 24 Ht11 R.Moore, Maidment, Green, Smith (f) 68.2 5 1 40 25 Ht12 P.Moore. Young, Briggs, Byford 66.2 4 2 44 27 Ht13 Mardon, Trott, Green, Smith (f) 67.4 5 1 49 28 Ht14 Maidment, R.Moore, Hussey, Roger 67.6 5 1 54 29

Tuesday 7th September 1954 West Ham Stadium, London The London Riders’ Championship

Split Waterman 2 3 1 1 2 9 Wally Green 1 1 1 2 2 7 Ron How 0 2 0 1 0 3 Eric Williams 3 3 3 1 2 12 Jack Biggs 3 1 2 2 1 9 Ronnie Moore 2 3 3 2 3 13 Freddie Williams 0 0 0 Howdy Byford 1 1 1 1 1 5 Gerry Hussey 1 2 1 0 0 4 Tommy Price 2 1 0 0 0 3 Brian Crutcher F 0 E 2 2 4 Bert Roger 1 0 1 3 1 6 Barry Briggs 0 3 3 3 9 Jack Young 3 3 3 3 3 15 Geoff Mardon 2 2 2 3 3 12 Keith Gurtner 0 0 0 Alan Smith 0 0 0

Ht1 E.Williams, Waterman, Green, How 72.8 Ht2 Biggs, Moore, Byford, F.Williams 73.6 Ht3 Redmond, Price, Hussey, Crutcher (f) 74.4 Ht4 Young, Mardon, Roger, Briggs 74.2 Ht5 Waterman, Redmond, Biggs, Roger 74.2 Ht6 Moore, Hussey, Green, Gurtner 73.6 Ht7 Young, How, Price, F.Williams 74.6 Ht8 E.Williams, Mardon, Byford, Crutcher 73.8 Ht9 Moore, Mardon, Waterman, Price 74.0 Ht10 Young, Biggs, Green, Crutcher (ef) 74.4 Ht11 Briggs, Redmond, Byford, How 74.0 Ht12 E.Williams, Roger, Hussey, Smith 75.0 Ht13 Briggs, Crutcher, Waterman, Gurtner 73.4 Ht14 Roger, Green, Byford, Price 74.2 Ht15 Mardon, Biggs, How, Hussey 74.8 Ht16 Young, Moore, E.Williams, Redmond (f) 73.4 Ht17 Young, Waterma, Byford, Hussey 74.8 Ht18 Mardon, Green, Redmond, Smith 75.0 Ht19 Moore, Crutcher, Roger, How 74.2 Ht20 Briggs, E.Williams, Biggs, Price 74.0

Saturday 11th September 1954 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Odsal Tudors 58 West Ham Hammers 26 (National League Division One)

Bradford E Rigg 3 3 3 3 12 D Seers 0 3 2* 2* 7 A Forrest 3 3 3 2* 11 A Allison 2* 1* 2* 3 5 A Wright 3 2 3 3 11 K Milner 0 2* F 1* 3 R Clarke 2 2* 4 G Allott 1 1 2

West Ham J Young 2 3 1 2 8 H Byford 1* 0 0 0 0 B Roger ef 0 0 G Hussey 1 3 2 0 6 W Green 1* 0 0 ef 1 A Smith 2 1 1 1 3 K Gurtner 0 0 0 M Craven 2 1 1 1 5

Ht 1 Rigg, Young, Byford, Seers 3 3 3 3 66.4 Ht 2 Forrest, Allison, Hussey, Roger ef 5 1 8 4 66.6 Ht 3 Wright, Smith, Green, Milner 3 3 11 7 67.4 Ht 4 Forrest, Craven, Allott, Roger 4 2 15 9 67.6 Ht 5 Seers, Milner, Smith, Byford 5 1 20 10 68.6 Ht 6 Young, Clarke, Allison, Gurtner 3 3 23 13 69.0 Ht 7 Hussey, Wright, Craven, Milner F 2 4 25 17 66.4 Ht 8 Rigg, Clarke, Craven, Green 5 1 30 18 69.0 Ht 9 Forrest, Allison, Young, Byford 5 1 35 19 67.4 Ht 10 Wright, Hussey, Allott, Gurtner 4 2 39 21 68.4 Ht 11 Rigg, Seers, Smith, Green 5 1 44 22 68.0 Ht 12 Wright, Young, Milner, Byford 4 2 48 24 67.0 Ht 13 Allison, Forrest, Smith, Green ef 5 1 53 25 68.8 Ht 14 Rigg, Seers, Craven, Hussey 5 1 58 26 68.0

Tuesday 14th September 1954 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 41 Wimbledon Dons 43 (National League Division One)

West Ham Jack Young 3 3 2 2 10 Alan Smith 0 1 0 0 1 Bert Roger 1’ 1 1 1 4 1 Gerry Hussey 2 3 3 3 11 Wally Green 1 1’ 3 1 6 1 Howdy Byford 3 3 2 F 8 Malcolm Craven 0 E 0 Keith Gurtner 0 0 0

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 2 2 2 3 9 Don Perry 1’ 2 0 2’ 5 2 Geoff Mardon 3 3 3 3 12 Cyril Brine 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 Barry Briggs E 2 3 2 7 Peter Moore 2 0 1 0 3 Cyril Maidment 1’ 2 1 4 1 Reg Trott 1 1’ 2 1

Ht1 Young, R.Moore. Perry, Smith 75.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Mardon, Hussey, Roger, Brine 74.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Byford, P.Moore, Green, Briggs (ef) 76.0 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Mardon, Roger, Trott, Gurtner 73.6 2 4 12 12 Ht5 Byford, Perry, Smith, P.Moore 75.8 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Hussey, R.Moore, Maidment, Craven 74.4 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Mardon, Byford, green, Brine 74.0 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Young, Briggs, Trott, Craven (ef) 73.8 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Hussey, R.Moore, Roger, Perry 73.8 4 2 29 25 Ht10 Green, Maidment, Brine, Gurtner 75.2 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Briggs, Young, P.Moore, Smith 74.0 2 4 34 32 Ht12 R.Moore, Perry, Green, Byford (fexc) 76.6 1 5 35 37 Ht13 Hussey, Briggs, Roger, P.Moore 74.6 4 2 39 39 Ht14 Mardon, Young, Maidment, Smith 73.6 2 4 41 43

No second half Double Header

Tuesday 14th September 1954 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 48 Birmingham Brummies 35 (National League Division One)

West Ham Jack Young 3 3 3 3 12 Alan Smith 1 2’ 1 1 5 1 Bert Roger 1 F 0 3 4 Gerry Hussey 3 0 2 2’ 7 1 Wally Green 3 2 3 2 10 Howdy Byford 2’ 3 E 1’ 6 2 Pat Clarke 1 0 1 Keith Gurtner 2 1 3

Birmingham Alan Hunt 2 3 3 3 11 Jim Tolley 0 1 0 0 1 Ron Mountford 2 3 3 2 10 Ivor Davies 0 0 Eric Boothroyd 1 1’ 2 1 5 1 Harry Bastable 0 0 0 0 Mec Mayhead 2’ 1 0 0 3 1 Doug Davies X 2 2 F 4

Ht1 Young, Hunt, Smith, Tolley 73.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Hussey, Mountford, Roger, I.Davies 74.4 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Green, Byford, Boothroyd, Bastable 76.1 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Mountford, Gurtner, Roger (f), D.Davies (exc) 75.2 2 3 15 8 Ht5 Byford, Smith, Tolley, Bastable 76.6 5 1 20 9 Ht6 Hunt, Mayhead, Clarke, Hussey 74.2 1 5 21 14 Ht7 Mountford, Green, Mayhead, Byford (ef) 75.2 2 4 23 18 Ht8 Young, D.Davies, Boothroyd, Clarke 74.8 3 3 26 21 Ht9 Hunt, Hussey, Tolley, Roger 75.0 2 4 28 25 Ht10 Green, D.Davies, Gurtner, Mayhead 75.2 4 2 32 27 Ht11 Young, Boothroyd, Smith, Bastable 75.6 4 2 36 29 Ht12 Hunt, Green, Byford, Tolley 75.4 3 3 39 32 Ht13 Roger, Hussey, Boothroyd (frmtd), D.Davies (f) 75.4 5 1 44 33 Ht14 Young, Mountford, Smith, Mayhead 74.0 4 2 48 35

Tuesday 21st September 1954 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 32 Wembley Lions 51 (National League Division One)

West Ham Jack Young 3 F 2 3 8 Alan Smith 0 2 1’ 0 3 1 Bert Roger 0 0 0 0 Gerry Hussey 2 3 3 2 10 Wally Green 2 0 2 2 6 Howdy Byford 1’ 1’ 1 0 3 2 Malcolm Craven 0 E 0 Keith Gurtner 1 1 0 2

Wembley Tommy Price 1’ 2 2 1 6 1 Brian Crutcher 2 3 E 3 8 Freddie Williams 1 3 3 2 9 Trevor Redmond 3 2’ 3 1’ 9 2 Eric Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Lang 0 0 0 Jimmy Gooch 1’ 1 2 1 Eric French 2’ 2’ 0 4 2

Ht1 Young, Crutcher, Price, Smith 74.5 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Redmond, Hussey, F.Williams, Roger 75.0 2 4 5 7 Ht3 E.Williams, Green, Byford, Lang 74.8 3 3 8 10 Ht4 F.Williams, French, Gurtner, Roger 74.4 1 5 9 15 Ht5 Crutcher, Smith, Byford, Lang 75.2 3 3 12 18 Ht6 Hussey, Price, Gooch, Craven 75.0 3 3 15 21 Ht7 F.Williams, Redmond, Byford, Green 75.8 1 5 16 26 Ht8 E.Williams, French, Young (f), Craven (ef) 74.8 0 5 16 31 Ht9 Hussey, Price, Gurtner, Crutcher (ef) 74.6 4 2 20 33 Ht10 Redmond, Green, Gooch, Gurtner 75.6 2 4 22 37 Ht11 E.Williams, Young, Smith, French 75.0 3 3 25 40 Ht12 Crutcher, Green, Price, Byford 76.0 2 4 27 44 Ht13 E.Williams, Hussey, Gooch, Roger 75.4 2 4 29 48 Ht14 Young, F.Williams, Redmond, Smith 75.2 3 3 32 51

No second half Double Header

Tuesday 21st September 1954 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 48 Belle Vue Aces 36 (National League Division One)

West Ham Jack Young 3 3 3 3 12 Alan Smith 2’ 3 0 1 6 1 Bert Roger 1’ 1 1 1 4 1 Gerry Hussey 3 3 3 3 12 Wally Green 1 1’ 3 1’ 6 2 Malcolm Craven E 0 Keith Gurtner 2 E 2’ 4 1

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 1 2 0 3 6 Don Cuppleditch 0 2 2 0 4 Ron Johnston 2 3 3 2 10 Bob Duckworth 0 0 1 0 1 Peter Craven 3 2 2 2 9 Harry Edwards 2’ 1’ 1’ 0 4 3 Willie Wilson 1’ 0 1 1 Peter Williams 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Young, Smith, Sharples, Cuppleditch 76.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Hussey, Johnston, Roger, Duckworth 75.2 4 2 9 3 Ht3 P.Craven, Edwards, Green, Byford 76.8 1 5 10 8 Ht4 Johnston, Gurtner, Roger, Williams 76.2 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Smith, Cuppleditch, Edwards, Byford (ef) 76.8 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Hussey, Sharples, Wilson, M.Craven (ef) 75.8 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Johnston, Byford, Green, Duckworth 76.6 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Young, P.Craven, Williams, Gurtner (efchain) 75.8 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Hussey, Sharples, Roger, Cuppleditch 75.6 4 2 29 25 Ht10 Green, Gurtner, Duckworth, Wilson 77.8 5 1 34 26 Ht11 Young, Craven, Edwards, Smith 75.4 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Sharples, Byford, Green, Cuppleditch 76.0 3 3 40 32 Ht13 Hussey, P.Craven, Roger, Edwards 76.0 4 2 44 34 Ht14 Young, Johnston, Smith, Duckworth 76.0 4 2 48 36

Friday 24th September 1954 Blackbird Road, Leicester Leicester Hunters 48 West Ham Hammers 60 (Points Handicap Challenge)

Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Roy Bester 1 2 1 2 1’ 1 8 1 Dennis Gray 1 0 0 2 1 4 Bill Griffiths 0 2 0 1 1 4 Jock Grierson 3 1 1’ 2 0 7 1 Len Williams 0 0 0 0 Reg Fearman 3 0 1 4 Charlie Barsby 0 3 0 3

West Ham Jack Young 2 3 2 3 3 13 Alan Smith 0 2 3 2 2’ 9 1 Bert Roger 3 1 0 2 0 6 Gerry Hussey 1’ 3 3 2’ 2 11 2 Wally Green 2 1’ 1 3 3 10 1 Howdy Byford 2’ 1 0 0 1’ 4 2 Pat Clarke 1’ 2 0 3 1 Keith Gurtner 2 0 2 4

Ht1 McKinlay, Young, Bester, Smith 69.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Roger, Byford, Gray, Griffiths 69.8 1 5 5 7 Ht3 Grierson, Smith, Hussey, Williams 70.2 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Fearman, Gurtner, Clarke, Barsby 71.0 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Hussey, Bester, Roger, Gray 70.2 2 4 13 17 Ht6 Young, Griffiths, Byford, Williams 70.6 2 4 15 21 Ht7 McKinlay, Green, Grierson, Roger 69.4 4 2 19 23 Ht8 McKinlay, Young, Green, Gray 69.0 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Young, Roger, Bester, Fearman 69.8 1 5 23 31 Ht10 Smith, Gray, Grierson, Byford 71.4 3 3 26 34 Ht11 Hussey, Bester, Green, Griffiths 70.8 2 4 28 38 Ht12 McKinlay, Smith, Griffiths, Roger 70.2 4 2 32 40 Ht13 Green, Grierson, Bester, Byford 71.2 3 3 35 43 Ht14 Barsby, Clarke, Fearman, Gurtner 72.2 4 2 39 45 Ht15 Young, Hussey, Griffiths, Grierson (f) 71.0 1 5 40 50 Ht16 Green, Smith, Gray, Williams 71.0 1 5 41 55 Ht17 McKinlay, Hussey, Byford, Barsby 70.2 3 3 44 58 Ht18 McKinlay, Gurtner, Bester, Clarke 71.0 4 2 48 60

WEST HAM 1954 Needs in BOLD

Monday 5th April 1954 , London Wimbledon 25 West Ham 21.5 Wembley 9.5 Harringay 22 (4 Team) Friday 16th April 1954 London West Ham Hammers 48 Wembley Lions 36 (RAC Cup) Tuesday 20th April 1954 London West Ham Hammers 60 Norwich Stars 24 (RAC Cup) Saturday 24th April 1954 Perry Barr Birmingham Brummies 42 West Ham Hammers 42 (RAC Cup) Tuesday 27th April 1954 London West Ham Hammers 52 Harringay Racers 31 (NLD1) Saturday 1st May 1954 Firs Norwich Stars 33 West Ham Hammers 51 (RAC Cup) Tuesday 4th May 1954 London West Ham Hammers 50 Birmingham Brummies 34 (RAC Cup) Saturday 8th May 1954 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 37 West Ham Hammers 47 (NLD1) Tuesday 11th May 1954 London West Ham Hammers 48 Wembley Lions 35 (RAC Cup) Wednesday 12th May 1954 London Harringay Racers 47 West Ham Hammers 37 (NLD1) Tuesday 18th May 1954 London West Ham Hammers 52 Belle Vue Aces 32 (NLD1) Saturday 22nd May 1954 Bradford Odsal Tudors 53 West Ham Hammers 31 (NLD1) Tuesday 25th May 1954 London West Ham Hammers 49 Odsal Tudors 35 (NLD1) Saturday 29th May 1954 Firs Norwich Stars 40 West Ham Hammers 44 (NLD1) Tuesday 1st June 1954 London West Ham Hammers 41 Wimbledon Dons 43 (NLD1) Saturday 5th June 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham Brummies 46 West Ham Hammers 38 (NLD1) Monday 7th June 1954 London Wimbledon Dons 58 West Ham Hammers 26 (RAC Cup Final) Tuesday 8th June 1954 London West Ham Hammers 54 Birmingham Brummies 30 (NLD1) Sunday 13th June 1954 Dublin Shelbourne 53 West Ham Hammers 42 (Challenge) Tuesday 15th June 1954 London West Ham Hammers 46 Wembley Lions 38 (NLD1) Thursday 17th June 1954 London Wembley Lions 54 West Ham Hammers 30 (NLD1) Monday 21st June 1954 London Wimbledon Dons 53 West Ham Hammers 30 (LC) Tuesday 22nd June 1954 London West Ham Hammers 55 Wimbledon Dons 53 (LC) Saturday 26th June 1954 Firs Norwich Stars 53 West Ham Hammers 31 (NLD1) Tuesday 29th June 1954 , London West Ham Hammers 29 Norwich Stars 55 (NLD1) Tuesday 6th July 1954 London West Ham Hammers 42 Wimbledon Dons 42 (NLD1) Monday 12th July 1954 London Wimbledon Dons 53 West Ham Hammers 31 (NLD1) Tuesday 13th July 1954 London West Ham Hammers 44 Odsal Tudors 40 (NLD1) Saturday 17th July 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham Brummies v West Ham Hammers (NLD1) Rained Off Tuesday 20th July 1954 London West Ham Hammers 50 Wembley Lions 58 (NT) Thursday 22nd July 1954 London Wembley Lions 70 West Ham Hammers 37 (NT) Tuesday 27th July 1954 London West Ham Hammers 40 Harringay Racers 44 (NLD1) Wednesday 28th July 1954 London Harringay Racers 11 West Ham Hammers 13 (NLD1) Abn Rain Saturday 31st July 1954 Perry Barr Birmingham Brummies 43 West Ham Hammers 41 (NLD1) Tuesday 3rd August 1954 London West Ham Hammers 45 Norwich Stars 39 (NLD1) Wednesday 4th August 1954 London Harringay Racers 48 West Ham Hammers 36 (NLD1) Tuesday 10th August 1954 London England 60 Australiasia 48 (International Match) Thursday 12th August 1954 London Wembley Lions 49 West Ham Hammers 35 (NLD1) Tuesday 17th August 1954 London West Ham Hammers v Wembley Lions (NLD1) Rained Off Tuesday 24th August 1954 West Ham World Championship Qualifying Round Rained Off Tuesday 31st August 1954 West Ham World Championship Qualifying Round Saturday 4th September 1954 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 35 West Ham Hammers 48 (Ch) Monday 6th September 1954 London Wimbledon Dons 54 West Ham Hammers 29 (NLD1) Tuesday 7th September 1954 West Ham The London Riders’ Championship Saturday 11th September 1954 Bradford Odsal Tudors 58 West Ham Hammers 26 (NLD1) Tuesday 14th September 1954 London West Ham Hammers 41 Wimbledon Dons 43 (NLD1) Tuesday 14th September 1954 London West Ham Hammers 48 Birmingham Brummies 35 (NLD1) Tuesday 21st September 1954 , London West Ham Hammers 32 Wembley Lions 51 (NLD1) Tuesday 21st September 1954 London West Ham Hammers 48 Belle Vue Aces 36 (NLD1) Friday 24th September 1954 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 48 West Ham Hammers 60 (PHC)