SUNDERLAND 1964

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Updated 9.4.2015 Updated 5.1.2021

Tuesday 21st April 1964 East Bolden Stadium, Sunderland Sunderland Saints 32 Newcastle Diamonds 44 (Challenge)

Sunderland Maurice McDermott 3 1’ 2 E 6 1 Dave Collins 0 1 2 X 3 Gordon Gausco E 3 E E 3 Graham Coombes 2 3 1 F 6 Vic Ridgeon 0 0 1 E 1 Jim Airey 2 1 3 3 9 Ray Day 3 1 4

Newcastle Mike Watkin 2 E E 1’ 3 1 Jack Winstanley 1’ 0 2 2 5 1 Bill Andrew 3 2’ F 2’ 7 2 Peter Kelly 1 3 2 3 9 Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 3 12 Russ Dent 1 0 2 2’ 5 1 Maury Robinson 2 1’ 3 1

Ht 1: McDermott, Watkin, Winstanley, Collins 68.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Andrew, Coombes, Kelly, Guasco(ef) 69.0 2 4 5 7 Ht 3: Mauger, Airey, Dent, Ridgeon 64.2 2 4 7 11 Ht 4: Day, Robinson, Collins, Winstanley 69.8 4 2 11 13 Ht 5: Kelly, Andrew, Airey, Ridgeon 70.8 1 5 12 18 Ht 6: Guasco, Winstanley, Day, Watkin(ef) 69.0 4 2 16 20 Ht 7: Mauger, Collins, McDermott, Dent 67.8 3 3 19 23 Ht 8: Coombes, Kelly, Robinson, Guasco(ef) 70.2 3 3 22 26 Ht 9: Airey, Winstanley, Ridgeon, Watkin(ef) 70.4 4 2 26 28 Ht 10: Mauger, Dent, Coombes, Guasco(f) 66.8 1 5 27 33 Ht 11: Kelly, McDermott, Andrew(f), Collins(ex) 71.0 2 3 29 36 Ht 12: Airey, Dent, Watkin, Coombes(f) 70.8 3 3 32 39 Ht 13: Mauger, Andrew, McDermott(ef), Ridgeon(ef) 90.8 0 5 32 44

Beginners Luck Handicap Jenkins (30), Gordon Easton (20) , [Derek Greaves (20), Laurie Avis (0), Milton Caisley (20) 72.6

Extra Race K.Sharples, Day, Jenkins, Allen (f) 71.2

Saints Scratch Race Ht1 Mauger, Guasco, Andrew, Airey 67.0 Ht2 Dent, Ridgeon, Winstanley, K.Sharples 68.4 Ht3 McDermott, Robinson, Day, Ken Cameron (f) 70.2 Ht4 Coombes, Jenkins, Caisley, Kelly (f) 72.8 Final Mauger, Dent. Coombes, McDermott (ef) ?

Thursday 23th April 1964 Owlerton, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers 58 Sunderland Saints 20 (Northern League)

Sheffield Alan Jay 2’ 2’ 1 2’ 7 3 Clive Featherby 3 3 3 3 12 Ron Bagley 1’ 2’ 3 E 6 2 Tommy Roper 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 Jack Kitchen 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 John Dews 1 3 2’ 2 8 1 Dent Oliver 2’ 2’ 4 2

Sunderland Maurice McDermott 1 1 1 3 6 Vic Ridgeon 0 1 0 1 Ray Day 0 0 0 0 0 Gordon Guasco 3 1 1 2 7 Graham Coombes 0 0 0 1 1 Jim Airey 2 1 0 1 1 5 Dave Collins 0 0 0

Ht1 Featherby, Jay, McDermott, Ridgeon 70.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Guasco, Roper, Bagley, Day 72.6 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Kitchen, Airey, Dews, Coombes (nf) 71.4 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Featherby, Oliver, Ridgeon, Collins 71.4 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Dews, Kitchen, Guasco, Day 72.4 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Roper, Bagley, McDermott, Ridgeon 71.6 5 1 27 9 Ht7 Featherby, Jay, Airey, Coombes 70.6 5 1 32 10 Ht8 Roper, Oliver, Guasco, Collins (nf) 72.0 5 1 37 11 Ht9 Kitchen, Dews, McDermott, Airey 73.0 5 1 42 12 Ht10 Bagley, Roper, Airey, Coombes 73.0 5 1 47 13 Ht11 Featherby, Guasco, Jay, Day 71.6 4 2 51 15 Ht12 McDermott, Dews, Coombes, Bagley (ef) 73.4 2 4 53 19 Ht13 Kitchen, Jay, Airey, Day 73.6 5 1 58 20

Tuesday 28th April 1964 East Bolden Stadium, Sunderland Sunderland Saints 30 Edinburgh Monarchs 47 (Northern League)

SUNDERLAND Maury McDermott 2 0 2 1 - - 5 Gordon Guasco F 2 1 1' - - 4 1 Graham Coombes 2 2 1' 2 - - 7 1 Dave Collins E E 0 - - - 0 Jim Airey 3 1' 2 2 0 - 8 1 Vic Ridgeon 1 2 1' 1' - - 5 2 Ray Day 0 1 - - - - 1

EDINBURGH Jimmy Tannock 1 1 0 0 - - 2 Doug Templeton 3 3 3 3 - - 12 George Hunter 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Alf Wells E E 3 E - - 3 Wayne Briggs E 3 E 3 - - 6 Willie Templeton 2 2' 3 2' - - 9 2 Bill Landels 1 2' - - - - 3 1

Ht 1 D.Templeton, McDermott, Tannock, Guasco (ef) 67.4 2 4 2 4 Ht 2 Hunter, Coombes, Collins (ef), Wells (ef) 68.2 2 3 4 7 Ht 3 Airey, W.Templeton, Ridgeon, Briggs (ef) 68.8 4 2 8 9 Ht 4 D.Templeton, Guasco, Landels, Day 69.4 2 4 10 13 Ht 5 Hunter, Ridgeon, Airey, Wells (ef) 68.8 3 3 13 16 Ht 6 D.Templeton, Coombes, Tannock, Collins (ef) 69.0 2 4 15 20 Ht 7 Briggs, W.Templeton, Cuasco, McDermott 68.8 1 5 16 25 Ht 8 Wells, Landels, Day, Collins 71.2 1 5 17 30 Ht 9 D.Templeton, Airey, Ridgeon, Tannock 69.0 3 3 20 33 Ht10 W.Templeton, Airey, Coombes, Briggs (ef) 69.8 3 3 23 36 Ht11 Hunter, McDermott, Guasco, Wells (ef) 70.6 3 3 26 39 Ht12 Briggs, Coombes, Ridgeon, Tannock 67.8 3 3 29 42 Ht13 Hunter, W.Templeton, McDermott, Airey 68.2 1 5 30 47

Silver Sash Match Race. George Hunter bt Graham Coombes 67.2

Junior Scurry Ken Sharples, Caisley, Ken Cameron, Lawson Smiles 69.6

The Monarchs Scratch Race Ht1 Airey, D.Templeton, Guasco, Tannock 69.2 Ht2 Briggs, Sharples, Coombes, Ridgeon (ef) 67.8 Ht3 W.Templeton, Hunter, Collins, McDermott (ef) 68.8 Ht4 Sharples, Landels, Day, Cameron (ef) 71.6 Final Sharples, Airey, Briggs, W.Templeton, 68.8

Wednesday 29th April 1964 White City, Glasgow Glasgow Tigers 50 Sunderland Saints 28 (Northern League)

Glasgow Bill McMillan 0 3 2’ 1 6 1 Maurie Mattingley 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Trevor Redmond 1’ 3 1’ 5 2 Terry Stone 2 0 3 2 7 Charlie Monk 3 3 3 3 12 Bruce Ovenden 0 2’ 1 3 6 1 Jack Monteith 0 2’ 1 3 1

Sunderland Maurice McDermott 1’ 1’ 2 2 6 2 Gordon Guasco 2 1’ 2 0 5 1 Dave Collins 0 1 1 Graham Coombes 3 0 1 0 4 Jim Airey 1’ 1 1 0 0 3 1 Vic Ridgeon 2 0 3 2 7 Ray Day 2 0 0 2

Ht1 Mattingley, Guasco, McDermott, McMillan 81.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Coombes, Stone, Redmond, Collins 83.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Monk, Ridgeon, Airey, Ovenden 82.6 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Mattingley, Day, Guasco, Monteith 83.5 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Monk, Ovenden, Collins, Coombes 82.3 5 1 17 13 Ht6 Redmond, Guasco, McDermott, Stone 83.8 3 3 20 16 Ht7 McMillan, Mattingley, Airey, Ridgeon 81.0 5 1 25 17 Ht8 Stone, Monteith, Airey, Day 83.0 5 1 30 18 Ht9 Monk, McDermott, Ovenden, Guasco 81.6 4 2 34 20 Ht10 Ridgeon, Stone, Redmond, Airey 83.1 3 3 37 23 Ht11 Mattingley, McMillan, Coombes, Day 81.4 5 1 42 24 Ht12 Ovenden, McDermott, Monteith, Airey 82.0 4 2 46 26 Ht13 Monk, Ridgeon, McMillan, Coombes 81.2 4 2 50 28

Tuesday 5th May 1964 East Bolden Stadium, Sunderland Sunderland Saints 37 Sheffield Tigers 41 (Northern League)

Sunderland Maurice McDermott 1’ 2 F 2 5 1 Gordon Gausco 2 1 1’ 2 6 1 Jim Airey 3 1 0 0 4 Ken Sharples 1 3 1’ 1 6 1 Ivor Brown 3 3 3 3 12 Graham Coombes 0 0 0 Vic Ridgeon 0 2’ 2 1’ 5 1

Sheffield Alan Jay 0 0 2 2 Clive Featherby 3 3 2 1’ 9 1 Ron Bagley 0 1 1 0 2 Tommy Roper 2 0 E 3 5 Jack Kitchen 1 3 2’ 2 8 1 John Dews 3 0 3 3 9 Dent Oliver 2’ 3 1’ 6 2

Ht1 Featherby, Gausco, McDermott, Jay 68.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Airey, Roper, Sharples, Bagley 71.0 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Dews, Brown, Kitchen, Coombes 68.0 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Featherby, Oliver, Causco, Ridgeon 69.4 1 5 10 14 Ht5 Brown, Ridgeon, Bagley, Roper 70.0 5 1 15 15 Ht6 Sharples, Featherby, Airey, Jay 68.6 4 2 19 17 Ht7 Kitchen, McDermott, Gausco, Dews (ef) 69.0 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Oliver, Ridgeon, Sharples, Roper (ef) 71.0 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Brown, Jay, Featherby, Coombes 69.2 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Dews, Kitchen, Sharples, Airey 71.0 1 5 29 31 Ht11 Roper, Gausco, Bagley, McDermott (f) 69.4 2 4 31 35 Ht12 Brown, Kitchen, Oliver, Airey 69.2 3 3 34 38 Ht13 Dews, McDermott, Ridgeon, Bagley 69.8 3 3 37 41

Friday 8th May 1964 Cleveland Park, Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Bears 39 Sunderland Saints 38 (Northern League)

Middlesbrough Eric Boocock F 0 0 1 1 Clive Hitch 3 3 1 2 9 Bluey Scott 0 3 3 2 8 Slant Payling 2 0 3 2’ 7 1 Dave Younghusband 2 3 3 3 11 Alan Butterfield 0 2’ 0 0 2 1 Ken Handscombe 0 1

Sunderland Maurice McDermott 2 1’ 2 1 6 1 Gordon Guasco 0 2 2 1’ 5 1 Jim Airey 1 1 1 2 5 Ken Sharples 3 0 2 3 8 Jimmy Squibb 3 3 0 3 9 Graham Coombes 1 2’ 1 0 4 1 Vic Ridgeon 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Hitch, McDermott, Boocock (f), Guasco (nf) 78.2 3 2 3 2 Ht2 Sharples, Payling, Airey, Scott 78.6 2 4 5 6 Ht3 Squibb, Younghusband, Coombes, Butterfield 76.6 2 4 7 10 Ht4 Hitch, Guasco, Ridgeon, Handscombe 76.6 3 3 10 13 Ht5 Younghusband, Butterfield, Airey, Sharples 74.2 5 1 15 14 Ht6 Scott, Guasco, McDermott, Payling 75.0 3 3 18 17 Ht7 Squibb, Coombes, Hitch, Boocock 75.8 1 5 19 22 Ht8 Payling, Sharples, Handscombe, Ridgeon 75.6 4 2 23 24 Ht9 Younghusband, McDermott, Guasco, Butterfield 73.8 3 3 26 27 Ht10 Scott, Payling, Coombes, Squibb 74.4 5 1 31 28 Ht11 Sharples, Hitch, Airey, Boocock 75.8 2 4 33 32 Ht12 Squibb, Scott, McDermott, Butterfield 74.8 2 4 35 36 Ht13 Younghusband, Airey, Boocock, Coombes 74.4 4 2 39 38

Saturday 9th May 1964 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh Edinburgh Monarchs 3 Sunderland Saints 3 (Northern League) Aban

EDINBURGH Willie Templeton 3 3 Wayne Briggs E 0 George Hunter DNR Alf Wells DNR Doug Templeton DNR Jimmy Tannock DNR Bill Landels DNR

SUNDERLAND Maurey McDermott 1' 1 1 Gordon Guasco 2 2 Jim Airey DNR Ken Sharlpes DNR Graham Coombes DNR Vic Ridgeon DNR Ray Day DNR

Ht1 W.Templeton, Guasco, McDermott, Briggs (ef) 71.8 3 3 3 3

Tuesday 12th May 1964 East Bolden Stadium, Sunderland Sunderland Saints 48 Glasgow Tigers 30 (Northern League)

Sunderland Maurice McDermott 2 0 2’ 1’ 5 2 Gordon Guasco F 3 2 3 8 Jim Airey 3 2 0 3 8 Ken Sharples E 2’ 2 2 6 1 Pete Jarman 2 3 3 2 10 Vic Ridgeon 1’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 4 Graham Coombes 2’ 1’

Glasgow Bill McMillan 3 1 1 0 5 Maurie Mattingley 1 1 0 0 2 Chris Julian 2 1 1 0 4 Terry Stone 1’ 0 3 F 4 1 Bruce Ovenden 0 1 1 1 3 Charlie Monk 3 3 3 3 12 Jack Monteith 0 F 0

Ht1 McMillan, McDermott, Mattingley, Guasco (f) 72.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Airey, Julian, Stone, Sharples (ef) 72.0 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Monk, Jarman, Ridgeon, Ovenden 70.8 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Guasco, Coombes, Mattingley, Monteith 70.8 5 1 13 11 Ht5 Jarman, Ridgeon, Julian, Stone 71.6 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Airey, Sharples, McMillan, Mattingley 72.2 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Monk, Guasco, Ovenden, McDermott 70.2 2 4 25 17 Ht8 Stone, Sharples, Coombes, Monteith (f) 72.0 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Jarman, Ridgeon, McMillan, Mattingley 71.0 5 1 33 21 Ht10 Monk, Sharples, Ovenden, Airey 70.6 2 4 35 25 Ht11 Guasco, McDermott, Julian, Stone (f) 72.2 5 1 40 26 Ht12 Airey, Ridgeon, Ovenden, McMillan 72.2 5 1 45 27 Ht13 Monk, Jarman, McDermott, Julian 70.2 3 3 48 30

Friday 15th May 1964 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton Wolverhampton 33 Sunderland 13 Newcastle 24 Hackney 26 (Four Team)

Wolverhampton Tommy Sweetman 1 3 2 3 9 Pete Jarman 3 3 2 3 11 Dave Hemus 3 2 2 1 8 Harry Edwards E E Cyril Francis 3

Sunderland Ken Sharples 0 0 1 1 2 Gordon Gausco 1 2 1 2 6 Colin McKee 1 1 0 Vic Ridgeon 3 0 0 0 3

Newcastle Peter Kelly 3 3 3 2 11 Ivan Mauger 2 3 3 Bill Andrew F 1 0 0 1 Goog Allen 1 0 0 0 1

Hackney Colin Pratt 2 2 3 3 10 Roy Trigg F 2 2 John Poyser 2 1 1 2 6 Dennis Day 2 1 1 1 5 W S N H Ht1 Kelly, Pratt, Sweetman, Sharples 69.2 1 0 3 2 Ht2 Jarman, Mauger, Gausco, Trigg (f) 68.6 4 1 5 2 Ht3 Hemus, Poyser, McKee, Andrew (f) 71.0 7 2 5 4 Ht4 Ridgeon, Day, Allen, Edwards (ef) 71.0 7 5 6 6 Ht5 Sweetman, Trigg, McKee, Allen 68.8 10 6 6 8 Ht6 Jarman, Pratt, Andrew, Ridgeon 69.0 13 6 7 10 Ht7 Mauger, Hemus, Day, Sharples 69.0 15 6 10 11 Ht8 Kelly, Gausco, Poyser, Edwards (ef) 68.6 15 8 13 12 Ht9 Mauger, Sweetman, Poyser, Ridgeon 69.2 17 8 16 13 Ht10 Kelly, Jarman, Day, McKee 68.4 19 8 19 14 Ht11 Pratt, Hemus, Gausco, Allen 69.8 21 9 19 17 Ht12 Francis, Trigg, Sharples, Andrew 70.0 24 10 19 19 Ht13Sweetman, Gausco, Day, Andrew 71.2 27 12 19 20 Ht14 Jarman, Poyser, Sharples, Allen 69.8 30 13 19 22 Ht15 Trigg, Kelly, Hemus, Ridgeon 69.2 31 13 21 25 Ht16 Mauger, Francis, Pratt, McKee 68.4 33 13 24 26

Saturday 16th May 1964 Dudley Wood, Cradley Heath Cradley Heath Heathens 44 Sunderland Saints 34 (Provincial League)

Cradley Heath Ivor Brown 3 3 3 3 12 Eric Hockaday 2’ 3 2’ 0 7 2 Harry Bastable 2 3 2 2 9 Alan Totney F F 0 1’ 1 1 John Hart 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Glyn Chandler 1 0 0 1 Frank Holmes 1 2 0 3

Sunderland Colin McKee 1 1’ 1’ 3 2 Gordon Guasco 0 F 2 2 4 Ken Sharples 3 2 3 2 E 10 Jim Airey 1 1’ 3 1’ 5 2 Graham Coombes E 0 3 3 Vic Ridgeon 2 1 0 1 4 Dave Collins 2 1 1 4

Ht1 Brown, Hockaday, McKee, Guasco 75.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Sharples, Bastable, Airey, Totney (f) 75.4 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Hart, Ridgeon, Chandler, Coombes (ef) 75.6 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Hockaday, Collins, Holmes, Guasco(f) 76.2 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Hart, Sharples, Airey, Chandler 74.8 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Bastable, Guasco, McKee, Totney (f) 75.8 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Brown, Hockaday, Ridgeon, Coombes 75.4 5 1 26 16 Ht8 Airey, Holmes, Collins, Totney 77.8 2 4 28 20 Ht9 Hart, Guasco, McKee, Chandler 74.8 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Sharples, Bastable, Totney, Ridgeon 75.4 3 3 34 26 Ht11 Brown, Sharples, Airey, Hockaday 74.0 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Coombes, Bastable, Collins, Holmes 75.2 2 4 39 33 Ht13 Brown, Hart, Ridgeon, Sharples (ef) 74.0 5 1 44 34

Monday 18th May 1964 Brough Park, Newcastle Newcastle Diamonds 53 Sunderland Saints 25 (Northern League)

Newcastle Mike Watkin 2’ 2’ 3 2 9 2 Bill Andrew 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Goog Allan 1 1 0 0 2 Peter Kelly 3 3 3 3 12 Maury Robinson 2’ 1 1 0 4 1 Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 3 12 Jack Winstanley 1 2’ 3 1

Sunderland Colin McKee E E 2 2 4 Gordon Guasco 1 2 2 X 5 Ken Sharples 2 2 1 3 8 Jim Airey 0 0 1 0 1 Graham Coombes 0 1 2 1’ 4 1 Vic Ridgeon 1 0 1’ 1 3 1 Ken Cameron 0 F 0

Ht 1: Andrew, Watkin, Guasco, McKee(ef) 76.2 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Kelly, Sharples, Allan, Airey 76.0 4 2 9 3 Ht 3: Mauger, Robinson, Ridgeon, Coombes 76.8 5 1 14 4 Ht 4: Andrew, Guasco, Winstanley, Cameron 76.0 4 2 18 6 Ht 5: Mauger, Sharples, Robinson, Airey 75.8 4 2 22 8 Ht 6: Kelly, Guasco, Allan, McKee(ef) 74.8 4 2 26 10 Ht 7: Andrew, Watkin, Coombes, Ridgeon 76.0 5 1 31 11 Ht 8: Kelly, Winstanley, Airey, Cameron(f) 75.4 5 1 36 12 Ht 9: Mauger, McKee, Robinson, Guasco(ex) 74.2 4 2 40 14 Ht 10: Kelly, Coombes, Ridgeon, Allan 74.2 3 3 43 17 Ht 11: Watkin, Andrew, Sharples, Airey 76.4 5 1 48 18 Ht 12: Mauger, McKee, Coombes, Allan 74.0 3 3 51 21 Ht 13: Sharples, Watkin, Ridgeon, Robinson 76.4 2 4 53 25

Tuesday 19th May 1964 East Bolden Stadium, Sunderland Sunderland Saints 24 Middlesbrough Bears 53 (Northern League)

Sunderland Colin McKee 1’ F 2 1 4 1 Gordon Gausco 2 3 F 0 5 Ken Sharples F 2 E 2 4 Jim Airey 1 1’ 3 2 7 1 Vic Ridgeon 1 0 1 0 2 Graham Coombes 0 1 0 0 1 Dave Collins 0 1 1

Middlesbrough Dave Younghusband 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Alan Butterfield F 2 F 3 5 Bluey Scott 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Slant Payling 2’ 2’ 2 1 7 2 Clive Hitch 3 2’ 1 1 7 1 Eric Boocock 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Ken Handscombe 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Younghusband, Gausco, McKee, Butterfield (f) 67.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Scott, Payling, Airey, Sharples (ef) 68.2 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Hitch, Boocock, Ridgeon, Coombes 68.8 1 5 5 13 Ht4 Gausco, Butterfield, Handscombe, Collins 69.0 3 3 8 16 Ht5 Scott, Payling, Coombes, Ridgeon 68.2 1 5 9 21 Ht6 Younghusband, Sharples, Airey, Butterfield (f) 68.2 3 3 12 24 Ht7 Boocock, Hitch, Gausco (f), McKee (f) 67.8 0 5 12 29 Ht8 Airey, Payling, Collins, Handscombe 69.2 4 2 16 31 Ht9 Butterfield, Younghusband, Ridgeon, Coombes 67.7 1 5 17 36 Ht10 Boocock, Airey, Hitch, Sharples (ef) 69.0 2 4 19 40 Ht11 Scott, McKee, Payling, Gausco 67.4 2 4 21 44 Ht12 Younghusband, Sharples, Hitch, Ridgeon 68.0 2 4 23 48 Ht13 Boocock, Scott, McKee, Coombes 68.2 1 5 24 53

Junior Scurry. P. McCarthey, R. Day, K. Cameron. 69.8

The Bears Burn Up. HT 1. Younghusband, Airey, Guasco, Butterfield 68.8 HT 2. Sharples, Ridgeon, Hitch, Payling 69.0 HT 3. McKee, Scott, Boocock, Coombes ? HT 4. Collins, Day, Handscombe, McCarthey 68.6 FINAL. McKee, Younghusband, Collins, Sharples. 68.2

Friday 22nd May 1964 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Wolves 52 Sunderland Saints 26 (Provincial League)

Wolverhampton Tommy Sweetman 0 2’ 2’ 3 7 2 Cyril Francis 3 2 3 3 11 Pete Jarman 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 Harry Edwards 1 2’ 2 3 8 1 Dave Hemus 2’ 2’ 0 0 4 2 Bob Andrews 3 3 3 3 12 James Bond 0 X 0

Sunderland Colin McKee 2 0 3 5 Gordon Guasco 1’ 3 1 1’ 1 7 2 Jim Airey 0 0 2 1 1’ 4 1 Ken Sharples 2 1 1 1 5 Graham Coombes 0 0 0 0 Vic Ridgeon 1 1 0 0 2 4 Dave Collins 1 1

Ht1 Francis, McKee, Guasco, Sweetman 70.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Jarman, Sharples, Edwards, Airey 69.0 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Andrews, Hemus, Ridgeon, Coombes 69.0 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Guasco, Francis, Collins, Bond 71.0 2 4 14 10 Ht5 Andrews, Hemus, Sharples, Airey 69.8 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Jarman, Edwards, Guasco, McKee 68.4 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Francis, Sweetman, Ridgeon, Coombes 70.2 5 1 29 13 Ht8 McKee, Edwards, Sharples, Bond (exc) 69.8 2 4 31 17 Ht9 Andrews, Airey, Guasco, Hemus 69.2 3 3 34 20 Ht10 Edwards, Jarman, Guasco, Ridgeon 70.0 5 1 39 21 Ht11 Francis, Sweetman, Airey, Ridgeon 69.8 5 1 44 22 Ht12 Andrews, Jarman, Sharples, Coombes 68.8 5 1 49 23 Ht13 Sweetman, Ridgeon, Airey, Hemus 69.8 3 3 52 26

Tuesday 26th May 1964 East Bolden Stadium, Sunderland Sunderland Saints 39 Newcastle Diamonds 37 (Northern League)

Sunderland Colin McKee 2 1’ 2 1’ 6 2 Gordon Guasco 1’ 2 3 1 Ken Sharples 2 2’ 2 3 9 1 Jim Airey 0 3 3 1’ 7 1 Ivor Brown 2 2 3 2 9 Vic Ridgeon 0 0 E 1 1 Graham Coombes 0 2 2’ F 4 1

Newcastle Mike Watkin 3 1 2 2 8 Bill Andrew E 3 0 E 3 Jack Winstanley 1 1 1 0 3 Peter Kelly 3 3 F 3 9 Maury Robinson 1 0 0 0 1 Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 3 12 Goog Allan 1 X 1

Ht 1: Watkin, McKee, Guasco, Andrew(ef) 67.6 3 3 3 3 Ht 2; Kelly, Sharples, Winstanley, Airey 68.2 2 4 5 7 Ht 3: Mauger, Brown, Robinson, Ridgeon 66.2 2 4 7 11 Ht 4: Andrew, Guasco, Allan, Coombes 69.0 2 4 9 15 Ht 5: Kelly, Brown, Winstanley, Ridgeon 67.8 2 4 11 19 Ht 6: Airey, Sharples, Watkin, Andrew 69.2 5 1 16 20 Ht 7; Mauger, Coombes, McKee, Robinson 67.2 3 3 19 23 Ht 8: Airey, Coombes, Kelly(f), Allan(ex) 71.8 5 0 24 23 Ht 9: Brown, Watkin, Andrew(ef), Ridgeon(ef) 67.6 3 2 27 25 Ht 10: Mauger, Sharples, Airey, Robinson 67.0 3 3 30 28 Ht 11: Kelly, McKee, Winstanley, Coombes(f) 68.6 2 4 32 32 Ht 12; Sharples, Watkin, Ridgeon, Robinson 68.0 4 2 36 34 Ht 13: Mauger, Brown, McKee, Winstanley 67.2 3 3 39 37

Silver Sash. I. Mauger beat K. Sharples. 66.6

“The Roker Park Trophy” HT 1. K. Sharples, G. Allen, D. Collins, M. Robinson. 68- HT 2. I.Brown, J. Airey, R. Day, J. Winstanley. – HT 3. B.Andrews, M. Watkin, C. McKee, G. Coombes 67.2 HT 4. I. Mauger, V. Ridgeon, D. Collins, P. Kelly. – FINAL. I. Mauger, I. Brown, K. Sharples, B. Andrews. NT

Tuesday 2nd June 1964 East Bolden Stadium, Sunderland Sunderland Saints 41 Wolverhampton Wolves 36 (Provincial League)

Sunderland Colin McKee 3 3 3 2 11 Dave Collins 1 2 1 2’ 6 1 Ken Sharples 2 1 1 2 6 Jim Airey 1’ 3 3 3 10 1 Vic Ridgeon 2 1’ 0 0 3 1 Graham Coombes E 2 2 F 4 Paul Sharples 1’ F 1 1

Wolverhampton Ray Day 0 2 3 3 8 Harry Edwards 2 0 1 3 Dave Hemus 3 3 E 6 Milton Caisley 0 1’ 1 1 Peter Adams 1 2 2 1 3 9 Chris Harrison 3 F E 3 Ivor Hughes 3 F 2 1 6

Ht1McKee, Edwards, Collins, Day 73.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Hemus, K.Sharples, Airey, Caisley 71.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Harrison, Ridgeon, Adams, Coombes (ef) 74.0 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Hughes, Collins, P.Sharples, Edwards (ns) 76.6 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Hemus, Coombes, Ridgeon, Hughes (f) 75.4 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Airey, Day, K.Sharples, Edwards 75.0 4 2 19 17 Ht7 McKee, Adams, Collins, Harrison (f) 75.2 4 2 23 19 Ht8 Airey, Hughes, Caisley, P.Sharples (f) 75.2 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Day, Coombes, Edwards, Ridgeon 74.6 2 4 28 26 Ht10 Airey, Adams, K.Sharples, Harrison (ef) 76.0 4 2 32 28 Ht11 McKee, Collins, Hemus (ef), Caisley (ns) 76.0 5 0 37 28 Ht12 Day, K.Sharples, Adams, Ridgeon 75.4 2 4 39 32 Ht13 Adams, McKee, Hughes, Coombes (f) 76.2 2 4 41 36

Seaburn Scurry Ht1 McKee, Hughes, Ridgeon, Caisley 76.6 Ht2 Airey, Day, Collins, Adams 75.8 Final McKee, Airey, Hughes, Day (ef) 75.0

Saturday, 6th June 1964 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh Edinburgh Monarchs 57 Sunderland Saints 21 (Northern League)

EDINBURGH Alf Wells 1' 1 1 2' - - 5 2 George Hunter 2' 2 3 3 - - 10 1 Wayne Briggs 2' 2' 2' 2 - - 8 3 Willie Templeton 3 3 1 3 - - 10 Doug Templeton 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Jimmy Tannock 2' 2' 1 1' - - 6 3 Bill Landels 3 3 - - - - 6

SUNDERLAND Eric Boothroyd 3 1 2 3 - - 9 Dave Collins 0 X 0 0 - - 0 Ken Sharples 1 1 0 1 - - 3 Jim Airey E E 2 - - - 2 Colin McKee 0 2 1 2 E - 5 Vic Ridgeon 1 0 0 E - - 1 Paul Sharples 1 0 - - - - 1

Ht1 Boothroyd, Hunter, Wells, Collins 71.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 W.Templeton, Briggs, K.Sharples, Airey (ef) 72.8 5 1 8 4 Ht3 D.Templeton, Tannock, Ridgeon, McKee (f/rem) 72.1 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Landels, Hunter, P.Sharples, Collins (f/exc) 72.8 5 1 18 6 Ht5 D.Templeton, Tannock, K.Sharples, Airey (ef) 71.7 5 1 23 7 Ht6 W.Templeton, Briggs, Boothroyd, Collins 71.6 5 1 28 8 Ht7 Hunter, McKee, Wells, Ridgeon 71.0 4 2 32 10 Ht8 Landels, Airey, W.Templeton, P.Sharples 71.8 4 2 36 12 Ht9 D.Templeton, Boothroyd, Tannock, Collins 70.0 4 2 40 14 Ht10 W.Templeton, Briggs, McKee, Ridgeon 71.5 5 1 45 15 Ht11 Hunter, McKee, Wells, K.Sharples 70.4 4 2 49 17 Ht12 Boothroyd, Briggs, Tannock, McKee (ef) 71.2 3 3 52 20 Ht13 D.Templeton, Wells, K.Sharples, Ridgeon (ef) 71.5 5 1 57 21

Tuesday 9th June 1964 East Bolden Stadium, Sunderland Cock Of The North Trophy

Ken Sharples 1 3 2 2 8 Dave Collins 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Younghusband 3 1 2 1 7 Peter Kelly 2 2 3 3 10 Vic Ridgeon 0 1 1 1 3 Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 3 12 John Dews 1 3 3 2 9 Mike Watkin 2 0 2 3 7 Colin McKee 2 2 0 0 4 Bill Andrew 3 0 1 1 5 Jack Kitchen E 2 2 1 5 Jim Airey 1 1 0 0 2

Ht1 Younghusband, Kelly, Sharples, Collins 65.8 Ht2 Mauger, Watkin, Dews, Ridgeon 65.4 Ht3 Andrew, McKee, Airey, Kitchen (ef) 68.8 Ht4 Sharples, McKee, Ridgeon, Collins 68.6 Ht5 Mauger, Kelly, Younghusband, Andrew 66.0 Ht6 Dews, Kitchen, Ridgeon, Collins 68.8 Ht7 Mauger, Younghusband, Airey, Watkin 66.2 Ht8 Kelly, Sharples, Ridgeon, McKee 69.2 Ht9 Dews, Watkin, Younghusband, Collins 67.0 Ht10 Kelly, Kitchen, Andrew, McKee 66.2 Ht11 Watkin, Sharples, Andrew, Airey 68.2 Ht12 Mauger, Dews, Kitchen, Airey 66.4

SUNDERLAND Needs in BOLD

Tuesday 21st April 1964 East Bolden Sunderland Saints 32 Newcastle Diamonds 44 (Ch) TSHFin Thursday 23th April 1964 Owlerton, Sheffield Tigers 58 Sunderland Saints 20 (NL) Tuesday 28th April 1964 East Bolden Sunderland Saints 30 Edinburgh Monarchs 47 (NL) Wednesday 29th April 1964 White City, Glasgow Tigers 50 Sunderland Saints 28 (NL) Tuesday 5th May 1964 East Bolden Sunderland Saints 37 Sheffield Tigers 41 (NL) SH Friday 8th May 1964 Cleveland Middlesbrough Bears 39 Sunderland Saints 38 (NL) Saturday 9th May 1964 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh Monarchs 3 Sunderland Saints 3 (NL) Aban Tuesday 12th May 1964 East Bolden Sunderland Saints 48 Glasgow Tigers 30 (NL) SH Friday 15th May 1964 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton 33 Sunderland 13 Newcastle 24 Hackney 26 (4T) Saturday 16th May 1964 Dudley Wood, Cradley Heath Heathens 44 Sunderland Saints 34 (PL) Monday 18th May 1964 Brough Newcastle Diamonds 53 Sunderland Saints 25 (NL) Tuesday 19th May 1964 East Bolden Sunderland Saints 24 Middlesbrough Bears 53 (NL) THt3 SH Thursday 22nd May 1964 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton Wolves 52 Sunderland Saints 26 (PL) Tuesday 26th May 1964 East Bolden Sunderland Saints 39 Newcastle Diamonds 37 (NL) SHTimes Tuesday 2nd June 1964 East Bolden Sunderland Saints 41 Wolverhampton Wolves 36 (PL) Saturday, 6th June 1964 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh Monarchs 57 Sunderland Saints 21 (NL) Tuesday 9th June 1964 Sunderland Cock Of The North Trophy SH