Bradford 1949

Updated: 13.7.2016

Saturday 2nd April 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 43 Birmingham Brummies 41 (Challenge)

Bradford Eddie Rigg 0 2 2’ 1’ 5 2 Ron Clarke 3 3 2 2 10 Ernie Price 1’ 3 1’ 3 8 1 Bob Lovell 2 1 2’ 2 7 1 Oliver Hart 3 1 1 3 8 Norman Price 0 0 0 1’ 1 1 Al Allison 1’ 1’ 2 2 Jack Dawson 2 0 2

Birmingham Stan Dell 1’ 0 2’ 2 5 2 Arthur Payne 2 2 3 3 10 Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 12 Geoff Bennett 0 3 2’ 0 5 1 Doug McLachlan 2 1 1 3 7 Brian Wilson 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Dick Tolley 0 1’ 1 1 Buck Whitby 0 0 0

Ht1 Clarke, Payne, Dell, Rigg 71.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Warren, Lovell, E.Price, Bennett 70.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Hart, McLachlan, Wilson, N.Price 70.4 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Bennett, Rigg, Allison, Tolley 70.8 3 3 12 12 Ht5 E.Price, Payne, Lovell, Dell 70.0 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Warren, Bennett, Hart, N.Price 72.4 1 5 17 19 Ht7 Clarke, Rigg, McLachlan, Wilson 73.4 5 1 22 20 Ht8 Warren, Dawson, E.Price, Whitby 70.0 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Payne, Dell, Hart, N.Price 70.0 1 5 26 28 Ht10 Warren, Clarke, Rigg, Bennett 70.0 3 3 29 31 Ht11 E.Price, Lovell, McLachlan, Wilson 71.8 5 1 34 32 Ht12 Hart, Dell, Tolley, Dawson 71.8 3 3 37 35 Ht13 McLachlan, Lovell, Allison, Whitby 70.8 3 3 40 38 Ht14 Payne, Clarke, N.Price, Wilson 71.0 3 3 43 41

Reserves Race Tolley, Whitby, Dawson (f), Allison (f) 76.6

Stadium Scratch Races Ht1 Payne, Rigg, Wilson, Jack Hughes 73.8 Ht2 Warren, Hart, Dawson 3 only 69.0 Ht3 McLachlan, E.Price, N.Price, Bennett 70.2 Ht4 Dell, Clarke, Tolley, Lovell (ef) 72.4 Final McLachlan, Payne, Dell (frmtd), Warren (f) 71.4

Saturday 9th April 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 47 Harringay Racers 37 (National League Division One)

Bradford Jack Biggs 3 3 3 0 9 Ron Clarke 1 1 3 2 7 Oliver Hart 3 2 3 0 8 Eddie Rigg 0 1 1 3 5 Ernie Price 3 3 2 3 11 Bob Lovell 0 1 1’ 0 2 1 Norman Price 0 2’ 2 1 Joe Abbott 1 2’ 3 1

Harringay Wal Morton 0 0 0 Vic Duggan 2 3 3 1 9 Lloyd Goffe 1’ 0 E 2 3 1 Ray Duggan 2 2 2 1’ 7 1 Jimmy Grant 1’ 0 2’ 0 3 2 Geoff Pymar 2 2 3 3 10 Nobby Stock 1’ 0 1 1 Danny Dunton 0 2 1 1 4

Ht1 Biggs, V.Duggan, Clarke, Morton 67.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Hart, R.Duggan, Goffe, Rigg 69.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 E.Price, Pymar, Grant, Lovell 70.2 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Biggs, R.Duggan, Stock, N.Price 68.6 3 3 13 11 Ht5 V.Duggan, Hart, Rigg, Dunton 69.0 3 3 16 14 Ht6 E.Price, R.Duggan, Lovell, Goffe 70.4 4 2 20 16 Ht7 Biggs, Pymar, Clarke, Grant 70.0 4 2 24 18 Ht8 Hart, Dunton, Abbott, Goffe (ef) 71.4 4 2 28 20 Ht9 V.Duggan, E.Price, Lovell, Morton 69.4 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Clarke, Goffe, R.Duggan, Biggs 71.2 3 3 34 26 Ht11 Pymar, Grant, Rigg, Hart (ef) 71.6 1 5 35 31 Ht12 E.Price, Abbott, Dunton, Stock 72.6 5 1 40 32 Ht13 Rigg, N.Price, Dunton, Grant 72.2 5 1 45 33 Ht14 Pymar, Clarke, V.Duggan, Lovell NT 2 4 47 37

Reserves Race Dunton, Stock, Price, Abbott (exc) 73.2

Stadium Scratch Races Ht1 Hart, Dunton, Goffe, Abbott 70.0 Ht2 V.Duggan, E.Price, Lovell, Stock 71.0 Ht3 Clarke, N.Price, R.Duggan, Morton 71.8 Ht4 Biggs, Pymar, Rigg, Grant 71.0 Final Hart, V.Duggan, Clarke, Biggs 69.8

Friday 15th April 1949 Harringay Stadium, London Harringay Racers 48 Bradford Boomerangs 36 (National League Division One)

Harringay Jimmy Grant 1 1’ 1 0 3 1 Vic Duggan 3 3 3 3 12 Lloyd Goffe 3 E 2 3 8 Ray Duggan 2’ 2 2’ 1 7 2 Danny Dunton 2’ 1 F 2 5 1 Geoff Pymar 3 E 2 2’ 7 1 Nobby Stock 2 3 5 Arthur Bush 1’ 0 1 1

Bradford Ron Clarke 2 1 1 3 7 Jack Biggs 0 3 3 0 6 Oliver Hart F 2’ 3 1’ 6 2 Eddie Rigg 1 3 3 2 9 Ernie Price E 2 1 2 5 Norman Price 1 0 0 1 2 Bob Lovell 0 1 1 Jock Shead 0 0 0

Ht1 V.Duggan, Clarke, Grant, Biggs 73.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Goffe, R.Duggan, Rigg, Hart (f) 74.0 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Pymar, Dunton, N.Price, E.Price (ef) 75.0 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Rigg, Stock, Grant, Lovell 73.2 3 3 17 7 Ht5 Biggs, R.Duggan, Clarke, Goffe (ef) 73.6 2 4 19 11 Ht6 Rigg, Hart, Dunton, Pymar (ef) 73.4 1 5 20 16 Ht7 V.Duggan, E.Price, Grant, N.Price 75.2 4 2 24 18 Ht8 Hart, Goffe, Bush, Shead 74.8 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Biggs, Pymar, Clarke, Dunton (f) 74.0 2 4 29 25 Ht10 V.Duggan, Rigg, Hart, Grant 73.0 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Goffe, R.Duggan, E.Price, N.Price 75.4 5 1 37 29 Ht12 Clarke, Dunton, Lovell, Bush 77.4 2 4 39 33 Ht13 Stock, E.Price, R.Duggan, Shead 76.0 4 2 43 35 Ht14 V.Duggan, Pymar, N.Price, Biggs 74.6 5 1 48 36

Saturday 16th April 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Best Pairs

Alec Statham 3 1 0 1’ 0 5 1 Bob Lovell 2’ 0 1 2 1 6 1 Total 11 Norman Parker 1 3 1 3 3 11 Norman Price 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 11 Oliver Hart 2’ 3 3 0 3 11 1 Eddie Rigg 3 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 12 3 Total 23 Ernie Price 1 2’ 2 2 2 9 1 Mike Erskine 0 3 0 1’ 0 4 1 Total 13 Ron Clarke 3 2 3 3 1 12 Bruce Semmens 0 1’ 1 2’ 0 4 2 Total 16 Joe Abbott 1’ 1 3 2 3 10 1 Jack Biggs 2 0 2’ 1’ 1 6 2 Total 16

Ht1 Statham, Lovell, N.Parker, N.Price 70.0 Ht2 Rigg, Hart, E.Price, Erskine 68.8 Ht3 Clarke, Biggs, Abbott, Semmens 70.6 Ht4 Erskine, E.Price, Statham, Lovell 71.0 Ht5 Hart, Rigg, Abbott, Biggs 70.8 Ht6 N.Parker, Clarke, Semmens, N.Price 71.0 Ht7 Abbott, Biggs, Lovell, Statham 70.8 Ht8 Hart, Rigg, N.Parker, N.Price 71.0 Ht9 Clarke, E.Price, Semmens, Erskine 70.4 Ht10 Rigg, Lovell, Statham, Hart 71.0 Ht11 N.Parker, E.Price, Erskine, N.Price 71.0 Ht12 Clarke, Semmens, Lovell, Statham 71.0 Ht13 N.Parker, Abbott, Biggs, N.Price 71.8 Ht14 Hart, Rigg, Clarke, Semmens 70.2 Ht15 Abbott, E.Price, Biggs, Erskine 70.2

Reserves’ Race Shead, Keith Thompson, Ron Peace, Harper 78.0

Easter Scratch Race Ht1 Biggs, Lovell, Statham, N.Price 71.8 74.4 Ht2 Rigg, Clarke, E.Price, Abbott 70.4 72.8 Ht3 Parker, Erskine, Semmens, Hart 72.4 73.0 Final Rigg, Biggs, Clarke, Parker 70.8

Extra Reserves Race (Not Programmed) Seers, Shead, Thompson, Stringer (f) 76.0

Monday 18th April 1949 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 27 Bradford Boomerangs 57 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Ron Mason 0 2 1’ 0 3 1 Jack Parker 2 2 2 1’ 7 1 Jim Boyd 0 1 1 0 2 Louis Lawson 1 0 2 1 4 Charles Cullum 1’ 0 1 1’ 3 2 Dent Oliver 2 2 X 2 6 Bob Harrison 0 0 0 Jack Chignell 0 2 2

Bradford Ron Clarke 1 3 2’ 3 9 1 Jack Biggs 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Oliver Hart 2’ 1 2’ 1 6 2 Eddie Rigg 3 3 3 3 12 Ernie Price 3 3 3 3 12 Norman Price 0 0 1 0 2 Bob Lovell 1 X 1 Joe Abbott 3 2’ 5 1

Ht1 Biggs, Parker, Clarke, Mason 76.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Rigg, Hart, Lawson, Boyd 76.6 1 5 3 9 Ht3 E.Price, Oliver, Cullum, N.Price 77.0 3 3 6 12 Ht4 Rigg, Mason, Lovell, Harrison 76.4 2 4 8 16 Ht5 Clarke, Biggs, Boyd, Lawson 68.6 1 5 9 21 Ht6 Rigg, Oliver, Hart, Cullum 76.8 2 4 11 25 Ht7 E.Price, Parker, Mason, N.Price 77.4 3 3 14 28 Ht8 Abbott, Hart, Boyd, Chignell 79.0 1 5 15 33 Ht9 Biggs, Clarke, Cullum, Oliver (exc) 79.0 1 5 16 38 Ht10 Rigg, Parker, Hart, Mason 76.6 2 4 18 42 Ht11 E.Price, Lawson, N.Price, Boyd 79.4 2 4 20 46 Ht12 Clarke, Chignell, Cullum, Lovell (exc) 80.6 3 3 23 49 Ht13 E.Price, Abbott, Lawson, Harrison 79.8 1 5 24 54 Ht14 Biggs, Oliver, Parker, N.Price 78.4 3 3 27 57

Reserves League Belle Vue 13 Bradford 11 Belle Vue Ken Sharples 1 2’ 3 1 George Smith F 3 3 Bob Harrison 3 2 5 Jack Chignell 2’ 0 2 1 Bradford Joe Abbott 3 3 6 Bob Lovell 2’ 1 3 Jock Shead 1 1 2 Dyson Harper 0 0 0 Ht1 Abbott, Lovell, Sharples, Smith (f) 80.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Harrison, Chignell, Shead, Harper 80.6 5 1 6 6 Ht3 Abbott, Harrison, Lovell, Chignell 79.0 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Smith, Sharples, Shead, Harper 82.4 5 1 13 11

Monday 18th April 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 49 Belle Vue Aces 35 (National League Division One)

Bradford Ron Clarke 1 2 1 1 5 Jack Biggs 3 3 3 3 12 Oliver Hart 2’ 0 3 2 7 1 Eddie Rigg 3 3 1’ 3 10 1 Ernie Price 2 2 2 0 6 Norman Price 1’ 0 1’ 0 2 2 Bob Lovell 0 2’ 2 1 Joe Abbott 2’ 3 5 1

Belle Vue Ron Mason 0 1’ N 1’ 2 2 Jack Parker 2 2 3 1’ 8 1 Jim Boyd 0 1 0 1 Louis Lawson 1 3 3 2 9 Charles Cullum N N 0 0 0 Dent Oliver 3 2 3 2 10 Bob Harrison 1 1 2 Jack Chignell 0 1 1

Ht1 Biggs, Parker, Clarke, Mason 68.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Rigg, Hart, Lawson, Boyd 68.2 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Oliver, E.Price, N.Price, Cullum (nf) 69.8 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Lawson, Clarke, Harrison, Lovell 69.4 2 4 14 10 Ht5 Rigg, Parker, Mason, Hart 69.4 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Lawson, E.Price, Harrison, N.Price (nf) 71.2 2 4 19 17 Ht7 Biggs, Oliver, Clarke, Cullum (nf) 70.6 4 2 23 19 Ht8 Hart, Abbott, Boyd, Chignell 71.0 5 1 28 20 Ht9 Parker, E.Price, N.Price, Mason (nf) 70.2 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Biggs, Lawson, Clarke, Boyd 70.2 4 2 35 25 Ht11 Oliver, Hart, Rigg, Cullum 69.8 3 3 38 28 Ht12 Abbott, Harrison, Mason, E.Price 71.4 3 3 41 31 Ht13 Rigg, Lovell, Chignell, Cullum 70.6 5 1 46 32 Ht14 Biggs, Oliver, Parker, N.Price 70.2 3 3 49 35

Junior League Bradford 11 Belle Vue 13 Bradford Joe Abbott 2 3 4 Bob Lovell 1’ 2’ 3 2 Jock Shead E 2 2 Dyson Harper 1 0 1 Belle Vue Bob Harrison 3 3 6 Jack Chignell 0 1 1 Ken Sharples 3 E 3 George Smith 2’ 1 3 Ht1 Harrison, Abbott, Lovell, Chignell 71.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Sharples, Smith, Dyson Harper, Shead (ef ) 75.0 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Harrison, Shead, Chignell, Harper 72.2 2 4 6 12 Ht4 Abbott, Lovell, Smith, Sharples (ef) 73.4 5 1 11 13

Scratch Races Nominated Riders Ht1 Lawson, Oliver, Parker, Mason (f) 71.4 Ht2 Hart, Biggs, Clarke, E Price 71.8

Friday 22nd April 1949 New Cross Stadium, London New Cross Rangers 48 Bradford Boomerangs 34 (National League Division One)

New Cross Ron Johnson 3 1 2 1’ 7 1 Eric French 2’ 1’ 2 F 5 2 Bill Longley F 2’ 3 2’ 7 2 Cyril Roger 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Jeff Lloyd 2 0 1 2 5 Ray Moore 0 3 F 2 5 Bert Roger 1’ 3 4 1 Frank Lawrence 2’ 1’ 3 2

Bradford Ron Clarke 1 1 2’ 3 7 1 Jack Biggs 0 0 3 F 3 Oliver Hart 2 1’ F F 3 1 Eddie Rigg F 3 2 3 8 Ernie Price 1 0 0 1 2 Joe Abbott 3 3 1 3 10 Bob Lovell 0 0 0 Norman Price 1 0 1

Ht1 Johnson, French, Clarke, Biggs 61.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 C.Roger, Hart, Longley (f), Rigg (f) 63.4 3 2 8 3 Ht3 Abbott, Lloyd, E.Price, Moore 61.4 2 4 10 7 Ht4 Rigg, Johnson, B.Roger, Lovell 61.0 3 3 13 10 Ht5 C.Roger, Longley, Clarke, Biggs 60.2 5 1 18 11 Ht6 Moore, Rigg, Hart, Lloyd 61.0 3 3 21 14 Ht7 Abbott, Johnson, French, E.Price 61.4 3 3 24 17 Ht8 Longley, Lawrence, N.Price, Hart (f) 62.2 5 1 29 18 Ht9 Biggs, Clarke, Lloyd, Moore (f) 61.8 1 5 30 23 Ht10 Rigg, French, Johnson, Hart (f) 62.0 3 3 33 26 Ht11 C.Roger, Longley, Abbott, E.Price 61.8 5 1 38 27 Ht12 Clarke, Lloyd, Lawrence, Lovell 62.0 3 3 41 30 Ht13 B.Roger, C.Roger, E.Price, N.Price 62.2 5 1 46 31 Ht14 Abbott, Moore, French (f), Biggs (f) 61.8 2 3 48 34

Saturday 23rd April 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 50 New Cross Rangers 34 (National League Division One)

Bradford Ron Clarke E 3 1 1 5 Jack Biggs 3 3 0 2 8 Oliver Hart F 2 3 3 8 Eddie Rigg 3 0 1 1’ 5 1 Ernie Price 2’ 2’ 2 2’ 8 3 Joe Abbott 3 3 6 Bob Lovell 2’ 1’ 2 5 2 Norman Price 1 3 1’ 5 1

New Cross Eric French 1’ 1 F 0 2 1 Ron Johnson 2 3 3 3 11 Bill Longley 1’ 1 2 2’ 6 2 Cyril Roger 2 1 0 3 6 Jeff Lloyd 1 2 2 3 8 Ray Moore 0 0 Bert Roger 0 0 1 0 1 Frank Lawrence 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Biggs, Johnson, French, Clarke (ef) 69.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Rigg, C.Roger, Longley, Hart (f) 68.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Abbott, E.Price, Lloyd, Moore 70.4 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Lovell, Clarke, C.Roger, B.Roger 70.6 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Johnson, Hart, French, Rigg 70.0 2 4 18 12 Ht6 Abbott, E.Price, Longley, C.Roger 70.2 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Biggs, Lloyd, Clarke, B.Roger 68.2 4 2 27 15 Ht8 Hart, Longley, N.Price, Lawrence 70.4 4 2 31 17 Ht9 Johnson, E.Price, Lovell, French (f) 70.0 3 3 34 20 Ht10 C.Roger, Longley, Clarke, Biggs 70.0 1 5 35 25 Ht11 Hart, Lloyd, Rigg, Lawrence 70.4 4 2 39 27 Ht12 N.Price, E.Price, B.Roger, French 71.0 5 1 44 28 Ht13 Lloyd, Lovell, Rigg, Lawrence 71.4 3 3 47 31 Ht14 Johnson, Biggs, N.Price, B.Roger 69.4 3 3 50 34

Junior League Bradford 13 New Cross 10 Bradford Bob Lovell 1 3 4 Norman Price 3 2’ 5 1 Jock Shead 2 2 4 Dyson Harper 0 0 0

New Cross Bert Roger 2 3 5 Don Gray 0 F 0 Frank Lawrence 3 1 4 Ray Ellis 1 0 1 Ht1 Price, Roger, Lovell, Gray 72.1 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Lawrence, Shead, Ellis, Harper 73.4 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Roger, Shead, Gray (f), Harper (exc) 72.1 2 3 8 9 Ht4 Lovell, N.Price, Lawrence, Ellis 72.4 4 1 13 10

Scratch Race Ht1 Hart, Biggs, R.Stringer, G.Stringer 70.2 Ht2 Rigg, Clarke, E.Price, Lovell 70.2

Tuesday 26th April 1949 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 50 Bradford Boomerangs 33 (National League Division One)

West Ham Aub Lawson 3 1 3 2’ 9 1 Cliff Watson 0 2’ 3 3 8 1 Malcolm Craven E 3 3 2’ 8 1 Fred Curtis 3 0 3 1 7 George Wilks 3 2 1 2 8 Howdy Byford 2’ E 0 1 3 1 Wally Green 3 3 6 Benny King E 1’ 1 1

Bradford Ron Clarke 1’ 1’ 2’ 3 7 3 Jack Biggs 2 2 3 2 9 Oliver Hart 2 3 2 E 7 Eddie Rigg E 2 1 1 4 Ernie Price 1 0 0 2 3 Bob Lovell 0 1 1 0 2 Jock Shead 0 0 0 Norman Price 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Lawson, Biggs, Clarke, Watson 77.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Curtis, Hart, Craven (ef), Rigg (ef) 84.6 3 2 6 5 Ht3 Wilks, Byford, E.Price, Lovell 81.0 5 1 11 6 Ht4 Green, Rigg, Lawson, Shead 80.6 4 2 15 8 Ht5 Craven, Biggs, Clarke, Curtis 79.2 3 3 18 11 Ht6 Hart, Wilks, Rigg, Byford (ef) 80.0 2 4 20 15 Ht7 Lawson, Watson, Lovell, E.Price 80.4 5 1 25 16 Ht8 Craven, Hart, N.Price, King (ef) 80.6 3 3 28 19 Ht9 Biggs, Clarke, Wilks, Byford 79.8 1 5 29 24 Ht10 Watson, Lawson, Rigg, Hart (ef) 81.4 5 1 34 25 Ht11 Curtis, Craven, Lovell, E.Price 83.4 5 1 39 26 Ht12 Clarke, Wilks, King, Shead 81.2 3 3 42 29 Ht13 Green, E.Price, Curtis, N.Price 82.4 4 2 46 31 Ht14 Watson, Biggs, Byford, Lovell (exc) 79.4 4 2 50 33

Saturday 30th April 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 51 Wembley Lions 32 (National League Division One)

Bradford Ron Clarke 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 Jack Biggs 3 3 3 2 11 Oliver Hart 3 3 3 3 12 Eddie Rigg E 2’ 2’ 2’ 6 3 Ernie Price 2 3 3 2 10 Stringer 0 0 Bob Lovell 0 0 3 3 Norman Price 0 0 0 0 0

Wembley Bill Kitchen 1 1 2 3 7 Freddy Williams 0 F 1’ 1 2 1 Split Waterman F 2 2 1 5 Bob Wells 2 1’ 1’ 0 4 2 Tommy Price 1 1 1 1 4 Bill Gilbert 3 0 0 3 6 Bruce Abernethy 2 1 3 George Saunders 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Biggs, Clarke, Kitchen, Williams 68.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Hart, Wells, Waterman (f), Rigg (ef) 71.4 3 2 8 3 Ht3 Gilbert, E.Price, T.Price, N.Price 68.8 2 4 10 7 Ht4 Clarke, Abernethy, Wells, Lovell 69.8 3 3 13 10 Ht5 Hart, Rigg, Kitchen, Williams (f) 69.0 5 1 18 11 Ht6 E.Price, Waterman, Wells, Stringer 68.6 3 3 21 14 Ht7 Biggs, Clarke, T.Price, Gilbert 69.4 5 1 26 15 Ht8 Hart, Waterman, Saunders, N.Price 69.4 3 3 29 18 Ht9 E.Price, Kitchen, Williams, Lovell 69.2 3 3 32 21 Ht10 Biggs, Clarke, Waterman, Wells 69.4 5 1 37 22 Ht11 Hart, Rigg, T.Price, Gilbert 70.0 5 1 42 23 Ht12 Kitchen, E.Price, Abernethy, N.Price 69.8 2 4 44 27 Ht13 Lovell, Rigg, T.Price, Saunders 71.4 5 1 49 28 Ht14 Gilbert, Biggs, Williams, N.Price 69.6 2 4 51 32

Junior League Bradford 8 Wembley 4 Bradford Jock Shead 3 3 6 Dyson Harper 1 1 2 Wembley Buster Brown 2 2 4 Den Cosby 0 0 0 Ht1 Shead, Brown, Harper, Cosby 74.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Shead, Brown, Harper, Cosby 72.2 4 2 8 4

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 T.Price, Gilbert, Kitchen, Stringer 70.2 Ht2 Clarke, Harper, Wells, Abernethy 70.0 Ht3 Bigs, Saunders, E.Price, Lovell 70.0 Ht4 Hart, Williams, Rigg, N.Price 69.0 Final Biggs, Hart, Clarke, T.Price 69.4

Saturday 7th May 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 55 West Ham Hammers 29 (National League Division One)

Bradford Ron Clarke 2’ 3 2’ 2 9 2 Jack Biggs 3 3 0 2 8 Oliver Hart 3 3 3 2 11 Eddie Rigg 1 2’ 3 3 9 1 Ernie Price 2’ 1 2 1 6 1 Joe Abbott 3 3 1’ 1’ 8 2 Bob Lovell 1 1 Norman Price 0 3 3

West Ham Wally Green 0 0 0 2 2 Aub Lawson 1 1 3 3 8 Malcolm Craven 2 0 1’ 1 4 1 Cliff Watson 0 2 2 3 7 George Wilks 0 1 0 1 Fred Curtis 0 0 0 Frank Bettis 0 0 0 Howdy Byford 1 2 1 4

Ht1 Biggs, Clarke, Lawson, Green 66.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Hart, Craven, Rigg, Watson 68.0 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Abbott, E.Price, Byford, Wilks 69.6 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Clarke, Watson, Lovell, Bettis 70.0 4 2 18 6 Ht5 Hart, Rigg, Lawson, Green 69.0 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Abbott, Watson, E.Price, Craven 68.6 4 2 27 9 Ht7 Biggs, Clarke, Wilks, Curtis 69.0 5 1 32 10 Ht8 Hart, Byford, Craven, N.Price 68.6 3 3 35 13 Ht9 Lawson, E.Price, Abbott, Green 67.8 3 3 38 16 Ht10 Watson, Clarke, Craven, Biggs 70.6 2 4 40 20 Ht11 Rigg, Hart, Byford, Wilks 68.0 5 1 45 21 Ht12 N.Price, Green, E.Price, Bettis 69.0 4 2 49 23 Ht13 Rigg, Wilks, Byford, Lovell 68.0 3 3 52 26 Ht14 Lawson, Biggs, Abbott, Curtis 67.4 3 3 55 29

Junior League Bradford 5 West Ham 6 Bradford Dyson Harper E 3 3 Ron Peace 2 0 2 West Ham Reg Fearman X 1’ 1 1 Trevor Davies 3 2 5 Ht1 Davies, Peace, Harper (ef), Fearman (exc) 76.4 2 3 2 3 Ht2 Harper, Davies, Fearman, Peace 74.6 3 3 5 6

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Hart, Byford, Craven, G.Stringer 69.0 Ht2 Clarke, Wilks, Curtis, Harper 69.4 Ht3 Rigg, Watson, Lovell, Rigg (ns) 69.2 Ht4 Green, E.Price, N.Price (f), Bettis (ld) 70.0 Final Clarke, Rigg, Green, Hart (f) 70.2

Monday 9th May 1949 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 31 Bradford Boomerangs 53 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon Alec Statham 1 3 1 1 6 Bill Pitcher 0 0 0 1 1 Mike Erskine 2’ 2 1 0 5 1 Cyril Brine 3 0 1 3 7 Norman Parker 3 2 3 3 11 Dick Harris 1 F 0 0 1 Les Wotton 0 0 0 George Butler F F 0

Bradford Ron Clarke 2’ 1 2 2 7 1 Jack Biggs 3 3 1’ 2’ 9 2 Oliver Hart 0 1 3 3 7 Eddie Rigg 1 2 3 2’ 8 1 Ernie Price 2 2’ 2’ 2 8 2 Joe Abbott F 3 3 3 9 Norman Price 1’ 1’ 2 2 Bob Lovell 2 1’ 3 1

Ht1 Biggs, Clarke, Statham, Pitcher 70.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Brine, Erskine, Rigg, Hart 71.9 5 1 6 6 Ht3 Parker, E.Price, Harris, Abbott (f) 70.0 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Statham, Rigg, N.Price, Wotton 72.4 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Biggs, Erskine, Clarke, Brine 70.4 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Rigg, Parker, Hart, Harris (f) 70.4 2 4 17 19 Ht7 Abbott, E.Price, Statham, Pitcher 72.4 1 5 18 24 Ht8 Hart, Lovell, Erskine, Butler (f) 73.0 1 5 19 29 Ht9 Parker, Clarke, Biggs, Harris 71.6 3 3 22 32 Ht10 Hart, Rigg, Statham, Pitcher 71.6 1 5 23 37 Ht11 Abbott, E.Price, Brine, Erskine 71.8 1 5 24 42 Ht12 Parker, Clarke, N.Price, Butler (f) 71.6 3 3 27 45 Ht13 Brine, E.Price, Lovell, Wotton 72.2 3 3 30 48 Ht14 Abbott, Biggs, Pitcher, Harris 73.2 1 5 31 53

Friday 13th May 1949 Harringay Stadium, London Harringay Racers 42 Bradford Boomerangs 41 (National League Division One)

Harringay Geoff Pymar 1 2 1 F 4 Vic Duggan 3 3 2 3 11 Lloyd Goffe 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Danny Dunton 1 1 3 3 8 Nobby Stock 1 2 1 0 4 Ray Duggan 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Grant 1’ 1 0 2 1 Sid Clark 1 1 2

Bradford Ron Clarke 0 0 2’ 2’ 4 2 Jack Biggs 2 2 3 2 9 Oliver Hart 2 1 2 1 6 Eddie Rigg 0 3 3 3 9 Ernie Price 2’ F F 2 4 1 Joe Abbott 3 2 F 1’ 6 1 Bob Lovell 0 3 3 Norman Price 0 0 0

Ht1 V.Duggan, Biggs, Pymar, Clarke 72.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Goffe, Hart, Dunton, Rigg 73.0 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Abbott, E.Price, Stock, R.Duggan 73.6 1 5 9 9 Ht4 Rigg, Pymar, Grant, Lovell 73.4 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Goffe, Biggs, Dunton, Clarke 73.2 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Rigg, Stock, Hart, R.Duggan 73.4 2 4 18 18 Ht7 V.Duggan, Abbott, Pymar, E.Price (f) 73.2 4 2 22 20 Ht8 Goffe, Hart, Clark, N.Price 74.2 4 2 26 22 Ht9 Biggs, Clarke, Stock, R.Duggan 74.0 1 5 27 27 Ht10 Rigg, V.Duggan, Hart, Pymar (f) 73.8 2 4 29 31 Ht11 Dunton, Goffe, E.Price (f), Abbott (f) 74.8 5 0 34 31 Ht12 Lovell, Clarke, Clark, Stock 75.2 1 5 35 36 Ht13 Dunton, E.Price, Grant, N.Price 74.6 4 2 39 38 Ht14 V.Duggan, Biggs, Abbott, Grant 73.0 3 3 42 41

Saturday 14th May 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 57 Harringay Racers 27 (National League Division One)

Bradford Ron Clarke 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 3 Jack Biggs 2 3 3 2 11 Oliver Hart 3 2 3 3 11 Eddie Rigg 2’ 1’ 2’ 3 8 3 Ernie Price F 1’ 1’ 3 5 2 Joe Abbott 3 2 2 1’ 8 1 Bob Lovell 3 2’ 5 1 Norman Price 1 2’ 3 1

Harringay Geoff Pymar 0 0 0 1 1 Vic Duggan 3 3 3 3 12 Danny Dunton 0 0 2 1 3 Lloyd Goffe 1 1 3 0 5 Nobby Stock 2 E 1 1 4 Jimmy Grant 1’ 1 0 0 2 1 Sid Clark 0 0 0 Joe Bowkis 0 0 0

Ht1 V.Duggan, Biggs, Clarke, Pymar 67.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Hart, Rigg, Goffe, Dunton 68.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Abbott, Stock, Grant, E.Price (f) 70.8 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Lovell, Clarke, Goffe, Clark 71.0 5 1 16 8 Ht5 V.Duggan, Hart, Rigg, Pymar 67.8 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Goffe, Abbott, E.Price, Dunton 69.4 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Biggs, Clarke, Grant, Stock (ef) 69.0 5 1 27 15 Ht8 Hart, Dunton, N.Price, Bowkis 69.0 4 2 31 17 Ht9 V.Duggan, Abbott, E.Price, Pymar 68.8 3 3 34 20 Ht10 Biggs, Clarke, Dunton, Goffe 69.8 5 1 39 21 Ht11 Hart, Rigg, Stock, Grant 69.4 5 1 44 22 Ht12 E.Price, N.Price, Pymar, Clark 70.2 5 1 49 23 Ht13 Rigg, Lovell, Stock, Bowkis 71.0 5 1 54 24 Ht14 V.Duggan, Biggs, Abbott, Grant 68.8 3 3 57 27

Junior League Bradford 2 Harringay 10 Bradford Dyson Harper 1 0 1 Ron Peace 0 1 1 Harringay Joe Bowkis 3 2’ 5 1 Arthur Bush 2’ 3 5 1 Ht1 Bowkis, Bush, Harper, Peace 72.8 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Bush, Bowkis, Peace, Harper 72.8 1 5 2 10

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Hart, V.Duggan, Goffe, Dunton 68.8 Ht2 Rigg, Stock, G.Stringer, Pymar (ef) 69.6 Ht3 Lovell, Clarke, Grant, Harper 70.2 Ht4 Biggs, E.Price, N.Price, Clark 69.4 Final Rigg, Biggs, Hart, Lovell 69.4

Thursday 19th May 1949 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 54 Bradford Boomerangs 30

Wembley Bill Kitchen 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Freddy Williams 1 3 0 2’ 6 1 Split Waterman 3 2 3 3 11 Bob Wells F 0 2’ 3 5 1 Tommy Price 3 3 2 X 8 Bill Gilbert 2’ 2’ 1’ 3 8 3 Alf Bottoms 1 1 2 Bruce Abernethy 2’ 1 3 1

Bradford Ron Clarke 0 1 0 3 4 Jack Biggs 2 3 3 1 9 Oliver Hart 2 0 1 1’ 4 1 Eddie Rigg 1’ 2 1 2 6 1 Ernie Price 1 1 1 2 5 Joe Abbott 0 0 0 Bob Lovell F 2’ 0 2 1 Norman Price 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Kitchen, Biggs, Williams, Clarke 78.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Waterman, Hart, Rigg, Wells (f) 78.2 3 3 7 5 Ht3 T.Price, Gilbert, E.Price, Abbott 76.8 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Kitchen, Rigg, Bottoms, Lovell (f) 78.0 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Biggs, Waterman, Clarke, Wells 77.0 2 4 18 12 Ht6 T.Price, Gilbert, Rigg, Hart 77.0 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Williams, Kitchen, E.Price, Abbott 77.4 5 1 28 14 Ht8 Waterman, Abernethy, Hart, N.Price 78.2 5 1 33 15 Ht9 Biggs, T.Price, Gilbert, Clarke 76.6 3 3 36 18 Ht10 Kitchen, Rigg, Hart, Williams 77.2 3 3 39 21 Ht11 Waterman, Wells, E.Price, N.Price 78.2 5 1 44 22 Ht12 Clarke, Lovell, Abernethy, T.Price (exc) 80.6 1 5 45 27 Ht13 Wells, E.Price, Bottoms, N.Price 77.8 4 2 49 29 Ht14 Gilbert, Williams, Biggs, Lovell 75.4 5 1 54 30

Friday 20th May 1949 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath Cradley Heath Cubs 35 Bradford Boomerangs 49 (Challenge)

Cradley Heath Eric Williams 1 F 0 3 4 Alan Hunt 3 2 2’ 2’ 9 2 Jack Arnfield 0 1 3 1 5 Roy Moreton 2 0 F 1’ 3 1 Geoff Godwin F 0 0 1 1 Gil Craven 1 3 2 3 9 Bill Clifton 2 2 4 Phil Malpass 0 0 0

Bradford Ron Clarke 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 Jack Biggs 0 2’ 1 1 4 1 Oliver Hart 1 2 0 3 Eddie Rigg 3 3 1’ 1 8 1 Ernie Price 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Joe Abbott 3 1 2’ 6 1 Bob Lovell 1 1’ 3 5 1 Norman Price 2 0 2

Ht1 Hunt, Clarke, Williams, Biggs 73.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Rigg, Moreton, Hart, Arnfield 78.4 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Abbott, E.Price, Craven, Godwin (f) 78.6 1 5 7 11 Ht4 Rigg, Clifton, Lovell, Williams (f) 78.6 2 4 9 15 Ht5 Clarke, Biggs, Arnfield, Moreton 77.6 1 5 10 20 Ht6 Craven, Hart, Rigg, Godwin 78.0 3 3 13 23 Ht7 E.Price, Hunt, Abbott, Williams 76.0 2 4 15 27 Ht8 Arnfield, N.Price, Lovell, Malpass 79.8 3 3 18 30 Ht9 Clarke, Craven, Biggs, Godwin 77.0 2 4 20 34 Ht10 Williams, Hunt, Rigg, Hart 77.6 5 1 25 35 Ht11 E.Price, Abbott, Arnfield, Moreton (f) 78.0 1 5 26 40 Ht12 Lovell, Clarke, Godwin, Malpass 80.0 1 5 27 45 Ht13 E.Price, Clifton, Moreton, N.Price 78.6 3 3 30 48 Ht14 Craven, Hunt, Biggs, Lovell 78.6 5 1 35 49

Saturday 21st May 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 48 Belle Vue Aces 36 (National League Division One)

Bradford Ron Clarke 0 2 1 0 3 Jack Biggs 3 3 3 3 12 Ernie Price 3 3 3 1 10 Joe Abbott 2’ 1 3 3 9 1 Oliver Hart 3 2 3 3 11 Eddie Rigg 0 1’ 1 0 2 1 Bob Lovell 1’ 0 1 1 Norman Price 0 0 0

Belle Vue Ron Mason 2 0 0 1’ 3 1 Jack Parker 1’ 2 2 2 7 1 Dent Oliver 0 3 2 2 7 Charles Cullum 1 0 0 1 Bob Harrison 2 0 0 2 4 Louis Lawson 1’ 2 2 1’ 6 2 Jack Chignell 3 1’ 2 6 1 Ken Sharples 1’ 1’ 2 2

Ht1 Biggs, Mason, Parker, Clarke 67.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 E.Price, Abbott, Cullum, Oliver 67.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Hart, Harrison, Lawson, Rigg 68.6 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Chignell, Clarke, Lovell, Cullum 68.6 3 3 14 10 Ht5 E.Price, Parker, Abbott, Mason 67.8 4 2 18 12 Ht6 Oliver, Hart, Rigg, Cullum 67.6 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Biggs, Lawson, Clarke, Harrison 69.2 4 2 25 17 Ht8 E.Price, Oliver, Sharples, N.Price 68.0 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Hart, Parker, Rigg, Mason 68.2 4 2 32 22 Ht10 Biggs, Oliver, Chignell, Clarke 68.8 3 3 35 25 Ht11 Abbott, Lawson, E.Price, Harrison 68.4 4 2 39 27 Ht12 Hart, Chignell, Mason, N.Price 68.6 3 3 42 30 Ht13 Abbott, Harrison, Sharples, Lovell 69.6 3 3 45 33 Ht14 Biggs, Parker, Lawson, Rigg 68.8 3 3 48 36

Junior League Bradford 7 Belle Vue 5 Bradford Dyson Harper 1 1’ 2 1 Ron Peace 3 2 5 Belle Vue George Smith 2 0 2 Jimmy Clay F 3 3 Ht1 Peace, Smith, Harper, Caly (f) 73.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Clay, Peace, Harper, Smith 73.2 3 3 7 5

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Hart, Cullum, Peace, Clarke (ef) 69.2 Ht2 Biggs, Lawson, Mason, Harper 69.0 Ht3 E.Price, Chignell, Rigg, Harrison (ef) 70.4 Ht4 Parker, Oliver, Sharples, Lovell 68.0 Final Parker, Hart, E.Price, Biggs 67.0

Saturday 28th May 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 55 Wimbledon Dons 29 (National League Division One)

Bradford Ron Clarke E 3 1 2’ 6 1 Jack Biggs 3 3 3 3 12 Ernie Price 3 1 3 3 10 Joe Abbott 1 3 2’ 3 9 1 Oliver Hart 3 3 3 3 12 Eddie Rigg 1 0 F 1 Bob Lovell 2’ 1 3 1 Norman Price 1 1 0 2

Wimbledon Norman Parker 2 2 1’ 2 7 1 Jimmy Gibb 1’ 0 2 2 5 1 Alec Statham 2 2 2 1 7 Bill Pitcher 0 1 0 1 Mike Erskine 2 2 1 2 7 Cyril Brine 0 0 0 1’ 1 1 Bill Rogers 0 0 0 Dick Harris 1’ F 0 1 1

Ht1 Biggs, Parker, Gibb, Clarke (ef) 67.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 E.Price, Statham, Abbott, Pitcher 68.2 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Hart, Erskine, Rigg, Brine 68.6 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Lovell, Clarke, Pitcher, Rogers 68.4 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Abbott, Parker, E.Price, Gibb 68.4 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Hart, Statham, Harris, Rigg 68.4 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Biggs, Erskine, Clarke, Brine 69.0 4 2 27 15 Ht8 E.Price, Statham, N.Price, Harris (f) 68.6 4 2 31 17 Ht9 Hart, Gibb, Parker, Rigg (f) 68.0 3 3 34 20 Ht10 Biggs, Clarke, Statham, Pitcher 69.0 5 1 39 21 Ht11 E.Price, Abbott, Erskine, Brine 70.0 5 1 44 22 Ht12 Hart, Parker, N.Price, Rogers 68.2 4 2 48 24 Ht13 Abbott, Erskine, Lovell, Harris 69.0 4 2 52 26 Ht14 Biggs, Gibb, Brine, N.Price 69.0 3 3 55 29

Junior League Bradford 3 Wimbledon 9 Bradfrod Dyson Harper 2 0 2 Ron Peace 0 1 1 Wimbledon Reg Trott 3 2’ 5 1 George Butler 1 3 4 Ht1 Trott, Harper, Butler, Peace 73.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Butler, Trott, Peace, Harper 75.0 1 5 3 9

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Hart, Erskine, Lovell, Statham (f) 69.0 Ht2 Gibb, Clarke, Peace, G.Stringer 69.4 Ht3 Brine, Biggs, Parker, Harper 69.6 Ht4 E.Price, Harris, N.Price, Pitcher 69.0 Final Hart, E.Price, Gibb, Brine 68.4

Saturday 4th June 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 42 New Cross Rangers 41 (National League Division One)

Bradford Ron Clarke 2 3 0 2’ 7 1 Jack Biggs F 3 3 3 9 Ernie Price 3 0 2 2’ 7 1 Joe Abbott 1 3 3 3 10 Oliver Hart 2 2 E 3 7 Bob Lovell E E 2 X 2 Norman Price 0 0 0 Dyson Harper 0 0 0

New Cross Eric French 1 1’ 3 1’ 6 2 Ron Johnson 3 2 1 2 8 Bill Longley 2 3 3 1 9 Ray Moore 0 2 1 0 3 Jeff Lloyd 1 1’ 0 1’ 3 2 Cyril Roger 3 2 1 F 6 Bert Roger 1’ 2 3 1 Frank Lawrence 1 2 3

Ht1 Johnson, Clarke, French, Biggs (f) 71.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 E.Price, Longley, Abbott, Moore 71.6 4 2 6 6 Ht3 C.Roger, Hart, Lloyd, Lovell (ef) 71.8 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Clarke, Moore, B.Roger, N.Price 70.8 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Abbott, Johnson, French, E.Price 70.4 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Longley, Hart, Moore, Lovell (ef) 70.4 2 4 16 20 Ht7 Biggs, C.Roger, Lloyd, Clarke 70.8 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Longley, E.Price, Lawrence, Harper 70.4 2 4 21 27 Ht9 French, Lovell, Johnson, Hart (ef) 74.2 2 4 23 31 Ht10 Biggs, Clarke, Longley, Moore 70.0 5 1 28 32 Ht11 Abbott, E.Price, C.Roger, Lloyd 70.2 5 1 33 33 Ht12 Hart, B.Roger, French, Harper 70.4 3 3 36 36 Ht13 Abbott, Lawrence, Lloyd, N.Price 70.8 3 3 39 39 Ht14 Biggs, Johnson, C.Roger (f), Lovell (exc) 70.2 3 2 42 41

Junior League Bradford 4 New Cross 8 Bradford Ron Peace 0 3 3 Keith Thompson 1 0 1 New Cross Don Gray 3 1’ 4 1 Ray Ellis 2’ 2 4 Ht1 Gray, Ellis, Thompson, Peace 76.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Peace, Ellis, Gray, Thompson 74.0 3 3 4 8

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Clarke, French, Lovell, Moore 70.8 Ht2 Hart, Longley, Johnson, Abbott 70.0 Ht3 E.Price, Lawrence, Lloyd, Harper 71.4 Ht4 Biggs, C.Roger, B.Roger, N.Price 70.4 Final Clarke, Biggs, E.Price, Hart 69.6

Monday 6th June 1949 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 55 Bradford Boomerangs 28 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Ron Mason 2’ 3 2’ 1 8 2 Jack Parker 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Dent Oliver 3 3 2’ 2 10 1 Ken Sharples 0 0 1’ 2 3 1 Charles Cullum 0 0 Louis Lawson 3 3 3 3 12 Jack Chignell 2’ F 1 1’ 4 2 George Smith 2’ 3 3 8 1

Bradford Ron Clarke 1 1’ 2 2 6 1 Jack Biggs 0 2 F 2 Ernie Price 1’ 0 1 0 2 1 Joe Abbott 2 F 1 2 5 Oliver Hart 3 1 3 3 10 Bob Lovell 1 0 0 0 1 Norman Price 1 0 1 2 Dyson Harper 0 F 0

Ht1 Parker, Mason, Clarke, Biggs 73.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Oliver, Abbott, E.Price, Sharples 75.4 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Hart, Lawson, Lovell, Cullum 75.4 2 4 10 8 Ht4 Mason, Chignell, N.Price, Abbott (f) 77.6 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Oliver, Biggs, Clarke, Sharples 75.8 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Lawson, Smith, Abbott, E.Price 75.8 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Parker, Mason, Hart, Lovell 76.4 5 1 28 14 Ht8 Smith, Oliver, E.Price, Harper 76.2 5 1 33 15 Ht9 Lawson, Clarke, Chignell (f), Biggs (f) 77.0 3 2 36 17 Ht10 Parker, Abbott, Mason, E.Price 77.0 4 2 40 19 Ht11 Hart, Oliver, Sharples, Lovell 75.2 3 3 43 22 Ht12 Smith, Clarke, Chignell, N.Price 77.0 4 2 47 24 Ht13 Hart, Sharples, Chignell, Harper (f) 77.0 3 3 50 27 Ht14 Lawson, Parker, N.Price, Lovell 77.6 5 1 55 28

Monday 6th June 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 34 Belle Vue Aces 50 (National League Division One)

Bradford Ron Clarke 1 3 3 2 9 Ron Peace 0 1’ 1 1 Ernie Price 2 1’ 2 1’ 6 2 Joe Abbott 0 2 2 3 7 Oliver Hart E 2 3 3 8 Bob Lovell 1 0 0 2 3 Norman Price 0 0 0 0 0 Dyson Harper E 0 0

Belle Vue Ron Mason 2’ 0 1’ 2 5 2 Jack Parker 3 3 2 E 8 Dent Oliver 3 3 3 3 12 Ken Sharples 1 2 1 1 5 Charles Cullum 2’ 2 1 Louis Lawson 3 2 3 3 11 Jack Chignell 1’ 1’ 1’ 1’ 4 4 George Smith 1 E 2 3

Ht1 Parker, Mason, Clarke, Peace 68.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Oliver, E.Price, Sharples, Abbott 68.8 2 4 3 9 Ht3 Lawson, Cullum, Lovell, Hart (ef) 69.4 1 5 4 14 Ht4 Clarke, Sharples, Chignell, N.Price 70.0 3 3 7 17 Ht5 Parker, Abbott, E.Price, Mason 68.6 3 3 10 20 Ht6 Oliver, Hart, Sharples, Lovell 68.6 2 4 12 24 Ht7 Clarke, Lawson, Chignell, N.Price 68.6 3 3 15 27 Ht8 Oliver, E.Price, Smith, Harper (ef) 69.0 2 4 17 31 Ht9 Hart, Parker, Mason, Lovell 67.6 3 3 20 34 Ht10 Oliver, Clarke, Sharples, N.Price 69.2 2 4 22 38 Ht11 Lawson, Abbott, E.Price, Smith (ef) 68.6 3 3 25 41 Ht12 Hart, Mason, Chignell, Harper 68.8 3 3 28 44 Ht13 Abbott, Smith, Chignell, N.Price 70.0 3 3 31 47 Ht14 Lawson, Lovell, Peace, Parker (ef) 70.6 3 3 34 50

Reserves’ Race Smith, Chignell, N.Price, Harper 70.6

Whitsun Scratch Race Ht1 Hart, Mason, G.Stringer, Thompson 69.0 Ht2 Oliver, Chignell, Lovell, Peace 69.6 Ht3 Clarke, Sharples, Harper, 3 only 70.4 Ht4 Lawson, Parker, N.Price, E.Price (ef) 70.6 Final Oliver, Lawson, Clarke, Hart 69.6

Friday 10th June 1949 Harringay Stadium, London Harringay Racers 51 Bradford Boomerangs 33 (National League Division One)

Harringay Nobby Stock F 3 1 0 4 Vic Duggan 3 3 3 3 12 Geoff Pymar F 1 3 3 7 Danny Dunton 1 0 2’ 3 1 Ray Duggan 2’ 0 1 3 6 1 Lloyd Goffe 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Jimmy Grant 2’ 1 3 6 1 Joe Bowkis 1 1

Bradford Ron Clarke 1’ 2’ 0 2 5 2 Jack Biggs 2 3 2 1 8 Ernie Price 3 1’ 2 1’ 7 2 Joe Abbott 2’ 0 2 2 6 1 Oliver Hart F 2 2 0 4 Bob Lovell 1 0 0 0 1 Norman Price 1 0 1 Dyson Harper 0 1 1

Ht1 V.Duggan, Biggs, Clarke, Stock (f) 69.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 E.Price, Abbott, Dunton, Pymar (f) 74.8 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Goffe, R.Duggan, Lovell, Hart (f) 72.2 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Stock, Grant, N.Price, Abbott 75.4 5 1 14 10 Ht5 Biggs, Clarke, Pymar, Dunton 73.8 1 5 15 15 Ht6 Goffe, Abbott, E.Price, R.Duggan 73.6 3 3 18 18 Ht7 V.Duggan, Hart, Stock, Lovell 71.6 4 2 22 20 Ht8 Pymar, E.Price, Bowkis, Harper 73.6 4 2 26 22 Ht9 Goffe, Biggs, R.Duggan, Clarke 72.4 4 2 30 24 Ht10 V.Duggan, Abbott, E.Price, Stock 72.2 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Pymar, Hart, Grant, Lovell 73.8 4 2 37 29 Ht12 R.Duggan, Clarke, Bowkis, N.Price 74.4 4 2 41 31 Ht13 Grant, Dunton, Harper, Hart 75.0 5 1 46 32 Ht14 V.Duggan, Goffe, Biggs, Lovell 72.6 5 1 51 33

Junior League Haringay 10 Bradford 2 Harringay Syd Clark 2’ 3 5 1 Arthur Bush 3 2’ 5 1 Bradford Ron Peace 0 0 0 Keith Thompson 1 1 2 Ht1 Bush, Clark, Thompson, Peace 79.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Clark, Bush, Thompson, Peace 76.4 5 1 10 2

Saturday 11th June 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 42 Birmingham Brummies 42 (National League Division One)

Bradford Ron Clarke 2 2’ 1 1’ 6 2 Jack Biggs 0 3 2 2 7 Bob Lovell 0 0 0 1 1 Joes Abbott 1 2 3 2 8 Oliver Hart 2’ 1’ 2 3 8 2 Ernie Price 3 2 1’ 1’ 7 2 Norman Price 3 2 0 5 Dyson Harper 0

Birmingham Arthur Payne 1 1 0 2 3 Wilbur Lamoreaux 3 3 3 3 12 Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 12 Geoff Bennett 2’ 0 0 0 2 1 Doug McLachlan 1 2 2 3 8 Dick Tolley 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Wilson 1 1’ 2 1 Buck Whitby 1 1 2

Ht1 Lamoreaux, Clarke, Payne, Biggs 66.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Warren, Bennett, Abbott, Lovell 67.6 1 5 3 9 Ht3 E.Price, Hart, McLachlan, Tolley 68.4 5 1 8 10 Ht4 N.Price, Clarke, Wilson, Bennett 70.8 5 1 13 11 Ht5 Lamoreaux, Abbott, Payne, Lovell 68.6 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Warren, E.Price, Hart, Bennett 67.2 3 3 18 18 HT7 Biggs, McLachlan, Clarke, Tolley 68.2 4 2 22 20 Ht8 Warren, N.Price, Whitby, Lovell 67.6 2 4 24 24 Ht9 Lamoreaux, Hart, E.Price, Payne 67.2 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Warren, Biggs, Clarke, Bennett 66.6 3 3 30 30 Ht11 Abbott, McLachlan, Lovell, Tolley 69.2 4 2 34 32 Ht12 Hart, Payne, Wilson, Harper 68.4 3 3 37 35 Ht13 McLachlan, Abbott, Whitby, N.Price 69.4 2 4 39 39 Ht 14 Lamoreaux, Biggs, E.Price, Tolley 67.2 3 3 42 42

Junior League Bradford 8 Birmingham 4 Bradford Ron Peace 3 3 6 Keith Thompson 0 2’ 2 1 Birmingham Bill Humphries 1’ N 1 1 Fred Perkins 2 1 3 Ht1 Peace, Perkins, Humphries, Thompson 74.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Oeace, Thompson, Perkins, Humphries (ns) 74.0 5 1 8 4

Scratch Race Ht1 Abbott, Clarke, Bennett, Payne 70.4 Ht2 Lamoreaux, E.Price, Wilson, Lovell 68.4 Ht3 Warren, Tolley, Harper, E.Mason 66.4 Ht4 McLachlan, N.Price, Whitby, Hart 69.4 Final Warren, Lamoreaux, McLachlan, Abbott 67.2

Monday 13th June 1949 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 48 Bradford Boomerangs 36 (National League Division One)

Birmingham Arthur Payne 0 2 1 1 4 Wilbur Lamoreaux 3 3 3 3 12

Geoff Bennett 3 2 3 3 11 Doug McLachlan X 3 2 3 8 Brian Wilson 2 1 0 0 3 Buck Whitby 1’ 3 1 2’ 7 2 Dick Tolley 1 0 1 0 2

Bradford Ron Clarke 2 3 3 2 10 Jack Biggs 1’ 1 1 1’ 4 2 Bob Lovell 2 0 2 0 4 Joe Abbott 0 3 2 2 7 Oliver Hart 1 0 E 1 Ernie Price 3 2 2 2 9 Norman Price 0 0 1 1 Dyson Harper 0 0 0

Ht1 Lamoreaux, Clarke, Biggs, Payne 73.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Bennett, Lovell, Tolley, Abbott 74.6 4 2 7 5 Ht3 E.Price, Wilson, Hart, McLachlan (exc) 75.0 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Abbott, Payne, Whitby, N.Price 75.4 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Clarke, Bennett, Biggs, Tolley 73.8 2 4 14 16 Ht6 McLachlan, Abbott, Wilson, Lovell 74.8 4 2 18 18 Ht7 Lamoreaux, E.Price, Payne, Hart 74.0 4 2 22 20 HT8 Whitby, Lovell, Tolley, Harper 77.0 4 2 26 22 Ht9 Clarke, McLachlan, Biggs, Wilson 74.2 2 4 28 26 Ht10 Lamoreaux, Abbott, Payne, Lovell 74.6 4 2 32 28 Ht11 Bennett, E.Price, Whitby, Hart (ef) 74.6 4 2 36 30 Ht12 McLachlan, Clarke, Tolley, N.Price 74.6 4 2 40 32 Ht13 Bennett, Whitby, N.Price, Harper 76.0 5 1 45 33 Ht14 Lamoreax, E.Price, Biggs, Wilson 74.6 3 3 48 36

Friday 17th June 1949 New Cross Stadium, London New Cross Rangers 64 Bradford Boomerangs 20 (National League Division One)

New Cross Ron Johnson 3 3 3 3 12 Eric French 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Bill Longley 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2 Ray Moore 3 3 2’ 2 10 1 Jeff Lloyd 0 2’ 3 1 6 1 Cyril Roger 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 Bert Roger 1 1’ 2 1 Frank Lawrence 2’ 3 5 1

Bradford Ron Clarke 1 1 1 2 5 Jack Biggs 0 0 0 0 Bob Lovell 1 0 1 0 2 Joe Abbott F 1 1 Oliver Hart 1’ 1 1 3 6 Ernie Price 2 0 0 1 3 Norman Price 2 1 0 0 3 Dyson Harper 0 F 0 0

Ht1 Johnson, French, Clarke, Biggs 60.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Moore, Longley, Lovell, Abbott (f) 62.2 5 1 10 2 Ht3 C,Roger, E.Price, Hart, Lloyd 60.6 3 3 13 5 Ht4 Johnson, N.Price, B.Roger, Harper 61.4 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Moore, Longley, Clarke, Biggs 60.4 5 1 22 8 Ht6 C.Roger, Lloyd, Abbott, Lovell 60.2 5 1 27 9 Ht7 Johnson, French, Hart, E.Price 60.4 5 1 32 10 Ht8 Longley, Lawrence, Lovell, Harper (f) 60.8 5 1 37 11 Ht9 Lloyd, C.Roger, Clarke, Biggs 61.0 5 1 42 12 Ht10 Johnson, French, N.Price, Lovell 60.4 5 1 47 13 Ht11 Longley, Moore, Hart, E.Price 60.8 5 1 52 14 Ht12 Lawrence, Clarke, Lloyd, N.Price 61.2 4 2 56 16 Ht13 Hart, Moore, B.Roger, Harper 61.8 3 3 59 19 Ht14 French, C.Roger, E.Price, N.Price 61.4 5 1 64 20

Saturday 18th June 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Ron Clarke’s Team 39 Oliver Hart’s Team 45 (Challenge)

Ron Clarke’s Team Ron Clarke 3 3 3 3 12 Malcolm Craven 2’ 2’ 1 0 5 2 Joe Abbott 3 0 3 3 9 Norman Price 0 1 0 2 3 Tommy Price 2 1 0 2 5 Bruce Abernethy 0 0 1 2 3 Dyson Harper 1 1’ 2 1 Keith Thompson 0 0 0

Oliver Hart’s Team Oliver Hart X 3 3 3 9 Danny Dunton 1 2’ 2’ 3 8 2 Ernie Price 2 2’ 2 2 8 1 Howdy Byford 1’ 2 3 0 6 1 Wilbur Lamoreaux 3 1 2 3 9 Bob Lovell 1 0 1’ 1 3 1 Ron Peace 0 1’ 1 0 2 1 No No.8

Ht1 Clarke, Craven, Dunton, Hart (fexc) 69.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Abbott, E.Price, Byford, N.Price 69.6 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Lamoreaux, T.Price, Lovell, Abernethy 69.4 2 4 10 8 Ht4 Clarke, Byford, Harper, Peace 69.2 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Hart, Dunton, N.Price, Abbott 68.8 1 5 15 15 Ht6 Byford, E.Price, T.Price, Abernethy 69.6 1 5 16 20 Ht7 Clarke, Craven, Lamoreaux, Lovell 68.6 5 1 21 21 Ht8 Abbott, E.Price, Peace, Thompson 69.6 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Hart, Dunton, Abernethy, T.Price 70.2 1 5 25 29 Ht10 Clarke, E.Price, Craven, Byford 68.2 4 2 29 31 Ht11 Abbott, Lamoreaux, Lovell, N.Price 70.0 3 3 32 34 Ht12 Hart, T.Price, Peace, Thompson 70.8 2 4 34 38 Ht13 Lamoreaux, N.Price, Harper, Peace 70.0 3 3 37 41 Ht14 Dunton, Abernethy, Lovell, Craven 70.2 2 4 39 45

One Lap Flying Start Ron Clarke 16.8 Joe Abbott 17.0 Wilbur Lmaoreaux, 16.4 Oliver Hart 16.8

Junior Scratch Race Byford, Abernethy, N.Price, Dunton 70.6

Two Laps Rolling Start Joe Abbott 33.8 Oliver Hart f Ernie Price 34.4 Tommy Price ns

Anniversary Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Clarke, Craven, Dunton, T.Price 52.6 Ht2 Abbott, Hart, E.Price, Lovell 52.4 Final Clarke, Abbott, Hart, Craven 51.8

Tuesday 21st June 1949 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 52 Bradford Boomerangs 32 (National League Division One)

West Ham Aub Lawson 0 3 2’ 2’ 7 2 Cliff Watson 3 3 3 3 12 Malcolm Craven 3 3 3 2 11 Howdy Byford 2’ 0 F 2 4 1 George Wilks 1’ 3 1 3 8 1 Wally Green 2 2’ 0 0 4 1 Frank Bettis 2’ 1’ 3 2 Fred Curtis 2’ 1 3 1

Bradford Ron Clarke 1’ 1’ 2’ 2 6 3 Jack Biggs 2 2 3 2 9 Bob Lovell 1 0 1 1 3 Joe Abbott F 0 Oliver Hart 3 1 3 3 10 Ernie Price 0 0 1 1’ 2 1 Norman Price 0 0 0 0 Dyson Harper 1 1 0 0 2

Ht1 Watson, Biggs, Clarke, Lawson 76.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Craven, Byford, Lovell, Abbott (f) 79.6 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Hart, Green, Wilks, E.Price 79.8 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Lawson, Bettis, Harper, N.Price 81.6 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Craven, Biggs, Clarke, Byford 79.8 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Wilks, Green, Harper, Lovell 81.0 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Watson, Lawson, Hart, E.Price 78.6 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Craven, Curtis, Lovell, Harper 80.0 5 1 34 14 Ht9 Biggs, Clarke, Wilks, Green 81.2 1 5 35 19 Ht10 Watson, Lawson, Lovell, N.Price 80.2 5 1 40 20 Ht11 Hart, Craven, E.Price, Byford (f) 80.0 2 4 42 24 Ht12 Wilks, Clarke, Curtis, N.Price 81.6 4 2 46 26 Ht13 Hart, Byford, Bettis, Harper 80.0 3 3 49 29 Ht14 Watson, Biggs, E.Price, Green 81.2 3 3 52 32

Junior League West Ham 7 Bradford 5 West Ham Reg Fearman 3 3 6 Trevor Davies 0 1 1 Bradford Ron Peace 2 2 4 Keith Thompson 1’ 0 1 1 Ht1 Fearman, Peace, Thompson, Davies 85.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Fearman, Peace, Davies, Thompson 84.6 4 2 7 5

Saturday 25th June 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 34 Wembley Lions 50 (National League Division One)

Bradford Ron Clarke 2 3 3 1 9 Jack Biggs F 2’ 3 3 8 1 Bob Lovell 0 0 1 0 1 Ernie Price 2 1 1 2 6 Oliver Hart 3 1 3 3 10 Ron Peace 0 0 0 Norman Price 0 0 0 Dyson Harper F 0 0 0 0

Wembley Bill Gilbert 3 3 2 2 10 Freddie Williams 1 2’ 1’ 1’ 5 3 Split Waterman 3 3 3 2 11 Bruce Abernethy 1 2 2’ 0 5 1 Bill Kitchen 2 0 2’ 3 7 1 Tommy Price 1’ 1 3 2 7 1 Bob Wells 1’ 1’ 2 2 Alf Bottoms 2’ 1 3 1

Ht1 Gilbert, Clarke, Williams, Biggs (f) 66.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Waterman, E.Price, Abernethy, Lovell 68.4 2 4 4 8 Ht3 Hart, Kitchen, T.Price, Peace 66.8 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Clarke, Abernethy, Wells, N.Price 68.0 3 3 10 14 Ht5 Gilbert, Williams, E.Price, Lovell 68.2 1 5 11 19 Ht6 Waterman, Abernethy, Hart Harper (f) 68.4 1 5 12 24 Ht7 Clarke, Biggs, T.Price, Kitchen 69.2 5 1 17 25 Ht8 Waterman, Bottoms, Lovell, Harper 69.6 1 5 18 30 Ht9 Hart, Gilbert, Williams, Peace 68.2 3 3 21 33 Ht10 Biggs, Waterman, Clarke, Abernethy 67.8 4 2 25 35 Ht11 T.Price, Kitchen, E.Price, Lovell 69.0 1 5 26 40 Ht12 Hart, Gilbert, Wells, Harper 67.8 3 3 29 43 Ht13 Kitchen, E.Price, Bottoms, N.Price 69.4 2 4 31 47 Ht14 Biggs, T.Price, Williams, Harper 68.8 3 3 34 50

Junior League Bradford 5 Wembley 7 Bradford Eric Smith 3 2 5 Keith Thompson 0 0 0 Wembley Buster Brown 1’ 3 4 1 Den Cosby 2 1 3 Ht1 Smith, Cosby, Brown, Thompson 73.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Brown, Smith, Cosby, Thompson 72.2 2 4 5 7

The Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Clarke, Kitchen, Williams, Lovell 68.8 Ht2 Warerman, N.Price, Bottoms, Peace 69.2 Ht3 Biggs, T.Price, Gilbert, Hart (f) 70.4 Ht4 E.Price, Abernethy, Wells, Harper 69.4 Final Biggs, Clarke, Waterman, E.Price 69.4

Monday 27th June 1949 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 50 Bradford Boomerangs 33 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon Norman Parker 3 3 2 2’ 10 1 Jimmy Gibb 1 1’ 3 3 8 1 Alec Statham 3 2 3 3 11 Dick Harris 2’ 0 1 1’ 4 2 Mike Erskine 1’ 2’ 0 0 3 2 Cyril Brine 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 Reg Trott 1 2 3 Huck Fynn F 1

Bradford Ron Clarke 2 3 1’ 3 9 1 Jack Biggs 0 1 2 1 4 Bob Lovell 0 0 2 0 2 Ernie Price 1 2 1 1 5 Oliver Hart 3 3 2 3 11 Ron Peace 0 0 0 0 Norman Price 0 2’ 0 2 1 Dyson Harper F 0 0

Ht1 Parker, Clarke, Gibb, Biggs 68.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Statham, Harris, E.Price, Lovell 71.0 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Hart, Brine, Erskine, Peace 69.0 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Parker, E.Price, Trott, N.Price 70.2 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Clarke, Statham, Biggs, Harris 70.0 2 4 18 12 Ht6 Brine, Erskine, E.Price, Lovell 70.4 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Hart, Parker, Gibb, Peace 69.4 3 3 26 16 Ht8 Statham, Lovell, Fynn (f), Harper (exc) 75.0 3 2 29 18 Ht9 Brine, Biggs, Clarke, Erskine 69.4 3 3 32 21 Ht10 Gibb, Parker, E.Price, Lovell 70.4 5 1 37 22 Ht11 Statham, Hart, Harris, Peace 69.6 4 2 41 24 Ht12 Clarke, N.Price, Fynn, Erskine 71.6 1 5 42 29 Ht13 Hart, Trott, Harris, Harper 71.2 3 3 45 32 Ht14 Gibb, Brine, Biggs, N.Price 70.6 5 1 50 33

Saturday 2nd July 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 51 West Ham Hammers 33 (National League Division One)

Bradford Ron Clarke 1’ 3 2’ 2’ 8 3 Jack Biggs 2 3 3 3 11 Ernie Price 3 2 2’ 3 10 1 Dyson Harper 1 0 0 0 1 Oliver Hart 3 3 3 3 12 Eddie Rigg 0 2’ 1 0 3 1 Bob Lovell 0 0 Norman Price 3 1 2 6

West Ham George Wilks 0 1 0 2 3 Cliff Watson 3 3 2 2 10 Howdy Byford 2 0 X 1 3 Malcolm Craven X 2 1 0 3 Aub Lawson 2 1 1’ 3 7 1 Wally Green 1’ 0 2 1’ 4 2 Frank Bettis 1’ 0 1 1 Fred Curtis 1 1 2

Ht1 Watson, Biggs, Clarke, Wilks 66.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 E.Price, Byford, Harper, Craven (exc) 68.0 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Hart, Lawson, Green, Rigg 67.4 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Clarke, Craven, Bettis, Lovell 68.4 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Watson, E.Price, Wilks, Harper 68.2 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Hart, Rigg, Craven, Byford 68.6 5 1 20 16 Ht7 Biggs, Clarke, Lawson, Green 67.6 5 1 25 17 Ht8 N.Price, E.Price, Curtis, Byford (exc) 69.2 5 1 30 18 Ht9 Hart, Watson, Rigg, Wilks 68.0 4 2 34 20 Ht10 Biggs, Clarke, Byford, Craven 68.4 5 1 39 21 Ht11 E.Price, Green, Lawson, Harper 69.2 3 3 42 24 Ht12 Hart, Wilks, N.Price, Bettis 69.2 4 2 46 26 Ht13 Lawson, N.Price, Curtis, Harper 69.2 2 4 48 30 Ht14 Biggs, Watson, Green, Rigg 68.8 3 3 51 33

Search for Talent Eric Mason, Thompson, Ray Johnson, Ken Brown 73.8

Junior League Bradford 10 West Ham 2 Bradford Eric Smith 3 2’ 5 1 Ron Peace 2’ 3 5 1 West Ham Reg Fearman 1 1 2 Trevor Davies 0 0 0 Ht1 Smith, Peace, Fearman, Davies 71.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Peace, Smith, Fearman, Davies 70.8 5 1 10 2

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Clarke, E Price, Wilks, Bettis 69.0 Ht2 Hart, Dyson Harper, Craven, Curtis 70.8 Ht3 Watson, Green, Rigg, N.Price 70.6 Ht4 Lawson, Biggs, Byford, Mason 69.6 Final Lawson, Hart, Watson, Clarke 69.8

Wednesday 6th July 1949 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh Scottish Select 46 Bradford Boomerangs 38 (Challenge Match)

Scottish Select Clem Mitchell 0 3 0 3 6 Harold Fairhurst 2 2 2’ 0 8 1 Dick Campbell 2’ 3 3 1’ 9 2 Bat Byrnes 3 E 2 2 7 Ken Le Breton 2 2 2 3 9 Merv Harding 1’ 1’ 0 2 4 2 Danny Lee 2’ 1’ 3 2 Dennis Parker 1 1 2

Bradford Ron Clarke 1 2 3 2 8 Jack Biggs 3 1’ 1 3 8 1 Ernie Price 1 3 2 0 6 Bob Lovell 0 0 1 1 Oliver Hart 3 3 3 3 12 Eddie Rigg 0 1 0 1 2 Dyson Harper 1 1 Norman Price F 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Biggs, Fairhurst, Clarke, Mitchell 69.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Byrnes, Campbell, E.Price, Lovell 70.0 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Hart, Le Breton, Harding, Rigg 68.0 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Mitchell, Lee, Harper, N. Price (F) 72.2 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Campbell, Clarke, Biggs, Byrnes (EF) 70.4 3 3 18 12 Ht6 E.Price, Le Breton, Harding, Lovell 68.2 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Hart, Fairhurst, Rigg, Mitchell 70.0 2 4 23 19 Ht8 Campbell, E.Price, Parker, N.Price 71.8 4 2 27 21 Ht9 Clarke, Le Breton, Biggs, Harding 70.2 2 4 29 25 Ht10 Mitchell, Fairhurst, Lovell,E.Price 73.0 5 1 34 26 Ht11 Hart, Byrnes, Campbell, Rigg 70.2 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Le Breton, Clarke, Parker, N. Price 70.4 4 2 41 31 Ht13 Hart, Byrnes, Lee, N.Price 71.0 3 3 44 34 Ht14 Biggs, Harding, Rigg, Fairhurst 70.8 2 4 46 38

Saturday 9th July 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 60 Birmingham Brummies 24 (National League Division One)

Bradford Ron Clarke 2 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 3 Jack Biggs 1’ 3 3 3 10 1 Ernie Price 2 3 2 2’ 9 1 Joe Abbott 1’ 2’ 3 3 9 2 Oliver Hart 3 3 3 3 12 Eddie Rigg 1 1 1 1 4 Bob Lovell 3 2’ 5 1 Norman Price 1’ 2’ 3 2

Birmingham Stan Dell 0 0 0 1 1 Arthur Payne 3 1 2 2 8 Graham Warren 3 2 3 0 8 Geoff Bennett 0 1 0 1 2 Doug McLachlan 2 0 1 1 4 Dick Tolley F 1 0 0 1 Buck Whitby 0 0 0 Dennis Hitchings 0 0 0

Ht1 Payne, Clarke, Biggs, Dell 66.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Warren, E.Price, Abbott, Bennett 67.6 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Hart, McLachlan, Rigg, Tolley (f) 67.8 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Lovell, Clarke, Bennett, Whitby 68.4 5 1 15 9 Ht5 E.Price, Abbott, Payne, Dell 69.2 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Hart, Warren, Rigg, Bennett 67.4 4 2 24 12 Ht7 Biggs, Clarke, Tolley, McLachlan 68.6 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Warren, E.Price, N.Price, Hitchings 68.4 3 3 32 16 Ht9 Hart, Payne, Rigg, Dell 69.0 4 2 36 18 Ht10 Biggs, Clarke, Bennett, Warren 68.4 5 1 41 19 Ht11 Abbott, E.Price, McLachlan, Tolley 69.2 5 1 46 20 Ht12 Hart, N.Price, Dell, Whitby 70.6 5 1 51 21 Ht13 Abbott, Lovell, McLachlan, Hitchings 69.4 5 1 56 22 Ht14 Biggs, Payne, Rigg, Tolley 68.4 4 2 60 24

Junior League Bradford 10 Birmingham 2 Bradford Dyson Harper 3 3 6 Ron Peace 2’ 2’ 4 2 Birmingham Fred Perkins 0 0 0 Bill Humphries 1 1 2 Ht1 Harper, Peace, Humphries, Perkins 72.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Harper, Peace, Humphries, Perkins 71.6 5 1 10 2

Search For Talent E.Mason, Ray Johnson, Smith, Alan Sutcliffe 72.6

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Payne, Hart, McLachlan, N.Price 68.2 Ht2 Abbott, Clarke, Dell, Hitchings (f) 69.4 Ht3 Biggs, Bennett, Warren, Lovell 69.4 Ht4 E.Price, Whitby, Tolley, Rigg 70.6 Final Biggs, Payne, Abbott, E.Price 68.4

Monday 11th July 1949 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 37 Bradford Boomerangs 46 (National League Division One)

Birmingham Geoff Bennett 1 3 0 2 6 Graham Warren 3 3 X 3 9 Arthur Payne 3 2 2 3 10 Stan Dell 1 0 1 1 3 Dick Tolley 1 0 0 1 2 Doug McLachlan F 2 1 1 4 Buck Whitby 0 2 2 Dennis Hitchings 1’ 0 1 1

Bradford Ron Clarke 2 1 2’ 3 8 1 Jack Biggs 0 3 3 2 8 Ernie Price 0 1 3 X 4 Joe Abbott 2 2 3 3 10 Oliver Hart 3 1’ 2 3 9 1 Eddie Rigg 2’ 2 0 0 4 1 Bob Lovell 1’ 2’ 3 2 Norman Price 0 0 0

Ht1 Warren, Clarke, Bennett, Biggs 73.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Payne, Abbott, Dell, E.Price 74.8 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Hart, Rigg, Tolley, McLachlan (f) 76.8 1 5 9 9 Ht4 Bennett, Abbott, Lovell, Whitby 74.0 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Biggs, Payne, Clarke, Dell 72.8 2 4 14 16 Ht6 Abbott, McLachlan, E.Price, Tolley 75.2 2 4 16 20 Ht7 Warren, Rigg, Hart, Bennett 72.4 3 3 19 23 Ht8 E.Price, Payne, Hitchings, N.Price 72.6 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Biggs, Clarke, McLachlan, Tolley 74.8 1 5 23 31 Ht10 Abbott, Bennett, E.Price (exc), Warren (exc) 76.0 2 3 25 34 Ht11 Payne, Hart, Dell, Rigg 74.8 4 2 29 36 Ht12 Clarke, Lovell, Tolley, Hitchings 76.6 1 5 30 41 Ht13 Hart, Whitby, Dell, N.Price 75.4 3 3 33 44 Ht14 Warren, Biggs, McLachlan, Rigg 73.4 4 2 37 46

Saturday 16th July 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 58 Wimbledon Dons 25 (National League Division One)

Bradford Ron Clarke 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 Jack Biggs 3 3 3 2 11 Ernie Price 2’ 1’ 3 1 7 2 Joe Abbott 3 2 3 3 11 Oliver Hart 1 F 2’ 3 6 1 Eddie Rigg 3 2 3 1’ 9 1 Bob Lovell 1 1 2 Norman Price 1 2’ 3 1

Wimbledon Alec Statham 1 E 0 1 2 Dick Harris 0 3 1 3 7 Jimmy Gibb E 1 2 1 4 Mike Erskine 1 2 3 0 6 Cyril Brine 2 F 2 2 6 Wal Morton 0 E 0 0 0 Piquet 0 0 0 Reg Trott 0 0 1

Ht1 Biggs, Clarke, Statham, Harris 68.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Abbott, E.Price, Erskine, Gibb (ef) 68.4 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Rigg, Brine, Hart, Morton 69.6 4 2 14 4 Ht4 Clarke, Erskine, Lovell, Piquet 69.8 4 2 18 6 Ht5 Harris, Abbott, Price, Statham (ef) 68.6 3 3 21 9 Ht6 Erskine, Rigg, Gibb, Hart (f) 69.0 2 4 23 13 Ht7 Biggs, Clarke, Brine (f), Morton (ef) 70.2 5 0 28 13 Ht8 E.Price, Gibb, N.Price, Trott 69.2 4 2 32 15 Ht9 Rigg, Hart, Harris, Statham 68.6 5 1 37 16 Ht10 Biggs, Clarke, Gibb, Erskine 69.4 5 1 42 17 Ht11 Abbott, Brine, E.Price, Morton 69.8 4 2 46 19 Ht12 Hart, N.Price, Statham, Piquet 69.0 5 1 51 20 Ht13 Abbott, Brine, Lovell, Trott 69.8 4 2 55 22 Ht14 Harris, Biggs, Rigg, Morton 68.2 3 3 58 25

Junior League Bradford 8 Wimbledon 4 Bradford Dyson Harper 3 3 6 Ron Peace X 2’ 2 1 Wimbledon Reg Trott 2 1 3 N.Piquet 1’ 0 1 1 Ht1 Harper, Trott, Piquet, Peace (exc) 68.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Harper, Peace, Trott, Piquet 68.8 5 1 8 4

Reserves’ Race N.Price, Trott, Lovell, Piquet 69.4

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Hart, N.Price, Erskine, Smith 69.4 Ht2 Brine, Clarke, Rigg, Morton 70.2 Ht3 Biggs, Statham, Harper (f), Gibb (f) 70.6 Ht4 Harris, E.Price, Lovell, Trott 70.0 Final Hart, Brine, Biggs, Harris 68.6

Saturday 23rd July 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 80 Harringay Racers 28 (National Trophy)

Bradford Ron Clarke F 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 9 3 Jack Biggs 2 3 3 1’ 2’ 11 2 Ernie Price 2’ 1 2’ 3 2 2’12 3 Joe Abbott F 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Oliver Hart 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Eddie Rigg 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 0 9 3 Bob Lovell 3 3 6 Norman Price 2’ 2’ 4 2

Harringay Lloyd Goffe 3 1 1 3 2 1 11 Jimmy Grant 1 2 0 0 0 3 Geoff Pymar 1 1 1 0 1 E 4 Danny Dunton 0 0 0 1 0 1 Nobby Stock 1’ F F E 1 1 Ray Duggan 2 X 1 1 1’ 5 1 Joe Bowkis 1 1 1 3 Syd Clark 0 0 0

Ht1 Goffe, Biggs, Grant, Clarke (f) 68.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Rigg, E.Price, Pymar, Dunton 71.2 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Biggs, Duggan, Stock, Abbott (f) 69.4 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Lovell, N.Price, Bowkis, Clark 70.4 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Abbott, Grant, E.Price, Dunton 69.0 4 2 19 11 Ht6 Clarke, Rigg, Pymar, Duggan (exc) 70.4 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Hart, E.Price, Goffe, Stock (f) 67.8 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Hart, Clarke, Goffe, Dunton 68.8 5 1 34 14 Ht9 E.Price, Clarke, Duggan, Grant 69.2 5 1 39 15 Ht10 Biggs, Rigg, Dunton, Stock (f) 70.2 5 1 44 16 Ht11 Hart, Abbott, Pymar, Grant 69.0 5 1 49 17 Ht12 Goffe, E.Price, Biggs, Pymar 69.2 3 3 52 20 Ht13 Hart, Rigg, Bowkis, Grant 69.8 5 1 57 21 Ht14 Lovell, N.Price, Bowkis, Clark 70.8 5 1 62 22 Ht15 Abbott, Clarke,Pymar, Stock (ef) 69.2 5 1 67 23 Ht16 Hart, Biggs, Duggan, Dunton 68.4 5 1 72 24 Ht17 Abbott, Goffe, Duggan, Rigg 68.8 3 3 75 27 Ht18 Hart, E.Price, Goffe, Pymar (ef) 68.6 5 1 80 28

Reserves Race Lovell, N Price, Bowkis, S Clarke 70.2

Stadium Scratch Race Biggs, Clarke, Duggan, Rigg 68.4

Tuesday 26th July 1949 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 45 Bradford Boomerangs 39 (National League Division One)

Wembley Bill Gilbert 1 3 3 3 10 Bill Kitchen 0 2’ 1 0 3 1 Freddie Williams 3 2 2 3 10 Bob Wells E 1’ 2’ 2 5 2 Bruce Abernethy 1 0 F 2 3 Tommy Price 3 3 3 3 12 Buster Brown 0 0 0 Alf Bottoms 1’ 1’ 2 2

Bradford Ron Clarke 2’ 3 1’ 3 9 2 Jack Biggs 3 0 2 2 7 Ernie Price 1’ 2 3 0 6 1 Joe Abbott 2 2 1’ 2 7 1 Oliver Hart 2 F 1 3 6 Eddie Rigg 0 1 0 1’ 2 1 Bob Lovell 1’ 0 1 1 Norman Price 0 1 1

Ht1 Biggs, Clarke, Gilbert, Kitchen 73.4 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Williams, Abbott, E.Price, Wells (ef) 74.8 3 3 4 8 Ht3 T.Price, Hart, Abernethy, Rigg 75.0 4 2 8 10 Ht4 Gilbert, Abbott, Lovell, Brown 76.2 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Clarke, Williams, Wells, Biggs 74.6 3 3 14 16 Ht6 T.Price, E.Price, Abbott, Abernethy 75.0 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Gilbert, Kitchen, Rigg, Hart (f) 76.2 5 1 22 20 Ht8 E.Price, Williams, Bottoms, N.Price 76.0 3 3 25 23 Ht9 T.Price, Biggs, Clarke, Abernethy (f) 74.2 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Gilbert, Abbott, Kitchen, E.Price 76.8 4 2 32 28 Ht11 Williams, Wells, Hart, Rigg 75.0 5 1 37 29 Ht12 Clarke, Abernethy, Bottoms, Lovell 78.6 3 3 40 32 Ht13 Hart, Wells, N.Price, Brown 79.6 2 4 42 36 Ht14 T.Price, Biggs, Rigg, Kitchen 74.6 3 3 45 39

Friday 29th July 1949 Harringay Stadium, London Harringay Racers 60 Bradford Boomerangs 47 (National Trophy)

Harringay Lloyd Goffe 1 3 E 2’ 2 8 1 Ray Duggan 3 3 2 3 2 2 15 Danny Dunton F 0 3 3 0 6 Geoff Pymar 2’ 3 3 F 3 11 1 Jimmy Grant 2’ 2 1 3 1’ 0 9 2 Joe Bowkis 2 1 0 0 1 4 Syd Clark 3 3 6 Arthur Bush 1 F 1

Bradford Ron Clarke 2 1 1 1’ 2 3 10 1 Jack Biggs 0 2 E 1’ 3 Joe Abbott F 2 2 2 3 9 Ernie Price 3 1’ 3 3 3 1 14 1 Oliver Hart 1 0 1 2 1 5 Eddie Rigg 0 0 1 0 F 1 Bob Lovell 2 2 4 Norman Price F 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Duggan, Clarke, Goffe, Biggs 71.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 E.Price, Bowkis, Dunton (f), Abbott (f) 75.0 2 3 6 5 Ht3 Duggan, Pymar, Hart, Rigg 72.4 5 1 11 6 Ht4 Clark, Lovell, Bush, N.Price (f) 75.2 4 2 15 8 Ht5 Pymar, Biggs, E.Price, Dunton 71.8 3 3 18 11 Ht6 Goffe, Abbott, Bowkis, Rigg 73.8 4 2 22 13 Ht7 Dunton, Grant, Clarke, Hart 73.0 5 1 27 14 Ht8 E.Price, Grant, Clarke, Goffe (ef) 72.8 2 4 29 18 Ht9 Dunton, Goffe, Rigg, Biggs (ef) 74.2 5 1 34 19 Ht10 E.Price, Duggan, Hart, Bowkis 72.8 2 4 36 23 Ht11 Pymar, Abbott, Grant, N.Price 72.6 4 2 40 25 Ht12 Duggan, Abbott, Clarke, Dunton 73.4 3 3 43 28 Ht13 Grant, Hart, Biggs, Bowkis 73.2 3 3 46 31 Ht14 Clark, Lovell, N.Price, Bush (f) 76.4 3 3 49 34 Ht15 Abbott, Goffe, Hart, Pymar (f) 74.6 2 4 51 38 Ht16 E.Price, Duggan, Grant, Rigg 74.6 3 3 54 41 Ht17 Pymar, Clarke, Bowkis, Rigg (f) 75.2 4 2 58 43 Ht18 Clarke, Duggan, E.Price, Grant 74.0 2 4 60 47

Saturday 30th July 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 54 New Cross Rangers 39 (National League Division One)

Bradford Ron Clarke 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 Jack Biggs 0 3 3 2 8 Ernie Price 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2 Joe Abbott 3 0 3 3 9 Oliver Hart 3 3 2 3 11 Eddie Rigg 1 2’ 1’ 1’ 5 3 Bob Lovell 1 0 1 Norman Price 0 0 0

New Cross Ron Johnson 1’ 2 0 2 5 1 Eric French 2 1’ 3 3 9 1 Bill Longley 0 1 2 1 4 Jeff Lloyd 1 0 0 1 Cyril Roger 0 0 F 1 1 Bert Roger 2 1 1 0 4 Frank Lawrence 2 0 1’ 3 1 Ray Moore 1’ 2 3 1

Ht1 Clarke, French, Johnson, Biggs 68.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Abbott, E.Price, Lloyd, Longley 70.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Hart, B.Roger, Rigg, C.Roger 68.8 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Clarke, Lawrence, Lovell, Lloyd 71.2 4 2 16 8 Ht5 E.Price, Johnson, French, Abbott 69.4 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Hart, Rigg, Longley, Lawrence 71.2 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Biggs, Clarke, B.Roger, C.Roger 70.6 5 1 29 13 Ht8 E.Price, Longley, Moore, N.Price 70.2 3 3 32 16 Ht9 French, Hart, Rigg, Johnson 69.6 3 3 35 19 Ht10 Biggs, Clarke, Longley, Lloyd 70.2 5 1 40 20 Ht11 Abbott, E.Price, B.Roger, C.Roger (f) 70.6 5 1 45 21 Ht12 Hart, Johnson, Lawrence, N.Price 70.2 3 3 48 24 Ht13 Abbott, Moore, C.Roger, Lovell 70.6 3 3 51 27 Ht14 French, Biggs, Rigg, B.Roger 70.4 3 3 54 30

Junior League Bradford 6 New Cross 6 Bradford Dyson Harper 0 0 0 Ron Peace 3 3 6 New Cross Don Gray 2 2 4 Ray Ellis 1’ 1’ 2 2 Ht1 Peace, Gray, Ellis, Harper 72.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Peace, Gray, Ellis, Harper 72.6 3 3 6 6

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Hart, Longley, Moore, N.Price 69.8 Ht2 Lovell, Biggs, Lawrence, Johnson 69.8 Ht3 E.Price, Clarke, Lloyd, B.Roger 70.2 Ht4 Abbott, French, C.Roger, Rigg 69.2 Final E.Price, Hart, Abbott, Lovell 69.2

Monday 1st August 1949 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 48 Bradford Boomerangs 36 (National League Division One)

Birmingham Doug McLachlan 0 3 1 1 5 Wilbur Lamoreaux 3 3 3 3 12 Arthur Payne 2 2’ 2’ 2 8 2 Geoff Bennett 1’ 3 1’ 2 7 2 Stan Dell 1 1’ 1 1 4 1 Graham Warren 3 2 3 2’ 10 1 Dick Tolley 0 1’ 1 1 Bick Whitby 1 0 1

Bradford Ron Clarke 1’ 1 2 3 7 1 Jack Biggs 2 0 0 0 2 Ernie Price 3 3 3 2 11 Joe Abbott E 2 X 2 Oliver Hart 0 2 0 3 5 Eddie Rigg 2 0 3 1 6 Bob Lovell 1’ 0 2’ 3 2 Norman Price 0 F 0

Ht1 Lamoreaux, Biggs, Clarke, McLachlan 73.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 E.Price, Payne, Bennett, Abbott (ef) 74.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Warren, Rigg, Dell, Hart 72.6 4 2 10 8 Ht4 McLachlan, Abbott, Lovell, Tolley 74.8 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Bennett, Payne, Clarke, Biggs 75.0 5 1 18 12 Ht6 E.Price, Warren, Dell, Abbott (exc) 73.4 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Lamoreaux, Hart, McLachlan, Rigg 74.8 2 4 23 19 Ht8 E.Price, Payne, Whitby, N.Price 74.6 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Warren, Clarke, Dell, Biggs 73.0 4 2 30 24 Ht10 Lamoreaux, E.Price, McLachlan, Lovell 74.2 4 2 34 26 Ht11 Rigg, Payne, Bennett, Hart 74.8 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Clarke, Lovell, Dell, Whitby 76.4 1 5 38 34 Ht13 Hart, Bennett, Tolley, N.Price (f) 74.6 3 3 41 37 Ht14 Lamoreaux, Warren, Rigg, Biggs 74.6 5 1 46 38

Saturday 6th August 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 57 Harringay Racers 26 (National League Division One)

Bradford Ron Clarke 2’ 2’ 2’ 0 6 3 Jack Biggs 3 3 3 3 12 Ernie Price 1 1 3 2 7 Joe Abbott 3 3 F 2 8 Oliver Hart 3 3 3 3 12 Eddie Rigg 1 1 1 0 3 Bob Lovell 3 3 6 Norman Price 2’ 1 3 1

Harringay Jimmy Grant 1 0 0 0 1 Lloyd Goffe F 2 2 2 6 Danny Dunton 0 0 1 1’ 2 1 Geoff Pymar 2 1 2 2 7 Nobby Stock 2 0 F 1 3 Ray Duggan 0 1 3 1’ 5 1 Syd Clark 0 2 2 Joe Bowkis 0 0 0

Ht1 Biggs, Clarke, Grant, Goffe (f) 68.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Abbott, Pymar, E.Price, Dunton 68.8 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Hart, Stock, Rigg, Duggan 68.6 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Lovell, Clarke, Pymar, Clark 69.4 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Abbott, Goffe, E.Price, Grant 69.8 5 2 22 8 Ht6 Hart, Pymar, Rigg, Dunton 68.6 4 2 26 10 Ht7 Biggs, Clarke, Duggan, Stock 69.0 5 1 31 11 Ht8 E.Price, N.Price, Dunton, Bowkis 69.8 5 1 36 12 Ht9 Hart, Goffe, Rigg, Grant 69.0 4 2 40 14 Ht10 Biggs, Pymar, Dunton, Clarke 69.0 3 3 43 17 Ht11 Duggan, E.Price, Abbott (f), Stock (f) 69.6 2 3 45 20 Ht12 Hart, Clark, N.Price, Grant 70.6 4 2 49 22 Ht13 Lovell, Abbott, Stock, Bowkis 70.8 5 1 54 23 Ht14 Biggs, Goffe, Duggan, Rigg 68.6 3 3 57 26

Junior League Bradford 5 Harringay 7 Bradford Dyson Harper 2 2 4 Ron Peace 0 1’ 1 1 Harringay Arthur Bush 1 0 1 Joe Bowkis 3 3 6 Ht1 Bowkis, Harper, Bush, Peace 70.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Bowkis, Harper, Peace, Bush 71.4 3 3 5 7

Search For Talent Johnson, Ron Wilde, Ken Brown (nf), Sutcliffe (nf) 74.0

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Hart, R.Duggan, Johnson, S.Clark (ef) 69.8 Ht2 Goffe, Lovell, Biggs (tyre), Bowkis (ef) 69.8 Ht3 E.Price, N.Price, Dunton, Grant 70.0 Ht4 R.Clarke, Pymar, Stock, Rigg 69.8 Final Goffe, Hart, E.Price, Clarke 68.8

Thursday 11th August 1949 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 43 Bradford Boomerangs 41 (National League Division One)

Wembley Alf Bottoms 0 2 1 3 6 Tommy Price 3 3 2’ E 8 1 Bill Kitchen 3 1 2 3 9 Den Cosby 1 F F 1 2 Bill Gilbert 2 3 3 3 11 Bruce Abernethy 1’ 0 0 1 2 1 Jack Gates 1’ 1 3 5 1 Buster Brown F 0

Bradford Ron Clarke 1’ 2’ 2 2 7 2 Oliver Hart 2 3 1’ 2’ 8 1 Ernie Price 2 1’ 3 1 7 1 Joe Abbott F 3 2 0 5 Eddie Rigg 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 Jack Biggs 3 2 2 3 10 Bob Lovell 0 0 0 Norman Price 1 2 3

Ht1 T.Price, Hart, Clarke, Bottoms 74.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Kitchen, E.Price, Cosby, Abbott (f) 77.8 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Biggs, Gilbert, Abernethy, Rigg 76.2 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Abbott, Bottoms, Gates, Lovell 77.6 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Hart, Clarke, Kitchen, Cosby (f) 78.2 1 5 14 16 Ht6 Gilbert, Abbott, E.Price, Abernethy 77.2 3 3 17 19 Ht7 T.Price, Biggs, Bottoms, Rigg 76.0 4 2 21 21 Ht8 E.Price, Kitchen, N.Price, Brown (f) 77.2 2 4 23 25 Ht9 Gilbert, Clarke, Hart, Abernethy 77.6 3 3 26 28 Ht10 Bottoms, T.Price, E.Price, Abbott 77.4 5 1 31 29 Ht11 Kitchen, Biggs, Rigg, Cosby (f) 76.8 3 3 34 32 Ht12 Gilbert, Clarke, Gates, Lovell 77.4 4 2 38 34 Ht13 Gates, N.Price, Cosby, Rigg 79.2 4 2 42 36 Ht14 Biggs, Hart, Abernethy, T.Price (ef) 77.6 1 5 43 41

Saturday 13th August 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Halifax Dukes 37 Sheffield Tigers 47 (Challenge)

Halifax Jock Shead 0 X 0 Arthur Forrest 2 3 3 3 11 Jack Dawson 0 1’ 2 1’ 4 2 Bill Crosland 2 2 2 3 9 Al Allison F 2 F 3 5 Dick Seers 3 X 1 1 5 Eric Smith 1 1’ 0 2 1 Jack Hughes 1 0 0 1

Sheffield Stan Williams 3 3 3 2 11 Jack Chignell 1 F 2’ 0 3 1 Len Williams 3 3 3 2 11 Jack Bibby 1 3 1 1’ 6 1 Andy Menzies 1’ F 0 1 1 Tommy Allott 2 2 3 2 9 Tommy Bateman 2’ 1’ 1’ 4 3 Guy Allott 0 2 2

Ht1 S.Williams, Forrest, Chignell, Shead 68.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 L.Williams, Crosland, Bibby, Dawson 70.2 2 4 4 8 Ht3 Seers, T.Allott, Menzies, Allison (f) 71.4 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Bibby, Bateman, Smith, Shead (fexc) 71.8 1 5 8 16 Ht5 S.Williams, Crosland, Dawson, Chignell (f) 70.0 3 3 11 19 Ht6 L.Williams, Allison, Bibby, Seers (exc) 70.4 2 4 13 23 Ht7 Forrest, T.Allott, Hughes, Menzies (f) 68.8 4 2 17 25 Ht8 L.Williams, Dawson, Smith, G.Allott 70.8 3 3 20 28 Ht9 S.Williams, Chignell, Seers, Allison (f) 70.2 1 5 21 33 Ht10 Forrest, L.Williams, Bibby, Hughes 69.6 3 3 24 36 Ht11 T.Allott, Crosland, Dawson, Menzies 71.4 3 3 27 39 Ht12 Allison, S.Williams, Bateman, Smith 71.0 3 3 30 42 Ht13 Crosland, G.Allott, Bateman, Hughes 69.0 3 3 33 45 Ht14 Forrest, T.Allott, Seers, Chignell 69.4 4 2 37 47

Junior League Odsal 6 Belle Vue 6 Bradford Dyson Harper 2 1’ 3 1 Ron Peace 1’ 2 3 1 Belle Vue Henry Long 3 3 6 Bernard Beaumont 0 0 0

Ht1 Long, Harper, Peace, Beaumont 70.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Long, Peace, Harper, Beaumont 71.6 3 3 6 6

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1Bateman, Bibby, Ray Johnson, Crosland (fell) 71.6 Ht2 Forrest, Allott, Hughes, Menzies 69.8 Ht3 Seers, Dawson, S Williams, Allott 69.0 Ht4 Williams, Chignell, Smith, G Stringer 69.6 Final Forrest, Seers, L Williams, Bateman 70.2

Saturday 13th August 1949 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 51 Bradford Boomerangs 57 (National Trophy)

Birmingham Graham Warren 3 3 3 2’ 3 2’ 16 2 Wilbur Lamoreaux 0 3 3 2’ 3 3 14 1 Doug McLachlan 2 E 2 3 3 10 Geoff Bennett 0 1 1 0 3 5 Arthur Payne 0 0 0 0 Dick Tolley 0 0 0 1 1 2 Stan Dell 1 1’ 2 4 1 Buck Whitby 0 0 0 0

Bradford Ron Clarke 1’ 3 1’ 1 2 8 2 Jack Biggs 2 3 1 3 3 0 12 Joe Abbott 1 2 2’ F 5 1 Ernie Price 3 2’ 2 1’ 2 1 11 2 Oliver Hart 1’ X 2 2’ 2 7 2 Eddie Rigg 2 1’ 0 1’ 4 2 Bob Lovell 2’ 1 3 1 Norman Price 3 3 1’ 0 7 1

Ht1 Warren, Biggs, Clarke, Lamoreaux 72.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 E.Price, McLachlan, Abbott, Tolley 73.8 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Lamoreaux, Rigg, Hart, Bennett 72.8 3 3 8 10 Ht4 N.Price, Lovell, Dell, Whitby 75.6 1 5 9 15 Ht5 Biggs, E.Price, Bennett, McLachlan (ef) 73.8 1 5 10 20 Ht6 Warren, Abbott, Rigg, Tolley 72.6 3 3 13 23 Ht7 Clarke, McLachlan, Dell, Hart (exc) 74.0 3 3 16 26 Ht8 Warren, E.Price, Clarke, Whitby 72.2 3 3 19 29 Ht9 McLachlan, Warren, Biggs, Rigg 72.8 5 1 24 30 Ht10 Lamoreaux, Hart, E.Price, Tolley 74.4 3 3 27 33 Ht11 Biggs, Abbott, Bennett, Payne 74.2 1 5 28 38 Ht12 McLachlan, Lamoreaux, Clarke, Abbott (f) 73.0 5 1 33 39 Ht13 Biggs, Hart, Tolley, Payne 74.2 1 5 34 44 Ht14 N.Price, Dell, Lovell, Whitby 74.6 2 4 36 48 Ht15 Warren, Hart, N.Price, Bennett 73.2 3 3 39 51 Ht16 Lamoreaux, E.Price, Rigg, Payne 74.2 3 3 42 54 Ht17 Bennett, Clarke, Tolley, N.Price 73.6 4 2 46 56 Ht18 Lamoreaux, Warren, E.Price, Biggs 74.2 5 1 51 57

Saturday 20th August 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 70 Birmingham Brummies 38 (National Trophy)

Bradford Ron Clarke 2’ 2’ 1 1 2’ 8 3 Oliver Hart 3 3 3 3 E 0 12 Ernie Price 1 2 2’ 3 2’ 10 2 Joe Abbott 2’ F 1 3 2’ 8 2 Jack Biggs 3 3 3 3 3 2 17 Eddie Rigg 3 3 0 1 3 10 Bob Lovell 3 1 4 Norman Price 1 0 1

Birmingham Stan Dell 0 0 0 0 Graham Warren 1 3 0 2 2 3 11 Wilbur Lamoreaux 2 1 2 2 2 1 9 Dick Tolley 0 0 0 0 0 Doug McLachlan 1 1 1’ 0 1 4 1 Dennis Hitchings 0 1’ 1 2 1 Arthur Payne 0 0 0 3 3 Geoff Bennett 2 1 2 1 2’ 8 1

Ht1 Hart, Clarke, Warren, Dell 67.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Rigg, Lamoreaux, E.Price, Tolley 68.6 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Hart, Abbott, McLachlan, Hitchings 68.6 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Lovell, Bennett, N.Price, Payne 70.8 4 2 18 6 Ht5 Warren, E.Price, Lamoreaux, Abbott (f) 68.2 2 4 20 10 Ht6 Rigg, Clarke, Bennett, Tolley 69.4 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Biggs, E.Price, McLachlan, Dell 68.2 5 1 30 12 Ht8 Biggs, Lamoreaux, Clarke, Payne 67.8 4 2 34 14 Ht9 E.Price, Bennett, Clarke, Warren 69.0 4 2 38 16 Ht10 Hart, Lamoreaux, McLachlan, Rigg 68.8 3 3 41 19 Ht11 Biggs, Warren, Abbott, Payne 67.4 4 2 45 21 Ht12 Hart, E.Price, Bennett, Tolley 69.4 5 1 50 22 Ht13 Biggs, Warren, Rigg, McLachlan 67.6 4 2 54 24 Ht14 Payne, Bennett, Lovell, N.Price 70.0 1 5 55 29 Ht15 Abbott, Clarke, McLachlan, Tolley 70.0 5 1 60 30 Ht16 Biggs, Lamoreaux, Hitchings, Hart (ef) 68.2 3 3 63 33 Ht17 Rigg, Abbott, Hitchings, Dell 70.4 5 1 68 34 Ht18 Warren, Biggs, Lamoreaux, Hart 68.2 2 4 70 38

Junior Race Harper, Johnson, Peace, Brown 72.6

Reserves’ Race N.Price, Payne, Hitchings, Lovell 72.2

The Stadium Scratch Race E Price, Rigg, Clarke, Bennett 69.4

Tuesday 23rd August 1949 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 58 Bradford Boomerangs 26 (National League Division One)

West Ham Eric Chitty 1 3 2’ 3 9 1 Cliff Watson 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Howdy Byford 2’ 2’ 2 2’ 8 3 Malcolm Craven 3 3 3 3 2 Aub Lawson 3 3 3 3 12 Wally Green 0 1 1 0 2 Frank Bettis 0 0 Fred Curtis 1’ 1 2’ 4 2

Bradford Ron Clarke 2 1 2 2 7 Oliver Hart 0 0 E 2 2 Ernie Price 2 2 3 1 8 Bob Lovell 0 1 0 0 1 Norman Price 1’ 1 0 1 3 1 Eddie Rigg 2 0 1 1’ 4 1 Dyson Harper 2 0 2 Ron Peace 0 0 0

Ht1 Watson, Clarke, Chitty, Hart 78.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Craven, Byford, E.Price, Lovell 78.8 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Lawson, Rigg, N.Price, Green 80.8 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Chitty, Harper, Lovell, Bettis 84.4 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Craven, Byford, Clarke, Hart 78.6 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Lawson, E.Price, Green, Lovell 79.8 4 2 24 12 Ht7 Watson, Chitty, N.Price, Rigg 80.4 5 1 29 13 Ht8 E.Price, Byford, Curtis, Peace 80.0 3 3 32 16 Ht9 Lawson, Clarke, Green, Hart (ef) 79.8 4 2 36 18 Ht10 Chitty, Watson, E.Price, Lovell 80.2 5 1 41 19 Ht11 Craven, Byford, Rigg, N.Price 79.2 5 1 46 20 Ht12 Lawson, Clarke, Curtis, Harper 79.4 4 2 50 22 Ht13 Craven, Curtis, N.Price, Peace 80.0 5 1 55 23 Ht14 Watson, Hart, Rigg, Green 81.6 3 3 58 26

Saturday 27th August 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford World Championship Qualifying Round

Graham Warren 2 3 F 3 3 11 Ken Sharples 1 1 1 1 1 5 Aub Lawson 3 2 3 3 3 14 Ray Duggan 0 1 1 1 0 3 Tommy Price 3 3 3 2 3 14 Mike Erskine 2 0 0 0 2 4 Doug Mclachlan X 0 3 2 2 7 Nobby Stock 1 0 1 0 0 2 Norman Parker 2 2 X 2 0 6 Bill Longley 3 1 3 1 2 10 Cyril Brine 1 1 2 2 1 7 Jeff Lloyd 0 2 1 0 0 3 Eric Chitty 0 0 0 0 Alec Statham 2 2 2 2 2 10 Lloyd Goffe 1 3 2 3 3 12 Cliff Watson 3 3 3 0 1 10 Joe Abbott 1 1 2

Ht1 Lawson, Warren, Sharples, Duggan 66.4 Ht2 Price, Erskine, Stock, McLachlan 67.2 Ht3 Longley, Parker, Brine, Lloyd 69.6 Ht4 Watson, Statham, Goffe, Chitty 69.8 Ht5 Price, Parker, Sharples, Chitty 68.4 Ht6 Warren, Statham, Longley, Erskine 68.4 Ht7 Goffe, Lawson, Brine, McLachlan (exc) 69.2 Ht8 Watson, Lloyd, Duggan, Stock 70.0 Ht9 Watson, Brine, Sharples, Erskine 69.8 Ht10 Price, Goffe, Lloyd, Warren (f) 69.2 Ht11 McLachlan, Statham, Sharples, Lloyd 70.4 Ht12 Longley, McLachlan, Duggan, Chitty 70.4 Ht13 Lawson, Statham, Stock, Parker (exc) 68.8 Ht14 Warren, Brine, Abbott, Stock 69.2 Ht15 Lawson, Price, Longley, Watson 69.4 Ht16 Goffe, Parker, Duggan, Erskine 70.2 Ht17 Goffe, Longley, Sharples, Stock 70.6 Ht18 Warren, McLachlan, Watson, Parker 70.0 Ht19 Lawson, Erskine, Abbott. Lloyd 70.0 Ht20 Price, Statham, Brine, Duggan 69.6 Run Off Tommy Price bt Aub Lawson 69.0

Saturday 3rd September 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford England 72 Australia 36 (Test Match)

England Jack Parker 3 3 3 2 1’ 3 15 1 Louis Lawson 1 1 1 1’ 2 2 8 1 Ron Clarke 3 2’ 3 2 2’ 2 14 2 Oliver Hart 1 3 E F 3 0 7 Tommy Price 2’ 2’ 1 2’ 1 2’ 10 4 Dent Oliver 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Ernie Price DNR Bill Gilbert DNR

Australia Graham Warren 2 1 2 3 0 3 11 Ray Duggan F E 0 Aub Lawson 2 2 2 3 3 1 13 Cliff Watson 0 0 0 0 Bill Longley 1 1 0 1 1 1 5 Ken Le Breton 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 Bob Leverenz 1’ 0 2 1 4 1 Jack Young 0 1 0 1

Ht1 Parker, Warren, L.Lawson, Duggan (f) 68.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Clarke, A.Lawson, Hart, Watson 67.6 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Oliver, T.Price, Longley, Le Breton 67.2 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Parker, A.Lawson, L.Lawson, Watson 68.2 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Hart, Clarke, Longley, Le Breton 67.6 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Oliver, Price, Warren, Duggan (ef) 67.4 5 1 27 9 Ht7 Parker, Le Breton, L.Lawson, Longley 68.9 4 2 31 11 Ht8 Clarke, Warren, Leverenz, Hart (ef) 69.0 3 3 34 14 Ht9 Oliver, A.Lawson, Price, Young 68.4 4 2 38 16 Ht10 Warren, Parker, L.Lawson, Leverenz 68.0 3 3 41 19 Ht11 A.Lawson, Clarke, Young, Hart (f) 68.0 2 4 43 23 Ht12 Oliver, Price, Longley, Le Breton 67.8 5 1 48 24 Ht13 A.Lawson, L.Lawson, Parker, Young 68.4 3 3 51 27 Ht14 Hart, Clarke, Longley, Le Breton 69.4 5 1 56 28 Ht15 Oliver, Leverenz, Price, Warren 68.4 4 2 60 30 Ht16 Parker, L.Lawson, Longley, Le Breton 68.8 5 1 65 31 Ht17 Warren, Clarke, Leverenz, Hart 68.8 2 4 67 35 Ht18 Oliver, Price, A.Lawson, Watson 68.6 5 1 72 36

Saturday 10th September 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 54 Belle Vue Aces 54 (National Trophy)

Bradford Ron Clarke 3 3 1 2’ 2 1 12 1 Dyson Harper 0 0 0 Oliver Hart 2 0 F 3 3 8 Joe Abbott 3 1 0 0 0 4 Ernie Price 3 0 3 2’ 2 0 10 1 Eddie Rigg 0 0 1 3 3 7 Bob Lovell 3 0 3 6 Norman Price 2’ 2’ 2’ 1’ 7 4

Belle Vue Ron Mason 2 1’ 2’ 1 1’ 7 3 Jack Parker 1’ 2’ 0 1’ 0 4 3 Dent Oliver 3 3 3 3 3 2’ 17 1 Charles Cullum 1 2 2 0 1 6 Louis Lawson 2 2 2’ 1 3 3 13 1 Ken Sharples 1’ 1’ 1 0 3 2 Henry Long 1 1 2 4 George Smith 0 0 0

Ht1 Clarke, Mason, Parker, Harper 67.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Oliver, Hart, Cullum, Rigg 68.0 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Abbott, Lawson, Sharples, Harper 69.0 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Lovell, N.Price, Long, Smith 68.8 5 1 13 11 Ht5 Oliver, Parker, Abbott, Hart 67.6 1 5 14 16 Ht6 Clarke, Cullum, Sharples, Rigg 69.4 3 3 17 19 Ht7 E.Price, Lawson, Mason, Hart (f) 67.6 3 3 20 22 Ht8 Oliver, Mason, Clarke, E.Price 68.4 1 5 21 27 Ht9 Hart, Clarke, Sharples, Parker 67.6 5 1 26 28 Ht10 Oliver, Lawson, Rigg, Lovell 68.6 1 5 27 33 Ht11 E.Price, Cullum, Parker, Abbott 68.2 3 3 30 36 Ht12 Hart, N.Price, Mason, Cullum 69.6 5 1 35 37 Ht13 Rigg, E.Price, Lawson, Parker 69.2 5 1 40 38 Ht14 Lovell, N.Price, Long, Smith 69.8 5 1 45 39 Ht15 Lawson, Clarke, Cullum, Abbott 69.6 2 4 47 43 Ht16 Oliver, E.Price, N.Price, Sharples 69.4 3 3 50 46 Ht17 Rigg, Long, Mason, Abbott 70.0 3 3 53 49 Ht18 Lawson, Oliver, Clarke, E.Price 68.8 1 5 54 54

Junior’ Race Johnson, Brown, Peace, Ron Wilde 71.8

Reserves’ Race N.Price, Long, Lovell, Johnson 69.6

The Stadium Scratch Race Hart, Mason, Rigg, Cullum 69.4

Saturday 17th September 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Halifax Dukes 57 Fleetwood Flyers 27 (Challenge)

Halifax Jack Dawson 1 3 0 2' 6 1 Arthur Forrest 3 3 3 1 10 Bill Crosland 3 3 E 0 6 Vic Emms 2' 2' 3 3 10 2 Al Allison 1 2' E 1’ 4 2 Dick Seers 3 3 3 3 12 Jack Hughes 2' 2' 4 2 Ken Brown 3 2 5

Fleetwood Brian Wilson 0 0 1' 3 4 1 Norman Hargreaves 2 1 2 2 7 George Newton 1 1 0 2 Don Potter 0 1 0 1 2 Frank Malouf 0 1' 2 0 3 1 Wilf Plant 2 2 1' 0 5 1 Fred Yates 0 2 0 2 Ron Hart 1' 1 2 1

Ht1 Forrest, Hargreaves, Dawson, Wilson 68.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Crosland, Emms, Newton, Potter 68.6 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Seers, Plant, Allison, Malouf 69.2 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Dawson, Hughes, Potter, Yates 70.6 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Crosland, Emms, Hargreaves, Wilson 69.4 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Seers, Allison, Newton, Potter 69.4 5 1 28 8 Ht7 Forrest, Plant, Malouf, Dawson 70.8 3 3 31 11 Ht8 Brown, Yates, Hart, Crosland (ef) 71.0 3 3 34 14 Ht9 Seers, Hargreaves, Wilson, Allison (ef) 69.4 3 3 37 17 Ht10 Forrest, Dawson, Potter, Newton 70.2 5 1 42 18 Ht11 Emms, Malouf, Plant, Crosland 69.6 3 3 45 21 Ht12 Wilson, Brown, Allison, Yates 71.8 3 3 48 24 Ht13 Emms, Hughes, Hart, Malouf 69.8 5 1 53 25 Ht14 Seers, Hargreaves, Forrest, Plant 70.0 4 2 57 27

Reserves’ Race Ht1 Johnson, Peace, Wilde, Booth 72.0 Ht2 Hughes, Brown, Hart, Yates 73.0

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Plant, Wilson, Alison, Emms (f) Awd Ht2 Newton, Brown, Forrest, Hart 71.4 Ht3 Dawson, Hughes, Potter, Yates 71.6 Ht4 Seers, Hargreaves, Crosland, Malouf 70.6 Final Seers, Dawson, Plant, Newton (ef) 71.0

Saturday 17th September 1949 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 66 Bradford Boomerangs 42 (National Trophy)

Belle Vue Ron Mason 2’ 3 2 2’ 9 2 Jack Parker 3 2’ 3 2’ 1 1 12 2 Bob Harrison 0 1 0 0 1 Louis Lawson 3 3 0 3 3 12 Dent Oliver 3 3 3 2’ N 0 11 1 Charles Cullum 1 0 3 0 4 Bruce Semmens 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Henry Long 2’ 2’ 4 2

Bradford Ron Clarke 1 2 1 1 1’ 6 1 Dyson Harper F F 1’ 1 2 1 Oliver Hart 3 2 0 2’ 3 3 13 1 Joe Abbott 2’ 2 2 N 0 6 1 Ernie Price 1 1’ N N 1 2’ 5 2 Eddie Rigg 0 1’ 3 3 2 9 1 Bob Lovell 0 0 0 Norman Price 1 1 1 3

Ht1 Parker, Mason, Clarke, Harper (f) 73.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Hart, Abbott, Cullum, Harrison 74.2 1 5 6 6 Ht3 Lawson, Parker, E.Price, Rigg 75.0 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Semmens, Long, N.Price, Lovell 75.2 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Lawson, Hart, Harrison, Harper (f) 74.4 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Mason, Abbott, Rigg, Cullum 76.6 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Oliver, Clarke, E.Price, Harrison 75.4 3 3 26 16 Ht8 Oliver, Semmens, Clarke, Hart 75.4 5 1 31 17 Ht9 Rigg, Mason, N.Price, Harrison 74.6 2 4 33 21 Ht10 Parker, Cullum, Hart, E.Price (nf) 76.8 5 1 38 22 Ht11 Oliver, Abbott, Harper, Lawson 77.4 3 3 41 25 Ht12 Semmens, Parker, Clarke, Abbott (nf) 75.2 5 1 46 26 Ht13 Cullum, Oliver, Harper, E.Price (nf) 77.0 5 1 51 27 Ht14 Semmens, Long, N.Price, Lovell 77.4 5 1 56 28 Ht15 Lawson, Mason, E.Price, Abbott 76.8 5 1 61 29 Ht16 Rigg, Hart, Parker, Oliver (nf) 76.2 1 5 62 34 Ht17 Lawson, Rigg, Clarke, Cullum 76.4 3 3 65 37 Ht18 Hart, E.Price, Parker, Oliver 77.0 1 5 66 42

Saturday 24th September 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Under 30s 29 Over 30s 55 (Challenge)

Under 30s Roger Wise 0 0 0 0 Bruce Abernethy 2 1 1 1’ 5 1 Len Williams 2 3 2 1 8 Billy Bales 0 0 0 2 2 Billy Hole 2 2 3 0 7 Dick Bradley 0 0 1 2 3 Cecil Hookham 2 0 0 2 Cyril Page 0 2 2

Over 30s Bill Kitchen 3 2 2 3 10 Mike Erskine 1 1’ 0 2 1 Bill Pitcher 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Norman Parker 1 3 1 3 8 Alec Statham 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Bill Gilbert 1 3 2’ 3 9 1 Ken Brown 1 1 0 2 George Newton 1 1 2

Ht1 Kitchen, Abernethy, Erskine, Wise 70.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Pitcher, L.Williams, N.Parker, Bales 69.6 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Statham, Hole, Gilbert, Bradley 70.4 4 2 12 6 Ht4 N.Parker, Hookham, K.Brown, Wise 70.4 4 2 16 8 Ht5 L.Williams, Kitchen, Erskine, Bales 70.6 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Pitcher, Hole, N.Parker, Bradley 70.4 4 2 23 13 Ht7 Gilbert, Statham, Abernethy, Hookham 70.6 5 1 28 14 Ht8 Pitcher, L.Williams, Newton, Page 70.4 4 2 32 16 Ht9 Hole, Kitchen, Bradley, Erskine 70.6 2 4 34 20 Ht10 N.Parker, Pitcher, Abernethy, Wise 70.4 5 1 39 21 Ht11 Statham, Gilbert, L.Williams, Bales 70.8 5 1 44 22 Ht12 Kitchen, Page, Brown, Hole 70.6 4 2 48 24 Ht13 Statham, Bales, Newton, Hookham 71.4 4 2 52 26 Ht14 Gilbert, Bradley, Abernethy, Brown 71.2 5 1 57 27

Reserves’Race Newton, Page, Brown, Hookham 71.8

Stadium Scartch Race Ht1 Pitcher, Wise, Bales, Statham 70.6 Ht2 Williams, Newton, Parker, Hookham 71.0 Ht3 Gilbert, Page, Wilde, Bradley 72.2 Ht4 Kitchen, Steve Langton, Abernethy, Hole 71.6 Final Williams, Pitcher, Gilbert, Kitchen 70.6

Saturday 24th September 1949 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 34 Bradford Boomerangs 50 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Ron Mason 1 3 0 1 5 Bob Harrison 0 3 0 0 3 Henry Long 3 1 2 E 6 Charles Cullum 1 0 2 2’ 5 1 Bruce Semmens 1 2 1 0 4 Louis Lawson 3 1’ E 1 5 1 Ken Sharples 0 3 3 George Smith 1’ 2 3 1

Bradford Ron Clarke 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Eddie Rigg 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Ernie Price 2 3 3 3 11 Joe Abbott 0 2 0 2’ 4 1 Dyson Harper 0 1 1 2 Oliver Hart 2 1’ 3 3 9 1 Norman Price 1’ 2 3 1 Bob Lovell 0 0 0

Ht1 Rigg, Clarke, Mason, Harrison 76.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Long, E.Price, Cullum, Abbott 76.6 4 2 5 7 Ht3 Lawson, Hart, Semmens, Harper 75.6 4 2 9 9 Ht4 Mason, Abbott, N.Price, Sharples 78.0 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Rigg, Clarke, Long, Cullum 76.6 1 5 13 17 Ht6 E.Price, Semmens, Lawson, Abbott 76.8 3 3 16 20 Ht7 Harrison, N.Price, Hart, Mason 78.4 3 3 19 23 Ht8 E.Price, Long, Smith, Lovell 77.6 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Rigg, Clarke, Semmens, Lawson (ef) 76.0 1 5 23 31 Ht10 E.Price, Abbott, Mason, Harrison 79.0 1 5 24 36 Ht11 Hart, Cullum, Harper, Long (ef) 78.0 2 4 26 40 Ht12 Clarke, Smith, N.Price, Semmens 78.8 2 4 28 44 Ht13 Sharples, Cullum, Harper, Lovell 79.4 5 1 33 45 Ht14 Hart, Rigg, Lawson, Harrison 77.6 1 5 34 50

Monday 26th September 1949 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 42 Bradford Boomerangs 40 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon Norman Parker 2 3 3 3 11 Alec Statham 1’ 1 F 0 2 1 Jimmy Gibb E 2 3 3 7 Reg Trott 2 0 0 1’ 3 1 Cyril Brine 2 3 2 2 9 Mike Erskine 1’ 1 1’ 3 6 2 Bill Pitcher 1 2 3 Huck Fynn 0 F 0

Bradford Ron Clarke 3 3 3 3 12 Eddie Rigg F 1 0 1’ 2 1 Ernie Price 3 2 2 E 7 Joe Abbott F 0 Jack Biggs 0 2 2 3 7 Oliver Hart 3 0 1’ 2 6 1 Norman Price 2 0 2 1 5 Bob Lovell 0 1’ F 1 1

Ht1 Clarke, Parker, Statham, Rigg (f) 68.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 E.Price, Trott, Gibb (ef), Abbott (f) 70.0 2 3 5 6 Ht3 Hart, Brine, Erskine, Biggs 68.8 3 3 8 9 Ht4 Parker, N.Price, Pitcher, Lovell 68.4 4 2 12 11 Ht5 Clarke, Gibb, Rigg, Trott 69.0 2 4 14 15 Ht6 Brine, E.Price, Erskine, N.Price 68.8 4 2 18 17 Ht7 Parker, Biggs, Statham, Hart 68.2 4 2 22 19 Ht8 Gibb, E.Price, Lovell, Fynn 69.8 3 3 25 22 Ht9 Clarke, Brine, Erskine, Rigg 69.2 3 3 28 25 Ht10 Parker, N.Price, E.Price (ef), Statham (f) 69.4 3 2 31 27 Ht11 Gibb, Biggs, Hart, Trott 68.6 3 3 34 30 Ht12 Clarke, Brine, N.Price, Fynn(f) 69.6 2 4 36 34 Ht13 Biggs, Pitcher, Trott, Lovell (f) 70.2 3 3 39 37 Ht14 Erskine, Hart, Rigg, Statham 70.2 3 3 42 40

Saturday 1st October 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 50 Wembley Lions 33 (National League Division One)

Bradford Eddie Rigg F 2 1 1 4 Ron Clarke 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Ernie Price 2 F 3 2’ 7 1 Oliver Hart 0 3 3 3 9 Norman Price 0 3 2’ 1 6 1 Jack Biggs 2 3 3 8 Dyson Harper 1’ F 0 1 1 Bob Lovell 1 3 4

Wembley Tommy Price 2 2 1 X 5 Freddie Williams 1’ X 0 1 2 1 Bill Kitchen 1 1’ 2 0 4 1 Split Waterman 3 3 2 2 10 Bill Gilbert 3 2 1 2 8 George Wilks 1 0 0 0 1 Alf Bottoms 0 2 2 Bob Wells 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Clarke, T.Price, Williams, Rigg (f) 68.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Waterman, E.Price, Kitchen, Hart 67.8 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Gilbert, Biggs, Wilks, N.Price 70.2 2 4 7 11 Ht4 Waterman, Rigg, Harper, Bottoms 70.4 3 3 10 14 Ht5 Hart, T.Price, E.Price (f), Williams (exc) 68.4 3 2 13 16 Ht6 N.Price, Waterman, Kitchen, Harper (f) 69.2 3 3 16 19 Ht7 Clarke, Gilbert, Rigg, Wilks 68.8 4 2 20 21 Ht8 E.Price, Kitchen, Lovell, Wells 68.6 4 2 24 23 Ht9 Biggs, N.Price, T.Price, Williams 68.0 5 1 29 24 Ht10 Clarke, Waterman, Rigg, Kitchen 69.2 4 2 33 26 Ht11 Hart, E.Price, Gilbert, Wilks 69.0 5 1 38 27 Ht12 Lovell, Bottoms, N.Price, T.Price (exc) 69.6 4 2 42 29 Ht13 Hart, Gilbert, Wells, Harper 69.4 3 3 45 32 Ht14 Biggs, Clarke, Williams, Wilks 68.6 5 1 50 33

Reserves’ Race Lovell, Wells, Bottoms, Harper (f) 71.6

Novice Race Shead, Peace, Wilde (f), Brown (ns) 71.8

The Alec Jackson Scratch Race Ht1 Rigg, E.Price, T.Price, Waterman 68.4 Ht2 Clarke, Wilks, Williams, Harper 68.8 Ht3 Biggs, Gilbert, Bottoms, Lovell 69.4 Ht4 Hart, Kitchen, N.Price, Wells 70.4 Final Biggs, Clarke, Rigg, Hart 69.4

Wednesday 5th October 1949 New Cross Stadium, London New Cross Rangers 57 Bradford Boomerangs 27 (National League Division One)

New Cross Bill Longley 2 3 3 3 11 Eric French 1’ 2’ 1 1 5 2 Cyril Roger 1 3 3 3 10 Bert Roger 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 Jeff Lloyd 1’ 3 2 3 9 1 Ray Moore 2 2’ F X 4 1 Frank Lawrence 2’ 2’ 4 2 Bob Baker 2’ 2’ 4 2

Bradford Eddie Rigg F 0 1 0 1 Ron Clarke 3 1 3 2’ 9 1 Ernie Price 0 1 0 2 3 Oliver Hart 2 1 F 0 3 Norman Price 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Biggs 3 1 1 3 8 Dyson Harper 0 1 1 Bob Lovell 1 1 2

Ht1 Clarke, Longley, French, Rigg (f) 59.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 B.Roger, Hart, C.Roger, E.Price 60.8 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Biggs, Moore, Lloyd, N.Price 60.2 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Longley, Lawrence, Hart, Harper 61.6 5 1 15 9 Ht5 C.Roger, B.Roger, Clarke, Rigg 61.2 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Lloyd, Moore, E.Price, Hart (f) 61.6 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Longley, French, Biggs, N.Price 61.8 5 1 30 12 Ht8 C.Roger, Baker, Lovell, E.Price 61.4 5 1 35 13 Ht9 Clarke, Lloyd, Rigg, Moore (f) 60.2 2 4 37 17 Ht10 Longley, E.Price, French, Hart 61.6 4 2 41 19 Ht11 C.Roger, B.Roger, Biggs, N.Price 62.0 5 1 46 20 Ht12 Lloyd, Baker, Harper, Rigg 62.4 5 1 51 21 Ht13 B.Roger, Lawrence, Lovell, N.Price 63.0 5 1 56 22 Ht14 Biggs, Clarke, French, Moore (exc) 61.0 1 5 57 27

Saturday 8th October 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 50 Birmingham Brummies 33 (National League Division One)

Bradford Eddie Rigg 0 1’ 3 2’ 6 2 Ron Clarke 2 0 3 2’ 7 1 Ernie Price 3 3 2 2 10 Oliver Hart 2’ 2’ 1’ 2 7 3 Joe Abbott 2’ 2’ 1 E 5 2 Jack Biggs 3 3 3 3 12 Norman Price 2 1’ Bob Lovell 0 X 0

Birmingham Stan Dell 3 0 2 3 8 Arthur Payne 1 1 E 1 3 Wilbur Lamoreux E E 3 1 4 Doug McLachlan 1 3 1 0 5 Graham Warren 1 2 3 3 9 Geoff Bennett 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Dick Tolley 0 2’ 2 1 Buck Whitby 1 0 1

Ht1 Dell, Clarke, Payne, Rigg 70.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 E.Price, Hart, McLachlan, Lamoreaux (ef) 69.0 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Biggs, Abbott, Warren, Bennett 67.4 5 1 12 6 Ht4 McLachlan, N.Price, Rigg, Tolley 69.6 3 3 15 9 Ht5 E.Price, Hart, Payne, Dell 69.4 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Biggs, Abbott, McLachlan, Lamoreaux (ef) 68.0 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Rigg, Warren, Bennett, Clarke 69.2 3 3 28 14 Ht8 Lamoreaux, E.Price, Whitby, Lovell 68.0 2 4 30 18 Ht9 Biggs, Dell, Abbott, Payne (ef) 67.6 4 2 34 20 Ht10 Clarke, Rigg, Lamoreaux, McLachlan 68.8 5 1 39 21 Ht11 Warren, E.Price, Hart, Bennett 68.6 3 3 42 24 Ht12 Dell, Tolley, Abbott (ef), Lovell (exc) 71.4 0 5 42 29 Ht13 Warren, Hart, N.Price, Whitby 68.8 3 3 45 32 Ht14 Biggs, Clarke, Payne, Bennett 68.4 5 1 50 33

Reserves’ Race Tolley, Whitby, N.Price, Lovell 70.6

Junior Race Wilde, Harper, Peace, Shead 74.8

The Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Lamoreaux, Rigg, Payne, Brown 69.2 Ht2 Warren, Clarke, N.Price, Whitby 69.0 Ht3 Biggs, Bennett, Hart, Dell 68.8 Ht4 E.Prcie, McLachlan, Tolley, Lovell 69.8 Final Lamoreaux, Biggs, Warren, E.Price 68.8

Saturday 15th October 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 49 Wimbledon Dons 35 (National League Division One)

Bradford Eddie Rigg 0 3 3 2’ 8 1 Ron Clarke 2 2’ 3 1 8 1 Ernie Price 2 3 3 3 11 Oliver Hart 3 0 1 1’ 5 1 Joe Abbott 0 F 2 2 Jack Biggs 3 3 3 3 12 Norman Price 1 0 2 3 Bob Lovell 0 0 0

Wimbledon Bill Pitcher 0 1’ 1’ 3 5 2 Norman Parker 3 2 2 2 9 Alec Statham 0 2 2 1 5 Cyril Brine 1 0 1’ F 2 1 Jimmy Gibb 2 1 2 3 8 Mike Erskine 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Dick Harris 2 1 3 Huck Fynn 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Parker, Clarke, Pitcher, Rigg 68.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Hart, E.Price, Brine, Statham 68.2 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Biggs, Gibb, Erskine, Abbott 67.8 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Rigg, Harris, N.Price, Brine 69.4 4 2 14 10 Ht5 E.Price, Parker, Pitcher, Hart 68.6 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Biggs, Statham, Brine, Abbott (f) 68.4 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Rigg, Clarke, Gibb, Erskine 69.4 5 1 25 17 Ht8 E.Price, Statham, Fynn, Lovell 69.6 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Biggs, Parker, Pitcher, N.Price 68.2 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Clarke, Rigg, Statham, Brine (f) 71.2 5 1 36 24 Ht11 E.Price, Gibb, Hart, Erskine 69.4 4 2 40 26 Ht12 Pitcher, Abbott, Harris, Lovell 70.0 2 4 42 30 Ht13 Gibb, N.Price, Hart, Fynn 70.2 3 3 45 33 Ht14 Biggs, Parker, Clarke, Erskine 69.0 4 2 49 35

Reserves’ Race [ N.Price, Lovell, Harris, Fynn ?

Juniors’ Race Shead, Peace, Harper, Wilde 71.4

The Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Rigg, Hart, Pitcher, Statham 69.4 Ht2 Clarke, Gibb, Abbott, Brine 70.6 Ht3 E.Price, Erskine, N.Price, Brown 70.4 Ht4 Biggs, N.Parker, Fynn, Lovell 69.4 Final Biggs, Clarke, Rigg, E.Price 69.8

Saturday 22nd October 1949 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 65 West Ham Hammers 19 (National League Division One)

Bradford Eddie Rigg 2’ 3 1’ 3 9 2 Ron Clarke 3 2 2’ 2’ 8 2 Ernie Price 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2 Oliver Hart 3 2’ 3 2 10 1 Joe Abbott 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Jack Biggs 3 3 3 3 12 Norman Price 2’ 1’ 3 2 Bob Lovell 2’ 1 3 1

West Ham Eric Chitty 0 0 0 0 Cliff Watson 1 1 0 0 2 Howdy Byford 0 0 1 0 1 Malcolm Craven 1 1 1 1 4 Aub Lawson 1 3 0 3 7 Wally Green 0 0 1 1 2 Fred Curtis 0 1 2 3 Reg Fearman 0 0 0

Ht1 Clarke, Rigg, Watson, Chitty 67.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Hart, E.Price, Craven, Byford 67.8 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Biggs, Abbott, Lawson, Green 67.2 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Rigg, N.Price, Craven, Curtis 68.4 5 1 20 4 Ht5 E.Price, Hart, Watson, Chitty 68.6 5 1 25 5 Ht6 Biggs, Abbott, Craven, Byford 68.6 5 1 30 6 Ht7 Lawson, Clarke, Rigg, Green 68.6 3 3 33 9 Ht8 E.Price, Lovell, Byford, Fearman 69.4 5 1 38 10 Ht9 Biggs, Abbott, Curtis, Watson 68.8 5 1 43 11 Ht10 Rigg, Clarke, Craven, Byford 69.6 5 1 48 12 Ht11 Hart, E.Price, Green, Lawson 68.6 5 1 53 13 Ht12 Abbott, Curtis, Lovell, Chitty 70.2 4 2 57 15 Ht13 Lawson, Hart, N.Price, Fearman 69.0 3 3 60 18 Ht14 Biggs, Clarke, Green, Watson 67.8 5 1 65 19

Junior Race Shead, Harper, Peace, Brown 70.0

The Stadium Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Rigg, Byford, Chitty, Abbott (f0 52.6 Ht2 Clarke, Craven, E.Price, Green 52.4 Ht3 Hart, Watson, Lovell, Curtis 53.6 Ht4 Biggs, N.Price, Fearman, Wilde 52.0 Final Biggs, Clarke, Rigg, Hart 52.2

Mechanics Race [Bill Clarke, Eddie Dunn, Ron Kellett, Jack Price, Fred Brent, Alec Pinder, Vernon Goy, John Whittaker Jack Flint and Oliver Langton

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