AUDENSHAW 1930
ASHTON OLD ROAD
Sources : Ashton Herald, Ashton Advertiser
Thanks to Graham Gleave
Updated 1.4.2020 Updated 11.5.2021
Meetings run outside the jurisdiction of the ACU.
Friday 2nd May 1930
Sunday 11th May 1930
Waterhouse v Atkinson (advertised)
Sunday 18th May 1930
Match Race
Ht1 Arthur Atkinson bt Peter Walker
Ht2 Walker bt Atkinson
Ht3 Atkinson bt Walker
Sunday 25th May 1930
Sunday 8th June 1930
Audenshaw handicap A. McDonald M.Sheldon 107.0
Gold Vase:
The Thriller Bob Hooton 107.0
Four Star Challenge: Ht1 The Thriller bt D.De Lyon 107.0
Ht2 Peter Walker bt R.Riley 108.0
Final Not raced
Sunday 15th June 1930
Audenshaw Handicap
D.De Lyon 119.0 Senior Race for Gold Vase 3 laps
B.Brown, R.Riley, 119.0
Match Races
Ht1 Riskit Riley bt Red Terror
Ht2 & 3 rained off
Sunday 22nd June 1930
Audenshaw Handicap
W.Holland, The Thriller 113.0
Gold Vase D.De Lyon, M.Sheldon 108.0
Sunday 29 June 1930
Audenshaw Handicap:
Final The Thriller, W.Holland, M.Sheldon, B.Brown 99.4
Gold Vase:
Final B.Brown, F.Crosby, M.Sheldon, P.Walker 96.2
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Winner: “Rudolph Valentino”
Sunday 6 July 1930
Audenshaw Handicap:
Final A.Douglas, R.Riley, The Thriller, P.Walker 118.0
Gold Vase: T.E. Dean, The Thriller, J.Armstrong, B.Brown 106.6
Senior Scratch:
Final: Riskit Riley
Track Record Attempt Riley unsuccessful
Firth, H Lomas WTurton and Babs Neild and another Manchester girl all suspended after this meeting.
Sunday 13 July 1930
Audenshaw Handicap:
Final The Thriller, M.Barlow 115.0
Senior Scratch:
Ht3 RR Charles Bentley, Riskit Riley
Final B Brown, A B Drew, 110.4
Tom Kenny (riding as Billy Brown)
Audenshaw Scratch Race
Ht Bentley, Riley,
Final R.Riley Alex McLaughlan 108.0
Junior Race (2 laps)
Final S.Firth M Barlow 140.0
Sunday 20th July 1930
Audenshaw Handicap:
SF A.McDonald (fell)
Final M.Barlow, C.H.Simon, 107.8 Alternative Riley, Drew, 127.0
Flying 12 (rolling start):
Final The Red Terror 95.6
Challenge Race
Ht R Riley v C Bentley
Open Senior Scratch
H Cox, AB Drew 125.0
Junior Qualifying Race
RM Barlow, J Holmes 140.0
Sunday 27 July 1930
Scratch Event:
Final: T. Dean, A.B. Drew
Handicap Event:
3. Charlie Bentley, Frank Whiting (both fell)
Final: A. Williams, Peter Waterhouse (riding as A. Pedro) 110.0. Junior Event:
Final: T. Dean CA Armstrong 114.0
Senior Race
EC Deacon
Puriton Cup
E C Deacon
Track Record Attempt
Brown 68.0 unsuccessful
Alternative info
Audenshaw Handicap: Final M.Sheldon.B.Hooton, J.Armstrong, B.Brown 111.4
Flying 12:
Final The Thriller, B.H.Simon, M.Carlow, R.Riley 105.0
Flying 8:
Final W.Holland, Joe Kilner, F.Crossley, J.Smith 118.0
Sunday 3 August 1930
Attendance: 15,000
Challenge Match: Manchester 11 Salford 13
Salford scored 2 x 4 -2 while Manchester scored 1 x 4 -2 other 3 heats dawn 3 – all.
Audenshaw Handicap
Final F Greenall, A.B. Drew
Alternative Greenall, A McLaughlan 105.0
Senior Scratch:
Final: A.B. Drew, Dan de Lyon (Ezra Deakin) 107.8
Alternative Info: Audenshaw Handicap
Final P.Walker, Red Terror 107.8
Flying 12
Final
P.Walker, B,Hooton 117.0
Sunday 10 August 1930
Handicap Event:
2 R Holland (f) inj broken arm
5 Firth (f) concussion
Final: Frank Greenall, A.B. Drew 117.0
Meeting abandoned due to rain
Also Rode: E. Holland and S. Firth
Alternative Information:
Audenshaw handicap
Final P.Walker, J.Woods 110.0
Flying 12:
Final P.Walker, The Terror 105.0
Sunday 17 August 1930
Attendance: 17,000
Challenge Match: Married Men 15 Bachelors 18
De Lyon won two heats for married men and Lawson won 2 for single men
Audenshaw Handicap
Final F Greenall Brown 106.5
Senior Scratch Race
F Greenall Howard
Match race
Bentley bt Shuttleworth 68.0
Track Record Attempts
D.De Lyon 67.0 Shuttleworth 69.6 R.Riley 70.0
Competitors included Ezra Deakin racing as Dan de Lyon, and Tom Kenny racing as Billy Brown.
Alternative Information
Audenshaw Handicap
Final R.Riley, Red Terror 114.0 Flying 12
Final Jack Woods, R.Riley 108.4
Sunday 24 August 1930
Audenshaw Handicap:
Final: Tom Kenny (racing as Billy Brown), A. Williams, 107.0
Silver Helmet:
Final: Billy Howard, Hen Helsby 106.0
Frank Greenall reduced the one mile track record by 1/10 of a second.
Track Record Attempt
Joe Palastrand 72.0 unsuccessful
Bentley 67.5 unsuccessful
F Greenall 64.6 new record
Sunday 31 August 1930
Silver Sword:
1.
2. Tom Kenny (riding as Billy Brown), 105.0
Final: Ezra Deakin (riding as Dan de Lyon), Alec McLachlan, 108.0
Handicap Event:
Final: Tom Kenny (riding as Billy Brown), Hen Helsby, Ezra Deakin (racing as Dan de Lyon)
William Owen was killed as a result of a crash in a heat on the handicap. Slider Shuttleworth, George Sutcliffe and Hugh Hulme rode in the same heat.
Sunday 7 September 1930
Audenshaw Handicap:
Final: Tom Kenny (racing as Billy Brown), C.Lawson also C.Bentley
Golden Helmet: Final: Billy Howard, Peter Waterhouse (racing as A. Pedro)
Challenge Race
Greenall & Brown both fell
Silver Helmet
Ht3 116.0
Ht4 115.0
Ht5 A Pedro, Palastrand
Riders included Joe Palastrand and Bobby Hooton
Sunday 14 September 1930
Audenshaw Handicap:
1.
2. Shuttleworth (f)
3. Ezra Deakin (racing as Dan de Lyon), Billy Howard A Pedro (f) C.Jennings (f)
4. [ Shuttleworth & Wliliams collided after finish
Final: Ezra Deakin (racing as Dan de Lyon), Tom Kenny (racing as Billy Brown), Billy Howard (fell) C.Armstrong (f)
Silver Sword:
Heat: Frank Greenall
SF: Tom Kenny (racing as Billy Brown), Frank Greenall (ef)
Final: Tom Kenny (racing as Billy Brown), A. Williams, Skid Nock 105.4
Sunday 21 September 1930
Two-Lap Challenge:
Ezra Deakin (racing as Dan de Lyon) beat Frank Greenall, 69.0
Audenshaw Handicap:
Final: Ezra Deakin (racing as Dan de Lyon), Frank Greenall, 107.0
Silver Sword:
Final: Frank Greenall, Ezra Deakin (racing as Dan de Lyon), 107.0
Sunday 28 September 1930
Match Races:
Ezra Deakin (racing as Dan de Lyon) beat A.B. Drew
Tom Kenny (racing as Billy Brown) beat Riskit Riley
Ezra Deakin (racing as Dan de Lyon) beat ‘The Black Prince’
Silver Sword:
Final: Tom Kenny (racing as Billy Brown), Billy Howard, Frank Greenall 105.0
Handicap Event:
Final: Tom Kenny (racing as Billy Brown), Billy Howard 106.0
Sunday 5 October 1930
Audenshaw Handicap:
SF1 D.De Lyon 107.0
Final: Billy Howard, M Sheldon, B.Hooton, D.De Lyon
Challenge Race:
B.Howard bt M.Sheldon 72.0
D.De Lyon bt D.Brown 68.0
Silver Sword:
D.DE Lyon, M.Sheldon (frm), [ Brown (frm),
Sunday 12 October 1930
Charity Meeting:
Final: Tom Kenny
Audenshaw Silver Trophy T.Kenny. ? Greenall 107.0 Howard trapped foot in wheel
District Infirmary Cup Handicap
Ht H.Helsby, B.Howard, P.Waterhouse 106.4
Final Howard, Greenall 105.6
Infirmary Challenge Final
Helsby, Howard, Waterhouse 106.4 Sunday 19 October 1930
Audenshaw Handicap:
Final: Ezra Deakin (racing as Dan de Lyon), M.Sheldon 107.0
Silver Sword Ht1 Greenall (lost chain)
Final Deakin, Sid Nock, M.Sheldon 109.2
Track Record Attempt
Riley 65.0 & 66.0 both unsuccessful
Sunday 26 October 1930
Grand Championship:
Final: Ward (A.J.?) J.Kenny 107.0
Audenshaw Handicap
SF2 R.Riley Deakin Nock Ward 103.0 TR
Final Bob Hooton, R.Riley 108.0
Sidecar Challenge Race
R Parsons bt Sunbeam and P & M Teams
It was reported in the Motorcycling magazine of July 9, 1930 that the following riders had been suspended by the ACU for riding at Audenshaw.
C.A. Armstrong
Sid Ball
Charlie Bentley
N. Booth
George Cowley
A.B. Drew
T. Jones
W. Ramsden
Riskit Riley
Skid Nock
W.T. Stubbs
Charlie Sticpewich