HACKNEY WICK 1939

File updated 11.8.2021

Sources: Speedway Researcher Team files and Year by Year files, Speedway News, Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Newcastle Evening Chronicle, The Scotsman, Edinburgh Evening News, Bristol Evening News, Daily Herald, Western Daily Press, Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, Evening Despatch, Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough, Stoke Evening Sentinel, Birmingham Daily Gazette, Staffordshire Sentinel, Western Daily Press, Bristol Evening Post, Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Sheffield Evening Telegraph, Sunderland Daily Echo, The Advertiser, Croydon Advertiser and East Surrey Reporter, marked programmes

Tuesday 4th April 1939, Crystal Palace Exhibition Grounds, Sydenham, London Crystal Palace 41 Hackney Wick Cubs 31 (Challenge)

Crystal Palace Ernie Pawson 3 3 3 3 12 Alf Markham 1 1 2’ 0 4 1 Mick Mitchell 3 1 3 2’ 9 1 Les Trim 0 0 2 3 5 George Gower 2’ 2 1’ 0 5 2 Keith Harvey 0 3 0 3 George Liddle 3 3

Hackney Wick Cubs Cyril Page 2 2’ 3 1’ 8 2 Charlie Appleby 0 3 0 0 3 Tommy Bateman 1’ 3 1 2 7 1 Jack Tidbury 2 1 0 2 5 Vic Weir 1 0 2 1’ 4 1 Vic Pitcher 0 2 1’ 1 4 1

Ht 1: Pawson, Page, Markham, Appleby 83.7 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Mitchell, Tidbury, Bateman, Trim 83.7 3 3 7 5 Ht 3: Liddle, Gower, Weir, Pitcher 84.5 5 1 12 6 Ht 4: Appleby, Page, Mitchell, Trim 86.6 1 5 13 11 Ht 5: Bateman, Gower, Tidbury, Harvey 87.3 2 4 15 15 Ht 6: Pawson, Pitcher, Markham, Weir 84.4 4 2 19 17 Ht 7: Page, Trim, Gower, Appleby 86.1 3 3 22 20 Ht 8: Harvey, Markham, Bateman, Tidbury 85.2 5 1 27 21 Ht 9: Mitchell, Weir, Pitcher, Gower 85.1 3 3 30 24 Ht 10: Pawson, Bateman, Page, Markham 86.1 3 3 33 27 Ht 11: Trim, Tidbury, Weir, Harvey 87.6 3 3 36 30 Ht 12: Pawson, Mitchell, Pitcher, Appleby 87.0 5 1 41 31

Saturday, 8th April 1939, Hackney Stadium, London Hackney Wick 44 West Ham (Past and Present) 27 (Challenge)

Hackney Frank Hodgson 3 3 3 3 12 Charlie Page 0 0 0 2 2 Doug Wells 3 2’ 0 2’ 7 2 Jim Baylais 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Arch Windmill 3 3 1’ 2’ 9 2 Charlie Appleby 0 1 2 0 3

West Ham Phil Bishop 2 0 0 1 3 Jack Tidbury 1’ 1 3 3 8 1 Stan Dell 1 2 2 5 Dick Geary 1’ 1 1 Ken Brett 2 1’ 1 4 1 George Saunders 1’ 1’ 2 4 2 Tommy Bateman 2’ 2 1

Ht 1: Hodgson, Bishop, Tidbury, Page 74.05 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Wells, Baylais, Dell, ? 76.46 5 1 8 4 Ht 3: Windmill, Bateman, Saunders, Appleby (f) 76.22 3 3 11 7 Ht 4: Baylais, Wells, Tidbury, Bishop 76.20 5 1 16 8 Ht 5: Windmill, Dell, Appleby,? 76.35 4 2 20 10 Ht 6: Hodgson, Brett, Saunders, Page 76.05 3 3 23 13 Ht 7: Tidbury, Appleby, Windmill, Bishop 77.36 3 3 26 16 Ht 8: Hodgson, Dell, Geary, Page 76.56 3 3 29 19 Ht 9: Baylais, Saunders, Brett, Wells 76.68 3 3 32 22 Ht 10: Tidbury, Page, Appleby (nf), ? 79.90 2 3 34 25 Ht 11: Baylais, Windmill, Brett, ? 77.38 5 1 39 26 Ht 12: Hodgson, Wells, Bishop, ? 76.74 5 1 44 27

Gold Cup Final: Hodgson, Windmill, Baylais, ? 75.91

Brett’s Team 20 Appleby’s Team 16 (Cubs Challenge Match)

Brett’s Team Tommy Bateman 3 3 3 9 Ken Brett 6 Vic Pitcher 3 Phil Lewry 2

Appleby’ Team Jack Tidbury 7 Charlie Appleby 4 Charlie Page 4 Vic Weir 1

Cubs’ Cup Final: Brett, Appleby, Bateman, ? 79.92

Monday, 10th April 1939, The Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich 46 Hackney Wick 38 (English Speedway Trophy)

Norwich Wal Morton 0 3 3 3 9 Jock Sweet 2 0 1 0 3 Bert Spencer 3 3 3 3 12 Wilf Jay 2’ 1 1 0 4 1 Dick Wise 0 3 3 1’ 7 1 Bill Birtwell 1 1 2 4 Alan Smith 2’ 1 1 4 1 Paul Goodchild 1 2 3

Hackney Frank Hodgson 3 2 2 3 10 Ken Brett 1 0 0 1 Stan Dell 1 2 2 2 7 Doug Wells 0 1 0 0 1 George Saunders 2’ 1’ 2 2’ 7 3 Jim Baylais 3 2 0 1 6 Arch Windmill 0 0 0 Nobby Stock 0 3 3 6

Ht 1: Hodgson, Sweet, Brett, Morton (f) 80.0 2 4 2 4 Ht 2: Spencer, Jay , Dell, Wells 79.8 5 1 7 5 Ht 3: Baylais, Saunders, Birdwell, Wise (exc, tapes) 82.0 1 5 8 10 Ht 4: Morton, Smith, Wells, Windmill 82.8 5 1 13 11 Ht 5: Spencer, Hodgson, Jay, Brett 80.0 4 2 17 13 Ht 6: Wise, Dell, Birdwell, Wells 82.2 4 2 21 15 Ht 7: Morton, Baylais, Saunders, Sweet 83.0 3 3 24 18 Ht 8: Spencer, Dell, Goodchild, Stock 81.6 4 2 28 20 Ht 9: Wise, Hodgson, Smith, Brett 80.8 4 2 32 22 Ht 10: Morton, Dell, Sweet, Wells 82.1 4 2 36 24 Ht 11: Spencer, Saunders, Jay, Baylais 81.8 4 2 40 26 Ht 12: Hodgson, Goodchild, Wise, Windmill 82.0 3 3 43 29 Ht 13: Stock, Saunders, Smith, Jay 82.8 1 5 44 34 Ht 14: Stock, Birdwell, Baylais, Sweet 81.8 2 4 46 38

Saturday 15th April 1939, Hackney Stadium, London Hackney Wick 57 Crystal Palace 27 (English Speedway Trophy)

Hackney Wick Frank Hodgson 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 George Saunders 1 3 1 0 5 Doug Wells 3 3 3 3 12 Jim Baylais 2’ 0 2’ 2 6 2 Stan Dell 2’ 2’ 1’ 0 5 3 Arch Windmill 3 3 2 3 11 Nobby Stock 3 2 1’ 6 1 Ken Brett 2’ 2 1

Crystal Palace Les Trim 0 2 3 3 8 Keith Harvey 2 1’ 0 2 5 1 Harry Saunders 1 1 0 2 4 Ernie Pawson 0 1 0 0 1 Mick Mitchell 1 0 1 3 5 George Liddle 0 1 0 1’ 1 1 George Gower 0 1 1 Alf Markham 1 0 1

Ht 1: Hodgson, Harvey, G Saunders, Trim 74.09 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Wells, Baylais, H Saunders, Pawson 75.82 5 1 9 3 Ht 3: Windmill, Dell, Mitchell, Liddle 75.01 5 1 14 4 Ht 4: Stock, Hodgson, Pawson, Gower 78.80 5 1 19 5 Ht 5: Wells, Trim, Harvey, Baylais 75.50 3 3 22 8 Ht 6: Windmill, Dell, H Saunders, Pawson 77.40 5 1 27 9 Ht 7: G Saunders, Hodgson, Liddle, Mitchell 77.21 5 1 32 10 Ht 8: Wells, Brett, Markham, Saunders 78.76 5 1 37 11 Ht 9: Trim, Windmill, Dell, Harvey 74.65 3 3 40 14 Ht 10: Hodgson, H Saunders, G Saunders, Pawson 76.29 4 2 44 16 Ht 11: Wells, Baylais, Mitchell, Liddle 77.19 5 1 49 17 Ht 12: Trim, Stock, Gower, Dell 76.39 2 4 51 21 Ht 13: Mitchell, Baylais, Stock, Markham 77.01 3 3 54 24 Ht 14: Windmill, Harvey, Liddle, G Saunders 76.20 3 3 57 27

Hackney Scurry (3 laps) Ht 1: Hodgson, Windmill, Wells, Pawson 57.30 Ht 2: Baylais, Trim, G Saunders, Dell (f) 57.35 Final: Hodgson, Windmill, Baylais Trim 58.65

Waterden Scratch Race Ht 1: V Pitcher, H Saunders, Appleby, Weir 78.42 Ht 2: Mick Mitchell, J Tidbury, Lewry, C Page (f) 78.12 Final: Mitchell, Tidbury H Saunders (f), Pitcher (ns) 78.96

Reserves’ Scratch Race Stock, Brett, J Tidbury, C Appleby 77.31

Monday, 17th April 1939, Brough Park, Newcastle Newcastle 42 Hackney Wick 41 (Challenge)

Newcastle George Pepper 2 2 0 0 4 Fred Curtis 1’ 2 2 3 8 1 Rol Stobart 0 2 3 2’ 7 1 Billy Lamont 0 1’ 3 0 4 1 Norman Hargreaves 3 2 1’ 2 8 1 Maurice Stobart 2’ 1’ 2 2’ 7 3 Bill Goodall 0 2 2 Reg Hay 1 1’ 2 1

Hackney Wick Frank Hodgson 3 3 3 3 12 ? 0 0 0 0 0 Doug Wells 3 0 2 3 8 Jim Baylais 2’ 3 3 1 9 1 Stan Dell 0 3 1 3 7 Arch Windmill 1 1 0 1 3 Nobby Stock 1 0 1 Ken Brett 0 1 1

Ht 1: Hodgson, Pepper, Curtis, ? 77.0 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Wells, Baylais, Lamont (f), R Stobbart (nf) 80.6 0 5 3 8 Ht 3: Hargreaves, M Stobbart, Windmill, 78.6 5 1 8 9 Ht 4: Baylais, Pepper, Stock, ? 79.4 2 4 10 13 Ht 5: Hodgson, R Stobbart, Lamont, 78.0 3 3 13 16 Ht 6: Baylais, Hargreaves, M Stobbart, Wells 78.8 3 3 16 19 Ht 7: Dell, Curtis, Windmill, Pepper 78.8 2 4 18 23 Ht 8: R Stobbart, Wells, Hay, Brett 78.6 4 2 22 25 Ht 9: Hodgson, M Stobbart, Hargreaves, ? 78.0 3 3 25 28 Ht 10: Wells, Curtis, Baylais, Pepper 79.4 2 4 27 32 Ht 11: Lamont, R Stobbart, Dell, Windmill 81.0 5 1 32 33 Ht 12: Hodgson, Hargreaves, Hay, Stock 77.8 3 3 35 36 Ht 13: Dell, Goodall, Brett, Lamont (f) 80.4 2 4 37 40 Ht 14: Curtis, M Stobbart, Windmill, ? 79.2 5 1 42 41

Saturday, 22nd April 1939, Hackney Stadium, London Hackney Wick 60 Stoke 24 (National League Division 2)

Hackney Frank Hodgson 3 3 3 3 12 Nobby Stock 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 3 Doug Wells 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Jim Baylais 3 1 2’ 3 9 1 Stan Dell 3 0 3 3 9 Arch Windmill 1 2 1 3 7 Tiger Hart 2’ 0 2 1 George Saunders 2’ 1 3 1

Stoke Ted Bravery 2 2 2 2 8 Fred Tuck 0 0 0 Tommy Allott 0 3 0 1 4 Fred Strecker 1 1 1 0 3 Danny Lee 0 1 1 2 4 Harold Jackson 2 0 0 1 3 Alan Butler 0 0 0 Tommy Burgess 1 1’ 2 1

Ht 1: Hodgson, Bravery, Stock, Tuck 75.20 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Baylais, Wells, Strecker, Allott (f) 76.50 5 1 9 3 Ht 3: Dell, Jackson, Windmill, Lee 78.22 4 2 13 5 Ht 4: Hodgson, Hart, Strecker, Butler 75.40 5 1 18 6 Ht 5 Wells, Bravery, Baylais, Tuck 75.40 4 2 22 8 Ht 6: Allott, Windmill, Strecker, Dell 75.77 2 4 24 12 Ht 7: Hodgson, Stock, Lee, Jackson 75.10 5 1 29 13 Ht 8: Wells, Saunders, Burgess, Allott 79.10 5 1 34 14 Ht 9: Dell, Bravery, Windmill, ? 76.52 4 2 38 16 Ht 10: Hodgson, Stock, Allott, Strecker 76.64 5 1 43 17 Ht 11: Wells, Baylais, Lee, Jackson 77.36 5 1 48 18 Ht 12: Dell, Bravery, Saunders, Butler 76.00 4 2 52 20 Ht 13: Baylais, Lee, Burgess, Hart (mf) 75.50 3 3 55 23 Ht 14: Windmill, Stock, Jackson, ? 76.10 5 1 60 24

Waterden Scurry (3 laps) Final Hodgson, Baylais, Wells 56.45

Reserves’ Scratch Race Appleby, Saunders, Tidbury 76.50

Cubs’ Scratch Race Pitcher, Weir, Page 78.40

Saturday, 29th April 1939, Hackney Stadium, London Hackney Wick 65 Norwich 19 (English Speedway Trophy)

Hackney Frank Hodgson 3 2’ 3 2’ 10 2 Nobby Stock 1 0 2’ 3 1 Doug Wells 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 9 3 Jim Baylais 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Stan Dell 2’ 1 1 2’ 6 2 Arch Windmill 3 3 3 3 12 Tiger Hart 3 3 3 9 George Saunders 2’ 3 5 1

Norwich Wal Morton 2 1 0 1 4 Alan Smith 0 2 1 3 Bert Spencer 1 2 1 1 5 Wilf Jay 0 1 0 1 Dick Wise 0 1’ 0 1 2 1 Bill Birtwell 1 2 1 0 4 Paul Goodchild 0 0 0 0 Jock Sweet 0 0 0 0

Ht 1: Hodgson, Morton, Stock, Sweet (mf) 73.39 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Baylais, Wells, Spencer, Jay 76.35 5 1 9 3 Ht 3: Windmill, Dell, Birtwell, Wise 76.70 5 1 14 4 Ht 4: Hart, Hodgson, Jay, Goodchild 74.60 5 1 19 5 Ht 5: Baylais, Wells, Morton, Smith 77.13 5 1 24 6 Ht 6: Windmill, Spencer, Dell, Jay 74.48 4 2 28 8 Ht 7: Hodgson, Birtwell, Wise, Stock (mf) 76.50 3 3 31 11 Ht 8: Wells, Saunders, Spencer, Sweet 76.01 5 1 36 12 Ht 9: Windmill, Smith, Dell, Morton 74.20 4 2 40 14 Ht 10: Hart, Hodgson, Spencer, Goodchild (mf) 75.40 5 1 45 15 Ht 11: Baylais, Wells, Birdwell, Wise 76.70 5 1 50 16 Ht 12: Saunders, Dell, Morton, Goodchild 75.80 5 1 55 17 Ht 13: Hart, Baylais, Wise, Sweet 74.80 5 1 60 18 Ht 14: Windmill, Stock, Smith, Birtwell 74.90 5 1 65 19

Second half cancelled due to rain

Tuesday, 2nd May 1939, Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol 22 Hackney Wick 59 (English Speedway Trophy) Attendance 5,306

Bristol Harry Shepherd 2 0 3 1 6 Jack Bibby 0 1 0 1 2 Roy Dook 1 2 2 0 5 Norman Lindsay 0 0 3 0 3 Bob Lovell 0 0 0 0 0 Ron Howes 2 1 1 0 4 George Craig 1 0 1 Reg Lambourne 0 1 1

Hackney Wick Frank Hodgson 3 3 3 3 12 George Saunders 1 1 2’ 2’ 6 2 Doug Wells 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2 Jim Baylais 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Stan Dell 1 2 1’ 3 7 1 Arch Windmill 3 0 2 3 8 Nobby Stock 2’ 2’ 4 2 Ken Brett 1 0 1

Ht 1: Hodgson, Shepherd, Saunders, Bibby 69.4 2 4 2 4 Ht 2: Baylais, Wells, Dook, Lindsay 68.4 1 5 3 9 Ht 3: Windmill, Howes, Dell, Lovell 68.8 2 4 5 13 Ht 4: Baylais, Stock, Craig, Shepherd 69.4 1 5 6 18 Ht 5: Hodgson, Dook, Saunders, Lindsay 68.8 2 4 8 22 Ht 6: Wells, Baylais, Howes, Lovell 70.6 1 5 9 27 Ht 7: Shepherd, Dell, Bibby, Windmill 70.0 4 2 13 29 Ht 8: Wells, Dook, Brett, Lambourne 70.8 2 4 15 33 Ht 9: Hodgson, Saunders, Howes, Lovell 70.2 1 5 16 38 Ht 10: Baylais, Wells, Shepherd, Bibby 70.8 1 5 17 43 Ht 11: Lindsay, Windmill, Dell, Dook 70.6 3 3 20 46 Ht 12: Hodgson, Stock, Lambourne, Lovell 71.2 1 5 21 51 Ht 13: Dell, Lindsay (f), Craig (f), Brett (exc, tapes) 78.0 0 3 21 54 Ht 14: Windmill, Saunders, Bibby, Howes 69.8 1 5 22 59

Saturday, 6th May 1939, Hackney Stadium, London Hackney Wick 56 Bristol 25 (English Speedway Trophy)

Hackney Wick Frank Hodgson 3 1 3 3 10 Nobby Stock 2’ 1 1 4 1 Doug Wells 3 3 3 0 9 Jim Baylais 2’ 2’ 0 2 6 2 Stan Dell 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2 Arch Windmill 3 2’ 0 3 8 1 Tiger Hart 3 0 3 George Saunders 1 3 2’ 6 1

Bristol Harry Shepherd 0 0 0 1 1 Reg Lambourne 1 1 2 0 4 Roy Dook 0 0 2 2 Norman Lindsay 1 2 1 0 4 Jeff Lloyd 0 2 3 3 8 Jack Bibby 0 0 1 1 Ron Howes 0 2 2’ 0 4 1 George Craig 0 1 1

Ht 1: Hodgson, Stock, Lambourne, Shepherd (mf) 72.10 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Wells, Baylais (f, rmtd), Lindsay (f, rmtd), Dook (f) 85.50 5 1 10 2 Ht 3: Windmill, Dell (f, rmtd), Bibby (f), Lloyd (f) 78.40 5 0 15 2 Ht 4: Hart, Lindsay, Hodgson, Howes 78.75 4 2 19 4 Ht 5: Wells, Baylais. Lambourne, Shepherd (f) 79.55 5 1 24 5 Ht 6: Dell, Windmill, Lindsay, Dook 77.60 5 1 29 6 Ht 7: Hodgson, Lloyd, Stock, Bibby 75.76 4 2 33 8 Ht 8: Wells, Howes, Saunders, Craig (mf) 77.65 4 2 37 10 Ht 9: Dell, Lambourne, Windmill (mf), Shepherd (f) 82.60 3 2 40 12 Ht 10: Hodgson, Dook, Stock, Lindsay 77.85 4 2 44 14 Ht 11: Lloyd, Howes, Wells (f), Baylais (f) 75.70 0 5 44 19 Ht 12: Saunders, Dell, Shepherd, Howes (exc) 78.10 5 1 49 20 Ht 13: Lloyd, Baylais, Craig , Hart (mf) 75.30 2 4 51 24 Ht 14: Windmill, Saunders, Bibby, Lambourne 76.70 5 1 56 25

Stadium Scratch Race (2 laps) Brett, Saunders, Pitcher, Appleby 39.10

Match Race Hodgson beat Charlie Spinks 72.68

Bristol Cup Ht 1: Hodgson, Dell, Wells (nf), Appleby (nf) 76.25 Ht 2: Windmill, Baylais, Brett, Saunders 76.85 Ht 3: Spinks, Hart, Shepherd, Pitcher 75.80 Final: Hart, Windmill, [Hodgson, Spinks] 77.85

Saturday, 13th May 1939, Hackney Stadium, London Hackney Wick 80 Stoke 28 (National Trophy Division 2 Round One, 1st Leg)

Hackney Doug Wells 3 0 2’ 2’ 2’ 9 3 Jim Baylais 2’ 3 3 2 3 2’ 15 2 Frank Hodgson 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Arch Windmill 2’ 3 3 3 1 12 1 Stan Dell 1 1 2’ 2’ 1 7 2 Tiger Hart 1 2’ 2’ 3 3 11 2 Nobby Stock 3 2 5 George Saunders 2’ 1 3 1

Stoke Tommy Allott 0 1 0 1 2 4 Danny Lee 1 0 0 1 0 2 Ted Bravery 2’ 2 2 0 0 0 6 1 Alan Butler 1 0 1 0 0 2 Jack Gordon 3 1 1 1 1 1 8 Fred Tuck 0 0 0 0 2 2 Oliver Hart did not ride Fred Strecker 1 3 4

Ht 1: Wells, Baylais, Butler, Allott 78.30 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Hodgson, Windmill, Lee, Tuck 74.98 5 1 10 2 Ht 3: Gordon, Bravery, Dell (f rmtd), Wells (ex tapes) 76.11 1 5 11 7 Ht 4: Stock, Saunders, Strecker (3 riders only) 76.40 5 1 16 8 Ht 5: Hodgson, Bravery, Hart, Butler 75.21 4 2 20 10 Ht 6: Windmill, Wells, Allott, Lee 77.53 5 1 25 11 Ht 7: Baylais, Hart, Gordon, Tuck 77.13 5 1 29 13 Ht 8: Hodgson, Bravery, Dell, Allott 76.70 4 2 34 14 Ht 9: Hodgson, Wells, Butler, Tuck 76.75 5 1 39 15 Ht 10: Windmill, Hart, Allott, Lee 77.40 5 1 44 16 Ht 11: Baylais, Dell, Gordon, Butler 77.82 5 1 49 17 Ht 12: Hart, Wells, Lee, Bravery 77.50 5 1 54 18 Ht 13: Windmill, Dell, Gordon, Butler 77.62 5 1 59 19 Ht 14: Strecker, Stock, Saunders (3 riders only) 76.53 3 3 62 22 Ht 15: Hodgson, Baylais, Gordon, Lee 77.61 5 1 67 23 Ht 16: Hart, Allott, Dell, Tuck 77.85 4 2 71 25 Ht 17: Baylais, Tuck, Windmill, Bravery 77.32 4 2 75 27 Ht 18: Hodgson, Baylais, Gordon, Bravery 77.01 5 1 80 28

Stadium Scratch Race (2 laps) Saunders, Brett (no third) 38.25

Saturday, 20th May 1939, Hackney Stadium, London Hackney Wick 46 Newcastle 38 (National League, Division 2)

Hackney Wick Frank Hodgson 3 3 3 3 12 Tiger Hart 1 0 0 2’ 3 1 Doug Wells 0 0 2 3 5 Jim Baylais 2 2 2’ 2’ 8 2 Stan Dell 0 1 0 0 1 Arch Windmill 3 3 3 3 12 Nobby Stock 1 3 4 George Saunders 0 1 1

Newcastle George Pepper 2 3 2 3 10 Fred Curtis 0 1 1’ 0 2 1 Rol Stobbart 3 2 3 2 10 Billy Lamont 1 2 1’ 0 4 1 Maurice Stobbart 1’ 1’ 0 1 3 2 Norman Hargreaves 2 2 1 1 6 Reg Hay 0 2’ 2 1 Syd Littlewood 1 0 1 Ht 1: Hodgson, Pepper, Hart, Curtis 73.2 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: R Stobbart, Baylais, Lamont, Wells 74.3 2 4 6 6 Ht 3: Windmill, Hargreaves, M Stobbart, Dell 75.8 3 3 9 9 Ht 4: Hodgson, Lamont, Stock, Hay 75.9 4 2 13 11 Ht 5: Pepper, Baylais, Curtis, Wells 75.3 2 4 15 15 Ht 6: Windmill, R Stobbart, Dell Lamont 75.8 4 2 19 17 Ht 7: Hodgson, Hargreaves, M Stobbart, Hart 75.4 3 3 22 20 Ht 8: R Stobbart, Wells, Littlewood, Saunders 76.0 2 4 24 24 Ht 9: Windmill, Pepper, Curtis, Dell 76.0 3 3 27 27 Ht 10: Hodgson, R Stobbart, Lamont, Hart 76.7 3 3 30 30 Ht 11: Wells, Baylais, Hargreaves, M Stobbart 77.2 5 1 35 31 Ht 12: Pepper, Hay, Saunders, Dell 77.9 1 5 36 36 Ht 13: Stock, Baylais, M Stobbart Littlewood 78.5 5 1 41 37 Ht 14: Windmill, Hart, Hargreaves, Curtis 76.0 5 1 46 38

Match Race (3 laps) Wells beat Pepper 55.21

Amherst Scratch Race Ht 1: Windmill, M Stobbart, Hay, Hart (mf) 75.10 Ht 2: Baylais, Saunders, Lamont, Pitcher 77.20 Ht 3: Stock, [Hargreaves, Wells, Dell] 76.10 Ht 4: Hodgson, R Stobbart, Appleby, Curtis 76.34 Final: [Windmill, Baylais, Stock, Hodgson]

Tuesday, 23rd May 1939, Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol 48 Hackney Wick 35 (National League, Division 2)

Bristol Harry Shepherd 2 1 3 6 Roy Dook 1 2 2 2 7 Bill Clibbett 3 3 3 3 12 Norman Lindsay 1 1 2 4 Jeff Lloyd 3 2 5 Jack Bibby 2 2 2 3 9 Ron Howes 2 3 5 Bob Lovell 0

Hackney Wick Frank Hodgson 3 2 3 3 11 George Saunders 1 1 2 Doug Wells 0 1 1 2 Jim Baylais 2 3 3 3 11 Stan Dell 1 1 Arch Windmill 1 1 2 Nobby Stock 1 1 Ken Brett 2 1 2 5

Ht 1: Hodgson, Hart, Shepherd (f), Lloyd (mf) 74.80 5 0 5 0 Ht 2: Baylais, Clibbett, Wells, Lindsay 74.25 4 2 9 2 Ht 3: Dell, Windmill, Dook, Howes (f) 77.30 5 1 14 3 Ht 4: Hodgson, Lindsay, Bibby, Stock 76.68 3 3 17 6 Ht 5: Baylais, Lloyd, Wells (f, rmtd), Shepherd (exc) 78.20 4 2 21 8 Ht 6: Windmill, Dell, Lindsay, Clibbett (f) 78.10 5 1 26 9 Ht 7: Hart, Hodgson, Howes, Bibby 77.35 5 1 31 10 Ht 8: Clibbett, Saunders, Craig, Wells 76.35 2 4 33 14 Ht 9: Shepherd, Lloyd, Dell, Windmill 75.60 1 5 34 19 Ht 10: Hart, Hodgson, Lindsay (mf), Clibbett (f) 76.35 5 0 39 19 Ht 11: Baylais, Dook, Howes, Wells 77.92 3 3 42 22 Ht 12: Dell, Shepherd, Saunders, Bibby 77.31 4 2 46 24 Ht 13: Baylais, Craig, Dook, Stock 76.68 3 3 49 27 Ht 14: Hart, Howes, Windmill, Lloyd 77.20 4 2 53 29

Junior Scratch Ht 1: Gore, Warlock, Lovell, ? 72.4 Ht 2: Howes, Brett, Lewis, ? 71.0

Senior Scratch Race Ht 1: Shepherd, Gore, Windmill, ? 72.0 Ht 2: Hodgson, Clibbett, Stock,? 69.2 Ht 3: Lindsay, Howes, Lloyd, ? 72.0 Final: Hodgson, Shepherd, Lindsay, ? 72.0

Thursday, 25th May 1939, Sun Street, Hanley Stoke 68 Hackney Wick 39 (National Trophy Division 2 Round One, 2nd Leg) Aggregate score: Stoke 96 Hackney 119

Stoke Ted Bravery 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Fred Tuck 2’ 3 0 3 0 8 1 Tommy Allott 0 1 2’ 1 0 4 1 Jack Gordon 3 0 2’ 2’ 1 8 2 Oliver Hart 3 3 2’ 1 0 9 1 Alan Butler 2’ 2 3 1 3 11 1 Stan Lemon 3 3 6 Fred Strecker 2’ 0 2’ 4 2

Hackney Frank Hodgson 2 1 2 3 2’ 1’ 11 2 George Saunders 1’ 0 0 0 1 2 1 Stan Dell 2 0 1’ 2 0 5 1 Arch Windmill 1 1 1’ 2’ 1 6 2 Doug Wells 0 1 1 0 0 2 Jim Baylais 0 3 2 2 3 2 12 Nobby Stock 0 1 1 No number 8

Ht 1: Gordon, Dell, Saunders, Allott 79.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Bravery, Tuck, Windmill, Baylais 83.0 5 1 8 4 Ht 3: Hart, Hodgson, Allott, Wells 81.2 4 2 12 6 Ht 4: Lemon, Strecker, Stock (nf), (3 riders only) 83.2 5 0 17 6 Ht 5: Bravery, Butler, Hodgson, Saunders 80.6 5 1 22 7 Ht 6: Tuck, Allott, Windmill, Dell 83.4 5 1 27 8 Ht 7: Baylais, Butler, Wells, Gordon 80.8 2 4 29 12 Ht 8: Bravery, Hodgson, Dell, Strecker 80.0 3 3 32 15 Ht 9: Bravery, Baylais, Allott, Saunders 80.0 4 2 36 17 Ht 10: Butler, Dell, Windmill, Tuck 81.4 3 3 39 20 Ht 11: Hart, Gordon, Wells, Saunders 82.8 5 1 44 21 Ht 12: Hodgson, Windmill, Butler, Allott 81.4 1 5 45 26 Ht 13: Tuck, Hart, Saunders, Wells 83.2 5 1 50 27 Ht 14: Lemon, Strecker, Stock, (3 riders only) 83.2 5 1 55 28 Ht 15: Bravery, Gordon, Windmill, Wells 82.1 5 1 60 29 Ht 16: Butler, Baylais, Hart, Dell 82.0 4 2 64 31 Ht 17: Baylais, Hodgson, Gordon, Tuck 80.8 1 5 65 36 Ht 18: Bravery, Baylais, Hodgson, Hart 80.2 3 3 68 39

Saturday, 27th May 1939, Hackney Stadium, London Hackney Wick 53 Bristol 29 (National League, Division 2)

Hackney Wick Frank Hodgson 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 Tiger Hart 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Doug Wells 1 1 0 0 2 Jim Baylais 3 3 3 3 12 Stan Dell 3 2’ 1 3 9 1 Arch Windmill 2’ 3 0 1 6 1 Nobby Stock 0 0 0 George Saunders 2 1 3

Bristol Harry Shepherd 0 0 3 2 5 Jeff Lloyd 0 2 2’ 0 4 1 Bill Clibbett 2 0 3 0 5 Norman Lindsay 0 2 1 0 3 Roy Dook 1 2 1’ 4 1 Ron Howes 0 1 1’ 2 4 1 Jack Bibby 1’ 0 0 1 1 George Craig 1 2 3

Ht 1: Hodgson, Hart, Shepherd f), Lloyd (mf) 74.80 5 0 5 0 Ht 2: Baylais, Clibbett, Wells, Lindsay 74.25 4 2 9 2 Ht 3: Dell, Windmill, Dook, Howes (f) 77.30 5 1 14 3 Ht 4: Hodgson, Lindsay, Bibby, Stock 76.68 3 3 17 6 Ht 5: Baylais, Lloyd, Wells (f, rmtd), Shepherd (exc) 78.20 4 2 21 8 Ht 6: Windmill, Dell, Lindsay, Clibbett (f) 78.10 5 1 26 9 Ht 7: Hart, Hodgson, Howes, Bibby 77.35 5 1 31 10 Ht 8: Clibbett, Saunders, Craig, Wells 76.35 2 4 33 14 Ht 9: Shepherd, Lloyd, Dell , Windmill 75.60 1 5 34 19 Ht 10: Hart, Hodgson, Lindsay (mf), Clibbett (f) 76.35 5 0 39 19 Ht 11: Baylais, Dook, Howes, Wells 77.92 3 3 42 22 Ht 12: Dell, Shepherd, Saunders, Bibby 77.31 4 2 46 24 Ht 13: Baylais, Craig, Dook, Stock 76.68 3 3 49 27 Ht 14: Hart, Howes, Windmill, Lloyd 77.20 4 2 53 29

International Match Race Vic Duggan beat Hodgson (nf) 76.35

Stadium Scurry (3 laps) Ht 1: Hart, Baylais, Stock, Vic Pitcher 57.10 Ht 2: Duggan, Shepherd, Ken Brett, Wells 56.60 Ht 3: Dook, Windmill, Charlie Appleby, Clibbett 56.00 Ht 4: Hodgson, Lloyd, Dell, Saunders ? Final: Duggan, Hart, Hodgson, Dook 56.00

Monday 29th May 1939, Crystal Palace Exhibition Grounds, Sydenham, London Crystal Palace 43 Hackney Wick 40 (English Speedway Trophy)

Crystal Palace Les Trim 1’ 2 1 0 4 1 Keith Harvey 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 George Dykes 0 0 0 2’ 2 1 Charlie Challis 1 2 3 1 7 Vic Weir 2’ 0 2’ 3 7 2 Mick Mitchell 3 1 3 3 10 0 George Gower 2 1 3

Hackney Wick Frank Hodgson 3 0 3 George Saunders 0 3 1 1 5 Stan Dell 2’ 2’ 3 2 9 2 Nobby Stock 3 1 3 1’ 8 1 Doug Wells 0 0 1 1 Jim Baylais 1 2 0 0 3 Ken Brett 3 0 2 3 8 Arch Windmill 1 0 2’ 3 1

Ht 1: Hodgson, Harvey, Trim, Saunders 83.55 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Stock, Dell, Challis, Dykes 86.02 1 5 4 8 Ht 3: Mitchell, Weir, Baylais, Wells 83.00 5 1 9 9 Ht 4: Brett, Trim, Stock 86.40 2 4 11 13 Ht 5: Saunders, Challis, Hodgson (f), Dykes (f) 87.09 2 3 13 16 Ht 6: Stock, Dell, Mitchell, Weir 84.10 1 5 14 21 Ht 7: Harvey, Baylais, Trim, Wells 86.55 4 2 18 23 Ht 8: Dell, Gower, Windmill, Dykes 85.30 2 4 20 27 Ht 9: Mitchell, Weir, Saunders, Brett (f) 83.90 5 1 25 28 Ht 10: Harvey, Dell, Stock, Trim 86.25 3 3 28 31 Ht 11: Challis, Dykes, Wells, Baylais (exc) 87.50 5 1 33 32 Ht 12: Weir, Brett, Gower, Windmill 84.85 4 2 37 34 Ht 13: Brett, Windmill, Challis 87.68 1 5 38 39 Ht 14: Mitchell, Harvey, Saunders, Baylais 84.65 5 1 43 40

Holiday Scratch Race Ht 1: Harvey, Dell, Trim, ? 85.36 Ht 2: Stock, Dykes, D Wells, ? 87.95 Ht 3: Windmill, (no other finishers) 90.21 Ht 4: Page, Humphries, (no third) 87.42 Final: Harvey, Stock, Page, Windmill 86.50

Saturday, 3rd June 1939, Hackney Stadium, London World Championship Qualifying Round (Individual)

Dicky Case 0 3 3 Tiger Hart 3 3 3 0 0 9 Doug Wells 2 1 3 1 1 8 Jim Baylais 0 3 0 2 2 7 Arch Windmill 3 2 2 2 3 12 Stan Dell 0 2 2 0 3 7 George Saunders 2 2 3 3 2 12 Harry Shepherd 1 1 2 2 3 9 Roy Dook 1 1 1 1 1 5 Norman Lindsay 3 0 2 0 1 6 Fred Strecker 2 0 1 3 0 6 Fred Tuck 0 0 0 1 0 1 Eddie Pye 1 0 1 1 2 5 Ken Brett 0 1 2 0 1 4 Andy Menzies 3 3 3 3 2 14 Ernie Evans 2 2 0 3 3 10 Nobby Stock (reserve) 1 1 Charlie Appleby (reserve) 0

Ht 1: Hart, Wells, Case (f), Baylais (f) 73.8 Ht 2: Windmill, Saunders, Shepherd, Dell 75.2 Ht 3: Lindsay, Strecker, Dook, Tuck 76.6 Ht 4: Menzies, Evans, Pye, Brett 75.8 Ht 5: Hart, Windmill, Dook, Pye 75.6 Ht 6: Case, Dell, Brett, Lindsay 76.3 Ht 7: Menzies, Saunders, Wells, Strecker 75.3 Ht 8: Baylais, Evans, Shepherd, Tuck 75.4 Ht 9: Hart, Dell, Strecker, Evans 76.6 Ht 10: Menzies, Windmill, Stock, Tuck 75.9 Ht 11: Saunders, Brett, Tuck, Hart (f, exc) 76.1 Ht 12: Saunders, Lindsay, Pye, Baylais 77.6 Ht 13: Wells, Shepherd, Dook, Brett 78.6 Ht 14: Strecker, Shepherd, Pye, ? 78.6 Ht 15: Evans, Windmill, Wells, Lindsay 77.4 Ht 16: Menzies, Baylais, Dook, Dell 75.6 Ht 17: Shepherd, Menzies, Lindsay, Hart (f, exc) 77.2 Ht 18: Evans, Saunders, Dook, ? 78.2 Ht 19: Dell, Pye, Wells, Tuck 79.2 Ht 20: Windmill, Baylais, Brett, Strecker 77.8

Saturday, 10th June 1939, Hackney Stadium, London Hackney Wick 44 Middlesbrough 40 (National League Division 2)

Hackney Wick Tiger Hart 2 2 0 3 7 George Saunders 1’ 1 0 2’ 4 2 Doug Wells 1 1’ 1’ 0 3 2 Jim Baylais 3 2 2 2 9 Stan Dell 1’ 3 2 1’ 7 2 Arch Windmill 2 2’ 1’ 3 8 2 Nobby Stock 1’ 1’ 2 2 Ken Brett 2 2 4

Middlesbrough George Greenwood 3 3 3 3 12 Jack Tidbury 0 0 0 0 0 Will Lowther 0 0 3 1’ 4 1 Bob Wells 2 3 1 2 8 Jack Hyland 3 3 3 3 12 Tommy Bateman 0 2’ 1 1 4 1 Wilf Plant 0 Fred Belliveau 0

Ht 1: Greenwood, Hart, Saunders, Tidbury 77.33 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Baylais, B Wells, D Wells, Lothwer 75.56 4 2 7 5 Ht 3: Hyland, Windmill, Dell, Bateman 74.22 3 3 10 8 Ht 4: B Wells, Hart, Stock, ? 75.19 3 3 13 11 Ht 5: Greenwood, Baylais, D Wells, Tidbury 74.56 3 3 16 14 Ht 6: Dell, Windmill, B Wells, Lowther 76.68 5 1 21 15 Ht 7: Hyland, Bateman, Saunders, Hart 75.55 1 5 22 20 Ht 8: Lowther, Brett, D Wells, ? 76.68 3 3 25 23 Ht 9: Greenwood, Dell, Windmill, Tidbury 74.56 3 3 28 26 Ht 10: Hart, B Wells, Lowther, Saunders 75.32 3 3 31 29 Ht 11: Hyland, Baylais, Bateman, D Wells 75.20 2 4 33 33 Ht 12: Greenwood, Brett, Dell, ? 75.16 3 3 36 36 Ht 13: Hyland, Baylais, Stock, ? 75.70 3 3 39 39 Ht 14: Windmill, Saunders, Bateman, Tidbury (exc) 75.20 5 1 44 40

Saturday, 17th June 1939, Hackney Stadium, London Hackney Wick 45 Sheffield 38 (National League, Division 2) Attendance 9,500

Hackney Wick Tiger Hart 2 3 3 1’ 9 1 George Saunders 1’ 1 2 0 4 1 Doug Wells 3 2 1’ 0 6 1 Jim Baylais 2’ 0 2 0 4 1 Stan Dell 3 2 2 1’ 8 1 Arch Windmill 2’ 1’ 1’ 2 6 3 Nobby Stock 2’ 2 4 1 Ken Brett 2 2 4

Sheffield Ernie Evans 3 0 3 3 9 Paddy Mills 0 3 0 3 6 Stan Williams 0 3 3 3 9 Doug McLachlan 1 1 0 0 2 Jack Dixon 0 2 3 3 8 Ossie Powell 1 0 1 1 3 Geoff Godwin 0 0 0 Harwood Pike 0 1 1

Ht 1: Evans, Hart, Saunders, Mills 73.80 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Wells, Baylais, McLachlan, Williams (mf) 76.20 5 1 8 4 Ht 3: Dell, Windmill, Powell, Dixon (mf) 76.80 5 1 13 5 Ht 4: Hart, Stock, McLachlan, Godwin (mf) 74.80 5 1 18 6 Ht 5: Mills, Wells, Evans (mf), Baylais (nf) 75.60 2 3 20 9 Ht 6: Williams, Dell, Windmill, McLachlan 76.10 3 3 23 12 Ht 7: Hart, Dixon, Saunders, Powell 75.30 4 2 27 14 Ht 8: Williams, Brett, Wells, Pike 75.90 3 3 30 17 Ht 9: Evans, Dell, Windmill, Mills 75.16 3 3 33 20 Ht 10: Williams, Saunders, Hart, McLachlan 75.75 3 3 36 23 Ht 11: Dixon, Baylais, Powell, Wells 76.85 2 4 38 27 Ht 12: Evans, Brett, Dell, Godwin 75.90 3 3 41 30 Ht 13: Dixon, Stock, Pike, Baylais 77.15 2 4 43 34 Ht 14: Mills, Windmill, Powell, Saunders 77.43 2 4 45 38

Hackney Scurry (3 laps) Ht 1: Baylais, Brett, Dell, McLaughlan 57.31 Ht 2: Saunders, Windmill, Sonny Brown, Evans (ns) 58.29 Ht 3: Dixon, Williams, Jack Lankey, Wells 57.09 Ht 4: Mills, Hart, Stock, Ivor Powell (f) 57.52 Final: Dixon, Saunders, Mills, Baylais (f) 58.16

Stadium Scratch Race Stock, Sonny Brown. Jack Lankey, Brett (f) 77.47

Monday, 19 June 1939, Brough Park, Newcastle Newcastle 54 Hackney 29 (National League, Division 2)

Newcastle George Pepper 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Curtis 2’ 0 2’ 2 6 2 Billy Lamont 1 3 2 3 9 Rol Stobbart 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 Maurice Stobbart 3 3 3 3 12 Norman Hargreaves 2’ 2’ 1 0 5 2 Reg Hay 0 0 0 Syd Littlewood 0 0 0

Hackney Wick Nobby Stock 1 0 2 3 George Saunders 0 1 0 1 2 Doug Wells 2 0 3 1 6 Jim Baylais 0 2 1 0 3 Stan Dell 0 2 1 2 5 Arch Windmill 1 1’ 0 3 5 1 Ken Brett 1’ 2 0 3 Jack Lankey 1 1’ 2 1

Ht 1: Pepper, Curtis, Stock, Saunders 74.4 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: R Stobbart, Wells, Lamont, Baylais 80.4 4 2 9 3 Ht 3: M Stobbart, Hargreaves, Windmill, Dell 79.0 5 1 14 4 Ht 4: Pepper, Baylais, Brett; Hay 77.0 3 3 17 7 Ht 5: Lamont, R Stobbart, Saunders, Stock 80.0 5 1 22 8 Ht 6: M Stobbart, Hargreaves, Baylais, Wells 78.0 5 1 27 9 Ht 7: Pepper, Dell, Windmill, Curtis 77.0 3 3 30 12 Ht 8: Wells, Lamont, Lankey, Littlewood 79.6 2 4 32 16 Ht 9: M Stobbart, Brett, Hargreaves, Saunders 79.4 4 2 36 18 Ht 10: Pepper, Curtis, Wells, Baylais 78.0 5 1 41 19 Ht 11: Lamont, R Stobbart, Dell, Windmill 79.0 5 1 46 20 Ht 12: M Stobbart, Stock, Littlewood (nf), Brett (nf) 78.6 3 2 49 22 Ht 13: R Stobbart, Dell, Lankey, Hay 79.4 3 3 52 25 Ht 14: Windmill, Curtis, Saunders, Hargreaves 79.0 2 4 54 29

Saturday, 24th June 1939, Hackney Stadium, London England 40 Dominions 66 (International, First Test)

England Ted Bravery 0 1 2 0 1 4 Tiger Hart 1 3 0 3 0 0 7 Bill Clibbett 1 1 0 0 2 George Greenwood 0 3 2 2 3 3 13 Jim Baylais 2 2 1’ 2 0 2 9 1 Arch Windmill 1’ 0 2 0 3 1 Stan Dell (reserve) 0 0 Stan Williams (reserve) 2 0 0 0 2

Dominions Eric Chitty 3 2 3 2 2 3 15 Ray Duggan 2’ 0 0 1’ 1’ 1 5 3 Jimmy Gibb 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Jack Hyland 2’ 1 1 1 0 2’ 7 2 Ernie Evans 3 2 3 3 3 2 16 Jack Bibby 0 0 1 2’ 1’ 4 2 Norman Lindsay (Res) 1 1 Doug McLachlan (R did not ride

Ht 1: Chitty, Duggan, Hart, Bravery 72.90 1 5 1 5 Ht 2: Gibb, Hyland, Clibbett, Greenwood (f) 73.16 1 5 2 10 Ht 3: Evans, Baylais, Windmill, Bibby 73.42 3 3 5 13 Ht 4: Greenwood, Chitty, Clibbett, Duggan 73.75 4 2 9 15 Ht 5: Gibb, Baylais, Hyland, Windmill 73.81 2 4 11 19 Ht 6: Hart, Evans, Bravery, Bibby 74.58 4 2 15 21 Ht 7: Chitty, Williams, Baylais, Duggan (f) 73.55 3 3 18 24 Ht 8: Gibb, Bravery, Hyland (f, rmtd), Hart (ex.tapes) 75.20 2 4 20 28 Ht 9: Evans, Greenwood, Lindsay, Clibbett 74.55 2 4 22 32 Ht 10: Hart, Chitty, Duggan, Bravery 75.06 3 3 25 35 Ht 11: Gibb, Greenwood, Hyland, Clibbett (mf) 74.40 2 4 27 39 Ht 12: Evans, Baylais, Bibby, Williams (f) 74.12 2 4 29 43 Ht 13: Greenwood, Chitty, Duggan, Dell 74.52 3 3 32 46 Ht 14: Gibb, Windmill, Hyland (f exc), Baylais (f exc) 76.42 2 3 34 49 Ht 15: Evans, Bibby, Hart (nf), Williams (mf) 75.33 0 5 34 54 Ht 16: Chitty, Baylais, Duggan, Windmill 75.16 2 4 36 58 Ht 17: Gibb, Hyland, Bravery, Hart 75.80 1 5 37 63 Ht 18: Greenwood, Evans, Bibby, Williams (mf) 75.40 3 3 40 66

Thursday, 29th June 1939, Sun Street, Hanley Stoke 45 Hackney Wick 38 (National League, Division 2)

Stoke Ted Bravery 2 0 0 3 5 Tommy Allott 1’ 0 1 2 4 1 Alan Butler 3 2 3 2’ 10 1 Fred Tuck 1 1’ 3 3 8 1 Oliver Hart 2’ 1’ 2 8 2 Jack Gordon 3 2 0 0 5 Bill Birtwell 1 2’ 3 1 Fred Strecker 1 1 2

Hackney Stan Dell 0 0 1 0 5 Arch Windmill 3 3 3 3 12

Jim Baylais 2 2’ 3 2 9 1 Sonny Brown 1 1 0 2 Ken Brett 0 2’ 0 1 3 1 Nobby Stock 3 3 2 1 9 Doug Wells 2 2

Ht 1: Windmill, Bravery, Allott, Dell 78.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Butler, Baylais, Tuck, ? 79.0 4 2 7 5 Ht 3: Gordon, Hart, Brown, Brett 80.2 5 1 12 6 Ht 4: Stock, Baylais, Birtwell, Bravery 81.6 1 5 13 11 Ht 5: Windmill, Butler, Tuck, Dell 80.6 3 3 16 14 Ht 6: Baylais, Gordon, Hart, ? 80.6 3 3 19 17 Ht 7: Stock, Brett, Bravery (nf), Allott (nf) 82.2 0 5 19 22 Ht 8: Butler, Wells, Strecker, ? 80.6 4 2 23 24 Ht 9: Windmill, Hart, Dell, Gordon 79.0 2 4 25 28 Ht 10: Bravery, Baylais, Allott, ? 80.4 4 2 29 30 Ht 11: Tuck, Butler, Brown, Brett 81.8 5 1 34 31 Ht 12: Hart, Stock, Strecker, Dell 80.6 4 2 38 33 Ht 13: Tuck, Birtwell, Stock, ? 81.4 5 1 43 34 Ht 14: Windmill, Allott, Brett, Gordon 79.4 2 4 45 38

Saturday, 1st July 1939, Hackney Stadium, London Hackney Wick 52 Stoke 31 (National League, Division 2)

Hackney Wick Tiger Hart 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 George Saunders 2’ 0 3 3 8 1 Doug Wells 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Jim Baylais 2’ 2’ 3 2 9 2 Stan Dell 1’ 0 0 2 3 1 Arch Windmill 2 1 1 2’ 6 1 Nobby Stock 2’ 1’ 3 2 Ken Brett 1 0 1

Stoke Ted Bravery 0 0 3 3 6 Tommy Allott 1 1 2’ 0 4 1 Alan Butler 0 2’ 2 0 4 1 Fred Tuck 1 0 3 1 5 Oliver Hart 3 2 0 3 8 Jack Gordon 0 1’ 0 1 1 Bill Birtwell 1 1 1 3 Fred Strecker 0 0 0

Ht 1: T Hart, Saunders, Allott, Bravery 73.25 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Wells, Baylais, Tuck, Butler (ef) 76.19 5 1 10 2 Ht 3: O Hart, Windmill, Dell, Gordon 72.46 3 3 13 5 Ht 4: T Hart, Stock, Birtwell, Tuck 74.68 5 1 18 6 Ht 5: Wells, Baylais, Allott, Bravery 77.20 5 1 23 7 Ht 6: Tuck, Butler, Windmill, Dell 75.09 1 5 24 12 Ht 7: T Hart, O Hart, Gordon, Saunders 74.10 3 3 27 15 Ht 8: Wells, Butler, Brett, Strecker 76.25 4 2 31 17 Ht 9: Bravery, Allott, Windmill, Dell 76.62 1 5 32 22 Ht 10: Saunders, T Hart, Tuck, Butler (mf) 75.66 5 1 37 23 Ht 11: Baylais, Wells, O Hart (f), Gordon (f) 74.87 5 0 42 23 Ht 12: Bravery, Dell, Birtwell, Brett 75.92 2 4 44 27 Ht 13: O Hart, Baylais, Stock, Strecker 75.36 3 3 47 30 Ht 14: Saunders, Windmill, Birtwell, Allott 76.16 5 1 52 31

Match Race (2 laps Rolling Start) George Saunders bt Nobby Stock 36.50

Match Race (3 laps) Archie Windmill bt Stan Dell (f, rmtd) 57.34

Match Race (4 laps) Tiger Hart bt Jim Baylais 75.58

P & P Scurry (3 laps, 2nd in fastest heat to final) Ht 1: Bravery, T Hart, Windmill, O Hart 55.95 Ht 2: Butler, Stock, Sonny Brown, Jack Lankey 57.85 Ht 3: Baylais, Saunders, Wells, Dell 56.85 Final: Baylais, T Hart, Butler, Bravery (f) 56.70

Saturday, 8th July 1939, Hackney Stadium, London Hackney Wick 67 Sheffield 39 (National Trophy, Division 2 Final, 1st Leg)

Hackney Wick Frank Hodgson 3 3 3 3 0 3 15 Tiger Hart 2’ 3 2 2 2 2’ 13 2 Doug Wells 0 1’ 1 1 Jim Baylais 3 2’ 3 2 1’ 11 2 Stan Dell 3 1 2’ 1’ 0 7 2 Arch Windmill 1 2 0 2 5 George Saunders 2’ 2’ 3 2 9 2 Nobby Stock 1 3 1’ 1 6 1

Sheffield Ernie Evans 0 0 2 3 3 0 8 Paddy Mills 1’ 0 1 0 0 2 1 Stan Williams 2 3 0 1 3 9 Doug McLachlan 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Dixon 2 0 3 3 3 1 12 Ossie Powell 2 1 0 1 0 4 Geoff Godwin 0 0 0 Harry Whitfield 1 2 1 4

Ht 1: Baylais, Williams, Mills, Wells (f) 73.46 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Hodgson, Powell, Windmill, McLachlan 73.10 4 2 7 5 Ht 3: Dell, Dixon, Stock, Evans (mf) 76.65 4 2 11 7 Ht 4: Stock, Saunders, Whitfield, Godwin (f) 75.10 5 1 16 8 Ht 5: Hodgson, Hart, Evans (mf), Mills (f exc) 76.06 5 0 21 8 Ht 6: Williams, Windmill, Wells, McLachlan 76.56 3 3 24 11 Ht 7: Hart, Baylais, Powell, Dixon (f) 75.07 5 1 29 12 Ht 8: Hodgson, Evans, Dell, Williams 77.69 4 2 33 14 Ht 9: Hodgson, Saunders, Mills, Powell 75.27 5 1 38 15 Ht 10: Dixon, Hart, Williams, Windmill 75.70 2 4 40 19 Ht 11: Baylais, Dell, Mills (f), McLachlan (f) 78.00 5 0 45 19 Ht 12: Evans, Hart, Stock, McLachlan 77.89 3 3 48 22 Ht 13: Dixon, Windmill, Dell, Mills (mf) 77.14 3 3 51 25 Ht 14: Saunders, Whitfield, Stock, Godwin 75.69 4 2 55 27 Ht 15: Dixon, Baylais, Whitfield, Hodgson (f rmtd) 75.39 2 4 57 31 Ht 16: Williams, Hart, Powell, Dell 75.52 2 4 59 35 Ht 17: Evans, Saunders, Baylais, Powell 76.10 3 3 62 38 Ht 18: Hodgson, Hart, Dixon, Evans (f) 77.20 5 1 67 39 Thursday, 13th July 1939, Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Sheffield 75 Hackney Wick 33 (National Trophy, Division 2 Final, 2nd Leg) Aggregate score: Sheffield 114 Hackney 110 Attendance 10,000

Sheffield Ernie Evans 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Stan Williams 2’ 2’ 3 3 3 2’ 15 3 Paddy Mills 2’ 2 2’ 2 8 2 Jack Dixon 3 3 3 2’ 0 11 1 Ossie Powell 3 2’ 0 3 2’ 10 2 Geoff Godwin 1 0 1 0 2 Doug McLachlan 3 3 6 Harry Whitfield 2 1 2 5

Hackney Frank Hodgson 1 0 1 2 3 7 Tiger Hart 1 1 1 2 1’ 6 1 George Saunders 0 3 0 2 0 5 Jim Baylais 2 1 1’ 1 1 1 7 1 Stan Dell 0 1 0 2 0 3 Nobby Stock 0 0 0 1 1 2 Arch Windmill 1 2 3 0

Ht 1: Dixon, Mills, Hart, Saunders 73.6 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Evans, Baylais, Godwin, Stock 73.2 4 2 9 3 Ht 3: Powell, Mills, Hodgson, Dell 74.4 5 1 14 4 Ht 4: McLachlan, Whitfield , Windmill 77.6 5 1 19 5 Ht 5: Evans, Williams, Hart , Hodgson 72.6 5 1 24 6 Ht 6: Saunders, Mills, Baylais, Godwin 75.2 2 4 26 10 Ht 7: Dixon, Williams, Dell, Stock 76.6 5 1 31 11 Ht 8: Evans, Powell, Hodgson, Saunders 74.0 5 1 36 12 Ht 9: Evans, Mills, Hart, Stock 74.0 5 1 41 13 Ht 10: Williams, Saunders, Godwin, Dell 74.4 4 2 45 15 Ht 11: Dixon, Hart, Baylais, Powell 76.4 3 3 48 18 Ht 12: Williams, Hodgson, Baylais 75.6 3 3 51 21 Ht 13: Powell, Dell, Hart, Godwin 75.2 3 3 54 24 Ht 14: McLachlan, Windmill, Whitfield 77.0 4 2 58 26 Ht 15: Evans, Dixon, Baylais, Dell 72.4 5 1 63 27 Ht 16: Williams, Powell, Stock, Saunders 74.6 5 1 68 28 Ht 17: Hodgson, Whitfield, Stock, Dixon (f) 78.0 2 4 70 32 Ht 18: Evans, Williams, Baylais, ? 73.4 5 1 75 33

Saturday, 15th July 1939, Hackney Stadium, London Hackney Wick 45 Bristol 39 (National League, Division 2)

Hackney Wick Frank Hodgson 3 3 3 2 11 Stan Dell 1 0 0 1 Doug Wells 0 2’ 0 2 1 Tiger Hart 0 1 1 Jim Baylais 0 3 2’ 2’ 7 2 George Saunders 3 2’ 3 2 10 1 Arch Windmill 3 0 1 2’ 6 1 Nobby Stock 3 1’ 0 3 7 1

Bristol Harry Shepherd 2 2’ 1 1 6 1 Jack Bibby 0 3 0 3 6 Bill Clibbett 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Ron Howes 2 1’ 1 3 7 1 Roy Dook 1’ 1’ 3 1 6 2 Jeff Lloyd 2 2 2’ 1 7 1 Norman Lindsay 2 0 2 George Craig 1 3 4

Ht 1: Hodgson, Shepherd, Dell, Bibby 72.30 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Windmill, Howes, Clibbett, Hart (mf) 75.06 3 3 7 5 Ht 3: Saunders, Lloyd, Dook, Baylais 74.65 3 3 10 8 Ht 4: Hodgson, Lindsay, Howes, Windmill 75.16 3 3 13 11 Ht 5: Bibby, Shepherd, Hart, Wells 74.55 1 5 14 16 Ht 6: Baylais, Saunders, Howes, Clibbett 76.48 5 1 19 17 Ht 7: Hodgson, Lloyd, Dook, Dell 76.96 3 3 22 20 Ht 8: Stock, Wells, Craig, Clibbett 75.65 5 1 27 21 Ht 9: Saunders, Baylais, Shepherd, Bibby 75.75 5 1 32 22 Ht 10: Howes, Hodgson, Stock, Clibbett 75.82 3 3 35 25 Ht 11: Dook, Lloyd, Windmill, Stock 76.78 1 5 36 30 Ht 12: Stock, Baylais, Shepherd, Lindsay 75.82 5 1 41 31 Ht 13: Craig, Windmill, Dook, Wells 75.81 2 4 43 35 Ht 14: Bibby, Saunders, Lloyd, Dell 75.85 2 4 45 39

Supporters’ Outing Scratch Race Ht 1: Craig, Wells, Charlie Appleby, Sonny Brown 76.10 Ht 2: Stock, Saunders, Norman Wolsey (nf), Jack Lankey (ns) 75.41 Final: Stock, Saunders, Wells, Craig ?

Hackney Scurry (3 laps, 2nd in fastest heat to final) Ht 1: Wells, Shepherd, Hart, Dell 57.30 Ht 2: Baylais, Windmill, Dook, Brett 57.42 Ht 3: Lloyd, Hodgson, Brown, Howes 56.92 Final: Lloyd, Hodgson, Baylais, Wells ?

Saturday, 22nd July 1939, Hackney Stadium, London Hackney Wick 51 Newcastle 33 (National League, Division 2)

Hackney Wick Frank Hodgson 2 3 2 3 10 Nobby Stock 0 1’ 1 2’ 4 2 Tiger Hart 3 2 3 2 10 Arch Windmill 2’ 0 1’ 3 6 2 Jim Baylais 2’ 3 1’ 3 9 2 George Saunders 3 1 2 3 9 Stan Dell 0 1 1 Doug Wells 1 1 2

Newcastle George Pepper 3 3 3 2 11 Norman Hargreaves 1 1 0 1 3 Rol Stobbart 0 2 2 0 4 Syd Littlewood 1 2 0 2 5 Fred Curtis 1 3 3 2 9 Maurice Stobbart 0 0 0 0 0 Reg Hay 1’ 0 1 1 Ken Blair 0 0 0

Ht 1: Pepper, Hodgson, Hargreaves, Stock 71.8 record 2 4 2 4 Ht 2: Hart, Windmill, Littlewood, R Stobbart 74.8 5 1 7 5 Ht 3: Saunders, Baylais, Curtis, M Stobbart 72.6 5 1 12 6 Ht 4: Hodgson, Littlewood, Hay, Dell 73.5 3 3 15 9 Ht 5: Pepper, Hart, Hargreaves, Windmill 74.5 2 4 17 13 Ht 6: Baylais, R Stobbart, Saunders, Littlewood 74.2 4 2 21 15 Ht 7: Curtis, Hodgson, Stock, M Stobbart 73.8 3 3 24 18 Ht 8: Hart, R Stobbart, Wells, Blair 75.6 4 2 28 20 Ht 9: Pepper, Saunders, Baylais Hargreaves 73.5 3 3 31 23 Ht 10: Hodgson, Littlewood, Stock, R Stobbart 76.0 4 2 35 25 Ht 11: Curtis, Hart, Windmill, M Stobbart 73.8 3 3 38 28 Ht 12: Baylais, Pepper, Wells, Hay 74.7 4 2 42 30 Ht 13: Windmill, Curtis, Dell, Blair 75.3 4 2 46 32 Ht 14: Saunders, Stock, Hargreaves, M Stobbart 75.6 5 1 51 33

Stadium Scurry (3 laps) Baylais, Saunders, Hart, ? 56.2

Thursday, 27th July 1939, Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Sheffield 61½ Hackney Wick 32½ (Provincial Trophy, Round One, 1st Leg) Attendance 12,000

Sheffield Ernie Evans 3 3 2’ 3 3 14 1 Stan Williams 2’ 2 3 3 3 13 1 Jack Dixon 0 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 Paddy Mills 1 0 2’ 0 0 3 1 Ossie Powell 2’ 3 3 3 2’ 13 2 Doug McLachlan 1 1½0 2’ 0 4½ 1 Harry Whitfield 3 3 Harwood Pike 1 1

Hackney Wick Frank Hodgson 0 0 Nobby Stock 2’ 0 0 0 0 2 1 Stan Dell 3 0 0 0 3 Arch Windmill 0 2 1 1’ 4 1 Jim Baylais 1 1 1 1 2 6 George Saunders 2 3 1 1 3 10 Doug Wells 1½1 2 2’ 6½ 1 Charlie Appleby 1 0 1

Ht 1: Dell, Stock, Mills, Dixon 80.2 1 5 1 5 Ht 2: Evans, Saunders, McLachlan, Windmill 73.8 4 2 5 7 Ht 3: Dixon, Powell, Baylais, Hodgson 74.8 5 1 10 8 Ht 4: Evans, Williams, Appleby, Stock 74.6 5 1 15 9 Ht 5: Dixon, McLachlan & Wells (dead heat), ? 78.4 4½ 1½ 19½ 10½ Ht 6: Saunders, Williams, Baylais, Mills 76.0 2 4 21½ 14½ Ht 7: Powell, Evans, Wells, Dell 74.8 5 1 26½ 15½ Ht 8: Evans, Dixon, Saunders, Stock 74.2 5 1 31½ 16½ Ht 9: Williams, Windmill, McLachlan (nf), Dell (nf) 75.8 3 2 34½ 18½ Ht 10: Powell, Mills, Baylais, Stock 75.6 5 1 39½ 19½ Ht 11: Williams, Dixon, Windmill, ? 77.6 5 1 44½ 20½ Ht 12: Whitfield, Wells, Pike, Appleby 77.0 4 2 48½ 22½ Ht 13: Powell, McLachlan, Baylais, Stock 75.4 5 1 53½ 23½ Ht 14: Evans, Baylais, Windmill, Mills 76.0 3 3 56½ 26½ Ht 15: Williams, Powell, Saunders, Dell 75.4 5 1 61½ 27½ Ht 16: Saunders, Wells, Mills (nf), McLachlan (nf) 77.0 0 5 61½ 32½

Saturday, 29th July 1939, Hackney Stadium, London Hackney Wick 41 Sheffield 54 (Provincial Trophy, Round One, 2nd Leg) Aggregate score: Sheffield 115½ Hackney 73½

Hackney Wick Doug Wells 0 0 0 0 1 1 Nobby Stock 1 1 1 1’ 2 6 Tiger Hart 1 0 3 2 6 Arch Windmill 3 3 3 3 2 14 Jim Baylais 1 1 2 George Saunders 3 0 3 Stan Dell 2 0 2 2 0 6 Sonny Brown 1 1’ 1’ 3

Sheffield Ernie Evans 3 3 3 3 3 15 Paddy Mills 0 2’ 2 0 3 7 Stan Williams 2 3 2’ 3 3 13 Doug McLachlan 2 1 2’ 0 0 5 Jack Dixon 2’ 2 2 0 2 8 Ossie Powell 0 0 1 1 Harry Whitfield 1’ 3 1 5 Geoff Godwin 0 0

Ht 1: Windmill, Williams, Hart, Mills 71.2 (record) 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Saunders, McLachlan , Wells (f), Powell (f) 74.3 3 2 7 4 Ht 3: Evans, Dixon, Baylais, Hart (nf) 74.5 1 5 8 9 Ht 4: Evans, Mills, Stock, Wells 75.0 1 5 9 14 Ht 5: Williams, Dell, McLachlan, Saunders (f exc) 73.0 2 4 11 18 Ht 6: Windmill, Dixon, Stock, Powell 73.5 4 2 15 20 Ht 7: Evans, Williams, Baylais, Wells 73.8 1 5 16 25 Ht 8: Hart, Mills, Whitfield, Wells 75.6 3 3 19 28 Ht 9: Williams, McLachlan, Stock, Dell (nf) 77.4 1 5 20 33 Ht 10: Windmill, Dixon, Brown, Mills 75.1 4 2 24 35 Ht 11: Evans, Hart, Stock, McLachlan 73.5 3 3 27 38 Ht 12: Whitfield, Dell, Brown, Godwin 76.2 3 3 30 41 Ht 13: Mills, Dell, Brown, Dixon 76.6 3 3 33 44 Ht 14: Windmill, Dixon, Wells, McLachlan 75.0 4 2 37 46 Ht 15: Williams, Stock, Powell, ? 73.2 2 4 39 50 Ht 16: Evans, Windmill, Whitfield, Dell (nf) 74.5 2 4 41 54

Wednesday, 2nd August 1939, Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue II 45 Hackney Wick 39 (National League, Division 2)

Belle Vue II Ted Bravery 2 3 2 3 10 Stan Lemon 1’ 1’ 1 3 6 2 Tommy Bateman 3 1’ 3 2 9 1 Fred Tuck 0 2 1’ 3 6 1 Alan Butler 1’ 1’ 2 1 5 2 Wally Hull 2 2 0 1 5 Jack Gordon 1 1 2 George Cochbone 2’ 0 2 1

Hackney Wick Jim Baylais 3 3 3 3 12 Doug Wells 0 0 1 0 1 Stan Dell 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Arch Windmill 2 2 3 2 9 Nobby Stock 3 3 3 2 11 Charlie Appleby 2 0 0 2 Harry Saunders 0 2’ 2 1 Vic Pitcher 1 0 1

Ht 1: Baylais, Bravery, Lemon, Wells 80.0 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Bateman, Windmill, Dell, Tuck 80.8 3 3 6 6 Ht 3: Stock, Hull, Butler, Appleby 81.6 3 3 9 9 Ht 4: Bravery, Windmill, Gordon, Saunders 81.2 4 2 13 11 Ht 5: Baylais, Tuck, Bateman, Wells 81.4 3 3 16 14 Ht 6: Windmill, Hull, Butler, Dell 82.2 3 3 19 17 Ht 7: Stock, Bravery, Lemon, Appleby 82.2 3 3 22 20 Ht 8: Bateman, Cochbone, Pitcher, Dell 83.6 5 1 27 21 Ht 9: Baylais, Butler, Wells, Hull 83.4 2 4 29 25 Ht 10: Bravery, Windmill, Lemon, Dell 82.8 4 2 33 27 Ht 11: Stock, Bateman, Tuck, Appleby 82.8 3 3 36 30 Ht 12: Baylais, Saunders, Butler, Cochbone 84.0 1 5 37 35 Ht 13: Tuck, Stock, Gordon, Pitcher 82.6 4 2 41 37 Ht 14: Lemon, Appleby, Hull, Wells 84.0 4 2 45 39

Saturday, 5th August 1939, The Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich 46 Hackney Wick 35 (National League, Division 2)

Norwich Wal Morton 1’ 3 3 7 1 Alan Smith 2 2’ 2’ 0 6 2 Bert Spencer 0 3 0 3 6 Keith Harvey 1 0 3 4 Wilf Jay 2 0 1 1 4 Fred Strecker 1’ 1 3 3 8 1 Dick Wise 3 0 1 4 George Dykes 2’ 2 3 7 1

Hackney Wick Tiger Hart 3 2 2 2 9 Nobby Stock 0 1’ 0 1’ 2 2 Jim Baylais 3 3 3 0 9 Doug Wells 2’ 1’ 2 1 6 2 Stan Dell 0 0 2 2 Arch Windmill 3 1 0 2 6 Charlie Appleby 0 0 0 0 Sonny Brown 1 0 1

Ht 1: Hart, Smith, Morton, Stock 83.4 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Baylais, Wells, Harvey, Spencer (mf) 85.2 1 5 4 8 Ht 3: Windmill, Jay, Strecker, Dell 85.2 3 3 7 11 Ht 4: Wise, Dykes, Wells, Appleby 87.8 5 1 12 12 Ht 5: Spencer, Hart, Stock, Harvey 84.2 3 3 15 15 Ht 6: Baylais, Wells, Strecker, Jay 85.4 1 5 16 20 Ht 7: Morton, Smith, Windmill, Appleby 85.0 5 1 21 21 Ht 8: Baylais, Dykes, Brown, Spencer (mf) 84.0 2 4 23 25 Ht 9: Strecker, Hart, Jay, Stock 84.6 4 2 27 27 Ht 10: Morton, Smith, Wells, Baylais (exc) 81.0 5 1 32 28 Ht 11: Spencer, Wise (nf), Dell (nf), Windmill (nf) 84.2 3 0 35 28 Ht 12: Dykes, Hart, Jay, Appleby 84.4 4 2 39 30 Ht 13: Harvey, Dell, Wise, Brown 86.0 4 2 43 32 Ht 14: Strecker, Windmill, Stock, Smith 84.2 3 3 46 35

Friday, 11th August 1939, Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol 42 Hackney Wick 39 (National League, Division 2) Attendance 5,037

Bristol Harry Shepherd 0 2’ 0 0 2 1 Jack Bibby 0 3 0 0 3 Bill Clibbett 2 2 1’ 0 5 1 Ron Howes 0 1’ 2’ 3 2 Roy Dook 3 1’ 1 2 7 1 Jeff Lloyd 2’ 2 3 3 10 1 Norman Lindsay 3 3 6 George Craig 2 3 1’ 6 1

Hackney Wick Frank Hodgson 3 3 2 3 11 Nobby Stock 2’ 0 0 1’ 3 2 Jim Baylais 3 3 3 3 12 Doug Wells 1 0 0 2’ 3 1 Arch Windmill 0 2 0 2 Stan Dell 1 2 1’ 2 6 1 Charlie Appleby 0 1’ 0 1 1 Harry Saunders 0 1 1

Ht 1: Hodgson, Stock, Shepherd (f) , Bibby (f) 70.8 0 5 0 5 Ht 2: Baylais, Clibbett, Wells, Howes 69.6 2 4 2 9 Ht 3: Dook, Lloyd, Dell, Windmill 72.0 5 1 7 10 Ht 4: Lindsay, Shepherd, Appleby (nf), Wells (exc) 71.2 5 0 12 10 Ht 5: Hodgson, Clibbett, Howes, Stock 70.2 3 3 15 13 Ht 6: Baylais, Lloyd, Dook, Wells 72.6 3 3 18 16 Ht 7: Bibby, Dell, Appleby, Shepherd 73.6 3 3 21 19 Ht 8: Baylais, Craig, Clibbett, Saunders 70.0 3 3 24 22 Ht 9: Lloyd, Hodgson, Dook, Stock 70.6 4 2 28 24 Ht 10: Baylais, Wells, Shepherd (nf), Bibby (nf) 70.6 0 5 28 29 Ht 11: Craig, Windmill, Dell, Clibbett 72.0 3 3 31 32 Ht 12: Hodgson, Dook, Craig, Appleby 71.0 3 3 34 35 Ht 13: Lindsay, Howes, Saunders, Windmill 71.6 5 1 39 36 Ht 14: Lloyd, Dell, Stock, Bibby 72.2 3 3 42 39

Saturday, 12th August 1939, Hackney Stadium, London Hackney Wick 44 Norwich 39 (Union Cup, Southern Section)

Hackney Frank Hodgson 2’ 2 2 3 9 1 Nobby Stock 3 1’ 0 1 5 1 Tiger Hart 2 3 2 3 10 Arch Windmill 1’ 1 0 1 3 1 Jim Baylais 2 1’ 2 2’ 7 3 Doug Wells 0 2 1’ 3 6 1 Stan Dell 0 0 0 Sonny Brown 1’ 3 4 1

Norwich Wal Morton 0 0 0 0 0 Alan Smith 1 2 3 6 Bert Spencer 0 0 3 1’ 4 1 Keith Harvey 3 3 3 2 11 Wilf Jay 3 3 2 3 11 Fred Strecker 1 0 1’ 2 4 1 George Dykes 1 0 1 Tommy Allott 0 2’ 0 2 1

Ht 1: Stock, Hodgson, Smith, Morton (mf) 74.85 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Harvey, Hart, Windmill, Spencer (f) 74.84 3 3 8 4 Ht 3: Jay, Baylais, Strecker, Wells (f exc)) 73.39 2 4 10 8 Ht 4: Harvey, Hodgson, Dykes, Dell 74.20 2 4 12 12 Ht 5: Hart, Smith, Windmill, Morton (mf) 74.38 4 2 16 14 Ht 6: Harvey, Wells, Baylais, Spencer 74.85 3 3 19 17 Ht 7: Jay, Hodgson, Stock, Strecker 75.18 3 3 22 20 Ht 8: Spencer, Hart, Brown, Allott 73.00 3 3 25 23 Ht 9: Smith, Baylais, Wells, Morton (f) 75.78 3 3 28 26 *Ht 10: Hodgson, Harvey, Spencer, Stock 74.61 3 3 31 29 Ht 11: Hart, Jay, Strecker, Windmill 75.29 3 3 34 32 Ht 12: Brown, Baylais (f rmtd), Morton (f), Dykes (f) 77.71 5 0 39 32 Ht 13: Jay, Allott, Windmill , Dell 75.80 1 5 40 37 Ht 14: Wells, Strecker, Stock, Allott 76.22 4 2 44 39 *Heat 10 was declared a dead heat but this decision was amended by the ACU the following week.

Saturday, 19th August 1939, Hackney Stadium, London Hackney Wick 51 Bristol 33 (Union Cup, Southern Section)

Hackney Wick Frank Hodgson 3 3 3 3 12 Nobby Stock 0 0 0 2’ 2 1 Tiger Hart 3 3 3 2 11 Arch Windmill 2’ 2’ 1’ 2 7 3 Jim Baylais 2 3 3 3 11 Doug Wells 0 0 1 3 4 Sonny Brown 1 1’ 2 1 Stan Dell 1 1 2

Bristol Harry Shepherd 2 1 2 2 7 Bill Clibbett 1’ 0 0 1 2 1 Jack Bibby 1 2 0 2 5 George Craig 0 0 1 1 Jeff Lloyd 3 2 3 3 11 Roy Dook 1 1’ 0 2 1 Norman Lindsay 2 0 2 Ron Howes 2 1’ 0 3 1

Ht 1: Hodgson, Shepherd, Clibbett, Stock 73.64 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Hart, Windmill, Bibby, Craig 74.98 5 1 8 4 Ht 3: Lloyd, Baylais, Dook, Wells 73.40 2 4 10 8 Ht 4: Hodgson, Lindsay, Brown, Craig 76.29 4 2 14 10 Ht 5: Hart, Windmill, Shepherd, Clibbett 74.60 5 1 19 11 Ht 6: Baylais, Bibby, Craig, Wells 74.67 3 3 22 14 Ht 7: Hodgson, Lloyd, Dook, Stock 73.21 3 3 25 17 Ht 8: Hart, Howes, Dell, Bibby 73.68 4 2 29 19 Ht 9: Baylais, Shepherd, Wells, Clibbett 76.82 4 2 33 21 Ht 10: Hodgson, Bibby, Howes, Stock 74.80 3 3 36 24 Ht 11: Lloyd, Hart , Windmill, Dook 74.90 3 3 39 27 Ht 12: Baylais, Shepherd, Dell, Lindsey 76.12 4 2 43 29 Ht 13: Lloyd, Windmill, Brown, Howes 75.86 3 3 46 32 Ht 14: Wells, Stock, Clibbett, Dook 77.01 5 1 51 33

Wednesday, 23rd August 1939, Banister Court Stadium, Southampton Bristol 28 Hackney Wick 25 (Challenge)

Bristol Harry Shepherd 1’ 3 1 5 1 Jack Bibby 2 2’ 0 4 1 Roy Dook 3 3 2 8 Jeff Lloyd 2’ 0 1’ 3 2 Bill Clibbett 1 2 2 5 Vic Weir 0 0 3 3

Hackney Wick Frank Hodgson 3 1 0 4 Nobby Stock 0 3 3 6 Arch Windmill 1 0 0 1 Sonny Brown 0 1 0 1 Jim Baylais 2’ 1’ 2’ 5 3 Doug Wells 3 2 3 8

Ht 1: Hodgson, Bibby, Shepherd, Stock 70.6 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Dook, Lloyd, Windmill, Brown 72.8 5 1 8 4 Ht 3: Wells, Baylais, Clibbett, Weir 73.4 1 5 9 9 Ht 4: Shepherd, Bibby, Brown, Windmill 73.4 5 1 14 10 Ht 5: Dook, Wells, Baylais, Lloyd 72.6 3 3 17 13 Ht 6: Stock, Clibbett, Hodgson, Weir 72.8 2 4 19 17 Ht 7: Wells, Baylais, Shepherd, Bibby 72.4 1 5 20 22 Ht 8: Stock, Dook, Lloyd, Hodgson 70.4 3 3 23 25 Ht 9: Weir, Clibbett, Windmill (nf), Brown (nf) 73.2 5 0 28 25

Saturday, 26th August 1939, The Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich 62 Hackney Wick 22 (Union Cup, Southern Section) Attendance 6,000

Norwich Wal Morton 2’ 3 3 1 9 1 Alan Smith 3 3 3 9 Bert Spencer 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Keith Harvey 2’ 0 2’ 2 6 2 Wilf Jay 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Strecker 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 3 George Dykes 2’ 1 1’ 4 2 Dick Wise 3 1 4

Hackney Wick Frank Hodgson 0 2 1 2 5 Nobby Stock 1 1’ 0 2 1 Arch Windmill 1 1 1 0 3 Stan Dell 0 1 0 2 3 Jim Baylais 2 2 1 3 8 Doug Wells 0 0 0 1 1 Tiger Hart did not ride* George Saunders did not ride* *both had joined the army

Ht 1: Smith, Morton, Stock, Hodgson 77.0 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Spencer, Harvey, Windmill, Dell 77.0 5 1 10 2 Ht 3: Jay, Baylais, Strecker, Wells 77.2 4 2 14 4 Ht 4: Morton, Dykes, Dell, 3 riders only 78.2 5 1 19 5 Ht 5: Spencer, Hodgson, Stock, Harvey 77.2 3 3 22 8 Ht 6: Jay, Strecker, Windmill, Dell 79.8 5 1 27 9 Ht 7: Morton, Baylais, Dykes, Wells 78.6 4 2 31 11 Ht 8: Wise, Spencer, Windmill, 3 riders only 82.0 5 1 36 12 Ht 9: Jay, Strecker, Hodgson, Stock 79.4 5 1 41 13 Ht 10: Smith, Dell, Morton, Windmill 79.6 4 2 45 15 Ht 11: Spencer, Harvey, Baylais, Wells 77.8 5 1 50 16 Ht 12: Jay, Hodgson, Wise, 3 riders only 78.2 4 2 54 18 Ht 13: Baylais, Harvey, Dykes, 3 riders only 78.8 3 3 57 21 Ht 14: Smith, Strecker, Wells, 3 riders only 80.0 5 1 62 22