Belle Vue 1948

Compiled by Jim Henry and Barry Stephenson Update 31.5.2014 Updated 6.8.2020

Saturday 27th March 1948 Belle Vue , Manchester Cup

Jack Parker E 3 3 3 9 Dent Oliver 1 0 2 E 3 Bill Pitcher F 2 3 5 Brian Wilson 3 2 F 1 6 Bob Fletcher F 0 Ralph Horne 2 1 1 1 5 Jim Boyd 2 2 2 E 6 Wally Lloyd 1 E 2 2 5 Louis Lawson F 1 1 3 5 Walter Hull 3 1 1 0 5 Bert Lacey E 0 0 1 1 Jack Tennant 1 0 0 1 2 Tommy Price 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Gilbert 3 2 2 1 8 George Wilks 2 3 3 3 11 Split Waterman F 0 E 2 2 Roy Craighead 2 3 2 2 9

Ht1 T.Price, Wilks, Oliver, Parker (ef) 77.0 Ht2 Wilson, Boyd, Pitcher (f), Lawson (f) 79.8 Ht3 Hull, Horne, Fletcher (f), Lacey (ef) 75.6 Ht4 Gilbert, Craighead, Lloyd, Waterman (f) 78.0 Ht5 Wilks, Boyd, Hull, Waterman 77.8 Ht6 Parker, Pitcher, Tennant, Lloyd (ef) 78.8 Ht7 Price, Gilbert, Lawson, Lacey 77.2 Ht8 Craighead, Wilson, Horne, Oliver 79.2 Ht9 Wilks, Gilbert, Horne, Tennant 78.0 Ht10 Parker, Boyd, Gilbert, Lacey 79.8 Ht11 Wilks, Craighead, Lawson, Tennant 79.8 Ht12 Lawson, Oliver, Hull, Waterman (ef) 81.0 Ht13 Price, Lloyd, Tennant, Wilson (f) 80.4 Ht14 Parker, Craighead, Wilson, Hull 77.8 Ht15 Price, Waterman, Horne, Boyd (ef) 79.4 Ht16 Pitcher, Lloyd, Lacey, Oliver (ef) 80.4 Final Parker, Wilks, Price, Craighead 80.0

Novice Race Alec Edwards, Jack Gordon, Ken Sharples, George Smith (ret) 88.2

Stadium Scratch Races Ht1 Lawson, Gilbert, Lloyd, Pitcher 80.0 Ht2 Lacey, Tennant, Horne (nf), Boyd (nf) 84.2

Monday 29th March 1948 , Manchester Easter Tournament (Afternoon)

Jack Parker 3 E 3 2 8 George Wilks 1 E 1 3 5 Wally Hull 2 3 2 2 9 Roy Craighead 0 1 2 1 4 Brian Wilson 2 2 2 1 7 Bill Pitcher 1 E 1 0 2 Ralph Horne 0 1 0 2 3 Split Waterman 3 3 3 2 11 Tommy Price 3 3 3 3 12 Wally Lloyd 0 3 0 1 4 Louis Lawson 2 2 3 3 10 Jim Boyd 1 1 2 3 7 Jack Tennant 2 0 0 1 Dick Campbell 0 2 0 0 2 Bill Gilbert 1 2 1 0 4 Dent Oliver 3 F F 0 3 Bob Fletcher (Res) DNR Dennis Parker (res) 1 1

Ht1 J.Parker, Hull, Wilks, Craighead 77.8 Ht2 Waterman, Wilson, Pitcher, Horne 79.0 Ht3 Price, Lawson, Boyd, Lloyd 78.8 Ht4 Oliver, Tennant, Gilbert, Campbell 81.6 Ht5 Waterman, Lawson, Boyd, J.Parker (ef) 80.0 Ht6 Hull, Wilson, Wilks (ef), Oliver (f) 78.4 Ht7 Price, Gilbert, Pitcher (ef), Oliver (f) 79.2 Ht8 Lloyd, Campbell, Horne, Tennant 80.0 Ht9 J.Parker, Wilson, Craighead, Horne 79.2 Ht10 Waterman, Hukll, Gilbert, Lloyd 81.2 Ht11 Price, Craighead, Pitcher, Campbell 80.2 Ht12 Lawson, Boyd, Wilks, Tennant 79.6 Ht13 Boyd, Hull, Craighead, Campbell 81.8 Ht14 Wilks, Horne,D.Parker, Pitcher 81.8 Ht15 Lawson, Waterman, Wilson, Gilbert (f) 80.4 Ht16 Price, J.Parker, Lloyd, Oliver 80.6

Novice Race Bob Quick, Sharples, Gordon, Smith 87.2

Bank Holiday Scratch Race Ht1 J.Parker, Craighead, D.Parker, Waterman (ef) 81.0 83.8 Ht2 Price, Boyd, Wilson, Oliver 80.4 81.0 Ht3 Wilks, Lawson, Gilbert, Lloyd (ef) 81.0 82.6 Final Price, J.Parker, Wilks, Boyd (ef) 81.6

Monday 29th March 1948 , Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 49 Bell Vue Aces 34 (Challenge)

Bradford Ron Clarke 2 3 3 3 11 Bob Lovell 0 1 1 3 5 Oliver Hart 3 0 3 3 9 Fred Tuck 0 1 2’ 3 6 1 Ernie Price 3 3 2 2 10 Eddie Rigg 0 2’ 1’ 2’ 5 3 Bill Osborne 1 0 1 Eric Mason 0 0 0

Bell Vue Jack Parker 3 3 3 3 12 Dick Campbell 1 2’ 0 0 3 1 Wally Lloyd 1 N 2 0 3 Dent Oliver 0 2 N 2 4 Jim Boyd 1’ 0 0 2 3 1 Louis Lawson 2 2 1 1 6 Brian Wilson 0 1 1 Wally Hull 1’ 1’ 2 2

Ht1 Parker, Clarke, Campbell, Lovell 67.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Hart, Tuck, Lloyd, Oliver 69.0 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Price, Lawson, Boyd, Rigg 71.4 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Clarke, Oliver, Osborne, Wilson 71.8 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Parker, Campbell, Tuck, Hart 69.8 1 5 15 15 Ht6 Price, Rigg, Oliver (nf), Lloyd (nf) 74.0 5 0 20 15 Ht7 Clarke, Lawson, Lovell, Boyd 72.0 4 2 24 17 Ht8 Hart, Lloyd, Hull, Mason 72.4 3 3 27 20 Ht9 Parker, Price, Rigg, Campbell 71.0 3 3 30 23 Ht10 Clarke, Oliver, Lovell, Lloyd 72.0 4 2 34 25 Ht11 Hart, Tuck, Lawson, Boyd 71.0 5 1 39 26 Ht12 Parker, Price, Wilson, Mason 71.0 2 4 41 30 Ht13 Tuck, Boyd, Hull, Osborne 74.0 3 3 44 33 Ht14 Lovell, Rigg, Lawson, Campbell 74.0 5 1 49 34

Saturday 3rd April 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Jack Parker’s Team 41 Wally Lloyd’s Team 40 (Evening Chronicle Cup)

Parker’s Team Jack Parker 2 E 3 3 8 Len Williams F 0 1 0 1 Jim Boyd 2 E 3 2 7 Ralph Horne 1’ 3 0 2 6 1 Louis Lawson 2 1’ 3 E 6 1 Wally Hull 1’ 2 2’ 3 8 2 John Yates 2 X 2 Alec Gordon 1’ 2 3 1

Lloyd’s Team Wally Lloyd E 1’ F 1 1 Bert Lacey 3 2 F 2 7 Bill Pitcher 3 3 2 2 10 Jack Tennant 0 F 0 0 0 Dent Oliver 3 2 3 3 11 Brian Wilson 0 1’ 1 1’ 3 2 Alec Edwards 3 3 6 George Smith 0 1 1 2

Ht1 Lacey, Parker, Williams (f), Lloyd (ef) 87.8 2 3 2 3 Ht2 Pitcher, Boyd, Horne, Tennant 83.8 3 3 5 6 Ht3 Oliver, Lawson, Hull, Wilson 84.4 3 3 8 9 Ht4 Edwards, Yates, Parker (ef), Tennant (f) 90.0 2 3 10 12 Ht5 Horne, Lacey, Lloyd, Boyd (ef) 85.4 3 3 13 15 Ht6 Pitcher, Hull, Lawson, Tennant 84.0 3 3 16 18 Ht7 Parker, Oliver, Wilson, Williams 81.8 3 3 19 21 Ht8 Boyd, Pitcher, Gordon, Smith 81.8 4 2 23 23 Ht9 Lawson, Hull, Lloyd (f), Lacey (f) 84.0 5 0 28 23 Ht10 Parker, Pitcher, Williams, Tennant 84.4 4 2 32 25 Ht11 Oliver, Boyd, Wilson, Horne 84.2 2 4 34 29 Ht12 Edwards, Gordon, Smith, Lawson (ef) 89.8 2 4 36 33 Ht13 Oliver, Horne, Smith, Yates (exc) 85.2 2 4 38 37 Ht14 Hull, Lacey, Wilson, Williams 85.2 3 3 41 40

Novice Race Smith, Gordon, Sharples, Edwards (f) 90.2

Reserves Scratch Race Yates, Gordon, Edwards (f), Smith (f) 88.4

Mancunian Scratch Race Ht1 Parker, Lawson, Hull, Lacey (ef) 83.4 ? Ht2 Pitcher, Wilson, Williams, Yates 84.4 ? Ht3 Oliver, Boyd (ef), Tennant, Horne 85.6 ? Final Parker, Oliver, Pitcher, Lawson (ns) 83.6

Monday 5th April 1948 , Wimbledon Dons 50 33 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon Norman Parker 3 E 3 3 9 Mike Erskine F 1 2’ 1 4 1 Alec Statham 3 3 3 3 12 Dick Harris 2’ F 0 2 4 1 Les Wotton 3 3 1’ 3 10 1 Cyril Brine 1 2’ 2 0 5 1 Archie Windmill 3 1’ 4 1 Lionel Levy 2’ F 2 1

Belle Vue Bill Pitcher 1’ 2 0 2 5 1 Jack Parker 2 E 3 3 8 Wally Lloyd 1 1 F Dent Oliver 0 1’ E 1 Jim Boyd 2 0 2 3 7 Louis Lawson 0 2 1’ 3 6 1 Wally Hull 2 0 1’ 3 1 Brian Wilson 1 0 1

Ht1 N.Parker, J.Parker, Pitcher, Erskine (f) 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Statham, Harris, Lloyd, Oliver 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Wotton, Boyd, Brine, Lawson 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Windmill, Hull, Oliver, N.Parker (ef) 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Statham, Pitcher, Harris (f), J.Parker (ef) 3 2 18 11 Ht6 Wotton, Brine, Lloyd, Oliver (ef) 5 1 23 12 Ht7 N.Parker, Lawson, Erskine, Boyd 4 2 27 14 Ht8 Statham, Levy, Wilson, Lloyd (f) 5 1 32 15 Ht9 J.Parker, Brine, Wotton, Pitcher 3 3 35 18 Ht10 N.Parker, Erskine, Oliver, Hull 5 1 40 19 Ht11 Statham. Boyd, Lawson, Harris 3 3 43 22 Ht12 Wotton, Pitcher, Hull, Levy (f) 3 3 46 25 Ht13 Boyd, Harris, Windmill, Wilson 3 3 49 28 Ht14 Lawson, J.Parker, Erskine, Brine 1 5 50 33

Saturday 10th April 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 59 Wimbledon Dons 25 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Jack Parker 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Bill Pitcher 2’ 3 2’ 3 10 2 Jim Boyd 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 Louis Lawson F 2’ 3 3 8 1 Wally Lloyd 3 2 3 3 11 Dent Oliver 2’ 1’ 2’ E 5 3 Wally Hull 1 2’ 3 1 Brian Wilson 0 1 1

Wimbledon Norman Parker E 0 0 Mike Erskine 1 1 0 1’ 3 1 Alec Statham 3 3 2 1 9 Cyril Brine 1 2 0 0 3 Les Wotton F 1 0 1 2 Dick Harris 1 0 1 2 4 George Saunders 0 1 2 0 3 Lionel Levy 1’ F 1 1

Ht1 J.Parker, Pitcher, Erskine, N.Parker (ef) 80.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Statham, Boyd, Brine, Lawson (f) 83.8 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Lloyd, Oliver, Harris, Wotton (f) 83.2 5 1 12 6 Ht4 J.Parker, Brine, Hull, Saunders 82.2 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Boyd, Lawson, Erskine, N.Parker 82.6 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Statham, Lloyd, Oliver, Brine 82.8 3 3 24 12 Ht7 Pitcher, J.Parker, Wotton, Wotton 81.8 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Boyd, Statham, Levy, Wilson 83.0 3 3 32 16 Ht9 Lloyd, Oliver, Saunders, Erskine 84.4 5 1 37 17 Ht10 J.Parker, Pitcher, Statham, Brine 81.6 5 1 42 18 Ht11 Lawson, Boyd, Harris, Wotton 82.8 5 1 47 19 Ht12 Lloyd, Saunders, Wilson, Levy (f) 84.6 4 2 51 21 Ht13 Lawson, Hull, Wotton, Saunders 82.4 5 1 56 22 Ht14 Pitcher, Harris, Erskine, Oliver (ef) 84.0 3 3 59 25

Novice Race Sharples, Smith. A.Gordon 3only 87.6

Belle Vue Scratch Race Hull, Wilson, Fletcher 3 only 83.6

Palatine Scratch Race Ht1 J.Parker, Oliver, Harris, Wotton 82.4 Ht2 Statham, Brine, Hull, Sharples 83.0 Ht3 Pitcher, Boyd, Saunders, Lloyd (ef) 83.2 Ht4 Lawson, Wilson, Erskine, Fletcher 82.6 Final J.Parker, Lawson, Statham (nf), Pitcher (nf) 81.6

Wednesday 14th April 1948 New Cross Stadium, London New Cross Rangers 61 Belle Vue Aces (National League Division One)

New Cross Ron Johnson 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Longley 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Jeff Lloyd 2’ 3 2’ 3 10 2 Ray Moore 3 2’ 2’ F 7 2 Geoff Pymar 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Eric French 0 2’ 1 1 4 1 Frank Lawrence 0 2 2 George Newton 3 3 6

Belle Vue Bill Pitcher 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Parker 1 1 2 2 6 Jim Boyd 1 1 1 1 4 Louis Lawson 0 2 0 0 2 Wally Lloyd 1’ 0 1 3 5 1 Dent Oliver 2 1 X 0 3 Wally Hull 1’ 1 2 1 Brian Wilson 0 1 1

Ht1 Johnson, Longley, Parker, Pitcher 58.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Moore, J.Lloyd, Boyd, Lawson 60.2 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Pymar, Oliver, W.Lloyd, French 62.2 3 3 13 5 Ht4 Johnson, Lawson, Hull, Lawrence 61.6 3 3 16 8 Ht5 J.Lloyd, Moore, Parker, Pitcher 59.8 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Pymar, French, Boyd, Lawson 62.0 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Johnson, Longley, Oliver, W.Lloyd 61.2 5 1 31 11 Ht8 Newton, J.Lloyd, Boyd, Wilson 60.4 5 1 36 12 Ht9 Pymar, Parker, French, Pitcher 60.4 4 2 40 14 Ht10 Johnson, Longley, Boyd, Lawson 59.8 5 1 45 15 Ht11 J.Lloyd, Moore, W.Lloyd, Oliver (exc) 59.8 5 1 50 16 Ht12 Newton, Pymar, Hull, Pitcher 61.6 5 1 55 17 Ht13 W.Lloyd, Lawrence, Wilson, Moore (f) 61.0 2 4 57 21 Ht14 Longley, Parker, French, Oliver 59.8 4 2 61 23

Saturday 17th April 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 53 New Cross Rangers 31 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Jack Parker 1’ 2’ 3 2’ 8 3 Bill Pitcher 2 0 3 1 6 Jim Boyd E 1’ 3 E 4 1 Louis Lawson 3 2 2 2’ 9 1 Wally Lloyd 0 3 1 3 7 Dent Oliver 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Bill Rogers 3 3 6 Brian Wilson 1 1 2

New Cross Bill Longley 0 0 0 2 2 Ron Johnson 3 3 2 2 10 Jeff Lloyd 2 1 0 1 4 Ray Moore 1’ 1 0 0 2 1 Geoff Pymar 2 2 3 0 7 Eric French 1’ 1’ 1 0 3 2 George Newton F F 0 Frank Lawrence 2 1 3

Ht1 Johnson, Pitcher, Parker, Longley 77.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Lawson, J.Lloyd, Moore, Boyd (ef) 78.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Oliver, Pymar, French, W.Lloyd 77.6 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Rogers, Parker, Moore, Newton (f) 79.8 5 1 14 10 Ht5 Johnson, Lawson, Boyd, Longley 79.0 3 3 17 13 Ht6 W.Lloyd, Oliver, J.Lloyd, Moore 80.0 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Parker, Pymar, French, Pitcher 79.2 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Boyd, Lawrence, Wilson, J.Lloyd 80.8 4 2 29 19 Ht9 Oliver, Johnson, W.Lloyd, Longley 77.8 4 2 33 21 Ht10 Pitcher, Parker, J.Lloyd, Moore 79.4 5 1 38 22 Ht11 Pymar, Lawson, French, Boyd (ef) 81.0 2 4 40 26 Ht12 W.Lloyd, Longley, Wilson, Newton (f) 80.4 4 2 44 28 Ht13 Rogers, Lawson, Lawrence, Pymar 80.6 5 1 49 29 Ht14 Oliver, Johnson, Pitcher, French 79.8 4 2 53 31

Belle Vue Scratch Races Ht1 Hull, Lawrence, Wilson, Sharples 82.0 Ht2 Oliver, Pitcher, Hull, Rogers (ret) 81.4

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Johnson, French, Oliver, J.Lloyd 81.6 ? Ht2 W.Lloyd, Boyd, Hull, Moore 82.4 ? Ht3 Pymar, Lawson, Longley, Parker 81.6 ? Final Johnson, Pymar, W.Lloyd, Lawson 81.6

Tuesday 20th April 1948 Stadium, London 61 Belle Vue Aces 23 (National League Division One)

West Ham Eric Chitty 2 2’ 3 3 10 1 Bob Harrison 0 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 12 Cliff Watson 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 3 Malcolm Craven 3 3 3 3 12 Tommy Croombs 2’ 2’ 2’ 2 8 3 Fred Curtis 3 3 6 Howdy Byford 2’ 2’ 0 4 2

Belle Vue Bill Pitcher 1 1 0 1 3 Jack Parker 3 E 1 3 7 Jim Boyd 2 0 1 0 3 Louis Lawson F 1 1 2 4 Wally Lloyd 1 E F 1 2 Dent Oliver E 2 1 1 4 Bill Rogers 0 0 0 Brian Wilson 0 0 0

Ht1 Parker, Chitty, Pitcher, Harrison 2 4 2 4 Ht2 A.Lawson, Boyd, Watson, L.Lawson (f) 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Craven, Croombs, Lloyd, Oliver (ef) 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Curtis, Chitty, L.Lawson, Rogers 5 1 16 8 Ht5 A.Lawson, Watson, Pitcher, Parker (ef) 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Craven Croombs, L.Lawson, Boyd 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Chitty, Oliver, Harrison, Lloyd (ef) 4 2 30 12 Ht8 A.Lawson, Byford, Boyd, Wilson 5 1 35 13 Ht9 Craven Croombs, Parker, Pitcher 5 1 40 14 Ht10 Chitty, L.Lawson, Harrison, Boyd 4 2 44 16 Ht11 A.Lawson, Watson, Oliver, Lloyd (f) 5 1 49 17 Ht12 Craven, Byford, Pitcher, Rogers 5 1 54 18 Ht13 Curtis, Watson, Lloyd, Wilson 5 1 59 19 Ht14 Parker, Croombs, Oliver, Byford 2 4 61 23

Saturday 24th April 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 43 West Ham Hammers 41 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Jack Parker 2’ 2 2’ 0 6 2 Bill Pitcher 3 3 1 3 10 Jim Boyd E 2 0 0 2 Louis Lawson 1 1’ 2 2 6 1 Wally Lloyd X 0 1 3 4 Dent Oliver 3 2 3 2’ 10 1 Bill Rogers 1’ 0 1 1 Wally Hull 2 2’ 4 1

West Ham Bob Harrison 0 0 0 0 Eric Chitty 1 3 2 1 7 Aub Lawson 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Cliff Watson 2’ 3 1 3 9 1 Malcolm Craven 2 1 3 3 9 Tommy Croombs 1’ F 1 0 2 1 Fred Curtis 0 1 1 Howdy Byford 0 1 1 2

Ht1 Pitcher, Parker, Chitty, Harrison 76.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 A.Lawson, Watson, L.Lawson, Boyd (ef) 81.0 1 5 6 6 Ht3 Oliver, Craven, Croombs, Lloyd (exc) 80.0 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Watson, Parker, Rogers, Curtis 79.6 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Chitty, Boyd, L.Lawson, Byford 81.6 3 3 15 15 Ht6 A.Lawson, Oliver, Watson, Lloyd 79.2 2 4 17 19 Ht7 Pitcher, Parker, Craven, Croombs (f) 80.2 5 1 22 20 Ht8 A.Lawson, Hull, Byford, Boyd 79.6 2 4 24 24 Ht9 Oliver, Chitty, Lloyd, Harrison 81.2 4 2 28 26 Ht10 Watson, A.Lawson, Pitcher, Parker 79.6 1 5 29 31 Ht11 Craven, L.Lawson, Croombs, Boyd 79.4 2 4 31 35 Ht12 Lloyd, Hull, Curtis, Harrison 82.2 5 1 36 36 Ht13 Craven.L.Lawson, Byford, Rogers 80.0 2 4 38 40 Ht14 Pitcher, Oliver, Chitty, Croombs 81.6 5 1 43 41

Belle Vue Scratch Races Ht1 Byford, Hull, Sharples, Wilson (ret) 81.6 Ht2 Craven, Chitty, Rogers, Croombs (f) 80.8

Stadium Scratch Ht1 Rogers, Boyd, Watson, Harrison 82.4 ? Ht2 Oliver, Curtis, L.Lawson, Parker 82.2 ? Ht3 A.Lawson, Lloyd, Pitcher, Wilson 81.4 ? Final A.Lawson, Craven, Oliver, Rogers 80.4

Thursday 29th April 1948 Wimbledon Stadium, London* 52 Belle Vue Aces 31 (National League Division One)

Wembley Freddy Williams 2 3 1 2’ 8 1 Tommy Price 1’ 3 3 1 8 1 Split Waterman 3 1’ 3 3 10 1 Bill Gilbert 2’ 2 2’ 2’ 8 3 George Wilks 3 3 2 3 11 Roy Craighead F 1 0 0 1 Bob Wells 2’ 3 5 1 George Saunders 0 1 1

Belle Vue Bill Pitcher 0 0 1 F 1 Jack Parker 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Wally Lloyd 1 2 1’ 0 4 1 Dent Oliver 0 1 1 2 Jim Boyd E 0 0 0 0 Louis Lawson 2 2 1 3 8 Bill Rogers 0 2 2 Wally Hull 0 2 1 3

Ht1 Parker, Price, Williams, Pitcher 68.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Waterman, Gilbert, Lloyd, Oliver 73.6 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Wilks, Lawson, Boyd (ef), Craighead (f) 71.4 3 2 11 6 Ht4 Williams, Wells, Oliver, Rogers 73.2 5 1 16 7 Ht5 Parker, Gilbert, Waterman, Pitcher 71.0 3 3 19 10 Ht6 Wilks, Lloyd, Craighead, Hull 72.8 4 2 23 12 Ht7 Price, Lawson, Williams, Boyd 71.8 4 2 27 14 Ht8 Waterman, Hull, Lloyd, Saunders 72.4 3 3 30 17 Ht9 Parker, Wilks, Pitcher, Craighead 71.4 2 4 32 21 Ht10 Price, Williams, Oliver, Lloyd 72.6 5 1 37 22 Ht11 Waterman, Gilbert, Lawson, Boyd 72.4 5 1 42 23 Ht12 Wilks, Rogers, Saunders, Pitcher (f) 73.4 4 2 46 25 Ht13 Wells, Gilbert, Hull, Boyd 72.6 5 1 51 26 Ht14 Lawson, Parker, Price, Craighead 72.6 1 5 52 31

Saturday 1st May 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 42 Wembley Lions 42 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Jack Parker E 3 1 0 4 Bill Rogers 3 3 3 0 9 Jim Boyd 2 1 E 1 4 Louis Lawson 0 0 3 3 6 Wally Lloyd F 3 1’ 3 7 1 Dent Oliver 3 2’ 2 2 9 1 Ken Sharples 0 0 0 Wally Hull 2 1 3

Wembley Freddy Williams 1’ 3 0 2 6 1 Tommy Price 2 2’ 3 3 10 1 Split Waterman 1 0 3 2 6 Bill Gilbert 3 2 1 1’ 7 1 George Wilks 2 2 2 2 8 Roy Craighead 1’ 0 0 1 2 1 Bob Wells 1’ 0 1 1 George Saunders 1 1’ 2 1

Ht1 Rogers, Price, Williams, Parker (ef) 79.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Gilbert, Boyd, Waterman, Lawson 79.4 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Oliver, Wilks, Craighead, Lloyd (f) 80.0 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Parker, Gilbert, Wells, Sharples 80.4 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Williams, Price, Boyd, Lawson 80.0 1 5 12 18 Ht6 Lloyd, Oliver, Gilbert, Waterman 81.0 5 1 17 19 Ht7 Rogers, Wilks, Parker, Craighead 80.4 4 2 21 21 Ht8 Waterman, Hull, Saunders, Boyd (ef) 82.2 2 4 23 25 Ht9 Price, Oliver, Lloyd, Williams 80.4 3 3 26 28 Ht10 Rogers, Waterman, Gilbert, Parker (ef) 81.8 3 3 29 31 Ht11 Lawson, Wilks, Boyd, Craighead 81.0 4 2 33 33 Ht12 Lloyd, Williams, Hull, Wells 81.4 4 2 37 35 Ht13 Lawson, Wilks, Saunders, Sharples 80.0 3 3 40 38 Ht14 Price, Oliver, Craighead, Rogers 82.2 2 4 42 42

Belle Vue Scratch Races fastest to final Ht1 Hull, Wells, Saunders, Sharples 83.6 Ht2 Oliver, Williams, Rogers, Craighead 83.4

Stadium Scratch Races Ht1 Hull, Lawson, Wilks, Parker (ret) 82.0 Ht2 Price, Waterman, Gilbert, Rogers 82.0 Ht3 Lloyd, Boyd, Sharples, Pitcher ? Final Hull, Price, Oliver, Lloyd 82.6

Saturday 8th May 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester E.O. Spence Memorial Trophy

Jack Parker 3 3 3 3 3 15 Les Wotton 2 2 1 0 2 7 George Wilks 1 1 1 2 1 6 Jim Boyd 0 0 1 E 1 2 Alec Statham 1 E 1 0 0 2 Bill Pitcher 0 1 3 2 2 8 Dent Oliver 3 3 3 3 2 14 Louis Lawson 2 2 2 E 3 9 Tommy Price 3 3 3 3 1 13 Norman Parker 1 2 2 1 1 7 Bill Rogers 0 0 0 2 3 5 Wally Lloyd 2 1 X 2 3 8 Eric Chitty 0 1 0 1 0 2 Bill Longley 1 0 1 0 2 4 Jeff Lloyd 2 2 2 1 0 7 Wally Hull 3 3 2 3 E 11 Ken Sharples (reserve) DNR George Smith (reserve) DNR

Ht1 J.Parker, Wotton, Wilks, Boyd 76.2 Ht2 Oliver, Lawson, Statham, Pitcher 77.4 Ht3 Price, W.Lloyd, N.Parker, Rogers 78.0 Ht4 Hull, J.Lloyd, Longley,Chitty 79.0 Ht5 Price, Wotton, Chitty, Statham (ef) 78.0 Ht6 J.Parker, N.Parker, Pitcher, Longley 77.8 Ht7 Oliver, J.Lloyd, Wilks, Rogers 79.0 Ht8 Hull, Lawson, W.Lloyd, Boyd 78.8 Ht9 Pitcher, Hull, Wotton, Rogers 79.4 Ht10 J.Parker, J.Lloyd, Statham, Lloyd (fexc) 79.2 Ht11 Oliver, W.Lloyd, Longley, Wotton 80.2 Ht12 Oliver, N.Parker, Boyd, Chitty 80.4 Ht13 Price, Lawson, Wilks, Longley 80.8 Ht14 J.Parker, Rogers, Chitty, Lawson (ef) 80.0 Ht15 Hull, Wilks, N.Parker, Statham 80.6 Ht16 Price, Pitcher, Lloyd, Boyd (ef) 80.0 Ht17 Lawson, Wotton, N.Parker, Lloyd 81.6 Ht18 J.Parker, Oliver, Price, Hull (ef) 79.4 Ht19 W.Lloyd, Pitcher, Wilks, Chitty 80.8 Ht20 Rogers, Longley, Boyd, Statham 81.2

Friday 14th May 1948 Stadium, London Harringay Racers 47 Belle Vue Aces 37 (National League Division One)

Harringay Jack Biggs 1’ 3 1’ 3 8 2 Vic Duggan 2 3 2’ 3 10 1 Lloyd Goffe 0 E 1’ 1’ 2 2 Ray Duggan 2 2 2 3 9 Frank Dolan 0 3 1’ 3 7 1 Steve Ison 1 2’ 2 1 6 1 Jimmy Grant 1 1 2 Jack Arnfield 2 0 2

Belle Vue Bill Pitcher 0 1 0 1’ 2 1 Jack Parker 3 3 3 2 11 Jim Boyd 1 1 0 2 Louis Lawson 3 2 E 0 5 Wally Lloyd 2’ 1 0 2 5 1 Dent Oliver 3 F 3 0 6 Bill Rogers 0 2 2 Wally Hull 3 1 0 4

Ht1 Parker, V.Duggan, Biggs, Pitcher 72.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Lawson, R.Duggan, Boyd, Goffe 73.0 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Oliver, Lloyd, Ison, Dolan 73.6 1 5 6 12 Ht4 Biggs, Lawson, Grant, Rogers 74.6 4 2 10 14 Ht5 Parker, R.Duggan, Pitcher, Goffe (ef) 73.2 2 4 12 18 Ht6 Dolan, Ison, Boyd, Lawson (ef) 74.2 5 1 17 19 Ht7 V.Duggan, Biggs, Lloyd, Oliver (f) 74.0 5 1 22 20 Ht8 Hull, Arnfield, Goffe, Boyd 74.6 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Parker, Ison, Dolan, Pitcher 73.8 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Biggs, V.Duggan, Hull, Lawson 73.4 5 1 33 27 Ht11 Oliver, R.Duggan, Goffe, Lloyd 74.6 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Dolan, Rogers, Pitcher, Arnfield 75.8 3 3 39 33 Ht13 R.Duggan, Lloyd, Grant, Hull 75.0 4 2 43 35 Ht14 V.Duggan, Parker, Ison, Oliver 72.6 4 2 47 37

Saturday 15th May 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 48 Harringay Racers 36 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Jack Parker 3 3 E 3 9 Bill Pitcher 0 2 1 2 5 Jim Boyd 1’ 1’ 1 2 5 2 Louis Lawson 2 2 F 2 6 Wally Lloyd 3 3 2 2’ 10 1 Dent Oliver 2’ 2’ 1’ E 5 3 Bill Rogers 1 1’ 2 1 Wally Hull 3 3 6

Harringay Jack Biggs 1’ F 1 2 1 Vic Duggan 2 3 3 3 11 Lloyd Goffe 0 0 0 0 Ray Duggan 3 2 1 2 8 Frank Dolan 1 3 3 3 10 Steve Ison 0 1 1 1 3 Jimmy Grant 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Arnfield 2 0 2

Ht1 Parker, V.Duggan, Biggs, Pitcher 76.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 R.Duggan, Lawson, Boyd, Goffe 78.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Lloyd, Oliver Dolan, Ison 79.6 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Parker, R.Duggan, Rogers, Grant 78.4 4 2 15 9 Ht5 V.Duggan, Lawson, Boyd, Grant 78.4 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Lloyd, Oliver, R.Duggan, Goffe 79.6 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Dolan, Pitcher, Ison, Parker (ef) 78.4 2 4 25 17 Ht8 Hull, Arnfield, Boyd, Goffe 79.0 4 2 29 19 Ht9 V.Duggan, Lloyd, Oliver, Biggs (f) 77.2 3 3 32 22 Ht10 Parker, R.Duggan, Pitcher, Grant 79.4 4 2 36 24 Ht11 Dolan, Boyd, Ison, Lawson (f) 79.4 2 4 38 28 Ht12 Hull, Lloyd, Biggs, Grant 79.4 5 1 43 29 Ht13 Dolan, Lawson, Rogers, Arnfield 81.4 3 3 46 32 Ht14 V.Duggan, Pitcher, Ison, Oliver (ef) 80.0 2 4 48 36

Belle Vue Scratch Races Ht1 Hull, Rogers, Grant, Arnfield (ns) 81.0 Ht2 Biggs, Ison, Arnfield 3 only 81.4

Ht1 Parker, Goffe, R.Duggan, Rogers 79.0 ? Ht2 V.Duggan, Lawson, Oliver, Dolan 81.0 ? Ht3 Hull, Lloyd, Pitcher, Boyd 80.2 ? Final V.Duggan, Parker, Biggs, Hull (f) 79.8

Monday 17th May 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 43 Bradford Boomerangs 41 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Jack Parker 2 3 3 1 9 Bill Pitcher 0 0 0 0 Jim Boyd 1 1 0 2 Louis Lawson 0 1’ 2 3 6 1 Wally Lloyd 3 1 1’ 2 7 1 Dent Oliver 2’ 3 2 2 9 1 Bill Rogers E 1 1 Wally Hull 2 3 3 1’ 9 1

Bradford Max Grosskreutz 3 3 3 3 12 Eddie Rigg 1 0 E 1 2 Ron Clarke 2’ 0 2 2 6 1 Joe Abbott 3 2 2 0 7 Ernie Price 1 1’ 1 2 5 1 Oliver Hart 0 2 3 3 8 Bob Lovell 1’ 0 1 1 Vic Emms 0 0 0

Ht1 Grosskreutz, Parker, Rigg, Pitcher 77.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Abbott, Clarke, Boyd, Lawson 80.0 1 5 3 9 Ht3 Lloyd, Oliver, Price, Hart 79.4 5 1 8 10 Ht4 Parker, Abbott, Lovell, Rogers (ef) 78.6 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Grosskreutz, Hull, Lawson, Rigg 78.0 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Oliver, Abbott, Lloyd, Clarke 79.8 4 2 18 18 Ht7 Parker, Hart, Price, Pitcher 79.2 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Hull, Clarke, Boyd, Emms 80.6 4 2 25 23 Ht9 Grosskreutz, Oliver, Lloyd, Rigg (ef) 78.8 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Hull, Clarke, Parker, Abbott 80.4 4 2 32 28 Ht11 Hart, Lawson, Price, Boyd 79.8 2 4 34 32 Ht12 Grosskreutz, Lloyd, Hull, Lovell 79.4 3 3 37 35 Ht13 Lawson, Price, Rogers, Emms 81.6 4 2 41 37 Ht14 Hart, Oliver, Rigg, Pitcher 79.0 2 4 43 41

Whitsun Scratch Races Ht1 Hull, Boyd, Rigg, Lovell 83.4 Ht2 Lawson^, Rogers, Abbott 3 only 82.4

Bank Holiday Scratch Races Ht1 Oliver, Grosskreutz, Hull, Pitcher 79.8 Ht2 Lloyd, Lawson, Hart (ef), Emms (f) 84.4 Ht3 Parker, Price, Clarke, Rogers (ef) 81.8 Final Lloyd, Parker, Oliver, Lawson^ 79.4

Monday 17th May 1948 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Odsal Boomerangs 62 Belle Vue Aces 46 (Battle of the Roses Cup)

Bradford Max Grosskreutz 3 3 3 2 2’ 1’ 14 2 Ron Clarke 1 1 2 3 1’ 8 1 Ernie Price 2’ 1’ 2 0 1 6 2 Oliver Hart 3 2 2 3 3 2 15 Joe Abbott X 1’ 2 2 5 1 Eddie Rigg 3 0 1’ 1’ 2’ 7 3 Bob Lovell 3 1 E 4 Norman Price 2’ 1 3 1

Belle Vue Bill Pitcher 0 1 2 1 4 Jack Parker 2 3 3 3 3 3 17 Jim Boyd 0 0 0 0 Louis Lawson 1 2 0 0 1 4 Wally Hull 2 3 3 E 8 Dent Oliver 0 1’ 1 3 0 0 5 1 Bill Rogers 0 2 3 0 5 Wally Lloyd 1 2’ 3 1

Ht1 Grosskreutz, Parker, Clarke, Pitcher 67.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Rigg, E.Price, Lawson, Boyd 71.8 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Hart, Hull, Clarke, Oliver 68.6 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Lovell, N.Price, Lloyd, Rogers 71.8 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Parker, Hart, E.Price, Boyd 68.6 3 3 21 9 Ht6 Grosskreutz, Lawson, Oliver, Rigg 69.6 3 3 24 12 Ht7 Hull, E.Price, Pitcher, Abbott (exc) 71.2 2 4 26 16 Ht8 Grosskreutz, Rogers, Lovell, Boyd 70.2 4 2 30 18 Ht9 Parker, Grosskreutz, Oliver, E.Price 68.4 2 4 32 22 Ht10 Hull, Clarke, Rigg, Boyd 71.2 3 3 35 25 Ht11 Parker, Hart, Abbott, Lawson 68.6 3 3 38 28 Ht12 Clarke, Pitcher, E.Price, Lawson 71.2 4 2 42 30 Ht13 Parker, Abbott, Rigg, Hull (ef) 70.4 3 3 45 33 Ht14 Rogers, Lloyd, N.Price, Lovell (ef) 72.6 1 5 46 38 Ht15 Hart, Grosskreutz, Lawson, Rogers 70.2 5 1 51 39 Ht16 Oliver, Abbott, Clarke, Boyd 71.2 3 3 54 42 Ht17 Hart, Rigg, Pitcher, Oliver 69.4 5 1 59 43 Ht18 Parker, Hart, Grosskreutz, Oliver 69.6 3 3 62 46

Saturday 22nd May 1948 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Odsal Boomerangs 46 Belle Vue Aces 35 (National League Division One)

Bradford Eddie Rigg 1 1’ 1 0 3 1 Max Grosskreutz 3 3 2 E 8 Ron Clarke 2’ 2’ 4 2 Joe Abbott 3 X 3 3 9 Ernie Price 1 3 2 3 9 Oliver Hart 3 1 1’ 2 7 1 Andy Menzies 2 F 0 1 3 Bob Lovell 2 1 3

Belle Vue Wally Hull F 0 Jack Parker 2 3 3 3 11 Jim Boyd 1 0 1 1 3 Louis Lawson 0 0 2 3 5 Wally Lloyd 0 0 1 2 3 Dent Oliver 2 2 0 1 5 Bill Rogers 3 X F 3 Jack Chignell 3 0 2 0 5

Ht1 Grosskreutz, Parker, Rigg, Hull (fexc) 70.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Abbott, Clarke, Boyd, Lawson 72.4 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Hart, Oliver, Price, Lloyd 69.6 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Rogers, Menzies, Rigg, Lawson 70.6 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Parker, Menzies (f), Abbott (exc), Rogers (exc) 74.0 0 3 16 11 Ht6 Price, Lawson, Hart, Boyd 70.6 4 2 20 13 Ht7 Grosskreutz, Oliver, Rigg, Lloyd 70.0 4 2 24 15 Ht8 Chignell, Lovell, Boyd, Menzies 73.2 2 4 26 19 Ht9 Parker, Price, Hart, Chignell 69.4 3 3 29 22 Ht10 Lawson, Grosskreutz, Boyd, Rigg 70.6 2 4 31 26 Ht11 Abbott, Clarke, Lloyd, Oliver 71.4 5 1 36 27 Ht12 Price, Chignell, Lovell, Rogers (f) 71.8 4 2 40 29 Ht13 Abbott, Lloyd, Menzies, Chignell 71.8 4 2 44 31 Ht14 Parker, Hart, Oliver, Grosskreutz (ef) 68.2 2 4 46 35

Saturday 22nd May 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Best Pairs

Vic Duggan 3 3 2 3 11 Frank Dolan 2 2 3 1 8 Total 19 Cyril Brine 1 1 2 1 5 Ron Mason 0 0 3 0 3 Total 8 Alec Statham 3 3 0 3 9 Les Wotton 0 N 1 0 1 Total 10 Malcolm Craven 0 0 0 0 0 Aub Lawson 2 2 3 3 10 Total 10 Tommy Price 1 3 3 2 9 Split Waterman 0 2 2 1 5 Total 14 George Wilks 3 N 2 2 7 Freddy Williams 2 2 1 0 5 Total 12 Jeff Lloyd 1 3 1 3 8 Bill Longley 2 1 0 2 5 Total 13 Frank Hodgson 3 0 3 Jack Hodgson 1 1 1 1 4 Jack Arnfield 0 2 2 Total 9

Ht1 Duggan, Dolan, Price, Waterman 77.0 Ht2 Wilks, Williams, Brine, Mason 78.2 Ht3 Statham, Longley, Lloyd, Wotton 77.6 Ht4 F.Hodgson, Lawson, J.Hodgson, Craven 77.2 Ht5 Price, Waterman, Brine, Mason 78.6 Ht6 Statham, Williams, Wilks (nf), Wotton (nf) 77.6 Ht7 Lloyd, Lawson, Longley, Craven 78.6 Ht8 Duggan, Dolan, J.Hodgson, F.Hodgson 78.4 Ht9 Price, Waterman, Wotton, Statham 78.6 Ht10 Lawson, Wilks, Williams, Craven 78.6 Ht11 Dolan, Duggan, Lloyd, Longley 77.2 Ht12 Mason, Brine, J.Hodgson, Arnfield 80.4 Ht13 Lawson, Price, Waterman, Craven 79.2 Ht14 Duggan, Wilks, Dolan, Williams 78.6 Ht15 Lloyd, Longley, Brine, Mason 80.6 Ht16 Statham, Arnfield, J.Hodgson, Wotton 79.6

Palatine Scratch Races Ht1 Dolan, Wilks, J.Hodgson, Alec Gordon 79.2 Ht2 Duggan, Waterman, Wotton, Arnfield 78.6 Ht3 Williams, Lloyd, Mason (nf), Brine (nf) 79.0 Ht4 Lawson, Statham, Longley 3 only 79.4

Saturday 29th May 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 53 Wembley Lions 43 (Anniversary Cup)

Belle Vue Bill Pitcher 2 3 3 1 9 Jack Parker E E 3 3 6 Jim Boyd 0 1 1 E 2 Louis Lawson 3 3 3 3 0 12 Wally Lloyd 2’ 3 3 3 3 14 1 Dent Oliver 3 1 2’ F 6 1 Bill Rogers 2’ F 2 1 Jack Chignell 0 1 1 2

Wembley Freddy Williams 1 0 0 2 3 Tommy Price 3 2 1 2 2 10 Split Waterman 2 2 2’ 2 1’ 9 2 Roy Craighead 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Bill Gilbert 0 1’ 1’ 1’ 3 3 Bob Wells 1 2 2 1’ 6 1 Bill Kemp 1 0 2’ 3 1 George Saunders 3 2 3 8

Ht1 Price, Pitcher, Williams, Parker (ef) 77.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Lawson, Waterman, Craighead, Boyd 80.0 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Oliver, Lloyd, Wells, Gilbert 79.2 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Pitcher, Rogers, Kemp, Craighead 80.4 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Lawson, Price, Boyd, Williams 79.6 4 2 19 11 Ht6 Lloyd, Waterman, Oliver, Craighead 79.4 4 2 23 13 Ht7 Pitcher, Wells, Gilbert, Parker (ef) 79.4 3 3 26 16 Ht8 Saunders, Waterman, Boyd, Chignell 80.0 1 5 27 21 Ht9 Lloyd, Oliver, Price, Williams 79.6 5 1 32 22 Ht10 Parker, Waterman, Pitcher, Craighead 79.4 4 2 36 24 Ht11 Lawson, Wells, Gilbert, Boyd (ef) 81.6 3 3 39 27 Ht12 Lloyd, Williams, Chignell, Kemp 79.0 4 2 43 29 Ht13 Lawson, Saunders, Gilbert, Rogers (f) 81.8 3 3 46 32 Ht14 Parker, Price, Wells, Oliver (f) 80.2 3 3 49 35 Ht15 Saunders, Kemp, Chignell, Rogers (ns) 83.8 1 5 50 40 Ht16 Lloyd, Price, Waterman, Lawson 79.6 3 3 53 43

Reserves Scratch Race Saunders, Craighead, Kemp, Chignell 83.8

Stadium Scratch Races Ht1 Pitcher, Williams, Boyd 3 only 80.4 Ht2 Waterman, Lawson, Wells, Lloyd (ef) 80.8 Ht3 Price, Parker, Gilbert, Saunders 81.8

Tuesday 1st June 1948 , London West Ham Hammers 58 Belle Vue Aces 38 (Anniversary Cup)

West Ham Eric Chitty 3 3 3 3 3 15 Howdy Byford 1 1 1 1 4 Aub Lawson, 2’ 2’ 2’ 1’ 7 4 Cliff Watson 3 3 2 3 F 11 Malcolm Craven 1’ 3 3 1 8 1 Tommy Croombs 2 F F 0 2 Fred Curtis 1 2’ 3 6 1 Bob Harrison 3 0 2’ 5 1

Belle Vue Bill Pitcher 0 1 1’ 2’ 4 2 Jack Parker 2 E 2 2’ 2 8 1 Jim Boyd 0 1’ 1 0 2 1 Louis Lawson 1 2 2 2 7 Wally Lloyd 0 E 0 1 1 Dent Oliver 3 2 3 3 1’ 12 1 Bill Rogers 0 3 0 3 Jack Chignell 0 0 1 1

Ht1 Chitty, Parker, Byford, Pitcher 78.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Watson, A.Lawson, L.Lawson, Boyd 80.4 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Oliver, Croombs, Craven, Lloyd 82.6 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Chitty, L.Lawson, Curtis, Rogers 81.0 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Watson, A.Lawson, Pitcher, Parker (ef) 81.6 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Craven, L.Lawson, Boyd, Croombs (f) 80.4 3 3 24 12 Ht7 Chitty, Oliver, Byford, Lloyd (ef) 82.0 4 2 28 14 Ht8 Harrison, A.Lawson, Boyd, Chignell 84.4 5 1 33 15 Ht9 Craven, Parker, Pitcher, Croombs (f) 79.6 3 3 36 18 Ht10 Chitty, L.Lawson, Byford, Boyd 82.0 4 2 40 20 Ht11 Oliver, Watson, A.Lawson, Lloyd 81.6 3 3 43 23 Ht12 Rogers, Pitcher, Craven, Harrison 82.8 1 5 44 28 Ht13 Watson, Curtis, Lloyd, Chignell 82.4 5 1 49 29 Ht14 Oliver, Parker, Byford, Croombs 81.8 1 5 50 34 Ht15 Curtis, Harrison, Chignell, Rogers 83.4 5 1 55 35 Ht16 Chitty, Parker, Oliver, Watson (f) 80.2 3 3 58 38

Saturday 5th June 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 50 New Cross Rangers 42 (Anniversary Cup)

Belle Vue Bill Pitcher E 3 2’ 2’ 7 2 Jack Parker 3 3 3 2’ E 11 1 Jim Boyd 2 0 2 4 Louis Lawson F 1 1 2 4 Wally Lloyd F 2’ 1 1 4 1 Dent Oliver 3 3 3 3 3 15 Bill Rogers 1 0 1’ 2 4 1 Jack Chignell F 0 1’ 1 1

New Cross Ron Johnson F 3 2 2’ 2 9 1 Eric French E 2’ 0 0 2 1 Jeff Lloyd F 1 3 1’ 5 1 Cyril Roger 3 0 F 0 3 Frank Lawrence 1’ 0 1 2 1 Bill Longley 2 1 3 3 1’ 10 1 George Newton 2 2’ 3 3 10 1 Lindsay Mitchell 1 0 0 1

Ht1 Jack Parker, Johnson (f), Pitcher (ef), French (ef) 74.4 3 0 3 0 Ht2 Roger, Boyd, Lawson (f), J.Lloyd (f) 79.0 2 3 5 3 Ht3 Oliver, Longley. Lawrence, W.Lloyd (f) 78.8 3 3 8 6 Ht4 Pitcher, Newton, Rogers, Roger 77.6 4 2 12 8 Ht5 Johnson, French, Lawson, Boyd 79.6 1 5 13 13 Ht6 Oliver, W.Lloyd, J.Lloyd, Rodger (f) 78.0 5 1 18 14 Ht7 Parker, Pitcher, Longley, Lawrence 78.2 5 1 23 15 Ht8 J.Lloyd, Boyd, Mitchell, Chignell (f) 80.2 2 4 25 19 Ht9 Oliver, Johnson, W.Lloyd, French 78.2 4 2 29 21 Ht10 Parker, Pitcher, J.Lloyd, Roger 79.4 5 1 34 22 Ht11 Longley, Newton, Lawson, Rogers 79.8 1 5 35 27 Ht12 Newton, Johnson, W.Lloyd, Chignell 79.6 1 5 36 32 Ht13 Longley, Lawson, Rogers, Mitchell 79.4 3 3 39 35 Ht14 Oliver, Parker, Lawrence, French 79.2 5 1 44 36 Ht15 Newton, Rogers, Chignell, Mitchell 81.8 3 3 47 39 Ht16 Oliver, Johnson, Longley, Parker (f) 79.4 3 3 50 42

Match Race Championship Jack Parker v Alec Statham Cancelled

Reserves Race Rogers, Lawrence, Chignell, Newton (ns) 82.6

Stadium Scratch Races Ht1 Oliver, Longley, Mitchell, Boyd (ret) 79.4 Ht2 Johnson, Pitcher, Rogers, Lawson 80.8 Ht3 Parker, W.Lloyd, French, J.Lloyd 80.6

Thursday 10th June 1948 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wembley Lions 45 Belle Vue Aces 51 (Anniversary Cup)

Wembley Freddy Williams 1’ 2 1’ 0 4 2 Tommy Price 2 2 3 1 8 Split Waterman 3 2 1’ 3 2 11 1 Bill Gilbert 0 1’ 1 3 5 1 Wilbur Lamoreaux 3 3 0 3 1’ 10 1 Bob Wells 0 0 1 1 Roy Craighead 1’ 0 0 1 1 George Saunders 2 1 0 2 5

Belle Vue Jim Boyd 0 0 2’ 0 2 1 Jack Parker 3 3 3 2’ 3 14 1 Bill Pitcher 1’ 1’ 3 2 0 7 2 Louis Lawson 2 3 2 1’ 8 1 Wally Lloyd 1’ E 0 2 3 1 Dent Oliver 2 3 2 3 10 Bill Rogers 0 2 3 5 Jack Chignell 0 1’ 1 2 1

Ht1 Parker, Price, Williams, Boyd 68.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Waterman, Lawson, Pitcher, Gilbert 71.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Lamoreaux, Oliver, Lloyd, Wells 71.2 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Lawson, Williams, Craighead, Rogers 71.4 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Parker, Waterman, Gilbert, Boyd 69.6 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Lamoreaux, Lawson, Pitcher, Wells 70.4 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Oliver, Price, Williams (efc), Lloyd (ef) 69.0 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Pitcher, Saunders, Waterman, Chignell 71.0 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Parker, Boyd, Wells, Lamoreaux 70.6 1 5 25 29 Ht10 Price, Pitcher, Lawson, Williams 70.6 3 3 28 32 Ht11 Waterman, Oliver, Gilbert, Lloyd 70.4 4 2 32 34 Ht12 Lamoreaux, Rogers, Saunders, Boyd 71.2 4 2 36 36 Ht13 Gilbert, Lloyd, Chignell, Craighead 72.8 3 3 39 39 Ht14 Oliver, Parker, Price, Saunders 71.0 1 5 40 44 Ht15 Rogers, Saunders, Chignell, Craighead 72.4 2 4 42 48 Ht16 Parker, Waterman, Lamoreaux, Pitcher 70.0 3 3 45 51

Saturday 12th June 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 54 West Ham Hammers 42 (Anniversary Cup)

Belle Vue Jim Boyd 0 0 0 0 Jack Parker 3 2 3 0 1 9 Bill Pitcher 3 3 3 0 9 Louis Lawson 1 0 2 2 5 Wally Lloyd 1 3 3 3 10 Dent Oliver 3 2’ 2’ 3 0 10 2 Bill Rogers 3 2’ 1’ 3 9 2 Jack Chignell 1 0 1 2

West Ham Howdy Byford 2 1’ 1 1’ 5 2 Eric Chitty 1’ 2 0 1’ 2’ 6 3 Malcolm Craven 2 1 2 1 6 Tommy Croombs 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Aub Lawson 2 3 3 3 3 14 Cliff Watson 0 1 1 2 4 Fred Curtis 2 2 2 6 Bob Harrison 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Parker, Byford, Chitty, Boyd 77.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Pitcher, Craven, L.Lawson, Croombs 78.4 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Oliver, A.Lawson, Lloyd, Watson 77.2 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Rogers, Curtis, Croombs, Boyd 81.0 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Pitcher, Chitty, Byford, L.Lawson 79.6 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Lloyd, Oliver, Craven, Croombs 79.6 5 1 22 14 Ht7 A.Lawson, Parker, Watson, Boyd 77.8 2 4 24 18 Ht8 Pitcher, Craven, Chignell, Harrison 79.8 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Lloyd, Oliver, Byford, Chitty 80.2 5 1 33 21 Ht10 Parker, Rogers, Craven, Croombs 79.4 5 1 38 22 Ht11 A.Lawson, L.Lawson, Watson, Pitcher 79.4 2 4 40 26 Ht12 Lloyd, Curtis, Byford, Chignell 81.2 3 3 43 29 Ht13 A.Lawson, L.Lawson, Rogers, Harrison 78.8 3 3 46 32 Ht14 Oliver, Watson, Chitty, Parker 79.4 3 3 49 35 Ht15 Rogers, Curtis, Chignell, Harrison 81.4 4 2 53 37 Ht16 A.Lawson, Chitty, Parker, Oliver 78.6 1 5 54 42

Match Race Championship Ht1 Jack Parker bt Eric Chitty 74.2 Ht2 Jack Parker bt Eric Chitty 76.8

Reserves Scratch Race Rogers, Curtis, Chignell 3 only 82.2

Belle Vue Scratch Races Ht1 Oliver, Byford, Chitty, Boyd 80.6 Ht2 Lloyd, Pitcher, Watson, Croombs 80.4 Ht3 A.Lawson, L.Lawson, Craven, Parker (ret) 79.4

Monday 14th June 1948 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 47 Belle Vue Aces 48 (Anniversary Cup)

Wimbledon Norman Parker 2 3 1’ E 6 1 Mike Erskine 1’ 2 1 1 5 1 Cyril Brine F 2 3 2 1’ 9 1 Archie Windmill 1 1’ 1’ 3 2 Alec Statham 3 3 2 3 2 13 Les Wotton 1 0 1’ 0 2 1 Dick Harris 1 1’ 2 2’ 6 2 Ron Mason 1 F 3 4

Belle Vue Jim Boyd 0 E 0 2 2 Jack Parker 3 3 3 3 3 15 Bill Pitcher 3 1’ 2 2’ 8 2 Louis Lawson 2’ 2 2 3 9 1 Wally Lloyd 0 E 3 3 Dent Oliver 2 2 3 2’ 0 9 1 Bill Rogers 0 X F 1 1 Jack Chignell 0 F 0 0

Ht1 J.Parker, N.Parker, Erskine, Boyd 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Pitcher, Lawson, Windmill, Brine (f) 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Statham Oliver, Wotton, Lloyd 4 2 8 10 Ht4 N.Parker, Lawson, Harris, Rogers 4 2 12 12 Ht5 J.Parker, Brine, Windmill, Boyd (ef) 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Statham, Lawson, Pitcher, Wotton 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Oliver, Erskine, N.Parker, Lloyd (ef) 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Brine, Pitcher, Mason, Chignell 4 2 25 23 Ht9 J.Parker, Statham, Wotton, Boyd 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Lawson, Pitcher, Erskine, N.Parker (ef) 1 5 29 31 Ht11 Oliver, Brine, Harris, Rogers (fexc) 3 3 32 34 Ht12 Statham, Boyd, Mason (f), Rogers (f) 3 2 35 36 Ht13 Lloyd, Harris, Windmill, Chignell (f) 3 3 38 39 Ht14 J.Parker, Oliver, Erskine, Wotton 1 5 39 44 Ht15 Mason, Harris, Rogers, Chignell 5 1 44 45 Ht16 J.Parker, Statham, Brine, Oliver 3 3 47 48

Saturday 19th June 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester England 69 Australia 39 (Test Match)

England Jack Parker 3 2’ 3 2 3 3 16 1 Norman Parker 2’ 3 0 1’ 2’ 1 9 2 Alec Statham 2 1 2’ 0 1’ 0 6 2 Jeff Lloyd 0 3 3 2 2 3 13 Split Waterman 2’ 0 2’ 0 1 2’ 7 3 Dent Oliver 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Louis Lawson DNR Wally Lloyd DNR

Australia Max Grosskreutz E 3 3 F 6 Ray Duggan 1 2 0 3 Vic Duggan 3 2 2 3 2 2 14 Bill Longley 1 1’ 1’ 1 0 0 4 2 Aub Lawson F 0 Frank Dolan 1 1 0 2 0 2 6 Cliff Watson 0 1 0 0 1 2 Jack Biggs 0 1 1’ 1’ 1 4 2

Ht1 J.Parker, N.Parker, R.Duggan, Grosskreutz (ef) 78.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 V.Duggan, Statham, Longley, J.Lloyd 80.2 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Oliver, Waterman, Dolan, A.Lawson (f) 82.4 5 1 12 6 Ht4 J.Lloyd, R.Duggan, Statham, Watson 81.0 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Oliver, V.Duggan, Longley, Waterman 79.4 3 3 19 11 Ht6 N.Parker, J.Parker, Dolan, Biggs 81.4 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Oliver, Waterman, Watson, R.Duggan 83.2 5 1 29 13 Ht8 J.Parker, V.Duggan, Longley, N.Parker 78.0 3 3 32 16 Ht9 J.Lloyd, Statham, Biggs, Dolan 81.4 5 1 37 17 Ht10 Grosskreutz, J.Parker, N.Parker, Watson 78.2 3 3 40 20 Ht11 V.Duggan, J.Lloyd, Longley, Statham 80.8 2 4 42 24 Ht12 Oliver, Dolan, Biggs, Waterman 81.6 3 3 45 27 Ht13 Grosskreutz, J.Lloyd, Statham , Watson 81.2 3 3 48 30 Ht14 Oliver, V.Duggan, Waterman, Longley 79.4 4 2 52 32 Ht15 J.Parker, N.Parker, Biggs, Dolan 82.2 5 1 57 33 Ht16 Oliver, Waterman, Watson, Grosskreutz (f) 79.4 5 1 62 34 Ht17 J.Parker, V.Duggan, N.Parker, Longley 79.8 4 2 66 36 Ht18 J.Lloyd, Dolan, Biggs, Statham 83.2 3 3 69 39

Saturday 26th June 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 65 Wimbledon Dons 30 (Anniversary Cup)

Belle Vue Jim Boyd F 2 2’ 1 5 1 Jack Parker E 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 Bill Pitcher 1 3 3 2’ 9 1 Louis Lawson 0 2’ 3 3 8 1 Wally Lloyd 3 3 3 3 12 Dent Oliver 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 3 12 3 Bill Rogers F 2’ 3 5 1 Jack Chignell 2’ 0 2’ 4 2

Wimbledon Norman Parker 3 E 1 2 0 6 Mike Erskine 2’ 1 0 0 3 1 Alec Statham 3 0 1 0 4 Les Wotton 2’ 3 1 2 1 9 1 Cyril Brine F E F 1 1 Ron Mason 1 1 1 1 4 Dick Harris 1 1’ 0 2 1 Jimmy Coy 0 0 1 1

Ht1 N.Parker, Erskine, J.Parker (ef), Boyd (f) 79.4 0 5 0 5 Ht2 Statham, Wotton, Pitcher, Lawson 81.4 1 5 1 10 Ht3 Lloyd, Oliver, Mason, Brine (f) 81.4 5 1 6 11 Ht4 Wotton, Boyd, Harris, Rogers (f) 83.4 2 4 8 15 Ht5 Pitcher, Lawson, Erskine, N.Parker (ef) 79.8 5 1 13 16 Ht6 Lloyd, Oliver, Wotton, Statham 79.6 5 1 18 17 Ht7 J.Parker, Boyd, Mason, Brine (ef) 83.2 5 1 23 18 Ht8 Pitcher, Chignell, Statham, Coy 80.2 5 1 28 19 Ht9 Lloyd, Oliver, N.Parker, Erskine 80.4 5 1 33 20 Ht10 J.Parker, Wotton, Boyd, Statham 80.6 4 2 37 22 Ht11 Lawson, Pitcher, Mason, Brine (f) 80.0 5 1 42 23 Ht12 Lloyd, N.Parker, Harris, Chignell 78.8 3 3 45 26 Ht13 Lawson, Rogers, Brine, Coy 82.4 5 1 50 27 Ht14 Oliver, J.Parker, Mason, Erskine 80.2 5 1 55 28 Ht15 Rogers, Chignell, Coy, Harris 83.0 5 1 60 29 Ht16 Oliver, J.Parker, Wotton, N.Parker 79.6 5 1 65 30

Palatine Scratch Race Boyd, Chignell, Harris,Bob Quick (ret) 81.8

Belle Vue Scratch Race Ht1 Lawson, Rogers, Erskine, Lloyd (f) 81.2 Ht2 Oliver, Pitcher, Statham, Brine 81.4 Ht3 N.Parker, J.Parker, Mason, Wotton 81.2

Friday 2nd July 1948 , London Harringay Racers 52 Belle Vue Aces 43 (Anniversary Cup)

Harringay Jack Biggs 2 3 0 1 6 Vic Duggan F 3 3 3 3 12 Frank Dolan 3 1 2 6 Steve Ison 0 0 2 2 4 Lloyd Goffe 3 2 2 3 0 10 Ray Duggan F 1’ 1’ 1 3 2 Wal Morton 1 1’ F 2 1 Jimmy Grant 1 0 2 3 6

Belle Vue Bill Rogers 1 0 0 1 2 Jack Parker 3 3 3 2 2 13 Bill Pitcher 2 0 2 F 4 Louis Lawson 1’ 2 3 2 8 1 Dent Oliver 2 1’ 3 3 1’ 10 2 Jim Boyd 1’ 2 1 0 4 1 Harold Jackson E 0 F 0 Jack Chignell 0 F 2 2

Ht1 Parker, Biggs, Rogers, V.Duggan (f) 70.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Dolan, Pitcher, Lawson, Ison 74.4 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Goffe, Oliver, Boyd, R.Duggan (f) 73.6 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Biggs, Lawson, Morton, Jackson (ef) 74.6 4 2 12 12 Ht5 Parker, Dolan, Ison, Rogers 74.8 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Lawson, Goffe, R.Duggan, Pitcher 73.8 3 3 18 18 Ht7 V.Duggan, Boyd, Oliver, Biggs 74.4 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Dolan, Pitcher, Grant, Chignell 73.2 4 2 25 23 Ht9 Parker, Goffe, R.Duggan, Rogers 73.4 3 3 28 26 Ht10 V.Duggan, Lawson, Biggs, Pitcher (f) 72.2 4 2 32 28 Ht11 Oliver, Ison, Boyd, Grant 73.2 2 4 34 32 Ht12 Goffe, Grant, Rogers, Jackson 75.4 5 1 39 33 Ht13 Oliver, Ison, Morton, Chignell (f) 73.4 3 3 42 36 Ht14 V.Duggan, Parker, R,Duggan, Boyd 72.2 4 2 46 38 Ht15 Grant, Chignell, Morton (f), Jackson (f) 75.0 3 2 49 40 Ht16 V.Duggan, Parker, Oliver, Goffe 71.6 3 3 52 43

Saturday 3rd July 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 46.5 Harringay Racers 49.5 (Anniversary Cup)

Belle Vue Bill Rogers 0 0 1 2 3 Jack Parker 2 3 E 2 0 7 Bill Pitcher 3 2 3 3 1 12 Louis Lawson 1 1’ 2’ 3 7 2 Dent Oliver 3 2 1’ 2 8 1 Wally Lloyd 1.5’1’ 2 1’ 5.5 2 Jack Chignell 1 F F 1 Jim Boyd 1 0 2 3

Harringay Jack Biggs 1 0 0 3 4 Vic Duggan 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 Lloyd Goffe 2 3 2 3 3 13 Ray Duggan 0 2’ 1 3 1 Frank Dolan 1.5 2 1 2 6.5 Wal Morton 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Ison 3 0 1 3 7 Jimmy Grant 0 1’ 1 2 1

Ht1 V.Duggan, Parker, Biggs, Rogers 75.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Pitcher, Goffe, Lawson, R.Duggan 77.8 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Oliver, Lloyd and Dolan, Morton 77.8 4.5 1.5 10.5 7.5 Ht4 Ison, R.Duggan, Chignell, Rogers 80.2 1 5 11.5 12.5 Ht5 V.Duggan, Pitcher, Lawson, Biggs 76.6 3 3 14.5 15.5 Ht6 Goffe, Oliver, Lloyd, Ison 76.8 3 3 17.5 18.5 Ht7 Parker, Dolan, Rogers, Morton 77.8 4 2 21.5 20.5 Ht8 Pitcher, Goffe, Boyd, Grant 78.4 4 2 25.5 22.5 Ht9 V.Duggan, Lloyd, Oliver, Biggs 78.6 3 3 28.5 25.5 Ht10 Goffe, Rogers, R.Duggan, Parker (ef) 79.4 2 4 30.5 29.5 Ht11 Pitcher, Lawson, Dolan, Morton 79.4 5 1 35.5 30.5 Ht12 Biggs, Oliver, Ison, Boyd 79.4 2 4 37.5 34.5 Ht13 Lawson, Dolan, Grant, Chignell (f) 80.4 3 3 40.5 37.5 Ht14 V.Duggan, Parker, Lloyd, Morton 77.8 3 3 43.5 40.5 Ht15 Ison, Boyd, Grant, Chignell (f) 81.0 2 4 45.5 44.5 Ht16 Goffe, V.Duggan, Pitcher, Parker 79.6 1 5 46.5 49.5

Stadium Scratch Race Chignell, Quick (ret) 2 only 82.2

Belle Vue Scratch Races Ht1 Oliver, Biggs, Lawson, Goffe (ret) 79.6 Ht2 Pitcher, R.Duggan, Rogers, Dolan 80.8 Ht3 V.Duggan, Parker, Boyd, Morton 79.0

Thursday 8th July 1948 Owlerton, Sheffield Belle Vue Aces 34 Bradford Boomerangs 38 (Challenge)

Belle Vue Bill Rogers 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Parker 2 3 3 3 11 Dent Oliver 3 1’ 1 1’ 6 2 Jim Boyd 0 2 0 1 3 Bill Pitcher 1 0 2’ 2 5 1 Louis Lawson 3 1 3 2 9 Jack Chignell DNR

Bradford Eddie Rigg 1 2’ 3 3 9 1 Max Grosskreutz 3 3 2’ 2 10 1 Ron Clarke 2 2 1 1 6 Andy Menzies 1’ 1’ 0 0 2 2 Ernie Price 2 3 2 3 10 Bob Lovell 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 Jock Shead DNR

Ht1 Grosskreutz, Parker, Rigg, Rogers 71.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Oliver, R.Clarke, Menzies, Boyd 74.2 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Lawson, E.Price, Pitcher, Lovell 74.2 4 2 9 9 Ht4 Parker, R.Clarke, Menzies, Rogers 73.6 3 3 12 12 Ht5 E.Price, Boyd, Oliver, Lovell 75.0 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Grosskreutz, Rigg, Lawson, Pitcher 73.2 1 5 16 21 Ht7 Parker, E.Price, Lovell, Rogers 73.0 3 3 19 24 Ht8 Rigg, Grosskreutz, Oliver, Boyd 74.6 1 5 20 28 Ht9 Lawson, Pitcher, R.Clarke, Menzies 74.6 5 1 25 29 Ht10 Parker, Grosskreutz, Boyd, Lovell 73.2 4 2 29 31 Ht11 E.Price, Lawson, Oliver, Menzies 75.4 3 3 32 34 Ht12 Rigg, Pitcher, R.Clarke, Rogers 75.6 2 4 34 38

Saturday 10th July 1948 Belle Vue, Manchester Sheffield Tigers 48 Cradley Heath Cubs 48 (Challenge)

Sheffield Danny Lee 1’ 3 1’ 2’ 7 3 Jack D.White 2 2 3 2 1 10 Len Williams 1’ 2 3 2 8 1 Jack Bibby 2 1’ 0 0 3 1 Bruce Semmens 3 3 2 3 3 14 Stan Lanfear 1 0 0 0 1 Ken Sharples 1 1 0 2 Henry Long 0 1 2 3

Cradley Heath Les Beaumont 3 3 3 2 0 11 Bill Clifton 0 0 1 1 Alan Hunt 3 2 2 0 7 Phil Malpass 0 2 1’ 1 4 1 Eric Irons 0 0 1 2’ 3 1 Gil Craven 2 3 3 3 2 13 Ray Beaumont 0 1 0 1 2 Bob Quick 1’ 3 3 7 1

Ht1 L.Beaumont, White, Lee, Clifton 77.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Hunt, Bibby, Williams, Malpass 80.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Semmens, Craven, Lanfear, Irons 78.6 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Lee, Malpass, Sharples, R.Beaumont 81.8 4 2 14 10 Ht5 L.Beaumont, Williams, Bibby, Clifton 80.2 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Semmens, Hunt, Malpass, Lanfear 78.6 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Craven, White, Lee, Irons 80.4 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Williams, Hunt, Quick, Long 80.2 3 3 26 22 Ht9 L.Beaumont, Semmens, R.Beaumont, Lanfear 81.6 2 4 28 26 Ht10 White, Lee, Malpass, Hunt 82.6 5 1 33 27 Ht11 Craven, Williams, Irons, Bibby 80.6 2 4 35 31 Ht12 Semmens, L.Beaumont, Long, R.Beaumont 81.4 4 2 39 33 Ht13 Quick, Irons, Sharples, Bibby 83.0 1 5 40 38 Ht14 Craven, White, Clifton, Lanfear 81.8 2 4 42 42 Ht15 Quick, Long, R.Beaumont, Sharples 82.2 2 4 44 46 Ht16 Semmens, Craven, White, L.Beaumont 81.0 4 2 48 48

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Semmens, Malpass, S.Williams, Clifton (ns) 81.8 Ht2 L.Beaumont, Sharples, Hunt, Lanfear 83.2 Ht3 Craven, Quick, White, Long 81.4 Ht4 L.Williams, R.Beaumont, Lee, Irons (ns) 81.4

Saturday 10th July 1948 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 53 Belle Vue Aces 43 (Anniversary Cup)

Bradford Max Grosskreutz 3 3 3 3 3 15 Eddie Rigg 1 2 2’ 2’ 0 7 2 Ron Clarke 1 1’ 1 1 4 1 Andy Menzies 3 2 3 8 Ernie Price 1’ 3 2 3 9 1 Oliver Hart 2 0 1’ 0 Bob Lovell 1’ 3 3 7 1 Jock Shead 0 0 0 0 0

Belle Vue Bill Rogers 0 0 0 2 2 Jack Parker 2 3 3 2 1’ 11 1 Bill Pitcher 0 1’ 2’ 0 3 2 Louis Lawson 2 3 2 1 8 Wally Lloyd 0 E 2 2 Dent Oliver 3 1 2 1’ 2 9 1 Jim Boyd 0 1’ 2 3 1 Jack Chignell 3 0 1’ 1’ 5 2

Ht1 Grosskreutz, Parker, Rigg, Rogers 65.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Menzies, Lawson, Clarke, Pitcher 69.6 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Oliver, Hart, Price, Lloyd 67.4 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Lawson, Rigg, Lovell, Boyd 67.8 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Parker, Menzies, Clarke, Rogers 67.6 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Price, Lawson, Pitcher, Hart 67.8 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Grosskreutz, Rigg, Oliver Lloyd (ef) 67.8 5 1 25 17 Ht8 Chignell, Pitcher, Clarke, Shead 70.8 1 5 26 22 Ht9 Parker, Price, Hart, Rogers 67.6 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Grosskreutz, Rigg, Lawson, Pitcher 68.8 5 1 34 26 Ht11 Menzies, Oliver, Clarke, Chignell 68.4 4 2 38 28 Ht12 Price, Rogers, Boyd, Shead 69.6 3 3 41 31 Ht13 Lovell, Lloyd, Chignell, Shead 69.6 3 3 44 34 Ht14 Grosskreutz, Parker, Oliver, Hart 67.6 3 3 47 37 Ht15 Lovell, Boyd, Chignell, Shead 70.0 3 3 50 40 Ht16 Grosskreutz, Oliver, Parker, Rigg 68.2 3 3 53 43

Tuesday 13th July 1948 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 49 Belle Vue Aces 35 (National League Division One)

West Ham Eric Chitty 3 3 3 3 12 Howdy Byford 1 2’ 2’ 1 6 2 Aub Lawson 1 2’ 3 1 7 1 Cliff Watson 3 3 3 3 12 Malcolm Craven 2 1 2 3 8 Tommy Croombs 1’ 0 1’ 0 2 2 Fred Curtis 1 0 1 Bob Harrison 1 0 1

Belle Vue Bill Rogers 0 0 F 2 2 Jack Parker 2 1 3 3 9 Bill Pitcher 0 2’ 2 0 4 1 Louis Lawson 2 2 3 1 8 Wally Lloyd 0 1 0 2 3 Dent Oliver 3 0 2 2’ 7 1 Jim Boyd 0 1’ 1 1 Jack Chignell 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Chitty, Parker, Byford, Rogers 79.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Watson, L.Lawson, A.Lawson, Pitcher 82.0 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Oliver, Craven, Croombs, Lloyd 83.6 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Chitty, L.Lawson, Curtis, Boyd 82.0 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Watson, A.Lawson, Parker, Rogers 80.4 5 1 20 10 Ht6 L.Lawson, Pitcher, Craven, Croombs 82.0 1 5 21 15 Ht7 Chitty, Byford, Lloyd, Oliver 81.6 5 1 26 16 Ht8 A.Lawson, Pitcher, Harrison, Chignell 82.0 4 2 30 18 Ht9 Parker, Craven, Croombs, Rogers (f) 83.0 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Chitty, Byford, L.Lawson, Pitcher 82.4 5 1 38 22 Ht11 Watson, Oliver, A.Lawson, Lloyd 82.0 4 2 42 24 Ht12 Craven, Rogers, Boyd, Harrison 83.8 3 3 45 27 Ht13 Watson, Lloyd, Chignell, Curtis 83.6 3 3 48 30 Ht14 Parker, Oliver, Byford, Croombs 87.6 1 5 49 35

Wednesday 14th July 1948 New Cross Stadium, London New Cross Rangers 57 Belle Vue Aces 39 (Anniversary Cup)

New Cross Ron Johnson 3 3 3 3 12 Eric French 1 1 1 0 3 Jeff Lloyd 0 2 3 1’ 6 1 Geoff Pymar 3 1’ 2 2’ 8 2 Ray Moore 2’ 2 2 3 2 11 1 Bill Longley 3 1’ 1’ 2 0 7 2 Frank Lawrence 0 3 2’ 5 1 George Newton 2’ 0 3 5 1

Belle Vue Jim Boyd 0 0 0 1’ 1 1 Jack Parker 2 3 3 3 3 14 Bill Pitcher 2 0 1 0 3 Louis Lawson 1’ 2 3 2 1 9 1 Wally Lloyd 1 0 3 F 4 Dent Oliver X 2 0 1 3 Bill Rogers 1’ 2 X 3 1 Jack Chignell 0 1 1 2

Ht1 Johnson, Parker, French, Boyd 58.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Pymar, Pitcher, Lawson, J.Lloyd 61.8 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Longley, Moore, W.Lloyd, Oliver (exc) 61.4 5 1 12 6 H4 Johnson, Lawson, Rogers, Lawrence 61.4 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Parker, J.Lloyd, Pymar, Boyd 60.2 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Lawson, Moore, Longley, Pitcher 60.8 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Johnson, Oliver, French, W.Lloyd 61.2 4 2 25 17 Ht8 J.Lloyd, Newton, Pitcher, Chignell 61.8 5 1 30 18 Ht9 Parker, Moore, Longley, Boyd 60.4 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Johnson, Lawson, French, Pitcher 61.8 4 2 37 23 Ht11 W.Lloyd, Pymar, J.Lloyd, Oliver 62.4 3 3 40 26 Ht12 Moore, Rogers, Boyd, Newton (f) 61.0 3 3 43 29 Ht13 Lawrence, Pymar, Chignell, W.Lloyd (f) 62.4 5 1 48 30 Ht14 Parker, Longley, Oliver, French 60.8 2 4 50 34 Ht15 Newton, Lawrence, Chignell, Rogers (exc) 61.2 5 1 55 35 Ht16 Parker, Moore, Lawson, Longley 60.4 2 4 57 39

Saturday 17th July 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 65 Bradford Boomerangs 29 (Anniversary Cup)

Belle Vue Bill Rogers 1 2’ 0 1 4 1 Jack Parker 3 3 3 2’ 2’ 13 2 Bill Pitcher 2’ 1 2 1’ 6 2 Louis Lawson 3 3 2 3 11 Wally Lloyd 2’ 3 2’ 1 8 2 Dent Oliver 3 2’ 3 3 3 14 1 Walter Hull 3 2’ 3 8 1 Jim Boyd 0 0 1

Bradford Andy Menzies 2 2 F 2’ 1 7 1 Max Grosskreutz F 0 Ron Clarke 1 1 3 2 0 7 Bob Lovell 0 0 0 0 0 Ernie Price F 2 3 E 5 Oliver Hart F 0 Bill Osborne 1 1’ 3 2 7 1 Jock Shead 0 1 1 1 0 3

Ht1 Parker, Menzies, Rogers, Grosskreutz (f) 78.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Lawson, Pitcher, Clarke, Lovell 79.0 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Oliver, Lloyd, Hart (f), Price (f) 78.8 5 0 14 3 Ht4 Hull, Rogers, Osborne, Lovell 80.6 5 1 19 4 Ht5 Lawson, Menzies, Pitcher, Shead 79.2 4 2 23 6 Ht6 Lloyd, Oliver, Clarke, Lovell 80.6 5 1 28 7 Ht7 Parker, Price, Osborne, Rogers 80.4 3 3 31 10 Ht8 Clarke, Pitcher, Shead, Boyd 80.6 2 4 33 14 Ht9 Oliver, Lloyd, Shead, Menzies (f) 81.0 5 1 38 15 Ht10 Parker, Clarke, Rogers, Lovell 80.6 4 2 42 17 Ht11 Price, Lawson, Pitcher (3 only) 79.6 3 3 45 20 Ht12 Osborne, Menzies, Lloyd, Boyd 82.6 1 5 46 25 Ht13 Lawson, Hull, Shead, Price (ef) 78.4 5 1 51 26 Ht14 Oliver, Parker (2 only) 79.4 5 0 56 26 Ht15 Hull, Osborne, Boyd, Shead 82.0 4 2 60 28 Ht16 Oliver, Parker, Menzies, Clarke 81.8 5 1 65 29

Junior Scratch Race Osborne, Chignell, Shead, Quick 82.8 Palatine Scratch Races Ht1 Oliver, Lawson, Lloyd, J.Parker 80.0 Ht2 Pitcher, Chignell, B.Quick, Boyd 81.6 Ht3 Statham, Rogers, Menzies, Lovell (ef) 81.0 Ht4 Staham, Price, Clarke, B.Quick Race Cancelled

Gold Helmet Match Race Championship Ht1 Alec Statham bt Jack Parker 76.4 Ht2 Jack Parker bt Alec Statham 75.8 Ht3 Jack Parker bt Alec Statham 76.8

Thursday 22nd July 1948 Wimbledon Stadium, London* Wembley Lions 59 Belle Vue Aces 25 (National League Division One)

Wembley Bill Gilbert 1 3 2’ 2’ 8 2 Tommy Price 3 3 3 3 12 Split Waterman 3 2 3 3 11 Bob Wells 0 1’ 2’ 3 6 2 Wilbur Lamoreaux 3 3 3 3 12 Freddy Williams 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 3 George Saunders 0 1 1 Roy Craighead 1 1 2

Belle Vue Bill Rogers 0 0 0 0 Jack Parker 2 3 0 1 6 Bill Pitcher 1’ 1 2 0 4 1 Louis Lawson 2 2 0 1 5 Wally Lloyd 0 1 1 Dent Oliver 2 0 1 0 3 Wally Hull 1’ 1 2 2 6 1 Jack Chignell 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Price, Parker, Gilbert, Rogers 69.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Waterman, Lawson, Pitcher, Wells 70.2 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Lamoreaux, Oliver, Williams, Lloyd 71.6 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Gilbert, Lawson, Hull, Saunders 71.0 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Parker, Waterman, Wells, Rogers 69.8 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Lamoreaux, Williams, Pitcher, Lawson 70.8 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Price, Gilbert, Lloyd, Oliver 71.2 5 1 27 15 Ht8 Waterman, Pitcher, Craighead, Chignell 73.0 4 2 31 17 Ht9 Lamoreaux, Williams, Hull, Parker 70.2 5 1 36 18 Ht10 Price, Gilbert, Lawson, Pitcher 71.0 5 1 41 19 Ht11 Waterman, Wells, Oliver, Chignell 73.4 5 1 46 20 Ht12 Lamoreaux, Hull, Craighead, Rogers 71.4 4 2 50 22 Ht13 Wells, Hull, Saunders, Chignell 73.8 4 2 54 24 Ht14 Price, Williams, Parker, Oliver 70.4 5 1 59 25

Saturday 24th July 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Supporters’ Trophy

Bill Pitcher 2 3 2 2 9 Ron Mason 3 2 E 3 7 Jim Boyd 1 0 2 1 4 Tommy Allott 0 0 2 0 2 Dent Oliver 3 3 3 3 12 Cyril Brine 1 1 1 2 5 Bill Rogers 2 0 2 2 6 Freddy Williams F 1 1 1 3 Wally Lloyd 2 2 0 3 7 Louis Lawson 3 3 3 3 12 Tommy Bateman 1 3 1 2 7 Bob Harrison E 0 0 Jeff Lloyd 1 1 1 0 3 Jack Chignell 3 2 0 1 6 Wally Hull 2 2 3 0 7 Stan Williams 0 1 3 1 5 Jack Gordon (res) 0 0 0

Ht1 Mason, Pitcher, Boyd, Allott 76.4 Ht2 Oliver, Rogers, Brine, F.Williams (f) 76.8 Ht3 Lawson, W.Lloyd, Bateman, Harrison (ef) 77.4 Ht4 Chignell, Hull, J.Lloyd, S.Williams 77.2 Ht5 Pitcher, W.Lloyd, Brine, Rogers 78.2 Ht6 Bateman, Mason, F.Williams, Allott 78.4 Ht7 Lawson, Chignell, S.Williams, Harrison 78.8 Ht8 Oliver, Hull, J.Lloyd, Boyd 77.6 Ht9 Lawson, Pitcher, F.Williams, Chignell 77.6 Ht10 Oliver, Rogers, Brine, Mason (ef) 77.6 Ht11 S.Williams, Boyd, Bateman, W.Lloyd 78.8 Ht12 Hull, Allott, J.Lloyd, Gordon 80.4 Ht13 W.Lloyd, Brine, S.Williams, Hull 79.8 Ht14 Lawson, Bateman, Chignell, Allott 78.0 Ht15 Mason, Rogers, Boyd, Gordon 80.2 Ht16 Oliver, Pitcher, F.Williams, J.Lloyd 77.8 Decider Dent Oliver bt Louis Lawson 77.6

Palatine Scratch Race Ht1 Lawson, Boyd, F.Williams, Gordon 80.0 Ht2 Pitcher, Hull, Chignell, Bateman 79.6 Ht3 Oliver, S.Williams, Brine, Rogers 78.6 Ht4 J.Lloyd, Mason, Allott, W.Lloyd 80.4

Saturday 31st July 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester British Riders’ Championship Qualifying Round

Geoff Pymar 0 0 0 1 0 1 Wally Lloyd 2 0 1 2 2 7 Lloyd Goffe 3 1 0 1 E 5 Frank Hodgson 1 3 1 1 1 7 Eric Chitty 3 2 3 E E 8 Jeff Lloyd 0 2 2 2 3 9 Ron Johnson 2 2 0 2 1 7 Jack Biggs 1 1 1 0 1 4 Jack Parker 3 3 2 3 3 14 Split Waterman 0 1 0 2 3 6 Dent Oliver 2 3 3 3 2 13 Cliff Watson 1 2 2 2 1 8 Bill Longley 1 1 3 2 2 9 Vic Duggan 3 3 3 3 3 15 Tommy Price 2 F 3 2 7 Ray Duggan 0 0 1 0 0 1 Wally Hull (reserve) 0 0

Ht1 Goffe, W.Lloyd, Hodgson, Pymar 78.0 Ht2 Chitty, Johnson, Biggs, J.Lloyd 76.8 Ht3 Parker, Oliver, Watson, Waterman 74.8 Ht4 V.Duggan, Price, Longley, R.Duggan 78.4 Ht5 Parker, Chitty, Longley, W.Lloyd 76.8 Ht6 V.Duggan, J.Lloyd, Waterman, Pymar 78.6 Ht7 Oliver, Johnson, Goffe, R.Duggan 76.4 Ht8 Hodgson, Watson, Biggs, Price (f) 80.6 Ht9 Oliver, J.Lloyd, W.Lloyd, Hull 78.0 Ht10 Chitty, Watson, R.Duggan, Pymer 80.0 Ht11 V.Duggan, W.Lloyd, Watson, Johnson 77.8 Ht12 Longley, Johnson, Hodgson, Waterman 79.4 Ht13 V.Duggan, Parker, Biggs, Goffe 77.8 Ht14 Oliver, Longley, Pymar, Biggs 78.4 Ht15 Price, Waterman, Goffe, Chitty (ef) 79.0 Ht16 Parker, J.Lloyd, Hodgson, R.Duggan 79.4 Ht17 Waterman, W.Lloyd, Biggs, R.Duggan 79.8 Ht18 Parker, Price, Johnson, Pymar 79.4 Ht19 J.Lloyd, Longley, Watson, Goffe (ef) 81.0 Ht20 V.Duggan, Oliver, Hodgson, Chitty (ef) 79.2

Monday 2nd August 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 60 Bradford Boomerangs 47 (Battle of The Roses Cup)

Belle Vue Bill Rogers 1 1 1 F 3 Jack Parker 3 3 2’ 2’ 3 2 15 2 Bill Pitcher 0 2 E 2 3 5 Louis Lawson 0 1’ 2 2 1 6 1 Wally Lloyd 2 0 N 2 Dent Oliver 3 3 3 3 3 0 15 Wally Hull 3 3 3 1 10 Jim Boyd 2’ 0 0 2 1

Bradford Bill Osborne 0 1 0 0 E 1 Max Grosskreutz 2 3 3 3 N 11 Ron Clarke 2 0 2 0 0 4 Andy Menzies 1’ F 1 1 1 4 1 Oliver Hart 2 3 1 2 3 3 14 Ernie Price 1’ 2 1 2 2 1 8 1 Bob Lovell 0 1’ 1 1 Gruff Garland 1 2 3

Ht1 Parker, Grosskreutz, Rogers, Osborne 76.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Oliver, Clarke, Menzies, Pitcher 78.8 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Parker, Hart, Price, Lawson 77.6 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Hull, Boyd, Garland, Lovell 80.8 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Grosskreutz, Pitcher, Lawson, Clarke 77.6 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Oliver, Price, Rogers, Menzies (f) 78.8 4 2 22 14 Ht7 Hart, Lloyd, Osborne, Pitcher (ef) 78.6 2 4 24 18 Ht8 Hull, Clarke, Rogers, Osborne 79.8 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Grosskreutz, Pitcher, Price, Boyd 79.2 2 4 30 24 Ht10 Oliver, Parker, Hart, Clarke 78.0 5 1 35 25 Ht11 Grosskreutz, Lawson, Menzies, Lloyd 78.4 2 4 37 29 Ht12 Pitcher, Parker, Menzies, Osborne 80.8 5 1 42 30 Ht13*Oliver, Hart, Grosskreutz (ns), Lloyd (ns) 79.8 3 2 45 32 Ht14 Hull, Garland, Lovell, Boyd 81.6 3 3 48 35 Ht15 Hart, Lawson, Menzies, Rogers (f) 79.0 2 4 50 39 Ht16 Parker, Price, Hull, Clarke 80.4 4 2 54 41 Ht17 Oliver, Price, Lawson, Osborne (ef) 81.2 4 2 58 43 Ht18 Hart, Parker, Price, Oliver ** 2 4 60 47 *O,G,H crashed RR ** Not Announced

Stadium Scratch Races Ht1 Boyd, Lovell, Bob Quick, Chignell (f) 82.8 Ht2 Hull, Boyd, Garland, Quick 82.2

Monday 2nd August 1948 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 38 Belle Vue Aces 45 (National League Division One)

Bradford Bill Osborne 1’ 2 1 0 4 1 Ernie Price 2 3 1 2 8 Ron Clarke 0 1’ 2 2 5 1 Andy Menzies 2 2 0 F 4 Oliver Hart 3 3 2 3 11 Bob Lovell 2’ 1 1’ 0 4 2 Eric Mason 0 2 2 Gruff Garland 0 F 0

Belle Vue Bill Rogers 0 0 0 F 0 Jack Parker 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Pitcher 1 2 3 3 9 Louis Lawson 3 3 0 2’ 8 1 Wally Hull 1 0 3 3 7 Dent Oliver 0 2 1 1 4 Jack Chignell 1 2 3 Jim Boyd 1 1 2

Ht1 Parker, Price, Osborne, Rogers 68.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Lawson, Menzies, Pitcher, Clarke 69.0 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Hart, Lovell, Hull, Oliver 67.8 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Lawson, Osborne, Chignell, Mason 69.0 2 4 12 12 Ht5 Parker, Menzies, Clarke, Rogers 68.4 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Hart, Pitcher, Lovell, Lawson 69.0 4 2 19 17 Ht7 Price, Oliver, Osborne , Hull 70.8 4 2 23 19 Ht8 Pitcher, Clarke, Boyd, Garland 68.6 2 4 25 23 Ht9 Parker, Hart, Lovell, Rogers 68.2 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Pitcher, Lawson, Price, Osborne 69.6 1 5 29 31 Ht11 Hull, Clarke, Oliver, Menzies 70.0 2 4 31 35 Ht12 Hart, Chignell,Rogers (f), Garland (f) 70.8 3 2 34 37 Ht13 Hull, Mason, Boyd, Menzies (f) 71.0 2 4 36 41 Ht14 Parker, Price, Oliver, Lovell 68.8 2 4 38 45

Saturday 7th August 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Manchester Track Championship

Jack Parker 3 3 3 2 2 13 Wally Hull 1 0 1 1 2 5 Stan Williams 2 0 1 1 0 4 Jack Chignell 0 2 2 0 0 4 Eric Chitty 3 2 2 2 1 10 Bill Pitcher 1 1 2 3 1 8 Wilbur Lamoreaux 2 2 3 1 3 11 Bill Rogers F 1 0 0 0 1 Wally Lloyd 1 1 0 3 0 5 Dent Oliver 3 2 3 3 3 14 Norman Parker 2 3 3 3 3 14 Jeff Lloyd 0 3 1 0 2 6 Bill Longley 3 3 2 1 3 12 Louis Lawson 2 F 2 2 2 8 Jim Boyd 0 1 0 2 1 4 Bob Quick 1 E 0 1 2 Henry Long (reserve) 0 0

Ht1 J.Parker, S.Williams, Hull, Chignell 77.4 Ht2 Chitty, Lamoreaux, Pitcher, Rogers (f) 76.8 Ht3 Oliver, N.Parker, W.Lloyd, J.Lloyd 77.0 Ht4 Longley, Lawson, Quick, Boyd 78.0 Ht5 Longley, Chitty, W.Lloyd, Hull 77.4 Ht6 J.Parker, Oliver, Pitcher, Lawson (f) 78.0 Ht7 N.Parker, Lamoreaux, Boyd, Williams 78.2 Ht8 J.Lloyd, Chignell, Rogers, Quick (ef) 80.6 Ht9 N.Parker, Pitcher, Hull, Long 79.0 Ht10 J.Parker, Chitty, J.Lloyd, Boyd 79.6 Ht11 Lamoreaux, Lawson, Hull, W.Lloyd 79.4 Ht12 Oliver, Longley, Lamoreaux, Chignell 77.2 Ht13 W.Lloyd, Lawson, Williams, Rogers 81.6 Ht14 N.Parker, J.Parker, Longley, Rogers 79.4 Ht15 Oliver, Chitty, Williams, Quick 77.8 Ht16 Pitcher, Boyd, Chignell, J.Lloyd 80.0 Ht17 Oliver, Hull, Boyd, Rogers 79.0 Ht18 Lamoreaux, J.Parker, Quick, W.Lloyd 79.6 Ht19 Longley, J.Lloyd, Pitcher, Williams 80.0 Ht20 N.Parker, Lawson, Chitty, Chignell 80.4 Decider Dent Oliver bt Norman Parker 79.2

Saturday 14th August 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 52 West Ham Hammers 31 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Wally Hull 1 X 1’ 2’ 4 2 Jack Parker 3 2 3 2’ 10 1 Bill Pitcher 3 3 3 0 9 Louis Lawson 2’ 1 3 3 9 1 Wally Lloyd 2 2’ 1’ 1’ 6 3 Dent Oliver N 3 2 3 8 Jim Boyd 2 1 3 Jack Chignell 1 2 3

West Ham Howdy Byford 0 2 3 3 8 Eric Chitty 2 0 0 0 2 Malcolm Craven 0 1 2 0 3 Tommy Croombs 1 3 F 1 5 Aub Lawson 3 3 2 2 10 Cliff Watson 1 0 1’ 1 3 1 Fred Curtis X 0 0 Bob Harrison 0 0 0

Ht1 Parker, Chitty, Hull, Byford 75.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Pitcher, L.Lawson, Croombs, Craven 79.8 5 1 9 3 Ht3 A.Lawson, Lloyd, Watson, Oliver (ret) 78.2 2 4 11 7 Ht4 Croombs, Boyd, Hull (exc), Curtis (exctps) 80.0 2 3 13 10 Ht5 Pitcher, Byford, L.Lawson, Chitty 78.8 4 2 17 12 Ht6 Oliver, Lloyd, Craven, Croombs (f) 80.6 5 1 22 13 Ht7 A.Lawson, Parker, Hull, Watson 78.8 3 3 25 16 Ht8 Pitcher, Craven, Chignell, Harrison 80.6 4 2 29 18 Ht9 Byford, Oliver, Lloyd, Chitty 78.6 3 3 32 21 Ht10 Parker, Hull, Croombs, Craven 81.2 5 1 37 22 Ht11 L.Lawson, A.Lawson, Watson, Pitcher 80.8 3 3 40 25 Ht12 Byford, Chignell, Lloyd, Curtis 80.8 3 3 43 28 Ht13 L.Lawson, A.Lawson, Boyd, Harrison 79.8 4 2 47 30 Ht14 Oliver, Parker, Watson, Chitty 80.0 5 1 52 31

Novice Race Bert Danner, Harold Webb, Joe Bramall, Gerry Hickson87.6

Reserves Scratch Race Boyd, Chignell, Harrison, Curtis 80.8

Stadium Scratch Races Ht1 L.Lawson, Watson, Croombs, Parker (ns) 81.0 Ht2 Oliver, Pitcher, Chignell, Curtis 79.2 Ht3 Byford, Hull, Lloyd, Boyd (ret) 80.0 Ht4 A.Lawson, Chitty, Craven, Harrison 82.2

Match Race Dent Oliver bt Jack Parker (broke chain) 77.2

Saturday 21st August 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces v Wembley Lions (National Trophy) (Rained Off)

Thursday 26th August 1948 Wimbledon Stadium, London* Wembley Lions 64 Belle Vue Aces 42 (National Trophy)

Wembley Wilbur Lamoreaux 3 3 2’ 3 3 3 17 1 Bill Kitchen 0 0 0 2’ 2’ 4 2 Tommy Price 2 2 3 1 3 0 11 Bill Gilbert 3 1’ 2 2’ 3 11 2 Split Waterman 2’ 3 1’ 2 3 11 2 Freddy Williams 1’ F 1 0 2’ 4 2 Bob Wells 3 F 3 George Saunders 1 2 3

Belle Vue Bill Pitcher 1’ 1 1 0 1 4 1 Jack Parker 2 3 2 3 3 2 15 Wally Hull 0 0 0 0 Jim Boyd 3 2 0 1 0 6 Louis Lawson 2 F 3 1 1 1’ 8 1 Dent Oliver 1’ 1’ 0 X 0 2 2 Wally Lloyd 2 2’ F 4 1 Jack Chignell 0 3 F 3

Ht1 Lamoreaux, Parker, Pitcher, Kitchen 67.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Boyd, Price, Williams, Hull 71.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Gilbert, Lawson, Oliver, Kitchen 71.6 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Wells, Lloyd, Saunders, Chignell 72.6 4 2 13 11 Ht5 Parker, Price, Gilbert, Hull 71.6 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Lamoreaux, Boyd, Oliver, Williams (f) 72.4 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Price, Waterman, Pitcher, Lawson (f) 73.8 5 1 24 18 Ht8 Waterman, Lamoreaux, Pitcher, Hull 71.8 5 1 29 19 Ht9 Lamoreaux, Parker, Price, Oliver 70.8 4 2 33 21 Ht10 Lawson, Lloyd, Williams, Kitchen 71.6 1 5 34 26 Ht11 Parker, Gilbert, Waterman, Boyd 81.2 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Price, Kitchen, Boyd, Pitcher 72.8 5 1 42 30 Ht13 Parker, Waterman, Lawson, Williams 71.8 2 4 44 34 Ht14 Chignell, Saunders, Wells (f), Lloyd (f) 74.2 2 3 46 37 Ht15 Lamoreaux, Gilbert, Lawson, Boyd 72.6 5 1 51 38 Ht16 Waterman, Kitchen, Chignell (f), Oliver (exc) 75.0 5 0 56 38 Ht17 Gilbert, Williams, Pitcher, Oliver 72.0 5 1 61 39 Ht18 Lamoreaux, Parker, Lawson, Price 71.6 3 3 64 42

Saturday 28th August 1948 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 50 Harringay Racers 34 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Wally Hull 0 1 0 1 Jack Parker 2 3 3 2 10 Bill Pitcher 2 2 3 3 10 Louis Lawson 1’ 0 2’ 3 6 2 Wally Lloyd 2’ 3 0 3 8 1 Dent Oliver 3 2’ 3 0 8 1 Jim Boyd 3 2’ 1 6 1 Jack Chignell 1 0 1

Harringay Jack Biggs 1 1 1’ 1’ 4 2 Vic Duggan 3 3 2 3 11 Frank Dolan 3 1 2 2 8 Jack Arnfield 0 0 1’ 1 1 Lloyd Goffe 1 0 1 2 4 Ray Duggan 0 1 0 1 Steve Ison 2 0 2 1 5 Jimmy Grant 0 0 0

Ht1 V.Duggan, Parker, Biggs, Hull 75.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Dolan, Pitcher, Lawson, Arnfield 77.4 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Oliver, Lloyd, Goffe, R.Duggan 78.0 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Boyd, Ison,. Hull, Arnfield 79.4 4 2 14 10 Ht5 V.Duggan, Pitcher, Biggs, Lawson 78.4 2 4 16 14 Ht6 Lloyd, Oliver, Dolan, Ison 79.0 5 1 21 15 Ht7 Parker, Boyd, R.Duggan, Goffe 80.0 5 1 26 16 Ht8 Pitcher, Dolan, Chignell, Grant 79.2 4 2 30 18 Ht9 Oliver, V.Duggan, Biggs, Lloyd 77.0 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Parker, Dolan, Arnfield, Hull 79.4 3 3 36 24 Ht11 Pitcher, Lawson, Goffe, R.Duggan 80.0 5 1 41 25 Ht12 Lloyd, Ison, Biggs, Chignell 81.2 3 3 44 28 Ht13 Lawson, Goffe, Boyd, Grant 81.8 4 2 48 30 Ht14 V.Duggan, Parker, Ison, Oliver 80.4 2 4 50 34

Novice Race Danner, Hickson, Webb, Bramall 87.8

Reserves Race Ison, Chignell, Boyd, Grant 80.8

Stadium Scratch Races Ht1 Oliver, Pitcher, Dolan, Ison 81.2 Ht2 Hull, Chignell, Webb, Lloyd (f) 82.6 Ht3 Biggs, Parker, Goffe, Boyd (ret) 80.0 Ht4 V.Duggan, Lawson, Arnfield, R.Duggan 81.4

Saturday 4th September 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 64 Wembley Lions 44 (National Trophy)

Belle Vue Wally Hull 3 0 2 3 1 9 Jack Parker 2’ 3 3 2’ 3 2 15 2 Bill Pitcher 2 2’ 1 3 8 1 Louis Lawson 1 3 F 3 3 10 Dent Oliver E F 3 1 1 1’ 6 1 Wally Lloyd F 3 F 3 1 7 Jim Boyd 2 1 3 Jack Chignell 1’ 2’ 3 6 2

Wembley Bill Gilbert 1 3 1 1 2 0 8 Tommy Price 0 1 0 2 0 3 Split Waterman 3 E 3 2 0 8 Bill Kitchen 1 2 1’ 0 0 4 1 Wilbur Lamoreaux 2 2’ 1’ 2 2 3 12 2 Freddy Williams 0 1’ 1 2 0 4 1 Bob Wells 3 2 5 George Saunders 0 0 0

Ht1 Hull, Parker, Gilbert, Price 77.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Waterman, Pitcher, Kitchen, Lloyd (f) 80.2 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Parker, Lamoreaux, Lawson, Williams 77.4 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Wells, Boyd, Chignell, Saunders 80.8 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Lawson, Pitcher, Price, Waterman (ef) 79.0 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Lloyd, Kitchen, Williams, Hull 79.0 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Gilbert, Lamoreaux, Pitcher, Oliver (ef) 77.0 1 5 23 19 Ht8 Waterman, Hull, Gilbert, Oliver (f) 79.4 2 4 25 23 Ht9 Hull, Chignell, Williams, Price 79.8 5 1 30 24 Ht10 Parker, Waterman, Lamoreaux, Lloyd (f) 78.2 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Oliver, Price, Kitchen, Lawson (f) 80.4 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Pitcher, Parker, Gilbert, Kitchen 79.0 5 1 41 31 Ht13 Lloyd, Lamoreaux, Oliver, Price 79.6 4 2 45 33 Ht14 Chignell, Wells, Boyd, Saunders 80.0 4 2 49 35 Ht15 Lawson, Lamoreaux, Hull, Kitchen 78.2 4 2 53 37 Ht16 Parker, Williams, Oliver, Waterman 79.8 4 2 57 39 Ht17 Lawson, Gilbert, Lloyd, Williams 80.4 4 2 61 41 Ht18 Lamoreaux, Parker, Oliver, Gilbert 80.2 3 3 64 44

Monday 6th September 1948 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 35 Belle Vue Aces 47 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon Alec Statham 3 2 3 F 8 Les Wotton 2’ 1 E 2 5 1 Norman Parker E 2 3 2 7 Dick Harris F 0 0 0 0 Cyril Brine 3 F 2 3 8 Archie Windmill 0 E 0 Ron Mason 0 3 3 Jimmy Coy 1 1 1 1’ 4 1

Belle Vue Wally Lloyd 1 1 1 E 3 Jack Parker E 3 3 3 9 Bill Pitcher 3 2’ 2 2’ 9 2 Louis Lawson 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Jim Boyd 1’ 0 1 1’ 3 2 Dent Oliver 2 2 3 0 7 Wally Hull 1 2 3 Jack Chignell 0 2 2

Ht1 Statham, Wotton, Lloyd, J.Parker (ef) 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Pitcher, Lawson, N.Parker (ef), Harris (f) 0 5 5 6 Ht3 Brine, Oliver, Boyd, Windmill 3 3 8 9 Ht4 Lawson, Statham, Hull, Mason 2 4 10 13 Ht5 J.Parker, N.Parker, Lloyd, Harris 2 4 12 17 Ht6 Lawson, Pitcher, Coy, Brine (f) 1 5 13 22 Ht7 Statham, Oliver, Wotton, Boyd 4 2 17 24 Ht8 N.Parker, Pitcher, Coy, Chignell 4 2 21 26 Ht9 J.Parker, Brine, Lloyd, Windmill (ef) 2 4 23 30 Ht10 Lawson, Pitcher, Wotton (ef), Statham (f) 0 5 23 35 Ht11 Oliver, N.Parker, Boyd, Harris 2 4 25 39 Ht12 Brine, Hull, Coy, Lloyd (ef) 4 2 29 41 Ht13 Mason, Chignell, Boyd, Harris 3 3 32 44 Ht14 J.Parker, Wotton, Coy, Oliver 3 3 35 47

Saturday 11th September 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester 100 Trophy Qualifier

Jack Parker 3 3 1 0 3 10 Jack Chignell 2 0 3 1 0 6 Cyril Brine 0 E E 0 0 Ron Mason 1 0 0 1 0 2 Dent Oliver 3 3 3 3 3 15 Jim Boyd 2 1 1 2 1 7 Geoff Pymar 0 2 0 1 1 4 Len Williams 1 3 3 2 1 10 Norman Parker 1 2 2 0 0 5 Bill Pitcher 3 2 3 2 3 13 Wally Hull 0 3 2 1 2 8 Split Waterman 2 2 2 3 3 12 Louis Lawson 3 1 2 3 2 11 Wally Lloyd 1 E 2 1 1 5 Bill Longley 2 1 E 3 2 8 Jeff Lloyd 0 1 0 1 2 4 Harold Webb (res) E 0 Gerry Hickson (res) DNR

Ht1 J.Parker, Chignell, Mason, Brine 77.6 Ht2 Oliver, Boyd, Williams, Pymar 78.6 Ht3 Pitcher, Waterman, N.Parker, Hull 78.0 Ht4 Lawson, Longley, W.Lloyd, J.Lloyd 79.2 Ht5 Oliver, N.Parker, Lawson, Chignell 78.8 Ht6 J.Parker, Pitcher, Boyd, W.Lloyd (ef) 79.0 Ht7 Hull, Pymar, Longley, Brine (ef) 81.6 Ht8 Williams, Waterman, J.Lloyd, Mason 78.0 Ht9 Chignell, Hull, Boyd, J.Lloyd 81.0 Ht10 Oliver, Waterman, J.Parker, Longley (ef) 79.0 Ht11 Waterman, W.Lloyd, Chignell, Pymar 79.4 Ht12 Pitcher, Lawson, Pymar, Mason 79.2 Ht13 Williams, N.Parker, W.Lloyd, Brine (ef) 79.4 Ht14 Lawson, Williams, Hull, J.Parker 79.0 Ht15 Oliver, Pitcher, J.Lloyd, Brine 80.2 Ht16 Longley, Boyd, Mason, N.Parker 81.4 Ht17 Pitcher, Longley, Williams, Chignell 80.8 Ht18 J.Parker, J.Lloyd, Pymar, N.Parker 81.4 Ht19 Waterman, Lawson, Boyd, Webb (ef) 79.8 Ht20 Oliver, Hull, W.Lloyd, Mason 81.0

Match Race Championship Ht1 Jack Parker bt Split Waterman 74.6 Ht2 Split Waterman bt Jack Parker 78.0 Ht3 Jack Parker bt Split Waterman 77.2

Saturday 18th September 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 48 Wembley Lions 36 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Wally Hull 3 2 F 0 5 Jack Parker 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2 Bill Pitcher 1 0 1’ 3 5 1 Louis Lawson 0 2 2’ 3 7 1 Dent Oliver 3 3 2 3 11 Wally Lloyd 1 0 1’ 3 5 1 Jim Boyd 1’ 1 2 1 Jack Chignell 2 1 3

Wembley Bill Gilbert 0 3 3 2 8 Tommy Price 1 1 E 1 3 Split Waterman 2’ 1’ 3 1’ 7 3 Wilbur Lamoreaux 3 3 2 2 10 Bill Kitchen 0 2 1 0 3 Freddy Williams 2 1’ 0 E 3 1 Bob Wells 0 0 0 Roy Craighead 0 2 2

Ht1 Hull, Parker, Price, Gilbert 76.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Lamoreaux, Waterman, Pitcher, Lawson 76.8 1 5 6 6 Ht3 Oliver, Williams, Lloyd, Kitchen 78.0 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Lamoreaux, Hull, Boyd, Wells 78.0 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Gilbert, Lawson, Price, Pitcher 77.8 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Oliver, Lamoreaux, Waterman, Lloyd 76.8 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Parker, Kitchen, Williams, Hull (f) 77.0 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Waterman, Chignell, Pitcher, Craighead 78.0 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Gilbert, Oliver, Lloyd, Price (ef) 79.0 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Parker, Lamoreaux, Waterman, Hull 77.6 3 3 30 30 Ht11 Pitcher, Lawson, Kitchen, Williams 80.2 5 1 35 31 Ht12 Oliver, Gilbert, Chignell, Wells 78.8 4 2 39 33 Ht13 Lawson, Craighead, Boyd, Kitchen 80.8 4 2 43 35 Ht14 Lloyd, Parker, Price, Williams (ef) 80.4 5 1 48 36

Reserves Race Boyd, Chignell, Craighead, Wells 81.6

Novice Race Bramall, Webb, Danner, Hickson (f) 88.2

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Gilbert, Lawson, Chignell, Hull (ret) 81.0 Ht2 Parker, Waterman, Price, Boyd (ret) 80.8 Ht3 Oliver, Pitcher, Wells, Williams (f) 81.0 Ht4 Lamoreaux, Kitchen, Lloyd (f), Craighead (f) 80.0 Final Lamoreaux, Parker, Gilbert, Oliver (ef) 78.8

Saturday 25th September 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 52 Wimbledon Dons 32 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Wally Hull 0 2 3 2’ 7 1 Jack Parker 2 2’ 3 2’ 9 2 Bill Pitcher 3 1 1’ 3 8 1 Louis Lawson 2’ 0 2’ 3 7 2 Wally Lloyd 1 F 1 Dent Oliver 3 3 3 3 12 Jim Boyd 1’ 0 2 2’ 5 2 Jack Chignell 2 1’ 3 1

Wimbledon Norman Parker 3 3 2 3 11 Ron Mason 1 2’ 1’ 1 5 2 Alec Statham 1 2 3 1 7 Les Wotton 0 0 0 Mike Erskine 2 1 0 1 4 Jimmy Coy 0 0 1 0 1 Dick Harris 3 1’ 0 0 4 1 Archie Windmill 0 0 0

Ht1 N.Parker, J.Parker, Mason, Hull 77.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Pitcher, Lawson, Statham, Wotton 79.6 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Oliver, Erskine, Lloyd, Coy 79.0 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Harris, Hull, Boyd, Wotton 80.4 3 3 14 10 Ht5 N.Parker, Mason, Pitcher, Lawson 78.4 1 5 15 15 Ht6 Oliver, Statham, Harris, Lloyd (f) 81.0 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Hull, J.Parker, Erskine, Coy 81.2 5 1 23 19 Ht8 Statham, Chignell, Pitcher, Windmill 81.2 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Oliver, N.Parker, Mason, Boyd 79.2 3 3 29 25 Ht10 J.Parker, Hull, Statham, Harris 80.2 5 1 34 26 Ht11 Pitcher, Lawson, Coy, Erskine 81.8 5 1 39 27 Ht12 N.Parker, Boyd, Chignell, Harris 79.6 3 3 42 30 Ht13 Lawson, Boyd, Erskine, Windmill 83.2 5 1 47 31 Ht14 Oliver, J.Parker, Mason, Coy 80.6 5 1 52 32

Saturday 2nd October 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester North 46 South 37 (Challenge)

North Jack Parker 2 2 2 2’ 8 1 Wally Hull 0 1’ 3 2’ 6 2 Norman Parker 3 2 1 2’ 8 1 Len Williams 1 1’ 3 1 6 1 Louis Lawson 2 3 1 2 8 Dent Oliver F 2’ 3 3 8 1 Wally Lloyd 1’ E 1 1 Stan Williams 0 1’ 1 1

South Bill Pitcher 1 0 E 3 4 Split Waterman 3 3 2 1 9 Freddy Williams 2 1 3 1 7 Malcolm Craven 0 0 0 0 0 Lloyd Goffe F 0 1 2’ 3 1 Jim Boyd 3 3 E 0 6 Dick Geary 3 0 3 Eric Irons 2’ 3

Ht1 Waterman, J.Parker, Pitcher, Hull 76.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 N.Parker, F.Williams, L.Williams, Craven 78.6 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Boyd, Lawson, Oliver (f), Goffe (f) 80.8 2 3 8 9 Ht4 Geary, J.Parker, Lloyd, Craven 79.6 3 3 11 12 Ht5 Waterman, N.Parker, L.Williams, Pitcher 78.8 3 3 14 15 Ht6 Lawson, Oliver, F.Williams, Craven 80.6 5 1 19 16 Ht7 Boyd, J.Parker, Hull, Goffe 79.8 3 3 22 19 Ht8 F.Williams, Irons, N.Parker, S.Williams 80.6 1 5 23 24 Ht9 Oliver, Waterman, Lawson, Pitcher (ef) 79.0 4 2 27 26 Ht10 Hull, J.Parker, F.Williams, Craven 80.8 5 1 32 27 Ht11 L.Williams, N.Parker, Goffe, Boyd (ef) 80.4 5 1 37 28 Ht12 Pitcher, Lawson, S.Williams, Geary 80.6 3 3 40 31 Ht13 Irons, Goffe, L.Williams, Lloyd (ef) 83.0 1 5 41 36 Ht14 Oliver, Hull, Waterman, Boyd 80.8 5 1 46 37

Novices Race Danner, Bramall, Webb, Hickson 86.4

Palatine Scratch Race Geary, Irons, Chignell, L.Williams 81.6

Stadium Scratch Races Ht1 Lloyd, S.Williams, Craven, Boyd 82.6 Ht2 Hull, Geary, Danner, Chignell 81.6 Ht3 N.Parker, Williams, J.Parker, Pitcher 81.0 Ht4 Oliver, Lawson, Waterman, Goffe 81.6

Friday 8th October 1948 Harringay Stadium, London Harringay Racers 45 Belle Vue Aces 37 (National League Division One)

Harringay Jack Biggs E 1 2’ 0 3 1 Vic Duggan 3 3 3 2 11 Frank Dolan 3 1’ E 3 7 1 Jimmy Grant 2’ 2 2’ E 6 2 Lloyd Goffe 3 2 F 3 8 Ray Duggan 1 1’ 2 1’ 5 2 Jack Arnfield 0 3 3 Wal Morton E 2’ 2 1

Belle Vue Wally Hull 1’ 0 1 2 1 Jack Parker 2 3 3 3 11 Bill Pitcher 0 0 2’ 1’ 3 2 Louis Lawson 1 2’ 3 2 8 1 Wally Lloyd 0 2 2 Dent Oliver 2 0 0 0 2 Jim Boyd 3 1 1 0 5 Jack Chignell 3 1 0 4

Ht1 V.Duggan, Parker, Hull, Biggs (ef) 71.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Dolan, Grant, Lawson, Pitcher 74.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Goffe, Oliver, R.Duggan, Lloyd 74.0 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Boyd, Lawson, Biggs, Arnfield 76.8 1 5 13 11 Ht5 Parker, Grant, Dolan, Hull 74.0 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Lawson, Goffe, R.Duggan, Pitcher 74.4 3 3 19 17 Ht7 V.Duggan, Biggs, Boyd, Oliver 73.8 5 1 24 18 Ht8 Chignell, Pitcher, Morton (ef), Dolan (ef) 76.2 0 5 24 23 Ht9 Parker, R.Duggan, Chignell, Goffe (f) 74.4 2 4 26 27 Ht10 V.Duggan, Lawson, Pitcher, Biggs 73.0 3 3 29 30 Ht11 Dolan, Grant, Boyd, Oliver 74.8 5 1 34 31 Ht12 Goffe, Morton, Hull, Boyd 75.0 5 1 39 32 Ht13 Arnfield, Lloyd, Grant (ef), Chignell (f) 76.4 3 2 42 34 Ht14 Parker, V.Duggan, R.Duggan, Oliver 72.6 3 3 45 37

Saturday 9th October 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester 100 Guineas Trophy Final

Jack Parker 3 3 2 3 3 14 Jack Chignell F 1 1 0 2 4 Ken Sharples 1 1 0 0 0 2 Norman Hargreaves 2 1 1 1 0 5 Dent Oliver 3 3 3 3 3 15 Jim Boyd 2 2 3 1 2 10 Jack Arnfield 0 2 3 0 1 6 Len Williams 1 0 1 0 2 Eric Irons 1 0 2 0 0 3 Bill Pitcher 2 1 2 1 6 Wally Hull 3 E 0 1 1 5 Cyril Cooper 0 2 0 1 1 4 Louis Lawson 3 2 3 2 3 13 Wally Lloyd 0 0 3 1 2 6 Bill Longley 2 3 1 3 3 12 Tommy Price 1 3 2 2 2 10 Harold Webb (res) 1 1 Gerry Hickson (res) 0 0

Ht1 Parker, Hargreaves, Sharples, Chignell (f) 77.4 Ht2 Oliver, Boyd, Williams, Arnfield 79.0 Ht3 Hull, Pitcher, Irons, Cooper 78.4 Ht4 Lawson, Longley, Price, Lloyd 79.4 Ht5 Oliver, Lawson, Chignell, Irons 79.4 Ht6 Parker, Boyd, Pitcher, Lloyd 79.0 Ht7 Longley, Arnfield, Sharples, Hull (ef) 78.4 Ht8 Price, Cooper, Hargreaves, Williams 80.0 Ht9 Oliver, Parker, Longley, Cooper 78.0 Ht10 Boyd, Price, Chignell, Hull 79.6 Ht11 Arnfield, Lloyd, Cooper, Chignell 79.6 Ht12 Lawson, Pitcher, Hargreaves, Arnfield 80.6 Ht13 Lloyd, Irons, Williams, Sharples 81.4 Ht14 Parker, Lawson, Hull, Williams 79.2 Ht15 Oliver, Price, Pitcher, Sharples 79.0 Ht16 Longley, Hargreaves, Boyd, Irons 80.4 Ht17 Longley, Chignell, Webb, Hickson 81.0 Ht18 Parker, Price, Arnfield, Irons 79.0 Ht19 Lawson, Boyd, Cooper, Sharples 80.0 Ht20 Oliver, Lloyd, Hull, Hargreaves 81.0

Saturday 16th October 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 33 New Cross Rangers 51 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Wally Hull 0 1 0 F 1 Jack Parker 2 2 3 3 10 Bill Pitcher 1 0 1 Louis Lawson F 2 3 2 7 Wally Lloyd 1’ 0 0 F 1 1 Dent Oliver 2 3 3 0 8 Jim Boyd 0 2 1 1’ 4 1 Jack Chignell 0 1 1

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

Ht1 Johnson, Parker, French, Hull 75.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Longley, Moore, Pitcher, Lawson (f) 78.6 1 5 3 9 Ht3 J.Lloyd, Oliver, W.Lloyd, Lawrence (ef) 78.4 3 3 6 12 Ht4 Longley, Roger, Hull, Boyd 78.2 1 5 7 17 Ht5 Johnson, Lawson, French, Pitcher 77.2 2 4 9 21 Ht6 Oliver, Longley, Moore, W.Lloyd 78.4 3 3 12 24 Ht7 J.Lloyd, Parker, Lawrence, Hull 78.2 2 4 14 28 Ht8 Pymar, Boyd, Moore, Chignell 80.0 2 4 16 32 Ht9 Oliver, Johnson, French, W.Lloyd 78.2 3 3 19 35 Ht10 Parker, Longley, Moore, Hull (f) 78.4 3 3 22 38 Ht11 Lawson, J.Lloyd, Boyd, Lawrence 79.0 4 2 26 40 Ht12 Roger, French, Chignell, W.Lloyd 80.0 1 5 27 45 Ht13 Pymar, Lawson, Boyd, Lawrence 79.8 3 3 30 48 Ht14 Parker, Johnson, J.Lloyd, Oliver 77.4 3 3 33 51

Novice Race Webb, Hickson, L.Edwards, Bramall 84.6

Stadium Scratch Races Ht1 Parker, French, Moore, W.Lloyd 79.2 Ht2 Johnson, Lawrence, Boyd, J.Lloyd 80.0 Ht3 Chignell, Lawson, Roger, Hull 78.2 Ht4 Pymar, Oliver, Longley, Webb 79.6 Final Parker, Pymar, Chignell, Johnson (exc) 78.8

Friday 22nd October 1948 New Cross Stadium, London New Cross Rangers 57 Belle Vue Aces 27 (National League Division One)

New Cross Eric French 2 2’ 2 3 9 1 Ron Johnson E 1’ 2’ 2 5 2 Frank Lawrence 2’ 1 1 F 4 1 Bill Longley 3 3 3 3 12 Ray Moore 3 3 3 3 12 Jeff Lloyd 2’ 2’ 0 1’ 5 3 Roger 3 2’ 5 1 Geoff Pymar 3 2’ 5 1

Belle Vue Wally Lloyd 1 0 1’ 1 3 1 Jack Parker 3 2 2 0 7 Dent Oliver 0 0 2 0 2 Jim Boyd 1 1 1 1 4 Bill Pitcher 0 0 1’ 1 2 1 Louis Lawson 1 3 2 3 9 Jack Chignell 0 0 0 Harold Jackson 0 0 0

Ht1 Parker, French, W.Lloyd, Johnson (ef) 60.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Longley, Lawrence, Boyd, Oliver 62.2 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Moore, J.Lloyd, Lawson, Pitcher 60.4 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Roger, French, Boyd, Chignell 60.2 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Longley, Parker, Lawrence, W.Lloyd 60.0 4 2 21 9 Ht6 Moore, J.Lloyd, Boyd, Oliver 60.8 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Lawson, French, Johnson, Pitcher 60.0 3 3 29 13 Ht8 Pymar, Oliver, Lawrence, Jackson 61.8 4 2 33 15 Ht9 Moore, Parker, W.Lloyd, J.Lloyd (f) 60.8 3 3 36 18 Ht10 French, Johnson, Boyd, Oliver 62.4 5 1 41 19 Ht11 Longley, Lawson, Pitcher, Lawrence (f) 61.0 3 3 44 22 Ht12 Moore, Pymar, W.Lloyd, Chignell 61.2 5 1 49 23 Ht13 Longley, Roger, Pitcher, Jackson 62.6 5 1 54 24 Ht14 Lawson, Johnson, J.Lloyd, Parker 60.0 3 3 57 27

Saturday 23rd October 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 47 Bradford Boomerangs 37 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Wally Hull 0 2’ 1 3 6 1 Jack Parker 3 3 E 1 7 Bill Pitcher 1’ 0 E E 1 1 Louis Lawson 2 3 3 1’ 9 1 Wally Lloyd 2’ 2’ 0 2 6 2 Dent Oliver 3 3 1 3 10 Jim Boyd 3 2 5 Jack Chignell 2 1’ 3 1

Bradford Eddie Rigg 2 1’ 3 3 9 1 Ernie Price 1’ 2 2’ 2 7 2 Oliver Hart 3 E 3 2 8 Bill Osborne 0 1 1 1’ 3 1 Ron Clarke 1 2 2 3 8 Norman Price F 0 1’ 0 1 1 Jack Dawson 0 0 0 Bob Lovell 1 0 1

Ht1 Parker, Rigg, E.Price, Hull 75.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Hart, Lawson, Pitcher, Osborne 77.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Oliver, Lloyd, Clarke, N.Price (f) 77.6 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Boyd, Hull, Osborne, Dawson 77.3 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Lawson, E.Price, Rigg, Pitcher 77.4 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Oliver, Lloyd, Osborne, Hart (ef) 77.8 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Parker, Clarke, Hull, N.Price 77.0 4 2 28 14 Ht8 Hart, Chignell, Lovell, Pitcher (ef) 80.8 2 4 30 18 Ht9 Rigg, E.Price, Oliver, Lloyd 77.0 1 5 31 23 Ht10 Hull, Hart, Osborne, Parker (ef) 79.4 3 3 34 26 Ht11 Lawson, Clarke, N.Price, Pitcher (ef) 77.4 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Rigg, Lloyd, Chignell, Dawson 78.8 3 3 40 32 Ht13 Clarke, Boyd, Lawson, Lovell 78.4 3 3 43 35 Ht14 Oliver, E.Price, Parker, N.Price 78.4 4 2 47 37

Junior Scurry 3 laps Hickson, Bramall, Webb 3only 65.0

Palatine Scratch Races Ht1 Parker, Price, Clarke, Lloyd 79.0 Ht2 Lawson, Oliver, Rigg, Hart 79.0

* used for Games 1948

Other Meetings

Jim Boyd

Sheffield 50 Guineas Trophy 29.07. 2 Bristol Bristol v Waterman’s Team 29.10. 3

Jack Chignell

Sheffield 50 Guineas Trophy 29.07. 4

Louis Lawson

Fleetwood British Riders’ Championship QR 06.07. 11 Bristol British Riders’ Championship QR 09.07. 12 Sheffield 50 Guineas Trophy 29.07. 9 Bristol Bristol v Waterman’s Team 29.10. 9

Wally Lloyd

West Ham West Ham v North and South 29.06 0 New Cross British Riders’ Championship QR 29.07. 1

Dent Oliver

Bristol Best Pairs (with Fred Tuck) 23.07. 5 New Cross British Riders’ Championship QR 29.07. 11 Wimbledon British Riders’ Championship QR 19.08 2

Jack Parker

New Cross Celebration Meeting 19.05. 4 Wimbledon England v Australia 24.05. 7 Bradford England v Overseas 24.07. 3 New Cross British Riders’ Championship QR 29.07. 9 Glasgow W.C. Scotland v England 18.08 14 Wimbledon British Riders’ Championship QR 19.08 10 Bristol Best Pairs (with Eric Salmon) 05.11. 15 Wimbledon Parker’s v Longley’s (RainOff) 18.10. 6

Bill Pitcher

Fleetwood British Riders’ Championship QR 06.07. 11 Bristol Best Pairs (with Frank Lawrence) 05.11 3

Bill Rogers

New Cross Celebration Meeting 19.05. 2

Belle Vue 1948 Needs in Bold

Saturday 27th March 1948 Belle Vue Manchester Manchester Cup Monday 29th March 1948 Belle Vue Manchester Easter Tournament Monday 29th March 1948 Odsal Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 49 Bell Vue Aces 34 (Challenge) Sat3rd April 1948 Belle Vue Manchester JParker’sTeam 41W Lloyd’sTeam 40 (CH) SHTimes 2ndMen Monday 5th April 1948 London Wimbledon Dons 50 Belle Vue Aces 33 (NLD1) Times Ht1-14 Saturday 10th April 1948 Belle Vue Aces 59 Wimbledon Dons 25 (NLD1) Wednesday 14th April 1948 New Cross, London New Cross Rangers 61 Belle Vue Aces (NLD1) Saturday17thApril 1948 Manchester Belle VueAces 53 NewCrossRangers 31 (NLD1)SHTimes 2ndMen Tuesday 20th April 1948 West Ham, London West Ham Hammers 61 Belle Vue Aces 23 (NLD1) Saturday 24th April 1948 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 43 West Ham 41 (NLD1) SHTimes 2ndMen Thursday 29th April 1948 Wimbledon London* Wembley Lions 52 Belle Vue Aces 31 (NLD1) Saturday 1st May 1948 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 42 Wembley Lions 42 (NLD1) SHT Ht3 Saturday 8th May 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester E.O. Spence Memorial Trophy Friday 14th May 1948 Harringay Stadium, London Harringay Racers 47 Belle Vue Aces 37 (NLD1) Saturday15thMay 1948 Manchester BelleVue Aces 48 Harringay Racers 36 (NLD1) SHTimes 2ndMen Monday 17th May 1948 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 43 Bradford Boomerangs 41 (NLD1) Monday 17th May 1948 Odsal, Bradford Boomerangs 62 Belle Vue Aces 46 (Battle of the Roses Cup) Saturday 22nd May 1948 Odsal BradfordBoomerangs 46 Belle Vue Aces 35 (NLD1) Saturday 22nd May 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Best Pairs Saturday 29th May 1948 , Manchester Belle Vue Aces 53 Wembley Lions 43 (A C) Tuesday 1st June 1948 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 58 Belle Vue Aces 38 (AC) Saturday 5th June 1948 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 50 New Cross Rangers 42 (AC) Thursday 10th June 1948 Wimbledon London Wembley Lions 45 Belle Vue Aces 51 (AC) Saturday 12th June 1948 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 54 West Ham Hammers 42 (AC) Monday 14th June 1948 London Wimbledon Dons 47 Belle Vue Aces 48 (AC) TimesHt1-16 Saturday 19th June 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester England 69 Australia 39 (Test Match) Saturday 26th June 1948 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 65 Wimbledon Dons 30 (AC) Friday 2nd July 1948 Harringay Stadium, London Harringay Racers 52 Belle Vue Aces 43 (AC) Saturday 3rd July 1948 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 46.5 Harringay Racers 49.5 (AC) Thursday 8th July 1948 Owlerton, Sheffield Belle Vue Aces 34 Bradford Tudors 38 (Challenge) Saturday 10th July 1948 Belle Vue, Manchester Sheffield Tigers 48 Cradley Heath Cubs 48 (Ch) Saturday 10th July 1948 Odsal , Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 53 Belle Vue Aces 43 (AC) Tuesday 13th July 1948 London West Ham Hammers 49 Belle Vue Aces 35 (NLD1) Wednesday 14th July 1948 New Cross London New Cross Rangers 57 Belle Vue Aces 39 (AC) Saturday 17th July 1948 Belle Vue , Manchester Belle Vue Aces 65 Odsal 29 (AC) Thursday 22nd July 1948 Wimbledon , London* Wembley Lions 59 Belle Vue Aces 25 (NLD1) Saturday 24th July 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Supporters’ Trophy Saturday 31st July 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester British Riders’ Championship Q R Monday 2n August1948 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 60 Bradford Boomerangs 47(Battle of The Roses Cup) Monday 2nd August 1948 Odsal Bradford Bradford Boomerangs 38 Belle Vue Aces 45 (NLD1) Saturday 7th August 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Manchester Track Championship Saturday 14th August 1948Manchester Belle VueAces 52 West Ham 31 (NLD1) Saturday 21st August 1948 Manchester Belle Vue Aces v Wembley Lions (National T) (Rained Off) Thursday 26th August 1948 Wimbledon London*Wembley Lions 64 Belle Vue Aces 42 (National T) Saturday 28th August 1948 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 50 Harringay Racers 34 (NLD1) Saturday 4th September 1948 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 64 Wembley Lions 44 (NatT) Monday 6th September 1948 London Wimbledon Dons 35 Belle Vue Aces 47 (NLD1) TimesHt1-14 Saturday 11th September 1948 Belle Vue, Manchester 100 Guineas Trophy Qualifier Saturday 18th September 1948 Belle Vue Aces 52 Wembley Lions 32 (NLD1) Saturday 25th September 1948 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 52 Wimbledon Dons 32 (NLD1) SH Saturday 2nd October 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester North 46 South 37 (Ch) Friday 8th October 1948 Harringay, London Harringay Racers 45 Belle Vue Aces 37 (NLD1) Saturday 9th October 1948 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester 100 Guineas Trophy Final Saturday 16th October 1948 Belle Vue Aces 33 New Cross Rangers 51 (NLD1) Friday 22nd October 1948 New, London New Cross Rangers 57 Belle Vue Aces 27 (NLD1) Saturday 23rd October 1948 Belle Vue Aces 47 Bradford Boomerangs 37 (NLD1) * Wembley Stadium used for Olympic Games 1948