BELLE VUE 1959

Thanks to Barry Stephenson

Updated 11.5.2016

Friday 27 March 1959 Abbey Stadium, Swindon 50 46 (Challenge)

SWINDON Ian Williams (C) 2 1* 2 3 2* - - 10 (2) Ray Harris 0 2 1* 0 - - - 3 (1) 2 F 3 3 2* - - 10 (1) Roy Moreton 1* 1 2* 0 1* - - 5 (3) Neil Street 2 2 1* 2 3 - - 10 (1) George White 1* 2 1* 2 2 3 - 11 (2) Glyn Chandler 1* 0 - - - - - 1 (1)

BELLE VUE Ron Johnston (C) 3 3 1 2 1 - - 10 Bob Duckworth 1 3 0 F 0 - - 4 3 3 3 3 3 - - 15 Peter Williams 0 0 0 1* 0 - - 1 (1) Dick Fisher 3 2* 3 1 1 - - 10 (1) Slant Payling 0 3 F 1* 2 - - 6 (1) Tink Maynard 0 0 - - - - - 0

Ht 1: Johnston, I. Williams, Duckworth, Harris, 76.6 (2-4) Ht 2: Craven, Broadbank, Moreton, P. Williams, 76.2 (5-7) Ht 3: Fisher, Street, White, Payling, 77.4 (8-10) Ht 4: Duckworth, Harris, Chandler, Maynard, 77.6 (11-13) Ht 5: Payling, Fisher, Moreton, Broadbank (fell), 76.8 (12-18) Ht 6: Craven, White, I. Williams, P. Williams, 76.0 (15-21) Ht 7: Johnston, Street, White, Duckworth, 76.8 (18-24) Ht 8: Fisher, I. Williams, Harris, Payling (fell), 80.2 (21-27) Ht 9: Craven, White, Street, P. Williams, 78.6 (24-30) Ht 10: Broadbank, Moreton, Johnston, Duckworth (fell), 78.8 (29-31) Ht 11: I. Williams, Johnston, Payling, Moreton, 79.2 (32-34) Ht 12: Craven, Street, Fisher, Harris, 78.4 (34-38) Ht 13: Broadbank, Payling, P. Williams, Chandler, 78.8 (37-41) Ht 14: Craven, White, Moreton, Maynard, 78.2 (40-44) Ht 15: Street, Broadbank, Johnston, P. Williams, 78.0 (45-45) Ht 16: White, I. Williams, Fisher, Duckworth, 77.6 (50-46)

Saturday 28th March 1959 Belle Vue, Belle Vue Aces 74 Wimbledon Dons 46 (London Cup)

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 3 3 1 3 1’ 11 1 Bob Duckworth 2’ 2’ 3 1 1’ 9 3 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Peter Williams 0 2 0 1 0 3 Dick Fisher 3 2’ 2’ 2 2 11 2 Slant Payling 1 1’ 0 1 2 5 1 Derek Maynard 2 3 3 8 Bob McHugh 0 0 Jack Kitchen 2’ 2’ 4 2 Graham Beattie 3 2’ 5 1

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 0 3 0 2 1 1’ 7 1 Cyril Brine 1 0 0 1 Peter Moore 2 1 0 1 2 5 Gerald Jackson 2 0 2’ 3 3 10 1 Ron How 2 1 2 3 3 2 13 Cyril Maidment 1 0 1 0 0 2 Bob Andrews 3 0 0 1 4 Gerald King 1 1 2 Ernie Baker 0 0 0 Bobby Croombs 1 0 1

Ht1 Johnston, Duckworth, Brine, R.Moore 74.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Craven, P.Moore, Maidment, Williams 75.6 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Fisher, Jackson, Payling, Brine 75.8 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Andrews, Maynard, King, McHugh 77.0 2 4 14 10 Ht5 Craven, Duckworth, P.Moore, Jackson 76.6 5 1 19 11 Ht6 R.Moore, Williams, Payling, Maidment 77.6 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Johnston, Fisher, How, P.Moore 77.8 5 1 27 15 Ht8 Beattie, Kitchen, Croombs, Baker 80.4 5 1 32 16 Ht9 Craven, How, Johnston, R.Moore 77.2 4 2 36 18 Ht10 Craven, Fisher, Maidment, Andrews 77.6 5 1 41 19 Ht11 Duckworth, R.Moore, P.Moore, Payling 77.6 3 3 44 22 Ht12 How, Jackson, Duckworth, Williams 77.0 1 5 45 27 Ht13 Maynard, Beattie, King, Baker 79.4 5 1 50 28 Ht14 How, Fisher, Duckworth, Maidment 77.8 3 3 53 31 Ht15 Johnston, P.Moore, Williams, Brine 78.8 4 2 57 33 Ht16 Craven, How, Payling, Andrews 77.0 4 2 61 35 Ht17 Jackson, Fisher, R.Moore, Williams 76.2 2 4 63 39 Ht18 Maynard, Kitchen, Andrews, Croombs 79.4 5 1 68 40 Ht19 Jackson, Payling, Johnston, Maidment 79.6 3 3 71 43 Ht20 Craven, How, R.Moore, Fisher 77.2 3 3 74 46

Monday 30th March 1959 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 53 Belle Vue Aces 39 (London Cup)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 1’ 2’ 3 2 3 11 2 Cyril Brine 2 3 1 2’ 2 10 1 Ron How 2 E 3 2’ 3 10 1 Cyril Maidment F 1 2’ 1’ 1’ 5 3 Peter Moore 2’ 2 0 3 1’ 8 2 Gerald Jackson 3 1’ 1 3 1 9 1 Bob Andrews DNR

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 3 3 2’ 1 2 11 1 Bob Duckworth 0 2’ 3 1 2 8 1 Peter Craven 3 3 2 3 3 14 Peter Williams F 0 0 E 0 0 Dick Fisher F 0 1 0 0 1 Slant Payling 1 1’ 0 0 0 2 1 Tink Maynard DNR

Ht1 Johnston, Brine, R.Moore, Duckworth 68.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Craven, How, Williams (f), Maidment (f) 66.6 2 3 5 6 Ht3 Jackson, P.Moore, Payling, Fisher (f) 68.8 5 1 10 7 Ht4 Johnston, Duckworth, Maidment, How (ef) 67.6 1 5 11 12 Ht5 Craven, P.Moore, Jackson, Williams 68.2 3 3 14 15 Ht6 Brine, R.Moore, Payling, Fisher 69.6 5 1 19 16 Ht7 Duckworth, Johnston, Jackson, P.Moore 68.4 1 5 20 21 Ht8 R.Moore, Craven, Brine, Williams 68.4 4 2 24 23 Ht9 How, Maidment, Fisher, Payling 70.6 5 1 29 24 Ht10 P.Moore, Brine, Johnston, Williams (ef) 69.0 5 1 34 25 Ht11 Craven, R.Moore, Maidment, Payling 69.4 3 3 37 28 Ht12 Jackson, How, Duckworth, Fisher 69.2 5 1 42 29 Ht13 Craven, Brine, P.Moore, Payling 68.8 3 3 45 32 Ht14 How, Johnston, Jackson, Williams 69.0 4 2 49 34 Ht15 R.Moore, Duckworth, Maidment, Fisher 68.6 4 2 53 36

Wimbledon Reserves 19 Belle Vue Reserves 9 Wimbledon Bob Andrews 3 3 3 9 Ernie Baker 0 1 1 2 Gerald King 3 2 2 7 Bobby Croombs 2 0 2 Belle Vue Tink Maynard 2 3 X 5 Slant Payling 1 1 F 2 Jack Kitchen F 2 E 2 Graham Beattie F 0 0

Ht1 Andrews, Maynard, Payling, Baker 70.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 King, Croombs, Kitchen (f), Beattie (f) 70.6 5 0 8 3 Ht3 Maynard, King, Payling, Croombs 69.8 2 4 10 7 Ht4 Andrews, Kitchen, Baker, Beattie 70.6 4 2 14 9 Ht5 Andrews, King, Kitchen (ef), Payling (f) 76.6 5 0 19 9

Saturday 4th April 1959 Belle Vue Manchester Northern Cup

Ron Johnston 3 1 1 3 2 10 Ken McKinlay F 3 E F 1 4 Arthur Forrest 2 2 2 2 3 11 Bob Duckworth 3 2 3 3 2 13 Jim Lightfoot 0 1 1 2 4 Peter Williams 2 2 3 2 2 11 Peter Craven 3 3 3 2 3 14 Dick Fisher 1 2 0 E E 3 E E 3 1 1 5 Slant Payling 0 3 1 1 0 5 Nick Nicholls 1 1 0 3 1 6 Tink Maynard 1 E 2 0 0 3 Jack Kitchen (res) 1

Ht1 Duckworth, Forrest, Fisher, Lightfoot 74.2 Ht2 Johnston, Williams, Maynard, Payling 76.4 Ht3 Craven, Duckworth, Nicholls, Boocock (ef) 74.0 Ht4 Payling, Forrest, Nichols, McKinlay (f) 77.6 Ht5 Craven, Williams, Lightfoot, Maynard (ef) 75.4 Ht6 McKinlay, Maynard, Kitchen, Boocock (ef) 74.2 Ht7 Craven, Forrest, Johnston, Nicholls 74.6 Ht8 Duckworth, Fisher, Johnston, Maynard 75.4 Ht9 Williams, Forrest, Payling, McKinlay (ef) 77.0 Ht10 Boocock, Williams, Lightfoot, Fisher 77.6 Ht11 Duckworth, Craven, Payling, McKinlay (f) 74.0 Ht12 Nicholls, Williams, Boocock, Fisher (ef) 77.0 Ht13 Johnston, Lightfoot, Boocock, Payling 77.0 Ht14 Forrest, Duckworth, Nicholls, Maynard 77.2 Ht15 Craven, Johnston, McKinlay, Fisher (ef) 75.4

Zoo Handicap Ht1 Malcolm Bruce (0), Beattie (5), Kitchen (5), Tommy Toll (0), Ray Day (0) (ns) 80.4 Ht2 Jim Yacoby (0), Bruce 50), Norman Wright (0), Beattie (50), T.Robinson (50 81.6

Top Scorers Race Craven, Duckworth, Forrest, Williams (f) 77.8

Midget Car Medley Ht1 * 1st not known by announcer, Ken Smith, [ Duton, Davies, Hulme, Blood 129.4 Ht2 Parker, 70, Lea, Johnson, 125.0 Final Blood, Hulme,,?,?, Parker 186.4

Saturday 11th April 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 51 Oxford Cheetahs 39 (Britannia Shield)

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 3 3 E 6 Slant Payling 0 0 0 0 0 Peter Craven 3 3 3 2’ 3 14 1 Peter Williams 0 1 2’ 1’ 3 7 2 Dick Fisher 0 2’ 1 2 2 7 1 Bob Duckworth 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 Tink Maynard 1 2 3

Oxford Ronnie Moore 2 2 2 3 1 1 11 Roy Bowers 1’ 0 0 1’ 2 2 Arthur Wright 2 E 0 3 5 Bob Andrews 1’ 1 3 1 0 6 1 Gordon McGregor 1’ 1’ 0 F 2 4 2 Howdy Byford 2 2 1 3 1 9 Ken Adams 2’ 2 1

Ht1 Johnston, Moore, Bowers, Payling 75.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Craven, Wright, Andrews, Williams 76.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Duckworth, Byford, McGregor, Fisher 76.6 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Craven, Moore, Williams, Bowers 77.0 4 2 13 11 Ht5 Duckworth, Fisher, Andrews, Wright (ef) 78.6 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Johnston, Byford, McGregor, Payling 79.6 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Duckworth, Moore, Fisher, Bowers 76.8 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Andrews, Adams, Maynard, Johnston (ef) 80.2 1 5 26 22 Ht9 Craven, Williams, Byford, McGregor 81.4 5 1 31 23 Ht10 Moore, Fisher, Andrews, Payling 78.0 2 4 33 27 Ht11 Byford, Maynard, Williams, Weight 80.4 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Duckworth, Craven, Moore, McGregor (f) 76.8 5 1 41 31 Ht13 Wright, Fisher, Byford, Payling 79.0 2 4 43 35 Ht14 Craven, Duckworth, Moore, Andrews 77.0 5 1 48 36 Ht15 Williams, McGregor, Bowers, Maynard 81.0 3 3 51 39

Nominated Riders From Britannia Shield Craven Duckworth, Williams, Byford 78.2

Belle Vue Reserves 8 Oxford Reserves 21 Belle Vue Tink Maynard 0 F 0 Malcolm Bruce 2 F 2 Jack Kitchen 3 F 1 4 Graham Beattie 0 2 0 2 Oxford Ken Adams 1 1 2 Colin Gooddy 3 3 3 9 Cliff Cox 2 2’ 2’ 6 2 Dave Still 1’ 3 4 Ht1 Gooddy, Bruce, Adams, Maynard 80.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Kitchen, Cox, Still, Beattie 81.2 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Gooddy, Beattie, Adams, Kitchen (f) 81.8 2 4 7 11 Ht4 Still, Cox, Maynard (f), Bruce (f) 85.4 0 5 7 16 Ht5 Gooddy, Cox, Kitchen, Beattie 81.8 1 5 8 21

Thursday 16th April 1959 Cowley Stadium, Oxford Oxford Cheetahs v Belle Vue Aces (Britannia Shield) Rained Off

Saturday 18th April 1954 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 58 Leicester Hunters 32 (Britannia Shield)

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 0 2 3 3 3 11 Slant Payling 2 1’ 2’ 1’ 2’ 8 4 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 Peter Williams F 0 1 1 Dick Fisher 2’ 2’ 1 2 3 10 2 Bob Duckworth 3 3 3 2’ 3 14 1 Jack Kitchen 0 F 0

Leicester Ken McKinlay 1 2 2 3 1 9 Alf Hagon 3 1’ E 0 2 6 1 Jack Geran 1’ 1 0 1’ 1 4 2 Guy Allott 2 0 1 0 0 3 Eric Boothroyd 1 3 2 2 1 1’ 10 1 Bryan Elliott 0 0 0 0 0 Harry Bastable 0 0

Ht1 Hagon, Payling, McKinlay, Johnson 73.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Craven, Allott, Geran, Williams (f) 75.2 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Duckworth, Fisher, Boothroyd, Elliott 74.8 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Craven, McKinlay, Hagon, Williams 73.0 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Duckworth, Fisher, Geran, Allott 75.4 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Boothroyd, Johnston, Payling, Elliott 74.4 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Duckworth, McKinlay, Fisher, Hagon (ef) 74.8 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Johnston, Payling, Allott, Geran 75.2 5 1 30 18 Ht9 Craven, Boothroyd, Williams, Bastable 74.5 4 2 34 20 Ht10 McKinlay, Fisher, Payling, Allott 75.4 3 3 37 23 Ht11 Johnston, Boothroyd, Geran, Kitchen 75.2 3 3 40 26 Ht12 Craven, Duckworth, Boothroyd, Hagon 74.4 5 1 45 27 Ht13 Fisher, Payling, Geran, Elliott 76.4 5 1 50 28 Ht14 Duckworth, Craven, McKinlay, Allott 76.0 5 1 55 29 Ht15 Johnston, Hagon, Boothroyd, Kitchen (f) 75.0 3 3 58 32

Novice Race Beattie (20), Norm Murray (0), Ted Connor (0) (f), Derrick Ballam (0) (ns) 82.4

Nominated Rider from Britannia Shield Craven, Johnston, Fisher, Duckworth 75.0

Belle Vue Reserves 8 Leicester Reserves 19 Belle Vue Jack Kitchen 1 3 X 4 Peepo Day 0 X 0 Malcolm Bruce 0 2 0 2 Tony Robinson 1 1’ 2 1 Leicester Harry Bastable 2’ 3 3 8 1 Charlie Barsby 3 X E 3 Dave Hankins 3 1’ 4 Ivor Brown 2 2 4 Ht1 Barsby, Bastable, Kitchen, Day 78.4 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Hankins, Brown, Robinson, Bruce 78.6 1 5 2 10 Ht3 Bastable, Bruce, Robinson, Barsby (exc) 78.0 3 3 5 13 Ht4 Kitchen, Brown, Hankins, Day (exc2min) 79.6 3 3 8 16 Ht5 Bastable, Barsby (ef), Bruce (ld), Kitchen (fexc) 79.8 0 3 8 19

Saturday 25th April 1954 , Coventry 25 Belle Vue Aces 53 (Britannia Shield)

Coventry Jim Lightfoot F 0 2 0 3 3 8 Nigel Boocock 2 1 1’ 0 0 4 1 Arthur Forrest 0 2 1 1 2 6 Maurie Mattingley 1 0 1 Ron Mountford 3 2 3 3 2 2 15 Anari Pajari 0 0 0 Les Owen X 1 0 1

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 3 3 2 3 3 14 Slant Payling 1 1 0 0 2 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 15 Peter Williams 2’ 1 1 1 0 5 1 Dick Fisher 1’ 3 0 2 2 8 1 Bob Duckworth 2 2’ 2 2’ 1 9 2 Jack Kitchen 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Johnston, Boocock, Payling, Lightfoot (f) 75.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Craven, Williams, Mattingley,. Forrest 75.0 1 5 3 9 Ht3 Mountford, Duckworth, Fisher, Pajari 74.6 3 3 6 12 Ht4 Johnston, Forrest, Payling, Mattingley 76.2 2 4 8 16 Ht5 Craven, Mountford, Williams, Pajari 74.0 2 4 10 20 Ht6 Fisher, Duckworth, Boocock, Lightfoot 76.6 1 5 11 25 Ht7 Mountford, Johnston, Payling (nf), Owen (exc) 76.0 3 2 14 27 Ht8 Craven, Lightfoot, Boocock, Williams 74.4 3 3 17 30 Ht9 Mountford, Duckworth, Forrest, Fisher 75.6 4 2 21 32 Ht10 Johnston, Mountford, Williams, Boocock 75.4 2 4 23 36 Ht11 Craven, Duckworth, Owen, Lightfoot 75.4 1 5 24 41 Ht12 Lightfoot, Fisher, Forrest, Payling 76.6 4 2 28 43 Ht13 Craven, Mountford, Duckworth, Boocock 75.0 2 4 30 47 Ht14 Johnston, Forrest, Pajari (f), Williams (f) 77.0 2 3 32 50 Ht15 Lightfoot, Fisher, Kitchen, Owen 76.6 3 3 35 53

Coventry 8 Belle Vue 4 Reserve League Coventry Les Owen 3 Nick Nicholls 0 Brian Meredith 3 Rick France 2’ Belle Vue Jack Kitchen 1’ Malcolm Bruce 2 Graham Beattie 1 Tony Robinson 0 Ht1 Owen, Bruce, Kitchen, Nicholls 78.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Meredith, France, Beattie, Robinson 77.0 5 1 8 4 Rest of match abandoned – rain

Friday 1st May 1959 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 46 Belle Vue Aces 44 (Britannia Shield)

Leicester Ken McKinlay 2’ 1’ 2 2 3 10 2 Alf Hagon 3 2 1’ 2 1 9 1 Jack Geran 2 3 2 2’ 2 11 1 Guy Allott 1’ 0 F 2’ 3 2 Eric Boothroyd 1’ 1’ 1’ 1’ 0 4 4 Bryan Elliott 2 2 2 3 0 9 Harry Bastable 0 0

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 1 2 3 3 3 12 Slant Payling 0 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 15 Peter Williams 0 0 0 E 1 1 Dick Fisher 0 0 1 1 1 3 Bob Duckworth 3 3 3 1 2’ 12 1 Jack Kitchen DNR

Ht1 Hagon, McKinlay, Johnston, Payling 70.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Craven, Geran, Allott, Williams 70.6 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Duckworth, Elliott, Boothroyd, Fisher 72.2 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Geran, Johnston, Payling, Allott 71.8 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Craven, Elliott, Boothroyd, Williams 72.0 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Duckworth, Hagon, McKinlay, Fisher 70.2 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Johnston, Elliott, Boothroyd, Payling 71.8 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Craven, McKinlay, Hagon, Williams 69.8 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Duckworth, Geran, Fisher, Bastable 71.6 2 4 28 26 Ht10 Johnston, Hagon, Boothroyd, Williams (ef) 72.0 3 3 31 29 Ht11 Craven, McKinlay, Duckworth, Allott (f) 70.0 2 4 33 33 Ht12 Elliott, Geran, Fisher, Payling 73.0 5 1 38 34 Ht13 Craven, Duckworth, Hagon, Boothroyd 70.4 1 5 39 39 Ht14 Johnston, Geran, Williams, Elliott 71.0 2 4 41 43 Ht15 McKinlay, Allott, Fisher, Payling (f) 72.2 5 1 46 44

Leicester Reserves v Belle Vue Reserves

Saturday 2nd May 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 57 Coventry Bees 33 (Britannia Shield)

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 3 3 3 3 3 15 Slant Payling 0 0 1’ 1 1 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 15 Peter Williams 2’ 0 0 0 0 2 1 Dick Fisher 3 2’ 3 3 2 13 1 Bob Duckworth 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 11 4 Jack Kitchen 0 0 0

Coventry Jim Lightfoot 2 0 1’ 1 4 1 Arthur Forrest 2 1’ 1 2 0 1’ 7 2 Ron How F 0 Maurie Mattingley 1 0 1’ 2 1 Nigel Boocock 1 1’ 2 2 3 9 1 Ron Mountford 0 2 1’ 1 2 6 1 Anti Pajari 1 2 1’ 0 4 1 Les Owen 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Johnston, Forrest, Owen, Payling 72.2 3 3 3 2 Ht2 Craven, Williams, Mattingley, How (ef) 72.8 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Fisher, Duckworth, Boocock, Mountford 74.0 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Craven, Lightfoot, Forrest, Williams 73.0 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Duckworth, Fisher, Pajari, Mattingley 75.0 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Johnston, Mountford, Boocock, Payling 73.0 3 3 24 12 Ht7 Fisher, Duckworth, Forrest, Lightfoot 75.2 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Johnston, Pajari, Mattingley, Kitchen 75.4 3 3 32 16 Ht9 Craven, Boocock, Mountford, Williams 74.0 3 3 35 19 Ht10 Fisher, Forrest, Lightfoot, Kitchen 74.4 3 3 38 22 Ht11 Johnston, Boocock, Pajari, Williams 74.4 3 3 41 25 Ht12 Craven, Duckworth, Mountford, Forrest 74.4 5 1 46 26 Ht13 Boocock, Fisher, Payling, Pajari 74.0 3 3 49 29 Ht14 Craven, Duckworth, Lightfoot, Mattingley 76.0 5 1 54 30 Ht15 Johnston, Mountford, Forrest, Williams 76.0 3 3 57 33

Nominated Riders for the Billy Butlin Cup Craven, Fisher, Duckworth, Johnston 74.6

Belle Vue Reserves 6 Coventry Reserves 24 Belle Vue Jack Kitchen 1 2 1 4 Gerry Hickson F F 0 Graham Beattie 0 1 1 Malcolm Bruce 1 0 0 1 Coventry Anti Pajari 3 2 5 Les Owen 2’ 3 3 8 1 Nick Nicholls 3 3 2’ 8 1 Brian Meredith 2’ 1 3 1 Ht1 Pajari, Owen, Kitchen, Hickson (f) 77.4 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Nicholls, Meredith,Bruce, Beattie 77.0 1 5 2 10 Ht3 Owen, Pajari, Beattie, Bruce 78.6 1 5 3 15 Ht4 Nicholls, Kitchen, Meredith, Hickson (f) 76.4 2 4 5 19 Ht5 Owen, Nicholls, Kitchen,Bruce 77.4 1 5 6 24

Junior Trial Robinson, Yacobi, Norman Wright, Toll, Jenkins 79.2

Tuesday 5th May 1959 Bannister Court, Southampton Southampton Saints 60 Belle Vue Aces 48 (Challenge)

Southampton Dick Bradley 3 2 3 0 1 9 0 5 Brian Brett 0 2*0 2* 4 2 4 Chum Taylor 2*2 2 1*0 7 2 5 Alby Golden 3 1 1*0 5 1 4 Brian Crutcher 3 2 2 7 0 3 Jim Squibb 2 2*2 6 1 3 Jack Scott 0 2 1 3 6 0 4 Johnny Hole 3 3 3 3 2* 14 1 5 Peter Vandenberg 2*0 0 2 1 3

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 2 2 1 1 6 0 4 Slant Payling 1*1 0 3 5 1 4 Peter Craven 1 3 3 3 3 3 16 0 6 Peter Williams 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 Dick Fisher 0 0 0 0 2 Bob Duckworth 3 3 3 2* 11 1 4 Jack Kitchen 1 1 0 2 1 5 0 5 Malcolm Bruce 0 0 1 1 0 3 Graham Beattie 1 1 0 0 2 0 4

1 Dick Bradley, Ron Johnston, Slant Payling, Brian Brett 65 3 – 3 3 – 3 2 Alby Golden, Chum Taylor, Peter Craven, Peter Williams 65.6 5 – 1 8 – 4 3 Bob Duckworth, Jim Squibb, Jack Kitchen, Jack Scott 66.2 2 – 4 10 – 8 4 Johnny Hole, Brian Brett, Slant Payling, Dick Fisher 66.8 5 – 1 15 – 9 5 Johnny Hole, Peter Vandenberg, Graham Beattie, Malcolm Bruce 67 5 – 1 20 – 10 6 Peter Craven, Dick Bradley, Peter Williams, Brian Brett 65 2 – 4 22 – 14 7 Brian Crutcher, Ron Johnston, Alby Golden, Slant Payling 64.6 4 – 2 26 – 16 8 Johnny Hole, Jim Squibb, Jack Kitchen, Malcolm Bruce 66.2 5 – 1 31 – 17 9 Peter Craven, Chum Taylor, Alby Golden, Jack Kitchen(f) 64 3 – 3 34 – 20 10 Bob Duckworth, Jack Scott, Graham Beattie, Peter Vandenberg 65.8 2 – 4 36 – 24 11 Dick Bradley, Brian Brett, Peter Williams, Dick Fisher 65.8 5 – 1 41 – 25 12 Slant Payling, Chum Taylor, Ron Johnston, Alby Golden(f) 65.6 2 – 4 43 – 29 13 Bob Duckworth, Jim Squibb, Malcolm Bruce, Peter Vandenberg 66 2 – 4 45 – 33 14 Peter Craven, Brian Crutcher, Chum Taylor, Peter Williams 64.2 3 – 3 48 – 36 15 Johnny Hole, Jack Kitchen, Jack Scott, Graham Beattie 66.8 4 – 2 52 – 38 16 Peter Craven, Brian Crutcher, Ron Johnston, Dick Bradley 64.2 2 – 4 54 – 42 17 Jack Scott, Johnny Hole, Jack Kitchen, Graham Beattie 66.4 5 – 1 59 – 43 18 Peter Craven, Bob Duckworth, Dick Bradley, Chum Taylor 65.2 1 – 5 60 – 48

Thursday 7th May 1959 Cowley Stadium, Oxford Oxford Cheetahs 51 Belle Vue Aces 39 (Britannia Shield)

Oxford Arne Pander 3 2 2 2 3 12 Arthur Wright 1 0 1’ 3 0 5 1 Ronnie Genz 2’ 1’ 1 2’ 6 3 Roy Bowers 0 3 2 0 0 5 Howdy Byford 1’ 1’ 2’ 2’ 2 8 4 Gordon McGregor 2 2 3 3 3 13 Colin Gooddy 2 2

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 2 2 Slant Payling 0 1 1 0 2 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 15 Peter Williams 1 0 0 1 1 3 Dick Fisher 0 1 0 2 2 5 Bob Duckworth 3 3 3 1 1 11 Jack Kitchen 0 0 0 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Pander, Johnston, Wright, Payling 68.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Craven, Gooddy, Williams, Bowers 68.4 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Duckworth, McGregor, Byford, Fisher 68.6 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Bowers, Genz, Payling, Kitchen 70.0 5 1 14 10 Ht5 Craven, McGregor, Byford, Williams 68.0 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Duckworth, Pander, Fisher, Wright 68.4 2 4 19 17 Ht7 McGregor, Byford, Payling, Kitchen 68.8 5 1 24 18 Ht8 Craven, Pander, Wright, Williams 68.4 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Duckworth, Bowers, Genz, Fisher 69.8 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Wright, Byford, Williams, Kitchen 71.0 5 1 35 25 Ht11 Craven, Pander, Duckworth, Bowers 69.0 2 4 37 29 Ht12 McGregor, Fisher, Genz, Payling 68.8 4 2 41 31 Ht13 Craven, Byford, Duckworth, Wright 69.6 2 4 43 35 Ht14 McGregor, Genz, Williams, Kitchen 70.4 5 1 48 36 Ht15 Pander, Fisher, Kitchen, Bowers 69.4 3 3 51 39

Butlins Holiday Trophy Qualifying Heat Craven, McGregor, Pander, Byford 69.0

Oxford Reserves Belle Vue Reserves Oxford Colin Gooddy 3 3 Dave Still 2’ 2’ 4 2 Ken Adams 3 3 Eric Hockaday 1 2’ 3 1 Belle Vue Jack Kitchen X F 0 Tony Robinson F 1 1 Graham Beattie 0 1 Malcolm Bruce 2 0 Ht1 Gooddy, Still, Kitchen (exc), Robinson (f) 72.0 5 0 5 0 Ht2 Adams, Bruce, Hockaday, Beattie 72.4 4 2 9 2 Ht3 Adams, Hockaday, Robinson, Kitchen (f) 71.4 5 1 14 3 Ht4 Gooddy, Still, Beattie, Bruce 71.8 5 1 19 4 Ht5 [ Adams, Gooddy, Beattie, Bruce ?

Saturday 9 May 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester BELLE VUE ACES 51 SWINDON ROBINS 57 (National League)

BELLE VUE Dick Fisher 0 3 2 R 1* - - 6 (1) Slant Payling 1 3 0 1* R - - 5 (1) Peter Craven (C) 3 3 3 3 3 3 - 18 Peter Williams 0 3 1 1 2 - - 7 Bob Duckworth 3 1 R 1 3 0 - 8 Jack Kitchen 2* 0 1 - - - - 3 (1) Malcolm Bruce 0 2 1 - - - - 3 Graham Beattie R X 1 - - - - 1

SWINDON George White 2* 2* 2 2 1* - - 9 (3) Neil Street 3 2 3 0 2 - - 10 Mike Broadbank 1* 2 3 0 3 - - 9 (1) Tadeusz Teodorowicz 2 1* 2* 3 1* - - 9 (3) Ian Williams (C) 1 2 3 2 0 - - 8 Glyn Chandler 0 2 F 0 2 - - 4 Tommy Sweetman 1* 1 F - - - - 2 (1) Johnny Board 1* 3 2* - - - - 6 (2)

Ht 1: Street, White, Payling, Fisher, 75.4 (1-5) Ht 2: Craven, Teodorowicz, Broadbank, P. Williams, 77.0 (4-8) Ht 3: Duckworth, Kitchen, I. Williams, Chandler, 77.4 (9-9) Ht 4: P. Williams, Street, Sweetman, Bruce, 77.8 (12-12) Ht 5: Payling, Chandler, Board, Beattie (ret), 77.0 (15-15) Ht 6: Street, White, Duckworth, Kitchen, 76.6 (16-20) Ht 7: Fisher, Broadbank, Teodorowicz, Payling, 78.0 (19-23) Ht 8: Craven, I. Williams, P. Williams, Chandler (fell), 76.4 (23-25) Ht 9: (Re-Run) Board, Bruce, Sweetman, Beattie (ex), 81.6 (25-29) Ht 10: Broadbank, Teodorowicz, Kitchen, Duckworth (ret), 77.4 (26-34) Ht 11: I. Williams, Fisher, Payling, Chandler, 78.0 (29-37) Ht 12: Craven, White, P. Williams, Street, 77.0 (33-39) Ht 13: Teodorowicz, Board, Bruce, Fisher (ret), 79.2 (34-44) Ht 14: Craven, I. Williams, Duckworth, Broadbank, 76.4 (38-46) Ht 15: Craven, White, Teodorowicz, Payling (ret), 77.2 (41-49) Ht 16: Duckworth, Chandler, Beattie, Sweetman (fell), 77.6 (45-51) Ht 17: Broadbank, P. Williams, Fisher, I. Williams, 77.8 (48-54) Ht 18: Craven, Street, White, Duckworth, 77.0 (51-57)

British Grand Prix Qualifying Round: Craven, Street, White, Teodorowicz, 77.4 Discovery Handicap: Jim Yacoby (Scr), Tony Robinson (15 yds), Norman Wright (Scr), Kitchen (15 yds; ret), Malcolm Bruce (15 yds; ns), 81.0

Saturday 16th May 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 65 43 (National League)

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 2 3 3 3 3 14 Dick Fisher 0 3 0 1 0 4 Peter Craven 3 2’ 3 3 3 14 1 Slant Payling 0 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 Bob Duckworth 3 3 3 2’ 2’ 13 2 Peter Williams 1 1 2 2 6 Jack Kitchen 0 2 1’ 3 1 Jim Yacoby 1 0 0 1

Poole Eric Boothroyd 1 2 1 2 3 0 9 Birger Forsberg 3 2 0 0 1 6 Jack Biggs 1’ 1’ 1’ 1 0 4 3 Ray Cresp 2 2 2 3 1’ 10 1 Jack Unstead 2 1 2 0 1 6 Norman Strachan 0 0 0 0 Trevor Blokdyk 1’ 0 3 1 5 1 Reg Duval 2 1 0 3

Ht1 Boothroyd, Johnston, Forsberg, Fisher 74.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Craven, Cresp, Biggs, Payling 75.2 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Williams, Unstead, Duckworth, Strachan 76.8 4 2 9 9 Ht4 Payling, Forsberg, Blokdyk, Kitchen 75.6 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Fisher, Duval, Yacoby, Strachan 76.2 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Duckworth, Boothroyd, Williams, Forsberg 75.8 4 2 20 16 Ht7 Johnston, Cresp, Biggs, Fisher 76.0 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Payling, Craven, Unstead, Blokdyk 76.2 5 1 28 20 Ht9 Blokdyk, Kitchen, Duval, Yacoby 78.6 2 4 30 24 Ht10 Duckworth, Cresp, Biggs, Williams 77.0 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Johnston, Unstead, Fisher, Strachan 77.0 4 2 37 29 Ht12 Craven, Payling, Boothroyd, Forsberg 74.8 5 1 42 30 Ht13 Cresp, Williams, Kitchen, Duval 77.8 3 3 45 33 Ht14 Craven, Duckworth, Biggs, Unstead 76.0 5 1 50 34 Ht15 Johnston, Boothroyd, Cresp, Fisher 76.6 3 3 53 37 Ht16 Boothroyd, Williams, Blokdyk, Yacoby 78.4 2 4 55 41 Ht17 Johnston, Payling, Unstead, Biggs 77.2 5 1 60 42 Ht18 Craven, Duckworth, Forsberg, Boothroyd 76.0 5 1 65 43

British Grand Prix Qualifying Round Payling, Johnston, Duckworth, Craven (ef) 76.0

Discovery Handicap Beattie (20), Lowther (0), Wright (0), McHugh (20), Bruce (20), Arthur Rowe (0) 79.0

Monday 18th May 1959 Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich Stars 47 Belle Vue Aces 61 (Challenge)

NORWICH Aub Lawson 2 2 3 2 1 10 Phil Clarke 0 3 0 1 4 Cyril Roger 3 0 1 1 1 6 Reg Trott 2’ 2 2 0 0 6 1 Billy Bales 2 1 2 0 1’ 0 6 1 Harry Edwards 1’ 0 1’ 2 2 Johnny Chamberlain 1’ 3 0 2 3 9 1 Clive Featherby 1 2’ 1 4 1

BELLE VUE Ron Johnston 1 3 3 3 3 13 Dick Fisher 3 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 12 3 Peter Craven 0 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Slant Payling 1 1 1 3 0 6 Bob Duckworth 3 3 0 3 2’ 11 1 Peter Williams 0 2 1 2 2 7 Jack Kitchen 0 1 0 1 Jim Yacoby 0 0 0 0

1 Fisher, Lawson, Johnston, Clarke, 73.8 2 4 2 Roger, Trott, Payling, Craven (e/f), 76.8 7 5 3 Duckworth, Bales, Edwards, Williams, 73.4 10 8 4 Fisher, Trott, Chamberlain, Kitchen, 73.8 13 11 5 Clarke, Williams, Featherby, Yacoby, 74.8 17 13 6 Johnston, Fisher, Bales, Edwards, 74.0 18 18 7 Craven, Lawson, Payling, Clarke, 73.4 20 22 8 Duckworth, Trott, Williams, Roger, 74.6 22 26 9 Chamberlain, Featherby, Kitchen, Yacoby, 75.0 27 27 10 Craven, Bales, Payling, Chamberlain, 73.2 29 31 11 Lawson, Williams, Clarke, Duckworth (e/f), 75.0 33 33 12 Johnston, Fisher, Roger, Trott, 74.2 34 38 13 Payling, Edwards, Chamberlain, Yacoby, 75.0 37 41 14 Duckworth, Craven, Roger, Bales, 74.8 38 46 15 Johnston, Lawson, Bales, Payling (ex), 73.6 41 49 16 Chamberlain, Williams, Featherby, Kitchen, 76.4 45 51 17 Craven, Duckworth, Lawson, Trott, 73.8 46 56 18 Johnston, Fisher, Roger, Bales, 75.2 47 61

Saturday 23rd May 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 69 Southampton Saints 38 (National League)

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 0 2*3 3 3 11 1 5 Dick Fisher 3 3 3 2* 11 1 4 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 5 Slant Payling 2*1 1 0 0 4 1 5 Bob Duckworth 3 3 2*2*2* 12 3 5 Peter Williams 2*1 3 3 3 12 1 5 Jack Kitchen 0 2 1 0 3 0 4 Bob McHugh 0 1*0 1 1 3

Southampton Chum Taylor 1*2 1*2 0 6 2 5 Geoff Mardon 2 2*0 2 1 7 1 5 Dick Bradley 1 0 1 0 2 Alby Golden 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 5 Jim Squibb 0 0 0 1* 1 1 4 Johnny Hole 1 1*2 0 1* 5 2 5 Jack Scott 3 3 0 1 2 9 0 5 Brian Brett 2 0 1 0 2 5 0 5

1 Dick Fisher, Geoff Mardon, Chum Taylor, Ron Johnston(ef) 75.4 3 – 3 3 – 3 2 Peter Craven, Slant Payling, Dick Bradley, Alby Golden(f) 75.8 5 – 1 8 – 4 3 Bob Duckworth, Peter Williams, Johnny Hole, Jim Squibb 77.4 5 – 1 13 – 5 4 Jack Scott, Geoff Mardon, Slant Payling, Jack Kitchen 77.2 1 – 5 14 – 10 5 Dick Fisher, Brian Brett, Johnny Hole, Bob McHugh 76.6 3 – 3 17 – 13 6 Bob Duckworth, Chum Taylor, Peter Williams, Geoff Mardon(nf) 77 4 – 2 21 – 15 7 Dick Fisher, Ron Johnston, Alby Golden, Dick Bradley 76.4 5 – 1 26 – 16 8 Peter Craven, Johnny Hole, Slant Payling, Jim Squibb 77.2 4 – 2 30 – 18 9 Jack Scott, Jack Kitchen, Bob McHugh, Brian Brett(ef) 77.8 3 – 3 33 – 21 10 Peter Williams, Bob Duckworth, Alby Golden, Jack Scott(ef) 78.4 5 – 1 38 – 22 11 Ron Johnston, Dick Fisher, Brian Brett, Johnny Hole 76.8 5 – 1 43 – 23 12 Peter Craven, Geoff Mardon, Chum Taylor, Slant Payling 76.4 3 – 3 46 – 26 13 Peter Williams, Alby Golden, Jack Kitchen, Brian Brett 78 4 – 2 50 – 28 14 Peter Craven, Bob Duckworth, Jack Scott, Jim Squibb 78.2 5 – 1 55 – 29 15 Ron Johnston, Chum Taylor, Alby Golden(ex), Jack Kitchen(nf) 78 3 – 2 58 – 31 16 Peter Williams, Jack Scott, Johnny Hole, Bob McHugh 78.4 3 – 3 61 – 34 17 Ron Johnston, Brian Brett, Jim Squibb, Slant Payling(nf) 78.2 3 – 3 64 – 37 18 Peter Craven, Bob Duckworth, Geoff Mardon, Chum Taylor 76.8 5 – 1 69 – 38

Scratch Race For Reserve Berth (Before Ht1) McHugh, Yacoby, Bruce, Beattie 77.8

British All Star Competition Craven, Johnston, Williams, Duckworth 76.6

Discovery Handicap Robinson (15), Rolfe (15), Holey (15), Skyner (0), Vic White (15 (ef) 81.0

Monday 25th May 1959 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 59 Belle Vue Aces 31 (Britannia Shield Final)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 3 3 2 2 3 13 Cyril Brine 1 1’ 1 1 1’ 5 2 Cyril Maidment 1’ 2 2’ 2’ 2’ 9 4 Bob Andrews 2 1’ 3 1’ 2’ 9 3 Peter Moore 2’ 2 1 3 2 10 1 Gerald Jackson 3 1’ 3 3 3 13 1 Gerald King DNR

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 2 3 2 2 1 10 Slant Payling 0 0 0 X 0 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 15 Peter Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Duckworth 1 2 1 1 1 6 Jack Kitchen 0 0 0 0 F 0 Ronnie Rolfe 0 0 0

Ht1 R.Moore, Johnston, Brine, Payling 66.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Craven, Andrews, Maidment, Williams 65.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Jackson, P.Moore, Duckworth, Fisher 67.0 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Johnston, Maidment, Andrews, Payling 67.2 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Craven, P.Moore, Jackson, Williams 67.4 3 3 18 12 Ht6 R.Moore, Duckworth, Brine, Kitchen 67.0 4 2 22 14 Ht7 Jackson, Johnston, P.Moore, Payling 67.6 4 2 26 16 Ht8 Craven, R.Moore, Brine, Williams 65.2 3 3 29 19 Ht9 Andrews, Maidment, Duckworth, Kitchen 67.6 5 1 34 20 Ht10 R.Moore, Johnston, Brine, Williams 67.8 4 2 38 22 Ht11 Craven, R.Moore, Andrews, Kitchen 66.0 3 3 41 25 Ht12 Jackson, Maidment, Duckworth, Rolfe 68.0 5 1 46 26 Ht13 Craven, P.Moore, Brine, Kitchen (f) 67.2 3 3 49 29 Ht14 Jackson, Maidment, Johnston, Williams 68.6 5 1 54 30 Ht15 R.Moore, Andrews, Duckworth, Rolfe 69.6 5 1 59 31

Saturday 30th May 1954 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 34 Wimbledon Dons 56 (Britannia Shield Final)

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 0 2 2 2 2 8 Slant Payling 3 F 1’ 0 0 4 1 Peter Craven 1 3 3 3 1 11 Danny Dunton F E 0 0 0 0 Bob Duckworth 0 1 2 2 2 7 Peter Williams 1 0 0 1 2 4 Jim Yacoby DNR

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 1’ 1’ 1 3 3 9 2 Gerald Jackson 2 2 3 2 3 12 Ron How 2’ 2’ 3 3 3 13 2 Bob Andrews 3 3 0 1 0 7 Cyril Maidment 2’ 1 2 1 1 7 1 Gerald King DNR

Ht1 Payling, Jackson, R.Moore, Johnston 75.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Andrews, How, Craven, Dunton (f) 76.4 1 5 4 8 Ht3 P.Moore, Maidment, Williams, Duckworth 76.8 1 5 5 13 Ht4 Craven, Jackson, R.Moore, Dunton (ef) 76.2 3 3 8 16 Ht5 Andrews, How, Duckworth, Williams 76.8 1 5 9 21 Ht6 P.Moore, Johnston, Maidment, Payling (frmtd) 77.2 2 4 11 25 Ht7 Jackson, Duckworth, R.Moore, Williams 76.8 2 4 13 29 Ht8 How, Johnston, Payling, Andrews 76.2 3 3 16 32 Ht9 Craven, Maidment, P.Moore, Dunton 75.8 3 3 19 35 Ht10 R.Moore, Duckworth, Andrews, Payling 76.8 2 4 21 39 Ht11 How, Johnston, Maidment, Dunton 77.2 2 4 23 43 Ht12 Craven, Jackson, Williams, P.Moore 76.8 4 2 27 45 Ht13 How, Duckworth, Maidment, Payling 78.0 2 4 29 49 Ht14 R.Moore, Williams, Craven, Andrews 77.4 3 3 32 52 Ht15 Jackson, Johnston, P.Moore, Dunton 78.2 2 4 34 56

Big Four Scurry Craven, R.Moore, How, Jackson 76.8

Reserve Scramble Robinson (10), Beattie (10), McHugh (10), Wright (0), Skyner (0) 80.2

Reserve Scratch Race Beattie, Robinson, McHugh, Yacoby (ns) 80.0

Midget Car Races Ht1 Parker, Johnson, Lea, Shaw, Doug Igoe, Bob Weld 81.8 Ht2 Hulme, Smith, Garth, Trevor Dutton, Shaw, Blood 82.4 Final Hulme, Johnson, Parker, Smith, Lea 81.0

Wednesday 3rd June 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester Visit of Harlem Globetrotters featured Match Races

Friday 5th June 1959 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates 48 Belle Vue Aces 60 (National League)

Poole Jack Biggs 2 0 2 Terry Small 0 2 1 1 1’ 5 1 Jack Unstead 2 2 1 0 2 1’ 8 1 Reg Duval 1’ 2 0 0 0 3 1 Les McGillivray 3 0 1’ 3 3 10 1 Ray Cresp 2’ 3 2 3 2 2 14 1 Norman Strachan 1’ 3 0 1 5 1 Gerry Bridson 1’ 0 F 1 1

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 3 1’ 2’ 3 3 12 2 Danny Dunton 1 3 2 3 0 9 Peter Craven 3 3 3 2 3 14 Slant Payling E 2’ 0 2 0 4 1 Peter Williams 0 3 1 2’ 2 8 1 Bob Duckworth 1 3 3 1’ 1 9 1 Graham Beattie 0 1’ 1’ 2 2 Tony Robinson 0 2 0 2

Ht1 Johnston, Biggs, Dunton, Small 72.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Craven, Unstead, Duval, Payling (ef) 72.4 3 3 5 7 Ht3 McGillivray, Cresp, Duckworth, Williams 73.4 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Dunton, Duval, Strachan, Beattie 74.0 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Williams, Small, Bridson, Robinson 73.0 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Cresp, Dunton, Johnston, McGillivray 73.4 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Craven, Payling, Small, Biggs 72.4 1 5 20 22 Ht8 Duckworth, Unstead, Williams, Duval 72.4 2 4 22 26 Ht9 Strachan, Robinson, Beattie, Bridson 74.4 3 3 25 29 Ht10 Craven, Cresp, McGillivray, Payling 72.8 3 3 28 32 Ht11 Duckworth, Williams, Small, Strachan 73.6 1 5 29 37 Ht12 Dunton, Johnston, Unstead, Duval 74.0 1 5 30 42 Ht13 McGillivray, Payling, Strachan, Robinson 74.0 4 2 34 44 Ht14 Cresp, Craven, Duckworth, Unstead 72.2 3 3 37 47 Ht15 Johnston, Unstead, Small, Payling 73.4 3 3 40 50 Ht16 McGillivray, Williams, Beattie, Bridson (f) 73.8 3 3 43 53 Ht17 Craven, Cresp, Duckworth, Duval 73.4 2 4 45 57 Ht18 Johnston, Cresp, Unstead, Dunton 73.2 3 3 48 60

Saturday 6th June 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 52 Wimbledon Dons 56 (National League)

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 3 2 3 3 2 13 Danny Dunton 1 3 1’ 0 0 5 1 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 15 Slant Payling 0 2 1 F 0 3 Bob Duckworth 2 1 2 0 0 5 Peter Williams 1’ 0 1’ 3 3 8 2 Jack Kitchen 1’ 0 1 2 1 Tony Robinson 0 1 0 1

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 2 2’ 2 2 1’ 9 2 Gerald Jackson 0 3 3 1’ 2 9 1 Ron How 2 3 3 2 1 11 Bob Andrews 1’ E X 1’ 2 1 Peter Moore 3 2 2 1’ 3 11 1 Cyril Maidment 0 1’ 0 1’ 2 4 2 Jim Tebby 2 2’ 2 6 1

Ht1 Johnston, R.Moore, Dunton, Jackson 74.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Craven, How, Andrews, Payling 73.2 3 3 7 5 Ht3 P.Moore, Duckworth, Williams, Maidment 75.0 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Jackson, Payling, Kitchen, Brine 76.5 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Dunton, Tebby, Maidment, Robinson 78.0 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Jackson, R.Moore, Duckworth, Williams 77.4 1 5 17 19 Ht7 How, Johnston, Dunton, Andrews (ef) 76.4 3 3 20 22 Ht8 Craven, P.Moore, Payling, Maidment 75.8 4 2 24 24 Ht9 Brine, Tebby, Robinson, Kitchen 79.0 1 5 25 29 Ht10 How, Duckworth, Williams, Brine 77.0 3 3 28 32 Ht11 Johnston, P.Moore, Maidment, Dunton 77.2 3 3 31 35 Ht12 Craven, R.Moore, Jackson, Payling (f) 75.4 3 3 34 38 Ht13 Williams, Tebby, Kitchen, Andrews (exc2min) 79.0 4 2 38 40 Ht14 Craven, How, P.Moore, Duckworth 76.0 3 3 41 43 Ht15 Johnston, R.Moore, Andrews, Dunton 76.6 3 3 44 46 Ht16 Williams, Maidment, Brine, Robinson 79.2 3 3 47 49 Ht17 P.Moore, Johnston, How, Payling 76.2 2 4 49 53 Ht18 Craven, Jackson, R.Moore, Duckworth 76.8 3 3 52 56

Big Four Scurry Craven, P.Moore, Johnston, How 76.0

Reserves Scramble Beattie (15), Wright (0), McHugh (15), Skyner (0) (ef), Graham Coombes (15) (nf) 80.2

Saturday 13th June 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 44 Norwich Stars 46 (System changed to 7 riders & 15 heat matches & Reserve Matches – midseason?)

BELLE VUE Ron Johnston 3 2 1’ 2 2’ 2 12 2 Danny Dunton 1 0 2 1’ 0 4 1 Peter Craven 2 3 3 3 3 14 Peter Williams 1’ 1 0 0 1’ 3 2 Bob Duckworth 3 2 2 2 2 11 Slant Payling 0 0 Jack Kitchen 0 0 0 0

NORWICH Aub Lawson 2 2 3 3 1 11 Phil Clarke 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 15 Harry Edwards 0 1 0 0 0 1 Billy Bales 2 3 2 2 3 12 Cyril Roger 1’ 1 1’ 1 1 5 2 Reg Trott 0 1 1’ 0 2 1

1 Johnston, Lawson, Dunton, Clarke (e/f), 73.6 4 2 2 Fundin, Craven, Williams, Edwards, 73.4 7 5 3 Duckworth, Bales, Roger, Payling (f), 75.2 10 8 4 Craven, Lawson, Williams, Trott, 73.2 14 10 5 Fundin, Duckworth, Edwards, Kitchen, 72.8 16 14 6 Bales, Johnston, Roger, Dunton, 75.2 18 18 7 Lawson, Duckworth, Trott, Kitchen, 75.0 20 22 8 Fundin, Dunton, Johnston, Edwards, 74.6 23 25 9 Craven, Bales, Roger, Williams, 74.2 26 28 10 Lawson, Duckworth, Dunton, Edwards, 75.8 29 31 11 Fundin, Johnston, Roger, Williams, 75.4 31 35 12 Craven, Bales, Trott, Kitchen, 74.4 34 38 13 Fundin, Duckworth, Roger, Dunton, 74.6 36 42 14 Craven, Johnston, Lawson, Edwards, 75.2 41 43 15 Bales, Johnston, Williams, Trott, 75.0 44 46

Big Four Scurry – Craven, Johnston, Bales, Duckworth, 74.6 Reserves Scratch Races 1 Trott, Tony Robinson, Graham Beattie (pushed home), Kitchen (f), 78.2 2 Bob McHugh, Malcolm Bruce, Robinson, Beattie (e/f), 79.8 3 Trott, Ray Harrison, Bruce, McHugh, 78.6 Try Again Handicap (yards behind scratch) 1 Graham Coombes (0), Norman Wright (0), Robinson (30), Harrison [e/f](10), 80.4 2 Coombes (0), Harrison (10), Derek Skyner (0), Jim Yakoby (30), 80.0 No Reserve match was programmed

Saturday 20 June 1959 Abbey Stadium, Swindon SWINDON ROBINS 51 BELLE VUE ACES 39 (National League)

SWINDON George White 3 3 2 3 3 - - 14 Neil Street 1 1 1* 1* 1 - - 5 (2) Mike Broadbank 3 3 3 3 3 - - 15 Gerry King 2* 1 0 0 1 - - 4 (1) Ian Williams (C) 3 3 2 2 0 - - 10 Trevor Redmond 1 0 1* 1 0 - - 3 (1) Leo McAuliffe ------

BELLE VUE Ron Johnston (C) 2 2 3 3 1* - - 11 (1) Danny Dunton 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 Peter Craven 1 2 3 2 3 2 - 13 Peter Williams 0 1* 0 0 - - - 1 (1) Bob Duckworth 2 2 2 2 2 - - 10 Slant Payling 0 0 1* 1* 2* R - 4 (3) Graham Beattie ------

Ht 1: White, Johnston, Street, Dunton, 75.0 (4-2) Ht 2: Broadbank, King, Craven, P. Williams, 75.4 (9-3) Ht 3: I. Williams, Duckworth, Redmond, Payling, 76.4 (13-5) Ht 4: Broadbank, Johnston, King, Dunton, 75.8 (17-7) Ht 5: I. Williams, Craven, P. Williams, Redmond, 76.6 (20-10) Ht 6: White, Duckworth, Street, Payling, 76.0 (24-12) Ht 7: Johnston, I. Williams, Redmond, Dunton, 77.4 (27-15) Ht 8: Craven, White, Street, P. Williams, 76.2 (30-18) Ht 9: Broadbank, Duckworth, Payling, King, 76.4 (33-21) Ht 10: Johnston, I. Williams, Street, P. Williams, 77.0 (36-24) Ht 11: White, Craven, Payling, King, 76.8 (39-27) Ht 12: Broadbank, Duckworth, Redmond, Dunton, 77.4 (43-29) Ht 13: Craven, Payling, Street, I. Williams, 77.6 (44-34) Ht 14: Broadbank, Craven, Johnston, Redmond, 76.8 (47-37) Ht 15: White, Duckworth, King, Payling (ret), 76.4 (51-39)

SWINDON RESERVES 14 BELLE VUE RESERVES 16 (National Reserve League)

SWINDON Leo McAuliffe (C) 3 3 0 - - - - 6 Johnny Board 1 F 1 - - - - 2 Tommy Sweetman 2* 1 - - - - - 3 (1) Reg Luckhurst 3 R - - - - - 3

BELLE VUE Graham Beattie 2 3 2* - - - - 7 (1) Graham Coombes 0 2* - - - - - 2 (1) Tony Robinson (C) 1 2 3 - - - - 6 Ray Harrison 0 1* - - - - - 1 (1)

Ht 1: McAuliffe, Beattie, Board, Coombes, 79.6 (4-2) Ht 2: Luckhurst, Sweetman, Robinson, Harrison, 79.0 (9-3) Ht 3: Beattie, Coombes, Sweetman, Luckhurst (f, rem, ret), 80.2 (10-8) Ht 4: McAuliffe, Robinson, Harrison, Board (fell), 80.8 (13-11) Ht 5: (Nominated) Robinson (y), Beattie (w), Board (b), McAiliffe (r), 80.0 (14-16)

Friday 26th June 1959 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 59 Belle Vue Aces 49 (National Trophy)

Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 3 2 3 3 1 15 Alf Hagon 1 0 1 2 1’ 5 1 Jack Geran 2 3 1’ 2’ 3 0 11 2 Bryan Elliott 1’ 1’ 0 1 1’ 4 3 Marian Kaiser 3 1 3 2 2 11 Eric Boothroyd 1 2 0 1 2 6 Dave Hankins 1 1’ 2 1 Charlie Barsby 3 2 5

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 2 3 3 3 3 3 17 Danny Dunton 0 0 0 0 Peter Craven 3 2 2 2’ 2 2’ 12 2 Peter Williams 2 1’ 1 E 1 5 Bob Duckworth 0 0 3 3 2 8 Slant Payling 0 E 1 0 1 Graham Beattie 0 3 0 3 Graham Coombes 2 0 0 0 2

Ht1 McKinlay, Johnston, Hagon, Dunton 67.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Craven, Geran, Elliott, Payling 68.0 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Kaiser, Williams, Boothroyd, Dunton 69.0 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Barsby, Coombes, Hankins, Beattie 70.6 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Geran, Craven, Williams, Hagon 68.8 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Johnston, Boothroyd, Elliott, Payling 69.4 3 3 21 15 Ht7 McKinlay, Craven, Kaiser, Duckworth 68.2 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Johnston, McKinlay, Geran, Duckworth 68.8 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Johnston, Craven, Hagon, Boothroyd 69.6 1 5 29 25 Ht10 Kaiser, Geran, Payling, Dunton 69.6 5 1 34 26 Ht11 Williams, Hagon, Duckworth, Elliott 71.2 2 4 36 30 Ht12 McKinlay, Craven, Elliot, Coombes 68.8 4 2 40 32 Ht13 Payling, Kaiser, Hagon, Duckworth 70.2 3 3 43 35 Ht14 Beattie, Barsby, Hankins, Coombes 71.8 3 3 46 38 Ht15 Johnston, Kaiser, Elliott, Williams 70.0 3 3 49 41 Ht16 Geran, Duckworth, Boothroyd, Beattie 71.2 4 2 53 43 Ht17 McKinlay, Boothroyd, Williams, Coombes 69.6 5 1 58 44 Ht18 Johnston, Craven, McKinlay, Geran 69.8 1 5 59 49

Saturday 27th June 1954 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 67 Leicester Hunters 41 (National Trophy)

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 2 2’ 2’ 2 3 1 12 Danny Dunton 1’ 1 2 3 1 8 1 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Peter Williams 2’ 2 2’ 3 0 9 2 Bob Duckworth 0 3 2’ 3 1 9 1 Slant Payling 2 1’ 0 E 0 3 1 Graham Beattie 3 1’ 4 1 Graham Coombes 2’ 2 4 1

Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 3 1 3 3 2 15 Alf Hagon 0 3 E 0 2 0 5 Jack Geran 1 2 1 F 4 Eric Boothroyd 1 0 1 2’ 1 5 1 Bryan Elliott E 0 1’ 1 1 Marian Kaiser 0 0 1 2 2 5 Guy Allott 1 0 3 4 Charlie Barsby F 1 E 1 E 2

Ht1 McKinlay, Johnston, Dunton, Hagon 75.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Craven, Williams, Geran, Kaiser 76.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Hagon, Payling, Boothroyd, Duckworth 79.0 2 4 10 8 Ht4 Beattie, Coombes, Allott, Barsby (f) 81.4 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Craven, Geran, Dunton, Boothroyd 78.6 4 2 19 11 Ht6 McKinlay, Williams, Payling, Kaiser 79.6 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Duckworth, Johnson, Geran, Allott , Elliott (exc2)79.8 5 1 27 15 Ht8 McKinlay, Johnston, Craven, Elliott (ef) 82.2 5 1 32 16 Ht9 McKinlay, Dunton, Barsby, Payling 80.6 2 4 34 20 Ht10 Craven, Duckworth, Kaiser, Hagon (ef) 81.4 5 1 39 21 Ht11 Dunton, Williams, Boothroyd, Barsby 82.0 5 1 44 22 Ht12 Williams, Johnston, Barsby, Hagon, Geran (f) 81.8 5 1 49 23 Ht13 Duckworth, Kaiser, Dunton, Elliott 81.6 4 2 53 25 Ht14 Allott, Coombes, Beattie, Barsby (ef) 83.2 3 3 56 28 Ht15 McKinlay, Boothroyd, Duckworth, Williams 81.0 1 5 57 33 Ht16 Craven, Hagon, Elliott, Payling (ef) 81.2 3 3 60 36 Ht17 Johnston, Kaiser, Boothroyd, Payling 81.8 3 3 63 39 Ht18 Craven, McKinlay, Johnston, Hagon 80.6 4 2 67 41

Old and New Scurry Yacoby, Wright, Kitchen, Phil Bishop (ef) 86.9

Saturday 4th July 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester World Championship Qualifying Round

Ron Johnston 3 3 3 3 3 15 Jimmy Squibb 1 1 2 3 2 9 Cyril Brine 0 2 2 1 0 5 Harry Bastable 2 2 1 E 2 7 Cyril Roger 2 2 3 3 1 11 Peter Craven 3 3 E 3 3 12 Tony Robinson 0 0 1 0 2 3 Colin Gooddy 2 0 0 2 0 4 Slant Payling F 0 0 Graham Beattie 1 E 1 1 F 3 Jack Unstead 3 1 1 0 1 6 Trevor Redmond 1 1 2 2 2 8 Ken McKinlay 3 2 3 2 3 13 Jim Yacoby 0 1 0 1 0 2 Alf Hagon 2 3 2 2 1 10 Bob McHugh (res) 0 0 1 1

Ht1 Johnston, Bastable, Squibb, Brine 73.0 Ht2 Craven Roger, Wright, Robinson 72.2 Ht3 Unstead, Gooddy, Beattie, Payling (f) 78.0 Ht4 McKinlay, Hagon, Redmond, Yacoby 72.8 Ht5 Johnston, Roger, Redmond, Gooddy 74.0 Ht6 Craven, McKinlay, Squibb, Payling 73.0 Ht7 Wright, Brine, Yacoby, Beattie (ef) 75.0 Ht8 Hagon, Bastable, Unstead, Robinson 74.8 Ht9 Johnston, Hagon, Beattie, Craven (ef)_ 75.0 Ht10 Roger, Squibb, Unstead, Yacoby 76.4 Ht11 McKinlay, Brine, Robinson, Gooddy 73.6 Ht12 Wright, Redmond, Bastable, McHugh 76.0 Ht13 Johnston, McKinlay, Wright, Unstead 74.0 Ht14 Squibb, Redmond, Beattie, Robinson 77.2 Ht15 Roger, Hagon, Brine, McHugh 77.4 Ht16 Craven, Gooddy, Yacoby, Bastable (ef) 76.2 Ht17 Johnston, Robinson, McHugh, Yacoby 79.0 Ht18 Wright, Squibb, Hagon, Gooddy 76.8 Ht19 Craven, Redmond, Unstead, Brine 76.0 Ht20 McKinlay, Bastable, Roger, Beattie (frmtd) 75.8

Saturday 11th July 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 49 Poland 41 (International Challenge)

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 2’ 3 3 3 2 13 1 Graham Coombes 3 0 F 1 1’ 5 1 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 15 Tony Robinson 2’ E 0 F 0 2 1 Graham Beattie 1 0 0 0 2 3 Danny Dunton 3 1 3 2’ 2’ 11 2 Jim Yacoby DNR

Poland Florian Kapala 1 2 2 2’ 1 8 1 J.Koscielak 0 1’ 1’ 0 1 3 2 Marian Philip 0 3 2 1’ 0 6 1 Mike Polukard 1 2’ 1’ 3 F 7 2 Kostanitin Pociejkowicz E 1’ 1’ 1 3 6 2 Henryk Zeto 2 2 2 2 3 11 Pado Mirowski DNR

Ht1 Johnston, Coombes, Kapala, Kosceilak 78.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Craven, Robinson, Polukard, Philips 79.0 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Dunton, Zeto, Beattie, Pociejkowicz 79.4 4 2 14 4 Ht4 Craven, Kapala, Koscielak, Robinson (ef) 76.2 3 3 17 7 Ht5 Philip, Polukard, Dunton, Beattie 79.6 1 5 18 12 Ht6 Johnston, Zeto, Pociejkowicz, Coombes 78.0 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Dunton, Kapala, Koscielak, Beattie 78.6 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Johnston, Philip, Polukard, Coombes (f) 78.2 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Craven, Zeto, Pociejkowicz, Robinson 77.0 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Polukard, Kapala, Coombes, Beattie 79.2 1 5 31 29 Ht11 Johnston, Zeto, Philip, Robinson (f) 77.0 3 3 34 32 Ht12 Craven, Dunton, Pociejkowicz, Koscielak 79.0 5 1 39 33 Ht13 Zeto, Beattie, Coombes, Philip 81.0 3 3 42 36 Ht14 Craven, Dunton, Kapala, Polukard (f) 82.0 5 1 47 37 Ht15 Pociejkowicz. Johnston, Kosceilak, Robinson 81.2 2 4 49 41

Reserve Scratch Race McHugh, Mirowski, Bruce, Yacoby (f) 84.4

Handicap Race Wright, Mirowski, Skyner, Rowe (f), McHugh (nf) 84.6

Monday 13th July 1959 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 62 Belle Vue Aces 25 (National League)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 3 3 2’ 3 3 14 1 Bob Andrews 1 2’ 1’ 2 6 2 Ron How 2 3 3 3 3 14 Gerald Jackson 1’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 4 Peter Moore 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 Cyril Maidment 2’ 2’ 2’ 1 1 8 3 Cyril Brine 1 1’ 2 1

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 2 0 1 1 2 6 Graham Coombes 0 1 0 0 0 1 Peter Craven 3 1 3 2 3 12 Danny Dunton 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Duckworth 1 1 1 2 1 6 Phil Bishop 0 0 0 0 Graham Beattie 0 0 0

Ht1 R.Moore, Johnston, Andrews. Coombes 66.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Craven, How, Jackson, Dunton 66.8 3 3 7 5 Ht3 P.Moore, Maidment, Duckworth, Bishop 67.4 5 1 12 6 Ht4 How, Jackson, Coombes, Johnston 68.4 5 1 17 7 Ht5 P.Moore, Maidment, Craven, Dunton 66.6 5 1 22 8 Ht6 R.Moore, Andrews, Duckworth, Bishop 68.4 5 1 27 9 Ht7 P.Moore, Maidment, Johnston, Coombes 68.0 5 1 32 10 Ht8 Craven, R,Moore, Andrews, Dunton 66.2 3 3 35 13 Ht9 How, Jackson, Duckworth, Bishop 68.4 5 1 40 14 Ht10 Andrews, R.Moore, Johnston, Dunton 68.2 5 1 45 15 Ht11 R.Moore, Craven, Brine, Beattie 67.2 4 2 49 17 Ht12 How, Duckworth, Maidment, Coombes 68.2 4 2 53 19 Ht13 Craven, P.Moore, Brine, Beattie 67.0 3 3 56 22 Ht14 How, Johnston, Maidment, Dunton 69.4 4 2 60 24 Ht16 R.Moore, Jackson, Duckworth, Coombes 69.6 5 1 65 25

Reserve League Wimbledon 24 Belle Vue 6 Wimbledon Cyril Brine 3 2’ 2’ 7 2 Ronnie Rolfe 1 3 4 Jim Tebby 3 3 3 9 Bobby Croombs 2’ 2’ 4 2 Belle Vue Graham Beattie 2 0 1 3 Tony Robinson 0 1 0 1 Jim Yacoby 0 0 Bob McHugh 1 0 1 2 Ht1 Brine, Beattie, Rolfe, Robinson 71.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Tebby, Croombes, McHugh, Yacoby 71.0 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Tebby, Croombs, Robinson, Beattie 72.6 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Rolfe, Brine, Beattie, McHugh 74.0 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Tebby, Brine, McHugh, Robinson 72.6 5 1 24 6

18th July – Firs Stadium – National League Norwich Stars 47 Belle Vue Aces 43 NORWICH Aub Lawson 3 2 0 0 0 5 Phil Clarke 2’ 1’ 2 2 1’ 8 3 Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3 3 15 Reg Trott 1 1 2’ 1 3 8 1 Cyril Roger 2’ 0 0 2 1 Harry Edwards 3 1 2 0 0 6 Johnny Chamberlain 1’ 2 3 1 BELLE VUE Ron Johnston 1 2 3 3 1’ 10 1 Graham Coombes 0 0 0 Peter Craven 2 3 3 3 3 14 Peter Williams 0 2’ 1 0 2 5 1 Bob Duckworth 1 3 1 2’ 1’ 2 10 2 Danny Dunton 0 0 0 0 Arthur Wright 0 1 2 1’ 4 1

1 Lawson, Clarke, Johnston, Coombes (f), 77.6 5 1 2 Fundin, Craven, Trott, Williams, 75.6 9 3 3 Edwards, Roger, Duckworth, Dunton, 77.4 14 4 4 Fundin, Johnston, Trott, Wright, 76.2 18 6 5 Craven, Williams, Edwards, Roger, 76.4 19 11 6 Duckworth, Lawson, Clarke, Dunton, 76.2 22 14 7 Johnston, Edwards, Wright, Roger (e/f), 75.8 24 18 8 Craven, Clarke, Williams, Lawson, 74.2 26 22 9 Fundin, Trott, Duckworth, Coombes, 75.2 31 23 10 Johnston, Clarke, Chamberlain, Williams, 74.6 34 26 11 Craven, Duckworth, Trott, Lawson, 74.4 35 31 12 Fundin, Wright, Duckworth, Edwards, 75.0 38 34 13 Craven, Chamberlain, Clarke, Dunton, 74.2 41 37 14 Fundin, Williams, Johnston, Edwards, 74.6 44 40 15 Trott, Duckworth, Wright, Lawson (e/f), 75.4 47 43 RESERVE LEAGUE – Norwich 17 Belle Vue 13 Norwich – Chamberlain (3,3,3) 9, John Debbage (0,0) 0, Clive Featherby (0,3) 3, Reg Luckhurst (2,2’,1) 5+1 Belle Vue – Tink Maynard (2,0) 2, Graham Beattie (1’,1,0) 2+1, Tony Robinson (3,2,2) 7, Coombes (1,1’) 2+1 1 Chamberlain, Maynard, Beattie, Debbage, 75.6 3 3 2 Robinson, Luckhurst, Coombes, Featherby (f), 77.0 5 7 3 Featherby, Luckhurst, Beattie, Maynard (e/f), 78.2 10 8 4 Chamberlain, Robinson, Coombes, Debbage, 76.0 13 11 5 Chamberlain, Robinson, Luckhurst, Beattie, 77.0 17 13

Thursday 23rd July 1959 Cowley Stadium, Oxford Oxford Cheetahs 62 Belle Vue Aces 28 (National League)

Oxford Arne Pander 3 2’ 2’ 3 3 13 2 Nick Nicholls 0 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Ronnie Genz 3 2 3 2’ 2 12 1 Howdy Byford 2’ 1’ 2’ 1 2’ 8 4 Gordon McGregor 2’ 1’ 1 3 2 9 3 Roy Bowers 3 2 0 3 1 9 Dave Still DNR

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 2 3 3 1 3 12 Arthur Wright 1’ 0 2’ 0 1 4 2 Peter Craven 1 3 1 2 1 8 Malcolm Bruce F 0 0 0 0 Bob Duckworth E 1 1 1 0 3 Danny Dunton 1 0 0 0 0 1 Tony Robinson 0 0

Ht1 Pander, Johnston, Wright, Nicholls 65.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Genz, Byford, Craven, Bruce 66.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Bowers, McGregor, Dunton, Duckworth 67.6 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Johnston, Genz, Byford, Wright 67.8 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Craven, Bowers, McGregor, Bruce 66.6 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Nicholls, Pander, Duckworth, Dunton 66.6 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Johnston, Wright, McGregor, Bowers 67.4 1 5 25 17 Ht8 Nicholls, Pander, Craven, Robinson 66.2 5 1 30 18 Ht9 Genz, Byford, Duckworth, Dunton 67.8 5 1 35 19 Ht10 McGregor, Nicholls, Johnston, Bruce 68.0 5 1 40 20 Ht11 Pander, Craven, Byford, Dunton 66.2 4 2 44 22 Ht12 Bowers, Genz, Duckworth, Weight 66.8 5 1 49 23 Ht13 Nicholls, McGregor, Craven, Dunton 67.2 5 1 54 24 Ht14 Johnston, Genz, Bowers, Bruce 67.8 3 3 57 27 Ht15 Pander, Byford, Wright, Duckworth 68.0 5 1 62 28

Reserve League Oxford 16 Belle Vue 14 Oxford Dave Still 2’ 3 1 6 1 Eric Hockaday 3 2 0 5 Ross Gilbertson 1 E 1 Cliff Cox 3 1 4 Belle Vue Tony Robinson F 3 3 6 Tink Maynard 1 2’ 2’ 5 2 Tommy Roper 0 1 1 Bob McHugh 2 0 2 Ht1 Hockaday, Still, Maynard, Robinson (f) 70.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Cox, McHugh, Gilbertson, Roper (fexc) 72.0 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Robinson, Maynard, Cox, Gilbertson (ef) 72.6 1 5 10 8 Ht4 Still, Hockaday, Roper, McHugh 70.6 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Robinson, Maynard, Still, Hockaday 70.6 1 5 16 14

Saturday 25th July 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester Champagne Derby

Peter Craven 3 3 2 3 3 14 Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 F 12 Marian Kaiser 2 3 2 2 2 11 Arthur Wright 2 1 3 1 1 8 Tony Robinson 0 1 1 1 0 3 Graham Coombes 1 1 0 0 0 2 Ron Johnston 2 3 1 0 1 7 Ronnie Moore 3 3 1 2 2 11 Bob Duckworth 1 2 1 3 3 10 Danny Dunton 0 2 2 2 2 8 Peter Williams 1 0 2 1 4 Graham Beattie 0 0 E 0 0 0

Ht1 McKinlay, Kaiser, Duckworth, Dunton 71.2 Ht2 Craven, Wright, Coombes, Beattie 71.2 Ht3 Moore, Duckworth, Williams, Robinson 73.8 Ht4 Kaiser, Johnston, Wright, Williams 73.4 Ht5 Moore, Dunton, Coombes, Beattie 74.2 Ht6 Johnston, Dunton, Robinson, Beattie (ef) 75.4 Ht7 Craven, Kaiser, Moore, Williams 72.8 Ht8 McKinlay, Craven, Duckworth, Beattie 71.2 Ht9 Wright, Kaiser, Johnston, Coombes 72.8 Ht10 McKinlay, Dunton, Robinson, Coombes 73.8 Ht11 Duckworth, Moore, Wright, Johnston 73.6 Ht12 McKinlay, Williams, Robinson, Coombes 74.0 Ht13 Craven, Dunton, Wright, Robinson 74.2 Ht14 Duckworth, Kaiser, Williams, Beattie 74.0 Ht15 Craven, Moore, Johnston, McKinlay (f) 72.4

Rising Stars Scurry Maynard, N.Wright, Bruce, Yacoby 77.4

Waipukurau Cup Craven, McKinlay, Moore, Kaiser 73.2

Junior Handicap McHugh (10), Roper (0), Maynard (30), Bruce (30), Yacoby (10), Wright (0) (ef) 78.2

Sidecar Scratch Bill Evans/Ron Jones, Harold Hill/Barry Cox, John Lidgate/Ian Paskin, Arthur Cantlin/Ron Baker (ns) 88.6

Sidecar Handicap 1 Ht1 Lidgate (0), Evans (50), Hill (20), Cantlin (ns) 87.6 Ht2 Hill (0), Lidgate (0), Evans (50), Cantlin (ns) 88.2

Saturday 1st August 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 54 Wimbledon Dons 54 (National Trophy)

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 1 2 2’ 3 3 F 11 1 Danny Dunton 0 1 1’ 0 0 2 1 Peter Craven 3 3 3 2’ 3 3 17 1 Peter Williams 1 1 2 0 0 4 Bob Duckworth 3 0 3 3 3 12 Tink Maynard 1 0 1 Graham Coombes F 2 1 3 Tony Robinson 1 3 4

Wimbledon Gerald Jackson 3 3 1 3 2 1’ 13 1 Ronnie Moore 2’ F 0 2 1’ 5 2 Ron How 2 2 1 E 1’ 6 1 Bob Andrews 2 0 1 1’ 2 6 1 Peter Moore 3 E 3 2 2 2 12 Cyril Maidment 0 2’ 1 1’ 1’ 5 3 Cyril Brine 3 2 5 Jim Tebby 2’ 0 2 1

Ht1 Jackson, R.Moore, Johnston, Dunton 72.6 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Craven, How, Williams, Maidment 71.8 4 2 5 7 Ht3 Duckworth, Andrews, Maynard, R.Moore (f) 72.0 4 2 9 9 Ht4 Brine, Tebby, Robinson, Coombes (f) 74.2 1 5 10 14 Ht5 Craven, How, Dunton, Andrews 72.8 4 2 14 16 Ht6 Jackson, Maidment, Williams, Maynard 74.2 1 5 15 21 Ht7 P.Moore, Johnston, How, Duckworth 72.2 2 4 17 25 Ht8 Craven, Johnston, Jackson, P.Moore (ef) 73.8 5 1 22 26 Ht9 Jackson, Coombes, Dunton, How (ef) 74.6 3 3 25 29 Ht10 Duckworth, Craven, Maidment, R.Moore 73.6 5 1 30 30 Ht11 P.Moore, Williams, Andrews, Dunton 74.2 2 4 32 34 Ht12 Johnston, R.Moore, How, Williams 73.0 3 3 35 37 Ht13 Duckworth, P.Moore, Maidment, Dunton 73.4 3 3 38 40 Ht14 Robinson, Brine, Coombes, Tebby 76.2 4 2 42 42 Ht15 Duckworth, Jackson, Andrews, Williams 74.0 3 3 45 45 Ht16 Craven, P.Moore, R.Moore, Coombes 74.0 3 3 48 48 Ht17 Johnston, Andrews, Maidment, Robinson 73.8 3 3 51 51 Ht18 Craven, P.Moore, Jackson, Johnston (f) 73.8 3 3 54 54

Junior Scratch Races Ht1 Beattie, Maynard, Bruce, McHugh 77.0 Ht2 Beattie, Wright, Ricky Smith, Yacoby (f) 78.2

Speed Car All Star Cup 5 laps Ht1 Blood, Parker, Smith, Lea, Hulme (ef), Bill Mather (crashed exc) ? Ht2 Johnson, Sven Christiansen, ? Trevor Dutton, Davis, [ Mike Dews, Joe Reece ? Final Johnson, Smith, Blood, Lea, Christiansen, Parker (ef) ?

Monday 3rd August 1959 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 75 Belle Vue 33 (National Trophy)

Wimbledon Bob Andrews F 0 3 1’ 3 7 1 Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 3 2 17 Ron How 2 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 11 3 Gerald Jackson 1’ 1 1 2 1 6 1 Peter Moore 3 3 3 2’ 3 0 14 1 Cyril Maidment 2’ 3 1 2’ 2’ 10 3 Cyril Brine 3 2’ 5 1 Jim Tebby 2’ 3 5 1

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 2 2 1 0 X 5 Danny Dunton 1’ 1 1 0 0 3 1 Peter Craven 3 1 2 2 3 3 14 Peter Williams 0 0 0 2 1 3 Bob Duckworth 1 F 2 1 1 1 6 Graham Beattie 0 0 0 0 0 0 Graham Coombes 1 1 2 Tony Robinson 0 F 0

Ht1 R.Moore, Johnston, Dunton, Andrews (f) 66.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Craven, How, Jackson, Beattie 66.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 P.Moore, Maidment, Dunton, Williams 68.8 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Brine, Tebby, Coombes, Robinson 69.2 5 1 16 8 Ht5 R.Moore, How, Craven, Williams 67.4 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Maidment, Johnston, Jackson, Beattie ? 4 2 25 11 Ht7 P.Moore, Craven, Duckworth, Andrews 66.4 3 3 28 14 Ht8 Andrews, How, Johnston, Duckworth (f) 67.8 5 1 33 15 Ht9 P.Moore, Craven, Maidment, Johnston 66.6 4 2 37 17 Ht10 P.Moore, How, Dunton, Beattie 69.8 5 1 42 18 Ht11R.Moore, Duckworth, Jackson, Williams 67.0 4 2 46 20 Ht12 Craven, Jackson, Andrews, Dunton 67.6 3 3 49 23 Ht13 R.Moore, P.Moore, Duckworth, Beattie 68.2 5 1 54 24 Ht14 Tebby, Brine, Coombes, Robinson (f) 70.2 5 1 59 25 Ht15 P.Moore, Williams, Jackson, Johnston (exc) 69.4 4 2 63 27 Ht16 How, Maidment, Duckworth, Dunton 69.2 5 1 68 28 Ht17 Andrews, Maidment, Williams, Beattie 68.8 5 1 73 29 Ht18 Craven, R.Moore, Duckworth, P.Moore 67.2 2 4 75 33

Saturday 8th August 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 50 Leicester Hunters 39 (National League)

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 2 3 2 2 2 11 Danny Dunton 1’ 2’ 0 1’ 0 4 3 Peter Craven 3 2 3 3 3 14 Peter Williams 1 1’ 0 0 2 1 Bob Duckworth 3 3 2 2 3 13 Arthur Wright 2’ 1’ 1 1 1 6 2 Graham Coombes 0 0

Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 2 14 Bryan Elliott 0 0 0 1 1 Jack Geran 2 2 3 3 2 12 Guy Allott 0 0 1 0 1 Marian Kaiser F 0 2 2 3 7 Charlie Barsby F 1 1’ 1 1’ 4 2 Alf Hagon 0 0 0

Ht1 McKinlay, Johnston, Dunton, Elliott 71.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Craven, Geran, Williams, Allott 73.0 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Duckworth, Wright, Kaiser (f), Barsby (f) 75.2 5 0 12 5 Ht4 McKinlay, Craven, Williams, Elliott 72.0 3 3 15 8 Ht5 Duckworth, Geran, Wright, Allott 74.0 4 2 19 10 Ht6 Johnston, Dunton, Barsby, Kaiser 75.2 5 1 24 11 Ht7 McKinlay, Duckworth, Wright, Hagon 73.0 3 3 27 14 Ht8 Geran, Johnston, Allott, Dunton 74.4 2 4 29 18 Ht9 Craven, Kaiser, Barsby, Williams 73.2 3 3 32 21 Ht10 McKinlay, Duckworth, Dunton, Allott 73.2 3 3 35 24 Ht11 Geran, Johnston, Barsby, Williams 75.0 2 4 37 28 Ht12 Craven, Kaiser, Wright, Elliott 73.4 4 2 41 30 Ht13 Duckworth, Geran, Barsby, Dunton 75.0 3 3 44 33 Ht14 Craven, McKinlay, Wright, Hagon 73.2 4 2 48 35 Ht15 Kaiser, Johnston, Elliott, Coombes 74.4 2 4 50 39

League Individual Championship Craven, Duckworth, Johnston, Geran (ns) 74.4

Reserve League Belle Vue 8 Leicester 22 Belle Vue Graham Coombes 2 0 2 Tony Robinson 0 2 1 3 Tink Maynard 1 2 0 3 Graham Beattie 0 0 0 Leicester Ivor Brown 1 1 2 Alf Hagon 3 3 3 9 Harry Bastable 2’ 1 3 1 Dave Hankins 3 3 2’ 8 1 Ht1 Hagon, Coombes, Brown, Robinson 77.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Hankins, Bastable, Maynard, Beattie 77.2 1 5 3 9 Ht3 Hagon, Maynard, Brown, Beattie 76.8 2 4 5 13 Ht4 Hankins, Robinson, Bastable, Coombes 78.0 2 4 7 17 Ht5 Hagon, Hankins, Robinson, Maynard 76.8 1 5 8 22

Speedcar v Sidecar Mike Parker (Sp) dead Heated with Harold Hill (Sc) 81.0

Speed Car Ht1 Hulme, Johnston, ?,?,? 78.8 Ht2 Smith, Parker, ?,?,? 82.6 Final Brown, Johnson, Parker, ?,? 80.8

Friday 14th August 1959 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 50 Belle Vue Aces 40 (National League)

Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 3 2 2 3 13 Bryan Elliott 1 0 1’ 0 0 2 1 Jack Geran 2 3 2’ 3 3 13 1 Guy Allott 1’ 1 3 0 2’ 7 2 Marian Kaiser 3 2 2 1 2 10 Charlie Barsby 0 1’ 1’ 1 2 5 2 Alf Hagon DNR

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 2 2 3 3 F 10 Tony Robinson 0 0 0 0 Peter Craven 3 3 2’ 3 3 3 17 1 Danny Dunton 0 0 0 1 1 Bob Duckworth 1’ 1’ 0 2 0 4 2 Arthur Wright 2 2 1 1 1 7 Graham Coombes 0 0 0

Ht1 McKinlay, Johnston, Elliott, Robinson 68.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Craven, Geran, Allott, Dunton 67.0 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Kaiser, Wright, Duckworth, Barsby 68.4 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Geran, Johnston, Allott, Coombes 69.0 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Craven, Kaiser, Barsby, Dunton 67.2 3 3 17 13 Ht6 McKinlay, Wright, Duckworth, Elliott 69.0 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Johnston, Kaiser, Barsby, Robinson 69.8 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Craven, McKinlay, Elliott, Dunton 68.8 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Allott, Geran, Wright, Duckworth 70.0 5 1 31 23 Ht10 Johnston, Craven, Kaiser, Elliott 70.2 1 5 32 28 Ht11 Craven, McKinlay, Wright, Allott 68.4 2 4 34 32 Ht12 Geran, Duckworth, Barsby, Coombes 69.4 4 2 38 34 Ht13 Craven, Kaiser, Wright, Elliott 69.0 2 4 40 38 Ht15 Geran, Barsby, Dunton, Johnson (f) 70.4 5 1 45 39 Ht16 McKinlay, Allott, Duckworth, Robinson 70.0 5 1 50 40

Junior League Leicester 20 Belle Vue 10 Leicester Alf Hagon 3 3 3 9 Ivor Brown 1 0 1 Harry Bastable 0 2’ 2 1 Dave Hankins 3 3 2’ 8 1 Belle Vue Graham Coombes 2 0.5 2.5 Tommy Roper 0 0.5 0.5 Jack Kitchen 2 1’ 1 4 1 Tink Maynard 1’ 2 0 3 1 Ht1 Hagon, Coombes, Brown, Roper 71.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Hankins, Kitchen, Maynard, Bastable 71.0 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Hankins, Bastable, Coombes & Roper 71.2 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Hagon, Maynard, Kitchen, Brown 71.8 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Hagon, Hankins, Kitchen, Maynard 71.0 5 1 20 10

Saturday 15th August 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester World Championship Semi Final

Mike Broadbanks 0 0 2 2 2 6 Ken McKinlay E 3 E 3 2 8 Jack Geran 2 3 2 0 1 9 Nigel Boocock 3 2 3 2 1 11 Aub Lawson 1 2 2 3 3 11 Gerald Jackson 0 0 3 1 3 7 Charlie Barsby 1 1 1 2 1 6 Jack Unstead 0 0 1 0 1 2 Ron How 3 2 3 3 3 14 Neil Street 2 3 F 1 2 8 Peter Moore 3 3 3 2 2 13 Bob Andrews 2 1 E 1 0 4 Cyril Roger 2 2 1 3 0 8 Dick Bradley 1 0 1 0 0 2 Gordon McGregor 1 1 2 1 3 8 Les Owen 3 1 0 0 0 4

Ht1 How, Street, Lawson, Jackson 72.2 Ht2 Owen, Andrews, Bradley, McKinlay (ef) 77.6 Ht3 Moore, Roger, McGregor, Broadbanks 75.4 Ht4 Boocock, Geran, Barsby, Unstead 75.2 Ht5 Geran, Lawson, McGregor, Bradley 75.8 Ht6 Street, Roger, Owen, Unstead 75.8 Ht7 Moore, Boocock, Andrews, Jackson 75.2 Ht8 Boocock, Broadbanks, Bradley, Street (f) 75.8 Ht9 Jackson, McGregor, Unstead, McKinlay (ef) 76.2 Ht10 How, Geran, Roger, Andrews (ef) 75.4 Ht13 Lawson, Broadbanks, Andrews, Unstead 77.0 Ht14 McKinlay, Moore, Street, Geran 74.6 Ht15 Roger, Barsby, Jackson, Bradley 75.2 Ht16 How, Boocock, McGregor, Owen 75.6 Ht17 Lawson, McKinlay, Boocock, Roger 75.2 Ht18 McGregor, Street, Barsby, Andrews 77.0 Ht19 Jackson, Broadbanks, Geran, Owen 77.2 Ht20 How, Moore, Unstead, Bradley 77.2

Saturday 22nd August 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 44 Oxford Cheetahs 46 (National League)

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 2 3 2 2 3 12 Jack Kitchen 0 1 0 0 1 Peter Craven E 3 3 3 3 12 Danny Dunton 1 0 0 1 Bob Duckworth 3 1’ 1 2 2 9 1 Arthur Wright 2’ 2 3 1 1 9 1 Graham Coombes 0 0 0 0

Oxford Arne Pander 3 2 2 3 2 12 Nick Nicholls 1 1’ E 2 2 6 1 Gordon McGregor 3 3 3 3 3 15 Howdy Byford 2’ 0 1 1 0 4 1 Ronnie Genz 0 0 Roy Bowers 1 2 1’ 1 1 6 1 Ken Adams 0 0 Colin Gooddy 2 0 1’ 3 1

Ht1 Pander, Johnston, Nicholls, Kitchen 74.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 McGregor, Byford, Dunton, Craven (ef) 77.2 1 5 3 9 Ht3 Duckworth, Weight, Bowers, Genz 76.8 5 1 8 10 Ht4 Craven, Pander, Nicholls, Dunton 73.2 3 3 11 13 Ht5 McGregor, Wright, Duckworth, Byford 74.6 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Johnston, Bowers, Kitchen, Adams 76.0 4 2 18 18 Ht7 Wright, Pander, Duckworth, Nicholls (ef) 75.4 4 2 22 20 Ht8 McGregor, Johnston, Byford, Kitchen 74.4 2 4 24 24 Ht9 Craven, Gooddy, Bowers, Coombes 76.4 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Pander, Duckworth, Byford, Kitchen 75.2 2 4 29 31 Ht11 McGregor, Johnston, Bowers, Coombes 74.8 2 4 31 35 Ht12 Craven, Nicholls, Wright, Gooddy 74.0 4 2 35 37 Ht13 McGregor, Duckworth, Bowers, Coombes 75.4 2 4 37 41 Ht14 Craven, Pander, Wright, Byford 74.6 4 2 41 43 Ht15 Johnston, Nicholls, Gooddy, Dunton 76.0 3 3 44 46

League Individual Championship Craven, Pander, Johnston, McGregor 75.0

Reserve League Belle Vue 19 Oxford 11 Belle Vue Graham Coombes 2’ 0 2 1 Tink Maynard 3 3 3 9 Tony Robinson 3 2 2’ 7 1 Tommy Roper 1 0 1 Oxford Cliff Cox E 3 1 4 Dave Still 1 1 2 Colin Gooddy 2 2 0 4 Ross Gilbertson 0 1’ 1 1 Ht1 Maynard, Coombes, Still, Cox 76.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Robinson, Gooddy, Roper, Gilbertson 76.8 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Cox, Robinson, Still, Roper 76.8 2 4 11 5 Ht4 Maynard, Gooddy, Gilbertson, Coombes 78.4 3 3 14 8 Ht5 Maynard, Robinson, Cox, Gooddy 79.0 5 1 19 9

Handicap Race McHugh, Beattie, Bruce, Yacoby 78.8

Sidecars Ht1 Hill, Lidgate, ?, Comlin 89.4 Ht2 Hill, Comlin, Lidgate, ? ?

Saturday 29th August 1959 Brandon Stadium, Coventry Coventry Bees 51 Belle Vue 39 (National League)

Coventry Arthur Forrest 2 1 1’ 3 2 9 1 Jim Lightfoot 1’ 0 2 0 2’ 5 2 Nigel Boocock 3 2 3 2.5 3 13.5 Antti Pajari 0 0 0 0 0 Ron Mountford 3 3 3 3 3 15 Maury Mattingley 1 2’ 1 2.5 2’ 8.5 2 Les Owen 0 0

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 3 3 2 2 1 11 Slant Payling 0 1 0 X 1 Bob Duckworth 1’ 0 0 2 1 3 7 1 Peter Williams 2 1 3 1’ 0 7 1 Arthur Wright 2 3 2 1 1 9 Tink Maynard 0 2’ 1’ 1’ 0 4 3 Graham Coombes 0 0

Ht1 Johnston, Forrest, Lightfoot, Payling 68.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Boocock, Williams, Duckworth, Pajari 69.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Mountford, Wright, Mattingley, Maynard 68.4 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Johnston, Boocock, Payling, Pajari 70.2 2 4 12 12 Ht5 Mountford, Mattingley, Williams, Duckworth 68.4 5 1 17 13 Ht6 Wright, Maynard, Forrest, Lightfoot 69.2 1 5 18 18 Ht7 Mountford, Johnston, Mattingley, Payling 69.0 4 2 22 20 Ht8 Williams, Lightfoot, Forrest, Duckworth 70.6 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Boocock, Wright, Maynard, Pajari 68.8 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Mountford, Johnston, Williams, Lightfoot 69.4 3 3 31 29 Ht11 Forrest, Duckworth, Maynard, Owen 70.4 3 3 34 32 Ht12 Boocock & Mattingley, Wright, Coombes* 70.8 5 1 39 33 Ht13 Mountford, Lightfoot, Duckworth, Maynard 70.2 5 1 44 34 Ht14 Boocock, Mattingley, Johnston, Williams 70.8 5 1 49 35 Ht15 Duckworth, Forrest, Wright, Pajari 70.8 2 4 51 39 * Payling (exc)

Reserve League Coventry 21 Belle Vue 9 Coventry Graham Warren 3 2’ 2 7 1 Rick France 1 3 4 Antto Pajari 3 3 1’ 7 1 Brian Meredith 2’ 1 3 1 Belle Vue Graham Coombes 2 0 2 Jack Kitchen 0 2 3 5 Tony Robinson 0 1 0 1 Danny Dunton 1 0 1 Ht1 Warren, Coombes, France, Kitchen 72.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Pajari, Meredith, Dunton, Robinson 71.6 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Pajari, Kitchen, Meredith, Coombes 72.4 4 2 13 5 Ht4 France, Warren, Robinson, Dunton 72.4 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Kitchen, Warren, Pajari, Robinson ? 3 3 21 9

Tuesday 1st September 1959 Bannister Court, Southampton Southampton Saints 59 Belle Vue Aces 31 (National League)

Southampton Brian Crutcher 3 3 2 3 3 14 0 5 Brian Hanham 1 1 1*1*2 6 2 5 Geoff Mardon 2 3 3 3 3 14 0 5 Alby Golden 1*1 2*1 2* 7 3 5 Chum Taylor 2 1*3 2 1* 9 2 5 Dick Bradley 1*2 2*2*2* 9 4 5 Brian Brett DNR

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 2 2 1 0 0 5 0 5 Peter Williams 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 2 3 17 0 6 Tink Maynard 0 0 0 0 2 Bob Duckworth 3 2 1 1 1 0 8 0 6 Arthur Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Slant Payling 0 0 0 1

1 Brian Crutcher, Ron Johnston, Brian Hanham, Peter Williams 63.8 4 – 2 4 – 2 2 Peter Craven, Geoff Mardon, Alby Golden, Tink Maynard 64 3 – 3 7 – 5 3 Bob Duckworth, Chum Taylor, Dick Bradley, Arthur Wright(ef) 66.8 3 – 3 10 – 8 4 Geoff Mardon, Ron Johnston, Alby Golden, Peter Williams 64.8 4 – 2 14 – 10 5 Peter Craven, Dick Bradley, Chum Taylor, Tink Maynard 64 3 – 3 17 – 13 6 Brian Crutcher, Bob Duckworth, Brian Hanham, Arthur Wright 63.6 4 – 2 21 – 15 7 Chum Taylor, Dick Bradley, Ron Johnston, Peter Williams 66.6 5 – 1 26 – 16 8 Peter Craven, Brian Crutcher, Brian Hanham, Slant Payling(ef) 63 3 – 3 29 – 19 9 Geoff Mardon, Alby Golden, Bob Duckworth, Arthur Wright 64.8 5 – 1 34 – 20 10 Peter Craven, Chum Taylor, Brian Hanham, Ron Johnston(ef) 64 3 – 3 37 – 23 11 Brian Crutcher, Peter Craven, Alby Golden, Arthur Wright 62.2 4 – 2 41 – 25 12 Geoff Mardon, Dick Bradley, Bob Duckworth, Peter Williams 65.2 5 – 1 46 – 26 13 Peter Craven, Brian Hanham, Chum Taylor, Arthur Wright 63.2 3 – 3 49 – 29 14 Geoff Mardon, Dick Bradley, Bob Duckworth, Ron Johnston 63.6 5 – 1 54 – 30 15 Brian Crutcher, Alby Golden, Peter Williams, Bob Duckworth (ef) 64.4 5 – 1 59 – 31

Junior League Southampton 22 Belle Vue 8 Southampton Jack Scott 3 3 2’ 8 1 Brian Brett 2’ 2’ 3 7 2 Peter Vandenberg 3 1 4 Johnny Hole F 3 3 Belle Vue Slant Payling 1 2 0 3 Tony Robinson 0 0 0 Graham Coombes 1’ 0 1 1 Jack Kitchen 2 1 1 4 Ht1 Scott, Brett, Payling, Robinson 65.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Vandenberg, Kitchen, Coombes, Hole (f) 67.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Hole, Payling, Vandenberg, Robinson 65.6 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Scott, Brett, Kitchen, Coombes 68.0 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Brett, Scott, Kitchen, Payling 65.0 5 1 22 8

Wednesday 2nd September 1959 New Cross Stadium, London New Cross Rangers 52 Belle Vue Aces 37 (Challenge)

New Cross Peter Moore 2 3 3 2’ 3 13 1 Colin Gooddy 1’ 1’ 1 1 3 7 2 Nigel Boocock F 2 2 3 3 10 Marian Kaiser F 1’ 3 1 5 1 Cyril Roger 2 3 2 3 2’ 12 1 Reg Luckhurst 1’ 1 1’ 1 0 4 2 Graham Coombes 1’ 1 1

Belle Vue Arne Pander 3 3 3 2 1’ 12 1 Slant Payling 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Duckworth 3 2 2 1 1 9 Arthur Wright 2’ 0 0 0 2 4 1 Peter Craven 3 2 3 2 2 12 Peter Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Pander, Moore, Gooddy, Payling 60.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Duckworth, Wright, Boocock (f), Kaiser (f) 63.4 0 5 3 8 Ht3 Craven, Roger, Luckhurst, Williams 62.8 3 3 6 11 Ht4 Pander, Boocock, Coombes, Payling 62.6 3 3 9 14 Ht5 Roger, Duckworth, Luckhurst, Wright (nf) 62.6 4 2 13 16 Ht6 Moore, Craven, Gooddy, Williams 62.2 4 2 17 18 Ht7 Pander, Roger, Luckhurst, Payling 61.6 3 3 20 21 Ht8 Moore, Duckworth, Gooddy, Wright (f) 62.2 4 2 24 23 Ht9 Craven, Boocock, Kaiser, Williams 62.2 3 3 27 26 Ht10 Roger, Pander, Gooddy, Wright 63.0 4 2 31 28 Ht11 Kaiser, Moore, Duckworth, Williams 64.0 5 1 36 29 Ht12 Boocock, Craven, Luckhurst, Payling 62.8 4 2 40 31 Ht13 Gooddy, Roger, Duckworth, Williams 64.6 5 1 45 32 Ht14 Boocock, Wright, Pander, Luckhurst 63.4 3 3 48 35 Ht15 Moore, Craven, Kaiser, Payling 62.0 4 2 52 37

New Cross Reserves 13 Graham Coombs 2 0 0 2 Stan Stevens 1’ 1 1 Dave Hankins 2 3 3 8 Clive Hitch F 0 0 Pete Jarman 2 2

Belle Vue Reserves 17 Bob Thomas 3 1’ 4 1 Derek Timms 0 0 Ivor Brown 1 3 4 Geoff Pymar 3 1 2 6 Tommy Sweetman 2 1’ 3 1

Ht1 Thomas, Coombes, Stevens, Timms 63.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Pymar, Hankins, Brown, Hitch (f) 64.4 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Hankins, Sweetman, Thomas, Hitch 64.0 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Brown, Jarman, Pymar, Coombes 64.6 2 4 10 14 Ht5 Hankins, Pymar, Sweetman, Coombs 64.6 3 3 13 17

Saturday 5th September 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 55 Coventry Bees 35 (National League)

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 3 3 3 3 3 15 Peter Williams 0 2’ 1 2’ 1’ 6 3 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 15 Tink Maynard 1 0 1 1 3 Bob Duckworth 2 2 1’ 3 1 10 1 Arthur Weight 1’ 1’ 2 1 E 5 2 Slant Payling 1 1

Coventry Arthur Forrest 2 1’ E 0 1’ 4 2 Jim Lightfoot 1 2 3 1 0 7 Nigel Boocock 2 3 2 2 2 3 14 Maury Mattingley 0 0 0 0 Ron Mountford 3 E E 0 2 2 7 Antti Pajari 0 1 0 1 Graham Warren 0 0

Ht1 Johnston, Forrest, Lightfoot, Williams 74.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Craven, Boocock, Maynard, Mattingley 74.8 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Mountford, Duckworth, Wright, Pajari 75.0 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Craven, Lightfoot, Forrest, Maynard 75.8 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Boocock, Duckworth, Wright, Mattingley 74.6 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Johnston, Williams, Pajari, Mountford (ef) 75.8 5 1 21 15 Ht7 Lightfoot, Wright, Duckworth, Forrest (ef) 75.6 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Johnston, Boocock, Williams, Mountford (ef) 73.6 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Craven, Boocock, Payling, Mountford 74.0 4 2 32 22 Ht10 Duckworth, Williams, Lightfoot, Forrest 74.6 4 1 37 23 Ht11 Johnston, Boocock, Maynard, Pajari 74.0 4 2 41 25 Ht12 Craven, Mountford, Wright, Lightfoot 73.8 4 2 45 27 Ht13 Boocock, Duckworth, Williams, Warren 75.8 3 3 48 30 Ht14 Craven, Mattingley, Forrest, Wright (ef) 76.2 3 3 51 33 Ht15 Johnston, Mountford, Maynard, Lightfoot 74.6 4 2 55 35

League Individual Championship Craven, Johnston, Boocock, Duckworth (ef) 73.6

British Match Race Championship Ht1 Ove Fundin bt Peter Craven 72.0 Ht2 Peter Craven bt Ove Fundin 71.0 Ht3 Peter Craven bt Ove Fundin 70.4

Reserve League Match Belle Vue 15 Coventry 9 Belle Vue Slant Payling 3 X 3 6 Graham Coombes 1 X 1 Jack Kitchen 3 2 1 6 Tony Robinson 1 1’ 2 1 Coventry Graham Warren 2 3 2 7 No Rider Rick France E X 0 0 Brian Meredith 2 X 2 Ht1 Payling, Warren, Coombes 77.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Kitchen, Meredith, Robinson, France (ef) 77.4 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Warren, Kitchen, Robinson 78.6 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Payling, Coombes, France, Meredith (all exc) Race Void 0 0 11 7 Ht5 Payling, Warren, Kitchen, France 77.0 4 2 15 9

Wednesday 2nd September 1959 New Cross Stadium, London New Cross Rangers 52 Belle Vue Aces 37 (Challenge)

Saturday 12th September 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester Best Pairs Johnston & Payling

Ron Johnston 3 3 3 3 3 15 Slant Payling 0 0 1 F 1 2 Total 17 Arthur Wright 3 3 2 2 1 11 Peter Williams 0 0 1 1 2 4 Total 15 Bjorn Knutsson 3 E 3 3 2 11 Guy Allott 0 2 0 E 2 Total 13 Ove Fundin 2 3 3 3 3 14 Tink Maynard 1 1 0 0 2 Total 16 Jack Biggs 2 2 1 3 1 9 Cyril Maidment 1 1 2 2 2 8 Total 17 Ray Cresp 2 2 E 2 0 6 Bob Andrews 1 1 2 1 1 6 Total 12 Jack Kitchen (res) F 0 Graham Coombes (res) 0 0

Ht1 Johnston, Fundin, Maynard, Payling 73.8 Ht2 Wright, Biggs, Maidment, Williams 75.0 Ht3 Knutsson, Cresp, Andrews, Allott 74.4 Ht4 Johnston, Biggs, Maidment, Payling 74.8 Ht5 Wright, Cresp, Andrews, Williams 76.0 Ht6 Fundin, Allott, Maynard, Knutsson (ef) 73.2 Ht7 Johnston, Andrews, Payling, Cresp (ef) 75.8 Ht8 Fundin, Wright, Williams, Maynard 74.0 Ht9 Knutsson, Maidment, Williams, Payling (f) 75.2 Ht10 Johnston, Wright, Williams, Payling (f) 74.8 Ht11 Fundin, Cresp, Andrews, Maynard 75.2 Ht12 Knutsson, Williams, Wright, Kitchen (f) 75.2 Ht13 Biggs, Maidment, Andrews, Cresp 76.0 Ht14 Johnston, Knutsson, Payling, Allott (ef) 74.6 Ht15 Fundin, Maidment, Biggs, Coombes 75.2 Decider. Johnston, Biggs, Maidment, Payling 73.8

Belle Vue Junior Scratch Race Ht1 Brine, Beattie, Kitchen, Roper 77.8 Ht2 Robinson, Coombes, McHugh, Bruce (ef) 78.0 Final Brine, Coombes, Beattie & Robinson 78.0

500cc Cras Championship Ht1 Hulme, Smith, Blood, Johnson, Street, Stamper 88.8 Ht2 Parker, G.Beattie, Davies, Mather, Garside, Lea 82.6 Final Hume, Parker, Blood, Smith, Beattie, Davies 78.6

Saturday 26th September 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 67 New Cross Rangers 41 (Challenge)

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Slant Payling 1 1’ 2 1 0 5 1 Bob Duckworth 0 2 1 2’ 3 2’ 10 2 Peter Williams 1 3 3 0 2 9 Arthur Wright 3 1 3 2 E 9 Jack Biggs 2’ 2’ 1’ 2’ 0 7 4 Jack Kitchen 2’ 1 3 1 Tink Maynard 3 3 6

New Cross Arne Pander E 0 0 Birger Forsberg 2 E 1 1’ 1 0 5 1 Bjorn Knutsson 3 3 2 3 2 3 1 17 Teo Teodorowicz 1 F 1 Marian Kaiser 0 0 2 1 1 1’ 5 1 Ray Cresp 2’ 1 2 0 3 2 10 1 Graham Coombes 0 F 2 2 Tony Robinson 1 F 1

Ht1 Johnston, Forsberg, Payling, Pander (ef) 73.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Knutsson, Cresp, Williams, Duckworth 74.2 1 5 5 7 Ht3 Wright, Biggs, Teodorowicz, Forsberg (ef) 74.0 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Maynard, Kitchen, Robinson, Coombes 75.2 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Knutsson, Duckworth, Payling, Robinson (f) 74.2 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Williams, Biggs, Cresp, Pander 74.0 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Johnston, Knutsson, Wright, Kaiser 73.4 4 2 27 15 Ht8 Johnston, Cresp, Duckworth, Kaiser 74.0 4 2 31 17 Ht9 Knutsson, Payling, Biggs, Coombes (f) 74.4 3 3 34 20 Ht10 Wright, Duckworth, Forsberg, Cresp 74.2 5 1 39 21 Ht11 Williams, Kaiser, Payling, Teodorowicz (f) 74.6 4 2 43 23 Ht12 Johnston, Knutsson, Forsberg, Williams 73.2 3 3 46 26 Ht13 Cresp, Wright, Kaiser, Payling 74.6 2 4 48 30 Ht14 Maynard, Coombes, Kitchen, Robinson 75.2 4 2 52 32 Ht15 Knutsson, Williams, Forsberg, Wright (ef) 74.4 2 4 54 36 Ht16 Duckworth, Biggs, Kaiser, Forsberg 74.6 5 1 59 37 Ht17 Johnston, Cresp, Kaiser, Biggs 74.0 3 3 62 40 Ht18 Johnston, Duckworth, Knutsson, Cresp 73.6 5 1 67 41

Belle Vue Junior Scratch Races Ht1 Robinson, Coombes, Roper, McHugh (ef) 78.6 Ht2 Maynard, Kitchen, Bruce, Yacoby 77.6 Final Maynard, Robinson, Coombes, Kitchen (f) 76.8

Saturday 3rd October 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester Supporters’ Trophy

Arne Pander 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Bob Duckworth 3 3 3 2 2 3 16 Peter Williams 2 1 1 2 3 2 11 Gordon McGregor 3 3 3 3 0 3 15 Chum Taylor DNR Tink Maynard 0 2 2 2 2 1 9 Ron How 3 E 3 Arthur Wright 1 E 3 1 2 7 Ron Mountford 1 2 1 4 Arthur Forrest 2 0 1 1 1 5 Marian Kaiser 2 1 0 1 2 2 8 Slant Payling 1 0 1 Graham Beattie (res) F 0 Brian Meredith (res) 0 E 1 1 Tony Robinson (res) 0 2 2 2 0 6 Jack Kitchen (res) 0 0 Jim Yacoby (res) 0 E 0 Malcolm Bruce (res) 1 1 2 Graham Coombes (res) 0 1 0 0 1

Ht1 Pander, Williams, Wright, Meredith 76.6 Ht2 Duckworth, Forrest, Mountford, Beattie 76.4 Ht3 How, Kaiser, Williams, Maynard 77.6 Ht4 McGregor, Mountford, Williams, Wright 77.6 Ht5 Pander, Maynard, Payling, Forrest 76.2 Ht6 Duckworth, Williams, Forrest, How (exc) 77.2 Ht7 McGregor, Maynard, Kaiser, Robinson 77.4 Ht8 McGregor, Meredith, Robinson (f), Payling (ef) 77.0 Ht9 Duckworth, Maynard, Forrest, Kaiser 77.2 Ht10 Pander, Robinson, Mountford, Kitchen 76.2 Ht11 McGregor, Duckworth, Kaiser, Coombes 77.2 Ht12 Wright, Maynard, Forrest, Robinson 77.4 Ht13 Pander, Kaiser, Coombes, McGregor 75.8 Ht14 Williams, Robinson, Bruce, Coombes 78.6 Ht15 Pander, Duckworth, Wright, Yacoby 76.0 Ht16 McGregor, Kaiser, Meredith, Robinson 77.2 Ht17 Duckworth, Wright, Maynard, Coombes 78.0 Ht18 Pander, Williams, Bruce, Yacoby 76.8

Grand Challenge Match Race Brian Meredith bt Slant Payling 77.6

Junior Scratch Race [ Coombes, Kitchen, Robinson, Beattie ?

500cc Cars Ht1 Smith, Hulme, Brookes, Blood, Sam Street, Davies ? Ht2 Bill Stamper, Johnson, Parker, Beattie, Lea, Garside 82.4 Final Smith, Johnston, Parker, Stamper, Hulme (ef), Brooks (spun) 82.4

Saturday 10th October 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester Cup

Ron Johnston 3 3 3 3 3 15 Ron Mountford 2 2 3 3 1 11 Chum Taylor 2 1 3 1 3 10 Arthur Wright DNR Tony Robinson 0 2 1 0 2 5 Peter Craven 3 3 3 E 2 11 Bob Duckworth 1 2 3 3 0 9 Peter Williams 1 1 2 2 2 8 Tink Maynard 3 1 0 1 0 5 Teo Teodorowicz 2 2 2 1 1 8 Danny Dunton 0 0 2 0 1 3 Slant Payling 0 2 2 Graham Beattie 0 0 Malcolm Bruce 1 1 Wal Morton 0 1 1 Jack Kitchen E 1 1 Graham Coombes 0 0 0

Ht1 Johnston, Taylor, Duckworth, Dunton 73.2 Ht2 Maynard, Mountford, Williams, Payling 75.4 Ht3 Craven, Teodorowicz, Taylor, Robinson 73.0 Ht4 Taylor, Duckworth, Williams, Kitchen (ef) 75.4 Ht5 Johnston, Robinson, Maynard, Dunton 75.6 Ht6 Craven, Mountford, Taylor, Maynard 73.8 Ht7 Duckworth, Teodorowicz, Robinson, Morton 75.6 Ht8 Craven, Dunton, Bruce, Coombes 76.8 Ht9 Mountford, Teodorowicz, Maynard, Robinson 75.2 Ht10 Johnston, Williams, Kitchen, Craven (ef) 75.4 Ht11 Mountford, Payling, Teodorowicz, Dunton 76.2 Ht12 Duckworth, Robinson, Morton, Maynard 76.0 Ht13 Johnston, Williams, Teodorowicz, Coombes 76.4 Ht14 Taylor, Williams, Dunton, Beattie 77.6 Ht15 Johnston, Craven, Mountford, Duckworth 75.8

Gorton Scratch Race Ht1 Payling, Kitchen, Bernard McArthur, McHugh (ns) 78.0 Ht2 Coombes, Bruce, Beattie, Roper 79.4 Final Payling, Coombes, Kitchen, Bruce (f) 77.8

Go-Kart 2 laps Clive Williams, Frank Bowers, Wee (Bill) McGregor, Peter Wilson, Dick Baxter,?,?,? 55.0

Sidecar Match Race 4 laps rolling start Ht1 Chris Vincent bt Harry Hill 86.6 Ht2 Harry Hill bt Chris Vincent ?

500 cc Cars Ht1 Hulme, Johnson, Smith, Fred Stambler, Beattie, 78.4 Ht2 Parker, Lea, Davies, [ Garth, Garside, Street ? Final Hulme, Smith, Johnson, Lea, Parker, Davies 79.0

Belle Vue 1959 Needs in BOLD

Friday 27 March 1959 Abbey SWINDON ROBINS 50 BELLE VUE ACES 46 (Ch) Saturday 28th March 1959 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 74 Wimbledon Dons 46 (LC) Monday 30th March 1959 London Wimbledon Dons 53 Belle Vue Aces 39 (LC) Saturday 4th April 1959 Belle Vue Manchester Northern Cup Saturday 11th April 1959 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 51 Oxford Cheetahs 39 (BS) Thursday 16th April 1959 Cowley Oxford Cheetahs v Belle Vue Aces (Britannia Shield) Rained Off Saturday 18th April 1954 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 58 Leicester Hunters 32 (BS) Saturday 25th April 1954 Brandon Coventry Bees 25 Belle Vue Aces 53 (BS) Friday 1st May 1959 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 46 Belle Vue Aces 44 (BS) Need Reserve Match Details Saturday 2nd May 1959 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 57 Coventry Bees 33 (BS) Tuesday 5th May 1959 Bannister Court Southampton Saints 60 Belle Vue Aces 48 (Ch) Thursday 7th May 1959 Cowley Oxford Cheetahs 51 Belle Vue Aces 39 (BS) DetHt5 Res Lea Match Saturday 9 May 1959 Manchester BELLE VUE ACES 51 SWINDON ROBINS 57 (NL) Saturday 16th May 1959 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 65 Poole Pirates 43 (NL) Monday 18th May 1959 Firs Norwich Stars 47 Belle Vue Aces 61 (Ch) Saturday 23rd May 1959 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 69 Southampton Saints 38 (NL) Monday 25th May 1959 London Wimbledon Dons 59 Belle Vue Aces 31 (BS) Saturday 30th May 1954 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 34 Wimbledon Dons 56 (BS) Wednesday 3rd June 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester Visit of Harlem Globetrotters featured Match Races Friday 5th June 1959 Poole Stadium, Poole Pirates 48 Belle Vue Aces 60 (NL) Saturday 6th June 1959 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 52 Wimbledon Dons 56 (NL) Saturday 13th June 1959 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 44 Norwich Stars 46 (NL) Saturday 20 June 1959 Abbey SWINDON ROBINS 51 BELLE VUE ACES 39 (NL) Friday 26th June 1959 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 59 Belle Vue Aces 49 (NT) Saturday 27th June 1954 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 67 Leicester Hunters 41 (NT) Saturday 4th July 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester World Championship QR Saturday 11th July 1959 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 49 Poland 41 (IC) Monday 13th July 1959 London Wimbledon Dons 62 Belle Vue Aces 25 (NL) Saturday 18th July 1960 Firs Stadium, Norwich Stars 47 Belle Vue Aces 43(NL) Thursday 23rd July 1959 Cowley Oxford Cheetahs 62 Belle Vue Aces 28 (NL) Saturday 25th July 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester Champagne Derby Saturday 1st August 1959 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 54 Wimbledon Dons 54 (NT) Monday 3rd August 1959 London Wimbledon Dons 75 Belle Vue 33 (NT) THt6 Saturday 8th August 1959 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 50 Leicester Hunters 39 (NL) Friday 14th August 1959 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 50 Belle Vue Aces 40 (NL) Saturday 15th August 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester World Championship SF Saturday 22nd August 1959 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 44 Oxford Cheetahs 46 (NL) Saturday 29th August 1959 Brandon Coventry Bees 51 Belle Vue 39 (NL) THt5 Res L Match Tuesday 1st September 1959 Bannister Court Southampton Saints 59 Belle Vue Aces 31 (NL) Wednesday 2nd September 1959 London New Cross Rangers 52 Belle Vue Aces 37 (Ch) Saturday 5th September 1959 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 55 Coventry Bees 35 (NL) Saturday 12th September 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester Best Pairs Saturday 26th September 1959 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 67 New Cross Rangers 41 (Ch) Saturday 3rd October 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester Supporters’ Trophy Det Jnr Scr Saturday 10th October 1959 Belle Vue, Manchester Johnnie Hoskins Cup SH