Hastings Speedway Results 1948

Friday 19th March 1948 Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol Bulldogs 66 Southampton/Hastings 18 (Challenge)

Bristol Jack Mountford 2*2*2*2* 8 4 4 Fred Tuck 3 3 3 3 12 0 4 Eric Salmon 2*3 3 3 11 1 4 Roger Wise 3 1 2*2* 8 2 4 Billy Hole 3 3 3 3 12 0 4 Mike Beddoe 2*2*2*2* 8 4 4 Cyril Quick 3 3 6 0 2 Johnny Hole 0 1 1 0 2

Southampton/Hastings Bob Oakley 0 2 1 0 3 0 4 Bert Croucher 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 Wally Green 1 0 1*1 3 1 4 Jock Grierson 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 Alf Bottoms 1 1 1 1 4 0 4 Ken Tidbury 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 Alf Kaines 1 2 3 0 2 Ron Clark 2 0 2 0 2

1 Fred Tuck, Jack Mountford, Bert Croucher, Bob Oakley 70.2 5 – 1 5 – 1 2 Roger Wise, Eric Salmon, Wally Green, Jock Grierson 69.8 5 – 1 10 – 2 3 Billy Hole, Mike Beddoe, Alf Bottoms, Ken Tidbury 69.2 5 – 1 15 – 3 4 Cyril Quick, Jack Mountford, Alf Kaines, Jock Grierson 69.4 5 – 1 20 – 4 5 Eric Salmon, Bob Oakley, Roger Wise, Bert Croucher 69.6 4 – 2 24 – 6 6 Billy Hole, Mike Beddoe, Jock Grierson, Wally Green 71.4 5 – 1 29 – 7 7 Fred Tuck, Jack Mountford, Alf Bottoms, Ken Tidbury 70.2 5 – 1 34 – 8 8 Eric Salmon, Ron Clark, Wally Green, Johnny Hole 71.4 3 – 3 37 – 11 9 Billy Hole, Mike Beddoe, Bob Oakley, Bert Croucher 71 5 – 1 42 – 12 10 Fred Tuck, Jack Mountford, Wally Green, Jock Grierson 71.4 5 – 1 47 – 13 11 Eric Salmon, Roger Wise, Alf Bottoms, Ken Tidbury 69.2 5 – 1 52 – 14 12 Billy Hole, Alf Kaines, Johnny Hole, Bob Oakley 71 4 – 2 56 – 16 13 Cyril Quick, Roger Wise, Alf Bottoms, Ron Clark 69.4 5 – 1 61 – 17 14 Fred Tuck, Mike Beddoe, Ken Tidbury, Bert Croucher 71.4 5 – 1 66 – 18

Monday 19th April 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 57 Hastings Saxons 27 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Cyril Roger 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 Bert Roger F 3 3 3 9 Arthur Pilgrim 3 1 1’ 2 7 1 Stan Hodson 0 3 F 0 3 Broncho Slade 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Hugh Geddes 3 2’ 2’ 1 8 2 Don Hardy 2’ 3 5 1 Norman Clay 2 2’ 4 1

Hastings Ken Tidbury 1’ 2 1 1 5 1

Eric Dunn 2 0 0 2 4 Wally Green 1’ 0 3 1 5 1 Ron Clark 2 1 1 0 4 Jock Grierson 1 1 3 2 7 Dan English 0 0 1 0 1 Al Collins 0 0 0 Ken Middleditch 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 C.Roger, Dunn, Tidbury, B,Roger (f) 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Pilgrim, Clark, Green, Hodson 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Geddes, Slade, Grierson, English 5 1 11 7 Ht4 C.Roger, Hardy, Clark, Collins 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Hodson, Tidbury, Pilgrim, Dunn 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Slade, Geddes, Clark, Green 5 1 25 11 Ht7 B.Roger, C.Roger, Grierson, English 5 1 30 12 Ht8 Green, Clay, Pilgrim, Middleditch 3 3 33 15 Ht9 Slade, Geddes, Tidbury, Dunn 5 1 38 16 Ht10 B.Roger, C.Roger, Green, Clark 5 1 43 17 Ht11 Grierson, Pilgrim, English, Hodson (f) 2 4 45 21 Ht12 Slade, Clay, Tidbury, Collins 5 1 50 22 Ht13 Hardy, Grierson, Middleditch, Hodson 3 3 53 25 Ht14 B.Roger, Dunn, Geddes, English 4 2 57 27

Wednesday 21st April 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 44 Stoke Potters 39 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Ken Tidbury 2 3 3 1 9 Ron Clark 0 2’ 0 0 2 1 Wally Green 3 3 3 3 12 Eric Dunn F 0 2’ 2 4 1 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Dan English 0 0 F 1 1 Jack Scott 2’ 1’ 3 2 Bob Sivyer 0 1 1

Stoke Dave Anderson 3 2 2 2 9 Ken Adams 1 1’ 1’ 3 6 2 Gil Blake 1’ 2 2 2’ 7 2 Dick Howard 2 F 2’ 4 1 Vic Pitcher DNR Frank Evans 2 1 1 2’ 6 1 Ray Harris 1’ 0 0 0 3 4 1 Jock (Bill) Gordon F 1’ 1’ 0 2 2

Ht1 Anderson, Tidbury, Adams, Clark 81.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Green, Howard, Blake, Dunn 79.8 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Grierson, Evans, Harris, English 82.2 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Tidbury, Scott, Howard (f), Gordon (f) 83.8 5 0 13 10 Ht5 Green, Anderson, Adams, Dunn 79.8 3 3 16 13 Ht6 Grierson, Blake, Gordon, English 83.6 3 3 19 16 Ht7 Tidbury, Clark, Evans, Harris 86.2 5 1 24 17 Ht8 Green, Blake, Gordon, Sivyer 79.8 3 3 27 20 Ht9 Grierson, Anderson, Adams, English 81.8 3 3 30 23 Ht10 Howard, Blake, Tibury, Clark 83.2 1 5 31 28 Ht11 Green, Dunn, Evans, Harris 84.4 5 1 36 29 Ht12 Grierson, Anderson, Sivyer, Harris 83.6 4 2 40 31 Ht13 Harris, Dunn, Scott, Gordon 87.6 3 3 43 34

Ht14 Adams, Evans, English, Clark 87.0 1 5 44 39

Future Stars Scratch Race Ht1 Doug Smith, Pete Mold, Matt Leonard, John Hayles 89.4 Ht2 K.Smith, Harry Collins, Ken Middleditch, Reg Wells 88.2

St Leonards Scurry Ht1 Blake, Tidbury, Harris, English 83.0 Ht2 Green, Anderson, Clark, Mold ? Ht3 Grierson, Evans, Adams, Dunn 87.0 Ht4 Collins, Scott, Sivyer, Gordon 88.6 Final Green, Grierson, Blake, Collins 82.0

Saturday 24th April 1948 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath Cradley Heath Cubs 57 Hastings Saxons 27 (National League Division Three)

Cradley Heath Bill Clifton 2’ 3 0 1’ 6 2 Les Beaumont 3 2 2 3 10 Jimmy Coy 1’ 2’ 1’ 1 5 3 Jimmy Wright 2 3 3 3 11 Eric Irons 2’ 1 2’ 3 8 2 Alan Hunt 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Frank Evans 1 1 2 Phil Malpass 2 2’ 4 1

Hastings Ken Tidbury 1 0 0 1 2 Eric Dunn E 1 1 0 2 Wally Green 3 2 3 3 11 Ron Clark 0 F 0 0 0 Jock Grierson 1 3 2 2 8 Dan English 0 1 0 1 2 Ken Smith 2 0 2 Pete Mold E E 0

Ht1 Beaumont, Clifton, Tidbury, Dunn (ef) 82.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Green, Wright, Coy, Clark 79.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Hunt, Irons, Grierson, English 78.4 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Clifton, Smith, Evans, Clark (f) 82.6 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Wright, Coy, Dunn, Tidbury 81.6 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Hunt, Green, Irons, Clark 78.6 4 2 26 10 Ht7 Grierson, Beaumont, English, Clifton 81.6 2 4 28 14 Ht8 Green, Malpass, Coy, Mold (ef) 80.0 3 3 31 17 Ht9 Hunt, Irons, Dunn, Tidbury 80.0 5 1 36 18 Ht10 Green, Beaumont, Clifton, Clark 79.6 3 3 39 21 Ht11 Wright, Grierson, Coy, English 80.2 4 2 43 23 Ht12 Irons, Malpass, Tidbury, Smith 81.6 5 1 48 24 Ht13 Wright, Grierson, Evans, Mold (ef) 80.4 4 2 52 26 Ht14 Beaumont, Hunt, English, Dunn 79.8 5 1 57 27

Wednesday 28th April 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 40 Exeter Falcons 44 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Ken Tidbury 0 3 1 1 5 Ron Clark 1 0 0 1 Wally Green 3 3 3 3 12 Eric Dunn 2’ 1 1 3 7 1

Jock Greirson 3 3 2 2 10 Harry Collins 1 1 0 0 2 Jack Scott 0 1 1 1 Bill Osborne 1 0 1

Exeter Cyril Roger 3 2 3 3 11 Broncho Slade 2’ 0 1 2’ 5 2 Bert Roger 1 0 2 3 6 Arthur Pilgrin 0 1’ 2 2’ 5 2 Stan Hodson 0 2’ 0 2 4 1 Hugh Geddes 2 3 2 3 10 Don Hardy 2 1 3 Norman Clay 0 0 0

Ht1 C.Roger, Slade, Clark, Tidbury 77.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Green, Dunn, B.Roger, Pilgrim 77.2 5 1 6 6 Ht3 Grierson, Geddes, Collins, Hodson 80.6 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Tidbury, Hardy, Pilgrim, Scott 81.2 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Green, C.Roger, Dunn, Slade 75.4 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Grierson, Pilgrim, Collins, B.Roger 81.2 4 2 21 15 Ht7 Geddes, Hodson, Clark, Tidbury 80.0 1 5 22 20 Ht8 Green, B.Roger, Osborne, Clay 75.8 4 2 26 22 Ht9 C.Roger, Grierson, Slade, Collins 75.8 2 4 28 26 Ht10 B.Roger, Pilgrim, Tidbury, Clark 77.2 1 5 29 31 Ht11 Green, Geddes, Dunn, Hodson 78.2 4 2 33 33 Ht12 C.Roger, Grierson, Hardy, Osborne 80.0 2 4 35 37 Ht13 Dunn, Hodson, Scott, Clay 81.4 4 2 39 39 Ht14 Geddes, Slade, Scott, Collins 81.8 1 5 40 44

Future Stars Scratch Race Ht1 Dug Smith, English, Pete Mold, Matt Leonard (f)84.0 Ht2 Smith, Sivyer, Ken Middleditch, Reg Wells 84.8

St Leonards Scurry Ht1 B.Roger, Hodson, Collins, Tidbury 81.2 Ht2 Gren, C.Roger, Pilgrim, Clark 76.2 Ht3 Grierson, Slade, Dunn, Geddes 83.4 Ht4 Hardy, Scott, English, Clay 84.4 Final Green, Grierson, B.Roger, Hardy 79.2

Tuesday 4th May 1948 Caister Road Stadium, Yarmouth Yarmouth Bloaters 46 Hastings Saxons 38 (National League Division Three)

Yarmouth Bert Rawlinson 2’ 3 0 1’ 6 2 Roy Duke 3 2 2 2’ 9 1 Charlie Smith 0 F 0 Bill Caruthers 2 3 2 2 9 Billy Bales 0 1’ 2’ 3 6 2 Sid Hipperson 2 2 3 3 10 Reg Morgan 1 2 0 1’ 4 1 Bill Williams 1’ 1 2 1

Hastings Ken Tidbury 1 2 1 2 6 Ken Smith 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Wally Green 3 3 3 3 12 Dan English 1 2 0 0 3

Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Ron Clarke 1 1 1 1 4 Jack Scott 0 0 0 Harry Collins 0 0 0

Ht1 Duke, Rawlinson, Tidbury, K.Smith 82.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Green, Carruthers, English, C.Smith 80.2 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Grierson, Hipperson, Clark, Bales 80.0 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Rawlinson, English, Morgan, Scott 81.2 4 2 13 11 Ht5 Carruthers, Tidbury, K.Smith, C.Smith (f) 79.8 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Green, Hipperson, Bales, English 79.6 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Grierson, Duke, Clark, Rawlinson 78.8 2 4 21 21 Ht8 Green, Morgan, Williams, Collins 81.2 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Hipperson, Bales, Tidbury, K.Smith 80.0 5 1 29 25 Ht10 Green, Duke, Rawlinson, English 79.6 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Grierson, Carruthers, Clark, Morgan 80.0 2 4 34 32 Ht12 Bales, Tidbury, Williams, Scott 80.8 4 2 38 34 Ht13 Grierson, Carruthers, Morgan, Collins 79.6 3 3 41 37 Ht14 Hipperson, Duke, Clark, K.Smith 80.2 5 1 46 38

Wednesday 5th May 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 48 Poole Pirates 36 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Ken Tidbury 3 3 2 0 8 Doug Smith 0 2 0 2 Wally Green 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Eric Dunn 1 2’ 1 0 4 1 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Dan English 1 0 2’ 2’ 5 2 Jock Scott 0 1 1 Ron Clark 1’ 3 1 5 1

Poole Charlie Hayden 1 1 0 0 2 Sid Clark 2 0 1 3 6 Allan Chambers 2 1 3 6 Fred Pawson 0 1’ 1’ 2 2 Joe Bowkis 2 3 2 3 10 Sid Hazzard 0 0 0 1 1 Alf Elliott 2 2 1 2 7 George Butler 0 2’ 2 1

Ht1 Tidbury, S.Clark, Hayden, Smith 80.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Green, Elliott, Dunn, Pawson 78.8 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Grierson, Bowkis, English, Hazzard 76.6 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Tidbury, Elliott, Pawson, Scott 82.2 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Green, Dunn, Hayden, S.Clark 82.4 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Grierson, Chambers, Pawson, English 80.2 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Bowkis, Tidbury, R.Clark, Hazzard 80.4 3 3 25 17 Ht8 R.Clark, Green, Chambers, Butler 84.6 5 1 30 18 Ht9 Grierson, English, S.Clark, Hayden 79.8 5 1 35 19 Ht10 Chambers, Smith, Elliott, Tidbury 83.8 2 4 37 23 Ht11 Green, Bowkis, Dunn, Hazzard 80.0 4 2 41 25 Ht12 Grierson, Elliott, R.Clark, Hayden 77.2 4 2 45 27 Ht13 Bowkis, Butler, Scott, Dunn 80.8 1 5 46 32 Ht14 S.Clark, English, Hazzard, Smith 83.8 2 4 48 36

Future Stars Scratch Race

Osborne, Middleditch, Hayles, Mold 80.6

The St Leonard’s Scurry Ht1 Tidbury, S.Clark, Pawson, Sivyer 82.0 Ht2 Green, Chambers, R.Clark, Bowkis 79.8 Ht3 Grierson, Osborne, Hayden, Middleditch 76.4 Ht4 Butler, Elliott, Scott, English 80.0 Final Green, Grierson, Tidbury, Butler 78.6

Saturday 8 May 1948 Hedon Stadium, Hull Hull Angels 45 Hastings Saxons 39 (National League Division Three) Hull Norman Johnson 0 3 2 1’ 6 1 Mick Mitchell 3 0 2 2’ 7 1 George Craig 2 0 2 1’ 5 1 Al Allison 1’ 3 2 2 8 1 Dick Shepherd 2 1’ 2’ 3 8 2 Johnny White 0 2 3 3 8 Brian Gorman 1 1’ 2 1 Bob Baker 1’ 0 1 1 Hastings Ken Tidbury 2 2 1 2 7 Ken Smith 1’ 1’ 0 0 2 2 Wally Green 3 3 3 3 12 Eric Dunn 0 2 0 0 2 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Ron Clarke 1 1 0 1 3 Jock Scott 0 1’ 1 1 Doug Smith 0 0 0 Ht 1 Mitchell, Tidbury, K.Smith, Johnson 90.8 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Green, Craig, Allison, Dunn 90.6 3 3 6 6 Ht 3 Grierson, Shepherd, Clark, White 90.8 2 4 8 10 Ht 4 Johnson, Dunn, Gorman, Scott 89.8 4 2 12 12 Ht 5 Allison, Tidbury, K.Smith, Craig 89.6 3 3 15 15 Ht 6 Green, White, Shepherd, Dunn 89.4 3 3 18 18 Ht 7 Grierson, Johnson, Clark, Mitchell 86.8 2 4 20 22 Ht 8 Green, Craig, Baker, D.Smith 89.6 3 3 23 25 Ht 9 White, Shepherd, Tidbury, K.Smith 87.8 5 1 28 26 Ht 10 Green, Mitchell, Johnson, Dunn 87.2 3 3 31 29 Ht 11 Grierson, Allison, Craig, Clark 87.0 3 3 34 32 Ht 12 Shepherd, Tidbury, Scott, Baker 89.8 3 3 37 35 Ht 13 Grierson, Allison, Gorman, D.Smith 88.8 3 3 40 38 Ht 14 White, Mitchell, Clark, K.Smith 86.6 5 1 45 39

Wednesday 12th May 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 57 Cradley Heath Cubs 27 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Dan English 2’ 3 2’ 1 8 2 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Wally Green 3 F 3 3 9 Eric Dunn 2’ 1 0 1’ 4 2 Ron Clark 2’ 3 1’ 3 9 2 Ken Tidbury 3 2’ 2 2’ 9 2 Bill Osborne 2’ 2 4 1

Ken Middleditch 0 2’ 2 1

Cradley Heath Les Beaumont 0 3 3 1 7 Bill Clifton 1 2’ 0 1 4 1 Jimmy Wright 1 0 1’ 2 4 1 Jimmy Coy 0 1 1 0 2 Eric Irons 0 0 0 Alan Hunt 1 1 1’ 0 3 1 Ted Moore 0 0 0 Phil Malpass 0 2 2 3 7

Ht1 Grierson, English, Clifton, Beaumont 73.8* 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Green, Dunn, Wright, Coy 80.0 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Tidbury, Clark, Hunt, Irons 80.2 5 1 15 3 Ht4 English, Osborne, Coy, Moore 80.2 5 1 20 4 Ht5 Beaumont, Clifton, Dunn, Green (f) 80.6 1 5 21 9 Ht6 Clark, Tidbury, Coy, Wright 74.6 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Grierson, English, Hunt, Malpass 79.2 5 1 31 11 Ht8 Green, Malpass, Wright, Middleditch 80.0 3 3 34 14 Ht9 Beaumont, Tidbury, Clark, Clifton 80.2 3 3 37 17 Ht10 Grierson, Wright, English, Coy 78.4 4 2 41 19 Ht11 Green, Malpass, Hunt, Dunn 80.4 3 3 44 22 Ht12 Clark, Middleditch, Beaumont, Moore 81.6 5 1 49 23 Ht13 Malpass, Osborne, Dunn, Irons 82.6 3 3 52 26 Ht14 Grierson, Tidbury, Clifton, Hunt 79.8 5 1 57 27

Future Stars Scratch Race Sivyer, Hayles, Mold, D.Smith 85.0

St Leonards Scurry Ht1 Tidbury, Clifton, English, Coy 82.4 Ht2 Green, Clark, Irons, Wright 83.0 Ht3 Grierson, Beaumont, Hunt, Dunn 80.2 Ht4 Osborne, Middleditch, Moore, Malpass 82.2 Final Grierson, Green, Osborne, Tidbury 80.0

Monday 17th May 1948 Brandon Stadium, Coventry Coventry Bees 43 Hastings Saxons 41 (National League Division Three)

Coventry Fred Yates 1’ 1 2 0 4 1 Bob Fletcher 2 0 2 1 5 Bert Lacey 0 1’ 1’ 2’ 4 3 Bernard Tennant 2 2 3 3 10 Ralph Horne 2’ 2 1’ 3 8 2 John Yates 3 0 2 3 8 Derrick Tailby 0 1 1 George Smith 2 1 3

Hastings Dan English 0 0 0 0 0 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 2 11 Wally Green 3 3 3 3 12 Eric Dunn 1 2’ 1 1 5 1 Ron Clark 0 1 1 0 2 Ken Tidbury 1 3 0 0 4 Bill Osborne 3 2 5 Ken Middleditch 0 2 2

Ht1 Grierson, Fletcher, F.Yates, English 79.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Green, Tennant, Dunn, Lacey 80.2 2 4 5 7 Ht3 J.Yates, Horne, Tidbury, Clark 82.2 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Osborne, Dunn, F.Yates, Tailby 81.4 1 5 11 13 Ht5 Grierson, Tennant, Lacey, English 80.8 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Green, Horne, Dunn, J.Yates 80.2 2 4 16 20 Ht7 Tidbury, F.Yates, Clark, Fletcher 82.0 2 4 18 24 Ht8 Green, Smith, Lacey, Middleditch 79.2 3 3 21 27 Ht9 Grierson, J.Yates, Horne, English 80.8 3 3 24 30 Ht10 Green, Fletcher, Dunn, F.Yates 80.4 2 4 26 34 Ht11 Tennant, Lacey, Clark, Tidbury (eftyre) 83.6 5 1 31 35 Ht12 Horne, Osborne, Smith, English 80.8 4 2 35 37 Ht13 Tennant, Middleditch, Tailby, Clark (nf) 84.8 4 2 39 39 Ht14 J.Yates, Grierson, Fletcher, Tidbury 81.8 4 2 43 41 Monday 17th May 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Silver Helmet

Pete Lansdale 2 0 2 2 6 Dave Anderson 0 3 1 2 6 Bert Spencer 3 N 2 3 8 Syd Littlewood 3 3 3 3 12 Peter Robinson 3 N 1 3 7 Charlie Challis 2 0 0 0 2 Gil Blake 2 2 3 1 8 Dick Howard 1 2 3 1 7 Les Jenkins 2 1 0 N 3 Ken Smith 0 0 0 Jack Scott 1 1 0 2 4 Pete Mold 1 2 N N 3 Bob Sivyer 3 1 N 4 John Hayles 0 0 D. Smith 1 0 B.Elliot DNR

Ht1 Robinson, Lansdale, Scott, K.Smith 80.4 Ht2 Sivyer, Challis, Scott, Anderson 85.0 Ht3 Spencer, Blake, Sivyer, Lansdale 79.8 Ht4 Littlewood, Lansdale, Hayles 79.8 Ht5 Anderson, Jenkins, Spencer (nf), Robinson (nf) 87.8 Ht6 Littlewood, Spencer, D.Smith, Challis 81.0 Ht7 Littlewood, Blake, Robinson, Scott 81.2 Ht8 Robinson, Howard, Mold, Challis 81.8 Ht9 Blake, Lansdale, Jenkins, Challis 85.8 Ht10 Howard, Anderson, Blake, K,Smith 81.4 Ht11 Spencer, Scott, Howard, Jenkins 82.6 Ht12 Littlewood, Mold, Jenkins (nf), Sivyer (nf) 81.4

The Hastings Scurry Ht1 Hayles, D.Smith, Mold (nf), Newcombe (nf) 82.6 Ht2 Sivyer, Scott, Bud Flanagan, B.Elliott 84.2 Final Hayles, Scott, D.Smith. Sivyer 83.2

Hard Luck Scratch Race Lansdale, Scott, Sivyer, Challis 83.0

Senior Scratch Race Littlewood, Spencer, Robinson, Howard 82.0

Match Race Bert Spencer bt Sid Littlewood 81.6

Junior Scratch Race Flanagan, Mold, Newcombe 3 only 85.2 Wednesday 19th May 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Speedway Riders’ Championship Qualifying Round

Ron Clark 1 1 1 0 1 4 Dan English 2 2 2 1 3 10 Jack Freeman X 1 2 3 1 7 Dave Anderson 3 3 3 1 1 11 Ted Gibson 0 3 2 1 0 6 Bill Osborne 2 2 0 2 3 9 Wally Green 3 3 2 0 3 11 Ken Middleditch 1 2 1 1 0 5 Harwood Pike 1 0 0 0 2 3 Dennis Parker 3 0 2 2 1 8 Eric Dunn 2 0 3 2 2 9 Len Williams DNR Jim Wright 1 1 1 3 2 8 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 3 15 Ken Tidbury 0 2 3 3 2 10 Alex Gray 2 0 0 0 0 2

Ht1 Anderson, English, Clark, Freeman (exctps) 76.4 Ht2 Green, Osborne, Middleditch, Gibson 78.4 Ht3 Parker, Dunn, Pike, Williams (ns) 81.0 Ht4 Grierson, Gray, Wright, Tidbury 79.4 Ht5 Gibson, English, Wright, Pike 79.2 Ht6 Grierson, Osborne, Clark, Parker 78.4 Ht7 Green, Tidbury, Freeman, Dunn 79.6 Ht8 Anderson, Middleditch, Williams (ns), Gray (ef) 81.2 Ht9 Dunn, English, Osborne (ef), Gray (ef) 81.4 Ht10 Tidbury, Gibson, Clark, Williams (ns) 81.0 Ht11 Grierson, Green, English, Williams (ns) 79.6 Ht12 Anderson, Parker, Wright, Green 80.2 Ht13 Grierson, Freeman, Middleditch, Pike 79.6 Ht14 Wright, Dunn, Middleditch, Clark 81.8 Ht15 Freeman, Parker, Gibson, Gray 80.8 Ht16 Tidbury, Osborne, Anderson, Pike 80.4 Ht17 English, Tidbury, Parker, Middleditch 80.8 Ht18 Green, Pike, Clark, Gray 81.0 Ht19 Osborne, Wright, Freeman, Williams (ns) 79.8 Ht20 Grierson, Dunn, Anderson (frmtd), Gibson (ef) 80.2

Wednesday 26th May 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 51 Poole Pirates 33 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Dan English 2’ 3 0 1 6 1 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Wally Green 2 3 3 3 11 Eric Dunn 0 0 1 1 2 Bill Osborne 0 1’ 3 0 4 1 Ken Tidbury 2 2 2’ 2’ 8 2 Ron Clark 1 3 4

Ken Middleditch 1 3 4

Poole Pirates Allan Chambers 0 2 1 3 5 George Butler 1 1’ 0 0 2 1 Joe Bowkis 3 3 4 4 10 Fred Pawson 1 0 0 0 1 Alf Elliott 3 1’ 2 2 8 2 Sid Clark 1 2 0 1 4 George Gower 2 1’ 3 1 Frank Holcombe 0 0 0

Ht1 Grierson, English, Butler, Chambers 74.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Bowkis, Green, Pawson, Dunn 78.2 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Elliott, Tidbury, S.Clark, Osborne 80.8 2 4 9 9 Ht4 English, Gower, R.Clark, Pawson 79.8 4 2 13 11 Ht5 Green, Chambers, Butler, Dunn 81.0 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Bowkis, Tidbury, Osborne, Pawson 78.2 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Grierson, S.Clark, Elliott, English 77.2 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Green, Bowkis, Middleditch, Holcombe 77.8 4 2 26 22 Ht9 Osborne, Tidbury, Chambers, Butler (f) 79.0 5 1 31 23 Ht10 Grierson, Bowkis, English, Pawson 78.8 4 2 35 25 Ht11 Green, Elliott, Dunn, S.Clark 77.6 4 2 39 27 Ht12 Middleditch, Chambers, Gower, Osborne 82.2 3 3 42 30 Ht13 R.Clark, Elliott, Dunn, Holcombe 80.0 4 2 46 32 Ht14 Grierson, Tidbury, S.Clark, Butler 78.8 5 1 51 33

Future Stars Scratch Race Mold, Smith, Sivyer, Hayles 83.4

St Leonards Scurry Ht1 Tidbury, Butler, Pawson, English 81.2 Ht2 Green, Bowkis, Osborne, Elliott 78.0 Ht3 Grierson, Dunn, Chambers, S.Clark 80.4 Ht4 Middleditch, Mold, Gower, R.Clark 81.4 Final Green, Grierson, Tidbury, Middleditch 82.2

Wednesday 2nd June 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 47 Southampton Saints 33 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Dan English 3 2*0 5 1 3 Jock Grierson 0 3 3 3 9 0 4 Wally Green 3 3 3 3 12 0 4 Eric Dunn 0 1 2 3 0 3 Bill Osborne 3 1 3 3 10 0 4 Ken Tidbury 2*0 1 1 4 1 4 Ron Clark 3 0 0 3 0 3 Ken Middleditch 0 0 1 1 0 3

Southampton Alf Bottoms 0 2 2 2 6 0 4 George Bason 2 1*0 3 1 3 Bob Oakley 2 3 1*1* 7 2 4 Jim Squibb 1*1 2*2 6 2 4 Bert Croucher 0 2 0 3 5 0 4 Alf Kaines 1 1*2 2 6 1 4 Tom Oakley 0 0 0 0 0 3 Cecil Bailey 2 1 3 0 2

1 Dan English, George Bason, Jock Grierson(nf), Alf Bottoms(ret) 77.2 3 – 2 3 – 2 2 Wally Green, Bob Oakley, Jim Squibb, Eric Dunn 74.8 3 – 3 6 – 5 3 Bill Osborne, Ken Tidbury, Alf Kaines, Bert Croucher 77.2 5 – 1 11 – 6 4 Ron Clark, Dan English, Jim Squibb, Tom Oakley 76.4 5 – 1 16 – 7 5 Wally Green, Alf Bottoms, George Bason, Ken Middleditch 74.8 3 – 3 19 – 10 6 Bob Oakley, Jim Squibb, Bill Osborne, Ken Tidbury 80.8 1 – 5 20 – 15 7 Jock Grierson, Bert Croucher,Alf Kaines, Dan English 76.4 3 – 3 23 – 18 8 Wally Green, Cecil Bailey, Bob Oakley, Ken Middleditch 77 3 – 3 26 – 21 9 Bill Osborne, Alf Bottoms, Ken Tidbury, George Bason 77.4 4 – 2 30 – 23 10 Jock Grierson, Jim Squibb, Bob Oakley, Ron Clark 76.6 3 – 3 33 – 26 11 Wally Green, Alf Kaines, Eric Dunn, Bert Croucher 77.8 4 – 2 37 – 28 12 Bill Osborne, Alf Bottoms, Ken Middleditch, Tom Oakley 78.8 4 – 2 41 – 30 13 Bert Croucher, Eric Dunn, Cecil Bailey, Ron Clark 79.8 2 – 4 43 – 34 14 Jock Grierson, Alf Kaines, Ken Tidbury, Tom Oakley 77.8 4 – 2 47 – 36

Future Stars Scratch Race Sivyer, Mold, Hayles, Smith 81.2

St Leonards Scurry Ht1 Kaines, Bason, English, Tidbury 79.4 Ht2 Osborne, Croucher, B.Oakley, Green 78.4 Ht3 Grierson, Bottoms, Dunn, Squibb 75.4 Ht4 Clark, Middleditch, T.Oakley, Bailey 78.2 Final Grierson, Osborne, Clark, Kaines 78.2

Wednesday 9th June 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth Tamworth Hounds 48 Hastings Saxons 38 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth Steve Langton 3 3 3 2 11 Bill Harris 2’ 1 1’ 0 4 2 Cyril Page 3 2 2 2 9 Jack Baxter 2’ 1’ 0 2 5 2 Bill Dalton 0 0 F 0 Basil Harris 3 2 3 3 11 Charlie Oates 1 3 1’ 5 1 Peter Orpwood 1’ 2’ 3 2

Hastings Dan English 1 0 1’ 0 2 1 Jock Grierson F 3 2 2 7 Wally Green E 3 3 3 9 Eric Dunn 1 0 X 1 Bill Osbrone 1’ 2 1 3 7 1 Ken Tidbury 2 0 3 1’ 6 1 Ron Clark 2 1 0 1 4 Ken Middleditch 0 0 0

Ht1 Langton, Bi.Harris, English, Grierson (f) 76.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Page, Baxter, Dunn, Green (ef) 73.8 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Ba.Harris, Tidbury, Osborne, Dalton 75.0 3 3 13 5 Ht4 Langton, Clark, Oates, Dunn 74.4 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Grierson, Page, Baxter, English 73.4 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Green, Bi.Harris, Clark, Dalton 73.0 2 4 22 14 Ht7 Langton, Osborne, Bi.Harris, Tidbury 75.8 4 2 26 16 Ht8 Green, Page, Orpwood, Middleditch 73.8 3 3 29 19 Ht9 Ba.Harris, Grierson, English, Dalton (f) 73.4 3 3 32 22 Ht10 Green, Langton, Bi.Harris, Clark 75.2 3 3 35 25

Ht11 Tidbury, Page, Osborne, Baxter 76.6 2 4 37 29 Ht12 Oates, Orpwood, Clark, English 768 5 1 42 30 Ht13 Osborne, Baxter, Oates, Middleditch 77.8 3 3 45 33 Ht14 Ba.Harris, Grierson, Tidbury, Bi.Harris 75.2 3 3 48 36

Wednesday 9th June 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings 50 Guineas Trophy

Jimmy Squibb 2 1 1 2 3 9 Joe Bowkis 3 3 2 3 3 14 Jack Wright 1 0 1 2 1 6 Alec Gray 0 1 2 3 Bert Croucher 0 2 2 2 2 8 Alf Elliott 2 2 0 3 3 10 Arthur Pilgrim 3 2 2 3 2 12 Jimmy Coy 1 0 2 0 0 3 Vic Pitcher 1 0 0 0 0 1 Alan Hunt 0 0 0 0 2 2 Bert Roger 3 3 3 3 0 12 Pete Mold 2 2 0 0 2 6 Alf Kaines 0 1 1 1 0 3 Gil Blake 2 3 1 3 3 12 Stan Hodson 3 1 3 2 1 10 Bob Oakley 1 3 1 1 6 Cecil Bailey (res) 1 1 Ken Smith (res) 1 1 Bob Sivyer (res) 1 1

Ht1 Bowkis, Squibb, Wright, Gray 75.4 Ht2 Pilgrim, Elliott, Coy, Croucher 81.2 Ht3 Roger, Mold, Pitcher, Hunt 79.4 Ht4 Hodson, Blake, Oakley, Kaines 81.4 Ht5 Bowkis, Croucher, Kaines, Pitcher 80.4 Ht6 Blake, Elliott, Squibb, Hunt 80.2 Ht7 Roger, Pilgrim, Hodson, Wright 77.0 Ht8 Oakley, Mold, Gray, Coy 82.2 Ht9 Roger, Bowkis, Oakley, Elliott 78.8 Ht10 Hodson, Croucher, Squibb, Mold 83.2 Ht11 Bowkis, Pilgrim, Blake, Mold 79.8 Ht12 Pilgrim, Gray, Kaines, Hunt 84.8 Ht13 Blake, Coy, Wright, Pitcher 80.4 Ht14 Roger, Squibb, Kaines, Coy 79.4 Ht15 Wright, Croucher, Bailey, Hunt 81.8 Ht16 Elliott, Hodson, Smith, Pitcher 84.8 Ht17 Bowkis, Hunt, Hodson, Coy 81.2 Ht18 Squibb, Pilgrim, Oakley, Pitcher 80.6 Ht19 Elliott, Mold, Wright, Kaines 81.8 Ht20 Blake, Croucher, Sivyer, Roger 81.8

Friday 11th June 1948 South Yorkshire Sports Stadium, Wombwell Wombwell Colliers 41 Hastings Saxons 43 (National League Division Three)

Wednesday 16th June 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 59 Wombwell Colliers 25 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Dan English 1 2’ 2’ 0 5 2 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12

Wally Green 3 3 3 3 12 Pete Mold 2’ 2’ 1 5 2 Bill Osborne 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Ken Tidbury 3 1’ 2’ 1 7 1 Ron Clark 3 0 3 6 Ken Middleditch 0 1 1

Wombwell Harwood Pike 2 1 1 2 6 Harry Modrall 0 0 0 0 0 Len Tupling 1 2 2 1’ 6 1 Red Hamley 0 1 0 2 3 Harry Saunders 1 1 0 2 Harry Welch 0 0 1’ 2 3 1 Bernard Thomas 0 0 0 Jeff Bishop 1’ 2 2 5 1

Ht1 Grierson, Pike, English, Modrall 74.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Green, Mold, Tupling, Hamley 81.8 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Tidbury, Osborne, Saunders, Welch 82.6 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Clark, English, Hamley, Thomas 82.4 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Green, Mold, Pike, Modrall 81.0 5 1 24 6 Ht6 Osborne, Tupling, Tidbury, Hamley 80.8 4 2 28 8 Ht7 Grierson, English, Saunders, Welch 79.6 5 1 33 9 Ht8 Green, Tupling, Bishop, Middleditch 79.0 3 3 36 12 Ht9 Osborne, Tidbury, Pike, Modrall 78.8 5 1 41 13 Ht10 Grierson, Hamley, Tupling, English 80.2 3 3 44 16 Ht11 Green, Bishop, Welch, Clark 80.0 3 3 47 19 Ht12 Osborne, Pike, Middleditch, Thomas 81.0 4 2 51 21 Ht13 Clark, Bishop, Mold, Saunders 78.8 4 2 55 23 Ht14 Grierson, Welch, Tidbury, Modrall 81.8 4 2 59 25

Future Stars Scratch Race D.Smith, K.Smith. Sivyer, Hayles (ns) 81.8

St Leonards Scurry Ht1 Welch, Tidbury, Hamley, English 81.6 Ht2 Green, Osborne, K.Smith, d.Smith 73.4* Ht3 Grierson, Mold, Tupling, Saunders 81.6 Ht4 Clark, Bishop, Thomas, Middleditch 79.8 Final Green, Welch, Clark, Grierson (ns) 79.2

Thursday 17th June 1948 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke Stoke Potters 36 Hastings Saxons 48 (National League Division Three)

Stoke Dave Anderson 2 3 1’ 2 8 1 Les Jenkins 1’ 2 0 3 6 1 Gil Blake 2 3 F F 5 Vic Pitcher 1’ 1 1 0 3 1 Dick Howard 1’ 0 F 2 3 1 Ray Harris 2 2 1 2’ 7 1 Fran Evans 0 0 Ken Adams 2 1’ 1 4 1

Hastings Dan English E 0 0 0 Jock Grierson 3 2 3 E 8 Wally Green 3 3 3 3 12

Pete Mold 0 1 1 Bill Osborne 3 3 3 3 12 Ken Tidbury 0 0 2’ 1 3 1 Ron Clark 2 1 2 3 8 Ken Middleditch 1’ 1 2’ 4 2

Ht1 Grierson, Anderson, Jenkins, English (ef) 76.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Green, Blake, Pitcher, Mold 76.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Osborne, Harris, Howard, Tidbury 76.6 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Anderson, Clark, Middleditch, Evans 78.0 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Blake, Grierson, Pitcher, English 76.2 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Green, Harris, Clark, Howard 77.2 2 4 18 18 Ht7 Osborne, Jenkins, Anderson, Tidbury (f) 77.2 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Green, Adams, Middleditch, Blake (f) 77.0 2 4 23 25 Ht9 Grierson, Clark, Pitcher, Blake 77.6 1 5 25 39 Ht10 Green, Anderson, Mold, Jenkins 77.4 1 5 26 34 Ht11 Clarke, Osborne, Pitcher, Blake (f) 77.6 1 5 27 39 Ht12 Clarke, Howard, Adams, English (nf) 78.8 3 3 30 42 Ht13 Osborne, Middleditch, Adams, Pitcher (ef) 77.6 1 5 31 47 Ht14 Jenkins, Harris, Tidbury, Grierson (ef) 79.2 5 1 36 48

Wednesday 23rd June 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 55 Plymouth Devils 29 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Dan English 1 1 1 0 3 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Wally Green 3 3 3 3 12 Ron Clark 0 2’ 1 1’ 4 2 Bill Osborne 3 3 3 3 12 Ken Tidbury 1 1 1 1 4 Ken Middleditch 3 2 5 Pete Mold 2’ 1 3 1

Plymouth Ivan Kessell 0 0 0 0 0 Alex Gray 2 1 3 0 6 Peter Robinson 2 2 1 2 7 Len Read 1’ 0 0 1 1 Pete Lansdale 2 2 2 3 9 Bonny Waddell 0 0 0 0 Vic Gent 2 1’ 2 2 7 1 Charlie Challis 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Grierson, Gray, English, Kessell 75.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Green, Robinson, Read, Clark 77.2 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Osborne, Lansdale, Tidbury, Waddell 77.6 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Middleditch, Gent, English, Read 78.6 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Green, Clark, Gray, Kessell 77.2 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Osborne, Robinson, Tidbury, Read 79.2 4 2 24 12 Ht7 Grierson, Lansdale, English, Waddell 77.8 4 2 28 14 Ht8 Green, Mold, Robinson, Challis 79.4 5 1 33 15 Ht9 Osborne, Gray, Tidbury, Kessell 78.2 4 2 37 17 Ht10 Grierson, Robinson, Gent, English 77.2 3 3 40 20 Ht11 Green, Lansdale, Clark, Waddell 78.0 4 2 44 22 Ht12 Osborne, Gent, Mold, Kessell 76.8 4 2 48 24 Ht13 Lansdale, Middleditch, Clark, Challis 79.4 3 3 51 27 Ht14 Grierson, Gent, Tidbury, Gray 79.2 4 2 55 29

Future Stars Scratch Race Len Newcombe, Hayles, Wood, Smith 82.8

St Leonards Scurry Ht1 Osborne, Tidbury, Gray, Read (ns) 77.0 Ht2 Green, Robinson, English, Waddell 80.2 Ht3 Grierson, Clark, Lansdale, Kessell 78.6 Ht4 Mold, Challis, Middleditch (nf),Gent (nf) 81.0 Final Green, Osborne, Grierson, Mold 77.8

Monday 28th June 1948 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates 40 Hastings Saxons 44 (National League Division Three)

Poole Joe Bowkis 2 3 0 2 7 Alan Chambers 1’ 2 1’ 2 6 2 Fred Pawson 1 2 2 0 5 Sid Clarke 2 1’ 2 2 7 Alf Elliott 0 2 2 3 7 George Butler 1 0 1 1 3 Frank Holcombe 2 1 3 Sid Hazzard 1 1 2

Hastings Dan English 0 0 2 2 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Wally Green 3 3 3 3 12 Ron Clark 0 1 1 0 2 Bill Osborne 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Ken Tidbury 3 1 1 0 6 Ken Middleditch 0 0 0 0 Pete Mold 0 0 0 Ht1 Grierson, Bowkis, Chambers ,English 80.4* 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Green, Clarke, Pawson, Clark 82.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Tidbury, Osborne, Butler, Elliott 86.4 1 5 7 11 Ht4 Bowkis, Holcombe, Clark, Middleditch 82.4 5 1 12 12 Ht5 Grierson, Pawson, Clarke, English 83.0 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Green, Elliott, Clark, Butler 84.0 2 4 17 19 Ht7 Osborne, Chambers, Tidbury, Bowkis 85.0 2 4 19 23 Ht8 Green, Pawson, Hazzard, Mold 84.4 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Grierson, Elliott, Butler, Middleditch 84.0 3 3 25 29 Ht10 Green, Bowkis, Chambers, Clark 83.4 3 5 28 32 Ht11 Osborne, Clarke, Tidbury, Pawson 84.4 2 4 30 36 Ht12 Elliott, English, Hazzard, Middleditch 85.0 4 2 34 38 Ht13 Osborne, Clarke, Holcombe, Mold 84.4 3 3 37 41 Ht14 Grierson, Chambers, Butler, Tidbury 84.6 3 3 40 44

Wednesday 30th June 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 58 Yarmouth Bloaters 26 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Dan English 2’ 1 2’ 1 6 2 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Buddy Fuller 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 Ron Clarke 1’ 0 3 2’ 6 2 Bill Osbourne 3 0 3 3 9 Ken Tidbury 2’ 3 1 2’ 8 2

Ken Middleditch 3 3 6 Pete Mold 0 1 1 Yarmouth Sid Hipperson 0 1’ 0 2 3 1 Paddy Hammond 1 2 2 0 5 Ash Hewitt 0 1’ 0 1’ 2 1 Bert Rawlinson 3 2 2 2 9 Roy Duke 0 1 1 0 2 Billy Bales 1 0 F 1 Ted Rawlinson 0 0 1 1 Bill Carruthers 1’ 2 1 4 1

Ht1 Grierson, English, Hammond, Hipperson 74.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 B.Rawlinson, Fuller, Clark, Hewitt 78.6 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Osborne, Tidbury, Bales, Duke 84.4 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Middleditch, B.Rawlinson, English, T.Rawlinson 80.0 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Fuller, Hammond, Hipperson, Clark 80.6 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Tidbury, Rawlinson, Carruthers, Osborne 79.8 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Grierson, English, Duke, Bales 78.8 5 1 28 14 Ht8 Fuller, Carruthers, Hewitt, Mold 79.6 3 3 31 17 Ht9 Osborne, Hammond, Tidbury, Hipperson 80.2 4 2 35 19 Ht10 Grierson, B.Rawlinson, English, Hewitt 81.2 4 2 39 21 Ht11 Clark, Fuller, Duke, Bales (f) 80.2 5 1 44 22 Ht12 Osborne, Hipperson, Mold, T.Rawlinson 79.4 4 2 48 24 Ht13 Middleditch, Clark, Carruthers, Duke 79.0 5 1 53 25 Ht14 Grierson, Tidbury, T.Rawlinson, Hammond 78.8 5 1 58 26 Future Stars Scurry K.Smith, Wood, Oakley, Sivyer 82.2 St.Leonards Scurry Ht1 Osbourne, Tidbury, B.Rawlinson, Hewitt 80.4 Ht2 English, Hipperson, Duke, Wood 82.2 Ht3 Grierson, Hammond, Clark, Smith 80.1 Ht4 Middleditch, Mold, T.Rawlinson , Carruthers 80.8 Final Osborne, Grierson, Middleditch, English 79.2

Monday 5th July 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 58 Hastings Saxons 26 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Cyril Roger 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Hugh Geddes 1 0 2’ 1 4 1 Bert Roger 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Stan Hodson 3 0 0 3 6 Norman Clay 3 3 1 3 10 Arthur Pilgrim 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2 Don Hardy 3 0 3 Gordon Taylor 1 2’ 3 1

Hastings Dan English 0 1’ 0 1 1 Jock Grierson 2 2 2 2 8 Buddy Fuller 1 1 0 2 4 Ron Clark 0 0 0 1 1 Bill Osborne 0 1 2 2 5 Ken Tidbury 1 2 1’ 0 4 1 Ken Middleditch 1 0 1 2

Pete Mold 0 1 1

Ht1 C.Roger, Grierson, Geddes, English 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Hodson, B.Roger, Fuller, Clark 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Clay, Pilgrim, Tidbury, Osborne 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Hardy, C.Roger, Middleditch Clark 5 1 19 5 Ht5 B.Roger, Grierson, English, Hodson 3 3 22 8 Ht6 Clay, Pilgrim, Fuller, Clark 5 1 27 9 Ht7 C.Roger, Tidbury, Osborne, Gedes 3 3 30 12 Ht8 B.Roger, Fuller, Taylor, Mold 4 2 34 14 Ht9 Pilgrim, Grierson, Clay, Middleditch 4 2 38 16 Ht10 C.Roger, Geddes, Clark, Fuller 5 1 43 17 Ht11 B.Roger, Osborne, Tidbury, Hodson 3 3 46 20 Ht12 Clay, Taylor, Middleditch, English 5 1 51 21 Ht13 Hodson, Osborne, Mold, Hardy 3 3 54 24 Ht14 Pilgrim, Grierson, Geddes, Tidbury 4 2 58 26 Tuesday 6th July 1948 Bannister Court, Southampton Southampton Saints 57 Hastings Saxons 27 (National League Division Three)

Southampton Alf Bottoms 3 3 3 3 12 0 4 Tom Oakley 1 2*0 1 4 1 4 Jim Squibb 3 3 2 3 11 0 4 Bert Croucher 0 2*2*0 4 2 4 Bob Oakley 2*2*2*3 9 3 4 Cecil Bailey 3 3 3 3 12 0 4 Alf Kaines 2*2 4 1 2 George Bason 0 1 1 0 2

Hastings Ken Tidbury 0 0 1 2 3 0 4 Jock Grierson 2 1 0 0 3 0 4 Buddy Fuller 2 1 3 1* 7 1 4 Ron Clark 1*0 0 1 1 3 Bill Osborne 0 0 1 3 4 0 4 Ken Middleditch 1 1 0 2 4 0 4 Dan English 1 0 1 0 2 Pete Mold 1 2 1 4 0 3

1 Alf Bottoms, Jock Grierson, Tom Oakley, Ken Tidbury 67.6 4 – 2 4 – 2 2 Jim Squibb, Buddy Fuller, Ron Clark, Bert Croucher(f) 68.8 3 – 3 7 – 5 3 Cecil Bailey, Bob Oakley, Ken Middleditch, Bill Osborne 69.6 5 – 1 12 – 6 4 Alf Bottoms, Alf Kaines, Dan English, Ron Clark 70.8 5 – 1 17 – 7 5 Jim Squibb, Bert Croucher, Jock Grierson, Ken Tidbury 69.2 5 – 1 22 – 8 6 Cecil Bailey, Bob Oakley, Buddy Fuller, Ron Clark 69.8 5 – 1 27 – 9 7 Alf Bottoms, Tom Oakley, Ken Middleditch, Bill Osborne 71.2 5 – 1 32 – 10 8 Buddy Fuller, Jim Squibb, Pete Mold, George Bason 71 2 – 4 34 – 14 9 Cecil Bailey, Bob Oakley, Ken Tidbury, Jock Grierson 69.2 5 – 1 39 – 15 10 Alf Bottoms, Pete Mold, Buddy Fuller, Tom Oakley(f) 69.8 3 – 3 42 – 18 11 Jim Squibb, Bert Croucher, Bill Osborne, Ken Middleditch 69.8 5 – 1 47 – 19 12 Bob Oakley, Ken Tidbury, George Bason, Dan English 71.6 4 – 2 51 – 21 13 Bill Osborne, Alf Kaines, Pete Mold, Bert Croucher 70.4 2 – 4 53 – 25 14 Cecil Bailey, Ken Middleditch, Tom Oakley, Jock Grierson 70.2 4 – 2 57 – 27

Wednesday 7th July 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 60 Coventry Bees 24 (National League Division Three)

Hastings

Ken Tidbury 2’ 2 2’ 2’ 8 3 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Buddy Fuller 2 3 3 3 11 Ron Clark 0 0 2’ 3 5 1 Bill Osborne 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Ken Middleditch 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4 Dan English 0 2’ 2 1 Pete Mold 0 3 3

Coventry Bob Fletcher 1 2 1 1 5 George Smith 0 1’ 0 1 2 1 Vic Emms 1 F 1’ 1 3 1 Lionel Levy 2 3 1 0 6 Ralph Horne 1 0 0 1 2 Bernard Tennant 0 1 0 1 Fred Yates 2 1 0 3 Bert Lacey 1 0 1

Ht1 Grierson, Tidbury, Fletcher, Smith 77.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Levy, Fuller, Emms, Clark 78.4 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Osborne, Middleditch, Horne, Tennant 78.2 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Levy, Tidbury, Lacey, English 79.4 2 4 14 10 Ht5 Fuller, Fletcher, Smith, Clark 78.8 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Osborne, Middleditch, Levy, Emms (f) 78.4 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Grierson, Tidbury, Tennant, Horne 78.6 5 1 27 15 Ht8 Fuller, Yates, Emms, Mold 79.6 3 3 30 18 Ht9 Osborne, Middleditch, Fletcher, Smith 79.2 5 1 35 19 Ht10 Grierson, Tidbury, Emms, Levy 78.8 5 1 40 20 Ht11 Fuller, Clark, Yates, Horne 81.0 5 1 45 21 Ht12 Mold, Osborne, Fletcher, Lacey 79.8 5 1 50 22 Ht13 Clark, English, Horne, Yates 81.4 5 1 55 23 Ht14 Grierson, Middleditch, Smith, Tennant 80.4 5 1 60 24

Future Stars Scratch Race Hayles, K.Smith, Dan Oakley, Jeff Green ?

St Leonards Scurry Ht1 Tidbury, G.Smith, Clark, Tennant ? Ht2 Osborne, Fuller, Horne, Emms (ef) ? Ht3 Grierson, Fletcher, Middleditch, Levy ? Ht4 Mold, Lacey, English, Lacey ? Final Osborne, Grierson, Tidbury, Mold ?

Sunday 11th July 1948 Santry Stadium, Dublin Santry Saints 45.5 Hastings Saxons 32.5 (Challenge)

Santry Steve Langton 3 0 2 1 6 Bill Osborne 3 3 3 3 12 Ron Clark 3 3 3 3 12 Mike Tams 1 1.5 2’ 2 6.5 1 J.Costello 0 0 3 0 3 D.Smith 0 3 1 4 Des Monson 2 0 0 2

Hastings

Ken Tidbury 2 1 2 2 8 Alec Grey 2 1.5 1 1 2 7.5

Cyril Page 1’ 2 2 1’ 6 2 Pat Flanagan 0 0 0 1 1 Charlie Oates 1’ 1’ 0 3 5 2 A.Boyce 2 0 0 2 Pete Mold 3 1 4

Ht1 Langton, Tidbury, Tams, Flanagan 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Osborne, Grey, Oates, Costello 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Clark, Boyce, Page, Smith 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Mold, Monson, Tidbury, Langton 2 4 12 12 Ht5 Osborne, Tams & Grey, Boyce 4.5 1.5 16.5 13.5 Ht6 Clark, Page, Oates, Costello 3 3 19.5 16.5 Ht7 Smith, Langton, Grey, Flanagan 5 1 24.5 17.5 Ht8 Osborne, Tidbury, Mold, Monson 3 3 27.5 20.5 Ht9 Clark, Tams, Grey, Boyce 5 1 32.5 21.5 Ht10 Costello, Page, Langton, Oates 4 2 36.5 23.5 Ht11 Osborne, Tidbury, Smith, Flanagan 4 2 40.5 25.5 Ht12 Clark, Grey, Page, Costello 3 3 43.5 28.5 Ht13 Oates, Tams, Flanagan, Monson 2 4 45.5 32.5 Note: Needs verification.

Wednesday 14th July 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 56 Tamworth Hounds 28 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Ken Tidbury 2’ 2 2’ 1’ 7 3 Jock Grierson 3 3 2 3 11 Buddy Fuller 2’ 0 2’ 0 4 2 Ron Clark 3 1 2 2’ 8 1 Bill Orborne 1 3 3 3 10 Ken Middleditch 3 2’ 1 2’ 8 2 Dan English 1’ 3 4 1 Pete Mold 3 1 4

Tamworth Bill Harris 0 3 0 0 3 Steve Langton 1 2’ 2 1 6 1 Cyril Page 0 1 1 0 2 Peter Orpwood 1 0 0 1 Bill Dalton 0 0 0 0 Basil Harris 2 1 3 0 6 Jack Baxter 3 3 2 8 Charlie Oates 0 1 1 2

Ht1 Grierson, Tidbury, Langton, Bi.Harris 78.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Clark, Fuller, Orpwood, Page 77.2 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Middleditch, Ba.Harris, Osborne, Dalton 76.6 4 2 14 4 Ht4 Baxter, Tidbury, English, Orpwood 77.8 3 3 17 7 Ht5 Bi.Harris, Langton, Clark, Fuller 78.4 1 5 18 12 Ht6 Osborne, Middleditch, Page, Orpwood 78.4 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Grierson, Tidbury, Ba.Harris, Dalton 78.2 5 1 28 14 Ht8 Mold, Fuller, Page, Oates 78.0 5 1 33 15 Ht9 Osborne, Langton, Middleditch, Bi.Harris 72.4 4 2 37 17 Ht10 Baxter, Grierson, Tidbury, Page 77.0 3 3 40 20 Ht11 Ba.Harris, Clark, Oates, Fuller 79.0 2 4 42 24 Ht12 Osborne, Baxter, Mold, Bi.Harris 78.2 4 2 46 26 Ht13 English, Clark, Oates, Dalton 80.2 5 1 51 27 Ht14 Grierson, Middleditch, Langton, Ba.Harris 77.2 5 1 56 28

The Individual Championship (Bronze Helmet) Division Three Ht1 Cyril Roger bt Jock Grierson 72.8 Ht2 Jock Grierson bt Cyril Roger 71.8 Ht3 Cyril Roger bt Jock Grierson 72.8

St Leonards Scurry Ht1 Tidbury, Clark, Bi.Harris, Orpwood 79.4 Ht2 Osborne, Fuller, Dalton, Page 78.2 Ht3 Grierson, Middleditch, Ba.Harris, Langton 78.4 Ht4 Baxter, Mold, English, Oates 80.4 Final Osborne, Baxter, Grierson, Tidbury 77.2

Thursday 15th July 1948 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 49 Hastings Saxons 34 (National League Division Three)

Plymouth Peter Robinson 2 3 2 2’ 9 1 Ivan Kessell 1’ 1’ 3 2 7 2 Bonnie Waddell 3 F 3 2 8 Len Read 2’ 3 1’ 3 9 2 Pete Lansdale 2 3 3 3 11 Vic Gent F E E 1’ 1 1 Wally Matthews 0 F 0 Billy Newell 2’ 2’ 4 2

Hastings Ken Tidbury 0 1’ 1’ 2 4 2 Jock Grierson 3 2 2 3 10 Buddy Fuller F 0 Ron Clark F 1 2 0 3 Bill Osborne 3 3 3 F 9 Ken Middleditch 1 0 0 0 1 Dan English 0 1’ 1 1’ 3 2 Pete Mold 1’ 2 1 4 1

Ht1 Grierson, Robinson, Kessell, Tidbury 80.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Waddell, Read, Fuller (f), Clark (f) 84.2 5 0 8 3 Ht3 Osborne, Lansdale, Middleditch, Gent (f) 82.6 2 4 10 7 Ht4 Robinson, Newell, Clark, English 84.4 5 1 15 8 Ht5 Read, Grierson, Tidbury, Waddell (f) 84.6 3 3 18 11 Ht6 Lansdale, Clark, Mold, Gent (ef) 85.2 3 3 21 14 Ht7 Osborne, Robinson, Kessell, Middleditch 82.8 3 3 24 17 Ht8 Waddell, Mold, English, Matthews 83.6 3 3 27 20 Ht9 Lansdale, Grierson, Tidbury, Gent (ef) 82.8 3 3 30 23 Ht10 Kessell, Robinson, English, Clark 85.0 5 1 35 24 Ht11 Osborne, Waddell, Read, Middleditch 83.0 3 3 38 27 Ht12 Lansdale, Tidbury, English, Matthews (f) 85.8 3 3 41 30 Ht13 Read, Newell, Mold, Osborne (f) 83.6 5 1 46 31 Ht14 Grierson, Kessell, Gent, Middleditch 84.0 3 3 49 34

Wednesday 21st July 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 52 Wombwell Colliers 31 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Ken Tidbury 2’ 1’ 2’ 1 6 3 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Pete Mold 2 3 3 N 8 Ron Clark 1’ 2’ N 2 5 2 Bill Osborne 0 3 3 3 9

Ken Middleditch 3 1 2’ 2’ 8 2 Dan English 2 1’ 3 1 Bob Sivyer 1 0 1

Wombwell Red Hamley 0 1 1 2 4 Harwood Pike 1 0 0 0 1 Len Tupling 3 0 2 0 5 Harry Welch 0 3 2 2 7 Jeff Bishop 2 0 3 3 8 Harry Saunders 1’ 1 2’ 1 5 2 Jack Winstanley 0 1’ 1 1 Son Mitchell 0 0 0

Ht1 Grierson, Tidbury, Pike, Hamley 72.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Tupling, Mold, Clark, Welch 77.8 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Middleditch, Bishop, Saunders, Osborne 77.4 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Welch, English, Tidbury, Winstanley 75.2 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Mold, Clark, Hamley, Pike 75.4 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Osborne, Welch, Middleditch, Tupling 76.6 4 2 23 13 Ht7 Grierson, Tidbury, Saunders, Bishop 75.6 5 1 28 14 Ht8 Mold, Tupling, Sivyer, Mitchell 77.4 4 2 32 16 Ht9 Osborne, Middleditch, Hamley, Pike 77.0 5 1 37 17 Ht10 Grierson, Welch, Tidbury, Tupling 75.8 4 2 41 19 Ht11 Bishop, Saunders, Mold (nf), Clark (nf) 78.8 0 5 41 24 Ht12 Osborne, Hamley, Winstanley, Sivyer 77.4 3 3 44 27 Ht13 Bishop, Clark, English, Mitchell 78.6 3 3 47 30 Ht14 Grierson, Middleditch, Saunders, Pike 75.4 5 1 52 31

Future Stars Scratch Race Sivyer, Hayles, Smith, Oakley 83.0

St Leonards Scurry Ht1 Bishop, Pike, Clark, Tidbury 71.4 Ht2 Osborne, Mold, Tupling, Hamley 77.0 Ht3 Grierson, Welch, Middleditch, Saunders 76.8 H4 Hayles, English, Winstanley, Mitchell 81.2 Final Osborne, Bishop, Grierson, Hayles 76.6

Wednesday 28th July 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 56 Cradley Heath Cubs 28 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Pete Mold 2’ 2’ 1 0 5 2 Wally Green 3 3 3 3 12 Buddy Fuller 2’ 1 3 1 Ken Tidbury 3 F 3 Ron Clark 3 3 3 3 12 Ken Middleditch 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 3 Dan English 3 2’ 2 3 10 1 John Hayles 3 1’ 4 1

Cradley Heath Les Beaumont 1 3 1 2 7 Bill Clifton 0 2’ 0 1 3 1 Gil Craven F 0 Phil Malpass 1 0 1 2 4 Ray Beaumont 0 0 0 1’ 1 1 Alan Hunt 2 2 3 0 7

Wilf Willstead 1 0 1’ 2 1 Roy Moreton 1 1’ 2 4 1

Ht1 Green, Mold, L.Beaumont, Clifton 75.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Tidbury, Fuller, Malpass, Craven (f) 81.4 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Clark, Hunt, Middleditch, R.Beaumont 76.8 4 2 14 4 Ht4 English, Mold, Willstead, Malpass 77.4 5 1 19 5 Ht5 L.Beaumont, Clifton, Fuller, Tidbury (f) 78.2 1 5 20 10 Ht6 Clark, Middleditch, Malpass, Willstead 80.0 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Green, Hunt, Mold, R.Beaumont 76.6 4 2 29 13 Ht8 Hayles, English, Moreton, Craven (ns) 83.0 5 1 34 14 Ht9 Clark, Middleditch, L.Beaumont, Clifton 76.6 5 1 39 15 Ht10 Green, Malpass, Moreton, Mold 80.2 3 3 42 18 Ht11 Hunt, English, Hayles, R.Beaumont 75.8 3 3 45 21 Ht12 Clark, L.Beaumont, Willstead, Hayles (ns) 77.2 3 3 48 24 Ht13 English, Moreton, R.Beaumont, Tidbury (ns) 81.6 3 3 51 27 Ht14 Green, Middleditch, Clifton, Hunt 78.0 5 1 56 28

Future Stars Scratch Race Hayles, K.Smith, Sivyer, Dan Oakley 80.8

St Leonards Scurry Ht1 L.Beaumont, Clark, D.Oakley, Sivyer 78.6 Ht2 Green, Middleditch, Clifton, Malpass 79.4 Ht3 Hunt, Mold, R.Beaumont, K.Smith 78.2 Ht4 Moreton, English, Hayles, Willstead 82.6 Final Middleditch, L.Beaumont, Moreton, Hunt 78.8

Monday 2nd August 1948 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates 49 Hastings Saxons 35 (National League Division Three)

Poole Joe Bowkis 2 3 3 3 11 Charlie Hayden 1’ 0 1 2 4 1 Sid Clark 2 0 2 1’ 5 1 Fred Pawson 1’ 2 2 3 8 1 Allan Chambers 3 2 2 3 10 George Butler 2’ 1’ 1’ 1’ 5 4 Nicholls 1 2’ 3 1 Frank Holcombe 1’ 2’ 3 2

Hastings Ken Tidbury 0 1 0 1 2 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Wally Green 3 3 3 2 11 Pete Mold 0 2 0 0 2 Buddy Fuller 1 2 0 3 Ken Middleditch 0 1 3 0 4 Ron Clark 0 0 1 1 Dan English 0 0 0

Ht1 Grierson, Bowkis, Hayden, Tidbury 79.0* 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Green, S.Clark, Pawson, Mold 81.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Chambers, Butler, Middleditch, Fuller 83.4 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Bowkis, Mold, Nicholls, R.Clark 83.0 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Grierson, Pawson, Tidbury, S.Clark 82.4 2 4 17 13 Ht6 Green, Chambers, Butler, Mold 82.8 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Bowkis, Fuller, Middleditch, Hayden 83.0 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Green, S.Clark, Holcombe, English 84.0 3 3 26 22

Ht9 Grierson, Chambers, Butler, Tidbury 83.4 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Bowkis, Green, Hayden, Mold 83.4 4 2 33 27 Ht11 Middleditch, Pawson, S.Clark, Fuller (f) 85.0 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Chambers, Holcombe, Tidbury, R.Clark 84.0 5 1 41 31 Ht13 Pawson, Nicholls, R.Clark, English 84.8 5 1 46 32 Ht14 Grierson, Hayden, Butler, Middleditch 84.8 3 3 49 35

Reserves Scratch Race Holcombe, Nicholls, R.Clark, English 84.4

Special Match Bristol 11 Hastings 5 Southampton 7 Poole 13 Bristol Billy Hole 3 0 2 5 Eric Salmon 2’ 3 1’ 6 2 Hastings Ken Tidbury 0 0 Jock Grierson 3 3 Dan English 0 0 Pete Mold 1 1 Ron Clark 1 1 Frank Holcombe 0 0 Southampton Jimmy Squibb 2 2 2 6 Alf Kaines 1’ 0 0 1 1 Poole Allan Chambers 3 3 George Butler 2’ 2 1 Sid Clark 1 1 Fred Pawson 3 3 Joe Bowkis 3 3 Charlie Hayden 0 0 P H B S Ht1 Grierson, Squibb, Kaines (frmtd), Tidbury (ld) 84.0 0 3 0 3 Ht2 Hole, Salmon, Mold, English 85.2 0 4 5 3 Ht3 Chambers, Butler, R.Clark, Holcombe 84.0 5 5 5 3 Ht4 Salmon, Squibb, Hole, Kaines 84.0 5 5 9 5 Ht5 Pawson, Squibb, S.Clark, Kaines 83.8 9 5 9 7 Ht6 Bowkis, Hole, Salmon, Hayden 83.4 13 5 11 7 Monday 2nd August 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxon Trophy

Cecil Bailey 3 2 1 3 3 12 Peter Robinson 2 E 3 3 2 10 Bill Weston 1 2 2 1 E 6 Jeff Green 0 0 2 3 0 5 Ken Smith 3 3 3 2 3 14 Reg Wells 0 0 F 1 2 3 Alex Grey 2 1 F 0 E 3 Bob Sivyer 1 2 1 1 F 5 Jack Scott 0 2 0 2 2 6 Bert Croucher 1 3 3 3 3 13 Vic Gent 2 3 2 2 2 11 Bonnie Waddell 3 3 2 2 3 13 Bill Williams DNR Bill Griffiths 2 1 1 3 1 8 John Hayles 1 F 1 Doug Smith 3 1 1 0 E 5

Ht1 Bailey, Robinson, Weston, Green 76.2

Ht2 K.Smith, Grey, Sivyer, Wells 79.6 Ht3 Waddell, Gent, Croucher, Scott 78.2 Ht4 D.Smith, Griffiths, Hayles, Williams (ns) 80.8 Ht5 K.Smith, Scott, Robinson (ef), Williams (ns) 81.2 Ht6 Croucher, Bailey, Griffiths, Wells 78.8 Ht7 Gent, Weston, Grey, Hayles (f) 81.8 Ht8 Waddell, Sivyer, D.Smith, Green 80.2 Ht9 Robinson, Gent, D.Smith, Wells (f) 79.4 Ht10 K.Smith, Waddell, Bailey, Hayles (ns) 78.8 Ht11 Robinson, Waddell, Griffiths, Grey 80.8 Ht12 Croucher, Green, Grey (ef), Williams (ns) 79.2 Ht13 Griffiths, Weston, Sivyer, Scott 80.2 Ht14 Bailey, Gent, Sivyer, Williams (ns) 78.4 Ht15 Croucher, K.Smith, Weston, D.Smith 78.6 Ht16 Green, Scott, Wells, Hayles (ns) 86.4 Ht17 Croucher, Robinson, Sivyer (f), Hayles (ns) 78.2 Ht18 Bailey, Scott, Grey (ef), D.Smith (ef) 78.8 Ht19 Waddell, Wells, Weston (ef), Williams (ns) 80.2 Ht20 K.Smith, Gent, Griffiths, Green 77.0

Wednesday 4th August 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 48 Coventry Bees 33 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Pete Mold 2’ 1’ X 0 3 2 Wally Green 3 3 3 3 12 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Ken Tidbury 0 0 0 0 0 Ron Clark 1’ 3 3 2’ 9 2 Ken Middleditch 2 1 0 2’ 5 1 Dan English 2 1 3 Ken Smith 1 3 4

Coventry Bob Fletcher 1 2 2 1 6 Ed Pye 0 1’ 1’ 1 3 2 Vic Emms 2 2 2 E 6 Bert Lacey 1’ 3 E 0 4 1 Lionel Levy 3 2 2 2’ 9 1 George Smith 0 1’ 1’ 0 2 2 Fred Yates 0 0 0 John Yates 0 3 3

Ht1 Green, Mold, Fletcher, Pye 75.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Grierson, Emms, Lacey, Tidbury 75.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Levy, Middleditch, Clark, G.Smith 76.2 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Lacey, English, Mold, F.Yates 78.0 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Grierson, Fletcher, Pye, Tidbury 76.8 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Clark, Emms, Middleditch, Lacey 77.0 4 2 21 15 Ht7 Green, Levy, G.Smith, Mold 75.8 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Grierson, Emms, K.Smith, J.Yates 76.2 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Clark, Fletcher, Pye, Middleditch 76.4 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Green, Emms (ef), Lacey (ef), Mold (exc) 83.2 3 0 34 23 Ht11 Grierson, Levy, G.Smith, Tidbury 76.2 3 3 37 26 Ht12 K.Smith, Clark, Fletcher, F.Yates 78.2 5 1 42 27 Ht13 J.Yates, Levy, English, Tidbury 80.2 1 5 43 32 Ht14 Green, Middleditch, Pye, G.Smith 78.4 5 1 48 33

Future Stars Scratch Race

K.Smith, Hayles, J.Green, Sivyer 79.6

St Leonards Scurry Ht1 Fletcher, Clark, Lacey, Tidbury 78.4 Ht2 Green, Emms, Middleditch, G.Smith (fexc) 76.6 Ht3 Grierson, Mold, Pye, Levy (f) 78.2 Ht4 English, J.Yates, F.Yates, Hayles 81.2 Final Emms^, Grierson, Fletcher, English 74.8 ^ rep Green

Wednesday 11th August 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 41 Exeter Falcons 43 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Ken Tidbury 3 2 2 0 7 Jock Grierson 1 0 2 3 6 Wally Green 3 1’ 2 3 9 Pete Mold F 2 0 0 2 Ron Clark 0 2 1’ 3 6 1 Ken Middleditch 3 1’ 2 0 6 1 Dan English 1’ 3 4 1 Ken Smith 1’ E 1 1

Exeter Stan Hodson 2 3 0 2 7 Don Hardy 0 3 3 2 8 Bert Roger 2 3 3 3 11 Hugh Geddes 1’ 3 E 1 5 1 Norman Clay 2 1 1’ 2 6 1 Arthur Pilgrim 1’ 3 2 1’ 7 2 Mike Wood 0 1’ 1 1 Herby Plain 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Tidbury, Hodson, Grierson, Hardy 76.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Green, Roger, Geddes, Mold (f) 75.2 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Middleditch, Clay, Pilgrim, Clark 76.4 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Geddes, Tidbury, English, Wood 78.4 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Hodson, Mold, Green, Hardy 75.4 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Roger, Clark, Middleditch, Geddes (ef) 74.6 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Pilgrim, Tidbury, Clay, Grierson 77.4 2 4 21 21 Ht8 Roger, Green, Smith, Plain 74.4 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Hardy, Middleditch, Clark, Hodson 77.2 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Roger, Grierson, Geddes, Tidbury 75.6 2 4 29 31 Ht11 Green, Pilgrim, Clay, Mold 77.2 3 3 32 34 Ht12 Clark, Hodson, Wood, Smith (ef) 76.4 3 3 35 37 Ht13 English, Clay, Plain, Mold 78.8 3 3 38 40 Ht14 Grierson, Hardy, Pilgrim, Middleditch 75.8 3 3 41 43

Individual Championship (Bronze Helmet) Ht1 Wally Green bt Bert Roger 71.0 Ht2 Wally Green bt Bert Roger 71.6

St Leonards Scurry Ht1 Hodson, Tidbury, Clay, Mold 78.4 Ht2 Pilgrim, Hardy, Clark, Green 78.4 Ht3 Grierson, Geddes, Middleditch (nf), Roger (nf) 80.2 Ht4 English, Plain, Wood, Smith 78.8 Final Pilgrim, Hodson, English, Grierson 78.4

Monday 16th August 1948 Poole Stadium, Poole Southampton Saints 67 Hastings Saxons 28 (Anniversary Cup)

Southampton Alf Bottoms 3 3 3 2 3 14 0 5 Alf Kaines 2*2*1*1 6 3 4 Jim Squibb 1 2*2 2* 7 2 4 Bob Oakley 3 3 3 3 1 13 0 5 Tom Oakley 2*1*1 3 7 2 4 Cecil Bailey 3 2 3 3 11 0 4 George Bason 2*2*3 7 2 3 Bill Griffiths 0 1 1 2 0 3

Hastings Ken Tidbury 0 0 2 2 0 3 Jock Grierson no rides Wally Green 2 3 3 3 2 13 0 5 Pete Mold 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Ron Clark 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Ken Middleditch 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 5 Dan English 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 Ken Smith 1 1 2 1 2 7 0 4

1 Alf Bottoms, Alf Kaines, Dan English, Ken Tidbury(f) 85.6 5 – 1 5 – 1 2 Bob Oakley, Wally Green, Jim Squibb, Pete Mold 80.6 4 – 2 9 – 3 3 Cecil Bailey, Tom Oakley, Ron Clark(f), Ken Middleditch(f) 83.4 5 – 0 14 – 3 4 Alf Bottoms, George Bason, Ken Smith, Pete Mold(fx) 85.6 5 – 1 19 – 4 5 Bob Oakley, Jim Squibb, Dan English, Ken Tidbury(f) 83.6 5 – 1 24 – 5 6 Wally Green, Cecil Bailey, Tom Oakley, Pete Mold 81.6 3 – 3 27 – 8 7 Alf Bottoms, Alf Kaines, Ken Middleditch, Ron Clark 86 5 – 1 32 – 9 8 Wally Green, Jim Squibb, Ken Smith, Bill Griffiths 81.6 2 – 4 34 – 13 9 Cecil Bailey, Ken Tidbury, Tom Oakley, Dan English 82.8 4 – 2 38 – 15 10 Wally Green, Alf Bottoms, Alf Kaines, Pete Mold 80.6 3 – 3 41 – 18 11 Bob Oakley, Jim Squibb, Ken Middleditch, Ron Clark 85.4 5 – 1 46 – 19 12 Tom Oakley, Ken Smith, Bill Griffiths 85.4 only 3 riders? 4 – 2 50 – 21 13 Bob Oakley, George Bason, Ken Smith, Ron Clark 85.2 5 – 1 55 – 22 14 Cecil Bailey, Ken Middleditch, Alf Kaines, Dan English 83.6 4 – 2 59 – 24 15 George Bason, Ken Smith, Bill Griffiths 85.4 only 3 riders? 4 – 2 63 – 26 16 Alf Bottoms, Wally Green, Bob Oakley, Ken Middleditch 82.4 4 – 2 67 – 28

Wednesday 18th August 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 39 Stoke Potters 44 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Ken Smith N 1 0 0 1 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Wally Green 3 3 3 3 12 Pete Mold 0 0 0 0 0 Ron Clark 1’ 0 1 1 Ken Middleditch 2 1 1’ 1 5 1 Dan English 3 2 1 2 8 John Hayles 0 0 0

Stoke Dave Anderson 2 2 0 2’ 6 1 Ray Harris N 1’ 3 0 4 1 Les Jenkins 2 3 2 2 9 Dick Howard 1’ 0 1 1 Gil Blake 3 2 1’ 3 9 1

Vic Pitcher 0 1’ 2 2 5 1 Ken Adams 2 2’ 1’ 3 8 2 Lindsay Mitchell 1’ 1 2 1

Ht1 Grierson, Anderson, Smith (nf), Harris (nf) 73.4 3 2 3 2 Ht2 Green, Jenkins, Howard, Mold 76.0 3 3 6 5 Ht3 Blake, Middleditch, Clark, Pitcher 75.6 3 3 9 8 Ht4 English, Adams, Smith, Howard 76.6 4 2 13 10 Ht5 Green, Anderson, Harris, Mold 76.4 3 3 16 13 Ht6 Jenkins, Adams, Middleditch, Clark 77.2 1 5 17 18 Ht7 Grierson, Blake, Pitcher, Smith 75.2 3 3 20 21 Ht8 Green, Jenkins, Mitchell, Hayles 75.4 3 3 23 24 Ht9 Harris, English, Middleditch, Anderson 78.2 3 3 26 27 Ht10 Grierson, Jenkins, Adams, Smith 75.2 3 3 29 30 Ht11 Green, Pitcher, Blake, Mold 76.2 3 3 32 33 Ht12 Adams, Anderson, English, Hayles 78.4 1 5 33 38 Ht13 Blake, English, Mitchell, Mold 77.0 2 4 35 42 Ht14 Grierson, Pitcher, Middleditch, Harris 75.8 4 2 39 44

Future Stars Scratch Race Hayles, Doug Smith, Jeff Green, Sivyer 78.4

St Leonards Scurry Ht1 Blake, Anderson, Mold, Smith 78.0 Ht2 Green, Harris, Pitcher, Clark 77.8 Ht3 Grierson, Jenkins, Middleditch, Howard 76.8 Ht4 Adams, Mitchell, Hayles, English 78.4 Final Green, Blake, Adams, Grierson 76.6

Saturday 21st August 1948 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets 48 Hastings Saxons 36 (Challenge)

Rayleigh Ron Howes 2 3 3 3 11 Percy Brine 1’ 1 1 2 5 1 Bruce Abernethy 3 2 3 3 11 Roy Uden 2’ 1’ 1 1’ 5 3 Arthur Pilgrim 3 3 2 2 10 Jack Dunn 0 1 1 Stan Crouch 1 1’ 2 4 1 Jim Gregory 0 0 1’ 1 1

Hastings Wally Green 3 3 3 3 12 Pete Mould 0 0 0 0 0 Jock Grierson 1 2 1’ 2 6 1 Dan English 0 0 0 0 0 Ron Clark 1’ 2 2 3 8 1 Ken Middleditch 2 0 0 3 5 Ken Smith 2 1 3 John Hayles 2 0 2

Ht1 Green, Howes, Brine, Mold 76.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Abernethy, Uden, Grierson, English 77.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Pilgrim, Middleditch, Clark, Dunn 78.8 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Howes, Smith, Crouch, English 80.0 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Green, Abernethy, Uden, Mold 77.6 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Pilgrim, Grierson, Dunn, English 78.8 4 2 22 14 Ht7 Howes, Clark, Brine, Middleditch 79.8 4 2 26 16

Ht8 Abernethy, Hayles, Grierson, Gregory 80.2 3 3 29 19 Ht9 Green, Pilgrim, Crouch, Mold 77.8 3 3 32 22 Ht10 Howes, Grierson, Brine, English 80.4 4 2 36 24 Ht11 Abernethy, Clark, Uden, Middleditch 81.0 4 2 40 26 Ht12 Green, Pilgrim, Smith, Gregory 78.7 2 4 42 30 Ht13 Clark, Crouch, Uden, Hayles 81.0 3 3 45 33 Ht14 Middleditch, Brine, Gregory, Mold 81.8 3 3 48 36

Wednesday 25th August 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 43 Hull Angels 40 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Dan English 1 2 1 0 4 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Weston 2’ 1’ R 3 2 Pete Mold 3 2 0 2 7 Ron Clark 0 3 3 0 6 Ken Middleditch 3 2’ 1 1 7 1 Ken Smith 0 2 1’ 3 1 John Hayles R 1 1

Hull Derek Glover 0 0 0 3 3 Mick Mitchell 2 3 2 2 9 Norman Johnson 1 1 2’ 2 6 1 Bob Baker 0 1 0 1 George Craig 1’ 2 3 3 9 1 Dick Shepherd 2 0 1 0 3 Johnny White 3 2’ 1’ 6 2 Al Allison 3 0 3

Ht1 Grierson, Mitchell, English, Glover 73.4 4 2 Ht2 Mold, Weston, Johnson, Baker 75.8 9 3 Ht3 Middleditch, Shepherd, Craig, Clark 75.8 12 6 Ht4 White, English, Baker, Smith 79.0 14 10 Ht5 Mitchell, Mold, Weston, Glover 76.8 17 13 Ht6 Clark, Middleditch, Johnson, Baker 76.2 22 14 Ht7 Grierson, Craig, English, Shepherd 75.6 26 16 Ht8 Allison, Johnson, Weston (ret), Hayles (ret) 78.4 26 21 Ht9 Clark, Mitchell, Middleditch, Glover 75.2 30 23 Ht10 Grierson, Johnson, White, English 74.8 33 26 Ht11 Craig, Smith, Shepherd, Mold 77.0 35 30 Ht12 Glover, White, Hayles, Clark 79.2 36 35 Ht13 Craig, Mold, Smith, Allison 76.6 39 38 Ht14 Grierson, Mitchell, Middleditch, Shepherd 75.4 43 40

"FUTURE STARS" SCRATCH RACE K.Smith, Doug Smith, Jeff Green, Bob Sivyer 78.6 ST. LEONARDS SCURRY Ht1 Craig, English, Mold, Glover 76.4 Ht2 M Mitchell, Clark, D Shepherd, D Smith 77.4 Ht3 Middleditch, Grierson, Johnson, Baker 77.6 Ht4 Allison, White, Hayles, K.Smith 79.2 Final Craig, Allison, Middleditch, M Mitchell. 80.2

Thursday 26th August 1948 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth

Hastings Saxons 21 Southampton Saints 75 (North v South Anniversary Cup)

Hastings Bill Weston F 0 Jock Grierson 1 2 1 2 1 7 Dan English 1 1 0 0 2 Pete Mold 0 0 1 0 1 Ron Clark 3 1 1 2 7 Ken Middleditch F 0 0 0 John Hayles 0 0 1 1 2 Ken Smith 1 1 2

Southampton Alf Bottoms 3 3 3 3 3 15 George Bason 2’ 2’ 2’ 1’ 7 4 Jimmy Squibb 2’ 3 3 2’ 2’ 12 3 Bob Oakley 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 Tom Oakley 1’ 1 2’ 3 7 2 Cecil Bailey 2 3 3 3 11 Alf Kaines 3 1 2’ 6 1 Bill Griffiths 2’ 2’ 3 7 2

Ht1 Bottoms, Bason, Grierson, Weston 78.8 1 5 1 5 Ht2 B.Oakley, Squibb, English, Mold 82.0 1 5 2 10 Ht3 Clark, Bailey, T.Oakley, Middleditch 83.0 3 3 5 13 Ht4 Kaines, B.Oakley, Smith, Hayles 86.4 1 5 6 18 Ht5 Bottoms, Bason, English, Mold 84.6 1 5 7 23 Ht6 Squibb, B.Oakley, Clark, Middleditch 83.6 1 5 8 28 Ht7 Bailey, Grierson, T.Oakley, Hayles 81.2 2 4 10 32 Ht8 Squibb, Griffiths, Smith, English 83.0 1 5 11 37 Ht9 Bottoms, Bason, Clark, Middleditch 83.8 1 5 12 42 Ht10 B.Oakley, Squibb, Grierson, 85.0 1 5 13 47 Ht11 Bailey, T.Oakley, Mold, English 83.2 1 5 14 52 Ht12 Bottoms, Clark, Kaines, Smith 82.6 2 4 16 56 Ht13 T.Oakley, Griffiths, Hayles, Mold 84.2 1 5 17 61 Ht14 Bailey, Grierson, Bason, Middleditch 82.0 2 4 19 65 Ht15 Griffiths, Kaines, Hayles, Smith (ret) 85.0 1 5 20 70 Ht16 Bottoms, Squibb, Grierson, Clark 82.4 1 5 21 75

Wednesday 1st September 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 44 Plymouth Devils 40 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Dan English 1 2 0 0 3 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Weston 1 0 F 1 Pete Mold 3 3 2 0 8 Ron Clark 2 2 2 2 8 Ken Middleditch 1’ 0 1’ 2’ 4 3 Ken Smith 1’ 3 3 7 1 John Hayles 0 1’ 1 1

Plymouth Ted Gibson 0 1’ 3 3 7 1 Vic Gent 2 2 E 1 5 Bonny Waddell 2 1 1’ 1’ 5 2 Len Read X 3 3 2 8 Alex Gray 0 2 1 2 5 Pete Lansdale 3 2’ 3 0 7 1

Bill Sobey 0 0 0 Wally Matthews 2 1’ 3 1

Ht1 Grierson, Gent, English, Gibdson 74.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Mold, Waddell, Weston, Read (exc) 76.6 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Lansdale, Clark, Middleditch, Gray 76.2 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Read, English, Smith, Sobey 79.2 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Mold, Gent, Gibson, Weston (efchain) 78.2 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Read, Clark, Waddell, Middleditch 77.8 2 4 19 17 Ht7 Grierson, Gray, Lansdale, English 76.8 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Smith, Matthews, Waddell, Hayles 78.2 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Gibson, Clark, Middleditch, Gent (ef) 77.2 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Grierson, Read, Waddell, English 75.6 3 3 31 29 Ht11 Lansdale, Mold, Waddell, Weston (f) 76.8 2 4 33 33 Ht12 Gibson, Clark, Hayles, Sobey 78.0 3 3 36 36 Ht13 Smith, Gray, Matthews, Mold 78.2 3 3 39 39 Ht14 Grierson, Middleditch, Gent, Lansdale (ef) 78.2 5 1 44 40

Future Stars Scratch Race Jeff Green, Sivyer, J.Haynes, Doug Smith 83.4

St Leonards Scurry Ht1 Gibson, Mold, English, Gent 78.4 Ht2 Clark, Waddell, Read, Weston (f) 77.2 Ht3 Grierson, Middleditch, Gray, Lansdale 78.6 Ht4 Sobey, Matthews, Smith, Hayles (ns) 80.0 Final Middleditch, Sobey, Gibson, Clark 79.8

Friday 3rd September 1948 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath Cradley Heath Cubs 18 Hastings Saxons 6 (National League Division Three) Abdn

Cradley Heatrh Les Beaumont 1’ 3 4 1 Bill Clifton 2 2 Gil Craven 3 3 Phil Malpass 2’ 2 1 Eric Irons 2’ 2 1 Alan Hunt 3 3 Ken Sharples 2’ 2 1 Roy Moreton DNR

Hastings Dan English 0 0 Jock Grierson 3 3 Bill Weston DNR Pete Mold 0 1 1 Ron Clark 1 1 Ken Middleditch 0 0 Ken Smith 1 0 1 John Hayles DNR

Ht1 Grierson, Clifton, Beaumont, English 78.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Craven, Malpass, Smith, Mold 87.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Hunt, Irons, Clark, Middleditch 81.0 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Beaumont, Sharples, Mold, Smith 84.8 5 1 18 6

Wednesday 8th September 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 43 Hull Angles 37 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Dan English 0 2’ 0 1 3 1 Jock Grierson 2 3 3 2 10 Bill Weston 0 0 0 Pete Mold 2 0 2 2 6 Ron Clark 3 3 2 2’ 10 1 Ken Middleditch 2’ 0 1’ 0 3 2 Ken Smith 3 2’ 0 1’ 6 2 John Hayles 1 3 3 7

Hull Norman Johnson 1 2’ F 3 1 Mick Mitchell 3 3 3 3 12 George Craig 3 2 R 2 7 Johnny White 1 0 1’ 2 1 Bob Baker 1 2 1 3 7 Dick Shepherd 0 1’ 3 1 5 1 Derek Glover 1 0 R 1 Al Allison R 0 0

Ht1 Mitchell, Grierson, Johnson, English 73.8 2 2 2 4 Ht2 Craig, Mold, White, Weston 76.2 2 2 4 8 Ht3 Clark, Middleditch, Baker, Shepherd 75.8 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Smith, English, Glover, White 76.8 5 1 14 10 Ht5 Mitchell, Johnson, Hayles, Mold 76.6 1 5 15 15 Ht6 Clark, Craig, White, Middleditch 75.8 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Grierson, Baker, Shepherd, English 75.4 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Hayles, Smith, Craig (ret), Allison (ret) 78.4 5 1 26 21 Ht9 Mitchell, Clark, Middleditch, Johnson (f) 75.8 3 3 29 24 Ht10 Grierson, Craig, English, Glover 75.2 4 2 33 26 Ht11 Shepherd, Mold, Baker, Smith 77.4 2 4 35 30 Ht12 Hayles, Clark, Glover (ret), (3 riders only) 81.8 5 1 40 30 Ht13 Baker, Mold, Smith, Allison 77.0 3 3 43 33 Ht14 Mitchell, Grierson, Shepherd, Middleditch 74.8 2 4 45 37

Future Stars Scratch Race Sivyer, Hayles, Jeff Green, Doug Smith 81.4

St Leonards Scurry Ht1 English, Mold, Johnson (ef), Baker (ef) 78.4 Ht2 Craug, Sivyer, Clark, Green 78.0 Ht3 Mitchell, Middleditch, Grierson, Shepherd 75.0 Ht4 K.Smith, Glover, D.Smith, Hayles 78.6 Final Mitchell, Craig, K,Smith, English 77.4

Saturday 11th September 1948 Brandon Stadium, Coventry Coventry Bees 65 Hastings Saxons 18 (National League Division Three)

Coventry Bob Fletcher 0 3 3 2’ 8 1 Ed Pye 3 2’ 3 2’ 10 2 Vic Emms 3 3 0 3 9 Bert Lacey 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4 George Smith 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Lionel Levy 3 3 3 3 12 Ralph Horne 2’ 3 5 1 John Yates 2 2’ 4 1

Hastings

Dan English 2 1 1 1 5 Jock Grierson 0 0 0 Ken Smith 0 0 1 0 1 Pete Mold 1 1 1 1 4 Ron Clark 0 0 0 0 0 Ken Middleditch 1 1 1 1 4 John Hayles 0 0 0 Frank Bettis 3 0 1 0 4

Ht1 Pye, English, Fletcher (nf), Grierson (nf) 83.8 3 2 3 2 Ht2 Emms, Lacey, Mold, K.Smith 78.6 5 1 8 3 Ht3 Levy, G.Smith, Middleditch, Clark 82.2 5 1 13 4 Ht4 Fletcher, Horne, Mold, Hayles 84.4 5 1 18 5 Ht5 Emms, Lacey, Mold, K.Smith 82.4 5 1 23 6 Ht6 Levy, GSmith, Mold, K.Smith 83.8 5 1 28 7 Ht7 Fletcher, Pye, Middleditch, Clark 84.2 5 1 33 8 Ht8 Bettis, Yates, K.Smith, Emms 82.2 2 4 35 12 Ht9 Levy, G.Smith, English, Bettis 82.0 5 1 40 13 Ht10 Pye, Fletcher, Mold, K.Smith 83.6 5 1 45 14 Ht11 Emms, Lacey, Middleditch, Clark 82.8 5 1 50 15 Ht12 G.Smith, Yates, English, Hayles 82.6 5 1 55 16 Ht13 Horne, Lacey, Bettis, Clark 82.8 5 1 60 17 Ht14 Levy, Pye, Middleditch, Bettis 83.8 5 1 65 18

Wednesday 15th September 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 31 Southampton Saints 53 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Ken Tidbury 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 Frank Bettis 1 1 1 0 3 0 4 Ken Smith 2 0 2 2 6 0 4 Pete Mold 0 2 0 2 4 0 4 Ron Clark 3 3 0 0 6 0 4 Ken Middleditch 1 2*2 3 8 1 4 Dan English 0 1 1* 2 1 3 John Hayles 0 0 0 1

Southampton Alf Bottoms 3 3 3 3 12 0 4 Alf Kaines 2*1 1 1* 5 2 4 Jim Squibb 3 1 3 2* 9 1 4 Bob Oakley 1 3 0 3 7 0 4 Tom Oakley 0 3 3 3 9 0 4 Cecil Bailey 2 2*1 2 7 1 4 George Bason 1 2* 3 1 2 Bill Griffiths 1 0 1 0 2

1 Alf Bottoms, Alf Kaines, Frank Bettis, Ken Tidbury 79.4 1 – 5 1 – 5 2 Jim Squibb, Ken Smith, Bob Oakley, Pete Mold 76.8 2 – 4 3 – 9 3 Ron Clark, Cecil Bailey, Ken Middleditch, Tom Oakley 74.4 4 – 2 7 – 11 4 Bob Oakley, Ken Tidbury, George Bason, Dan English 75.6 2 – 4 9 – 15 5 Alf Bottoms, Pete Mold, Alf Kaines, Ken Smith 75.8 2 – 4 11 – 19 6 Ron Clark, Ken Middleditch, Jim Squibb, Bob Oakley 76 5 – 1 16 – 20 7 Tom Oakley, Cecil Bailey, Frank Bettis, Ken Tidbury 77.8 1 – 5 17 – 25 8 Jim Squibb, Ken Smith, Bill Griffiths, John Hayles 76.2 2 – 4 19 – 29 9 Alf Bottoms, Ken Middleditch, Alf Kaines, Ron Clark 76.4 2 – 4 21 – 33 10 Bob Oakley, Jim Squibb, Frank Bettis, Ken Tidbury 77.2 1 – 5 22 – 38

11 Tom Oakley, Ken Smith, Cecil Bailey, Pete Mold 77.6 2 – 4 24 – 42 12 Alf Bottoms, George Bason, Dan English, Ron Clark 77.2 1 – 5 25 – 47 13 Tom Oakley, Pete Mold, Dan English, Bill Griffiths 80.4 3 – 3 28 – 50 14 Ken Middleditch, Cecil Bailey, Alf Kaines, Frank Bettis ? 3 – 3 31 – 53

Future Stars Scratch Race Sivyer, Vic Butcher, Weston, Harold McNaughton 82.6

St Leonards Scurry Ht1 Bailey, Tidbury, B.Oakley, Clark 77.8 Ht2 Kaines, Middleditch, Bettis, Butcher 77.0 Ht3 Squibb, T.Oakley, Mold, Smith 79.2 Ht4 Bason, Sivyer, English Griffiths 81.2 Final Squibb, Bailey, Kaines, Bason 79.0

Wednesday 22nd September 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 55 Yarmouth Bloaters 29 (National League Division Three)

Hastings

Ken Tidbury 0 3 1 2’ 6 1 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Ken Smith 1 1’ 3 2 7 1 Pete Mold 3 2 E E 5 Ron Clarke 3 3 0 3 9 Ken Middleditch 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 9 3 Frank Bettis 2’ 3 5 1 Bill Weston 2’ E 2 1

Yarmouth Roy Duke 1’ 3 1’ 2 7 2 Sid Hipperson 2 0 2 1 5 Reg Morgan 0 0 1 0 1 Bert Rawlinson 2 1 1 1 5 Bill Caruthers 1 0 1 2 4 Billy Bales 0 2 3 F 5 Arthur Bush 0 1’ 1 1 Bill Codling 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Grierson, Hipperson, Duke, Tidbury 72.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Mold, Rawlinson, Smith, Morgan 78.4 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Clrk, Middleditch, Carruthers, Bales 76.6 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Tidbury, Bettis, Rawlinson, Bush 79.2 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Duke, Mold, Smith, Hipperson 78.6 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Clark, Middleditch, Rawlinson, Morgan 78.6 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Grierson, Bales, Tidbury, Carruthers 75.6 4 2 29 13 Ht8 Smith, Weston, Morgan, Codling 78.4 5 1 34 14 Ht9 Middleditch, Hipperson, Duke, Clark 77.2 3 3 37 17 Ht10 Grierson, Tidbury, Rawlinson, Morgan 78.2 5 1 42 18 Ht11 Bales, Smith, Carruthers, Mold (ef) 77.4 2 4 44 22 Ht12 Clark, Duke, Bush, Weston (ef) 77.4 3 3 47 25 Ht13 Bettis, Carruthers, Codling, Mold (ef) 77.0 3 3 50 28 Ht14 Grierson, Middleditch, Hipperson, Bales (f) 75.2 5 1 55 29

Future Stars Scratch Race English, Sivyer, Hayles, McNaughton 80.0

St Leonards Scurry Ht1 Hipperson, Clark, B. Rawlinson, Tidbury 78.4 Ht2 Middleditch, Duke, Grierson, Bales 76.4

Ht3 Smith, Morgan, Mold, Carruthers 79.4 Ht4 Bettis, Bush, Codling, Weston 79.2 Final Middleditch, Hipperson, Bettis, Smith 78.4 Thursday 23rd September 1948 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 57 Hastings Saxons 26 (National league Division Three)

Plymouth Peter Robinson 3 3 0 0 6 Bonny Waddell 0 1 1 Ted Gibson 3 1 3 2’ 9 1 Len Read 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2 Alex Gray 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Pete Lansdale 3 3 3 3 12 Vic Gent 2’ 3 3 8 1 Wally Matthews 0 2’ 2 1

Hastings Ken Tidbury 0 0 0 0 Jock Grierson 2 2 1 2 7 Ken Smith 1 1 1’ 1 4 1 Pete Mold 0 1 0 1 Ron Clark 1 2’ 0 1 4 1 Ken Middledtch 0 3 0 1’ 4 1 Bill Weston 0 1 1 Frank Bettis 1’ 2 2 1 6 1

Ht1 Robinson, Grierson, Bettis, Waddell 79.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Gibson, Read, Smith, Mold 80.6 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Lansdale, Gray, Clark, Middleditch 83.4 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Robinson, Gent, Mold, Weston 84.2 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Read, Grierson, Gibson, Tidbury 81.2 4 2 22 8 Ht6 Lansdale, Gray, Smith, Mold 84.0 5 1 27 9 Ht7 Middleditch, Clark, Robinson, Waddell 83.0 1 5 28 14 Ht8 Gibson, Bettis, Smith, Matthews 82.6 3 3 31 17 Ht9 Lansdale, Gray, Grierson, Tidbury 83.4 5 1 36 18 Ht10 Gent, Bettis, Smith, Robinson 85.6 3 3 39 21 Ht11 Read, Gibson, Clark (nf), Gibson (nf) 84.4 5 0 44 21 Ht12 Gray, Matthews, Weston, Tidbury 84.2 5 1 49 22 Ht13 Gent, Read, Clark, Bettis 85.4 5 1 54 23 Ht14 Lansdale, Grierson, Middleditch, Waddell 83.2 3 3 57 26

Tuesday 28th September 1948 Bannister Court Stadium, Southampton Southampton Saints 61 Hastings Saxons 23 (National League Division Three)

Southampton Alf Bottoms 3 3 3 3 12 0 4 Alf Kaines 0 1 2*1 4 1 4 Jim Squibb 2*3 3 1 9 1 4 Bob Oakley 3 0 3 2* 8 1 4 Tom Oakley 3 3 1*3 10 1 4 Cecil Bailey 2*2*2 3 9 2 4 George Bason 2*3 5 1 2 Bill Griffiths 2*2* 4 2 2 Hastings Ken Tidbury 1*1*0 1 3 2 4 Jock Grierson 2 2 3 0 7 0 4 Ken Smith 1 1 0 0 2 0 4

Pete Mold 0 0 0 0 0 3 Ron Clark 1 0 0 1 2 0 4 Ken Middleditch 0 2 2 2 6 0 4 Frank Bettis 1 1 0 2 0 3 Bill Weston 1 0 1 0 2

1 Alf Bottoms, Jock Grierson, Ken Tidbury, Alf Kaines 68.6 3 – 3 3 – 3 2 Bob Oakley, Jim Squibb, Ken Smith, Pete Mold 73 5 – 1 8 – 4 3 Tom Oakley, Cecil Bailey, Ron Clark, Ken Middleditch 70.4 5 – 1 13 – 5 4 Alf Bottoms, George Bason, Frank Bettis, Pete Mold 73.5 5 – 1 18 – 6 5 Jim Squibb, Jock Grierson, Ken Tidbury, Bob Oakley 71.6 3 – 3 21 – 9 6 Tom Oakley, Cecil Bailey, Ken Smith, Pete Mold 71.2 5 – 1 26 – 10 7 Alf Bottoms, Ken Middleditch, Alf Kaines, Ron Clark 70.4 4 – 2 30 – 12 8 Jim Squibb, Bill Griffiths, Bill Weston, Ken Smith 71.6 5 – 1 35 – 13 9 Jock Grierson, Cecil Bailey, Tom Oakley, Ken Tidbury 71.4 3 – 3 38 – 16 10 Alf Bottoms, Alf Kaines, Frank Bettis, Ken Smith 71.6 5 – 1 43 – 17 11 Bob Oakley, Ken Middleditch, Jim Squibb, Ron Clark 71.8 4 – 2 47 – 19 12 Tom Oakley, Bill Griffiths, Ken Tidbury, Frank Bettis 71.2 5 – 1 52 – 20 13 George Bason, Bob Oakley, Ron Clark, Bill Weston 73 5 – 1 57 – 21 14 Cecil Bailey, Ken Middleditch, Alf Kaines, Jock Grierson 70.6 4 – 2 61 – 23

Wednesday 29th September 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 45 Tamworth Hounds 38 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Ken Tidbury 0 2 1 0 3 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Ken Smith 0 1’ 2 1 4 1 Pete Mold 1 2 2’ 5 1 Ken Middleditch 3 3 2 0 8 Ron Clark 1 1 1’ E 3 1 Frank Bettis 1’ 3 2 3 9 1 Bill Weston 1’ 1 1

Tamworth Steve Langton 1’ 0 0 E 1 1 Bill Harris 2 3 3 2 10 Cyril Page 2’ 2 3 1’ 8 2 Harry Saunders 3 3 0 2 8 Bill Dalton 0 0 0 E 0 Basil Harris 2 2 2 1’ 7 1 Peter Orpwood 0 3 3 Howard Chipman 0 1 1

Ht1 Grierson, Bi.Harris, Langton, Tidbury 73.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Saunders, Page, Mold, Smith 77.6 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Middleditch, Ba.Harris, Clark, Dalton 77.2 4 2 8 10 Ht4 Saunders, Tidbury, Bettis, Orpwood 78.4 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Bi.Harris, Mold, Smith, Langton 77.2 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Middleditch, Page, Clark, Saunders 77.8 4 2 18 18 Ht7 Grierson, Ba.Harris, Tidbury, Dalton 76.2 4 2 22 20 Ht8 Page, Smith, Weston, Chipman 79.6 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Bi.Harris, Middleditch, Clark, Langton 76.6 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Grierson, Saunders, Page, Tidbury 76.8 3 3 31 29 Ht11 Bettis, Ba.Harris, Smith, Dalton 77.4 4 2 35 31 Ht12 Orpwood, Bettis, Clark (ef), Langton (ef) 78.8 2 3 37 34 Ht13 Bettis, Mold, Chipman, Dalton (ef) 81.2 5 1 42 35 Ht14 Grierson, Bi.Harris, Ba.Harris, Middleditch 76.2 3 3 45 38

Futures Stars Scratch English, John Hayles, Sivyer, McNaughton 80.8

St Leonard’s Scurry Ht1Bi.Harris, Tidbury, Clark, Saunders 79.2 Ht2 Langton, Grierson, Middleditch, Page 78.4 Ht3 Mold, Page, Smith, Dalton (ns) 78.8 Ht4 Orpwood, Bettis, Weston, Chipman 79.2 Final Steve Langton, Bill Harris, Pete Mould, Orpeood (ef)77.2 Friday 1st October 1948 South Yorkshire Sports Stadium, Wombwell Wombwell Colliers 41 Hastings Saxons 42 (National League Division Three)

Wombwell Harwood Pike 2 2 0 Red Hamley 0 2 2 3 7 Son Mitchell 1 0 3 0 4 Jack Baxter 3 2 2 3 10 Charlie Oates N 2’ 2 1’ 5 2 Harry Welch N 3 1’ 1 5 1 Jeff Bishop 1’ 2 3 1 Ernie Palmer 1 2’ 3 1

Hastings Ken Tidbury 1 1 0 1 Jock Greirson 3 3 3 0 8 Ken Smith 2 1 2 0 5 Pete Mold 0 0 0 0 Ron Clark 2’ 1 1 1 5 1 Ken Middleditch 3 3 3 2 11 Frank Bettis 3 3 3 9 Bill Weston 0 0 0

Ht1 Grierson, Pike, Tidbury, Hamley 81.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Baxter, Smith, Mitchell, Mold 82.8 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Middleditch, Clark, Oates (nf), Welch (nf) 83.8 0 5 6 11 Ht4 Bettis, Pike, Bishop, Mold 85.4 3 3 9 14 Ht5 Grierson, Baxter, Tidbury, Mitchell 85.0 2 4 11 18 Ht6 Welch, Oates, Smith, Mold 86.4 5 1 16 19 Ht7 Middleditch, Hamley, Clark, Pike 84.0 2 4 18 23 Ht8 Mitchell, Smith, Palmer, Weston 86.6 4 2 22 25 Ht9 Grierson, Oates, Welch, Tidbury 85.2 3 3 25 28 Ht10 Bettis, Hamley, Oates, Smith 85.6 3 3 28 31 Ht11 Middleditch, Baxter, Clark, Mitchell 82.0 2 4 30 35 Ht12 Bettis, Palmer, Tidbury, Oates 84.4 2 4 32 39 Ht13 Baxter, Bishop, Clark, Weston 84.8 5 1 37 40 Ht14 Hamley, Middleditch, Welch, Grierson 83.6 4 2 41 42

Tuesday 5th October 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth Tamworth Hounds 60 Hastings Saxons 23 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth Steve Langton 2 1 0 1 4 Bill Harris 1’ 3 3 1 8 1 Cyril Page 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 Harry Saunders 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Bill Dalton 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 9 3 Basil Harris 3 3 2’ 0 8 1 Peter Orpwood 3 2’ 5 1

Lionel Watling 3 3 6

Hastings Ken Tidbury 0 0 0 1 1 Jock Grierson 3 1 1 2’ 7 1 Ken Smith 0 0 1 0 1 Frank Bettis 1 2 1 2 6 Ron Clark 0 1’ 0 1 2 1 Ken Middleditch 0 2 1 3 6 Pete Mold 0 0 0 Bill Weston 0 0 0

Ht1 Grierson, Langton, Bi.Harris, Tidbury 75.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Saunders, Page, Bettis, Smith 74.6 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Ba.Harris, Dalton, Clark (nf), Middleditch (nf) 74.0 5 0 13 4 Ht4 Orpwood, Bettis, Langton, Mold 73.8 4 2 17 6 Ht5 Page, Saunders, Grierson, Tidbury 73.8 5 1 22 7 Ht6 Ba.Harris, Dalton, Bettis, Smith 75.6 5 1 27 8 Ht7 Bi.Harris, Middleditch, Clark, Langton 75.8 3 3 30 11 Ht8 Watling, Page, Smith, Weston 75.0 5 1 35 12 Ht9 Dalton, Ba.Harris, Grierson, Tidbury 74.2 5 1 40 13 Ht10 Bi.Harris, Bettis, Langton, Smith 75.4 4 2 44 15 Ht11 Saunders, Page, Middleditch, Clark 74.8 5 1 49 16 Ht12 Watling, Dalton, Tidbury, Mold 74.4 5 1 54 17 Ht13 Saunders, Orpwood, Clark, Weston 74.4 5 1 59 18 Ht14 Middleditch, Grierson, Bi.Harris, Ba.Harris 71.4 1 5 60 23

Thursday 7th October 1948 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke Stoke Potters 68 Hastings Saxons 16 (National League Division Three)

Stoke Dave Anderson 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Ray Harris 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 Les Jenkins 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 Ken Adams 3 2’ 3 1 9 1 Gil Blake 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2 Vic Pitcher 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Stan Bradbury 2’ 3 5 1 Frank Evans 3 1 4

Hastings Ken Tidbury 0 1 0 0 1 Jock Grierson 1 F 1 2 Ken Smith 0 1 1 0 2 Pete Mold 1 0 0 1 2 Ron Clark 1 0 0 2 3 Ken Middleditch 0 1 1 F 2 Frank Bettis 1 2 1 4 Bill Weston 0 0 0

Ht1 Anderson, Harris, Grierson, Tidbury 76.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Adams, Jenkins, Mold, Smith 79.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Pitcher, Blake, Clark, Middleditch 76.8 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Anderson, Bradbury, Bettis, Mold 77.4 5 1 20 4 Ht5 Jenkins, Adams, Tidbury, Grierson (f) 79.8 5 1 25 5 Ht6 Pitcher, Blake, Smith, Mold 70.2 5 1 30 6 Ht7 Harris, Anderson, Middleditch, Clark 79.8 5 1 35 7 Ht8 Evans, Jenkins, Smith, Weston 79.6 5 1 40 8 Ht9 Blake, Pitcher, Grierson, Tidbury 75.4 5 1 45 9

Ht10 Anderson, Harris, Mold, Smith 79.8 5 1 50 10 Ht11 Adams, Jenkins, Middleditch, Clark 78.4 5 1 55 11 Ht12 Blake, Bettis, Evans, Tidbury 78.4 4 2 59 13 Ht13 Bradbury, Clark, Adams, Weston 78.6 4 2 63 15 Ht14 Pitcher, Harris, Bettis, Middleditch 78.4 5 1 68 16

Tuesday 19th October Caister Road Stadium, Yarmouth Yarmouth Bloaters 57 Hastings Saxons 27 (National League Division Three)

Yarmouth Bert Rawlinson 1 3 F 1 5 Reg Morgan 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Carruthers 2’ 1 2’ 2’ 7 3 Billy Bales 3 3 3 3 12 Arthur Bush 1 1 1’ 3 6 1 Sid Hipperson 3 3 2 1 9 Roy Duke 0 1 1 Phil Day 3 2’ 5 1

Hastings Ken Tidbury 0 0 0 1 1 Jock Grierson 2 2 3 2 9 Ken Smith 0 0 1 0 1 Frank Bettis 1 1’ 2 2 6 1 Ron Clarke 0 1’ 0 2 3 1 Ken Middleditch 2 2 1 0 5 Pete Mold 2 0 2 Dan English 0 0 0

Ht1 Morgan, Grierson, Rawlinson, Tidbury 75.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Bales, Carruthers, Bettis, Smith 76.6 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Hipperson, Middleditch, Bush, Clark 78.0 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Rawlinson, Mold, Bettis, Duke 79.2 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Bales, Grierson, Carruthers, Tidbury 78.2 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Hipperson, Bettis, Bush, Smith 79.0 4 2 24 12 Ht7 Morgan, Middleditch, Clark, Rawlinson (f) 77.0 3 3 27 15 Ht8 Day, Carruthers, Smith, English 80.0 5 1 32 16 Ht9 Grierson, Hipperson, Bush, Tidbury 79.0 3 3 35 19 Ht10 Morgan, Bettis, Rawlinson, Smith 78.0 4 2 39 21 Ht11 Bales, Carruthers, Middleditch, Clark 78.0 5 1 44 22 Ht12 Bush, Day, Tidbury, Mold 81.2 5 1 49 23 Ht13 Bales, Clark, Duke, English 78.0 4 2 53 25 Ht14 Morgan, Grierson, Hipperson, Middleditch 78.2 4 2 57 27

Friday 22nd October Dudley Wood Stadium Cradley Heath Cradley Heath Cubs 62 Hastings Saxons 22 (National League Division Three)

Cradley Heath Les Beaumont 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Kemp 2’ 2’ 2’ 1 7 3 Ken Sharples E 1’ 2’ 2’ 5 3 Phil Malpass 3 2 3 3 11 Eric Irons 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Alan Hunt 3 E 1 3 7 Bill Clifton 2’ 2’ 4 2 Roy Moreton 3 2’ 5 1

Hastings Ken Tidbury 0 0 0 0 0

Jock Grierson 1 3 2 2 8 Ken Smith 1’ 1’ 1 0 3 2 Frank Bettis 2 1 2 1 6 Ron Clark 0 0 F 1 1 Ken Middleditch 1 1 1 0 3 Pete Mold 0 1 1 Dan English 0 0 0

Ht1 Beaumont, Kemp, Grierson, Tidbury 78.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Malpass, Bettis, Smith, Sharples (ef) 78.8 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Hunt, Irons, Middleditch, Clark 79.8 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Beaumont, Clifton, Bettis, Mold 78.6 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Grierson, Malpass, Sharples, Tidbury 79.8 3 3 21 9 Ht6 Irons, Bettis, Smith, Hunt (ef) 80.4 3 3 24 12 Ht7 Beaumont, Kemp, Middleditch, Clark 80.4 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Moreton, Sharples, Smith, English 81.0 5 1 34 14 Ht9 Irons, Grierson, Hunt, Tidbury 79.4 4 2 38 16 Ht10 Beaumont, Kemp, Bettis, Smith 79.8 5 1 43 17 Ht11 Malpass, Sharples, Middleditch, Clark (f) 80.6 5 1 48 18 Ht12 Irons, Moreton, Mold, Tidbury 81.6 5 1 53 19 Ht13 Malpass, Clifton, Clark, English 80.2 5 1 58 20 Ht14 Hunt, Grierson, Kemp, Middleditch 80.0 4 2 62 22

Saturday 23rd October 1948 Hedon, Hull Hull Angels 64 Hastings Saxons 20 (National League Division Three)

Hull Norman Johnson 1 2 2’ 1 6 1 Mick Mitchell 3 3 3 3 12 George Craig R 3 3 3 9 Johnny White 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 Bob Baker 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Dick Shepherd 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Alf Webster 1’ 2’ 3 2 Derek Glover 2’ 2’ 4 2

Hastings Ken Tidbury 0 0 0 1 1 Jock Grierson 2 1 1 0 4 Ken Smith 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Frank Bettis 2 3 1 2 8 Ron Clark 1 1 0 1 3 Ken Middleditch 0 0 1 1 2 Pete Mold 0 0 0 Dan English 1 0 1

Ht1 Mitchell, Grierson, Johnson, Tidbury 84.4 4 2 Ht2 White, Bettis, Smith, Craig (ret) 86.4 7 5 Ht3 Shepherd, Baker, Clark, Middleditch 85.6 12 6 Ht4 Bettis, Johnson, Webster, Mold 87.4 15 9 Ht5 Craig, White, Grierson, Tidbury 86.2 20 10 Ht6 Shepherd, Baker, Bettis, Smith 85.2 25 11 Ht7 Mitchell, Johnson, Clark, Middleditch 86.6 30 12 Ht8 Craig, Glover, English, Smith 87.0 35 13 Ht9 Shepherd, Baker, Grierson, Tidbury 85.6 40 14 Ht10 Mitchell, Bettis, Johnson, Smith 87.6 44 16 Ht11 Craig, White, Middleditch, Clark 86.2 49 17 Ht12 Baker, Glover, Tidbury, Mold 86.8 54 18 Ht13 White, Webster, Clark, English 88.6 59 19

Ht14 Mitchell, Shepherd, Middleditch, Grierson 86.2 64 20

HASTINGS 1948 Needs in Bold

Friday 19th March 1948 Knowle Bristol Bulldogs 66 Southampton/Hastings 18 (Challenge) Monday 19th April 1948 County Ground Exeter Falcons 57 Hastings Saxons 27 (NLD3) Times Wednesday 21st April 1948 Pilot Field Hastings Saxons 44 Stoke Potters 39 (NLD3) THt2 St L Scurry Saturday 24th April 1948 Dudley Wood Cradley Heath Cubs 57 Hastings Saxons 27 (NLD3) Wednesday 28th April 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 40 Exeter Falcons 44 (NLD3) Tuesday 4th May 1948 Caister Road Yarmouth Bloaters 46 Hastings Saxons 38 (NLD3) Wednesday 5th May 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 48 Poole Pirates 36 (NLD3) Saturday 8 May 1948 Hedon Hull Angels 45 Hastings Saxons 39 (NLD3) Wednesday 12th May 1948 Pilot Field Hastings Saxons 57 Cradley Heath Cubs 27 (NLD3) Monday 17th May 1948 Brandon Coventry Bees 43 Hastings Saxons 41 (NLD3) Monday 17th May 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Silver Helmet Wednesday 19th May 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Speedway Riders’ Chams QR Wednesday 26th May 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 51 Poole Pirates 33 (NLD3) Wednesday 2nd June 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 47 Southampton Saints 33 (NLD3) Wednesday 9th June 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 48 Hastings Saxons 38 (NLD3) Wednesday 9th June 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings 50 Guineas Trophy Friday 11th June 1948 South Yorkshire Wombwell Colliers 41 Hastings Saxons 43 (NLD3) Meeting Details Wednesday 16th June 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 59 Wombwell Colliers 25 (NLD3) Thursday 17th June 1948 Sun Street Stoke Potters 36 Hastings Saxons 48 (NLD3) Wednesday 23rd June 1948 Pilot Field Hastings Saxons 55 Plymouth Devils 29 (NLD3) Monday 28th June 1948 Poole Poole Pirates 40 Hastings Saxons 44 (NLD3) Wednesday 30th June 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 58 Yarmouth Bloaters 26 (NLD3) Monday 5th July 1948 County Ground, Exeter Falcons 58 Hastings Saxons 26 (NLD3) Times Tuesday 6th July 1948 Bannister Court, Southampton Saints 57 Hastings Saxons 27 NLD3) Wednesday 7th July 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 60 Coventry Bees 24 (NLD3) SHTimes Sunday 11th July 1948 Santry Dublin Santry Saints 45.5 Hastings Saxons 32.5 (Ch) Times Wednesday 14th July 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 56 Tamworth Hounds 28 (NLD3) Thursday 15th July 1948 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 49 Hastings Saxons 34 (NLD3) Wednesday 21st July 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 52 Wombwell Colliers 31 (NLD3) Wednesday 28th July 1948 Pilot Field Hastings Saxons 56 Cradley Heath Cubs 28 (NLD3) Monday 2nd August 1948 Poole Poole Pirates 49 Hastings Saxons 35 (NLD3) Monday 2nd August 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxon Trophy Wednesday 4th August 1948 Pilot Field Hastings Saxons 48 Coventry Bees 33 (NLD3) Wednesday 11th August 1948 Pilot Field Hastings Saxons 41 Exeter Falcons 43 (NLD3) Monday 16th August 1948 Poole Stadium, Poole Southampton Saints 67 Hastings Saxons 28 (AC) Wednesday 18th August 1948 Pilot Field Hastings Saxons 39 Stoke Potters 44 (NLD3) Saturday 21st August 1948 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rockets 48 Hastings Saxons 36 (Ch) Wednesday 25th August 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 43 Hull Angels 40 (NLD3) Thursday 26th August 1948 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Hastings Saxons 21Southampton Saints 75 (AC) SH Wednesday 1st September 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 44 Plymouth Devils 40 (NLD3) Friday 3rd September 1948 Dudley Wood Cradley Heath Cubs 18 Hastings Saxons 6 (NLD3) Abdn Wednesday 8th September 1948 Pilot Field,Hastings Saxons 43 Hull Angles 37 (NLD3) Saturday 11th September 1948 Brandon Coventry Bees 65 Hastings Saxons 18 (NLD3) Wednesday 15th September 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 31 Southampton Saints 53 (NLD3) Wednesday 22nd September 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 55 Yarmouth Bloaters 29 (NLD3) Thursday 23rd September 1948 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 57 Hastings Saxons 26 (NLD3) Tuesday 28th September 1948 Bannister Court Southampton Saints 61 Hastings Saxons 23 (NLD3) Wednesday 29th September 1948 Pilot Field Hastings Saxons 45 Tamworth Hounds 38 (NLD3) Friday 1st October 1948 South Yorkshire Wombwell Colliers 41 Hastings Saxons 42 (NLD3) Tuesday 5th October 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 60 Hastings Saxons 23 (NLD3) Thursday 7th October 1948 Sun Street Stoke Potters 68 Hastings Saxons 16 (NLD3) Tuesday 19th October Caister Road Yarmouth Bloaters 57 Hastings Saxons 27 (NLD3)

Friday 22nd October Dudley Wood Cradley Heath Cubs 62 Hastings Saxons 22 (NLD3) Saturday 23rd October 1948 Hedon, Hull Angels 64 Hastings Saxons 20 (NLD3)

Hastings 1949

Updated 17.4.2018

Thursday 31st March 1949 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 48 Hastings Saxons 32 (National League Division Three)

Plymouth Peter Robinson 1 3 E 3 7 Ivan Kessell 3 3 2’ 2 10 1 Len Read 3 2 2 E 7 Ted Gibson 0 1’ 2 0 3 1 Pete Lansdale 3 3 3 3 12 Bonny Waddell F 2’ 1 1’ 4 2 George Wall 1 2 2 Wally Matthews 0 2’ 2 1

Hastings Dan English 0 0 0 1 1 Jock Grierson 2 3 3 3 11 Ken Tidbury 2 0 1 0 3 Ron Clark 1’ 2 1 1 5 1 Buddy Fuller 2 F 3 3 8 Ken Middleditch F F 1 0 1 Norman Street F 0 0 Ken Smith 3 1 4

Ht1 Kessell, Grierson, Robinson, English 79.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Read, Tidbury, Clark, Gibson 82.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Lansdale, Fuller, Waddell (f), Middleditch (f) 79.8 3 2 10 7 Ht4 Robinson, Clark, Wall, Street (f) 78.0 4 2 14 9 Ht5 Grierson, Read, Gibson, English 80.0 3 3 17 12 Ht6 Lansdale, Waddell, Clark, Tidbury 80.6 5 1 22 13 Ht7 Kessell, Robinson (ef), Fuller (f), Middleditch (f) 80.0 3 0 25 13 Ht8 Smith, Read, Tidbury, Matthews 83.2 2 4 27 17 Ht9 Lansdale, Grierson, Waddell, English 80.0 4 2 31 19 Ht10 Robinson, Kessell, Clark, Tidbury 80.0 5 1 36 20 Ht11 Fuller, Gibson, Middleditch, Read (ef) 81.0 2 4 38 24 Ht112 Lansdale, Matthews, English, Street 80.4 5 1 43 25 Ht13 Fuller, Wall, Smith, Gibson 83.0 2 4 45 29 Ht14 Grierson, Kessell, Waddell, Middleditch 81.4 3 3 48 32

Wednesday 6th April 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 56 Leicester Hunters 28 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Dan English 2’ 3 1 2’ 8 2 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Buddy Fuller 3 2 3 3 11 Ron Clark F 1’ 2’ 3 6 2 Ken Smith 3 0 3 2 8 Ken Middleditch 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 Ken Tidbury 1 0 1 Arthur Hood 0 1’ 1 1

Leicester Harwood Pike E 3 E 3 6 Ted Moore 1 0 1 1 3 Roy Duke 1’ 2 2 1 6 1

Ernest Palmer 2 0 1’ E 3 1 Charlie Challis 1 2 1 1’ 5 1 Jack Gates X X X 0 Ron Wilson 2 F 2 Sid Van de Vyver 1’ 0 2 0 3 1

Ht1 Grierson, English, Moore, Pike (ef) 75.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Fuller, Palmer, Duke, Clark (f) 80.6 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Smith, Middleditch, Challis, Gates (exc2m) 76.6 5 1 13 5 Ht4 English, Wilson, Tidbury, Palmer 78.4 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Pike, Fuller, Clark, Moore 78.0 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Middledich, Duke, Palmer, Smith (ef) 74.6 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Grierson, Challis, English, Gates (exc2m) 80.0 4 2 27 15 Ht8 Fuller, Duke, Van de Vyver, Hood 78.2 3 3 30 18 Ht9 Smith, Middleditch, Moore, Pike (ef) 77.4 5 1 35 19 Ht10 Grierson, English, Duke, Palmer (ef) 73.4 5 1 40 20 Ht11 Fuller, Clark, Challis, Van de Vyver 79.4 5 1 45 21 Ht12 Pike, Smith, Hood, Wilson (f) 77.2 3 3 48 24 Ht13 Clark, Van de Vyver, Challis Tidbury (ef) 77.2 3 3 51 27 Ht14 Grierson, Middleditch, Moore, Van de Vyver 72.6 5 1 56 28

Future Stars Scratch Race Ht1 Mold, Street, Hayles, Wells 79.0 ? Ht2 Sivyer, Weston, McNaughton, P.Betts 83.4 ?

Reserves Scratch Race Tidbury, Wilson, Hood, Boshoff 79.2

Final Reserves and Future Stars Tidbury, Sivyer, Street, Mold 79.2

Bexhill Scurry K.Smith, English, T.Moore, Challis 79.6

St Leonards Scurry Clark, Middleditch, Gates, Van de Vyver 76.2

Hastings Scurry Pike, Fuller, Grierson (nf), Duke (ns) 96.8

Wednesday 13th April 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 52 Plymouth Devils 31 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Dan English 0 3 2’ 2’ 7 2 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Buddy Fuller 3 2 3 2 10 Ron Clark 2’ 0 1’ 0 3 2 Ken Smith 2 1 3 2 8 Ken Middleditch X 3 2’ 2’ 7 2 Ken Tidbury 0 2 2 Norman Street 2’ 1’ 3 2

Plymouth Peter Robinson 2 3 3 8 Bonny Waddell 1’ 1 1 1 4 1 Len Read 1 2 1 1 5 Alan Smith 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Pete Lansdale 3 F 3 3 9 George Wall F 1 0 0 1

Wally Matthews 2 0 2 Ted Gibson 0 X 1 1

Ht1 Grierson, Robinson, Waddell, English 73.3 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Fuller Clark, Read, A.Smith 78.1 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Lansdale, K.Smith, Wall (fns), Middleditch (exc) 76.2 2 3 10 7 Ht4 English, Matthews, A.Smith, Tidbury 78.1 3 3 13 10 Ht5 Robinson, Fuller, Waddell, Clark 76.0 2 4 15 14 Ht6 Middleditch, Read, K.Smith, A.Smith 77.1 4 2 19 16 Ht7 Grierson, English, Wall, Lansdale (f) 74.4 5 1 24 17 Ht8 Fuller, Street, Read, Gibson 78.2 5 1 29 18 Ht9 K.Smith, Middleditch, Waddell, Gibson (exc) 78.0 5 1 34 19 Ht10 Grierson, English, Read, A.Smith 75.1 5 1 39 20 Ht11 Lansdale, Fuller, Clark, Wall 76.2 3 3 42 23 Ht12 Robinson, K.Smith, Street, Matthews 78.2 3 3 45 26 Ht13 Lansdale, Tidbury, Gibson, Clark 78.4 2 4 47 30 Ht14 Grierson, Middleditch, Waddell, Wall 74.4 5 1 52 31

Future Stars Ht1 Mould, J.Cooper Hood (ef), Dug Smith (ns) 77.6 81.8 Ht2 Boshoff, Tapscott, Sivyer, McNaughton 78.6 81.6

Reserves Scratch Race Wall, Smith, Waddell, Street 79.6

Final Reserves & Future Stars Mould, Street, Tapscott, Boshoff 79.2

Bexhill Scurry Wall, Smith, Waddell, English 78.4

St Leonards Scurry Clark, Middleditch, Matthews, Read 77.0

Hastings Scurry Lansdale, Grierson, Fuller, Robinson 75.2

Friday 15th April 1949 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth Tamworth Hounds 47.5 Hastings Saxons 36.5 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth Cyril Page 2’ 2 3 1’ 8 2 Peter Orpwood 3 2’ 2 Basil Harris 1’ 1’ 3 3 8 2 Harry Saunders 2 2 2’ 3 9 1 Bill Dalton 3 2 2.5 3 10.5 Alec Peel 0 0 0 E 0 Lionel Watling 1’ 2’ 3 2 John Medlock 1 0

Hastings Dan English 1 0 1 2 4 Jock Grierson F 3 2.5 3 8.5 Buddy Fuller 3 1 2 0 6 Ron Clark 0 3 3 3 9 Smith 1’ 0 0 1 2 1 Ken Middleditch 2 1 1 2’ 6 1 Ken Tidbury 0 1’ 1 1 Pete Mold 0 0 0

Ht1 Orpwood, Page, English, Grierson (f) 74.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Fuller, Saunders, Harris, Clark 75.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Dalton, Middleditch, Smith, Peel 75.4 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Clark, Page, Watling, Tidbury 75.4 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Grierson, Saunders, Harris, English 74.0 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Clark, Dalton, Fuller, Peel 74.8 2 4 19 17 Ht7 Page, Orpwood, Middleditch, Smith 75.8 5 1 24 18 Ht8 Harris, Fuller, Medlock, Mold 75.2 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Dalton & Grierson, English, Peel 75.8 2.5 3.5 30.5 23.5 Ht10 Clark, Orpwood, Page, Fuller 76.0 3 3 33.5 26.5 Ht11 Harris, Saunders, Middleditch, Smith 74.6 5 1 38.5 27.5 Ht12 Dalton, English, Tidbury, Medlock 77.2 3 3 41.5 30.5 Ht13 Saunders, Watling, Smith, Mold 76.0 5 1 46.5 31.5 Ht14 Grierson, Middleditch, Orpwood, Peel (ef) 75.4 1 5 47.5 36.5

Monday 18th April 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 58 Halifax Dukes 25 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Dan English 1 2’ 1 1 5 1 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 E 9 Buddy Fuller 3 3 3 3 12 Ron Clark 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Ken Smith 1 F 3 4 Ken Middleditch 3 3 1’ 2 9 1 Ken Tidbury 3 2 2’ 7 1 Harold Tapscott 1 2’ 3 1

Halifax Jack Hughes 0 1 0 1 Vic Emms 2 0 3 3 8 Al Allison 1 2 2 2 7 Eric Smith 0 0 0 0 Jack Dawson 2 2 1 F 5 Arthur Forrest 0 0 0 E 0 Dick Seers 1 1’ 0 1 3 1 Eric Mason 0 1 1

Ht1 Grierson, Emms, English, Hughes 72.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Fuller, Clark, Allison, E.Smith 78.0 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Middleditch, Dawson, K.Smith, Forrest 74.6 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Tidbury, English, Seers, E.Smith 80.8 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Fuller, Clark, Hughes, Emms 75.4 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Middleditch, Allison, Seers, K.Smith (f) 76.2 3 3 26 10 Ht7 Grierson, Dawson, English, Forrest 74.4 4 2 30 12 Ht8 Fuller, Allison, Tapscott, Mason 76.8 4 2 34 14 Ht9 Emms, Tidbury, Middleditch, Seers 75.8 3 3 37 17 Ht10 Grierson, Allison, English, E.Smith 75.0 4 2 41 19 Ht11 Fuller, Clark, Dawson, Forrest 78.6 5 1 46 20 Ht12 K.Smith, Tapscott, Seers, Hughes 77.8 5 1 51 21 Ht13 Clark, Tidbury, Mason, Dawson (f) 75.8 5 1 56 22 Ht14 Emms, Middleditch, Grierson (ef), Forrest (ef) 75.0 2 3 58 25

Future Stars Scratch Race Ht1Norman Street, John Hayles, Pete Mold (ef), B.Western (f) 78.4 Ht2 Harold McNaughton, Bob Sivyer, Toby Boshoff, Arthur Hood 80.4

Reserves Scratch Race Tidbury, Tapscott, Seers, Mason 80.2

Reserves and Future Stars Final Street, Tidbury, McNaughton, Hayles (ef) 80.2

Bexhill Scurry K.Smith, Dawson, English, Hughes 78.8

St Leonards Scurry Clark, Allison, Middleditch, Forrest (ns) 75.6

Hastings Scurry Grierson, Emms, Mold, E.Smith 76.2

Wednesday 20th April 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 65 Rayleigh Rockets 16 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Dan English 2’ 2’ 2’ 1 7 3 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Buddy Fuller 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4 Ron Clark 3 3 3 3 12 Ken Smith 2’ 2’ F 3 7 2 Ken Middleditch 3 3 3 F 9 Ken Tidbury 3 2’ 5 1 Norman Street 3 2’ 5 1

Rayleigh Ron Howes 0 0 2 1 3 Jim Gregory 1 1 X 2 4 Percy Brine 0 1 F 2 3 Vic Gooden 1 1 0 2 Pat Clarke 0 E 0 1 1 Charlie Mugford 1 1 1 F 3 Doug Ible 0 0 0 0 Roy Uden 0 E 0

Ht1 Grierson, English, Gregory, Howes 73.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 R.Clark, Fuller, Gooden, Brine 77.0 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Middleditch, Smith, Mugford, Clarke 75.2 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Tidbury, English, Gooden, Ibles 80.1 5 1 20 4 Ht5 R.Clark, Fuller, Gregory, Howes 76.2 5 1 25 5 Ht6 Middleditch, Smith, Brine, Uden 75.4 5 1 30 6 Ht7 Grierson, English, Mugford, Clarke (ef) 74.1 5 1 35 7 Ht8 Street, Fuller, Uden (ef), Brine (f) 80.4 5 0 40 7 Ht9 Middleditch, Howes, Smith (f), Gregory (exc) 76.0 3 2 43 9 Ht10 Grierson, Brine, English, Gooden 77.1 4 2 47 11 Ht11 R.Clarke, Fuller, Mugford, P.Clarke 76.4 5 1 52 12 Ht12 Smith, Street, Howes, Ible 79.0 5 1 57 13 Ht13 Clark, Tidbury, Clarke, Ible 77.2 5 1 62 14 Ht14 Grierson, Gregory, Mugford (f), Middleditch (f) 76.2 3 2 65 16

Future Stars Scratch Race Ht1 Mold, Tapscott, Hayles, D.Smith (ns) 79.0 ? Ht2 Boshoff, McNaughton, Sivyer, Hood 79.4

Reserves Scratch Race Street, Tidbury, Ible, Uden 79.2

Final Reserves and Future Stars Mold, Boshoff, Tapscott, Street 79.2

Bexhill Scurry K.Smith, English, P.Clarke, Howes 80.2

St Leonards Scurry Middleditch, R.Clark, Brine, Mugford 74.8

Hastings Scurry Grierson, Gregory, Mold, Tapscott (f) 77.6

Thursday 21st April 1949 Cowley Stadium, Oxford Oxford Cheetahs 37 Hastings Saxons 47 (National League Division Three)

Oxford Alf Elliott 2 2’ 3 1 8 1 Bob Aldridge 1’ 0 0 1 2 1 Dennis Gray 1 1 3 3 8 Alf Viccary 0 3 1 0 4 Bert Croucher 1 3 2 2’ 8 1 Maurice Hutchings 0 0 0 0 Bill Downton 1’ 2 3 1 Ernie Rawlins 1 0 3 4

Hastings Dan English 0 0 1 0 1 Jock Grierson 3 2 3 2’ 10 1 Buddy Fuller 2’ 0 1’ 2’ 5 3 Ron Clark 3 3 2 3 11 Ken Smith 3 2 0 3 8 Ken Middleditch 2’ 1’ 2 3 8 2 Ken Tidbury 0 1 1 Harold Tapscott 2 1 3

Ht1 Grierson, Elliott, Aldridge, English 75.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Clark, Fuller, Gray, Viccary 73.6 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Smith, Middleditch, Croucher, Hutchings 74.8 1 5 5 13 Ht4 Clark, Elliott, Downton, Tidbury 74.8 3 3 8 16 Ht5 Viccary, Grierson, Gray, English 73.6 4 2 12 18 Ht6 Croucher, Clark, Rawlins, Fuller 76.2 4 2 16 20 Ht7 Elliott, Smith, Middleditch, Aldridge 76.2 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Gray, Tapscott, Fuller, Rawlins 76.0 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Grierson, Croucher, English, Hutchings 76.6 2 4 24 30 Ht10 Clark, Fuller, Elliott, Aldridge 78.2 1 5 25 35 Ht11 Gray, Middleditch, Viccary, Smith 76.2 4 2 29 37 Ht12 Rawlins, Croucher, Tidbury, English 77.8 5 1 34 38 Ht13 Smith, Downton, Tapscott, Viccary 77.8 2 4 36 42 Ht14 Middleditch, Grierson, Aldridge, Hutchings 78.2 1 5 37 47

Wednesday 27th April 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 52 Yarmouth Bloaters 55 (National Trophy)

Hastings Dan English 0 0 0 0 0 Jock Grierson 3 3 F 2’ 1 9 1 Buddy Fuller 0 3 2’ 2 3 3 13 1 Ron Clark 0 2’ 1’ 1 0 4 2 Ken Smith 3 2 2 1 0 8 Ken Middleditch 3 2 F 3 E 8 Ken Tidbury 1 0 2’ 3 1 Harold Tapscott 3 1’ 3 7 1

Yarmouth Johnny White 1’ 0 0 1 2 4 1 Reg Morgan 2 0 1 3 2’ 8 1 Sid Hipperson 2 1 3 3 3 2 14 Rawlinson 1’ 1 0 0 2’ 4 2 Bill Carruthers 1’ 1 2’ 3 3 10 2 Billy Bales 2 3 3 2’ 1’ 1’12 3 Stan Page 2 1 3 Joe Rodwell 0 0 0

Ht1 Grierson, Morgan, White, English 75.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Middleditch, Hipperson, Rawlinson, Fuller 75.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Grierson, Bales, Carruthers, Clark 74.8 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Tapscott, Page, Tidbury, Rodwell 79.2 4 2 13 11 Ht5 Fuller, Clark, Hipperson, Morgan 75.8 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Bales, Middleditch, Rawlinson, English 73.8 2 4 20 16 Ht7 Smith, Fuller, Carruthers, White 76.8 5 1 25 17 Ht8 Hipperson, Smith, Tapscott, White 76.4 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Bales, Fuller, Morgan, English 76.2 2 4 30 24 Ht10 Hipperson, Carruthers, Grierson (f), Middleditch (f)78.2 0 5 30 29 Ht11 Morgan, Smith, Clark, Rawlinson 78.2 3 3 33 32 Ht12 Fuller, Grierson, White, Rawlinson 79.4 5 1 38 33 Ht13 Carruthers, Morgan, Smith, Tidbury 78.2 1 5 39 38 Ht14 Tapscott, Tidbury, Page, Rodwell 78.6 5 1 44 39 Ht15 Carruthers, Rawlinson, Clark, English 78.0 1 5 45 44 Ht16 Hipperson, Bales, Grierson, Smith 75.4 1 5 46 49 Ht17 Middleditch, White, Bales, Clark 76.2 3 3 49 52 Ht18 Fuller, Hipperson, Bales, Middleitch (ef) 77.2 3 3 52 55

The Dick Wise Scratch Race Ht1 Tidbury, Page, tapscott, Mills 80.4 Ht2 Street, Sivyer, Mold, Cooper (f) 78.2 Final Street, Tidbury, Sivyer, Page 78.8

Tuesday 3rd May 1949 Caister Road Stadium, Yarmouth Yarmouth Bloaters 75 Hastings Saxons 33 (National Trophy)

Yarmouth Billy Bales 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Bill Carruthers 1 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 10 3 Sid Hipperson 3 3 3 2’ 3 2’ 16 2 Bert Rawlinson 0 0 1 1 0 2 Reg Morgan 2’ 2’ 2 2 3 11 2 Johnny White 2’ 1 3 1’ 3 10 2 Stan Page 2’ 2’ 4 2 Cliff Ladbroke 3 1’ 4 1

Hastings Norman Street 0 1 1 0 2 4 Jock Grierson 2 2 0 3 3 10 Buddy Fuller 1 1’ F 0 0 2 1 Ron Clark 0 2 0 1 2 1 6 Ken Smith 1’ 0 1 0 0 2 1 Ken Middleditch 2 F 1 1 1’ 5 1 Dan English 0 0 0 Harold Tapscott 1 3 0 4

Ht1 Bales, Grierson, Carruthers, Street 73.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Hipperson, White, Fuller, Clark 76.6 5 1 9 3

Ht3 Carruthers, Middleditch, Smith, Rawlinson 77.6 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Ladbroke, Page, Tapscott, English 79.4 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Hipperson, Grierson, Fuller, Rawlinson 77.0 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Bales, Clark, White, Middleditch (f) 76.2 4 2 24 12 Ht7 Hipperson, Morgan, Street, Smith 78.0 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Bales, Morgan, Street, Fuller (f) 76.0 5 1 34 14 Ht9 Bales, Hipperson, Middleditch, Grierson 75.2 5 1 39 15 Ht10 White, Carruthers, Smith, Fuller 77.2 5 1 44 16 Ht11 Grierson, Morgan, Rawlinson, Clark 78.0 3 3 47 19 Ht12 Hipperson, Carruthers, Clark, Street 78.0 5 1 52 20 Ht13 Grierson, Morgan, White, Smith 76.6 3 3 55 23 Ht14 Tapscott, Page, Ladbroke, English 79.2 3 3 58 26 Ht15 Bales, Clark, Rawlinson, Smith 77.2 4 2 62 28 Ht16 Morgan, Carruthers, Middleditch, Fuller 78.0 5 1 67 29 Ht17 White, Street, Middleditch, Rawlinson 77.4 3 3 70 32 Ht18 Bales, Hipperson, Clark, Tapscott (f) 77.4 5 1 75 33

Wednesday 4th May 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 40 Stoke Potters 44 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Ken Tidbury 1’ 2 0 2 5 1 Jock Grierson 2 3 2’ 7 1 Buddy Fuller 0 3 2 2 7 Ron Clark 2 1 0 3 6 Ken Smith F 0 1’ 2 3 1 Ken Middleditch 3 1 2 3 9 Dan English 1’ 0 1 1 Pete Mold 1’ 1’ F 2 2

Stoke Frank Evans 0 0 0 Gil Blake 3 2 3 3 11 Les Jenkins 1 3 3 X 7 Ken Adams 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Lindsay Mitchell 2 2 3 2 9 Ray Harris 1’ 1’ 1 1 4 2 Stan Bradbury 0 0 1 0 1 John Fitzpartick 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Blake, Grierson, Tidbury, Evans 73.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Adams, Clark, Jenkins, Fuller 74.8 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Middleditch, Mitchell, Harris, Smith (f) 77.2 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Adams, Tidbury, English, Bradbury 75.0 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Fuller, Blake, Clark, Evans 75.8 4 2 15 15 Ht6 Jenkins, Adams, Middleditch, Smith 74.2 1 5 16 20 Ht7 Grierson, Mitchell, Harris, Tidbury 76.8 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Jenkins, Fuller, Mold, Fitzpatrick 76.6 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Blake, Middleditch, Smith, Bradbury 76.2 3 3 25 29 Ht10 Adams, Tidbury, Mold, Jenkins (exc) 77.0 3 3 28 32 Ht11 Mitchell, Fuller, Harris, Clark 78.2 2 4 30 36 Ht12 Blake, Smith, Bradbury, Mold (f) 77.4 2 4 32 40 Ht13 Clark, Mitchell, Fitzpatrick, English 76.4 3 3 35 43 Ht14 Middleditch, Grierson, Harris, Bradbury 76.8 5 1 40 44

Future Stars Ht1 Street, McNaughton, John Hayles, Sivyer (ns) 80.2 ? Ht2 Sivyer, Reg Wells, Weston (f), Boshoff (ns) 80.4 ?

Reserves Scratch Race

Mould, English, Fitzpatrick, Bradbury 79.2

Final Reserves & Future Stars Street, McNaughton, Sivyer, Mould 79.8

Bexhill Scurry Adams, Smith, Harris, Tidbury 77.2

St Leonards Scurry Jenkins, Wells, Middleditch (ef), Clark (ef) 82.2

Tiger Stevenson Scratch Race Fuller, Blake, Street, Mitchell 76.0

Wednesday 11th May 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 61 Oxford Cheetahs 23 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Norman Street 2’ 2 1 1 6 1 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Buddy Fuller 2 2’ 2’ 3 9 2 Ron Clark F 3 2’ 2’ 7 2 Ken Smith 3 3 3 3 12 Ken Middleditch E 2’ 2’ 2’ 6 3 Ken Tidbury 1’ 3 4 1 Pete Mold 3 2’ 5 1

Oxford Jimmy Wright 0 0 0 1 1 Fred Elliott 1 1 1 E 3 Roy Court 1 0 1 0 2 Bert Croucher 3 3 1 2 9 Bob Aldridge 2 0 1 1 4 Alf Viccary 1’ 2 F 1 4 1 Ernie Rawlins 0 0 0 Bill Downton 0 0 0

Ht1 Grierson, Street, Elliott, Wright 77.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Croucher, Fuller, Court, Clark (f) 77.4 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Smith, Aldridge, Viccary, Middleditch (ef) 76.8 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Croucher, Street, Tidbury, Rawlins 76.8 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Clark, Fuller, Elliott, Wright 77.4 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Smith, Middleditch, Croucher, Court 76.2 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Grierson, Viccary, Street, Aldridge 75.6 4 2 27 15 Ht8 Mold, Fuller, Court, Downton 78.2 5 1 32 16 Ht9 Smith, Middleditch, Elliott, Wright 76.8 5 1 37 17 Ht10 Grierson, Croucher, Street,Court 75.8 4 2 41 19 Ht11 Fuller, Clark, Aldridge, Viccary (f) 77.8 5 1 46 20 Ht12 Smith, Mold, Wright, Rawlins 76.4 5 1 51 21 Ht13 Tidbury, Clark, Viccary, Downton 80.2 5 1 56 22 Ht14 Grierson, Middleditch, Aldridge, Elliott (ef) 76.4 5 1 61 23

The Future Stars Scratch Race Ht1 English, Sivyer, Cooper, Percy Betts 79.2 ? Ht2 McNaughton, Weston, Wells, Hayles 80.4 ?

Reserves Scratch Race Mold, Tidbury, Downton,Rawlins 79.2

Final Reserves and Future Stars

Sivyer, McNaughton, English, Mold (f) 78.4

The Bexhill Scratch Smith, Aldridge, Court, Street (ef) 79.2

The St Leonars Scurry Middleditch, Clark, Viccary, Wright (ef) 77.2

The Oxford Scratch Grierson, Croucher, Elliott, Fuller (ef) 79.2

Wednesday 18th May 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings World Championship Qualifying Round

Charlie Hayden 2 1 E 2 0 5 Wilf Plant 3 0 2 3 3 11 Dave Anderson 1 1 F 2 Norman Street 0 1 0 0 2 3 Jimmy Squibb 2 2 2 0 3 9 Tom Oakley 3 3 3 3 0 12 Syd Littlewood 1 3 0 2 3 9 Blair 0 0 2 1 0 3 Reg Morgan 2 1 3 1 2 9 Bill Griffiths 3 2 1 3 1 10 Leopold Killmeyer 0 0 0 0 0 0 John Yates 1 2 1 2 1 7 Paddy Mills 3 3 3 3 3 15 Pete Mold 1 F 1 E 1 3 Lionel Watling 2 2 3 2 2 11 Len Williams E 3 1 1 1 6 Harold McNaughton (res) 2 2 4

Ht1 Plant, Hayden, Anderson, Street 73.2 Ht2 Oakley, Squibb, Littlewood, Blair 73.8 Ht3 Griffiths, Morgan, Yates, Killmeyer 76.0 Ht4 Mills, Watling, Mold, Williams (ef) 75.8 Ht5 Mills, Squibb, Morgan, Plant 74.8 Ht6 Oakley, Griffiths, Hayden, Mold (f) 75.4 Ht7 Littlewood, Watling, Anderson, Killmeyer 74.8 Ht8 Williams, Yates, Street, Blair 76.8 Ht9 Oakley, Plant, Williams, Killmeyer 74.0 Ht10 Watling, Squibb, Yates, Hayden (ef) 76.6 Ht11 Plant, Yates, Mold, Littlewood 75.4 Ht12 Mills, Littlewood, Griffiths, Street 75.8 Ht13 Morgan, Blair, Anderson (f), Mold (ef) 77.8 Ht14 Mills, Hayden, Blair, Killmeyer 77.8 Ht15 Griffiths, McNaughton, Williams, Squibb 78.8 H16 Oakley, Watling, Morgan, Street 77.2 Ht17 Plant, Watling, Griffiths, Blair 76.2 Ht18 Littlewood, Morgan, Williams, Hayden 77.4 Ht19 Mills, McNaughton, Yates, Oakley 77.4 Ht20 Squibb, Street, Mold, Killmeyer 77.4

Monday 23rd May 1949 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 61 Hastings Saxons 23 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Arthur Pilgrim 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 9 3 Stan Hodson 3 1 3 0 7

Norman Clay 3 2’ 3 2’ 10 2 Vic Gent 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2 Broncho Slade 0 2’ 2 2.5 6.5 1 Don Hardy 3 3 1’ 2 9 1 Hugh Geddes 3 3 6 Johnny Myson 1 2.5 3.5

Hastings Norman Street 1 1 0 1 3 Jock Grierson X 0 3 3 6 Buddy Fuller 0 1 0 1 2 Ken Tidbury 1 0 0 0 1 Ken Smith 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Ken Middleditch 2 2 1 1 6 Dan English 1 0 1 Pete Mold 2 1 3

Ht1 Hodson, Pilgrim, Street, Grierson (exc) 81.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Clay, Gent, Tidbury, Fuller 82.4 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Hardy, Middleditch, Smith, Slade 81.8 3 3 13 5 Ht4 Geddes, Pilgrim, English, Tidbury 82.8 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Gent, Clay, Street, Grierson 82.2 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Hardy, Slade, Fuller, Tidbury 82.2 5 1 28 8 Ht7 Pilgrim, Middleditch, Hodson, Smith 82.2 4 2 32 10 Ht8 Clay, Mold, Myson, Fuller 85.2 4 2 36 12 Ht9 Grierson, Slade, Hardy, Street 80.2 3 3 39 15 Ht10 Hodson, Pilgrim, Fuller, Tidbury 82.2 5 1 44 16 Ht11 Gent, Clay, Middleditch, Smith 82.4 5 1 49 17 Ht12 Slade & Myson, Street, English 83.2 5 1 54 18 Ht13 Geddes, Gent, Mold, Smith 83.4 5 1 59 19 Ht14 Grierson, Hardy, Middleditch, Hodson 81.8 2 4 61 23

Wednesday 25th May 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 51 Liverpool Chads 33 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Norman Street 1 3 2’ 0 6 1 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Buddy Fuller 3 3 3 1’ 10 1 Ken Tidbury 0 0 2 1 3 Ken Smith 1’ 3 1’ 2 7 2 Ken Middleditch 2 2’ 2 2’ 8 2 Harold McNaughton 2’ 3 5 1 Pete Mold 0 E 0

Liverpool George Bason 0 1’ 0 3 4 1 Harry Welch 2 2 3 1 8 Doug Serrurier 1’ 0 2 1’ 4 2 Charlie Oates 2 1 1 2 6 Alex Gray 3 1 0 2 6 Ron Burnett 0 0 3 0 3 Stan Bedford 0 1 1 Ernie Steers 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Grierson, Welch, Street, Bason 74.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Fuller, Oates, Serrurier, Tidbury 75.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Gray, Middleditch, Smith, Burnett 74.8 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Street, McNaughton, Oates, Bedford 77.0 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Fuller, Welch, Bason, Tidbury 75.4 3 3 18 12

Ht6 Smith, Middleditch, Oates, Serrurier 76.4 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Grierson, Street, Gray, Burnett 75.2 5 1 28 14 Ht8 Fuller, Serrurier, Steers, Mold 76.6 3 3 31 17 Ht9 Welch, Middleditch, Smith, Bason 75.4 3 3 34 20 Ht10 Grierson, Oates, Serrurier, Street 76.6 3 3 37 23 Ht11 Burnett, Tidbury, Fuller, Gray 78.0 3 3 40 26 Ht12 Bason, Smith, Bedford, Mold (ef) 77.2 2 4 42 30 Ht13 McNaughton, Gray, Tidbury, Steers 78.2 4 2 46 32 Ht14 Grierson, Middleditch, Welch, Burnett 76.2 5 1 51 33

The Future Stars Scratch Race Ht1 English, Sivyer, Cooper, H.Rawson 77.6 ? Ht2 Wells, Hayles, Weston n(f), Williams (ns) 85.0 ?

Reserves Scratch Race McNaughton, Mold, Steers, Bedford 80.2

Final Reserves and Future Stars Sivyer, English, McNaughton, Wells (f) 76.4

The Chads Chase Street, Tidbury, Oates, Burnett 77.4

The South African Scratch Race Middleditch, Fuller, Welch, Serrurier 75.6

The Baxter Battle Grierson, Smith, Sivyer, Bason 77.2

Wednesday 1st June 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 39 Yarmouth Bloaters 45 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Norman Street F 1 0 E 1 Jock Grierson 1 2 2 1’ 6 1 Buddy Fuller 2 F 3 0 5 Harold Tapscott 1’ 1 1 3 1 Ken Smith 0 0 2’ 2 1 Ken Middleditch 1 2 2’ 2 7 1 Harold McNaughton 3 3 2 3 11 Ken Tidbury 1 3 4

Yarmouth Johnny White 2’ 2’ 0 0 4 2 Reg Morgan 3 3 1 0 7 Sid Hipperson 3 3 2 3 11 Stan Page 0 2 1 1 4 Bill Carruthers 2’ 1 1 2 6 1 Billy Bales 3 3 3 3 12 Tip Mills 0 1 1 Cliff Ladbroke 0 0 0

Ht1 Morgan, White, Grierson, Street (f) 76.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Hipperson, Fuller, Tapscott, Page 74.8 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Bales, Carruthers, Middleditch, Smith 74.2 1 5 5 13 Ht4 McNaughton, Page, Street, Mills 76.8 4 2 9 15 Ht5 Morgan, White, Tapscott, Fuller (f) 76.2 1 5 10 20 Ht6 Hipperson, Middleditch, Page, Smith 76.6 2 4 12 24 Ht7 Bales, Grierson, Carruthers, Street 74.6 2 4 14 28 Ht8 Fuller, Hipperson, Tidbury, Ladbroke 75.4 4 2 18 30

Ht9 McNaughton, Middleditch, Morgan, White 76.8 5 1 23 31 Ht10 Hipperson, Grierson, Page, Street (ef) 77.0 2 4 25 35 Ht11 Bales, McNaughton, Carruthers, Fuller 73.8 2 4 27 39 Ht12 Tidbury, Smith, Mills, White 78.2 5 1 32 40 Ht13 McNaughton, Carruthers, Tapscott, Ladbroke 78.2 4 2 36 42 Ht14 Bales, Middleditch, Grierson, Morgan 72.8 3 3 39 45

Future Stars Scratch Race Ht1 English, Joe Cooper, Hayles (nf), Weston (f) 75.4 ? Ht2 Sivyer, Mold, L.Williams 3 only 76.0 ?

Reserves Scratch Race Mills, Tidbury, McNaughton, Ladbroke 77.0

Final Reserves and Future Stars English, Mold, Sivyer, Mills 77.2

The Hastings Scurry Street, Carruthers, Tapscott, White 76.4

The Yarmouth Scurry Fuller, Middleditch, Bales (f), Page (nf) 76.0

The Wise Wander Grierson, Morgan, Smith, Hipperson 76.6

Monday 6th June 1949 The Shay, Halifax Halifax Dukes 59 Hastings Saxons 24 (National League Division Three)

Halifax Jock Shead 2’ 0 3 2’ 7 2 Arthur Forrest 3 E 3 3 9 Vic Emms 3 3 3 3 12 Jack Hughes E 2’ 2’ 3 7 2 Jack Dawson 2’ 2’ 3 E 7 2 Dick Seers 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 Eric Mason 1 1 2 Bill Crosland 2’ 3 5 1

Hastings Norman Street 1 0 0 1’ 2 1 Jock Grierson E 1 1 1 3 Buddy Fuller 1’ 0 1 E 2 1 Ron Clark 2 3 1 1 7 Ken Smith 1 2 1 2 6 Harold McNaughton F X 0 0 Dan English 2’ 2 0 4 1 Harold Tapscott 0 0 0

Ht1 Forrest, Shead, Street, Grierson (ef) 70.0* 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Emms, Clark, Fuller Hughes (ef) 71.6 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Seers, Dawson, Smith, McNaughton (f) 75.0 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Clark, English, Mason, Shead 75.2 1 5 14 10 Ht5 Emms, Hughes, Grierson, Street 72.4 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Seers, Dawson, Clark, Fuller 76.2 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Shead, Smith, Forrest (ef), McNaughton (exc) 75.4 3 2 27 14 Ht8 Emms, Crosland, Fuller, Tapscott 74.2 5 1 32 15 Ht9 Dawson, Seers, Grierson, Street 74.4 5 1 37 16 Ht10 Forrest, Shead, Clark, Fuller (ef) 76.8 5 1 42 17 Ht11 Emms, Hughes, Smith, McNaughton 74.0 5 1 47 18

Ht12 Crosland, English, Street, Dawson (ef) 73.8 3 3 50 21 Ht13 Hughes, Smith, Mason, Tapscott 74.6 4 2 54 23 Ht14 Forrest, Seers, Grierson, English 74.0 5 1 59 24

Wednesday 8th June 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 42 Plymouth Devils 42 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Harold McNaughton 3 1 2 1’ 7 1 Jock Grierson 2’ 0 2 2 6 1 Buddy Fuller 3 2 E 2 7 Ron Clark E 1’ E 1 2 1 Ken Smith 3 2 1’ 2 8 1 Ken Middleditch 1 0 1 Norman Street 3 2 3 E 8 Dan English 3 0 3

Plymouth Peter Robinson 0 3 3 3 9 Johnny Bradford 1 0 0 1 2 Bonnie Waddell 1’ 3 2 0 6 1 Len Read 2 2 1 3 8 George Wall 2 1 3 2 8 Pete Lansdale E 3 1 3 7 Alan Smith 0 1 1 Ivan Kessell 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 McNaughton, Grierson, Bradford, Robinson 74.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Fuller, Read, Waddell, Clark (ef) 73.8 3 3 8 4 Ht3 K.Smith, Wall, Middleditch, Lansdale (ef) 76.6 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Street, Read, McNaughton, A.Smith 75.4 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Robinson, Fuller, Clark, Bradford 73.4 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Waddell, K.Smith, Read, Middleditch 75.4 2 4 21 15 Ht7 Lansdale, McNaughton, Wall, Grierson 75.2 2 4 23 19 Ht8 English, Waddell, Kessell, Fuller (ef) 75.8 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Robinson, Street, K.Smith, Bradford 75.4 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Read, Grierson, McNaughton, Waddell 75.0 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Wall, Fuller, Lansdale, Clark (ef) 74.8 2 4 34 32 Ht12 Robinson, K.Smith, A.Smith, English 75.8 2 4 36 36 Ht13 Street, Wall, Clark, Kessell 74.8 4 2 40 38 Ht14 Lansdale, Grierson, Bradford, Street (ef) 76.2 2 4 42 42

Future Stars Race Ht1 Tidbury, Sivyer, L.Morris, J.Cooper 78.2 ? Ht2 Mould, B.Williams, Tapscott, John Hayles 77.4 ?

Reserves Scratch Race Street, English, A.Smith, Kessell 77.6

Final Reserves & Future Stars Street, Tidbury, Mould, B.Williams 76.2

The Hastings Scurry McNaughton, K.Smith, Wall, Bradford 79.6

The Plymouth Scurry Robinson, Clark, Fuller, Waddell 75.0

The Final Flash Lansdale, Read, Grierson, Tidbury 75.4

Saturday 11th June 1949 Hedon Stadium, Hull Hull Angels 47 Hastings Saxons 37 (National League Division Three)

Hull Jack Watts 2 2 1 1 6 Mick Mitchell N 3 3 6 Norman Johnson 2’ 1 3 0 6 1 Derek Glover 3 3 3 3 12 Johnny Green 2’ N 2 4 1 Bob Baker 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Don Wilkinson F 1’ 0 0 1 1 Ken Allick N 1 1

Hastings Harold McNaughton 1 0 1’ 0 2 2 Ron Clark 3 2 2 1 8 Buddy Fuller 0 1 1’ 2 4 1 Norman Street 1 3 0 0 4 Ken Smith 1’ 3 1’ 2 7 2 Ken Middleditch 2 2’ 2 0 6 1 Harold Tapscott 0 3 3 Dan English 2 1 3

Ht1 Clark, Watts, McNaughton, Mitchell (ret) 86.4 2 4 2 4 Ht 2 Glover, Johnson, Street, Fuller, 87.0 5 1 7 5 Ht 3 Baker, Middleditch, Smith, Wilkinson (fell), 84.0 3 3 10 8 Ht 4 Street, Watts, Wilkinson, Tapscott, 87.2 3 3 13 11 Ht 5 Glover, Clark, Johnson, McNaughton, 85.4 4 2 17 13 Ht 6 Baker, Green, Fuller, Street, 83.4 5 1 22 14 Ht 7 Smith, Middleditch, Watts, Wilkinson, 86.4 1 5 23 19 Ht 8 Johnson, English, Fuller, Allick (ret), 88.2 3 3 26 22 Ht 9 Baker, Clark, McNaughton, Green (ret), 84.0 3 3 29 25 Ht 10 Mitchell, Fuller, Watts, Street, 86.2 4 2 33 27 Ht 11 Glover, Middleditch, Smith, Johnson, 86.2 3 3 36 30 Ht 12 Tapscott, Green, Allick, McNaughton, 90.0 3 3 39 33 Ht 13 Glover, Smith, English, Wilkinson, 86.0 3 3 42 36 Ht 14 Mitchell, Baker, Clark, Middleditch, 85.0 5 1 47 37

Monday 13th June 1949 Stanley Stadium, Liverpool Liverpool Chads 58 Hastings Saxons 26 (National League Division Three)

Liverpool George Bason 2’ 2 1 1 6 1 Harry Welch 3 3 3 3 12 Doug Serrurier 3 2’ 3 1 9 1 Charlie Oates 2’ 3 F 5 1 Alex Gray 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Wills 2’ 2’ 2’ 1 7 3 Ernie Steers 1’ 1 2 1 Burnett 0 2’ 3 5 1

Hastings Harold McNaughton 0 0 Norman Street 1 1 1 0 3 Buddy Fuller 1 1 1’ 2 5 1 Ron Clark 0 3 0 0 3 Ken Smith 0 0 2’ 2 4 1 Ken Middleditch 1 2 3 2 8

Harold Tapscott F 0 0 Dan English 2 0 1 0 3

Ht1 Welch, Bason, Street, McNaughton 86.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Serrurier, Oates, Fuller, Clark 86.8 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Gray, Wills, Middleditch, Smith 85.4 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Clark, Bason, Steers, Tapscott (f) 87.4 3 3 18 6 Ht5 Oates, Serrurier, Street, McNaughton (ns) 87.0 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Gray, Wills, Fuller, Clark 84.8 5 1 28 8 Ht7 Welch, Middleditch, Bason, Smith 84.6 4 2 32 10 Ht8 Serrurier, English, Fuller, Burnett 87.0 3 3 35 13 Ht9 Gray, Wills, Street, English 86.2 5 1 40 14 Ht10 Welch, Fuller, Bason, Clark 85.4 4 2 44 16 Ht11 Middleditch, Smith, Serrurier, Oates (f) 86.8 1 5 45 21 Ht12 Gray, Burnett, English, Tapscott 86.2 5 1 50 22 Ht13 Burnett, Smith, Steers, English 86.6 4 2 54 24 Ht14 Welch, Middleditch, Wills, Street 86.6 4 2 58 26

Wednesday 15th June 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 48 Exeter Falcons 36 (National League Division Three)

Hastings George Butler 1 2 0 0 3 Ron Clark 3 2 2 0 7 Buddy Fuller 3 2 3 3 11 Norman Street 2’ 1’ 1 2’ 6 3 Ken Smith 3 3 2 3 11 Ken Middleditch 2’ 1 1’ 1 5 2 Harold Tapscott 0 3 3 Ted English 0 2’ 2 1

Exeter Stan Lanfear E 0 0 0 Arthur Pilgrim 2 3 3 3 11 Norman Clay 0 0 2 3 5 Hugh Geddes 1 3 2 1 7 Johnny Myson 0 1 E 1 2 Don Hardy 1 3 2 2’ 8 1 Goog Hoskin 1 0 1 Ed Williams 0 2 0 2

Ht1 Clark, Pilgrim, Butler, Lanfear (ef) 74.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Fuller, Street, Geddes, Clay 74.8 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Smith, Middleditch, Hardy, Myson 75.2 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Geddes, Butler, Hoskin, Tapscott 75.2 2 4 16 8 Ht5 Pilgrim, Fuller, Street, Lanfear 75.4 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Smith, Geddes, Middleditch, Clay 75.8 4 2 23 13 Ht7 Hardy, Clark, Myson, Butler 75.0 2 4 25 17 Ht8 Fuller, Clay, Williams , English 73.4 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Pilgrim, Smith, Middleditch, Lanfear 75.0 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Clay, Clark, Geddes, Butler 75.4 2 4 33 27 Ht11 Fuller, Hardy, Street, Myson (ef) 75.2 4 2 37 29 Ht12 Smith, English, Williams, Hoskin 75.6 5 1 42 30 Ht13 Tapscott, Street, Myson, Williams 76.8 5 1 47 31 Ht14 Pilgrim, Hardy, Middleditch, Clark 76.0 1 5 48 36

Future Stars Ht1 Tidbury, Len Morris, Joe Cooper (f), Weston (f) 77.6 ? Ht2 Mould, Sivyer, Bill Williams, Ted Hill 79.2 ?

Reserves Scratch Race English, E.Williams, Hoskin, Tapscott 72.4

Final Reserves & Future Stars Morris, English, Mould, Tidbury 77.6

The Hastings Scurry Hardy, Smith, Geddes, Butler 75.8

The Exeter Scurry Pilgrim, Clay, Fuller, Street 76.2

The Final Flash Middleditch, Tidbury, Myson, Lanfear 76.8

Friday 17th June 1949 Blackbird Road, Leicester Leicester Hunters 52 Hastings Saxons 32 (National League Division Three)

Leicester Jack Baxter 1 1’ 2 2 6 1 Harwood Pike 0 1’ 1’ 1 3 2 Ron Wilson 3 3 3 1 10 Cyril Page 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2 Johnnie Carpenter 1’ 1 2’ E 4 2 Vic Pitcher 2 3 3 3 11 George Gower 2 1 3 Ted Rawlinson 2’ 3 5 1

Hastings Ron Clark 3 0 0 0 3 George Butler 2’ 1 1 2 6 1 Norman Street 1 0 2 0 3 Buddy Fuller 0 0 1 3 4 Ken Middleditch 3 3 2 2 10 Ken Smith 0 0 0 2 2 Harold Tapscott 3 1’ 4 1 Dan English 0 0 0

Ht1 Clark, Butler, Baxter, Pike 79.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Wilson, Page, Street, Fuller 79.2 5 1 6 6 Ht3 Middleditch, Pitcher, Carpenter, Smith 75.4 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Tapscott, Gower, Baxter, Street 78.0 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Wilson, Page, Butler, Clark 76.2 5 1 17 13 Ht6 Pitcher, Street, Carpenter, Fuller 77.0 4 2 21 15 Ht7 Middleditch, Baxter, Pike, Smith 76.2 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Wilson, Rawlinson, Fuller, English 77.0 5 1 29 19 Ht9 Pitcher, Carpenter, Butler, Clark 78.8 5 1 34 20 Ht10 Fuller, Baxter, Pike, Street 77.4 3 3 37 23 Ht11 Page, Middleditch, Wilson, Smith 77.6 4 2 41 25 Ht12 Rawlinson, Butler, Tapscott, Carpenter (ef) 78.0 3 3 44 28 Ht13 Page, Smith, Gower, English 77.6 4 2 48 30 Ht14 Pitcher, Middleditch, Pike, Clark 78.2 4 2 52 32

Wednesday 22nd June 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 45 Hull Angels 39 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Harold McNaughton 0 3 0 2’ 5 1 Norman Street 2 1 3 1 7

Buddy Fuller 3 1 2’ 3 9 1 George Butler 2’ 0 0 2 4 1 Ken Smith 3 3 1 2 9 Ken Middleditch 0 2’ 3 0 5 1 Harold Tapscott 2’ 0 2 1 Dan English 3 1’ 4 1

Hull George Craig 1 2’ 2 3 8 1 Mick Mitchell 3 3 0 3 9 Norman Johnson 1 1 0 2 Derek Glover 0 0 1 1 Alf Webster 1’ 3 2 3 9 1 Bob Baker 2 2’ 1’ 2’ 7 3 Jack Watts 1 0 0 1 Ken Allick 1 0 1 2

Ht 1 Mitchell, Street, Craig, McNaughton, 74.0 2 4 Ht 2 Fuller, Butler, Johnson, Glover, 76.2 7 5 Ht 3 Smith, Baker, Webster, Middleditch, 76.2 10 8 Ht 4 McNaughton, Tapscott, Watts, Glover, 77.4 15 9 Ht 5 Mitchell, Craig, Fuller, Butler, 74.4 16 14 Ht 6 Smith, Middleditch, Allick, Watts, 77.4 21 15 Ht 7 Webster, Baker, Street, McNaughton, 75.2 22 20 Ht 8 English, Fuller, Johnson, Allick, 76.0 27 21 Ht 9 Middleditch, Craig, Smith, Mitchell, 73.4 31 23 Ht 10 Street, McNaughton, Glover, Johnson, 75.8 36 24 Ht 11 Fuller, Webster, Baker, Butler, 75.6 39 27 Ht 12 Craig, Smith, English, Watts, 76.2 42 30 Ht 13 Webster, Butler, Allick, Tapscott, 75.4 44 34 Ht 14 Mitchell, Baker, Street, Middleditch, 75.0 45 39

The Future Stars Scratch Race Ht1Fry, B.Williams, Cooper, Tidbury 80.4 Ht2 Mold, Sivyer, Jack Coulson. Morris (ns) ? Final Mould, Sivyer, Fry, English 76.4

Reserves Scratch Race English, Tapscott, Watts, Allick 76.4

The Hastings Scurry Webster, Smith, McNaughton, Glover 74.8

The Hull Scurry Fuller, Craig, Johnson, Butler 75.2 The Final Flash Mitchell, Street, Middleditch, Baker 75.6

Monday 27th June 1949 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates 60 Hastings Saxons 23 (National League Division Three)

Poole Alan Chambers 3 3 F 3 9 Frank Holcombe 2’ 3 1 1 7 1 Fred Pawson 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Dick Howard 3 F 2’ 2’ 7 2 Charlie Hayden 1 3 2’ 3 9 1 Cyril Quick 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Ken James 2’ 3 5 1

Peter Lloyd 0 1 1

Hastings George Butler 1 2 E 2 5 Harold McNaughton 0 1’ 1 0 2 1 Buddy Fuller 1 E 2 0 3 Norman Street 0 1 1 2 4 Ken Smith 0 2 E 0 2 Ken Middleditch 2 1 X 2 5 Harold Tapscott 0 0 0 Dan English 1’ 1 2 1

Ht1 Chambers, Holcombe, Butler, McNaughton 79.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Howard, Pawson, Fuller, Street 79.4 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Quick, Middleditch, Hayden, Smith 79.8 4 2 14 4 Ht4 Chambers, K.James, Street, Tapscott 81.4 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Pawson, Butler, McNaughton, Howard (f) 81.8 3 3 22 8 Ht6 Hayden, Quick, Street, Fuller (ef) 81.0 5 1 27 9 Ht7 Holcombe, Smith, Middleditch, Chambers (f) 80.4 3 3 30 12 Ht8 Pawson, Fuller, English, Lloyd 81.4 3 3 33 15 Ht9 Quick, Hayden, McNaughton, Butler (ef) 80.8 5 1 38 16 Ht10 Chambers, Street, Holcombe, Fuller 81.6 4 2 42 18 Ht11 Pawson, Howard, Smith (ef), Middleditch (excb)81.0 5 0 47 18 Ht12 Hayden, Butler, Lloyd, Tapscott 81.0 4 2 51 20 Ht13 K.James, Howard, English, Smith 81.8 5 1 56 21 Ht14 Quick, Middleditch, Holcombe, McNaughton 80.6 4 2 60 23

Wednesday 29th June 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 51 Tamworth Hounds 33 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Norman Street 3 3 1 E 7 Jock Grierson 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2 Buddy Fuller 1 3 3 3 10 George Butler 0 1 1 2 4 Ken Smith 2’ 1’ 1’ 1’ 5 4 Ken Middleditch 3 2 2 3 10 Harold McNaughton 0 1’ 1 1 Dan English 2’ 2 4 1

Tamworth Steve Langton 0 2 3 3 8 Peter Orpwood 1 0 E 1 2 Harry Saunders 3 3 E 2 8 Ray Beaumont 2’ 2 E 1’ 5 2 Basil Harris 1 2 2 3 8 Bill Dalton 0 0 0 Lionel Watling 1’ E 0 1 1 Cecil Hookham 1 0 0 1

Ht1 Street, Grierson, Orpwood, Langton 73.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Saunders, Beaumont, Fuller, Butler 75.2 1 5 6 6 Ht3 Middleditch, Smith, Harris, Dalton 75.4 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Street, Beaumont, Watling, McNaughton 74.0 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Fuller, Langton, Butler, Orpwood 73.4 4 2 18 12 Ht6 Saunders, Middleditch, Smith, Beaumont (ef) 74.4 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Grierson, Harris, Street, Dalton 74.4 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Fuller, English, Hookham, Saunders (ef) 76.4 5 1 30 18 Ht9 Langton, Middleditch, Smith, Orpwood (ef) 76.0 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Grierson, Saunders, Beaumont, Street (ef) 73.8 3 3 36 24

Ht11 Fuller, Harris, Butler, Watling (ef) 76.2 4 2 40 26 Ht12 Langton, English, Smith, Hookham 76.2 3 3 43 29 Ht13 Harris, Butler, McNaughton, Watling 76.6 3 3 46 32 Ht14 Middleditch, Grierson, Orpwood, Hookham 73.6 5 1 51 33

Future Stars Race Mould, Sivyer, Tapscott, O.Osboorne 77.6

Reserves Scratch Race McNaughton, Watling, English, Hookham (ns) 77.8

Final Future Stars & Reserves Mould, Sivyer, McNaughton, Watling 77.2

The Hastings Hurricane Langton, Smith, Street, Beaumont 77.0

The Tiger Hart Scurry Fuller, Butler, Dalton, Orpwood 78.8

The Final Dash Grierson, Saunders, Harris, Middleditch 78.8

Saturday 2nd July 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 51 Yarmouth Bloaters 30 (Challenge)

Hastings Ken Smith 3 2 1 F 6 Ken Middleditch 2’ 3 3 E 8 1 Buddy Fuller 3 3 3 3 12 George Butler 1 0 2’ 1 4 1 Norman Street, 1 1 0 E 2 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Harold McNaughton 1’ 3 4 1 Dan English 1 2 3

Yarmouth Bill Carruthers 1 2 1’ 3 7 1 Billy Bales E 1’ 2 X 3 1 Stan Page 0 0 0 1’ 1 1 Tip Mills 2 3 2 2 9 Johnny White 0 0 0 0 0 Reg Morgan 2 2 1 E 5 Cliff Ladbroke 0 1 1 Bert Rawlinson 2 2 4

Ht1 Middleditch, Smith, Carruthers, Bales (ef) 76.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Fuller, Mills, Butler, Page 73.8 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Grierson, Morgan, Street, White 74.0 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Mills, Smith, McNaughton, Ladbroke 75.2 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Fuller, Carruthers, Bales, Butler 72.0 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Grierson, Mills, Street, Page 73.8 4 2 23 13 Ht7 Middleditch, Morgan, Smith, White 74.2 4 2 27 15 Ht8 Fuller, Rawlinson, English, Page 75.0 4 2 31 17 Ht9 Grierson, Bales, Carruthers, Street 73.8 3 3 34 20 Ht10 Middleditch, Mills, Page, Smith (f) 76.8 3 3 37 23 Ht11 Fuller, Butler, Morgan, White 76.4 5 1 42 24 Ht12 Carruthers, English, Ladbroke, Street (ef) 76.0 2 4 44 28 Ht13 McNaughton, Rawlinson, Butler, White 76.2 4 2 48 30 Ht14 Grierson, Bales (exc), Middleditch (ef), Morgan (ef)74.2 3 0 51 30

Future Stars Race Mould, Sivyer, Tapscott, H.Morris 74.4

Reserves Scratch Race English, Rawlinson, McNaughton, Labdroke 76.4

Final Future Stars & Reserves Race Rawlinson, Mould, English, Sivyer 77.0

Hastings Carnival Scratch race Ht1 Middleditch, Carruthers, Smith (ef), Morgan (ef) 76.4 ? Ht2 Grierson, Street, Mills, White 75.2 ? Ht3 Fuller, Butler, Page, Bales (ef) 73.2 ? Final Grierson, Street, Morgan, Fuller 74.4

Tuesday 5th July 1949 Caister Road Stadium, Yarmouth Yarmouth Bloaters 62 Hastings Saxons 22 (National League Division Three)

Yarmouth Bill Carruthers 0 3 3 3 9 Bert Rawlinson 2 2’ 2’ 1 7 2 Stan Page 2’ 1 1 2’ 6 2 Tip Mills 3 3 3 3 12 Johnny White 2’ 3 0 2’ 7 2 Reg Morgan 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Fred Brand 2’ 2’ 4 2 Cliff Ladbroke 3 3 3

Hastings Norman Street 1 0 1’ 1 3 1 Jock Grierson 3 2 2 2 9 Buddy Fuller 1 1 0 1 George Butler 0 1 0 0 1 Ken Smith 0 0 0 0 0 Ken Middleditch 1 1 1 0 3 Dan English 0 0 0 Harold Tapscott 2 1 1 4

Ht1 Grierson, Rawlinson, Street, Carruthers 77.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Mills, Page, Fuller, Butler 78.2 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Morgan, White, Middleditch, Smith 77.6 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Carruthers, Brand, Butler, English 78.0 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Mills, Grierson, Page, Street 77.4 4 2 21 9 Ht6 White, Morgan, Fuller, Butler 78.8 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Carruthers, Rawlinson, Middleditch, Smith 77.6 5 1 31 11 Ht8 Ladbroke, Tapscott, Page, Fuller 80.0 4 2 35 13 Ht9 Morgan, Grierson, Street, White 78.0 3 3 38 16 Ht10 Carruthers, Rawlinson, Tapscott, Butler 78.6 5 1 43 17 Ht11 Mills, Page, Middleditch, Smith 78.2 5 1 48 18 Ht12 Ladbroke, White, Street, English 80.2 5 1 53 19 Ht13 Mills, Brand, Tapscott, Smith 78.0 5 1 58 20 Ht14 Morgan, Grierson, Rawlinson, Middleditch 77.8 4 2 62 22

Wednesday 6th July 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 55 Poole Pirates 28 (National League Division Three)

Hastings George Butler 3 2’ 1’ 0 6 2

Buddy Fuller E 2 3 3 9 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Norman Street 2’ 1 1 0 4 1 Ken Smith 3 0 2’ 3 8 1 Ken Middleditch 1 3 3 2’ 9 1 Pete Mold 3 2 5 Dan English 1 2’ 3 1

Poole Cyril Quick 2 2 1 1 6 Charlie Hayden 1’ 0 0 1 2 1 Fred Pawson X 2 2 2 6 Ticker James F 1’ 1’ 2 2 Allan Chambers 2 3 2 3 10 Frank Holcombe 0 0 0 0 0 Peter Lloyd 0 0 Ken James 1 0 0 1 2

Ht Butler, Quick, Hayden, Fuller (ef) 76.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Grierson, Street, T.James (f), Pawson (exc) 78.2 5 0 8 3 Ht3 Smith, Chambers, Middleditch, Holcombe 75.2 4 2 12 5 Ht4 Mold, Butler, K.James, Lloyd 76.8 5 1 17 6 Ht5 Grierson, Quick, Street, Hayden 74.6 4 2 21 8 Ht6 Middleditch, Pawson, T.James, Smith 75.0 3 3 24 11 Ht7 Chambers, Fuller, Butler, Holcombe 75.0 3 3 27 14 Ht8 Grierson, Pawson, English, K.James 74.4 4 2 31 16 Ht9 Middleditch, Smith, Quick, Hayden 75.2 5 1 36 17 Ht10 Fuller, Pawson, T.James, Butler 76.0 3 3 39 20 Ht11 Grierson, Chambers, Street, Holcombe 75.0 4 2 43 22 Ht12 Smith, English, Quick, K.James 76.8 5 1 48 23 Ht13 Chambers, Mold, K.James, Street 76.2 2 4 50 27 Ht14 Fuller, Middleditch, Hayden, Holcombe 76.8 5 1 55 28

Reserves Scratch Race Mold, English, Sivyer, K.James 77.4

The Hastings Hurricane Butler, Street, Pawson, Peel 76.2

The Poole Scurry Huller, Smith, Chambers, Tapscott 75.8

The Final Flash Grierson, Middleditch, Hayden (ef), Quick (ef) 75.2

Wednesday 13th July 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 43 Halifax Dukes 40 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Norman Street 1’ 3 3 1’ 8 2 Jock Grierson 2 0 2 1 5 Buddy Fuller 3 3 0 3 9 George Butler 2’ 0 1 0 3 1 Pete Mold 0 1’ 1 2 1 Ken Middleditch 3 3 2 3 11 Harold McNaughton 0 3 3 Dan English 1 1 0 2

Halifax Jock Shead 0 1’ 0 2’ 3 2

Arthur Forrest 3 2 3 0 8 Vic Emms F 0 3 3 6 Jack Hughes F 1’ 2 0 3 1 Al Allison 1’ 1’ 0 2 4 2 Dick Seers 2 2 2 2 8 Bill Crosland 2 3 5 Jack Dawson 2’ 1’ 3 2

Ht1 Forrest, Grierson, Street, Shead 74.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Fuller, Butler, Emms (f), Hughes (f) 78.2 5 0 8 3 Ht3 Middleditch, Seers, Allison, Mold 73.8 3 3 11 6 Ht4 Street, Crosland, Hughes, McNaughton 75.4 3 3 14 9 Ht5 Fuller, Forrest, Shead, Butler 74.4 3 3 17 12 Ht6 Middleditch, Hughes, English, Emms 74.2 4 2 21 14 Ht7 Street, Seers, Allison, Grierson 75.2 3 3 24 17 Ht8 Emms, Dawson, English, Fuller 75.0 1 5 25 22 Ht9 Forrest, Middleditch, Mold, Shead 73.4 3 3 28 25 Ht10 Emms, Grierson, Street, Hughes 74.4 3 3 31 28 Ht11 Fuller, Seers, Butler, Allison 75.2 4 2 35 30 Ht12 Crosland, Shead, Mold, English 75.6 1 5 36 35 Ht13 McNaughton, Allison, Dawson, Butler 76.8 3 3 39 38 Ht14 Middleditch, Seers, Grierson, Forrest 73.8 4 2 43 40

Reserves Scratch Race Crosland, McNaughton, Dawson, English 76.2

The Halifax Hurricane Ht1 Tapscott, Middleditch, L.Morris, Fry 78.0 Ht2 Grierson, Allison, Shead, Sivyer 76.0 Ht3 Seers, Emms, Butler, Street 74.4 Ht4 Fuller, Forrest, Mold, Hughes 74.0 Final Seers, Grierson, Tapscott, Fuller 74.8

Wednesday 20th July 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 63 Rayleigh Rockets 21 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Norman Street 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Buddy Fuller 3 2’ 1’ 6 2 George Butler 3 2’ 2 3 10 1 Smith 1’ 3 1 1 6 1 Ken Middleditch 2 2’ 3 3 9 2 Harold McNaughton 1 2’ 2’ 5 2 Ken Tidbury 3 3 6

Rayleigh Cyril Brine 0 1 0 2 3 Jim Gregory 1 0 2 1 4 Vic Gooden X 0 Wally Mawdsley 2 1 0 1 4 Jack Unstead X 0 0 1 1 Pat Clarke 3 1 3 F 7 Ron Howes 0 0 0 0 Roy Uden 1 1 0 0 2

Ht1 Grierson, Street, Gregory, Brine 73.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Butler, Mawdsley, McNaughton, Gooden (fexc) 76.6 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Clarke, Middleditch, Smith, Unstead (exc) 73.8 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Street, McNaughton, Mawsley, Howes 74.0 5 1 17 7

Ht5 Fuller, Butler, Brine, Gregory 75.8 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Smith, Middleditch, Uden, Mawdsley 77.2 5 1 27 9 Ht7 Grierson, Street, Clarke, Unstead 73.8 5 1 32 10 Ht8 Tidbury, Fuller, Uden, Howes 79.6 5 1 37 11 Ht9 Middleditch, Gregory, Smith, Brine 74.2 4 2 41 13 Ht10 Grierson, Street, Mawdsley, Uden 75.8 5 1 46 14 Ht11 Clarke, Butler, Fuller, Unstead 75.0 3 3 49 17 Ht12 Tidbury, Brine, Smith, Howes 78.2 4 2 53 19 Ht13 Butler, McNaughton, Unstead, Uden 77.8 5 1 58 20 Ht14 Middleditch, Grierson, Gregory, Clarke (f) 73.0 5 1 63 21

Future Stars Race English, Mould, Tapscott, Larry Morris 77.4

Reserves Scratch Race Tidbury, McNaughton, Howes, Uden 79.0

Final of Reserves & Future Stars race English, Tidbury, Mould, McNaughton 77.2

The Hastings Hurricane Street, Tapscott, Clarke, Mawdsley 74.8

The Tiger Hart Scurry Fuller, Brine, Butler, Sivyer 75.8

The Final Flash Grierson, Gregory, Unstead, Middleditch 74.4

Thursday 21st July 1949 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 40 Hastings Saxons 43 (National League Division Three)

Plymouth Peter Robinson X 0 2 3 5 Johnny Bradford 2 N 0 0 2 Len Read 3 1’ 3 2 9 1 Alan Smith 1 2 1’ 2’ 6 2 George Wall 0 0 2 2 Pete Lansdale 3 3 0 2 8 Ivan Kessell 3 2 3 8 Bonnie Waddell 0 F 0

Hastings Harold McNaughton 1 1 1 3 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Buddy Fuller 2 2 2 2 8 George Butler 0 2 1’ 1’ 4 2 Harold Tapscott 1’ N 1 1 Ken Middleditch 2 3 3 1 9 Norman Street 1’ 0 3 1 5 1 Ken Smith 0 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Grierson, Bradford, McNaughton, Robinson (exc)78.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Read, Fuller, K.Smith, Butler 79.6 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Lansdale, Middleditch, Tapscot, Wall 78.4 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Kessell, Butler, Street, Robinson 79.0 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Grierson, A.Smith, Read, K Smith 79.8 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Lansdale, Fuller, Butler, Wall 79.2 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Middleditch, Robinson, Bradford (nf), Tapscott (nf) 78.0 2 3 20 21 Ht8 Read, Fuller, K. Smith, Waddell 79.0 3 3 23 24

Ht9 Grierson, Kessel, McNaughton, Lansdale (et) 78.8 2 4 25 28 Ht10 Robinson, Fuller, Butler, Bradford 80.6 3 3 28 31 Ht11 Middleditch, Read, A.Smith, Street 77.2 3 3 31 34 Ht12 Street, Wall, McNaughton, Waddell (f) 80.2 2 4 33 38 Ht13 Kessell, A.Smith, Street, K.Smith 80.4 5 1 38 39 Ht14 Grierson, Lansdale, Middleditch, Bradford 77.0 2 4 40 43

Wednesday 27th July 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 51 All Stars 30 (Challenge)

Hastings Norman Street 3 3 1 0 7 Jock Grierson 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2 Buddy Fuller 3 3 3 F 9 George Butler 2’ 0 2 1 Ken Smith 3 0 1’ 3 7 1 Ken Middleditch 2’ 3 2 3 10 1 Harold McNaughton 1 2 3 Ken Tidbury 0 3 0 0 3

All Stars Don Hardy 1 1’ 3 2 7 1 Alex Gray 0 2 0 1 3 Cyril Page 0 2 2 2 6 Bert Croucher 1 2 1’ 1’ 5 2 Mick Mitchell 1 2 E 1 4 Jack Unstead 0 0 E 0 0 Harold Tapscott 0 1’ 1 1 Dan English 1’ 3 4 1

Ht1 Street, Grierson, Hardy, Gray 73.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Fuller, Butler, Croucher, Page 75.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Smith, Middleditch, Mitchell, Unstead 74.2 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Street, Croucher, McNaughton, Tapscott 74.8 4 2 19 5 Ht5 Fuller, Gray, Hardy, Butler 75.8 3 3 22 8 Ht6 Middleditch, Page, Croucher, Smith 73.8 3 3 25 11 Ht7 Grierson, Mitchell, Street, Unstead 75.2 4 2 29 13 Ht8 Fuller, Page, English, Tidbury 75.2 3 3 32 16 Ht9 Hardy, Middleditch, Smith, Gray 74.4 3 3 35 19 Ht10 Grierson, Page, Croucher, Street 77.2 3 3 38 22 Ht11 Tidbury, Fuller (f) Mitchell (ef), Unstead (ef) 78.8 3 0 41 22 Ht12 Smith, Hardy, Tapscott, Tidbury 76.2 3 3 44 25 Ht13 English, McNaughton, Mitchell, Tidbury 76.8 2 4 46 29 Ht14 Middleditch, Grierson, Gray, Unstead 73.6 5 1 51 30

Reserves Scratch Race English, Tidbury, McNaughton, Tapscott 78.8

The Stars Hurricane Ht1 Mold, Sivyer, Larry Morris, John Fry 77.0 Ht2 Grierson, Unstead, A McNaugton, Croucher 76.8 Ht3 Middleditch, Page, Street, Gray 74.2 Ht 4 Hardy, Mitchell, English, Tidbury 76.0 Final Hardy, Middleditch, Grierson, P Mold 75.2

Monday 1st August 1949 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates 46 Hastings Saxons 38 (National League Division Three)

Poole Allan Chambers 3 1’ 2 1’ 7 2

Ticker James F 0 2 0 2 Fred Pawson 1 3 3 3 10 Dick Howard 3 F 1 2’ 6 1 Cyril Quick 1’ 3 1’ 3 8 2 Charlie Hayden 2 2’ 2 1 7 1 Terry Small 2 3 5 Ken James 0 1 1

Hastings Norman Street 1’ 1’ 0 2 4 2 Jock Grierson 2 2 3 2 9 Harold Tapscott 0 0 2 0 2 George Butler 2 3 1 3 9 Ken Smith 0 1 0 1 2 Ken Middleditch 3 3 2 3 11 Ken Tidbury 0 0 0 Dan English 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Chambers, Grierson, Street, T.James (f) 78.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Howard, Butler, Pawson, Tapscott 80.0 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Middleditch, Hayden, Quick, Smith 80.8 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Butler, Small, Chambers, Tidbury 81.2 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Pawson, Grierson, Street, Howard (f) 78.8 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Quick, Hayden, Butler, Tapscott 80.8 5 1 21 15 Ht7 Middleditch, Chambers, Smith, T.James 81.6 2 4 23 19 Ht8 Pawson, Tapscott, English, K.James 80.2 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Grierson, Hayden, Quick, Street 81.0 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Butler, T.James, Chambers, Tapscott 81.8 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Pawson, Middleditch, Howard, Smith 80.0 4 2 36 30 Ht12 Quick, Street, K.James, Tidbury 81.4 4 2 40 32 Ht13 Small, Howard, Smith, English 85.8 5 1 45 33 Ht14 Middleditch, Grierson, Hayden, T.James 82.6 1 5 46 38

Wednesday 3rd August 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 55 Liverpool Chads 28 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Harold Tapscott 3 1 2’ 1 7 1 Jock Grierson 0 3 3 F 6 Norman Street 2 3 3 0 8 George Butler 1’ 1 3 1’ 6 2 Ken Smith 1 2’ 2’ 1 6 2 Ken Middleditch 3 3 3 3 12 Dan English 3 2 5 Ken Tidbury 2’ 3 5 1

Liverpool George Bason 1’ 2 0 0 3 1 Harry Welch 2 0 1 2 5 Fred Wills F 1 0 1 Charlie Oates 3 2 0 2 7 Alex Gray 2 0 2 3 7 Doug Serrurier 0 1 1’ E 2 1 Angus McGuire E 0 2 2 Ernie Steers 1 0 1

Ht1 Tapscott, Welch, Bason, Grierson 74.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Oates, Street, Butler, Wills (f) 75.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Middleditch, Gray, Smith, Serrurier 74.0 4 2 10 8 Ht4 English, Oates, Tapscott, McGuire (ef) 75.4 4 2 14 10

Ht5 Street, Bason, Butler, Welch 73.8 4 2 18 12 Ht6 Middleditch, Smith, Wills, Oates 76.2 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Grierson, Tapscott, Serrurier, Gray 72.2 5 1 28 14 Ht8 Street, Tidbury, Steers, Wills 74.6 5 1 33 15 Ht9 Middleditch, Smith, Welch, Bason 75.2 5 1 38 16 Ht10 Grierson, Oates, Tapscott, McGuire 73.4 4 2 42 18 Ht11 Butler, Gray, Serrurier, Street 76.8 3 3 45 21 Ht12 Tidbury, McGuire, Smith, Bason 78.2 4 2 49 23 Ht13 Gray, English, Butler, Steers 76.0 3 3 52 26 Ht14 Middleditch, Welch, Grierson (f), Serrurier (ef) 75.8 3 2 55 28

Future Stars Scratch Race McNaughton, Sivyer, Morris, Hood 77.6

Reserves Scratch Race English, Tidbury, McGuire, Steers 77.4

Final Future Stars & Reserves Scratch Race Tidbury, English, Sivyer, McNaughton 78.4

The Liverpool dash Street, Smith, Gray, Oates 73.6

The South African Scurry Middleditch, Wills, Tapscott, Serrurier 73.6

The Final Flash Grierson, Bason, Welch, Butler 76.2

Monday 8th August 1949 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 52 Hastings Saxons 31 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Johnny Myson 2’ 3 1 2’ 8 2 Norman Clay 3 3 3 3 12 Broncho Slade F 1 F 1’ 2 1 Don Hardy 3 F 2 3 8 Hugh Geddes 2 3 2 3 10 Arthur Pilgrim 1’ 2’ E 0 3 2 Vic Gent 2’ 2’ 4 2 Stan Lanfear 3 2’ 5 1

Hastings Harold Tapscott 0 2’ 1 0 3 1 Jock Grierson 1 3 3 1’ 8 1 George Butler 2 0 E 0 2 Norman Street 1’ E 1 1 3 1 Ken Smith 0 0 1 1 Ken Middleditch 3 2 3 2 10 Dan English 1 1 2 Ken Tidbury E 2 F 2

Ht1 Clay, Myson, Grierson, Tapscott 79.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Hardy, Butler, Street, Slade (f) 78.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Middleditch, Geddes, Pilgrim, Tidbury (ef) 77.0 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Myson, Gent, English, Street (ef) 80.8 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Grierson, Tapscott, Slade, Hardy (f) 80.0 1 5 17 13 Ht6 Geddes, Pilgrim, Street, Butler 82.0 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Clay, Middleditch, Myson, Smith 78.4 4 2 26 16 Ht8 Lanfear, Tidbury, Slade (f), Butler (ef) 82.0 3 2 29 18

Ht9 Grierson, Geddes, Tapscott, Pilgrim (ef) 80.2 2 4 31 22 Ht10 Clay, Myson, Street, Butler 79.4 5 1 36 23 Ht11 Middleditch, Hardy, Slade, Smith 77.4 3 3 39 26 Ht12 Geddes, Lanfear, English, Tapscott 81.0 5 1 44 27 Ht13 Hardy, Gent, Smith, Tidbury (f) 78.4 5 1 49 28 Ht14 Clay, Middleditch, Grierson, Pilgrim 78.4 3 3 52 31

Wednesday 10th August 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 40 Stoke Potters 44 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Harold Tapscott 1 1 0 0 2 Jock Grierson 3 2 3 0 8 Norman Street 0 1 E 1 2 George Butler 3 0 0 3 6 Ken Smith E 0 3 3 Ken Middleditch 3 3 3 3 12 Dan English 3 1 1 5 Ken Tidbury 2 0 2

Stoke Ken Adams 2 3 2 2 9 Stan Bradbury 0 2’ 0 1’ 3 2 Gil Blake 2 2 3 1’ 8 1 Lindsay Mitchell 1’ 2 1’ 2 6 2 Brian Pritchett 2 1 2’ 2 7 1 Les Jenkins 1’ 3 3 2 9 1 Bill Harris 0 1’ 1 1 John Fitzpatrick 1 0 1

Ht1 Grierson, Adams, Tapscott, Bradbury 71.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Butler, Blake, Mitchell, Street 75.2 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Middleditch, Pritchett, Jenkins, Smith (ef) 70.4 3 3 10 8 Ht4 English, Mitchell, Tapscott, Harrris 76.2 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Adams, Bradbury, Street, Butler 74.4 1 5 15 15 Ht6 Middleditch, Blake, Mitchell, Smith 71.2 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Jenkins, Grierson, Pritchett, Tapscott 73.2 2 4 20 22 Ht8 Blake, Tidbury, Fitzpatrick, Street (ef) 76.0 2 4 22 26 Ht9 Middleditch, Adams, English, Bradbury 71.4 4 2 26 28 Ht10 Grierson, Mitchell, Blake, Tapscott 74.6 3 3 29 31 Ht11 Jenkins, Pritchett, Street, Butler 74.0 1 5 30 36 Ht12 Smith, Adams, Harris, Tidbury 75.8 3 3 33 39 Ht13 Butler, Jenkins, English, Fitzpatrick 75.0 4 2 37 41 Ht14 Middleditch, Pritchett, Bradbury, Grierson 72.2 3 3 40 44

Future Stars Scratch Race Sivyer, Larry Morris, McNaughton, Hood 77.0

Reserves Scratch Race B.Harris, English, Fitzpatrick, Tidbury 76.4

Final Future Stars & Reserves Scratch Races English, Morris, Sivter, B.Harris 76.6

The Stoke Sortie Pritchett, Bradbury, Smith, Street 76.2

The Tiger Stevenson Scurry Middleditch, Blake, Tapscott, Jenkins 72.2

The Final Flash Grierson, Mitchell, Adams, Butler 76.0

Wednesday 17th August 1949 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth Tamworth Hounds 62 Hastings Saxons 22 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth Steve Langton 3 3 2 2’ 10 1 Peter Orpwood 2’ 1’ 3 0 6 2 Harry Saunders 3 3 3 3 12 Basil Harris 2’ 2’ 0 3 7 2 Cecil Hookham 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Dalton 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Lionel Watling 1 2’ 3 1 Ray Beaumont 2’ 1 3 1

Hastings Jock Grierson 1 1 0 2 4 Norman Street 0 0 1 1’ 2 1 Ken Smith 0 0 0 0 0 George Butler 1 2 1 1 5 Harold Tapscott 0 0 1’ 1 2 1 Ken Middleditch 1 3 2 2 8 Arthur Hood 0 0 0 Dan English 1 0 1

Ht1 Langton, Orpwood, Grierson, Street 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Saunders, Harris, Butler, Smith 5 1 10 2 Ht3Hookham, Dalton, Middleditch, Tapscott 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Langton, Butler, Watling, Hood 4 2 19 5 Ht5 Saunders, Harris, Grierson, Street 5 1 24 6 Ht6 Hookham, Dalton, Butler, Smith 5 1 29 7 Ht7 Middleditch, Langton, Orpwood, Tapscott 3 3 32 10 Ht8 Saunders, Beaumont, English, Smith 5 1 37 11 Ht9 Hookham, Dalton, Street, Grierson 5 1 42 12 Ht10 Orpwood, Langton, Butler, Smith 5 1 47 13 Ht11 Saunders, Middleditch, Tapscott, Harris 3 3 50 16 Ht12 Hookham, Grierson, Beaumont, Hood 4 2 54 18 Ht13 Harris, Watling, Tapscott, English 5 1 59 19 Ht14 Dalton, Middleditch, Street, Orpwood 3 3 62 22

Thursday 18th August 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 30 Norwich Stars 52 (Challenge)

Hastings Jock Grierson 0 1 0 0 1 Norman Street 0 2 2 1 5 Ken Smith 2 1 1’ 2 6 1 Harry Tapscott 0 0 0 Dan English 1 0 2 2 5 Ken Middleditch 3 3 3 3 12 George Butler 0 0 0 Ken Tidbury 0 0 0 1 1

Norwich Harold McNaughton 2 1 3 Phil Clarke 2’ 2’ 1’ 2 7 3 Paddy Mills 3 1’ 0 0 4 1 Fred Rogers 1 3 2 3 9

Ted Bravery 2 1 1 2’ 6 1 Bob Leverenz 3 0 3 Alec Hunter 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Jack Freeman 3 3 3 9

1 Hunter, Clarke, (Grierson & Street n/f), 73.8 0 5 2 Mills, Smith, Rogers, Tapscott, 75.2 2 9 3 Middleditch, Bravery, English, 72.0 6 11 4 Rogers, Hunter, Grierson, Butler, 73.8 7 16 5 Freeman, Clarke, Smith, Tapscott, 74.8 8 21 6 Middleditch, Rogers, Mills, English, 72.2 11 24 7 Hunter, Street, Bravery, Grierson, 73.8 13 28 8 Freeman, English, Smith, Mills, 76.4 16 31 9 Middleditch, McNaughton, Clarke, Tidbury, 73.6 19 34 10 Rogers, Street, (Grierson & Mills n/f), 74.8 21 37 11 Leverenz, Smith, Bravery, Tidbury, 75.2 23 41 12 Hunter, English, McNaughton, Tidbury, 75.6 25 45 13 Freeman, Bravery, Tidbury, Butler, 75.8 26 50 14 Middleditch, Clarke, Street, Leverenz, (Time unknown) 30 52 Bert Spencer did not arrive. Bob Leverenz did not arrive until Ht10.

Saturday 20th August 1949 Abbey Stadium, Swindon Swindon Robins 35 Hastings Saxons 49 (Challenge)

Swindon Bill Downton 3 3 3 3 12 Norman Meek 1 X 0 F 1 Ginger Nicholls F 1* 1 0 2 (1) Harry Hughes 2 2 2 0 6 Reg Lambourne (C) 2 3 2 2 9 Bonny Good 0 0 0 1 1 Tom Wilson 1 2 3 Bob Jones 0 1* 1 (1)

Hastings Dan English 0 3 1 3 7 Norman Street 2 0 3 2* 7 (1) Ken Smith 1 1* 3 2 7 (1) George Butler 3 2 2 1* 8 (1) Harold Tapscott 1 1* 1 1 4 (1) Ken Middleditch (C) 3 2 3 3 11 Arthur Hood 0 0 0 Bob Sivyer 2* 3 5 (1)

Ht 1: Downton, Street, Meek, English, 83.4 (4-2) Ht 2: Butler, Hughes, Smith, Nicholls (fell), 84.2 (6- 6) Ht 3: Middleditch, Lambourne, Tapscott, Good, 81.4 *= (8-10) Ht 4: Downton, Butler, Wilson, Hood, 84.4 (12-12) Ht 5: English, Hughes, Nicholls, Street, 84.6 (15-15) Ht 6: Lambourne, Butler, Smith, Good, 84.8 (18-18) Ht 7: (RR) Downton, Middleditch, Tapscott, Meek (f, ex)86.6 (21-21) Ht 8: Smith, Sivyer, Nicholls, Jones, 85.0 (22-26) Ht 9: Street, Lambourne, English, Good, 84.6 (24-30) Ht 10: Downton, Smith, Butler, Meek, 85.2 (27-33) Ht 11: Middleditch, Hughes, Tapscott, Nicholls, 82.8 (29-37) Ht 12: English, Lambourne, Jones, Hood, 86.2 (32-40) Ht 13: Sivyer, Wilson, Tapscott, Hughes, 88.0 (34-44) Ht 14: Middleditch, Street, Good, Meek (fell), 82.0 (35-49) Wednesday 24th August 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings

Hastings Saxons 53 Leicester Hunters 31 (National League Division Three)

Hastings

Jock Grierson 3 2’ 2 3 10 1 Norman Street 1 0 2’ 2 5 Ken Smith 1 2’ 0 1’ 4 George Butler 3 3 2 2’ 10 1 Harold McNaughton 1 1 2’ 1’ 5 2 Ken Middleditch 3 3 3 0 9 Harold Tapscott 3 3 6 Dan English 2 2 4 Leicester Jack Baxter 2 0 1 3 6 Cyril Page 0 1 0 1 2 Harwood Pike 2 2 3 1 8 Johnnie Carpenter 0 0 0 0 0 Sid Hipperson 0 1 0 1 2 Vic Pitcher 2 3 3 3 11 Ron Wilson 1 0 1 George Gower 1 0 1 Ht1 Grierson, Baxter, Street, Page 72.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Butler, Pike, Smith, Carpenter 74.8 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Middleditch, Pitcher, McNaughton, Hipperson 72.4 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Tapscott, Grierson, Wilson, Carpenter 75.4 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Butler, Smith, Page, Baxter 75.0 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Middleditch, Pike, McNaughton, Carpenter 73.8 4 2 26 10 Ht7 Pitcher, Grierson, Hipperson, Street 74.0 2 4 28 14 Ht8 Pike, English, Gower, Smith 75.8 2 4 30 18 Ht9 Middleditch, McNaughton, Baxter, Page 72.0 5 1 35 19 Ht10 Grierson, Street, Pike, Carpenter 73.8 5 1 40 20 Ht11 Pitcher, Butler, Smith, Hipperson 75.8 3 3 43 23 Ht12 Baxter, English, McNaughton, Wilson 76.0 3 3 46 26 Ht13 Tapscott, Butler, Hipperson, Gower 77.2 5 1 51 27 Ht14 Pitcher, Street, Page, Middleditch 75.4 2 4 53 31

Reserves Scratch Race Ht1 Fry, Hood, Sivyer, Tidbury 78.0 Ht2 English, Wilson, Tapscott, Gower 75.8 Final English, Fry, Wilson, Hood 77.0

The Leicester Scurry Pike, Street, McNaughton, Carpenter 76.0

The Hastings Hurricane Middleditch, Baxter, Hipperson, Smith 72.0

The Final Flash [Grierson, Butler, Page, Pitcher ?

Thursday 25th August 1949 Cowley Stadium, Oxford Oxford Cheetahs 47 Hastings Saxons 37 (National League Division Three)

Oxford Jim Wright 0 3 3 1’ 7 1 Frank Boyle 1 2’ 2 3 8 1 Dennis Gray 3 2 3 3 11 Alf Viccary F 1’ 1 3 5 1 Bill Reynolds 2’ 1 0 3 6 1

Bob MacFarlane 3 3 1 X 7 Ernie Rawlins 0 E 0 Jimmy Coy 2’ 1 3 1

Hastings Harold Tapscott 2’ 0 2’ 2 6 2 Ken Middleditch 3 3 3 2 11 Jock Grierson 2 2 X 3 7 Norman Street 1’ 2 0 0 3 1 Ken Smith 1 0 0 1 George Butler 0 1 2 1’ 4 1 Bob Sivyer 1’ 0 1’ 2 2 Dan English 1 2 3

Ht1 Middleditch, Tapscott, Boyle, Wright 71.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Gray, Grierson, Street, Viccary (f) 70.8 3 3 4 8 Ht3 MacFarlane, Reynolds, Smith, Butler 71.2 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Wright, Street, Sivyer, Rawlins 72.8 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Middleditch, Gray, Viccary, Tapscott 71.4 3 3 15 15 Ht6 MacFarlane, Grierson, Reynolds, Street 70.0 4 2 19 17 Ht7 Wright, Boyle, Butler, Smith 72.8 5 1 24 18 Ht8 Gray, Coy, English, Grierson (exc) 70.8 5 1 29 19 Ht9 Middleditch, Tapscott, MacFarlane, Reynolds 72.6 1 5 30 24 Ht10 Grierson, Boyle, Wright, Street 71.8 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Gray, Butler, Viccary, Smith 71.6 4 2 37 29 Ht12 Reynolds, Tapscott, Coy, Sivyer 73.8 4 2 41 31 Ht13 Viccary, English, Sivyer, Rawlins (ef) 73.6 3 3 44 34 Ht14 Boyle, Middleditch, Butler, MacFarlane (exc) 72.4 3 3 47 37

Friday 26th August 1949 Blackbird Road, Leicester Leicester Hunters 46 Hastings Saxons 38 (National League Division Three)

Leicester Jack Baxter 0 2 1 N 3 Cyril Page 2 3 3 2 10 Johnnie Carpenter 0 2 2 1’ 5 1 Harwood Pike 1 0 2 2’ 5 1 Sid Hipperson 2’ 1’ E 3 6 2 Vic Pitcher 3 2 2 1’ 8 1 Ron Wilson 1’ 2’ 3 6 2 Jack Winstanley 1’ 2’ 3 2

Hastings

Harold Tapscott 1 1 1 1 4 Ken Middleditch 3 3 3 3 12 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 1 10 Norman Street 2’ 0 0 0 2 1 Ken Smith 0 2 0 1 3 George Butler 1 0 3 0 4 Harold McNaughton 3 0 3 Dan English 0 0 0

Ht1 Middleditch, Page, Tapscott, Baxter 74.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Grierson, Street, Pike, Carpenter 76.2 1 5 3 9 Ht3 Pitcher, Hipperson, Butler, Smith 77.3 5 1 8 10 Ht4 McNaughton , Baxter,Wilson (frmtd), Street (exctps)78.6 2 3 10 13 Ht5 Middleditch, Carpenter, Tapscott, Pike 76.4 2 4 12 17 Ht6 Grierson, Pitcher, Hipperson, Street 76.4 3 3 15 20 Ht7 Page, Smith, Baxter, Butler 77.2 4 2 19 22

Ht8 Grierson, Carpenter, Winstanley, English 78.2 3 3 22 25 Ht9 Middleditch, Pitcher, Tapscott, Hipperson (ef) 78.2 2 4 24 29 Ht10 Page, Wilson, Grierson, Street 77.6 5 1 29 30 Ht11 Butler, Pike, Carpenter, Smith 78.6 3 3 32 33 Ht12 Hipperson, Winstanley, Tapscott, McNaughton 76.4 5 1 37 34 Ht13 Wilson, Pike, Smith, English 78.4 5 1 42 35 Ht14 Middleditch , Page, Pitcher, Butler 77.0 3 3 45 38

Saturday 27th August 1949 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke Stoke Potters 60 Hastings Saxons 24 (National League Division Three)]

Stoke Ken Adams 3 3 3 3 12 Brian Pritchett F 2’ F 1’ 3 2 Gil Blake 3 2 3 3 11 Lindsay Mitchell 2’ 1’ 2’ 3 8 3 Les Jenkins 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Bill Harris 2’ 1 2’ 2 7 2 Stan Bradbury 2’ 2’ 4 2 John Fitzpatrick 1 3 4

Hastings Harold Tapscott 1’ 0 1 F 2 1 Ken Middleditch 2 3 F 3 8 Jock Grierson 1 2 2 2 7 Norman Street 0 1 0 1’ 2 1 Ken Smith 1 1 1 0 3 George Butler 0 0 0 0 Bob Sivyer 0 1 0 1 Harold McNaughton 0 1 1

Ht1 Adams, Middleditch, Tapscott, Pritchett (f) 73.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Blake, Mitchell, Grierson, Street 74.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Jenkins, Harris, Smith, Butler 74.2 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Adams, Bradbury, Street, Sivyer 75.6 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Middleditch, Blake, Mitchell, Tapscott 73.6 3 3 21 9 Ht6 Jenkins, Grierson, Harris, Street 74.8 4 2 25 11 Ht7 Adams, Pritchett, Smith, Butler 75.8 5 1 30 12 Ht8 Blake, Grierson, Fitzpatrick, McNaughton 76.0 4 2 34 14 Ht9 Jenkins, Harris, Tapscott, Middleditch (f) 76.0 5 1 39 15 Ht10 Adams, Grierson, Street, Pritchett (f) 75.0 3 3 42 18 Ht11 Blake, Mitchell, Smith, Butler 76.8 5 1 47 19 Ht12 Fitzpatrick, Jenkins, Sivyer, Tapscott (f) 77.6 5 1 52 20 Ht13 Mitchell, Bradbury, McNaughton, Smith 78.2 5 1 57 21 Ht14 Middleditch, Harris, Pritchett, Sivyer 75.8 3 3 60 24

Wednesday 31st August 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 44 Exeter Falcons 40 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Jock Grierson 3 3 3 2 11 Norman Street 1 2’ 1’ 1 5 2 Ken Smith 1 0 1’ 2 1 George Butler 0 1 1’ 2 4 1 Harold Tapscott 0 0 2 2 Ken Middleditch 3 3 3 3 12 Harold McNaughton 2’ 0 1’ 3 2 Dan English 2 2 1’

Exeter

Arthur Pilgrim 0 2’ 2 3 7 1 Hugh Geddes 2 3 1’ 2 8 1 Norman Clay 3 2 3 3 11 Vic Gent 2’ 1 1’ 0 4 2 Don Hardy 2 1 3 3 9 Johnny Myson 1’ E 0 0 1 1 John Hancox F 0 0 Goog Hoskin 0 0 0

Ht1 Grierson, Geddes, Street, Pilgrim 73.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Clay, Gent, Smith, Butler 76.4 1 5 5 7 Ht3 Middleditch, Hardy, Myson, Tapscott 72.2 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Grierson, McNaughton, Gent, Hancox (f) 74.8 5 1 13 11 Ht5 Geddes, Pilgrim, Butler, Smith 77.2 1 5 14 16 Ht6 Middleditch, Clay, Gent, Tapscott 72.8 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Grierson, Street, Hardy(ef), Myson (f) 74.0 5 1 22 20 Ht8 Clay, English, Smith, Hoskin 75.2 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Middleditch, Pilgrim, Geddes, McNaughton 72.2 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Clay, Grierson, Street, Gent 74.0 3 3 31 29 Ht11 Hardy, English, Butler, Myson 76.2 3 3 34 32 Ht12 Pilgrim, Tapscott, English, Hancox 76.0 3 3 37 35 Ht13 Hardy, Butler, McNaughton, Hoskin 75.8 3 3 40 38 Ht14 Middleditch, Geddes, Street, Myson 73.2 4 2 44 40

Future Stars Scratch Race Dave Anderson, Hood, Sivyer, Aldridge 77.4

Reserves Scratch Race McNaughton, Hoskin, Hancox, English 74.8

Final Future Stars & Reserves Scratch Races McNaughton, Anderson, Hood, Hoskin 76.2

The Exeter Scurry Geddes, Gent, Street, Myson 76.0

The Hastings Hurricane Middleditch, Pilgrim, Hardy, Smith 74.2

The Final Flash Grierson, Clay, Sivyer, Butler (ef) 75.0

Tuesday 6th September 1949 Caister Road Stadium, Yarmouth Yarmouth Bloaters 58 Hastings Saxons 26 (National League Division Three)

Yarmouth Bill Carruthers 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4 Billy Bales 3 3 3 3 12 Tip Mills 3 3 3 3 12 Bert Rawlinson 0 0 2’ 1 3 1 Johnny White 2’ 3 0 2 7 1 Reg Morgan 3 2’ 2 1 8 1 Fred Brand 3 3 6 Joe Rodwell 1 1’ 2 1

Hastings Harold Tapscott 0 1’ 1 3 5 1 Ken Middleditch 1 2 3 2 8 Jock Grierson 2 1 2 1 6 Harold McNaughton 1’ F 0 0 1 1

Norman Street F 1 1 2 4 George Butler 1 0 0 0 0 Ken Smith 1 0 1 Bob Sivyer 0 0 0

Ht1 Bales, Carruthers, Middleditch, Tapscott 73.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Mills, Grierson, McNaughton, Rawlinson 76.8 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Morgan, White, Butler, Street (f) 78.2 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Brand, Carruthers, Smith, McNaughton (f) 77.4 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Mills, Middleditch, Tapscott, Rawlinson 77.2 3 3 21 9 Ht6 White, Morgan, Grierson, McNaughton 79.4 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Bales, Carruthers, Street, Butler 75.4 5 1 31 11 Ht8 Mills, Grierson, Rodwell, Sivyer 78.6 4 2 35 13 Ht9 Middleditch, Morgan, Tapscott, White 77.6 2 4 37 17 Ht10 Bales, Carruthers, Grierson, McNaughton 76.8 5 1 42 18 Ht11 Mills, Rawlinson, Street, Butler 79.6 5 1 47 19 Ht12 Tapscott, White, Rodwell, Smith 79.6 3 3 50 22 Ht13 Brand, Street, Rawlinson, Sivyer 79.0 4 2 54 24 Ht14 Bales, Middleditch, Morgan, Butler 75.4 4 2 58 26

Wednesday 7th September 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 54 Swindon Robins 30 (National League Division Three) Swindon replaced Hull

Hastings Jock Grierson 1 3 2’ 1 7 1 Ken Smith 3 3 3 3 12 Harold McNaughton 2 2 2’ 3 9 1 Norman Street 0 0 2’ E 2 1 George Butler 3 1 0 2’ 6 1 Ken Middleditch 2’ 3 2 2’ 9 2 Harold Tapscott 1 2 3 Dan English 3 3 6

Swindon Bill Downton 0 1 1 1 3 Mick Mitchell 2 3 3 1 9 Alf Webster 3 0 1 0 3 George Craig 1 2 2 2 7 Reg Lambourne 1 1 1 1 4 Allan Briggs 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Jones 0 0 0 Harry Hughes 0 3 3

Ht1 Smith, Mitchell, Grierson, Downton 73.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Webster, McNaughton, Craig, Street 74.4 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Butler, Middleditch, Lambourne, Briggs 76.8 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Grierson, Craig, Tapscott, Jones 75.2 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Mitchell, McNaughton, Downton, Street 73.4 2 4 17 13 Ht6 Middleditch, Craig, Butler, Webster 73.6 4 2 21 15 Ht7 Smith, Grierson, Lambourne, Briggs 75.4 5 1 26 16 Ht8 English, McNaughton, Webster, Hughes 76.0 5 1 31 17 Ht9 Mitchell, Middleditch, Downton, Butler 72.2 2 4 33 21 Ht10 Smith, Craig, Grierson, Webster 75.4 4 2 37 23 Ht11 McNaughton, Street, Lambourne, Briggs 76.8 5 1 42 24 Ht12 English, Butler, Downton, Jones 77.6 5 1 47 25 Ht13 Hughes, Tapscott, Lambourne, Street (ef) 77.0 2 4 49 29 Ht14 Smith, Middleditch, Mitchell, Briggs 76.0 5 1 54 30

The Future Stars Scratch Race Dave Anderson, Tidbury, Arthur Hood, Sivyer 78.2

Reserves’ Scratch Race English, Hughes, Jones, Tapscott 76.4

The Swindon Scratch Race Ht1 Smith, Butler, Anderson, Tidbury 76.6 Ht2 Grierson, Street, English, Hughes 76.8 Ht3 Middleditch, McNaughton, Downton, Lambourne 74.2 Ht4 Craig, Webster, Mitchell, Briggs 75.4 Final Smith, Craig, Middleditch, Grierson 75.0

Saturday 10th September 1949 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets 59 Hastings Saxons 25 (National League Division Three)

Rayleigh Les McGillivray 3 3 3 3 12 Jim Gregory 1 2’ 2’ 2 7 2 Vic Gooden 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 Ron Howes 2’ 1 3 1 Doug Ible 1 0 3 4 Pat Clarke 0 1 3 1’ 5 1 Jack Unstead 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Wally Mawdsley 2’ 3 2’

Hastings Harold Tapscott 0 1 1’ 0 2 1 Ken Middleditch 2 X 2 3 7 Jock Grierson 1 2 1 1 5 Harold McNaughton 0 1 0 1 Norman Street 3 1 E 2 6 George Butler 2’ 0 1 0 3 1 Ken Smith 0 1 1 Bob Sivyer 0 0 0 0 Ht1 McGillivray, Middleditch, Gregory, Tapscott 74.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Gooden, Howes, Grierson, McNaughton 77.4 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Street, Butler, Ible, Clarke 78.6 1 5 10 8 Ht4 McGillivray, Unstead, McNaughton, Smith 75.2 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Gooden, Mawdsley, Tapscott, Middleditch (exc) 77.8 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Unstead, Grierson, Clarke, McNaughton 76.2 4 2 24 12 Ht7 McGillivray, Gregory, Street, Butler 75.2 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Mawdsley, Gooden, Grierson, Sivyer 77.0 5 1 34 14 Ht9 Clarke, Middleditch, Tapscott, Ible 76.4 3 3 37 17 Ht10 McGillivray, Gregory, Grierson, Sivyer 77.4 5 1 42 18 Ht11 Unstead, Gooden, Butler, Street (ef) 77.2 5 1 47 19 Ht12 Ible, Mawdsley, Smith, Tapscott 78.0 5 1 52 20 Ht13 Unstead, Street, Howes, Sivyer 76.4 4 2 56 22 Ht14 Middleditch, Gregory, Clarke, Butler 75.8 3 3 59 25

Wednesday 14th September 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 50 Oxford Cheetahs 34 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Norman Street 2’ 2’ 0 3 7 2 Harold McNaughton 3 3 2 0 8 Ken Smith 1 1 3 2 7 George Butler 2’ F 0 3 5 1

Ken Middleditch 3 X 3 2’ 8 1 Harold Tapscott 0 1’ 1 1 Dan English 1 1 0 2

Oxford Bill Reynolds F 2 2 2 6 Bob McFarlane 1 0 1’ 1 3 1 Bert Croucher 2 3 3 2 10 Frank Boyle 0 2 2’ 1’ 5 2 Ernie Steers 1 1 1’ 3 6 1 Alf Viccary 0 0 2 0 2 Ernie Rawlins 1’ 1’ 2 2 Jimmy Coy E F 0

Ht1 Grierson, Street, McFarlane, Reynolds (f) 73.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 McNaughton, Croucher, Smith, Boyle 74.8 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Middleditch, Butler, Steers, Viccary 74.4 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Grierson, Boyle, Rawlins, Tapscott 74.8 3 3 17 7 Ht5 McNaughton, Reynolds, Smith, McFarlane 75.0 4 2 21 9 Ht6 Croucher, Boyle, English, Butler (f) M(exc2m) 76.2 1 5 22 14 Ht7 Grierson, Street, Steers, Viccary 75.2 5 1 27 15 Ht8 Croucher, McNaughton, English, Coy (ef) 76.8 3 3 30 18 Ht9 Middleditch, Reynolds, McFarlane, Butler 74.0 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Grierson, Croucher, Boyle, Street 76.4 3 3 36 24 Ht11 Smith, Viccary, Steers, McNaughton 77.4 3 3 39 27 Ht12 Butler, Reynolds, Rawlins, English 76.8 3 3 42 30 Ht13 Steers, Smith, Tapscott, Coy (ef) 75.2 3 3 45 33 Ht14 Street, Middleditch, McFarlane, Viccary 75.6 5 1 50 34

Future Stars Scratch Race Sivyer, Tidbury, Hood, Aldridge 78.0

Reserves Scratch Race English, Rawlins, Tapscott, Coy 77.8

Oxford Scratch Race Ht1 Butler, Street, Sivyer, Tidbury 78.0 Ht2 Grierson, English, Smith, Rawlins 77.6 Ht3 Middleditch, McNaughton, Reynolds, Croucher 76.2 Ht4 Steers, McFarlane, Boyle, Viccary 77.2 Final Middleditch, Steers, Butler, Grierson 75.2

Saturday 17th September 1949 Abbey Stadium, Swindon Swindon Robins 41 Hastings Saxons 43 (National League Division Three)

Swindon Bob Jones 3 2 3 3 11 Alf Webster 0 1 1 0 2 Reg Lambourne 1 1’ 2 1 5 1 George Craig 2 2 F 3 7 Bill Downton 2’ 0 0 3 5 1 Mick Mitchell 3 3 2 2 10 Harry Hughes 0 1 1 Tom Wilson 0 0 0

Hastings George Butler 1’ 0 1 1’ 3 2 Ken Middleditch 2 3 3 3 11 Jock Grierson 3 2 1 0 6 Harold Tapscott 0 3 1’ 2 6 1

Harold McNaughton 0 2 3 0 5 Ken Smith 1 0 2’ 1 4 1 Norman Street 1 2 3 Dan English 3 2 5

Ht1 Jones, Middleditch, Butler, Webster 78.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Grierson, Craig, Lambourne, Tapscott 79.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Mitchell, Downton, Smith, McNaughton 80.0 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Tapscott, Jones, Street, Hughes 79.4 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Middleditch, Craig, Lambourne, Butler 78.2 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Mitchell, Grierson, Tapscott, Downton 80.2 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Jones, McNaughton, Webster, Smith 79.8 4 2 23 19 Ht8 English, Lambourne, Grierson, Wilson 81.6 2 4 25 23 Ht9 Middleditch, Mitchell, Butler, Downton 78.4 2 4 27 27 Ht10 Jones, Tapscott, Webster, Grierson 79.6 4 2 31 29 Ht11 McNaughton, Smith, Lambourne, Craig (f) 81.8 1 5 32 34 Ht12 Downton, Street, Butler, Wilson 81.2 3 3 35 37 Ht13 Craig, English, Hughes, McNaughton 80.4 4 2 39 39 Ht14 Middleditch, Mitchell, Smith, Webster 78.8 2 4 41 43

Monday 19th September 1949 Stanley Stadium, Liverpool Liverpool Chads 49 Hastings Saxons 35 (National League Division Three)

Liverpool Angus McGuire 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 Harry Welch 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Wills 0 0 1’ 1 2 1 Doug Serrurier 3 2 3 0 8 Alex Gray 2 0 1 3 Charlie Oates 1’ 2 0 1 4 1 Percy Brine 1 2 3 6 Reg Duval 2 3 5

Hastings George Butler 0 1 1 2 4 Ken Middleditch 1 3 3 2 9 Jock Grierson 1’ 3 3 1 8 1 Harold Tapscott 2 0 1 0 3 Harold McNaughton 3 1 0 1’ 5 1 Ken Smith 0 0 E 0 0 Norman Street 2 2 4 Dan English 0 2 2

Ht1 Welch, McGuire, Middleditch, Butler 84.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Serrurier, Tapscott, Grierson, Wills 85.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 McNaughton, Gray, Oates, Smith 87.0 3 3 11 7 Ht4 McGuire, Street, Brine, Tapscott 85.4 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Middleditch, Serrurier, Butler, Wills 84.6 2 4 17 13 Ht6 Grierson, Oates, Tapscott, Gray 86.4 2 4 19 17 Ht7 Welch, McGuire, McNaughton, Smith 84.5 5 1 24 18 Ht8 Grierson, Duval, Wills, English 85.4 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Middleditch, Brine, Butler, Oates 85.0 2 4 29 25 Ht10 Welch, McGuire, Grierson, Tapscott 84.6 5 1 34 26 Ht11 Serrurier, Street, Wills, McNaughton 85.2 4 2 38 28 Ht12 Duval, Butler, Gray, Street (ef) 87.2 4 2 42 30 Ht13 Brine, English, McNaughton, Serrurier 87.0 3 3 45 33 Ht14 Welch, Middleditch, Oates, Smith 83.8 4 2 49 35

Wednesday 21st September 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings

Hastings Saxons 46 Poole Pirates 38 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Norman Street 0 2’ 2’ 3 7 2 Harold McNaughton 2 3 2 0 7 Ken Smith 0 2’ 2 1’ 5 3 George Butler 1 1 1’ 0 3 1 Ken Middleditch 3 3 2 E 8 Harold Tapscott 1 2 3 Dan English 0 1 1

Poole Cyril Quick 2 1 3 3 9 Frank Holcombe 1’ 0 0 1’ 2 2 Dick Howard 1 0 3 0 4 Ticker James 3 2 2 1 8 Fred Pawson 2 1 3 3 9 Charlie Hayden 0 0 1 2 3 Terry Small 0 2’ 2 1 Bartlett 1 0 1

Ht1 Grierson, Quick, Holcombe, Street 74.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 James, McNaughton, Howard, Smith 76.6 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Middleditch, Pawson, Butler, Hayden 74.2 4 2 9 9 Ht4 Grierson, James, Tapscott, Small 75.8 4 2 13 11 Ht5 McNaughton, Smith, Quick, Holcombe 75.2 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Middleditch, James, Butler, Howard 75.0 4 2 22 14 Ht7 Grierson, Street, Pawson, Hayden 77.4 5 1 27 15 Ht8 Howard, McNaughton, Bartlett, English 75.8 2 4 29 19 Ht9 Quick, Middleditch, Butler, Holcombe 74.8 3 3 32 22 Ht10 Grierson, Street, James, Howard 75.0 5 1 37 23 Ht11 Pawson, Smith, Hayden, McNaughton 77.8 2 4 39 27 Ht12 Quick, Small, English, Butler 74.8 1 5 40 32 Ht13 Pawson, Tapscott, Smith, Bartlett 77.8 3 3 43 35 Ht14 Street, Hayden, Holcombe, Middleditch (ef) 75.4 3 3 46 38

Future Stars Scratch Race Sivyer, Tidbury, Hood, Aldridge 77.6

Reserves Scratch Race Small, Tapscott, Bartlett, English 77.2

Poole Scratch Race Ht1 Smith, Sivyer, McNaughton, Tidbury 77.4 Ht2 Grierson, Street, Small, Tapscott 76.0 Ht3 Middleditch, Pawson, Butler, Holcombe 77.2 Ht4 Quick, Hayden, James, Howard 76.0 Final Middleditch, Smith, Grierson, Quick 75.4

Wednesday 28th September 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 41 Yarmouth Bloaters 43 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Jock Grierson 3 3 3 0 9 Norman Street 1 2’ 1 1 5 1 Harold McNaughton 0 X 0 Ken Smith 3 2 3 3 11 George Butler F 1 0 1

Ken Middleditch 3 3 3 3 12 Harold Tapscott 0 1 1 1 3 Bob Sivyer 0 0 0

Yarmouth Johnny White 0 0 Billy Bales 2 3 2 2 9 Bill Carruthers 1’ 2 2’ 3 8 2 Reg Morgan 2 2 0 2’ 6 1 Tip Mills 2 1 2 2 7 Fred Brand 1’ 0 1’ 0 2 2 Bert Rawlinson 1’ 1 1’ 2’ 5 3 Stan Page 3 3 0 6

Ht1 Grierson, Bales, Street, White 71.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Smith, Morgan, Carruthers, McNaughton 75.0 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Middleditch, Mills, Brand, Butler (f) 73.8 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Grierson, Morgan, Rawlinson, Tapscott 74.2 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Bales, Smith, Rawlinson, Sivyer 73.2 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Middleditch, Carruthers, Butler, Morgan 73.8 4 2 19 17 Ht7 Grierson, Street, Mills, Brand 74.2 5 1 24 18 Ht8 Page, Carruthers, Tapscott, Sivyer 76.8 1 5 25 23 Ht9 Middleditch, Bales, Rawlinson, Butler 73.8 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Carruthers, Morgan, Street, Grierson 75.6 1 5 29 31 Ht11 Smith, Mills, Brand, McNaughton (exc) 75.8 3 3 32 34 Ht12 Page, Rawlinson, Tapscott, Sivyer 76.2 1 5 33 39 Ht13 Smith, Mills, Tapscott, Page 76.4 4 2 37 41 Ht14 Middleditch, Bales, Street, Brand 73.2 4 2 41 43

Future Stars Scratch Race Aldridge, Hood, Tidbury, English 80.2

Reserves Scratch Race Rawlinson, Tapscott, Page, Sivyer 76.2

Yarmouth Scratch Race Ht1 Butler, McNaughton, Aldridge, Hood 76.8 Ht2 Street, Grierson, Tapscott, Rawlinson 73.8 Ht3 Midleditch, Smith, bales, Tidbury (ef) 74.0 Ht4 Brand, Carruthers, Mills, Morgan (f) 77.8 Final Street, Butler, Middleditch, Brand 75.0 Saturday 1st October 1949 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets 49 Hastings Saxons 35 (National League Division Three)

Rayleigh Wally Mawdsley 0 2’ 1 1 4 1 Les McGillivray 3 3 3 2 11 Vic Gooden 3 1’ 2 2’ 8 2 Ron Howes 2’ 2 3 3 11 1 Pat Clarke E 0 2 2 Jim Gregory 2 2 2 1’ 7 1 Jack Unstead 3 1’ 2’ 6 2 Doug Ible 1’ F 1 1

Hastings Harold Tapscott 1’ 0 0 3 4 1 Ken Middleditch 2 3 3 3 12 Jock Grierson 1 3 3 2 9 Norman Street 0 1 1 0 2

Harold McNaughton 1 2 1 1 5 Ron Clark 3 0 0 0 3 Ken Smith F 1 1 Ken Tidbury 0 0 0

Ht1 McGillivray, Middleditch, Tapscott, Mawdsley 73.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Gooden, Howes, Grierson, Street 75.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Clark, Gregory, McNaughton, Clarke (ef) 77.2 2 4 10 8 Ht4 Unstead, Mawdsley, Street, Smith (f) 75.6 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Middleditch, Howes, Gooden, Tapscott 75.2 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Grierson, Gregory, Street, Clarke 75.4 2 4 20 16 Ht7 McGillivray, McNaughton, Mawdsley, Clark 75.6 4 2 24 18 Ht8 Grierson, Gooden, Ible, Tidbury 76.0 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Middleditch, Gregory, Unstead, Tapscott 75.2 3 3 30 24 Ht10 McGillivray, Grierson, Mawdsley, Street 75.4 4 2 34 26 Ht11 Howes, Gooden, McNaughton, Clark 76.6 5 1 39 27 Ht12 Tapscott, Clarke, Smith, Ible (f) 76.4 2 4 41 31 Ht13 Howes, Unstead, McNaughton, Tidbury 77.4 5 1 46 32 Ht14 Middleditch, McGillivray, Gregory, Clark 74.4 3 3 49 35

Wednesday 5th October 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 39.5 Tamworth Hounds 44.5 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Jock Grierson 3 3 2.5 3 11.5 Harold McNaughton 1 1 Norman Street 3 0 2 3 8 Ken Smith 0 1 0 0 1 George Butler 0 1 0 0 1 Ken Niddleditch 3 3 3 3 12 Ron Clark 1 0 3 4 Dan English 0 0 1 0 1

Tamworth Peter Orpwood 2 3 2 3 10 Steve Langton 0 2’ 1’ 1’ 4 2 Bill Dalton 2 0 3 2 7 Cecil Hookham 1’ 0 1 1 Basil Harris 2 1’ 1’ 2 6 2 Harry Saunders 1’ 2.5 1’ 1’ 5.5 3 Lionel Watling 2 2 1’ 2’ 7 2 Ray Beaumont 1 1’ 2 1

Ht1 Grierson, Orpwood, McNaughton, Langton 72.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Street, Dalton, Hookham, Smith 74.2 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Middleditch, Harris, Saunders, Butler 72.8 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Grierson, Watling, Clark, Hookham 74.0 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Orpwood, Langton, Smith, Street 73.2 1 5 15 15 Ht6 Middleditch, Watling, Butler, Dalton 72.8 4 2 19 17 Ht7 Grierson & Saunders, Harris, Clark 73.2 2.5 3.5 21.5 20.5 Ht8 Dalton, Street, Beaumont, English 75.4 2 4 23.5 24.5 Ht9 Middleditch, Orpwood, Langton, Butler 73.4 3 3 26.5 27.5 Ht10 Grierson, Dalton, Watling, English 75.8 3 3 29.5 30.5 Ht11 Street, Saunders, Harris, Smith 74.0 3 3 32.5 33.5 Ht12 Orpwood, Watling, English, Butler 76.0 1 5 33.5 38.5 Ht13 Clark, Harris, Beaumont, Smith 76.8 3 3 36.5 41.5 Ht14 Middleditch, Saunders, Langton, English 73.8 3 3 39.5 44.5

Junior Race

Tapscott, Sivyer, Tidbury, Arthur Hood 76.2

Reserves Scratch Race Watling, Beaumont, Clark, English 75.4

Tamworth Scratch Race Ht1 Butler, Sivyer, Tidbury, Tapscott 75.0 Ht2 Watling, Street, Beaumont, Aldridge 75.0 Ht3 Middleditch, Dalton, Smith, Hookham 72.8 Ht4 Saunders, Orpwood, Harris, Langton 75.8 Final Middleditch, Saunders, Watling, Butler 73.4

Wednesday 12th October 1949 The Shay, Halifax Halifax Dukes 67 Hastings Saxons 17 (National League Division Three)

Halifax Jack Hughes 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 Arthur Forrest 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Bill Crosland 3 3 3 3 12 Vic Emms 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Al Allison 1 2’ 1 3 7 1 Dick Seers 3 3 3 3 12 Jack Dawson 2’ 2’ 4 2 Ray Johnson 2’ 1 3 1

Hastings Ron Clark 0 E 0 2 2 Ken Middleditch 1 1 2 1 5 Jock Grierson 1 1 1 1 4 George Butler 0 1 0 E 1 Ken Smith 0 0 0 1 1 Norman Street 2 1 1 0 4 Arthur Hood 0 0 0 Bob Sivyer 0 0 0

Ht1 Forrest, Hughes, Middleditch, Clark 73.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Crosland, Emms, Grierson, Butler 72.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Seers, Street, Allison, Smith 72.4 4 2 14 4 Ht4 Hughes, Dawson, Butler, Hood 74.4 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Crosland, Emms, Middleditch, Clark (ef) 72.8 5 1 24 6 Ht6 Seers, Allison, Grierson, Butler 74.2 5 1 29 7 Ht7 Forrest, Hughes, Street, Smith 73.6 5 1 34 8 Ht8 Crosland, Johnson, Grierson, Sivyer 74.0 5 1 39 9 Ht9 Seers, Middleditch, Allison, Clark 72.4 4 2 43 11 Ht10 Forrest, Hughes, Grierson, Butler (ef) 73.4 5 1 48 12 Ht11 Crosland, Emms, Street, Smith 72.6 5 1 53 13 Ht12 Allison, Clark, Johnson, Hood 75.4 4 2 57 15 Ht13 Emms, Dawson, Smith, Sivyer 72.8 5 1 62 16 Ht14 Seers, Forrest, Middleditch, Street 72.4 5 1 67 17

Saturday 22nd October 1949 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke Stoke Potters 56 Hastings Saxons 28 (National League Division Three)

Stoke Ken Adams 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Ray Harris 2’ 3 2’ 3 10 2 Gil Blake 0 2 0 3 5 Lindsay Mitchell 2 1’ 2’ 2’ 7 3 Les Jenkins 0 3 2 2’ 7 1

Bill Harris 3 1 1’ 0 5 1 John Fitzpatrick 2’ 3 5 1 Frank Evans 3 3 6

Hastings Ron Clark DNR Ken Middleditch 1 3 3 2 9 Jock Grierson 3 2 2 1 8 George Butler 1 1 0 0 2 Ken Smith 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Norman Street 2 1 1 1’ 5 1 Arthur Hood 0 0 0 0 Dan English 1 1 1 3

Ht1 Adams, R.Harris, Middleditch 72.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Grierson, Mitchell, Butler, Blake 74.6 2 4 7 5 Ht3 B.Harris, Street, Smith, Jenkins 76.4 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Adams, Fitzpatrick, Butler, Hood 73.8 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Middleditch, Blake, Mitchell, Hood 76.2 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Jenkins, Grierson, B.Harris, Butler 76.2 4 2 22 14 Ht7 R.Harris, Adams, Street, Smith 76.2 5 1 27 15 Ht8 Evans, Grierson, English, Blake 76.6 3 3 30 18 Ht9 Middleditch, Jenkins, B.Harris 76.2 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Adams, R.Harris, Grierson, Butler 77.0 5 1 38 22 Ht11 Blake, Mitchell, Street, Smith 76.8 5 1 43 23 Ht12 Evans, Jenkins, Emglish, Hood 77.2 5 1 48 24 Ht13 Fitzpatrick, Mitchell, English, Smith 76.8 5 1 53 25 Ht14 R.Harris, Middleditch, Street, B.Harris 79.4 3 3 56 28

HASTINGS 1949 NEEDS in BOLD

Thursday 31st March 1949 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 48 Hastings Saxons 32 (NLD3) Wednesday 6th April 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 56 Leicester Hunters 28 (NLD3) T2nd Men Future Stars Wednesday 13th April 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 52 Plymouth Devils 31 (NLD3) Friday 15th April 1949 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 47.5 Hastings Saxons 36.5 (NLD3) Monday 18th April 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 58 Halifax Dukes 25 (NLD3) Wednesday 20th April 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 65 Rayleigh Rockets 16 (NLD3) T2nd Men Future Stars Thursday 21st April 1949 Cowley Oxford Cheetahs 37 Hastings Saxons 47 (NLD3) Wednesday 27th April 1949 Pilot Field Hastings Saxons 52 Yarmouth Bloaters 55 (NT) Tuesday 3rd May 1949 Caister Road Yarmouth Bloaters 75 Hastings Saxons 33 (National T) Wednesday 4th May 1949 Pilot Field Hastings Saxons 40 Stoke Potters 44 (NLD3) T2nd Men Future Stars Wednesday 11th May 1949 Pilot Field Hastings Saxons 61 Oxford Cheetahs 23 (NLD3) T 2nd Men Future Stars Wednesday 18th May 1949 Hastings World Championship Qualifying Round Monday 23rd May 1949 County Ground, Exeter Falcons 61 Hastings Saxons 23 (NLD3) Wednesday 25th May 1949 Pilot Field Hastings Saxons 51 Liverpool Chads 33 (NLD3) T 2nd Men Future Stars Wednesday 1st June 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 39 Yarmouth Bloaters 45 (NLD3) T 2nd Men Future Stars Monday 6th June 1949 The Shay, Halifax Dukes 59 Hastings Saxons 24 (NLD3) Wednesday 8th June 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 42 Plymouth Devils 42 (NLD3) SHT2nd Men Future Stars Saturday 11th June 1949 Hedon Hull Angels 47 Hastings Saxons 37 (NLD3) Monday 13th June 1949 Stanley Stadium, Liverpool Chads 58 Hastings Saxons 26 (NLD3) Wednesday 15th June 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 48 Exeter Falcons 36 (NLD3)SHT2ndmen Future Stars

Friday 17th June 1949 Blackbird Road, Leicester Hunters 52 Hastings Saxons 32 (NLD3) Wednesday 22nd June 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 45 Hull Angels 39 (NLD3)THt2 Future Stars Monday 27th June 1949 Poole Poole Pirates 60 Hastings Saxons 23 (NLD3) Wednesday 29th June 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 51 Tamworth Hounds 33 (NLD3) Saturday 2nd July 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 51 Yarmouth Bloaters 30 (Ch) TSH2ndmen Tuesday 5th July 1949 Caister Road Yarmouth Bloaters 62 Hastings Saxons 22 (NLD3) Wednesday 6th July 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 55 Poole Pirates 28 (NLD3) Wednesday 13th July 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 43 Halifax Dukes 40 (NLD3) Wednesday 20th July 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 63 Rayleigh Rockets 21 (NLD3) Thursday 21st July 1949 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 40 Hastings Saxons 43 (NLD3) Wednesday 27th July 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 51 All Stars 30 (Cha) Monday 1st August 1949 Poole Poole Pirates 46 Hastings Saxons 38 (NLD3) Wednesday 3rd August 1949 Pilot Field Hastings Saxons 55 Liverpool Chads 28 (NLD3) Monday 8th August 1949 County Ground, Exeter Falcons 52 Hastings Saxons 31 (NLD3) Wednesday 10th August 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 40 Stoke Potters 44 (NLD3) Wednesday 17 August 1949 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 62 Hastings Saxons 22 (NLD3) All Times Thursday 18th August 1949 Pilot Field Hastings Saxons 30 Norwich Stars 52 (Ch) SH Saturday 20th August 1949 Abbey Stadium, Swindon Robins 35 Hastings Saxons 49 (Ch) Wednesday 24th August 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 53 Leicester Hunters 31(NLD3) Det The Final Flash Thursday 25th August 1949 Cowley Oxford Cheetahs 47 Hastings Saxons 37 (NLD3) Friday 26th August 1949 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 46 Hastings Saxons 38 (NLD3) Saturday 27th August 1949 Sun Street Stoke Potters 60 Hastings Saxons 24 (NLD3) Wednesday 31st August 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 44 Exeter Falcons 40 (NLD3) Tuesday 6th September 1949 Caister Road Yarmouth Bloaters 58 Hastings Saxons 26 (NLD3) Wednesday 7th September 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 54 Swindon Robins 30 (NLD3) Saturday 10th September 1949 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 59 Hastings Saxons 25 (NLD3) Wednesday 14th September 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 50 Oxford Cheetahs 34 (NLD3) Saturday 17th September 1949 Abbey Swindon Robins 41 Hastings Saxons 43 (NLD3) Monday 19th September 1949 Stanley Liverpool Chads 49 Hastings Saxons 35 (NLD3) Wednesday 21st September 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 46 Poole Pirates 38 (NLD3) Wednesday 28th September 1949 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 41 Yarmouth Bloaters 43 (NLD3) Saturday 1st October 1949 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 49 Hastings Saxons 35 (NLD3) Wednesday 5th October 1949 Pilot Field,Hastings Saxons 39.5 Tamworth Hounds 44.5 (NLD3) Wednesday 12th October 1949 The Shay, Halifax Dukes 67 Hastings Saxons 17 (NLD3) Saturday 22nd October 1949 Sun Street Stoke Potters 56 Hastings Saxons 28 (NLD3)