BELLE VUE 1934 Working File

Updated 8.4.2020 Update 3.8.2020 Update 14.8.2020 Updated 13.11.2020

Saturday 31st March1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Supporters Trophy

Supporters Trophy 1 Grosskreutz, Van Praag, 2 KIlmister, Lees, NEvans, Kitchen (f) 3 Charles, 4 Abbott SF 1 Max Grosskreutz, Ginger Lees 82.0 SF 2 Joe Abbott, Frank Charles 81.2 Final Frank Charles, Joe Abbott, Ginger Lees. 82.0

Silver Wheel 1 KIlmister 2 3 Kitchen 4 Charles Final Wally Kilmister, Bill Kitchen, Frank Charles 80.6

Match Races Ginger Lees bt Max Grosskreutz 79.0 Bill Kitchen bt Frank Charles. 80.0

Newcomers Race 1 Eric Worswick

Monday 2nd April 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Manchester Cup

Manchester Cup 1 Joe Abbott, Ginger Lees, Nobby Key, Bill Kitchen. 78.0 2 , Eric Gregory, Frank Varey, Max Grosskreutz. 81.6 3 Wally Kilmister, Harry Shepherd, Harry Whitfield, Eric Langton. 82.0 4 Frank Charles, Jack Dalton, Joe Francis, George Greenwood. 82.2 Final Abbott, Van Praag, Charles, Kilmister 79.0

Scratch Race 1 Gordon Byers, Harry Shepherd, Norman Evans, Joe Francis. 84.4 2 Eric Langton, Frank Charles, (Jack Dalton, Nobby Key places n/k). 83.4 3 Bill Kitchen, George Greenwood, (Frank Varey, Ginger Lees places n/k). 80.4 4 Joe Abbott, Max Grosskreutz, Wally Kilmister, Eric Gregory. 80.4 Final Abbott, Langton, Kitchen, Byers 80.2

Match Race Ginger Lees bt Frank Charles 79.2

Silver Citadel 1 Frank Varey, Gordon Byers, Harry Whitfield, Bob Harrison (ns) 83.8 2 Eric Langton, Lionel Van Praag, (Joe Francis, Norman Evans places n/k). 82.4 3 George Greenwood, Eric Gregory, (Bill Kitchen, Frank Charles places n/k). 82.4 4 Joe Abbott, Max Grosskreutz, (Nobby Key, Wally Kilmister places n/k). T? Final Abbott, E Langton, Greenwood Varey T?

Saturday 7th April 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester 36 The Visitors 18 (Challenge)

Belle Vue Frank Varey 1 2 3 6 Eric Langton 3 E 2 5 Bill Kitchen 2 F N 2 Max Grosskreutz 3 3 1 7 Joe Abbott 3 2 2 7 Bob Harrison E N N 0 Frank Charles 3 3 3 9

Visitors Vic Huxley 2 2 1 5 Frank Goulden 0 1 0 1 Wal Phillips 1 1 0 2 Tommy Croombs 0 0 N 0 Claude Rye 2 3 2 7 Gus Kuhn 1 1 0 2

1 Langton, Huxley, Varey, Goulden 82.4 4 2 4 2 2 Grosskreutz, Kitchen, Phillips, Croombs 83.2 5 1 9 3 3 Abbott, Rye, Kuhn, (Harrison E) 82.6 3 3 12 6 4 Grosskreutz, Huxley, Goulden, (Kitchen F) 83.8 3 3 15 9 5 Charles, Abbott, Phillips, Croombs 81.8 5 1 20 10 6 Rye, Varey, Kuhn, (Langton E) 81.6 2 4 22 14 7 Charles, Abbott, Huxley, Goulden 81.4 5 1 27 15 8 Varey, Langton, Pymar, Phillips 82.8 5 1 32 16 9 Charles, Rye, Grosskreutz, Kuhn 83.4 4 2 36 18

Mancunian Cup 1 Eric Worswick, Syd Plevin, Austin Humphries. 88.4 2 J.Ellis, Jack Hargreaves, Bill Birtwell. 90.0 Final J.Ellis, Syd Plevin, (places of Worswick and Hargreaves not known).

Belle Vue Scratch Race 1 Varey, Huxley, (Goulden, Croombs places n/k) 82.6 2 Eric Langton, Abbott, (Kuhn, Pymar places n/k). 82.2 3 Charles, Rye, (Worswick, Plevin places n/k). 82.2 4 Grosskreutz, Phillips, (Harrison, Oliver Langton places n/k). 84.0 Final Eric Langton, Charles, Varey, Grosskreutz. 81.2

Saturday 14th April 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Open Event

Record Attempt Lancashire Mile Joe Abbott 78.6*, 45.8 m.p.h. Record

Match Races Eric Langton bt Max Grosskreutz 80.8 Frank Varey bt Squib Burton (f) 80.6

English and Australian Scratch Race 1 Bill Kitchen, Clem Thomas, no third. 80.8 2 Joe Abbott, Frank Varey, Dusty Haigh. 81.4 3 Eric Blain, Eric Langton, no third. 83.0 4 Max Grosskreutz, Frank Charles, Jack Bibby. 81.4 SF 1 Joe Abbott, Bill Kitchen, Frank Varey. 81.6 SF 2 Eric Langton, Eric Blain, Frank Charles. 82.8 Final Eric Langton, Eric Blain, Joe Abbott. 81.8

All Star Eight Race 1 Max Grosskreutz, Joe Abbott, Frank Charles. 80.6 2 Eric Langton, Bill Kitchen, Bob Harrison. 82.6 Final Joe Abbott, Eric Langton, Max Grosskreutz. 82.8

Silver Citadel 1 Eric Blain, Frank Varey, Bill Rogers. 82.2 2 Max Grosskreutz, Bill Kitchen, Dusty Haigh. 83.8 3 Eric Langton, Joe Abbott, Fred Tracey. 83.0 4 Frank Charles, Bob Harrison, Syd Plevin. 84.4 Final M Grosskreutz, E Blain, F Charles, (ELangton ef) 81.8

Monday 16th April 1934 Wimbledon, London Wimbledon Dons 21 Belle Vue Aces 33 (National League)

WIMBLEDON Vic Huxley 3 3 3 9 Gus Kuhn 1 0 0 1 Claude Rye 1 F F 1 Geoff Pymar 0 2 1 3 Syd Jackson F N 1 1 Wal Phillips 1 2 2 5 Fred Leavis (Res ) 1 1

BELLE VUE Frank Varey DNR Eric Langton 2 3 3 8 Frank Charles 3 3 1 7 Joe Abbott 2 F 2 4 Bill Kitchen 3 2 3 8 Max Grosskreutz 2 1 2 5 Bob Harrison (Res) 0 1 0 1

1 Huxley Langton Kuhn Harrison 75.0 4 2 4 2 2 Charles Abbott Rye Pymar 76.0 1 5 5 7 3 Kitchen Grosskreutz Phillips (Jackson F) 75.6 1 5 6 12 4 Langton Pymar Harrison (Rye F) 77.8 2 4 8 16 5 Charles Phillips Leavis (Abbott F) 75.4 3 3 11 19 6 Huxley Kitchen Grosskreutz Kuhn 74.8 3 3 14 22 7 Langton Phillips Jackson Harrison 77.4 3 3 17 25 8 Huxley Abbott Charles Kuhn 76.0 3 3 20 28 9 Kitchen Grosskreutz Pymar (Rye F) 75.4 1 5 21 33

Saturday 21st April 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 26 New Cross Lambs 25 (National League)

BELLE VUE 1 Frank Varey 2 2 3 7 2 Eric Langton 0 0 2 2 3 Bill Kitchen 1 E 2 3 4 Max Grosskreutz 3 E 0 3 5 Joe Abbott F 2 F 2 6 Frank Charles 3 3 3 9 7 Bob Harrison (Res) DNR

NEW CROSS 1 Ron Johnson 3 3 XS 6 2 Joe Francis 1 2 2 5 3 Stan Greatrex 0 N 0 0 4 Nobby Key 2 1 1 4 5 Tom Farndon F 3 3 6 6 Harry Shepherd 2 1 1 4 7 Roy Dook (Res) 0 0

1 Johnson Varey Francis Langton 82.2 2 4 2 4 2 Grosskreutz Key Kitchen Greatrex 82.6 4 2 6 6 3 Charles Shepherd (Abbott F) (Farndon F) 82.2 3 2 9 8 4 Johnson Francis (Kitchen E )(Grsskrtz E) 83.8 0 5 9 13 5 Charles Abbott Key Dook 82.8 5 1 14 14 6 Farndon Varey Shepherd Langton 80.6 2 4 16 18 7 Charles Francis (Johnson XS) (Abbott F) 84.4 3 2 19 20 8 Varey Langton Key Greatrex 86.6 5 1 24 21 9 Farndon Kitchen Shepherd Grosskreutz 81.8 2 4 26 25

Mancunian Cup 1 Syd Plevin, Jack Hargreaves, Stanley "Acorn" Dobson. 82.8 2 Eric Worswick, J.Ellis, Austin Humphries. ? Final Eric Worswick, J.Ellis, Syd Plevin, Jack Hargreaves 84.2

Silver Wheel 1 Roy Dook, Bob Harrison, Oliver Langton, Syd Plevin. 83.4 2 Frank Varey, Max Grosskreutz, Eric Worswick, Nobby Key. 86.8 3 Eric Langton, Bill Kitchen, Tom Farndon, Frank Charles. 82.8 4 Stan Greatrex, Ron Johnson, Harry Shepherd, J.Ellis. 85.6 SF 1 Frank Varey, Max Grosskreutz, Bob Harrison, Roy Dook. 84.4 SF 2 Eric Langton, Bill Kitchen, (Stan Greatrex, Ron Johnson, places n/k). 83.4 Final Frank Varey, Eric Langton, Max Grosskreutz, Bill Kitchen. 82.8

Wednesday 25th April 1934 Lea Bridge, London Lea Bridge 18 Belle Vue Aces 32 (National League)

LEA BRIDGE Squib Burton 2 2 E 4 Tommy Gamble XS 1 XS 1 Dick Case 3 2 1 6 Wally Hull 0 N 2 2 Eric Blain 0 R 0 0 Dusty Haigh 1 2 2 5 Steve Langton (Res) 0 0

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 3 3 3 9 Eric Langton 1 1 1 3 Frank Charles 2 R 3 5 Joe Abbott 1 3 X 4 Bill Kitchen 2 0 0 2 Max Grosskreutz 3 3 3 9

1 Varey Burton E Langton (Gamble XS) 88.4 2 4 2 4 2 Case Charles Abbott Hull 88.2 3 3 5 7 3 Grosskreutz Kitchen Haigh Blain 89.6 1 5 6 12 4 Varey Case E Langton S Langton 88.8 2 4 8 16 5 Abbott Haigh (Blain R) (Charles R) 88.0 2 3 10 19 6 Grosskreutz Burton Gamble Kitchen 89.2 3 3 13 22 7 Varey Haigh E Langton Blain 88.8 2 4 15 26 8 Charles (Abbott XU) (Burton E )(Gamble XS) N/K 0 3 15 29 9 Grosskreutz Hull Case Kitchen 88.4 3 3 18 32

Saturday 28th April 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 32 West Ham Hammers 19 (National League)

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 3 N R 3 Eric Langton 2 3 2 7 Bill Kitchen 1 3 2 6 Max Grosskreutz 2 0 3 5 Joe Abbott 3 2 2 7 Frank Charles 0 1 3 4 Bob Harrison (Res) R 0

WEST HAM Tiger Stevenson 1 2 1 4 Tommy Allott 0 1 0 1 Tommy Croombs 3 3 3 9 Keith Harvey 0 0 N 0 Bluey Wilkinson 2 XS 1 3 Arthur Atkinson 1 E 0 1 Tiger Lewis (Res) 1 1

1 Varey Langton Stevenson Allott 80.6 5 1 5 1 2 Croombs Grosskreutz Kitchen Harvey 80.2 3 3 8 4 3 Abbott Wilkinson Atkinson Charles 82.6 3 3 11 7 4 Kitchen Stevenson Allott Grosskreutz 83.2 3 3 14 10 5 Croombs Abbott Charles Harvey 81.4 3 3 17 13 6 Langton (Harrison R) (Wlknson XS) (Atkinson E)83.4 3 0 20 13 7 Charles Abbott Stevenson Allott 82.2 5 1 25 14 8 Croombs Langton Lewis (Varey R) 82.4 2 4 27 18 9 Grosskreutz Kitchen Wilkinson Atkinson 81.4 5 1 32 19

Supporters Trophy 1 TStevenson, ELangton, Atkinson (nf), Harvey (nf) 80.8 2 Varey, Charles, Croombs, Dobson 83.0 3 Wilkinson, Harrison, HLewis, Grosskreutz 84.8 4 Kitchen, Abbott, Allott, OLangton 81.4 SF 1 Stevenson, Charles, ELangtonVarey 82.2 SF 2 Abbott, Kitchen, Harrison, Wilkinson 82.4 Final Tiger Stevenson, Joe Abbott, Frank Charles, Bill Kitchen. 82.2

Match Races Bill Birtwell bt Acorn Dobson. 86.0 Bluey Wilkinson bt Bob Harrison 80.4

Tuesday, 1st May 1934, Hall Green, Birmingham Birmingham 22 Belle Vue Aces 32 (Brigadier-General Critchley Cup)

Birmingham Jack Ormston 0 0 0 Ivor Hill 1 0 1 Wally Lloyd 1 2 0 3 Les Wotton 3 0 1 4 Billy Dallison 3 2 3 8 Jack Chapman 2’ 1 0 3 1 Fred Strecker 2 1 3

Belle Vue Eric Langton 2’ 3 5 1 Frank Varey 3 1 1’ 5 1 Frank Charles 2 3 3 8 Joe Abbott 0 2’ 2 1 Max Grosskreutz 0 1 1 Bill Kitchen 1 3 2’ 6 1 Bob Harrison 0 2 3 5

Ht 1: Varey, Langton, Hill, Ormston (f) 79.4 1 5 1 5 Ht 2: Wotton, Charles, Lloyd, Abbott (f) 78.5 4 2 5 7 Ht 3: Dallison, Chapman, Kitchen, Grosskreutz 79.6 5 1 10 8 Ht 4: Langton, Lloyd, Varey, Wotton 80.3 2 4 12 12 Ht 5: Charles, Dallison, Chapman, Harrison 78.8 3 3 15 15 Ht 6: Kitchen, Strecker, Grosskreutz, Ormston (mf)80.3 2 4 17 19 Ht 7: Dallison, Harrison, Varey, Chapman (exc) 81.3 3 3 20 22 Ht 8: Charles, Abbott, Strecker, Hill 80.4 1 5 21 27 Ht 9: Harrison, Kitchen, Wotton, Lloyd 80.5 1 5 22 32

Saturday 5th May 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 26 Wembley Lions 28 (National League)

BELLE VUE 1 Frank Varey 1 3 1 5 2 Eric Langton 2 2 3 7 3 Bill Kitchen 1 2 2 5 4 Max Grosskreutz F F 3 3 5 Joe Abbott E N 2 2 6 Frank Charles 3 E 0 3 7 Bob Harrison (Res) 1 1

WEMBLEY 1 Colin Watson 3 3 3 9 2 George Greenwood 0 1 1 2 3 Ginger Lees 2 2 2 6 4 Gordon Byers 3 3 X 6 5 Wally Kilmister 1 1 0 2 6 Lionel Van Praag 2 0 1 3 7 Eric Gregory (Res) DNR

1 Watson Langton Varey Greenwood 79.4 3 3 3 3 2 Byers Lees Kitchen (Grsskrtz F) 79.8 1 5 4 8 3 Charles Van Praag Kilmister (Abbott E) 81.4 3 3 7 11 4 Watson Kitchen Greenwood (Grsskrtz F) 80.6 2 4 9 15 5 Byers Lees Harrison (Charles E) 80.6 1 5 10 20 6 Varey Langton Kilmister Van Praag 83.0 5 1 15 21 7 Watson Abbott Greenwood Charles 81.0 2 4 17 25 8 Langton Lees Varey( Byers X) 81.0 4 2 21 27 9 Grosskreutz Kitchen Van Praag Kilmister 81.2 5 1 26 28

Match Races Colin Watson bt Frank Varey. 81.8 Syd Plevin bt Austin Humphries. 91.0

Silver Citadel 1 Wally Kilmister, Eric Langton, George Greenwood, Lionel van Praag. 83.0 2 Max Grosskreutz, Oliver Langton, Ginger Lees, Frank Charles. 83.0 3 Eric Gregory, Bill Kitchen, Colin Watson, (Syd Plevin nf). 83.0 4 Frank Varey, Bob Harrison, Austin Humphries, (Joe Abbott NS). 85.0 SF 1 Wally Kilmister, Eric Langton, Max Grosskreutz, Oliver Langton. 82.4 SF 2 Varey , Kitchen, Gregory (finj), Harrison (finj) Final Eric Langton, Bill Kitchen, Wally Kilmister, Frank Varey. 82.0

Monday 7th May 1934 Wimbledon, London WIMBLEDON & LEA BRIDGE 14 BELLE VUE & WEST HAM 10 (SECOND HALF CHALLENGE)

WIMBLEDON & LEA BRIDGE Vic Huxley 3 3 6 Claude Rye N 2 2 Cyril Burton 1 2 3 Dick Case 3 0 3 Bill Rogers 0 0

BELLE VUE & WEST HAM Eric Langton 2 3 5 Bill Kitchen 1 1 2 Harold Stevenson 3 1 4 Arthur Wilkinson 0 0 0

1 Huxley Langton Kitchen Rogers 74.6 3 3 3 3 2 Case, Stevenson, Burton, Wilkinson 76.4 4 2 7 5 3 Langton, Burton, Kitchen, Case 75.6 2 4 9 9 4 Huxley, Rye, Stevenson, Wilkinson 75.4 5 1 14 10

Tuesday 8th May 1934 West Ham, London West Ham Hammers 22 Belle Vue Aces 32 (National League)

WEST HAM Tiger Stevenson F N N 0 Tommy Allott 2 0 0 2 Tommy Croombs 3 3 3 9 Tiger Lewis 0 0 0 0 Bluey Wilkinson 2 2 1 5 Arthur Atkinson 0 1 2 3 Wal Morton 1 2 3

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 1 N N 1 Eric Langton 3 2 3 8 Frank Charles 2 0 1 3 Joe Abbott 1 3 3 7 Bill Kitchen 1 2 1 4 Max Grosskreutz 3 3 2 8 Bob Harrison 1 0 1

1 Langton Allott Varey (FRM) (Stevnson F) 89.8 2 4 2 4 2 Croombs Charles Abbott Lewis 87.6 3 3 5 7 3 Grosskreutz Wilkinson Kitchen Atkinson 85.8 2 4 7 11 4 Croombs Langton Harrison Lewis 88.0 3 3 10 14 5 Abbott Wilkinson Atkinson Charles 87.8 3 3 13 17 6 Grosskreutz Kitchen Morton Allott 87.2 1 5 14 22 7 Langton Atkinson Wilkinson Harrison 88.4 3 3 17 25 8 Abbott Morton Charles Allott 88.4 2 4 19 29 9 Croombs Grosskreutz KitchenLewis 87.4 3 3 22 32

Saturday 12th May 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 33 Lea Bridge 21 (National League)

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 1 0 2 3 Eric Langton 2 3 1 6 Bill Kitchen 3 2 3 8 Max Grosskreutz 1 3 2 6 Joe Abbott 3 1 3 7 Frank Charles 0 N N 0 Bob Harrison (Res) 2 1 3

LEA BRIDGE Squib Burton 3 1 2 6 Chun Moore 0 0 0 0 Dick Case R 3 3 6 Eric Blain 2 0 0 2 Dusty Haigh 2 2 0 4 Wally Hull 1 1 1 3 Tommy Gamble (Res) DNR

1 Burton Langton Varey Moore 82.2 3 3 3 3 2 Kitchen Blain Grosskreutz (Case R) 79.8 4 2 7 5 3 Abbott Haigh Hull Charles 83.6 3 3 10 8 4 Grosskreutz Kitchen Burton Moore 81.0 5 1 15 9 5 Case Harrison Abbott Blain 82.2 3 3 18 12 6 Langton Haigh Hull Varey 83.0 3 3 21 15 7 Abbott Burton Harrison Moore 82.8 4 2 25 17 8 Case Varey Langton Blain 83.0 3 3 28 20 9 Kitchen Grosskreutz Hull Haigh 81.8 5 1 33 21

Belle Vue-Lea Bridge Scratch Race. 1 Dicky Case, Squib Burton, (Frank Varey, Bill Kitchen, places n/k). 82.4 2 Joe Abbott, Eric Blain, (Eric Langton, Syd Plevin, places n/k). 81.8 3 Dusty Haigh, Oliver Langton, (Max Grosskreutz, Walter Hull, places n/k). 84.4 4 Chun Moore, Bob Harrison, Tommy Gamble, Frank Charles NS. 82.8 Final Joe Abbott, Dicky Case, (Dusty Haigh F, Chun Moore F). 84.6

Midget Car Racing (Clockwise). Record Attempt-4 laps flying start. Victor Gillow (Riley) 95.8 failed

Triple Aces-8 laps flying start. Leon Marrett, Victor Gillow, Jean Reville nf. 3m 15.4.

Match Race Leon Marrett v. ??, no further details.

Tuesday 15th May 1934 Pennycross, Plymouth Plymouth 18 Belle Vue Aces 36 (National League)

PLYMOUTH Bill Clibbett 2 0 0 2 Bill Stanley 1 1 2 4 Jack Sharp 2 2 1 5 Mick Murphy 0 1 F 1 Tiger Hart 2 0 2 4 Frank Pearce 0 2 0 2

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 3 0 1 4 Eric Langton 0 3 3 6 Bill Kitchen 3 3 3 9 Max Grosskreutz 1 N N 1 Joe Abbott 3 2 2 7 Frank Charles 1 3 3 7 Bob Harrison 1 1 2

1 Varey Clibbett Stanley Langton 80.4 3 3 3 3 2 Kitchen Sharp Grosskreutz Murphy 79.0 2 4 5 7 3 Abbott Hart Charles Pearce 80.0 2 4 7 11 4 Langton Sharp Murphy Varey 78.6 3 3 10 14 5 Kitchen Pearce Harrison Hart 79.4 2 4 12 18 6 Charles Abbott Stanley Clibbett 80.0 1 5 13 23 7 Langton Hart Varey Pearce 80.4 2 4 15 27 8 Kitchen Stanley Harrison Clibbett 78.8 2 4 17 31 9 Charles Abbott Sharp (Murphy F) 79.2 1 5 18 36

Saturday 19th May 1934 Harringay, London Harringay Tigers 21 Belle Vue Aces 33 (National League)

HARRINGAY Jack Parker 2 3 2 7 Billy Dallison 1 0 0 1 Norman Parker 3 2 3 8 Phil Bishop 0 N N 0 Frank Arthur 2 1 2 5 Norman Evans 0 0 N 0 Charlie Blacklock 0 0 0 0

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 0 1 1 2 Eric Langton 3 3 3 9 Frank Charles 2 3 3 8 Joe Abbott 1 2 N 3 Bill Kitchen 3 2 2 7 Max Grosskreutz 1 1 1 3 Bob Harrison 1 1

1 Langton J Parker Dallison Varey 75.4 3 3 3 3 2 N Parker Charles Abbott Bishop 75.8 3 3 6 6 3 Kitchen Arthur Grosskreutz Evans 74.2 2 4 8 10 4 Langton N Parker Varey Blacklock 75.0 2 4 10 14 5 Charles Abbott Arthur Evans 75.8 1 5 11 19 6 J Parker Kitchen Grosskreutz Dallison 76.4 3 3 14 22 7 Langton Arthur Varey Blacklock 77.2 2 4 16 26 8 Charles J Parker Harrison Dallison 75.6 2 4 18 30 9 N Parker Kitchen Grosskreutz Blacklock 76.8 3 3 21 33

Saturday 19th May 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester

Junior Cup J.Ellis, Henry Walker. 87.4

Southern Champions SF 1 Nobby Key, Dicky Case, Stevenson (f). 80.4 SF 2 Wally Kilmister, Ginger Lees. [ Huxley 81.8 Final Case, Lees, Kilmister. 82.0

Visitors Championship. SF 1 Vic Huxley, Ron Johnson. 81.4 SF 2 Tiger Stevenson, Jack Chapman. 81.2 Final Huxley, Johnson, Chapman, Stevenson f 82.0

Monday 21st May 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 33 Harringay Tigers 21 (National League)

BELLE VUE Frank Varey XS N N0 Eric Langton 3 3 XS 6 Bill Kitchen 3 3 2 8 Max Grosskreutz 1 2 1 4 Joe Abbott 3 F 2 5 Frank Charles 2 3 3 8 Bob Harrison (Res) 0 2 2

HARRINGAY Jack Parker 2 0 1 3 Billy Dallison 1 1 0 2 Norman Parker 0 1 3 4 Ivor Hill 2 2 1 5 Frank Arthur 1 1 3 5 Charlie Blacklock 0 2 0 2 Triss Sharp (Res) DNR

1 Langton J Parker Dallison (Varey XS) 81.8 3 3 3 3 2 Kitchen Hill Grosskreutz N Parker 84.6 4 2 7 5 3 Abbott Charles Arthur Blacklock 82.8 5 1 12 6 4 Kitchen Grosskreutz Dallison J Parker 81.8 5 1 17 7 5 Charles Hill N Parker Abbott (f) 82.0 3 3 20 10 6 Langton Blacklock Arthur Harrison 83.4 3 3 23 13 7 Charles Abbott J Parker Dallison 82.6 5 1 28 14 8 N Parker Harrison Hill (Langton XS) 83.4 2 4 30 18 9 Arthur Kitchen Grosskreutz Blacklock 82.6 3 3 33 21

Match Races Joe Abbott bt Jack Parker 81.2 Frank Varey bt Frank Arthur 81.4

Douglas Fairbanks Cup 1 Frank Charles, Max Grosskreutz, Bob Harrison, Norman Parker. 81.0 2 Frank Arthur, Eric Langton, Jack Parker, Billy Dallison. 82.8 3 Bill Kitchen, Frank Varey, Charlie Blacklock, W.O'Neill. 82.4 4 Joe Abbott, Oliver Langton, Syd Plevin, Austin Humphries NS. 85.2 SF 1 Frank Charles, Eric Langton, Frank Arthur, Max Grosskreutz. 81.4 SF 2 Bill Kitchen, Joe Abbott, Frank Varey (f), Oliver Langton (ef) 83.6 Final Eric Langton, Frank Charles, Joe Abbott, Bill Kitchen. 81.4

Thursday 24th May 1934 Empire Stadium, London Wembley 11 Belle Vue 12 (Second Half Challenge)

WEMBLEY Colin Watson X 3 3 Wally Kilmister X 2 2 Ginger Lees 3 1 4 Gordon Byers 2 0 2

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 2 2 4 Eric Langton 3 3 6 Bil Kitchen 0 1 1 Max Grosskreutz 1 0 1

Ht1 Langton, Varey, Kilmister (exc)Watson (exc) 82.6 0 5 0 5 Ht2 Lees, Byers. Grosskreutz, Kitchen 80.6 5 1 5 6 Ht3 Langton, Varey, Lees, Byers 80.0 1 5 6 11 Ht4 Watson, Kilmister, Kitchen, Grosskreutz 80.2 5 1 11 12

Saturday 26th May 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 34 Wimbledon Dons 19 (National League)

BELLE VUE 1 Frank Varey 0 0 0 0 2 Eric Langton 3 3 3 9 3 Bill Kitchen 3 2 2 7 4 Max Grosskreutz 0 0 3 3 5 Joe Abbott 3 2 2 7 6 Frank Charles 2 3 3 8 7 Bob Harrison (Res) DNR

WIMBLEDON 1 Vic Huxley 1 3 1 5 2 Geoff Pymar 2 1 0 3 3 Claude Rye 1 XS 2 3 4 Syd Jackson 2 XS 1 3 5 Wal Phillips 1 2 0 3 6 Gus Kuhn 0 1 1 2 7 Arthur Westwood (Res) DNR

1 Langton Pymar Huxley Varey 80.6 3 3 3 3 2 Kitchen Jackson Rye Grosskreutz 81.0 3 3 6 6 3 Abbott Charles Phillips Kuhn 81.6 5 1 11 7 4 Huxley Kitchen Pymar Grosskreutz 80.4 2 4 13 11 5 Charles Abbott (Rye XS) (Jackson XS) 85.0 5 0 18 11 6 Langton Phillips Kuhn Varey 81.2 3 3 21 14 7 Charles Abbott Huxley Pymar 81.4 5 1 26 15 8 Langton Rye Jackson Varey 81.0 3 3 29 18 9 Grosskreutz Kitchen Kuhn Phillips 80.8 5 1 34 19

Match Race Vic Huxley bt Eric Langton 79.0

Silver Wheel 1 Bob Harrison, Syd Plevin, Bill Rogers, Frank Varey NS. 83.0 2 Max Grosskreutz, Eric Langton, Wal Phillips, J.Ellis nf. 80.2 3 vic Huxley, Frank Charles, Joe Abbott, Gus Kuhn. 81.0 4 Bill Kitchen, Geoff Pymar, Claude Rye, Oliver Langton. 81.8 SF 1 Max Grosskreutz, Bob Harrison, Eric Langton, Syd Plevin. 81.2 SF 2 Vic Huxley, Bill Kitchen, Geoff Pymar, Frank Charles. 81.2 Final Vic Huxley, Bob Harrison, Max Grosskreutz, Bill Kitchen. 80.6

Tuesday, 29th May 1934, Hall Green, Birmingham Birmingham 21 Belle Vue Aces 33 (National League)

Birmingham Jack Ormston 2 2 2 6 Bill Pitcher 0 1’ 1’ 2 2 Les Wotton 0 2 2 4 Jack Chapman 1 1’ 0 2 1 Tommy Gamble 1’ 0 1’ 2 2 Arthur Tims 2 1 2 5

Belle Vue Frank Varey 1 0 0 1 Eric Langton 3 3 3 9 Frank Charles 3 3 3 9 Joe Abbott 2’ 2’ 0 4 2 Max Grosskreutz 0 0 0 Bill Kitchen 3 3 3 9 Bob Harrison 1 1

Ht 1: Langton, Ormston, Varey, Pitcher (f) 78.9 2 4 2 4 Ht 2: Charles, Abbott, Chapman, Wotton (f) 78.1 1 5 3 9 Ht 3: Kitchen, Tims, Gamble, Grosskreutz (f) 78.2 3 3 6 12 Ht 4: Langton, Wotton, Chapman, Varey 77.9 3 3 9 15 Ht 5: Charles, Abbott, Tims, Gamble 78.2 1 5 10 20 Ht 6: Kitchen, Ormston, Pitcher, Grosskreutz 78.3 3 3 13 23 Ht 7: Langton, Tims, Gamble, Varey (f) 79.2 3 3 16 26 Ht 8: Charles, Ormston, Pitcher, Abbott (f) 78.4 3 3 19 29 Ht 9: Kitchen, Wotton, Harrison, Chapman 77.2* 2 4 21 33

Saturday 2nd June 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces v Plymouth (National League) Awarded 36 – 0 to Belle Vue

Belle Vue Handicap 1 Henry Walker (16 yds start), Syd Plevin (16), Austin Humphries (16), W.O'Neill (16) LD, Oliver Langton (Scr) fell 84.4 2 Bob Harrison (Scr), Harry Shepherd (Scr), Jack Hargreaves (16), Bill Birtwell (16), J.Ellis (16). 84.6 Final Walker (16), Harrison (Scr), Shepherd (Scr), Humphries (16), Plevin (16) nf. 83.4

Saturday 2nd June 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 33 New Cross Lambs 69 (Challenge)

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Eric Langton 2 1 2 2 2 1 10 Bill Kitchen 3 F 3 Max Grosskreutz DNR [eye injury] 0 Joe Abbott 3 3 0 0 2 1 9 Frank Charles 1 2 2 3 0 2 10 Bob Harrison F 0 3 3

NEW CROSS Ron Johnson 3 3 3 3 3 15 Stan Greatrex 1 F/N N N 2 0 3 Nobby Key R 0 3 3 1 3 10 Joe Francis 2 1 1 2 3 2 11 Tom Farndon 2 3 3 2 3 3 16 George Newton 0 2 2 1 1 2 8 Harry Shepherd F 1 0 1 6 4 Does not note 5 between Johnson & Farndon Ht 3

1 Johnson, Langton, Greatrex, Varey 82.2 2 4 2 4 2 Kitchen, Francis, (Harrison F), (Key R) 83.0 3 2 5 6 3 Abbott, Farndon, Charles, Newton 81.4 4 2 9 8 RR 4 Kitchen (f) Johnson (tapes) Greatrex (f) Harrison (ns) Awarded to NX 0/5 No Time 0 5 9 13 5 Abbott, Charles, Francis, Key 81.6 5 1 14 14 6 Farndon, Newton, Langton, Varey 81.8 1 5 15 19 7 Johnson, Charles, Shepherd, Abbott 81.2 2 4 17 23 8 Key, Langton, Francis, Varey 82.0 2 4 19 27 9 Farndon, Newton Harrison (ef) Kitchen (ns) 82.6 0 5 19 32 10 Johnson, Langton, Varey, Shepherd 82.6 3 3 22 35 11 Awarded to New Cross 0/5. N/A 0 5 22 40 12 Charles, Farndon, Newton, Abbott 82.0 3 3 25 43 13 Awarded to New Cross 0/5. N/A 0 5 25 48 14 Francis, Abbott, Key, Charles 82.0 2 4 27 52 15 Farndon, Langton, Newton, Varey 81.4 2 4 29 56 16 Johnson, Charles, Abbott, Greatrex 81.6 3 3 32 59 17 Key, Francis, Langton, Varey 85.4 1 5 33 64 18 Awarded to New Cross 0/5. No Time 0 5 33 69 A marked programme shows the 5 0 awarded to New Cross in heats 4, 9, 11, 13 and 18 but does not reflect score as above. Speedway News shows Ht4 as being cancelled.

Belle Vue Handicap (before match) 1 Walker (16), Plevin (16), Austin Humphries (16), W O’Neil (16) (f), OLangton (0) (f) NT 2 Harrison, (0), Shepherd (0),JHargeaves (16) (nf), J Ellis (16) (nf), Bill Birtwell (16) (nf) 84.6 Final Walker (16), Harrison (?), [Plevin, Shepherd, Humphries 83.4

Wednesday 6th June 1934 New Cross, London New Cross Lambs 31 Belle Vue Aces 21 (National League)

NEW CROSS Ron Johnson 2 3 3 8 Stan Greatrex 1 1 1 3 Tom Farndon 3 2 3 8 George Newton 1 1 E 2 Nobby Key 3 3 2 8 Joe Francis XS 2 XS 2

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 0 E N 0 Eric Langton 3 3 3 9 Frank Charles 0 0 0 0 Joe Abbott 2 1 2 5 Bill Kitchen XS 2 1 3 Max Grosskreutz F/N 0 N 0 Bob Harrison 2 E 2 4

1 Langton Johnson Greatrex Varey 63.2 3 3 3 3 2 Farndon Abbott Newton Charles 62.2 4 2 7 5 RR 3 Key Harrison (Francis XS) (Kitchen XS) 65.0 3 2 10 7 4 Langton Farndon Newton (Varey E) 61.8 3 3 13 10 5 Key Francis Abbott Charles 64.8 5 1 18 11 6 Johnson Kitchen Greatrex Grosskreutz 64.6 4 2 22 13 7 Langton Key (Francis XS) (Harrison E) 63.4 2 3 24 16 8 Johnson Abbott Greatrex Charles 65.0 4 2 28 18 9 Farndon Harrison Kitchen (Newton E) 67.0 3 3 31 21

Saturday, 9th June 1934, Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 38 Birmingham 16 (National League)

Belle Vue Frank Varey Eric Langton 3 3 3 9 Bill Kitchen 2’ 1 2’ 5 2 Max Grosskreutz 3 3 3 9 Joe Abbott 2’ 0 2 1 Frank Charles 3 3 2 8 Bob Harrison 2’ 2’ 1’ 5 3

Birmingham Jack Ormston 0 2 3 5 Bill Pitcher 1 0 0 1 Jack Chapman 1 2 2 5 Fred Strecker 0 1’ 1 1 Les Wotton 1 0 0 1 Arthur Tims 0 1 1 Tommy Gamble 1 1’ 2 1

Ht 1: Langton, Harrison, Pitcher, Ormston (f) 81.0 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Grosskreutz, Kitchen, Chapman, Strecker 80.8 5 1 10 2 Ht 3: Charles, Abbott, Wotton, Tims 81.2 5 1 15 3 Ht 4: Grosskreutz, Ormston, Kitchen, Pitcher 80.2 4 2 19 5 Ht 5: Charles, Chapman, Strecker, Abbott 82.8 3 3 22 8 Ht 6: Langton, Harrison, Gamble, Wotton 82.0 5 1 27 9 Ht 7: Ormston, Charles, Harrison, Pitcher 82.2 3 3 30 12 Ht 8: Langton, Chapman, Gamble, Varey 82.4 3 3 33 15 Ht 9: Grosskreutz, Kitchen, Tims, Wotton 82.2 5 1 38 16

Record attempt - 1 lap Flying Start Max Grosskreutz 18.4 record equalled

Junior Scratch Race 1 Syd Plevin, Jack Hargreaves, Acorn Dobson. 84.4 2 Jack Ellis, Jack Tye nf, H.McKewen nf. 91.0 Final Syd Plevin, Jack Ellis, Jack Hargreaves. 85.4

Belle Vue-Midlands Scratch Race 1 Frank Charles, Eric Langton, Jack Chapman, Les Wotton 80.4 2 Bill Kitchen, Fred Strecker, Tommy Gamble, Oliver Langton. 82.6 3 Max Grosskreutz, Bob Harrison, Arthur Tims, Bill Pitcher 83.0 4 Frank Varey, Jack Ormston, Henry Walker, Syd Plevin 83.2 Final Max Grosskreutz, Frank Charles, Bill Kitchen, Frank Varey 80.2

Tuesday, 12th June 1934, Hall Green, Birmingham Birmingham & Belle Vue 54 London 33 (Challenge)

BIRMINGHAM & BELLE VUE Jack Parker 1 3 2’ 2 8 1 Norman Parker 0 0 3 0 3 Tom Farndon 3 2 3 3 11 Fred Tate 1 0 0 0 1 Frank Charles 3 3 3 3 12 Joe Abbott 1 2’ 1 2’ 6 2 Max Grosskreutz 3 3 3 0 9 Billy Dallison 1 0 2’ 1 4 1

LONDON Vic Huxley 3 1 2 2’ 8 1 Geoff Pymar 2’ 3 0 3 8 1 Ron Johnson F 1 F 1 Phil Bishop 2 0 1 3 6 Frank Arthur 2 0 1 2 5 Charlie Blacklock E X F 1’ 1 1 Wal Phillips 2 2 1’ 1 6 1 Claude Rye 0 1’ 2 0 3 1 Cliff Parkinson 1 1

Ht 1: Huxley, Pymar, J Parker, N Parker 79.3 1 5 1 5 Ht 2: Farndon, Bishop, Tate, Johnson (f) 78.5 4 2 5 7 Ht 3: Charles, Arthur, Abbott, Blacklock (ef) 77.6 4 2 9 9 Ht 4: Grosskreutz, Phillips, Dallison, Rye 79.1 4 2 13 11 Ht 5: Pymar, Farndon, Huxley, Tate 77.7 2 4 15 15 Ht 6: Charles, Abbott, Johnson, Bishop 79.7 5 1 20 16 Ht 7: Grosskreutz, Arthur (ex), Dallison (ex), Blacklock (ex) NT 3 0 23 16 Ht 8: J Parker, Phillips, Rye, N Parker 80.3 3 3 26 19 Ht 9: Charles, Huxley, Abbott, Pymar 78.0 4 2 30 21 Ht 10: Grosskreutz, Dallison, Bishop, Johnson (f) 79.1 5 1 35 22 Ht 11: N Parker, J Parker, Arthur, Blacklock (f) 81.3 5 1 40 23 Ht 12: Farndon, Rye, Phillips, Tate 78.9 3 3 43 26 Ht 13: Pymar, Huxley, Dallison, Grosskreutz (f) 79.2 1 5 44 31 Ht 14: Bishop, J Parker, Parkinson, N Parker 80.1 2 4 46 35 Ht 15: Farndon, Arthur, Blacklock, Tate 79.7 3 3 49 38 Ht 16: Charles, Abbott, Phillips, Rye 78.5 5 1 54 39

Thursday 14th June 1934 Empire Stadium, London Wembley Lions 23 Belle Vue Aces 31 (National League)

WEMBLEY 1 Colin Watson 1 0 1 2 2 Lionel Van Praag 2 2 0 4 3 Ginger Lees 2 2 3 7 4 Gordon Byers 1 1 1 3 5 Wally Kilmister 1 1 2 4 6 George Greenwood 0 2 1 3 7 Harry Whitfield

BELLE VUE 1 Frank Varey F 0 0 0 2 Eric Langton 3 3 3 9 3 Bill Kitchen 0 3 3 6 4 Max Grosskreutz 3 E N 3 5 Frank Charles 2 3 0 5 6 Joe Abbott 3 1 2 6 7 Bob Harrison 2 2

1 Langton Van Praag Watson (Varey F) 77.6 3 3 3 3 2 Grosskreutz Lees Byers Kitchen 77.6 3 3 6 6 3 Abbott Charles Kilmister Greenwood 77.4 1 5 7 11 4 Langton Lees Byers Varey 77.0 3 3 10 14 5 Kitchen Greenwood Kilmister (Grsskrtz E) 82.0 3 3 13 17 6 Charles Van Praag Abbott Watson 78.8 2 4 15 21 7 Langton Kilmister Greenwood Varey 78.0 3 3 18 24 8 Kitchen Harrison Watson Van Praag 80.4 1 5 19 29 9 Lees Abbott Byers Charles 78.6 4 2 23 31

Saturday 16th June 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue 18 Kangaroos 36 (Challenge)

Belle Vue Frank Varey 1 0 0 1 Eric Langton 0 2 2 4 Bill Kitchen 0 2 0 2 Bob Harrison 2 1 1 4 Joe Abbott 0 1 2 3 Frank Charles 1 2 1 4

Kangaroos Vic Huxley 3 E X 3 Jack Sharp 2 3 3 8 Ron Johnson 3 0 3 6 Lionel Van Praag 1 3 1 5 Max Grosskreutz 3 3 3 9 Dick Case 2 1 2 5

1 Huxley Sharp Varey Langton 80.8 1 5 1 5 2 Johnson Harrison Van Praag Kitchen 80.6 2 4 3 9 3 Grosskreutz Case Charles Abbott 80.6 1 5 4 14 4 Sharp Kitchen Harrison(Huxley E) 81.6 3 3 7 17 5 Van Praag Charles Abbott Johnson 84.2 3 3 10 20 6 Grosskreutz Langton Case Varey 80.2 2 4 12 24 7 Sharp Abbott Charles(Huxley X) 81.8 3 3 15 27 8 Johnson Langton Van Praag Varey 81.4 2 4 17 31 9 Grosskreutz Case Harrison Kitchen 82.6 1 5 18 36

Star Championship Round 1 Eric Langton, Frank Charles, [ Kitchen, OLangton 79.4 2 Joe Abbott, Bob Harrison [Varey, Grosskreutz 80.0 Final ELangton, Harrison, Abbott, Charles 81.0

Match Race Max Grosskreutz bt Vic Huxley, fell. 88.0

England-Australia Scratch Race 1 Case, [ Varey, Harrison, Jack Chapman ? 2 Johnson, [ Grosskreutz, Charles, Abbott ? 3 [ OLangton, MStobart, HWalker, Jack Tye ? 4 ELangton, [ Kitchen, Huxley, Van Praag ? Final Ron Johnson, Dick Case, Eric Langton. 81.4

Saturday, 23rd June 1934, Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 81 Birmingham 27 (National Trophy, Round 2, 1st leg)

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 2’ 2’ 1 2’ 1 8 3 Eric Langton 3 3 3 3 3 15 Bill Kitchen 1 0 2’ 1 1 3 8 1 Max Grosskreutz 3 3 3 3 3 2’ 17 1 Joe Abbott 2’ 3 3 2’ 3 2’ 15 3 Frank Charles 3 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 3 15 3 Bob Harrison 3 3 Oliver Langton 0 0

BIRMINGHAM Les Wotton 1 2 1 1 2 1 8 Fred Strecker 0 1’ 0 0 0 0 1 1 Jack Chapman 2 1 0 2 1 2 8 Arthur Tims 0 2 0 0 2 Wally Lloyd 0 0 0 Dick Wise 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 Bill Pitcher 0 1 1’ 1 3 1 John Deeley 1 0 1

Ht 1: E Langton, Varey, Wotton, Strecker 81.4 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Grosskreutz, Chapman, Kitchen, Tims 79.4 4 2 9 3 Ht 3: Charles, Abbott, Wise, Lloyd 82.4 5 1 14 4 Ht 4: Grosskreutz, Wotton, Strecker, Kitchen (f) 81.6 3 3 17 7 Ht 5: Abbott, Charles, Chapman, Pitcher 80.4 5 1 22 8 Ht 6: E Langton, Varey, Wise, Lloyd 82.6 5 1 27 9 Ht 7: Abbott, Charles, Wotton, Strecker 82.0 5 1 32 10 Ht 8: E Langton, Tims, Varey, Chapman 82.6 4 2 36 12 Ht 9: Grosskreutz, Kitchen, Deeley, Wise 82.8 5 1 41 13 Ht 10: E Langton, Varey, Wotton, Strecker 81.2 5 1 46 14 Ht 11: Grosskreutz, Chapman, Kitchen, Tims 81.8 4 2 50 16 Ht 12: Charles, Abbott, Pitcher, Wise 82.6 5 1 55 17 Ht 13: Grosskreutz, Wotton, Kitchen, Strecker 83.0 4 2 59 19 Ht 14: Abbott, Charles, Chapman, Tims 81.2 5 1 64 20 Ht 15: Harrison, Wise, Pitcher, O Langton 83.2 3 3 67 23 Ht 16: Charles, Abbott, Wotton, Strecker 82.4 5 1 72 24 Ht 17: E Langton, Chapman, Varey, Deeley 81.8 4 2 76 26 Ht 18: Kitchen, Grosskreutz, Pitcher, Wise 81.6 5 1 81 27

Tuesday, 26th June 1934, Hall Green, Birmingham Birmingham 36 Belle Vue Aces 69 (National Trophy, Round 2, 2nd leg) Aggregate Belle Vue 150 Birmingham 63

BIRMINGHAM Les Wotton 0 0 2 2 0 4 Fred Strecker 1 1 1’ 1’ 0 4 2 Jack Chapman 2 3 2 1 1’ 2 11 1 Arthur Tims 1’ 0 0 2 0 3 1 Wally Lloyd 1 1 1 2 1’ 6 1 John Deeley 0 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 Bill Pitcher 2 1’ 2 2 7 1

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 2’ 1’ 2’ 0 0 1 6 3 Eric Langton 3 2 3 3 3 3 17 Frank Charles 3 3 3 3 0 0 12 Joe Abbott 0 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2 Bill Kitchen 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Max Grosskreutz 2’ 0 0 0 1 3 1 Bob Harrison 2’ 1 3 1

Ht 1: Langton, Varey, Strecker, Wotton 79.6 1 5 1 5 Ht 2: Charles, Chapman, Tims, Abbott (f) 78.9 3 3 4 8 Ht 3: Kitchen, Grosskreutz, Lloyd, Deeley 77.4 1 5 5 13 Ht 4: Chapman, Langton, Varey, Tims 78.4 3 3 8 16 Ht 5: Charles, Harrison, Lloyd, Deeley 78.7 1 5 9 21 Ht 6: Kitchen, Pitcher, Harrison, ? 78.1 2 4 11 25 Ht 7: Langton, Varey, Lloyd, Deeley 78.3 1 5 12 30 Ht 8: Charles, Abbott, Strecker, Wotton 77.7 1 5 13 35 Ht 9: Kitchen, Chapman Pitcher, Grosskreutz 79.6 3 3 16 38 Ht 10: Langton, Wotton, Strecker, Varey 79.5 3 3 19 41 Ht 11: Charles, Abbott, Chapman, Tims 79.2 1 5 20 46 Ht 12: Kitchen, Lloyd, Deeley, Grosskreutz 79.4 3 3 23 49 Ht 13: Langton, Tims, Chapman, Varey 78.9 3 3 26 52 Ht 14: Abbott, Pitcher, Lloyd, Charles 78.9 3 3 29 55 Ht 15: Kitchen, Wotton, Strecker, Grosskreutz 78.6 3 3 32 58 Ht 16: Langton, Pitcher, Varey, ? 78.4 2 4 34 62 Ht 17: Abbott, Wotton (nf), Strecker (nf), Charles (nf)80.0 0 3 34 65 Ht 18: Kitchen, Chapman, Grosskreutz, Tims 79.2 2 4 36 69

Saturday 30th June 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 41 Plymouth 12 (National League)

BELLE VUE 1 Frank Varey 2 2 2 6 2 Eric Langton 3 3 3 9 3 Bill Kitchen 3 2 2 7 4 Max Grosskreutz E 3 3 6 5 Frank Charles 3 2 E 5 6 Joe Abbott 2 3 3 8 7 Bob Harrison (Res) DNR

PLYMOUTH 1 Bill Clibbett 0 0 N 0 2 Bert Spencer 1 1 1 3 3 Tiger Hart R 0 0 0 4 Frank Pearce 2 1 1 4 5 Jack Sharp 0 0 1 1 6 Mick Murphy 1 1 0 2 7 Bill Stanley (Res) 2 2

1 Langton Varey Spencer Clibbett 81.0 5 1 5 1 2 Kitchen Pearce (Grsskrtz E) (Hart R) 81.0 3 2 8 3 3 Charles Abbott Murphy Sharp 81.4 5 1 13 4 4 Grosskreutz Kitchen Spencer Clibbett 81.8 5 1 18 5 5 Abbott Charles Pearce Hart 81.2 5 1 23 6 6 Langton Varey Murphy Sharp 81.8 5 1 28 7 7 Abbott Stanley Spencer (Charles E) 82.4 3 3 31 10 8 Langton Varey Pearce Hart 81.8 5 1 36 11 9 Grosskreutz Kitchen Sharp Murphy 83.8 5 1 41 12

Match Race Max Grosskreutz bt Eric Langton 74.4 Rolling Start Record

Saturday, 30th June 1934, Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue 23 Birmingham 12 (National League Division Two)

Belle Vue Henry Walker 0 3 3 6 Syd Plevin 3 0 2’ 5 1 Jack Tye 2’ 2 4 1 George Thompson 3 2’ 2 7 Austin Humphries 1’ 1 1

Birmingham Fred Tate 2 1 3 Alec Statham 0 3 3 Eric Worswick 1 1 0 2 Percy Trimnell 0 0 0 Don Stewart 1 3 4

Ht 1: Plevin, Tate, Walker (ret), Statham (ret) 84.0 3 2 3 2 Ht 2: Thompson, Tye, Worswick, Trimnell 86.6 5 1 8 3 Ht 3: Walker, Thompson, Tate, Trimnell 83.8 5 1 13 4 Ht 4: Statham, Tye, Worswick, Plevin 84.6 2 4 15 8 Ht 5: Walker, Plevin, Stewart, Worswick 84.2 5 1 20 9 Ht 6: Stewart, Thompson, Humphries, Statham (ns) 86.0 3 3 23 12

Scratch Race 1 Frank Varey, Joe Abbott, Bill Kitchen, Jack Sharp. 81.4 2 Frank Charles, Eric Langton, Frank Pearce, Henry Walker. 81.2 3 Bob Harrison, Bill Stanley, Oliver Langton, name illegible 84.8 4 Max Grosskreutz, Austin Humphries, Jack Tye, George Thompson. 82.8 Final Frank Varey, Frank Charles, Bob Harrison, (Max Grosskreutz, fell). 83.6

Thursday 5th July 1934 Empire Stadium, London Wembley 23 Belle Vue 11 (National League Division Two)

WEMBLEY Wally Little 3 2 3 8 Jim Millward 2 R 2 Les Bowden 3 3 F 6 Ken Kirkman 2 3 2 7 Jerry Williams 0

BELLE VUE Henry Walker 1 1 3 5 Syd Plevin 0 2 1 3 Jack Tye R R 0 George Thompson R 1 1 Austin Humphries 0 2 2

1 Little Millward Walker Plevin 82.8 5 1 5 1 2 Bowden Kirkman Tye(ret) Thompson (ret) 84.0 5 0 10 1 3 Kirkman Little Walker Humphries 83.6 5 1 15 2 4 Bowden Plevin Milward (ret) Tye (ret) 84.0 3 2 18 4 5 Little Humphries Thompson Williams 83.2 3 3 21 7 6 Walker Kirkman Plevin Bowden (f) 83.4 2 4 23 11

Saturday 7th July 1934 Belle Vue, Machester Belle Vue Aces 38 Wimbledon Dons 16 (National League)

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 3 1 3 7 Eric Langton 1 3 2 6 Bill Kitchen 1 2 N 3 Max Grosskreutz 3 3 3 9 Frank Charles 0 2 3 5 Joe Abbott 3 3 2 8 Bob Harrison (Res) 0 0

WIMBLEDON Claude Rye 2 1 1 4 Alf Sawford 0 N 0 0 Wal Phillips 2 0 0 2 Fred Leavis 0 1 1 2 Geoff Pymar 2 2 2 6 Gus Kuhn 1 0 1 2 Bill Rogers (Res) 0 0

1 Varey Rye Langton Sawford 79.4 4 2 4 2 2 Grosskreutz Phillips Kitchen Leavis 78.4 4 2 8 4 3 Abbott Pymar Kuhn Charles 79.6 3 3 11 7 4 Grosskreutz Kitchen Rye Rogers 78.6 5 1 16 8 5 Abbott Charles Leavis Phillips 79.6 5 1 21 9 6 Langton Pymar Varey Kuhn 80.8 4 2 25 11 7 Charles Abbott Rye Sawford 79.8 5 1 30 12 8 Varey Langton Leavis Phillips 79.6 5 1 35 13 9 Grosskreutz Pymar Kuhn Harrison 79.8 3 3 38 16

Two Lap Dash Record attempts - 2 laps 1 Joe Abbott bt Frank Charlers 38.4 2 Bill Kichen bt Geoff Pymar 38.4 3 Bob Harrison & Gus Kuhn dh 39.8 4 Frank Varey bt Claude Rye 38.2*

Scratch Race 1 Henry Walker, Jack Tye, Syd Plevin 84.0 2 Geoff Pymar, Bill Rogers, Alf sawford, (Eric Langton E) 82.2 3 Frank Charles, Claude Rye, Gus Kuhn 82.8 4 Bill Kitchen, Frank Varey, Fred Leavis 80.4 Final Frank Charles, Geoff Pymar. Bill Kitchen 79.8

Wednesday 11th July 1934 New Cross, London New Cross Lambs 20 Belle Vue Aces 34 (National League)

NEW CROSS Ron Johnson 2 3 F 5 Stan Greatrex 0 1 1 2 Tom Farndon R 2 3 5 George Newton 1 0 2 3 Nobby Key 2 2 F 4 Joe Francis 0 0 1 1

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 1 1 2 4 Eric Langton 3 3 3 9 Frank Charles 3 1 3 7 Joe Abbott 2 3 2 7 Bill Kitchen 3 2 E 5 Max Grosskreutz 1 0 1 2

1 Langton Johnson Varey Greatrex 62.2 2 4 2 4 2 Charles Abbott Newton (Farndon R) 63.0 1 5 3 9 3 Kitchen Key Grosskreutz Francis 62.4 2 4 5 13 4 Langton Farndon Varey Newton 62.0 2 4 7 17 5 Abbott Key Charles Francis 63.2 2 4 9 21 6 Johnson Kitchen Greatrex Grosskreutz 61.8 4 2 13 23 7 Langton Varey Francis (Key F) 62.8 1 5 14 28 RR 8 Charles Abbott Greatrex (Johnson F) 62.4 1 5 15 33 9 Farndon Newton Grosskreutz (Kitchen E) 63.6 5 1 20 34

Saturday 14th July 1934 Bell Vue, Manchester Belle Vue 32 London 22 (Challenge)

Belle Vue Bob Harrison 1 1 Eric Langton 2 3 5 Bill Kitchen 1 2 3 6 Max Grosskreutz 3 1 2 6 Joe Abbott 2 1 2 5 Frank Charles 3 3 3 9

London Ginger Lees 3 3 1 7 Colin Watson 1 1 Dick Case 2 3 5 Frank Pearce 2 2 Tiger Stevenson 2 2 Wal Phillips 1 1 1 3 Wally Little 2 2

1 Lees, Langton, Watson 80.2 2 4 2 4 2 Grosskreutz, Case, Kitchen 80.4 4 2 6 6 3 Charles, Abbott, Phillips 81.2 5 1 11 7 4 Lees, Kitchen, Grosskreutz 79.4 3 3 14 10 5 Charles, Pearce, Abbott 79.8 4 2 18 12 6 Langton, Stevenson, Phillips 80.4 3 3 21 15 7 Charles, Abbott, Lees 81.0 5 1 26 16 8 Case, Little, Harrison 82.4 1 5 27 21 9 Kitchen, Grosskreutz, Phillips 81.4 5 1 32 22

Belle Vue 22 Harringay 13 (National League Division Two)

BELLE VUE Henry Walker 3 3 3 9 Syd Plevin 0 1 1 Jack Tye 2 3 5 George Thompson R 0 2 2 Austin Humphries 3 2 5

HARRINGAY Syd Griffiths 2 2 1 5 George Wilks 1 0 0 1 Cyril Anderson 3 2 0 5 Bob Lovell R 1 1 Les Gregory 1 1

1 Walker Griffiths Wilks Plevin 82.4 3 3 3 3 2 Anderson Tye Thompson (ret) Lovell (ret) 87.4 2 3 5 6 3 Walker Griffiths Lovell Thompson 82.6 3 3 8 9 4 Humphries Anderson Plevin Wilks 84.0 4 2 12 11 5 Walker Humphries Gregory Anderson 84.8 5 1 17 12 6 Tye Thompson Griffiths Wilks 86.0 5 1 22 13

Match Race Max Grosskreutz bt Joe Abbott 75.0

Silver Wheel 1 Joe Abbott, Syd Griffiths, Wal Phillips 82.2 2 Eric Langton, Frank Charles, Wally Little 79.6 3 Dick Case, Max Grosskreutz, Colin Watson 79.8 4 Tiger Stevenson, Bill Kitchen, Bob Harrison 81.6 Final Tiger Stevenson, Joe Abbott, Dick Case, Eric Langton 81.8

Tuesday, 17th July 1934, Hall Green, Birmingham Birmingham 12 Belle Vue Aces 40 (National League)

Birmingham Jack Ormston 0 2 2 4 Wally Lloyd 2 0 0 2 Bill Pitcher 0 2 1 3 Tommy Gamble 1 0 0 1 Jack Chapman 0 0 0 0 Arthur Tims 0 1 1 2

Belle Vue Frank Varey 0 1 2’ 3 1 Eric Langton 3 3 3 9 Frank Charles 3 2’ 3 8 1 Joe Abbott 2’ 3 1 6 1 Bill Kitchen 3 1 2’ 6 1 Max Grosskreutz 2’ 3 3 8 1

Ht 1: Langton, Lloyd, Ormston (mf), Varey (mf) 78.0 2 3 2 3 Ht 2: Charles, Abbott, Gamble, Pitcher 78.6 1 5 3 8 Ht 3: Kitchen, Grosskreutz, Chapman (ret), Tims (ret)77.4 0 5 3 13 Ht 4: Langton, Pitcher, Varey, Gamble 77.7 2 4 5 17 Ht 5: Abbott, Charles, Tims, Chapman 79.3 1 5 6 22 Ht 6: Grosskreutz, Ormston, Kitchen, Lloyd 78.1 2 4 8 26 Ht 7: Langton, Varey, Tims, Chapman 78.6 1 5 9 31 Ht 8: Charles, Ormston, Abbott, Lloyd 76.9 * 2 4 11 35 Ht 9: Grosskreutz, Kitchen, Pitcher, Gamble 78.1 1 5 12 40

Saturday 21st July 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester England 6.5 Australia 45.5 (Test Match)

ENGLAND 1 Eric Langton 3 3 F3 3 3 15 2 Tom Farndon F 2 1 1 E N 4 3 Frank Charles 3 3 1 1 2 3 13 4 Joe Abbott 1 2 2 2 3 F 10 5 Ginger Lees 3 3 3 2 2 1 14 6 Tiger Stevenson E 0 1.5 0 0N 1.5 7 Tommy Croombs (Res)3 C 3 8 Gordon Byers (Res) DNR

AUSTRALIA 1 Vic Huxley F 1 0 0 N N 1 2 Dick Case 2 F N 2 F0 4 3 Ron Johnson 2 2 3 3 3 2 15 4 Bluey Wilkinson 0 1 2 0 1 1 5 5 Max Grosskreutz X 1 3 3 2 2 11 6 Jack Sharp 2 0 0 N 1 1 4 7 Lionel Van Praag (Res)1.5 1 2 4.5 8 Wally Little (Res) 1 1

1 Langton Case (Farndon F) (Huxley F) 76.4 3 2 3 2 2 Charles Johnson Abbott Wilkinson 77.0 4 2 7 4 3 Lees Sharp (Stevensn E) (Grskrtz XW) 78.0 3 2 10 6 4 Charles Abbott Huxley (Case F) 78.0 5 1 15 7 5 Lees Johnson Wilkinson Stevenson 77.8 3 3 18 10 6 Langton Farndon Grosskreutz Sharp 78.6 5 1 23 11 7 Lees DH Stevenson/Van Praag Huxley 78.0 4.5 1.5 27.5 12.5 8 Johnson Wilkinson Farndon (Langton F) 77.4 1 5 28.5 17.5 9 Grosskreutz Abbott Charles Sharp 77.4 3 3 31.5 20.5 10 Langton Case Farndon Huxley 78.8 4 2 35.5 22.5 11 Johnson Abbott Charles Wilkinson 79.0 3 3 38.5 25.5 12 Grosskreutz Lees Van Praag Stevenson 78.0 2 4 40.5 29.5 13Abbott Charles Little(Case F) 84.4 5 1 45.5 30.5 14 Johnson Lees WilkinsonStevenson 78.2 2 4 47.5 34.5 15 Langton Grosskreutz Sharp(Farndon E) 78.4 3 3 50.5 37.5 16Croombs Van Praag Lees Case 78.0 4 2 54.5 39.5 17 Langton Johnson Wilkinson (Croombs C) 79.0 3 3 57.5 42.5 18 Charles Grosskreutz Sharp (Abbott F) 79.2 3 3 60.5 45.5

Tuesday 24th July 1934 West Ham, London West Ham 20 Belle Vue 13 (National League Division Two)

West Ham 20 Belle Vue 13 (National League Division Two)

WEST HAM Wal Morton 1 1 3 5 Ken Brett F 3 0 3 Stan Dell 3 2 2 7 Rol Stobart E 2 3 5 George Saunders DNR

BELLE VUE Henry Walker 3 3 F 6 Austin Humphries 2 X 1 3 Jack Tye F X 0 George Thompson 2 0 2 4 Syd Plevin X 0

1 Walker Humphries Morton Brett (f) 84.0 1 5 1 5 2 Dell Thompson RStobart (ef) Tye (f) 85.8 3 2 4 7 3 Walker Dell Morton Thompson 84.4 3 3 7 10 4 Brett Stobart, Tye (exc) Humphries (exc) 97.0 5 0 12 10 5 Stobart Dell Humphries Walker (f) 86.2 5 1 17 11 6 Morton Thompson Brett (nf), Plevin (exc) 88.4 3 2 20 13

Saturday 28th July 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 80 Wimbledon Dons 27 (National Trophy)

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 0 0 3 2 2 3 10 Eric Langton 3 3 2 3 3 2 16 Bill Kitchen 3 3 1 2 2 E 11 Max Grosskreutz 2 1 3 3 3 3 15 Frank Charles 3 3 3 2 3 3 17 Joe Abbott 2 1 1 3 2 2 11 Bob Harrison DNR Oliver Langton DNR

WIMBLEDON Vic Huxley 2 2 2 1 1 1 9 Gus Kuhn 1 0 0 0 1 Wal Phillips 0 2 1 1 1 5 Alf Sawford 1 0 1 2 Claude Rye 1 2 2 1 2 8 Fred Leavis 0 1 0 1 2 Ivor Hill 0 0 0 Syd Jackson 0 R 0 0

1 Langton Huxley Kuhn Varey 78.0 3 3 3 3 2 Kitchen Grosskreutz Sawford Phillips 77.2 5 1 8 4 3 Charles Abbott Rye Leavis 78.2 5 1 13 5 4 Kitchen Huxley Grosskreutz Kuhn 78.4 4 2 17 7 5 Charles Phillips Abbott Sawford 78.8 4 2 21 9 6 Langton Rye Leavis Varey 79.4 3 3 24 12 7 Charles Huxley Abbott Kuhn 78.6 4 2 28 14 8 Varey Langton Phillips Jackson 79.6 5 1 33 15 9 Grosskreutz Rye Kitchen Leavis 78.8 4 2 37 17 10 Langton Varey Huxley Hill 78.2 5 1 42 18 11 Grosskreutz Kitchen Phillips Sawford 78.6 5 1 47 19 1 2Abbott Charles Rye (ret) Jackson (ret) 80.4 5 0 52 19 13 Grosskreutz Kitchen Huxley Kuhn 79.0 5 1 57 20 14 Charles Abbott Phillips Hill 80.4 5 1 62 21 15 Langton Varey Rye Jackson 80.0 5 1 67 22 16 Charles Abbott Huxley Kuhn 80.6 5 1 72 23 17 Varey Langton Sawford Phillips 80.6 5 1 77 24 18 Grosskreutz Rye Leavis Kitchen (ef) 80.0 3 3 80 27

Monday 30th July 1934 Wimbledon, London Wimbledon Dons 32 Belle Vue Aces 75 (National Trophy)

WIMBLEDON Vic Huxley 2 0 1 N N N 3 Gus Kuhn 0 1 2 1 0 1 5 Claude Rye 3 2 1 2 2 1 11 Fred Leavis 0 0 0 Wal Phillips 1 E 0 2 0 1 4 Alf Sawford 0 1 1 2 Ivor Hill (Res) 0 1 0 1 Syd Jackson (res) 1 2 0 R 1 0 2 6

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 1 0 1 3 1 2 8 Eric Langton 3 3 3 2 3 3 17 Joe Abbott 2 2 3 XS 2 3 12 Frank Charles 1 3 0 3 3 0 10 Bill Kitchen 2 3 3 3 2 3 16 Max Grosskreutz 3 2 2 3 0 2 12 Bob Harrison DNR Oliver Langton DNR

1 Langton Huxley Varey Kuhn 76.0 2 4 2 4 2 Rye Abbott Charles Leavis 76.2 3 3 5 7 3 Grosskreutz Kitchen Phillips Sawford 75.4 1 5 6 12 4 Langton Rye Jackson Varey 75.8 3 3 9 15 5 Charles Abbott Sawford (Phillips E) 76.0 1 5 10 20 6 Kitchen Grosskreutz Kuhn Huxley 74.0 1 5 11 25 7 Langton Jackson Varey Phillips 75.2 2 4 13 29 8 Abbott Kuhn Huxley Charles 75.6 3 3 16 32 9 Kitchen Grosskreutz Rye Jackson 75.0 1 5 17 37 10 Varey Langton Kuhn Hill 76.6 1 5 18 42 11 Charles Rye (Abbott XS) (Jackson R) 75.4 2 3 20 45 12 Kitchen Phillips Sawford Grosskreutz 75.8 3 3 23 48 13 Langton Rye Varey Leavis 75.4 2 4 25 52 14 Charles Abbott Jackson Phillips 76.0 1 5 26 57 15 Grosskreutz Kitchen Hill Kuhn 76.2 1 5 27 62 16 Langton Varey Phillips Jackson 77.0 1 5 28 67 17 Abbott Jackson Kuhn Charles 77.0 3 3 31 70 18 Kitchen Grosskreutz Rye Hill 76.0 1 5 32 75

Tuesday 31st July 1934 West Ham, London West Ham Hammers 49 Belle Vue Aces 58 (Challenge)

WEST HAM Tiger Stevenson 2 2 E 1 1’ 2 8 1 Jack Dixon X 1 3 2 6 Tommy Croombs F F 2’ 3 0 1 6 1 Arthur Atkinson 1 1 3 2’ 3 10 1 Bluey Wilkinson 1 F 3 3 2’ 2 11 1 Eric Gregory 0 1 1 1 1’ 4 1 Arthur Warwick 1 3 0 0 4

BELLE VUE Eric Langton 3 2’ 2 X 2 0 9 1 Frank Varey 0 3 E 2 1’ 3 9 1 Frank Charles 3 2’ 3 1 3 12 1 Joe Abbott 2’ 3 2’ 1 F 8 2 Max Grosskreutz 3 3 1 2 0 3 12 Bill Kitchen 2’ 0 0 0 3 2’ 7 2 Bob Harrison 0 1 1

Ht1 Langton, Stevenson, Dixon (fexc), Varey (bd)86.0 2 3 2 3 Ht2 Charles, Abbott, Atkinson (rm) Croombs (f) 84.4 1 5 3 8 Ht3 Grosskreutz, Kitchen, Wilkinson, Gregory 85.2 1 5 4 13 Ht4 Varey, Langton, Atkinson, Croombs (f) 86.2 1 5 5 18 Ht5 Abbott, Charles, Gregory, Wilkinson (f) 85.8 1 5 6 23 Ht6 Grosskreutz, Stevenson, Dixon, Kitchen 86.0 3 3 9 26 Ht7 Wilkinson, Langton, Gregory, Varey (ef) 86.0 4 2 13 28 Ht8 Charles, Abbott, Warwick, Stevenson (ef) 85.4 1 5 14 33 Ht9 Atkinson, Croombs, Grosskreutz, Kitchen 87.4 5 1 19 34 Ht10 Dixon, Varey, Stevenson (fpush), Langton (exst) 86.4 4 2 23 36 Ht11 Croombs, Atkinson, Abbott, Harrison 87.2 5 1 28 37 Ht12 Wilkinson, Grosskreutz, Gregory, Kitchen 86.2 4 2 32 39 Ht13 Atkinson, Langton, Varey , Croombs (f) 87.6 3 3 35 42 Ht14 Warwick, Wilkinson, Charles, Abbott (f) 86.0 5 1 40 43 Ht15 Kitchen, Dixon, Stevenson, Grosskreutz 86.0 3 3 43 46 Ht16 Varey, Wilkinson, Gregory, Langton 86.8 3 3 46 49 Ht17 Charles, Stevenson, Harrison, Warwick 86.0 2 4 48 53 Ht18 Grosskreutz, Kitchen, Croombs, Warwick 85.6 1 5 49 58

Saturday, 4th August 1934, Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 42 Birmingham 11 (National League)

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 2’ 2½ 4½ 1½ Eric Langton 3 2½ 3 8½ ½ Bill Kitchen 2’ 3 2’ 7 2 Max Grosskreutz 3 0 3 6 Frank Charles 2’ 3 3 8 1 Joe Abbott 3 2’ 2’ 7 2 Bob Harrison 1 1

BIRMINGHAM Les Wotton 1 0 0 1 Tommy Gamble 0 2 1 3 Wally Lloyd 0 0 0 0 Jack Chapman 1 1 2 4 Bill Pitcher 1 0 0 1 Arthur Tims 0 1 1 2 No Reserve

Ht 1: Langton, Varey, Wotton, Gamble 81.0 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Grosskreutz, Kitchen, Chapman, Lloyd 79.6 5 1 10 2 Ht 3: Abbott, Charles, Pitcher, Tims 80.0 5 1 15 3 Ht 4: Kitchen, Gamble, Grosskreutz (ret), Wotton (ret)79.4 3 2 18 5 Ht 5: Charles, Abbott, Chapman, Lloyd 79.4 5 1 23 6 Ht 6: Varey/Langton (dead heat), Tims, Pitcher 81.4 5 1 28 7 Ht 7: Charles, Abbott, Gamble, Wotton 79.0 5 1 33 8 Ht 8: Langton, Chapman, Harrison, Lloyd 81.4 4 2 37 10 Ht 9: Grosskreutz, Kitchen, Tims, Pitcher 81.4 5 1 42 11

Saturday 4th August 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue 15 New Cross 18 (National League Division Two)

BELLE VUE Henry Walker 3 R N 3 Jack Tye R 1 0 1 George Thompson 2 0 R 2 Austin Humphries 3 2 2 7 Syd Plevin 2 2

NEW CROSS Mike Erskine 2 3 R 5 George O'Brien R 3 3 6 Jack Dalton 0 2 3 5 Les Brooke 1 R N 1 Les Wheeler 1 1

1 Walker Erskine (Tye R) (O'Brien R) 82.4 3 2 3 2 2 Humphries Thompson Brooke Dalton 82.0 5 1 8 3 3 Erskine Humphries (Walker R) (Brooke R) 83.4 2 3 10 6 4 O'Brien Dalton Tye Thompson 83.8 1 5 11 11 5 Dalton Plevin Wheeler Tye 84.0 2 4 13 15 6 O'Brien Humphries (Thmpson R) (Erskine R) 84.2 2 3 15 18

Match Races Max Grosskreutz bt Eric Langton (ef) 75.4 Record Frank Charles bt Bill Kitchen 76.4 (Extra event not programmed)

Monday 6th August 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 36 Harringay Tigers 18 (National League)

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 0 N 2 2 Eric Langton 3 3 3 9 Bill Kitchen 3 3 3 9 Max Grosskreutz 1 0 N 1 Frank Charles 3 3 E 6 Joe Abbott 2 2 2 6 Bob Harrison 2 1 3

HARRINGAY Jack Parker 2 2 3 7 Billy Dallison 1 1 1 3 Frank Arthur 0 0 1 1 Charlie Blacklock 2 1 0 3 Norman Parker 1 0 2 3 Norman Evans 0 N 0 0 Phil Bishop 1 1

1 Langton J Parker Dallison Varey 77.8 3 3 3 3 2 Kitchen Blacklock Grosskreutz Arthur 79.6 4 2 7 5 3 Charles Abbott N Parker Evans 78.8 5 1 12 6 4 Kitchen J Parker Dallison Grosskreutz 79.8 3 3 15 9 5 Charles Abbott Blacklock Arthur 78.4 5 1 20 10 6 Langton Harrison Bishop N Parker 80.6 5 1 25 11 7 J Parker Abbott Dallison (Charles E) 79.2 2 4 27 15 8 Langton Varey Arthur Blacklock 81.2 5 1 32 16 9 Kitchen N Parker Harrison Evans 81.0 4 2 36 18

Two Lap Dash 1 Frank Varey bt Bob Harrison 38.4 Jack Parker bt Eric Langton 38.4 3 Max Grosskreutz bt Frank Charles 38.0 Record 4 Bill Kitchen bt Joe Abbott 39.0

Silver Citadel 1 Frank Varey, Dallison 2 E Langton Charles (f inj) 3 Max Grosskreutz, Blacklock, 4 Abbott SF1 ELangton, Dallison, Varey 80.0 SF2 Grosskreutz, Abbott, Blacklock 80.6 Final Grosskreutz, ELangton, Abbott, Dallison 80.0

Monday 6th August 1934 Wimbledon, London Wimbledon 27 Belle Vue 7 (National League Second Division)

WIMBLEDON Bill Rogers 3 3 3 9 Tom Lindley 2 3 2 7 Stan Lemon 3 F N 3 Ron Howes 2 2 3 7 Le Fleur 1 1

BELLE VUE Henry Walker F 1 2 3 Jack Tye F Austin Humphries 1 0 1 2 George Thompson 0 2 0 2 Syd Plevin F 0

1 Rogers Lindley Walker (f) Tye (f) 79.6 5 0 5 0 2 Lemon Howes Humphries Thompson 81.4 5 1 10 1 3 Rogers Howes Walker Humphries 81.0 5 1 15 2 4 Lindley Thompson (Lemon F) (Plevin F) 84.6 3 2 18 4 5 Howes Walker Le Fleur Tye (ns) 81.2 4 2 22 6 6 Rogers Lindley Humphries Thompson 80.6 5 1 27 7

Saturday 11th August 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 30 West Ham Hammers 24 (National League)

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 0 1 0 1 Eric Langton 3 3 3 9 Bill Kitchen 0 0 2 2 Max Grosskreutz 2 3 3 8 Bob Harrison 2 1 0 3 Joe Abbott 3 2 2 7

WEST HAM Tiger Stevenson 2 1 3 6 Jack Dixon 1 2 1 4 Bluey Wilkinson 3 3 2 8 Eric Gregory 1 0 1 2 Tommy Croombs F N 0 0 Arthur Atkinson 1 2 1 4 Tommy Allott 0 0

1 Langton Stevenson Dixon Varey 80.2 3 3 3 3 2 Wilkinson Grosskreutz Gregory Kitchen 79.4 2 4 5 7 3 Abbott Harrison Atkinson (Croombs F) 80.2 5 1 10 8 4 Grosskreutz Dixon Stevenson Kitchen 80.0 3 3 13 11 5 Wilkinson Abbott Harrison Gregory 80.6 3 3 16 14 6 Langton Atkinson Varey Allott 81.0 4 2 20 16 7 Stevenson Abbott Dixon Harrison 80.8 2 4 22 20 8 Langton Wilkinson Gregory Varey 80.0 3 3 25 23 9 Grosskreutz Kitchen Atkinson Croombs 80.4 5 1 30 24

Belle Vue 13 West Ham 23 (National League Division Two)

BELLE VUE Henry Walker 2 2 George Thompson 1 1 2 Austin Humphries 3 2 5 Syd Plevin 2 2 Acorn Dobson 2 2

WEST HAM Wal Morton 3 1 3 7 Stan Dell 1 3 3 7 Rol Stobart 2 3 2 7 Ken Brett 1 1 2

1 Morton Walker Thompson 79.8 3 3 3 3 2 Humphries Stobart Dell 81.4 3 3 6 6 3 Dell Humphries Morton 83.0 2 4 8 10 4 Stobart Plevin Brett 84.4 2 4 10 14 5 Dell Stobart Thompson 84.0 1 5 11 19 6 Morton Dobson Brett 83.2 2 4 13 23

Belle Vue 4 New Cross 8 (Rolling Start Chllenge)

1 Tom Farndon, Joe Abbott, Eric Langton, Ron Johnson. 3 3 3 3 2 Tom Farndon, Ron Johnson, Joe Abbott, Eric Langton 1 5 4 8

2 laps record attempts Eric Langton and Tom Farndon were unsuccessful. Max Grosskreutz 37.6 Record

Monday 13th August 1934 Wimbledon, London Wimbledon Dons 27 Belle Vue Aces 26 (National League)

WIMBLEDON 1 Claude Rye 3 2 2 7 2 Wally Little 0 0 1 1 3 Wal Phillips 2 0 2 4 4 Geoff Pymar 1 1 F 2 5 Gus Kuhn 3 N 3 6 6 Syd Jackson 2 2 2 6 7 Alf Sawford 1 1

BELLE VUE 1 Frank Varey 1 3 1 5 2 Eric Langton 2 2 F 4 3 Bob Harrison 0 0 0 0 4 Joe Abbott 3 3 3 9 5 Max Grosskreutz E 3 3 6 6 Bill Kitchen E N 1 1 7 Oliver Langton 1 1

1 Rye E Langton Varey Little 75.6 3 3 3 3 2 Abbott Phillips Pymar Harrison 75.6 3 3 6 6 3 Kuhn Jackson (Grosskrtz E) (Kitchen E) 76.4 5 0 11 6 4 Varey E Langton Pymar Phillips 77.0 1 5 12 11 5 Abbott Jackson Sawford Harrison 75.8 3 3 15 14 6 Grosskreutz Rye O Langton Little 76.4 2 4 17 18 7 Kuhn Jackson Varey (E Langton F) 77.6 5 1 22 19 8 Abbott Rye Little Harrison 75.6 3 3 25 22 9 Grosskreutz Phillips Kitchn (FPH) (Pymar F) 75.4 2 4 27 26

Saturday 18th August 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester North 70 South 38 (Official match)

NORTH Eric Langton 3 3 3 3 2 3 17 Bill Kitchen 1 2 1 1 3 2 10 Frank Charles 1 1 3 2 2 N 9 Joe Abbott 2 2 2 3 1 3 13 Ginger Lees 3 2 2 3 3 3 16 Dusty Haigh 2 0 1 0 N N 3 Eric Blain (Res) 0 0 0 Les Wotton (Res) 2 2

SOUTH Jack Parker 2 3 3 2 3 2 15 Colin Watson 0 0 0 0 N N 0 Tom Farndon 0 3 2 1 2 1 9 Nobby Key 3 1 0 0 1 0 5 Tommy Croombs 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 Tiger Stevenson 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 Gus Kuhn (Res) 0 0 George Newton (Res) 1 1

1 Langton, Parker, Kitchen, Watson 78.0 4 2 4 2 2 Key, Abbott, Charles, Farndon 79.4 3 3 7 5 3 Lees, Haigh, Croombs, Stevenson 80.2 5 1 12 6 4 Parker, Abbott, Charles, Watson 79.4 3 3 15 9 5 Farndon, Lees, Key, Haigh 79.2 2 4 17 13 6 Langton, Kitchen, Croombs, Stevenson 79.0 5 1 22 14 7 Parker, Lees, Haigh, Watson 79.2 3 3 25 17 8 Langton, Farndon, Kitchen, Key 79.0 4 2 29 19 9 Charles, Abbott, Crooms, Stevenson 78.8 5 1 34 20 10 Langton, Parker, Kitchen, Watson 79.0 4 2 38 22 11 Abbott, Charles, Farndon, Key 80.0 5 1 43 23 12 Lees, Stevenson, Croombs, Haigh 79.8 3 3 46 26 13 Parker, Charles, Abbott, Kuhn 79.6 3 3 49 29 14 Lees, Farndon, Key, Blain 81.0 3 3 52 32 15 Kitchen, Langton, Croombs, Stevenson 80.8 5 1 57 33 16 Lees, Parker, Newton, Blain 80.0 3 3 60 36 17 Langton, Kitchen, Farndon, Key 80.4 5 1 65 37 18 Abbott, Wotton, Stevenson, Croombs 81.4 5 1 70 38

Friday, 24th August 1934, Hall Green, Birmingham Birmingham 23 Belle Vue 13 (National League Division Two)

Birmingham Alec Statham 3 1 2’ 6 1 Fred Tate 2’ 3 3 8 1 Norman Trimnell 3 0 3 6 Eric Butler 2’ 1 0 3 1

Belle Vue Henry Walker 1 2 3 George Thompson 1 1 Austin Humphries 2’ 1 3 1 Cliff Watson 1’ 1 1 Bill Birtwell 3 2 5

Ht 1: Statham, Tate, Walker 80.6 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Trimnell, Butler, Thompson 81.9 5 1 10 2 Ht 3: Tate, Walker, Butler 79.0 4 2 14 4 t 4: Birdwell, Humphries, Statham, Trimnell (ex) 82.6 1 5 15 9 Ht 5: Trimnell, Birdwell, Watson, Butler 82.4 3 3 18 12 Ht 6: Tate, Statham, Humphries 79.9 5 1 23 13

Saturday 25th August 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 35 Wembley Lions 19 (National League)

BELLE VUE 1 Frank Varey F 3 3 6 2 Eric Langton 3 2 2 7 3 Bill Kitchen 1 2 E 3 4 Max Grosskreutz E 3 3 6 5 Joe Abbott R 2 2 4 6 Bob Harrison 3 N N 3 7 Frank Charles 3 3 6

WEMBLEY 1 Colin Watson 1 0 0 1 2 Ginger Lees 2 1 1 4 3 Gordon Byers 2 1 1 4 4 Lionel Van Praag 3 0 0 3 5 Wally Kilmister 2 1 2 5 6 George Greenwood 1 0 1 2 7 Harry Whitfield DNR

1 Langton Lees Watson (Varey F) 78.6 3 3 3 3 2 Van Praag Byers Kitchen (Grsskrtz E) 83.6 1 5 4 8 3 Harrison Kilmister Greenwood (Abbott R) 80.6 3 3 7 11 4 Grosskreutz Kitchen Lees Watson 77.0 5 1 12 12 5 Charles Abbott Byers Van Praag 78.8 5 1 17 13 6 Varey Langton Kilmister Greenwood 80.0 5 1 22 14 7 Charles Abbott Lees Watson 79.2 5 1 27 15 8 Varey Langton Byers Van Praag 79.0 5 1 32 16 9 Grosskreutz Kilmister Greenwood (Kitchen E) 80.4 3 3 35 19

Saturday 25th August 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue 16 Wimbledon 19 (National League Division Two)

BELLE VUE 1 Henry Walker 2 0 2 4 2 GeorgeThompson 0 1 1 2 3 Austin Humphries 0 N N 0 4 Acorn Dobson 3 3 F 6 5 Bill Birtwell 2 2 4

WIMBLEDON 1 Bill Rogers 3 2 3 8 2 Tom Lindley 1 0 N 1 3 Stan Lemon 2 3 3 8 4 Ron Howes 1 N 0 1 5 Charles Page 1 R 1

1 Rogers Walker Lindley Thompson 82.4 2 4 2 4 2 Dobson Lemon Howes Humphries 84.0 3 3 5 7 3 Dobson Rogers Page Walker 81.8 3 3 8 10 4 Lemon Birtwell Thompson Lindley 83.8 3 3 11 13 5 Lemon Walker Thompson Howes 84.6 3 3 14 16 6 Rogers Birtwell (Dobson F) (Page R) 84.4 2 3 16 19

Supporters Trophy 1 Bill Kitchen, Frank Varey, Colin Watson, Oliver Langton 79.0 2 Eric Langton, Ginger Lees, Wally Kilmister, George Greenwood 79.2 3 Max Grosskreutz, Harry Whitfield, George Thompson, Austin Humphries 80.2 4 Bob Harrison, Joe Abbott, (Gordon Byers R), (Bill Birtwell R) 80.0 Final Bill Kitchen, Eric Langton, (Max Grosskreutz R), (Bob Harrison R) 80.2

Tuesday 28thth August 1934 Pennycross, Plymouth Plymouth v Belle Vue Aces (National League) Rained Off

Saturday 1st September 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 71 Wembley Lions 36 (National Trophy)

BELLE VUE 1 Frank Varey 2 0 2 F 1 5 2 Eric Langton 3 3 3 3 3 F 15 3 Bill Kitchen 1 1 2 3 2 3 12 4 Max Grosskreutz 3 3 3 2 3 2 16 5 Frank Charles XS 3 2 1 3 2 11 6 Joe Abbott 3 1 E 3 2 3 12 7 Bob Harrison 8 Oliver Langton

WEMBLEY 1 Colin Watson 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 Ginger Lees 2 2 3 1 1 1 10 3 Gordon Byers 2 2 1 1 0 2 8 4 Lionel Van Praag 0 2 0 1 3 6 5 Wally Kilmister 2 1 1 2 2 1 9 6 George Greenwood XS 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 Harry Whitfield 8 Ken Kirkman

1 E Langton Lees Watson 78.2 3 3 3 3 2 Grosskreutz Byers Kitchen 78.6 4 2 7 5 3 Abbott Kilmister (Charles XS) (Grnwood XS) 82.8 3 2 10 7 4 Grosskreutz Lees Kitchen 77.8 4 2 14 9 5 Charles Byers Abbott Van Praag 79.0 4 2 18 11 6 E Langton Varey Kilmister Greenwood 79.4 5 1 23 12 7 Lees Charles Watson (Abbott E) 80.4 2 4 25 16 8 E Langton Van Praag Byers Varey 79.6 3 3 28 19 9 Grosskreutz Kitchen Kilmister Greenwood 81.4 5 1 33 20 10 E Langton Varey Lees Watson 79.0 5 1 38 21 11 Kitchen Grosskreutz Byers Van Praag 80.4 5 1 43 22 12Abbott Kilmister Charles Greenwood 78.8 4 2 47 24 13Grosskreutz Kitchen Lees Watson 81.0 5 1 52 25 14 Charles Abbott Van Praag Byers 79.6 5 1 57 26 15 E Langton Kilmister Greenwood (Varey F) 79.8 3 3 60 29 16 Abbott Charles Lees Watson 79.8 5 1 65 30 17 Van Praag Byers Varey (E Langton F) 81.2 1 5 66 35 18 Kitchen Grosskreutz Kilmister Greenwood 80.6 5 1 71 36

Wednesday 5th September 1934 New Cross, London New Cross 14 Belle Vue 21 (National League Division Two)

NEW CROSS Mike Erskine 0 2 0 2 George O’Brien 3 3 2 8 Jack Dalton 0 0 0 Les Wheeler 2 R 2 4 Les Bowden 0 0

BELLE VUE Henry Walker 2 R 2 Bill Birtwell 1 2 3 6 George Thompson 1 1 1 3 Acorn Dobson 3 3 3 9 Austin Humphries 1 1

Ht1 O’Brien, Walker, Birtwell, Erskine 66.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Dobson, Wheeler, Thompson, Dalton 66.2 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Dobson, Erskine, Walker (ret), Wheeler (ret) 64.5 2 3 7 10 Ht4 O’Brien, Birtwell, Thompson, Dalton 66.6 3 3 10 13 Ht5 Birtwell, Wheeler,Humphries, Brooke 69.0 2 4 12 17 Ht6 Dobson, O’Brien, Thompson, Erskine 65.3 2 4 14 21

Thursday 6th September 1934 Empire Stadium, London Wembley Lions 34 Belle Vue Aces 71 (National Trophy)

WEMBLEY Colin Watson 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Ginger Lees 2 1 1 2 2 0 8 Gordon Byers 1 2 2 2 0 0 7 Lionel Van Praag 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 Wally Kilmister 2 2 2 2 2 1 11 Harry Whitfield 0 0 1 XS1 0 2 Ken Kirkman DNR Les Bowden DNR

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 1 F 0 1 2 2 6 Eric Langton 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Frank Charles 3 1 2 0 0 3 9 Joe Abbott 2 3 3 3 3 2 16 Bill Kitchen 1 2 0 1 1 2 7 Max Grosskreutz 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Bob Harrison DNR Oliver Langton DNR

1 Langton Lees Varey Watson 77.2 2 4 2 4 2 Charles Abbott Byers Van Praag 78.4 1 5 3 9 3 Grosskreutz Kilmister Kitchen Whitfield 78.0 2 4 5 13 4 Langton Byers Van Praag Varey (f) 78.8 3 3 8 16 5 Abbott Kilmister Charles Whitfield 79.6 2 4 10 20 6 Grosskreutz Kitchen Lees Watson 78.0 1 5 11 25 7 Langton Kilmister Whitfield Varey 79.6 3 3 14 28 8 Abbott Charles Lees Watson 80.0 1 5 15 33 9 Grosskreutz Byers Van Praag Kitchen 79.2 3 3 18 36 10 Langton Lees Varey Watson 79.4 2 4 20 40 11 Abbott Byers Van Praag Charles 80.2 3 3 23 43 12 Grosskreutz Kilmister Kitchen (Whitfield XS) 79.6 2 4 25 47 13 Langton Varey Van Praag Byers 80.2 1 5 26 52 14 Abbott Kilmister Whitfield Charles 80.4 3 3 29 55 15 Grosskreutz Lees Kitchen Watson 80.8 2 4 31 59 16 Langton Varey Kilmister Whitfield 80.8 1 5 32 64 17 Charles Abbott Watson Lees 81.4 1 5 33 69 18 Grosskreutz Kitchen Van Praag Byers 80.8 1 5 34 74

Saturday 8th September 1934 Harringay, London Harringay Tigers 21 Belle Vue Aces 33 (National League)

HARRINGAY Jack Parker 2 3 1 6 Charlie Blacklock 1 1 0 2 Norman Parker 2 2 0 4 Cliff Parkinson 1 0 1 2 Frank Arthur 2 2 2 6 Phil Bishop 0 0 1 1 Norman Evans DNR

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 0 1 0 1 Eric Langton 3 3 3 9 Joe Abbott 3 1 2 6 Frank Charles 3 3 6 Max Grosskreutz 3 FIL 3 6 Bill Kitchen 1 2 2 5 Bob Harrison 0 0

1 Langton J Parker Blacklock Varey 74.0 3 3 3 3 2 Abbott N Parker Parkinson Harrison 76.8 3 3 6 6 3 Grosskreutz Arthur Kitchen Bishop 74.6 2 4 8 10 4 Langton N Parker Varey Parkinson 76.4 2 4 10 14 5 Charles Arthur Abbott Bishop 76.2 2 4 12 18 6 J Parker Kitchen Blacklock (Grsskrtz FIL) 76.8 4 2 16 20 7 Langton Arthur Bishop Varey 76.4 3 3 19 23 8 Charles Abbott J Parker Blacklock 75.8 1 5 20 28 9 Grosskreutz Kitchen Parkinson N Parker 76.8 1 5 21 33

Saturday 15th September 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 79 Wembley Lions 29 (ACU Cup)

BELLE VUE 1 Frank Varey 3 2 2 3 3 3 16 2 Bill Kitchen 1 3 0 2 2 2 10 3 Max Grosskreutz R 3 3 3 3 3 15 4 Bob Harrison 2 2 2 2 2 2 12 5 Frank Charles 3 3 2 3 3 2 16 6 Joe Abbott 1 1 3 2 03 10 7 Oliver Langton DNR 8 Syd Plevin DNR

WEMBLEY 1 Ginger Lees 2 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 Les Bowden 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 Wally Kilmister 3 2 3 1 2 1 12 4 Ken Kirkman 1 0 1 0 N 0 2 5 Lionel Van Praag 2 0 1 1 1 1 6 6 Colin Watson 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 Jim Milward DNR 8 Harry Whitfield 1 1

1 Varey Lees Kitchen Bowden 81.0 4 2 4 2 2 Kilmister Harrison Kirkman (Grosskrtz R) 79.8 2 4 6 6 3 Charles Van Praag Abbott Watson 81.0 4 2 10 8 4 Grosskreutz Harrison Lees Bowden 81.6 5 1 15 9 5 Charles Kilmister Abbott Kirkman 81.4 4 2 19 11 6 Kitchen Varey Watson Van Praag 82.4 5 1 24 12 7 Abbott Charles Bowden Lees 80.4 5 1 29 13 8 Kilmister Varey Kirkman Kitchen 81.0 2 4 31 17 9 Grosskreutz Harrison Van Praag Watson 80.6 5 1 36 18 10 Varey Kitchen Lees Bowden 80.6 5 1 41 19 11 Grosskreutz Harrison Kilmister Kirkman 80.2 5 1 46 20 12 Charles Abbott Van Praag Watson 81.0 5 1 51 21 13 Grosskreutz Harrison Lees Bowden 80.4 5 1 56 22 14 Charles Kilmister Whitfield Abbott 81.4 3 3 59 25 15 Varey Kitchen Van Praag Watson 81.2 5 1 64 26 16 Abbott Charles Bowden Lees 82.0 5 1 69 27 17 Varey Kitchen Kilmister Kirkman 81.8 5 1 74 28 18 Grosskreutz Harrison Van Praag Watson 82.2 5 1 79 29

Saturday 15th September 1934 Harringay, London Harringay 23 Belle Vue 13 (National League Division Two) [Raced before main match]

HARRINGAY Syd Griffiths 3 3 3 9 Bob Lovell 1 1 2 4 George Wilks 0 2 3 5 Les Gregory 2 2 1 5 TH Price (res) DNR

BELLE VUE Acorn (Stan) Dobson 2 1 2 5 George Thompson N F F 0 Austin Humphries 1 F 0 1 Bill Birtwell 3 3 1 7 Henry Walker (res) DNR

1 Griffiths Dobson Lovell (frm) Thompson (ns) 77.6 4 2 4 2 2 Birtwell Gregory Humphries Wilks (lost ft rst) 80.6 2 4 6 6 3 Griffiths Gregory Dobson Humphries (f) 76.4 5 1 11 7 4 Birtwell Wilks Lovell Thompson (f) 79.6 3 3 14 10 5 Griffiths Lovell Birtwell (et) Humpries 79.2 5 1 19 11 6 Wilks Dobson Gregory Thompson (f) 78.8 4 2 23 13

Tuesday 18th September 1934 Pennycross, Plymouth Plymouth 31 Belle Vue Aces 22 (National League)

PLYMOUTH Jack Sharp 3 2 3 8 Tiger Hart 2 1 F 3 Bill Clibbett 3 F 1 4 Bert Spencer 2 3 0 5 Frank Pearce 2 3 2 7 Bill Stanley 1 2 1 4 Ted Bravery (Res) DNR

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 0 1 0 1 Frank Charles E EIL 1 1 Joe Abbott XU 1 2 3 Max Grosskreutz 3 3 3 9 Bob Harrison 0 0 2 2 Oliver Langton (Res) DNR

1 Sharp Hart Kitchen Varey 78.8 5 1 5 1 2 Clibbett Spencer (Charles E )(Abbott XU) 78.4 5 0 10 1 3 Grosskreutz Pearce Stanley Harrison 77.4 3 3 13 4 4 Spencer Kitchen Varey (Clibbett F) 77.8 3 3 16 7 5 Pearce Stanley Abbott (Charles EIL) 77.8 5 1 21 8 6 Grosskreutz Sharp Hart Harrison 76.0 3 3 24 11 7 Kitchen Pearce Stanley Varey 77.0 3 3 27 14 8 Sharp Abbott Charles (Hart F) 77.6 3 3 30 17 9 Grosskreutz Harrison Clibbett Spencer 77.8 1 5 31 22

Thursday 20th September 1934 Walthamstow London Walthamstow Wolves 17 Belle Vue Aces 36 (National League)

WALTHAMSTOW Dick Case 2 3 F 5 Wally Hull 1 0 2 3 Squib Burton 2 2 1 5 Dusty Haigh 0 F 0 0 Chun Moore F 1 E 1 Eric Blain 2 0 1 3

BELLE VUE Bill Kitchen 3 3 3 9 Frank Varey 0 1 2 3 Max Grosskreutz 3 3 3 9 Bob Harrison 1 2 1 4 Frank Charles E 2 3 5 .Joe Abbott 3 1 2 6

1 Kitchen Case Hull Varey 68.42 3 3 3 3 2 Grosskreutz Burton Harrison Haigh 71.08 2 4 5 7 3 Abbott Blain (Moore F) (Charles E) 71.70 2 3 7 10 RR 4 Kitchen Burton Varey (Haigh F) 71.28 2 4 9 14 5 Grosskreutz Harrison Moore Blain 73.75 1 5 10 19 6 Case Charles Abbott Hull 69.91 3 3 13 22 7 Kitchen Varey Blain (FRM) (Moore E) 71.89 1 5 14 27 8 Grosskreutz Hull Harrison (Case F) 72.15 2 4 16 31 9 Charles Abbott Burton Haigh 71.00 1 5 17 36

Saturday 22nd September 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 40 Walthamstow Wolves 14 (National League)

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 3 1 3 7 Bill Kitchen 2 3 2 7 Joe Abbott 0 3 3 6 Oliver Langton 1 2 2 5 Frank Charles 3 3 2 8 Bob Harrison 2 2 3 7

WALTHAMSTOW Squib Burton 0 1 0 1 Jack Bibby 1 0 1 2 Chun Moore 2 0 0 2 Wally Hull 3 1 N 4 Dusty Haigh 0 0 1 1 Eric Blain 1 2 0 3 Clem Thomas 1 1

1 Varey Kitchen Bibby Burton 84.6 5 1 5 1 2 Hul lMoore O Langton Abbott 83.4 1 5 6 6 3 Charles Harrison Blain Haigh 82.4 5 1 11 7 4 Abbott O Langton Burton Bibby 82.6 5 1 16 8 5 Charles Harrison Hull Moore 81.4 5 1 21 9 6 Kitchen Blain Varey Haigh 81.8 4 2 25 11 7 Harrison Charles Bibby Burton 85.0 5 1 30 12 8 Varey Kitchen Thomas Moore 89.8 5 1 35 13 9 Abbott O Langton Haigh Blain 88.6 5 1 40 14

Belle Vue 7 Wembley 27 (National League Division Two)

BELLE VUE Acorn Dobson F F F 0 Austin Humphries F 0 Henry Walker 2 2 Syd Plevin 2 3 F 5 Bill Birtwell E E F 0

WEMBLEY Ken Kirkman 3 2 2 7 Jim Millward 2 1 3 6 Les Bowden 3 3 3 9 Arnie Cattell 1 1 2 Jerry Williams 2 2

1 Kirkman Millward (Dobson F) (Hmphries F) 81.4 0 5 0 5 2 Bowden Plevin Cattell (Birtwell E) 82.8 2 4 2 9 3 Plevin Kirkman Cattell (Dobson F) 83.8 3 3 5 12 4 Bowden Walker Millward (Birtwell E) 82.4 2 4 7 16 5 Bowden Williams (Dobson F) (BV E) 83.2 0 5 7 21 6 Millward Kirkman (Birtwell F) (Plevin F) 83.8 0 5 7 26

Thursday 27th September 1934 Empire Stadium, London Wembley Lions 23 Belle Vue Aces 31 (National League)

WEMBLEY Ginger Lees 3 2 2 7 Les Bowden 0 0 N 0 Gordon Byers 0 2 0 2 Lionel Van Praag 1 1 2 4 Wally Kilmister 2 2 3 7 Colin Watson 0 E 2 2 Harry Whitfield 1 1

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 1 R N 1 Bill Kitchen 2 3 XW 5 Frank Charles 2 3 0 5 Joe Abbott 3 1 3 7 Max Grosskreutz 3 3 3 9 Bob Harrison 1 1 1 3 Oliver Langton 1 1

1 Lees Kitchen Varey Bowden 78.2 3 3 3 3 2 Abbott Charles Van Praag Byers 80.4 1 5 4 8 3 Grosskreutz Kilmister Harrison Watson 80.4 2 4 6 12 RR 4 Kitchen Byers Van Praag (Varey R) 80.6 3 3 9 15 5 Charles Kilmister Abbott (EIL) (Watson E) 81.2 2 4 11 19 6 Grosskreutz Lees Harrison Bowden 78.2 2 4 13 23 7 Kilmister Watson Langton Kitchen XW) 79.6 5 1 18 24 8 Abbott Lees Whitfield Charles 79.0 3 3 21 27 9 Grosskreutz Van Praag Harrison Byers 79.6 2 4 23 31

Saturday 29th September 1934 Harringay, London Harringay Tigers 45 Belle Vue Aces 62 (ACU Cup)

HARRINGAY Jack Parker 2 3 3 2 1 11 Charlie Blacklock 1 2 1 2 6 Norman Parker 1 3 2 6 Billy Dallison 3 1 1 1 21 9 Frank Arthur 3 2 1 6 Phil Bishop 1 1 2 1 5 Cliff Parkinson (Res) 2 2

BELLE VUE Joe Abbott 3 2 3 2 2 12 Frank Charles 2 3 2 3 3 13 Max Grosskreutz 3 3 3 3 12 Bob Harrison 2 1 3 Bill Kitchen 2 3 2 1 1 2 11 Oliver Langton 1 1 3 3 3 11

1 Abbott Charles Blacklock 75.6 1 5 1 5 2 Dallison Harrison N Parker 80.4 4 2 5 7 3 Arthur Kitchen Bishop 78.0 4 2 9 9 4 Charles Abbott Dallison 77.6 1 5 10 14 5 Grosskreutz Arthur Bishop 77.2 3 3 13 17 6 Kitchen J Parker O Langton 77.6 2 4 15 21 7 Abbott Charles Arthur 76.6 1 5 16 26 8 J Parker Blacklock O Langton 77.8 5 1 21 27 9 N Parker Kitchen Dallison 77.2 4 2 25 29 10 J Parker Abbott Blacklock 78.6 4 2 29 31 11 Grosskreutz N Parker Dallison 76.0 3 3 32 34 12 O Langton Parkinson Kitchen 80.8 2 4 34 38 13 Charles Dallison No third 79.6 2 3 36 41 14 Grosskreutz Bishop Harrison 76.8 2 4 38 45 15 O Langton J Parker Kitchen 77.0 2 4 40 49 16 Charles Abbott Bishop 75.8 1 5 41 54 17 Grosskreutz Blacklock J Parker 79.2 3 3 44 57 18 O Langton Kitchen Dallison 79.0 1 5 45 62

Saturday 29th September 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester England 52 Australasia 55 (Challenge)

England Tom Farndon 3 2 2 2 1 1 11 Wal Phillips 2 3 5 Ginger Lees 3 2 2 2 3 2 14 Geoff Pymar 1 1 Tommy Croombs 2 3 1 2 3 X 11 Stan Greatrex 3 1 0 1 1 2 8 Dusty Haigh (res) 2 2

Australasia Ron Johnson 2 1 2 5 Bluey Wilkinson 1 3 3 3 1 3 14 Wally KIlmister 2 3 1 2 2 10 Lionel Van Praag 2 1 3 6 Dick Case 1 3 3 3 3 3 16 Wally Little 1 1 1 3 Tiger Lewis (res)

1 Farndon, Johnson, Wilkinson 80.6 3 3 3 3 2 Lees, Kilmister, Pymar 79.6 4 2 7 5 3 Greatrex, Croombs, Case 80.4 5 1 12 6 4 Wilkinson, Lees. Johnson 79.6 2 4 14 10 5 Croombs, Praag, Greatrex 81.6 4 2 18 12 6 Case, Farndon, Little 80.4 2 4 20 16 7 Wilkinson, Johnson, Croombs 80.0 1 5 21 21 8 Kilmister, Farndon, Praag 81.6 2 4 23 25 9 Case, Lees, Little 80.4 2 4 25 29 10 Wilkinson, Farndon (only 2 finishers) 80.6 2 3 27 32 11 Praag, Lees, Kilmister 81.2 2 4 29 36 12 Case, Croombs, Greatrex 81.0 3 3 32 39 13 Lees, Haigh, Wilkinson 79.8 5 1 37 40 14 Croombs, Kilmister, Greatrex 81.6 4 2 41 42 15 Case, Phillips, Farndon 80.6 3 3 44 45 16 Wilkinson, Greatrex, Croombs ex (2 fins) 81.8 2 3 46 48 17 Phillips, Kilmister, Farndon 81.4 4 2 50 50 18 Case, Lees, Little 81.2 2 4 52 54

Saturday 6th October 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 28 New Cross Lambs 26 (National League)

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 0 0 0 0 Bill Kitchen 3 3 2 8 Frank Charles 3 1 3 7 Joe Abbott 1 3 2 6 Max Grosskreutz 3 3 1 7 Bob Harrison 0 0 0 0

NEW CROSS Ron Johnson 1 0 3 4 Joe Francis 2 2 2 6 Tom Farndon 2 2 3 7 George Newton 0 1 1 2 Nobby Key 2 1 1 4 Stan Greatrex 1 2 0 3

1 Kitchen Francis Johnson Varey 83.8 3 3 3 3 2 Charles Farndon Abbott Newton 81.8 4 2 7 5 3 Grosskreutz Key Greatrex Harrison 82.0 3 3 10 8 4 Abbott Francis Charles Johnson 83.4 4 2 14 10 5 Grosskreutz Farndon Newton Harrison 82.4 3 3 17 13 6 Kitchen Greatrex Key Varey 85.4 3 3 20 16 7 Johnson Francis Grosskreutz Harrison 81.4 1 5 21 21 8 Farndon Kitchen Newton Varey 81.6 2 4 23 25 9 Charles Abbott Key Greatrex 81.8 5 1 28 26

British Individual Championship 1 Farndon Grosskreutz 74.4= 2 Grosskreutz Farndon 75.0 3 Grosskreutz Farndon 75.2

Saturday 13th October 1934 Belle Vue, Manchester The Champions 42 The Rest 64 (Challenge)

THE CHAMPIONS Frank Varey 0 0 0 0 R 0 0 Joe Abbott N 3 2 N N N 5 Bill Kitchen 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Oliver Langton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Max Grosskreutz 3 1 R 3 1 3 11 Bob Harrison 2 0 R 1 2 0 5 Acorn Dobson 1 1 R 1 3

THE REST Tom Farndon 3 2 3 3 2 2 15 Tommy Croombs 2 1 2 2 1 1 9 Ginger Lees 2 3 1 1 3 2 12 Dicky Case 1 2 3 2 0 3 11 Bluey Wilkinson 0 2 2 2 3 2 11 Harry Whitfield 1 1 1 0 2 1 6 Arthur Atkinson DNR

1 Farndon, Croombs, Dobson, Varey 77.8 1 5 1 5 2 Kitchen, Lees, Case, Langton 78.8 3 3 4 8 3 Grosskreutz, Harrison, Whitfield, Wilkinson 82.4 5 1 9 9 4 Kitchen, Farndon, Crooms, Langton 78.8 3 3 12 12 5 Lees, Case, Grosskreutz, Harrison 79.6 1 5 13 17 6 Abbott, Wilkinson, Whitfield, Varey 81.0 3 3 16 20 7 Farndon, Croombs, (Grosskreutz R), ( Harrisn R) 82.2 0 5 16 25 8 Case, Abbott, Lees, Varey 81.0 2 4 18 29 9 Kitchen, Wilkinson, Whitfield, Langton 81.2 3 3 21 32 10 Farndon, Croombs, Dobson, Varey 83.6 1 5 22 37 11 Kitchen, Case, Lees, Langton 82.6 3 3 25 40 12 Grosskreutz, Wilkinson, Harrison, Whitfield 84.0 4 2 29 42 13 Kitchen, Farndon, Croombs, Langton 82.0 3 3 32 45 14 Lees, Harrison, Grosskreutz, Case 82.8 3 3 35 48 15 Wilkinson, Whitfield, (Varey R), (Dobson R) 83.0 0 5 35 53 16 Grosskreutz, Farndon, Crooms, Harrison 81.4 3 3 38 56 17 Case, Lees, Dobson, Varey 85.4 1 5 39 61 18 Kitchen, Wilkinson, Whitfield Langton 83.8 3 3 42 64

Monday 15th October 1934 Wimbledon, London Belle Vue Aces 56 West Ham Hammers 51 (ACU Cup Final)

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 0 1 1 2 1 0 5 Bill Kitchen 2 3 0 3 3 3 14 Joe Abbott 3 1 3 3 3 2 15 Oliver Langton 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 Max Grosskreutz 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Bob Harrison 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 Bill Birtwell DNR Acorn Dobson DNR

WEST HAM Tiger Stevenson 1 3 1 0 2 1 8 Tommy Croombs 3 2 2 1 1 3 12 Bluey Wilkinson 1 0 3 2 0 2 8 Jack “Broncho’ Dixon 2 2 2 1 0 7 Arthur Atkinson 2 0 2 2 XW 6 Stan Dell 1 2 1 1 F 1 6 Arthur Warwick 2 2 4 Eric Gregory DNR

1 Croombs Kitchen Stevenson, Varey 74.3 2 4 2 4 2 Abbott Dixon Wilkinson, OLangton 75.2 3 3 5 7 3 Grosskreutz Atkinson Dell, Harrison 74.8 3 3 8 10 4 Stevenson Croombs Abbott OLangton 75.2 1 5 9 15 5 Grosskreutz Dixon Harrison Wilkinson 74.8 4 2 13 17 6 Kitchen Dell Varey Atkinson 76.0 4 2 17 19 7 Grosskreutz Croombs Stevenson Harrison 74.6 3 3 20 22 8 Wilkinson Dixon Varey Kitchen 75.6 1 5 21 27 9 Abbott Atkinson Dell OLangton 76.0 3 3 24 30 10 Kitchen Varey Croombs Stevenson 74.8 5 1 29 31 11 Abbott Wilkinson Dixon OLangton 74.0 3 3 32 34 12 Grosskreutz Atkinson Dell Harrison 75.2 3 3 35 37 13 Kitchen Warwick Varey Wilkinson 75.0 4 2 39 39 14 Abbott Langton (Atknson XW) (Dell F) 77.2 5 0 44 39 15 Grosskreutz Stevenson Croombs Harrison 76.6 3 3 47 42 16 Kitchen Warwick Dell Varey 76.6 3 3 50 45 17 Croombs Abbott Stevenson OLangton 76.0 2 4 52 49 18 Grosskreutz Wilkinson Harrison Dixon 74.2 4 2 56 51

Tuesday 16th October 1934 West Ham, London West Ham Hammers 38 Belle Vue Aces 19 (National League) DH

WEST HAM Tiger Stevenson 3 2 2 7 Tommy Croombs 2 3 1 6 Bluey Wilkinson 2 3 3 8 Jack Dixon 1 2 1 4 Arthur Atkinson 2 2 2 6 Stan Dell 0 1 3 4 Eric Gregory DNR

BELLE VUE Frank Varey 0 1 0 1 Oliver Langton 1 0 1 2 Bill Kitchen 3 3 3 9 Acorn Dobson 0 N 0 0 Max Grosskreutz 3 F 2 5 Bob Harrison 1 1 0 2 Joe Abbott 0 0

1 Stevenson Croombs O Langton Varey 42.06 5 1 5 1 2 Kitchen Wilkinson Dixon Dobson 42.65 3 3 8 4 3 Grosskreutz Atkinson Harrison Dell 40.55 2 4 10 8 4 Wilkinson Dixon Varey O Langton 41.40 5 1 15 9 5 Kitchen Atkinson Dell Abbott 41.57 3 3 18 12 6 CroombsS tevenson Harrison (Grosskrtz F) 42.06 5 1 23 13 7 Dell Atkinson O Langton Varey 41.10 5 1 28 14 8 Kitchen Stevenson Croombs Dobson 42.65 3 3 31 17 9 Wilkinson Grosskreutz Dixon Harrison 42.45 4 2 35 19