Belle Vue 1956

Thanks to Barry Stephenson

Updated 7.7.2019

Saturday 31st March 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 45 39 (Challenge)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 2 3 3 0 8 Peter Williams 1’ 1 2’ 2 6 2 2 3 3 3 11 Fred Rogers 1’ 3 0 2’ 6 2 Dick Fisher 3 2 3 2 10 Bob Duckworth 1 0 F 0 1 Slant Payling 0 1 1 Tink Maynard 1 1 2

Wembley Tommy Price 3 2 2 1 8 Freddie Williams 0 3 1’ 3 7 1 Brian Crutcher 3 2 3 3 11 Jimmy Gooch 0 1 2 1 4 Split Waterman 0 2 0 0 2 Eric French 2 2’ 1 1 6 1 Mike Broadbanks 0 F 0 Ken Adams 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Price, Sharples, P.Williams, F.Williams 72.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Crutcher, Craven, Rogers, Gooch 72.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Johnston, French, Duckworth, Waterman 73.2 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Craven, Crutcher, Adams, Payling 72.8 3 3 13 11 Ht5 F.Williams, French, P.Williams, Duckworth 74.2 1 5 14 16 Ht6 Rogers, Price, Fisher, Broadbanks 73.4 4 2 18 18 Ht7 Crutcher, Fisher, Gooch, Duckworth (f) 74.2 2 4 20 22 Ht8 Sharples, Waterman, Maynard, Adams 75.4 4 2 24 24 Ht9 Craven, Price, F.Williams, Rogers (ef) 74.4 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Fisher, Gooch, Payling, Broadbanks (ef) 73.8 4 2 31 29 Ht11 Sharples, P.Williams, French, Waterman 75.2 5 1 36 30 Ht12 F.Williams, Fisher, Price, Duckworth 75.8 2 4 38 34 Ht13 Craven, Rogers, French, Waterman 74.8 5 1 43 35 Ht14 Crutcher, P.Williams, Gooch, Sharples 74.6 2 4 45 39

Easter Egg Scramble 3 laps Ht1 Duckworth, Sharples, F.Williams, Waterman 56.2 Ht2 Craven, Price, P.Williams, Gooch (ef) 56.4 Ht3 Crutcher, Rogers, French, Webster 56.4

Come Again Scurry Ht1 Johnson, Broadbanks, Payling, Fisher 77.6 Ht2 Maynard, Adams, Johnson, B.Craven 76.0

Bubble Bounce Dennis Jenkins (60), Lou Grepp (60), Sandy Sandall (scr), Jack Kitchen (30)(frmtd), Chuck Pearson (scr) (f) 81.2

Speed Car Special Ht1 Howell (10), Brown (10), Bruce Blood (scr), Wilf Johnston (scr) (crashed), Fred Butterworth (10) (crashed) 82.2 Ht2 Dick Mountfield (10), Bottomley (scr), Howell (scr), [Parker (scr), Beardsall (10) 82.2

Monday 2nd April 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 53 Odsal Tudors 30 (Cock of the North Trophy)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 3 3 3 2 11 Peter Williams 1 1 1 1’ 4 1 Peter Craven 3 2 2 3 10 Fred Rogers 1 3 1’ 2’ 7 2 Dick Fisher 3 1 2 3 9 Bob Duckworth 1 3 3 2’ 9 1 Tink Maynard 1 1 2 Slant Payling F 1’ 1 1

Odsal Ron Clarke 2 2 0 4 Eddie Rigg 0 0 3 1 4 Arthur Forrest 2 3 2 3 10 Al Allison 0 0 0 0 Arthur Wright 0 2 2 1 5 Guy Allott 2 2 0 0 4 Nigel Boocock 0 3 0 3 Des Haswell E F E 0

Ht1 Sharples, Clarke, Williams, Rigg 73.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Craven, Forrest, Rogers, Allison 73.2 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Fisher, Allott, Duckworth, Wright 72.4 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Forrest, Craven, Payling (f), Haswell (ef) 73.6 2 3 14 9 Ht5 Duckworth, Allott, Williams, Rigg 74.2 4 2 18 11 Ht6 Rogers, Clarke, Maynard, Boocock 76.2 4 2 22 13 Ht7 Duckworth, Forrest, Fisher, Allison 74.8 4 2 26 15 Ht8 Sharples, Wright, Maynard, Haswell (f) 75.2 4 2 30 17 Ht9 Rigg, Craven, Rogers, Clarke 75.4 3 3 33 20 Ht10 Boocock, Fisher, Payling, Allison 77.2 3 3 36 23 Ht11 Sharples, Wright, Williams, Allott 76.4 4 2 40 25 Ht12 Fisher, Duckworth, Rigg, Boocock 75.6 5 1 45 26 Ht13 Craven, Rogers, Wright, Allott 76.8 5 1 50 27 Ht14 Forrest, Sharples, Williams, Haswell 75.2 3 3 53 30

Ilkley Moor Scurry 3laps Ht1 Sharples, Wright, Rogers, Clarke 57.6 Ht2 Forrest, Fisher, Duckworth, Alf Webster 56.8 Ht3 Rigg, Craven, Williams, Allison 57.4

Pennines Scurry Ht1 Maynard, Johnson, Boocock, Webster 76.2 Ht2 Johnson, Maynard, B.Craven, Haswell 78.4

Bubble Bounce Hrepp (50), Jenkins (60), Kitchen (30), Sandall (scr), L.McHugh (scr) 80.8

Saturday 7th April 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 45 Wimbledon Dons 39 (Challenge)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 2 3 3 E 8 Peter Williams 0 0 2’ 2 4 1 Peter Craven X 3 3 3 9 Fred Rogers 1 2 0 0 3 Bob Duckworth 2’ 0 3 1’ 4 2 Dick Fisher 3 3 3 2 11 Tink Maynard 1 2 3 Slant Payling 1 F 1

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 3 3 2 3 11 Peter Moore 1 1’ 1 3 1 3 2 2 2 3 12 Cyril Maidment 2’ 1 2 1 6 1 Ron How 0 E E 0 Alf Hagon 1 2 1 1’ 5 1 Tommy Sweetman F 1’ 1 1 Cyril Brine 0 1 1

Ht1 R.Moore, Sharples, P.Moore, Williams 71.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Briggs, Maidment, Rogers (efPush), Craven (extps) 76.2 1 5 3 9 Ht3 Fisher, Duckworth, Hagon, How 72.6 5 1 8 10 Ht4 Craven, Briggs, Payling, Brine 73.4 4 2 12 12 Ht5 Fisher, Hagon, P.Moore, Williams 75.2 3 3 15 15 Ht6 R.Moore, Rogers, Maynard, Sweetman 77.0 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Fisher, Briggs, Maidment, Duckworth 75.8 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Sharples, Maynard, Brine, How (ef) 76.8 5 1 26 22 Ht9 Craven, R.Moore, P.Moore, Rogers 74.6 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Duckworth, Maidment, Sweetman, Payling (exc)76.2 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Sharples, Williams, Hagon, How (ef) 77.0 5 1 37 29 Ht12 R.Moore, Fisher, Duckworth, P.Moore 76.0 3 3 40 32 Ht13 Craven, Briggs, Hagon, Rogers 76.2 3 3 43 35 Ht14 Briggs, Williams, Maidment, Sharples (ef) 76.6 2 4 45 39

Big Bobs Flurry 3 laps Ht1 Fisher, Johnson, P.Moore, Sharples 57.6 Ht2 Craven, Briggs, Rogers, Hagon 57.6 Ht3 Duckworth, Maidment, Williams, B.Craven 58.2

Bolton Scurry Ht1 Johnson, Maynard, Grepp, Sweetman 78.6 Ht2 B.Craven, Johnson, Webster, Jenkins 78.6

Bubble Bounce Kitchen (10), Robinson (40), McHugh (scr), Jenkins (60), Pearson (scr) 83.0

Saturday 14th April 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 57 Poole Pirates 27 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 2 2 3 1’ 8 1 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 12 Peter Williams 1’ 1 1 2 5 1 Fred Rogers 2’ 2’ 1 2’ 7 3 Bob Duckworth 2’ 3 1 1 7 1 Dick Fisher 3 1’ 3 3 10 1 Tink Maynard 2 3 5 Frank Johnson 1’ 2’ 3 2

Poole Ken Middleditch 3 3 2 2* 0 10 Cyril Roger 1 F 1 2 4 Bill Holden 0 0 0 Allan Kidd 0 2 0 3 5 Jack Biggs 1 2 E* E 1 4 Bert Roger 0 2 0 0 2 Terry Small 3 0 3 6 Jimmy Squibb F 1 1

Ht1 Middleditch, Sharples, Williams, Holden 72.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Craven, Rogers, C.Roger, Kidd 74.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Fisher, Duckworth, Biggs, B.Roger 73.2 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Small, Maynard, Johnson, Squibb (frmtd) 73.2 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Craven, Kidd, Williams, C.Roger 74.0 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Middleditch, Sharples, Fisher, Small 73.6 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Duckworth, Biggs, Williams, Holden 73.8 4 2 27 15 Ht8 Craven, Johnson, Squibb, B.Roger 76.4 5 1 32 16 Ht9 Sharples, Rogers, C.Roger, Kidd 74.6 5 1 37 17 Ht10 Fisher, Middleditch, Duckworth, Biggs* (ef) 73.6 4 2 41 19 Ht11 Small, Williams, Sharples, Biggs (ef) 74.4 3 3 44 22 Ht12 Maynard, Middleditch*, Rogers, B.Roger 74.2 4 2 48 24 Ht13 Fisher, C.Roger, Duckworth, Small 75.0 4 2 52 26 Ht14 Craven, Rogers, Biggs, Middleditch 73.1 5 1 57 27

Pirates 3 Lap Dash Ht1 Fisher, Sharples, Biggs, Kidd 56.2 Ht2 Duckworth, Rogers, B.Roger, B.Craven 55.8 Ht3 P.Craven, Williams, Middleditch, C.Roger 56.2

By-Pass Scurry Maynard, Johnson, Payling, Squibb 76.0

Bubble Bounce L.McHugh (scr), Kitchen (30), Robinson (40), Sandy Sandall (scr), B.Edwards (40) 81.0

Encourage Stakes Small, B.Craven, Payling, Grepp 77.0

Monday 16th April 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, Wimbledon Dons 49 Belle Vue Aces 35 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 12 Ron How 2’ 2 3 3 10 1 Peter Moore 2 0 3 2’ 7 1 Alf Hagon 0 1 2 F 3 Barry Briggs 2 2’ 3 3 10 1 Cyril Maidment 1’ 1 1 0 3 1 Cyril Brine 3 1’ 4 1 Gil Goldfinch F 0 0

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 1 2 1’*2 2 8 1 Peter Craven 3 3 2 3* 1’ 12 1 Peter Williams 0 F 0 0 Fred Rogers 1 1 0 2 4 Bob Duckworth 3 1 1 1’ 6 1 Dick Fisher 0 0 2 0 2 Tink Maynard 2 0 2 Frank Johnson 1’ 1 1

Ht1 R.Moore, P.Moore, Sharples, Williams 67.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Craven, How, Rogers, Hagon 63.4 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Duckworth, Briggs, Maidment, Fisher 66.2 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Brine, Maynard, Johnston, Goldfinch (f) 67.8 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Craven, How, Rogers, P.Moore 64.8 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Moore, Sharples, Maidment, Fisher 66.0 4 2 19 17 Ht7 P.Moore, Briggs, Duckworth, Williams (fexc) 65.2 5 1 24 18 Ht8 How, Fisher, Sharples*, Goldfinch 66.0 3 3 27 21 Ht9 R.Moore, Craven, Hagon, Rogers 65.2 4 2 31 23 Ht10 Briggs, Sharples, Maidment, Williams 65.4 4 2 35 25 Ht11 R.Moore, P.Moore. Duckworth, Maynard 66.8 5 1 40 26 Ht12 Craven*, Hagon, Brine, Fisher 65.6 3 3 43 29 Ht13 Briggs, Rogers, Craven, Maidment 64.4 3 3 46 32 Ht14 How, Sharples, Duckworth, Hagon (f) 66.8 3 3 49 35

Saturday 21st April 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 45 Belle Vue Aces 39 (National League Division One)

Birmingham Alan Hunt 1 3 1 1’ 6 1 Ron Mountford 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Eric Boothroyd 3 2’ 2 2 9 1 Doug Davies 3 3 3 3 12 Jim Tolley 0 E 1 1 Neil Mortimer 1 0 0 0 1 Harry Bastable 3 1 0 4 Arthur Duncan 2’ 0 2 1

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 2 1’ 2 3* 0 8 2 Peter Craven 1 1 2 2’ 6 1 Dick Fisher 0 1 3 1’ 5 1 Fred Rogers 0 0 0 0 Ron Johnston 3 3 3 1 10 Bob Duckworth 2’ 2 2 2 8 1 Peter Williams 1 0 1 Tink Maynard 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Boothroyd, Sharples, Hunt, Fisher 72.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Mountford, Davies, Craven Rogers 73.2 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Johnston, Duckworth, Mortimer, Tolley 76.0 1 5 10 8 Ht4 Bastable, Duncan, Williams, Maynard 74.8 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Mountford, Boothroyd, Craven, Rogers 72.0 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Hunt, Duckworth, Sharples, Mortimer 73.8 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Johnston, Boothroyd, Fisher, Tolley (ef) 73.6 2 4 25 17 Ht8 Mountford, Duckworth, Maynard, Duncan 72.6 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Davies, Craven, Hunt, Rogers (ef) 74.6 4 2 32 22 Ht10 Fisher, Sharples, Bastable, Mortimer 74.6 1 5 33 27 Ht11 Johnston, Boothroyd, Hunt, Williams, 74.4 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Davies, Duckworth, Fisher, Bastable 74.2 3 3 39 33 Ht13 Sharples*, Craven, Tolley, Mortimer 75.4 1 5 40 38 Ht14 Mountford, Davies, Johnston, Sharples 74.0 5 1 45 39

Saturday 21st April 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Speed Car Cup

Bubble Bouncers Slant Payling 1 3 0 4 Bert Edwards 0 0 1 1 Brian Craven 0 0 3 3 Lew Grepp 1 1 2’ 4 1 Tony Robinson 3 0 1 4 Jack Kitchen 2’ 1 0 3 1 Bob McHugh DNR Ted Connor DNR

The Rest Frank Johnston 2’ 2’ 2’ 6 3 Bob Fletcher 3 3 3 9 Alf Webster 3 3 3 9 Dennis Jenkins 2’ 2’ 2’ 6 3 Ricky Smith 0 1’ 0 1 1 Bill Davis 1 2 1 4 Sandy Sandall DNR Chuck Pearson DNR

Ht1 Fletcher, Johnson, Payling, Edwards 74.8 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Webster, Jenkins, Grepp, Craven 76.2 1 5 2 10 Ht3 Robinson, Kitchen, Davis, Smith 78.4 5 1 7 11 Ht4 Fletcher, Johnson, Grepp, Craven 76.8 1 5 8 16 Ht5 Webster, Jenkins, Kitchen, Robinson 76.6 1 5 9 21 Ht6 Payling, Davis, Smith, Edwards 76.0 3 3 12 24 Ht7 Fletcher, Johnson, Robinson, Kitchen 78.0 1 5 13 29 Ht8 Webster, Jenkins, Edwards, Payling 77.8 1 5 14 34 Ht9 Craven, Grepp, Davis, Smith 75.6 5 1 19 35

Speed Car Cup Ht1 Ted Howell, Wilf Harrison, Bob Parker, [Bruce Blood, Doc Garth, Wilf Johnston 80.8 Ht2 Albert Brown, Jack Bottomley, Stan Beardsall, [ Dick Mountfield, Johnny O’Neill, Davy Crockett 82.0 Ht3 Parker, Harrison, [ Frank Butterworth (nf), Howell (nf), Blood (nf) 81.6 Ht4 Garth, Bottomley, Brown, [ Beardsall, Johnston, Mountfield 87.8 Ht5 Parker, Howell, [ O’Neill (nf), Butter worth (nf), Crockett (nf) 85.0 Ht6 Garth, Johnston, Blood, [ Harrison, Brown, Bottomley 80.2 Ht7 Beardsall, Crockett, Butterworth, [ O’Neil, Mountfield ? Ht8 Bottomley, Parker, [ Harrison, Blood, Garth, Johnston 80.8 Ht9 Mountfield, Bottomley, Beardsall, [ Brown, O’Neil Crockett 81.0

Lap Record Attempt Bottomley 78.0

Sidecar Trio Geoff Baker, Arthur Candlin, Bill Evans 87.8

Sidecar Quartet Geoff Lucy, Vic Artus, Harold Hill, John Lidgate 90.2

Sidecar Handicap Ht1 [ As below 78.2 Ht2 Evans (scr), Hill (30), Candlin (scr), [ Lidgate (10), Artus (30), Baker (60) 87.2

Dirt Track Trial Derek Warburton, [ Peter Milward, Frank Wallworth, M.Bannister, W.Davis 93.2

Monday 23rd April 1956 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates 49 Belle Vue Aces 32 (National League Division One)

Poole Ken Middleditch 2 2’ 2 3 9 1 Allan Kidd E E 0 Jimmy Squibb 1’ 3 2’ 2’ 8 3 Terry Small 1 1’ 0 3 5 1 Jack Biggs 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Holden 1 3 2’ 0 6 1 Cyril Roger 3 3 3 9 Bert Roger E 0 E 0

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 3 1 1 1’* 2 8 1 Peter Craven 3 F 3 2 8 Peter Williams 0 0 0 2 2 Fred Rogers 2’ F 2 1 Bob Duckworth 2 1 1 1’ 5 1 Dick Fisher 0 0 1’ 1’ 2 2 Tink Maynard 1’ 0 1 1 Frank Johnson 2 2 0 4

Ht1 Sharples, Middleditch, Squibb, Williams 71.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Craven, Rogers, Small, Kidd (ef) 73.6 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Biggs, Duckworth, Holden, Fisher 72.0 4 2 8 10 Ht4 C.Roger, Johnson, Maynard, B.Roger 73.6 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Squibb, Kidd (ef), Craven (f), Rogers (f) 73.2 3 0 14 13 Ht6 Holden, Middleditch, Sharples, Fisher 72.4 5 1 19 14 Ht7 Biggs, Squibb, Duckworth, Williams 72.6 5 1 24 15 Ht8 C.Roger, Johnson, Fisher, B.Roger 74.2 3 3 27 18 Ht9 Craven, Middleditch, Small, Johnson 72.2 3 3 30 21 Ht10 Biggs, Holden, Sharples, Williams 72.6 5 1 35 22 Ht11 Middleditch, Squibb, Duckworth, Maynard 73.6 5 1 40 23 Ht12 C.Roger, Williams, Fisher, Small 72.6 3 3 43 26 Ht13 Biggs, Craven, Sharples*, Holden 72.2 3 3 46 29 Ht14 Small, Sharples, Duckworth, B.Roger 72.2 3 3 49 32

Tuesday 23rd April 1956 Bannister Court, Southampton Southampton Saints 51 Belle Vue Aces 45 (Inter Divisional League)

Johnny Hole 0 0 1*0 1 1 4 Frank Johnson 2 2 1*0 0 5 1 5 Dick Bradley 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 5 Peter Williams 1*2 1*2 1*2 9 3 6 Ernie Rawlins 3 2 3 1*1* 10 2 5 Peter Craven 2 1*3 2 2 10 1 5 Maury Mattingley 1 1*0 2 3 7 1 5 Tink Maynard 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 Brian Hanham 3 3 2 0 2 10 0 5 Dick Fisher 1*0 0 1*1* 3 3 5 Charlie May 0 0 0 3 3 0 4 Bob Duckworth 2 3 2 3 3 3 16 0 6 Alby Golden 1 1 1*2 5 1 4 Cliff Cox 0 0 0 1

1 Dick Bradley, Frank Johnson, Peter Williams, Johnny Hole 70.2 3 – 3 3 – 3 2 Ernie Rawlins, Peter Craven, Maury Mattingley, Tink Maynard 69.8 4 – 2 7 – 5 3 Brian Hanham, Bob Duckworth, Dick Fisher, Charlie May 70 3 – 3 10 – 8 4 Dick Bradley, Peter Williams, Alby Golden, Cliff Cox 70.8 4 – 2 14 – 10 5 Bob Duckworth, Ernie Rawlins, Maury Mattingley, Dick Fisher 69.6 3 – 3 17 – 13 6 Dick Bradley, Tink Maynard, Peter Craven, Johnny Hole 70.2 3 – 3 20 – 16 7 Brian Hanham, Frank Johnson, Peter Williams, Charlie May 71 3 – 3 23 – 19 8 Dick Bradley, Bob Duckworth, Alby Golden, Dick Fisher 69.8 4 – 2 27 – 21 9 Peter Craven, Brian Hanham, Alby Golden, Tink Maynard 69.2 3 – 3 30 – 24 10 Ernie Rawlins, Peter Williams, Frank Johnson, Maury Mattingley 70.4 3 – 3 33 – 27 11 Bob Duckworth, Maury Mattingley, Johnny Hole, Frank Johnson 69 3 – 3 36 – 30 12 Dick Bradley, Peter Craven, Dick Fisher, Brian Hanham 69.2 3 – 3 39 – 33 13 Bob Duckworth, Alby Golden, Ernie Rawlins, Tink Maynard 68.8 3 – 3 42 – 36 14 Maury Mattingley, Peter Craven, Peter Williams, Charlie May 68.8 3 – 3 45 – 39 15 Bob Duckworth, Brian Hanham, Ernie Rawlins, Frank Johnson 68 3 – 3 48 – 42 16 Charlie May, Peter Williams, Dick Fisher, Johnny Hole(ef) 68.6 3 – 3 51 – 45

Saturday 28th April 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 47 Wimbledon Dons 36 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 1 2 E E 3 Ron Johnston 3 2’ 2 2 9 1 Dick Fisher 0 3 3 3 9 Bob Duckworth 2’ 2 2’ 0 6 2 Peter Craven 3 0 2 3 8 Peter Williams 1 1’ 0 2’ 4 2 Frank Johnson 3 3 6 Tink Maynard 1’ 1’ 2 2

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 2’ 3 3* 3 3 14 1 Ron How 1 X E 0 1 Peter Moore 3 1’ 1 1 6 1 Alf Hagon 0 1 1 2 Barry Briggs 2 2 3* 2 1 10 Cyril Maidment 0 0 0 0 Cyril Brine 2 1’ 3 1 Gil Goldfinch F 0 0

Ht1 P.Moore, R.Moore, Sharples, Fisher 73.8 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Johnston, Duckworth, How, Hagon 75.4 5 1 6 6 Ht3 Craven, Briggs, Williams, Maidment 73.0 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Johnson, Brine, Maynard, Goldfinch (f) 75.8 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Fisher, Johnston, Hagon, How (exc) 74.0 5 1 19 11 Ht6 R.Moore, Sharples, Williams, Maidment 73.4 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Fisher, Briggs, P.Moore, Craven 73.4 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Moore*, Johnson, Maynard, Goldfinch 73.2 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Briggs*, Duckworth, How (ef), Sharples (ef) 74.6 2 3 30 23 Ht10 R.Moore, Craven, P.Moore, Williams 74.0 2 4 32 27 Ht11 Fisher, Briggs, Brine, Sharples (ef) 74.4 3 3 35 30 Ht12 Johnson, Duckworth, P.Moore, Maidment 75.6 5 1 40 31 Ht13 Craven, Williams, Hagon, How 76.2 5 1 45 32 Ht14 R.Moore, Johnston, Briggs, Duckworth 74.4 2 4 47 36

Crazy House Scratch Race Ht1 Duckworth, Johnston, Sharples, P.Moore 75.0 Ht2 Williams, Briggs, Maidment, R.Moore (ef) 75.6 Ht3 Craven, Fisher, Webster, Hagon 75.6

Reserves Flutter Maynard, Brine, Johnson, Jenkins 76.8

Hurry-Up Handicap Payling (10), Webster (?), Grepp (scr), B.Craven (15), Kitchen (scr) 76.6

Speed Car Special Ht1 Garth, Howell, Blood, Brown, 80.6 Ht2 Bottomley, Wilf Johnston, Parker, [ Crockett, O’Neil, Mountfield 82.0

Golden Helmet Match Race Championship Ht1 Peter Craven bt Ronnie Moore 71.0 Ht2 Peter Craven bt Ronnie Moore 72.2

Saturday 5th May 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 49 Poland 47 (Challenge)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 3 0 2 1 0 6 Peter Williams 0 1 3 0 2’ 2’* 8 2 Peter Craven 3 2 3 3 3 14 Frank Johnson 1’ 1’ 0 F 2 2 Bob Duckworth 1’ 2 2 3 1 9 1 Dick Fisher 2 E 0 3 3 8 Tink Maynard 0 2’ 2 1

Poland Edward Kupczynski 2 3 2 2’ 0 9 1 Teo Teodorwicz 1’ 3 1 1 1’ 1’ 7 3 Mieczysaw Poulkard 2 2 3 1 1 9 Florian Kapala F 1’ 1 1 2 5 1 Marian Kaiser E 0 3 0 2 5 Wlodzimieraz Szwendroski 3 3 1 3 0 10 Eugene Mazimek 2’ 0 2 1

Ht1 Sharples, Kupczynski, Teodorwicz, Williams 75.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Craven, Poulkard, Johnson, Kapala (f) 75.4 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Szwendroski, Fisher, Duckworth, Kaiser (ef) 75.0 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Teodorwicz, Nazimek, Williams, Maynard 76.4 1 5 11 13 Ht5 Szwendroski, Craven Johnson, Kaiser 76.0 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Williams, Poulkard, Kapala, Sharples 76.2 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Kupczynski, Duckworth, Teodorowicz, Fisher (ef)76.0 2 4 19 23 Ht8 Kaiser, Sharples, Szwendroski, Williams 75.4 2 4 21 27 Ht9 Poulkard, Duckworth, Kapala, Fisher 75.8 2 4 23 31 Ht10 Craven, Kupczynski, Teodorowicz, Johnson 74.8 3 3 26 34 Ht11 Szwendroski, Kupczynski, Sharrples, Johson (fexc) 76.2 1 5 27 39 Ht12 Duckworth, Williams, Poulkard, Kaiser 75.8 5 1 32 40 Ht13 Craven, Williams,*, Kapala, Szwendroski 74.6 5 1 37 41 Ht14 Fisher, Maynard, Poulkard, Nazimek 75.6 5 1 42 42 Ht15 Craven, Kapala, Duckworth, Kupczynski 76.6 4 2 46 44 Ht16 Fisher, Kaiser, Teodorwicz, Sharples 75.4 3 3 49 47

Reserves Flutter B.Craven, Payling, Webster, Johnson 75.8

Speed Car Handicap Ht1 Blood (scr), Howell (scr), Brown (scr), Garth (100), Parker (70) (ef), Bottomley (100) (ef) 80.0 Ht2 Howell, Garth, Bottomley, Blood, [Brown , Parker 81.8

Bubble Bounce Kitchen (15), B.Craven (40), Grepp (15), Payling (40), Bob McHugh (scr) (f) 79.8

Saturday 12th May 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Individual Championship

Ken Sharples 2 1 2 1 E 6 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 15 Wlodzimieraz Szwendroski 1 1 0 2 Split Waterman 0 3 1 3 F 7 Bob Duckworth 0 0 E 2 1 3 Peter Williams 2 E 3 2 1 8 Teo Teodorowicz 3 0 3 3 2 11 Edward Kupczynski 1 0 1 1 1 4 Fred Rogers 2 2 3 1 0 8 Florian Kapala E 2 0 1 2 5 Marian Kaiser 3 3 0 2 3 11 Frank Johnson 1 2 2 2 0 7 Dick Fisher 0 3 2 0 3 8 Mieczysaw Poulkard 3 1 2 0 2 8 Eugene Nazimek 1 2 1 0 3 7 Tommy Price 2 1 1 3 1 8 Tink Maynard (res) 0 2 2

Ht1 Craven, Sharples, Szwendroski, Waterman 72.8 Ht2 Teodorowicz, Williams, Kupczynski, Duckworth 75.0 Ht3 Kaiser, Roger, Johnson, Kapala (ef) 75.6 Ht4 Poulkard, Price, Nazimek, Fisher 75.6 Ht5 Fisher, Rogers, Sharples, Duckworth 75.4 Ht6 Craven, Kapala, Poulkard, Williams (ef) 74.6 Ht7 Kaier, Nazimek, Szwendroski, Teodorowicz 74.4 Ht8 Waterman, Johnson, Price, Kupczynski 75.6 Ht9 Williams, Sharples, Price, Kaiser 76.0 Ht10 Cravem Johnson, Nazimek, Duckworth (ef) 76.2 Ht11 Rogers, Poulkard, Kupczynski, Szwendroski 74.8 Ht12 Teodorowicz, Fisher, Waterman, Kapala 76.8 Ht13 Teodorowicz, Johnson, Sharples, Poulkard 77.2 Ht14 Craven, Kaizer, Kupczynski, Fisher 75.8 Ht15 Price, Duckworth, Kapala, Maynard 76.2 Ht16 Waterman, Williams, Rogers, Nazimek 77.4 Ht17 Nazimek, Kapala, Kupczynski, Sharples (ef) 78.0 Ht18 Craven, Teodorowicz, Price, Rogers 76.8 Ht19 Fisher, Maynard, Williams, Johnson 77.2 Ht20 Kaiser, Poulkard, Duckworth, Waterman (f) 76.2

Saturday 19th May 1956 Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich Stars 53 Belle Vue Aces 30 (National League Division One)

NORWICH Aub Lawson 3 3 3 3 12 3 3 3 3 12 Geoff Pymar 2’ 0 1 1 4 1 Phil Clarke 1 0 1 1 3 Billy Bales 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Reg Trott 3 1 1 0 5 Fred Brand 3 0 3 Harry Edwards 2’ 1 3 1 BELLE VUE Frank Johnson 0 0 0 Peter Craven 2 1’ 2 2 7 1 Peter Williams 0 0 2 3 0 5 Fred Rogers 0 2 1’ 1’ 4 2 Bob Duckworth 0 2 2 2 6 Dick Fisher 1 2 2 2’ 7 1 Dennis Jenkins 0 0 0 Tink Maynard 1 0 0 1

1 Lawson, Pymar, (Johnson [ex] & Williams [f]), 75.6 5 0 2 Fundin, Craven, Clarke, Rogers, 72.2 9 2 3 Trott, Bales, Fisher, Duckworth, 75.0 14 3 4 Brand, Edwards, Maynard, Jenkins, 74.6 19 4 5 Fundin, Rogers, Craven, Pymar, 72.8 22 7 6 Lawson, Fisher, Trott, Johnson, 74.8 26 9 7 Bales, Duckworth, Pymar, Williams, 76.0 30 11 8 Fundin, Fisher, Edwards, Maynard, 74.0 34 13 9 Lawson, Craven, Rogers, Clarke, 75.0 37 16 10 Bales, Williams, Trott, Maynard, 74.8 41 18 11 Lawson, Duckworth, Pymar, Jenkins, 75.2 45 20 12 Williams, Fisher, Clarke, Brand, 75.6 46 25 13 Bales, Craven, Rogers, Trott, 75.0 49 28 14 Fundin, Duckworth, Clarke, Williams, 75.4 53 30

Saturday 19th May 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Reserves 35 Southern Area League 19 (Challenge)

Belle Vue Slant Payling 3 2’ 3 8 1 Alf Webster 1 3 2’ 6 1 Brian Craven 2 3 3 8 Jack Kitchen 1’ 0 1 2 1 Bob Fletcher 2 3 3 8 Lew Grepp 1’ 2’ 0 3 2 Tony Robinson DNR

SAL Vic Ridgeon 2 2 2 6 Albert Sparrey 0 1’ 1’ 2 2 Ross Gilbertson 3 E 1 4 Pete Mould 0 1 0 1 Colin Goody E 1 F 1 Ray Cresp 3 F 2 5 Bob McHugh

Ht1 Payling, Ridgeon, Webster, Sparrey 75.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Gilbertson, Craven, Kitchen, Mould 78.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Cresp, Fletcher, Grepp, Goody (ef) 76.2 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Craven, Ridgeon, Sparrey, Kitchen 75.4 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Fletcher, Grepp, Mould, Gilbertson (ef) 78.4 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Webster, Payling, Goody, Cresp (f) 74.6 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Fletcher, Ridgeon, Sparrey, Grepp 77.0 3 3 26 16 Ht8 Payling, Webster, Gilbertson, Mould 73.6 5 1 31 17 Ht9 Craven, Cresp, Kitchen, Goody (f) 75.8 4 2 35 19

Salford United v Stockport City Cars Ht1 Bottomley, Garth, Howell, [ Bennett, Johnston, Brown (ns) 82.0 Ht2 Beardsall, Harrison, Blood, [ Mountfield, O’Neil, Harrison, Crockett (ns) 81.6 Ht3 Johnston, Garth, Howell, [ Bottomley, Blood, Harrison 80.4 Ht4 O’Neil, Blood, Beardsall, [ Mountfield, Brown, Bennett 83.6 Ht5 Garth, Bottomley, Howell, Brown, [ Bennett, Johnston 79.4

Side Car Foursome Candlin, Evans, Artus, Lidgate 89.2

Side Car Six Ht1 Lucy (20), Evans (scr), Hill (30), Candlin (scr), [ Lidgate (30), Baker (40) 89.0 Ht2 Hill (30), Evans (scr), Candlin (scr), Lucy (30), [ Artus (30), Baker (40) 87.4

Monday 21st May 1956 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Odsal Tudors 50 Belle Vue Aces 33 (National League Division One)

Odsal Arthur Forrest 2’ 3 3 2 10 1 Ron Clarke 1 0 3 4 Al Allison 3 2 1 1’ 7 1 Arthur Wright 2’ 1 3 2 8 1 Guy Allott 3 0 2’ 0 5 1 Eddie Rigg 2’ 1 3 2 8 1 Nigel Boocock 3 1 1’ 5 1 Des Haswell 2’ 1 3 1

Belle Vue Tink Maynard 0 0 F 0 Peter Craven 3 3 2 3 11 Peter Williams 1 2’ 0 0 3 1 Fred Rogers 0 1 0 1 2 Bob Duckworth 1 3 3 0 7 Dick Fisher 0 2 2 2 3* 9 Frank Johnson 1 0 1 Dennis Jenkins 0 0 0

Ht1 Allison, Forrest, Williams, Maynard 68.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Craven, Wright, Clarke, Rogers 67.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Allott, Rigg, Duckworth, Fisher 69.2 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Boocock, Haswell, Johnson, Jenkins 69.2 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Craven, Allison, Rogers, Clarke 67.2 2 4 20 10 Ht6 Forrest, Fisher, Rigg, Maynard 68.6 4 2 24 12 Ht7 Duckworth, Williams, Allison, Allott 69.8 1 5 25 17 Ht8 Clarke, Fisher, Haswell, Jenkins 69.0 4 2 29 19 Ht9 Forrest, Craven, Wright, Rogers 66.4 4 2 33 21 Ht10 Rigg, Allott, Maynard (fexc), Williams (ef) 75.0 5 0 38 21 Ht11 Duckworth, Forrest, Allison, Johnson 67.4 3 3 41 24 Ht12 Wright, Fisher, Boocock, Williams 67.8 4 2 45 26 Ht13 Craven, Rigg, Rogers, Allott 68.4 2 4 47 30 Ht14 Fisher*, Wright, Boocock, Duckworth 67.8 3 3 50 33

Monday 21st May 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 42 Odsal Tudors 39 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 3 0 3 Peter Williams 1 2’ 0 0 3 1 Peter Craven 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Fred Rogers 0 3 2 1 6 Bob Duckworth 2’ 3 1 1 7 1 Dick Fisher 3 1 0 2’ 6 1 Frank Johnson 0 0 0 Tink Maynard 0 3 1 2 6

Odsal Arthur Forrest 2 3 3 2 10 Al Allison 0 2 1 3 Ron Clarke 2 1 0 3 Arthur Wright 1’ 0 3 4 1 Guy Allott 0 1 3 0 4 Eddie Rigg 1 2’ 1 2’* 3 9 2 Nigel Boocock 3 2 1 0 6 Des Haswell 0 0 0

Ht1 Sharples, Forrest, Williams, Allison 77.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Craven, Clarke, Wright, Rogers 77.8 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Fisher, Duckworth, Rigg, Allott 77.8 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Boocock, Johnson (nf), Maynard (nf), Haswell (nf)78.4 0 3 12 9 Ht5 Craven, Williams, Clarke, Wright 77.4 5 1 17 10 Ht6 Forrest, Rigg, Fisher, Sharples 77.2 1 5 18 15 Ht7 Duckworth, Allison, Allott, Williams 78.4 3 3 21 18 Ht8 Maynard, Craven, Rigg, Haswell 78.0 5 1 26 19 Ht9 Rogers, Boocock, Maynard, Clarke 78.2 4 2 30 21 Ht10 Forrest, Rigg*, Duckworth, Fisher 76.6 1 5 31 26 Ht11 Allott, Maynard, Boocock, Williams 78.4 2 4 33 30 Ht12 Rigg, Rogers, Allison, Johnson 77.0 2 4 35 34 Ht13 Wright, Fisher, Duckworth, Boocock 76.0 3 3 38 37 Ht14 Craven, Forrest, Rogers, Allott 76.4 4 2 42 39

Pennines Scratch Race Ht1 Wright, Fisher, Allott, Jenkins 79.6 Ht2 P.Craven, Forrest, Grepp, Williams (nf) 77.6 Ht3 Rigg, Duckworth, Clarke, Rogers 77.6

Reserves Rally Maynard, Johnson, Boocock, Haswell (nf) 78.8

Bubble Bounce Handicap Grepp (30), Kitchen (30), Sandall (scr), [Pearson (scr), B.McHugh (10) 80.2

Big Boys Tussle Payling (30), Webster (30), B.Craven, (30), Jenkins (30), Kitchen (scr) 78.2

Speed Car Special Ht1 Crockett, Garth, Howell, [ Harrison, O’Neil, Johnston 80.6 Ht2 Blood, Mountfield, Beardsall, [ H.Hinchcliffe, Brown 85.8 Final Bearsdsall, Garth, Parker, [ Crockett, Blood, Mountfield 81.4

Saturday 26th May 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 42 Norwich Stars 42 (National League Division One)

BELLE VUE Ken Sharples 2’ 2’ 0 2 6 2 Peter Craven 1 2 2 1’ 6 1 Peter Williams 3 1’ 2 1’ 7 1 Fred Rogers 0 1 3 2 6 Bob Duckworth 1 0 2’ 1’ 4 2 Dick Fisher 3 3 3 2 11 Frank Johnson 0 0 0 Slant Payling 1 1’ 2 1 NORWICH Aub Lawson 1 0 1 Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3 12 Geoff Pymar 0 3 1 1’ 5 1 Reg Trott 2’ 0 2’ 0 4 2 Billy Bales 0 3 0 3 Phil Clarke 2 1 0 2 5 Harry Edwards 3 1 0 0 4 Fred Brand 2’ 3 3 8 1

1 Williams, Sharples, Lawson, Pymar, 73.4 5 1 2 Fundin, Trott, Craven, Rogers, 73.6 6 6 3 Fisher, Clarke, Duckworth, Bales, 74.2 10 8 4 Edwards, Brand, Payling, Johnson, 76.6 11 13 5 Fundin, Craven, Williams, Trott, 76.8 14 16 6 Fisher, Sharples, Clarke, Lawson (f), 77.6 19 17 7 Pymar, Williams, Edwards, Duckworth, 78.8 21 21 8 Brand, Craven, Payling, Clarke, 76.6 24 24 9 Fundin, Trott, Rogers, Sharples (e/f), 76.8 25 29 10 Fisher, Duckworth, Pymar, Edwards, 76.0 30 30 11 Bales, Sharples, Williams, Edwards, 77.0 33 33 12 Rogers, Clarke, Pymar, Johnson, 78.4 36 36 13 Fundin, Fisher, Duckworth, Trott, 74.8 39 39 14 Brand, Rogers, Craven, Bales, 76.8 42 42

Reserves Rally Brand, Edwards, Payling, Johnson (n/s), 77.4

Bubble Bounce Handicap Bob McHugh (10), Lew Grepp (30), Sandy Sandall (0), Jack Kitchen (30), Chuck Pearson (0), 79.0

Big Boys Tussle Alf Webster (30), Dennis Jenkins (30), Brian Craven (30), Slant Payling (40), Lew Grepp (0), 78.2

Whit-Week Scratch Race 1 Fundin, Rogers, Sharples, Bales, 74.4 2 Brand, Craven, Duckworth, Pymar, 76.0 3 Fisher, Clarke, Williams, Trott, 76.2

Speed Car Special Ht1 Garth, O’Neill, Brown, Johnson, Harrison, Crocket (crsh) 78.2 Ht2 Mountfield, Brown, Blood, Beardsall, Bennett 79.0

Thursday 31st May 1956 , London Wembley Lions 61 Belle Vue Aces 23 (National League Division One)

Wembley Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 12 Split Waterman 3 1 3 1 8 Tommy Price 2’ 3 2 1 8 1 Ray Cresp 2’ 1 3 3 9 1 Freddie Williams 1’ 1 3 5 1 Eric French 1’ 2’ 3 2’ 8 3 Trevor Redmond 3 2’ 5 1 Mike Broadbanks 2 2’ 2’ 6 2

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 1 0 2 0 3 Peter Craven 1 2 2 1 6 Peter Williams 0 0 0 0 0 Fred Rogers 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Duckworth 3 3 2 2 10 Dick Fisher 0 1 0 1 2 Frank Johnson 0 0 0 Alf Webster 1 1 2

Ht1 Crutcher, Price, Sharples, P.Williams 73.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Waterman, Cresp, Craven, Rogers 74.0 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Duckworth, Broadbanks, French, Fisher 73.4 3 3 13 5 Ht4 Redmond, Broadbanks, Webster, Johnson 74.4 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Price, Craven, Waterman, Rogers 72.8 4 2 22 8 Ht6 Crutcher, French, Fisher, Sharples 73.2 5 1 27 9 Ht7 Duckworth, Price, F.Williams, P.Williams 73.6 3 3 30 12 Ht8 Waterman, Broadbanks, Webster, Fisher 74.6 5 1 35 13 Ht9 Crutcher, Craven, Cresp, Rogers 74.0 4 2 39 15 Ht10 French, Sharples, F.Williams, P.Williams 75.2 4 2 43 17 Ht11Crutcher, Duckworth, Price, Johnson 73.8 4 2 47 19 Ht12 Cresp, Redmond, Fisher, Duckworth 74.2 5 1 52 20 Ht13 F.Williams, French, Craven, Rogers 73.0 5 1 57 21 Ht14 Cresp, Duckworth, Waterman, Sharples 75.4 4 2 61 23

Saturday 2nd June 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Bell Vue Aces 53 Poole Pirates 31 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 3 2’ 2 1’ 8 2 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 12 Peter Williams 1 0 1 2 4 Fred Rogers 1 1’ 3 2’ 7 2 Bob Duckworth F 3 2’ 2 7 1 Dick Fisher 3 3 3 3 12 Alf Webster 2 0 2 Slant Payling E 1 1

Poole Ken Middleditch 2 0 0 0 2 Cyril Roger 2 2 3 1’* 1 9 1 Jimmy Squibb 0 0 Norman Strachan 0 1’ 0 1 1 Jack Biggs 1’ 2 1* 3 1 8 1 Bill Holden 2 1 0 2 5 Bert Roger 0 3 0 0 3 Allan Kidd 1 2 3

Sharples, Middleditch, Williams, B.Roger 73.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Craven, C.Roger, Rogers, Strachan 73.4 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Fisher, Holden, Biggs, Duckworth (f) 73.8 3 3 11 7 Ht4 B.Roger, Webster, Kidd, Payling (ef) 76.4 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Craven, C.Roger, Strachan, Williams 74.6 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Fisher, Sharples, Holden, Middleditch 74.2 5 1 21 15 Ht7 Duckworth, Biggs, Williams, Squibb 73.4 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Craven, Kidd, Payling, Holden 75.4 4 2 29 19 Ht9 C.Roger, Sharples, Rogers, Strachan 75.6 3 3 32 22 Ht10 Fisher, Duckworth, Biggs*, Middleditch 74.6 5 1 37 23 Ht11 Biggs, Williams, Sharples, B.Roger 75.8 3 3 40 26 Ht12 Rogers, Holden, C.Roger*, Webster 75.6 3 3 43 29 Ht13 Fisher, Duckworth, C.Roger, B.Roger 76.0 5 1 48 30 Ht14 Craven, Rogers, Biggs, Middleditch 75.2 5 1 53 31

Sunshine City Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Duckworth, Squibb, Strachan, Sharples (ret) 58.6 Ht2 Craven, Biggs, Williams, C.Roger 51.6 Ht3 Fisher, Webster, Rogers, Holden 58.0

Reserves Rally Payling, B.Roger, Johnson, Kidd 78.0

Bubble Bounce Handicap Grepp(30), Sandall (scr) (f), B.McHugh (10) (f), B.Edwards (10)(f), Kitchen (30) (f) 93.0

Big Bobs Tussle Webster (30), Jenkins (30), B.Craven (30), Johnson (30), Kitchen (scr) (ef) 79.2

Speed Car Special Ht1 Howell (scr), Blood (30), Garth (30), [ Crockett (scr), O’Neill (scr), Mountfield (30) 81.2 Ht2 Brown (scr), Beardsall (scr), Johnson (scr), Derek Bennett (scr), [ Mountfirld (scr)(ef), Bottomley (20) (ef) 78.0

Thursday 7th June 1956 Cowley Stadium, Oxford Oxford Cheetahs 22 Belle Vue Aces 18 (Inter Division League) Abandoned

Oxford Peter Robinson 2 3 5 Terry Courtnell 1’ 2 0 3 1 Ronnie Genz 2 3 5 Pat Clarke 1’ 2’ 3 2 Howdy Byford 2’ F 2 1 Dennis Newton 3 F 3 Bob Baker 1’ 1 1

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 0 2’ 2 1 Peter Craven 3 3 3 9 Peter Williams 0 2 2 Fred Rogers 3 0 3 Bob Duckworth 0 0 0 Dick Fisher 1 1 2 Alf Webster 0 0

Ht1 Craven, Robinson, Courtnell, Sharples 67.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Rogers, Genz, Clarke, Williams 68.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Newton, Byford, Fisher, Duckworth 68.6 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Craven, Courtnell, Baker, Webster 67.6 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Genz, Clarke, Fisher, Duckworth 70.0 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Robinson, Williams, Courtnell (nf), Rogers (nf) 72.4 3 2 22 13 Ht7 Craven, Sharples, Byford (f), Newton (f) 79.0 0 5 22 18

Saturday 9th June 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 54 Wembley Lions 30 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 12 Peter Williams F E 3 1 4 Fred Rogers 1 3 3 1 8 Bob Duckworth 2’ 1 0 E 3 Dick Fisher 3 3 3 3 12 Slant Payling 3 E 3 Alf Webster 1 1 2

Wembley Brian Crutcher 1’ 1 1’ 2* E 5 2 Ray Cresp 0 1’ 1 0* 2 4 1 Tommy Price 2 2 2 1’ 2* 9 1 Split Waterman 2 2 E 1’ 5 1 Freddie Williams E 0 0 Eric French 1 0 1 Trevor Redmond 2 2 2 6 Mike Broadbanks 0 0 0

Ht1 Sharples, Price, Crutcher, P.Williams (f) 74.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Craven, Waterman, Rogers, Cresp 73.0 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Fisher, Duckworth, French F.Williams (ef) 75.2 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Payling, Redmond, Webster, Broadbanks 76.8 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Craven, Waterman, Cresp, P.Williams (ef) 76.8 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Fisher, Sharples, Crutcher, French 75.4 5 1 24 12 Ht7 P.Williams, Price, Duckworth, F.Williams 77.6 4 2 28 14 Ht8 Craven, Redmond, Webster, Broadbanks 76.2 4 2 32 16 Ht9 Rogers, Sharples, Cresp, Waterman (ef) 77.6 5 1 37 17 Ht10 Fisher, Price, Crutcher, Duckworth 75.0 3 3 40 20 Ht11 Sharples, Redmond, P.Williams, Cresp * 78.2 4 2 44 22 Ht12 Rogers, Crutcher*, Price, Payling (ef) 77.2 3 3 47 25 Ht13 Fisher, Cresp, Waterman, Duckworth (ef) 76.8 3 3 50 28 Ht14 Craven, Price*, Rogers, Crutcher (ef) 75.8 4 2 54 30

Flaming June Scratch Races 3 laps Ht1 Price, Sharples, Duckworth, French (ef) 58.8 Ht2 P.Craven, Johnson, P.Williams, Waterman 57.6 Ht3 Fisher, Rogers, Webster, Cresp (f) 58.0

Bubble Bounce Handicap Grepp (30), Pearson (scr), B.Edwards (10), Sandall (scr) (f), Kitchen (30) (ns) 81.8

Reserves Round Up Broadbanks, Redmond, Webster, Payling (ef) 80.0

Come Quick Scramble (all scr) Johnson, Jenkins, Grepp, Pearson 80.0

Speed Car Trial Ht1 Garth, Crockett, Howell, Beardsall 79.2 Ht2 Mountfeld (30), Blood (scr), Johnston (scr), Brown (not spec), O’Neill (ef) 80.0

Monday 11th June 1956 Wimbledon Stadium London Wimbledon Dons 53 Belle Vue Aces 30 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 12 Cyril Brine 3 1 2 0 6 Peter Moore 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 Alf Hagon 1 X 2 3 6 Barry Briggs 3 3 F 6 Cyril Maidment 0 1 3 2 6 Bob Andrews 3 2’ 1’ 6 2 Gil Goldfinch 1 1’ 0 2 1

Belle Vue Frank Johnson 0 0 0 Peter Craven 2 2 2 3 9 Peter Williams 1 0 0 0 1 Fred Rogers F F 1 1 Bob Duckworth 1’ 1 1 2 5 1 Dick Fisher 2 2 3 3 1’* 11 1 Alf Webster 2 0 0 2 Slant Payling F 0 1 1

Ht1 R.Moore, P.Moore, Williams, Johnson 68.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Brine, Craven, Hagon, Rogers (f) 68.4 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Briggs, Fisher, Duckworth, Maidment 66.8 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Andrews, Webster, Goldfinch, Payling (f) 69.0 4 2 16 8 Ht5 P.Moore, Craven, Brine, Webster 67.6 4 2 20 10 Ht6 R.Moore, Fisher, Maidment, Johnson 66.8 4 2 24 12 Ht7 Briggs, P.Moore, Duckworth, Williams 67.6 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Fisher, Brine, Goldfinch, Payling 68.0 3 3 32 16 Ht9 R.Moore, Craven, Rogers (f), Hagon (exc) 66.4 3 2 35 18 Ht10^ Maidment, Andrews, Payling, Williams (exc) ? 5 1 40 19 Ht11 R.Moore, P.Moore, Duckworth, Webster 68.6 5 1 45 20 Ht12 Fisher, Hagon, Andrews, Williams 68.4 3 3 48 23 Ht13 Craven, Maidment, Rogers, Goldfinch 68.0 2 4 50 27 Ht14 Hagon, Duckworth, Fisher*, Brine 68.6 3 3 53 30 ^ Briggs hurt

Saturday 16th June 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Best Pairs

Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 3 15 Alf Webster 2 2 2 1 1 8 Total 23 Dennis Parker 1 0 1 0 1 3 Dennis Jenkins 0 2 3 1 0 6 Total 9 Tink Maynard 1 0 0 3 3 7 Frank Johnson 2 1 2 X 2 7 Total 14 Dennis Newton 3 1 2 2 3 11 Jack Kitchen E 0 Total 11 Howdy Byford 2 3 1 2 2 10 Lew Grepp 0 1 0 1 2 Total 12 Bob Fletcher 3 3 3 3 0 12 Brian Craven 1 2 2 1 2 8 Total 20 Tony Robinson (res) 0 0 0 Bert Edwards (res) F F 0 Chuck Pearson (res) 1 1

Ht1 McKinlay, Webster, Parker, Jenkins 74.4 Ht2 Newton, Johnson, Maynard, Kitchen (ef) 78.4 Ht3 Fletcher, Byford, Craven Grepp 76.2 Ht4 McKinlay, Webster, Newton, Robinson 77.4 Ht5 Byford, Jenkins, Grepp, Parker 79.0 Ht6 Fletcher, Craven, Johnson, Maynard 77.2 Ht7 McKinlay, Webster, Byford, Grepp 76.8 Ht8 Parker, Newton, Jenkins, Edwards (f) 79.6 Ht9 McKinlay, Johnson, Webster, Maynard 77.2 Ht10 Fletcher, Craven, Jenkins, Parker 77.4 Ht11 Fletcher, Newton, Craven, Robinson 78.6 Ht12 Maynard, Byford, Grepp, Johnson (exc) 81.8 Ht13 McKinlay, Craven, Webster, Fletcher 78.8 Ht14 Newton, Byford, Pearson, Edwards (f) 82.4 Ht15 Maynard, Johnson, Parker, Jenkins 82.0

Belle Vue Speed Car Cup Ht1 Garth, Mountfield, Parker, Beardall (nf), Bottomley (nf), Blood (nf) 104.2 Ht2 Bennett, Crockett, Johnson, [ Brown, Harrison, O’Neill 122.0 SF Parker, Mountfield, Bennett [ Garth, Crockett Johnson 106.0 1 – 4 to final Consolation Bottomly, Blood, O’Neill. [ Beardsall, Brown 106.0 1 – 2 to final Final Bottomly, Bennett, Blood, [ Parker Mountfield. O’Neill 110.0

Saturday 16th June 1956 Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich Stars v Belle Vue Aces (National League Division One) Rained Off

Saturday 23rd June 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Astorias Trophy

Ken Sharples 2 2 1 2 0 7 Bob Duckworth 1 2 2 2 E 7 Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 2 1 12 Fred Rogers 0 F 0 0 0 0 Ron Johnston 1 3 1 E 2 7 Alf Hagon 3 0 3 1 2 9 Ken McKinlay 2 1 2 3 3 11 Peter Williams 0 1 1 F 1 3 Peter Craven 2 0 2 2 1 7 Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 3 15 Brain Craven 0 0 1 3 4 Slant Payling 1 2 0 0 3 6 Frank Johnson 3 1 1 3 F 8 Tink Maynard E 1 0 0 1 Peter Moore 1 2 3 3 2 11 Dick Fisher 2 3 2 1 2 10 Alf Webster (res) 0 1 1

Ht1 R.Moore, Sharples, Duckworth, Rogers 74.4 Ht2 Hagon, McKinlay, Johnston, Williams 76.0 Ht3 Briggs, P.Craven, Payling, B.Craven 74.2 Ht4 Johnson, Fisher, P.Moore, Maynard (ef) 78.0 Ht5 Johnston, Sharples, Johnson, P.Craven 79.4 Ht6 Briggs, Duckworth, Maynard, Hagon 80.4 Ht7 R.Moore, P.Moore, McKinlay, B.Craven 82.2 Ht8 Fisher, Payling, Williams, Rogers (f) 84.0 Ht9 Hagon, Fisher, Sharples, Webster 82.4 Ht10 P.Moore, Duckworth, Johnston, Payling 82.4 Ht11 R.Moore, P.Craven, Williams, Maynard 81.4 Ht12 Briggs, McKinlay, Johnson, Rogers 81.6 Ht13 McKinlay, Sharples, Webster, Payling 82.4 Ht14 Johnson, Duckworth, B.Craven, Williams (f) 83.6 Ht15 Brigg, R.Moore, Fisher, Johnston (ef) 82.2 Ht16 P.Moore, P.Craven, Hagon, Rogers 85.0 Ht17 Briggs, P.Moore, Williams, Sharples 84.2 Ht18 McKinlay, Fisher, P.Craven, Duckworth (ef) 84.6 Ht19 Payling, Hagon, R.Moore (et), Johnson (f) 84.8 Ht20 B.Craven, Johnston, Rogers, Maynard 82.4

Saturday 30th June 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 45 Birmingham Brummies 39 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 3 2 0 1 6 Peter Craven 2’ 3 2 3 10 1 Fred Rogers 0 0 0 0 0 Dick Fisher 3 3 2 0 8 Ron Johnston 3 3 3 3 12 Bob Duckworth 2’ 1’ 0 2’ 5 3 Peter Williams 2 1’ 3 1 Slant Payling 0 1’ 1 1

Birmingham Alan Hunt 1’ 3 3* 2 2 11 1 Ron Mountford 0 2 2 F 4 Neil Mortimer 2 1’ 1’ 0 4 2 Eric Boothroyd 1 1’ 1’ X 3 2 Doug Davies 0 2 2’ 1’ 5 2 Harry Bastable 1 0 1 Jim Tolley 3 3 3 1 10 Derrick Tailby 1 0 1

Ht1 Sharples, Mortimer, Hunt, Rogers 72.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Fisher, Craven, Boothroyd, Mountford 71.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Johnston, Duckworth, Bastable, Davies 73.4 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Tolley, Williams, Tailby, Payling 73.0 2 4 15 9 Ht5 Craven, Mountford, Boothroyd, Rogers 72.0 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Hunt, Sharples, Duckworth, Bastable 73.8 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Johnston, Davies, Mortimer, Rogers 73.4 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Hunt*, Craven, Payling, Tailby 73.6 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Fisher, Mountford, Boothroyd, Sharples 73.4 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Johnston, Hunt, Mortimer, Duckworth 73.6 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Tolley, Davies, Sharples, Rogers 73.8 1 5 34 32 Ht12 Tolley, Fisher, Williams, Mortimer 74.8 3 3 37 35 Ht13 Johnston, Duckworth, Boothroyd, Mountford (f)74.8 5 1 42 36 Ht14 Craven, Hunt, Davies, Fisher 73.8 3 3 45 39

Sunshine Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Mountford, Boothroyd, Fisher, Sharples 56.2 Ht2 Davies, Johnston, Bastable, Rogers 56.4 Ht3 Craven, Mortimer, Hunt, Duckworth 56.2

Reserves Round Up 3 laps Williams, Tolley, Tailby, Payling (exc) 57.6

Stand By Scratch Race Johnson, Maynard, B.Craven, Webster 77.4

Bubble Bounce Handicap Grepp (20), Kitchen (25), Sandall (15), B.McHugh (10) (f), Derek Warburton (scr) (ef) 79.6

Speed Car Special Ht1 Crockett, Beardsall, Howell, Mountfield, Garth, O’Neil Race abandoned Ht2 Brown, Bennett, Harrison, [ Johnson (ef), Duggy Thornton, ---- Hinchcliffe 102.0 Final Brown, Beardsall, Harrison, Bennett 99.6

Thursday 5th July 1956 Foxhall Heath, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 52 Belle Vue Aces 42 (Inter-Division Challenge)

Ipswich Bert Edwards 3 2 3 2 3 13 Ken Adams 1 3 0 1 1 6 Bob Sharp 2 2 3 3 2 12 Danny Dunton 0 0 1 1’ 2 4 1 Junior Bainbridge 3 3 2 3 3 14 Tich Read 1 2’ E 0 0 3 1 Len Silver 2’ 0 2 1

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 0 0 0 0 0 Peter Williams 2 E 1 2 1’ 1’ 7 2 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 E 3 15 Bob Duckworth 1 1 1 2 1 6 Dick Fisher 2 3 2 2 2 11 Fred Rogers 0 1 0 0 1 Tink Maynard 1 1 2

Ht1 Edwards, Williams, Adams, Sharples 74.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Craven, Sharp, Duckworth, Dunton 74.0 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Bainbridge, Fisher, Read, Rogers 73.4 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Adams, Silver, Maynard, Williams (ef) 76.6 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Fisher, Sharp, Rogers, Dunton 75.0 2 4 17 13 Ht6 Craven, Edwards, Duckworth, Adams 73.8 2 4 19 17 Ht7 Bainbridge, Read, Williams, Sharples 74.8 5 1 24 18 Ht8 Edwards, Fisher, Adams, Rogers 74.2 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Craven, Bainbridge, Duckworth, Read 75.4 2 4 30 24 Ht10 Sharp, Williams, Dunton, Sharples 75.2 4 2 34 26 Ht11 Craven, Edwards, Dunton, Rogers 75.0 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Bainbridge, Fisher, Adams, Craven (ef) 75.2 4 2 41 31 Ht13 Sharp, Duckworth, Williams, Silver 76.0 3 3 44 34 Ht14 Craven, Dunton, Maynard, Read 76.2 2 4 46 38 Ht15 Bainbridge, Sharp, Duckworth, Sharples 76.8 5 1 51 39 Ht16 Edwards, Fisher, Williams, Read 76.2 3 3 54 42

Saturday 7th July 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 36 Wimbledon Dons 47 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 1 0 2 3 Peter Craven 0 3 3 1* F 7 Peter Williams 0 0 E 0 Dick Fisher 3 3* 3 3 2 14 Ron Johnston 1 0 0 2 3 Bob Duckworth 3 2 1 0 6 Frank Johnson F 1 1 Tink Maynard 2 0 2

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 2’ 3 2’ 3 10 2 Ron How 1’ 2 0 1 4 1 Peter Moore 3 2 3 2 10 Alf Hagon 2’ 1’ 2 3 8 2 Barry Briggs 2 1’ 3 1 7 1 Cyril Brine 0 1 1’ 0 2 1 Cyril Maidment 3 E 3 Bob Andrews 1 2 3

Ht1 P.Moore, R.Moore, Sharples, Williams 71.2 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Fisher, Hagon, How, Craven 71.4 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Duckworth, Briggs, Johnston, Brine 73.2 4 2 8 10 Ht4 Maidment, Maynard, Andrews, Johnson (f) 72.4 2 4 10 14 Ht5 Craven, How, Hagon, Williams 73.2 3 3 13 17 Ht6 R.Moore, Duckworth, Brine, Sharples 73.8 2 4 15 21 Ht7 Fisher*, P.Moore, Briggs, Johnston 73.2 3 3 18 24 Ht8 Craven, Andrews, Brine, Maynard 75.2 3 3 21 27 Ht9 Fisher, Hagon, Craven*, How 73.0 4 2 25 29 Ht10 P.Moore, R.Moore, Duckworth, Johnston 75.4 1 5 26 34 Ht11 Briggs, Sharples, Maidment (ef), Williams (ef) 74.6 2 3 28 37 Ht12 Fisher, P.Moore, Johnson, Brine 74.8 4 2 32 39 Ht13 Hagon, Johnston, How, Duckworth 75.2 2 4 34 43 Ht14 R.Moore, Fisher, Briggs, Craven (f) 74.0 2 4 36 47

Tintwhistle Handicap 3 laps Ht1 P.Craven (15), Briggs (15), Fisher (20), Webster (scr), R.Moore (20) 57.0 Ht2 How (5), Duckworth (10), Hagon (10), P.Moore (15), Sharples (scr) (ef) 57.6 Ht3 Johnson (scr), Williams (scr), Maynard (5), Andrews (10), Brine (5) 58.0 Final Briggs (10), Duckworth (scr), P.Craven (10), Johnson (scr), How (5) (lapped) 56.6

Kilties Scratch Race 3 laps Maidment, Webster, Johnson, B.Craven 58.0

Bubble Bounce Handicap Sandall (15), Grepp (20), Jenkins (25), Pearson (15), Warburton (scr) (ef) 79.4

Speed Car Team Challenge Lancashire v Cheshire Ht1 Garth (L), Brown (C), Beardsall (L), Mountfield (C), Johnson (C) (ef), Blood (L) (ns) 79.8 Ht2 Bennett (L), Harrison (C), O’Neil (C) (crash) , [Crockett (L), Hinchcliff (L), Thornton (C) 84.6 Final Garth, Beardsall, Bennett [ Brown , Harrison , ? 81.6

Saturday 14th July 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 23 Belle Vue Aces 31 (National League Division One) Abandoned after Heat 9

Birmingham Doug Davies 1 3 1’ 5 1 Ron Mountford 2’ 1 3 6 1 Jim Tolley F 0 1 1 Eric Boothroyd 1 2 3 Alan Hunt 3 1 4 Harry Bastable 0 0 0 Neil Mortimer 3 0 3 Derrick Tailby 1 1 2

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 3 2 5 Peter Craven 3 3 3 9 Dick Fisher 2’ 3 5 1 Peter Williams 0 2’ 0 2 1 Ron Johnston 2’ 2’ 4 2 Bob Duckworth 1’ 1’ 2 4 2 Tink Maynard 0 0 Frank Johnson 2 F 2

Ht1 Sharples, Fisher, Davies, Tolley (f) 74.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Craven, Mountford, Boothroyd, Williams 74.6 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Hunt, Johnston, Duckworth, Bastable 75.0 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Mortimer, Johnson, Tailby, Maynard 76.0 4 2 11 13 Ht5 Craven, Williams, Mountford, Tolley 76.0 1 5 12 18 Ht6 Davies, Sharples, Duckworth, Bastable 78.6 3 3 15 21 Ht7 Fisher, Johnston, Hunt, Mortimer 78.0 1 5 16 26 Ht8 Mountford, Duckworth, Tailby, Johnson (f) 78.0 4 2 20 28 Ht9 Craven, Boothroyd, Davies, Williams ? 3 3 23 31

Saturday 14th July 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Reserves 26 Southern Juniors 28

Belle Vue Reserves Frank Johnson 3 3 Lew Grepp 2 0 1 3 Brian Craven 0 0 1 1 2 Alf Webster 3 3 3 9 Bob Fletcher 2 2’ 0 4 1 Dennis Jenkins 0 3 2 5 Derek Warburton(Res.) 0 0

Southern Juniors - Ivor Brown 1 1 2 Brian Elliot 3 2 3 8 Vic Hall 2 0 2 4 R. White 1’ 0 1 1 Bobby Croombs 3 2’ 0 5 1 Eric Hockaday 1 3 2 6 Sand Sandall(Res.) DNR

Ht1. Elliott, Grepp, Brown, Craven 2-4 2-4 Ht2. Webster, Hall, White, Craven 3-3 5-7 Ht3. Croombs, Fletcher, Hockaday, Jenkins 2-4 7-11 Ht4. Webster, Elliott, Sandall, Warburton 3-3 10-14 Ht5. Jenkins, Fletcher, Sandall, Hall 5-1 15-15 Ht6. Hockaday, Croombs, Craven, Grepp 1-5 16-20 Ht7. Elliot, Jenkins, Brown, Fletcher 2-4 18-24 Ht8. Johnson, Hall, Grepp, White 4-2 22-26 Ht9. Webster, Hockaday, Craven, Croombs 4-2 26-28

Reserves Handicap: Sandy Sandall(10yds)D McHugh(15yds b), Pearson(10yds) [B.Edwards (15), Warburton (scr)

Monday 16th July 1956 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates 54 Belle Vue Aces 54 (National Trophy)

Poole Ken Middleditch 3 3 3 2 1’ 12 1 Jack Geran 0 1’ 1 0 2 1 Jimmy Squibb 1’ 2 1 1’ 0 5 2 Cyril Roger 2 2’ 2 X 0 6 1 Bert Roger 0 0 3 3 Jack Biggs 2 3 3 2 2 2 14 Allan Kidd 2’ 1’ 0 3 2 Terry Small 3 2 1 3 9

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 1’ 0 0 0 2 3 1 Peter Craven 2 3 0 3 3 3 14 Dick Fisher 3 3 2 2 1 1 12 Peter Williams 1 0 0 1’ 0 2 1 Rob Johnston 1’ 2 3 3 1 10 1 Bon Duckworth 0 1 3 2’ 3 9 1 Tink Maynard 1 1’ 2 1 Frank Johnson X 2 2

Ht1 Middleditch, Craven, Sharples, Geran 71.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Fisher, C,Roger, Squibb, Duckworth 71.6 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Craven, Biggs, Williams, B.Roger 71.0 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Small, Kidd, Maynard, Johnson (exc) 73.2 5 1 13 11 Ht5 Fisher, Squibb, Geran, Williams 72.4 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Biggs, C.Roger, Duckworth, Sharples 71.6 5 1 21 15 Ht7 Middleditch, Fisher, Johnson, B.Roger 72.4 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Middleditch, Johnston, Squibb, Sharples 72.0 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Biggs, Fisher, Geran, Sharples 72.2 4 2 32 22 Ht10 Duckworth, Small, Squibb, Craven 72.6 3 3 35 25 Ht11 Johnston, C.Roger, Kidd, Williams 72.4 3 3 38 28 Ht12 Craven, Middleditch, Fisher, C.Roger (fexc) 71.4 2 4 40 32 Ht13 Johnston, Duckworth, Small, Geran 72.6 1 5 41 37 Ht14 Small, Johnson, Maynard, Kidd 73.6 3 3 44 40 Ht15 B.Roger, Sharples, Williams, C.Roger 72.0 3 3 47 43 Ht16 Craven, Biggs, Johnston, Squibb 72.0 2 4 49 47 Ht17 Duckworth, Biggs, Middleditch, Williams 72.4 3 3 52 50 Ht18 Craven, Biggs, Fisher, Middleditch 72.2 2 4 54 54

Saturday 21st July 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 72 Poole Pirates 36 (National Trophy)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 2’ 3 2’ 2 1 10 2 Dick Fisher 3 1 3 3 1 2’ 13 1 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Peter Williams F 0 1 0 3 4 Ron Johnston 2’ E 1 3 0 6 Bob Duckworth 3 3 2’ 2’ 3 13 2 Frank Johnson 1 1 2 Tink Maynard 3 3 6

Poole Ken Middleditch 1 1’ 0 0 2 4 1 Jack Biggs F 1 2 3 1 1 8 Cyril Roger 2 E 1’ 1 1 5 1 Jimmy Squibb 0 2 2 1’ 0 5 1 Jack Geran 2 1 0 0 0 3 Terry Small 1’ 2 0 2 2 0 7 1 Bert Roger 2 2 4 Allan Kidd 0 0 0

Ht1 Fisher, Sharples, Middleditch, Biggs (f) 72.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Craven, C.Roger, Small, Williams 74.4 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Duckworth, Johnston, Biggs, Squibb 72.8 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Maynard, B.Roger, Johnson, Kidd 76.2 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Craven, Squibb, Fisher (frmtd), C.Roger (ef) 73.0 4 2 21 9 Ht6 Duckworth, Small, Middleditch, Williams 74.8 3 3 24 12 Ht7 Sharples, Geran, C.Roger, Johnston (ef) 76.8 3 3 27 15 Ht8 Craven, Sharples, Geran, Middleditch 74.8 5 1 32 16 Ht9 Fisher, Duckworth, C.Roger, Middleditch 74.4 5 1 37 17 Ht10 Craven, Small, Johnston, Biggs 74.8 4 2 41 19 Ht11 Fisher, Squibb, Williams, Geran 77.0 4 2 45 21 Ht12 Biggs, Sharples, C.Roger, Williams 76.6 2 4 47 25 Ht13 Johnston, Small, Fisher, Geran 74.8 4 2 51 27 Ht14 Maynard, B.Roger, Johnson, Kidd 76.4 4 2 55 29 Ht15 Williams, Middleditch, Squibb, Johnston 76.8 3 3 58 32 Ht16 Craven, Duckworth, Biggs, Geran 73.0 5 1 63 33 Ht17 Duckworth, Small, Sharples, Squibb 76.6 4 2 67 35 Ht18 Craven, Fisher, Biggs, Small 76.6 5 1 72 36

Reserves Handicap Maynard (30), Webster (30), B.Craven (30), Johnson (30), Warbuton (scr) 78.4

Speed Car Scurry Ht1 Garth, Harrison, Bennett, [ Hinchcliffe. O’Neil, Johnson 82.4 Ht2 Brown, Bottomley, Garth, [ Blood, O’Neil, Hinchcliffe 83.0 Final Brown, Bottomley, Garth, Blood ?

Thursday 25th July 1956 Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich Stars 39 Belle Vue Aces 44 (National League Division One)

NORWICH Aub Lawson 2’ 0 2 1 5 Harry Edwards 1’ 1’ 1 1 4 2 Ove Fundin 3 2 1 3 9 Billy Bales 2 1’ 2 0 5 1 Phil Clarke 2’ 3 2 0 7 1 Gerry Hussey 3 0 0 3 6 Geoff Pymar 3 0 3 Reg Trott 0 0 0

BELLE VUE Ken Sharples 1 2’ 1 2’ 6 2 Peter Craven 3 3 3 2 11 Dick Fisher 0 2 3 3 8 Peter Williams 0 0 0 1’ 1 1 Ron Johnston 0 0 2 3 5 Bob Duckworth 1 3 3 1 8 Frank Johnson 1’ 0 1 1 Alf Webster 2 2’ 4 1

1 Fundin, Lawson, Sharples, Fisher, 74.4 5 1 2 Craven, Bales, Edwards, Williams, 74.0 8 4 3 Hussey, Clarke, Duckworth, Johnston, 74.6 13 5 4 Pymar, Webster, Johnson, Trott, 75.4 16 8 5 Craven, Fundin, Edwards, Williams, 72.4 19 11 6 Duckworth, Sharples, (Hussey & Lawson [n/f]), 73.4 19 16 7 Clarke, Fisher, Fundin, Johnston, 73.0 23 18 8 Duckworth, Webster, Edwards, Trott, 74.0 24 23 9 Craven, Lawson, Bales, Williams, 74.0 27 26 10 Fisher, Clarke, Sharples, Hussey, 74.2 29 30 11 Fundin, Johnston, Lawson, Johnson, 74.2 33 32 12 Fisher, Bales, Duckworth, Pymar, 74.6 35 36 13 Hussey, Craven, Williams, Clarke, 74.6 38 39 14 Johnston, Sharples, Edwards, Bales, 75.8 39 44

Saturday 28th July 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 37 Wembley Lions 47 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 2 2 3 0 7 Peter Craven 1 1’ 3 2 7 1 Dick Fisher 1’ 2 1’ 2 6 2 Peter Williams 0 1 1 2 Ron Johnston 3 2 E F 5 Bob Duckworth 2’ 0 2 2 6 1 Fred Rogers 1 F 1 Tink Maynard 3 0 0 3

Wembley Tommy Price 3 3 3 3 12 Brian Crutcher 2’ 3 2 3 10 1 Trevor Redmond 0 3 1 2’ 6 1 Split Waterman 3 0 E 1 4 Ray Cresp 1 F 3 1 5 Eric French E 1 2 3 6 Mike Broadbanks 2 1 3 Merv Hannan 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Price, Sharples, Fisher, Redmond 74.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Waterman, Crutcher, Craven, Williams 77.0 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Johnston, Duckworth, Cresp, French (ef) 76.0 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Maynard, Broadbanks, Rogers, Hannan 77.0 4 2 13 11 Ht5Crutcher, Fisher, Craven, Waterman 76.2 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Price, Sharples, French, Duckworth 77.6 2 4 18 18 Ht7 Redmond, Johnston, Fisher, Cresp (f) 77.8 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Craven, French, Hannan, Maynard 76.6 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Sharples, Crutcher, Williams, Waterman (ef) 77.6 4 2 28 26 Ht10 Price, Duckworth, Redmond, Johnston (ef) 77.4 2 4 30 30 Ht11 Cresp, Fisher, Broadbanks, Sharples 77.2 2 4 32 34 Ht12 French, Redmond, Williams, Rogers (f) 79.4 1 5 33 39 Ht13 Crutcher, Duckworth, Waterman, Johnston (f) 78.8 2 4 35 43 Ht14 Price, Craven, Cresp, Maynard 78.4 2 4 37 47

Crystal Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Cresp, Waterman, Duckworth, Sharples 57.6 Ht2 Craven, Webster, Maynard, Payling 58.2 Ht3 Johnston, French, Williams, Rogers (ef) 58.8 Ht4 Redmond, Fisher, Crutcher, Johnson 59.6

Reserves Race Broadbanks, Hannan, [ Maynard, B.Craven 79.4

Speed Cars Ht1 Garth, Mountfield, Nigel Harris, Blood, [ Bottomley, Brown 101.0 Ht2 Bennett, Johnson, O’Neil, Crockett, Hinchcliffe, Harrison 100.2

Saturday 4th August 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Champagne Derby

Ken Sharples 0 1 0 1 0 2 Trevor Redmond 3 3 2.5 2 3 13.5 Fred Rogers 1 1 0 2 0 4 Bob Duckworth 2 3 2 1 2 10 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 15 Peter Williams 2 2.5 0 F 4.5 Split Waterman 1 1 1 3 2 8 Alf Webster 0 2 0 0 E 2 Dick Fisher 3 2 3 2 3 13 Ron Johnston 2 0 3 1 2 8 Tommy Price 1 2 3 2 3 11 Slant Payling 0 1 0 1 Brian Craven 0 2 0 1 0 3 Frank Johnson 2 1 1 2 1 7 Tink Maynard (res) 3 0 1 1 1 6

Ht1 Redmond, Duckworth, Rogers, Sharples 74.0 Ht2 P.Craven, Williams, Waterman, Webster 73.2 Ht3 Fisher, Johnston, Price, Payling 74.4 Ht4 Redmond, Johnson, Sharples, B.Craven 75.2 Ht5 P.Craven, Fisher, Rogers, Sharples 74.2 Ht6 Redmond & Williams, Johnson, Johnston 75.8 Ht7 Maynard, Price, Waterman, Rogers 75.4 Ht8 Duckworth, Webster, Payling, Maynard 75.0 Ht9 Price, B.Craven, Sharples, Williams (ef) 76.6 Ht10 P.Craven, Redmond, Maynard, Payling 75.2 Ht11 Fisher, Rogers, Johnson, Webster 75.0 Ht12 Johnston, Duckworth, Waterman, B.Craven 75.4 Ht13 Waterman, Johnson, Maynard, Sharples 76.2 Ht14 Redmond, Price, B.Craven, Webster 77.0 Ht15 P.Craven, Fisher, Johnston, Rogers 75.4 Ht16 Fisher, Waterman, Duckworth, Williams (f) 75.0 Ht17 P.Craven, Johnston, Johnson, Webster (ef) 75.8 Ht18 Price, Duckworth, Maynard, B.Craven 76.4

Bubble Bounce Handicap Warburton (scr), Robinson (30), Sandall (30), McHugh (scr), Grepp (30) 78.8

Monday 6th August 1956 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Odsal Tudors 39 Belle Vue Aces 45 (National League Division One)

Odsal Des Haswell 1 1’ 0 0 2 1 Ron Clarke 3 2 3 3 11 Al Allison 3 1’ 1 1 6 1 Jimmy Gooch 2’ 2 1 2’ 7 2 Guy Allott 0 F 0 E 0 Nigel Boocock 3 2 3 3 11 Dent Oliver 2 0 2 Johnny Greenwood F 0 0

Belle Vue Ken Sharples F 0 1 1 Peter Craven 1 3 3 2 9 Dick Fisher 2 2’ 2 2’ 8 2 Fred Rogers 0 0 1 1’ 2 1 Ron Johnston 2 3 3 0 8 Bob Duckworth 1’ 3 2 3 9 1 Peter Williams 1 1’ 2’ 4 2 Alf Webster 3 1’ 4 1

Ht1 Allison, Fisher, Haswell, Sharples (f) 68.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Clarke, Gooch, Craven, Rogers 68.8 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Boocock, Johnston, Duckworth, Allott 67.8 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Webster, Oliver, Williams, Greenwood 69.0 2 4 14 10 Ht5 Craven, Clarke, Allison, Rogers 68.2 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Duckworth, Boocock, Haswell, Sharples 68.0 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Johnston, Fisher, Allison, Allott (f) 68.2 1 5 21 21 Ht8 Clarke, Duckworth, Webster, Greenwood 69.0 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Craven, Gooch, Rogers, Haswell 68.2 2 4 26 28 Ht10 Boocock, Fisher, Williams, Allott 68.8 3 3 29 31 Ht11 Johnston, Williams, Allison, Haswell 69.2 1 5 30 36 Ht12 Duckworth, Fisher, Gooch, Oliver 69.2 1 5 31 41 Ht13 Boocock, Craven, Rogers, Allott (ef) 68.6 3 3 34 44 Ht14 Clarke, Gooch, Sharples, Johnston 69.6 5 1 39 45

Saturday 11th August 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Supporters’ Trophy

Ken Sharples 1 0 2 2 1 6 Ray Cresp 0 1 0 3 3 7 Peter Williams 2 0 2 1 1 6 Bob Duckworth 3 3 3 2 E 11 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 15 Trevor Redmond 2 3 3 1 2 11 Tink Maynard 1 2 1 3 0 7 Split Waterman F 0 Dick Fisher 3 2 3 3 2 13 Tommy Price 2 2 2 2 3 11 Brian Craven 1 3 1 1 2 8 Frank Johnson 0 2 1 0 0 3 Ron Johnston 3 1 E 2 3 9 Fred Rogers 1 0 1 1 1 4 Slant Payling 2 1 2 0 2 7 Alf Webster F 1 0 0 1 2 Derek Warburton (res) 0 0 0 Bob McHugh (res) 0 0 Sandy Sandall (res) F 0

Ht1 Duckworth, Williams, Sharples, Cresp 73.4 Ht2 P.Craven, Redmond, Maynard, Waterman (f) 73.6 Ht3 Fisher, Price, B.Craven, Johnson 75.4 Ht4 Johnston, Payling, Rogers, Webster (f) 75.8 Ht5 P.Craven, Fisher, Johnston, Sharples 75.2 Ht6 Redmond, Price, Cresp, Rogers 77.8 Ht7 B.Craven, Maynard, Payling, Williams 76.6 Ht8 Duckworth, Johnson, Webster, Warburton 76.2 Ht9 Redmond, Sharples, B.Craven, Webster 78.8 Ht10 P.Craven, Payling, Johnson, Cresp 76.6 Ht11 Fisher, Williams, Rogers, McHugh 76.2 Ht12 Duckworth, Price, Maynard, Johnston (ef) 76.4 Ht13 Maynard, Sharples, Rogers, Johnson 78.8 Ht14 Cresp, Johnston, B.Craven, Sandall 76.8 Ht15 P.Craven, Price, Williams, Webster 76.2 Ht16 Fisher, Duckworth, Redmond, Payling 77.8 Ht17 Price, Payling, Sharples, Warburton 78.6 Ht18 Cresp, Fisher, Webster, Maynard 78.2 Ht19 Johnston, Redmond, Williams, Johnson 77.4 Ht20 P.Craven, B.Craven, Rogers, Duckworth (ef) 77.8

Bubble Bounce Handiscp - Not Raced

Speed Car Supporters’ Trophy Ht1 Bottomley, Garth, Brown, Blood, Bennett, Mountfield 101.0 Ht2 Hinchcliffe, Johnson, O’Neil, Brian Reece, Harrison ? Final Garth, Brown, [ Bottomley, Hinchcliffe, Johnson, O’Neil 101.0

Monday 13th August 1956 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates 46 Belle Vue Aces 38 (National League Division One)

Poole Ken Middleditch 2 3 2 3 10 Cyril Roger 3 2’ 2’ 0 7 2 Jack Biggs 0 3 3 2’ 8 1 Terry Small 1 1’ 1 2 5 1 Bert Roger 0 0 0 0 Jack Geran 3 2’ 2 1 8 1 Jimmy Squibb 1’ 0 1 1 Allan Kidd 2 3 2 7

Belle Vue Dick Fisher 3 1 3 1 8 Peter Craven 2 F 3 3 8 Peter Williams 1 1’ 2 2’ 6 2 Fred Rogers 0 1 0 1 Ron Johnston 2 2 3 7 Bob Duckworth 1’ 0 1 3 5 1 Ken Sharples 3 0 0 3 Frank Johnson 0 0 0

Ht1 Fisher, Middleditch, Williams, Biggs 72.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 C.Roger, Craven, Small, Rogers 73.2 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Geran, Johnston, Duckworth, B.Roger 72.0 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Sharples, Kidd, Squibb, Johnson 73.2 3 3 12 12 Ht5Biggs, C.Roger, Rogers, Craven (f) 73.0 5 1 17 13 Ht6 Middleditch, Geran, Fisher, Duckworth 72.6 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Biggs, Johnston, Williams, B.Roger 73.2 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Kidd, C.Roger, Duckworth, Johnson 73.0 5 1 30 18 Ht9 Craven, Middleditch, Small, Rogers 72.8 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Fisher, Geran, Williams, Kidd 72.4 2 4 35 25 Ht11 Middleditch, Biggs, Johnston, Sharples 73.0 5 1 40 26 Ht12 Duckworth, Williams, Small, Squibb 72.6 1 5 41 31 Ht13 Craven, Kidd, Geran, Sharples 73.2 3 3 44 34 Ht14 Johnston, Small, Fisher, C.Roger 73.0 2 4 46 38

Thursday 16th August 1956 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 54 Belle Vue Aces 30 (National League Division One)

Wembley Tommy Price 0 3 3 3 9 Eric French 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Ray Cresp 3 3 3 1 10 Split Waterman 1 2’ 0 2’ 5 2 Brian Crutcher 3 E 3 3 9 Trevor Redmond E 1 2 2’ 5 1 Mike Broadbanks 3 2 5 Merv Hannan 0 E 0

Belle Vue Dick Fisher 3 3 1 0 7 Peter Craven 0 1 0 1 2 Peter Williams 1’ 1 0 0 2 1 Ron Johnston 1’ 2 1 1 5 1 Bob Duckworth 2 F 1’ 3 6 1 Ken Sharples 2 1 2 5 Alf Webster 1’ 2 3 1

Ht1 Cresp, Fisher, Williams, Price 77.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 French, Rogers, Waterman, Craven 77.6 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Crutcher, Duckworth, Johnston, Redmond (ef) 78.0 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Broadbanks, Sharples, Webster, Hannan 77.4 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Cresp, French, Craven, Rogers (f) 79.2 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Price, Fisher, Redmond, Duckworth (f) 80.2 4 2 22 14 Ht7 Cresp, Williams, Johnston, Crutcher (ef) 80.4 3 3 25 17 Ht8 French, Webster, Duckworth, Hannan (ef) 78.8 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Price, Waterman, Sharples, Craven 78.6 5 1 33 21 Ht10 Crutcher, Redmond, Fisher, Williams 77.6 5 1 38 22 Ht11 Price, Sharples, Cresp, Johnston 78.8 4 2 42 24 Ht12 Duckworth, Broadbanks, Williams, waterman 78.8 2 4 44 28 Ht13 Crutcher, Redmond, Craven, Rogers 75.6 5 1 49 29 Ht14 French, Waterman, Johnston, Fisher 82.2 5 1 54 30

Friday 17th August 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 64 Belle Vue Aces 44 (National Trophy)

Birmingham Eric Boothroyd 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 1 9 4 Alan Hunt 3 1’ 3 2 3 0 12 1 Doug Davies 3 2 3 3 3 3 17 Neil Mortimer 1’ 2 1’ 3 1’ 8 3 Ron Mountford 2 3 0 2 2’ 9 1 Jim Tolley 0 E 1 1 Harry Bastable 3 2’ 1’ 0 6 2 Arthur Duncan E 2 2

Belle Vue Dick Fisher 1 3 1 0 0 5 Peter Williams 0 1 1’ 0 2 4 1 Bob Duckworth 2 0 1 1 1 5 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 2 17 Ken Sharples 0 E 0 0 0 Ron Johnston 0 1 2 1 2’ 1’ 7 2 Alf Webster 2 3 5 Tink Maynard 1’ 0 0 1 1

Ht1 Hunt, Boothroyd, Fisher, Williams 73.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Davies, Duckworth, Mortimer, Johnston 73.0 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Craven, Mountford, Williams, Tolley 72.6 2 4 11 7 Ht4 Bastable, Webster, Maynard, Duncan (ef) 73.8 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Craven, Davies, Hunt, Duckworth 71.8 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Fisher, Mortimer, Johnston, Tolley (ef) 73.6 2 4 19 17 Ht7 Mountford, Boothroyd, Duckworth, Sharples 73.2 5 1 24 18 Ht8 Davies, Boothroyd, Fisher, Sharples (ef) 71.6 5 1 29 19 Ht9 Duckworth, Bastable, Hunt, Fisher 73.6 5 1 34 20 Ht10 Davies, Johnston, Williams, Mountford 73.8 3 3 37 23 Ht11 Craven, Hunt, Mortimer, Maynard 72.6 3 3 40 26 Ht12 Mortimer, Boothroyd, Duckworth, Williams 74.2 5 1 45 27 Ht13 Hunt, Mountford, Johnston, Sharples 73.4 5 1 50 28 Ht14 Webster, Duncan, Bastable, Maynard 74.4 3 3 53 31 Ht15 Craven, Mountford, Mortimer, Fisher 72.4 3 3 56 34 Ht16 Davies, Williams, Tolley, Sharples 73.0 4 2 60 36 Ht17 Craven, Johnston, Boothroyd, Bastable 72.4 1 5 61 41 Ht18 Davies, Craven, Johnston, Hunt 73.0 3 3 64 44

Saturday 18th August 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces v Birmingham Brummies (National Trophy) Rained Off

Saturday 25th August 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester World Championship Qualifying Round

Bill Holden 1 1 0 1 0 3 Dick Fisher 2 3 3 3 1 12 Bert Edwards 3 1 3 3 2 12 Ronnie Genz 0 1 0 1 E 2 Dick Bradley 2 E 0 F 2 4 Brian Crutcher 3 2 3 3 3 14 Junior Bainbridge 1 2 2 E E 5 Ron Mountford 0 E 1 0 3 4 Split Waterman 2 2 2 2 3 11 Howdy Byford 1 1 1 1 1 5 Jack Biggs 0 3 1 1 3 8 Ron Johnston 3 2 2 3 1 11 Bob Duckworth 3 3 3 2 F 11 Ken Middleditch E 0 0 2 1 3 Cyril Brine 1 0 1 0 2 4 Ron How 2 3 2 2 2 11

Ht1 Edwards, Fisher, Holden, Genz 74.8 Ht2 Crutcher, Bradley, Bainbridge, Mountford 77.2 Ht3 Johnston, Waterman, Byford, Biggs 77.8 Ht4 Duckworth, How, Brine, Middleditch (ef) 77.0 Ht5 Duckworth, Waterman, Holden, Bradley (ef) 77.6 Ht6 Fisher, Crutcher, Byford, Middleditch 78.0 Ht7 Biggs, Bainbridge, Edwards, Brine 79.6 Ht8 How, Johnston, Genz, Mountford (ef) 79.8 Ht9 Crutcher, How, Biggs, Holden 79.4 Ht10 Fisher, Johnston, Brine, Bradley 79.6 Ht11 Edwards, Waterman, Mountford, Middleditch 80.4 Ht12 Duckworth, Bainbridge, Byford, Genz 80.4 Ht13 Johnston, Middleditch, Holden, Bainbridge (ef) 82.6 Ht14 Fisher, Duckworth, Biggs, Mountford 83.0 Ht15 Edwards, How, Byford, Bradley (f) 82.6 Ht16 Crutcher, Waterman, Genz, Brine 81.6 Ht17 Mountford, Brine, Byford, Holden 84.2 Ht18 Waterman, How, Fisher, Bainbridge (ef) 83.2 Ht19 Crutcher, Edwards, Johnston, Duckworth (f) 81.8 Ht20 Biggs, Bradley, Middleditch, Genz (ef) 83.4

Saturday 1st September 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 83 Birmingham Brummies 25 (National Trophy)

Belle Vue Dick Fisher 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Peter Williams 1 3 2’ 3 3 2’14 2 Ron Johnston 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 10 5 Ken Sharples 3 2’ 2’ 1 2 10 2 Bob Duckworth 2’ 2’ F 4 2 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 Alf Webster 2’ 2’ 0 4 2 Brian Craven 3 3 3 0 9

Birmingham Alan Hunt E E 1 0 3 4 Eric Boothroyd 2 1 X 0 1 4 Doug Davies 1 1 1 1 2 6 Ron Mountford E 0 1 1 1 3 Jim Tolley E 0 E 0 0 Harry Bastable 0 1 1 1 E 3 Derrick Tailby 0 2 1 3 Arthur Duncan 1 0 1’ 2 1

Ht1 Fisher, Boothroyd, Williams, Hunt (ef) 71.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Sharples, Johnston, Davies, Bastable 74.4 5 1 9 3 Ht3 P.Craven, Duckworth, Boothroyd, Mountford (ef)75.8 5 1 14 4 Ht4 B.Craven, Webster, Duncan, Tailby 77.4 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Williams, Johnston, Davies, Mountford 75.0 5 1 24 6 Ht6 P.Craven, Sharples, Bastable, Hunt (ef) 75.8 5 1 29 7 Ht7 Fisher, Duckworth, Davies, Tolley (ef) 75.2 5 1 34 8 Ht8 Fisher, Johnston, Hunt, Tolley 74.8 5 1 39 9 Ht9 P.Craven, Williams, Davies, Hunt 74.6 5 1 44 10 Ht10 B.Craven, Johnston, Bastable, Boothroyd (exc) 75.0 5 1 49 11 Ht11 Williams, Sharples, Mountford, Duncan 74.8 5 1 54 12 Ht12 Fisher, Davies, Sharples, Boothroyd 76.0 4 2 58 14 Ht13 P.Williams, Webster, Bastable, Tolley (ef) NA 5 1 63 15 Ht14 B.Craven, Tailby, Duncan, Webster 77.2 3 3 66 18 Ht15 Hunt, Sharples, Mountford, B.Craven 77.0 2 4 68 22 Ht16 P.Craven, Johnston, Boothroyd, Tolley 76.4 5 1 73 23 Ht17 Fisher, P.Craven, Mountford, Bastable (ef) 76.2 5 1 78 24 Ht18 Fisher, Williams, Tailby, Duncan 76.0 5 1 83 25

Reserves Race Grepp (scr), Maynard (20), Robinson (scr), Payling (20), Johnson (20) 78.6

Weston Biscuit Trophy Ht1 Garth, Bottomley, Brown, Kin Tiki, [ Blood, Bennett 98.0 Ht2 Crockett, O’Neil, Johnson, [ Joe Reece, Ernie Shaw, Adge Hinchcliffe 106.0

Saturday 8th September 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 69 Wimbledon Dons 39 (National Trophy)

Belle Vue Dick Fisher 3 3 3 3 2’ 3 17 1 Peter Williams 2’ 1’ 1 2 3 9 2 Ron Johnston 0 2’ 2 2 E 6 1 Ken Sharples 3 0 1’ 0 1’ 5 2 Bob Duckworth 2’ 2’ 0 2’ 2 8 3 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 2’ 17 1 Tink Maynard 3 0 3 Brian Craven 0 3 3

Wimbledon Alf Hagon 0 2 1 0 0 3 Ronnie Moore 1 0 3 1’ 2 1 8 1 Peter Moore 2 3 1 2 2 10 Barry Briggs 1 0 3 3 1 0 8 Cyril Brine 0 0 0 E 0 Ron How 1’ 1’ 1 1 0 4 2 Cyril Maidment 1’ 0 2 4 1 Bob Andrews 2 1’ 3 1

Ht1 Fisher, Williams, R.Moore, Hagon 71.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Sharples, P.Moore, How, Johnston 75.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 P.Craven, Duckworth, Briggs, R.Moore 73.8 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Maynard, Andrews, Maidment, B.Craven 76.6 3 3 16 8 Ht5 P.Moore, Johnston, Williams, Briggs 74.4 3 3 19 11 Ht6 P.Craven, Hagon, How, Sharples 74.4 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Fisher, Duckworth, P.Moore, Brine 74.0 5 1 27 15 Ht8 Fisher, Johnston, Hagon, Brine 74.8 5 1 32 16 Ht9 P.Craven, P.Moore, Williams, Hagon 75.0 4 2 36 18 Ht10 R.Moore, Johnston, How, Duckworth 75.8 2 4 38 22 Ht11 Briggs, Williams, Sharples, Maidment 76.0 3 3 41 25 Ht12 Fisher, P.Moore, R.Moore, Sharples 74.4 3 3 44 28 Ht13 Williams, Duckworth, How, Brine 76.4 5 1 49 29 Ht14 B.Craven, Maidment, Andrews, Maynard 78.0 3 3 52 32 Ht15 Briggs, Duckworth, Sharples, Hagon 77.2 3 3 55 35 Ht16 P.Craven, R.Moore, Johnston (ef), Brine (ef) 75.8 3 2 58 37 Ht17 P.Craven, Fisher, Briggs, How 75.0 5 1 63 38 Ht18 Fisher, P.Craven, R.Moore, Briggs 75.2 5 1 68 39

Reserves Handicap Race Payling (20), Grepp (10), Robinson (20), Webster (20), McHugh (scr) 79.0

Speed Car Special Ht1 Bottomley, Garth, Brown, Bennett, Crockett, A.Hinchcliffe (ns) 100.8 Ht2 Johnson, O’Neil, Kevin Shaw, [ Gus Cousins, Davy Crockett 99.0

Monday 10th September 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 69 Belle Vue Aces 38 (National Trophy)

Wimbledon Cyril Brine 3 0 2’ 2’ 2 9 2 Ronnie Moore 2’ 3 2’ 3 3 3 16 2 Alf Hagon 1 0 2 3 Barry Briggs 3 2 2’ 3 1 11 1 Peter Moore 3 3 3 1 3 1 14 Ron How 1 1’ 3 1’ 0 6 2 Cyril Maidment 3 3 2’ 1 9 1 Bob Andrews 1 F 1

Belle Vue Dick Fisher 1 0 0 0 1 Peter Williams 0 0 1 0 3 4 Bob Duckworth 0 1’ 1’ 0 1 3 2 Peter Craven 2 2 1 2 3 2 12 Ken Sharples 2 1 0 0 0 3 Ron Johnston 2 3 0 2 1 F 8 Alf Webster 2 1 2’ 5 1 Brian Craven 0 3 3

Ht1 Brine, R.Moore, Fisher, Williams 71.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Briggs, Johnston, Hagon, Duckworth 70.0 4 2 9 3 Ht3 P.Moore, P.Craven, How, Williams 70.4 5 2 13 5 Ht4 Maidment, Webster, Andrews, B.Craven 70.8 4 2 17 7 Ht5 R.Moore, P.Craven, Duckworth, Hagon 70.6 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Johnston, Briggs, How, Fisher 69.8 3 3 23 13 Ht7 P.Moore, Sharples, Duckworth, Brine 70.0 3 3 26 16 Ht8 Maidment, Brine, Sharples, Fisher 70.6 5 1 31 17 Ht9 How, R.Moore, Webster, Duckworth 72.0 5 1 36 18 Ht10 P.Moore, Maidment, Williams, Johnston 68.8 5 1 41 19 Ht11 R.Moore, Briggs, P.Craven, Sharples 69.8 5 1 46 20 Ht12 Briggs, Brines, Duckworth, Williams 70.0 5 1 51 21 Ht13 R.Moore, Johnston, P.Moore, Sharples 70.2 4 2 55 23 Ht14 B.Craven, Webster, Maidment, Andrews (f) 71.2 1 5 56 28 Ht15 P.Moore, P.Craven, Briggs, Fisher 70.2 4 2 60 30 Ht16 Williams, hagon, How, Sharples 71.6 3 3 63 33 Ht17 P.Craven, Brine, Johnston, How 69.6 2 4 65 37 Ht18 R.Moore, P.Craven, P.Moore, Johnston 70.6 4 2 69 39

Saturday 15th September 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 44 Belle Vue Aces 40 (National League Division One) Double Header

Birmingham Alan Hunt 0 0 3 2 5 Harry Bastable 0 1 1’ 1 3 1 Eric Boothroyd 3 0 3 1’ 7 1 Doug Davies 1 2’ 3 3 9 1 Jim Tolley 1 0 0 1 Ron Mountford 3 2 3 1 9 Arthur Duncan 2’ 2’ 4 2 Neil Mortimer 3 2 1 6

Belle Vue Dick Fisher 2 3 2 0 7 Peter Craven 3 2’ 1 2’ 8 2 Peter Williams 1’ 1’ 0 1 3 2 Ken Sharples 2’ 3 0 3 8 1 Ron Johnston 2 2 3 2 9 Alf Webster 0 1 3 4 Tink Maynard 1 0 0 1 Brian Craven 0 0 0

Ht1 Boothroyd, Fisher, Williams, Hunt 73.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 P.Craven, Sharples, Bastable 74.0 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Mountford, Johnston, Tolley, Webster 75.0 4 2 8 10 Ht4 Mortimer, Duncan, Maynard, B.Craven 76.4 5 1 13 11 Ht5 Sharples, P.Craven, Bastable, Boothroyd 74.8 1 5 14 16 Ht6 Fisher, Mountford, Webster, Hunt 74.4 2 4 16 20 Ht7 Boothroyd, Johnston, Williams, Tolley 75.6 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Webster, Mortimer, Bastable, B.Craven 76.2 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Hunt, Davies, P.Craven, Sharples 75.0 5 1 27 27 Ht10 Mountford, Fisher, Mortimer, Williams 74.8 4 2 31 29 Ht11 Johnston, Hunt, Boothroyd, Maynard 74.4 3 3 34 32 Ht12 Davies, Duncan, Williams, Maynard 76.2 5 1 39 33 Ht13 Sharples, P.Craven, Mountford, Tolley 75.0 1 5 40 38 Ht14 Davies, Johnston, Bastable, Fisher 75.4 4 2 44 40

Saturday 29th September 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 60 Birmingham Brummies 23 (National League Division One) Double Header

Belle Vue Ken Sharples F 0 Ron Johnston 3 3 3 3 12 Tink Maynard 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 Bob Duckworth 2’ 3 2 1 8 1 Dick Fisher 3 3 3 3 12 Alf Webster 2’ 2 1 2’ 7 2 Brian Craven 3 1’ 2’ 1’ 7 3 Slant Payling 2’ 2’ E 4 2

Birmingham Eric Boothroyd 2 3 2 3* 2 12 Harry Bastable 1 1 0 1 0 3 Ron Mountford F 0 Jim Tolley 0 0 0 1 1 Arthur Duncan 1 1 2 0 4 Derrick Tailby 0 0 1 1 Mike Lawrence 1 1’ 2 1 Alan Pearce E 0 0 0

Ht1 Maynard, Boothroyd, Pearce (ef), Sharples (fexc), Boothroyd (f), 74.2 3 2 3 2 Ht2 Johnston, Duckworth, Bastable, Tolley 73.0 5 1 8 3 Ht3 Fisher, Webster, Duncan, Tailby 75.2 5 1 13 4 Ht4 B.Craven, Payling, Lawrence, Pearce 75.2 5 1 18 5 Ht5 Johnston, Maynard, Bastable, Tolley 74.6 5 1 23 6 Ht6 Boothroyd, Webster, B.Craven, Tailby 75.6 3 3 26 9 Ht7 Fisher, Maynard, Duncan, Bastable 75.4 5 1 31 10 Ht8 Johnston, Payling, Tailby, Pearce 74.8 5 1 36 11 Ht9 Duckworth, B.Craven, Bastable, Tolley 76.0 5 1 41 12 Ht10 Fisher, Boothroyd, Webster, Mountford (ns) 75.6 4 2 45 14 Ht11 Maynard, Duncan, Lawrence, Payling (ef) 76.8 3 3 48 17 Ht12 Boothroyd*, Duckworth, B.Craven, Tailby (ns) 76.6 3 3 51 20 Ht13 Fisher, Webster, Tolley, Bastable 76.6 5 1 56 21 Ht14 Johnston, Boothroyd, Duckworth, Duncan 75.8 4 2 60 23

Saturday 29th September 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 44 Norwich Stars 40 (National League Division One) (Second event of double-header with Birmingham)

BELLE VUE Bob Duckworth 2 2 1’ 1 6 1 Ron Johnston 3 3 3 3 12 Tink Maynard 1’ 0 1 1 Brian Craven 0 2 2 0 4 Dick Fisher 3 3 2 3 11 Alf Webster 0 0 1’ 1 1 Frank Johnson 2’ 1 0 1’ 4 2 Slant Payling 3 2’ 0 5 1

NORWICH Aub Lawson 3 3 3 1’ 10 1 Harry Edwards 2 2 0 1’ 5 1 Peter Atkins 0 0 0 0 Billy Bales 1’ 1, 3 3 2 10 2 Gerry Hussey 2 2 2’ 2 8 1 Phil Clarke 1’ 1 1 3 6 1 Reg Trott 1 0 1 Derek Strutt 0 0 0

1 Lawson, Duckworth, Maynard, Atkins, 75.4 3 3 2 Johnston, Edwards, Bales, Craven, 75.2 6 6 3 Fisher, Hussey, Clarke, Webster, 76.4 9 9 4 Payling, Johnston, Trott, Strutt, 77.8 14 10 5 Johnston, Edwards, Bales, Maynard, 76.4 17 13 6 Lawson, Duckworth, Clarke, Webster, 77.4 19 17 7 Fisher, Hussey, Johnson, Atkins, 78.4 23 19 8 Johnston, Payling, Clarke, Strutt, 76.8 28 20 9 Bales, Craven, Duckworth, Edwards, 77.2 31 23 10 Lawson, Fisher, Webster, Atkins, 77.0 34 26 11 Bales, Hussey, Duckworth, Johnson (f), 77.2 35 31 12 Clarke, Craven, Johnson, Trott, 78.2 38 34 13 Fisher, Bales, Edwards, Payling (f), 77.2 41 37 14 Johnston, Hussey, Lawson, Craven, 77.0 44 40 No Second Half Scheduled for this meeting

Thursday 4th October 1956 Cowley Stadium, Oxford Oxford Cheetahs 37 Belle Vue Aces 59 (Challenge)

Oxford Ronnie Genz 3 2 2 2 2 F 11 Bob Baker 1 0 0 0 1 Ian Williams 1’ 0 2’ 1 2 1’ 7 3 Dennis Newton 2 1 1’ 3 1’ 0 8 2 Peter Robinson 0 1 1 Gordon McGregor 1 3 1 1 2 8 Terry Courtnell 1 0 1

Belle Vue Tink Maynard 2 0 0 0 2 Dick Fisher E 2’ 2 1 1 6 1 Ron Johnston 3 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 12 3 Bob Duckworth 0 1 3 3 3 10 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 15 Brian Craven 2’ 2’ 0 3 1 8 2 Frank Johnson 3 0 3 6

Ht1 Genz, Maynard, Baker, Fisher (ef) 71.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Johnston, Newton, I.Williams, Duckworth 70.2 3 3 7 5 Ht3 P.Craven, B.Craven, McGregor, Robinson 69.4 1 5 8 10 Ht4 Johnson, Fisher, Courtnell, Baker 70.2 1 5 9 15 Ht5 P.Craven, B.Craven, Newton, I.Williams 69.8 1 5 10 20 Ht6 Johnston, Genz, Duckworth, Baker 69.4 2 4 12 24 Ht7 McGregor, Fisher, Robinson, Maynard 69.0 4 2 16 26 Ht8 P.Craven, Genz, Newton, B.Craven 68.2 3 3 19 29 Ht9 Duckworth, Johnston, McGregor, Robinson 68.4 1 5 20 34 Ht10 Newton, I.Williams, Fisher, Maynard 69.0 5 1 25 35 Ht11 B.Craven, Genz, Newton, Johnson (f) 69.0 3 3 28 38 Ht12 P.Craven, Johnston, I.Williams, Baker 67.2 1 5 29 43 Ht13 Duckworth, I.Williams, B.Craven, Courtnell 68.2 2 4 31 47 Ht14 Johnson, Johnston, McGregor, Newton 67.8 1 5 32 52 Ht15 Duckworth, Genz, I.Williams, Maynard 68.0 3 3 35 55 Ht16 P.Craven, McGregor, Fisher, Genz (f) 66.8 2 4 37 59

Saturday 6th October 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 55 Odsal Tudors 29 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 3 3 3 E 9 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 12 Bob Duckworth 2’ 2’ F 3 7 2 Brian Craven 2’ 2’ 1’ 0 5 3 Dick Fisher 3 3 3 3 12 Tink Maynard 2’ 1 1 2’ 6 2 Slant Payling 2 2 4 Alf Webster E 0 0

Odsal Arthur Forrest 0 0 0 Ron Clarke 0 1 1 1 3 Al Allison 1 1’ 0 2 1 Arthur Wright 1 0 0 0 1 Guy Allott 1 2 2 2 7 Nigel Boocock 0 2 2 2 3 9 Des Hawswell 1 1’ 1’ 3 2 Dent Oliver 3 1’ E 4 1

Ht1 Johnston, Duckworth, Allison, Forrest 74.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 P.Craven, B.Craven, Wright, Clarke 74.8 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Fisher, Maynard, Allott, Boocock 75.2 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Oliver, Payling, Haswell, Webster (ef) 77.2 2 4 17 7 Ht5 P.Craven, Duckworth, Clarke, Wright 74.8 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Johnston, Boocock, Maynard, Forrrest 74.4 4 2 26 10 Ht7 Fisher, Allott, Allison, Duckworth (f) 75.0 3 3 29 13 Ht8 P.Craven, Boocock, Oliver, Webster 75.2 3 3 32 16 Ht9 Johnston, B.Craven, Clarke, Wright 76.2 5 1 37 17 Ht10 Fisher, Boocock, Maynard, Allison 75.8 4 2 41 19 Ht11 Duckworth, Allott, Haswell, Johnston (ef) 77.6 3 3 44 22 Ht12 Boocock, payling, B.Craven, Oliver 77.0 3 3 47 25 Ht13 Fisher, Maynard, Clarke, Wright 76.6 5 1 52 26 Ht14 P.Craven, Allott, Haswell, B.Craven 76.8 3 3 55 29

Golden Helmet Match Race Championship Ht1 Peter Craven bt Brian Crutcher 71.2 Ht2 Peter Craven bt Brian Crutcher 71.4

Crazy Night Scratch Races 3 laps Ht1 Johnston, Maynard, Allott, Clarke 76.4 (4) Ht2 P.Craven, Boocock, B.Craven, Allison (ns) 57.4 Ht3 Payling, Oliver, Webster, Haswell 59.6 Ht4 Brian Crutcher, Fisher, Duckworth, Wright (ns) 58.2

Bubble Bouncers Picnic Grepp (15), Warburton (scr), McHugh (10), [ Sandall (20), B.Edwards (20) 79.2

Speed Car two Mile Race Garth, Brown, Crockett, [ Hinchcliffe, Tiki, O’Neil, Blood, Shaw, Bennett, Mountfield, Bottomley 164.4

BELLE VUE 1956 Needs in BOLD

Saturday 31st March 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 45 Wembley Lions 39 (Ch) Monday 2nd April 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 53 Odsal Tudors 30 (CNT) Saturday 7th April 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 45 Wimbledon Dons 39 (Ch) Saturday 14th April 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 57 Poole Pirates 27 (NLD1) Monday 16th April 1956 London Wimbledon Dons 49 Belle Vue Aces 35 (NLD1) Saturday 21st April 1956 Perry Barr Birmingham Brummies 45 Belle Vue Aces 39 (NLD1) Saturday 21st April 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Speed Car Cup Monday 23rd April 1956 Poole Poole Pirates 49 Belle Vue Aces 32 (NLD1) Tuesday 23rd April 1956 Bannister Court, Southampton Saints 51 Belle Vue Aces 45 (IDL) Saturday 28th April 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 47 Wimbledon Dons 36 (NLD1) Saturday 5th May 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 49 Poland 47 (Ch) Saturday 12th May 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Individual Championship Saturday 19th May 1956 Firs Norwich Stars 53 Belle Vue Aces 30 (NLD1) Saturday 19th May 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Reserves 35 Southern Area League 19 (Ch) Monday 21st May 1956 Bradford Odsal Tudors 50 Belle Vue Aces 33 (NLD1) Monday 21st May 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 42 Odsal Tudors 39 (NLD1) Saturday 26th May 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 42 Norwich Stars 42 (NLD1) Thursday 31st May 1956 London Wembley Lions 61 Belle Vue Aces 23 (NLD1) Saturday 2nd June 1956 Manchester Bell Vue Aces 53 Poole Pirates 31 (NLD1) Thursday 7th June 1956 Cowley Oxford Cheetahs 22 Belle Vue Aces 18 (IDL) Aban Saturday 9th June 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 54 Wembley Lions 30 (NLD1) Monday 11th June 1956 London Wimbledon Dons 53 Belle Vue Aces 30 (NLD1) THt10 Saturday 16th June 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Best Pairs Saturday 16th June 1956 Firs Norwich Stars v Belle Vue Aces (NLD1) Rained Off Saturday 23rd June 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Astorias Trophy Saturday 30th June 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 45 Birmingham Brummies 39 (NLD1) Thursday 5th July 1956 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 52 Belle Vue Aces 42 (IDT) Saturday 7th July 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 36 Wimbledon Dons 47 (NLD1) Saturday 14th July 1956 Perry Barr Birmingham Brummies 23 Belle Vue Aces 31(NLD1)Abn THts 4,5,7,8,9 Saturday 14th July 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Reserves 26 Southern Juniors 28 Monday 16th July 1956 Poole Poole Pirates 54 Belle Vue Aces 54 (NT) Saturday 21st July 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 72 Poole Pirates 36 (NT) Thursday 25th July 1956 Firs Norwich Stars 39 Belle Vue Aces 44 (NLD1) Saturday 28th July 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 37 Wembley Lions 47 (NLD1) Saturday 4th August 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Champagne Derby Monday 6th August 1956 Bradford Odsal Tudors 39 Belle Vue Aces 45 (NLD1) Saturday 11th August 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Supporters’ Trophy Monday 13th August 1956 Poole Poole Pirates 46 Belle Vue Aces 38 (NLD1) Thursday 16th August 1956 London Wembley Lions 54 Belle Vue Aces 30 (NLD1) Friday 17th August 1956 Perry Barr Birmingham Brummies 64 Belle Vue Aces 44 (NT) Saturday 18th August 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces v Birmingham Brummies (NT) Rained Off Saturday 25th August 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester World Championship Qualifying Round Saturday 1st September 1956 Manchester Belle VueAces 83Birmingham Brummies 25(NT) Saturday 8th September 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 69 Wimbledon Dons 39 (NT) Monday 10th September 1956 London Wimbledon Dons 69 Belle Vue Aces 38 (NT) Saturday 15th September 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham Brummies 44 Belle Vue Aces 40 (NLD1) Saturday 29th September 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 60 Birmingham Brummies 23 (NLD1) Saturday 29th September 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 44 Norwich Stars 40 (NLD1) Thursday 4th October 1956 Cowley Oxford Cheetahs 37 Belle Vue Aces 59 (Ch) Saturday 6th October 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 55 Odsal Tudors 29 (NLD1)