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West Ham 1946 Compiled by Hugh Vass Update: 20.5.2020 Friday 19th April 1946 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 41 Wembley Lions 42 (Challenge) West Ham Eric Chitty 2 3 2 3 10 Frank Lawrence F 1’ E 1’ 2 2 Malcolm Craven 2 F 3 3 8 Ron Howes 1’ 1 1 1’ 4 2 Colin Watson 3 3 2 3 11 Dick Geary F 1 1’ 2 4 1 Roger Wise 0 2 2 Ed Pye 0 F 0 Wembley Bill Kitchen 3 2’ 3 1’ 9 2 Bob Wells 1 3 F 3 7 Tommy Price 3 E 2 2 7 Alf Bottoms 0 2 2 F 4 George Wilks 2 3 F 3 8 Bill Gilbert 1’ X 2 X 3 1 Roy Craighead 1’ 2 3 1 Bronco Wilson 1’ 0 1 1 Ht1 Kitchen, Chitty, Wells, Lawrence (f) 83.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Price, Craven, Howes, Bottoms 84.2 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Watson, Wilks, Gilbert, Geary (f) 82.8 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Chitty, Bottoms, Craighead, Wise 86.4 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Wells, Kitchen, Howes, Craven (f) 87.0 1 5 12 18 Ht6 Watson, Bottoms, Geary, Price (ef) 84.0 4 2 16 20 Ht7 Wilks, Chitty, Lawrence, Gilbert (exc) 82.8 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Craven, Price, Wilson, Pye 84.0 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Kitchen, Watson, Geary, Wells (f) 84.0 3 3 25 29 Ht10 Chitty, Price, Lawrence (ef), Bottoms (f) 85.6 3 2 28 31 Ht11 Craven, Gilbert, Howes, Wilks (f) 84.4 4 2 32 33 Ht12 Watson, Craighead, Kitchen (frmtd), Pye (f) 85.8 3 3 35 36 Ht13 Wilks, Wise, Howes, Wilson 84.6 3 3 38 39 Ht14 Wells, Geary, Lawrence, Gilbert (exc) 88.0 3 3 41 42 Hammers Trials Scratch Race Ht1 Benny King, Bert Roger, John Taylor (f), Dave Anderson (ef) 87.2 Ht2 George Gower, George Bason, Oz Osborne, Alf Deegan 89.8 The Easter Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Wilks, Chitty, Howes, Geary (ef) 63.6 43.13 mph Ht2 Kitchen, Wells, Lawrence, Wise 65.2 Ht3 Craven, Watson, Pye, Bottoms (f) 63.2 Ht4 King, Gower, Bason, Roger 65.4 Final Wilks, Kitchen, Craven, King (f) 63.0 Tuesday 23rd April 1946 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 41 New Cross Rangers 43 (National League) West Ham Eric Chitty 2 3 3 3 11 Frank Lawrence 1’ 1 0 2 4 1 Malcolm Craven 2 2 2 3 9 Ron Howes 0 0 0 2 2 Colin Watson 3 3 2 2 10 Dick Geary 1 1 2 Roger Wise 0 1’ 1 1 George Gower 1’ 0 0 1’ 2 2 New Cross Ron Johnson 3 3 3 3 12 Phil Bishop 0 1 1 3 5 Les Wotton 3 2 3 2 10 Eric French 1 1’ F 2 1 Geoff Pymar 2 2 2 3 9 Jack Cooley 1 E 1 Mick Mitchell 2 0 1’ 1 4 1 Jack White F 0 F 0 Ht1 Johnson, Chitty, Lawrence, Bishop 82.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Wotton, Craven, French, Howes 81.8 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Watson, Pymar, Geary, White (f) 82.6 4 2 9 9 Ht4 Chitty, Mitchell, French, Wise 84.6 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Johnson, Craven, Bishop, Howes 83.4 2 4 14 16 Ht6 Watson, Wotton, Geary, French (f) 82.4 4 2 18 18 Ht7 Chitty, Pymar, Lawrence, Mitchell 82.0 4 2 22 20 Ht8 Wotton, Craven, Gower, White 83.4 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Johnson, Watson, Bishop, Gower 82.2 2 4 27 27 Ht10 Chitty, Pymar, Mitchell, Lawrence 83.0 3 3 30 30 Ht11 Craven, Pymar, Cooley, Howes 83.8 3 3 33 33 Ht12 Johnson, Watson, Mitchell, Gower 83.6 2 4 35 37 Ht13 Pymar, Howes, Wise, White (f) 86.0 3 3 38 40 Ht14 Bishop, Lawrence, Gower, Colley (ef) 84.2 3 3 41 43 Junior Scurry Ht1 Gower, Roger, Deegan, Taylor 89.4 Ht2 Bason, King, Anderson (nf), Ken Tidbury (nf) 87.6 Victory Scratch Race (3 laps) Ht1 Craven, Pymar, Lawrence, Wise 63.6 Ht2 Johnson, Watson, Pye 64.4 Ht3 Chitty, Wotton, Mitchell, Howes 62.8 Ht4 Bason, Gower, King, Roger 67.4 Final Chitty, Johnson, Craven, Bason 62.2 Wednesday 24th April 1946 New Cross Stadium, London New Cross Rangers 46 West Ham Hammers 36 (National League Division One) New Cross Ron Johnson 3 3 3 3 12 Phil Bishop DNR Les Wotton 3 3 2 3 11 Mick Mitchell 2’ 1 2’ 3 8 2 Geoff Pymar 3 3 2 2 10 Jack Cooley 1 0 1’ 3 5 1 Fred Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 Jack White N 0 0 0 0 West Ham Eric Chitty 2 2 3 3 10 Frank Lawrence 1’ 0 0 1’ 2 2 Malcolm Craven 0 2 3 2 7 Ron Howes 1 1 Colin Watson 2 2 N 2 6 George Gower 0 1’ N 2 3 1 George Bason 2 1 1 4 Bert Roger N 1’ 1’ 1’ 3 3 Ht1 Johnson, Chitty, Lawrence, Taylor 60.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Wotton, Mitchell, Howes, Craven 64.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Pymar, Watson, Cooley, Gower 63.8 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Johnson, Bason, Roger (nf), White (nf) 67.7 3 2 15 8 Ht5 Wotton, Chitty, Mitchell, Lawrence 61.8 4 2 19 10 Ht6 Pymar, Craven, Roger, Cooley 63.0 3 3 22 13 Ht7 Johnson, Watson, Gower, Taylor 64.0 3 3 25 16 Ht8 Craven, Wotton, Bason, White 62.8 2 4 27 20 Ht9 Chitty, Paymar, Cooley, Lawrence 62.6 3 3 30 23 Ht10 Johnson, Craven, Roger, Taylor 63.6 3 3 33 26 Ht11 Wotton, Mitchel, Watson (nf), Gower (nf) 62.8 5 0 38 26 Ht12 Chitty, Pymar, Bason, White 62.6 2 4 40 30 Ht13 Mitchell, Watson, Roger, White 63.2 3 3 43 33 Ht14 Cooley, Gower, Lawrence, Taylor 66.8 3 3 46 36 Saturday 27th April 1946 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 46 West Ham Hammers 37 (National League ) Belle Vue Jack Parker 3 3 3 3 12 Dent Oliver 1 1 1 0 3 Bill Pitcher 3 2 3 3 11 Ron Mason 1 1’ 1 2 5 1 Wally Lloyd 3 E 2 2 7 Jim Boyd 0 E 0 3 3 Alf Kaines 1’ 1 1 Harold Jackson 2’ 1 1’ 4 2 West Ham Eric Chitty 2 3 3 3 11 Frank Lawrence 0 0 1 1’ 2 1 Malcolm Craven 2 3 2 2 9 Bert Roger 0 1 2’ 0 3 1 Colin Watson 2 2 2 3 9 George Gower 1’ 0 0 2 3 1 George Bason 0 0 0 Roger Wise 0 0 0 Ht1 Parker, Chitty, Oliver, Lawrence 76.2* 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Pitcher, Craven, Mason, Roger 81.0 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Lloyd, Watson, Gower, Boyd 84.0 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Parker, Jackson, Roger, Bason 87.0 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Chitty, Pitcher, Mason, Lawrence 81.6 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Craven, Roger, Lloyd (ef), Boyd (ef) 84.0 0 5 19 16 Ht7 Parker, Watson, Oliver, Gower 83.8 4 2 23 18 Ht8 Pitcher, Craven, Jackson, Wise 85.0 4 2 27 20 Ht9 Chitty, Lloyd, Lawrence, Boyd 82.2 2 4 29 24 Ht10 Parker, Craven, Oliver, Roger 85.4 4 2 33 26 Ht11 Pitcher, Watson, Mason, Gower 85.0 4 2 37 28 Ht12 Chitty, Lloyd, Jackson, Bason 82.6 3 3 40 31 Ht13 Watson, Mason, Kaines, Wise 84.2 3 3 43 34 Ht14 Boyd, Gower, Lawrence, Oliver 86.2 3 3 46 37 Tuesday 30th April 1946 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 35 Belle Vue Aces 49 (National League ) West Ham Eric Chitty 2 3 3 3 11 Frank Lawrence 0 0 0 0 0 Malcolm Craven 2 2 2 2 8 Bert Roger 1’ 0 0 1 1 Colin Watson 3 2 2 2 9 George Gower 1 0 0 2 3 George Bason 1 1 Ron Howes 0 1’ 1 2 1 Belle Vue Jack Parker 3 3 3 3 12 Dent Oliver 1 1 1 3 6 Bill Pitcher 3 3 3 2 11 Ron Mason 0 0 1 1’ 2 1 Wally Lloyd 2 2 3 3 10 Alf Kaines 2 0 2 Harold Jackson 1 2’ 3 1 Ht1 Parker, Chitty, Oliver, Lawrence 79.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Pitcher, Craven, Roger, Mason 81.0 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Watson, Lloyd, Gower, Boyd 80.0 4 2 9 9 Ht4 Chitty, Kaines, Bason, Mason 87.0 4 2 13 11 Ht5 Parker, Craven, Oliver, Roger 82.8 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Pitcher, Watson, Mason, Gower 82.6 2 4 17 19 Ht7 Chitty, Lloyd, Boyd, Lawrence 82.4 3 3 20 22 Ht8 Pitcher, Craven, Jackson, Howes 84.0 2 4 22 26 Ht9 Parker, Watson, Oliver, Gower 81.4 2 4 24 30 Ht10 Chitty, Pitcher, Mason, Lawrence 84.4 3 3 27 33 Ht11 Lloyd, Craven, Boyd, Bason 85.4 2 4 29 37 Ht12 Parker, Watson, Howes, Kaines 82.8 3 3 32 40 Ht13 Lloyd, Jackson, Howes, Roger 86.0 1 5 33 45 Ht14 Oliver, Gower, Boyd, Lawrence 85.6 2 4 35 49 Junior Scurry Deegan, J. Taylor, Anderson (exc), Charlie Challis (exc)93.0 Tuesday Special Scratch Race 3laps Ht1 Watson, Lloyd, Roger, Gower 62.6 Ht2 Chitty, Parker, Wise, Bason 62.4 Ht3 Craven, Mason, Lawrence, Jackson 65.0 Ht4 Pitcher, Deegan, Boyd, Taylor 66.2 Final Chitty, Watson, Craven, Pitcher 63.4 Saturday 4th May 1946 Firs Stadium, Norwich New Cross Rangers 44 West Ham Hammers 40 (Challenge) New Cross Ron Johnson 3 3 3 3 12 Keith Harvey 0 0 1 1 Les Wotton 3 3 3 2 11 Mick Mitchell 0 2’ 1’ 1 4 2 Geoff Pymar 0 3 2 3 8 Eric French 2 1 0 3 6 Jack Cooley 1 1 0 2 Jack White 0 0 0 West Ham Eric Chitty 1’ 0 3 2 6 1 Frank Lawrence 2 1 1 0 4 Malcolm Craven 2 2 2 2 8 Bert Roger 1’ 2 0 0 3 1 Colin Watson 3 2 3 3 11 George Gower 1 1’ 0 2 4 1 George Bason 0 1’ 1 1 Ron Howes 1’ 2’ 3 2 Ht1 Johnson, Lawrence, Chitty, Harvey 78.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Wotton, Craven, Roger, Mitchell 81.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Watson, French, Gower, Pymar 80.8 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Johnson, Roger, Cooley, Bason 82.8 4 2 12 12 Ht5 Wotton, Mitchell, Lawrence, Chitty 82.2 5 1 17 13 Ht6 Pymar, Craven, French, Roger 81.8 4 2 21 15 Ht7 Johnson, Watson, Gower, Harvey 81.8 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Wotton, Craven, Howes, White 82.8 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Chitty, Pymar, Lawrence, French 80.2 2 4 29 25 Ht10 Johnson, Craven, Cooley, Roger 80.8 4 2 33 27 Ht11 Watson, Wotton, Mitchell, Gower 80.4 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Pymar, Chitty, Bason, White 80.8 3 3 39 33 Ht13 Watson, Howes, Mitchell, Cooley 81.0 1 5 40 38 Ht14 French, Gower, Harvey, Lawrence 84.0 4 2 44 40 Monday 6th May 1946 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 45 West Ham Hammers 39 (National League) Wimbledon Oliver Hart 3 N 3 Cyril Brine 0 0 2 F 2 Mike Erskine 1’ 0 3 2’ 6 2 Lloyd Goffe 2 3 3 3 11 Dick Harris 1 1’ 2 0 4 1 George Saunders 3 2 1’ 3 9 1 Charlie Dugard 2 2 0 1 5 Alex Gray 2’ 1 3 1 West Ham Eric Chitty 2 2 3 2’ 9 1 Frank Lawrence 1’ 1’ 0 2 4 2 Malcolm Craven 3 3 0 3 9 Bert Roger 0 N 0 1 1 George Gower 2 1 0 2 5 Colin Watson 0 3 E 3 Ron Howes 3 1 3 7 George Bason 1 0 1 Ht1 Hart, Chitty, Lawrence, Brine 74.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Craven, Goffe, Erskine, Roger 74.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Saunders, Gower, Harris, Watson 78.0 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Howes, Dugard, Hart (nf), Roger (nf) 76.4 2 3 12 11 Ht5 Goffe, Chitty, Lawrence, Erskine 74.4 3 3 15 14 Ht6 Craven, Saunders, Harris, Roger 75.0 3 3 18 17 Ht7 Watson, Dugard, Gower, Brine 79.2 2 4 20 21 Ht8 Erskine, Gray, Bason, Craven 79.6 5 1 25 22 Ht9 Chitty, Harris, Saunders, Lawrence 77.0 3 3 28 25 Ht10 Craven, Brine, Roger, Dugard 77.2 2 4 30 29 Ht11 Goffe, Erskine, Howes, Gower 75.0 5 1 35 30 Ht12 Howes, Chitty, Gray, Harris 79.0 1 5 36 35 Ht13 Goffe, Gower, Dugard, Bason 76.4 4 2 40 37 Ht14 Saunders, Lawrence, Brine (f), Watson (ef) 78.0 3 2 43 39 Tuesday 7th May 1946 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 42 Wimbledon Dons 41 (National League) West Ham Eric Chitty 3 3 0 3 9 Frank