Friday 16Th April 1954 the Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 41 Coventry Bees 43 (North Shield)

Motherwell 1954

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Friday 16th April 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 41 Coventry Bees 43 (North Shield)

Motherwell Gordon McGregor F 1’ 1 0 2 1 Tommy Miller E 3 2 2’ 7 1 Derek Close 2 1 0 2 5 Bluey Scott 2 2 E 3 7 Johnny Green 3 0 1 2 6 Ron Phillips 1 3 3 1’ 8 1 Cyril Cooper 2 2 4 Scott Hall 1’ 1 2 1

Coventry Charlie New 3 3 3 3 12 Johnnie Reason 3 2 2 1 8 Derrek Tailby 1 0 1 F 2 Reg Duval 1 F X 1 Jackie Hughes 0 1 0 1 Vic Emms 2 2 2’ 1 7 1 Jim Lightfoot 3 3 3 3 12 Peter Brough 0 0 0

Ht 1 New, Close, Tailby, McGregor (f) 75.8 2 4 2 4 Ht 2 Reason, Scott, Duval, Miller (ef) 76.4 2 4 4 8 Ht 3 Green, Emms, Phillips, Hughes 76.0 4 2 8 10 Ht 4 Lightfoot, Cooper, Hall, Brough 77.2 3 3 11 13 Ht 5 New, Scott, McGregor, Duval (f) 75.4 3 3 14 16 Ht 6 Lightfoot, Cooper, Hughes, Green 74.4 2 4 16 20 Ht 7 Miller, Reason, Close, Tailby 74.2 4 2 20 22 Ht 8 Phillips, Emms, Hall, Brough 75.8 4 2 24 24 Ht 9 New, Miller, Tailby, Scott (ef) 75.0 2 4 26 28 Ht 10 Phillips, Reason, Green, Duval (exclefttr) 76.4 4 2 30 30 Ht 11 Lightfoot, Emms, McGregor, Close 76.2 1 5 31 35 Ht 12 New, Green, Phillips, Tailby (f) 75.0 3 3 34 38 Ht 13 Scott, Miller, Emms, Hughes 76.2 5 1 39 39 Ht 14 Lightfoot, Close, Reason, McGregor 75.0 2 4 41 43

Hamilton Scratch Race Ht1 Miller, Cooper, Duval, Emms 76.0 Ht2 Close, Green, Tailby, Tannock 76.2 Ht3 New, Hall, Hughes, McGregor 75.6 Ht4 Phillips, Scott, Reason, Brough 77.2 Final New, Close, Miller, Phillips 75.6

Selection Race Lightfoot, Cooper, Tannock, Hall 77.6

Saturday 17th April 1954 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh Edinburgh Monarchs 43 Lanarkshire Eagles 40 (North Shield)

Edinburgh Don Cuppleditch 2’ 2 2’ 2 8 2 Dick Campbell 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Bob Mark 3 3 3 1’ 10 1 Harry Darling 1 0 1 Eddie Lack 2 2 2 2 8 Jimmy Cox 0 2 F 0 2 Bert Clark 1 1’ 1 0 3 1 Jock Scott F 0 0

Motherwell Gordon McGregor 1 3 0 1 5 Tommy Miller 2 0 3 3 8 Derek Close E 1 2 3 6 Bluey Scott F E 0 0 Johnny Green 3 3 1 2 9 Ron Phillips 1 3 0 1’ 5 1 Cyril Cooper 3 1 E 4 Scott Hall 2’ 1 3 1

Ht1 Mark, Cuppleditch, McGregor, Close (ef) 71.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Campbell, Miller, Clark, B.Scott (f) 69.2 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Green, Lack, Phillips, Cox 70.4 2 4 11 7 Ht4 Cooper, Hall, Darling, J.Scott (f) 70.0 1 5 12 12 Ht5 McGregor, Cuppleditch, Clark, B.Scott (ef) 69.6 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Green, Lack, Cooper, Darling 70.2 2 4 17 19 Ht7 Mark, Campbell, Close, Miller 69.8 5 1 22 20 Ht8 Phillips, Cox, Hall, J.Scott 70.0 2 4 24 24 Ht9 Campbell, Close, Clark, McGregor 70.2 4 2 28 26 Ht10 Miller, Lack, Cox (f), Cooper (ef) 68.4 2 3 30 29 Ht11 Mark, Cuppleditch, Green, Phillips 69.2 5 1 35 30 Ht12 Close, Lack, McGregor, Cox 69.0 2 4 37 34 Ht13 Campbell, Green, Phillips, Clark 68.0 3 3 40 37 Ht14 Miller, Cuppleditch, Mark, B.Scott 68.8 3 3 43 40

Monday 19th April 1954 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 35 Lanarkshire Eagles 49 (North Shield)

Leicester Reg Fearman 3 2 3 1 9 Don Potter 1 1 2’ 3 7 1 Jack Mountford 0 0 0 0 Bill Griffiths 0 0 3 0 3 Charlie Barsby 1’ 1 1 E 3 1 Jock Grierson 2 0 0 1 3 Lionel Watling 2 3 1 6 Alf Parker 1’ 3 4 1

Motherwell Gordon McGregor 2 1 1 2’ 6 1 Tommy Miller 3 3 3 3 12 Derek Close 1’ 2’ 0 3 6 2 Bluey Scott 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 Johnny Green 3 0 2 1’ 6 1 Ron Phillips 0 2 0 2 Cyril Cooper 3 2 2 7 Scott Hall 0 1’ 1 1

Ht 1 Fearman, McGregor, Close, Mountford 69.6 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Miller, Scott, Potter, Griffiths 69.4 1 5 4 8 Ht 3 Green, Grierson, Barsby, Phillips 71.0 3 3 7 11 Ht 4 Cooper, Watling, Parker, Hall 71.2 3 3 10 14 Ht 5 Scott, Fearman, McGregor, Griffiths 70.2 2 4 12 18 Ht 6 Watling, Cooper, Barsby, Green 71.0 4 2 16 20 Ht 7 Miller, Close, Potter, Mountford 71.2 1 5 17 25 Ht 8 Parker, Phillips, Hall, Grierson 73.4 3 3 20 28 Ht 9 Griffiths, Potter, McGregor, Close 71.6 5 1 25 29 Ht 10 Miller, Scott, Barsby, Grierson 71.4 1 5 26 34 Ht 11 Fearman, Green, Watling, Phillips 70.8 4 2 30 36 Ht 12 Close, McGregor, Grierson, Barsby (ef) 73.6 1 5 31 41 Ht 13 Potter, Cooper, Green, Griffiths 71.8 3 3 34 44 Ht 14 Miller, Scott, Fearman, Mountford 71.0 1 5 35 49

Friday 23rd April 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 58 Glasgow Tigers 25 (North Shield)

Motherwell Tommy Miller 3 3 3 3 12 Ron Phillips 3 3 2 2 10 Bluey Scott 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 3 Johnny Green F 2’ 1’ 0 3 2 Derek Close 3 2’ 3 2 10 1 Gordon McGregor 1 3 2’ E 6 1 Cyril Cooper 3 3 6 Scott Hall 2’ 2’ 4 2

Glasgow Ken McKinlay 2 1 3 3 9 Larry Lazarus 2 E 1 1 4 WillieTempleton 0 1 0 E 1 Doug Templeton 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Bob Sharp 2 1 1 3 7 Alf McIntosh 0 1 0 1 2 Vern McWilliams 1 0 F 1 Douglas Craig X 0

Ht1 Miller, McKinlay, Scott, W.Templeton 74.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Phillips, Lazarus, D.Templeton, Green (f) 76.6 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Close, Sharp, McGregor, McIntosh 75.8 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Cooper, Hall, McWilliams, Craig (fexc) 77.8 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Miller, Green, McKinlay, D.Templeton 76.6 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Cooper, Close, Sharp, McWilliams 76.6 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Phillips, Scott, W.Templeton, Lazarus (ef) 77.4 5 1 31 11 Ht8 McGregor, Hall, McIntosh, McWilliams (f) 76.2 5 1 36 12 Ht9 McKinlay, Phillips, Green, W.Templeton 76.6 3 3 39 15 Ht10 Close, McGregor, Lazarus, D.Templeton 77.0 5 1 44 16 Ht11Miller, Scott, Sharp, McIntosh 75.4 5 1 49 17 Ht12 McKinlay, Close, McGregor (ef), W.Templeton (ef) 77.0 2 3 51 20 Ht13 Sharp, Phillips, McIntosh, Green 76.4 2 4 53 24 Ht14 Miller, Scott, Lazarus, D.Templeton 76.4 5 1 58 25

Bellshill Scratch Race Ht1 Close, Sharp, McGregor, W.Templeton 77.2 Ht2 Miller, Phillips, Lazarus, McIntosh 76.2 Ht3 McKinlay, Scott, Green, D.Templeton 76.6 Final Miller, Phillips, McKinlay, Close 76.0

Reserves’ Race Cooper, Tannock, Hall, McWilliams 78.2

Stadium Scurry Tannock, Mitchell, Russell, Monteith (f) 79.6

Friday April 30th 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 64 Rayleigh Rockets 44 (National Trophy First Round First Leg)

Motherwell Tommy Miller 3 3 3 3 1 E 13 Bluey Scott F F 3 1’ 4 1 Johnny Green 1 2 2’ X 0 5 1 Ron Phillips 0 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 Derek Close 2 2’ 3 2 2’ 3 14 2 Gordon McGregor 1’ 2’ 3 2 3 11 2 Cyril Cooper 3 1 3 7 Scott Hall 0 0 0

Rayleigh Gerry Jackson 2 0 0 0 0 2 Tom O’Conner 1’ 3 1’ 1 1 1’ 8 3 Les McGillivray 2’ 3 1 2 0 2 10 1 Alby Smith 0 1 1 1 0 3 Peter Clark 0 1 0 3 3 7 Maury McDermott 3 1 2 0 2 8 Julie Benson 2 2 4 Frank Bettis 1’ 1’ 2 2

Ht 1 Miller, Jackson, O’Conner, Scott (f) 80.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 McDermott, McGillivray, Green, Phillips 80.2 1 5 4 8 Ht 3 O’Conner, Close, McGregor, Smith 79.4 3 3 7 11 Ht 4 Cooper, Benson, Bettis, Hall 79.0 3 3 10 14 Ht 5 McGillivray, Green, Smith, Scott (f) 78.4 2 4 12 18 Ht 6 Phillips, McGregor, McDermott, Jackson 80.0 5 1 17 19 Ht 7 Miller, Close, McGillivray, Clark 78.4 5 1 22 20 Ht 8 Miller, Green, Clark, Jackson 78.4 5 1 27 21 Ht 9 McGregor, McGillivray, Cooper, Jackson 79.6 4 2 31 23 Ht 10 Close, McDermott, O’Conner, Green (exc) 78.6 3 3 34 26 Ht 11 Scott, Phillips, Smith, Clark 77.4 5 1 39 27 Ht 12 Miller, Phillips, O’Conner, McGillivray 79.0 5 1 44 28 Ht 13 Clark, Close, Scott, McDermott 79.0 3 3 47 31 Ht 14 Cooper, Benson, Bettis, Hall 79.6 3 3 50 34 Ht 15 Phillips, Close, Smith, Jackson 79.2 5 1 55 35 Ht 16 Clark, McGregor, O’Conner, Green 78.6 2 4 57 39 Ht 17 McGregor, McDermott, Miller, Smith 79.6 4 2 61 41 Ht 18 Close, McGillivray, O’Conner, Miller (ef) 79.2 3 3 64 44

Trial Race D.Templeton, Tannock, W.Templeton, Malm (ef) 82.2

Saturday 1st May 1954 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets 65 Lanarkshire Eagles 43 (National Trophy First Round Second Leg)

Rayleigh Gerry Jackson 1 3 2 3 3 12 Tom O’Conner 0 2 1’ 3 3 9 1 Les McGillivray 2 1’ 1’ 2’ 2 8 3 Alby Smith 1’ 0 1 1 1’ 4 2 Peter Clark 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 2 0 11 3 Maury McDermott 3 2 2 1’ 2’ 1 11 2 Julie Benson 3 3 6 Frank Bettis 2’ 2’ 4 2

Motherwell Tommy Miller 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Bluey Scott 2’ 1 1 2 0 6 1 Johnny Green 0 3 1 F 4 Ron Phillips 0 0 0 0 0 Derek Close 0 0 2 1 3 2’ 8 1 Gordon McGregor 3 1 0 0 1 5 Cyril Cooper 0 0 0 Scott Hall 1 0 1 0 2

Ht 1 Miller, Scott, Jackson, O’Conner 71.8 1 5 1 5 Ht 2 McGregor, McGillivray, Smith, Green 73.6 3 3 4 8 Ht 3 McDermott, Clark, Scott, Phillips 73.2 5 1 9 9 Ht 4 Benson, Bettis, Hall, Cooper 74.8 5 1 14 10 Ht 5 Green, O’Conner, McGillivray, Phillips 74.4 3 3 17 13 Ht 6 Miller, McDermott, McGregor, Smith 73.4 2 4 19 17 Ht 7 Jackson, Clark, Green, Close 74.0 5 1 24 18 Ht 8 Miller, Jackson, McGillivray, Close 72.6 3 3 27 21 Ht 9 Miller, McDermott, O’Conner, Green (f) 73.4 3 3 30 24 Ht 10 Clark, McGillivray, Scott, McGregor 74.4 5 1 35 25 Ht 11 O’Conner, Close, Smith, Phillips 74.4 4 2 39 27 Ht 12 Jackson, Scott, Smith, Hall 74.4 4 2 43 29 Ht 13 O’Conner, Clark, Close, McGregor 74.6 5 1 48 30 Ht 14 Benson, Bettis, Hall, Cooper 75.0 5 1 53 31 Ht 15 Miller, Clark, Smith, Hall 73.6 3 3 56 34 Ht 16 Close, McGillivray, McDermott, Scott 74.0 3 3 59 37 Ht 17 Jackson, McDermott, McGregor, Phillips 74.8 5 1 64 38 Ht 18 Miller, Close, McDermott, Clark 74.0 1 5 65 43

Friday 7th May 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 55 Ipswich Witches 29 (North Shield)

Motherwell Tommy Miller 2 2 3 3 10 Derek Close 3 3 E 3 9 Bluey Scott 1’ 1 2’ 1 5 2 Gordon McGregor 1 1’ 2 2’ 6 2 Cyril Cooper 2’ 3 1 1 7 1 Ron Phillips 3 3 3 3 12 Jimmy Tannock 3 0 3 Scott Hall 1 2’ 3 1

Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 2 11 Bert Edwards 0 2 2 2 6 Doug Papworth 0 0 1 0 1 Titch Read 2 0 0 0 2 Sid Clark 0 1’ 0 1 2 1 Dennis Day 1 1 1 0 3 John Lawrie X 0 Len Silver 2 2 0 4

Ht 1 Bainbridge, Miller, Scott, Papworth 74.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Close, Read, McGregor, Edwards 75.4 4 2 7 5 Ht 3 Phillips, Cooper, Day, Clark 76.2 5 1 12 6 Ht 4 Tannock, Silver, Hall, Lawrie (fexc) 77.4 4 2 16 8 Ht 5 Bainbridge, Miller, McGregor, Read 74.6 3 3 19 11 Ht 6 Cooper, Silver, Clark, Tannock 77.0 3 3 22 14 Ht 7 Close, Edwards, Scott, Papworth 75.8 4 2 26 16 Ht 8 Phillips, Hall, Day, Silver 76.8 5 1 31 17 Ht 9 Bainbridge, McGregor, Papworth, Close (ef) 75.8 2 4 33 21 Ht10 Phillips, Edwards, Cooper, Read 75.2 4 2 37 23 Ht 11 Miller, Scott, Day, Clark 77.0 5 1 42 24 Ht 12 Phillips, Bainbridge, Cooper, Papworth 75.4 4 2 46 26 Ht 13 Close, McGregor, Clark, Day 76.6 5 1 51 27 Ht 14 Miller, Edwards, Scott, Read 76.2 4 2 55 29

Shotts Scratch Race Ht1 Close, Hall, Clark, Papworth 76.0 Ht2 Miller, Phillips, Read, Edwards 76.6 Ht3 McGregor, Bainbridge, Scott, Day 77.0 Final Miller, Phillips, Close, McGregor 76.4

Reserves’ Race Hall, Silver, Tannock, Cooper 79.4

Thursday 13th May 1954 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 32 Lanarkshire Eagles 52 (North Shield)

Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 3 2 3 3 11 Bert Edwards 1 2 2 3 8 Reg Reeves 0 0 0 0 0 Tich Read E 0 0 0 0 Sid Clark 2 3 1 0 6 Bob Sharp 1’ 2 0 2 5 1 Dennis Day 1 0 1 Len Silver 0 ‘1 1 1

Motherwell Tommy Miller 2 3 3 3 11 Derek Close 3 3 3 2 11 Bluey Scott 1’ 1 1 1 4 1 Gordon McGregor 2’ 1 2’ 1’ 6 3 Johnny Green 0 2 1’ 1’ 4 2 Ron Phillips 3 F 2 2 7 Cyril Cooper 3 1’ 4 1 Larry Lazarus 2’ 3 5 1

Ht 1 Bainbridge, Miller, Scott, Reeves 73.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Close, McGregor, Edwards, Read (ef) 74.8 1 5 4 8 Ht 3 Phillips, Clark, Sharp, Green 75.4 3 3 7 11 Ht 4 Cooper, Lazarus, Day, Silver 75.6 1 5 8 16 Ht 5 Miller, Bainbridge, McGregor, Read 73.4 2 4 10 20 Ht 6 Clark, Green, Cooper, Day 76.2 3 3 13 23 Ht 7 Close, Edwards, Scott, Reeves 74.8 2 4 15 27 Ht 8 Lazarus, Sharp, Silver, Phillips (f) 76.8 3 3 18 30 Ht 9 Miller, Edwards, Scott, Read 74.8 2 4 20 34 Ht 10 Close, McGregor, Clark, Sharp 76.0 1 5 21 39 Ht 11 Bainbridge, Phillips, Green, Reeves 75.2 3 3 24 42 Ht 12 Miller, Sharp, Scott, Clark 75.8 2 4 26 46 Ht 13 Edwards, Phillips, Green, Read 76.0 3 3 29 49 Ht 14 Bainbridge, Close, McGregor, Reeves 74.8 3 3 32 52

Friday 14th May 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Scottish Junior Championship

Jimmy Tannock 3 2 3 3 2 13 Bill Finnie 1 0 1 1 0 3 Gordon Mitchell 2 2 2 0 1 7 Douglas Craig 0 1 1 1 1 4 Jack Monteith 1 0 2 1 3 7 Jock Scott 2 2 2 2 3 11 Harry Darling 3 3 0 2 1 9 Bob Imrie 0 0 0 0 1 1 Douglas Templeton 2 3 3 3 3 14 Scott Hall 3 3 3 3 3 15 Willlie Templeton 1 1 1 3 2 8 Arthur Malm F 2 3 1 2 8 Jim Russelll 2 1 2 2 0 7 Tammy Woods 1 1 1 0 0 3 Joe Ferguson F N 0 0 0 0 Vic Conners 3 3 0 2 2 10 Noble (Bill) McNeil (res) 0 0

Ht 1 Tannock, Mitchell, Finnie, Craig 77.2 Ht 2 Darling, J.Scott, Monteith, Imrie 77.8 Ht 3 Hall, D.Templeton, W.Templeton, Malm (f) 77.0 Ht 4 Conners, Russell, Woods, Ferguson (f) 78.8 Ht 5 D.Templeton, Tannock, Russell, Monteith 76.6 Ht 6 Hall, Scott, Woods, Finnie 77.4 Ht 7 Darling, Mitchell, W.Templeton, McNeil 77.2 Ht 8 Conners, Malm, Craig, Imrie 79.4 Ht 9 Tannock, Scott, W.Templeton, Conners 78.4 Ht 10 Malm, Monteith, Finnnie, Ferguson 79.0 Ht 11 D.Templeton, Mitchell, Woods, Imrie 77.2 Ht 12 Hall, Russell, Craig, Darling (exc) 78.6 Ht 13 Tannock, Darling, Malm, Woods 78.0 Ht 14 W.Templeton, Russell, Finnie, Imrie 80.0 Ht 15 Hall, Conners, Monteith, Mitchell 78.4 Ht 16 D.Templeton, Scott, Craig, Ferguson 78.6 Ht 17 Hall, Tannock, Imrie, Ferguson 78.8 Ht 18 D.Templeton, Conners, Darling, Finnie 79.0 Ht 19 Scott, Malm, Mitchell, Russell 80.0 Ht 20 Monteith, W.Templeton, Craig, Woods 79.0

Reserves Race Alan Robertson, Bill Rhodes, Bill McNeil (f) ?

Friday 14th May 1954 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Wasps 28 Lanarkshire Eagles 56 (North Shield)

Wolverhampton Jim Tolley F 1 3 2 6 Les Tolley 1 1’ 2 3 7 1 Eric Irons 1 2 2’ 0 5 1 Derek Braithwaite 0 0 0 0 Henry Serrurier 1 1 F 1 3 Phil Malpass E 1 1 F 2 George McPherson 0 0 0 Vern McWilliams 2 3 F 5

Motherwell Tommy Miller 3 3 3 3 12 Derek Close 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Bluey Scott 2’ 0 1 2’ 5 2 Gordon McGregor 2’ 2’ 3 1 8 2 Johnny Green 2’ 2’ 0 2 6 2 Ron Phillips 3 2 1 1’ 7 1 Cyril Cooper 3 3 6 Larry Lazarus 1 0 1

Ht 1 Miller, Scott, Irons, J.Tolley (f) 69.2 1 5 1 5 Ht 2 Close, McGregor, L.Tolley, Braithwaite 70.4 1 5 2 10 Ht 3 Phillips, Green, Serruirer, Malpass (ef) 70.6 1 5 3 15 Ht 4 Cooper, McWilliams, Lazarus, McPherson 70.0 2 4 5 19 Ht 5 Miller, McGregor, J.Tolley, Braithwaite 69.6 1 5 6 24 Ht 6 Cooper, Green, Serruier, McPherson 71.4 1 5 7 29 Ht 7 Close, Irons, L.Tolley, Scott 69.4 3 3 10 32 Ht 8 McWilliams, Phillips, Malpass, Lazarus 69.6 4 2 14 34 Ht 9 Miller, L.Tolley, Scott, McWilliams (f) 68.2 2 4 16 38 Ht 10 McGregor, Close, Malpasss, Serrurier (f) 70.8 1 5 17 43 Ht 11 J.Tolley, Irons, Phillips, Green 69.4 5 1 22 44 Ht 12 Miller, Scott, Serrurier, Malpass (f) 69.8 1 5 23 49 Ht 13 L.Tolley, Green. Phillips, Braithwaite 70.0 3 3 26 52 Ht 14 Close, J.Tolley, McGregor, Irons 70.2 2 4 28 56

Saturday 15th May 1954 Brandon Stadium, Coventry Coventry Bees 40 Lanarkshire Eagles 43 (North Shield)

Coventry Charlie New 3 2 3 3 11 Vic Emms 3 3 3 0 9 Peter Brough 0 0 0 Jackie Hughes 2’ 1’ 1 1 5 2 Johnny Reason 3 E 2 2 7 Jack Wright 1 3 0 0 4 Derek Tailby 0 1 1 Jim Lightfoot 1 1 1 X 3

Motherwell Tommy Miller 2 3 2 3 10 Derek Close 1 2 3 2 8 Bluey Scott 1’ 1’ 0 1 3 2 Gordon McGregor 0 0 F 0 Johnny Green E 2’ 0 2 1 Ron Phillips 2 2 2 2’ 8 1 Cyril Cooper 3 3 1 3 10 Larry Lazarus 2’ 0 2 1

Ht 1 New, Miller, Scott, Brough 69.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Emms, Hughes, Close, McGregor 70.0 5 1 8 4 Ht 3 Reason, Phillips, Wright, Green (ef) 69.6 4 2 12 6 Ht 4 Cooper, Lazarus, Lightfoot, Tailby 69.8 1 5 13 11 Ht 5 Miller, New, Hughes, McGregor 68.8 3 3 16 14 Ht 6 Cooper, Green, Tailby, Reason (ef) 69.8 1 5 17 19 Ht 7 Emms, Close, Scott, Brough 69.8 3 3 20 22 Ht 8 Wright, Phillips, Lightfoot, Lazarus 70.2 4 2 24 24 Ht 9 Emms, Miller, Hughes, Scott 69.8 4 2 28 26 Ht 10 Close, Reason, Cooper, Wright 70.0 2 4 30 30 Ht 11 New, Phillips, Lightfoot, Green 69.4 4 2 34 32 Ht 12 Miller, Reason, Scott, Wright 70.0 2 4 36 36 Ht 13 Cooper, Phillips, Hughes, Emms 70.4 1 5 37 41 Ht 14 New, Close, McGregor (f), Lightfoot (exc) 69.8 3 2 40 43

Monday 17th May 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 66 Leicester Hunters 18 (North Shield)

Motherwell Tommy Miller 2 3 2’ 3 10 1 Derek Close 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Bluey Scott 1’ 3 3 2’ 9 2 Gordon McGregor 2’ 1 1 2’ 6 2 Johnny Green 3 2’ 3 2’ 10 2 Ron Phillips 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Cyril Cooper 2’ 3 5 1 Larry Lazarus 3 3 6

Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 2 2 F 7 Reg Fearman 0 1 0 0 1 Lionel Watling 0 E 0 0 Charlie Barsby 1 E 1 1 3 Don Potter 1 1 E 0 2 Jock Grierson 0 0 0 Bill Griffiths 0 0 1 1 Dennis Gray 1 1 1 1 4

Ht 1 McKinlay, Miller, Scott, Watling 73.8 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Close, McGregor, Barsby, Fearman 75.0 5 1 8 4 Ht 3 Green, Phillips, Potter, Grierson 76.2 5 1 13 5 Ht 4 Lazarus, Cooper, Gray, Griffiths 76.8 5 1 18 6 Ht 5 Miller, McKinlay, McGregor, Barsby (ef) 75.2 4 2 22 8 Ht 6 Cooper, Green, Potter, Griffiths 77.0 5 1 27 9 Ht 7 Scott, Close, Fearman, Watling (ef) 75.6 5 1 32 10 Ht 8 Lazarus, Phillips, Gray, Grierson 77.2 5 1 37 11 Ht 9 Close, McKinlay, McGregor, Watling 75.0 4 2 41 13 Ht 10 Green, Phillips, Barsby, Fearman 77.6 5 1 46 14 Ht 11 Scott, Miller, Gray, Potter (ef) 77.2 5 1 51 15 Ht 12 Phillips, Green, Griffiths, McKinlay (f) 76.6 5 1 56 16 Ht 13 Close, McGregor, Gray, Potter 72.4 5 1 61 17 Ht14 Miller, Scott, Barsby, Fearman 77.0 5 1 66 18

Blantyre Scratch Race Ht1 Close, McGregor, Watling, Barsby (ef) 77.0 77.8 Ht2 Miller, Potter, Fearman (ldrmtd), Green (f) 79.4 81.0 Ht3 Phillips, McKinlay, Scott, Grierson 76.6 77.0 Final McKinlay, Phillips, Close, Miller 77.0

Reserves’ Race Gray, Cooper, Lazarus, Griffiths 78.0

Friday 21st May 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 64 Wimbledon Dons 44 (Challenge Match)

Motherwell Tommy Miller 2 3 3 2 3 3 16 Derek Close E 3 1 F 0 4 Bluey Scott 2’ 2’ 1 1’ 0 6 3 Gordon McGregor 3 0 2 1’ 1’ 7 2 Johnny Green 3 2’ 2 2 2 11 1 Ron Phillips 1 2 3 2 2’ 2’ 12 2 Larry Lazarus 3 1 4 Cyril Cooper 1 3 4

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 3 3 2 2 3 0 13 Geoff Mardon 1 2 3 3 3 1 13 Reg Trott 0 0 0 0 0 Cyril Brine 0 1 1 0 0 2 Barry Briggs 1 0 3 3 1 8 Dom Perry 1 1 0 1 3 Bill Longley 2 0 1 2 5 Cyril Maidment 0 0 0

Ht1 Moore, Miller, Mardon, Close (ef) 74.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 McGregor, Scott, Perry, Trott 75.4 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Green, Mardon, Phillips, Brine 75.4 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Lazarus, Longley, Cooper, Maidment 76.0 4 2 15 9 Ht 5 Close, Scott, Brine, Trott 76.0 5 1 20 10 Ht 6 Moore, Phillips, Perry, McGregor 75.4 2 4 22 14 Ht 7 Miller, Green, Briggs, Trott 75.0 5 1 27 15 Ht 8 Miller, Moore, Scott, Briggs 75.2 4 2 31 17 Ht 9 Phillips, Moore, Close, Longley 75.6 4 2 35 19 Ht 10 Mardon, Green, Scott, Perry 76.2 3 3 38 22 Ht 11 Briggs, McGregor, Brine, Close (f) 77.0 2 4 40 26 Ht 12 Mardon, Miller, McGregor, Trott 75.8 3 3 43 29 Ht 13 Briggs, Green, Longley, Close 77.0 2 4 45 33 Ht 14 Cooper, Longley, Lazarus, Maidment 77.4 4 2 49 35 Ht 15 Moore, Green, McGregor, Brine 77.4 3 3 52 38 Ht 16 Mardon, Phillips, Briggs, Scott 77.2 2 4 54 42 Ht 17 Miller, Phillips, Perry, Brine 76.8 5 1 59 43 Ht 18 Miller, Phillips, Mardon, Moore 77.4 5 1 64 44

Friday 28th May 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles v Wolverhampton Wasps (North Trophy) Meeting cancelled. Wasps Closed Down

Friday 4th June 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 55 Edinburgh Monarchs 29 (North Shield)

Motherwell Tommy Miller 3 3 3 3 12 Derek Close 2’ 2’ E 3 7 2 Bluey Scott 2’ 3 1 1 7 1 Gordon McGregor 3 1 3 E 7 Johnny Green F 3 E 1 4 Ron Phillips 3 2’ 2 3 10 1 Cyril Cooper 2’ E 2 1 Larry Lazarus 3 3 6

Edinburgh Dick Campbell 1 2 2 2 7 Don Cuppleditch 1 1 3 2 7 Bob Mark 0 0 1’ E 1 1 Eddie Lack 0 0 1 0 1 Roy Bester 2 2 2 1’ 7 1 Bob Fletcher 1’ 1 0 2 4 1 Alf McIntosh 1 1’ 2 1 Jimmy Cox 0 0 0

Ht1 Miller, Scott, Campbell, Mark 73.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 McGregor, Close, Cuppleditch, Lack 74.8 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Phillips, Bester, Fletcher, Green (f) 75.0 3 3 13 5 Ht4 Lazarus, Cooper, McIntosh, Cox 75.6 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Miller, Campbell, McGregor, Lack 75.2 4 2 22 8 Ht6 Green, Bester, McIntosh, Cooper (ef) 76.0 3 3 25 11 Ht7 Scott, Close, Cuppleditch, Mark 75.2 5 1 30 12 Ht8 Lazarus, Phillips, Fletcher, Cox 75.8 5 1 35 13 Ht9 McGregor, Campbell, Mark, Close (ef) 78.6 3 3 38 16 Ht10 Cuppleditch, Phillips, Lack, Green (ef) 75.8 2 4 40 20 Ht11 Miller, Bester, Scott, Fletcher 76.0 4 2 44 22 Ht12 Phillips, Campbell, Green, Mark (ef) 76.2 4 2 48 24 Ht13 Close, Fletcher, Bester, McGregor (ef) 76.2 3 3 51 27 Ht14 Miller, Cuppleditch, Scott, Lack 76.2 4 2 55 29

Law Scratch Race Ht1 Lazarus, Cooper, D.Templeton, Hall 76.8 Ht2 Close, Phillips, Cuppleditch, Lack 76.0 Ht3 Miller, Mark, Campbell, Green 76.0 Ht4 Bester, Scott, McGregor, Fletcher 76.2 Final Miller, Lazarus, Close, Bester 76.2

Reserves’ Race D.Templeton, Hall, McIntosh, Cox 77.6

Friday 11th June 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Skelly Trophy

Bluey Scott E 2 2 0 2 6 Bob Mark 2 1 0 1 0 4 Johnny Green 1 0 1 0 X 2 Don Cuppleditch 3 2 2 1 2 10 Tommy Miller 3 3 3 2 3 14 Gordon McGregor 2 0 1 0 2 7 Roy Bester E 1 0 2 3 6 Larry Lazarus 1 1 2 3 0 7 Doug Templeton 1 0 0 2 2 5 Dick Campbell 3 3 3 3 3 15 Junior Bainbridge 2 3 3 0 E 8 Cyril Cooper 0 3 1 1 3 8 Scott Hall 0 1 1 2 1 5 Ron Phillips 2 2 3 3 E 10 Derek Close 3 2 2 3 1 11 Bob Sharp 1 0 0 1 1 3

Ht1 Cuppleditch, Mark, Green, Scott (ef) 74.0 Ht2 Miller, McGregor, Lazarus, Bester (ef) 74.2 Ht3 Campbell, Bainbridge, Templeton, Cooper 75.2 Ht4 Close, Phillips, Sharp, Hall 74.8 Ht 5 Miller, Scott, Hall, Templeton 74.8 Ht 6 Campbell, Phillips, Mark, McGregor 76.4 Ht 7 Bainbridge, Close, Bester, Green 76.4 Ht 8 Cooper, Cuppleditch, Lazarues, Sharp 76.6 Ht 9 Bainbridge, Scott, McGregor, Sharp 76.0 Ht 10 Miller, Close, Cooper, Mark 75.4 Ht 11 Phillips, Lazarus, Green, Templeton 76.6 Ht 12 Campbell, Cuppleditch, Hall, Bester 76.8 Ht13 Phillips, Bester, Cooper, Scott 78.0 Ht 14 Lazarus, Hall, Mark, Bainbridge 78.0 Ht 15 Campbell, Miller, Sharp, Green 76.0 Ht 16 Close, Templeton, Cuppleditch, McGregor 77.2 Ht 17 Campbell, Scott, Close, Lazarus 77.0 Ht 18 Bester, Templeton, Sharp, Mark 78.0 Ht 19 Cooper, McGregor, Hall, Green (exc) 78.0 Ht 20 Miller, Cuppleditch, Phillips (ef), Bainbridge (ef) 77.2

Friday 18th June 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 62 Rayleigh Rockets 22 (National League Division Two)

Motherwell Tommy Miller 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Derek Close 3 3 3 3 12 Bluey Scott X 2’ 3 2’ 7 2 Gordon McGregor 2’ 2’ E 1 5 2 Johnny Green 3 3 3 2 11 Ron Phillips 2’ 2’ 2’ 1’ 7 4 Cyril Cooper 1 2’ 3 1 Larry Lazarus 3 3 6

Rayleigh Peter Clarke 2 1 2 3 8 Gerry Jackson 1 1 1 1 4 Frank Bettis 1’ 0 1’ 0 2 2 Eric Ebbs 0 0 0 0 Maurie McDermott 0 1 1 2 4 Les McGillivray 1 1 0 0 2 Julie Benson 2 0 0 2 Ken Monk X 0 0

Ht1 Miller, Clarke, Bettis, Scott (exc) 75.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Close, McGregor, Jackson, Ebbs 75.6 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Green, Phillips, McGillivray, McDermott 75.6 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Lazarus, Benson, Cooper, Monk (exc) 78.0 4 2 17 7 Ht 5 Miller, McGregor, Clarke, Ebbs 75.8 5 1 22 8 Ht 6 Green, Cooper, McDermott, Benson 76.2 5 1 27 9 Ht 7 Close, Scott, Jackson, Bettis 75.6 5 1 32 10 Ht 8 Lazarus, Phillips, McGillivray, Monk 77.2 5 1 37 11 Ht 9 Close, Clarke, Bettis, McGregor (ef) 76.4 3 3 40 14 Ht 10 Green, Phillips, Jackson, Benson 77.6 5 1 45 15 Ht 11 Scott, Miller, McDermott, McGillivray 76.2 5 1 50 16 Ht 12 Clarke, Green, Phillips, Bettis 77.0 3 3 53 19 Ht 13 Close, McDermott, McGregor, McGillivray 76.8 4 2 57 21 Ht 14 Miller, Scott, Jackson, Ebbs 76.4 5 1 62 22

Supporters Trophy (One Lap Record Attempts) Scott Hall 19.0 Derek Close 18.6 Johnny Green 17.6

Craigneuk Scratch Race Ht1 Lazarus, Templeton, Hall, Cooper 77.0 Ht2 Miller, McGregor, Clarke, Bettis 76.2 Ht3 Close, Scott, Jackson, McGillivray 77.2 Ht4 Phillips, McDermott, Green, Ebbs 77.0 Final Miller, Close, Phillips, Lazarus 77.0

Reserves Race Templeton, Benson, Monk. Hall (fexc) 79.4

Friday 25th June 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 44 Poole Pirates 40 (National League Division Two)

Motherwell Tommy Miller 1 3 E 3 7 Derek Close 1 3 3 3 10 Bluey Scott F 2’ 1 1 4 1 Gordon McGregor 0 0 0 0 Johnny Green 1 E 0 1 Ron Phillips 3 3 3 3 12 Cyril Cooper 1’ 3 0 4 1 Larry Lazarus 2 2’ 2’ 6 2

Poole Ken Middleditch 3 1’ 1’ 2 7 2 Terry Small 3 1 1’ 0 5 1 Allan Kidd 2’ 0 2 1’ 5 2 Bill Holden 2’ 2 2 2 8 1 Tony Lewis 0 2 2’ 1 5 1 Jimmy Squibb 2 1 3 0 6 Johnny Thomson 3 1’ 0 4 1 Vern McWilliams X 0

Ht1 Middleditch, Kidd, Miller, Scott (f) 76.6 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Small, Holden, Close, McGregor 76.6 1 5 2 10 Ht3 Phillips, Squibb, Green, Lewis 76.4 4 2 6 12 Ht4 Thomson, Lazarus, Cooper, McWilliams (fexc) 77.4 3 3 9 15 Ht 5 Miller, Holden, Middleditch, McGregor 75.4 3 3 12 18 Ht 6 Cooper, Lewis, Thomson, Green (ef) 77.0 3 3 15 21 Ht 7 Close, Scott, Small, Kidd 76.2 5 1 20 22 Ht 8 Phillips, Lazarus, Squibb, Thomson 76.8 5 1 25 23 Ht 9 Close, Kidd, Middleditch, McGregor 77.4 3 3 28 26 Ht 10 Phillips, Holden, Small, Green 81.6 3 3 31 29 Ht 11 Squibb, Lewis, Scott, Miller (ef) 86.0 1 5 32 34 Ht 12 Phillips, Middleditch, Kidd, Cooper 83.0 3 3 35 37 Ht 13 Close, Lazarus, Lewis, Squibb 81.2 5 1 40 38 Ht 14 Miller, Holden, Scott, Small 81.4 4 2 44 40

Larkhall Scratch Race Ht1 Cooper, D.Templeton, Lazarus, Hall 81.6 Ht2 Middleditch, Green, Kidd, Miller (ef) 80.0 Ht3 Close, Lewis, McGregor, Small (f) 79.2 Ht4 Squibb, Holden, Scott, Phillips (f) 80.0 Final Close, Middleditch, Squibb, Cooper 80.0

Reserves’ Race Thomson, D.Templeton, Hall, McWilliams (ns) 87.8

Friday 2nd July 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 58 Exeter Falcons 26 (National League Division Two)

Motherwell Tommy Miller 3 3 3 3 12 Derek Close 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Bluey Scott 1 3 1 2’ 7 1 Larry Lazarus 1 0 1 2’ 4 1 Johnny Green 3 3 0 3 9 Ron Phillips 1 2’ 3 2’ 8 2 Gordon McGregor 1 E 1 Cyril Cooper 3 3 6

Exeter Jack Geran 2 1’ 2 1 6 1 Goog Hoskin 0 1 2 1 4 Don Hardy 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Hart 2 2 1’ 0 5 1 Neil Street 2 2 2 1 7 Johnny Sargent 0 1 0 0 1 Hugh Geddes 2 1’ 3 1 Alf Webster 0 0 0

Ht1 Miller, Geran, Scott, Hardy 73.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Close, Hart, Lazarus, Hoskin 75.0 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Green, Street, Phillips, Sargent 75.6 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Cooper, Geddes, McGregor, Webster 75.4 4 2 16 8 Ht 5 Miller, Hart, Geran, Lazarus 75.2 3 3 19 11 Ht 6 Green, Street, Geddes, McGregor (ef) 76.0 3 3 22 14 Ht 7 Scott, Close, Hoskin, Hardy 75.2 5 1 27 15 Ht 8 Cooper, Phillips, Sargent, Webster 77.2 5 1 32 16 Ht 9 Close, Geran, Lazarus, Hardy 75.4 4 2 36 18 Ht 10 Phillips, Hoskin, Hart, Green 75.6 3 3 39 21 Ht 11 Miller, Street, Scott, Sargent 76.0 4 2 43 23 Ht 12 Green, Phillips, Geran, Hardy 76.6 5 1 48 24 Ht 13 Close, Lazarus, Street, Sargent 75.6 5 1 53 25 Ht 14 Miller, Scott, Hoskin, Hart 76.0 5 1 58 26

Supporters Trophy (One Lap Record Attempts) Cyril Cooper 18.2 Bluey Scott 18.6 Gordon McGregor 18.6

Mossend Scratch Race Ht1 Cooper, McGregor, Hall, D.Templeton 76.4 Ht2 Miller, Street, Green Scott (ef) 75.6 Ht3 Green, Close, Geddes, Webster 76.6 Ht4 Phillips, Lazarus, Hart, Sargent 76.6 Final Miller, Cooper, Phillips, Green 76.4

Reserves Race Hall, Geddes, D.Templeton, Webster 78.0

Friday 9th July 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell World Championship Qualifier

Vic Emms 1 2 0 1 1 5 Ron Clarke 3 2 0 2 2 9 Johnny Green 2 3 3 1 3 12 Bluey Scott 0 2 1 2 3 8 Gordon McGregor 2 1 1 0 1 5 Charlie New 1 3 3 1 0 8 Tommy Miller 3 1 3 3 3 13 Danny Dunton 0 0 2 0 0 2 Eddie Lack 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Fletcher 1 0 0 2 2 5 Dick Fisher 2 0 1 1 2 6 Dick Campbell 3 3 2 2 2 12 Ron Phillips 2 3 2 3 1 11 Cyril Maidment 0 1 1 0 0 2 Derek Close 3 2 3 3 3 14 Cyril Cooper 1 1 2 3 1 8

Ht1 Clarke, Green, Emms, Scott 77.4 Ht2 Miller, McGregor, New, Dunton 76.0 Ht3 Campbell, Fisher, Fletcher, Lack 77.2 Ht4 Close, Phillips, Cooper, Maidment 75.0 Ht 5 Phillips, Emms, McGregor, Lack 77.2 Ht 6 New, Clarke, Maidment, Fletcher 76.4 Ht 7 Green, Close, Miller, Fisher 76.2 Ht 8 Campbell, Scott, Cooper, Dunton 76.4 Ht 9 New, Cooper, Fisher, Emms 77.0 Ht 10 Close, Campbell, McGregor, Clarke 76.6 Ht 11 Green, Dunton, Maidment, Lack 78.2 Ht 12 Miller, Phillips, Scott, Fletcher 77.2 Ht13 Miller, Campbell, Emms, Maidment 76.6 Ht 14 Phillips, Clarke, Fisher, Dunton 78.0 Ht 15 Cooper, Fletcher, Green, McGregor 78.0 Ht 16 Close, Scott, New, Lack 78.2 Ht 17 Close, Fletcher, Emms, Dunton 78.4 Ht 18 Miler, Clarke, Cooper, Lack 76.8 Ht 19 Green, Campbell, Phillips, New 77.2 Ht 20 Scott, Fisher, McGregor, Maidment 78.6

Thursday 15th July 1954 Cowley Stadium, Oxford Oxford Cheetahs 51 Lanarkshire Eagles 33 (National League Division Two)

Oxford Peter Robinson 3 3 3 2 11 Ronnie Genz 2 3 3 3 11 Bob McFarlane 0 2’ 0 2 1 Bob Baker 1’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 4 Bob Wells 0 1’ 0 1 2 1 Fred Curtis 3 3 2 3 11 Bill Osborne 1’ 2 3 1 Jim Gregory 1 2 1 4

Motherwell Tommy Miller X 1 1 N 2 Derek Close 3 2 3 3 11 Bluey Scott 2 1’ 0 2 5 1 Gordon McGregor 0 1 1 2 Johnny Green 2 3 0 1 6 Ron Phillips 1’ 2 1 0 4 1 Larry Lazarus 3 0 0 3 Cyril Cooper 0 0 0

Ht1 Robinson, Scott, Gregory, Miller (fexc) 69.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Close, Genz, Baker, McGregor 68.2 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Curtis, Green, Phillips, Wells 70.2 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Lazarus, Gregory, Osborne, Cooper 71.2 3 3 13 11 Ht 5 Robinson, Baker, Miller, Lazarus 67.4 5 1 18 12 Ht 6 Green, Osborne, Wells, Cooper 70.0 3 3 21 15 Ht 7 Genz, Close, Scott, McFarlane 68.2 3 3 24 18 Ht 8 Curtis, Phillips, Gregory, Lazarus 69.8 4 2 28 20 Ht 9 Genz, Baker, Miller, Scott 68.6 5 1 33 21 Ht 10 Close, Curtis, McGregor, Wells 68.8 2 4 35 25 Ht 11 Robinson, McFarlane, Phillips, Green 69.0 5 1 40 26 Ht 12 Curtis, Scott, Wells, Miller (ret) 69.6 4 2 44 28 Ht13 Genz, Baker, Green, Phillips 69.2 5 1 49 29 Ht 14 Close, Robinson, McGregor, McFarlane 68.0 2 4 51 33

Friday 16th July The Stadium, Motherwell Stock Car Racing

Friday 16th July 1954 Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol Bulldogs 59 Lanarkshire Eagles 25 (National League Division Two)

Bristol Dick Bradley 1’ 3 3 F 7 1 Jack Unstead 3 3 2 3 11 Geoff Pymar 2 2’ 2’ 3 9 2 Chris Boss 2’ 1 1’ 1 5 2 Billy Hole 2’ 3 2’ 2 9 1 John Hole 3 3 3 F 9 Chum Taylor 2’ 2’ 4 2 Tom Oakley 3 2’ 5 1

Motherwell Tommy Miller 3 2 3 3 11 Derek Close 1 1 0 2 4 Bluey Scott F E E 1 1 Larry Lazarus 0 0 0 Johnny Green 1 0 0 2 3 Ron Phillips 0 0 1 E 1 Cyril Cooper 0 1 1 Gordon McGregor 1 1 1 1’ 4 1

Ht1 Miller, Pymar, Bradley (frmtd),Scott (f) 66.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Unstead, Boss, Close, Lazarus 64.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 J.Hole, B.Hole, Green, Phillips 66.0 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Oakley, Taylor, McGregor, Cooper 67.0 5 1 18 6 Ht 5 Bradley, Miller, Boss, Lazarus 63.8 4 2 22 8 Ht 6 B.Hole, Taylor, Cooper, Green 65.8 5 1 27 9 Ht 7 Unstead, Pymar, Close, Scott (ef) 65.0 5 1 32 10 Ht 8 J.Hole, Oakley, McGregor, Phillips 66.0 5 1 37 11 Ht 9 Miller, Unstead, Boss, Scott (ef) 63.4 3 3 40 14 Ht 10 J.Hole, B.Hole, McGregor, Close 65.4 5 1 45 15 Ht 11 Bradley, Pymar, Phillips, Green 66.8 5 1 50 16 Ht 12 Miller, B.Hole, Scott, J.Hole (f) 65.0 2 4 52 20 Ht 13 Unstead, Green, Boss, Phillips (ef) 66.6 4 2 56 22 Ht 14 Pymar, Close, McGregor, Bradley (f) 67.4 3 3 59 25

Saturday 17th July 1954 Abbey Stadium, Swindon Swindon Robins 49 Lanarkshire Eagles 17 (National League Division Two) Abandoned After 11 Heats Rain

Swindon Bob Roger 3 2’ 2’ 7 2 Ian Williams 3 3 3 9 George White 2’ 2’ 3 7 2 Ron Swaine 2’ 3 2’ 7 2 Danny Malone 1 F 2’ 3 1 Mick Holland 3 3 3 9 Ray Harris 1 1 2 Gordon Leigh 3 2’ 5 1

Motherwell Tommy Miller 0 1 0 1 Derek Close F 0 1 1 Bluey Scott 1 1 1 3 Larry Lazarus 1 0 1 Johnny Green 2 2’ 4 1 Ron Phillips 0 0 0 Cyril Cooper 0 3 F 3 Gordon McGregor 2 1 0 1 4

Ht1 Roger, White, Scott, Miller 77.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Williams, Swaine, Lazarus, Close (f) 79.0 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Holland, Green, Malone, Phillips 81.0 4 2 14 4 Ht4 Leigh, McGregor, Harris, Cooper 79.2 4 2 16 6 Ht5 Swaine, Roger, Miller, Lazarus 82.2 5 1 21 7 Ht6 Cooper, Green, Harris, Malone (f) 82.4 1 5 22 12 Ht7 Williams, White, Scott, Close 78.6 5 1 27 13 Ht8 Holland, Leigh, McGregor, Phillips 80.0 5 1 32 14 Ht9 Williams, Swaine, Scott, Miller 79.0 5 1 37 15 Ht10 Holland, Malone, Close, McGregor 79.2 5 1 42 16 Ht11 White, Roger, McGregor, Cooper (f) 78.6 5 1 47 17

Monday 19th July 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 50 Bristol Bulldogs 34 (National League Division Two)

Motherwell Tommy Miller 2 2 3 E 7 Derek Close 2 2’ 3 3 10 Bluey Scott F 3 2’ 3 8 1 Larry Lazarus 0 0 1 2’ 3 1 Johnny Green 1 0 1 1 3 Ron Phillips 3 F 3 3 9 Cyril Cooper 3 3 6 Gordon McGregor 2’ 2 4 1

Bristol Dick Bradley 3 3 2 2 10 Jack Unstead 1 X 0 1 Geoff Pymar 1 1 0 0 2 Johnny Hole 3 1 2 2 8 Billy Hole 2 1 E 0 3 Chris Boss 0 1 1 1 3 Chum Taylor 1 2 1 4 Henry Serrurier 0 0

Ht1 Bradley, Miller, Pymar, Scott (f) 74.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 J.Hole, Close, Unstead, Lazarus 76.8 2 4 4 8 Ht3 Phillips, B.Hole, Green, Boss (frmtd) 76.4 4 2 8 10 Ht4 Cooper, McGregor, Taylor, Serrurier 77.4 5 1 13 11 Ht 5 Bradley, Miller, J.Hole, Lazarus 76.4 2 4 15 15 Ht 6 Cooper, Taylor, B.Hole, Green 77.2 3 3 18 18 Ht 7 Scott, Close, Pymar, Unstead (fexc) 77.0 5 1 23 19 Ht 8 Taylor, McGregor, Boss, Phillips (f) 77.0 2 4 25 23 Ht 9 Close, Bradley, Lazarus, Pymar 76.2 4 2 29 25 Ht 10 Philips, J.Hole, Green, Unstead 77.2 4 2 33 27 Ht 11 Miller, Scott, Boss, B.Hole (ef) 77.6 5 1 38 28 Ht 12 Phillips, Bradley, Green, Pymar 77.0 4 2 42 30 Ht 13 Close, Lazarus, Boss, B.Hole 77.4 5 1 47 31 Ht 14 Scott, J.Hole, Taylor, Miller (ef) 78.0 3 3 50 34

Noel Watson Trophy Ht1 Close, Lazarus, B.Hole, Pymar 77.2 Ht2 Cooper, Unstead, Miller, J.Hole 77.8 Ht3 Phillips, Taylor, Scott, Boss 77.8 Ht4 Bradbury, McGregor, D.Templeton, Green 77.8 Final Close, Phillips, Bradbury, Cooper 77.2

Friday 23rd July 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles v Swindon Robins (National League Division Two) Rained Off

Friday 30th July 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Scotland 47 England 61 (Test Match)

Scotland Derek Close 3 3 3 3 2 3 17 Bluey Scott 2’ 2’ 0 2’ ‘ 0 7 3 Tommy Miller 1 2 1 0 4 Don Cuppleditch 0 0 0 Johnny Green 2 0 3 1 1 0 7 Ron Phillips 0 1 0 2 F 2 5 Cyril Cooper (res) 2 2 2 1 7 Larry Lazarus (res) F 0 0

England Eddie Rigg 1 1 1’ 1 1 5 1 Arthur Wright 0 3 2 0 3 3 11 Spit Waterman 3 2’ 2 3 3 1’ 14 2 Peter Craven 2’ 3 1’ 1 2’ 2 11 3 Alan Hunt 3 X 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 Ron Mountford 1 N 0 0 1 Eric Boothroyd(res)1 1 3 5 Ron Clarke (res) 0 0

Ht1 Close, Scott, Rigg, Wright 74.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Waterman, Craven, Miller, Cuppleditch 75.6 1 5 6 6 Ht3 Hunt, Green, Mountford, Phillips 75.6 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Wright, Miller, Rigg, Cuppleditch 75.2 2 4 10 14 Ht 5 Craven, Waterman, Phillips, Green 75.0 1 5 11 19 Ht 6 Close, Scott, Boothroyd, Hunt (ex) 77.0 5 1 16 20 Ht 7 Green, Wright, Rigg, Phillips 74.8 3 3 19 23 Ht 8 Close, Waterman, Craven, Scott 75.0 3 3 22 26 Ht 9 Hunt, Cooper, Miller, Clarke 75.4 3 3 25 29 Ht 10 Close, Scott, Rigg, Wright 76.2 5 1 30 30 Ht 11 Waterman, Cooper, Craven, Miller 76.0 2 4 32 34 Ht 12 Hunt, Phillips, Green, Mountford 76.0 3 3 35 37 Ht 13 Wright, Cooper, Rigg, Lazarus (f) 76.6 2 4 37 41 Ht 14 Waterman, Craven, Green, Phillips (f) 76.0 1 5 38 46 Ht 15 Hunt, Close, Scott, Mountford 76.2 3 3 41 49 Ht 16 Wright, Phillips, Boothroyd, Green 77.2 2 4 43 53 Ht 17 Close, Craven, Waterman, Scott 77.0 3 3 46 56 Ht 18 Boothroyd, Hunt, Cooper, Lazarus 77.6 1 5 47 61

Friday 6th August 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell No meeting - Stock Car Meeting

The meeting was won by ex-Eagle Stan Bradbury.

Saturday 7th August 1954 Brandon Stadium, Coventry Coventry Bees 57 Lanarkshire Eagles 27 (National League Division Two)

Coventry Charlie New 3 3 3 3 12 Tommy Miller 3 3 3 3 12 Tolley 1 0 2’ 2’ 5 2 Vic Emms 2’ 0 1 2’ 5 2 Jim Lightfoot 3 F 2’ 2 7 1 Reg Duval 0 2’ 3 0 5 1 Reason 2’ 3 5 1 Bob Mark 3 3 6

Motherwell Derek Close 2 2 2 3 9 Ron Phillips 0 1’ 0 1 2 1 Bluey Scott E 2 E 1 3 Johnny Green 1 1’ 1 0 3 1 Gordon McGregor 1’ 2 1 0 4 1 Cyril Cooper 2 1 E 1 4 Larry Lazarus 1 1’ 2 1 Doug Templeton E 0 0

Ht1 New, Close, Tolley, Scott (ef) 70.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Miller, Emms, Green, Phillips 71.8 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Lightfoot, Cooper, McGregor, Duval 71.0 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Mark, Reason, Lazarus, Templeton (ef) 74.4 5 1 17 7 Ht 5 New, Close, Green, Emms 72.0 3 3 20 10 Ht 6 Reason, McGregor, Lazarus, Lightfoot (f) 73.6 3 3 23 13 Ht 7 Miller, Scott, Phillips, Tolley 72.6 3 3 26 16 Ht 8 Mark, Duval, Cooper, Templeton 75.2 5 1 31 17 Ht 9 Miller, Close, Emms, Scott (ef) 72.4 4 2 35 19 Ht 10 Duval, Lightfoot, Green, Philips 74.0 5 1 40 20 Ht 11 New, Tolley, McGregor, Cooper (ef) 72.4 5 1 45 21 Ht 12 Close, Lightfoot, Scott, Duval 71.8 2 4 47 25 Ht 13 Miller, Emms, Cooper, McGregor 72.4 5 1 52 26 Ht 14 New, Tolley, Phillips, Green 72.2 5 1 57 27

Monday 9th August 1954 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates 51 Lanarkshire Eagles 33 (National League Division Two)

Poole Ken Middleditch 3 0 3 2.5 8.5 Johnny Thomson 1’ F 1’ 2 4 2 Alan Kidd 0 3 2’ 1 6 1 Terry Small 2 1 2 0 5 Tony Lewis 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Jimmy Squibb 3 3 2’ 1 9 1 Vern McWilliams 2’ 1 3 1 Norman Strachan 3 1.5 4.5

Motherwell Derek Close 1’ 3 3 2 9 1 Ron Phillips 3 2 0 2.5 7.5 Bluey Scott 2 1’ F X 3 1 Johnny Green 0 2’ 1 0 3 1 Gordon McGregor 1 0 1 1 3 Cyril Cooper 0 1.5 0 3 4.5 Larry Lazarus 1 2 3 Doug Templeton 0 0 0

Ht1 Middleditch, Scott, Close, Kidd 73.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Phillips, Small, Thomson, Green 73.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Squibb, Lewis, McGregor, Cooper 73.0 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Strachan, McWilliams, Lazarus, Templeton 74.2 5 1 16 8 Ht 5 Close, Green, Small, Middleditch 72.2 1 5 17 13 Ht 6 Lewis, Lazarus, McWilliams, McGregor 72.8 4 2 21 15 Ht 7 Kidd, Philips, Scott, Thomson (f) 72.8 3 3 24 18 Ht 8 Squibb, Cooper and Strachan, Templeton 73.0 3.5 2.5 27.5 20.5 Ht 9 Close, Small, Thomson, Scott (f) 71.6 3 3 30.5 23.5 Ht 10 Lewis, Squibb, Green, Phillips 73.0 5 1 35.5 24.5 Ht 11 Middleditch, Kidd, McGregor, Cooper 73.4 5 1 40.5 25.5 Ht 12 Lewis, Close, Squibb, Scott (exc) 72.4 4 2 44.5 27.5 Ht 13 Cooper, Thomson, McGregor, Small 73.4 2 4 46.5 31.5 Ht 14 Middleditch and Philips, Kidd, Green 73.2 4.5 1.5 51 33

Tuesday 10th August 1954 Bannister Court Stadium, Southampton Southampton Saints 54 Lanarkshire Eagles 30 (National League Division Two)

Southampton Brian McKeown 0 0 3 3 Charlie May 3 1 2’ 2’ 8 2 Ernie Brecknell 3 0 2’ 0 5 1 John Fitzpatrick 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Ken Adams 2’ 0 2’ 0 4 2 Ernie Rawlins 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Maurie Mattingly 2’ 1 3 1 Merv Hanham 3 3 3 9

Motherwell Derek Close 2 2 1 1’ 6 1 Ron Phillips 0 2’ 0 1’ 3 2 Bluey Scott 1’ 3 0 2 6 1 Johnny Green 1 1’ 1 2 5 1 Gordon McGregor 1 3 1 1 6 Cyril Cooper 0 1 0 0 1 Larry Lazarus 1 2’ 3 1 Doug Templeton 0 0 0

Ht1 Brecknell, Close, Scott, McKeown 63.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 May, Fitzpatrick, Green, Phillips 63.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Rawlins, Adams, McGregor, Cooper 65.2 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Hanham, Mattingley, Lazarus, Templeton 63.4 5 1 18 6 Ht 5 Fitzpatrick, Close, Green, McKeown 63.6 3 3 21 9 Ht 6 McGregor, Lazarus, Mattingley, Adams 65.4 1 5 22 14 Ht 7 Scott, Phillips, May, Brecknell 63.4 1 5 23 19 Ht 8 Hanham, Rawlins, Cooper, Templeton 64.0 5 1 28 20 Ht 9 Fitzpatrick, May, Close, Scott 64.0 5 1 33 21 Ht 10 Rawlins, Adams, Green, Phillips 65.8 5 1 38 22 Ht 11 Hanham, Brecknell, McGregor, Cooper 64.8 5 1 43 23 Ht 12 Rawlins, Scott, Close, Adams 65.6 3 3 46 26 Ht 13 Fitzpatrick, May, McGregor, Cooper 64.2 5 1 51 29 Ht 14 McKeown, Green, Phillips, Brecknell 65.4 3 3 54 30

Friday 13th August 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 58 Oxford Cheetahs 26 (National League Division Two)

Motherwell Derek Close 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Ron Phillips 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Bluey Scott 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Johnny Green 0 0 3 2’ 5 1 Cyril Cooper 1 0 3 F 4 Gordon McGregor 3 3 0 2 8 Larry Lazarus 3 3 6 Doug Templeton 2’ 2’ 4 2

Oxford Peter Robinson 1 2 1 1 5 Ronnie Genz 1’ 1 2 1 5 1 Bob McFarlane 0 0 0 Bob Baker 2 1’ 1’ 0 4 2 Bill Thatcher 2 1’ 0 0 3 1 Fred Curtis 0 0 1 1 Bob Wells 0 2 2 Frank Johnson 1 1 2

Ht1 Close, Scott, Robinson, McFarlane 76.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Phillips, Baker, Genz, Green 77.4 3 3 8 4 Ht3 McGregor, Thatcher, Cooper, Curtis 76.2 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Lazarus, Templeton, Johnson, Wells 78.0 5 1 17 7 Ht 5 Close, Robinson, Baker, Green 77.0 3 3 20 10 Ht 6 Lazarus, Wells, Thatcher, Cooper 76.6 3 3 23 13 Ht 7 Phillips, Scott, Genz, McFarlane 76.4 5 1 28 14 Ht 8 McGregor, Templeton, Johnson, Curtis 77.0 5 1 33 15 Ht 9 Green, Phillips, Robinson, Wells 76.8 5 1 38 16 Ht 10 Cooper, Genz, Baker, McGregor 77.2 3 3 41 19 Ht 11 Close, Scott, Johnson, Thatcher 78.0 5 1 46 20 Ht 12 Wells, McGregor, Robinson, Cooper (f) 78.2 2 4 48 24 Ht13 Phillips, Green, Curtis, Thatcher 77.0 5 1 53 25 Ht 14 Scott, Close, Genz, Baker 78.0 5 1 58 26

Coatbridge Scratch Race Ht1 Close, Green, Robinson, Baker 76.8 Ht2 Phillips, Cooper, Genz, McFarlane 77.6 Ht3 Scott, McGregor, Thatcher, Curtis 78.8 Ht4 Johnston, Lazarus, Wells, D.Templeton 79.0 Final Phillips, Close, Scott, Johnston 75.6

Search For Talent Craig, Russell, W.Templeton, Mitchell (ns) 82.8

Friday 20th August 1954 TheStadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 63 Southampton Saints 21 (National League Division Two)

Motherwell Derek Close 3 1 2’ 3 9 1 Ron Phillips 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2 Bluey Scott F 0 Johnny Green 3 3 1 2’ 9 1 Cyril Cooper 2’ 3 3 0 8 1 Gordon McGregor 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Larry Lazarus 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Doug Templeton 2’ 2’ 1 5 2

Southampton Brian McKeown 1’ 2 2 2 7 1 Merv Hanham 1 0 1 0 2 Ernie Brecknell 2 1 0 1’ 4 1 John Fitzpatrick 0 0 0 2 2 Ken Adams 1 1 0 0 2 Ernie Rawlins 0 1 1 1 3 Maurie Mattingly 1 0 0 Gerald Pugh E 0 0

Ht1 Close, Brecknell, McKeown, Scott (f) 75.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Green, Phillips, Hanham, Fitzpatrick 76.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 McGregor, Cooper, Adams, Rawlins 77.2 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Lazarus, Templeton, Mattingley, Pugh (ef) 76.6 5 1 18 6 Ht 5 Green, McKeown, Close, Fitzpatrick 76.4 4 2 22 8 Ht 6 Cooper, Lazarus, Adams, Mattingley 76.6 5 1 29 9 Ht 7 Lazarus, Phillips, Brecknell, Hanham 77.0 5 1 34 10 Ht 8 McGregor, Templeton, Rawlins, Pugh 77.4 5 1 39 11 Ht 9 Phillips, McKeown, Green, Brecknell 76.2 4 2 43 13 Ht 10 Cooper, McGregor, Hanham, Fitzpatrick 77.0 5 1 48 14 Ht 11 Lazarus, Close, Rawlins, Adams 76.2 5 1 53 15 Ht 12 McGregor, McKeown, Brecknell, Cooper 77.2 3 3 56 18 Ht 13 Phillips, Green, Rawlins, Adams 77.4 5 1 61 19 Ht 14 Close, Fitzpatrick, Templeton, Hanham 77.0 4 2 65 21

Novice Handicap Ht1 Monteith (scr), W.Templeton (10yds), Russell (20yds), Craig (50yds) 80.0 Ht2 Russell (20yds), W.Templeton (10yds), Monteith (scr), Craig (50yds) 79.6

Flemington Scratch Race Ht1 Close, McKeown, Cooper, Hanham 77.0 Ht2 Green, Fitzpatrick, Rawlins, 78.0 Ht3 Phillips, McGregor, Brecknell, Adams 77.0 Ht4 Lazarus, Mattingley, D.Templeton, Pugh 77.0 Final Lazarus, Close, Phillips, Green 76.2

Saturday 21st August 1954 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets 49 Lanarkshire Eagles 35 (National League Division Two)

Rayleigh Gerry Jackson 3 1’ 3 3 10 1 Les McGillivray 3 3 3 3 12 Julie Benson 1 0 1 1 3 George Wall 1 2 X 1 4 Maury McDermott 3 3 0 2 8 Tom O’Conner 1 3 2 0 6 Alby Smith 2’ 0 2 1 Ron Howes 3 1 4

Motherwell Derek Close 2 3 2 3 10 Ron Phillips 2 2 3 2 9 Eric Ebbs 0 1’ 1’ 1 3 2 Johnny Green 1 0 1 Cyril Cooper 0 2 0 0 2 Gordon McGregor 2 2 2 2 8 Larry Lazarus 0 0 0 1 1 Doug Templeton 1 0 1

Ht1 Jackson, Close, Benson, Ebbs 71.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 McGillivray, Phillips, Wall, Lazarus 71.8 4 2 8 4 Ht3 McDermott, McGregor, O’Conner, Cooper 72.0 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Howes, Smith, Templeton, Lazarus 73.6 5 1 17 7 Ht 5 Close, Wall, Jackson, Lazarus 71.6 3 3 20 10 Ht 6 McDermott, Cooper, Lazarus, Smith 72.0 3 3 23 13 Ht 7 McGilivary, Phillips, Ebbs, Benson 71.8 3 3 26 16 Ht 8 O’Conner, McGregor, Howes, Templeton 73.4 4 2 30 18 Ht 9 McGillivray, Close, Ebbs, Wall (exc) 71.6 3 3 33 21 Ht 10 Phillips, O’Conner, Green, McDermott 73.2 2 4 35 25 Ht 11 Jackson, McGregor, Benson, Cooper 72.8 4 2 39 27 Ht 12 Close, McDermott, Ebbs, O’Conner 73.0 2 4 41 31 Ht 13 McGillivray, McGregor, Wall, Cooper 73.0 4 2 45 33 Ht 14 Jackson, Phillips, Benson, Green 73.2 4 2 49 35

Thursday 26th August 1954 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 55 Lanarkshire Eagles 29 (National League Division Two)

Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 2 3 3 3 11 Bert Edwards 3 3 2 3 11 Tich Read 1’ 1 0 2 1 Johnny Chamberlain1 2’ F 2’ 5 2 Dick Campbell 3 3 3 3 12 Reg Reeves 1 1 1 1 4 Len Silver 1 2’ 3 1 Bob Sharp 3 3 6

Motherwell Derek Close 3 1 3 2 9 Ron Phillips 2 2 2 2 8 Bob Fletcher 0 0 1 0 1 Johnny Green 0 0 0 0 0 Cyril Cooper 0 0 0 Gordon McGregor 2 2 2 0 6 Larry Lazarus 2 1 1’ 1 5 1 Doug Templeton 0 0 0

Ht 1 Close, Bainbridge, Read, Fletcher 72.8 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Edwards, Phillips, Chamberlain, Green 74.4 4 2 7 5 Ht 3 Campbell, McGregor, Reeves, Cooper 74.6 4 2 11 7 Ht 4 Sharp, Lazarus, Silver, Templeton 74.0 4 2 15 9 Ht 5 Bainbridge, Chamberlain, Close, Green 72.6 5 1 20 10 Ht 6 Campbell, Silver, Lazarus, Cooper 75.8 5 1 25 11 Ht 7 Edwards, Phillips, Read, Fletcher 74.6 4 2 29 13 Ht 8 Sharp, McGregor, Reeves, Templeton 74.8 4 2 33 15 Ht 9 Close, Edwards, Fletcher, Chamberlain (f) 74.4 2 4 35 19 Ht 10 Campbell, Phillips, Reeves, Green 74.6 4 2 39 21 Ht 11 Bainbridge, McGregor, Lazarus, Read 74.0 3 3 42 24 Ht 12 Campbell, Close, Reeves, Fletcher 74.4 4 2 46 26 Ht 13 Edwards, Chamberlain, Lazarus, McGregor 74.6 5 1 51 27 Ht 14 Bainbridge, Phillips, Sharp, Green 74.0 4 2 55 29

Friday 27th August 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Midget Car Meeting Lanarkshire 47 Glasgow 42

Friday 27th August 1954 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 54 Lanarkshire Eagles 30 (National League Division Two)

Leicester Ken McKinlay F 3 2’ 3 8 1 Roy Bester 3 3 3 3 12 Dennis Gray 2 2’ 3 1 8 1 Charlie Barsby 1 1 0 2 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 E 9 Len Williams 1 1 0 3 5 Reg Fearman 1 2’ 1 4 1 Bill Griffiths 3 3 6

Motherwell Derek Close 3 2 2 2 9 Ron Phillips 0 1 2 2 5 Bob Fletcher 1 0 1’ 1’ 3 2 Johnny Green 2 E 1’ 0 3 1 Cyril Cooper 0 0 0 0 Gordon McGregor 2 2 1 0 5 Larry Lazarus F 1 2 3 Doug Templeton 2 0 2

Ht1 Close, Gray, Fletcher, McKinlay (f) 70.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Bester, Green, Barsby, Phillips 71.4 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Grierson, McGregor, Williams, Cooper 71.0 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Griffiths, Templeton, Fearman, Lazarus (f) 72.4 4 2 14 10 Ht 5 McKinlay, Close, Barsby, Green (ef) 70.8 4 2 18 12 Ht 6 Grierson, Fearman, Lazarus, Cooper 71.8 5 1 23 13 Ht 7 Bester, Gray, Phillips, Fletcher 73.6 5 1 28 14 Ht 8 Griffiths, McGregor, Williams, Templeton 71.8 4 2 32 16 Ht 9 Bester, Close, Fletcher, Barsby 72.0 3 3 35 19 Ht 10 Grierson, Phillips, Green, Williams 72.4 3 3 38 22 Ht 11 Gray, McKinlay, McGregor, Cooper 72.4 5 1 43 23 Ht 12 Williams, Close, Fletcher, Grierson (ef) 72.0 3 3 46 26 Ht 13 Bester, Lazarus, Fearman, McGregor 72.6 4 2 50 28 Ht 14 McKinlay, Phillips, Gray, Green 72.0 4 2 54 30

Monday 30th August 1954 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 57 Lanarkshire Eagles 27 (National League Division Two)

Exeter Jack Geran 1 2’ 2’ 0 5 2 Goog Hoskin 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Jack Hart 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Neil Street 2’ 3 3 1 9 1 Hugh Geddes 3 2 2 1’ 8 1 Johnny Sargent 2’ 3 1’ 2 8 2 Kevin Bock 3 F 3 Jack Cunningham 1 1 2

Motherwell Derek Close 2 0 1 3 6 Ron Phillips 0 1 3 2 6 Bob Fletcher 0 0 0 0 0 Johnny Green 1 1 0 1’ 3 1 Cyril Cooper 0 1 0 0 1 Gordon McGregor 1 2 1 2 6 Larry Lazarus 2 3 5 Doug Templeton 0 0 0

Ht1 Hart, Close, Geran, Fletcher 74.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Hoskin, Street, Green, Phillips 75.8 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Geddes, Sargent, McGergor, Cooper 77.2 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Bock, Lazarus, Cunningham, Templeton 77.4 4 2 18 6 Ht 5 Street, Geran, Green, Close 75.4 5 1 23 7 Ht 6 Lazarus, Geddes, Cooper, Bock (f) 75.6 2 4 25 11 Ht 7 Hoskin, Hart, Phillips, Fletcher 74.0 5 1 30 12 Ht 8 Sargent, McGregor, Cunningham, Templeton 76.8 4 2 34 14 Ht 9 Street, Hoskin, Close, Fletcher 74.4 5 1 39 15 Ht 10 Phillips, Geddes, Sargent, Green 74.8 3 3 42 18 Ht 11 Hart, Geran, McGregor, Cooper 74.2 5 1 47 19 Ht 12 Close, Sargent, Geddes, Fletcher 75.8 3 3 50 22 Ht 13 Hoskin, McGregor, Street, Cooper 75.4 4 2 54 24 Ht 14 Hart, Phillips, Green, Geran 74.0 3 3 57 27

Friday 3rd September 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 49 Swindon Robins 35 (National League Division Two)

Motherwell Derek Close 3 3 3 3 12 Ron Phillips 3 3 1’ 1 8 1 Larry Lazarus 1 0 2’ F 3 1 Johnny Green 1 E 2 3 6 Cyril Cooper 0 2 3 2’ 7 1 Gordon McGregor 2 3 2’ 3 10 1 Bob Fletcher 1 1’ 2 1 Doug Templeton 0 1 1

Swindon Bob Roger X 1’ 1 1 Ian Williams 2 2 1 1’ 6 1 George White 2 1’ 3 1 7 1 Mick Holland 0 2 0 2 4 Ron Swaine 3 3 1 2 9 Danny Malone 1 2 0 0 3 Bob Jones 2 0 0 2 Ray Harris 3 0 0 3

Ht1 Close, White, Lazarus, Roger (fexc) 76.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Phillips, Williams, Green, Holland 77.8 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Swaine, McGregor, Malone, Cooper 77.4 2 4 10 8 Ht4 Harris, Jones, Fletcher, Templeton 79.8 1 5 11 13 Ht 5 Close, Holland, Roger, Green (ef) 76.2 3 3 14 16 Ht 6 Swaine, Cooper, Fletcher, Jones 77.8 3 3 17 19 Ht 7 Phillips, Williams, White, Lazarus 77.2 3 3 20 22 Ht 8 McGregor, Malone, Templeton, Harris 78.6 4 2 24 24 Ht 9 White, Green, Phillips, Jones 78.4 3 3 27 27 Ht 10 Cooper, McGregor, Williams, Holland 78.2 5 1 32 28 Ht 11 Close, Lazarus, Swaine, Malone 77.2 5 1 37 29 Ht 12 McGregor, Cooper, White, Harris 78.6 5 1 42 30 Ht 13 Green, Swaine, Phillips, Malone 78.4 4 2 46 32 Ht 14 Close, Holland, Williams, Lazarus (f) 77.4 3 3 49 35

Loaning Scratch Race Ht1 Green, White, McGregor, Lazarus (ef) 78.2 Ht2 Close, Holland, Malone, Roger (ns) 77.4 Ht3 Phillips, Cooper, Swaine, Williams 78.4 Ht4 Fletcher, Harris, D.Templeton, Jones 77.4 Final Close, Phillips, Green, Fletcher 77.4

Novice Race Craig, W.Templeton, Russell, Monteith (ns) 84.2

Friday 10th September 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles v Ipswich Witches (National League Division Two) Rained Off

Monday 13th September 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 23 Leicester Hunters 25 (National League Division Two) Abandoned After Start of Heat 9

Motherwell Bob Fletcher 0 2’ 2 1 Ron Phillips 1 2 3 Larry Lazarus 2 F 2 Johnny Green 3 3 6 Cyril Cooper 3 3 6 Gordon McGregor 1 E 1 Scott Hall 0 0 0 Doug Templeton 2 1 3

Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 E 3 Roy Bester 0 3 3 Dennis Gray 1 1 2 Bill Griffiths 2 1 3 Jock Grierson 0 1’ 1 1 Len Williams 2 3 5 Reg Fearman 3 2 5 Bryan Elliot 1 2’ 3 1

Ht1 McKinlay, Lazarus, Gray, Fletcher 76.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Green, Griffiths, Phillips, Bester 75.6 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Cooper, Williams, McGregor, Grierson 75.4 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Fearman, Templeton, Elliot, Hall 78.4 2 4 12 12 Ht5 Green, Fletcher, Griffiths, McKinlay (ef) 76.4 5 1 17 13 Ht6 Cooper, Fearman, Grierson, Hall 77.0 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Bester, Phillips, Gray, Lazarus (f) 79.0 2 4 22 20 Ht8 Williams, Elliot, Templeton, McGregor (ef) 83.8 1 5 23 25 Ht9 Started. McKinlay and others fell and as a result of track conditions the Steward abandoned the match.

Friday 17th September 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 44 Coventry Bees 40 (National League Division Two)

Motherwell Bob Fletcher 0 0 2’ 1’ 3 2 Ron Phillips 0 2 3 3 8 Larry Lazarus 3 E 3 2 8 Johnny Green 1 2 1 2’ 6 1 Cyril Cooper 1’ 3 2 1 7 1 Gordon McGregor 2 3 0 3 8 Scott Hall 2 1 3 Doug Templeton E 1 1

Coventry Charlie New 1’ 3 2 2 8 1 Tommy Miller 3 3 1 3 10 Bob Mark 2 1 0 0 3 Vic Emms 2’ 1 3 0 6 1 Johnny Reason E 2 F 0 2 Jim Lightfoot 3 2 1 1 7 Reg Duval 1 0 1 Jack Wright 3 0 3

Ht1 Lazarus, Mark, New, Fletcher 76.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Miller, Emms, Green, Phillips 75.0 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Lightfoot, McGregor, Cooper, Reason (ef) 77.4 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Wright, Hall, Duval, Templeton (ef) 80.4 2 4 9 15 Ht5 New, Green, Emms, Fletcher 77.6 2 4 11 19 Ht6 Cooper, Reason, Hall, Duval 79.0 4 2 15 21 Ht7 Miller, Phillips, Mark, Lazarus (ef) 76.0 2 4 17 25 Ht8 McGregor, Lightfoot, Templeton, Wright 77.4 4 2 21 27 Ht9 Phillips, New, Green, Mark 76.4 4 2 25 29 Ht10 Emms, Cooper, Miller, McGregor 82.2 2 4 27 33 Ht11 Lazarus, Fletcher, Lightfoot, Reason (f) 78.0 5 1 32 34 Ht12 McGregor, New, Cooper, Mark 77.6 4 2 36 36 Ht13 Philips, Green, Lightfoot, Reason 77.8 5 1 41 37 Ht14 Miller, Lazarus, Fletcher, Emms 76.8 3 3 44 40

Supporters Trophy (One Lap Record Attempts) Green 17.6 Phillips 18.2 Lazarus 18.6 Templeton 18.6 Bob Fletcher 18.8

Wishawhill Scratch Race Ht1 Green, Miller (frmtd), Reason (ef), New (ef) 78.2 Ht2 Cooper, Phillips, Lazarus, Mark 76.0 Ht3 McGregor, Emms, Fletcher, Lightfoot 78.6 Ht4 Templeton, Duval, Hall, Wright 80.0 Final Cooper, McGregor, Green, Templeton 78.2

Friday 24th September 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Midget Car Meeting

Friday 1st October 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles v Ipswich Witches (National League Division Two) Rained Off

Friday 8th October 1954 The Street Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 45 Ipswich Witches 39 (National League Division Two)

Motherwell Derek Close 3 3 2 1’ 9 1 Ron Phillips 1’ 3 3 0 7 1 Larry Lazarus 1 0 2 3 Johnny Green 2 0 2’ 2 6 1 Cyril Cooper 2 1 3 2’ 8 1 Gordon McGregor 1’ 3 0 3 7 1 Bluey Scott 3 E 0 3 Doug Templeton 1 1 2

Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 2 1’ 1 E 4 1 Bert Edwards 3 2 2 3 10 Bob Sharp 0 1’ 0 1 2 1 Tich Read 0 2 1’ 0 3 1 Dick Campbell 3 3 3 3 12 Reg Reeves 0 2 1 1 4 Johnny Chamberlain2 2’ 4 1 John Lawrie F 0 0

Ht 1 Close, Bainbridge, Lazarus, Sharp 76.2 4 2 4 2 Ht 2 Edwards, Green, Phillips, Read 77.0 3 3 7 5 Ht 3 Campbell, Cooper, McGregor, Reeves 76.0 3 3 10 8 Ht 4 Scott, Chamberlain, Templeton, Lawrie (f) 75.6 4 2 14 10 Ht 5 Close, Read, Bainbridge, Green 77.0 3 3 17 13 Ht 6 Campbell, Chamberlain, Cooper, Scott (ef) 76.2 1 5 18 18 Ht 7 Phillips, Edwards, Sharp, Lazarus 76.2 3 3 21 21 Ht 8 McGregor, Reeves, Templeton, Lawrie 77.0 4 2 25 23 Ht 9 Phillips, Green, Bainbridge, Sharp 76.8 5 1 30 24 Ht 10 Cooper, Edwards, Read, McGregor 77.0 3 3 33 27 Ht 11 Campbell, Close, Reeves, Scott 77.0 2 4 35 31 Ht 12 McGregor, Cooper, Sharp, Bainbridge (ef) 77.8 5 1 40 32 Ht 13 Campbell, Green, Reeves, Phillips 76.4 2 4 42 36 Ht 14 Edwards, Lazarus, Close, Read 77.2 3 3 45 39

Dalzeal Scratch Race Ht1 Chamberlain, D.Templeton, Lawrie, Scott (fexc) 77.2 Ht2 Campbell, Phillips, Sharp, Bainbridge (ef) 76.4 Ht3 Reeves, Green, Lazarus, Cooper 77.2 Ht4 Close, Edwards, Read, McGregor (ef) 77.2 Final Campbell, Close, Chamberlain, Reeves (f) 78.0

OTHER MEETINGS

Derek Close

Edinburgh Scottish Riders Champs 29.05.1954 2 F 2 0 1 5 Belle Vue Belle Vue v Southern Stars 05.06.1954 0 1’ 2’ 1’ 4 3 Coventry North v South 12.06.1954 1 1’ 2 1’ 5 2 Bradford 100 Guinea Trophy 26.06.1954 1 1 1 0 F 3 Edinburgh World Champs QR 10.07.1954 3-2-2-3-3 13 Swindon Parker Trophy 31.07.1954 0 3 2 2 3 10 1st in 3 man run off for 4th place in championship decider. Last in decider. Belle Vue World Champs Semi 14.08.1954 3-3-1-2-1 10 West Ham World Champs Semi 31.08.1954 1-2-2-0-1 6 Belle Vue Best Pairs ( with Ron Phillips) 11 11.09.1954 2 3 2 F 7 Belle Vue Second Division Riders Champs 16.10.1954 X 0

Cyril Cooper

Edinburgh Scottish Riders Champs 29.05.1954 1-1-0-F-0 2 Edinburgh World Champs QR 10.07.1954 0-0-2-2-1 5 Belle Vue Supporters’ Cup 25.09.1954 F-E-0-E-0 0 Belle Vue Second Division Riders Champs 16.10.1954 2-2-0-1-0 5

Bob Fletcher

Belle Vue Second Division Riders Champs 16.10.1954 2-0-2-1-1 6

Johnny Green

Edinburgh Scottish Riders’ Champs 29.05.1954 2-2-2-2-2 10 Edinburgh World Champs QR 10.07.1954 2-3-0-0-1 6 Bradford Casson Trophy 18.09.1954 1-1-2-0-1 5 Belle Vue Second Divison Riders Champs 16.10.1954 3-2-0-1-2 8

Scott Hall

Edinburgh Best Pairs 24.04.1954 3-1-E-1-0 5

Gordon McGregor

Edinburgh Scottish Riders Champs 29.05.1954 3-1-0-1-1 6 Edinburgh World Champs QR 10.07.1954 3-2-2-2-0 9

Tommy Miller

Wimbledon Wimbledon v Division II Stars 05.04.1954 3-1-2-0 6 Edinburgh Best Pairs 24.04.1954 2-3-3-F-3 11 Edinburgh Scottish Riders Champs 29.05.1954 3-2-3-3-3 14 Ipswich Revett Cup 03.06.1954 3 3 2 0 2 10 Belle Vue Belle Vue v Southern Stars 05.06.1954 2 3 1’ 3 9 1 Coventry North v South 12.06.1954 0 1’ 1 0 2 1 Harringay Television Trophy (Scotland) 14.06.1954 1 1 0 0 2 Bradford 100 Guinea Trophy 26.06.1954 2 2 0 2 0 6 Ipswich World Champs QR 01.07.1954 3 3 2 3 3 14

Gordon Mitchell

Edinburgh Best Pairs 24.04.54 2-2-1-0-0 5

Ron Phillips

Edinburgh Scottish Riders Champs 29.05.54 0-3-2-2-3 10 Edinburgh World Champs QR 10.07.54 2-1-2-1-2 8 Belle Vue Best Pairs (with Derek Close) 11 11.09.54 1 0 1 2 4 Bradford Casson Trophy 18.09.54 0-2-1-2-1 6 Belle Vue Supporters’ Trophy 24.09.54 0-0-0-1-0 1 Belle Vue (Res) Second Division Riders Champs 16.10.54 2-0-3 5

Bluey Scott

Belle Vue Belle Vue v Southern Stars 05.06.1954 1 0 1 Edinburgh Scottish Riders’ Championship 28.05.1954 1-F-2-3-3 9 Coventry World Champs QR 10.07.1954 2 0 1 1 0 4

Northern Shield Team P W D L F A Pts Motherwell 8 6 0 2 401 269 12 Coventry 8 5 1 2 365 307 11 Edinburgh 8 3 1 4 307 363 7 Ipswich 8 3 0 5 307 364 6 Leicester 8 2 0 6 298 375 4

National League Division Two Team P W D L F A Pts Bristol 20 14 0 6 908.5 769.5 28 Poole 20 12 0 8 896.5 781.5 24 Swindon 20 11 0 9 870 789 22 Leicester 19 11 0 8 829 765 22 Ipswich 20 10 0 10 873 806 20 Exeter 20 10 0 10 851 827 20 Oxford 20 10 0 10 807 868 20 Coventry 20 10 0 10 807 869 20 Southampton 20 9 0 11 800 878 18 Motherwell 19 9 0 10 759 819 18 Rayleigh 20 4 0 16 725 854 8

Rider Meetings Points Bonus Total Ave Tommy Miller 19 189 Derek Close 30 280 Ron Phillips 31 228.5 Bluey Scott 24 155 Gordon McGregor 31 190 Johnny Green 30 170 Eric Ebbs 1 5 Cyril Cooper 31 141.5 Larry Lazarus 24 109 Scott Hall 7 23 Jimmy Tannock 1 3 Bob Fletcher 5 14 Doug Templeton 12 20