LEICESTER 1957
Thanks to Tim Grant Updated 7.12.2106 No Times recorded at Leicester until June
Monday 14th April 1957 Cowley Stadium, Oxford Oxford Cheetahs 65 Leicester Hunters 29 (Challenge)
Oxford Ronnie Genz 3 3 2’ 2’ F 10 2 Gordon McGregor 1 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 10 3 Jack Biggs 3 3 1 2 3 12 Dennis Newton 2’ 2’ 3 3 3 13 2 Gerald Jackson 3 3 2’ 3 3 14 1 Howdy Byford 1 1 0 2’ 0 4 1 Frank Johnson 3 0 3
Leicester Harry Bastable 0 0 0 1 0 1 Charlie New 2 1 2 2 3 3 13 Des Haswell 1 1 1 1 1 5 Arthur Wright 0 0 3 0 1 4 Ron Mountford 2 0 0 2’ 4 1 Nick Nicholls 0 1 1 0 2 Vic Hall 0 0 0
Ht1 Genz, New, McGregor, Bastable 67.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Biggs, Newton, Haswell, Wright 67.2 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Jackson, Mountford, Byford, Nicholls 68.6 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Johnston, McGregor, New, Hall 66.8 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Biggs, Newton, Nicholls, Mountford 68.4 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Genz, McGregor, Haswell, Wright 68.6 5 1 28 8 Ht7 Jackson, New, Byford, Bastable 68.0 4 2 32 10 Ht8 McGregor, Genz, Nicholls, Mountford 68.4 5 1 37 11 Ht9 Wright, Byford, Haswell, Jackson 68.6 2 4 39 15 Ht10 Newton, New, Biggs, Bastable 67.6 4 2 43 17 Ht11 Newton, Genz, Bastable, Nicholls 68.6 5 1 48 18 Ht12 Jackson, McGregor, Haswell, Wright 69.0 5 1 53 19 Ht13 New, Biggs, Johnson (nf), Nicholls (nf) 68.6 2 3 55 22 Ht14 Newton, Byford, Haswell, hall 69.8 5 1 60 23 Ht15 Biggs, Jackson, Wright, Bastable 68.4 5 1 65 24 Ht15 New, Mountford, Genz (nf), Byford (nf) 70.0 0 5 65 29
Friday 10th May 1957 Blackbird Road, Leicester Leicester Hunters 50 Oxford Cheetahs 46 (Britannia Cup North)
Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Charlie Barsby 0 1 E 0 0 1 Jack Geran 2 2 2 1 2’ 9 1 Des Haswell 1’ 0 0 0 Ron How 1’ 3 2’ 3 3 12 2 Alf Hagon 2 1 3 1 2’ 9 1 Reg Fearman 0 0 0
Oxford Ronnie Genz 1’ 2 3 1’ 0 7 2 Gordon McGregor 2 3 0 1 1 7 Jack Biggs 3 1’ 1 2 2 9 1 Dennis Newton 0 2 0 3 1 6 Ray Cresp 0 1 1’ 1’ 0 3 2 Howdy Byford 3 3 2 2 2’ 12 1 Roy Bowers 2’ E 2 1
Ht1McKinlay, McGregor, Genz, Barsby 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Biggs, Geran, Haswell, Newton 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Byford, Hagon, How, Cresp 3 3 9 9 Ht4 McGregor, Bowers, Barsby, Fearman 1 5 10 14 Ht5 Byford, Geran, Cresp, Haswell 2 4 12 18 Ht6 McKinlay, Newton, Biggs, Barsby (ef) 3 3 15 21 Ht7 How, Genz, Hagon, McGregor 4 2 19 23 Ht8 McKinlay, Byford, Cresp, Barsby 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Hagon, How, Biggs, Newton 5 1 27 27 Ht10 Genz, Geran, McGregor, Haswell 2 4 29 31 Ht11 McKinlay, Byford, Genz, Haswell 3 3 32 34 Ht12 How, Biggs, Gresp, Barsby 3 3 35 37 Ht13 Newton, Byford, Geran, Fearman 1 5 36 42 Ht14 McKinlay, Biggs, Hagon, Bowers (ef) 4 2 40 44 Ht15 How, Geran, Newton, Genz 5 1 45 45 Ht16 McKinlay, Hagon, McGregor, Cresp 5 1 50 46
Brian’s Nominated Brian Elliott 2 3 5 Colin Gooddy 1’ 3 4 1 Vic Hall 1 2’ 3 1
Barry’s Nominated Barry East 3 E 3 Alan Pearce 0 2 2 Mike Lawrence 0 9 Reg Fearman 1 1
Ht1 East, Elliott, Gooddy, Pearce 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Gooddy, Pearce, Hall, Lawrence 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Elliott, Hall, Fearman, East (ef) 5 1 12 6
Top Two Match Race Ron How bt Ken McKinlay
Saturday 11th May 1957 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 57 – Leicester Hunters 39 (Britannia Cup North)
Birmingham 1. Eric Boothroyd 1’ 3 3 2 1 10 1 2. Harry Bastable 2 2’ 1 0 2’ 7 2 3. Ron Mountford 3 3 1 3 1’ 11 1 4. Jim Tolley 1 2’ 0 1’ 0 4 2 5. Guy Allott 2 2 2’ 3 2 11 1 6. Nigel Boocock 1’ 1’ 3 3 3 11 2 7. Derrick Tailby 3 0 3
Leicester 1. Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 3 EF 15 2. Charlie Barsby F F EF N N 0 3. Gordon McGregor 0 0 1 0 1’ 2 1 4. Alf Hagon 2 2 1’ 0 2 0 7 1 5. Des Haswell 0 0 N N N 0 6. Jack Geran 3 1 2 0 1’ 2 9 1 7. Reg Fearman 1 2’ 1 2 6 1
Ht1 McKinlay, Bastable, Boothroyd, Barsby [f] 71.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Mountford, Hagon, Tolley, McGregor 73.0 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Geran, Allott, Boocock, Haswell 74.8 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Tailby, Bastable, Fearman, Barsby [f] 74.8 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Mountford, Tolley, Geran, Haswell 73.6 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Boothroyd, Hagon, Bastable, McGregor 73.4 4 2 24 12 Ht7 McKinlay, Allott, Boocock, Barsby [ef] 72.2 3 3 27 15 Ht8 Boothroyd, Geran, Hagon, Bastable 74.0 3 3 30 18 Ht9 Boocock, Allott, McGregor, Hagon 73.8 5 1 35 19 Ht10 McKinlay, Fearman, Mountford, Tolley 72.4 1 5 36 24 Ht11 McKinlay, Boothroyd, Tolley, Geran 73.2 3 3 39 27 Ht12 Allott, Bastable, Fearman, McGregor 75.0 5 1 44 28 Ht13 Mountford, Hagon, Geran, Tailby 74.6 3 3 47 31 Ht14 Boocock, Fearman, McGregor, Tolley 75.4 3 3 50 34 Ht15 McKinlay, Allott, Mountford, Hagon 74.0 3 3 53 37 Ht16 Boocock, Geran, Boothroyd, McKinlay [ef] 75.4 4 2 57 39
Monday 13 th May 1957 Stanley Stadium, Liverpool Liverpool Eagles 51 Leicester Hunters 43 (Challenge)
Liverpool Ron Clarke 2 2’ E 0 4 1 Bob Fletcher 1’ 3 3 2 2 11 1 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 2 14 Dennis Jenkins 1 F 1 1 2’ 5 1 Eddie Rigg 2 2 1’ 1’ 1’ 7 3 Al Allison 1’ 1’ 2 0 3 7 2 Peter Thompson 2’ 0 2 1
Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 3 2 2’ 3 3 16 1 Tommy Toll 0 0 0 1 2’ 3 1 Ted Connor 0 0 0 0 Ray Harris 2 0 3 1’ 0 6 1 Charlie Barsby 0 2 F 0 3 5 Nick Nicholls 3 F 3 3 2 11 Bill Davis 1 0 1
Ht1 McKinlay, Clarke, Fletcher, Toll 80.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Craven, Harris, Jenkins, Connor 78.9 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Nicholls, Rigg, Allison, Barsby 79.0 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Fletcher, Thompson, Davis, Toll 79.6 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Craven, Barsby, Jenkins (f), Nicholls (f) 81.6 3 2 18 11 Ht6 Fletcher, Clarke, Harris, Connor 80.2 5 1 23 12 Ht7 McKinlay, Rigg, Allison, Harris 79.0 3 3 26 15 Ht8 Nicholls, Fletcher, Clarke (ef), Barsby (f) 79.6 2 3 28 18 Ht9 Harris, Allison, Rigg, Connor 80.0 3 3 31 21 Ht10 Craven, McKinlay, Jenkins, Toll 77.4 4 2 35 23 Ht11 Nicholls, McKinlay, Jenkins, Thompson 80.6 1 5 36 28 Ht12 McKinlay, Fletcher, Rigg, Barsby 79.0 3 3 39 31 Ht13 Craven, Nicholls, Harris, Thompson 79.0 3 3 42 34 Ht14 Allison, Jenkins, Toll, Davis 80.6 5 1 47 35 Ht15 McKinlay, Craven, Rigg, Harris 78.0 3 3 50 38 Ht16 Barsby, Toll, Allison, Clarke 81.0 1 5 51 43
Thursday 16th May 1957 Cowley Stadium, Oxford Oxford Cheetahs 49 Leicester Hunters 46 (Britannia Cup North)
Oxford Ronnie Genz 2 3 2 F 1 8 Gordon McGregor 1’ 2’ 1 1’ 3 8 3 Jack Biggs 3 3 3 3 F 12 Dennis Newton 2’ 0 0 2 1 5 1 Ray Cresp 3 1 1’ 1 2 8 1 Howdy Byford 0 0 2 3 0 5 Roy Bowers 3 0 3
Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 3 1’ 3 2 3 15 1 Charlie Barsby F 0 0 Jack Geran 0 2 3 2 2 2 11 Des Haswell F 0 0 0 Alf Hagon 1’ 1’ 2’ 3 0 2’ 9 4 Ian Williams 2 2 0 1 1’ 3 9 1 Reg Fearman 1 0 1 2
Ht1 McKinlay, Genz, McGregor, Barsby (f) 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Biggs, Newton, Geran (ret), Haswell (f) 5 0 8 3 Ht3 Cresp, Williams, Hagon, Byford 3 3 11 6 Ht4 Bowers, McGregor, Fearman, Barsby 5 1 16 7 Ht5 Biggs, Williams, Hagon, Newton 3 3 19 10 Ht6 Genz, Geran, McGregor, Haswell 4 2 23 12 Ht7 McKinlay, Hagon, Cresp, Byford 1 5 24 17 Ht8 Hagon, Genz, McGregor, Williams 3 3 27 20 Ht9 Geran, Byford, Cresp, Haswell 3 3 30 23 Ht10 Biggs, Geran, McKinlay, Newton 3 3 33 26 Ht11 McKinlay, Newton, Williams, Genz (f) 2 4 35 30 Ht12 McGregor, Geran, Cresp, Hagon 4 2 39 32 Ht13 Biggs, McKinlay, Williams, Bowers 3 3 42 35 Ht14 Byford, Geran, Newton, Fearman 4 2 46 37 Ht15 McKinlay, Cresp, Fearman, Biggs (f) 2 4 48 41 Ht16 Williams, Hagon, Genz, Byford (ret) 1 5 49 46
Friday 17th May 1957 Blackbird Road, Leicester Leicester Hunters 57 – Birmingham Brummies 39 (Britannia Cup North) No times recorded at this meeting
Leicester 1. Ken McKinlay 3 0 2 3 3 11 2. Charlie Barsby 0 3 3 0 0 6 3. Jack Geran 3 1 3 2 3 12 4. Des Haswell 0 0 N 1 2’ 3 1 5. Aub Lawson 3 1 2’ 3 2’ 11 2 6. Alf Hagon 2’ 3 3 3 2’ 13 2 7. Reg Fearman 0 1 0 1
Birmingham 1. Eric Boothroyd 2 2 2 0 0 6 2. Harry Bastable 1’ 1’ N N N 2 2 3. Ron Mountford 2 1’ 0 1’ 1 5 2 4. Jim Tolley 1’ 2 1 1 1 6 1 5. Guy Allott 1 3 1 2 1 8 6. Nigel Boocock 0 2’ 3 2 3 0 10 1 7. Derrick Tailby 2 0 0 0 2
Ht1 McKinlay, Boothroyd, Bastable, Barsby 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Geran, Mountford, Tolley, Haswell 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Lawson, Hagon, Allott, Boocock 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Barsby, Tailby, Bastable, Fearman 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Allott, Boocock, Geran, Haswell 1 5 15 15 Ht6 Barsby, Tolley, Mountford, McKinlay 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Hagon, Boothroyd, Lawson, Tailby 4 2 22 20 Ht8 Boocock, McKinlay, Allott, Barsby 2 4 24 24 Ht9 Hagon, Lawson, Tolley, Mountford 5 1 29 25 Ht10 Geran, Boothroyd, Fearman, Tailby 4 2 33 27 Ht11 McKinlay, Boocock, Haswell, Boothroyd 4 2 37 29 Ht12 Lawson, Allott, Mountford, Barsby 3 3 40 32 Ht13 Boocock, Geran, Tolley, Fearman 2 4 42 36 Ht14 Hagon, Haswell, Mountford, Tailby 5 1 47 37 Ht15 Geran, Lawson, Tolley, Boothroyd 5 1 52 38 Ht16 McKinlay, Hagon, Allott, Boocock 5 1 57 39
Parker Scurry East, Fearman, Elliott Tailby (ns)
Junior Scratch Race Brown, Lawrence, N.Conway, M.Conway
Senior Handicap Barsby (0), Lawson (9), Allott (5), [ Boocock (9), Hagon (11)
Junior Handicap Hall, Elliott, N.Conway, [ M.Conway, East
Friday 24th May 1957 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 52 Belle Vue Aces 44 (Britannia Shield)
Leicester Ken McKinlay F 2 3 3 3 11 Charlie Barsby 2 2 0 1 1’ 6 1 Jack Geran 3 3 2 1 2 11 Alf Hagon 1 2’ 1’ E 1’ 5 3 Dick Bradley 3 2 1’ 2 2 10 1 Des Haswell 2’ 1’ 2 0 0 5 2 Reg Fearman 1’ 1 2 1
Belle Vue Ron Johnston 3 3 3 2 3 3 17 Bob Duckworth 1 3 0 0 2 6 Peter Craven 2 3 3 3 3 14 Peter Williams F 1 F 2’ 0 3 1 Dick Fisher 1 0 E E 1’ 2 1 Slant Payling E 1 2 0 3 Tink Maynard E 1 1
Ht1 Johnston, Barsby, Duckworth, McKinlay (f) 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Geran, Craven, Hagon, Williams (f) 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Bradley, Haswell, Fisher, Payling (ef) 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Duckworth, Barsby, Fearman, Maynard (ef) 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Geran, Hagon, Payling, Fisher 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Craven, McKinlay, Williams, Barsby 2 4 21 15 Ht7 Johnston, Bradley, Haswell, Duckworth 3 3 24 18 Ht8 McKinlay, Payling, Barsby, Fisher (ef) 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Craven, Haswell, Bradley, Williams (f) 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Johnston, Geran, Hagon, Duckworth 3 3 34 26 Ht11 McKinlay, Johnston, Geran, Payling 4 2 38 28 Ht12 Craven, Bradley, Barsby, Fisher (ef) 3 3 41 31 Ht13 Johnston, Williams, Fearman, Hagon (ef) 1 5 42 36 Ht14 Craven, Geran, Maynard, Haswell 2 4 44 40 Ht15 Johnston, Bradley, Hagon, Williams 3 3 47 43 Ht16 McKinlay, Duckworth, Fisher, Haswell 3 3 50 46
The Empire Endevour Maynard, East, Elliott, Fearman
Junior Handicap Ht1 Goody (10), Brown (20), Hall (20), Lawrence (scr), Greenwell (10) Ht2 Brown (scr), Elliott (15), Hall (scr), East (25), Goody (scr) (f)
The Commonwealth Cyclone Craven McKinlay, Geran, Johnston
Saturday 25th May 1957 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 54 Leicester Hunters 42 (Britannia Shield)
Belle Vue Ron Johnston 2 2 3 3 2 12 Bob Duckworth 1’ 2’ 0 1 E 4 2 Dick Fisher 2 2 3 3 1 11 Slant Payling 0 1’ 1 E 1 3 1 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 15 Peter Williams 2’ 1 1 2 E 6 1 Tink Maynard 3 0 3
Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 2 2 2 2 11 Charlie Barsby F 1 E 0 1 Alf Hagon 1 3 0 1’ 3 1 9 1 Jack Geran 3 1 2 1’ 1’ 0 8 2 Barry Briggs (G) 0 3 2 2 2 3 12 Des Haswell 1 F F 1 Reg Fearman 0 0 0
Ht1 McKinlay, Johnston, Duckworth, Barsby (f) 72.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Geran, Fisher, Hagon, Payling 74.0 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Craven, Williams, Haswell, Briggs 73.6 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Maynard, Duckworth, Barsby, Fearman 75.0 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Briggs, Fisher, Payling, Haswell (f) 73.4 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Hagon, Johnston, Geran, Duckworth 74.2 2 4 20 16 Ht7 Craven, McKinlay, Williams, Barsby (ef) 73.6 4 2 24 18 Ht8 Johnston, Briggs, Duckworth, Haswell (fexc) 74.0 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Craven, Geran, Williams, Hagon 74.6 4 2 32 22 Ht10 Fisher, McKinlay, Payling. Barsby 74.2 4 2 36 24 Ht11 Johnston, McKinlay, Geran, Payling (ef) 74.0 3 3 39 27 Ht12 Craven, Briggs, Hagon, Duckworth (ef) 74.6 3 3 42 30 Ht13 Fisher, Briggs, Geran, Maynard 75.0 3 3 45 33 Ht14 Hagon, Williams, Payling, Fearman ? 3 3 48 36 Ht15 Craven, McKinlay, Fisher, Geran 74.8 4 2 52 38 Ht16 Briggs, Johnston, Hagon, Williams 75.2 2 4 54 42
Friday 31st May 1957 Blackbird Road, Leicester Leicester Hunters 53 Coventry Bees 43 (Britannia Shield)
Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 3 2 3 3 14 Des Haswell 0 0 1 0 1’ 2 1 Alf Hagon 1 1 2’ 2 3 9 1 Jack Geran 3 3 3 1 3 13 Ron How 2 2 3 2 2’ 11 1 Charlie Barsby E E 0 1 1 Barry East 2 1 0 3
Coventry Charlie New 2 3 1 F 1 1 8 Jim Lightfoot 1’ 3 1 0 2 7 1 Arthur Wright 2 2 E 3 2 9 Nick Nicholls 0 0 2 2 Bob Mark 1 0 1 E 0 2 Per Olaf Soederman 3 2 3 2 3 13 Eric Hockaday 1 1’ 0 2 1
Ht1 McKinlay, New, Lightfoot, Haswell 68.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Geran, Wright, Hagon, Nicholls 69.6 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Soederman, How, Mark, Barsby (ef) 69.4 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Lightfoot, East, Hockaday, Haswell 69.8 2 4 11 13 Ht5 Geran, Soederman, Hagon, Mark 68.8 4 2 15 15 Ht6 McKinlay, Wright, Haswell, Nicholls 67.8 4 2 19 17 Ht7 New, How, Lightfoot, Barsby (ef) 70.0 2 4 21 21 Ht8 Soederman, McKinlay, Mark, Haswell 69.0 2 4 23 25 Ht9 How, Nicholls, East, Wright (ef) 70.0 4 2 27 27 Ht10 Geran, Hagon, New, Lightfoot 70.4 5 1 32 28 Ht11 McKinlay, Soederman, Geran, New (f) 69.2 4 2 36 30 Ht12 Wright, How, Haswell, Mark (ef) 70.0 3 3 39 33 Ht13 Soederman, Hagon, New, East 70.0 2 4 41 37 Ht14 Geran, Wright, Hockaday, Barsby 71.0 3 3 44 40 Ht15 Hagon, How, New, Hockaday 70.4 5 1 49 41 Ht16 McKinlay, Lightfoot, Barsby, Mark 70.4 4 2 53 43
Hunters Brian Elliott 2 0 2 Colin Gooddy 1’ 3 4 1 Barry East 1 1 Vic Hall 0 0
Bees Bryan Meredith 3 1 4 Brian Miller 0 0 Eric Hockaday 3 3 Les Owen 2’ 2 4 1
Ht1 Meredith, Elliott, Gooddy, Miller 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Hockaday, Owen, East, Hall 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Gooddy, Owen, Meredith, Elliott 3 3 7 11
Top Scorers Tornado McKinlay, Geran, Soederman, How
Friday 7th June 1957 Blackbird Road, Leicester Pride of the Midlands Rained Off
Saturday 8th June 1957 Brandon Stadium, Coventry Coventry Bees 49 Leicester Hunters 47 (Britannia Shield)
Coventry Jim Lightfoot 1 1’ 2 2 3 9 1 Charlie New 0 2 2 1’ 0 5 1 Per Olaf Soderman 1’ 3 3 3 3 13 1 Bob Mark 2 1 1 1’ 2 7 1 Nick Nicholls 3 0 1’ 2 1 7 1 Arthur Wright 2’ 1 2 0 0 5 1 Les Owen 1’ 2’ 3 2
Leicester Ken McKinlay 2’ 2’ 2 3 2 11 2 Alf Hagon 3 3 3 0 2 11 Jack Geran 3 3 3 3 3 15 Des Haswell 0 0 0 F 0 Peter Moore 1 2 3 1 1’ 8 1 Charlie Barsby E 0 0 0 X 0 Bryan Elliott 0 1 1 0 2
Ht1Hagon, McKinlay, Lightfoot, New 70.2 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Geran, Mark, Soderman, Haswell 69.4 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Nichols, Wright, Moore, Barsby 71.4 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Hagon, New, Owen, Elliott 70.2 3 3 12 12 Ht5Soderman, Moore, Mark, Barsby (ef) 68.8 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Geran, New, Lightfoot, Haswell 69.6 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Hagon, McKinlay, Wright, Nicholls 70.2 1 5 20 22 Ht8 Moore, Lightfoot, New, Barsby 70.4 3 3 23 25 Ht9 Geran, Wright, Nicholls, Haswell 70.2 3 3 26 28 Ht10 Soderman, McKinlay, Mark, Hagon 69.2 4 2 30 30 Ht11 McKinlay, Lightfoot, Mark, Barsby 70.2 3 3 33 33 Ht12 Geran, Nicholls, Moore, New 70.4 2 4 35 37 Ht13 Soderman, Owen, Elliott, Barsby (fexc) 71.4 5 1 40 38 Ht14 Geran, Mark, Elliott, Wright 70.2 2 4 42 42 Ht15 Soderman, McKinlay, Nicholls, Elliott 69.8 4 2 46 44 Ht16 Lightfoot, Hagon, Moore, Wright 70.2 3 3 49 47
Friday 14th June 1957 Blackbird Road, Leicester Leicester Hunters 56 Rayleigh Rockets 39 (National League)
Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 E 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 Charlie Barsby 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Geran 3 3 3 3 3 15 Des Haswell 0 X 0 Dick Bradley 1 1 0 3 2’ 7 1 Alf Hagon 3 3 3 3 3 15 Bryan Elliott 3 1 2’ 3 0 0 9 1
Rayleigh Eric French 2 2 1 1 1 7 Jack Unstead 1’ 2 0 0 0 3 1 Les McGillivray 2 2’ 2 2 1’ 9 2 Peter Clark 1’ 3 1’ 0 0 5 2 Pete Lansdale 2 E 2 1’ 1 6 1 Maurice McDermott 0 2 1’ 1 1’ 5 2
Ken Adams 1’ 2 2 5 1
Ht1 McKinlay, French, Unstead, Barsby 70.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Unstead, McGillivray, Clark, Haswell 70,2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Hagon, Lansdale, Bradley, McDermott 69.8 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Elliott, Unstead, Adams, Barsby 69.4 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Geran, McDermott, Haswell (exc), Lansdale (ef) 71.2 3 2 16 13 Ht6 Clark, McGillivray, Elliott, McKinlay (ef) 70.2 1 5 17 18 Ht7 Hagon, French, Bradley, Unstead 70.0 4 2 21 20 Ht8 McKinlay, Lansdale, McDermott, Barsby 69.6 3 3 24 23 Ht9 Hagon, McGillivray, Clark, Bradley 69.6 3 3 27 26 Ht10 Geran, Elliott, French, Unstead 70.2 5 1 32 27 Ht11 Elliott, McKinlay, McDermott, French 70.4 5 1 37 28 Ht12 Bradley, McGillivray, Lansdale, Barsby 70.8 3 3 40 31 Ht13 Geran, Adams, McDermott, Elliott 70.8 3 3 43 34 Ht14 Hagon, Adams, McGillivray, Elliott 70.0 3 3 46 37 Ht15 Geran, Bradley, French, Clark 70.8 5 1 51 38 Ht16 Hagon, McKinlay, Lansdale, Unstead 71.0 5 1 56 40
Melton Scurry Barsby, Adams, Hall, Brown 72.2
Junior Scratch Race Hall, Stan Clark, Greenwell, Sansby 74.2
Top Scorers Tornado McKinlay, Hagon, McGillivray, Geran 69.8
Junior Handicap Hall (30), Clark (25), Brown (20), Greenwell 4 only 74.2
Saturday 15th June 1957 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets 62 Leicester Hunters 34 (National League)
Rayleigh Eric French 2’ 1’ 3 3 3 12 2 Jack Unstead 3 3 2 2’ 2 12 1 Les McGillivray F 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Peter Clark 2 3 2’ 1 2 10 1 Pete Lansdale 0 2’ 0 2 1 Maurice McDermott 2 3 2 1’ 0 8 1 Ken Adams 2’ 1’ 2’ 2’ 7 4
Leicester Ken McKinlay 0 F 0 Charlie Barsby 1 F 1 0 1’ 3 1 Jack Geran 3 3 3 3 3 15 Bryan Elliott 1 1 1 0 X 3 Gerald Jackson 1 1 1 0 2 5 Alf Hagon 3 E E 2 1 6 Vic Hall 1 1 0 0 1 3
Ht1 Unstead, French, Barsby, McKinlay ? 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Geran, Clark, Elliott, McGillivray 74.6 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Hagon, McDermott, Jackson, Lansdale 74.6 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Unstead, Adams, Hall, Barsby (f) 75.6 5 1 14 10 Ht5 Clark, McGillivray, Jackson, Hagon 76.8 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Geran, Unstead, French, Elliott 73.8 3 3 22 14 Ht7 McDermott, Lansdale, Barsby, McKinlay (f) 76.4 5 1 27 15 Ht8 French, Unstead, Jackson, Hagon 74.4 5 1 32 16 Ht9 Geran, McDermott, Elliott, Lansdale 74.6 2 4 34 20 Ht10 McGillivray, Clark, Hall, Barsby 76.2 5 1 39 21 Ht11 French, Hagon, Clark, Hall 73.8 4 2 43 23 Ht12Geran, Unstead, Adams, Jackson 74.0 3 3 46 26 Ht13 McGillivray, Adams, Hagon, Elliott 75.6 5 1 51 27 Ht14 Geran, Clark, McDermott, Hall 74.2 3 3 54 30 Ht15 McGillivray, Adams, Hall, Elliott (fexc) 76.8 5 1 59 31 Ht16 French, Jackson, Barsby, McDermott 74.6 3 3 62 34
Friday 21st June 1957 Blackbird Road, Leicester Pride of the Midlands
Aub Lawson 1 2 3 2 2 10 Arthur Wright 0 0 0 0 0 Per Olaf Soederman 2 2 2 1 2 9 Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 2 14 Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3 1 13 Barry Briggs 1 2 1 1 3 8 Charlie New E 0 1 1 3 5 Nigel Boocock 2 E 0 2 0 4 Rune Sormander 0 1 1 2 1 4 Jim Lightfoot 3 2 2 2 3 12 Alf Hagon 1 3 E 3 0 7 Jack Geran 2 2 2 0 1 7 Dan Forsberg E 0 E 0 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 15 Ron Johnston 2 1 1 0 1 5 Ron How 1 1 1 0 2 5 Charlie Barsby(res) 1 0 1 Bryan Elliott (res) 0 0
Ht1 McKinlay, Soederman, Lawson, Wright 67.8 Ht2 Fundin, Boocock, Briggs, New (ef) 68.6 Ht3 Lightfoot, Geran, Hagon, Sormander 69.6 Ht4 Craven, Johnston, How, Forsberg 67.4 Ht5 Fundin, Lawson, Sormander, Forsberg 69.2 Ht6 Craven, Lightfoot, Briggs, Wright 67.4 Ht7 Hagon, Soederman, Hagon, New 69.0 Ht8 McKinlay, Geran, How, Boocock (ef) 68.8 Ht9 Lawson, Briggs, How, Hagon (ef) 69.0 Ht10 Fundin, Geran, Johnston, Wright 69.0 Ht11 Craven, Soederman, Sormander, Boocock 67.8 Ht12 McKinlay, Lightfoot, New, Forsberg 67.6 Ht13 Craven, Lawson, New, Geran 68.0 Ht14 Hagon, Boocock, Barsby, Wright 70.0 Ht15 Fundin, Lightfoot, Soederman, How 68.2 Ht16 McKinlay, Sormander, Briggs, Johnston 68.8 Ht17 Lightfoot, Lawson, Johnston, Boocock 68.4 Ht18 New, How, Sormander, Elliott 70.6 Ht19 Briggs, Soederman, Geran, Barsby 70.2 Ht20 Craven, McKinlay, Fundin, Hagon 68.2
British Match Race Championship Ht1 Peter Craven bt Barry Briggs 67.0 Ht2 Peter Craven bt Barry Briggs 67.2
Saturday 22 June 1957 Abbey Stadium, Swindon SWINDON ROBINS 64 LEICESTER HUNTERS 32 (National League)
SWINDON Mike Broadbank 1 3 1 1* 2* - - 8 (2) Ian Williams (C) 3 3 2* 3 3 - - 14 (1) Neil Street 1 0 1* 1 2 - - 5 (1) George White 3 3 2 2 3 - - 13 Ken Middleditch 1* 2* 3 R 1* - - 7 (3) Bob Roger 2 3 2* 2* 3 - - 12 (2) Ernie Lessiter 2* 3 - - - - - 5 (1)
LEICESTER Ken McKinlay (C) 2 1 3 3 X - - 9 Bryan Elliott 0 1 R - - - - 1 Jack Geran 2 1 1 2 1 1 - 8 Charlie Barsby 0 0 0 - - - - 0 Rune Sormander 0 1* 0 1* 0 - - 2 (2) Alf Hagon 3 2 2 0 2 3 - 12 Des Haswell 0 0 0 0 - - - 0
Ht 1: Williams, McKinlay, Broadbank, Elliott, 75.8 (4-2) Ht 2: White, Geran, Street, Barsby, 76.2 (8-4) Ht 3: Hagon, Roger, Middleditch, Sormander, 77.0 (11-7) Ht 4: Williams, Lessiter, Elliott, Haswell, 77.4 (16-8) Ht 5: White, Hagon, Sormander, Street, 77.6 (19-11) Ht 6: Broadbank, Williams, Geran, Barsby, 76.8 (24-12) Ht 7: Roger, Middleditch, McKinlay, Elliott (ret), 76.8 (29-13) Ht 8: Williams, Hagon, Broadbank, Sormander, 77.4 (33-15) Ht 9: Middleditch, Roger, Geran, Haswell, 77.6 (38-16) Ht 10: McKinlay, White, Street, Haswell, 77.0 (41-19) Ht 11: McKinlay, White, Broadbank, Hagon, 76.2 (44-22) Ht 12: Williams, Geran, Sormander, Middleditch (ret), 77.2 (47-25) Ht 13: Lessiter, Hagon, Street, Barsby, 77.2 (51-27) Ht 14: White, Roger, Geran, Haswell, 77.0 (56-28) Ht 15: (Re-Run) Hagon, Street, Middleditch, McKinlay (ex), 77.6 (59-31) Ht 16: Roger, Broadbank, Geran, Sormander, 76.8 (64-32)
Friday 28th June 1957 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 52 Belle Vue Aces 44 (National League)
Leicester Ken McKinlay 2 3 3 0 3 11 Brian Elliott 1’ 1 0 1 0 3 1 Jack Geran 2 2 2 2 1’ 9 1 Charlie Barsby 1’ 0 1’ 2 1’ 5 3 Rune Sormander 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 2 11 3 Alf Hagon 3 3 3 2 2’ 13 1 Des Haswell 0 0 0
Belle Vue Ron Johnston 3 1 3 3 3 13 Slant Payling 0 2’ 0 0 0 2 1 Peter Craven 3 2 1 2 3 3 14 Peter Williams 0 1’ 0 1 0 2 1 Bob Duckworth 1 3 2 1’ 0 7 1 Bob Fletcher 0 1 0 1 Tink Maynard 3 1 0 4
Ht1 Johnston, McKinlay, Elliott, Payling 69.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 P.Craven, Geran, Barsby, Williams 69.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Hagon, Sormander, Duckworth, Fletcher 69.8 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Maynard, Payling, Elliott, Haswell 71.0 1 5 12 12 Ht5 Duckworth, Geran, Fletcher, Barsby 69.2 2 4 14 16 Ht6 McKinlay, P.Craven, Williams, Elliott 68.8 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Hagon, Sormander, Johnston, Payling 69.2 5 1 22 20 Ht8 McKinlay, Duckworth, Elliott, Fletcher 69.0 4 2 26 22 Ht9 Hagon, Sormander P.Craven, Williams 70.0 5 1 31 23 Ht10 Johnston, Geran, Barsby, Payling 69.0 3 3 34 26 Ht11 Johnston, Barsby, Maynard, McKinlay (ef) 70.2 2 4 36 30 Ht12 Sormander, P.Craven, Duckworth, Elliott 70.0 3 3 39 33 Ht13 P.Craven Geran, Williams, Haswell 69.6 2 4 41 37 Ht14 P.Craven, Hagon, Barsby, Maynard 70.8 3 3 44 40 Ht15 Johnston, Sormander, Geran, Williams 69.8 3 3 47 43 Ht16 McKinlay, Hagon, Payling, Duckworth 69.8 5 1 52 44
Junior Scratch Race Vic Hall, Stan Clark, Harold Sansby 72.8
Top Scorers Tornado Sormander, P.Craven, Hagon, McKinlay 71.2
Ibstock Scratch Race Hall, Maynard, Haswell, Clark (ef) 72.8
Junior Handicap S.Clark (30), Brown (20), Hall (40), Sansby (0), Tony Robinson (10) 75.4
Saturday 29th June 1957 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 61 Leicester Hunters 31 (National League Division One)
Leicester Ron Johnston 3 3 3 2 3 14 Slant Payling 2’ 2 0 0 0 4 1 Peter Craven 3 3 2’ 3 3 14 1 Bob Duckworth 2 3 3 3 1 12 Eddie Rigg 0 1 2’ 3 2 8 1 Tink Maynard 3 X
Leicester Ken McKinlay 0 2 3 3 2 10 Brian Elliott 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Geran 1 1’ 0 1’ 0 3 2 Charlie Barsby 0 2 1 1’ 0 4 1 Rune Sormander 1 2 2 2 1 8 Alf Hagon 3 1’ 1’ 1 2 8 2 Des Haswell 1 0 1 2
Ht1 Johnston, Payling, Elliott, McKinlay 74.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Craven, Williams, Geran, Barsby 75.0 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Hagon, Duckworth, Sormander, Rigg 75.2 2 4 12 6 Ht4 Maynard, Payling, Haswell, Elliott 76.2 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Craven, Sormander, Hagon, Williams 74.6 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Johnston, Barsby, Geran, Payling 75.8 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Duckworth, McKinlay, Rigg, Haswell 74.2 4 2 27 15 Ht8 Johnston, Sormander, Hagon, Payling 76.4 3 3 30 18 Ht9 Duckworth, Rigg, Barsby, Geran 76.2 5 1 35 19 Ht10 McKinlay, Craven, Williams, Elliott 76.2 3 3 38 22 Ht11 McKinlay, Johnston, Williams, Hagon 74.0 3 3 41 25 Ht12 Duckworth, Sormander, Geran, Payling 75.2 3 3 44 28 Ht13 Craven, Hagon, Barsby, Maynard (exc) 73.8 3 3 47 31 Ht14 Rigg, Williams, Haswell, Geran 77.2 5 1 52 32 Ht15 Craven, McKinlay, Duckworth, Barsby 74.4 4 2 56 34 Ht16 Johnston, Rigg, Sormander, Elliott 76.6 5 1 61 35
Friday 5th July 1957 Blackbird Road, Leicester Leicester Hunters 42 Ipswich Witches 54 (National League)
Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 E 3 0 12 Brian Elliott 0 2 0 1 3 Jack Geran 3 3 3 2 3 2 16 Charlie Barsby 0 1 0 1 2 Vic Hall 2 0 0 0 2 Alf Hagon 0 2 2 0 2’ 1 7 1 Des Haswell 0 0 0
Ipswich Bert Edwards 1’ 1 1’ 2’ 1 6 3 Peter Moore 2 3 3 2 3 13 Cyril Roger 1’ 2 1 1 1 6 1 Danny Dunton 2 1’ 3 2 3 11 1 Bob Sharp 1 2 2 3 2’ 10 1 Junior Bainbridge 3 0 0 3 1’ 7 1 Jimmy Gooch 1 0 1
Ht1 McKinlay, Moore, Edwards, Elliott 69.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Geran, Dunton, Roger, Barsby 70.6 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Bainbridge, Hall, Sharp, Hagon 70.6 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Moore, Elliott, Gooch, Haswell 70.4 2 4 10 14 Ht5 Geran, Sharp, Barsby, Bainbridge 70.8 4 2 14 16 Ht6 McKinlay, Roger, Dunton, Elliott 69.6 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Moore, Hagon, Edwards, Hall 71.0 2 4 19 23 Ht8 McKinlay, Sharp, Elliott, Bainbridge 70.4 4 2 23 25 Ht9 Dunton, Hagon, Roger, Hall 71.8 2 4 25 29 Ht10 Geran, Moore, Edwards, Barsby 70.4 3 3 28 32 Ht11 Bainbridge, Edwards, Barsby, McKinlay (ef) 71.6 1 5 29 37 Ht12 Sharp, Geran, Roger, Hagon 71.4 2 4 31 41 Ht13 Geran, Dunton, Bainbridge, Haswell 72.0 3 3 34 44 Ht14 McKinlay, Hagon, Roger, Gooch 70.4 5 1 39 45 Ht15 Dunton, Geran, Edwards, Hall 71.8 2 4 41 49 Ht16 Moore, Sharp, Hagon, McKinlay 71.4 1 5 42 54
Junior Scratch Race S.Clark, Brown, Sansby, Gerry King (ns) 73.4
Top Scorers Tornado Geran, Dunton, Sharp, Moore 72.0
Junior Handicap S.Clark (25), Brown (25), Sansby (0), Hall (40), King (ns) 75.0
Senior Handicap Edwards (5), Elliott (0), Bainbridge (10), Gooch (0) 72.4
Friday 12th July 1957 Blackbird Road, Leicester Leicester Hunters 56 – Birmingham Brummies 40 (National League Division One)
Leicester 1. Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 3 15 2. Al Allison 0 1’ 0 N 0 1 1 3. Jack Geran 3 3 3 2 1 12 4. Charlie Barsby 1 0 1 0 1 3 5. Rune Sormander 3 3 3 3 3 15 6. Alf Hagon 1 2’ 1 2 0 6 1 7. Brian Elliott 2 1 1 4
Birmingham 1. Nigel Boocock 2 1 2 2 2 9 2. Jim Tolley 1’ 0 0 N N 1 1 3. Ron Mountford 2 2 0 2 EF 6 4. Guy Allott 0 1’ 2 0 0 3 1 5. Eric Boothroyd 0 1’ 2 1 2 6 6. Dan Forsberg 2 2 0 1 3 1 9 7. Harry Bastable 3 0 3 6
Ht1 McKinlay, Boocock, Tolley, Allison 68.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Geran, Mountford, Barsby, Allott 70.0 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Sormander, Forsberg, Hagon, Boothroyd 68.2 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Bastable, Elliott, Allison, Tolley 70.0 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Geran, Forsberg, Boothroyd, Barsby 69.6 3 3 17 13 Ht6 McKinlay, Mountford, Allott, Allison 68.6 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Sormander, Hagon, Boocock, Tolley 70.4 5 1 25 17 Ht8 McKinlay, Boothroyd, Elliott, Forsberg 68.0 4 2 29 19 Ht9 Sormander, Allott, Hagon, Mountford 69.6 4 2 33 21 Ht10 Geran, Boocock, Barsby, Bastable 69.8 4 2 37 23 Ht11 McKinlay, Boocock, Forsberg, Barsby 68.4 3 3 40 26 Ht12 Sormander, Mountford, Boothroyd, Allison 69.2 3 3 43 29 Ht13Forsberg, Geran, Elliott, Allott 70.4 3 3 46 32 Ht14 Bastable, Hagon, Barsby, Mountford [ef] 70.6 3 3 49 35 Ht15 Sormander, Boocock, Geran, Allott 70.2 4 2 53 37 Ht16 McKinlay, Boothroyd, Forsberg, Hagon 69.4 3 3 56 40
Junior Scratch Race Vic Hall, Ivor Brown, Harold Sansby, Stan Clark [ns] 72.6
Top Scorers Tornado McKinlay, Gorsberg, Geran, Sormander [f] 69.0
Team Tester Elliott, Barsby, Hall, Brown 71.0
Senior Handicap Elliott [Scr], Hagon [5], Boocock [10], Bastable [5] 71.2
Friday 19th July 1957 Blackbird Road, Leicester World Championship Qualifying Round
Slant Payling 0 1 1 1 1 4 Maurice McDermott 1 1 1 1 3 7 Jack Geran 3 3 2 3 3 14 Brian Hanham 2 0 3 3 3 11 Ronnie Genz 2 2 2 1 1 8 Peter Williams DNR Des Haswell 0 2 1 0 1 4 Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 3 15 Jimmy Squibb 2 0 2 0 4 Bob Mark 1 0 0 0 2 3 Reg Trott 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arthur Forrest 3 1 3 2 2 11 Eric French 1 3 2 2 1 9 Peter Moore 2 3 1 3 2 11 Wal Morton 0 1 0 0 0 1 Ian Williams 3 2 3 2 2 12 Ivor Brown (res) 0 0 0 Stan Clark (res) 1 2 2 1 0 6
Ht1 Geran, Hanham, McDermott, Payling 67.6 Ht2 McKinlay, Genz, Clark, Haswell 68.0 Ht3 Forrest, Squibb, Mark, Trott 71.0 Ht4 Williams, Moore, French, Morton 67.0 Ht5 French, Genz, Payling, Squibb 70.8 Ht6 Moore, Clark, McDermott, Mark 70.0 Ht7 Geran, Haswell, Morton, Trott 70.8 Ht8 McKinlay, Williams, Forrest, Hanham 68.0 Ht9 Williams, Clark, Payling, Trott 70.4 Ht10 Forrest, Genz, McDermott, Morton 70.8 Ht11 McKinlay, Geran, Moore, Brown 68.8 Ht12 Hanham, French, Haswell, Mark 70.6 Ht13 Moore, Forrest, Payling, Haswell 70.2 Ht14 McKinlay, French, McDermott, Trott 70.4 Ht15 Geran, Williams, Genz, Mark 70.2 Ht16 Hanham, Squibb, Clark, Morton 70.8 Ht17 McKinlay, Mark, Payling, Morton 69.8 Ht18 McDermott, Williams, Haswell, Squibb 73.0 Ht Geran, Forrest, French, Clark 71.6 Ht20 Hanham, Moore, Genz, Trott 71.0
Tuesday 23rd July 1957 Bannister Court, Southampton Southampton Saints 65 Leicester Hunters 31 (National League)
Southampton Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 2 1* 12 1 5 Johnny Hole 2*3 2*0 2* 9 3 5 Dick Bradley 1*3 1*3 2 10 2 5 Bill Holden 2 2*2 1*3 10 2 5 Alby Golden 1 3 2*3 1* 10 2 5 Brian Hanham 3 1 3 2*2 11 1 5 Maury Mattingley 2*1 3 1 2
Leicester Ken McKinlay 1 2 3 3 3 12 0 5 Bryan Elliott 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Jack Geran 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 Charlie Barsby 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 Rune Sormander 0 0 1*1 3 5 1 5 Alf Hagon 2 1 0 2 0 2 7 0 6 Al Allison 1 1 2 0 2
1 Brian Crutcher, Johnny Hole, Ken McKinlay, Bryan Elliott 64.4 5 – 1 5 – 1 2 Charlie Barsby, Bill Holden, Dick Bradley, Jack Geran 65.6 3 – 3 8 – 4 3 Brian Hanham, Alf Hagon, Alby Golden, Rune Sormander 65.4 4 – 2 12 – 6 4 Johnny Hole, Maury Mattingley, Al Allison, Bryan Elliott (f) 66 5 – 1 17 – 7 5 Dick Bradley, Bill Holden, Alf Hagon, Rune Sormander 65.8 5 – 1 22 – 8 6 Brian Crutcher, Johnny Hole, Jack Geran, Charlie Barsby 64.8 5 – 1 27 – 9 7 Alby Golden, Ken McKinlay, Brian Hanham, Alf Hagon 64.2 4 – 2 31 – 11 8 Brian Crutcher, Alf Hagon, Rune Sormander, Johnny Hole(f) 64.8 3 – 3 34 – 14 9 Brian Hanham, Alby Golden, Jack Geran, Charlie Barsby(ex) 65.4 5 – 1 39 – 15 10 Ken McKinlay, Bill Holden, Dick Bradley, Bryan Elliott 64.8 3 – 3 42 – 18 11 Ken McKinlay, Brian Crutcher, Bill Holden, Alf Hagon 64 3 – 3 45 – 21 12 Alby Golden, Johnny Hole, Rune Sormander, Jack Geran(ef) 64.8 5 – 1 50 – 22 13 Dick Bradley, Alf Hagon, Maury Mattingley, Charlie Barsby 66.2 4 – 2 54 – 24 14 Bill Holden, Brian Hanham, Al Allison, Jack Geran(ef) 64.8 5 – 1 59 – 25 15 Ken McKinlay, Dick Bradley, Alby Golden, Charlie Barsby 64.2 3 – 3 62 – 28 16 Rune Sormander, Brian Hanham, Brian Crutcher, Bryan Elliott 64 3 – 3 65 – 31
26th July – Blackbird Road, Leicester – National League Leicester Hunters 52 Norwich Stars 44 LEICESTER Ken McKinley 2 2 3 3 3 13 Bryan Elliott 0 1 1’ 0 1’ 3 2 Jack Geran 2 3 2 2’ 1’ 10 2 Charlie Barsby 1’ 1 0 1 1’ 4 2 Rune Sormander 3 3 2 2 2 12 Alf Hagon 1 0 1’ 2 0 4 1 Al Allison 3 3 6
NORWICH Aub Lawson 3 2 3 2 0 1’ 11 1 Phil Clarke 1 2 1’ 1 5 1 Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Wal Morton 0 0 0 0 0 Billy Bales 2 2 1’ 0 2 7 1 Vic Hall 0 0 1 1 Loanee Barry East 0 2 0 0 2
1 Lawson, McKinley, Clarke, Elliott, 70.0 2 4 2 Fundin, Geran, Barsby, Morton, 69.8 5 7 3 Sormander, Bales, Hagon, Hall, 70.2 9 9 4 Allison, Clarke, Elliott, East, 70.6 13 11 5 Geran, Bales, Barsby, Hall, 70.2 17 13 6 Fundin, McKinley, Elliott, Morton, 69.2 20 16 7 Sormander, Lawson, Clarke, Hagon, 70.8 23 19 8 McKinley, East, Bales, Elliott, 69.4 26 22 9 Fundin, Sormander, Hagon, Morton, 69.2 29 25 10 Lawson, Geran, Clarke, Barsby, 71.4 31 29 11 McKinley, Lawson, Barsby, East, 70.6 35 31 12 Fundin, Sormander, Elliott, Bales, 70.2 38 34 13 Allison, Geran, Hall, Morton, 71.4 43 35 14 Fundin, Hagon, Barsby, East, 71.8 46 38 15 Fundin, Sormander, Geran, Lawson, 70.0 49 41 16 McKinley, Bales, Lawson, Hagon, 71.0 52 44 Second Half Results Junior S R – Stan Clark, Hall, Ivor Brown, Harold Sansby, 76.2 Top Scorers Tornado – McKinley, Fundin, Sormander, Lawson, 70.8 Team Test – Allison, Elliott, Clark, Brown, 73.2 Senior H/cp – McKinley, Hagon, Sormander, Hall, Barsby, 72.2
Friday 2 August 1957 Blackbird Road, Leicester LEICESTER HUNTERS 48 SWINDON ROBINS 48 (National League)
LEICESTER Ken McKinlay (C) 3 3 3 3 R - - 12 Al Allison 0 2 0 1 1* - - 4 (1) Jack Geran 3 2 2 3 3 - - 13 Charlie Barsby 0 F 0 - - - - 0 Alf Hagon 1* 2 2 2 0 - - 7 (1) Jack Biggs 2 1* 0 3 2 - - 8 (1) Bryan Elliott 1* 1 0 2* - - - 4 (2)
SWINDON Ernie Lessiter 1* 0 1 0 1* - - 3 (2) Bob Roger 2 3 3 3 3 - - 14 Ian Williams (C) 2 2 3 3 R - - 10 Mike Broadbank 1* 1* 1 1* 2 - - 6 (3) Neil Street 0 1 2 0 1 - - 4 George White 3 3 F 2 2 - - 10 Glyn Chandler 0 1 - - - - - 1
Ht 1: McKinlay, Roger, Lessiter, Allison, 68.6 (3-3) Ht 2: Geran, Williams, Broadbank, Barsby, 69.6 (6-6) Ht 3: White, Biggs, Hagon, Street, 69.6 (9-9) Ht 4: Roger, Allison, Elliott, Chandler, 70.4 (12-12) Ht 5: White, Geran, Street, Barsby (fell), 69.8 (14-16) Ht 6: McKinlay, Williams, Broadbank, Allison, 69.2 (17-19) Ht 7: Roger, Hagon, Biggs, Lessiter, 70.0 (20-22) Ht 8: McKinlay, Street, Allison, White (fell), 68.0 (24-24) Ht 9: Williams, Hagon, Broadbank, Biggs, 71.0 (26-28) Ht 10: Roger, Geran, Lessiter, Barsby, 70.0 (28-32) Ht 11: McKinlay, White, Elliott, Lessiter, 69.6 (32-34) Ht 12: Williams, Hagon, Allison, Street, 71.4 (35-37) Ht 13: Geran, White, Broadbank, Elliott, 71.0 (38-40) Ht 14: Biggs, Elliott, Chandler, Williams (ret), 71.6 (43-41) Ht 15: Geran, Broadbank, Lessiter, Hagon, 71.4 (46-44) Ht 16: Roger, Biggs, Street, McKinlay (ret), 71.4 (48-48)
Junior Scratch Race: Stan Clark, Vic Hall, Ivor Brown, Harold Sansby, 73.0 Top Scorers’ Tornado: McKinlay, Geran, White, Roger, 70.2 Team Tester: Lessiter, Elliott, Clark, 72.4 (3 riders only) Senior Handicap: McKinlay, Biggs, Street, Hagon, Broadbank, 70.0
Saturday 3rd August – Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich Stars 52 Leicester Hunters 44 (National League)
NORWICH Aub Lawson 3 3 3 3 3 15 Geoff Pymar 1 2 1 1 2 7 Phil Clarke 3 2 2 2 2 11 Wal Morton 0 0 0 Billy Bales 2’ 2 3 0 1’ 8 2 Harry Edwards 3 1’ 2’ 3 0 9 2 Reg Trott 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
LEICESTER Ken McKinley 2 3 3 2 3 3 16 Al Allison 0 3 0 1 2 6 Jack Geran 2 2 1 3 2 10 Charlie Barsby 0 0 0 Brian Elliott 0 3 0 0 1 1’ 5 1 Alf Hagon 1 1 2 1’ 1 0 6 1 Stan Clarke 1 0 1
1 Lawson, McKinley, Pymar, Allison, 72.4 4 2 2 P. Clarke, Geran, Trott, Barsby, 73.6 8 4 (Morton – ex/2m) 3 Edwards, Bales, Hagon, Elliott, 74.2 13 5 4 Allison, Pymar, S. Clarke, Trott, 73.8 15 9 5 Elliott, P. Clarke, Hagon, Morton (e/f), 73.6 17 13 6 Lawson, Geran, Pymar, Barsby, 74.0 21 15 7 McKinley, Bales, Edwards, Allison, 71.8 24 18 8 Lawson, Hagon, Pymar, Elliott, 75.6 28 20 9 Bales, Edwards, Geran, Elliott, 73.0 33 21 10 McKinley, P. Clarke, Allison, Trott, 73.0 35 25 11 Lawson, McKinley, Hagon, Trott, 71.2 38 28 12 Geran, Pymar, Elliott, Bales (ex), 75.0 40 32 13 McKinley, P. Clarke, Hagon, Trott, 71.6 42 36 14 Edwards, Geran, Trott, S. Clarke, 73.6 46 38 15 McKinley, P. Clarke, Bales, Hagon, 72.8 49 41 16 Lawson, Allison, Elliott, Edwards (e/f), 72.8 52 44
Thursday 8th August 1957 Cowley Stadium, Oxford Oxford Cheetahs 46 Leicester Hunters 50 (National League)
Oxford Gordon McGregor 2 0 1’ 0 3 Roy Bowers 1’ 1’ 1 2 1’ 6 3 Jack Biggs 3 3 2 3 2 13 Ray Cresp 0 2’ 1’ 1 1’ 5 3 Ronnie Genz 2 2 F 2 1’ 7 1 Howdy Byford 1’ 0 1 2 3 7 1 Maurice McDermott 2 2’ 1 5 1
Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 3 15 Bryan Elliott F 3 1 0 2 6 Jack Geran 2 3 3 3 3 14 Charlie Barsby 1’ 2’ 2’ 1 0 6 3 Stan Clark 0 1 0 0 0 1 Alf Hagon 3 0 3 2’ 0 8 1 Vic Hall 0 0 0
Ht1 McKinlay, McGregor, Bowers, Elliott (f) 67.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Biggs, Geran, Barsby, Cresp 68.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Hagon, Genz, Byford, Clark 69.0 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Elliott, McDermott, Bowers, Hall 69.0 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Biggs, Cresp, Clark, Hagon 68.8 5 1 17 13 Ht6 Geran, Barsby, Bowers, McGregor 68.6 1 5 18 18 Ht7 McKinlay, Genz, Elliott, Byford 69.8 2 4 20 22 Ht8 Hagon, Bowers, McGregor, Clark 69.0 3 3 23 25 Ht9 Geran, Barsby, Byford, Genz (f) 68.8 1 5 24 30 Ht10 McKinlay, Biggs, Cresp, Elliott 67.4 3 3 27 33 Ht11 McKinlay, Hagon, Cresp, McGregor 67.2 1 5 28 38 Ht12 Geran, Genz, Bowers, Clark 69.2 3 3 31 41 Ht13 Biggs, McDermott, Barsby, Hagon 69.6 5 1 36 42 Ht14 McKinlay, Biggs, Genz, Barsby 68.6 3 3 39 45 Ht15 McKinlay, Biggs, Genz, Barsby 67.6 3 3 42 48 Ht16 Byford, Elliott, McDermott, Clark 71.0 4 2 46 50
Monday 12th August 1957 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons v Leicester Hunters (National League) Rained Off
Thursday 15th August 1957 Foxhall Heath, Ipswich Ipswich Witches v Leicester Hunters (National League) Rained Off
Friday 16th August 1957 Blackbird Road, Leicester Leicester Hunters 58 Oxford Cheetahs 38 (National League)
Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 Bryan Elliott 2’ 3 0 0 0 5 1 Jack Geran 3 2 3 3 3 14 Harry Bastable 1 1’ 1 1 1 5 1 Rune Sormander 3 1 2 1 2’ 9 1 Alf Hagon 1 3 1’ 3 3 11 1 Charlie Barsby 0 0 0
Oxford Gordon McGregor 1 0 2 2 0 5 Roy Bowers 0 2 2 0 0 4 Jack Biggs 0 2 3 3 2 10 Ray Cresp 2 1’ 0 2 1 6 1 Ronnie Genz 2 3 2 0 2’ 1 10 1 Jimmy Squibb 0 0 1 1 2 Maurice McDermott 1’ 0 1 1
Ht1 McKinlay, Elliott, McGregor, Bowers 68.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Geran, Cresp, Bastable, Biggs 70.8 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Sormander, Genz, Hagon, Squibb 70.0 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Elliott, Bowers, McDermott, Barsby 70.4 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Genz, Geran, Bastable, Squibb 70.2 3 3 19 11 Ht6 McKinlay, Biggs, Cresp, Elliott 69.4 3 3 22 14 Ht7Hagon, Bowers, Sormander, McGregor 70.6 4 2 26 16 Ht8 McKinlay, Genz, Squibb, Elliott 68.6 3 3 29 19 Ht9 Biggs, Sormander, Hagon, Cresp 70.4 3 3 32 22 Ht10 Geran, McGregor, Bastable, Bowers 70.8 4 2 36 24 Ht11 McKinlay, McGregor, Bastable, Genz 69.8 4 2 40 26 Ht12 Biggs, Genz, Sormander, Elliott 70.6 1 5 41 31 Ht13 Geran, Cresp, Squibb, Barsby 71.0 3 3 44 34 Ht14 Hagon, Biggs, Bastable, McDermott 70.8 4 2 48 36 Ht15 Geran, Sormander, Cresp, McGregor 71.2 5 1 53 37 Ht16 Hagon, McKinlay, Genz, Bowers 70.2 5 1 58 38
Junior Scratch Event Hall, Brown, McAuliffe, Greenwell 73.4
Top Scoters Tornado McKinlay, Genz, Geran, Hagon 73.4
Senior Scratch Race McDermott, Barsby, Hall, Brown 72.4
Mixed Handicap Brown (0), Elliott (25), McGregor (?). [ Bastable (25), Sormander (25) 73.0
Monday 19th August 1957 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 53 Leicester Hunters 43 (National League)
Wimbledon Cyril Brine 1 3 2 X 2 8 Ron How 0 X 2’ 1’ 2 5 2 Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 3 15 Bob Andrews 0 1 1 2 E 4 Gerald Jackson 2’ 2 2’ 1 0 7 2 Cyril Maidment 3 1’ 3 2 3 12 1 Gerald King 1 1 2
Leicester Ken McKinlay 2’ 3 E 1 2 8 Alf Hagon 3 3 0 2 3 0 11 Jack Geran 2 1 1 1 0 0 5 Harry Bastable 1’ 0 0 2 3 1 Per Olaf Soederman F 2 3 3 3 1 12 Bryan Elliott 1 E 0 0 1 Charlie Barsby 2’ 1 3 1
Ht1 Hagon, McKinlay, Brine, How 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Briggs, Geran, Bastable, Andrews 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Maidment, Jackson, Elliott, Soederman (f) 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Hagon, Barsby, King, How (fexc) 1 5 10 14 Ht5 Briggs, Soederman, Andrews, Elliott (ef) 4 2 14 16 Ht6 Brine, How, Geran, Bastable 5 1 19 17 Ht7 McKinlay, Jackson, Maidment, Hagon 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Soederman, Brine, How, Elliott 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Maidment, Jackson, Geran, Bastable 5 1 30 24 Ht10 Briggs, Hagon, Andrews, McKinlay (ef) 4 2 34 26 Ht11 Hagon, Andrews, McKinlay, Brine (fexc) 2 4 36 30 Ht12 Soederman, How, Geran, Jackson 2 4 38 34 Ht13 Briggs, Bastable, King, Elliott 4 2 42 36 Ht14 Soederman, Maidment, Barsby, Andrews 2 4 44 40 Ht15 Briggs, McKinlay, Jackson, Geran 4 2 48 42 Ht16 Maidment, Brine, Soederman, Hagon 5 1 53 43
Friday 23rd August 1957 Blackbird Road, Leicester Leicester Hunters 62 Wimbledon Dons 34 (National League)
Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 3 15 Bryan Elliott 1 2’ 2 0 0 5 1 Jack Geran 3 2 3 3 2 13 Harry Bastable 2’ 0 2’ 1 3 8 2 Ian Williams 3 2 3 2 1’ 11 1 Alf Hagon 2’ 1’ 2’ 2’ 1 8 4 Charlie Barsby 1’ 1 2 1
Wimbledon Barry Briggs 2 3 3 E 3 11 Bob Andrews 0 0 0 1 0 1 Ron How 0 E 0 Cyril Brine 1 1 1 0 0 3 Gerald Jackson 1 1 1’ 3 1 2 9 1 Cyril Maidment 2 2 1 2 7 Gerry King 0 3 0 0 0 3
Ht1 McKinlay, Briggs, Elliott, Andrews 67.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Geran, Bastable, Brine, How 69.6 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Williams, Hagon, Jackson, King 69.4 5 1 14 4 Ht4 King, Elliott, Barsby, Andrews 71.2 3 3 17 7 Ht5 Briggs, Geran, Jackson, Bastable 69.0 2 4 19 11 Ht6 McKinlay, Elliott, Brine How (ef) 69.3 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Briggs, Williams, Hagon, Andrews 69.2 3 3 27 15 Ht8 McKinlay, Maidment, Jackson, Elliott 69.8 3 3 30 16 Ht9 Williams, Elliott, Brine, King 71.0 5 1 35 17 Ht10 Geran, Bastable, Andrews, Briggs (ef) 70.4 5 1 40 18 Ht11 McKinlay, Maidment, Bastable, King 69.8 4 2 44 20 Ht12 Jackson, Williams, Maidment, Elliott 71.2 2 4 46 24 Ht13 Geran, Maidment, Barsby, Brine 70.3 4 2 50 26 Ht14 Bastable, Hagon, Jackson, King 71.2 5 1 55 27 Ht15 Briggs, Geran, Williams, Brine 70.0 3 3 58 30 Ht16 McKinlay, Jackson, Hagon, Andrews 70.6 4 2 62 32
Junior Scratch Race S.Clark, Brown, Hall, Mike Kerry 72.8
Top Scorers Tornado McKinlay, Geran, Williams, Hagon 70.4
Melton Scratch Race King, Barsby, Andrews, Clark 72.6
Mixed Handicap McKinlay (30), Brown (0), Bastable (20), Maidment (20), Brine (20) (ef) 71.0
Friday 30th August 1957 Blackbird Road, Leicester Leicester Hunters 58 Southampton Saints 34 (National League)
Leicester Ken McKinlay 2 2 3 3 3 13 0 5 Bryan Elliott 1*3 0 1 0 5 1 5 Jack Geran 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 5 Harry Bastable 1 2*2*1 3 9 2 5 Ron How 2*1*0 2 0 5 2 5 Alf Hagon 3 2 3 0 0 8 0 5 Charlie Barsby 2*1 3 1 2
Southampton Jim Squibb 0 0 1* 1 1 3 Brian Crutcher 3 0 3 1 7 0 4 Alby Golden 0 1 2 1 0 1* 5 1 6 Brian Hanham 2 3 1*2 2 2 12 1 6 Dick Bradley 1 1 2 3 2 9 0 5 Bill Holden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Maury Mattingley 0 0 0 0 0 3
1 Brian Crutcher, Ken McKinlay, Bryan Elliott, Jim Squibb 67.2 3 – 3 3 – 3 2 Jack Geran, Brian Hanham, Harry Bastable, Alby Golden 68.6 4 – 2 7 – 5 3 Alf Hagon, Ron How, Dick Bradley, Bill Holden(ef) 69.8 5 – 1 12 – 6 4 Bryan Elliott, Charlie Barsby, Brian Crutcher(ef), Maury Mattingley(ef) 71 5 – 0 17 – 6 5 Jack Geran, Harry Bastable, Dick Bradley, Bill Holden 69.2 5 – 1 22 – 7 6 Brian Hanham, Ken McKinlay, Alby Golden, Bryan Elliott 68 2 – 4 24 – 11 7 Brian Crutcher, Alf Hagon, Ron How, Jim Squibb 69.4 3 – 3 27 – 14 8 Ken McKinlay, Dick Bradley, Bryan Elliott, Bill Holden 69 4 – 2 31 – 16 9 Alf Hagon, Alby Golden, Brian Hanham, Ron How 69.2 3 – 3 34 – 19 10 Jack Geran, Harry Bastable, Brian Crutcher, Maury Mattingley 69.6 5 – 1 39 – 20 11 Ken McKinlay, Brian Hanham, Harry Bastable, Bill Holden 69.4 4 – 2 43 – 22 12 Dick Bradley, Ron How, Alby Golden, Bryan Elliott 70.2 2 – 4 45 – 26 13 Jack Geran, Brian Hanham, Charlie Barsby, Bill Holden 69.8 4 – 2 49 – 28 14 Harry Bastable, Alby Golden(ex), Alf Hagon(f), Maury Mattingley(f) 71 3 – 0 52 – 28 15 Jack Geran, Brian Hanham, Jim Squibb, Ron How(ef) 69.8 3 – 3 55 – 31 16 Ken McKinlay, Dick Bradley, Alby Golden, Alf Hagon 69 3 – 3 58 – 34
Junior Scratch Race: Ivor Brown, Vic Hall, Mike Kerry, Stan Clark 72.2
Top Scorers Tornado: Ken McKinlay, Jack Geran, Harry Bastable, Alf Hagon 68.4
Melton Scratch Race: Jim Squibb, Charlie Barsby, Vic Hall, Ivor Brown(ex2m) 72.4
Mixed Handicap: Harry Bastable(30), Ken McKinlay(40), Alby Golden(30), Vic Hall(gate), Charlie Barsby(20)(ex) 71.6
Thursday 5th September 1957 Foxhall Heath, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 41 Leicester Hunters 55 (National League)
Ipswich Danny Dunton 1’ 0 1 0 2 1 Bob Sharp 2 1’ 1 0 3 7 1 Wal Morton 1 0 0 1 Aage Hansen 0 3 2’ E 2 1 7 1 Jimmy Gooch 1 0 1 0 2 4 Peter Moore 3 2 3 3 3 2 16 Junior Bainbridge 2 1 0 1’ 4 1
Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 3 15 Brian Elliott 0 3 0 2’ X 5 1 Jack Geran 3 3 2 1’ 2 11 1 Harry Bastable 2’ 2’ 0 1’ 1 6 3 Rune Sormander 2 2 3 2 3 12 Alf Hagon 0 1’ 2’ 1 2 6 2 Vic Hall 0 0 0
Ht1 McKinlay, Sharp, Dunton, Elliott 71.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Geran, Bastable, Morton, Hansen 72.8 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Moore, Sormander, Gooch, Hagon 71.8 4 2 8 10 Ht4 Elliott, Bainbridge, Sharp, Hall 73.6 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Hansen, Sormander, Hagon, Morton 73.8 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Geran, Bastable, Sharp, Dunton 73.6 1 5 15 21 Ht7 McKinlay, Moore, Hansen, Elliott 72.6 3 3 18 24 Ht8 Sormander, Hagon, Dunton, Sharp 74.6 1 5 19 29 Ht9 Moore, Geran, Gooch, Bastable 73.4 4 2 23 31 Ht10 McKinlay, Elliott, Bainbridge, Hansen (ef) 73.4 1 5 24 36 Ht11 McKinlay, Hansen, Hagon, Dunton 72.6 2 4 26 40 Ht12 Moore, Sormander, Geran, Gooch 73.0 3 3 29 43 Ht13 Sharp, Hagon, Bastable, Bainbridge 76.0 3 3 32 46 Ht14 Moore, Geran, Hansen, Hall 74.2 4 2 36 48 Ht15 McKinlay, Gooch, Bastable, Morton 74.0 2 4 38 52 Ht16 Sormander, Moore, Bainbridge, Elliott (exctps) 73.6 3 3 41 55
Friday 6th September 1957 Blackbird Road, Leicester Leicester Hunters 54 Coventry Bees 42 (National League)
Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 3 15 Bryan Elliott 1 1 0 1 0 3 Jack Geran 2’ 1’ 0 2 0 5 2 Harry Bastable 3 2 3 1 1’ 10 1 Rune Sormander 2 2’ 3 2 3 12 1 Alf Hagon 1’ 3 2’ 2 0 8 2 Charlie Barsby 0 1’ 1 1
Coventry Bob Mark 0 E 0 Reg Duval 2 3 1 2 0 8 Jim Lightfoot 1 1’ 0 1 3 2 8 1 Charlie New E 2 1 3 2 8 Jim Tolley 0 0 2 2 Ron Mountford 3 3 F 2 E 1 9 Les Owen 2’ 1’ 3 X 1’ 7 3
Ht1 McKinlay, Duval, Elliott, Mark 67.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Bastable, Geran, Lightfoot, New (ef) 69.8 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Mountford, Sormander, Hagon, Tolley 69.3 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Duval, Owen, Elliott, Barsby 70.8 1 5 13 11 Ht5 Mountford, Bastable, Geran, Tolley 69.8 3 3 16 14 Ht6 McKinlay, New, Lightfoot, Elliott 68.4 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Hagon, Sormander, Duval, Mark (ef) 71.0 5 1 24 18 Ht8 McKinlay, Tolley, Elliott, Mountford (f) 69.4 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Sormander, Hagon, New, Lightfoot 70.8 5 1 33 21 Ht10 Bastable, Duval, Owen, Geran 70.2 3 3 36 24 Ht11 McKinlay, Mountford, Bastable, Duval 69.6 4 2 40 26 Ht12 Owen, Sormander, Lightfoot, Elliott 71.0 2 4 42 30 Ht13 New, Geran, Barsby, Mountford (ef) 71.0 3 3 45 33 Ht14 Lightfoot, Hagon, Bastable, Owen (exctps) 70.2 3 3 48 36 Ht15 Sormander, New, Mountford, Geran 69.2 3 3 51 39 Ht16 McKinlay, Lightfoot, Owen, Hagon 70.4 3 3 54 42
Junior Scratch Race Brown, Hall, Kerry, S.Clark (ns) 72.0
Top Scorers Tornado McKinlay, Hagon, Sormander, Bastable 69.4
Melton Scratch Race Elliott, Barsby, Mark, Owen 72.4
Mixed Handicap New (10), Sormander (20), McKinlay (20), Duval (10), Tolley (0) 70.4
Thursday 12th September 1957 Foxhall Heath, Ipswich Wimbledon Dons 35, Ipswich Witches 34, Leicester Hunters 30, Norwich Stars 21 (No times were announced at this meeting) WIMBLEDON Barry Briggs 3 3 2 3 3 14 Cyril Maidment 2’ 2 1 1 1’ 7 2 Ron How 2 2’ 1 2 2 9 1 Gerry Jackson 1’ 0 0 2 2’ 5 2
IPSWICH Peter Moore 1’ 3 3 1 3 11 1 Junior Bainbridge 2 0 2 1’ 3 8 1 Bob Sharp 0 1 0 2 0 3 Aage Hansen 3 3 1 2 3 12
LEICESTER Ken McKinley 1 2’ 3 3 2 11 1 Harry Bastable 0 1’ 1 0 0 2 1 Jack Geran 3 3 0 3 2 11 Alf Hagon 0 2 3 0 1’ 6 1
NORWICH Aub Lawson 3 1 3 2 0 9 Dave Hankins 0 0 0 0 0 0 Phil Clarke 1’ 0 0 3 1 5 1 Billy Bales 2 1 2 1’ 1 7 1 Meeting Reserves did not ride in this event ………….. Danny Dunton, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Jimmy Gooch & Wal Morton
1 Lawson, Bainbridge, Moore, Hankins 2 Briggs, Maidment, McKinley, Bastable 3 Hansen, Bales, Clarke, Sharp 4 Geran, How, Jackson, Hagon 5 Briggs, How, Sharp, Bainbridge 6 Moore, Maidment, Bales, Jackson 7 Geran, McKinley, Lawson, Clarke 8 Hansen, Hagon, Bastable, Hankins 9 Hagon, Bainbridge, Maidment, Clarke 10 Moore, Briggs, Hansen, Geran 11 McKinley, Hansen, Bainbridge, Jackson 12 McKinley, Bales, How, Hankins 13 Lawson, Jackson, Bastable, Sharp 14 Clarke, How, Moore, Bastable 15 Briggs, Lawson, Bales, Hagon 16 Geran, Sharp, Maidment, Hankins 17 Bainbridge, Geran, Bales, Bastable 18 Moore, McKinley, Hagon, Sharp 19 Hansen, How, Maidment, Lawson 20 Briggs, Jackson, Clarke, Hankins
Friday 13th September 1957 Blackbird Road, Leicester Four Winds Trophy
Ken McKinlay 3 2 3 1 2 11 Harry Bastable 0 0 0 Total 11 Charlie New 2 2 2 1 0 7 Jim Lightfoot 1 0 1 2 1 5 Total 12 Jack geran 1 3 0 2 2 8 Alf Hagon 0 1 1 0 2 Total 10 Ove Fundin 3 2 3 2 3 13 Nigel Boocock 2 0 0 1 1 4 Total 17 Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 3 15 Eric Boothroyd 1 1 0 0 1 3 Total 18 Aub Lawson 2 3 3 3 3 14 Ron Mountford 0 1 2 1 2 6 Total 20 Bryan Elliott (res) 2 0 0 2 Charlie Barsby (res) DNR
Ht1 McKinlay, New, Lightfoot, Bastable 68.6 Ht2 Fundin, Boocock, Geran, Hagon 71.6 Ht3 Briggs, Lawson, Boothroyd, Mountford 70.0 Ht4 Geran, New, Hagon, Lightfoot 71.2 Ht5 Briggs, McKinlay, Boothroyd, Bastable 69.2 Ht6 Lawson, Fundin, Mountford, Boocock 70.6 Ht7 Briggs, New, Lightfoot, Boothroyd 69.6 Ht8 McKinlay, Elliott, Hagon, Geran 70.6 Ht9 Fundin, Lightfoot, New, Boocock 70.6 Ht10 Lawson, Mountford, McKinlay, Elliott 71.2 Ht11 Lawson, geran, Mountford, Hagon 71.6 Ht12 Briggs, Fundin, Boocock, Boothroyd 71.2 Ht13 Lawson, Mountford, Lightfoot, New 72.4 Ht14 Briggs, Geran, Boothroyd, Hagon 71.6 Ht15 Fundin, McKinlay, Boocock, Elliott 71.0
Home Scurry Hall, Barsby, Elliott, Brown 72.2
Consolation Scratch Race Geran, Lightfoot, Mountford, New 72.4
Mixed Handicap Barsby(0), Hall (0), Boocock (15), Elliott (0)(ef), Hagon 73.2
Four Winds Trophy Individual Trophy McKinlay, Fundin, Briggs, Lawson 69.6
Over 40 Flurry 3 Laps Wilf Plant, Vic Pitcher Joe Crowther (nf), Squibb Burton (nf) 76.6
Two Lap Times Joe Crowther 37.2 Wilf Plant 40.6 Vic Pitcher 41.0 Squibb Burton 43.4
Saturday 14th September 1957 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Odsal Tudors 61 Leicester Hunters 35 (National League)
Bradford Arthur Forrest 1’ 3 3 2 3 12 1 Al Allison 2 1 0 1 2’ 6 1 Eric Boothroyd 2 2’ 3 3 2 12 1 Guy Allott 1’ 3 1 0 1 6 1 Nigel Boocock 3 2 3 3 1’ 12 1 Trevor Redmond 2’ 1’ 1 3 1 8 2 Ron Clarke 3 2’ 6 1
Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 3 2 3 F 3 14 Bryan Elliott 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Geran 0 2 2 1 2 7 Harry Bastable 3 1’ 0 0 0 4 1 Alf Hagon 1 0 F 2 3 Dick Bradley 0 1 2 0 1 4 Charlie Barsby 2 F F 2
Ht1 McKinlay, Allison, Forrest, Elliott 67.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Bastable, Boothroyd, Allott, Geran 69.6 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Boocock, Redmond, Hagon, Bradley 69.6 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Clarke, Barsby, Allison, Elliott 71.0 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Allott, Boothroyd, Bradley, Hagon 70.6 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Forrest, Geran, Bastable, Allison 70.0 3 3 23 13 Ht7 McKinlay, Boocock, Redmond, Elliott 70.0 3 3 26 16 Ht8 Forrest, Bradley, Allison, Hagon (f) 70.2 4 2 30 18 Ht9 Boocock, Geran, Redmond, Bastable 70.8 4 2 34 20 Ht10Boothroyd, McKinlay, Allott, Barsby 70.2 4 2 38 22 Ht11 McKinlay, Forrest, Allott, Bradley 70.0 2 4 40 26 Ht12 Boocock, Allison, Geran, McKinlay (f) 70.2 5 1 45 27 Ht13 Boothroyd, Clarke, Bradley, Bastable 70.0 5 1 50 28 Ht14 Redmond, Geran, Allott, Barsby 71.2 4 2 54 30 Ht15 McKinlay, Boothroyd, Boocock, Bastable 70.0 3 3 57 33 Ht16 Forrest, Hagon, Redmond, Elliott 70.6 4 2 61 35
Saturday 28th September 1957 Brandon Stadium, Coventry Coventry Bees 55 Leicester Hunters 41 (National League)
Coventry Jim Lightfoot 1’ 2’ 3 2 3 11 2 Reg Duval 2 3 3 2’ 2’ 12 2 Dick Bradley 3 3 2 3 1 12 Les Owen X 0 1 0 0 1 Ron Mountford 3 3 2 3 3 14 Jim Tolley 1 0 0 1 2’ 4 1 Eric Hockaday 1 0 1
Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 2 14 Bryan Elliott 0 2 1 0 0 3 Jack Geran 1’ 0 2 1 2 0 6 1 Charlie Barsby 2 1 1’ 2 2’ 8 2 Alf Hagon 2 2 1 0 1 6 Harry Bastable E 1’ 0 1 1’ 3 2 Ivor Brown 0 0 0
Ht1 McKinlay, Duval, Lightfoot, Elliott 69.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Bradley, Barsby, Geran, Owen (exc) 71.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Mountford, Hagon, Tolley, Bastable (ef) 71.0 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Duval, Elliott, Hockaday, Brown 70.6 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Bradley, Hagon, Bastable, Owen 71.6 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Duval, Lightfoot, Barsby, Geran 71.4 5 1 22 14 Ht7 McKinlay, Mountford, Elliott, Tolley 69.6 2 4 24 18 Ht8 Lightfoot, Duval, Hagon, Bastable 71.8 5 1 29 19 Ht9 Mountford, Geran, Barsby, Tolley 71.4 3 3 32 22 Ht10 McKinlay, Bradley, Owen, Elliott 70.4 3 3 35 25 Ht11 McKinlay, Lightfoot, Bastable, Owen 70.4 2 4 37 29 Ht12 Mountford, Duval, Geran, Hagon 71.4 5 1 42 30 Ht13 Bradley, Barsby, Bastable, Hockaday 72.6 3 3 45 33 Ht14 Geran, Barsby, Tolley, Owen 73.0 1 5 46 38 Ht15 Mountford, McKinlay, Bradley, Geran 70.6 4 2 50 40 Ht16 Lightfoot, Tolley, Hagon, Elliott 72.0 5 1 55 41
Leicester 1957 Needs in BOLD
Monday 14th April 1957 Cowley Oxford Cheetahs 65 Leicester Hunters 29 (Ch) Friday 10th May 1957 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 50 Oxford Cheetahs 46 (BCN) Saturday 11th May 1957 Perry Barr Birmingham Brummies 57 – Leicester Hunters 39 (BCN) Thursday 16th May 1957 Cowley Oxford Cheetahs 49 Leicester Hunters 46 (BCN) Friday 17th May1957Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters57Birmingham Brummies 39 (BCN) Friday 24th May 1957 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 52 Belle Vue Aces 44 (BCN) Saturday 25th May 1957 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 54 Leicester Hunters 42 (BCN) THt14 Friday 31st May 1957 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 53 Coventry Bees 43 (BCN) SHTimes Friday 7th June 1957 Blackbird Road, Leicester Pride of the Midlands Rained Off Saturday 8th June 1957 Brandon Coventry Bees 49 Leicester Hunters 47 (BS) Friday 14th June 1957 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 56 Rayleigh Rockets 39 (NL) Saturday 15th June 1957 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 62 Leicester Hunters 34 (NL) THt1 Friday 21st June 1957 Leicester Pride of the Midlands Saturday 22 June 1957 Abbey SWINDON ROBINS 64 LEICESTER HUNTERS 32 (NL) Friday 28th June 1957 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 52 Belle Vue Aces 44 (NL) Saturday 29th June 1957 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 61 Leicester Hunters 31 (NL) Friday 5th July 1957 Blackbird Road, Leicester Hunters 42 Ipswich Witches 54 (NL) Friday 12th July 1957 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 56 – Birmingham Brummies 40 (NL) Friday 19th July 1957 Leicester World Championship Qualifying Round Tuesday 23rd July 1957 Bannister Court Southampton Saints 65 Leicester Hunters 31 (NL) 26th July – Blackbird Road, Leicester – National League Leicester Hunters 52 Norwich Stars 44 Friday 2 August 1957 Blackbird Road LEICESTER HUNTERS 48 SWINDON ROBINS 48 (NL) Saturday 3rd August – Firs Norwich Stars 52 Leicester Hunters 44 (NL) Thursday 8th August 1957 Cowley Oxford Cheetahs 46 Leicester Hunters 50 (NL) Monday 12th August 1957 London Wimbledon Dons v Leicester Hunters (NL) Rained Off Thursday 15th August 1957 Foxhall HeathIpswich Witches v Leicester Hunters (NL) Rained Off Friday 16th August 1957 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 58 Oxford Cheetahs 38 (NL) Monday 19th August 1957 London Wimbledon Dons 53 Leicester Hunters 43 (NL) Times Friday 23rd August 1957 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 62 Wimbledon Dons 34 (NL) Friday 30th August 1957 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 58 Southampton Saints 34 (NL) Thursday 5th September 1957 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 41 Leicester Hunters 55 (NL) Friday 6th September 1957 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 54 Coventry Bees 42 (NL) Thursday 12th September 1957 Foxhall Heath Wimbledon Dons 35, Ipswich Witches 34, Leicester Hunters 30, Norwich Stars 21(No times were announced at this meeting) Friday 13th September 1957 Leicester Four Winds Trophy Saturday 14th September 1957 Bradford Odsal Tudors 61 Leicester Hunters 35 (NL) Saturday 28th September 1957 Brandon Coventry Bees 55 Leicester Hunters 41 (NL)