WEMBLEY 1953

Thanks to Peter Jackson

Updated 26.10.2016

Friday 3rd April 1953 Harringay Stadium, Harringay Racers 52 31 (Middlesex Cup)

Harringay Ron How 2 E 2 3 7 F 3 X 2’ 5 1 Jeff Lloyd 3 3 3 1’ 10 1 Arthur Atkinson 1 1’ 1 2 5 1 Ken Walsh 1 2’ 1 4 1 Jack Biggs 3 3 3 3 12 Danny Dunton 2 1’ 2’ 5 2 Stan Clark 1 3 4

Wembley Freddie Williams 3 3 1 3 10 Den Cosby 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 8 George Wilks 0 F E 2 2 Bob Oakley 0 0 0 1 1 Eric Williams 2 2 3 7 Mick Meacher 0 1’ 1 1 Bill Simpson 0 0 0

Ht1 F.Williams, How, Cosby, Waterman (f) 66.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Lloyd, Price, Atkinson, Wilks 67.0 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Biggs, E.Williams, Walsh, Oakley 67.2 4 2 10 8 Ht4 F.Williams, Dunton, Atkinson, Meacher 67.4 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Waterman, Price, How (ef), Wilks (fexc) 68.0 3 2 16 13 Ht6 Lloyd, E.Williams, Atkinson, Oakley 66.8 4 2 20 15 Ht7 Biggs, Walsh, F.Williams, Cosby 66.2 5 1 25 16 Ht8 Lloyd, Price, Clark, Simpson 66.8 4 2 29 18 Ht9 E.Williams, How, Dunton, Oakley 68.2 3 3 32 21 Ht10 F.Williams, Atkinson, Lloyd, Cosby 67.4 3 3 35 24 Ht11 Biggs, Price, Walsh, Wilks (ef) 67.0 4 2 39 26 Ht12 How, Dunton, Oakley, Simpson 68.2 5 1 44 27 Ht13 Clark, Wilks, Meacher, Walsh (ns) 70.0 3 3 47 30 Ht14 Biggs, Waterman, Cosby, E.Williams 67.9 5 1 52 31

Monday 6th April 1953 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 37 Wembley Lions 47 (Challenge)

Birmingham Alan Hunt 2 3 F 2 7 Phil Malpass 1’ 1 1 1 4 1 Graham Warren 3 3 2 2 10 Lionel Watling 2’ 2 0 0 4 1 Ron Mason 0 1’ 0 1’ 2 2 Eric Boothroyd 1 2 2 3 8 Geoff Bennett E E 0 Bill Jemison E 2 2

Wembley Freddie Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Trevor Redmond 0 0 1 0 1 Tommy Price 1 2 3 3 9 George Wilks F 1 3 4 Bob Oakley 3 1’ 3 3 10 1 Eric Williams 2’ 2 2’ 2 8 2 Den Cosby 1 0 0 1 Bill Simpson 1 1 2

Ht1 F.Williams, Hunt, Malpass, Redmond 71.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Warren, Watling, Price, Wilks (f) 71.8 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Oakley, E.Williams, Boothroyd, Mason 73.8 1 5 9 9 Ht4 F.Williams, Watling, Cosby, Bennett (ef) 72.2 2 4 11 13 Ht5 Hunt, Price, Malpass, Cosby 75.0 4 2 15 15 Ht6 Warren, E.Williams, Oakley, Watling 73.6 3 3 18 18 Ht7 F.Williams, Boothroyd, Mason, Redmond 72.6 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Price, Warren, Simpson, Jemison 73.8 2 4 23 25 Ht9 Oakley, E.Williams, Malpass, Hunt (f) 72.8 1 5 24 30 Ht10 F.Williams, Warren, Redmond, Watling 73.4 2 4 26 34 Ht11 Price, Boothroyd, Wilks, Mason 74.2 2 4 28 38 Ht12 Oakley, Hunt, Simpson, Bennett 74.9 2 4 30 42 Ht13 Wilks, Jemison, Mason, Cosby 75.0 3 3 33 45 Ht14 Boothroyd, E.Williams, Malpass, Redmond 74.2 4 2 37 47

Thursday 9th April 1953 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wembley Lions 48 Norwich Stars 36 (Coronation Cup)

Wembley Freddie Williams 1 2+1 3 3 9 + 1 Trevor Redmond 3 3 2+1 3 11 + 1 Tommy Price 2 3 3 3 11 George Wilks 1+1 1 2+1 1 5 + 2 Bob Oakley 1 0 1 3 5 Eric Williams 3 2 0 2+1 7 + 1 Jimmy Gooch 0 0 0 Don Cosby 0 0 0

Norwich Aub Lawson 0 2+1 3 0 5 + 1 Fred Pawson 2 1 2 1 6 Fred Rogers 3 1 2 3 9 Phil Clarke 0 0 - 1+1 1 + 1 Billy Bales 2 0 1 1+1 4 + 1 Alec Hunter 0 1 0 0 1 Roy Craighead 3 2+1 2 7 + 1 Jack Freeman 1+1 2 3 + 1

Ht 1: Redmond, Pawson, F.Williams, Lawson 68.0 4 – 2 4 - 2 Ht 2: Rogers, Price, Wilks, Clarke 67.0 3 – 3 7 - 5 Ht 3: E.Williams, Bales, Oakley, Hunter 67.8 4 - 2 11 - 7 Ht 4: Craighead, Lawson, Wilks, Gooch 68.2 1 – 5 12 - 12 Ht 5: Redmond, F.Williams, Rogers, Clarke 66.8 5 - 1 17 - 13 Ht 6: Price, Wilks, Hunter, Bales 67.6 5 - 1 22 - 14 Ht 7: Lawson, E.Williams, Pawson, Oakley 68.2 2 - 4 24 - 18 Ht 8: Price, Rogers, Freeman, Cosby 67.6 3 - 3 27 - 21 Ht 9: F.Williams, Redmond, Bales, Hunter 66.8 5 - 1 32 - 22 Ht 10: Price, Pawson, Wilks, Lawson 68.0 4 - 2 36 - 24 Ht 11: Rogers, Craighead, Oakley, E.Williams 68.2 1 - 5 37 - 29 Ht 12: F Williams, Freeman, Bales, Gooch 68.0 3 - 3 40 - 32 Ht 13: Oakley, Craighead, Clarke, Cosby 67.8 3 - 3 43 - 35 Ht 14: Redmond, E.Williams, Pawson, Hunter 68.4 5 - 1 48 – 36

Event Redmond, Price, Rogers, Craighead 67.2

Reserves Race Gooch, Craighead, Freeman, Cosby 68.8

Event Little, Meacher, Simpson, Slater 70.8

Event Ht1 Williams, Lawson, Wilks, Clarke 67.4 ? Ht2 Pawson, Redmond, Bales, Price 68.8 ? Ht3 Oakley, Roger, Williams, Hunter 67.8 ? Final Williams, Pawson, Oakley, Roger 67.8

Thursday 16th April 1953 Wimbledon Stadium, London^ Wembley Lions 39 Odsal Tudors 45 (Coronation Cup)

Wembley Freddie Williams 0 ef 1 3 4 Trevor Redmond 3 2 3 1 9 Tommy Price 2 1 3 3 9 George Wilks 1* 2 0 0 3 Bob Oakley 0 1 1 Eric Williams 3 3 2 0 8 Bill Kitchen 0 1 0 1 Jimmy Gooch 2* F 2 4

Bradford Ron Clarke 1* 1 2 2 6 Eddie Rigg 2 ef 1* 3 6 Arthur Wright 0 1 1 0 2 Dent Oliver 3 3 3 3 12 Dick Seers 1* 3 F 2 6 Arthur Forrest 2 2* 2 2* 8 Arthur Bush 3 1 1 5 Keith Milner 0 0

Ht 1 Redmond, Rigg, Clarke, F Williams 67.4 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Oliver, Price, Wilks, Wright 68.0 3 3 6 6 Ht 3 E Williams, Forrest, Seers, Oakley 67.6 3 3 9 9 Ht 4 Bush, Wilks, Clarke, Kitchen 68.6 2 4 11 13 Ht 5 Oliver, Redmond, Wright, F Williams ef 68.2 2 4 13 17 Ht 6 Seers, Forrest, Price, Wilks 68.8 1 5 14 22 Ht 7 E Williams, Clarke, Oakley, Rigg ef 68.6 4 2 18 24 Ht 8 Price, Gooch, Bush, Milner 68.4 5 1 23 25 Ht 9 Redmond, Forrest, F Williams, Seers F 67.6 4 2 27 27 Ht 10 Price, Clarke, Rigg, Wilks 67.8 3 3 30 30 Ht 11 Oliver, E Williams, Wright, Gooch F 67.8 2 4 32 34 Ht 12 F Williams, Seers, Kitchen, Milner 67.8 4 2 36 36 Ht 13 Oliver, Gooch, Bush, Kitchen 68.4 2 4 38 40 Ht 14 Rigg, Forrest, Redmond, E Williams 67.8 1 5 39 45

Stadium Scratch Race Gooch, Brown, Kitchen, Cosby 68.8

Flying Twelve Scratch Race Ht1 Price, Oliver, Forrest, Oakley 68.0 ? Ht2 F Williams, Rigg, Kitchen, Seers 67.6 ? Ht3 Redmond, E Williams,Wilks, Clarke 68.6 ? Final F Williams, Redmond, Price, Rigg 67.8

Saturday 18th April 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 34 Wembley Lions 50 (Coronation Cup)

Birmingham Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 Phil Malpass 2’ 0 1 0 3 1 Graham Warren 3 F 1 0 4 Lionel Watling E 0 1 1 Ron Mountford 2 2 0 1 5 Eric Boothroyd 1’ 1’ 3 1 6 2 Ron Mason 2 1 0 3 Bill Jemison 0 0 0

Wembley Freddie Williams 0 3 3 3 9 Trevor Redmond 1 0 1 Tommy Price 1’ 2 3 2 8 1 George Wilks 2 1’ 1’ 3 7 2 Bob Oakley 0 3 0 2 5 Eric Williams 3 2’ 2 3 10 1 Bill Kitchen 1 2’ 2’ 5 2 Jimmy Gooch 2’ 1’ 2’ 5 3

Ht1 Hunt, Malpass, Redmond, F.Williams 70.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Warren, Wilks, Price, Watling (ef) 73.8 3 3 8 4 Ht3 E.Williams, Mountford, Boothroyd, Oakley 74.0 3 3 11 7 Ht4 F.Williams, Mason, Kitchen, Watling 73.6 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Hunt, Price, Wilks, Malpass 72.0 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Oakley, E.Williams, Mason, Warren (f) 74.0 1 5 17 19 Ht7 F.Williams, Mountford, Boothroyd, Redmond 73.4 3 3 20 22 Ht8 Price, Gooch, Warren, Jemison 74.6 1 5 21 27 Ht9 Hunt, E.Williams, Malpass, Oakley 73.0 4 2 25 29 Ht10 F.Williams, Kitchen, Watling, Warren 73.2 1 5 26 34 Ht11 Boothroyd, Price, Wilks, Mountford 74.8 3 3 29 37 Ht12 Hunt, Oakley, Gooch, Mason 73.0 3 3 32 40 Ht13 Wilks, Kitchen, Mountford, Jemison 75.2 1 5 33 45 Ht14 E.Williams, Gooch, Boothroyd, Malpass 74.0 1 5 34 50

Wednesday 22nd April 1953 New Cross Stadium, London New Cross Rangers 49 Wembley Lions 35 (Coronation Cup)

New Cross Eric French 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 Bob Roger 1’ 0 0 1 2 1 1’ 0 3 3 7 1 Cyril Roger 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 Frank Lawrence 1 2 3 F 6 Bert Roger F 0 Bill Longley 1 1’ 3 5 1 Jock Grierson 1 2’ 3 3 9 1

Wembley Freddie Williams 3 2 3 0 8 Trevor Redmond 0 0 0 Tommy Price 0 1’ 2 0 3 1 George Wilks 3 2 1 2 8 Bill Kitchen 3 2 1’ 0 6 1 Eric Williams 2’ 1’ 2 2 7 2 Buster Brown F 1’ 1 1 Jimmy Gooch 0 1 1 0 2

Ht1 F.Williams, French, Bo.Roger, Redmond 59.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Wilks, C.Roger, Nygren, Price 60.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Kitchen, E.Williams, Lawrence, Be.Roger (f) 62.2 1 5 7 11 Ht4 C.Roger, F.Williams, Longley, Brown (f) 60.2 4 2 11 13 Ht5 French, Wilks, Price, Bo.Roger 60.6 3 3 14 16 Ht6 C.Roger, Kitchen, E.Williams, Nygren 60.4 3 3 17 19 Ht7 F.Williams, Lawrence, Longley, Redmond 60.6 3 3 20 22 Ht8 Nygren, Price, Grierson, Gooch 59.8 4 2 24 24 Ht9 French, E.Williams, Kitchen, Bo.Roger 61.0 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Nygren, C.Roger, Gooch, F.Williams 60.2 5 1 32 28 Ht11 Lawrence, Grierson, Wilks, Price 60.4 5 1 37 29 Ht12 Longley, French, Gooch, Kitchen 61.0 5 1 42 30 Ht13 Grierson, Wilks, Brown, Lawrence (f) 60.0 3 3 45 33 Ht14 Longley, E.Williams, Bo.Roger, Gooch 60.6 4 2 49 35

Junior League New Cross 9 Wembley 3 George White 3 1 4 Jack Hilliard 2’ 3 5 Ron Sharp (res) Wembley Bill Simpson 1 2 3 Dave Slater 0 0 0 Nickie Meacher (res) Ht1 White, Hillard, Simpson, Slater 64.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Hillard, Simpson, White, Slater 65.4 4 2 9 3

Thursday 23rd April 1953 Wimbledon Stadium+, London Wembley Lions 40 Belle Vue Aces 44 (Coronation Cup)

Wembley Freddie Williams 0 3 3 3 9 Trevor Redmond 1 0 1 0 2 Tommy Price 3 3 3 3 12 George Wilks 1 1 1 1 4 Eric Williams 1 3 2 1 7 Bill Kitchen 0 2’ 0 3 5 1 Jimmy Gooch 0 1 0 1 Buster Brown 0 0

Belle Vue Jack Parker 3 3 1 2 9 Ron Johnston 2’ 0 F 2 4 1 Louis Lawson 2 2 3 2 9 George Smith 0 1’ 3 0 4 1 Ken Sharples 3 2 2 2 9 Harry Edwards 2’ 0 0 1’ 3 2 Bob Fletcher 2’ 1 2 5 Willie Wilson 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Parker, Johnston, Redmond, F.Williams 67.6 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Price, Lawson, Wilks, Smith 67.2 4 2 5 7 Ht3 Sharples, Edwards, E.Williams, Kitchen 67.0 1 5 6 12 Ht4 Parker, Fletcher, Wilks, Gooch 68.8 1 5 7 17 Ht5 F.Williams, Lawson, Smith, Redmond 67.0 3 3 10 20 Ht6 Price, Sharples, Wilks, Edwards 67.6 4 2 14 22 Ht7 E.Williams, Kitchen, Parker, Johnston 67.8 5 1 19 23 Ht8 Price, Lawson, Wilson, Brown 67.4 3 3 22 26 Ht9 F.Williams, Sharples, Redmond, Edwards 67.2 4 2 26 28 Ht10 Price, Parker, Wilks, Johnston (f) 68.7 4 2 30 30 Ht11 Lawson, E.Williams, Fletcher, Kitchen 67.4 2 4 32 34 Ht12 F.Williams, Sharples, Gooch, Wilson 67.8 4 2 36 36 Ht13 Fletcher, Smith, E.Williams, Gooch 68.6 1 5 37 41 Ht14 Kitchen, Johnston, Edwards, Redmond 67.6 3 3 40 44 + Wembley not available

Stadium Scratch Race Gooch, Kitchen, Cosby, Brown 65.6

Junior Scratch Race P.Mould, B.Simpson, D.Slater, M.Meacher 73.2

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Parker, E.Williams, Redmond, Fletcher 68.4 Ht2 F.Williams, Lawson, Cosby, Brown 67.2 Ht3 Price, Sharples, Edwards, Smith 68.0 Ht4 Wilks, Wilson, Kitchen, Gooch (f) 67.4 Final F.Williams, Wilks, Price, Parker 67.6

Saturday 25th April 1953 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Odsal Tudors 55 Wembley Lions 29 (Coronation Cup)

Bradford R Clarke 3 0 2* 2 7 E Rigg 0 3 3 2* 8 A Wright 2* 3 3 3 11 D Oliver 3 3 2* 2* 10 D Seers ef 2 0 1 3 A Bush 0 ef 0 A Allison 1 3 4

Wembley F Williams 2 1* 1 1 5 T Redmond 1* 0 0 1 2 T Price 1 2 2 2 7 G Wilks 0 1* 1* 0 2 E Williams 2 1 1 3 7 B Kitchen 1* 0 0 0 1 J Gooch 2 2 4 D Crosby 0 1 1

Ht 1 Clarke, F Williams, Redmond, Rigg 66.0 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Oliver, Wright, Price, Wilks 65.4 5 1 8 4 Ht 3 Forrest, E Williams, Kitchen, Seers ef 65.8 3 3 11 7 Ht 4 Oliver, Gooch, F Williams, Bush 66.0 3 3 14 10 Ht 5 Rigg, Price, Wilks, Clarke 65.8 3 3 17 13 Ht 6 Wright, Oliver, E Williams, Kitchen 66.4 5 1 22 14 Ht 7 Forrest, Seers, F Williams, Redmond 66.0 5 1 27 15 Ht 8 Wright, Price, Allison, Crosby 67.4 4 2 31 17 Ht 9 Rigg, Clarke, E Williams, Kitchen 66.8 5 1 36 18 Ht 10 Wright, Oliver, F Williams, Redmond 67.4 5 1 41 19 Ht 11 Forrest, Price, Wilks, Seers 65.4 3 3 44 22 Ht 12 E Williams, Clarke, Crosby, Bush ef 68.0 2 4 46 26 Ht 13 Allison, Gooch, Seers, Wilks 70.2 4 2 50 28 Ht 14 Forrest, Rigg, Redmond, Kitchen 66.2 5 1 55 29

Saturday 25th April 1953 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets 56 Dragons 28 (Southern League)

Rayleigh Juniors 6 Wembley Juniors 6 Rayleigh Bert Little 3 Fred Badcock 1 Eric Ebbs 2 Pete Mould 0 Wembley Bill Simpson 2 3 Mick Meacher 0 1 Ht1 Little, Simpson, Badcock, Meacher 75.9 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Simpson, Ebbs, Meacher, Mould 76.8 2 4 6 6

Thursday 30th April 1953 Wimbledon Stadium+, London Wembley Lions v Bristol Bulldogs (Coronation Cup) Rained Off + Wembley not available

Thursday 7th May 1953 , London Wembley Lions 38 Harringay Racers 46 (Coronation Cup)

Wembley Freddie Williams 2 3 2 2 9 Bill Kitchen 1’ 0 0 2 3 1 Tommy Price 3 2 2 1 8 George Wilks F 0 Eric Williams 3 1 3 3 10 F F F 1’ 1 1 Trevor Redmond 2 0 1’ 3 1 Jimmy Gooch 1’ 1’ 0 2’ 4 3

Harringay Ron How F 0 Split Waterman 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 Jeff Lloyd 2 2 3 1’ 8 1 Arthur Atkinson 1’ 1’ 2 1 5 2 Maury Dunn 1’ 3 3 3 10 1 Jack Biggs 2 1 1 0 4 Ken Walsh 3 3 3 0 9 Stan Clark F 0

Ht1 Waterman, F.Williams, Kitchen, How (f) 74.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Price, Lloyd, Atkinson, Wilks (f) 73.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 E.Williams, Biggs, Dunn, Crutcher (f) 74.0 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Walsh, Redmond, Gooch, Clark (f) 74.8 3 3 12 12 Ht5 F.Williams, Lloyd, Atkinson, Kitchen 74.4 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Dunn, Price, Biggs, Redmond 73.2 2 4 17 19 Ht7 Walsh, Waterman, E.Williams, Crutcher (f) 74.2 1 5 18 24 Ht8 Lloyd, Price, Gooch 74.8 3 3 21 27 Ht9 Dunn, F.Williams, Biggs, Kitchen 74.2 2 4 23 31 Ht10 Walsh, Waterman, Price, Gooch 76.2 1 5 24 36 Ht11 E.Williams, Atkinson, Lloyd, Crutcher (f) 74.8 3 3 27 39 Ht12 Dunn, F.Williams, Redmond 74.0 3 3 30 42 Ht13 E.Williams, Gooch, Atkinson, Walsh 74.2 5 1 35 43 Ht14 Waterman, Kitchen, Crutcher, Biggs 74.8 3 3 38 46

London Junior League Wembley 2 Harringay 10 Wembley Bill Simpson 1 1 2 Mickie Meacher 0 0 Dave Slater 0 0 Harringay Alf Hagon 2’ 2’ 4 2 Jim Tebby 3 3 6 Ht1 Tebby, Hagon, Simpson, Meacher 79.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Tebby, Hagon, Simpson, Slater 80.4 1 5 2 10

Empire Scratch Race 3 laps Harry Bastable, Fred Brand, Peter Clarke, Les Hewitt (exctps) 57.6

Stadium Scratch Race Gooch, Walsh, Cosby, Clarke (ns) 57.6

International Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Lloyd, Hewitt, Price, Waterman 55.0 Ht2 E.Williams, Kitchen, Gooch, Bastable 57.0 Ht3 F.Williams, Atkinson, Brand, Biggs 57.8 Ht4 Crutcher, Redmond, Dunn, Clarke 57.0 SF1 Waterman, Hewitt, E.Williams, Kitchen 55.8 SF2 Redmond, Crutcher, F.Williams, Atkinson 57.2 Final Waterman, Crutcher, Redmond, Hewitt 56.8

Thursday 14th May 1953 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 51 Wimbledon Dons 33 (Coronation Cup)

Wembley Tommy Price 3 3 2 3 11 Jimmy Gooch 2’ 2’ 1’ 3 8 3 Eric Williams 1 3 3 2 9 Brian Crutcher 3 1 2’ 1’ 7 1 Freddie Williams 3 2 3 1 9 Trevor Redmond 2’ 1’ 0 2’ 5 3 Bill Kitchen 0 2’ 2 1 Den Cosby 0 0 0

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 1 2’ 3 3 9 1 Norman Parker 0 0 0 0 Geoff Mardon 2 0 2 2 6 0 1 1’ 2’ 3 2 Sun Karlsson 0 0 3 1 4 Cyril Brine 1 1 0 2 Peter Moore 3 0 3 6 Reg Trott 1’ 0 1 2 1

Ht1 Price, Gooch, R.Moore, Parker 72.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Crutcher, Mardon, E.Williams, Briggs 72.0 4 2 9 3 Ht3 F.Williams, Redmond, Brine, Karlsson 72.6 5 1 14 4 Ht4 P.Moore, R.Moore, Crutcher, Kitchen 73.0 1 5 15 9 Ht5 Price, Gooch, Briggs, Mardon 73.8 5 1 20 10 Ht6 E.Williams, Crutcher, Brine, Karlsson 73.4 5 1 25 11 Ht7 R.Moore, F.Williams, Redmond, P.Moore 73.2 3 3 28 14 Ht8 E.Williams, Mardon, Trott, Cosby 73.8 3 3 31 17 Ht9 Karlsson, Price, Gooch, Brine 73.0 3 3 34 20 Ht10 R.Moore, E.Williams, Crutcher, Parker 73.6 3 3 37 23 Ht11 F.Williams, Mardon, Briggs, Redmond 73.0 3 3 40 26 Ht12 Price, Kitchen, Karlsson, Trott 74.2 5 1 45 27 Ht13 P.Moore, Briggs, F.Williams, Cosby 74.4 1 5 46 32 Ht14 Gooch, Redmond, Trott, Parker 74.0 5 1 51 33

London Junior League Wembley 2 Wimbledon 10 Wembley Bill Simpson 1 1 2 Mickie Meacher 0 0 Dave Slater 0 0 Wimbledon Gil Goldfinch 2’ 2’ 4 2 Don Perry 3 3 6 Ht1 Perry, Goldfinch, Simpson, Meacher 75.4 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Perry, Goldfinch, Simpson, Slater 76.0 1 5 2 10

British Match Race Championship Ht1 Jack Young bt Freddie Williams 72.0 Ht2 Jack Young bt Freddie Williams 72.4

Invitation Handicap Race W.Green (20), Gooch (10), Price (30), Val Morton (0) 74.8

Stadium Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 F.Williams, R.Moore, Crutcher, Parker 55.0 ? Ht2 Redmond, E.Williams, Karlsson, Mardon 55.4 ? Ht3 Young, Price, Briggs, Kitchen 55.4 ? Final Young, R.Moore, F.Williams, Redmond (f) 55.4

Thursday 21st May 1953 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 54 - Birmingham Brummies 30 (Coronation Cup)

Wembley 1. Tommy Price 3 2 2 3 10 2. Jimmy Gooch 2’ 1’ 1’ 2 6 3 3. Eric Williams 3 1 2’ 1’ 7 2 4. Brian Crutcher 1 2’ F 2 5 1 5. Freddie Williams 3 3 3 3 12 6. Trevor Redmond 1 2’ 1 1’ 5 2 7. Bill Kitchen 3 2’ 5 1 8. Rune Sormander 3 1 4

Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne 0 0 0 0 0 2. Ron Mountford 1 1 3 3 8 3. Ron Barrett 0 0 1 0 1 4. Alan Hunt 2 3 2 2 9 5. Graham Warren 2 2’ 3 EF 7 1 6. Eric Boothroyd 0 3 0 0 3 7. Ron Mason 1 0 1 8. Bill Jemison 0 1 1

Ht1 Price, Gooch, Mountford, Payne 73.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 E Williams, Hunt, Crutcher, Barrett 73.2 4 2 9 3 Ht3 F Williams, Warren, Redmond, Boothroyd 72.8 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Kitchen, Crutcher, Mason, Payne 72.8 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Hunt, Price, Gooch, Barrett 73.4 3 3 21 9 Ht6 Boothroyd, Warren, E Williams, Crutcher [f] 73.8 1 5 22 14 Ht7 F Williams, Redmond, Mountford, Payne 72.8 5 1 27 15 Ht8 Sormander, E Williams, Barrett, Jemison 73.2 5 1 32 16 Ht9 Warren, Price, Gooch, Boothroyd 73.4 3 3 35 19 Ht10 Mountford, Crutcher, E Williams, Payne 73.0 3 3 38 22 Ht11 F Williams, Hunt, Redmond, Barrett 72.6 4 2 42 24 Ht12 Price, Kitchen, Jemison, Warren [ef] 74.6 5 1 47 25 Ht13 F Williams, Hunt, Sormander, Mason 73.6 4 2 51 27 Ht14 Mountford, Gooch, Redmond, Boothroyd 74.8 3 3 54 30

Two Lap Dash Match Race Jack Young bt Tommy Price 35.2 Brian Crutcher bt Sune Karlsson 35.6

Stadium Scratch Race (3 Laps) Kitchen, Sormander, Mason, Jemison 56.6

International Scratch Race (3 laps) Ht1 Hunt, E Williams, Warren, Boothroyd 55.6 Ht2 Young, Karlsson, Payne, F Williams 54.8 Ht3 Price, Mountford, Sormander, Kitchen 55.4 Ht4 Gooch, Redmond, Crutcher, Barrett 56.2 SF1 Young, E Williams, Hunt, Karlsson 55.6 SF2 Price, Mountford, Redmond, Gooch 55.8 Final Young, Price, E Williams, Mountford 55.2

Friday 22nd May 1953 Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol Bulldogs v Wembley Lions (National League Division One) Rained Off

Monday 25th May 1953 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 61 Wembley Lions 46 (London Cup)

Wimbledon Cyril Brine 0 1’ 3 X 0 4 1 Ronnie Moore 2 2 3 2’ 3 0 12 1 Sune Karlsson 1 1’ 2’ 1’ 2’ 7 4 Peter Moore 0 3 3 3 3 12 Geoff Mardon 3 2 2 2’ X 2 11 1 Barry Briggs 0 0 1 3 3 7 Reg Trott 3 3 6 Cyril Maidment 1 1 2

Wembley Eric Williams 3 2 1 F 2 1 9 Tommy Price 1 2 3 2 E 8 Freddie Williams 3 3 3 2 E 3 14 Brian Crutcher 1’ F 1 1’ 2 5 2 Trevor Redmond 0 0 1 1 2 Jimmy Gooch 2’ 1’ 0 0 1’ 4 3 Bill Kitchen 2 0 2 Rune Sormander E 0 2 2

Ht1 E.Williams, R.Moore, Price, Brine 65.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 F.Williams, Gooch, Karlsson, P.Moore 65.6 1 5 3 9 Ht3 Mardon, Price, Crutcher, Briggs 65.8 3 3 6 12 Ht4 Trott, Kitchen, Maidment, Sormander (ef) 66.8 4 2 10 14 Ht5 F.Williams, R.Moore, Karlsson, Crutcher (f) 64.8 3 3 13 17 Ht6 P.Moore, E.Williams, Gooch, Briggs 65.6 3 3 16 20 Ht7 F.Williams, Mardon, Brine, Redmond 64.8 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Brine, Karlsson, E.Williams, Redmond 66.4 5 1 24 24 Ht9 R.Moore, F.Williams, Briggs, E.Williams (f) 65.4 4 2 28 26 Ht10 Price, Mardon, Karlsson, Gooch 66.6 3 3 31 29 Ht11 P.Moore, R.Moore, Crutcher, Sormander 66.0 5 1 36 30 Ht12 P.Moore, Price, Brine (exc), F.Williams (ef) 66.2 3 2 39 32 Ht13 R.Moore, Mardon, Redmond, Gooch 66.2 5 1 44 33 Ht14 Trott, Sormander, Maidment, Kitchen 66.0 4 2 48 35 Ht15 P.Moore, E.Williams, Crutcher, Mardon (exc) 67.8 3 3 51 38 Ht16 Briggs, Karlsson, Redmond, Price (ef) 67.4 5 1 56 39 Ht17 Briggs, Crutcher, Gooch, Brine 67.0 3 3 59 42 Ht18 F.Williams, Mardon, E.Williams, R.Moore 65.8 2 4 61 46

Thursday 28th May 1953 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 52 Wimbledon Dons 56 (London Cup)

Wembley Jimmy Gooch 2 1’ 1’ 0 2 6 2 Tommy Price 1’ 1 3 2 0 7 1 Freddie Williams 3 3 2 2 3 0 13 Brian Crutcher 0 1’ 1’ 3 3 3 11 2 Eric Williams 2 2 0 1 2’ 7 1 Trevor Redmond 1’ 2 X 2’ 1’ 6 3 Bill Kitchen 1 0 Rune Sormander 0 1

Wimbledon Dennis Gray 0 0 Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 2 E 1’12 1 Barry Briggs 2 2 0 2 1’ 7 1 Cyril Brine F 0 0 1 1 Geoff Mardon 3 3 3 3 2’ 2 16 1 Peter Moore 1’ 0 1 3 3 8 1 Reg Trott 3 3 1’ 3 0 10 1 Cyril Maidment 2’ 2’ 0 4 2

Ht1 R.Moore, Gooch, Price, Gray 72.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 F.Williams, Briggs, P.Moore, Crutcher 71.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 R.Moore, E.Williams, Redmond, Brine (f) 71.8 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Trott, Maidment, Kitchen, Sormander 72.6 1 5 10 14 Ht5 F.Williams, Briggs, Price, Brine 71.2 4 2 14 16 Ht6 Trott, Redmond, Crutcher, P.Moore 73.2 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Mardon, E.Williams, Gooch, Briggs 72.6 3 3 20 22 Ht8 Mardon, F.Williams, Gooch, Gray 72.6 3 3 23 25 Ht9 Price, Briggs, Trott, Redmond (exc) 73.4 3 3 26 28 Ht10 R.Moore, F.Williams, P.Moore, E.Williams 72.6 2 4 28 32 Ht11 Mardon, Price, Crutcher, Brine 72.6 3 3 31 35 Ht12 Crutcher, R.Moore, Briggs, Gooch 72.4 3 3 34 38 Ht13 P.Moore, Mardon, E.Williams, Price 73.2 1 5 35 43 Ht14 Trott, Maidment, Sormander, Kitchen 74.6 1 5 36 48 Ht15 Crutcher, E.Williams, Brine, Trott 72.4 5 1 41 49 Ht16 F.Williams, Redmond, Mardon, R.Moore (ef) 72.8 5 1 46 50 Ht17 P.Moore, Gooch, Redmond, Maidment 74.0 3 3 49 53 Ht18 Crutcher, Mardon, R.Moore, F.Williams 73.4 3 3 52 56

Stadium Scratch Race 3 laps Don Newton, Simpson, Meacher, Slater 57.6

Wembley Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Mardon, F.Williams, A.Lawson, Brine 55.6 Ht2 Price, Redmond, Briggs, J.Lloyd (f) 55.2 Ht3 E.Williams, Kitchen, Sormander, R.Moore 55.6 Ht4 Crutcher, Gooch, P.Moore, Gray 55.2 Final Price, Mardon, Crutcher, E.Williams 55.6

Saturday 30th May 1953 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 46 Wembley Lions 38 (Challenge)

Belle Vue Jack Parker 2’ 2 2’ 3 9 2 Ron Johnston 3 0 3 3 9 Louis Lawson 1’ 2 2 2 7 1 Bob Fletcher 2 2 1’ 0 5 1 Ken Sharples 3 3 1 3 10 Harry Edwards F 0 0 1 1 0 2’ 2 1 Willie Wilson 1’ 2’ 3 2

Wembley Tommy Price 1 3 2 3 9 Jimmy Gooch F 1’ 1 0 2 1 Eric Williams 0 3 3 3 9 Brian Crutcher 3 1 2’ 1 7 1 Freddie Williams 1’ 3 1 1 6 1 Trevor Redmond 2 0 0 2 4 Bill Kitchen 1 0 1 Bill Simpson 0 0 0

Ht1 Johnston, Parker, Price, Gooch (f) 72.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Crutcher, Fletcher, Lawson, E.Williams 74.4 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Sharples, Redmond, F.Williams, Edwards (f) 72.4 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Price, Fletcher, Kitchen, Craven 73.8 2 4 13 11 Ht5 E.Williams, Parker, Crutcher, Johnston 74.0 2 4 15 15 Ht6 F.Williams, Lawson, Fletcher, Redmond 74.4 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Sharples, Price, Gooch, Edwards 74.2 3 3 21 21 Ht8 E.Williams, Lawson, Wilson, Simpson 74.6 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Johnston, Parker, F.Williams, Redmond 74.2 5 1 29 25 Ht10 Price, Lawson, Gooch, Fletcher 76.0 2 4 31 29 Ht11 E.Williams, Crutcher, Sharples, Edwards 74.6 1 5 32 34 Ht12 Parker, Craven, F.Williams, Simpson 74.0 5 1 37 35 Ht13 Sharples, Wilson, Crutcher, Kitchen 74.8 5 1 42 36 Ht14 Johnston, Redmond, Edwards, Gooch 75.8 4 2 46 38

Thursday 4th June 1953 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 51 Belle Vue Aces 33 (National League Division One)

Wembley Tommy Price 3 2 3 2 10 Jimmy Gooch F F F 1 1 Brian Crutcher 1’ 1’ 2’ 3 7 3 Eric Williams 2 3 2 1 8 Freddie Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Trevor Redmond 2’ 1 2’ 0 5 2 Bill Kitchen 2’ 1’ 3 2 Rune Sormander 3 2’ 5 1

Belle Vue Jack Parker 2 E 0 0 2 Ron Johnston 1’ 2 2 3 8 1 Louis Lawson 0 F 0 Peter Craven 3 F 3 Ken Sharples 0 3 1’ 3 7 1 Harry Edwards 1 0 2 2’ 5 1 Bob Fletcher 1 3 0 1 5 Willie Wilson 1 1 1 0 3

Ht1 Price, Parker, Johnston, Gooch (f) 71.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Craven, E.Williams, Crutcher, Lawson 72.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 F.Williams, Redmond, Edwards, Sharples 71.4 5 1 11 7 Ht4 E.Williams, Kitchen, Fletcher, Parker 73.2 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Fletcher, Price, Wilson, Gooch (f) 72.4 2 4 18 12 Ht6 Sharples, E.Williams, Crutcher, Edwards 72.6 3 3 21 15 Ht7 F.Williams, Johnston, Redmond, Parker 72.0 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Sormander, Crutcher, Wilson, Fletcher 73.0 5 1 30 18 Ht9 Price, Edwards, Sharples, Gooch (f) 72.2 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Crutcher, Johnston, F.Williams, Parker 72.4 4 2 37 23 Ht11 F.Williams, Redmond, Wilson 72.2 5 1 42 24 Ht12 Sharples, Price, Kitchen, Wilson 72.6 3 3 45 27 Ht13 F.Williams, Sormander, Fletcher 73.0 5 1 50 28 Ht14 Johnston, Edwards, Gooch, Redmond 73.4 1 5 51 33

Stadium Scratch Race 3 laps Kitchen, Peter Clark, Len Williams, Sormander 55.2

Wembley Scratch Race 3 laps Newton, Simpson, Hec Mayhead, Slater (f) 57.2

Coronation Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Crutcher, Fletcher, Gooch, Wilson 55.0 Ht2 F.Williams, Redmond, Edwards, Johnston 55.4 Ht3 Price, Sormander, Parker, L.Williams 55.2 Ht4 Kitchen, Clark, E.Williams, Sharples 55.4 SF1 F.Williams, Redmond, Crutcher, Fletcher 55.2 SF2 Price, Sormander, Clark, Kitchen 54.2 Final Price, F.Williams, Sormander, Redmond 54.8

Saturday 6th June 1953 Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 40 Wembley Lions 44 (Coronation Cup)

West Ham Keith Gurtner 1 0 1’ 1’ 3 2 Jack Young 3 3 3 3 12 Wally Green E 3 2 5 Howdy Byford 2 3 3 0 8 Pat Clarke 2 2 1 2 7 Malcolm Craven 1’ 1’ 0 2’ 4 3 Cliff Watson 0 2 2 Fred Curtis 0 0 0

Wembley Tommy Price 2 2 3 3 10 Jimmy Gooch 0 E 1 0 1 Brian Crutcher 3 2 2 2’ 9 1 Eric Williams 1 1’ 3 3 8 1 Freddie Williams 3 2 3 3 11 Trevor Redmond 0 1’ 0 1 2 1 Bill Kitchen 1’ 1 2 1 Dennis Newton 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Young, Price, Gurtner, Gooch 77.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 E.Williams, Byford, Crutcher, Green (ef) 75.8 2 4 6 6 Ht3 F.Williams, Clarke, Craven, Redmond 75.0 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Watson, Price, Kitchen, Byford 76.0 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Young, Crutcher, E.Williams, Gurtner 77.0 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Byford, F.Williams, Redmond, Curtis 75.6 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Price, Clarke, Craven, Gooch (ef) 76.6 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Green, Crutcher, Newton, Curtis 76.4 3 3 24 24 Ht9 F.Williams, Young, Gurtner, Redmond 75.6 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Price, Green, Gooch, Byford 76.4 2 4 29 31 Ht11 E.Williams, Crutcher, Clarke, Craven 77.0 1 5 30 36 Ht12 F.Williams, Watson, Gurtner, Newton 76.6 3 3 33 39 Ht13 E.Williams, Clarke, Kitchen, Curtis 76.0 2 4 35 43 Ht14 Young, Craven, Redmond, Gooch 77.4 5 1 40 44

Junior League West Ham 5 Wembley 6 West Ham Arthur Harrison 2 2 4 Frank Grant X 0 Len Morris 1’ 1 1 Wembley Bill Simpson E 0 0 Hector Mayhead 3 3 6 Ht1 Mayhead, Harrison, Simpson (ef), Grank (fexc) 81.0 2 3 2 3 Ht2 Mayhead, Harrison, Morris, Simpson 81.4 3 3 5 6

Monday 8th June 1953 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 47 Wembley Lions 37 (Coronation Cup)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 2’ 2’ 1 3 8 2 Reg Trott 3 3 3 3 12 Geoff Mardon 2 0 3 3 8 Barry Briggs 0 2 2 1 5 Cyril Brine 3 2 3 3 11 Peter Moore 0 1’ 1 0 2 1 Norman Parker 1’ 0 1 1 Dennis Gray 0 0 0

Wembley Tommy Price 1 0 0 0 1 Jimmy Gooch 0 1’ 1 1 Brian Crutcher 1 1 2 0 4 Eric Williams 3 0 2 1’ 6 2 Freddie Williams 1’ 3 2 1’ 7 2 Trevor Redmond 2 1 0 2 5 Bill Kitchen 3 3 2 2 10 George Wilks 1’ 2 3 1

Ht1 Trott, R.Moore, Price, Gooch 66.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 E.Williams, Mardon, Crutcher, Briggs 65.4 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Brine, Redmond, F.Williams, P.Moore 66.0 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Kitchen, Briggs, Parker, Price (ret) 67.2 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Trott, Moore, Crutcher, E.Williams 65.0 5 1 18 12 Ht6 F.Williams, Briggs, Redmond, Mardon 66.2 2 4 20 16 Ht7 Kitchen, Brine, P.Moore, Price 66.0 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Mardon, Crutcher, Wilks, Gray 65.2 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Trott, F.Williams, R.Moore, Redmond 65.2 4 2 30 24 Ht10 Mardon, Kitchen, Briggs, Price 65.0 4 2 34 26 Ht11 Brine, E.Williams, P.Moore, Crutcher 66.2 4 2 38 28 Ht12 R.Moore, Wilks, F.Williams, Parker 66.2 3 3 41 31 Ht13 Brine, Kitchen, E.Williams, Gray 66.2 3 3 44 34 Ht14 Trott, Redmond, Gooch, P.Moore 66.0 3 3 47 37

Junior League Wimbledon 10 Wembley 2 Wimbledon Don Perry 3 3 6 Gil Goldfinch 2’ 2’ 4 2 Wembley Bill Simpson 0 0 0 Hec Mayhead 1 1 2

Ht1 Perry, Goldfinch, Mayhead, Simpson 68.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Perry, Goldfinch, Mayhead, Simpson 68.0 5 1 10 2

Thursday 11th June 1953 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions v West Ham Hammers (Coronation Cup) Rained Off

Thursday 18th June 1953 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 49 West Ham Hammers 35 (Coronation Cup)

Wembley Tommy Price 2 2 3 2 9 Jimmy Gooch 1’ 1’ 1 0 3 2 Freddie Williams 3 2 0 2 7 Trevor Redmond 2’ 2’ 1’ 1’ 6 4 Brian Crutcher 1 1’ 1’ 2’ 5 3 Eric Williams 3 2 2 3 10 Bill Kitchen 3 1 4 George Wilks 2 3 5

West Ham Keith Gurtner 0 0 0 0 Jack Young 3 3 3 2 11 Pat Clarke 1 3 3 3 10 Malcolm Craven 0 0 1 1 Wally Green 2 3 2 3 10 Howdy Byford 0 0 0 1’ 1 1 Cliff Watson 1 0 0 1 Reg Fearman 1 0 0 1

Ht1 Young, Price, Gooch, Gurtner 71.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 F.Williams, Redmond, Clarke, Craven 71.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 E.Williams, Green, Crutcher, Byford 71.4 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Kitchen, Redmond, Watson, Gurtner 74.0 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Clarke, Price, Gooch, Craven 72.2 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Green, F.Williams, Redmond, Byford 71.4 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Young, E.Williams, Crutcher, Gurtner 71.2 3 3 26 16 Ht8 Clarke, Wilks, Fearman, F.Williams 72.6 2 4 28 20 Ht9 Price, Green, Gooch, Byford 71.4 4 2 32 22 Ht10 Young, F.Williams, Redmond, Fearman 72.0 3 3 35 25 Ht11 Clarke, E.Williams, Crutcher, Watson 71.6 3 3 38 28 Ht12 Green, Price, Kitchen, Fearman 72.4 3 3 41 31 Ht13 Wilks, Crutcher, Craven, Watson 73.8 5 1 46 32 Ht14 E.Williams, Young, Byford, Gooch 71.2 3 3 49 35

London Junior League Wembley 10 West Ham 2 Wembley Bill Simpson 3 3 6 Hec Mayhead 2’ 2’ 4 2 West Ham Arthur Harrison 0 1 1 Frank Grant 1 0 1 Ht1 Simpson, Mayhead, Grant, Harrison 75.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Simpson, Mayhead, Harrison, Grant 76.5 5 1 10 2

Stadium Scratch Race 3 laps Watson, Fearman, Newton, Stan Clark 56.6

International Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Price, Green, Redmond, Byford 54.0 Ht2 Kitchen, Young, Craven, E.Williams (ef) 55.2 Ht3 Crutcher, Biggs, Wilks, Gurtner 55.0 Ht4 Mardon, F.Williams, Clarke, Gooch 54.6 SF1 Kitchen, Young, Green, Price 55.2 SF2 Crutcher, F.Williams, Biggs, Mardon 55.0 Final Young, F.Williams, Crutcher, Kitchen 56.6

Friday 19th June 1953 Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol Bulldogs 36 Wembley Lions 48 (Coronation Cup)

Bristol Chris Boss 0 1’ 3 3 7 1 Dick Bradley 3 2 1 3 9 Geoff Pymar 0 0 2 0 2 Jack Unstead 1 1 2 1 5 Eric Salmon 0 0 0 3 3 Billy Hole 3 1 3 0 7 Johnny Hole 0 2’ 2 1 Chum Taylor 0 1 1

Wembley Tommy Price 2 3 3 3 11 Bill Kitchen 1’ 2’ 2’ 1’ 6 4 Freddie Williams 3 3 3 2 11 Trevor Redmond 2’ 0 1’ 2 5 2 Brian Crutcher 2 1 0 0 3 Eric Williams 1’ 3 2 2 8 1 George Wilks 2’ 0 2 1 Jimmy Gooch 1 1 2

Ht1 Bradley, Price, Kitchen, Boss 62.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 F.Williams, Redmond, Unstead, Pymar 63.8 1 5 4 8 Ht3 B.Hole, Crutcher, E.Williams, Salmon 64.8 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Price, Wilks, Unstead, J.Hole 63.4 1 5 8 16 Ht5 F.Williams, Bradley, Boss, Redmond 63.2 3 3 11 19 Ht6 E.Williams, Unstead, Crutcher, Pymar 63.4 2 4 13 23 Ht7 Price, Kitchen, B.Hole, Salmon 63.4 1 5 14 28 Ht8 F.Williams, Pymar, Gooch, 64.0 2 4 16 32 Ht9 Boss, E.Williams, Bradley, Crutcher 63.6 4 2 20 34 Ht10 Price, Kitchen, Unstead, Pymar 63.8 1 5 21 39 Ht11 B.Hole, F.Williams, Redmond, Salmon 63.0 3 3 24 42 Ht12 Boss, J.Hole, Gooch, Crutcher 63.8 5 1 29 43 Ht13 Salmon, Redmond, Taylor, Wilks 63.4 4 2 33 45 Ht14 Bradley, E.Williams, Kitchen, B.Hole 63.2 3 3 36 48

Thursday 25th June 1953 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 59 Bristol Bulldogs 25 (Coronation Cup)

Wembley Bill Kitchen 1’ 3 3 2’ 9 2 Eric French 2 2’ X 1’ 5 2 Freddie Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Trevor Redmond 1 3 2’ 0 6 1 Eric Williams 2’ 1’ 3 2.5 8.5 2 Brian Crutcher 3 2 2’ 2 9 1 Jimmy Gooch 2’ 3 5 1 George Wilks 2’ 2.5 4.5 1

Bristol Chum Taylor 0 1 0 1’ 2 1 Dick Bradley 3 3 2 3 11 Eric Salmon 2 0 1 1 4 Billy Hole 0 1 0 0 1 Jack Unstead 1 1 1’ 1 4 1 Chris Boss 0 0 0 0 Geoff Pymar 0 2 1 3 Johnny Hole 0 0 0

Ht1 Bradley, French, Kitchen, Taylor 70.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 F.Williams, Salmon, Redmond, B.Hole 69.8 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Crutcher, E.Williams, Unstead, Boss 71.2 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Redmond, Gooch, Taylor, Pymar 71.6 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Kitchen, French, B.Hole, Salmon 72.4 5 1 22 8 Ht6 F.Williams, Redmond, Unstead, Boss 71.6 5 1 27 9 Ht7 Bradley, Crutcher, E.Williams, Taylor 71.6 3 3 30 12 Ht8 F.Williams, Wilks, Salmon, J.Hole 72.0 5 1 35 13 Ht9 Kitchen, Pymar, Unstead, French (exc) 73.2 3 3 38 16 Ht10 F.Williams, Bradley, Taylor, Redmond 71.0 3 3 41 19 Ht11 E.Williams, Crutcher, Salmon, B.Hole 72.2 5 1 46 20 Ht12 Gooch, Kitchen, Unstead, J.Hole 74.6 5 1 51 21 Ht13 E.Williams & Wilks, Pymar, B.Hole 74.0 5 1 56 22 Ht14 Bradley, Crutcher, French, Boss 72.4 3 3 59 25

Two Lap Dash Ht1 Dick Bradley bt Eric Williams 35.8 Ht2 Bill Kitchen deadheat Billy Hole 36.8

Stadium Scratch Race 3 laps Gooch, Gerald Jackson, Les McGillivray, Goog Hoskin 55.2

Junior Scratch Race 3 laps Newton, Mayhead, Simpson, Col Carlton 57.0

Wembley Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 F.Williams, Bradley, Kitchen, Redmond 54.6 Ht2 Salmon, Wilks, Hoskin, Unstead 55.6 Ht3 Gooch, Crutcher, Pymar, Jackson 55.6 Ht4 E.Williams, French, Taylor, McGillivray 55.2 SF1 F.Williams, Bradley, Salmon, Wilks 55.0 SF2 Crutcher, French, E.Williams, Gooch 55.4 Final F.Williams, Crutcher, Bradley, French 55.2

Saturday 27th June 1953 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 38 Wembley Lions 46 (Coronation Cup)

Belle Vue Jack Parker 2’ 3 1 2 8 1 Ron Johnston 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Ken Sharples 1 2 2 3 8 Harry Edwards 0 1’ 0 1 2 1 Louis Lawson 0 2 2 0 4 Peter Craven 1 0 0 0 1 Merv Harding 2 0 2 Bob Fletcher 0 2 2

Wembley Trevor Redmond 0 0 0 Eric French 1 1 2 1’ 5 1 Freddie Williams 3 0 3 3 9 Bill Kitchen 2’ 1 1 1 5 1 Eric Williams 3 1 0 3 7 Brian Crutcher 2’ 3 2 2 9 1 Jimmy Gooch 3 3 F 3 9 George Wilks 1 1 2

Ht1 Johnston, Parker, French, Redmond 73.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 F.Williams, Kitchen, Sharples, Edwards 74.2 1 5 6 6 Ht3 E.Williams, Crutcher, Craven, Lawson 73.0 1 5 7 11 Ht4 Gooch, Harding, Edwards, Redmond 74.0 3 3 10 14 Ht5 Parker, Johnston, Kitchen, F.Williams 74.2 5 1 15 15 Ht6 Crutcher, Sharples, E.Williams, Edwards 74.0 2 4 17 19 Ht7 Gooch, Lawson, French, Craven 73.0 2 4 19 23 Ht8 F.Williams, Sharples, Wilks, Fletcher 74.2 2 4 21 27 Ht9 Johnston, Crutcher, Parker, E.Williams 73.8 4 2 25 29 Ht10 Sharples, French, Edwards, Gooch (f) 75.2 4 2 29 31 Ht11 F.Williams, Lawson, Kitchen, Craven 74.0 2 4 31 35 Ht12 E.Williams, Parker, Wilks, Harding 75.0 2 4 33 39 Ht13 Gooch, Fletcher, Kitchen, Lawson 74.0 2 4 35 43 Ht14 Johnston, Crutcher, French, Craven 73.8 3 3 38 46

Thursday 2nd July 1953 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 59 Norwich Stars 25 (National League Division One)

WEMBLEY Tommy Price 2 2 3 3 10 Bill Kitchen 1’ 1’ 1 1 4 2 Fred Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Eric French 1 3 2’ 2’ 8 2 Eric Williams 3 2’ 2 3 10 1 Brian Crutcher 2’ 3 1’ 3 9 2 Trevor Redmond 2’ 1 3 1 Jimmy Gooch 1 2’ 3 1

NORWICH Fred Rogers 0 1 1 1 3 Cyril Roger 3 0 2 5 Aub Lawson 2 3 2 3 10 Fred Pawson 0 0 0 0 0 Billy Bales 0 1 0 2 3 Phil Clarke 1 0 2 0 3 Merv Neil 0 0 1 1 Roy Craighead 0 0 0

1 Roger, Price, Kitchen, Rogers, 71.2 3 3 2 F. Williams, Lawson, French, Pawson, 71.2 7 5 3 E. Williams, Crutcher, Clarke, Bales, 71.6 12 6 4 French, Redmond, Rogers, Neil, 72.2 17 7 5 Lawson, Price, Kitchen, Pawson, 72.0 20 10 6 F. Williams, French, Bales, Clarke, 70.6 25 11 7 Crutcher, E. Williams, Rogers, Roger, 71.4 30 12 8 F. Williams, Lawson, Gooch, Craighead, 71.6 34 14 9 Price, Clarke, Kitchen, Bales, 72.4 38 16 10 F. Williams, French, Rogers, Neil, 72.6 43 17 11 Lawson, E. Williams, Crutcher, Pawson, 72.0 46 20 12 Price, Bales, Redmond, Craighead, 71.8 50 22 13 E. Williams, Gooch, Neil, Pawson, 72.8 55 23 14 Crutcher, Roger, Kitchen, Clarke, 72.4 59 27

Second Half Results – 3 laps only Douglas Demo Race – Lawson, Kitchen, George Wilks, Phil Bishop, 63.0 Stadium Scratch Race – Pat Clarke, Harry Edwards, Gooch, Pawson, 54.8 Junior Scratch Race – Dennis Newton, Hec Mayhead, Bill Simpson, Col Carleton, 57.2 International Scratch Race (4 heats, 2 semi’s & Final) 1 Rogers, Redmond, Edwards, French, 56.0 2 Lawson, E. Williams, Kitchen, Phil Clarke, 54.0 3 Crutcher, Price, Roger, Gooch, 54.2 4 F. Williams, Pat Clarke, Wilks, Bales, 54.4 s/f 1 Lawson, E. Williams, Redmond, Rogers, 55.0 s/f 2 Price, Crutcher, Pat Clarke, F. Williams, 54.4 Final – Crutcher, Lawson, E. Williams, Price, 56.2

Saturday 4th July 1953 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Odsal Tudors 40 Wembley Lions 43 (National League Division One)

Bradford A Allison ef 1 1 2 4 A Forrest 3 3 3 3 12 R Clarke 1 1 1 3 D Seers 2 2* 3 3 10 D Oliver 0 3 0 X 3 W Morton 2 F 2 B Longley 0 2 0 2

Wembley E Williams 2 3 1 3 9 B Crutcher 1* 0 1 F Williams 2* 2 3 2 9 E French 3 0 1* 2 6 T Price 3 X 2 3 8 B Kitchen 1 2 0 1 4 J Gooch 0 1 1 T Redmond 2* X 1 2 5 Ht 1 Forrest (fell/remt), E Williams, Crutcher, Allison ef 65.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 French, F Williams, Clarke, Rigg 66.8 1 5 4 8 Ht 3 Price, Seers, Kitchen, Oliver 66.4 2 4 6 12 Ht 4 E Williams, Morton, Rigg, Gooch 67.2 3 3 9 15 Ht 5 Forrest, F Williams, Allison, French 64.4 4 2 13 17 Ht 6 Rigg, Kitchen, Clarke, Price X/tapes 66.2 4 2 17 19 Ht 7 Oliver, Seers, E Williams, Crutcher 66.4 5 1 22 20 Ht 8 F Williams, Redmond, Clarke, Longley 67.6 1 5 23 25 Ht 9 Forrest, Price, Allison, Kitchen 65.6 4 2 27 27 Ht 10 E Williams, Longely, Rigg ef, Redmond X 68.8 2 3 29 30 Ht 11 Seers, F Williams, French, Oliver 66.4 3 3 32 33 Ht 12 Price, Allison, Redmond, Morton F 66.6 2 4 34 37 Ht 13 Seers, French, Gooch, Longley 66.2 3 3 37 40 Ht 14 Forrest, Redmond, Kitchen, Oliver X unfair riding 67.4 3 3 40 43

Thursday 9th July 1953 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 57 Birmingham Brummies 27 (National League Division One)

Wembley Tommy Price 3 3 3 2 11 Eric French 2’ 2’ 2’ 1 7 3 Freddie Williams 2 2 3 3 10 Trevor Redmond 0 1’ 1’ 1 3 2 Eric Williams 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 Brian Crutcher F 3 3 3 9 Bill Kitchen 2 1’ 3 1 Jimmy Gooch 2’ 2’ 4 2

Birmingham Arthur Payne 0 3 1 2 6 Ron Mountford 1 0 0 0 1 Ron Mason 1 1 F 2 Bob Roger 3 F 0 0 3 Graham Warren 2 3 1 3 9 Eric Boothroyd 1 0 0 2 3 Ron Barrett 1 1 2 Phil Malpass 0 0 1 1

Ht1 Price, French, Mountford, Payne 70.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Roger, F.Williams, Mason, Redmond 70.8 2 4 7 5 Ht3 E.Williams, Warren, Boothroyd, Crutcher (f) 72.6 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Payne, Kitchen, Redmond, Malpass 71.8 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Price, French, Mason, Roger (f) 71.4 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Warren, F.Williams, Redmond, Boothroyd 71.4 3 3 21 15 Ht7Crutcher, E.Williams, Payne, Mountford 71.6 5 1 26 16 Ht8 F.Williams, Gooch, Barrett, Mason (f) 71.8 5 1 31 17 Ht9 Price, French, Warren, Boothroyd 72.0 5 1 36 18 Ht10 F.Williams, Payne, Redmond, Mountford 71.6 4 2 40 20 Ht11 Crutcher, E.Williams, Barrett, Roger 72.2 5 1 45 21 Ht12 Warren, Price, Kitchen, Malpass 72.0 3 3 48 24 Ht13 E.Williams, Gooch, Malpass, Roger 72.0 5 1 53 25 Ht14 Crutcher, Boothroyd, French, Mountford 71.8 4 2 57 27

The Cinders One Lap Flying Start Freddie Williams 17.0 Tommy Price 17.4 Ronnie Moore 17.0 Basse Hveem 17.2

Stadium Scratch Race 3 laps Roger, Wilks, Kitchen, Gooch (f) 54.2

Junior Scratch Race 3 laps Newton, Mayhead, Simpson, Carleton 57.2

International Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 F.Williams, Boothroyd, French, 3 only 53.8 Ht2 Crutcher, Hveem, Redmond, Mountford 54.2 Ht3 Price, Warren, Gooch, Wilks (ef) 54.0 Ht4 Moore, E.Williams, Payne, Kitchen 54.2 SF1 Crutcher, Boothroyd, F.Williams, Hveem 54.4 SF2 E.Williams, Moore, Price, Warren 54.6 Final Moore, E.Williams, Crutcher, Boothroyd 54.4

Thursday 16th July 1953 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 60 Harringay Racers 48 (National Trophy)

Wembley Eric French 2 1 0 0 3 Tommy Price 1’ 1 2 2’ 2 8 2 Freddie Williams 0 3 3 3 3 2 14 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 2 3 14 Eric Williams 3 3 2’ 1’ 0 9 2 Trevor Redmond 0 2 2’ 4 1 Bill Kitchen 2 0 2 1’ 5 1 Jimmy Gooch 1’ 1’ 1’ 3 3

Harringay Split Waterman 3 2 2 3 1’ 1 12 1 Ron How 0 2 0 1 0 3 Ken Walsh 1’ 0 2 0 3 6 1 Maury Dunn 2 1’ 1 3 0 7 1 Jack Biggs 1’ 2 1 2 3 12 1 Jeff Lloyd 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Frank Lawrence 0 3 1 4 Arthur Atkinson 3 0 3

Ht1 Waterman, French, Price, How 72.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Crutcher, Dunn, Walsh, F.Williams 71.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 E.Williams, How, Biggs, Redmond 71.2 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Atkinson, Kitchen, Gooch, Lawrence 72.8 3 3 12 12 Ht5 F.Williams, Biggs, Price, Walsh 71.2 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Crutcher, Waterman, Dun, Kitchen 71.4 3 3 19 17 Ht7 E.Williams, Walsh, French, Lloyd 72.4 4 2 23 19 Ht8 F.Williams, Waterman, Lloyd, French 70.6 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Waterman, Price, Gooch, Walsh 74.0 3 3 29 25 Ht10 F.Williams, E.Williams, Dunn, How 75.2 5 1 34 26 Ht11 Crutcher, Price, Biggs, Lloyd 75.0 5 1 39 27 Ht12 Walsh, Crutcher, How, French 75.8 2 4 41 31 Ht13 Dunn, Price, E.Williams, Lloyd 76.0 3 3 44 34 Ht14 Lawrence, Kitchen, Gooch, Atkinson 76.0 3 3 47 37 Ht15 Crutcher, Biggs, Waterman, E.Williams 75.4 3 3 50 40 Ht16 F.Williams, Redmond, Lawrence, How 75.6 5 1 55 41 Ht17 Biggs, Redmond, Kitchen, Dunn 76.4 3 3 58 44 Ht18 Biggs, F.Williams, Waterman, Crutcher 76.2 2 4 60 48

Wembley Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Price, Lawrence, Lloyd, French (ns) 57.2 Ht2 F.Williams, Redmond, Dunn, Gooch 57.0 Ht3 E.Williams, Atkinson, How, Wilks 59.0 Ht4 Biggs, Crutcher, Kitchen, Walsh 58.0 SF1 F.Williams, Redmond, Price, Lawrence 57.6 SF2 Biggs, E.Williams, Crutcher, Atkinson 57.8 Final Biggs, F.Williams, Redmond, E.Williams 57.2

Saturday 18th July 1953 Harringay Stadium, London Harringay Racers 40 Wembley Lions 68 (National Trophy)

Harringay Ron How 2 1’ 1’ 1 0 5 2 Split Waterman 1’ 1’ 3 2 3 3 13 2 Jack Biggs 2’ 2 2 1 0 7 1 Ken Walsh 3 1 1’ 0 1 1 7 1 Jeff Lloyd 0 2 0 0 2 Maury Dunn 1 0 0 2 1 4 Frank Lawrence 1 1 0 2 Arthur Atkinson 0 0 0

Wembley Eric Williams 0 2’ 3 1’ 2’ 8 3 Tommy Price 3 2’ 3 3 3 2 16 1 Freddie Williams 1 0 X 2 2’ 5 1 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 3 F 15 Trevor Redmond 0 0 1’ 1 2 1 Eric French 0 3 2 2’ 2’ 7 2 Bill Kitchen 3 3 0 3 9 George Wilks 2’ 2’ 4 2

Ht1 Price, How, Waterman, E.Williams 68.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Walsh, Biggs, F.Williams, French 69.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Crutcher, Price, Dun, Lloyd 69.2 1 5 9 9 Ht4 Kitchen, Wilks, Lawrence, Atkinson 70.2 1 5 10 14 Ht5 Crutcher, Biggs, Waterman, F.Williams 68.6 3 3 13 17 Ht6 French, E.Williams, Walsh, Dunn 68.6 1 5 14 22 Ht7 Kitchen, Lloyd, How, Redmond 69.0 3 3 17 25 Ht8 E.Williams, Biggs, How, Kitchen 69.2 3 3 20 28 Ht9 Waterman, F.Williams, E.Williams, Dunn 68.6 3 3 23 31 Ht10 Price, French, Biggs, Lloyd 69.6 1 5 24 36 Ht11 Crutcher, Waterman, Walsh, Redmond 68.6 3 3 27 39 Ht12 Price, F.Williams, How, Walsh 69.0 1 5 28 44 Ht13 Waterman, French, Redmond, Lloyd 69.0 3 3 31 47 Ht14 Kitchen, Wilks, Lawrence, Atkinson 70.0 1 5 32 52 Ht15 Crutcher, E.Williams, Walsh, Lawrence 69.2 1 5 33 57 Ht16 Price, Dunn, Redmond, Lawrence 69.8 2 4 35 51 Ht17 Crutcher, French, Dunn, How 68.6 1 5 36 56 Ht18 Waterman, Crutcher, Walsh, Price 69.0 4 2 40 58

Thursday 23rd July 1953 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 39.5 West Ham Hammers 44.5 (National League Division One)

Wembley Eric French 1 2 1 2 6 Tommy Price 0 0 0 2 2 Freddie Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Kitchen 2’ 3 0 0 5 1 Eric Williams 2 2.5 3 3 10.5 Brian Crutcher 1’ 0 F 1’ 2 2 Jimmy Gooch 0 1’ 1 1 George Wilks 0 2’ 2 1

West Ham Bert Roger 2’ 2 1 1 6 1 Jack Young 3 2.5 3 3 11.5 Wally Green 1 3 2 1’ 7 1 Howdy Byford 0 1 2 X 3 Pat Clarke 3 1’ 3 3 10 1 Basse Hveem 0 2 2’ 0 4 1 Fred Curtis 1’ 1 2 1 Keith Gurtner 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Young, Roger, French, Price 71.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 F.Williams, Kitchen, Green, Byford 71.6 5 1 6 6 Ht3 Clarke, E.Williams, Crutcher, Hveem 70.6 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Kitchen, Roger, Curtis, Gooch 71.4 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Green, French, Byford, Price 71.2 2 4 14 16 Ht6 F.Williams, Hveem, Clarke, Kitchen 71.2 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Young & E.Williams, Roger, Crutcher 71.0 2.5 3.5 19.5 22.5 Ht8 F.Williams, Green, Gurtner, Wilks 71.6 3 3 22.5 25.5 Ht9 Clarke, Hveem, French, Price 71.2 1 5 23.5 30.5 Ht10 Young, Kitchen, Roger, F.Williams 71.0 2 4 25.5 34.5 Ht11 E.Williams, Byford, Green, Crutcher (f) 72.0 3 3 28.5 37.5 Ht12 Clarke, French, Gooch, Gurtner 71.6 3 3 31.5 40.5 Ht13 E.Williams, Wilks, Curtis, Byford (exc) 72.2 5 1 36.5 41.5 Ht14 Young, Price, Crutcher, Hveem 71.4 3 3 39.5 44.5

London Junior League Wembley 10 West Ham 2 Wembley Bill Simpson 2’ 2’ 4 2 Hec Mayhead 3 3 6 West Ham Arthur Harrison 1 1 2 Ron Butcher 0 0 0 Ht1 Mayhead, Simpson, Harrison, Butcher 76.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Mayhead, Simpson, Harrison, Butcher 77.8 5 1 10 2

Stadium Scratch Race 3 laps Gurtner, Newton, Redmond, Curtis 55.0

International Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 F.Williams, Hveem, Gooch, Wilks 54.8 Ht2 French, Crutcher, Green, Byford 54.6 Ht3 Young, E.Williams, Sune Karlsson, Redmond 54.6 Ht4 Price, Clarke, Roger, Kitchen 55.0 SF1 F.Williams, Hveem, Crutcher, French 55.0 SF2 Young, E.Williams, Clarke, Price 55.0 Final Young, F.Williams, E.Williams, Hveem ?

Friday 24th July 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 28 Wembley Lions 56 (Challenge)

Leicester Lionel Watling 1 0 0 1 Len Williams 3 1 2 2 8 Fred Perkins 0 0 0 0 Basse Hveem 1 3 1 1 6 Dennis Parker 2 0 0 2 Reg Fearman 0 1 1 0 2 Charlie Barsby 0 1 2 E 3 Roy Browning E 3 3 6

Wembley Tommy Price 0 2 2’ 3 7 1 Eric French 2 3 2’ 1 8 1 Freddie Williams 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Bill Kitchen 2’ 2’ 3 1’ 8 3 Eric Williams 1 2’ 1 1 5 1 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 12 Trevor Redmond 1’ 2 3 1 Jimmy Gooch 2’ 0 2 1

Ht1 L.Williams, French, Watling, Price 68.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 F.Williams, Kitchen, Hveem, Perkins 69.2 1 5 5 7 Ht3 Crutcher, Parker, E.Williams, Fearman 68.2 2 4 7 11 Ht4 Hveem, Price, Redmond, Barsby 67.4 3 3 10 14 Ht5 F.Williams, Kitchen, L.Williams, Watling 70.8 1 5 11 19 Ht6 Crutcher, E.Williams, Hveem, Perkins 69.2 1 5 12 24 Ht7 French, Price, Fearman, Parker 70.8 1 5 13 29 Ht8 F.Williams, Gooch, Barsby, Browning (ef) 70.4 1 5 14 34 Ht9 Crutcher, L.Williams, E.Williams, Watling 69.2 2 4 16 38 Ht10 Price, French, Hveem, Perkins 69.6 1 5 17 43 Ht11 Kitchen, F.Williams, Fearman, Parker 70.8 1 5 18 48 Ht12 Browning, Barsby, E.Williams, Gooch 70.2 5 1 23 49 Ht13 Browning, Redmond, Kitchen, Barsby (ef) 71.0 3 3 26 52 Ht14 Crutcher, L.Williams, French, Fearman 68.8 2 4 28 56

Thursday 30th July 1953 Wembley Stadium, London Double Header Wembley Lions 59 Odsal Tudors 25 (National League Division One)

Wembley Eric French 0 2’ 0 2 4 1 Tommy Price 3 3 3 3 12 Eric Williams 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 9 3 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 12 Freddie Williams 3 2 3 3 11 Bill Kitchen 2’ 1 2’ 0 5 2 Trevor Redmond 1 1’ 2 1 Jimmy Gooch 2’ 2’ 4 2

Odsal Dent Oliver 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Eddie Rigg 2 3 1 2 8 Arthur Forrest 1 1 1 0 3 Al Allison 0 0 0 Arthur Wright 0 1 1’ 3 5 1 Dick seers 1 0 1’ 2 1 Ron Clarke 2 2 1 1 6 Bill Longley 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Price, Rigg, Oliver, French 72.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Crutcher, E.Williams, Forrest, Allison 71.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 F.Williams, Kitchen, Seers, Wright 72.0 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Crutcher, Clarke, Redmond, Oliver 71.8 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Price, French, Forrest, Longley 72.0 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Crutcher, E.Williams, Wright, Seers 72.2 5 1 27 9 Ht7 Rigg, F.Williams, Kitchen, Oliver 72.0 3 3 30 12 Ht8 E.Williams, Gooch, Forrest, Longley 71.2 5 1 35 13 Ht9 Price, Clarke, Wright, French 72.2 3 3 38 16 Ht10 Crutcher, E.Williams, Rigg, Oliver 72.2 5 1 43 17 Ht11 F.Williams, Kitchen, Clarke, Forrest 71.8 5 1 48 18 Ht12 Wright, French, Redmond, Longley 73.6 3 3 51 21 Ht13 F.Williams Gooch, Clarke, Allison 72.4 5 1 56 22 Ht14 Price, Rigg, Seers, Kitchen 72.2 3 3 59 25

Thursday 30th July 1953 Wembley Stadium, London Double Header Wembley Lions 49 Bristol Bulldogs 29 (National League Division One)

Wembley Tommy Price 3 3 2 3 11 Eric French 1 0 1’ 0 2 1 Freddie Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Jimmy Gooch 2’ 2 0 1 5 1 Eric Williams 1 3 2.5 3 9.5 Brian Crutcher 3 2’ 2.5 2 9.5 1 George Wilks 0 2’ 2 1 Dennis Newton 0 E 0

Bristol Johnny Hole 0 3 1 0 4 Dick Bradley 2 F 2 1 5 Eric Salmon 0 2 1’ 1 4 1 Jack Unstead 1 1’ 0 1’ 3 2 Geoff Pymar 0 1’ 2 0 3 1 Olle Nygren 2 2 3 3 10 Chris Boss 1 2 3 Chum Taylor 2 1 3

Ht1 Price, Bradley, French, Hole 71.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 F.Williams, Gooch, Unstead, salmon 73.0 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Crutcher, Nygren, E.Williams, Pymar 72.2 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Hole, Gooch, Boss, Wilks 73.6 2 4 15 9 Ht5 Price, Salmon, Unstead, French 72.8 3 3 18 12 Ht6 F.Williams, Nygren, Pymar, Gooch 72.4 3 3 21 15 Ht7 E.Williams, Crutcher, Hole, Bradley (f) 73.0 5 1 26 16 Ht8 F.Williams, Taylor, Salmon, Newton 73.8 3 3 29 19 Ht9 Nygren, Price, French, Pymar 71.6 3 3 32 22 Ht10 F.Williams, Bradley, Gooch, Hole 73.4 4 2 36 24 Ht11 E.Williams, & Crutcher, Salmon, Unstead 74.2 5 1 41 25 Ht12 Price, Wilks, Taylor, Pymar 74.8 5 1 46 26 Ht13 E.Williams, Boss, Unstead, Newton (ef) 74.8 3 3 49 29 Ht14 Nygren, Crutcher, Bradley, French 72.4 2 4 51 33

Monday 3rd August 1953 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 42 Wembley Lions 41 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 3 3 2 1.5 9.5 Don Perry F 1 1’ 1’ 3 2 Geoff Mardon 2’ 1 2’ 0 5 2 Barry Briggs 3 1’ 0 2 6 1 Cyril Brine 1’ 0 1 1 Peter Moore 2 2 3 2 9 Norman Parker 2 1.5 2 5.5 Reg Trott 3 0 0 3

Wembley Eric French 2 3 3 1 9 Tommy Price X 1 3 3 7 Freddie Williams 1 2 0 2 5 Bill Kitchen 0 1’ 3 4 1 Eric Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Brian Crutcher 0 2 0 F 2 George Wilks 0 0 Jimmy Gooch 0 1 F 1 2

Ht1 R.Moore, French, Perry (f), Price (excunfr) 65.6 3 2 3 2 Ht2 Briggs, Mardon, F.Williams, Kitchen 65.4 5 1 8 3 Ht3 E.Williams, P.Moore, Brine, Crutcher 65.4 3 3 11 6 Ht4 French, Parker, Briggs, Wilks 64.4 3 3 14 9 Ht5 R.Moore, F.Williams, Perry, Kitchen 64.2 4 2 18 11 Ht6 E.Williams, Crutcher, Mardon, Briggs 65.2 1 5 19 16 Ht7 French, P.Moore, Price, Brine 65.0 2 4 21 20 Ht8 Trott, Mardon, Gooch, F.Williams 66.2 5 1 26 21 Ht9 E.Williams, R.Moore, Perry, Crutcher 65.0 3 3 29 24 Ht10 Price, Briggs, French, Mardon 65.2 2 4 31 28 Ht11 P.Moore, F.Williams, Kitchen, Trott 66.4 3 3 34 31 Ht12 E.Williams, R.Moore & Parker, Gooch (f) 64.8 3 3 37 34 Ht13 Kitchen, Parker, Gooch, Trott 66.6 2 4 39 38 Ht14 Price, P.Moore, Perry (frmtd), Crutcher (f) 65.2 3 3 42 41

Junior League Wimbledon 8 Wembley 4 Wimbledon Ken Holmes 3 E 3 Gil Goldfinch 2’ 3 5 1 Wembley Henry (Hec) Mayhead 1 2 3 Ron Carleton 0 0 Bill Simpson 1 1 Ht1 Holmes, Goldfinch, Mayhead, Carlton 67.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Goldfinch, Mayhead, Simpson, Holmes (ef) 69.4 3 3 8 4

Thursday 6th August 1953 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 78 Birmingham Brummies 29 (National Trophy)

Wembley Eric French 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 0 9 3 Tommy Price 1 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 10 3 Freddie Williams 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Brian Crutcher 2’ 3 3 3 3 14 1 Eric Williams 3 3 2’ 3 2’ 2’15 3 Bill Kitchen 0 0 0 Trevor Redmond 2’ 2 1 5 1 Jimmy Gooch 3 1 1’ 2’ 7 2

Birmingham Alan Hunt 2 2 1 2 1 0 8 Arthur Payne 0 2 E 1 1 1 5 Harry Bastable 0 0 1 1 2 Eric Boothroyd 1’ 1 1 0 3 6 1 Ron Mountford 0 0 0 0 0 0 Graham Warren 1 0 1’ 1 0 3 1 Bob Roger E 3 2’ 5 1 Ron Barrett E 0 0

Ht1 French, Hunt, Price, Payne 69.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 F.Williams, Crutcher, Warren, Bastable 70.6 5 1 9 3 Ht3 E.Williams, Payne, Boothroyd, Kitchen 70.4 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Gooch, Redmond, Roger (ef), Barrett (ef) 71.8 5 0 17 6 Ht5 F.Williams, Price, Boothroyd, Warren 70.8 5 1 22 7 Ht6 Crutcher, Hunt, Gooch, Bastable 70.6 4 2 26 9 Ht7 E.Williams, French, Warren, Mountford 71.6 5 1 31 10 Ht8 F.Williams, French, Hunt, Mountford 71.4 5 1 36 11 Ht9 Price, Hunt, Warren, Kitchen 72.0 3 3 39 14 Ht10 F.Williams, E.Williams, Bastable, Payne (ef) 71.6 5 1 44 15 Ht11 Crutcher, Price, Boothroyd, Mountford 72.0 5 1 49 16 Ht12 Crutcher, French, Payne, Warren 71.6 5 1 54 17 Ht13 E.Williams, Price, Bastable, Mountford 71.8 5 1 59 18 Ht14 Roger, Redmond, Gooch, Barrett 73.0 3 3 62 21 Ht15 Crutcher, E.Williams, Hunt, Boothroyd 71.4 5 1 67 22 Ht16 F.Williams, Gooch, Payne, Mountford 72.8 5 1 72 23 Ht17 Boothroyd, Roger, Redmond, French 73.8 1 5 73 28 Ht18 F.Williams, E.Williams, Payne, Hunt 73.2 5 1 78 29

Empire Stadium Trophy Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Ronnie Moore, Hunt, Payne, F.Williams 54.0 Ht2 Crutcher, French, Warren, Bastable, Hveem (ns) 53.8 Ht3 Mardon, Pat Clarke, A.Lawson, Price 55.4 Ht4 E.Williams, Young, Biggs, Kitchen 55.0 SF1 Moore, Hunt, French, Crutcher (f) 54.4 SF2 Young, E.Williams, Clarke, Mardon 54.6 Final Young, E.Williams, Moore, Hunt 54.8

Saturday 8th August 1953 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 62.5 Wembley Lions 45.5 (National Trophy)

Birmingham Graham Warren 0 0 3 1’ 3 7 1 Arthur Payne 2 2 3 3 3 2 15 Harry Bastable 1 0 0 0 1 Eric Boothroyd 3 2 2’ 2 2’ 11 2 Alan Hunt 3 2.5 2 2’ 3 0 12.5 1 Ron Mountford 2’ 1’ 2’ 1’ 2’ 8 5 Bob Roger 3 3 2 8 Ron Barrett 0 0 0

Wembley Brian Crutcher 3 0 2 1 1 7 Tommy Price 1 1 3 3 3 3 14 Eric Williams 2 3 1 1 1 1 9 Bill Kitchen 0 1 1 0 0 2 Eric French 1’ 1’ 0 0 0 2 2 Freddie Williams 0 3 2.5 0 0 5.5 Trevor Redmond 2 1’ 3 1 Jimmy Gooch 1’ 2 3 1

Ht1 Crutcher, Payne, Price, Warren 70.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Boothroyd, E.Williams, Bastable, F.Williams 72.0 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Hunt, Mountford, Price, Kitchen 71.6 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Roger, Redmond, Gooch, Barrett 73.4 3 3 14 10 Ht5 F.Williams, Payne, Kitchen, Bastable 72.2 2 4 16 14 Ht6 E.Williams, Boothroyd, Mountford, Crutcher 72.6 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Hunt & F.Williams, French, Warren 72.8 2.5 3.5 21.5 20.5 Ht8 Warren, Crutcher, French, Bastable 73.6 3 3 24.5 23.5 Ht9 Payne, Mountford, Crutcher, F.Williams 73.6 5 1 29.5 24.5 Ht10 Price, Hunt, E.Williams, Bastable 73.4 2 4 31.5 28.5 Ht11 Payne, Boothroyd, Kitchen, French 74.2 5 1 36.5 29.5 Ht12 Price, Boothroyd, Warren, F.Williams 73.4 3 3 39.5 32.5 Ht13 Payne, Hunt, E.Williams, French 74.0 5 1 44.5 33.5 Ht14 Roger, Gooch, Redmond, Barrett 74.4 3 3 47.5 36.5 Ht15 Hunt, Boothroyd, Crutcher, Kitchen 72.8 5 1 52.5 37.5 Ht16 Price, Roger, Mountford, French 73.6 3 3 55.5 40.5 Ht17 Warren, Mountford, E.Williams, Kitchen 74.2 5 1 60.5 41.5 Ht18 Price, Payne, E.Williams, Hunt 74.4 2 4 62.5 45.5

Thursday 13th August 1953 Wembley Stadium, London England 57 Australia 51 (International)

England Split Waterman 3 2 2’ 2’ 3 E 12 2 Tommy Miller 1 0 1 Freddie Williams 0 2 2 1 3 0 8 Pat Clarke 2 X 0 1 3 Brian Crutcher 1 2’ 1 0 1’ 1’ 6 3 Dick Bradley 0 0 Tommy Price 3 3 2’ 1 3 12 1 Eric Williams 3 3 3 2 2 2 15

Australia Jack Young 2 3 2 1 1 3 12 Graham Warren 0 1 0 0 1 Ronnie Moore 3 0 0 2 3 2 10 Arthur Payne 1 1 1 X 3 Aub Lawson 2’ 1 1 3 2 2’ 11 2 Jack Biggs 3 3 3 1 F 3 13 Peter Moore F 0 0 Keith Gurtner 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Waterman, Young, Miller, Warren 68.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 R.Moore, Clarke, Payne, F.Williams 70.0 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Biggs, Lawson, Crutcher, Bradley 71.2 1 5 7 11 Ht4 Young, F.Williams, Warren, Clarke (fexc) 71.4 2 4 9 15 Ht5 E.Williams, Crutcher, Payne, R.Moore 71.0 5 1 14 16 Ht6 Biggs, Waterman, Lawson, Miller 71.2 2 4 16 20 Ht7 E.Williams, Young, Crutcher, Warren 71.2 4 2 20 22 Ht8 Price, Waterman, Payne, R.Moore 72.0 5 1 25 23 Ht9 Biggs, F.Williams, Lawson, Clarke 72.0 2 4 27 27 Ht10 E.Williams, Waterman, Young, P.Moore 71.4 5 1 32 28 Ht11 Price, R.Moore, F.Williams, Payne (fexc) 72.2 4 2 36 30 Ht12 Lawson, E.Williams, Biggs, Crutcher 72.2 2 4 38 34 Ht13 F.Williams, Price, Young, P.Moore 73.0 5 1 43 35 Ht14 R.Moore, E.Williams, Crutcher, Gurtner 72.9 3 3 46 38 Ht15 Waterman, Lawson, Price, Biggs (f) 73.0 4 2 50 40 Ht16 Young, E.Williams, Crutcher, Warren 72.6 3 3 53 43 Ht17 Price, R.Moore, Gurtner, Waterman (ef) 72.0 3 3 56 46 Ht18 Biggs, Lawson, Clarke, F.Williams 71.8 1 5 57 51

Thursday 20th August 1953 Wembley Stadium, London World Championship Qualifying Round

Ron Mountford 1 F 0 1 1 3 Peter Moore 0 0 3 0 1 4 Don Cuppleditch 3 2 1 2 1 9 Len Williams 2 0 3 3 2 10 Olle Segerstrom 1 2 0 0 0 3 Eric Williams 3 3 2 2 2 12 Dick Campbell 0 1 0 0 0 1 Ron How 2 3 3 1 2 11 Charlie New 0 1 2 1 2 6 Arthur Payne 1 2 1 3 3 10 Freddie Williams 2 3 3 2 3 13 Ken Sharples 3 2 2 3 F 10 Jack Biggs 3 3 2 3 3 14 Bob Mark 1 1 0 2 1 5 Jack Parker 0 0 1 0 0 1 Johnny Reason 2 1 1 1 3 8

Ht1 Cuppleditch, L.Williams, Mountford, Moore 71.4 Ht2 E.Williams, How, Segerstrom, Campbell 70.0 Ht3 Sharples, F.Williams, Payne, New 71.0 Ht4 Biggs, Reason, Mark, Parker 71.2 Ht5 Biggs, Segerstrom, New, Mountford (f) 72.6 Ht6 E.Williams, Payne, Mark, Moore 71.2 Ht7 F.Williams, Cuppleditch, Campbell, Parker 71.4 Ht8 How, Sharples, Reason, L.Williams 71.6 Ht9 F.Williams, E.Williams, Reason, Mountford 70.2 Ht10 Moore, Sharples, Parker, Segerstrom 72.2 Ht11 How, New, Cuppleditch, Mark 72.4 Ht12 L.Williams, Biggs, Payne, Campbell 73.0 Ht13 Sharples, Mark, Mountford, Campbell 73.0 Ht14 Biggs, F.Williams, How, Moore 71.4 Ht15 Payne, Cuppleditch, Reason, Segerstrom 72.6 Ht16 L.Williams, E.Williams, New, Parker 72.6 Ht17 Payne, How, Mountford, Parker 72.6 Ht18 Reason, New, Moore, Campbell 72.6 Ht19 Biggs, E.Williams, Cuppleditch, Sharples (f) 72.2 Ht20 F.Williams, L.Williams, Mark, Segerstrom 72.0

Stadium Scratch Race 3 laps Wilks, Kitchen, Gooch, Redmond 54.8

Wembley Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Price, Nygren, Crutcher, W.Green 54.2 Ht2 Kitchen, Peter Clark, Wilks, French 55.8 Final Nygren, Price, Kitchen, Clark 54.8

Saturday 22nd August 1953 Harringay Stadium, London Harringay Racers 52 Wembley Lions 32 (Coronation Cup)

Harringay Ken Walsh 1 3 0 3 7 Split Waterman 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Jack Biggs 3 0 3 3 9 Maury Dunn F 3 3 2’ 8 1 Jeff Lloyd 2 2’ 0 3 7 1 Ron How 1’ 3 1 1 6 1 Frank Lawrence 0 2’ 2 1 Arthur Atkinson 1 1 2

Wembley Bill Kitchen 2 1’ 1 1 5 1 Tommy Price 0 E 0 2 2 Freddie Williams 2 0 2 3 7 Eric French 1’ 1 2’ 2 6 2 Brian Crutcher 3 1’ 2 0 6 1 Eric Williams 0 2 1’ 0 3 1 Jimmy Gooch 2 0 2 Trevor Redmond 0 1 1

Ht1 Waterman, Kitchen, Walsh, Price 68.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Biggs, F.Williams, French, Dunn (f) 67.6 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Crutcher, Lloyd, How, E.Williams 67.8 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Dunn, Gooch, Kitchen, Lawrence 68.6 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Walsh, Waterman, French, F.Williams 68.6 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Dunn, E.Williams, Crutcher, Biggs 68.0 3 3 21 15 Ht7 How, Lloyd, Kitchen, Price (ef) 68.0 5 1 26 16 Ht8 Biggs, F.Williams, Atkinson, Redmond 67.6 4 2 30 18 Ht9 Waterman, Crutcher, E.Williams, Walsh 68.0 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Biggs, Dunn, Kitchen, Price 68.6 5 1 38 22 Ht11 F.Williams, French, How, Lloyd 68.2 1 5 39 27 Ht12 Walsh, Lawrence, Redmond, Crutcher 69.8 5 1 44 28 Ht13 Lloyd, French. Atkinson, Gooch 69.0 4 2 48 30 Ht14 Waterman, Price, How, E.Williams 68.2 4 2 52 32

Junior League Harringay 9 Wembley 3 Harringay Jim Tebby 1 3 3 Alf Hagon 3 2’ 5 1 Wembley Bill Simpson 2 0 2 Hec Mayhead 0 1 1

Ht1 Hagon, Simpson, Tebby, Mayhead 71.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Tebby, Hagon, Mayhead, Simpson 73.0 5 1 9 3

Thursday 27th August 1953 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 58 Wimbledon Dons 26 (National League Division One)

Wembley Tommy Price 3 2 3 3 11 Bill Kitchen 2’ 1’ 2’ 2’ 7 4 Freddie Williams 1 3 3 3 10 Eric French 2’ 3 2’ 0 7 2 Brian Crutcher 3 3 1 3 10 Eric Williams 2 1 3 3 9 Jimmy Gooch 1 1 2 George Wilks 1 1 2

Wimbledon Geoff Mardon 1 0 0 1’ 2 1 Norman Parker 0 2 2 1 5 Cyril Brine 0 0 0 0 Peter Moore 3 3 2 2 10 Barry Briggs 1 0 0 1 Don Perry F 1 1 0 2 Reg Trott 2 2 2 0 6 Bill Longley 0 0 0

Ht1 Price, Kitchen, Mardon, Parker 71.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Moore, French, F.Williams 71.4 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Crutcher, E.Williams, Briggs, Perry 72.4 5 1 13 5 Ht4 French, Trott, Gooch, Mardon 72.6 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Moore, Price, Kitchen, Brine 72.0 3 3 20 10 Ht6 F.Williams, French, Perry, Briggs 71.8 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Crutcher, Parker, E.Williams, Mardon 72.4 4 2 29 13 Ht8 F.Williams, Trott, Wilks, Longley 72.8 4 2 33 15 Ht9 Price, Kitchen, Perry, Briggs 73.2 5 1 38 16 Ht10 F.Williams, Parker, Mardon, French 73.0 3 3 41 19 Ht11 E.Williams, Moore, Crutcher, Brine 73.0 4 2 45 21 Ht12 Price, Trott, Gooch, Longley 73.2 4 2 49 23 Ht13 Crutcher, Moore, Wilks, Trott 73.4 4 2 53 25 Ht14 E.Williams, Kitchen, Parker, Perry 74.0 5 1 58 26

London Junior League Wembley 8 Wimbledon 3 Wembley Bill Simpson 2’ 0 2 1 Hec Mayhead 3 3 6 Wimbledon Ken Holmes 0 0 0 Gil Goldfinch 1 2 2 Ht1 Mayhead, Simpson, Goldfinch, Holmes 78.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Mayhead, Goldfinch, Simpson (nf), Holmes (nf) 75.8 3 2 8 3

Douglas Demonstration Scratch Race 3 laps rolling start Squib Burton, Kitchen, A.Lawson 59.8

Stadium Scratch Race 3 laps Longley, Redmond, Wilks, Perry 56.0

Wembley Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Price, Mardon, Gooch, Brine 55.0 Ht2 F.Williams, Moore, A.Lawson, Wilks 55.2 Ht3 E.Williams, French, Redmond, Briggs 55.6 Ht4 Kitchen, Crutcher, Trott, Parker 56.2 SF1 F.Williams, Price, Mardon, Moore 54.8 SF2 Kitchen, E.Williams, French, Crutcher 56.0 Final F.Williams, E.Williams, Kitchen, Price 55.0

Thursday 3rd September 1953 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 50 Harringay Racers 34 (National League Division One)

Wembley Bill Kitchen 2’ 1’ 1’ 2 6 3 Tommy Price 3 2 2 3 10 Eric Williams 2 2 3 3 10 Brian Crutcher 1’ 2 1’ 1 5 2 Freddie Williams 3 2 3 3 11 Eric French 1 1’ 1 1 4 1 Jimmy Gooch E 0 0 Trevor Redmond 2’ 2’ 4 2

Harringay Ron How E 3 3 2 8 Split Waterman Inj 0 Jeff Lloyd 0 3 F 2 5 Maury Dunn 3 0 0 1 4 Ken Walsh 0 0 0 3 3 Jack Biggs 2 3 3 2 10 Frank Lawrence 1 1 0 0 2 Arthur Atkinson 0 0 1 0 1

Ht1 Price, Kitchen, Lawrence, How (ef) 70.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Dunn, E.Williams, Crutcher, Lloyd 72.4 3 3 8 4 Ht3 F.Williams, Biggs, French, Walsh 71.4 4 2 12 6 Ht4 How, Crutcher, Lawrence, Gooch (ef) 72.2 2 4 14 10 Ht5 Lloyd, Price, Kitchen, Dunn 71.4 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Biggs, E.Williams, Crutcher, Walsh 72.0 3 3 20 16 Ht7 How, F.Williams, French, Atkinson 72.0 3 3 23 19 Ht8 E.Williams, Redmond, Lawrence, Lloyd (f) 72.4 5 1 28 20 Ht9 Biggs, Price, Kitchen, Walsh 71.8 3 3 31 23 Ht10 E.Williams, How, Crutcher, Atkinson 72.6 4 2 35 25 Ht11 F.Williams, Lloyd, French, Dunn 71.8 4 2 39 27 Ht12 Walsh, Kitchen, Atkinson, Gooch 72.8 2 4 41 31 Ht13 F.Williams, Redmond, Dunn, Lawrence 71.6 5 1 46 32 Ht14 Price, Biggs, French, Atkinson 72.2 4 2 50 34

London Junior League Wembley 7 Harringay 5 Wembley Bill Simpson 2 3 5 Hec Mayhead 0 2’ 2 1 Harringay Alf Hagon 3 E 3 Jim Tebby 1 1 2 Ht1 Hagon, Simpson, Tebby, Mayhead 75.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Simpson, Mayhead, Tebby, Hagon (ef) 76.4 5 1 7 5

Stadium Scratch Race 3 laps Forrest, Oliver, Bradley, B.Oakley 55.6

Wembley Scratch Race 3 lsp Redmond, Gooch, Lawrence, Wilks (ef) 56.0

International Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Price, French, Lloyd, B.Oakley 55.2 Ht2 How, Bradley, E.Williams, Kitchen 55.2 Ht3 F.Williams, Biggs, Dunn, Oliver 54.2 Ht4 Forrest, Crutcher, Atkinson, Walsh 56.0 SF1 Price, How, Bradley, French 55.4 SF2 Biggs, Crutcher, F.Williams, Forrest 55.0 Final Biggs, Price, Crutcher, How 55.8

Saturday 5th September 1953 Harringay Stadium, London Harringay Racers 33 Wembley Lions 51 (National League Division One)

Harringay Maury Dunn 1 1 2 3 7 Ron How 3 0 0 0 3 Jeff Lloyd 2’ 1 2 0 5 1 Arthur Atkinson 3 0 0 1 4 Ken Walsh 0 0 0 2 2 Jack Biggs 2 2 3 3 10 Frank Lawrence 2 0 2 Allan Quinn 0 0 0

Wembley Bill Kitchen 0 1 1 2’ 4 1 Tommy Price 2 3 3 1’ 9 1 Eric Williams 1 3 3 2 9 Brian Crutcher 0 2’ 1’ 1 4 2 Freddie Williams 3 3 3 2 11 Eric French 1 2’ 1 2 6 1 Jimmy Gooch 3 3 6 Trevor Redmond 1 1’ 2 1

Ht1 How, Price, Dunn, Kitchen 67.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Atkinson, Lloyd, E.Williams, Crutcher 68.2 5 1 9 3 Ht3 F.Williams, Biggs, French, Walsh 67.8 2 4 11 7 Ht4 Gooch, Lawrence, Kitchen, Atkinson 69.4 2 4 13 11 Ht5 E.Williams, Crutcher, Dunn, How 67.4 1 5 14 16 Ht6 F.Williams, French, Lloyd, Atkinson 68.0 1 5 15 21 Ht7 Price, Biggs, Kitchen, Walsh 68.2 2 4 17 25 Ht8 E.Williams, Lloyd, Redmond, Quinn 67.6 2 4 19 29 Ht9 F.Williams, Dunn, French, How 68.4 2 4 21 33 Ht10 Price, Kitchen, Atkinson, Lloyd 69.6 1 5 22 38 Ht11 Biggs, E.Williams, Crutcher, Walsh 67.8 3 3 25 41 Ht12 Dunn, F.Williams, Redmond, Lawrence 67.8 3 3 28 44 Ht13 Gooch, Walsh, Crutcher, Quinn 69.4 2 4 30 48 Ht14 Biggs, French, Price, How 68.0 3 3 33 51

Junior League Harringay 8 Wembley 4 Harringay Alf Hagon 3 0 3 Jim Tebby 2’ 3 5 1 Wembley Dave Slater 0 1’ 1 1 Bill Simpson 1 2 3 Ht1 Hagon, Tebby, Simpson, Slater 69.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Tebby, Simpson, Slater, Hagon 71.4 3 3 8 4

Monday 7th September 1953 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 68 Wembley Lions 40 (National Trophy)

Wimbledon Don Perry 0 1 1 2’ 4 1 Ronnie Moore 3 3 2’ 3 3 3 17 1 Peter Moore 3 2’ 3 0 1 9 1 Norman Parker 2’ 1 2’ 3 3 11 2 Geoff Mardon 3 3 3 1 10 Barry Briggs 0 0 0 3 3 Cyril Brine 3 3 2’ 2’ 3 1 14 2 Reg Trott 0 0 0

Wembley Eric Williams 2 2’ 2 1 2 2 11 1 Tommy Price 1’ 2 2 1 3 0 9 1 Freddie Williams 1 1 0 0 2 Eric French 0 3 1’ X 0 4 1 Brian Crutcher 1’ 0 1 2 1 Bill Kitchen 2 0 0 1 2’ 5 1 Trevor Redmond 1’ 2 0 1 4 1 Jimmy Gooch 2 0 1’ 3 1

Ht1 R.Moore, E.Williams, Price, Perry 63.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 P.Moore, Parker, F.Williams, French 66.8 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Mardon, Price, Crutcher, Briggs 64.0 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Brine, Gooch, Redmond, Trott 66.2 3 3 14 10 Ht5 R.Moore, P.Moore, F.Williams, Crutcher 65.8 5 1 19 11 Ht6 French, E.Williams, Parker, Briggs 65.6 1 5 20 16 Ht7 Mardon, Kitchen, Perry, F.Williams 64.0 4 2 24 18 Ht8 P.Moore, E.Williams, Perry, Kitchen 66.2 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Brine, R.Moore, E.Williams, F.Williams 65.2 5 1 33 21 Ht10 Mardon, Price, French, P.Moore 64.2 3 3 36 24 Ht11 R.Moore, Parker, Crutcher, Kitchen 66.2 5 1 41 25 Ht12 Parker, Brine, Price, Gooch 66.2 5 1 46 26 Ht13 R.Moore, Brine, Kitchen, French (exc) 66.2 5 1 51 27 Ht14 Brine, Redmond, Gooch, Trott 65.8 3 3 54 30 Ht15 Parker, E.Williams, Mardon, Redmond 66.0 4 2 58 32 Ht16 Price, Kitchen, P.Moore, Briggs 66.0 1 5 59 37 Ht17 Briggs, Perry, Redmond, French 68.6 5 1 64 38 Ht18 R.Moore, E.Williams, Brine, Price 65.6 4 2 68 40

Thursday 10th September 1953 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 66 Wimbledon Dons 42 (National Trophy)

Wembley Eric French 3 1’ 0 0 4 1 Tommy Price 2’ 2’ 2 3 3 3 15 2 Freddie Williams 3 3 3 3 3 2’ 17 1 Brian Crutcher 0 3 1 3 0 7 Eric Williams 2’ 2 1 1 2 8 1 Bill Kitchen 3 0 1’ 1 0 5 1 Trevor Redmond 2 3 2 7 Jimmy Gooch 1’ 2’ 3 2

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 0 2 2 3 3 1 11 Peter Moore 1 0 2 2 2 7 Geoff Mardon 1’ 0 3 0 1’ 0 5 2 Norman Parker 2 1’ 0 2 3 8 1 Barry Briggs 1 1 2 1 1 6 Cyril Brine 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Reg Trott 0 1 1 Don Perry 3 0 0 3

Ht1 French, Price, P.Moore, R.Moore 71.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 F.Williams, Parker, Mardon, Crutcher 70.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Kitchen, E.Williams, Briggs, P.Moore 72.6 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Perry, Redmond, Gooch, Trott 72.0 3 3 16 8 Ht5 F.Williams, Price, Briggs, Mardon 70.8 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Crutcher, R.Moore, Parker, Kitchen 72.2 3 3 24 12 Ht7 Mardon, E.Williams, French, Brine 72.0 3 3 27 15 Ht8 F.Williams, R.Moore, Brine, French 71.0 3 3 30 18 Ht9 R.Moore, Price, Kitchen, Mardon 71.6 3 3 33 21 Ht10 F.Williams, P.Moore, E.Williams, Parker 72.2 4 2 37 23 Ht11 Price, Briggs, Crutcher, Brine 72.8 4 2 41 25 Ht12 Crutcher, R.Moore, Mardon, French 73.0 3 3 44 28 Ht13 Price, Parker, E.Williams, Perry 73.2 4 2 48 30 Ht14 Redmond, Gooch, Trott, Perry 73.9 5 1 53 31 Ht15 R.Moore, E.Williams, Briggs, Crutcher 73.4 2 4 55 35 Ht16 F.Williams, P.Moore, Kitchen, Brine 72.4 4 2 59 37 Ht17 Parker, Redmond, Briggs, Kitchen 73.4 2 4 61 41 Ht18 Price, F.Williams, R.Moore, Mardon 72.8 5 1 66 42

Douglas Demonstration Scratch Race 3 laps rolling start Squib Burton, N.Parker, W.Green, A.Lawson 59.6

Borough of Wembley Trophy 3 laps 3 riders Ht1 Price, Crutcher, Gooch 55.0 ? Ht2 E.Williams, Redmond, French 55.4 ? Ht3 F.Williams, Kitchen, Wilks 55.0 ? Final Price, Crutcher, F.Williams, E.Williams 54.6

Mechanics’ Race 3 laps Jim Charnock, Bill Wise, Derek Hibbert, Morrison Davidson 76.6

Saturday 12th September 1953 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 42 Wembley Lions 42 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 2 3 2 2 9 Jack Parker 0 2’ 1’ 2 5 2 Ken Sharples 2 2 0 2’ 6 1 Bob Fletcher 0 1 0 1 Louis Lawson 0 2 3 X 5 Harry Edwards 1 0 1 Peter Craven 3 3 1’ 3 10 1 Dick Fisher 3 1 1 5

Wembley Tommy Price 3 2 3 1 9 Bill Kitchen 1 1 0 1 3 Eric Williams 1 0 1’ 2 4 1 Brian Crutcher 3 1 0 3 7 Freddie Williams 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Eric French 3 1 0 0 4 Jimmy Gooch 0 2’ 2 1 Trevor Redmond 2 0 2

Ht1 Price, Johnston, Kitchen, Parker 74.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Crutcher, Sharples, E.Williams, Fletcher 74.6 2 4 4 8 Ht3 French, E.Williams, Edwards, Lawson 75.4 1 5 5 13 Ht4 Craven, Price, Fletcher, Gooch 75.0 4 2 9 15 Ht5 Johnston, Parker, Crutcher, E.Williams 75.4 5 1 14 16 Ht6 F.Williams, Lawson, Price, Edwards 75.8 2 4 16 20 Ht7 Price, Lawson, Kitchen, Edwards 75.8 2 4 18 24 Ht8 Fisher, Redmond, E.Williams, Sharples 75.6 3 3 21 27 Ht9 F.Williams, Johnston, Parker, French 77.0 3 3 24 30 Ht10 Craven, Sharples, Price, Kitchen 76.0 5 1 29 31 Ht11 Lawson, E.Williams, Fisher, Crutcher 76.0 4 2 33 33 Ht12 F.Williams, Johnston, Craven, Redmond 75.4 3 3 36 36 Ht13 Crutcher, Gooch, Fisher, Lawson (exc) 78.2 1 5 37 41 Ht14 Craven, Parker, Kitchen, French 78.0 5 1 42 42

Tuesday 15th September 1953 , London West Ham Hammers 33 Wembley Lions 51 (National League Division One)

West Ham Keith Gurtner 0 0 1 1 Jack Young 3 2 3 3 11 Wally Green 2 3 2 3 10 Howdy Byford F F 0 0 0 Pat Clarke 0 1 1 3 5 Malcolm Craven E 0 0 2’ 2 1 Bert Roger 0 0 F 0 Fred Curtis 1’ 0 0 1 1

Wembley Tommy Price 2 3 2’ 2 9 1 Bill Kitchen 1’ 2’ 1’ 0 4 3 Eric Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Brian Crutcher 1 1 2’ 1’ 5 2 Freddie Williams 1 2 2 3 8 Eric French 3 3 Trevor Redmond 2’ 1’ 1’ 2 6 3 Jimmy Gooch F 2’ 2 1

Ht1 Young, Price, Kitchen, Gurtner 75.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 E.Williams, Green, Crutcher, Byford 75.4 2 4 5 7 Ht3 French, Clarke, F.Williams, Craven (ef) 77.4 2 4 7 11 Ht4 Price, Redmond, Roger, Byford (fexc) 76.6 1 5 8 16 Ht5 E.Williams, Young, Crutcher, Gurtner 76.0 2 4 10 20 Ht6 Green, F.Williams, Redmond, Byford 77.2 3 3 13 23 Ht7 Price, Kitchen, Clarke, Craven 78.4 1 5 14 28 Ht8 E.Williams, Green, Curtis, Gooch (f) 77.0 3 3 17 31 Ht9 Young, F.Williams, Redmond, Roger 77.0 3 3 20 34 Ht10 Green, Price, Kitchen, Byford 77.4 3 3 23 37 Ht11 E.Williams, Crutcher, Clarke, Craven 76.8 1 5 24 42 Ht12 F.Williams, Gooch, Gurtner, Roger (f) 77.6 1 5 25 47 Ht13 Clarke, Redmonf, Crutcher, Curtis 77.4 3 3 28 50 Ht14 Young, Craven, Gooch, Kitchen 77.2 5 1 33 51

Junior League West Ham 6 Wembley 6 Arthur Harrison F 0 0 Ron Butcher 3 3 6 Wembley Bill Simpson 1’ 1’ 2 2 Hec Mayhead 2 2 4 Ht1 Butcher, Mayhead, Simpson, Harrison (f) 83.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Butcher, Mayhead, Simpson, Harrison 82.6 3 3 6 6

Thursday 17th September 1953 Wembley Stadium, London World Championship Final

Freddie Williams 3 3 3 2 3 14 Brian Crutcher 1 1 1 2 1 6 Dick Bradley 2 F 0 0 0 2 Rune Sormander 0 0 1 2 2 5 Jack Young 3 2 3 2 F 10 Graham Warren 0 0 2 1 2 5 Arthur Forrest 2 2 0 0 3 7 Aub Lawson 1 3 2 1 0 7 Alan Hunt 0 0 1 0 2 3 Split Waterman 3 3 3 3 1 13 Jack Biggs 1 1 F 0 2 Jeff Lloyd 2 2 F 3 1 8 Ronnie Moore F 1 2 3 3 9 Geoff Mardon 3 2 3 1 3 12 Olle Nygren 2 3 2 3 2 12 Eric Williams 1 1 1 1 F 4 Dent Oliver (res) 1 1 Arthur Payne (res) DNR

Ht1 F.Williams, Bradley, Crutcher, Sormander 70.4 Ht2 Young, Forrest, Lawson, Warren 71.0 Ht3 Waterman, Lloyd, Biggs, Hunt 73.2 Ht4 Mardon, Nygren, E.Williams, Moore (f) 72.0 Ht5 F.Williams, Young, Moore, Hunt 70.8 Ht6 Waterman, Mardon, Crutcher, Warren 72.8 Ht7 Nygren, Forrest, Biggs, Bradley (f) 73.8 Ht8 Lawson, Lloyd, E.Williams, Sormander 72.6 Ht9 F.Williams, Warren, E.Williams, Biggs (f) 72.8 Ht10 Young, Nygren, Crutcher, Lloyd (fexc) 72.8 Ht11 Mardon, Lawson, Hunt, Bradley 74.2 Ht12 Waterman, Moore, Sormander, Forrest 72.0 Ht13 Lloyd, F.Williams, Mardon, Forrest 73.2 Ht14 Moore, Crutcher, Lawson, Biggs 72.6 Ht15 Waterman, Young, E.Williams, Bradley 72.6 Ht16 Nygren, Sormander, Warren, Hunt 74.6 Ht17 F.Williams, Nygren, Waterman, Lawson 73.0 Ht18 Forrest, Hunt, Crutcher, E.Williams (fexc) 74.6 Ht19 Moore, Warren, Lloyd, Bradley 74.2 Ht20 Mardon, Sormander, Oliver, Young (fexc) 75.0 Run Off Geoff Mardon bt Olle Nygren (frmtd) 74.2

Friday 18th September 1953 Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol Bulldogs 40 Wembley Lions 43 (National League Division One)

Bristol Johnny Hole F 3 2 1’ 6 1 Dick Bradley 3 1 F 3 7 Billy Hole 0 1 2 0 3 Jack Unstead 3 2 3 2 10 Olle Nygren 3 3 F 3 9 Chris Boss 0 0 2 1 3 Geoff Pymar 0 2 2 Chum Taylor 0 0 0

Wembley Tommy Price 2 3 2 3 10 Bill Kitchen F 1’ 1 0 2 1 Eric Williams 2 F 3 1 6 Brian Crutcher 1’ 2 3 1’ 7 2 Freddie Williams 2 2 3 3 10 Eric French 1’ 0 1 1 Trevor Redmond 1 1 2 2 6 Jimmy Gooch 1 0 1

Ht1 Bradley, Price, J.Hole (f), Kitchen (f) 63.4 3 2 3 2 Ht2 Unstead, E.Williams, Crutcher, B.Hole 63.6 3 3 6 5 Ht3 Nygren, F.Williams, French, Boss 63.6 3 3 9 8 Ht4 Price, Unstead, Redmond, Pymar 63.6 2 4 11 12 Ht5 J.Hole, Crutcher, Bradley, E.Williams 63.2 4 2 15 14 Ht6 Unstead, F.Williams, B.Hole, French 64.0 4 2 19 16 Ht7 Nygren, Price, Kitchen, Boss 62.4 3 3 22 19 Ht8 E.Williams, B.Hole, Gooch, Taylor 63.6 2 4 24 23 Ht9 F.Williams, J.Hole, Redmond, Bradley 63.0 2 4 26 27 Ht10 Price, Unstead, Kitchen, B.Hole 63.4 2 4 28 31 Ht11 Crutcher, Boss, E.Williams, Nygren 64.8 2 4 30 35 Ht12 F.Williams, Pymar, J.Hole, Gooch 63.0 3 3 33 38 Ht13 Nygren, Redmond, Crutcher, Taylor 63.8 3 3 36 41 Ht14 Bradley, Redmond, Boss, Kitchen 64.8 4 2 40 43

Saturday 26th September 1953 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 46 Wembley Lions 38 (National League Division One)

Birmingham Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 Bob Roger 0 0 1 1 Arthur Payne 0 0 3 1 4 Ron Mountford 2 1’ 1 0 4 1 Graham Warren 3 0 2’ 3 8 1 Eric Boothroyd 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Ron Barrett 2 0 1 3 Harry Bastable 1 0 2’ 3 1

Wembley Brian Crutcher 2 3 1’ 2’ 8 2 Eric Williams 1’ 2 3 2 8 1 Freddie Williams 3 2 2 1 8 Trevor Redmond 1 1’ 0 1 3 1 Tommy Price 1 3 2 2 8 Bill Kitchen 0 2’ 1’ 0 3 2 Eric French 0 0 0 Jimmy Gooch 0 0 0

Ht1 Hunt, Crutcher, E.Williams, Roger 73.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 F.Williams, Mountford, Redmond, Payne 73.0 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Warren, Boothroyd, Price, Kitchen 73.6 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Crutcher, Barrett, Mountford, French 74.0 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Hunt, F.Williams, Redmond, Roger 74.2 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Price, Kitchen, Mountford, Payne 74.4 1 5 17 19 Ht7 Boothroyd, Crutcher, E.Williams, Warren 74.2 3 3 20 22 Ht8 Payne, F.Williams, Bastable, Gooch 74.2 4 2 24 24 Ht9 Hunt, Price, Kitchen, Barrett 74.0 3 3 27 27 Ht10 E.Williams, Crutcher, Payne, Mountford 74.0 1 5 28 32 Ht11 Warren, Boothroyd, F.Williams, Redmond 74.8 5 1 33 33 Ht12 Hunt, Price, Barrett, Gooch 74.0 4 2 37 35 Ht13 Warren, Bastable, French, Redmond 74.2 5 1 42 36 Ht14 Boothroyd, E.Williams, Roger, Kitchen 74.2 4 2 46 38

WEMBLEY 1953 Needs in BOLD

Friday 3rd April 1953 London Harringay Racers 52 Wembley Lions 31 (MC) Monday 6th April 1953 Perry Barr, Birmingham Brummies 37 Wembley Lions 47 (Ch) Thursday 9th April 1953 Wimbledon Wembley Lions 48 Norwich Stars 36 (CC) TSH2ndmen Thursday 16th April 1953 Wimbledon, Wembley Lions 39 Odsal Tudors 45 (CC) TSH2ndmen Saturday 18th April 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham Brummies 34 Wembley Lions 50 (CC) Wednesday 22nd April 1953 London New Cross Rangers 49 Wembley Lions 35 (CC) Thursday 23rd April 1953 Wimbledon Wembley Lions 40 Belle Vue Aces 44 (CC) Saturday 25th April 1953 Bradford Odsal Tudors 55 Wembley Lions 29 (CC) Thursday 30th April 1953 Wimbledon Wembley Lions v Bristol Bulldogs (CC) Rained Off Thursday 7th May 1953 London Wembley Lions 38 Harringay Racers 46 (CC) Thursday 14th May 1953 London Wembley Lions 51 Wimbledon Dons 33 (CC)TSH2ndmen Thursday 21st May 1953 London Wembley Lions 54 - Birmingham Brummies 30 (CC) Friday 22nd May 1953 Knowle Bristol Bulldogs v Wembley Lions (NLD1) Rained Off Monday 25th May 1953 London Wimbledon Dons 61 Wembley Lions 46 (LC) Thursday 28th May 1953 London Wembley Lions 52 Wimbledon Dons 56 (LC) Saturday 30th May 1953 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 46 Wembley Lions 38 (Ch) Thursday 4th June 1953 London Wembley Lions 51 Belle Vue Aces 33 (NLD1) Saturday 6th June 1953 London West Ham Hammers 40 Wembley Lions 44 (CC) Monday 8th June 1953 London Wimbledon Dons 47 Wembley Lions 37 (CC) Thursday 11th June 1953 London Wembley Lions v West Ham Hammers (CC) Rained Off Thursday 18th June 1953 London Wembley Lions 49 West Ham Hammers 35 (CC) Friday 19th June 1953 Knowle Bristol Bulldogs 36 Wembley Lions 48 (CC) Thursday 26th June 1953 London Wembley Lions 59 Bristol Bulldogs 25 (CC) Saturday 27th June 1953 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 38 Wembley Lions 46 (CC) Thursday 2nd July 1953 London Wembley Lions 59 Norwich Stars 25 (NLD1) Saturday 4th July 1953 Bradford Odsal Tudors 40 Wembley Lions 43 (NLD1) Thursday 9th July 1953 London Wembley Lions 57 Birmingham Brummies 27 (NLD1) Thursday 16th July 1953 London Wembley Lions 60 Harringay Racers 48 (NT) Saturday 18th July 1953 London Harringay Racers 40 Wembley Lions 68 (NT) Thursday 23rd July 1953 London Wembley Lions 39.5 West Ham Hammers 44.5 (NLD1) TFinIntScr Friday 24th July 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 28 Wembley Lions 56 (Ch) Thursday 30th July 1953 London Wembley Lions 59 Odsal Tudors 25 (NLD1) Thursday 30th July 1953 London Wembley Lions 49 Bristol Bulldogs 29 (NLD1) Monday 3rd August 1953 London Wimbledon Dons 42 Wembley Lions 41 (NLD1) Thursday 6th August 1953 London Wembley Lions 78 Birmingham Brummies 29 (NT) Saturday 8th August 1953 Perry Barr Birmingham Brummies 62.5 Wembley Lions 45.5 (NT) SH Thursday 13th August 1953 Wembley England 57 Australia 51 (International) Thursday 20th August 1953 Wembley London World Championship Qualifying Round Saturday 22nd August 1953 London Harringay Racers 52 Wembley Lions 32 (CC) Thursday 27th August 1953 London Wembley Lions 58 Wimbledon Dons 26 (NLD1) Thursday 3rd September 1953 London Wembley Lions 50 Harringay Racers 34 (NLD1) Saturday 5th September 1953 London Harringay Racers 33 Wembley Lions 51 (NLD1) Monday 7th September 1953 London Wimbledon Dons 68 Wembley Lions 40 (NT) Thursday 10th September 1953 London Wembley Lions 66 Wimbledon Dons 42 (NT) TSH 2nd Men Saturday 12th September 1953 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 42 Wembley Lions 42 (NLD1) Tuesday 15th September 1953 London West Ham Hammers 33 Wembley Lions 51 (NLD1) Thursday 17th September 1953 Wembley London World Championship Final Friday 18th September 1953 Knowle Bristol Bulldogs 40 Wembley Lions 43 (NLD1) Saturday 26th September 1953 Perry Barr, Birmingham Brummies 46 Wembley Lions 38 (NLD1)