SHEFFIELD 1961

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th Thursday 6 April 1961 Cleveland Park, Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Bears 36 Sheffield Tigers 42 (Provincial League)

Middlesbrough Wal Morton X 0 Fred Greenwell 2 2’ 1 1 6 1 Tommy Roper 2 0 2 Rick France F 2 3 1 6 Vic Lonsdale 1 2’ 2 X 5 1 Don Wilkinson 0 E E 3 1 2 6 Geoff Pymar 3 3 3 2’ 11 1

Sheffield Tony Robinson 3 0 2 1 6 Colin Smith 1 0 1 X 2 Clive Featherby 3 2 3 3 11 Malcolm Bruce 1 0 1 1 3 Stuart Hickman 3 3 3 3 12 Jack Winstanley 2’ 1 2’ 2’ 7 3 Bernard McArthur 1 0 1

Ht1 Robinson, Greenwell, Smith, Morton (fexc) 78.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Featherby, Roper, Bruce, France (f) 71.4 2 4 4 8 Ht3 Pymar, Greenwell, McArthur, Smith 77.6 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Hickman, Winstanley, Lonsdale, Wilkinson 79.4 1 5 10 14 Ht5 Pymar, Featherby, Greenwell, Bruce 76.0 4 2 14 16 Ht6 Hickman, France, Winstanley, Roper ? 2 4 16 20 Ht7 Pymar, Lonsdale, Smith, Robinson 76.2 5 1 21 21 Ht8 France, Pymar, Bruce, McArthur 77.8 5 1 26 22 Ht9 Hickman, Winstanley, Greenwell, Wilkinson (ef) 78.0 1 5 27 27 Ht10 Featherby, Lonsdale, Bruce, Wilkinson (f) 75.4 2 4 29 31 Ht11 Wilkinson, Robinson, France, Smith (fexc) 79.2 4 2 33 33 Ht12 Hickman, Winstanley, Wilkinson, Lonsdale (fexc) 79.8 1 5 34 38 Ht13 Featherby, Wilkinson, Robinson 3 only ? 2 4 36 42

th Thursday 13 April 1961 Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers 39 Cradley Heath Heathens 38 (Provincial League)

Sheffield Len Williams 3 3 2 3 11 Stuart Hickman 2’ 3 2’ 1’ 8 3 Tony Robinson 3 E 3 E 6 Jack Winstanley F 2 2 0 4 Clive Featherby 1’ 2 1’ 4 2 Malcolm Bruce 2 2 0 0 4 Colin Smith F 2 2

Cradley Heath Harry Bastable 1 3 2 2 8 George Bewley 0 2 1 1’ 4 1 Ronnie Rolfe 1’ 1 3 3 8 1 Derek Timms 2 0 1 1’ 4 1 Ivor Brown 3 3 3 3 12 Tony Eadon 0 1 0 0 1 Roy Spencer F 1

Ht1 Williams, Hickman, Bastable, Bewley 71.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Robinson, Timms, Rolfe, Winstanley (f) 73.4 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Hickman, Bewley, Smith (f), Spencer (f) 74.8 3 2 11 6 Ht4 Brown, Bruce, Featherby, Eadon 74.0 3 3 14 9

Ht5 Williams, Hickman, Rolfe, Timms 73.0 5 1 19 10 Ht6 Brown, Winstanley, Eadon, Robinson (ef) 72.8 2 4 21 14 Ht7 Bastable, Bruce, Bewley, Featherby (ns) 75.0 2 4 23 18 Ht8 Rolfe, Winstanley, Spencer, Bruce 73.8 2 4 25 22 Ht9 Brown, Williams, Hickman, Eadon 73.6 3 3 28 25 Ht10 Rolfe, Featherby, Timms, Bruce 74.2 2 4 30 29 Ht11 Robinson, Bastable, Bewley, Winstanley 76.2 3 3 33 32 Ht12 Brown, Smith, Featherby, Eadon 75.0 3 3 36 35 Ht13 Williams, Bastable, Timms, Robinson (ef) 75.2 3 3 39 38

Reserves Race Ht1 Melbin, McArthur, Turner (f), Liston (f) 88.2 Ht2 Smith, Goodwin, Jay, Corbett 84.4 Final Smith, Goodwin, McArthur, Melbin 82.8

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Hickman, Bewley, Timms, Smith 75.6 76.0 Ht2 Brown, Bastable, Eadon, Williams (ef) 76.2 78.6 Ht3 Rolfe, Spencer, Winstanley, Bruce (f) 78.0 82.0 Final Brown, Bewley, Rolfe, Hickman 76.8 th Friday 14 April 1961 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Wolves 43 Sheffield Tigers 35 (Provincial League)

Wolverhampton Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 12 Roy Taylor 2’ 3 0 0 5 1 Vic Ridgeon 0 2 1 3 6 Cyril Francis 2 1’ 2’ 1 6 2 Bill Bridgett 2 3 3 2 10 Jim Chalkley X 2’ 0 2 1 Bob Warner 2’ 0 0 2 1

Sheffield Bernard McArthur 0 0 1 1 Col Smith 1 1 1 0 3 Stuart Hickman 3 2 2’ 1’ 2 10 2 Jack Winstanley 1 1’ 3 2 0 7 1 Clive Featherby 3 3 2 3 11 Malcolm Bruce 1 0 1’ 1 3 1 Trevor Robinson 0 0

Ht1 Warren, Taylor, Smith, McArthur 71.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Hickman, Francis, Winstanley, Ridgeon 73.6 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Taylor, Warner, Smith Robinson 73.6 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Featherby, Bridgett, Bruce, Chalkley (exc) 71.4 2 4 14 10 Ht5 Warren, Hickman, Winstanley, Taylor 71.8 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Featherby, Ridgeon, Francis, Bruce 72.8 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Bridgett, Chalkley, Smith, McArthur 74.6 5 1 25 17 Ht8 Winstanley, Hickman, Ridgeon, Warner 73.2 1 5 26 22 Ht9 Warren, Featherby, Bruce, Taylor 72.8 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Bridgett, Winstanley, Hickman, Chalkley 72.6 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Ridgeon, Francis, McArthur, Smith 76.2 5 1 37 29 Ht12 Featherby, Bridgett, Bruce, Warner 72.0 2 4 39 33 Ht13 Warren, Hickman, Francis, Winstanley 73.6 4 2 43 35 th Thursday 20 April 1961 Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers 50 Exeter Falcons 27 (Provincial League)

Sheffield Len Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Stuart Hickman 1 3 0 2’ 6 1 Jack Winstanley 2 3 2 3 10 Dennis Jenkins 0 0 0 Clive Featherby 3 3 3 3 12

Malcolm Bruce 2’ 1 0 1 4 1 Col Smith 2’ 1’ 2’ 1 6 3

Exeter Eric Hockaday 2 2 0 2 6 Eric Howe 0 E 0 0 Pete Lansdale 3 2 3 1’ 9 1 Len Glover 1 1’ 2 1 5 1 Clive Hitch 1 2 0 0 3 Keir Prince 0 0 Terry Stone E 1’ 0 1 2 4 1

Ht1 Williams, Hockaday, Hickman, Howe 71.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Lansdale, Winstanley, Glover, Jenkins 73.6 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Hickman, Smith, Howe (ef), Stone (ef) 74.8 5 0 11 6 Ht4 Featherby, Bruce, Hitch, Prince 72.4 5 1 16 7 Ht5 Williams, Lansdale, Glover, Hickman 72.0 3 3 19 10 Ht6 Winstanley, Hitch, Stone. Jenkins 74.6 3 3 22 13 Ht7 Featherby, Hockaday, Bruce, Howe 71.8 4 2 26 15 Ht8 Lansdale, Winstanley, Smith, Stone 74.2 3 3 29 18 Ht9 Williams, Hickman, Stone, Hitch 72.6 5 1 34 19 Ht10 Featherby, Glover, Lansdale, Bruce 72.4 3 3 37 22 Ht11 Winstanley, Smith, Glover, Hockaday 73.4 5 1 42 23 Ht12 Featherby, Stone, Bruce, Hitch 74.0 4 2 46 25 Ht13 Williams, Hockaday, Smith, Stone 72.6 4 2 50 27

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Turner, Glover, Liston, Hickman 76.4 76.8 Ht2 Featherby, Hockaday, Melbin, Howbridge 73.6 76.0 Ht3 Williams, Winstanley, Stone, Bamforth 74.4 75.0 Final Williams, Featherby, Turner, Winstanley 74.0

Reserves Races Ht1 McArthur, Melbin, Liston, Turner (ef) 76.2 Ht2 Smith, Goodwin, Hassle, Jay 75.4 Final Smith, Melbin, Goodwin, McArthur (f) 77.0 th Thursday 27 April 1961 Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers 28 Cradley Heath Heathens 50 (Challenge)

Sheffield Len Williams 2 1 2 1 6 Stuart Hickman 0 0 0 1’ 1 1 Tony Robinson 2 2 0 0 4 Dennis Jenkins 0 1’ 1 0 2 1 Clive Featherby 3 3 3 E 9 Malcolm Bruce 1 0 1 1 3 Col Smith 1 2 3

Cradley Heath Derek Timms 3 2 3 2’ 10 1 Ronnie Rolfe 1 3 1’ 2’ 7 2 Harry Bastable 3 3 2 3 11 George Bewley 1 2’ 3 0 6 1 Ivor Brown 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 John Hart 0 0 0 3 3 Alan Totney 2’ 1 3 1

Ht1 Timms, Williams, Rolfe, Hickman 75.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Bastable, Robinson, Bewley, Jenkins 74.2 2 4 4 8 Ht3 Rolfe, Totney, Smith, Hickman 75.6 1 5 5 13 Ht4 Featherby, Brown, Bruce, Hart 74.2 4 2 9 15 Ht5 Bastable, Bewley, Williams, Hickman 75.0 1 5 10 20 Ht6 Brown, Robinson, Jenkins, Hart 74.8 3 3 13 23 Ht7 Featherby, Timms, Rolfe, Bruce 74.0 3 3 16 26

Ht8 Bewley, Smith, Totney, Robinson 77.6 2 4 18 30 Ht9 Brown, Williams, Hickman, Hart 76.6 3 3 21 33 Ht10 Featherby, Bastable, Bruce, Bewley 73.4 4 2 25 35 Ht11 Timms, Rolfe, Jenkins, Robinson 76.6 1 5 26 40 Ht12 Hart, Brown, Bruce, Featherby (ef) 76.8 1 5 27 45 Ht13 Bastable, Timms, Williams, Jenkins 76.4 1 5 28 50

Reserves Race Ht1 Smith, Melbin, McArthur,Jenkins (f) 79.0 Ht2 Gerald Goodwin, Jay, Hassell, Turner (f) 83.0 Final Smith, Melbin, Goodwin, Jay 77.2

Owlerton Scratch Race Ht1 Bastable, Brown, Hart Featherby (ef) 74.4 74.6 Ht2 Rolfe, Timms, Liston (f), Hiegold (f) 75.0 76.8 Ht3 Bewley, Bruce, Hickman,Williams (ef) 79.0 80.8 Final Rolfe, Bastable, Brown, Bewley 75.4

Saturday, 29th April 1961 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh MONARCHS 55 SHEFFIELD 20 [Provincial League]

EDINBURGH Doug Templeton 3 3 3 2' - - 11 1 Willie Templeton 2' 2' 2' 1 - - 7 3 Dick Campbell 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Alf Wells 2' 1 2' 1 - - 6 2 George Hunter 2' 2 2' E - - 6 2 Jimmy Tannock 3 1' 3 E - - 7 1 Wayne Briggs 3 3 - - - - 6

SHEFFIELD Tony Robinson 3 F 2 1 - - 6 Terry Turner F 0 0 0 - - 0 Stuart Hickman E 1 1 0 - - 2 Col Smith 1 0 F 0 - - 1 Clive Featherby E 2 2 3 - - 7 Malcolm Bruce 1 E E - - - 1 Dennis Jenkins 1 1 1 - - - 3

Ht1 D.Templeton, W.Templeton, Jenkins, Turner (f) 71.0 Ht2 Campbell, Wells, Smith, Hickman (ef) 70.4 Ht3 Briggs, W.Templeton, Jenkins, Turner 71.6 Ht4 Tannock, Hunter, Bruce, Featherby (ef) 69.6 Ht5 D.Templeton, W.Templeton, Hickman, Smith 72.2 Ht6 Campbell, Featherby, Wells, Bruce (ef) 71.0 Ht7 Robinson, Hunter, Tannock, Turner 71.0 Ht8 Briggs, Wells, Jenkins, Smith (f) 72.0 Ht9 D.Templeton, Featherby, W.Templeton, Robinson (f) 71.8 Ht10 Tannock, Hunter, Hickman, Smith 72.4 Ht11 Campbell, Robinson, Wells, Turner 70.0 Ht12 Featherby, Hunter (ef), Tannock (ef), Bruce (ef) 72.0 Ht13 Campbell, D.Templeton, Robinson, Hickman 71.0 th Thursday 4 May 1961 Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers v Stoke Potters (Provincial League) Rained Off th Friday 5 May 1961 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets 46 Sheffield Tigers 32 (Provincial League)

Rayleigh Pete Sampson 0 2 1 1’ 4 1 Roy Craighead 3 3 0 3 9 Stan Stevens 3 3 3 2 11 Bob Thomas 2’ 2’2 F 6 2

Harry Edwards 3 3 3 3 12 Geoff Pennikett 1 0 1 1 3 Terry Stone 0 1’ 1 1

Sheffield Jack Winstanley 2 1’ 1’ 0 4 2 Tony Robinson 1’ 2 1 2 2 8 1 Clive Featherby 1 3 3 2 3 12 Ronnie Rolfe 0 0 0 Stuart Hickman 2 1 0 2 5 Col Smith 0 E 2 2 Malcolm Bruce 1’ 0 F 1 1

Ht1 Craighead, Winstanley, Robinson, Sampson 75.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Stevens, Thomas, Featherby, Rolfe 73.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Craighead, Robinson, Bruce, Stone 76.0 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Edwards, Hickman, Pennikett, Smith 75.6 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Featherby, Sampson, Robinson, Craighead 74.4 2 4 17 13 Ht6 Stevens, Thomas, Hickman, Smith (ef) 74.6 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Edwards, Robinson, Winstanley, Pennikett 74.0 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Featherby, Thomas, Stone, Bruce 74.2 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Craighead, Smith, Sampson, Hickman 76.0 4 2 32 22 Ht10 Edwards, Featherby, Pennikett, Rolfe 74.6 4 2 36 24 Ht11 Stevens, Robinson, Winstanley, Thomas (f) 77.8 3 3 39 27 Ht12 Edwards, Hickman, Pennikett, Bruce (f) 75.6 4 2 43 29 Ht13 Featherby, Stevens, Sampson, Winstanley 74.0 3 3 46 32

th Thursday 11 May 1961 Owlerton Stadium, Shefield Sheffield Tigers 40 Wolverhampton Wolves 38 (Provincial League)

Sheffield Clive Featherby 3 3 3 2 11 Ronnie Rolfe 0 0 1 0 1 Jack Winstanley 2 3 3 1’ 9 1 Stuart Hickman 0 0 0 Tony Robinson 3 0 3 Malcolm Bruce 2’ 3 1 1 0 7 1 Col Smith 3 3 0 0 3 9

Wolverhampton Tommy Sweetman 1’ 1’ 1’ 0 3 3 Ron Taylor 2 2 2 6 Graham Warren 1 2 3 3 10 Vic Ridgeon 3 E 2 2’ 7 1 Ernie Baker 1 2 2 1’ 6 1 Eric Eadon 0 1’ 1’ 2 4 2 Jim Chalkley 1’ 0 2

Ht1 Featherby, Taylor, Sweetman, Rolfe 71.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Ridgeon, Winstanley, Warren, Hickman 74.8 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Smith, Taylor, Chalkley, Rolfe 75.6 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Robinson, Bruce, Baker, Eadon 74.4 5 1 13 11 Ht5 Featherby, Warren, Rolfe, Ridgeon (ef) 72.6 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Winstanley, Baker, Eadon, Hickman 75.0 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Bruce, Taylor, Sweetman, Robinson 75.2 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Smith, Ridgeon, Bruce, Chalkley 75.4 4 2 27 21 Ht9 Featherby, Baker, Eadon, Rolfe 73.0 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Warren, Ridgeon, Bruce, Smith 73.6 1 5 31 29 Ht11 Winstanley, Chalkley, Sweetman, Smith 74.8 3 3 34 32 Ht12 Smith, Eadon, Baker, Bruce 75.8 3 3 37 35 Ht13 Warren, Featherby, Winstanley, Sweetman 72.8 3 3 40 38

Reserves Races Ht1 McArthur, Smith, Jenkins, Brook 75.6 Ht2 Jay, Hattersley, Hiegold (ef), Turner (exc) 78.8

Final McArthur, Smith, Jay, Hattersley 77.2

Bassetts’ Scratch Races Ht1 Featherby, Bruce, Winstanley, Taylor 74.8 75.6 H2 Rolfe, Ridgeon, Liston, Eadon 74.2 75.8 Ht3 Sweetman, Chalkley, Warren (ef), Hassel (ef) 73.6 79.6 Final Featherby, Rolfe, Bruce, Sweetman 74.2

Saturday, 13th May 1961 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh MONARCHS 26 KIWIS 22 SHEFFIELD 16 NEW CROSS 32 [Four Team Challenge Match]

MONARCHS Doug Templeton 3 E 3 0 - - 6 Willie Templeton 1 2 2 2 - - 7 George Hunter 3 2 2 3 - - 10 Jimmy Tannock 0 1 1 1 - - 3

KIWIS Dick Campbell 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Wayne Briggs 2 0 1 0 - - 3 Alf Wells 1 2 F 2 - - 5 Jimmy Cox E 0 2 - - - 2 Gordon Mitchell (r) 0 - - - - - 0

SHEFFIELD Ronnie Rolfe 2 3 1 1 - - 7 Clive Featherby 3 0 1 3 - - 7 Jack Winstanley 0 1 0 0 - - 1 Col Smith 0 1 0 0 - - 1

NEW CROSS Reg Luckhurst 2 3 3 2 - - 10 Bobby Croombs 1 3 2 1 - - 7 John Fitzpatrick 2 2 2 1 - - 7 Jimmy Gooch 1 1 3 3 - - 8 Jackie Fortune(r) D.N.R

Ht 1 D.Templeton, Briggs, Gooch, Winstanley 68.6 Ht 2 Campbell, Fitzpatrick, W.Templeton, Smith 69.8 Ht 3 Featherby, Luckhurst, Wells, Tannock 69.6 Ht 4 Hunter, Rolfe, Croombs, Cox (ef) 7.2 Ht 5 Croombs, Wells, Smith, D.Templeton (ef) 71.8 Ht 6 Luckhurst, W.Templeton, Winstanley, Mitchell 70.6 Ht 7 Campbell, Hunter, Gooch, Featherby 70.4 Ht 8 Rolfe, Fitzpatrick, Tannock, Briggs 71.4 Ht 9 D.Templeton, Fitzpatrick, Featherby, Cox 72.2 Ht 10 Gooch, W.Templeton, Rolfe, Wells (f) 71.0 Ht 11 Luckhurst, Hunter, Briggs, Smith 70.6 Ht 12 Campbell, Croombs, Tannock, Winstanley 71.0 Ht 13 Gooch, Cox, Tannock, Smith 71.2 Ht 14 Hunter, Wells, Fitzpatrick, Winstanley 71.8 Ht 15 Featherby,W.Templeton, Croombs, Briggs 72.0 Ht 16 Campbell, Luckhurst, Rolfe, D.Templeton 71.0 th Thursday 18 May 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers 43 Plymouth Bulldogs 53 (Knock Out Cup)

Sheffield Clive Featherby 3 F 2 2 7 Col Smith F 3 1 1’ F 5 1 Tony Robinson 2 2 2 F F 6 Malcolm Bruce 0 1 1’ 3 0 5 1 Jack Winstanley 0 2’ 1’ 1’ 2 6 2

Ronnie Rolfe 2 3 2 2 2 11 Bernard McArthur 2’ 0 1’ 3 2

Plymouth Chris Bluett 2 2’ 0 2 1 7 1 Chris Julian 1’ F 1 1’ 1 4 2 Maurie Mattingley 3 3 3 3 3 15 Ron Bagley 1 3 2’ 0 3 9 1 Jack Scott 3 3 3 3 3 15 Pat Flanagan 1 0 0 0 1 2 Ray Wickett 1 F 1

Ht1 Featherby, Bluett, Julian, Smith (f) 74.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Mattingley, Robinson, Bagley, Bruce 75.2 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Smith, McArthur, Wickett, Julian (f) 77.2 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Bagley, Bluett, Bruce, Featherby (ef) 75.0 1 5 11 13 Ht5 Scott, Rolfe, Flanagan, Winstanley 75.2 2 4 13 17 Ht6 Mattingley, Bagley, Smith, McArthur 75.6 1 5 14 22 Ht7 Scott, Robinson, Bruce, Flanagan 74.4 3 3 17 25 Ht8 Rolfe, Winstanley, Julian, Bluett 76.8 5 1 22 26 Ht9 Mattingley, Robinson, McArthur, Wickett (f) 74.0 3 3 25 29 Ht10 Scott, Featherby, Smith, Flanagan 74.8 3 3 28 32 Ht11 Mattingley, Rolfe, Winstanley, Bagley 74.4 3 3 31 35 Ht12 Bruce, Bluett, Julian, Robinson (f) 73.6 3 3 34 38 Ht13 Scott, Rolfe, Winstanley, Flanagan 77.2 3 3 37 41 Ht14 Mattingley, Featherby, Julian, Bruce 74.0 2 4 39 45 Ht15 Bagley, Rolfe, Flanagan, Smith (f) 76.6 2 4 41 49 Ht16 Scott, Winstanley, Bluett, Robinson (f) 73.4 2 4 43 53

Reserves Race Ht1 Jenkins, Melbin, Dews (ef), Powell 78.6 Ht2 Turner, Hiegold, Jay, Hattersley 78.0 Final Turner, Jenkins, Hiegold (ef), Melbin (f) 77.8

Top Scorers Mattingley, Scott, Rolfe, Winstanley 73.4 th Saturday 20 May 1961 Sun Street, Stoke Stoke Potters 43 Sheffield Tigers 35 (Provincial League)

Stoke Ken Adams 3 2 3 3 11 Ray Harris 1 3 1’ 2’ 7 2 Pete Kelly 3 F E F 3 Pete Jarman 2’ 3 3 1 9 1 Brian Craven 3 2 3 3 11 Frank Wooster 1 0 0 1 John Key X F 0 0

Sheffield Clive Featherby 2 3 3 3 2 13 Ronnie Rolfe 0 2 0 2’ 4 1 Tony Robinson F 1’ 1’ 2 2 Col Smith 1 2 2 5 Jack Winstanley 2 2 1 1 2 8 Malcolm Bruce 0 F 1’ 1 1 Dennis Jenkins 1’ 0 1’ 2 2

Ht1 Adams, Featherby, Harris, Rolfe 75.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Kelly, Jarman, Smith, Robinson (f) 79.8 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Harris, Rolfe, Jenkins, Key (fexc) 79.8 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Craven, Winstanley, Wooster, Bruce 82.2 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Featherby, Adams, Harris, Jenkins 76.8 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Jarman, Winstanley, Kelly(f), Bruce (f) 79.6 3 2 22 13 Ht7 Featherby, Craven, Winstanley, Wooster 77.0 2 4 24 17

Ht8 Jarman, Smith, Jenkins, Key (f) 80.6 3 3 27 20 Ht9 Adams, Harris, Winstanley, Rolfe 79.6 5 1 32 21 Ht10 Craven, Smith, Robinson, Wooster 80.0 3 3 35 24 Ht11 Featherby, Rolfe, Jarman, Kelly (ef) 78.0 1 5 36 29 Ht12 Craven, Winstanley, Bruce, Key 79.2 3 3 39 32 Ht13 Adams, Featherby, Robinson, Kelly (f) 78.0 3 3 42 35

th Thursday 25 May 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers 41 Stoke Potters 37 (Provincial League)

Sheffield Clive Featherby 3 3 3 3 12 Dennis Jenkins 0 1’ 0 1 1 Ronnie Rolfe 2 3 1’ 2’ 8 1 Jack Winstanley 1’ 1 2’ 2 6 2 Malcolm Bruce 0 2 2 1’ 5 1 T erry Turner 1 0 1’ 2 1 Bernard McArthur 2 3 0 2 7

Stoke Ken Adams 2 3 3 0 8 Ray Harris 1’ 3 1 0 5 1 Pete Kelly 3 1’ 3 1 8 1 John Key 0 2 0 0 2 Brian Craven 2’ 2 2 3 9 1 Frank Wooster 3 0 1’ 0 4 1 Bernie Collier 0 1 1

Ht1 Featherby, Adams, Harris, Jenkins 73.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Kelly, Rolfe, Winstanley, Key 74.6 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Harris, McArthur, Jenkins, Collier 75.4 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Wooster, Craven, Turner, Bruce 75.4 1 5 10 14 Ht5 Featherby, Key, Kelly, Jenkins 73.0 3 3 13 17 Ht6 Rolfe, Craven, Winstanley, Wooster 73.6 4 2 17 19 Ht7 Adams, Bruce, Harris, Turner 74.4 2 4 19 23 Ht8 McArthur, Winstanley, Collier, Key 76.2 5 1 24 24 Ht9 Featherby, Craven, Wooster, McArthur 72.4 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Kelly, Bruce, Turner, Key 75.0 3 3 30 30 Ht11 Adams, Winstanley, Rolfe, Harris 74.4 3 3 33 33 Ht12 Craven, McArthur, Bruce, Wooster 75.0 3 3 36 36 Ht13 Featherby, Rolfe, Kelly, Adams 73.4 5 1 41 37

Reserves’ Race Ht1 McArthur, Day, Melbin (ef), Goodwin (f) 77.6 Ht2 Turner, Hiegold, Jay, Hattersley 76.6 Final McArthur, Turner, Hiegold, Day (f) 77.4

Owlerton Scratch Race Ht1 Craven, Rolfe, Adams, Wooster 74.2 75.0 Ht2 Featherby, Kelly, Harris, Bruce 73.8 76.4 Ht3 Winstanley, Collier, Jenkins, Key (ef) 76.0 79.0 Final Featherby, Craven, Winstanley, Rolfe 74.2

st Thursday 1 June 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield World Championship Qualifying Round

Francis Cann 2 1 2 1 1 7 Ray Wickett 1 2 2 E 0 5 Jim Yacobi 3 2 2 E 7 Terry Turner F 1 F 0 1 Cliff Cox 2 3 F 3 3 11 Bernard McArthur 1 1 3 1 3 9 Doug Templeton 3 1 1 3 2 10 Alan Jay E 0 0 2 0 2 Clive Featherby 3 2 3 3 3 14

Jack Winstanley 2 0 2 2 3 9 Mike Freeman 1 0 0 X 1 2 Derrol Melbin 02 F F 2 Alf Wells 1F 3 3 2 9 George Hunter 3 3 1 2 2 11 Len Silver 0 3 3 2 2 10 Willie Templeton 23 1 1 1 8

Ht1 Yacobi, Cann, Wickett, Turner (f) 73.2 Ht2 D.Templeton, Cox, McArthur, Jay (ef) 74.0 Ht3 Featherby, Winstanley, Freeman, Melbin 73.2 Ht4 Hunter, W.Templeton, Wells, Silver 75.2 Ht5 Cox, Featherby, Cann, Wells (f) 75.2 Ht6 Hunter, Wickett, McArthur, Winstanley 75.4 Ht7 Silver, Yacobi, D.Templeton, Freeman 74.0 Ht8 W.Templeton, Melbin, Turner, Jay 76.0 Ht9 McArthur, Cann, W.Templeton, Freeman 75.2 Ht10 Silver, Wickett, Cox (f), Melbin (f) 75.0 Ht11 Featherby, Yacobi, Hunter, Jay 73.6 Ht12 Wells, Winstanley, D.Templeton, Turner (f) 75.0 Ht13 D.Templeton, Hunter, Cann, Melbin (f) 75.6 Ht14 Wells, Jay, Wickett (ef), Freeman (exc) 77.2 Ht15 Cox, Winstanley, W.Templeton, Yacobi (ef) 74.2 Ht16 Featherby, Silver, McArthur, Turner 74.0 Ht17 Winstanley, Silver, Cann, Jay 76.2 Ht18 Featherby, D.Templeton, W.Templeton, Wickett 74.2 Ht19 McArthur, Wells, Yacobi (ns), Melbin (ns) 75.6 Ht20 Cox, Hunter, Freeman, Turner (ns) 74.0

th Monday 5 June 1961 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 47 Sheffield Tigers 31 (Provincial League) To Be Checked

Exeter Eric Hockaday DNR Len Silver 3 3 3 3 12 Pete Lansdale 3 3 3 3 12 Billy Smith 0 1 1 0 2 Roy Bowers 2 3 3 3 11 Eric Howe 1’ 1 0 0 2 1 Francis Cann 2’2’1 0 1 2’ 8 3

Sheffield Clive Featherby DNR Col Smith 1 0 0 1’ 2 1 Jack Winstanley 1’ 0 2 1’ 1 5 2 Ronnie Rolfe 2 2 3 2 0 9 Guy Allott 3 2 2 2 9 Malcolm Bruce 0 0 0 0 Bernard McArthur 0 1 2’21’ 6 2

Ht1 Silver, Cann, C.Smith, McArthur 76.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Lansdale, Rolfe, Winstanley, B.Smith 78.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Silver, Cann, McArthur, C.Smith 78.4 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Allott, Bowers, Howe, Bruce 79.0 3 3 16 8 Ht5Silver, Rolfe, Cann, Winstanley 78.6 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Lansdale, Allott, B.Smith, Bruce 78.8 4 2 24 12 Ht7 Bowers, Winstanley, Howe, C.Smith 77.4 4 2 28 14 Ht8 Rolfe, McArthur, B.Smith, Cann 81.0 1 5 29 19 Ht9 Silver, Allott, Cann, Bruce 78.0 4 2 33 21 Ht10 Bowers, Rolfe, Winstanley, Howe 77.2 3 3 36 24 Ht11 Lansdale, McArthur, C.Smith, B.Smith 81.4 3 3 39 27 Ht12 Bowers, Allott, McArthur, Howe 78.8 3 3 42 30 Ht13 Lansdale, Cann, Winstanley, Rolfe 79.0 5 1 47 31

th Wednesday 7 June 1961 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates 50 Sheffield Tigers 28 (Provincial League)

Poole Tony Lewis 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Geoff Mudge 1 3 3 2’ 9 1 Allan Kidd 2 0 2 Ross Gilbertson 1’ 2 3 2 9 1 Ken Middleditch 2 3 2’ 2 9 1 Norman Strachan 1’ 1 3 1’ 6 2 Tim Bungay 2’ 1 1’ 1 5 2

Sheffield Clive Featherby 2 2 3 2 9 Col Smith 0 1 0 0 1 Jack Winstanley 0 1 0 0 1 Ronnie Rolfe 3 0 2 1 6 Guy Allott 3 3 1 3 10 Malcolm Bruce 0 1 0 0 1 Bernard McArthur 0 0 0

Ht1 Lewis, Featherby, Mudge, Smith 71.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2Rolfe, Kidd, Gilbertson, Winstanley 75.0 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Mudge, Bungay, Smith, McArthur 73.8 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Allott, Middleditch, Strachan, Bruce 74.2 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Mudge, Lewis, Winstanley, Rolfe 74.0 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Allott, Gilbertson, Bruce, Kidd 73.4 2 4 22 14 Ht7 Middleditch, Featherby, Strachan, Smith 73.8 4 2 26 16 Ht8 Gilbertson, Rolfe, Bungay, McArthur 74.4 4 2 30 18 Ht9 Lewis, Mudge, Allott, Bruce 73.2 5 1 35 19 Ht10 Strachan, Middleditch, Rolfe, Winstanley 76.0 5 1 40 20 Ht11 Featherby, Gilbertson, Bungay, Smith 74.0 3 3 43 23 Ht12 Allott, Middleditch, Strachan, Bruce 73.8 3 3 46 26 Ht13 Lewis, Featherby, Bungay, Winstanley 73.6 4 2 50 28

th Thursday 8 June 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield The Ron Cliffe Triple Trophy Event

Brian Craven 2 3 1 3 3 12 Graham Warren 1 3 3 3 1 11 G Goodwin 0 0 0 F 0 Bryce Subritzky 3 3 2 2 3 13 Terry Turner E 1 2 2 1 6 Dennis Jenkins 1 1 0 1 2 5 Jack Kitchen 3 3 3 2 3 14 Don Wilkinson 2 1 2 0 5 Dick Campbell 3 2 3 3 2 13 Derrol Melbin 1 E E 1 Slant Payling 2 2 2 2 E 8 Derek Heigold F 0 1 0 1 2 Wayne Briggs 0 0 1 1 3 5 Jim Yacobi 2 2 1 1 1 7 Alan Jay 1 1 0 0 2 4 Ken Adams 3 2 3 3 0 11

Ht1 Subriyzky, Craven, Warren, Goodwin 72.2 Ht2 Kitchen, Wilkinson, Jenkins, Turner (ef) 73.4 Ht3 Campbell, Payling, Melbin, Heigold (f) 74.2 Ht4 Adams, Yacobi, Jay, Briggs 74.0 Ht5 Craven, Campbell, Turner, Briggs 73.0 Ht6 Warren, Yacobi, Jenkins, Melbin (ef) 73.2 Ht7 Kitchen, Payling, Jay, Goodwin 73.2 Ht8 Subritzky, Adams, Wilkinson, Heigold 74.8 Ht9 Adams, Payling, Craven, Jenkins 73.8 Ht10 Warren, Turner, Heigold, Jay 73.6 Ht11 Campbell, Wilkinson, Yacobi, Goodwin 73.6

Ht12 Kitchen, Subritzky, Briggs, Melbin (ef) 72.6 Ht13 Craven, Kitchen, Yacobi, Heigold 72.4 Ht14 Warren, Payling, Briggs, Wilkinson 72.6 Ht15 Adams, Turner, Goodwin (ef), Melbin (ns) 75.0 Ht16 Campbell, Subritzky, Jenkins, Jay 73.6 Ht17 Craven, Jay, Wilkinson (ns), Melbin (ns) 76.6 Ht18 Kitchen, Campbell, Warren, Adams 73.0 Ht19 Briggs, Jenkins, Heigold, Goodwin (ns) 76.4 Ht20 Subritzky, Yacobi, Turner, Payling (ef) 74.8 Run off Bryce Subritzky bt Dick Campbell 75.4

th Friday 9 June 1961 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Bulldogs 47 Sheffield Tigers 31 (Provincial League)

Plymouth Cliff Cox 1’ 0 3 2’ 6 2 Chris Julian 2 3 1 2’ 8 1 Maurie Mattingley 2’ 0 3 5 1 Ron Bagley 3 2 2’ 2 9 1 Jack Scott 3 3 3 2 11 Chris Blewett 1 1 0 1’ 3 1 Pat Flanagan 2’ 3 F 5 1

Sheffield Clive Featherby 3 3 2 3 E 11 Col Smith 0 1 0 1 Jack Winstanley 0 1 1’ 1 3 1 Ronnie Rolfe 1 2’ 1 2 1 7 1 Guy Allott 2 3 1 3 9 Malcolm Bruce 0 0 0 0 Bernard McArthur 0 0 0

Ht1 Featherby, Julian, Cox, Smith 74.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Bagley, Mattingley, Rolfe, Winstanley 76.6 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Julian, Flanagan, Smith, McArthur 78.0 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Scott, Allott, Blewett, Bruce 74.6 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Featherby, Rolfe, Julian, Cox 75.0 1 5 18 12 Ht6 Allott, Bagley, Winstanley, Mattingley 75.4 2 4 20 16 Ht7 Scott, Featherby, Blewett, Smith 74.4 4 2 24 18 Ht8 Flanagan, Bagley, Rolfe, McArthur 77.0 5 1 29 19 Ht9 Cox, Julian, Allott, Bruce 75.8 5 1 34 20 Ht10 Scott, Rolfe, Winstanley, Blewett 77.0 3 3 37 23 Ht11 Featherby, Bagley, Rolfe, Flanagan (f) 76.0 2 4 39 27 Ht12 Allott, Scott, Blewett, Bruce 75.4 3 3 42 30 Ht13 Mattingley, Cox, Winstanley, Featherby (ef) 75.4 5 1 47 31

th Saturday 10 June 1961 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Juniors 9 Sheffield Juniors 13

Belle Vue Graham Beattie F F 0 Derek Skyner 2 1 3 Dave Gerrard 1’ 3 4 1 Derrol Melbin 2 F 2

Sheffield Alan Jay 3 F 3 Terry Turner F 3 3 Dennis Jenkins 3 2’ 5 1 C Attersley F 2 2 Ht1 Jay, Skyner, Beattie (f), Turner (f) 83.8 2 3 2 3 Ht2 Jenkins, Melbin, Gerrard, Attersley f) 82.8 3 3 5 6 Ht3 Turner, Jenkins, Skyner, Melbin (f) 84.8 1 5 6 11 Ht4 Gerrard, Attersley, Beattie (f), Jay (f) 85.2 3 2 9 13 th Saturday 10 June 1961 Dudley Wood, Cradley Heath Cradley Heath Heathens 40 Sheffield Tigers 38 (Provincial League)

Cradley Heath Harry Bastable 2 2’ 3 2 9 1 John Hart 0 2 3 0 5 Derek Timms 2’ 2 2 1’ 7 2 Ivor Davies 3 1’ 3 0 7 1 Ivor Brown 3 2 E 3 9 Tony Eadon 0 0 3 0 3 Alan Totney 0 1 1

Sheffield Clive Featherby 3 3 3 3 12 Col Smith 1 1 1 3 Jack Winstanley 0 1’ 0 1 1 Ronnie Rolfe 1 1 2 2 6 Guy Allott 2 3 2 2 9 Malcolm Bruce 1’ 0 1’ 2 2 Bernard McArthur 3 0 F 1 1’ 5 1

Ht1 Featherby, Bastable, Smith, Hart 76.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Davies, Timms, Rolfe, Winstanley 75.2 5 1 7 5 Ht3 McArthur, Hart, Smith, Totney 76.0 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Brown, Allott, Bruce, Eadon 75.4 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Hart, Bastable, Rolfe, McArthur 75.0 5 1 17 13 Ht6 Allott, Timms, Davies, Bruce 75.4 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Featherby, Brown, Smith, Eadon 75.2 2 4 22 20 Ht8 Davies, Rolfe, Totney, McArthur (f) 77.0 4 2 26 22 Ht9 Bastable, Allott, Bruce, Hart 75.6 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Eadon, Rolfe, Winstanley, Brown (ef) 77.4 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Featherby, Timms, McArthur, Davies 74.8 2 4 34 32 Ht12 Brown, Allott, McArthur, Eadon 75.4 3 3 37 35 Ht13 Featherby, Bastable, Timms, Winstanley 74.8 3 3 40 38

Thursday, 15th June 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers 39 Edinburgh Monarchs 39 (Northern League)

SHEFFIELD Clive Featherby 3333 --12 Col Smith 01'00--11 Jack Winstanley 1'110--31 Ronnie Rolfe 2330 - - 8 Guy Allott 0323 - - 8 Bernard McArthur 210---3 Malcolm Bruce 22'0---41

EDINBURGH Doug Templeton 22331'-111 Willie Templeton 1'302'--62 George Hunter 3212 - - 8 Jimmy Tannock 01'1'---22 Dick Campbell 3222 - - 9 Alf Wells 101'1'--32 Wayne Briggs E0----0

Ht 1 Featherby, D.Templeton, W.Templeton, Smith 71.8 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Hunter, Rolfe, Winstanley, Tannock 73.2 3 3 6 6 Ht 3 W.Templeton, Bruce, Smith, Briggs (ef) 76.0 3 3 9 9 Ht 4 Campbell, McArthur, Wells, Allott (f/rem) 76.4 2 4 11 13 Ht 5 Featherby, Hunter, Tannock, Smith 74.0 3 3 14 16 Ht 6 Rolfe, Campbell, Winstanley, Wells 74.4 4 2 18 18 Ht 7 Allott, D.Templeton, McArthur, W.Templeton 73.6 4 2 22 20 Ht 8 Rolfe, Bruce, Tannock, Briggs 75.2 5 1 27 21

Ht 9 Featherby, Campbell, Wells, Smith 72.8 3 3 30 24 Ht 10 D.Templeton, Allott, Hunter, McArthur 74.0 2 4 32 28 Ht 11 D.Templeton, W.Templeton, Winstanley, Rolfe 75.4 1 5 33 33 Ht 12 Allott, Campbell, Wells, Bruce 74.2 3 3 36 36 Ht 13 Featherby, Hunter, D.Templeton, Winstanley 73.4 3 3 39 39

Reserves Race Ht1 Turner, Jay, Bennett, Hattersley (f) 77.6 Ht2 Melbin, Briggs, Jenkins, Dews (f) 75.4 Final Melbin, Briggs, Turner, Jay 75.8

Stadium Scratch Races Ht1 Allott, Tannock, Winstanley, Handscombe 74.0 77.6 Ht2 D.Templeton, W.Templeton, HunterBruce (f) 74.2 76.0 Ht3 Featherby, McArthur, Smith, Rolfe 73.2 75.6 Final Featherby, Allott, D.Templeton, McArthur 74.6 th Saturday 17 June 1961 Sun Street, Stoke Stoke Potters 53 Sheffield Tigers 25 (Provincial League)

Stoke Ken Adams 1’ 3 2’ 2’ 8 3 Pete Jarman 2 3 2’ 3 10 1 Brian Craven 3 3 3 3 12 Satan Brewer 0 1 2 1 4 Ray Harris 3 3 3 3 12 John Edwards 2’ 1 2’ 1 6 2 Trevor Robinson 1 0 1

Sheffield Clive Featherby 3 F 2 F F 5 Col Smith 0 2 0 2 4 Jack Winstanley 1’ 1 1 3 1 Ronnie Rolfe 2 1 3 0 6 Guy Allott F 2 1 2 5 Bernard McArthur 0 0 0 0 Derrol Melbin F 1 E 1

Ht1 Featherby, Jarman, Adams, Smith 77.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Craven, Rolfe, Winstanley, Brewer 78.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Jarman, Smith, Robinson, Melbin (f) 79.2 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Harris, Edwards, McArthur, Allott (f) 77.2 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Adams, Jarman, Rolfe, Featherby (f) 79.6 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Craven, Allott, Brewer, McArthur 77.0 4 2 24 12 Ht7 Harris, Featherby, Edwards, Smith 77.2 4 2 28 14 Ht8 Rolfe, Brewer, Melbin, Robinson 80.6 2 4 30 18 Ht9 Jarman, Adams, Allott, McArthur 80.2 5 1 35 19 Ht10 Harris, Edwards, Winstanley, Rolfe 77.2 5 1 40 20 Ht11 Craven, Smith, Brewer, Featherby (f) 79.4 4 2 44 22 Ht12 Harris, Allott, Edwards, Melbin (ef) 78.4 4 2 48 24 Ht13 Craven, Adams, Winstanley, Featherby (f) 78.0 5 1 53 25 nd Thursday 22 June 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Sheffield Tiger 50 Newcastle Diamonds 28 (Provincial League)

Sheffield Clive Featherby 3 3 3 2 11 Col Smith 1 2’ 0 0 3 1 Jack Winstanley 1 2’1’E 4 2 Ronnie Rolfe 3 3 3 2 11 Guy Allott 3 2 3 3 11 Derrol Melbin 1 1’ 2’ 4 2 Bernard McArthur 3 2’ 1 6 1

Newcastle Don Wilkinson 2 3 2 3 3 13 Gordon Mitchell 0 E 0 0 George Major 2 1’ E 0 1 4 1 Vic Lonsdale F 2 0 1 3 Slant Payling 2 1’ 1 2 6 1 Johnny Green F F F 0 Stan Holey 1 1 2

Ht 1: Featherby, Wilkinson, Smith, Mitchell 71.6 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Rolfe, Major, Winstanley, Lonsdale(f) 73.0 4 2 8 4 Ht 3: McArthur, Smith, Holey, Mitchell(ef) 75.2 5 1 13 5 Ht 4: Allott, Payling, Melbin, Green(f) 74.4 4 2 17 7 Ht 5: Featherby, Lonsdale, Major, Smith 73.6 3 3 20 10 Ht 6: Rolfe, Winstanley, Payling, Green(f) 74.4 5 1 25 11 Ht 7: Wilkinson, Allott, Melbin, Major(ef) 75.0 3 3 28 14 Ht 8: Rolfe, McArthur, Holey, Lonsdale 74.2 5 1 33 15 Ht 9: Featherby, Wilkinson, Payling, Smith 74.0 3 3 36 18 Ht 10: Allott, Melbin, Lonsdale, Green(fex) 74.8 5 1 41 19 Ht 11: Wilkinson, Rolfe, Winstanley, Mitchell 73.8 3 3 44 22 Ht 12: Allott, Payling, McArthur, Major 75.0 4 2 48 24 Ht 13: Wilkinson, Featherby, Major, Winstanley(ef) 74.0 2 4 50 28

Reserves Handicap Ht1 Jenkins (20), Goodwin (0), Hassel (0), McArthur (20), Holey (20) 78.6 Ht2 Turner (15), Jay (10), Hattersley (5), Dews (5), Hiegold (10) 78.0 Final Jenkins, Jay, Turner, Goodwin 77.2

Owlerton Scratch Race Ht1 Allott, Rolfe, Smith, McArthur 74.2 74.4 Ht2 Featherby, Melbin, Winstanley, Turner 75.0 75.6 Ht3 Wilkinson, Major, Lonsdale, Payling (f) 74.8 76.0 Final Rolfe, Allott, Featherby, Wilkinson 73.8

th Thursday 29 June 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers 49 Stoke Potters 29 (Challenge)

Sheffield Clive Featherby 3 3 1 7 Jack Winstanley 1 2’ 1 3 7 1 Ronnie Rolfe 3 3 3 3 12 Bernard McArthur E 2’ 0 2 1 Guy Allott 3 3 3 3 12 Derrol Melbin 0 E 2’2’0 4 2 Col Smith 3 1’ 1 5 1

Stoke Ken Adams 2 2 3 1’ 2 10 1 John Edwards 0 1 1’ 0 2 1 Ray Harris 2 2 1 0 5 Frank Wooster 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Brian Craven 1’ 0 2 2 5 1 Ron Sharp 2 1 2 1’ 6 1 Satan Brewer 0 0

Ht1 Featherby, Adams, Winstanley, Edwards 72.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Rolfe, Harris, Wooster, McArthur (ef) 73.2 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Smith, Winstanley, Edwards, Brewer 74.2 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Allott, Sharp, Craven, Melbin 74.0 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Featherby, Harris, Winstanley, Wooster 73.6 4 2 19 11 Ht6 Rolfe, McArthur, Sharp, Brewer (ef) 72.6 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Allott, Adams, Edwards, Melbin (ef) 73.4 3 3 27 15 Ht8 Adams, Melbin, Smith, Wooster 74.6 3 3 30 18 Ht9 Winstanley, Sharp, Featherby, Edwards 76.2 4 2 34 20

Ht10 Allott, Melbin, Harris, Wooster 74.6 5 1 39 21 Ht11 Rolfe, Craven, Adams, McArthur 72.8 3 3 42 24 Ht12 Allott, Craven, Sharp, Melbin 74.4 3 3 45 27 Ht13 Rolfe, Adams, Smith, Harris 74.6 4 2 49 29

Reserves Handicap Ht1 Smith (25), Jenkins (25), Goodwin (5), Brewer (25), Hessell (10) 78.0 Ht2 Heigold (10), Jay (10), Turner (15), Dews (5), Hattersley (5) (ef) 76.2 Final Hiegold, Smith, Jay, Jenkins 76.4

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Allott, Winstanley, Sharp, Rolfe (ef) 76.4 77.4 Ht2 McArthur, Featherby, Edwards, Powell 75.6 76.4 Ht3 Adams, Harris, Wooster, Crave n (ef) 74.8 77.2 Final Allott, Adams, Harris, McArthur 75.4 nd Sunday 2 July 1961 Shelbourne Park, Dublin Shelbourne Park 42 Sheffield Tigers 35 (Challenge)

Shelbourne Don Perry 3 2 F 3 8 Derek Skyner 0 F 0 1 1 Dave Hankins 3 3 3 1 10 Wayne Briggs 1 1 2 1 5 Nick Nicholls 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Jim Yacoby 1 1 3 2’ 7 1 Alan Marr E 0 0

Sheffield Clive Featherby 2 2 2 2 8 Jack Winstanley 1’ 3 0 0 4 1 Ronnie Rolfe 2 3 1 0 6 Bernard McArthur 0 1 3 0 4 Guy Allott 2 2 3 1 8 Terry Turner 0 F 2’ 0 21 Col Smith 2’ 1 3 1

Ht1 Perry, Featherby, Winstanley, Skyner 72.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Hankins, Rolfe, Briggs, McArthur 74.2 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Winstanley, Smith, Skyner (f), Marr (ef) 75.6 0 5 7 10 Ht4 Nicholls, Allott, Yacoby, Turner 73.2 4 2 11 12 Ht5 Rolfe, Perry, McArthur, Sykner 74.2 2 4 13 16 Ht6 Hankins, Allott, Briggs, Turner (f) 74.0 4 2 17 18 Ht7 Nicholls, Featherby, Yacoby, Winstanley 71.8 4 2 21 20 Ht8 McArthur, Briggs, Smith, Marr 76.2 2 4 23 24 Ht9 Allott, Turner, Skyner, Perry (f) 72.6 1 5 24 29 Ht10 Yacoby, Nicholls, Rolfe, McArthur 74.0 5 1 29 30 Ht11 Hankins, Featherby, Briggs, Winstanley 74.0 4 2 33 32 Ht12 Nicholls, Yacoby, Allott, Turner 74.0 5 1 38 33 Ht13 Perry, Featherby, Hankins, Rolfe 76.0 4 2 42 35 th Thursday 6 July 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Provincial Riders’ Championship Qualifying Round

Pete Sampson F 2 0 2 4 Stan Stevens 3 2 2 2 3 12 Jimmy Cox 1 0 1 F 2 Derek Timms 2 1 2 1 3 9 Fred Collier 0 0 0 0 Guy Allott 2 3 3 2 3 13 Clive Featherby 1 3 1 F 5 Tommy Roper 3 2 3 3 F 11

Billy Smith 2 3 0 0 1 6 Ivor Brown 3 1 3 3 2 12 Bob Thomas 1 1 1 1 1 5 Geoff Pennikett 0 0 1 0 1 Mike Wilmore 0 1 0 0 1 2 Rick France 3 0 2 3 2 10 Geoff Mudge 1 2 3 3 3 12 Ronnie Rolfe 2 3 2E 2 9 Terry Turner (res) F 1 2 3 Alan Jay (res) 2 0 0 2

Ht1 Stevens, Timms, Cox, Sampson (f) 72.2 Ht2 Roper, Allott, Featherby, Collier 71.8 Ht3 Brown, Smith, Thomas, Pennikett 73.6 Ht4 France, Rolfe, Mudge, Wilmore 75.2 Ht5 Smith, Sampson, Wilmore, Collier 76.2 Ht6 Allott, Stevens, Brown, France 72.4 Ht7 Featherby, Mudge, Thomas, Cox 73.4 Ht8 Rolfe, Roper, Timms, Pennikett 74.0 Ht9 Allott, Rolfe, Thomas, Sampson 74.0 Ht10 Mudge, Stevens, Pennikett, Collier 75.0 Ht11 Roper, France, Cox, Smith 73.6 Ht12 Brown, Timms, Featherby, Wilmore 74.0 Ht13 France, Sampson, Featherby (f), Turner (f) 75.6 Ht14 Roper, Stevens, Thomas, Wilmore 73.8 Ht15 Brown, Jay, Cox (f), Rolfe (ef) 76.0 Ht16 Mudge, Allott, Timms, Smith 74.6 Ht17 Mudge, Brown, Turner, Roper (f) 76.0 Ht18 Stevens, Rolfe, Smith, Jay 75.4 Ht19 Allott, Turner, Wilmore, Pennikett 77.0 Ht20 Timms, France, Thomas, Jay 75.4

th Thursday 13 July 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers 42 Poole Pirates 36 (Provincial League)

Sheffield Clive Featherby 3 1’ 0 2 6 1 Jack Winstanley 1 3 2 2 8 Ronnie Rolfe 2 3 3 1’ 9 1 Bernard McArthur 1’ 1 2 2’ 6 2 Guy Allott 3 3 2 3 11 Col Smith 0 0 0 0 0 Terry Turner 1 1’ 2 1

Poole Tony Lewis F 2 0 2 Geoff Mudge 2 2 1’ 1 0 6 1 Ken Middleditch 3 3 3 3 12 Norman Strachan 0 0 1 1 Allan Kidd 1’ 0 1 1’ 3 2 Ross Gilbertson 2 2 3 3 2 12 Dennis Jenkins 0 0

Ht1 Featherby, Mudge, Winstanley, Lewis (f) 75.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Middleditch, Rolfe, McArthur, Strachan 74.8 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Winstanley, Mudge, Turner, Jenkins (nf) 75.0 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Allott, Gilbertson, Kidd, Smith 74.4 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Middleditch, Winstanley, Featherby, Strachan 73.2 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Rolfe, Gilbertson, McArthur, Kidd 74.8 4 2 21 15 Ht7 Allott, Lewis, Mudge, Smith 73.2 3 3 24` 18 Ht8 Gilbertson, McArthur, Turner, Jenkins 74.2 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Gilbertson, Winstanley, Kidd, Featherby (nf) 73.8 2 4 29 25 Ht10 Middleditch, Allott, Strachan, Smith (nf) 72.8 2 4 31 29 Ht11 Rolfe, McArthur, Mudge, Lewis 74.0 5 1 36 30 Ht12 Allott, Gilbertson, Kidd, Smith (nf) 72.8 3 3 39 33

Ht13 Middleditch, Featherby, Rolfe, Mudge 72.8 3 3 42 36

Owlerton Scratch Race Ht1 Allott, Winstanley, McArthur, Jenkins 73.6 74.6 Ht2 Rolfe, Smith, Kidd, Jay 75.0 75.6 Ht3 Middleditch, Gilbertson, Mudge, Strachan 73.4 74.2 Final Allott, Middleditch, Rolfe 73.8

Reserves Handicap Ht1 Dews (0), Hattersley(5), Jay (15), Hessel (10), G.Goodwin (10) 76.8 Ht2 Hiegold (15), Turner (10), Hanscombe (0), Jenkins (25), B.Aston (0) 78.0 Final Hiegold, Dews, Turner, Hattersley 76.4 th Thursday 20 July 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers 37 Plymouth Bulldogs 41 (Provincial League)

Sheffield Clive Featherby E 0 Jack Winstanley 2 3 2 2 9 Ronnie Rolfe 2 1 2 1 6 Bernard McArthur 1’ 3 2 E 6 1 Guy Allott 3 3 2 2 10 Col Smith 1 0 1’ 1’ 3 2 Derek Hiegold 1 0 1’ 1’ 0 3 2

Plymouth Jack Scott 3 2 3 3 11 Ron Bagley 1 2 1’ 1 5 1 Cliff Cox 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Chris Julian 0 1 3 0 4 Maurie Mattingley 2 2 3 3 10 Ray Wickett 0 E 0 0 0 Colin Thomas 0 0 0

Ht1 Scott, Winstanley, Bagley, Featherby (ef) 73.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Cox, Rolfe, McArthur, Julian 74.0 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Winstanley, Bagley, Hiegold, Thomas 74.4 4 2 9 9 Ht4 Allott, Mattingley, Smith, Wickett 72.8 4 2 13 11 Ht5 Cox, Winstanley, Julian, Hiegold 73.4 2 4 15 15 Ht6 McArthur, Mattingley, Rolfe, Wickett (ef) 74.2 4 2 19 17 Ht7 Allott, Scott, Bagley, Smith 72.2 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Julian, McArthur, Hiegold, Thomas 75.2 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Mattingley, Winstanley, Hiegold, Wickett 72.4 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Cox, Allott, Smith, Julian 72.8 3 3 31 29 Ht11 Scott, Rolfe, Bagley, McArthur (ef) 73.8 2 4 33 33 Ht12 Mattingley, Allott, Smith, Wickett 72.4 3 3 36 36 Ht13 Scott, Cox, Rolfe, Hiegold 72.8 1 5 37 41

Reserves Race Ht1 Jay, Hattersley, Goodwin, Turner (ef) 76.6 Ht2 Jenkins, Thomas, Jones (f), Hiegold (ef) 78.4 Final Jenkins, Jay, Hattersley, Thomas 78.4

Supporters’ Scratch Race Ht1 Allott, Winstanley, Julian, Ainscough 72.2 73.6 Ht2 Rolfe, Smith, Dews 74.6 76.0 Ht3 Bagley, Mattingley, Cox, Scott 72.4 72.8 Final Allott, Scott, Mattingley, Rolfe 72.4 st Friday 21 July 1961 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton Stoke 34 Poole 30 Cradley Heath 18 Sheffield 14 (Four Team)

Stoke Pete Jarman 33 2 2 10 Ray Harris 12 2 2 7 Brian Craven 13 3 3 10 Ken Adams 2 1 2 2 7

Poole Norman Strachan 2 2 3 0 7 Allan Kidd 3 1 0 2 6 Geoff Mudge 3 3 0 3 9 Ross Gilbertson 3E 2 3 8

Cradley Heath Ivor Davies 00 0 1 1 Derek Timms 2 2 0 1 5 Harry Bastable 23 3 3 11 John Hart 0 1 0 0 1

Sheffield Jack Winstanley 1 1 1 0 3 Ronnie Rolfe 0 1 0 1 2 Guy Allott 02 1 0 3 Clive Featherby 1 3 1 1 6 S P CH S Ht1 Jarman, Strachan, Winstanley, Davies 69.2 3 2 0 1 Ht2 Kidd, Timms, Harris, Rolfe 71.6 4 5 2 1 Ht3 Mudge, Bastable, Craven, Allott 70.0 5 8 4 1 Ht4 Gilbertson, Adams, Featherby, Hart 70.4 7 11 4 2 Ht5 Jarman, Timms, Rolfe, Gilbertson (ef) 71.2 10 11 6 3 Ht6 Mudge, Harris, Winstanley, Davies 69.8 12 14 6 4 Ht7 Craven, Strachan, Hart, Rolfe 71.0 15 16 7 4 Ht8 Bastable, Allott, Adams, Mudge 70.2 16 16 10 6 Ht9 Featherby, Harris, Kidd, Hart 71.6 18 17 10 9 Ht10 Craven, Gilbertson, Rolfe, Davies 70.0 21 19 10 10 Ht11 Bastable, Jarman, Featherby, Kidd 70.0 23 19 13 11 Ht12 Strachan, Adams, Winstanley, Timms 71.0 25 22 13 12 Ht13 Mudge, Jarman, Allott, Hart 70.6 27 25 13 13 Ht14 Bastable, Harris, Featherby, Strachan 70.8 29 25 16 14 Ht15 Craven, Kidd, Timms, Winstanley 71.2 32 27 17 14 Ht16 Gilbertson, Adams, Davies, Allott 70.4 34 30 18 14

nd Saturday 22 July 1961 Dudley Wood, Cradley Heath Cradley Heath Heathens 60 Sheffield Tigers 18 (Provincial League)

Cradley Heath Ivor Davies 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4 Stan Stevens 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Ivor Brown 3 3 3 3 12 Derek Timms 2’ 1 2’ 1 6 2 Harry Bastable 3 3 3 3 12 John Hart F 2’ 2’ 4 2 Vic White 3 3 1 7

Sheffield Clive Featherby 1 1 2 4 Jack Winstanley X 1 0 E 1 Ronnie Rolfe 1 1 1 1 4 Bernard McArthur E 0 1 0 1 Guy Allott 2 2 1 2 7 Col Smith 1’ 0 0 1 Derek Hiegold 0 0 0 F 0

Ht1 Stevens, Davies, Featherby, Winstanley (fexc) 72.4* 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Brown, Timms, Rolfe, McArthur (ef) 74.2 5 1 10 2 Ht3 White, Stevens, Winstanley, Hiegold 73.8 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Bastable, Allott, Smith, Hart (f) 74.2 3 3 18 6

Ht5 Stevens, Davies, Rolfe, McArthur 73.8 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Brown, Allott, Timms, Smith 73.6 4 2 27 9 Ht7 Bastable, Hart, Featherby, Winstanley 76.1 5 1 32 10 Ht8 White, Timms, McArthur, Hiegold 75.6 5 1 37 11 Ht9 Stevens, Davies, Allott, Smith 75.8 5 1 42 12 Ht10 Bastable, Hart, Rolfe, McArthur (ef) 75.4 5 1 47 13 Ht11 Brown, Featherby, Timms, Winstanley (ef) 74.4 4 2 51 15 Ht12 Bastable, Allott, White, Hiegold 75.0 4 2 55 17 Ht13 Brown, Davies, Rolfe, Hiegold (f) 75.2 5 1 60 18

th Thursday 27 July 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers 48 Edinburgh Monarchs 30 (Provincial League)

SHEFFIELD Clive Featherby 1'312--71 Ronnie Rolfe 2 3 1 3--9 Jack Winstanley 0 3 2 1'--61 Tony Robinson 2 1 0 1'--41 Guy Allott 33E3--9 Bernard McArther 2'132'--82 Derrol Melbin 2'3----51

EDINBURGH Dick Campbell 323---8 Willie Templeton 0 1 0 E--1 Doug Templeton 3 2 2 1'3-111 Jimmy Tannock 1 0 2 21-6 Alf Wells EE----0 Wayne Briggs 1 2 0 00-3 Bill Osborne 01'----11

Ht 1 Campbell, Rolfe, Featherby, W.Templeton 71.8 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 D.Templeton, Robinson, Tannock, Winstanley 71.8 2 4 5 7 Ht 3 Rolfe, Melbin, W.Templeton, Osborne 72.0 5 1 10 8 Ht 4 Allott, McArthur, Briggs, Wells (ef) 72.6 5 1 15 9 Ht 5 Featherby, D.Templeton, Rolfe, Tannock 71.8 4 2 19 11 Ht 6 Winstanley, Briggs, Robinson, Wells (ef) 73.6 4 2 23 13 Ht 7 Allott, Campbell, McArthur, W.Templeton 72.4 4 2 27 15 Ht 8 Melbin, Tannock, Osborne, Robinson 73.4 3 3 30 18 Ht 9 Rolfe, D.Templeton, Featherby, Briggs 72.6 4 2 34 20 Ht 10 McArthur, Tannock, D.Templeton, Allott (ef) 72.6 3 3 37 23 Ht 11 Campbell, Winstanley, Robinson, W.Templeton (ef) 73.2 3 3 40 26 Ht 12 Allott, McArthur, Tannock, Briggs 73.8 5 1 45 27 Ht 13 D.Templeton, Featherby, Winstanley, Briggs 73.4 3 3 48 30

SILVER SASH MATCH RACE CHAMPIONSHIP Guy Allott bt DougTempleton 72.8

Reserves Race Ht1 Jay, Hattersley, Turner, Hiegold 75.2 Ht2 Smith, Dews, Jenkins, Jones (f) 75.2 Final Smith, Hattersley, Jay, Dews (f) 75.6

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Winstanley, Smith, Godwin, Allott (ef) 74.8 77.4 Ht2 McArthur, Rolfe, Featherby, Briggs 73.0 73.2 Ht3 D.Templeton, Tannock, Melbin, Osborne 73.4 81.0 Final D.Templeton, Winstanley, Rolfe, McArthur 72.6

rd Thursday 3 August 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers v Middlesbrough Bears (Provincial League) Rained Off

Monday 7th August 1961 Brough Park, Newcastle Newcastle Diamonds 53 Sheffield Tigers 24 (Northern League) Newcastle Don Wilkinson E 3 2 2’ 7 1 George Glen 2 2’ 2’ 1’ 7 3 Gil Goldfinch 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2 Vic Lonsdale 3 3 3 1 10 Slant Payling 3 1 2 6 Pat Flanagan 2’ 3 1’ 0 6 2 Gordon Mitchell 3 2’ 2 7 1

Sheffield Derrol Melbin 1 2 0 0 3 Bernard McArthur 3 1 0 2 6 Jack Winstanley 1 1 3 1 6 Ronnie Rolfe 0 0 1 1 2 Guy Allott 1 X 0 1 Tony Robinson 0 F 3 3 6 Derek Hiegold 0 0 0

Ht 1: McArthur, Glen, Melbin, Wilkinson(ef) 80.2 2 4 2 4 Ht 2: Lonsdale, Goldfinch, Winstanley, Rolfe 80.0 5 1 7 5 Ht 3: Mitchell, Glen, McArthur, Heigold 80.2 5 1 12 6 Ht 4: Payling, Flanagan, Allott, Robinson 81.6 5 1 17 7 Ht 5: Wilkinson, Glen, Winstanley, Rolfe 80.0 5 1 22 8 Ht 6: Lonsdale, Goldfinch, Robinson(f), Allott (fex) 80.0 5 0 27 8 Ht 7: Flanagan, Melbin, Payling, McArthur 79.8 4 2 31 10 Ht 8: Lonsdale, Mitchell, Rolfe, Heigold 80.4 5 1 36 11 Ht 9: Robinson, Wilkinson, Glen, Allott 79.2 3 3 39 14 Ht 10: Winstanley, Payling, Flanagan, Rolfe 80.6 3 3 42 17 Ht 11: Goldfinch, McArthur, Lonsdale, Melbin 79.0 4 2 46 19 Ht 12; Robinson, Mitchell, Rolfe, Flanagan 79.8 2 4 48 23 Ht 13: Goldfinch, Wilkinson, Winstanley, Melbin 81.0 5 1 53 24

th Thursday 10 August 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers 61 Rayleigh Rockets 17 (Provincial League)

Sheffield Clive Featherby 2’ 1 3 1 Bernard McArthur 3 3 3 3 12 Ronnie Rolfe 3 3 3 3 12 Jack Winstanley 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Guy Allott 3 3 3 3 12 Tony Robinson 2’ 2’ 2’ 6 3 Derrol Melbin F 1 2’ 2’ 5 2

Rayleigh Len Glover F 0 0 0 0 Pete Sampson 1 2 1 4 Roy Craighead 0 E 1 1 2 Bob Thomas 1 2 2 F 5 Harry Edwards 1 1 1 1 4 John Leggett 0 0 0 0 Terry Keats 1’ 0 1 0 2 1

Ht1 McArthur, Featherby, Sampson, Glover (f) 71.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Rolfe, Winstanley, Thomas, Craighead 71.2* 5 1 10 2 Ht3 McArthur, Sampson, Keats, Melbin (f) 74.0 3 3 13 5 Ht4 Allott, Robinson, Edwards, Leggett 70.2* 5 1 18 6 Ht5 McArthur, Thomas, Featherby, Craighead (ef) 72.8 4 2 22 8 Ht6 Rolfe, Winstanley, Edwards, Leggett 71.6 5 1 27 9 Ht7 Allott, Robinson, Sampson, Glover 70.8 5 1 32 10 Ht8 Rolfe, Thomas, Melbin, Keats 73.0 4 2 36 12 Ht9 McArthur, Melbin, Edwards, Leggett 75.0 5 1 41 13 Ht10 Allott, Robinson, Craighead, Thomas (f) 74.6 5 1 46 14 Ht11 Rolfe, Winstanley, Keats, Glover 76.2 5 1 51 15

Ht12 Allott, Melbin, Edwards, Keats 77.0 5 1 56 16 Ht13 Winstanley, Melbin, Craighead, Glover 78.2 5 1 61 17 Reserves Race Ht1 Goodwin, Dews, Jay (ef), Hiegold (ef) 82.6 Ht2 Jenkins, Hiegold, Turner, Keats 81.0 Final Goodwin, Dews, Jenkins (ef), Hiegold (ef) 82.8

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Allott, Robinson, Winstanley, Leggett 77.0 77.8 Ht2 Smith, Craighead, Sampson, Glover 81.0 81.4 Ht3 Rolfe, Melbin, McArthur, Verity (frmtd) 80.6 81.0 Final Robinson, Allott, Rolfe, Smith 78.4

th Tuesday 15 August 1961 Greenfields Stadium, Bradford Bradford Panthers 30 Sheffield Tigers 47 (Challenge)

Bradford Ray Day 1’ 2’F F 32 Tommy Roper 2 3 3 2 3 13 Malcolm Bruce 1 E 1 Derek Hiegold 0 2 1 2 5 Stan Holey 1 1 3 2 7 Ray Spencer 0 0 1 F 1 Norman Redmond F 0 0 0

Sheffield Clive Featherby 3 3 2 3 11 Bernard McArthur 0 2 2’ 1’ 5 2 Ronnie Rolfe 2’ 0 2 1 5 1 Tony Robinson 3 1 2’ F 6 1 Guy Allott 2’ 1 E 1 4 1 Jack Winstanley 3 3 3 3 12 Derrol Melbin 1’ 3

Ht1 Featherby, Roper, Day, McArthur 73.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Robinson, Rolfe, Bruce, Hiegold 76.8 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Roper, McArthur, Melbin, Redmond (f) 74.6 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Winstanley, Allott, Holey, Spencer 80.4 1 5 8 16 Ht5 Roper, Day, Robinson, Rolfe 75.8 5 1 13 17 Ht6 Winstanley, Hiegold, Allott, Redmond 79.8 2 4 15 21 Ht7 Featherby, McArthur, Holey, Spencer 77.4 1 5 16 26 Ht8 Melbin, Robinson, Hiegold, Redmond 78.4 1 5 17 31 Ht9 Winstanley, Roper, Day (f), Allott (ef) 77.8 2 3 19 34 Ht10 Holey, Rolfe, Spencer, Robinson (f) 78.0 4 2 23 36 Ht11 Roper, Featherby, McArthur, Bruce (ef) 77.6 3 3 26 39 Ht12 Winstanley, Holey, Allott, Spencer (f) 78.0 2 4 28 43 Ht13 Featherby, Hiegold, Rolfe, Day (f) 79.6 2 4 30 47

th Thursday 17 August 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers 38 Cradley Heath Heathens 40 (Provincial League)

Sheffield Clive Featherby 2 2’ 0 0 4 1 Ronnie Rolfe 0 E 3 1 4 Tony Robinson 2’ 2’ 1 3 8 2 Jack Winstanley 3 3 3 E 9 Guy Allott 3 3 3 E 9 Bernard McArthur 0 1 0 1 2 Derrol Melbin 1 1 2

Cradley Heath Harry Bastable 3 2 2’ 2’ 2 11 2 Derek Timms 1 2’ 0 3 1 Stan Stevens 1 1 2 1’ 5 1 Tony Eadon 0 2 1’ 3 1

Ivor Brown 2 1 3 3 3 12 Vic White 1’ 0 2’ 3 2 John Hart 3 0 0 3

Ht1 Bastable, Featherby, Timms, Rolfe 72.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Winstanley, Robinson, Stevens, Eadon 73.2 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Hart, Timms, Melbin, Rolfe (ef) 76.0 1 5 8 10 Ht4 Allott, Brown, White, McArthur 73.0 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Rolfe, Featherby, Stevens, Hart 74.2 5 1 16 14 Ht6 Winstanley, Robinson, Brown, White 73.6 5 1 21 15 Ht7 Allott, Bastable, McArthur, Timms 72.4 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Winstanley, Eadon, Melbin, Hart 75.2 4 2 29 19 Ht9 Brown, Bastable, Rolfe, Featherby 75.0 1 5 30 24 Ht10 Allott, Stevens, Eadon, McArthur 73.4 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Brown, Bastable, Robinson, Winstanley (ef) 73.8 1 5 34 32 Ht12 Brown, White, McArthur, Allott (ef) 75.4 1 5 35 37 Ht13 Robinson, Bastable, Stevens, Featherby 74.6 3 3 38 40

Reserves Race Ht1 Turner, Dews, Hattersley, Jay 78.8 Ht2 Smith, Hiegold, Hart, Goodwin 78.0 Final Smith, Hiegold, Dews, Turner 77.6

Owlerton Scratch race Ht1 Allott, Robinson, Winstanley, Eadon 73.8 75.2 Ht2 Stevens, Brown, Bastable,, Timms 74.6 74.6 Ht3 Rolfe, White, Jenkins, Verity 75.0 76.4 Final Allott, Rolfe, Brown, Stevens 74.4 th Friday 18 August 1961 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Wolves 49.5 Sheffield Tigers 28.5 (Northern League)

Wolverhampton Tommy Sweetman 2’ 1’ 1’ 1’ 5 4 Terry Betts 3 3 2 2 10 Graham Warren X 2’ 2’ 2.5 6.5 2 Bob Oakley 3 3 3 3 12 Vic Ridgeon 3 3 2 2 10 Terry Stone 1 0 1’ 2 1 Kid Bodie 2’ 2’ E 4 2

Sheffield Clive Featherby 1 1’ 2 1 Ronnie Rolfe 0 E 2 0 2 Tony Robinson 2 3 3 2.5 10.5 Jack Winstanley 1’ 0 1 F 2 1 Guy Allott 2 1 3 3 9 Bernard McArthur 0 0 0 1 1 Derrol Melbin 1 0 1 2

Ht1 Betts, Sweetman, Featherby, Rolfe 69.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Oakley, Robinson, Winstanley, Warren (fexc) 69.6 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Betts, Bodie, Melbin, Rolfe (ef) 70.4 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Ridgeon, Allott, Stone, McArthur 71.2 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Robinson, Betts, Sweetman, Winstanley 70.4 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Oakley, Warren, Allott, McArthur 69.4 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Ridgeon, Rolfe, Featherby, Stone 71.0 3 3 28 14 Ht8 Oakley, Bodie, Winstanley, Melbin 71.8 5 1 33 15 Ht9 Allott, Betts, Sweetman, McArthur 70.6 3 3 36 18 Ht10 Robinson, Ridgeon, Stone, Winstanley (f) 71.0 3 3 39 21 Ht11 Oakley, Warren, McArthur, Rolfe 71.4 5 1 44 22 Ht12 Allott, Ridgeon, Melbin, Bodie (ef) 71.4 2 4 46 26 Ht13 Warren & Robinson, Sweetman, Melbin 71.8 3.5 2.5 19.5 28.5

th Thursday 24 August 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers 45 Wolverhampton Wolves 33 (Northern League)

Sheffield Clive Featherby 3 3 2 8 Ronnie Rolfe 0 1 2’ 1’ 4 2 Tony Robinson 1’ 3 2 2 8 1 Jack Winstanley 2 2’ 3 1’ 8 2 Guy Allott 3 3 3 3 12 Stuart Hickman 2’ 0 2’ 0 4 2 Derrol Melbin 0 1 0 1

Wolverhampton Graham Warren 2 2 3 3 3 13 Terry Betts 1’ 3 1’ 0 1 6 2 Bob Oakley 3 E F 3 Kid Bodie E 1 2 1 4 Vic Ridgeon 0 1 2 3 Terry Stone 1 F 0 1’ 2 1 Errol Brook 2’ F 2 1

Ht1 Featherby, Warren, Betts, Rolfe 70.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Oakley, Winstanley, Robinson, Bodie (ef) 72.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Betts, Brook, Rolfe, Melbin 73.0 1 5 7 11 Ht4 Allott, Hickman, Stone, Ridgeon 70.6 5 1 12 12 Ht5 Featherby, Rolfe, Bodie, Oakley (ef) 70.8 5 1 17 13 Ht6 Robinson, Winstanley, Ridgeon, Stone (f) 71.8 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Allott, Warren, Betts, Hickman 71.6 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Winstanley, Bodie, Melbin, Brook (f) 73.2 4 2 29 19 Ht9 Warren, Featherby, Rolfe, Stone 71.8 3 3 32 22 Ht10 Allott, Hickman, Bodie, Oakley (f) 72.4 5 1 37 23 Ht11 Warren, Robinson, Winstanley, Betts 71.8 3 3 40 26 Ht12 Allott, Ridgeon, Stone, Hickman 72.4 3 3 43 29 Ht13 Warren, Robinson, Betts, Melbin 72.8 2 4 45 33

Reserves’ Race Ht1 Jay, Turner, McArthur, Heigold 74.8 Ht2 Dews, Smith, Goodwin (f), Hattersley (f) 75.0 Final Smith, Jay, Dews, Turner (f) 73.6

Supporters’ Scratch Race Ht1 Allott, Winstanley, Jenkins, Stone 72.2 73.6 Ht2 Warren, Ridgeon, Oakley, Bodie 72.2 74.4 Ht3 Robinson, Betts, Rolfe, Hickman 72.6 74.2 Final Allott, Warren, Robinson, Winstanley (f) 72.4 st Thursday 31 August 1961 Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers 53 Newcastle Diamonds 25 (Northern League)

Sheffield Clive Featherby 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Ronnie Rolfe 0 3 1 3 7 Tony Robinson 3 3 3 3 12 Jack Winstanley E 2’ 22 62 Guy Allott 3 3 3 3 12 Stuart Hickman 1 E 1 2 Bernard McArthur 2’ 1’ 1 4 2

Newcastle Don Wilkinson 1’ 2 1 1 1 6 1 George Glen 2 1 1’ 0 4 1 Vic Lonsdale 1’ E E 1 1 Gil Goldfinch 2 2 3 2 0 9 Slant Payling 2 1 0 2 5 Pat Flanagan 0 0 0 0

Gordon Mitchell 0 0 0

Ht 1: Featherby, Glen, Wilkinson, Rolfe 70.8 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Robinson, Goldfinch, Lonsdale, Winstanley(ef) 72.2 3 3 6 6 Ht 3: Rolfe, McArthur, Glen, Mitchell 72.2 5 1 11 7 Ht 4: Allott, Payling, Hickman, Flanagan 71.6 4 2 15 9 Ht 5: Featherby, Goldfinch, Rolfe, Lonsdale(ef) 72.0 4 2 19 11 Ht 6; Robinson, Winstanley, Payling, Flanagan 72.4 5 1 24 12 Ht 7: Allott, Wilkinson, Glen, Hickman(ef) 71.2 3 3 27 15 Ht 8: Goldfinch, Winstanley, McArthur, Mitchell 72.8 3 3 30 18 Ht 9: Rolfe, Featherby, Wilkinson, Payling 72.2 5 1 35 19 Ht 10: Allott, Goldfinch, Hickman, Lonsdale(ef) 72.8 4 2 39 21 Ht 11: Robinson, Winstanley, Wilkinson, Glen 72.6 5 1 44 22 Ht 12: Allott, Payling, McArthur, Flanagan 72.8 4 2 48 24 Ht 13: Robinson, Featherby, Wilkinson, Goldfinch 73.4 5 1 53 25

Reserves Race Ht1 Jenkins, Turner, Jay, Melbin 74.8 Ht2 Smith, Hattersley, Mitchell, Goodwin 75.8 Final Smith, Jenkins, Turner, Hattersley 74.8

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Allott, Winstanley, Flanagan, Hanscombe 72.4 73.6 Ht2 Payling, Wilkinson, Lonsdale, Verity (nf) 73.8 74.8 Ht3 Robinson, Rolfe, Hickman, Glen 72.8 73.0 Final Allott, Rolfe, Payling, Robinson (nf) 72.2 th Thursday 7 September 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers 44 Stoke Potters 33(Northern League)

Sheffield Ronnie Rolfe 3 2 3 X 7 Clive Featherby 2’ 3 E E 5 1 Tony Robinson F 1’ 3 3 7 1 Jack Winstanley 3 2 1 1 7 Guy Allott 3 3 3 3 12 Stuart Hickman 1 1 2’ 1 5 1 Bernard McArthur 0 0 0

Stoke Ken Adams 1 2 2 2 7 Bill Wainwright 0 1’ 1 2 1 Pete Jarman 1’ 1 0 2 1 Eric Hockaday 2 3 3 1 9 Brian Craven 2 3 2’ E 7 1 Colin Pratt 0 0 2 0 2 Ron Sharp 2 0 2 1’ 5 1

Ht1 Rolfe, Featherby, Adams, Wainwright 72.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Winstanley, Hockaday, Jarman, Robinson (f) 74.4 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Featherby, Sharp, Wainwright, McArthur 73.2 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Allott, Craven, Hickman, Pratt 73.4 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Hockaday, Rolfe, Jarman, Featherby (ef) 73.4 2 4 17 13 Ht6 Craven, Winstanley, Robinson, Pratt 72.4 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Allott, Adams, Hickman, Sharp 72.6 4 2 24 18 Ht8 Hockaday, Craven, Winstanley, McArthur 73.8 1 5 25 23 Ht9 Rolfe, Pratt, Featherby (ef), Craven (ef) 72.4 3 2 28 25 Ht10 Allott, Hickman, Hockaday, Jarman 72.6 5 1 33 26 Ht11 Robinson, Adams, Winstanley, Wainwright 72.2 4 2 37 28 Ht12 Allott, Sharp, Hickman, Pratt 72.9 4 2 41 30 Ht13 Robinson, Adams, Sharp, Rolfe (exc) 73.6 3 3 44 33

Reserves Race Ht1 Sharp, Melbin, Smith, Jenkins 72.4 Ht2 Turner, Goodwin, Jay, Hattersley (f) 77.4

Final Sharp, Turner, Smith, Goodwin 75.8

Cussens Trophy Ht1 Allott, Winstanley, Pratt (f), Featherby (ef) 72.4 74.4 Ht2 Adams, Hockaday, McArthur, Hessel 72.4 74.0 Ht3 Robinson, Hickman, Rolfe, Hanscombe 73.4 73.8 Final Allott, Adams, Hickman, Robinson 73.6

th Monday 11 September 1961 Brough Park, Newcastle Newcastle Diamonds 42 Sheffield Tigers 36 (Provincial League)

Newcastle Don Wilkinson 1 2 3 0 6 Gordon Mitchell 0 0 0 0 0 Gil Goldfinch 3 3 3 3 12 Russ Dent 1 0 1 1 3 Slant Payling 2’ 3 0 2’ 7 2 George Major 3 0 2 3 8 George Glen 3 3 6

Sheffield Clive Featherby 3 2 2 2 9 Ronnie Rolfe 2’ 1’ 1 0 4 2 Tony Robinson 0 3 3 1’ 7 1 Jack Winstanley 2 1 2 1 6 Guy Allott 0 2 2 1 5 Stuart Hickman 1 1’ 1’ 0 3 2 Bernard McArthur 2 0 2

Ht 1; Featherby, Rolfe, Wilkinson, Mitchell 78.2 1 5 1 5 Ht 2: Goldfinch, Winstanley, Dent, Robinson 78.4 4 2 5 7 Ht 3; Glen, McArthur, Rolfe, Mitchell 81.8 3 3 8 10 Ht 4: Major, Payling, Hickman, Allott 80.4 5 1 13 11 Ht 5: Robinson, Wilkinson, Winstanley, Mitchell 80.4 2 4 15 15 Ht 6: Goldfinch, Allott, Hickman, Dent 81.0 3 3 18 18 Ht 7: Payling, Featherby, Rolfe, Major 81.0 3 3 21 21 Ht 8: Glen, Winstanley, Dent, McArthur 81.2 4 2 25 23 Ht 9: Wilkinson, Allott, Hickman, Mitchell 83.0 3 3 28 26 Ht 10: Robinson, Major, Winstanley, Payling 80.0 2 4 30 30 Ht 11: Goldfinch, Featherby, Dent, Rolfe 80.4 4 2 34 32 Ht 12: Major, Payling, Allott, Hickman 81.0 5 1 39 33 Ht 13: Goldfinch, Featherby, Robinson, Wilkinson 79.6 3 3 42 36

th Thursday 14 September 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers 46 Middlesbrough Bears 32 (Provincial League & Northern League)

Sheffield Ronnie Rolfe 1 2 2’ 2 7 1 Clive Featherby 3 3 E 3 9 Tony Robinson E2’0 F 2 1 Jack Winstanley 3 3 3 1 10 Guy Allott 3 2 3 3 11 Stuart Hickman 2’1’1 E 4 2 Alan Jay 1 2’ 3 1

Middlesbrough Eric Boothroyd 2 3 3 3 3 14 Fred Greenwell 0 0 Rick France 2 1 2 1 5 Eric Boocock XX2’ 21 Clive Hitch 1 0 1 2 4 Bob Webb 0 0 1 0 1 Ken Hanscombe 1’ 2 1 1’ 5 2

Ht1 Featherby, Boothroyd, Rolfe, Greenwell 72.4 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Winstanley, France, Hanscombe, Robinson (ef) 75.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Featherby, Hanscombe, Jay, Webb 73.4 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Allott, Hickman, Hitch, Webb 75.0 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Boothroyd, Rolfe, France, Featherby (ef) 74.2 2 4 18 12 Ht6 Winstanley, Robinson, Webb, Hitch 75.2 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Boothroyd, Allott, Hickman 73.0 3 3 26 16 Ht8 Winstanley, Jay, Hanscombe, Boocock (exc) 76.2 5 1 31 17 Ht9 Featherby, Rolfe, Hitch, Webb 74.4 5 1 36 18 Ht10 Allott, France, Hickman, Boocock (exc) 73.4 4 2 40 20 Ht11 Boothroyd, Boocock, Winstanley, Robinson 74.0 1 5 41 25 Ht12 Allott, Hitch, Hanscombe, Hickman (ef) 74.4 3 3 44 28 Ht13 Boothroyd, Rolfe, France, Robinson (f) 74.0 2 4 46 32

Reserves Race Ht1 Goodwin, Turner, Verity, 79.0 Ht2 Jay, Hattersley, Geoff Hessell, Hanscombe (f) 76.2 Final Hattersley, Turner, Jay, Goodwin 76.8

Remington Scratch Race Ht1 Rolfe, Allott, Winstanley, Fewsdale 73.8 74.2 Ht2 Boothroyd, Boocock, France, Melbin 74.0 75.0 Ht3 Featherby, Turner, Webb, Hiegold (fexc) 76.8 78.0 Final Boothroyd, Allott, Rolfe, Featherby 74.0 th Saturday 16 September 1961 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh Edinburgh Monarchs 53 Sheffield Tigers 25 (Northern League)

EDINBURGH Dick Campbell 2'31'3--92 George Hunter 332'2--101 Willie Templeton 3211--7 Wayne Briggs 2'1'33--92 Doug Templeton 2332--10 Jimmy Tannock 1'2'1---42 Alf Wells 2'11'---42

SHEFFIELD Ronnie Rolfe 110---2 Clive Featherby EX2---2 Tony Robinson X020--2 Jack Winstanley 1120--4 Guy Allott 33332-14 Stuart Hickman 1000--1 Bernard McArthur 0000--0

Ht 1 Hunter, Campbell, Rolfe, Featherby (ef) 70.4 5 1 5 1 Ht 2 W.Templeton, Briggs, Winstanley, Robinson (f/ex)71.6 5 1 10 2 Ht 3 Hunter, Wells, Hickman, McArthur 73.2 5 1 15 3 Ht 4 Allott, D.Templeton, Tannock, Hickman 71.4 3 3 18 6 Ht 5 Campbell, Hunter, Winstanley, Robinson 73.4 5 1 23 7 Ht 6 Allott, W.Templeton, Briggs, Hickman 71.2 3 3 26 10 Ht 7 D.Templeton, Tannock, Rolfe, McArthur 71.4 5 1 31 11 Ht 8 Briggs, Winstanley, Wells, McArthur 71.0 4 2 35 13 Ht 9 Allott, Hunter, Campbell, Hickman 70.8 3 3 38 16 Ht 10 D.Templeton, Robinson, Tannock, Winstanley 71.4 4 2 42 18 Ht 11 Briggs, Featherby, W.Templeton, Rolfe 72.2 4 2 46 20 Ht 12 Allott, D.Templeton, Wells, McArthur 70.4 3 3 49 23 Ht 13 Campbell, Allott, W.Templeton, Robinson 70.8 4 2 53 25

st Thursday 21 September 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers 41 Belle Vue Aces 37 (Challenge)

Sheffield Ronnie Rolfe 1’ 1 0 0 2 1 Clive Featherby 2 3 0 5

Tony Robinson 0 1’ 2 2 5 1 Jack Winstanley 2 2 2’ 1’ 7 2 Guy Allott 3 3 3 3 12 Stuart Hickman 2’ 0 2 Bernard McArthur 2’ 3 1’ 1 1 8 2

Belle Vue Dick Fisher 3 2 3 3 3 14 Jim Yacob1 0 1 1’ 0 2 1 Jack Kitchen 3 3 2 1 9 Peter Kelly 1 2’ 0 0 3 1 Bryce Subritzky 1 3 2’ 2 8 1 John Dews 0 0 0 0 Anthony Jones 0 1 0 1

Ht1 Fisher, Featherby, Rolfe, Yacobi 71.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Kitcvhen, Winstanley, Kelly, Robinson 72.6 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Featherby, McArthur, Yacobi, Jones 73.6 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Allott, Hickman, Subritzky, Dews 72.4 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Kitchen, Kelly, Rolfe, Featherby 73.0 1 5 16 14 Ht6 Subritzky, Winstanley, Robinson, Dews 73.0 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Allott, Fisher, Yacobi, Hickman 71.6 3 3 22 20 Ht8 McArthur, Winstanley, Jones, Kelly 72.4 5 1 27 21 Ht9 Fisher, Subritzky, McArthur, Rolfe 72.2 1 5 28 26 Ht10 Allott, Kitchen, McArthur, Kelly 72.8 4 2 32 28 Ht11 Fisher, Robinson, Winstanley, Yacobi 72.2 3 3 35 31 Ht12 Allott, Subritzky, McArthur, Dews 73.2 4 2 39 33 Ht13 Fisher, Robinson, Kitchen, Rolfe 73.2 2 4 41 37

Exhibition Match Races Ht1 Trevor Redmond bt Dick Fisher 73.2 Ht2 Trevor Redmond bt Dick Fisher 73.8 Ht3 Derrol Melbin bt Ron Johnson 76.4

The Comics Wilf Jay (0), Son Mitchell (0), Ron Johnson (half lap), Len Tupling (0) 79.0

Perth Match Race Derroll Melbin bt Ron Johnson 76.4

Sidecar Handicap Ht1 D.Blowers (20), D.Owen (10), M.Webster (20), F.Waller (0) 86.2 Ht2 M.Adams (20), G.Pollard (10), N.Nead (15), J.Salvus (0) 87.2 Final

Midget Car Exhibition Ron Lea set 4 lap record of 83.6 th Thursday 28 September 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Guy Allott’s Team 41 Clive Featherby’s Team 54 (Challenge)

Allott’s Guy Allott 2 E 3 3 3 3 14 Dennis Jenkins 0 0 0 1 1 Tommy Roper 2 E 2 1 5 Ken Hanscombe F 0 2 0 2 Ronnie Rolfe 2 1 2’ E 2 3 10 1 Alan Jay 1’ 3 2 1’ 0 7 2 Phil Hattersley 1 1 0 2

Featherby’s Clive Featherby 3 3 E 3 2 11

Jack Winstanley 1 3 2 F 2 8 Tony Robinson 3 2’ 2 3 3 13 1 Malcolm Bruce 1 1’ 2 1 1’ 6 2 Bernard McArthur 3 3 0 6 Terry Turner 0 1 1 0 2’ 4 1 Derrol Melbin 2’ F 3 1’ 6 2

Ht1 Featherby, Allott, Winstanley, Jenkins 72.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Robinson, Roper, Bruce, Hanscombe (f) 73.6 2 4 4 8 Ht3 Winstanley, Melbin, Hattersley, Jenkins 73.4 1 5 5 13 Ht4 Featherby, Robinson, Allott (ef), Roper (ef) 73.0 0 5 5 18 Ht5 McArthur, Rolfe, Jay, Turner 74.8 3 3 8 21 Ht6 Allott, Robinson, Bruce, Jenkins 72.4 3 3 11 24 Ht7 McArthur, Roper, Turner, Hanscombe 73.2 2 4 13 28 Ht8 Allott, Winstanley, Rolfe, Featherby (ef) 73.4 4 2 17 30 Ht9 Jay, Bruce, Hattersley, Melbin (f) 74.0 4 2 21 32 Ht10 Allott, Rolfe, Turner, McArthur 73.2 5 1 26 33 Ht11 Robinson, Jay, Bruce, Rolfe (ef) 73.6 2 4 28 37 Ht12 Featherby, Hanscombe, Roper, Winstanley (f) 73.4 3 3 31 40 Ht13 Melbin, Rolfe, Jay, Turner 74.4 3 3 34 43 Ht14 Allott, Winstanley, Bruce, Hattersley 73.6 3 3 37 46 Ht15 Robinson, Turner, Jenkins, Jay 73.6 1 5 38 51 Ht16 Rolfe, Featherby, Melbin, Hanscombe 74.2 3 3 41 54

No programmed second half. th Thursday 5 October 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Northern Riders’ Championship

Tommy Roper 3 2 1 2 1 9 Clive Featherby E 3 3 Slant Payling 2 3 1 6 Bryce Subritzky 1 1 1 1 2 6 Guy Allott 2 1 3 3 3 12 Jack Winstanley 0 1 2 2 2 7 Jim Yacobi 1 1 2 3 3 10 Tony Robinson 3 3 3 2.5 3 14.5 Bernard McArthur 3 0 0 3 2 8 Stuart Hickman 1 X 1 Don Wilkinson 0 2 3 1 0 6 Brian Craven 2 2 2 0 1 7 Gil Goldfinch 3 3 3 2.5 3 14.5 Ronnie Rolfe 2 2 2 1 1 8 Alan Jay 1 0 1 0 2 4 Derrol Melbin 0 0 0 X 0 Ken Hanscombe (res) 0 2 1 3 Dennis Jenkins (res) 0 1 0 1 Phil Hattersley (res) 0 F 0 Terry Turner (res) 0 0

Ht1 Roper, Payling, Subritzky, Featherby (ef) 72.4 Ht2 Robinson, Allott, Yacobi, Winstanley 73.0 Ht3 McArthur, Craven, Hickman, Wilkinson 73.2 Ht4 Goldfinch, Rolfe, Jay, Melbin 74.4 Ht5 Goldfinch, Roper, Allott, McArthur 73.6 Ht6 Featherby, Rolfe, Winstanley, Hickman (exc) 73.6 Ht7 Payling, Wilkinson, Yacobi, Jay 74.6 Ht8 Robinson, Craven, Subritzky, Melbin 73.6 Ht9 Wilkinson, Winstanley, Roper, Melbin 74.2 Ht10 Allott, Craven, Jay, Hanscombe 73.6 Ht11 Robinson, Rolfe, Payling, McArthur 73.4 Ht12 Goldfinch, Yacobi, Subritzky, Jenkins 74.6 Ht13 Yacobi. Roper, Rolfe, Craven 74.6 Ht14 Robinson & Goldfinch, Wilkinson, Hattersley 73.0 Ht15 Allott, Hanscombe, Jenkins, Melbin (exc) 75.2

Ht16 McArthur, Winstanley, Subritzky, Jay 74.2 Ht17 Robinson, Jay, Roper, Hattersley (f) 73.0 Ht18 Yacobi, McArthur, Hanscombe, Turner 75.2 Ht19 Goldfinch, Winstanley, Craven, Jenkins 74.4 Ht20 Allott, Subritzky, Rolfe, Wilkinson 74.2 Run Off Tony Robinson by Gil Goldfinch 73.6

th Thursday 12 October 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers 37 Belle Vue Aces 41 (Challenge)

Sheffield Ronnie Rolfe 2 0 2 0 4 Clive Featherby 1’ 1 1 1’ 4 2 Tony Robinson 2 3 2 2 9 Gil Goldfinch 0 1 2’ 0 3 1 Guy Allott 2 2 2 1’ 7 1 Jack Winstanley 1’ 1’ 0 2 1 Bernard McArthur 3 3 2 8

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 3 3 3 3 12 Bryce Subritzky 0 2 0 1 3 Dick Fisher 3 2’ 3 1 9 1 Jim Yacobi 1 3 0 1 5 Jack Kitchen 3 2 3 3 11 Peter Kelly 0 0 0 0 Norman Nevitt 0 1 0 1

Ht1 Johnston, Rolfe, Featherby, Subritzky 75.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Fisher. Robinson, Yacobi, Goldfinch 73.6 2 4 5 7 Ht3 McArthur, Subritzky, Featherby, Nevitt 75.6 3 2 9 9 Ht4 Kitchen, Allott, Winstanley, Kelly 73.6 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Yacobi, Fisher, Featherby, Rolfe 73.8 1 5 13 17 Ht6 Robinson, Kitchen, Goldfinch, Kelly 74.6 4 2 17 19 Ht7 Johnston, Allott, Winstanley, Subritzky 73.8 3 3 20 22 Ht8 McArthur, Goldfinch, Nevitt, Yacobi 75.0 5 1 25 23 Ht9 Kitchen, Rolfe, Featherby, Kelly 73.8 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Fisher, Allott, Yacobi, Winstanley 73.4 2 4 30 30 Ht11 Johnston, Robinson, Subritzky, Goldfinch 73.4 2 4 32 34 Ht12 Kitchen, McArthur, Allott, Nevitt 74.0 3 3 35 37 Ht13 Johnston, Robinson, Fisher, Rolfe 73.6 2 4 37 41

Exhibition by Frank Varey (Scott)

Second also half featured sidecar and midget car events

[Sidecar racing and Sidecar Handicap]

Midget Car Challenge Race Ron Lea, Stan Jenkins,

st Saturday 21 October 1961 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 50 Sheffield Tigers 28 (Challenge)

Belle Vue Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 15 Peter Kelly 0 2 1 2’ 5 1 Dick Fisher 2’ 3 2 3 10 1 Jim Yacobi 3 1 3 1’ 8 1 Bryce Subritzky 2’ 3 1’ 1 7 2 Jack Kitchen 3 2’ 2 1 8 1 Norman Nevitt 0 0 0

Sheffield Nigel Boocock 2 2 3 3 2 12

Clive Featherby 1’ 3 0 2 6 1 Tony Robinson 0 0 0 0 Ronnie Rolfe 1 1 1’ 1 4 1 Guy Allott 1 2 0 0 0 3 Jack Winstanley 0 0 0 0 Bernard McArthur 1 2 3

Ht1 Craven, Boocock, Featherby, Kelly 74.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Yacobi, Fisher, Rolfe, Robinson (nf) 76.8 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Kitchen, Subritzky, Allott, Winstanley 79.2 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Featherby, Kelly, McArthur, Nevitt 79.0 2 4 15 9 Ht5 Subritzky, Kitchen, Rolfe, Robinson 79.8 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Fisher, Boocock, Yacobi, Featherby 76.2 4 2 24 12 Ht7 Craven, Allott, Kelly, Winstanley 81.0 4 2 28 14 Ht8 Yacobi, McArthur, Rolfe, Nevitt 79.4 3 3 31 17 Ht9 Boocock, Kitchen, Subritzky, Allott 77.8 3 3 34 20 Ht10 Boocock, Fisher, Yacobi, Allott (nf) 77.8 3 3 37 23 Ht11 Craven, Kelly, Rolfe, Robinson 81.0 5 1 42 24 Ht12 Fisher, Boocock, Subritzky, Allott (nf) 77.2 4 2 46 26 Ht13 Craven, Featherby, Kitchen, Winstanley 77.8 4 2 50 28

SHEFFIELD 1961 Needs in BOLD

Thursday 6th April 1961 Cleveland Park, Middlesbrough Bears 36 Sheffield Tigers 42 (PL) Times th Thursday 13 April 1961 Owlerton Sheffield Tigers 39 Cradley Heath Heathens 38 (PL) Friday 14th April 1961 Monmore Green Wolverhampton Wolves 43 Sheffield Tigers 35 (PL) th Thursday 20 April 1961 Owlerton Sheffield Tigers 50 Exeter Falcons 27 (PL) th Thursday 27 April 1961 Owlerton Sheffield Tigers 28 Cradley Heath Heathens 50 (Ch) Saturday, 29th April 1961 Old Meadowbank, MONARCHS 55 SHEFFIED (PL) Thursday 4th May 1961 Owlerton Sheffield Tigers v Stoke Potters (PL) Rained Off Friday 5th May 1961 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 46 Sheffield Tigers 32 (PL) th Thursday 11 May 1961 Owlerton Sheffield Tigers 40 Wolverhampton Wolves 38 (PL) Saturday, 13th May 1961 Meadowbank, MONARCHS 26 KIWIS 22 SHEFFIELD16 NEWCROSS32 [4TT] Thursday 18th May 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Tigers 43 Plymouth Bulldogs 53 (KOC) th Saturday 20 May 1961 Sun Street, Stoke Potters 43 Sheffield Tigers 35 (PL) th Thursday 25 May 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Tigers 41 Stoke Potters 37 (PL) Thursday 1st June 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield World Championship Qualifying Round Monday 5th June 1961 County Ground, Exeter Falcons 47 Sheffield Tigers 31 (PL) To Be Checked th Wednesday 7 June 1961 Poole Poole Pirates 50 Sheffield Tigers 28 (PL) Thursday 8th June 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield The Ron Cliffe Triple Trophy Event th Friday 9 June 1961 Pennycross Plymouth Bulldogs 47 Sheffield Tigers 31 (PL) th Saturday 10 June 1961 Manchester Belle Vue Juniors 9 Sheffield Juniors 13 th Saturday 10 June 1961 Dudley Wood, Cradley Heath Heathens 40 Sheffield Tigers 38 (PL) Thursday, 15th June 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Tigers 39 Edinburgh Monarchs 39 (NL) Saturday 17th June 1961 Sun Street, Stoke Potters 53 Sheffield Tigers 25 (PL) nd Thursday 22 June 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Tiger 50 Newcastle Diamonds 28 (PL) th Thursday 29 June 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Tigers 49 Stoke Potters 29 (Ch) nd Sunday 2 July 1961 Dublin Shelbourne Park 42 Sheffield Tigers 35 (Ch) Thursday 6th July 1961 Sheffield Provincial Riders’ Championship Qualifying Round th Thursday 13 July 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Tigers 42 Poole Pirates 36 (PL) th Thursday 20 July 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Tigers 37 Plymouth Bulldogs 41 (PL) Friday 21st July 1961 Monmore Green, Stoke 34 Poole 30 Cradley Heath 18 Sheffield 14 (4TT) Saturday 22nd July 1961 Dudley Wood, Cradley Heath Heathens 60 Sheffield Tigers 18 (PL) th Thursday 27 July 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Tigers 48 Edinburgh Monarchs 30 (PL) rd Thursday 3 August 1961 Owlerton,Sheffield Tigers v Middlesbrough Bears (PL) Rained Off th Monday 7 August 1961 Brough Park, Newcastle Diamonds 53 Sheffield Tigers 24 (NL) th Thursday 10 August 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Tigers 61 Rayleigh Rockets 17 (PL) th Tuesday 15 August 1961 Greenfields Bradford Panthers 30 Sheffield Tigers 47 (Ch) th Thursday 17 August 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Tigers 38 Cradley Heath Heathens 40 (PL) Friday 18th August 1961 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton Wolves 49.5 Sheffield Tigers 28.5 (NL) Thursday 24th August 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Tigers 45 Wolverhampton Wolves 33 (NL) Thursday 31st August 1961 Owlerton Sheffield Tigers 53 Newcastle Diamonds 25 (NL) Thursday 7th September 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Tigers 44 Stoke Potters 33 (NL) Monday 11th September 1961 Brough Park, Newcastle Diamonds 42 Sheffield Tigers 36 (PL) Thursday 14th September 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Tigers 46 Middlesbrough Bears 32 (PL&NL) Saturday 16th September 1961 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh Monarchs 53 Sheffield Tigers 25 (NL) Thursday 21st September 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Tigers 41 Belle Vue Aces 37 (Ch) Thursday 28th September 1961 Owlerton, Guy Allott’s Team 41 Clive Featherby’s Team 54 (Ch) Thursday 5th October 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Northern Riders’ Championship Thursday 12th October 1961 Owlerton, Sheffield Tigers 37 Belle Vue Aces 41 (Ch) SHdetails Saturday 21st October 1961 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 50 Sheffield Tigers 28 (Ch)