WIMBLEDON 1956

Thanks to Peter Jackson and Mike Moseley

Updated 5.1.2013

Friday 30th March 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, Gold Vase

Arthur Wright 2 2 3 3 2 12 Reg Trott 0 2 0 1 1 4 1 1 3 1 3 9 Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 3 15 3 3 3 3 2 14 Phil Clarke 0 E 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 6 Ken Sharples 1 0 2 2 1 6 0 1 0 1 3 5 Aub Lawson 2 3 2 2 0 9 Ken Middleditch 3 2 2 3 0 10 Cyril Brine 1 1 1 0 2 5 Cyril Roger 1 0 0 0 1 Peter Moore 2 1 1 2 1 7 Arthur Forrest 3 3 2 2 3 13 Cyril Maidment 0 2 1 0 0 3 Tommy Sweetman (Res) 0 0 1 1

1) Moore(R), Wright, Craven, Trott 64.4 2) Briggs, Waterman, Sharples, Clarke 64.2 3) Middleditch, Lawson, Brine, How 65.8 4) Forrest, Moore(P), Roger, Maidment 65.6 5) Briggs, Wright, How, Roger 64.8 6) Lawson, Trott, Moore(P), Clarke (EF) 67.2 7) Forrest, Middleditch, Craven, Waterman 65.4 8) Moore(R), Maidment, Brine, Sharples 66.8 9) Wright, Middleditch, Maidment, Clarke 64.8 10) Briggs, Forrest, Brine, Trott 64.4 11) Craven, Sharples, Moore(P), How 66.8 12) Moore(R), Lawson, Waterman, Roger 65.8 13) Wright, Moore(P), Waterman, Brine 66.6 14) Middleditch, Sharples, Trott, Sweetman, Roger(ns)65.6 15) Briggs, Lawson, Craven, Maidment 65.8 16) Moore(R), Forrest, How, Sweetman, Clarke(NS) 66.0 17) Forrest, Wright, Sharples, Lawson 66.8 18) How, Waterman, Trott, Maidment 67.2 19) Craven, Brine, Sweetman, Roger, Clarke (NS) 65.8 20) Moore(R), Briggs, Moore(P), Middleditch 64.6

Monday 2nd April 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London 61.5 46.5 (Challenge)

WIMBLEDON Ronnie Moore 18 Barry Briggs 10.5 Peter Moore 9 Ron How 9 Alf Hagon 7 Cyril Maidment 3 Reg Trott 3 Cyril Brine 2

WEMBLEY 46.5 16 Eric French 11.5 Freddie Williams 6 Ken Adams 5 Split Waterman 3 2 2 Jimmy Gooch 1

1) Moore(R), Moore(P), Williams, Price (Fell) 69.6 5 1 5 1 2) Crutcher, French, Maidment, Briggs 66.2 1 5 6 6 3) Hagon, How, Williams, Gooch 66.6 5 1 11 7 4) Trott, Adams, Brine, Broadbank 68.4 4 2 15 9 5) Moore(R), Crutcher, Briggs, Gooch 66.2 4 2 19 11 6) French, Hagon, Maidment, Price 68.0 3 3 22 14 7) Crutcher, How, Moore(P), Waterman 67.2 3 3 25 17 8) Briggs, Moore(P), Price, Waterman 69.0 5 1 30 18 9) Moore(R), Crutcher, Price, Hagon 66.6 3 3 33 21 10) Briggs-French (DEAD HEAT), How, Williams 67.2 3.5 2.5 36.5 23.5 11) Moore(R), Waterman, Maidment, Gooch 68.4 4 2 40.5 25.5 12) Crutcher, Williams, Moore(P), Maidment 68.4 1 5 41.5 30.5 13) Moore(R), How, French, Waterman 68.0 5 1 46.5 31.5 14) Adams, Broadbank, Brine, Trott 68.8 1 5 47.5 36.5 15) Crutcher, How, French, Trott 67.0 2 4 49.5 40.5 16) Williams, Briggs, Waterman, Hagon 68.4 2 4 51.5 44.5 17) Moore(P), Hagon, French, Gooch 68.0 5 1 56.5 45.5 18) Moore(R), Briggs, French, Adams 67.8 5 1 61.5 46.5

JUNIOR HANDICAP: (pre match) Bob Andrews (20 yards), Reg Trott (Gate), Tommy Sweetman (20 yards) [Mike Broadbank (Gate) & Bob Warner (20 yards) 69.6

JUNIOR HANDICAP: Adams (Gate), Sweetman (20 yards), Andrews (20 yards), Brine, Warner (Gate) 71.0

Saturday 7th April 1956 Belle Vue, 45 Wimbledon Dons 39 (Challenge)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 2 3 3 E 8 Peter Williams 0 0 2’ 2 4 1 Peter Craven X 3 3 3 9 Fred Rogers 1 2 0 0 3 Bob Duckworth 2’ 0 3 1’ 4 2 Dick Fisher 3 3 3 2 11 Tink Maynard 1 2 3 Slant Payling 1 F 1

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 3 3 2 3 11 Peter Moore 1 1’ 1 3 1 Barry Briggs 3 2 2 2 3 12 Cyril Maidment 2’ 1 2 1 6 1 Ron How 0 E E 0 Tommy Sweetman F 1’ 1 1 Cyril Brine 0 1 1

Ht1 R.Moore, Sharples, P.Moore, Williams 71.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Briggs, Maidment, Rogers (efPush), Craven (extps) 76.2 1 5 3 9 Ht3 Fisher, Duckworth, Hagon, How 72.6 5 1 8 10 Ht4 Craven, Briggs, Payling, Brine 73.4 4 2 12 12 Ht5 Fisher, Hagon, P.Moore, Williams 75.2 3 3 15 15 Ht6 R.Moore, Rogers, Maynard, Sweetman 77.0 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Fisher, Briggs, Maidment, Duckworth 75.8 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Sharples, Maynard, Brine, How (ef) 76.8 5 1 26 22 Ht9 Craven, R.Moore, P.Moore, Rogers 74.6 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Duckworth, Maidment, Sweetman, Payling (exc)76.2 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Sharples, Williams, Hagon, How (ef) 77.0 5 1 37 29 Ht12 R.Moore, Fisher, Duckworth, P.Moore 76.0 3 3 40 32 Ht13 Craven, Briggs, Hagon, Rogers 76.2 3 3 43 35 Ht14 Briggs, Williams, Maidment, Sharples (ef) 76.6 2 4 45 39

Monday 9th April 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London INTER-TRACK BEST PAIRS

Ronnie Moore 2 2 3 3 3 13 Peter Moore 3 3 2 1 0 9 Total 22 Brian Crutcher 3 3 2 2 3 13 Tommy Price 0 1 0 1 0 2 Total 15 3 2 3 2 2 12 Aub Lawson 2 0 0 0 1 3 Total 15 Olle Nygren 2 1 3 1 1 8 Peter Craven 1 0 1 3 2 7 Total 15 Arthur Wright 1 3 2 1 2 10 Arthur Forrest 0 1 0 2 1 4 Total 14 Barry Briggs E 2 1 3 3 9 Ron How 1 0 0 0 0 1 Total 10

1) Moore(P), Moore(R), Wright, Forrest 66.6 2) Crutcher, Nygren, Craven, Price 66.4 3) Fundin, Lawson, How, Briggs (EF) 67.8 4) Moore(P), Moore(R), Nygren, Craven 66.4 5) Wright, Briggs, Forrest, How 66.4 6) Crutcher, Fundin, Price, Lawson 67.0 7) Moore (R), Moore(P), Briggs, How 66.6 8) Nygren, Wright, Craven, Forrest 67.2 9) Moore(R), Crutcher, Moore(P), Price 66.4 10) Fundin, Forrest, Wright, Lawson 67.0 11) Craven, Fundin, Nygren, Lawson 66.8 12) Briggs, Crutcher, Price, How 66.6 13) Moore(R), Fundin, Lawson, Moore(P) 66.2 14) Briggs, Craven, Nygren, How 66.4 15) Crutcher, Wright, Forrest, Price 67.2

DON'S SCRATCH RACE: Trott, Brine, Hagon, Maidment 67.4

MATCH RACE (3 Laps): Trott beat Brine 52.0

MATCH RACE (3 Laps): Hagon beat Maidment 52.0 SPRING HANDICAP: Brine (10 yards), Sweetman (30 yards), Trott (Gate), Andrews (30 yards), Hagon (0-F) 70.2 NOVICE SCRATCH RACE (3 Laps) : Leo McAuliffe, Dave Collett, Bob Warner, Alan Brett 53.8 WIMBLEDON HANDICAP: Maidment (10), [Hagon (Gate), Trott (Gate), Brine (Gate), Andrews (30 yards) Sweetman (30 yards).69.8

Monday 16th April 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 49 Belle Vue Aces 35 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 12 Ron How 2’ 2 3 3 10 1 Peter Moore 2 0 3 2’ 7 1 Alf Hagon 0 1 2 F 3 Barry Briggs 2 2’ 3 3 10 1 Cyril Maidment 1’ 1 1 0 3 1 Cyril Brine 3 1’ 4 1 Gil Goldfinch F 0 0

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 1 2 1’*2 2 8 1 Peter Craven 3 3 2 3* 1’ 12 1 Peter Williams 0 F 0 0 Fred Rogers 1 1 0 2 4 Bob Duckworth 3 1 1 1’ 6 1 Dick Fisher 0 0 2 0 2 Tink Maynard 2 0 2 Frank Johnson 1’ 1 1

Ht1 R.Moore, P.Moore, Sharples, Williams 67.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Craven, How, Rogers, Hagon 63.4 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Duckworth, Briggs, Maidment, Fisher 66.2 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Brine, Maynard, Johnston, Goldfinch (f) 67.8 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Craven, How, Rogers, P.Moore 64.8 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Moore, Sharples, Maidment, Fisher 66.0 4 2 19 17 Ht7 P.Moore, Briggs, Duckworth, Williams (fexc) 65.2 5 1 24 18 Ht8 How, Fisher, Sharples*, Goldfinch 66.0 3 3 27 21 Ht9 R.Moore, Craven, Hagon, Rogers 65.2 4 2 31 23 Ht10 Briggs, Sharples, Maidment, Williams 65.4 4 2 35 25 Ht11 R.Moore, P.Moore. Duckworth, Maynard 66.8 5 1 40 26 Ht12 Craven*, Hagon, Brine, Fisher 65.6 3 3 43 29 Ht13 Briggs, Rogers, Craven, Maidment 64.4 3 3 46 32 Ht14 How, Sharples, Duckworth, Hagon (f) 66.8 3 3 49 35

Junior Scratch Race 3 laps Bob Andrews, Sweetman, Eric Hockaday 3 only 53.0

Reserves Scratch Race Brine, Goldfinch, Johnson (f), Maynard (exc) 67.8

MERTON HANDICAP: Race Cancelled

Match Race Barry Briggs bt Ron How 64.8

TOOTING HANDICAP: Brine (20 yards), R.Moore (Gate), Hagon (20 yards), Peter Moore (10 yards), Maidment (Gate) 66.6

GOLDEN HELMET Ht1 Ronnie Moore beat Peter Craven 64.6 Ht2 Ronnie Moore beat Peter Craven 64.4

Saturday 21st April 1956 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Odsal Tudors 33 Wimbledon Dons 51 (National League Division One)

Bradford E Rigg 0 1* 0 1 R Clarke 1* 1 2 A Forrest 1 0 2 0 2 5 A Allison 2 3 3 1 9 G Allott 0 2 2 1 5 N Boocock 3 3 0 6 D Haswell 2* 1 0 3

Wimbledon R Moore 2* 3 3 2* 10 R How 3 3 2 3 11 P Moore 3 1 1 2 7 A Hagon 0 2* 1* 2* 5 B Briggs 3 3 3 3 12 C Maidment 1 0 2 1* 4 C Brine 1 1 2 G Goldfinch 0 0 0

Ht 1 P Moore, R Moore, Forrest, Rigg 66.4 1 5 1 5 Ht 2 How, Allison, Clarke, Hagon 66.6 3 3 4 8 Ht 3 Briggs, Wright, Maidment, Allott 66.8 2 4 6 12 Ht 4 Boocock, Haswell, Brine, Goldfinch 68.2 5 1 11 13 Ht 5 How, Hagon, Clarke, Forrest 65.4 1 5 12 18 Ht 6 R Moore, Allott, Rigg, Maidment 67.0 3 3 15 21 Ht 7 Briggs, Forrest, P Moore, Wright 65.4 2 4 17 25 Ht 8 Boocock, Maidment, Haswell, Goldfinch 67.4 4 2 21 27 Ht 9 Allison, How, Hagon, Forrest 66.2 3 3 24 30 Ht 10 R Moore, Allott, P Moore, Wright 65.4 2 4 26 34 Ht 11 Briggs, Forrest, Brine, Rigg 66.4 2 4 28 38 Ht 12 Allison, P Moore, Maidment, Boocock 66.6 3 3 31 41 Ht 13 How, Hagon, Allott, Wright 67.0 1 5 32 46 Ht 14 Briggs, R Moore, Allison, Haswell 66.0 1 5 33 51

Monday 23rd April 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 56 Odsal Tudors 28 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 12 Ron How 2 1’ 3 3 9 1 Peter Moore 2’ 2 2’ 1 7 2 Alf Hagon 1’ F 1 1 3 1 Barry Briggs 2 3 3 3 11 Cyril Maidment 1’ 2’ 2’ 1 6 3 Cyril Brine 3 3 6 Gil Goldfinch 1 1 2

Odsal Ron Clarke 1 1 0 2 Des Haswell E 0 0 Al Allison 0 0 0 Arthur Forrest 3 3 2 0 2 10 Arthur Wright 3 1 1’ 2 2 9 1 Guy Allott 0 1 2 X 2 5 2 0 0 0 2 Tommy Toll X 0 0

Ht1 R.Moore, P.Moore, Clarke, Allison 67.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Forrest, How, Hagon, Haswell (ef) 66.6 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Wright, Briggs, Maidment, Allott 66.0 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Brine, Boocock, Goldfinch, Toll (exc) 66.4 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Forrest, P.Moore, How, Haswell 65.8 3 3 18 12 Ht6 R.Moore, Maidment, Allott, Boocock 67.8 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Briggs, P.Moore, Wright, Allison 66.0 5 1 28 14 Ht8 How, Allott, Goldfinch, Toll 67.8 4 2 32 16 Ht9 R.Moore, Forrest, Wright, Hagon (f) 66.0 3 3 35 19 Ht10 Briggs, Maidment, Clarke, Allott (exc) 66.6 5 1 40 20 Ht11 R.Moore, Wright, P.Moore, Boocock 66.4 4 2 44 22 Ht12 Brine, Allott, Hagon, Forrest 67.6 4 2 48 24 Ht13 Briggs, Forrest, Maidment, Boocock (f) 67.6 4 2 52 26 Ht14 How, Wright, Hagon, Clarke 67.4 4 2 56 28

Junior Scratch Race 3 laps Hockaday, Andrews, Ridgeon, Sweetman (f) 51.8

Yorkshire Scratch Race Briggs, R.Moore, Wright, Forrest 65.0

Surrey Scratch Race P.Moore, How, Allott, Hockaday 67.2

Sussex Scratch Race Hagon, Maidment, Andrews, Clarke 67.8

Reserves Scratch Race Brine, Goldfinch, Boocock, Toll 68.0

Flying Cinders Trophy 1 lap flying start Barry Briggs 15.6* Arthur Wright 15.8 Ronnie Moore 15.8

Saturday 28th April 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 47 Wimbledon Dons 36 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 1 2 E E 3 Ron Johnston 3 2’ 2 2 9 1 Dick Fisher 0 3 3 3 9 Bob Duckworth 2’ 2 2’ 0 6 2 Peter Craven 3 0 2 3 8 Peter Williams 1 1’ 0 2’ 4 2 Frank Johnson 3 3 6 Tink Maynard 1’ 1’ 2 2

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 2’ 3 3* 3 3 14 1 Ron How 1 X E 0 1 Peter Moore 3 1’ 1 1 6 1 Alf Hagon 0 1 1 2 Barry Briggs 2 2 3* 2 1 10 Cyril Maidment 0 0 0 0 Cyril Brine 2 1’ 3 1 Gil Goldfinch F 0 0

Ht1 P.Moore, R.Moore, Sharples, Fisher 73.8 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Johnston, Duckworth, How, Hagon 75.4 5 1 6 6 Ht3 Craven, Briggs, Williams, Maidment 73.0 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Johnson, Brine, Maynard, Goldfinch (f) 75.8 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Fisher, Johnston, Hagon, How (exc) 74.0 5 1 19 11 Ht6 R.Moore, Sharples, Williams, Maidment 73.4 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Fisher, Briggs, P.Moore, Craven 73.4 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Moore*, Johnson, Maynard, Goldfinch 73.2 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Briggs*, Duckworth, How (ef), Sharples (ef) 74.6 2 3 30 23 Ht10 R.Moore, Craven, P.Moore, Williams 74.0 2 4 32 27 Ht11 Fisher, Briggs, Brine, Sharples (ef) 74.4 3 3 35 30 Ht12 Johnson, Duckworth, P.Moore, Maidment 75.6 5 1 40 31 Ht13 Craven, Williams, Hagon, How 76.2 5 1 45 32 Ht14 R.Moore, Johnston, Briggs, Duckworth 74.4 2 4 47 36

Monday 30th April 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 64 Stars 20 (National League Division One)

WIMBLEDON Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 12 Ron How 3 3 3 3 12 Peter Moore 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 9 3 Alf Hagon 1 0 1 Barry Briggs 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Cyril Maidment 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4 Cyril Brine 3 3 0 6 Gil Goldfinch 2’ 2’ 1 5 2

NORWICH Aub Lawson 1 1 1 2 5 Reg Trott 2 1 2 2 1 8 Harry Edwards 0 0 0 0 Phil Clarke 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 Billy Bales 1 1 0 1’ 3 1 Fred Brand 0 0 1 0 1 Geoff Pymar 1 1 2 Derek Strutt 0 0 0

1 R. Moore, P. Moore, Lawson, Edwards, 67.2 5 1 2 How, Trott, Hagon, Clarke, 68.4 9 3 3 Briggs, Maidment, Bales, Brand, 66.4 14 4 4 Brine, Goldfinch, Pymar, Strutt, 68.6 19 5 5 How, P. Moore, Trott, Clarke, 67.6 24 6 6 R. Moore, Maidment, Lawson, Brand, 67.2 29 7 7 P. Moore, Briggs, Bales, Edwards (e/f), 66.0 34 8 8 How, Goldfinch, Brand, Strutt, 70.0 39 9 9 R. Moore, Trott, Clarke, Hagon (e/f), 68.4 42 12 10 Briggs, Maidment, Lawson, Edwards, 66.6 47 13 11 R. Moore, P. Moore, Pymar, Bales, 68.6 52 14 12 Brine, Trott, Goldfinch, Brand, 67.8 56 16 13 Briggs, Maidment, Trott, Clarke, 67.2 61 17 14 How, Lawson, Bales, Brine (f), 68.0 64 20

Reserve Scratch Race – Brine, Goldfinch, Pymar, Strutt, 68.6 All-Star Scratch Race – Briggs, R. Moore, Lawson, Tommy Sweetman, 67.0 Norfolk Scratch Race – P. Moore, How, Bob Andrews, Bales, 67.6 Norwich Scratch Race – Maidment, Brand, Trott, Eric Hockaday, 67.8 Junior Scratch Race (3 laps) – Goldfinch, Sweetman, Andrews, Hockaday, 52.8 Wimbledon Handicap – (yards behind scratch) Brine (10), P. Moore (30), Maidment (20),(others Briggs [40] & Goldfinch [0]), 67.8

Saturday 5th May 1956 Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich Stars 37 Wimbledon Dons 47 (National League Division One)

NORWICH Aub Lawson 3 2 3 0 8 Reg Trott 3 1’ 3 0 7 1 Harry Edwards 0 2 1 2 5 Phil Clarke 1 2’ 2 1 6 1 Billy Bales 0 0 0 0 0 Fred Brand 2 1’ 2 2 7 1 Derek Strutt 0 0 0 Geoff Pymar 3 1 4

WIMBLEDON Ronnie Moore 1’ 3 3 2’ 9 1 Ron How 2 3 1 3 9 Peter Moore 2 2’ 1 3 8 1 Alf Hagon 0 0 0 1 1 Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 12 Cyril Maidment 1 0 2 1 4 Cyril Brine 2 1 3 Gil Goldfinch 1’ 0 1 1

1 Lawson, P. Moore, R. Moore, Edwards, 77.6 3 3 2 Trott, How, Clarke, Hagon, 78.2 7 5 3 Briggs, Brand, Maidment, Bales, 77.2 9 9 4 Pymar, Brine, Goldfinch, Strutt, 79.0 12 12 5 How, Edwards, Trott, Hagon, 76.8 15 15 6 R. Moore, Lawson, Brand, Maidment, 76.0 18 18 7 Briggs, P. Moore, Edwards, Bales, 75.8 19 23 8 Trott, Maidment, Pymar, Goldfinch, 78.0 23 25 9 Lawson, Clarke, How, Hagon, 77.0 28 26 10 R. Moore, Brand, P. Moore, Bales, 76.4 30 30 11 Briggs, Edwards, Brine, Lawson, 75.4 32 34 12 P. Moore, Clarke, Maidment, Strutt, 77.6 34 38 13 How, Brand, Hagon, Bales, 77.6 36 42 14 Briggs, R. Moore, Clarke, Trott, 75,8 37 47

Monday 7th May 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 54 41 (Challenge)

WIMBLEDON 54 Alf Hagon 1 1 0 0 2 4 Ronnie Moore 3 2’ 5 1 Ron How 3 1 1 1 2’ 8 1 Peter Moore 3 3 3 3 3 3 15 Barry Briggs 3 3 E 0 3 9 Cyril Maidment 2’ 1 1 0 0 4 1 Cyril Brine 3 3 3 2 0 11

POLAND 41 Edward Kupczynski 2 1 2 2 1 0 8 Tadeusz Teodorowicz 0 0 0 Mieczyslaw Polukard 1 2 2’ 3 2 10 1 Florian Kapala 0 0 3 2 1 6 Marian Kaiser 1 0 2 0 1 1 5 Wlodzimierz Szwendrowski 0 2 1 2 3 3 11 J. Suchcki 0 1 1

1) Moore (R), Kupczynski, Hagon, Teodorowicz (F) 66.8 4 2 4 2 2) Moore (P), How, Polukard, Kapala 67.4 5 1 9 3 3) Briggs, Maidment, Kaiser, Szwendrowski 67.8 5 1 14 4 4) Brine, Moore (R), Kupczynski, Suchcki 67.4 5 1 19 5 5) Moore (P), Szwendrowski, How, Kaiser 67.0 4 2 23 7 6) Brine, Polukard, Hagon, Kapala 67.6 4 2 27 9 7) Briggs, Kupczynski, Maidment, Teodorowicz 67.0 4 2 31 11 8) Brine, Kaiser, Szwendrowski, Hagon 67.8 3 3 34 14 9) Kapala, Polukard, Maidment, Briggs 67.8 1 5 35 19 10) Moore (P), Kupczynski, How, Kaiser 67.0 4 2 39 21 11) Moore (P), Szwendrowski, Kupczynski, Hagon 67.2 3 3 42 24 12) Polukard, Brine, Kaiser, Briggs 67.8 2 4 44 28 13) Szwendrowski, Kapala, How (EF), Brine (EF) 67.6 0 5 44 33 14) Moore (P), Polukard, Suchcki, Maidment 67.6 3 3 47 36 15) Briggs, How, Kapala, Kupczynski 67.4 5 1 52 37 16) Szwendrowski, Hagon, Kaiser, Maidment 66.8 2 4 54 41

JUNIOR HANICAP: Bob Andrews (10 yards), Erick Hockaday (10 yards), Gil Goldfinch (Gate), Tommy Sweetman (10 yards) - EF, Ray Thackwell (10 yards) - EF 68.8

Speedway Racing Car Demonstration Race 1 lap Doc Garth, Jack Bottomley, Bob Parker (cr) 17.2 17.4 4 laps Garth, Bottomley, Parker (ns) 70.6 72.3

Saturday 12th May 1956 Brandon Stadium, Coventry Coventry Bees 50 Wimbledon Dons 46 (Inter-Division Tournament)

Coventry Nick Nicholls 1’ 3 3 2 1’ 10 2 Charlie New 2 3 2’ 2’ 1’ 10 3 Bob Mark 3 0 1’ X 4 1 Reg Duval 1 2 2 0 2’ 7 1 Jim Lightfoot 1 2 1 2 F 6 Tommy Miller E 0 3 2 5 Les Tolley 2’ 3 2 1 8 1

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Ron How X 1 1 0 0 2 Peter Moore 2 1 2 E 1 6 Alf Hagon 0 E 0 0 Barry Briggs 2’ 3 1 3 2’ 3 14 2 Cyril Maidment 3 1 0 1 1 6 Cyril Brine 0 0 0

Ht1 R.Moore, May, Nicholls, How (exc) 68.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Mark, P.Moore, Duval, Hagon 69.8 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Maidment, Briggs, Lightfoot, Miller (ef) 69.6 1 5 8 10 Ht4 New, Tolley, How, Brine 69.6 5 1 13 11 Ht5 Briggs, Duval, Maidment, Mark 69.4 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Nicholls, New, P.Moore, Hagon (ef) 70.8 5 1 20 16 Ht7 R.Moore, Lightfoot, How, Miller 69.2 2 4 22 20 Ht8 Nicholls, New, Briggs, Maidment 70.0 5 1 27 21 Ht9 Tolley, P.Moore, Lightfoot, Hagon 69.6 4 2 31 23 Ht10 R.Moore, Duval, Mark, How 70.0 3 3 34 26 Ht11 R.Moore, Nicholls, Maidment, Duval 70.0 2 4 36 30 Ht12 Briggs, Lightfoot, New, P.Moore (ef) 69.8 3 3 39 33 Ht13 R.Moore, Tolley, Maidment, Mark (fexc) 70.6 2 4 41 37 Ht14 Miller, Duval, P.Moore, Brine 71.0 5 1 46 38 Ht15 R.Moore, Briggs, Tolley, Lightfoot 70.4 1 5 47 43 Ht16 Briggs, Miller, Nicholls, How 69.0 3 3 50 46

Monday 14th May 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 51 - Birmingham Brummies 32 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon 1. Ronnie Moore 2’ 3 XT F 5 1 2. Ron How 3 1 3 2 9 3. Peter Moore 3 3 3 3 12 4. Alf Hagon 1 2 0 0 3 5. Barry Briggs 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 6. Cyril Maidment 1 0 2’ 1 4 1 7. Cyril Brine 2’ 2 4 1 8. Gil Goldfinch 3 F 3

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 1 2 1 3 7 2. Ron Mountford 2 2 3 0 2 9 3. Eric Boothroyd 0 F N 1 1 4. Harry Bastable 0 0 1 0 1 5. Doug Davies 2 1 2 1 6 6. Jim Tolley 0 1’ 2 3 6 1 7. Neil Mortimer F 1’ 1 1 8. Arthur Duncan F 1’ 1 1

Ht1 P Moore, R Moore, Hunt, Boothroyd 66.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 How, Mountford, Hagon, Bastable 67.2 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Briggs, Davies, Maidment, Tolley 65.6 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Goldfinch, Brine, Mortimer [f], Duncan [f] 71.8 5 0 18 5 Ht5 P Moore, Mountford, How, Bastable 66.8 4 2 22 7 Ht6 R Moore, Hunt, Tolley, Maidment 67.2 3 3 25 10 Ht7 P Moore, Briggs, Davies, Boothroyd [f] 66.4 5 1 30 11 Ht8 How, Tolley, Duncan, Goldfinch [f] 69.8 3 3 33 14 Ht9 Mountford, Hagon, Bastable, R Moore [xt] 67.0 2 4 35 18 Ht10 Briggs, Maidment, Hunt, Mountford 66.2 5 1 40 19 Ht11 P Moore, Davies, Mortimer, R Moore [f] 68.2 3 3 43 22 Ht12 Tolley, Brine, Boothroyd, Hagon 68.4 2 4 45 26 Ht13 Briggs, Mountford, Maidment, Bastable 66.8 4 2 49 28 Ht14 Hunt, How, Davies, Hagon 68.0 2 4 51 32

Wimbledon Juniors 8 – Wimbledon & Birmingham Reserves 10

Juniors Reserves 1. Tom Sweetman 0 2 2 1. Harry Bastable 2’ 3 5+1 2. Bob Andrews 1 3 4 2. Neil Mortimer 3 2 5 3. Eric Hockaday 1’ 1 2+1 3. Arthur Duncan F 0 0

Ht1 Mortimer, Bastable, Andrews, Sweetman 70.8 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Bastable, Sweetman, Hockaday, Duncan [f] 71.0 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Andrews, Mortimer, Hockaday, Duncan 69.0 4 2 8 10

The Flying Four Scratch Race Briggs, Davies, Mountford, R Moore [ns] 66.2

Wandle Scratch Race P Moore, How, Hunt, Boothroyd 68.2

Plough Lane Scratch Race Hagon, Maidment, Tolley [f], Brine [f] 69.4

Thursday 17th May 1956 , London Wembley Lions 38 Wimbledon Dons 46 (National League Division One)

Wembley Tommy Price 1 E F 2 3 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 1 10 Trevor Redmond 0 0 0 0 Freddie Williams 1 2 1 0 4 Split Waterman 2’ 1 2 3 8 1 Eric French 3 2 1’ 1 7 1 Jimmy Gooch 1 0 1 Mike Broadbanks 3 2’ 0 5 1

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 12 Ron How 2 2 3 2 9 Peter Moore 1 3 0 3 7 Alf Hagon 0 1’ 1 0 2 1 Barry Briggs 1 2’ 3 2’ 8 2 Cyril Maidment 0 1 1 2’ 4 1 Cyril Brine 2 0 1 3 Gil Goldfinch 0 0

Ht1 R.Moore, P.Moore, Price, Redmond 72.6 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Crutcher, How, Williams, Hagon 72.4 4 2 5 7 Ht3 French, Waterman, Briggs, Maidment 73.4 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Broadbanks, Brine, Gooch, Goldfinch 74.4 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Crutcher, How, Hagon, Redmond 73.0 3 3 17 13 Ht6 R.Moore, French, Maidment, Price (ef) 73.4 2 4 19 17 Ht7 P.Moore, Briggs, Waterman, Redmond 72.8 1 5 20 22 Ht8 Crutcher, Broadbanks, Maidment, Brine 72.6 5 1 25 23 Ht9 How, Williams, Hagon, Price (f) 73.2 2 4 27 27 Ht10 R.Moore, Waterman, French, P.Moore 73.4 3 3 30 30 Ht11 Briggs, Price, Brine, Broadbanks 73.8 2 4 32 34 Ht12 P.Moore, Maidment, Williams, Gooch 74.4 1 5 33 39 Ht13 Waterman, How, French, Hagon 73.4 4 2 37 41 Ht14 R.Moore, Briggs, Crutcher, Williams 72.0 1 5 38 46

Junior Match Wembley 10 Wimbledon 2 Wembley Ray Cresp 3 3 6 Merv Hannam 2’ 2’ 4 2 Wimbledon Tommy Sweetman 0 0 0 Bob Andrews 1 1 2 Ht1 Cresp, Hannam, Andrews, Sweetman 74.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Cresp, Hannam, Andrews, Sweetman 73.6 5 1 10 2

Saturday 19th May 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 42 Wimbledon Dons 42 (National League Division One)

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt EF 2 1 1’ 4 1 2. Ron Mountford 2 2’ 3 1 8 1 3. Doug Davies 2 3 1 2 8 4. Jim Tolley 0 3 2 0 5 5. Eric Boothroyd 2 0 1 3 6 6. Harry Bastable 1’ 1’ 0 1 3 2 7. Neil Mortimer 3 1’ 4 1 8. Derrick Tailby 2’ 2’ 4 2

Wimbledon 1. Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 2. Ron How 3 1 2 2 8 3. Peter Moore 1 2’ 2’ 3 8 2 4. Alf Hagon 1 0 0 0 1 5. Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 12 6. Cyril Maidment 0 EF EF 0 0 7. Cyril Brine 1 1 0 2 8. Gil Goldfinch 0 N 0

Ht1 R Moore, Davies, P Moore, Hunt [ef] 73.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 How, Mountford, Hagon, Tolley 75.2 2 4 4 8 Ht3 Briggs, Boothroyd, Bastable, Maidment 73.4 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Mortimer, Tailby, Brine, Goldfinch 76.2 5 1 12 12 Ht5 Davies, Mountford, How, Hagon 75.0 5 1 17 13 Ht6 R Moore, Hunt, Bastable, Maidment [ef] 73.6 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Briggs, P Moore, Davies, Boothroyd 73.2 1 5 21 21 Ht8 Mountford, Tailby, Brine, Maidment [ef] 74.4 5 1 26 22 Ht9 Tolley, How, Hunt, Hagon 75.4 4 2 30 24 Ht10 R Moore, P Moore, Boothroyd, Bastable 75.8 1 5 31 29 Ht11 Briggs, Davies, Hunt, Brine 73.6 3 3 34 32 Ht12 P Moore, Tolley, Mortimer, Maidment 76.0 3 3 37 35 Ht13 Boothroyd, How, Bastable, Hagon 75.2 4 2 41 37 Ht14 Briggs, R Moore, Mountford, Tolley 74.8 1 5 42 42

Monday 21st May 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 48 Wembley Lions 36 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 2 3 2’ 3 10 1 Ron How 2 2’ 3 3 10 1 Peter Moore 1’ 3 1 1 6 1 Alf Hagon 0 0 0 0 Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 12 Cyril Maidment 0 0 1 0 1 Cyril Brine 3 3 3 9 Gil Goldfinch 0 0 0

Wembley Brian Crutcher 3 2 2 2 2 11 Tommy Price 3 0 1 2 6 Trevor Redmond 0 0 0 0 Freddie Williams 1 1 0 1’ 3 1 Split Waterman 1’ 2 2 5 1 Eric French 2 1’ 2 1’ 1’ 7 3 Mike Broadbanks 2 0 2 Jimmy Gooch 1’ 1’ 2 2

Ht1 Crutcher, R.Moore, P.Moore, Redmond 64.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Price, How, Williams, Hagon 67.0 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Briggs, French, Waterman, Maidment 66.2 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Brine, Broadbanks, Gooch, Goldfinch 66.6 3 3 11 13 Ht5 P.Moore, How, Williams, Price 66.4 5 1 16 14 Ht6 R.Moore, Crutcher, French, Maidment 65.0 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Briggs, Waterman, P.Moore, Redmond 66.2 4 2 23 19 Ht8 How, French, Gooch, Goldfinch 67.2 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Brine, R.Moore, Price, Williams 67.0 5 1 31 23 Ht10 Briggs, Crutcher, Maidment, Redmond 65.6 4 2 35 25 Ht11 R.Moore, Waterman, P.Moore, Broadbanks 67.2 4 2 39 27 Ht12 Brine, Crutcher, French, Hagon 67.4 3 3 42 30 Ht13 Briggs, Price, Williams, Maidment 66.8 3 3 45 33 Ht14 How, Crutcher, French, Hagon 67.2 3 3 48 36

Junior Scratch Race Ht1 Sweetman, Andrews, Hannam, Simpson 71.4 Ht2 Sweetman, Hannam, Andrews, Simpson 71.2

Top Scorers Scratch Race Briggs, R.Moore, How, Crutcher 66.0

Whitsun Scratch Race Gooch, How, Redmond, Goldfinch 69.6

Surrey Scratch Race P.Moore, Brine, Price, Andrews 67.6

Metropolitan Scratch Race French, Hagon, Maidment, Williams 69.0

Scratch Race Winners’ Handicap Briggs (40), P.Moore (20, Gooch (0), French (20) 68.0

Saturday 26th May 1956 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Odsal Tudors 43 Wimbledon Dons 41 (National League Division One)

Bradford A Forrest 3 3 2* 2 10 R Clarke 1 3 3 0 7 A Allison 1 2 0 1* 4 A Wright 3 3 3 2 11 G Allott 2 1 0 1 4 E Rigg 0 0 0 0 N Boocock 3 1 0 1 D Haswell 2* 1 3

Wimbledon R Moore 2 2 1 2* 1 8 C Brine 0 1 1 2 P Moore 0 2* 3 2 7 A Hagon 2 0 0 2 B Briggs 3 3 3 3 3 15 C Maidment 1 1* 2 2 1* 6 T Sweetman 1 0 1 G Goldfinch 0 0 0

Ht 1 Forrest, R Moore, Allison, P Moore 67.4 4 2 4 2 Ht 2 Wright, Hagon, Clarke, Brine 67.2 4 2 8 4 Ht 3 Briggs, Allott, Maidment, Brine 66.2 2 4 10 8 Ht 4 Boocock, Haswell, Sweetman, Goldfinch 70.4 5 1 15 9 Ht 5 Clarke, Allison, Brine, Hagon 69.2 5 1 20 10 Ht 6 Forrest, R Moore, Maidment, Rigg 67.6 3 3 23 13 Ht 7 Briggs, P Moore, Allott, Allison 66.8 1 5 24 18 Ht 8 Clarke, Maidment, Haswell, Goldfinch 67.8 4 2 28 20 Ht 9 Wright, Forrest, Brine, Hagon 67.8 5 1 33 21 Ht 10 P Moore, R Moore, Boocock, Allott 68.0 1 5 34 26 Ht 11 Briggs, Forrest, Allison, Sweetman 67.0 3 3 37 29 Ht 12 Wright, P Moore, Maidment, Boocock 67.4 3 3 40 32 Ht 13 Briggs, R Moore, Allott, Rigg 67.4 1 5 41 37 Ht 14 Briggs, Wright, R Moore, Clarke 67.2 2 4 43 41

Monday 28th May 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 51 33 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 2’ 2’ 2 1 7 2 Cyril Brine 3 1 3 1 8 Peter Moore 3 3 2’ 0 8 1 Alf Hagon 2’ 2’ 2 3 9 2 Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 12 Cyril Maidment F 3 1 0 4 Bob Andrews 3 1’ 4 1 Gil Goldfinch 0 0 0

Poole Ken Middleditch 1 1 2 2 2 8 Cyril Roger 1 E 3 3 1’ 8 1 Jimmy Squibb 0 0 0 Terry Small 0 0 0 Jack Biggs 2 2 1 3 0 8 Bill Holden 1’ 0 0 1 1 Bert Roger 1’ 2’ 2 5 2 Allan Kidd 2 1’ 0 3 1

Ht1 P.Moore, R.Moore, Middleditch, Squibb 67.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Brine, Hagon, C.Roger, Small 68.7 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Briggs, Biggs, Holden, Maidment (f) 67.0 3 3 13 5 Ht4 Andrews, Kidd, B.Roger, Goldfinch 69.6 3 3 16 8 Ht5 P.Moore, Biggs, Brine, C.Roger (ef) 67.2 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Maidment, R.Moore, Middleditch, Holden 68.4 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Briggs, P.Moore, Biggs, Squibb 65.4 5 1 30 12 Ht8 Brine, Middleditch, Kidd, Goldfinch 67.0 3 3 33 15 Ht9 C.Roger, R.Moore, Hagon, Small 66.6 3 3 36 18 Ht10 Briggs, Middleditch, Maidment, Kidd 65.6 4 2 40 20 Ht11 Biggs, B.Roger, R.Moore, P.Moore 67.4 1 5 41 25 Ht12 C.Roger, Hagon, Andrews, Holden 67.2 3 3 44 28 Ht13 Briggs, B.Roger, C.Roger, Maidment 66.0 3 3 47 31 Ht14 Hagon, Middleditch, Brine, Biggs 67.8 4 2 51 33

British Match Race Championship Ht1 Brian Crutcher bt Ronnie Moore 67.8 Ht2 Brian Crutcher bt Ronnie Moore 65.6

Surbiton Scratch Race Ht1 Briggs, Crutcher, P.Moore, Kidd 66.6 Ht2 R.Moore, C.Roger, Brine, Middleditch 67.6 Final Crutcher, Briggs, R.Moore, Brine ?

Windsor Scratch Race B.Roger, Hagon, Holden, Andrews 68.2

Ascot Scratch Race Maidment, Squibb, Small, Goldfinch (exc) 69.0

Tuesday 29th May 1956 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates 48 Wimbledon Dons 36 (National League Division One)

Poole Ken Middleditch E 1’ 2’ 3 6 2 Cyril Roger 1 3 3 X 7 Jimmy Squibb 1 0 1 Terry Small 0 0 Jack Biggs 2 1 3 3 3 12 Bill Holden 0 2 0 2’ 4 1 Bert Roger 2’ 3 1 3 9 1 Allan Kidd 3 2’ 2’ 2 9 2

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 3 3 1’ 3 1’ 11 2 Cyril Brine 3 0 0 3 Peter Moore 2’ 1’ 2 0 5 2 Alf Hagon 2’ 2 1 1 6 1 Barry Briggs 3 2 E E 2 7 Cyril Maidment 1 0 1 2 Bob Andrews 0 1 1 Gil Goldfinch 1 0 1

Ht1 R.Moore, P.Moore, Squibb, Middleditch (ef) 71.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Brine, Hagon, C.Roger, Small 72.0 1 5 2 10 Ht3 Briggs, Biggs, Maidment, Holden 71.0 2 4 4 14 Ht4 Kidd, B.Roger, Goldfinch, Andrews 73.4 5 1 9 15 Ht5 C.Roger, Hagon, Biggs, Brine 72.6 5 2 13 17 Ht6 R.Moore, Holden, Middleditch, Maidment 72.4 3 3 16 20 Ht7 Biggs, Briggs, P.Moore, Squibb 71.4 3 3 19 23 Ht8 C.Roger, Kidd, Maidment, Goldfinch 73.4 5 1 24 24 Ht9 C.Roger, Middleditch, Hagon, Brine 72.2 5 1 29 25 Ht10 Biggs, P.Moore, R.Moore, Holden 71.0 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Middleditch, Kidd, Andrews, Briggs (ef) 73.6 5 1 37 29 Ht12 R.Moore, Kidd, B.Roger, P.Moore 72.0 3 3 40 32 Ht13 Biggs, Holden, Hagon, Briggs (ef) 72.6 5 1 45 33 Ht14 B.Roger, Briggs, R.Moore, C.Roger (exc) 72.6 3 3 48 36

WIMBLEDON v 2nd DIVISION STARS - 4th June 1956 WIMBLEDON 55 Ronnie Moore 15 Cyril Brine 8 Barry Briggs 13 Cyril Maidment 4 Peter Moore 11 Gil Goldfinch 0 Alf Hagon 3 Bob Andrews 1 Tommy Sweetman 0

2nd DIVISION STARS 53

Ken McKinlay 7 Jack Unstead 1 Bob Roger 5 Dick Bradley 11 George White 5 Charlie New 3 Bert Edwards 11 Ronnie Genz 5 Leo McGillivray 5

1) Moore (R), Brine, McKinlay, Unstead 66.2 2) Bradley, Briggs, Roger, Maidment 66.8 3) Moore (P), White, New, Goldfinch 66.4 4) Edwards, Genz, Hagon, Andrews 67.0 5) Briggs, McKinlay, McGillivray, Sweetman 65.0 6) Moore (P), Roger, Hagon, Genz (EF) 67.2 7) Moore (R), Bradley, White, Goldfinch 66.4 8) Brine, McGillivray, Andrews, New 67.2 9) Edwards, Maidment, Roger, Sweetman 68.0 10) Briggs, McGillivray, Genz, Goldfinch 66.4 11) Moore (R), White, Hagon, McKinlay 67.2 12) Bradley, Moore (P), New, Brine 67.2 13) Edwards, McKinlay, Maidment, Andrews 67.4 14) Briggs, Genz, Roger, Hagon 67.4 15) Brine, McKinlay, New, Andrews (Fell) 67.4 16) Moore (R), Bradley, Unstead, Sweetman 67.2 17) Moore (P), Edwards, Maidment, White 67.2 18) Moore (R), Briggs, Bradley, Edwards 67.6

Saturday 9th June 1956 Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich Stars 43 Wimbledon Dons 41 (National League Division One)

NORWICH Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3 12 Geoff Pymar 0 1 0 1 Reg Trott 0 0 1 1 Billy Bales 3 2’ 2 1 8 1 Aub Lawson 3 1 0 3 7 Phil Clarke 1 1 1 1 4 Fred Brand 2’ 0 0 2 1 Harry Edwards 3 2 3 8

WIMBLEDON Ronnie Moore 2 2 3 3 2’ 12 1 Cyril Brine 2 1 1 2 6 Peter Moore 1’ 3 2’ 1 7 2 Alf Hagon 1’ 3 0 0 4 1 Barry Briggs 2 2’ 2 3 9 1 Cyril Maidment 0 0 2 2 Bob Andrews 0 0 0 Gil Goldfinch 1 0 1

1 Fundin, R. Moore, P. Moore, Trott, 71.6 3 3 2 Bales, Brine, Hagon, Pymar, 72.6 6 6 3 Lawson, Briggs, Clarke, Maidment, 73.4 10 8 4 Edwards, Brand, Goldfinch, Andrews, 75.2 15 9 5 Hagon, Edwards, Brine, Trott, 73.6 17 13 6 Fundin, R. Moore, Clarke, Maidment, 71.6 21 15 7 P. Moore, Briggs, Lawson, Brand, 74.6 22 20 8 Edwards, Maidment, Pymar, Goldfinch, 75.4 26 22 9 Fundin, Bales, Brine, Hagon, 73.4 31 23 10 R. Moore, P. Moore, Clarke, Lawson, 75.4 32 28 11 Fundin, Briggs, Trott, Andrews, 72.2 36 30 12 R. Moore, Bales, P. Moore, Brand, 73.6 38 34 13 Lawson, Brine, Clarke, Hagon, 74.4 42 36 14 Briggs, R. Moore, Bales, Pymar, 74.8 43 41

Monday 11th June 1956 Wimbledon Stadium London Wimbledon Dons 53 Belle Vue Aces 30 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 12 Cyril Brine 3 1 2 0 6 Peter Moore 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 Alf Hagon 1 X 2 3 6 Barry Briggs 3 3 F 6 Cyril Maidment 0 1 3 2 6 Bob Andrews 3 2’ 1’ 6 2 Gil Goldfinch 1 1’ 0 2 1

Belle Vue Frank Johnson 0 0 0 Peter Craven 2 2 2 3 9 Peter Williams 1 0 0 0 1 Fred Rogers F F 1 1 Bob Duckworth 1’ 1 1 2 5 1 Dick Fisher 2 2 3 3 1’* 11 1 Alf Webster 2 0 0 2 Slant Payling F 0 1 1

Ht1 R.Moore, P.Moore, Williams, Johnson 68.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Brine, Craven, Hagon, Rogers (f) 68.4 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Briggs, Fisher, Duckworth, Maidment 66.8 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Andrews, Webster, Goldfinch, Payling (f) 69.0 4 2 16 8 Ht5 P.Moore, Craven, Brine, Webster 67.6 4 2 20 10 Ht6 R.Moore, Fisher, Maidment, Johnson 66.8 4 2 24 12 Ht7 Briggs, P.Moore, Duckworth, Williams 67.6 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Fisher, Brine, Goldfinch, Payling 68.0 3 3 32 16 Ht9 R.Moore, Craven, Rogers (f), Hagon (exc) 66.4 3 2 35 18 Ht10^ Maidment, Andrews, Payling, Williams (exc) ? 5 1 40 19 Ht11 R.Moore, P.Moore, Duckworth, Webster 68.6 5 1 45 20 Ht12 Fisher, Hagon, Andrews, Williams 68.4 3 3 48 23 Ht13 Craven, Maidment, Rogers, Goldfinch 68.0 2 4 50 27 Ht14 Hagon, Duckworth, Fisher*, Brine 68.6 3 3 53 30 ^ Briggs hurt

Dons Juniors 14 Eastbourne 10 Dons Gil Goldfinch 1 1 2 Bob Andrews 3 2’ 3 Tommy Sweetman 1 0 1 Eric Hockaday 3 3 6 Eastbourne Dave Collett 0 0 0 Jim Heard 2 3 5 Gerry Bridson 2 2’ 4 1 Leo McAuliffe E 1 1 Ht1 Andrews, Heard, Goldfinch, Collett 70.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Hockaday, Bridson, Sweetman, McAuliffe (ef) 69.0 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Heard, Bridson, Goldfinch, Sweetman 71.6 1 5 9 9 Ht4 Hockaday, Andrews, McAuliffe, Collett 68.6 5 1 14 10

Ascot Scratch Race R.Moore, Johnson, Duckworth, Williams 67.8

Staines Scratch Race P.Moore, Rogers, Craven, Brine 68.4

Flying Cinders Track Record Attempt R. Moore 16.2* P.Craven 17.2 P.Moore 17.2

Wimbledon Handicap Alf Webster, Cyril Maidment, Alf Hagon, Cyril Brine 69.6

Saturday 16th June 1956 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets v Wimbledon Dons (Inter League Cup) Rained Off

Monday 18th June 1956 Wimbledon Stadium London Wimbledon Dons 50 Odsal Tudors 34 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 2’ 3 2’ 3 10 2 Cyril Brine 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Peter Moore 3 2’ 2’ 1 8 2 Alf Hagon 3 3 1 0 7 Barry Briggs E 3 3 3 9 Cyril Maidment 1 0 0 1 2 Bob Andrews 1’ 0 1 1 Gil Goldfinch 2 0 2

Odsal Arthur Forrest 0 2 1’ 2 5 1 Ron Clarke 1 1 1 3 6 Al Allison 1 0 2 3 0 6 Arthur Wright E 0 0 Guy Allott 3 1 2 1’ 7 1 Nigel Boocock 2’ 1’ 2 2’ 2 9 3 Jimmy Gooch 3 0 0 3 Des Haswell 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 P.Moore, R.Moore, Allison, Forrest 67.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Hagon, Brine, Clarke, Wright (ef) 67.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Allott, Boocock, Maidment, Briggs (ef) 68.4 1 5 11 7 Ht4 Gooch, Goldfinch, Andrews, Haswell 68.6 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Brine, P.Moore, Clarke, Gooch 67.6 5 1 19 11 Ht6 R.Moore, Forrest, Boocock, Maidment 67.0 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Briggs, P.Moore, Allott, Allison 66.6 5 1 27 15 Ht8 Brine, Boocock, Haswell, Goldfinch 66.2 3 3 30 18 Ht9 Hagon, R.Moore, Clarke, Wright 68.4 5 1 35 19 Ht10 Briggs, Allison, Forrest, Maidment 66.4 3 3 38 22 Ht11 R.Moore, Allott, P.Moore, Gooch 66.0 4 2 42 24 Ht12 Allison, Boocock, Hagon, Andrews 69.0 1 5 43 29 Ht13 Briggs, Boocock, Maidment, Allison 67.2 4 2 47 31 Ht14 Brine, Forrest, Allott, Hagon 68.6 3 3 50 34

Flying Eight Scratch Race Ht1 R.Moore, P.Moore, Bradley, Forrest 67.6 Ht2 Briggs, Unstead, B.Edwards, Wright 68.4 1st Final P.Moore, Unstead, R.Moore, Briggs 68.4 2nd Final B.Edwards, Bradley, Forrest, Wright 67.2

Balham Handicap Gooch (20), Goldfinch (5), Allott (30), [ Allison (30), Brine (40) 70.0

Wandsworth Handicap Hagon (10), Clarke (10), Maidment (10), [ Boocock (20), Andrews (5) 69.0

Monday 25th June 1956 Wimbledon Stadium London Wimbledon Dons 49 Wembley Lions 35 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 2 2 3 3 10 Cyril Brine 3 2’ 2 2 9 1 Peter Moore 1’ 3 2’ 1 7 2 Alf Hagon 2’ 2’ 1 1’ 6 3 Barry Briggs 3 3 2 3 11 Cyril Maidment 1 0 0 2’ 3 1 Bob Andrews 2 0 2 Gil Goldfinch 1’ 0 1 1

Wembley Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 E 12 Trevor Redmond 1 1 1 1 4 Tommy Price 0 1 1 Ray Cresp 0 0 0 0 Split Waterman 0 0 2 3 5 Eric French 0 0 2 3 5 Mike Broadbanks 3 0 0 3 Merv Hannan F 1 1

Ht1 Crutcher, R.Moore, P.Moore, Price 66.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Brine, Hagon, Redmond, Cresp 68.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Briggs, French, Maidment, Waterman 66.0 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Broadbanks, Andrews, Goldfinch, Hannan (f) 69.4 3 3 15 9 Ht5 P.Moore, Brine, Redmond, Cresp 66.0 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Crutcher, R.Moore, French, Maidment 65.0 2 4 22 14 Ht7 Briggs, P.Moore, Price, Waterman 65.2 5 1 27 15 Ht8 French, Brine, Hannan, Goldfinch 66.8 2 4 29 19 Ht9 R.Moore, Hagon, Redmond, Broadbanks 64.6 5 1 34 20 Ht10 Crutcher, Briggs, French, Maidment 64.8 2 4 36 24 Ht11 R.Moore, Waterman, P.Moore, Broadbanks 67.4 4 2 40 26 Ht12 Crutcher, French, Hagon, Andrews 66.0 1 5 41 31 Ht13 Briggs, Maidment, Redmond, Cresp 67.0 5 1 46 32 Ht14 Waterman, Brine, Hagon, Crutcher (ef) 67.6 3 3 49 35

Dorking Scratch Race Briggs, P.Moore, French, Price 65.2

Woking Scratch Race R.Moore, Hagon, Waterman, Crutcher (ns) 67.0

Redhill Scratch Race Brine, Redmond, Maidment, Cresp 67.8

Croydon Handicap Broadbanks (20), Andrews (10), Hannan (10), [ Goldfinch (10), Sweetman (0) 70.4

Monday 2nd July 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London 52 Sweden 53 (International)

ENGLAND 52 Brian Crutcher 11 Dick Bradley 11 Ken McKinlay 9 Split Waterman 8 Alan Hunt 7 Cyril Brine 4 George White 2 Ken Middleditch 0 SWEDEN 53 Olle Nygren 12 Ove Fundin 11 Rune Sormander 11 Lasse Pettersson 9 Birger Forsberg 5 Kjell Carlsson 3 Dan Forsberg 1 Neilson 1

1) Crutcher, Sormander, Neilson, McKinlay 65.2 2) Bradley, Hunt, Nygren, Forsberg (D) - Fell 66.2 3) Waterman, Fundin, Carlsson, Middleditch 65.8 4) Bradley, Sormanders, Hunt, Pettersson (EF) 67.2 5) Nygren, Waterman, Brine, Forsberg (B) 67.2 6) McKinlay, Carlsson, Crutcher, Fundin 64.6 7) Pettersson, Sormander, Waterman, Middleditch 66.0 8) Nygren, White, Forsberg (D), Crutcher 66.6 9) Fundin, Hunt, Bradley, Carlsson (Fell) 66.2 10) McKinlay, Crutcher, Sormander, Pettersson 66.0 11) Bradley, Hunt, Nygren, Neilson (Fell) 67.2 12) Fundin, Forsberg (B), Waterman, White 66.2 13) Pettersson, Sormander, Bradley, Hunt (Fell) 66.0 14) Nygren, Brine, Waterman, Forsberg (D) 67.8 15) Fundin, Crutcher, McKinlay, Forsberg (B) 66.0 16) Pettersson, Sormander, Brine, Waterman 67.8 17) Crutcher, McKinlay, Nygren, Neilson 67.2 18) Forsberg (D), Hunt (Fell), White (Fell), Fundin (Fell) 67.6

Monday 3rd July 1956 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates 41 Wimbledon Dons 43 (National League Division One)

Poole Ken Middleditch 1 3 0 1’ 5 1 Cyril Roger 2’ 2’ 2 1 7 2 Bert Roger 0 3 3 6 Terry Small 3 2 2 0 7 Jack Biggs 3 1 0 3 7 Jimmy Squibb 0 2’ 1 1 4 1 Allan Kidd 1 1’ 2 1 Norman Strachan 3 1’ 4 1

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 2’ 0 3 2’ 2’ 9 2 Cyril Brine 0 0 0 0 Peter Moore 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Alf Hagon 1 1 1 2 5 Barry Briggs 2 3 3 3 3 14 Cyril Maidment 1’ 1 0 2 1 Bob Andrews 2 0 2 Gil Goldfinch 0 0 0

Ht1 P.Moore, R.Moore, Middleditch, B.Roger 72.2 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Small, C.Roger, Hagon, Brine 72.4 5 1 6 6 Ht3 Biggs, Briggs, Maidment, Squibb 71.4 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Strachan, Andrews, Kidd, Goldfinch 73.6 4 2 13 11 Ht5 B.Roger, C.Roger, Hagon, Brine 73.0 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Middleditch, Squibb, Maidment, R.Moore 73.6 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Briggs, P.Moore, Biggs, B.Roger 70.6 1 5 24 18 Ht8 R.Moore, C.Roger, Strachan, Goldfinch 72.2 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Briggs, Small, Hagon, Middleditch 70.2 2 4 29 25 Ht10 P.Moore, R.Moore, Squibb, Biggs 72.8 1 5 30 30 Ht11 Briggs, B.Roger, Middleditch, Andrews 70.4 3 3 33 33 Ht12 P.Moore, Small, Kidd, Maidment 73.6 3 3 36 36 Ht13 Biggs, Hagon, Squibb, Brine 73.4 4 2 40 38 Ht14 Briggs, R.Moore, C.Roger, Small 71.0 1 5 41 43

Saturday 7th July 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 36 Wimbledon Dons 47 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 1 0 2 3 Peter Craven 0 3 3 1* F 7 Peter Williams 0 0 E 0 Dick Fisher 3 3* 3 3 2 14 Ron Johnston 1 0 0 2 3 Bob Duckworth 3 2 1 0 6 Frank Johnson F 1 1 Tink Maynard 2 0 2

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 2’ 3 2’ 3 10 2 Ron How 1’ 2 0 1 4 1 Peter Moore 3 2 3 2 10 Alf Hagon 2’ 1’ 2 3 8 2 Barry Briggs 2 1’ 3 1 7 1 Cyril Brine 0 1 1’ 0 2 1 Cyril Maidment 3 E 3 Bob Andrews 1 2 3

Ht1 P.Moore, R.Moore, Sharples, Williams 71.2 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Fisher, Hagon, How, Craven 71.4 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Duckworth, Briggs, Johnston, Brine 73.2 4 2 8 10 Ht4 Maidment, Maynard, Andrews, Johnson (f) 72.4 2 4 10 14 Ht5 Craven, How, Hagon, Williams 73.2 3 3 13 17 Ht6 R.Moore, Duckworth, Brine, Sharples 73.8 2 4 15 21 Ht7 Fisher*, P.Moore, Briggs, Johnston 73.2 3 3 18 24 Ht8 Craven, Andrews, Brine, Maynard 75.2 3 3 21 27 Ht9 Fisher, Hagon, Craven*, How 73.0 4 2 25 29 Ht10 P.Moore, R.Moore, Duckworth, Johnston 75.4 1 5 26 34 Ht11 Briggs, Sharples, Maidment (ef), Williams (ef) 74.6 2 3 28 37 Ht12 Fisher, P.Moore, Johnson, Brine 74.8 4 2 32 39 Ht13 Hagon, Johnston, How, Duckworth 75.2 2 4 34 43 Ht14 R.Moore, Fisher, Briggs, Craven (f) 74.0 2 4 36 47

Monday 9th July 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons v Second Division Stars (Challenge) Rained Off

Thursday 12th July 1956 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 44 Wimbledon Dons 40 (National League Division One)

Wembley Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 12 Tommy Price 3 3 3 3 12 Trevor Redmond 0 2’ 1 1 4 1 Spilt Waterman 2’ 2’ 2 F 6 2 Ray Cresp 0 0 3 3 Eric French 2 1 1 2’ 6 1 Mike Broadbanks 1 F 0 1 Merv Hannam 0 0 0

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 1’ 2 3 1’ 7 2 Cyril Brine 0 0 1 1 2 Barry Briggs 2 3 2’ 3 10 1 Ron How 1 1 0 0 2 Peter Moore 3 2’ 2 2 9 1 Alf Hagon 1 0 2 1 4 Cyril Maidment 3 0 3 Bob Andrews 2’ 1’ 3 2

Ht1 Crutcher, Briggs, R.Moore, Redmond 71.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Price, Waterman, How, Brine 74.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 P.Moore, French, Hagon, Cresp 72.8 2 4 10 8 Ht4 Maidment, Andrews, Broadbanks, Hannam 74.4 1 5 11 13 Ht5 Price, Redmond, How, Brine 73.6 5 1 16 14 Ht6 Crutcher, R.Moore, French, Hagon 71.2 4 2 20 16 Ht7 Briggs, P.Moore, Redmond, Cresp 72.8 1 5 21 21 Ht8 Price, Hagon, Andrews, Hannam 74.0 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Crutcher, Waterman, Brine, How 72.4 5 1 29 25 Ht10 R.Moore, Briggs, French, Broadbanks (f0 73.4 1 5 30 30 Ht11 Crutcher, P.Moore, Redmond, Maidment 73.2 4 2 34 32 Ht12 Briggs, Waterman, Hagon, Broadbanks 74.2 2 4 36 36 Ht13 Cresp, French, Brine, How 75.2 5 1 41 37 Ht14 Price, P.Moore, R.Moore, Waterman (f) 74.2 3 3 44 40

Monday 16th July 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 79 Odsal Tudors 29 (National Trophy)

WIMBLEDON 79 Barry Briggs 18 Peter Moore 13 Ronnie Moore 13 Cyril Brine 11 Alf Hagon 11 Cyril Maidment 6 Bob Andrews 6 Ron How 1 BRADFORD 29 Jimmy Gooch 9 Guy Allott 6 Arthur Wright 4 Al Allison 4 Les Haswell 3 Ron Clarke 1 Nigel Boocock 1 Dent Oliver 1

1) Moore(R), Wright, Brine, Clarke 69.0 2) Briggs, Allison, How, Boocock 69.2 3) Moore (P), Gooch, Hagon, Clarke 68.2 4) Haswell, Maidment, Andrews, Oliver 70.2 5) Briggs, Gooch, Moore (R), Allison 68.2 6) Hagon, Wright, Boocock, How (Fell) 68.4 7) Brine, Moore (P), Gooch, Allott 68.8 8) Briggs, Allott, Brine, Wright 67.8 9) Hagon, Moore (R), Allison, Haswell 69.0 10) Briggs, Moore (P), Clarke, Boocock 68.2 11) Moore (R), Allott, Gooch, How 68.8 12) Brine, Maidment, Allison, Wright 69.0 13) Moore (P), Moore (R), Allott, Boocock 67.8 14) Andrews, Maidment, Oliver, Haswell 69.0 15) Moore (P), Andrews, Gooch, Wright 68.2 16) Briggs, Hagon, Allott, Clarke 68.4 17) Brine, Hagon, Gooch, Allott (Fell) 68.8 18) Briggs, Moore (R), Gooch, Boocock 68.2

WIMBLEDON HANDICAP TROPHY: 1) Maidment (10 yards), Ronnie Moore (30 yards), Brine (20 yards), Sweetman (Gate), How (10 yards - Fell) 70.0 2) Hagon (10 yards), Briggs (30 yards), Goldfinch (Gate). 69.4 (Also rode but finishing order not known were Peter Moore (20 yards) and Bob Andrews (10 yards) FINAL) Ronnie Moore (30 yards), Maidment (10 yards), Briggs (30 yards), Hagon (10 yards) 68.8

Saturday 21st July 1956 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Odsal Tudors 38 Wimbledon Dons 70 (National Trophy)

Bradford A Wright 1 3 3 1 2 3 13 R Clarke 0 0 0 0 A Allison 1 1 2* 1 0 1 6 J Gooch 0 1* 2 0 1 4 G Allott ef ef ef ef 0 0 N Boocock 2 2 3 2 1* 10 D Oliver 2 1 1 4 D Haswell 1* 0 ef 1

Wimbledon C Brine 3 3 ef 1* 3 10 R Moore 2* 3 3 2* 3 13 B Briggs 3 3 1* 2 3 12 P Moore 1 2* 3 2* 0 8 R How 2 1 1 2* 1 7 A Hagon 2* 0 2* 3 3 10 C Maidment 3 2* 2 7 B Andrews 0 3 0 3

Ht 1 Brine, R Moore, Wright, Clarke 67.2 1 5 1 5 Ht 2 Briggs, Hagon, Allison, Gooch 66.8 1 5 2 10 Ht 3 R Moore, Boocock, P Moore, Allott ef 67.0 2 4 4 14 Ht 4 Maidment, Oliver, Haswell, Andrews 68.2 3 3 7 17 Ht 5 Briggs, P Moore, Allison, Clarke 67.0 1 5 8 22 Ht 6 Brine, Boocock, Gooch, Hagon 67.4 3 3 11 25 Ht 7 Wright, How, Briggs, Allott ef 68.0 3 3 14 28 Ht 8 Wright, Allison, How, Brine ef 68.2 5 1 19 29 Ht 9 Boocock, Briggs, Brine, Haswell 67.0 3 3 22 32 Ht 10 R Moore, Hagon, Allison, Allott ef 68.8 1 5 23 37 Ht 11 P Moore, Gooch, How, Clarke 68.8 2 4 25 41 Ht 12 Briggs, R Moore, Wright, Gooch 70.4 1 5 26 46 Ht 13 Hagon, How, Oliver, Allott ef 69.0 1 5 27 51 Ht 14 Andrews, Maidment, Oliver, Haswell ef 69.0 1 5 28 56 Ht 15 Brine, P Moore. Gooch, Allott 69.0 1 5 29 61 Ht 16 R Moore, Boocock, How, Allison 68.8 2 4 31 65 Ht 17 Hagon. Wright, Boocock, P Moore 68.2 3 3 34 68 Ht 18 Wright, Maidment, Allison, Andrews 68.2 4 2 38 70

Monday 23rd July 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 51 Norwich Stars 33 (National League Division One)

WIMBLEDON Ronnie Moore 2 3 3 2 10 Cyril Brine 3 3 3 2 11 Peter Moore 0 2’ 2’ 1’ 5 3 Ron How 0 2’ 1’ 0 3 2 Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 12 Alf Hagon 2’ 0 1 0 3 1 Cyril Maidment 3 2 5 Bob Andrews 2’ 0 2 1

NORWICH Ove Fundin 3 2 2 0 3 10 Harry Edwards 2 1 0 1 4 Gerry Hussey 1 1 0 0 2 Billy Bales 1’ 0 1’ 2 2 Aub Lawson 0 3 2 1 6 Phil Clarke 1 1’ 2 3 7 1 Geoff Pymar 0 0 0 Reg Trott 1 1’ 2 1

1 Fundin, R. Moore, Hussey, P. Moore, 66.2 2 4 2 Brine, Edwards, Bales, How, 68.0 5 7 3 Briggs, Hagon, Clarke, Lawson, 64.6 10 8 4 Maidment, Andrews, Trott, Pymar, 68.4 15 9 5 Brine, P. Moore, Edwards, Bales, 67.0 20 10 6 R. Moore, Fundin, Clarke, Hagon, 66.2 23 13 7 Briggs, P. Moore, Hussey, Edwards, 64.8 28 14 8 Brine, Clarke, Trott, Andrews, 67.0 31 17 9 R. Moore, How, Edwards, Hussey (ex), 68.4 36 18 10 Briggs, Fundin, Hagon, Hussey, 65.6 40 20 11 Lawson, R. Moore, P. Moore, Pymar, 66.6 43 23 12 Clarke, Maidment, How, Fundin (ex), 67.6 46 26 13 Briggs, Lawson, Bales, Hagon, 65.6 49 29 14 Fundin, Brine, Lawson, How, 66.4 51 33

Junior Race – Gil Goldfinch, Jim Heard, Tommy Sweetman, Eric Hockaday, 71.0 Senior Scratch Race – Lawson, Clarke, How, P. Moore, 66.8 July Scratch Race – Brine, Bales, Hagon, Edwards, 67.8 International Race – Briggs, Fundin, R. Moore, Hussey, 66.2 Reserves Race – Trott, Maidment, Andrews, Pymar, 68.4 Stadium Handicap – yards behind scratch Trott [10], Brine [20], Goldfinch [0], [Briggs [40], Lawson [30] 69.8

Monday 30th July 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London The Laurels

Peter Craven 14 Barry Briggs 12 Peter Moore 11 Ronnie Moore 10 Gerry Hussey 9 Split Waterman 9 Alan Hunt 8 Ron How 8 Jack Unstead 7 Ove Fundin 7 Ken McKinlay 7 Doug Davies 6 Dick Bradley 5 Alf Hagon 3 George White 3 Cyril Brine 1

1) Moore (R), Bradley, Hagon, Davies 68.0 2) Moore (P), Unstead, Fundin, White 68.2 3) Craven, Briggs, Waterman, Hussey 67.4 4) McKinlay, How, Hunt, Brine 68.6 5) Unstead, McKinlay, Hussey, Bradley 69.0 6) Craven, Fundin, Brine, Hagon 67.8 7) Moore (P), Moore (R), Hunt, Waterman 67.4 8) Davies, How, Briggs, White 68.6 9) Fundin, Bradley, Waterman, How (No Time) 10) Briggs, Hunt, Unstead, Hagon 68.2 11) Hussey, Moore (R), White, Brine 68.0 12) Moore (P), Craven, Davies, McKinlay 68.6 13) Briggs, Bradley, Moore (P), Brine 68.0 14) Waterman, Hagon, McKinlay, White 68.6 15) Craven, How, Moore (R), Unstead 68.4 16) Hunt, Hussey, Fundin, Davies (Fell) 69.8 17) Craven, White, Hunt, Bradley 68.6 18) Hussey, How, Moore (P), Hagon 68.8 19) Briggs, Moore (R), McKinlay, Fundin 68.0 20) Waterman, Davies, Unstead, Brine S/F1) Briggs, Moore (R), Hussey, Waterman (EF) 68.4 S/F2) Moore (P), Hunt, How, Craven 69.4 FINAL: Moore (R), Briggs, Moore (P), Hunt 69.0

Saturday 4th August 1956 Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich Stars 56 Wimbledon Dons 52 (National Trophy)

NORWICH Aub Lawson 0 3 0 3 3 3 12 Ove Fundin 2 3 2 3 3 13 Harry Edwards 1’ 0 2 1 1 5 1 Peter Atkins 2 0 0 0 2 Phil Clarke 1 2’ 3 1 2 0 9 1 Gerry Hussey 0 2 0 2’ 4 1 Geoff Pymar 2’ 3 0 5 1 Reg Trott 3 1 2’ 6 1

WIMBLEDON Peter Moore 3 3 3 3 3 2 17 Ronnie Moore 1 3 2 2 2’ 1’ 11 2 Barry Briggs 3 2 0 1 0 6 Cyril Brine 2’ 1’ 1’ 1 1 6 3 Ron How 1 1 2 2 3 9 Alf Hagon 0 1 0 0 0 1 Cyril Maidment 1 1 2 Bob Andrews 0 0 0

1 P. Moore, Fundin, R. Moore, Lawson, 74.4 2 4 2 Briggs, Atkins, Edwards, Hagon, 74.6 5 7 3 R. Moore, Brine, Clarke, Hussey, 74.6 6 12 4 Trott, Pymar, Maidment, Andrews, 75.2 11 13 5 Fundin, Briggs, Brine, Edwards, 74.0 14 16 6 P. Moore, Hussey, Hagon, Atkins, 75.2 16 20 7 Lawson, Clarke, How, Briggs, 74.0 21 21 8 P. Moore, Edwards, How, Lawson, 75.4 23 25 9 P. Moore, Fundin, Briggs, Hussey, 75.0 25 29 10 Clarke, R. Moore, Edwards, Hagon, 74.6 29 31 11 Fundin, How, Brine, Atkins, 75.4 32 34 12 Lawson, R. Moore, Trott, Briggs, 74.6 36 36 13 Fundin, How, Clarke, Hagon, 74.6 40 38 14 Pymar, Trott, Maidment, Andrews, 77.6 45 39 15 P. Moore, Clarke, Brine, Atkins, 76.2 47 43 16 How, R. Moore, Edwards, Pymar, 76.6 48 48 17 Lawson, Hussey, Brine, Hagon, 75.6 53 49 18 Lawson, P. Moore, R. Moore, Clarke, 75.4 56 52

Monday 6th August 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 61 Birmingham Brummies 23 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon 1. Ronnie Moore 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 2. Peter Moore 3 2’ 2 3 10 1 3. Cyril Brine 1’ 3 2’ 3 9 2 4. Alf Hagon 2’ 2’ 3 1 8 2 5. Barry Briggs 3 3 1 3 10 6. Ron How 2’ 1 3 2’ 8 2 7. Cyril Maidment 2 2’ 4 1 8. Bob Andrews 1’ 1’ 2 2

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 2 3 2 2 12 2. Ron Mountford 0 EF EF 1 1 3. Neil Mortimer FX N N N 0 4. Eric Boothroyd 1 1 1 0 3 5. Doug Davies 1 1 EF EF 2 6. Harry Bastable 0 0 N 1 1 7. Jim Tolley 3 0 1 4 8. Arthur Duncan 0 EF 0 0 0

Ht1 Hunt, R Moore, Brine, Mortimer [fx] (rr) 66.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 P Moore, Hagon, Boothroyd, Mountford 68.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Briggs, How, Davies, Bastable 68.0 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Tolley, Maidment, Andrews, Duncan 70.6 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Brine, P Moore, Boothroyd, Mountford [ef] 68.0 5 1 21 9 Ht6 R Moore, Hunt, How, Bastable 68.2 4 2 25 11 Ht7 Briggs, Brine, Davies, Duncan [ef] 67.6 5 1 30 12 Ht8 Hunt, P Moore, Andrews, Duncan 67.6 3 3 33 15 Ht9 R Moore, Hagon, Boothroyd, Mountford [ef] 69.0 5 1 38 16 Ht10 How, Hunt, Briggs, Tolley 67.6 4 2 42 18 Ht11 Brine, R Moore, Tolley, Davies [ef] 67.4 5 1 47 19 Ht12 Hagon, Maidment, Bastable, Duncan 68.2 5 1 52 20 Ht13 Briggs, How, Mountford, Boothroyd 67.8 5 1 57 21 Ht14 P Moore, Hunt, Hagon, Davies [ef] 67.2 4 2 61 23

Junior Scratch Race Gil Goldfinch, Eric Hockaday, Jim French, Tom Sweetman 71.6

Four Lap Track Record Attempt Ronnie Moore 66.8 Alan Hunt 67.0 Peter Moore 67.2

Two Lap Track Record Attempt Barry Briggs 34.4 Doug Davies 36.0 Ron How 35.8

Reserves Scratch Race Maidment, Andrews, Tolley, Duncan [ef] 69.6

Bank Holiday Scratch Race Hagon, Brine, Mountford, Bastable 68.0

Four Highest Points Scorers Scratch Race P Moore, Briggs, Brine, R Moore 67.6

Monday 13th August 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 68 (120) Norwich Stars 40 (96) (National Trophy)

WIMBLEDON Cyril Brine 0 1 1’ 0 1’ 3 2 Ronnie Moore 3 2’ 3 3 2’ 3 16 2 Barry Briggs 3 3 2 2’ 3 13 1 Ron How 1 3 2’ 1 1 8 1 Peter Moore 2 3 3 3 3 0 14 Alf Hagon 1’ 1 0 1 2 5 1 Cyril Maidment 3 3 6 Bob Andrews 2’ 1 3 1

NORWICH Ove Fundin 2 2 3 1’ 2 2 12 1 Aub Lawson 1’ 3 1 2’ 2 1’ 10 2 Phil Clarke 2 0 2 2 3 9 Harry Edwards 0 1 1 0 3 5 Gerry Hussey 0 0 0 0 Billy Bales 0 0 0 1 0 1 Reg Trott 1 0 2 0 3 Peter Atkins 0 0 0

1 R. Moore, Fundin, Lawson, Brine, 66.0 3 3 2 Briggs, Clarke, How, bales, 64.8 7 5 3 Lawson, P. Moore, Hagon, Edwards, 67.0 10 8 4 Maidment, Andrews, Trott, Atkins, 68.6 15 9 5 Briggs, R. Moore, Edwards, Clarke, 66.8 20 10 6 How, Fundin, Hagon, Bales, 67.6 24 12 7 P. Moore, Clarke, Brine, Hussey, 67.2 28 14 8 Fundin, Briggs, Brine, Hussey, 66.0 31 17 9 R. Moore, Clarke, Fundin, Hagon, 66.4 34 20 10 P. Moore, Briggs, Lawson, Bales, 66.2 39 21 11 R. Moore, How, Edwards, Hussey (f), 68.6 44 22 12 Clarke, Lawson, How, Brine, 67.0 45 27 13P. Moore, R. Moore, Bales, Trott, 66.6 50 28 14 Maidment, Trott, Andrews, Atkins, 68,8 54 30 15 P. Moore, Fundin, How, Edwards, 67.0 58 32 16 Briggs, Lawson, Hagon, Trott, 66.8 62 34 17 Edwards, Hagon, Brine, Bales, 68.0 65 37 18 R. Moore, Fundin, Lawson, P. Moore, 67.8 68 40

Junior Race – Gil Goldfinch, Jimmy Heard, Tommy Sweetman, Bob Warner, 71.4 Stadium Handicap Race – yards behind scratch Clarke (20), Briggs (40), Andrews (10), (others – Fundin [40], Goldfinch [0]), 68.4

Monday 20th August 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London World Championship Qualifying Round

Ron How 2 1 2 2 2 9 Aub Lawson 3 1 3 3 1 11 Dick Fisher 1 3 3 2 3 12 Ron Johnston X E 1 3 3 7 Ron Mountford 0 0 0 Jack Unstead 3 0 0 1 4 Harry Bastable 2 1 0 X 0 3 Ken Sharples 1 1 0 0 1 3 Barry Briggs 1 3 2 2 2 10 Ronnie Moore 2 3 3 3 3 14 Ian Williams 0 2 1 2 F 5 Peter Moore 3 3 2 3 2 13 George White 1 2 2 1 F 6 Les McGillivray 3 2 1 1 2 9 Barry East 0 0 0 0 0 0 Doug Davies 2 2 3 1 3 11 Alf Hagon (res) 1 0 1 2 Bob Andrews (res) 1 1

Ht1 Lawson, How, Fisher, Johnston (fexc) 66.2 Ht2 Unstead, Bastable, Sharples, Mountford 68.0 Ht3 P.Moore, R.Moore, Briggs, Williams 66.0 Ht4 McGillivray, Davies, White, East 66.2 Ht5 Briggs, White, How, Mountford 65.6 Ht6 R.Moore, McGillivray, Lawson, Unstead 67.0 Ht7 Fisher, Williams, Bastable, East 65.2 Ht8 P.Moore, Davies, Sharples, Johnston (ef) 66.8 Ht9 Davies, How, Williams, Unstead 65.0 Ht10 Lawson, P.Moore, Hagon, East 66.8 Ht11 Fisher, Briggs, McGillivray, Sharples 65.6 Ht12 R.Moore, White, Johnston, Bastable 67.2 Ht13 P.Moore, How, McGillivray, Bastable (fexc) 68.0 Ht14 Lawson, Williams, White, Sharples 67.4 Ht15 R.Moore, Fisher, Davies, Hagon 66.8 Ht16 Johnston, Briggs, Unstead, East 67.6 Ht17 R.Moore, How, Sharples, East 68.0 Ht18 Davies, Briggs, Lawson, Bastable 67.0 Ht19 Fisher, P.Moore, Andrews, White (f) 68.2 Ht20 Johnston, McGillivray, Hagon, Williams (f) 68.4

Thursday 23rd August 1956 Foxhall Heath, Wimbledon Dons 48 Second Division Stars 48 (Challenge)

Wimbledon Cyril Brine 1 0 1 0 1’ 3 1 Ronnie Moore 3 2’ 3 3 1 12 1 Peter Moore 3 3 3 3 3 15 Alf Hagon 1 1 0 2 0 4 Barry Briggs 0 0 0 E 1 1 Ron How 1 2 3 2 2 10 Bob Andrews 3 0 3

Stars Bob Sharp 2 3 2 3 2 12 Bob Mark 0 1 1’ 1 0 3 1 Bert Edwards 2 2 2 3 1 10 Jim Lightfoot 0 1’ 1’ 1 0 3 2 Junior Bainbridge 3 0 0 3 Bob Roger 2’ 2 2 1 2 9 1 Tich Read 0 2’ 3 3 8 1

Ht1 R.Moore, Sharp, Brine, Mark 74.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 P.Moore, Edwards, Hagon, Lightfoot 73.6 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Bainbridge, Roger, How, Briggs 74.6 1 5 9 9 Ht4 Andrews, R.Moore, Mark, Read 75.4 5 1 14 10 Ht5 P.Moore, Roger, Hagon, Bainbridge 73.6 4 2 18 12 Ht6 R.Moore, Edwards, Lightfoot, Brine 74.0 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Sharp, How, Mark, Briggs 74.0 2 4 23 19 Ht8 R.Moore, Roger, Brine, Bainbridge 74.2 4 2 27 21 Ht9 How, Edwards, Lightfoot, Briggs 74.6 3 3 30 24 Ht10 P.Moore, Sharp, Mark, Hagon 74.0 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Sharp, Hagon, Roger, Brine 74.6 2 4 35 31 Ht12 Edwards, Read, R.Moore, Briggs (ef) 74.2 1 5 36 36 Ht13 P.Moore, Roger, Lightfoot, Andrews 75.4 3 3 39 39 Ht14 Read, How, Edwards, Hagon 74.6 2 4 41 43 Ht15 P.Moore, Sharp, Briggs, Lightfoot 75.4 4 2 45 45 Ht16 Read, How, Brine, Mark 75.2 3 3 48 48

Monday 27th August 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 9 Poole Pirates 9 (National League Division One) Abandoned

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 0 0 Peter Moore 3 3 Cyril Brine 2 2 Alf Hagon 1 1 Barry Briggs 2 2 Ron How 1’ 1 1 Cyril Maidment DNR Bob Andrews DNR

Poole Ken Middleditch 3 3 Allan Kidd E 0 Cyril Roger 1 1 Terry Small 2 2 Jack Biggs 3 3 Jack Geran 0 0 Jimmy Squibb DNR Bert Roger DNR

Ht1 Middleditch, Brine, C.Roger, R.Moore 87.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 P.Moore, Small, Hagon, Kidd (ef) 75.6 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Biggs, Briggs, How, Geran 74.4 3 3 9 9

British Match Race Championship Ht1 Barry Briggs bt Brian Crutcher 67.2 Ht2 Barry Briggs bt Brian Crutcher 70.6

Monday 3rd September 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 53 Wembley Lions 31

WIMBLEDON 53 Ronnie Moore 10 Peter Moore 10 Barry Briggs 10 Cyril Brine 8 Ron How 6 Bob Andrews 5 Alf Hagon 3 Cyril Maidment 1 WEMBLEY 31 Gerald Jackson 9 Eric French 7 Brian Crutcher 7 Split Waterman 3 Ray Cresp 2 Mike Broadbank 2 Tommy Price 1 Brian Hannam 0

1) Brine, Moore (R), French, Waterman 67.6 5 1 5 1 2) Moore (P), Jackson, Price, Hagon (Fell) 67.6 3 3 8 4 3) Briggs, Crutcher, How, Cresp 65.2 4 2 12 6 4) Andrews, Broadbank, Maidment, Hannam 67.6 4 2 16 8 5) Moore (P), Brine, Jackson, Price 66.2 5 1 21 9 6) How, Moore (R), Cresp, French 68.0 5 1 26 10 7) Briggs, Brine, Crutcher, Broadbank 65.2 5 1 31 11 8) Waterman, Andrews, Moore (P), Hannam (EF) 67.6 3 3 34 14 9) Moore (R), Jackson, Hagon, Price 67.4 4 2 38 16 10) French, Briggs, How, Waterman 66.2 3 3 41 19 11) Moore (R), Crutcher, Brine, Broadbank 66.2 4 2 45 21 12) Jackson, Hagon, Cresp, Maidment 67.4 2 4 47 25 13) French, Briggs, How, Price 66.4 3 3 50 28 14) Moore (P), Crutcher, Jackson, Hagon 67.0 3 3 53 31

MIDDLESEX SCRATCH RACE: Andrews, Broadbank, Goldfinch, Hannam 69.2 HARROW SCRATCH RACE: Hagon, Maidement, Cresp, Price 68.6 KEW SCRATCH RACE: Moore (R), French, Jackson, Brine 66.6 HAMMERSMITH SCRATCH RACE: Briggs, Moore (P), How, Crutcher 66.4 STADIUM HANDICAP: Hagon (Gate), Briggs (30 yards), Andrews (Scratch), R. Moore (30), P.Moore (30) 67.2

Saturday 8th September 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 69 Wimbledon Dons 39 (National Trophy)

Belle Vue Dick Fisher 3 3 3 3 2’ 3 17 1 Peter Williams 2’ 1’ 1 2 3 9 2 Ron Johnston 0 2’ 2 2 E 6 1 Ken Sharples 3 0 1’ 0 1’ 5 2 Bob Duckworth 2’ 2’ 0 2’ 2 8 3 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 2’ 17 1 Tink Maynard 3 0 3 Brian Craven 0 3 3

Wimbledon Alf hagon 0 2 1 0 0 3 Ronnie Moore 1 0 3 1’ 2 1 8 1 Peter Moore 2 3 1 2 2 10 Barry Briggs 1 0 3 3 1 0 8 Cyril Brine 0 0 0 E 0 Ron How 1’ 1’ 1 1 0 4 2 Cyril Maidment 1’ 0 2 4 1 Bob Andrews 2 1’ 3 1

Ht1 Fisher, Williams, R.Moore, Hagon 71.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Sharples, P.Moore, How, Johnston 75.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 P.Craven, Duckworth, Briggs, R.Moore 73.8 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Maynard, Andrews, Maidment, B.Craven 76.6 3 3 16 8 Ht5 P.Moore, Johnston, Williams, Briggs 74.4 3 3 19 11 Ht6 P.Craven, Hagon, How, Sharples 74.4 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Fisher, Duckworth, P.Moore, Brine 74.0 5 1 27 15 Ht8 Fisher, Johnston, Hagon, Brine 74.8 5 1 32 16 Ht9 P.Craven, P.Moore, Williams, Hagon 75.0 4 2 36 18 Ht10 R.Moore, Johnston, How, Duckworth 75.8 2 4 38 22 Ht11 Briggs, Williams, Sharples, Maidment 76.0 3 3 41 25 Ht12 Fisher, P.Moore, R.Moore, Sharples 74.4 3 3 44 28 Ht13 Williams, Duckworth, How, Brine 76.4 5 1 49 29 Ht14 B.Craven, Maidment, Andrews, Maynard 78.0 3 3 52 32 Ht15 Briggs, Duckworth, Sharples, Hagon 77.2 3 3 55 35 Ht16 P.Craven, R.Moore, Johnston (ef), Brine (ef) 75.8 3 2 58 37 Ht17 P.Craven, Fisher, Briggs, How 75.0 5 1 63 38 Ht18 Fisher, P.Craven, R.Moore, Briggs 75.2 5 1 68 39

Monday 10th September 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 69 Belle Vue Aces 38 (National Trophy)

Wimbledon Cyril Brine 3 0 2’ 2’ 2 9 2 Ronnie Moore 2’ 3 2’ 3 3 3 16 2 Alf Hagon 1 0 2 3 Barry Briggs 3 2 2’ 3 1 11 1 Peter Moore 3 3 3 1 3 1 14 Ron How 1 1’ 3 1’ 0 6 2 Cyril Maidment 3 3 2’ 1 9 1 Bob Andrews 1 F 1

Belle Vue Dick Fisher 1 0 0 0 1 Peter Williams 0 0 1 0 3 4 Bob Duckworth 0 1’ 1’ 0 1 3 2 Peter Craven 2 2 1 2 3 2 12 Ken Sharples 2 1 0 0 0 3 Ron Johnston 2 3 0 2 1 F 8 Alf Webster 2 1 2’ 5 1 Brian Craven 0 3 3

Ht1 Brine, R.Moore, Fisher, Williams 71.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Briggs, Johnston, Hagon, Duckworth 70.0 4 2 9 3 Ht3 P.Moore, P.Craven, How, Williams 70.4 5 2 13 5 Ht4 Maidment, Webster, Andrews, B.Craven 70.8 4 2 17 7 Ht5 R.Moore, P.Craven, Duckworth, Hagon 70.6 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Johnston, Briggs, How, Fisher 69.8 3 3 23 13 Ht7 P.Moore, Sharples, Duckworth, Brine 70.0 3 3 26 16 Ht8 Maidment, Brine, Sharples, Fisher 70.6 5 1 31 17 Ht9 How, R.Moore, Webster, Duckworth 72.0 5 1 36 18 Ht10 P.Moore, Maidment, Williams, Johnston 68.8 5 1 41 19 Ht11 R.Moore, Briggs, P.Craven, Sharples 69.8 5 1 46 20 Ht12 Briggs, Brines, Duckworth, Williams 70.0 5 1 51 21 Ht13 R.Moore, Johnston, P.Moore, Sharples 70.2 4 2 55 23 Ht14 B.Craven, Webster, Maidment, Andrews (f) 71.2 1 5 56 28 Ht15 P.Moore, P.Craven, Briggs, Fisher 70.2 4 2 60 30 Ht16 Williams, Hagon, How, Sharples 71.6 3 3 63 33 Ht17 P.Craven, Brine, Johnston, How 69.6 2 4 65 37 Ht18 R.Moore, P.Craven, P.Moore, Johnston 70.6 4 2 69 39

11th September 1956 Southampton 64 Wimbledon 32 Challenge

1 Dick Bradley, Ronnie Moore, Cyril Brine, Maury Mattingley 64.8 3 – 3 3 – 3 2 Ernie Rawlins, Peter Moore, Bill Holden, Alf Hagon 65.6 4 – 2 7 – 5 3 Barry Briggs, Alby Golden, Brian Hanham, Ron How(ef) 65.4 3 – 3 10 – 8 4 Ronnie Moore, Maury Mattingley, Johnny Hole, Cyril Maidment 65.2 3 – 3 13 – 11 5 Bill Holden, Barry Briggs, Ernie Rawlins, Cyril Maidment 66 4 – 2 17 – 13 6 Dick Bradley, Maury Mattingley, Alf Hagon, Peter Moore 66..6 5 – 1 22 – 14 7 Brian Hanham, Ronnie Moore, Alby Golden, Cyril Brine(ef) 66.2 4 – 2 26 – 16 8 Dick Bradley, Barry Briggs, Maury Mattingley, Cyril Maidment 65.8 4 – 2 30 – 18 9 Alby Golden, Brian Hanham, Alf Hagon, Peter Moore 65.4 5 – 1 35 – 19 10 Ronnie Moore, Bill Holden, Ernie Rawlins, Cyril Brine 65.2 3 – 3 38 – 22 11 Bill Holden, Dick Bradley, Cyril Maidment, Cyril Brine(ef) 65 5 – 1 43 – 23 12 Brian Hanham, Maury Mattingley, Peter Moore, Barry Briggs(ef) 66.2 5 – 1 48 – 24 13 Ronnie Moore, Ernie Rawlins, Johnny Hole, Alf Hagon 65.6 3 – 3 51 – 27 14 Bill Holden, Alby Golden, Cyril Maidment, Peter Moore 66.6 5 – 1 56 – 28 15 Ernie Rawlins, Brian Hanham, Alf Hagon, Cyril Brine 66 5 – 1 61 – 29 16 Ronnie Moore, Alby Golden, Dick Bradley, Alf Hagon 66.4 3 – 3 64 – 32

Dick Bradley 3 3 3 2*1* 12 2 5 Cyril Brine 1*0 0 0 0 1 1 5 Maury Mattingley 0 2 2*1 2* 7 2 5 Ronnie Moore 2 3 2 3 3 3 16 0 6 Ernie Rawlins 3 1 1*2 3 10 1 5 Peter Moore 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 5 Bill Holden 1 3 2 3 3 12 0 5 Alf Hagon 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 6 Brian Hanham 1*3 2*3 2* 11 3 5 Barry Briggs 3 2 2 0 7 0 4 Alby Golden 2 1 3 2*2 10 1 5 Ron How 0 0 0 1 Johnny Hole 1*1* 2 2 2 Cyril Maidment 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 5

Thursday 13th September 1956 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 44 Wimbledon Dons 40 (National League Division One)

Wembley Tommy Price 3 3 2 3 11 Split Waterman 2 2 2 2’ 8 1 Eric French 1 0 0 2’ 3 1 Gerald Jackson 0 0 0 3 3 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 12 Ray Cresp 1 1 1 0 3 Mike Broadbanks 3 1 4 Merv Hannam 0 0 0

Wimbledon Alf Hagon 0 0 0 Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 2 11 Peter Moore 2 2 2 3 9 Barry Briggs 1 1 1 1’ 4 1 Cyril Brine 0 1’ 0 1 Ron How 2 2 3 2’ 9 1 Cyril Maidment 1’ 1 1 3 1 Bob Andrews 2 1 0 0 3

Ht1 Price, P.Moore, French, Hagon 73.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 R.Moore, Waterman, Briggs, Jackson 72.8 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Crutcher, How, Cresp, Brine 74.0 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Broadbanks, Andrews, Maidment, Hannam 74.6 3 3 13 11 Ht5 R.Moore, Waterman, Briggs, French 73.8 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Price, How, Cresp, Hagon 74.6 4 2 19 17 Ht7 Crutcher, P.Moore, Brine, French 74.6 3 3 22 20 Ht8 How, Waterman, Andrews, Hannam 75.4 2 4 24 24 Ht9 R.Moore, Price, Briggs, Jackson 74.0 2 4 26 28 Ht10 Crutcher. P.Moore, Cresp, Andrews 74.8 4 2 30 30 Ht11 Price, French, Maidment, Brine 75.6 5 1 35 31 Ht12 P.Moore, How, Broadbanks, Jackson 75.8 1 5 36 36 Ht13 Crutcher, R.Moore, Briggs, Cresp 74.2 3 3 39 39 Ht14 Jackson, Waterman, Maidment, Andrews 76.8 5 1 44 40

Saturday 15th September 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 56 Wimbledon Dons 28 (National League Division One)

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 2. Harry Bastable 0 2 3 2’ 7 1 3. Eric Boothroyd 2’ 1’ 3 2’ 8 3 4. Doug Davies 2 2’ 3 3 10 1 5. Jim Tolley 1 2’ 0 1 4 1 6. Ron Mountford 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 7. Derrick Tailby F 0 0 8. Arthur Duncan 2 2’ 4 1

Wimbledon 1. Alf Hagon 0 0 N N 0 2. Ronnie Moore 3 EF 0 N 3 3. Peter Moore 1 EF 2 1’ 1 5 1 4. Barry Briggs 1 3 1 2 7 5. Cyril Brine 0 1 0 N 1 6. Ron How 2 1 1 2 0 6 7. Cyril Maidment 1 1 2 8. Bob Andrews 3 0 1’ 0 4 1

Ht1 Hunt, Boothroyd, P Moore, Hagon 75.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 R Moore, Davies, Briggs, Bastable 75.0 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Mountford, How, Tolley, Brine 76.2 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Andrews, Duncan, Maidment, Tailby [f] 77.0 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Briggs, Bastable, Boothroyd, R Moore [ef] 76.6 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Hunt, Mountford, How, Hagon 76.2 5 1 21 15 Ht7 Boothroyd, Tolley, Brine, P Moore [ef] 78.0 5 1 26 16 Ht8 Bastable, Duncan, How, Andrews 77.0 5 1 31 17 Ht9 Hunt, Davies, Briggs, R Moore 75.2 5 1 36 18 Ht10 Mountford, P Moore, Andrews, Tolley 75.6 3 3 39 21 Ht11 Hunt, Boothroyd, Maidment, Brine 77.2 5 1 44 22 Ht12 Davies, How, P Moore, Tailby 75.6 3 3 47 25 Ht13 Mountford, Briggs, Tolley, Andrews 75.8 4 2 51 27 Ht14 Davies, Bastable, P Moore, How 75.8 5 1 56 28

Monday 17th September 1956 Wimbledon Stadium London Wimbledon Dons 50 Poole Pirates 34 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 3 3 X 3 9 Peter Moore 3 3 3 3 12 Cyril Brine F 1 1 1 3 Alf Hagon F 1 1’ 1 3 1 Barry Briggs 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Ron How F 2’ 3 2’ 7 2 Cyril Maidment 3 2 5 Bob Andrews 0 0 0

Poole Ken Middleditch 1’ 2 2’ 3 8 2 Allan Kidd 2 0 0 2 Cyril Roger 2 2 3 E 7 Terry Small 1’ 0 2 3 1 Jack Biggs 2 1 0 1 4 Jack Geran 1’ 1’ 2 0 4 2 Jimmy Squibb 1’ 0 1 1 Bert Roger 2 2 1 E 5

Ht1 R.Moore, C.Roger, Middleditch, Brine (f) 70.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 P.Moore, Kidd, Small, Hagon (f) 72.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Briggs, Biggs, Geran, How (f) 71.6 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Maidment, B.Roger, Squibb, Andrews 72.2 3 3 12 12 Ht5 P.Moore, Middleditch, Brine, Small 72.2 4 2 16 14 Ht6 R.Moore, How, Biggs, Squibb 71.2 5 1 21 15 Ht7 Briggs, C.Roger, Brine, Kidd 71.8 4 2 25 17 Ht8 P.Moore, B.Roger, Geran, Andrews 71.8 3 3 28 20 Ht9 C.Roger, Middleditch, Hagon, R.Moore, (fexc) 71.8 1 5 29 25 Ht10 How, Briggs, B.Roger, Kidd 70.6 5 1 34 26 Ht11 R.Moore, Geran, Brine, Biggs 70.8 4 2 38 28 Ht12 Middleditch, Maidment, Hagon, C.Roger (ef) 70.6 3 3 41 31 Ht13 Briggs, How, Biggs, Geran 69.8 5 1 46 32 Ht14 P.Moore, Small, Hagon, B.Roger 71.0 4 2 50 34

The Nina Trophy Ht1 R.Moore, Briggs, Middleditch, Biggs 67.6 Ht2 Brine, Hagon, Small, Kidd 70.6 Ht3 How, P.Moore, C.Roger, Geran 69.8 Ht4 Maidment, Andrews, Squibb, B.Roger (f) 71.2 Ht5 Goldfinch (10), Arnold Hendrickson (10), Young Briggs (10), Viv Harwood (0) 73.6 Final Brine (10), Maidment (5), R.Moore (30), [ How (20), Goldfinch (0) 70.2

26th December 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London Christmas Vase

Ron How 1 2 3 3 0 9 Bert Edwards 2 1 1 2 3 9 Bob Roger 3 3 3 3 2 14 Cyril Maidment 0 1 1 1 3 6 Nigel Boocock 1 0 2 1 1 5 Peter Moore 3 3 2 2 3 13 George White E 0 2 0 2 Eric French 2 3 1 3 2 11 Cyril Brine 0 1 0 0 2 3 Dick Bradley 1 0 3 2 1 7 Bob Andrews 1 2 1 1 2 7 Les McGillivray 2 2 0 2 1 7 Split Waterman 3 3 0 6 Alf Hagon 2 2 2 2 X 8 Cyril Roger 0 1 3 3 3 10 Reg Trott 1 0 F 0 1 2 Gil Goldfinch (res) 0

Ht1 B.Roger, Edwards, How, Maidment 67.2 Ht2 Moore, French, Boocock, White (ef) 68.6 Ht3 Bradley, McGillivray, Andrews, Brine 68.0 Ht4 Waterman, Hagon, Trott, C.Roger 70.4 Ht5 Waterman, How, Brine, Boocock 68.8 Ht6 Moore, Hagon, Edwards, Bradley 69.0 Ht7 B.Roger, Andrews, C.Roger, White 68.2 Ht8 French, McGillivray, Maidment, Trott 69.0 Ht9 How, Moore, Andrews, Trott (f) 69.6 Ht10 C.Roger, Boocock, Edwards, McGillivray 69.2 Ht11 B.Roger, Hagon, French, Brine 69.0 Ht12 Bradley, White, Maidment Waternan (ret) 76.4 Ht13 How, McGillivray, Hagon, Goldfinch 70.2 Ht14 French, Edwards, Andrews, Goldfinch 70.0 Ht15 B.Roger, Bradley, Boocock, Trott 70.0 Ht16 C.Roger, Moore, Maidment, Brine 69.2 Ht17 C.Roger, French, Bradley, How 70.4 Ht18 Edwards, Brine, Trott, White 70.4 Ht19 Moore, B.Roger, Fisher, Goldfinch 70.8 Ht20 Maidment, Andrews, Boocock, Hagon (fexc) 72.6

WIMBLEDON 1956 Needs in BOLD

30/03/56 WIMBLEDON GOLD VASE 02/04/56 WIMBLEDON WEMBLEY CHALLENGE 61.5-46.5 Saturday 7th April 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 45 Wimbledon Dons 39 (Ch) 09/04/56 WIMBLEDON BEST PAIRS MOORE/MOORE Monday 16th April 1956 London Wimbledon Dons 49 Belle Vue Aces 35 (NLD1) Saturday 21st April 1956 Bradford Odsal Tudors 33 Wimbledon Dons 51 (NLD1) Monday 23rd April 1956 London Wimbledon Dons 56 Odsal Tudors 28 (NLD1) Saturday 28th April 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 47 Wimbledon Dons 36 (NLD1) Monday 30th April 1956 London Wimbledon Dons 64 Norwich Stars 20 (NLD1) Saturday 5th May 1956 Firs Norwich Stars 37 Wimbledon Dons 47 (NLD1) Monday 7th May 1956 London Wimbledon Dons 54 Poland 41 (Ch) Saturday 12th May 1956 Brandon Coventry Bees 50 Wimbledon Dons 46 (IDT) Monday 14th May 1956 London Wimbledon Dons 51 - Birmingham Brummies 32 (NLD1) Thursday 17th May 1956 London Wembley Lions 38 Wimbledon Dons 46 (NLD1) Saturday 19th May 1956 Perry Barr Birmingham Brummies 42 Wimbledon Dons 42 (NLD1) Monday 21st May 1956 London Wimbledon Dons 48 Wembley Lions 36 (NLD1) Saturday 26th May 1956 Bradford Odsal Tudors 43 Wimbledon Dons 41 (NLD1) Monday 28th May 1956 London Wimbledon Dons 51 Poole Pirates 33 (NLD1) Tuesday 29th May 1956 Poole Poole Pirates 48 Wimbledon Dons 36 (NLD1) 04/06/56 WIMBLEDON 2nd DIVISION STARS CH 55-53 Saturday 9th June 1956 Firs Norwich Stars 43 Wimbledon Dons 41 (NLD1) Monday 11th June 1956 London Wimbledon Dons 53 Belle Vue Aces 30 (NLD1) Saturday 16th June 1956 Weir Rayleigh Rockets v Wimbledon Dons (ILC) Rained Off Monday 18th June 1956 London Wimbledon Dons 50 Odsal Tudors 34 (NLD1) Monday 25th June 1956 London Wimbledon Dons 49 Wembley Lions 35 (NLD1) 02/07/56 WIMBLEDON ENGLAND V SWEDEN INTEL 52-53 Monday 3rd July 1956 Poole Poole Pirates 41 Wimbledon Dons 43 (NLD1) Saturday 7th July 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 36 Wimbledon Dons 47 (NLD1) Monday 9th July 1956 London Wimbledon Dons v Second Division Stars (Ch) Rained Off Thursday 12th July 1956 London Wembley Lions 44 Wimbledon Dons 40 (NLD1) 16/07/56 WIMBLEDON ODSAL NT 79-29 Saturday 21st July 1956 Bradford Odsal Tudors 38 Wimbledon Dons 70 (NT) Monday 23rd July 1956 London Wimbledon Dons 51 Norwich Stars 33 (NLD1) 30/07/56 WIMBLEDON LAURELS INDIVIDUAL Saturday 4th August 1956 Firs Norwich Stars 56 Wimbledon Dons 52 (NT) Monday 6th August 1956 London Wimbledon Dons 61 Birmingham Brummies 23 (NLD1) Monday 13th August 1956 London Wimbledon Dons 68 (120) Norwich Stars 40 (96) (NT) 20/08/56 WIMBLEDON W.C.Q.R INDIVIDUAL Thursday 23rd August 1956 Ipswich Wimbledon Dons 48 Second Division Stars 48 (Ch) 27/08/56 WIMBLEDON POOLE NDL1 09-09 ABN HT 3 03/09/56 WIMBLEDON WEMBLEY NLD1 53-31 Saturday 8th September 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 69 Wimbledon Dons 39 (NT) Monday 10th September 1956 London Wimbledon Dons 69 Belle Vue Aces 38 (NT) 11th September 1956 Southampton 64 Wimbledon 32 Challenge Thursday 13th September 1956 London Wembley Lions 44 Wimbledon Dons 40 (NLD1) Saturday 15th September 1956 Perry Barr Birmingham Brummies 56 Wimbledon Dons 28 (NLD1) Monday 17th September 1956 London Wimbledon Dons 50 Poole Pirates 34 (NLD1) 26/12/56 WIMBLEDON CHRISTMAS VASE