IPSWICH 1955

Thanks to Roger Thorpe Update 9.3.2020

Friday 8th April 1955 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets 48 48 (National League Division Two)

Rayleigh Gerald Jackson 3 3 1 1 0 8 Maurice McDerrmott 2’ 2 0 0 1 5 1 Peter Clark 1 1’ 1’ 3 2 8 2 Pete Lansdale 3 2 2 3 3 13 Les McGillivray 3 E 1 3 1’ 8 1 Frank Bettis 0 1 0 1 2 4 Eric Ebbs 1’ 1 2 1

Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 0 3 3 2 3 11 Bob Sharp 1 3 2’ 0 1 7 1 Reg Reeves 0 1’ 2’ E 2 5 2 Tich Read 2 2 3 2 0 9 Bert Edwards 2 3 3 2 3 13 Len Silver 1’ 0 2’ 0 0 3 2 Dennis Day 0 0 0

Ht1 Jackson, McDermott, Sharp, Bainbridge, 72.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2, Lansdale, Read, Clark, Reeves, 71.2 4 2 9 3 Ht3, McGillivray, Edwards, Silver, Bettis, 71.0 3 3 12 6 Ht4, Sharp, McDermott, Ebbs, Day, 71.8 3 3 15 9 Ht5, Edwards, Lansdale, Clark, Silver (f) , 70.4 3 3 18 12 Ht6, Jackson, Read, Reeves, McDermott, 71.4 3 3 21 15 Ht7, Bainbridge, Sharp, Bettis, McGillivray (ef) 71.6 1 5 22 20 Ht8, Edwards, Silver, Jackson, McDermott, 72.0 1 5 23 25 Ht9, Read, Reeves, McGillivray, Bettis, 71.0 1 5 24 30 Ht10, Bainbridge, Lansdale, Clark, Sharp, 70.0 3 3 27 33 Ht11, Lansdale, Bainbridge, Jackson, Silver, 70.4 4 2 31 35 Ht12, McGillivray, Edwards, McDermott, Reeves (ef)70.4 4 2 35 37 Ht13, Clark, Read, Ebbs, Silver (f) 71.2 4 2 39 39 Ht14, Lansdale, Reeves, Bettis, Day, 71.0 4 2 43 41 Ht15, Bainbridge, Clark, McGillivray, Read, 70.2 3 3 46 44 Ht16, Edwards, Bettis, Sharp, Jackson, 72.2 2 4 48 48

Monday 11th April 1955 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 62 Weymouth Scorchers 34 (National League Division Two)

Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 3 15 Bob Sharp 0 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 Reg Reeves 1’ 2’ 2’ 3 E 8 3 Tich Read 3 3 3 2’ 0 11 1 Bert Edwards 3 3 3 3 3 15 Len Silver F F F 0 Dennis Day 0 0 2 1 3

Weymouth Ernie Brecknell 2 2 1 1 1’ 2 9 1 Ken Adams 1’ 1’ 1’ 0 3 3 Danny Dunton 1 1 2 1 3 2 10 Eddie lack 0 0 1’ 1 1 Frank Johnson 2 1 0 0 0 3 Gerald Pugh 1’ 0 1 0 2 1 Ernie Lessiter 2 1’ 2 1 6 1

Ht1 Bainbridge, Brecknell, Adams, Sharp 72.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Read, Reeves, Dunton, Lack 73.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Edwards, Johnson, Pugh, Silver (f) 73.8 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Sharp, Lessiter, Adams, Day 74.0 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Read, Reeves, Johnson, Pugh 75.0 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Bainbridge, Sharp, Dunton, Lack 75.6 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Edwards, Brecknell, Adams, Silver (f) 75.4 3 3 27 15 Ht8 Bainbridge, Sharp, Pugh, Johnson 75.2 5 1 32 16 Ht9 Edwards, Dunton, Lessiter, Silver (f) 75.4 3 3 35 19 Ht10 Read, Reeves, Brecknell, Adams 76.8 5 1 40 20 Ht11 Bainbridge, Read, Brecknell, Pugh 77.0 5 1 45 21 Ht12 Edwards, Sharp, Dunton, Johnson 75.4 5 1 50 22 Ht13 Reeves, Lessiter, Brecknell, Day 76.0 3 3 53 25 Ht14 Dunton, Day, Lessiter, Read 76.6 2 4 55 29 Ht15 Edwards, Brecknell, Lack, Reeves (ef) 76.0 3 3 58 32 Ht16 Bainbridge, Dunton, Day, Johnson 75.8 4 2 62 34

The Easter Scratch Race Ht1 Reeves, Sharp, Pugh, Lack 76.0 Ht2 Read, Edwards, Brecknell, Johnson 74.0 Ht3 Bainbridge, Dunton, Hutchinson, Silver 77.0 Ht4 Lessiter, Day, Lawrie, Last 77.8 Final Bainbridge, Read, Reeves, Lessiter 75.2

Thursday 21st April 1955 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 76 Bristol Bulldogs 27 (National Trophy)

Ipswich Reg Reeves 3 2’ 2 3 3 13 1 Tich Read 1 1 3 3 3 11 Bert Edwards 3 3 1’ 3 3 3 16 1 Cyril Cooper 2’ F 0 2’ 4 2 Junior Bainbridge 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 14 4 Bob Sharp 3 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 12 3 Larry Lazarus 3 2’ 3 8 1 Len Silver 2’ 1 3 1

Bristol Dick Bradley 2 2 3 1 E 1 9 Geoff Pymar 0 0 1 0 0 1 Billy Hole 1 0 0 0 1 2 Johnny Hole 1 2 1 1 1 6 1 Jack Unstead 1 0 2 1 1 0 5 Chris Boss 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Cliff Cox 1 0 1 Roy Taylor F 2 0 2

Ht1 Reeves, Bradley, Read, Pymar 73.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Edwards, Cooper, B.Hole, Boss 74.0 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Sharp, Bainbridge, J.Hole, Pymar 75.4 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Lazarus, Silver, Cox, Taylor (f) 76.0 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Edwards, J.Hole, Read, B.Hole 74.6 4 2 23 7 Ht6 Sharp, Bradley, Boss, Cooper (f) 73.6 3 3 26 10 Ht7 Bainbridge, Reeves, Unstead, J.Hole 74.8 5 1 31 11 Ht8 Bradley, Reeves, Edwards, Unstead 73.0 3 3 34 14 Ht9 Read, Sharp, Bradley, B.Hole 75.0 5 1 39 15 Ht10 Edwards, Bainbridge, Pymar, Boss 75.0 5 1 44 16 Ht11 Read, Unstead, J.Hole, Cooper 73.8 3 3 47 19 Ht12 Reeves, Lazarus, B.Hole, Pymar 73.8 5 1 52 20 Ht13 Read, Bainbridge, Unstead, Boss 74.2 5 1 57 21 Ht14 Lazarus, Taylor, Silver, Cox 75.2 4 2 61 23 Ht15 Bainbridge, Cooper, J.Hole, Bradley (ef) 75.0 5 1 66 24 Ht16 Edwards, Sharp, Unstead, Pymar 75.4 5 1 71 25 Ht17 Reeves, Sharp, J.Hole, Taylor 75.0 5 1 76 26 Ht18 Edwards, Bainbridge, Bradley, Unstead 74.6 5 1 81 27

The Reserves Scratch Race Ht1 Day, Last, Lawrie, Laudrum (ns) 77.6 Ht2 Lazarus, Silver, Cox, Taylor (ns) 75.8 Final Lazarus, Day, Last, Silver 75.6

Friday 22nd April 1955 Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol Bulldogs 57 Ipswich Witches 46 (National Trophy)

Dick Bradley 3 2’ 2’ 3 3 3 16 2 Geoff Pymar 0 0 0 0 3 3 Billy Hole 1 2 3 0 3 9 Johnny Hole 3 3 2 1 0 9 Jack Unstead 3 3 3 2’ 3 2’ 16 2 Chris Boss 0 2’ 2 0 4 1 Cliff Cox 0 1 1 2 Roy Taylor 3 F 3

Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 2 1 0 1 2 6 Bob Sharp 1’ 1’ 2 0 1’ 5 3 Bert Edwards 2 3 1 3 2 1 12 Reg Reeves 2 1 3 1’ 2 0 9 1 Tich Read 0 1 1 1 2 5 Cyril Cooper 0 0 0 0 0 Larry Lazarus 2 3 5 Len Silver 1’ 1’ 2’ 4 3

Ht1 Bradley, Bainbridge, Sharp, Pymar 65.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 J.Hole, Edwards, B.Hole, Cooper 67.2 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Unstead, Reeves, Sharp, Boss 65.2 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Taylor, Lazarus, Silver, Cox 66.2 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Edwards, B.Hole, Reeves, Pymar 65.4 2 4 15 15 Ht6 J.Hole, Boss, Bainbridge, Cooper 68.0 5 1 20 16 Ht7 Unstead, Bradley, Edwards, Read 66.0 5 1 25 17 Ht8 B.Hole, Bradley, Read, Bainbridge 65.8 5 1 30 18 Ht9 Edwards, Boss, Bainbridge, Pymar 65.6 2 4 32 22 Ht10 Unstead, Sharp, Silver, B.Hole 66.2 3 3 35 25 Ht11 Reeves, J.Hole, Read, Pymar 65.0 2 4 37 29 Ht12 Bradley, Edwards, J.Hole, Sharp 64.4 4 2 41 31 Ht13 Pymar, Unstead, Read, Cooper 66.4 5 1 46 32 Ht14 Lazarus, Silver, Cox, Taylor (f) 67.2 1 5 47 37 Ht15 Unstead, Bainbridge, Reeves, J.Hole 66.2 3 3 50 40 Ht16 B.Hole, Read, Sharp, Boss 66.0 3 3 53 43 Ht17 Bradley, Reeves, Cox, Cooper 66.2 4 2 57 45 Ht18 Bradley, Unstead, Edwards, Reeves 66.0 5 1 62 46

Saturday 23rd April 1955 Brandon Stadium, 57 Ipswich Witches 39 (National League Division Two)

Coventry Charlie New 2’ 3 3 2 3 13 1 Bob Mark 3 3 E 1 3 10 Jim Lightfoot 3 3 3 E 0 9 Johnny Reason 1 1 0 1’ 3 6 1 Tommy Miller 2 3 3 2’ 1 11 1 Vic Emms 1’ 1 1 1 1 5 1 Reg Duval 2’ 1 3 1

Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 1 2 1’ 3 2’ 3 12 2 Bob Sharp 0 1 0 1 Reg Reeves 2 2 2 0 2 0 8 Tich Read 0 1’ 0 3 2’ 6 2 Bert Edwards 3 2 2 2 1 2 12 Larry Lazarus 0 0 0 0 0 Cyril Cooper F 0 0

Ht1 Mark, New, Bainbridge, Sharp 70.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Lightfoot, Reeves, Reason, Read 70.6 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Edwards, Miller, Emms, Lazarus 70.8 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Mark, Duval, Sharp, Cooper (f) 71.8 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Lightfoot, Edwards, Reason, Lazarus 71.2 4 2 21 9 Ht6 New, Reeves, Read, Mark (ef) 71.0 3 3 24 12 Ht7 Miller, Bainbridge, Emms, Sharp 70.4 4 2 28 14 Ht8 New, Edwards, Mark, Lazarus 70.4 4 2 32 16 Ht9 Miller, Reeves, Emms, Read 70.2 4 2 36 18 Ht10 Lightfoot, Edwards, Bainbridge, Reason 70.0 3 3 39 21 Ht11 Bainbridge, New, Reason, Lazarus 70.0 3 3 42 24 Ht12 Mark, Miller, Edwards, Reeves 70.6 5 1 47 25 Ht13 Read, Bainbridge, Duval, Lightfoot (ef) 71.8 1 5 48 30 Ht14 Reason, Reeves, Emms, Cooper 70.6 4 2 52 32 Ht15 Bainbridge, Read, Miller, Lightfoot 70.2 1 5 53 37 Ht16 New, Edwards, Emms, Reeves 71.0 4 2 57 39

Thursday 28th April 1955 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 70 Exeter Falcons 26 (National League Division Two)

Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 3 15 Bob Sharp 2’ 3 1 2’ 2 10 2 Reg Reeves 3 3 2’ 3 2’ 13 2 Tich Read 1 2’ 3 1 3 10 1 Bert Edwards 3 3 3 1’ 3 13 1 Larry Lazarus 1 1 1 1 2’ 6 1 Len Silver 1 2’ 3 1

Exeter Goog Hoskin 0 2 0 0 1 3 Neil Street 1 2 0 0 1 0 4 Jack Geran 2 2 2 3 2 1 12 Alf Webster 0 0 0 0 0 Don Hardy 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Hart 2 1 1 2 1 7 Francis Cann 0 0 0

Ht1 Bainbridge, Sharp, Street, Hoskin 73.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Reeves, Geran, Read, Webster 72.6 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Edwards, Hart, Lazarus, Hardy 73.4 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Sharp, Street, Silver, Cann 74.4 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Reeves, Read, Hart, Hardy 72.6 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Bainbridge, Geran, Sharp, Street 74.0 4 2 26 10 Ht7 Edwards, Hoskin, Lazarus, Street 75.6 4 2 30 12 Ht8 Bainbridge, Sharp, Hart, Hardy 74.8 5 1 35 13 Ht9 Edwards, Geran, Lazarus, Webster 74.0 4 2 39 15 Ht10 Read, Reeves, Street, Hoskin 74.4 5 1 44 16 Ht11 Bainbridge, Hart, Read, Hoskin 73.8 4 2 48 18 Ht12 Geran, Sharp, Edwards, Hardy 74.8 3 3 51 21 Ht13 Reeves, Silver, Hart, Webster (f) 72.8 5 1 56 22 Ht14 Read, Geran, Lazarus, Cann 75.0 4 2 60 24 Ht15 Edwards, Read, Hoskin, Webster 73.2 5 1 65 25 Ht16 Bainbridge, Lazarus, Geran, Street 75.4 5 1 70 26

The Cauldron Scratch Race Ht1 Bainbridge, Hoskin, Lazarus, Cann 75.6 Ht2 Edwards, Reeves, Street, Hardy 74.6 Ht3 Read, Geran, Hart, Sharp 75.8 Ht4 Cooper, Day, Lawrie, Last 78.0 Final Edwards, Bainbridge, Read, Cooper 73.4

Monday 2nd May 1955 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 66 Ipswich Witches 33 (National League Division Two)

Exeter Goog Hoskin 2’ 2’ 1 3 3 11 2 Neil Street 3 3 3 3 3 15 Jack Geran 2 3 3 3 3 14 Alf Webster 1’ 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4 Don Hardy 0 1 0 E 2 3 Jack Hart 1 3 2 3 1 10 Francis Cann 2’ E 2 1

Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 1 2 1 1’ 1 0 6 1 Bob Sharp 0 0 0 0 0 Reg Reeves 3 0 1 2 1 7 Tich Read 0 1 3 2 1 7 Bert Edwards 2’ 2 2 1’ 2 9 2 Larry Lazarus 3 0 0 0 3 Len Silver 1 0 1

Ht1 Street, Hoskin, Bainbridge, Sharp 76.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Reeves, Geran, Webster, Read 75.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Lazarus, Edwards, Hart, Hardy 76.8 1 5 9 9 Ht4 Street, Cann, Silver, Sharp 75.8 5 1 14 10 Ht5 Geran, Edwards, Webster, Lazarus 75.6 4 2 18 12 Ht6 Street, Hoskin, Read, Reeves 76.0 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Hart, Bainbridge, Hardy, Sharp 77.0 4 2 27 15 Ht8 Street, Edwards, Hoskin, Lazarus 75.8 4 2 31 17 Ht9 Read, Hart, Reeves, Hardy 76.8 2 4 33 21 Ht10 Geran, Webster, Bainbridge, Sharp 76.8 5 1 38 22 Ht11 Hoskin, Webster, Bainbridge, Lazarus 76.0 5 1 43 23 Ht12 Street, Reeves, Edwards, Hardy (ef) 76.0 3 3 46 26 Ht13 Geran, Read, Bainbridge, Cann (ef) 76.0 3 3 49 29 Ht14 Hart, Webster, Reeves, Silver 76.6 5 1 54 30 Ht15 Geran, hardy, Read, Bainbridge 77.0 5 1 59 31 Ht16 Hoskin, Edwards, Hart, Read 76.0 4 2 63 33

Thursday 5th May 1955 Foxheath Stadium, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 53 Leicester Hunters 43 (National League Division Two)

Ipswich Reg Reeves E 2’ 2’ 0 3 7 2 Tich Read 2 3 3 3 3 14 Junior Bainbridge 1’ 2 2 2 2 9 1 Bob Sharp 2 1’ 1’ 2 3 9 2 Bert Edwards 2 2 3 1 1’ 9 1 Larry Lazarus 0 0 2’ 1 3 1 Len Silver 2’ 0 0 2 1

Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Charlie Barsby 1 1 1 0 0 3 Derek Close 3 E 1’ 2 E 6 1 Johnny Green E 0 Len Williams 3 3 1 0 2 9 Ron Phillips 1 0 0 1 1 3 Gordon McGregor F 1 2 1 0 4

Ht1 McKinlay, Read, Barsby, Reeves (ef) 71.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Close, Sharp, Bainbridge, Green (ef) 74.6 3 3 5 7 Ht2 Williams, Edwards, Phillips, Lazarus 73.2 2 4 7 11 Ht4 Read, Silver, Barsby, McGregor (f) 75.8 5 1 12 12 Ht5 Williams, Bainbridge, Sharp, Phillips 73.4 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Read, Reeves, McGregor, Close (ef) 73.4 5 1 20 16 Ht7 McKinlay, Edwards, Barsby, Lazarus 71.6*= 2 4 22 20 Ht8 Read, Reeves, Williams, Phillips 72.8 5 1 27 21 Ht9 Edwards, McGregor, Close, Silver 74.6 3 3 30 24 Ht10 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Sharp, Barsby 72.2 3 3 33 27 Ht11 McKinlay, Reeves, Phillips, Sharp 71.8 2 4 35 31 Ht12 Read, Close, Edwards, Williams 74.0 4 2 39 33 Ht13 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Phillips, Silver 72.6 2 4 41 37 Ht14 Sharp, Lazarus, McGregor, Close (ef) 75.4 5 1 46 38 Ht15 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Edwards, McGregor 73.0 3 3 49 41 Ht16 Reeves, Williams, Lazarus, Barsby 75.0 4 2 53 43

The Silver Trophy Scratch Race Ht1 Edwards, Sharp, Close, McGregor 74.0 Ht2 Read, Bainbridge, Silver, Williams (ns) 74.0 Ht3 McKinlay, Reeves, Lazarus, Phillips 73.6 Ht4 Cooper, Day, Last, Lawrie (f) 76.4 Final McKinlay, Read, Cooper, Edwards (f) 73.6

Monday 9th May 1955 Poole Stadium, Poole 70 Ipswich Witches 37 (National Trophy)

Poole Ken Middleditch 2 3 2’ 3 3 3 16 1 Johnny Thomson 1’ 1 F 2 1 Allan Kidd 3 3 3 3 3 1 16 Terry Small 2’ 2’ 3 1 2 10 2 Bill Holden 2’ 2’ E 2 E 6 2 Jimmy Squibb 3 3 1 1 2’ 10 1 Tony Lewis 2’ 1’ 3 6 2 Norman Strachan 3 1 E 4

Ipswich Reg Reeves 3 1 1 3 1 9 Tich Read 0 0 2 0 0 2 Bert Edwards 1 2 0 2’ 2 2 9 1 Bob Sharp 1 0 2 3 1 0 7 Junior Bainbridge 1 0 0 3 2 6 Larry Lazarus F 0 F 0 0 Len Silver 1 0 2 3 Cyril Cooper 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Reeves, Middleditch, Thomson, Read 73.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Kidd, Small, Edwards, Lazarus (f) 73.8 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Squibb, Holden, Sharp, Read 74.0 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Strachan, Lewis, Silver, Cooper 73.4 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Kidd, Edwards, Thomson, Sharp 72.2 4 2 22 8 Ht6 Squibb, Small, Reeves, Lazarus 72.8 5 1 27 9 Ht7 Middleditch, Holden, Bainbridge, Edwards 71.8 5 1 32 10 Ht8 Kidd, Middleditch, Reeves, Bainbridge 72.0 5 1 37 11 Ht9 Reeves, Edwards, Squibb, Thomson (f) 72.8 1 5 38 16 Ht10 Kidd, Read, Lazarus (f), Holden (ef) 72.0 3 3 41 18 Ht11 Small, Sharp, Strachan, Bainbridge 72.8 4 2 45 20 Ht12 Middleditch, Edwards, Small, Read 71.4 4 2 49 22 Ht13 Bainbridge, Holden, Lewis, Silver 71.8 3 3 52 25 Ht14 Lewis, Silver, Cooper, Strachan (ef) 73.2 3 3 55 28 Ht15 Sharp, Small, Reeves, Holden (ef) 73.2 2 4 57 32 Ht16 Kidd, Bainbridge, Squibb, Read 73.4 4 2 61 34 Ht17 Middleditch, Squibb, Sharp, Lazarus 73.4 5 1 66 35 Ht18 Middleditch, Edwards, Kidd, Sharp 72.8 4 2 70 37

Thursday 12th May 1955 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 66 Poole Pirates 41 (National Trophy)

Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 3 2’ 3 1’ 3 12 2 Larry Lazarus 1 0 2 2 1 6 Reg Reeves 3 3 2’ 2’ 3 2’15 3 Tich Read 2’ 2 0 2 1 7 1 Bert Edwards 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Bob Sharp F 1’ 1 1 3 1 Len Silver 0 F 0 Cyril Cooper 3 0 2 5

Poole Ken Middleditch 2 3 1 0 2 1 9 Cyril Maidment F 2 1 0 3 Allan Kidd 0 2 0 3 3 0 8 Bill Holden X 1 0 X 1 Terry Small 1 0 3 2 2 8 Jimmy Squibb 1 1 0 0 2 4 Tony Lewis 1’ 1’ 1 3 2 Norman Strachan 2 3 0 5

Ht1 Bainbridge, Middleditch, Lazarus, Maidment (f) 71.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Reeves, Read, Squibb, Kidd 73.6 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Edwards, Maidment, Sharp (f), Holden (exctps) 73.4 3 2 12 5 Ht4 Cooper, Strachan, Lewis, Silver 74.8 3 3 15 8 Ht5 Reeves, Kidd, Lewis, Lazarus 73.8 3 3 18 11 Ht6 Middleditch, Read, Squibb, Cooper 73.4 2 4 20 15 Ht7 Edwards, Bainbridge, Small, Kidd 74.2 5 1 25 16 Ht8 Bainbridge, Reeves, Middleditch, Small 74.0 5 1 30 17 Ht9 Kidd, Lazarus, Sharp, Middleditch 72.8 3 3 33 20 Ht10 Edwards, Reeves, Maidment, Squibb 74.6 5 1 38 21 Ht11 Small, Lazarus, Holden, Read 73.4 2 4 40 25 Ht12 Kidd, Read, Bainbridge, Maidment 73.6 3 3 43 28 Ht13 Edwards, Small, Lazarus, Squibb 74.6 4 2 47 30 Ht14 Strachan, Copper, Lewis, Silver (f) 76.6 2 4 49 34 Ht15 Edwards, Middleditch, Read, Holden 75.2 4 2 53 36 Ht16 Reeves, Small, Sharp, Strachan 75.0 4 2 57 38 Ht17Bainbridge, Squibb, Sharp, Holden (exctps) 75.8 4 2 61 40 Ht18 Edwards, Reeves, Middleditch, Kidd 74.6 5 1 66 41

The Reserves Scratch Race Ht1 Strachan, Cooper, Lewis, Silver (ns) 77.2 Ht2 Lazarus, Day, Last, Lawrie 76.6 Final Lazarus, Strachan, Day, Cooper 76.8

Thursday 19th May 1955 Cowley Stadium, Oxford Oxford Cheetahs 55 Ipswich Witches 41 (National League Division Two)

Oxford Peter Robinson 3 2 2 3 2 12 Bob Wells 2’ 2’ 1’ 1’ 0 6 4 Ronnie Genz 3 2’ 3 F 3 11 1 Bill Thatcher 0 3 0 2’ 3 8 1 Bob Baker 3 E E 3 2’ 8 1 Dennis Newton 0 3 1 1 0 5 Fred Curtis 3 2 5

Ipswich Bert Edwards 1 0 2 1’ 0 1 5 1 Bob Sharp 0 1’ 1 2 1 Reg Reeves 2 3 3 2 2 3 15 Tich Read 1’ 0 2’ 1 1 F 5 2 Junior Bainbridge 2 1 3 2 1’ 1 10 1 Larry Lazarus 1’ 0 3 4 1 Cyril Cooper 0 0 0

Ht1 Robinson, Wells, Edwards, Sharp 69.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Genz, Reeves, Read, Thatcher 67.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Baker, Bainbridge, Lazarus, Newton 66.8 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Curtis, Wells, Sharp, Cooper 69.8 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Thatcher, Genz, Bainbridge, Edwards 67.2 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Reeves, Robinson, Wells, Read 67.0 3 3 24 12 Ht7 Newton, Edwards, Sharp, Baker (ef) 68.6 3 3 27 15 Ht8 Bainbridge, Robinson, Wells, Lazarus 67.0 3 3 30 18 Ht9 Reeves, Read, Newton, Baker (ef) 67.8 1 5 31 23 Ht10 Genz, Bainbridge, Edwards, Thatcher 66.6 3 3 34 26 Ht11 Robinson, Thatcher, Read, Edwards 68.8 5 1 39 27 Ht12 Baker, Reeves, Bainbridge, Wells 67.4 3 3 42 30 Ht13 Lazarus, Curtis, Read, Genz (f) 69.2 2 4 44 34 Ht14 Thatcher, Reeves, Newton, Cooper 68.0 4 2 48 36 Ht15 Genz, Baker, Edwards, Read (f) 68.2 5 1 53 37 Ht16 Reeves, Robinson, Bainbridge, Newton 68.0 2 4 55 41

Saturday 21st May 1955 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 62 Oxford Cheetahs 34 (National League Division Two)

Ipswich Reg Reeves 3 3 3 3 3 15 Tich Read 2’ 3 1 1 1 8 1 Bert Edwards F 2’ 2 2’ 2’ 8 3 Bob Sharp 1 3 1’ 1 2’ 8 2 Junior Bainbridge 3 2 3 3 3 14 Larry Lazarus 0 0 3 1 4 Cyril Cooper 2’ 0 3 5 1

Oxford Peter Robinson 1 3 3 0 1 0 8 Bob Wells F 0 0 0 Ronnie Genz 3 2 2 2 0 1 10 Bill Thatcher 2’ 0 1’ 1 0 1 5 2 Bob Baker 2 1 2 0 2 2 9 Dennis Newton 1’ 0 0 1 1 Fred Curtis 1 0 1

Ht1 Reeves, Read, Robinson, Wells (f) 73.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Genz, Thatcher, Sharp, Edwards (f) 74.8 1 5 6 6 Ht3 Bainbridge, Baker, Newton, Lazarus 73.8 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Read, Cooper, Curtis, Wells 74.6 5 1 14 10 Ht5 Sharp, Edwards, Baker, Newton 74.2 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Reeves, Genz, Read, Thatcher 73.4 4 2 23 13 Ht7 Robinson, Bainbridge, Thatcher, Lazarus 74.0 2 4 25 17 Ht8 Reeves, Baker, Read, Newton 73.8 4 2 29 19 Ht9 Bainbridge, Genz, Thatcher, Cooper 73.2 3 3 32 22 Ht10 Robinson, Edwards, Sharp, Baker 74.4 3 3 35 25 Ht11 Reeves, Genz, Sharp, Robinson 73.6 4 2 39 27 Ht12 Bainbridge, Baker, Read, Genz 73.2 4 2 43 29 Ht13 Cooper, Edwards, Robinson, Thatcher 75.0 5 1 48 30 Ht14 Lazarus, Sharp, Genz, Curtis 74.8 5 1 53 31 Ht15 Bainbridge, Edwards, Thatcher, Robinson 73.2 5 1 58 32 Ht16 Reeves, Baker, Lazarus, Wells 74.8 4 2 62 34

The Heathlands Scratch Race Ht1 Reeves, Robinson, Sharp, Newton 74.0 Ht2 Edwards, Lazarus, Genz, Wells 74.8 Ht3 Bainbridge, Thatcher, Baker, Read 73.4 Ht4 Day, Silver, Lawrie (f), Last (f) 76.6 Final Bainbridge, Edwards, Reeves, Day 73.0

Wednesday 25th May 1955 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 65 Bristol Bulldogs 31 (National League Division Two)

Ipswich Reg Reeves 3 3 3 3 3 15 Tich Read 1 2’ 2’ 2 2’ 9 3 Bert Edwards 3 3 2 3 3 14 Bob Sharp 1 2’ 0 0 3 6 1 Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 Cyril Cooper 0 1 1 2’ 1 5 1 Larry Lazarus 0 2’ 2 1

Bristol Geoff Pymar 0 0 0 0 Dick Bradley 2 3 3 3 2 2 14 Billy Hole 2 0 2 0 4 Howdy Byford 0 1 0 0 1 2 Jack Unstead 2 1 1 1 1 0 6 Johnny Hole 1’ 0 F 1’ 1 1 4 2 Roy Taylor 1 0 1

Ht1 Reeves, Bradley, Read, Pymar 73.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Edwards, B.Hole, Sharp, Byford 75.2 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Bainbridge, Unstead, J.Hole, Cooper 73.4 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Bradley, Read, Taylor, Lazarus 75.4 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Edwards, Sharp, Unstead, J.Hole 75.0 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Reeves, Read, Byford, B.Hole 75.2 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Bainbridge, Bradley, Cooper, Pymar 73.8 4 2 27 15 Ht8 Reeves, Read, Unstead, J.Hole (f) 74.8 5 1 32 16 Ht9 Bainbridge, B.Hole, Cooper, Byford 74.4 4 2 36 18 Ht10 Bradley, Edwards, Unstead, Sharp 73.4 2 4 38 22 Ht11 Reeves, Bradley, J.Hole, Sharp 74.6 3 3 41 25 Ht12 Bainbridge, Read, Unstead, B.Hole 75.8 5 1 46 26 Ht13 Edwards, Lazarus, J.Hole, Byford 75.6 5 1 51 27 Ht14 Sharp, Cooper, J.Hole, Taylor 77.2 5 1 56 28 Ht15 Edwards, Bainbridge, Byford, Pymar 75.6 5 1 61 29 Ht16 Reeves, Bradley, Cooper, Unstead 75.6 4 2 65 31

The Election Scratch Race Ht1 Lazarus, Day, Last, Lawrie 76.6 Ht2 Edwards, Read, Byford, J.Hole 75.8 Ht3 Bainbridge, Bradley, Sharp, B.Hole 76.2 Ht4 Reeves, Cooper, Pymar, Unstead (ns) 76.4 Final Bainbridge, Edwards, Lazarus, Reeves (fexc) 75.2

Friday 27th May 1955 Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol Bulldogs 59 Ipswich Witches 37 (National League Division Two)

Bristol Dick Bradley 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Roy Taylor 1 2’ 1 1 5 1 Billy Hole 2 3 3 3 3 14 Terry Courtnell 1’ 1 1 0 3 1 Jack Unstead 3 3 2 1 0 9 Geoff Pymar 2’ 0 1 1’ 4 2 Reg Trott 3 1’ 3 0 2 9 1

Ipswich Bert Edwards 0 2 2 1’ 2 2 9 1 Bob Sharp 2 1 1’ 2 0 2 8 1 Reg Reeves 3 2 3 2 3 1’ 14 1 Tich Read 0 0 0 0 Junior Bainbridge 1 2 0 0 1’ 0 4 1 Cyril Cooper 0 0 2 2 Larry Lazarus 0 0 0

Ht1 Bradley, Sharp, Taylor, Edwards 64.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Reeves, Hole, Courtnell, Read 65.2 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Unstead, Pymar, Bainbridge, Cooper 66.0 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Trott, Taylor, Sharp, Lazarus 66.4 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Hole, Bainbridge, Courtnell, Cooper 65.2 4 2 21 9 Ht6 Bradley, Reeves, Taylor, Read 64.2 4 2 25 11 Ht7 Unstead, Edwards, Sharp, Pymar 65.0 3 3 28 14 Ht8 Bradley, Sharp, Taylor, Bainbridge 64.6 4 2 32 16 Ht9 Reeves, Unstead, Trott, Read 64.8 3 3 35 19 Ht10 Hole, Edwards, Courtnell, Sharp 64.6 4 2 39 21 Ht11 Bradley, Cooper, Edwards, Courtnell 65.0 3 3 42 24 Ht12 Trott, Reeves, Unstead, Bainbridge 64.8 4 2 46 26 Ht13 Hole, Edwards, Bainbridge, Trott 64.8 3 3 49 29 Ht14 Reeves, Trott, Pymar, Lazarus 64.6 3 3 52 32 Ht15 Hole, Edwards, Reeves, Unstead 64.2 3 3 55 35 Ht16 Bradley, Sharp, Pymar, Bainbridge 64.8 4 2 59 37

Saturday 28 May 1955 Abbey Stadium, Swindon 62 IPSWICH WITCHES 33 (National League Division Two)

SWINDON Ian Williams (C) 1 3 F 3 3 - - 10 Ron Swaine 3 3 2* 3 2* - - 13 (2) Bob Roger 3 2 2 3 2* - - 12 (1) Danny Malone 1 1* 1* 1 3 - - 7 (2) George White 3 3 3 3 3 - - 15 Bob Jones 2* 0 0 - - - - 2 (1) Ray Harris 0 1 1 1 - - - 3

IPSWICH Bert Edwards (C) 2 3 2 3 2 1 - 13 Bob Sharp 0 2 1* 0 0 0 - 3 (1) Reg Reeves 2 0 2 1 0 - - 5 Tich Read 0 1 1* 0 0 - - 2 (1) Junior Bainbridge 1 0 R 2 - - - 3 Cyril Cooper 0 2 0 2 - - - 4 Larry Lazarus 1* 2 - - - - - 3 (1)

Ht 1: Swaine, Edwards, Williams, Sharp, 76.2 (4-2) Ht 2: Roger, Reeves, Malone, Read, 77.8 (8-4) Ht 3: White, Jones, Bainbridge, Cooper, 75.8 (13-5) Ht 4: Swaine, Sharp, Lazarus, Harris, 78.8 (16-8) Ht 5: Edwards, Roger, Malone, Bainbridge, 76.6 (19-11) Ht 6: Williams, Swaine, Read, Reeves, 78.2 (24-12) Ht 7: White, Edwards, Sharp, Jones, 76.0 (27-15) Ht 8: Swaine, Cooper, Williams (fell), Bainbridge (ret), 78.8 (30-17) Ht 9: White, Reeves, Read, Jones, 76.2 (33-20) Ht 10: Edwards, Roger, Malone, Sharp, 76.2 (36-23) Ht 11: Williams, Edwards, Malone, Cooper, 76.8 (40-25) Ht 12: White, Swaine, Reeves, Sharp, 75.6 (45-26) Ht 13: Roger, Cooper, Harris, Read, 79.0 (49-28) Ht 14: Malone, Lazarus, Harris, Reeves, 78.6 (53-30) Ht 15: White, Roger, Edwards, Read, 76.0 (58-31) Ht 16: Williams, Bainbridge, Harris, Sharp, 78.0 (62-33)

Monday 30th May 1955 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich The Astorias Trophy

Phil Clarke 3 2 2 3 F 10 Tich Read 0 1 0 1 1 3 Gerry Hussey 2 2 0 3 0 7 Aub Lawson 1 2 0 0 1 4 Bob Sharp 2 1 1 1 2 7 Split Waterman E 2 3 1 3 9 Peter Robinson 1 1 2 0 2 6 Reg Reeves 3 3 2 3 F 11 Billy Bales 3 3 1 2 3 12 Bert Roger 2 0 1 2 F 5 Howdy Byford 1 0 1 F 0 2 Bert Edwards F E 2 1 2 5 Cyril Roger 1 0 3 2 1 7 Junior Bainbridge 2 3 3 2 3 14 Jack Young 3 3 3 3 3 15 Don Lawson 0 1 0 0 0 1 Larry Lazarus (res) DNR Cyril Cooper DNR

Ht1 Clarke, Hussey, A.Lawson, Read 73.6 Ht2 Reeves, Sharp, Robinson, Waterman (ef) 75.2 Ht3 Bales, B.Roger, Byford, Edwards (f) 75.4 Ht4 Young, Bainbridge, C.Roger, D.Lawson 73.0 Ht5 Bales, Clarke, Sharp, C.Roger 73.8 Ht6 Bainbridge, Waterman, Read, B.Roger 73.4 Ht7 Young, Hussey, Robinson, Byford 73.2 Ht8 Reeves, A.Lawson, D.Lawson, Edwards (ef) 75.8 Ht9 Waterman, Clarke, Byford, D.Lawson 74.2 Ht10 Young, Edwards, Sharp, Read 74.8 Ht11 Bainbridge, Reeves, Bales, Hussey 73.6 Ht12 C.Roger, Robinson, B.Roger, A.Lawson 76.0 Ht13 Clarke, Bainbridge, Edwards, Robinson 74.2 Ht14 Reeves, C.Roger, Read, Byford (f) 75.4 Ht15 Hussey, B.Roger, Sharp, D.Lawson 75.8 Ht16 Young, Bales, Waterman, A.Lawson 74.2 Ht17 Young, Clarke, Reeves, B.Roger (f) 77.2 Ht18 Bales, Robinson, Read, D.Lawson 76.2 Ht19 Waterman, B.Roger, C.Roger, Hussey 76.0 Ht20 Bainbridge, Sharp, A.Lawson, Byford 76.0

Thursday 2 June 1955 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich IPSWICH WITCHES 64 SWINDON ROBINS 32 (National League Division Two)

IPSWICH Reg Reeves 3 3 3 3 3 - - 15 Tich Read 0 3 1 0 - - - 4 Bert Edwards (C) 3 R 3 3 2* - - 11 (1) Bob Sharp 1 2 2* 2* 3 - - 10 (2) Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 3 - - 15 Cyril Cooper 0 0 1 - - - - 1 Larry Lazarus 1 2* 1 2* 2* - - 8 (3)

SWINDON Ian Williams (C) 1* 2 1 1 1 - - 6 (1) Ron Swaine 2 2 1* 0 0 - - 5 (1) Bob Roger 2 2 1 0 2 - - 7 Danny Malone 0 0 0 - - - - 0 Peter Moore 2 3 2 2 1 1 - 11 Ray Harris 1* 1 1* 0 0 - - 3 (2) Ernie Lessiter X 0 0 - - - - 0

Ht 1: Reeves, Swaine, Williams, Read, 74.2 (3-3) Ht 2: Edwards, Roger, Sharp, Malone, 74.6 (7-5) Ht 3: Bainbridge, Moore, Harris, Cooper, 74.8 (10-8) Ht 4: (Re-Run) Read, Swaine, Lazarus, Lessiter (f, ex), 76.2 (14-10) Ht 5: Moore, Sharp, Harris, Edwards (ret), 75.4 (16-14) Ht 6: Reeves, Roger, Read, Malone, 75.4 (20-16) Ht 7: Bainbridge, Williams, Swaine, Cooper, 74.6 (23-19) Ht 8: Reeves, Moore, Harris, Read, 76.0 (26-22) Ht 9: Bainbridge, Lazarus, Roger, Lessiter, 75.4 (31-23) Ht 10: Edwards, Sharp, Williams, Swaine, 74.2 (36-24) Ht 11: Reeves, Sharp, Williams, Harris, 76.0 (41-25) Ht 12: Bainbridge, Moore, Lazarus, Roger, 75.4 (45-27) Ht 13: Edwards, Lazarus, Moore, Harris, 75.6 (50-28) Ht 14: Sharp, Roger, Cooper, Lessiter, 77.6 (54-30) Ht 15: Bainbridge, Edwards, Williams, Malone, 75.6 (59-31) Ht 16: Reeves, Lazarus, Moore, Swaine, 76.4 (64-32)

The June Night Scratch Race Ht 1: Edwards, Malone, Lazarus, Williams (ret), 76.0 Ht 2: Reeves, Roger, Harris, Cooper (ret), 77.6 Ht 3: Bainbridge, Sharp, Moore, Swaine, 76.0 Ht 4: Len Silver, Dennis Day, Ken Last, Howdy Byford (fell), 78.2 Final: Bainbridge, Reeves, Edwards, Silver, 75.8

Saturday 4th June 1955 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh I 25 Ipswich 35 West Ham 36 Rayleigh II 24 (4 TT)

Rayleigh I Peter Clark 2 3 3 3 2 13 Pete Lansdale 1 F 0 0 1 2 Bill Longley 1 1 0 2 0 4 Dennis Gray 2 1 2 0 1 6

Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 2 3 3 1 3 12 Bert Edwards 3 2 3 1 2 11 Reg Reeves 2 2 1 2 3 10 Bob Sharp 0 0 1 1 0 2

West Ham Bert Roger 0 2 3 3 1 9 Alan Smith 1 3 2 3 2 11 Ken McKinlay 3 2 3 2 3 13 Terry Courtnell 1 1 1 0 0 3

Rayleigh II Gerald Jackson 0 0 1 2 2 5 Les McGillivray 3 3 2 1 3 12 Maurice McDermott 3 1 2 0 1 7 Eric Ebbs 0 0 0 0 Pat McKenzie (res) 0 0 0 R1 I WH RII Ht1 McGillivray, Clerk, Lansdale, Jackson 70.6 3 0 0 3 Ht2 Edwards, Bainbridge, Smith, Roger 71.2 3 5 1 3 Ht3 McDermott, Gray, Longley, Ebbs 71.3 6 5 1 6 Ht4 McKinlay, Reeves, Courtnell, Sharp 71.4 6 7 5 6 Ht5 Smith, McKinlay, Gray, Lansdale (f) 71.2 7 7 10 6 Ht6 Clark, Roger, Courtnell, Ebbs 71.0 10 7 13 6 Ht7 Bainbridge, Reeves, McDermott, Jackson 71.0 10 12 13 7 Ht8 McGillivray, Edwards, Longley, Sharp 71.2 11 14 13 10 Ht9 Roger, McDermott, Sharp, Lansdale 71.0 11 15 16 12 Ht10 Clark, Smith, Reeves, Longley 71.4 14 16 18 12 Ht11 Bainbridge, Longley, Courtnell, Lansdale 72.6 16 19 19 12 Ht12 McKinlay, McGillivray, Bainbridge, Ebbs 70.0 16 20 22 14 Ht13 Edwards, Gray, Jackson, Courtnell 71.0 18 23 22 15 Ht14 Clark, McKinlay, Edwards, McDermott 70.8 21 24 24 15 Ht15 Smith, Jackson, Sharp, McKenzie 72.0 21 25 27 17 Ht16 Roger, Reeves, McGillivray, Gray 70.0 21 27 30 18 Ht17 Reeves, Edwards, Lansdale, McKenzie 71.4 22 32 30 18 Ht18 Bainbridge, Clark, Gray, Sharp 71.6 25 35 30 18 Ht19McKinlay, Jackson, Roger, Longley 72.0 25 35 34 20 Ht20 McGillivray, Smith, McDermott, Courtnell 73.0 25 35 36 24

Thursday 9th June 1955 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 62 Rayleigh Rockets 34 (National League Division Two)

Ipswich Reg Reeves 2 3 2 3 2 12 Tich Read 0 3 1’ 1 1 6 1 Bert Edwards 1 2’ 3 3 3 12 1 Bob Sharp 3 3 1 1 2’ 10 1 Junior Bainbridge 3 2 3 3 2’ 13 1 Larry Lazarus 2’ 0 1 3 1’ 7 2 Dennis Day 1 1 2

Rayleigh Peter Clark 3 3 3 2 2 1 14 Pete Lansdale 1 2 1 0 2 3 9 Gerald Jackson 2 2 2 0 2 0 8 Maurice McDermott 0 0 0 0 0 Les McGillivray 0 1 0 0 0 1 Dennis Gray 1 E 1 Bill Longley 0 E 1 1

Ht1 Clark, Reeves, Lansdale, Read 73.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Sharp, Jackson, Edwards, McDermott 73.6 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Bainbridge, Lazarus, Gray, McGillivray 74.2 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Read, Lansdale, Day, Longley 73.4 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Sharp, Edwards, McGillivray, Gray (ef) 73.8 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Reeves, Jackson, Read, McDermott 74.2 4 2 24 12 Ht7 Clark, Bainbridge, Lansdale, Lazarus 72.8 2 4 26 16 Ht8 Clark, Reeves, Read, McGillivray 73.8 3 3 29 19 Ht9 Bainbridge, Jackson, Lazarus, McDermott 73.2 4 2 33 21 Ht10 Edwards, Clark, Sharp, Lansdale 74.4 4 2 37 23 Ht11 Reeves, Clark, Sharp, Jackson 73.2 4 2 41 25 Ht12 Bainbridge, Jackson, Read, McGillivray 74.0 4 2 45 27 Ht13 Edwards. Lansdale, Day, Longley (ef) 73.8 4 2 49 29 Ht14 Lazarus, Sharp, Clark, McDermott 75.2 5 1 54 30 Ht15 Edwards, Bainbridge, Clark, McDermott 72.6 5 1 59 31 Ht16 Lansdale, Reeves, Lazarus, McGillivray 74.8 3 3 62 34

The Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Silver, Cooper, Day, Last 77.0 Ht2 Clark, Bainbridge, Read, Longley 74.0 Ht3 Edwards, Jackson, Lazarus, Lansdale 73.8 Ht4 Reeves, Sharp, McDermott, McGillivray 75.6 Final Edwards, Clark, Reeves, Silver 73.4

Thursday 16th June 1955 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 61 Coventry Bees 35 (National League Division Two)

Ipswich Bert Edwards 2 3 3 E 3 11 Bob Sharp 0 1’ 2’ 1 2’ 6 3 Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 3 12 Larry Lazarus 1 2’ 1 1 1’ 6 2 Reg Reeves 2’ 2 2’ 3 2’ 11 3 Tich Read 3 0 3 2 1 9 Dennis Day 2 1 3

Coventry Fred Brand 1 1 2 2’ 1 7 1 Bob Mark 3 3 3 F 3 2 14 Jim Lightfoot 2 1 1 0 3 0 7 Vic Emms 0 0 0 0 Tommy Miller 1 1 2 1 0 7 Reg Duval 0 0 0 0 0 Nick Nicholls 0 0 0

Ht1 Mark, Edwards, Brand, Sharp 72.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Bainbridge, Lightfoot, Lazarus, Emms 72.4 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Read, Reeves, Miller, Duval 73.6 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Mark, Day, Sharp, Nicholls 74.0 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Bainbridge, Lazarus, Miller, Duval 73.4 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Edwards, Sharp, Lightfoot, Emms 72.4 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Mark, Reeves, Brand, Read 72.4 2 4 26 16 Ht8 Edwards, Miller, Sharp, Duval 72.4 4 2 30 18 Ht9 Read, Reeves, Lightfoot, Emms 73.2 5 1 35 19 Ht10 Bainbridge, Brand, Lazarus, Mark (f) 73.4 4 2 39 21 Ht11 Mark, Brand, Lazarus, Edwards (ef) 74.2 1 5 40 26 Ht12 Reeves, Sharp, Miller, Lightfoot 74.6 5 1 45 27 Ht13 Bainbridge, Miller, Day, Duval 74.0 4 2 49 29 Ht14 Lightfoot, Read, Lazarus, Nicholls 74.0 3 3 52 32 Ht15 Bainbridge, Reeves, Brand, Lightfoot 73.6 5 1 57 33 Ht16 Edwards, Mark, Read, Miller 73.2 4 2 61 35

The Borough Scratch Race Ht1 Silver, Day, Nicholls, Last 76.8 Ht2 Bainbridge, Read, Miller, Emms 75.4 Ht3 Edwards, Mark, Lazarus, Lightfoot 73.2 Ht4 Reeves, Sharp, Brand, Duval 74.6 Final Edwards, Bainbridge, Reeves, Silver 73.0

Saturday 18th June 1955 Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich Stars 42 Ipswich Witches 54 (Challenge) (Match raced on Handicap but rain made handicaps stop after heat 10)

NORWICH Aub Lawson 20 yards 0 1 0 3 2’ 6 1 Phil Clarke 25 yards 1 1 0 2 3 7 Cyril Roger 20 yards 0 2 0 2 3 7 Fred Brand 20 yards 1 1’ 1 0 1’ 4 2 Billy Bales 25 yards 2 0 0 2’ 2’ 6 2 Harry Edwards 20 yards 1’ 1 1 2 3 8 1 Don Lawson 5 yards 3 1’ 4 1 IPSWICH Bert Edwards 15 yards 2’ 2’ 2’ 1’ 1 8 4 Bob Sharpe Scratch 3 2 3 3 1 12 Junior Bainbridge 15 yards 2’ 3 3 1 3 12 1 Larry Lazarus Scratch 3 2’ 2’ 0 0 7 2 Reg Reeves 10 yards 0 0 0 Tich Read 5 yards 3 3 3 2 3 14 Dennis Day Scratch 0 1 0 0 1

1 Sharpe, B. Edwards, Clarke, A. Lawson, 74.8 1 5 2 Lazarus, Bainbridge, Brand, Roger, 74.4 2 10 3 Read, Bales, H. Edwards, Reeves, 72.4 5 13 4 D. Lawson, Sharpe, Clarke, Day, 73.8 9 15 5 Read, Roger, Brand, Reeves, 72.6 12 18 6 Bainbridge, Lazarus, Lawson, Clarke, 73.4 13 23 7 Sharpe, B. Edwards, H. Edwards, Bales, 74.8 14 28 8 Read, Clarke, Day, A. Lawson, 73.6 16 32 9 Bainbridge, Lazarus, H. Edwards, Bales, 74.4 17 37 10 Sharpe, B. Edwards, Brand, Roger, 74.6 18 42 (Handicaps were abandoned at this point in the programme) 11 A. Lawson, Read, B. Edwards, Brand, 73.2 21 45 12 Clarke, Bales, Bainbridge, Day, 73.0 26 46 13 Read, Roger, D. Lawson, Lazarus, 73.8 29 49 14 Bainbridge, H. Edwards, Brand, Day, 73.4 32 52 15 Roger, Bales, B. Edwards, Lazarus, 75.0 37 53 16 H. Edwards, A. Lawson, Sharpe, Day, 75.2 42 54

Thursday 23rd June 1955 Foxhall Heath, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 58 Poole Pirates 38 (National League Division Two)

Ipswich Bert Edwards 2’ 3 3 3 3 14 1 Bob Sharp 3 2’ 2’ 1 0 8 2 Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 2 14 Larry Lazarus 0 0 1 0 3 4 Reg Reeves 3 1’ 1 3 0 8 1 Tich Read 2’ 2 0 2’ 1 7 2 Dennis Day 3 0 3

Poole Ken Middleditch E 3 2 2 3 10 Allan Kidd 1 0 0 1 Bill Holden 2 0 2’ 1’ 1’ 0 6 2 Norman Strachan 1’ 1 3 1’ 1’ 1 8 3 Terry Small 1 1’ 2 E 2 2 8 1 Tony Lewis 0 2 0 2 Jimmy Squibb 1 0 1

Ht1 Sharp, Edwards, Kidd, Middleditch (ef) 73.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Bainbridge, Holden, Strachan, Lazarus 74.2 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Reeves, Read, Small, Lewis 74.6 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Day, Sharp, Squibb, Kidd 76.8 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Bainbridge, Lewis, Small, Lazarus 74.6 3 3 21 9 Ht6 Edwards, Sharp, Strachan, Holden 72.4 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Middleditch, Read, Reeves, Kidd 74.0 3 3 29 13 Ht8 Edwards, Small, Sharp, Lewis 74.8 4 2 33 15 Ht9 Strachan, Holden, Reeves, Read 75.4 1 5 34 20 Ht10 Bainbridge, Middleditch, Lazarus, Kidd (ef) 74.8 4 2 38 22 Ht11 Edwards, Middleditch, Strachan, Lazarus 74.0 3 3 41 25 Ht12 Reeves, Small, Holden, Sharp 75.4 3 3 44 28 Ht13 Bainbridge, Middleditch, Strachan, Day 74.8 3 3 47 31 Ht14 Lazarus, Read, Holden, Squibb 75.2 5 1 52 32 Ht15 Middleditch, Bainbridge, Strachan, Reeves 75.4 2 4 54 36 Ht16 Edwards, Small, Read, Holden 75.0 4 2 56 38

The Midsummer Scratch Race Ht1 Middleditch, Bainbridge, Sharp, Lewis 75.2 Ht2 Lazarus, Kidd, Holden, Reeves 77.0 Ht3 Edwards, Read, Small, Strachan 75.6 Ht4 Day, Squibb, Silver, Last 78.0 Final Edwards, Middleditch, Lazarus, Day 75.6

Saturday 25th June 1955 Brandon Stadium, Coventry Coventry Bees 56 Ipswich Witches 40 (National League Division Two)

Coventry Charlie New 1 3 3 2 2’ 11 1 Bob Mark 3 3 2’ 1 1 10 1 Jim Lightfoot 0 1 0 2 2 5 Vic Emms 3 3 2 1’ 3 12 1 Tommy Miller 3 2 3 3 1’ 12 1 Johnny Reason F 0 2’ 0 3 5 1 Reg Duval 1 0 1

Ipswich Bert Edwards 2 3 3 3 3 3 17 Bob Sharp 0 0 1 1 Junior Bainbridge 2 1 1 0 2 0 6 Larry Lazarus 1’ 0 1 0 2 1 Reg Reeves 1’ 2 2 1 2 1 9 1 Tich Read 2 0 0 0 2 Len Silver 2 0 1’ 3 1

Ht1 Mark, Edwards, New, Sharp 68.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Emms, Bainbridge, Lazarus, Lightfoot 70.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Miller, Read, Reeves, Reason (f) 69.6 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Mark, Silver, Duval, Sharp 70.2 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Emms, Reeves, Lightfoot, Read 70.4 4 2 18 12 Ht6 New, Mark, Bainbridge, Lazarus 70.0 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Edwards, Miller, Sharp, Reason 69.4 2 4 25 17 Ht8 New, Reeves, Mark, Read 70.4 4 2 29 19 Ht9 Miller, Reason, Bainbridge, Silver 70.0 5 1 34 20 Ht10 Edwards, Emms, Reeves, Lightfoot 70.0 2 4 36 24 Ht11 Edwards, New, Emms, Read 69.4 3 3 39 27 Ht12 Miller, Reeves, Mark, Bainbridge 70.2 4 2 43 29 Ht13 Edwards, Lightfoot, Lazarus, Duval 70.6 2 4 45 33 Ht14 Emms, Bainbridge, Silver, Reason 71.2 3 3 48 36 Ht15 Edwards, Lightfoot, Miller, Lazarus 70.0 3 3 51 39 Ht16 Reason, New, Reeves, Bainbridge 70.2 5 1 56 40

Thursday 30th June 1955 Foxhall Heath, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 65 Southampton Saints 31 (National League Division Two)

Ipswich Bert Edwards 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 5 Bob Sharp 2*3 1 2*1 9 2 5 Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 5 Larry Lazarus 0 1 1 2*0 4 1 5 Reg Reeves 3 3 3 3 2* 14 1 5 Tich Read 2*2*0 1 2* 7 3 5 Dennis Day 1 0 1 0 2

Southampton Ernie Rawlins 1 1 0 1 1 4 0 5 Brian Hanham 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 Dick Bradley 1*2 1*2 2* 8 3 5 Johnny Fitzpatrick 2 0 2 1*0 5 1 5 Charlie May 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 Bluey Scott 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 5 Alby Golden 2 0 3 1 6 0 4

1 Bert Edwards, Bob Sharp, Ernie Rawlins, Brian Hanham 73.8 5 – 1 5 – 1 2 Junior Bainbridge, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Dick Bradley, Larry Lazarus 74.6 3 – 3 8 – 4 3 Reg Reeves, Tich Read, Bluey Scott, Charlie May(ef) 74.8 5 – 1 13 – 5 4 Bob Sharp, Alby Golden, Dennis Day, Brian Hanham 74.8 4 – 2 17 – 7 5 Junior Bainbridge, Charlie May, Larry Lazarus, Bluey Scott 74.4 4 – 2 21 – 9 6 Bert Edwards, Dick Bradley, Bob Sharp, Johnny Fitzpatrick 74 4 – 2 25 – 11 7 Reg Reeves, Tich Read, Ernie Rawlins, Alby Golden 74.2 5 – 1 30 – 12 8 Bert Edwards, Bob Sharp, Bluey Scott, Charlie May 75.4 5 – 1 35 – 13 9 Reg Reeves, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Dick Bradley, Tich Read 73.4 3 – 3 38 – 16 10 Junior Bainbridge, Brian Hanham, Larry Lazarus, Ernie Rawlins 75.2 4 – 2 42 – 18 11 Bert Edwards, Larry Lazarus, Ernie Rawlins, Bluey Scott 72.8 5 – 1 47 – 19 12 Reg Reeves, Dick Bradley, Bob Sharp, Charlie May 74.4 4 – 2 51 – 21 13 Junior Bainbridge, Bluey Scott, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Dennis Day(ex) 74.8 3 – 3 54 – 24 14 Alby Golden, Dick Bradley, Tich Read, Larry Lazarus 75.2 1 – 5 55 – 29 15 Junior Bainbridge, Reg Reeves, Ernie Rawlins, Johnny Fitzpatrick 74 5 – 1 60 – 30 16 Bert Edwards, Tich Read, Alby Golden, Brian Hanham 73.8 5 – 1 65 – 31

Ramparts Scratch Race Ht 1: Len Silver, Ken Last, Dennis Day, Alby Golden 75.4 Ht 2: Dick Bradley, Bob Sharp, Brian Hanham, Reg Reeves 75.4 Ht 3: Bert Edwards, Larry Lazarus, Ernie Rawlins, Bluey Scott 74 Ht 4: Junior Bainbridge, Tich Read, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Charlie May 75.8 Final: Dick Bradley, Junior Bainbridge, Bert Edwards, Len Silver 73.6

Friday 1st July 1955 Blackbird Road, Leicester Leicester Hunters v Ipswich Witches (National League Division Two) Rained Off

Thursday 7th July 1955 Foxhall Heath, Ipswich World Championship Qualifying Round

Tich Read 2 2 2 2 2 10 Johnny Reason 0 0 1 1 0 2 Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 3 15 Peter Williams 1 1 0 2 2 6 Bert Edwards 3 X 3 2 3 11 Peter Clark 2 3 3 3 1 12 Bob Sharp 1 2 2 3 2 10 Maurice McDermott 0 2 1 0 0 3 Len Silver E E 2 1 1 4 Bill Holden 3 2 1 1 3 10 Larry Lazarus 2 1 0 2 0 5 Gerald Jackson 1 0 2 0 0 3 Reg Reeves 3 3 3 3 2 14 Cyril Maidment 1 1 0 1 1 4 Don Lawson 2 0 0 0 1 3 Allan Kidd 0 3 1 0 3 7 Ken Last (res) DNR

Ht1 Bainbridge, Read, Williams, Reason 72.8 Ht2 Edwards, Clark, Sharp, McDermott 72.4 Ht3 Holden, Lazarus, Jackson, Silver (ef) 74.2 Ht4 Reeves, Lawson, Maidment, Kidd 73.2 Ht5 Reeves, Read, Silver (ef), Edwards (exclefttrack) 72.6 Ht6 Clark, Holden, Maidment, Reason 73.4 Ht7 Bainbridge, Sharp, Lazarus, Lawson 73.8 Ht8 Kidd, McDermott, Williams, Jackson 74.0 Ht9 Clark, Read, Kidd, Lazarus 73.2 Ht10 Edwards, Jackson, Reason, Lawson 73.2 Ht11 Bainbridge, Silver, McDermott, Maidment 74.4 Ht12 Reeves, Sharp, Holden, Williams 73.6 Ht13 Sharp, Read, Maidment, Jackson 73.8 Ht14 Reeves, Lazarus, Reason, McDermott 74.0 Ht15 Bainbridge, Edwards, Holden, Kidd 72.6 Ht16 Clark, Williams, Silver, Lawson 74.0 Ht17 Holden, Read, Lawson, McDermott 74.4 Ht18 Kidd, Sharp, Silver, Reason 74.2 Ht19 Bainbridge, Reeves, Clark, Jackson 73.6 Ht20 Edwards, Williams, Maidment, Lazarus 76.8

Thursday 14th July 1955 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 54 Leicester Hunters 42 (National League Division Two)

Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 2 3 14 Larry Lazarus F 2 0 0 2 Reg Reeves 2’ 2 1’ 2’ 2 9 3 Tich Read 3 3 2 1’ 2’ 11 2 Aub Lawson 3 0 1 2 0 6 Bob Sharp 2’ 1 0 3 2’ 8 2 Len Silver 1’ 2’ 0 1’ 4 3

Leicester Ken McKinlay 2 3 3 3 1 3 15 Len Williams 1’ 3 2’ 0 1 7 2 Derek Close 1 1’ 2’ 3 1 8 2 Gordon McGregor 0 2 3 3 1 9 Charlie Barsby F 1 0 0 0 1 Ron Phillips 1 0 1 0 0 2 Barry East 0 0 0

Ht1 Bainbridge, McKinlay, Williams, Lazarus (f) 71.0* 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Read, Reeves, Close, McGregor 73.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Lawson, Sharp, Phillips, Barsby (f) 74.6 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Williams, Lazarus, Silver, East 74.4 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Read, Reeves, Barsby, Phillips 72.6 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Bainbridge, McGregor, Close, Lazarus 72.6 3 3 24 12 Ht7 McKinlay, Williams, Sharp, Lawson 72.6 1 5 25 17 Ht8 Bainbridge, Silver, Phillips, Barsby 73.2 5 1 30 18 Ht9 McGregor, Close, Lawson, Sharp 74.4 1 5 31 23 Ht10 McKinlay, Read, Reeves, Williams 73.0 3 3 34 26 Ht11 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Read, Phillips 72.2 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Close, Lawson, McKinlay, Silver 74.0 2 4 39 33 Ht13 McGregor, Reeves, Silver, Phillips 73.6 3 3 42 36 Ht14 Sharp, Read, Close, East 73.2 5 1 47 37 Ht15 McKinlay, Reeves, McGregor, Lawson 73.6 2 4 49 41 Ht16 Bainbridge, Sharp, Williams, Barsby 73.6 5 1 54 42

Witch Hunt Scratch Race Ht1 McKinlay, Lawson, Phillips, Lazarus 74.2 Ht2 Sharp, Reeves, Close, Barsby 73.6 Ht3 Bainbridge, Read, Williams, McGregor 73.4 Ht4 East, Silver, Day, Last 76.0 Final Bainbridge, McKinlay, Sharp, East 74.8

Saturday 16th July 1955 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets 61 Ipswich Witches 35 (National League Division Two)

Rayleigh Peter Clark 2 3 3 3 2 13 Dennis Gray 0 1 1 1 3 Gerald Jackson 2’ 3 3 3 0 11 1 Jack Unstead 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 12 3 Les McGillivray 2 3 3 3 2’ 13 1 Pete Lansdale 3 0 1 1 0 5 Maurice McDermott 3 1 0 4

Ipswich Reg Reeves 3 2 0 0 2 3 10 Tich Read 1 2 1’ 1 0 5 1 Junior Bainbridge 1 2 2 2 2 3 12 Larry Lazarus 0 0 0 0 Bert Edwards 0 0 1 1 Bob Sharp 1 1 2 1 1’ 1 7 1 Len Silver 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Reeves, Clark, Read, Gray 70.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Unstead, Jackson, Bainbridge, Lazarus 71.0 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Lansdale, McGillivray, Sharp, Edwards 71.4 5 1 12 6 Ht4 McDermott, Read, Gray, Silver 73.2 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Jackson, Unstead, Sharp, Edwards 71.4 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Clark, Bainbridge, McDermott, Lazarus 71.2 4 2 25 11 Ht7 McGillivray, Reeves, Read, Lansdale 70.2 3 3 28 14 Ht8 Clark, Sharp, Gray, Silver 71.0 4 2 32 16 Ht9 McGillivray, Bainbridge, Lansdale, Lazarus 71.4 4 2 36 18 Ht10 Jackson, Unstead, Read, Reeves 71.0 5 1 41 19 Ht11 Clark, Unstead, Sharp, Reeves 70.6 5 1 46 20 Ht12 McGillivray, Bainbridge, Gray, Read 70.8 4 2 50 22 Ht13 Jackson, Reeves, Sharp, McDermott 71.0 3 3 53 25 Ht14 Unstead, Bainbridge, Lansdale, Silver 71.0 4 2 57 27 Ht15 Reeves, McGillivray, Sharp, Jackson 70.0 2 4 59 31 Ht16 Bainbridge, Clark, Edwards, Lansdale 71.6 2 4 61 35

Tuesday 19th July 1955 Bannister Court, Southampton Southampton Saints 67 Ipswich Witches 29 (National League Division Two)

Southampton Ernie Rawlins 2 3 3 3 3 14 0 5 Johnny Fitzpatrick 1*2*2*1 6 3 4 Dick Bradley 3 3 3 0 3 12 0 5 Alby Golden 2*2*0 1 2* 7 3 5 Brian Hanham 3 1*2*3 2* 11 3 5 Charlie May 1 2 3 3 1 10 0 5 Bluey Scott 3 2*2 7 1 3

Ipswich Reg Reeves 3 3 1*2 3 1 13 1 6 Tich Read 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 Junior Bainbridge 1 1 1 3 0 3 Dennis Day 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 Bert Edwards 2 1 2 2 2 9 0 5 Bob Sharp 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 5 Len Silver 0 0 0 0 2

1 Reg Reeves, Ernie Rawlins, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Tich Read 64.8 3 – 3 3 – 3 2 Dick Bradley, Alby Golden, Junior Bainbridge, Dennis Day 63.8 5 – 1 8 – 4 3 Brian Hanham, Bert Edwards, Charlie May, Bob Sharp 64 4 – 2 12 – 6 4 Bluey Scott, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Tich Read, Len Silver 66.2 5 – 1 17 – 7 5 Dick Bradley, Alby Golden, Bert Edwards, Bob Sharp 64.8 5 – 1 22 – 8 6 Ernie Rawlins, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Junior Bainbridge, Dennis Day 65.2 5 – 1 27 – 9 7 Reg Reeves, Charlie May, Brian Hanham, Tich Read 65.4 3 – 3 30 – 12 8 Ernie Rawlins, Bert Edwards, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Bob Sharp 65 4 – 2 34 – 14 9 Charlie May, Brian Hanham, Junior Bainbridge, Dennis Day 65.6 5 – 1 39 – 15 10 Dick Bradley, Bert Edwards, Reg Reeves, Alby Golden 64.8 3 – 3 42 – 18 11 Ernie Rawlins, Reg Reeves, Alby Golden, Tich Read 64.8 4 – 2 46 – 20 12 Brian Hanham, Bluey Scott, Dennis Day, Len Silver(fx) 65.8 5 – 1 51 – 21 13 Reg Reeves, Bluey Scott, Bob Sharp, Dick Bradley(fx) 65.4 2 – 4 53 – 25 14 Charlie May, Alby Golden, Bob Sharp, Dennis Day 66.6 5 – 1 58 – 26 15 Dick Bradley, Brian Hanham, Reg Reeves, Dennis Day 65.2 5 – 1 63 – 27 16 Ernie Rawlins, Bert Edwards, Charlie May, Tich Read 66 4 – 2 67 – 29

Thursday 21st July 1955 Foxhall Heath, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 51 Exeter Falcons 45 (National League Division Two)

Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 3 E 3 E 1 7 Terry Courtnell 0 2 1 0 0 3 Reg Reeves 3 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 12 3 Tich Read 1 3 3 1 2 10 Bert Edwards 3 3 1’ 3 3 13 1 Bob Sharp 2’ 0 2 1’ 0 5 2 Dennis Day 0 1 1

Exeter Goog Hoskin 2 1’ 1 3 E 7 1 Neil Street 1’ 3 2 0 2’ 2’ 10 3 Jack Geran 2 3 3 2 3 3 16 Alf Webster 0 2’ 0 2 1 5 1 Jack Hart 1 1’ 1 1’ 4 2 Don Hardy 0 0 2 0 2 Francis Cann 1 0 1

Ht1 Bainbridge, Hoskin, Street, Courtnell 73.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Reeves, Geran, Read, Webster 73.6 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Edwards, Sharp, Hart, Hardy 73.0 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Street, Courtnell, Cann, Day 74.6 2 4 14 10 Ht5 Read, Reeves, Hart, Hardy 73.4 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Geran, Webster, Courtnell, Bainbridge (ef) 74.0 1 5 20 16 Ht7 Edwards, Street, Hoskin, Sharp 74.0 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Bainbridge, Hardy, Hart, Courtnell 75.4 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Geran, Sharp, Edwards, Webster 73.6 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Read, Reeves, Hoskin, Street 74.2 5 1 34 26 Ht11 Hoskin, Street, Read, Bainbridge (ef) 74.4 1 5 35 31 Ht12 Edwards, Geran, Hart, Courtnell 72.0 3 3 38 34 Ht13 Reeves, Webster, Day, Hardy 76.0 4 2 42 36 Ht14 Geran, Read, Sharp, Cann 73.8 5 1 47 37 Ht15 Edwards, Reeves, Webster, Hoskin (ef) 74.2 5 1 52 38 Ht16 Geran, Street, Bainbridge, Sharp 75.0 1 5 53 45

The Scavenger-Hunt Scratch Race Ht1 Last, Bluey Scott, Cann, Day 74.4 Ht2 Reeves, Hoskin, Hardy, Courtnell (ns) 75.2 Ht3 Read, Edwards, Webster, Hart (ns) 73.8 Ht4 Street, Sharp, Geran, Bainbridge 75.8 Final Read, Reeves, Street, Last 75.0

Thursday 28th July 1955 Foxhall Heath, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 52 44 (Challenge)

Ipswich Bert Edwards 2’ 1’ 3 2 3 11 2 Bob Sharp 3 2 3 1 1 10 Junior Bainbridge 3 2 3 3 3 14 Larry Lazarus 0 X 0 Reg Reeves 3 1’ 2 0 0 6 1 Tich Read 1 2 0 2 2’ 7 1 Ken Last 1 1 1’ 1 0 4 1

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 1 3 2 3 2 11 Peter Williams 0 2 0 0 0 2 Bob Duckworth 2 3 3 2’ 3 13 1 Dick Fisher 1’ 0 1 2 1’ 5 2 Peter Craven 2 3 2 3 1 11 Frank Johnson 0 1 0 F 0 1 Tink Maynard 0 1 1

Ht1 Sharp, Edwards, Sharples, Williams 73.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Bainbridge, Duckworth, Fisher, Lazarus 72.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Reeves, Craven, Read, Johnson 72.8 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Sharp, Williams, Last, Maynard 73.6 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Craven, Bainbridge, Johnson, Lazarus (fexc) 72.0 2 4 18 12 Ht6 Duckworth, Sharp, Edwards, Fisher 72.8 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Sharples, Read, Reeves, Williams 73.4 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Edwards, Craven, Sharp, Johnson 72.8 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Duckworth, Reeves, Fisher, Read 74.0 2 4 30 24 Ht10 Bainbridge, Sharples, Last, Williams 73.8 4 2 34 26 Ht11 Sharples, Edwards, Last, Johnson (f) 73.6 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Craven, Duckworth, Sharp, Reeves 74.0 1 5 38 34 Ht13 Bainbridge, Fisher, Last, Johnson 74.8 4 2 42 36 Ht14 Duckworth, Read, Maynard, Last 74.2 2 4 44 40 Ht15 Bainbridge, Sharples, Fisher, Reeves 74.4 3 3 47 43 Ht16 Edwards, Read, Craven, Williams 74.2 5 1 52 44

The Bank Holiday Scratch Race Ht1 Bluey Scott, Len Silver, Last, Maynard 76.0 Ht2 Bainbridge, Duckworth, Williams, Read 74.6 Ht3 Edwards, Fisher, Craven 3 only 74.0 Ht4 Sharp, Sharples, Johnson, Reeves (ns) 76.2 Final Edwards, Bainbridge, Scott, Sharp 74.4

Thursday 4th August 1955 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich The Geoff Revett Cup

Alby Golden 2 0 0 1 1 4 Gordon McGregor 1 1 0 2 1 5 Bob Sharp E 1 0 0 1 2 Bert Edwards 3 3 1 3 3 13 Tich Read 3 2 3 2 2 12 Bob Roger 2 0 2 1 0 5 Len Williams 0 0 0 2 0 2 Tommy Miller 1 1 1 0 2 5 Junior Bainbridge 2 3 2 2 3 12 Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 3 15 Ian Williams 0 2 1 1 0 4 Bob Mark 1 0 1 E 3 5 Dick Bradley 1 1 2 3 2 9 Neil Street 2 2 3 3 1 11 Reg Reeves 3 3 2 0 0 8 Jack Geran E 2 3 1 2 8 Bluey Scott (res) DNR Ken Last (res) DNR

Ht1 Edwards, Golden, McGregor, Sharp (ef) 72.6 Ht2 Read, Roger, Miller, L.Williams 72.4 Ht3 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Mark, I.Williams 72.6 Ht4 Reeves, Street, Bradley, Geran (ef) 72.2 Ht5 Bainbridge, Read, Bradley, Golden 72.8 Ht6 McKinlay, Street, McGregor, Roger 72.6 Ht7 Reeves, I.Williams, Sharp, L.Williams 73.4 Ht8 Edwards, Geran, Miller, Mark 73.2 Ht9 Geran, Roger, I.Williams, Golden 72.8 Ht10 Read, Reeves, Mark, McGregor 72.4 Ht11 Street, Bainbridge, Miller, Sharp 72.6 Ht12 McKinlay, Bradley, Edwards, L.Williams 73.4 Ht13 Street, L.Williams, Golden, Mark (ef) 74.4 Ht14 Bradley, McGregor, I.Williams, Miller 74.4 Ht15 McKinlay, Read, Geran, Sharp 72.8 Ht16 Edwards, Bainbridge, Roger, Edwards 73.0 Ht17 McKinlay, Miller, Golden, Reeves 74.0 Ht18 Bainbridge, Geran, McGregor, L.Williams 73.6 Ht19 Mark, Bradley, Sharp, Roger 74.8 Ht20 I.Williams, Read, Street, Edwards 74.6

Friday 5th August 1955 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 53 Ipswich Witches 43 (National League Division Two)

Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 2 3 14 Len Williams 0 1’ 0 1 1 Gordon McGregor 3 3 1 2 0 9 1 Ron Phillips 1 1 E 1’ 3 6 1 Derek Close 2 3 E 3 1 9 Johnny Green 0 2’ 3 2’ 0 7 2 Charlie Barsby 3 2’ 0 1’ 6 2

Ipswich Bert Edwards 2 1 3 3 3 2 14 1 Bob Sharp 1’ 0 0 1 1 Reg Reeves 2 1 2 1’ 1 2 9 1 Tich Read 0 0 1’ 1 1 Junior Bainbridge 3 0 1’ 2 3 1’ 10 2 Bluey Scott 1 2 2 2 0 0 7 Ken Last 1 0 1

Ht1 McKinlay, Edwards, Sharp, Williams 70.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 McGregor, Reeves, Phillips, Read 72.2 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Bainbridge, Close, Scott, Green 70.0 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Barsby, Williams, Last, Sharp 71.8 5 1 14 10 Ht5 McGregor, Scott, Phillips, Bainbridge 70.8 4 2 18 12 Ht6 McKinlay, Barsby, Reeves, Read 70.2 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Close, Green, Edwards, Sharp 70.6 5 1 28 14 Ht8 McKinlay, Scott, Bainbridge, Williams 70.2 3 3 31 17 Ht9 Green, Reeves, Read, Close (ef) 71.6 3 3 34 20 Ht10 Edwards, Scott, McGregor, Phillips (ef) 70.4 1 5 35 25 Ht11 Edwards, McKinlay, Phillips, Scott 71.2 3 3 38 28 Ht12 Close, Bainbridge, Reeves, Barsby 72.0 3 3 41 31 Ht13 Edwards, McGregor, Barsby, Scott 71.4 3 3 44 34 Ht14 Phillips, Green, Reeves, Last 72.6 5 1 49 35 Ht15 Bainbridge, Edwards, Close, McGregor 71.2 1 5 50 40 Ht16 McKinlay, Sharp, Bainbridge, Green 72.0 3 3 53 43

Thursday 11th August 1955 Foxhall Heath, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 48 Rayleigh Rockets 48 (National League Division Two)

Ipswich Bert Edwards 0 3 2 3 3 11 Bob Sharp 1 2 0 0 0 3 Junior Bainbridge 2 3 0 3 2’ 10 1 Bluey Scott 1’ 1 2 F F 4 1 Reg Reeves 1 3 1 2 3 10 Tich Read 3 1 3 2 1 10 Ken Last 0 F 0

Rayleigh Peter Clark 3 2 1 2 0 8 Pete Lansdale 2’ 3 0 3 0 8 1 Gerald Jackson 0 1’ 0 1 3 5 1 Jack Unstead 3 2 2 2 1 10 Les McGillivray 2 2 3 3 2 12 Maurice McDermott 0 0 1’ 1’ 2 2 Dennis Gray 1 1 1 3

Ht1 Clark, Lansdale, Sharp, Edwards 73.6 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Unstead, Bainbridge, Scott, Jackson 74.0 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Read, McGillivray, Reeves, McDermott 72.6 4 2 8 10 Ht4 Lansdale, Sharp, Gray, Last 74.4 2 4 10 14 Ht5 Bainbridge, McGillivray, Scott, McDermott 74.0 4 2 14 16 Ht6 Edwards, Unstead, Jackson, Sharp 74.0 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Reeves, Clark, Read, Lansdale 73.4 4 2 21 21 Ht8 McGillivray, Edwards, Gray, Sharp 74.0 2 4 23 25 Ht9 Read, Unstead, Reeves, Jackson 73.8 4 2 27 27 Ht10 Lansdale, Scott, Clark, Bainbridge 74.0 2 4 29 31 Ht11 Edwards, Clark, McDermott, Scott (f) 72.6 3 3 32 34 Ht12 McGillivray, Reeves, Jackson, Sharp 74.2 2 4 34 38 Ht13 Bainbridge, Unstead, McDermott, Last (f) 74.8 3 3 37 41 Ht14 Jackson, Read, Gray, Scott (f) 75.2 2 4 39 45 Ht15 Reeves, Bainbridge, Unstead, Clark 75.2 5 1 44 46 Ht16 Edwards, McGillivray, Read, Lansdale 73.0 4 2 48 48

The Trinity Scratch Race Ht1 Gray, Last, Jim Heard, Silver (f) 77.6 Ht2 Sharp, McGillivray, Bainbridge, Lansdale 76.2 Ht3 Edwards, McDermott, Jackson, Read 74.8 Ht4 Clark, Reeves, Unstead, Scott 75.4 Final Edwards, Sharp, Clark, Gray 73.8

Monday 15th August 1955 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates 55 Ipswich Witches 41 (National League Division Two)

Poole Ken Middleditch 2 2 3 2’ 2 11 1 Allan Kidd 1’ 3 1’ 1 0 6 2 Bill Holden 3 3 3 3 2 14 Tony Lewis 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 1’ 10 4 Terry Small 0 0 0 2 1’ 3 1 Jimmy Squibb 3 1 2 2 1’ 9 1 Norman Strachan 2’ E 2 1

Ipswich Reg Reeves 3 2’ 1 1 1 3 11 1 Tich Read 0 1 0 0 1 Bert Edwards 1 3 3 1 3 11 Bob Sharp 0 0 2 0 2 Junior Bainbridge 2 1 3 2 3 3 14 Bluey Scott 1’ 0 0 0 1’ 2 2 Ken Last 0 0 0

Ht1 Reeves, Middleditch, Kidd, Read 72.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Holden, Lewis, Edwards, Sharp 72.6 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Squibb, Bainbridge, Scott, Small 72.8 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Kidd, Strachan, Read, Last 71.8 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Holden, Lewis, Bainbridge, Scott 72.2 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Edwards, Middleditch, Kidd, Sharp 71.2 3 3 24 12 Ht7 Bainbridge, Reeves, Small, Squibb 71.2 1 5 25 17 Ht8 Middleditch, Bainbridge, Kidd, Scott 71.2 4 2 29 19 Ht9 Edwards, Squibb, Reeves, Small 71.2 2 4 31 23 Ht10 Holden, Lewis, Reeves, Read 72.2 5 1 36 24 Ht11 Lewis, Middleditch, Reeves, Scott 72.4 5 1 41 25 Ht12 Bainbridge, Small, Edwards, Kidd 71.2 2 4 43 29 Ht13 Holden, Sharp, Scott, Strachan (ef) 73.0 3 3 46 32 Ht14 Edwards, Squibb, Lewis, Last 72.0 3 3 49 35 Ht15 Reeves, Holden, Small, Sharp 72.6 3 3 52 38 Ht16 Bainbridge, Middleditch, Squibb, Read 72.0 3 3 55 41

Thursday 18th August 1955 Foxhall Heath, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 57 Norwich Stars 39 (East Anglian Shield)

IPSWICH Bert Edwards 3 3 3 3 3 15 Bob Sharp 2’ 2 1 0 0 5 1 Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 3 15 Bluey Scott 0 1 0 0 1 2 Reg Reeves 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 Tich Read 0 2’ 0 3 0 5 1 Ken Last 1’ 0 1 1

NORWICH Cyril Roger 1 0 2 2 0 5 Harry Edwards 3 1 1’ 1’ 6 2 Aub Lawson 2 2 2 2 2 10 Phil Clarke 1’ 0 1’ 2 1 5 2 Billy Bales 1’ 2 1’ 1’ 2 7 3 Fred Brand 2 0 2 1’ 1’ 6 2 Don Lawson 0 0 0 0

1 B. Edwards, Sharp, Roger, D. Lawson, 71.0 5 1 2 Bainbridge, A. Lawson, Clarke, Scott, 74.2 8 4 3 Reeves, Brand, Bales, Read, 72.8 11 7 4 Edwards, Sharp, Last, D. Lawson, 74.0 14 10 5 Bainbridge, Bales, Scott, Brand, 72.6 18 12 6 B. Edwards, A. Lawson, Sharp, Clarke, 73.2 22 14 7 Reeves, Read, H. Edwards, Roger, 73.6 27 15 8 B. Edwards, Brand, Bales, Sharp, 72.4 30 18 9 Reeves, A. Lawson, Clarke, Read, 73.6 33 21 10 Bainbridge, Roger, H. Edwards, Scott, 73.6 36 24 11 B. Edwards, Roger, Brand, Scott, 72.8 39 27 12 Reeves, A. Lawson, Bales, Sharp, 74.6 42 30 13 Bainbridge, Clarke, Brand, Last, 74.0 45 33 14 Read, A. Lawson, Scott, D. Lawson, 75.4 49 35 15 Bainbridge, reeves, Clarke, Roger, 74.4 54 36 16 B. Edwards, Bales, H. Edwards, Read, 73.0 57 39 Second Half Results Reserve Scratch Race – Last, Danny Dunton, D. Lawson, Len Silver, 76.8 Croff Watches Scratch Race 1 B. Edwards, Brand, Scott, Roger (e/f), 75.6 and 76.4 2 Bainbridge, Read, A. Lawson, Bales, 74.0 and 74.4 3 Reeves, Sharp, Clarke, H. Edwards, 75.0 and 75.6 Final – B. Edwards, Bainbridge, Read, Reeves, 73.4

Thursday 25 August 1955 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich IPSWICH WITCHES 51 SWINDON ROBINS 45 (National League Division Two)

IPSWICH Junior Bainbridge 3 3 1 3 2 - - 12 Bluey Scott 1 3 F 0 0 - - 4 Bert Edwards (C) 2 1* 3 3 3 - - 12 (1) Bob Sharp 1* 2 0 2* 0 - - 5 (2) Reg Reeves 3 2* 3 1 2* - - 11 (2) Tich Read 1 3 1 1 1* - - 7 (1) Ken Last 0 0 - - - - - 0

SWINDON Jimmy Gooch 2 1 1* 0 1* 0 - 5 (2) Ray Harris 0 2 0 - - - - 2 Bob Roger (C) 3 2 2* 2 3 2* - 14 (2) Danny Malone 0 1* - - - - - 1 (1) Cyril Roger 2 3 3 2 2* 3 - 15 (1) Fred Brand 0 0 1 0 - - - 1 Ron Swaine 1* R 2 3 1 - - 7 (1)

Ht 1: Bainbridge, Gooch, Scott, Harris, 73.8 (4-2) Ht 2: B. Roger, Edwards, Sharp, Malone, 72.4 (7-5) Ht 3: Reeves, C. Roger, Read, Brand, 72.4 (11-7) Ht 4: Scott, Harris, Swaine, Last, 74.6 (14-10) Ht 5: C. Roger, Sharp, Edwards, Brand, 72.4 (17-13) Ht 6: Bainbridge, B. Roger, Malone, Scott (fell), 74.0 (20-16) Ht 7: Read, Reeves, Gooch, Harris, 73.6 (25-17) Ht 8: C. Roger, B. Roger, Bainbridge, Scott, 74.6 (26-22) Ht 9: Reeves, B. Roger, Read, Swaine (ret), 74.0 (30-24) Ht 10: Edwards, C. Roger, Gooch, Sharp, 72.6 (33-27) Ht 11: Bainbridge, Sharp, Brand, Gooch, 74.8 (38-28) Ht 12: B. Roger, C. Roger, Reeves, Scott, 74.4 (39-33) Ht 13: Edwards, Swaine, Gooch, Last, 73.4 (42-36) Ht 14: Swaine, B. Roger, Read, Sharp, 75.0 (43-41) Ht 15: Edwards, Reeves, Swaine, Gooch, 74.4 (48-42) Ht 16: C. Roger, Bainbridge, Read, Brand, 74.8 (51-45)

The Harvest Scratch Race Ht 1: Danny Dunton, Len Silver, Swaine, Last, 76.2 Ht 2: Edwards, Read, Gooch, Malone (ns), 74.0 (3 riders only) Ht 3: Bainbridge, Sharp, C. Roger (ret), Harris (ns), 75.4 (3 riders only) Ht 4: Reeves, Scott, B. Roger, Fred Brand (ns), 75.6 (3 riders only) Final: Dunton, Reeves, Bainbridge, Edwards (ret), 75.2

Saturday 27 August 1955 Abbey Stadium, Swindon SWINDON ROBINS 49 IPSWICH WITCHES 47 (National League Division Two)

SWINDON Jimmy Gooch 2 2 3 0 F - - 7 Ron Swaine 0 1 1* 1 2* - - 5 (2) Bob Roger (C) 3 3 2 1 1 - - 10 Danny Malone 0 0 1* 2 0 - - 3 (1) Eric French 3 2 3 3 3 - - 14 Ray Harris 1 0 1 3 2 - - 7 Ernie Lessiter 3 0 - - - - - 3

IPSWICH Bert Edwards (C) 3 3 3 3 3 2 - 17 Bob Sharp 1 2 1 0 1 - - 5 Bob Jones 2 0 X 0 2 - - 4 Tich Read 1* 3 2 2* 0 - - 8 (2) Junior Bainbridge 2 1* 2 1 3 - - 9 (1) Bluey Scott 0 2 0 1 - - - 3 Ken Last 0 1* - - - - - 1 (1)

Ht 1: Edwards, Gooch, Sharp, Swaine, 74.6 (2-4) Ht 2: Roger, Jones, Read, Malone, 76.0 (5-7) Ht 3: French, Bainbridge, Harris, Scott, 75.2 (9-9) Ht 4: Lessiter, Sharp, Swaine, Last, 75.6 (13-11) Ht 5: Roger, Scott, Bainbridge, Malone, 76.0 (16-14) Ht 6: Read, Gooch, Swaine, Jones, 75.8 (19-17) Ht 7: Edwards, French, Sharp, Harris, 76.6 (21-21) Ht 8: Gooch, Bainbridge, Swaine, Scott, 76.2 (25-23) Ht 9: (Re-Run) French, Read, Harris, Jones (f, ex), 76.0 (29-25) Ht 10: Edwards, Roger, Malone, Sharp, 76.2 (32-28) Ht 11: Edwards, Malone, Scott, Gooch, 77.6 (34-32) Ht 12: French, Swaine, Bainbridge, Jones, 76.4 (39-33) Ht 13: Edwards, Read, Roger, Lessiter, 77.2 (40-38) Ht 14: Harris, Jones, Last, Malone, 79.0 (43-41) Ht 15: French, Edwards, Roger, Read, 77.6 (47-43) Ht 16: Bainbridge, Harris, Sharp, Gooch (fell), 79.0 (49-47)

Tuesday 30th August 1955 Bannister Court, Southampton Southampton Saints 50 Ipswich Witches 43 (National League Division Two)

Southampton Dick Bradley 2 3 3 2 2 12 0 5 Alby Golden 1*2*1 1 0 5 2 5 Ernie Rawlins 2 2 2 3 2 11 0 5 Alan Quinn 0 0 0 0 0 3 Brian Hanham 3 1*1*3 1* 9 3 5 Charlie May 2*2 2 3 0 9 1 5 Maury Mattingley 3 0 0 1 4 0 4

Ipswich Bert Edwards 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 0 6 Bob Sharp 0 1 0 1 0 3 Reg Reeves 3 2 3 0 2 1 11 0 6 Tich Read 1 0 0 1*0 2 1 5 Junior Bainbridge 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 5 Bluey Scott 0 0 1 2 3 6 0 5 Ken Last 0 0 0 0 2

1 Bert Edwards, Dick Bradley, Alby Golden, Bob Sharp 62.6 record 3 – 3 3 – 3 2 Reg Reeves, Ernie Rawlins, Tich Read, Alan Quinn 63.2 2 – 4 5 – 7 3 Brian Hanham, Charlie May, Junior Bainbridge, Bluey Scott(f) 65.4 5 – 1 10 – 8 4 Maury Mattingley, Alby Golden, Bob Sharp, Ken Last 65.2 5 – 1 15 – 9 5 Bert Edwards, Ernie Rawlins, Junior Bainbridge, Alan Quinn 64.2 2 – 4 17 – 13 6 Dick Bradley, Reg Reeves, Alby Golden, Tich Read 64.6 4 – 2 21 – 15 7 Bert Edwards, Charlie May, Brian Hanham, Bob Sharp 64 3 – 3 24 – 18 8 Dick Bradley, Junior Bainbridge, Alby Golden, Bluey Scott(f) 66.8 4 – 2 28 – 20 9 Reg Reeves, Charlie May, Brian Hanham, Tich Read 64 3 – 3 31 – 23 10 Bert Edwards, Ernie Rawlins, Junior Bainbridge, Maury Mattingley(ef) 64.6 2 – 4 33 – 27 11 Bert Edwards, Dick Bradley, Bluey Scott, Alan Quinn 63.4 2 – 4 35 – 31 12 Brian Hanham, Alby Golden(f), Reg Reeves(f), Junior Bainbridge(ef) 65 3 – 0 38 – 31 13 Ernie Rawlins, Bluey Scott, Tich Read, Maury Mattingley 64.4 3 – 3 41 – 34 14 Charlie May, Reg Reeves, Maury Mattingley, Ken Last 66 4 – 2 45 – 36 15 Bert Edwards, Ernie Rawlins, Brian Hanham, Tich Read 63.8 3 – 3 48 – 39 16 Bluey Scott, Dick Bradley, Reg Reeves, Charlie May 64.2 2 – 4 50 – 43

Thursday 1st September 1955 Cowley Stadium, Oxford Oxford Cheetahs 54 Ipswich Witches 42 (National League Division Two)

Oxford Peter Robinson 1 3 3 2 3 12 Harry Bastable 0 3 1 1 1 6 Bob Baker 2 2’ 1 1’ 0 6 2 Reg Trott 1’ 3 3 1’ 3 11 2 Dennis Newton 3 3 3 3 2 14 Bill Thatcher 0 1 0 0 1 2 Fred Curtis 1 2 3

Ipswich Bert Edwards 3 0 0 3 3 3 12 Bob Sharp 2’ 2 2 2 F 8 Reg Reeves 0 2 0 2 Tich Read F 0 Junior Bainbridge 2 0 2 2 2 2 10 Bluey Scott 1’ 1 0 0 0 2 1 Danny Dunton 3 0 2 1’ 1’ 1 8 2

Ht1 Edwards, Sharp, Robinson, Bastable 66.8 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Dunton, Baker, Trott, Read (f) 68.8 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Newton, Bainbridge, Scott, Thatcher 68.8 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Bastable, Sharp, Curtis, Dunton 69.0 4 2 11 13 Ht5 Trott, Baker, Scott, Bainbridge 68.6 5 1 16 14 Ht6 Robinson, Dunton, Bastable, Reeves 69.0 4 2 20 16 Ht7 Newton, Sharp, Thatcher, Edwards 68.6 4 2 24 18 Ht8 Robinson, Bainbridge, Bastable, Scott 69.6 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Newton, Reeves, Dunton, Thatcher 69.0 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Trott, Sharp, Baker, Edwards 68.8 4 2 35 25 Ht11 Edwards, Robinson, Trott, Scott 68.8 3 3 38 28 Ht12 Newton, Bainbridge, Bastable, Reeves 69.2 4 2 42 30 Ht13 Edwards, Curtis, Baker, Scott 69.4 3 3 45 33 Ht14 Trott, Bainbridge, Dunton, Thatcher 69.2 3 3 48 36 Ht15 Edwards, Newton, Dunton, Baker 69.0 2 4 50 40 Ht16 Robinson, Bainbridge, Thatcher, Sharp (f) 70.0 4 2 54 42

Saturday 3rd September 1955 Foxhall Heath, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 48 Oxford Cheetahs 48 (National League Division Two)

Ipswich Reg Reeves 2’ 1’ 1 E 1 5 2 Danny Dunton 3 2’ 2 0 1 8 1 Junior Bainbridge 3 0 E 0 2’ 6 1 Bluey Scott 0 2 3 1 3 9 Bert Edwards 3 2 3 3 3 14 Bob Sharp 1 E 1 1 0 3 Ken Last 3 1 4

Oxford Peter Robinson 1 1 1’ 3 1 7 1 Cyril Maidment 0 1 3 2 2’ 8 1 Bob Baker 2 0 0 0 2 4 Reg Trott 1’ 3 2 3 0 9 1 Dennis Newton 0 1 3 2 3 9 Bill Thatcher 2 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 11 3 Fred Curtis 0 0 0

Ht1 Dunton, Reeves, Robinson, Maidment 73.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Bainbridge, Baker, Trott, Scott 74.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Edwards, Newton, Sharp, Newton 73.0 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Last, Dunton, Maidment, Curtis 74.6 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Thatcher, Scott, Newton, Bainbridge 74.0 2 4 19 11 Ht6 Trott, Dunton, Reeves, Baker 74.8 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Maidment, Edwards, Robinson, Sharp (ef) 72.6 2 4 24 18 Ht8 Newton, Thatcher, Reeves, Dunton 75.2 1 5 25 23 Ht9 Edwards, Trott, Sharp, Baker 73.0 4 2 29 25 Ht10 Scott, Maidment, Robinson, Bainbridge 73.4 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Robinson, Thatcher, Scott, Reeves (ef) 74.2 1 5 33 33 Ht12 Edwards, Newton, Dunton, Baker 74.0 4 2 37 35 Ht13 Trott, Thatcher, Last, Bainbridge 75.0 1 5 38 40 Ht14 Scott, Baker, Sharp, Curtis 75.2 4 2 42 42 Ht15 Bainbridge, Edwards, Robinson, Trott 74.2 5 1 47 43 Ht16 Newton, Maidment, Reeves, Sharp 74.8 1 5 48 48

The September Scratch Race Ht1 Silver, Curtis, Last, Colin Gooddy 76.6 Ht2 Bainbridge, Robinson, Dunton, Thatcher 75.4 Ht3 Sharp, Maidment, Reeves, Baker 75.2 Ht4 Edwards, Newton, Scott, Trott 74.4 Final Edwards, Silver, Bainbridge, Sharp 74.0

Thursday 8th September 1955 Foxhall Heath, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 54 Poole Pirates 42 (National League Division Two)

Ipswich Bert Edwards 3 3 E 3 3 12 Bob Sharp 0 2’ 2 2 0 6 1 Bluey Scott F 2 2 3 0 7 1 Junior Bainbridge 3 3 1’ 1 3 11 1 Reg Reeves 3 2 2 2 2 11 Danny Dunton 1 1’ 1’ 1 1 5 2 Len Silver 1’ 1 2 1

Poole Ken Middleditch 2 3 1 3 2 3 14 Ken Last 1 3 0 0 0 4 Bill Holden 2 1 3 0 3 2 11 Norman Strachan 1’ E 0 2 1 2 6 1 Terry Small 2 1 3 1 0 7 Jimmy Squibb DNR Fred Parkins 0 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Edwards, Middleditch, Last, Sharp 72.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Bainbridge, Holden, Strachan, Scott (f) 74.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Reeves, Small, Dunton, Parkins 74.0 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Last, Sharp, Silver, Parkins 75.2 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Bainbridge, Scott, Small, Parkins 73.8 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Edwards, Sharp, Holden, Strachan 73.8 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Middleditch, Reeves, Dunton, Strachan 72.6 3 3 26 16 Ht8 Small, Sharp, Middleditch, Edwards (ef) 74.2 2 4 28 20 Ht9 Holden, Reeves, Dunton, Strachan 74.8 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Middleditch, Scott, Bainbridge, Last 73.6 3 3 34 26 Ht11 Edwards, Middleditch, Bainbridge, Holden 72.6 4 2 38 28 Ht12 Holden, Reeves, Small, Sharp 74.6 2 4 40 32 Ht13 Scott, Strachan, Silver, Small 75.0 4 2 44 34 Ht14 Bainbridge, Holden, Dunton, Parkins 75.0 4 2 48 36 Ht15 Middleditch, Reeves, Strachan, Scott 74.6 2 4 50 40 Ht16 Edwards, Strachan, Dunton, Last 75.6 4 2 54 42

The Martlesham Scratch Race Ht1 Silver, Parkins, Gooddy, Last (ns) 77.2 Ht2 Edwards, Holden, Scott, Squibb (ns) 75.4 Ht3 Bainbridge, Last, Dunton, Small (ns) 76.4 Ht4 Strachan, Middleditch, Sharp, Reeves 74.6 Final Bainbridge, Strachan, Silver (ef), Edwards (ef) 75.2

Saturday 10th September 1955 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Odsal Tudors 51 Ipswich Witches 45 (Challenge)

Bradford Ron Clarke 1 1 2’ 0 4 1 Arthur Wright 3 3 3 3 3 15 Arthur Forrest 3 3 3 2 3 14 Nigel Boocock 0 1 1 1 1 4 John Gribben 0 0 0 0 0 0 Guy Allott 3 2 3 3 2 13 Tommy Toll F F 1’ 1 1

Ipswich Bert Edwards 2 3 2 2’ F 2 11 1 Bob Sharp 0 1’ 1 1 3 1 Dick Bradley 2 2 1’ 3 2 2 12 1 Danny Dunton 1’ 0 2 1’ 4 2 Junior Bainbridge 1’ 2 1 0 1’ 3 8 2 Bluey Scott 2 0 E 3 5 Len Silver 2 0 2

Ht1 Wright, Edwards, Clarke, Sharp 65.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Forrest, Bradley, Dunton, Boocock 67.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Allott, Scott, Bainbridge, Gribben 67.8 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Wright, Silver, Sharp, Toll (f) 67.4 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Forrest, Bainbridge, Boocock, Scott 67.6 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Wright, Bradley, Clarke, Dunton 68.2 4 2 21 15 Ht7 Edwards, Allott, Sharp, Gribben 68.8 2 4 23 19 Ht8 Wright, Clarke, Bainbridge, Scott (ef) 69.4 5 1 28 20 Ht9 Allott, Dunton, Bradley, Gribben 69.0 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Forrest, Edwards, Boocock, Bainbridge 68.2 4 2 35 25 Ht11 Bradley, Edwards, Boocock, Toll 69.6 1 5 36 30 Ht12 Wright, Bradley, Bainbridge, Gribben 68.4 3 3 39 33 Ht13 Scott, Forrest, Toll, Edwards (f) 71.0 3 3 42 36 Ht14 Allott, Bradley, Boocock, Silver 69.2 4 2 46 38 Ht15 Forrest, Edwards, Dunton, Gribben 68.6 3 3 49 41 Ht16 Bainbridge, Allott, Sharp, Clarke 68.8 2 4 51 45

Monday 12th September 1955 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates 53 Ipswich Witches 43 (National League Division Two)

Poole Ken Middleditch 2 3 3 2 3 13 Norman Strachan 1’ 2’ 2 1 0 6 2 Bill Holden 2 2 0 2’ E 6 1 Tony Lewis 1’ 1’ 1 1’ 3 7 3 Terry Small 2 3 3 3 2 13 Jimmy Squibb 1’ 0 1 2’ 4 2 Allan Kidd 1’ 0 3 4 1

Ipswich Bert Edwards 3 1’ 2 3 3 3 15 1 Bob Sharp 0 3 2 2’ 1 8 1 Reg Reeves 3 1 1’ 2 2 8 1 Danny Dunton 0 0 0 0 Junior Bainbridge 3 3 2 1’ 1 0 10 1 Bluey Scott 0 0 0 0 1 1 Len Silver 0 0 0

Ht1 Edwards, Middleditch, Strachan, Sharp 71.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Reeves, Holden, Lewis, Dunton 73.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Sharp, Strachan, Squibb, Scott 72.6 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Sharp, Strachan, Kidd, Silver 72.8 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Bainbridge, Holden, Lewis, Scott 75.0 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Middleditch, Strachan, Reeves, Dunton 72.6 5 1 20 16 Ht7 Small, Sharp, Edwards, Squibb 72.2 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Middleditch, Bainbridge, Strachan, Scott 73.2 4 2 27 21 Ht9 Small, Edwards, Reeves, Kidd 72.0 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Edwards, Sharp, Lewis, Holden 72.2 1 5 31 29 Ht11 Edwards, Middleditch, Lewis, Scott 72.0 3 3 34 32 Ht12 Small, Reeves, Bainbridge, Strachan 72.4 3 3 37 35 Ht13 Kidd, Holden, Scott, Dunton 72.4 5 1 42 36 Ht14 Lewis, Reeves, Squibb, Silver 73.4 4 2 46 38 Ht15 Edwards, Small, Bainbridge, Holden 71.8 2 4 48 42 Ht16 Middleditch, Squibb, Sharp, Bainbridge 72.6 5 1 53 43

Wednesday 14th September 1955 Foxhall Heath, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 46 Rayleigh Rockets 50 (National League Division Two)

Ipswich Bert Edwards 0 3 2’ 2 3 X 10 1 Bob Sharp 3 2 0 3 2 2’ 12 1 Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 3 15 Bluey Scott 0 1 0 0 1 Reg Reeves 1’ 0 0 0 0 1 1 Danny Dunton 2 1 2 2 7 Tich Read 0 0 0

Rayleigh Peter Clark 1’ 3 2 3 2 11 1 Pete Lansdale 2 3 2’ 1’ 3 11 2 Jack Unstead 2 2 3 1 0 8 Maurice McDermott 1’ 1’ 1 1’ 1’ 5 4 Les McGillivray 3 E 3 1 7 Gerald Jackson 0 2 0 1 2 5 Dennis Gray 1 1 1 3

Ht1 Sharp, Lansdale, Clark, Edwards 72.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Bainbridge, Unstead, McDermott, Scott 72.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 McGillivray, Dunton, Reeves, Jackson 73.6 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Lansdale, Sharp, Gray, Read 74.0 2 4 11 13 Ht5 Bainbridge, Jackson, Scott, McGillivray (ef) 73.4 4 2 15 15 Ht6 Edwards, Unstead, McDermott, Sharp 72.4 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Clark, Lansdale, Dunton, Reeves 72.4 1 5 19 23 Ht8 Sharp, Edwards, Gray, Jackson 74.4 5 1 24 24 Ht9 Unstead, Dunton, McDermott, Reeves 74.6 2 4 26 28 Ht10 Bainbridge, Clark, Lansdale, Scott 73.6 3 3 29 31 Ht11 Clark, Edwards, Jackson, Scott 72.6 2 4 31 35 Ht12 McGillivray, Sharp, Unstead, Reeves 74.8 2 4 33 39 Ht13 Bainbridge, Jackson, McDermott, Read 74.6 3 3 36 42 Ht14 Edwards, Sharp, Gray, Unstead 73.4 5 1 41 43 Ht15 Bainbridge, Clark, McDermott, Reeves 74.0 3 3 44 46 Ht16 Lansdale, Dunton, McGillivray, Edwards (exc) 76.0 2 4 46 50

The Hammer and Tongs Scratch Race Ht1 Gray, Silver Last 75.2 Ht2 Clark, Bainbridge, Jackson, Dunton 74.0 Ht3 Unstead, Scott, Edwards (f), Lansdale (ns) 76.0 Ht4 Sharp, McGillivray, McDermott, Reeves (ns) 75.0 Final Clark, Sharp, Gray, Unstead ?

Friday16th September 1955 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 52 Ipswich Witches 44 (National League Division Two)

Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 3 15 Charlie Barsby F 3 1 0 1’ 5 1 Derrick Close 2 2’ 1’ 3 0 8 1 Ron Phillips 1’ 3 2 0 1’ 7 2 Gordon McGregor 3 2 2 2 1 10 Len Williams 2’ 1’ 0 2 2’ 7 3 Barry East 0 0 0

Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 2 3 2 3 2 3 15 Bluey Scott 1’ 2 0 0 0 1 4 1 Bert Edwards 3 2 3 3 3 2’ 16 1 Bob Sharp 0 0 1 1’ 2 1 Reg Reeves 0 0 0 Danny Dunton 1 1 1’ 1’ 2 6 2 Len Silver 1’ 0 0 1 1

Ht1 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Scott, Barsby 69.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Edwards, Close, Phillips, Sharp 69.6 3 3 6 6 Ht3 McGregor, Williams, Dunton, Reeves 69.8 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Barsby, Scott, Silver, East 70.8 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Phillips, Close, Dunton, Reeves 71.0 5 1 19 11 Ht6 McKinlay, Edwards, Barsby, Sharp 69.2 4 2 23 13 Ht7 Bainbridge, McGregor, Williams, Scott 70.2 3 3 26 16 Ht8 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Dunton, Barsby 69.8 3 3 29 19 Ht9 Edwards, McGregor, Sharp, Williams 70.2 2 4 31 23 Ht10 Bainbridge, Phillips, Close, Scott 70.8 3 3 34 26 Ht11 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Dunton, Phillips 70.0 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Edwards, McGregor, Barsby, Scott 70.6 3 3 40 32 Ht13 Close, Dunton, Sharp, East 70.6 3 3 43 35 Ht14 Edwards, Williams, Phillips, Silver 70.2 3 3 46 38 Ht15 Bainbridge, Edwards, McGregor, Close 70.0 1 5 47 43 Ht16 McKinlay, Williams, Scott, Silver 69.6 5 1 52 44

Saturday 17th September 1955 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets 63 Ipswich Witches 33 (National League Division Two)

Rayleigh Peter Clark 3 3 3 2 1 12 Pete Lansdale 0 E 2’ 2’ 4 2 Jack Unstead 3 3 2 3 3 14 Maurice McDermott F 2’ 1’ 1’ 2’ 6 4 Les McGillivray 3 2 3 3 2’ 13 1 Gerald Jackson 1 1’ 2’ 3 3 10 2 Dennis Gray 2 0 2’ 4 1

Ipswich Bert Edwards 1’ 3 3 3 F 0 10 1 Bob Sharp 2 3 0 0 2 2 9 Junior Bainbridge 2 1 1 1’ 1 0 6 1 Bluey Scott 1’ 0 0 1 2 1 Reg Reeves 2 0 0 2 Danny Dunton 0 1 1 0 1 3 Len Silver 1 0 1

Ht1 Clark, Sharp, Edwards, Lansdale 69.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Unstead, Bainbridge, Scott, McDermott (f) 70.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 McGillivray, Reeves, Jackson, Dunton 71.2 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Sharp, Gray, Dunton, Lansdale (ef) 71.2 2 4 12 12 Ht5 Unstead, McDermott, Dunton, Reeves 70.8 5 1 17 13 Ht6 Clark, Lansdale, Bainbridge, Scott 70.6 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Edwards, McGillivray, Jackson, Sharp 69.8 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Clark, Lansdale, Dunton, Reeves 70.6 5 1 30 18 Ht9 McGillivray, Jackson, Bainbridge, Scott 71.0 5 1 35 19 Ht10 Edwards, Unstead, McDermott, Sharp 69.6 3 3 38 22 Ht11 Edwards, Clark, McDermott, Dunton 70.2 3 3 41 25 Ht12 McGillivray, Sharp, Bainbridge, Gray 70.8 3 3 44 28 Ht13 Unstead, Gray, Dunton, Edwards (f) 70.6 5 1 49 29 Ht14 Jackson, McDermott, Bainbridge, Silver 71.0 5 1 54 30 Ht15 Unstead, McGillivray, Scott, Edwards 70.4 5 1 59 31 Ht16 Jackson, Sharp, Clark, Bainbridge 70.6 4 2 63 33

Thursday 22nd September 1955 Foxhall Heath, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 58 Southampton Saints 38 (National League Division Two)

Ipswich Bob Sharp 0 3 3 2*2 10 1 5 Danny Dunton 2 3 1 0 0 6 0 5 Bert Edwards 3 3 2*3 2* 13 2 5 Al Allison(G) 2*0 3 3 3 11 1 5 Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 5 Bluey Scott 0 0 2*0 2 1 4 Ken Last 0 1 0 1 0 3

Southampton Dick Bradley 3 1*1 0 2 1 8 1 6 Alby Golden 1 2 2 0 1 6 0 5 Ernie Rawlins 0 2 2 1*0 5 1 5 Alan Quinn 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 Brian Hanham 2 2 1*2 3 10 1 5 Fred Brand(G) 1*1*2 1* 5 3 4 Maury Mattingley 1*1 1 3 1 3

1 Dick Bradley, Danny Dunton, Alby Golden, Bob Sharp 75.8 2 – 4 2 – 4 2 Bert Edwards, Al Allison, Alan Quinn, Ernie Rawlins 77.8 5 – 1 7 – 5 3 Junior Bainbridge, Brian Hanham, Fred Brand, Bluey Scott 76.6 3 – 3 10 – 8 4 Danny Dunton, Alby Golden, Maury Mattingley, Ken Last 77 3 – 3 13 – 11 5 Bert Edwards, Brian Hanham, Fred Brand, Al Allison 75.6 3 – 3 16 – 14 6 Bob Sharp, Ernie Rawlins, Danny Dunton, Alan Quinn 77 4 – 2 20 – 16 7 Junior Bainbridge, Alby Golden, Dick Bradley, Bluey Scott 75.8 3 – 3 23 – 19 8 Bob Sharp, Fred Brand, Brian Hanham, Danny Dunton 75.6 3 – 3 26 – 22 9 Junior Bainbridge, Ernie Rawlins, Ken Last, Alan Quinn 75.2 4 – 2 30 – 24 10 Al Allison, Bert Edwards, Dick Bradley, Alby Golden 75.8 5 – 1 35 – 25 11 Al Allison, Bob Sharp, Maury Mattingley, Dick Bradley 76.2 5 – 1 40 – 26 12 Junior Bainbridge, Brian Hanham, Ernie Rawlins, Danny Dunton 74.2 3 – 3 43 – 29 13 Bert Edwards, Dick Bradley, Fred Brand, Ken Last 75.4 3 – 3 46 – 32 14 Al Allison, Bluey Scott, Maury Mattingley, Ernie Rawlins 5 – 1 51 – 33 15 Junior Bainbridge, Bert Edwards, Dick Bradley, Alan Quinn 74.6 5 – 1 56 – 34 16 Brian Hanham, Bob Sharp, Alby Golden, Bluey Scott 75.2 2 – 4 58 – 38

Autumn Scratch Race Ht 1: Maury Mattingley, Ken Last, Len Silver 76 only three riders Ht 2: Junior Bainbridge, Alby Golden, Danny Dunton, Ernie Rawlins(ns) 76.4 Ht 3: Bob Sharp, Brian Hanham, Al Alison, Alan Quinn 75.6 Ht 4: Dick Bradley, Bert Edwards, Bluey Scott, Fred Brand(ns) 75.6 Final: Junior Bainbridge, Dick Bradley, Bob Sharp, Maury Mattingley 74.2

Thursday 29th September 1955 Foxhall Heath, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 47 Coventry Bees 49 (National League Division Two)

Ipswich Bluey Scott 0 0 1’ 1 1 Junior Bainbridge 2 3 3 3 3 14 Bob Sharp 1’ 3 2 2’ 3 2 13 2 Danny Dunton 2 0 1’ 0 1’ 4 2 John Fitzpatrick 0 0 2 2 Bert Edwards 3 2 E 2 2 2 11 Ken Last 0 0 1 1’ 2 1

Coventry Alf Hagon 1 3 E 3 3 10 Bob Mark 3 2 1 3 3 12 Charlie New 3 2 1 1 3 10 Vic Emms 0 1’ 3 0 4 1 Nick Nicholls 2 2 2 0 0 6 Tommy Miller 1’ 1’ 1’ 1 2 6 3 Reg Duval 1’ 0 0 1 1

Ht1 Mark, Bainbridge, Hagon, Scott 71.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 New, Dunton, Sharp, Emms 74.6 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Edwards, Nicholls, Miller, Fitzpatrick 73.6 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Bainbridge, Mark, Duval, Last 73.8 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Sharp, Nicholls, Miller, Dunton 75.2 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Bainbridge, New, Emms, Scott 74.0 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Hagon, Edwards, Mark, Fitzpatrick 74.2 2 4 19 23 Ht8 Bainbridge, Nicholls, Miller, Last 74.0 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Emms, Fitzpatrick, New, Edwards (ef) 76.4 2 4 24 30 Ht10 Mark, Sharp, Dunton, Hagon (ef) 74.0 3 3 27 33 Ht11 Hagon, Edwards, Miller, Dunton 74.8 2 4 29 37 Ht12 Bainbridge, Sharp, New, Nicholls 74.0 5 1 34 38 Ht13 Sharp, Miller, Last, Emms 75.6 4 2 38 40 Ht14 New, Edwards, Dunton, Duval 75.4 3 3 41 43 Ht15 Hagon, Sharp, Last, Duval 75.0 3 3 44 46 Ht16 Mark, Edwards, Scott, Nicholls 74.8 3 3 47 49

The Brocks Scratch Race Ht1 Bainbridge, New, Nicholls, Fitzpatrick 75.0 76.0 Ht2 Miller, Dunton, Edwards, Emms 76.0 76.8 Ht3 Mark, Sharp, Hagon, Scott 76.0 76.4 Final Bainbridge, Mark, Miller, New 75.0

Saturday 1st October 1955 Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich Stars 55 (94) Ipswich Witches 41 (98) (East Anglian Shield)

NORWICH Cyril Roger 2 3 3 2 2 12 Fred Brand 0 1 0 1 Aub Lawson 3 3 2 3 1’ 12 1 Phil Clarke 2’ 1 1’ 1’ 3 8 3 Dick Bradley 1’ 0 3 1’ 2 7 2 Guest Harry Edwards 2 2 2’ 1 1’ 8 2 Malcolm Flood 3 2’ 2 0 7 1 IPSWICH

Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 3 15 Danny Dunton 1 2 1 0 0 4 Bert Roger 1 1’ 1 0 2 5 1 Guest Bob Sharp 0 2 0 2 0 4 Bert Edwards 3 2 1 3 3 12 John Fitzpatrick 0 0 1’ 1 1 Bluey Scott 0 0 0 0 0

1 Bainbridge, C. Roger, Dunton, Brand, 72.6 2 4 2 Lawson, Clarke, B. Roger, Sharp, 74.8 7 5 3 B. Edwards, H. Edwards, Bradley, Fitzpatrick, 74.8 10 8 4 Flood, Dunton, Brand, Scott, 74.6 14 10 5 Lawson, B. Edwards, Clarke, Fitzpatrick, 74.8 18 12 6 C. Roger, Sharp, B. Roger, Brand, 74.8 21 15 7 Bainbridge, H. Edwards, Dunton, Bradley, 74.6 23 19 8 C. Roger, Flood, B. Edwards, Scott, 75.4 28 20 9 Bradley, H. Edwards, B. Roger, Sharp, 76.4 33 21 10 Bainbridge, Lawson, Clarke, Dunton, 74.0 36 24 11 Bainbridge, C. Roger, Clarke, Scott, 74.0 39 27 12 B. Edwards, Flood, Bradley, B. Roger, 74.4 42 30 13 Lawson, Sharp, Fitzpatrick, Flood (f), 75.8 45 33 14 Clarke, B. Roger, H. Edwards, Scott (f/ex), 75.0 49 35 15 Bainbridge, Bradley, Lawson, Sharp, 74.6 52 38 16 B. Edwards, C. Roger, H. Edwards, Dunton, 74.8 55 41

IPSWICH 1955 Needs in BOLD

Friday 8th April 1955 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 48 Ipswich Witches 48 (NLD2) Monday 11th April 1955 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 62 Weymouth Scorchers 34 (NLD2) Thursday 21st April 1955 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 76 Bristol Bulldogs 27 (NT) Friday 22nd April 1955 Knowle Bristol Bulldogs 57 Ipswich Witches 46 (NT) Saturday 23rd April 1955 Brandon Coventry Bees 57 Ipswich Witches 39 (NLD2) Thursday 28th April 1955 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 70 Exeter Falcons 26 (NLD2) Monday 2nd May 1955 County Exeter Falcons 66 Ipswich Witches 33 (NLD2) Thursday 5th May 1955 Foxheath Ipswich Witches 53 Leicester Hunters 43 (NLD2) Monday 9th May 1955 Poole Poole Pirates 70 Ipswich Witches 37 (NT) Thursday 12th May 1955 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 66 Poole Pirates 41 (NT) Thursday 19th May 1955 Cowley Oxford Cheetahs 55 Ipswich Witches 41 (NLD2) Saturday 21st May 1955 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 62 Oxford Cheetahs 34 (NLD2) Wednesday 25th May 1955 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 65 Bristol Bulldogs 31(NLD2) Friday 27th May 1955 Knowle Bristol Bulldogs 59 Ipswich Witches 37 (NLD2) Saturday 28 May 1955 Abbey SWINDON ROBINS 62 IPSWICH WITCHES 33 (NLD2) Monday 30th May 1955 Ipswich The Astorias Trophy Thursday 2 June 1955 Foxhall Heath IPSWICH WITCHES 64 SWINDON ROBINS 32 (NLD2) Saturday 4th June 1955 Weir Rayleigh I 25 Ipswich 35 West Ham 36 Rayleigh II 24 (4 TT) Thursday 9th June 1955 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 62 Rayleigh Rockets 34 (NLD2) Thursday 16th June 1955 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 61 Coventry Bees 35 (NLD2) Saturday 18th June 1955 Firs Norwich Stars 42 Ipswich Witches 54 (Ch) Thursday 23rd June 1955 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 58 Poole Pirates 38 (NLD2) Saturday 25th June 1955 Brandon Coventry Bees 56 Ipswich Witches 40 (NLD2) Thursday 30th June 1955 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 65 Southampton Saints 31(NLD2) Friday 1st July 1955 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters v Ipswich Witches (NLD2) Rained Off Thursday 7th July 1955 Foxhall Heath, Ipswich World Championship Qualifying Round Thursday 14th July 1955 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 54 Leicester Hunters 42 (NLD2) Saturday 16th July 1955 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 61 Ipswich Witches 35 (NLD2) Tuesday 19th July 1955 Bannister Court, Southampton Saints 67 Ipswich Witches 29 (NLD2) Thursday 21st July 1955 Foxhall Heath, Ipswich Witches 51 Exeter Falcons 45 (NLD2) Thursday 28th July 1955 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 52 Belle Vue Aces 44 (Ch) Thursday 4th August 1955 Ipswich The Geoff Revett Cup Friday 5th August 1955 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 53 Ipswich Witches 43 (NLD2) Thursday 11th August 1955 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 48 Rayleigh Rockets 48 (NLD2) Monday 15th August 1955 Poole Poole Pirates 55 Ipswich Witches 41 (NLD2) Thursday 18th August 1955 Foxhall Heath, Ipswich Witches 57 Norwich Stars 39 (EA Shield) Thursday 25 August 1955 Foxhall Heath IPSWICH WITCHES 51 SWINDON ROBINS 45 (NLD2) Saturday 27 August 1955 Abbey SWINDON ROBINS 49 IPSWICH WITCHES 47 (NLD2) Tuesday 30th August 1955 Bannister Court, Southampton Saints 50 Ipswich Witches 43 (NLD2) Thursday 1st September 1955 Cowley Oxford Cheetahs 54 Ipswich Witches 42 (NLD2) Saturday 3rd September 1955 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 48 Oxford Cheetahs 48 (NLD2) Thursday 8th September 1955 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 54 Poole Pirates 42 (NLD2) Saturday 10th September 1955 Bradford Odsal Tudors 51 Ipswich Witches 45 (Ch) Monday 12th September 1955 Poole Poole Pirates 53 Ipswich Witches 43 (NLD2) Wednesday 14th September1955 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 46 Rayleigh Rockets 50(NLD2) TSHFinal Friday16th September 1955 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 52 Ipswich Witches 44 (NLD2) Saturday 17th September 1955 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 63 Ipswich Witches 33 (NLD2) Thursday 22nd September 1955 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 58 Southampton Saints 38 (NLD2) Thursday 29th September 1955 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 47 Coventry Bees 49 (NLD2) TSH2ndMen Saturday 1st October 1955 Firs Norwich Stars 55 (94) Ipswich Witches 41 (98) (EAS)