WEMBLEY 1956

Thanks to Peter Jackson Updated 23.3.2020

Saturday 31st March 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 45 39 (Challenge)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 2 3 3 0 8 Peter Williams 1’ 1 2’ 2 6 2 2 3 3 3 11 Fred Rogers 1’ 3 0 2’ 6 2 Dick Fisher 3 2 3 2 10 Bob Duckworth 1 0 F 0 1 Slant Payling 0 1 1 Tink Maynard 1 1 2

Wembley 3 2 2 1 8 Freddie Williams 0 3 1’ 3 7 1 3 2 3 3 11 Jimmy Gooch 0 1 2 1 4 0 2 0 0 2 Eric French 2 2’ 1 1 6 1 Mike Broadbanks 0 F 0 Ken Adams 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Price, Sharples, P.Williams, F.Williams 72.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Crutcher, Craven, Rogers, Gooch 72.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Johnston, French, Duckworth, Waterman 73.2 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Craven, Crutcher, Adams, Payling 72.8 3 3 13 11 Ht5 F.Williams, French, P.Williams, Duckworth 74.2 1 5 14 16 Ht6 Rogers, Price, Fisher, Broadbanks 73.4 4 2 18 18 Ht7 Crutcher, Fisher, Gooch, Duckworth (f) 74.2 2 4 20 22 Ht8 Sharples, Waterman, Maynard, Adams 75.4 4 2 24 24 Ht9 Craven, Price, F.Williams, Rogers (ef) 74.4 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Fisher, Gooch, Payling, Broadbanks (ef) 73.8 4 2 31 29 Ht11 Sharples, P.Williams, French, Waterman 75.2 5 1 36 30 Ht12 F.Williams, Fisher, Price, Duckworth 75.8 2 4 38 34 Ht13 Craven, Rogers, French, Waterman 74.8 5 1 43 35 Ht14 Crutcher, P.Williams, Gooch, Sharples 74.6 2 4 45 39

Monday 2nd April 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, Wimbledon Dons 61.5 Wembley Lions 46.5 (Challenge)

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

WEMBLEY 46.5 Brian Crutcher 16 Eric French 11.5 Freddie Williams 6 Ken Adams 5 Split Waterman 3 Tommy Price 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

14th April @ Firs Stadium, Norwich – Division One (Attendance 7,000) Norwich Stars 42 Wembley Lions 42 NORWICH Aub Lawson 1 2 3 3 9 2’ 3 3 2 10 1 Harry Edwards 0 2’ 2 1 5 1 Phil Clarke 3 2’ 1 1’ 7 2 Billy Bales 0 0 2 3 5 Fred Brand 2 1’ 0 0 3 1 Reg Trott 3 0 3 Geoff Pymar 0 0 0 WEMBLEY Tommy Price 2’ 0 1 3 6 1 Trevor Redmond 0 0 1 2 3 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Williams 1 1 0 1’ 3 1 Eric French 1 1 0 0 2 Split Waterman 3 3 1’ 2’ 9 2 Jimmy Gooch 2 2 4 Mike Broadbanks 1’ 2 3 1

1 Crutcher, Price, Lawson, Edwards, 74.0 1 5 2 Clarke, Fundin, Williams, Redmond, 75.2 6 6 3 Waterman, Brand, French, Bales, 75.0 8 10 4 Trott, Gooch, Broadbanks, Pymar, 74.6 11 13 5 Fundin, Edwards, Williams, Redmond, 76.0 16 14 6 Waterman, Lawson, Brand, Price, 75.0 19 17 7 Crutcher, Edwards, French, Bales, 74.0 21 21 8 Fundin, Broadbanks, Waterman, Pymar, 75.0 24 24 9 Lawson, Clarke, Redmond, Williams, 75.0 29 25 10 Crutcher, Bales, Price, Brand, 73.8 31 29 11 Lawson, Gooch, Edwards, French, 75.4 35 31 12 Crutcher, Waterman, Clarke, Trott, 74.2 36 36 13 Bales, Redmond, Williams, Brand, 75.4 39 39 14 Price, Fundin, Clarke, French, 75.2 42 42

Saturday 28th April 1956 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Odsal Tudors 32 Wembley Lions 52 (National League Division One)

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

Wembley B Crutcher 3 3 3 3 12 T Price 2* 1 3 3 9 1 T Redmond 2* 2* ef 2 6 2 F Williams 3 3 0 0 6 S Waterman 3 3 3 2* 11 1 E French 0 0 0 J Gooch 2 2 2* 0 6 1 K Adams 1* 1* 2 2

Ht 1 Crutcher, Redmond, Rigg, Forrest ef 65.2 1 5 1 5 Ht 2 Williams, Price, Clarke, Allison 66.4 1 5 2 10 Ht 3 Waterman, Wright, Allott, French 65.2 3 3 5 13 Ht 4 Boocock, Gooch, Adams, Haswell F 67.2 3 3 8 16 Ht 5 Williams, Wright, Price, Forrest 66.8 2 4 10 20 Ht 6 Crutcher, Allott, Rigg, French 65.4 3 3 13 23 Ht 7 Waterman, Redmond, Forrest, Wright 66.2 1 5 14 28 Ht 8 Boocock, Gooch, Adams, Haswell 68.2 3 3 17 31 Ht 9 Price, Allison, Allott, Williams 67.2 3 3 20 34 Ht 10 Crutcher, Allott, Wright, Redmond ef 66.4 3 3 23 37 Ht 11 Waterman, Gooch, Allison, Forrest 67.4 1 5 24 42 Ht 12 Boocock, Redmond, Allison, Gooch 67.8 4 2 28 44 Ht 13 Price, Wright, Allott, Williams 67.2 3 3 31 47 Ht 14 Crutcher, Waterman, Boocock, Allison ef 66.4 1 5 32 52

Saturday 5th May 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 33 Wembley Lions 50 (National League Division One)

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt EF 0 3 3 6 2. Ron Mountford 3 3 3 3 2 14 3. Eric Boothroyd 1 2’ 0 N 3 1 4. Doug Davies 1 0 1 0 2 5. Jim Tolley 1 1 EF 3 5 6. Harry Bastable 0 N EF 1 1 7. Neil Mortimer NS 1 0 1 8. Derrick Tailby 1 0 1

Wembley 1. Brian Crutcher 3 2 3 3 11 2. Tommy Price 2 1 2 2 7 3. Trevor Redmond 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 4. Freddie Williams EF 0 1’ 0 1 1 5. Split Waterman 2’ 2’ EF 1 5 2 6. Eric French 3 1’ 2 3 9 1 7. Mike Broadbanks 3 2 5 8. Jimmy Gooch 2’ 1’ 3 2

Ht1 Crutcher, Redmond, Boothroyd, Hunt [ef] 74.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Mountford, Price, Davies, Williams 73.4 4 2 5 7 Ht3 French, Waterman, Tolley, Bastable 75.8 1 5 6 12 Ht4 Broadbanks, Gooch, Tailby, Mortimer 75.0 1 5 7 17 Ht5 Mountford, Boothroyd, Price, Williams [ef] 73.6 5 1 12 18 Ht6 Mountford, Crutcher, French, Hunt 74.2 3 3 15 21 Ht7 Redmond, Waterman, Tolley, Boothroyd 75.0 1 5 16 26 Ht8 Mountford, French, Gooch, Tailby 74.8 3 3 19 29 Ht9 Hunt, Price, Williams, Davies 74.0 3 3 22 32 Ht10 Crutcher, Redmond, Tolley [ef], Bastable [ef] 73.8 0 5 22 37 Ht11 Hunt, Broadbanks, Mortimer, Waterman [ef] 74.4 4 2 26 39 Ht12 French, Redmond, Davies, Mortimer 74.8 1 5 27 44 Ht13 Tolley, Price, Bastable, Williams 74.8 4 2 31 46 Ht14 Crutcher, Mountford, Waterman, Davies 73.2 2 4 33 50

Monday 15th May 1956 Stadium, Poole 55 Wembley Lions 29 (National League Division One)

Poole Ken Middleditch 2 2 3 1 8 Cyril Roger 2’ 2’ F 2’ 6 3 Jimmy Squibb 1’ 3 2’ 3 9 2 Terry Small 3 2 2’ 3 10 1 Jack Biggs 3 3 1’ 2 10 1 Bert Roger 1 0 2’ 3 1 Bill Holden 3 2 3 8 Norman Strachan 1 1 2

Wembley Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 E 9 Tommy Price 1 1 0 0 E 2 Split Waterman 0 0 1 1 Trevor Redmond 0 1 0 1 Freddie Williams 0 0 0 Eric French 2 1 3 0 2 8 Mike Broadbanks 2 1 2 1 6 Jimmy Gooch 0 2’ 2 1

Ht1 Crutcher, Middleditch, Squibb, Redmond 70.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Small, C.Roger, Price, Williams 72.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Biggs, French, B.Roger, Waterman 71.0 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Holden, Broadbanks, Strachan, Gooch 71.4 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Squibb, C.Roger, Price, Williams 72.0 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Crutcher, Middleditch, French, B.Roger 71.6 2 4 23 13 Ht7 Biggs, Squibb, Redmond, Waterman 70.4 5 1 28 14 Ht8 French, Gooch, Strachan, C.Roger (f) 71.8 1 5 29 19 Ht9 Middleditch, Small, Broadbanks, Price 72.4 5 1 34 20 Ht10 Crutcher, Holden, Biggs, French 70.6 3 3 37 23 Ht11 Squibb, Broadbanks, Middleditch, Price 72.4 4 2 41 25 Ht12 Holden, French, Small, Redmond 72.4 4 2 45 27 Ht13 Biggs, B.Roger, Broadbanks, Price (ef) 72.0 5 1 50 28 Ht14 Small, C.Roger, Waterman, Crutcher (ef) 72.0 5 1 55 29

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

Empire Scratch Race 3 laps Crutcher, C.Roger, Biggs, Waterman 55.2

Stadium Scratch Race 3 laps Brine, Broadbanks, Gooch, Sweetman 56.2

International Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 French, Briggs, Redmond, Biggs 55.0 Ht2 R.Moore, Waterman, Hagon, Gooch 55.2 Ht3 How, Crutcher, P.Moore, Price 56.0 Ht4 Roger, Brine, Maidment, Williams 55.8 SF1 R.Moore, Briggs, French, Waterman 55.4 SF2 Crutcher, Roger, Brine, How (ef) 55.0 Final R.Moore, Briggs, Crutcher, Roger 55.0

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

Thursday 24th May 1956 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 50 Birmingham Brummies 33 (National League Division One)

Wembley 1. Tommy Price 2 1’ 3 3 9 1 2. Split Waterman 1 2 2’ 0 5 1 3. Trevor Redmond EF 0 N N 0 4. Freddie Williams 3 2’ 2 1 8 1 5. Brian Crutcher 1 3 3 3 10 6. Eric French 3 2 0 2’ 7 1 7. Ray Cresp 3 2’ 1’ 6 2 8. Mike Broadbanks 2’ 3 0 5 1

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 2 3 3 14 2. Ron Mountford 2 1 1 1 5 3. Eric Boothroyd 1 0 1’ 0 2 1 4. Harry Bastable 0 N 0 0 0 5. Doug Davies 2 3 1 2 2’ 10 1 6. Jim Tolley 0 0 0 N 0 7. Neil Mortimer F 1’ 1 1 8. Arthur Duncan F 1 1

Ht1 Hunt, Price, Boothroyd, Redmond [ef] 71.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Williams, Mountford, Waterman, Bastable 73.4 4 2 6 6 Ht3 French, Davies, Crutcher, Tolley 73.0 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Cresp, Broadbanks, Mortimer [f], Duncan [f] 74.0 5 0 15 8 Ht5 Davies, Waterman, Mountford, Redmond 73.8 2 4 17 12 Ht6 Hunt, French, Price, Tolley 73.8 3 3 20 15 Ht7 Crutcher, Cresp, Davies, Boothroyd 73.2 5 1 25 16 Ht8 Broadbanks, Waterman, Duncan, Tolley 73.6 5 1 30 17 Ht9 Price, Williams, Mountford, Bastable 73.8 5 1 35 18 Ht10 Crutcher, Hunt, Boothroyd, French 73.4 3 3 38 21 Ht11 Price, Davies, Mortimer, Broadbanks 74.2 3 3 41 24 Ht12 Hunt, Williams, Cresp, Boothroyd 73.8 3 3 44 27 Ht13 Crutcher, French, Mountford, Bastable 74.2 5 1 49 28 Ht14 Hunt, Davies, Williams, Waterman 74.8 1 5 50 33

Golden Helmet Match Race Championship – First Leg Ht1 Ronnie Moore bt Brian Crutcher 71.0 Ht2 Brian Crutcher bt Ronnie Moore 74.6 Ht3 Ronnie Moore bt Brian Crutcher 71.6

Reserves Scratch Race (3 Laps) Broadbanks, Jimmy Gooch, Mortimer, Duncan 58.2

Stadium Handicap Race Cresp [15yds], Boothroyd [5yds], Bastable [10yds], [Crutcher [Scr], Merv Hannam [20yds] 75.0

Wembley Scratch Race (3 Laps) Ht1 Davies, Williams, Mountford, Waterman 56.6 ??.? Ht2 R Moore, Price, Boothroyd, Redmond 56.6 ??.? Ht3 Crutcher, Hunt, French, Tolley 56.8 ??.? Final R Moore, Crutcher, Price, Davies 56.0

Thursday 31st May 1956 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 61 Belle Vue Aces 23 (National League Division One)

Wembley Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 12 Split Waterman 3 1 3 1 8 Tommy Price 2’ 3 2 1 8 1 Ray Cresp 2’ 1 3 3 9 1 Freddie Williams 1’ 1 3 5 1 Eric French 1’ 2’ 3 2’ 8 3 Trevor Redmond 3 2’ 5 1 Mike Broadbanks 2 2’ 2’ 6 2

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 1 0 2 0 3 Peter Craven 1 2 2 1 6 Peter Williams 0 0 0 0 0 Fred Rogers 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Duckworth 3 3 2 2 10 Dick Fisher 0 1 0 1 2 Frank Johnson 0 0 0 Alf Webster 1 1 2

Ht1 Crutcher, Price, Sharples, P.Williams 73.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Waterman, Cresp, Craven, Rogers 74.0 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Duckworth, Broadbanks, French, Fisher 73.4 3 3 13 5 Ht4 Redmond, Broadbanks, Webster, Johnson 74.4 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Price, Craven, Waterman, Rogers 72.8 4 2 22 8 Ht6 Crutcher, French, Fisher, Sharples 73.2 5 1 27 9 Ht7 Duckworth, Price, F.Williams, P.Williams 73.6 3 3 30 12 Ht8 Waterman, Broadbanks, Webster, Fisher 74.6 5 1 35 13 Ht9 Crutcher, Craven, Cresp, Rogers 74.0 4 2 39 15 Ht10 French, Sharples, F.Williams, P.Williams 75.2 4 2 43 17 Ht11Crutcher, Duckworth, Price, Johnson 73.8 4 2 47 19 Ht12 Cresp, Redmond, Fisher, Duckworth 74.2 5 1 52 20 Ht13 F.Williams, French, Craven, Rogers 73.0 5 1 57 21 Ht14 Cresp, Duckworth, Waterman, Sharples 75.4 4 2 61 23

British Match Race Championship (Preliminary Challenge) Ht1 Barry Briggs bt Jack Biggs 71.2 Ht2 Barry Briggs bt Jack Biggs 72.0

?? 3 laps Johnson, Gooch, Merv Hannam, Redmond 56.6

Empire Scratch Race 3 laps Gooch, Webster, Hannam, Broadbanks 52.4

Wembley Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Duckworth, Cresp, F.Williams, Sharples 56.0 Ht2 Briggs, Crutcher, Rogers, Fisher 55.2 Ht3 Biggs, Price, Redmond, Broadbanks 55.8 Ht4 French, Waterman, Craven, P.Williams 57.0 Final Biggs, Briggs, Duckworth, French 54.8

Speed Car Scratch Race Ht1 Doug Thornton, Ray E’Ter, Eric Funnell, Wilf Johnson 93.0 Ht2 Funnell, Thornton, [E’Ter, Johnson ?

Thursday 7th June 1956 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 55 Odsal Tudors 27 (National League Division One)

Wembley B Crutcher 3 3 3 3 12 R Cresp 3 2* 3 1 9 1 T Price 2* 3 3 2* 10 2 S Waterman 2* 1 F 3 6 1 F Williams 2* 2* 2 2 8 2 E French 3 2* 1* 1* 7 3 T Redmond 1* 2 3 1 M Broadbanks 2 F 2

Bradford A Forrest 1 ef 3 3 2 9 R Clarke 1 1 0 0 2 A Allison 0 0 A Wright ef 0 2 1 3 6 G Allott 0 0 0 0 N Boocock 1 1 1* 1 4 1 D Haswell 3 1 0 4 J Gooch 0 2 0 2

Ht 1 Crutcher, Price, Forrest, Allison 74.0 5 1 5 1 Ht 2 Cresp, Waterman, Clarke, Wright ef 74.8 5 1 10 2 Ht 3 French, Williams, Boocock, Allott 75.4 5 1 15 3 Ht 4 Haswell, Broadbanks, Redmond, Gooch 75.2 3 3 18 6 Ht 5 Price, Cresp, Clarke, Wright 74.6 5 1 23 7 Ht 6 Crutcher, French, Boocock, Forrest ef 74.6 5 1 28 8 Ht 7 Price, Williams, Haswell, Allott 75.2 5 1 33 9 Ht 8 Cresp, Gooch, Boocock, Broadbanks F 75.2 3 3 36 12 Ht 9 Crutcher, Wright, Waterman, Clarke 73.2 4 2 40 14 Ht 10 Forrest, Williams, French, Gooch 74.6 3 3 43 17 Ht 11 Crutcher, Price, Wright, Haswell 73.8 3 3 46 20 Ht 12 Forrest, Redmond, Boocock, Waterman F 74.4 2 4 48 22 Ht 13 Wright, Williams, French, Clarke 75.2 3 3 51 25 Ht 14 Waterman, Forrest, Cresp, Allott 74.6 4 2 55 27

Empire Scratch Race 3 laps Fundin, A Lawson, McKinlay, Middleditch 54.2

International Scratch Race Price, Broadbanks, Allott, Clarke 56.8 Middleditch, McKinlay, French, Cresp 56.8 A Lawson, Redmond, Wright, Crutcher ef 56.2 Fundin, Waterman, Forrest, Williams 54.6 Semi Final Price, McKinlay, Middleditch, Broadbanks 56.0 Fundin, Lawson, Waterman, Redmond 55.0 Final Price, Lawson, Fundin, McKinlay 56.0

Stadium Scratch Race Haswell, Gooch, Boocock, Allison 58.0

Saturday 9th June 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 54 Wembley Lions 30 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 12 Peter Williams F E 3 1 4 Fred Rogers 1 3 3 1 8 Bob Duckworth 2’ 1 0 E 3 Dick Fisher 3 3 3 3 12 Slant Payling 3 E 3 Alf Webster 1 1 2

Wembley Brian Crutcher 1’ 1 1’ 2* E 5 2 Ray Cresp 0 1’ 1 0* 2 4 1 Tommy Price 2 2 2 1’ 2* 9 1 Split Waterman 2 2 E 1’ 5 1 Freddie Williams E 0 0 Eric French 1 0 1 Trevor Redmond 2 2 2 6 Mike Broadbanks 0 0 0

Ht1 Sharples, Price, Crutcher, P.Williams (f) 74.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Craven, Waterman, Rogers, Cresp 73.0 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Fisher, Duckworth, French F.Williams (ef) 75.2 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Payling, Redmond, Webster, Broadbanks 76.8 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Craven, Waterman, Cresp, P.Williams (ef) 76.8 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Fisher, Sharples, Crutcher, French 75.4 5 1 24 12 Ht7 P.Williams, Price, Duckworth, F.Williams 77.6 4 2 28 14 Ht8 Craven, Redmond, Webster, Broadbanks 76.2 4 2 32 16 Ht9 Rogers, Sharples, Cresp, Waterman (ef) 77.6 5 1 37 17 Ht10 Fisher, Price, Crutcher, Duckworth 75.0 3 3 40 20 Ht11 Sharples, Redmond, P.Williams, Cresp * 78.2 4 2 44 22 Ht12 Rogers, Crutcher*, Price, Payling (ef) 77.2 3 3 47 25 Ht13 Fisher, Cresp, Waterman, Duckworth (ef) 76.8 3 3 50 28 Ht14 Craven, Price*, Rogers, Crutcher (ef) 75.8 4 2 54 30

Thursday 14th June 1956 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 45 Poole Pirates 39 (National League Division One)

Wembley Brian Crutcher 2’ 3 2 2’ 9 2 Trevor Redmond 2 1 3 2 8 Tommy Price 3 3 0 3 9 Ray Cresp F 0 Split Waterman 1’ 3 2 3 9 1 Eric French 2 1 0 2’ 5 1 Mike Broadbanks 3 0 3 Merv Hannam 1 0 1

Poole Ken Middleditch F 2 2 3 1 8 Cyril Roger 3 2 1 3 E 9 Bert Roger 1 1 1 2’ 5 1 Allan Kidd 1 0 Jack Biggs 3 2 3 0 3 11 Bill Holden 0 0 Jimmy Squibb 2 1 1 4 Norman Strachan 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Price, Crutcher, B.Roger, Middleditch (f) 73.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 C.Roger, Redmond, Kidd, Cresp (f) 72.8 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Biggs, French, Waterman, Holden 73.6 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Broadbanks, Squibb, Hannam, Strachan 73.0 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Price, C,Roger, Redmond, Kidd 72.6 4 2 18 12 Ht6 Crutcher, Middleditch, French, Holden 72.6 4 2 22 14 Ht7 Waterman, Biggs, B.Roger, Price 72.8 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Redmond, Middleditch, Strachan, Hannam 73.2 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Biggs, Crutcher, C.Roger, Cresp 73.0 2 4 30 24 Ht10 Middleditch, Waterman, B.Roger, French 73.2 2 4 32 28 Ht11 Price, Crutcher, Squibb, Biggs 73.4 5 1 37 29 Ht12 C.Roger, B.Roger, Cresp, Broadbanks 75.4 1 5 38 34 Ht13 Waterman, French, Squibb, C.Roger (ef) 75.0 5 1 43 35 Ht14 Biggs, Redmond, Middleditch, Cresp 73.8 2 4 45 39

Two Lap Dash Ht1 Brian Crutcher bt Jack Biggs 35.2 Ht2 Tommy Price bt Ken Middleditch 35.6

Stadium Scratch Race 3 laps Broadbanks, Squibb, Strachan, Hannam 56.6

Empire Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Price, Middleditch, B.Roger, Cresp 55.2 ? Ht2 Waterman, Biggs, Redmond, Kidd 56.4 ? Ht3 Crutcher, French, Broadbanks, Holden 55.0 ? Final Crutcher, Biggs, Waterman, Price 55.0

Speed Car Match race [Doc Garth v Wilf Johnson

Speed Car Scratch Race [ Garth, Albert Brown, Johnson, Dick Mountfield

Monday 18th June 1956 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates 60 Wembley Lions 48 (Challenge)

Poole Ken Middleditch 1’ 3 1 0 2 0 7 1 Bert Roger 2 2 2 2 0 8 Jack Biggs 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Bill Holden 0 0 0 Cyril Roger 3 2 0 2 1 8 Allan Kidd 2 1 0 2’ 1’ 6 2 Jimmy Squibb 3 1’ 2’ 0 6 2 Terry Small 2 2’ 3 7 1

Wembley Brian Crutcher 3 2’ 2 3 3 2 15 1 Trevor Redmond 0 1 1’ 3 1 6 1 Tommy Price 1’ 0 1 1 0 3 1 Split Waterman 0 1 3 2’ X 6 1 Ray Cresp 1 0 0 1 0 2 Eric French 2 3 2 3 3 1’ 14 1 Mike Broadbanks 1 1 2 Merv Hannam 0 X 0

Ht1 Crutcher, B.Roger, Middleditch, Redmond 71.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Biggs, French, Price, Holden 71.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 C.Roger, Kidd, Redmond, Waterman 72.4 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Squibb, Small, Broadbanks, Hannam 72.6 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Biggs, B.Roger, Waterman, Price 71.0 5 1 21 9 Ht6 French, Crutcher, Kidd, Holden 71.8 1 5 22 14 Ht7 Middleditch, C.Roger, Cresp, Price 72.0 5 1 27 15 Ht8 Biggs, Crutcher, Middleditch, Cresp 70.0 4 2 31 17 Ht9 Crutcher, B.Roger, Price, Kidd 71.0 2 4 33 21 Ht10 Biggs, French, Redmond, C.Roger 71.4 3 3 36 24 Ht11 Waterman, B.Roger, Squibb, Cresp 71.4 3 3 39 27 Ht12 Redmond, Small, Price, Middlesditch 71.2 2 4 41 31 Ht13 French, C.Roger, Cresp, B.Roger 71.4 2 4 43 35 Ht14 Small, Squibb, Broadbanks, Hannam (exc) 73.4 5 1 48 36 Ht15 Crutcher, Waterman, C.Roger, Squibb 71.0 1 5 49 41 Ht16 Biggs, Kidd, Redmond, Cresp 70.8 5 1 54 42 Ht17 French, Middleditch, Kidd, Waterman (exc) 71.2 3 3 57 45 Ht18 Biggs, Crutcher, French, Middleditch 71.0 3 3 60 48 No second half

Thursday 21st June 1956 Wembley Stadium, Wembley Wembley Lions 48 Norwich Stars 35 (National League Division One)

WEMBLEY Tommy Price 1’ 0 3 3 7 1 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 2 11 Trevor Redmond 2 1 3 2’ 8 1 Split Waterman 1 2’ 2’ 0 5 2 Ray Cresp 2 2’ 0 2 6 1 Eric French 1’ 2 0 3 1 Mike Broadbanks 3 3 6 Merv Hannam 2’ 0 0 2 1

NORWICH Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3 3 15 Harry Edwards 2 2 1 1 1 7 Reg Trott 0 1 2’ 1 4 1 Billy Bales 0 0 0 0 Aub Lawson 0 0 1 1 Phil Clarke 3 1 2 0 6 Fred Brand 0 0 0 Geoff Pymar 1 1’ 2 1

1 Fundin, Redmond, Price Trott, 72.0 3 3 2 Crutcher, Edwards, Waterman, Bales (f), 73.0 7 5 3 Clarke, Cresp, French, Lawson, 74.8 10 8 4 Broadbanks, Hannam, Pymar, brand, 75.2 15 9 5 Crutcher, Edwards, Redmond, Baless, 74.0 19 11 6 Fundin, French, Clarke, Price (e/f), 73.2 21 15 7 Redmond, Cresp, Trott, Lawson, 75.4 26 16 8 Crutcher, Clarke, Pymar, Hannam (e/f), 73.8 29 19 9 Price, Waterman, Edwards, Bales, 75.4 34 20 10 Fundin, Trott, (Cresp & French [f]), 74.8 34 25 11 Price, Redmond, Edwards, Brand, 77.2 39 26 12 Broadbanks, Waterman, Trott, Clarke, 78.2 44 27 13 Fundin, Cresp, Edwards, Hannam, 75.2 46 31 14 Fundin, Crutcher, Lawson, Waterman, 74.8 48 35

Golden Helmet – Brian Crutcher 2 Barry Briggs 0 1 – Crutcher beat Briggs, 71.4 2 – Crutcher beat Briggs, 71.8 Second Half Results – all 3 lap races

Empire Scratch Race – Dick Bradley, Cresp, Redmond, Jack Unstead (f), 58.0

Stadium Scratch Race – Pymar, Hannam, Brand, Broadbanks, 58.6

Wembley Scratch Race 1 Crutcher, Lawson, Trott, Bales (n/s), 57.6 2 Price, Briggs, Edwards, Unstead, 58.8 3 Fundin, Cresp, Waterman, Clarke, 56.8 4 Redmond, Pymar, Bradley, Hannam, 58.2 Final – Fundin, Crutcher, Redmond, Price, 56.0

Sidecar Events – 4 lap races

Scratch Race – Geoff Lucy, Harold Hill, Arthur Candlin, Geoff Baker, 72.4

Handicap Race – Lucy, Candlin, Hill, Baker, 90.2

Saturday 23rd June 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 50 Wembley Lions 32 (National League Division One)

Birmingham 1. Doug Davies 3 3 3 3 12 2. Ron Mountford 1 EF F 3 4 3. Neil Mortimer 2’ F 1 F 3 1 4. Eric Boothroyd 3 2’ 3 1 9 1 5. Alan Hunt 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 6. Harry Bastable 1 1 3 2’ 7 1 7. Jim Tolley 3 F 3 8. Arthur Duncan 1 F 1

Wembley 1. Brian Crutcher 1 EF 1 2 4 2. Trevor Redmond 2 3 1 1 7 3. Tommy Price F EF 0 2 2 4. Ray Cresp EF 2’ F 0 2 1 5. Split Waterman 2 2 2 0 6 6. Eric French 0 2 3 1’ 6 1 7. Mike Broadbanks 0 1’ 1 1 8. Merv Hannam 2 2’ 4 1

Ht1 Davies, Mortimer, Crutcher, Price [f] 73.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Boothroyd, Redmond, Mountford, Cresp [ef] 74.4 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Hunt, Waterman, Bastable, French 73.0 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Tolley, Hannam, Duncan, Broadbanks 75.8 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Redmond, Cresp, Mountford [ef], Mortimer [f] 74.6 0 5 17 12 Ht6 Davies, French, Bastable, Crutcher [ef] 73.6 4 2 21 14 Ht7 Hunt, Waterman, Mortimer, Price [ef] 74.8 4 2 25 16 Ht8 French, Hannam, Mountford [f], Duncan [f] (rr) 75.6 0 5 25 21 Ht9 Davies, Boothroyd, Redmond, Cresp [f] 74.6 5 1 30 22 Ht10 Bastable, Hunt, Crutcher, Price 74.0 5 1 35 23 Ht11 Davies, Waterman, Broadbanks, Mortimer [f] 74.0 3 3 38 26 Ht12 Boothroyd, Price, French, Tolley [f] 75.0 3 3 41 29 Ht13 Hunt, Bastable, Redmond, Cresp 75.2 5 1 46 30 Ht14 Mountford, Crutcher, Boothroyd, Waterman 76.2 4 2 50 32

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 Hannam 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, Hannam (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, Hannam, 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

Thursday 28th June 1956 Wembley Stadium, London England 49 Sweden 59 (International)

England Brian Crutcher 2 0 2 3 2 3 12 Arthur Forrest 0 2 0 0 2 Tommy Price 0 0 2’ 2 4 1 Dick Bradley 2 2 1 1 3 1’ 10 1 Split Waterman 1’ 3 0 2 1 2’ 9 2 Alan Hunt 2 2’ 2 0 3 3 12 1 Peter Craven 0 0 Jack Unstead 0 0

Sweden Rune Sormander 1 3 3 2 1 1 11 Berndt Nilsson 3 1 1’ 5 1 Olle Nygren 3 0 1 2’ 2 2 10 1 Dan Forsberg 1 1 0 1’ 3 1 Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Kjell Carlsson 0 2’ 1 1 0 4 1 Lars Pettersson 1 3 0 0 4 Birger Forsberg 1 3 4

Ht1 Nilsson, Crutcher, Sormander, Forrest 71.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Nygren, Bradley, D.Forsberg, Price 72.2 2 4 4 8 Ht3 Fundin, Hunt, Waterman, Carlsson 70.8 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Sormander, Bradley, Nilsson, Price 72.2 2 4 9 15 Ht5Waterman, Hunt, D.Forsberg, Nygren 72.8 5 1 14 16 Ht6 Fundin, Forrest, B.Forsberg, Crutcher 70.8 2 4 16 20 Ht7 Sormander, Hunt, Pettersson, Waterman 71.4 2 4 18 24 Ht8 Pettersson, Crutcher, Nygren, Unstead 71.4 2 4 20 28 Ht9 Fundin, Carlsson, Bradley, Craven 71.2 1 5 21 33 Ht10 Crutcher, Sormander, Nilsson, Forrest 71.0 3 3 24 36 Ht11 D.Forsberg, Nygren, Bradley, Unstead 73.4 1 5 25 41 Ht12 Fundin, Waterman, Carlsson, Hunt 71.6 2 4 27 45 Ht13 Bradley, Price, Sormander, Pettersson 74.0 5 1 32 46 Ht14 Hunt, Nygren, Waterman, D.Forsberg 73.2 4 2 36 48 Ht15 Fundin, Crutcher, Carlsson, Craven 71.8 2 4 38 52 Ht16 Hunt, Waterman, Sormander, Pettersson 73.2 5 1 43 53 Ht17 Crutcher, Nygren, D.Forsberg, Forrest 72.8 3 3 46 56 Ht18 Fundin, Price, Bradley, Carlsson 73.0 3 3 49 59

Thursday 5th July 1956 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 63 Odsal Tudors 20 (National League Division One)

Wembley T Price 2* 3 3 3 11 1 B Crutcher 3 3 3 3 12 T Redmond 3 2* 3 2* 10 2 R Cresp 2* 2* 3 2* 9 3 S Waterman 2* 2* 2* 2* 8 4 E French 3 2* 3 3 11 1 M Broadbanks F 2* 2 1 M Hannam ef 0 0

Bradford A Forrest 1 1 1* 1 0 4 1 A Clarke 1 1 1 1 4 A Allison 0 0 0 D Oliver 0 0 0 0 0 G Allott 1 1 0 1 3 N Boocock 0 0 1 1 J Gooch 2* 1 3 1 D Haswell 3 2 0 0 5

Ht 1 Redmond, Price, Forrest, Allison 73.0 5 1 5 1 Ht 2 Crutcher, Cresp, Clarke, Oliver 74.0 5 1 10 2 Ht 3 French, Waterman, Allott, Boocock 74.4 5 1 15 3 Ht 4 Haswell, Gooch, Broadbanks F, Hannam ef 75.8 0 5 15 8 Ht 5 Crutcher, Redmond, Clarke, Oliver 73.4 5 1 20 9 Ht 6 Price, French. Forrest, Boocock 74.6 5 1 25 10 Ht 7 Redmond, Waterman, Allott, Haswell 74.6 5 1 30 11 Ht 8 Crutcher, Haswell, Forrest, Hannam 74.6 3 3 33 14 Ht 9 Price, Cresp, Clarke, Oliver 74.2 5 1 38 15 Ht 10 French, Waterman, Forrest, Haswell 74.0 5 1 43 16 Ht 11 Price, Redmond, Gooch, Allott 74.8 5 1 48 17 Ht 12 Cresp, Broadbanks, Boocock, Allison 76.0 5 1 53 18 Ht 13 French, Waterman, Clarke, Oliver 75.0 5 1 58 19 Ht 14 Crutcher, Cresp, Allott, Forrest 73.6 5 1 63 20

The Cinders Crutcher 17.6 Briggs 17.6 Hussey 17.4

Stadium Scratch Race 3 laps Gooch, Broadbanks, Hannam, Haswell 56.6

International Scratch Race Briggs, Waterman, Redmond, Oliver 55.0 Crutcher, Cresp, Allott, Forrest 55.0 Price, Hussey, Clarke, Boocock 56.8 French, Broadbanks, Allison, Hannam 56.4 Semi Final Briggs, Crutcher, Waterman, Cresp 55.4 Hussey, Price, French, Broadbanks 56.0 Final Crutcher, Briggs, Price, Hussey 54.8

Saturday 7th July 1956 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Odsal Tudors 35 Wembley Lions 59 (National League Division One)

Bradford A Forrest F F F 3 3 6 D Oliver 0 0 9 A Allison 1 0 1 2 A Wright 3 3 3 3 2 14 G Allott 2 0 0 2 N Boocock F 1 1 2 0 4 J Gooch 2 2 1 5 D Haswell 1* 1* 2 2

Wembley B Crutcher 3 3 3 9 S Waterman 1* 3 2 1* 7 2 T Price 3 2* 1 0 6 1 T Redmond 2 2* 1* 2 7 2 R Cresp 1 1* F 2 1 E French 3 2* 3 2 10 1 M Broadbanks 2* 3 2 1 8 1 M Hannam 0 F 0

Ht 1 Price, Broadbanks, Allison, Forrest Fell 69.4 1 5 1 5 Ht 2 Wright, Redmond, Waterman, Oliver 69.4 3 3 4 8 Ht 3 French, Allott, Cresp, Boocock Fell 69.0 2 4 6 12 Ht 4 Broadbanks, Gooch, Haswell, Hannam 71.4 3 3 9 15 Ht 5 Waterman, Redmond, Boocock, Allison 72.0 1 5 10 20 Ht 6 Crutcher, French, Boocock, Forrest Fell 67.2 1 5 11 25 Ht 7 Wright, Price, Cresp, Allott 69.0 3 3 14 28 Ht 8 French, Gooch, Haswell, Hannam Fell 70.4 3 3 17 31 Ht 9 Wright, Waterman, Redmond, Forrest Fell 68.0 3 3 20 34 Ht 10 Crutcher, Boocock. Price, Allott 68.4 2 4 22 38 Ht 11 Forrest, Broadbanks, Allison, Cresp Fell 69.0 4 2 26 40 Ht 12 Wright, French, Gooch, Price 69.4 4 2 30 42 Ht 13 Forrest, Redmond, Waterman, Boocock 69.0 3 3 33 45 Ht 14 Crutcher, Wright, Broadbanks, Oliver 67.8 2 4 35 49

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

Two Lap Dash Ht1 Gerry Hussey bt Dick Bradley 36.2 Ht2 Cyril Roger bt Jack Biggs 36.8

Invitation Handicap Race (yards on) R.Moore (0), Crutcher (0), Maidment (20), Redmond (10), Cresp (15) (f) 75.0

Stadium Scratch Race 3 laps Maidment, Andrews, Broadbanks, Hannam 57.8

International Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Redmond, P.Moore, Cresp, How 57.2 Ht2 Crutcher, R.Moore, Price, Hagon 55.6 Ht3 Briggs, Roger, Bradley, Waterman 56.6 Ht4 Biggs, Hussey, French, Brine 57.2 SF1 Crutcher, R.Moore, Redmond, P.Moore 55.8 SF2 Roger, Briggs, Hussey, Biggs 57.0 Final Crutcher, Roger, R.Moore, Briggs (f) 57.0

Thursday 19th July 1956 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions v Birmingham Brummies (National Trophy) Postponed Due To Rain

Saturday 21st July 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 61 Wembley Lions 47 (National Trophy)

Birmingham 1. Harry Bastable 1 0 N 3 1’ 5 1 2. Doug Davies EF 3 2’ 1’ 2 8 2 3. Ron Mountford 3 1 3 3 2 1’ 13 1 4. Eric Boothroyd 2’ 2 2 1 3 2 12 1 5. Alan Hunt 3 2 EF 1’ 1 7 1 6. Jim Tolley 1 0 N 0 N 1 7. Arthur Duncan 2’ 2’ 4 2 8. Neil Mortimer 3 0 3 3 2 11

Wembley 1. Split Waterman 2’ 3 1’ EF 0 6 2 2. Tommy Price 3 0 2 0 1 6 3. Trevor Redmond 1 0 1 1 2 5 4. Ray Cresp 2 2 0 2 3 0 9 5. Brian Crutcher 3 2 3 3 3 3 17 6. Eric French 0 1 1’ 0 0 2 1 7. Mike Broadbanks F FX 0 8. Merv Hannam 1 1 2

Ht1 Price, Waterman, Bastable, Davies [ef] 73.8 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Mountford, Boothroyd, Redmond, French 73.8 5 1 6 6 Ht3 Hunt, Cresp, Tolley, Price 71.6 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Mortimer, Duncan, Hannam, Broadbanks [f] 74.8 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Davies, Cresp, Mountford, Redmond 73.8 4 2 19 11 Ht6 Waterman, Boothroyd, French, Tolley 74.2 2 4 21 15 Ht7 Crutcher, Hunt, Redmond, Bastable 72.0 2 4 23 19 Ht8 Mountford, Crutcher, Waterman, Mortimer 73.2 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Mortimer, Davies, Redmond, Waterman [ef] 74.2 5 1 31 23 Ht10 Mountford, Price, French, Hunt [ef] 74.4 3 3 34 26 Ht11 Crutcher, Boothroyd, Davies, Cresp 74.0 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Bastable, Redmond, Boothroyd, Price 74.4 4 2 41 31 Ht13 Crutcher, Davies, Hunt, French 73.0 3 3 44 34 Ht14 Mortimer, Duncan, Hannam, Broadbanks [fx] (rr) 75.0 5 1 49 35 Ht15 Boothroyd, Cresp, Hunt, Waterman 74.6 4 2 53 37 Ht16 Crutcher, Mountford, Price, Tolley 74.2 2 4 55 41 Ht17 Cresp, Mortimer, Bastable, French 75.2 3 3 58 44 Ht18 Crutcher, Boothroyd, Mountford, Cresp 74.6 3 3 61 47

Thursday 26th July 1956 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 60 Birmingham Brummies 47 (National Trophy)

Wembley 1. Tommy Price 3 0 1 NF 0 4 2. Trevor Redmond 1 0 0 1 2’ 4 1 3. Split Waterman 1 3 3 2’ 2’ 0 11 2 4. Eric French 3 3 3 3 0 12 5. Brian Crutcher 1 3 3 3 2 1 13 6. Ray Cresp 3 2’ 1 3 3 12 1 7. Mike Broadbanks 0 2 2 8. Merv Hannam 2 0 2

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 1 2 3 3 3 14 2. Ron Mountford 0 N N N N 0 3. Doug Davies 2 1’ 2 2’ 2 2’ 11 3 4. Eric Boothroyd 2 2 2 1 2 9 5. Jim Tolley 0 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 6. Harry Bastable 0 0 N 1 1’ 2 1 7. Neil Mortimer 0 1 1 NF 1 3 8. Arthur Duncan 3 0 3 1 7

Ht1 Price, Hunt, Redmond, Mountford 75.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 French, Davies, Waterman, Bastable 75.4 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Cresp, Boothroyd, Crutcher, Mortimer 74.4 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Duncan, Hannam, Mortimer, Broadbanks 75.0 2 4 14 10 Ht5 Waterman, Boothroyd, Davies, Redmond 75.4 3 3 17 13 Ht6 French, Cresp, Hunt, Bastable 75.2 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Crutcher, Davies, Tolley, Price 74.2 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Waterman, Hunt, Price, Tolley 74.6 4 2 29 19 Ht9 Hunt, Davies, Cresp, Redmond 74.8 1 5 30 24 Ht10 Crutcher, Waterman, Mortimer, Duncan 73.8 5 1 35 25 Ht11 French, Boothroyd, Redmond, Tolley 75.0 4 2 39 27 Ht12 French, Davies, Price [nf], Mortimer [nf] 75.2 3 2 42 29 Ht13 Crutcher, Redmond, Bastable, Tolley 73.8 5 1 47 30 Ht14 Duncan, Broadbanks, Mortimer, Hannam 76.2 2 4 49 34 Ht15 Hunt, Crutcher, Boothroyd, French 73.6 2 4 51 38 Ht16 Cresp, Waterman, Duncan, Tolley 75.4 5 1 56 39 Ht17 Cresp, Boothroyd, Bastable, Price 76.2 3 3 59 42 Ht18 Hunt, Davies, Crutcher, Waterman 74.4 1 5 60 47

Golden Helmet Match Race Championship Ht1 Brian Crutcher bt Alan Hunt 73.8 Ht2 Brian Crutcher bt Alan Hunt 74.4

Invitation Handicap Race Broadbanks [15 yds start], Waterman [Scr], Davies [Scr], Hannam [20], Duncan [15] 75.2

Flying Twelve Rolling Start Scratch Race (3 Laps) Ht1 Hunt, Price, French, Bastable 55.2 ??? Ht2 Waterman, Davies, Crutcher, Duncan 54.6 ??? Ht3 Redmond, Broadbanks, Cresp, Boothroyd 54.8 ??? Final Waterman, Hunt, Redmond, Davies [ns] 54.6

Saturday 28th July 1956 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 37 Wembley Lions 47 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Ken Sharples 2 2 3 0 7 Peter Craven 1 1’ 3 2 7 1 Dick Fisher 1’ 2 1’ 2 6 2 Peter Williams 0 1 1 2 Ron Johnston 3 2 E F 5 Bob Duckworth 2’ 0 2 2 6 1 Fred Rogers 1 F 1 Tink Maynard 3 0 0 3

Wembley Tommy Price 3 3 3 3 12 Brian Crutcher 2’ 3 2 3 10 1 Trevor Redmond 0 3 1 2’ 6 1 Split Waterman 3 0 E 1 4 Ray Cresp 1 F 3 1 5 Eric French E 1 2 3 6 Mike Broadbanks 2 1 3 Merv Hannam 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Price, Sharples, Fisher, Redmond 74.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Waterman, Crutcher, Craven, Williams 77.0 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Johnston, Duckworth, Cresp, French (ef) 76.0 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Maynard, Broadbanks, Rogers, Hannam 77.0 4 2 13 11 Ht5Crutcher, Fisher, Craven, Waterman 76.2 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Price, Sharples, French, Duckworth 77.6 2 4 18 18 Ht7 Redmond, Johnston, Fisher, Cresp (f) 77.8 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Craven, French, Hannam, Maynard 76.6 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Sharples, Crutcher, Williams, Waterman (ef) 77.6 4 2 28 26 Ht10 Price, Duckworth, Redmond, Johnston (ef) 77.4 2 4 30 30 Ht11 Cresp, Fisher, Broadbanks, Sharples 77.2 2 4 32 34 Ht12 French, Redmond, Williams, Rogers (f) 79.4 1 5 33 39 Ht13 Crutcher, Duckworth, Waterman, Johnston (f) 78.8 2 4 35 43 Ht14 Price, Craven, Cresp, Maynard 78.4 2 4 37 47

Thursday 2nd August 1956 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 51 Poole Pirates 32 (National League Division One)

Wembley Tommy Price 1’ 2’ 2 2 7 2 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 12 Trevor Redmond 2 2’ 1’ 0 5 2 Split Waterman 2’ 1’ 3 0 6 2 Eric French 1’ 2 3 1’ 7 2 Ray Cresp 2 3 2’ 2 9 1 Mike Broadbanks 3 2’ 5 1 Merv Hannam 0 0 0

Poole Ken Middleditch 3 1 1 1 1’ 7 1 Cyril Roger 0 E 3 3 Jimmy Squibb 0 0 0 Terry Small 1 E 0 1 Jack Biggs 3 3 3 3 2 14 Jack Geran 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 Bert Roger 1’ 1 0 2 1 Allan Kidd 2 2 0 4

Ht1 Middleditch, Redmond, Price, Squibb 73.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Crutcher, Waterman, Small, C.Roger 71.8 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Biggs, Cresp, French, Geran 72.2 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Broadbanks, Kidd, B.Roger, Hannam 72.6 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Crutcher, Redmond, C.Roger (ef), Small (ef) 72.4 5 0 19 10 Ht6 Cresp, Price, Middleditch, Geran 74.4 5 1 24 11 Ht7 Biggs, French, Redmond, Squibb 72.0 3 3 27 14 Ht8 Crutcher, Kidd, Geran, Hannam 72.4 3 3 30 17 Ht9 Biggs, Price, Waterman, Small 72.8 3 3 33 20 Ht10 French, Cresp, Middleditch, Kidd 74.2 5 1 38 21 Ht11 Biggs, Price, B,Roger, Redmond 73.4 2 4 40 25 Ht12 Waterman, Broadbanks, Middleditch, Geran 74.0 5 1 45 26 Ht13 C.Roger, Cresp, French, B.Roger 74.6 3 3 48 29 Ht14 Crutcher, Biggs, Middleditch, Waterman 72.8 3 3 51 32

Two Lap Dash rolling start Ht1 Tommy Price bt Bob Roger 37.2 Ht2 Ian Williams bt Trevor Redmond 36.6

Invitation Handicap Race Broadbanks (10), Middleditch (5), Kidd (15), Hannam (20), R.Moore (0) (ef) 75.2

International Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Crutcher, C.Roger, Price, Squibb 55.4 Ht2 R.Moore, Biggs, Cresp (nf), Redmond (nf) 55.6 Ht3 Waterman, Middleditch, Small, Bo.Roger 57.0 Ht4 I.Williams, Frenchm Geranm Be.Roger 56.6 SF1Biggs, Crutcher, R.Moore, C.Roger 55.8 SF2 French, I.Williams, Waterman, Middleditch 57.0 Final Crutcher, Biggs, French, I.Williams 55.8

Monday 6th August 1956 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates 55 Wembley Lions 29 (National League Division One)

Poole Ken Middleditch 3 1’ 3 2’ 9 2 Cyril Roger 3 3 1’ 2 9 1 Jack Biggs 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2 Terry Small 2’ 2’ 2 1’ 7 3 Jimmy Squibb 2 1 1’ 2’ 6 2 Jack Geran 0 2 2 3 7 Bert Roger 2’ 0 2 1 Allan Kidd 3 2 5

Wembley Brian Crutcher 1 3 3 3 3 13 Tommy Price 1 1 0 1 3 Split Waterman 0 2 0 1 3 Ray Cresp 0 0 F 0 Eric French 3 0 1 0 4 Trevor Redmond 1 0 1 3 5 Mike Broadbanks F 0 0 Merv Hannam 1 0 1

Ht1 Middleditch, Biggs, Crutcher, Waterman 71.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 C.Roger, Small, Price, Cresp 72.4 5 1 10 2 Ht3 French, Squibb, Redmond, Geran 72.4 2 4 12 6 Ht4 Kid, B.Roger, Hannam, Broadbanks (f) 72.6 5 1 17 7 Ht5 C.Roger, Biggs, Price, Cresp 71.6 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Crutcher, Geran, Middleditch, Geran 71.0 3 3 25 11 Ht7 Biggs, Waterman, Squibb, French 71.6 4 2 29 13 Ht8 Crutcher, Kidd, C.Roger, Hannam 71.2 3 3 32 16 Ht9 Middleditch, Small, Redmond, Cresp 71.6 5 1 37 17 Ht10 Crutcher, Geran, Squibb, Price 71.6 3 3 40 20 Ht11 Biggs, Middleditch, French, Broadbanks 72.0 5 1 45 21 Ht12 Redmond, Small, Waterman, B.Roger 72.6 2 4 47 25 Ht13 Geran, Squibb, Price, Cresp (f) 73.4 5 1 52 26 Ht14 Crutcher, C.Roger, Small, French 71.4 3 3 55 29

Thursday 9th August 1956 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 46 Birmingham Brummies 38 (National League Division One)

Wembley 1. Tommy Price 1 2 2’ 3 8 1 2. Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 2 11 3. Trevor Redmond 3 0 0 2’ 5 1 4. Split Waterman 2’ 3 2 0 7 1 5. Eric French 3 3 1 3 10 6. Ray Cresp 1 0 0 0 1 7. Mike Broadbanks 2 0 2 8. Merv Hannam 1’ 1 2 1

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

Ht1 Redmond, Hunt, Price, Tailby 72.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Crutcher, Waterman, Mountford, Boothroyd 72.8 5 1 9 3 Ht3 French, Bastable, Cresp, Davies [fx] (rr) 72.0 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Tolley, Broadbanks, Hannam, Duncan 72.4 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Crutcher, Mountford, Boothroyd, Redmond 72.4 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Hunt, Price, Bastable, Cresp 74.0 2 4 21 15 Ht7 French, Mountford, Davies, Redmond 73.2 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Crutcher, Tolley, Hannam, Duncan 73.2 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Waterman, Price, Boothroyd, Mountford 74.2 5 1 33 21 Ht10 Davies, Hunt, French, Cresp 74.6 1 5 34 26 Ht11 Price, Redmond, Davies, Tolley 74.2 5 1 39 27 Ht12 Hunt, Waterman, Bastable, Broadbanks 74.4 2 4 41 31 Ht13 French, Mountford, Boothroyd, Cresp 74.4 3 3 44 34 Ht14 Davies, Crutcher, Hunt, Waterman 73.8 2 4 46 38

Stadium Handicap Race Hunt [Scr], Les McGillivray [15yds start], French [Scr], Cresp [5], Bastable [10] 73.6

Reserves Scratch Race (3 Laps) Tolley, Broadbanks, Hannam, Duncan 56.4

International Scratch Race (3 Laps) Ht1 Davies, Mountford, Boothroyd, Crutcher [ef] 56.2 Ht2 Price, Hunt, Waterman, Tailby 56.4 Ht3 Bastable, McGillivray, Broadbanks, French 56.8 Ht4 Cresp, Redmond, Duncan, Hannam 56.6 SF1 Hunt, Davies, Price, Mountford 55.0 SF2 Cresp, Redmond, McGillivray, Bastable 57.0 Final Davies, Hunt, Redmond, Cresp 56.6

Thursday 16th August 1956 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 54 Belle Vue Aces 30 (National League Division One)

Wembley Tommy Price 0 3 3 3 9 Eric French 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Ray Cresp 3 3 3 1 10 Split Waterman 1 2’ 0 2’ 5 2 Brian Crutcher 3 E 3 3 9 Trevor Redmond E 1 2 2’ 5 1 Mike Broadbanks 3 2 5 Merv Hannam 0 E 0

Belle Vue Dick Fisher 3 3 1 0 7 Peter Craven 0 1 0 1 2 Peter Williams 1’ 1 0 0 2 1 Ron Johnston 1’ 2 1 1 5 1 Bob Duckworth 2 F 1’ 3 6 1 Ken Sharples 2 1 2 5 Alf Webster 1’ 2 3 1

Ht1 Cresp, Fisher, Williams, Price 77.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 French, Rogers, Waterman, Craven 77.6 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Crutcher, Duckworth, Johnston, Redmond (ef) 78.0 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Broadbanks, Sharples, Webster, Hannam 77.4 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Cresp, French, Craven, Rogers (f) 79.2 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Price, Fisher, Redmond, Duckworth (f) 80.2 4 2 22 14 Ht7 Cresp, Williams, Johnston, Crutcher (ef) 80.4 3 3 25 17 Ht8 French, Webster, Duckworth, Hannam (ef) 78.8 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Price, Waterman, Sharples, Craven 78.6 5 1 33 21 Ht10 Crutcher, Redmond, Fisher, Williams 77.6 5 1 38 22 Ht11 Price, Sharples, Cresp, Johnston 78.8 4 2 42 24 Ht12 Duckworth, Broadbanks, Williams, waterman 78.8 2 4 44 28 Ht13 Crutcher, Redmond, Craven, Rogers 75.6 5 1 49 29 Ht14 French, Waterman, Johnston, Fisher 82.2 5 1 54 30

Golden Helmet Match Race Championship Ht1 Brian Crutcher bt Barry Briggs 73.2 Ht2 Barry Briggs bt Brian Crutcher (ef) 76.4 Ht3 Brian Crutcher bt Barry Briggs 75.8

Invitation Handicap Race - Not raced Briggs, Redmond, Cresp, Broadbanks, Croombs

Stadium Scratch Race 3 laps Williams, Webster, Hannam, Cliff Cox 61.4

Wembley Scratch Race 3 laps Broadbanks, Bobby Croombs, Hannam, Cox 61.4

Empire Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Crutcher, Fisher, Johnston, French 58.6 ? Ht2 Redmond, Price, Duckworth, Sharples 60.4 ? Ht3 Waterman, Craven, Rogers, Cresp 61.0 ? Final Crutcher, Redmond, Waterman, Fisher 60.4

Thursday 23rd August 1956 Wembley Stadium, London World Championship Qualifying Round

Les McGillivray 2 2 F 2 2 8 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 3 15 Jack Unstead F 0 2 0 3 5 Gerry Hussey 1 2 3 3 3 12 Alan Hunt 3 3 1 3 2 12 Cyril Maidment 1 1 1 F 0 3 Pete Lansdale 2 1 2 0 1 6 Phil Clarke 0 0 E 2 1 3 George White 0 0 1 1 0 2 Ray Cresp 2 2 F 1 F 5 Nigel Boocock 3 3 3 1 1 11 Peter Williams 1 1 2 1 2 7 Barry East 0 1 1 0 1 3 Gerald Jackson 3 0 3 3 0 9 Ian Williams 1 2 0 2 3 8 Split Waterman 2 3 2 2 2 11 Mike Broadbanks (res) DNR Merv Hannam (res) DNR

Ht1 Crutcher, McGillivray, Hussey, Unstead (f) 74.6 Ht2 Hunt, Lansdale, Maidment, Clarke 80.2 Ht3 Boocock, Cresp, P.Williams, White 78.8 Ht4 Jackson, Waterman, I.Williams, East 79.4 Ht5 Hunt, McGillivray, East, White 80.4 Ht6 Crutcher, Cresp, Maidment, Jackson 77.4 Ht7 Boocock, I.Williams, Lansdale, Unstead 81.0 Ht8 Waterman, Hussey, P.Williams, Clarke 78.8 Ht9 Boocock, Waterman, Maidment, McGillivray (f) 80.6 Ht10 Crutcher, P.Williams, Hunt, I.Williams 79.0 Ht11 Jackson, Unstead, White, Clarke (ef) 81.2 Ht12 Hussey, Lansdale, East, Cresp (f) 81.0 Ht13 Jackson, McGillivray, P.Williams, Lansdale 80.0 Ht14 Crutcher, Clarke, Boocock, East 78.6 Ht15 Hunt, Waterman, Cresp, Unstead 81.6 Ht16 Hussey, I.Williams, White, Maidment (f) 80.2 Ht17 I.Williams, McGillivray, Clarke, Cresp (f) 82.6 Ht18 Crutcher, Waterman, Lansdale, White 81.2 Ht19 Unstead, P.Williams, East, Maidment 84.0 Ht20 Hussey, Hunt, Boocock, Jackson 81.8

Stadium Scratch Race 3 laps [ Hannam, Cliff Cox, Broadbanks, Croombs ?

Two Lap dash Eric French v Trevor Redmond

Wembley Handicap [ French (0), Redmond (0), Broadbanks (5), Croombs (10), Hannam (15) ?

Thursday 30th August 1956 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 41 Norwich Stars 43 (National League Division One)

WEMBLEY Tommy Price 2 2 3 3 10 Brian Crutcher 1 3 3 3 2 12 Split Waterman 1’ 1 2 1 5 1 Trevor Redmond 0 1 3 0 4 Eric French 0 0 0 Ray Cresp 1 1’ 0 2’ 4 2 Mike Broadbanks 2 1 3 6 Bobby Croombs 0 0 0

NORWICH Aub Lawson 0 3 2 1 6 Harry Edwards 3 2 2 0 7 Gerry Hussey 3 1 1’ 2 7 1 Billy Bales 2’ 0 0 1 3 1 Ove Fundin 3 3 2 3 11 Phil Clarke 2’ 0 2 0 4 Reg Trott 3 0 3 Peter Atkins 1 1’ 2 1

1 Hussey, Price, Waterman, Lawson (e/f), 75.4 3 3 2 Edwards, Bales, Crutcher, Redmond (e/f), 75.2 4 8 3 Fundin, Clarke, Cresp, French, 76.8 5 13 4 Trott, Broadbanks, Atkins, Croombs, 80.4 7 17 5 Crutcher, Edwards, Waterman, Bales, 76.2 11 19 6 Lawson, Price, Cresp, Clarke, 78.0 14 22 7 Fundin, Waterman, Hussey, French, 78.6 16 26 8 Crutcher, Clarke, Atkins, Croombs, 77.4 19 29 9 Price, Edwards, Redmond, Bales (e/f), 79.8 23 31 10 Crutcher, Lawson, Hussey, Cresp, 78.4 26 34 11 Price, Fundin, Waterman, Trott, 79.6 30 36 12 Redmond, Hussey, Broadbanks, Clarke (f), 34 38 13 Broadbanks, Cresp, Bales, Edwards, 79.2 39 39 14 Fundin, Crutcher, Lawson, Redmond, 78,0 41 43

Second Half results Invitation Handicap Race – yards behind scratch Broadbanks [10], Fundin [20], Hannam [0], Hussey [15], Trott [5], Not Raced

Stadium Scratch Race – Merv Hannam, Broadbanks, Atkins, Croombs, 80.4

Wembley Scratch Race – 3 lap races 1 Crutcher, Lawson, Cresp, Clarke, 59.6 ? 2 Redmond, Bales, Trott, Edwards, 60.6 ? 3 Hussey, Fundin, Price, (3 only – Waterman [n/s]), 59.0 ? Final Fundin, Crutcher, Hussey, Redmond 58.0

Lancashire 7 Cheshire 5 Ht1 Doc Garth, Gordon O’Neil, ?, Davy Crockett, ?, ? 79.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Garth, Jack Bottomley, Crockett, O’Neil, #, # 81.6 4 2 7 5 ? = Albert Brown, Jack Bottomley, Bruce Blood # = Brown, Blood

Monday 3rd September 1956 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 53 Wembley Lions 31 (National League Division One)

WIMBLEDON 53 Ronnie Moore 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2 Peter Moore 3 3 1’ 3 10 1 Cyril Brine 3 2’ 2’ 1 8 2 Alf Hagon F 1 2 0 3 Barry Briggs 3 3 2 2 10 Ron How 1 3 1’ 1’ 6 2 Cyril Maidment 1 0 1 Bob Andrews 3 2 5

WEMBLEY 31 Eric French 1 0 3 3 7 Tommy Price 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Split Waterman 0 3 0 3 Gerald Jackson 2 1 2 3 1’ 9 1 Brian Crutcher 2 1 2 2 7 Ray Cresp 0 1 1 2 Mike Broadbank 2 0 0 2 Merv Hannam 0 E 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

Thursday 6th September 1956 Wembley Stadium, London London Riders’ Championship

Eric French 2 1 0 3 2 8 Ron How 1 3 2 1 1 8 Gerald Jackson 0 3 2 2 2 9 Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 2 14 Split Waterman 1 3 3 3 3 13 Tommy Price 2 E 3 2 3 10 Merv Hannam 0 1 2 2 0 5 Brian Crutcher 3 2 3 3 3 14 Cyril Maidment 1 2 0 1 2 6 Peter Moore 3 2 1 0 1 7 Barry Briggs 2 2 3 2 1 10 Ray Cresp F 1 1 F 1 3 Bob Andrews 2 0 0 0 0 2 Mike Broadbanks 1 1 F Alf Hagon 3 0 0 0 0 3 Cyril Brine 0 0 1 1 3 5 Bobby Croombs (res) 1 0 1

Ht1 R.Moore, French, How, Jackson 74.2 Ht2Crutcher, Price, Waterman, Hannam 73.2 Ht3 P.Moore, Briggs, Maidment, Cresp (f) 74.6 Ht4 Hagon, Andrews, Broadbanks, Brine 74.8 Ht5 Waterman, Maidment, French, Andrews 76.6 Ht6 How, P.Moore, Croombs, Price (ef) 76.6 Ht7 Jackson, Briggs, Hannam, Hagon 75.2 Ht8 R.Moore, Crutcher, Cresp, Brine 75.0 Ht9 Price, Briggs, Brine, French 75.4 Ht10 Waterman, How, Cresp, Hagon 76.0 Ht11 Crutcher, Jackson, Broadbanks, Maidment 75.0 Ht12 R.Moore, Hannam, P.Moore, Andrews 77.2 Ht13 French, Hannam, Cresp (f), Broadbanks (f) 76.2 Ht14 Crutcher, Briggs, How, Andrews 74.8 Ht15 Waterman, Jackson, Brine, P.Moore 75.6 Ht16 R.Moore, Price, Maidment, Hagon 75.8 Ht17 Crutcher, French, P.Moore, Hagon 74.6 Ht18 Brine, Maidment, How, Hannam 77.6 Ht19 Price, Jackson, Cresp, Andrews 76.4 Ht20 Waterman, R.Moore, Briggs, Croombs 75.2 Run Off Brian Crutcher bt Ronnie Moore 75.4

World Championship Qualifier (For 16th Place and Reserve Places Peter Moore, Jack Biggs, Nigel Boocock (f) 73.2

Saturday 8th September 1956 Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich Stars 52 Wembley Lions 32 (National League Division One)

NORWICH Aub Lawson 2’ 3 1 1 7 1 Harry Edwards 1 2’ 2 1’ 6 2 Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3 12 Billy Bales 0 3 3 2 8 Phil Clarke 1 1 0 2’ 4 1 Gerry Hussey 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Reg Trott 0 0 0 Peter Atkins 3 1’ 4 1

WEMBLEY Tommy Price 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 Eric French 2’ 1 0 1 4 1 Split Waterman 1 2 2 1’ 6 1 Gerald Jackson 3 0 0 0 3 Brian Crutcher 2 2 2 3 9 Ray Cresp 0 1 3 2 6 Mike Broadbanks 2 0 2 Merv Hannam 1’ 0 1 1

1 Fundin, Lawson, Waterman, Price, 75.6 5 1 2 Jackson, French, Edwards, Bales, 76.0 6 6 3 Hussey, Crutcher, Clarke, Cresp, 75.6 10 8 4 Atkins, Broadbanks, Hannam, Trott, 75.8 13 11 5 Fundin, Edwards, French, Jackson, 75.4 18 12 6 Lawson, Hussey, Cresp, Price, 75.6 23 13 7 Fundin, Crutcher, Clarke, French, 75.6 27 15 8 Cresp, Edwards, Atkins, Hannam, 75.6 30 18 9 Bales, Waterman, Lawson, Jackson, 74.4 34 20 10 Hussey, Waterman, Price, Clarke, 75.6 37 23 11 Fundin, Crutcher, Lawson, Broadbanks, 75.6 41 25 12 Bales, Cresp, Waterman, Trott, 75.8 44 28 13 Hussey, Clarke, French, Jackson, 76.0 49 29 14 Crutcher, Bales, Edwards, Price, 75.4 52 32

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

British Match Race Championship Ht1 Brian Crutcher bt Peter Craven 70.0 Ht2 Brian Crutcher bt Peter Craven 71.6

Borough of Wembley Trophy 3 laps Ht1 Waterman, Crutcher, Cresp, Broadbanks (f) 57.0 Ht2 Price, Jackson, Hannam, French (f) 58.0 Final Crutcher, Jackson, Waterman, Price 57.4

Stadium Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Craven, P.Moore, Briggs, Brine 57.2 Ht2 Per Olaf Soederman, R.Moore, How, Hagon 56.2 Final Craven, R.Moore, P.Moore, Soederman (ef) 57.0

Reserves Scratch Race [ Croombs, Andrews, Maidment, Hannam Not Raced

Wembley Scratch race [ Crutcher, Jackson, Craven, R.Moore Not Raced

Thursday 22nd September 1956 Wembley Stadium, London World Championship Final

Per Olaf Soederman 0 3 2 2 3 10 Peter Craven 3 1 2 2 3 11 Ronnie Moore 2 2 2 3 3 12 Ove Fundin 1 3 3 3 3 13 Arthur Forrest 3 1 3 2 2 11 Dick Fisher 0 0 2 1 2 5 Brian Crutcher 1 3 3 F 2 9 Ken McKinlay 2 2 3 3 F 10 Ulf Ericsson 0 0 0 1 1 2 Alan Hunt 3 E 1 1 1 6 Eric Boothroyd 2 3 1 1 0 7 Olle Andersson II 1 1 0 0 0 1 Doug Davies 0 2 0 0 1 3 Barry Briggs 3 2 1 3 1 10 Peter Moore 2 1 1 2 2 8 Gerry Hussey 1 0 0 0 0 1 Jack Biggs (res) Nigel Boocock (res)

Ht1 CravenR.Moore, Fundin, Soederman 72.0 Ht2 Forrest, McKinlay, Crutcher, Fisher 74.2 Ht3 Hunt, Boothroyd, Andersson, Ericsson 75.4 Ht4 Briggs, P.Moore, Hussey, Davies 75.2 Ht5 Soederman, Davies, Forrest, Ericsson 73.8 Ht6 Crutcher, Briggs, Craven, (efp), Hunt (efchain) 75.2 Ht7 Boothroyd, R.Moore, P.Moore, Fisher 74.8 Ht8 Fundin, McKinlay, Andersson, Hussey 75.6 Ht9 Crutcher, Soederman, Boothroyd, Hussey 74.6 Ht10 Forrest, Craven, P.Moore, Andersson 74.8 Ht11 McKinlay, R.Moore, Briggs, Ericsson 74.2 Ht12 Fundin, Fisher, Hunt, Davies 75.8 Ht13 Briggs, Soederman, Fisher, Andersson 74.6 Ht14 McKinlay, Craven, Boothroyd, Davies 74.8 Ht15 R.Moore, Forrest, Hunt, Hussey 75.0 Ht16 Fundin, P.Moore, Ericsson, Crutcher (f) 76.2 Ht17 Soederman, P.Moore, Hunt, McKinlay (f) 75.2 Ht18 Craven, Fisher, Ericsson, Hussey 75.2 Ht19 R.Moore, Crutcher, Davies, Andersson 74.2 Ht20 Fundin, Forrest, Briggs, Boothroyd 75.6 Run Off Arthur Forrest bt Peter Craven 76.0

Wembley 1956 Needs in BOLD

Saturday 31st March 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 45 Wembley Lions 39 (Ch) 02/04/56 WIMBLEDON WEMBLEY y CHALLENGE 61.5-46.5 14th April @ Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich Stars 42 Wembley Lions 42 Division One 28/04/56 BRADFORD ODSAL WEMBLEY NATIONAL LEAGUE 1 32-52 Saturday 5th May 1956 Perry Barr, Birmingham Brummies 33 Wembley Lions 50 (NLD1) Monday 15th May 1956 Poole Poole Pirates 55 Wembley Lions 29 (NLD1) Thursday 17th May 19 56 London Wembley Lions 38 Wimbledon Dons 46 (NLD1) Monday 21st May 1956 London Wimbledon Dons 48 Wembley Lions 36 (NLD1) Thursday 24th May 1956 LondonWembley Lions 50 Birmingham Brummies 33 (D1)SH2nd Times Thursday 31st May 1956 London Wembley Lions 61 Belle Vue Aces 23 (NLD1) 07/06/56 WEMBLEY BRADFORD ODSAL NATIONAL LEAGUE 1 57-27 Saturday 9th June 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 54 Wembley Lions 30 (NLD1) 14/06/56 WEMBLEY POOLE NATIONAL LEAGUE 1 45-39 SH2nd Times Monday 18th June 1956 Poole Poole Pirates 61 Wembley Lions 47 (Ch) 21st June @ Empire Stadium, Wembley –Wembley Lions 48 Norwich Stars 35 NLD1 Saturday 23rd June 1956 Perry Barr Birmingham Brummies 50 Wembley Lions 32 (NLD1) Monday 25th June 1956 London Wimbledon Dons 49 Wembley Lions 35 (NLD1) 28/06/56 WEMBLEY ENGLAND V SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL 49-59 05/07/56 WEMBLEY BRADFORD ODSAL NATIONAL LEAGUE 1 63-20 07/07/56 BRADFORD ODSAL WEMBLEY NATIONAL LEAGUE 1 35-49 Thursday 12th July 19 56 London Wembley Lions 44 Wimbledon Dons 44 (NLD1) Thursday 19th July 1956 London Wembley Lions v Birmingham Brummies (NT) Rain Saturday 21st July 1956 Perry Barr,Birmingham Brummies 61 Wembley Lions 47 (NT) Thursday 26th July 1956 London Wembley Lions 60 Birmingham Brummies 47 (NT) SH2ndTimes Saturday 28th July 1956 Manchester Belle Vue Aces 37 Wembley Lions 47 (NLD1) Thursday 2nd August 1956 LondonWembley Lions 51 Poole Pirates 32 (NLD1) Monday 6th August 1956 Poole Poole Pirates 55 Wembley Lions 29 (NLD1) Thursday 9th August 1956 London Wembley Lions 46 Birmingham Brummies 38 (NLD1) Thursday 16th August 1956 London Wembley Lions 54 Belle Vue Aces 30 (NLD1) SH2ndMenTimes 23/08/56 WEMBLEY W.C.Q.R INDIVIDUAL CRUTCHER 30th August @ Empire Stadium, Wembley Lions 41 Norwich Stars 43 (NLD1) SH2ndMenTimes Monday 3rd September 1956 London Wimbledon Dons 53 Wembley Lions 31 (NLD1) 06/09/56 WEMBLEY LONDON RIDERS CHAMP CRUTCHER 8th September @ Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich Stars 52 Wembley Lions 32 (NLD1) 13/09/56 WEMBLEY WIMBLEDON NATIONAL LEAGUE 1 44-40 22/09/56 WEMBLEY WORLD FINAL INDIVIDUAL FUNDIN