Leicester 1953

Thanks to Tim Grant

Completed 28.1.2016

Friday 27th March 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 36 Coventry Bees 48 (East Midlands Challenge Bowl)

Leicester Joe Bowkis 1’ 1 2 3 7 1 Len Williams 2 3 1’ 3 9 1 Jack Mountford X 2 0 1 3 Harwood Pike 3 2 0 0 5 Dennis Parker 2 2 3 2 9 Fred Perkins 0 0 0 Charlie Barsby 0 0 0 0 Alf Parker 1 2’ 0 3 1

Coventry Vic Emms E 1 2’ 3 1 Charlie New 3 3 3 2 11 Johnny Reason 1’ 2 3 2 8 1 Stan Williams 2 0 1’ 1 4 1 Les Hewitt 3 3 3 0 9 Derrick Tailby 1 1 E 1’ 3 1 Reg Duval 3 1 3 7 Jack Wright 2’ 1 3 1

Ht1 New, L.Williams, Bowkis, Emms (ef) 68.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Pike, S.Williams, Reason, Mountford (exc) 70.6 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Hewitt, D.Parker, Tailby, Perkins 69.6 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Duval, Pike, Emms, Barsby 70.4 2 4 10 14 Ht5 L.Williams, Reason, Bowkis, S.Williams 68.0 4 2 14 16 Ht6 Hewitt, Mountford, Tailby, Pike 70.6 2 4 16 20 Ht7 New, D.Parker, Duval, Perkins 69.6 2 4 18 24 Ht8 Reason, Wright, A.Parker, Mountford 69.4 1 5 19 29 Ht9 Hewitt, Bowkis, L.Williams, Tailby (ef) 69.4 3 3 22 32 Ht10 New, Emms, Mountford, Pike 69.2 1 5 23 37 Ht11 D.Parker, Reason, S,Williams, Barsby 70.2 3 3 26 40 Ht12 Bowkis, A.Parker, Wright, Hewitt 70.0 5 1 31 41 Ht13 Duval, D.Parker, S.Williams, Barsby 70.6 2 4 33 45 Ht14 L.Williams, New, Tailby, A.Parker 69.6 3 3 36 48

Sandiacre Scratch Race Perkins, A.Parker, Wright, Holland 71.4

Junior Scratch Race Barry East, Gordon Stevens, Dennis Fletcher, Douglas Jackson 72.2

New Season Trophy Ht1 Perkins, Barsby, Emms, Mountford 72.0 Ht2 New, Pike, Hewitt, Bowkis (f) 70.2 Ht3 L.Williams, Duval, Browning, S.Williams 70.6 Ht4 D.Parker, Tailby, Holland, Reason 70.4 Final L.Williams, New, D.Parker, Perkins 71.2

Saturday 28th March 1953 Brandon Stadium, Coventry Coventry Bees 39 Leicester Hunters 46 (East Midlands Challenge Bowl)

Coventry Vic Emms 1 1 0 1’ 3 1 Charlie New 3 0 3 2 8 Johnny Reason 3 1 2 0 6 Stan Williams 0 3 0 3 Les Hewitt 3 2 3 3 11 Derrick Tailby 1 0 1 0 2 Reg Duval 2 1 2 5 Jack Wright 0 0 0

Leicester Joe Bowkis 0 0 1 2’ 3 1 Len Williams 2 3 3 3 11 Jack Mountford 2 3 3 0 8 Alf Parker 1’ 2’ 2 1’ 6 3 Dennis Parker 0 2’ 1’ 0 3 2 Fred Perkins 2 3 2 1 8 Charlie Barsby 1 2 3 Roy Browning 1 3 4

Ht1 New, L.Williams, Emms, Bowkis 70.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Reason, Mountford, A.Parker, S.Williams 71.0 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Hewitt, Perkins, Tailby, D.Parker 70.2 4 2 11 7 Ht4 S.Williams, Duval, Barsby, Bowkis 72.8 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Mountford, A.Parker, Emms, New 72.0 1 5 17 13 Ht6 Perkins, D.Parker, Reason, S.Williams 72.4 1 5 18 18 Ht7 L.Williams, Hewitt, Bowkis, Tailby 71.6 2 4 20 22 Ht8 Mountford, Reason, Browning, Wright 72.0 2 4 22 26 Ht9 New, Perkins, D.Parker. Emms 72.6 3 3 25 29 Ht10 L.Williams, Bowkis, Duval, Reason 71.2 1 5 26 34 Ht11 Hewitt, A.Parker, Tailby, Mountford 71.8 4 2 30 36 Ht12 Browning, Duval, Emms, D.Parker 73.8 3 3 33 39 Ht13 Hewitt, Barsby, A.Parker, Wright 73.2 3 3 36 42 Ht14 L.Williams, New, Perkins, Tailby 70.8 2 4 38 46

Friday 3rd April 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 42 Poole Pirates 41 (National League Division Two)

Leicester Joe Bowkis 0 3 2 2’ 7 1 Len Williams 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Jack Mountford 2 1’ 2 1 6 1 Alf Parker 0 1’ 2 0 3 Dennis Parker 1 3 3 3 10 Fred Perkins 0 0 0 Charlie Barsby 2’ 2 1’ 0 5 2 Roy Browning 0 0 0

Poole Tony Lewis 2 3 1’ 3 9 1 Ken Middleditch 1’ 2 2’ 2 7 2 Jimmy Squibb 1 0 3 1 5 Terry Small 3 1 0 2 6 Brian Crutcher 2’ 0 1 3 6 1 Bill Holden 3 3 0 1’ 7 1 Johnny Thomson 0 1’ 1 1 Allan Kidd 0 0 0

Ht1 Williams, Lewis, Middleditch, Bowkis 68.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Small, Mountford, Squibb, A.Parker 69.2 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Holden, Crutcher, D.Parker, Perkins 68.2 1 5 6 12 Ht4 Lewis, Barsby, A.Parker, Thomson 69.6 3 3 9 15 Ht5 Bowkis, Williams, Small, Squibb 69.8 5 1 14 16 Ht6 Holden, A.Parker, Mountford, Crutcher 70.0 3 3 17 19 Ht7 D.Parker, Middleditch, Lewis, Perkins 70.6 3 3 20 22 Ht8 Squibb, Mountford, Browning (nf), Kidd (nf) 71.0 2 3 22 25 Ht9 Williams, Bowkis, Crutcher, Holden 70.2 5 1 27 26 Ht10 Lewis, Middleditch, Mountford, A.Parker 70.6 1 5 28 31 Ht11 D.Parker, Barsby, Squibb, Small 70.0 5 1 33 32 Ht12 Crutcher, Bowkis, Barsby, Kidd 70.6 3 3 36 35 Ht13 D.Parker, Small, Thomson, Browning 70.6 3 3 39 38 Ht14 Williams, Middleditch, Holden, Barsby 69.0 3 3 42 41

Junior Scratch Race Barry East, Gordon Stevens, Dennis Fletcher (nf), Douglas Jackson (nf) 72.0

Thurmaston Scratch Race Barsby, Browning, Laurie Holland, Kidd 71.0

Hinkley Scratch Race Thomson, Perkins, Holland, Browning 72.0

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Holden, Small, D.Parker, Perkins 70.2 70.4 Ht2 Middleditch, Lewis, Mountford, Bowkis 70.6 71.0 Ht3 Williams, A.Parker, Squibb, Crutcher (frmtd) 71.2 ? Final Williams, Middleditch, Small, Holden 70.0

Monday 6th April 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 43 Lanarkshire Eagles 41 (National League Division Two)

Leicester Joe Bowkis 0 0 0 0 Len Williams 2 3 2 3 10 Jack Mountford 3 2 3 0 8 Alf Parker 1 1’ 0 3 5 1 Dennis Parker 2 2 3 2’ 9 1 Fred Perkins 0 0 1 0 1 Charlie Barsby 2 3 3 8 Roy Browning 2’ 0 2 1

Motherwell Gordon McGregor 3 3 3 2 11 Noel Watson 1 1 1’ 1’ 4 2 Ron Phillips 2 1’ 1 2 6 1 Johnny Green 2 0 F 2 Bluey Scott 1 1 1 1’ 4 1 Derek Close 3 3 3 2 11 Scott Hall 0 0 1 1 Jimmy Tannock 0 2 2

Ht1 McGregor, Williams, Watson, Bowkis 69.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Mountford, Phillips, A.Parker, Hall 71.2 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Close, D.Parker, Scott, Perkins 70.4 2 4 8 10 Ht4 McGregor, Barsby, A.Parker, Hall 73.0 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Williams, Green, Phillips, Bowkis 74.4 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Close, Mountford, Scott, A.Parker 72.6 2 4 16 20 Ht7 McGregor, D.Parker, Watson, Perkins 74.6 2 4 18 24 Ht8 Mountford, Browning, Phillips, Tannock 74.2 5 1 23 25 Ht9 Close, Williams, Scott, Bowkis 73.4 2 4 25 29 Ht10 A.Parker, McGregor, Watson, Mountford 73.2 3 3 28 32 Ht11 D.Parker, Phillips, Perkins, Green 74.2 4 2 32 34 Ht12 Barsby, Tannock, Scott, Browning 74.8 3 3 35 37 Ht13 Barsby, D.Parker, Hall, Green (f) 77.5 5 1 40 38 Ht14 Williams, Close, Watson, Perkins 72.0 3 3 43 41

Junior Scratch Race [ East, Fletcher, Stevens, Ivor Brown Not Raced

Blaby Scratch Race A.Parker, Tannock, Holland, Browning (f) 75.4

Loughborough Scratch Race Holland, Hall, Browning (f), Barsby (f) 74.6

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 McGregor, Mountford, Barsby, Green (ef) 77.0 78.0 Ht2 Phillips, Scott (ef), Williams (exc), Perkins (ef) 78.4 N/A Ht3 A.Parker, Holland, Watson, Close (f) 74.6 75.0 Final McGregor, A.Parker, Phillips, Holland 74.6

Friday 10th April 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 53 Yarmouth Bloaters 31 (National League Division Two)

Leicester Roy Browning 0 0 0 2’ 2 1 Len Williams 3 3 3 0 9 Charlie Barsby 3 2 3 1’ 9 1 Jack Mountford 1 1’ 1’ 2 5 2 Alf Parker 2’ 2’ 1 3 8 2 Dennis Parker 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Perkins 2 3 5 Laurie Holland 1 2’ 3 1

Yarmouth Fred Brand 2 3 1 3 9 Reg Morgan 1’ 0 0 1’ 2 2 Johnny Chamberlain 2 1’ 2 2 7 1 Terry Courtnell F 2 0 1 3 Bob Baker 0 0 1’ 1 2 1 Reg Reeves 1 3 2 2 8 Vic Ridgeon 0 0 0 George McPherson 0 F 0

Ht1 Williams, Brand, Morgan, Browning 67.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Barsby, Chamberlain, Mountford, Courtnell (f) 70.8 4 2 7 5 Ht3 D.Parker, A.Parker, Reeves, Baker 68.8 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Brand, Perkins, Mountford, Ridgeon 70.6 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Williams, Courtnell, Chamberlain, Browning 70.6 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Reeves, Barsby, Mountford, Baker 70.8 3 3 21 15 Ht7 D.Parker, A.Parker, Brand, Morgan 69.0 5 1 26 16 Ht8 Barsby, Chamberlain, Holland, McPherson 71.2 4 2 30 18 Ht9 Williams, Reeves, Baker, Browning 70.4 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Brand, Mountford, Barsby, Morgan 71.2 3 3 36 24 Ht11 D.Parker, Chamberlain, A.Parker, Courtnell 70.0 4 2 40 26 Ht12 Perkins, Browning, Baker, McPherson (f) 71.4 5 1 45 27 Ht13 A.Parker, Holland, Courtnell, Ridgeon 72.6 5 1 50 28 Ht14 D.Parker, Reeves, Morgan, Williams 70.4 3 3 53 31

Junior League Trial Stevens, Hill I.Brown (ef) Day (ef) 74.2

Tilton Scratch Race Perkins, Browning, Ridgeon, Holland (ef) 71.0

Houghton Scratch Race Perkins, Morgan, Browning, McPherson 71.4

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Brand, Perkins, Courtnell, A.Parker 71.6 72.4 Ht2 D.Parker, Chamberlain, Reeves, Mountford 70.2 70.4 Ht3 Williams, Barsby, Baler, Holland (ef) 70.4 71.8 Final D.Parker, Williams, Brand, Chamberlain (ef) 70.6

Friday 17th April 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 44 Glasgow Tigers 40 (National League Division Two)

Leicester Charlie Barsby 0 1 0 2 3 Len Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Perkins 3 2 3 3 11 Jack Mountford 2’ 3 0 X 5 1 Dennis Parker 0 E 3 3 6 Alf Parker 2 1 1 0 4 Roy Browning 1 0 1 Laurie Holland 2’ 0 2 1

Glasgow Larry Lazarus 1’ 0 2’ 1’ 4 3 Tommy Miller 2 3 2 2 9 Junior Bainbridge 0 0 0 0 0 Alf McIntosh 1 2 2 2 7 Ken McKinlay 3 3 2 1 9 Peter Dykes 1 1 1’ 1’ 4 2 Don Wilkinson 2 3 1’ 6 1 Bob Sharp 1 1

Ht 1 Williams, Miller, Lazarus, Barsby 67.6 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Perkins, Mountford, McIntosh, Bainbridge 68.0 5 1 8 4 Ht 3 McKinlay, A. Parker, Dykes, D. Parker 69.8 2 4 10 8 Ht 4 Mountford, Wilkinson, Browning, Lazarus 69.6 4 2 14 10 Ht 5 Williams, McIntosh, Barsby, Bainbridge 69.6 4 2 18 12 Ht 6 McKinlay, Perkins, Dykes, Mountford 70.6 2 4 20 16 Ht 7 Miller, Lazarus, A. Parker, D. Parker (ef) 71.0 1 5 21 21 Ht 8 Perkins, Holland, Sharp, Bainbridge 69.8 5 1 26 22 Ht 9 Williams, McKinlay, Dykes, Barsby 69.6 3 3 29 25 Ht 10 Perkins, Miller, Lazarus, Mountford (exc) 69.8 3 3 32 28 Ht 11 D. Parker, McIntosh, A. Parker, Bainbridge 70.2 4 2 36 30 Ht 12 Wilkinson, Barsby, McKinlay, Browning 70.4 2 4 38 34 Ht 13 D. Parker, McIntosh, Wilkinson, Holland 70.4 3 3 41 37 Ht 14 Williams, Miller, Dykes, A. Parker 70.0 3 3 44 40

Junior League Trial East, Fletcher (exc), Brown (f), Stevens (f) Race not re-run

Barwell Scratch Race Wilkinson, Browning, Sharp, Holland 70.6

Ibstock Scratch Race Browning, East, Sharp, Holland (ns) 71.2

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Miller, Mountford, Barsby, Dykes 71.2 71.4 Ht2 Williams, McIntosh, A.Parker, Bainbridge 69.6 69.8 Ht3 Perkins, D.Parker, Lazarus, McKinlay 70.6 71.0 Final Miller, Perkins, Williams, McIntosh 70.0

Saturday 18th April 1953 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke Midland Junior League Stoke 12 Leicester 5 Stoke Albert Mitchell 3 3 6 Dennis Bennett 2’ 3 5 1 Roy Sutton 0 1 1 Leicester Barry East F 0 0 Dennis Fletcher F 1’ 1 1 Ivor Brown 2 2 4 Ht1 Mitchell, Bennett, East (f), Fletcher (f) 75.2 5 0 5 0 Ht2 Bennett, Brown, Fletcher, Sutton 76.0 3 3 8 3 Ht3 Mitchell, Brown, Sutton, East 76.6 4 2 12 5

Monday 20th April 1953 Stanley Stadium, Liverpool Liverpool Chads 44 Leicester Hunters 40 (National League Division Two)

Liverpool Peter Robinson 1 2 3 3 9 Cyril Cooper 0 0 Bill Griffiths 2 3 3 0 8 Tommy Anderson 0 0 2 2 Fred Wills 2’ 1 F 2’ 5 2 Harry Welch 0 2 3 3 8 Gil Blake 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 3 Stan Bradbury 0 1 3 1 5

Leicester Charlie Barsby 2’ 3 0 1 6 1 Len Williams 3 3 3 2 11 Fred Perkins 3 3 2 2 10 Jack Mountford 1 1 1’ 0 3 1 Dennis Parker 3 X F 1 4 Alf Parker 1 1 1 0 3 Laurie Holland 2’ 1 3 1 Roy Browning 0 0 0

Ht1 Williams, Barsby, Robinson, Cooper 82.2 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Perkins, Griffiths, Mountford, Anderson 82.0 2 4 3 9 Ht3 D.Parker, Wills, A.Parker, Welch 82.2 2 4 5 13 Ht4 Barsby, Holland, Blake, Anderson 84.0 1 5 6 18 Ht5 Perkins, Robinson, Mountford, Bradbury 83.0 2 4 8 22 Ht6 Griffiths, Blake, A.Parker, D.Parker (exc) 83.0 5 1 13 23 Ht7 Williams, Welch, Wills, Barsby 81.8 3 3 16 26 Ht8 Griffiths, Perkins, Bradbury, Browning 82.2 4 2 20 28 Ht9 Robinson, Blake, A.Parker, D.Parker (f) 81.4 5 1 25 29 Ht10 Williams, Anderson, Barsby, Griffiths 81.2 2 4 27 33 Ht11 Welch, Perkins, Mountford, Wills (f) 81.8 3 3 30 36 Ht12 Robinson, Blake, D.Parker, Browning 81.2 5 1 35 37 Ht13 Bradbury, Wills, Holland, Mountford 83.0 5 1 40 38 Ht14 Welch, Williams, Bradbury, A.Parker 81.6 4 2 44 40

Wednesday 22nd April 1953 White City Stadium, Glasgow Glasgow Tigers 42 Leicester Hunters 42 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow Larry Lazarus F 2’ 1 3 6 1 Tommy Miller 2 3 3 1’ 9 1 Alf McIntosh 0 0 3 0 3 Junior Bainbridge 2 2 3 2 9 Ken McKinlay 1 1 0 2 4 Peter Dykes 0 0 1 2 3 Don Wilkinson 1’ 2’ 3 2 Bob Sharp 2’ 3 5 1

Leicester Charlie Barsby 1 3 2’ 1 7 1 Len Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Perkins 1’ 1 0 2 4 1 Jack Mountford 3 0 3 1 7 Dennis Parker 3 1’ 2 1 7 1 Alf Parker 2’ 2 0 0 4 1 Laurie Holland 0 0 0 Roy Browning 1 0 1

Ht 1 Williams, Miller, Barsby, Lazarus (f) 77.2 2 4 2 4 Ht 2 Mountford, Bainbridge, Perkins, McIntosh 80.4 2 4 4 8 Ht 3 D.Parker, A.Parker, McKinlay, Dykes 69.2 1 5 5 13 Ht 4 Barsby, Bainbridge, Wilkinson, Holland 80.0 3 3 8 16 Ht 5 Miller, Lazarus, Perkins, Mountford 80.0 5 1 13 17 Ht 6 Bainbridge, A.Parker, D.Parker, McIntosh 80.6 3 3 16 20 Ht 7 Williams, Barsby, McKinlay, Dykes 78.8 1 5 17 25 Ht 8 McIntosh, Sharp, Browning, Perkins 80.0 5 1 22 26 Ht 9 Miller, D.Parker, Lazarus, A.Parker 79.0 4 2 26 28 Ht 10 Williams, Bainbridge, Barsby, McIntosh 79.8 2 4 28 32 Ht 11 Mountford, Perkins, Dykes, McKinlay 81.2 1 5 29 37 Ht 12 Lazarus, Wilkinson, D.Parker, Browning 81.0 5 1 34 38 Ht 13 Sharp, McKinlay, Mountford, Holland 80.8 5 1 39 39 Ht 14 Williams, Dykes, Miller, A.Parker 79.6 3 3 42 42 Note heats 2 - 7 started on green light.

Friday 24th April 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 48 Liverpool Chads 36 (National League Division Two)

Leicester Charlie Barsby 0 E 1 0 1 Len Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Perkins 3 3 3 3 12 Jack Mountford 0 2 2’ 1 5 1 Dennis Parker 3 3 1 3 10 Alf Parker 2’ 1 0 2’ 5 2 Laurie Holland 0 1 1 Roy Browning 1 1 2

Liverpool Peter Robinson 2 3 2 2 9 Cyril Cooper 1’ 0 0 1 2 1 Bill Griffiths 2 1’ 2 2’ 7 2 Tommy Anderson 1’ 2 3 2 8 1 Fred Wills 0 1 0 3 4 Harry Welch 1 0 2 0 3 Gil Blake 1 0 1 Stan Bradbury 0 2’ 2 1

Ht1 Williams, Robinson, Cooper, Barsby 68.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Perkins, Griffiths, Anderson, Mountford 71.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 D.Parker, A.Parker, Welch, Wills 70.6 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Robinson, Mountford, Blake, Holland 70.4 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Williams, Anderson, Griffiths, Barsby (ef) 70.0 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Perkins, Mountford, Wills, Welch 71.4 5 1 21 15 Ht7 D.Parker, Robinson, A.Parker, Cooper 69.8 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Perkins, Griffiths, Browning, Bradbury 71.2 4 2 29 19 Ht9 Williams, Welch, Barsby, Wills 71.0 4 2 33 21 Ht10 Perkins, Robinson, Mountford, Cooper 71.0 4 2 37 23 Ht11 Anderson, Griffiths, D.Parker, A.Parker 71.2 1 5 38 28 Ht12 Wills, Bradbury, Holland, Barsby 73.2 1 5 39 33 Ht13 D.Parker, Anderson, Browning, Blake 71.2 4 2 43 35 Ht14 Williams, A.Parker, Cooper, Welch 72.0 5 1 48 36

Leicester 7 Wolverhampton 10 Midland Junior League Leicester Barry East E 0 0 Douglas Jackson 2 0 2 Gordon Stevens 2 3 5 Wolverhampton Sid George 0 2 2 Mike Rodgers 3 3 6 Johnny Glassbrenner 1 1’ 2 1 Ht1 Rodgers, Jackson, East (ef), George (nf) 75.0 2 3 2 3 Ht2 Rodgers, Stevens, Glassbrenner, Jackson 75.2 2 4 4 7 Ht3 Stevens, George, Glassbrenner, East 75.0 3 3 7 10

Milton Scratch Race Browning, Blake, Last, Holland 74.0

Kirkby Mallory Scratch Race Browning, Blake, Bradbury, Holland (f) 73.0

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Perkins, Cooper, Mountford, Welch 71.2 72.6 Ht2 Griffiths, Barsby, D.Parker, Robinson 72.6 72.8 Ht3 Williams, Wills, Anderson, A.Parker (f) 71.6 73.0 Final Perkins, Cooper, Williams, Griffiths 71.4

Saturday 25th April 1953 Perry Barr, Birmingham Midland Junior League – Birmingham 11 - Leicester 7 Birmingham 1. Jack Gorman 3 3 6 2. Bill Albertson 1 2’ 3 1 3. Don Briars 1’ 1 2 1

Albert Mitchell 2 2 4 Dennis Bennett 0 3 3 Stan Hawkins 0 0 0

Ht1 Gorman, Mitchell, Albertson, Bennett 77.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Bennett, Albertson, Briars, Hawkins 77.0 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Gorman, Mitchell, Briars, Hawkins 77.4 4 2 11 7

Friday 1st May 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 32 Coventry Bees 52 (National League Division Two)

Leicester Charlie Barsby 0 0 0 1 1 Len Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Perkins E 2 0 2 4 Jack Mountford 1 1 0 2 Dennis Parker 3 3 X 0 6 Alf Parker 2’ 0 1 0 3 1 Harwood Pike 0 0 0 0 Roy Browning 2 2 4

Coventry Vic Emms 1’ 3 1’ 1 6 2 Charlie New 2 2 3 1’ 8 1 Johnny Reason 3 2 3 3 11 Peter Brough 2’ 1’ 2’ 3 8 3 Les Hewitt 0 1 2 3 6 Reg Duval 1 3 1’ 2 7 1 Jack Wright 2’ 1 3 1 Stan Williams 1 2’ 3 1

Ht1 L.Williams, New, Emms, Barsby 68.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Reason, Brough, Mountford, Perkins (ef) 68.4 1 5 4 8 Ht3 D.Parker, A.Parker, Duval, Hewitt 68.8 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Emms, Wright, Mountford, Pike 70.0 1 5 10 14 Ht5 L.Williams, Reason, Brough, Barsby 68.4 3 3 13 17 Ht6 Duval, Perkins, Hewitt, Mountford 70.6 2 4 15 21 Ht7 D.Parker, New, Emms, A.Parker 69.2 3 3 18 24 Ht8 Reason, Browning, S.Williams, Perkins 69.4 2 4 20 28 Ht9 L.Williams, Hewitt, Duval, Barsby 68.8 3 3 23 31 Ht10 New, Perkins, Emms, Pike 70.0 2 4 25 35 Ht11 Reason, Brough, A.Parker, D.Parker (exc) 71.0 1 5 26 40 Ht12 Hewitt, S.Williams, Barsby, Pike 70.4 1 5 27 45 Ht13 Brough, Browning, Wright, D.Parker 70.4 2 4 29 49 Ht14 L.Williams, Duval, New, A.Parker 69.6 3 3 32 52

Leicester 7 Coventry 11 Midland Junior League Leicester Barry East 1 3 4 Douglas Jackson 0 0 0 Gordon Stevens 3 0 3 Coventry Jim Lightfoot 3 2 5 Gerald Dunn 2’ 2 4 1 Peter Reason 1’ 1’ 2 2 Ht1 Lightfoot, Dunn, East, Jackson 72.6 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Stevens, Dunn, Reason, Jackson 74.2 3 3 4 8 Ht3 East, Lightfoot, Reason, Stevens 71.8 3 3 7 11

Stoke Golding Scratch Race Browning, Wright, A.Parker, S.Williams 70.8

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Emms, Hewitt, Barsby, Mountford 71.0 71.2 Ht2 Duval, New, Pike, D.Parker 71.0 74.0 Ht3 J.Reason, L.Williams, Perkins, Brough 69.8 70.0 Final L.Williams, New, Emms, J.Reason 70.2

Saturday 2nd May 1953 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh Edinburgh Monarchs 46 Leicester Hunters 38 (National League Division Two)

Edinburgh Dick Campbell 1’ 2’ E 3 6 2 Bob Mark 2 3 1 3 9 Don Cuppleditch 1 3 3 3 10 Eddie Lack 3 2 2’ 2’ 9 2 Jimmy Cox 0 0 0 0 0 Harold Fairhurst 3 2 3 2’ 10 1 Jeff Crawford 0 1 1 Wilf Jay 0 1 1

Leicester Charlie Barsby 0 3 1 0 4 Len Williams 3 3 1 0 7 Fred Perkins 0 0 2 1’ 3 1 Jack Mountford 2 1 2 3 8 Dennis Parker DNR Alf Parker 2 1 3 1 7 Harwood Pike 1’ 0 2’ 0 3 2 Roy Browning 1 1 2 2 6

Ht1 Williams, Mark, Campbell, Barsby 68.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Lack, Mountford, Cuppleditch, Perkins 69.0 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Fairhurst, Parker, Pike, Cox 67.8 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Barsby, Lack, Browning, Crawford (F) 69.0 2 4 12 12 Ht5 Mark, Campbell, Mountford, Perkins 68.4 5 1 17 13 Ht6 Cuppleditch, Lack, Parker, Pike 69.0 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Williams, Fairhurst, Barsby, Cox 67.2 2 4 24 18 Ht8 Cuppleditch, Perkins, Browning, Jay 68.6 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Parker, Pike, Mark, Campbell (EF) 70.6 1 5 28 26 Ht10 Cuppleditch, Lack, Williams, Barsby 68.0 5 1 33 27 Ht11 Fairhurst, Mountford, Perkins, Cox 69.2 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Campbell, Browning, Crawford, Pike 70.0 4 2 40 32 Ht13 Mountford, Browning, Jay, Cox 70.0 1 5 41 37 Ht14 Mark, Fairhurst, Parker, Williams 69.8 5 1 46 38

Monday 4th May 1953 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 50 Leicester Hunters 33 (National League Division Two)

Motherwell Noel Watson 0 3 3 E 6 Gordon McGregor 2 2’ E 3 7 1 Johnny Green 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 9 3 Ron Phillips 3 3 3 3 12 Bluey Scott 3 0 2’ 1’ 6 2 Derek Close E 3 3 E 6 Scott Hall F 0 Bill Dalton 0 2 2 4

Leicester Charlie Barsby 1 2 1’ 1 5 1 Len Williams 3 2 0 2 7 Fred Perkins 1 1 1’ 0 3 1 Jack Mountford 0 0 1 1 Dennis Parker 1’ 1 1 Alf Parker 2 0 2 1’ 5 1 Harwood Pike X 1’ 1 0 2 1 Roy Browning 1 2 3 3 9

Ht1 Williams, McGregor, Barsby, Watson 75.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Phillips, Green, Perkins, Mountford 76.6 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Scott, A.Parker, D.Parker, Close (ef) 76.4 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Phillips, Barsby, Hall (f), Pike (exc) 77.6 3 2 13 10 Ht5 Watson, McGregor, Perkins, Mountford 75.4 5 1 18 11 Ht6 Phillips, Green, Browning, A.Parker 77.0 5 1 23 12 Ht7 Close, Williams, Barsby, Scott 76.0 3 3 26 15 Ht8 Green, Browning, Perkins, Dalton 76.2 3 3 29 18 Ht9 Watson, A.Parker, Pike, McGregor (ef) 76.2 3 3 32 21 Ht10 Phillips, Green, Barsby, Williams (flat tyre) 77.6 5 1 37 22 Ht11 Close, Scott, Mountford, Perkins 76.6 5 1 42 23 Ht12 Browning, Dalton, Pike, Watson (ef) 78.2 2 4 44 27 Ht13 Browning, Dalton, Scott, Pike 77.8 3 3 47 30 Ht14 McGregor, Williams, A.Parker, Close (ef) 76.6 3 3 50 33

Friday 8th May 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 43 New Zealand 8 41 (Challenge)

Leicester Charlie Barsby 1 1 1 1 4 Len Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Perkins 0 3 1 1 5 Jack Mountford 2 2 2’ 0 6 1 Dennis Parker 1’ 1 1 Alf Parker 2 0 0 1 3 Harwood Pike 1’ 3 4 1 Roy Browning 1 2 2 5

New Zealand Geoff Mardon 2 3 3 3 11 Ronnie Moore F 2’ 2’ 2 6 2 Dick Campbell 3 2 3 3 11 Peter Clark 1 0 1 2 4 Brian McKeown 0 2 2 2 6 Bob McFarlane 3 F 3 Mick Holland 0 1 0 1 Kevin Hayden 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Williams, Mardon, Barsby, Moore (f) 69.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Campbell, Mountford, Clark, Perkins 71.0 2 4 6 6 Ht3 McFarlane, A.Parker. D.Parker, McKeown 70.6 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Mardon, Mountford, Pike, Holland 70.4 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Williams, Campbell, Barsby, Clark 70.4 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Perkins, Mountford, Holland, McFarlane (f) 71.2 5 1 21 15 Ht7 Mardon, Moore, Browning, A.Parker 71.6 1 5 22 20 Ht8 Campbell, Browning, Perkins, Hayden 71.2 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Williams, McKeown, Barsby, Holland 71.2 4 2 29 25 Ht10 Mardon, Moore, Perkins, Mountford 72.0 1 5 30 30 Ht11 Campbell, Browning, Clark, A.Parker 71.8 2 4 32 34 Ht12 Pike, McKeown, Barsby, Hayden 72.8 4 2 36 36 Ht13 Browning, Clark, Holland, Pike 71.0 3 3 39 39 Ht14 Williams, Moore, Parker, Hayden 69.6 4 1 43 41

Leicester 9 Birmingham 9 Midland Junior League Leicester Papworth 1 2 3 Gordon Stevens 3 2 5 Ivor Brown 1 F 1 Birmingham Jack Gorman 2 3 5 Day 0 3 3 Don Briers 0 1 1 Ht1 Stevens, Gorman, Papworth, Day 74.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Day, Stevens, Brown, Briars 75.0 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Gorman, Papworth, Briars, Brown (f) 75.2 2 4 9 9

Gilmorton Scratch Race Browning, Pike, Hayden, Holland (ef) 72.0

The Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Browning, Clark, Perkins, Campbell 72.2 72.6 Ht2 Williams, McKeown, A.Parker, Pike 71.6 72.6 Ht3 Moore, Mardon, Barsby, Mountford 70.2 70.4 Final Mardon, Williams, Browning, Moore 70.4

Thursday 14th May 1953 Penarth Road Stadium, Cardiff Cardiff Dragons v Leicester Hunters (National Trophy) Rained Off

Friday 15th May 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 70 Cardiff Dragons 38 (National Trophy)

Leicester Charlie Barsby 1 3 F 2 3 8 Len Williams 3 3 3 3 X 3 15 Fred Perkins 2 2’ 3 3 2 12 1 Lionel Watling 0 3 1 0 0 4 1 Dennis Parker 3 2’ 2’ 3 2 12 2 Jack Mountford 2’ 2’ 2’ 1’ 7 4 Alf Parker 2’ 3 5 1 Roy Browning 3 2’ 1 6 1

Cardiff Jimmy Wright 0 0 1’ 1 1 3 1 Hugh Geddes 2 1 1 3 X 2 9 Charlie May 3 1 0 0 1 5 Kevin Hayden 0 0 0 3 1’ 4 1 Bert Edwards 1 2 2 2 3 0 10 Mick Holland 1 1 0 1’ 2 5 1 Frank Johnson 1 1 2 Mick Callagan 0 0 0

Ht1 Williams, Geddes, Barsby, Wright 70.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 May, Perkins, Holland, Watling 71.0 2 4 6 6 Ht3 D.Parker, Mountford, Geddes, Hayden 70.0 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Browning, A.Parker, Johnson, Callaghan 70.0 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Williams, Perkins, May, Hayden 70.4 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Watling, Mountford, Holland, Wright 71.0 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Barsby, D.Parker, Edwards, May 71.8 5 1 31 11 Ht8 Perkins, Edwards, Wright, Barsby (f) 71.0 3 3 34 14 Ht9 Williams, Mountford, Wright, May 70.4 5 1 39 15 Ht10 Perkins, D.Parker, Geddes, Holland 70.8 5 1 44 16 Ht11 Williams, Edwards, Watling, Hayden 71.2 4 2 48 18 Ht12 Geddes, Barsby, May, Watling 71.0 2 4 50 22 Ht13 D.Parker, Edwards, Holland, Williams (exc) 70.8 3 3 53 25 Ht14 A.Parker, Browning, Johnson, Callaghan 71.4 5 1 58 26 Ht15 Hayden, D.Parker, Wright, Watling 73.0 2 4 60 30 Ht16 Edwards, Perkins, Mountford, Geddes(exctps) 71.2 3 3 63 33 Ht17 Barsby, Holland, Hayden, Mountford 71.8 3 3 66 36 Ht18 Williams, Geddes, Browning, Edwards 71.6 4 2 70 38

Midland Match Race Championship First Round Ht1 Alan Hunt bt Len Williams 68.6 Ht2 Alan Hunt bt Len Williams 71.4

Junior Scratch Race Brown, Stevens, Jackson, Chris Papworth (frmtd) 73.2

Bittswell Scratch Race A.Parker, Browning, Johnson, Pike 71.2

Saturday 16th May 1953 Brandon Stadium, Coventry Coventry Bees 49 Leicester Hunters 35 (National League Division Two)

Coventry 49 1. Charlie New R, 3, 2’, 3 8+1 2. Vic Emms 2, 2’, 3, 2 9+1 3. Johnnie Reason 3, 3, R, 0 6 4. Jack Wright 2’, F, N, N 2+1 5. Reg Duval 2’, 2, 3, 3 10+1 6. Peter Brough 3, 1’, 1, 1’ 6+2 7. Stan Williams (Capt) 1, 2’, 2, 2’ 7+2 8. Jim Lightfoot 1, 0 1

Leicester 35 1. Charlie Barsby 1, 2’, 0, 1 4+1 2. Len Williams (Capt) 3, 3, 3, 3 12 (Maximum) 3. Fred Perkins 1, 0, 2’, 0 3+1 4. Lionel Watkins 0, 1, 2, 1’ 4+1 5. Dennis Parker F, 1, N 1 6. Jack Mountford 1, 0, N, 0 1 7. Alf Parker 3, 0, X 2 5 8. Roy Browning 3, 1, 1 5

Ht 1 L.Williams, Emms, Barsby, New (Ret) 70.0 2 4 2 4 Ht 2 Reason, Wright, Perkins, Watling 70.2 5 1 7 5 Ht 3 Brough, Duval, Mountford, D.Parker (F) 71.0 5 1 12 6 Ht 4 A.Parker, Barsby, S.Williams, Wright (Fell INJ) 71.8 1 5 13 11 Ht 5 New, Emms, Watling, Perkins 71.2 5 1 18 12 Ht 6 Reason, S.Williams, D.Parker, Mountford 71.0 5 1 23 13 Ht 7 L.Williams, Duval, Brough, Barsby 71.4 3 3 26 16 Ht 8 Browning, Perkins, Lightfoot, Reason (Retired) 72.6 1 5 27 21 Ht 9 Emms, New, Browning, A Parker 74.8 5 1 32 22 Ht 10 L.Williams, S.Williams, Barsby, Reason 75.4 2 4 34 26 Ht 11 Duval, Watling, Brough, Perkins 73.4 4 2 38 28 Ht 12 New, S.Williams, Browning, A.Parker (Exc) 74.6 5 1 43 29 Ht 13 Duval, A.Parker, Watling, Lightfoot 73.2 3 3 46 32 Ht 14 L.Williams, Emms, Brough, Mountford 73.2 3 3 49 35

Monday 18th May 1953 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates v Leicester Hunters (National League Division Two) Rained Off

Tuesday 19th May 1953 Penarth Road Stadium, Cardiff Cardiff Dragons 42.5 Leicester Hunters 65.5 (National Trophy)

Cardiff Jim Wright E 1 1 1 E 0 3 Hugh Geddes 2 3 3 3 3 14 Charlie May 0 0 3 0 2 5 Kevin Hayden 1 1’ 0 0 2 4 1 Bert Edwards 1’ 2.5 1 0 E 4.5 1 Mick Holland 2 2 E 1’ 2 7 1 Frank Johnson 2 2 1 5 Mick Callaghan 0 0 0

Leicester Charlie Barsby 1 E E 1 Len Williams 3 3 3 3 0 3 15 Fred Perkins 2’ 1’ 0 2’ 2 7 3 Lionel Watling 0 2 2 3 3 10 Dennis Parker 2.5 2 1’ 1’ 3 9.5 2 Jack Mountford 3 3 2’ 2 1 2 13 1 Alf Parker 3 1’ 3 7 1 Roy Browning 1 1 1 3

Ht1 Williams, Geddes, Barsby, Wright (ef) 69.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Mountford, Perkins, Hayden, May 70.6 1 5 3 9 Ht3 Williams, Holland, Edwards, Watling 69.8 3 3 6 12 Ht4 A.Parker, Johnson, Browning, Callaghan 71.8 2 4 8 16 Ht5 Geddes, Watling, Perkins, May 71.2 3 3 11 19 Ht6 Mountford, Holland, Hayden, Barsby (ef) 72.6 3 3 14 22 Ht7 D.Parker & Edwards, Wright, Perkins 72.4 3.5 2.5 17.5 24.5 Ht8 May, D.Parker, Wright, Barsby (ef) 71.2 4 2 21.5 26.5 Ht9 Geddes, Perkins, A.Parker, Holland (ef) 71.4 3 3 24.5 29.5 Ht10 Williams, Mountford, Edwards, May 71.8 1 5 25.5 34.5 Ht11 Geddes, Watling, D.Parker, Hayden 71.2 3 3 28.5 37.5 Ht12 Williams, Perkins, Wright, Hayden 71.8 1 5 29.5 42.5 Ht13 Geddes, Mountford, D.Parker, Edwards 71.2 3 3 32.5 45.5 Ht14 A.Parker, Johnson, Browning, Callaghan 73.0 2 4 34.5 49.5 Ht15 Watling, Hayden, Browning, Edwards (ef) 71.6 2 4 36.5 53.5 Ht16 D.Parker, May, Holland, Williams 72.8 3 3 39.5 56.5 Ht17 Watling, Holland, Mountford, Wright (ef) 72.6 2 4 41.5 60.5 Ht18 Williams, Mountford, Johnson, Wright ? 1 5 42.5 65.2

Friday 22nd May 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 51 Stoke Potters 33 (National League Division Two)

Leicester Alf Parker 1 0 0 Len Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Perkins 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 Jack Mountford 0 0 0 Dennis Parker 2 2’ 2 E 6 1 Lionel Watling 1’ 3 0 0 4 Charlie Barsby 3 2’ 3 1 9 1 Roy Browning 3 3 3 9

Stoke Ken Adams 2 2 1 1 6 John Fitzpatrick 0 0 0 2 2 Don Potter 1’ 2 1 1 5 1 Reg Fearman 2 1’ 3 1’ 7 2 Ron Peace 3 0 2 2 7 Jack Hughes 0 1 1’ 1’ 3 2 Les Jenkins 1’ 2 3 1 Alan Hailstone 0 0 0

Ht1 Williams, Adams, A.Parker, Fitzpatrick 68.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Perkins, Fearman, Potter, Mountford 70.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Peace, D.Parker, Watling, Hughes 71.2 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Barsby, Adams, Jenkins, Mountford 70.6 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Williams, Potter, Fearman, A.Parker 70.6 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Perkins, Barsby, Hughes, Peace 71.0 5 1 21 15 Ht7 Watling, D.Parker, Adams, Fitzpatrick 70.6 5 1 26 16 Ht8 Browning, Perkins, Potter, Hailstone 71.8 5 1 31 17 Ht9 Williams, Peace, Hughes, A.Parker 71.2 3 3 34 20 Ht10 Barsby, Perkins, Adams, Fitzpatrick 71.2 5 1 39 21 Ht11 Fearman, D.Parker, Potter, Watling 71.6 2 4 41 25 Ht12 Browning, Peace, Barsby, Hailstone 71.8 4 2 45 27 Ht13 Browning, Jenkins, Fearman, D.Parker (ef) 72.4 3 3 48 30 Ht14 Williams, Fitzpatrick, Hughes, Watling 70.8 3 3 51 33

Glen Hills Scratch Race Barsby, Pike, Jenkins, Barsby (f) 72.4

Mountsorrel Scratch Race A.Parker, Hailstone, Mountford, Pike (f) 72.4

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Hughes, Watling, Perkins, Fitzpatrick 72.2 72.2 Ht2 Williams, Mountford, Peace, Potter 71.2 72.6 Ht3 Pike, Adams, Parker, Fearman (ef) 72.0 72.6 Final Watling, Williams, Pike, Hughes 71.2

Leicester 13 Stoke 5 Midland Junior League Ivor Brown 2’ 3 5 1 Gordon Stevens 3 2 5 Douglas Jackson 1’ 2’ 3 2 Sroke Al Mitchell 0 0 Ken Brown 1 0 0 1 Dennis Bennett 3 1 4 Ht1 Stevens, I.Brown, K.Brown, Mitchell 76.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Bennett, Stevens, Jackson, K.Brown 83.6 3 3 8 4 Ht3 I.Brown, Jackson, Bennett, K,Brown 74.0 5 1 13 5

Saturday 23rd May 1953 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets 72 Leicester Hunters 36 (National Trophy)

Rayleigh Gerald Jackson 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Tom O’Connor 2’ 1’ F 1 1’ 5 3 Les McGillivray 3 2 2’ 1 0 8 1 Frank Bettis 2’ 1 3 1 0 7 1 Maurice McDermott 3 2’ F 2 3 10 1 Peter Clark 2’ 3 3 3 2’ 2’15 3 Ron Howes 3 3 6 Alby Smith 1 2’ 3 1

Leicester Alf Parker 1 0 0 2 1’ 4 1 Len Williams 0 0 3 2 1’ 6 1 Fred Perkins 0 0 1 1’ 0 2 1 Jack Mountford 1 3 2 2 1 0 9 Dennis Parker E 1 0 1 Lionel Watling 1 2 2’ 0 0 5 1 Charlie Barsby 2 3 1 2 1 9 Roy Browning 0 0 0

Ht1 Jackson, O’Connor, A.Parker, Williams 76.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 McGillivray, Bettis, Watling, Perkins 77.4 5 1 10 2 Ht3 McDermott, Clark, Mountford, Williams 75.8 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Howes, Barsby, Smith, Browning 75.4 4 2 19 5 Ht5 Mountford, McGillivray, O’Connor, Perkins 76.0 3 3 22 8 Ht6 Clark, Watling, Bettis, A.Parker 73.2 4 2 26 10 Ht7 Jackson, McDermott, Perkins, D.Parker (ef) 75.2 5 1 31 11 Ht8 Jackson, McGillivray, D.Parker, A.Parker 75.4 5 1 36 12 Ht9 Clark, A.Parker, Perkins, O’Connor (f) 74.8 3 3 39 15 Ht10 Williams, Watling, McGillivray, McDermott (f) 75.8 1 5 40 20 Ht11 Bettis, Mountford, O’Connor, D.Parker 76.0 4 2 44 22 Ht12 Jackson, Williams, Bettis, Perkins 75.6 4 2 48 24 Ht13 Barsby, McDermott, O’Connor, Watling 75.0 3 3 51 27 Ht14 Howes, Smith, Barsby, Browning 74.6 5 1 56 28 Ht15 McDermott, Mountford, A.Parker, Bettis 74.8 3 3 59 31 Ht16 Clark, Barsby, Williams, McGillivray 74.4 3 3 62 34 Ht17 Jackson, Clark, Mountford, Watling 74.6 5 1 67 35 Ht18 Jackson, Clark, Barsby, Mountford 74.8 5 1 72 36

Monday 25th May 1953 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Wasps 54 Leicester Hunters 30 (National League Division Two)

Wolverhampton Harry Bastable 3 3 2 3 11 Jim Tolley 1 2’ 1’ 1 5 2 Eric Irons 3 3 0 0 6 Brian Shepherd F 3 2’ 3 8 1 Ivor Davies 3 0 2’ 2’ 7 2 Derek Braithwaite 0 0 Harry Saunders 1 3 1 3 8 Les Tolley 3 3 3 9

Leicester Alf Parker 0 F 2 1’ 3 1 Len Williams 2 1’ 2 2 7 1 Fred Perkins 1’ 1 2 1 5 1 Jack Mountford 2 F 2 Dennis Parker 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Lionel Watling 2 1 3 0 6 Charlie Barsby 2 0 0 2 Roy Browning 1’ 2 1 4 1

Ht1 Bastable, Williams, J.Tolley, A.Parker 69.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Irons, Mountford, Perkins, Shepherd (f) 70.8 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Davies, Watling, D.Parker, Braithwaite (exc) 71.0 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Shepherd, Barsby, Saunders, A.Parker (f) 71.6 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Bastable, J.Tolley, Perkins, Mountford (f) 69.8 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Irons, Shepherd, Watling, D.Parker 69.4 5 1 24 12 Ht7 L.Tolley, A.Parker, Williams, Davies 70.6 3 3 27 15 Ht8 Saunders, Perkins, Browning, Irons 71.2 3 3 30 18 Ht9 Watling, Bastable, J.Tolley, D.Parker 71.2 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Shepherd, Williams, A.Parker, Irons 70.0 3 3 36 24 Ht11 L.Tolley, Davies, Perkins, Barsby 71.0 5 1 41 25 Ht12 Bastable, Browning, Saunders, D.Parker 72.0 4 2 45 27 Ht13 L.Tolley, Davies, Browning, Barsby 70.4 5 1 50 28 Ht14 Saunders, Williams, J.Tolley, Watling 70.4 4 2 54 30

Wednesday 27th May 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 48 Wolverhampton Wasps 36 (National League Division Two)

Leicester Alf Parker 1 0 1 Len Williams X 3 3 3 9 Fred Perkins 0 2 1’ 2 5 1 Charlie Barsby 2 1 1’ 1’ 5 2 Dennis Parker 3 3 3 3 12 Lionel Watling 1 1 2’ 1 5 1 Roy Browning 3 2’ 2 1 8 1 Harwood Pike 2 1’ 3 1

Wolverhampton Harry Bastable 3 2 2 0 7 Jim Tolley 2’ 0 3 0 5 1 Eric Irons 1 2 3 0 6 Brian Shepherd 3 1’ 1 2 7 1 Ivor Davies 0 0 1 3 4 Les Tolley 2 3 0 2 7 Harry Saunders 0 0 0 Ken Brown 0 0 0

Ht1 Bastable, J.Tolley, A.Parker, Williams (exc) 71.4 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Shepherd, Barsby, Irons, Perkins 71.6 2 4 3 9 Ht3 D.Parker, L.Tolley, Watling, Davies 71.6 4 2 7 11 Ht4 Browning, Bastable, Barsby, Saunders 72.6 4 2 11 13 Ht5 Williams, Irons, Shepherd, A.Parker 71.8 3 3 14 16 Ht6 L.Tolley, Perkins, Barsby, Davies 72.2 3 3 17 19 Ht7 D.Parker, Bastable, Watling, J.Tolley 71.0 4 2 21 21 Ht8 Irons, Pike, Perkins, Brown 72.6 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Williams, Browning, Davies, L.Tolley 73.0 5 1 29 25 Ht10 J.Tolley, Perkins, Barsby, Bastable 71.8 3 3 32 28 Ht11 D.Parker, Watling, Shepherd, Irons 71.2 5 1 37 29 Ht12 Davies, Browning, Pike, Brown 72.6 3 3 40 32 Ht13 D.Parker, Shepherd, Browning, Saunders 71.4 4 2 44 34 Ht14 Williams, L.Tolley, Watling, J.Tolley 71.0 4 2 48 36

Midland Junior League Leicester 14 Wolverhampton 4 Leicester Ivor Brown 3 2’ 5 1 Gordon Stevens 1 3 4 Douglas Jackson 2’ 3 5 1 Wolverhampton Syd George 0 1 1 Mike Rogers 2 F 2 Pat Byatt 1 0 1 Ht1 Brown, Rogers, Stevens, George 74.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Stevens, Jackson, Byatt, Rogers (f) 74.2 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Jackson, Brown, George, Byatt 74.4 5 1 14 4

Harborough Scratch Race Pike, Barsby, A.Parker, Saunders 73.8

Sileby Scratch Race A.Parker, Browning, Pike, K,Brown 73.6

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 L.Tolley, D,Parker, J.Tolley, Barsby 72.2 72.4 Ht2 Bastable, Davies, Watling, Pike 72.2 72.8 Ht3 Williams, Perkins, Shepherd, Irons 71.2 72.0 Final Williams, Perkins, Bastable, L.Tolley 71.8

Friday 29th May 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 68 Rayleigh Rockets 40 (National Trophy)

Leicester Alf Parker 0 0 0 0 0 0 Len Williams 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Fred Perkins 1 2’ 2 1 2’ 8 2 Charlie Barsby 0 3 1 2’ 2 8 1 Dennis Parker 3 3 3 1 1’ 2’ 13 2 Lionel Watling 1 1 1 3 2 8 Roy Browning 3 1 1’ 3 2 10 1 Harwood Pike 2’ 1’ 3 2

Rayleigh Gerald Jackson 2 0 0 2 0 4 Tom O’Connor 1’ 0 0 1 0 2 1 Les McGillivray 3 0 0 0 0 3 Frank Bettis 2 1 2 3 3 0 11 Peter Clark 2 3 0 2 0 7 Maurice McDermott 2’ 2 2 X 1 1 8 Ron Howes 0 0 0 Alby Smith 1 3 1 5

Ht1 Williams, Jackson, O’Connor, A.Parker 69.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 McGillivray, McDermott, Perkins, Barsby 70.4 1 5 4 8 Ht3 D.Parker, Bettis, Watling, O’Connor 69.8 4 2 8 10 Ht4 Browning, Pike, Smith, Howes 71.2 5 1 13 11 Ht5 Williams, Perkins, Bettis, McGillivray 70.6 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Barsby, McDermott, Watling, Jackson 72.0 4 2 22 14 Ht7 D.Parker, Clark, Browning, McGillivray 70.4 4 2 26 16 Ht8 Clark, Perkins, Browning, Jackson 71.8 3 3 29 19 Ht9 Williams, Jackson, Watling, McGillivray 70.2 4 2 33 21 Ht10 D.Parker, McDermott, Perkins, O’Connor 70.4 4 2 37 23 Ht11 Williams, Bettis, Barsby, Clark 70.4 4 2 41 25 Ht12 Browning, Barsby, O’Connor, McGillivray 72.4 5 1 46 26 Ht13 Williams, Clark, D.Parker, McDermott (exc) 70.8 4 2 50 28 Ht14 Smith, Browning, Pike, Howes 72.1 3 3 53 31 Ht15 Bettis, Barsby, D.Parker, Jackson 71.2 3 3 56 34 Ht16 Watling, Perkins, Smith, Clark 70.8 5 1 61 35 Ht17 Bettis, Watling, McDermott, A.Parker 71.6 2 4 63 39 Ht18 Williams, D.Parker, McDermott, Bettis 71.6 5 1 68 40

Shepshed Scratch Race Browning, Pike, Smith, A.Parker 72.0

Junior Scratch Race Stevens, Brown, Jackson, Fletcher (f) 73.2

Gaddesby Scratch Race Barsby, Pike, A.Parker, Howes 72.2

Saturday 30th May 1953 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke Stoke Potters 50 Leicester Hunters 34 (National League Division Two)

Stoke Ken Adams 3 3 3 3 12 John Fitzpatrick 2’ 1 0 2’ 5 2 Don Potter 1 3 1’ 2 7 1 Reg Fearman 3 2’ 2 0 7 1 Ron Peace 0 1 1’ 2 4 1 Jack Hughes 3 3 2 3 11 Les Jenkins 1’ 1 2 1 Ray Harris 2 0 2

Leicester Roy Browning 0 0 1 0 1 Len Williams 1 0 3 0 4 Fred Perkins 0 0 0 0 0 Charlie Barsby 2 2 3 3 10 Dennis Parker 2 3 2 2 9 Lionel Watling 1’ 0 1’ 1 3 2 Alf Parker 3 2 3 1 9 Harwood Pike 0 0 0

Ht1 Adams, Fitzpatrick, Williams, Browning 70.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Fearman, Barsby, Potter, Perkins 73.0 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Hughes, D.Parker, Watling, Peace 72.4 3 3 12 6 Ht4 A.Parker, Fearman, Jenkins, Browning 72.6 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Adams, Barsby, Fitzpatrick, Perkins 71.8 4 2 19 11 Ht6 Potter, Fearman, D.Parker, Watling 74.2 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Hughes, A.Parker, Peace, Williams 73.2 4 2 28 14 Ht8 A.Parker, Harris, Potter, Pike 73.4 3 3 31 17 Ht9 Adams, D.Parker, Watling, Fitzpatrick 72.8 3 3 34 20 Ht10 Williams, Potter, Browning, Fearman 72.2 2 4 36 24 Ht11 Barsby, Hughes, Peace, Perkins 73.6 3 3 39 27 Ht12 Adams, D.Parker, Jenkins, Pike 73.0 4 2 43 29 Ht13 Barsby, Peace, A.Parker, Harris 74.0 2 4 45 33 Ht14 Hughes, Fitzpatrick, Watling, Williams 73.4 5 1 50 34

Friday 5th June 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 43 Yarmouth Bloaters 41 (National League Division Two)

Leicester Roy Browning 0 2’ 1’ 2 5 2 Len Williams 3 3 2 2 10 Fred Perkins 1 1’ 3 2 7 1 Charlie Barsby 3 1’ 2 0 6 1 Dennis Parker 1’ 2 0 1’ 4 2 Lionel Watling 2 1’ 2 1’ 6 2 Alf Parker 2 1’ 3 1 Harwood Pike 0 2 2

Yarmouth Fred Brand 2 3 3 3 11 Roy Bowers 1’ 0 1 0 2 1 Bob Baker 0 0 1’ 1 2 1 Reg Reeves 2 1 3 3 9 Terry Courtnell 0 0 0 0 0 Johnny Chamberlain 3 3 3 3 12 Peter Harris 0 0 0 Ronnie Genz 2 3 5

Ht1 Williams, Brand, Bowers, Browning 69.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Barsby, Reeves, Perkins, Baker 71.6 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Chamberlain, Watling, D.Parker, Courtnell 71.0 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Brand, A.Parker, Barsby, Harris 71.0 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Williams, Browning, Reeves, Baker 71.2 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Chamberlain, Barsby, Perkins, Courtnell 70.8 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Brand, D.Parker, Watling, Bowers 72.4 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Perkins, Genz, Baker, Pike 72.8 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Chamberlain, Williams, Browning, Courtnell 70.8 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Brand, Perkins, Bowers, Barsby 73.0 2 4 32 28 Ht11 Reeves, Watling, Baker, D.Parker 73.6 2 4 34 32 Ht12 Genz, Browning, A.Parker, Courtnell 72.6 3 3 37 35 Ht13 Reeves, Pike, D.Parker, Harris 73.0 3 3 40 38 Ht14 Chamberlain, Williams, Watling, Bowers 71.6 3 3 43 41

Junior Scratch Race Jackson, Brown, Bill Griffin, G Stevens (ef) 74.4

Wymeswold Scratch Race Harris, A.Parker, Bowers, Pike 73.2

Foxton Scratch Race Genz, Parker, Pike, Stevens 73.4

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Chamberlain, D.Parker, Baker, Browning 71.6 72.6 Ht2 Barsby, Reeves, Pike, Watling 73.4 74.6 Ht3 Brand, Williams, Perkins, Courtnell 72.2 72.6 Final Williams, Chamberlain, Barsby, Brand 72.2

Monday 8th June 1953 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates 58 Leicester Hunters 26 (National League Division Two)

Poole Tony Lewis 1 2’ 2’ 3 8 2 Ken Middleditch 3 3 3 3 12 Jimmy Squibb 2 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 2 Bill Holden 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Terry Small 3 2 2’ 3 10 1 Allan Kidd E 0 3 1 4 Buster Brown 0 1 1 Johnny Thomson 3 E 3

Leicester Roy Browning F 1’ 1 0 2 1 Len Williams 2 3 1 2 8 Fred Perkins 0 1 1 1 3 Charlie Barsby 1 E 0 2 3 Dennis Parker 1’ 1 0 2 4 1 Lionel Watling 2 0 1 0 3 Alf Parker 2 1’ 3 1 Harwood Pike 0 0 0

Ht1 Middleditch, Williams, Lewis, Browning (f) 72.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Squibb, Holden, Barsby, Perkins 74.6 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Small, Watling, D.Parker, Kidd (ef) 74.0 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Holden, A.Parker, Browning, Brown 73.4 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Middleditch, Lewis, Perkins, Barsby (ef) 75.0 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Holden, Squibb, D.Parker, Watling 73.0 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Williams, Small, Browning, Kidd 72.4 2 4 27 15 Ht8 Thomson, Squibb, Perkins, Pike 74.8 5 1 32 16 Ht9 Middleditch, Lewis, Watling, D.Parker 73.6 5 1 37 17 Ht10 Holden, Squibb, Williams, Browning 72.8 5 1 42 18 Ht11 Kidd, Small, Perkins, Barsby 72.6 5 1 47 19 Ht12 Lewis, D.Parker, Brown, Pike 74.0 4 2 51 21 Ht13 Small, Barsby, A.Parker, Thomson (ef) 72.8 3 3 54 24 Ht14 Middleditch, Williams, Kidd, Watling 72.8 4 2 58 26

Friday 12th June 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Midland Riders’ Championship Qualifying Round

Ron Mason 2 1 0 1 3 7 Harwood Pike 0 0 0 1 0 1 Fred Perkins 1 2 3 3 3 12 Len Williams 3 3 3 3 2 14 Ken Adams 3 0 2 0 1 6 Vic Emms 2 1 3 0 2 8 Alf Parker 1 0 1 0 1 3 Reg Duval E 0 2 3 E 5 Dennis Parker 3 2 F 1 3 9 Jack Hughes 1 2 0 2 2 7 Roy Browning 0 1 1 F 2 Eric Boothroyd 2 1 3 2 1 9 Charlie Barsby 0 3 2 2 0 7 Arthur Payne 3 3 1 3 3 13 Jack Wright 2 3 1 2 1 9 Lionel Watling 1 2 2 1 2 8 Laurie Holland (res) 0 0

Ht1 Williams, Mason, Perkins, Pike 68.6 Ht2 Adams, Emms, A.Parker, Duval (ef) 70.0 Ht3 D.Parker, Boothroyd, Hughes, Browning 69.4 Ht4 Payne, Wright, Watling, Barsby 69.6 Ht5 Barsby, D.Parker, Mason, Adams 70.4 Ht6 Payne, Hughes, Emms, Pike 69.4 Ht7Wright, Perkins, Browning. A.Parker 71.0 Ht8 Williams, Watling, Boothroyd, Duval 69.8 Ht9 Emms, Watling, Browning, Mason 71.4 Ht10 Boothroyd, Adams, Wright, Pike 70.4 Ht11 Perkins, Duval, Payne, D.Parker (f) 72.0 Ht12 Williams, Barsby, A.Parker, Hughes 70.8 Ht13 Payne, Boothroyd, Mason, A.Parker 70.2 Ht14 Duval, Barsby, Pike, Browning (f) 71.8 Ht15 Perkins, Hughes, Watling, Adams 71.4 Ht16 Williams, Wright, D.Parker, Emms 70.2 Ht17 Mason, Hughes, Wright, Duval (ef) 72.0 Ht18 D.Parker, Watling, A.Parker, Pike 71.0 Ht19 Perkins, Emms, Boothroyd, Barsby 71.8 Ht20 Payne, Williams, Adams, Holland 71.0

Friday 19th June 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 43 Edinburgh Monarchs 41 (National League Division Two)

Leicester Roy Browning 1 0 0 2 3 Len Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Perkins 1 2 3 2 8 Charlie Barsby E 3 1’ 1’ 5 2 Dennis Parker 3 1’ E 3 7 1 Lionel Watling 1 2 1 2 6 Alf Parker 1 0 1 Harwood Pike 0 1

Edinburgh Dick Campbell 0 2 E 0 2 Bob Mark 2 3 3 1 9 Don Cuppleditch 3 2 2 3 10 Eddie Lack 2’ 1’ 2’ 2 7 3 Roy Bester 2 3 2 3 10 Harold Fairhurst 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 Wilf Jay 0 1’ 1 1 Harry Darling 0 1 1

Ht1 Williams, Mark, Browning, Campbell 67.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Cuppleditch, Lack, Perkins, Barsby (EF) 69.6 5 1 9 3 Ht3 D.Parker, Bester, Watling, Fairhurst 69.8 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Barsby, Campbell, A.Parker, Jay 70.6 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Williams, Cuppleditch, Lack, Browning 69.4 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Bester, Perkins, Barsby, Fairhurst 71.4 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Mark, Watling, D.Parker, Campbell (EF) 71.2 3 3 26 16 Ht8 Perkins, Cuppleditch, Pike, Darling 71.2 4 2 30 18 Ht9 Williams, Bester, Fairhurst, Browning 70.6 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Mark, Perkins, Barsby, Campbell 71.4 3 3 36 24 Ht11 Cuppleditch, Lack, Watling, D.Parker (EF) 74.4 1 5 37 29 Ht12 Bester, Browning, Darling, A.Parker 72.0 2 4 39 33 Ht13 D.Parker, Lack, Jay, Pike 69.6 3 3 42 36 Ht14 Williams, Watling, Mark, Fairhurst 71.0 5 1 47 37

Lubbesthorpe Scratch Race Holland, Pike, Cyril Page, Darling 74.6

Junior Scratch Race Brown, Bill Griffin (frmtd), Jackson (ef), Stevens (ns) 72.8

Great Stretton Scratch Race Jay, Page, A.Parker, Holland (ef) 72.8

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Mark, Fairhurst, Browning, Perkins 71.8 72.4 Ht2 Bester, Cuppleditch, Barsby (ef), D.Parker (f) 71.0 71.4 Ht3 Williams, Watling, Lack, Campbell 70.6 71.2 Final Williams, Watling, Mark, Bester 70.8

Thursday 25th June 1953 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh Edinburgh Monarchs 70 Leicester Hunters 38 (Queen’s Cup First Round)

Edinburgh Dick Campbell 1 3 2’ 2 3 2’ 13 2 Bob Mark 3 2’ F 1’ 2 8 2 Don Cuppleditch 3 3 3 2 3 3 17 Eddie Lack 2’ 2’ 2 1’ 3 10 3 Roy Bester 3 1 0 1’ 1 6 1 Harold Fairhurst 0 3 2 2 2 9 Wilf Jay 3 E 3 Harry Darling 1 3 4

Leicester Roy Browning 0 0 1 0 1 Len Williams 2 1 3 3 1 1 11 Fred Perkins 0 1 0 3 0 4 Charlie Barsby 2 E 3 2 E E 7 Ivor Brown E 1 1 Lionel Watling 1 1 1 3 1 7 Alf Parker 2 E 0 0 0 2 Harwood Pike 2 1 2 5

Ht1 Mark, Williams, Campbell, Browning 66.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Cuppleditch, Lack, Watling, Perkins 67.4 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Bester, Barsby, Williams, Fairhurst 68.6 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Jay, Pike, Darling, Brown (EF) 69.6 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Cuppleditch, Mark, Perkins, Barsby 67.6 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Fairhurst, Lack, Watling, Browning 69.2 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Campbell, Parker, Bester, Perkins 68.6 4 2 30 12 Ht8 Cuppleditch, Campbell, Browning, Parker (EF) 68.8 5 1 35 13 Ht9 Perkins, Fairhurst, Pike, Mark (F) 70.2 2 4 37 17 Ht10 Williams, Cuppleditch, Watling, Bester 69.0 2 4 39 21 Ht11 Barsby, Lack, Mark, Parker 72.0 3 3 42 24 Ht12 Williams, Campbell, Lack, Perkins 69.4 3 3 45 27 Ht13 Watling, Mark, Bester, Parker 70.4 3 3 48 30 Ht14 Darling, Pike, Brown, Jay (EF) 72.6 3 3 51 33 Ht15 Lack, Barsby, Bester, Browning 71.4 4 2 55 35 Ht16 Cuppleditch, Fairhurst, Williams, Parker 70.4 5 1 60 36 Ht17 Campbell, Fairhurst, Watling, Barsby (EF) 69.6 5 1 65 37 Ht18 Cuppleditch, Campbell, Williams, Barsby (EF) 69.2 5 1 70 38

Friday 26th June 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 38 Stoke Potters 46 (National League Division Two)

Leicester Roy Browning 1 3 3 3 10 Len Williams 3 0 2’ 3 8 1 Fred Perkins 2 3 2 2 9 Charlie Barsby 0 1 1 0 2 Harwood Pike F 1 0 0 1 Lionel Watling 3 F 1 1 5 Laurie Holland 0 1’ 1 1 Ivor Brown 1 1 2

Stoke Ken Adams 0 2’ 3 3 8 1 John Fitzpatrick 2 2 1 2 7 Don Potter 3 1 3 3 10 Jack Hughes 1 2 2 2 7 Ron Peace 1 2 0 2 5 Les Jenkins 2 F 1 0 3 Ray Harris 3 3 6 Bill Dalton 0 0 0

Ht1 Williams, Fitzpatrick, Browning, Adams 69.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Potter, Perkins, Hughes, Barsby 70.8 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Watling, Jenkins, Peace, Pike (f) 70.4 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Harris, Adams, Barsby, Holland 70.4 1 5 10 14 Ht5 Browning, Hughes, Potter, Williams 70.6 3 3 13 17 Ht6 Perkins, Peace, Barsby, Jenkins (f) 72.0 4 2 17 19 Ht7 Adams, Fitzpatrick, Pike, Watling (f) 71.0 1 5 18 24 Ht8 Potter, Perkins, Holland, Dalton 71.2 3 3 21 27 Ht9 Browning, Williams, Jenkins, Peace 71.6 5 1 26 28 Ht10 Adams, Perkins, Fitzpatrick, Barsby 71.6 2 4 28 32 Ht11 Potter, Hughes, Watling, Pike 71.8 1 5 29 37 Ht12 Browning, Peace, Brown, Dalton 72.6 4 2 33 39 Ht13 Harris, Hughes, Brown, Pike 70.8 1 5 34 44 Ht14 Williams, Fitzpatrick, Watling, Jenkins 71.2 4 2 38 46

Leicester 13 Stoke 5 Midland Junior League Leicester Ivor Brown 2’ 3 5 1 Douglas Jackson 3 2’ 5 1 Bill Griffin 3 F 3 Stoke Neville Hutton 2 2 Stan Hawkins 1 1 2 Roy Sutton X 1 1 Ht1 Jackson, Brown, Hawkins, Hutton (ns) 73.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Griffin, Jackson, Hawkins, Sutton (exc2min) 74.4 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Brown, Hutton, Sutton, Griffin (f) 74.0 3 3 13 5

Shaw Lane Scratch Race Harris, Barsby, Parker, Holland 71.0

Cold Newton Scratch Race Holland, Pike, Browning, Parker 73.4

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Watling, Peace, Perkins, Jenkins 72.4 72.6 Ht2 Fitzpatrick, Hughes, Parker, Browning (f) 71.4 72.4 Ht3 Potter, Barsby, Adams, Williams 72.0 72.2 Final Potter, Watling, Fitzpatrick, Barsby (ef) 72.0

Tuesday 30th June 1953 Caister Road Stadium, Yarmouth Yarmouth Bloaters 62 Leicester Hunters 21 (National League Division Two)

Yarmouth Fred Brand 3 3 3 3 12 Roy Bowers 2’ 2’ 0 2’ 6 3 Bob Baker 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Ronnie Genz 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2 Terry Courtnell 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Reg Reeves 3 2’ 1 3 9 1 Peter Harris 1 0 1 Reg Morgan 2’ 0 2 1

Leicester Roy Browning 0 0 0 0 Len Williams 1 0 1 Fred Perkins 1 1 1 0 3 Charlie Barsby 0 F 2 1’ 3 1 Reg Fearman 1 1 1’ 1 4 1 Lionel Watling E 0 E 0 Dennis Parker 2 1 2 2 7 Ivor Brown 0 1 2 E 3

Ht1 Brand, Bowers, Williams, Browning 72.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Baker, Genz, Barsby, Perkins 73.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Reeves, Courtnell, Fearman, Watling (ef) 73.6 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Genz, Parker, Harris, Browning 74.6 4 2 19 5 Ht5 Brand, Bowers, Perkins, Barsby (f) 73.8 5 1 24 6 Ht6 Genz, Baker, Fearman, Watling 72.6 5 1 29 7 Ht7 Courtnell, Reeves, Parker, Williams 71.8 5 1 34 8 Ht8 Baker, Morgan, Perkins, Brown 72.4 5 1 39 9 Ht9 Brand, Parker, Fearman, Bowers 73.0 3 3 42 12 Ht10 Baker, Genz, Brown, Browning 73.6 5 1 47 13 Ht11 Courtnell, Barsby, Reeves, Perkins 72.4 4 2 51 15 Ht12 Brand, Brown, Fearman, Harris 73.2 3 3 54 18 Ht13 Courtnell, Parker, Barsby, Morgan 73.0 3 3 57 21 Ht14 Reeves, Bowers, Brown (ef), Watling (ef) 74.2 5 0 62 21

Friday 3rd July 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester England 66 Scotland 42 (International)

England Alan Hunt 0 3 3 3 3 3 15 Vic Emms 1 0 2’ 1 4 1 Freddie Williams 1 1 2’ 1’ 1’ 6 3 Len Williams 3 3 3 2 2 3 16 Ken Sharples 2 2 1’ 3 2’ 1’12 3 Brian Crutcher 1’ 1’ 2 2’ 3 2 11 3 Johnny Reason 1 1 2 Reg Fearman 1 1

Scotland Tommy Miller 3 2 3 E 3 3 14 Roy Bester 2’ 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 Don Cuppleditch 2 3 2 3 1 2 13 Jock Grierson 0 0 0 0 Ken McKinlay 0 1’ 1 2 1 Bob Mark 3 2 1 0 E 2 8 Junior Bainbridge 0 1 0 0 1 Willie Wilson 0 0 0

Ht1 Miller, Bester, Emms, Hunt 68.6 1 5 1 5 Ht2 L.Williams, Cuppleditch, F.Williams, Grierson 68.0 4 2 5 7 Ht3 Mark, Sharples, Crutcher, McKinlay 69.0 3 3 8 10 Ht4 L.Williams, Miller, F.Williams, Bester 68.8 4 2 12 12 Ht5 Cuppleditch, Sharples, Crutcher, Grierson 70.2 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Hunt, Mark, McKinlay, Emms 69.4 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Miller, Crutcher, Sharples, Bester 69.6 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Hunt, Cuppleditch, Reason, Bainbridge 69.4 4 2 25 23 Ht9 L.Williams, F.Williams, Mark, Wilson 69.6 5 1 30 24 Ht10 Hunt, Bester, Fearman, Miller (ef) 70.0 4 2 34 26 Ht11 Cuppleditch, L.Williams, F.Williams, Grierson 70.0 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Sharples, Crutcher, Bainbridge, Mark 69.4 5 1 42 30 Ht13 Miller, L.Williams, F.Williams, Bester 70.4 3 3 45 33 Ht14 Crutcher, Sharples, Cuppleditch, Wilson 69.8 5 1 50 34 Ht15 Hunt, Emms, McKinlay, Mark (ef) 70.4 5 1 55 35 Ht16 Miller, Crutcher, Sharples, Bester 71.2 3 3 58 38 Ht17 Hunt, Cuppleditch, Emms, Bainbridge 70.2 4 2 62 40 Ht18 L.Williams, Mark, Reason, Bainbridge 70.0 4 2 66 42

Friday 10th July 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester World Championship Qualifying Round

Dennis Parker 1 3 0 0 0 4 Len Williams 3 2 3 2 3 13 Olle Nygren 2 3 3 3 3 14 Fred Pawson 0 1 0 3 0 4 Harry Edwards 3 2 2 2 2 11 Goog Hoskin 1 0 1 2 1 5 Don Potter 0 1 3 2 2 8 Ken McKinlay 2 3 2 3 3 13 Jack Wright 0 0 1 0 1 Eddie Rigg 2 1 2 1 2 8 Ken Walsh 1 2 3 1 1 8 Howdy Byford 3 0 1 3 2 9 Ernie Rawlins 0 1 1 0 0 2 Brian Crutcher 3 3 0 1 3 10 Malcolm Craven 1 0 0 1 1 3 Dick Campbell 2 2 2 0 1 7 Charlie Barsby (res) 0 0

Ht1 Williams, Nygren, Parker, Pawson 66.8 Ht2 Edwards, McKinlay, Hoskin, Potter 68.6 Ht3 Byford, Rigg, Walsh, Wright 69.8 Ht4 Crutcher, Campbell, Craven, Rawlins 69.2 Ht5 Parker, Edwards, Rawlins, Wright 69.6 Ht6 Crutcher, Williams, Rigg, Hoskin 69.0 Ht7 Nygren, Walsh, Potter, Craven 68.8 Ht8 McKinlay, Campbell, Pawson, Byford 69.2 Ht9 Walsh, Campbell, Hoskin, Parker 69.6 Ht10 Williams, Edwards, Byford, Craven 69.8 Ht11 Nygren, McKinlay, Wright, Crutcher (nf) 69.8 Ht12 Potter, Rigg, Rawlins, Pawson 70.8 Ht13 Byford, Potter, Crutcher, Parker 70.4 Ht14 McKinlay, Williams, Walsh, Rawlins 69.8 Ht15 Nygren, Edwards, Rigg, Campbell 70.6 Ht16 Pawson, Hoskin, Craven, Wright 70.0 Ht17 McKinlay, Rigg, Craven, Parker 70.2 Ht18 Williams, Potter, Campbell, Barsby 70.0 Ht19 Nygren, Byford, Hoskin, Rawlins 72.0 Ht20 Crutcher, Edwards, Walsh, Pawson 69.8

Friday 17th July 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters v Glasgow Tigers (National League Division Two) Rained Off

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

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

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

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

Oadby Scratch Race Perkins, Browning, Peck, Hutton 71.0

Castle End Scratch Race Browning, Watling, Barsby, Peck 71.2

The Flying Four Ht1 F.Williams, Parker, Gooch, French 70.6 70.8 Ht2 E.Williams, L.Williams, Fearman, Redmond 71.0 71.0 Ht3 Hveem, Crutcher, Price, Kitchen 68.8 69.2 Final Hveem, Crutcher, F.Williams, E.Williams 69.0

Scratch Races Ht1 Jackson, Griffin, Brown, Byatt (ef) 75.0 Ht2 Brown, Jackson, Hutton (exc), Griffin (f) 73.0

Leicester v Wolverhampton Midland Junior League Not Raced

Saturday 25th July 1953 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke Stoke Potters v Leicester Hunters (National League Division Two) Rained Off

Friday 31st July 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 47 Edinburgh Monarchs 37 (National League Division Two)

Leicester Lionel Watling 0 1 1 1 3 Len Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Perkins 1’ 0 2 1 4 1 Roy Browning 2 2 2 0 6 Dennis Parker 3 3 2 3 11 Reg Fearman 1 2’ 0 2’ 5 2 Charlie Barsby 1’ 3 2’ 6 2 Ivor Brown 0 0

Edinburgh Dick Campbell 2 3 1 2’ 8 1 Bob Mark 1’ X 3 0 4 1 Don Cuppleditch 3 2 3 3 11 Eddie Lack 0 0 1 1 2 Roy Bester 0 1 0 2 3 Harold Fairhurst 2 3 2 1 8 Jimmy Cox 0 0 0 Wilf Jay 1 0 1

Ht1 Williams, Campbell, Mark, Watling 68.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Cuppleditch, Browning, Perkins, Lack 70.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Parker, Fairhurst, Fearman, Bester 70.2 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Campbell, Browning, Barsby, Cox 71.6 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Williams, Cuppleditch, Watling, Lack 70.4 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Fairhurst, Browning, Bester, Perkins 70.4 2 4 19 17 Ht7 Parker, Fearman, Campbell, Mark (FEx) (RR) 71.0 5 1 24 18 Ht8 Cuppleditch, Perkins, Jay, Brown 71.0 2 4 26 22 Ht9 Williams, Fairhurst, Watling, Bester 70.8 4 2 30 24 Ht10 Mark, Campbell, Perkins, Browning 71.4 1 5 31 29 Ht11 Cuppleditch, Parker, Lack, Fearman 71.4 2 4 33 33 Ht12 Barsby, Bester, Watling, Jay 72.2 4 2 37 35 Ht13 Parker, Barsby, Lack, Cox 70.8 5 1 42 36 Ht14 Williams, Fearman, Fairhurst, Mark 70.2 5 1 47 37

Leicester 6 Birmingham 5 Midland Junior League Leicester Ivor Brown 2 F 2 Douglas Jackson 1’ 3 4 1 Bill Griffin F 0 Birmingham Jack Gorman 0 2 2 Dennis Bennett 3 F 3 Alan Pearce F 0 Ht1 Bennett, Brown, Jackson, Gorman 72.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Jackson, Gorman, Griffin (f), Bennett (f) 70.6 3 2 6 5 Ht3 Declared no race Brown & Pearce (f)

Rollstone Scratch Race Jay, Barsby, Hutton, Cox (ef) 72.8

Twyford Scratch Race Barsby, Jay, Cox, Hutton 72.4

The Flying Four Ht1 Cuppleditch, Perkins, Watling, Bester (ef) 71.4 71.8 Ht2 Fairhurst, Fearman, D.Parker, Campbell 72.2 72.4 Ht3 Williams, Mark, Browning, Lack 71.0 72.4 Final Cuppleditch, Williams, Fairhurst, Perkins 71.0

Saturday 1st August 1953 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham 10 Leicester 8 Junior League

Birmingham Jack Gorman 1 2 3 Dennis Bennett 3 3 6 Les Owen 0 1’ 1 Leicester Denis Fletcher 0 0 0 Douglas Jackson 2 2 4 Bill Griffin 1’ 3 4 1 Ht1 Bennett, Jackson, Gorman, Fletcher 75.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Bennett, Jackson, Griffin, Owen 74.6 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Griffin, Gorman, Owen, Fletcher 77.6 3 3 10 8

Monday 3rd August 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 41 Wolverhampton Wasps 43 (National League Division Two)

Leicester Lionel Watling 0 F 0 0 Len Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Perkins 1 3 3 1 8 Roy Browning 0 1 1 Dennis Parker 1 1 F 2 4 Reg Fearman F 3 2 2’ 7 1 Charlie Barsby 3 0 0 3 6 Ivor Brown 2’ 1 0 3 1

Wolverhampton Harry Bastable 2 2 2 2’ 8 1 Jim Tolley 1’ 0 3 1 5 1 Derek Braithwaite 2’ 1’ 1 1 5 2 Brian Shepherd 3 2 3 3 11 Ivor Davies 2’ 1’ 2 2 7 2 Phil Malpass 0 1 1 Bill Jemison 0 0 0

Ht1 Williams, Bastable, J.Tolley, Watling 70.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Shepherd, Braithwaite, Perkins, Browning (f) 70.8 1 5 4 8 Ht3 L.Tolley, Davies, Parker, Fearman (f) 71.8 1 5 5 13 Ht4 Barsby, Bastable, Browning, Malpass 71.6 4 2 9 15 Ht5 Williams, Shepherd, Braithwaite, Watling (f) 70.2 3 3 12 18 Ht6 Perkins, L.Tolley, Davies, Barsby 71.0 3 3 15 21 Ht7 Fearman, Bastable, Parker, J.Tolley 70.8 4 2 19 23 Ht8 Perkins, Brown, Braithwaite, Jemison 72.6 5 1 24 24 Ht9 Williams, Davies, L.Tolley, Watling 71.8 3 3 27 27 Ht10 J.Tolley, Bastable, Perkins, Barsby 72.4 1 5 28 32 Ht11 Shepherd, Fearman, Braithwaite, Parker (f) 71.6 2 4 30 36 Ht12 Barsby, Davies, Brown, Jemison 73.4 4 2 34 38 Ht13 Shepherd, Parker, Malpass, Brown 72.4 2 4 36 42 Ht14 Williams, Fearman, J.Tolley, L.Tolley 72.2 5 1 41 43

Bradgate Scratch Race Barsby, Malpass, Peck, Hutton 74.0

Loseby Scratch Race Grifin, Brown, Jackson, Fletcher 74.4

Cosby Scratch Race Hutton, Peck, Griffin (f), Jemison (f) 74.6

The Flying Four Ht1 Fearman, Barsby, Braithwaite, Bastable 76.0 76.2 Ht2 Davies, Parker, J.Tolley, Perkins 74.2 75.0 Ht3 Williams, Shepherd, L.Tolley, Watling 72.6 73.6 Final Williams, Shepherd, Fearman, Davies 71.6

Monday 3rd August 1953 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Wasps 54 Leicester Hunters 30 (National League Division Two)

Wolverhampton Harry Bastable 1 3 3 2' 9+1 Jim Tolley 3 2' 2' 3 10+2 Derek Braithwaite 2' 1 2 1 6+1 Brian Shepherd 3 2' 3 3 11+1 Ivor Davies 2 1' 2' 1 6+2 Les Tolley 1' 2 3 0 6+1 Eric Irons ® 3 3 6 Phil Malpass ® 0 0 0

Leicester Lionel Watling 0 0 R 0 Len Williams © 2 3 2 2 9 Fred Perkins 1 1 3 0 5 Roy Browning 0 1 3 4 Dennis Parker 0 0 0 0 0 Reg Fearman 3 2 1 1' 7+1 Charlie Barsby ® 1 0 2' 3+1 Ivor Brown ® 0 1 1 2

Ht1 J. Tolley, Williams, Bastable, Watling. 68.4 4-2 4- 2 Ht2 Shepherd, Braithwaite, Perkins, Browning. 70.4 5-1 9- 3 Ht3 Fearman, Davies, L. Tolley, Parker. 70.8 3-3 12- 6 Ht4 Irons, Shepherd, Barsby, Watling. 70.4 5-1 17- 7 Ht5 Bastable, J. Tolley, Perkins, Brown. 70.8 5-1 22- 8 Ht6 Shepherd, Fearman, Braithwaite, Parker. 70.4 4-2 26-10 Ht7 Williams, L. Tolley, Davies, Watling (ret). 70.6 3-3 29-13 Ht8 Perkins, Braithwaite, Brown, Malpass. 71.8 2-4 31-17 Ht9 Bastable, J.Tolley, Fearman, Parker. 70.4 5-1 36 - 18 Ht10 Shepherd, Williams, Braithwaite, Barsby. 70 4-2 40-20 Ht11 L. Tolley, Davies, Browning, Perkins. 70.8 5-1 45-21 Ht12 Irons, Bastable, Brown, Parker. 71.2 5-1 50-22 Ht13 Browning, Barsby, Davies, Malpass. 71.8 1-5 51-27 Ht14 J. Tolley, Williams, Fearman, L. Tolley. 70 3-3 54-30

Friday 7th August 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 46 Lanarkshire Eagles 38 (National League Division Two)

Leicester Ivor Brown 0 0 0 Len Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Perkins 3 2 1’ 2 8 1 Charlie Barsby 2’ E 1’ E 3 2 Dennis Parker 2 1 3 3 9 Reg Fearman 1’ 0 1 1 3 1 Lionel Watling 3 2’ 2 1 8 1 Roy Browning 2 1’ 3 1

Motherwell Noel Watson 1’ 1’ 2’ 1 6 3 Gordon McGregor 2 3 3 2 10 Ron Phillips 1 2 3 2 8 Scott Hall 0 1’ 0 F 1 1 Johnny Green 3 3 1 3 10 Bluey Scott 0 0 0 0 Guy Allott 2 2 0 4 Jimmy Tannock X 0 0

Ht1 Williams, McGregor, Watson, Brown 68.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Perkins, Barsby, Phillips, Hall 72.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Green, Parker, Fearman, Scott 70.2 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Watling, Allott, Watson, Barsby (ef) 71.8 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Williams, Phillips, Hall, Brown 68.9 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Green, Perkins, Barsby, Scott 71.0 3 3 20 16 Ht7 McGregor, Watson, Parker, Fearman 70.4 1 5 21 21 Ht8 Phillips, Browning, Perkins, Tannock (exc2min) 71.4 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Williams, Watling, Green, Scott 69.4 5 1 29 25 Ht10 McGregor, Perkins, Watson, Barsby (ef) 71.2 2 4 31 29 Ht11 Parker, Phillips, Fearman, Hall 71.8 4 2 35 31 Ht12 Green, Watling, Browning, Tannock 71.4 3 3 38 34 Ht13 Parker, Allott, Watling, Hall (f) 72.2 4 2 42 36 Ht14 Williams, McGregor, Fearman, Allott 70.0 4 2 46 38

Langton Scratch Race Jackson, Brown, Fletcher, Griffin 74.4

Enderby Scratch Race Allott, Hall, Peck, Hutton 74.0

Ansty Scratch Race Tannock, Hutton, Brown, Peck 74.0

The Flying Four Ht1 McGregor, Perkins, Fearman, Scott 72.0 72.4 Ht2 Watling, Phillips, Barsby, Parker 72.0 73.2 Ht3 Williams, Green, Browning, Watson 72.4 72.6 Final McGregor, Williams, Watling, Perkins (f) 71.6

Saturday 8th August 1953 Brandon Stadium, Coventry Coventry Bees 54 Leicester Hunters 30 (National League Division Two)

Coventry Vic Emms 2 2’ 2’ 3 9 2 Charlie New 1’ 3 3 3 10 1 Johnnie Reason 3 2 2’ 2 9 1 Reg Duval 1 3 0 1’ 5 1 Les Hewitt 1’ 2 3 3 9 1 Derrick Tailby 2 1’ 0 0 3 1 Jack Wright 2 2’ 4 1 Stan Williams 3 2 5

Leicester Ivor Brown 0 0 0 Len Williams 3 3 3 2 11 Fred Perkins 0 1 1’ 2 1 Charlie Barsby 2 F 2 1 5 Dennis Parker 0 1 0 E 1 Reg Fearman 3 3 1 1’ 8 1 Lionel Watling 1 1 0 F 2 Roy Browning 0 0 1 1

Ht1 L.Williams, Emms, New, Brown 68.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Reason, Barsby, Duval, Perkins 70.0 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Fearman, Tailby, Hewitt, Parker 70.8 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Duval, Wright, Watling, Brown 71.0 5 1 15 9 Ht5 New, Emms, Perkins, Barsby (f) 70.4 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Fearman, Reason, Parker, Duval 70.8 2 4 22 14 Ht7 L.Williams, Hewitt, Tailby, Browning 68.4 3 3 25 17 Ht8 S.Williams, Reason, Watling, Browning 71.8 5 1 30 18 Ht9 New, Emms, Fearman, Parker 70.2 5 1 35 19 Ht10 L.Williams, Reason, Duval, Watling 70.0 3 3 38 22 Ht11 Hewitt, Barsby, Perkins, Tailby 71.2 3 3 41 25 Ht12 Emms, Wright, Browning, Parker (ef) 70.8 5 1 46 26 Ht13 Hewitt, S.Williams, Barsby, Watling (f) 71.0 5 1 51 27 Ht14 New, L.Williams, Fearman, Tailby 70.0 3 3 54 30

Coventry 7 Leicester 11 Midland Junior League Jim Lightfoot 2 0 2 Pete Reason 1’ 2 2 5 1 Nick Nicholls 0 0 Leicester Vic Hall 0 0 Douglas Jackson 3 3 1 7 Bill Griffin 1 3 4 Ht1 Jackson, Lightfoot, P.Reason, Hall 73.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Jackson, P.Reason, Griffin, Nicholls 72.0 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Griffin, P.Reason, Jackson, Lightfoot 72.0 2 4 7 11

Tuesday 11th August 1953 Caister Road Stadium, Yarmouth Yarmouth Bloaters 58 Leicester Hunters 26 (National League Division Two)

Yarmouth Fred Brand 1’ 3 2 3 9 1 Roy Bowers 2 2’ 1’ 0 5 2 Bob Baker 3 3 3 3 12 Ronnie Genz E 1 2’ 3 1 Terry Courtnell 2’ 1 0 2’ 5 2 Reg Reeves 3 3 3 3 12 Arthur Bush 3 2’ 5 1 Danny Dunton 2’ 2’ 3 7 2

Leicester Ivor Brown 0 0 0 0 0 Len Williams 3 2 1 3 9 Fred Perkins 1’ 1 1 1’ 4 2 Charlie Barsby 2 0 2 F 4 Dennis Parker 0 0 E 0 Reg Fearman 1 2 3 1’ 7 1 Lionel Watling 1 1 1 3 Roy Browning 0 0 0

Ht1 Williams, Bowers, Brand, Brown 72.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Baker, Barsby, Perkins, Genz (ef) 72.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Reeves, Courtnell, Fearman, Parker 73.0 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Bush, Dunton, Watling, Brown 75.6 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Brand, Bowers, Perkins, Barsby 74.2 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Baker, Fearman, Genz, Parker 74.2 4 2 25 11 Ht7 Reeves, Williams, Courtnell, Brown 71.6 4 2 29 13 Ht8 Baker, Dunton, Perkins, Browning 75.2 5 1 34 14 Ht9 Fearman, Brand, Bowers, Parker (ef) 73.6 3 3 37 17 Ht10 Baker, Genz, Williams, Brown 73.0 5 1 42 18 Ht11 Reeves, Barsby, Perkins, Courtnell 73.2 3 3 45 21 Ht12 Brand, Bush, Watling, Browning 75.2 5 1 50 22 Ht13 Dunton, Courtnell, Watling, Barsby (f) 75.0 5 1 55 23 Ht14 Reeves, Williams, Fearman, Bowers 73.2 3 3 58 26

Friday 14th August 1953 Blackbird Road, Leicester Leicester Hunters 30 Coventry Bees 54 (National League Division Two)

Leicester Dennis Parker 2 0 1 0 3 Len Williams 1’ 3 3 1 8 1 Fred Perkins 1 1 3 1 6 Charlie Barsby 0 1’ F 0 1 1 Lionel Watling 0 3 1 1 5 Reg Fearman 2 1 0 0 3 Roy Browning 2 1 3 Cyril Page 1 0 1

Coventry Vic Emms 3 0 0 3 Charlie New 0 2 3 3 8 Johnny Reason 3 2 2 2’ 9 1 Reg Duval 2’ 1’ 3 3 9 2 Les Hewitt 1 3 0 2’ 6 1 Derrick Tailby 3 2’ 2 2’ 9 2 Jack Wright 3 2’ 2’ 7 2 Stan Williams 0 3 3

Ht1 Emms, Parker, L.Williams, New 71.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Reason, Duval, Perkins, Barsby 70.4 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Tailby, Fearman, Hewitt, Watling 71.0 2 4 6 12 Ht4 Wright, Browning, Barsby, Emms 71.2 3 3 9 15 Ht5 L.Williams, Reason, Duval, Parker 70.2 3 3 12 18 Ht6 Hewitt, Tailby, Perkins, Barsby (f) 71.2 1 5 13 23 Ht7 Watling, New, Fearman, Emms 72.2 4 2 17 25 Ht8 Perkins, Reason, Page, S.Williams 71.6 4 2 21 27 Ht9 L.Williams, Tailby, Parker, Hewitt 70.8 4 2 25 29 Ht10 New, Wright, Perkins, Barsby 72.2 1 5 26 34 Ht11 Duval, Reason, Watling, Fearman 72.0 1 5 27 39 Ht12 S.Williams, Hewitt, Browning, Parker 72.0 1 5 28 44 Ht13 Duval, Wright, Watling, Page 71.8 1 5 29 49 Ht14 New, Tailby, L.Williams, Fearman 71.4 1 5 30 54

Leicester 6 Coventry 11 Midland Junior League Leicester Ivor Brown 2 E 0 2 Douglas Jackson E 0 Bill Griffin 2 2 4 Coventry Pete Reason 1 1 2 Jim Lightfoot 3 3 3 9 Nick Nicholls E 0 Ht1 Lightfoot, Brown, Reason, Jackson (ef) 72.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Lightfoot, Griffins, Brown (ef), Nicholls (ef) 72.6 2 3 4 7 Ht3 Lightfoot, Griffin, Reason, Brown 73.6 2 4 6 11

Queniboro’ Scratch Race Wright, Browning, Hutton, Peck 73.8

Billesdon Scratch Race Browning, S.Williams, Vic Hall, Hutton 72.8

The Flying Four Ht1 New, Tailby, Perkins, Parker 71.6 71.8 Ht2 Emms, Fearman, Hewitt. Watling 71.2 71.4 Ht3 Reason, Duval, Barsby, Page 71.2 72.0 Final Fearman, Emms, New, Reason 72.4

Saturday 15th August 1953 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh Edinburgh Monarchs 37 Leicester Hunters 47 (National League Division Two)

Edinburgh Dick Campbell 2 1 0 3 6 Bob Mark 1’ 3 2 2 8 1 Don Cuppleditch E 3 3 3 9 Wilf Jay 1 2 F 0 3 Roy Bester 1 2 3 2 8 Harold Fairhurst 0 1’ 1 0 2 1 Jimmy Cox 0 0 0 Harry Darling 0 1’ 1 1

Leicester Dennis Parker 0 1 0 1 Len Williams 3 3 2 3 11 Fred Perkins 3 2 1’ 0 6 1 Charlie Barsby 2’ 0 2 3 7 1 Lionel Watling 2’ 2 3 7 1 Reg Fearman 3 1’ 1 1 6 1 Roy Browning 3 2 1’ 0 6 1 Cyril Page 2 1’ 3 1

Ht1 Williams, Campbell, Mark, Parker 65.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Perkins, Barsby, Jay, Cuppleditch (EF) 69.6 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Fearman, Watling, Bester, Fairhurst 67.4 1 5 5 13 Ht4 Browning, Jay, Parker, Cox 68.8 2 4 7 17 Ht5 Mark, Perkins, Campbell, Barsby 68.4 4 2 11 19 Ht6 Cuppleditch, Browning, Fearman, Jay (F) 67.4 3 3 14 22 Ht7 Williams, Bester, Fairhurst, Parker 66.0 3 3 17 25 Ht8 Cuppleditch, Page, Perkins, Darling 68.4 3 3 20 28 Ht9 Watling, Mark, Fearman, Campbell 67.4 2 4 22 32 Ht10 Cuppleditch, Williams, Browning, Jay 67.4 3 3 25 35 Ht11 Bester, Barsby, Fairhurst, Perkins 68.2 4 2 29 37 Ht12 Campbell, Watling, Page, Cox 68.4 3 3 32 40 Ht13 Barsby, Bester, Darling, Browning 69.4 3 3 35 43 Ht14 Williams, Mark, Fearman, Fairhurst 68.5 2 4 37 47

Friday 21st August 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 65 Stoke Potters 31 (Midland Cup)

Leicester Dennis Parker 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Len Williams 3 3 3 3 3 15 Charlie Barsby 1 1 0 3 5 Bill Griffiths DNR Lionel Watling 2’ 2’ 2 3 9 2 Reg Fearman 3 3 1’ E 7 1 Fred Perkins 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 Roy Browning 3 1 2’ 3 9 1

Stoke John Fitzpatrick 0 2 0 2 4 Jack Hughes 1 1 1’ 2 0 5 1 Don Potter 2 1 3 3 2 11 Ray Harris 0 0 0 0 0 Les Jenkins 0 2 0 0 2 Bill Dalton 1 1’ 1 1’ 4 2 Alf Parker 0 1 0 1 Paddy Mills 2’ 1 1 4 1

Ht1 Williams, D.Parker, Hughes, Fitzpatrick 68.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Perkins, Potter, Barsby, Harris 71.8 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Fearman, Watling, Dalton, Jenkins 72.2 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Perkins, Fitzpatrick, Barsby, A.Parker 71.6 4 2 18 6 Ht5 Williams, D.Parker, Potter, Harris 70.2 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Browning, Jenkins, Dalton, Barsby 72.2 3 3 26 10 Ht7 Fearman, Watling, Hughes, Fitzpatrick 72.6 5 1 31 11 Ht8 Potter, Mills, Browning 72.4 1 5 32 16 Ht9 Williams, D.Parker, Dalton, Jenkins 71.4 5 1 37 17 Ht10 Barsby, Fitzpatrick, Hughes 73.2 3 3 40 20 Ht11 Potter, Watling, Fearman, Harris 72.6 3 3 43 23 Ht12 D.Parker, Perkins, Mills, Jenkins 71.2 5 1 48 24 Ht13 Watling, Browning, A.Parker, Harris 74.2 5 1 53 25 Ht14 Williams, Hughes, Dalton, Fearman (ef) 72.2 3 3 56 28 Ht15 Browning, Perkins, Mills, A.Parker 73.0 5 1 61 29 Ht16 Williams, Potter, Perkins, Hughes 72.0 4 2 65 31

Junior Scratch Race Brown, Griffin, Hall, Jackson 73.8

The Flying Four (no final fastest winner wins) Ht1 Browning, Griffiths, Perkins, Jenkins 73.4 Ht2 Fearman, Potter, Barsby, Hughes 72.8 Ht3 Parker, Griffiths, Page, Dalton 73.2 Ht4 Williams, Watling, Fitzpatrick, Harris 75.8

Saturday 22nd August 1953 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke Stoke Potters 50 Leicester Hunters 46 (Midland Cup)

Stoke John Fitzpatrick 2 2’ 1’ 3 8 2 Jack Hughes 0 3 2 1 6 Don Potter 3 2 3 2 0 10 Ray Harris 2’ 3 F 1’ 6 2 Les Jenkins 3 2 3 3 1 12 Bill Dalton 1 0 0 0 1 Alf Parker 1 0 3 4 Paddy Mills 0 1 2’ 3 1

Leicester Dennis Parker 1 2 1 0 4 Len Williams 3 3 3 3 3 15 Bill Griffiths 1 1 2 2 6 Charlie Barsby 0 0 1’ 2 3 1 Lionel Watling 0 1 F 1 Reg Fearman 2 3 3 2’ 2’ 12 2 Fred Perkins 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Roy Browning 1’ 2 1 4 1

Ht1 Williams, Fitzpatrick, D.Parker, Hughes 69.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Potter, Harris, Griffiths, Barsby 72.2 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Jenkins, Fearman, Dalton, Watling 72.4 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Harris, D.Parker, A.Parker, Perkins 72.6 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Hughes, Fitzpatrick, Griffiths, Barsby 72.4 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Fearman, Potter, Watling, Harris (f) 73.4 2 4 22 14 Ht7 Williams, Jenkins, D.Parker, Dalton 72.4 2 4 24 18 Ht8 Potter, Griffiths, Browning, Mills 73.6 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Fearman, Hughes, Fitzpatrick, Watling (f) 73.4 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Williams, Potter, Harris, D.Parker 72.6 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Jenkins, Griffiths, Barsby, Dalton 73.4 4 4 36 30 Ht12 Fitzpatrick, Browning, Perkins, A.Parker 74.0 3 3 39 33 Ht13 Jenkins, Barsby, Mills, Perkins 74.0 4 2 43 35 Ht14 Williams, Fearman, Hughes, Dalton 74.0 1 5 44 40 Ht15 A.Parker, Mills, Browning, Perkins 77.4 5 1 49 41 Ht16 Williams, Fearman, Jenkins, Potter 74.2 1 5 50 46

Friday 28th August 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 29 Belle Vue Aces 55 (Challenge)

Leicester Dennis Parker 0 0 0 2 2 Len Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Griffiths 1 3 1 X 5 Charlie Barsby 0 1 0 1 2 Lionel Watling 2 0 1 1 4 Reg Fearman 1’ 2 0 0 3 1 Fred Perkins 0 1 1 Roy Browning 0 0 0

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 1’ 3 3 3 10 1 Jack Parker 2 1 2’ 1 6 1 Ken Sharples 2’ 1’ 3 2 8 2 Jock Grierson 3 2 3 3 11 Louis Lawson 3 1’ 1’ 3 8 2 Harry Edwards 0 2 2 2 6 Bob Fletcher 2’ 2’ 4 2 Peter Craven 2’ 0 2 1

Ht1 Williams, J.Parker, Johnston, D.Parker 68.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Grierson, Sharples, Griffiths, Barsby 69.2 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Lawson, Watling, Fearman, Edwards 69.2 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Johnston, Fletcher, Barsby, Perkins 69.8 1 5 8 16 Ht5 Williams, Grierson, Sharples, D.Parker 69.4 3 3 11 19 Ht6 Griffiths, Edwards, Lawson, Barsby 70.4 2 4 13 23 Ht7 Johnston, Fearman, J.Parker, Watling 70.4 2 4 15 27 Ht8 Sharples, Craven, Griffiths, Browning 69.6 1 5 16 32 Ht9 Williams, Edwards, Lawson, D.Parker 69.4 3 3 19 35 Ht10 Johnston, J.Parker, Barsby, Griffiths 70.8 1 5 20 40 Ht11 Grierson, Sharples, Watling, Fearman 71.0 1 5 21 45 Ht12 Lawson, D.Parker, Perkins, Craven 71.2 3 3 24 48 Ht13 Grierson, Fletcher, Watling, Browning 72.6 1 5 25 53 Ht14 Williams, Edwards, J.Parker, Fearman 70.4 3 3 28 56

Midland Match Race Championship Ht1 Alan Hunt bt Graham Warren 70.2 Ht2 Graham Warren bt Alan Hunt 70.4 Ht3 Alan Hunt bt Graham Warren 69.6

Cropston Scratch Race B.Fletcher, Craven, Page, Barsby 71.0

Uppingham Scratch Race Watlung, Perkins, Browning, Page 72.8

The Flying Four Ht1 Johnston, Sharples, D.Parker, Griffiths 70.4 70.8 Ht2 Williams, J.Parker, Warren, Grierson 69.2 71.4 Ht3 Edwards, Fearman, Lawson, Hunt (ef) 72.0 72.2 Final Williams, Sharples, Johnston, Edwards 70.4

Friday 4th September 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 45 Poole Pirates 39 (National League Division Two)

Leicester Dennis Parker 0 2’ 1 1’ 4 2 Len Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Griffiths 2 2 3 1 8 Charlie Barsby X 0 0 Lionel Watling 2 3 3 3 11 Reg Fearman 1’ E 1 1 3 1 Fred Perkins 1 2 3 Roy Browning 3 0 1 0 4

Poole Tony Lewis 2 2 1’ 3 8 1 Ken Middleditch 1’ 2 2’ 2 7 2 Jimmy Squibb 3 0 2 0 5 Bill Holden 1 1 2 2 6 Terry Small 3 3 2 3 11 Allan Kidd 0 1 0 0 1 Buster Brown 0 1’ 1 1 Johnny Thomson 0 0 0

Ht1 Williams, Lewis, Middleditch, Parker 67.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Squibb, Griffiths, Holden, Barsby (exc) 70.4 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Small, Watling, Fearman, Kidd 69.2 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Browning, Lewis, Perkins, Brown 71.4 4 2 12 12 Ht5 Williams, Parker, Holden, Squibb 68.8 5 1 17 13 Ht6 Small, Griffiths, Kidd, Browning 69.8 2 4 19 17 Ht7 Watling, Middleditch, Lewis, Fearman (ef) 71.4 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Griffiths, Squibb, Browning, Thomson 71.6 4 2 26 22 Ht9 Williams, Small, Parker, Kidd 68.2 4 2 30 24 Ht10 Lewis, Middleditch, Griffiths, Barsby 71.4 1 5 31 29 Ht11 Watling, Holden, Fearman, Squibb 71.0 4 2 35 31 Ht12 Small, Perkins, Parker, Thomson 69.8 3 3 38 34 Ht13 Watling, Holden, Brown, Browning 70.6 3 3 41 37 Ht14 Williams, Middleditch, Fearman, Kidd 70.8 4 2 45 39

Leicester Birmingham Midland Junior League Leicester Ivor Brown 3 F 3 Douglas Jackson 1 2’ 3 1 Bill Griffin 3 X 3 Birmingham Dennis Bennett 0 Finj 0 Jack Gorman 2 1 3 Alan Pearce 0 0 Ht1 Brown, Gorman, Jackson, Bennett 72.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Griffin, Jackson, Gorman, Pearce 71.8 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Pearce, Brown (finRR), Griffin (fexc), Bennett (finj) Race Declared Void

Whetstone Scratch Race Perkins, J.Mountford, Browning, Page 71.8

Rockingham Scratch Race Perkins, Mountford, Page, B.Brown (efchain) 72.0

The Flying Four Ht1 Fearman, Middleditch, Kidd, Parker 70.8 71.8 Ht2 Holden, Griffiths, Squibb, Barsby (ef) 71.4 71.4 Ht3 Williams, Small, Watling, Lewis 69.4 70.6 Final Williams, Small, Holden, Fearman 70.2

Saturday 5th September 1953 Brandon Stadium, Coventry Coventry Bees 53 Leicester Hunters 43 (Midland Cup)

Coventry Vic Emms 2 2’ 1’ 1 4 2 Charlie New 0 3 2 3 8 Johnny Reason 3 3 3 3 3 15 Reg Duval 2’ 3 0 0 5 1 Derrick Tailby E 0 2’ 0 2 1 Les Hewitt 3 2 3 3 0 11 Jack Wright X 3 3 6 Stan Williams 0 0 0 0

Leicester Dennis Parker 1 1’ 1 1’ 4 2 Len Williams 3 3 2 2 2 12 Bill Griffiths 1 0 1’ 1 3 1 Charlie Barsby 0 1 0 2 3 Lionel Watling 2 1’ 0 0 3 1 Reg Fearman 1’ 2 3 1’ 1’ 8 3 Fred Perkins 2 1’ 1’ 4 2 Jack Mountford 2 2 2 6

Ht1 L.Williams, Emms, Parker, New 68.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Reason, Duval, Griffiths, Barsby 68.4 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Hewitt, Watling, Fearman, Tailby (ef) 69.2 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Duval, Perkins, Parker, Wright (exc) 71.0 3 3 13 11 Ht5 New, Emms, Barsby, Griffiths 70.2 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Reason, Fearman, Watling, Duval 68.4 3 3 21 15 Ht7 L.Williams, Hewitt, Parker, Tailby 68.6 2 4 23 19 Ht8 Reason, Mountford, Griffiths, S.Williams 69.0 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Fearman, New, Emms, Watling 69.8 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Reason, L.Williams, Parker, Duval 68.2 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Hewitt, Tailby, Griffiths, Barsby 69.8 5 1 37 29 Ht12 Wright, Mountford, Emms, Watling 70.8 4 2 41 31 Ht13 Hewitt, Barsby, Perkins, S.Williams 70.8 3 3 44 34 Ht14 New, L.Williams, Fearman, Tailby 69.8 3 3 47 37 Ht15 Wright, Mountford, Perkins, S.Williams 70.8 3 3 50 40 Ht16 Reason, L.Williams, Fearman, Hewitt 68.8 3 3 53 43

Monday 7th September 1953 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 53 Leicester 30 (National League Division Two)

Motherwell Noel Watson 1’ 3 E X 4 1 Gordon McGregor 2 2’ 3 3 10 1 Johnny Green 3 1 3 1 8 Ron Phillips 2’ 2 3 3 10 1 Cyril Cooper E 2 3 3 8 Guy Allott 3 1 2’ 1 7 2 Jimmy Tannock 1’ 2 3 1 Scott Hall 2’ 1 3 1

Leicester Dennis Parker 0 3 0 0 3 Len Williams 3 3 2 2 10 Charlie Barsby 1 1 0 2 4 Bill Griffiths 0 0 0 1 1 Lionel Watling 1’ 0 1’ X 2 2 Reg Fearman 2 2 2 0 6 Fred Perkins 0 0 0 Jack Mountford 1 3 4

Ht1 Williams, McGregor, Watson, Parker 74.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Green, Phillips, Barsby, Griffiths 74.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Allott, Fearman, Watling, Cooper (ef) 75.4 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Parker, Phillips, Tannock, Perkins 76.2 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Watson, McGregor, Barsby, Griffiths 75.6 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Phillips, Fearman, Green, Watling 76.4 4 2 23 13 Ht7 Williams, Cooper, Allott, Parker 77.0 3 3 26 16 Ht8 Green, Hall, Mountford, Griffiths 77.6 5 1 31 17 Ht9 McGregor, Fearman, Watling, Watson (ef) 76.4 3 3 34 20 Ht10 Phillips, Williams, Green, Parker 75.8 4 2 38 22 Ht11 Cooper, Allott, Griffiths, Barsby 77.2 5 1 43 23 Ht12 Mountford, Tannock, Watson(excps), Watling(ex) 88.2 2 3 45 26 Ht13 Cooper, Barsby, Hall, Perkins 78.0 4 2 49 28 Ht14 McGregor, Williams, Allott, Fearman 77.0 4 2 53 30

Wednesday 9th September 1953 White City Stadium, Glasgow Glasgow Tigers 54 Leicester Hunters 30 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow Bob Sharp 1 2’ 1 0 4 1 Tommy Miller 3 3 3 3 12 Ken McKinlay F 2’ E 1’ 3 2 Peter Dykes 2 3 3 2 10 Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 12 Larry Lazarus 2’ 2’ 2’ 1 7 3 Don Wilkinson 1 2 3 Harry Welch 1 2’ 3 1

Leicester Dennis Parker 0 2 0 0 2 Len Williams 2 1 3 2 8 Bill Griffiths 3 1 3 1 8 Charlie Barsby 1 0 0 1 Lionel Watling 0 0 1 1 Reg Fearman 1 1 0 F 2 Fred Perkins 0 0 0 Jack Mountford 2’ 2 3 1 8 1

Ht1 Miller, Williams, Sharp, Parker 76.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Griffiths, Dykes, Barsby (frmtd), McKinlay (f) 81.4 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Bainbridge, Lazarus, Fearman, Watling 80.4 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Dykes, Parker, Wilkinson, Perkins 81.2 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Miller, Sharp, Griffiths, Barsby 80.2 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Dykes, McKinlay, Fearman, Watling 81.0 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Bainbridge, Lazarus, Williams, Parker 78.6 5 1 30 12 Ht8 Griffiths, Mountford, Welch, McKinlay (ef) 82.0 1 5 31 17 Ht9 Miller, Mountford, Sharp, Fearman 78.6 4 2 35 19 Ht10 Williams, Dykes, McKinlay, Parker 80.4 3 3 38 22 Ht11 Bainbridge, Lazarus, Griffiths, Barsby 81.0 5 1 43 23 Ht12 Mountford, Wilkinson, Watling, Sharp 81.4 2 4 45 27 Ht13 Bainbridge, Welch, Mountford, Perkins 80.6 5 1 50 28 Ht14 Miler, Williams, Lazarus, Fearman (f) 79.2 4 2 54 30

Friday 11th September 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 50 Coventry Bees 46 (Midland Cup)

Leicester Dennis Parker 2’ 1 0 3 6 1 Len Williams 3 3 3 3 2 14 Bill Griffiths 1 F E 2 3 Jack Mountford 0 0 1’ 1 1 Lionel Watling 3 1’ 0 3 7 1 Reg Fearman 2’ 2 2 2’ 0 8 2 Fred Perkins 1 0 3 4 Charlie Barsby 2 2 2 1 7

Coventry Charlie New 1 2’ 3 3 3 12 1 Vic Emms 0 0 1 1 Johnny Reason 3 0 3 1 7 Reg Duval 2’ 2 3 X 1 8 1 Les Hewitt 1 1 1’ 2 5 1 Derrick Tailby 0 3 2 0 5 Jack Wright 3 E 1 0 4 Stan Williams 1 1 2 4

Ht1 L.Williams, Parker, New, Emms 70.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Reason, Duval, Griffiths, Mountford 70.2 1 5 6 6 Ht3 Watling, Fearman, Hewitt, Tailby 71.2 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Wright, New, Perkins, Mountford 70.4 1 5 12 12 Ht5 L.Williams, Duval, Parker, Reason 71.0 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Tailby, Barsby, Hewitt, Griffiths (f) 71.8 2 4 18 18 Ht7 New, Fearman, Watling, Emms 70.4 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Reason, Barsby, S.Williams, Griffiths (ef) 72.2 2 4 23 25 Ht9 L.Williams, Tailby, Hewitt, Parker 71.8 3 3 26 28 Ht10 New, Griffiths, Mountford, Wright (ef) 70.6 3 3 29 31 Ht11 Duval, Fearman, Reason, Watling 71.4 2 4 31 35 Ht12 Parker, Hewitt, S.Willaims, Perkins 71.8 3 3 34 38 Ht13 Watling, Barsby, Wright, Duval (exc) 73.4 5 1 39 39 Ht14 L.Williams, Fearman, Emms, Tailby 71.8 5 1 44 40 Ht15 Perkins, S.Williams, Barsby, Wright 72.8 4 2 48 42 Ht16 New, L.Williams, Duval, Fearman 71.4 2 4 50 46

Leicester 9 Coventry 9 Midland Junior League Leicester Ivor Brown 1’ 1’ 2 2 Douglas Jackson 2 1’ 3 1 Bill Griffin 2 2 4 Coventry Jim Lightfoot 3 3 6 Nick Nicholls 0 0 0 Peter Reason 3 0 3 Ht1 Lightfoot, Jackson, Brown, Nicholls 72.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Reason, Griffin, Jackson, Nicholls 73.8 3 3 3 3 Ht3 Lightfoot, Griffin, Brown, Reason 73.2 3 3 9 9

The Flying Fours Ht1 Duval, Fearman, Mountford, Browning 72.0 Ht2 New, Parker, Griffiths, Tailby 71.8 Ht3 Reason, Emms, Watling, Perkins 72.6 Ht4 Williams, Hewitt, Barsby, Browning 72.8

Saturday 12th September 1953 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh 1 35 Rayleigh 2 34 Leicester 32 Wolverhampton 19

Rayleigh I Tom O’Connor 3 3 2’ 3 3 14 1 Gerald Jackson 0 0 3 3 3 9 Les McGillivray 3 3 2 1 2 11 Frank Bettis 0 1 0 0 0 1

Rayleigh II Peter Clark 1’ 3 3 3 1 11 1 Maurice McDermott 2 2 0 2 3 9 Alby Smith 2 2 3 2’ 0 9 1 Ron Howes 1’ 0 3 0 1 5 1

Leicester Len Williams 3 2 2 1 2 10 Reg Fearman 2’ 1 2 2 3 10 1 Lionel Watling 1 1’ 1 3 1 7 1 Bill Griffiths 3 0 0 1 1 5

Wolverhampton Brian Shepherd 0 3 1 1 2 7 Eric Irons 2 1 0 1 2 6 Les Tolley 0 2 2 1 0 5 Ivor Davies 1 0 0 0 0 1 F.Badcock 0 RI RII L W Ht1 McGillivray, McDermott, Clark, Jackson 72.0 3 3 0 0 Ht2 Williams, Fearman, Davies, Shepherd 73.2 3 3 5 1 Ht3 O’Connor, Smith, Howes, Bettis 70.6 6 6 5 1 Ht4 Griffiths, Irons, Watling, Tolley 73.6 6 6 9 3 Ht5 McGillivray, Tolley, Bettis, Davies 73.2 10 6 9 5 Ht6 Shepherd, Smith, Irons, Jackson 73.4 10 8 9 9 Ht7 Clark, Williams, Watling, Howes 73.6 10 11 12 9 Ht8 O’Connor, McDermott, Fearman, Griffiths 71.8 13 13 13 9 Ht9 Howes, McGillivray, Shepherd, Griffiths 73.4 15 16 13 10 Ht10 Jackson, O’Connor, Watling, Davies 72.2 20 16 14 10 Ht11 O’Connor, Williams, McGillivray, Irons 73.6 24 16 16 10 Ht12 Smith, Tolley, Williams, McDermott 74.0 24 19 17 12 Ht13 Clark, Fearman, Irons, Bettis 73.4 24 22 19 13 Ht14 Jackson, Fearman, Tolley, Howes 73.2 27 22 21 14 Ht15 Clark, Smith, Griffiths, Davies 73.2 27 27 22 14 Ht16 Watling, McDermott, Shepherd, Bettis 74.8 27 29 25 15 Ht17 Fearman, McGillivray, Watling, Smith 74.8 29 29 29 15 Ht18 Jackson, Williams, Griffiths, Bettis 73.0 32 29 32 15 Ht19 O’Connor, Shepherd, Clark, Tolley 73.6 35 30 32 17 Ht20 McDermott, Irons, Howes, Davies 74.6 35 34 32 19

Monday 14th September 1953 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates 56 Leicester Hunters 27 (National League Division Two)

Poole Tony Lewis 1’ 1 2’ 3 7 2 Ken Middleditch 2 3 3 1 9 Jimmy Squibb 2’ 2 1’ 1 6 2 Bill Holden 3 3 0 3 9 Terry Small E 2’ 2’ 3 7 2 Allan Kidd 3 3 3 3 12 Norman Strachan 1 1 2 John Thomson 2 2’ 4 1

Leicester Charlie Barsby 0 2 0 0 2 Len Williams 3 1 2 2 8 Bill Griffiths 0 2 3 1 6 Jack Mountford 1 0 0 1 2 Lionel Watling 1’ 3 E 0 4 1 Reg Fearman 2 1 F 0 3 Fred Perkins 0 0 0 Roy Browning 0 2 2

Ht1 Williams, Middleditch, Lewis, Barsby 72.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Holden, Squibb, Mountford, Griffiths 74.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Kidd, Fearman, Watling, Small (ef) 74.0 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Holden, Barsby, Strachan, Perkins 78.0 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Middleditch, Griffiths, Lewis, Mountford 77.0 4 2 19 11 Ht6 Watling, Squibb, Fearman, Holden 77.8 2 4 21 15 Ht7 Kidd, Small, Williams, Barsby 75.6 5 1 26 16 Ht8 Griffiths, Thomson, Squibb, Browning 76.8 3 3 29 19 Ht9 Middleditch, Lewis, Watling (ef), Fearman (f) 76.4 5 0 34 19 Ht10 Holden, Williams, Squibb, Barsby 75.0 4 2 38 21 Ht11 Kidd, Small, Griffiths, Mountford 74.6 5 1 43 22 Ht12 Lewis, Browning, Strachan, Watling 75.8 4 2 47 24 Ht13 Small, Thomson, Mountford, Perkins 73.4 5 1 52 25 Ht14 Kidd, Williams, Middleditch, Fearman 73.2 4 2 56 27

Friday 18th September 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 48 Glasgow Tigers 36 (National League Division Two)

Leicester Dennis Parker 1’ 1’ 1 E 3 2 Len Williams 2 3 3 3 11 Bill Griffiths 1’ E 0 1 1 Jack Mountford 2 1 1’ 4 1 Lionel Watling 1 2 1 3 7 Reg Fearman 3 1 3 1 8 Fred Perkins 3 2 5 Charlie Barsby 3 2 2 2’ 9 1

Glasgow Harry Welch 0 0 0 Tommy Miller 3 3 3 2 11 Ken McKinlay 3 2 3 2 10 Peter Dykes 0 0 0 1 1 Junior Bainbridge 2 2 2 3 9 Larry Lazarus 0 1’ 0 1 1 Don Wilkinson 2 0 0 2 Bob Sharp 1 0 1 0 2

Ht1 Miller, Williams, Parker, Welch 67.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 McKinlay, Mountford, Griffiths, Dykes 70.6 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Fearman, Bainbridge, Watling, Lazarus 69.8 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Perkins, Wilkinson, Mountford, Welch 70.8 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Williams, McKinlay, Parker, Dykes 69.4 4 2 18 12 Ht6 Barsby, Bainbridge, Lazarus, Griffiths (ef) 70.8 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Miller, Watling, Fearman, Wilkinson 69.8 3 3 24 18 Ht8 McKinlay, Barsby, Sharp, Griffiths 71.2 2 4 26 22 Ht9 Williams, Bainbridge, Parker, Lazarus 69.0 4 2 30 24 Ht10 Miller, Barsby, Mountford, Sharp 70.2 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Fearman, McKinlay, Watling, Dykes 70.6 4 2 37 29 Ht12 Bainbridge, Perkins, Sharp, Parker (ef) 70.6 2 4 39 33 Ht13 Watling, Barsby, Dykes, Wilkinson 71.4 5 1 44 34 Ht14 Williams, Miller, Fearman, Sharp 69.8 4 2 48 36

Old Time versus New Time Squib Burton (Douglas one third lap on) bt Len Williams 65.4 68.6

Battle of Britain Trophy EHt1 Jackson, Brown, Griffin, Hall 72.4 QHt1 Perkins, Browning, Wilkinson, Brown 72.0 QHt2 Barsby, Sharp, Jackson, Dykes (ef) 72.6 Ht1 Bainbridge, Williams, Watling, Hailstone 69.6 69.8 Ht2 Mountford, Perkins, Miller, Parker 71.4 71.6 Ht3 Fearman, Lazarus, Browning, Barby (f) 71.8 72.2 Final Williams, Bainbridge, Fearman, Mountford 70.0

Saturday 19th September 1953 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke Stoke Potters 50 Leicester Hunters 34 (National League Division Two)

Stoke Don Potter 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 Bill Dalton 1’ 0 1 2 1 John Fitzpatrick 2’ 1’ 2 3 8 2 Jack Hughes 3 2’ 2 1 8 1 Les Jenkins 1’ E 1 1 Ray Harris 2 1 2’ 0 5 1 Fred Wills 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Alf Parker 0 3 3 2’ 8 1

Leicester Dennis Parker 0 0 0 Len Williams 3 2’ 0 3 8 1 Bill Griffiths 0 1’ 1 1 3 1 Jack Mountford 1 2 0 0 3 Lionel Watling 0 0 0 0 Reg Fearman 3 3 1 2’ 9 1 Fred Perkins 1 1 1 3 Charlie Barsby 3 3 2 F 8

Ht1 Williams, Potter, Dalton, D.Parker 70.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Hughes, Fitzpatrick, Mountford, Griffiths 73.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Fearman, Harris, Jenkins, Watling 72.4 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Wills, Hughes, Perkins, D.Parker 73.6 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Potter, Mountford, Griffiths, Dalton 73.0 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Fearman, Hughes, Fitzpatrick, Watling 73.0 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Barsby, Williams, Harris, Jenkins (ef) 72.8 1 5 23 19 Ht8 Barsby, Fitzpatrick, Griffiths, A.Parker 74.0 2 4 25 23 Ht9 Potter, Wills, Fearman, Watling 73.4 5 1 30 24 Ht10 Fitzpatrick, Barsby, Hughes, Williams 73.0 4 2 34 26 Ht11 Wills, Harris, Griffiths, Mountford 73.2 5 1 39 27 Ht12 A.Parker, Potter, Perkins, Barsby (f) 74.6 5 1 44 28 Ht13 Wills, A.Parker, Perkins, Mountford 73.6 5 1 49 29 Ht14 Williams, Fearman, Dalton, Harris 73.2 1 5 50 34

Friday 25th September 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Britain 69 Overseas 39 (International)

Britain Len Williams 3 2 3 2 0 2' 12+1 Reg Fearman 2' 0 1 0 - - 3 +1 Terry Small 3 3 3 2' 2' 1 14+2 Reg Duval 0 1 0 - - - 1 Tommy Miller 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Ken McKinlay 1 2' 0 2' 1 2' 8 +3 Johnny Reason 3 3 3 9 Bill Griffiths 1 3 4

Overseas Charlie New 1 0 1' 3 1 0 6 +1 Peter Moore 0 2 2 1 - 1 6 Junior Bainbridge 2 0 2 1 2 0 7 Dick Seers 1' 1 0 0 - - 2+1 Les Hewitt 0 1 2 1 3 0 7 Ken Walsh 2 3 1' 0 2' 2 10+2 Chum Taylor 0 1 1 Hugh Geddes 0 0

1 Williams, Fearman, New, Moore 70.2 5-1 5-1 2 Small, Bainbridge, Seers, Duval 68.6 3-3 8-4 3 Miller, Walsh, McKinlay, Hewitt 70.4 4-2 12-6 4 Small, Moore, Duval, New 69.8 4-2 16-8 5 Miller, McKinlay, Seers, Bainbridge 70.4 5-1 21-9 6 Walsh, Williams, Hewitt, Fearman 70.8 2-4 23-13 7 Miller, Moore, New, McKinlay 70.6 3-3 26-16 8 Williams, Bainbridge, Fearman, Seers 71.0 4-2 30-18 9 Small, Hewitt, Walsh, Duval 70.2 3-3 33-21 10 New, Williams, Moore, Fearman 70.8 2-4 35-25 11 Reason, Small, Bainbridge, Seers 70.0 5-1 40-26 12 Miller, McKinlay, Hewitt, Walsh 70.4 5-1 45-27 13 Reason, Small, New, Taylor 70.4 5-1 50-28 14 Miller, Bainbridge, McKinlay, Geddes 70.2 4-2 54-30 15 Hewitt, Walsh, Griffiths, Williams 71.2 1-5 55-35 16 Miller, McKinlay, Moore, New 70.8 5-1 60-36 17 Griffiths, Williams, Taylor, Bainbridge 71.6 5-1 65-37 18 Reason, Walsh, Small, Hewitt 71.2 4-2 69-39

Friday 2nd October 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 42 West Ham Hammers 42 (Challenge)

Leicester Dennis Parker 0 1 0 1 Len Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Griffiths 2 0 3 5 Jack Mountford 0 0 0 Lionel Watling 1’ 2 3 6 1 Reg Fearman 2 1’ 3 2’ 8 2 Fred Perkins 2 0 1 1 4 Charlie Barsby 2 2 2’ 0 6 1

West Ham Wally Green 2 1 0 1 4 Howdy Byford 1’ 3 F 1 5 1 Pat Clarke 3 2 1 1’ 7 1 Bert Roger 1 0 1 Aub Lawson 3 3 2 3 11 Gerald Jackson 0 1 1’ 0 2 1 Fred Curtis 3 2 5 Gerry Hussey 3 2 2’ F 7 1

Ht1 Williams, Green, Byford, Parker 69.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Clarke, Griffiths, Roger, Mountford 70.4 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Lawson, Fearman, Watling, Jackson 70.2 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Curtis, Perkins, Green, Mountford 71.6 2 4 10 14 Ht5 Williams, Clarke, Parker, Roger 69.6 4 2 14 16 Ht6Lawson, Barsby, Jackson, Griffiths 70.0 2 4 16 20 Ht7 Byford, Watling, Fearman, Green 70.4 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Hussey, Barsby, Clarke, Perkins 71.0 2 4 21 27 Ht9 Williams, Lawson, Jackson, Parker 69.8 3 3 24 30 Ht10 Griffiths, Barsby, Green, Byford (f) 70.8 5 1 29 31 Ht11 Fearman, Hussey, Clarke, Watling 71.0 3 3 32 34 Ht12 Lawson, Hussey, Perkins, Barsby 71.6 1 5 33 39 Ht13 Watling, Curtis, Perkins, Hussey (f) 71.8 4 2 37 41 Ht14 Williams, Fearman, Byford, Jackson 71.6 5 1 42 42

The Flying Fours Ht1 Green, Griffiths, Jackson, Fearman (f) 70.8 71.8 Ht2 Lawson, Byford, Watling, Parker (f) 70.4 71.6 Ht3 Williams, Clarke, Mountford, Roger 71.0 72.0 Final Lawson, Williams, Griffiths, Green 69.8

Markfield Scratch Race Mountford, Browning, Perkins, Barsby (f) 71.8

Sidecars Match Tace Jim Davies bt Peter Speerin 74.0

Sidecar handicap Race Ht1 H.Hill (0), Speerin (85), Davies (100), Artus (70) 72.6 Ht2 Hill, Speerin, Davies, Artus 72.0

Belvoir Scratch Race Curtis, Perkins, Browning, Barsby 71.0

Friday 9th October 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 40 Norwich Stars 44 (Challenge Match)

LEICESTER Dennis Parker 0 0 0 0 Len Williams 1 3 3 2 9 Charlie Barsby 2’ 1 2’ 1’ 6 3 Bill Griffiths 3 3 0 2 8 Lionel Watling 2 2 1 0 5 Reg Fearman 0 1’ 3 1’ 5 2 Fred Perkins 0 0 1 1 Jack Mountford 3 3 6

NORWICH Fred Rogers 3 2 3 3 11 Merv Neil 2’ 0 0 0 2 1 Fred Pawson 0 1’ 1 0 2 1 Eddie Rigg (Guest) 1 2 2 3 8 Howdy Byford (Guest) 3 2’ 2 2 9 1 Phil Clarke 1 3 1’ 3 8 1 Roy Craighead 1’ 2’ 3 2 Barry East 0 1’ 1 1

1 Rogers, Neil, Williams, Parker, 70.8 1 5 2 Griffiths, Barsby, Rigg, Pawson, 70.4 6 6 3 Byford, Watling, Clarke, Fearman, 72.2 8 10 4 Griffiths, Rogers, Craighead, Perkins, 71.8 11 13 5 Williams, Rigg, Pawson, Parker, 72.0 14 16 6 Clarke, Byford, Barsby, Griffiths (e/f), 71.2 15 21 7 Rogers, Watling, Fearman, Neil, 71.8 18 24 8 Mountford, Barsby, Pawson, East (e/f), 72.6 23 25 9 Williams, Byford, Clarke, Perkins, 72.0 26 28 10 Rogers, Griffiths, Barsby, Neil, 71.4 29 31 11 Fearman, Rigg, Watling, Pawson, 72.2 33 33 12 Mountford, Byford, East, Parker, 72.0 36 36 13 Rigg, Craighead, Perkins, Watling, 72.4 37 41 14 Clarke, Williams, Fearman, Neil, 71.2 40 44

Junior Scratch Race Bill Griffin, Ivor Brown, Doug Jackson, Vic Hall (f), 73.6

Thetford Scratch Race Rogers, Rigg, Byford, Pawson, 72.0

Accle Scratch Race Craighead, Neil, Clarke, Roy Browning, 72.0

Kibworth Scratch Race Mountford, Perkins, East, Browning, 72.2

East Midland Track Championship (Leicester Q/Round) 1 Griffiths, Watling, Fearman, Parker, 71.6 2 Williams, Fearman, Watling, Barsby, 71.8 3 Griffiths, Williams, Barsby, Parker, 71.2 Bill Griffiths (3-3) 6, Len Williams (3-2) 5, Reg Fearman (1-2) 3, Lionel Watling (2-1) 3, Charlie Barsby (0-1) 1, Dennis Parker (0-0) 0

Friday 16th October 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 50 Birmingham Brummies 33 (Challenge)

Leicester Lionel Watling 1 0 0 1 Len Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Tommy Miller 3 3 F 0 8 Charlie Barsby 1 1 1 2 5 Bill Griffiths 0 3 3 2’ 8 1 Reg Fearman 2 2’ 1 1 6 1 Gerry Hussey 3 3 3 9 Jack Mountford 2 1 3

Birmingham Alan Hunt 2 2 E 3 7 Bob Roger 0 1 0 1 Eric Boothroyd 0 2 3 2 7 Harry Bastable 2 1’ 0 1 4 1 Ron Mountford 1 0 1’ 2 4 1 Ron Barrett 3 2 2 2 9 Ivor Davies 0 1 0 0 1 Geoff Bennett F 0

Ht1 Williams, Hunt, Watling, Roger 68.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Miller, Bastable, Barsby, Boothroyd 70.2 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Barrett, Fearman, R.Mountford, Griffiths 69.6 2 4 10 8 Ht4 Hussey, Hunt, Barsby, Davies 70.6 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Williams, Boothroyd, Bastable, Watling 69.2 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Miller, Barrett, Barsby, R.Mountford 70.2 4 2 21 15 Ht7 Griffiths, Fearman, Roger, Hunt (ef) 70.8 5 1 26 16 Ht8 Boothroyd, J.Mountford, Miller (f), Bennett (f) 70.2 2 3 28 19 Ht9 Williams, Barrett, R.Mountford, Watling 70.4 3 3 31 22 Ht10 Hunt, Barsby, Davies, Miller 69.8 2 4 33 26 Ht11 Griffiths, Boothroyd, Fearman, Bastable 70.0 4 2 37 28 Ht12 Hussey, R.Mountford, J.Mountford, Davies 71.0 4 2 41 30 Ht13 Hussey, Griffiths, Bastable, Davies 71.0 5 1 46 31 Ht14 Williams, Barrett, Fearman, Roger 70.4 4 2 50 33

Ellistown Scratch Race Watling, Perkins, J.Mountford, Parker 72.2

Wymeswold Scratch Race Perkins, Barsby, Parker, D.Bennett 70.0

The Flying Four Ht1 Williams, Hussey, Boothroyd, Watling 70.2 71.2 Ht2 Miller, Barrett, Bastable, Davies 70.0 72.2 Ht3 Griffiths, R.Mountford, Hunt, Fearman (exc) 71.0 72.0 Final Miller, Griffiths, Williams, Hussey 69.2

Friday 23rd October 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 47 Odsal Tudors 37 (Challenge)

Leicester Lionel Watling 0 2’ 0 1 3 1 Len Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Tommy Miller 3 3 3 2 11 Charlie Barsby 2’ 2’ 0 F 4 2 Gerry Hussey 2 2 3 2 9 Reg Fearman 1’ 1’ 2’ 0 4 3 Jack Mountford 3 0 3 Fred Perkins 0 1’ 1 1

Odsal Dick Seers 1’ 0 0 1 1 Eric Boothroyd 2 3 3 2 10 Dent Oliver 1 1 1 3 Arthur Wright 0 0 0 0 Al Allison 3 2 2 3 10 Arthur Forrest F 1’ 1’ 1’ 3 3 Ron Clarke 1 1’ 0 2 1 Keith Milner 2 1 2’ 3 8 1

Ht1 Williams, Boothroyd, Seers, Watling 74.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Miller, Barsby, Oliver, Wright 74.8 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Allison, Hussey, Fearman, Forrest (f) 72.6 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Mountford, Barsby, Clarke, Seers 75.0 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Williams, Watling, Oliver, Wright 74.4 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Miller, Allison, Forrest, Barsby 75.0 3 3 24 12 Ht7 Boothroyd, Hussey, Fearman, Seers 74.8 3 3 27 15 Ht8 Miller, Milner, Clarke, Perkins 74.4 3 3 30 18 Ht9 Williams, Allison, Forrest, Watling 74.4 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Boothroyd, Miller, Milner, Barsby (f) 73.8 2 4 35 25 Ht11 Hussey, Fearman, Oliver, Wright 73.4 5 1 40 26 Ht12 Allison, Milner, Watling, Mountford 75.2 1 5 41 31 Ht13 Milner, Hussey, Perkins, Clarke 72.8 3 3 44 34 Ht14 Williams, Boothroyd, Forrest, Fearman 73.0 3 3 47 37

East Midlands Championship Leicester Round Lionel Watling 1 0 1 Charlie New 2 F 2 Len Williams 3 3 6 Derrick Tailby F 2 2 Reg Fearman 1 3 4 Johnnie Reason 2 1 3 Charlie Barsby (res) DNR Jack Mountford (res) DNR Ht1 L.Williams, New. Watling, Tailby (f) 74.2 Ht2 L.Williams, Reason, Fearman, Watling 74.4 Ht3 Fearman, Tailby, Reason, New (f) 75.0

Swithland Scratch Race Miller, Seers, Forrest, Barsby (f) 73.6

Fleckney Scratch Race Boothroyd, Oliver, Wright, Hussey (frmtd) 75.6

Reserves Scratch Race Mountford, Clarke, Milner, Perkins 75.6

Late Night Final L.Williams, Miller, Reason, Boothroyd 73.2

Friday 30th October 1953 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 44 London 40 (Challenge)

Leicester Lionel Watling 0 X 0 Len Williams 3 1 3 3 10 Tommy Miller 3 3 3 3 12 Charlie Barsby 0 2’ 1 1 4 1 Gerry Hussey 3 F 1’ 2 6 1 Reg Fearman 1 2 2 0 5 Jack Mountford 3 1 2 6 Dennis Parker 0 1’ 0 1 1

London Split Waterman 2 1 3 2 8 Ron How 1’ 1 0 2 4 1 Wally Green 1’ 3 2 E 6 1 Pat Clarke 2 2’ 3 3 10 1 Reg Trott 0 0 3 3 Fred Rogers 2 2 2 1’ 7 1 Jimmy Gooch 0 0 1 1 Bill Longley 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Williams, Waterman, How, Watling 68.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Miller, Clarke, Green, Barsby 68.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Hussey, Rogers, Fearman, Trott 70.0 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Mountford, Barsby, Waterman, Gooch 71.4 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Green, Clarke, Williams, Watling (exc) 69.8 1 5 16 14 Ht6 Miller, Rogers, Barsby, Trott 70.2 4 2 20 16 Ht7 Waterman, Fearman, How, Hussey (f) 71.6 2 4 22 20 Ht8 Miller, Green, Longley, Parker 70.2 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Williams, Rogers, Mountford, Gooch 71.6 4 2 29 25 Ht10 Miller, Waterman, Barsby, How 71.4 4 2 33 27 Ht11 Clarke, Fearman, Hussey, Green (ef) 71.8 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Trott, Mountford, Parker, Longley 72.2 3 3 39 33 Ht13 Clarke, Hussey, Gooch, Parker 71.0 2 4 41 37 Ht14 Williams, How, Rogers, Fearman 71.4 3 3 44 40

1953 Supporters Trophy Ht1 Miller, Hussey, Barsby, Parker 71.6 Ht2 Fearman, Perkins, Williams, Watling 72.8 Final Miller, Hussey, Perkins, Fearman 72.0

Farewell Flurry Ht1 Clarke, Rogers, How, Trott 72.0 Ht2 Waterman, Gooch, Perkins, Longley 73.0 Final Miller, Rogers, Waterman, Clarke 71.8

LEICESTER 1953 Needs in BOLD

Friday 27th March 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 36 Coventry Bees 48 (EMCB) Saturday 28th March 1953 Brandon Coventry Bees 39 Leicester Hunters 46 (EMCB) Friday 3rd April 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 42 Poole Pirates 41 (NLD2) SHScrHt3T2ndman Monday6thApril 1953 Blackbird Road LeicesterHunters 43 LanarkshireEagles41 (NLD2) Friday 10th April 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 53 Yarmouth Bloaters 31 (NLD2) Friday 17th April 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 44 Glasgow Tigers 40 (NLD2) Saturday 18th April 1953 Sun Street Midland Junior League Stoke 12 Leicester 5 Monday 20th April 1953 Stanley Liverpool Chads 44 Leicester Hunters 40 (NLD2 (expunged) Wednesday 22nd April 1953 White City Glasgow Tigers 42 Leicester Hunters 42 (NLD2) Friday 24th April 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 48 Liverpool Chads 36 (NLD2) Saturday 25th April 1953 Perry Barr, Birmingham Midland Junior League – Birmingham 11 - Leicester 7 Friday 1st May 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 32 Coventry Bees 52 (NLD2) Saturday 2nd May 1953 Old Meadowbank Edinburgh Monarchs 46 Leicester Hunters 38 (NLD2) Monday 4th May 1953 Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 50 Leicester Hunters 33 (NLD2) Friday 8th May 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 43 New Zealand 8 41 (Ch) Thursday 14th May 1953 Penarth Road Cardiff Dragons v Leicester Hunters (NT) Rained Off Friday 15th May1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 70 Cardiff Dragons 38 (NT) Saturday 16th May 1953 Brandon Coventry Bees 49 Leicester Hunters 35 (NLD2) Monday 18th May 1953 Poole Poole Pirates v Leicester Hunters (NLD2) Rained Off Tuesday 19th May 1953 Penarth Road Cardiff Dragons 42.5 Leicester Hunters 65.5 (NT) Friday 22nd May 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 51 Stoke Potters 33 (NLD2) Saturday 23rd May 1953 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 72 Leicester Hunters 36 (NT) Monday 25th May 1953 Monmore Green Wolverhampton Wasps 54 Leicester Hunters 30 (NLD2) Wednesday 27th May 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 48 Wolverhampton Wasps 36 (NLD2) Friday 29th May1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 68 Rayleigh Rockets 40 (NT) Saturday 30th May 1953 Sun Street Stoke Potters 50 Leicester Hunters 34 (NLD2) Friday 5th June 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 43 Yarmouth Bloaters 41 (NLD2) Monday 8th June 1953 Poole Poole Pirates 58 Leicester Hunters 26 (NLD2) Friday 12th June 1953 Leicester Midland Riders’ Championship Qualifying Round Friday 19th June 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 43 Edinburgh Monarchs 41 (NLD2) Thursday 25th June 1953 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh Monarchs 70 Leicester Hunters 38 (QC) Friday 26th June 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 38 Stoke Potters 46(NLD2) Tuesday 30th June 1953 Caister Road Yarmouth Bloaters 62 Leicester Hunters 21 (NLD2) Friday 3rd July 1953 Leicester England 66 Scotland 42 (International) Friday 10th July 1953 Leicester World Championship Qualifying Round Friday 17th July 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters v Glasgow Tigers (NLD2) Rained Off Friday 24th July 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 28 Wembley Lions 56 (Ch) Saturday 25th July 1953 Sun Street Stoke Potters v Leicester Hunters (NLD2) Rained Off Friday 31st July 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 47 Edinburgh Monarchs 37 (NLD2) Saturday 1st August 1953 Perry Barr, BirminghamBirmingham 10 Leicester 8 Junior League Monday 3rd August 1953 Blackbird RoadLeicester Hunters 41 Wolverhampton Wasps 43 (NLD2) Monday 3rd August 1953 Monmore Green Wolverhampton Wasps 54 Leicester Hunters 30 (NLD2) Friday 7th August 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 46 Lanarkshire Eagles 38 (NLD2) Saturday 8th August 1953 Brandon Coventry Bees 54 Leicester Hunters 30 (NLD2) Tuesday 11th August 1953 Caister Road Yarmouth Bloaters 58 Leicester Hunters 26 (NLD2) Friday 14th August 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 30 Coventry Bees 54 (NLD2) Saturday 15th August 1953 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh Monarchs 37 Leicester Hunters 47 (NLD2) Friday 21st August 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 65 Stoke Potters 31 (MC) Saturday 22nd August 1953 Sun Street Stoke Potters 50 Leicester Hunters 46 (MC) Friday 28th August 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 29 Belle Vue Aces 55 (Ch) Friday 4th September 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 45 Poole Pirates 39 (NLD2) Saturday 5th September 1953 Brandon Coventry Bees 53 Leicester Hunters 43 (MC) Monday 7th September 1953 Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 53 Leicester 30 (NLD2) Wednesday 9th September 1953 White City Glasgow Tigers 54 Leicester Hunters 30 (NLD2) Friday 11th September 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 50 Coventry Bees 46 (MC) Saturday 12th September 1953 Weir Rayleigh 1 35 Rayleigh 2 34 Leicester 32 Wolverhampton 19 Monday 14th September 1953 Poole Poole Pirates 56 Leicester Hunters 27 (NLD2) Friday 18th September 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 48 Glasgow Tigers 36 (NLD2) Saturday 19th September 1953 Sun Street Stoke Potters 50 Leicester Hunters 34 (NLD2) Friday 25th September 1953 Leicester Britain 69 Overseas 39 (International) Friday 2nd October 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 42 West Ham Hammers 42 (Ch) Friday 9th October 1953 Blackbird RoadLeicester Hunters 40 Norwich Stars 44 (Ch) Friday 16th October 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 50 Birmingham Brummies 33 (Ch) Friday 23rd October 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 47 Odsal Tudors 37 (Ch) Friday 30th October 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 44 London 40 (Ch)