Birmingham Speedway 1946

Statistical Record

Contents

Index Of Meetings

Meeting Details

Averages

--- Northern League

--- National Trophy

--- Northern Trophy

--- ACU Cup

NNNigelNigel Nicklin, Roger Beaman & Hugh Vass ––– Iss 777 (((14/01/16(14/01/1614/01/16)))) Birmingham Speedway 1946 - Index Of Meetings

Month Date Opponents Competition Venue Result For Agst Page

April 27 Norwich Nat. Trophy Away Lost 51 53 3 May 2 Sheffield Northern Lge Away Won 44 39 4 4 Norwich Nat. Trophy Home Won 56 48 5 11 Sheffield Northern Lge Home Won 48 35 6 15 Glasgow White City Northern Lge Away Won 42 40 7 16 Middlesbrough Nat. Trophy Away Lost 50 58 8 18 West Ham Challenge Home Drew 42 42 9 20 Newcastle Northern Lge Away Won 41 40 10 23 Norwich Challenge Away Lost 39 45 11 25 Middlesbrough Nat. Trophy Home Won 61 45 12 30 Middlesbrough Northern Lge Away Aban. 12 22 13 June 1 Glasgow White City Northern Lge Home Won 46 37 14 6 Sheffield Northern Trophy Away Lost 35 60 15 8 Norwich Northern Lge Home Won 43 41 16 9 Bell End Challenge Away Lost 29 55 17 10 Middlesbrough Challenge Eastfield 18 13 Wembley Nat. Trophy Away Lost 27 80 19 15 Norwich Northern Lge Away Lost 26 58 20 15 Northern Riders Champs Invitation Meet Home Tommy Allott/Jeff Lloyd 21 19 Glasgow White City ACU Cup Away Lost 36 47 22 22 Wembley Nat. Trophy Home Lost 31 77 23 29 Newcastle Northern Lge Home Won 45 38 24 July 6 Sheffield ACU Cup Home Won 49 47 25 11 Middlesbrough ACU Cup Away Lost 35 61 26 13 Sheffield Northern Trophy Home Lost 46 50 27 15 Newcastle ACU Cup Away Lost 29 66 28 18 Middlesbrough Northern Lge Away Lost 28 55 29 20 British Riders Champs Individual Home Jeff Lloyd 30 20 Norwich Northern Lge Away Lost 31 52 31 27 Newcastle Northern Lge Home Won 44 39 32 August 2 Ex-Bristol Challenge Away Lost 45 62 33 3 Glasgow White City Northern Lge Home Lost 39 45 34 17 Norwich Northern Lge Home Lost 28 55 35 24 B’ham Res. v Lond. Res. Challenge Home Won 67 41 36 24 Norwich ACU Cup Away Lost 45 51 37 31 British Riders Champs Individual Home Tommy Allott 38 Sept 5 Sheffield Northern Lge Away Lost 39 45 39 7 Sheffield Northern Lge Home Won 46 38 40 11 Glasgow White City Northern Lge Away Lost 26 58 41 14 Middlesbrough ACU Cup Home Won 56 40 42 21 Middlesbrough Northern Lge Home Drew 42 42 43 28 Newcastle ACU Cup Home Won 57 38 44 Oct 3 Middlesbrough Northern Lge Away Lost 18 65 45 5 Middlesbrough Northern Lge Home Lost 33 51 46 7 Newcastle Northern Lge Away Lost 31 52 47 11 Ex-Bristol Challenge Away Lost 34 74 48 12 Glasgow White City ACU Cup Home Won 62 34 49 17 Sheffield ACU Cup Away Lost 38 58 50 19 Norwich ACU Cup Home Drew 48 48 51 26 Wembley Challenge Home Lost 38 46 52 31 Midlands v The Rest Charity Meet. Home 53 31 53

2 Saturday 27th April 1946 Firs Stadium, Norwich

Norwich Stars 53 - Birmingham Brummies 51 (National Trophy)

Norwich 1. Bert Spencer 3 2 3 3 3 3 17 2. Don Houghton 0 1 0 1 EX 2 3. Wilf Jay 3 3 3 0 3 2’ 14 1 4. Sid Hipperson 1 0 0 NF 0 1 5. Paddy Mills 1 1 1 1’ NF 4 1 6. Ted Bravery 0 2’ 3 2 2 9 1 7. Roy Duke 3 FN 3 8. Bluey Thorpe 1 2 3

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 0 3 2 2 3 10 2. Bob Lovell 0 1 2 3 3 F 9 3. Doug Wells 2 0 0 1’ 3 6 1 4. Stan Dell 2 1 2 0 NF 5 5. Roy Dook 2 3 2’ 0 2 F 9 1 6. Laurie Packer DNR 7. Ernie Appleby 0 2’ 1’ NF 2’ 5 3 8. Percy Brine 1’ 2 3 1 7 1

Ht1 Jay, Wells, Hipperson, Lovell 79.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Spencer, Dell, Brine, Bravery 81.8 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Jay, Dook, Mills, Hart 79.8 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Duke, Brine, Thorpe, Appleby 87.8 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Hart, Spencer, Lovell, Houghton 80.2 2 4 17 13 Ht6 Jay, Bravery, Dell, Wells 81.0 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Dook, Appleby, Houghton, Hipperson 83.6 1 5 23 19 Ht8 Spencer, Hart, Mills, Wells 81.0 4 2 27 21 Ht9 Spencer, Lovell, Appleby, Jay 80.8 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Bravery, Dell, Wells, Houghton 83.6 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Lovell, Dook, Mills, Hipperson 82.8 1 5 34 32 Ht12 Jay, Hart, Houghton, Dell 80.6 4 2 38 34 Ht13 Lovell, Bravery, Mills, Dook 82.0 3 3 41 37 Ht14 Brine, Thorpe, Appleby [nf], Duke [f] 89.6 2 3 43 40 Ht15 Spencer, Dook, Dell [nf] Hipperson [nf] 82.8 3 2 46 42 Ht16 Wells, Appleby, Houghton [ex], Mills [nf] 89.2 0 5 46 47 Ht17 Hart, Bravery, Brine, Hipperson 83.8 2 4 48 51 Ht18 Spencer, Jay (push), Dook [f], Lovell [f] 89.0 5 0 53 51

Second Half Special Scratch Race Ht1 Spencer, Hart, Jay, Bravery Cancelled Ht2 Mills, Bravery, Wells, Hipperson 85.2

3 Thursday 2 nd May 1946 Owlerton, Sheffield

Sheffield Tigers 39 - Birmingham Brummies 44 (Northern League)

Sheffield 1. Stan Williams 2 3 3 3 11 2. Jack Bibby 0 1 0 1’ 2 1 3. Tommy Bateman 2 1 3 2 8 4. Alf Elliott 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 5. Tommy Allott 3 3 3 3 12 6. Reg Lambourne 0 0 0 2 2 7. Jack D.White 1 2 3 8. Frank Taylor 0 F 0

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 3 3 2 2 10 2. Bob Lovell 1 2’ 1’ 3 7 2 3. Doug Wells 3 2 NF NS 5 4. Stan Dell 1 2 1’ 2 6 1 5. Roy Dook 2 2 3 3 10 6. Laurie Packer DNR 7. Ernie Appleby 1’ 1’ 1’ 0 3 3 8. Percy Brine 0 2 1 0 3

Ht1 Hart, Williams, Lovell, Bibby 74.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Wells, Bateman, Dell, Elliott 77.8 2 4 4 8 Ht3 Allott, Dook, Appleby, Lambourne 76.8 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Williams, Dell, Appleby, Taylor 77.2 3 3 10 14 Ht5 Hart, Lovell, Bateman, Elliott 78.2 1 5 11 19 Ht6 Allott, Wells, Dell, Lambourne 77.0 3 3 14 22 Ht7 Williams, Dook, Bibby, Brine 77.2 4 2 18 24 Ht8 Bateman, Brine, Wells [nf], Taylor [f] 80.4 3 2 21 26 Ht9 Allott, Hart, Lovell, Lambourne 74.8 3 3 24 29 Ht10 Williams, Dell, Appleby, Bibby 77.2 3 3 27 32 Ht11 Dook, Bateman, Elliott (3 Only) 78.2 3 3 30 35 Ht12 Allott, Hart, White, Appleby 74.8 4 2 34 37 Ht13 Dook, White, Brine, Elliott 79.0 2 4 36 41 Ht14 Lovell, Lambourne, Bibby, Brine 79.0 3 3 39 44

Second Half Novice Race Louis Lawson, Brian Wilson, Ernie Applegate, Fred Rogers 82.6

Reserves Scratch Race White, Appleby, Lawson, Brine 78.4

Scratch Race Ht1 S.Williams, Wells, Lambourne, Bibby Cancelled Ht2 Allott, Hart, Bateman, Packer (ns) 75.8 Final Allott, Hart, Lambourne, Williams. 75.2

4 Saturday 4th May 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 56 (107) - Norwich Stars 48 (101) (National Trophy)

Birmingham 1. Bob Lovell 1 2 2’ F 2 1’ 8 2 2. Laurie Packer 0 NF 1 2’ 3 1 3. Tiger Hart 2 3 2’ 3 3 2 15 1 4. Roy Dook NF 0 0 3 3 5. Doug Wells 2’ 3 1 1 3 10 1 6. Stan Dell 3 3 3 0 0 9 7. Ernie Appleby 1’ 2 1 3 7 1 8. Percy Brine EF 1 1

Norwich 1. Sid Hipperson F 1 2 3 2. Bert Spencer 3 3 FX 3 3 3 15 3. Edwin Youngs 0 NF 0 0 4. Ted Bravery 2 NF 2 2 1 7 5. Wilf Jay EF 3 2’ 2’ 3 0 10 2 6. Don Houghton 0 2’ 2 1 1’ 6 2 7. Paddy Mills 3 0 0 0 3 8. Bluey Thorpe 1 1 2 0 4

Ht1 Spencer, Hart, Appleby, Youngs 76.4 * 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Dell, Bravery, Lovell, Houghton 80.6 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Hart, Wells, Hipperson [f], Jay [ef] 80.0 5 0 12 5 Ht4 Mills, Appleby, Thorpe, Brine [ef] 83.8 2 4 14 9 Ht5 Spencer, Lovell, Hipperson, Packer 78.0 2 4 16 13 Ht6 Dell, Hart, Bravery [nf], Youngs [n/f] 83.4 5 0 21 13 Ht7 Jay, Houghton, Dook [nf], Packer [nf] 82.2 0 5 21 18 Ht8 Wells, Lovell, Thorpe, Mills 83.0 5 1 26 19 Ht9 Hart, Houghton, Lovell [f], Spencer [fx] 84.4 3 2 29 21 Ht10 Dell, Bravery, Appleby, Youngs 82.4 4 2 33 23 Ht11 Spencer, Jay, Wells, Dook 78.0 1 5 34 28 Ht12 Hart, Bravery, Packer, Mills 80.0 4 2 38 30 Ht13 Spencer, Jay, Wells, Dell 79.8 1 5 39 35 Ht14 Appleby, Thorpe, Brine, Mills 87.2 4 2 43 37 Ht15 Jay, Lovell, Bravery, Dook 82.0 2 4 45 41 Ht16 Wells, Packer, Houghton, Thorpe 84.0 5 1 50 42 Ht17 Dook, Hipperson, Houghton, Dell 82.4 3 3 53 45 Ht18 Spencer, Hart, Lovell, Jay 79.0 3 3 56 48

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No Second Half

5 Saturday 11 th May 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 48 - Sheffield Tigers 35 (Northern League)

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 3 2 2 2’ 9 1 2. Bob Lovell 1 1’ 3 3 8 1 3. Doug Wells 3 3 2 1’ 9 1 4. Stan Dell 2’ 1 2 1’ 6 2 5. Roy Dook 2 3 3 0 8 6. Ernie Appleby 1’ 0 0 2’ 3 2 7. Laurie Packer 1’ 2 3 1 8. Percy Brine 0 2 2

Sheffield 1. Stan Williams 0 2 2 3 7 2. Jack Bibby 2 0 1’ 0 3 1 3. Tommy Bateman 0 1’ 3 EF 4 1 4. Jack D.White 1 3 2 F 6 5. Tommy Allott 3 3 3 3 12 6. Reg Lambourne 0 0 0 1 1 7. Alf Elliott 0 1 1 8. Cliff Watson 1 0 1

Ht1 Hart, Bibby, Lovell, Williams 83.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Wells, Dell, White, Bateman 81.6 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Allott, Dook, Appleby, Lambourne 80.8 3 3 12 6 Ht4 White, Hart, Packer, Elliott 80.6 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Wells, Williams, Dell, Bibby 81.2 4 2 19 11 Ht6 Dook, White, Bateman, Appleby 80.0 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Allott, Hart, Lovell, Lambourne 79.8 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Bateman, Wells, Watson, Brine 83.0 2 4 27 21 Ht9 Dook, Williams, Bibby, Appleby 81.2 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Lovell, Hart, Bateman [ef], White [f] 84.2 5 0 35 24 Ht11 Allott, Dell, Wells, Lambourne 81.8 3 3 38 27 Ht12 Williams, Brine, Elliott, Dook 86.0 2 4 40 31 Ht13 Allott, Packer, Dell, Watson 81.4 3 3 43 34 Ht14 Lovell, Appleby, Lambourne, Bibby 84.4 5 1 48 35

Second Half Invitation Scratch Race Ht 1 Elliott, Charlie Appleby, Cyril Page, Alf Smith 85.4 Ht 2 Packer, Arthur Tims, Brine [nf], Watson [nf] 82.8 Final Packer, Elliott, Appleby, Tims 83.8

Scratch Race Ht 1 Allott, Dell, Wells, Dook 83.2 Ht 2 Hart, Lovell, Williams, Bateman 82.0 Final Allott, Hart, Lovell, Dell ??.?

6 Wednesday 15th May 1946 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 40 - Birmingham Brummies 42 (Northern League)

Glasgow 1. Wal Morton 1 3 EF 3 7 2. Eddie Lack 0 F 0 1 1 3. Will Lowther 3 3 3 3 12 4. Maurice Stobbart 1 F 0 3 4 5. Gruff Garland 2' 1 2' 2 7 2 6. Joe Crowther 3 0 3 3 9 7. Ken Tidbury 0 0 0 8. Stan Beardsall 0 0 0

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 3 EX 1 3 7 2. Bob Lovell 2' 2 0 2 6 1 3. Doug Wells 2 3 2 2 9 4. Stan Dell 0 2 2' 1' 5 2 5. Roy Dook 1 2' 2 1' 6 2 6. Ernie Appleby 0 3 1' 0 4 1 7. Laurie Packer 1' 1 2 1 8. Percy Brine 1' 2 3 1

Ht1 Hart, Lovell, Morton, Lack 88.8 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Lowther, Wells, Stobbart, Dell 86.6 4 2 5 7 Ht3 Crowther, Garland, Dook, Appleby 89.2 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Morton, Dell, Packer, Tidbury 88.2 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Lowther, Lovell, Stobbart [f], Hart [ex] 90.2 3 2 16 13 Ht6 Wells, Dell, Garland, Crowther 86.6 1 5 17 18 Ht7 Appleby, Dook, Morton [ef], Lack [f] 92.0 0 5 17 23 Ht8 Lowther, Wells, Brine, Beardsall 88.0 3 3 20 26 Ht9 Crowther, Garland, Hart, Lovell 88.8 5 1 25 27 Ht10 Morton, Wells, Dell, Lack 89.4 3 3 28 30 Ht11 Lowther, Dook, Appleby, Stobbart 90.0 3 3 31 33 Ht12 Hart, Garland, Packer, Beardsall 90.6 2 4 33 37 Ht13 Stobbart, Brine, Dook, Tidbury 90.6 3 3 36 40 Ht14 Crowther, Lovell, Lack, Appleby 88.8 4 2 40 42

Second Half May Trophy Ht1 Crowther, Wells, Stobbart, Packer 87.6 Ht2 Hart, Baird, Lother, Appleby 89.0 Ht3 Garland, Dell, Lungo, Brine 91.2 Ht4 Lovell, Dook, Darroch, Morton 91.4 Final Crowther, Hart, Garland, Lovell 86.4

7 Thursday 16 th May 1946 Cleveland Park, Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough Bears 58 - Birmingham Brummies 50 (National Trophy)

Middlesbrough 1. Fred Curtis 2’ 3 3 3 3 1 15 1 2. Jack Hodgson 1 3 1’ 2’ 2’ 9 3 3. Jack Gordon 2 2 3 1 3 0 11 4. Sam Marsland 1’ 0 0 0 1 2 1 5. Doug McLachlan 1’ 2’ 1 0 3 7 2 6. Geoff Godwin 3 1 2 2 3 11 7. Alec Peel 2 0 2 8. Stan Pennell 0 1 1

Birmingham 1. Roy Dook 0 0 0 1 0 1 2. Tiger Hart 3 2 2 3 3 3 16 3. Bob Lovell 0 0 1 0 1 2 4. Stan Dell 1 2 3 0 1’ 7 1 5. Doug Wells 3 2 2’ 1 2 2’ 12 2 6. Laurie Packer 0 0 0 7. Ernie Appleby 3 1’ 0 3 2 9 1 8. Percy Brine 1 2’ 3 1

Ht1 Hart, Gordon, Marsland, Lovell 78.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Godwin, Curtis, Dell, Packer 79.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Wells, Gordon, McLachlan, Dook 77.6 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Appleby, Peel, Brine, Pennell 80.2 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Curtis, Hart, Hodgson, Dook 77.6 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Gordon, Dell, Godwin, Lovell 79.2 4 2 21 15 Ht7 Hodgson, Wells, Appleby, Marsland 79.8 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Curtis, McLachlan, Lovell, Dook 81.8 5 1 29 19 Ht9 Curtis, Hart, Gordon, Appleby 78.2 4 2 33 21 Ht10 Dell, Godwin, Hodgson, Lovell 81.0 3 3 36 24 Ht11 Hart, Wells, McLachlan, Marsland 80.4 1 5 37 29 Ht12 Gordon, Hodgson, Dook, Dell 80.2 5 1 42 30 Ht13 Hart, Godwin, Wells, McLachlan 80.0 2 4 44 34 Ht14 Appleby, Brine, Pennell, Peel 83.0 1 5 45 39 Ht15 Curtis, Wells, Dell, Marsland 79.4 3 3 48 42 Ht16 McLachlan, Hodgson, Lovell, Packer 82.2 5 1 53 43 Ht17 Godwin, Appleby, Marsland, Dook 81.0 4 2 57 45 Ht18 Hart, Wells, Curtis, Gordon 79.0 1 5 58 50

Novices Training Race Ht1 Thomspson, Pennell, P.Lloyd (nf), Modrall (nf) 84.6 Ht2 S.Smith, P.Smith, Dargue, J.McGovern (ns) 83.6 Final [Thompson, Pennell, S.Smith, P.Smith ?

8 Saturday 18 th May 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 42 – West Ham Hammers 42 (Challenge)

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 2 2’ 2 0 6 1 2. Bob Lovell 1’ 0 2 2 5 1 3. Doug Wells 0 2 3 2 7 4. Stan Dell 2 1’ 1’ 1’ 5 3 5. Roy Dook 2 2 4 6. Ernie Appleby 1’ 1’ 0 1’ 3 3 7. Laurie Packer 3 2 2 2 9 8. Percy Brine 2’ 1’ 3 2

West Ham 1. Eric Chitty 3 3 3 3 12 2. Frank Lawrence 0 0 1 0 1 3. Malcolm Craven 3 3 0 3 9 4. George Gower 1 0 0 1 2 5. Colin Watson 3 3 3 3 12 6. Ron Howes 0 1 0 3 4 7. Dick Geary 1 0 1 8. Bert Roger 1 0 1

Ht1 Chitty, Hart, Lovell, Lawrence 81.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Craven, Dell, Gower, Wells 79.8 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Watson, Dook, Appleby, Howes 80.0 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Packer, Hart, Geary, Gower 82.6 5 1 13 11 Ht5 Chitty, Wells, Dell, Lawrence 83.8 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Craven, Dook, Appleby, Gower 79.8 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Watson, Hart, Howes, Lovell 80.8 2 4 21 21 Ht8 Wells, Brine, Roger, Craven 85.8 5 1 26 22 Ht9 Chitty, Packer, Lawrence, Appleby 82.6 2 4 28 26 Ht10 Craven, Lovell, Gower, Hart 78.8 2 4 30 30 Ht11 Watson, Wells, Dell, Howes 79.2 3 3 33 33 Ht12 Chitty, Packer, Brine, Geary 81.4 3 3 36 36 Ht13 Watson, Packer, Dell , Roger 82.0 3 3 39 39 Ht14 Howes, Lovell, Appleby, Lawrence 82.6 3 3 42 42

Second Half

Invitation Scratch Race (Heats Held Before Main Event) Ht1 Cyril Page, Jim Cashmore, Paddy Hammond, Alf Smith 84.8 Ht2 E. Appleby, Charlie Appleby, Percy Brine, Arthur Tims 82.8 Final E. Appleby, C. Appleby, Cashmore, Page 86.0

Scratch Race Ht1 Chitty, Craven, Lawrence, Watson 81.2 Ht2 Wells, Lovell, Hart [nf], Dook [nf] 83.2 Final Craven, Chitty, Wells, Lovell 80.0

9 Monday 20th May 1946 Brough Park, Newcastle

Newcastle Diamonds 40 - Birmingham Brummies 41 (Northern League)

Newcastle 1. Norman Evans 3 3 3 1 10 2. Harwood Pike 1 0 0 0 1 3. Syd Littlewood 3 2 3 3 11 4. Terry Tight F 0 0 2 2 5. Jeff Lloyd 3 3 3 3 12 6. Leo Lungo 0 1 0 1 2 7. Pat Smith F 1’ 1 1 8. Stan Pennell F 1 1

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 2 3 2 2 9 2. Bob Lovell F 1 1’ 3 5 1 3. Doug Wells 1’ 2 2 3 8 1 4. Stan Dell DNR 5. Roy Dook 2 2 2 3 9 6. Laurie Packer 1’ 1’ 1’ 2’ 5 4 7. Ernie Appleby 2 EF 2’ 0 4 1 8. Percy Brine F 0 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Evans, Hart, Pike, Lovell [f] 75.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Littlewood, Appleby, Wells, Tight [f] 82.6 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Lloyd, Dook, Packer, Lungo 78.8 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Evans, Smith [f], Appleby [ef], Brine [f] 86.0 3 0 13 8 Ht5 Hart, Littlewood, Lovell, Tight 77.6 2 4 15 12 Ht6 Lloyd, Wells, Lungo, Brine 78.4 4 2 19 14 Ht7 Evans, Dook, Packer, Pike 78.2 3 3 22 17 Ht8 Littlewood, Wells, Brine, Pennell [f] 78.4 3 3 25 20 Ht9 Lloyd, Hart, Lovell, Lungo 77.6 3 3 28 23 Ht10 Wells, Appleby, Evans, Pike 81.0 1 5 29 28 Ht11 Littlewood, Dook, Packer, Tight 78.2 3 3 32 31 Ht12 Lloyd, Hart, Pennell, Appleby 78.0 4 2 36 33 Ht13 Dook, Tight, Smith, Brine 80.6 3 3 39 36 Ht14 Lovell, Packer, Lungo, Pike 79.0 1 5 40 41

Second Half

Search For Talent (Held Before Main Event) Ht1 Pennell, Stan Smith, Wally Thomson, Phil Dargue 82.6 Ht2 Smith, J. McGee, Harry Modral, Adler ??.?

Match Race (3 Laps) Lloyd bt Bill Longley 57.2 Lloyd bt Alec Statham 57.2 Statham bt Hart 58.2

Silver Helmet Scratch Race Ht1 Evans, Lovell, Tight, Smith 78.4 Ht2 Longley, Hart, Dook, Littlewood [f] 78.4 Ht3 Statham, Wells, Lungo, Pike 79.2 Ht4 Lloyd, Brine, Packer, Appleby 79.8 Final Evans, Longley, Lloyd, Statham 78.6

10 Thursday 23rd May 1946 Eastfield, Peterborough

Norwich Stars 45 - Birmingham Brummies 39 (Challenge)

Norwich 1. Bert Spencer 3 3 2. Don Houghton 1’ 3 2 6 1 3. Wilf Jay 1’ 3 2 2 8 1 4. Roy Duke 2 2’ 1’ 3 8 2 5. Paddy Mills 2 3 3 8 6. Ted Bravery 1’ 1 1 7. Paddy Hammond 1’ 2’ 3 2 8. Tip Mills 2 2 2’ 1 1 8 1

Birmingham 1. Laurie Packer 1’ 1 2 1 2. Charlie Appleby 2 1 1 4 3. Doug Wells 3 2 3 3 11 4. Percy Brine 1 1’ 2’ 4 2 5. Tiger Hart 3 3 3 3 12 6. Bob Lovell 1 1 7. Buster Yeomans 3 2 5

Ht1 Spencer, Appleby, Packer 86.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Wells, Duke, Jay 81.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Hart P. Mills, Bravery 80.2 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Yeomans, T. Mills, Brine 83.5 2 4 11 13 Ht5 Jay, Duke, Appleby 80.4 5 1 16 14 Ht6 P. Mills, Wells, Brine 81.4 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Hart, T. Mills, Houghton 80.6 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Wells, Jay, Hammond 79.8 3 3 25 23 Ht9 P. Mills, T. Mills, Packer 82.0 5 1 30 24 Ht10 Wells, Brine, T. Mills 82.4 1 5 31 29 Ht11 Hart, Jay, Duke 77.8 3 3 34 32 Ht12 Houghton, Yeomans, T. Mills 81.2 4 2 38 34 Ht13 Duke, Hammond, Lovell 80.2 5 1 43 35 Ht14 Hart, Houghton, Appleby 80.0 2 4 45 39

Second Half

Novices Race Green, Franks, Turner 95.6

Reserves Race Yeomans, T. Mills, Hammond 82.2

Peterborough Scratch Race Ht1 Houghton, Duke, Appleby 79.2 Ht2 Jay, Brine, Packer 80.4 Ht3 Hart, Wells, P. Mills 79.2 Final Hart, Jay, Houghton 79.4

11 Saturday 25 th May 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 61 - Middlesbrough Bears 45 (National Trophy)

Birmingham 1. Bob Lovell 0 1’ 1’ 1 0 3 2 2. Laurie Packer 2 2’ 2 1 1 8 1 3. Tiger Hart 2 NF 1 3 0 1 7 4. Roy Dook 1’ 3 2’ 2 2 10 2 5. Doug Wells 2 2 3 3 3 3 16 6. Stan Dell 2 3 0 2’ 1’ 8 2 7. Ernie Appleby 3 3 6 8. Percy Brine 2’ 1 3 1

Middlesbrough 1. Jack Gordon 3 3 0 3 3 12 2. Sam Marsland DNR 3. Wilf Plant 3 0 3 1 2 0 9 4. Fred Curtis 1 2 3 2’ 3 2 13 1 5. Doug McLachlan NF 0 0 1 1 2 6. Geoff Godwin 3 1 2 0 0 6 7. Jack Hodgson 0 NF 0 0 0 0 8. Alec Peel NF 1 2 3

Ht1 Plant, Hart, Dook, Hodgson 79.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Godwin, Dell, Curtis, Lovell 79.4 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Gordon, Wells, Hart [nf], McLachlan [nf] 80.0 2 3 7 10 Ht4 Appleby, Brine, Peel [nf], Hodgson [nf] 82.8 5 0 12 10 Ht5 Gordon, Packer, Lovell, Hodgson 82.0 3 3 15 13 Ht6 Dell, Curtis, Hart, Plant 81.2 4 2 19 15 Ht7 Dook, Packer, Godwin, McLachlan 82.4 5 1 24 16 Ht8 Plant, Wells, Lovell, Gordon 81.2 3 3 27 19 Ht9 Hart, Godwin, Lovell, Hodgson 81.8 4 2 31 21 Ht10 Curtis, Packer, Plant, Dell 79.6 2 4 33 25 Ht11 Wells, Dook, Peel, McLachlan 81.6 5 1 38 26 Ht12 Gordon, Curtis, Packer, Hart 83.2 1 5 39 31 Ht13 Wells, Dell, McLachlan, Hodgson 82.6 5 1 44 32 Ht14 Appleby, Peel, Brine, (3 only) 84.0 4 2 48 34 Ht15 Curtis, Dook, McLachlan, Lovell 81.8 2 4 50 38 Ht16 Wells, Plant, Packer, Godwin 82.0 4 2 54 40 Ht17 Gordon, Dook, Del, Godwin 84.0 3 3 57 43 Ht18 Wells, Curtis, Hart, Plant 81.2 4 2 61 45

No Second Half

12 Thursday 30 th May 1946 Cleveland Park, Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough Bears 22 - Birmingham Brummies 12 (Northern League)

Middlesbrough 1. Jack Hodgson 3 3 6 2. Jack Gordon 1 1 3. Doug McLachlan 2’ 1 3 1 4. Fred Curtis 3 3 6 5. Wilf Plant 3 2 5 6. Geoff Godwin F 1’ 1 1 7. Alec Peel NF 0 8. Wally Thomson DNR

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 2 2 4 2. Bob Lovell 0 0 0 3. Doug Wells EF 3 3 4. Laurie Packer EF 2 0 2 5. Roy Dook 1’ 1 1 6. Stan Dell 2 2 7. Ernie Appleby F 0 8. Percy Brine DNR

Ht1 Hodgson, Hart, Gordon, Lovell ??.? 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Curtis, McLachlan, Wells [ef], Parker [ef] 82.8 5 0 9 2 Ht3 Plant, Dell, Dook, Godwin [f] 79.8 3 3 12 5 Ht4 Hodgson, Packer, Peel [nf], Appleby [f] 84.0 3 2 15 7 Ht5 Curtis, Hart, McLachlan, Lovell 82.4 4 2 19 9 Ht6 Wells, Plant, Godwin, Packer 80.6 3 3 22 12

Abandoned after heat 6 due to rain.

13 Saturday 1st June 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 46 - Glasgow Tigers 37 (Northern League)

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 3 3 3 2 11 2. Bob Lovell 0 NF 3 3 3. Doug Wells 2 3 2 3 10 4. Laurie Packer 1' 0 1 1' 3 2 5. Roy Dook 2' 1' 0 1' 4 3 6. Stan Dell 3 2 2 2' 9 1 7. Ernie Appleby 0 2 2 8. Percy Brine 1' 1' 2 4 2

Glasgow 1. Wal Morton 2 2 3 3 10 2. Joe Crowther 1' 1' 1 0 3 2 3. Will Lowther 3 3 3 3 12 4. Eddie Lack 0 2 0 2 5. Gruff Garland 0 2 2 3 7 6. Maurice Stobbart 1 NF 0 1 2 7. Charlie Oates 1' 0 1 1 8. Bill Baird 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Hart, Morton, Crowther, Lovell 79.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Lowther, Wells, Packer, Lack 81.6 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Dell, Dook, Stobbart, Garland 82.4 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Hart, Lack, Oates, Appleby 84.0 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Wells, Morton, Crowther, Packer 80.2 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Lowther, Dell, Dook, Baird 82.0 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Hart, Garland, Stobbart [nf], Lovell [nf] 81.6 3 2 23 18 Ht8 Lowther, Wells, Brine, Baird 81.0 3 3 26 21 Ht9 Morton, Dell, Crowther, Dook 81.2 2 4 28 25 Ht10 Lowther, Hart, Brine, Lack 81.2 3 3 31 28 Ht11 Wells, Garland, Packer, Stobbart 81.6 4 2 35 30 Ht12 Morton, Brine, Dook, Oates 82.2 3 3 38 33 Ht13 Garland, Appleby, Packer, Baird 82.2 3 3 41 36 Ht14 Lovell, Dell, Stobbart, Crowther 82.4 5 1 46 37

Second Half

Captains’ Match Race (3 Laps) Morton bt Hart 60.8

Reserves Scratch Race Appleby, Oates, Brine, Baird 84.6

Scratch Race (Four Fastest Race Winners) Hart, Dook, Lovell, Wells [f] 81.0

Novices Scratch Race Ht1 Cyril Page, Alf Smith, Jock Grierson 87.8 Ht2 Charlie Appleby, Phil Malpass, Jim Wright 89.4 Final Appleby, Page, Malpass, Smith [f] 85.6

14 Thursday 6 th June 1946 Owlerton, Sheffield

Sheffield Tigers 60 - Birmingham Brummies 35 (Northern Trophy)

Sheffield 1. Stan Williams 3 3 2’ 3 3 14 1 2. Jack Bibby 1 2 3 0 2’ 8 1 3. Tommy Bateman 3 1’ 3 2’ 2 11 2 4. Jack D.White 2’ 0 2’ 2’ 1 7 3 5. Tommy Allott 2 3 3 3 3 14 6. Alf Elliott 1 1 1 1 0 4 7. Cliff Watson EX 0 8. Stan Hodson 2 2

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 3 2 1 3 3 12 2. Ernie Appleby 0 0 0 0 2 2 3. Doug Wells 1 1 4. Laurie Packer 0 0 2 1 0 3 5. Roy Dook DNR 6. Stan Dell 2 3 1 1 2’ 9 1 7. Charlie Appleby 0 1 1 3 1 6 8. Percy Brine 2 0 0 0 2

Ht1 Bateman, White, Wells, E.Appleby 78.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Williams, Dell, Elliott. Packer 76.0 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Hart, Allott, Bateman, C. Appleby 77.0 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Williams, Hart, Bibby, E.Appleby 75.0 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Bateman, Brine, Elliott, Packer 79.4 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Dell, Bibby, C.Appleby, White 77.8 2 4 22 14 Ht7 Allott, Williams, Hart, Brine 77.2 5 1 27 15 Ht8 Williams, Bateman, Dell, E.Appleby 77.6 5 1 32 16 Ht9 Bibby, Packer, Elliott, Brine 78.4 4 2 36 18 Ht10 Allott, White, C.Appleby, E.Appleby 77.0 5 1 41 19 Ht11 Hart, Bateman, Packer, Bibby 77.4 2 4 43 23 Ht12 C.Appleby, Hodson, Watson [ex] 78.8 2 3 45 26 Ht13 Allott, E.Appleby, Elliott 79.0 4 2 49 28 Ht14 Williams, White, C.Appleby, Packer 78.6 5 1 54 29 Ht15 Allott, Bibby, Dell, Brine 77.2 5 1 59 30 Ht16 Hart, Dell, White, Elliott 79.6 1 5 60 35

Second Half

Tigers Novice Race Brian Wilson, Dave Bell, Fred Rogers, E. George. 83.4

Owlerton Scurry Elliott, Hodson, White, Watson. 80.8

‘Tigers’ Scratch Race Williams, Allott, Bibby, Bateman. 76.8

Visitors Scratch Race Hart, Harold Jackson, Dell, E. Appleby. 76.8

15 Saturday 8th June 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 43 - Norwich Stars 41 (Northern League)

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 2 2 2 3 9 2. Roy Dook 0 1’ 2’ 3 6 2 3. Doug Wells 3 2 2 2 9 4. Laurie Packer 2’ 1’ 1’ 2’ 6 4 5. Stan Dell 2 1 2 2 7 6. Ernie Appleby 0 0 F 0 0 7. Percy Brine 1’ 3 4 1 8. Charlie Appleby 1’ 1’ 2 2

Norwich 1. Bert Spencer 3 3 3 3 12 2. Don Houghton 1 0 1 1’ 3 1 3. Paddy Mills 1 3 3 1 8 4. Ted Bravery EF 3 2’ EF 5 1 5. Sid Hipperson 1 0 0 0 1 6. Wilf Jay 3 3 3 2 11 7. Len Read 0 0 0 8. Ken Tidbury 0 1 1

Ht1 Spencer, Hart, Houghton, Dook 77.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Wells, Packer, Mills, Bravery [ef] 81.8 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Jay, Dell, Hipperson, E. Appleby 81.0 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Bravery, Hart, Brine, Read 80.4 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Spencer, Wells, Packer, Houghton 78.8 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Mills, Bravery, Dell, E. Appleby 81.0 1 5 16 20 Ht7 Jay, Hart, Dook, Hipperson 80.0 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Mills, Wells, C. Appleby, Tidbury 81.2 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Spencer, Dell, Houghton, E. Appleby [f] 79.6 2 4 24 30 Ht10 Hart, Dook, Mills, Bravery [ef] 82.8 5 1 29 31 Ht11 Jay, Wells, Packer, Hipperson 79.4 3 3 32 34 Ht12 Spencer, Dell, C. Appleby, Read 80.0 3 3 35 37 Ht13 Brine, Packer, Tidbury, Hipperson 85.0 5 1 40 38 Ht14 Dook, Jay, Houghton, E. Appleby 81.6 3 3 43 41

Second Half

Novices Scratch Race (Heats Held Before Main Event) Ht1 Phil Malpass, G.H. Cole, Cyril Page [nf], Jim Cashmore [ns] 90.0 Ht2 Jimmy Wright, Jock Grierson, Harwood Pike [nf], Alf Smith [ns] 92.6 Final Wright, Grierson, Malpass, Cole 93.8

Victory Scratch Race Ht1 Spencer, Hart, Jay, Packer 76.8 Ht2 Wells, Hipperson, Dook, Bravery 84.0 Ht3 Dell, E. Appleby, Houghton, Mills 83.2 Ht4 C. Appleby, Brine, Read [nf], Tidbury [nf] 83.8 Final Spencer, Wells, Dell, C. Appleby 79.2

16 Sunday 9th June 1946 Bell End, Holbeach

Bell End Tulips 55 - Birmingham Brummies 29 (Challenge)

Bell End 1. Wilf Jay 3 3 3 3 12 2. Wal Morton 3 0 2’ 2’ 7 2 3. Geoff Godwin 2’ 0 0 2’ 4 2 4. Roy Duke 2 2’ 1’ 2 7 2 5. Wilf Plant 1’ 3 3 1’ 8 2 6. Don Houghton 2’ 3 3 8 1 7. Tip Mills 2’ 2 3 7 1 8. Ted English 2 0 2

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 0 3 3 1 7 2. Harry Bray 1 1 0 0 1 3. Doug Wells 3 1’ 2 3 9 1 4. Laurie Packer 0 0 0 1’ 1 1 5. Charlie Appleby 1 1 1 2 5 6. Percy Brine 0 2 1’ 1 4 1 7. Ernie Appleby 1 0 1 8. Jock Grierson 0 0 0

Ht1 Jay, Godwin, Bray, Hart 88.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Morton, Houghton, C.Appleby, Packer 87.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Wells, Duke, Plant, Brine 89.0 3 3 13 5 Ht4 Jay, Mills, C.Appleby, Grierson 87.4 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Hart, English, Bray, Morton 85.2 2 4 20 10 Ht6 Plant, Duke, C.Appleby, Packer 85.6 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Jay, Brine, Wells, Godwin 90.0 3 3 28 14 Ht8 Houghton, Morton, E.Appleby, Packer 88.0 5 1 33 15 Ht9 Hart, Mills, Duke, Bray 86.0 3 3 36 18 Ht10 Plant, C.Appleby, Packer, English 86.2 3 3 39 21 Ht11 Jay, Wells, Brine, Godwin 86.8 3 3 42 24 Ht12 Houghton, Morton, Hart, Grierson 87.6 5 1 47 25 Ht13 Wells, Duke, Plant, E.Appleby 86.0 3 3 50 28 Ht14 Mills, Godwin, Brine, Bray 85.4 5 1 55 29

Opening Scratch Race Mills, Leo Stanger, Jack Talbot, Don Houghton 87.0

Scratch Race [ Stanger, Grierson, Houghton, E.Appleby ?

Bell End Scratch Race Ht1 Houghton, Morton, English, Packer 87.2 Ht2 [ Hart, Plant, Brine, Grierson ? Ht3 [ Jay, Duke, C.Appleby, Bray ? Ht4 [ Wells, Mills, Godwin, E.Appleby ? Final [?,?,?,? ?

17 Monday 10 th June 1946 Eastfield Grass Speed Track, Peterborough

Middlesbrough Bears - Birmingham Brummies (Challenge)

18 Thursday 13th June 1946 Empire Stadium, London

Wembley Lions 80 - Birmingham Brummies 27 (National Trophy)

Wembley 1. George Wilks 3 3 3 2’ 3 14 1 2. Tommy Price 2’ 3 3 3 3 14 1 3. Bill Kitchen 3 3 0 3 2’ 11 1 4. Roy Craighead 2’ 2’ 2’ 1 2’ 9 4 5. Alf Bottoms NF 2’ 3 1 0 3 9 1 6. Bob Wells 2’ 3 2’ 3 3 13 2 7. Charlie May 2’ 2’ 4 2 8. Bronco Wilson 3 3 0 6

Birmingham 1. Charlie Appleby 2 0 1 0 0 3 2. Tiger Hart 1 1 1 1 2 2 8 3. Roy Dook 0 1’ 0 0 2 3 1 4. Stan Dell 1 2 0 1 2 1’ 7 1 5. Ernie Appleby NF 0 1 0 0 1 6. Laurie Packer 0 1 0 1’ 1 3 1 7. Cyril Page 1 1 2 8. Percy Brine 0 F 0

Ht1 Kitchen, Craighead, Hart, Dook 81.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Wilks, Wells, Dell, Packer 80.0 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Kitchen, C. Appleby, Bottoms [nf], E. Appleby [nf] 83.4 3 2 13 4 Ht4 Wilson, May, Page, Brine 83.2 5 1 18 5 Ht5 Wilks, Price, Hart, C. Appleby 79.0 5 1 23 6 Ht6 Wells, Dell, Dook, Kitchen 80.8 3 3 26 9 Ht7 Price, Craighead, Packer, E. Appleby 83.6 5 1 31 10 Ht8 Wilks, Bottoms, C. Appleby, Dook 81.0 5 1 36 11 Ht9 Kitchen Wilks, Hart, Packer 81.2 5 1 41 12 Ht10 Price, Wells, E. Appleby, Dook 79.8 5 1 46 13 Ht11 Bottoms, Craighead, Hart, Dell 82.2 5 1 51 14 Ht12 Price, Kitchen, Dell, C. Appleby 79.8 5 1 56 15 Ht13 Wells, Hart, Bottoms, E. Appleby 80.6 4 2 60 17 Ht14 Wilson, May, Page, Brine [f] 84.2 5 1 65 18 Ht15 Wilks, Dell, Craighead, E. Appleby 82.0 4 2 69 20 Ht16 Price, Dook, Packer, Bottoms 80.8 3 3 72 23 Ht17 Wells, Craighead, Packer, C. Appleby 83.0 5 1 77 24 Ht18 Bottoms, Hart, Dell, Wilson 82.0 3 3 80 27

Match Race Championship Ht1 Bill Kitchen bt Jack Parker 77.2 Ht2 Jack Parker bt Bill Kitchen 77.6 Ht3 Jack Parker bt Bill Kitchen 77.4

Reserves Race May, Phil Lewry, Wilson [nf], Johnny Myson [nf] 85.8

19 Saturday 15th June 1946 Firs Stadium, Norwich

Norwich Stars 58 - Birmingham Brummies 26 (Northern League)

Norwich 1. Bert Spencer 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 2. Don Houghton 1 0 1 1 3 3. Paddy Mills 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 4. Ted Bravery 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2 5. Sid Hipperson 1 1 1’ 2 5 1 6. Wilf Jay 3 3 2 3 11 7. Len Read 3 1 4 8. Roy Duke 2’ 1’ 3 2

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 2 1 3 3 9 2. Harwood Pike 0 0 0 0 3. Owen Greenwood 0 0 4. Laurie Packer 1 1 2 2 6 5. Roy Dook 0 2 1 2 5 6. Ernie Appleby 2 1’ 0 2 5 1 7. Percy Brine 0 0 0 0 0 8. Charlie Appleby 0 1 0 0 1

Ht1 Spencer, Hart, Houghton, Pike, 79.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Mills, Bravery, Packer, Greenwood 80.2 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Jay, E. Appleby, Hipperson, Dook 83.6 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Read, Spencer, Packer, Brine 84.0 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Mills, Bravery, Hart, C. Appleby 81.0 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Jay, Packer, Hipperson, Brine 83.2 4 2 27 9 Ht7 Spencer, Dook, E. Appleby, Houghton 83.2 3 3 30 12 Ht8 Mills, Duke, C. Appleby, Brine 83.6 5 1 35 13 Ht9 Hart, Jay, Hipperson, Pike 81.2 3 3 38 16 Ht10 Spencer, Packer, Houghton, C. Appleby 81.0 4 2 42 18 Ht11 Bravery, Mills, Dook, E. Appleby 82.2 5 1 47 19 Ht12 Hart, Hipperson, Duke, Brine 84.0 3 3 50 22 Ht13 Bravery, Dook, Read, C. Appleby 82.0 4 2 54 24 Ht14 Jay, E. Appleby, Houghton, Pike 81.6 4 2 58 26

Second Half

Reserves Scratch Race Read, Duke, Ernie Silver, Billy Bush. 83.8

Selection Scratch Races Ht1 Pike, Bert Hutson, Greenwood, Paddy Hammond 87.0 Ht2 Pike, Greenwood, Hammond, Silver. 86.0

Team Riders Scratch Race Packer, E. Appleby, Houghton, Hipperson 84.0

Special Scratch Race Ht1 Spencer, Dook, Mills, Brine. 81.6 Ht2 Jay, Bravery, Hart, C. Appleby. 81.2 Final Spencer, Jay, Dook, Bravery. 80.0

20 Saturday 15th June 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Northern League Riders Invitation Meeting

1. Tommy Allott 3 3 3 2 3 14 =1st 2. Tommy Bateman 2 0 0 1 1 4 =12th 3. Jack Bibby 3 0 3 3 3 12 3rd 4. Fred Curtis 1 1 1 1 0 4 =12th 5. Joe Crowther 3 3 1 3 1 11 =4th 6. Norman Evans 2 1 1 3 2 9 7th 7. Gruff Garland 1 2 0 0 2 5 11th 8. Jack Hodgson 0 0 0 0 0 0 16th 9. Geoff Godwin 0 0 0 0 1 1 15th 10. Frank Hodgson 0 3 2 2 0 7 =8th 11. Will Lowther 2 1 2 3 3 11 =4th 12. Jeff Lloyd 3 3 3 3 2 14 =1st 13. Syd Littlewood 0 2 1 2 2 7 =8th 14. Wal Morton 1 2 2 2 3 10 6th 15. Wilf Plant 1 2 2 1 1 7 =8th 16. Stan Williams 2 1 1 0 0 4 =12th

Ht1 Allott, Evans, Morton, F. Hodgson 79.4 Ht2 Lloyd, Williams, Plant, J. Hodgson 81.4 Ht3 Crowther, Lowther, Curtis, Littlewood 80.8 Ht4 Bibby, Bateman, Garland, Godwin 82.2 Ht5 Allott, Littlewood, Curtis, J. Hodgson 82.4 Ht6 F. Hodgson, Garland, Williams, Godwin 84.2 Ht7 Lloyd, Morton, Lowther, Bateman 80.0 Ht8 Crowther, Plant, Evans, Bibby 81.6 Ht9 Allott, Lowther, Williams, Bateman 82.2 Ht10 Bibby, F. Hodgson, Crowther, J. Hodgson 81.8 Ht11 Lloyd, Allott, Evans, Godwin 80.6 Ht12 Crowther, Plant, Curtis, Garland 81.6 Ht13 Lloyd, Morton, Littlewood, Godwin 81.0 Ht14 Lowther, F. Hodgson, Plant, Garland 83.4 Ht15 Bibby, Morton, Curtis, J. Hodgson 81.2 Ht16 Evans, Littlewood, Bateman, Williams 83.6 Ht17 Allott, Lloyd, Plant, Curtis 81.8 Ht18 Bibby, Littlewood, Bateman, F. Hodgson 81.6 Ht19 Morton, Garland, Crowther, Williams 81.4 Ht20 Lowther, Evans, Godwin, J. Hodgson 83.0

No Second Half

21 Wednesday 19th June 1946 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 47 - Birmingham Brummies 36 (ACU Cup)

Glasgow 1. Wal Morton 2 3 3 3 11 2. Maurice Stobbart 1' 1 F 2' 4 2 3. Will Lowther 3 3 3 EF 9 4. Eddie Lack 1 1 EF 2 4 5. Joe Crowther 2 2' 1' 2 7 2 6. Gruff Garland 1' 3 2 3 9 1 7. Bill Baird FX 1' 1 1 8. Charlie Oates 1 1' 2 1

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 3 2 3 3 11 2. Charlie Appleby 0 0 0 1 1 3. Roy Dook 2 1 2 2 7 4. Laurie Packer 0 2 0 1' 3 1 5. Stan Dell 0 2 2' 3 7 1 6. Ernie Appleby 3 0 3 0 6 7. Cyril Page 1' 0 0 0 1 1 8. Percy Brine FN 0

Ht1 Hart, Morton, Stobbart, C.Appleby 87.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Lowther, Dook, Lack, Packer 85.0 4 2 7 5 Ht3 E.Appleby, Crowther, Garland, Dell 87.2 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Morton, Packer, Page, Baird [fx], Brine [Inj Ns] 88.8 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Lowther, Hart, Lack, C.Appleby 86.8 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Garland, Crowther, Dook, Packer 88.8 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Morton, Dell, Stobbart, E. Appleby 89.0 4 2 26 16 Ht8 Lowther, Dook, Oates, Page 88.6 4 2 30 18 Ht9 Hart, Garland, Crowther, C.Appleby 86.8 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Morton, Dook, Packer, Stobbart [f] 88.8 3 3 36 24 Ht11 E.Appleby, Dell, Lowther [ef], Lack [ef] 91.8 0 5 36 29 Ht12 Hart, Crowther, Oates, Page 86.8 3 3 39 32 Ht13 Dell, Lack, Baird, Page 90.4 3 3 42 35 Ht14 Garland, Stobbart, C.Appleby, E.Appleby 88.4 5 1 47 36

Second Half

Captains Challenge Race Morton bt Hart [ef] 92.8

Novice Race Bert Shearer, Malcolm Riddell, Bill Murray, Joe Arlett 94.8

Reserves Race Page, Baird, John Lockley, Oates 91.4

Time-Test Trophy (Fastest Winner To Win Trophy) Ht1 Crowther, Lack, Packer, C. Appleby 88.2 Ht2 Lowther, Hart, Morton, Dell 86.6 Ht3 Garland, Dook, E. Appleby, Stobbart 89.4

22 Saturday 22nd June 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 31 (58) - Wembley Lions 77 (157) (National Trophy)

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 2 3 2 1 1 2 11 2. Charlie Appleby 0 0 0 0 0 0 3. Roy Dook 2 1 1’ 0 1 1’ 6 2 4. Stan Dell 0 0 0 0 1 1 5. Laurie Packer 0 2 1 1 1’ 5 1 6. Ernie Appleby 0 1 1 0 2 4 7. Cyril Page 0 1’ 1 1 8. Percy Brine 1 2 3

Wembley 1. Bill Kitchen 3 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 12 3 2. Bob Wells 1 1 0 2’ 0 4 1 3. Tommy Price 3 3 3 2’ 3 14 1 4. Alf Bottoms 1 3 3 3 2’ 12 1 5. George Wilks 2 2’ 3 3 3 13 1 6. Roy Craighead 1’ 2’ 3 3 2’ 0 11 3 7. Bronco Wilson 3 0 3 6 8. Charlie May 2’ 3 5 1

Ht1 Kitchen, Hart, Wells, C. Appleby 78.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Price, Dook, Bottoms, Dell 81.0 2 4 4 8 Ht3 Hart, Wilks, Craighead, Packer 80.6 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Wilson, May, Brine, Page 82.0 1 5 8 16 Ht5 Kitchen, Wilks, Dook, E. Appleby 82.8 1 5 9 21 Ht6 Price, Hart, Wells, Dell 81.4 2 4 11 25 Ht7 Bottoms, Craighead, E. Appleby, C. Appleby 82.0 1 5 12 30 Ht8 Wilks, Packer, Dook, Wells 82.4 3 3 15 33 Ht9 Bottoms, Kitchen, Hart, Dook 83.0 1 5 16 38 Ht10 Craighead, Wells, E. Appleby, Dell 81.4 1 5 17 43 Ht11 Price, Kitchen, Packer, C. Appleby 81.8 1 5 18 48 Ht12 Wilks, Price, Hart, E. Appleby 80.6 1 5 19 53 Ht13 Craighead, Kitchen, Packer, Dell 80.8 1 5 20 58 Ht14 May, Brine, Page, Wilson 85.4 3 3 23 61 Ht15 Price, Craighead, Dook, C. Appleby 80.6 1 5 24 66 Ht16 Bottoms, E. Appleby, Packer, Wells 81.8 3 3 27 69 Ht17 Wilks, Bottoms, Dell, C. Appleby 82.0 1 5 28 74 Ht18 Wilson, Hart, Dook, Craighead 82.4 3 3 31 77

Second Half

Novice Scratch Races H1Bill Osbourne, Malpass, Grierson, G.Cole 92.6 Ht2A.Smith, Simmons, P.Trimnell, J.Wright 86.2 Final Smith, Simmons, Malpass, Osbourne 86.6

23 Saturday 29th June 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 45 - Newcastle Diamonds 38 (Northern League)

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 3 3 3 3 12 2. Bob Lovell 0 0 1 3 4 3. Stan Dell 2 3 2 3 10 4. Charlie Appleby 1’ 1 0 2 4 1 5. Roy Dook 2 2 0 3 7 6. Laurie Packer 1’ 1’ 1 2 5 2 7. Dick Tolley 2’ F 2 1 8. Cyril Page 0 1 1

Newcastle 1. Norman Evans 2 2 3 2 9 2. Doug McLachlan 1’ 0 2’ 1 4 2 3. Jeff Lloyd 3 3 3 2 11 4. Leo Lungo 0 1 0 0 1 5. Charlie Spinks 3 2 1’ 3 9 1 6. Syd Littlewood 0 1’ 2 0 3 1 7. Terry Tight 0 0 0 8. Alec Grant 1 FX 1

Ht1 Hart, Evans, McLachlan, Lovell 82.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Lloyd, Dell, Appleby, Lungo 82.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Spinks, Dook, Packer, Littlewood 82.2 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Hart, Tolley, Lungo, Tight 83.4 5 1 14 10 Ht5 Dell, Evans, Appleby, McLachlan 82.2 4 2 18 12 Ht6 Lloyd, Dook, Packer, Lungo 82.8 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Hart, Spinks, Littlewood, Lovell 80.2 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Lloyd, Dell, Grant, Page 82.4 2 4 26 22 Ht9 Evans, McLachlan, Packer, Dook 81.6 1 5 27 27 Ht10 Hart, Lloyd, Lovell, Lungo 80.0 4 2 31 29 Ht11 Dell, Littlewood, Spinks, Appleby 83.4 3 3 34 32 Ht12 Dook, Evans, Page, Tight 83.0 4 2 38 34 Ht13 Spinks, Appleby, Tolley [f], Grant [fx] 86.0 2 3 40 37 Ht14 Lovell, Packer, McLachlan, Littlewood 83.0 5 1 45 38

Second Half

Novices Scratch Race Bill Osborne, Smith, Wright, Tolley (ns) 86.8

Reserves Scratch Race Page, Grant, Tight, Tolley (exc) 87.0

Novices v Reserves Grant, Page, Osborne, Smith (exc) 85.0

Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Hart, Evans, Packer, Littlewood (exc) 81.8 Ht2 Lloyd, Dell, McLachlan, Lovell 81.8 Ht3 Spinks, Dook, Lungo, C.Appleby 82.8 Final Hart, Lloyd, Grant, Spinks (exctps) 80.8

24 Saturday 6 th July 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 49 - Sheffield Tigers 47 (ACU Cup)

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 3 2 1’ 2 2’ 10 2 2. Bob Lovell 1’ 3 2 3 0 9 1 3. Stan Dell 1’ 1’ 1 1’ 2’ 6 4 4. Laurie Packer 2 0 0 3 3 8 5. Roy Dook 2 2 2 1 2 9 6. Ernie Appleby 2’ 0 1’ 0 1 4 2 7. Charlie Appleby 1’ 1 1 8. Cyril Page 2 2

Sheffield 1. Stan Williams 0 0 2 2 2. Jack Bibby 0 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 3. Tommy Allott 3 3 3 3 3 15 4. Reg Lambourne 1 0 0 1 5. Tommy Bateman 3 2 1 3 1 10 6. Jack D.White 0 1’ 1 F 2 1 7. Alf Elliott 2’ 1 0 3 1 8. Dick Geary 0 0 3 0 3

Ht1 Allott, Packer, Dell, Bibby 81.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Hart, E.Appleby, Lambourne, White 83.6 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Batemabn, Dook, Dell, Williams 83.6 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Bibby, Hart, Lovell, Geary 81.6 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Allott, Elliott, Dell, E.Appleby 83.0 1 5 15 15 Ht6 Lovell, Bateman, White, Packer 83.8 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Allott, Dook, Hart, Williams 82.4 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Bibby, Hart, Dell, Geary 81.4 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Allott, Lovell, E.Appleby, Lambourne 82.6 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Bibby, Dook, Bateman, Packer 81.8 2 4 29 31 Ht11 Lovell, Dell, Elliott, Lambourne 82.8 5 1 34 32 Ht12 Geary, Page, C.Appleby, Elliott 83.2 3 3 37 35 Ht13 Bateman, Bibby, Dook, E.Appleby 82.6 1 5 38 40 Ht14 Packer, Hart, Bateman, Geary 83.4 5 1 43 41 Ht15 Allott, Dook, White, Lovell 83.4 2 4 45 45 Ht16 Packer, Williams, E.Appleby, White [f] 84.2 4 2 49 47

Novice Scratch Races Wright, Page [ef], Tolley [f],Smith [f] 85.6

Reserves Scratch Race Geary, Elliot, Pitcher, C. Appleby 85.0

Perry Barr Scratch Races Ht1 Hart, Packer, Allott no 4 th Rider 82.4 ? Ht2 Bateman, Dell, Lambourne, Dave Bell ? ? Ht3 Dook, E.Appleby, White ? ? Final Hart, Dook, Bateman, Geary 82.8

Novice v Reserves Geary , Elliot , Wright no 4 th Rider 86.2

25 Thursday 11 th July 1946 Cleveland Park, Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough Bears 61 - Birmingham Brummies 35 (ACU Cup)

Middlesbrough 1. Geoff Godwin 1 1’ 1’ 3 2 8 2 2. Fred Curtis 2 3 2’ 1’ 3 11 2 3. Frank Hodgson 3 2 3 2’ 2 12 1 4. Jack Hodgson 2’ 1 2’ 1’ 0 6 3 5. Jack Gordon 1’ 2 3 3 0 9 1 6. Wilf Plant 3 2’ 3 2’ 2 12 2 7. Len Tupling 1’ 1 1 8. Ed Pye 2 2

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 3 3 3 3 3 15 2. Bob Lovell 1 0 0 0 1 3. Stan Dell 0 0 0 1 1’ 2 1 4. Laurie Packer 0 0 0 5. Roy Dook 0 0 1 1 3 5 6. Ernie Appleby 2 2 1 2 1 8 7. Charlie Appleby 1 0 1 8. Cyril Page 0 0 3 0 3

Ht1 F.Hodgson, J.Hodgson, Lovell, Dell 79.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Plant, E.Appleby, Godwin, Packer 77.6 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Hart, F.Hodgson, Gordon, Dook 78.2 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Hart, Curtis, Godwin, Lovell 79.2 3 3 15 9 Ht5 F.Hodgson, Plant, C.Appleby, Dell 77.4 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Curtis, E.Appleby, J.Hodgson, Dook 79.2 4 2 24 12 Ht7 Hart, Gordon, Godwin, Dell 79.0 3 3 27 15 Ht8 Godwin, F.Hodgson, E.Appleby, Page 80.6 5 1 32 16 Ht9 Plant, Curtis, Dell, Packer 78.4 5 1 37 17 Ht10 Gordon, J.Hodgson, Dook, Lovell 81.0 5 1 42 18 Ht11 Hart, F.Hodgson, Curtis, Page 76.8 3 3 45 21 Ht12 Page, Pye, Tupling, C.Appleby 80.4 3 3 48 24 Ht13 Gordon, Plant, Dook, Lovell 79.4 5 1 53 25 Ht14 Dook, Godwin, J.Hodgson, Page 80.2 3 3 56 28 Ht15 Curtis, E.Appleby, Dell, Gordon 79.2 3 3 59 31 Ht16 Hart, Plant, E.Appleby, J.Hodgson 77.8 2 4 61 35

Second Half Team Selection Race Tupling, Stan Smith, Pye [nf], Alec Peel [nf]. 82.6

Novices Race Wilson, Phil Dargue, Peter Lloyd, Ken Allick. 84.0

Reserves Race C. Appleby, Page, Dargue, Smith. 80.2

Birmingham Scratch Race Ht1 F. Hodgson, Dell, Godwin, Lovell. 78.4 80.8 Ht2 Curtis, J. Hodgson, Pye [nf], Dook [nf]. 79.6 80.6 Ht3 Plant, Hart, E. Appleby, Gordon. 76.6 77.8 Final F. Hodgson, Hart, Plant, Curtis. 75.0

26 Saturday 13 th July 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 46 - Sheffield Tigers 50 (Northern Trophy)

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 2 2’ 3 2 2 11 1 2. Bob Lovell 3 0 0 1 0 4 3. Stan Dell 3 1 3 0 3 10 4. Laurie Packer 0 2 1’ 0 3 6 1 5. Roy Dook 0 0 2 2 2 6 6. Ernie Appleby 0 1 2 0 2’ 5 1 7. Cyril Page 1 1 8. Charlie Appleby 3 3

Sheffield 1. Stan Williams 2’ 0 2 2 0 6 1 2. Alf Elliott 2 1 1 3 1 8 3. Tommy Bateman 1’ 2 1’ 3 3 10 2 4. Jack Bibby 3 0 3 6 5. Tommy Allott 3 3 3 3 1 13 6. Dick Geary 1 1 0 1 1 4 7. Reg Lambourne 1 0 2 3 8. Jack D.White 0 0

Ht1 Dell, Elliott, Bateman, Packer 81.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Bibby, Hart, Geary, E.Appleby 80.8 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Allott, Williams, Dell, Dook 82.4 1 5 6 12 Ht4 Lovell, Hart, Elliott, Williams 85.4 5 1 11 13 Ht5 Dell, Bateman, E.Appleby, Bibby 81.4 4 2 15 15 Ht6 Allott, Packer, Geary, Lovell 82.0 2 4 17 19 Ht7 Hart, Williams, Bateman, Dook 82.4 3 3 20 22 Ht8 Allott, Hart, Elliott, Dell 80.6 2 4 22 26 Ht9 Bateman, E.Appleby, Lambourne, Lovell 82.8 2 4 24 30 Ht10 Elliott, Dook, Packer, Geary 82.0 3 3 27 33 Ht11 Dell, Williams, Lovell, Lambourne 81.8 4 2 31 35 Ht12 C.Appleby, Lambourne, Page, White 84.6 4 2 35 37 Ht13 Allott, Dook, Elliott, E.Appleby 82.4 2 4 37 41 Ht14 Bibby, Hart, Allott, Packer 80.2 2 4 39 45 Ht15 Bateman, Dook, Geary, Lovell 83.6 2 4 41 49 Ht16 Packer, E.Appleby, Geary, Williams 83.6 5 1 46 50

Novices Scratch Race Wright, Alec Peel, Bell, Tolley [nf] 86.0

Reserves Scratch Race Lambourne,White,Appleby,Page 85.4

Novices v Reserves Final White, Lambourne , Wright, Peel 85.2

Parry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Hart, Packer, Allott, Dave Bell 82.6 ? Ht2 Bateman, Dell, Lambourne, Lovell ? ? Ht3 Dook, E.Appleby, White, Bibby ? ? Final [

27 Monday 15th July 1946 Brough Park, Newcastle

Newcastle Diamonds 66 - Birmingham Brummies 29 (ACU Cup)

Newcastle 1. Norman Evans 3 2 3 3 3 14 2. Doug McLachlan 1’ 1’ 0 2’ 3 7 3 3. Jeff Lloyd 2’ EF 2’ 3 7 2 4. Leo Lungo 3 2 2’ 2’ 0 9 2 5. Charlie Spinks 2 1 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 6. Syd Littlewood 2’ 3 3 3 3 14 1 7. Terry Tight 0 2’ 2 1 8. Alec Grant 3 3

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 3 3 2 F 2 10 2. Bob Lovell 0 0 1 0 0 1 3. Stan Dell 1 1’ 0 2 1 5 1 4. Laurie Packer 1 2 1’ F 1 5 1 5. Roy Dook 1 3 1 1 F 6 6. Ernie Appleby EX 0 0 0 0 7. Charlie Appleby 1 1’ 2 1 8. Cyril Page 0 0

Ht1 Lungo, Lloyd, Dell, Lovell 79.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Evans, Littlewood, Packer, E.Appleby [ex] 79.2 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Hart, Spinks, Dook, Lloyd [ef] 77.6 2 4 12 6 Ht4 Hart, Evans, McLachlan, Lovell 78.2 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Littlewood, Packer, Dell, Tight 79.2 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Dook, Lungo, McLachlan, E.Appleby 80.6 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Evans, Hart, Spinks, Dell 79.8 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Evans, Lloyd, Lovell, E.Apppleby 82.2 5 1 30 18 Ht9 Littlewood, Dell, Packer, McLachlan [fr] 80.2 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Spinks, Lungo, Dook, Lovell 81.8 5 1 38 22 Ht11 Lloyd, McLachlan, Hart [f], Packer [f] 79.6 5 0 43 22 Ht12 Grant, Tight, C.Appleby, Page [f] 84.8 5 1 48 23 Ht13 Littlewood, Spinks, Dook, Lovell 80.4 5 1 53 24 Ht14 Evans, Lungo, Packer, Dook [f] 88.6 5 1 58 25 Ht15 McLachlan, Spinks, Dell, E.Appleby 84.8 5 1 63 26 Ht16 Littlewood, Hart, C.Appleby, Lungo 82.6 3 3 66 29

Second Half

Novices Race Pat Smith, McClennal, Harry Modral, Stan Pennell 87.8 Modral, Smith, McClennal, Pennell 89.6

Reserves Scratch Race Grant, Tight, Page, C. Appleby [ef] 85.6

The Byker Scurry Ht1 Lloyd, McLachlan, Dook, Spinks [f] 82.8 Ht2 Littlewood, Evans, Hart, Lungo 81.8 Final Lloyd, Evans, Littlewood, McLaclan 80.0

28 Thursday 18 th July 1946 Cleveland Park, Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough Bears 55 - Birmingham Brummies 28 (Northern League)

Middlesbrough 1. Geoff Godwin 1 1’ 1 3 6 1 2. Frank Hodgson 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 3. Fred Curtis 3 2 3 2 10 4. Jack Hodgson 2’ 1’ 1’ 1’ 5 4 5. Len Tupling 1 0 2’ 2’ 5 2 6. Wilf Plant 3 3 3 3 12 7. Ed Pye 2 3 5 8. Tip Mills NF 2 2

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 2 3 F 5 2. Bob Lovell 0 0 1 0 1 3. Stan Dell 1 2 2 5 4. Charlie Appleby 0 3 1’ 0 4 1 5. Roy Dook 2 2 3 3 10 6. Ernie Appleby 0 0 F 0 7. Jim Wright 0 0 1 1 8. Cyril Page NF 1 1 0 2

Ht1 F.Hodgson, Hart, Godwin, Lovell 75.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Curtis, J.Hodgson, Dell, C.Appleby 78.2 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Plant, Dook, Tupling, E.Appleby 78.4 4 2 13 5 Ht4 C.Appleby, Pye, Godwin, Wright 79.4 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Hart, Curtis, J.Hodgson, Lovell 77.6 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Plant, Dell, C.Appleby, Tupling 78.8 3 3 22 14 Ht7 F.Hodgson, Dook, Godwin, E.Appleby 77.4 4 2 26 16 Ht8 Curtis, Dell, Mills [nf], Page [nf] 79.6 3 2 29 18 Ht9 Plant, Tupling, Lovell, Hart [f] 78.0 5 1 34 19 Ht10 Godwin, F.Hodgson, Page, C.Appleby 79.4 5 1 39 20 Ht11 Dook, Curtis, J.Hodgson, E.Appleby [f] 79.4 3 3 42 23 Ht12 Pye, Tupling, Page, Wright 79.2 5 1 47 24 Ht13 Dook, Mills, J.Hodgson, Page 81.2 3 3 50 27 Ht14 Plant, F.Hodgson, Wright, Lovell 80.0 5 1 55 28

Second Half Reserves Selection Race Tupling, Pye, Mills, Wilson [f]. 79.2

Novices Race Ken Allick, Phil Dargue, Peter Lloyd, Stan Smith. 87.6

Newport Scratch Race Ht1 Tupling, Curtis, Wright, Wilson 82.8 Ht2 Plant, Godwin, Allick, Dook 82.4 Ht3 Pye, J. Hodgson, Lovell, Dargue 85.2 Ht4 F. Hodgson, Dell, Page, C. Appleby 83.8 Final F. Hodgson, Plant, Pye, Tupling ??.?

29 Saturday 20th July 1946 Firs Stadium, Norwich

Norwich Stars 52 - Birmingham Brummies 31 (Northern League)

Norwich 1. Len Read 1’ 1 1 0 3 1 2. Wilf Jay 2 3 3 3 11 3. Ted Bravery 2’ 2’ F 1 5 2 4. Paddy Mills 3 3 3 3 12 5. Bert Spencer 3 F 3 3 9 6. Don Houghton 2’ 1 1 2’ 6 2 7. Roy Duke 3 2’ 1 6 1 8. Bluey Thorpe F 0

Birmingham 1. Dick Tolley 0 0 0 1 1 2. Bob Lovell 3 1 2 1 7 3. Stan Dell 1 3 3 1’ 8 1 4. Laurie Packer 0 2 2’ 2 6 1 5. Roy Dook 1 2 2 2 7 6. Charlie Appleby 0 0 0 0 0 7. Jim Wright 0 0 0 8. Cyril Page 2’ 0 2 1

Ht1 Lovell, Jay, Read, Tolley 81.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Mills, Bravery, Dell, Packer 81.8 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Spencer, Houghton, Dook, Appleby 81.6 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Duke, Packer, Read, Wright 84.2 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Mills, Bravery, Lovell, Tolley 81.0 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Dell, Packer, Houghton, Spencer [f] 84.4 1 5 23 13 Ht7 Jay, Dook, Read, Appleby 80.0 4 2 27 15 Ht8 Dell, Page, Bravery [f], Thorpe [f] 86.2 0 5 27 20 Ht9 Spencer, Lovell, Houghton, Tolley 80.2 4 2 31 22 Ht10 Jay, Packer, Dell, Read 81.4 3 3 34 25 Ht11 Mills, Dook, Bravery, Appleby 81.6 4 2 38 27 Ht12 Spencer, Duke, Tolley, Wright 83.6 5 1 43 28 Ht13 Mills, Dook, Duke, Page 81.0 4 2 47 30 Ht14 Jay, Houghton, Lovell, Appleby 81.6 5 1 52 31

Second Half

Novice Scratch Races Ht1 Geoff Revett, Paddy Hammond, Owen Greenwood [f], Oz Osborne [f] 86.2 Ht2 Charlie Challis, Hammond, Cliff Crothers, Revett. 86.0

Reserves Scratch Race Duke, Page, Challis, Read. 84.0

Team Riders Scratch Race Duke, Page, Houghton, Appleby. 84.8

Special Scratch Race Ht1 Bravery, Spencer, Dook, Dell 82.0 Ht2 Mills, Jay, Lovell [nf], Packer [nf] 80.4 Final Mills, Bravery, Spencer, Jay [f] 80.4

30 Saturday 20th July 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Northern League British Riders Championship Round

1. Joe Crowther 2 0 1 2 1 6 =9 th 2. Fred Curtis 0 0 2 2 2 6 =9 th 3. Norman Evans 1 2 2 0 3 8 7th 4. Gruff Garland 2 2 1 1 1 7 8th 5. Geoff Godwin 0 2 3 1 0 6 =9 th 6. Jack Gordon 2 1 0 0 0 3 14 th 7. Frank Hodgson 3 1 2 3 2 11 =4 th 8. Jack Hodgson 1 1 0 2 2 6 =9 th 9. Len Tupling EX 0 0 0 0 0 16 th 10. Leo Lungo NF 1 0 0 0 1 15 th 11. Syd Littlewood 3 3 2 3 1 12 =2 nd 12. Jeff Lloyd 3 3 3 3 3 15 1st 13. Doug McLachlan 3 3 3 1 2 12 =2 nd 14. Wilf Plant 0 3 1 3 3 10 6th 15. Maurice Stobbart 1 0 2 1 1 5 13 th 16. Charlie Spinks 2 2 1 3 3 11 =4 th

Ht1 F. Hodgson, Garland, Evans, Curtis 80.0 Ht2 Littlewood, Crowther, Stobbart, Godwin 79.8 Ht3 McLachlan, Gordon, Lungo [nf], Tupling [ex] 81.4 Ht4 Lloyd, Spinks, J. Hodgson, Plant 80.2 Ht5 Plant, Evans, Gordon, Crowther 80.4 Ht6 Lloyd, Godwin, Lungo, Curtis 80.8 Ht7 Littlewood, Garland, J. Hodgson, Tupling 80.2 Ht8 McLachlan, Spinks, F. Hodgson, Stobbart 80.6 Ht9 Godwin, Evans, Spinks, Tupling 80.4 Ht10 McLachlan, Curtis, Crowther, J. Hodgson 81.2 Ht11 Lloyd, Littlewood, McLachlan, Evans 80.0 Ht12 Littlewood, F. Hodgson, Plant, Lungo 81.0 Ht13 lloyd, Stobbart, Garland, Gordon 80.8 Ht14 Plant, Curtis, Stobbart, Tupling 80.2 Ht15 Spinks, Crowther, Garland, Lungo 81.6 Ht16 F. Hodgson, J. Hodgson, Godwin, Gordon 80.8 Ht17 Evans, J. Hodgson, Stobbart, Lungo 81.6 Ht18 Spinks, Curtis, Littlewood, Gordon 81.6 Ht19 Plant, McLachlan, Garland, Godwin 80.8 Ht20 Lloyd, F. Hodgson, Crowther, Tupling 79.6

31 Saturday 27th July 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies - 44 - Newcastle Diamonds 39 (Northern League)

Birmingham 1. Cyril Page 0 1’ NF 1’ 2 2 2. Bob Lovell 2 2 2 0 6 3. Stan Dell 3 3 3 3 12 4. Charlie Appleby 0 0 2’ 2 1 5. Roy Dook 3 2 1 3 9 6. Laurie Packer 0 1’ 3 3 7 1 7. Dick Tolley 2 1 3 8. Jim Wright 0 0 3 3

Newcastle 1. Norman Evans 3 2 2 2 9 2. Doug McLachlan 1 1’ 0 2 4 1 3. Jeff Lloyd 2 3 2 3 10 4. Leo Lungo XT EF 0 5. Charlie Spinks 2 3 1’ 6 1 6. Syd Littlewood 1’ NF 2 1’ 4 2 7. Terry Tight 0 0 0 0 8. Alec Grant 1’ 3 1’ 1 6 2

Ht1 Evans, Lovell, McLachlan, Page 80.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Dell, Lloyd, Grant, Appleby 80.0 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Dook, Spinks, Littlewood, Packer 81.2 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Grant, Tolley, Page, Tight 83.2 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Dell, Evans, McLachlan, Appleby 81.4 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Lloyd, Dook, Packer, Lungo [xt] 79.8 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Spinks, Lovell, Page [nf], Littlewood [nf] 82.0 2 3 19 22 Ht8 Dell, Lloyd, Grant, Wright 80.6 3 3 22 25 Ht9 Packer, Evans, Dook, McLachlan 79.6 4 2 26 27 Ht10 Lloyd, Lovell, Page, Lungo [ef] 80.6 3 3 29 30 Ht11 Dell, Littlewood, Spinks, Wright 82.4 3 3 32 33 Ht12 Dook, Evans, Tolley, Tight 80.4 4 2 36 35 Ht13 Wright, Appleby, Grant, Tight 81.4 5 1 41 36 Ht14 Packer, McLachlan, Littlewood, Lovell 81.4 3 3 44 39

Second Half

Reserve Selection Tolley, Wright, Jack Ladd, Dick Howard 83.4

Reserves Scratch Race Tolley, Tight, Grant, Wright 83.2

Novices v Reserves (Held After Scratch Race Heats) Tolley, Howard, Tight, Ladd 84.6

Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Packer, Littlewood, Page, Evans 82.2 Ht2 Dell, McLachlan, Lovell, Lloyd [ns] 82.6 Ht3 Dook, Lungo, C. Appleby, Spinks [ns] 82.4 Final Packer, Dell, Dook, Tolley 81.2

32 Friday 2 nd August 1946 Knowle Stadium, Bristol

Ex- Bristol 62 - Birmingham Brummies 45 (Challenge )

Ex-Bristol 1. Jeff Lloyd 3 2 3 2 3 2’ 15 1 2. Stan Lanfear 0 2’ 0 0 0 2 1 3. Bert Spencer 3 3 3 1’ 2 3 15 1 4. Roger Wise 1 3 2 0 2 8 5. Roy Dook 0 2’ 0 2 3 7 1 6. Ron Howes 1 2’ 3 1’ 1’ 8 3 7. Percy Brine 3 2 5 8. Mike Beddoe 2’ 0 2 1

Birmingham 1. Stan Dell 2 1 1 3 3 10 2. Bill Longley 0 3 3 3 1 10 3. Ernie Appleby 0 0 2 2 0 4 4. Jim Wright 0 1 1’ 1 2 5 1 5. Bob Lovell 1’ 0 1 0 1’ 3 2 6. Dick Tolley 2 1 0 1’ 0 4 1 7. Charlie Appleby NF 1 1 8. Cyril Page 2 NF 3 5

Ht1 Spencer, Page, Wise, Longley 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Lloyd, Tolley, Howes, Wright 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Spencer, Dell, Lovell, Dook 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Brine, Beddoe, C.Appleby [nf], Page [nf] 5 0 16 7 Ht5 Longley, Lloyd, Dell, Lanfear 2 4 18 11 Ht6 Spencer, Howes, Wright, E.Appleby 5 1 23 12 Ht7 Wise, Lanfear, Tolley, Lovell 5 1 28 13 Ht8 Lloyd, Dook, Dell, E.Appleby 5 1 33 14 Ht9 Longley, Lloyd, Spencer, Tolley 3 3 36 17 Ht10 Howes, E.Appleby, Wright, Lanfear 3 3 39 20 Ht11 Longley, Wise, Lovell, Dook 2 4 41 24 Ht12 Dell, Spencer, Wright, Lanfear 2 4 43 28 Ht13 Longley, Dook, Howes, Lovell 3 3 46 31 Ht14 Page, Brine, C.Appleby, Beddoe 2 4 48 35 Ht15 Lloyd, Wright, Lovell, Wise 3 3 51 38 Ht16 Dook, E.Appleby, Tolley, Lanfear 3 3 54 41 Ht17 Dell, Wise, Howes, Tolley 3 3 57 44 Ht18 Spencer, Lloyd, Longley, E.Appleby 5 1 62 45

Second Half

33 Saturday 3rd August 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 39 - Glasgow Tigers 45 (Northern League)

Birmingham 1. Stan Dell 3 3 2 3 11 2. Laurie Packer 0 0 0 2 2 3. Tiger Hart 3 2 EX 3 8 4. Bob Lovell 0 1' 1 2 4 1 5. Roy Dook 2 3 3 2 10 6. Ernie Appleby 1' 0 0 1 1 7. Dick Tolley 1 0 1 8. Jim Wright 2 0 2

Glasgow 1. Will Lowther 1' 0 1' 3 5 2 2. Eddie Lack 2 3 2 1 8 3. Wal Morton 2 3 2 7 4. Maurice Stobbart 2 2 1' 1' 6 2 5. Gruff Garland 0 1 2 3 6 6. Joe Crowther 3 3 0 3 9 7. Bill Baird 1' 0 1 2 1 8. Wally Thomson 1 1 2

Ht1 Dell, Lack, Lowther, Packer 80.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Hart, Stobbart, Baird, Lovell 83.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Crowther, Dook, E.Appleby, Garland 82.0 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Dell, Stobbart, Tolley, Baird 81.6 4 2 13 11 Ht5 Lack, Hart, Lovell, Lowther 84.2 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Dook, Morton, Stobbart, Appleby 82.6 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Crowther, Dell, Garland, Packer 80.2 2 4 21 21 Ht8 Morton, Wright, Thomson, Hart [ex] 80.8 2 4 23 25 Ht9 Dook, Lack, Lowther, Tolley 82.4 3 3 26 28 Ht10 Dell, Morton, Stobbart, Packer 81.2 3 3 29 31 Ht11 Hart, Garland, Lovell, Crowther [fr] 81.6 4 2 33 33 Ht12 Lowther, Dook, Baird, Wright 80.8 2 4 35 37 Ht13 Crowther, Lovell, Thomson, Tolley 80.4 2 4 37 41 Ht14 Garland, Packer, Lack, Appleby 83.2 2 4 39 45

Second Half

Juniors Scratch Race Vic Pitcher, Dick Howard, Alf Smith, Tiger Stanley 83.4

Reserves Scratch Race Wright, Baird, Thomson, Tolley 85.6

Special Scratch Races Ht1 Morton, Hart, Lowther, Dell [ex] 80.2 Ht2 Crowther, Lack, Lovell, Dook [ns] 80.8 Ht3 Packer, Garland, Stobbart, Appleby 82.6

Juniors v Reserves Wright, Pitcher, Baird, Howard 85.8

34 Saturday 17th August 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 28 - Norwich Stars 55 (Northern League)

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 2 3 EF 3 8 2. Laurie Packer F 2 0 EF 2 3. Stan Dell 2 2 EF 1 5 4. Charlie Appleby 1’ NF 2 3 1 5. Roy Dook 1 1 0 2 4 6. Bob Lovell F EF 2 1 3 7. Jim Wright 0 2 0 1’ 3 1 8. Cyril Page F 0

Norwich 1. Bert Spencer 3 3 3 3 12 2. Don Houghton EX 1 1 3 5 3. Wilf Jay 3 3 3 1’ 10 1 4. Roy Duke 0 2 2’ 2 6 1 5. Paddy Mills 3 1 2’ 3 9 1 6. Ted Bravery 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2 7. Harwood Pike 1’ 1 2 1 8. Charlie Challis 1 0 1

Ht1 Spencer, Hart, Houghton [ex], Packer [f] 78.6 2 3 2 3 Ht2 Jay, Dell, C. Appleby, Duke 81.2 5 6 5 6 Ht3 Mills, Bravery, Dook, Lovell [f] 80.8 1 5 6 11 Ht4 Hart, Duke, Pike, Wright 79.8 3 3 9 14 Ht5 Spencer, Dell, Houghton, C. Page [f] 79.0 2 4 11 18 Ht6 Jay, Duke, Dook, Lovell [ef] 80.6 1 5 12 23 Ht7 Bravery, Packer, Mills, Hart [ef] 81.4 2 4 14 27 Ht8 Jay, Wright, Challis, Dell [ef] 82.0 2 4 16 31 Ht9 Spencer, Lovell, Houghton, Dook 78.6 2 4 18 35 Ht10 Hart, Duke, Jay, Packer 79.8 3 3 21 38 Ht11 Bravery, Mills, Dell, C. Appleby [nf] 81.2 1 5 22 43 Ht12 Spencer, Dook, Pike, Wright 79.6 2 4 24 47 Ht13 Mills, C. Appleby, Wright, Challis 82.6 3 3 27 50 Ht14 Houghton, Bravery, Lovell, Packer [ef] 81.6 1 5 28 55

Second Half

Invitation Scratch Race Ht1 E. Appleby, Dick Howard, Vic Pitcher, Dick Tolley [f] 83.8 Ht2 Jim Wright, Charlie Appleby, Pike, Challis [ef] 84.2 Final C. Appleby, E. Appleby, Wright, Howard 83.2

Special Scratch Races Ht1 Spencer, Hart, Jay, Dook 78.8 Ht2 Bravery, Houghton, Dell, Packer [ns] 80.0 Ht3 Duke, Mills, E. Appleby, Page [ns] 79.8

35 Saturday 24th August 1946 Firs Stadium, Norwich

Norwich Stars 51 - Birmingham Brummies 45 (ACU Cup)

Norwich 1. Bert Spencer 3 3 3 3 3 15 2. Don Houghton 2’ 2 1 1 1 7 1 3. Wilf Jay 3 3 1 EF 0 7 4. Len Read 1 1 5. Paddy Mills 1 0 3 2’ 3 9 1 6. Ted Bravery 2’ 0 3 3 0 8 1 7. Harwood Pike 0 2 1 3 8. Charlie Challis 1 0 0 1

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 2 1 2 3 3 11 2. Bob Lovell 0 0 1’ 2 1 4 1 3. Stan Dell 2 3 1’ 0 2 8 1 4. Laurie Packer 0 2’ 2 2’ 2 8 2 5. Roy Dook 1 F 0 1’ 2 1 6. Charlie Appleby 1 3 2 0 2’ 8 1 7. Ernie Appleby 0 3 3 8. Vic Pitcher 1 1

Ht1 Jay, Dell, Read, Lovell 81.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Spencer, Bravery, C. Appleby, Packer 83.0 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Jay, Hart, Mills, E. Appleby 80.2 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Spencer, Houghton, Hart, Lovell 79.8 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Dell, Packer, Jay, Bravery 80.8 1 5 19 11 Ht6 C. Appleby, Houghton, Dook, Pike 81.6 2 4 21 15 Ht7 Spencer, Hart, Dell, Mills 79.8 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Spencer, C. Appleby, Lovell, Jay [ef] 80.6 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Bravery, Packer, Houghton, Dell 80.4 4 2 31 23 Ht10 Mills, Lovell, Challis, Dook [f] 84.0 4 2 35 25 Ht11 Hart, Packer, Houghton, Jay 81.4 1 5 36 30 Ht12 E. Appleby, Pike, Pitcher, Challis 83.0 2 4 38 34 Ht13 Bravery, Mills, Lovell, Dook 81.0 5 1 43 35 Ht14 Spencer, Packer, Dook, Challis 82.0 3 3 46 38 Ht15 Mills, Dell, Houghton, C. Appleby 83.0 4 2 50 40 Ht16 Hart, C. Appleby, Pike, Bravery 81.2 1 5 51 45

Second Half

Reserves Scratch Race Paddy Hammond, Pike, Pitcher [nf], Geoff Revett [nf] 92.0

Remainder Of Meeting Abandoned Due To Heavy Rain

36 Saturday 24th August 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Reserves 67 – London Reserves 41 (Challenge)

Birmingham Reserves 1. Cyril Page 0 3 3 2’ 2 2 12 1 2. Dick Tolley 2’ 3 2’ 1’ 1’ 9 4 3. Percy Brine 3 1 2’ 3 2 0 11 1 4. Louis Lawson 2’ 2’ 3 1’ 1 9 3 5. Jim Wright 0 0 2’ 0 2 4 1 6. Jim Boyd 3 3 3 2 3 14 7. Alf Smith 3 0 3 8. Dick Howard 2’ 3 5 1

London Reserves 1. Charlie May 3 1 2 3 2 1 12 2. Ray Moore 0 0 0 0 0 3. Dennis Gray 1 0 1’ 1 0 3 1 4. Peter Robinson 1’ 1 1 0 0 3 1 5. Ivor Powell 2’ 0 0 3 3 3 11 1 6. Oz Osborne 2 1 1 3 0 7 7. Jack White 0 1’ 1 1 8. Doug Bell 1 1 2 4

Ht1 Brine, Lawson, Gray, Moore 84.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Boyd, Osborne, Robinson, Page 82.4 3 3 8 4 Ht3 May, Powell, Brine, Wright 82.2 1 5 9 9 Ht4 Smith, Howard, Bell, White 85.6 5 1 14 10 Ht5 Page, Tolley, May, Moore 83.4 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Boyd, Brine, Robinson, Gray 84.0 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Tolley, Lawson, Osborne, Powell 83.0 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Page, May, Gray, Wright 82.6 3 3 32 16 Ht9 Brine, Page, Osborne, Moore 85.0 5 1 37 17 Ht10 Boyd, Tolley, Gray, Powell 83.4 5 1 42 18 Ht11 Lawson, Wright, Robinson, Moore 84.8 5 1 47 19 Ht12 May, Brine, Tolley, Robinson 83.0 3 3 50 22 Ht13 Powell, Boyd, Bell, Wright 81.6 2 4 52 26 Ht14 Howard, Bell, White, Smith 89.4 3 3 55 29 Ht15 Powell, Page, Lawson, Robinson 81.2 3 3 58 32 Ht16 Osborne, Wright, Tolley, Gray 84.2 3 3 61 35 Ht17 Boyd, May, Lawson, Osborne 81.0 4 2 65 37 Ht18 Powell, Page, May, Brine 82.8 2 4 67 41

Reserve Scratch Race White, Smith, Howard, Bell 87.0

Scratch Race Powell, Boyd, May, Page Powel fell 1 st corner race stopped too dark to rerun Race abandoned

37 Saturday 31st August 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Northern League British Riders Championship Round

1. Joe Crowther F 0 0 2 3 5 =7 th 2. Maurice Stobbart NS NS NS 2 1 3 =15 th 3. Tiger Hart 3 3 3 3 2 14 2nd 4. Bob Lovell 1 2 1 1 0 5 =7 th 5. Stan Dell 2½ 2 2 2 3 11½ 4th 6. Laurie Packer 0 2 3 F NS 5 =7 th 7. Jack Gordon 1 0 FX 0 2 3 =15 th 8. Fred Curtis 2½ EF 2 1 2 7½ 6th 9. Norman Evans 1 1 1 2 0 5 =7 th 10. Charlie Spinks 0 1 2 1 0 4 =13 th 11. Ernie Appleby 2 1 0 0 2 5 =7 th 12. Stan Williams 3 3 1 3 1 11 5th 13. Tommy Allott 3 3 3 3 3 15 1st 14. Jack Bibby 1 3 EF NS 1 5 =7 th 15. Tommy Bateman 2 2 3 3 3 13 3rd 16. Reg Lambourne 0 1 2 0 1 4 =13 th Res. Eddie Lack 0 0 0 Res. Cyril Page 2 0 1 3

Ht1 Hart, Page, Lovell, Crowther [f] 79.8 Ht2 Dell & Curtis [Dead-Heat], Gordon, Packer 80.6 Ht3 Williams, Appleby, Evans, Spinks 80.2 Ht4 Allott, Bateman, Bibby, Lambourne 78.6 Ht5 Allott, Dell, Evans, Page 79.0 Ht6 Bibby, Packer, Spinks, Crowther 80.8 Ht7 Hart, Bateman, Appleby, Gordon 79.0 Ht8 Williams, Lovell, Lambourne, Curtis [ef] 82.0 Ht9 Packer, Lambourne, Page, Appleby 81.4 Ht10 Bateman, Dell, Williams, Crowther 79.8 Ht11 Williams, Stobbart, Gordon [fx], Bibby [ef] 81.2 Ht12 Allott, Spinks, Lovell, Gordon 82.2 Ht13 Hart, Curtis, Evans, Lack 80.4 Ht14 Allott, Crowther, Curtis, Appleby 82.0 Ht15 Hart, Dell, Spinks, Lambourne 80.6 Ht16 Bateman, Evans, Lovell, Packer 82.0 Ht17 Bateman, Curtis, Stobbart, Spinks 80.8 Ht18 Crowther, Gordon, Lambourne, Evans 81.2 Ht19 Allott, Hart, Williams, Lack 78.2 Ht20 Dell, Appleby, Bibby, Lovell 81.8

No Second Half

38 Thursday 5 th September 1946 Owlerton, Sheffield

Sheffield Tigers 45 - Birmingham Brummies 39 (Northern League)

Sheffield 1. Stan Williams 2 3 3 2 10 2. Dick Geary 1’ 1 1’ 1 4 2 3. Jack Bibby 0 1’ 2 1 4 1 4. Tommy Bateman 3 2 3 3 11 5. Jack D.White 0 0 1’ 1 1 6. Tommy Allott 3 3 2 3 11 7. Brian Wilson 0 2 1 3 8. Stan Hodson 0 1’ 1 1

Birmingham 1. Tiger Hart 3 3 3 3 12 2. Bob Lovell 0 0 0 0 0 3. Stan Dell 2 1’ 3 3 9 1 4. Charlie Appleby 1’ 1’ 2 0 4 2 5. Cyril Page 1’ 2 0 2 5 1 6. Ernie Appleby 2 0 2 2 6 7. Dick Howard 2 FX 2 8. Jim Wright 1 0 1

Ht1 Hart, Williams, Geary, Lovell 75.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Bateman, Dell, C.Appleby, Bibby 77.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Allott, E.Appleby, Page, White 77.0 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Williams, Howard, C.Appleby, Wilson 80.0 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Hart, Bateman, Bibby, Lovell 76.4 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Allott, C.Appleby, Dell, White 77.4 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Williams, Page, Geary, E.Appleby 78.8 4 2 22 20 Ht8 Dell, Bibby, Wright, Hodson 77.4 2 4 24 24 Ht9 Hart, Allott, White, Lovell 76.8 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Dell, Williams, Geary, C.Appleby 78.2 3 3 30 30 Ht11 Bateman, E.Appleby, Bibby, Page 78.8 4 2 34 32 Ht12 Hart, Wilson, Hodson, Howard [fx] 79.6 3 3 37 35 Ht13 Bateman, Page, Wilson, Wright 78.8 4 2 41 37 Ht14 Allott, E.Appleby, Geary, Lovell 77.4 4 2 45 39

Second Half

Novices Race Rogers, Campbell, Wright, Dave Bell 84.0

Reserves Race Hodson, C. Appleby, Wright, Wilson 80.6

Junior Scratch Race Geary, E. Appleby, Wright, Wilson 79.2

Sheffield Scratch Race Ht1 Bateman, Dell, Williams, Lovell 77.8 Ht2 Allott, Bibby, Geary, Page 78.8 Final Bateman, Bibby, Dell, Allott 76.8

39 Saturday 7 th September 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 46 - Sheffield Tigers 38 (Northern League)

Birmingham 1. Bob Lovell 2’ 0 0 3 5 1 2. Tiger Hart 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 3. Roy Dook FX 2 3 3 8 4. Ernie Appleby 2 1’ 0 2 5 1 5. Charlie Appleby 0 0 0 3 3 6. Stan Dell 3 3 2 3 11 7. Cyril Page 1 1’ 2 1 8. Jim Wright 0 2’ 2 1

Sheffield 1. Percy Brine 1 0 1 2. Tommy Allott EX 3 3 1 7 3. Stan Williams 3 2 2 1 8 4. Dick Geary 1 3 1’ 0 5 1 5. Jack Bibby 1’ 1’ 1’ 3 6 3 6. Tommy Bateman 2 2 2 0 6 7. Jack D.White 2’ 1 1 4 1 8. Stan Hodson 1’ 0 0 1 1

Ht1 Hart, Lovell, Brine, Allott [ex] 80.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Williams, E.Appleby, Geary, Dook [fx] 81.2 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Dell, Bateman, Bibby, C.Appleby 79.8 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Geary, White, Page, Lovell 82.4 1 5 11 13 Ht5 Allott, Dook, E.Appleby, Brine 79.8 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Dell, Williams, Geary, C.Appleby 79.4 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Hart, Bateman, Bibby, Lovell 79.8 3 3 20 22 Ht8 Dook, Williams, Hodson, Wright 79.6 3 3 23 25 Ht9 Allott, Dell, White, C.Appleby 78.0 2 4 25 29 Ht10 Lovell, Hart, Williams, Geary 82.2 5 1 30 30 Ht11 Dook, Bateman, Bibby, E.Appleby 79.8 3 3 33 33 Ht12 C.Appleby, Wright, White, Hodson 81.0 5 1 38 34 Ht13 Bibby, E.Appleby, Page, Hodson 81.0 3 3 41 37 Ht14 Dell, Hart, Allott, Bateman 79.2 5 1 46 38

Second Half Junior Scratch Race Tolley, Alf Smith, Howard, Malpass 86.0

Reserves Scratch Race J.D.White, Wright, Hodson, Page 82.0

Juniors v Reserves J.D.White, Wright, Tolley, Smith 81.4

Special Scratch Race Ht1 Hart, S.Williams, C.Appleby, Geary 80.0 Ht2 Allott, Lovell, Bateman, Brine 80.6 Ht3 Dell, Bibby, E.Appleby, 3 only 80.8 Final Dell, Allott, Hart [nf], White [nf] 78.8

40 Wednesday 11th September 1946 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 58 - Birmingham Brummies 26 (Northern League)

Glasgow 1. Eddie Lack 0 3 1 2' 6 1 2. Will Lowther 3 3 3 3 12 3. Maurice Stobbart 2' 1 3 2' 8 2 4. Wal Morton 3 3 3 3 12 5. Gruff Garland 1' 1 2' 3 7 2 6. Joe Crowther 2 3 3 0 8 7. Bill Baird 2' 2' 4 2 8. Wally Thomson 1 0 1

Birmingham 1. Bob Lovell 1' 0 1 1' 3 2 2. Tiger Hart 2 2 0 1' 5 1 3. Roy Dook 0 2 0 0 2 4. Ernie Appleby 1 0 0 1 2 5. Charlie Appleby 0 0 1 0 1 6. Stan Dell 3 2 0 2 7 7. Cyril Page 1 2 3 8. Jim Wright 2 1 3

Ht1 Lowther, Hart, Lovell, Lack 85.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Morton, Stobbart, E.Appleby, Dook 87.6 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Dell, Crowther, Garland, C.Appleby 87.4 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Lack, Baird, Page, E.Appleby 90.4 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Morton, Hart, Stobbart, Lovell 87.8 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Crowther, Dook, Garland, E.Appleby 87.6 4 2 24 12 Ht7 Lowther, Dell, Lack, C.Appleby 86.0 4 2 28 14 Ht8 Stobbart, Wright, Thomson, Dook 90.2 4 2 32 16 Ht9 Crowther, Garland, Lovell, Hart 88.4 5 1 37 17 Ht10 Lowther, Lack, E.Appleby, Dook 91.2 5 1 42 18 Ht11 Morton, Stobbart, C.Appleby, Dell 89.0 5 1 47 19 Ht12 Garland, Page, Lovell, Thomson 91.0 3 3 50 22 Ht13 Morton, Baird, Wright, C.Appleby 90.0 5 1 55 23 Ht14 Lowther, Dell, Hart, Crowther 86.8 3 3 58 26

Second Half Challenge Match Race (3 Laps) Maurice Stobbart bt Stan Dell 67.0

Special Match Race (3 Laps) Will Lowther, Kid Curtis, Tiger Hart 65.4

Clydeside Cup Ht1 Shearer, McCreaddie, Lockley [nf] Galloway [nf] 94.2 Ht2 Crowther, Lovell, Lack, Page 89.0 Ht3 Dell, Hart, Lowther, Garland 87.8 Ht4 Curtis, Baird, Stobbart [nf], Thompson [nf] 90.0 Final Dell, Curtis, Crowther, Shearer 88.4

Tiger Cup Scramble Murray, Riddell, Arlet 3 only 97.8

41 14 th September 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 56 - Middlesbrough Bears 40 (ACU Cup)

Birmingham 1. Bob Lovell 0 2 1 0 0 3 2. Roy Dook 1’ 2’ 0 1’ EF 4 3 3. Ernie Appleby 2’ 2 2’ 2 2 10 2 4. Tiger Hart 3 3 3 3 1 13 5. Charlie Appleby 1’ 0 2’ 1 2 6 2 6. Stan Dell 3 3 3 3 3 15 7. Cyril Page 3 3 8. Jim Wright 2’ 2 1

Middlesbrough 1. Frank Hodgson 3 3 3 3 2 14 2. Jack Gordon 1 0 1 0 0 2 3. Jack Hodgson 0 1 2’ 2 1 6 1 4. Geoff Godwin 1’ 0 1’ 0 1’ 3 3 5. Fred Curtis EF EF 3 2 2 7 6. Wilf Plant 2 1 1 3 0 7 7. Ed Pye 1 1 8. Len Tupling F 0

Ht1 Hart, E.Appleby, Gordon, J.Hodgson 79.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Dell, Plant, Godwin, Lovell 79.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 F.Hodgson, E.Appleby, C.Appleby, Curtis [ef] 80.6 3 3 11 7 Ht4 F.Hodgson, Lovell, Dook, Gordon 81.2 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Dell, E.Appleby, J.Hodgson, Godwin 80.0 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Hart, Dook, Plant, Curtis [ef] 80.0 5 1 24 12 Ht7 F.Hodgson, J.Hodgson, Lovell, C.Appleby 81.2 1 5 25 17 Ht8 Curtis, E.Appleby, Gordon, Lovell 81.2 2 4 27 21 Ht9 Dell, J.Hodgson, Godwin, Dook 80.4 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Hart, C.Appleby, Plant, Gordon 80.0 5 1 35 25 Ht11 F.Hodgson, E.Appleby, Dook, Godwin 81.2 3 3 38 28 Ht12 Page, Wright, Pye, Tupling [f] 84.8 5 1 43 29 Ht13 Dell, Curtis, C.Appleby, Gordon 81.4 4 2 47 31 Ht14 Hart, Curtis, Godwin, Lovell 81.2 3 3 50 34 Ht15 Plant, C.Appleby, J.Hodgson, Dook [ef] 81.0 2 4 52 38 Ht16 Dell, F.Hodgson, Hart, Plant 80.8 4 2 56 40

Second Half Extra Races J.Hodgson, Godwin, C.Appleby, Page 83.4 Gordon, Wright, Lloyd 83.2 Reserves Scratch Race Tolley, Pye, Tupling, Alf Smith (f) 86.0 Captain’s Scratch Race Tiger Hart bt Frank Hodgson 80.6

Brum Reserves’ Scratch Race Tolley, Smith, Wright, Page 84.6

Special Scratch Race Dell, Curtis, Plant, Dook 80.0

42 Saturday 21st September 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 42 - Middlesbrough Bears 42 (Northern League)

Birmingham 1. Cyril Page 0 0 0 0 2. Tiger Hart 3 3 3 3 12 3. Roy Dook 2 2 3 3 10 4. Ernie Appleby 1’ 1’ 0 2 4 2 5. Charlie Appleby 0 0 1 0 1 6. Stan Dell 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 7. Bob Lovell 1 0 2 1’ 4 1 8. Jim Wright 0 0

Middlesbrough 1. Jack Gordon 1’ 0 0 3 4 1 2. Frank Hodgson 2 3 2 1 8 3. Jack Hodgson 0 1’ 2 1’ 4 2 4. Fred Curtis 3 3 2 2 10 5. Geoff Godwin 1’ 2 1’ 3 7 2 6. Wilf Plant 2 1’ 2 0 5 1 7. Ed Pye 2’ 1 3 1 8. Len Tupling 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Hart, F.Hodgson, Gordon, Page 78.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Curtis, Dook, E.Appleby, J.Hodgson 79.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Dell, Plant, Godwin, C.Appleby 79.0 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Curtis, Pye, Lovell, Page 80.6 1 5 10 14 Ht5 F.Hodgson, Dook, E.Appleby, Gordon 79.6 3 3 13 17 Ht6 Dell, Curtis, J.Hodgson, C.Appleby 78.8 3 3 16 20 Ht7 Hart, Godwin, Plant, Page 79.6 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Dook, J.Hodgson, Tupling, Wright 80.6 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Dell, F.Hodgson, C.Appleby, Gordon 79.0 4 2 26 28 Ht10 Hart, Curtis, J.Hodgson, Lovell 80.0 3 3 29 31 Ht11 Dook, Plant, Godwin, E.Appleby 80.2 3 3 32 34 Ht12 Gordon, Lovell, Pye, C.Appleby 82.8 2 4 34 38 Ht13 Godwin, E.Appleby, Lovell, Tupling 81.2 3 3 37 41 Ht14 Hart, Dell, F.Hodgson, Plant 78.8 5 1 42 42

Second Half

Middlesbrough Scratch Race Ht1 Pye, Tupling, Lovell, Wright [ns] 84.8 Ht2 Hart, Curtis, Gordon, Page [ns] 79.8 Ht3 F. Hodgson, Dook, J. Hodgson, E. Appleby 79.2 Ht4 Dell, Godwin, Plant, C. Appleby 79.4 SF1 Hart, Curtis, Tupling, Pye 81.0 SF2 F. Hodgson, Dook, Dell, Godwin 79.2 Final Dook, Hart, Curtis [nf], F. Hodgson [nf] ??.?

43 Saturday 28th September 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 57 - Newcastle Diamonds 38 (ACU Cup)

Birmingham 1. Bob Lovell 1 2 3 3 2’ 11 1 2. Roy Dook 1’ 2’ 2’ 3 3 11 3 3. Ernie Appleby 1 F 1 EF 1 3 4. Tiger Hart 3 3 3 3 3 15 5. Charlie Appleby 2 0 1 1 1 5 6. Stan Dell F 3 3 3 EF 9 7. Cyril Page F 0 8. Dick Tolley 3 3

Newcastle 1. Norman Evans 3 0 2 2 1’ 8 1 2. Doug McLachlan 2 3 1’ 2 2 10 1 3. Alec Grant F F 1’ 0 0 1 1 4. Charlie Spinks 2’ 2 1 EX 1 6 1 5. Leo Lungo 1 0 0 0 1 6. Syd Littlewood 3 1 2 2 2 10 7. Stan Pennell 2 2 8. Harry Modral F 0 0

Ht1 Hart, Mclachlan, E.Appleby, Grant [f] 80.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Littlewood, Spinks, Lovell, Dell [f] 79.4 1 5 5 7 Ht3 Evans, C.Appleby, Lungo, E.Appleby [f] 82.4 2 4 7 11 Ht4 Mclachlan, Lovell, Dook, Evans 79.2 3 3 10 14 Ht5 Dell, Spinks, E.Appleby, Grant [f] 81.2 4 2 14 16 Ht6 Hart, Dook, Littlewood, Lungo 79.8 5 1 19 17 Ht7 Lovell, Evans, Grant, C.Appleby 81.2 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Lovell, Littlewood, McLachlan, E.Appleby [ef] 80.2 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Dell, Dook, Spinks, Grant 81.0 5 1 30 24 Ht10 Hart, McLachlan, C.Appleby, Lungo 79.6 4 2 34 26 Ht11 Dook, Evans, E.Appleby, Spinks [ex] 80.8 4 2 38 28 Ht12 Tolley, Pennell, Page [f], Modral [f] 85.0 3 2 41 30 Ht13 Dell, McLachlan, C.Appleby, Lungo 80.8 4 2 45 32 Ht14 Hart, Lovell, Spinks, Modral 80.8 5 1 50 33 Ht15 Dook, Littlewood, C.Appleby, Grant 80.4 4 2 54 35 Ht16 Hart, Littlewood, Evans Dell [ef] 79.6 3 3 57 38

Second Half

Reserves Scratch Race Ht1 Jock Grierson, Ivor Davies, Phil Malpass, Alf Smith [f] 86.2 Ht2 Tolley, Modral, Page, Pennell 84.6 Final Tolley, Modral, Grierson, Modral 84.6

Hodsworth Trophy Match Race Hart bt Dell 79.6

Special Scratch Race Dook, McLachalan, Evans, E.Appleby 80.2

44 Thursday 3 rd October 1946 Cleveland Park, Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough Bears 65 - Birmingham Brummies 18 (Northern League)

Middlesbrough 1. Jack Gordon 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 2. Frank Hodgson 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4 3. Jack Hodgson 3 2’ 3 2’ 10 2 4. Fred Curtis 1 3 3 3 10 5. Geoff Godwin 3 1’ 2’ 1 7 2 6. Wilf Plant 2’ 2 3 3 10 1 7. Ed Pye 3 2’ 5 1 8. Tip Mills 1 3 4

Birmingham 1. Bob Lovell 1 0 1 2 4 2. Cyril Page 0 1 0 1 2 3. Roy Dook 2 3 2 1 8 4. Ernie Appleby 0 0 0 0 0 5. Charlie Appleby NF 0 1 1 2 6. Stan Dell NF 0 7. Dick Tolley 1 1 0 0 2 8. Jim Wright 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Gordon, F.Hodgson, Lovell, Page 79.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 J.Hodgson, Dook, Curtis, E.Appleby 80.8 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Godwin, Plant, C.Appleby [nf], Dell [nf] 82.0 5 0 14 3 Ht4 Pye, Gordon, Tolley, E.Appleby 82.4 5 1 19 4 Ht5 Curtis, J.Hodgson, Page, Lovell 79.2 5 1 24 5 Ht6 Dook, Plant, Godwin, E.Appleby 82.4 3 3 27 8 Ht7 Gordon, F.Hodgson, Tolley, C.Appleby 80.6 5 1 32 9 Ht8 J.Hodgson, Dook, Mills, Wright 80.8 4 2 36 11 Ht9 Plant, Godwin, Lovell, Page 80.0 5 1 41 12 Ht10 Gordon, F.Hodgson, Dook, E.Appleby 79.2 5 1 46 13 Ht11 Curtis, J.Hodgson, C.Appleby, Wright 83.6 5 1 51 14 Ht12 Mills, Lovell, Godwin, Tolley 81.2 4 2 55 16 Ht13 Curtis, Pye, C.Appleby, Wright 83.0 5 1 60 17 Ht14 Plant, F.Hodgson, Page, Tolley 78.2 5 1 65 18

Second Half

Team Selection Race Mills, Stan Smith, Len Tupling, Airborne Wilson 83.6

Novices Race Ken Allick, Peter Lloyd, Jeff Duke, Farmer Craggs 83.4

The Brummagem Scratch Race Ht1 F. Hodgson, Mills, Page, Lovell 77.0 Ht2 Plant, Godwin, Wright, C. Appleby 77.4 Ht3 Curtis, Tolley, Tupling, E. Appleby 80.0 Ht4 J. Hodgson, Pye, Dook, Gordon 80.6 Final F. Hodgson, Curtis, Plant, J. Hodgson 76.0

45 Saturday 5 th October 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 33 - Middlesbrough Bears 51 (Northern League)

Birmingham 1. Bob Lovell 1’ 3 3 3 10 1 2. Tiger Hart 2 2’ 1 5 1 3. Roy Dook 3 2 3 3 11 4. Ernie Appleby 0 0 0 2 2 5. Charlie Appleby 1 1 1 1 4 6. Cyril Page 0 0 0 0 7. Dick Tolley 0 0 0 0 8. Jim Wright 0 0 1 1

Middlesbrough 1. Jack Gordon 0 1 2’ 3 6 1 2. Frank Hodgson 3 3 3 3 12 3. Jack Hodgson 1’ 2’ 2 0 5 2 4. Fred Curtis 2 2 3 2 9 5. Geoff Godwin 2’ 0 2 3 7 1 6. Wilf Plant 3 1 1’ 2’ 7 2 7. Ed Pye 1’ 2’ 3 2 8. Tip Mills 1’ 1 2 1

Ht1 F.Hodgson, Hart, Lovell, Gordon 78.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Dook, Curtis, J.Hodgson, E.Appleby 81.6 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Plant, Godwin, C.Appleby, Page 82.4 1 5 7 11 Ht4 Lovell, Curtis, Pye, Tolley 81.2 3 3 10 14 Ht5 F.Hodgson, Dook, Gordon, E.Appleby 80.0 2 4 12 18 Ht6 Curtis, J.Hodgson, Mills, Wright 82.6 1 5 13 23 Ht7 Lovell, Hart, Plant, Godwin 81.4 5 1 18 24 Ht8 Dook, J.Hodgson, Mills, Wright 81.6 3 3 21 27 Ht9 F.Hodgson, Gordon, C.Appleby, Tolley 81.8 1 5 22 32 Ht10 Lovell, Curtis, Hart, J.Hodgson 81.6 4 2 26 34 Ht11 Dook, Godwin, Plant, E.Appleby 81.8 3 3 29 37 Ht12 Gordon, Pye, C.Appleby, Wright 83.8 1 5 30 42 Ht13 Godwin, E.Appleby, Mills, Tolley 83.0 2 4 32 46 Ht14 F.Hodgson, Plant, Wright, Page 83.6 1 5 33 51

Second Half

Reserves Scratch Race Ht1 Jock Grierson, Phil Malpass, Ivor Davies, Smokey Dawson 86.6 Ht2 Pye, Wright, Tolley, Tupling 84.6

Birchfield Scratch Race Ht1 Pye, Wright, Grierson, Malpass 85.4 Ht2 F. Hodgson, Dook, Lovell, Gordon 81.6 Ht3 Curtis, J.Hodgson, E.Appleby, Mills 83.0 Ht4 Godwin, Plant, Page, C.Appleby 82.6 Final F.Hodgson, Curtis, Pye, Godwin 83.0

46 Monday 7th October 1946 Brough Park, Newcastle

Newcastle Diamonds 52 - Birmingham Brummies 31 (Northern League)

Newcastle 1. Alec Grant F 3 3 0 6 2. Norman Evans 3 2’ 2 3 10 1 3. Charlie Spinks 1 2’ 2 2’ 7 2 4. Doug McLachlan 3 3 3 3 12 5. Leo Lungo 2 0 2’ 2 6 1 6. Syd Littlewood F 2 3 2’ 7 1 7. Harry Modral 0 2’ 2 1 8. Stan Pennell 1’ 1’ 2 2

Birmingham 1. Bob Lovell 1’ 0 1 3 5 1 2. Cyril Page 2 1 0 1 4 3. Roy Dook 2 3 3 3 11 4. Ernie Appleby 0 2 1 1 4 5. Charlie Appleby F 0 6. Jock Grierson 3 0 1 0 4 7. Dick Howard 0 0 0 8. Jim Wright 1’ 1 0 1 3 1

Ht1 Evans, Page, Lovell, Grant [f] 81.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 McLachlan, Dook, Spinks, E.Appleby 79.8 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Grierson, Lungo, Littlewood [f], C.Appleby [f] 84.0 2 3 9 8 Ht4 Grant, E.Appleby, Wright, Modral 79.4 3 3 12 11 Ht5 McLachlan, Spinks, Page, Lovell 80.0 5 1 17 12 Ht6 Dook, Littlewood, E.Appleby, Lungo 80.2 2 4 19 16 Ht7 Grant, Evans, Wright, Grierson 80.2 5 1 24 17 Ht8 Dook, Spinks, Pennell, Wright 79.5 3 3 27 20 Ht9 Littlewood, Lungo, Lovell, Page 80.2 5 1 32 21 Ht10 Dook, Evans, E.Appleby, Grant 79.8 2 4 34 25 Ht11 McLachlan, Spinks, Grierson, Howard 81.2 5 1 39 26 Ht12 Lovell, Lungo, Pennel, Howard 80.6 5 1 44 27 Ht13 McLachlan, Modral, Wright (3 only) 81.4 5 1 49 28 Ht14 Evans, Littlewood, Page, Grierson 80.8 5 1 54 29

Second Half

Big Four Scratch Race Eric Chitty, Bill Longley, Doug McLachlan, Alec Statham 77.6

Novices Scratch Race Ht1 Ray Muir, Pat Smith, J. Johnson, Alan Nicholson 84.8 Ht2 Mac, Peter Lloyd, Len Eagleton [nf]. Ray Muir [nf] 84.2

Byker Scratch Race Ht1 Longley, Grant, McLachlan, Evans 79.4 Ht2 Chitty, Littlewood, Lungo, Dook 80.2 Ht3 Statham, Page, Spinks, Grierson 81.2 Final Chitty, Statham, Grant, Longley 77.0

47 Friday 11 th October 1946 Knowle Stadium, Bristol

Ex-Bristol 74 - Birmingham Brummies 34 (Challenge)

Ex-Bristol 1. Jack Mountford 2’ 2’ 2 3 2’ 11 3 2. George Craig 3 1 1 3 1 9 3. Billy Hole 1 0 1 2’ 2’ 6 2 4. Frank Lawrence 3 3 3 3 2’ 2’ 16 2 5. Roger Wise 1 1’ 2’ 1’ 3 8 3 6. Wilf Plant 3 3 3 2 3 3 17 7. Mike Beddoe 3 0 3 8. Percy Brine 2’ 2 4 1

Birmingham 1. Dick Tolley 2’ 1 0 1 1 5 1 2. Bob Lovell 2 0 0 1 0 3 3. Roy Dook 0 2 3 2 2 1 10 4. Ernie Appleby 1 0 0 0 1 2 5. Stan Dell 3 0 0 3 0 0 6 6. Tiger Hart 0 2 1 0 0 3 7. Cyril Page 1 3 4 8. Jim Wright 0 1 1

Ht1 Lawrence, Lovell, Hole, Dook 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Plant, Mountford, Appleby, Hart 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Dell, Tolley, Wise, Hole 1 5 10 8 Ht4 Beddoe, Brine, Page, Wright 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Craig, Mountford, Tolley, Lovell 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Plant, Dook, Hole, Appleby 4 2 24 12 Ht7 Lawrence, Hart, Craig, Dell 4 2 28 14 Ht8 Dook, Mountford, Wise, Tolley 3 3 31 17 Ht9 Mountford, Hole, Hart, Lovell 5 1 36 18 Ht10 Plant, Dook, Craig, Dell 4 2 40 20 Ht11 Lawrence, Wise, Lovell, Appleby 5 1 45 21 Ht12 Craig, Hole, Tolley, Appleby 5 1 50 22 Ht13 Dell, Plant, Wise, Lovell 3 3 53 25 Ht14 Page, Brine, Wright, Beddoe 2 4 55 29 Ht15 Lawrence, Mountford, Appleby, Dell 5 1 60 30 Ht16 Wise, Dook, Craig, Hart 4 2 64 32 Ht17 Plant, Lawrence, Tolley, Hart 5 1 69 33 Ht18 Plant, Lawrence, Dook, Tolley 5 1 74 34

Junior Scratch Race Ht1 Collins, Vic Brinkworth, Eric Salmon, Dennis Bond. Ht2 Beddoe, Collins, Salmon, Brine. Ht3 Beddoe, Brine, Bond, Brinkworth.

48 Saturday 12th October 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 62 - Glasgow Tigers 34 (ACU Cup)

Birmingham 1. Bob Lovell 2' 3 2 3 3 13 1 2. Roy Dook 1 3 2' 2 3 11 1 3. Ernie Appleby 1 1 0 1' 3 1 4. Tiger Hart 3 2' 3 2' 3 13 2 5. Dick Tolley F 0 2' 1 1 4 1 6. Stan Dell 3 3 3 3 2' 14 1 7. Cyril Page 0 3 3 8. Jock Grierson 1 1

Glasgow 1. Will Lowther 2' 2 1 3 0 8 1 2. Gruff Garland 0 EX 2 0 2 3. Joe Crowther 2 2 3 1 2 10 4. Eddie Lack 1 1' 0 0 2 1 5. Maurice Stobbart 3 0 1 0 1 5 6. Wal Morton EF 1 1 0 1 3 7. Bill Baird 0 2 2 8. John Lockley 0 0

Ht1 Hart, Crowther, Appleby, Garland 81.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Dell, Lovell, Lack, Morton [ef] 82.2 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Stobbart, Lowther, Appleby, Tolley [f] 83.4 1 5 10 8 Ht4 Lovell, Lowther, Dook, Garland [ex] 80.8 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Dell, Crowther, Lack, Page 80.8 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Dook, Hart, Morton, Stobbart 81.2 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Crowther, Lovell, Lowther, Tolley 81.8 2 4 24 18 Ht8 Lovell, Garland, Morton, Appleby 80.6 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Dell, Dook, Crowther, Lack 81.8 5 1 32 22 Ht10 Hart, Tolley, Stobbart, Garland 81.8 5 1 37 23 Ht11 Lowther, Dook, Appleby, Baird 82.6 3 3 40 26 Ht12 Page, Baird, Grierson, Lockley 86.6 4 2 44 28 Ht13 Dell, Garland, Tolley, Stobbart 83.0 4 2 48 30 Ht14 Lovell, Hart, Stobbart, Lack 82.0 5 1 53 31 Ht15 Dook, Crowther, Tolley, Morton 82.2 4 2 57 33 Ht16 Hart, Dell, Morton, Lowther 81.6 5 1 62 34

Second Half

Holdsworth Trophy Match Race Stan Dell bt Tiger Hart 81.0

Scratch Race Ht1 Baird, Grierson, Page, Lockley 81.6 Ht2 Dook, Lovell, Garland, Lowther 81.2 Ht3 Dell, Crowther, Lack, Appleby 83.0 Ht4 Hart, Stobart, Tolley, Morton 82.6 Final, Hart, Dell, Dook, Baird 80.8

49 Thursday 17 th October 1946 Owlerton, Sheffield

Sheffield Tigers 58 - Birmingham Brummies 38 (ACU Cup)

Sheffield 1. Stan Williams 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 2. Dick Geary 2’ 2’ 1’ 1 2 8 3 3. Jack D.White 0 3 2 0 0 5 4. Tommy Allott 3 3 3 3 3 15 5. Jack Bibby 1 2’ 1 2’ 0 6 2 6. Bruce Semmens 0 1’ 2 3 1 7 1 7. Percy Brine 1’ 1 1 8. Stan Hodson 2 2

Birmingham 1. Bob Lovell 0 0 1 3 0 4 2. Roy Dook 2 1 1’ 2 0 6 1 3. Ernie Appleby 1’ 0 0 0 1 2 1 4. Tiger Hart 2 3 3 2’ 0 10 1 5. Dick Tolley 2 0 1 1 4 6. Stan Dell 1’ 1 2 3 2 9 1 7. Cyril Page 0 3 3 8. Jim Wright 0 0

Ht1 Allott, Dook, Appleby, White 76.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Williams, Hart, Dell, Semmens 75.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 White, Tolley, Bibby, Lovell 79.4 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Williams, Geary, Dook, Lovell 76.8 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Hart, White, Semmens, Appleby 78.8 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Allott, Geary, Dell, Tolley 77.8 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Williams, Bibby, Lovell, Appleby 78.4 5 1 28 14 Ht8 Williams, Dell, Dook, White 78.4 3 3 31 17 Ht9 Hart, Semmens, Geary, Appleby 78.0 3 3 34 20 Ht10 Allott, Dook, Bibby, Page 78.4 4 2 38 22 Ht11 Lovell, Hart, Geary, White 78.2 1 5 39 27 Ht12 Page, Hodson, Brine, Wright 81.8 3 3 42 30 Ht13 Semmens, Bibby, Tolley, Dook 78.6 5 1 47 31 Ht14 Allott, Williams, Tolley, Hart 75.8 5 1 52 32 Ht15 Dell, Geary, Appleby, Bibby 78.4 2 4 54 36 Ht16 Allott, Dell, Semmens, Lovell 77.4 4 2 58 38

Second Half

Novice Scratch Race Len Williams, Brian Wilson, Pedlar Palmer 78.0

Stadium Scratch Race Hart, Jack Parker, Bill Pitcher, Lovell 76.0

Owlerton Scratch Race Eric Langton, Semmens, Bibby, Hodson 76.2

Bluey Wilkinson Memorial Trophy Ht1 S. Williams, Semmens, Bibby, Hodson 78.4 Ht2 White, Geary, Wilson, Allott 78.0 Final S. Williams, Semmens, Geary, White 77.6

50 Saturday 19th October 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 48 - Norwich Stars 48 (A C U Cup)

Birmingham 1. Bob Lovell 3 2 2 3 0 10 2. Stan Dell 1’ 2 2 3 3 11 1 3. Ernie Appleby 2 1 0 0 0 3 4. Tiger Hart 3 1’ 3 2 2 11 5. Dick Tolley 0 0 0 1’ 2’ 3 2 6. Roy Dook 2’ 2 1’ 2 0 7 2 7. Jock Grierson 2 2 8. Jim Wright 1’ 1 1

Norwich 1. Wilf Jay 2’ 3 1 2 3 11 1 2. Sid Hipperson 1 0 1’ 1’ 0 3 2 3. Bert Spencer EX 3 3 3 0 9 4. Roy Duke 1 1 0 1’ 1 4 1 5. Paddy Mills 3 3 2 3 3 14 6. Ted Bravery F 0 7. Paddy Hammond 0 2 0 1 3 8. Len Read 3 1 4

Ht1 Hart, E. Appleby, Hipperson, Spencer [ex] 85.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Lovell, Dook, Duke, Bravery [f] 81.2 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Mills, Jay, E. Appleby, Tolley 81.6 1 5 11 7 Ht4 Jay, Lovell, Dell, Hipperson 79.2 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Spencer, Dook, Duke, E. Appleby 81.4 2 4 16 14 Ht6 Mills, Dell, Hart, Hammond 80.8 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Spencer, Lovell, Jay, Tolley 79.4 2 4 21 21 Ht8 Lovell, Hammond, Hipperson, E. Appleby 81.2 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Spencer, Dell, Dook, Duke 80.0 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Hart, Mills, Hipperson, Tolley 80.4 3 3 30 30 Ht11 Dell, Jay, Duke, E. Appleby 81.4 3 3 33 33 Ht12 Read, Grierson, Wright, Hammond 84.2 3 3 36 36 Ht13 Mills, Dook, Tolley, Hipperson 80.4 3 3 39 39 Ht14 Mills, Hart, Duke, Lovell 81.4 2 4 41 43 Ht15 Dell, Tolley, Read, Spencer 81.8 5 1 46 44 Ht16 Jay, Hart, Hammond, Dook 80.8 2 4 48 48

Second Half

Holdsworth Trophy Match Race Stan Dell bt Tiger Hart. 80.8

Main Scratch Race Ht1 Hammond, Grierson, Read, Wright 85.0 Ht2 Dook, Duke, Jay, Lovell 82.2 Ht3 Dell, Mills, E. Appleby, Bravery [ns] 81.6 Ht4 Hart, Hipperson, Tolley, Spencer 82.0 Final Hart, Dell, Dook, Hammond 81.6

51 Saturday 26th October 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 38 – Wembley Lions 46 (Challenge)

Birmingham 1. Stan Dell 2 3 3 2 10 2. Ernie Appleby 0 1 0 0 0 3. Dick Tolley 0 0 0 0 0 4. Roy Dook 1 2 3 3 9 5. Bob Lovell 3 0 1’ 2 6 1 6. Tiger Hart 2’ 3 2 3 10 1 7. Jim Wright 0 0 0 8. Cyril Page 1 1’ 2 1

Wembley 1. Bill Kitchen 3 3 3 3 12 2. Charlie May 1 1 0 2 3. Alf Bottoms 2’ 2 3 3 10 1 4. Roy Craighead 3 1’ 1’ 1 6 2 5. Bill Gilbert 1 EF 2 2 5 6. Bob Wells 0 2 1’ 2 5 1 7. Buck Whitby 2 0 1’ 3 1 8. Bronco Wilson 2’ 1’ 3 2

Ht1 Kitchen, Dell, May, Appleby 78.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Craighead, Bottoms, Dook, Tolley 80.0 1 5 3 9 Ht3 Lovell, Hart, Gilbert, Wells 80.8 5 1 8 10 Ht4 Dell, Whitby, Craighead, Wright 82.0 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Kitchen, Dook, May, Tolley 80.8 2 4 13 17 Ht6 Hart, Bottoms, Craighead, Lovell 80.0 3 3 16 20 Ht7 Dell, Wells, Appleby, Gilbert [ef] 81.4 4 2 20 22 Ht8 Bottoms, Wilson, Page, Tolley 82.2 1 5 21 27 Ht9 Kitchen, Hart, Lovell, May 78.2 3 3 24 30 Ht10 Bottoms, Dell, Craighead, Appleby 82.2 2 4 26 34 Ht11 Dook, Gilbert, Wells, Tolley 80.8 3 3 29 37 Ht12 Kitchen, Lovell, Page, Whitby 80.6 3 3 32 40 Ht13 Dook, Gilbert, Wilson, Wright 82.8 3 3 35 43 Ht14 Hart, Wells, Whitby, Appleby 80.4 3 3 38 46

Second Half

Scratch Race Ht1 Bill Longley, Tolley, Appleby, Page 81.8 Ht2 Hart, Dell, Lovell, Dook 80.6 Ht3 Wells, May, Whitby, Wilson 82.6 Ht4 Bottoms, Gilbert, Craighead, Kitchen 82.6 SF1 Longley, Dell, Tolley, Hart 80.4 SF2 Gilbert, Bottoms, Wells, May 80.8 Final Longley, Gilbert, Dell, Bottoms 81.0

52 Thursday 31st October 1946 Perry Barr, Birmingham

The Midlands 53 – The Rest 31 (Challenge)

The Midlands 1. Jack Parker 3 3 3 1 10 2. Wally Lloyd 1 2’ 3 0 6 1 3. Tiger Hart 3 3 3 3 12 4. Stan Dell 1 1 2’ 3 7 1 5. Bill Longley 3 3 2 3 11 6. Les Wotton 1 2’ 0 1 4 1 7. Bob Lovell 0 1 1 8. Dick Tolley 1 1 2

The Rest 1. Dent Oliver 0 0 1 0 1 2. Lloyd Goffe 2 2 3 3 10 3. Eric Langton 2 0 2 2 6 4. Ron Mason 0 1’ 1 0 2 1 5. Wilf Jay 0 0 1 2 3 6. Tommy Allott 2 1 0 2’ 5 1 7. Roy Dook 2 2 4 8. Ernie Appleby 0 0 0

Ht1 Parker, Goffe, Lloyd, Oliver 76.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Hart, Langton, Dell, Mason 78.8 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Longley, Allott, Wotton, Jay 79.8 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Parker, Dook, Mason, Lovell 79.2 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Hart, Goffe, Dell, Oliver 79.0 4 2 19 11 Ht6 Longley, Wotton, Mason, Langton 80.8 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Parker, Lloyd, Allott, Jay 79.2 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Hart, Langton, Tolley, Appleby 80.2 4 2 33 15 Ht9 Goffe, Longley, Oliver, Wotton 79.0 2 4 35 19 Ht10 Lloyd, Langton, Parker, Mason 79.8 4 2 39 21 Ht11 Hart, Dell, Jay, Allott 80.4 5 1 44 22 Ht12 Longley, Dook, Tolley, Oliver 80.4 4 2 48 24 Ht13 Dell, Jay, Lovell, Appleby 81.0 4 2 52 26 Ht14 Goffe, Allott, Wotton, Lloyd 80.2 1 5 53 31

Second Half Sports Final Cup Ht1 Hart, J.Parker, Allott, Mason 80.0 Ht2 Goffe, Longley, W.Lloyd, E.Langton 80.2 Ht3 Jay, Oliver, Wotton, Dell 82.2 Ht4 Lovell, E.Appleby, Tolley, Dook 80.6 SF1 Longley, Goffe, Hart, Parker 80.0 SF2 Lovell, Oliver, Jay, E.Appleby 81.0 Final Longley, Goffe, Lovell, Oliver 79.8

53 Birmingham 1946 – Required List

11 th May Sheffield (h) NL 2nd Half Scratch Race Final Time Required 16 th May Middlesbrough (a) NT 2nd Half Novice Final Dets Required 20 th May Newcastle (a) NL 2nd Half Novice Heat Time Required 23 rd May Norwich (a) CH 4th Placed Men Required 30 th May Middlesbrough (a) NL Heat 1 Time Required 9th Jun Bell End (a) CH Some 2 nd Half Details Reqd 10 th Jun M’boro at Eastfield CH All Details Required 6th July Sheffield (h) ACU Some 2 nd Half Times Required 13 th July Sheffield (h) Nor T Some 2 nd Half Detail Required 18 th July Middlesbrough (a) NL 2nd Half Scratch Race Final Time Required 2nd Aug Ex-Bristol (a) CH Heat Times & 2 nd Half Details Required 21 st Sep Middlesbrough (h) NL 2nd Half Scratch Race Final Time Required 11 th Oct Ex-Bristol (a) CH Heat Times & 2 nd Half Details Required

Issue Details

Iss 5 31/08/46 - Rider Champs Rnd IND Heat 20 time added 01/03/11 Re-Format & Requirements List Update 01/03/11 Iss 6 19 Oct – Norwich (h) ACU 2nd Half Final time added 20/06/13 19 Jun – Glasgow (a) ACU Novice Race Details Added Iss 7 5th Oct – Middlesbrough (h) NL Missing 2 nd Half Times Added 14/01/16 9th Jun – Bell End (a) CH All Detail Added 10 th Jun – M’boro at Eastfield CH Page Added

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