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WEMBLEY 1939 Updated 22.7.2020 Updated 27.7.2020 Updated 5.9.2020 Updated 6.11.2020 Sources: Speedway News, Speedway Researcher Year by Year files, marked programmes Saturday, 7th April 1939, Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue 55 Wembley 29 (Challenge) Belle Vue Eric Langton 3 3 3 3 12 Jack Hargreaves 0 2’ 0 2 1 Frank Varey 3 0 3 1 7 Bob Harrison 0 3 3 2 8 Bill Kitchen 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Joe Abbott 2’ 2’ 3 0 7 2 Wally Hull 1 1’ 2 4 1 Ernie Price 2’ 2’ 4 2 Wembley Lionel Van Praag 2 2 1 0 5 Eric Gregory 1’ 1’ 0 3 5 1 Malcolm Craven 1’ 1 1 1’ 4 2 George Wilks 2 0 2 2 6 Tommy Price 1 1 2 3 7 Morian Hansen 0 1 0 0 1 Cliff Parkinson 0 1 1 Ht 1: E Langton, Van Praag, Gregory, Hargreaves 78.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Varey, Wilks, Craven, Harrison 79.6 3 3 6 6 Ht 3: Kitchen, Abbott, T Price, Hansen 76.8 5 1 11 7 Ht 4: E Langton, Wilks, Hull, Parkinson 78.0 4 2 15 9 Ht 5: Harrison, Van Praag, Gregory, Varey 79.2 3 3 18 12 Ht 6: Kitchen, Abbott, Craven, Wilks 78.6 5 1 23 13 Ht 7: E Langton, Hargreaves, T Price, Hansen 80.0 5 1 28 14 Ht 8: Varey, E Price, Craven 79.6 5 1 33 15 Ht 9: Abbott, Kitchen, Van Praag, Gregory 77.8 5 1 38 16 Ht 10: E Langton, Wilks, Craven, Hargreaves 79.6 3 3 41 19 Ht 11: Harrison, T Price, Varey, Hansen 79.0 4 2 45 21 Ht 12: Kitchen, E Price, Parkinson, Van Praag 80.0 5 1 50 22 Ht 13: T Price, Harrison, Hull 81.2 3 3 53 25 Ht 14: Gregory, Hull, Hansen, Abbott (mf) 80.6 2 4 55 29 Easter Scratch Race Bill Kitchen, Frank Varey, Eric Langton 81.0 Monday, 10th April 1939, Brough Park, Newcastle Newcastle 28 Wembley 54 (Challenge) Newcastle George Pepper 1’ 2 2 3 8 1 Fred Curtis 2 0 0 2 4 Rol Stobbart 2 1 1 4 Reg Hay 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Norman Hargreaves 0 1 2 2 5 Maurice Stobbart 1 0 1’ 0 2 1 Aussie Powell 0 2 2 Jack Hancock 1 1’ 2 1 Wembley Malcolm Craven 3 3 3 3 12 Bob Wells 0 2’ 0 0 2 1 Tommy Price 3 3 3 2 11 Eric Gregory 0 3 2’ 1’ 6 2 George Wilks 3 3 3 3 12 Cliff Parkinson 2’ 1 2’ 3 8 2 Frank Woodroffe 1 0 1 Aub Lawson 2’ 0 2 1 Ht 1: Craven, Curtis, Pepper, Wells 76.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Price, R Stobbart, Hay 76.8 3 3 6 6 Ht 3: Wilks, Parkinson, M Stobbart 77.4 1 5 7 11 Ht 4: Gregory, Pepper, Woodroffe 76.2 2 4 9 15 Ht 5: Craven, Wells, R Stobbart, Hay 76.0 1 5 10 20 Ht 6: Price, Gregory, Hargreaves 76.4 1 5 11 25 Ht 7: Wilks, Pepper, Parkinson, Curtis 76.0 2 4 13 29 Ht 8: Price, Lawson, Hancock 75.4 1 5 14 34 Ht 9: Craven, Hargreaves, M Stobbart, Wells 76.8 3 3 17 37 Ht 10: Pepper, Price, Gregory, Curtis 77.0 3 3 20 40 Ht 11: Wilks, Parkinson, R Stobbart, Hay 77.0 1 5 21 45 Ht 12: Craven, Hargreaves, Hancock, Woodroffe 77.2 3 3 24 48 Ht 13: Wilks, Powell, Hay (nf), Lawson (nf 79.4 2 3 26 51 Ht 14: Parkinson, Curtis, M Stobbart (nf), Wells (nf) 78.8 2 3 28 54 Challenge Matches (3 laps) Craven beat Pepper 58.0 Curtis beat Gregory 65.6 Local Riders’ Race W Goodall, Jock Hamilton, Norman Newton 81.0 Tyneside Tussle Price, Wilks, Hargreaves, R Stobbart 76.6 Consolation Race M Stobbart, Lawson (only 2 finishers) 78.8 Thursday, 11th May 1939, Empire Stadium, London Wembley 53 Wimbledon 30 (National League Division One) Wembley Lionel Van Praag 3 3 3 3 12 Eric Gregory 0 0 Tommy Price 0 2 3 3 8 Morian Hansen 2 1’ 2’ 3 8 2 George Wilks 3 1’ 0 2 6 1 Malcolm Craven 2’ 2 3 3 10 1 Cliff Parkinson 2’ 1 1 2’ 6 2 Bob Wells 1 0 2’ 3 1 Wimbledon Wilbur Lamoreaux 2 3 1’ 3 9 1 Eric Collins 0 0 2 0 2 Vic Duggan 3 3 2 2 10 Wally Lloyd 1 1 0 0 2 Geoff Pymar 1 0 1 2 Norman Evans 0 2 0 1 3 Wally Key 0 1 1 2 Fred Leavis 0 0 Ht 1: Van Praag, Lamoreaux, Gregory (f), Collins (nf) 76.0 3 2 3 2 Ht 2: Duggan, Hansen, Lloyd, Price 77.0 2 4 5 6 Ht 3: Wilks, Craven, Pymar, Evans 78.2 5 1 10 7 Ht 4: Van Praag, Parkinson, Lloyd, Key 78.6 5 1 15 8 Ht 5: Lamoreaux, Price, Hansen, Collins 77.4 3 3 18 11 Ht 6: Duggan, Craven, Wilks, Lloyd 77.4 3 3 21 14 Ht 7: Van Praag, Evans, Parkinson, Pymar 77.6 4 2 25 16 Ht 8: Price, Duggan, Wells, Leavis (f) 77.2 4 2 29 18 Ht 9: Craven, Collins, Lamoreaux, Wilks 78.0 3 3 32 21 Ht 10: Van Praag, Duggan, Parkinson, Lloyd (mf) 77.8 4 2 36 23 Ht 11: Price, Hansen, Pymar, Evans 78.8 5 1 41 24 Ht 12: Lamoreaux, Wilks, Key, Wells 79.0 2 4 43 28 Ht 13: Hansen, Parkinson, Key, Leavis 80.2 5 1 48 29 Ht 14: Craven, Wells, Evans, Collins (f) 78.8 5 1 53 30 The Cinders One Lap Record Attempts (all unsuccessful) Tommy Price 18.4 Lionel Van Praag 18.2 Wilbur Lamoreaux 18.4 Reserves’ Scratch Race 1 A Lawson, F Belliveau, Sandy Sturgiss, Kilmister 80.4 2 AMenzies, BWells, FWoodroofe, JCrowther 78.4 Final Andy Menzies, Wells Belliveau, Lawson 80.4 Empire Trophy (3 laps) 1 Lamoreaux, Goffe, NEvans, Leavis 60.2 2 Atkinson, Price, Wilks, WLloyd 58.4 3 Van Praag, MHansen, Pymar, VDugan (exctapes) 58.4 4 MCraven, EColins, ClParkinson, Kay 58.8 Final: Atkinson, Lamoreaux, Van Praag, Craven 58.0 Thursday, 18th May 1939, Empire Stadium, London Wembley 42 Harringay 42 (National League Division One) Wembley Lionel Van Praag 3 3 3 3 12 Cliff Parkinson 0 1 1 2 4 Tommy Price 0 0 2 3 5 Morian Hansen 2 1 1 1 5 George Wilks 1 3 1 2 7 Malcolm Craven 3 0 0 1’ 4 1 Aub Lawson 2’ 3 5 1 Andy Menzies 0 0 0 Harringay Bill Pitcher 2 3 2’ 3 10 1 Jack Parker 1’ 2’ 3 3 9 2 Norman Parker 3 1’ 3 2 9 1 Les Wotton 1 1 2 0 4 Alec Statham 2 2 2 2 8 Lloyd Goffe 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Chapman 0 1 1 Frank Dolan 1 0 1 Ht 1: Van Praag, Pitcher, J Parker, Parkinson 75.6 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: N Parker, Hansen, Wotton, Price (f) 78.4 2 4 5 7 Ht 3: Craven, Statham, Wilks, Goffe 77.0 4 2 9 9 Ht 4: Van Praag, Lawson, Wotton, Chapman 77.8 5 1 14 10 Ht 5: Pitcher, J Parker, Hansen, Price 78.0 1 5 15 15 Ht 6: Wilks, Wotton, N Parker, Craven 76.6 3 3 18 18 Ht 7: Van Praag, Statham, Parkinson, Goffe 76.0 4 2 22 20 Ht 8: N Parker, Price, Dolan, Menzies (exc) 77.6 2 4 24 24 Ht 9: J Parker, Pitcher, Wilks, Craven (f) 78.2 1 5 25 29 Ht 10: Van Praag, N Parker, Parkinson, Wotton 78.0 4 2 29 31 Ht 11: Price, Statham, Hansen, Goffe 77.8 4 2 33 33 Ht 12: Pitcher, Wilks, Chapman, Menzies (f) 76.6 2 4 35 37 Ht 13: Lawson, Statham, Hansen, Dolan (f) 79.0 4 2 39 39 Ht 14: J Parker, Parkinson, Craven, Goffe (f) 77.4 3 3 42 42 Two Lap Dash Match Races Lionel Van Praag bt Eric Langton 36.2 Bill Kitchen bt Malcolm Craven 37.8 Reserves Scratch Race Frank Dolan, Belliveau, KIlmister, James Peck (f) 80.6 Wembley Scratch Race (3 laps) 1 CLParkinson, Goffe, Belliveau, Tiger Stevenson 58.6 2 AMenzies, ALawson, BWells, JChapman (f) 61.4 Final: Parkinson, Goffe, Menzies (nf), ALawson (nf) 58.8 All Star Scratch Race (3 laps) 1 Van Praag, ELangton, BPitcher, MCraven 56.6 ? 2 Wotton, NParker, MHansen, AStatham 59.0 ? 3 Wilks, TPrice, BKitchen, JParker 59.4 ? Final: Van Praag, Eric Langton, Wilks, Wotton 57.4 Thursday, 25th May 1939, Wembley Stadium, London Wembley 62 New Cross 31 (National League, Division One) Wembley Lionel Van Praag 3 3 3 3 12 Cliff Parkinson 0 0 Tommy Price 0 3 2 1’ 6 1 Morian Hansen 2 1 2 3 8 George Wilks 2’ 2 2’ 2 8 2 Malcolm Craven 3 1’ 3 0 7 1 Aub Lawson 2’ 2’ 1 2’ 7 3 Bob Wells 1’ 1’ 2 4 2 New Cross Ron Johnson 2 0 1 3 6 Bill Longley 0 2 0 3 5 Jack Milne 3 3 3 2 11 Goldy Restall 1 0 0 0 1 Stan Greatrex 1 1 3 0 5 Joe Francis 0 0 0 0 Ray Duggan 1 0 1 Benny King 0 1 1 Ht 1: Van Praag, Johnson, Parkinson (f), Longley (f) 79.6 3 2 3 2 Ht 2: Milne, Hansen, Restall, Price 79.4 2 4 5 6 Ht 3: Craven, Wilks, Greatrex, Francis 77.2 5 1 10 7 Ht 4: Van Praag, Lawson, Duggan, Restall 79.2 5 1 15 8 Ht 5: Price, Longley, Hansen, Johnson 77.2 4 2 19 10 Ht 6: Milne, Wilks, Craven, Restall 78.2 3 3 22 13 Ht 7: Van Praag, Lawson, Greatrex, Francis 80.2 5 1 27 14 Ht 8: Milne, Price, Wells, King 77.0 3 3 30 17 Ht 9: Craven, Wilks, Johnson, Longley 77.6 5 1 35 18 Ht 10: Van Praag, Milne, Lawson, Restall 75.8 4 2 39 20 Ht 11: Greatrex, Hansen, Price, Francis 80.0 3 3 42 23 Ht 12: Johnson, Wilks, Wells, Duggan 78.6 3 3 45 26 Ht 13: Hansen, Lawson, King, Greatrex 80.2 5 1 50 27 Ht 14: Longley, Wells, Francis, Craven 79.2 2 4 52 31 Two-Lap Dash Match Races (Rolling start) Ht 1: Eric Langton beat Hansen 37.4 Ht 2: Lawson beat Frank Varey 38.2 Wembley Scratch Race (3 laps) Ht 1: Andy Menzies, Lawson, Wells, Fred Belliveau 59.6 Ht 2: Restall, Dick Geary, Duggan (nf), Joe Francis (nf) 61.6 Final: Restall, Lawson, Geary, Menzies 60.0 Reserves’ Scratch Race Belliveau, Wally Kilmister, James Peck, Cyril Brine 82.4 All Star Scratch Race (3 laps) Ht 1: Johnson, Price, Van Praag, Tommy Croombs 58.8 Ht 2: Longley, Hansen, Craven, Varey 59.0 Ht 3: Milne, Langton, Wilks, Greatrex 58.8 Final: Price, Milne, Longley, Johnson 58.0 Monday, 29th May 1939, Wimbledon, London Wimbledon 51 Wembley 33 (National League Division One) Wimbledon Wilbur Lamoreaux 2 3 3 3 11 Eric French 0 1 1 Eric Collins 2’ 2’ 2 2’ 8 3 Wally Lloyd 3 3 3 3 12 Vic Duggan 3 3 2 2 10 Norman Evans 1 1 0 0 2 Geoff Pymar 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 3 Wally Key 0 0 0 Wembley Lionel Van Praag 3 1 3 3 10 Aub Lawson 1 0 1 3 5 Tommy Price 1 0 3 0 4 Morian Hansen 0 2 2 1 5 George Wilks 2 0 1 1 4 Malcolm Craven 0 1 0 2’ 3 1 Cliff Parkinson 0 1 1 Andy Menzies 1 0 1 Ht 1: Van Praag, Lamoreaux, Lawson, French (exc st) 68.8 (rec) 2 4 2 4 Ht 2: Lloyd, Collins, Price, Hansen 72.8 5 1 7 5 Ht 3: Duggan, Wilks, Evans, Craven 73.2 4 2 11 7 Ht 4: Lamoreaux, Hansen, Pymar, Parkinson (exc st) 72.8 4 2 15 9 Ht 5: Lloyd, Collins, Van Praag, Lawson (exc) 72.6 5 1 20 10 Ht 6: Duggan, Hansen, Evans, Price 73.2 4 2 24 12 Ht 7: Lamoreaux, Pymar, Craven, Wilks (exc) 73.0 5 1 29 13 Ht 8: Price, Collins, Menzies, Key (exc start) 73.2 2 4 31 17 Ht 9: Van Praag, Duggan, Lawson, Evans 73.2 2 4 33 21 Ht 10: Lamoreaux, Pymar, Hansen, Price (exc start) 74.0 5 1 38 22 Ht 11: Lloyd, Collins, Wilks, Craven 73.6 5 1 43 23 Ht 12: Van Praag, Duggan,