WEMBLEY 1939

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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, Parkinson, Key 73.8 2 4 45 27 Ht 13: Lloyd, Pymar, Wilks, Menzies 74.6 5 1 50 28 Ht 14: Lawson, Craven, French, Evans 76.0 1 5 51 33

Two-lap Record Attempts Lamoreaux 33.8 (= record) Van Praag 34.4 Arthur Atkinson 34.6 Duggan 35.0 Tommy Croombs 35.6

Junior Scratch Race French, Bill Melluish, Norman Wolsey 77.0

Senior Scratch Race Lamoreaux, Duggan, Lloyd 73.0

Thursday, 1st June 1939, Empire Stadium, London Wembley 50 Belle Vue 34 (National League Division One)

Wembley Lionel Van Praag 3 3 3 2 11 Aub Lawson 0 0 0 2’ 2 1 Tommy Price 2 3 1 3 9 Morian Hansen 1’ 2’ 1 3 7 2 George Wilks 2’ 0 2’ 3 7 2 Malcolm Craven 3 2 3 3 11 Cliff Parkinson 2’ 1 3 1 Andy Menzies 0 0 0

Belle Vue Eric Langton 2 1 0 1’ 4 1 Frank Varey 1’ 0 1 0 2 1 Bill Kitchen 3 3 3 3 12 Jack Hargreaves 0 0 1 1 2 Joe Abbott 1 1’ 2 2 6 1 Ernie Price 0 2 0 1 3 Bob Harrison 1 2 3 Oliver Langton 2’ 0 2 1

Ht 1: Van Praag, E Langton, Varey, Lawson (f) 74.6 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Kitchen, T Price, Hansen, Hargreaves 77.2 3 3 6 6 Ht 3: Craven, Wilks, Abbott, E Price 78.4 5 1 11 7 Ht 4: Van Praag, Parkinson, Harrison, Hargreaves 77.8 5 1 16 8 Ht 5: T Price, Hansen, E Langton, Varey 78.6 5 1 21 9 Ht 6: Kitchen, Craven, Hargreaves, Wilks (mf) 76.8 2 4 23 13 Ht 7: Van Praag, E Price, Abbott, Lawson (f) 77.6 3 3 26 16 Ht 8: Kitchen, O Langton, T Price, Menzies (mf) 77.4 1 5 27 21 Ht 9: Craven, Wilks, Varey, E Langton (mf) 76.6 5 1 32 22 Ht 10: Kitchen, Van Praag, Hargreaves, Lawson 76.6 2 4 34 26 Ht 11: T Price, Abbott, Hansen, E Price 78.8 4 2 38 28 Ht 12: Wilks, Harrison, E Langton, Menzies 78.0 3 3 41 31 Ht 13: Hansen, Abbott, Parkinson, O Langton 79.0 4 2 45 33 Ht 14: Craven, Lawson, E Price, Varey 78.2 5 1 50 34

Two-Lap-Dash Match Races Ht1: Tommy Price beat Eric Chitty 37.0 Ht 2: Fred Belliveau beat Andy Menzies 40.4

Wembley Scratch Race Ht 1: Parkinson, E Price, Wally Kilmister, James Peck 59.6 Ht 2: Harrison, Hargreaves, Belliveau, Menzies 60.4 Final: Parkinson, Harrison, Hargreaves, E Price 59.2

All Stars Scratch Race Ht 1: Van Praag, Kitchen, Chitty, Varey 58.2 Ht 2 Wilks, Hansen, Abbott, Lawson 59.0 Ht 3: T Price, Craven, Croombs, E Langton 58.8 Final: Kitchen, Van Praag, Wilks, T Price 57.6

Tuesday 6th June 1939, Custom House Stadium, West Ham, London West Ham 36 Wembley 48 (National League)

West Ham Tommy Croombs 3 3 3 3 12 Charlie Spinks 0 1 1 2 4 Arthur Atkinson 3 3 3 0 9 Colin Watson 0 0 1 1 Jimmy Gibb 3 1 0 2 6 Eric Chitty 0 0 1 1’ 2 1 Phil Bishop 0 0 0 Tiger Stevenson 1 1 0 2

Wembley Lionel Van Praag 2 2 3 3 10 Aub Lawson 1’ 1’ 2’ 3 7 3 Malcolm Craven 2 3 2 2 9 George Wilks 1’ 1’ 2’ 0 4 3 Tommy Price 1’ 2 2 2’ 7 2 Morian Hansen 2 0 3 0 5 Cliff Parkinson 2 1 3 Andy Menzies 0 3 3

Ht 1: Croombs, Van Praag, Lawson, Spinks 80.8 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Atkinson, Craven, Wilks, Watson 79.8 3 3 6 6 Ht 3: Gibb, Hansen, Price, Chitty (ret) 81.2 3 3 9 9 Ht 4: Croombs, Parkinson, Wilks, Bishop 82.2 3 3 12 12 Ht 5: Atkinson, Van Praag, Lawson, Watson 79.6 3 3 15 15 Ht 6: Craven, Wilks, Gibb, Chitty 81.8 1 5 16 20 Ht 7: Croombs, Price, Spinks, Hansen 81.4 4 2 20 22 Ht 8: Atkinson, Craven, Stevenson, Menzies 82.4 4 2 24 24 Ht 9: Van Praag, Lawson, Chitty, Gibb 80.2 1 5 25 29 Ht 10: Croombs, Craven, Spinks, Wilks 82.4 4 2 29 31 Ht 11: Hansen, Price, Stevenson, Atkinson (mf) 82.6 1 5 30 36 Ht 12: Van Praag, Gibb, Parkinson, Stevenson 80.4 2 4 32 40 Ht 13: Menzies, Price, Watson, Bishop 80.6 1 5 33 45 Ht 14: Lawson, Spinks, Chitty, Hansen 82.0 3 3 36 48

Special Challenge Match (rolling start) Ht 1: Bluey Wilkinson beat Atkinson 76.2 (record) Ht 2: Wilkinson beat Atkinson 76.4

Reserves’ Match Race (3 laps) Watson, Menzies, Bishop, Geary 61.6

International Championship Ht 1: J Milne, Craven, Stevenson, Croombs (f) 80.6 Ht 2: C Milne, Van Praag, Price, Atkinson (f) 79.8 Ht 3: Wilbur Lamoreaux, Eric Langton, Spinks, Lawson 79.8 Ht 4: Bill Longley, Gibb, Jack Parker, Chitty 80.4 Final: C Milne, J Milne, Lamoreaux, Longley 80.4

Thursday, 8th June 1939, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London Wembley 55 West Ham 29 (National League, Division 1)

Wembley Lionel Van Praag 3 3 3 3 12 Aub Lawson 2’ 2’ 1 0 5 2 Tommy Price 2 3 2 2 9 Morian Hansen 0 2’ 0 3 5 1 George Wilks 2’ 2 2’ 2 8 2 Malcolm Craven 3 0 3 3 9 Cliff Parkinson 2’ 1 3 1 Andy Menzies 1’ 3 4 1

West Ham Tommy Croombs 1 0 1 0 2 Charlie Spinks 0 1 0 1’ 2 1 Arthur Atkinson 3 3 3 2 11 Colin Watson 1 1 0 2 Jimmy Gibb 1 1 1 2 5 Eric Chitty 0 0 3 2 5 Phil Bishop 1 1 2 Tiger Stevenson 0 0 0 0

Ht 1: Van Praag, Lawson, Croombs, Spinks 75.0 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Atkinson, Price, Watson, Hansen 76.0 2 4 7 5 Ht 3: Craven, Wilks, Gibb, Chitty 76.2 5 1 12 6 Ht 4: Van Praag, Parkinson, Bishop, Stevenson 78.0 5 1 17 7 Ht 5: Price, Hansen, Spinks, Croombs 76.4 5 1 22 8 Ht 6: Atkinson, Wilks, Watson, Craven 76.8 2 4 24 12 Ht 7: Van Praag, Lawson, Gibb, Chitty 77.6 5 1 29 13 Ht 8: Atkinson, Price, Menzies, Stevenson 76.8 3 3 32 16 Ht 9: Craven, Wilks, Croombs, Spinks 76.8 5 1 37 17 Ht 10: Van Praag, Atkinson, Lawson, Watson 75.4 4 2 41 19 Ht 11: Chitty, Price, Gibb, Hansen 77.4 2 4 43 23 Ht 12: Menzies, Wilks, Bishop, Croombs 79.2 5 1 48 24 Ht 13: Hansen, Gibbs, Parkinson, Stevenson 77.4 4 2 52 26 Ht 14: Craven, Chitty, Spinks, Lawson 78.2 3 3 55 29

The Cinders (One Lap Flying Start Record Attempts: Record 17.4) Ht 1: Van Praag 18.2 Ht 2: Atkinson 17.6 Ht 3: Lamoreaux 18.2

National Champions’ Trophy Race Ht 1: Atkinson, Craven, Wilks, Price 57.6 ? Ht 2: Van Praag, Johnson, Duggan, Lawson 58.2 ? Ht 3: Cordy Milne, Lamoreaux, Jack Milne, Kaufman 56.8 ? Final: C Milne, Atkinson, Lamoreaux, Van Praag ?

Thursday, 15th June 1939, Empire Stadium, London Wembley 55 Wimbledon 52 (London Cup)

Wembley Tommy Price 2 2 3 1 2 0 10 Malcolm Craven 1’ 1 1 1 0 4 1 Lionel Van Praag 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Aub Lawson 1 0 0 1 George Wilks 1 0 1 2 2 6 Morian Hansen 1’ 0 1’ 3 5 2 Frank Charles 3 3 3 0 1 10 Cliff Parkinson 0 1 1

Wimbledon Eric Collins 2 0 0 0 0 2 Wilbur Lamoreaux 2 3 2 3 3 2 15 Norman Evans 0 1’ 2 0 1 4 1 Vic Duggan 3 2 2 2 3 1’ 13 1 Wally Lloyd 0 3 2’ 0 1 6 1 Geoff Pymar 0 2’ 0 3 2 7 1 Wally Key 2 2 4 Fred Leavis 1’ 0 1 1

Ht 1: Van Praag, Lamoreaux, Lawson, Evans 73.2 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Duggan, Price, Hansen, Pymar 77.6 3 3 7 5 Ht 3: Van Praag, Collins, Wilks, Lloyd (mf) 76.4 4 2 11 7 Ht 4: Charles, Key, Leavis, Parkinson (mf) 75.0 3 3 14 10 Ht 5: Lamoreaux, Price, Craven, Collins 77.2 3 3 17 13 Ht 6: Van Praag, Duggan, Evans, Hansen 76.8 3 3 20 16 Ht 7: Lloyd, Pymar, Craven, Lawson 77.6 1 5 21 21 Ht 8: Price, Evans, Wilks (f), Collins (f) 82.0 3 2 24 23 Ht 9: Van Praag, Lamoreaux, Price, Pymar 75.4 4 2 28 25 Ht 10: Charles, Duggan, Craven, Evans 77.6 4 2 32 27 Ht 11: Lamoreaux, Lloyd, Wilks, Lawson 77.4 1 5 33 32 Ht 12: Van Praag, Duggan, Craven, Collins (f) 77.6 4 2 37 34 Ht 13: Lamoreaux, Wilks, Hansen, Lloyd (mf) 77.8 3 3 40 37 Ht 14: Charles, Key, Parkinson, Leavis (mf) 78.6 4 2 44 39 Ht 15: Duggan, Price, Lloyd, Charles 78.0 2 4 46 43 Ht 16: Pymar, Wilks, Evans, Craven 78.8 2 4 48 47 Ht 17: Hansen, Pymar, Charles, Collins 78.4 4 2 52 49 Ht 18: Van Praag, Lamoreaux, Duggan, Price 76.0 3 3 55 52

Two Lap Dash 1 George Wilks bt Eric Collins 37.6 2 Cliff Parkinson bt Norman Evans 38.0

Wembley Scratch Race 1 Hansen, Kilmister, James Peck, Menzies 62.4 2 ClParkinson, BWells, FBelliveau, CBrine 59.0 Final Hansen, Parkinson, BWells, Kilmister ?

Saturday, 17th June 1939, Harringay, London Tigers 16 Hammers & Lions 19 Challenge

Tigers Jack Parker 2 0 2 Bill Pitcher 1’ 2 3 1 Dick Harris 1’ 0 1 1 Frank Dolan 2 0 2 Norman Parker 1’ 3 4 1 Les Wotton 2 2’ 4 1

Hammers & Lions Aub Lawson 3 1 4 Tommy Croombs 0 0 0 Malcolm Craven 3 3 6 Eric Chitty 0 1 1 Tiger Stevenson 0 2’ 2 1 Morian Hansen 3 3 6

Ht 1: Lawson, J Parker, Pitcher, Croombs (f) 74.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Craven, Dolan, Harris, Chitty 75.4 3 3 6 6 Ht 3: Hansen, Wotton, N Parker, Stevenson 75.0 3 3 9 9 Ht 4: Craven, Pitcher, Chitty, J Parker 75.6 2 4 11 13 Ht 5: Hansen, Stevenson, Harris (f), Dolan (f) 75.8 0 5 11 18 Ht 6: N Parker, Wotton, Lawson, Croombs 76.0 5 1 16 19

Monday, 19th June 1939, Wimbledon, London Wimbledon 59 Wembley 49 (London Cup)

Wimbledon Vic Duggan 3 2’ 3 2’ 3 2’ 15 3 Wally Lloyd 3 2 3 3 3 14 Wilbur Lamoreaux 3 2’ 3 3 2’ 3 16 2 Eric French 0 0 0 Geoff Pymar 3 1 1 2 0 7 Norman Evans 0 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 Nobby Key 2 0 2 0 2 6 Fred Leavis 0 0 0

Wembley Tommy Price 1 0 0 1 Lionel Van Praag 2 1 1 2’ 0 6 1 Aub Lawson 1’ 1’ 2 2 1’ 7 3 Malcolm Craven 1’ 2 1’ 0 1’ 5 3 Morian Hansen 0 3 3 3 2 1 12 George Wilks 2 1 0 2 1 6 Frank Charles 3 1 3 3 0 10 Cliff Parkinson 1 1 2

Ht 1: Lamoreaux, Van Praag, Lawson, French 69.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Duggan, Wilks, Craven, Evans 71.8 3 3 6 6 Ht 3: Pymar, Lamoreaux, Price, Hansen 72.6 5 1 11 7 Ht 4: Charles, Key, Parkinson, Leavis 72.4 2 4 13 11 Ht 5: Lloyd, Duggan, Van Praag, Price 71.6 5 1 18 12 Ht 6: Lamoreaux, Craven, Lawson, Evans 72.4 3 3 21 15 Ht 7: Hansen, Lloyd, Wilks, French 72.4 2 4 23 19 Ht 8: Duggan, Lawson, Pymar, Price 72.6 4 2 27 21 Ht 9: Lamoreaux, Duggan, Van Praag, Wilks 71.2 5 1 32 22 Ht 10: Lloyd, Lawson, Craven, Evans 73.2 3 3 35 25 Ht 11: Hansen, Van Praag, Pymar, Key 72.8 1 5 36 30 Ht 12: Lloyd, Lamoreaux, Charles, Craven 73.6 5 1 41 31 Ht 13: Hansen, Pymar, Evans, Van Praag 72.6 3 3 44 34 Ht 14: Charles, Key, Parkinson, Leavis 73.2 2 4 46 38 Ht 15: Duggan, Hansen, Craven, Key 73.0 3 3 49 41 Ht 16: Lloyd, Wilks, Lawson, Pymar 72.6 3 3 52 44 Ht 17: Charles, Key, Wilks, Evans 73.0 2 4 54 48 Ht 18: Lamoreaux, Duggan, Hansen, Charles 74.0 5 1 59 49

Junior Scratch Race Howes, Webdon, Blair 75.4

Wednesday, 21st June 1939, New Cross Stadium, London New Cross 42 Wembley 40 (National League, Division One)

New Cross Ron Johnson 3 3 0 3 9 Ray Duggan 1 1 1 0 3 Stan Greatrex 0 2 3 2 7 Goldy Restall 1 1’ 0 0 2 1 Jack Milne 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Longley 2’ 2’ 0 3 7 2 Joe Francis 0 2 2 Crocky Rawding 0 0 0

Wembley Lionel Van Praag 2 3 2 2 9 Aub Lawson 0 0 1’ 1 1 George Wilks 2’ 1 0 0 3 1 Malcolm Craven 3 1’ 0 2 6 1 Tommy Price 0 3 1 3 7 Morian Hansen 1 2’ 3 0 6 1 Frank Charles 2 1’ 2 5 1 Cliff Parkinson 2 1 3

Ht 1: Johnson, Van Praag, Duggan, Lawson (f) 61.4 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Craven, Wilks, Restall, Greatrex 61.2 1 5 5 7 Ht 3: Milne, Longley, Hansen, Price 62.8 5 1 10 8 Ht 4: Johnson, Charles, Craven, Francis 62.1 3 3 13 11 Ht 5: Van Praag, Greatrex, Restall, Lawson (f) 62.2 3 3 16 14 Ht 6: Milne, Longley, Wilks, Craven 64.1 5 1 21 15 Ht 7: Price, Hansen, Duggan, Johnson 63.3 1 5 22 20 Ht 8: Greatrex, Parkinson, Rawding (f), Wilks (nf) 63.2 3 2 25 22 Ht 9: Milne, Van Praag, Lawson, Longley 62.0 3 3 28 25 Ht 10: Johnson, Craven, Duggan, Wilks 62.4 4 2 32 27 Ht 11: Hansen, Greatrex, Price, Restall 62.1 2 4 34 31 Ht 12: Milne, Van Praag, Charles, Rawding 63.0 3 3 37 34 Ht 13: Price, Francis, Parkinson, Restall 63.7 2 4 39 38 Ht 14: Longley, Charles, Hansen (f), Duggan (f ex) 62.4 3 2 42 40

Reserves’ Scratch Race Blair, Cooley, Craig 67.0

Supporters’ Trophy (5 laps) J Milne, Price, Longley 78.8

All Star Scratch Race Ht 1: Wilks, Restall, Greatrex 63.5 Ht 2: Van Praag, J Milne, Hansen 61.7 Ht 3: T Price, R Duggan, Francis 63.0 Final: Van Praag, J Milne, Price 61.7

Thursday, 22nd June 1939, Empire Stadium, London Wembley 57 Southampton 27 (National League Division One)

Wembley Lionel Van Praag 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Aub Lawson 1 1 1 3 6 Frank Charles 1’ 1 0 3 5 1 Morian Hansen 2 3 2’ 3 10 1 George Wilks 3 2 2 3 10 Malcolm Craven 2’ 1’ 1’ 2’ 6 4 Tommy Price 3 2 2’ 7 1 Cliff Parkinson 1’ 1 2 1

Southampton Frank Goulden 2 2 3 2 9 Billy Dallison 0 0 0 1 1 Cordy Milne 3 3 3 2 11 Syd Griffiths 0 1 0 0 1 Benny Kaufman 1 2 1 1 5 Bert Jones 0 0 0 0 0 Alf Kaines 0 0 0 Eddie Pye 0 0 0

Ht 1: Van Praag, Goulden, Lawson, Dallison 78.6 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Milne, Hansen, Charles, Griffiths 78.8 3 3 7 5 Ht 3: Wilks, Craven, Kaufman, Jones 78.4 5 1 12 6 Ht 4: Price, Van Praag, Griffiths, Kaines 78.6 5 1 17 7 Ht 5: Hansen, Goulden, Charles, Dallison 77.2 4 2 21 9 Ht 6: Milne, Wilks, Craven, Griffiths 78.2 3 3 24 12 Ht 7: Van Praag, Kaufman, Lawson, Jones 80.0 4 2 28 14 Ht 8: Milne, Price, Parkinson, Pye 77.8 3 3 31 17 Ht 9: Goulden, Wilks, Craven, Dallison 77.6 3 3 34 20 Ht 10: Van Praag, Milne, Lawson, Griffiths 75.2 4 2 38 22 Ht 11: Charles, Hansen, Kaufman, Jones 78.6 5 1 43 23 Ht 12: Wilks, Goulden, Parkinson, Kaines 78.4 4 2 47 25 Ht 13: Hansen, Price, Kaufman, Pye 78.4 5 1 52 26 Ht 14: Lawson, Craven, Dallison, Jones 78.8 5 1 57 27

Douglas Scratch Race – rolling: Eric Langton, Lionel van Praag, Bill Kitchen, Oliver Langton 84.4 Reserves Scratch Race: Andy Menzies, Wally Kilmister, P.M.Hart, Fred Belliveau 80

Wembley Scratch Race – 3 laps Ht 1: Frank Goulden, Morian Hansen, George Wilks, Syd Griffiths 58.6 Ht 2: Aub Lawson, Cliff Parkinson, Andy Menzies, Oliver Langton 58.4 Ht 3: Malcolm Craven, Tommy Price, Benny Kaufman, Frank Charles 58.8 Ht 4: Lionel van Praag, Bill Kitchen, Cordy Milne, Eric Langton 56.8 Final: Lionel van Praag, Malcolm Craven, Aub Lawson, Frank Goulden 58

Saturday, 24th June 1939, Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue 57 Wembley 27 (National League Division One)

Belle Vue Eric Langton 0 3 2’ 3 8 1 Bob Harrison 2 3 0 2’ 7 1 Frank Varey 0 2 3 3 8 Joe Abbott 2 1’ 2’ 0 5 2 Bill Kitchen 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 9 3 Ernie Price 3 3 1 3 10 Jack Hargreaves 2’ 3 5 1 Oliver Langton 2’ 3 5 1

Wembley Lionel Van Praag 3 3 2 1 9 George Wilks 1 0 0 0 1 Frank Charles 3 1 1 2 7 Malcolm Craven 1 1 0 1’ 3 1 Morian Hansen 0 0 1’ 1 Tommy Price 1 1 0 1 3 Aub Lawson 0 1 0 1 Andy Menzies 0 2 2

Ht 1: Van Praag, Harrison, Wilks, E Langton 77.2 2 4 2 4 Ht 2: Charles, Abbott, Craven, Varey 77.4 2 4 4 8 Ht 3: E Price, Kitchen, T Price, Hansen 78.4 5 1 9 9 Ht 4: E Langton, Hargreaves, Craven, Lawson 77.8 5 1 14 10 Ht 5: Van Praag, Varey, Abbott, Wilks 77.0 3 3 17 13 Ht 6: E Price, Kitchen, Charles, Craven 78.2 5 1 22 14 Ht 7: Harrison, E Langton, T Price, Hansen 78.6 5 1 27 15 Ht 8: Varey, O Langton, Charles, Menzies 79.4 5 1 32 16 Ht 9: Kitchen, Van Praag, E Price, Wilks 80.2 4 2 36 18 Ht 10: E Langton, Charles, Craven, Harrison 78.4 3 3 39 21 Ht 11: Varey, Abbott, Lawson, T Price 79.6 5 1 44 22 Ht 12: O Langton, Kitchen, Van Praag, Lawson 79.6 5 1 49 23 Ht 13: Hargreaves, Menzies, Hansen, Abbott (f) 80.6 3 3 52 26 Ht 14: E Price, Harrison, T Price, Wilks 80.0 5 1 57 27

Evening Chronicle Cup Race Ht 1: E Langton, Van Praag, Hargreaves, O Langton 80.0 Ht 2: Kitchen, Harrison, Hull, Dobson 79.0 Ht 3: Charles, Varey, Price, Belliveau 79.8 Final: Varey, E Langton, Charles, Kitchen 79.2

Junior Scratch Race Acorn Dobson, Dick Tolley (nf), George Cochbone (nf), J.D.White (nf) 88.0

Wednesday, 26th June 1939, Banister Court, Southampton Southampton 46 Wembley 38 (National League Division One)

Southampton Frank Goulden 2 3 3 3 11 Bert Jones 1’ 1 0 0 2 1 Billy Dallison 3 0 3 1’ 7 1 Benny Kaufman 0 2 2 1’ 5 Cordy Milne 3 3 3 3 12 Syd Griffiths 1 2’ 1 1 5 1 Alf Kaines 0 2’ 2 4 1 Jim Boyd 0 0

Wembley Lionel Van Praag 3 3 2 2 10 George Wilks 0 1 0 3 4 Frank Charles 2 0 1 2 5 Malcolm Craven 1’ 2 1’ 1 5 2 Tommy Price 0 0 0 0 Morian Hansen 2 2 3 2’ 9 1 Aub Lawson 1’ 1’ 3 5 2 Cliff Parkinson 0 0 0

Ht 1: Van Praag, Goulden, Jones, Wilks 65.8 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Dallison, Charles, Craven, Kaufman 68.8 3 3 6 6 Ht 3: Milne, Hansen, Griffiths, Price 72.4 4 2 10 8 Ht 4: Goulden, Craven, Lawson, Kaines 68.4 3 3 13 11 Ht 5: Van Praag, Kaufman, Wilks, Dallison 69.0 2 4 15 15 Ht 6: Milne, Griffiths, Craven, Charles 71.2 5 1 20 16 Ht 7: Goulden, Hansen, Jones, Price 69.2 4 2 24 18 Ht 8: Dallison, Kaines, Charles, Parkinson (f exc) 71.4 5 1 29 19 Ht 9: Milne, Van Praag, Griffiths, Wilks 67.4 4 2 33 21 Ht 10: Goulden, Charles, Craven, Jones 68.0 3 3 36 24 Ht 11: Hansen, Kaufman, Dallison, Price 69.2 3 3 39 27 Ht 12: Milne, Van Praag, Lawson, Boyd 70.6 3 3 42 30 Ht 13: Lawson, Kaines, Kaufman, Parkinson 70.2 3 3 45 33 Ht 14: Wilks, Hansen, Griffiths, Jones 71.0 1 5 46 38

Hurricane Final Milne, Goulden, Griffiths 68.8

Thursday, 29th June 1939, Empire Stadium, London Wembley 39 Wimbledon 45 (National League Division One)

Wembley Lionel Van Praag 1 2 3 6 George Wilks 3 0 0 2 5 Frank Charles 3 0 3 1’ 7 1 Malcolm Craven 2’ 1 2 2 7 1 Tommy Price 2 2 0 2 6 Morian Hansen 1’ 0 1 1’ 3 2 Aub Lawson 1’ 1’ 2 2 Cliff Parkinson 2 1 0 3

Wimbledon Wilbur Lamoreaux 0 3 3 3 9 Geoff Pymar 2 2’ 2’ 3 9 2 Eric Collins 0 3 2 1’ 6 1 Wally Lloyd 1 3 1 2 7 Vic Duggan 3 3 3 3 12 Norman Evans 0 1 0 0 Wally Key 0 1 1 Eric French 0 0 0

Ht 1: Wilks, Pymar, Van Praag, Lamoreaux (f) 78.0 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Charles, Craven, Lloyd, Collins 76.4 5 1 9 3 Ht 3: Duggan, Price, Hansen, Evans (f) 76.8 3 3 12 6 Ht 4: Lloyd, Parkinson, Lawson, Key (f) 78.4 3 3 15 9 Ht 5: Lamoreaux, Pymar, Craven, Charles 78.0 1 5 16 14 Ht 6: Collins, Price, Lloyd, Hansen (exc start) 77.2 2 4 18 18 Ht 7: Duggan, Van Praag, Evans, Wilks 76.0 2 4 20 22 Ht 8: Charles, Collins, Parkinson, French 78.0 4 2 24 24 Ht 9: Lamoreaux, Pymar, Hansen, Price 78.8 1 5 25 29 Ht 10: Van Praag, Lloyd, Collins, Wilks 78.2 3 3 28 32 Ht 11: Duggan, Craven, Charles, Evans 76.8 3 3 31 35 Ht 12: Lamoreaux, Price, Key, Parkinson 77.8 2 4 33 39 Ht 13: Duggan, Craven, Lawson, French 76.4 3 3 36 42 Ht 14: Pymar, Wilks, Hansen, Evans 78.8 3 3 39 45

Two Lap Dash Match Races Lionel Van Praag bt Wilbur Lamoreaux 36.2 Morian Hansen bt Andy Menzies 38.4

Reserves’ Scratch Race BWells, Belliveau, Jimmy Peck, Cyril Brine 80.0

Wembley Scratch Race 1 Wilks, Collins, Hansen, Aub Lawson 59.4 2 Parkinson, Menzies, Evans, KIlmister 59.8 3 Van Praag, Duggan, Lloyd, TPrice 57.8 4 Charles, Craven, Pymar, Lamoreaux 57.8 Final: Van Praag, Charles, Parkinson, Wilks 57.6

Saturday, 1st July 1939, White City Stadium, Glasgow Glasgow Lions 28 Wembley Lions 25 (Challenge)

Glasgow Gruff Garland 2 2 2 6 Elwood Stillwell 1’ 1’ 1’ 3 3 Rol Stobbart 2 0 2 4 Harold Jackson 1’ 2 3 6 1 Joe Crowther 2 1’ 2 5 1 Fred Belliveau 1’ 2 1’ 4 2

Wembley Cliff Parkinson 3 3 0 6 Gilbert Craven 0 0 0 0 Andy Menzies 3 3 3 9 Jimmy Peck 0 0 0 0 George Wilks 3 3 3 9 Chick Brine 0 1 0 1

Ht 1: Parkinson, Garland, Stillwell, Craven 85.8 Ht 2: Menzies, Stobbart, Jackson, Peck 86.0 Ht 3: Wilks, Crowther, Belliveau, Brine 85.2 Ht 4: Menzies, Garland, Stillwell, Peck 85.6 Ht 5: Wilks, Jackson, Brine, Stobbart (ef) 86.8 Ht 6: Parkinson, Belliveau, Crowther, Craven 87.8 Ht 7: Wilks, Garland, Stillwell, Brine 87.0 Ht 8: Jackson, Stobbart, Parkinson (ef), Craven (ef) 86.6 Ht 9: Menzies, Crowther, Belliveau, Peck 87.2

Search for Talent Dick Dennie, Tom Shearer, Davie Lamb, Chuck Pinkerton 93.6

Match Race (Highest Point Scorers) Menzies, Wilks, Garland, Jackson 85.6

Special Match Races Menzies, Jackson, Belliveau, Laurie Packer 87.0 Stobbart, Crowther, [Norrie Isbister, Leo Lungo,] 87.4

Match Race Stobbart bt Garland 87.4

Captain's Match Race (2 laps) Garland beat Parkinson 42.8

Scottish Silver Gauntlet Ht 1: Wilks, Lungo, Jackson, Peck 90.0 Ht 2: Packer, Crowther, Dick Dennie, Craven 87.0 Ht 3: Menzies, Garland, [Belliveau, Dave Lamb] 85.6 Ht 4: Parkinson, Stobbart, Brine, Isbister 87.0 Final: Menzies, Parkinson, Wilks, Packer 86.2

Tuesday, July 4th 1939, Marine Gardens, Edinburgh Edinburgh Thistles 22 Wembley Lions 32 (Challenge)

Edinburgh Oliver Hart 3 3 2 8 Mick Mitchell 1 0 1' 2 1 Jack Hyland 1 0 1 Jack Gordon 0 2 2 4 Laurie Packer 2 3 1 6 Leo Lungo 1 0 0 1 1

Wembley Malcolm Craven 2 2 3 7 Gilbert Craven 0 1' 1 2 1 Cliff Parkinson 3 1' 3 7 1 Andy Menzies 2' 2 2' 6 2 Aub Lawson 3 3 3 9 Jimmy Peck 0 1 0 1

Ht 1: Hart, M Craven, Mitchell, G Craven 81.8 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Parkinson, Menzies, Hyland, Gordon 83.2 1 5 5 7 Ht 3: Lawson, Packer, Lungo, Peck 82.4 3 3 8 10 Ht 4: Hart, Menzies, Parkinson, Mitchell (f) 80.4 3 3 11 13 Ht 5: Lawson, Gordon, Peck, Hyland (f) 81.6 2 4 13 17 Ht 6: Packer, M Craven, G Craven, Lungo 82.0 3 3 16 20 Ht 7: Lawson, Hart, Mitchell, Peck 80.6 3 3 19 23 Ht 8: M Craven, Gordon, G Craven, Hyland (nf) 83.0 2 4 21 27 Ht 9: Parkinson, Menzies, Packer, Lungo 84.2 1 5 22 32

Match Race Parkinson, Hart, Lawson, M Craven 82.4

Special Match Race Ht 1: Menzies, Parkinson, Packer Fred Belliveau 83.4 Ht 2: Lawson, Hart, M Craven Gruff Garland 81.8

Reserves Race Bill Nisbet, Norrie Isbister, Dick Dennie, Dave Lamb 85.4

Scottish Gold Helmet Ht 1: Garland, Packer, [Peck, Isbister] 82.4 Ht 2: Lawson, Parkinson, [Nisbet, G Craven] 82.0 Ht 3: Mitchell, Gordon, [M Craven, Belliveau] 83.4 Ht 4: Menzies, Hart, [Crowther, Lungo] 82.2 Final: Lawson, Menzies, Garland, Mitchell 82.8

Thursday, 6th July 1939, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London Wembley 58 West Ham 26 (National League)

Wembley Lionel Van Praag 3 3 2 3 11 Morian Hansen 1 1’ 1 3 6 1 Frank Charles 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Malcolm Craven 1 2’ 2’ 3 8 2 George Wilks 2 2 3 3 10 Tommy Price 1’ 1’ 2’ 2’ 6 4 Aub Lawson 2’ 1 3 1 Cliff Parkinson 3 0 3

West Ham Tommy Croombs 2 1 0 2 5 Colin Watson 0 0 1 0 1 Tiger Stevenson 0 0 0 0 0 Eric Chitty 2 1 3 2 8 Jimmy Gibb 3 3 0 2 8 Charlie Spinks 0 0 1 1 2 Dick Geary 0 1’ 1 1 Buck Whitby 1 0 1

Ht 1: Van Praag, Croombs, Hansen, Watson 79.0 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Charles, Chitty, Craven, Stevenson 77.4 4 2 8 4 Ht 3: Gibb, Wilks, Price, Spinks 78.8 3 3 11 7 Ht 4: Van Praag, Lawson, Chitty, Geary 78.6 5 1 16 8 Ht 5: Charles, Craven, Croombs, Watson 76.8 5 1 21 9 Ht 6: Chitty, Wilks, Price, Stevenson 77.4 3 3 24 12 Ht 7: Gibb, Van Praag, Hansen, Spinks 77.4 3 3 27 15 Ht 8: Parkinson, Charles, Whitby, Stevenson 79.0 5 1 32 16 Ht 9: Wilks, Price, Watson, Croombs 78.4 5 1 37 17 Ht 10: Van Praag, Chitty, Hansen, Stevenson 79.4 4 2 41 19 Ht 11: Charles, Craven, Spinks, Gibb 75.4 5 1 46 20 Ht 12: Wilks, Croombs, Geary, Parkinson 78.6 3 3 49 23 Ht 13: Craven, Gibb, Lawson, Whitby 77.6 4 2 53 25 Ht 14: Hansen, Price, Spinks, Watson 79.2 5 1 58 26

Saturday, 8th July 1939, Harringay, London Harringay 36 Wembley 49 (National League Division One)

Harringay Jack Parker 2 3 3 3 11 Bill Pitcher 1’ 1 0 1 3 1 Alec Statham 3 2 3 3 11 Lloyd Goffe 0 1’ 0 2 3 1 Norman Parker 0 2 1 2 5 Les Wotton 2 0 0 0 2 Frank Dolan 0 0 0 0 Dick Harris 1 0 1

Wembley Lionel Van Praag 3 3 3 3 12 Morian Hansen 0 0 0 Frank Charles 1’ 3 2 1’ 7 2 Malcolm Craven 2 2 1 2 7 Tommy Price 3 2 2 3 10 George Wilks 1 0 1’ 2 ‘ 4 2 Aub Lawson 1’ 2’ 1 3 7 2 Cliff Parkinson 0 1 1

Ht 1: Van Praag, J Parker, Pitcher, Hansen 70.8 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Statham, Craven, Charles, Goffe 72.6 3 3 6 6 Ht 3: Price, Wotton, Wilks, Dolan 74.2 2 4 8 10 Ht 4: J Parker, Craven, Lawson, Dolan 72.2 3 3 11 13 Ht 5: Van Praag, Statham, Goffe, Hansen 73.0 3 3 14 16 Ht 6: Charles, N Parker, Craven, Wotton 73.4 2 4 16 20 Ht 7: J Parker, Price, Pitcher, Wilks 74.0 4 2 20 22 Ht 8: Statham, Charles, Harris, Parkinson 72.6 4 2 24 24 Ht 9: Van Praag, Lawson, N Parker, Wotton 74.2 1 5 25 29 Ht 10: J Parker, Craven, Charles, Pitcher 72.4 3 3 28 32 Ht 11: Statham, Price, Wilks, Goffe 74.4 3 3 31 35 Ht 12: Van Praag, N Parker, Lawson, Harris 74.6 2 4 33 39 Ht 13: Price, Goffe, Parkinson, Dolan 74.6 2 4 35 43 Ht 14: Lawson, Wilks, Pitcher, Wotton 75.4 1 5 36 48

Captains’ Match Race J Parker beat Van Praag 76.0

Reserves’ Event Dolan, Mason, no third 79.8

North London Scratch Race Ht 1: C Milne 74.8 Ht 2: Pitcher 75.8 Ht 3: Charles 74.6 Final: Milne, Charles, Pitcher 73.4

Tuesday, 11th July 1939, Custom House Stadium, West Ham, London West Ham 62 Wembley 46 (National Trophy)

West Ham Eric Chitty 3 2 2’ 1’ 2’ 2 12 3 Charlie Spinks 1’ 1’ 3 0 0 5 2 Tommy Croombs 0 2’ 2’ 2 3 9 2 Jimmy Gibb 1 2 0 3 3 9 Arthur Atkinson 3 3 2 3 3 0 14 Tiger Stevenson 1 3 2’ 1 2’ 9 2 Colin Watson 0 2 2 Phil Bishop 2 0 2

Wembley Morian Hansen 0 0 0 0 Lionel Van Praag 3 3 3 3 2 3 17 Malcolm Craven 2’ 0 1 1 1’ 1 6 2 Frank Charles 0 1 1’ 1 3 1 Tommy Price 1 0 0 0 1 George Wilks 2 3 0 2 1 8 Aub Lawson 3 2 3 0 0 8 Andy Menzies 1 1 1 3

Ht 1: Van Praag, Craven, Gibb, Croombs 81.3 1 5 1 5 Ht 2: Chitty, Wilks, Stevenson, Charles 83.4 4 2 5 7 Ht 3: Atkinson, Croombs, Price, Hansen 81.6 5 1 10 8 Ht 4: Lawson, Bishop, Menzies, Watson 84.2 2 4 12 12 Ht 5: Van Praag, Chitty, Spinks, Hansen 81.4 3 3 15 15 Ht 6: Stevenson, Croombs, Charles, Craven 84.8 5 1 20 16 Ht 7: Wilks, Gibb Spinks, Price 82.4 3 3 23 19 Ht 8: Atkinson, Chitty, Craven, Hansen 82.6 5 1 28 20 Ht 9: Van Praag, Croombs, Chitty, Wilks 81.0 3 3 31 23 Ht 10: Spinks, Stevenson, Craven, Price 84.2 5 1 36 24 Ht 11: Van Praag, Atkinson, Menzies, Gibb 80.6 2 4 38 28 Ht 12: Croombs, Lawson, Charles, Spinks 83.4 3 3 41 31 Ht 13: Atkinson, Van Praag, Stevenson, Price 79.0 4 2 45 33 Ht 14: Lawson, Watson, Menzies, Bishop 84.0 2 4 47 37 Ht 15: Gibb, Chitty, Charles, Lawson 83.6 5 1 52 38 Ht 16: Atkinson, Wilks, Craven, Spinks 82.8 3 3 55 41 Ht 17: Gibb, Stevenson, Wilks, Lawson 84.2 5 1 60 42 Ht 18: Van Praag, Chitty, Craven, Atkinson (f) 82.2 2 4 62 46

Hawks’ Trials Ht 1: Dick Geary, Buck Whitby, Gil Craven (f), Eddy Francis (f) 86.4 Ht 2: Bill Gilbert, Joe Hewitt, Curly Thompson, Jack Sparks 87.8

Thursday, 13th July 1939, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London Wembley 63 West Ham 45 (National Trophy)

Wembley Frank Charles 1 3 3 1 2 10 George Wilks 1 2 1 2 0 6 Lionel Van Praag 3 3 3 3 1 3 16 Aub Lawson 0 1 0 1 Tommy Price 1 1 1 1 3 7 Malcolm Craven 2 1 3 3 3 0 12 Morian Hansen 3 3 1 2 9 Cliff Parkinson 0 2 2

West Ham Charlie Spinks 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tommy Croombs 1 2 0 2 2 1 8 Jimmy Gibb 2 0 2 2 1 7 Arthur Atkinson 3 2 3 3 3 2 16 Phil Bishop 2 0 0 0 2 Eric Chitty 0 3 2 2 1 8 Colin Watson 1 1 0 2 Tiger Stevenson 2 0 2

Ht 1: Van Praag, Gibb, Croombs, Lawson 77.0 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Atkinson, Craven, Charles, Chitty 75.4 3 3 6 6 Ht 3: Van Praag, Bishop, Price, Spinks 79.6 4 2 10 8 Ht 4: Hansen, Stevenson, Watson, Parkinson 77.6 3 3 13 11 Ht 5: Charles, Croombs, Wilks, Spinks 76.6 4 2 17 13 Ht 6: Van Praag, Atkinson, Craven, Gibb 76.4 4 2 21 15 Ht 7: Chitty, Wilks, Lawson, Bishop (ex) 76.6 3 3 24 18 Ht 8: Charles, Gibb, Price, Spinks 76.8 4 2 28 20 Ht 9: Van Praag, Chitty, Charles, Croombs (f) 77.4 4 2 32 22 Ht 10: Craven, Gibb, Wilks, Bishop 77.4 4 2 36 24 Ht 11: Atkinson, Croombs, Price, Lawson 77.6 1 5 37 29 Ht 12: Atkinson, Wilks, Van Praag, Spinks 75.4 3 3 40 32 Ht 13: Craven, Croombs, Price, Bishop 77.4 4 2 44 34 Ht 14: Hansen, Parkinson, Watson, Stevenson 80.0 5 1 49 35 Ht 15: Atkinson, Charles, Hansen, Watson 76.2 3 3 52 38 Ht 16: Price, Chitty, Gibb, Wilks (f) 77.6 3 3 55 41 Ht 17: Craven, Hansen, Chitty, Spinks 78.4 5 1 60 42 Ht 18: Van Praag, Atkinson, Croombs, Craven 76.4 3 3 63 45

Two Lap Dash 1 Tommy Croombs bt Malcolm Craven 37.6 2 Aub Lawson bt Cliff Parkinson 38.6

Reserves’ Scratch Race Menzies. BWells, CyrBrine (frm), Frank Wooroofe (f) 80.0

Thursday, 20th July 1939, Empire Stadium, London Wembley v Harringay (National League Division One) Rained Off

Thursday, 27th July 1939, Empire Stadium, London Wembley 43 Belle Vue 41 (National League Division One)

Wembley Lionel Van Praag 2 3 2 3 10 Aub Lawson 0 0 0 Malcolm Craven 3 2 3 2 10 Morian Hansen 2’ 1’ 1’ 2 6 3 Tommy Price 1’ 3 1’ 1’ 6 3 George Wilks 2 1 2 2 7 Andy Menzies 2’ 0 0 2 1 Cliff Parkinson 0 2 0 2

Belle Vue Eric Langton 3 3 3 3 12 Oliver Langton 1 0 0 0 1 Frank Varey 1 2 1’ 1’ 5 2 Joe Abbott 0 0 2 2 Bill Kitchen 3 3 3 3 12 Jack Hargreaves 0 1 0 3 4 Bob Harrison 1 0 0 1 2 Ernie Price 0 2 1 3

Ht 1: E Langton, Van Praag, O Langton (ef push), Lawson (ef) 75.0 2 4 2 4 Ht 2: Craven, Hansen, Varey (f rmtd), Abbott (f) 77.2 5 1 7 5 Ht 3: Kitchen, Wilks, T Price, Hargreaves 77.4 3 3 10 8 Ht 4: Van Praag, Menzies, Harrison, E Price 78.8 5 1 15 9 Ht 5: E Langton, Craven, Hansen, O Langton 75.8 3 3 18 12 Ht 6: T Price, Varey, Wilks, Abbott 77.0 4 2 22 14 Ht 7: Kitchen, Van Praag, Hargreaves, Lawson 75.8 2 4 24 18 Ht 8: Craven, E Price, Varey, Parkinson (f) 77.8 3 3 27 21 Ht 9: E Langton, Wilks, T Price, Harrison 77.0 3 3 30 24 Ht 10: Van Praag, Abbott, Varey, Menzies 78.4 3 3 33 27 Ht 11: Kitchen, Craven, Hansen, Hargreaves 77.2 3 3 36 30 Ht 12: E Langton, Parkinson, T Price, Harrison 79.8 3 3 39 33 Ht 13: Kitchen, Hansen, E Price, Menzies (exc) 78.4 2 4 41 37 Ht 14: Hargreaves, Wilks, Harrison, Parkinson 79.0 2 4 43 41

The Cinders One-lap Flying Start Ht1: Van Praag 18.0 Ht 2: Kitchen 18.4 Ht 3: Atkinson 19.2 Ht 4: Lamoreaux 18.2

Rolling Start Scratch Race Ht 1: Hargreaves, Menzies, Lawson, Parkinson 77.2 Ht 2: Hansen, Abbott, Varey, O Langton 76.0 Ht 3: Atkinson, Craven, Van Praag, E Langton 76.8 Ht 4: Lamoreaux, Kitchen, Wilks, T Price 76.8 Final: Lamoreaux, Atkinson, Hargreaves, Hansen 76.8

Novices Race Cyril Brine, Frank Woodroofe, Jimmy Peck, Percy Brooker 83.2

Thursday, 3rd August 1939, Empire Stadium, London Wembley 61 Southampton 22 (National League Division One)

Wembley Lionel Van Praag 3 2 3 3 11 Aub Lawson 2’ 2’ 1 2’ 7 3 Malcolm Craven 2 3 2’ 3 10 1 Morian Hansen 1’ 2’ 2’ 3 8 3 Tommy Price 3 2 2’ 3 10 1 George Wilks 0 1’ 3 3 7 1 Andy Menzies 1’ 2 ‘ 3 2 Cliff Parkinson 3 2’ 5 1

Southampton Frank Goulden 1 1 1 1 4 Jim Boyd 0 0 0 1 1 Syd Griffiths 0 0 1 0 1 Cordy Milne 3 3 3 2 11 Benny Kaufman 2 1 0 1 4 Alf Kaines 0 0 0 0 Eddie Pye 0 0 0 Danny Lee 0 1 0 1

Ht 1: Van Praag, Lawson, Goulden, Boyd 77.8 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Milne, Craven, Hansen, Griffiths 78.6 3 3 8 4 Ht 3: Price, Kaufman, Kaines (mf), Wilks (mf) 78.6 3 2 11 6 Ht 4: Milne, Van Praag, Menzies, Pye 77.6 3 3 14 9 Ht 5: Craven, Hansen, Goulden, Boyd 78.2 5 1 19 10 Ht 6: Milne, Price, Wilks, Griffiths 78.4 3 3 22 13 Ht 7: Van Praag, Lawson, Kaufman, Kaines (mf) 79.6 5 1 27 14 Ht 8: Parkinson, Craven, Griffiths, Lee 79.4 5 1 32 15 Ht 9: Wilks, Price, Goulden, Boyd (f) 78.8 5 1 37 16 Ht 10: Van Praag, Milne, Lawson, Griffiths 77.0 4 2 41 18 Ht 11: Craven, Hansen, Lee, Kaufman (f) 81.8 5 1 46 19 Ht 12: Price, Parkinson, Goulden, Pye (f) 79.6 5 1 51 20 Ht 13: Hansen, Menzies, Kaufman, Lee 81.6 5 1 56 21 Ht 14: Wilks, Lawson, Boyd, Kaines (f exc) 79.6 5 1 61 22

Douglas Derby – 3 laps rolling Ht 1: Eric Langton, Lionel van Praag, Cliff Parkinson, Tommy Price 62 Ht 2: Bill Kitchen, Oliver Langton, Aub Lawson, Tiger Stevenson 63 Final: Eric Langton, Lionel van Praag, Oliver Langton, Bill Kitchen 64.8

Wembley Scratch Race – 3 laps Ht 1: George Wilks, Malcolm Craven, Tommy Price, Frank Goulden 58.6 Ht 2: Morian Hansen, Oliver Langton, Syd Griffiths, Cliff Parkinson 59.8 Ht 3: Aub Lawson, Andy Menzies, Tiger Stevenson, Benny Kaufman 59.4 Final: Malcolm Craven, Morian Hansen, George Wilks, Aub Lawson 59

All Star Scratch Race: Lionel van Praag, Eric Langton, Cordy Milne, Bill Kitchen 58.6

Monday, 7th August 1939, Wimbledon, London Wimbledon 44 Wembley 40 (National League Division One)

Wimbledon Wilbur Lamoreaux 3 3 3 3 12 Crocky Rawding 0 0 0 2 2 Eric Collins 3 2 3 3 11 Wally Lloyd 1 1’ 1 2 5 1 Vic Duggan 3 3 3 2 11 Wally Key 0 1 1 0 2 Eric French 1 0 1 Vic Weir 0 0 0

Wembley Lionel Van Praag 2 3 0 3 8 Aub Lawson 1’ 0 2 1 4 1 Malcolm Craven 2 2 2 1’ 7 1 Morian Hansen 0 0 2 2 Tommy Price 1’ 1’ 0 3 5 2 George Wilks 2 2 2 3 9 Andy Menzies 2 0 1 3 Cliff Parkinson 1’ 1 2 1

Ht 1: Lamoreaux, Van Praag, Lawson, Rawding 68.8= 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Collins, Craven, Lloyd, Hansen E) 70.5 4 2 7 5 Ht 3: Duggan, Wilks, Price, Key F) 71.7 3 3 10 8 Ht 4: Lamoreaux, Menzies, French, (Hansen E) 71.8 4 2 14 10 Ht 5: Van Praag, Collins, Lloyd, Lawson F) 70.3 3 3 17 13 Ht 6: Duggan, Craven, Key, Menzies 72.0 4 2 21 15 Ht 7: Lamoreaux, Wilks, Price, Rawding 72.3 3 3 24 18 Ht 8: Collins, Craven, Parkinson, Weir 72.1 3 3 27 21 Ht 9: Duggan, Lawson, Key (f rmtd), Van Praag (mf) 72.0 4 2 31 23 Ht 10: Lamoreaux, Hansen, Craven, Rawding (f) 72.6 3 3 34 26 Ht 11: Collins, Wilks, Lloyd, Price 73.2 4 2 38 28 Ht 12: Van Praag, Duggan, Menzies, Weir 71.2 2 4 40 32 Ht 13: Price, Lloyd, Parkinson, French 72.6 2 4 42 36 Ht 14: Wilks, Rawding, Lawson, Key (f) 73.8 2 4 44 40

Wimbledon 26 Wembley & West Ham 27 Challenge Match

Wimbledon Wilbur Lamoreaux 3 3 3 9 Crocky Rawding 0 0 0 0 Wally Lloyd 2 1’ 0 3 1 Eric Collins 1’ 2 2 5 1 Vic Duggan 2 3 3 8 Eric French 0 1 0 1

Wembley & West Ham Arthur Atkinson 1’ 0 3 4 1 Aub Lawson 2 2 1 5 Malcolm Craven 3 2 0 5 Tommy Croombs 0 1’ 2 3 1 Lionel Van Praag 3 3 2 8 Eric Chitty 1 0 1’ 2 1

Ht 1: Lamoreaux, Lawson, Atkinson, Rawding 71.1 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Craven, Lloyd, Collins, Croombs 73.2 3 3 6 6 Ht 3: Van Praag, Duggan, Chitty, French 70.5 2 4 8 10 Ht 4: Lamoreaux, Craven, Croombs, Rawding 73.2 3 3 11 13 Ht 5: Van Praag, Collins, Lloyd, Chitty 73.0 3 3 14 16 Ht 6: Duggan, Lawson, French, Atkinson (f) 74.1 4 2 18 18 Ht 7: Lamoreaux, Van Praag, Chitty , Rawding 72.0 3 3 21 21 Ht 8: Atkinson, Collins, Lawson, Lloyd 73.8 2 4 23 25 Ht 9: Duggan, Croombs, French (nf), Craven (nf) 75.6 3 2 26 27

Tuesday, 8th August 1939, Custom House Stadium, West Ham, London West Ham 53 Wembley 31 (National League)

West Ham Tommy Croombs 1’ 2 3 3 9 1 Tiger Stevenson 2 0 0 0 2 Arthur Atkinson 3 1 3 2’ 9 1 Charlie Spinks 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Eric Chitty 2’ 1 1 2 6 1 Jimmy Gibb 3 3 3 3 12 Colin Watson 1’ 2’ 3 2 Phil Bishop 0 1’ 1 1

Wembley Lionel Van Praag 3 2 2 3 10 Aub Lawson 0 0 0 2 2 Malcolm Craven 1 2 2 1’ 6 1 Morian Hansen 0 3 0 2 5 Tommy Price 1 2 1 1 5 George Wilks 0 1’ 0 1’ 2 2 Andy Menzies 0 0 0 Cliff Parkinson 1’ 0 1 1

Ht 1: Van Praag, Stevenson, Croombs, Lawson 80.0 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Atkinson, Spinks, Craven, Hansen 81.6 5 1 8 4 Ht 3: Gibb, Chitty, Price, Wilks 86.2 5 1 13 5 Ht 4: Hansen, Croombs, Watson, Menzies 80.6 3 3 16 8 Ht 5: Spinks, Van Praag, Atkinson, Lawson 82.4 4 2 20 10 Ht 6: Gibb, Craven, Chitty, Hansen 83.0 4 2 24 12 Ht 7: Croombs, Price, Wilks, Stevenson (f) 84.8 3 3 27 15 Ht 8: Atkinson, Craven, Parkinson, Bishop 82.4 3 3 30 18 Ht 9: Gibb, Van Praag, Chitty, Lawson 83.0 4 2 34 20 Ht 10: Croombs, Hansen, Craven, Stevenson 83.8 3 3 37 23 Ht 11: Spinks, Atkinson, Price, Wilks 83.4 5 1 42 24 Ht 12: Van Praag, Chitty, Bishop, Menzies 83.4 3 3 45 27 Ht 13: Spinks, Watson, Price, Parkinson 86.8 5 1 50 28 Ht 14: Gibb, Lawson, Wilks, Stevenson 85.0 3 3 53 31

Thursday, 10th August 1939, Empire Stadium, London Wembley 59 New Cross 24 (National League, Division One)

Wembley Lionel Van Praag 3 3 3 3 12 Aub Lawson 1 1 2’ 2 6 1 Malcolm Craven 3 3 3 3 12 Morian Hansen 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Tommy Price 3 3 3 3 12 George Wilks 1 2’ 1 0 4 1 Andy Menzies 2’ 0 2 1 Cliff Parkinson 1 1 2

New Cross Jack Milne 2 1 2 2 7 Ray Duggan 0 0 0 1 1 Stan Greatrex 1 1 0 1 3 Norman Evans 0 0 0 Bill Longley 0 0 0 2 2 Ron Johnson 2 2 0 3 7 Goldy Restall 1 0 0 1 Joe Francis 2 0 1’ 3 1

Ht 1: Van Praag, Milne, Lawson, Duggan 76.0 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Craven, Hansen, Greatrex, Evans 78.0 5 1 9 3 Ht 3: Price, Johnson, Wilks, Longley 76.8 4 2 13 5 Ht 4: Van Praag, Menzies, Restall, Evans 78.6 5 1 18 6 Ht 5: Craven, Hansen, Milne, Duggan 76.6 5 1 23 7 Ht 6: Price, Wilks, Greatrex, Restall 78.4 5 1 28 8 Ht 7: Van Praag, Johnson, Lawson, Longley 78.6 4 2 32 10 Ht 8: Craven, Francis, Parkinson, Greatrex 77.8 4 2 36 12 Ht 9: Price, Milne, Wilks, Duggan 77.8 4 2 40 14 Ht 10: Van Praag, Lawson, Greatrex, Francis 79.8 5 1 45 15 Ht 11: Craven, Hansen, Longley (f), Johnson (f) 83.0 5 0 50 15 Ht 12: Price, Milne, Parkinson, Restall 77.8 4 2 54 17 Ht 13: Hansen, Longley, Francis, Menzies 78.6 3 3 57 20 Ht 14: Johnson, Lawson, Duggan, Wilks 80.2 2 4 59 24

Two Lap Dash 1 Ron Johnson bt Malcolm Craven 38.6 2 Cliff Parkinson bt Stan Greatrex 39.0

Wembley Scratch Race 1 Hansen, Menzies, ALawson, ClParkinson 59.2 ? 2 Craven, Wilks, Longley, Greatrex 58.8 ? 3 JMilne, Van Praag, Price, Johnson 58.6 ? Final Van Praag, Craven, JMilne, Hansen 58.6

Thursday, 17th August 1939, Empire Stadium, London World Championship Qualifying Round, Championship Round

Lionel Van Praag 3 3 3 3 3 15 Aub Lawson 1 1 3 3 2 10 Malcolm Craven 2 1 3 2 3 11 Tommy Price 0 0 0 Jack Milne 2 0 0 1 3 6 Stan Greatrex 1 2 0 0 0 3 Bill Kitchen 3 2 2 3 3 13 Bob Harrison 0 1 2 2 0 5 Jack Hargreaves 0 1 1 1 0 3 Vic Duggan 2 3 2 3 1 11 Jack Parker 3 0 1 1 2 7 Alec Statham 1 2 0 2 5 Frank Goulden 0 2 1 0 1 4 Tommy Croombs 2 0 1 0 0 3 Arthur Atkinson 3 3 0 3 2 11 Eric Collins 1 3 2 0 1 7 George Wilks (res) 2 1 3 Morian Hansen (res) 0 2 2

Ht 1: Van Praag, Craven, Lawson, Price 75.5 Ht 2: Kitchen, Milne, Greatrex, Harrison 74.3 Ht 3: Parker, Duggan, Statham, Hargreaves 75.6 Ht 4: Atkinson, Croombs, Collins, Goulden 76.3 Ht 5: Van Praag, Goulden, Hargreaves, Milne 76.8 Ht 6: Duggan, Greatrex, Lawson, Croombs 77.4 Ht 7: Atkinson, Kitchen, Craven, Parker 75.7 Ht 8: Collins, Statham, Harrison, Price (f) 77.8 Ht 9: Van Praag, Collins, Parker, Greatrex 77.0 Ht 10: Lawson, Wilks, Milne (f), Atkinson (f) 76.8 Ht 11: Van Praag, Kitchen, Croombs, Statham 76.3 Ht 12: Kitchen, Duggan, Goulden, Hansen 76.5 Ht 13: Craven, Harrison, Hargreaves, Croombs 76.1 Ht 14: Lawson, Harrison, Parker, Goulden 77.6 Ht 15: Duggan, Craven, Milne, Collins 77.4 Ht 16: Atkinson, Hansen, Hargreaves, Greatrex 78.4 Ht 17: Van Praag, Atkinson, Duggan, Harrison 77.2 Ht 18: Kitchen, Lawson, Collins, Hargreaves 76.4 Ht 19: Craven, Statham, Goulden, Greatrex 78.4 Ht 20: Milne, Parker, Wilks, Croombs 77.2

Thursday, 24th August 1939, Empire Stadium, London England 71 Australia 36 (Test Match)

England Jack Parker 2 2’ 3 1 1’ 2 11 2 Arthur Atkinson 0 3 2’ 3 2 1’ 11 2 Bill Kitchen 3 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 3 15 3 Eric Langton 2 3 1 3 3 2’ 14 1 Tommy Price 3 3 0 3 0 0 9 Malcolm Craven 2’ 1 2 2’ 2 2 11 2 George Wilks (res) Alec Statham (res)

Australia Lionel Van Praag 3 1 1 2 1 3 11 Aub Lawson 1 0 3 0 0 1 5 Vic Duggan 1 2 1 1 3 3 11 Ray Duggan 0 0 0 0 0 Eric Collins 1 0 2 1 3 0 7 Ron Johnson 0 1 0 1 2 Charlie Spinks (res) 0 0 0 Bill Longley (res) 0 0 0

Ht 1: Van Praag, Parker, Lawson, Atkinson 74.8 2 4 2 4 Ht 2: Kitchen, Langton, V Duggan, R Duggan 76.2 5 1 7 5 Ht 3: Price, Craven, Collins, Johnson 76.8 5 1 12 6 Ht 4: Langton, Kitchen, Van Praag, Lawson 76.6 5 1 17 7 Ht 5: Price, V Duggan, Craven, R Duggan (f) 77.0 4 2 21 9 Ht 6: Atkinson, Parker, Johnson, Collins 77.6 5 1 26 10 Ht 7: Lawson, Craven, Van Praag, Price 78.0 2 4 28 14 Ht 8: Parker, Atkinson, V Duggan, R Duggan (exc start) 76.6 5 1 33 15 Ht 9: Kitchen, Collins, Langton, Johnson 78.8 4 2 37 17 Ht 10: Atkinson, Van Praag, Parker, Lawson 76.6 4 2 41 19 Ht 11: Langton, Kitchen, V Duggan, Longley 77.4 5 1 46 20 Ht 12: Price, Craven, Collins, Spinks 78.4 5 1 51 21 Ht 13: Langton, Kitchen, Van Praag, Lawson 76.6 5 1 56 22 Ht 14: V Duggan, Craven, R Duggan (exc), Price (f) 77.6 2 3 58 25 Ht 15: Collins, Atkinson, Parker, Longley or Spinks 78.2 3 3 61 28 Ht 16: Van Praag, Craven, Lawson, Price 77.6 2 4 63 32 Ht 17: V Duggan, Parker, Atkinson, Longley or Spinks 77.4 3 3 66 35 Ht 18: Kitchen, Langton, Johnson, Collins 78.4 5 1 71 36

Wednesday, 30th August 1939, Bannister Court, Southampton Southampton 62 Wembley 46 (National Trophy)

Southampton Cordy Milne 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Billy Dallison 0 3 3 0 3 9 Alf Kaines 2 1 1 1 3 8 Frank Goulden 0 1 1’ 2’ 3 1 8 2 Benny Kaufman 0 2’ 2 1 2’ 7 2 Syd Griffiths 2’ 3 2’ 0 2’ 9 3 Jim Boyd 2 1 3 Danny Lee 0 0 0

Wembley Tommy Price 2’ 2 0 1’ 1 6 Lionel Van Praag 3 1’ 2 3 3 2 14 1 Aub Lawson 1 2 1 0 0 4 Malcolm Craven 1 0 0 2 0 3 George Wilks 3 2 1 2’ 1 0 9 1 Morian Hansen 0 0 0 0 Cliff Parkinson 3 2’ 5 1 Andy Menzies 1 3 1 5

Ht 1: Van Praag, Kaines, Lawson, Goulden 69.2 2 4 2 4 Ht 2: Milne, Griffiths, Craven, Hansen 69.0 5 1 7 5 Ht 3: Wilks, Price, Kaines, Kaufman 70.4 1 5 8 10 Ht 4: Parkinson, Boyd, Menzies, Lee 70.0 2 4 10 14 Ht 5: Milne, Price, Van Praag, Dallison 70.2 3 3 13 17 Ht 6: Griffiths, Lawson, Kaines, Craven 69.8 4 2 17 19 Ht 7: Dallison, Wilks, Goulden, Hansen 68.6 4 2 21 21 Ht 8: Milne, Kaufman, Lawson, Price 74.2 5 1 26 22 Ht 9: Milne, Van Praag, Kaines, Hansen 69.4 4 2 30 24 Ht 10: Dallison, Griffiths, Wilks, Lawson 70.2 5 1 35 25 Ht 11: Van Praag, Kaufman, Goulden, Craven 68.2 3 3 38 28 Ht 12: Kaines, Craven, Price, Dallison 69.8 3 3 41 31 Ht 13: Van Praag, Wilks, Kaufman, Griffiths 69.0 1 5 42 36 Ht 14: Menzies, Parkinson, Boyd, Lee 69.6 1 5 43 41 Ht 15: Milne, Goulden, Wilks, Craven 71.2 5 1 48 42 Ht 16: Dallison, Kaufman, Menzies, Lawson 69.6 5 1 53 43 Ht 17: Goulden, Griffiths, Price, ? 70.8 5 1 58 44 Ht 18: Milne, Van Praag, Goulden, Wilks 67.4 4 2 62 46