PLYMOUTH 1947

Compiled by Hugh Vass

Update 31.1.2012

Thursday 24th April 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth The Lord Mayor’s Trophy

George Bason 3 3 3 3 3 15 Billy Newell 2 1 2 3 3 11 John Scott 0 3 1 1 2 7 Ron Lemon 1 1 0 0 E 2 Peter Robinson 3 3 2 3 2 13 Vic Bernard 0 1 1 0 1 3 Edward Tyler 1 0 0 0 1 Jim Cashmore 2 2 F 0 2 6 Matthew Hill 3 2 2 2 1 10 Bill Degan 2 2 1 0 0 5 Len Covell 1 2 0 1 1 5 Alf Boyce 0 0 0 1 0 1 Vic Collins 2 0 2 3 3 10 Broncho Slade Ken Slee 1 1 1 1 0 Ivan Kessell 0 3 3 2 2 10 Alf Simpson 0 Jimmy Squibb (res) 1 1 Des Tamblin (res) 3 3 6

Ht1 Bason, Newell, Lemon, Scott 87.8 Ht2 Robinson, Cashmore, Tyler, Bernard 88.0 Ht3 Hall, Deegan, Covell, Boyce 89.0 Ht4 Slade, Colins, Slee, Kessell 89.6 Ht5 Robinson, Hall, Newell, Collins 90.4 Ht6 Bason, Deegan, Bernard, Simpson 85.0 Ht7 Scott, Covell, Squibb 91.4 Ht8 Kesseell, Cashmore, Lemon, Boyce 86.8 Ht9 Kessell, Newell, Bernard, Covell 87.4 Ht10 Bason, Robinson, Slee, Boyce 86.4 Ht11 Newell, Slade, Boyce, Tyler 88.0 Ht12Tamblin, Collins, Deegan, Lemon (ns), Taylor(ns) 86.8 Ht13 Slade, Hall, Scott, Cashmore (f) 86.6 Ht14 Bason, Colins, Covell, Cashmore 87.0 Ht15 Robinson, Kessell, Scott, Deegan 86.4 Ht16 Tamblin, Hall, Slee, Lemon (ns), Bernard (ns) 86.0 Ht17 Newell, Cashmore, Slee, Deegan 88.6 Ht18 Bason, Kesell, Hall, Tyler 87.0 Ht19 Collins, Scott, Bernard, Boyce 92.0 Ht20 Slade, Robinson, Covell, Lemon (ef) 88.8

Thursday 1st May 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 33 Exeter Falcons 48 (Challenge)

Plymouth Billy Newell 2 2 0 3 7 Bill Deegan 1’ 1 2’ 2 6 2 Ivan Kessell 1 1 3 2 7 Jim Cashmore 0 3 1’ 2 6 1 Des Tamblin 3 2 1 N 6 Vic Bernard N 0 0 1’ 1 1 Len Covell 0 0 0 Ralph Westwood 0 N 0

Exeter Broncho Slade 0 0 3 3 6 Don Hardy 3 2 2’ 0 7 1 Cyril Roger 3 3 1’ X 7 1 Tom Crutcher 2’ 1 1 F 4 1 Allan Chambers 2 3 3 8 Ted Moore N 2’ 0 3 5 1 Charlie Hayden 3 2’ 3 8 1 Dink Philpotts 2 1 3

Ht1 Hardy, Newell, Deegan, Slade NA 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Roger, Crutcher, Kessell, Cashmore 88.8 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Tamblin, Chambers, Bernard (nf), Moore (nf) 89.8 3 2 7 10 Ht4 Hayden, Newell, Crutcher, Covell 87.4 2 4 9 14 Ht5 Cashmore, Hardy, Kessell, Slade 90.0 4 2 13 16 Ht6 Roger, Tamblin, Crutcher, Bernard 89.8 2 4 15 20 Ht7 Chambers, Moore, Deegan, Newell 88.8 1 5 16 25 Ht8 Kessell, Philpotts, Roger, Westwood 91.6 3 3 19 28 Ht9 Slade, Hardy, Tamblin, Bernard 88.4 1 5 20 33 Ht10 Newell, Deegan, Crutcher (f), Roger (fexc) 92.0 5 0 25 33 Ht11 Chambers, Kessell, Cashmore, Moore 88.6 3 3 28 36 Ht12 Slade, Hayden, Tamblin (nf), Westwood (nf) 89.0 0 5 28 41 Ht13 Hayden, Cashmore, Philpotts, Covell 87.8 2 4 30 45 Ht14 Moore, Deegan, Bernard, Hardy ?* 3 3 33 48

Junior Scurry Ht1 Mike Collins, Slee, Ed McSweeney, Westwood ? Ht2 [Hardy, Les Davies, Simpson, Freddie Toy] Not Raced

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Newell, Deegan, Hayden (nf), Grit Rogers (nf) Ht2 Slade, Cashmore, Kessell Ht3 Chambers, Moore, Tamblin, Bernard Ht4 Crutcher, Philpotts, Covell, Collins Final Chambers, Newell, Slade (f), Crutcher (nf) *Stadium speakers failed.

Monday 5th May 1947 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 47 Plymouth Devils 34 (Challenge)

Exeter Broncho Slade 1 3 3 3 10 Don Hardy 0 2’ 0 2’ 4 2 Allan Chambers 0 3 3 3 9 Tom Crutcher 3 2’ 2’ 0 7 2 Cyril Roger N 1’ 3 3 7 1 Ted Moore N 0 Charley Hayden 2’ 2 2 3 9 1 Bill Williams 1 0 0 1

Plymouth Billy Newell 3 1 2 2 8 Bill Deegan 2’ 0 1’ 0 3 2 Ivan Kessell 2 3 2 2 9 Jim Cashmore 1’ 1 0 1’ 3 2 Les Tamblin N 0 1 3 4 Len Covell 3 1 0 1 5 Mick Collins 0 1’ 1 1 A.Simpson 0 1 1

Ht1 Newell, Deegan, Slade, Hardy 89.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Crutcher, Kessell, Cashmore, Chambers 87.0 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Covell, Roger (nf), Moore (nf), Tamblin (nf) NotGiven 0 3 4 11 Ht4 Slade, Hayden, Cashmore, Collins 86.8 5 1 9 12 Ht5 Chambers, Crutcher, Newell, Deegan 87.2 5 1 14 13 Ht6 Kessell, Hayden, Roger, Cashmore 88.0 3 3 17 16 Ht7 Slade, Hardy, Covell, Tamblin 90.0 5 1 22 17 Ht8 Chambers, Kessell, Williams, Simpson 86.0 4 2 26 19 Ht9 Roger, Newell, Deegan, Williams 86.6 3 3 29 22 Ht10 Slade, Kessell, Cashmore, Hardy 85.8 3 3 32 25 Ht11 Chambers, Crutcher, Tamblin, Covell 88.0 5 1 37 26 Ht12 Roger, Newell, Collins, Williams 86.8 3 3 40 29 Ht13 Tamblin, Hayden, Simpson, Crutcher 86.4 2 4 42 33 Ht14 Hayden, Hardy, Covell, Deegan 90.0 5 1 47 34

Peamore Challenge Cup Philpotts, Gordon Taylor, Sid Davey, M.Collins 81.0

The Stars Scratch Race H1: Roger, Kessell, Newell, Hayden 87.8 Ht2: Slade, Tamblin, Deegan, Chambers 87.4 Final: Roger, Slade, Kessell, Tamblin (ns) 87.6

The Triers Scratch Race Hayden, Phillpotts, Williams, Nailor 92.0

Tuesday 6th May 1947 Bannister Court, Southampton Southampton Saints 54 Plymouth Devils 29 (Challenge)

Southampton Vic Collins 3 3 1’ 3 10 1 Matt Hall 0 0 George Bason 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Bob Oakley 2’ 3 2’ 3 10 2 Peter Robinson 3 3 3 3 12 John Scott 0 0 0 0 Ron Lemon 1 2 1 1 5 Jimmy Squibb 1 0 2’ 3 6 1

Plymouth Billy Newell 2 1 F 1 4 Bill Deegan 1’ 0 2 2 5 1 Ivan Kessell 0 2 2 2 6 Jim Cashmore 1 1’ 0 2 1 Des Tamblin 2 3 1 2 8 Len Covell 1’ 0 0 1’ 2 2 Mike Collins 2 0 2 Alf Simpson 0 0 0 0

Ht1 V.Colins, Newell, Deggan, Hall (f) 76.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Bason, Oakley, Cashmore, Kessell 75.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Robinson, Tamblin, Covell, Scott 76.0 3 3 11 7 Ht4 V.Collins, M.Collins, Lemon, Cashmore (ns) 78.2 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Oakley, Bason, Newell, Deegan 75.2 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Robinson, Kessell, Scott (nf), M.Collins 73.2 3 2 23 12 Ht7 Tamblin, Lemon, V.Collins, Covell 75.2 3 3 26 15 Ht8 Bason, Kessell, Squibb, Simpson 75.2 4 2 30 17 Ht9 Robinson, Deegan, Lemon, Newell (f) 73.8 4 2 34 19 Ht10 V.Collins, Kessell, Cashmore, Squibb 76.0 3 3 37 22 Ht11 Bason, Oakley, Tamblin, Covell 76.0 5 1 42 23 Ht12 Robinson, Squibb, Newell, Simpson 72.8 5 1 47 24 Ht13 Oakley, Tamblin, Lemon, Simpson 77.4 4 2 51 26 Ht14 Squibb, Deegan, Covell, Scott (ns) 78.8 3 3 54 29

Thursday 8th May 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 47 Southampton Saints 37 (Challenge)

Plymouth Billy Newell 3 2’ 2 2 9 1 Bill Deegan 1 1’ 1’ 2’ 5 3 Ivan Kessell 0 3 2 2 7 Jim Cashmore 1 1 1’ 2 5 1 Des Tamblin 0 2’ 2 1 Stan Lanfear 3 3 3 3 12 Len Covell 3 0 3 0 6 Vic Bernard 0 1 1

Southampton Vic Collins 2 2 2 2 8 Bert Croucher 0 0 1’ 1 2 1 George Bason 3 0 3 3 9 Ron Lemon 2’ 1 1 0 4 1 Peter Robinson 2 3 3 3 11 John Scott 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Alf Boyce 0 0 0 Jimmy Squibb 1 1 2

Ht1 Newell, Collins, Deegan, Croucher 87.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Bason, Lemon, Cashmore, Kessell 90.8 1 5 5 7 Ht3 Lanfear, Robinson, Scott, Tamblin 81.0 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Covell, Newell, Lemon, Boyce 90.8 5 1 13 11 Ht5 Kessell, Collins, Cashmore, Croucher 82.0 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Lanfear, Tamblin, Lemon, Bason 90.8 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Robinson, Neweel, Deegan, Scott 86.0 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Bason, Kessell, Squibb, Bernard 86.8 2 4 27 21 Ht9 Lanfear, Collins, Croucher, Covell 86.0 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Bason, Newell, Deegan, Lemon 85.0 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Robinson, Kessell, Cashmore, Scott 84.8 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Covell, Collins, Bernard, Boyce 92.6 4 2 40 32 Ht13 Robinson, Cashmore, Squibb, Covell 86.4 2 4 42 36 Ht14 Lanfear, Deegan, Croucher, Scott 90.0 5 1 47 37

Special Match Race 3 laps George Bason bt Stan Lanfear 64.0

Junior Scratch Race Covell, Slee, Simpson, ?.Boulting 93.0

The Pennycross Scraytch Race Ht1 V.Collins, Deegan, Squibb, Bernard 83.0 Ht2 Kessell, Croucher, M.Collins, Boyce 87.0 Ht3 Bason, Robinson, Croucher (nf), Lanfear (nf) 85.2 Ht4 Lemon, Cashmore, Scott, Slee 80.0 Final Bason, Kessell, V.Collins, Lemon 85.0

Wednesday 14th May 1947 Fazeley Stadium, Tamworth Tamworth Hounds 48 Plymouth Devils 38 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth Steve Langton 0 3 3 3 9 Bluey Thorpe 2 0 0 2’ 4 1 Jack Ladd 0 0 1 3 4 Ted Gibson 3 3 2’ F 8 1 Bill Harris 1 1 3 3 8 Vic Pitcher 3 3 F 3 9 Arthur Payne 2’ F 2 1 Al Collins 0 0 0

Plymouth Billy Newell 1 2 2 2 7 Bill Deegan 3 1’ F 1 5 1 Ivan Kessell 2 2 3 2 9 Des Tamblin 1’ 0 0 1’ 2 2 Stan Lanfear 2 2 0 3 7 Jim Cashmore 0 1’ 1 0 2 1 Len Covell 1 1’ 2’ 4 2 Vic Bernard 2’ 2 1

Ht1 Deegan, Thorpe, Newell, Langton 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Gibson, Kessell, Tamblin, Ladd 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Pitcher, Lanfear, Harris, Cashmore 4 2 9 9 Ht4 Langton, Payne, Covell, Tamblin 5 1 14 10 Ht5 Gibson, Newell, Deegan, Ladd 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Pitcher, Kessell, Harris, Tamblin 4 2 21 15 Ht7 Langton, Lanfear, Cashmore, Thorpe 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Kessell, Bernard, Ladd, Collins 1 5 25 23 Ht9 Harris, Newell, Pitcher (f), Deegan (f) 3 2 28 25 Ht10 Langton, Kessell, Tamblin, Thorpe 3 3 31 28 Ht11 Ladd, Gibson, Cashmore, Lanfear 5 1 36 29 Ht12 Harris, Newell, Covell, Collins 3 3 39 32 Ht13 Lanfear, Covell, Gibson (f), Payne (f) 0 5 39 37 Ht14 Pitcher, Thorpe, Deegan, Cashmore 5 1 44 38

Junior Scratch Race Ht1Ernie Silver, Owen Greenwood, Covell ? Ht2 Payne, ? Mason, Bernard, Bob Greaves ? Final Silver, Greenwood, Mason, Payne ?

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Langton, [Kessell, Lanfear, Thorpe] ? Ht2 Harris, [Deegan, Tamblin, Payne] ? Ht3 Newell, [Silver, Abbott] ? Ht4 Pitcher, [Gibson, Cashmore, Covell] ?

Thursday 15th May 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 41 Tamworth Hounds 43 (National League Division Three)

Plymouth Billy Newell 2 3 2 2 9 Bill Deegan 1’ 1’ 0 1’ 3 3 Ivan Kessell 3 0 2 3 8 Des Tamblin X 2 1 1 4 Stan Lanfear 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Jim Cashmore 0 3 0 2 5 Len Covell 1 0 1 Vic Bernard E 0 0

Tamworth Steve Langton 3 3 2 2 10 Bluey Thorpe 0 1 1’ 0 2 1 Jack Ladd 2 0 3 1 6 Ted Gibson 1’ 2 1 3 7 1 Bill Harris 1’ E 0 3 4 1 Vic Pitcher 2 3 2 3 10 Ernie Silver 0 1’ 1 1 Al Greenwood 1 2’ 3 1

Ht1 Langton, Newell, Deegan, Thorpe 87.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Kessell, Ladd, Gibson, Tamblin (exctps) 90.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Lanfear, Pitcher, Harris, Cashmore 86.8 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Newell, Gibson, Covell, Silver 89.6 4 2 13 11 Ht5 Langton, Tamblin, Thorpe, Kessell 88.2 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Cashmore, Lanfear, Gibson, Ladd 90.8 5 1 20 16 Ht7 Pitcher, Newell, Deegan, Harris (ef) 88.6 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Ladd, Kessell, Greenwood, Bernard (ef) 87.4 2 4 25 23 Ht9 Lanfear, Langton, Thorpe, Cashmore 87.0 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Gibson, Newell, Ladd, Deegan 88.0 2 4 30 30 Ht11 Kessell, Pitcher, Tamblin, Harris 86.8 4 2 34 32 Ht12 Lanfear, Langton, Silver, Bernard 87.6 3 3 37 35 Ht13 Harris, Greenwood, Tamblin, Covell 88.2 1 5 38 40 Ht14 Pitcher, Cashmore, Deegan, Thorpe 88.8 3 3 41 43

Junior Scurry Ht1 Slee, Mason, Freddie Toy (nf), Ted Golding (nf) 95.0 Ht2 Greenwood, M.Collins, Bernard, Dingle Davies* 90.0 *Dingo Davey ?

The Peverell Scratch Race Ht1 Newell, Langton, Thorpe, Deegan 87.6 Ht2 Gibson, Kessell, Ladd, Tamblin 86.8 Ht3 Lanfear, Pitcher, Harris, Cashmore 86.6 Ht4 Silver, Slee, Greenwood, Covell 91.2 Final Newell, Gibson, Silver, Lanfear (ef) 88.6

Thursday 22nd May 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 42 The Rest 42 (Challenge)

Plymouth Bill Sale 0 0 0 0 Bill Deegan 3 2 1 0 6 Ivan Kessell 3 3 3 3 12 Doug Bell 2’ 2’ 1 0 5 2 Stan Lanfear 3 3 3 3 12 Jim Cashmore 0 0 2’ 2 4 1 Len Covell 0 2 2 Ken Slee 1 0 0 1

The Rest Gil Blake 1’ 0 1 1’ 3 2 Les Jenkins 2 1 0 1 4 Don Hardy 2 3 5 Charlie Hayden 1 2’ 1’ 2’ 6 3 Jimmy Squibb 1’ 3 F 3 7 1 Bert Croucher 2 1 2 3 8 Tom Crutcher 0 3 2 2 7 Dingo Davey 1’ 1 2 1

Ht1 Deegan, Jenkins, Blake, Sale 88.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Kessell, Bell, Hayden, Crutcher 88.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Lanfear, Croucher, Squibb, Cashmore 85.8 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Crutcher, Hayden, Slee, Covell 88.0 1 5 12 12 Ht5 Kessell, Bell, Jenkins, Blake 89.8 5 1 17 13 Ht6 Lanfear, Crutcher, Hayden, Cashmore 86.2 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Squibb, Deegan, Croucher, Sale 88.4 2 4 22 20 Ht8 Kessell, Hardy, Davey, Slee 86.6 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Lanfear, Cashmore, Blake, Jenkins 90.8 5 1 30 24 Ht10 Hardy, Hayden, Deegan, Sale 88.6 1 5 31 29 Ht11 Kessell, Croucher, Bell, Squibb (f) 87.2 4 2 35 31 Ht12 Lanfear, Crutcher, Blake, Slee 87.0 3 3 38 34 Ht13 Squibb, Covell, Davey, Bell 88.4 2 4 40 38 Ht14 Croucher, Cashmore, Jenkins, Deegan 89.4 2 4 42 42

Junior Scurry 3 laps Ht1 Davey, Golding, Slee (ef), Toy (ns) 68.4 Ht2 Collins, Stan Field, Vic Gent (nf), Sale (f) 69.2

The Plymouth Scratch Race Ht1 Kessell, Hayden, Cashmore, Sale (f) 87.0 Ht2 Lanfear, Covell, Deegan, Bell (ns) 88.0 Ht3 Hardy, Squibb, Crutcher, Blake 88.2 Ht4 Croucher, Collins, Jenkins, Davey 89.0 Final Kessell, Hardy, Croucher, Lanfear 85.6

Thursday 29th May 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth British Riders’ Championship Qualifying Round

Bob Oakley 2 F 1 3 2 8 Vic Pitcher 3 3 3 1 2 12 Len Tuplin 1 2 1 F 2 6 Stan Lanfear 0 F F 2 0 2 Bill Deegan 1 0 2 1 1 5 Doug Bell 0 2 2 1 1 6 Alf Kaines 2 F 3 3 3 11 Cyril Roger 3 3 3 X 1 10 Jim Cashmore 0 1 0 0 0 1 Charlie Hayden 2 1 1 2 0 6 Ken Allick 1 1 0 2 2 6 Steve Langton 3 2 3 2 3 13 Sid Hazzard 0 2 2 X 0 4 Ivan Kessell 2 3 F 2 3 10 Harwood Pike 3 3 F 3 3 12 Broncho Slade 1 1 1 3 1 7

Ht1 Pitcher, Oakley, Tupling, Lanfear 82.2 Ht2 Roger, Kaines, Deegan, Bell 85.0 Ht3 Langton, Hayden, Allick, Cashmore 87.4 Ht4 Pike, Kessell, Slade, Hazzard 84.6 Ht5 Pitcher, Hazzard, Cashmore, Deegan 85.0 Ht6 Kessell, Bell, Hayden, Oakley (f) 86.8 Ht7 Pike, Tupling, Allick, Kaines (f) 85.0 Ht8 Roger, Langton, Slade, Lanfear (ef) 84.2 Ht9 Pitcher, Bell, Slade, Allick 84.2 Ht10 Langton, Deegan, Oakley, Pike (f) 85.6 Ht11 Kaines, Langton, Pitcher, Kessell 84.4 Ht12 Kaines, Hazzard, Hayden, Lanfear (f) 86.6 Ht13 Roger, Kessell, Tupling, Cashmore 86.2 Ht14 Oakley, Allick, Roger (fexc), Hazzard (fexc) 87.0 Ht15 Slade, Hayden, Deegan, Tupling (f) 86.6 Ht16 Pike, Lanfear, Bell, Cashmore 85.6 Ht17 Pike, Pitcher, Roger, Hayden (ns) 86.0 Ht18 Kaines, Oakley, Slade, Cashmore 86.2 Ht19 Langton, Tupling, Bell, Hazzard 86.8 Ht20 Kessell, Allick, Deegan, Lanfear 88.0

Thursday 5th June 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 43 Wombwell Colliers 40 (National League Division Three)

Plymouth Jim Cashmore 1 2 3 0 6 Stan Lanfear 3 2’ 2 2’ 9 2 Bill Deegan 0 0 F 0 Bill Sale 2 3 1’ X 6 1 Ivan Kessell 3 1 1’ 1’ 6 2 Doug Bell 1 0 2 3 6 Ralph Westwood 1’ 2 3 6 1 Len Covell 2 2 4

Wombwell Len Tupling 2 2 3 3 10 Jeff Bishop 0 1’ 0 1 2 1 Harwood Pike 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Bernard Thomas 1 3 3 1 8 Sam Marsland 0 1 3 F 4 Gerry Williams 2 0 X 0 2 Jack Schofield 0 0 0 Fred Wright 1 2 3

Ht1 Lanfear, Tupling, Cashmore, Bishop 92.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Pike, Sale, Thomas, Deegan 87.2 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Kessell, Williams, Bell, Marsland 90.0 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Thomas, Cashmore, Westwood, Schofield 86.0 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Sale, Tupling, Bishop, Deegan 90.0 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Thomas, Pike, Kessell, Bell 86.0 1 5 17 19 Ht7 Cashmore, Lanfear, Marsland, Williams 89.0 5 1 22 20 Ht8 Pike, Covell, Wright, Deegan (f) 87.0 2 4 24 24 Ht9 Tupling, Bell, Kessell, Bishop 86.6 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Pike, Lanfear, Thomas, Cashmore 84.0 2 4 29 31 Ht11 Marsland, Westwood, Sale, Williams (exc) 91.6 3 3 32 34 Ht12 Tupling, Covell, Kessell, Schofield 89.0 3 3 35 37 Ht13 Westwood, Wright, Marsland (f), Sale (exc) 92.2 3 2 38 39 Ht14 Bell, Lanfear, Bishop, Williams 88.0 5 1 43 40

Junior Scurry Ht1 Covell, George Argrave, Golding, Slee 90.0 Ht2 Gent, Schofield, Wright, McSweeney 89.6

The Plymouth Hurricane Ht1 Lanfear, Cashmore, Sale (ef), Cashmore (nf) 85.0 Ht2 Tupling, Pike, Schofield, Wright 85.0 Ht3 Deegan, Bishop (f), Thomas (f), Bell (f) 87.0 Ht4 Argrave, Gent, Covell, Westwood 88.4 Final Lanfear, Deegan, Tuplin, Argrave 85.6

Friday 6th June 1947 South Yorkshire Sports Stadium, Wombwell Wombwell Colliers 54 Plymouth Devils 30 (National League Division Three)

Wombwell Len Tupling 2 3 3 3 11 Jeff Bishop 1’ 2’ 1 3 7 2 Harwood Pike 3 2 3 3 11 Gerry Williams 2’ 1’ 3 2 Red Hamley 2’ 1’ 2’ 2 7 3 Bert Thomas 3 2 3 2’ 10 1 Jack Schofield X 0 0 Phil Dargue 2’ 0 1’ 2 5 2

Plymouth Stan Lanfear 3 3 X 0 6 Jim Cashmore 0 0 1 1 2 Bill Deegan 1 3 0 2 6 Bill Sale 0 0 0 Ivan Kessell 1 1 2 3 7 Doug Bell 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 Len Covell 2 0 3 5 Ralph Westwood 1’ 1 1 3 1

Ht1 Lanfear, Tupling, Bishop, Cashmore 85.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Pike, Williams, Deegan, Sale 90.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Thomas, Hamley, Kessell, Bell 89.0 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Tupling, Covell, Westwood, Schofield (exc) 93.6 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Lanfear, Pike, Williams, Cashmore 89.0 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Deegan, Thomas, Hamley, Covell 91.8 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Tupling, Bishop, Kessell, Bell 90.2 5 1 27 15 Ht8 Pike, Dargue, Westwood, Deegan 94.2 5 1 32 16 Ht9 Thomas, Hamley, Cashmore, Lanfear (exc) 94.6 5 1 37 17 Ht10 Tupling, Deegan, Bishop, Sale 90.4 4 2 41 19 Ht11 Pike, Kessell, Bell, Dargue 91.0 3 3 44 22 Ht12 Covell, Hamley, Dargue, Lanfear 95.0 3 3 47 25 Ht13 Kessell, Dargue, Westwood, Schofield (ns) 92.0 2 4 49 29 Ht14 Bishop, Thomas, Cashmore, Bell 94.8 5 1 54 30

Two Lap Dash Ht1: Len Tupling bt Stan Lanfear 44.0 Ht2: Ivan Kessell bt Harwood Pike (exc) 44.8

Reserves Race Dargue, Covell, Westwood, Wright 93.4

Novice Race Harrison, Cliffe, Moulson, J.Marchant 97.6

Wombwell Scurry Ht1: Hamley, Bishop, Cliffe, Cashmore 94.0 Ht2: Deegan, Covell, Thomas (3 riders only) 93.6

Thursday 12th June 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 40 Cradley Heath Cubs 42 (National League Division Three)

Plymouth Bill Deegan 0 3 F F 3 Stan Lanfear 3 3 3 3 12 Len Gore 0 1’ 1 1 Alex Gray 2 2 1 2 7 Ivan Kessell 3 3 3 3 12 Doug Bell 0 1 N 0 1 Bill Sale F F 0 Jim Cashmore 0 2 1 1’ 4 1

Cradley Heath Les Beaumont 2 3 2 2 9 Ray Beaumont 1’ 1 N 1’ 3 2 Geoff Bennett 3 2 3 2 10 Stan Crouch 1 1’ F F 2 1 Jim Wright 2 1’ 2’ 3 8 2 Eric Irons 1’ 2 3 2 8 1 Alan Briggs 2 0 2 Alan Hunt 0 0 0

Ht1 Lanfear, L.Beaumont, R.Beaumont, Deegan 84.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Bennett, Gray, Crouch, Gore 84.8 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Kessell, Wright, Irons, Bell 85.8 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Deegan, Briggs, Crouch, Sale (f) 88.0 3 3 11 13 Ht5 L.Beaumont, Gray, R.Beaumont, Cashmore 85.2 2 4 13 17 Ht6 Kessell, Bennett, Bell, Crouch (ef) 86.0 4 2 17 19 Ht7 Lanfear, Irons, Wright, Deegan (f) 84.8 3 3 20 22 Ht8 Bennett, Cashmore, Gore, Hunt 87.8 3 3 23 25 Ht9 Kessell, L.Beaumont (f, push), Bell (nf), R.Beaumont (nf) 85.4 3 2 26 27 Ht10 Lanfear, Bennett, Deegan (f), Crouch (f) 88.4 3 2 29 29 Ht11 Irons, Wright, Gray, Sale (f) 89.0 1 5 30 34 Ht12 Kessell, L.Beaumont, Cashmore, Briggs 84.6 4 2 34 36 Ht13 Wright, Gray, Cashmore, Hunt 87.6 3 3 37 39 Ht14 Lanfear, Irons, R.Beaumont, Bell 86.2 3 3 40 42

Junior Scurry H1 Slee, Cashmore, Argrave, McSweeney 86.6 Ht2 Gent, Briggs, Hunt, Sale (ns) 92.0

The Plymouth Hurricane Ht1 Kessell, Lanfear, Gray, Bell 84.6 Ht2 Irons, Bennett, Crouch, L.Beaumont (f) 86.8 Ht3 Deegan, Wrightm R.Beaumont, Gore 88.0 Ht4 Argrave, Slee, Collins, 3 only 87.8 Final Kessell, Irons, Deegan (f), Argrave (nf) 85.4

Thursday 19th June 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth West of England 37 The North 45 (Challenge)

West of England George Bason 1’ 3 3 3 10 1 Alf Kaines 2 1 2’ 3 8 1 Broncho Slade 1 1 3 3 8 Cyril Roger 0 0 Charlie Challis 0 0 1 Len Gore 1 1 2 1 4 George Argrave 1 N 0 1 Ken Slee 0 X 1 1’ 2 1 Des Tamblin 2 1 3

The North Steve Langton 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Ted Gibson 0 3 X 3 Bill Harris 3 3 2 1 9 Arthur Payne 2’ 2 2’ F 6 2 Jack Kidd 2’ 2 2 3 9 1 Reg Challenger 3 0 3 Cliff Crothers 0 F 0 2 2’ 4 1 Dick Shepherd E 0

Ht1 Langton, Kaines, Bason, Gibson 84.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Harris, Payne, Slade, Roger 83.2 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Challenger, Kidd, Gore, Challis (ef) 86.0 1 5 5 13 Ht4 Bason, Payne, Argrave, Crothers 83.6 4 2 9 15 Ht5 Gibson, Langton, Slade, Slee 85.0 1 5 10 20 Ht6 Harris, Payne, Gore, Challis (ef) 83.8 1 5 11 25 Ht7 Bason, Kidd, Kaines, Challenger 87.2 4 2 15 27 Ht8 Slade, Harris, Shepherd (ef,f,inj), Slee (exc) 87.0 3 2 18 29 Ht9 Langton, Gore, Gibson (fexc inj), Argrave (ns) 91.0 2 3 20 32 Ht10 Bason, Kaines, Harris, Payne (f) 86.6 5 1 25 33 Ht11 Slade, Kidd, Slee, Crothers (f) 87.0 4 2 29 35 Ht12 Langton, Tamblin, Slee, Crothers 87.5 3 3 32 38 Ht13 Kidd, Crothers, Tamblin, Argrave 85.6 1 5 33 43 Ht14 Kaines, Crothers, Gore, Gibson (ns) 88.6 4 2 37 45

One Lap Flying Start Des Tamblin 20.0 Steve Langton 19.2

Plymouth Juniors 13 The Rest 21 Plymouth Vic Gent 3 3 6 Ken Slee 0 1 1 George Argrave 2 0 2 Reg Robins 1’ 1 2 1 Ed McSweeney N F 0 Broncho Slade N 2 2

The Rest Arthur Payne 2 2 Bill Harris 1’ N 1 1 Cliff Cothers 3 2 5 Dingo Davey 0 0 Des Tamblin 3 3 6 Ernie Evans 2’ 2’ 4 2 Len Gore 0 0 George Bason 3 3 Ht1 Gent, Payne, Harris, Slee 87.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Crothers, Argrave, Robins, Davey 87.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Tamblin, Evans, Slade (nf), McSweeney (ns) 88.6 0 5 6 11 Ht4 Gent, Crothers, Slee, Gore 88.6 4 2 10 13 Ht5 Tamblin, Evans, Robins, Argrave 87.5 1 5 11 18 Ht6 Bason, Slade, Harris (nf), McSweeney (f) ? 2 3 13 21

Thursday 19th June 1947 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke Stoke Potters 59 Plymouth Devils 23 (National League Division Three)

Stoke Dick Howard 0 2 3 2’ 7 1 Dave Anderson 3 2’ 3 2’ 10 2 Cyril Page 1 3 0 3 7 Ray Harris 3 1 2’ 2’ 8 2 George Fisher 3 3 1 3 10 Reg Gregory 1 1 3 3 8 Les Jenkins 1’ 3 2’ 3 9 2 Bert Danner inj

Plymouth Bill Deegan 1’ 2 0 0 3 1 Stan Lanfear 2 0 2 0 4 Len Covell 0 0 1 0 1 Alec Gray 2 3 2 1 8 Ivan Kessell 2 1 1 N 4 Doug Bell 0 0 0 0 Harold Sharpe 0 0 Ralph Westwood 2’ 1 N 3 1

Ht1 Anderson, Lanfear, Deegan, Howard 82.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Harris, Gray, Page, Covell 81.6 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Fisher, Kessell, Gregory, Bell 82.8 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Gray, Howard, Jenkins, Sharpe 83.5 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Page, Deegan, Harris, Lanfear 86.0 4 2 18 12 Ht6 Fisher, Gray, Gregory, Covell 86.4 4 2 22 14 Ht7 Howard, Anderson, Kessell, Bell 85.0 5 1 27 15 Ht8Jenkins, Westwood, Covell, Page (Danner inj) 83.4 3 3 30 18 Ht9 Gregory, Lanfear, Fisher, Deegan 85.6 4 2 34 20 Ht10 Anderson, Howard, Gray, Covell 81.6 5 1 39 21 Ht11 Page, Harris, Kessell, Bell 82.6 5 1 44 22 Ht12 Fisher, Jenkins, Westwood, Deegan 84.8 5 1 49 23 Ht13 Jenkins, Harris, Westwood (nf), Kessell (nf) 84.6 5 0 54 23 Ht14 Gregory, Anderson, Lanfear (nf), Bell (nf) 86.6 5 0 59 23

All Stars’ Match Race Stan Lanfear bt Dave Anderson 81.0

Junior Scratch Race Brian Gorman, Dick Morgan, [Nobby Faulkner, Pete Lansdale] 88.8

The Potteries Scratch Race Ht1: Page, Lanfear, Covell, Harris 84.0 Ht2: Anderson, Kessell, Gorman, Blake 83.4 Ht3: Fisher, Jenkins, Gray, Morgan 83.8 Ht4: Gregory, Howard, Danner, Deegan ? Final: [Page, Anderson, Fisher, Gregory] ?

Thursday 26th June 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 41 Stoke Potters 42 (National League Division Three)

Plymouth Stan Lanfear 2 2 3 E 7 Alex Gray 0 1 1 0 2 Charlie Challis 3 0 3 E 6 Harold Sharpe 2’ 1 2 E 5 1 Ivan Kessell 3 3 3 3 12 Vic Gent 1 1 2 Doug Bell 1’ 1 3 1 6 1 Bill Deegan 1 0 1

Stoke Dick Howard 1 3 E 1’ 5 1 Dave Anderson 3 2’ 2 2’ 9 2 Les Jenkins N X 2 3 5 Reg Gregory N 3 2 2’ 7 1 Cyril Page 0 0 1 2 3 Ray Harris 2 2 3 3 10 George Fisher 0 2 2 Gil Blake 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Anderson, Lanfear, Howard, Gray 84.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Challis, Sharpe, Jenkins (nf), Gregory (nf) 89.2 5 0 7 4 Ht3 Kessell, Harris, Gent, Page 86.0 4 2 11 6 Ht4 Gregory, Lanfear, Bell, Fisher 85.6 3 3 14 9 Ht5 Howard, Anderson, Sharpe, Challis 83.6 1 5 15 14 Ht6 Kessell, Gregory, Gent, Jenkins (exctps) 84.6 4 2 19 16 Ht7 Lanfear, Harris, Gray, Page 85.6 4 2 23 18 Ht8 Challis, Jenkins, Deegan, Blake 83.4 4 2 27 20 Ht9 Kessell, Anderson, Bell, Howard (ef) 83.6 4 2 31 22 Ht10 Jenkins, Gregory, Gray, Lanfear (ef) 85.8 1 5 32 27 Ht11 Harris, Sharpe, Page, Challis (ef) 86.6 2 4 34 31 Ht12 Kessell. Fisher, Howard, Deegan 86.2 3 3 37 34 Ht13 Bell, Page, Blake, Sharpe (ef) 85.0 3 3 40 37 Ht14 Harris, Anderson, Bell. Gray 85.6 1 5 41 42

Junior Scurry Blake, Slee, Deegan (frmtd), Sale (frmtdf) 87.8

The Plymouth Hurricane Ht1 Kessell, Lanfear, Sharpe (f), Gray (f) 83.0 Ht2 Page, Gregory, Anderson, Howard 86.8 Ht3 Challis, Gent, Harris (f), Jenkins (ef) 85.4 Ht4 Blake, Bell, Fisher, Sale (f) 86.8 Final Kessell, Page, Challis, Blake 85.6

Thursday 3rd July 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 41 Southampton Saints 54 (Midlands v South Cup)

Plymouth Stan Lanfear 1 F 3 2’ 1 7 1 Doug Bell 1 1 F 1 0 3 Charlie Challis 2 2 3 3 0 10 Harold Sharpe 1’ 0 F 0 1’ 2 2 Ivan Kessell 0 2’ 2 2 2 8 1 Alex Gray 3 2’ 1 0 6 1 Vic Gent 3 2 5 Bill Sale F 0

Southampton Vic Collins 1 3 1 2’ 7 1 Bob Oakley 3 2’ 1 1 1 8 1 Bert Croucher 0 1 2’ 1 4 1 Alf Kaines 0 0 3 3 2’ 8 1 Peter Robinson 3 3 3 3 3 15 Jimmy Squibb 2 2’ 0 3 3 10 1 Pete Lansdale 0 0 Matt Hall 0 2 0 2

Ht1 Oakley, Challis, Sharpe, Croucher 80.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Gray, Squibb, Lanfear, Kaines 83.6 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Robinson, Challis, Collins, Kessell 83.6 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Collins, Oakley, Bell, Lanfear (f) 85.2 1 5 10 14 Ht5 Challis, Gray, Croucher, Kaines 84.0 5 1 15 15 Ht6 Robinson, Squibb, Bell, Sharpe 84.6 1 5 16 20 Ht7 Lanfear, Kessell, Collins, Hall 85.0 5 1 21 21 Ht8 Challis, Lanfear, Oakley, Squibb 83.0 5 1 26 22 Ht9 Kaines, Croucher, Gray, Bell (f) 85.8 1 5 27 27 Ht10 Robinson, Kessell, Oakley, Sharpe (f) 83.4 2 4 29 31 Ht11 Kaines, Collins, Bell, Challis 85.0 1 5 30 36 Ht12 Gent, Hall, Sale (f), Lansdale (fpush) 88.0 3 2 33 38 Ht13 Robinson, Kessell, Oakley, Gray 83.6 2 4 35 42 Ht14 Robinson, Kaines, Lanfear, Sharpe 84.0 1 5 36 47 Ht15 Squibb, Kessell, Croucher, Bell 83.8 2 4 38 51 Ht16 Squibb, Gent, Sharpe, Hall 83.8 3 3 41 54

The Starlets Scratch Race Slee, Hall, R.Maxtead, Gent (f) 89.0 Ht2 Croucher, Gray, Lansdale, 3 only 84.6 Final Croucher, Gray, Hall, Slee 85.4

Plymouth Tornado Robinson, Squibb, Kessell, Lanfear 83.8

Saturday 5th July 1947 Arlington, Eastbourne Eastbourne Eagles 56 Plymouth Devils 27 (National League Division Three)

Eastbourne Ken Tidbury 0 3 2 2’ 7 1 Jim Coy 3 1’ 3 2’ 9 2 Wally Green 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Jock Grierson 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 Harry Saunders 1 1 N 2 4 Basil Harris 3 3 3 3 12 Ron Clark 0 1 1 Basil Bumstead 1 1’ 2 1

Plymouth Alex Gray 2 1 2 3 8 Stan Lanfear 1’ 0 N 0 1 1 Charlie Challis 2 2 0 4 Harold Sharpe 1 0 0 1 2 Ivan Kessell 2 3 0 2 7 Vic Gent 0 0 1 1 2 Ralph Westwood 0 2 0 2 Bill Sale 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Coy, Gray, Lanfear, Tidbury 73.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Grierson, Green, Sharpe, Westwood 76.6 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Harris, Kessell, Saunders, Gent 75.4 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Tidbury, Westwood, Clark, Sharpe 76.6 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Green, Grierson, Gray, Lanfear 75.6 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Harris, Challis, Saunders, Sharpe 74.6 4 2 25 11 Ht7 Kessell, Tidbury, Coy, Gent 76.2 3 3 28 14 Ht8 Green, Challis, Bumstead, Sale 75.2 4 2 32 16 Ht9 Harris, Gray, Saunders (nf), Lanfear (nf) 73.8 3 2 35 18 Ht10 Coy, Tidbury, Sharpe, Challis 75.2 5 1 40 19 Ht11 Green, Grierson, Gent, Kessell 75.6 5 1 45 20 Ht12 Gray, Saunders, Bumstead, Westwood 74.4 3 3 48 23 Ht13 Grierson, Kessell, Sale, Clark 75.0 3 3 51 26 Ht14 Harris, Coy, Gent, Lanfear 74.2 5 1 56 27

Future Stars Scratch Race Ht1: Sivyer, M.Tams, Griffiths, Angell (ns) 80.0 Ht2: L.Tams, Haysman, Dan English, Bill Moore (ns) 82.5 Final: Sivyer, M.Tams, L.Tams, Haysman 78.4

Reserves Scratch Race Gent, Westwood, Clark, Bumstead 78.0

Runners Up Scratch Race Gray, Saunders, Kessell, Tidbury 74.6

Senior Scratch Race Coy, Harris, Green, Grierson 78.4

Monday 7th July 1947 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 55 Plymouth Devils 28 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Broncho Slade F 0 F 0 Don Hardy 3 3 2 2’ 10 1 Allan Chambers 3 3 2 1 9 Les Trim 1 2’ 3 2 8 1 Cyril Roger 3 1 2’ 3 9 1 Tom Crutcher 1 3 3 3 10 John Myson 3 2’ 1’ 6 2 Sid Hazzard 1’ 2’ 3 2

Plymouth Stan Lanfear F 0 Doug Bell 2 1 1 1 5 Charlie Challis 2 2 3 3 10 Harold Sharpe 0 1’ 0 1 2 1 Ivan Kessell 2 1 2 3 8 Alex Gray 0 0 0 0 Vic Gent 2 0 1 0 3 Bill Williams 0 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Hardy, Bell, Slade (f), Lanfear (f) 87.5 3 2 3 2 Ht2 Chambers, Challis, Trim, Sharpe 86.0 4 2 7 4 Ht3 Roger, Kessell, Crutcher, Gray 83.5 4 2 11 6 Ht4 Myson, Gent, Sharpe, Slade 89.0 3 3 14 9 Ht5 Chambers, Trim, Bell, Williams 88.0 5 1 19 10 Ht6 Crutcher, Challis, Roger, Sharpe 86.6 4 2 23 12 Ht7 Hardy, Myson, Kessell, Gray 88.0 5 1 28 13 Ht8 Challis, Chambers, Hazzard, Williams 85.0 3 3 31 16 Ht9 Crutcher, Roger, Bell, Gent 88.0 5 1 36 17 Ht10 Challis, Hardy, Sharpe, Slade 86.0 2 4 38 21 Ht11 Trim. Kessell, Chambers, Gray 89.0 4 2 42 23 Ht12 Roger, Hazzard, Gent, Williams 85.0 5 1 47 24 Ht13 Kessell, Trim, Myson, Gent 85.0 3 3 50 27 Ht14 Crutcher, Hardy, Bell, Williams 88.2 5 1 55 28

Trier’s Scratch Race Taylor, Baker, Robins, Nailor (ns) 86.0

Novices Race Phil Baker, Plain, W.Aggett 96.0

Exeter Scratch Race Ht1: Myson, Challis, Slade, Taylor 86.4 Ht2: Kessell, Hardy, Chambers, Bell 86.0 Ht3: Roger, Trim, Sharpe, Gray (ns) 85.4 Ht4: Gent, Hazzard, Nailor, Roger 90.2 Final: Roger, Myson, Gent, Kessell 85.0

Thursday 10th July 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 40 Exeter Falcons 43 (National League Division Three)

Plymouth Doug Bell 2 2 1 2 7 Mal Hogan 0 0 0 Harold Sharpe 1 2 F 3 Charlie Challis 3 3 3 3 12 Alex Gray 2’ 2 2’ 2 8 2 Ivan Kessell 3 F 3 3 9 Vic Gent F E 1 0 1 Ralph Westwood 0 0 F 0

Exeter Broncho Slade 1 2 0 1 4 Don Hardy 3 1’ 1 2 7 1 Cyril Roger X 3 3 3 9 Allan Chambers 2 1 F 1 4 Les Trim 1 2’ 1’2 6 2 Tom Crutcher X 2 2 John Myson 3 3 3 1’ 10 1 Sid Hazzard 1 0 1

Ht1 Hardy, Bell, Slade, Hogan 86.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Challis, Chambers, Sharpe, Roger (fexc) 85.0 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Kessell, Gray, Trim, Crutcher (fexc) 86.8 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Myson, Bell, Chambers, Gent (f) 86.8 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Challis, Slade, Hardy, Westwood 84.8 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Roger, Gray, Chambers (f), Kessell (f) 84.6 2 3 18 17 Ht7 Myson, Trim, Bell, Hogan 84.8 1 5 19 22 Ht8 Roger, Sharpe, Hazzard, Westwood 84.4 2 4 21 26 Ht9 Kessell, Gray, Hardy, Slade 86.4 5 1 26 27 Ht10 Roger, Bell, Chambers, Gent (ef) 85.6 2 4 28 31 Ht11 Challis, Crutcher, Trim, Sharpe (f) 84.6 3 3 31 34 Ht12 Myson, Gray, Slade, Westwood (f) 84.6 2 4 33 38 Ht13 Challis, Trim, Gent, Hazzard 85.8 4 2 37 40 Ht14 Kessell, Hardy, Myson, Gent 83.4 3 3 40 43

Junior Scurry Slee, Westwood, Gent (f), Alf Boyce (ns) 89.0

The Plymouth Hurricane Ht1 Kessell, Chambers, Bell, Sharpe (f) 86.2 Ht2 Roger, Slade, Challis, Trim (f) 85.0 Ht3 Hardy, Hogan, Crutcher (f), Gent (?) 85.4 Ht4 Myson, Slee, Hazzard, Westwood 86.0 Final Kessell, Roger, Hardy, Myson (ef) 82.6

Tuesday 15th July 1947 Bannister Court, Southampton Southampton Saints 49 Plymouth Devils 34 (National League Division Three)

Southampton Vic Collins F 0 Bob Oakley 3 2 3 3 11 George Bason 3 3 3 0 9 Alf Kaines 0 F 1 2 3 Peter Robinson 3 3 3 3 12 Jimmy Squibb 0 1 2’ 1 4 1 Bert Croucher 3 1’ 2’ 0 6 2 Pete Lansdale 0 2’ 2’ 4 2

Plymouth Vic Gent 1’ 2 1 1 5 1 Harold Sharpe 2 F 0 2 Charlie Challis 2 2 1 0 5 Doug Bell 1’ 2 0 1 4 1 Ivan Kessell 1’ 0 2’ 3 6 2 Alex Gray 2 3 3 2 10 Ken Slee 1’ 0 0 1 1 Jack Milross 0 1 1

Ht1 Oakley, Sharpe, Gent, Collins (f) 75.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Bason, Challis, Bell, Kaines 75.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Robinson, Gray, Kessell, Squibb 72.8 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Croucher, Bell, Slee, Lansdale 77.2 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Bason, Gent, Kaines (f), Sharpe (f) 76.4 3 2 15 14 Ht6 Robinson, Challis, Squibb, Bell 74.6 4 2 19 16 Ht7 Gray, Oakley, Croucher, Kessell 74.4 3 3 22 19 Ht8 Bason, Lansdale, Challis, Milross 76.6 5 1 27 20 Ht9 Robinson, Squibb, Gent, Slee 76.4 5 1 32 21 Ht10 Oakley, Croucher, Bell, Challis 75.8 5 1 37 22 Ht11 Gray, Kessell, Kaines, Bason 73.8 1 5 38 27 Ht12 Robinson, Lansdale, Gent, Slee 77.8 5 1 43 28 Ht13 Kessell, Kaines, Milross, Croucher 75.0 2 4 45 32 Ht14 Oakley, Gray, Squibb, Sharpe 76.6 4 2 49 34

Thursday 17th July 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 30 Eastbourne Eagles 54 (National League Division Three)

Plymouth Alex Gray 3 2 2 0 7 Ivan Kessell 2’ 1’ 2 2 7 2 Harold Sharpe 1 0 0 2 3 Dick Shepherd 0 0 Doug Bell F 0 1 3 4 Billy Newell 1 1 3 1’ 6 1 Vic Gent 0 1 F X 1 Ken Slee 1 F 1 2

Eastbourne Ken Tidbury 0 2’ 0 1’ 3 2 Jim Coy 1 3 2 0 6 Wally Green 3 3 3 3 12 Jock Grierson 2’ 3 2’ 1 8 2 Harry Saunders 2’ 0 1 2’ 5 2 Basil Harris 3 3 3 3 12 Ron Clark 1 2 3 Bob Sivyer 2’ 3 5 1

Ht1 Gray, Kessell, Coy, Tidbury 84.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Green, Grierson, Sharpe, Shepherd 86.6 1 5 6 6 Ht3 Harris, Saunders, Newell, Bell (f) 86.4 1 5 7 11 Ht4 Grierson, Gray, Clark, Gent 84.6 2 4 9 15 Ht5 Coy, Tidbury, Gent, Sharpe 85.2 1 5 10 20 Ht6 Green, Grierson, Newell, Bell 85.2 1 5 11 25 Ht7 Harris, Gray, Kessell, Saunders 84.4 3 3 14 28 Ht8 Green, Sivyer, Slee, Sharpe 87.0 1 5 15 33 Ht9 Newell, Coy, Bell, Tidbury 85.4 4 2 19 35 Ht10 Green, Kessell, Grierson, Gray 83.2 2 4 21 39 Ht11 Harris, Sharpe, Saunders, Gent (f) 84.8 2 4 23 43 Ht12 Bell, Clark, Tidbury, Slee (f) 89.0 3 3 26 46 Ht13 Sivyer, Saunders, Slee, Gent (fexc) 88.6 1 5 27 51 Ht14 Harris, Kessell, Newell, Coy 84.6 3 3 30 54

The Plymouth Super Hurricane Ht1 [McSweeney, Boyce, Toy Evans] not raced Ht2 Saunders, Clark, Bell, Slee 89.2 Ht3 Coy, Grierson, Sharpe, Sivyer 85.2 Ht4 Harris, Gray, Boyce, Gent (f) 84.0 SF1 Saunders, Tidbury, Newell, Toy 87.6 SF2 Green, Kessell, Coy, Harris 84.4 Final Green, Saunders, Kessell, Tidbury 83.4

Saturday 19th July 1947 Arlington, Eastbourne Eastbourne Eagles 60 Plymouth Devils 34 (Midland v South Cup)

Eastbourne Ken Tidbury 0 3 2’ 1 6 1 Jimmy Coy 2 3 3 3 1 12 Wally Green 2’ 3 3 3 3 14 1 Jock Grierson 3 1 2’ 3 9 1 Harry Saunders 2’ 0 0 0 2 1 Basil Harris 3 3 2 1 9 Ron Clark 1 N 2’ 3 1 Bob Sivyer 0 2 3 5

Plymouth Ivan Kessell 1 0 1 3 0 5 Alex Gray 3 2 3 2 2 12 Charlie Challis Billy Newell 1 2 1’ 2 6 1 Harold Sharpe 1 1 1 N 3 Bill Sale 0 0 0 0 0 Vic Gent 2 0 1 N 3 Jack Milross 0 1’ 2 2 X 5 1

Ht1 Gray, Coy, Kessell, Tidbury 73.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Grierson, Green, Newell 74.4 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Harris, Saunders, Sharpe, Sale 74.0 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Tidbury, Gent, Clark, Milross 73.8 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Green, Gray, Grierson, Kessell 73.4 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Harris, Newell, Milross, Saunders 76.0 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Coy, Tidbury, Sharpe, Sale 75.2 5 1 28 14 Ht8 Green, Milross, Newell, Sivyer 73.6 3 3 31 17 Ht9 Gray, Harris, Kessell, Saunders 73.0 2 4 33 21 Ht10 Coy, Newell, Tidbury, Gent 75.2 4 2 37 23 Ht11 Green, Grierson, Sharpe, Sale 75.2 5 1 42 24 Ht12 Kessell, Sivyer, Gent, Saunders 74.4 2 4 44 28 Ht13 Grierson, Milross, Clark (nf), Sharpe (nf) 74.6 3 2 47 30 Ht14 Coy, Gray, Harris, Sale 72.8 4 2 51 32 Ht15 Sivyer, Clark, Gent (nf), Milross (exctps) 77.6 5 0 56 32 Ht16 Green, Gray, Coy, Kessell 73.8 4 2 60 34

Future Stars Scratch Race Ht1: M.Tams, English, Simmons, Moore 78.8 Ht2: Bumstead, L.Tams, Haysman, Jack Hunter (ns) 78.2 Final: Bumstead, M.Tams, English, L.Tams 77.8

Runners Up Scratch Race Not Raced

Senior Scratch Race Harris, Grierson, Kessell, Newell 73.8

Thursday 24th July 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 48 Exeter Falcons 47 (Midlands v South Cup)

Plymouth Billy Newell E 3 1’ 2’ 6 2 Alex Gray 3 2 3 1’ 2 11 1 Doug Bell 1 2’ F 3 6 1 Charlie Challis 3 3 E 2 8 Vic Gent 0 1 1 Ivan Kessell 3 3 3 2 1’ 12 1 Harold Sharpe 2’ 1 0 N 1 4 1 Jack Milross F N N 0

Exeter Don Hardy 1’ E 2 3 0 6 1 John Myson 2 1 1’ 3 7 1 Les Trim 0 2 0 2 Broncho Slade 2 0 1’ 1 4 1 Cyril Roger F 3 2 3 3 11 Tom Crutcher 1 0 1’ 0 2 1 Allen Chambers 2 3 2’ 2’ 9 2 Sid Hazzard 2’ 1 3 6 1

Ht1 Gray, Myson, Hardy, Newell (ef) 83.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Challis, Slade, Bell, Trim 86.8 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Kessell, Sharpe, Crutcher, Roger (f) 85.6 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Newell, Chambers, Sharpe, Slade 85.2 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Challis, Bell, Myson, Hardy (ef) 84.2 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Kessell, Trim, Slade, Gent 83.8 3 3 24 12 Ht7 Roger, Gray, Newell, Crutcher 84.6 3 3 27 15 Ht8 Chambers, Hazzard, Bell (finj), Milross (f) 88.6 0 5 27 20 Ht9 Kessell, Hardy, Myson, Sharpe 84.6 3 3 30 23 Ht10 Gray, Newell, Slade, Trim 84.0 5 1 35 24 Ht11 Bell, Roger, Crutcher, Challis (ef) 84.8 3 3 38 27 Ht12 Hardy, Chambers, Gent, Milross (ns) 86.8 1 5 39 32 Ht13 Roger, Challis, Hazzard, Sharpe (ns) 82.2 2 4 41 36 Ht14 Myson, Kessell, Gray, Crutcher 84.6 3 3 44 39 Ht15 Hazzard, Chambers, Sharpe, Milross (ns) 86.0 1 5 45 44 Ht16 Roger, Gray, Kessell, Hardy 82.0 3 3 48 47

The Starlets Scratch Race Ht1 Sharpe, Slee, Sale (ef), Milross (ns) 89.6 Ht2 Hazzard, Len Read, Chambers, Gent 85.8 Final Read, Hazzard, Slee, Sharpe (f) 86.8

Plymouth Tornado Roger, Gray, Chambers, Kessell 85.4

Saturday 26th July 1947 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath Cradley Heath Cubs 54 Plymouth Devils 30 (National League Division Three)

Cradley Heath Les Beaumont E 3 3 3 9 Frank Evans 2 0 0 2’ 4 1 Geoff Bennett 3 3 3 3 12 Ray Beaumont 2’ 2’ 2’ 2 8 3 Jimmy Wright 1’ 3 3 3 10 1 Eric Irons 2 F 1 3 6 Phil Malpass 2’ 1’ 3 2 Alan Hunt 1 1 2

Plymouth Billy Newell 1 0 0 2 3 Alex Gray 3 1 2 1 7 Charlie Challis F 2 2 2 6 Doug Bell 1 1’ 1’ 1 4 2 Ivan Kessell 3 2 1 3 9 Vic Gent 0 1’ 0 1 1 Harold Sharpe 0 0 0 0 George Argrave N 0 0

Ht1 Gray, Evans, Newell, L.Beaumont (ef) 83.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Bennett, R.Beaumont, Bell, Challis (f) 81.8 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Kessell, Irons, Wright, Gent 82.0 3 3 10 8 Ht4 L.Beaumont, Malpass, Bell, Sharpe 82.8 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Bennett, R.Beaumont, Gray, Newell 81.8 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Wright, Challis, Bell, Irons (f) 83.0 3 3 23 13 Ht7 L.Beaumont, Kessell, Gent, Evans 84.8 3 3 26 16 Ht8 Bennett, Challis, Hunt, Argrave (nf) 82.2 4 2 30 18 Ht9 Wright, Gray, Irons, Newell 82.8 4 2 34 20 Ht10 L.Beaumont, Challis, Bell, Evans 82.6 3 3 37 23 Ht11 Bennett, R.Beaumont, Kessell, Sharpe 82.4 5 1 42 24 Ht12 Wright, Newell, Hunt, Sharpe 83.0 4 2 46 26 Ht13 Kessell, R.Beaumont, Malpass, Argrave 82.6 3 3 49 29 Ht14 Irons, Evans, Gray, Gent 84.0 5 1 54 30

Junior Scratch Race Ht1:Hunt, Harold George, Al. Collins, Arthur Abbott 86.2 Ht2: Malpass, Sharpe, Argrave, Hunt (ns) 84.6 Final: Malpass, Hunt, Sharpe, George 83.6

Senior Scratch Race Ht1: L.Beaumont, R.Beaumont, Newell, Gray 83.2 Ht2: Bennett, Bell, Challis, Wright (ef) 83.2 Ht3: Kessell, Evans, Irons, Gent 82.4 Final: L.Beaumont, Bennett, Malpass, Kessell 82.2

Thursday 31st July 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 39 Southampton Saints 44 (National League Division Three)

Plymouth Bily Newell 3 2 1’ 3 9 1 Alex Gray 2’ 2 2’ 3 8 2 Doug Bell 2 1 1’ 1 5 1 Charlie Challis F F E 0 Stan Lanfear 1’ 2 3 3 9 1 Ivan Kessell 2 1’ 0 1’ 4 2 Bill Sale 0 0 0 Harold Sharpe 2 E 2 4

Southampton George Bason 0 3 2 2 7 Jimmy Squibb 1 2’ 1’ 3 7 2 Bob Oakley 3 3 3 F 9 Alf Kaines F 1 0 1 2 Peter Robinson 3 3 3 3 12 Bert Croucher 0 0 2’ 0 2 1 Pete Lansdale 3 1’ 1 5 1 Matt Hall F 0

Ht1 Newell, Gray, Squibb, Bason 82.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Oakley, Bell, Challis (f), Kaines (f) 84.2 2 3 7 4 Ht3 Robinson, Kessell, Lanfear, Croucher 84.4 3 3 10 7 Ht4 Lansdale, Newell, Kaines, Sale 87.2 2 4 12 11 Ht5 Bason, Squibb, Bell, Challis (f) 87.6 1 5 13 16 Ht6 Oakley, Lanfear, Kessell, Kaines 84.4 3 3 16 19 Ht7 Robinson, Gray, Newell, Croucher 84.2 3 3 19 22 Ht8 Okley, Sharpe, Bell, Hall (f) 86.0 3 3 22 25 Ht9 Lanfear, Bason, Squibb, Kessell 84.6 3 3 25 28 Ht10 Newell, Gray, Kaines, Oakley (f) 83.4 5 1 30 29 Ht11 Robinson, Croucher, Bell, Challis (ef) 83.8 1 5 31 34 Ht12 Lanfear, Bason, Lansdale, Sharpe (ef) 85.8 3 3 34 37 Ht13Robinson, Sharpe, Lansdale, Sale 85.8 2 4 36 41 Ht14 Squibb, Gray, Kessell, Croucher 85.8 3 3 39 44

The Stars and Stripes Scuffle Ht1 Sharpe, Dingo Davey, Slee, Gent (f) 89.8 Ht2 Squibb, Lansdale, Hall, Sale (f) 87.8 Ht3 Newell, Lanfear, Bell, Gray (ef) 84.4 Ht4 Robinson, Kessell, Bason, Kaines 84.0

The Stripes Scuffle Final Squibb, Lansdale, Davey, Sharpe (ef) 86.6

The Stars Scuffle Final Robinson, Newell, Kessell, Lanfear (f) 85.0

Monday 4th August 1947 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 51 Plymouth Devils 45 (Midlands v South Cup)

Exeter Don Hardy 2 3 1 3 9 Broncho Slade 1’ 0 0 1 1 Alan Chambers 2 E 3 2 7 John Myson 1’ 1 1’ 3 1 7 2 Cyril Roger 3 3 3 3 3 15 Tom Crutcher 0 0 E 2 2 Sid Hazzard 2’ 2’ 2’ 0 6 3 John Nailor 0 2’ 2 4 1

Plymouth Billy Newell 3 2’ 2 1 8 1 Alex Gray E 3 1’ 1 5 1 Charlie Challis 3 2 2 1 8 Doug Bell E 1 1’ F 2 1 Stan Lanfear 2 2’ 0 0 4 1 Ivan Kessell 1’ 3 3 3 2 12 1 Bill Sale 0 0 1 1 Harold Sharpe 1’ 1 3 5 1

Ht1 Newell, Hardy, Slade, Gray (ef) 85.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Challis, Chambers, Myson, Bell (ef) 85.6 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Roger, Lanfear, Kessell, Crutcher 83.6 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Hardy, Hazzard, Bell, Sale 87.0 5 1 14 10 Ht5 Gray, Newell, Myson, Chambers (ef) 88.2 1 5 15 15 Ht6 Roger, Challis, Bell, Crutcher 83.4 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Kessell, Lanfear, Hardy, Slade 85.2 1 5 19 23 Ht8 Chambers, Challis, Sharpe, Nailor 88.2 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Roger, Newell, Gray, Crutcher (ef) 86.0 3 3 25 29 Ht10 Hardy, Hazzard, Challis, Bell (f) 88.0 5 1 30 30 Ht11 Kessell, Chambers, Myson, Lanfear 85.4 3 3 33 33 Ht12 Roger, Nailor, Newell, Sale 83.8 5 1 38 34 Ht13 Myson, Hazzard, Sharpe, Lamfear 89.6 5 1 43 35 Ht14 Kessell, Crutcher, Gray, Slade 85.6 2 4 45 39 Ht15 Sharpe, Nailor, Sale, Hazzard 90.8 2 4 47 43 Ht16 Roger, Kessell, Myson, Newell 83.4 4 2 51 45

Reserves Scratch Race Williams, Moore, Hancox, Davey (f) 93.0

The Exeter Scratch Race Ht1: Hardy, Myson, Lanfear, Bell 86.6 Ht2: Roger, Kessell, Chambers, Newall 83.6 Ht3: Sharpe, Nailor, Hancox, Moore (ef) 92.0 Ht4: Hazzard, Williams, Sale, Slade (ns) 88.0 Final: Roger, Hardy, Sharpe, Hazzard 83.2

Thursday 7th August 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 54 Wombwell Colliers 29 (National League Division Three)

Plymouth Billy Newell 3 3 2’ 2 10 1 Alex Gray 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 8 3 Harold Sharpe 1’ 1 2 0 4 1 Charlie Challis 2 3 3 2 10 Stan Lanfear 0 2’ 3 3 8 1 Ivan Kessell 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Doug Bell 0 E 0 Vic Gent 1’ 2’ 3 2

Wombwell Len Tupling 1 2 F 1 4 Jeff Bishop 0 F F 1 1 Harwood Pike 3 F 3 3 9 Bert Thomas 0 1’ 1 0 2 1 Stan Hodson 2 0 2 3 7 Alf Elliott 1’ 1 1’ F 3 2 Gerry Williams 2 E 2 Ken Allick 0 1 1

Ht1 Newell, Gray, Tupling, Bishop 82.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Pike, Challis, Sharpe, Thomas 83.4 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Kessell, Hodson, Elliott, Lanfear 83.0 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Newell, Williams, Thomas, Bell 83.6 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Challis, Tupling, Sharpe, Bishop (f) 84.2 4 2 18 12 Ht6 Kessell, Lanfear, Thomas, Pike (f) 85.8 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Gray, Newell, Elliott, Hodson 84.2 5 1 28 14 Ht8 Pike, Sharpe, Gent, Allick 85.8 3 3 31 17 Ht9 Lanfear, Kessell, Tupling (f), Bishop (f) 87.6 5 0 36 17 Ht10 Pike, Newell, Gray, Thomas 83.6 3 3 39 20 Ht11 Challis, Hodson, Elliott, Sharpe 83.6 3 3 42 23 Ht12 Lanfear, Gent, Tupling, Williams (ef) 83.6 5 1 47 24 Ht13 Hodson, Challis, Allick, Bell 82.4 2 4 49 28 Ht14 Kessell, Gray, Bishop, Elliott (f) 86.6 5 1 54 29

The Starlets Scratch Race Ht1 Sharpe, Allick, McSweeney, Gent (f) 87.0 Ht2 Bell, Day, Williams (ef), Sale (f) 87.4 Final Sharpe, Bell, Day, Allick 87.4

The Stars Scratch Race Ht1 Challis, Tupling, Kessell, Gray 84.2 Ht2 Newell, Lanfear, Pike, Hodson 83.4 Final Lanfear, Challis, Newell, Tupling 84.2

Friday 8th August 1947 South Yorkshire Sports Stadium, Wombwell Wombwell Colliers 48 Plymouth Devils 36 (National League Division Three)

Wombwell Len Tupling 3 3 3 3 12 Jeff Bishop 2’ 0 1 0 3 1 Harwood Pike 3 3 3 0 9 Harry Modral 1 1 2 2 6 Red Hamley 0 1’ 3 3 7 1 Alf Elliott 2 2 2’ 1 7 1 Gerry Williams 0 1’ 1 1 Reg Challenger 2’ 1 3 1

Plymouth Billy Newell 0 0 0 0 Alex Gray 1 2 1 2’ 6 1 Harold Sharpe 0 0 1 0 1 Charlie Challis 2 2 3 2 9 Stan Lanfear 1 1’ 3 3 8 1 Ivan Kessell 3 2 1 3 9 Bill Sale 1’ 0 1 1 Vic Gent 0 2 0 2

Ht1 Tupling, Bishop, Gray, Newell 85.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Pike, Challis, Modral, Sharpe 84.2 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Kessell, Elliott, Lanfear, Hamley 87.0 2 4 11 7 Ht4 Tupling, Challis, Sale, Williams 87.0 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Pike, Gray, Modral, Newell 86.0 4 2 18 12 Ht6 Challis, Elliott, Hamley, Sharpe 86.6 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Tupling, Kessell, Lanfear, Bishop 83.8 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Pike, Challenger, Sharpe, Gent ? 5 1 29 19 Ht9 Hamley, Elliott, Gray, Newell ? 5 1 34 20 Ht10 Tupling, Challis, Bishop, Sharpe ? 4 2 38 22 Ht11 Kessell, Modral, Lanfear, Pike ? 2 4 40 26 Ht12 Hamley, Gent, Challenger, Sale ? 4 2 44 28 Ht13 Lanfear, Modral, Williams, Gent 83.6 3 3 47 31 Ht14 Kessell, Gray, Elliott, Bishop ? 1 5 48 36

Novices Race Ingerfield, S.Schofield, Ron Cliffe, ?Marahart ?

Consolation Final Thomas, Hamley, Sale 3 riders only 91.6

Four Highest Points Scorers Tupling, Kessell, Pike, Challis ?

Thursday 14th August 1947 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke Stoke Potters 63 Plymouth Devils 20 (National League Division Three)

Stoke Dave Anderson 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Dick Howard 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2 Vic Pitcher 3 3 3 3 12 Reg Gregory 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Les Jenkins N 3 2’ 3 8 1 George Fisher 2 1 3 1 7 Gil Blake 2’ 2’ 4 2 Bert Danner 2’ 0 2 1

Plymouth Billy Newell 1 0 1 2 4 Alex Gray 0 0 2 2 Charlie Challis 0 2 0 0 2 Harold Sharpe 1 1 0 1 3 Stan Lanfear 3 1 1 F 5 Ivan Kessell N 0 0 0 0 Jack Milross 0 1’ 1 1 Vic Gent 0 1 1 1 3

Ht1 Anderson, Howard, Newell, Gray 80.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Pitcher, Gregory, Sharpe, Challis 82.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Lanfear, Fisher, Jenkins (nf), Kessell (nf) 83.4 2 3 12 5 Ht4 Anderson, Blake, Sharpe, Milross 82.8 5 1 17 6 Ht5 Pitcher, Gregory, Gent, Newell 82.8 5 1 22 7 Ht6 Jenkins, Challis, Fisher, Sharpe 80.2 4 2 26 9 Ht7 Anderson, Howard, Lanfear, Kessell 81.4 5 1 31 10 Ht8 Pitcher, Danner, Gent, Challis 83.6 5 1 36 11 Ht9 Fisher, Jenkins, Newell, Gray 84.2 5 1 41 12 Ht10 Howard, Anderson, Sharpe, Challis 81.8 5 1 46 13 Ht11 Pitcher, Gregory, Lanfear, Kessell 82.6 5 1 51 14 Ht12 Jenkins, Newell, Milross, Danner 86.8 3 3 54 17 Ht13 Gregory, Blake, Gent, Lanfear (f) 84.6 5 1 57 18 Ht14 Howard, Gray, Fisher, Kessell 82.6 4 2 61 20

Special Match Race Gil Blake bt Bert Danner 84.4

Five Stars Scratch Race Ht1: Anderson, Fisher, Challis, Faulkner 81.6 Ht2: Gregory, Newell, Morgan, Howard ? Ht3: Lanfear, Pitcher, Blake, Gent ? Ht4: Jenkins, Gray, Danner, Tilbury ? Final: Anderson, [Gregory or Jenkins] Lanfear, [Gregory or Jenkins] 82.0

Thursday 14th August 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth South 45 North 39 (Challenge)

South Peter Robinson 3 2 F 3 8 Bert Croucher 3 2’ 5 1 Bill Griffiths 0 0 1 1 2 Len Read 2 3 3 3 11 Cyril Roger 3 3 3 3 12 Allan Chambers 2’ 1 1 1 5 1 Jimmy Squibb 1 0 1 0 2 Tony Buxey 0 F 0

North Les Beaumont 2 2 0 2 6 Geoff Bennett 0 1’ 2 2’ 5 2 Harwood Pike 3 2 3 1 9 Len Tupling 1 1 0 F 2 Steve Langton 1 1’ 2 0 4 1 Arthur Payne F 0 Bill Harris 3 2 1’ 3 9 1 Jimmy Wright 2’ F 2 4 1

Ht1Robinson, Beaumont, Squibb, Bennett 82.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Pike, Read, Tupling, Griffiths 85.4 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Roger, Chambers, Langton, Payne (f) 82.0 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Harris, Robinson, Tupling, Squibb 81.6 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Read, Beaumont, Bennett, Griffiths 85.4 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Roger, Pike, Chambers, Tupling 83.0 4 2 20 16 Ht7 Croucher, Harris, Langton, Robinson (f) 85.0 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Pike, Wright, Griffiths, Buxey 86.0 1 5 24 24 Ht9 Roger, Bennett, Chambers, Beaumont 82.2 4 2 28 26 Ht10 Robinson, Croucher, Pike, Tupling (f) 85.6 5 1 33 27 Ht11 Read, Langton, Griffiths, Wright (ef) 86.8 4 2 37 29 Ht12 Roger, Beaumont, Harris, Buxey (f) 83.0 3 3 40 32 Ht13 Read, Wright, Squibb, Langton 88.0 4 2 44 34 Ht14 Harris, Bennett, Chambers, Squibb 85.6 1 5 45 39

Special Match Race 3 laps Peter Robinson bt Les Beaumont 62.8

The Junior Challenge Sale, McSweeney, Phil Day, Slee 91.0

North and South Trophy Scratch Race Ht1 Bennett, Pike, Langton, Wright (ef) 84.4 Ht2 Roger, Robinson, Croucher, Griffiths 82.6 Ht3 Beaumont, Tupling, Hudson, Jack Williams 86.8 Ht4 Harris, Chambers, Squibb, Read 85.8 Final Roger, Beaumont, Bennett, Harris 83.0

Tuesday 19th August 1947 Bannister Court, Southampton Southampton Saints 60 Plymouth Devils 36 (Midlands v South Cup)

Southampton Vic Collins 0 1’ 1 1’ 3 2 Bob Oakley 3 3 2 3 3 14 George Bason 2 F 3 3 8 Jimmy Squibb 0 2 1 3 6 Peter Robinson 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 Bert Croucher 1 1 2’ 2’ 6 2 Pete Lansdale 2 1 3 6 Bill Griffiths 0 1 2’ 3 1

Plymouth Billy Newell 2 1 0 2 5 Stan Lanfear 1’ 3 1 1 0 6 1 Len Read 1 0 2 0 3 Charlie Challis 3 3 2 3 1 12 Alex Gray 0 0 2 2 4 Ivan Kessell 2 2 0 0 4 Jack Milross 0 0 1 1 Doug Bell 1’ 0 0 1 1

Ht1 Oakley, Newell, Lanfear, Colins 71.7 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Challis, Bason, Read, Squibb 74.4 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Robinson, Kessell, Croucher, Gray 75.8 4 2 9 9 Ht4 Challis, Lansdale, Collins, Milross 74.0 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Lanfear, Squibb, Newell, Bason (f) 77.4 2 4 14 16 Ht6 Robinson, Challis, Croucher, Read 74.0 4 2 18 18 Ht7 Oakley, Kessell, Collins, Gray 73.0 4 2 22 20 Ht8 Bason, Read, Bell, Griffiths 77.0 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Robinson, Croucher, Lanfear, Newell 74.8 5 1 30 24 Ht10 Challis, Oakley, Collins, Read 74.4 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Bason, Gray, Squibb, Kessell 74.8 4 2 37 29 Ht12 Robinson, Newell, Griffiths, Milross 75.2 4 2 41 31 Ht13 Squibb, Gray, Lansdale, Bell 75.4 4 2 45 33 Ht14 Oakley, Croucher, Lanfear, Kessell 73.8 5 1 50 34 Ht15 Lansdale, Griffiths, Milross, Bell 77.2 5 1 55 35 Ht16 Oakley, Robinson, Challis, Lanfear 74.0 5 1 60 36

Thursday 21st August 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 47 Stoke Potters 36 (National League Division Three)

Plymouth Billy Newell 3 2’ 1’ 1’ 7 3 Stan Lanfear 2 2 3 7 Len Read 2’ X 2 1 Charlie Challis 3 X 2 2 7 Alex Gray 3 2 3 2 10 Ivan Kessell 2’ 1’ 2’ 1 6 3 Vic Gent 3 0 0 1’ 4 1 Harold Sharpe 1 2 1’ 4 1

Stoke Gil Blake 2 3 E 0 5 Dave Anderson 0 2’ 1 2 5 1 Les Jenkins 1 3 3 0 7 Dick Howard F X E 3 3 Vic Pitcher E 3 3 3 9 Reg Gregory 1 0 1 0 2 George Fisher 1 3 4 Bert Danner 1 0 1

Ht1 Newell, Blake, Sharpe, Anderson 84.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Challis, Read, Jenkins, Howard (f) 85.0 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Gray, Kessell, Gregory, Pitcher (ef) 86.6 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Gent, Newell, Fisher, Howard (exc) 89.2 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Blake, Anderson, Challis (fexc), Read (fexc) 93.0 0 5 19 10 Ht6 Jenkins, Gray, Kessell, Howard (ef) 84.8 3 3 22 13 Ht7 Pitcher, Lanfear, Newell, Gregory 86.2 3 3 25 16 Ht8 Jenkins, Sharpe, Danner, Gent 86.0 2 4 27 20 Ht9 Gray, Kessell, Anderson, Blake (ef) 86.6 5 1 32 21 Ht10 Howard, Lanfear, Newell, Jenkins 84.6 3 3 35 24 Ht11 Pitcher, Challis, Gregory, Gent 85.4 2 4 37 28 Ht12 Fisher, Gray, Sharpe, Blake (ef) 86.4 3 3 40 31 Ht13 Pitcher, Challis, gent, Danner 84.4 3 3 43 34 Ht14 Lanfear, Anderson, Kessell, Gregory 86.8 4 2 47 36

The Starlets Scratch Race Ht1 Sharpe, Gent, Ingefield (ef), Slee (f) 87.6 Ht2 Fisher, Danner, Bell, sale 89.0 Final Fisher, Gent, Danner, Sharpe (exctps) 86.0

The Stars Scratch Race Ht1 Pitcher, Lanfear, Gray, Newell (ef) 84.0 85.6 Ht2 Challis, Anderson, Kessell, Sale 87.8 88.6 Ht3 Howard, Gregory, Blake, Jenkins 86.4 87.8 Final Pitcher, Howard, Lanfear, Challis 84.6

Wednesday 27th August 1947 Fazeley Stadium, Tamworth Tamworth Hounds 54 Plymouth Devils 29 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth Steve Langton 3 3 2 3 11 Charlie Oates 1 1’ F 2 1 Ted Gibson 2’ 1’ 3 0 6 2 Bill Harris 3 2 3 3 11 Cyril Page 3 3 1 3 10 Arthur Payne 2’ F 3 3 8 1 Jack Baxter 1 2’ 1 4 1 Bill Dalton 0 2’ 2 1

Plymouth Billy Newell 0 0 0 0 0 Stan Lanfear 2 3 2 F 7 Len Read 0 1’ 1’ 0 2 2 Charlie Challis 1 2 2 1 6 Ivan Kessell 0 F 1’ 2 3 1 Alex Gray 1 3 2 2 8 Harold Sharpe 0 1 1 Jack Milross 2 0 2

Ht1 Langton, Lanfear, Oates, Newell 76.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Harris, Gibson, Challis, Read 78.3 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Page, Payne, Gray, Kessell 77.6 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Langton, Challis, Baxter, Sharpe 76.6 4 2 18 6 Ht5 Lanfear, Harris, Gibson, Newell 78.2 3 3 21 9 Ht6 Page, Challis, Read, Payne (f) 78.8 3 3 24 12 Ht7 Gray, Langton, Oates, Kessell (f) 77.2 3 3 27 15 Ht8 Gibson, Milross, Read, Dalton 79.5 3 3 30 18 Ht9 Payne, Lanfear, Page, Newell 77.5 4 2 34 20 Ht10 Langton, Baxter, Challis, Read 78.2 5 1 39 21 Ht11 Harris, Gray, Kessell, Gibson 77.8 3 3 42 24 Ht12 Page, Dalton, Sharpe, Newell 78.6 5 1 47 25 Ht13 Harris, Kessell, Baxter, Milross 81.0 4 2 51 27 Ht14 Payne, Lanfear, Oates (f), Gray (f) 77.8 3 2 54 29

Linden Smith-Thompson Match Race Arthur Payne bt Bill Harris 77.4

Special Match Race Jack Kidd bt Howard Chipman ?

Mile Oak Scratch Race Ht1: Page, Langton, Challis, Newell ? Ht2: Lanfear, Gibson, Read, Payne ? Ht3: Gray, Harris, Baxter, Kessell ? Ht4: Dalton, Oates, Milross, Sharp 76.8

Thursday 28th August 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 44 Tamworth Hounds 40 (National League Division Three)

Pymouth Billy Newell 0 3 1 1’ 5 1 Stan Lanfear 2 3 2 2 9 Len Read 0 1 2 1’ 4 1 Charlie Challis 2 3 2 3 10 Alex Gray 1 2 2’ 2 7 1 Ivan Kessell 3 0 3 1’ 7 1 Harold Sharpe 2’ 0 2 1 Jack Milross 0 0 0

Tamworth Steve Langton 3 2 1 3 9 Charlie Oates 1 0 0 0 1 Ted Gibson 3 1 3 0 7 Bill Harris 1 E 3 3 7 Cyril Page 0 0 2 2 Arthur Payne 2 2 3 3 10 Jack Baxter 1 1 2 Bill Dalton 1 0 1’ 2 1

Ht1 Langton, Lanfear, Oates, Newell 83.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Gibson, Challis, Harris, Read 83.4 2 4 4 8 Ht3 Kessell, Payne, Gray, Page 85.0 4 2 8 10 Ht4 Newell, Sharpe, Baxter, Harris (ef) 85.8 5 1 13 11 Ht5 Challis, Langton, Read, Oates 85.2 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Harris, Gray, Gibson, Kessell (f) 82.4 2 4 19 17 Ht7 Lanfear, Payne, Newell, Page 83.2 4 2 23 19 Ht8 Gibson, Read, Dalton, Milross 84.2 2 4 25 23 Ht9 Kessell, Gray, Langton, Oates 84.4 5 1 30 24 Ht10 Harris, Lanfear, Newell, Gibson 83.6 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Payne, Challis, Read, Dalton 83.6 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Langton, Gray, Baxter, Milross 84.8 2 4 38 34 Ht13 Challis, Page, Dalton, Sharpe 85.2 3 3 41 37 Ht14 Payne, Lanfear, Kessell, Oates (f) 83.4 3 3 44 40

The Starlets Scratch Race Ht1 Baxter, Gent, Milross (f), Sharpe (exc) 87.6 Ht2 Dalton, Phil Day, Slee, Bell (ef) 90.0 Final Dalton, Baxter, Gent, Day (ret) 86.0

The Stars Scratch Race Ht1 Newell, Gray, Read, Langton 87.0 87.4 Ht2 Kessell, harris, Oates, Gibson (f) 84.0 85.0 Ht3 Lanfear, Payne, Slee, Challis 83.6 84.4 Final Payne, Kessell, Lanfear, Newell 83.2

Thursday 4th September 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 45 Cradley Heath Cubs 33 (National League Division Three)

Plymouth Billy Newell 3 3 3 3 12 Stan Lanfear 2’ E 2’ 3 7 2 Len Read N 2 2’ 1 5 1 Charlie Challis 3 E 3 3 9 Ivan Kessell V 0 Alex Gray V 0 Harold Sharpe 1 1 0 1 3 Vic Gent 3 3 1 2 9

Cradley Heath Les Beaumont 1 3 3 3 10 Eric Irons 0 1 2’ 1’ 4 2 Alan Hunt 2 0 1 1 4 Geoff Bennett 1’ 2 2 0 5 1 Bob Fletcher V 2 0 E 2 Jimmy Wright V 1’ 2 2 5 1 Wilf Willstead F 1 1 Frank Evans 0 2 2

Ht1 Newell, Lanfear, Beaumont, Irons 82.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Challis, Hunt, Bennett, Read (nf) 85.4 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Kessell, Gray, Fletcher, Wright all crashed Void 0 0 8 4 Ht4 Newell, Bennett, Sharpe, Willstead (f) 84.6 4 2 12 6 Ht5 Beaumont, Read, Irons, Challis (ef) 85.4 2 4 14 10 Ht6 Gent, Bennett, Sharpe, Hunt 85.0 4 2 18 12 Ht7 Newell, Fletcher, Wright, Lanfear (ef) 85.2 3 3 21 15 Ht8 Gent, Read, Hunt, Evans 86.6 5 1 26 16 Ht9 Beaumont, Irons, Gent, Sharpe 85.6 1 5 27 21 Ht10 Newell, Lanfear, Hunt, Bennett 84.8 5 1 32 22 Ht11 Challis, Wright, Read, Fletcher 85.0 4 2 36 24 Ht12 Beaumont, Gent, Willstead, Kessell (ns) 85.8 2 4 38 28 Ht13 Challis, Evans, Sharpe (push), Fletcher (ef) 85.2 4 2 42 30 Ht14 Lanfear, Wright, Irons, Gray (ns) 84.4 3 3 45 33

The Starlets Scratch Race Ht1 Evans, Hall, Slee, Sharpe (ns) 88.6 Ht2 Gent, Day, Bill Western, Bell (ef) 87.0

The Stars Scratch Race Ht1 Newell, Read, Hall, Challis (ret) 83.2 Ht2 Wright, Bennett, Beaumont, Day 85.4 Ht3 Lanfear, Hunt, Irons, Kessell (ns) 83.0 Ht4 Gent, Fletcher, Evans, Willstead (f) 85.4 Final Lanfear, Wright, Newell, Gent 83.6

Saturday 6th September 1947 Arlington, Eastbourne Eastbourne Eagles 52 Plymouth Devils 29 (National League Division Three)

Eastbourne Ken Tidbury 2’ 0 0 1 3 1 Jimmy Coy 3 3 3 2 11 Wally Green 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Basil Harris 2’ 3 1 3 9 1 Jock Grierson 3 2 3 3 11 Harry Saunders 0 0 1 1’ 2 1 Ron Clark 3 0 3 Alan Briggs 2’ 0 2 1

Plymouth Billy Newell 1 1 2 2 6 Harold Sharpe 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Milross 1 3 0 2 6 Charlie Challis 0 0 1 0 1 Vic Gent 1’ 1’ 0 2 4 2 Alex Gray 2 2 2 3 9 Phil Day 0 1’ 1 2 1 Len Read 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Coy, Tidbury, Newell, Sharpe 74.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Green, Harris, Milross, Challis 74.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Grierson, Gray, Gent, Saunders 75.2 3 3 13 5 Ht4 Clark, Tidbury (nf), Challis (nf), Day (nf) 77.2 3 0 16 5 Ht5 Green, Harris, Newell, Sharpe 75.2 5 1 21 6 Ht6 Milross, Grierson, Challis, Saunders 76.4 2 4 23 10 Ht7 Coy, Gray, Gent, Tidbury 72.4 3 3 26 13 Ht8 Green, Briggs, Day, Milross 71.0 5 1 31 14 Ht9 Grierson, Newell, Saunders, Sharpe 75.4 4 2 35 16 Ht10 Coy, Milross, Tidbury, Challis 73.4 4 2 39 18 Ht11 Green, Gray, Harris, Gent 73.4 4 2 43 20 Ht12 Grierson, Newell, Day, Briggs 75.4 3 3 46 23 Ht13 Harris, Gent, Read, Clark 76.8 3 3 49 26 Ht14 Gray, Coy, Saunders, Sharpe 74.0 3 3 52 29

Future Stars Scratch Race Ht1: Ernie Pawson, Wright, Briggs (nf), M.Tams (nf) 77.2 Ht2: Eric Dunn, Bumstead, Fred Pawson, L.Tams 75.6

Reserves Scratch Race Clark, Read, Milross (nf), Briggs (nf) 76.0

Hard Luck Scratch Race Sharpe, Tidbury, Dunn (nf) 3 only ?

Runners-Up Scratch Race Harris, Milross, Gent, Newell 74.8 Coy, Green, Gray, Grierson 74.6

Monday 8th September 1947 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 53 Plymouth Devils 30 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Sid Hazzard 2 2’ 3 3 10 1 Don Hardy 1’ 2’ 2’ 2 7 3 John Myson 2’ 2 2’ 1 7 2 Cyril Roger 3 E 3 E 6 Alan Chambers 3 2’ 2 2 9 1 Stan Hodson 0 3 E 3 Broncho Slade 3 3 6 Arthur Pilgrim 3 1’ 1’ 5 2

Plymouth Billy Newell 0 1 1 3 5 Stan Lanfear 3 3 3 3 12 Len Read 1 1 1 0 3 Charlie Challis F 0 Ivan Kessell 2 1 2 2 7 Vic Gent 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Harold Sharpe 1 0 1 0 2 Phil Day 0 0 0

Ht1 Lanfear, Hazzard, Hardy, Newell 82.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Roger, Myson, Read, Challis (f) 83.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Chambers, Kessell, Gent, Hodson (nf) 88.4 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Slade, Hazzard, Sharpe, Day 87.0 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Lanfear, Myson, Newell, Roger (ef) 84.0 2 4 18 12 Ht6 Hodson, Chaambers, Read, Sharpe 89.2 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Hazzard, Hardy, Kessell, Gent 86.8 5 1 28 14 Ht8 Pilgrim, Myson, Read, Day 90.0 5 1 33 15 Ht9 Lanfear, Chambers, Newell, Hodson (ef) 84.6 2 4 35 19 Ht10 Hazzard, Hardy, Sharpe, Read 88.4 5 1 40 20 Ht11 Roger, Kessell, Myson, Gent 87.6 4 2 44 22 Ht12 Newell, Chambers, Pilgrim, Sharpe 87.4 3 3 47 25 Ht13 Slade, Kessell, Roger (ef) 85.6 3 2 50 27 Ht14 Lanfear, Hardy, Pilgrim, Gent 86.0 3 3 53 30

Retained Riders Race Moore, Hancox, Nailor, Davey (f) 93.6

The Exeter Scratch Race Ht1: Chambers, Myson, Read, Newell 86.6 Ht2: Roger, Pilgrim, Lanfear, Davey 83.0 Ht3: Slade, Hardy, Kessell, Sharpe 84.8 Ht4: Hazzard, Hodson, Gent (ef), Moore (ef) 86.6 Final: Roger, Slade, Chambers, Hazzard 81.6

Thursday 11th September 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 44 Exeter Falcons 40 (National League Division Three)

Plymouth Billy Newell 2’ 1 3 1 7 1 Stan Lanfear 3 2’ 0 3 8 1 Len Read 1’ 2’ 2 0 5 2 Charlie Challis 2 3 2 3 10 Ivan Kessell 2 2 1 F 5 Alex Gray 1’ 0 3 2’ 6 2 Vic Gent 0 1 1 Harold Sharpe E 2 2

Exeter Sid Hazzard 0 F F 1 1 Don Hardy 1 1 2 1 5 John Myson E 1 3 2’ 6 1 Cyril Roger 3 3 3 3 12 Allan Chambers 0 F 0 Stan Hodson 3 1 3 E 7 Broncho Slade 2’ 3 0 5 1 Arthur Pilgrim 1 1 2 4

Ht1 Lanfear, Newell, Hardy, Hazzard 83.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Roger, Challis, Read, Myson (ef) 83.8 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Hodson, Kessell, Gray, Chambers 84.8 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Roger, Slade, Newell, Gent 86.8 1 5 12 12 Ht5 Challis, Read, Hardy, Hazzard (f) 85.6 5 1 17 13 Ht6 Roger, Kessell, Myson, Gray 84.8 2 4 19 17 Ht7 Newell, Lanfear, Hodson, Chambers (f) 84.8 5 1 24 18 Ht8 Myson, Read, Pilgrim, Sharpe (ef) 85.0 2 4 26 22 Ht9 Gray, Hardy, Kessell, Hazzard (f) 86.3 4 2 30 24 Ht10 Roger, Myson, Newell, Lanfear (frmtd) 82.2 1 5 31 29 Ht11 Hodson, Challis, Pilgrim, Read 85.2 2 4 33 33 Ht12 Slade, Sharpe, Hazzard, Kessell (f) 88.6 2 4 35 37 Ht13 Challis, Pilgrim, Gent, Slade 86.0 4 2 39 39 Ht14 Lanfear, Gray, Hardy, Hodson (ef) 87.6 5 1 44 40

The Starlets Scratch Race Ht1 Slade, Pilgrim, Bell, Gent 89.0 Ht2 Sale, Sharpe, “Panther” Bill Hurn, Phil Day (ef) 91.0 Final Slade, Pilgrim, Sharpe, Sale (ef) 91.4

The Stars Scratch Race Ht1 Hodson, Lanfear, Gray, Newell (ef) 85.4 85.6 Ht2 Myson, Read, Sharpe, Sale 88.2 88.8 Ht3Roger, Challis, Bell, Hardy (f) 89.6 90.8 Final Lanfear, Hodson, Myson (f), Roger (fexc) 87.6

Tuesday 16th September 1947 Bannister Court, Southampton Southampton Saints 62 Plymouth Devils 22 (National League Division Three)

Southampton Peter Robinson 1 3 3 3 10 Alf Kaines 3 0 2’ 2’ 7 2 Bob Oakley 3 3 3 3 12 Bert Croucher 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Jimmy Squibb 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 George Bason 1 3 3 3 10 Pete Lansdale 2’ 1 3 1 Tony Buxey 1 0 1

Plymouth Billy Newell 0 0 0 1’ 1 1 Stan Lanfear 2 1 1 0 4 Len Read 1 1 2 1 5 Charlie Challis 0 1 0 0 1 Ivan Kessell 2 1’ 1 2 6 Alex Gray 0 2 0 1 3 Vic Gent 0 2 2 Harold Sharpe 0 0 0

Ht1 Kaines, Lanfear, Robinson, Newell 72.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Oakley, Croucher, Read, Challis 75.6 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Squibb, Kessell, Bason, Gray 75.4 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Robinson, Lansdale, Challis, Gent 77.0 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Oakley, Croucher, Lanfear, Newell 75.8 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Bason, Squibb, Read, Challis 76.0 5 1 28 8 Ht7 Robinson, Gray, Kessell, Kaines (frmtd) 78.4 3 3 31 11 Ht8 Oakley, Read, Buxey, Sharpe 73.8 4 2 35 13 Ht9 Bason, Squibb, Lanfear, Newell 76.6 5 1 40 14 Ht10 Robinson, Kaines, Read, Challis 77.0 5 1 45 15 Ht11 Oakley, Croucher, Kessell, Gray 75.4 5 1 50 16 Ht12 Squibb, Gent, Newell, Buxey 76.0 3 3 53 19 Ht13 Croucher, Kessell, Lansdale, Sharpe 75.2 4 2 57 21 Ht14 Bason, Kaines, Gray, Lanfear 77.4 5 1 62 22

Thursday 18th September 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 42 Southampton Saints 42 (National League Division Three)

Plymouth Billy Newell 2 3 3 F 8 Stan Lanfear 0 1 1 0 2 Len Read 0 2’ 2 1 5 1 Charlie Challis 1 3 3 3 10 Ivan Kessell 2 2 3 3 10 Alex Gray 1’ 1’ 1 1 4 2 Vic Gent 0 2’ 2 1 Harold Sharpe 1’ 0 1 1

Southampton Pete Lansdale 1 E 2 2 5 Alf Kaines 3 1 0 3 7 Bob Oakley 3 3 3 3 12 Bert Croucher 2’ 2 0 2’ 6 2 Jimmy Squibb 3 2 0 0 5 George Bason 0 E 2 2’ 4 1 Vic Collins 1’ 1’ 1 3 2 Tony Buxey 0 0

Ht1 Kaines, Newell, Lansdale, Lanfear 82.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Oakley, Croucher, Challis, Read 83.0 1 5 3 9 Ht3 Squibb, Kesssell, Gray, Bason 85.0 3 3 6 12 Ht4 Newell, Croucher, Collins, Gent 83.4 3 3 9 15 Ht5 Challis, Read, Kaines, Lansdale (ef) 84.4 5 1 14 16 Ht6 Oakley, Kessell, Gray, Croucher 84.4 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Newell, Squibb, Lanfear, Bason (ef) 84.6 4 2 21 21 Ht8 Oakley, Read, Sharpe, Buxey 84.8 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Kessell, Lansdale, Gray, Kaines 85.6 4 2 28 26 Ht10 Oakley, Croucher, Lanfear, Newell (f) 85.0 1 5 29 31 Ht11 Challis, Bason, Read, Squibb (frmtd) 84.4 4 2 33 33 Ht12 Kessell, Lansdale, Collins, Sharpe 85.2 3 3 36 36 Ht13 Challis, Gent, Collins, Squibb 84.0 5 1 41 37 Ht14 Kaines, Bason, Gray, Lanfear 84.0 1 5 42 42

Battle of Britain Trophy R1 Ht1 Lansdale, Gent, Buxey, N.Anderson (f) 85.4 Ht2 Sharpe, Weston, Sale, Day 84.8 R2 Ht1 Lansdale, Read, Croucher, Gent 84.6 Ht2 Kaines, Gray, Weston, Sharpe 84.6 Ht3 Kessell, Challis, Newell, Lanfear 85.2 Ht4 Oakley, Bason, Squibb 3 only 84.6 R3 Final Oakley, Kaines, Lansdale, Kessell 83.6

Thursday 25th September 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 47 Eastbourne Eagles 37 (National League Division Three)

Plymouth Billy Newell 3 3 1 0 7 Stan Lanfear 2’ 3 2 0 7 1 Len Read 0 2’ 2 1 5 1 Charlie Challis 2 3 3 2 10 Ivan Kessell X 3 3 2’ 8 1 Alex Gray 1 1 2’ 1 5 1 Vic Gent X 1’ 1 1 Harold Sharpe 1’ 3 4 1

Eastbourne Ken Tidbury 0 0 1 1 2 Jimmy Coy 1 1 0 2 Wally Green 1 2 3 3 9 Jock Grierson 3 2 0 1 6 Harry Saunders 2’ 2 X E 4 1 Basil Harris 3 0 2 2’ 7 1 Ron Clark 1’ 1 1 Eric Dunn 0 3 3 6

Ht1 Newell, Lanfear, Coy, Tidbury 81.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Grierson, Challis, Green, Read 83.6 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Harris, Saunders, Gray, Kessell (exctps) 85.8 1 5 8 10 Ht4 Newell, Grierson, Clark, Gent (f) 83.4 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Challis, Read, Coy, Tidbury 84.6 5 1 16 14 Ht6 Kessell, Green, Gray, Grierson 81.8 4 2 20 16 Ht7 Lanfear, Saunders, Newell, Harris 84.4 4 2 24 18 Ht8 Green, Read, Sharpe, Dunn 82.8 3 3 27 21 Ht9Kessell, Gray, Tidbury, Coy 85.8 5 1 32 22 Ht10 Green, Lanfear, Grierson, Newell 82.0 2 4 34 26 Ht11 Challis, Harris, Read, Saunders (f lapped) 85.4 4 2 38 28 Ht12 Sharpe, Kessell, Tidbury, Clark 82.4 5 1 43 29 Ht13 Dunn, Challis, Gent, Saunders (ef) 83.4 3 3 46 32 Ht14 Dunn, Harris, Gray, Lanfear 84.6 1 5 47 37

The Starlets Scratch Race Ht1 Dunn, Gent, Bell, Clark (f) 83.0 Ht2 Sale, Day, Weston (f), Sharpe (ef) 86.0 Final Dunn, Sale, Gent, Day 84.0

The Stars Scratch Race Ht1 Newell, Kessell, Tidbury, Read (ef) 85.2 86.0 Ht2 Green, Gray, Harris, Coy 85.2 86.2 Ht3 Grierson, Challis, Lanfear, Clark 82.8 86.2 Final Grierson, Newell, Kessell (nf), Green (nf) 83.6

Saturday 27th September 1947 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath Cradley Heath Cubs 62 Plymouth Devils 22 (National League Division Three)

Cradley Heath Alan Hunt E 3 3 2’ 8 1 Les Beaumont 3 1 3 F 7 Eric Irons 3 3 3 3 12 Geoff Bennett 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Bob Fletcher 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Jimmy Wright 3 3 3 3 12 Ray Beaumont 1 0 1 Phil Malpass 2’ 2’ 4 2

Plymouth Billy Newell 2 1 0 1’ 4 1 Stan Lanfear 1 0 1 2 4 Len Read 1 1 1 F 3 Charlie Challis F 0 0 0 Ivan Kessell 1 2 1 2 6 Alex Gray F 0 0 1’ 1 1 Harold Sharpe 2 1 0 3 Jack Milross 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 L.Beaumont, Newell, Lanfear, Hunt 80.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Irons, Bennett, Read, Challis (f) 81.8 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Wright, Fletcher, Kessell, Gray (f) 81.2 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Hunt, Sharpe, R.Beaumont, Challis 81.0 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Irons, Bennett, Newell, Lanfear 82.2 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Wright, Fletcher, Read, Challis 83.4 5 1 27 9 Ht7 Hunt, Kessell, L.Beaumont, Gray 80.4 4 2 31 11 Ht8 Irons, Malpass,Read, Milross 82.2 5 1 36 12 Ht9 Wright, Fletcher, Lanfear, Newell 81.8 5 1 41 13 Ht10 L.Beaumont, Hunt, Sharpe, Read (f) 82.2 5 1 46 14 Ht11 Irons, Bennett, Kessell, Gray 82.4 5 1 51 15 Ht12 Fletcher, Malpass, Newell, Sharpe 80.0 5 1 56 16 Ht13 Bennett, Kessell, Milross, R.Beaumont 82.2 3 3 59 19 Ht14 Wright, Lanfear, Gray, L.Beaumont (f) 81.2 3 3 62 22

Reserves Scratch Race Malpass, R.Beaumont, Fred Evans, Wilf Wilstead 82.6

Invitation Scratch Race Milross, Sharpe, Evans, Wilstead (ns) 83.6

Dudley Wood Scratch Race Ht1: Hunt, Lanfear, L.Beaumont, Newey 79.8 Ht2: Wright, Bennett, Gray, Challis 79.8 Ht3: Fletcher, Irons, Kessell, Read 80.6 Final: Wright, Malpass, Fletcher, Hunt (exc) 80.0

Thursday 2nd October 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 46 Eastbourne Eagles 50 (North v South Cup)

Plymouth Billy Newell 2 F 0 1 2 Stan Lanfear 1’ 3 E F 4 1 Len Read 0 1 2 X 3 Charlie Challis 3 3 3 3 F 12 Ivan Kessell 3 0 3 3 3 12 Alex Gray 2’ 1 1 3 7 1 Vic Gent 22’ F 4 1 Harold Sharpe F 0 1 1

Eastbourne Ken Tidbury 3 0 2 2 7 Eric Dunn F 2 0 2 4 Wally Green 2 3 3 3 2 13 Jock Grierson 1’ 3 2’ 2’ 1’ 9 4 Harry Saunders 1 1’ 1’ E 3 2 Basil Harris E 2 2 1’ 5 1 Ron Clark 1 1’ 3 5 1 Alan Briggs 1 1 2’ 4 1

Ht1 Tidbury, Newell, Lanfear, Dunn (f) 83.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Challis, Green, Grierson, Read 83.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Kessell, Gray, Saunders, Harris (ef) 85.6 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Grierson, Gent, Clark, Newell (f) 84.6 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Challis, Dunn, Read, Tidbury 86.2 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Green, Grierson, Gray, Kessell 82.8 1 5 18 18 Ht7 Lanfear, Harris, Saunders, Newell 84.4 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Green, Read, Briggs, Sharpe (f) 85.4 2 4 23 25 Ht9 Kessell, Tidbury, Gray, Dunn 86.0 4 2 27 27 Ht10 Green, Grierson, Newell, Lanfear (ef) 85.0 1 5 28 32 Ht11 Challis, Harris, Saunders, Read (fexc) 86.6 3 3 31 35 Ht12 Kessell, Tidbury, Clark, Sharpe (ret) 85.6 3 3 34 38 Ht13 Challis, Gent, Briggs, Saunders (ef) 85.0 5 1 39 39 Ht14 Gray, Dunn, Harris, Lanfear (f) 85.8 3 3 42 42 Ht15 Clark, Briggs, Sharpe, Gent (f) 87.4 1 5 43 47 Ht16 Kessell, Green, Grierson, Challis (f) 83.8 3 3 46 50

The Plymouth Hurricane Ht1 Read, Clark, Tidbury, Newell (f) 86.0 Ht2 Gray, Harris, Day, Dunn (ef) 85.8 Ht3 Grierson, Green, Briggs, Lanfear (ef) 83.8 Ht4 Kessell, Ggent, Saunders, Sharpe (ns) 85.2 Final Grierson, Kessell, Read, Gray 83.4

Thursday 9th October 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth 25 Tamworth 7 Exeter 21 Southampton 30 (4TT)

Plymouth Ivan Kessell 1 3 1 2 7 Charlie Challis 1 1 1 1 4 Billy Newell 3 3 3 0 9 Alex Gray 2 3 5

Tamworth Jack Baxter 0 2 0 0 2 Cyril Page 0 F 0 0 0 Fred Yates 2 0 2 4 Ron Roach 0 0 1 1

Exeter Cyril Roger 2 F 2 3 7 Don Hardy 2 2 1 1 6 Stan Hodson 0 0 3 2 5 Len Read 1 2 3

Southampton Bob Oakley 3 3 1 3 10 Alf Kianes 3 2 2 3 10 Jimmy Squibb 1 1 0 2 Bert Croucher 3 3 2 8

Ht1 Oakley, Roger, Kessell, Baxter 89.6 1 0 2 3 Ht2 Kianes, Hardy, Challis, Page 87.8 2 0 4 6 Ht3 Newell, Yates, Squibb, Hodson 88.8 5 2 4 7 Ht4 Croucher, Gray, Read, Roach 89.6 7 2 5 10 Ht5 Oakley, Baxter, Challis, Hodson 88.2 8 4 5 13 Ht6 Newell, Kaines, Page (f), Roger (f) 86.8 11 4 5 15 Ht7 Kessell, Hardy, Squibb, Yates 88.6 14 4 7 16 Ht8 Newell, Read, Oakley, Baxter 87.0 17 4 9 17 Ht9 Croucher, Roger, Challis, Roach 87.4 18 4 11 20 Ht10 Hodson, Kaines, Kessell, Page 85.0 19 4 14 22 Ht11 Gray, Croucher, Hardy, Baxter 85.6 22 4 15 24 Ht12 Roger, Kessell, Roch, Squibb 86.4 24 5 18 24 Ht13 Kaines, Hodson, Challis, Page 85.6 25 5 20 27 Ht14 Oakley, Yates, Hardy, Newell 85.8 25 7 21 30

Junior Scratch Race Jimmy Brown, Slee, McSweeney, Day 86.8

Plymouth Scratch Race Ht1 Croucher, Roach, Squibb, Gray 86.8 Ht2 Read, Brown, Sharpe, Gent 87.2 Final Croucher, Roach, Brown (f), Read (ef) 86.0

All teams Scratch Race Ht1 Read, Yates, Baxter, Roach (ef) 87.4 Ht2 Challis, Newell, Sharpe, Gent 85.0 Ht3 Hodson, Roger, Gray, Hardy 83.4 Ht4 Kessell, Oakley, Squibb, Kaines (nf) 84.0 Final Hodson, Read, Kessell, Challis (f) 82.8

Thursday 16th October 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Best Riders Trophy

Stan Lanfear 1 E F 1 0 2 Billy Newell 3 3 E E 0 6 Alf Bottoms F 0 3 3 2 8 Les Beaumont 2 1 0 1 0 4 Bert Croucher 0 2 1 0 2 5 Len Read 1 3 2 2 F 8 Cyril Roger 3 3 3 2 3 14 Bob Oakley 2 3 1 2 1 9 Harold Sharpe 1 1 0 0 2 4 Alf Kaines 0 2 1 2 3 8 Wally Green 3 2 3 3 3 14 Vic Gent 2 2 2 1 7 Bill Harris 0 0 3 0 3 6 Alex Gray 2 1 2 2 1 8 Charlie Challis 3 2 3 3 2 12 Ivan Kessell 1 F 1 1 1 4 Ken Slee (res) E 0 Jimmy Brown (res) DNR

Ht1 Newell, Beaumont, Lanfear, Bottoms (f) 81.6 Ht2 Roger, Oakley, Read, Croucher 81.0 Ht3 Green, Gent, Sharpe, Kaines 83.8 Ht4 Challis, Gray, Kessell, Harris 82.2 Ht5 Newell, Croucher, Sharpe, Harris 83.8 Ht6 Read, Kaines, Gray, Lanfear (ef) 81.8 Ht7 Roger, Green, Challis, Bottoms 82.4 Ht8 Oakley, Gent, Beaumont, Kessell (f) 84.0 Ht9 Green, Read, Kessell, Newell (ef) 83.6 Ht10 Challis, Gent, Croucher, Lanfear (f) 85.0 Ht11 Roger, Gray, Gent, Newell (ef) 83.0 Ht12 Harris, Roger, Kaines, Beaumont 81.8 Ht13 Bottoms, Gray, Oakley, Sharpe 83.2 Ht14 Green, Oakley, Lanfear, Harris 83.6 Ht15 Bottoms, Kaines, Kessell, Croucher 85.2 Ht16 Challis, Read, Beaumont, Sharpe 83.4 Ht17 Kaines, Challis, Oakley, Newell 83.0 Ht18 Roger, Sharpe, Kessell, Lanfear 81.8 Ht19 Harris, Bottoms, Read (f), Slee (ef) 82.6 Ht20 Green, Croucher, Gray, Beaumont 84.8 Run Off Cyril Roger bt Wally Green 82.0

Special Track Record Attempts 4 Laps Billy Newell 80.8 1 Flying Lap Billy Newell 19.0 Charlie Challis 19.2 Ivan Kessell 19.6

Tuesday 21st October 1947 Bannister Court, Southampton Southern Speedways Ltd ^ 43 The Rest 41 (Challenge) ^ Southampton and Plymouth

Southern Speedways Bob Oakley 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Bert Croucher 2’ 3 2’ 1 8 2 Charlie Challis 2 2 1’ 1 6 1 Alex Gray 0 0 1’ 1 1 Pete Lansdale 2 2 2 1 7 Jimmy Squibb 1’ 0 1’ 0 2 2 George Bason 1 2 3 Alf Kaines 2 0 3 5

The Rest Geoff Bennett 0 3 0 0 3 Stan Hodson 1 1 3 3 8 Arthur Payne 3 3 3 0 9 Bill Harris 1 0 1 1 3 Cyril Roger 0 0 2’ 3 5 1 Wally Green 3 1 3 2’ 9 1 Tony Buxey 2 2 4 Ernie Rawlins 0 0 0

Ht1 Oakley, Croucher, Hodson, Bennett 70.8* 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Payne, Challis, Harris, Gray 74.4 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Green, Lansdale, Squibb, Roger 75.2 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Oakley, Buxey, Bason, Harris 77.0 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Bennett, Challis, Hodson, Gray 74.8 2 4 16 14 Ht6 Payne, Lansdale, Harris, Squibb 73.0 2 4 18 18 Ht7 Croucher, Oakley, Green, Roger 72.8 5 1 23 19 Ht8 Payne, Kaines, Challis, Rawlins 73.4 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Hodson, Lansdale, Squibb, Bennett 73.8 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Oakley, Croucher, Harris, Payne 75.6 5 1 34 26 Ht11 Green, Roger, Challis, Kaines 73.6 1 5 35 31 Ht12 Kaines, Buxey, Lansdale, Bennett 76.0 4 2 39 33 Ht13 Roger, Bason, Gray, Rawlins 74.0 3 3 42 36 Ht14 Hodson, Green, Croucher, Squibb 73.8 1 5 43 41

Thursday 23rd October 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 47 Exeter Falcons 36 (The Devon Derby)

Plymouth Billy Newell 3 2 2 7 Stan Lanfear 2’ 0 1’ 2’ 5 1 Len Read 0 3 3 F 6 Charlie Challis 2 2’ 2 3 9 1 Ivan Kessell 0 0 Alex Gray 2 1 3 3 9 Vic Gent 1’ 3 0 2’ 6 1 Harold Sharpe 0 1 2’ 2 5 1

Exeter Sid Hazzard 0 0 1 1 Don Hardy 1 1 0 1 3 Cyril Roger 3 3 0 3 9 John Myson 1 2 2’ 0 5 1 Alan Chambers 1 0 1 Stan Hodson 3 3 3 0 9 Broncho Slade 0 1’ 3 1 5 1 Arthur Pilgrim 2 1 0 3

Ht1 Newell, Lanfear, Hardy, Hazzard 80.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Roger, Challis, Myson, Read 84.6 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Hodson, Gray, Gent, Slade 83.8 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Gent, Myson, Slade, Sharpe 84.2 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Read, Challis, Hardy, Hazzard 85.0 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Roger, Myson, Gray, Kessell 84.0 1 5 19 17 Ht7 Hodson, Newell, Chambers, Lanfear 82.4 2 4 21 21 Ht8 Read, Pilgrim, Sharpe, Roger 85.0 4 2 25 23 Ht9 Gray, Sharpe, Hazzard, Hardy 85.2 5 1 30 24 Ht10 Roger, Newell, Lanfear, Myson 83.0 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Hodson, Challis, Chambers (nf), Read (f) 82.8 2 3 35 30 Ht12 Slade, Sharpe, Pilgrim, Gent 85.2 2 4 37 34 Ht13 Challis, Gent, Slade, Pilgrim 87.0 5 1 42 35 Ht14 Gray, Lanfear, Hardy, Hodson 84.8 5 1 47 36

The Plymouth Trophy Ht1Newell, Gray, Lanfear, Slee 85.0 85.2 Ht2 Challis, Day, Bell, Brown 87.2 88.4 Ht3 Sharpe, Gent (ef), Read (f), Kessell (ns) 89.2 NA Final Gray, Sharpe, Newell, Challis 84.6

PLYMOUTH 1947 NEEDS

Thursday 24th April 1947 Plymouth The Lord Mayor’s Trophy Thursday 1st May 1947 Pennycross PlymouthDevils 33 ExeterFalcons 48 (Ch)THt14 toend of meeting Monday 5th May 1947 County Ground Exeter Falcons 47 Plymouth Devils 34 (Ch) Tuesday 6th May 1947 Bannister Court, Southampton Saints 54 Plymouth Devils 29 (Ch) SH Thursday 8th May 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 47 Southampton Saints 37 (Ch) Wednesday 14th May 1947 Fazeley Tamworth Hounds 48 Plymouth Devils NLD3) SH Details Thursday 15th May 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 41 Tamworth Hounds 43 (NLD3) Deegan or Covell in Ht14? SH Davey? Thursday 22nd May 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 42 The Rest 42 (Challenge) Thursday 29th May 1947Plymouth British Riders’ Championship Qualifying Round Thursday 5th June 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 43 Wombwell Colliers 40 (NLD3) Friday 6th June 1947 Sports Stadium, Wombwell Colliers 54 Plymouth Devils 30 (NLD3) Thursday 12th June 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 40 Cradley Heath Cubs 42 (NLD3) Thursday 19th June 1947 Plymouth West of England 37 The North 45 (Ch) THt6 JnrvRest Thursday 19th June 1947 Sun Street Stoke Potters 59 Plymouth Devils 23 (NLD3) SH details Thursday 26th June 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 41 Stoke Potters 42 (NLD3) Thursday 3rd July 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 41 Southampton Saints 54 (Midlands v South Cup) Saturday 5th July 1947Arlington, Eastbourne Eagles 56 Plymouth Devils 27 (NLD3) Monday 7th July 1947CountyGround, Exeter Falcons 55 Plymouth Devils 28 (NLD3) Thursday 10th July 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 40 Exeter Falcons 43 (NLD3) Tuesday 15th July 1947 Bannister Court, Southampton Saints 39 Plymouth Devils 34 (NLD3) Thursday 17th July 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 30 Eastbourne Eagles 54 (NLD3) Saturday 19th July 1947Arlington, Eastbourne Eagles 60 Plymouth Devils 34 (Midland v South Cup) Ht2 Thursday 24th July 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 48 Exeter Falcons 47 (Midlands v South Cup) Saturday 26th July 1947 Dudley Wood Cradley Heath Cubs 54 Plymouth Devils 30 (NLD3) Thursday 31st July 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 39 Southampton Saints 44 (NLD3) Monday 4th August 1947 County Ground Exeter Falcons 51 Plymouth Devils 45 (Midlands v South Cup) Thursday 7th August 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 54 Wombwell Colliers 29 (NLD3) Friday 8thAugust 1947South Yorks SS Wombwell Colliers48 PlymouthDevils 36 (NLD3) THts8-14SH Thursday 14th August 1947 Sun Street Stoke Potters 63 Plymouth Devils 20 (NLD3) SHTHts2-4 Fplacings Thursday 14th August 1947 Plymouth South 45 North 39 (Challenge) Tuesday 19th August 1947Bannister Ct Southampton Saints 60 Plymouth Devils 36 (MidlandsvSouth Cup) SH Thursday 21st August 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 47 Stoke Potters 36 (NLD3) Wednesday 27th August 1947 Fazeley Tamworth Hounds 54 Plymouth Devils 29 (NLD3) SHT MR, Hts1-3 Thursday 28th August 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 44 Tamworth Hounds 40 (NLD3) Thursday 4th September 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 45 Cradley Heath Cubs 33 (NLD3) Saturday 6th September 1947Arlington, Eastbourne Eagles 52 Plymouth Devils 29 (NLD3) THdLkScrR Monday 8th Sep1947 County Ground, Exeter Falcons 53 Plymouth Devils 30 (NLD3) THts1-14 Thursday 11th September 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 44 Exeter Falcons 40 (NLD3) Tuesday 16th September 1947 BannisterCourt, Southampton Saints 62 Plymouth Devils 22(NLD3)SH Thursday 18th September 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 42 Southampton Saints 42 (NLD3) Thursday 25th September 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 47 Eastbourne Eagles 37 (NLD3) Saturday 27th September 1947 Dudley Wood Cradley Heath Cubs 62 Plymouth Devils 22 (NLD3) Thursday 2nd October 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 46 Eastbourne Eagles 50 (North v South Cup) Thursday 9th October 1947 Pennycross Plymouth 25 Tamworth 7 Exeter 21 Southampton 30 (4TT) Thursday 16th October 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Best Riders Trophy Tuesday 21st October 1947 BannisterCourt, Southampton Southern Speedways Ltd^ 43 The Rest 41 (Ch) SH Thursday 23rd October 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 47 Exeter Falcons 36 (Devon Derby)