Bradford 1953

Thanks to Charles MacKay

Completed 13.04.2018 Corrected 6.5.2021

Friday 3rd April 1953 Penarth Road Stadium, Cardiff Cardiff Dragons 32 Odsal Tudors 51 (Challenge)

Cardiff Hugh Geddes 3 2 2 3 10 Charlie May 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Ivor Eveleigh 0 0 0 0 Chum Taylor 3 3 0 2 8 Gerald Pugh 2 1 1 1 5 Jim Wright 1 3 2 1’ 7 1 Frank Johnson 0 0 X^ 1 1 Gordon Richards 0 0 0

Odsal Ron Clarke 1’ 2 2’ 0 5 2 Eddie Rigg 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 Arthur Wright 0 0 3 3 6 Dent Oliver 2 3 2’ 3 10 1 Dick Seers N 1’ 1 1’ 3 2 Arthur Forrest 3 2 3 3 11 Arthur Bush 1’ 2’ 3 2 Keith Milner 1 2 3

Ht1 Geddes, Rigg, Clarke, May 70.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Taylor, Oliver, J.Wright, A.Wright 70.6 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Forrest, Pugh, Seers (ef), Johnson(nf) 69.8 2 3 9 8 Ht4 Taylor, Clarke, Bush, Richards 70.4 3 3 12 11 Ht5 Oliver, Geddes, May, A.Wright 70.2 3 3 15 14 Ht6 J.Wright, Forrest, Seers, Taylor 70.8 3 3 18 17 Ht7 Rigg, Clarke, Pugh, Richards 70.2 1 5 19 22 Ht8 A.Wright, J.Wright, Milner, Eveleigh 71.2 2 4 21 26 Ht9 Forrest, Geddes, Seers, May 70.2 2 4 23 30 Ht10 Rigg, Taylor, J.Wright, Clarke 70.8 3 3 26 33 Ht11 A.Wright, Oliver, Pugh, Eveleigh 70.8 1 5 27 38 Ht12 Geddes, Milner, Seers, Johnson (Exc^) 71.8 3 3 30 41 Ht13 Oliver, Bush, Pugh, Eveleigh 71.0 1 5 31 46 Ht14 Rigg, Forrest, Johnson, May 70.6 1 5 32 51

Thursday 16th April 1953 Wimbledon Stadium, London^ Wembley Lions 39 Odsal Tudors 45 (Coronation Cup)

Wembley FreddieWilliams 0 ef 1 3 4 Trevor Redmond 3 2 3 1 9 Tommy Price 2 1 3 3 9 George Wilks 1* 2 0 0 3 B Oakley 0 1 1 Eric Williams 3 3 2 0 8 Bill Kitchen 0 1 0 1 Jimmy Gooch 2* F 2 4

Bradford R Clarke 1* 1 2 2 6 Eddie Rigg 2 ef 1* 3 6 Arthur Wright 0 1 1 0 2 Dent Oliver 3 3 3 3 12 Dick Seers 1* 3 F 2 6 Arthur Forrest 2 2* 2 2* 8 Arthur Bush 3 1 1 5 Keith Milner 0 0

Ht 1 Redmond, Rigg, Clarke, FreddieWilliams 67.4 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Oliver, Price, Wilks, Wright 68.0 3 3 6 6 Ht 3 Eric Williams, Forrest, Seers, Oakley 67.6 3 3 9 9 Ht 4 Bush, Wilks, Clarke, Kitchen 68.6 2 4 11 13 Ht 5 Oliver, Redmond, Wright, FreddieWilliams ef 68.2 2 4 13 17 Ht 6 Seers, Forrest, Price, Wilks 68.8 1 5 14 22 Ht 7 Eric Williams, Clarke, Oakley, Rigg ef 68.6 4 2 18 24 Ht 8 Price, Gooch, Bush, Milner 68.4 5 1 23 25 Ht 9 Redmond, Forrest, FreddieWilliams, Seers F 67.6 4 2 27 27 Ht 10 Price, Clarke, Rigg, Wilks 67.8 3 3 30 30 Ht 11 Oliver, Eric Williams, Wright, Gooch F 67.8 2 4 32 34 Ht 12 FreddieWilliams, Seers, Kitchen, Milner 67.8 4 2 36 36 Ht 13 Oliver, Gooch, Bush, Kitchen ? 2 4 38 40 Ht 14 Rigg, Forrest, Redmond, Eric Williams 67.8 1 5 39 45

Saturday 18th April 1953 Odsal Stadium, Bradford The Tudor Trophy

Arthur Forrest 2 3 2 3 3 13 Dick Seers 3 3 2 2 2 12 Al Allison 0 2 3 2 1 8 Eddie Rigg 1 3 2 2 1 9 Jack Biggs 2 2 3 3 2 12 Arthur Wright 3 2 1 3 3 12 Arthur Bush 1 1 3 2 3 10 Noel Thorley F 0 0 0 1 1 G Hutchinson 1 0 1 0 0 2 D Collins ef F 0 0 0 0 Dent Oliver 3 3 3 3 3 15 Bill Crosland 2 1 1 0 0 4 Jeff Lloyd 3 1 1 1 2 8 R Clarke 2 1 2 1 0 6 Keith Milner 0 F 0 1 2 3 Danny Dunton 1 2 0 1 1 5

Ht 1 Seers, Forrest, Rigg, Allison 66.8 Ht 2 Wright, Biggs, Bush, Thorley F 65.0 Ht 3 Oliver, Crosland, Hutchinson, Collins ef 67.0 Ht 4 Lloyd, Clarke, Dunton, Milner 68.4 Ht 5 Forrest, Clarke, Lloyd, Hutchinson 65.6 Ht 6 Seers, Wright, Clarke, Collins F 66.8 Ht 7 Oliver, Allison, Bush, Milner F 674 Ht 8 Rigg, Dunton, Crosland, Thorley 67.8 Ht 9 Oliver, Forrest, Wright, Dunton 67.0 Ht 10 Biggs, Seers, Crosland, Milner 67.4 Ht 11 Allison, Clarke, Hutchinson, Thorley 68.2 Ht 12 Bush, Rigg, Lloyd, Collins 68.2 Ht 13 Forrest, Bush, Clarke, Crosland 67.2 Ht 14 Oliver, Seers, Lloyd, Thorley 68.2 Ht 15 Biggs, Allison, Dunton, Collins 68.0 Ht 16 Wright, Rigg, Milner, Hutchinson F 68.0 Ht 17 Forrest, Milner, Thorley, Collins, 69.0 Ht 18 Bush, Seers, Dunton, Hutchinson 69.2 Ht 19 Wright, Lloyd, Allison, Crosland 68.0 Ht 20 Oliver, Biggs, Rigg, Clarke 68.4

Tuesday 21st April 1953 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 45 Odsal Tudors 39 (Coronation Cup)

West Ham Malcolm Craven 0 1’ 3 3 7 1 Cliff Watson 2 1 1 0 4 Wally Green 2 1’ 3 3 9 1 Howdy Byford 0 1 2 2’ 5 1 Jack Young 3 3 3 3 12 Pat Clarke 1 1 1 1 4 Fred Curtis 3 0 3 Keith Gurtner 0 0 0

Odsal Ron Clarke 1 2 0 1 4 Eddie Rigg 3 2 0 3 8 Arthur Wright 1 0 2 0 3 Dent Oliver 3 3 2 2 10 Dick Seers 0 0 0 1’ 1 1 Arthur Forrest 2 3 2 2’ 9 1 Arthur Bush 0 1’ 1 1 Al Allison 1’ 2 3 1

Ht1 Rigg, Watson, R.Clarke, Craven 76.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Oliver, Green, Wright, Byford 75.4 2 4 4 8 Ht3 Young, Forrest, P.Clarke, Seers 75.5 4 2 8 10 Ht4 Curtis, R.Clarke, Byford, Bush 78.6 4 2 12 12 Ht5 Oliver, Watson, Craven, Wright 75.2 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Forrest, Byford, Green, Seers 76.4 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Young, Rigg, P.Clarke, R.Clarke 75.6 4 2 22 20 Ht8 Green, Wright, Allison, Gurtner 76.0 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Craven, Forrest, Watson, Seers 77.2 4 2 29 25 Ht10 Green, Byford, R.Clarke, Rigg 76.6 5 1 34 26 Ht11 Young, Oliver, P.Clarke, Wright 75.0 4 2 38 28 Ht12 Craven, Allison, Seers, Curtis 77.4 3 3 41 31 Ht13 Young, Oliver, Bush, Gurtner 76.0 3 3 44 34 Ht14 Rigg, Forrest, P.Clarke, Watson 77.0 1 5 45 39

Saturday 25th April 1953 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Odsal Tudors 55 Wembley Lions 29 (Coronation Cup)

Bradford Ron Clarke 3 0 2* 2 7 Eddie Rigg 0 3 3 2* 8 Arthur Wright 2* 3 3 3 11 Dent Oliver 3 3 2* 2* 10 Arthur Forrest 3 3 3 3 12 Dick Seers ef 2 0 1 3 Arthur Bush 0 ef 0 Al Allison 1 3 4

Wembley Freddie Williams 2 1* 1 1 5 Trevor Redmond 1* 0 0 1 2 Tommy Price 1 2 2 2 7 George Wilks 0 1* 1* 0 2 Eric Williams 2 1 1 3 7 Bill Kitchen 1* 0 0 0 1 Jimmy Gooch 2 2 4 Den Cosby 0 1 1

Ht 1 Clarke, Freddie Williams, Redmond, Rigg 66.0 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Oliver, Wright, Price, Wilks 65.4 5 1 8 4 Ht 3 Forrest, Eric Williams, Kitchen, Seers ef 65.8 3 3 11 7 Ht 4 Oliver, Gooch, Freddie Williams, Bush 66.0 3 3 14 10 Ht 5 Rigg, Price, Wilks, Clarke 65.8 3 3 17 13 Ht 6 Wright, Oliver, Eric Williams, Kitchen 66.4 5 1 22 14 Ht 7 Forrest, Seers, Freddie Williams, Redmond 66.0 5 1 27 15 Ht 8 Wright, Price, Allison, Cosby 67.4 4 2 31 17 Ht 9 Rigg, Clarke, Eric Williams, Kitchen 66.8 5 1 36 18 Ht 10 Wright, Oliver, Freddie Williams, Redmond 67.4 5 1 41 19 Ht 11 Forrest, Price, Wilks, Seers 65.4 3 3 44 22 Ht 12 Eric Williams, Clarke, Cosby, Bush ef 68.0 2 4 46 26 Ht 13 Allison, Gooch, Seers, Wilks 70.2 4 2 50 28 Ht 14 Forrest, Rigg, Redmond, Kitchen 66.2 5 1 55 29 Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Milner, Haswell, Hutchinson fell, Thorley exc 70.0 Ht2 Forrest, FreddieWilliams, Price, Kitchen 67.2 Ht3 Allison, Bush, Milner, Crosland 66.6 Ht4 Oliver, Wright, Clarke, Seers 67.6 Final Forrest, Allison, Oliver, Rigg 67.2

Friday 1st May 1953 Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol Bulldogs 56 Odsal Tudors 27 (Coronation Cup)

Bristol Johnny Hole 1 1 2’ 3 7 1 Dick Bradley 3 3 3 3 12 Geoff Pymar 1 1 2 2 6 Jack Unstead 3 2’ 3 1’ 9 2 Eric Salmon 3 2’ 1 2 8 1 Billy Hole 1 3 3 2’ 9 1 Chris Boss 3 2’ 5 1 Chum Taylor 0 0 0

Odsal Ron Clarke 2 0 0 0 2 Eddie Rigg 0 1 3 1 5 Arthur Wright 0 2 3 2 7 Dent Oliver 2 0 0 3 5 Dick seers 0 0 0 1 1 Arthur Forrest 2 2 1 0 5 Al Allison 1 0 1 Arthur Bush 1 0 1

Ht1 Bradley, Clarke, J,Hole, Rigg 61.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Unstead, Oliver, Pymar, Wright 63.0 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Salmon, Forrest, B.Hole, Seers 62.2 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Boss, Unstead, Clarke, Allison 63.0 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Bradley, Wright, J.Hole, Oliver 62.4 4 2 21 9 Ht6 Unstead, Forrest, Pymar, Seers 63.0 4 2 25 11 Ht7 B.Hole, Salmon, Rigg, Clarke 62.8 5 1 30 12 Ht8 Wright, Pymar, Bush, Taylor 63.0 2 4 32 16 Ht9 Bradley, B.Hole, Forrest, Seers 63.4 5 1 37 17 Ht10 Rigg, Pymar, Unstead, Clarke 63.8 3 3 40 20 Ht11 B.Hole, Wright, Salmon, Oliver 63.0 4 2 44 22 Ht12 J.Hole, Boss, Seers, Bush 64.2 5 1 49 23 Ht13 Oliver, Salmon, Oliver (nf), Taylor (nf) 74.0 2 3 51 26 Ht14 Bradley, B.Hole, Rigg, Forrest 62.0 5 1 56 27

Bradford v New Cross 2nd May Coronation Cup B radford Ron Clarke 2 1 0 3 Eddie Rigg 1* 0 3 1* 5 Arthur Wright 0 0 0 Dent Oliver 1 2* 3 3 12 Dick Seers 2 1 1 2 6 Arthur Forrest 0 3 3 2 8 Al Allison 3 2 2* 2 9 Arthur Bush 1* 0 0 1

New Cross E French 3 0 ef 0 3 Bob Roger 0 2 1 3 6 O Nygren 3 2* 3 2 10 C Roger 2* 3 F 3 8 Bert Roger 3 2 2 3 10 B Longley 1 1* 1* 0 3 F Lawrence 1 1 2 J Grierson 0 1 1

Ht 1 French, Clarke, Rigg, Bob Roger 66.6 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Nygren, C Roger, Oliver, Wright 65.4 1 5 4 8 Ht 3 Bert Roger, Seers, Longley, Forrest 65.6 2 4 6 12 Ht 4 Allison, Oliver, Lawrence, French 67.0 5 1 11 13 Ht 5 C Roger, Nygren, Clarke, Rigg 66.4 1 5 12 18 Ht 6 Oliver, Bert Roger, Longley, Wright 66.8 3 3 15 21 Ht 7 Forrest, Bob Roger, Seers, French ef 66.8 4 2 19 23 Ht 8 Nygren, Allison, Bush, Grierson 66.2 3 3 22 26 Ht 9 Rigg, Bert Roger, Longley, Clarke 67.0 3 3 25 29 Ht 10 Oliver, Allison, Bob Roger, French 67.0 5 1 30 30 Ht 11 Forrest, Nygren, Seers, C Roger F 66.2 4 2 34 32 Ht 12 Bob Roger, Allison, Grierson, Bush 66.8 2 4 36 36 Ht 13 C Roger, Seers, Lawrence, Bush 67.2 2 4 38 40 Ht 14 Bert Roger, Forrest, Rigg, Longley 66.0 3 3 41 43

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Milner^, Vic Sage^, Noel Thorley, Hutchison 68.4 Ht2 Bob Roger, Forrest, Grierson, Lawrence 67.2 Ht3 Bush, Milner^, Sage^ 67.8 Ht4 Nygren, French, Oliver, Longley 68.2 Ht5 C.Roger, Bert Roger, Rigg, Seers 68.8 Final Nygren, Bush, Bob Roger, C.Roger 68.2

7th May @ Firs Stadium, Norwich – Coronation Cup Norwich Stars 46 Bradford Tudors 38 NORWICH Merv Neil 3 0 2 3 8 Fred Pawson 0 3 1’ 3 7 1 Billy Bales 1 3 3 3 10 Danny Dunton 0 0 0 Fred Rogers 2 3 2 3 10 Phil Clarke 1’ 2’ 0 1 4 2 Jack Freeman 3 1 1 2’ 7 1 Roy Craighead 0 0 0 BRADFORD Ron Clarke 1’ 1’ 0 0 2 2 Eddie Rigg 2 1 2 0 5 Arthur Wright 3 2 2 1 8 Dent Oliver 2’ 1’ 3 1’ 7 3 Dick Seers 0 0 1 1 Arthur Forrest 3 2 3 2 10 Al Allison 2 0 2 4 Arthur Bush 1’ 0 1 1

1 Neil, Rigg, R. Clarke, Pawson, 74.6 3 3 2 Wright, Oliver, Bales, Dunton, 74.8 4 8 3 Forrest, Rogers, P. Clarke, Seers, 73.6 7 11 4 Freeman, Allison, R. Clarke, Dunton, 75.6 10 14 5 Pawson, Wright, Oliver, Neil, 74.4 13 17 6 Bales, Forrest, Freeman, Seers, 73.0 17 19 7 Rogers, P. Clarke, Rigg, R. Clarke, 73.6 22 20 8 Bales, Wright, Bush, Craighead, 74.0 25 23 9 Forrest, Neil, Pawson, Allison, 74.6 28 26 10 Bales, Rigg, Freeman, R. Clarke, 74.8 32 28 11 Oliver, Rogers, Wright, P. Clarke, 75.4 34 32 12 Neil, Freeman, Seers, Bush, 76.4 39 33 13 Rogers, Allison, Oliver, Craighead, 75.0 42 36 14 Pawson, Forrest, P. Clarke, Rigg, 74.8 46 38

Bradford v Harringay 9th May Coronation Cup Bradford Arthur Wright 3 0 1 2* 6 Dent Oliver 1 3 3 2 9 Dick Seers 2* 2* 0 0 4 Arthur Forrest 3 3 3 3 12 R Clarke 0 0 2 2 Eddie Rigg 1 2 0 1* 4 Al Allison 1 3 3 7 Arthur Bush 1 1 2 Harringay R How Did not arrive S Waterman 2 3 2 3 10 Jeff Lloyd 1 2 2* 1 6 M Dunn 0 1* 3 2 6 K Walsh 3 0 F/X X 3 Jack Biggs 2* 1 2 0 5 A Atkinson 0 1* 1* 0 2 A Quinn 0 2 3 1 6 Ht 1 Wright, Waterman, Oliver, Quinn 65.0 4 2 4 2 Ht 2 Forrest, Seers, Lloyd, Dunn 65.0 5 1 9 3 Ht 3 Walsh, Biggs, Rigg, Clarke 66.0 1 5 10 8 Ht 4 Forrest, Quinn, Allison, Atkinson 65.4 4 2 14 10 Ht 5 Oliver, Lloyd, Dunn, Wright 66.2 3 3 17 13 Ht 6 Forrest, Seers, Biggs, Walsh 65.8 5 1 22 14 Ht 7 Waterman, Rigg, Atkinson, Clarke 66.8 2 4 24 18 Ht 8 Quinn, Lloyd, Bush, Seers 67.6 1 5 25 23 Ht 9 Oliver, Biggs, Wright, Walsh F/X Rerun 67.0 4 2 29 25 Ht 10 Forrest, Waterman, Atkinson, Seers 66.0 3 3 32 28 Ht 11 Dunn, Clarke, Lloyd, Rigg 67.8 2 4 34 32 Ht 12 Allison, Wright, Quinn, Walsh X 67.4 5 1 39 33 Ht 13 Allison, Dunn, Bush, Atkinson 67.6 4 2 43 35 Ht 14 Waterman, Oliver, Rigg, Biggs 67.8 3 3 46 38 Stadium Scratch Race Milner, Hutchinson, Thorley, Haswell exc 70.4 Clarke, Lloyd, Wright, Quinn F 67.2 Allison, Bush, Atkinson, Milner 67.4 Waterman, Forrest, Rigg, Dunn 66.8 Oliver, Seers, Walsh, Biggs 68.0 Final Oliver, Waterman, Wright, Allison ef 68.0

Saturday 9th May 1953 Chapelizod Stadium, Dublin Dublin 48 Paddy Cullen 8, A Marr 12, Mike Tams 11, Tommy Kierman7, Danny O’Neil 6, Ginger O’Beirne 4 Bradford 20 D Haswell 0, Fred Dale 4, John Gribbin 7, Norman Redmond 4, Woods 3, Tommy Toll 1 Spillers 7

Friday 15th May 1953 Harringay Stadium, London Harringay Racers 48 Odsal Tudors 36 (Coronation Cup)

Harringay Ron How 2’ 3 0 3 8 1 Split Waterman 3 0 3 2 8 Jeff Lloyd 0 1’ 1 3 5 1 Arthur Atkinson 1 2 0 1 4 Maury Dunn 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 Jack Biggs 1’ 2’ 1 1’ 5 3 Ken Walsh 1’ 2’ 3 2 Allan Quinn 2 3 5

Odsal Arthur Wright 1 3 1 0 5 Dent Oliver 0 0 2 0 2 Eddie Rigg 3 1 3 0 7 Ron Clarke 2’ 2 2 1 7 1 Dick Seers 3 2’ 1’ 1 7 2 Arthur Forrest 0 3 2 3 8 Al Allison 0 0 0 Arthur Bush 0 0 0

Ht1 Waterman, How, Wright, Oliver 78.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Rigg, Clarke, Atkinson, Lloyd 71.6 1 5 6 6 Ht3 Seers, Dunn, Biggs, Forrest 71.0 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Wright, Atkinson, Walsh, Allison 72.8 3 3 12 12 Ht5 How, Clarke, Rigg, Waterman 72.8 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Forrest, Seers, Lloyd, Atkinson 75.6 1 5 16 20 Ht7 Dunn, Biggs, Wright, Oliver 73.6 5 1 21 21 Ht8 Rigg, Quinn, Lloyd, Bush 73.6 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Waterman, Forrest, Seers, How 72.4 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Lloyd, Oliver, Atkinson, Wright 73.0 4 2 31 29 Ht11 Dunn, Clarke, Biggs, Rigg 73.8 4 2 35 31 Ht12 How, Walsh, Seers, Bush 74.8 5 1 40 32 Ht13 Quinn, Dunn, Clarke, Allison 74.8 5 1 45 33 Ht14 Forrest, Waterman, Biggs, Oliver 73.8 3 3 48 36

Bradford v Birmingham 16th May Coronation Cup Bradford Arthur Wright ef 1* ef 3 4 Dent Oliver 2 2 1 0 5 R Clarke 0 1* 2* 0 3 Eddie Rigg 1 3 2 3 9 Dick Seers 1 2* 1 2 5 Arthur Forrest 3 3 2 3 11 Al Allison 1 0 1 Arthur Bush 3 1* 4 Birmingham A Payne 3 2 1 1* 7 R Mountford 1 0 2 2 5 R Barrett 2* ef 1 0 4 A Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 G Warren 0 0 2* 2 4 E Boothroyd 2 3 3 1* 9 R Mason 0 0 0 P Malpass 0 1* 1

Ht 1 Payne, Oliver, Mountford, Wright ef 67.6 2 4 2 4 Ht 2 Hunt, Barrett, Rigg, Clarke 65.6 1 5 3 9 Ht 3 Forrest, Boothroyd, Seers, Warren 65.4 4 2 7 11 Ht 4 Rigg, Payne, Allison, Mason 66.0 4 2 11 13 Ht 5 Hunt, Oliver, Wright, Barrett ef 65.4 3 3 14 16 Ht 6 Boothroyd, Rigg, Clarke, Warren 66.4 3 3 17 19 Ht 7 Forrest, Seers, Payne, Mountford 66.0 5 1 22 20 Ht 8 Bush, Clarke, Barrett, Malpass 67.4 5 1 27 21 Ht 9 Boothroyd, Warren, Oliver, Wright ef 66.8 1 5 28 26 Ht 10 Rigg, Mountford, Payne, Clarke 67.2 3 3 31 29 Ht 11 Hunt, Forrest, Seers, Barrett 66.2 3 3 34 32 Ht 12 Wright, Warren, Malpass, Allison 67.6 3 3 37 35 Ht 13 Hunt, Seers, Bush, Mason 66.4 3 3 40 38 Ht 14 Forrest, Mountford, Boothroyd, Oliver 67.2 3 3 43 41

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 (QH)Milner, Malpass, Noel Thorley, George Hutchinson 69.6 Ht2 Hunt, Bush, Boothroyd, Malpass 66.8 Ht3 Allison, Clarke, Milner, Mason 68.0 Ht4 Rigg, Seers, Warren, Payne 68.4 Ht5 Wright, Forrest, Mountford, Barrett 67.6 Final Hunt, Wright, Rigg, Allison 67.6

Monday 18th May 1953 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies v Odsal Tudors (Coronation Cup) Rained Off

100 Guineas Supporters Trophy 23rd May Ht 1 Wright, Seers, Allison, Milner 66.2 Ht 2 Rigg, Crutcher, Crosland, Thorley 67.0 Ht 3 Clarke, Parker, Forrest, Mardon 66.8 Ht 4 Oliver, Morton, Hutchinson, Bush 66.0 Ht 5 Rigg, Morton, Allison, Parker 66.8 Ht 6 Mardon, Seers, Oliver, Crutcher 67.0 Ht 7 Forrest, Milner, Hutchinson, Thorley 66.4 Ht 8 Wright, Clarke, Crosland, Bush 65.4 Ht 9 Forrest, Crutcher, Allison, Bush ef 66.2 Ht 10 Rigg, Clarke, Seers, Hutchinson 67.2 Ht 11 Oliver, Parker, Milner, Crosland 67.4 Ht 12 Wright, Mardon, Morton, Thorley 66.0 Ht 13 Allison, Oliver, Clarke, Thorley 67.0 Ht 14 Forrest, Seers, Morton, Crosland 66.6 Ht 15 Mardon. Milner, Bush , Rigg ef/X 67.8 Ht 16 Wright, Crutcher, Hutchinson 3 riders 66.2 Ht 17 Mardon, Allison, Crosland, Hutchinson 68.0 Ht 18 Seers, Bush, Thorley, 3 riders 67.8 Ht 19 Morton, Clarke, Crutcher, Milner 68.6 Ht 20 Forrest, Wright, Rigg, Oliver 66.6 Ht 11 Parker fell after race and was ran over by Milner and withdrew from meeting Ht 15 Rigg had engine failure and Bush fell avoiding him. Al Allison 1 1 1 3 2 8 Dick Seers 2 2 1 2 3 10 Keith Milner 0 2 1 2 0 5 Arthur Wright 3 3 3 3 2 14 Eddie Rigg 3 3 3 3 1 13 B Crutcher 2 0 2 2 1 7 Noel Thorley 0 0 0 0 1 1 Bill Crosland 1 1 0 0 1 3 N Parker 2 0 2 4 G Mardon 0 3 2 3 3 11 Arthur Forrest 1 3 3 3 3 13 R Clarke 3 2 2 1 2 10 W Morton 2 2 1 1 3 9 Dent Oliver 3 1 3 2 0 9 G Hutchinson 0 1 1 1 0 3 Arthur Bush 0 0 ef 1 2 3

Bradford v Belle Vue 25th May Coronation Cup

Bradford Arthur Wright ef 3 2 3 8 Dent Oliver 3 1 1* 1 6 R Clarke 2* 1 2 2* 7 Eddie Rigg 3 3 ef 3 9 Dick Seers 1 ef ef 2 3 Arthur Forrest 0 3 3 3 9 Al Allison 1 0 1 Arthur Bush 1* 3 4 Belle Vue P Craven ef 2 2 1 5 R Johnston 2 1* 0 0 3 L Lawson 0 2 3 2 7 Bob Fletcher 1 ef 1* 1 3 K Sharples 3 2* 3 2 10 H Edwards 2* 3 ef 2 7 W Wilson 0 0 0 V Morton F 1* 1

Ht 1 Oliver, Johnston, Wright ef, Craven ef 70.2 3 2 3 2 Ht 2 Rigg, Clarke, Fletcher, Lawson 68.0 5 1 8 3 Ht 3 Sharples, Edwards, Seers, Forrest 70.4 1 5 9 8 Ht 4 Rigg, Craven, Allison, Wilson 69.2 4 2 13 10 Ht 5 Wright, Lawson, Oliver, Fletcher ef 70.8 4 2 17 12 Ht 6 Edwards, Sharples, Clarke, Rigg ef 70.0 1 5 18 17 Ht 7 Forrest, Craven, Johnston, Seers ef 71.3 3 3 21 20 Ht 8 Lawson, Clarke, Bush, Morton f 70.6 3 3 24 23 Ht 9 Sharples, Wright, Oliver, Edwards ef 69.2 3 3 27 26 Ht 10 Rigg, Clarke, Craven, Johnston 68.2 5 1 32 27 Ht 11 Forrest, Lawson, Fletcher, Seers ef 69.0 3 3 35 30 Ht 12 Wright, Sharples, Morton, Allison 70.2 3 3 38 33 Ht 13 Bush, Seers, Fletcher, Wilson 70.6 5 1 43 34 Ht 14 Forrest, Edwards, Oliver, Johnston 69.0 4 2 47 36

The Leeds Speedway Social Club Scratch Race Edwards, Clarke, Milner, Craven 69.8 Seers, Fletcher, Morton, Oliver ef 69.8 Wright, Wilson, Lawson, Rigg ef 67.2 Forrest/Sharples, Johnston, Bush 68.8 Forrest, Sharples 68.2 Final Forrest, Edwards, Wright, Seers 68.6 The Tudor Race Milner, Thorley, Haswell, Hutchinson 70.0

Bradford v West Ham 30th May Coronation Cup Bradford Arthur Wright 2 1 0 0 3 Dent Oliver 0 0 3 0 3 R Clarke 1 0 1* 2 Eddie Rigg 3 2* 2 1* 8 Arthur Forrest 3 2 2* 3 10 Dick Seers 0 1* 3 2 6 Al Allison 3 2 3 8 W Morton 2 2* 4

West Ham K Gurtner 1 0 0 0 1 J Young 3 3 3 3 12 P Clarke 0 2* 3 1 6 M Craven 2 3 0 0 5 W Green 2 3 1* 2 8 H Byford 1* 1 2 1 5 C Watson 1 1 2 E Chitty 0 1* 1

Ht 1 Young, Wright, Gurtner, Oliver 64.4 2 4 2 4 Ht 2 Rigg, Craven, R Clarke, P Clarke 66.6 4 2 6 6 Ht 3 Forrest, Green, Byford, Seers 66.4 3 3 9 9 Ht 4 Allison, Rigg, Watson, Gurtner 66.0 5 1 14 10 Ht 5 Craven, P Clarke, Wright, Oliver 66.4 1 5 15 15 Ht 6 Green, Rigg, Byford, R Clarke 65.8 2 4 17 19 Ht 7 Young, Forrest, Seers, Gurtner 64.6 3 3 20 22 Ht 8 P Clarke, Morton, R Clark, Chitty 66.2 3 3 23 25 Ht 9 Oliver, Byford, Green, Wright 67.2 3 3 26 28 Ht 10 Young, Allison, Rigg, Gurtner 65.2 3 3 29 31 Ht 11 Seers, Forrest, P Clarke, Craven 66.8 5 1 34 32 Ht 12 Allison, Green, Chitty, Wright 67.4 3 3 37 35 Ht 13 Forrest, Morton, Watson, Craven 66.0 5 1 42 36 Ht 14 Young, Seers, Byford, Oliver 66.2 2 4 44 40

Celebration Scratch Race Young, Seers, Craven, Wright 66.4 P Clarke, Oliver, R Clarke, Byford 66.6 Forrest, Watson, Allison, Green 65.6 Rigg, Morton, Chitty, Gurtner 68.0 Final Young, Forrest, P Clarke, Rigg 68.0 Reserves Race Milner, Bush, G.Hutcinson, Haswell 68.0

Bradford v Harringay 6th June National League Bradford Arthur Wright 1* 2 2 0 5 Dent Oliver 2 0 0 0 2 Eddie Rigg 0 1 2* 3 6 R Clarke 1 0 1 Arthur Forrest 2* 3 3 3 11 Dick Seers 3 0 1 1 5 Al Allison 2 0 1 3 W Morton 3 1 0 4 Harringay R How F 3 1* X 4 S Waterman 3 2 2 2 9 Jeff Lloyd 2* 3 1 0 6 M Dunn 3 1 2 2 8 K Walsh 0 3 1 3 7 Jack Biggs 1 2* 3 3 9 A Quinn 1 1* 2 A Atkinson 0 2* 2 Ht 1 Waterman, Oliver, Wright, How F 66.8 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Dunn, Lloyd, Clarke, Rigg 67.0 1 5 4 8 Ht 3 Seers, Forrest, Biggs, Walsh 66.6 5 1 9 9 Ht 4 How, Allison, Quinn, Clarke 66.4 2 4 11 13 Ht 5 Lloyd, Wright, Dunn, Oliver 66.6 2 4 13 17 Ht 6 Walsh, Biggs, Rigg, Allison 66.6 1 5 14 22 Ht 7 Forrest, Waterman, How, Seers 65.4 3 3 17 25 Ht 8 Morton, Rigg, Lloyd, Atkinson 67.6 5 1 22 26 Ht 9 Biggs, Wright, Walsh, Oliver 66.0 2 4 24 30 Ht 10 Rigg, Waterman, Morton, How fexc 66.6 4 2 28 32 Ht 11 Forrest, Dunn, Seers, Lloyd 66.0 4 2 32 34 Ht 12 Walsh, Atkinson, Allison, Wright 67.0 1 5 33 39 Ht 13 Forrest, Dunn, Quinn, Morton 67.4 3 3 36 42 Ht 14 Biggs, Waterman, Seers, Oliver (ef) 65.4 1 5 37 47 Coronation Scratch Race Atkinson, Bush, Milner, Crosland 68.6 Forrest, Waterman, Wright, Lloyd 66.5 Biggs, Oliver, How, Seers 67.0 Morton, Clarke, Allison, Atkinson 69.0 Dunn, Quinn, Walsh, Rigg 68.0 Final Forrest, Biggs, Dunn, Morton 67.0

Wednesday 10th June 1953 New Cross Stadium, London New Cross Rangers 42 Odsal Tudors 42 (Coronation Cup)

New Cross Eric French 3 2’ 1 1 7 1 Merv Harding 0 3 0 2 5 Bert Roger 3 0 2 2 7 Bill Longley 2’ 1 2 1’ 6 2 Cyril Roger 3 3 3 3 12 Jock Grierson 0 0 0 0 Bob Roger 3 E F 3 Frank Lawrence 1’ 1 2 1

Odsal Arthur Wright 2 2 1’ 3 8 1 Arthur Bush 1’ 2 0 1 4 1 Eddie Rigg 0 1 3 2 6 Ron Clarke 1 0 1’ 2 4 1 Arthur Forrest 2 3 3 3 11 Dick Seers 1’ 1 2’ 3 7 2 Al Allison 0 0 0 Wal Morton 0 2’ 2 1

Ht1 French, Wright, Bush, Harding 59.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Be.Roger, Longley, Clarke, Rigg 60.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 C.Roger, Forrest, Seers, Grierson 59.6 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Bo.Roger, Wright, Longley, Allison 59.2 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Harding, French, Rigg, Clarke 60.2 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Forrest, Longley, Seers, Be.Roger 58.4 2 4 22 14 Ht7 C,Roger, Bush, Wright, Grierson 60.0 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Rigg, Be.Roger, Lawrence, Morton 60.0 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Forrest, Seers, French, Harding 59.0 1 5 29 25 Ht10 Wright, Be.Roger, Longley, Bush 59.8 3 3 32 28 Ht11 C.Roger, Rigg, Clarke, Bo.Roger (ef) 58.8 3 3 35 31 Ht12 Forrest, Morton, French, Bo.Roger (f) 60.2 1 5 36 36 Ht13 C.Roger, Clarke, Lawrence, Allison 60.6 4 2 40 38 Ht14 Seers, Harding, Bush, Grierson 60.4 2 4 42 42

Bradford v Norwich 13th June Coronation Cup Bradford Arthur Forrest 3 3 3 2* 11 Dick Seers 1 0 1 Arthur Wright 1 1 2 2 6 Dent Oliver 0 2 0 2 R Clarke 2* 3 0 3 8 Eddie Rigg 3 1 1 3 8 Al Allison 1* 1 3 ef 5 W Morton 1* F F 1 Norwich F Rogers 2 3 2 3 10 M Neil ef F 1 2 3 A Lawson 3 1* 3 2* 9 B Bales 1 2* 0 1 4 P Clarke 0 3 2 1* 6 A Hunter 0 1* 1 J Freeman 0 0 0 Ht 1 Forrest, Rogers, Seers, Neil ef 66.0 4 2 4 2 Ht 2 Lawson, Pawson, Wright, Oliver 67.4 1 5 5 7 Ht 3 Rigg, R Clarke, Bales, P Clarke 69.8 5 1 10 8 Ht 4 Rogers, Oliver, Allison, Hunter 66.4 3 3 13 11 Ht 5 Forrest, Pawson, Lawson, Seers 67.2 3 3 16 14 Ht 6 P Clarke, Bales, Wright, Oliver 68.4 1 5 17 19 Ht 7 R Clarke, Rogers, Rigg, Neil F 68.2 4 2 21 21 Ht 8 Lawson, Wright, Morton, Freeman 68.4 3 3 24 24 Ht 9 Forrest, P Clarke, Allison, Bales 66.4 4 2 28 26 Ht 10 Rogers, Wright, Neil, Morton F 67.6 2 4 30 30 Ht 11 Pawson, Lawson, Rigg, R Clarke 69.0 1 5 31 35 Ht 12 Allison, Forrest, Bales, Freeman 67.6 5 1 36 36 Ht 13 R Clarke, Pawson, Hunter, Morton F 69.8 3 3 39 39 Ht 14 Rigg, Neil, P Clarke, Allison ef 68.6 3 3 42 42 Stadium Scratch Race Rogers, Rigg, Wright, P Clarke 68.4 Forrest, Lawson, Pawson, Bales 67.2 R Clarke, Allison, Morton, Freeman 69.4 Seers, Neil, Oliver, Hunter 70.0 Final Forrest, Rogers, Seers, R Clarke 68.4 Reserves Race Milner, Bush, Thorley, Hutchinson 70.0 Junior Race Haswell, Greenwell, Redmond, Woodcock ef 73.0

Monday 15th June 1953 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 56 Odsal Tudors 28 (Coronation Cup)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 12 Reg Trott 0 0 2 2 Geoff Mardon 3 3 3 3 12 Barry Briggs 2’ 2’ 1 2’ 7 3 Cyril Brine 2 3 3 3 11 Peter Moore 0 2’ 1 0 3 1 Cyril Maidment 3 1 2’ Norman Parker 2’ 1 3 1

Odsal Arthur Forrest 2 0 1 1 4 Dick Seers 1’ 0 0 1 2 1 Arthur Wright 0 0 Dent Oliver 1 2 2 0 5 Ron Clarke 1 0 0 1 2 Eddie Rigg 3 2 2 3 10 Al Allison 1 0 2 3 Wal Morton 1’ 1 0 0 2 1

Ht1 R.Moore, Forrest, Seers, Trott 65.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Mardon, Briggs, Oliver, Wright 65.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Rigg, Brine, Clarke, P.Moore 64.8 2 4 10 8 Ht4 Maidment, Briggs, Allison, Forrest 66.4 5 1 15 9 Ht5 R.Moore, Oliver, Morton, Trott 65.4 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Mardon, Rigg, Briggs, Clarke 64.8 4 2 22 14 Ht7 Brine, P.Moore, Forrest, Seers 65.4 5 1 27 15 Ht8 Mardon, Parker, Morton, Allison 65.6 5 1 32 16 Ht9 R.Moore, Rigg, Maidment, Clarke 65.0 4 2 36 18 Ht10 Mardon, Briggs, Forrest, Seers 65.2 5 1 41 19 Ht11 Brine, Oliver, P.Moore, Morton 65.6 4 2 45 21 Ht12 R.Moore, Maidment, Clarke, Morton 67.4 5 1 50 22 Ht13 Brine, Allison, Parker, Oliver 65.8 4 2 54 24 Ht14 Rigg, Trott, Seers, P.Moore 65.2 2 4 56 28

Friday 19th June 1953 Harringay Stadium, London Harringay Racers 51 Odsal Tudors 32 (National League Division One)

Harringay Ken Walsh 0 F 0 0 0 Jack Biggs 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 Jeff Lloyd 1’ 3 3 2 9 1 Maury Dunn 2 1’ 2’ 1’ 6 3 Ron How 3 1’ 2’ 3 9 2 Split Waterman 2’ 2 3 3 10 1 Allan Quinn 2 3 5 Arthur Atkinson 1 1 2

Odsal Arthur Forrest 3 3 3 3 12 Dick Seers 1 0 0 0 1 Arthur Bush 0 2 2 1 5 Dent Oliver 3 X 0 2 5 Ron Clarke 1’ 0 1’ 2 4 1 Eddie Rigg 0 1 2 1 4 Wal Morton 0 0 0 Al Allison 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Forrest, Biggs, Seers, Walsh 69.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Oliver, Dunn, Lloyd, Bush 70.0 3 3 5 7 Ht3 How, Waterman, Clarke, Rigg 70.2 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Forrest, Quinn, Dunn, Morton 69.6 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Biggs, Bush, Walsh (f), Oliver (exc) 72.2 3 2 16 13 Ht6 Lloyd, Dunn, Rigg, Clarke 70.2 5 1 21 14 Ht7 Forrest, Waterman, How, Seers 69.6 3 3 24 17 Ht8 Lloyd, Bush, Atkinson, Allison 71.8 4 2 28 19 Ht9 Biggs, Rigg, Clarke, Walsh 70.4 3 3 31 22 Ht10 Forrest, Lloyd, Dunn, Seers 70.4 3 3 34 25 Ht11 Waterman, How, Bush, Oliver 69.8 5 1 39 26 Ht12 Quinn, Clarke, Allison, Walsh 71.2 3 3 42 29 Ht13 How, Oliver, Atkinson, Morton 68.6 4 2 46 31 Ht14 Waterman, Biggs, Rigg, Seers 69.8 5 1 51 32

Bradford v Bristol 20th June Coronation Cup Bradford Eddie Rigg 3 3 3 3 12 R Clarke 2* 1 2* 2 7 Dick Seers 2* 2* 2 F 6 Al Allison 3 3 3 X 9 W Morton 3 3 3 3 12 Dent Oliver 2* 2* 2* 1* 7 Keith Milner F 1 1 Arthur Bush 1* F 1 Bristol C Boss 1 F 1 2 D Bradley ef ef 2* 3 5 G Pymar 1 0 0 1 J Unstead ef 2 0 1* 3 E Salmon 0 0 1 F 1 B Hole 1 1 2 C Taylor 2 0 1 2 5 J Hole 3 3 2 F 8 Ht 1 Rigg, Clarke, Boss, Bradley ef 70.3 5 1 5 1 Ht 2 Allison, Seers, Pymar, Unstead ef 74.3 5 1 10 2 Ht 3 Morton, Oliver, B Hole, Salmon 73.0 5 1 15 3 Ht 4 Allison, Taylor, Milner F, Boss F 72.4 3 2 18 5 Ht 5 Rigg, Unstead, Clarke, Pymar 70.0 4 2 22 7 Ht 6 Allison, Seers, B Hole, Salmon 71.1 5 1 27 8 Ht 7 Morton, Oliver, Boss, Bradley ef 72.1 5 1 32 9 Ht 8 J Hole, Seers, Bush, Pymar 70.0 3 3 35 12 Ht 9 Rigg, Clarke, Salmon, Taylor 70.0 5 1 40 13 Ht 10 J Hole, Bradley, Seers F, Allison Exc 70.0 0 5 40 18 Ht 11 Morton, Oliver, Taylor, Unstead 72.1 5 1 45 19 Ht 12 Rigg, J Hole, Milner, Salmon F 68.2 4 2 49 21 Ht 13 Morton, Taylor, Unstead, Bush F 70.4 3 3 52 24 Ht 14 Bradley, Clarke, Oliver, J Hole F 71.7 3 3 55 27 Stadium Scratch race Allison, Rigg, Bradley, Pymar 69.3 Morton, B Hole, Boss, Seers 72.0 Oliver, Taylor, Salmon, Milner 71.4 Clarke, Unstead, Bush, Hutchinson 70.2 Final Morton, Oliver, Clarke, Allison 70.3 Junior race Hutchinson, Thorley, Redmond F, Haswell ef 76.3

Monday 22nd June 1953 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 51 - Odsal Tudors 33 (Coronation Cup)

Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne 3 3 2 3 11 2. Ron Mountford 2’ 1 1’ 1’ 5 3 3. Ron Mason 1 1 3 0 5 4. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 5. Graham Warren 2’ 3 2 3 10 1 6. Eric Boothroyd 3 1 1 2 7 7. Danny Dunton 0 1 1 8. Bill Jemison 0 0 0

Odsal 1. Arthur Forrest 1 2 2 2 7 2. Dick Seers 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 3. Arthur Bush XT 0 N F 0 4. Dent Oliver 2 2 3 2 9 5. Ron Clarke 0 0 0 2 2 6. Eddie Rigg 1 2 3 3 9 7. Wal Morton 1’ 1’ 1’ 3 3 8. Al Allison 2 F 2

Ht1 Payne, Mountford, Forrest, Seers 71.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Hunt, Oliver, Mason, Bush [xt] 72.4 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Boothroyd, Warren, Rigg, Clarke 72.8 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Hunt, Forrest, Morton, Dunton 72.0 3 3 17 7 Ht5 Payne, Oliver, Mountford, Bush 72.0 4 2 21 9 Ht6 Hunt, Rigg, Mason, Clarke 72.4 4 2 25 11 Ht7 Warren, Forrest, Boothroyd, Seers 73.0 4 2 29 13 Ht8 Mason, Allison, Morton, Jemison 74.8 3 3 32 16 Ht9 Rigg, Payne, Mountford, Clarke 72.6 3 3 35 19 Ht10 Hunt, Forrest, Seers, Mason 72.4 3 3 38 22 Ht11 Oliver, Warren, Boothroyd, Bush [f] 73.2 3 3 41 25 Ht12 Payne, Clarke, Dunton, Allison [f] 72.6 4 2 45 27 Ht13 Warren, Oliver, Morton, Jemison 74.4 3 3 48 30 Ht14 Rigg, Boothroyd, Mountford, Seers 73.0 3 3 51 33

Bradford v Wimbledon 27th June Coronation Cup Bradford Al Allison 1* 1 3 3 8 Arthur Forrest 2 0 2* 3 7 Dent Oliver 2 3 3 1* 9 Dick Seers 0 2* 2 4 R Clarke 2* 0 1 1 4 Eddie Rigg 3 1 3 2* 9 W Morton 2 1 3 B Longley 1* 1 3 5 Wimbledon R Moore 3 3 3 3 12 R Trott 0 2* 0 1 3 G Mardon 3 3 2 2 10 B Briggs 1 2* ef 2 5 C Brine 1 ef 1 2 4 P Moore 0 1 0 0 1 Dennis Gray 0 0 C Maidment 0 0 0 0 Ht 1 R Moore, Forrest, Allison, Trott 64.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Mardon, Oliver, Briggs, Seers 65.2 2 4 5 7 Ht 3 Rigg, Clarke, Brine, P Moore 65.6 5 1 10 8 Ht 4 R Moore, Morton, Longley, Gray 65.6 3 3 13 11 Ht 5 Mardon, Biggs, Allison, Forrest 64.6 1 5 14 16 Ht 6 Oliver, Seers, P Moore, Brine ef 68.2 5 1 19 17 Ht 7 R Moore, Trott, Rigg, Clarke 65.2 1 5 20 22 Ht 8 Oliver, Mardon, Longley, Maidment 66.0 4 2 24 24 Ht 9 Allison, Forrest, Brine, P Moore 65.6 5 1 29 25 Ht 10 R Moore, Seers, Oliver, Trott 66.8 3 3 32 28 Ht 11 Rigg, Mardon, Clarke, Briggs ef 65.6 4 2 36 30 Ht 12 Allison, Brine, Morton, Maidment 67.0 4 2 40 32 Ht 13 Longley, Briggs, Clarke, Maidment 66.4 4 2 44 34 Ht 14 Forrest, Rigg, Trott, P Moore 67.6 5 1 49 35 Stadium Scratch Race Clarke, Trott, Allison, Maidment 66.8 Forrest, Briggs, Morton, Bush ef 65.6 Seers, Rigg, Mardon, P Moore 67.0 Oliver, Brine, Longley, R Moore X 64.0 Semi Final Seers, Briggs, Brine, Clarke 67.0 Forrest, Rigg, Oliver, Trott 65.8 Final Rigg, Forrest, Seers, Briggs 67.0 Juniors race Hutchinson, Woodcock, Haswell, Redmond ef 71.4

Monday 29 June 1953 Stanley Stadium, Liverpool Liverpool Chads 53 Odsal Tudors 55 (Challenge)

Liverpool P Robinson 3 3 3 3 3 2 17 T Allott 2* 0 2 0 2 6 1 B Griffiths 3 3 0 2* 2* 0 10 2 T Anderson 0 1* 1 2* 1 5 2 F Wills 2 F 3 0 0 5 Harry Welch 0 2 1 3 1 7 C Cooper 2 0 2 J Greenwood F 1 1

Bradford Al Allison X 0 0 0 W Morton 1 3 1 1 1 7 B Longley 3 1* 2* 3 9 2 Dent Oliver 2 1* 1* 0 - 4 2 Eddie Rigg 1* 3 0 3 E 7 1 R Clarke 2 2 3 1 0 8 Dick Seers 1 2 2* 2* 2 9 2 Keith Milner 1 3 3 3 1 11

Ht 1 Robinson, Allott, Morton, Allison (exc) 5 1 5 1 78.2 Ht 2 Griffiths, Oliver, Rigg, Anderson 3 3 8 4 79.0 Ht 3 Morton, Wills, Seers, Welch 2 4 10 8 80.2 Ht 4 Longley, Cooper, Milner, Greenwood (f) 2 4 12 12 80.6 Ht 5 Griffiths, Seers, Oliver, Allott 3 3 15 15 79.2 Ht 6 Rigg, Welch, Anderson, Allison 3 3 18 18 80.6 Ht 7 Robinson, Clarke, Oliver, Wills (f) 3 3 21 21 79.6 Ht 8 Robinson, Clarke, Longley, Griffiths 3 3 24 24 80.2 Ht 9 Milner, Allott, Welch, Allison 3 3 27 27 80.8 Ht 10 Wills, Griffiths, Morton, Rigg 5 1 32 28 81.2 Ht 11 Clarke, Seers, Anderson, Allott 1 5 33 33 81.2 Ht 12 Robinson, Anderson, Morton, Oliver 5 1 38 34 81.2 Ht 13 Rigg, Allott, Clarke, Wills 2 4 40 38 82.0 Ht 14 Milner, Longley, Greenwood, Cooper 1 5 41 43 80.4 Ht 15 Milner, Seers, Anderson, Wills 1 5 42 48 82.2 Ht 16 Welch, Griffiths, Morton, Clarke 5 1 47 49 82.6 Ht 17 Robinson, Seers, Welch, Rigg (ef) 4 2 51 51 81.8 Ht 18 Longley, Robinson, Milner, Griffiths 2 4 53 55 81.2

Friday 3rd July 1953 Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol Bulldogs 65 Odsal Tudors 42 (National Trophy)

Bristol Johnny Hole 2’ 0 2 0 0 4 1 Dick Bradley 3 3 3 2 3 3 17 Eric Salmon 3 2’ 1’ 2 0 8 2 Billy Hole 2’ 2 1 Jack Unstead 3 2 1’ 1 3 2 11 1 Chris Boss 1 3 1 2 3 10 Geoff Pymar 3 2’ 1’ 3 2 11 1 Chum Taylor 1 1’ 0 2 1

Odsal Dent Oliver 1 0 0 2 2 5 Dick Seers 0 2 0 1 3 Eddie Rigg 1 0 3 0 1’ 5 1 Ron Clarke 0 1 0 1’ 1’ 3 2 Arthur Forrest 1 3 3 2 3 2 14 Arthur Bush 0 0 0 Bill Longley 2 0 3 3 2 10 Wal Morton 0 2 0 2

Ht1 Bradley, J.Hole, Oliver, Seers 63.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Salmon, B.Hole, Rigg, Bush 64.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Unstead, Seers, Boss, Clarke 63.4 4 2 14 4 Ht4 Pymar, Longley, Taylor, Morton 65.0 4 2 18 6 Ht5 Bradley, Salmon, Clarke, Rigg 64.2 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Boss, Pymar, Oliver (nf0, Longley (nf) 66.0 5 0 28 7 Ht7 Rigg, Unstead, Forrest, J.Hole 62.8 2 4 30 11 Ht8 Forrest, J.Hole, Salmon, Oliver 62.4 3 3 33 14 Ht9 Bradley, Oliver, Boss, Rigg 63.0 4 2 37 16 Ht10 Longley, Salmon, Unstead, Seers 63.2 3 3 40 19 Ht11 Forrest, Bradley, Pymar, Clarke 62.6 3 3 43 22 Ht12 Pymar, Morton, Rigg, J.Hole 65.0 3 3 46 25 Ht13 Bradley, Forrest, Unstead, Bush 62.2 4 2 50 27 Ht14 Longley, Pymar, Taylor, Morton 64.8 3 3 53 30 Ht15 Unstead, Oliver, Clarke, Taylor 63.8 3 3 56 33 Ht16 Forrest, Boss, Seers, Salmon 62.4 2 4 58 37 Ht17 Boss, Longley, Clarke, J.Hole 64.2 3 3 61 40 Ht18 Bradley, Forrest, Unstead, Rigg 63.2 4 2 65 42

Bradford v Wembley 4th July National League Bradford Al Allison ef 1 1 2 4 Arthur Forrest 3 3 3 3 12 R Clarke 1 1 1 3 Dick Seers 2 2* 3 3 10 Dent Oliver 0 3 0 X 3 W Morton 2 F 2 B Longley 0 2 0 2 Wembley Eric Williams 2 3 1 3 9 B Crutcher 1* 0 1 FreddieWilliams 2* 2 3 2 9 E French 3 0 1* 2 6 Tommy Price 3 X 2 3 8 Bill Kitchen 1 2 0 1 4 Jimmy Gooch 0 1 1 Trevor Redmond 2* X 1 2 5 Ht 1 Forrest (fell/remt), Eric Williams, Crutcher, Allison ef 65.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 French, FreddieWilliams, Clarke, Rigg 66.8 1 5 4 8 Ht 3 Price, Seers, Kitchen, Oliver 66.4 2 4 6 12 Ht 4 Eric Williams, Morton, Rigg, Gooch 67.2 3 3 9 15 Ht 5 Forrest, FreddieWilliams, Allison, French 64.4 4 2 13 17 Ht 6 Rigg, Kitchen, Clarke, Price X/tapes 66.2 4 2 17 19 Ht 7 Oliver, Seers, Eric Williams, Crutcher 66.4 5 1 22 20 Ht 8 FreddieWilliams, Redmond, Clarke, Longley 67.6 1 5 23 25 Ht 9 Forrest, Price, Allison, Kitchen 65.6 4 2 27 27 Ht 10 Eric Williams, Longely, Rigg ef, Redmond X 68.8 2 3 29 30 Ht 11 Seers, FreddieWilliams, French, Oliver 66.4 3 3 32 33 Ht 12 Price, Allison, Redmond, Morton F 66.6 2 4 34 37 Ht 13 Seers, French, Gooch, Longley 66.2 3 3 37 40 Ht 14 Forrest, Redmond, Kitchen, Oliver X unfair riding 67.4 3 3 40 43

Stadium Scratch Races Crutcher, Redmond, Morton, Clarke 68.2 Forrest, Price, Kitchen, Hutchinson 66.2 Allison, Eric Williams, French, Milner 67.0 Seers, FreddieWilliams, Gooch, Longley 66.8 Semi Final FreddieWilliams, Allison, Price, Crutcher 67.6 Forrest, Seers, Redmond, FreddieWilliams 66.8 Final Forrest, FreddieWilliams, Allison, Seers 67.4 Reserves Race Milner, Hutchinson, Thorley, Haswell 70.0

Tuesday 7th July 1953 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 51 Odsal Tudors 33 (National League Division One)

West Ham Howdy Byford F 0 1 1 Basse Hveem 3 3 1 3 10 Wally Green 3 3 3 3 12 Bert Roger 2’ 0 0 1 3 1 Pat Clarke 3 2’ 2 2 9 1 Keith Gurtner 2’ 3 1’ 1 7 2 Malcolm Craven 3 3 3 9 Cliff Watson 0 0 0

Odsal Al Allison 1’ 1 0 2 1 Arthur Forrest 2 0 2 2 6 Dent Oliver F 1’ 1’ 0 2 2 Dick seers 1 2 3 3 9 Ron Clarke 0 0 0 0 Eddie Rigg 1 1’ 2 0 4 1 Wal Morton 1’ 1 2 1 Bill Longley 2 2 2 2 8

Ht1 Hveem, Forrest, Allison, Byford (f) 76.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Green, Roger, Seers, Oliver (f) 79.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 P.Clarke, Gurtner, Rigg, R.Clarke 77.8 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Craven, Longley, Morton, Roger 76.8 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Hveem, Seers, Oliver, Byford 77.6 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Green, Longley, Rigg, Roger 77.0 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Gurtner, P.Clarke, Allison, Forrest 77.6 5 1 27 15 Ht8 Green, Longley, Oliver, Watson 78.0 3 3 30 18 Ht9 Craven, Rigg, Hveem, R.Clarke 77.8 4 2 34 20 Ht10 Green, Forrest, Roger, Allison 78.2 4 2 38 22 Ht11 Seers, P.Clarke, Gurtner, Oliver 78.6 3 3 41 25 Ht12 Craven, Longley, Byford, R.Clarke 78.4 4 2 45 27 Ht13 Seers, P.Clarke, Morton, Watson 79.4 2 4 47 31 Ht14 Hveem, Forrest, Gurtner, Rigg 77.6 4 2 51 33

Bradford v Bristol 11th July National Trophy Bradford Al Allison 1 2* 3 ef 3 9 Arthur Forrest 3 3 3 3 2* 2* 16 R Clarke 0 0 1 1 Dick Seers 3 3 2* 3 3 3 17 Eddie Rigg 1 3 1 3 2* 10 Dent Oliver 0 2* 2* 1* 1 6 B Longley 1 0 1 2 4 W Morton 0 0 0 Bristol J Hole 0 1 1 2 1 5 D Bradley 2 3 3 2 3 13 C Taylor 2 2 0 0 1* 1 6 E Salmon 1 0 1 0 0 2 C Boss 1* 0 2* X 0 3 J Unstead 2* 2* 2* 6 G Pymar 3 1 1 3 2 10 Ht 1 Forrest, Bradley, Allison, Hole 65.4 4 2 4 2 Ht 2 Seers, Taylor, Boss, Clarke 65.4 3 3 7 5 Ht 3 Bradley, Unstead, Rigg, Oliver 66.8 1 5 8 10 Ht 4 Pymar, Unstead, Longley, Morton 68.2 1 5 9 15 Ht 5 Forrest, Taylor, Pymar, Clarke 65.6 3 3 12 18 Ht 6 Seers, Oliver, Hole, Boss 66.6 5 1 17 19 Ht 7 Rigg, Allison, Salmon, Taylor 66.8 5 1 22 20 Ht 8 Allison, Hole, Clarke, Unstead 66.6 4 2 26 22 Ht 9 Forrest, Oliver, Hole, Taylor 67.2 5 1 31 23 Ht 10 Bradley, Boss, Rigg, Longley 67.8 1 5 32 28 Ht 11 Forrest, Seers, Pymar, Salmon 66.4 5 1 37 29 Ht 12 Seers, Bradley, Taylor, Allison ef 66.4 3 3 40 32 Ht 13 Rigg, Forrest, Salmon, Boss X 66.4 5 1 45 33 Ht 14 Pymar, Unstead, Longley, Morton 67.8 1 5 46 38 Ht 15 Seers, Rigg, Hole, Unstead 67.0 5 1 51 39 Ht 16 Bradley, Longley, Oliver, Salmon 67.6 3 3 54 42 Ht 17 Allison, Pymar, Oliver, Boss 67.4 4 2 58 44 Ht 18 Seers, Forrest, Taylor, Salmon 66.4 5 1 63 45 Reserves Race Wright, Hutchinson, Bush, Thorley 68.0 Junior Race Haswell, Redmond, Greenwell, Toll 70.0

Bradford v Birmingham 18th July National League Bradford Al Allison 1 ef 1 1 3 Arthur Forrest 3 3 3 2 11 Arthur Wright 3 1* 1 f 5 Dick Seers 2* 3 2 3 10 Eddie Rigg 2 3 3 3 11 Keith Milner 0 0 0 R Clarke 0 0 0 B Longley 0 0 1 1* 2 Birmingham G Warren 0 1* 2 2 5 E Boothroyd 2 1* 1* 3 7 A Payne 1 2* 2 5 R Mountford 0 2 1* 2 5 A Hunt 3 3 2 3 11 D Forsberg 1* 0 0 1 R Barrett 2 F 2 Bob Roger 1* 3 2* F 6 Ht 1 Forrest, Boothroyd, Allison, Warren 65.0 4 2 4 2 Ht 2 Wright, Seers, Payne, Mountford 65.6 5 1 9 3 Ht 3 Hunt, Rigg, Forsberg, Milner 65.0 2 4 11 7 Ht 4 Seers, Barrett, Warren, Clarke 66.2 3 3 14 10 Ht 5 Forrest, Mountford, Roger, Allison ef 65.6 3 3 17 13 Ht 6 Hunt, Seers, Wright, Forsberg 65.8 3 3 20 16 Ht 7 Rigg, Warren, Boothroyd, Longley 66.0 3 3 23 19 Ht 8 Roger, Payne, Wright, Longley 66.0 1 5 24 24 Ht 9 Forrest, Hunt, Allison, Forsberg 65.6 4 2 28 26 Ht 10 Seers, Warren, Boothroyd, Wright f 66.4 3 3 31 29 Ht 11 Rigg, Payne, Mountford, Milner 66.8 3 3 34 32 Ht 12 Hunt, Roger, Allison, Clarke 65.8 1 5 35 37 Ht 13 Rigg, Mountford, Longley, Barrett F 67.8 4 2 39 39 Ht 14 Boothroyd, Forrest, Longley, Roger F 66.6 3 3 42 42 British Match Race Decider R Moore bt A Hunt 60.4 Track record R Moore bt A Hunt 63.4 Reserves Race Roger, Longley, Clarke, Barrett ef 67.4 Stadium Scratch Race Mountford, Forrest, Forsberg, Warren 66.4 67.0 Rigg, Boothroyd, Allison, Seers F 66.4 68.2 Hunt, Roger, Milner, Longley 67.2 67.2 Final Forrest, Hunt, Mountford, Rigg 66.6

Monday 20th July 1953 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 51 - Odsal Tudors 33 (National League Division One)

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 2 2 10 2. Dan Forsberg 1 2’ 1’ 1’ 5 3 3. Arthur Payne 3 3 3 3 12 4. Ron Mountford 0 3 2’ 2’ 7 2 5. Graham Warren 1’ 1’ 1 2 5 2 6. Eric Boothroyd 2 2 3 2 9 7. Ron Barrett 1 1’ 2 1 8. Bob Roger 1 0 1

Odsal 1. Al Allison 0 2 0 0 2 2. Arthur Forrest 2 3 1 0 6 3. Arthur Wright 1’ 0 2 0 3 1 4. Dick Seers 2 1 2 3 8 5. Eddie Rigg 3 EF 3 3 9 6. Bill Longley 0 1 0 3 4 7. Ron Clarke 0 1 1 8. Keith Milner EF 0 0

Ht1 Hunt, Forrest, Forsberg, Allison 72.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Payne, Seers, Wright, Mountford 73.0 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Rigg, Boothroyd, Warren, Longley 73.2 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Mountford, Allison, Barrett, Clarke 74.4 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Hunt, Forsberg, Seers, Wright 73.8 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Payne, Mountford, Longley, Rigg [ef] 74.0 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Forrest, Boothroyd, Warren, Allison 73.2 3 3 27 15 Ht8 Payne, Wright, Roger, Milner [ef] 73.8 4 2 31 17 Ht9 Rigg, Hunt, Forsberg, Longley 73.2 3 3 34 20 Ht10 Payne, Mountford, Forrest, Allison 74.2 5 1 39 21 Ht11 Boothroyd, Seers, Warren, Wright 73.6 4 2 43 23 Ht12 Rigg, Hunt, Barrett, Milner 74.0 3 3 46 26 Ht13 Seers, Warren, Clarke, Roger 74.0 2 4 48 30 Ht14 Longley, Boothroyd, Forsberg, Forrest 74.8 3 3 51 33

Thursday 23rd July 1953 Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich Stars v Odsal Tudors (National League Division One ) Cancelled

Bradford v 2nd Division Stars 25th July Cancelled

Monday 27th July 1953 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 39 Odsal Tudors 45 (National League)

Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 2 3 3 1’ 9 1 Don Perry 1’ 0 1 2 1 Cyril Brine 1’ 2 2 1 6 1 Peter Moore 2 1’ 1 0 4 1 Geoff Mardon 1 1’ 2 1’ 5 2 Barry Briggs 3 2 F 1 6 Norman Parker 2 2 0 4 Reg Trott 1’ 2 3 1

Odsal Dent Oliver 0 0 0 Eddie Rigg 3 0 2 3 8 Arthur Forrest 3 2 3 3 11 Al Allison 0 0 0 Arthur Wright 2 0 0 3 5 Dick Seers 0 3 2 2’ 7 1 Eon Clarke 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Longley 1 0 1 0 2

Ht1 Rigg, R.Moore, Perry, Oliver 65.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Forrest, P.Moore, Brine, Allison 66.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Briggs, Wright, Mardon, Seers 66.4 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Clarke, Parker, P.Moore, Oliver 67.4 3 3 13 11 Ht5 R.Moore, Forrest, Longley 66.8 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Seers, Brine, P.Moore, Wright 67.4 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Clarke, Briggs, Mardon, Rigg 67.6 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Forrest, Brine, Trott, Longley 66.4 3 3 25 23 Ht9 R.Moore, Seers, Perry, Wright 67.8 4 2 29 25 Ht10 Clarke, Rigg, Brine, P.Moore 67.4 1 5 30 30 Ht11 Forrest, Mardon, Longley, Briggs (f) 67.4 2 4 32 34 Ht12 Wright, Parker, R.Moore, Longley 67.2 3 3 35 37 Ht13 Clarke, Trott, Mardon, Allison 66.2 3 3 38 40 Ht14 Rigg, Seers, Briggs, Parker 68.0 1 5 39 45

Thursday 30th July 1953 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 59 Odsal Tudors 25 (National League Division One) DOUBLE HEADER

Wembley Eric French 0 2’ 0 2 4 1 Tommy Price 3 3 3 3 12 Eric Williams 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 9 3 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 12 FreddieWilliams 3 2 3 3 11 Bill Kitchen 2’ 1 2’ 0 5 2 Trevor Redmond 1 1’ 2 1 Jimmy Gooch 2’ 2’ 4 2

Odsal Dent Oliver 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Eddie Rigg 2 3 1 2 8 Arthur Forrest 1 1 1 0 3 Al Allison 0 0 0 Arthur Wright 0 1 1’ 3 5 1 Dick seers 1 0 1’ 2 1 Ron Clarke 2 2 1 1 6 Bill Longley 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Price, Rigg, Oliver, French 72.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Crutcher, E.Williams, Forrest, Allison 71.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 F.Williams, Kitchen, Seers, Wright 72.0 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Crutcher, Clarke, Redmond, Oliver 71.8 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Price, French, Forrest, Longley 72.0 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Crutcher, E.Williams, Wright, Seers 72.2 5 1 27 9 Ht7 Rigg, F.Williams, Kitchen, Oliver 72.0 3 3 30 12 Ht8 E.Williams, Gooch, Forrest, Longley 71.2 5 1 35 13 Ht9 Price, Clarke, Wright, French 72.2 3 3 38 16 Ht10 Crutcher, E.Williams, Rigg, Oliver 72.2 5 1 43 17 Ht11 F.Williams, Kitchen, Clarke, Forrest 71.8 5 1 48 18 Ht12 Wright, French, Redmond, Longley 73.6 3 3 51 21 Ht13 F.Williams Gooch, Clarke, Allison 72.4 5 1 56 22 Ht14 Price, Rigg, Seers, Kitchen 72.2 3 3 59 25

Best Pairs Championship 1st August Eddie Rigg 2 ef 3 3 3 11 R Clarke 1 3 0 1 2 7

Arthur Forrest 3 3 3 3 3 15 W Morton 0 2 1 2 1 6

Dick Seers 3 1 2 2 3 11 B Longley 2 0 0 0 1 3

P Robinson 1 1 0 0 1 3 Keith Milner f 2 3 f 3 8

G Pymar 2 0 1 0 2 5 J Hole 1 1 2 1 0 5

Arthur Wright 3 3 2 F/X 2 10 Al Allison 0 2 1 2 E 5

Ht 1 Forrest, Rigg, Clarke, Morton 65.0 Ht 2 Seers, Longley, Robinson, Milner f 67.0 Ht 3 Wright, Pymar, Hole, Allison 64.2 Ht 4 Clarke, Milner, Robinson, Rigg ef 66.3 Ht 5 Wright, Allison, Seers, Longley 64.0 Ht 6 Forrest, Morton, Hole, Pymar 65.2 Ht 7 Rigg, Wright, Allison, Clarke 65.4 Ht 8 Forrest, Seers, Morton, Longley 67.0 Ht 9 Milner, Hole, Pymar, Robinson 67.0 Ht 10 Rigg, Seers, Clarke, Longley 66.0 Ht 11 Forrest, Morton, Robinson, Milner (f)67.2 Ht 12 Rigg, Clarke, Hole, Pymar 66.0 Ht 13 Forrest, Allison, Morton, Wright f/X 67.2 Rerun Ht 14 Seers, Pymar, Longley, Hole 67.0 Ht 15 Milner, Wright, Robinson, Allison (ef)66.3

Juniors Race Haswell, Redmond, Toll, Greenwell (ef) 69.0 Stadium Scratch Race Rigg, Seers, Forrest, Wright 66.2 Allison, Clarke, Robinson, Hole 66.4 Rigg, Milner, Morton, Longley 66.0 Pymar, Allison, Seers, Clarke 67.4

Monday 3rd August 1953 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Odsal Tudors 56 Belle Vue Aces 28 (National League Division One)

Odsal Dent Oliver 2 3 3 0 8 Eddie Rigg 1’ 2’ 2’ 2 7 3 Al Allison 0 2’ 3 0 5 1 Arthur Forrest 3 3 3 3 12 Arthur Wright 3 2 3 3 11 Keith Milner 2’ 1’ 2’ 1’ 6 4 Ron Clarke 2’ 2 4 1 Bill Longley 1 2’ 3 1

Belle Vue Ron Johnston 0 1 0 2 3 Jack Parker 3 3 1’ 3 10 1 Peter Craven 1’ 0 2 F 3 1 Jock Grierson 2 1 1 1 5 Louis Lawson 0 1 1 1 3 Bob Fletcher 1 0 0 0 1 Val Morton 0 0 0 Willie Wilson 0 1 1

Ht1 Parker, Oliver, Rigg, Johnston 64.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Forrrest, Grierson, Craven, Allison 64.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Wright, Milner, Fletcher, Lawson 66.8 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Forrest, Clarke, Johnston, Morton 64.2 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Oliver, Rigg, Grierson, Craven 66.6 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Forrest, Allison, Lawson, Fletcher 65.6 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Parker, Wright, Milner, Johnston 65.8 3 3 29 13 Ht8 Allison, Craven Longley, Wilson 66.4 4 2 33 15 Ht9 Oliver, Rigg, Lawson, Fletcher 66.8 5 1 38 16 Ht10 Forrest, Johnston, Parker, Allison 66.0 3 3 41 19 Ht11 Wright, Milner, Grierson, Craven (f) 66.4 5 1 46 20 Ht12 Lawson, Clarke, Wilson, Oliver (exc) 68.2 2 4 48 24 Ht13 Wright, Longley, Grierson, Morton 67.2 5 1 53 25 Ht14 Parker, Rigg, Milner, Fletcher 65.8 3 3 56 28

Juniors Race Haswell, Greenwell, Toll, Redmond 68.6

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Oliver, Allison, Johnston, Grierson 67.6 Ht2 Rigg, Lawson, Weight, Fletcher 66.8 Ht3 Forrest, Longley, Morton, Craven 66.0 Ht4 Parker, Clarkem Milner, Wilson 66.6 Final Forrest, Parker, Rigg, Oliver 66.2

Bradford v West Ham 8th August National League Bradford Dent Oliver 2* 3 3 3 11 Eddie Rigg 3 2* 1 0 6 Al Allison 3 1 3 0 7 Arthur Forrest 2* 3 3 2 10 Arthur Wright 3 3 3 3 12 Dick Seers ef 0 R Clarke 2* 2* 2* 6 Keith Milner 2* 2* 1 5 West Ham Bert Roger 1 0 0 1 2 J Young 0 1 3 2* 6 P Clarke 1 ef 1 M Craven 1 1 1 2 5 W Green 1* ef 0 0 1 H Byford 2 2 2 3 9 K Gurtner 0 1 0 1 K Curtis 0 0 1 1 Ht 1 Rigg, Oliver, Roger, Young 64.8 5 1 5 1 Ht 2 Allison, Forrest, Craven, Gurtner 65.6 5 1 10 2 Ht 3 Wright, Byford, Green, Seers ef 65.8 3 3 13 5 Ht 4 Forrest, R Clarke, Gurtner, Roger 66.4 5 1 18 6 Ht 5 Oliver, Rigg, Craven, Curtis 68.2 5 1 23 7 Ht 6 Forrest, Byford, Allison, Green ef 66.4 4 2 27 9 Ht 7 Wright, R Clarke, Young, Roger 65.4 5 1 32 10 Ht 8 Allison, Milner, P Clarke, Curtis 67.2 5 1 37 11 Ht 9 Oliver, Byford, Rigg, Green 67.6 4 2 41 13 Ht 10 Young, Forrest, Roger, Allison 66.8 2 4 43 17 Ht 11 Wright, Milner, Craven, P Clarke ef 67.6 5 1 48 18 Ht 12 Oliver, R Clarke, Curtis, Green 68.4 5 1 53 19 Ht 13 Wright, Craven, Milner, Gurtner 67.0 4 2 57 21 Ht 14 Byford, Young, R Clarke, Rigg 67.6 1 5 58 26 Stadium Scratch races Young, Oliver, Wright, Craven 66.8 Forrest, Roger, Gurtner, Milner 66.2 Rigg, Byford, Allison, P Clarke 66.8 R Clarke, Curtis, Haswell 69.0 Final Forrest, Young, Rigg, R Clarke 66.2 Juniors Race Haswell, Toll, Greenwell 71.0

Northern Riders Trophy 15th August Ht 1 Rigg, Allison, Bales, Wills 68.8 Ht 2 Wright, Pawson, Roger 3 riders 74.0 Ht 3 Neil, Seers, Crosland, Haswell 74.6 Ht 4 Morton, Griffiths, Green, Milner f 74.2 Ht 5 Allison, Morton, Crosland, Wright 74.6 Ht 6 Milner, Neil, Wills, Roger 74.8 Ht 7 Pawson, Seers, Bales, Green f 78.8 Ht 8 Rigg, Griffiths, Haswell Hart (Ns)3 riders75.2 Ht 9 Allison, Griffiths, Seers, Roger 76.6 Ht 10 Wright, Haswell Wills f Green nf 76.4

Al Allison 2 3 3 8 F Wills 0 1 ? 1 B Bales 1 1 2 Eddie Rigg 3 3 6 Arthur Wright 3 0 3 6 Bob Roger 1 0 1 F Pawson 2 3 5 O Hart Bill Crosland 1 1 2 M Neil 3 2 5 Dick Seers 2 2 1 5 D Haswell 0 1 2 3 W Morton 3 2 5 Keith Milner 0 3 0 J Green 1 f 1 B Griffiths 2 2 2 6 Ht 10 No reason given why other two riders (Wills and Green) did not finish but Green’s bike smashed up in heat 7 crash so may not have been riding Oliver Hart was scheduled to ride at no 8, his first ride since his major crash at Sheffield 13 months earlier but was held up on the high seas by the weather. Meeting abandoned after heat 10

Speedway Riders World Championship Round 22nd August Dick Seers 1 0 0 3 1 5 K McKinlay 0 0 0 P Clarke 2 1 1 0 0 4 J Tooley 3 1 0 1 0 5 O Segerstrom 1 2 1 3 1 8 Arthur Forrest 3 3 3 2 3 14 R Johnston 2 3 2 0 2 9 G McGregor 0 0 0 1 0 1 J Young 3 3 2 3 1 12 H Welch 0 2 1 1 2 6 H Edwards 1 2 2 2 3 10 H Byford 2 3 3 2 2 12 R Sormander 3 1 3 3 1 11 Al Allison 0 1 3 1 2 7 B Briggs 1 0 2 0 3 6 Dent Oliver 2 2 1 2 3 10 Keith Milner (res) 0 0 0 Allison replaced Reg Reeves Ht 1 Tolley, Clarke, Seers, McKinlay 66.2 Ht 2 Forrest, Johnston, Segerstrom. McGregor 64.0 Ht 3 Young, Byford, Edwards, Welch 65.4 Ht 4 Sormander, Oliver, Briggs, Allison 66.0 Ht 5 Young, Segerstrom, Sormander, Seers 66.0 Ht 6 Forrest, Welch, Allison, McKinlay 65.4 Ht 7 Johnston, Edwards, Clarke, Briggs 65.4 Ht 8 Byford, Oliver, Tolley, McGregor 67.0 Ht 9 Forrest, Edwards, Oliver, Seers 66.4 Ht 10 Byford, Briggs, Segerstrom, Milner 67.2 Ht 11 Allison, Young, Clarke, McGregor 65.4 Ht 12 Sormander, Johnston, Welch, Tolley 66.8 Ht 13 Seers, Byford, Allison, Johnston 67.2 Ht 14 Sormander, Edwards, McGregor, Milner 66.4 Ht 15 Segerstrom, Oliver, Welch, Clarke 68.0 Ht 16 Young, Forrest, Tooley, Briggs 66.0 Ht 17 Briggs, Welch, Seers, McGregor 68.0 Ht 18 Oliver, Johnston, Young, Milner 67.0 Ht 19 Forrest, Byford, Sormander, Clarke 65.4 Ht 20 Edwards, Allison, Segerstrom, Tolley 67.8

Friday 28th August 1953 Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol Bulldogs 57 Odsal Tudors 27 (National League Division One)

Bristol Johnny Hole 0 2 3 2’ 7 1 Dick Bradley 3 1’ 2 2 8 1 Eric Salmon 3 2’ 2 3 10 1 Billy Hole 2’ 3 0 2 7 1 Olle Nygren 2’ 3 2 3 10 1 Jack Unstead 3 2’ 1’ 2’ 8 3 Chris Boss 3 3 6 Chum Taylor 1 2’ 3 1

Odsal Ron Clarke 1’ 3 1 0 5 1 Eddie Rigg 2 0 1 3 6 Arthur Forrest 0 3 3 3 9 Al Allison 1 0 0 0 1 Dick Seers 1 1 1 1 4 Arthur Wright 0 0 0 0 Wal Morton 1’ 0 1 2 1 Keith Milner 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Bradley, Rigg, Clarke, J.Hole 63.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Salmon, B.Hole, Allison, Forrest 65.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Unstead, Nygren, Seers, Wright 65.6 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Boss, Clarke, Morton, Boss 63.8 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Forrest, J.Hole, Bradley, Milner 63.4 3 3 19 11 Ht6 B.Hole, Salmon, Seers, Wright 65.2 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Nygren, Unstead, Clarke, Rigg 64.8 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Forrest, Salmon, Taylor, Milner 63.6 3 3 32 16 Ht9 J.Hole, Bradley, Seers, Morton 64.4 5 1 37 17 Ht10 Salmon, B.Hole, Rigg, Clarke 64.0 5 1 42 18 Ht11 Forrest, Nygren, Unstead, Allison 62.6 3 3 45 21 Ht12 Boss, J.Hole, Seers, Milner 64.0 5 1 50 22 Ht13 Nygren, Taylor, Morton, Allison 64.4 5 1 55 23 Ht14 Rigg, Bradley, Unstead, Wright 64.4 2 4 57 27

Yorkshire Riders Championship 29th August Rained off

Thursday 3rd September 1953 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke Stoke Potters 48 Edinburgh Monarchs 36 (National League Division Two)

Stoke 15 Bradford 15

Stoke Les Jenkins 2’ 3 0 5 1 Jack Hughes 3 1 4 John Fitzpatrick 2 0 2 4 Don Potter 1’ 1 2 1

Bradford Eddie Rigg 1 3 3 7 Ron Clarke 0 2’ 2 1 Arthur Wright 3 2 1 6 Dick Seers 0 0 0

Ht1 Hughes, Jenkins, Rigg, Clarke 74.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Wright, Fitzpatrick, Potter, Seers 72.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Rigg, Clarke, Potter, Fitzpatrick 74.2 1 5 9 9 Ht4 Jenkins, Wright, Hughes, Seers 73.6 4 2 13 11 Ht5 Rigg, Fitzpatrick, Wright, Jenkins 73.2 2 4 15 15

Bradford v Wimbledon 5th September National League Bradford Dick Seers 0 1 0 1 Eddie Rigg 2 0 2* 3 7 Arthur Wright 1* 3 2 ef 6 W Morton 2 1* 0 3 Al Allison 2* 1* 1 ef 4 Arthur Forrest 3 2 3 2* 10 R Clarke 2 3 2 7 Keith Milner 1* 1 3 5 Wimbledon R Moore 3 3 3 3 12 N Parker 1 0 2* 0 3 G Mardon 3 2* 3 2 10 P Moore 0 3 f 3 B Briggs 0 1* 1 1 3 R Trott 0 2 2 D Perry 0 1 1* 2 Ht 1 R Moore, Rigg, Parker, Seers 65.2 2 4 2 4 Ht 2 Mardon, Morton, Wright, P Moore 66.6 3 3 5 7 Ht 3 Forrest, Allison, Brine, Briggs 66.0 5 1 10 8 Ht 4 R Moore, Clarke, Morton, Trott 66.8 3 3 13 11 Ht 5 P Moore, Mardon, Seers, Rigg 66.8 1 5 14 16 Ht 6 Wright, Brine, Briggs, Morton 66.4 3 3 17 19 Ht 7 R Moore, Forrest, Allison, Parker 65.0 3 3 20 22 Ht 8 Mardon, Wright,Milner, Perry 66.6 3 3 23 25 Ht 9 Clarke, Rigg, Briggs, Brine 67.4 5 1 28 26 Ht 10 R Moore, Parker, Milner, Wright ef 67.6 1 5 29 31 Ht 11 Forrest, Mardon, Allison, P Moore f 66.4 4 2 33 33 Ht 12 Brine, Clarke, Perry, Seers 69.8 2 4 35 37 Ht 13 Milner, Trott, Perry, Allison ef 67.2 3 3 38 40 Ht 14 Rigg, Forrest, Briggs, Parker 66.6 5 1 43 41

British Match Race 2nd Leg R Moore bt Forrest 64.4 R Moore bt Forrest 65.0

Reserves Race Clarke, Milner, Perry, Trott 67.8 Stadium Scratch Race Forrest, Briggs, Mardon, Seers 67.6 68.4 R Moore, Rigg, Brine, Wright 66.8 67.4 P Moore, Parker, Morton F, Allison ef 67.2 Rerun Final R Moore, Forrest, P Moore, Rigg F/X 66.3 Rerun

Bradford v Bristol 12th September National League Bradford Dick Seers 1 3 2 2 8 Eddie Rigg 3 1 X 2* 6 Arthur Wright 2* 3 3 3 11 Dent Oliver 3 2 1 0 6 Arthur Forrest 2* 2* 2* 3 9 Al Allison 3 3 3 3 12 R Clarke 1* 0 1 Keith Milner 1 1 2 Bristol J Hole 2 3 1 2 8 D Bradley 0 0 1* 1 2 C Cox 0 0 0 B Hole 1 0 1 2 4 J Unstead 0 0 1 1 2 C Boss 1 2 3 0 6 G Pymar 0 0 0 C Taylor 2 2 3 0 7 Ht 1 Rigg, J Hole, Seers, Bradley 65.4 4 2 4 2 Ht 2 Oliver, Wright, B Hole, Cox 66.8 5 1 9 3 Ht 3 Allison, Forrest, Boss, Unstead 64.8 5 1 14 4 Ht 4 J Hole, Oliver, Clarke, Pymar 65.2 3 3 17 7 Ht 5 Seers, Taylor, Rigg, B Hole 65.4 4 2 21 9 Ht 6 Wright, Boss, Oliver, Unstead 65.0 4 2 25 11 Ht 7 Allison, Forrest, J Hole, Bradley 66.0 5 1 30 12 Ht 8 Wright, Taylor, Milner, Cox 64.8 4 2 34 14 Ht 9 Boss, Seers, Unstead, Rigg X 66.4 2 4 36 18 Ht 10 Wright, J Hole, Bradley, Oliver 65.4 3 3 39 21 Ht 11 Allison, Forrest, B Hole, Pymar 66.8 5 1 44 22 Ht 12 Taylor, Seers, Unstead, Clarke 67.0 2 4 46 26 Ht 13 Allison, B Hole, Milner, Taylor 67.0 4 2 50 28 Ht 14 Forrest, Rigg, Bradley, Boss 66.4 5 1 55 29

Stadium Scratch race Clarke, Oliver, Pymar, Cox 68.2 Rigg, J Hole, Allison, Unstead 67.8 Forrest, Taylor, Bardley, Milner 65.8 Wright, Seers, Boss, B Hole 66.2 Final Rigg, Forrest, Wright, Clarke 67.0

Junior Events ?

The Peter Casson Trophy 19th September

Dent Oliver 1 1 2 3 1 8 R Clarke 2 2 2 1 2 9 J Bainbridge 0 2 2 2 3 9 Arthur Wright 3 3 3 3 1 13 Eddie Rigg 3 2 3 3 2 13 Bill Crosland 1 1 1 0 1 4 Trevor Redmond 2 1 1 1 1 6 O Hart 0 0 1 2 F 3 Al Allison 3 3 3 2 3 14 Keith Milner 2 3 2 1 3 11 Arthur Forrest 1 3 3 3 3 13 W Morton 0 1 0 0 2 3 G Hutchinson 0 0 0 0 F 0 Dick Seers 3 0 F 2 0 5 Jimmy Gooch 2 0 1 1 2 6 L Tolley 1 2 0 0 3 D Haswell (res) 0 0

Ht 1 Wright, Clarke, Oliver, Bainbridge 67.2 Ht 2 Rigg, Redmond, Crosland, Hart fell/remt 68.0 Ht 3 Allison, Milner, Forrest, Morton 65.6 Ht 4 Seers, Gooch, Tolley, Hutchinson 66.0 Ht 5 Allison, Rigg, Oliver, Hutchinson 66.0 Ht 6 Milner, Clarke, Crosland, Seers (ef) 65.8 Ht 7 Forrest, Bainbridge, Redmond, Gooch 67.0 Ht 8 Wright, Tolley, Morton, Hart 66.4 Ht 9 Forrest, Oliver, Crosland, Tolley 67.2 Ht 10 Rigg, Clarke, Gooch, Morton 68.4 Ht 11 Allison, Bainbridge, Hart (frmtd), Seers F 67.4 Ht 12 Wright, Milner, Redmond, Hutchinson 61.4 Ht 13 Oliver, Seers, Redmond, Morton 69.2 Ht 14 Forrest, Hart, Clarke, Hutchinson 67.4 Ht 15 Rigg, Bainbridge, Milner, Haswell 68.2 Ht 16 Wright, Allison, Gooch, Crosland 67.2 Ht 17 Milner, Gooch, Oliver F/remt, Hart F 67.6 Ht 18 Allison, Clarke, Redmond, Tolley 68.6 Ht 19 Bainbridge, Morton, Crosland, Hutchinson F 69.0 Ht 20 Forrest, Rigg, Wright, Seers 67.8

Bradford v Norwich 26th September National League Bradford Dick Seers 2* 0 2 4 Eddie Rigg 3 3 3 3 12 Arthur Wright 2 3 2* 1 8 Dent Oliver 1* ef 0 1 Al Allison ef 3 3 3 9 Arthur Forrest 2 2* 1 2* 7 R 1Clarke 2 0 3 5 Keith Milner 3 0 2* 5 Norwich C Roger X 3 X 0 P Clarke 1 1 2* 1 5 A Lawson 3 2 1 2 8 F Pawson 0 1 0 1 2 F Rogers 3 2 2 1 8 B Bales 1 1 1* 0 3 M Neil 1 3 0 4 R Craighead 0 0 0 Ht 1 Rigg, Seers, P Clarke, Roger X rerun 64.4 5 1 5 1 Ht 2 Lawson, Wright, Oliver, Pawson 67.0 3 3 8 4 Ht 3 Rogers, Forrest, Bales, Allison ef 65.8 2 4 10 8 Ht 4 Roger, R Clarke, Neil, Oliver ef 66.6 2 4 12 12 Ht 5 Rigg, Lawson, Pawson, Seers 65.4 3 3 15 15 Ht 6 Wright, Rogers, Bales, Oliver 65.4 3 3 18 18 Ht 7 Allison, Forrest, P Clarke, Roger X rerun 66.0 5 1 23 19 Ht 8 Milner, Wright, Lawson, Craighead 65.2 5 1 28 20 Ht 9 Rigg, Rogers, Bales, R Clarke 65.4 3 3 31 23 Ht 10 Neil, P Clarke, Wright, Milner 67.2 1 5 32 28 Ht 11 Allison, Lawson, Forrest, Pawson 65.8 4 2 36 30 Ht 12 R Clarke, Seers, Rogers, Craighead 67.0 5 1 41 31 Ht 13 Allison, Milner, Pawson, Neil 66.4 5 1 46 32 Ht 14 Rigg, Forrest, P Clarke, Bales 66.2 5 1 51 33

Stadium Scratch Race Oliver, Morton, Craighead, Crosland 68.8 Lawson, P Clarke,Wright, Allison ef 67.6 Clarke, Milner, Nril, Hart 67.6 Seers, Forrest, F Rogers, Morton 68.0 Rigg, Bales, Oliver, Pawson 66.8 Final Rigg, Lawson, R Clarke, Seers, 67.0

3rd October @ Firs Stadium, Norwich – Division One Norwich Stars 36 Bradford Tudors 48

NORWICH Fred Rogers 3 2 2 3 10 Merv Neil 0 0 1’ 1 2 1 Fred Pawson 2’ 1’ 2 2’ 7 3 Aub Lawson 3 3 2 3 11 Billy Bales 0 injured 0 Phil Clarke 1 2 1 0 4 Roy Craighead 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Barry East 0 0 1 1

BRADFORD Dick Seers 2 1’ 0 3 1 Eddie Rigg 1’ 3 1 2’ 7 1 Arthur Wright 1 1 3 2’ 7 1 Dent Oliver 0 3 3 3 9 Allison 3 0 0 2 5 Arthur Forrest 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Ron Clarke 2 0 1 2’ 5 1 Keith Milner 0 1’ 1 1

1 Rogers, Seers, Rigg, Neil, 75.0 3 3 2 Lawson, Pawson, Wright, Oliver, 75.2 8 4 3 Allison, Forrest, P. Clarke, Bales (f/ex), 75.8 9 9 4 Lawson, R. Clarke, Seers, Craighead, 76.8 12 12 5 Oliver, Rogers, Wright, Neil, 75.8 14 16 6 Forrest, Lawson, Pawson, Allison, 75.0 17 19 7 Rigg, P. Clarke, Craighead, R. Clarke, 75.6 20 22 8 Wright, Pawson, R. Clarke, East, 74.8 22 26 (Milner ex-2min) 9 Forrest, Rogers, Neil, Allison, 75.2 25 29 10 Lawson, Pawson, Rigg, Seers, 76.6 30 30 11 Oliver, Wright, P. Clarke, East, 76.4 31 35 12 Rogers, Allison, Milner, 76.6 34 38 13 Oliver, R. Clarke, East, Craighead, 77.0 35 43 14 Forrest, Rigg, Neil, P. Clarke, 75.4 36 48

Tuesday 6th October 1953 Cornish Stadium, St Austell St Austell Gulls 31 Odsal Tudors 53 (Challenge)

St Austell Jack Gates 1 0 1 2 4 Hugh Geddes 0 1 0 0 1 Split Waterman 3 1 2 2 8 Bob Duckworth 0 1’ 3 1’ 5 2 Ken Monk 3 2 1 2 9 Cyril Maidment 0 0 0 1 1 Johnny Sargeant 2 0 2 Alf Webster 1’ 1’ 2 2

Odsal Ron Clarke 3 3 3 0 9 Eddie Rigg 2’ 1 3 2’ 8 2 Arthur Wright 1’ 2’ 3 2’ 8 3 Dent Oliver 2 3 3 0 8 Al Allison 2 2 3 1 8 Dick Seers 1’ 0 2’ 3 6 2 Keith Milner 0 3 3 Bryce Subritsky 0 3 3

Ht1 Clarke, Rigg, Gates, Geddes 67.6 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Waterman, Oliver, Wright, Duckworth 68.2 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Monk, Allison, Seers, Maidment 68.0 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Clarke, Sargeant, Duckworth, Milner 68.4 3 3 10 14 Ht5 Oliver, Wright, Geddes, Gates 68.2 1 5 11 19 Ht6 Duckworth, Allison, Waterman, Seers 68.6 4 2 15 21 Ht7 Clarke, Monk, Rigg, Maidment 68.4 2 4 17 25 Ht8 Wright, Waterman, Webster, Subritsky 67.0 3 3 20 28 Ht9 Allison, Seers, Gates, Geddes 68.6 1 5 21 33 Ht10 Rigg, Waterman, Duckworth, Clarke 67.6 3 3 24 36 Ht11 Oliver, Wright, Monk, Maidment 68.6 1 5 25 41 Ht12 Subritsky, Gates, Allison, Sargeant 68.0 2 4 27 45 Ht13 Milner, Monk, Webster, Oliver 69.2 3 3 30 48 Ht14 Seers, Rigg, Maidment, Geddes 68.2 1 5 31 53

Saturday 10th October 1953 Brandon Stadium, Coventry Coventry Bees 40 Odsal Tudors 44 (Challenge)

Coventry 1. Les Hewitt 0, 3, 1', 3 = 7+1 2. Charlie New 3, 2', 2, 1 = 8+1 3. Johnnie Reason 3, 3, 3, 3 = 12 (Maximum) 4. Vic Emms 1, 0, 0, N = 1 5. Derrick Tailby 1', 0, 1, 1 = 3+1 6. Reg Duval 2, 3, 3, 0 = 8 7. Stan Williams (Capt) 1, 0, 0 = 1 8. Jim Lightfoot 0, F = 0

Bradford 1. Dick Seers 2, 3, 2, 2 = 9 2. Eddie Rigg 1', 1', 1', 2' = 5+4 3. Arthur Wright 2, 0, N, 0 = 2 4. Dent Oliver 0, 1, 2, 3 = 6 5. Al Allison 0, N, 0, N = 0 6. Arthur Forrest 3, 2, 3, 3 = 11 7. Ron Clarke (Capt) 2', 2, 2, 2' = 8+2 8. Keith Milner 1', 1', 1' = 3+3

Ht 1 New, Seers, Rigg, Hewitt 68.8 Ht 2 Reason, Wright, Emms, Oliver 68.4 Ht 3 Forrest, Duval, Tailby, Allison 69.6 Ht 4 Seers, Clarke, Williams, Emms 70.6 Ht 5 Hewitt, New, Oliver, Wright 70.0 Ht 6 Reason, Forrest, Milner, Emms 69.0 (Milner replaced Allison) Ht 7 Duval, Seers, Rigg, Tailby 70.6 Ht 8 Reason, Clarke, Milner, Lightfoot 70.4 (Clarke replaced Wright) Ht 9 Forrest, New, Hewitt, Allison 69.4 Ht 10 Reason, Seers, Rigg, Williams 69.8 (Williams replaced Rigg) Ht 11 Duval, Oliver, Tailby, Wright 70.6 Ht 12 Hewitt, Clarke, Milner, Williams 70.8 (Clarke replaced Allison) Ht 13 Oliver, Clarke, Tailby, Lightfoot (F) 70.8 Ht 14 Forrest, Rigg, New, Duval 70.4

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

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

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

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

Bradford 1953 Needs Shown in BOLD

Friday 3rd April 1953 Penarth Road Cardiff Dragons 32 Odsal Tudors 51 (Ch) Thurs 16th April 1953 Wimbledon Stadium, London^Wembley Lions 39 Odsal Tudors 45 (CC) THt13 The Tudor Trophy 18th April Tuesday 21st April 1953 London West Ham Hammers 45 Odsal Tudors 39 (C C) Bradford v Wembley 25th April Coronation Cup Friday 1st May 1953 Knowle Bristol Bulldogs 56 Odsal Tudors 27 (CC) Bradford v New Cross 2nd May Coronation Cup 7th May @ Firs Stadium, Norwich – C CNorwich Stars 46 Bradford Tudors 38 Bradford v Harringay 9th May Coronation Cup 9th May Chapelizod Meeting Details Friday 15th May 1953 London Harringay Racers 48 Odsal Tudors 36 (C C) Bradford v Birmingham 16th May Coronation Cup Monday 18th May 1953 Perry Barr, Birmingham Brummies v Odsal Tudors (CC) Rained Off 100 Guineas Supporters Trophy 23rd May Bradford v Belle Vue 25th May Coronation Cup Bradford v West Ham 30th May Coronation Cup Bradford v Harringay 6th June National League Wednesday 10th June 1953 London New Cross Rangers 42 Odsal Tudors 42 (C C) Bradford v Norwich 13th June Coronation Cup Monday 15th June 1953 London Wimbledon Dons 56 Odsal Tudors 28 (CC) Friday 19th June 1953 London Harringay Racers 51 Odsal Tudors 32 (NLD1) Bradford v Bristol 20th June Coronation Cup Monday 22nd June 1953 Perry Barr, Birmingham Brummies 51 - Odsal Tudors 33 (CC) Bradford v Wimbledon 27th June Coronation Cup 29/06/53LIVERPOOL BRADFORD ODSAL CH 53-55 Friday 3rd July 1953 Knowle Bristol Bulldogs 65 Odsal Tudors 42 (Nat T) Bradford v Wembley 4th July National League Tuesday 7th July 1953 London West Ham Hammers 51 Odsal Tudors 33 (NLD1) Bradford v Bristol 11th July National Trophy Bradford v Birmingham 18th July National League Monday 20th July 1953 Perry Barr, Birmingham Brummies 51 - Odsal Tudors 33 (NLD1) Thursday 23rd July 1953 Firs Norwich Stars v Odsal Tudors (NLD1 ) Cancelled Bradford v 2nd Division Stars 25th July Cancelled Monday 27th July 1953 London Wimbledon Dons 39 Odsal Tudors 45 (National League) Thursday 30th July 1953 London Wembley Lions 59 Odsal Tudors 25 (NLD1) Best Pairs Championship 1st August Monday 3rd August 1953 Bradford Odsal Tudors 56 Belle Vue Aces 28 (NLD1) Bradford v West Ham 8th August National League Northern Riders Trophy 15th August Speedway Riders World Championship Round 22nd August Friday 28th August 1953 Knowle Bristol Bulldogs 57 Odsal Tudors 27 (NLD1) Yorkshire Riders Championship 29th August Rained off Bradford v Wimbledon 5th September National League Bradford v Bristol 12th September National League The Peter Casson Trophy 19th September Bradford v Norwich 26th September National League 3rd October @ Firs Stadium, Norwich – Division One Norwich Stars 36 Bradford Tudors 48 Tuesday 6th October 1953 Cornish St Austell Gulls 31 Odsal Tudors 53 (Challenge) 10/10/53 COVENTRY BRADFORD ODSAL CHALLENGE Friday 23rd October 1953 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 47 Odsal Tudors 37 (Ch)