EXETER 1948

Data from Tony Lethbridge

Updated 21.5.2014

Note: Not space for times in Exeter programmes

Monday 29th March 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Speedway Supporters’ Club Tom Crutcher Memorial Trophy

Arthur Pilgrim 2 1 3 2 3 11 Don Hardy N 2 0 2 3 7 Broncho Slade E 1 E E 3 4 Cyril Roger 3 3 3 3 3 15 Pete Lansdale 2 3 2 2 2 11 Bert Roger 3 3 2 2 2 12 Bill Elliott 1 0 1 1 0 3 Art Hood 0 0 1 1 2 4 Reg Robins 1 1 2 1 1 6 Gordon Taylor 0 2 2 1 1 6 Johnny Myson 3 3 3 3 F 12 Dingo Davey 2 2 0 1 5 Billy Newell 1 0 0 0 0 1 Keith Gurtner 0 0 3 3 1 7 Hugh Geddes 3 2 0 5 Norman Clay 2 1 1 3 2 9 John Hancox (res) 1 1 Herby Plain (res) 0 0 0

Ht1 C.Roger, Pilgrim, Slade (ef), Hardy (nf) Ht2 B.Roger, Lansdale, Elliott, Hood Ht3 Myson, Davey, Robins, Taylor Ht4 Geddes, Clay, Newell, Gurtner Ht5 Lansdale, Hardy, Robins, Newell Ht6 B.Roger, Taylor, Pilgrim, Gurtner Ht7 Myson, Geddes, Slade, Elliott Ht8 C.Roger, Davey, Clay, Hood Ht9 Myson, B.Roger, Clay, Hardy Ht10 Pilgrim, Lansdale, Hancox, Davey Ht11 Gurtner, Hardy, Elliott, Plane Ht12 C.Roger, Taylor, Elliott, Newell Ht13 Gurtner, Robbins, Hood, Slade (chain) Ht14 Myson, Pilgrim, Hood, Newell Ht15 Clay, Lansdale, Taylor, Slade (chain) Ht16 C.Roger, B.Roger, Robins, Geddes Ht17 Hardy, Hood, Taylor, Plain Ht18 Pilgrim, Clay, Robins, Elliott Ht19 Slade, B.Roger, Davey, Newell Ht20 C.Roger, Lansdale, Gurtner, Myson (f)

Monday 5th April 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 68 Plymouth Devils 28 (Devon Derby Cup)

Exeter Cyril Roger 3 3 3 3 3 15 Bert Roger 2’ 1 2’ 3 9 2 Johnny Myson 2’ E 0 3 5 1 Hugh Geddes 3 3 0 1’ 7 1 Broncho Slade 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 Keith Gurtner 1 1 2’ 4 1 Arthur Pilgrim 1 2’ 2 2’ 7 2 Norman Clay 3 2’ 3 8 1

Plymouth Billy Newell 0 2 1 1 4 Ted Gibson 1 1’ 0 2 1 Alex Gray 0 0 2 2 Ivan Kessell 1 2 2 1 1 7 Pete Lansdale 2 2 2 3 0 9 Charlie Challis 0 0 1’ 1 2 1 Len Read 0 0 0 1 1 Harold Sharpe 1’ 0 0 1 1

Ht1 C.Roger, B.Roger, Gibson, Newell 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Geddes, Myson, Kessell, Gray 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Slade, Lansdale, Gurtner, Challis 4 2 14 4 Ht4 C.Roger, Kessell, Pilgrim, Read 4 2 18 6 Ht5 Geddes, Newell, Gibson, Myson (chain) 3 3 21 9 Ht6 Slade, Kessell, Gurtner, Gray 4 2 25 11 Ht7 C.Roger, Lansdale, B.Roger, Challis 4 2 29 13 Ht8 Clay, Gray, Sharpe, Myson 3 3 32 16 Ht9 Slade, Pilgrim, Newell, Gibson 5 1 37 17 Ht10 C.Roger, B.Roger, Kessell, Read 5 1 42 18 Ht11 Myson, Lansdale, Challis, Geddes 3 3 45 21 Ht12 Slade, Clay, Newell, Read 5 1 50 22 Ht13 Lansdale, Pilgrim, Geddes, Sharpe 3 3 53 25 Ht14 B.Roger, Gurtner, Challis, Sharp 5 1 58 26 Ht15 Clay, Pilgrim, Read, Sharpe 5 1 63 27 Ht16 C.Roger, Slade, Kessell, Lansdale 5 1 68 28

The Triers Scratch Race Hancox, Elliott, Davey, Hood

The Devon Scratch Race Ht1 Hardy, Clay, Hancox, Gray Ht2 C.Roger, Lansdale, Davey, Geddes Ht3 Myson, Pilgrim, Kessell, Challis Ht4 B.Roger, Read, Sharpe, Gurtner (ns) Final C.Roger, Myson, B.Roger, Hardy

Tuesday 6th April 1948 Bannister Court, Southampton Southampton Saints 57 Exeter Falcons 27 (National League Division Three)

Southampton Alf Bottoms 3 3 3 3 12 0 4 George Bason 1 1 1 3 6 0 4 Bob Oakley 0 3 2*3 8 1 4 Jim Squibb 3 1 2*3 9 1 4 Alf Kaines 3 3 2 1* 9 1 4 Bert Croucher 2*2*0 2* 6 3 4 Tony Buxey 1 1 2 0 2 Tom Oakley 3 2 5 0 2

Exeter Cyril Roger 2 2 3 3 10 0 4 Bert Roger 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 Johnny Myson 2 1 0 0 3 0 4 Hugh Geddes 1*0 2 3 1 3 Arthur Pilgrim 1 2 1 0 4 0 4 Don Hardy 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 Bronco Slade 2 0 0 2 0 3 Norman Clay 1 2 3 0 2

1 Alf Bottoms, Cyril Roger, George Bason, Bert Roger 68 record 4 – 2 4 – 2 2 Jim Squibb, Johnny Myson, Hugh Geddes, Bob Oakley 71.4 3 – 3 7 – 5 3 Alf Kaines, Bert Croucher, Arthur Pilgrim, Don Hardy 73.2 5 – 1 12 – 6 4 Alf Bottoms, Bronco Slade, Tony Buxey, Hugh Geddes 72.2 4 – 2 16 – 8 5 Bob Oakley, Cyril Roger, Jim Squibb, Bert Roger 70.8 4 – 2 20 – 10 6 Alf Kaines, Bert Croucher, Johnny Myson, Bronco Slade 74 5 – 1 25 – 11 7 Alf Bottoms, Arthur Pilgrim, George Bason, Don Hardy 72.8 4 – 2 29 – 13 8 Tom Oakley, Bob Oakley, Norman Clay, Johnny Myson 73.2 5 – 1 34 – 14 9 Cyril Roger, Alf Kaines, Bert Roger, Bert Croucher 73.2 2 – 4 36 – 18 10 Alf Bottoms, Hugh Geddes, George Bason, Johnny Myson 73.2 4 – 2 40 – 20 11 Bob Oakley, Jim Squibb, Arthur Pilgrim, Don Hardy 73.6 5 – 1 45 – 21 12 Cyril Roger, Tom Oakley, Alf Kaines, Bronco Slade 73.8 3 – 3 48 – 24 13 Jim Squibb, Norman Clay, Tony Buxey, Arthur Pilgrim 74.6 4 – 2 52 – 26 14 George Bason, Bert Croucher, Don Hardy, Bert Roger 76 5 – 1 57 – 27

Wednesday 7th April 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth Tamworth Hounds 82 Exeter Falcons 26 (National Trophy)

Tamworth Steve Langton 3 2’ 3 3 3 3 17 1 Charlie Oates 2’ 2’ 2’ 2 3 11 3 Arthur Payne 3 3 0 0 6 Cyril Page 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 11 4 Bill Dalton 2 2’ 3 3 2’ 1 13 2 Basil Harris 2’ 3 3 2’ 3 13 2 Harry Saunders 2’ 3 5 1 Peter Orpwood 3 1 2’ 6 1

Exeter Cyril Roger 1 3 1 3 1 2 11 Bert Roger 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 John Myson 0 1 0 1 2 Hugh Geddes 1 1 0 1 0 3 Arthur Pilgrim 1 1 0 1 1 4 Don Hardy 0 0 0 X F 0 Broncho Slade 0 F 0 Norman Clay 1 1 1 3

Ht1 Langton, Oates, C.Roger, B.Roger 73.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Payne, Harris, Geddes, Myson 75.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Page, Oates, Pilgrim, Hardy 75.2 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Orpwood, Saunders, Clay, Slade 76.6 5 1 20 4 Ht5 Payne, Page, Myson, B.Roger 77.0 5 1 25 5 Ht6 Harris, Langton, Geddes, Hardy 76.2 5 1 30 6 Ht7 C.Roger, Dalton, Pilgrim, Payne 76.0 2 4 32 10 Ht8 Langton, Dalton, C.Roger, Myson 75.6 5 1 37 11 Ht9 Langton, B.Roger, Orpwood, Hardy 77.6 4 2 41 13 Ht10 Harris, Oates, Myson, Pilgrim 76.8 5 1 46 14 Ht11 Dalton, Page, B.Roger, Geddes 78.2 5 1 51 15 Ht12 C.Roger, Oates, Geddes, Payne 76.8 2 4 53 19 Ht13 Dalton, Harris, Pilgrim, B.Roger 77.4 5 1 58 20 Htt14 Saunders, Orpwood, Clay, Slade (f) 78.4 5 1 63 21 Ht15 Langton, Page, Pilgrim, Geddes 76.6 5 1 68 22 Ht16 Oates, Dalton, Clay, Hardy (exc) 76.2 5 1 73 23 Ht17 Harris, Page, C.Roger, Hardy (f) 77.4 5 1 78 24 Ht18 Langton, C.Roger, Dalton, B.Roger 75.8 4 2 82 26

Monday 12th April 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 81 Tamworth Hounds 27 (National Trophy)

Exeter Cyril Roger 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’12 6 Bert Roger 3 0 3 3 1 3 13 Johnny Myson 2’ 3 0 5 1 Hugh Geddes 3 2’ 2’ 7 2 Stan Hodson 3 3 2’ 3 3 14 1 Broncho Slade 3 3 2’ 3 3 14 1 Don Hardy 3 3 3 0 9 Arthur Pilgrim 2’ 2’ 3 7 2

Tamworth Steve Langton 1 2 1 2 2 8 Charlie Oates 0 1 0 1 0 2 Arthur Payne 1 0 0 0 1 Cyril Page 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Dalton 1’ 1’ 1 1 1 5 2 Basil Harris 2 1 1 2 1’ 7 1 Peter Orpwood 1 0 1’ 1 1 4 1 Harry Saunders 0 0 0

Ht1 C.Roger, B.Roger, Langton, Oates 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Slade, Myson, Payne, Page 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Geddes, Harris, Dalton, B.Roger 3 3 13 5 Ht4 Hardy, Pilgrim, Orpwood, Saunders 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Myson, Geddes, Oates, Payne 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Salde, C.Roger, Harris, Page 5 1 28 8 Ht7 Hodson, Langton, Dalton, Myson 3 3 31 11 Ht8 Hodson, C.Roger, Langton, Orpwood 5 1 36 12 Ht9 Hardy, C.Roger, Harris, Oates 5 1 41 13 Ht10 B.Roger, Slade, Dalton, Payne 5 1 46 14 Ht11 Hodson, Geddes, Oates, Page 5 1 51 15 Ht12 B.Roger, Langton, Orpwood, Myson 3 3 54 18 Ht13 Slade, Hodson, Dalton, Oates 5 1 59 19 Ht14 Hardy, Pilgrim, Orpwood, Saunders 5 1 64 20 Ht15 Pilgrim, C.Roger, Dalton, Page 5 1 69 21 Ht16 Hodson, Harris, B.Roger, Payne 4 2 73 23 Ht17 Slade, Langton, Harris, Hardy 3 3 76 26 Ht18 B.Roger, C.Roger, Orpwood, Payne 5 1 81 29

The Devon Scratch Race Ht1 Clay, Saunders, Orpwood, Hardy Ht2 Pilgrim, Reg Robins, Gurtner, Gordon Taylor Final Clay, Robins, Saunders, Pilgrim (f)

Thursday 15th April 1948 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 44 Exeter Falcons 52 (Devon Derby Cup)

Plymouth Alex Gray 2 3 2 2’ 1 10 1 Ivan Kessell 1’ 0 3 0 4 1 Billy Newell 2 0 3 3 8 Dave Hynes F 1 0 1’ 2 1 Pete Lansdale 2 1’ 2 0 5 1 Charlie Challis 1’ 2 0 2 5 1 Ted Gibson 1 2 3 6 Vic Gent 2’ 1 1 4 1

Exeter Cyril Roger 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 Arthur Pilgrim 0 2’ 1 3 6 1 Johnny Myson 1 0 1 F 2 Hugh Geddes 3 0 3 1 8 Stan Hodson 3 1 2 3 3 12 Broncho Slade F 3 1’ 1 5 1 Norman Clay 2 2’ 2 6 1 Keith Gurtner 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Roger, Gray, Kessell, Pilgrim 84.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Geddes, Newell, Myson, Hynes (f) 86.2 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Hosdon, Lansdale, Challis, Slade (f) 84.8 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Gray, Clay, Gibson, Geddes 84.0 4 2 12 12 Ht5 Roger, Pilgrim, Hynes, Newell 85.2 1 5 13 17 Ht6 Geddes, Challis, Lansdale, Myson 85.6 3 3 16 20 Ht7 Slade, Gray, Hodson, Kessell 85.8 2 4 18 24 Ht8 Newell, Gent, Myson, Gurtner 86.6 5 1 23 25 Ht9 Roger, Lansdale, Pilgrim, Challis 84.6 2 4 25 29 Ht10 Kessell, Gray, Geddes, Myson (f) 86.6 5 1 30 30 Ht11 Newell, Hodson, Slade, Hynes 87.8 3 3 33 33 Ht12 Roger, Clay, Gent, Lansdale 85.4 1 5 34 38 Ht13 Hodson, Gibson, Hynes, Gurtner 85.0 3 3 37 41 Ht14 Pilgrim, Challis, Slade, Kessell 85.2 2 4 39 45 Ht15 Gibson, Clay, Gent, Gurtner 86.2 4 2 43 47 Ht16 Hodson, Roger, Gray Gent 86.4 1 5 44 52

Monday 19th April 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 57 Hastings Saxons 27 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Cyril Roger 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 Bert Roger F 3 3 3 9 Arthur Pilgrim 3 1 1’ 2 7 1 Stan Hodson 0 3 F 0 3 Broncho Slade 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Hugh Geddes 3 2’ 2’ 1 8 2 Don Hardy 2’ 3 5 1 Norman Clay 2 2’ 4 1

Hastings Ken Tidbury 1’ 2 1 1 5 1 Eric Dunn 2 0 0 2 4 Wally Green 1’ 0 3 1 5 1 Ron Clark 2 1 1 0 4 Jock Grierson 1 1 3 2 7 Dan English 0 0 1 0 1 Al Collins 0 0 0 Ken Middleditch 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 C.Roger, Dunn, Tidbury, B,Roger (f) 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Pilgrim, Clark, Green, Hodson 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Geddes, Slade, Grierson, English 5 1 11 7 Ht4 C.Roger, Hardy, Clark, Collins 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Hodson, Tidbury, Pilgrim, Dunn 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Slade, Geddes, Clark, Green 5 1 25 11 Ht7 B.Roger, C.Roger, Grierson, English 5 1 30 12 Ht8 Green, Clay, Pilgrim, Middleditch 3 3 33 15 Ht9 Slade, Geddes, Tidbury, Dunn 5 1 38 16 Ht10 B.Roger, C.Roger, Green, Clark 5 1 43 17 Ht11 Grierson, Pilgrim, English, Hodson (f) 2 4 45 21 Ht12 Slade, Clay, Tidbury, Collins 5 1 50 22 Ht13 Hardy, Grierson, Middleditch, Hodson 3 3 53 25 Ht14 B.Roger, Dunn, Geddes, English 4 2 57 27

Reserves Scratch Race Ht1 Davey, Gurtner, Robins, Taylor Ht2 Hardy, Hancox, Collins (nf), Middleditch (nf) Final Hardy, Hancox, Davey, Gurtner

The Devon Scratch Race Ht1 Hodson, Slade, Clay, Dunn Ht2 Pilgrim, Hardy, Gurtner, English Ht3 C.Roger, Tidbury, Green, Robins Ht4 B.Roger, Grierson, Clark, Plane Final C.Roger, B.Roger, Hodson, Pilgrim

Monday 26 April 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 60 Hull Angels 23 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Arthur Pilgrim 2 2’ 2’ 3 9 2 Stan Hodson 1’ 3 R 2’ 6 2 Broncho Slade M 3 R 3 6 Hugh Geddes 2’ 1’ 2’ 3 8 3 Cyril Roger 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 9 3 Bert. Roger 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Don Hardy 3 R 3 Norman Clay 2 3 3 8

Hull Mick Mitchell 3 3 1 0 7 Brian Gorman 0 R X 0 0 Allan Nicholson 0 1 R 1’ 2 1 Craig 1 1 F 2 4 Norman Johnson R 0 0 2 2 Johnny White 1 1 1 1 4 Derek Glover R 1 1’ 2 1 Ray Muir 2 2

Ht1 Mitchell, Pilgrim, Hodson, Gorman 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Slade, Geddes, Craig, Nicholson 5 1 8 4 Ht3 C.Roger, B.Roger, White, Johnson (et at start). 1 1 13 5 Ht4 Hardy, Pilgrim, Craig, Glover (et at start). 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Mitchell, Clay, Geddes, Gorman (et), Slade (exc 2 mins). 3 3 21 9 Ht6 B.Roger, C.Roger, Nicholson, Craig (fell). 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Hodson, Pilgrim, White, Johnson 5 1 31 11 Ht8 Clay, Muir, Slade et), Nicholson et) 3 2 34 13 Ht9 B.Roger, C.Roger, Mitchell, Gorman (exc). 5 1 39 14 Ht10 Pilgrim, Craig, Nicholson, Hodson (et). 3 3 42 17 Ht11 Slade, Geddes, White, Johnson 5 1 47 18 Ht12 Clay, C.Roger, Glover, Mitchell 5 1 52 19 Ht13 Geddes, Johnson, Glover, Hardy (et). 3 3 55 22 Ht14 B.Roger, Hodson, White, Gorman 5 1 60 23

Third Division Match Race Championship Ht1 Cyril Roger bt Bob Oakley 78.4 Ht2 Cyril Roger bt Bob Oakley (ef) 81.8

Reserves Scartch Race Hancox, Gurtner, Davey, Robins

The Devon Scratch Race Ht1 Craig, Glover, Slade (nf), Glover (nf) Ht2 Gurtner, Nicholson, Hardy (nf), Muir (nf) Ht3 Hodson, Johnson, Davey, White Ht4 Pilgrim, Clay, Gorman, Mitchell (f) Final Pilgrim, Hodson, Craig, Gurtner

Wednesday 28th April 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 40 Exeter Falcons 44 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Ken Tidbury 0 3 1 1 5 Ron Clark 1 0 0 1 Wally Green 3 3 3 3 12 Eric Dunn 2’ 1 1 3 7 1 Jock Greirson 3 3 2 2 10 Harry Collins 1 1 0 0 2 Jack Scott 0 1 1 1 Bill Osborne 1 0 1

Exeter Cyril Roger 3 2 3 3 11 Broncho Slade 2’ 0 1 2’ 5 2 Bert Roger 1 0 2 3 6 Arthur Pilgrin 0 1’ 2 2’ 5 2 Stan Hodson 0 2’ 0 2 4 1 Hugh Geddes 2 3 2 3 10 Don Hardy 2 1 3 Norman Clay 0 0 0

Ht1 C.Roger, Slade, Clark, Tidbury 77.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Green, Dunn, B.Roger, Pilgrim 77.2 5 1 6 6 Ht3 Grierson, Geddes, Collins, Hodson 80.6 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Tidbury, Hardy, Pilgrim, Scott 81.2 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Green, C.Roger, Dunn, Slade 75.4 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Grierson, Pilgrim, Collins, B.Roger 81.2 4 2 21 15 Ht7 Geddes, Hodson, Clark, Tidbury 80.0 1 5 22 20 Ht8 Green, B.Roger, Osborne, Clay 75.8 4 2 26 22 Ht9 C.Roger, Grierson, Slade, Collins 75.8 2 4 28 26 Ht10 B.Roger, Pilgrim, Tidbury, Clark 77.2 1 5 29 31 Ht11 Green, Geddes, Dunn, Hodson 78.2 4 2 33 33 Ht12 C.Roger, Grierson, Hardy, Osborne 80.0 2 4 35 37 Ht13 Dunn, Hodson, Scott, Clay 81.4 4 2 39 39 Ht14 Geddes, Slade, Scott, Collins 81.8 1 5 40 44

Monday 3rd May 1948 County Ground, Exeter Speedway Riders’ Championship Qualifying Round

Bill Dalton 1 1 0 0 2 4 Bill Baird 2 2 0 1 1 6 Jock Grierson 3 3 1 2 3 12 Ray Harris 0 1 1 0 2 Broncho Slade 0 3 2 3 3 11 Alf Kaines 2 2 2 2 2 10 Eric Dunn 1 0 2 2 0 5 Cyril Roger 3 F 3 3 2 11 Gil Blake 0 1 0 1 3 5 Junior Bainbridge 2 0 3 0 0 5 Stan Hodson 3 1 3 2 1 10 Steve Langton 1 2 1 0 0 4 Johnny Myson 0 0 0 1 1 2 Wally Green 3 3 3 2 2 13 Bert Roger 2 2 3 3 3 13 Ken Tidbury 1 3 1 1 0 6

Ht1 Grierson, Baird, Dalton, Harris 79.6 Ht2 C.Roger, Kaines, Dunn, Slade 79.4 Ht3 Hodson, Bainbridge, Langton, Blake 83.0 Ht4 Green, B.Roger, Tidbury, Myson 81.2 Ht5 Slade, Baird, Blake, Myson 82.2 Ht6 Green, Kaines, Dalton, Bainbridge 84.0 Ht7 Grierson, B.Roger, Hodson, Dunn 82.4 Ht8 Tidbury, Langton, Harris, C.Roger (f) 84.2 Ht9 Hodson, Kaines, Tidbury, Baird 84.4 Ht10 B.Roger, Slade, Langton, Dalton 82.4 Ht11 Green, Dunn, Baird, Langton 82.4 Ht12 Bainbridge, Dunn, Harris, Myson 84.4 Ht13 C.Roger, Green, Grierson, Blake 82.4 Ht14 C.Roger, Hodson, Myson, Dalton 84.4 Ht15 Slade, Grierson, Tidbury, Bainbridge 83.0 Ht16 B.Roger, Kaines, Blake, Harris 82.6 Ht17 B.Roger, C.Roger, Baird, Bainbridge 83.4 Ht18 Balke, Dalton, Dunn (f), Tidbury (f) 86.0 Ht19 Grierson, Kaines, Myson, Langton 84.0 Ht20 Slade, Green, Hodson, Harris 82.2

Monday 10th May 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 65 Cradley Heath Cubs 18 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Cyril Roger 3 3 3 3 12 Hugh Geddes 2’ 1 2’ 1 6 2 Bert Roger 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Stan Hodson 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2 Broncho Slade 2’ 3 3 F 8 1 Arthur Pilgrim 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 Don Hardy 1 2’ 3 1 Johnny Myson 2’ 3 5 1

Cradley Heath Eric Irons 1 1 0 F 2 Alan Hunt 0 0 1 2 3 Bill Clifton E 0 0 1 1 Les Beaumont 1 2 1 E 4 Jimmy Coy 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Wright 1 2 1 0 4 Phil Malpass 0 2 2 Ted Moore 1 0 1 2

Ht1 C.Roger, Geddes, Irons, Hunt 5 1 5 1 Ht2 B.Roger, Hodson, Beaumont, Clifton (ef) 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Pilgrim, Slade, Wright, Coy 5 1 15 3 Ht4 C.Roger, Beaumont, Hardy, Malpass 4 2 19 5 Ht5 B.Roger, Hodson, Irons, Hunt 5 1 24 6 Ht6 Slade, Pilgrim, Beaumont, Clifton 5 1 29 7 Ht7 C.Roger, Wright, Geddes, Coy 4 2 33 9 Ht8 B.Roger, Myson, Moore, Clifton 5 1 38 10 Ht9 Slade, Pilgrim, Hunt, Irons 5 1 43 11 Ht10 C.Roger, Geddes, Clifton, Beaumont (ef) 5 1 48 12 Ht11 Hodson, B.Roger, Wright, Moore 5 1 53 13 Ht12 Myson, Malpass, Slade (f), Irons (f) 3 2 56 15 Ht13 Hodson, Hardy, Moore, Coy 5 1 61 16 Ht14 Pilgrim, Hunt, Geddes, Wright 4 2 65 18

Devon Scratch Race Ht1 C.Roger, Myson, Clifton, Irons Ht2 Slade, Wright, Hardy, Beaumont (ef) Ht3 B.Roger, Hunt, Coy, Davey Ht4 Clay, Gurtner, Maplass, Moore SF1 Pilgrim, B.Toger, Clay, Slade SF2 Wright, Myson, Hunt, Gurtner Final B.Roger, Myson, Wright, Pilgrim (efch)

Thursday 13th May 1948 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 38 Exeter Falcons 57 North v South 21st Anniversary Cup)

Plymouth Alex Gray 3 2 0 0 5 Ivan Kessell 2’ 1 2 F 5 1 Billy Newell 0 0 0 0 Peter Robinson 1 3 1 2 7 Pete Lansdale 2 1’ 2’ 3 1 9 2 Ted Gibson 0 2 3 3 8 Charlie Challis 1’ 0 1 2 1 Len Read 1 F 1 E 2

Exeter Johnny Myson 1 2 1 0 4 Broncho Slade 0 1’ 0 2 3 1 Bert Roger 3 3 3 3 3 15 Hugh Geddes 2’ E 0 1 3 1 Stan Hodson 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 Arthur Pilgrim 1 2’ 2’ F 5 2 Don Hardy 3 2 2 7 Norman Clay 0 2 1 3 6

Ht1 Gray, Kessell, Myson, Slade 81.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Roger, Geddes, Robinson, Newell 81.6 1 5 6 6 Ht3 Hodson, Lansdale, Pilgrim, Gibson 81.2 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Hardy, Gray, Challis, Geddes (ef) 86.0 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Robinson, Myson, Slade, Myson 83.8 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Roger, Gibson, Lansdale, Geddes 83.2 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Hodson, Pilgrim, Kessell, Gray 84.6 1 5 18 24 Ht8 Roger, Clay, Read, Newell 84.0 1 5 19 29 Ht9 Gibson, Lansdale, Myson, Slade 82.2 5 1 24 30 Ht10 Roger, Kessell, Geddes, Gray 82.4 2 4 26 34 Ht11 Hodson, Pilgrim, Robinson, Read (f) 82.2 1 5 27 39 Ht12 Lansdale, Hardy, Read, Myson 82.8 4 2 31 41 Ht13 Hodson, Robinson, Clay, Challis 83.2 2 4 33 45 Ht14 Gibson, Slade, Pilgrim (f), Kessell (fld?) 85.8 3 2 36 47 Ht15 Clay, Hardy, Challis, Read (ef) 84.6 1 5 37 52 Ht16 Roger, Hodson, Lansdale, Kessell 82.2 1 5 38 57

Monday 17th May 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 51 Norwich Stars 33 (Challenge)

Exeter Cyril Roger 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Norman Clay 1 3 F 4 Bert Roger 3 3 2 2 10 Stan Hodson 1 2’ 1’ 3 7 2 Broncho Slade F 3 F 3 6 Arthur Pilgrim 2 1 2 2 7 Don Hardy 2’ 2’ 1’ 5 3 Johnny Myson 1’ 0 1 1

Norwich Phil Clarke 0 0 1 2 3 Paddy Mills 2 1 3 0 6 Ivor Powell 2 2 3 1’ 8 1 Howdy Byford 0 1 0 2 3 Paddy Hammond 1 1 0 1 3 Ted Bravery 3 0 3 3 9 Sid Hipperson 0 1’ 1 1 Roy Duke 0 0 0

Ht1 C.Roger, Mills, Clay, Clarke 4 2 4 2 Ht2 B.Roger, Powell, Hodson, Byford 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Bravery, Pilgrim, Hammond, Slade (f) 2 4 10 8 Ht4 C.Roger, Hardy, Byford, Hipperson 5 1 15 9 Ht5 B.Roger, Hodson, Mills, Clarke 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Slade, Powell, Pilgrim, Byford 4 2 24 12 Ht7 Clay, C.Roger, Hammond, Bravery 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Powell, B.Roger, Myson, Duke 3 3 32 16 Ht9 Mills, Pilgrim, Clarke, Slade (f) 2 4 34 20 Ht10 C.Roger, Byford, Powell, Clay (f) 3 3 37 23 Ht11 Bravery, B.Roger, Hodson, Hammond 3 3 40 26 Ht12 Slade, Clark, Hipperson, Myson 3 3 43 29 Ht13 Hodson, Hardy, Hammond, Duke 5 1 48 30 Ht14 Bravery, Pilgrim, Hardy, Mills 3 3 51 33

The Devon Scratch Race Ht1 C.Roger, Bravery, Waddell, Hipperson Ht2 Hodson, Clarke, Myson, Hammond Ht3 Powell, Pilgrim, Hardy, Mills Ht4 B.Roger, Geddes, Dook, Byford (f) SF1 C.Roger, Powell, Hodson (fexc), B.Roger (fexc) SF2 Bravery, Clarke, Pilgrim, Geddes Final C.Roger, Clarke, Bravery, Powell

Monday 24th May 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 65 Plymouth Devils 31 (North v South 21st Speedway Anniversary Cup)

Exeter Cyril Roger 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 Don Hardy 1 2’ 2’ 0 5 2 Bert Roger 3 3 E 3 3 12 Stan Hodson 2’ 0 2’ 1’ 5 3 Broncho Slade 2 3 3 3 11 Arthur Pilgrim 1’ 2’ 2’ 3 8 3 Johnny Myson 2’ 2 3 7 1 Hugh Geddes 1 0 2’ 3 1

Plymouth Alex Gray 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Ivan Kessell 2 2 1 1’ 6 1 Peter Robinson 1 0 3 1 1 6 Len Read 0 1 1 0 2 Pete Lansdale 0 1 0 0 1 Ted Gibson 3 F 1 2 0 6 Charlie Challis 0 1’ 1 2 1 Vic Gent 2’ 2 3 7 1

Ht1 C.Roger, Kessell, Hardy, Gray 4 2 4 2 Ht2 B.Roger, Hodson, Robinson, Read 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Gibson, Slade, Pilgrim, Lansdale 3 3 12 6 Ht4 C.Roger, Myson, Read, Challis 5 1 17 7 Ht5 B.Roger, Kessell, Gray, Hodson 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Slade, Pilgrim, Read, Robinson 5 1 25 11 Ht7 C.Roger, Hardy, Lansdale, Gibson (f) 5 1 30 12 Ht8 Robinson, Gent, Geddes, B.Roger (ef) 1 5 31 17 Ht9 Slade, Pilgrim, Kessell, Gray 5 1 36 18 Ht10 C.Roger, Hardy, Robinson, Read 5 1 41 19 Ht11 B.Roger, Hodson, Gibson, Lansdale 5 1 46 20 Ht12 Slade, Gent, Challis, Geddes 3 3 49 23 Ht13 Gent, Myson, Hodson, Lansdale 3 3 52 26 Ht14 Pilgrim, Gibson, Kessell, Hardy 3 3 55 29 Ht15 Myson, Geddes, Challis, Gent 5 1 60 30 Ht16 B.Roger, C.Roger, Robinson, Gibson 5 1 65 31

The Devon Scratch Race Ht1 Geddes, Hardy, Gent, Gray (ns) Ht2 Clay, Pilgrim, Gibson, Challis Ht3 C.Roger, Slade, Kessell, Read Ht4 Hodson, Robinson, B.Roger, Myson Final C.Roger, Hodson, Geddes (nf), Clay (nf)

Monday 31st May 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 65 Poole Pirates 19 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Cyril Roger 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2 Johnny Myson 3 1 3 3 10 Bert Roger 3 2’ 3 2’ 10 2 Stan Hodson 1 3 3 2’ 9 1 Broncho Slade 0 3 3 3 9 Arthur Pilgrim 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 9 3 Hugh Geddes 2’ 3 5 1 Norman Clay 2’ 1 3 1

Poole Alan Chambers 0 1 1 0 2 George Butler 1 0 0 1 2 Joe Bowkis 2 0 1 1 4 Fred Pawson 0 0 1 0 1 Alf Elliott 2 2 0 1 5 Sid Clark 1’ 0 1 0 2 1 George Gower 1 2 3 Bingley Cree 0 0 0

Ht1 Myson, C.Roger, Butler, Chambers 82.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 B.Roger, Bowkis, Hodson, Pawson 81.8 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Pilgrim, Elliott, Clark, Slade 83.8 3 3 12 6 Ht4 C.Roger, Geddes, Gower, Pawson 84.8 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Hodson, B.Roger, Chambers, Butler 81.8 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Slade, Pilgrim, Pawson, Bowkis 81.8 5 1 27 9 Ht7 C.Roger, Elliott, Myson, Clark 84.0 4 2 31 11 Ht8 B.Roger, Clay, Bowkis, Cree 81.4 5 1 36 12 Ht9 Slade, Pilgrim, Chambers, Butler 82.4 5 1 41 13 Ht10 Myson, C.Roger, Bowkis, Pawson 83.6 5 1 46 14 Ht11 Hodson, B.Roger, Clark, Elliott 83.8 5 1 51 15 Ht12 Slade, Gower, Clay, Chambers 83.0 4 2 55 17 Ht13 Geddes, Hodson, Elliott, Cree 83.0 5 1 60 18 Ht14 Myson, Pilgrim, Butler, Clark 84.6 5 1 65 19

Junior Team Exeter 10 Plymouth 8 Exeter Dingo Davey 2 1’ 3 1 Herby Plane 0 0 John Hancox 3 2 5 Gordon Taylor 2’ 2 1 Plymouth Vic Gent 3 3 6 Ted McSweeney 1 0 1 Ken Slee 1 1 Bob Turner 0 0 Ht1 Gent, Davey, McSweeney, Plain 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Hancox, Taylor, Slee, Turner 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Gent, Hancox, Davey, McSweeney 3 3 10 8

The Devon Scratch Race Ht1 Hardy, Clay, Clark, Cree Ht2 Hodson, B.Roger, Bowkis, Butler Ht3 Slade, Gower, Myson, Pawson Ht4 C.Roger, Geddes, Elliott, Chambers Final Hodson, Hardy, Slade, C.Roger

Monday 7th June 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 66 Stoke Potters 18 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Bert Roger 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Stan Hodson 3 E 1 3 7 Broncho Slade 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Arthur Pilgrim 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 9 3 Cyril Roger 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Hugh Geddes 2’ 1 3 2’ 8 2 Norman Clay 2’ 3 5 1 Don Hardy 2’ 2’ 4 2

Stoke Frank Evans 0 0 0 0 0 Les Jenkins 1 0 1 2 Gil Blake 1 2 2 1 6 Vic Pitcher 0 0 0 0 Ray Harris 0 2 0 0 2 Dick Howard 1 1’ 1 3 1 Bert Danner 1 1 0 2 Ken Adams 1 0 1 1 3

Ht1 Hodson, B.Roger, Jenkins, Evans 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Slade, Pilgrim, Blake, Pitcher 5 1 10 2 Ht3 C.Roger, Geddes, Howard, Harris 5 1 15 3 Ht4 B.Roger, Clay, Danner, Evans 5 1 20 4 Ht5 Slade, Pilgrim, Adams, Evans 5 1 25 5 Ht6 C.Roger, Blake, Geddes, Pitcher 4 2 29 7 Ht7 B.Roger, Harris, Howard, Hodson (ef) 3 3 32 10 Ht8 Slade, Hardy, Blake, Adams 5 1 37 11 Ht9 Geddes, C.Roger, Jenkins, Evans 5 1 42 12 Ht10 B.Roger, Blake, Hodson, Pitcher 4 2 46 14 Ht11 Pilgrim, Slade, Howard, Harris 5 1 51 15 Ht12 C.Roger, Hardy, Danner, Evans 5 1 56 16 Ht13 Clay, Pilgrim, Adams, Harris 5 1 61 17 Ht14 Hodson, Geddes, Adams, Danner 5 1 66 18

Third Division Match Race Championship Ht1 Cyril Roger by Alf Bottoms 76.2 Ht2 Cyril Roger bt Alf Bottoms (et) 80.4

The Devon Scratch Race Ht1 Bottoms, Danner, Salde (f), Blake (ns) Ht2 B.Roger, Hardy, Harris, C.Roger (f) Ht3 Hodson, Geddes, Evans, Danner Ht4 Clay, Pilgrim, Myson, Howard (ns) Final B.Roger, Bottoms, Clay, Hodson (f)

Monday 14th June 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 57 Coventry Bees 27 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Cyril Roger 1 3 1’ 0 5 1 Norman Clay 3 2 3 1’ 9 1 Bert Roger 3 3 3 3 12 Stan Hodson 2’ 0 1 3 6 1 Broncho Slade 3 3 0 3 9 Arthur Pilgrim 1 2’ 3 2 8 1 Don Hardy 2’ 2’ 4 2 Johnny Myson 2’ 2’ 4 2

Coventry Lionel Levy 2 1’ 1’ 1 5 2 Fred Yates 0 2 2 0 4 Bernard Tennant 1 1 0 2 4 John Yates 0 1 0 1’ 2 1 Bert Lacey 0 0 0 0 0 Vic Emms 2 3 2 3 10 Bob Greaves 0 0 0 George Smith 1 1 2

Ht1 Clay, Levy, C.Roger, F.Yates 4 2 4 2 Ht2 B.Roger, Hodson, Tennant, J.Yates 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Slade, Emms, Pilgrim, Lacey 4 2 13 5 Ht4 C.Roger, Hrdy, J,Yates, Greaves 5 1 18 6 Ht5 B.Roger, F.Yates, Levy, Hodson 3 3 21 9 Ht6 Slade, Pilgrim, Tennant, J.Yates 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Emms, Clay, C.Roger, Lacey 3 3 29 13 Ht8B.Roger, Myson, Smith, Tennant 5 1 34 14 Ht9 Pilgrim, F.Yates, Levy, Slade 3 3 37 17 Ht10 Clay, Tennant, J.Yates, C.Roger 3 3 40 20 Ht11 B.Roger, Emms, Hodson, Lacey 4 2 44 22 Ht12 Slade, Myson, Levy, Greaves 5 1 49 23 Ht13 Hodson, Hardy, Smith, Lacey 5 1 54 24 Ht14 Emms, Pilgrim, Clay, F.Yates 3 3 57 27

Junior Team Race Exeter 13 Poole 10 Exeter Dingo Davey F 0 0 Gordon Taylor 3 F 3 John Hancox 3 3 6 R.Robins 1 3 4 Poole Bingley Cree 2 2 4 Jock Pope 1’ N 1 1 B.Jarvis 0 1 1 Herby Plain 2 2 4 Ht1 Taylor, Cree, Pope, Davey (f) 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Hancox, Plain, Robins, Jarvis 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Hancox, Cree, Jarvis, Davey 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Robins, Plain, Taylor (f), Pope (nf) 3 2 13 10

The Devon Scratch Race Ht1 Geddes, Myson, J.Yates, F.Yates Ht2 C.Roger, Pilgrim, Emms, Smith Ht3 B.Roger, Clay, Levy, Lacey Ht4 Hardy, Slade, Tennant, Greaves Final C.Roger, B.Roger, Hardy, Geddes

Tuesday15th June 1948 Caister Road Stadium, Great Yarmouth Yarmouth Bloaters 35 Exeter Falcons 45 (National League Division Three)

Yarmouth Reg Morgan 2 3 2’ 2 9 Paddy Hammond 0 3 F 0 3 Billy Bales 3 2 2 2 9 Roy Duke 1 E 0 3 4 Bert Rawlinson F 0 2 0 2 Sid Hipperson 3 2 0 1 6 Bill Caruthers F E 0 Ted Rawlinson 1’ 1 2 1

Exeter Hugh Geddes 1 F 1 2’ 4 1 Cyril Roger 3 3 3 3 12 Bert Rorer 2 3 3 3 11 Norman Clay 0 2 1 1 4 Arthur Pilgrim F 0 1 2 3 Stan Hodson F 1 3 2’ 6 Don Hardy 1’ 3 4 1 John Myson 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Roger, Morgan, Geddes, Hammond 77.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Bales, B.Roger, Duke, Clay 76.2 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Hipperson,B. Rawlinson (f), Pilgrim (f), Hodson (f)90.8 3 0 9 6 Ht4 Morgan, Clay, Hardy, Caruthers (f) 79.0 3 3 12 9 Ht5 C.Roger, Bales, Geddes (f), Duke (ef) 77.4 2 3 14 12 Ht6 B.Roger, Hipperson, Clay, B.Rawlinson 76.8 2 4 16 16 Ht7 Hammond, Morgan, Hodson, Pilgrim 79.0 5 1 21 17 Ht8 B.Roger, Bales, T.Rawlinson, Myson 78.0 3 3 24 20 Ht9 C.Roger, B.Rawlinson, Geddes, Hipperson 79.4 2 4 26 24 Ht10 B.Roger, Morgan, Clay, Hammond (f) 78.2 2 4 28 28 Ht11 Hodson, Bales, Pilgrim Duke 77.0 2 4 30 32 Ht12 Hardy, Geddes, T.Rawlinson, B.Rawlinson 80.0 1 5 31 37 Ht13 Duke, Pilgrim, Myson, Caruthers (ef) 78.4 3 3 34 40 Ht14 C.Roger, Hodson, Hipperson, Hammond 78.6 1 5 35 45

Saturday June 19th 1948 Brandon Stadium, Coventry Coventry Bees 26 Exeter Falcons 56 (National League Division Three)

Coventry Bob Fletcher (C) 2, 1’, F, 2 5+1 Lionel Levy 0, 0, 1’, F 1+1 Vic Emms 2, 2, 2, R 6 Fred Yates 0, 0, 1, R 1 Bert Lacey 0, Fx, N, N 0 Bernard Tennant 2, 1, 2, 1 6 George Smith 2, F, 3, F 5 John Yates 1’, 1 2+1

Exeter Hugh Geddes 1, 1, 1, 2 5 Cyril Roger (C) 3, 3, 3, 3 12 Bert Roger 3, 3, 3, 3 12 Norman Clay 1, 3, 2’, 0 6+1 Arthur Pilgrim 1, 3, 2’, 3 9+1 Stan Hodson 3, 2’, 3, 2’ 10+2 Don Hardy 0, 0 0 Bronco Slade 0, 2’ 2+1

Ht 1 C.Roger, Fletcher, Geddes, Levy 81.2 2 4 2 4 Ht 2 B.Roger, Emms, Clay, F.Yates 80.2 2 4 4 8 Ht 3 Hodson, Tennant, Pilgrim, Lacey 82.4 2 4 6 12 Ht 4 Clay, Smith, Fletcher, Hardy 82.4 3 3 9 15 Ht 5 C.Roger, Emms, Geddes, F.Yates 82.4 2 4 11 19 Ht 6 B.Roger, Clay, Tennant, Smith (f) 79.2(Etr)1 5 12 24 Ht 7 Pilgrim, Hodson, Fletcher (F), Levy (R) 86.0 0 5 12 29 Ht 8 B.Roger, Emms, J.Yates, Slade 81.0 3 3 15 32 Ht 9 C.Roger, Tennant, Geddes, Lacey (Fx) 83.8 2 4 17 36 Ht 10 B.Roger, Fletcher, Levy, Clay 81.0 3 3 20 39 Ht 11 Hodson, Pilgrim, Yates, Emms (R) 83.0 1 5 21 44 Ht 12 Smith, Geddes, J.Yates, Hardy 85.2 4 2 25 46 Ht 13 Pilgrim, Slade, Smith (F), F.Yates (R) 84.4 0 5 25 51 Ht 14 C.Roger, Hodson, Tennant, Levy (F) 83.0 1 5 26 56

Monday 21st June 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 69 Wombwell Colliers 15 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Cyril Roger 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Don Hardy 2’ 2’ 3 7 2 Bert Roger 3 3 3 3 12 Stan Hodson 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Broncho Slade 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Arthur Pilgrim 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 Hugh Geddes 1 3 2’ 6 1 Norman Clay 2’ 2’ 4 2

Wombwell Harwood Pike 2 0 0 0 2 Harry Welch 0 1 0 1 2 Len Tupling 1 1 1 0 3 Red Hamley 0 0 0 1 1 Stan Beardsall 1 1 0 1 3 Harry Saunders 0 0 1 0 1 Jeff Bishop 1 1 0 2 Harry Modral 0 0

Ht1 C.Roger, Pike, Geddes, Welch 4 2 4 2 Ht2 B.Roger, Hodson, Tupling, Hamley 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Pilgrim, Slade, Beardsall, Saunders 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Geddes, C.Roger, Bishop, Hamley 5 1 19 5 Ht5 B.Roger, Hodson, Welch, Pike 5 1 24 6 Ht6 Slade, Pilgrim, Tupling, Hamley 5 1 29 7 Ht7 C.Roger, Hardy, Beardsall, Saunders 5 1 34 8 Ht8 B.Roger, Clay, Tupling, Modral 5 1 39 9 Ht9 Slade, Pilgrim, Welch, Pike 5 1 44 10 Ht10 C.Roger, Hardy, Hamley, Tupling 5 1 49 11 Ht11 B.Roger, Hodson, Saunders, Beardsall 5 1 54 12 Ht12 Slade, Clay, Bishop, Pike 5 1 59 13 Ht13 Hodson, Geddes, Beardsall, Bishop 5 1 64 14 Ht14 Hardy, Pilgrim, Welsh, Saunders 5 1 69 15

The Bruce Woodcock Trophy Ht1 C.Roger, Clay, Tupling, Pike Ht2 B.Roger, Pilgrim, Welch, Hamley Ht3Slade, Hardy, Beardsall, Bishop Ht4 Hodson, Geddes, Thomas, Modral SF1 C.Roger, Pilgrim, B.Roger, Clay SF2 Hodson, Hardy, Slade, Geddes Final C.Roger, Pilgrim, Hodson, Hardy

Monday 28th June 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 67 Cradley Heath Cubs 16 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Cyril Roger 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Hugh Geddes 2’ 3 1 6 1 Bert Roger 3 3 3 3 12 Stan Hodson 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Broncho Slade 2’ F 2 1 Arthur Pilgrim 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 Norman Clay 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 Don Hardy 2’ 3 3 8 1

Cradley Heath Les Beaumont 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Clifton 1 1 1 1 4 Jimmy Wright 1 F 1 Phil Malpass 0 0 2 0 2 Eric Irons 0 0 0 1 1 Alan Hunt 1 1 1 0 3 Gil Craven 1 1 2 1 5 Ray Beaumont 0 0 0

Ht1 C.Roger, Geddes, Clifton, L.Beaumont 5 1 5 1 Ht2 B.Roger, Hodson, Wright, Malpass 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Pilgrim, Slade, Hunt, Irons 5 1 15 3 Ht4 C.Roger, Clay, Craven, Malpass 5 1 20 4 Ht5 B.Roger, Hodson, Clifton, L.Beaumont 5 1 25 5 Ht6 Pilgrim, Malpass, Slade (finj), Wright (finj) 3 2 28 7 Ht7 Geddes, C.Roger, Hunt, Irons 5 1 33 8 Ht8 B.Roger, Hardy, Craven, R.Beaumont 5 1 38 9 Ht9 Clay, Pilgrim, Clifton, L.Beaumont 5 1 43 10 Ht10 C.Roger, Craven, Geddes, Malpass 4 2 47 12 Ht11 B.Roger, Hodson, Hunt, Irons 5 1 52 13 Ht12 Hardy, Clay, Craven, L.Beaumont 5 1 57 14 Ht13 Hodson, Clay, Irons, R.Beaumont 5 1 62 15 Ht14 Hardy, Pilgrim, Clifton, Hunt 5 1 67 16

The Peamore Trophy Race Ht1 Taylor, Hancox, Plain, Davey (f) Ht2 Taylor, Davey, BobTurner, Hancox (ef)

Devon Scratch Race Ht1 Clay, Craven, Hancox, L.Beaumont Ht2 B.Roger, Clifton, Geddes, Taylor Ht3 Hodson, Pilgrim, Hunt, R.Beaumont Ht4 C.Roger, Hardy, Irons, Malpass Final C.Roger, Pilgrim, Hodson, Clay (efchain)

Tuesday 29th June 1948 Caister Road Stadium, Yarmouth Yarmouth Bloaters 42 Exeter Falcons 41 (National League Division Three)

Yarmouth Roy Duke 1 1 1’ 0 3 1 Billy Bales 3 2 2 3 10 Sid Hipperson 0 2 2 3 7 Paddy Hammond 2 1’ 2’ 3 8 2 Bert Rawlinson 1 1’ F 3 5 1 Reg Morgan 3 2 F F 5 Bill Carruther 0 1 1 Ted Rawlinson 1’ 1 2 1

Exeter Hugh Geddes 0 0 2’ 2 4 1 Cyril Roger 2 3 3 X 8 Bert Roger 3 3 3 3 12 Norman Clay 1 3 0 1 5 Arthur Pilgrim 2 0 1 2 5 Stan Hodson 0 3 0 2 7 Don Hardy 2’ 0 2 1 John Hanxcox 0 0 0

Ht1 Bales, C.Roher, Duke, Geddes 75.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 B.Roger, Hammond, Clay, Hipperson 76.2 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Morgan, Pilgrim, B.Rawlinson, Hodson 76.6 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Clay, Hardy, Duke, Carruthers 79.4 1 5 11 13 Ht5 C.Roger, Hipperson, Hammond, Geddes 76.8 3 3 14 16 Ht6 B.Roger,Morgan, B.Rawlinson, Clay 77.0 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Hodson, Bales, Duke, Pilgrim 77.0 3 3 20 22 Ht8 B.Roger, Hipperson, T.Rawlinson, Hancox 77.6 3 3 23 25 Ht9 C.Roger, Geddes, B.Rawlinson (f), Morgan (f) 80.4 0 5 23 30 Ht10 B.Roger, Bales, Clay, Duke 77.2 2 4 25 34 Ht11 Hipperson, Hammond, Pilgrim, Hodson 78.4 5 1 30 35 Ht12 B.Rawlinson, Geddes, T.Rawlinson, Hardy 79.4 4 2 34 37 Ht13 Hammond, Pilgrim, Carruthers, Hancox 79.0 4 2 38 39 Ht14 Bales, Hodson, Morgan (f), C.Roger (exc) 77.6 3 2 41 41

Thursday 1st July 1948 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 32 Exeter Falcons 51 (National League Division Three)

Plymouth Ivan Kessell 0 F 2’ 0 2 1 Alex Gray 2 3 1 0 6 Peter Robinson 2 1’ 2 1 6 1 Len Read 1’ 2 3 F 6 1 Pete Lansdale 3 2 2 1 8 Billy Newell 1 1’ 0 1 3 1 Charlie Challis 1 F 1 Vic Gent F 0 0

Exeter Hugh Geddes 1 0 2’ 3 1 Cyril Roger 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Bert Roger 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Norman Clay 0 2 F 3 5 Arthur Pilgrim 0 1 2 3 6 Stan Hodson 2 0 0 3 5 Don Hardy 3 1 3 7 Gordon Taylor 1 2’ 3 1

Ht1 C.Roger, Gray, Geddes, Kessell 81.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 B.Roger, Robinson, Read. Clay 81.4 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Lansdale, Hodson, Newell, Pilgrim 82.4 4 2 9 9 Ht4 Hardy, Clay, Challis, Kessell (f) 84.2 1 5 10 14 Ht5 C.Roger, Read, Robinson, Geddes 82.2 3 3 13 17 Ht6 B.Roger, Lansdale, Newell, Clay 80.4 3 3 16 20 Ht7 Gray, Kessell, Pilgrim, Hodson 84.4 5 1 21 21 Ht8 Roger, Robinson, Taylor, Gent (f) 80.2 2 4 23 25 Ht9 C.Roger, Lansdale, Hardy, Newell 82.0 2 4 25 29 Ht10 Clay, B.Roger, Gray, Kessell 84.6 1 5 26 34 Ht11 Read, Pilgrim, Robinson, Hodson 83.4 4 2 30 36 Ht12 Hardy, Geddes, Lansdale, Gent 83.2 1 5 31 41 Ht13 Pilgrim, Taylor, Challis (f), Read (f) 83.0 0 5 31 46 Ht14 Hodson, C.Roger, Newell, Gray 81.2 1 5 32 51

Monday 5th July 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 58 Hastings Saxons 26 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Cyril Roger 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Hugh Geddes 1 0 2’ 1 4 1 Bert Roger 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Stan Hodson 3 0 0 3 6 Norman Clay 3 3 1 3 10 Arthur Pilgrim 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2 Don Hardy 3 0 3 Gordon Taylor 1 2’ 3 1

Hastings Dan English 0 1’ 0 1 1 Jock Grierson 2 2 2 2 8 Buddy Fuller 1 1 0 2 4 Ron Clark 0 0 0 1 1 Bill Osborne 0 1 2 2 5 Ken Tidbury 1 2 1’ 0 4 1 Ken Middleditch 1 0 1 2 Pete Mold 0 1 1

Ht1 C.Roger, Grierson, Geddes, English 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Hodson, B.Roger, Fuller, Clark 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Clay, Pilgrim, Tidbury, Osborne 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Hardy, C.Roger, Middleditch Clark 5 1 19 5 Ht5 B.Roger, Grierson, English, Hodson 3 3 22 8 Ht6 Clay, Pilgrim, Fuller, Clark 5 1 27 9 Ht7 C.Roger, Tidbury, Osborne, Gedes 3 3 30 12 Ht8 B.Roger, Fuller, Taylor, Mold 4 2 34 14 Ht9 Pilgrim, Grierson, Clay, Middleditch 4 2 38 16 Ht10 C.Roger, Geddes, Clark, Fuller 5 1 43 17 Ht11 B.Roger, Osborne, Tidbury, Hodson 3 3 46 20 Ht12 Clay, Taylor, Middleditch, English 5 1 51 21 Ht13 Hodson, Osborne, Mold, Hardy 3 3 54 24 Ht14 Pilgrim, Grierson, Geddes, Tidbury 4 2 58 26

Four Lap Match Race Cyril Roger bt Jock Grierson 81.8

Devon Scratch Race Ht1 B.Roger, hardy, English, Fuller Ht2 Osborne, Hodson, Clark, Pilgrim (f) Ht3 C.Roger, Todbury, Middleditch, Taylor Ht4 Grierson, Geddes, Clay, Mold SF1 B.Roger, Hardy, Hodson, Osborne SF2 C.Roger, Tidbury, Geddes, Grierson (efchain) Final B.Roger, C.Roger, Hardy, Tidbury

Monday 5th July 1948 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole 15 Exeter 9 Junior Team Match Stan Nicholls 3 3 6 Frank Holcombe 2’ 0 2 1 Bingley Cree 3 2 5 Bob Jarvis 2’ X 2 1

Exeter John Hancox 1 3 4 Dingo Davey 0 2 2 Bob Turner 1 1 2 Herby Plain 0 1’ 1 1 Ht1 Nicholls, Holcombe, Hancox, Davey 87.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Cree, Jarvis, Turner, Plain 91.8 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Hancox, Cree, Turner, Holcombe 84.8 2 4 12 6 Ht4 Nicholls, Davey, Plain, Jarvis (exc) 86.8 3 3 15 9

Saturday July 10th 1948 Brandon Stadium, Coventry Coventry Bees 47 Exeter Falcons 35 (National League Division Three)

Coventry Bob Fletcher 1, 2’, 2, 3 8+1 George Smith 0, 1’, 0, 0 1+1 Ralph Horne 2’, 1’, 3, 0 6+2 Bert Lacey 3, 2, 1, 1 7 Vic Emms 2’, 2’, 2’, 2 8+3 Lionel Levy 3, 3, 3, 3 12 John Yates 3, 0 3 Fred Yates 1, 1’ 2+1

Exeter Hugh Geddes 2’, 0, R, 3 5+1 Cyril Roger 3, 3, R, 2 8 Arthur Pilgrim 0, 1, 2, 1’ 4+1 Don Hardy 1, 1, 0, 2 4 Stan Hodson R, 3, 3, 2’ 8+1 Norman Clay R, 2’, 1’, N 3+2 Jack Hancox 0, 0 0 Gordon Taylor 0, 0, 3 3

Ht 1 C.Roger, Geddes, Fletcher, Smith 82.4 1 5 1 5 Ht 2 Lacey, Horne, Hardy, Pilgrim 82.6 5 1 6 6 Ht 3 Levy, Emms, Hodson (F), Clay (F) 83.4 5 0 11 6 Ht 4 J.Yates, Fletcher, Hardy, Hancox 84.2 5 1 16 7 Ht 5 C.Roger, Lacey, Horne, Geddes 84.4 3 3 19 10 Ht 6 Levy, Emms, Pilgrim, Hardy 83.4 5 1 24 11 Ht 7 Hodson, Fletcher, Smith, Taylor 83.8 3 3 27 14 Ht 8 Horne, Pilgrim, F.Yates, Taylor 83.2 4 2 31 16 Ht 9 Levy, Emms, Geddes (R), C.Roger (R) 83.6 5 0 36 16 Ht 10 Fletcher, Hardy, Pilgrim, Smith 83.6 3 3 39 19 Ht 11 Hodson, Clay, Lacey, Horne 84.2 1 5 40 24 Ht 12 Geddes, Emms, J.Yates, Hancox 84.4 3 3 43 27 Ht 13 Taylor, Hodson, Lacey, F.Yates 85.2 1 5 44 32 Ht 14 Levy, C.Roger, Clay, Smith 81.6 3 3 47 35

Monday 12th July 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 48 Southampton Saints 36 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Bert Roger 2 3 2 3 10 Arthur Pilgrim 1’ 1’ 0 2’ 4 3 Stan Hodson 2 0 2 0 4 Norman Clay 1’ 1 3 3 8 1 Cyril Roger 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Don Hardy 3 1 1 3 8 Hugh Geddes 1 0 1 John Hancox 3 1 4

Southampton Alf Bottoms 3 3 2 2 10 Tom Oakley 0 2’ 0 1 3 1 Jimmy Squibb 3 0 3 1’ 7 1 Alf Kaines 0 2 2 2 6 Bob Oakley 0 3 2 2 7 Cecil Bailey 1 0 1’ 0 2 1 Bill Griffiths 0 0 0 George Bason 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Bottoms, B.Roger, Pilgrim, T.Oakley 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Squibb, Hodson, Clay, Kaines 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Hardy, C.Roger, Bailey, B.Oakley 5 1 11 7 Ht4 B.Roger, Kaines, Geddes, Griffiths 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Bottoms, T.Oakley. Clay, Hodson 1 5 16 14 Ht6 C.Roger, Kaines, Hardy, Squibb 4 2 20 16 Ht7 B.Oakley, B.Roger, Pilgrim, Bailey 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Squibb, Hodson, Hancox, Bason 3 3 26 22 Ht9 C.Roger, Bottoms, Hardy, T.Oakley 4 2 30 24 Ht10 B.Roger, Kaines, Squibb, Pilgrim 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Clay, B.Oakley, Bailey, Hodson 3 3 36 30 Ht12 C.Roger, Bottoms, Hancox, Griffiths 4 2 40 32 Ht13 Clay, B.Oakley, Bason, Geddes 3 3 43 35 Ht14 Hardy, Pilgrim, T.Oakley, Bailey 5 1 48 36

Third Division Match Race Championship Ht1 Jock Grierson bt Cyril Roger (f) 82.2 Ht2 Cyril Roger bt Jock Greirson 81.0 Ht3 Cyril Roger bt Jock Grierson 81.4

Devon Scratch Race Ht1 Hodson, B.Roger, Croucher, Hancox Ht2 Grierson, Squibb, T.Oakley, Pilgrim Ht3 C.Roger, B.Oakley, Geddes, Kaines Ht4 Clay, Hardy, Bason, Bailey Final C.Roger, Hodson, Grierson (nf), Clay (nf)

Friday 16th July 1948 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath Cradley Heath Cubs 50 Exeter Falcons 33 (National League Divison Three)

Cradley Heath Les Beaumont 2’ 2 1’ 3 8 2 Bill Clifton 3 2 1 3 9 Ht3 Gil Craven 3 3 3 3 12 Phil Malpass 1 1 X 2 4 Eric Irons 2 3 3 2 10 Alan Hunt 0 2’ 2’ 2’ 6 3 Ray Beaumont 0 1’ 1 1 Roy Moreton F 0 0

Exeter Don Hardy 0 3 3 Cyril Roger 1 2 1 1 5 Bert Roger 2 1 2 2 7 Norman Clay 0 1 0 0 1 Stan Hodson 3 3 2 3 11 Arthur Pilgrim 0 X 0 0 Hugh Geddes 0 3 1 4 Broncho Slade 1 0 1’ 0 2 1

Ht1 Clifton, L.Beaumont, C.Roger, Hardy 76.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Craven, B.Roger, Malpass, Clay 77.4 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Hodson, Irons, Slade, Hunt 79.6 2 4 11 7 Ht4 Geddes, L.Beaumont, Clay, R.Beaumont 80.0 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Craven, C.Roger, Malpass, Slade 78.2 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Irons, Hunt, B.Roger, Clay 79.0 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Hodson, Clifton, L.Beaumont, Pilgrim 79.2 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Craven, B.Roger, Slade, Moreton (f) 79.2 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Irons, Hunt, C.Roger, Hardy 80.0 5 1 33 21 Ht10 L.Beaumont, B.Roger, Clifton, Clay 79.8 4 2 37 23 Ht11 Craven, Hodson, Malpass (exc), Pilgrim (exc) 79.8 3 2 40 25 Ht12 Hardy, Irons, Geddes, Moreton 80.0 2 4 42 29 Ht13 Hodson, Malpass, R.Beaumont, Slade 79.2 3 3 45 32 Ht14 Clifton, Hunt, C.Roger, Pilgrim 79.8 5 1 50 33

Saturday 17 July 1948 Hedon Stadium, Hull Hull Angels 63 Exeter Falcons 21 (National League Division Three)

Hull Bob Baker 2’ 2’ 1 2’ 7 3 Mick Mitchell 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Craig 2’ 3 3 3 0 8 1 Dick Shepherd 3 2’ 2 2’ 9 2 Norman Johnson 3 2 2’ 3 10 1 Johnny White 2’ 1’ 3 3 9 2 Derek Glover 3 3 6 Al Allison 1 2’ 3 1

Exeter Don Hardy 0 E 0 1 1 Cyril Roger 1 1 1 0 3 Bert Roger 0 3 2 E 5 Norman Clay 1 0 0 1 2 Stan Hodson 1 2 3 1 7 Arthur Pilgrim 0 0 1 1 2 Hugh Geddes 1 0 1 Broncho Slade 0 0 0

Ht1 Mitchell, Baker, C.Roger, Hardy, 84.6 (TR=) 5 1 Ht2 Shepherd, Craig, Clay, B.Roger, 10 2 Ht3 Johnson, White, Hodson, Pilgrim, 15 3 Ht4 Glover, Baker, Geddes, Clay, 20 4 Ht5 Craig, Shepherd, C.Roger, Hardy (et), 25 5 Ht6 B.Roger, Johnson, White, Clay, 28 8 Ht7 Mitchell, Hodson, Baker, Pilgrim, 32 10 Ht8 Craig, B.Roger, Allison, Slade, 36 12 Ht9 White, Johnson, C.Roger, Hardy, 41 13 Ht10 Mitchell, Baker, Clay, B.Roger (et). 46 14 Ht11 Hodson, Shepherd, Pilgrim, Craig, 48 18 Ht12 Johnson, Allison, Hardy, Geddes, 53 19 Ht13 Glover, Shepherd, Hodson, Slade, 58 20 Ht14 White, Mitchell, Pilgrim, C.Roger, 63 21 No race times available for Heats 2 to 14

Monday 19th July 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 58 Plymouth Devils 25 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Broncho Slade 2’ 2 3 2’ 9 2 Arthur Pilgrim 3 2’ 3 2’ 10 2 Bert Roger 0 3 3 3 9 Norman Clay 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 Cyril Roger 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Don Hardy 2’ 3 0 3 8 1 John Hancox 0 0 Hugh Geddes 0 1’ 0 1 1

Plymouth Peter Robinson N 0 2 2 4 Vic Gent N 1 1’ 1 3 1 Bonnie Waddell 2 2 1 0 5 Len Read 1’ 2 1 0 4 1 Pete Lansdale 0 1 1 2 4 Ivan Kessell 1 0 1 Wally Matthews 1 0 1 Ken Slee 1’ 0 1 2 1

Ht1 Pilgrim, Slade, Robinson (nf), Gent (nf) 5 0 5 0 Ht2 Clay, Waddell, Read, B.Roger 3 3 8 3 Ht3 C.Roger, Hardy, Kessell, Lansdale 5 1 13 4 Ht4 Read, Slade, Matthews, Hancox 2 4 15 8 Ht5 B.Roger, Clay, Gent, Robinson 5 1 20 9 Ht6 Hardy, C.Roger, Waddell, Read 5 1 25 10 Ht7 Slade, Pilgrim, Lansdale, Kessell (fexc) 5 1 30 11 Ht8 B.Roger, Waddell, Slee, Geddes 3 3 33 14 Ht9 C.Roger, Robinson, Gent, Hardy 3 3 36 17 Ht10 Pilgrim, Slade, Read, Waddell 5 1 41 18 Ht11 B.Roger, Clay, Lansdale, Slee 5 1 46 19 Ht12 C.Roger, Robins, Geddes, Waddell 4 2 50 21 Ht13 Clay, Lansdale, Slee, Geddes 3 3 53 24 Ht14 Hardy, Pilgrim, Gent, Kessell 5 1 58 25

Peamore Cup Scratch Race Taylor, Plain, Matthews, Davey (f)

The Devon Scratch Race Ht1 C.Roger, Lansdale, Taylor, Read Ht2 B.Roger, Robinson, Gent, Pilgrim Ht3 Clay, Hardy, Matthews, Kessell Ht4 Slade, Geddes, Waddell, Slee Final Clay, C.Roger, B.Roger, Slade 80.8

Tuesday 20th July 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth Tamworth Hounds 46 Exeter Falcons 38 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth Bill Harris 2 3 3 3 11 Steve Langton 1’ 0 0 1 2 1 Cyril Page 3 3 2 3 11 Peter Orpwood 0 0 2 2 Bill Dalton 0 1’ 1 3 5 1 Basil Harris 3 2 3 3 11 Jack Baxter 1 0 1’ 2 1 Charlie Oates 1’ 1 2 1

Exeter Don Hardy 0 1’ 0 2 3 1 Cyril Roger 3 2 2 F 7 Bert Roger 2 3 3 2 10 Norman Clay 1’ 0 0 1’ 2 2 Stan Hodson 2 2 2 3 9 Arthur Pilgrim 1’ 1’ 1’ 2 5 3 Hugh Geddes 2 0 2 Broncho Slade 0 0 0

Ht1 C.Roger, Bi.Harris, Langton, Hardy 72.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Page, B.Roger, Clay, Orpwood 73.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Ba.Harris, Hodson, Pilgrim, Dalton 73.4 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Bi.Harris, Geddes, Baxter, Clay 76.0 4 2 13 11 Ht5 Page, C.Roger, Hardy, Orpwood 72.8 3 3 16 14 Ht6 B.Roger, Bi.Harris, Dalton, Clay 73.0 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Bi.Harris, Hodson, Pilgrim, Langton 74.0 3 3 22 20 Ht8 B.Roger, Page, Oates, Slade 73.4 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Ba.Harris, C.Roger, Dalton, Hardy 73.6 4 2 29 25 Ht10 Bi.Harris, B.Roger, Clay, Langton 73.6 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Page, Hodson, Pilgrim, Baxter 74.4 3 3 35 31 Ht12 Dalton, Hardy, Oates, Geddes 75.0 4 2 39 33 Ht13 Hodson, Orpwood, Baxter, Slade 74.4 3 3 42 36 Ht14 Ba.Harris, Pilgrim, Langton, C.Roger 72.8 4 2 46 38

Thursday 22nd July 1948 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke Stoke Potters 51 Exeter Falcons 33 (National League Division Three)

Stoke Dave Anderson 1’ 3 1 3 8 1 Ray Harris 2 3 2’ 3 10 1 Les Jenkins 2 2 3 3 10 Dick Howard 0 1’ 0 3 4 1 Gil Blake 3 2 2 3 10 Vic Pitcher 0 0 2’ 2 1 Ken Adams 0 2’ 2 1 Lindsay Mitchell 2’ 1’ 2’ 5 3

Exeter Hugh Geddes 0 0 0 0 0 Cyril Roger 3 3 3 1 10 Bert Roger 3 3 1 1 8 Norman Clay 1 2 1 0 4 Arthur Pilgrim 1’ 2 1’ 0 4 2 Don Hardy 1’ 1 2 1 Broncho Slade 0 1 1

Ht1 C.Roger, Harris, Anderson, Geddes 76.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 B.Roger, Jenkins, Claym Howard 74.0 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Blake, Hodson, Pilgrim, Pitcher 77.6 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Anderson, Clay, Hardy, Adams 76.8 3 3 11 13 Ht5 C.Roger, Jenkins, Howard, Geddes 75.6 3 3 14 16 Ht6 B.Roger, Blake, Clay, Pitcher 76.2 2 4 16 20 Ht7 Harris, Pilgrim, Anderson, Hodson 77.2 4 2 20 22 Ht8 Jenkins, Mitchell, B.Roger, Slade 76.6 5 1 25 23 Ht9 C.Roger, Blake, Mitchell, Geddes 76.6 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Anderson, Harris, B.Roger, Clay 76.2 5 1 33 27 Ht11 Jenkins, Hodson, Pilgrim, Howard 77.0 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Blake, Mitchell, Hardy, Geddes 78.4 5 1 41 31 Ht13 Howard, Adams, Slade, Hodson 78.4 5 1 46 32 Ht14 Harris, Pitcher, C.Roger, Pilgrim 78.2 5 1 51 33

Friday 23rd July 1948 South Yorkshire Sports Stadium, Wombwell Wombwell Colliers 37 Exeter Falcons 47 (National League Division Three)

Wombwell Red Hamley 0 1 0 1 Harwood Pike 2 2 1 0 5 Len Tupling 0 0 1 1 2 Harry Welch 3 3 3 3 12 Stan Beardsall 2’ 0 2’ 0 4 2 Harry Saunders 3 1 3 3 10 Jeff Bishop 0 0 1 1 Son Mitchell 0 2 2

Exeter Broncho Slade 1 1 2 Cyril Roger 3 2 0 1 6 Bert Roger 2 3 3 3 11 Norman Clay 1’ 3 2’ 2’ 8 3 Stan Hodson 1 3 2 2 8 Arthur Pilgrim 0 1 0 2 3 Don Hardy 2’ 1 3 1 Hugh Geddes 1’ 2’ 3 0 6 2

Ht1 C.Roger, Pike, Slade, Hamley 76.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Welch, B.Roger, Clay, Tupling 76.4 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Saunders, Beardsall, Hodson, Pilgrim 77.6 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Clay, Hardy, Hamley, Bishop 79.6 1 5 11 13 Ht5 Welch, C.Roger, Geddes, Tupling 77.2 3 3 14 16 Ht6 B.Roger, Clay, Saunders, Beardsall 79.0 1 5 15 21 Ht7 Hodson, Pike, Pilgrim, Bishop 77.8 2 4 17 25 Ht8 B.Roger, Geddes, Tupling, Mitchell 79.0 1 5 18 30 Ht9 Saunders, Beardsall, Slade, C.Roger 78.4 5 1 23 31 Ht10 B.Roger, Clay, Pike, Hamley 80.8 1 5 24 36 Ht11 Welsh, Hodson, Tupling, Pilgrim 77.6 4 2 28 38 Ht12 Geddes, Mitchell, Hardy, Beardsall 78.8 2 4 30 42 Ht13 Welch, Hodson, Bishop, Geddes 78.0 4 2 34 44 Ht14 Saunders, Pilgrim, C.Roger, Pike 79.0 3 3 37 47

Monday 26th July 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 53 Stoke Potters 30 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Bert Roger 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Norman Clay 2’ 3 2’ 3 10 2 Cyril Roger N 3 3 3 9 Broncho Slade 3 1 0 1 5 Don Hardy 3 1’ 3 3 10 1 Arthur Pilgrim 1 2 2’ 1 6 1 G.Taylor 1 0 1 Hugh Geddes 0 1 1

Stoke Dave Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 Ray Harris 1 2 1 2 6 Les Jenkins N 3 2 0 5 Gil Blake 2 1 2 3 8 Vic Pitcher 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 Lindsay Mitchell 0 2 2 Ken Adams 1’ 1 2’ 4 1

Ht1 B.Roger, Clay, Harris, Anderson 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Slade, Howard, Jenkins (nf), C.Roger (nf) 3 2 8 3 Ht3 Hardy, Blake, Pilgrim, Pitcher 4 2 12 5 Ht4 B.Roger, Howard, Taylor, Mitchell 4 2 16 7 Ht5 C.Roger, Harris, Slade, Anderson 4 2 20 9 Ht6 Jenkins, Pilgrim, Hardy, Howard 3 3 23 12 Ht7 Clay, B.Roger, Blake, Pitcher 5 1 28 13 Ht8 C.Roger, Jenkins, Adams, Geddes 3 3 31 16 Ht9 Hardy, Pilgrim, Harris, Anderson 5 1 36 17 Ht10 B.Roger, Clay, Adams, Jenkins 5 1 41 18 Ht11 C.Roger, Blake, Pitcher, Slade 3 3 44 21 Ht12 Hardy, Mitchell, Geddes, Anderson 4 2 48 23 Ht13 Blake, Adams, Slade, Taylor 1 5 49 28 Ht14 Clay, Harris, Pilgrim, Pitcher 4 2 53 30

Peamore Cup Scratch Race Taylor, Plain, Davey, Robins

The Devon Scratch Race Ht1 Blake, B.Roger, Hardy, Howard Ht2 C.Roger, Harris, Anderson (nf), Taylor (nf) Ht3 Clay, Slade, Jenkins, Pitcher Ht4 Pilgrim, Mitchell, Adams, Geddes Final C.Roger, Blake, Pilgrim, Clay

Saturday 31st July 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 57 Bristol Bulldogs 27 (Challenge)

Exeter Bert Roger 3 3 2’ 1 9 1 Norman Clay 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Cyril Roger 3 0 3 0 6 Arthur Pilgrim 2’ 3 2 0 7 1 Stan Hodson 2’ 0 2’ 0 4 2 Don Hardy 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Gordon Taylor 1 3 4 Hugh Geddes 2’ 3 5 1

Bristol Fred Tuck 1 2 1 2 6 Cyril Quick 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Billy Hole 0 2 1 0 3 Nobby Stock 1 2 1’ 2 6 1 Roger Wise 1 1 3 2 7 Johnny Myson 0 0 1 1 2 Eric Salmon 0 1’ 1 1 Jack Mountford 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 B.Roger, Clay, Tuck, Quick 5 1 5 1 Ht2 C.Roger, Pilgrim, Stock, Hole 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Hardy, Hodson, Wise, Myson 5 1 15 3 Ht4 B.Roger, Stock, Taylor, Salmon 4 2 19 5 Ht5 Pilgrim, Tuck, Quick, C.Roger 3 3 22 8 Ht6 Hardy, Hole, Stock, Hodson 3 3 25 11 Ht7 Clay, B.Roger, Wise, Myson 5 1 30 12 Ht8 C.Roger, Geddes, Hole, Mountford 5 1 35 13 Ht9 Hardy, Hodson, Tuck, Quick 5 1 40 14 Ht10 Clay, Stock, B.Roger, Hole 4 2 44 16 Ht11 Wise, Pilgrim, Myson, C.Roger 2 4 46 20 Ht12 Geddes, Tuck, Salmon, Hodson 3 3 49 23 Ht13 Taylor, Wise, Mountford, Pilgrim 3 3 52 26 Ht14 Clay, Hardy, Myson, Quick 5 1 57 27

The Bristol Scratch Race Ht1 Hodson, Stock, Quick, Taylor Ht2 B.Roger, Clay, Tuck, B.Hole Ht3 C.Roger, Wise, Hardy, Salmon Ht4 Mountford, Pilgrim, Myson, Geddes SF1 Hodson, Mountford, B.Roger, C.Roger 79.2 SF2 Clay, Wise, Stock (nf), Pilgrim (nf) Final Clay, Wise, Mountford, Hodson

Monday 2nd August 1948 County Ground, Exeter The Froud Trophy

Cyril Roger 3 3 3 F 2 11 Arthur Pilgrim 2 2 2 2 1 9 Johnny Myson 1 0 0 0 0 1 Reg Robins 0 1 1 0 1 3 Bert Roger 3 3 2 3 F 10 Stan Hodson 0 1 0 1 3 5 Alf Bottoms 2 2 3 2 1 10 Don Hardy 1 2 2 2 0 7 Bob Oakley 2 1 3 3 0 9 Hugh Geddes 0 2 3 2 3 10 Norman Clay 3 3 3 3 3 15 Dingo Davey 1 0 0 0 0 1 Len Read DNR Herby Plain 1 0 1 1 1 4 Harry Welch 2 0 1 2 2 7 Roger Wise 3 3 1 1 3 11

Ht1 C.Roger, Pilgrim, Myson, Robins Ht2 B.Roger, Bottoms, Hardy, Hodson Ht3 Clay, Oakley, Davey, Geddes Ht4 Wise, Welsh, Plain, Read (ns) Ht5 B.Roger, Pilgrim, Oakley, Read (ns) Ht6 C.Roger, Geddes, Hodson, Plain Ht7 Clay, Bottoms, Myson (nf), Welch (nf) Ht8 Wise, Hardy, Robins (nf), Davey (nf) Ht9 Claey, Pilgrim, Wise, Read (ns) Ht10 C.Roger, B.Roger, Welch, Davey Ht11 Bottoms, Pilgrim, Plain, Davey Ht12 Geddes, Bottoms, Robins, Read (ns) Ht13 Oakley, Hardy, Plain, Myson Ht14 Clay, Hardy, C.Roger (f), Read (ns) Ht15 B.Roger, Geddes, Wise, Myson Ht16 Oakley, Welch, Hodson, Robins Ht17 Geddes, Welch, Pilgrim, Hardy Ht18 Wise, C.Roger, Bottoms, Oakley Ht19 Hodson, Davey, Myson (nf), Read (ns) Ht20 Clay, Plain, Robins, B.Roger (f)

Monday 9th August 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 61 Wombwell Colliers 23 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Stan Hodson 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Don Hardy 2’ 3 2’ 3 10 2 Bert Roger 3 1 3 2’ 9 1 Hugh Geddes 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Norman Clay 3 3 3 3 12 Arthur Pilgrim 2’ 0 2’ 2’ 6 3 Herby Plain 1 1 2 Mike.Wood 0 0 0

Wombwell Red Hamley 0 0 1 2 3 Jeff Bishop 1 2 0 1 4 Len Tupling 0 1’ 2 1 4 1 Harry Welch 1 2 2 F 5 Stan Beardsall 0 0 0 0 0 Harry Saunders 1 1 1 0 3 Ernie Palmer 0 1’ 1 1 Son Mitchell 1’ 2 3 1

Ht1 Hodson, Hardy, Bishop, Hamley 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Roger, Geddes, Welch, Tupling 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Clay, Pilgrim, Saunders, Beardsall 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Hodson, Welch, Plain, Palmer 4 2 19 5 Ht5 Geddes, Bishop, Roger, Hamley 4 2 23 7 Ht6 Clay, Welch, Tupling, Pilgrim 3 3 26 10 Ht7 Hardy, Hodson, Saunders, Beardsall 5 1 31 11 Ht8 Roger, Tupling, Mitchell, Wood 3 3 34 14 Ht9 Clay, Pilgrim, Hamley, Bishop 5 1 39 15 Ht10 Hodson, Hardy, Tupling, Welch (f) 5 1 44 16 Ht11 Geddes, Roger, Saunders, Beardsall 5 1 49 17 Ht12 Clay, Hamley, Palmer, Wood 3 3 52 20 Ht13 Geddes, Mitchell, Plain, Beardsall 4 2 56 22 Ht14 Hardy, Pilgrim, Bishop, Saunders 5 1 61 23

Third Division Match Race Championship Ht1 Bert Roger bt Wally Green (ef) 78.8 Ht2 Wally Green bt Bert Roger 77.8 Ht3 Wally Green bt Bert Roger 78.0

The Devon Scratch Race Ht1 Hodson, B.Roger, Saunders, Bishop Ht2 Hardy, Pilgrim, Tupling, Welch Ht3 Clay, Bishop, Plain, Beardsall Ht4 Geddes, Hamley, Mitchell, Wood Final Hardy, Clay, Geddes, Hodson

Wednesday 11th August 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 41 Exeter Falcons 43 (National League Division Three)

Hastings Ken Tidbury 3 2 2 0 7 Jock Grierson 1 0 2 3 6 Wally Green 3 1’ 2 3 9 Pete Mold F 2 0 0 2 Ron Clark 0 2 1’ 3 6 1 Ken Middleditch 3 1’ 2 0 6 1 Dan English 1’ 3 4 1 Ken Smith 1’ E 1 1

Exeter Stan Hodson 2 3 0 2 7 Don Hardy 0 3 3 2 8 Bert Roger 2 3 3 3 11 Hugh Geddes 1’ 3 E 1 5 1 Norman Clay 2 1 1’ 2 6 1 Arthur Pilgrim 1’ 3 2 1’ 7 2 Mike Wood 0 1’ 1 1 Herby Plain 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Tidbury, Hodson, Grierson, Hardy 76.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Green, Roger, Geddes, Mold (f) 75.2 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Middleditch, Clay, Pilgrim, Clark 76.4 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Geddes, Tidbury, English, Wood 78.4 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Hodson, Mold, Green, Hardy 75.4 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Roger, Clark, Middleditch, Geddes (ef) 74.6 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Pilgrim, Tidbury, Clay, Grierson 77.4 2 4 21 21 Ht8 Roger, Green, Smith, Plain 74.4 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Hardy, Middleditch, Clark, Hodson 77.2 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Roger, Grierson, Geddes, Tidbury 75.6 2 4 29 31 Ht11 Green, Pilgrim, Clay, Mold 77.2 3 3 32 34 Ht12 Clark, Hodson, Wood, Smith (ef) 76.4 3 3 35 37 Ht13 English, Clay, Plain, Mold 78.8 3 3 38 40 Ht14 Grierson, Hardy, Pilgrim, Middleditch 75.8 3 3 41 43

Saturday 14th August 1948 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets 44 Exeter Falcons 40 (Challenge)

Rayleigh Ron Howes 0 3 1 0 4 Percy Brine 2 3 2 2 9 Bruce Abernethy 3 3 N 3 9 Roy Uden 0 1 1 3 5 Arthur Pilgrim 3 2 1 3 9 Jack Dunn 1 0 0 1’ 2 1 Stan Crouch 1 0 1 Jim Gregory N 2’ 2 1

Exeter Stan Hodson 3 2 2’ 0 7 1 Don Hardy 0 0 3 3 6 Bert Roger 2 3 3 3 11 Hugh Gesses 1’ 2 1 1 5 1 Norman Clay 2 2 2 2 8 B.Williams 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Wood 0 0 0 Herby Plain 2’ 1’ 3 2

Ht1 Hodson, Brine, Howes (nf), Hardy (nf) 77.0 2 3 2 3 Ht2 Abernethy, Roger, Geddes, Uden 77.2 3 3 5 6 Ht3 Pilgrim, Clay, Dunn, Williams 79.4 4 2 9 8 Ht4 Howes, Geddes, Crouch, Wood 79.0 4 2 13 10 Ht5 Abernethy, Hodson, Uden, Hardy 79.2 4 2 17 12 Ht6 Roger, Pilgrim, Geddes, Dunn 78.0 2 4 19 16 Ht7 Brine, Clay, Howes, Williams 79.2 4 2 23 18 Ht8 Roger, Plain, Abernethy (nf), Gregory (nf) 77.0 0 5 23 23 Ht9 Hardy, Hodson, Pilgrim, Dunn 77.6 1 5 24 28 Ht10 Roger, Brine, Geddes, Howes 78.6 2 4 26 32 Ht11 Abernethy, Clay, Uden, Williams 79.6 4 2 30 34 Ht12 Pilgrim, Gregory, Hodson (nf), Wood (nf) 80.4 5 0 35 34 Ht13 Uden, Clay, Plain, Crouch 80.0 3 3 38 37 Ht14 Hardy, Brine, Dunn, Williams 80.6 3 3 41 40

Monday 16th August 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 53 Poole Pirates 30 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Stan Hodson 3 2 0 3 8 Don Hardy 2’ 3 2’ 3 10 2 Bert Roger 3 2 3 2 10 Hugh Geddes E 1’ 2 3 1 Norman Clay 3 3 3 3 12 Arthur Pilgrim 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4 Herby Plain 0 1’ 1 1 Bonny Waddell 1’ 0 E 1 1

Poole Joe Bowkis 0 3 1 2 6 Charlie Hayden 1 0 0 1 2 Sid Clark 2 0 2 1 5 Fred Pawson F 3 1 0 4 Alan Chambers 1 2 3 3 9 George Butler 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Frank Holcombe 1 1’ 2 1 Sid Hazzard 1’ F 1 1

Ht1 Hodson, Hardy, Hayden, Bowkis 80.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Roger, Clark, Geddes (ef), Pawson (f) 82.2 3 2 8 3 Ht3 Clay, Pilgrim, Chambers, Butler 81.4 5 1 13 4 Ht4 Pawson, Hodson, Holcombe, Plain 80.4 2 4 15 8 Ht5 Bowkis, Roger, Waddell, Hayden 80.8 3 3 18 11 Ht6 Clay, Pilgrim, Pawson, Clark 82.0 5 1 23 12 Ht7 Hardy, Chamber, Butler, Hodson 80.0 3 3 26 15 Ht8 Roger, Clark, Hazzard, Waddell 80.8 3 3 29 18 Ht9 Clay, Pilgrim, Bowkis, Hayden 81.0 5 1 34 19 Ht10 Hodson, Hardy, Clark, Pawson 81.4 5 1 39 20 Ht11 Chambers, Roger, Geddes, Butler 80.6 3 3 42 23 Ht12 Clay, Bowkis, Holcombe, Waddell (ef) 81.0 3 3 45 26 Ht13 Chambers, Geddes, Plain, Hazzard (f) 81.6 3 3 48 29 Ht14 Hardy, Pilgrim, Hayden, Butler 82.0 5 1 53 30

Lapford Scratch Race Ht1 Clark, Roger, Pilgrim, Bowkis 81.4 Ht2 Clay, Hodson, Chambers, Pawson 80.8 Ht3 Hardy, Butler, Hayden, Geddes 82.4 Ht4 Holcombe, Hazzard, Waddell, Plain 84.6 SF1 Clark, Clay, Hodson, Roger 81.6 SF2 Hardy, Butler, Hazzard, Holcombe 81.6 Final Hardy, Clay, Clark, Butler 81.0

Tuesday 17th August 1948 Bannister Court, Southampton Southampton Saints 38 Exeter Falcons 43 (National League Division Three)

Southampton Alf Bottoms 3 0 0 3 6 0 4 Alf Kaines 0 2 0 2 4 0 4 Jim Squibb 3 3 2 1* 9 1 4 Tom Oakley 1 0 2 2 5 0 4 George Bason 1 0 0 2 3 0 4 Cecil Bailey 3 3 2 0 8 0 4 Bill Griffiths 0 1* 1 1 2 Ernie Rawlins 1*1* 2 2 2

Exeter Don Hardy 2 1*3 3 9 1 4 Stan Hodson 1*2 1 1 5 1 4 Norman Clay 2 2 3 2 9 0 4 Arthur Pilgrim 0 3 1*1* 5 2 4 Bert Roger 2 3 3 3 11 0 4 Hugh Geddes 0 1 0 3 4 0 4 Billy Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 No No.8

1 Alf Bottoms, Don Hardy, Stan Hodson, Alf Kaines 68.6 3 – 3 3 – 3 2 Jim Squibb, Norman Clay, Tom Oakley, Arthur Pilgrim 69.4 4 – 2 7 – 5 3 Cecil Bailey, Bert Roger, George Bason, Hugh Geddes 69.4 4 – 2 11 – 7 4 Arthur Pilgrim, Alf Bottoms(ef), Billy Smith(nf), Bill Griffiths(nf) 71.4 0 – 3 11 – 10 5 Jim Squibb, Stan Hodson, Don Hardy, Tom Oakley 69.4 3 – 3 14 – 13 6 Cecil Bailey, Norman Clay, Arthur Pilgrim, George Bason 68.4 3 – 3 17 – 16 7 Bert Roger, Alf Kaines, Hugh Geddes, Alf Bottoms(f) 68.8 2 – 4 19 – 20 8 Norman Clay, Jim Squibb, Ernie Rawlins, Billy Smith 69.6 3 – 3 22 – 23 9 Don Hardy, Cecil Bailey, Stan Hodson, George Bason 69.4 2 – 4 24 – 27 10 Alf Bottoms, Norman Clay, Arthur Pilgrim, Alf Kaines 67.8 3 – 3 27 – 30 11 Bert Roger, Tom Oakley, Jim Squibb, Hugh Geddes 70.4 3 – 3 30 – 33 12 Don Hardy, George Bason, Ernie Rawlins, Billy Smith 70.8 3 – 3 33 – 36 13 Bert Roger, Tom Oakley, Bill Griffiths, Billy Smith 3 – 3 36 – 39 14 Hugh Geddes, Alf Kaines, Stan Hodson, Cecil Bailey(ef) 69.2 2 – 4 38 – 43

Friday 20th August 1948 South Yorkshire Sports Stadium, Wombwell Wombwell Colliers 41 Exeter Falcons 43 (National League Division Three)

Wombwell Jack Baxter 0 3 2 1 6 Harwood Pike 2 0 0 1’ 3 1 Len Tupling 0 1’ 2’ 1’ 4 3 Harry Welch 3 2 2 3 10 Stan Beardsall 2 2 2 2 8 Charlie Oates 1’ 1’ 0 2 4 2 Red Hamley 1 1 2 Jeff Bishop 3 1’ 4 1

Exeter Don Hardy 1 3 3 3 10 Stan Hodson 3 0 1 3 7 Norman Clay 2 3 1 2’ 8 1 Arthur Pilgrim 1’ 2 0 3 6 1 Bert Roger 3 3 3 2 11 Johnny Myson N 1 0 0 1 Mike Wood 0 0 0 Nerby Plain 0 0 0

Ht1 Hodson, Pike, Hardy, Baxter 77.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Welch, Clay, Pilgrim, Tupling 77.4 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Roger, Beardsall, Oates, Myson (nf) 78.0 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Baxter, Pilgrim, Hamley, Wood 80.0 4 2 12 12 Ht5 Hardy, Welch, Tupling, Hodson 77.6 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Clay, Beardsall, Oates, Pilgrim 77.8 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Roger, Baxter, Myson, Pike 79.4 2 4 20 22 Ht8 Bishop, Tupling, Clay, Plain 80.0 5 1 25 23 Ht9 Hardy, Beardsall, Hodson, Oates 79.0 2 4 27 27 Ht10 Pilgrim, Clay, Baxter, Pike 79.2 1 5 28 32 Ht11 Roger, Welch, Tupling, Myson 78.0 3 3 31 35 Ht12 Hardy, Beardsall, Bishop, Wood 79.0 3 3 34 38 Ht13 Welch, Roger, Hamley, Plain 78.0 4 2 38 40 Ht14 Hodson, Oates, Pike, Myson 78.6 3 3 41 43

Monday 23rd August 1948 County Ground, Exeter Best Pairs’ Competition

Roger Wise 2 0 1 2 2 1 8 Jack Mountford 0 2 0 0 3 3 8 Total 16 Ted Barvery 1 3 1 1 2 2 10 Paddy Mills 3 2 3 E 3 3 14 Total 24 Wally Green 2 0 3 2 0 0 7 Jock Grierson 1 1 2 3 2 3 12 Total 19 Gil Blake 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 Ray Harris 0 3 2 3 2 3 13 Total 16 Steve Langton 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 Bill Dalton 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 Total 8 Vic Gent 2 2 1 2 1 0 8 Len Read 3 1 3 0 0 0 7 Total 15 Vic Emms 0 0 3 2 3 2 10 Lionel Levy 3 3 2 3 F 0 11 Total 21

Ht1 Mills, Wise, Bravery, Mountford Ht2 Blake, Green, Grierson, Harris Ht3 Read, Gent, Langton, Dalton Ht4 Levy, Mountford, Wise (nf), Emms (nf) Ht5 Bravery, Mills, Grierson, Green Ht6 Harris, Langton, Dalton, Blake Ht7 Levy, Gent, Read, Emms Ht8 Green, Grierson, Wise, Mountford 79.2 Ht9 Mills, Haris, Bravery, Blake Ht10 Emms, Levy, Langton, Dalton Ht11 Read, Wise, Gent, Mountford Ht12 Grierson, Green, Dalton, Langton Ht13 Levy, Emms, Bravery, Miss (chain) Ht14 Harris, Gent, Blake (ns), Read (nf) Ht15 Mountford, Wise, Dalton, Langton Ht16 Mills, Bravery, Gent, Read Ht17 Emms, Grierson, Levy (f), Green (f) Ht18 Mountford, Harris, Wise, Blake (ns) Ht19 Grierson, Gent (nf), Read (nf), Green (ns) Ht20 Harris, Emms (frmtd), Blake (ns), Levy (ns)

Monday 23rd August 1948 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates 46 Exeter Falcons 38 (National League Division Three)

Poole Joe Bowkis 2’ 3 2 3 10 1 Charlie Hayden 3 1’ 0 2 6 1 Clark 0 0 3 2 5 Fred Pawson 3 2 1’ 3 9 1 Alan Chambers 2 2 3 3 10 George Butler 1’ 0 F 1’ 2 2 Sid Hazzard 1 1 2 Frank Holcombe 1 1 2

Exeter Don Hardy 1 3 2 2 8 Stan Hodson 0 1 3 1’ 5 1 Norman Clay 2 3 2 2 9 Arthur Pilgrim 1’ 2 1 1’ 5 2 Cyril Roger 3 3 3 2 11 Johnny Myson 0 E 0 0 0 Mike Wood 0 0 0 Herby Plain 0 0 0

Ht1Hayden, Bowkis, Hardy, Hodson 81.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Pawson, Clay, Pilgrim, Clark 81.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Roger, Chambers, Butler, Myson 81.4 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Bowkis, Pilgrim, Hazzard, Wood 82.4 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Hardy, Pawson, Hodson, Clark 81.4 2 4 17 13 Ht6 Clay, Chambers, Pilgrim, Butler 81.0 2 4 19 17 Ht7 Roger, Bowkis, Hayden, Myson (ef) 80.6 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Clark, Clay, Holcombe, Plain 81.8 4 2 26 22 Ht9 Chambers, Hardy, Hodson, Butler (f) 81.8 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Bowkis, Clay, Pilgrim, Hayden 83.2 3 3 32 28 Ht11Roger, Clark, Pawson, Myson 82.8 3 3 35 31 Ht12 Chambers, Hardy, Holcombe, Wood 83.0 4 2 39 33 Ht13 Pawson, Roger, Hazzard, Plain 81.4 4 2 43 35 Ht14 Hodson, Hayden, Butler, Myson 82.0 3 3 46 38

Monday 30th August 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 41 Plymouth Devils 43 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Stan Hodson 3 2 2 2 9 Stan Lanfear 1 1’ 1’ 1 4 2 Norman Clay 0 3 3 3 9 Johnny Myson 1 E 0 0 1 Bert Roger 3 0 3 3 9 Hugh Geddes 1 1 0 3 5 John Hancox 0 2 2 Lew Coffin 2 0 2

Plymouth Ivan Kessell 0 1’ 1’ 2 2 Vic Gent 2 2 2 0 6 Ted Gibson 3 2’ 0 0 5 1 Len Read 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Bonny Waddell 0 0 1’ 3 4 1 Pete Lansdale 2 3 2 2 9 Wally Matthews 1 1’ 2 4 1 Bill Sobey 1 1 2

Ht1 Hodson, Gent, Lanfear, Kessell 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Gibson, Read, Myson, Clay 1 5 5 7 Ht3 Roger, Lansdale, Geddes, Waddell 4 2 9 9 Ht4 Read, Hodson, Matthew, Hancox 2 4 11 13 Ht5 Clay, Gent, Kessell, Myson (ef) 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Read, Gibson, Geddes, Roger 1 5 15 21 Ht7 Lansdale, Hodson, Lanfear, Waddell 3 3 18 24 Ht8 Clay, Coffin, Sobey, Gibson 5 1 23 25 Ht9 Roger, Gent, Matthew, Geddes 3 3 26 28 Ht10 Read, Hodson, Lanfear, Gibson 3 3 29 31 Ht11 Clay, Lansdale, Waddell, Myson 3 3 32 34 Ht12 Roger, Matthews, Kessell, Coffin 3 3 35 37 Ht13 Waddell, Hancox, Sobey, Myson 2 4 37 41 Ht14 Geddes, Lansdale, Lanfear, Gent 4 2 41 43

The Winkleigh Scratch Race Ht1 B.Roger, Lansdale, Hancox, Read 80.2 Ht2 Gibson, Hodson, Lanfear, Sobey 81.8 Ht3 Clay, Gent, Myson, Waddell 81.8 Ht4 Pilgrim, Hardy, Geddes, Matthews 82.4 SF1 B.Roger, Lansdale, Hodson, Gibson 81.2 SF2 Pilgrim, Clay, Hardy, Gent 81.0 Final B.Roger, Pilgrim, Clay, Lansdale 80.6

Thursday 2nd September 1948 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils v Exeter Falcons (National League Division Three) Rained Off

Monday 6th September 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 57 Yarmouth Bloaters 27 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Stan Hodson 1 3 3 1 8 Don Hardy 3 2’ 3 2’ 10 2 Norman Clay 3 3 3 3 12 Arthur Pilgrim 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Bert Roger 3 E 3 3 9 Hugh Geddes 0 F 3 3 Stan Lanfear E 3 3 Johnny Myson 2’ 1 3

Yarmouth Bert Rawlinson 0 1 1’ 2 4 1 Sid Hipperson 2 0 2 0 4 Reg Morgan 0 2 0 0 2 Paddy Hammond 1 2 1’ 2 6 1 Roy Duke 2 0 1 2 5 Billy Bales 1’ 1 0 1 3 1 Bill Carruthers 1’ 0 1 1 Bob Womack 1 1’ 2 1

Ht1 Hardy, Hipperson, Hodson, Rawlinson 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Clay, Pilgrim, Hammond, Morgan 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Roger, Duke, Bales, Geddes 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Hodson, Hammond, Carruthers, Lanfear (ef) 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Clay, Pilgrim, Rawlinson, Hipperson 79.4 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Lanfear, Morgan, Hammond, Roger (f) 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Hodson, Hardy, Bales, Duke 5 1 28 14 Ht8 Clay, Myson, Womack, Morgan 5 1 33 15 Ht9 Roger, Hipperson, Rawlinson, Geddes (f) 3 3 36 18 Ht10 Hardy, Hammond, Hodson, Morgan 4 2 40 20 Ht11 Clay, Pilgrim, Duke, Bales 5 1 45 21 Ht12 Roger, Rawlinson, Myson, Carruthers 4 2 49 23 Ht13 Pilgrim, Duke, Womack, Lanfear (f) 3 3 52 26 Ht14 Geddes, Hardy, Bales, Hipperson 5 1 57 27

Peamore Trophy Race Robins, Turner, J. Hancox (f), L. Coffin (f)

Devon Scratch Race Ht1 Pilgrim, Hodson, Rawlinson, Herby Plain 81.0 Ht2 Roger, Geddes, Hammond, Hipperson 80.0 Ht3 Clay, Lanfear, Duke 80.2 Ht4 Hardy, Myson, Bales, Womack ? Final Clay, Roger, Hardy, Pilgrim 79.2

Tuesday 7th September 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth Tamworth Hounds 50 Exeter Falcons 33 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth Steve Langton 1’ 2 2 0 5 1 Bill Harris 2 1’ 3 3 9 1 Cyril Page 1 1 3 3 8 Harry Saunders 3 3 1 3 10 Bill Dalton 2 3 8 Peter Orpwood 0 1 1 Howard Chipman 1’ 2’ 3 2 Cecil Hookham 1 2’ 3 1

Exeter Stan Hodson 0 0 0 0 0 Don Hardy 3 2 3 2 10 Norman Clay 2 3 2 1’ 8 1 Arthur Pilgrim 0 3 1 2 6 Bert Roger 0 3 2 0 5 Hugh Geddes 3 0 0 0 3 Stan Lanfear 0 0 0 Johnny Myson 0 1 1

Ht1 Hardy, Harris, Langton, Hodson 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Saunders, Clay, Page, Pilgrim 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Geddes, [Dalton, Orpwood,] Roger 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Pilgrim, Langton, Chipman, Lanfear 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Saunders, Hardy, Page, Hodson 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Clay, Dalton, Pilgrim, Orpwood 2 4 19 17 Ht7 Roger, Langton, Harris, Geddes 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Page, Clay, Hookham, Myson 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Hardy, [Dalton, Orpwood,] Hodson 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Harris, Pilgrim, Clay, Langton 3 3 31 29 Ht11 Page, Roger, Saunders, Geddes 4 2 35 31 Ht12 Dalton, Hookham, Hodson, Lanfear 5 0 40 31 Ht13 Saunders, Chipman, Myson, Roger 5 1 45 32 Ht14 Harris, Hardy, Orpwood, Geddes 4 2 49 34

Monday 13th September 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 65 Tamworth Hounds 19 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Stan Hodson 2’ 3 1 2’ 8 2 Don Hardy 3 3 3 3 12 Norman Hardy 3 3 3 3 12 Arthur Pilgrim 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Bert Roger 3 2’ 3 2’ 10 2 Hugh Geddes 2’ 3 1 0 6 1 Stan Lanfear 2’ 1 3 1 Johnny Myson 2’ 3 5 1

Tamworth Steve Langton 0 0 0 1 1 Bill Harris 1 1 2 2 6 Howard Chipman 0 0 1 0 1 Harry Saunders 1 0 1 1 3 Bill Dalton 0 0 0 2 2 Peter Orpwood 1 2 1 1’ 5 1 Cecil Hookham 1 0 1 Herby Plain 0 0 0

Ht1 Hardy, Hodson, Harris, Langton 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Clay, Pilgrim, Saunders, Chipman 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Roger, Geddes, Orpwood, Dalton 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Hodson, Lanfear, Hookham, Saunders 5 1 20 4 Ht5 Clay, Pilgrim, Harris, Langton 5 1 25 5 Ht6 Geddes, Roger, Saunders, Chipman 5 1 30 6 Ht7 Hardy, Orpwood, Hodson, Dalton 4 2 34 8 Ht8 Clay, Myson, Chipman, Plain 5 1 39 9 Ht9 Roger, Harris, Geddes, Langton 4 2 43 11 Ht10 Hardy, Hodson, Saunders, Chipman 5 1 48 12 Ht11 Clay, Pilgrim, Orpwood, Dalton 5 1 53 13 Ht12 Myson, Roger, Langton, Hookham 5 1 58 14 Ht13 Pilgrim, Dalton, Lanfear, Plain 4 2 62 16 Ht14 Hardy, Harris, Orpwood, Geddes 3 3 65 19

The Peamore Trophy Race Plain, Davey, Robins, Turner 86.6

Devon Scratch Race Ht1 B.Roger, Hardy, Saunders, Langton 78.4 Ht2 Hodson, Geddes, Dalton, Harris (ef) 83.2 Ht3 Pilgrim, Clay, Plain (nf), Hookham (nf) 80.2 Ht4 Lanfear, Orpwood, Myson, Robins 82.8 Final B.Roger, Pilgrim, Hodson (f), Lanfear (f) 79.6

Thursday 16th September 1948 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke Stoke Potters 39 Exeter Falcons 45 (National League Division Three)

Stoke Dave Anderson 1’ 2 E 0 3 1 Ray Harris 2 3 1 1 7 Dick Howard 1 0 1’ 2 1 Ken Adams 3 2 2 2 9 Gil Blake 2 E 3 3 8 Vic Pitcher 1’ 1 2’ F 4 2 Jack Dawson 1’ 1’ 2 2 Stan Bradbury 2 0 2’ 4 1

Exeter Stan Lanfear 0 1 0 1 2 Don Hardy 3 3 1 3 10 Norman Clay 0 2’ 3 2’ 7 2 Arthur Pilgrim 2 3 3 3 11 Bert Roger 3 2 3 3 11 Hugh Geddes 0 1’ 1 2’ 4 2 Lew Coffin 0 0 0 Johnny Myson 0 0 0

Ht1 Hardy, Harris, Anderson, Lanfear 75.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Adams, Pilgrim, Howard, Clay 77.0 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Roger, Blake, Pitcher, Geddes 77.8 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Pilgrim, Anderson, Dawson, Coffin 78.6 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Hardy, Adams, Lanfear, Howard 78.2 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Pilgrim, Clay, Pitcher, Blake (ef) 78.2 1 5 16 20 Ht7 Harris, Roger, Geddes, Anderson 76.4 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Clay, Bradbury, Howard, Myson 78.8 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Blake, Pitcher, Hardy, Lanfear 76.4 5 1 27 27 Ht10 Pilgrim, Clay, Harris, Anderson (ef) 77.6 1 5 28 32 Ht11 Roger, Adams, Geddes, Bradbury 78.2 2 4 30 36 Ht12 Blake, Bradbury, Lanfear, Coffin 80.4 5 1 35 37 Ht13 Roger, Adams, Dawson, Myson 76.8 3 3 38 40 Ht14 Hardy, Geddes, Harris, Pitcher (f) 79.6 1 5 39 45

Friday 17th September 1948 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath Cradley Heath Cubs 55 Exeter Falcons 29 (National League Division Three)

Cradley Heath Les Beaumont 1 3 2 3 9 Bill Kemp 3 F 2’ 5 1 Gil Craven 3 3 3 3 12 Phil Malpass 0 F 1 F 1 Eric Irons 3 3 3 3 12 Alan Hunt 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Bill Clifton 1 2 3 Roy Moreton 1 2’ 1 4 1

Exeter Stan Lanfear F 2 1 1 4 Don Hardy 2 1’ F 0 3 1 Norman Clay 1’ 0 2 0 3 1 Arthur Pilgrim 2 2 1 1 6 Bert Roger F 1 2 3 6 Hugh Geddes 1 3 E 2 6 Lew Coffin 0 0 0 Johnny Myson 0 1 1

Ht1 Kemp, Hardy, Beaumont, Lanfear (f) 77.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Craven, Pilgrim, Clay, Malpass 78.8 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Irons, Hunt, Geddes, Roger (f) 78.4 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Beaumont, Pilgrim, Clifton, Coffin 80.2 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Craven, Lanfear, Hardy, Malpass (f) 79.8 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Irons, Hunt, Pilgrim, Clay 79.0 5 1 24 12 Ht7Geddes, Beaumont, Roger, Kemp (f) 79.8 2 4 26 16 Ht8 Craven, Clay, Moreton, Myson 81.2 4 2 30 18 Ht9 Irons, Hunt, Lanfear, Hardy (f) 79.0 5 1 35 19 Ht10 Beaumont, Kemp, Pilgrim, Clay 80.4 5 1 40 20 Ht11 Craven, Roger, Malpass, Geddes (ef) 80.0 4 2 44 22 Ht12 Irons, Moreton, Lanfear, Coffin 80.8 5 1 49 23 Ht13 Roger, Clifton, Myson, Malpass (f) 80.0 2 4 51 27 Ht14 Hunt, Geddes, Moreton, Hardy 77.6 4 2 55 29

Monday 20th September 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 48 Coventry Bees 36 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Arthur Pilgrim 2’ 2 0 1’ 5 2 Don Hardy 3 2 2 E 7 Norman Clay 1’ 3 3 2 9 1 Stan Hodson 2 1 1’ 4 1 Bert Roger 3 3 3 3 12 Hugh Geddes 0 0 2’ 2 4 1 Johnny Myson 1’ 2 3 1 Stan Lanfear 1 2’ 1’ 4 2

Coventry Bob Fletcher 0 2 1 0 3 Ed Pye 1 F 0 1 2 Bert Lacey 0 1’ 2 0 3 1 Vic Emms 3 3 2 3 11 George Smith 1 1 0 3 5 Lionel Levy 2 3 3 3 11 Fred Yates 0 1 1 John Yates 0 0 0

Ht1 Hardy, Pilgrim, Pye, Fletcher 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Emms, Hodson, Clay, Lacey 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Roger, Levy, Smith, Geddes 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Emms, Pilgrim, Myson, F.Yates 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Clay, Fletcher, Hodson, Pye (f) 4 2 18 12 Ht6 Roger, Emms, Lacey, Geddes 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Levy, Hardy, Smith, Pilgrim 2 4 23 19 Ht8 Clay, Lacey, Lanfear, J.Yates 4 2 27 21 Ht9 Roger, Geddes, Fletcher, Pye 5 1 32 22 Ht10 Emms, Hardy, Pilgrim, Lacey 3 3 35 25 Ht11 Levy, Clay, Hodson, Smith 3 3 38 28 Ht12 Roger, Lanfear, F.Yates, Fletcher 5 1 43 29 Ht13 Smith, Myson, Lanfear, J.Yates 3 3 46 32 Ht14 Levy, Geddes, Pye, Hardy (efchain) 2 4 48 36

The Peamore Trophy Race Plain, Turner, Davey (f), Robins (efchain)

Devon Scratch Race Ht1 Levy, Clay, Fletcher, B.Roger (f) 81.2 Ht2 Pilgrim, Emms, Lanfear, Smith 81.0 Ht3 Geddes, Hardy, Lacey, Pye 81.8 Ht4 Myson, J.Allenby, Yates, Myson 85.6 Final Levy, Geddes, Myson, Pilgrim 78.8

Monday 27th September 1948 County Ground, Exeter Open Championship

Bruce Semmens 3 3 3 3 3 15 John Hancox 0 1 1 1 3 Bob Oakley 1 3 3 3 3 13 Alf Bottoms 2 2 1 2 0 7 Roger Wise 2 3 2 2 3 12 Jack Mountford 3 2 3 3 2 13 Alan Hunt 0 2 3 0 3 8 Gil Craven 1 3 2 0 3 9 Ken Adams 1 1 1 0 1 4 Ray Harris 3 1 3 1 0 8 Jock Grierson 2 1 2 1 1 7 Ron Clark 0 1 0 0 1 2 Peter Robinson 2 2 2 2 0 8 Len Read 1 0 2 0 2 5 Jimmy Squibb 0 0 1 1 2 4 Vic Gent 3 F 0 0 0 3 Herby Plain (res) 1 1

Ht1 Semmens, Bottoms, Oakley, Hancox 80.0 Ht2 Mountford, Wise, Craven, Hunt 81.0 Ht3 Harris, Grierson, Adams, Clark Ht4 Gent, Robinson, Read, Squibb 84.0 Ht5 Wise, Robinson, Adams, Hancox 83.0 Ht6 Semmens, Mountford, Harris, Read Ht7 Oakley, Hunt, Grierson, Squibb Ht8 Craven, Bottoms, Clark, Gent (f) Ht9 Mountford, Grierson, Hancox, Gent Ht10 Semmens, Wise, Squibb, Clark Ht11 Hunt, Read, Hancox, Clark Ht12 Harris, Robinson, Bottoms, Hunt Ht13 Oakley, Craven, Adams, Read Ht14 Semmens, Robinson, Grierson, Craven Ht15 Oakley, Wise, Harris, Gent Ht16 Mountford, Bottoms, Squibb, Adams Ht17 Craven, Squibb, Plain, Harris Ht18 Semmens, Hunt, Adams, Gent Ht19 Oakley, Mountford, Clark, Robinson Ht20 Wise, Read, Grierson, Bottoms

Monday 27th September 1948 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates 31 Exeter Falcons 52 (National League Division Three)

Poole Allan Chambers 3 2 3 2 10 Fred Pawson 0 2’ 0 F 2 1 George Butler 1 1 2 3 7 Charlie Hayden 0 0 0 0 0 Dickie Howard 2 0 1 2 5 Sid Clark 0 2 0 3 5 Frank Holcombe 1’ 1 2 1 Bingley Cree DNR

Exeter Bert Roger 1 3 3 3 10 Hugh Geddes 2 2’ 2’ F 6 2 Norman Clay 2’ 3 3 1 9 1 Arthur Pilgrim 3 3 1 3 10 Don Hardy 1 1 1’ 3 6 1 Stan Hodson 3 0 2 2 7 Stan Lanfear 0 1 1 John Myson 1 2’ 3 1

Heat 1 Chambers, Geddes, Roger, Pawson 81.6 3 3 3 3 Heat 2 Pilgrim, Clay, Butler, Hayden 85.2 1 5 4 8 Heat 3 Hodson , Howard, Hardy, Clark 84.0 2 4 6 12 Heat 4 Pilgrim, Chambers, Holcombe, Lanfear 82.4 3 3 9 15 Heat 5 B. Roger, Geddes, Butler, Hayden 84.0 1 5 10 20 Heat 6 Clay, Clark, Pilgrim, Howard 83.6 2 4 12 24 Heat 7Chambers, Pawson, Hardy, Hodson 84.2 5 1 17 25 Heat 8 Clay, Butler, Myson, Cree(ns) 86.0 2 4 19 29 Heat 9 Roger, Geddes, Howard, Clark 86.2 1 5 20 34 Heat 10 Pilgrim, Chambers, Clay, Pawson 85.6 2 4 22 38 Heat 11Butler, Hodson, Hardy, Hayden 85.0 3 3 25 41 Heat 12 Roger, Howard, Lanfear (Frmtd), Cree (ns) 82.0 2 4 27 45 Heat 13 Hardy, Myson, Holcombe, Hayden 85.6 1 5 28 50 Heat 14 Clark, Hodson , Geddes (f), Pawson (f) 83.2 3 2 31 52

Tuesday 28th September 1948 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 38 Exeter Falcons 46 (National League Division Three)

Plymouth Bonnie Waddell 1’ 0 1 1 Peter Robinson 2 3 1 1 7 Ted Gibson 1’ 0 1’ 0 2 2 Len Read 2 3 2 3 10 Alex Gray 2 1 2’ 2 7 1 Pete Lansdale F 3 3 6 Vic Gent 2 0 0 2 Wally Matthews 2 1’ 3 1

Exeter Bert Roger 3 2 1 3 9 Hugh Geddes 1’ 0 2 3 1 Norman Clay 3 3 3 3 12 Arthur Pilgrim 0 3 2’ 2’ 7 2 Don Hardy 1 1’ 3 1’ 6 2 Stan Hodson 3 2 1 0 6 Stan Lanfear F 1 0 1 Johnny Myson 0 2 2

Ht1 Roger, Robinson, Waddell, Lanfear (f) 81.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Clay, Read, Gibson, Pilgrim 82.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Hodson, Gray, Hardy, Lansdale (f) 82.6 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Pilgrim, Gent, Lanfear, Waddell 84.0 2 4 10 14 Ht5 Read, Roger, Geddes, Gibson 82.0 3 3 13 17 Ht6 Clay, Pilgrim, Gray, Lansdale 84.6 1 5 14 22 Ht7 Robinson, Hodson, Hardy, Gent 82.8 3 3 17 25 Ht8 Clay, Matthews, Gibson, Myson (f) 84.4 3 3 20 28 Ht9 Lansdale, Gray, Roger, Geddes 83.6 5 1 25 29 Ht10 Clay, Pilgrim, Robinson, Waddell 84.0 1 5 26 34 Ht11 Hardy, Read, Hodson, Gibson 83.6 2 4 28 38 Ht12 Roger, Gray, Matthews, Lanfear 83.4 3 3 31 41 Ht13 Read, Myson, Hardy, Gent 83.0 3 3 34 44 Ht14 Lansdale, Geddes, Robinson, Hodson 84.2 4 2 38 46

Monday October 4th 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 60 Yarmouth Bloaters 24 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Bert Roger 3 3 3 3 12 Hugh Geddes 2’ 2’ 1 3 8 2 Don Hardy 3 3 3 3 12 Stan Hodson 2’ 2’ 1 3 8 2 Norman Clay 2 3 3 3 11 Arthur Pilgrim 1’ 1 1 1 4 1 Johnny Myson 2’ 2’ 4 2 Stan Lanfear 1 0 1

Yarmouth Roy Duke 1 0 0 2 3 Sid Hipperson 0 1 2 0 3 Billy Bales 1 2 2 2 7 Bill Caruthers 0 1 0 0 1 Bert Rawlinson 0 0 1 1 Reg Morgan 3 1 2 2 8 Arthur Bush 0 0 1’ 1 1 Bill Codling 0 0 0

Ht1 Roger, Geddes, Duke, Hipperson 78.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Hardy, Hodson, Bales, Carruthers 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Morgan, Clay, Pilgrim, Rawlinson 3 3 13 5 Ht4 Roger, Myson, Carruthers, Bush 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Hardy, Hodson, Hipperson, Duke 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Clay, Bales, Pilgrim, Carruther 4 2 27 9 Ht7 Roger, Geddes, Morgan, Rawlinson 5 1 32 10 Ht8 Hardy, Bales, Lanfear, Codling 4 2 36 12 Ht9 Clay, Hipperson, Pilgrim, Duke 4 2 40 14 Ht10 Roger, Bales, Geddes, Carruthers 4 2 44 16 Ht11 Hardy, Morgan, Hodson, Bush 4 2 48 18 Ht12 Clay, Duke, Bush, Lanfear 3 3 51 21 Ht13 Hodson, Myson, Rawlinson, Codling 5 1 56 22 Ht14 Geddes, Morgan, Pilgrim, Hipperson 4 2 60 24

Match Race Bert Roger beat Don Hardy 78.0

Devon Scratch Race Ht1 Clay, Hardy, Carruthers, Duke 79.2 Ht2 Roger, Bales, Rawlinson, Pilgrim 78.8 Ht3 Hodson , Geddes, Morgan, Hipperson 81.0 Ht4 Myson, Lanfear, Codling, Bush 83.8 Final Myson , Clay, Hodson & Roger N/f 80.8

The Peamore Trophy Race Plain, Hancox, R. Robins, Davey

Monday 11th October 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 57 Tamworth Hounds 27 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Bert Roger 2 3 2’ 3 10 1 Stan Hodson 0 3 1 3 7 Norman Clay 3 3 3 3 12 Arthur Pilgrim 2’ 1 2’ 2 7 2 Hugh Geddes 2’ E 3 3 8 1 Don Hardy 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 Johnny Myson 1 1’ 2 1 Stan Lanfear 0 1 1

Tamworth Cyril Page 1 2 1 2 6 Bill Harris 3 0 0 1 4 Harry Saunders 0 1’ 2 3 1 Peter Orpwood 1 2 2 2 7 Bill Dalton 1 1 1 3 6 Basil Harris 0 0 0 0 0 Lionel Watling 0 1’ 0 1 1 Howard Chipman 0 0 0

Ht1 Bi.Harris, Roger, Page, Hodson 79.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Clay, Pilgrim, Orpwood, Saunders 78.8 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Hardy, Geddes, Dalton, Ba.Harris 79.2 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Roger, Orpwood, Myson, Watling 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Clay, Page, Pilgrim, Bi.Harris 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Hardy, Orpwood, Saunders, Geddes (tyre) 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Hodson, Roger, Dalton, Ba.Harris 5 1 28 14 Ht8 Clay, Saunders, Watling, Lanfear 3 3 31 17 Ht9 Geddes, Hardy, Page, Bi.Harris 5 1 36 18 Ht10 Roger, Orpwood, Hodson, Chipman 4 2 40 20 Ht11 Clay, Pilgrim, Dalton, Ba.Harris 5 1 45 21 Ht12 Geddes, Page, Lanfear, Watling 4 2 49 23 Ht13 Dalton, Pilgrim, Myson, Chipman 3 3 52 26 Ht14 Hodson, Hardy, Bi.Harris, Ba.Harris 5 1 57 27

Junior Riders’ Challenge Match Hancox, Plain, Bradbury, Ken James

Devon Scratch Race Ht1 Clay, Page, Orpwood, Plain 81.0 Ht2 B.Roger, Dalton, Hodson, Bi.Harris Ht3 Hardy, Hancox, Pilgrim, Ba.Harris Ht4 Watling, Lanfear, Hipman, Myson (f) Final B.Roger, Clay, Hardy, Watling

Saturday 16 October 1948 Hedon Stadium, Hull Hull Angels 50 Exeter Falcons 34 (National League Division Three)

Hull Norman Johnson R 2 2’ 0 4 1 Mick Mitchell 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Craig 0 1’ 2 2’ 5 2 White 2 2 3 3 10 0 Bob Baker 2’ 0 3 1 6 1 Dick Shepherd 3 1 2’ 3 9 1 Alf Webster 0 1 1 0 Derek Glover 1’ 3 4 1

Exeter Bert Roger 2 3 1 0 6 0 Stan Hodson 1’ 0 0 1 2 1 Norman Clay 3 3 3 1’ 10 1 Arthur Pilgrim 1 3 2’ 2 8 1 Hugh Geddes 0 1 1 2 4 0 Don Hardy 1 0 2 0 3 0 Stan Lanfear 0 0 0 0

Ht 1 Mitchell, Roger, Hodson (frmtd), Johnson (et) 86.0 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Clay, White, Pilgrim, Craig 86.0 2 3 5 7 Ht 3 Shepherd, Baker, Hardy, Geddes 86.6 5 1 10 8 Ht 4 Pilgrim, Johnson, Myson, Webster 86.4 2 4 12 12 Ht 5 Roger, White, Craig, Hodson 86.4 3 3 15 15 Ht 6 Clay, Pilgrim, Shepherd, Baker 86.0 1 5 16 20 Ht 7 Mitchell, Johnson, Geddes, Hardy (f) 86.8 5 1 21 21 Ht 8 Clay, Craig, Glover, Lanfear 87.4 3 3 24 24 Ht 9 Baker, Shepherd, Roger, Hodson 85.4 5 1 29 25 Ht 10 Mitchell, Pilgrim, Clay, Johnson 87.0 3 3 32 28 Ht 11 White, Craig, Geddes, Myson 88.0 5 1 37 29 Ht 12 Glover, Myson, Baker, Roger 88.4 4 2 41 31 Ht 13 White, Geddes, Webster, Lanfear 89.2 4 2 45 33 Ht 14 Shepherd, Mitchell, Hodson, Myson 87.0 5 1 50 34

Monday 18th October 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 46 Southampton Saints 38 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Norman Clay 3 3 0 2* 8 1 4 Arthur Pilgrim 1 2 3 3 9 0 4 Stan Hodson 1*2 3 1 7 1 4 Hugh Geddes 2 0 3 2 7 0 4 Bert Roger 3 3 2 3 11 0 4 Johnny Myson 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 John Hancox 0 1* 1 1 2 Stan Lanfear 1 1 2 0 2

Southampton Alf Bottoms 2 3 3 2 10 0 4 George Bason 0 1 1 1* 3 1 4 Jim Squibb 3 2 2 1 8 0 4 Bob Oakley 0 2 1*0 3 1 4 Tom Oakley 0 1 0 3 4 0 4 Cecil Bailey 2 3 2 2 9 0 4 Bill Griffiths 1*0 1 1 2 Johnny Bradford 0 0 0 0 2

Ht1 Clay, Bottoms, Pilgrim, Bason 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Squibb, Geddes, Hodson, B.Oakley 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Roger, Bailey, Myson, T.Oakley 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Clay, B.Oakley, Griffiths, Hancox 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Bottoms, Hodson, Bason, Geddes 2 4 16 14 Ht6 Roger, Squibb, B.Oakley, Myson 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Bailey, Pilgrim, T.Oakley, Clay 2 4 21 21 Ht8 Hodson, Squibb, Lanfear, Bradford 4 2 25 23 Ht9 Bottoms, Roger, George Bason, Johnny Myson 2 4 27 27 Ht10 Pilgrim, Clay, Squibb, B.Oakley 5 1 32 28 Ht11 Geddes, Bailey, Hodson, T.Oakley 4 2 36 30 Ht12 Roger, Bottoms, Lanfear, Griffiths 4 2 40 32 Ht13 T.Oakley, Geddes, Hancox, Bradford 3 3 43 35 Ht14 Pilgrim, Bailey, Bason, Myson 3 3 46 38

The Peamore Trophy Race (final) Not Raced

Devon Scratch Race Ht1 Bottoms, Pilgrim, Hodson, B.Oakley Ht2 Geddes, T.Oakley, B.Roger (nf), Bason (nf) Ht3 Clay, Squibb, Bailey, Myson Ht4 Robins, Hancox, Griffiths, Bradford Final Bottoms, Geddes, Clay, Robins

Tuesday 19th October 1948 Bannister Court, Southampton Southampton 20 Exeter 9 (Second Half Challenge)

Southampton Alf Bottoms 3 3 1’ 7 1 Cecil Bailey 2’ 2’ 2 6 2 Tom Oakley 3 0 3 Jimmy Squibb 2’ 2 4 1

Exeter Norman Clay 1 3 3 7 Hugh Geddes 0 F 0 Arthur Pilgrim 1 0 1 Stan Hodson 0 1 0 1

1 Alf Bottoms, Cecil Bailey, Norman Clay, Hugh Geddes 71.6 5 – 1 5 – 1 2 Tom Oakley, Jim Squibb, Arthur Pilgrim, Stan Hodson 71 5 – 1 10 – 2 3 Alf Bottoms, Cecil Bailey, Stan Hodson, Arthur Pilgrim 70.6 5 – 1 15 – 3 4 Norman Clay, Jim Squibb, Hugh Geddes(f), Tom Oakley 72 2 – 3 17 – 6 5 Norman Clay, Cecil Bailey, Alf Bottoms, Stan Hodson 70.4 3 – 3 20 – 9

Monday 25 October 1948 County Ground. Exeter Exeter Falcons 62 Hull Angels 22 (National League Division Three)

Exeter Arthur Pilgrim 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4 Norman Clay 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Stan Hodson 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 Hugh Geddes 3 3 3 3 12 John Myson 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Bert Roger 3 3 3 3 12 John Hancox 3 2’ 5 1 Stan Lanfear 2 2’ 4 1

Hull Norman Johnson 1 1’ 1 0 3 1 Mick Mitchell 0 1 1 0 2 George Craig 2 1 3 1 7 Johnny White 1’ 1 0 0 2 1 Bob Baker 1 0 1’ 1 3 1 Derek Glover 0 1 2 0 3 Alf Webster 0 2 0 1 3 Peter Dodds 0 0 0

Ht 1 Clay, Pilgrim, Johnson, Mitchell 79.4 5 1 5 1 Ht 2 Geddes, Craig, White, Hodson 3 3 8 4 Ht 3 Roger, Myson, Baker, Glover 5 1 13 5 Ht 4 Hancox, Pilgrim, White, Webster 5 1 18 6 Ht 5 Geddes, Webster, Johnson, Hodson 3 3 21 9 Ht 6 Roger, Myson, Craig, White 5 1 26 10 Ht 7 Clay, Pilgrim, Glover, Baker 5 1 31 11 Ht 8 Craig, Lanfear, Hodson, Dodds 3 3 34 14 Ht 9 Roger, Myson, Johnson, Webster 5 1 39 15 Ht 10 Clay, Pilgrim, Craig, White 5 1 44 16 Ht 11 Geddes, Glover, Baker, Hodson 3 3 47 19 Ht 12 Myson, Lanfear, Webster, Johnson 5 1 52 20 Ht 13 Geddes, Hancox, Baker, Dodds 5 1 57 21 Ht 14 Roger, Clay, Mitchell, Glover 5 1 62 22

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Monday 29th March 1948 Exeter Tom Crutcher Memorial Trophy Monday 5th April 1948 County Ground,Exeter Falcons 68 Plymouth Devils 28(Devon D C) Tuesday 6th April 1948 Bannister Court Southampton Saints 57 Exeter Falcons 27(NLD3) Wednesday 7th April 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 82 Exeter Falcons 26 (NatiT) Monday 12th April 1948 County Ground, Exeter Falcons 81 Tamworth Hounds 27 (NatiT) Thursday 15th April 1948 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 44 Exeter Falcons 52 (Devon DC) Monday 19th April 1948 County Ground, Exeter Falcons 57 Hastings Saxons 27 (NLD3) Monday 26 April 1948 County Ground Exeter Falcons 60 Hull Angels 23 (NLD3) Wednesday 28th April 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 40 Exeter Falcons 44 (NLD3) Monday 3rd May 1948 County Ground, Speedway Riders’ Championship Qualifying Round Monday 10th May 1948 County Ground, Exeter Falcons 65 Cradley Heath Cubs 18 (NLD3) Thursday 13th May 1948 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 38 Exeter Falcons 57 (AC) Monday 17th May 1948 County Ground Exeter Falcons 51 Norwich Stars 33 (C) Monday 24th May 1948 County Ground,Exeter Falcons 65 Plymouth Devils 31 (AC) Monday 31st May 1948 County Ground, Exeter Falcons 65 Poole Pirates 19 (NLD3) Monday 7th June 1948 County Ground Exeter Falcons 66 Stoke Potters 18 (NLD3) Monday 14th June 1948 County Ground, Exeter Falcons 57 Coventry Bees 27 (NLD3) Tuesday15th June 1948 Caister Road Yarmouth Bloaters 35 Exeter Falcons 45 (NLD3) Saturday June 19th 1948 Brandon Coventry Bees 26 Exeter Falcons 56 (NLD3) Monday 21st June 1948 County Ground, Exeter Falcons 69 Wombwell Colliers 15 (NLD3) Monday 28th June 1948 County Ground Exeter Falcons 67 Cradley Heath Cubs 16 (NLD3) Tuesday 29th June 1948 Caister Road Yarmouth Bloaters 42 Exeter Falcons 41 (NLD3) Thursday 1st July 1948 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 32 Exeter Falcons 51 (NLD3) Monday 5th July 1948 County Ground Exeter Falcons 58 Hastings Saxons 26 (NLD3) Saturday July 10th 1948 Brandon Coventry Bees 47 Exeter Falcons 35 (NLD3) Monday 12th July 1948 County Ground Exeter Falcons 48 Southampton Saints 36 (NLD3) Friday 16th July 1948 Dudley Wood Cradley Heath Cubs 50 Exeter Falcons 33 (NLD3) Saturday 17 July 1948 Hedon Hull Angels 63 Exeter Falcons 21 (NLD3) Times Monday 19th July 1948 County Ground Exeter Falcons 58 Plymouth Devils 25 (NLD3) Tuesday 20th July 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 46 Exeter Falcons 38 (NLD3) Thursday 22nd July 1948 Sun Street Stoke Potters 51 Exeter Falcons 33 (NLD3) Friday 23rd July 1948 Sports Stadium, Wombwell Colliers 37 Exeter Falcons 47 (NLD3) Monday 26th July 1948 County Ground Exeter Falcons 53 Stoke Potters 30 (NLD3) Saturday 31st July 1948 County Ground Exeter Falcons 57 Bristol Bulldogs 27 (C) Monday 2nd August 1948 Exeter The Froud Trophy Monday 9th August 1948 County Ground, Exeter Falcons 61 Wombwell Colliers 23 (NLD3) Wednesday 11th August 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 41 Exeter Falcons 43 (NLD3) Saturday 14th August 1948 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 44 Exeter Falcons 40 (Challenge) Monday 16th August 1948 County Ground, Exeter Falcons 53 Poole Pirates 30 (NLD3) Tuesday 17th August 1948 Bannister Court, Southampton Saints 38 Exeter Falcons 43 (NLD3) Friday 20th August 1948 Sports Stadium, Wombwell Colliers 41 Exeter Falcons 43 (NLD3) Monday 23rd August 1948 County Ground, Exeter Best Pairs’ Competition Monday 23rd August 1948 Poole Pirates 46 Exeter Falcons 38 (NLD3) Monday 30th August 1948 County Ground Exeter Falcons 41 Plymouth Devils 43 (NLD3) Thursday 2nd September 1948 Pennycross Plymouth Devils v Exeter Falcons (NLD3) Rained Off Monday 6th September1948 County Ground, Exeter Falcons 57Yarmouth Bloaters 27 (NLD3) Tuesday 7th September 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 50 Exeter Falcons 33 (NLD3) Monday 13th September 1948 County Ground, Exeter Falcons 65 Tamworth Hounds 19 (NLD3) Thursday 16th September 1948Sun Street Stoke Potters 39 Exeter Falcons 45 (NLD3) Friday 17th September 1948 Dudley Wood Cradley Heath Cubs 55 Exeter Falcons 29 (NLD3) Monday 20th September 1948 County Ground, Exeter Falcons 48 Coventry Bees 36 (NLD3) Monday 27th September 1948 County Ground, Exeter Open Championship Monday 27th September 1948 Poole Pirates 31 Exeter Falcons 52 (NLD3) Tuesday 28th September 1948 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 38 Exeter Falcons 46 (NLD3) Monday October 4th 1948 County Ground, Exeter Falcons 60 Yarmouth Bloaters 24 (NLD3) Monday 11th October 1948 County Ground Exeter Falcons 57 Tamworth Hounds 27 (NLD3) Saturday 16 October 1948 Hedon Hull Angels 50 Exeter Falcons 34 (NLD3) Tuesday 19th October 1948 Bannister Court, Southampton 20 Exeter 9 (Second Half Challenge) Monday 18th October 1948 County Ground,Exeter Falcons 46 Southampton Saints 38 (NLD3) Monday 25 October 1948 County Ground Exeter Falcons 62 Hull Angels 22 (NLD3)