EXETER 1948 Data from Tony Lethbridge Updated 21.5.2014 Note
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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