PLYMOUTH 1952

Thanks to Colin Rugg and John Walters Updated 10.4.2020

Wednesday 3rd April 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 47 Poole Pirates 37 (Challenge)

Plymouth Pete Lansdale 1 3 3 3 10 Doug Fursey F 0 0 1 1 George Wall 3 3 3 3 12 Brian Hitchcock 1 3 1 0 5 Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Thatcher 1 0 1 3 5 Frank Wheeler 0 2’ 2 1 Denis Hayles 0 0 0

Poole Bill Holden 3 2 1’ 2 8 1 Terry Small 2’ 2 1’ X 5 2 Allan Kidd 0 2 2 0 4 Roy Craighead 2 1’ 2 2 7 1 Brian Crutcher 2 E 2 1 5 Jimmy Squibb 0 2 1’ 2 5 1 Charlie Hayden 1’ 1’ 2 2 Johnny Thomson 1 0 1

Ht1 Holden, Small, Lansdale, Fursey (f) 73.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Wall, Craighead, Hitchcock, Kidd 75.0 4 2 5 7 Ht3 Smith, Crutcher, Thatcher, Squibb 74.0 4 2 9 9 Ht4 Hitchcock, Holden, Hayden, Wheeler 75.8 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Lansdale, Kidd, Craighead, Fursey 74.2 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Wall, Squibb, Hitchcock, Crutcher (ef) 74.6 4 2 19 17 Ht7 Smith, Small, Holden, Thatcher 74.0 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Wall, Kidd, Thomson, Hayles 75.6 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Lansdale, Crutcher, Squibb, Fursey 74.0 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Wall, Holden, Small, Hitchcock 75.4 3 3 31 29 Ht11 Smith, Craighead, Thatcher, Kidd 75.0 4 2 35 31 Ht12 Lansdale, Wheeler, Crutcher, Thomson 74.8 5 1 40 32 Ht13 Smith, Craighead, Hayden, Hayles 75.0 3 3 43 35 Ht14 Thatcher, Squibb, Fursey, Small (exc) 76.4 4 2 47 37

Event 2 Ht1 Wheeler, Bill Rundle, Hayles, Bradford 76.4 Ht2 Small, Smith, Lansdale, Craighead 73.2 Ht3 Wall, Holden, Thatcher, Crutcher 75.6 Ht4 Hayden, Bradford, Thomson, Rundle 77.4 Ht5 Squibb, Hitchcock, Kidd, Fursey 76.4 Final Small, Wall, Squibb, Wheeler 74.6

Thursday 11th April 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 57 Exeter Falcons 27 (Southern League)

Plymouth Pete Lansdale 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Doug Fursey 1 0 3 0 4 George Wall 3 3 3 3 12 Brian Hitchcock F E 2’ F 2 1 Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Thatcher 2’ 2’ 1 3 8 2 Frank Wheeler 3 2’ 5 1 Denis Hayles 1 2’ 3 1

Exeter Ron Barrett 2 2 0 2 6 Johnny Sargeant 0 1 1’ 1’ 3 2 Goog Hoskin 1’ 2 2 2 7 1 Jack Geran 2 1’ 0 1 4 1 Vic Gent 0 E 0 0 0 Don Hardy 1 1 1 2 5 Colin Selley 1’ 0 1 1 Neil Street F 1 1

Ht1 Lansdale, Barrett, Fursey, Sargeant 72.0* 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Wall, Geran, Hoskin, Hitchcock (ef) 74.0 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Smith, Thatcher, Hardy, Gent 73.4 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Wheeler, Barrett, Selley, Hitchcock (ef) 74.0 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Lansdale, Hoskin, Geran, Fursey 73.6 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Wall, Hitchcock, Hardy, Gent (ef) 75.0 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Smith, Thatcher, Sargeant, Barrett 73.6 5 1 28 14 Ht8 Wall, Hoskin, Hayles, Street (f) 75.2 4 2 32 16 Ht9 Fursey, Lansdale, Hardy, Gent 75.6 5 1 37 17 Ht10 Wall, Barrett, Sargeant, Hitchcock (f) 74.2 3 3 40 20 Ht11 Smith, Hoskin, Thatcher, Geran 73.0 4 2 44 22 Ht12 Lansdale, Wheeler, Street, Gent 75.8 5 1 49 23 Ht13 Smith, Hayles, Geran, Selley 74.8 5 1 54 24 Ht14 Thatcher, Hardy, Sargeant, Fursey 75.4 3 3 57 27

Good Friday Scurry Ht1 Wheeler, Hayles, Bradford, Rundle 75.4

Easter Scurry Ht2 Lansdale, Hardy, Hoskin, Hitchcock (f) 76.8

Ht3 Wall, Thatcher, Gent, Sargeant 75.6 Ht4 Bradford, Selly, Rundle, Street 76.4 Ht5 Smith, Barratt, Geran, Fursey 75.8 Final Smith, Wall, Lansdale, Bradford 73.2

Monday 14th April 1952 CountyGround, Exeter Exeter Falcons v Plymouth Devils (Southern League) Rained Off

Monday 17th April 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 76 Aldershot Shots 31 (National Trophy)

Plymouth George Wall 3 2’ 3 3 3 14 1 Brian Hitchcock 0 1 1 2 1 5 Alan Smith 3 3 2’ 3 2 3 16 1 Bill Thatcher 2’ 3 F 2’ 2’ 9 3 Pete Lansdale 3 3 2’ 3 3 2’ 16 2 Doug Fursey 1 0 1 2 Frank Wheeler 3 3 3 1’ 10 1 Denis Hayles 2’ 2’ 4 2

Aldershot John Dore 2 1’ 1 0 0 4 1 Ivor Powell 1’ 2 0 0 0 F 3 1 Basil Harris 1 2 0 2 1 6 Bill Grimes F 0 F 1 0 1 Bert Edwards 1 0 3 0 3 1 8 Doug Papworth 0 2 1 2 2 7 Charlie Frenzel 1 0 1 Len Glover 0 1 1

Ht1 Wall, Dore, Powell, Hitchcock 76.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Lansdale, Thatcher, Harris, Papworth 76.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Lansdale, Powell, Fursey, Grimes (f) 76.0 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Wheeler, Hayles, Frenzel, Glover 78.0 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Smith, Harris, Hitchcock, Grimes 75.2 4 2 21 9 Ht6 Thatcher, Papworth, Dore, Fursey 77.8 3 3 24 12 Ht7 Lansdale, Wall, Edwards, Harris 76.6 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Wall, Smith, Dore, Edwards 76.0 5 1 34 14 Ht9 Wheeler, Harris, Hitchcock, Dore 76.2 4 2 38 16 Ht10 Smith, Lansdale, Papworth, Powell 75.6 5 1 43 17 Ht11 Edwards, Hitchcock, Thatcher (f), Grimes (f) 77.0 2 3 45 20 Ht12 Wall, Thatcher, Harris, Powell 75.8 5 1 50 21 Ht13 Lansdale, Papworth, Hitchcock, Edwards 76.0 4 2 54 23 Ht14 Wheeler, Hayles, Glover, Frenzel 76.2 5 1 59 24 Ht15 Lansdale, Thatcher, Grimes, Dore 75.6 5 1 64 25 Ht16 Edwards, Smith, Wheeler, Powell 75.4 3 3 67 28 Ht17 Wall, Papworth, Fursey, Grimes 76.6 4 2 71 30 Ht18 Smith, Lansdale, Edwards, Powell (f) 75.4 5 1 76 31

Stadium Scratch Race Bradford, Rundle, Glover, Frenzel 77.0 Final Bradford, Fursey, Hayles, Rundle 77.0

Saturday 19th April 1952 Tongham Greyhound Stadium, Aldershot Aldershot Shots 48 Plymouth Devils 60 (National Trophy)

Aldershot Trevor Redmond 3 2 2 3 3 3 16 Ivor Powell 0 1 0 0 1 2 Basil Harris 0 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 Bill Grimes 3 2 2 1 2 0 10 Doug Papworth 1’ 0 2 2 1’ 6 2 Bert Edwards 2 1 1 1 2’ 7 1 John Dore 2 2 4 Len Glover 1’ 1’ 2 2

Plymouth George Wall 2 3 1 3 3 1 13 Brian Hitchcock 1’ 0 3 0 2’ 6 2 Alan Smith 2 3 1 2’ 2 10 1 Bill Thatcher 3 2’ 1 0 0 6 1 Pete Lansdale 3 3 3 3 3 2 17 Doug Fursey 1 0 0 0 1 Frank Wheeler 3 3 1 7 Dennis Hayles 0 0 0

Ht1 Redmond, Wall, Hitchcock, Powell 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Grimes, Smith, Fursey, Harris 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Thatcher, Edwards, Papworth, Hitchcock 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Wheeler, Dore, Glover, Hayles 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Smith, Thatcher, Powell, Harris 1 5 13 17 Ht6 Wall, Grimes, Edwards, Fursey 3 3 16 20 Ht7 Lansdale, Redmond, Smith, Papworth 2 4 18 24 Ht8Lansdale, Redmond, Wall, Harris 2 4 20 28 Ht9 Wall, Smith, Edwards, Harris 1 5 21 33 Ht10 Hitchcock, Papworth, Harris, Fursey 3 3 24 34 Ht11 Lansdale, Grimes, Thatcher, Powell 2 4 26 38 Ht12 Redmond, Smith, Grimes, Hitchcock 4 2 30 42 Ht13 Lansdale, Papworth, Powell, Fursey 3 3 33 45 Ht14 Wheeler, Dore, Glover, Hayles 3 3 36 48 Ht15 Wall, Grimes, Papworth, Thatcher 3 3 39 51 Ht16 Lansdale, Hitchcock, Edwards, Harris 1 5 40 56 Ht17 Redmond, Edwards, Wheeler, Thatcher 5 1 45 57 Ht18 Redmond, Lansdale, Wall, Grimes 3 3 48 60

Thursday 24th April 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth PlymouthDevils 64 Long Eaton Archers 20 (Southern League)

Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Thatcher 2’ 2’2’ 3 9 3 Pete Lansdale 3 3 3 3 12 Frank Wheeler 2’ 3 0 2’ 7 2 George Wall 3 3 3 3 12 Brian Hitchcock 1 2’ 12’ 6 2 Doug Fursey 2’ 2’ 4 2 Denis Hayles 2’ 0 2 1

Long Eaton Jack Winstanley 0 1 1 1 3 Frank Malouf 1 0 1 2 Eric Mason 0 0 0 0 0 Wilf Plant 1 1 2 2 6 Cyril Page 2 2 1 0 5 Johnnie Jones 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Fred Siggins 0 0 1’ 1 1 Lionel Pugh 1 1 2

Ht1 Smith, Thatcher, Malouf, Winstanley 75.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Lansdale, Wheeler, Plant, Mason 77.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Wall, Page, Hitchcock, Jones 77.0 4 2 14 4 Ht4 Wheeler, Fursey, Winstanley, Siggins 76.6 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Smith, Thatcher, Plant, Mason 75.4 5 1 24 6 Ht6 Lansdale, Page, Jones, Wheeler 75.2 3 3 27 9 Ht7 Wall, Hitchcock, Winstanley, Malouf 75.0 5 1 32 10 Ht8 Lansdale, Hayles, Pugh, Mason 77.4 5 1 37 11 Ht9 Smith, Thatcher, Page, Jones 75.0 5 1 42 12 Ht10 Lansdale, Wheeler, Winstanley, Siggins 76.4 5 1 47 13 Ht11 Wall, Plant, Hitchcock, Mason 75.0 4 2 51 15 Ht12 Smith, Fursey, Pugh, Page 75.0 5 1 56 16 Ht13 Wall, Plant, Siggins, Hayles 74.0 3 3 59 19 Ht14 Thatcher, Hitchcock, Malouf, Jones 76.4 5 1 64 20

Stadium Scurry Ht1 Fursey, Bradford, Hayles, Rundle 77.2 Ht2 Lansdale, Hitchcock, Siggins, Mason 76.0 Ht3 Wall, Page, Thatcher, Malouf 74.6 Ht4 Bradford, Jones, Pugh, Rundle 76.0 Ht5 Smith, Plant, Wheeler, Winstanley 76.4 Final Wall, Lansdale, Smith, Bradford 75.0

Monday 28th April 1952CountyGround, Exeter Exeter Falcons 57 Plymouth Devils 51 (National Trophy)

Exeter Goog Hoskin 3 1 1’ E 3 E 8 1 Jack Geran 2’ 1’ 0 0 1 4 2 Johnny Sargeant 1 2 2 X 5 Ron Barrett 0 1’ 1 2 3 7 1 Don Hardy 2’ 3 3 3 2’ 3 16 2 Vic Gent 3 2 2 3 E 10 Neil Street 3 1’ 0 4 1 Colin Selley 1 2 3

Plymouth George Wall F 3 0 1 4 Brian Hitchcock 1 1 1’ 1 1’ 5 2 Pete Lansdale 3 3 2 3 3 2 16 Frank Wheeler 0 0 2’ 1 1’ 4 2 Alan Smith 0 3 3 2 2 1’ 11 1 Bill Thatcher 2’ 0 2 0 2 6 1 Denis Hayles 2 0 2 Doug Fursey 0 3 0 3

Ht1 Hoskin, Geran, Hitchcock, Wall (f) 75.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Lansdale, Thatcher, Sargeant, Barrett 77.0 1 5 6 6 Ht3 Gent, Hardy, Hitchcock, Wheeler 76.0 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Street, Hayles, Selley, Fursey 78.0 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Lansdale, Sargeant, Geran, Wheeler 76.0 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Wall, Gent, Barrett, Thatcher 75.2 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Hardy, Lansdale, Hoskin, Smith 75.2 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Smith, Sargeant, Hoskin, Wall 75.4 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Lansdale, Gent, Wall, Geran 75.0 2 4 30 24 Ht10 Hardy, Thatcher, Hitchcock, Sargeant (fexc) 76.4 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Smith, Wheeler, Barrett, Geran 76.2 1 5 34 32 Ht12 Lansdale, Barrett, Hitchcock, Hoskin (ef) 75.0 2 4 36 36 Ht13 Hardy, Smith, Geran, Thatcher 75.8 4 2 40 38 Ht14 Fursey, Selley, Street, Hayles 79.0 3 3 43 41 Ht15 Barrett, Hardy, Wheeler, Fursey 75.0 5 1 48 42 Ht16 Gent, Smith, Hitchcock, Street 76.2 3 3 51 45 Ht17 Hoskin, Thatcher, Wheeler, Gent (ef) 76.4 3 3 54 48 Ht18 Hardy, Lansdale, Smith, Hoskin (ef) 75.8 3 3 57 51

Reserves Scratch Race Selley, Hayles, Fursey, Street 78.2

Novices Scratch Race Barnet, Monckton, Swaine, Sparkes 79.0

Thursday 1st May 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 67 Exeter Falcons 41 (National Trophy)

Plymouth George Wall 2 3 1’ 2’ 2 10 2 Brian Hitchcock 0 2’ 1’ 2’ 0 5 3 Alan Smith 2’ 3 2 1 3 11 1 Bill Thatcher 3 2 3 3 1’ 2 14 1 Pete Lansdale 2’ 1 3 3 2 11 1 Frank Wheeler 3 0 2 1 1’ 7 1 Johnny Bradford 3 3 0 6 Denis Hayles 2’ 1 3 1

Exeter Goog Hoskin 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Jack Geran 1 1 0 0 1 3 Colin Selley 0 0 0 0 Ron Barrett 0 1 0 0 0 1 Don Hardy 2 0 1 2 2 1 8 Vic Gent 1 1 2 1’ 3 8 1 Neil Street 1 0 2 3 Maurice Barnett 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Hoskin, Wall, Geran, Hitchcock 76.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Thatcher, Smith, Gent, Selley 76.2 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Wheeler, Lansdale, Geran, Barrett 78.8 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Bradford, Hayles, Street, Barnett 78.8 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Smith, Hitchcock, Barrett, Selley 77.2 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Hoskin, Thatcher, Gent, Wheeler 76.8 2 4 24 12 Ht7 Wall, Hardy, Lansdale, Selley 76.6 4 2 28 14 Ht8 Hoskin, Smith, Wall, Hardy 76.2 3 3 31 17 Ht9 Hoskin, Wheeler, Hitchcock, Street 77.0 3 3 34 20 Ht10 Lansdale, Gent, Smith, Geran 76.8 4 2 38 22 Ht11 Thatcher, Hitchcock, Hardy, Barrett 77.4 5 1 43 23 Ht12 Thatcher, Wall, Geran, Selley 77.2 5 1 48 24 Ht13 Lansdale, Hardy, Gent, Hitchcock 77.2 3 3 51 27 Ht14 Bradford, Street, Hayles, Barnett 78.4 4 2 55 29 Ht15 Hoskin, Lansdale, Thatcher, Barrett 75.8 3 3 58 32 Ht16 Smith, Hardy, Wheeler, Geran 77.0 4 2 62 34 Ht17 Gent, Wall, Wheeler, Barrett 77.2 3 3 65 37 Ht18 Hoskin, Thatcher, Hardy, Bradford 77.0 2 4 67 41

Bronze Helmet Trophy Match Ht1 Alan Smith bt Jack Unstead 74.8 Ht2 Alan Smith bt Jack Unstead 74.6

Saturday 3rd May 1952 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 35 Plymouth Devils 49 (Southern League)

Ipswich Alby Smith 2 0 1 2 5 Sid Clark 1’ 3 3 3 10 1 Rod Laudrum 0 0 1 0 1 Harold McNaughton 2 2 2 1 7 Dick Shepherd 1’ 1 3 3 8 1 Vic Sage 2 0 0 0 2 Geoff Woodger 1’ 1’ 2 2 Dennis Day 0 0 0

Plymouth Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Thatcher 0 2’ 2’ 2 6 2 Pete Lansdale 3 2 3 1’ 9 1 Frank Wheeler 1 1’ 2 2 6 1 George Wall 3 3 2 3 11 Brian Hitchcock 0 1 0 1’ 2 1 Doug Fursey 0 1’ 1 1 Johnny Bradford 2’ 0 2 1

Ht1 Al.Smith, Ab.Smith, Clark, Thatcher 75.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Lansdale, McNaughton, Wheeler, Laudrum 76.2 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Wall, Sage, Shepherd, Hitchcock 76.0 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Al.Smith, McNaughton, Woodger, Fursey 76.0 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Clark, Lansdale, Wheeler, Ab.Smith 77.0 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Wall, McNaughton, Hitchcock, Laudrum 77.4 2 4 16 20 Ht7 Al.Smith, Thatcher, Shepherd, Sage 76.0 1 5 17 25 Ht8 Lansdale, Bradford, Laudrum, Day 78.4 1 5 18 30 Ht9 Clark, Wall, Ab.Smith, Hitchcock 77.0 4 2 22 32 Ht10 Al.Smith, Thatcher, McNaughton, Laudrum 76.6 1 5 23 37 Ht11 Shepherd, Wheeler, Lansdale, Sage 77.4 3 3 26 40 Ht12 Wall, Ab.Smith, Woodger, Bradford 76.4 3 3 29 43 Ht13 Shepherd, Wheeler, Fursey, Day 77.6 3 3 32 46 Ht14 Clark, Thatcher, Hitchcock, Sage 77.8 3 3 35 49

Reserves Scratch Race Read, Dench, Gree, Ray Terry 79.4

The Stennett Scratch Race Ht1: Wall, McNaughton, Terry, Alan Smith 78.0 Ht2: Fursey, Bradford, Woodger, Day 79.4 Ht3: Clark, Thatcher, Hitchcock, Laudrum 77.0 Ht4: Lansdale, Shepherd, Wheeler, Alby Smith 77.6 Final: Wall, Lansdale, Clark, Fursey 77.6

Thursday 8 May 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 59 Swindon Robins 25 (Southern League)

Plymouth Pete Lansdale 3 3 3 3 - - - 12 Frank Wheeler 2* 1 1 1 - - - 5 1 George Wall (C) 2 3 3 3 - - - 11 Brian Hitchcock 1* 3 2* F - - - 6 2 Alan Smith 3 2* 3 3 - - - 11 1 Bill Thatcher R 3 2* 3 - - - 8 1 Johnny Bradford 2* 1 - - - - - 3 1 Doug Fursey 1 2* - - - - - 3 1

Swindon Bob Wells 0 1 1 1* - - - 3 1 Buster Brown 1 0 2 2 - - - 5 Bob Jones (C) 3 2 2 1 - - - 8 RegLambourne 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 Frank Evans 1* 1 2 2 - - - 6 1 Ian Williams 2 0 0 0 - - - 2 Ken Wiggins 0 1 - - - - - 1 Ray Ellis 0 0 - - - - - 0

Ht 1: Lansdale, Wheeler, Brown, Wells 74.0 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Jones, Wall, Hitchcock, Lambourne 73.4 3 3 8 4 Ht 3: Smith, Williams, Evans, Thatcher (ret) 73.6 3 3 11 7 Ht 4: Hitchcock, Bradford, Wells, Wiggins 75.0 5 1 16 8 Ht 5: Lansdale, Jones, Wheeler, Lambourne 74.0 4 2 20 10 Ht 6: Wall, Hitchcock, Evans, Williams 75.2 5 1 25 11 Ht 7: Thatcher, Smith, Wells, Brown 74.4 5 1 30 12 Ht 8: Wall, Jones, Fursey, Ellis 74.4 4 2 34 14 Ht 9: Lansdale, Evans, Wheeler, Williams, 74.4 4 2 38 16 Ht 10: Wall, Brown, Wells, Hitchcock (fell) 75.6 3 3 41 19 Ht 11: Smith, Thatcher, Jones, Lambourne 73.8 5 1 46 20 Ht 12: Lansdale, Evans, Bradford, Ellis 75.0 4 2 50 22 Ht 13: Smith, Fursey, Wiggins, Lambourne 76.4 5 1 55 23 Ht 14: Thatcher, Brown, Wheeler, Williams 75.2 4 2 59 25

Second half Ht 1: Denis Hayles, Fursey, Bradford, Bill Rundle 76.0 Ht 2: Lansdale, Jones, Williams, Hitchcock 74.6 Ht 3: Thatcher, Brown, Wall, Evans 74.6 Ht 4: Hayles, Rundle, Ellis, Wiggins 76.2 Ht 5: Smith, Wells, Wheeler, Lambourne, 75.4 Final: Lansdale, Smith, Thatcher, Hayles 75.2

Saturday 10th May 1952 Tongham Greyhound Stadium, Aldershot Aldershot Shots 42 Plymouth Devils 42 (Southern League)

Aldershot Ivor Powell 1’ 3 3 3 10 1 Archie Windmill 2 1 1 2 6 Bert Edwards 3 0 3 2 8 Bill Grimes 0 1 1 1’ 3 1 Doug Papworth 0 0 1’ 2’ 3 2 Basil Harris 2 2 2 1’ 7 1 Bill Dore X 1 1 Ron Burnett 1 3 4

Plymouth Pete Lansdale 3 3 3 3 12 Frank Wheeler X 1 0 1 George Wall 2 2 2 3 9 Brian Hitchcock 1’ 0 E E 1 1 Alan Smith 3 3 2 E 8 Bill Thatcher 1 2’ 0 3 6 1 Johnny Bradford 2’ 1 3 1 Dennis Hayles F 2 0 2

Ht1 Lansdale, Windmill, Powell, Wheeler (fexc) 69.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Edwards, Wall, Hitchcock, Grimes 71.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Smith, Harris, Thatcher, Papworth 70.2 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Lansdale, Bradford, Grimes, Dore (fexc) 70.0 1 5 9 15 Ht5 Powell, Wall, Windmill, Hitchcock 69.8 4 2 13 17 Ht6 Smith, Thatcher, Grimes, Edwards 70.2 1 5 14 22 Ht7 Lansdale, Harris, Wheeler, Papworth 69.8 2 4 16 26 Ht8 Edwards, Wall, Burnett, Hayles (f) 69.4 4 2 20 28 Ht9 Powell, Smith, Windmill, Thatcher 69.6 4 2 24 30 Ht10 Lansdale, Edwards, Grimes, Wheeler 68.8 3 3 27 33 Ht11 Wall, Harris, Papworth, Hitchcock (ef) 70.4 3 3 30 36 Ht12 Powell, Hayles, Dore, Smith (ef) 70.2 4 2 34 38 Ht13 Burnett, Papworth, Bradford, Hitchcock (ef) 73.8 5 1 39 39 Ht14 Thatcher, Windmill, Harris, Hayles 69.6 3 3 42 42

Thursday 15th May 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 69 Rayleigh Rockets 38 (National Trophy)

Plymouth Alan Smith 3 2’ 2’ 1 3 11 2 Brian Hitchcock 0 2’ 1 1 1 5 1 George Wall 2’ 3 3 3 3 2’ 16 2 Bill Thatcher 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 Pete Lansdale 3 3 2’ 3 3 3 17 1 Frank Wheeler 0 0 0 0 Denis Hayles 3 0 0 3 Doug Fursey 1 2 F 3

Rayleigh Jack Unstead 2 2 1 3 1 1 10 Tom O’Connor 1’ 2 0 0 3 1 Gerald Jackson 0 1 0 2 0 3 Les McGillivray 1’ 0 0 1’ 2 2 Julie Benson 1 0 2 2 1’ 6 1 Maurice McDermott 1 F 0 1 Ron Howes 2 2’ 1 0 5 1 Peter Clark 0 1 3 2 2 8

Ht1 Smith, Unstead, O’Connor, Hitchcock 74.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Thatcher, Wall, McDermott, Jackson 74.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Lansdale, O’Connor, McGillivray, Wheeler 74.4 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Hayles, Howes, Fursey, Clark 76.6 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Wall, Hitchcock, Jackson, McGillivray 74.8 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Thatcher, Unstead, Wheeler (nf), McDermott (f) 75.2 3 2 23 12 Ht7 Lansdale, Smith, Benson, Jackson 75.0 5 1 28 13 Ht8 Wall, Smith, Unstead, Benson 74.0 5 1 33 14 Ht9 Unstead, Howes, Hitchcock, Hayles 76.2 1 5 34 19 Ht10 Wall, Lansdale, Clark, O’Connor 75.0 5 1 39 20 Ht11 Thatcher, Benson, Hitchcock, McGillivray 74.6 4 2 43 22 Ht12 Thatcher, Jackson, Smith, O’Connor 74.4 4 2 47 24 Ht13 Lansdale, Benson, Hitchcock, McDermott 75.8 4 2 51 26 Ht14 Clark, Fursey, Howes, Hayles 76.4 2 4 53 30 Ht15 Lansdale, Thatcher, Unstead, Howes 75.4 5 1 58 31 Ht16 Wall, Clark, Benson, Wheeler 75.8 3 3 61 34 Ht17 Smith, Clark, McGillivray, Fursey (f) 75.8 3 3 64 37 Ht18 Lansdale, Wall, Unstead, Jackson 75.8 5 1 69 38

Stadium Scratch Race Clark, Bradford, Rundle, Howes 78.2

Event 3 Hayles, Fursey, Bradford, Rundle 77.6

Saturday 17th May 1952 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets 67 Plymouth Devils 41 (National Trophy)

Rayleigh Jack Unstead 3 1’ 3 3 3 3 16 1 Tom O’Connor 1 1 1 2’ 5 1 Les McGillivray 3 3 2’ 2 2 1 13 1 Gerald Jackson 2’ 2 3 2’ 1’ 10 3 Jules Benson 2 2 1’ 3 2 10 1 Maurice McDermott F 0 0 Peter Clark 3 0 1 1’ 5 1 Ron Howes 2’ 1 3 2’ 8 2

Plymouth Alan Smith F 3 1 3 3 0 10 George Wall 2 3 3 1 3 2 14 Pete Lansdale 1 2 3 2’ 0 8 1 Bill Thatcher 1 0 2 F 1 4 Frank Wheeler F 0 0 F 0 Brian Hitchcock 0 1 0 1 0 2 Dennis Hayles 1 0 1 Johnny Bradford 0 2 0 2

Ht1 Unstead, Wall, O'Connor, Smith (f) 73.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 McGillivray, Jackson, Lansdale, Hitchcock, 73.8 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Wall, Benson, Thatcher, McDermott (f) 74.0 2 4 11 7 Ht4 Clark, Howes, Hayles, Bradford, 76.0 5 1 16 8 Ht5 McGillivray, Lansdale, O'Connor, Thatcher, 74.0 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Smith, Jackson, Hitchcock, Clark, 74.8 2 4 22 14 Ht7 Lansdale, Benson, Unstead, Wheeler (f) 75.0 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Unstead, McGillivray, Smith, Wheeler, 74.6 5 1 30 18 Ht 9 Smith, Lansdale, Howes, McDermott, 74.6 1 5 31 23 Ht10 Wall, McGillivray, Benson, Hitchcock 74.0 3 3 34 26 Ht11 Jackson, Thatcher, O'Connor, Wheeler 74.6 4 2 38 28 Ht12 Unstead, Jackson, Wall, Lansdale, 74.8 5 1 43 29 Ht13 Benson, O'Connor, Hithcock (frmtd), Wheeler (f)75.6 5 1 48 30 Ht14 Howes, Bradford, Clark, Hayles, 75.4 4 2 52 32 Ht15 Smith, Benson, Jackson, Thatcher (f), 76.0 3 3 55 35 Ht16 Wall McGillivray, Clark, Bradford, 74.8 3 3 58 38 Ht17 Unstead, Howes, Thatcher, Hitchcock 75.4 5 1 63 39 Ht18 Unstead, Wall, McGillivray, Smith 74.2 4 2 67 41

Tuesday 20th May 1952 Cornish Stadium, St Austell St Austell Gulls 45 Plymouth Devils 38 (Southern League)

St Austell Ken James 0 0 0 Norman Street 3 3 1’ 2 9 1 Allan Quinn 3 3 2 3 11 Ticker James 2’ 2 2’ 1 7 2 Max Rech 3 2 2 1 8 Maurice Hutchens 0 0 0 0 0 Harold Bull 1’ 2 3 3 9 1 Mick Mitchell 0 1 1

Plymouth George Wall 2 3 3 2 10 Brian Hitchcock 1’ 1 0 1 3 1 Pete Lansdale 1 2 3 3 9 Frank Wheeler 0 X 1 2 3 Alan Smith 1’ 0 3 2 6 1 Bill Thatcher 2 1 0 3 6 Denis Hayles 0 0 0 Bill Rundle 1 0 1

Ht1 Street, Wall, Hitchcock, K.James 69.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Quinn, T.James, Lansdale, Wheeler 68.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Rech, Thatcher, Smith, Hutchens 69.6 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Wall, T.James, Bull, Hayles 68.4 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Street, Lansdale, K.James (nf), Wheeler (exc) 68.6 3 2 17 12 Ht6 Quinn, T.James, Thatcher, Smith 67.6 5 1 22 13 Ht7 Wall, Rech. Hitchcock, Hutchens 69.0 2 4 24 17 Ht8 Lansdale, Quinn, Rundle, Mitchell 68.0 2 4 26 21 Ht9 Smith, Bull, Street, Thatcher 68.6 3 3 29 24 Ht10 Quinn, Wall, T.James, Hitchcock 68.0 4 2 33 26 Ht11 Lansdale, Rech, Wheeler, Hutchens 69.6 2 4 35 30 Ht12 Bull, Smith, Mitchell, Rundle 69.4 4 2 39 32 Ht13 Bull, Wheeler, Rech, Hayles 70.0 4 2 43 34 Ht14 Thatcher, Street, Hitchcock, Hutchens 68.2 2 4 45 38

Reserves Set To Bull, Mitchell, Rundle, Wheeler 70.2

Hammer & Tongs Monk, Hutchens, Ted Stevens, Tyrell 71.0

Knightor Challenge Ht1 Quinn, Lansdale, Wall, Street 68.6 Ht2 Thatcher, Smith, Rech, T.James ?

The Have a Go Boys Stevens,?, Monk, Ray Thackwell ?

The Tester Monk, Hutchens, Monk, Stevens ?

Thursday 22nd May 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 46 Aldershot Shots 37 (Southern League)

Plymouth George Wall 3 3 3 2 11 Brian Hitchcock 0 1 1 1 3 Pete Lansdale 3 2 F 5 Frank Wheeler 0 1 1’ 0 2 1 Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Thatcher 2’ 2’ 0 3 7 2 Johnny Bradford 0 1’ 1 1 Doug Fursey 2 3 E 5

Aldershot Ivor Powell 2 3 1 1’ 7 1 Basil Harris 1’ 0 2 2 5 1 Archie Windmill 2 2 3 2 9 Bill Grimes 1’ 0 1’ 2 4 2 Doug Papworth 1 3 2 3 9 John Dore 0 0 0 Charlie Frenzel 0 2’ 1’ 0 3 2 Ron Burnett X 0 0

Ht1 Wall, Powell, Harris, Hitchcock 74.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Lansdale, Windmill, Grimes, Wheeler (f) 76.6 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Smith, Thatcher, Papworth, Frenzel 73.0 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Powell, Frenzel, Wheeler, Bradford 76.0 1 5 12 12 Ht5 Wall, Windmill, Hitchcock, Grimes 75.2 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Papworth, Lansdale, Wheeler, Dore 74.4 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Smith, Thatcher, Powell, Harris 74.0 5 1 24 18 Ht8 Windmill, Fursey, Lansdale (exc), Burnett (exc2m) 75.0 2 3 26 21 Ht9 Wall, Papworth, Hitchcock, Dore 75.0 4 2 30 23 Ht10 Fursey, Harris, Powell, Wheeler 76.6 3 3 33 26 Ht11 Smith, Windmill, Grimes, Thatcher 74.4 3 3 36 29 Ht12 Papworth, Wall, Bradford, Burnett 74.2 3 3 39 32 Ht13 Smith, Grimes, Frenzel, Fusey (ef) 75.0 3 3 42 35 Ht14 Thatcher, Harris, Hitchcock, Frenzel 76.0 4 2 46 37

Event 2 Ht1 Jack Young, Wall, Papworth, Lansdale (ns) 72.6 Ht2 Young, Smith, Thatcher, 73.6 Ht3 Young, Wall, Smith 73.4 Final Jack Young bt George Wall 75.4

Stadium Scurry Ht1 Powell, Stevens, Harris, Wheeler 76.6 Ht2 Hitchcock, Grimes, Dore, Windmill (f) 77.0 Ht3 Bradford, Fursey, Frenzel, Burnett 77.0

Thursday 29th May 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 38 Leicester Hunters 46 (Challenge)

Plymouth Pete Lansdale 3 3 3 2 11 Frank Wheeler 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Hitchcock 0 0 0 0 Bill Thatcher 1 0 3 1 5 Goog Hoskin 3 3 3 3 12 Bob Jones 1 0 2’ 2 5 1 Doug Fursey 2 2 0 4 Johnny Bradford 1’ 0 1 1

Leicester Jock Grierson 1’ 3 1’ 2.5 7.5 2.5 Len Williams 2 2 2.5 3 9.5 0.5 Les Beaumont 2’ 2 3 1 8 1 Harwood Pike 3 1’ 0 1’ 5 2 Lionel Benson 2 2 1’ 3 8 1 Joe Bowkis 0 1’ 2 1 4 1 Alf Parker 1 2 3 Charlie Barsby 0 1 1

Ht1 Lansdale, Williams, Grierson, Wheeler 73.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Pike, Beaumont, Thatcher, Hitchcock 75.8 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Hoskin, Benson, Jones, Bowkis 72.2 4 2 8 10 Ht4 Grierson, Fursey, Parker, Thatcher 74.2 2 4 10 14 Ht5 Lansdale, Beaumont, Pike, Wheeler 74.6 3 3 13 17 Ht6 Thatcher, Benson, Bowkis, Hitchcock 74.8 3 3 16 20 Ht7 Hoskin, Williams, Grierson, Jones 72.0 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Beaumont, Fursey, Bradford, Barsby 75.0 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Lansdale, Bowkis, Benson, Wheeler 74.4 3 3 25 29 Ht10 Grierson & Williams, Thatcher, Hitchcock 75.8 1 5 26 34 Ht11 Hoskin, Jones, Beaumont, Pike 73.2 5 1 31 35 Ht12 Benson, Lansdale, Barsby, Fursey 74.8 2 4 33 39 Ht13 Hoskin, Parker, Pike, Bradford 74.2 3 3 36 42 Ht14 Williams, Jones, Bowkis, Wheeler 74.8 2 4 38 46

Stadium Scurry Ht1 Fursey, Bradford, Rundle, Stevens 76.4 Ht2 Beaumont, Jones, Bowkis, Hitchcock 74.6 Ht3 Hoskin, Williams, Benson, Wheeler 74.2 Ht4 Parker, Barsby, Rundle, Stevens 76.8 Ht5 Grierson, Lansdale, Thatcher, Pike 75.6 Final Hoskin, Lansdale, Williams, Grierson 74.8

Monday 2nd June 1952 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates 67 Plymouth Devils 41 (National Trophy)

Poole Tony Lewis 3 2 3 2’ 10 1 Ken Middleditch 2’ 3 3 3 3 3 17 1 Terry Small 3 1 1’ 3 2’ 1 11 2 Bill Holden 1 2 0 1 0 4 Roy Craighead 1’ 2’ 1 1 1 6 2 Brian Crutcher 2 1’ 1 0 4 1 Jimmy Squibb 1 2’ 3 1 Alan Kidd 3 3 3 3 12

Plymouth George Wall 1 3 3 0 3 2 12 Brian Hitchcock 0 0 0 1 1 Pete Lansdale 0 0 1 2 2 5 Frank Wheeler 3 2 1’ 2’ 0 0 8 2 Bill Thatcher 0 0 2 0 3 5 Alan Smith 2 0 2 2 1 7 Doug Fursey 2 0 1 3 Johnny Bradford 0 0 0

Ht1 Lewis, Middleditch, Wall, Hitchcock 73.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Small, Smith, Holden, Lansdale 72.6 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Wheeler, Crutcher, Craighead, Hitchcock 73.0 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Kidd, Fursey, Squibb, Bradford 73.0 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Middleditch, Wheeler, Small, Lansdale 72.4 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Wall, Holden, Crutcher, Smith 73.4 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Kidd, Craighead, Lansdale, Thatcher 73.2 5 1 28 14 Ht8 Wall, Lewis, Small, Thatcher 74.0 3 3 31 17 Ht9 Middleditch, Lansdale, Crutcher, Wall 73.4 4 2 35 19 Ht10 Small, Smith, Craighead, Hitchcock 73.8 4 2 39 21 Ht11 Middleditch, Thatcher, Wheeler, Holden 73.2 3 3 42 24 Ht12 Lewis, Lansdale, Holden, Fursey 73.8 4 2 46 26 Ht13 Middleditch, Smith, Craighead, Thatcher 73.8 4 2 50 28 Ht14 Kidd, Squibb, Fursey, Bradford 74.0 5 1 55 29 Ht15 Wall, Wheeler, Craighead, Holden 74.2 1 5 56 34 Ht16 Thatcher, Small, Hitchcock, Crutcher 74.0 2 4 58 38 Ht17 Kidd, Lewis, Smith, Wheeler 73.2 5 1 63 39 Ht18 Middleditch, Wall, Small, Wheeler 74.0 4 2 67 41

Reserves Scratch Race Kidd, Squibb, Fursey, Bradford 74.6

Captain’s Scratch Race Ken Middleditch bt George Wall ?

Thursday 5th June 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 57 Poole Pirates 51 (National Trophy)

Plymouth Alan Smith 3 3 2’ 1 3 2’ 14 2 Brian Hitchcock 0 0 0 0 George Wall 2’ 3 3 3 3 3 17 1 Bill Thatcher 3 3 3 2 2 13 Pete Lansdale 0 0 0 3 F 3 Frank Wheeler 1 0 1 1 1 4 Doug Fursey 1’ 0 0 1 1 Johnny Bradford 2 0 3 5

Poole Tony Lewis 1’ 2 0 1 4 1 Ken Middleditch 2 3 1’ 2 2 0 10 1 Terry Small 1 1’ 1’ 3 0 6 2 Bill Holden 2’ 2 3 3 F 10 1 Roy Craighead 2 1 1 2 0 6 Brian Crutcher 0 1’ 2 1’ 2 6 2 Jimmy Squibb 3 2’ 2 1 8 1 Allan Kidd F 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Smith, Middleditch, Lewis, Hitchcock 73.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Thatcher, Wall, Small, Crutcher 73.6 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Middleditch, Holden, Wheeler, Lansdale 74.6 1 5 9 9 Ht4 Squibb, Bradford, Fursey, Kidd (f) 76.0 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Wall, Holden, Small, Hitchcock 74.6 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Thatcher, Lewis, Crutcher, Wheeler 74.8 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Smith, Craighead, Small, Lansdale 74.8 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Wall, Smith, Craighead, Lewis 73.8 5 1 26 22 Ht9 Small, Squibb, Wheeler, Fursey 75.6 1 5 27 27 Ht10 Wall, Crutcher, Middleditch, Lansdale 74.4 3 3 30 30 Ht11 Holden, Thatcher, Craighead, Bradford 74.6 2 4 32 34 Ht12 Thatcher, Middleditch, Smith, Small 73.6 4 2 36 36 Ht13 Lansdale, Craig, Crutcher, Hitchcock 75.0 3 3 39 39 Ht14 Bradford, Squibb, Kidd, Fursey 75.0 3 3 42 42 Ht15 Holden, Thatcher, Lewis, Lansdale (f) 74.4 2 4 44 46 Ht16 Wall, Middleditch, Wheeler, Craighead 74.4 4 2 48 48 Ht17 Smith, Crutcher, Wheeler, Holden (ef) 74.6 4 2 52 50 Ht18 Wall, Smith, Squibb, Middleditch 74.2 5 1 57 51

Stadium Scratch Race Stevens, Rundle, Maurice Hard, Ernie Noakes 76.6

Event 3 Stevens, Rundle, Hard, Noakes 77.2

Saturday 7thJune 1952 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets 45 Plymouth Devils 39 (Southern League)

Rayleigh Jack Unstead 2 2’ 2 E 6 1 Tom O’Connor 1’ 3 0 1 5 1 Gerald Jackson 1 1 3 2 7 Les McGillivray F 0 Jules Benson 3 1’ 1 3 8 1 Peter Clark 1 2 3 3 9 Ron Howes 1’1’ 3 5 2 Maurice McDermott 2 0 1 2’ 5 1

Plymouth George Wall 3 3 3 3 12 Brian Hitchcock 0 0 0 0 0 Pete Lansdale 2’ 1 E 2 5 1 Frank Wheeler 3 0 0 F 3 Alan Smith 2 3 3 2 10 Bill Thatcher 0 2’ 1 2 5 1 Doug Fursey E 1 1 Johnny Bradford 2 1’ 3 1

Ht1 Wall, Unstead, O'Connor, Hitchcock 72.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Wheeler, Lansdale, Jackson, McGillivray (f) 74.0 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Benson, Smith, Clark, Thatcher 73.4 4 2 8 10 Ht4 Wall, McDermott, Howes, Fursey (ef) 73.0 3 3 11 13 Ht5 O'Connor, Unstead, Lansdale, Wheeler 73.0 5 1 16 14 Ht 6 Smith, Thatcher, Jackson, McDermott 73.4 1 5 17 19 Ht7 Wall, Clark, Benson, Hitchcock 73.8 3 3 20 22 Ht8 Jackson, Bradford, McDermott, Lansdale (ef) 74.2 4 2 24 24 Ht9 Smith, Unstead, Thatcher, O'Connor 73.8 2 4 26 28 Ht10 Wall, Jackson,Howes,Hitchcock (ef) 74.2 3 3 29 31 Ht11 Clark,Lansdale,Benson, Wheeler 74.0 4 2 33 33 Ht12 Howes,Smith,Bradford,Unstead (ef) 74.6 3 3 36 36 Ht13 Benson,McDermott,Fursey,Wheeler (f) 75.2 5 1 41 37 Ht14 Clark,Thatcher,O'Connor, Hitchcock 75.0 4 2 45 39

Rocket Res Scratch Mugford,Flanagan,J.McGillivray, Applegate (ef) 73.0

Thames Estuary Scratch Ht1 Unstead, Benson, Hitchcock, Applegate 57.0 ? Ht2 Smith,Clark,Lansdale, Thatcher ex 55.0 ? Ht3 Dunn, Wall, O'Connor, Jackson 55.0 ?

Final Smith, Dunn, Clark, Unstead 55.6

Southend Scurry Howes, McDermott, Wheeler, Bradford 56.8

Consolation Scratch Race Mugford, Flanagan, Fursey, J.McGillivray 56.6

Thursday 12th June 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 53 St Austell Gulls 31 (Southern League)

Plymouth George Wall 3 3 3 3 12 Johnny Bradford 0 1 1 0 2 Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Thatcher 2’ 2 2’ 0 6 2 Frank Wheeler 2’ 1 0 3 6 1 Pete Lansdale 3 3 3 3 12 Brian Hitchcock 1’ 2’ 3 2 Doug Fursey 0 E 0

St Austell Norman Street 1’ 3 2 2 8 1 Ken James 2 F 1’ 1’ 4 2 Allan Quinn 1 2 2 2 7 Ken Monk 0 0 1’ 2 3 1 Harold Bull 1 1 0 1 3 Ticker James 0 X 0 Ray Thackwell 0 1’ 1 1 Max Rech 1’ 2 F 2 5 1

Ht1 Wall, K.James, Street, Bradford 75.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Smith, Thatcher, Quinn, Monk 75.6 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Lansdale, Wheeler, Bull, T.James 74.2 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Street, Thatcher, Hitchcock, Thackwell 75.2 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Wall, Quinn, Bradford, Monk 75.4 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Smith, Thatcher, Bull, T.James (exc) 76.0 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Lansdale, Street, Wheeler, K.James (f) 74.8 4 2 29 13 Ht8 Smith, Quinn, Rech, Fursey 74.8 3 3 32 16 Ht9 Wall, Rech, Bradford, Bull 75.4 4 2 36 18 Ht10 Smith, Street, K.James, Thatcher 75.2 3 3 39 21 Ht11 Lansdale, Quinn, Monk, Wheeler 74.6 3 3 42 24 Ht12 Wall, Hitchcock, Bull, Rech 77.4 5 1 47 25 Ht13 Wheeler, Monk, Thackwell, Fursey (ef) 76.0 3 3 50 28 Ht14 Lansdale, Rech, K.James, Bradford 75.8 3 3 53 31

Stadium Scurry Ht1 Stevens, Fursey, Rundle, Hitchcock (ef) 77.2 Ht2 Lansdale, Smith, Quinn, Stevens 74.6 Ht3 Wheeler, Bull, Hitchcock (nf), K.James (ef) 76.2 Ht4 Rech, Stevens, Rundle, Thackwell 77.2 Ht5 wall, Street, Monk, Rundle 75.2 Final Lansdale, Wall, Wheeler, Rech 74.2

Friday 13th June 1952 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Wasps 51 Plymouth Devils 31 (Southern League)

Wolverhampton Eric Irons 3 2 3 3 11 Jimmy Grant 1 1’ 2’ 3 7 2 Charlie Hayden 0 2’ 2 2’ 6 2 Cyril Quick 1 2 3 3 9 Ken Brown 1’ 1 0 3 5 1 Benny King 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 Jack Cunningham 1’ 2’ 3 2 John Hitchings 0 F 0

Plymouth George Wall 2 3 2 1 8 Brian Hitchcock 0 F 0 0 Alan Smith 3 3 3 2 11 Bill Thatcher 2’ 0 1’ 2 5 2 Frank Wheeler 0 F 0 0 Pete Lansdale 3 F 1 1 5 Ted Stevens 0 F 0 0 Doug Fursey 1 1 0 2

Ht1 Irons, Wall, Grant, Hitchcock 70.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Smith, Thatcher, Quick, Hayden 70.6 1 5 5 7 Ht3 Lansdale, King, Brown, Wheeler 70.2 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Wall, Quick, Cunningham, Stevens 73.6 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Smith, Irons, Grant, Thatcher 70.6 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Quick, Hayden, Wheeler (f), Lansdale (f) 73.6 5 0 19 16 Ht7 King, Wall, Brown, Hitchcock 71.2 4 2 23 18 Ht8 Smith, Hayden, Fursey, Hitchings 72.0 2 4 25 22 Ht9 Irons, Grant, Lansdale, Wheeler 70.4 5 1 30 23 Ht10 Quick, Hayden, Wall, Hitchcock (f) 71.4 5 1 35 24 Ht11 King, Smith, Thatcher, Brown 70.6 3 3 38 27 Ht12 Irons, Cunningham, Fursey, Stevens 72.0 5 1 43 28 Ht13 Brown, Thatcher, Hitchings (f), Stevens (f) 73.0 3 2 46 30 Ht14 Grant, King, Lansdale, Hitchcock 69.6 5 1 51 31

Wolverhampton Scratch Race Ht1: Quick, King, Wall, Wheeler 55.2 Ht2: Lansdale, Brown, Irons, Fursey 56.6 Ht3: Grant, Smith, Hayden, Bill Jemison (exc) 56.2 Final: Lansdale, Grant, Quick, King

Reserves' Scratch Race Cunningham, Derek Timms, Hitchings, Hitchcock 78.4

Staffordshire Scurry Ray Reece, Barry East, Jemison, Roy Williams

Thursday 19th June 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 58 Ipswich Witches 25 (Southern League)

Plymouth George Wall 3 3 3 3 12 Ted Stevens 2’ F 1 1’ 4 2 Alan Smith 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Frank Wheeler 3 3 1 F 7 Pete Lansdale 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Thatcher 0 1 2’ 2 5 1 Brian Hitchcock 2’ 1 3 1 Doug Fursey 2’ 2’ 4 2

Ipswich Arthur Pilgrim 1 1 2 2 6 Harold McNaughton 0 0 X 3 3 Charles Mugford 1 1’ 1 1 4 1 Dick Shepherd F 2 0 1 3 Sid Clark 1’ 2 2 0 5 1 Alby Smith 2 0 0 0 2 Geoff Woodger 0 0 0 Rod Laudrum 0 2 2

Ht1 Wall, Stevens, Pilgrim, McNaughton 74.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Wheeler, Al.Smith, Mugford, Shepherd (f) 76.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Lansdale, Ab.Smith, Clark, Thatcher 75.0 3 3 13 5 Ht4 Wheeler, Hitchcock, Pilgrim, Woodger 75.4 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Wall, Shepherd, Mugford, Stevens (f) 74.0 3 3 21 9 Ht6 Al.Smith, Clark, Wheeler, Ab.Smith 74.8 4 2 25 11 Ht7 Lansdale, Pilgrim, Thatcher, McNaughton 75.2 4 2 29 13 Ht8 Al.Smith, Fursey, Mugford, Laudrum 77.0 5 1 34 14 Ht9 Wall, Clark, Stevens, Ab.Smith 73.8 4 2 38 16 Ht10 Al.Smith, Pilgrim, Wheeler (ef), McNaughton (exc) 75.4 3 2 41 18 Ht11 Lansdale, Thatcher, Mugford, Shepherd 74.8 5 1 46 19 Ht12 Wall, Laudrum, Hitchcock, Clark 74.8 4 2 50 21 Ht13 Lansdale, Fursey, Shepherd, Woodger 75.8 5 1 55 22 Ht14 McNaughton, Thatcher, Stevens, Ab.Smith 76.4 3 3 58 25

Stadium Scurry Ht1 Fursey, Hitchcock, Bradford, Rundle 76.6 Gt2 Smith, Mugford, Stevens, McNaughton 76.0 Ht3 Wall, Shepherd, Wheeler, Pilgrim 75.0 Ht4 Woodger, Laudrum, Rundle, Bradford 76.2 Ht5 Lansdale, Smith, Thatcher, Clark (f) 76.4 Final Wall, Lansdale, Smith, Woodger 74.6

Saturday 21st June 1952 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 32 Plymouth Devils 52 (Southern League)

Ipswich Dick Shepherd 2 1 2 5 Charlie Mugford 0 2 0 2’ 4 1 Arthur Pilgrim 1 0 2 1’ 4 1 Harold McNaughton 3 2 1 2 8 Geoff Woodger 0 1’ 1 1 3 1 Sid Clark 2 2 F 3 7 Vic Sage 0 0 0 Alby Smith 1’ 0 F 1 1

Plymouth George Wall 3 3 3 3 12 Ted Stevens 1 0 0 0 1 Alan Smith 2 3 3 3 11 Frank Wheeler 0 X 3 3 Pete Lansdale 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Thatcher 1 2’ 2’ 1 6 2 Brian Hitchcock 1 2’ 2’ 5 2 Doug Fursey 1 1 2

Ht1 Wall, Shepherd, Stevens, Mugford 74.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 McNaughton, Al.Smith, Pilgrim, Wheeler 75.4 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Lansdale, Clark, Thatcher, Clark 75.0 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Wall, McNaughton, Hitchcock, Sage 75.2 2 4 10 14 Ht5 Al.Smith, Mugford, Ab.Smith, Wheeler (exc) 74.8 3 3 13 17 Ht6 Lansdale, Thatcher, McNaughton, Pilgrim 75.4 1 5 14 22 Ht7 Wall, Clark, Woodger, Stevens 74.8 3 3 17 25 Ht8 Al.Smith, Pilgrim, Fursey, Ab.Smith 75.2 2 4 19 29 Ht9 Lansdale, Thatcher, Shepherd, Mugford 76.4 1 5 20 34 Ht10 Wall, McNaughton, Pilgrim, Stevens 76.8 3 3 23 37 Ht11 Smith, Hitchcock, Woodger, Clark (f) 76.0 1 5 24 42 Ht12 Lansdale, Shepherd, Fursey, Sage 77.0 2 4 26 46 Ht13 Wheeler, Hitchcock, Woodger, Ab,Smith (f) 77.4 1 5 27 51 Ht14 Clark, Mugford, Thatcher, Stevens 77.2 5 1 32 52

Reserves Scratch Race Ht1 Sage, Fursey, Ab.Smith, Hitchcock (ef) 76.4 Ht2 Read, Ron James, Dench, Laudrum 77.2 Final Read, Fursey, Sage, James 75.6

Burstall Scratch Race Ht1 Wheeler, Ab.Smith, Shepherd, Stevens 78.2 ? Ht2 Wall, Al.Smith, McNaughton, Woodger 77.2 ? Ht3 Lansdale, Clark, Thatcher, Mugford 76.2 ? Final Lansdale, Clark, Wall, Wheeler 76.4

Thursday 26th June 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 45 Rayleigh Rockets 39 (Southern League)

Plymouth George Wall 3 3 2 3 11 Ted Stevens 0 0 E 0 Alan Smith 3 2 3 3 11 Frank Wheeler 0 0 0 0 Pete Lansdale 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Thatcher 2’ 1 2’ 3 8 2 Brian Hitchcock 1 0 0 1 2 Doug Fursey 1 0 1

Rayleigh Jack Unstead 2 2’ 2 2 8 1 Maurice McDermott 1’ 0 1’ 1’ 3 3 Julie Benson 1’ 1’ 2 0 4 2 Tom O’Connor 2 1 2 1’ 6 1 Gerald Jackson 0 1 3 2 6 Peter Clark 1 3 1 2 7 Ron Howes 3 2 5 Johnny Applegate 0 0 0

Ht1 Wall, Unstead, McDermott, Stevens 72.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Smith, O’Connor, Benson, Wheeler 74.6 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Lansdale, Thatcher, Clark, Jackson 74.8 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Howes, Unstead, Hitchcock, Wheeler 77.2 1 5 12 12 Ht5 Wall, O’Connor, Benson, Stevens 73.4 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Clark, Smith, Jackson, Hitchcock 72.8 2 4 17 19 Ht7 Lansdale, Unstead, Thatcher, McDermott 74.2 4 2 21 21 Ht8 Smith, Benson, Fursey, Applegate 74.4 4 2 25 23 Ht9 Jackson, Wall, Clark, Hitchcock 74.0 2 4 27 27 Ht10 Smith, Unstead, McDermott, Wheeler 74.6 3 3 30 30 Ht11 Lansdale, Thatcher, O’Connor, Benson 75.0 5 1 35 31 Ht12 Wall, Jackson, Hitchcock, Applegate 74.6 4 2 39 33 Ht13 Lansdale, Howes, O’Connor, Fursey 76.4 3 3 42 36 Ht14 Thatcher, Clark, McDermott, Stevens (ef) 75.2 3 3 45 39

Southern League Match Race Championship Decider Ht1 Goog Hoskin bt Jack Unstead 73.2 Ht2 Jack Unsteadbt Goog Hoskin 73.8 Ht3 Jack Unsteadbt Goog Hoskin 74.0

Reserve Scratch Race Rundle, Hitchcock, Applegate, Fursey (exc) 77.0

Stadium Scratch Race Rundle, Stevens, Howes, Wheeler (ef) 78.4 78.8

Pennycross Scratch Races Ht1 Smith, O’Connor, McDermott, Benson (f) 75.8 76.2 Ht2 Wall, Jackson, Clarke, Rundle 75.0 75.8 Ht3 Thatcher, Unstead, Lansdale, Stevens 75.4 76.8 Final Smith, Thatcher, Jackson, Wall 74.8

Saturday 28th June 1952Station Road, Long Eaton Long Eaton Archers 51 Plymouth Devils 33 (Southern League)

Long Eaton Bill Harris 1 3 1 3 8 Peter Moore 3 2’ 3 2 10 1 Frank Malouf 0 1’ 1 2 1 Wilf Plant 2 2 2 3 9 Cyril Page 1 0 2’ 3 1 Lionel Watling 3 3 2 1’ 9 1 Roy Browning 1’ 1’ 2’ 4 3 Jack Winstanley 2 1’ 3 6 1

Plymouth George Wall 2 3 2 0 7 Ted Stevens 0 1’ 2 0 3 1 Alan Smith 3 1 3 3 10 Frank Wheeler 1 0 0 0 1 Pete Lansdale F 0 Bill Thatcher 2 3 2 3 10 Brian Hitchcock F 0 0 1 1 Doug Fursey 0 0 1 1

Ht1 Moore, Wall, Harris, Stevens 73.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Smith, Plant, Wheeler, Malouf 75.2 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Watling, Thatcher, Page, Lansdale (f) 73.2 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Wall, Plant, Browning, Hitchcock (f) 75.4 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Harris, Moore, Smith, Wheeler 74.4 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Thatcher, Plant, Malouf, Hitchcock 74.4 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Watling, Wall, Stevens, Page 74.8 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Smith, Winstanley, Browning, Fursey 77.2 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Moore, Thatcher, Harris, Fursey 75.4 4 2 31 23 Ht10 Plant, Stevens, Malouf, Wall 75.6 4 2 35 25 Ht11 Smith, Watling, Winstanley, Wheeler 76.6 3 3 38 28 Ht12 Harris, Browning, Fursey, Hitchcock 77.2 5 1 43 29 Ht13 Winstanley, Page, Hitchcock, Wheeler 75.8 5 1 48 30 Ht14 Thatcher, Moore, Watling, Stevens 74.8 3 3 51 33

Long Eaton Scratch Race Browning, Fursey, Jimmy Day (f), Colin Papworth (f) 79.0

Plymouth Hoe Scratch Race Moore, Harris, Smith, Browning 76.2 Ht2 Thatcher, Malouf, Page, Stevens 76.0 Ht3 Siggins, Plant, Hitchcock, Pugh 76.4 Ht4 Watling, Winstanley, Jones, Wheeler 75.4

Final Watling, Moore, Siggins, Thatcher 75.8

Thursday 3rd July 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 45 Wolverhampton Wasps 39 (Southern League)

Plymouth George Wall 3 3 3 3 12 Ted Stevens 0 2’ 1 0 3 1 Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 12 Brian Hitchcock 2’ 2 1 1 6 1 Frank Wheeler 1’ 0 F 1 1 Bill Thatcher 2 1 2 3 8 Bill Rundle 1’ 1’ 0 2 2 Doug Fursey 0 1 1

Wolverhampton Eric Irons 1’ 0 3 0 4 1 Jimmy Grant 2 2’ 2 2 8 1 Charlie Hayden 0 0 0 0 Cyril Quick 1 1 3 3 8 Ken Brown 0 0 0 Benny King 3 2 2 1’ 8 1 Jack Cunningham 3 1’ 2 2’ 8 2 Bill Jamison 2 0 1’ 3 1

Ht1 Wall, Grant, Irons, Stevens 75.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Smith, Hitchcock, Quick, Hayden 75.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 King, Thatcher, Wheeler, Brown 75.2 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Cunningham, Hitchcock, Rundle, Irons 77.0 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Wall, Stevens, Quick, Hayden 76.0 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Smith, King, Hitchcock, Brown 74.8 4 2 23 13 Ht7 Irons, Grant, Thatcher, Wheeler 77.2 1 5 24 18 Ht8 Smith, Jemison, Cunningham, Fursey 75.2 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Wall, King, Stevens, Jemison 75.4 4 2 31 23 Ht10 Smith, Grant, Hitchcock, Irons 75.8 4 2 35 25 Ht11 Quick, Thatcher, Rundle, Hayden 76.2 3 3 38 28 Ht12 Wall, Cunningham, Jemison, Rundle 75.4 3 3 41 31 Ht13 Quick, Cunningham, Fursey, Wheeler (f) 76.8 1 5 42 36 Ht14 Thatcher, Grant, King, Stevens 75.6 3 3 45 39

Reserve Scratch Race Jemison, Cunningham, Rundle, Fursey 76.8

Stadium Scratch Race Jemison, Hitchcock, Cunningham, Rundle 78.0

Peverell Scratch Race Ht1 Smith, Stevens, King, Hayden 76.6 77.4 Ht2 Grant, Thatcher, Cunningham, Jemison 77.2 78.0 Ht3 Wall, Hitchcock, Irons, Quick 76.2 77.8 Final Wall, Smith, Grant, Stevens 75.8

Tuesday 8th July 1952 Bannister Court Stadium, Southampton Southampton Saints 49 Plymouth Devils 35 (Southern League)

Southampton Bert Croucher 3 1* 3 3 10 1 Dudley Smith 2* 2 2* 1* 7 3 Mike Tams 1 3 1 0 5 Mick Mitchell 0 2 0 2 4 Brian McKeown 2* 0 0 2* 4 2 Maury Mattingley 3 3 3 2 11 Ernie Brecknell 1* 1 2 1 Den Cross 3 3 6

Plymouth George Wall 0 3 2 3 8 Ted Stevens 1 1* 1 3 6 1 Alan Smith 3 3 2 2 10 Brian Hitchcock 2* 0 1* 1 4 2 Doug Fursey 0 2 0 0 2 Bill Thatcher 1 1*1 0 3 1 Bill Rundle 0 0 2 0 2

Ht1 Croucher, D. Smith, Stevens, Wall (ef) 67.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 A Smith, Hitchcock, Tams, Mitchell(ef) 69.8 1 5 6 6 Ht3 Mattingley, McKeown, Thatcher, Fursey(f) 67.2 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Wall, Mitchell, Brecknell, Rundle 67.6 3 3 14 10 Ht5 A.Smith, D.Smith, Croucher, Hitchcock 68.4 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Tams, Fursey, Thatcher, Mitchell(ef) 70.4 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Mattingley, Wall, Stevens, McKeown 66.2 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Cross, A.Smith, Tams, Rundle 68.6 4 2 27 21 Ht9 Croucher, D.Smith, Thatcher, Fursey 68.0 5 1 32 22 Ht10 Wall, Mitchell, Stevens, Tams 67.2 2 4 34 26 Ht11 Mattingley, A.Smith, Hitchcock, McKeown(f) 67.0 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Croucher, Rundle, Brecknell, Fursey 69.0 4 2 41 31 Ht13 Cross, McKeown, Hitchcock, Rundle 68.4 5 1 46 32 Ht14 Stevens, Mattingley, D.Smith, Thatcher 67.8 3 3 49 35

Thursday 10th July 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 40 Exeter Falcons 44 (Southern League)

Plymouth George Wall 3 3 F 3 9 Ted Stevens 0 X 1 1 2 Alan Smith 3 E 3 E 6 Brian Hitchcock 1 2 3 2 8 Doug Fursey 0 1’ 0 2 3 1 Bill Thatcher 2 2 3 3 10 Bill Rundle 1’ 1 0 0 2 1 No No.8

Exeter Goog Hoskin 2 3 3 3 11 Jack Geran 1’ E 1 0 2 1 Don Hardy 2 2 2 2 8 Johnny Sargeant 0 1’ 1’ 3 5 2 Vic Gent 3 2 3 2 10 Ron Barrett 1 1’ 2’ 2 6 2 Neil Street 0 1 1 Ron Swaine 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Wall, Hoskin, Geran, Stevens 72.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Smith, Hardy, Hitchcock, Sargeant 75.2 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Gent, Thatcher, Barrett, Fursey 74.8 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Hoskin, Hitchcock, Rundle, Street 75.0 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Wall, Hardy, Sargeant, Stevens (fexc) 73.4 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Hitchcock, Gent, Barrett, Smith (ef) 75.4 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Hoskin, Thatcher, Fursey, Geran (ef) 73.6 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Smith, Hardy, Rundle, Swaine 74.4 4 2 25 23 Ht9 Gent, Barrett, Stevens, wall 75.2 1 5 26 28 Ht10 Hoskin, Hitchcock, Geran, Smith (ef) 75.0 2 4 28 32 Ht11 Thatcher, Hardy, Sargeant, Fursey 74.8 3 3 31 35 Ht12 Wall, gent, Swaine, Rundle 74.6 3 3 34 38 Ht13 Sargeant, Fursey, Street, Rundle 76.4 2 4 36 42 Ht14 Thatcher, Barrett, Stevens, Geran 74.8 4 2 40 44

Devon DerbyTrophy (score from League Match Carried Forward) PlymouthDevils 50Exeter Falcons 58 Ht15 Hoskin, Geran, Stevens, Wall 74.0 1 5 41 49 Ht16 Smith, Sargeant, Hardy, Hitchcock 74.4 3 3 44 52 Ht17 Thatcher, Barrett, Gent, Fursey 74.6 3 3 47 55 Ht18 Hoskin, Thatcher, Smith, Hardy 74.2 3 3 50 58

Monday 14th July 1952 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 44 Plymouth Devils 40 (Southern League)

Exeter Goog Hoskin 2 1 1’ 2 6 1 Jack Geran 1’ 0 2 3 6 1 Don Hardy 3 3 3 2 11 Johnny Sargeant 1 2 1 0 4 Vic Gent 3 2 3 3 11 Ron Barrett 1 1’ 1 1 4 1 Ron Swaine 1’ 0 1 1 Neil Street 0 1 1

Plymouth George Wall 3 3 3 3 12 Ted Stevens 0 0 1 0 1 Alan Smith 2 3 2 2 9 Brian Hitchcock 0 2’ 0 2 4 1 Pete Lansdale 0 0 3 3 6 Bill Thatcher 2 2 0 2 6 Bill Rundle 0 0 0 Doug Fursey 1’ 1 2 1

Ht1 Wall, Hoskin, Geran, Stevens 76.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Hardy, Smith, Sargeant, Hitchcock 76.8 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Gent, Thatcher, Barrett, Lansdale 76.4 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Wall, Sargeant, Swaine, Rundle 75.6 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Smith, Hitchcock, Hoskin, Geran 76.2 1 5 15 15 Ht6 Hardy, Thatcher, Sargeant, Lansdale 77.6 4 2 19 17 Ht7 Wall, Gent, Barrett, Stevens 75.8 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Hardy, Smith, Fursey, Street 77.4 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Lansdale, Geran, Hoskin, Thatcher 76.2 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Wall, Hardy, Stevens, Sargeant 76.2 2 4 30 30 Ht11 Gent, Smith, Barrett, Hitchcock 76.2 4 2 34 32 Ht12 Lansdale, Hoskin, Fursey, Swaine 77.0 2 4 36 36 Ht13 Gent, Hitchcock, Street, Rundle 78.0 4 2 40 38 Ht14 Geran, Thatcher, Barrett, Stevens 76.6 4 2 44 40

Devon DerbyTrophy (score from League Match Carried Forward) ExeterFalcons 59Plymouth Devils 49 Ht15 Geran, Hoskin, Wall, Stevens 76.2 5 1 49 41 Ht16 Hardy, Smith, Sargeant, Hitchcock 77.4 4 2 53 43 Ht17 Barrett, Lansdale, Gent, Thatcher 77.6 4 2 57 45 Ht18 Smith, Hardy, Wall, Gent ? 2 4 59 49

Tuesday 15th July 1952 Cornish Stadium, St Austell St Austell Gulls 39 Plymouth Devils 45 (Southern League)

St Austell Max Rech F 1’ 0 X 1 1 Norman Street 3 2 2 3 10 Ken Monk 3 3 2 0 8 Allan Quinn 1 1 0 2 4 Lloyd Goffe 2 2 0 3 7 Dick Harris 1’ 1 1 George Newton 3 1’ 4 1 Johnny Bradford 1’ 1 2 0 4 1

Plymouth George Wall 1’ 2 3 3 9 1 Ted Stevens 2 X 1 1’ 4 1 Alan Smith 2 3 3 3 11 Brian Hitchcock 0 0 2’ 2 4 1 Pete Lansdale 3 2 3 3 11 Bill Thatcher 0 1’ 1 2 4 1 Bill Rundle 0 1’ 1 1 Doug Fursey 0 1 1

Ht1 Street, Stevens, Wall, Rech (f) 68.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Monk, Smith, Quinn, Hitchcock 69.0 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Lansdale, Goffe, Harris, Thatcher 70.0 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Newton, Wall, Quinn, Rundle 67.4 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Smith, Street, Rech, Hitchcock 68.4 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Monk, Lansdale, Thatcher, Quinn 68.6 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Wall, Goffe, Newton, Stevens (exc) 71.2 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Smith, Monk, Bradford, Fursey 68.6 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Lansdale, Street, Thatcher, Rech 69.2 2 4 28 26 Ht10 Wall, Quinn, Stevens, Monk 69.2 2 4 30 30 Ht11 Smith, Hitchcock, Bradford, Goffe 69.0 1 5 31 35 Ht12 Lansdale, Bradford, Fursey, Rech (exc) * 70.0 2 4 33 39 Ht13 Goffe, Hitchcock, Rundle, Bradford 68.8 3 3 36 42 Ht14 Street, Thatcher, Stevens 68.4 3 3 39 45 * Newton injured

Thursday 17th July 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 59 Southampton Saints 25 (Southern League)

Plymouth George Wall 3 3 3 2 11 Ted Stevens 2* 2* 1 1 6 2 Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 12 Brian Hitchcock 0 1 0 0 1 Pete Lansdale 2* 2* 2* 2* 8 4 Bill Thatcher 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Rundle 3 1* 4 1 Doug Fursey 2* 3 5 1

Southampton Bert Croucher 0 0 0 2 2 Ernie Brecknell 1 1 1* 2 5 1 Mike Tams 1* 1 1 0 3 1 Den Cross 2 0 1 0 3 Brian McKeown 0 2 2 3 7 Maury Mattingley 1 1* 0 0 2 1 Dudley Smith 2 1 3 Dennis Hayles 0 0 0

Ht1 Wall, Stevens, Brecknell, Croucher 74.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 A.Smith, Cross, Tams, Hitchcock 75.6 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Thatcher, Lansdale, Mattingley, McKeown 76.0 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Rundle, D.Smith, Hitchcock, Croucher 76.8 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Wall, Stevens, Tams, Cross 76.0 5 1 22 8 Ht6 A.Smith, McKeown, Mattingley, Hitchcock 74.4 3 3 25 11 Ht7 Thatcher, Lansdale, Brecknell, Croucher 75.0 5 1 30 12 Ht8 A.Smith, Fursey, Tams, Dennis Hayles 75.4 5 1 35 13 Ht9 Wall, McKeown, Stevens, Mattingley (f) 75.6 4 2 39 15 Ht10 A.Smith, Croucher, Brecknell, Hitchcock 74.6 3 3 42 18 Ht11 Thatcher, Lansdale, Cross, Tams 75.4 5 1 47 19 Ht12 McKeown, Wall, Rundle, Hayles 74.0 3 3 50 22 Ht13 Fursey, Lansdale, D.Smith, Cross (f) 77.6 5 1 55 23 Ht14 Thatcher, Brecknell, Stevens, Mattingley 74.8 4 2 59 25

Reserve Scratch Race Fursey, Rundle, Hayles, D.Smith 75.8

Whitleigh Scratch Race Norman Street, Stevens, Cross, Mattingly 75.0

Stadium Scratch Race McKeown, Quinn, Brecknell, Hitchcock 75.0

Top Eight Scratch Race Ht1 Wall, Lansdale, Street, Tams 74.6 Ht2 Smith, Thatcher, Quinn, A.Smith 74.2 Final Smith, Thatcher, Wall, Lansdale 74.8

Saturday 23rd July 1952 Tongham Greyhound Stadium, Aldershot Aldershot Shots 45 Plymouth Devils 39 (Southern League)

Aldershot Bill Grimes 2’ 2 0 2 1 Ivor Powell 3 0 1 3 7 Archie Windmill 1’ 1 1 Vic Gooden 2 2’ 0 0 4 1 Basil Harris 1 3 1’ 3 8 1 Doug Papworth 3 2’ 2 2’ 9 2 Ron Burnett 3 1 1’ 5 1 Charlie Frenzel 2 1 1’ 1 5 1

Plymouth George Wall 1 0 1 3 5 Ted Stevens 0 0 2’ 1 3 1 Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 12 Brian Hitchcock 0 1 0 2 3 Pete Lansdale 2 3 3 3 11 Bill Thatcher DNR Bill Rundle 1 0 0 0 1 Doug Fursey 0 2’ 2’ 0 4 2

Ht1 Powell, Grimes, Wall, Stevens 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Smith, Gooden, Windmill, Hitchcock 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Papworth, Lansdale, Harris, Fursey 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Burnett, Gooden, Rundle, Wall 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Smith, Grimes, Hitchcock, Powell 2 4 19 11 Ht6 Lansdale, Fursey, Burnett, Gooden 1 5 20 16 Ht7 Harris, Papworth, Wall, Stevens 5 1 25 17 Ht8 Smith, Frenzel, Burnett, Rundle 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Lansdale, Fursey, Powell, Grimes 1 5 29 25 Ht10 Wall, Stevens, Frenzel, Gooden 1 5 30 30 Ht11 Smith, Papworth, Harris, Hitchcock 3 3 33 33 Ht12 Lansdale, Grimes, Frenzel, Rundle 3 3 36 36 Ht13 Harris, Hitchcock, Frenzel, Rundle 4 2 40 38 Ht14 Powell, Papworth, Stevens, Fursey 5 1 45 37

Thursday 24th July 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth England C 54 Sweden 54 (International)

England C George Wall 0 3 3 3 1’ 1 11 1 Charlie May 2 2 1 1’ 2 8 1 Pete Lansdale 2’ 1’ 1 1 0 5 2 Goog Hoskin 3 1 2 2’ 0 8 1 Jack Unstead 1 1 0 0 1 3 Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 2 0 14 Jimmy Grant 2 2 4 Norman Street 0 1’ 1 1

Sweden Olle Nygren 1 2 2 2 2’ 2’ 11 2 Gote Olsson 3 02’ 0 2 7 1 LennertEriksson 0 0 0 0 Dan Forsberg 2 3 3 3 3 3 17 BengtGustavsson 0 0 0 1 1 Rune Sormander 1 0 3 3 0 7 Stig Pramberg 3 2 1 0 1’ 7 1 Gunnar Karlsson 1 3 4

Ht1 Olsson, May, Nygren, Wall 73.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Hoskin, Lansdale, Sormander, Eriksson 73.4 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Smith, Forsberg, Unstead, Olsson 73.4 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Pramberg, Grant, G.Karlsson, Street 74.8 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Forsberg, May, Lansdale, Eriksson 73.2 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Smith, Nygren, Hoskin, Sormander 73.0 4 2 20 16 Ht7 Wall, Pramberg, Unstead, Gustavsson 73.4 4 2 24 18 Ht8 Wall, Nygren, Lansdale, Gustavsson 73.2 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Smith, Nygren, May, Eriksson 73.4 4 2 32 22 Ht10 Sormander, Olsson, Lansdale, Unstead 73.8 1 5 33 27 Ht11 Forsberg, Hoskin, May, Gustavsson 74.0 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Wall, Hoskin, Pramberg, Olsson 73.2 5 1 41 31 Ht13 Sormander, May, Gustavsson, Unstead 74.8 2 4 43 35 Ht14 Karlsson, Grant, Street, Pramberg 77.8 3 3 46 38 Ht15 Forsberg, Nygren, Unstead, Hoskin 76.4 1 5 47 43 Ht16 Smith, Olsson, Pramberg, Lansdale 74.0 3 3 50 46 Ht17 Forsberg, Smith, Wall, Sormander 74.0 3 3 53 49 Ht18 Forsberg, Nygren, Wall, Smith 74.0 1 5 54 54

Southern League Match Race Championship Ht1 George Wall bt Jack Unstead 72.0 Ht2 George Wall bt Jack Unstead 72.8

Thursday 31st July 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 59 St Austell Gulls 25 (Southern League)

Plymouth George Wall 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Ted Stevens 3 2’ 2’ E 7 2 Alan Smith E 3 3 3 9 Brian Hitchcock 3 3 2’ 1 9 1 Pete Lansdale 2’ 1 3 3 9 1 Bill Thatcher 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Bill Rundle 1 X 1 Doug Fursey 2’ 0 2 1

St Austell Lloyd Goffe X 2 2 2 6 Norman Street 1 0 0 2 3 Allan Quinn 1’ 0 1 0 2 1 Ken Monk 2 1 1 2 6 Harold Bull 0 0 1 2 3 George Newton 1 1 0 1’ 3 1 Dick Harris 0 1’ 1 1 Johnny Bradford 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Stevens, Wall, Street, Goffe 75.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Hitchcock, Monk, Quinn, Smith (ef) 75.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Thatcher, Lansdale, Newton, Bull 74.6 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Hitchcock, Goffe, Rundle, Harris 74.8 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Wall, Stevens, Monk, Quinn 73.4 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Smith, Hitchcock, Newton, Bull 74.4 5 1 27 9 Ht7 Thatcher, Goffe, Lansdale, Street 74.4 4 2 31 11 Ht8 Smith, Fursey, Quinn, Bradford (f) 75.4 5 1 36 12 Ht9 Wall, Stevens, Bull, Newton 74.4 5 1 41 13 Ht10 Smith, Goffe, Hitchcock, Street 74.8 4 2 45 15 Ht11 Lansdale, Thatcher, Monk, Quinn 74.6 5 1 50 16 Ht12 Wall, Bull, Bradford, Rundle (fexc) 74.8 3 3 53 19 Ht13 Lansdale, Monk, Harris, Monk 74.6 3 3 56 22 Ht14 Thatcher, Street, Newton, Stevens (ef) 75.2 3 3 59 25

Reserve Scratch Race Fursey, Bradford, Wheeler, Rundle 75.8

HomePark Scratch Race Barratt, Wheeler, Hitchcock, Bull 76.4

Stadium Scratch Race Harris, Goffe, Monk, Stevens 76.0

Top Eight Scratch Race Ht1 Smith, Quinn, Barratt, Lansdale 74.0 Ht2 Wall, Thatcher, Newton, Street 73.8 Final Wall, Smith, Thatcher, Quinn 74.8

Saturday 2 August 1952 Abbey Stadium, Swindon Swindon Robins41Plymouth Devils 43 (Southern League)

World Championship qualifying round decider: George Wall, Roy Craighead, 74.4

SWINDON Bob Jones (C) X R 1 - - - - 1 Bob Wells 2 2 0 1* - - - 5 1 Ian Williams 1* 2 2 1* - - - 6 2 Danny Malone 2 1* 0 2 - - - 5 1 Ray Ellis 3 2 3 3 - - - 11 Frank Evans 1 1* 0 - - - - 2 1 Buster Brown 2 3 3 2 - - - 10 RegLambourne 1* 0 - - - - - 1 1

PLYMOUTH George Wall (C) 3 3 3 3 - - - 12 Ted Stevens 1 0 0 - - - - 1 Alan Smith 3 3 3 2 - - - 11 Brian Hitchcock 0 1 1* 1* - - - 3 2 Pete Lansdale 0 3 2 2 - - - 7 Bill Thatcher 2 1 1* 3 - - - 7 1 Frank Wheeler 0 2 0 - - - - 2 Doug Fursey 0 0 - - - - - 0

Ht 1: (Re-Run), Wall, Wells, Stevens, Jones (f, ex) 75.2 2 4 2 4 Ht 2: Smith, Malone, Williams, Hitchcock 77.2 3 3 5 7 Ht 3: Ellis, Thatcher, Evans, Lansdale 77.0 4 2 9 9 Ht 4: Wall, Brown, Malone, Wheeler 75.0 3 3 12 12 Ht 5: Smith, Wells, Hitchcock, Jones (ret) 76.8 2 4 14 16 Ht 6: Lansdale, Williams, Thatcher, Malone 76.6 2 4 16 20 Ht 7: Wall, Ellis, Evans, Stevens 75.8 3 3 19 23 Ht 8: Smith, Williams, Lambourne, Fursey 77.0 3 3 22 26 Ht 9: Brown, Lansdale, Thatcher, Wells 75.4 3 3 25 29 Ht 10: Wall, Malone, Williams, Stevens 77.0 3 3 28 32 Ht 11: Ellis, Smith, Hitchcock, Evans 77.2 3 3 31 35 Ht 12: Brown, Lansdale, Jones, Fursey 75.2 4 2 35 37 Ht 13: Ellis, Wheeler, Hitchcock, Lambourne 77.2 3 3 38 40 Ht 14: Thatcher, Brown, Wells, Wheeler 77.0 3 3 41 43

Robins’ Scurry: Brown, Ken Wiggins, Wheeler, Mick Hard 77.2

Stadium Scratch Races Ht 1: Wall, Jones, Malone, Hitchcock 77.0 Ht 2: Lansdale, Ellis, Stevens, Dick Pitman 77.6 Ht 3: Lambourne, Wiggins, Fursey, Hard 77.2 Ht 4: Smith, Thatcher, Williams, Evans 77.4 Ht 5: Brown, Lambourne, Wiggins, Hard 77.0

Monday 4th August 1952 Penarth Road Stadium, Cardiff Cardiff Dragons 20 Plymouth Devils 28 (Southern League) Abandoned

Cardiff Hugh Geddes 2 0 2 Kevin Hayden 1’ 1 2 1 Gerald Pugh 1’ 1 2 4 1 Mick Holland 2 2 3 7 Chum Taylor 2 0 2 Bert Edwards 0 2 2 Jim Wright 1’ 1 1 Derek Clark 0 0

Plymouth George Wall 3 3 3 9 Ted Stevens 0 1 1 Alan Smith 3 3 3 9 Brian Hitchcock 0 2’ 2 1 Pete Lansdale 1 2 3 Bill Thatcher 3 0 3 Frank Wheeler 0 0 Doug Fursey 1 1

Ht1 Wall, Geddes, Hayden, Stevens 72.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Smith, Holland, Pugh, Hitchcock 73.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Thatcher, Taylor, Lansdale, Edwards 73.8 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Wall, Holland, Wright, Wheeler 73.4 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Smith, Hitchcock, Hayden, Geddes 75.6 1 5 12 18 Ht6 Holland, Lansdale, Pugh, Thatcher 73.8 4 2 16 20 Ht7 Wall, Edwards, Stevens, Taylor 76.6 2 4 18 24 Ht8 Smith, Pugh, Fursey, Clark 73.8 2 4 20 28 Rained Off

Thursday 7th August 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 55 Wolverhampton Wasps 29 (Southern League)

Plymouth George Wall 3 3 3 3 12 Ted Stevens F 2’ 0 0 2 1 Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 12 Brian Hitchcock 1 1 1 3 Pete Lansdale 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Thatcher 1 2’ 2’ 3 8 2 Frank Wheeler F 0 2’ 2 1 Doug Fursey 2’ 2’ 4 2

Wolverhampton Cyril Quick 2 3 1 0 6 Jack Cunningham 1’ 0 2 1’ 4 2 Eric Irons E 1 0 1 Jimmy Grant 2 E 1 0 3 Bill Jemison 0 1’ 1’ 1 3 2 Benny King 2 2 2 2 8 Dick Howard 2’ 1 1 4 1 Lindsay Nixon 0 0 0

Ht1 Wall, Quick, Cunningham, Stevens (f) 72.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Smith, Grant, Hitchcock, Irons (ef) 75.0 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Lansdale, King, Thatcher, Jemison 73.8 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Quick, Howard, Hitchcock, Wheeler (f) 76.6 1 5 12 12 Ht5 Wall, Stevens, Irons, Grant (ef) 74.2 5 1 17 13 Ht6 Smith, King, Jemison, Wheeler 75.0 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Lansdale, Thatcher, Quick, Cunningham 74.6 5 1 25 17 Ht8 Smith, Fursey, Howard, Nixon 75.0 5 1 30 18 Ht9 Wall, King, Jemison, Stevens 74.4 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Smith, Cunningham, Hitchcock, Quick 74.8 4 2 37 23 Ht11 Lansdale, Thatcher, Grant, Irons 75.0 5 1 42 24 Ht12 Wall, Wheeler, Jemison, Nixon 76.0 5 1 47 25 Ht13 Lansdale, Fursey, Howard, Grant 75.8 5 1 52 26 Ht14 Thatcher, King, Cunningham, Stevens 74.8 3 3 55 29

Reserves Scratch race Wheeler, Rundle, Fursey, Nixon 76.0

Stadium Scratch Race Howard, Stevens, Rundle, Wheeler 75.0

First August Scratch Races Ht1 Lansdale, King, Jemison, Hitchcock 75.0 76.0 Ht2 Wall, Cunningham, Grant (nf), Quick (nf) 75.6 76.0 Ht3 Thatcher, Smith, Howard, Irons 74.2 74.6 Final Lansdale, Smith, Wall (ef), Thatcher (ef) 74.4

Saturday 9th August 1952 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets 44 Plymouth Devils 39 (Southern League)

Rayleigh Jack Unstead 2 1 3 3 9 Tom O’Connor 1’ 3 2’ 3 9 2 Gerald Jackson 3 3 2 2 10 Les McGillivray 0 2 0 0 2 Peter Clark 2’ 0 2 3 7 1 Maurice McDermott 3 0 1’ 2’ 6 2 Jules Benson 0 1 1 John Applegate 0 0 0

Plymouth George Wall 3 3 3 3 12 Ted Stevens 0 2’ 1 0 3 1 Alan Smith 2 2 3 3 10 Brian Hitchcock 1’ 0 0 2 3 1 Pete Lansdale 1 2 1 2 6 Bill Thatcher 0 1’ 0 1 2 1 Frank Wheeler 1 1’ 2 1 Doug Fursey 1 0 1

Ht1 Wall, Unstead, O’Connor, Stevens 73.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Jackson, Smith, Hitchcock, McGillivray 73.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 McDermott, Clark, Lansdale, Thatcher 73.6 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Wall, McGillivray, Wheeler, Benson 74.8 2 4 13 11 Ht5 O’Connor, Smith, Unstead, Hitchcock 74.0 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Jackson, Lansdale, Thatcher, McGillivray 73.4 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Wall, Stevens, Clark (nf), McDermott (nf) 73.8 0 5 20 21 Ht8 Smith, Jackson, Fursey, Applegate 74.0 2 4 22 25 Ht9 Unstead, O’Connor, Lansdale, Thatcher 74.2 5 1 27 26 Ht10 Wall, Jackson, Stevens, McGillivray 73.0 2 4 29 30 Ht11 Smith, Clark, McDermott, Hitchcock 73.0 3 3 32 33 Ht12 Unstead, Lansdale, Benson, Fursey 73.0 4 2 36 35 Ht13 Clark, Hitchcock, Wheeler, Applegate 74.8 3 3 39 38 Ht14 O’Connor, McDermott, Thatcher, Stevens 75.2 5 1 44 39

Friday 15th August 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 53 Cardiff Dragons 31 (Southern League)

Plymouth George Wall 3 3 3 3 12 Ted Stevens 1 0 0 1 Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 12 Brian Hitchcock 1 1’ 0 1 3 1 Pete Lansdale 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 3 Bill Thatcher 3 3 3 3 12 Frank Wheeler 2 0 0 2 Doug Fursey 1 3 4

Cardiff Hugh Geddes 0 3 1 2 6 Charlie May 2 0 0 1’ 3 1 Gerald Pugh 2 2 0 0 4 Mick Holland 0 1’ 1 1 3 1 Chum Taylor 2 2 1’ 1’ 6 2 Bert Edwards 0 0 Kevin Hayden 0 2 0 2 Jimmy Wright 1’ 2 2 2 7 1

Ht1 Wall, May, Stevens, Geddes 75.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Smith, Pugh, Hitchcock, Holland 75.0 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Thatcher, Taylor, Lansdale, Edwards 75.0 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Geddes, Wheeler, Hitchcock, Hayden 75.2 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Wall, Pugh, Holland, Stevens 75.6 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Smith, Taylor, Wright, Hitchcock 75.0 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Thatcher, Lansdale, Geddes, May 75.8 5 1 26 16 Ht8 Smith, Wright, Fursey, Pugh 74.6 4 2 30 18 Ht9 Wall, Hayden, Taylor, Stevens 74.8 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Smith, Geddes, Hitchcock, May 74.6 4 2 37 23 Ht11 Thatcher, Lansdale, Holland, Pugh 75.8 5 1 42 24 Ht12 Wall, Wright, Taylor, Wheeler 76.4 3 3 45 27 Ht13 Fursey, Lansdale, Holland, Hayden 77.2 5 1 50 28 Ht14 Thatcher, Wright, May, Wheeler 76.2 3 3 53 31

Special Match Race Goog Hoskin bt Bill Thatcher 74.8

Reserves Scratch Race Hayden, Fursey, Rundle, Wright 76.2

Burleigh Scratch Race Hayden, Wheeler, Stevens, Hitchcock (f) 77.8

Second August Scratch Races Ht1 May, Thatcher, Wall, Pugh 76.6 79.0 Ht2 Geddes, Smith, Holland, Rundle 76.4 77.6 Ht3 Hoskin, Geddes, Taylor, Hayden 77.0 78.0 Final Geddes, Smith, May, Hoskin 76.4

Tuesday 19th August 1952 Bannister Court, Southampton Southampton Saints 44 Plymouth Devils 40 (Southern League)

Southampton Bert Croucher 2 3 2 3 10 Dudley Smith 0 0 1* 2 3 1 Jack Vallis 0 0 2 1* 3 1 Mike Tams 3 2 2 2 9 Brian McKeown 3 2 3 3 11 Maury Mattingley 1 1* 1 1* 4 2 Ernie Brecknell 1* 1 2 1 Dennis Hayles 1* 1 2 1

Plymouth George Wall 3 3 3 3 12 Ted Stevens 0 0 0 0 Alan Smith 2 2 3 2 9 Brian Hitchcock 1*1* 0 2 4 2 Frank Wheeler 2 1 0 2 5 Bill Thatcher 0 3 3 3 9 Bill Rundle 0 0 0 Doug Fursey 1 0 0 1

Ht1 Wall, Croucher, Fursey, D.Smith(ex) 65.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Tams, A.Smith, Hitchcock, Vallis 67.2 3 3 5 7 Ht3 McKeown, Wheeler, Mattingley, Thatcher 67.8 4 2 9 9 Ht4 Wall, Tams, Brecknell, Rundle(ef) 66.8 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Croucher, A.Smith, Hitchcock, D.Smith(f) 66.2 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Thatcher, Tams, Wheeler, Vallis 68.6 2 4 17 19 Ht7 Wall, McKeown, Mattingley, Stevens 67.0 3 3 20 22 Ht8 A.Smith, Vallis, Hayles, Fursey 68.4 3 3 23 25 Ht9 Thatcher, Croucher, D.Smith, Wheeler 67.8 3 3 26 28 Ht10 Wall, Tams, Vallis, Stevens 68.0 3 3 29 31 Ht11 McKeown, A.Smith, Mattingley, Hitchcock 67.8 4 2 33 33 Ht12 Croucher, Wheeler, Brecknell, Fursey 68.2 4 2 37 35 Ht13 McKeown, Hitchcock, Hayles, Rundle 68.6 4 2 41 37 Ht14 Thatcher, D.Smith, Mattingley,Stevens 68.4 3 3 44 40

Friday 22 August 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 44 Swindon Robins 39 (Southern League)

Plymouth George Wall (C) 3 3 3 3 - - - 12 Frank Wheeler 1 1 0 0 - - - 2 Alan Smith 3 3 R 3 - - - 9 Brian Hitchcock 1 0 1 - - - - 2 Doug Fursey 2* 0 1* 1 - - - 4 2 Bill Thatcher 3 3 2 3 - - - 11 Ted Stevens 2 2* 0 0 - - - 4 1 Bill Rundle F ------0

Swindon Frank Evans 0 3 2 2 - - - 7 Bob Wells 2 1* 0 2 - - - 5 1 Danny Malone 2 2 3 0 - - - 7 Bob Jones (C) 0 0 2* - - - - 2 1 Ray Ellis 0 1 2 1* - - - 4 1 Buster Brown 1 0 1* 1* - - - 3 2 Ian Williams 1 3 3 - - - - 7 RegLambourne 2* 2 - - - - - 4 1

Ht 1: Wall, Wells, Wheeler, Evans 72.0 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Smith, Malone, Hitchcock, Jones 73.4 4 2 8 4 Ht 3: Thatcher, Fursey, Brown, Ellis 74.2 5 1 13 5 Ht 4: Evans, Stevens, Williams, Hitchcock 73.8 2 4 15 9 Ht 5: Wall, Malone, Wheeler, Jones 73.4 4 2 19 11 Ht 6: Smith, Stevens, Ellis, Brown 74.0 5 1 24 12 Ht 7: Thatcher, Evans, Wells, Fursey 73.4 3 3 27 15 Ht 8: Malone, Lambourne, Smith (ret), Rundle (fell) 75.6 0 5 27 20 Ht 9: Wall, Ellis, Brown, Wheeler 73.8 3 3 30 23 Ht 10: Smith, Evans, Hitchcock, Wells 73.8 4 2 34 25 Ht 11: Williams, Thatcher, Fursey, Malone 74.0 3 3 37 28 Ht 12: Wall, Lambourne, Ellis, Stevens 74.4 3 3 40 31 Ht 13: Williams, Jones, Fursey, Stevesns 74.2 1 5 41 36 Ht 14: Thatcher, Wells, Brown, Wheeler 74.0 3 3 44 39 * (Equalled Track Record)

Special Match-Race: Brian McKeown, Smith 72.8

Reserves’ Scratch Race: Lambourne, Williams, Rundle (ret), Stevens (ret) 74.4

Devonport Scratch Race: (Re-Run) Lambourne, Hitchcock, Fursey, Williams (ex, tapes) 75.2

Third August Scratch Races (Ht 1): Evans, Smith, Wells, Ellis, 74.6 75.2 (Ht 2): Wall, McKeown, Malone, Jones, 74.0 74.6 (Ht 3): Thatcher, Lambourne, Wheeler, Brown, 75.0 76.0 (Final): Wall, Evans, McKeown, Thatcher, 73.2

Friday 29th August 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 58 Southampton Saints 26 (Southern League)

Plymouth George Wall 3 3 3 3 12 Frank Wheeler 0 2* 2* 0 4 2 Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 12 Brian Hitchcock 2* 1* 2* 1 6 3 Doug Fursey 2 1 2* 0 5 1 Bill Thatcher 1* 3 3 3 10 1 Ted Stevens 2 2* 4 1 Roy Moreton 2* 3 5 1

Southampton Brian McKeown 2 3 2 2 9 Dudley Smith 1* 0 0 2 3 1 Frank Malouf 0 0 1 1 2 Mike Tams 1 1 0 1* 3 1 Bert Croucher 3 0 0 1 4 Maury Mattingley 0 1 1 1* 3 1 Ernie Brecknell 0 2 2 Jack Vallis 0 0 0

Ht1 Wall, McKeown, D.Smith, Wheeler 73.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 A.Smith, Hitchcock, Tams, Malouf(f) 76.8 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Croucher, Fursey, Thatcher, Mattingley 76.4 3 3 11 7 Ht4 McKeown, Stevens, Hitchcock, Brecknell 74.4 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Wall, Wheeler, Tams, Malouf 74.0 5 1 19 11 Ht6 A.Smith, Hitchcock, Mattingley, Croucher 75.0 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Thatcher, McKeown, Fursey, D.Smith 75.2 4 2 28 14 Ht8 A.Smith, Moreton, Malouf, Vallis 75.6 5 1 33 15 Ht9 Wall, Wheeler, Mattingley, Croucher 75.0 5 1 38 16 Ht10 A.Smith, McKeown, Hitchcock, D.Smith 74.8 4 2 42 18 Ht11 Thatcher, Fursey, Malouf, Tams 75.4 5 1 47 19 Ht12 Wall, Stevens, Croucher, Vallis 76.4 5 1 52 20 Ht13 Moreton, Brecknell, Tams, Fursey(f) 77.0 3 3 55 23 Ht14 Thatcher, D.Smith, Mattingley, Wheeler (ex) 76.4 3 3 58 26

Friday 29th August1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 64 Aldershot Shots 20 (Southern League)

Plymouth George Wall 3 3 3 3 12 Frank Wheeler 1 2* 2* 1 6 2 Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 1 2 Brian Hitchcock 2* 2* 2* 1 7 3 Ted Stevens 3 1* 3 3 10 1 Bill Thatcher 2* 2 2* 3 9 2 Doug Fursey 3 2* 5 1 Roy Moreton 1 2* 3 1

Aldershot Tom Turnham 0 1 0 0 1 Vic Gooden 2 3 2 2 9 Archie Windmill 1 0 0 1 Charlie Frenzel 0 1 1 1 3 Bill Grimes 0 1 1 1 3 Basil Harris 1 0 0 1 John Dore 0 0 0 0 Jack Taylor 2 0 0 2

Ht1Wall, Gooden, Wheeler, Turnham 75.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2Smith, Hitchcock, Windmill, Frenzel 76.0 5 1 9 3 Ht3Stevens, Thatcher, Harris, Grimes 77.2 5 1 14 4 Ht 4Fursey, Hitchcock, Turnham, Dore 77.2 5 1 19 5 Ht 5Wall, Wheeler, Frenzel, Windmill 75.6 5 1 24 6 Ht6 Smith, Hitchcock, Grimes, Harris 76.4 5 1 29 7 Ht7 Gooden, Thatcher, Stevens, Turnham 75.0 3 3 32 10 Ht8 Smith, Taylor, Moreton, Windmill 77.0 4 2 36 12 Ht9 Wall, Wheeler, Grimes, Harris 77.0 5 1 41 13 Ht10 Smith, Gooden, Hitchcock, Turnham 76.0 4 2 45 15 Ht11Stevens, Thatcher, Frenzel, Dore 76.4 5 1 50 16 Ht12Wall, Fursey, Grimes, Taylor 77.0 5 1 55 17 Ht13Stevens, Moreton, Frenzel, Dore 76.2 5 1 60 18 Ht14Thatcher, Gooden, Wheeler, Taylor 76.8 4 2 64 20

Saturday 30 August 1952 Abbey Stadium, Swindon Swindon Robins 54 Plymouth Devils 30 (Southern League)

Swindon Frank Evans 3 2* 3 3 - - - 11 1 Ian Williams 1 3 2* 3 - - - 9 1 Danny Malone 2* 2 1* 0 - - - 5 2 Bob Jones (C) 3 0 0 3 - - - 6 Ray Ellis 3 2 1* 2* - - - 8 2 Buster Brown 1 1* 2 2* - - - 6 2 Bob Wells 2 2* - - - - - 4 1 Reg Lambourne 2 3 - - - - - 5

Plymouth George Wall (C) 2 3 3 2 - - - 10 Ted Stevens 0 R R - - - - 0 Alan Smith 1 1 3 3 - - - 8 Frank Wheeler 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 Brian Hitchcock 0 1 0 0 - - - 1 Bill Thatcher 2 3 1 1 - - - 7 Doug Fursey 1 1* 1 - - - - 3 1 Roy Moreton 0 1 - - - - - 1

Ht 1: Evans, Wall, Williams, Stevens 75.2 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Jones, Malone, Smith, Wheeler 77.0 5 1 9 3 Ht 3: Ellis, Thatcher, Brown, Hitchcock 76.2 4 2 13 5 Ht 4: Wall, Wells, Fursey, Jones 76.4 2 4 15 9 Ht 5: Williams, Evans, Smith, Wheeler 76.6 5 1 20 10 Ht 6: Thatcher, Malone, Hitchcock, Jones 77.4 2 4 22 14 Ht 7: Wall, Ellis, Brown, Stevens (ret) 77.0 3 3 25 17 Ht 8: Smith, Lambourne, Malone, Moreton 77.8 3 3 28 20 Ht 9: Evans, Williams, Thatcher, Hitchcock (f, rem) 77.6 5 1 33 21 Ht 10: Jones, Wall, Fursey, Malone 77.2 3 3 36 24 Ht 11: Smith, Brown, Ellis, Wheeler 77.4 3 3 39 27 Ht 12: Evans, Wells, Moreton, Hitchcock 77.8 5 1 44 28 Ht 13: Lambourne, Ellis, Fursey, Wheeler (f, rem) 77.4 5 1 49 29 Ht 14: Williams, Brown, Thatcher, Stevens (ret) 77.4 5 1 54 30

The Robins’ Scratch Races Ht 1: Lambourne, Wells, Hard, Wiggins 77.2 Ht 2: Thatcher, Smith, Evans, Jones 77.4 Ht 3: Williams, Wheeler, Stevens, Malone (fell) 77.6 Ht 4: Wall, Brown, Ellis, Hitchcock 77.8 Final: Wall, Thatcher, Lambourne, Williams 78.4

Stadium Scurry: Moreton, Wells, Wiggins, Hard 78.6

Thursday 4th September 1952 Penarth Road Stadium, Cardiff Cardiff Dragons 47 Plymouth Devils 37 (Southern League)

Cardiff Hugh Geddes 2 2 3 3 10 Charlie May 1’ 1’ 1 3 6 2 Gerald Pugh 3 E 0 0 3 Mick Holland 2’ 2 3 1’ 8 2 Chum Taylor 3 3 3 E 9 Bert Edwards 1 1 2’ 4 1 Kevin Hayden 1’ 1 2 1 Frank Johnson 1 2 2 5

Plymouth George Wall 3 3 2 3 11 Doug Fursey 0 0 0 0 Alan Smith 1 3 3 2 9 Frank Wheeler 0 0 0 1 1 Brian Hitchcock 0 2 0 2 4 Bill Thatcher 2 1’ 2 1 6 1 Roy Moreton 0 3 3 Ted Stevens 2’ 0 1’ 3 2

Ht1 Wall, Geddes, May, Fursey 69.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Pugh, Holland, Smith, Wheeler 70.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Taylor, Thatcher, Edwards, Hitchcock 69.6 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Wall, Holland, Hayden, Moreton 70.0 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Smith, Geddes, May, Wheeler 70.6 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Holland, Hitchcock, Thatcher, Pugh (ef) 71.8 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Taylor, Wall, Hayden, Fursey 70.0 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Smith, Stevens, Johnson, Pugh 71.2 1 5 26 22 Ht9 Geddes, Thatcher, May, Hitchcock 71.2 4 2 30 24 Ht10 Wall, Pugh, Holland, Stevens 71.2 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Taylor, Smith, Edwards, Wheeler 71.2 4 2 37 29 Ht12 Geddes, Hitchcock, Stevens, Hayden 72.2 3 3 40 32 Ht13 Moreton, Johnson, Wheeler, Taylor (ef) 73.0 2 4 42 36 Ht14 May, Edwards, Thatcher, Fursey 71.6 5 1 47 37

The Cardiff Dash Roger bt Ronnie Genz 71.4 72.4

The Blaina Scratch Race Callaghan, B.Wall, Eveleigh, Jones 72.0

The Treharris Scratch Race Ht1 Smith, Geddes, Genz, Hitchcock 72.6 Ht2 Wall, Taylor, Roger, Wheeler 70.8 Ht3 Holland, May, Thatcher, Fursey 72.4 Ht4 Johnson, Moreton, Hayden, Royle 72.0 Final Holland, Johnson, Smith, Wall 71.6

Friday 5th September 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 51 Cardiff Dragons 33 (Southern League)

Plymouth George Wall 3 3 3 2 11 Frank Wheeler Finj Alan Smith 3 1 3 3 10 Brian Hitchcock 1 3 0 2’ 6 1 Ted Stevens 2’ 2’ 0 2’ 6 3 Bill Thatcher 3 3 2 1 9 Doug Fursey 1 1 0 1’ 3 1 Roy Moreton 0 1 3 2 6

Cardiff Hugh Geddes X 0 0 1 1 Charlie May Finj Gerald Pugh 2 2 2 3 9 Mick Holland 0 1’ 1 1 3 1 Chum Taylor 0 2’ 2 3 7 1 Bert Edwards 1 3 1’ 3 8 1 Kevin Hayden 2 2 1 0 5 Frank Johnson DNR

Ht1 Wall, Hayden, Fursey, Wheeler(f), Geddes(exc) 72.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Smith, Pugh, Hitchcock, Holland 73.2 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Thatcher, Stevens, Edwards, Taylor 75.0 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Hitchcock, Hayden, Fursey, Geddes 75.0 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Wall, Pugh, Holland, Moreton 72.6 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Edwards, Taylor, Smith, Hitchcock 73.8 1 5 21 15 Ht7 Thatcher, Stevens, Hayden, Geddes 76.6 5 1 26 16 Ht8 Smith, Pugh, Moreton 73.6 4 2 30 18 Ht9 Wall, Taylor, Edwards, Fursey 73.2 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Smith, Hitchcock, Geddes 74.6 5 1 38 22 Ht11 Pugh, Thatcher, Holland, Stevens 73.6 2 4 40 26 Ht12 Taylor, Wall, Fursey 73.2 3 3 43 29 Ht13 Moreton, Stevens, Holland, Hayden 75.0 5 1 48 30 Ht14 Edwards, Moreton, Thatcher 75.4 3 3 51 33

Event 2 Ellis Trophy Scratch Races Heat 1: Alan Smith (R), Bert Edwards (B), Kevin Hayden (Y), Doug Fursey (W), 73.6. Heat 2: Bill Thatcher (R), Mick Holland (W), Bill Rundle (Y), Wheeler (ns)75.0. Heat 3: George Wall (R), Chum Taylor (Y), Gerald Pugh (B), Brian Hitchcock (W), 74.2. Heat 4: Ted Stevens (W), Roy Moreton (Y), Bill Rundle (R), Hugh Geddes (B), 76.0. Semi-Final 1: Alan Smith (R), Bill Thatcher (W), Bert Edwards (B), Mick Holland (Y), 74.2. Semi-Final 2: George Wall (R), Chum Taylor (B), Roy Moreton (Y), Ted Stevens (W), 75.6. Final: Alan Smith (R), Chum Taylor (Y), George Wall (W), Bill Thatcher (B), 74.0.

Friday 12th September 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 57 Ipswich Witches 26 (Southern League)

Plymouth George Wall 3 3 3 3 12 Roy Moreton 2’ 1 1 2’ 6 2 Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 12 Brian Hitchcock 1 3 2’ F 6 1 Ted Stevens 2 2’ F 3 7 1 Bill Thatcher 1’ 3 3 3 10 1 Doug Fursey 0 1 1 Bill Rundle 1 2’ 3 1

Ipswich Dennis Day X 1’ 1 2 4 1 Dick Shepherd F 0 1’ 1 2 1 Sid Clark 2 2 2 2 8 Tich Read 0 0 1’ 1 2 1 Harold McNaughton 3 1 2 2 8 Charlie Mugford 0 0 0 0 Geoff Woodger 2 0 0 2 Trevor Davies 0 E 0

Ht1 Wall, Moreton, Shepherd (f), Day (exctps) 76.4 5 0 5 0 Ht2 Smith, Clark, Hitchcock, Read 74.2 4 2 9 2 Ht3 McNaughton, Stevens, Thatcher, Mugford 75.0 3 3 12 5 Ht4 Hitchcock, Woodger, Day, Fursey 75.8 3 3 15 8 Ht5 Wall, Clark, Moreton, Read 74.6 4 2 19 10 Ht6 Smith, Hitchcock, McNaughton, Mugford 75.2 5 1 24 11 Ht7 Thatcher, Stevens, Day, Shepherd 75.6 5 1 29 12 Ht8 Smith, Clark, Rundle, Davies 73.8 4 2 33 14 Ht9 Wall, McNaughton, Moreton, Woodger 75.4 4 2 37 16 Ht10 Smith, Day, Shepherd, Hitchcock (ef) 75.4 3 3 40 19 Ht11 Thatcher, Clark, Read, Stevens (f) 75.0 3 3 43 22 Ht12 Wall, McNaughton, Fursey, Davies (ef) 76.0 4 2 47 24 Ht13 Stevens, Rundle, Read, Woodger 75.6 5 1 52 25 Ht14 Thatcher, Moreton, Shepherd, Mugford 75.4 5 1 57 26

Southern League Match Race Championship Ht1 Gerald Jackson bt George Wall 72.0 Ht2 Gerald Jackson bt George Wall 73.0

Stadium Scratch Race Woodger, Fursey, Rundle, Alan Dabinett 76.6

Second September Scratch Races Ht1 Smith, Jackson, Stevens, Mugford 74.2 74.8 Ht2 Wall, Moreton, Shepherd (nf), McNaughton (nf) 75.4 75.8 Ht3 Thatcher, Hitchcock, Clark, Read 74.8 75.8 Final Smith, Wall, Jackson, Thatcher 75.2

Friday 19th September 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 35 Poole Pirates 49 (Challenge)

Plymouth George Wall 1 2 2 2 7 Roy Moreton 0 F 2 2 Alan Smith 3 2 3 2 10 Brian Hitchcock 2’ 0 0 2 1 Goog Hoskin 1 0 1 2 4 Bill Thatcher 0 2 3 0 5 Ted Stevens 3 0 0 0 3 Doug Fursey 2’ 0 2 1

Poole Tony Lewis 2’ 2 1 1 6 1 Ken Middleditch 3 3 3 3 12 Roy Craighead 0 1 0 2 3 Jimmy Squibb 1 3 0 3 7 Terry Small 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Holden 2’ 1 1 1 5 1 Alan Kidd 1’ 1 2 1 Johnny Thomson 1 1 2

Ht1 Middleditch, Lewis, Wall, Moreton 72.4 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Smith, Hitchcock, Squibb, Craighead 73.0 5 1 6 6 Ht3 Small, Holden, Hoskin, Thatcher 73.6 1 5 7 11 Ht4 Stevens, Lewis, Kidd, Hitchcock 74.0 3 3 10 14 Ht5 Squibb, Wall, Craighead, Moreton (f) 73.6 2 4 12 18 Ht6 Small, Smith, Holden, Stevens 73.2 2 4 14 22 Ht7 Middleditch, Thatcher, Lewis, Hoskin 74.2 2 4 16 26 Ht8 Smith, Fursey, Thomson, Craighead 73.4 5 1 21 27 Ht9 Small, Wall, Holden, Stevens 73.0 2 4 23 31 Ht10 Middleditch, Smith, Lewis, Hitchcock 74.0 2 4 25 35 Ht11 Thatcher, Craighead, Hoskin, Squibb 75.0 4 2 29 37 Ht12 Small, Wall, Thomson, Stevens 74.0 2 4 31 41 Ht13 Squibb, Hoskin, Kidd, Fursey 75.0 2 4 33 45 Ht14 Middleditch, Moreton, Holden, Thatcher 75.4 2 4 35 49

Battle of Britain Trophy Ht1 Wall, Squibb, Fursey, Craighead 73.8 Ht2 Holden, Thatcher, Thomson, Moreton 74.8 Ht3 Stevens, Smith, Lewis, Kidd 75.0 Ht4 Small, Hitchcock, Hoskin, Middleditch 74.8 SF1 Wall, Holden, Thatcher, Squibb 74.2 SF2 Small, Smith, Stevens (f), Hitchcock (nf) 74.0 Final Small, Holden, Wall, Smith 74.0

Monday 22nd September 1952 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 48 Plymouth Devils 35 (Southern League)

Exeter Goog Hoskin 2 2 3 3 10 Ron Swaine 0 0 0 1 1 Vic Gent 1’ 3 3 2’ 9 2 Ron Barrett 2 3 1 3 9 Johnny Sargeant 1 F 0 3 4 Jack Geran E 3 3 3 9 Morris Barnett 2’ 1 3 1 Eric Minall 1 2’ 3 1

Plymouth George Wall 3 F 2 0 5 Roy Moreton 1 F 0 X 1 Alan Smith 3 3 2 2 10 Brian Hitchcock 0 1 1’ 1 3 1 Ted Stevens 2’ 0 1’ 2 5 2 Bill Thatcher 3 2 2 2 9 Alan Dabinett 1 0 1 Bill Rundle 0 1 E 1

Ht1 Wall, Hoskin, Moreton, Swaine 76.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Smith, Barrett, Gent, Hitchcock 76.8 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Thatcher, Stevens, Sargeant, Geran (ef) 78.6 1 5 6 12 Ht4 Barrett, Barnett, Dabinett, Wall (f) 77.4 5 1 11 13 Ht5 Smith, Hoskin, Hitchcock, Swaine 77.0 2 4 13 17 Ht6 Gent, Thatcher, Barrett, Stevens 76.2 4 2 17 19 Ht7 Geran, Wall, Moreton (f), Sargeant (f) 76.8 3 2 20 21 Ht8 Gent, Smith, Minall, Rundle 76.6 4 2 24 23 Ht9 Hoskin, Thatcher, Stevens, Swaine 76.4 3 3 27 26 Ht10 Barrett, Gent, Rundle, Wall, (Moreton exc) 76.8 5 1 32 27 Ht11 Geran, Smith, Hitchcock, Sargeant 76.6 3 3 35 30 Ht12 Hoskin, Stevens, Barnett, Rundle (ef) 76.6 4 2 39 32 Ht13 Sargeant, Minall, Hitchcock,Dabinett 77.4 5 1 44 33 Ht14 Geran, Thatcher, Swaine, Moreton 77.0 4 2 48 35

Junior Scratch Race Barnett, Monckton, Street, Minall (ef) 78.6

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Geran, Smith, Stevens, Hoskin (ef) 77.0 Ht2 Gent, Hitchcock, Swaine, Barnett 77.4 Ht3 Barrett, Sargeant, Thatcher, Moreton 77.8 Ht4 Monckton, Street, Daubney, Rundle (ef) 81.0 Final Gent, Geran, Monckton, Barrett (exc) 76.6

Thursday 25th September 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth Devils 26 Rayleigh Rockets 58 (Southern League)

Plymouth George Wall 1 2 0 3 Roy Moreton 0 0 1 0 1 Alan Smith 1’ 0 2 0 3 1 Brian Hitchcock 2 F 1 2 5 Ted Stevens 0 3 2 3 8 Bill Thatcher 1 0 1’ 1 3 1 Alan Dabinett 1 2 3 Bill Rundle 0 0 0 0

Rayleigh Jack Unstead 2’ 3 1’ 1 7 2 Tom O’Connor 3 2 3 2’ 10 1 Gerald Jackson 3 3 3 3 12 Les McGillivray 0 1 0 2 3 Maurice McDermott 3 3 3 3 12 Peter Clark 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Alby Smith 2’ 1’ 3 2 Julie Benson 1 1 2

Ht1 O’Connor, Unstead, Wall, Moreton 76.2 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Jackson, Hitchcock, Al.Smith, McGillivray 74.8 3 3 4 8 Ht3 McDermott, Clark, Thatcher, Stevens 77.0 1 5 5 13 Ht4 Unstead, Ab.Smith, Dabinett, Hitchcock (f) 76.8 1 5 6 18 Ht5 Jackson, Wall, McGillivray, Moreton 73.8 2 4 8 22 Ht6 McDermott, Clark, Hitchcock, Al.Smith 76.0 1 5 9 27 Ht7 Stevens, O’Connor, Unstead, Thatcher 75.8 3 3 12 30 Ht8 Jackson, Al.Smith, Benson, Rundle 74.8 2 4 14 34 Ht9 McDermott, Clark, Moreton, Wall 76.0 1 5 15 39 Ht10 O’Connor, Hitchcock, Unstead, Al.Smith 76.2 2 4 17 43 Ht11 Jackson, Stevens, Thatcher, McGillivray 75.0 3 3 20 46 Ht12 McDermott, Dabinett, Benson, Rundle 77.8 2 4 22 50 Ht13 Stevens, McGillivray, Ab.Smith, Rundle 76.2 3 3 25 53 Ht14 Clark, O’Connor, Thatcher, Moreton 76.4 1 5 26 58

Reserves Scratch Race Dabinett, Ab.Smith, Rundle, Fursey (ns) 76.6

Stadium Scratch Race Hitchcock, Smith, Dabinett, Benson 76.0

Scratch Races Ht Stevens, McDermott, Unstead, Ab.Smith 76.2 76.8 Ht2 Jackson, Al.Smith, O’Connor, Moreton 75.6 76.6 Ht3 Clark, Thatcher, Hitchcock, McGillivray 76.0 77.0 Final Jackson, Clark, A.Smith, Stevens (ef) 74.4

Friday 26th September 1952 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Wasps 59 Plymouth Devils 25 (Southern League)

Wolverhampton Cyril Quick 3 3 3 2 11 Jack Cunningham 2’ 2’ 1 1 6 2 Eric Irons 3 2 3 3 11 Bill Jemison 2’ 3 1’ 2’ 8 3 Ken Brown 1 2’ 0 1 4 1 Benny King 3 3 3 3 12 Stan Bradbury 1 1’ 2 1 Jimmy Grant 2’ 3 5 1

Plymouth Alan Dabinett 0 0 F 0 0 Roy Moreton 1 1 1 0 3 Alan Smith 1 1 1 1’ 4 1 Brian Hitchcock F 0 2 2 4 Ted Stevens 0 0 F 3 3 Bill Thatcher 2 3 2 2 9 Bill Rundle 2 0 0 0 2 No No.8

Ht1 Quick, Cunningham, Moreton, Dabinett 71.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Irons, Jemison, Smith, Hitchcock (f) 71.2 5 1 10 2 Ht3 King, Thatcher, Brown, Stevens 71.0 4 2 14 4 Ht4 Jemison, Rundle, Bradbury, Dabinett 72.6 4 2 18 6 Ht5 Quick, Cunningham, Smith, Hitchcock 71.2 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Thatcher, Irons, Jemison, Stevens 71.4 3 3 26 10 Ht7 King, Brown, Moreton, Dabinett (f) 71.0 5 1 31 11 Ht8 Irons, Grant, Smith, Rundle 71.2 5 1 36 12 Ht9 Quick, Thatcher, Cunningham, Stevens (f) 71.0 4 2 40 14 Ht10 Irons, Jemison, Moreton, Dabinett 71.4 5 1 45 15 Ht11 King, Hitchcock, Smith, Brown 70.6 3 3 48 18 Ht12 Stevens, Quick, Bradbury, Rundle 70.4 3 3 51 21 Ht13 Grant, Hitchcock, Brown, Rundle 71.4 4 2 55 23 Ht14 King, Thatcher, Cunningham, Moreton 70.4 4 2 59 25

Wolverhampton Scratch Races Quick, Moreton, Stevens, Jemison 53.4 54.2 Cunningham, Irons, Hitchcock, Smith 53.8 54.0 Thatcher, King, Brown, Dick Howard 53.8 54.4 Final Quick, Thatcher, Cunningham, Irons 52.8

Staffordshire Scurry Howard, Tommy Nash, Johnny Glassbrenner, Syd George 74.8

Reserves' Scratch Race Bradbury, Rundle, Howard, Debinett 72.6

Thursday 2nd October 1952 Penarth Road Stadium, Cardiff Cardiff Dragons 58 Plymouth Devils 22 (Southern League)

Cardiff Hugh Geddes 2’ 1 2’ 2’ 7 3 Charlie May 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Bert Edwards 0 2’ 1 3 1 Chum Taylor 1 3 3 3 10 Gerald Pugh 2’ 2’ 1 3 8 2 Mick Holland 3 3 3 3 12 Kevin Hayden 2’ F 3 5 1 Mick Callaghan X 2’ 2 1

Plymouth Doug Fursey 0 1 0 0 1 Roy Moreton 1 1 2 0 4 Alan Smith 2’ 2 3 2 9 1 Brian Hitchcock 3 0 0 1 4 Ted Stevens 0 0 1 X 1 Bill Thatcher 1 1 0 1 3 Bill Rundle 0 F 0

Ht1 May, Geddes, Moreton, Fursey 73.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Hitchcock, Smith, Taylor, Edwards 73.0 1 5 6 6 Ht3 Holland, Pugh, Thatcher, Stevens 72.6 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Taylor, Hayden, Fursey, Rundle 72.0 5 1 16 8 Ht5 May, Smith, Geddes, Hitchcock 73.8 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Taylor, Edwards, Thatcher, Stevens 72.6 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Holland, Pugh, Moreton, Fursey 72.6 5 1 30 12 Ht8 Smith, Hayden (f), Rundle (f), Callaghan (exc) 76.2 0 3 30 15 Ht9 May, Geddes, Stevens, Thatcher 72.6 5 1 35 16 Ht10 Taylor, Moreton, Edwards, Fursey 73.0 4 2 39 18 Ht11 Holland, Smith, Pugh, Hitchcock 72.0 4 2 43 20 Ht12 Hayden, Geddes, Stevens (exc), Rundle (ns) 72.4 5 0 48 20 Ht13 Pugh, Callaghan, Hitchcock, Rundle (ns) 73.2 5 1 53 21 Ht14 Holland, May, Thatcher, Moreton 72.6 5 1 58 22

Friday 3rd October 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Southern Stars 48 New Zealand 60 (Grand International Match)

Southern Stars Goog Hoskin 0 1 0 1 2 Alan Smith 1 2 2 1 2’ 1 9 1 George Wall 2 0 1 1 0 4 Gerald Pugh 0 0 F 0 Peter Robinson 1 3 3 3 1 3 14 Maurice McDermott 0 21’ 3 0 6 1 Vic Gent 3 3 0 3 9 Brian Hitchcock 2’ 1 1 4 1

New Zealand Ronnie Moore 3 3 2’ 3 3 14 1 Kevin Hayden 2’ 2’ 0 3 2 9 2 Peter Clark 3 3 2 0 2’ 0 10 1 Geoff Mardon 3 1 2 2’ 3 2 13 1 Barry Briggs E 3 0 F 1’ 4 1 Bill Thatcher 1 1 2 1 2’ 7 1 Frank Boyle 0 2 2 Ted Stevens 1 0 1

Ht1 Moore, Hayden, Smith, Hoskin 75.2 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Clark, Wall, Thatcher, Pugh 74.0 2 4 3 9 Ht3 Mardon, Hayden, Robinson, McDermott 74.8 1 5 4 14 Ht4 Gent, Hitchcock, Stevens, Boyle 76.4 5 1 9 15 Ht5 Clark, Smith, Mardon, Wall 74.4 2 4 11 19 Ht6 Moore, McDermott, Thatcher, Pugh 72.6 2 4 13 23 Ht7 Robinson, Clark, Hoskin, Briggs (ef) 73.8 4 2 17 25 Ht8 Briggs, Moore, Wall, Hoskin 74.2 1 5 18 30 Ht9 Moore, Smith, McDermott, Clark 73.8 3 3 21 33 Ht10 Robinson, Thatcher, Wall, Hayden 74.0 4 2 25 35 Ht11 Gent, Mardon, Smith, Briggs 74.4 4 2 29 37 Ht12 Hayden, Clark, Hitchcock, Gent 75.6 1 5 30 42 Ht13 Robinson, Smith, Thatcher, Briggs (f) 74.0 5 1 35 43 Ht14 Gent, Boyle, Hitchcock, Stevens 76.2 4 2 39 45 Ht15 Moore, Mardon, Robinson, Pugh (f) 73.4 1 5 40 50 Ht16 McDermott, Hayden, Briggs, Wall 76.2 3 3 43 53 Ht17 Mardon, Thatcher, Hoskin, McDermott 75.4 1 5 44 58 Ht18 Robinson, Mardon, Smith, Clark 74.4 4 2 48 60

PLYMOUTH Needs 1952 (all aways)

Saturday 19th April 1952 Aldershot Shots 48 Plymouth Devils 60 (NT) SH Saturday 10th May 1952 Aldershot Shots 42 Plymouth Devils 42 (SL) SH Ht4 time Saturday 17th May 1952 Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets 67 Plymouth Devils 41 (NT) T Ht17 Tuesday 20th May 1952 Cornish Stadium, St Austell St Austell Gulls 45 Plymouth Devils 38 (SL) SH Monday 2nd June 1952 Poole Stadium, Poole Poole Pirates 67 Plymouth Devils 41 (NT) Time Cap. Scr. Saturday 7th June 1952 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets 45 Plymouth Devils 39 (SL) SH Times 2nd places Friday 13th June 1952Monmore Green, WolverhamptonWolverhampton Wasps 51 Plymouth Devils 31 (SL) aturday 21st June 1952 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 32 Plymouth Devils 52 (SL) SH Times 2nd places Tuesday 8th July 1952 Bannister Court Stadium, Southampton Southampton Saints 49 Plymouth Devils 35 (SL) SH Tuesday 15th July 1952 Cornish Stadium, St Austell St Austell Gulls 39 Plymouth Devils 45 (SL) SH Wednesday 23rd July 1952 Aldershot 45 Plymouth 39 (SL) Times Tuesday 19th August 1952 Bannister Court Stadium, Southampton Southampton Saints 44 Plymouth Devils 40 (SL) SH Thursday 2nd October 1952 Penarth Road Stadium, Cardiff Cardiff Dragons 58 Plymouth Devils 22 (SL) SH