Birmingham Speedway 1955
Statistical Record
Contents
Index Of Meetings
Meeting Details
Nigel Nicklin, Roger Beaman & Jim Henry – Issue 8 (18th January 2017) Birmingham Speedway 1955 - Index Of Meetings
Month Date Opponents Competition Venue Result For Agst Page
April 2 Swindon Challenge Away Lost 32 63 3 8 Bristol Inter-City Cup Away Lost 40 56 4 16 Bristol Inter-City Cup Home Won 62 34 5 23 Odsal NL Div 1 Home Won 52 44 6 30 Norwich NL Div 1 Home Won 51 45 7 May 3 West Ham NL Div 1 Away Lost 48 48 8 7 Odsal NL Div 1 Away Lost 34 62 9 9 Wim/WH/Wem/Ods/Bir 5TT Wimb Wimbledon 10 14 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Home Won 53 43 11 21 Wembley NL Div 1 Home Won 50 45 12 28 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Away Lost 32 64 13 30 Coventry Challenge Away Won 61 35 14 June 4 Wimbledon NL Div 1 Home Lost 43 53 15 11 West Ham NL Div 1 Home Won 64 32 16 14 West Ham NL Div 1 Away Lost 45 50 17 18 Wembley NL Div 1 Home Won 55 41 18 20 Wimbledon NL Div 1 Away Lost 22 73 19 25 Wimbledon NL Div 1 Home Draw 48 48 20 30 Wembley NL Div 1 Away Lost 28 68 21 July 2 Norwich NL Div 1 Away Lost 34 62 22 9 Norwich NL Div 1 Home Won 50 43 23 16 Poole Nat Trophy Home Won 56 52 24 18 Poole Nat Trophy Away Aband 30 36 25 23 Midland Riders Champs QR Individual Home Ron Mountford 26 27 England v Australasia Test Home 61 46 27 30 Norwich NL Div 1 Away Lost 32 64 28 Aug 4 Poole Nat Trophy Away Lost 52 56 29 6 Odsal NL Div 1 Home Lost 47 49 30 13 World Championship QR Individual Home Doug Davies 31 17 Poole Nat Trophy Home Won 67 41 32 18 Poole Nat Trophy Away Lost 39 69 33 20 Odsal NL Div 1 Away Lost 44 52 34 22 Wimbledon NL Div 1 Away Lost 28 67 35 27 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Home Won 50 46 36 Sept 3 West Ham NL Div 1 Home Lost 46 50 37 10 Wembley NL Div 1 Home Won 53 43 38 17 Leicester Mid Cup Fin Home Won 66 36 39 24 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Away Lost 25 71 40 30 Leicester Mid Cup Fin Away Lost 42 60 41 Oct 1 Coventry Challenge Away Lost 47 48 42
2 Saturday 2nd April 1955 Abbey Stadium, Swindon
Swindon Robins 63 - Birmingham Brummies 32 (Challenge)
Swindon 1. Ian Williams 3 1’ 2 3 3 12 1 2. Mick Holland 1 1 2 0 2 6 3. Bob Roger 3 3 3 1 3 13 4. Ron Swaine 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 1 9 4 5. George White 3 3 3 R R 9 6. Danny Malone 2’ 2’ 1 3 1 9 2 7. Bob Jones 3 2 5
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 R R 1 R 3 2. Ivor Davies 0 R 1 1 NS 2 3. Dick Bradley (G) 1 3 3 R 3 2 12 4. Billy Hole (G) 0 0 2 3 2 7 5. Eric Boothroyd R R N 1 2 3 6. Harry Bastable 1 1 1 0 0 3 7. Alan Pearce 2 0 2
Ht 1: Williams, Hunt, Holland, Davies 75.8 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Roger, Swaine, Bradley, Hole 77.6 5 1 9 3 Ht 3: White, Malone, Bastable, Boothroyd [r] 76.4 5 1 14 4 Ht 4: Jones, Pearce, Holland, Davies [r] 78.2 4 2 18 6 Ht 5: Roger, Swaine, Bastable, Boothroyd[r] 77.2 5 1 23 7 Ht 6: Bradley, Holland, Williams, Hole 77.0 3 3 26 10 Ht 7: White, Malone, Davies, Hunt [r] 78.6 5 1 31 11 Ht 8: Bradley [ts], Williams, Bastable, Holland 77.0 2 4 33 15 Ht 9: White, Hole, Malone, Bradley [r] 74.8 4 2 37 17 Ht 10: Roger, Swaine, Davies, Hunt [r] 77.6 5 1 42 18 Ht 11: Williams, Swaine, Hunt, Bastable 77.8 5 1 47 19 Ht 12: Bradley, Holland, Boothroyd, White [r] 76.6 2 4 49 23 Ht 13: Hole, Jones, Roger, Bastable 78.2 3 3 52 26 Ht 14: Malone, Bradley, Swaine, Pearce 77.4 4 2 56 28 Ht 15: Roger, Hole, Hunt [r], White [r] 80.2 3 2 59 30 Ht 16: Williams, Boothroyd, Malone, Davies [ns] 78.8 4 2 63 32
The Blunsdon Scratch Race: Not run.
The Highworth Scratch Race Bastable, Ernie Lessiter, Roger, Pearce 79.2
Brummies v. Bulldogs Scratch Race Bradley, Lessiter, Jones (3 Riders Only) 78.4
The Reserves’ Scratch Race: Not run.
The Stadium Scratch Race Swaine, Malone, White (3 Riders Only) 78.4
3 Friday 8th April 1955 Knowle Stadium, Bristol
Bristol Bulldogs 56 - Birmingham Brummies 40 (Inter City Cup)
Bristol 1. Dick Bradley 2 3 3 3 3 15 2. Geoff Pymar 1’ 3 2’ 1 2 9 2 3. Billy Hole 3 2 2 3 2 12 4. Johnny Hole 0 0 N 0 2 2 5. Jack Unstead (G) 3 3 3 1’ 0 10 1 6. Chris Boss 2’ 2’ 2’ 1’ 0 7 4 7. Cliff Cox 0 1’ 1 2 1
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 0 3 2 3 1’ 12 1 2. Ivor Davies 0 1’ 1 0 N 2 1 3. Ron Mountford 2 0 0 3 3 2 10 4. Eric Boothroyd 1’ 1 1 0 1 4 1 5. Graham Warren 0 3 0 0 N 3 6. Jim Tolley 1 1 2 1’ 2 7 1 7. Harry Bastable 2 0 2
Ht1 Hunt, Bradley, Pymar, Davies 62.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 B.Hole, Mountford, Boothroyd, J.Hole 62.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Unstead, Boss, Tolley, Warren 62.4 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Pymar, Bastable, Davies, Cox 64.8 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Warren, B.Hole, Tolley, J.Hole 63.4 2 4 16 14 Ht6 Bradley, Pymar, Boothroyd, Mountford 63.8 5 1 21 15 Ht7 Unstead, Boss, Davies, Hunt 62.8 5 1 26 16 Ht8 Bradley, Tolley, Pymar, Warren 63.8 4 2 30 18 Ht9 Unstead, Boss, Boothroyd, Mountford 63.4 5 1 35 19 Ht10 Hunt, B.Hole, Cox, Davies 64.2 3 3 38 22 Ht11 Bradley, Hunt, Tolley, J.Hole 62.8 3 3 41 25 Ht12 Mountford, Pymar, Unstead, Warren 64.0 3 3 44 28 Ht13 B.Hole, Tolley, Cox, Boothroyd 64.6 4 2 48 30 Ht14 Mountford, J.Hole, Boss, Bastable 63.8 3 3 51 33 Ht15 Hunt, B.Hole, Boothroyd, Unstead 64.0 2 4 53 37 Ht16 Bradley, Mountford [ts], Hunt [ts], Boss 63.2 3 3 56 40
The Wells Scratch Race Pymar, Bastable, Cox, Roy Taylor 64.6
The Patchway Scratch Race Mountford, Boothroyd, Boss, B.Hole 64.6
The Newport Scratch Race Tolley, Cox, Taylor, J.Hole ?
The Avonmouth Scratch Race Bradley, Unstead, Hunt, Bastable 64.0
4 Saturday 16th April 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham
Birmingham Brummies 62 - Bristol Bulldogs 34 (Inter City Cup)
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 1’ 3 3 13 1 2. Doug Davies 2’ 3 2’ 2 3 12 2 3. Ron Mountford 2’ 2 3 3 3 13 1 4. Eric Boothroyd 3 1’ 2’ 0 2 8 2 5. Graham Warren F F 1 1 2’ 4 1 6. Jim Tolley 2 3 3 0 1 9 7. Harry Bastable 2’ 1 3 1
Bristol 1. Dick Bradley 1 2 1 1’ 2 1 8 1 2. Geoff Pymar 0 1’ 1 0 0 2 1 3. Billy Hole 0 1 2 2 0 1 6 4. John Hole 1 0 0 EF 0 1 5. Ken McKinlay (G) 3 3 3 2 3 2 16 6. Chris Boss 1 0 EF N N 1 7. Cliff Cox 0 N 0
Ht1 Hunt, Davies, Bradley, Pymar 71.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Boothroyd, Mountford, J.Hole, B.Hole 74.4 5 1 10 2 Ht3 McKinlay, Tolley, Boss, Warren [f] 73.0 2 4 12 6 Ht4 Davies, Bastable, Pymar, Cox 75.4 5 1 17 7 Ht5 McKinlay, Mountford, Boothroyd, Boss 72.0 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Hunt, Davies, B.Hole, J.Hole 74.2 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Tolley, Bradley, Pymar, Warren [f] 75.8 3 3 28 14 Ht8 McKinlay, Davies, Hunt, Boss [ef] 72.4 3 3 31 17 Ht9 Tolley, B.Hole, Warren, J.Hole 75.4 4 2 35 19 Ht10 Mountford, Boothroyd, Bradley, Pymar 73.6 5 1 40 20 Ht11 Hunt, B.Hole [ts], Bradley, Boothroyd 73.6 3 3 43 23 Ht12 Davies, McKinlay, Warren, B.Hole 73.2 4 2 47 25 Ht13 Mountford, Bradley [ts], Bastable, J.Hole [ef] 73.8 4 2 51 27 Ht14 McKinlay [ts], Boothroyd, B.Hole, Tolley 74.4 2 4 53 31 Ht15 Mountford, Warren, Bradley, J.Hole 74.6 5 1 58 32 Ht16 Hunt, McKinlay, Tolley, Pymar 73.4 4 2 62 34
Reserves Scratch Race Bastable, Ivor Davies, Cox, Alan Pearce [ef] 76.8
Highest Points Scorers Scratch Race McKinlay, Hunt, Bradley, Mountford [ef] 74.4
Consolation Scratch Race B.Hole, Bastable, Tolley, I.Davies 76.2
Overseas v Birmingham D.Davies, Warren, Hunt, Mountford [ef] 74.4
5 Saturday 23rd April 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham
Birmingham Brummies 52 - Odsal Tudors 44 (National League Division One)
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 3 EF 3 EF 8 2. Doug Davies EF FX N N N 0 3. Ron Mountford 3 3 3 3 2 14 4. Eric Boothroyd 1 1 1 1 2 6 5. Graham Warren 2’ 1’ 1’ 1’ 1’ 6 5 6. Jim Tolley 3 2 2 1’ 2 10 1 7. Harry Bastable 2 0 3 2 1 8
Odsal 1. Eddie Rigg 3 3 2 2 2 3 15 2. Keith Milner 1 3 EF 0 1 5 3. Arthur Wright 2 2 3 0 3 0 10 4. Al Allison 0 1’ 0 N N 1 1 5. Arthur Forrest EF 0 1’ 3 3 7 1 6. Guy Allott 1 2 2 F 0 5 7. Jack Hughes 1 0 1
Ht1 Rigg, Hunt, Milner, Davies [ef] 71.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Mountford, Wright, Boothroyd, Allison 72.2 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Tolley, Warren, Allott, Forrest [ef] 73.8 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Milner, Bastable, Hughes, Davies [fx] 74.8 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Mountford, Allott, Boothroyd, Forrest 74.3 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Hunt, Wright, Allison, Bastable 72.8 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Rigg, Tolley, Warren, Milner [ef] 73.0 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Bastable, Allott, Forrest, Hunt [ef] 75.0 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Wright, Tolley, Warren, Allison 74.0 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Mountford, Rigg, Boothroyd, Milner 73.2 4 2 33 27 Ht11 Hunt, Rigg, Boothroyd, Allott [f] 72.6 4 2 37 29 Ht12 Forrest, Bastable, Warren, Wright 74.4 3 3 40 32 Ht13 Mountford, Rigg [ts], Bastable, Allott 73.6 4 2 44 34 Ht14 Wright, Boothroyd, Tolley, Hughes 75.4 3 3 47 37 Ht15 Rigg, Mountford, Warren, Wright[ts] 83.4 3 3 50 40 Ht16 Forrest, Tolley, Milner, Hunt [ef] 74.6 2 4 52 44
Side-car Handicap Race (4 Laps) Geoff Lucy (scr), Harold Hill (15), Bill Evans (10), John Lidgate (5), Geoff Baker (15) [ef] 89.8
Side-car Scratch Race (4 Laps) Baker, Hill, Lucy, Evans [ef], Lidgate (ns) 89.2
Side-car Handicap Race (6 Laps) Ht3 6 laps Lucy (15), Unknown, Baker (10), [ Hill (10), Evans (scr), Lidgate (ns) (?) ??.?
Reserves Scratch Race Bastable, I.Davies, Allott, Hughes 75.4
Trophy Scratch Race Hunt, Rigg, Mountford, Forrest 73.4
Selected Scratch Race Warren, I.Davies, Boothroyd, Milner 75.0
6 Saturday 30th April 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham
Birmingham Brummies 55 - Norwich Stars 45 (National League Division One)
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2’ 3 FX 2 1 8 1 2. Jim Tolley 3 1 0 N 0 4 3. Ron Mountford 3 1 3 3 0 10 4. Eric Boothroyd 0 0 1 0 1 2 5. Doug Davies 2 1’ 3 3 3 12 1 6. Graham Warren 1’ 2 2’ 3 0 8 2 7. Harry Bastable 3 2 2’ 7 1
Norwich 1. Aub Lawson 1 3 3 2 1 2 12 2. Phil Clarke 0 2 0 0 1’ 2 5 1 3. Cyril Roger 1’ 2 1 1’ 2 7 2 4. Fred Brand 2 1’ 0 1 N 4 1 5. Billy Bales 3 2’ 3 3 2 3 16 1 6. Barry East 0 N 1 N 0 1 7. Malcolm Flood 0 0 0
Ht1 Tolley, Hunt, Lawson, Clarke 72.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Mountford, Brand, Roger, Boothroyd 74.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Bales, Davies, Warren, East 72.2 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Bastable, Clarke, Tolley, Flood 71.4 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Lawson [ts], Bales, Mountford, Boothroyd 73.6 1 5 16 14 Ht6 Hunt, Roger, Brand, Tolley 75.0 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Lawson, Warren, Davies, Clarke 75.0 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Bales, Bastable, East, Hunt [fx] 74.2 2 4 24 24 Ht9 Davies, Warren, Roger, Brand 74.8 5 1 29 25 Ht10 Mountford, Lawson, Boothroyd, Clarke [ef] 73.6 4 2 33 27 Ht11 Bales [ts], Hunt, Lawson, Boothroyd 74.0 2 4 35 31 Ht12 Davies, Bales, Roger, Tolley 74.0 3 3 38 34 Ht13 Mountford, Bastable, Brand, East 73.6 5 1 43 35 Ht14 Warren, Roger, Boothroyd, Flood 75.2 4 2 47 37 Ht15 Davies, Lawson, Clarke [ts], Mountford 75.2 3 3 50 40 Ht16 Bales, Clarke, Hunt, Warren [ef] 74.6 1 5 51 45
H V Smith Caterers Trophy Scratch Race 1 Mountford, Davies, Lawson, Roger 75.0 75.4 2 Hunt, Clarke, Boothroyd, Brand 74.6 76.0 3 Bales, Bastable, Warren, Tolley 75.0 75.6 Final Mountford, Bales, D.Davies, Hunt 75.0
7 Tuesday 3rd May 1955 West Ham Stadium, London
West Ham Hammers 48 Birmingham Brummies 48 (National League Division One)
West Ham 1. Alan Smith 2’ 2 1’ 1 2 8 2. Jack Young 3 3 N N 1 7 3. Wally Green 2’ 3 3 3 3 14 1 4. Split Waterman 3 FX 1 2 2 8 5. Gerry Hussey 1’ 2’ 0 F N 3 2 6. Bert Roger 2 3 2 1’ 0 8 1 7. Terry Courtnell 0 0 0 F 0 0
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt EF 1 2 3 2 8 2. Jim Tolley 1 2 0 0 1 4 3. Ron Mountford 0 3 3 3 3 12 4. Eric Boothroyd 1 1 1 1’ 1’ 5 2 5. Doug Davies 3 2 3 2’ 3 13 1 6. Graham Warren 0 1’ 2’ 0 2 5 2 7. Harry Bastable 1’ 0 1 1
Ht1 Young, Smith, Tolley, Hunt [ef] 74.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Waterman, Green, Boothroyd, Mountford 76.2 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Davies, Roger, Hussey, Warren 75.6 3 3 13 5 Ht4 Young, Tolley, Bastable, Courtnell 76.4 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Green, Davies, Warren, Waterman [fx] 75.0 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Mountford, Smith, Boothroyd, Courtnell 77.2 2 4 21 15 Ht7 Roger, Hussey, Hunt, Tolley 77.6 5 1 26 16 Ht8 Davies, Warren, Smith, Courtnell 78.0 1 5 27 21 Ht9 Mountford, Roger, Boothroyd, Hussey 77.0 2 4 29 25 Ht10 Green, Hunt, Waterman, Tolley 77.0 4 2 33 27 Ht11 Hunt, Waterman, Smith, Warren 77.8 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Mountford, Davies, Young, Hussey [f] 77.6 1 5 37 35 Ht13 Green, Warren, Boothroyd, Courtnell [f] 78.8 3 3 40 38 Ht14 Mountford, Waterman, Roger, Bastable 78.2 3 3 43 41 Ht15 Green, Hunt, Boothroyd, Courtnell 77.0 3 3 46 44 Ht16 Davies, Smith, Tolley, Roger 77.8 2 4 48 48
Tidal Basin Scratch Race Byford, Courtnell, Tolley, Bastable 79.4
Victoria Scratch Race - (3 laps) Mountford, Hunt, Young, 3 only 57.8
Silvertown Scratch Race Byford, Waterman, Warren, Roger [ef] 79.6
Rotherhithe Scratch Race Green, Smith, Boothroyd, Byford 78.0
Golden Helmet Match Race Ht1 Ronnie Moore bt Jack Young 72.4 Ht2 Ronnie Moore bt Jack Young 72.6
8 Saturday 7th May 1955 Odsal Stadium, Bradford
Odsal Tudors 62 - Birmingham Brummies 34 (National League Division One)
Odsal 1. Eddie Rigg F 2 3 2’ 2 9 1 2. Keith Milner 1 2’ 0 1 2 6 1 3. Guy Allott 2’ 2’ 3 3 1’ 11 3 4. Arthur Wright 3 3 2’ 3 2’ 13 2 5. Arthur Forrest 2’ 3 3 1’ 2 11 2 6. Al Allison 3 1 FX 3 N 7 7. Jack Hughes 3 1 1’ 5 1
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 2 0 1 2 3 11 2. Jim Tolley 2’ 0 0 1 N 3 1 3. Ron Mountford 0 3 2 3 1 3 12 4. Eric Boothroyd 1 1 1’ 0 0 3 1 5. Doug Davies 1 1 2 0 EF 4 6. Graham Warren 0 0 0 0 N 0 7. Harry Bastable 1 0 1
Ht1 Hunt, Tolley, Milner, Rigg [f] 67.4 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Wright, Allott, Boothroyd, Mountford 67.6 5 1 6 6 Ht3 Allison, Forrest, Davies, Warren 67.0 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Hughes, Milner, Bastable, Tolley 68.2 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Wright, Allott, Davies, Warren 68.0 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Mountford, Rigg, Boothroyd, Milner 68.4 2 4 23 13 Ht7 Forrest, Hunt, Allison, Tolley 67.4 4 2 27 15 Ht8 Rigg, Davies, Milner, Warren 67.2 4 2 31 17 Ht9 Forrest, Mountford, Boothroyd, Allison [fx] 67.6 3 3 34 20 Ht10 Allott, Wright, Tolley, Hunt 67.6 5 1 39 21 Ht11 Wright, Rigg, Hunt, Warren 67.8 5 1 44 22 Ht12 Mountford, Milner, Forrest, Davies 68.0 3 3 47 25 Ht13 Allott, Hunt [ts], Hughes, Boothroyd 68.0 4 2 51 27 Ht14 Allison, Wright, Mountford, Bastable 67.4 5 1 56 28 Ht15 Hunt, Forrest, Allott, Boothroyd 68.8 3 3 59 31 Ht16 Mountford [ts], Rigg, Hughes, Davies [ef] 68.2 3 3 62 34
Junior Scratch Race Ht1 Des Haswell, Tommy Toll, Billy Ward 67.0 Ht2 Nigel Boocock, Malcolm Bruce, David Wright, Peter Thompson [ex] 74.2 Final Haswell, Boocock, Toll, Bruce 67.2
Highest Points Scorers Scratch Race Forrest, Wright, Mountford, Hunt 68.2
Consolation Scratch Race Boothroyd, Bastable, Hughes, John Gribbin 69.6
9 Monday 9th May 1955 Wimbledon Stadium, London
Wimbledon 32 - Odsal 6 - West Ham 20 - Wembley 17 - Birmingham 15 (5TT)
Wimbledon 1. Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 12 2. Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 12 3. Ron How 2 3 3 0 8
Odsal 1. Eddie Rigg 0 1 N N 1 2. Arthur Forrest 0 0 2 0 2 3. Arthur Wright 1 0 0 0 1 R. Cyril Brine 0 0 R. Alf Hagon 2 2
West Ham 1. Jack Young 1 3 0 3 7 2. Split Waterman 2 1 3 0 6 3. Gerald Hussey 2 2 2 1 7
Wembley 1. Tommy Price 2 1 1 2 6 2. Freddie Williams 0 2 3 2 7 3. Eric Williams 0 1 1 2 4
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 1 2 2 1 6 2. Ron Mountford 3 0 2 1 6 3. Graham Warren 1 0 1 1 3
W O WH WE B Ht1 Moore, Price, Young, Rigg 65.4 3 0 1 2 0 Ht2 Briggs, Waterman, Hunt, Forrest 63.8 6 0 3 2 1 Ht3 Mountford, How, Wright, F.Williams 66.0 8 1 3 2 4 Ht4 Moore, Hussey, Warren, E.Williams 65.4 11 1 5 2 5 Ht5 Briggs, F.Williams, Rigg, Warren 64.2 14 2 5 4 5 Ht6 How, Hussey, Price, Forrest 65.8 17 2 7 5 5 Ht7 Young, Hunt, E..Williams, Wright 65.4 17 2 10 6 7 Ht8 Moore, Forrest, Waterman, Mountford 65.0 20 4 11 6 7 Ht9 How, Hussey, E.Willliams, Brine 64.6 23 4 13 7 7 Ht10 Briggs, Mountford, Price, Wright 64.2 26 4 13 8 9 Ht11 Waterman, Hagon, Warren, How 66.2 26 6 16 8 10 Ht12 F.Williams, Hunt, Hussey, Wright 66.6 26 6 17 11 12 Ht13 Briggs, E.Williams, Mountford, Young 64.4 29 6 17 13 13 Ht14 Moore, Price, Hunt, Waterman 65.0 32 6 17 15 14 Ht15 Young, F.Williams, Warren, Forrest 66.2 32 6 20 17 15
Don’s Handicap Trott [Scr], Hagon [5 Yds Back], Brine [5], [ P.Moore [5], Maidment [3] 66.0
Supporter’s Club Plaque - (1 lap) Cyril Brine 18.0 Cyril Maidment 18.0 Peter Moore 17.4 Reg Trott 18.2 Alf Hagon 18.2
Junior Match Race - (2 laps) Ray Thackwell beat Tommy Sweetman 36.2
Stadium Scratch Race P.Moore, Maidment, Hagon, Brine 66.4
May Scratch Race Trott. Sweetman, Thackwell 66.8 10
Saturday 14th May 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham
Birmingham Brummies 53 - Belle Vue Aces 43 (National League Division One)
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 3 15 2. Jim Tolley F 1’ 0 0 N 1 1 3. Ron Mountford 1’ 2 3 3 3 12 1 4. Eric Boothroyd 2 1’ 1 0 1’ 5 2 5. Doug Davies 3 2 1 EF 2’ 8 1 6. Graham Warren 1 1’ 3 2 1 8 1 7. Harry Bastable 2 1 1 4
Belle Vue 1. Peter Craven 2 3 2 1’ 1 9 1 2. Harry Edwards 1’ 3 0 0 0 4 1 3. Ron Johnston 3 2 0 2’ 3 10 1 4. Bob Duckworth 0 1’ 2 2 F 5 1 5. Ken Sharples 2 3 2 2 3 2 14 6. Don Cuppleditch 0 0 1’ N 0 1 1 7. Dick Fisher 0 0 0
Ht1 Hunt, Craven, Edwards, Tolley [f] 71.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Johnston, Boothroyd, Mountford, Duckworth 73.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Davies, Sharples, Warren, Cuppleditch 74.4 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Edwards, Bastable, Tolley, Fisher 76.8 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Sharples, Mountford, Boothroyd, Cuppleditch 75.6 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Hunt, Johnston, Duckworth, Tolley 73.4 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Craven, Davies, Warren, Edwards 73.0 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Hunt, Sharples, Cuppleditch, Tolley 73.0 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Warren, Duckworth, Davies, Johnston 74.8 4 2 29 25 Ht10 Mountford, Craven, Boothroyd, Edwards 75.0 4 2 33 27 Ht11 Hunt, Sharples [ts], Craven, Boothroyd 73.8 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Sharples, Johnston, Bastable, Davies [ef] 75.6 1 5 37 35 Ht13 Mountford, Duckworth, Bastable, Cuppleditch 74.6 4 2 41 37 Ht14 Johnston, Warren, Boothroyd, Fisher 76.0 3 3 44 40 Ht15 Mountford, Davies, Craven, Duckworth [f] 75.2 5 1 49 41 Ht16 Hunt, Sharples, Warren, Edwards 75.8 4 2 53 43
The Ellis Trophy Scratch Race Ht1 Mountford, Johnson, Edwards, Warren 76.0 77.2 Ht2 Hunt, Sharples, Craven, Fisher 74.8 76.0 Ht3 Davies, Bastable, Boothroyd, Duckworth 76.4 77.0 Final Sharples, Mountford, Hunt, Davies [ef] 76.2
11 Saturday 21st May 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham
Birmingham Brummies 50 - Wembley Lions 45 (National League Division One)
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 1 2’ 2’ 2 1 8 2 2. Jim Tolley 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 3. Ron Mountford 3 EF 1 2 1’ 7 1 4. Eric Boothroyd F F 0 N 2 2 5. Doug Davies 3 2 3 3 2 13 6. Graham Warren 1 0 2’ 1’ 0 4 2 7. Harry Bastable 1 1’ 0 2 1
Wembley 1. Brian Crutcher 0 3 3 3 3 3 15 2. Tommy Price 2 2 1 2’ 3 10 1 3. Eric Williams 1’ 0 0 1 3 2’ 7 2 4. Trevor Redmond 2 1 1 1 0 5 5. Freddie Williams 0 3 1 0 N 4 6. Eric French 2’ 2 0 0 N 4 1 7. Jimmy Gooch 0 0 0
Ht1 Tolley, Price, Hunt, Crutcher 72.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Mountford, Redmond, E.Williams, Boothroyd [f] 74.0 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Davies, French, Warren, F.Williams 74.0 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Tolley, Price, Bastable, Gooch 74.8 4 2 15 9 Ht5 F.Williams, French, Mountford [ef], Boothroyd [f] 77.2 0 5 15 14 Ht6 Tolley, Hunt, Redmond, E.Williams 75.0 5 1 20 15 Ht7 Crutcher, Davies, Price, Warren 73.8 2 4 22 19 Ht8 Tolley, Hunt, F.Williams, French 75.6 5 1 27 20 Ht9 Davies, Warren, Redmond, E.Williams 75.2 5 1 32 21 Ht10 Crutcher, Price, Mountford, Boothroyd 73.8 1 5 33 26 Ht11 Crutcher, Hunt, Bastable, French 74.6 3 3 36 29 Ht12 Davies, Tolley, E.Williams, F.Williams 75.8 5 1 41 30 Ht13 Crutcher [ts], Mountford, Redmond, Bastable 75.0 2 4 43 34 Ht14 E.Williams, Boothroyd, Warren, Gooch 76.4 3 3 46 37 Ht15 Crutcher, Davies, Mountford, Redmond 75.0 3 3 49 40 Ht16 Price, E.Williams [ts], Hunt, Warren 76.4 1 5 50 45
The South Carolina Scratch Race Ht1 Crutcher, Redmond, Davies, Mountford 76.0 84.4 Ht2 Hunt, Price, F.Williams, E.Williams 75.4 77.4 Ht3 Tolley, Bastable, Boothroyd, Warren 77.0 78.2 Final Hunt, Crutcher, Tolley, Price 76.6
12 Saturday 28th May 1955 Belle Vue, Manchester
Belle Vue Aces 64 - Birmingham Brummies 32 (National League Division One)
Belle Vue 1. Ken Sharples 3 3 3 2’ 3 14 1 2. Don Cuppleditch 1 1 1 1 0 4 3. Ron Johnston 2 2 2 3 2 11 4. Bob Duckworth 3 3 3 3 3 15 5. Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 15 6. Dick Fisher 1 1 0 0 0 2 7. Peter Williams 2 1 3
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt EF F 1 1 0 1 3 2. Harry Bastable 2 3 2 0 1’ 8 1 3. Ron Mountford 1 2 2 2 2 9 4. Graham Warren 0 F N 2 0 2 5. Doug Davies 2 1 2 N 2 7 6. Jim Tolley F 0 0 0 N 0 7. Eric Boothroyd 0 1’ 1’ 1’ 3 3
Ht1 Sharples, Bastable, Cuppleditch, Hunt 72.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Duckworth, Johnston, Mountford, Warren 73.0 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Craven, Davies, Fisher, Tolley [f] 75.0 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Bastable, Williams, Cuppleditch, Boothroyd 75.2 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Duckworth, Johnston, Davies, Tolley 75.2 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Sharples, Mountford, Cuppleditch, Warren [f] 75.2 4 2 25 11 Ht7 Carven, Bastable, Fisher, Hunt [f] 75.0 4 2 29 13 Ht8 Sharples, Davies, Cuppleditch, Tolley 75.8 4 2 33 15 Ht9 Craven, Mountford, Boothroyd, Fisher 74.0 3 3 36 18 Ht10 Duckworth, Johnston, Hunt [frem], Bastable[nf] 75.2 5 1 41 19 Ht11 Duckworth, Sharples, Hunt, Tolley 74.4 5 1 46 20 Ht12 Craven, Mountford, Boothroyd, Cuppleditch 74.0 3 3 49 23 Ht13 Johnston, Warren, Williams, Hunt [ts] 75.8 4 2 53 25 Ht14 Duckworth, Mountford, Boothroyd, Fisher 75.4 3 3 56 28 Ht15 Craven, Johnston, Hunt, Warren 73.4 5 1 61 29 Ht16 Sharples, Davies, Bastable, Fisher 76.2 3 3 64 32
Two-Stroke Scramble Belle Vue v Cheshire Ht1 Bickerton (C ), Ramsden (BV), McGee (BV), Cox, Grepp (BV), [Issacs, Hough, Scarratt, Rhodes (res) (all BV), Warburton, RR Cottrel, Howard, Ackroyd, Cowley, Atwood, Goodier (res) (all C) 146.4 Ht2 Bickerton, Ramsden, Atwood, Warburton, [ Cox, Isaacs, Hough, McGee, Grepp, Scarratt, Rhodes, RR Cottrel, Howard, Cowley, Goodier 145.0
Reserves Race Boothroyd, Williams, Fred Rogers, Tink Maynard 76.8
Bubble Bounce Ht1 Slant Payling (50yds back), Jenkins (5). Maynard (50), Tegg (scr), Howell (30) 80.0 Ht2 Robinson (scr), Rogers (25), Maynard (20), B.Craven (20), Payling (scr) 77.6
Top Four Not Raced
13 Monday 30th May 1955 Brandon Stadium, Coventry
Coventry Bees 35 – Birmingham Brummies 61 (Challenge)
Coventry 1. Johnnie Reason 1 0 N 3 2 6 2. Bob Mark 0 0 3 0 1 2 6 3. Jim Lightfoot 3 3 3 EF 2 2 13 4. Vic Emms 0 N 1 1 0 2 5. Tommy Miller 2 1 2 2 0 0 7 6. Reg Duval 0 0 N N 0 0 7. Peter Brough 1 F 0 1
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 2 1 12 2. Harry Bastable 2’ 3 1 2’ 1 9 2 3. Ron Mountford 2 2 3 3 3 13 4. Graham Warren 1’ 1’ 1 1 3 7 2 5. Doug Davies 3 2 2 2’ 3 12 1 6. Jim Tolley 1 0 1’ 0 3 5 1 7. Eric Boothroyd 2’ 1 3 1
Ht1 Hunt, Bastable, Reason, Mark 68.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Lightfoot, Mountford, Warren, Emms 68.0 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Davies, Miller, Tolley, Duval 70.0 2 4 6 12 Ht4 Bastable, Boothroyd, Brough, Mark 71.0 1 5 7 17 Ht5 Lightfoot, Davies, Miller[ts], Tolley 68.6 4 2 11 19 Ht6 Mark, Mountford, Warren, Reason 69.6 3 3 14 22 Ht7 Hunt, Miller, Bastable, Duval 69.6 2 4 16 26 Ht8 Lightfoot [ts], Davies, Tolley, Mark 69.2 3 3 19 29 Ht9 Mountford, Miller, Warren, Brough [f] 69.2 2 4 21 33 Ht10 Hunt, Bastable, Emms, Lightfoot [ef] 72.2 1 5 22 38 Ht11 Reason, Hunt, Emms, Tolley 69.8 4 2 26 40 Ht12 Mountford, Davies, Mark, Miller 69.8 1 5 27 45 Ht13 Tolley, Lightfoot, Warren, Brough 70.0 2 4 29 49 Ht14 Mountford, Mark [ts], Boothroyd, Emms 70.0 2 4 31 53 Ht15 Warren, Lightfoot, Hunt, Miller 70.6 2 4 33 57 Ht16 Davies, Reason, Bastable, Duval 71.6 2 4 35 61
Kenilworth Handicap Nick Nicholls [35yds], Brian Meredith [15], Brian Miller [10], Frank Greasley [10], Leo Ramm [-10] 73.6
Warwick Scratch Race Mark, Davies, Boothroyd, Miller 70.8
Longbridge Scratch Race Nicholls, Brough, Duval, Tailby 72.6
Stratford Scratch Race Lightfoot, Tolley, Warren, Bastable 70.6
Bidford Scratch Race Reason, Emms, Nicholls, Derrick Tailby 71.8
Evesham Scratch Race Mountford, Hunt, Lightfoot, Mark 70.4
14 Saturday 4th June 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham
Birmingham Brummies 43 - Wimbledon Dons 53 (National League Division One)
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 2 2 3 3 2 14 2. Harry Bastable 1’ 1’ 0 1’ 2 5 3 3. Ron Mountford EF 1 2 EF EF 3 4. Graham Warren 2 0 1’ 2’ 2’ 7 3 5. Doug Davies 2 2 2 1’ 3 F 10 1 6. Jim Tolley 0 F N N N 0 7. Eric Boothroyd 2 0 2 4
Wimbledon 1. Alf Hagon F 1 0 1 1’ 3 1 2. Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 3 15 3. Ron How 3 3 3 F 0 9 4. Peter Moore 1 1 1 3 2 8 5. Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 1 13 6. Cyril Maidment 1 2’ EF F 1 4 1 7. Cyril Brine 0 1 1
Ht1 R.Moore, Hunt, Bastable, Hagon [f] 72.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 How, Warren, P.Moore, Mountford [ef] 74.2 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Briggs, Davies, Maidment, Tolley 72.6 2 4 7 11 Ht4 R.Moore, Boothroyd, Bastable, Brine 75.4 3 3 10 14 Ht5 Briggs, Maidment, Mountford, Warren 72.2 1 5 11 19 Ht6 How, Hunt, P.Moore, Bastable 74.8 2 4 13 23 Ht7 R.Moore, Davies, Hagon, Tolley [f] 73.4 2 4 15 27 Ht8 Briggs, Hunt, Bastable, Maidment [ef] 72.6 3 3 18 30 Ht9 How, Davies, P.Moore, Boothroyd 74.0 2 4 20 34 Ht10 R.Moore, Mountford, Warren, Hagon 72.4 3 3 23 37 Ht11 Hunt, Warren, Hagon, Maidment [f] 76.6 5 1 28 38 Ht12 Briggs, Bastable, Davies, How [f] 75.8 3 3 31 41 Ht13 P.Moore, Boothroyd, Maidment, Mountford [ef] 77.0 2 4 33 45 Ht14 Hunt [ts], Warren, Brine, How 78.0 5 1 38 46 Ht15 Davies, P.Moore, Hagon, Mountford [ef] 77.4 3 3 41 49 Ht16 R.Moore, Hunt, Briggs, Davies [ts][f] 75.6 2 4 43 53
The Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 R.Moore, Bastable, Mountford, P.Moore 75.4 76.0 Ht2 Briggs, How, Hunt, Tolley 75.6 76.2 Ht3 Davies, Boothroyd, Hagon, Warren [f] 76.6 68.2 Final R.Moore, Briggs, Davies, Bastable 74.6
15 Saturday 11th June 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham
Birmingham Brummies 64 - West Ham Hammers 32 (National League Division One)
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 2 2’ 3 3 13 1 2. Harry Bastable 1 0 1’ 3 3 8 1 3. Ron Mountford 3 3 3 3 3 15 4. Graham Warren 0 1 0 1 1’ 3 1 5. Doug Davies 2’ 3 3 2’ 2’ 12 3 6. Eric Boothroyd 3 1 1 2 2’ 9 1 7. Jim Tolley 2 2’ 4 1
West Ham 1. Jack Young 2 3 2 2 2 1 12 2. Alan Smith 0 3 0 N 0 N 3 3. Split Waterman 2 N 2 1 3 1 9 4. Jack Biggs 1’ 0 0 1 0 2 1 5. Gerry Hussey 1 2 1 0 0 4 6. Bert Roger 0 0 0 N N 0 7. Terry Courtnell 1 1’ 0 0 2 1
Ht1 Hunt, Young, Bastable, Smith 72.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Mountford, Waterman, Biggs, Warren 75.6 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Boothroyd, Davies, Hussey, Roger 75.2 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Smith, Tolley, Courtnell, Bastable 75.6 2 4 14 10 Ht5 Mountford, Hussey, Warren, Roger 75.0 4 2 18 12 Ht6 Young [ts], Hunt, Bastable, Biggs 73.8 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Davies, Young, Boothroyd, Smith 75.0 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Bastable, Hunt, Hussey, Roger 75.6 5 1 30 18 Ht9 Davies, Waterman, Boothroyd, Biggs 74.8 4 2 34 20 Ht10 Mountford, Young, Courtnell, Warren 74.6 3 3 37 23 Ht11 Hunt, Young, Warren, Courtnell 74.8 4 2 41 25 Ht12 Bastable, Davies, Waterman, Hussey 76.0 5 1 46 26 Ht13 Mountford, Tolley, Biggs, Smith [ts] 76.6 5 1 51 27 Ht14 Waterman, Boothroyd, Warren, Courtnell 77.0 3 3 54 30 Ht15 Mountford, Davies, Young, Biggs 75.6 5 1 59 31 Ht16 Hunt, Boothroyd, Waterman [ts], Hussey 76.0 5 1 64 32
Consolation Scratch Race Bastable, Boothroyd, Tolley, B.Roger 77.0
The Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Mountford, Young, Courtnell, Biggs 75.8 Ht2 Davies, Hunt, Hussey, Smith 76.6 Final Mountford, Davies, Young, Hunt 76.2
16 Tuesday 14th June 1955 West Ham Stadium, London
West Ham Hammers 50 - Birmingham Brummies 45 (National League Division One)
West Ham 1. Jack Young 3 3 3 3 3 15 2. Alan Smith 1 3 1 0 0 5 3. Split Waterman 3 3 2 3 2 13 4. Jack Biggs F 1 0 FN N 1 5. Gerry Hussey 3 2 1’ 1 0 7 1 6. Bert Roger 1 1’ 2 2 1 7 1 7. Terry Courtnell 1 0 0 1’ 2 1
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 3 3 2 3 13 2. Harry Bastable 0 2 0 1 0 3 3. Ron Mountford 2 2 3 2’ 3 12 1 4. Graham Warren EF 0 EF 1’ 1 2 1 5. Doug Davies F F 2 3 2 7 6. Eric Boothroyd 2 2 1’ 1’ 2 8 2 7. Jim Tolley NS NS DNR
Ht1 Young, Hunt, Smith, Bastable 74.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Waterman, Mountford, Biggs [f], Warren [ef] 74.4 3 2 7 4 Ht3 Hussey, Boothroyd, Roger, Davies [f] 74.6 4 2 11 6 Ht4 Smith, Bastable, Courtnell, Tolley [ns] 75.4 4 2 15 8 Ht5 Waterman, Boothroyd, Biggs, Davies [f] 74.2 4 2 19 10 Ht6 Young, Mountford, Smith, Warren 73.4 4 2 23 12 Ht7 Hunt, Hussey, Roger, Bastable 74.4 3 3 26 15 Ht8 Young, Davies, Boothroyd, Smith 74.0 3 3 29 18 Ht9 Mountford, Roger, Hussey, Warren [ef] 74.4 3 3 32 21 Ht10 Hunt, Waterman, Bastable, Biggs 74.0 2 4 34 25 Ht11 Young, Hunt, Boothroyd, Courtnell (Biggs[f]) 75.4 3 3 37 28 Ht12 Davies, Mountford, Hussey, Smith 74.8 1 5 38 33 Ht13 Waterman, Boothroyd, Warren, Courtnell 77.2 3 3 41 36 Ht14 Mountford, Roger, Courtnell, Tolley [ns] 74.6 3 3 44 39 Ht15 Hunt, Waterman, Warren, Hussey 74.0 2 4 46 43 Ht16 Young, Davies, Roger, Bastable 73.8 4 2 50 45
The Junior Hurricane Roger, Boothroyd, Courtnell, Smith [ef] 75.6
The Aussie Tornado - (3 laps) Young, Davies, Waterman, Boothroyd 55.6
The Midland Cyclone - (3 laps) Mountford, Roger, Bastable, Hussey [ef] 56.8
The Local Monsoon - (3 laps) Hunt, Waterman, Smith, Courtnell 56.6
17 Saturday 18th June 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham
Birmingham Brummies 55 - Wembley Lions 41 (National League Division One)
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 1’ 3 13 1 2. Harry Bastable 1 0 0 0 1’ 2 1 3. Ron Mountford 0 3 3 2 1’ 9 1 4. Jim Tolley 1 1 0 N N 2 5. Doug Davies 3 3 3 2 2 13 6. Eric Boothroyd 2’ 2’ 1 2 2’ 9 3 7. Graham Warren 3 2 1’ 1’ 7 2
Wembley 1. Tommy Price 2 FX 2 3 3 10 2. Freddie Williams 0 2 1 1’ 1 5 1 3. Brian Crutcher 3 2 2 3 3 13 4. Eric French 2’ 1’ 0 3 0 6 2 5. Eric Williams 1 0 2 0 EF 3 6. Trevor Redmond 0 2 1’ 0 0 3 1 7. Ken Adams 1’ 0 1 1
Ht1 Hunt, Price, Bastable, F.Williams 73.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Crutcher, French, Tolley, Mountford 73.4 1 5 5 7 Ht3 Davies, Boothroyd, E.Williams, Redmond 75.4 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Warren, F.Williams, Adams, Bastable 75.8 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Mountford, Redmond, Tolley, E.Williams 75.8 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Hunt, Crutcher, French, Bastable 74.8 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Davies, Boothroyd, F.Williams, Price [fx] 76.0 5 1 25 17 Ht8 Hunt, E.Williams, Redmond, Bastable 76.4 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Davies, Crutcher, Boothroyd, French 75.4 4 2 32 22 Ht10 Mountford, Price, F.Williams, Tolley 75.8 3 3 35 25 Ht11 Price, Warren, Hunt, Redmond 76.6 3 3 38 28 Ht12 Crutcher, Davies, Bastable, E.Williams 76.4 3 3 41 31 Ht13 French, Mountford, Warren, Redmond 77.6 3 3 44 34 Ht14 Crutcher, Boothroyd, Warren, Adams 76.8 3 3 47 37 Ht15 Price, Davies, Mountford, French 76.0 3 3 50 40 Ht16 Hunt, Boothroyd, F.Williams, E.Williams [ef] 78.8 5 1 55 41
Consolation Scratch Race Warren, Redmond, Boothroyd, French 78.0
The Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Crutcher, Price, Davies, Mountford [ef] 76.4 Ht2 F.Williams, Hunt, E.Williams, Bastable 77.6 Final Price, Crutcher, Hunt, F.Williams 77.8
18 Monday 20th June 1955 Wimbledon Stadium, London
Wimbledon Dons 73 - Birmingham Brummies 22 (National League Division One)
Wimbledon 1. Alf Hagon 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 10 3 2. Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 3 15 3. Ron How 3 1 2’ 2’ 1’ 9 3 4. Peter Moore 2’ 3 3 3 3 14 1 5. Barry Briggs 3 3 3 2’ 2 13 1 6. Cyril Maidment 2’ 2’ 2’ EF 1 7 3 7. Cyril Brine 2’ 3 5 1
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 1 1 0 3 2 9 2. Harry Bastable 0 1 0 N N 1 3. Ron Mountford 0 0 0 1 N 1 4. Jim Tolley 1 1 1 F 0 3 5. Doug Davies 1 2 1 0 1’ 0 5 1 6. Eric Boothroyd F 0 0 1 EX 1 7. Graham Warren 0 0 2 2
Ht1 R Moore, Hunt, Hagon, Bastable 65.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 How, P Moore, Tolley, Mountford 66.0 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Briggs, Maidment, Davies, Boothroyd [f] 63.6 5 1 14 4 Ht4 R Moore, Brine, Bastable, Warren 67.4 5 1 19 5 Ht5 P Moore, Davies, How, Boothroyd 65.2 4 2 23 7 Ht6 R Moore, Hagon, Tolley, Mountford 66.6 5 1 28 8 Ht7 Briggs, Maidment, Hunt, Bastable 64.8 5 1 33 9 Ht8 R Moore, Hagon, Davies, Boothroyd 66.0 5 1 38 10 Ht9 Briggs, Maidment, Tolley, Mountford 64.6 5 1 43 11 Ht10 P Moore, How, Hunt, Warren 65.4 5 1 48 12 Ht11 P Moore, Hagon, Boothroyd, Hunt 66.2 5 1 53 13 Ht12 R Moore, Briggs, Mountford, Davies 65.8 5 1 58 14 Ht13 Brine, How, Boothroyd [ex], Tolley [f] 70.4 5 0 63 14 Ht14 P Moore, Warren, Davies [ts], Maidment [ef] 66.6 3 3 66 17 Ht15 Hunt, Briggs, How, Tolley 66.0 3 3 69 20 Ht16 Hagon, Hunt [ts], Maidment, Davies 65.8 4 2 73 22
Junior Handicap Gil Goldfinch [40yds back], Tommy Sweetman [30], Leo McAuliffe [Scr], Bob Andrews [30], Ray Thackwell [20] 71.8
Ascot Scratch Race Maidment, Brine, Warren, Sweetman [f] 67.0
Sunningdale Scratch Race Hagon, P Moore, Hunt, How 66.6
Windsor Scratch Race R Moore, Briggs, Mountford, Davies 64.6
19 Saturday 25th June 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham
Birmingham Brummies 48 - Wimbledon Dons 48 (National League Division One)
Birmingham 1. Eric Boothroyd 0 1 N N 0 1 2. Doug Davies 1 3 F 0 1 5 3. Harry Bastable 2’ 1 1’ 3 2 9 2 4. Ron Mountford 3 3 3* 2 2 2 15 5. Alan Hunt F 2 2’ 3 1’ 8 2 6. Jim Tolley 1 0 N 1’ N 2 1 7. Graham Warren 2’ 2 1’ 2’ 1 8 3
Wimbledon 1. Ronnie Moore 2’ 3 3 3 3 14 1 2. Peter Moore 3 1 1 0 2’ 7 1 3. Barry Briggs 0 3 1 EF 3 7 4. Alf Hagon 1 2’ 0 1 0 4 1 5. Ron How 3 2 3 2 3 13 6. Cyril Maidment 2’ 0 1 0 0 3 1 7. Cyril Brine 0 0 0
Ht1 P.Moore, R.Moore, Davies, Boothroyd 76.2 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Mountford, Bastable, Hagon, Briggs 75.8 5 1 6 6 Ht3 How, Maidment, Tolley, Hunt [f] 76.0 1 5 7 11 Ht4 Davies, Warren, P.Moore, Brine 76.8 5 1 12 12 Ht5 Mountford, How, Bastable, Maidment 75.2 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Briggs, Hagon, Boothroyd, Davies [f] 76.4 1 5 17 19 Ht7 R.Moore, Hunt, P.Moore, Tolley 74.6 2 4 19 23 Ht8 How, Warren, Maidment, Davies 76.6 2 4 21 27 Ht9 Mountford [ts], Hunt, Briggs, Hagon 75.8 5 1 26 28 Ht10 R.Moore, Mountford, Bastable, P.Moore 76.4 3 3 29 31 Ht11 R.Moore, Mountford, Warren, Maidment 76.8 3 3 32 34 Ht12 Hunt, How, Davies, Briggs [ef] 77.0 4 2 36 36 Ht13 Bastable, Warren, Hagon, Maidment 77.6 5 1 41 37 Ht14 Briggs, Mountford, Tolley, Brine 77.8 3 3 44 40 Ht15 R.Moore, Bastable, Hunt, Hagon 77.6 3 3 47 43 Ht16 How, P.Moore, Warren, Boothroyd 78.6 1 5 48 48
Consolation Scratch Race Bastable, Warren, Hagon, Maidment [ef] 78.6
The Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Mountford, Bastable, Maidment, Hunt [ef] 77.6 Ht2 R.Moore, How, Briggs, P.Moore 77.6 Final R.Moore, Mountford, Bastable, How [ns] 77.0
20 Thursday 30th June 1955 Wembley Stadium, London
Wembley Lions 68 - Birmingham Brummies 28 (National League Division One)
Wembley 1. Tommy Price 1 3 2’ 2’ 3 11 2 2. Freddie Williams 3 0 1 3 1 8 3. Brian Crutcher 2’ 3 3 3 3 14 1 4. Eric French 3 2’ 1 3 3 12 1 5. Eric Williams 3 2 3 3 2’ 13 1 6. Trevor Redmond 2’ 1’ 1 1 2’ 7 3 7. Ken Adams 2 1 3
Birmingham 1. Eric Boothroyd 0 0 0 0 1 1 2. Doug Davies 2 3 3 2 N 10 3. Ron Mountford 1 2 2 1 2 0 8 4. Harry Bastable 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 5. Alan Hunt 1 1 0 0 1 3 6. Jim Tolley 0 0 N N 0 0 7. Graham Warren 1 1 0 2
Ht1 F Williams, Davies, Price, Boothroyd 72.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 French, Crutcher, Mountford, Bastable 72.2 5 1 9 3 Ht3 E Williams, Redmond, Hunt, Tolley 72.6 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Davies, Adams, Warren, F Williams 72.8 2 4 16 8 Ht5 Crutcher, French, Hunt, Tolley 72.0 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Price, Mountford, F Williams, Bastable 72.6 4 2 25 11 Ht7 Davies, E. Williams, Redmond, Boothroyd 72.8 3 3 28 14 Ht8 F Williams, Price, Warren, Hunt 73.4 5 1 33 15 Ht9 E Williams, Mountford, Redmond, Bastable 73.4 4 2 37 17 Ht10 Crutcher, Davies, French, Boothroyd 72.4 4 2 41 19 Ht11 French, Price, Mountford [ts], Boothroyd 73.8 5 1 46 20 Ht12 E Williams, Bastable, F Williams, Hunt 74.0 4 2 50 22 Ht13 Crutcher, Mountford, Adams, Tolley 73.6 4 2 54 24 Ht14 French, Bastable, Redmond, Warren 73.6 4 2 58 26 Ht15 Crutcher, E Williams, Boothroyd, Mountford 72.6 5 1 63 27 Ht16 Price, Redmond, Hunt, Bastable [ts] 73.4 5 1 68 28
Stock Motor Cycle Race R.G. Hargreaves [BSA], M. G. Healey [BSA], E. G. Spooner [Velocette], [D. W. Bartlett [Matchless], N. D. Bartlett [Matchless], R. Brunsdon [BSA], P. S. Clifton [Triumph], N. S. Johnson [BSA] [ns] 91.4
Wembley Invitation Handicap Adams [25 yd start], Mountford [5], French [15], Crutcher [Scr], Bastable [10] 73.6
Stadium Scratch Race (3 Laps) Ken McKinlay, Warren, Redmond, Gerry Hussey 55.2
Wembley Scratch Race (3 Laps) Ht1 F Williams, Adams, Hunt, French 56.2 ??.? Ht2 Crutcher, Mountford, Redmond, Boothroyd 55.6 ??.? Ht3 McKinlay, E Williams, Price, Hussey 55.4 ??.? Final Crutcher, McKinlay, F Williams, Mountford 55.4
21 Saturday 2nd July 1955 Firs Stadium, Norwich
Norwich Stars 62 - Birmingham Brummies 34 (National League Division One)
Norwich 1. Phil Clarke 3 3 1 2’ 0 9 1 2. Harry Edwards 1 2’ 0 0 1 4 1 3. Aub Lawson 3 3 3 2’ 2’ 13 2 4. Cyril Roger 0 2’ 0 3 2’ 7 2 5. Billy Bales 3 3 3 3 3 15 6. Fred Brand 1 1 0 N N 2 7. Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3 12
Birmingham 1. Eric Boothroyd 2 0 2 0 1 5 2. Alan Hunt 0 0 2 1’ 1’ 4 2 3. Ron Mountford 1’ 1’ 2 0 0 4 2 4. Graham Warren 2 2 1’ N 0 5 1 5. Doug Davies 2 1 3 2 2 10 6. Harry Bastable 0 0 2’ 1 1 4 1 7. Jim Tolley 1 0 1 2
Ht1 Clarke, Boothroyd, Edwards, Hunt 73.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Lawson, Warren, Mountford, Roger 75.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Bales, Davies, Brand, Bastable 73.4 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Fundin, Edwards, To;;ey, Hunt 73.4 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Lawson, Roger, Davies, Bastable 72.6 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Clarke, Warren, Mountford, Edwards 73.6 3 3 24 12 Ht7 Bales, Hunt, Brand, Boothroyd 71.6 4 2 28 14 Ht8 Davies, Bastable, Clarke, Edwards 74.0 1 5 29 19 Ht9 Bales, Mountford, Warren, Brand 71.4 3 3 32 22 Ht10 Lawson, Boothroyd, Hunt, Roger 74.4 3 3 35 25 Ht11 Roger, Clarke, Bastable, Boothroyd 72.4 5 1 40 26 Ht12 Bales, Davies, Edwards, Mountford 72.0 4 2 44 28 Ht13 Fundin, Lawson, Bastable, Tolley 72.2 5 1 49 29 Ht14 Fundin, Roger, Tolley, Mountford 73.2 5 1 54 30 Ht15 Bales, Lawson, Boothroyd, Warren 74.8 5 1 59 31 Ht16 Fundin, Davies, Hunt, Clarke 74.4 3 3 62 34
Stardust Scurry Warren, Don Lawson, Tolley, Malcolm Flood 76.4
The Standard Stampede Brown, Lake, Viineyard 99.6
The Stadium Scratch Race Fundin, Lawson, Warren, Clarke (ef) 74.2
22 Saturday 9th July 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham
Birmingham Brummies 50 - Norwich Stars 43 (National League Division One)
Birmingham 1. Eric Boothroyd F 0 1 FX 2’ 3 1 2. Alan Hunt 3 3 1 3 3 3 16 3. Ron Mountford 2 3 3 2 3 13 4. Graham Warren 0 1 F FN N 1 5. Doug Davies EF EF F 0 2’ 2 1 6. Harry Bastable 3 3 1 2’ 3 12 1 7. Jim Tolley 1 2 0 3
Norwich 1. Phil Clarke EF 1’ 1’ FN NS 2 2 2. Harry Edwards 2 2 2 2 1 9 3. Aub Lawson 1 2’ 3 2 1 9 1 4. Billy Bales 3 3 2’ 3 F 11 1 5. Cyril Roger 2 2 2 1’ 0 7 1 6. Fred Brand 1’ 0 0 3 1 0 5 1 7. Malcolm Flood 0 FNS N 0
Ht1 Hunt, Edwards, Boothroyd [f], Clarke [ef] 73.6 3 2 3 2 Ht2 Bales, Mountford, Lawson, Warren 73.0 3 3 5 6 Ht3 Bastable, Roger, Brand, Davies [ef] 73.0 3 3 8 9 Ht4 Hunt, Edwards, Tolley, Flood 73.6 4 2 12 11 Ht5 Mountford, Roger, Warren, Brand 73.8 4 2 16 13 Ht6 Bales, Lawson, Hunt, Boothroyd 74.6 1 5 17 18 Ht7 Bastable, Edwards, Clarke, Davies [ef] 74.0 3 3 20 21 Ht8 Hunt, Roger, Boothroyd, Brand 74.6 4 2 24 23 Ht9 Lawson, Bales, Bastable, Davies [f] 74.6 1 5 25 28 Ht10 Mountford, Edwards, Clarke, Warren [f] 74.2 3 3 28 31 Ht11 Brand, Tolley, Boothroyd [fx] & Flood [fns] [rrx2] 75.8 2 3 30 34 Ht12 Hunt, Lawson, Roger, Davies 74.6 3 3 33 37 Ht13 Bales, Mountford, Brand, Tolley 74.0 2 4 35 41 Ht14 Hunt [ts], Bastable, Lawson, Brand 74.6 5 1 40 42 Ht15 Mountford, Davies, Bales [f], Clarke [ns] 75.2 5 0 45 42 Ht16 Bastable, Boothroyd, Edwards, Roger 75.4 5 1 50 43
Programme Changes: Ht11 r/s Flood for Brand, r/s Brand for Clarke [fn], r/s Tolley for Warren [fn], Ht14 t/s Hunt for Warren, r/s Brand for Flood.
The Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Bastable, Tolley, Roger, Dunton 76.2 76.6 Ht2 Hunt, Lawson, Edwards, Davies 76.0 76.4 Ht3 Mountford, Boothroyd, Brand, Dunton 75.6 77.0 Final Mountford, Hunt, Lawson, Bastable [ef] 74.6
23 Saturday 16th July 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham
Birmingham Brummies 56 - Poole Pirates 52 (National Trophy)
Birmingham 1. Len Williams (G) 1 1 N N 0 2 2. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 3 2 17 3. Ron Mountford 3 2’ 2 3 2 EF 12 1 4. Eric Boothroyd 0 0 2’ 2 0 4 1 5. Doug Davies 2 EF EX NS N 2 6. Danny Dunton 0 N N 0 N 0 7. Harry Bastable 3 2 2’ 2 3 12 1 8. Jim Tolley 2’ 1’ 1’ 1’ 2 7 3
Poole 1. Ken Middleditch 2 3 3 EF 3 3 14 2. Tony Lewis 0 1 N N N 1 3. Norman Strachan 1’ 0 2’ 1 0 4 2 4. Bill Holden 3 1 0 1 2 7 5. Terry Small 3 0 1 2 3 1 10 6. Jimmy Squibb 2 1 2 1’ 1’ 7 2 7. Allan Kidd 1 1’ 3 3 1 9 1 8. Ernie Brecknell 0 0 0
Ht1 Hunt, Middleditch, Williams, Lewis 69.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Mountford, Squibb, Strachan, Boothroyd 71.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Holden, Davies, Lewis, Dunton 71.6 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Bastable, Tolley, Kidd, Brecknell 73.2 5 1 14 10 Ht5 Hunt, Mountford, Holden, Strachan 73.0 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Middleditch, Bastable, Squibb, Boothroyd 73.4 2 4 21 15 Ht7 Small, Strachan, Williams, Davies [ef] 73.4 1 5 22 20 Ht8 Middleditch, Mountford, Tolley, Small 71.8 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Hunt, Bastable, Strachan, Middleditch [ef] 71.6 5 1 30 24 Ht10 Mountford, Squibb, Kidd, Davies [ex] 73.4 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Hunt, Boothroyd, Small, Holden 72.2 5 1 38 28 Ht12 Kidd, Boothroyd, Tolley, Strachan 73.8 3 3 41 31 Ht13 Hunt, Small, Squibb, Davies [ns] 73.8 3 3 44 34 Ht14 Kidd, Bastable, Tolley, Brecknell 74.2 3 3 47 37 Ht15 Middleditch, Tolley, Holden, Boothroyd 74.0 2 4 49 41 Ht16 Small, Mountford, Kidd, Dunton 74.0 2 4 51 45 Ht17 Bastable, Holden, Squibb, Williams 74.6 3 3 54 48 Ht18 Middleditch, Hunt, Small, Mountford [ef] 73.0 2 4 56 52
Consolation Scratch Race Dunton, Lewis, Dunton, Williams 76.0
Highest Point Scorers Scratch Race Small, Squibb, Bastable, Hunt [ex] 74.8
24 Monday 18th July 1955 Poole Stadium, Poole
Poole Pirates 36 - Birmingham Brummies 30 (National Trophy) Abandoned Due To Waterlogged Track
Poole 1. Ken Middleditch 3 3 3 9 2. Tony Lewis 0 N 1 N 1 3. Jimmy Squibb 0 3 0 0 3 4. Terry Small 3 2 2’ 7 1 5. Norman Strachan 2’ 0 2 4 1 6. Bill Holden 3 0 3 6 7. Allan Kidd 2 0 3 5 8. Ernie Brecknell 1’ 1 1
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 3 2 2 9 2. Ron Mountford 1’ 1 1 3 1 3. Doug Davies 2 1’ 2 0 5 1 4. Maury McDermott (G) 0 N N 0 5. Jim Tolley 1’ 1’ 0 2 2 6. Eric Boothroyd 1’ 1 3 5 1 7. Harry Bastable 3 2 1 6 8. Danny Dunton 0 0
Ht1 Middleditch, Hunt, Mountford, Lewis 75.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Small, Davies, Boothroyd, Squibb 76.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Holden, Strachan, Mountford, McDermott 77.6 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Bastable, Kidd, Brecknell, Dunton 78.6 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Squibb, Bastable, Davies, Kidd 80.2 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Hunt, Small, Boothroyd, Holden 77.0 2 4 19 17 Ht7 Middleditch, Davies, Tolley, Strachan 77.0 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Middleditch, Hunt, Tolley, Squibb 75.6 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Holden, Hunt, Lewis, Davies 76.6 4 2 29 25 Ht10 Boothroyd, Strachan, Mountford, Squibb 75.4 2 4 31 29 Ht11 Kidd, Small, Bastable, Tolley 75.4 5 1 36 30
25 Saturday 23rd July 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham
Midland Riders’ Championship Qualifying Round
1. Johnny Green EF N N N N 0 =16th 2. Harry Bastable 2 1 EF 2 3 8 =7th 3. Danny Dunton 1 1 1 1 1 5 12th 4. Ron Mountford 3 3 2 3 3 14 1st 5. Derek Close 0 3 2 3 1 9 =4th 6. Alan Hunt 3 2 3 2 3 13 2nd 7. Jim Tolley 2 2 2 1 1 8 =7th 8. Reg Trott 2 2 2 1 1 8 =7th 9. Peter Robinson 2 2 3 1 1 9 =4th 10. Bill Thatcher 1 0 1 2 3 7 =10th 11. Eric Boothroyd 0 2 2 3 0 7 =10th 12. Ken McKinlay 3 1 3 3 2 12 3rd 13. Peter Brough FX N N N N 0 =15th 14. Doug Davies 3 3 EF 1 2 9 =4th 15. Ron Phillips 1 0 1 0 2 4 13th 16. Bob Wells 2 0 1 0 0 3 14th Res. Alan Pearce 1 0 0 0 1 Res. Bryan Elliott 0 0 0 0 0
Ht1 Mountford, Bastable, Dunton, Green [ef] 73.0 Ht2 Hunt, Trott, Tolley, Close 72.8 Ht3 McKinlay, Robinson, Thatcher, Boothroyd 72.2 Ht4 Davies, Wells, Phillips, Brough [fx] 76.4 Ht5 Close, Robinson, Pearce, Elliott 74.2 Ht6 Davies, Hunt, Bastable, Thatcher 74.0 Ht7 Tolley, Boothroyd, Dunton, Phillips 75.8 Ht8 Mountford, Trott, McKinlay, Wells 76.0 Ht9 Hunt, Boothroyd, Wells, Pearce 75.0 Ht10 McKinlay, Close, Phillips, Bastable [ef] 76.0 Ht11 Robinson, Trott, Dunton, Davies [ef] 76.6 Ht12 Tolley, Mountford, Thatcher, Elliott 75.2 Ht13 McKinlay, Tolley, Davies, Pearce 74.4 Ht14 Boothroyd, Bastable, Trott, Elliott 75.8 Ht15 Close, Thatcher, Dunton, Wells 76.2 Ht16 Mountford, Hunt, Robinson, Phillips 75.0 Ht17 Thatcher, Phillips, Trott, Pearce 77.0 Ht18 Bastable, Tolley, Robinson, Wells 76.2 Ht19 Hunt, McKinlay, Dunton, Elliott 75.2 Ht20 Mountford, Davies, Close, Boothroyd 74.6
26 Wednesday 27th July 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham
England 61 - Australasia 46 (Test Match)
England 1. Alan Hunt 1 1’ 1 0 3 2 8 1 2. Ken Middleditch 3 2 3 3 2’ 0 13 1 3. Brian Crutcher 2’ 2 2 2 2’ 1’ 11 2 4. Ron Mountford 3 1’ EF 1’ 3 2 10 2 5. Ken McKinlay 1’ EF 3 F N 3 7 1 6. Arthur Forrest 2 2 1 2 3 2’ 12 1 7. Billy Bales FX 0 8. Ken Sharples DNR
Australasia 1. Jack Young 2 3 2 1’ 0 1 9 1 2. Jack Geran 0 0 N N N 0 0 3. Peter Moore 0 1 0 0 N N 1 4. Ron Johnston 1 3 2 3 EF 3 12 5. Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 EX 3 15 6. Bob Duckworth 0 F N N 1 N 1 7. Aub Lawson 0 2 1 1 4 8. Peter Clarke 1 1 2 0 4
Ht1 Middleditch, Young, Hunt, Geran 72.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Mountford, Crutcher, Johnston, Moore 73.2 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Briggs, Forrest, McKinlay, Duckworth 72.2 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Young, Crutcher, Mountford, Geran 73.4 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Johnston, Forrest, Moore, McKinlay [ef] 73.6 2 4 17 13 Ht6 Briggs, Middleditch, Hunt, Duckworth [f] 73.2 3 3 20 16 Ht7 McKinlay, Young, Forrest, Lawson 74.4 4 2 24 18 Ht8 Middleditch, Johnston, Hunt, Moore 73.8 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Briggs, Crutcher, Clarke, Mountford [ef] 73.4 2 4 30 24 Ht10 Middleditch, Lawson, Young, Hunt 73.8 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Johnston, Crutcher, Mountford, Moore 73.2 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Briggs, Forrest, Clarke, McKinlay [f] 73.6 2 4 38 34 Ht13 Mountford, Crutcher, Lawson, Young 74.4 5 1 43 35 Ht14 Forrest, Clarke, Johnston (f), Bales [fx] 75.0 3 2 46 37 Ht15 Hunt, Middleditch, Duckworth, Briggs [ex] 75.4 5 1 51 38 Ht16 McKinlay, Forrest, Young, Geran 74.2 5 1 56 39 Ht17 Johnston, Hunt, Lawson, Middleditch 74.8 2 4 58 43 Ht18 Briggs, Mountford, Crutcher, Clarke 74.2 3 3 61 46
27 Saturday 30th July 1955 Firs Stadium, Norwich
Norwich Stars 64 - Birmingham Brummies 32 (National League Division One)
Norwich 1. Cyril Roger 1 2’ 3 1’ 3 10 2 2. Ove Fundin 3 3 3 1 3 13 3. Aub Lawson 2’ 2’ 1 3 2’ 10 3 4. Phil Clarke 3 3 3 2 0 11 5. Billy Bales 3 2 3 2’ 3 13 1 6. Harry Edwards 1 1’ 0 2 2’ 6 2 7. Fred Brand 1 0 1
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 3 0 3 2 1 11 2. Harry Bastable 0 2 0 N 0 3 3. Ron Mountford 0 1 2 0 3 6 4. Eric Boothroyd 1 0 1’ 1’ 0 3 2 5. Doug Davies 2 0 2 2 1 0 7 6. Jim Tolley 0 1 0 0 N 1 7. Danny Dunton 0 1 1
Ht1 Fundin, Hunt, Roger, Bastable 71.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Clarke, Lawson, Boothroyd, Mountford 72.8 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Bales, Davies, Edwards, Tolley 71.6 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Fundin, Bastable, Brand, Dunton 73.6 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Clarke, Lawson, Tolley, Davies 72.6 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Fundin, Roger, Mountford, Boothroyd 73.2 5 1 27 9 Ht7 Hunt, Bales, Edwards, Bastable 73.0 3 3 30 12 Ht8 Roger, Davies, Fundin, Tolley 73.6 4 2 34 14 Ht9 Bales, Mountford, Boothroyd, Edwards 72.8 3 3 37 17 Ht10 Clarke, Davies [ts], Lawson, Hunt 74.0 4 2 41 19 Ht11 Hunt, Clarke, Roger, Tolley 74.0 3 3 44 22 Ht12 Fundin, Bales, Davies, Mountford 73.8 5 1 49 23 Ht13 Lawson, Hunt [ts], Boothroyd, Brand 74.4 3 3 52 26 Ht14 Mountford, Edwards, Dunton, Clarke 75.0 2 4 54 30 Ht15 Bales, Lawson, Hunt, Boothroyd 74.8 5 1 59 31 Ht16 Roger, Edwards, Bastable, Davies 76.2 5 1 64 32
Norwich Stars Race Edwards, Don Lawson, Clive Featherby, Brand 75.2
Holt Scratch Race Hunt, Bales, D. Lawson, Roger 74.6
Climax Scratch Race Fundin, A. Lawson, Davies, Edwards 76.6
28 Thursday 4th August 1955 Poole Stadium, Poole
Poole Pirates 56 - Birmingham Brummies 52 (National Trophy)
Poole 1. Ken Middleditch 2 3 3 3 1’ 2 14 1 2. Tony Lewis 0 2’ 3 2 3 0 10 1 3. Jimmy Squibb 2 3 0 2 1’ 8 1 4. Terry Small 0 1 1’ 1 2 5 1 5. Allan Kidd 0 0 N 1 0 1 6. Bill Holden 2 3 1 2 2 10 7. Norman Strachan 3 0 2 5 8. Ernie Brecknell 2’ 1’ 3 2
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 0 2 2 1 1 9 2. Ron Mountford 1 3 3 2 0 3 12 3. Doug Davies 1 0 N N N 1 4. Harry Bastable 1 1 0 3 0 5 5. Jim Tolley 2 1’ 3 0 3 9 1 6. Eric Boothroyd 3 2 1 2 3 11 7. Danny Dunton 0 0 0 8. Johnnie Reason (G) 1 1’ 0 0 3 5 1
Ht1 Hunt, Middleditch, Mountford, Lewis 73.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Boothroyd, Squibb, Davies, Small 74.2 2 4 4 8 Ht3 Mountford, Holden, Bastable, Kidd 75.0 2 4 6 12 Ht4 Strachan, Brecknell, Reason, Dunton 74.0 5 1 11 13 Ht5 Squibb, Lewis, Bastable, Davies 74.4 5 1 16 14 Ht6 Holden, Boothroyd, Small, Hunt 71.4 4 2 20 16 Ht7 Middleditch, Tolley, Reason, Kidd 71.4 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Middleditch, Hunt, Tolley, Squibb 71.6 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Lewis, Hunt, Holden, Reason 72.2 4 2 30 24 Ht10 Mountford, Squibb, Boothroyd, Strachan 72.0 2 4 32 28 Ht11 Tolley, Lewis, Small, Bastable 72.2 3 3 35 31 Ht12 Middleditch, Mountford, Small, Reason 71.2 4 2 39 33 Ht13 Lewis, Boothroyd, Kidd, Tolley 72.8 4 2 43 35 Ht14 Reason, Strachan, Brecknell, Dunton 72.4 3 3 46 38 Ht15 Bastable, Small, Hunt, Kidd 72.6 2 4 48 42 Ht16 Tolley, Holden, Squibb, Mountford 72.4 3 3 51 45 Ht17 Boothroyd, Holden, Middleditch, Bastable 72.0 3 3 54 48 Ht18 Mountford, Middleditch, Hunt, Lewis 71.8 2 4 56 52
29 Saturday 6th August 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham
Birmingham Brummies 47 - Odsal Tudors 49 (National League Division One)
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 1 1’ 2 1 2 7 1 2. Eric Boothroyd 3 3 2 1’ 1 2’ 12 2 3. Ron Mountford 2 2 3 3 3 13 4. Jim Tolley 1’ 1’ 0 2 1’ 5 3 5. Bill Holden (G) 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 6. Harry Bastable 2 1 2 2 1’ 8 1 7. Johnny Green (G) 1’ 0 1 1
Odsal 1. Eddie Rigg 2 3 2 3 1 11 2. Guy Allott 0 2’ 2’ 1’ XT 5 3 3. Arthur Forrest 3 3 3 3 2 3 17 4. Al Allison 0 0 2 0 2 5. Arthur Wright 3 3 2’ 3 3 14 1 6. Ron Clarke 0 0 0 1 1 7. Jack Hughes 0 1 0 1
Ht1 Boothroyd, Rigg, Hunt, Allott 73.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Forrest, Mountford, Tolley, Allison 73.6 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Wright, Bastable, Holden, Clarke 74.4 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Boothroyd, Allott, Green, Hughes 74.4 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Wright, Mountford, Tolley, Clarke 74.2 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Forrest, Boothroyd, Hunt, Allison 74.6 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Rigg, Allott, Bastable, Holden 76.2 1 5 21 21 Ht8 Wright, Hunt, Boothroyd, Clarke 75.2 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Forrest, Bastable, Hughes, Holden 75.0 2 4 26 28 Ht10 Mountford, Rigg, Allott, Tolley 75.4 3 3 29 31 Ht11 Rigg, Tolley, Hunt, Hughes 75.6 3 3 32 34 Ht12 Wright, Forrest, Boothroyd [ts], Holden 75.8 1 5 33 39 Ht13 Mountford, Allison, Clarke, Green 76.0 3 3 36 42 Ht14 Forrest, Bastable, Tolley, Hughes 75.8 3 3 39 45 Ht15 Mountford, Boothroyd, Rigg, Hughes 76.0 5 1 44 46 Ht16 Wright, Hunt, Bastable, Allott [xt] 75.2 3 3 47 49
Stadium Scratch Race Wright, Boothroyd, Tolley, Derrick Tailby 75.8
Alphabet Scratch Race Bastable, Clarke, Holden, Allison [ns] 77.4
Visitors’ Scratch Race Allott, Hughes, Tailby, Green [ef] 77.4
Stars Scratch Race Mountford, Hunt, Forrest, Rigg 76.8
30 Saturday 13th August 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham
World Championship Qualifying Round
1. Peter Craven 2 3 3 3 3 14 2nd 2. Ian Williams 0 2 2 1 1 6 10th 3. Neil Street 1 0 XT 2 1 4 12th 4. Doug Davies 3 3 3 3 3 15 1st 5. Peter Moore 1 1 1 1 1 5 11th 6. Jack Biggs 3 3 1 0 2 9 7th 7. Alan Hunt 2 2 1 2 3 10 =5th 8. Jimmy Gooch 0 1 1 0 0 2 =14th 9. Dick Bradley 1 0 3 1 2 7 =8th 10. Tommy Miller 2 1 0 3 1 7 =8th 11. Ronnie Moore 3 3 2 3 2 13 3rd 12. Bob Sharp 0 0 0 1 0 1 16th 13. Ron Mountford 3 2 2 2 3 12 4th 14. Bill Holden 0 0 2 0 0 2 =14th 15. Harry Bastable 2 1 3 2 2 10 =5th 16. Reg Reeves 1 2 0 EF 0 3 13th Res. Derrick Tailby DNR Res. Alan Pearce DNR
Ht1 Davies, Craven, Street, Williams 73.4 Ht2 Biggs, Hunt, P.Moore, Gooch 72.8 Ht3 R.Moore, Miller, Bradley, Sharp 75.8 Ht4 Mountford, Bastable, Reeves, Holden 75.0 Ht5 Craven, Mountford, P.Moore, Bradley 73.2 Ht6 Biggs, Williams, Miller, Holden 74.8 Ht7 R.Moore, Hunt, Bastable, Street 75.0 Ht8 Davies, Reeves, Gooch, Sharp 75.4 Ht9 Craven, R.Moore, Biggs, Reeves 73.8 Ht10 Bastable, Williams, P.Moore, Sharp 75.6 Ht11 Bradley, Holden, Gooch, Street [xt] 76.0 Ht12 Davies, Mountford, Hunt, Miller 76.6 Ht13 Craven, Hunt, Sharp, Holden 73.4 Ht14 R.Moore, Mountford, Williams, Gooch 75.4 Ht15 Miller, Street, P.Moore, Reeves [ef] 73.2 Ht16 Davies, Bastable, Bradley, Biggs 75.6 Ht17 Craven, Bastable, Miller, Gooch 74.2 Ht18 Hunt, Bradley, Williams, Reeves 75.6 Ht19 Mountford, Biggs, Street, Sharp 75.6 Ht20 Davies, R.Moore, P.Moore, Holden 75.6
31 Wednesday 17th August 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham
Birmingham Brummies 67 - Poole Pirates 41 (National Trophy)
Birmingham 1. Harry Bastable 3 3 0 0 EF 6 2. Alan Hunt EF 2’ 3 2’ 1 8 2 3. Ron Mountford 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 4. Eric Boothroyd 1 2 3 3 2 1 12 5. Jim Tolley 0 0 1 2’ 3 6 1 6. Doug Davies 2 2’ 2’ 3 1’ 10 3 7. Derrick Tailby 1 0 1 8. Les McGillivray (G) 3 3 6
Poole 1. Ken Middleditch 2 3 2 2 3 2 14 2. Tony Lewis 1’ 1 0 2 1 5 1 3. Allan Kidd 2 0 N N 1’ 3 1 4. Bill Holden 3 1 1 0 2 0 7 5. Terry Small 1 1’ 0 0 0 2 1 6. Jimmy Squibb 0 1 1 2 1’ 5 1 7. Norman Strachan 0 0 2 2 8. Ernie Brecknell 2 0 1’ 3 1
Ht1 Bastable, Middleditch, Lewis, Hunt [ef] 74.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Mountford, Kidd, Boothroyd, Squibb 73.4 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Holden, Davies, Lewis, Tolley 73.8 2 4 9 9 Ht4 McGillivray, Brecknell, Tailby, Strachan 76.2 4 2 13 11 Ht5 Mountford, Hunt, Holden, Kidd 75.0 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Middleditch, Boothroyd, Squibb, Tolley 74.0 2 4 20 16 Ht7 Bastable, Davies, Small, Brecknell 75.8 5 1 25 17 Ht8 Mountford, Middleditch, Small, Bastable 74.2 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Hunt, Middleditch, Tolley, Strachan 75.4 4 2 32 22 Ht10 Mountford, Davies, Squibb, Lewis 75.8 5 1 37 23 Ht11 Boothroyd, Hunt, Holden, Small 76.4 5 1 42 24 Ht12 Boothroyd, Lewis, Kidd, Bastable 76.0 3 3 45 27 Ht13 Davies, Squibb, Hunt, Small 76.0 4 2 49 29 Ht14 McGillivray, Strachan, Brecknell, Tailby 78.0 3 3 52 32 Ht15 Middleditch, Boothroyd, Davies, Holden 76.0 3 3 55 35 Ht16 Mountford, Tolley, Lewis, Small 77.0 5 1 60 36 Ht17 Tolley, Holden, Squibb, Bastable [ef] 77.2 3 3 63 39 Ht18 Mountford, Middleditch, Boothroyd, Holden 76.4 4 2 67 41
No Second Half
32 Thursday 18th August 1955 Poole Stadium, Poole
Poole Pirates 69 - Birmingham Brummies 39 (National Trophy)
Poole 1. Ken Middleditch 3 3 2’ 3 3 3 17 1 2. Tony Lewis 0 3 3 1 2’ 9 1 3. Terry Small 1 2’ 3 1’ 2’ 9 3 4. Allan Kidd 0 1 3 1 1’ 6 1 5. Bill Holden 3 EX 2 3 2 2’ 12 1 6. Jimmy Squibb 2’ 0 2’ 3 2’ 9 1 7. Norman Strachan 3 3 6 8. Ernie Brecknell 0 1 1
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 3 0 EX 3 1 9 2. Ron Mountford 1’ 1 3 2 1 0 8 3. Doug Davies 2’ 1 1’ 1 F 5 2 4. Harry Bastable 0 0 0 0 N 0 5. Jim Tolley 2 1 2 0 0 5 6. Eric Boothroyd 3 2’ 0 1 F 6 7. Derrick Tailby 1’ 2 3 1 8. Brian Hanham (G) 2 0 1 3
Ht1 Middleditch, Hunt, Mountford, Lewis 73.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Boothroyd, Davies, Small, Kidd 74.4 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Holden, Squibb, Mountford, Bastable 73.2 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Strachan, Hanham, Tailby, Brecknell 74.6 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Lewis, Small, Davies, Bastable 73.0 5 1 17 13 Ht6 Hunt, Boothroyd, Kidd, Squibb 73.4 1 5 18 18 Ht7 Middleditch, Davies, Tolley, Holden [ex] 73.2 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Small, Middleditch, Tolley, Hunt 72.6 5 1 26 22 Ht9 Lewis, Squibb, Davies, Hunt [ex] 72.8 5 1 31 23 Ht10 Mountford, Holden, Small, Boothroyd 72.6 3 3 34 26 Ht11 Kidd, Tolley, Lewis, Bastable 72.0 4 2 38 28 Ht12 Middleditch, Mountford, Kidd, Davies [f] 73.0 4 2 42 30 Ht13 Holden, Lewis, Boothroyd, Tolley 72.4 5 1 47 31 Ht14 Strachan, Tailby, Brecknell, Hanham 74.8 4 2 51 33 Ht15 Hunt, Holden, Kidd, Bastable 73.0 3 3 54 36 Ht16 Squibb, Small, Mountford, Tolley 73.6 5 1 59 37 Ht17 Middleditch, Squibb, Hanham, Boothroyd [f] 73.8 5 1 64 38 Ht18 Middleditch, Holden, Hunt, Mountford 73.0 5 1 69 39
33 Saturday 20th August 1955 Odsal Stadium, Bradford
Odsal Tudors 52 - Birmingham Brummies 44 (National League Division One)
Odsal 1. Al Allison 1 0 0 N 1 2 2. Arthur Forrest 3 3 3 3 3 15 3. Arthur Wright 3 2’ 3 3 2 13 1 4. Ron Clarke 1 3 0 0 0 4 5. Jack Hughes 2’ 0 N 0 N 2 1 6. Guy Allott 3 2 0 3 3 11 7. Nigel Boocock 1 2 1 1 0 5
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt EF 3 2 2 3 3 13 2. Harry Bastable 2 2 1 1’ 0 6 1 3. Ron Mountford 2 1’ 1 1’ 2 2 9 2 4. Eric Boothroyd EF 2 3 2’ 2 1 10 1 5. Charlie Barsby (G) 1 1 1’ 2 N 5 1 6. Jim Tolley 0 0 N N 0 0 7. Derrick Tailby 0 1’ 1 1
Ht1 Forrest, Bastable, Allison, Hunt [ef] 67.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Wright, Mountford, Clarke, Boothroyd [ef] 67.2 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Allott, Hughes, Barsby, Tolley 68.2 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Forrest, Bastable, Boocock, Tailby 68.0 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Clarke, Wright, Barsby, Tolley 68.8 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Forrest, Boothroyd, Mountford, Allison 67.4 3 3 25 11 Ht7 Hunt, Allott, Bastable, Hughes 66.4 2 4 27 15 Ht8 Forrest, Hunt [ts], Barsby, Allison 67.4 3 3 30 18 Ht9 Boothroyd, Boocock, Mountford, Allott 68.2 2 4 32 22 Ht10 Wright, Hunt, Bastable, Clarke 67.2 3 3 35 25 Ht11 Hunt, Boothroyd [ts], Boocock, Clarke 68.2 1 5 36 30 Ht12 Forrest, Barsby, Mountford, Hughes 68.6 3 3 39 33 Ht13 Wright, Boothroyd, Boocock, Tolley 68.0 4 2 43 35 Ht14 Allott, Mountford, Tailby, Clarke 68.4 3 3 46 38 Ht15 Hunt, Wright, Boothroyd, Boocock 67.2 2 4 48 42 Ht16 Allott, Mountford [ts], Allison, Bastable 68.2 4 2 52 44
Juniors Scratch Race Ht1 Peter Thompson, Tommy Toll, David Wright, Keith Horsley [ns] 71.6 Ht2 Boocock, Ken Parker, Malcolm Bruce, Keith Forrest 71.4 Final Boocock, Toll, Thompson, Parker 71.8
Highest Points Scorers Race Boothroyd, A Wright, Hunt, A Forrest 68.4
Consolation Scratch Race Boocock, Clarke, Tailby, Tolley 69.2
34 Monday 22nd August 1955 Wimbledon Stadium, London
Wimbledon Dons 67 - Birmingham Brummies 28 (National League Division One)
Wimbledon 1. Peter Moore 2’ 3 2’ 0 3 10 2 2. Ronnie Moore 3 3 2’ 3 2’ 13 2 3. Ron How 3 F 2 2’ 1 8 1 4. Alf Hagon 2’ F N N N 2 1 5. Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 3 15 6. Cyril Brine 2’ 1 2’ 3 2’ 10 3 7. Cyril Maidment 1 0 3 3 2’ 9 1
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 1 2’ 2 3 2 2 12 1 2. Harry Bastable 0 2 0 1 1 4 3. Ron Mountford 0 1 1 1 1 4 4. Eric Boothroyd 1 0 0 0 N 1 5. Jack Unstead (G) 1 3 0 0 0 4 6. Jim Tolley 0 N 1 1’ 1 0 3 1 7. Derrick Tailby 0 0 0
Ht1 R Moore, P Moore, Hunt, Bastable 66.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 How, Hagon, Boothroyd, Mountford 67.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Briggs, Brine, Unstead, Tolley 66.8 5 1 15 3 Ht4 R Moore, Bastable, Maidment, Tailby 67.8 4 2 19 5 Ht5 Unstead, Hunt [ts], Hagon [f], How [f] 67.4 0 5 19 10 Ht6 P Moore, R Moore, Mountford, Boothroyd 65.6 5 1 24 11 Ht7 Briggs, Hunt, Brine, Bastable 64.6 4 2 28 13 Ht8 R Moore, P Moore, Tolley, Unstead [r] 67.4 5 1 33 14 Ht9 Briggs, Brine, Mountford, Boothroyd 67.0 5 1 38 15 Ht10 Hunt, How, Bastable, Maidment 67.8 2 4 40 19 Ht11 Maidment, Hunt, Tolley, P Moore 66.7 3 3 43 22 Ht12 Briggs, R Moore, Mountford, Unstead 67.0 5 1 48 23 Ht13 Maidment, How, Tolley, Boothroyd 68.0 5 1 53 24 Ht14 Brine, Maidment, Mountford, Tailby 66.8 5 1 58 25 Ht15 Briggs, Hunt, How, Tolley [ts] 67.2 4 2 62 27 Ht16 P Moore, Brine, Bastable, Unstead 66.8 5 1 67 28
Junior Handicap (3 Laps) Ray Thackwell [Scr], Bob Andrews [15 Yds Back], Leo McAuliffe [Scr], Tommy Sweetman [Scr] 53.4
Top Scorers Scratch Race Briggs, R Moore, Mountford, Hunt 65.0
Merton Handicap Andrews [5], Tailby [10], Brine [20], Unstead [20] 67.4
Mitcham Handicap Tolley [5], Maidment [5], Bastable [10], How [20] 67.0
35 Saturday 27th August 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham
Birmingham Brummies 50 - Belle Vue Aces 46 (National League Division One)
Birmingham 1. Peter Robinson (G) 1’ 0 1 2 0 4 1 2. Alan Hunt 2 3 3 3 3 14 3. Ron Mountford 3 3 2 3 3 14 4. Jim Tolley 0 1 0 1’ 1’ 3 2 5. Harry Bastable^ 3 0 2 2’ 1 8 1 6. Eric Boothroyd 2’ 1 0 2 2 7 1 7. Derrick Tailby 0 0 0
Belle Vue 1. Ron Johnston F 2’ 3 3 2 10 1 2. Bob Duckworth 3 2 3 1 3 12 3. Peter Craven 2 2 3 1 3 11 4. Fred Rogers 1’ 1’ 1 2 0 5 2 5. Ken Sharples 1 2 2 0 1 6 6. Dick Fisher^ 0 0 0 0 N 0 7. Peter Williams 1’ 1’ 0 2 2
Ht1 Duckworth, Hunt, Robinson, Johnston [f] 71.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Mountford, Craven, Rogers, Tolley 72.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Bastable, Boothroyd, Sharples, Fisher 73.2 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Hunt, Duckworth, Williams, Tailby 74.0 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Mountford, Sharples, Tolley, Fisher 73.6 4 2 18 12 Ht6 Hunt, Craven, Rogers, Robinson 73.4 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Duckworth, Johnston, Boothroyd, Bastable 73.8 1 5 22 20 Ht8 Hunt, Sharples, Robinson, Fisher 74.2 4 2 26 22 Ht9 Craven, Bastable, Rogers, Boothroyd 74.4 2 4 28 26 Ht10 Johnston, Mountford, Duckworth, Tolley 74.4 2 4 30 30 Ht11 Johnston, Robinson, Tolley, Fisher 74.8 3 3 33 33 Ht12 Hunt, Bastable, Craven, Sharples 74.8 5 1 38 34 Ht13 Mountford, Rogers, Williams, Tailby 74.8 3 3 41 37 Ht14 Craven, Boothroyd, Tolley, Williams 73.6 3 3 44 40 Ht15 Mountford, Johnston, Bastable, Rogers 76.0 4 2 48 42 Ht16 Duckworth, Boothroyd, Sharples, Robinson 76.2 2 4 50 46
The Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Johnston, Mountford, Bastable, Rogers 76.0 76.6 Ht2 Craven, Hunt, Boothroyd, Sharples 75.4 75.6 Ht3 Tolley, Robinson, Tailby, Fisher 77.0 77.4 Final Johnston, Hunt, Tolley, Craven 76.6
36 Saturday 3rd September 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham
Birmingham Brummies 46 - West Ham Hammers 50 (National League Division One)
Birmingham 1. Maury Mattingley (G) 0 0 N N N 0 2. Alan Hunt 1 2 3 0 2 8 3. Ron Mountford 2’ 2 2 2 3 0 11 4. Jim Tolley^ 3 1 0 1’ 2’ 7 2 5. Harry Bastable 1’ 1 2’ 1’ 2 7 3 6. Eric Boothroyd 2 0 3 3 2 10 7. Derrick Tailby 1’ 1 1 0 3 1
West Ham 1. Alan Smith^ 3 2’ 1 3 3 12 1 2. Split Waterman 2’ 3 3 3 1 12 1 3. Bert Roger 0 2 0 0 0 2 4. Gerry Hussey 1 1’ 1 2 1 6 1 5. Jack Biggs 3 3 3 3 3 15 6. Billy Hole 0 0 N N 0 0 7. John Fitzpatrick 0 2’ 0 1 3 1
Ht1 Smith, Waterman, Hunt, Mattingley 76.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Tolley, Mountford, Hussey, Roger 75.6 5 1 6 6 Ht3 Biggs, Boothroyd, Bastable, Hole 74.8 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Waterman, Hunt, Tailby, Fitzpatrick 75.0 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Biggs, Mountford, Tolley, Hole 75.2 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Hunt, Roger, Hussey, Mattingley 75.6 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Waterman, Smith, Bastable, Boothroyd 75.8 1 5 19 23 Ht8 Biggs, Fitzpatrick, Tailby, Hunt 75.0 1 5 20 28 Ht9 Boothroyd, Bastable, Hussey, Roger 74.6 5 1 25 29 Ht10 Waterman, Mountford, Smith, Tolley 74.6 2 4 27 33 Ht11 Smith, Mountford [ts], Tolley, Fitzpatrick 74.8 3 3 30 36 Ht12 Biggs, Hunt, Bastable, Roger 74.4 3 3 33 39 Ht13 Mountford, Hussey, Tailby, Hole 76.4 4 2 37 41 Ht14 Boothroyd, Tolley, Fitzpatrick, Roger 75.8 5 1 42 42 Ht15 Smith, Bastable, Hussey, Mountford 76.0 2 4 44 46 Ht16 Biggs, Boothroyd, Waterman, Tailby 75.5 2 4 46 50
The Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Hunt, Hussey, Mountford, Fitzpatrick 76.2 77.0 Ht2 Boothroyd, Bastable, Waterman, Biggs 75.6 77.6 Ht3 Smith, Tolley, Tailby, Hole 76.4 77.0 Final Boothroyd, Hunt, Smith, Hussey 75.6
37 Saturday 10th September 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham
Birmingham Brummies 53 - Wembley Lions 43 (National League Division One)
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 3 3 2 3 13 2. Neil Street (G) 1’ 3 1 0 2 7 1 3. Ron Mountford 2 3 2 1’ 3 11 1 4. Jim Tolley 1’ 2’ 1’ 1’ 1’ 6 5 5. Harry Bastable 0 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 6. Eric Boothroyd 3 3 2 2 2’ 12 1 7. Derrick Tailby 1 2 3
Wembley 1. Tommy Price 3 2 3 3 3 2 16 2. Trevor Redmond 0 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 3. Brian Crutcher 3 2 3 3 3 1’ 15 1 4. Freddie Williams 0 N 1 N N 1 5. Eric Williams 2 1 2 0 1 6 6. Eric French 1’ 0 1’ 0 0 2 2 7. Ken Adams 2 0 0 2
Ht1 Price, Hunt, Street, Redmond 74.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Crutcher, Mountford, Tolley, F.Williams 74.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Boothroyd, E.Williams, French, Bastable 75.2 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Street, Adams, Tailby, Redmond 76.0 4 2 13 11 Ht5 Mountford, Tolley, E.Williams, French 74.8 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Hunt, Crutcher, Street, Adams 74.4 4 2 22 14 Ht7 Boothroyd, Price, Redmond, Bastable 74.0 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Hunt, E.Williams, French, Street 74.8 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Crutcher, Boothroyd, F.Williams, Bastable 74.2 2 4 30 24 Ht10 Price, Mountford, Tolley, Redmond 73.2 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Price, Hunt, Tolley, French 73.2 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Crutcher, Street, Bastable, E.Williams 75.4 3 3 39 33 Ht13 Price [ts], Tailby, Mountford, French 75.0 3 3 42 36 Ht14 Crutcher, Boothroyd, Tolley, Adams 75.2 3 3 45 39 Ht15 Mountford, Price, Crutcher [ts], Bastable 74.8 3 3 48 42 Ht16 Hunt, Boothroyd, E.Williams, Redmond 74.6 5 1 53 43
Consolation Scratch Race Street, Tailby, Bastable, Adams 77.0
The Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Boothroyd, Tolley, French, F.Williams 75.2 Ht2 Mountford, Hunt, Crutcher, E.Williams 75.6 Final Hunt, Boothroyd, Mountford, Tolley 75.0
38 Saturday 17th September 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham
Birmingham Brummies 66 - Leicester Hunters 36 (Midland Cup Final)
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 3 3 3 2’ 13 1 2. Dennis Newton (G) 0 3 0 1 2’ 6 1 3. Ron Mountford 3 3 3 3 3 F 15 4. Jim Tolley 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 2 12 5 5. Harry Bastable 1 EF 1’ 3 1 6 1 6. Eric Boothroyd 3 2 2 3 3 13 7. Derrick Tailby 1 0 1
Leicester 1. Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 1 1 2 3 16 2. Charlie Barsby 1 EF 1 0 1 1 4 3. Derek Close 0 1’ N EF N 1 1 4. Ron Phillips 1 2 0 1’ 0 4 1 5. Gordon McGregor 0 0 0 1 EF 1 6. Len Williams 2 1 2 0 2 1 8 7. Barry East 2 0 2
Ht1 McKinlay, Hunt, Barsby, Newton 71.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Mountford, Tolley, Phillips, Close 74.2 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Boothroyd, Williams, Bastable, McGregor 74.6 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Newton, East, Tailby, Barsby [ef] 76.0 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Mountford, Tolley, Williams, McGregor 74.4 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Hunt, Phillips, Close, Newton 73.4 3 3 23 13 Ht7 McKinlay, Boothroyd, Barsby, Bastable [ef] 74.0 2 4 25 17 Ht8 Hunt, Williams, Newton, McGregor 74.2 4 2 29 19 Ht9 McKinlay [ts], Boothroyd, Bastable, Phillips 74.6 3 3 32 22 Ht10 Mountford, Tolley, McKinlay, Barsby 75.0 5 1 37 23 Ht11 Hunt, Tolley, McKinlay, Williams 74.2 5 1 42 24 Ht12 Bastable, Newton, McGregor, Close [ef] 76.0 5 1 47 25 Ht13 Mountford, Williams, Phillips, Tailby 74.6 3 3 50 28 Ht14 Boothroyd, Tolley, Barsby [ts], East 75.6 5 1 55 29 Ht15 Mountford, McKinlay, Bastable, Phillips 75.0 4 2 59 31 Ht16 Boothroyd, Hunt, Barsby, McGregor [ef] 75.6 5 1 64 32 Ht17 McKinlay, Tolley, Williams, Mountford [fx] 76.2 2 4 66 36
No Second Half – Riders Farewells
39 Saturday 24th September 1955 Belle Vue, Manchester
Belle Vue Aces 71 - Birmingham Brummies 25 (National League Division One)
Belle Vue 1. Ken Sharples 2 2’ 2’ 2 1 9 2 2. Peter Williams^ 1’ 3 3 3 3 13 1 3. Peter Craven 2’ 3 3 2’ 3 13 2 4. Fred Rogers 3 2’ 2’ 1’ 2’ 10 4 5. Ron Johnston 2’ 3 2’ EF N 7 2 6. Bob Duckworth 3 1 3 3 3 13 7. Dick Fisher 2 3 1 6
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 2 F 3 1 2 11 2. Dick Bradley (G) F 1 1 0 1 0 3 3. Eric Boothroyd 1 1 1 2 EF 2 7 4. Jim Tolley 0 0 0 1’ N 0 1 1 5. Ken McKinlay (G) FN N NS N N 0 6. Harry Bastable^ 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 7. Derrick Tailby F NS 0
Ht1 Hunt, Sharples, Williams, Bradley [f] 73.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Rogers, Craven, Boothroyd, Tolley 74.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Duckworth, Johnston, Bastable, Tailby [f](rr) 74.0 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Williams, Fisher, Bradley, Tailby [ns] 75.0 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Craven, Rogers, Bradley [ts], Bastable 74.4 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Williams, Sharples, Boothroyd, Tolley 76.4 5 1 28 8 Ht7 Johnston, Hunt, Duckworth, Bradley 75.8 4 2 32 10 Ht8 Williams, Sharples, Bastable, McKinlay [ns] 76.8 5 1 37 11 Ht9 Duckworth, Johnston, Boothroyd, Tolley 75.6 5 1 42 12 Ht10 Craven, Rogers, Bradley, Hunt [f] 76.0 5 1 47 13 Ht11 Hunt, Sharples, Rogers, Bastable 76.6 3 3 50 16 Ht12 Williams, Boothroyd, Tolley [ts], Johnston [ef] 78.2 3 3 53 19 Ht13 Fisher, Craven, Hunt [ts], Bastable 77.0 5 1 58 20 Ht14 Duckworth, Rogers, Bastable, Boothroyd [ef] 76.8 5 1 63 21 Ht15 Craven, Hunt, Fisher, Tolley 76.4 4 2 67 23 Ht16 Duckworth, Boothroyd [ts], Sharples, Bradley 78.0 4 2 71 25
Crazy House Scratch Races Ht1 Duckworth, Craven, Hunt, Frank Johnson [f] 77.8 Ht2 Fisher, Rogers, F. Johnson, Brian Craven [f] 79.8 Ht3 Sharples, Bradley, Williams, Slant Payling 80.2
Two Stroke Handicap Warburton [30yds], F Bannister [15], M Bannister [Scr], Goodier [-200], [Ramsden [30], Cox [30], Whittaker [30], McGee [25], Howard [15], A.S.Carter [15], Ashton [Scr], Raddon [Scr], R. Cottrell [Scr], Scarratt [Scr}. 149.0
Ace Reserves Trial Payling, Tink Maynard, Tony Robinson, B Craven [f] 80.2
Bubble Bounce Handicap Jack Kitchen [Scr], Arthur Rowe [Scr}, David W.A. Brett [Scr] [f], Lew Grepp [f], G.Priest [f] 85.2
0.5 Litre Cars Return Match Ht1 Bottomley, Pickup, Parker, Albert Brown 85.0 Ht2 Bottomley, Beardsall, Frank Walworth, Brown 83.8
40 Friday 30th September 1955 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester
Leicester Hunters 60 - Birmingham Brummies 42 (Midland Cup Final)
Leicester 1. Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 2. Charlie Barsby 0 1 1 1 0 3 3. Fred Brand N 2 0 1 2’ 5 1 4. Ron Phillips 0 1’ 2’ 2 1 6 1 5. Gordon McGregor 3 2’ 2 2 3 12 6. Len Williams 2’ 3 1’ 3 2’ 1 12 3 7. Barry East 1 3 0 4
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 1 3 0 N 6 2. Dennis Newton (G) 1’ 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 3. Junior Bainbridge (G) 2’ 2 3 3 2 2 14 1 4. Jim Tolley 3 0 0 3 F 6 5. Eric Boothroyd 1 3 0 1 1 6 6. Harry Bastable 0 0 2 1 2 5 7. Derrick Tailby 2 0 1 3
Ht1 McKinlay, Hunt, Newton, Barsby 69.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Tolley, Bainbridge, East, Phillips 71.8 1 5 4 8 Ht3 McGregor, Williams, Boothroyd, Bastable 71.0 5 1 9 9 Ht4 East, Tailby, Barsby, Newton 70.6 4 2 13 11 Ht5 Boothroyd, Brand, Phillips, Bastable 71.2 3 3 16 14 Ht6 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Barsby, Tolley 69.8 4 2 20 16 Ht7 Williams, McGregor, Hunt, Newton 69.8 5 1 25 17 Ht8 McKinlay, Bastable, Barsby, Boothroyd 70.0 4 2 29 19 Ht9 Bainbridge, McGregor, Williams, Tolley 70.6 3 3 32 22 Ht10 Hunt, Phillips, Newton, Brand 70.4 2 4 34 26 Ht11 McKinlay, Phillips, Bastable, Hunt 68.8 5 1 39 27 Ht12 Bainbridge, McGregor, Boothroyd, Barsby 70.4 2 4 41 31 Ht13 Tolley, Bastable, Brand, East 71.2 1 5 42 36 Ht14 Williams, Bainbridge, Phillips, Tailby 70.2 4 2 46 38 Ht15 McGregor, Brand, Tailby, Tolley [f] 72.2 5 1 51 39 Ht16 McKinlay, Williams, Boothroyd, Newton 70.6 5 1 56 40 Ht17 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Williams, Boothroyd 69.6 4 2 60 42
Junior Handicap Bryan Elliott [30yds], East [20yds], Ivor Brown [20], B Edwards [Scr] [ex] 72.0
Newton Burgoland Scratch Race (3 Laps) Williams, McGregor, Boothroyd, Newton 54.6
Newton Harcourt Scratch Race Barsby, East, Tailby, Elliott [ef] 72.2
Newton Regis Scratch Race (3 Laps) Bainbridge, Phillips, Barsby, Elliott 53.4
41 Saturday 1st October 1955 Brandon Stadium, Coventry
Coventry Bees 48 - Birmingham Brummies 47 (Challenge)
Coventry 1. Bob Mark 2 2 3 1’ 2 10 1 2. Johnnie Reason 1’ 3 0 0 0 4 1 3. Tommy Miller 2’ 2’ 1’ 2 3 10 3 4. Nick Nicholls 3 3 2 2 2 12 5. Charlie New 3 2 1 2 1 9 6. Vic Emms 1 F 0 N 0 1 7. Reg Duval 1 1’ 0 2 1
Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 2 14 2. Dennis Newton (G) 0 0 NF N N 0 3. Gordon McGregor (G) 1 3 3 3 3 13 4. Jim Tolley 0 1 2’ 3 0 6 1 5. Eric Boothroyd 2 0 2 1 3 8 6. Harry Bastable 0 1 1’ 0 0 2 1 7. Derrick Tailby 2 0 1 1 4
Ht1 Hunt, Mark, Reason, Newton 68.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Nicholls, Miller, McGregor, Tolley 68.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 New, Boothroyd, Emms, Bastable 70.6 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Reason, Tailby, Duval, Newton 70.8 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Nicholls, Miller, Bastable, Boothroyd 70.6 5 1 21 9 Ht6 McGregor, Mark, Tolley, Reason 69.4 2 4 23 13 Ht7 Hunt, New, Emms [f], Newton [nf] 70.0 2 3 25 16 Ht8 Mark, Boothroyd, Bastable, Reason 70.0 3 3 28 19 Ht9 McGregor, Tolley, New, Emms 70.4 1 5 29 24 Ht10 Hunt, Nicholls, Miller, Tailby 69.6 3 3 32 27 Ht11 Hunt, Nicholls, Mark, Bastable 70.2 3 3 35 30 Ht12 McGregor, New, Boothroyd, Reason 70.4 2 4 37 34 Ht13 Tolley, Miller, Duval, Bastable 71.6 3 3 40 37 Ht14 McGregor, Nicholls, Tailby, Duval 70.4 2 4 42 41 Ht15 Miller, Hunt, New, Tolley 70.4 4 2 46 43 Ht16 Boothroyd, Mark, Tailby, Emms 70.0 2 4 48 47
Ashlawn Supporters Trophy Norm Unger, Leo Ramm, Brian Edwards [ef], Les Owen [ef] 77.4
Brummie Scurrie (3 Laps) Hunt, McGregor, Boothroyd, Tolley [ns-mf] 53.0
1955 Supporters Trophy Ht1 New, Miller, Nicholls, Peter Brough 70.0 Ht2 Mark, Duval, Emms, Reason 71.6
Ashlawn Supporters, Trophy Brian Meredith, Brian Miller, Unger, Ramm 72.6
1955 Supporters Trophy – Final Miller, New, Mark, Duval 70.8
42 Birmingham 1955 – Required List
8th Apr Bristol Inter-City Cup Away One 2nd Half time Reqd 23rd Apr Odsal NL Div 1 Home Some 2nd Half Sidecar info Reqd 28th May Belle Vue NL Div 1 Away 2nd Half Scramble minor places reqd 30th June Wembley NL Div 1 Away 2nd Half 2nd Place Times Required 24th Sept Belle Vue NL Div 1 Away Priest first names
Modification Index
Issue 1 First Draft JH March 2008 Issue 2 Re-Formatted and Further Data added NN 28/01/2010 Issue 3 2nd July Norwich away – Missing Second Half Data Added NN 01/03/2011 22nd Aug Wimbledon away – Missing 2nd Half Times Added 20th Jun Wimbledon Away – Missing 2nd Half Details Added Issue 4 30th Sep Leicester Home – Note Added Ref No Second Half NN 10/01/2012 23rd Apr Odsal Home – Some Sidecar info added 14th May Belle Vue Home – Second Half Final Time Added 1st Oct Coventry Away – Times and Second Half Data Added 30th May Coventry Away – All Details Added 7th May Odsal Away – Thompson, Ward, Gribbin First Names Added 30th Jun Wembley Away – First Half Details Added 24th Sep Belle Vue Away – Second Half Details Added 30th Sep Leicester Away – Second Half Details Added Issue 5 11th Jun West Ham Home – 2nd Half Final Time Added NN 21/10/2013 18th Jun Wembley Home – 2nd Half Final Time Added 30th Jun Wembley Away – 2nd Half Details Added 23rd Apr Odsal Home – Some Second Half Detail Added Issue 6 20th Aug Odsal Away – 2nd Half Details Added NN 18/01/2016 Issue 7 20th Aug Odsal Away – Ken Parker confirmed NN 12/05/2016 1st Oct Coventry Away – 2nd Half Unknown riders confirmed Issue 8 9th Jul Norwich Home – Heat Details Corrected NN 18/01/2017
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