WALTHAMSTOW 1949

Thanks to Alan Bates

Updated 18.2.2020 Jim Henry

Monday 4th April 1949 , Walthamstow Wolves 41 Southampton Saints 41 (National League Division Two)

Walthamstow Dick Shepherd 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 Wilf Jay 2’ 3 3 F 8 1 Bill Osborne 3 2 2 2 9 Ted Argall 2’ 0 F F 2’ Charlie May F F 3 2 5 Harry Edwards 1 1 0 2 4 Reg Reeves 1 F 2 3 Harold Bull F 0

Southampton Bob Oakley 1 3 2 3 9 Tom Oakley F 1 1’ 1 3 1 Roy Craighead 1 3 3 1 8 Bill Griffiths E 2 2’ F 4 1 Cecil Bailey 2’ 0 3 3 8 1 Jimmy Squibb 3 1 1 3 8 Alf Kaines 0 1 1 Geoff Woodger F F 0

Ht1 Shepherd, Jay, B.Oakley, T.Oakley (f) 65.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Osborne, Argall, Craighead, Griffiths (ef) 69.2 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Squibb, Bailey, Edwards, May (f) 69.6 1 5 11 7 Ht4 Shepherd, Griffiths, Reeves, Kaines 68.0 4 2 15 9 Ht5 B.Oakley, Osborne, T.Oakley, Argall 67.8 2 4 17 13 Ht6 Craighead, Griffiths, Edwards, May (f) 68.6 1 5 18 18 Ht7 Jay, Shepherd, Squibb, Bailey 67.0 5 1 23 19 Ht8 Craighead, Osborne, Bull (f), Woodger (f) 68.4 2 3 25 22 Ht9 May, B.Oakley, T.Oakley, Edwards 66.6 3 3 28 25 Ht10 Jay, Shepherd, Craighead, Griffiths (f) 67.8 5 1 33 26 Ht11 Bailey, Osborne, Squibb, Argall (f) 68.2 2 4 35 30 Ht12 B.Oakley, May, Kaines, Reeves (f) 66.2 2 4 37 34 Ht13 Bailey, Reeves, Argall (f), Woodger (f) 67.8 2 3 39 37 Ht14 Squibb, Edwards, T.Oakley, Jay (f) 69.2 2 4 41 41

First Supporters Trophy Scratch Race Ht 1: Cecil Bailey, Wilf Jay, Harry Edwards, Alf Kaines 67.4 Ht 2: Jim Squibb, Geoff Woodger, Harold Bull(nf), Ted Argall(nf) 67.4 Ht 3: Charlie May, Bob Oakley, Dick Shepherd, Reg Reeves 66.4 Ht 4: Bill Osborne, Roy Craighead, Bill Griffiths, Tom Oakley 68.6 Final: Charlie May, Jim Squibb, Bill Osborne, Cecil Bailey 68.4

Reserves Scratch Race: Reg Reeves, Geoff Woodger(nf), Harold Bull(nf), Alf Kaines(nf) 52.8 3 laps

Tuesday 5th April 1949 Bannister Court, Southampton Southampton Saints 52 Walthamstow Wolves 29 (National League Division Two)

Southampton Bob Oakley 3 3 3 3 12 Tom Oakley 1 2’ 1 3 7 1 Roy Craighead 3 2 3 3 11 Bill Griffiths 2’ 1’ 0 1 4 2 Cecil Bailey 3 1’ 3 3 10 1 Alf Kaines 0 3 3 Geoff Woodger 1 0 1

Walthamstow Dick Shepherd 0 0 1’ 1’ 2 2 Wilf Jay 2 3 2 0 7 Bill Osborne 1 3 2 2 8 Ted Argall 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Charlie May 1 1 1’ 0 3 1 Harry Edwards 0 0 2 0 2 Reg Reeves 2 2 4 Harold Bull 0 2 2

Ht1 B.Oakley, Jay, T.Oakley, Shepherd 69.4 4 – 2 4 – 2 Ht2 Craighead, Griffiths, Osborne, Argall 70.4 5 – 1 9 – 3 Ht3 Bailey, Squibb, May, Edwards 72.0 5 – 1 14 – 4 Ht4 B.Oakley, Reeves, Argall, Kaines 71.6 3 – 3 17 – 7 Ht5 Jay, Craighead, Griffiths, Shepherd 71.0 3 – 3 20 – 10 Ht6 Osborne, Squibb, Bailey, Argall 71.0 3 – 3 23 – 13 Ht7 B.Oakley, T.Oakley, May, Edwards 71.6 5 – 1 28 – 14 Ht8 Craighead, Osborne, Woodger, Bull 72.8 4 – 2 32 – 16 Ht9 Bailey, Jay, Shepherd, Squibb 73.8 3 – 3 35 – 19 Ht10 B.Oakley, Osborne, T.Oakley, Argall 74.0 4 – 2 39 – 21 Ht11 Craighead, Edwards, May, Griffiths 75.2 3 – 3 42 – 24 Ht12 Bailey, Reeves, Shepherd, Woodger 76.4 3 – 3 45 – 27 Ht13 Kaines, Bull, Griffiths, May 80.2 4 – 2 49 – 29 Ht14 T.Oakley, Squibb (f), Jay (f), Edwards 82.8 3 – 0 52 – 29

Saturday 8th April 1949 Dudley Wood, Cradley Heath Cradley Heath Heathens 52 Walthamstow Wolves 32(National League Division Two)

Cradley Heath Les Beaumont 3 3 3 9 Eric Williams 1 1 2’ 2 6 1 Geoff Godwin 3 2 2’ 2 9 1 Ray Beaumont 0 0 0 0 Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Kemp 1 1 1 1’ 4 1 Bill Clifton 1 1’ 2 4 1 Roy Moreton 3 3 2’ 8 1

Walthamstow Dick Shepherd 0 3 0 1 4 Wilf Jay 2 1 2 3 8 Bill Osborne 2 2 E 1 5 Ted Argall 1’ 0 0 F 1 1 Charlie May 2 2 3 3 10 Harry Edawrds 0 0 0 0 0 Reg Reeves 2 0 1 3 Harold Bull 1 1

Ht1 L.Beaumont, Jay, Williams, Shepherd 76.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Godwin, Osborne, Argall, R.Beaumont 78.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Hunt, May, Kemp, Edwards 77.4 4 2 11 7 Ht4 L.Beaumont, Reeves, Clifton, Argall 78.4 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Shepherd, Godwin, Jay, R.Beaumont 79.6 2 4 17 13 Ht6 Hunt, Osborne, Kemp, Argall 77.6 4 2 21 15 Ht7 L.Beaumont, May, Williams, Edwards 78.6 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Moreton, Godwin, Bull, Osborne (ef) 81.6 5 1 30 18 Ht9 Hunt, Jay, Kemp, Shepherd 77.2 4 2 34 20 Ht10 Moreton, Williams, Osborne, Argall (f) 81.0 5 1 39 21 Ht11 May, Godwin, Clifton, Edwards 79.4 3 3 42 24 Ht12 Hunt, Moreton, Shepherd, Reeves 80.0 5 1 47 25 Ht13 May, Clifton, Reeves, R.Beaumont 79.2 2 4 49 29 Ht14 Jay, Williams, Kemp, Edwards 81.0 3 3 52 32

Monday 11th April 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 40.5 Sheffield Tigers 43.5 (National League Division Two)

Walthamstow Harry Edwards 1’ 0 1 0 2 1 Wilf Jay 2 3 3 3 11 Bill Osborne 0 1’ 1’ 1.5 3.5 2 Dick Shepherd 3 2 F 5 Charlie May 2 3 3 3 11 Ted Argall 0 0 F F 0 Reg Reeves 2 2 2’ 2 8 1 Harold Bull 0 0

Sheffield Jack Bibby E E 1’ 0 1 1 Stan Williams 3 3 2 2 10 Len Williams 2 1’ 3 1’ 7 2 Tommy Bateman 1’ 3 2 2 8 1 Bruce Semmens 3 2 1.5 3 9.5 Tommy Allott 1 0 3 1’ 5 1 Alf Parker 1 1 2 Brian Gorman F 1 1

Ht1 S.Williams, Jay, Edwards, Bibby (ef) 66.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Shepherd, L.Williams, Bateman, Osborne 68.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Semmens, May, Allott, Argall 67.0 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Bateman, Reeves, Parker, Edwards 69.2 2 4 10 14 Ht5 S.Williams, Shepherd, Osborne, Bibby (ef) 67.4 3 3 13 17 Ht6 May, Bateman, L.Williams, Argall 67.4 3 3 16 20 Ht7 Jay, Semmens, Edwards, Allott 68.0 4 2 20 22 Ht8 L.Williams, Reeves, Osborne, Gorman (f) N/T 3 3 23 25 Ht9 May, S.Williams, Bibby, Argall (f) 68.4 3 3 26 28 Ht10 Jay, Bateman, L.Williams, Edwards 68.4 3 3 29 31 Ht11 Allott, Semmens & Osborne, Shepherd (f) N/T 4.5 1.5 30.5 35.5 Ht12 May, Reeves, Parker, Bibby 68.2 5 1 35.5 36.5 Ht13 Semmens, Reeves, Gorman, Bull 68.8 2 4 37.5 40.5 Ht14 Jay, S.Williams, Allott, Argall (f) 68.2 3 3 40.5 43.5

Reserves Scratch Race Parker, Reeves, Bull, Gorman (exc) 52.8

The Stadium Scurry 3 laps Ht1 May, L.Williams, Reeves, Shepherd (exc) 50.0 Ht2 S.Williams, Jay, Edwards, Parker 51.2 Ht3 Allott, Argall, Bull, Bibby (exc) 52.4 Ht4 Semmens, Bateman, Osborne, Gorman 51.2 Final May, S.Williams, [Allott, Semmens ?

Saturday 16th April 1949 Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich Stars 57 Walthamstow Wolves 25 (National League Division Two)

Norwich Sid Littlewood 3 3 2 1’ 9 1 Bert Spencer 2’ 0 0 2 1 Paddy Mills 3 3 3 3 12 Ted Bravery 1 2’ 2’ 3 8 2 Phil Clarke 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Rogers 2’ 1 2’ 3 8 1 Jack Freeman 2’ 2’ 4 2 Bob Leverenz 0 2 0 2

Walthamstow Bill Osborne 0 1 0 2 3 Dick Geary 1 0 1 1’ 3 1 Wilf Jay 2 2 1’ 3 8 1 Arch Windmill 0 1 0 0 1 Charlie May 0 1 1 Reg Reeves 0 3 0 2 5 Ted Argall 0 1 0 1 2 Harry Edwards 2 0 2

Ht1 Littlewood, Spencer, Geary, Osborne, 78.0 5 1 Ht2 Mills, Jay, Bravery, Windmill, 75.2 9 3 Ht3 Clarke, Rogers, (May & Reeves n/f), 78.6 14 3 Ht4 Littlewood, Freeman, Windmill, Argall, 80.0 19 4 Ht5 Mills, Bravery, Osborne, Geary, 77.6 24 5 Ht6 Clarke, Jay, Rogers, Windmill, 78.0 28 7 Ht7 Reeves, Littlewood, Argall, Spencer (f), 81.0 30 11 Ht8 Mills, Edwards, Jay, Leverenz, 78.0 33 14 Ht9 Clarke, Rogers, Geary, Osborne, 78.6 38 15 Ht10 Jay, Leverenz, Littlewood, Windmill, 79.2 41 18 Ht11 Mills, Bravery, May, Reeves, 77.8 46 19 Ht12 Clarke, Osborne, (Argall & Leverenz n/f), 80.0 49 21 Ht13 Bravery, Freeman, Argall, Edwards, 79.2 54 22 Ht14 Rogers, Reeves, Geary, Spencer, 81.6 57 25

Monday 18th April 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 48 Newcastle Magpies 36 (National League Division Two)

Walthamstow Bill Osborne E 0 0 Dick Geary 2 1 1’ 0 3 1 Wilf Jay 3 3 3 3 12 Archie Windmill 1 1 1 1’ 4 1 Charlie May 3 3 2 3 11 Reg Reeves 2’ 2’ 1’ 1 6 3 Ted Argall 2’ 1 1 3 1 Harry Edwards 3 2 2 7

Newcastle Son Mitchell 1 0 0 2 3 Frank Hodgson 3 2 3 3 11 Derek Close 2 1 2 3 8 Herby King 0 1 0 0 1 Ernie Brecknell 1 2’ 0 3 6 1 Jack Hodgson 0 3 2’ 5 1 Don Lawson F 0 E 0 0

Ht1 F.Hodgson, Geary, Mitchell, Osborne (ef) 67.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Jay, Close, Windmill, King 67.8 4 2 6 6 Ht3 May, Reeves, Brecknell, J.Hodgson 67.6 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Edwards, Argall, King, Lawson (f) 68.0 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Jay, F.Hodgson, Windmill, Mitchell 68.8 4 2 20 10 Ht6 May, Reeves, Close, King 67.6 5 1 25 11 Ht7 J.Hodgson, Brecknell, Geary, Osborne 69.2 1 5 26 16 Ht8 Jay, Close, Argall, Lawson 68.4 4 2 30 18 Ht9 F.Hodgson, May, Reeves, Mitchell 68.0 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Close, Edwards, Geary, King 68.8 3 3 36 24 Ht11 Jay, F.Hodgson, Windmill, Brecknell 67.4 4 2 40 26 Ht12 May, Mitchell, Argall, Lawson (ef) 67.4 4 2 44 28 Ht13 Brecknell, Edwards, Windmill, Lawson 69.4 3 3 47 31 Ht14 F.Hodgson, J.Hodgson, Reeves, Geary 69.4 1 5 48 36

Reserve Scratch Race 3 laps Edwards, Argall, Lawson, Hammond (ns) 52.6

The Chingford Scratch Race Ht1 Jay, J.Hodgson, Lawson, H.King 66.8 Ht2 Argall, Edwards, Brecknell, Geary 68.8 Ht3 May, Mitchell, Windmill, Bull 66.8 Ht4 F.Hodgson, Close, Osborne, Reeves 68.6 Final F.Hodgson, May, Jay, Argall 68.6

th Tuesday, 19 April 1949 Saracen Park, Glasgow Ashfield Giants 48 Walthamstow Wolves 36 (National League Division Two)

Ashfield Ken Le Breton 3 3 3 3 12 Alec Grant 2' F F 2 4 1 Keith Gurtner 2' 3 2 2 9 1 Merv Harding 3 2' E 3 8 1 Gruff Garland 2 1' 3 2 8 1 Roll Stobbart F 2 1 3 6 Willie Wilson 0 0 0 Alf McIntosh 0 1' 1 1

Walthamstow Bill Osbourne 0 1 2 3 6 Dick Geary 1 0 0 E 1 Wilf Jay 0 3 3 2 8 Archie Windmill 1 2 E 1' 4 1 Charlie May 3 2 3 2 10 Reg Reeves 1 1' 1 1 4 1 Ted Argall 1' E 1 1 Harry Edwards 1 1' 2 1

Ht1 Le Breton, Grant, Geary, Osbourne 68.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Harding, Gurtner, Windmill, Jay 72.2 5 1 10 2 Ht3 May, Garland, Reeves, Stobbart (f) 71.0 2 4 12 6 Ht4 Le Breton, Windmill, Argall, Wilson 77.0 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Gurtner, Harding, Osbourne, Geary 72.2 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Jay, Stobbart, Garland, Windmill (ef) 72.2 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Le Breton, May, Reeves, Grant (f) 71.0 3 3 26 16 Ht8 Jay, Gurtner, Edwards, McIntosh 71.0 2 4 28 20 Ht9 Garland, Osbourne, Stobbart, Geary 74.2 4 2 32 22 Ht10 Le Breton, Jay, Windmill, Grant (f) 69.8 3 3 35 25 Ht11 May, Gurtner, Reeves, Harding (ef) 70.6 2 4 37 29 Ht12 Osbourne, Garland, McIntosh, Argall (ef) 73.6 3 3 40 32 Ht13 Harding, May, Edwards, Wilson 71.4 3 3 43 35 Ht14 Stobbart, Grant, Reeves, Geary (ef) 74.2 5 1 48 36

Wednesday 20th April 1949 , Glasgow Glasgow Tigers 52 Walthamstow Wolves 32 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow Buck Ryan 0 3 1’ 1 5 1 Will Lowther 3 2 3 3 11 Joe Crowther 2 2’ 2 1’ 7 2 Gordon McGregor 1’ 3 2 3 9 1 Junior Bainbridge E 1’ 3 3 7 1 Norman Lindsay 2 2 2’ 2’ 8 2 Nobby Downham 2’ 1 3 1 Billie Bates 0 2’ 2 1

Walthamstow Bill Osborne 2 E 0 1 3 Dick Geary 1’ 1 1 0 3 Wilf Jay 3 3 3 2 11 Arch Windmill 0 1 0 1 Charlie May 3 3 3 2 11 Reg Reeves 1 F 0 1 2 Ted Argall F 0 0 Harry Edwards 1 0 0 1

Ht1 Lowther, Osborne, Geary, Ryan 89.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Jay, Crowther, McGregor, Windmill 86.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 May, Lindsay, Reeves, Bainbridge (ef) 86.0 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Ryan, Downham, Windmill, Argall (f) 89.4 5 1 13 11 Ht5 McGregor, Crowther, Geary,Osborne (ef) 86.2 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Jay, Lindsay, Bainbridge, Windmill 85.0 3 3 21 15 Ht7 May, Lowther, Ryan, Reeves (f) 86.2 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Jay, Crowther, Edwards, Bates 86.6 2 4 26 22 Ht9 Bainbridge,Lindsay, Geary, Osborne 87.0 5 1 31 23 Ht10 Lowther, Jay, Ryan, Edwards 85.6 4 2 35 25 Ht11 May, McGregor, Crowther, Reeves 86.0 3 3 38 28 Ht12 Bainbridge, Bates, Osborne, Argall 87.8 5 1 43 29 Ht13 McGregor, May, Downham, Edwards 84.6 4 2 47 31 Ht14 Lowther, Lindsay, Reeves, Geary 87.0 5 1 52 32

Saturday 23rd April 1949 , Coventry Coventry Bees 45 Walthamstow Wolves 39 (National League Division Two)

Coventry Bob Fletcher 3 3 1 2 9 Jack Winstanley 1 3 0 0 4 Bert Lacey 2 3 2 0 7 Jack D. White 0 2’ 3 2 7 1 Jack Gordon 3 2 2 3 10 John Yates 1 1’ 0 3 5 1 Ed Pye 2’ 1’ 3 2 Les Hewitt 0 0 0

Walthamstow Dick Geary 0 0 2 2 Bill Osborne 2 1 3 2 8 Wilf Jay 3 3 3 3 12 Archie Windmill 1 1 0 1 3 Charlie May 2 2 2 3 9 Reg Reeves 0 0 1’ 1’ 2 2 Ted Argall 0 1’ 1 1 Harry Edwards 1 1 0 2

Ht1 Fletcher, Osborne, Winstanley, Geary 79.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Jay, Lacey, Windmill, White 76.8 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Gordon, May, Yates, Reeves 77.4 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Fletcher, Pye, Windmill, Argall 79.8 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Lacey, White, Osborne, Geary 77.0 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Jay, Gordon, Yates, Windmill 76.6 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Winstanley, May, Fletcher, Reeves 79.0 4 2 27 15 Ht8 Jay, Lacey, Edwards, Hewitt 76.8 2 4 29 19 Ht9 Osborne, Gordon, Edwards, Yates 80.6 2 4 31 23 Ht10 Jay, Fletcher, Windmill, Winstanley 77.2 2 4 33 27 Ht11 White, May, Reeves, Lacey 77.8 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Gordon, Geary, Argall, Hewitt 79.4 3 3 39 33 Ht13 May, White, Pye, Edwards 78.6 3 3 42 36 Ht14 Yates, Osborne, Reeves, Winstanley 80.8 3 3 45 39

Monday 25th April 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 40 Norwich Stars 43 (National League Division Two)

Walthamstow Arch Windmill 2 3 1’ 3 9 1 Wilf Jay 1’ 2 1 0 4 1 Charlie May 3 2 3 2 10 Bill Osborne 2’ 1’ 1’ 3 7 3 Dick Geary 0 0 0 0 Reg Reeves 2 1 2 1 6 Harry Edwards 1 1’ 0 2 1 Ted Argall 0 2 2

Norwich Ted Bravery 0 0 0 0 Paddy Mills 3 3 3 3 12 Bert Spencer 1 2’ 1’ 0 4 2 Sid Littlewood 0 0 0 Fred Rogers 1 0 0 2 3 Phil Clarke 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Jack Freeman 2 3 3 8 Bob Leverenz 2 2 1 0 5

1 Mills, Windmill, Jay, Bravery, 65.8 3 3 2 May, Osborne, Spencer, Littlewood, 67.2 8 4 3 Clarke, Reeves, Rogers, Geary, 68.0 10 8 4 Windmill, Freeman, Edwards, Littlewood (f), 67.8 14 10 5 Mills, May, Osborne, Bravery, 68.2 17 13 6 Freeman, Spencer, Reeves, Geary, 70.0 18 18 7 Clarke, Jay, Windmill, Rogers, 67.6 21 21 8 May, Leverenz, Spencer, Argall, 66.2 24 24 9 Mills, Reeves, Edwards, Bravery, 67.4 27 27 10 Windmill, Leverenz, Jay, Spencer, 68.4 31 29 11 Clarke, May, Osborne, Rogers, 67.4 34 32 12 Freeman, Argall, Leverenz, Geary, (time unknown) 36 36 13 Osborne, Rogers,(Edwards [f] & Leverenz [f/lapped]), 70.2 39 38 14 Mills, Clarke, Reeves, Jay, 67.2 40 43

Wednesday 27th April 1949 Highbury Avenue Sports Stadium, Fleetwood Fleetwood Flyers 54 Walthamstow Wolves 30 (National League Division Two)

Fleetwood Ernie Appleby 2' 3 2' 2' 9 3 George Newton 3 3 3 3 12 Cyril Cooper 2' 1' 3 3 9 2 Norman Hargreaves 3 2 1' 2' 8 2 Wilf Plant 3 3 3 3 12 Ron Hart 1 1 0 0 2 Don Potter 0 0 0 Frank Malouf 2 F 2

Walthamstow Archie Windmill 1 0 1' 1' 3 2 Wilf Jay 0 3 2 1' 6 1 Charlie May 1 2 3 1 7 Reg Reeves 0 2 0 0 2 Dick Geary 2 0 1 2 5 Bill Osborne 0 1 0 2 3 Harry Edwards 1' 2 3 1 Ted Argall 0 1' 1 1

Ht1 Newton, Apppleby, Windmill, Jay 70.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Hargreaves, Cooper, May, Reeves 70.2 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Plant, Geary, Hart, Osborne 68.8 4 2 14 4 Ht4 Appleby, Reeves, Edwards, Potter 71.0 3 3 17 7 Ht5 Jay, Hargreaves, Cooper, Windmill 69.8 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Plant, May, Hart, Reeves 68.4* 4 2 24 12 Ht7 Newton, Appleby, Osborne, Geary 69.4 5 1 29 13 Ht8 May, Malouf, Hargreaves, Argall 69.2 3 3 32 16 Ht9 Plant, Jay, Windmill, Hart 68.8 3 3 35 19 Ht10 Newton, Appleby, May, Reeves 70.2 5 1 40 20 Ht11 Cooper, Hargreaves, Geary, Osborne 69.4 5 1 45 21 Ht12 Plant, Edwards, Windmill, Malouf (f) 71.0 3 3 48 24 Ht13 Cooper, Geary, Argall, Potter 70.0 3 3 51 27 Ht14 Newton, Osborne, Jay, Hart 69.8 3 3 54 30

Thursday 28th April 1949 Owlerton, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers 56 Walthamstow Wolves 27 (National League Division Two)

Sheffield Tommy Bateman 1 1 0 1 3 Stan Williams 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Tommy Allott 2’ F 2 3 7 1 Len Williams 3 3 2’ 3 10 1 Jack Bibby 2’ X 1 3 6 1 Bruce Semmens 3 3 3 3 12 Ralph Horne 3 2’ 5 1 Alf Parker X 1 1

Walthamstow Archie Windmill 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Wilf Jay 2 2 2 2 8 Charlie May 0 2 3 2 7 Reg Reeves 1 1 1’ 1’ 4 2 Dick Geary 1 0 1 1 3 Bill Osborne 0 2 0 0 2 Harry Edwards 0 2 F 2 Ted Argall F 0

Ht1 S.Williams, Jay, Bateman, Windmill 70.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 L.Williams, Allott, Reeves, May 72.2 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Semmens, Bibby, Geary, Osborne 70.4 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Horne, S.Williams, Reeves, Edwards 73.2 5 1 19 5 Ht5 L.Willams, Jay, Windmill, Allott (f) 71.8 3 3 22 8 Ht6 Semmens, May, Reeves, Bibby (exc) 72.2 3 3 25 11 Ht7 S.Williams, Osborne, Bateman, Geary 74.0 4 2 29 13 Ht8 May, Allott, Argall (f), Parker (exc) 71.8 2 3 31 16 Ht9 Semmens, Jay, Bibby, Windmill 71.8 4 2 35 18 Ht10 S.Williams, May, Reeves, Bateman 71.4 3 3 38 21 Ht11 Allott, L.Williams, Geary, Osborne 71.8 5 1 43 22 Ht12 Bibby, Edwards, Parker, Windmill 74.4 4 2 47 24 Ht13 L.Williams, Horne, Geary, Edwards (f) 74.4 5 1 52 25 Ht14 Semmens, Jay, Bateman, Osborne 73.6 4 2 56 27

Monday, 2 May 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 44 Ashfield Giants 39 (National League Division Two)

Walthamstow Reg Reeves F 3 2' 0 5 1 Wilf Jay F 3 3 3 9 Archie Windmill 1 3 2 3 9 Bill Osborne X 0 1 3 4 Dick Geary 3 0 0 2 5 Charlie May 2' 3 1 2' 8 2 Harry Edwards E 1' 1' 2' 4 3 Harold Bull D.N.R

Ashfield Ken Le Breton 3 1' 3 3 10 1 Alec Grant 2' 2 2' 1 7 2 Merv Harding 2' 2 3 1' 8 2 Keith Gurtner 3 2 1' 2 8 1 Gruff Garland 0 1 0 0 1 Rol Stobbart 1 F 2 0 3 Willie Wilson 1' 0 1 1 Alf McIntosh 0 1 1

Ht1 Le Breton, Grant, Reeves (f), Jay (f) 66.2 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Gurtner, Harding, Windmill, Osborne (exc/t) 67.6 1 5 2 10 Ht3 Geary, May, Stobbart, Garland 68.6 5 1 7 11 Ht4 Reeves, Gurtner, Wilson, Edwards (ef) 67.8 3 3 10 14 Ht5 Windmill, Grant, Le Breton, Osborne 69.0 3 3 13 17 Ht6 May, Harding, Gurtner, Geary 66.8 3 3 16 20 Ht7 Jay, Reeves, Garland , Stobbart (f) 69.0 5 1 21 21 Ht8 Harding, Windmill, Edwards, McIntosh 68.4 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Le Breton, Grant, May, Geary 68.0 1 5 25 29 Ht10 Jay, Gurtner, Harding, Reeves 68.2 3 3 28 32 Ht11 Windmill, Stobbart, Osborne, Garland 69.4 4 2 32 34 Ht12 Le Breton, Geary, Edwards, Wilson 67.8 3 3 35 37 Ht13 Osborne, Edwards, McIntosh, Garland 69.6 5 1 40 38 Ht14 Jay, May, Grant, Stobbart 68.0 5 1 45 39

Ashfield Scratch Race Ht1 May, Gurtner, Stobbart, Windmill (ef) 66.4 Ht2 Jay, Grant, Le Breton, Reeves 67.4 Final Jay, Gurtner, Grant, May 67.8

Stadium, Scurry Ht1 Harding, Edwards, McIntosh, Geary 65.2 Ht2 Osborne, Wilson, Garland, Bull ? Final Harding, Osborne, Edwards, Wilson ?

Saturday 7 May 1949 Hedon Stadium, Hull Hull Angels 42 Walthamstow Wolves 42 (Challenge)

Hull Norman Johnson 2’ 2 2 3 9 Mick Mitchell 3 1’ 1 5 Derek Glover 3 1 3 2 9 George Craig 1 0 0 1 Alf Webster 1 1 0 2 4 Bob Baker 3 3 2 2 10 Jack Watts 1’ 0 2 3 Johnny Green 1 0 0 1

Walthamstow Reg Reeves 0 3 1 3 7 Wilf Jay 1 2’ 3 3 9 Archie Windmill 0 0 2 2 Bill Osborne 2 0 2 2 6 Dick Geary 2 3 1 3 9 Charlie May 0 0 3 1 4 Harry Edwards 3 0 0 1 4 Harold Bull 1 1

Ht 1 Mitchell, Johnson, Jay, Reeves, 85.0 5 1 Ht 2 Glover, Osborne, Craig, Windmill, 85.4 9 3 Ht 3 Baker, Geary, Webster, May, 84.0 13 5 Ht 4 Edwards, Johnson, Watts, Osborne, 85.6 16 8 Ht 5 Reeves, Jay, Glover, Craig, 84.0 17 13 Ht 6 Baker, Osborne, Webster, Windmill, 84.0 21 15 Ht 7 Geary, Johnson, Mitchell, May, 86.2 24 18 Ht 8 Glover, Windmill, Green, Edwards, 85.0 28 20 Ht 9 Jay, Baker, Reeves, Webster, 84.2 30 24 Ht 10 Johnson, Osborne, Mitchell, Edwards, 86.4 34 26 Ht 11 May, Glover, Geary, Watts, 85.4 36 30 Ht 12 Reeves, Webster, Edwards, Green, 85.0 38 34 Ht 13 Geary, Watts, Bull, Craig, 86.6 40 38 Ht 14 Jay, Baker, May, Green, 84.0 42 42

Monday 9th May 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 45Cradley Heath Heathens 39 (National League Division Two)

Walthamstow Reg Reeves 1 2’ 0 0 3 1 Wilf Jay 3 2 3 1 9 Archie Windmill 0 2’ 1’ 0 3 2 Bill Osborne 1 3 1 3 8 Dick Geary 0 0 0 1 1 Charlie May 3 3 3 3 12 Harry Edwards 3 2 3 1 9 Harold Bull DNR

Cradley Heath Les Beaumont F E 0 Gil Craven E 1 2 0 3 Jack Arnfield 2’ 1’ 3 1’ 7 3 Roy Moreton 3 1 2 2 8 Eric Williams 2 1 3 2 8 Alan Hunt 1’ 3 2’ 2 8 2 Geoff Godwin 2 0 1’ 2 5 1 Bill Clifton 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Jay, Godwin, Reeves, Craven (ef), L.Beuamont(f)68.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Moreton, Arnfield, Osborne, Windmill 68.4 1 5 5 7 Ht3 May, Williams, Hunt, Geary 66.4 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Edwards, Reeves, Moreton, Godwin 68.0 5 1 13 11 Ht5 Osborne, Windmill, Craven, Clifton 67.4 5 1 18 12 Ht6 May, Moreton, Arnfield, Geary 66.2 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Hunt, Jay, Williams, Reeves 67.2 2 4 23 19 Ht8 Arnfield, Edwards, Windmill, Clifton 68.2 3 3 26 22 Ht9 May, Craven, Godwin, Geary 66.0 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Jay, Moreton, Arnfield, Reeves 68.4 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Williams, Hunt, Osborne, Windmill 67.8 1 5 33 33 Ht12 Edwards, Godwin, Geary, L.Beaumont (ef) 68.0 4 2 37 35 Ht13 Osborne, Williams, Edwards, Clifton 67.0 4 2 41 37 Ht14 May, Hunt, Jay, Craven 66.4 4 2 45 39

Stadium Scurry 3 laps Ht1 Clifton, Moreton, Osborne, Bull 51.4 Ht2 Edwards, Craven, Reeves, Godwin 51.2 Final Craven, Edwards, Moreton, Clifton 50.8

Cradley Scratch Race Ht1 Hunt, Jay, L.Beaumont, Geary 67.4 Ht2 May, Arnfield, Williams, Windmill 66.2 Final May, Hunt, Jay, Arnfield 68.0

Monday 16th May 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Best Pairs

Les Jenkins 2 3 3 3 3 14 Ken Adams 1 2 2 1 0 6 Total 20 Harry Edwards 2 0 3 2 2 9 Bill Osborne 1 1 2 3 1 8 Total 17 Dick Geary 0 2 1 0 0 3 Charlie May 3 3 3 2 3 14 Total 17 Alf Bottoms 3 3 3 3 2 14 Den Cosby F 1 0 0 1 2 Total 16 Wilf Jay 3 0 0 0 3 6 Reg Reeves 1 3 2 1 1 8 Total 14 Bert Roger 1 1 1 3 2 8 Frank Lawrence 2 2 0 0 1 5 Total 13 Bert Lacey 2 1 1 1 0 5 Lionel Levy F 0 0 Archie Windmill (res) 2 2 3 7 Total 12 Bruce Abernethy 3 2 1 1 0 7 Buster Brown 0 0 0 2 2 4 Total 11

Ht1 Jay, Lacey, Reeves, Levy (f) 68.2 Ht2 May, Lawrence, Roger, Geary 66.4 Ht3 Bottoms, Edwards, Osborne, Cosby (f) 67.4 Ht4 Abernethy, Jenkins, Adams, Brown 66.8 Ht5 Reeves, Lawrence, Roger, Jay 67.0 Ht6 May, Geary, Lacey, Windmill 67.2 Ht7 Jenkins, Osborne, Adams, Williams 67.8 Ht8 Bottoms, Abernethy, Cosby, Brown (f) 68.0 Ht9 May, Reeves, Gaery, Jay 69.2 Ht10 Jenkins, Adams, Lawrence, Roger 69.0 Ht11 Bottoms, Windmill, Lacey, Cosby 68.2 Ht12 Edwards, Osborne, Brown, Abernethy 67.8 Ht13 Jenkins, May, Adams, Geary 68.0 Ht14 Roger, Windmill, Lacey, Lawrence 67.4 Ht15 Osborne, Edwards, Reeves, Jay 67.6 Ht16 Windmill, Brown, Abernethy, Lacey 68.2 Ht17 Bottoms, Roger, Lawrence, Cosby 67.8 Ht18 May, Edwards, Osborne, Geary 67.6 Ht19 Jay, Brown, Reeves, Abernethy 68.8 Ht20 Jenkins, Bottoms, Cosby, Adams 66.6

Saturday 21st May 1949 Belle Vue, Walthamstow Wolves 42 Sheffield Tigers 30 (Challenge)

Walthamstow Wilf Jay 1 2 2’ 2’ 7 2 Bill Osborne 0 1’ 3 0 4 1 Dick Geary 2 2’ 3 3 10 1 Harry Edwards 1’ 3 2’ 2 8 2 Charlie May 3 2’ 2 3 10 1 Jim Boyd 0 3 0 0 3

Sheffield Bruce Semmens 3 E 1 3 7 Ralph Horne 2’ 1 0 1 4 1 Len Williams 3 3 3 E 9 Jack Bibby 0 0 1 1’ 2 1 Tommy Bateman 2 1 1 2 6 Andy Menzies 1’ 0 0 1 2 1

Ht1 Semmens, Horne, Jay, Osborne 75.4 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Williams, Geary, Edwards, Bibby 75.8 3 3 4 8 Ht3 May, Bateman, Menzies, Boyd 77.8 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Williams, Jay, Osborne, Bibby 77.0 3 3 10 14 Ht5 Edwards, Geary, Bateman, Menzies 78.4 5 1 15 15 Ht6 Boyd, May, Horne, Semmens (ef) 78.6 5 1 20 16 Ht7 Osborne, Jay, Bateman, Menzies 78.6 5 1 25 17 Ht8 Geary, Edwards, Semmens, Horne 77.4 5 1 30 18 Ht9 Williams, May, Bibby, Boyd 77.0 2 4 32 22 Ht10 Semmens, Edwards, Menzies, Osborne 79.2 2 4 34 26 Ht11 Geary, Bateman, Bibby, Boyd 78.4 3 3 37 29 Ht12 May, Jay, Horne, Williams (ef) 80.0 5 1 42 30

Monday 23rd May 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 42 Fleetwood Flyers 42 (N L Division Two)

Walthamstow Reg Reeves 1' 1 1 0 3 1 Wilf Jay 2 0 3 1 6 Jim Boyd 3 2 2 2 9 Bill Osborne 1 1' 1' 1' 4 3 Archie Windmill 2 3 0 2 7 Charlie May F 2 3 5 Dick Geary 3 2 5 Harry Edwards 1 1' 1' 3 2 Fleetwood Wilf Plant 3 3 3 3 12 Frank Malouf F 0 1 0 1 George Newton E 2 3 2 7 Ernie Appleby 2 2 0 1' 5 1 Cyril Cooper 1 3 0 3 7 Norman Hargreaves 3 2' 3 2 10 Larry Young 0 0 0 Peter Lloyd 0 0 0

Ht1 Plant, Jay, Reeves, Malouf (f) 66.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Boyd, Appleby, Osborne, Newton (ef) 66.6 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Hargreaves, Windmill, Cooper, May (f) 67.0 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Geary, Appleby, Reeves, Young 67.8 4 2 13 11 Ht5 Plant, Boyd, Osborne, Malouf 67.0 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Windmill, Newton, Edwards, Appleby 66.4 4 2 20 16 Ht7 Cooper, Hargreaves, Reeves, Jay 67.4 1 5 21 21 Ht8 Newton, Boyd, Edwards, Lloyd 65.4* 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Plant, May, Malouf, Windmill 67.2 2 4 26 28 Ht10 Jay, Newton, Appleby, Reeves 66.6 3 3 29 31 Ht11 Hargreaves, Boyd, Osborne, Cooper 66.4 3 3 32 34 Ht12 Plant, Windmill, Edwards, Young 67.8 3 3 35 37 Ht13 Cooper, Geary, Osborne, Lloyd 68.2 3 3 38 40 Ht14 May, Hargreaves, Jay, Malouf 67.0 4 2 42 42

Fleetwood Scratch Race Ht1 Windmill, Plant, May, Cooper 67.4 Ht2 Hargreaves, Jay, Boyd, Long 65.6 Final Hargreaves, Windmill, Plant, Jay 66.4

Stadium Scurry 3 laps Ht1 Edwards, Young, Osborne, Malouf 52.6 Ht2 Appleby, Reeves, Geary, Lloyd 57.4 Final Reeves, Osborne*, Appleby, Edwards 50.6 *Rep Young

Friday 27th May 1949 , Bristol Bulldogs 60 Walthamstow Wolves 24 (National League Division Two)

Bristol Fred Tuck 3 3 3 3 12 Jack Mountford 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Billy Hole 3 3 3 3 12 Mike Beddoe 2’ 2’ 0 3 7 2 Roger Wise 3 1’ 3 2’ 9 2 Eric Salmon 2’ 2 0 3 7 1 Johnny Hole 0 1 1 Dick Bradley 1 2’ 3 1

Walthamstow Reg Reeves 0 0 1’ 1 2 1 Wilf Jay 1 1 2 1 5 Jim Boyd 1 3 2 1 7 Bill Osborne 0 2 0 0 2 Archie Windmill 0 0 2 2 Charlie May 1 2 0 3 Dick Geary 1’ 1 0 2 1 Harry Edwards 0 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Tuck, Mountford, Jay, Reeves 67.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 B.Hole, Beddoe, Boyd, Osborne 63.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Wise, Salmon, May, Windmill 67.2 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Tuck, Osborne, Geary, J.Hole 67.4 3 3 18 6 Ht5 B.Hole, Beddoe, Jay, Reeves 68.2 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Boyd, Salmon, Wise, Osborne 66.8 3 3 26 10 Ht7 Tuck, Mountford, Geary, Windmill 69.0 5 1 31 11 Ht8 B.Hole, Boyd, Bradley, Edwards 69.4 4 2 35 13 Ht9 Wise, Jay, Reeves, Salmon 67.4 3 3 38 16 Ht10 Tuck, Mountford, Boyd, Osborne 66.8 5 1 43 17 Ht11 B.Hole, May, Edwards, Beddoe 66.0 3 3 46 20 Ht12 Salmon, Bradley, Reeves, Geary 66.6 5 1 51 21 Ht13 Beddoe, Windmill, J.Hole, Edwards 68.4 4 2 55 23 Ht14 Mountford, Wise, Jay, May 66.6 5 1 60 24

Saturday 28th May 1949 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh (Needs Checked) Rayleigh Rockets 41 Walthamstow Wolves 42 (Challenge)

Rayleigh Percy Brine 0 2 2 2 6 Jim Gregory 3 1 F 3 7 Ron Howes 0 3 2 0 5 Charlie Mugford 1 1 1 2 5 Jack Unstead F 3 3 2 8 Vic Gooden 1 1’ 1 1 4 1 Bob McFarlane 1 1’ 2 1 Wally Mawdsley 1’ 3 4 1

Walthamstow Reg Reeves 2 0 0 2 Wilf Jay 2 2 0 4 Jim Boyd 3 2 3 3 10 Bill Osborne 2’ 3 0 1 6 1 Archie Windmill 2’ 3 2’ 3 10 2 Dick Geary 3 0 3 2 8 Harold Bull 0 F 0 Harry Edwards 1’ F F 0 1 1

Ht1 Gregory, Reeves, Edwards, Brine 74.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Boyd, Osborne, Mugford, Howes 74.8 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Geary, Windmill, Gooden, Unstead (f) 76.6 1 5 5 13 Ht4 Osborne, Brine, McFarlane, Bull 77.6 3 3 8 16 Ht5 Howes, Jay, Mugford, Reeves 77.2 4 2 12 18 Ht6 Unstead, Boyd, Gooden, Osborne 76.2 4 2 16 20 Ht7 Windmill, Brine, Gregory, Geary 76.4 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Boyd, Howes, Mawdsley, Edwards (f) 75.8 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Unstead, Jay, Gooden, Reeves 75.6 4 2 26 28 Ht10 Boyd, Brine, Osborne, Gregory (f) 76.0 2 4 28 32 Ht11 Geary, Windmill, Mugford, Howes 77.2 1 5 29 37 Ht12 Mawdsley, Unstead, Edwards (f), Bull (f) 78.4 5 0 34 37 Ht13 Windmill, Mugford, McFarlane, Edwards 77.6 3 3 37 40 Ht14 Gregory, Geary, Gooden, Jay 75.8 4 2 41 42

Monday 30th May 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 63 Southampton Saints 44 (National Trophy)

Walthamstow Wilf Jay 3 3 1*2 2 11 1 Reg Reeves 2*2*1 1*2* 8 4 Jim Boyd 3 2 0 1*2 2* 10 2 Bill Osborne 3 1*0 1*2 7 2 Charlie May 3 2 2 3 3 3 16 Archie Windmill 1 2*0 0 3 1 Dick Geary 3 2* 5 1 2 Harry Edwards 0 0 3 3 0 3

Southampton Bob Oakley 0 2 0 3 3 8 Tom Oakley 1 0 3 3 2 1 10 Jim Squibb 2 3 3 3 0 0 11 Alf Kaines 0 0 1 0 0 1 Roy Craighead 0 1*2*1*3 7 3 Cecil Bailey 1 1 0 1 1 4 Geoff Woodger 2 0 2 Bill Thatcher 0 1 1

1 Wilf Jay, Reg Reeves, Tom Oakley, Bob Oakley 66.6 5 – 1 5 – 1 2 Jim Boyd, Jim Squibb, Archie Windmill, Alf Kaines(f) 67 4 – 2 9 – 3 3 Bill Osborne, Reg Reeves, Cecil Bailey, Roy Craighead 67.2 5 – 1 14 – 4 4 Dick Geary, Geoff Woodger, Harry Edwards(f), Bill Thatcher(ex) 68.6 3 – 2 17 – 6 5 Jim Squibb, Jim Boyd, Bill Osborne, Tom Oakley 66.4 3 – 3 20 – 9 6 Wilf Jay, Archie Windmill, Cecil Bailey, Alf Kaines(ef) 66.8 5 – 1 25 – 10 7 Charlie May, Bob Oakley, Roy Craighead, Jim Boyd 65.8 3 – 3 28 – 13 8 Jim Squibb, Charlie May, Wilf Jay, Bob Oakley 67 3 – 3 31 – 16 9 Tom Oakley, Wilf Jay, Jim Boyd, Cecil Bailey 67.4 3 – 3 34 – 19 10 Jim Squibb, Roy Craighead, Reg Reeves, Archie Windmill 67.6 1 – 5 35 – 24 11 Tom Oakley, Charlie May, Alf Kaines, Bill Osborne(f) 67.2 2 – 4 37 – 28 12 Bob Oakley, Jim Boyd, Reg Reeves, Alf Kaines 66.6 3 – 3 40 – 31 13 Charlie May, Tom Oakley, Roy Craighead, Harry Edwards 65.8 3 – 3 43 – 34 14 Harry Edwards, Dick Geary, Bill Thatcher, Geoff Woodger(ef) 68.8 5 – 1 48 – 35 15 Roy Craighead, Wilf Jay, Bill Osborne, Alf Kaines 67.4 3 – 3 51 – 38 16 Charlie May, Reg Reeves, Cecil Bailey, Jim Squibb 65.6 5 – 1 56 – 39 17 Bob Oakley, Bill Osborne, Cecil Bailey, Archie Windmill 66.2 2 – 4 58 – 43 18 Charlie May, Jim Boyd, Tom Oakley, Jim Squibb(fx) 65.8 5 – 1 63 – 44

Junior Wolves Scurry: Tom Turnham, Harold Bull, Alan Briggs, Ken Wells 53 three laps Walthamstow Scurry: Reg Reeves, Bill Osborne, Harry Edwards, Dick Geary 51.4 three laps Visitors Scurry: Tom Oakley, Thatcher, Bull, Alf Kaines 51.0 three laps

Tuesday 31st May 1949 Bannister Court, Southampton Southampton Saints 52 Walthamstow Wolves 56 (National Trophy)

Southampton Bob Oakley 3 2*2 2*2 2 13 2 Tom Oakley 0 2 1 3 2 8 Jim Squibb 1*2 2 3 1 9 1 Alf Kaines 1*0 0 1*3 5 2 Roy Craighead 0 1*3 0 0 4 1 Cecil Bailey 2 3 0 2 2*1* 10 2 Geoff Woodger 0 0 0 0 Bill Thatcher 2 1 3 0 2

Walthamstow Reg Reeves 1*1 0 0 0 2 1 Wilf Jay 2 1 1 1*1 0 6 1 Jim Boyd 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Bill Osborne 0 1 2 2 0 5 Charlie May 3 3 2*3 3 14 1 Archie Windmill 0 0 1 1 2 Dick Geary 1 0 3 4 Harry Edwards 3 2* 5 1

1 Bob Oakley, Wilf Jay, Reg Reeves, Tom Oakley(f) 66.6 3 – 3 3 – 3 2 Jim Boyd, Cecil Bailey, Jim Squibb, Bill Osborne 67.4 3 – 3 6 – 6 3 Charlie May, Tom Oakley, Alf Kaines, Archie Windmill 67.4 3 – 3 9 – 9 4 Harry Edwards, Bill Thatcher, Dick Geary, Geoff Woodger 69.6 2 – 4 11 – 13 5 Jim Boyd, Jim Squibb, Wilf Jay, Alf Kaines 67.4 2 – 4 13 – 17 6 Cecil Bailey, Bob Oakley, Bill Osborne, Archie Windmill(et) 68.8 5 – 1 18 – 18 7 Charlie May, Jim Squibb, Reg Reeves, Roy Craighead(et) 67.6 2 – 4 20 – 22 8 Jim Boyd, Bob Oakley, Roy Craighead, Reg Reeves 67.2 3 – 3 23 – 25 9 Jim Squibb, Bob Oakley, Wilf Jay, Dick Geary 70.2 5 – 1 28 – 26 10 Jim Boyd, Charlie May, Tom Oakley, Cecil Bailey 68 1 – 5 29 – 31 11Roy Craighead, Bill Osborne, Wilf Jay, Alf Kaines(fx) 70.4 3 – 3 32 – 34 12 Tom Oakley, Bill Osborne, Jim Squibb, Reg Reeves 69.4 4 – 2 36 – 36 13 Charlie May, Cecil Bailey, Wilf Jay, Roy Craighead 67.8 2 – 4 38 – 40 14 Dick Geary, Harry Edwards, Bill Thatcher, Geoff Woodger 70.8 1 – 5 39 – 45 15 Charlie May, Bob Oakley, Alf Kaines Bill Osborne 67.8 3 – 3 42 – 48 16 Jim Boyd, Tom Oakley, Archie Windmill, Roy Craighead 67.6 2 – 4 44 – 52 17 Alf Kaines, Cecil Bailey, Archie Windmill, Reg Reeves 69.6 5 – 1 49 – 53 18 Jim Boyd, Bob Oakley, Cecil Bailey, Wilf Jay 67.8 3 – 3 52 – 56

Monday 6th June 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 50 Newcastle Magpies 34 (NL Division Two)

Walthamstow Reg Reeves 2 1 1’ 1 5 1 Wilf Jay 1’ 2 0 0 3 1 Jim Boyd 1 3 3 3 10 Bill Osborne 3 0 1 3 7 Dick Geary 2’ 0 2’ 2’ 6 3 Charlie May 3 3 3 3 12 Archie Windmill 3 1 4 Harry Edwards 0 3 3

Newcastle Herby King 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Jack Hodgson 3 2 1 1’ 7 1 Benny King 2 2 2 3 9 Derek Close F 2 1’ 2’ 5 2 Son Mitchell 0 0 0 2 2 Frank Hodgson 1 3 2 2 8 Ernie Brecknell 0 1 1 Don Lawson 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 J.Hodgson, Reeves, Jay, H.King 66.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Osborne, B.King, Boyd, Close (f) 67.2 4 2 7 5 Ht3 May, Geary, F.Hodgson, Mitchell 65.4 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Windmill, Close, Reeves, Brecknell 66.4 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Boyd, J.Hodgson, H.King, Osborne 65.4 3 3 19 11 Ht6 May, B.King, Close, Geary 65.8 3 3 22 14 Ht7 F.Hodgson, Jay, Reeves, Mitchell 66.8 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Boyd, B.King, Lawson, Edwards 65.8 3 3 28 20 Ht9 May, Geary, J.Hodgson, H.King 65.6 5 1 33 21 Ht10 B.King, Close, Reeves, Jay 67.0 1 5 34 26 Ht11 Boyd, F.Hodgson, Osborne, Mitchell 66.8 4 2 38 28 Ht12 Edwards, Geary, Brecknell, H. King 68.4 5 1 43 29 Ht13 Osborne, Mitchell, Windmill, Lawson 67.6 4 2 47 31 Ht14 May, F.Hodgson, J.Hodgson, Jay 66.8 3 3 50 34

Newboro Scratch Race Ht1 Boyd, B.King, F.Hodgson, Geary 66.6 Ht2 May, J.Hodgson, Jay, Close 67.2 Final May, Boyd, J.Hodgson, B.King 65.8

Junior Wolves Scratch Race Joe Arthur, Turnham, Butcher, Bull 68.8

Stadium Scurry 3 laps Ht1 Osborne, Reeves, Mitchell, H.King 50.4 Ht2 Windmill, Edwards, Lawson, Brecknell 50.8 Final Osborne, Edwards, Reeves, Windmill 50.2

Wednesday 8th June 1949 Brough Park, Newcastle Newcastle Magpies 41 Walthamstow Wolves 43 (NL Division Two)

Newcastle Son Mitchell 3 0 0 0 3 Frank Hodgson 0 3 3 1’ 7 1 Herby King 1 0 1 3 Jack Hodgson 3 1 0 2’ 6 1 Benny King 0 2 1 2 5 Derek Close 2 1’ 3 2 8 1 Ernie Brecknell 3 1’ 3 7 1 Don Lawson 2 1’ 3 1

Walthamstow Reg Reeves 1’ 3 0 3 7 1 Wilf Jay 2 2’ 2 0 6 1 Jim Boyd 2 3 3 2 10 Dick Geary 0 1’ 0 1’ 2 2 Archie Windmill 1 1’ 2’ 1 5 2 Charlie May 3 2 3 3 11 Bill Osborne 2 0 2 Harry Edwards 0 0 0

Ht1 Mitchell, Jay, Reeves, F.Hodgson 75.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 J.Hodgson, Boyd, H.King, Geary 75.4 4 2 7 5 Ht3 May, Close, Windmill, B.King 75.2 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Brecknell, Osborne, Geary, Mitchell 76.0 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Reeves, Jay, J.Hodgson, H.King 75.6 1 5 13 17 Ht6 Boyd, B.King, Close, Geary 75.2 3 3 16 20 Ht7 F.Hodgson, May, Windmill, Mitchell 78.0 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Boyd, Lawson, Brecknell, Edwards 75.6 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Close, Jay, B.King, Reeves 74.6 4 2 26 28 Ht10 F.Hodgson, Boyd, Geary, Mitchell 75.6 3 3 29 31 Ht11 May, Windmill, H.King, J.Hodgson 74.8 1 5 30 36 Ht12 Reeves, B.King, Lawson, Osborne 76.0 3 3 33 39 Ht13 Brecknell, J.Hodgson, Windmill, Edwards 76.8 5 1 38 40 Ht14 May, Close, F.Hodgson, Jay 74.4 3 3 41 43

Monday 13th June 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London World Championship Qualifying Round

Cyril Cooper 1 3 1 2 2 9 Derek Close 0 3 2 3 0 8 Derek Glover 0 1 2 0 1 4 Arthur Forrest 0 2 2 3 3 10 Bob Fletcher 2 2 2 3 2 11 Will Lowther 3 1 0 3 3 10 Johnny White 1 1 1 1 1 5 Clem Mitchell 1 2 0 1 0 4 Paddy Mills 3 0 0 2 0 5 Cyril Page 1 0 3 0 1 5 Jim Boyd (res) 2 3 3 3 3 14 Tom Oakley 2 1 2 1 6 Bob Baker 3 3 2 1 2 11 Leif Samsing 0 0 1 1 0 2 Jack Bibby 0 0 0 Bert Lacey 3 2 0 1 2 8 Harry Edwards (res) 2 3 3 8 George Craig (No.10) DNR

Ht1 Lowther, Fletcher, Cooper, Forrest 67.8 Ht2 Baker, Boyd, Mitchell, Glover 65.4 Ht3 Lacey, Oakley, Page, Samsing 67.8 Ht4 Mills, Edwards, White, Close 66.4 Ht5 Boyd, Lacey, Lowther, Bibby 65.2* Ht6 Close, Forrest, Glover, Page 67.2 Ht7 Cooper, Mitchell, Oakley, Mills 68.0 Ht8 Baker, Fletcher, White, Samsing 65.4 Ht9 Edwards, Glover, White, Lowther 66.6 Ht10 Boyd, Forrest, Samsing, Mills 66.0 Ht11 Lowther, Close, Samsing, Mitchell 67.2 Ht12 Page, Fletcher, Mitchell, Bibby 66.6 Ht13 Close, Baker, Cooper, Lacey 66.2 Ht14 Forrest, Oakley, Baker, Bibby 67.6 Ht15 Boyd, Cooper, White, Page 65.4 Ht16 Fletcher, Mills, Lacey, Glover 67.0 Ht17 Lowther, Baker, Page, Mills 67.4 Ht18 Forrest, Lacey, White, Mitchell 67.4 Ht19 Edwards, Cooper, Glover, Samsing 67.4 Ht20 Boyd, Fletcher, Oakley, Close 67.0

Saturday 18th June 1949 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh Edinburgh Monarchs 45 Walthamstow Wolves 39 (National League Division Two)

Edinburgh Clem Mitchell 2 3 3 3 11 Eddie Lack 1’ E E 2 3 1 Dick Campbell 3 1 3 3 10 Danny Lee 1 0 E 1’ 2 1 Jack Young 2 3 3 3 11 Dennis Parker 1’ 1 2’ 1’ 5 3 Don Cuppleditch 0 1 2 3 Bill Baird 0 0

Walthamstow Reg Reeves 0 2’ 0 2 4 1 Wilf Jay 3 3 1 0 7 Jim Boyd 2 2 1’ 2 7 1 Arch Windmill 0 1’ 0 1 1 Dick Geary 0 1’ 1’ 0 2 2 Charlie May 3 2 2 3 10 Bill Osborne 2 0 2 Harry Edwards 2 1’ 3 6 1

Ht1 Jay, Mitchell, Lack, Reeves 71.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Campbell, Boyd, Lee, Windmill 70.6 4 2 7 5 Ht3 May, Young, Parker, Geary 69.8 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Mitchell, Osborne, Windmill, Cuppleditch 72.6 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Jay, Reeves, Campbell, Lee 71.8 1 5 14 16 Ht6 Young, Boyd, Parker, Windmill 71.8 4 2 18 18 Ht7 Mitchell, May, Geary, Lack (EF) 72.4 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Campbell, Edwards, Boyd, Baird 73.0 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Young, Parker, Jay, Reeves 70.0 5 1 29 25 Ht10 Mitchell, Boyd, Edwards, Lack (EF) 74.2 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Campbell, May, Geary, Lee (EF) 71.4 3 3 35 31 Ht12 Young, Reeves, Cuppleditch, Osborne 70.0 4 2 39 33 Ht13 Edwards, Cuppleditch, Lee, Geary 74.2 3 3 42 36 Ht14 May, Lack, Parker, Jay 71.8 3 3 45 39

Monday 20th June 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 64 Cradley Heath Heathens 39 (National Trophy)

Walthamstow Benny King 3 2 2’ 1 0 8 1 Reg Reeves 1 1 0 1 Jim Boyd F 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 Bill Osborne 3 1 F 2 3 9 Charlie May 2’ 3 3 3 3 3 17 1 Archie Windmill 3 0 0 3 Dick Geary 3 2 1 E 6 Harry Edwards 1 3 1 N 5

Cradley Heath Eric Williams F 1 0 2 F 3 Alan Hunt 2 2 2 F 1’ 1 8 1 Gil Craven F 0 1 3 0 4 Jack Arnfield 2 3 F 0 1 6 Roy Moreton 0 1 0 2 2 5 Bill Clifton 2 2 4 Phil Malpass 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 King, Hunt, Reeves, Williams (f) 64.8* 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Windmill, Arnfield, Boyd (f), Craven (f) 67.4 3 2 7 4 Ht3 Osborne, Godwin, Reeves, Moreton 67.2 3 2 11 6 Ht4 Geary, Clifton, Edwards, Malpass 66.6 4 2 15 8 Ht5 Boyd, Hunt, Osborne, Craven 65.4 4 2 19 10 Ht6 Arnfield, King, Moreton, Windmill 67.0 2 4 21 14 Ht7 Boyd, May, Williams, Godwin 65.0 5 1 26 15 Ht8 May, King, Craven, Williams 66.8 5 1 31 16 Ht9 Boyd, Hunt, King, Moreton 65.2 4 2 35 18 Ht10 Craven, Geary, Godwin, Reeves 66.6 2 4 37 22 Ht11 May, Osborne (f), Hunt (f), Arnfield (f) 66.8 3 0 40 22 Ht12 Boyd, Williams, Geary, Arnfield 66.4 4 2 44 24 Ht13 May, Godwin, Hunt, Windmill 67.4 3 3 47 27 Ht14 Edwards, Clifton, Malpass, Geary (ef) 67.6 3 3 50 30 Ht15 Godwin, Osborne, Arnfield, King 66.4 2 4 52 34 Ht16 May, Moreton, Edwards, Craven 67.2 4 2 56 36 Ht17 Osborne, Moreton, Edwards (ret), Williams (f) 67.2 3 2 59 38 Ht18 May, Boyd, Hunt, Godwin (f) 66.6 5 1 64 39

Junior Wolves Scurry 3 laps Reeves, Tom Turnham, Vic Butcher, Bull 50.8

Reserves Scurry 3 laps Edwards, Geary, Clifton, Malpass 51.2

Friday 24th June 1949 Dudley Wood, Cradley Heath Cradley Heath Heathens 66 Walthamstow Wolves 41 (National Trophy)

Cradley Heath Phil Malpass 3 2’ 2’ 1’ 8 3 Alan Hunt 2’ 1’ F 2’ 2 7 3 Gil Craven 1 1 1 3 3 9 Jack Arnfield 3 3 3 2 3 F 14 Eric Williams 2 3 3 2 2’ 2 14 1 Geoff Godwin 3 3 3 1’ 10 1 Bill Clifton 2’ F 1 3 1 Roy Moreton F 1 0 1

Walthamstow Reg Reeves 0 2’ 0 1 1 4 1 Benny King 1 2 2 2 1 E 8 Jim Boyd 2 0 1 1’ 3 7 1 Bill Osborne F 0 E 0 0 Charlie May 3 3 2 3 3 3 17 Archie Windmill 0 0 Dick Geary 1 1 1’ 2 0 E 5 1 Harry Edwards 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Malpass, Hunt, King, Reeves 76.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Arnfield, Boyd, Craven, Osborne (f) 76.6 4 2 9 3 Ht3 May, Williams, Hunt, Windmill 76.0 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Clifton, Godwin, Geary, Edwards 78.6 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Williams, King, Craven, Boyd 76.4 4 2 21 9 Ht6 Arnfield, Malpass, Geary, Osborne 77.0 5 1 26 10 Ht7 May, Reeves, Craven, Moreton (f) 77.0 1 5 27 15 Ht8 Godwin, Malpass, Boyd, Reeves 77.4 5 1 32 16 Ht9 Craven, King, Geary, Clifton 77.0 3 3 35 19 Ht10 Arnfield, May, Boyd, Hunt (f) 76.6 3 3 38 22 Ht11 Williams, King, Moreton, Osborne (ef) 78.4 4 2 42 24 Ht12 Craven, Hunt, Reeves, Edwards 76.0 5 1 47 25 Ht13 May, Arnfield, King, Moreton 77.0 2 4 49 29 Ht14 Godwin, Geary, Clifton, Edwards 76.8 4 2 53 31 Ht15 May, Williams, Malpass, Osborne 77.2 3 3 56 34 Ht16 Boyd, Hunt, Godwin, Geary 77.6 3 3 59 37 Ht17 Arnfield, Williams, Reeves, Geary (ef) 78.6 5 1 64 38 Ht18 May, Williams, Arnfield (f), King (ef) 77.0 2 3 66 41

Monday 27th June 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 58 Edinburgh Monarchs 26 (National League Division Two)

Walthamstow Benny King 3 3 3 2 11 Dick Geary 2’ 2’ 1’ 3 8 3 Jim Boyd 3 3 3 1 10 Bill Osbourne 1 1 3 0 5 Reg Reeves 2’ 1 E 2’ 5 2 Charlie May 3 3 3 1 10 Arch Windmill 2’ 2 4 1 Harry Edwards 2’ 3 5 1

Edinburgh Clem Mitchell 0 2 2 1 5 Don Cuppleditch 1 0 1’ 2 4 1 Dick Campbell 2 2 1 3 8 Danny Lee 0 1 E 0 1 Jack Young E 0 2 3 5 Dennis Parker 1 1 0 E 2 Tommy Lack 0 0 0 Bill Baird 0 1 1

Ht1 King, Geary, Cuppleditch, Mitchell 66.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Boyd, Campbell, Osborne, Lee 66.2 4 2 9 3 Ht3 May, Reeves, Parker, Young (EF) 67.0 5 1 14 4 Ht4 King, Windmill, Lee, Lack 66.4 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Boyd, Mitchell, Osborne, Cuppleditch 66.0 4 2 23 7 Ht6 May, Campbell, Reeves, Lee (EF) 67.4 4 2 27 9 Ht7 King, Geary, Parker, Young 67.8 5 1 32 10 Ht8 Boyd, Edwards, Campbell, Baird 68.0 5 1 37 11 Ht9 May, Mitchell, Cuppleditch, Reeves (EF) 67.4 3 3 40 14 Ht10 Campbell, King, Geary, Lee 66.8 3 3 43 17 Ht11 Osborne, Young, Boyd, Parker 67.2 4 2 47 19 Ht12 Edwards, Reeves, Mitchell, Lack 69.0 5 1 52 20 Ht13 Young, Windmill, Baird, Osborne 66.8 2 4 54 24 Ht14 Geary, Cuppleditch, May, Parker (EF) 67.4 4 2 58 26

Inter Track Match Race Ht1Charlie May bt Bill Kitchen 64.0 * Ht2 Charlie May bt Bill Kitchen 66.2 Ht3 Not Raced

Reserve Scurry 3 laps Windmill, Turnham, Baird, L Morris (f) 51.4

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 King, Young, Geary, Mitchell 66.2 66.4 Ht2 Osborne, Boyd, Lee, Cuppleditch 67.4 67.8 Ht3 Campbell, Edwards, Reeves, Parker 67.0 68.2 Final Campbell, King, Osborne, Young 66.0

Thursday 30th June 1949 Owlerton, Sheffield Sheffield Tigers 48 Walthamstow Wolves 36 (National League Division Two)

Sheffield Stan Williams 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Jack Chignell 3 1 2’ 0 6 1 Len Williaams 3 2 2 2 9 Jack Bibby E E E 2 2 Tommy Bateman 2’ 1 1 2 6 1 Tommy Allott 3 3 3 3 12 Alf Parker 1 E 1 Guy Allott 0 1’ 1 1

Walthamstow Benny King 0 1 0 3 4 Dick Geary 1 3 2 1’ 7 1 Jim Boyd 2 2 3 1 8 Bill Osborne 1’ 2 0 0 3 1 Reg Reeves 1 0 1 1 3 Charlie May 0 2 3 2 7 Archie Windmill 0 0 0 Harry Edwards 1 3 4

Ht1 Chignell, S.Williams, Geary, King 71.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 L.Williams, Boyd, Osborne, Bibby (ef) 73.6 3 3 8 4 Ht3 T.Allott, Bateman, Reeves, May 74.0 5 1 13 5 Ht4 S.Williams, Osborne, Parker, Windmill 72.4 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Geary, L.Williams, King, Bibby (ef) 72.0 2 4 19 11 Ht6 T.Allott, Boyd, Bateman, Osborne 71.6 4 2 23 13 Ht7 S.Williams, May, Chignell, Reeves 71.6 4 2 27 15 Ht8 Boyd, L.Williams, Edwards, G.Allott 74.0 2 4 29 19 Ht9 T.Allott, Geary, Bateman, King 73.0 4 2 33 21 Ht10 S.Williams, Chignell, Boyd, Osborne 72.0 5 1 38 22 Ht11 May, L.Williams, Reeves, Bibby (ef) 71.6 2 4 40 26 Ht12 King, Bateman, G.Allott, Windmill 74.6 3 3 43 29 Ht13 Edwards, Bibby, Reeves, Parker (ef) 72.6 2 4 45 33 Ht14 T.Allott, May, Geary, Chignell 73.0 3 3 48 36

Monday 4th July 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 62 Cradley Heath Heathens 44 (National Trophy)

Walthamstow Benny King 1’ 2 1 1 2 3 10 1 Dick Geary 2 F 0 2 Jim Boyd 3 3 2 3 2 2’ 15 1 Bill Osborne 2 F 0 2 Charlie May 1’ 3 3 0 7 1 Reg Reeves 1 1’ 2 2 3 9 1 Harry Edawrds 3 F 1’ 3 2’ 9 2 Archie Windmill 1 2’ 3 2’ 8 2

Cradley Heath Phil Malpass X 0 0 0 0 Alan Hunt 3 X 2 F 1 6 Eric Williams 0 2 2 1 1 6 Gil Craven 2 3 2 3 1 1 12 Jack Arnfield 3 3 3 3 3 F 15 Roy Moreton 1 0 0 0 1 2 Les Tolley 0 1 1 Bill Clifton 2 0 0 2

Ht1 Hunt, Geary, King, Malpass (exc) 68.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Boyd, Craven, Reeves, Williams 67.2 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Arnfield, Osborne, Moreton, Geary (f) 69.0 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Edwards, Clifton, Windmill, Tolley 69.4 4 2 13 11 Ht5 Boyd, Williams, Osborne (f), Hunt (exc) 66.0 3 2 16 13 Ht6 Craven, King, Reeves, Moreton 68.0 3 3 19 16 Ht7 Arnfield, Boyd, May, Malpass 67.4 3 3 22 19 Ht8 May, Williams, King, Malpass 68.4 4 2 26 21 Ht9 Boyd, Hunt, King, Moreton 68.6 4 2 30 23 Ht10 Arnfield, Reeves, Williams, Geary 68.0 2 4 32 27 Ht11 May, Craven, Edwards (f), Hunt (f) 68.6 3 2 35 29 Ht12 Craven, Boyd, Edwards, Clifton 67.4 3 3 38 32 Ht13 Arnfield, Reeves, Hunt, May 67.4 2 4 40 36 Ht14 Edwards, Windmill, Tolley, Clifton 68.2 5 1 45 37 Ht15 Arnfield, King, Craven, Osborne 68.0 2 4 47 41 Ht16 Windmill, Edwards, Williams, Moreton 69.4 5 1 52 42 Ht17 Reeves, Windmill, Moreton, Malpass 68.4 5 1 57 43 Ht18 King, Boyd, Craven, Arnfield (f) 68.4 5 1 62 44

Junior Wolves Scurry 3 laps Bull, Butcher, Turnham (f), Les Morris (f) 56.2

Reserve Scurry 3 laps Edwards, Windmill, Clifton, Tolley 52.8

Friday 8th July 1949 Dudley Wood, Cradley Heath Cradley Heath Heathens 71 Walthamstow Wolves 37 (National Trophy)

Cradley Heath Les Tolley 0 3 0 3 Alan Hunt 3 3 3 2’ 3 3 17 1 Jack Arnfield 3 3 3 3 3 2’ 17 1 Gil Craven 0 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Eric Williams 2’ 2’ 1 2 X 7 2 Phil Malpass 2’ 3 1 1’ 2’ 9 3 Roy Moreton 3 2’ 1 1 7 1 Bill Clifton 0 0 0

Walthamstow Dick Geary 2 1 0 0 0 3 Benny King 1’ 1 2 2 0 1 7 1 Jim Boyd 1 0 1 0 2 4 Harry Edwards 0 1 0 1 Charlie May 2 0 2 3 2 9 Reg Reeves 1’ E 0 1 2 1 Archie Windmill 2 1’ 2’ 1’ 6 3 Bill Osborne 1’ 3 1’ 5 2

Ht1 Hunt, Geary, King, Tolley 77.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Arnfield, Malpass, Boyd, Edwards 77.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Hunt, May, Reeves, Craven 78.2 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Moreton, Windmill, Osborne, Clifton 78.2 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Arnfield, Craven, King, Boyd 77.0 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Malpass, Moreton, Reeves, Edwards (ef) 77.8 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Arnfield, Williams, Geary, May 77.2 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Tolley, Williams, Boyd, Geary 79.0 5 1 34 14 Ht9 Arnfield, King, Moreton, Reeves 77.0 4 2 38 16 Ht10 Hunt, May, Malpass, Boyd 78.8 4 2 42 18 Ht11 Craven, King, Williams, Edwards 79.2 4 2 46 20 Ht12 Arnfield, Hunt, Windmill, Geary 76.4 5 1 51 21 Ht13 May, Williams, Malpass, King 77.6 3 3 54 24 Ht14 Osborne, Windmill, Moreton, Clifton 78.4 1 5 55 29 Ht15 Craven, May, Osborne, Tolley 77.4 3 3 58 32 Ht16 Hunt, Boyd, Reeves, Williams (exc) 78.0 3 3 61 35 Ht17 Craven, Malpass, Reeves, Geary 77.2 5 1 66 36 Ht18 Hunt, Arnfield, King, May 77.8 5 1 71 37

Monday 11th July 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 62 Coventry Bees 17 (National League Division Two)

Walthamstow Dick Geary 2 3 2’ 3 10 1 Benny King 0 3 2’ 2’ 7 2 Jim Boyd 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4 Harry Edwards 3 3 3 3 12 Reg Reeves 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 9 3 Charlie May 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Archie Windmill 2’ 2’ 4 2 Bill Osborne 3 3 6

Coventry Bob Fletcher 1 0 1 0 2 Ed Pye 3 1 0 1 5 Lionel Levy 1 F F E 1 John Yates 0 1 1 1 3 Jack Gordon 1 1 1 1 4 Bert Lacey F 0 Les Hewitt 0 1 0 1 John D.White 0 1 0 0 1

Ht1 Pye,. Geary, Fletcher, King 68.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Edwards, Boyd, Levy, Yates 66.4 5 1 7 5 Ht3 May, Reeves, Gordon, Lacey (f) 67.2 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Geary, Windmill, Yates, Hewitt 67.8 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Edwards, Boyd, Pye, Fletcher 65.2 5 1 22 8 Ht6 May, Reeves, Yates, Levy (f) 67.4 5 1 27 9 Ht7 King, Geary, Gordon, White 67.2 5 1 32 10 Ht8 Osborne, Boyd, White, Levy (f) 68.4 5 1 37 11 Ht9 Reeves, May, Fletcher, Pye 67.4 5 1 42 12 Ht10 Geary, King, Yates, Levy (ns) 67.2 5 1 47 13 Ht11 Edwards, Boyd, Gordon, White 64.2 5 1 52 14 Ht12 Osborne, Reeves, Hewitt, Fletcher 68.4 5 1 57 15 Ht13 Edwards, Windmill, Gordon, White 65.6 5 1 62 16 Ht14 May, King, Pye, Hewitt 68.2 5 1 67 17

Walthamstow Scratch Race Ht1 Boyd, Geary, Bull, Reason 65.0 Ht2 May, King, Gordon, Fletcher 67.4 Final Boyd, May, King, Bull 66.2

Brandon Scurry 3 laps Ht1 Osborne, Windmill, Pye, Yates 50.8 Ht2 Edwards, Reeves, Hewitt, White 50.0 Final Reeves, Edwards, Osborne, Windmill 50.7

Tuesday 12th July 1949 Bannister Court, Southampton Southampton Saints 42 Walthamstow Wolves 41 (National League Division Two)

Southampton Bob Oakley 2*1*1*1* 5 4 Tom Oakley 3 2 2 2 9 0 Jim Squibb 2 2*2 2 8 1 Roy Craighead 0 3 0 0 3 0 Cecil Bailey 1 3 2*3 9 1 Bill Rogers 0 0 3 0 3 0 Alf Kaines 2 3 5 0 Bill Thatcher 0 0 0 0 2

Walthamstow Dick Geary 0 0 2 2 Benny King 1 1 1 3 6 Jim Boyd 1 0 3 3 7 Harry Edwards 3 3 2 0 8 Reg Reeves 2*0 1 1* 4 2 Charlie May 3 3 3 1 10 Archie Windmill 0 0 1* 1 1 Bill Osborne 1 2 3

1 Tom Oakley, Bob Oakley, Benny King, Dick Geary 74.4 5 – 1 5 – 1 2 Harry Edwards, Jim Squibb, Jim Boyd, Roy Craighead 73 2 – 4 7 – 5 3 Charlie May, Reg Reeves, Cecil Bailey, Bill Rogers 73 1 – 5 8 – 10 4 Harry Edwards, Alf Kaines, Bob Oakley, Archie Windmill 73 3 – 3 11 – 13 5 Roy Craighead, Jim Squibb, Benny King, Dick Geary 71.2 5 – 1 16 – 14 6 Cecil Bailey, Harry Edwards, Jim Boyd(ef), Bill Rogers(f) 70.6 3 – 2 19 – 16 7 Charlie May, Tom Oakley, Bob Oakley, Reg Reeves(ef) 69.6 3 – 3 22 – 19 8 Jim Boyd, Jim Squibb, Bill Osborne, Bill Thatcher 70.8 2 – 4 24 – 23 9 Bill Rogers, Cecil Bailey, Benny King, Archie Windmill 70.2 5 – 1 29 – 24 10 Jim Boyd, Tom Oakley, Bob Oakley, Harry Edwards 69.2 3 – 3 32 – 27 11 Charlie May, Jim Squibb, Reg Reeves, Roy Craighead(ex) 69.4 2 – 4 34 – 31 12 Cecil Bailey, Dick Geary, Archie Windmill, Bill Thatcher 69.2 3 – 3 37 – 34 13 Alf Kaines, Bill Osborne, Reg Reeves, Roy Craighead(f) 70.6 3 – 3 40 – 37 14 Benny King, Tom Oakley, Charlie May, Bill Rogers(f) 69 2 – 4 42 – 41

Monday 18th July 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 51 Southampton Saints 32 (National League Division Two)

Walthamstow Dick Geary 1 3 3 2 9 Benny King 3 0 1*0 4 1 Jim Boyd 3 3 3 3 12 Harry Edwards 1 1 2*3 7 1 Reg Reeves 2*1 0 2 5 1 Charlie May 3 3 3 2 11 Archie Windmill 2*1 3 1 Bill Osborne 0 0 0 0

Southampton Tom Oakley 2 0 2 3 7 0 Bob Oakley 0 2 1*1 4 1 Cecil Bailey 2 2 2 3 9 0 Alf Kaines 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Squibb 0 2 1 2 5 0 Roy Craighead 1 1*0 1 3 1 Bill Griffiths 1 3 4 Geoff Woodger 0 0 0 0

1 Benny King, Tom Oakley, Dick Geary, Bob Oakley 66 4 – 2 4 – 2 2 Jim Boyd, Cecil Bailey, Harry Edwards, Alf Kaines 65.4 4 – 2 8 – 4 3 Charlie May, Reg Reeves, Roy Craighead, Jim Squibb 66.4 5 – 1 13 – 5 4 Dick Geary, Archie Windmill, Bill Griffiths, Alf Kaines 66 5 – 1 18 – 6 5 Jim Boyd, Bob Oakley, Harry Edwards, Tom Oakley 65.8 4 – 2 22 – 8 6 Charlie May, Cecil Bailey, Reg Reeves, Alf Kaines 66.2 4 – 2 26 – 10 7 Dick Geary, Jim Squibb, Roy Craighead, Benny King 66.2 3 – 3 29 – 13 8 Jim Boyd, Cecil Bailey, Geoff Woodger(f), Bill Osborne(ef) 66.8 3 – 2 32 – 15 9 Charlie May, Tom Oakley, Bob Oakley, Reg Reeves(f) 66.4 3 – 3 35 – 18 10 Cecil Bailey, Dick Geary, Benny King, Alf Kaines 66.8 3 – 3 38 – 21 11Jim Boyd, Harry Edwards, Jim Squibb, Roy Craighead(ef) 65.2 5 – 1 43 – 22 12 Bill Griffiths, Reg Reeves, Bob Oakley, Bill Osborne 68.2 2 – 4 45 – 26 13 Harry Edwards, Jim Squibb, Archie Windmill, Geoff Woodger 66.4 4 – 2 49 – 28 14 Tom Oakley, Charlie May, Roy Craighead, Benny King(ef) 66.4 2 – 4 51 – 32

Inter Track Match – Walthamstow v New Cross Ht 1: Eric French, Jim Boyd, Charlie May(nf), Jeff Lloyd 63.8 Ht 2: Charlie May, Jeff Lloyd, Eric French, Jim Boyd 64

Stadium Scratch Races – no final Ht 1: Harold Bull, Geoff Woodger, Tom Turnham, Alf Kaines 68.4 Ht 2: Archie Windmill, Bill Griffiths, Tom Oakley, Bill Osborne 68 Ht 3: Bob Oakley, Reg Reeves, Roy Craighead, Dick Geary 68.4 Ht 4: Harry Edwards, Benny King, Cecil Bailey, Jim Squibb 66.4

Friday 22nd July 1949 Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol Bulldogs 51 Walthamstow Wolves 33 (National League Division Two)

Bristol Mike Beddoe 3 2 1 0 6 Billy Hole 1 3 1 2 7 Eric Salmon 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2 Roger Wise 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Jack Mountford 2 2 3 3 10 Fred Tuck F 0 Johnny Hole 1 0 2’ 1 4 1 Dick Bradley 1 2’ 0 3 1

Walthamstow Dick Geary 0 0 1 F 1 Benny King 2 1 0 1 4 Jim Boyd 0 3 2 3 8 Harry Edwards 1 3 1 2’ 7 1 Reg Reeves 1 0 2 3 Charlie May 3 2 1 3 9 Archie Windmill 0 0 1 1 Bill Osborne 0 0 0

Ht1 Beddoe, King, B.Hole, Geary 66.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Wise, Salmon, Edwards, Boyd 66.2 5 1 9 3 Ht3 May, Mountford, Reeves, Tuck (f) 66.4 2 4 11 7 Ht4 Edwards, Beddoe, J.Hole, Windmill 65.6 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Salmon, Wise, King, Geary 63.8 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Boyd, Mountford, Edwards, J.Hole 65.6 2 4 21 15 Ht7 B.Hole, May, Beddoe, Reeves 65.8 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Salmon, Boyd, Bradley, Osborne 65.2 4 2 29 19 Ht9 Mountford, J.Hole, Geary, King 65.2 5 1 34 20 Ht10 Boyd, Edwards, B.Hole, Beddoe 65.0 1 5 35 25 Ht11 Wise, Salmon, May, Windmill 64.8 5 1 40 26 Ht12 Mountford, Bradley, Windmill, Geary (f) 64.6 5 1 45 27 Ht13 Wise, Reeves, J.Hole, Osborne 66.2 4 2 49 29 Ht14 May, B.Hole, King, Bradley 66.2 2 4 51 33

Monday 25th July 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 55 Norwich Stars 28 (National League Division Two)

Walthamstow Dick Geary 1’ 3 0 3 7 1 Benny King 2 2 2’ 2’ 8 2 Jim Boyd 3 3 3 3 12 Harry Edwards 0 1 1 2’ 4 1 Reg Reeves 2 2’ 2’ 3 9 2 Charlie May 1’ 3 3 3 10 1 Arch Windmill 1 3 4 Bill Osborne 1 E 1

Norwich Bob Leverenz 3 2 1 6 Ted Bravery 0 0 F 0 Jack Freeman 1’ 1 2 0 4 1 Bert Spencer 2 F 0 1 3 Alec Hunter F 1 0 1 2 Phil Clarke 3 3 2 1 9 Johnny Davies 2 F F 2 Fred Rogers 0 2 0 2

1 Leverenz, King, Geary, Bravery, 63.6* 3 3 2 Boyd, Spencer, Freeman, Edwards, 65.0 6 6 3 Clarke, Reeves, May, Hunter (f), 66.6 9 9 4 Geary, Davies, Windmill, Spencer (f) 66.0 13 11 5 Boyd, Leverenz, Edwards, Bravery, 65.4 17 13 6 May, Reeves, Freeman, Spencer, 67.4 22 14 7 Clarke, King, Hunter, Geary, 65.4 24 18 8 Boyd, Freeman, Osborne, Rogers, 65.4 28 20 9 May, Reeves, Leverenz, Davies (f), 67.0 33 21 10 Geary, King, Spencer, Freeman, 66.2 38 22 11 Boyd, Clarke, Edwards, Hunter, 65.0 42 24 12 Reeves, Rogers, Davies (f) Osborne (ef) 68.0 45 26 13 Windmill, Edwards, Hunter, Bravery (f) 66.6 50 27 14 May, King, Clarke, Rogers, 66.2 55 28

Walthamstow Scratch Race Bull, Bravery, Turnham, Davies 69.2

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Edwards, Reeves, Boyd, Freeman 63.4 Ht2 Windmill, Osborne, Bull, Turnham 66.8 Ht3 King, May, Geary (f), Hunter (f) 66.2 Ht4 Clarke, Rogers, Spencer, Leverenz 66.4 Final Clarke, King, Windmill, Edwards 65.2

Saturday 30th July 1949 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Walthamstow Wolves 58 Southampton Saints 26 (Challenge)

Walthamstow Dick Geary 2*2*0 2* 6 3 4 Benny King 3 1 3 3 10 0 4 Jim Boyd 3 3 3 3 12 0 4 Harry Edwards 2*2*1 3 8 2 4 Reg Reeves 3 1 1*2 7 1 4 Charlie May 2*3 2 1 8 1 4 Archie Windmill 3 2* 5 1 2 Bill Osborne 2*0 2 1 2

Southampton Bob Oakley 0 1 3 3 7 0 4 Tom Oakley 1 0 0 2 3 0 4 Cecil Bailey 1 0 1 0 2 0 4 Phil Bishop 0 1 2 1 4 0 4 Jim Squibb 1 2*0 1 4 1 4 Roy Craighead 0 3 2 0 5 0 4 Bill Griffiths 0 1 1 0 2 Alf Kaines 0 0 0 0 2

Ht1 King, Geary, T.Oakley, B.Oakley 75.0 5 – 1 5 – 1 Ht2 Boyd, Edwards, Bailey, Bishop 75.8 5 – 1 10 – 2 Ht3 Reeves, May, Squibb, Craighead (f) 76.2 5 – 1 15 – 3 Ht4 Windmill, Geary, Bishop, Griffiths 77.8 5 – 1 20 – 4 Ht5 Boyd, Edwards, B.Oakley, T.Oakley 76.0 5 – 1 25 – 5 Ht6 May, Bishop, Reeves, Bailey 76.0 4 – 2 29 – 7 Ht7 Craighead, Squibb, King, Geary 77.2 1 – 5 30 – 12 Ht8 Boyd, Osborne, Bailey, Kaines 76.8 5 – 1 35 – 13 Ht9 B.Oakley, May, Reeves, T.Oakley 76.6 3 – 3 38 – 16 Ht10 King, Geary, Bishop, Bailey 78.2 5 – 1 43 – 17 Ht11 Boyd, Craighead, Edwards, Squibb 76.6 4 – 2 47 – 19 Ht12 B.Oakley, Reeves, Griffiths, Osborne 76.8 2 – 4 49 – 23 Ht13 Edwards, Windmill, Squibb, Kaines 77.2 5 – 1 54 – 24 Ht14 King, T.Oakley, May, Craighead (f) 77.6 4 – 2 58 – 26

Monday 1st August 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 46 Bristol Bulldogs 37 (National League Division Two)

Walthamstow Dick Geary 0 2 2’ 1 5 1 Benny King 3 3 0 1 7 Jim Boyd 2 2 2 2’ 8 1 Harry Edwards 1’ 0 3 3 7 1 Reg Reeves 1 1 2 3 7 Charlie May 3 0 1’ 3 7 1 Archie Windmill 1’ 2’ 3 2 Bill Osborne 1’ 1 2 1

Bristol Dick Bradley 1’ 1 0 2 4 1 Jack Mountford 2 3 3 2 10 Eric Salmon 0 2’ 3 3 8 1 Roger Wise 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Billy Hole 2 N 1 1 4 Johnny Hole 0 N 0 0 0 Chris Boss 0 0 0 Graham Hole 0 0 0

Ht1 King, Mountford, Bradley, Geary 65.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Wise, Boyd, Edwards, Salmon 65.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 May, B.Hole, Reeves, J.Hole 65.2 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Wise, Geary, Windmill, Boss 65.6 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Mountford, Boyd, Bradley, Edwards 65.6 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Wise, Salmon, Reeves, May 66.4 1 5 16 20 Ht7 King, Geary, B.Hole (nf), J.Hole (nf) 66.2 5 0 21 20 Ht8 Salmon, Boyd, Osborne, G.Hole 66.6 3 3 24 23 Ht9 Mountford, Reeves, May, Bradley 66.8 3 3 27 26 Ht10 Salmon, Wise, Geary, King 67.2 1 5 28 31 Ht11 Edwards, Boyd, B.Hole, J.Hole 66.4 5 1 33 32 Ht12 Reeves, Bradley, Osborne, Boss 67.2 4 2 37 34 Ht13 Edwards, Windmill, B.Hole, G.Hole 67.4 5 1 42 35 Ht14 May, Mountford, King, J.Hole 67.4 4 2 46 37

August Scratch Race Ht1 Mountford, Wise, May, King 65.4 Ht2 Boyd, Salmon, Edwards, B.Hole 66.8 Final Boyd, Mountford, Wise, Salmon 65.4

Holiday Scratch Race Ht1 Geary, Reeves, Bull, Osborne, 66.8 Ht2 Windmill, Bradley, J.Hole, Boss 67.6 Final Windmill, Reeves, Bradley, Geary 68.0

Stadium Scurry 3 laps Osborne, Bull, Boss, Turnham 50.2

Wednesday 3rd August 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow Glasgow Tigers 39 Walthamstow Wolves 45 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow Will Lowther 1 2 3 2 8 Bat Byrnes 3 X 1’ F 4 1 Joe Crowther 2 0 3 1 6 Norman Lindsay 0 1 0 1 2 Gordon McGregor 0 1’ 0 1 1 Junior Bainbridge 3 2 3 3 11 Buck Ryan 1’ 3 2 6 1 Ken McKinlay 1 0 1

Walthamstow Dick Geary 0 2’ 1’ 2 5 2 Benny King 2 3 2 1’ 8 1 Jim Boyd 1 3 2 3 9 Harry Edwards 3 0 0 3 Reg Reeves 1’ 2 2’ 3 8 2 Charlie May 2 1’ 3 2 8 1 Archie Windmill 3 0 2 5 Bill Osborne 0 0 0

Ht1 Byrnes, King, Lowther, Geary 83.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Edwards, Crowther, Boyd, Lindsay 83.6 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Bainbridge, May, Reeves, McGregor 81.4 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Windmill, Lowther, Ryan, Edwards 82.8 3 3 12 12 Ht5 King, Geary, Lindsay, Crowther 82.0 1 5 13 17 Ht6 Boyd, Bainbridge, McGregor, Windmill 82.6 3 3 16 20 Ht7 Lowther, Reeves, May, Byrnes (exc) 84.2 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Crowther, Boyd, McKinlay, Osborne 85.4 4 2 23 25 Ht9 Bainbridge, King, Geary, McGregor 83.2 3 3 26 28 Ht10 Boyd, Lowther, Byrnes, Edwards 84.2 3 3 29 31 Ht11 May, Reeves, Crowther, Lindsay 84.0 1 5 30 36 Ht12 Ryan, Geary, Windmill, McKinlay 85.0 3 3 33 39 Ht13 Reeves, Ryan, Lindsay, Osborne 85.2 3 3 36 42 Ht14 Bainbridge, May, King, Byrnes (f) 83.2 3 3 39 45

Monday 8th August 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 55 Racers 52 (London Cup)

Walthamstow Benny King 3 0 2 3 2 2 12 Dick Geary 1 3 3 0 1’ 8 1 Jim Boyd 2 1 3 1 3 1’ 11 1 Harry Edwards N 3 3 F 2 8 Charlie May 1 0 3 2 6 Reg Reeves 0 1 2’ 0 3 1 Archie Windmill 1’ 0 3 4 1 Bill Osborne 2 1 0 3

Harringay Jimmy Grant 2 2 1 1’ 3 9 1 Lloyd Goffe 0 0 F 1 1 Danny Dunton 1 2 3 2 E 0 8 Geoff Pymar 3 3 2 2 3 3 16 Nobby Stock 2 E 1’ 0 X 3 1 Ray Duggan 1’ 2’ 2 3 1 9 2 Joe Bowkis 3 2 5 Sid Clark F 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 King, Grant, Geary, Goffe 64.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Pymar, Boyd, Dunton, Reeves 65.4 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Geary, Stock, Duggan, Edwards (nf) 66.4 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Bowkis, Osborne, Windmill, Clark (f) 67.0 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Edwards, Dunton, Boyd, Goffe 67.4 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Pymar, Duggan, Reeves, King 67.8 1 5 17 19 Ht7 Boyd, Grant, May, Stock (ef) 65.8 4 2 21 21 Ht8 Dunton, King, Grant, May 65.8 2 4 23 25 Ht9 King, Duggan, Boyd, Clark 66.0 4 2 27 27 Ht10 Geary, Dunton, Stock, Windmill 65.6 3 3 30 30 Ht11 Edwards, Pymar, Osborne, Goffe (f) 68.2 4 2 34 32 Ht12 Boyd, Pymar, Grant, Geary 65.4 3 3 37 35 Ht13 May, Reeves, Goffe, Stock 66.6 5 1 42 36 Ht14 Windmill Bowkis, Clark, Osborne 68.0 3 3 45 39 Ht15 Pymar, King, Edwards (f), Stock (exc) 67.6 2 3 47 42 Ht16 Duggan, May, Geary, Dunton (ef) 67.2 3 3 50 45 Ht17 Grant, Edwards, Duggan, Reeves 66.4 2 4 52 50 Ht18 Pymar, King, Boyd, Dunton 66.0 3 3 55 53

Event 19 Bush, Bull, Turnham, ? 51.0

Reserves Race Osborne, Bowkis, Windmill, Clark 50.2

Friday 12th August 1949 , London Harringay Racers 60 Walthamstow Wolves 48 (London Cup)

Harringay Nobby Stock 1’ 2’ 3 2 2 0 10 1 Ray Duggan 2 F 0 3 3 8 Danny Dunton 3 2 1’ 0 2’ 8 2 Geoff Pymar 3 0 3 1’ 1 8 1 Jimmy Grant 2 1 0 1 0 4 Lloyd Goffe 2’ 3 1 3 3 3 15 1 Joe Bowkis 3 1’ 4 1 Sid Clark 0 2 2

Walthamstow Dick Geary 3 F 0 F 1 4 Benny King 0 1 3 2 2 8 Jim Boyd 1 3 2 2’ 1’ 1’10 3 Harry Edwards 0 0 0 Charlie May 2 3 3 F 3 2 13 Reg Reeves 1’ 1 1 2 0 5 1 Archie Windmill 1’ 1 0 2 1 Bill Osborne 2 1’ 3 0 6 1

Ht1 Geary, Duggan, Stock, King 71.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Dunton, Goffe, Boyd, Edwards 71.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Pymar, May, Reeves, Duggan (f) 73.2 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Bowkis, Osborne, Windmill, Clark 73.0 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Boyd, Dunton, King, Pymar 73.2 2 4 16 14 Ht6 Goffe, Stock, Reeves, Edwards 72.8 5 1 21 15 Ht7 May, Grant, Dunton, Geary (f) 72.6 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Stock, Boyd, Grant, Geary 72.6 4 2 28 20 Ht9 King, Stock, Reeves, Dunton 73.4 2 4 30 24 Ht10 May, Boyd, Goffe, Duggan 72.8 1 5 31 29 Ht11 Pymar, King, Osborne, Grant 73.8 3 3 34 32 Ht12 Duggan, Dunton, Windmill, Geary (f) 74.0 5 1 39 33 Ht13 Goffe, King, Grant, May (f) 73.4 4 2 43 35 Ht14 Osborne, Clark, Bowkis, Windmill 74.8 3 3 46 38 Ht15 May, Stock, Pymar, Osborne 74.2 3 3 49 41 Ht16 Duggan, Reeves, Boyd, Grant 73.8 3 3 52 44 Ht17 Goffe, Pymar, Geary, Reeves 73.0 5 1 57 45 Ht18 Goffe, May, Boyd, Stock 72.4 3 3 60 48

Monday 15th August 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 54 Cradley Heath Heathens 30 (National League Division 2)

Walthamstow Dick Geary 1’ 0 1’ 3 5 2 Benny King 2 2 1 2 7 Jim Boyd 3 1’ 3 1 8 1 Harry Edwards 2’ 2 3 3 10 1 Reg Reeves 3 1 1 3 8 Charlie May 2’ 3 3 0 8 1 Archie Windmill 2 2’ 4 1 Bill Osborne 2’ 2’ 4 2

Cradley Heath Phil Malpass 0 0 0 0 Alan Hunt 3 3 2 3 11 Les Tolley 0 0 1 0 1 Eric Williams 1 3 2 2 8 Les Beaumont 1 0 0 1 2 Jack Arnfield 0 3 2 1 6 Bill Clifton 1 0 1 2 Jim Pain 0 0 0

Ht1 Hunt, King, Geary, Malpass 65.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Boyd, Edwards, Williams, Tolley 65.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Reeves, May, Beaumont, Arnfield 67.0 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Williams, Windmill, Clifton, Geary 66.8 2 4 15 9 Ht5 Hunt, Edwards, Boyd, Malpass 65.2 3 3 18 12 Ht6 May, Williams, Reeves, Tolley 67.2 4 2 22 14 Ht7 Arnfield, King, Geary, Beaumont 65.4 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Boyd, Osborne, Tolley, Pain 67.0 5 1 30 18 Ht9 May, Hunt, Reeves, Clifton 67.2 4 2 34 20 Ht10 Geary, Williams, King, Tolley 67.2 4 2 38 22 Ht11 Edwards, Arnfield, Boyd, Beaumont 66.9 4 2 42 24 Ht12 Reeves, Osborne, Clifton, Malpass 67.0 5 1 47 25 Ht13 Edwards, Windmill, Beaumont, Pain 66.6 5 1 52 26 Ht14 Hunt, King, Arnfield, May 66.4 2 4 54 30

Walthamstow 6 Birmingham 6 Walthamstow Charlie May 2 1’ 3 1 Jim Boyd 1’ 2 3 1 Birmingham Wilbur Lamoreaux 0 0 0 Graham Warren 3 3 6 Ht1 Warren, May, Boyd, Lamoreaux 65.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Warren, Boyd, May, Lamoreaux 64.8 3 3 6 6

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Windmill, Clifton, Malpass, Osborne 69.4 Ht2 Tolley, Bull, Turnham, Beaumont 68.6 Ht3 Edwards, King, Geary, Reeves 66.6 Ht4 Hunt, Williams, Beaumont, Pain 67.4

Wednesday 17th August 1949 Highbury Avenue Sports Stadium, Fleetwood Fleetwood Flyers 41 Walthamstow 43 (N L Division Two)

Fleetwood Brian Wilson 0 1 0 0 1 Norman Hargreaves 3 3 3 2' 11 1 George Newton 1 3 3 2 9 Stan Beardsall 2 0 0 3 5 Frank Malouf 2' F 0 2 1 Cyril Cooper 3 1 3 3 10 Fred Yates 0 2' E 2 1 Percy Day 1 0 1

Walthamstow Dick Geary 2 2 1' 3 8 1 Benny King 1' 1' 2 0 4 2 Jim Boyd 3 2' 2 1' 8 2 Harry Edwards 0 3 3 2 8 Reg Reeves 1 1' 1 2 5 1 Charlie May 0 2 3 0 5 Archie Windmill 2' 1 3 1 Bill Osborne 0 1' 1 1

Ht1 Hargreaves, Geary, King, Wilson 67.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Boyd, Beardsall, Newton, Edwards 70.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Cooper, Malouf, Reeves, May 69.4 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Edwards, Windmill, Wilson, Yates 70.0 1 5 12 12 Ht5 Newton, Geary, King, Beardsall 70.0 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Edwards, Boyd, Cooper, Malouf (f) 70.2 1 5 16 20 Ht7 Hargreaves, May, Reeves, Wilson 69.4 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Newton, Boyd, Day, Osborne 69.0 4 2 23 25 Ht9 Cooper, King, Geary, Malouf 71.0 3 3 26 28 Ht10 Hargreaves, Edwards, Boyd, Wilson 70.2 3 3 29 31 Ht11 May, Newton, Reeves, Beardsall 71.0 2 4 31 35 Ht12 Geary, Yates, Windmill, Day 71.2 2 4 33 39 Ht13 Beardsall, Reeves, Osborne, Yates (ef) 73.0 3 3 36 42 Ht14 Cooper, Hargreaves, May, King 71.0 5 1 41 43

Saturday 20th August 1949 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh Edinburgh Monarchs 61 Walthamstow Wolves 22 (National League Division Two)

Edinburgh Eddie Lack E 2’ 3 2’ 7 2 Clem Mitchell 3 1 3 3 10 Dick Campbell 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Danny Lee 1 3 2’ 3 9 1 Don Cuppleditch 2’ 3 2’ 3 10 2 Jack Young 3 1 3 2’ 9 1 Harold Fairhurst 3 2’ 5 1 Bill Baird 0 F 0

Walthamstow Dick Geary 2 0 0 F 2 Benny King 1’ 1 1 1 4 1 Jim Boyd 0 2 2 1 5 Harry Edwards 2 1 0 0 3 Reg Reeves 1 2 1 1 5 Charlie May 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Osborne 0 2 2 Arch Windmill 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Mitchell, Geary, King, Lack (ef) 71.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Campbell, Edwards, Lee, Boyd 72.2 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Young, Cuppleditch, Reeves, May 70.8 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Fairhurst, Lack, Edwards, Osborne 72.8 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Lee, Campbell, King, Geary 72.2 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Cuppleditch, Boyd, Young, Edwards 70.8 4 2 26 10 Ht7 Lack, Reeves, Mitchell, May 72.4 4 2 30 12 Ht8 Campbell, Boyd, Windmill, Baird 72.4 3 3 33 15 Ht9 Young, Cuppleditch, King, Geary 71.0 5 1 38 16 Ht10 Mitchell, Lack, Boyd, Edwards 73.6 5 1 43 17 Ht11 Campbell, Lee, Reeves, May 71.2 5 1 48 18 Ht12 Cuppleditch, Osborne, Baird (f), Geary (f) 72.4 3 2 51 20 Ht13 Lee, Fairhurst, Reeves, Windmill 72.8 5 1 56 21 Ht14 Mitchell, Young, King, May 74.6 5 1 61 22

Monday 22nd August 1949 Wathamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 48 Glasgow Tigers 34 (National League Division Two)

Walthamstow Dick Geary E 3 1’ 0 4 1 Benny King 3 2 3 2 10 Jim Boyd 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Harry Edwards 2’ 3 1 3 9 1 Reg Reeves F 1’ 1’ 1’ 3 3 Charlie May 2 2 3 1’ 8 1 Archie Windmill 2’ E 2 1 Bill Osborne E 2 2

Glasgow Will Lowther 2 1 2 0 5 Bat Byrnes 1’ 0 1’ 0 2 2 Joe Crowther 0 3 F 3 Gordon McGregor 1 E 0 1’ 2 1 Buck Ryan E 0 0 1’ 1 1 Junior Bainbridge 3 3 2 3 11 Norman Lindsay 1 2 3 6 Alf McIntosh 2 2 4

Ht1 King, Lowther, Byrnes, Geary (ef) 66.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Boyd, Edwards, McGregor, Crowther 65.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Bainbridge, May, Reeves (f), Ryan (ef) 67.6 2 3 10 7 Ht4 Geary, Windmill, Lindsay, McGregor (ef) 67.6 5 1 15 8 Ht5 Edwards, Boyd, Lowther, Byrnes 66.8 5 1 20 9 Ht6 Crowther, May, Reeves, McGregor 67.2 3 3 23 12 Ht7 Bainbridge, King, Geary, Ryan 66.8 3 3 26 15 Ht8 Boyd, McIntosh, Crowther (f), Osborne (ef) 66.4 3 2 29 17 Ht9 May, Lowther, Byrnes, Reeves (ef) 68.0 3 3 32 20 Ht10 King, Lindsay, McGregor, Geary 67.2 3 3 35 23 Ht11 Boyd, Bainbridge, Edwards, Ryan 66.6 4 2 39 25 Ht12 Lindsay, Osborne, Reeves, Lowther 69.0 3 3 42 28 Ht13 Edwards, McIntosh, Ryan, Windmill (ef) 68.0 3 3 45 31 Ht14 Bainbridge, King, May, Byrnes 66.8 3 3 48 34

“All Star” Invitation Scratch Race Ron Clarke, Bill Longley, Oliver Hart, Bert Roger 65.0

Stadium Scratch Races Ht1 McIntosh, Bull, Turnham, Lindsay (f) 67.6 Ht2 Reeves, Byrnes, Geary, Ryan 67.8 Ht3 Osborne, Windmill, Bull, Turnham 68.4 Ht4 Bainbridge, Lowther, McGregor, Ryan 67.2

Inter Track Scratch Race Walthamstow 3 New Cross 3 Longley, Edwards, King, Roger 66.4

Inter Track Scratch Race Walthamstow 4 Odsal 2 Boyd, Clarke, May, Hart 65.4

Saturday 27th August 1949 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 49 Walthamstow Wolves 35 (Challenge)

Birmingham Stan Dell 3 3 1’ 1 8 1 Eric Williams 2’ 2 3 3 10 Arthur Payne 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Denis Hitchings 3 2’ 0 3 8 1 Buck Whitby 1 0 0 3 4 Dick Tolley 0 2 3 2’ 7 1 Fred Perkins 0 1 1 Wilkins 0 0 0

Walthamstow Dick Geary 0 1 1’ 2 4 1 Benny King 1 0 2 0 3 Jim Boyd 0 3 2 2 7 Harry Edwards 1 2 1 0 4 Reg Reeves 3 0 1’ 2 6 1 Charlie May 2’ 3 2 1 8 1 Archie Windmill 1’ 1’ 2 2 Bill Osborne 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Dell, Williams, King, Geary 75.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Hitchings, Payne, Edwards, Boyd 75.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Reeves, May, Whitby, Tolley 74.6 1 5 11 7 Ht4 Dell, Edwards, Windmill, Perkins 75.4 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Payne, Hitchings, Geary, King 74.4 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Boyd, Tolley, Edwards, Whitby 75.2 2 4 21 15 Ht7 May, Williams, Dell, Reeves 74.8 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Payne, Boyd, Osborne, Wilkins 74.4 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Tolley, King, Geary, Whitby 75.4 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Williams, Boyd, Dell, Edwards 74.6 4 2 34 26 Ht11 Payne, May, Reeves, Hitchings 75.2 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Whitby, Geary, Windmill, Wilkins 75.8 3 3 40 32 Ht13 Hitchings, Reeves, Perkins, Osborne 76.2 4 2 44 34 Ht14 Williams, Tolley, May, King 74.0 5 1 49 35

Monday 29th August 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 53 Edinburgh Monarchs 31 (National League Division Two)

Walthamstow Dick Geary 1 1 1 0 3 Benny King 3 3 2 1 9 Jim Boyd 3 3 2 2 10 Harry Edwards 2’ 2’ 1’ 2’ 7 4 Reg Reeves 2 2 2’ X 6 1 Charlie May 1’ 1’ 3 3 8 2 Arch Windmill 3 3 6 Bill Osborne 1’ 3 4 1

Edinburgh Eddie Lack 2 1 1 2 6 Clem Mitchell 0 0 0 0 Dick Campbell 1 3 3 3 10 Danny Lee F 2 F 1 3 Don Cuppleditch X 0 0 1 1 Jack Young 3 2 3 2 10 Harold Fairhurst 0 1 0 1 Bill Baird 0 0 0

Ht1 King, Lack, Geary, Mitchell 66.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Boyd, Edwards, Campbell, Lee (F) 66.6 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Young, Reeves, May, Cuppleditch (Ex) 68.0 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Windmill, Lee, Geary, Fairhurst 67.8 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Boyd, Edwards, Lack, Mitchell 67.4 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Campbell, Reeves, May, Lee (F) 67.0 3 3 24 12 Ht7 King, Young, Geary, Cuppleditch 67.2 4 2 28 14 Ht8 Campbell, Boyd, Osborne, Baird 66.0 3 3 31 17 Ht9 May, Reeves, Lack, Mitchell 67.2 5 1 36 18 Ht10 Campbell, King, Lee, Geary 66.4 2 4 38 22 Ht11 Young, Boyd, Edwards, Cuppleditch 66.2 3 3 41 25 Ht12 Osborne, Lack, Fairhurst, Reeves (Ex) 67.2 3 3 44 28 Ht13 Windmill, Edwards, Cuppleditch, Baird 67.4 5 1 49 29 Ht14 May, Young, King, Fairhurst 67.0 4 2 53 31

Walthamstow 5 Birmingham (Inter Track Match) Ht1 May, Warren, Boyd, Lamoreaux 65.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Warren, Lamoreaux, May, Boyd 64.6 1 5 5 7

Stadium Scratch Races (No Final) Ht1 Windmill, Bull, Baird, Turnham 67.0 Ht2 Osborne, Lee, Geary, Fairhurst 67.4 Ht3 Edwards, King, Reeves, Bull 67.2 Ht4 Young, Campbell, Cuppleditch, Lack 67.0

Monday 5th September 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 52 Sheffield Tigers 32 (National League Division Two)

Walthamstow Dick Geary 1 2’ 0 1 4 1 Benny King 3 3 3 3 12 Jim Boyd 1’ 2’ X 1 4 2 Harry Edwards 2 3 3 3 11 Reg Reeves 1 3 1 2’ 7 1 Charlie May 0 0 3 0 3 Archie Windmill 3 2’ 5 1 Bill Osborne 3 3 6

Sheffield Stan Williams 2 1 2 1 6 Jack Chignell F 0 0 1’ 1 1 Len Williams 3 2 2 2 9 Andy Menzies 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 Tommy Bateman 2’ 1’ 0 1 4 2 Tommy Allott 3 2 2 2 9 Jack Bibby 1 0 1 Alf Parker 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 King, S.Williams, Geary, Chignell (f) 66.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 L.Williams, Edwards, Boyd, Menzies 66.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Allott, Bateman, Reeves, May 68.8 1 5 8 10 Ht4 Windmill, Geary, Bibby, Menzies 62.2 5 1 13 11 Ht5 Edwards, Boyd, S.Williams, Chignell 66.8 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Reeves, L.Williams, Menzies, May 68.0 3 3 21 15 Ht7 King, Allott, Bateman, Geary 67.0 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Osborne, L.Williams, Parker, Boyd (exc) 67.4 3 3 27 21 Ht9 May, S.Williams, Reeves, Chignell 67.6 4 2 31 23 Ht10 King, L.Williams, Geary, Menzies 67.2 4 2 35 25 Ht11 Edwards, Allott, Boyd, Bateman 66.4 4 2 39 27 Ht12 Osborne, Reeves, S.Williams, Bibby 67.0 5 1 44 28 Ht13 Edwards, Windmill, Bateman, Parker 67.6 5 1 49 29 Ht14 King, Allott, Chignell, May 66.4 3 3 52 32

Walthamstow 5 Belle Vue 7 (Inter Track Match) Walthamstow Benny King 1’ 0 1 1 Jim Boyd 2 2 4 Belle Vue Dent Oliver 3 3 6 Louis Lawson 0 1 1 Ht1 Oliver, Boyd, King, Lawson 66.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Oliver, Boyd, Lawson, King 65.6 2 4 5 7

Scratch race Ht1 Bull, Bibby, B.Edwards, Horne 69.6 Ht2 Bateman, Osborne, Windmill, Menzies 69.2 Ht3 Reeves, Allott, Geary, Chignell (f) 67.4 Ht4 Edwards, L.Williams, S.Williams, Osborne (f) 67.0

Monday 12th September 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 49 Coventry Bees 35 (National League Division Two)

Walthamstow Dick Geary 0 1 0 0 1 Benny King 2 3 3 3 11 Jim Boyd 3 1 3 2’ 9 1 Harry Edwards 2’ 3 3 F 8 1 Reg Reeves 3 2 1 3 9 Charlie May 0 0 0 Archie Windmill 3 3 2 8 Bill Osborne 2’ F 1 3 1

Coventry Bob Fletcher 3 0 0 1’ 4 1 Derrick Tailby 1 2 2 2 7 Les Hewitt 0 3 X 3 Roy Moreton 1 2 1 1’ 5 1 Les Wotton 1’ 1’ 1 3 6 2 Bert Lacey 2 2 0 0 4 John Yates 0 2 2 4 Lionel Levy 1 1 2

Ht1 Fletcher, King, Tailby, Geary 65.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Boyd, Edwards, Moreton, Hewitt 66.0 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Reeves, Lacey, Wotton, May 67.8 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Windmill, Moreton, Geary, Yates 67.8 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Edwards, Tailby, Boyd, Fletcher 67.2 4 2 18 12 Ht6 Hewitt, Reeves, Moreton, May 67.0 2 4 20 16 Ht7 King, Lacey, Wotton, Geary 66.2 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Boyd, Osborne, Levy, Hewitt 65.6 5 1 28 20 Ht9 Windmill, Tailby, Reeves, Fletcher 66.8 4 2 32 22 Ht10 King, Yates, Moreton, Geary 62.8 3 3 35 25 Ht11 Edwards, Boyd, Wotton, Lacey 67.4 5 1 40 26 Ht12 Reeves, Yates, Fletcher, Osborne (f) 67.6 3 3 43 29 Ht13 Wotton, Windmill, Levy, Edwards (f) 62.2 2 4 45 33 Ht14 King, Tailby, Osborne, Lacey 66.2 4 2 49 35

Walthamstow 8 Bradford 4 Walthamstow Jim Boyd 2’ 2 4 1 Benny King 3 1’ 4 1 Bradford Eddie Rigg 1 0 1 Ron Clarke F 3 3 Ht1 King, Boyd, Rigg, Clarke (f) 65.9 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Clarke, Boyd, King, Rigg 66.2 3 3 8 4

Stadium Scratch Ht1 Yates, Levy, Turnham, Bull 68.6 Ht2 Tailby, Geary, Moreton Osborne 67.4 Ht3 Reeves, Windmill, Lacey, Geary 68.0 Ht4 Edwards, Tailby, Wotton, Fletcher 67.6

Monday 19th September 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 62 Fleetwood Flyers 21 (N L Division Two)

Walthamstow Dick Geary 1 1 3 3 Benny King 3 2' 2' 3 10 2 Jim Boyd 3 3 2 3 11 Reg Reeves 2' 2' 2' 3 9 3 Archie Windmill 2' 2' 1' 3 8 3 Harry Edwards 3 3 2 0 8 Bill Osborne 3 2' 5 1 Harold Bull 1' 2' 3 2

Fleetwood Frank Malouf 0 0 0 F 0 Norman Hargreaves 2 1 3 2 8 George Newton E X 3 0 3 Don Potter 1 2 1 1 5 Brian Wilson 0 0 0 1 1 Wilf Plant 1 1 1 1' 4 1 Ted Rawlinson 0 X 0 Fred Yates 0 0 0

Ht1 King, Hargreaves, Geary, Malouf 65.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Boyd, Reeves, Potter, Newton (ef) 65.8 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Edwards, Windmill, Plant, Wilson 67.4 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Osborne, Potter, Geary, Rawlinson 67.0 4 2 18 6 Ht5 Boyd, Reeves, Hargreaves, Malouf 66.8 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Edwards, Windmill, Potter, Newton (exc) 67.6 5 1 28 8 Ht7 Geary, King, Plant, Wilson 67.2 5 1 33 9 Ht8 Newton, Boyd, Bull, Yates 66.4 3 3 36 12 Ht9 Hargreaves, Edwards, Windmill, Malouf 65.8 3 3 39 15 Ht10 Geary, King, Potter, Newton 67.2 5 1 44 16 Ht11 Boyd, Reeves, Plant, Wilson 66.2 5 1 49 17 Ht12 Windmill, Bull, Malouf (f), Rawlinson (exc) 68.2 5 0 54 17 Ht13 Reeves, Osborne, Wilson, Yates 67.8 5 1 59 18 Ht14 King, Hargreaves, Plant, Edwards 66.2 3 3 62 21

Thursday 22nd September 1949 , West of England 56 London 25 (Challenge)

West of England Don Hardy 3 3 2 1’ 9 1 Norman Clay 2’ 1’ 2 1 6 2 Eric Salmon 3 3 3 3 12 Johnny Hole 2’ 2’ 0 F 4 2 Hugh Geddes 2 3 3 3 11 Dick Bradley 0 2’ 1 3 6 1 Arthur Pilgrim 2’ 3 5 1 Chris Boss 0 2’ 2 1

London Dick Geary 0 0 0 0 0 Benny King 1 1 2 0 4 Jim Boyd 1 1 2 3 7 Harry Edwards 0 1 0 0 1 Reg Reeves 1 0 1’ 2 4 1 Archie Windmill 3 3 2 2 10 Harold Bull 0 1 1 Bill Osborne 1’ 1’ 2 2

Ht1 Hardy, Clay, King, Geary 76.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Salmon, Hole, Boyd, Edwards 76.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Windmill, Geddes, Reeves, Bradley 79.0 2 4 12 6 Ht4 Hardy, Pilgrim, Edwards, Bull 78.2 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Salmon, Hole, King, Geary 78.6 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Geddes, Bradley, Boyd, Edwards 80.8 5 1 27 9 Ht7 Windmill, Hardy, Clay, Reeves 78.6 3 3 30 12 Ht8 Salmon, Boyd, Osborne, Boss 78.6 3 3 33 15 Ht9 Geddes, King, Bradley, Geary 80.6 4 2 37 17 Ht10 Boyd, Clay, Hardy, Edwards 78.8 3 3 40 20 Ht11 Salmon, Windmill, Reeves, Hole 78.4 3 3 43 23 Ht12 Geddes, Boss, Bull, Geary 81.8 5 1 48 24 Ht13 Pilgrim, Reeves, Osborne, Hole (f) 80.8 3 3 51 27 Ht14 Bradley, Windmill, Clay, King 79.8 4 2 55 29 Note London = Walthamstow

Saturday 24th September 1949 Brandon Stadium, Coventry Coventry Bees 36 Walthamstow Wolves 47 (National League Division Two)

Coventry Bob Fletcher 2 3 1 0 6 Bert Lacey 0 3 1 3 7 Les Wotton 2 0 0 0 2 Derek Tailby F 3 3 3 9 Les Hewitt E F 0 Roy Moreton 2 1’ 0 E 3 1 Lionel Levy 1 2 0 3 John Yates 2 1 3 6

Walthamstow Harry Edwards 1 1’ 2’ 2 6 2 Benny King 3 2 3 2 10 Jim Boyd 3 3 3 3 12 Archie Windmill 1 2 0 2’ 5 1 Reg Reeves 3 2 2 1’ 8 1 Charlie May 1 0 1’ F 2 1 Dick Geary 0 1’ 1 1 Bill Osborne 1 2 3

Ht1 King, Fletcher, Edwards, Lacey 76.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Boyd, Wotton, Windmill, Tailby (f) 76.4 2 4 4 8 Ht3 Reeves, Moreton, May, Hewitt (ef) 77.4 2 4 6 12 Ht4 Fletcher, Windmill, Levy, Geary 79.6 4 2 10 14 Ht5 Tailby, King, Edwards, Wotton 76.8 3 3 13 17 Ht6 Boyd, Levy, Moreton, Windmill 76.4 3 3 16 20 Ht7 Lacey, Reeves, Fletcher, May 78.4 4 2 20 22 Ht8 Boyd, Yates, Osborne, Wotton 77.0 2 4 22 26 Ht9 King, Edwards, Yates, Moreton 78.4 1 5 23 31 Ht10 Boyd, Windmill, Lacey, Fletcher 77.4 1 5 24 36 Ht11 Tailby, Reeves, May, Wotton 77.8 3 3 27 39 Ht12 Yates, Edwards, Geary, Hewitt (f) 79.2 3 3 30 42 Ht13 Tailby, Osborne, Reeves, Levy 78.4 3 3 33 45 Ht14 Lacey, King, May (f), Moreton (ef) 79.8 3 2 36 47

Monday 26th September 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 56 Glasgow Tigers 27 (National League Division Two)

Walthamstow Dick Geary 0 2’ 3 3 7 1 Benny King 2 2’ 1 2 7 1 Jim Boyd 1 3 3 3 10 Harry Edwards 2 0 2’ 3 7 1 Reg Reeves 3 1 1 2’ 7 1 Charlie May 1 3 3 1’ 8 1 Archie Windmill 3 2’ 5 1 Bill Osborne 1 3 4

Glasgow Alf McIntosh 1 1’ 0 1 3 1 Gordon McGregor 3 2 2 3 10 Jack Hodgson 3 2 2 2 9 Buck Ryan 0 F 0 0 0 Junior Bainbridge E 0 1 1 2 Norman Lindsay 2 1 0 3 Ivor Smith F 0 0 0 Joe Ferguson 0 0 0

Ht1 McGregor, King, McIntosh, Geary 65.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Hodgson, Edwards, Boyd, Ryan 68.4 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Reeves, Lindsay, May, Bainbridge (ef) 67.4 4 2 9 9 Ht4 Windmill, Geary, Smith (f), Ryan (f) 68.8 5 0 14 9 Ht5 Boyd, McGregor, McIntosh, Edwards 66.6 3 3 17 12 Ht6 May, Hodgson, Reeves, Ryan 67.4 4 2 21 14 Ht7 Geary, King, Lindsay, Bainbridge 67.4 5 1 26 15 Ht8 Boyd, Hodgson, Osborne, Ferguson 66.6 4 2 30 17 Ht9 May, McGregor, Reeves, McIntosh 67.8 4 2 34 19 Ht10 Geary, Hodgson, King, Ryan 66.6 4 2 38 21 Ht11 Boyd, Edwards, Bainbridge, Smith 67.6 5 1 43 22 Ht12 Osborne, Reeves, McIntosh, Smith 67.8 5 1 48 23 Ht13 Edwards, Windmill, Bainbridge, Ferguson 68.4 5 1 53 24 Ht14 McGregor, King, May, Lindsay 66.2 3 3 56 27

Special Match Race Ht1 George Wilks bt Graham Warren 66.4 Ht2 Graham Warren bt George Wilks 64.8 Ht3 Graham Warren bt George Wilks 66.8

Stadium Scratch Races Ht1 Osborne, Windmill, Smith (ef), Ferguson (ef) 68.2 Ht2 Ryan, May, McGregor, Geary 67.2 Ht3 Reeves, Edwards, Lindsay, Hodgson 67.6 Ht4 Boyd, Bainbridge, King, McIntosh 66.6

Tuesday, 27 September 1949 Saracen Park, Glasgow Ashfield Giants 53 Walthamstow Wolves 31 (National League Division Two)

Ashfield Eric Liddell 0 0 1 1 Keith Gurtner 3 3 Merv Harding 3 2' 3 3 11 1 Willie Wilson 1 3 1 3 8 Ken Le Breton 3 3 3 3 12 Alec Grant 1 1 E 1 3 Gruff Garland 2 2' 2' 0 6 2 Norman Johnson 3 1 3 2' 9 1

Walthamstow Harry Edwards 2 1 2 0 5 Benny King 1' 0 1' 2' 4 3 Jim Boyd 0 2 2 2 6 Archie Windmill 2 3 0 0 5 Reg Reeves 0 0 0 Charlie May 2 1 E 3 6 Dick Geary 1 1 0 2 Bill Osborne 0 2 1 3

Ht1 Gurtner, Edwards, King, Liddell 70.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Harding, Windmill, Wilson, Boyd 70.2 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Le Breton, May, Grant, Reeves 67.8 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Windmill, Garland , Geary, Liddell 70.2 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Wilson, Harding, Edwards, King 70.2 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Le Breton, Boyd, Grant, Windmill 70.0 4 2 22 14 Ht7 Johnson, Garland , May , Reeves 71.8 5 1 27 15 Ht8 Harding, Boyd, Johnson, Osborne 69.8 4 2 31 17 Ht9 Le Breton, Edwards, King, Grant (ef) 69.8 3 3 34 20 Ht10 Johnson, Boyd, Liddell, Windmill 70.2 4 2 38 22 Ht11 Harding, Osborne, Wilson, May (ef) 68.4 4 2 42 24 Ht12 Le Breton, Johnson, Geary, Edwards 69.4 5 1 47 25 Ht13 Wilson , Garland , Osborne, Geary 69.6 5 1 52 26 Ht14 May, King, Grant, Garland 69.6 1 5 53 31

Saturday 1st October 1949 Brough Park, Newcastle Newcastle Magpies 42 Walthamtow Wolves 42 (NL Divison Two)

Newcastle Ernie Brecknell 1 3 1 2 7 Derek Close 3 E 1’ 2 6 1 Wilf Jay 2 3 3 3 11 Joe Arthur 1’ 1 0 3 5 1 Herby King 0 2 2 2 6 Will Lowther 2 1’ 0 0 3 1 Don Lawson 0 2’ 2 1 Ken Allick 1 0 1

Walthamstow Harry Edwards 0 F 0 Benny King 2 2 1 3 8 Jim Boyd 3 3 2 3 11 Archie Windmill 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Reg Reeves 3 2’ 1’ 0 6 2 Charlie May 1 2 0 3 Dick Geary 2 3 3 8 Bill Osborne X 1 1 2

Ht1 Close, B.King, Brecknell, Edwards 73.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Boyd, Jay, Arthur, Windmill 75.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Reeves, Lowther, May, H.King 76.0 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Brecknell, Geary, Windmill, Lawson 76.0 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Jay, B.King, Arthur, Edwards (f) 75.6 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Boyd, H.King, Lowther, Windmill 74.6 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Geary, Reeves, Brecknell. Close (ef) 75.6 1 5 20 22 Ht8 Jay, Boyd, Allick, Osborne (exc) 74.2 4 2 24 24 Ht9 Geary, H.King, B.King, Lowther 76.0 2 4 26 28 Ht10 Boyd, Brecknell, Close, Windmill 74.8 3 3 29 31 Ht11 Jay, May, Reeves, Arthur 75.6 3 3 32 34 Ht12 Geary, H.King, Osborne, Allick 75.6 2 4 34 38 Ht13 Arthur, Lawson, Osborne, Reeves 76.0 5 1 39 39 Ht14 B.King, Close, Lawson, May 75.6 3 3 42 42

Monday, 3 October 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 54 Ashfield Giants 29 (National League Division Two)

Walthamstow Dick Geary 3 3 1' 0 7 1 Benny King 1 2 1 2' 6 1 Jim Boyd 3 2' 2 1' 8 2 Archie Windmill 1 3 2 2 8 Reg Reeves 3 1 2' 3 9 1 Charlie May 2' 3 3 3 11 1 Harold Bull 2' 1' 3 2 Bill Osborne 1' 1 2 1

Ashfield Norman Johnson 2 0 1 2 5 Alec Grant 0 1 0 1 2 Merv Harding 2 2 3 3 10 Willie Wilson 0 1 0 2' 3 1 Ken Le Breton F 3 3 3 9 Eric Liddell F 0 Jim Reid 0 0 0 Larry Lazarus 0 0 0

Ht1 Geary, John son, King, Grant 68.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Boyd, Harding, Windmill, Wilson 67.0 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Reeves, May, Le Breton (f), Liddell (f) 70.4 5 0 13 4 Ht4 Geary, Bull, Wilson, Reid 69.4 5 1 18 5 Ht5 Windmill, Boyd, Grant, John son 67.4 5 1 23 6 Ht6 May, Harding, Reeves, Wilson 66.6 4 2 27 8 Ht7 Le Breton, King, Geary, Lazarus 66.8 3 3 30 11 Ht8 Harding, Boyd, Osborne, Lazarus 66.2 3 3 33 14 Ht9 May, Reeves, John son, Grant 67.4 5 1 38 15 Ht10 Harding, Wilson, King, Geary 66.6 1 5 39 20 Ht11 Le Breton, Windmill, Boyd, Lazarus 67.0 3 3 42 23 Ht12 Reeves, John son, Osborne, Reid 66.8 4 2 46 25 Ht13 Le Breton, Windmill, Bull, Lazarus 67.0 3 3 49 28 Ht14 May, King, Grant, Reid 67.1 5 1 54 29

Walthamstow 2 New Cross 10 Walthamstow Jim Boyd 0 1 1 Charlie May 1 0 1 New Cross Eric French 3 3 6 Jeff Lloyd 2’ 2’ 4 2 Ht1 French, Lloyd, May, Boyd 66.2 1 5 1 5 Ht2 French, Lloyd, Boyd, May 66.4 1 5 2 10

Stadium Scratch Race (No Final) Ht1 Bull, Turnham, Reid, Lazarus 69.8 Ht2 Osborne, Windmill, Johnson, Grant 67.2 Ht3 Harding, Geary, Bull, Turnham 567.4 Ht4 Le Breton, Reeves, Wilson, Osborne 66.4

Friday 7th October 1949 Dudley Wood, Cradley Heath Cradley Heath Heathens 57 Walthamstow Wolves 27 (National League Division 2)

Cradley Heath Alan Hunt 3 3 3 F 9 Les Beaumont 1 2’ 3 E 6 1 Phil Malpass 2’ 2’ 3 E 7 2 Eric Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Les Tolley 3 1 1 3 8 Gil Craven 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Bill Clifton 2’ 0 2 1 Geoff Godwin 1 1 2

Walthamstow Harry Edwards 0 1 2 2 5 Benny King 2 0 0 2 4 Jim Boyd 1 2 2 2 7 Archie Windmill 0 1 1’ 2 1 Reg Reeves F 1 1’ 1’ 3 2 Charlie May 1 0 2 1’ 4 1 Dick Geary 0 0 0 Bill Osborne E 0 2 2

Ht1 Hunt, King, Beaumont, Edwards 72.8* 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Williams, Malpass, Boyd, Windmill 74.2 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Tolley, Craven, May, Reeves (f) 76.8 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Hunt, Clifton, Windmill, Geary 75.0 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Williams, Malpass, Edwards, King 74.0 5 1 24 6 Ht6 Craven, Boyd, Tolley, Osborne 78.0 4 2 28 8 Ht7 Hunt, Beaumont, Reeves, May 76.4 5 1 33 9 Ht8 Malpass, Boyd, Godwin, Osborne 78.8 4 2 37 11 Ht9 Craven, Edwards, Tolley, King 77.8 4 2 41 13 Ht10 Beaumont, Boyd, Windmill, Hunt (f) 79.6 3 3 44 16 Ht11 Williams, May, Reeves, Malpass (ef) 77.2 3 3 47 19 Ht12 Tolley, Edwards, Godwin, Geary 79.6 4 2 51 21 Ht13 Williams, Osborne, Reeves, Clifton 76.2 3 3 54 24 Ht14 Craven, King, May, Beaumont (ef) 79.0 3 3 57 27

Saturday 8th October 1949 Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich Stars 56 Walthamstow Wolves 28 (National League Division Two)

Norwich Sid Littlewood 2’ 3 2 3 10 1 Paddy Mills 3 0 1 3 7 Bob Leverenz 3 3 3 3 12 Jack Freeman 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Ted Bravery 3 3 3 3 12 Phil Clarke 1 2’ 0 1 4 1 Johnny Davies 2’ 0 2 1 Bill Codling 0 0 0

Walthamstow Harry Edwards 1 0 2 2 5 Benny King 0 1 1’ 0 2 1 Jim Boyd 1 0 2 2 5 Arch Windmill 0 0 0 Reg Reeves 2 1 0 1’ 4 1 Charlie May 0 3 1 2 6 Dick Geary 1 1 0 1’ 3 1 Bill Osborne 1’ 2 3 1

1 Mills, Littlewood, Edwards, King, 76.2 5 1 2 Leverenz, Freeman, Boyd, Windmill, 75.8 10 2 3 Bravery, Reeves, Clarke, May, 77.0 14 4 4 Littlewood, Davies, Geary, Windmill, 78.8 19 5 5 Leverenz, Freeman, King, Edwards, 77.0 24 6 6 Bravery, Clarke, Geary, Boyd, 78.0 29 7 7 May, Littlewood, Reeves, Mills, 78.0 31 11 8 Leverenz, Boyd, Osborne, Codling, 76.8 34 14 9 Bravery, Edwards, King, Clarke, 79.0 37 17 10 Littlewood, Boyd, Mills, Geary, 78.6 41 19 11 Leverenz, Freeman, May, Reeves, 77.0 46 20 12 Bravery, Edwards, Geary, Codling, 80.0 49 23 13 Freeman, Osborne, Reeves, Davies, 80.2 52 26 14 Mills, May, Clarke, King, 79.4 56 28

Monday 10th October 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 35 Bristol Bulldogs 49 (National League Division Two)

Walthamstow Dick Geary 1 0 0 1 Benny King 0 2 2 0 4 Jim Boyd 1’ 1’ 2 1’ 5 3 Harry Edwards 2 2 2 3 9 Reg Reeves 3 2 0 2 7 Charlie May 0 1’ 3 1 5 1 Archie Windmill 1 0 2’ 3 1 Bill Osborne 0 1’ 1 1

Bristol Johnny Hole 2’ 3 2 0 7 1 Billy Hole 3 0 1’ 2’ 6 1 Dick Bradley 0 0 1 1 Roger Wise 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Tuck 2 1 3 1 7 Jack Mountford 1’ 3 0 3 7 1 Mike Beddoe 2’ 1 3 6 1 Chris Boss 3 0 3

Ht1 B.Hole, J.Hole, Geary, King 66.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Wise, Edwards, Boyd, Bradley 65.0 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Reeves, Tuck, Mountford, May 67.2 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Wise, Beddoe, Windmill, Geary 64.6 1 5 8 16 Ht5 J.Hole, Edwards, Boyd, B.Hole 66.2 3 3 11 19 Ht6 Wise, Reeves, May, Bradley 65.4 3 3 14 22 Ht7 Mountford, King, Tuck, Windmill 66.8 2 4 16 26 Ht8 Boss, Boyd, Bradley, Osborne 67.0 2 4 18 30 Ht9 May, J.Hole, B.Hole, Reeves 66.4 3 3 21 33 Ht10 Wise, King, Beddoe, Geary 66.2 2 4 23 37 Ht11 Tuck, Edwards, Boyd, Mountford 66.6 3 3 26 40 Ht12 Beddoe, Reeves, Osborne, J.Hole 67.6 3 3 29 43 Ht13 Edwards, Windmill, Tuck, Boss 68.0 5 1 34 44 Ht14 Mountford, B.Hole, May, King 66.8 1 5 35 49

Autumn Scratch Race Osborne, Bull, Bert Edwards, Turnham 68.0

Billet Scratch Race Ht1 Beddoe, Windmill, Osborne, Boss 67.2 Ht2 Mountford, Edwards, J.Hole, Reeves 66.8 Ht3 Wise, May, Boyd, Tuck 65.2 Ht4 B.Hole, Geary, Bradley, King 66.8 Final Wise, Mountford, B.Hole, Beddoe 66.2

Saturday 15th October 1949 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets 46 Walthamstow Wolves 38 (Challenge)

Rayleigh Jack Unstead 1 F 0 0 1 Les McGillivray 3 3 3 3 12 Vic Gooden 2’ 1 1 2 6 1 Ron Howes 3 3 E 0 6 Pat Clarke 2’ 1’ 3 2 8 2 Jim Gregory 3 2 2’ 2’ 9 2 Wally Mawdsley 3 1 4 Doug Ible 0 F 0

Walthamstow Harry Edwards 0 0 1 1 King 2 2 1 0 5 Jim Boyd 1 3 3 2 9 Archie Windmill 0 2 0 Reg Reeves 1 1’ 3 3 8 1 Charlie May 0 2 1 1 4 Dick Geary 1’ 0 3 4 1 Bill Osborne 2’ 1’ 2’ 5 3

Ht1 McGillivray, King, Unstead, Edwards 71.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Howes, Gooden, Boyd, Windmill 76.2 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Gregory, Clarke, Reeves, May 75.0 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Mawdsley, Windmill, Geary, Unstead (f) 77.2 3 3 17 7 Ht5 Howes, King, Gooden, Edwards 75.4 4 2 21 9 Ht6 Boyd, Gregory, Clarke, Windmill 75.2 3 3 24 12 Ht7 McGillivray, May, Reeves, Unstead 73.6 3 3 27 15 Ht8 Boyd, Osborne, Gooden, Ible 75.4 1 5 28 20 Ht9 Clarke, Gregory, King, Geary 75.2 5 1 33 21 Ht10 McGillivray, Boyd, Osborne, Unstead 73.4 3 3 36 24 Ht11 Reeves, Gooden, May, Howes (ef) 77.0 2 4 38 28 Ht12 Geary, Clarke, Edwards, Ible (f) 75.2 2 4 40 32 Ht13 Reeves, Osborne, Mawdsley, Howes 76.2 1 5 41 37 Ht14 McGillivray, Gregory, May, King 75.6 5 1 46 38

Monday 17th October 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Walthamstow Wolves 43 Belle Vue Aces 40 (Challenge)

Walthamstow Harry Edwards 1’ 1’ 1’ 1’ 4 4 Benny King 2 2 3 2 9 Jim Boyd 3 3 1 1’ 8 1 Archie Windmill 1 F 2 2 5 Reg Reeves E 2 2 3 7 Charlie May 0 0 Dick Geary 2 0 0 2 Bill Osborne 3 1’ 3 1 8 1

Belle Vue Ron Mason F 2 1 0 3 Jack Parker 3 X 3 3 9 Ken Sharples 2 3 0 0 5 George Smith D 0 0 Bruce Semmens 2 0 0 3 5 Louis Lawson 1’ 3 3 1 8 1 Charles Cullum 3 2 2 7 Bob Harrison 0 2 1 3

Ht1 Parker, King, Edwards, Mason (f) 63.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Boyd, Sharples, Windmill, Smith (f) 66.6 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Osborne, Semmens, Lawson, Reeves (ef) 66.8 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Cullum, Geary, Edwards, Harrison 67.4 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Boyd, Mason, Windmill (f), Parker (exc) 65.4 3 2 16 13 Ht6 Sharples, Reeves, Osborne, Smith 66.4 3 3 19 16 Ht7 Lawson, King, Edwards, Semmens 65.4 3 3 22 19 Ht8 Osborne, Harrison, Boyd, Sharples 66.8 4 2 26 21 Ht9 Parker, Reeves, Mason, May 68.0 2 4 28 25 Ht10 King, Cullum, Edwards, Sharples 67.2 4 2 32 27 Ht11 Lawson, Windmill Boyd, Semmens 66.0 3 3 35 30 Ht12 Reeves, Cullum, Osborne, Mason 66.4 4 2 39 32 Ht13 Semmens, Windmill, Harrison, Geary 67.8 2 4 41 36 Ht14 Parker, King, Lawson, Geary 65.2 2 4 43 40

Wolves Scratch Race Ht1 Reeves, Edwards, Boyd, Geary 66.4 Ht2 Osborne, King, Windmill, May (ns) 66.8 Final King, Osborne, Reeves, Edwards 65.4

Visitors Scratch Race Ht1 Parker, Lawson, Semmes, Mason 65.6 Ht2 Cullum, Sharples, Harrison, Turnham 65.8 Final Lawson, Parker, Cullum (nf), Sharples (nf) 64.6

Friday 21st October 1949 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunter 46 Walthamstow Wolves 38 (Challenge)

Leicester Harwood Pike 0 3 2 Cyril Page 3 3 1’ 2’ 9 2 Ron Wilson 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Johnny Carpenter 2 3 3 3 11 Jack Baxter 2’ 1’ 0 0 3 2 Vic Pitcher 3 2 2 3 10 Ernie Palmer 1 1 2 Jack Winstanley 2 2 2

Walthamstow Harry Edwards 1’ 2 3 3 9 1 King 2 1’ 1 0 4 1 Jim Boyd 3 3 3 3 12 Archie Windmill 0 2 0 0 2 Reg Reeves 1 0 1 Charlie May 0 2 1’ 1 4 1 Dick Geary 0 1 0 1 Bill Osborne 1 2 2 5

Ht1 Page, King, Edwards, Pike 74.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Boyd, Carpenter, Wilson, Windmill 77.6 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Pitcher, Baxter, Reeves, May 75.0 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Pike, Windmill, Palmer, Geary 76.6 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Carpenter, Edwards, King, Wilson 76.8 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Boyd, Pitcher, Baxter, Windmill 76.2 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Page, May, Pike, Reeves 77.2 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Boyd, Winstanley, Osborne, Wilson 76.8 2 4 27 21 Ht9 Edwards, Pitcher, King, Baxter 75.2 2 4 29 25 Ht10 Boyd, Pike, Page, Windmill 76.8 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Carpenter, Osborne, May, Wilson 77.2 3 3 35 31 Ht12 Edwards, Winstanley, Geary, Baxter 77,2 2 4 37 35 Ht13 Carpenter, Osborne, Palmer, Geary 76.8 4 2 41 37 Ht14 Pitcher, Page, May, King 76.4 5 1 46 38

Thursday 27th October 1949 Cowley Stadium, Oxford Oxford, Bristol and Cradley 41 Walthamstow Wolves 43

Oxford, Bristol, Cradley Roger Wise 1’ 0 0 1’ 2 2 Jack Mountford 2 3 2 3 10 Alan Hunt 2 3 3 3 11 Gil Craven 1’ 2’ 2’ 2 7 3 Bert Croucher 0 0 1’ 2 3 1 Dennis Gray 1 2 2 0 5 Alf Viccary 2 0 2 Bill Kemp 0 1’ 1 1

Walthamstow Harry Edwards 3 1 3 3 10 Benny King 0 0 0 Jim Boyd 3 3 1’ 3 10 1 Archie Windmill 0 3 1 0 4 Reg Reeves 2’ 2 1 3 8 1 Charlie May 3 1’ 0 2 6 1 Dick Geary 1 0 1 Bill Osborne 2 1 1’ 4 1

Ht1 Edwards, Mountford, Wise, King 69.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Boyd, Hunt, Craven, Windmill 70.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 May, Reeves, Gray, Croucher 70.8 1 5 7 11 Ht4 Windmill, Viccary, Geary, Wise 71.2 2 4 9 15 Ht5 Hunt, Craven, Edwards, King 71.8 5 1 14 16 Ht6 Boyd, Gray, Windmill, Croucher 70.4 2 4 16 20 Ht7 Mountford, Reeves, May, Wise 71.4 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Hunt, Osborne, Boyd, Kemp 69.6 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Edwards, Gray, Croucher, King 70.4 3 3 25 29 Ht10 Boyd, Mountford, Wise, Windmill 69.8 3 3 28 32 Ht11 Hunt, Craven, Reeves, May 69.8 5 1 33 33 Ht12 Edwards, Croucher, Kemp, Geary 71.8 3 3 36 36 Ht13 Reeves, Craven, Osborne, Viccary 71.2 2 4 38 40 Ht14 Mountford, May, Osborne, Gray 70.6 3 3 41 43

Walthamstow Needs in BOLD

Mon 4th April 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 41 Southampton Saints 41 (NLD2) Tuesday 5th April 1949 Bannister Court Southampton Saints 52 Walthamstow Wolves 29 (NLD2) Saturday 8th April 1949 Dudley Wood Cradley Heath Heathens 52 Walthamstow Wolves 32(NLD2) Monday 11th April 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 40.5 Sheffield Tigers 43.5 (NLD2)DET SH Final Saturday 16th April 1949 Firs Norwich Stars 57 Walthamstow Wolves 25 (NLD2) Monday 18th April 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 48 Newcastle Magpies 36 (NLD2) Tuesday, 19th April 1949 Saracen Park, Ashfield Giants 48 Walthamstow Wolves 36 (NLD2) Wednesday 20th April 1949 White City Glasgow Tigers 52 Walthamstow Wolves 32 (NLD2) Saturday 23rd April 1949 Brandon Coventry Bees 45 Walthamstow Wolves 39 (NLD2) Monday 25th April 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 40 Norwich Stars 43 (NLD2) SH Wednesday 27th April 1949 Highbury Avenue Fleetwood Flyers 54 Walthamstow Wolves 30 (NLD2) Thursday 28th April 1949 Owlerton, Sheffield Tigers 56 Walthamstow Wolves 27 (NLD2) Monday 2 May 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 44 Ashfield Giants 39 (NLD2) Times Stad Scurry Ht2&Fin Saturday 7 May 1949 Hedon Hull Angels 42 Walthamstow Wolves 42 (Challenge) Monday 9th May 1949 London WalthamstowWolves 45 CradleyHeath Heathens 39(NLD2) Monday 16th May 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London Best Pairs Saturday 21st May 1949 Belle Vue, Walthamstow Wolves 42 Sheffield Tigers 30 (Ch) Monday 23rd May 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 42 Fleetwood Flyers 42 (NLD2) Friday 27th May 1949 Knowle Bristol Bulldogs 60 Walthamstow Wolves 24 (NLD2) Saturday 28th May 1949 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 41 Walthamstow Wolves 42 (Ch) Monday 30th May 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 63 Southampton Saints 44 (NT) Tuesday 31st May 1949 Bannister Court,Southampton Saints 52 Walthamstow Wolves 56 (NT) Monday 6th June 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 50 Newcastle Magpies 34 (NLD2) Wednesday 8th June 1949 Brough Park Newcastle Magpies 41 Walthamstow Wolves 43 (NLD2) Monday 13th June 1949 Walthamstow World Championship Qualifying Round Saturday 18th June 1949 Old Meadowbank,Edinburgh Monarchs 45 Walthamstow Wolves 39 (NLD2) Monday 20th June 1949London Walthamstow Wolves 64 Cradley Heath Heathens 39 (NT) Friday 24th June 1949 Dudley Wood Cradley Heath Heathens 66 Walthamstow Wolves 41 (NT) Monday 27th June 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 58 Edinburgh Monarchs 26 (NLD2) Thursday 30th June 1949 Owlerton Sheffield Tigers 48 Walthamstow Wolves 36 (NLD2) Monday 4th July 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 62 Cradley Heath Heathens 44 (NT) Friday 8th July 1949 Dudley Wood Cradley Heath Heathens 71 Walthamstow Wolves 37 (NT) Monday 11th July 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 62 Coventry Bees 17 (NLD2) Tuesday 12th July 1949 Bannister Court Southampton Saints 42 Walthamstow Wolves 41 (NLD2) Monday 18th July 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 51 Southampton Saints 32 (NLD2) Friday 22nd July 1949 Knowle Bristol Bulldogs 51 Walthamstow Wolves 33 (NLD2) Monday 25th July 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 55 Norwich Stars 28 (NLD2) Saturday 30th July 1949 Weir Walthamstow Wolves 58 Southampton Saints 26 (Ch) Monday 1st August 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 46 Bristol Bulldogs 37 (NLD2) Wednesday 3rd August 1949 White City Glasgow Tigers 39 Walthamstow Wolves 45 (NLD2) Monday 8th August 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 55 Harringay Racers 52 (LC) 4th rider Race 19 Friday 12th August 1949 London Harringay Racers 60 Walthamstow Wolves 48 (LC) Monday 15th August 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 54 Cradley Heath Heathens 30 (NLD 2) Wednesday 17th August 1949 Highbury Avenue Fleetwood Flyers 41 Walthamstow 43 (NLD2) Saturday 20th August 1949 Meadowbank Edinburgh Monarchs 61 Walthamstow Wolves 22 (NLD2) Monday 22nd August 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 48 Glasgow Tigers 34 (NLD2) Saturday 27th August 1949 Perry Barr Birmingham Brummies 49 Walthamstow Wolves 35 (Ch) Monday 29th August 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 53 Edinburgh Monarchs 31 (NLD2) Mon 5th Sept 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 52 Sheffield Tigers 32 (NLD2) Monday 12th September 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 49 Coventry Bees 35 (NLD2) Monday 19th September 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 62 Fleetwood Flyers 21 (NLD2) SH Thursday 22nd September 1949 Pennycross West of England 56 London 25 (Ch) Saturday 24th September 1949 Brandon Coventry Bees 36 Walthamstow Wolves 47 (NLD2) Monday 26th September 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 56 Glasgow Tigers 27 (NLD2) Tuesday, 27 September 1949 Saracen ParkAshfield Giants 53 Walthamstow Wolves 31 (NLD2) Saturday 1st October 1949 Brough Park, Newcastle Magpies 42 Walthamtow Wolves 42 (NLD2) Monday, 3 October 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 54 Ashfield Giants 29 (NLD2) Friday 7th October 1949 Dudley Wood Cradley Heath Heathens 57 Walthamstow Wolves 27 (NLD2) Saturday 8th October 1949 Firs Norwich Stars 56 Walthamstow Wolves 28 (NLD2) Monday 10th October 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 35 Bristol Bulldogs 49 (NLD2) Saturday 15th October 1949 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 46 Walthamstow Wolves 38 (Ch) Monday 17th October 1949 London Walthamstow Wolves 43 Belle Vue Aces 40 (Ch) Friday 21st October 1949 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunter 46 Walthamstow Wolves 38 (Ch) Thursday 27th October 1949 Cowley Oxford, Bristol and Cradley 41 Walthamstow Wolves 43 (Ch)