WEMBLEY 1955 Updated 16.3.2017 Friday 8th April 1955 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 43 Wembley Lions 53 (Challenge) West Ham Charlie New 1’ 1 1 F 3 1 Alan Smith 2 2 0 3 0 7 Gerry Hussey 3 3 2 3 2 0 13 Howdy Byford 0 0 0 0 Wally Green 2’ 2 2 3 1’ 10 2 Bert Roger 3 1’ 1’ 1 1 7 2 Don Lawson 1’ 1’ 1 0 3 2 Wembley Brian Crutcher 0 3 3 3 3 12 Tommy Price 3 3 0 0 2’ 8 1 Eric Williams 2 3 3 2 3 13 Jimmy Gooch 1’ 2’ 0 1’ 0 4 3 Freddie Williams E 2 0 1’ 3 6 1 Eric French 1’ 1 2’ 2 2 8 2 Dennis Newton 0 2’ 2 1 Ht1 Price, Smith, New, Crutcher 73.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Hussey, E.Williams, Gooch, Byford 72.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Roger, Green, French, F.Williams (ef) 73.2 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Price, Smith, Lawson, Newton 75.5 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Hussey, F.Williams, French, Byford 73.0 3 3 17 13 Ht6 E.Williams, Gooch, New, Smith 73.0 1 5 18 18 Ht7 Crutcher, Green, Roger, Price 72.6 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Smith, French, New, F.Williams 74.0 4 2 25 23 Ht9 E.Williams, Green, Roger, Gooch 73.6 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Crutcher, Hussey, Lawson, Price 72.4 3 3 31 29 Ht11 Crutcher, French, Lawson, New 73.6 1 5 32 34 Ht12 Green, E.Williams, F.Williams, Smith 74.0 3 3 35 37 Ht13 Hussey, French, Gooch, Lawson 74.4 3 3 38 40 Ht14 E.Williams, Newton, Roger, Byford 73.0 1 5 39 46 Ht15 Crutcher, Hussey, Green, Gooch 76.0 3 3 42 49 Ht16 F.Williams, Price, Roger, Hussey 75.0 1 5 43 53 Saturday 9th April 1955 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 49 Wembley Lions 47 (Challenge) Belle Vue Ken Sharples 0 3 3 2 3 3 14 Don Cuppleditch 2 1’ 1 0 4 1 Ron Johnston 0 0 1’ 3 1’ 5 2 Bob Duckworth 3 3 2 1’ 2 11 1 Peter Craven 1 1 3 2’ 2 9 1 Harry Edwards 0 1 3 0 4 Dick Fisher 2 0 0 2 Wembley Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 3 15 Tommy Price 1 3 2’ E 2 8 1 Eric Williams 2 2 2 0 1 7 Jimmy Gooch 1’ F 0 1 0 2 1 Freddie Williams 3 2 2 1 1’ 9 1 Eric French 2’ 1’ 1’ 0 2’ 6 4 Dennis Newton 0 0 0 Ht1 Crutcher, Cuppleditch, Price, Sharples 72.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Duckworth, E.Williams, Gooch, Johnston 73.6 3 3 5 7 Ht3 F.Williams, French, Craven, Edwards 73.2 1 5 6 12 Ht4 Price, Fisher, Cuppleditch, Newton 74.8 3 3 9 15 Ht5 Duckworth, F.Williams, French, Johnston 74.2 3 3 12 18 Ht6 Sharples, E.Williams, Cuppleditch, Gooch (f) 74.8 4 2 16 20 Ht7 Crutcher, Price, Craven, Fisher 74.4 1 5 17 25 Ht8 Sharples, F.Williams, French, Cuppleditch 73.8 3 3 20 28 Ht9 Craven, E.Williams, Edwards, Gooch 73.4 4 2 24 30 Ht10 Crutcher, Duckworth, Johnston, Price (ef) 74.4 3 3 27 33 Ht11 Crutcher, Sharples, Duckworth, French 74.4 3 3 30 36 Ht12 Sharples, Craven, F.Williams, E.Williams 75.0 5 1 35 37 Ht13 Johnston, French, Gooch, Fisher 76.2 3 3 38 40 Ht14 Edwards, Duckworth, E.Williams, Newton 76.2 5 1 43 41 Ht15 Crutcher, Craven, Johnston, Gooch 75.2 3 3 46 44 Ht16 Sharples, Price, F.Williams, Edwards 75.6 3 3 49 47 Monday 11th April 1955 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 48 Wembley Lions 48 (Challenge) Wimbledon Alf Hagon F 0 2 1 2 5 Reg Trott 1 2 3 0 1 7 Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Cyril Brine X 1 0 3 2’ 6 1 Ron How 3 F F E 2’ 5 1 Peter Moore 2’ 1 2 0 5 1 Cyril Maidment 1’ 1 2 1 Wembley Brian Crutcher 2’ 3 2 2 0 9 1 Tommy Price 3 3 2’ 1’ 3 11 1 Eric Williams 1’ 2 3 3 1 10 1 Jimmy Gooch 2 1’ 1 0 1 5 1 Freddie Williams 1 0 3 2’ 1 7 1 Eric French 0 2 1 0 2 5 Dennis Newton 0 F 0 Ht1 Price, Crutcher, Trott, Hagon (f) 66.4 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Briggs, Gooch, E.Williams, Brine (exctps) 65.0 3 3 4 8 Ht3 How, Moore, F.Williams, French 68.2 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Price, Trott, Maidment, Newton 67.6 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Briggs, French, Brine, F.Williams 66.0 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Trott, E.Williams, Gooch, Hagon 68.0 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Crutcher, Price, Moore, How (f) 67.8 1 5 20 22 Ht8 F.Williams, Hagon, French, Trott 67.2 2 4 22 26 Ht9 E.Williams, Moore, Gooch, How (ef) 67.2 2 4 24 30 Ht10 Briggs, Crutcher, Price, Brine 65.2 3 3 27 33 Ht11 Brine, Crutcher, Hagon, French 67.0 4 2 31 35 Ht12 E.Williams, F.Williams, Trott, How (ef) 68.2 1 5 32 40 Ht13 Briggs, French, Maidment, Gooch 65.2 4 2 36 42 Ht14 Briggs, Brine, E.Williams, Newton (f) 67.4 5 1 41 43 Ht15 Briggs, How, Gooch, Crutcher 62.2 5 1 46 44 Ht16 Price, Hagon, F.Williams, Moore 67.2 2 4 48 48 Monday 25th April 1955 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 49 Wembley Lions 46 (National League Division One) Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 2 3 3 3 2’ 13 1 Alf Hagon F 0 1 1 F 2 Barry Briggs 3 3 3 2 3 14 Cyril Brine 0 1 1 0 2’ 2’ 6 2 Ron How 1 2 2 3 8 Peter Moore 0 1’ 0 3 2 6 1 Reg Trott 0 0 0 Wembley Brian Crutcher 3 3 2 3 1 12 Tommy Price 1 1’ 0 F X 2 1 Eric Williams 1’ 3 1 1 1 7 1 Eric French 2 1’ 3 3 0 9 1 Freddie Williams 3 2 E 0 3 8 Trevor Redmond 2’ X 2 2’ 1 7 2 Jimmy Gooch 2 0 2 Ht1 Crutcher, R.Moore, Price, Hagon (f) 64.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Briggs, French, E.Williams, Brine 64.4 3 3 5 7 Ht3 F.Williams, Redmond, How, P.Moore 65.6 1 5 6 12 Ht4 R.Moore, Gooch, Price, Trott 66.4 3 3 9 15 Ht5 Briggs, F.Williams, Brine, Redmond (exc) 64.6 4 2 13 17 Ht6 R.Moore, E.Williams, French, Hagon 65.8 3 3 16 20 Ht7 Crutcher, How, P.Moore, Price 65.4 3 3 19 23 Ht8 R.Moore, Redmond, Hagon, F.Williams (ef) 66.6 4 2 23 25 Ht9 French, How, E.Williams, P.Moore 66.6 2 4 25 29 Ht10 Briggs, Crutcher, Brine, Price (f) 64.8 4 2 29 31 Ht11 Crutcher, Redmond, Hagon, Brine 67.4 1 5 30 36 Ht12 How, R.Moore, E.Williams, F.Williams 67.6 5 1 35 37 Ht13 French, Briggs, Redmond, Trott 66.4 2 4 37 41 Ht14 P.Moore, Brine, E.Williams, Gooch 67.4 5 1 42 42 Ht15 Briggs, Brine, Crutcher, French 67.0 5 1 47 43 Ht16 F.Williams, P.Moore, Price (exc), Hagon (f) 67.0 2 3 49 46 Saturday 7th May 1955 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 57 Wembley Lions 39 (National League Division One) Belle Vue Ken Sharples 3 3 3 2’ 3 14 1 Don Cuppleditch F 0 2’ 2’ 0 4 2 Peter Craven 3 3 2 3 3 14 Harry Edwards 1 0 0 0 1 Ron Johnston 3 1’ 2’ 3 E 9 2 Bob Duckworth 2’ 2 3 2 1 10 1 Dick Fisher 2 3 5 Wembley Brian Crutcher 1’ 0 1 1 1’ 4 2 Tommy Price 2 3 3 3 2* 2 15 Eric Williams F 1 1 1’ 3 6 1 Eric French 2 0 0 2 4 Freddie Williams 0 2 1 2 0 5 Trevor Redmond 1 1’ 0 0 2 1 Jimmy Gooch 1 1’ 1 3 1 Ht1 Sharples, Price, Crutcher, Cuppleditch 72.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Craven, French, Edwards, E.Williams (f) 72.4 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Johnston, Duckworth, Redmond, F.Williams 74.4 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Price, Fisher, Gooch, Cuppleditch 74.0 2 4 14 10 Ht5 Craven, F.Williams, Redmond, Edwards 74.2 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Sharples, Cuppleditch, E.Williams, French 74.4 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Price, Duckworth, Johnston, Crutcher 75.0 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Sharples, Cuppleditch, F.Williams, Redmond 75.0 5 1 30 18 Ht9 Duckworth, Johnston, F.Williams, E.Williams 76.0 5 1 35 19 Ht10 Price, Craven, Crutcher, Edwards 75.6 2 4 37 23 Ht11 Fisher, Sharples, Crutcher, Redmond 76.2 5 1 42 24 Ht12 Johnston, F.Williams, E.Williams, Cuppleditch 75.8 3 3 45 27 Ht13 Craven, Price*, Gooch, Fisher 75.8 3 3 48 30 Ht14 E.Williams, Duckworth, Gooch, Edwards 75.2 2 4 50 34 Ht15 Craven, French, Crutcher, Johnston (ef) 76.8 3 3 53 37 Ht16 Sharples, Price, Duckworth, F.Williams 75.8 4 2 57 39 Monday 9th May 1955 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon 32 Odsal 6 West Ham 20 Wembley 17 Birmingham 15 Wimbledon Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 12 Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 12 Ron How 2 3 3 0 8 Odsal Eddie Rigg 0 1 1 Arthur Forrest 0 0 2 0 2 Arthur Wright 1 0 0 0 1 Cyril Brine 0 0 Alf Hagon 2 2 West Ham Jack Young 1 3 0 3 7 Split Waterman 2 1 3 0 6 Gerald Hussey 2 2 2 1 7 Wembley Tommy Price 2 1 1 2 6 Freddie Williams 0 2 3 2 7 Eric Williams 0 1 1 2 4 Birmingham Alan Hunt 1 2 2 1 6 Ron Mountford 3 0 2 1 6 Graham Warren 1 0 1 1 3 W O WH WE B Ht1 Moore, Price, Young, Rigg 65.4 3 0 1 2 0 Ht2 Briggs, Waterman, Hunt, Forrest 63.8 6 0 3 2 1 Ht3 Mountford, How, Wright, F.Williams 66.0 8 1 3 2 4 Ht4 Moore, Hussey, Warren, E.Williams 65.4 11 1 5 2 5 Ht5 Briggs, F.Williams, Rigg, Warren 64.2 14 2 5 4 5 Ht6 How, Hussey, Price, Forrest 65.8 17 2 7 5 5 Ht7 Young, Hunt, E.Williams, Wright 65.4 17 2 10 6 7 Ht8 Moore, Forrest, Waterman, Mountford 65.0 20 4 11 6 7 Ht9 How, Hussey, E.Willliams, Brine 64.6 23 4 13 7 7 Ht10 Briggs, Mountford, Price, Wright 64.2 26 4 13 8 9 Ht11 Waterman, Hagon, Warren, How 66.2 26 6 16 8 10 Ht12 F.Williams, Hunt, Hussey, Wright 66.6 26 6 17 11 12 Ht13 Briggs, E.Williams, Mountford, Young 64.4 29 6 17 13 13 Ht14 Moore, Price, Hunt, Waterman 65.0 32 6 17 15 14 Ht15 Young, F.Williams, Warren, Forrest 66.2 32 6 20 17 15 Saturday 14th May 1955 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Odsal Tudors 46 Wembley Lions 50 (National League Division One) Bradford Eddie Rigg 1 0 1 2 2 6 Keith Milner 0 3 1 3 1 8 Guy Allott 1 3 0 3 1’ 8 1 Arthur Wright 0 2’ 2 0 3 7 1 Arthur Forrest 3 2 2’ 3 2 12 1 Al Allison 0 1’ 3 E 1’ 5 2 John Gribbin 0 0 0 Wembley Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 3 15 Tommy Price 2’ 2 0 1 3 8 1 Eric Williams 3 2’ 0 2 1’ 8 2 Trevor Redmond 2’ 3 1 1’ 0 7 2 Freddie Williams 2 1 2 0 0 5 Eric French 1’ 0 0 1 2 4 1 Jimmy Gooch 1’ 2 3 1 Ht1 Crutcher, Price, Rigg, Milner 66.4 1 5 1 5 Ht2 E.Williams, Redmond, Allott, Wright 69.6 1 5 2 10 Ht3 Forrest, F.Williams, French, Allison 70.0 3 3 5 13 Ht4 Milner, Price, Gooch, Gribbin 67.8 3 3 8 16 Ht5 Allott, Wright, F.Williams, French 70.4 5 1 13 17 Ht6 Redmond, E.Williams, Milner, Rigg 70.4 1 5 14 22 Ht7 Crutcher, Forrest, Allison, Price 67.8 3 3 17 25 Ht8 Milner, F.Williams, Rigg, French 69.8 4 2 21 27 Ht9 Allison, Forrest, Redmond, E.Williams 67.6 5 1 26 28 Ht10 Crutcher, Wright, Price, Allott 67.8 2 4 28 32 Ht11 Crutcher, Rigg, French, Wright 68.0 2 4 30 36 Ht12 Forrest, E.Williams, Milner, F.Williams 69.4 4 2 34 38 Ht13 Allott, French, Redmond, Gribbin 70.4 3 3 37 41 Ht14 Wright, Gooch, E.Williams, Allison (ef) 70.4 3 3 40 44 Ht15 Crutcher, Forrest, Allott, Redmond 68.2 3 3 43 47 Ht16 Price, Rigg, Allison, F.Williams 69.4 3 3 46 50 Saturday 21st May 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies