LEICESTER 1959 Updated 9.10.2014 Saturday 11th April 1959 Brandon Stadium, Coventry Coventry Bees v Leicester Hunters (East Midland Bowl) Postponed rain Friday 17th April 1959 Blackbird Road, Leicester Leicester Hunters 55 Coventry Bees 34 (East Midlands Bowl) Leicester Ken McKinlay 2’ 3 E 2 3 10 1 Alf Hagon 3 1 3 0 2’ 9 1 Jack Geran 2 2 1’ 3 0 8 1 Guy Allott 1’ 1’ 2 0 4 2 Eric Boothroyd 3 3 3 3 3 15 Brian Elliott F 2’ 2’ 2’ 2 8 3 Harry Bastable DNR Coventry Jim Lightfoot 1 3 1 1’ 1 1 8 1 Maury Mattingley 0 0 0 0 Arthur Forrest 3 1 2 2 1 1 10 Nigel Boocock E 0 1’ 3 4 1 Ron Mountford E 2 3 3 E 2 10 Antti Pajari 2 0 0 0 2 Nick Nicholls 0 0 Ht1 Hagon, McKinlay, Lightfoot, Mattingley 68.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Forrest, Geran, Allott, Boocock (ef) 69.6 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Boothroyd, Pajari, Elliott (f), Mountford (ef) 69.4 3 2 11 6 Ht4 Lightfoot, Geran, Allott, Mattingley 69.8 3 3 14 9 Ht5 Boothroyd, Elliott, Forrest, Boocock 70.2 5 1 19 10 Ht6 McKinlay, Mountford, Hagon, Pajari 69.2 4 2 23 12 Ht7 Boothroyd, Elliott, Lightfoot, Mattingley 69.0 5 1 28 13 Ht8 Hagon, Forrest, Boocock, McKinlay (ef) 69.8 3 3 31 16 Ht9 Mountford, Allott, Geran, Pajari 69.4 3 3 34 19 Ht10 Boothroyd, Forrest, Lightfoot, Hagon 70.0 3 3 37 22 Ht11 Mountford, McKinlay, Forrest, Allott 70.0 2 4 39 26 Ht12 Geran, Elliott, Lightfoot, Nicholls 70.2 5 1 44 27 Ht13 Boothroyd, Hagon, Forrest, Mountford (ef) 70.4 5 1 49 28 Ht14 Boocock, Elliott, Lightfoot, Geran 70.4 2 4 51 32 Ht15 McKinlay, Mountford, Allott, Pajari 70.8 4 2 55 34 Leicester Reserves 14 Coventry Reserves 16 (Challenge) Leicester Harry Bastable 3 2 2 7 Charlie Barsby 1 F 1 Dave Hankins 3 1 1 5 Ivor Brown 1 0 1 Coventry Nick Nicholls 0 2’ 3 5 1 Les Owen 2 3 E 5 Bryan Meredith 2 3 5 Rick France 0 1 1 Ht1 Bastable, Owen, Barsby, Nicholls 71.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Hankins, Meredith, Brown, France 70.4 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Owen, Nicholls, Hankins, Brown 72.2 1 5 9 9 Ht4 Meredith, Bastable, France, Barsby (f) 70.6 2 4 11 13 Ht5 Nicholls, Bastable, Hankins, Owen (ef) 72.0 3 3 14 16 High Scorers Hurricane McKinlay, Boothroyd, Elliott, Hagon 70.2 Saturday 18th April 1954 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 58 Leicester Hunters 32 (Britannia Shield) Belle Vue Ron Johnston 0 2 3 3 3 11 Slant Payling 2 1’ 2’ 1’ 2’ 8 4 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 Peter Williams F 0 1 1 Dick Fisher 2’ 2’ 1 2 3 10 2 Bob Duckworth 3 3 3 2’ 3 14 1 Jack Kitchen 0 F 0 Leicester Ken McKinlay 1 2 2 3 1 9 Alf Hagon 3 1’ E 0 2 6 1 Jack Geran 1’ 1 0 1’ 1 4 2 Guy Allott 2 0 1 0 0 3 Eric Boothroyd 1 3 2 2 1 1’ 10 1 Bryan Elliott 0 0 0 0 0 Harry Bastable 0 0 Ht1 Hagon, Payling, McKinlay, Johnson 73.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Craven, Allott, Geran, Williams (f) 75.2 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Duckworth, Fisher, Boothroyd, Elliott 74.8 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Craven, McKinlay, Hagon, Williams 73.0 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Duckworth, Fisher, Geran, Allott 75.4 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Boothroyd, Johnston, Payling, Elliott 74.4 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Duckworth, McKinlay, Fisher, Hagon (ef) 74.8 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Johnston, Payling, Allott, Geran 75.2 5 1 30 18 Ht9 Craven, Boothroyd, Williams, Bastable 74.5 4 2 34 20 Ht10 McKinlay, Fisher, Payling, Allott 75.4 3 3 37 23 Ht11 Johnston, Boothroyd, Geran, Kitchen 75.2 3 3 40 26 Ht12 Craven, Duckworth, Boothroyd, Hagon 74.4 5 1 45 27 Ht13 Fisher, Payling, Geran, Elliott 76.4 5 1 50 28 Ht14 Duckworth, Craven, McKinlay, Allott 76.0 5 1 55 29 Ht15 Johnston, Hagon, Boothroyd, Kitchen (f) 75.0 3 3 58 32 Belle Vue Reserves 8 Leicester Reserves 19 Belle Vue Jack Kitchen 1 3 X 4 Peepo Day 0 X 0 Malcolm Bruce 0 2 0 2 Tony Robinson 1 1’ 2 1 Leicester Harry Bastable 2’ 3 3 8 1 Charlie Barsby 3 X E 3 Dave Hankins 3 1’ 4 Ivor Brown 2 2 4 Ht1 Barsby, Bastable, Kitchen, Day 78.4 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Hankins, Brown, Robinson, Bruce 78.6 1 5 2 10 Ht3 Bastable, Bruce, Robinson, Barsby (exc) 78.0 3 3 5 13 Ht4 Kitchen, Brown, Hankins, Day (exc2min) 79.6 3 3 8 16 Ht5 Bastable, Barsby (ef), Bruce (ld), Kitchen (fexc) 79.8 0 3 8 19 Thursday 23rd April 1959 Cowley Stadium, Oxford Oxford Cheetahs 47 Leicester Hunters 43 (Britannia Shield) Oxford Ron Mountford 2 3 2 3 2 13 Roy Bowers 0 2’ 0 0 2 1 Arthur Wright 0 3 3 3 9 Ken Adams 2 2 1 1 0 6 Gordon McGregor 0 3 1’ 2 2 8 1 Howdy Byford 3 1 2 2’ 1 9 1 Colin Gooddy F 1’ 1 1 Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 2 14 Alf Hagon 1 1 0 0 3 4 Jack Geran 3 2 3 2 3 13 Guy Allott 1 0 0 1 Eric Boothroyd 2 1 2 1 1 7 Brian Elliott 1’ 0 F F 1 1 Harry Bastable 1 1 X 2 Ht1 McKinlay, Mountford, Hagon, Bowers 66.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Geran, Adams, Allott, Gooddy (f) 69.0 2 4 4 8 Ht3 Byford, Boothroyd, Elliott, McGregor 68.8 3 3 7 11 Ht4 McKinlay, Adams, Hagon, Wright 67.0 2 4 9 15 Ht5 McGregor, Geran, Byford, Allott 67.8 4 2 13 17 Ht6 Mountford, Bowers, Boothroyd, Elliott 67.8 5 1 18 18 Ht7 McKinlay, Byford, McGregor, Hagon 67.6 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Geran, Mountford, Bastable, Bowers 68.4 2 4 23 25 Ht9 Wright, Boothroyd, Adams, Elliott (f) 68.4 4 2 27 27 Ht10 McKinlay, McGregor, Bastable, Bowers 67.8 2 4 29 31 Ht11 Mountford, Geran, Adams, Elliott (f) 67.2 4 2 33 33 Ht12 Wright, Byford, Boothroyd, Hagon 69.0 5 1 38 34 Ht13 Geran, McGregor, Gooddy, Bastable (exc) 69.2 3 3 41 37 Ht14 Wright, McKinlay, Byford, Allott 68.2 4 2 45 39 Ht15 Hagon, Mountford, Boothroyd, Adams 67.8 2 4 47 43 Oxford Reserves Leicester Reserves (Reserve Shield) Oxford Colin Gooddy 2 3 2 7 Eric Hockaday 0 E 0 Dave Still 3 0 F 3 Cliff Cox 0 1 1 Leicester Harry Bastable 1 2’ 3 6 1 Charlie Barsby 3 3 F 6 Dave Hankins 2 2 4 Ivor Brown 1’ 1’ 2 2 Ht1 Barsby, Gooddy, Bastable, Hockaday 70.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Still, Hankins, Brown, Cox 71.0 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Barsby, Bastable, Cox, Still 70.0 1 5 6 12 Ht4 Gooddy, Hankins, Brown, Hockaday (ef) 70.2 3 3 9 15 Ht5 Bastable, Gooddy, Barsby (f), Still (f) 70.6 2 3 11 18 Friday 24th April 1959 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 62 Oxford Cheetahs 28 (Britannia Shield) Leicester Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 3 15 Alf Hagon 2’ 1 2’ 3 2’ 10 3 Jack Geran E 3 3 2 3 11 Guy Allott 2 2’ 1 0 2’ 7 2 Eric Boothroyd 2 3 2 2’ X 9 1 Brian Elliott 1’ 2’ 1’ 1’ 2’ 7 5 Harry Bastable 3 3 Oxford George White 1 1 3 1 2 1 9 Roy Bowers 0 0 0 0 Arthur Wright 3 1 1 0 1’ 0 6 1 Ken Adams 1 0 0 1 Gordon McGregor 3 2 2 3 1 11 Howdy Byford 0 0 0 1 1 Colin Gooddy 0 0 0 0 Ht1 McKinlay, Hagon, White, Bowers 69.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Wright, Allott, Adams, Geran (ef) 71.0 2 4 7 5 Ht3 McGregor, Boothroyd, Elliott, Byford 69.2 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Geran, Allott, White, Bowers 69.4 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Boothroyd, Elliott, Wright, Adams 70.8 5 1 20 10 Ht6 McKinlay, McGregor, Hagon, Byford 69.0 4 2 24 12 Ht7 White, Boothroyd, Elliott, Gooddy 69.8 3 3 27 15 Ht8 McKinlay, Hagon, Wright, Adams 70.6 5 1 32 16 Ht9 Geran, McGregor, Allott, Byford 71.0 4 2 36 18 Ht10 Hagon, Boothroyd, White, Wright 71.4 5 1 41 19 Ht11 McKinlay, White, Wright, Allott 70.0 3 3 44 22 Ht12 McGregor, Geran, Elliott, Gooddy 70.2 3 3 47 25 Ht13 Bastable, Hagon, Byford, Wright, Boothroyd (exc) 71.2 5 1 52 26 Ht14 Geran, Elliott, White, Gooddy 70.6 5 1 57 27 Ht15 McKinlay, Allott, McGregor, Bowers 69.8 5 1 62 28 Leicester Reserves 24 Oxford Reserves 6 (Reserve League) Leicester Harry Bastable 3 3 3 9 Charlie Barsby 2’ 2’ 4 2 Dave Hankins 3 3 2’ 8 1 Ivor Brown 2’ 1 3 1 Oxford Colin Gooddy 1 0 F 1 Eric Hockaday E 2 1 3 Dave Still 0 1 1 Cliff Cox 1 0 1 Ht1 Bastable, Barsby, Gooddy, Hockaday (ef) 72.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Hankins, Brown, Cox, Still 72.2 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Hankins, Hockaday, Brown, Gooddy 72.2 4 2 14 4 Ht4 Bastable, Barsby, Still, Cox 72.0 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Bastable, Hankins, Hockaday, Gooddy (f) 72.2 5 1 24 6 Butlin’s Holiday Championship McKinlay, Elliott, McGregor, Hagon 69.6 Friday 1st May 1959 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 46 Belle Vue Aces 44 (Britannia Shield) Leicester Ken McKinlay 2’ 1’ 2 2 3 10 2 Alf Hagon 3 2 1’ 2 1 9 1 Jack Geran 2 3 2 2’ 2 11 1 Guy Allott 1’ 0 F 2’ 3 2 Eric Boothroyd 1’ 1’ 1’ 1’ 0 4 4 Bryan Elliott 2 2 2 3 0 9 Harry Bastable 0 0 Belle Vue Ron Johnston 1 2 3 3 3 12 Slant Payling 0 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 3 15 Peter Williams 0 0 0 E 1 1 Dick Fisher 0 0 1 1 1 3 Bob Duckworth 3 3 3 1 2’ 12 1 Jack Kitchen DNR Ht1 Hagon, McKinlay, Johnston, Payling 70.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Craven, Geran, Allott, Williams 70.6 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Duckworth, Elliott, Boothroyd, Fisher 72.2 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Geran, Johnston, Payling, Allott 71.8 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Craven, Elliott, Boothroyd, Williams 72.0 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Duckworth, Hagon, McKinlay, Fisher 70.2 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Johnston, Elliott, Boothroyd, Payling 71.8 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Craven, McKinlay, Hagon, Williams 69.8 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Duckworth, Geran, Fisher, Bastable 71.6 2 4 28 26 Ht10 Johnston, Hagon, Boothroyd, Williams (ef) 72.0 3 3 31 29 Ht11 Craven, McKinlay, Duckworth, Allott (f) 70.0 2 4 33 33 Ht12 Elliott, Geran, Fisher, Payling 73.0 5 1 38 34 Ht13 Craven, Duckworth, Hagon, Boothroyd 70.4 1 5 39 39 Ht14 Johnston, Geran, Williams, Elliott 71.0 2 4 41 43 Ht15 McKinlay, Allott, Fisher, Payling (f) 72.2 5 1 46 44 Leicester Reserves 23 Belle Vue Reserves 7 (Reserve League) Leicester Harry Bastable 1 2’ 3 1 Charlie Barsby 3 3 3 9 Dave Hankins 3 3 2’ 8 1 Ivor Brown 2’ 1 3 1 Belle Vue Jack Kitchen 2 2 1 5 N Wright 0 0 0 Graham Beattie 1 1 0 2 Malcolm Bruce F 0 0 Ht1 Barsby, Kitchen, Bastable, Wright 73.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Hankins, Brown, Beattie, Bruce (f) 73.8 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Hankins, Kitchen, Brown, Wright 73.6 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Barsby, Bastable, Beattie, Bruce 73.4 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Barsby, Hankins, Kitchen, Beattie 73.6 5 1 23 7 Butlin’s Holiday Trophy Craven, Geran, Duckworth, Johnston (ef) 70.0 Saturday 2 May 1959 Abbey Stadium, Swindon SWINDON ROBINS 57 LEICESTER HUNTERS 51 (Challenge) SWINDON George White 1* 3 3 3 3 - - 13 (1) Neil Street 2 3 2* 2* - - - 9 (2) Mike Broadbank 3