Hastings Speedway Results 1948 Friday 19th March 1948 Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol Bulldogs 66 Southampton/Hastings 18 (Challenge) Bristol Jack Mountford 2*2*2*2* 8 4 4 Fred Tuck 3 3 3 3 12 0 4 Eric Salmon 2*3 3 3 11 1 4 Roger Wise 3 1 2*2* 8 2 4 Billy Hole 3 3 3 3 12 0 4 Mike Beddoe 2*2*2*2* 8 4 4 Cyril Quick 3 3 6 0 2 Johnny Hole 0 1 1 0 2 Southampton/Hastings Bob Oakley 0 2 1 0 3 0 4 Bert Croucher 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 Wally Green 1 0 1*1 3 1 4 Jock Grierson 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 Alf Bottoms 1 1 1 1 4 0 4 Ken Tidbury 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 Alf Kaines 1 2 3 0 2 Ron Clark 2 0 2 0 2 1 Fred Tuck, Jack Mountford, Bert Croucher, Bob Oakley 70.2 5 – 1 5 – 1 2 Roger Wise, Eric Salmon, Wally Green, Jock Grierson 69.8 5 – 1 10 – 2 3 Billy Hole, Mike Beddoe, Alf Bottoms, Ken Tidbury 69.2 5 – 1 15 – 3 4 Cyril Quick, Jack Mountford, Alf Kaines, Jock Grierson 69.4 5 – 1 20 – 4 5 Eric Salmon, Bob Oakley, Roger Wise, Bert Croucher 69.6 4 – 2 24 – 6 6 Billy Hole, Mike Beddoe, Jock Grierson, Wally Green 71.4 5 – 1 29 – 7 7 Fred Tuck, Jack Mountford, Alf Bottoms, Ken Tidbury 70.2 5 – 1 34 – 8 8 Eric Salmon, Ron Clark, Wally Green, Johnny Hole 71.4 3 – 3 37 – 11 9 Billy Hole, Mike Beddoe, Bob Oakley, Bert Croucher 71 5 – 1 42 – 12 10 Fred Tuck, Jack Mountford, Wally Green, Jock Grierson 71.4 5 – 1 47 – 13 11 Eric Salmon, Roger Wise, Alf Bottoms, Ken Tidbury 69.2 5 – 1 52 – 14 12 Billy Hole, Alf Kaines, Johnny Hole, Bob Oakley 71 4 – 2 56 – 16 13 Cyril Quick, Roger Wise, Alf Bottoms, Ron Clark 69.4 5 – 1 61 – 17 14 Fred Tuck, Mike Beddoe, Ken Tidbury, Bert Croucher 71.4 5 – 1 66 – 18 Monday 19th April 1948 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 57 Hastings Saxons 27 (National League Division Three) Exeter Cyril Roger 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 Bert Roger F 3 3 3 9 Arthur Pilgrim 3 1 1’ 2 7 1 Stan Hodson 0 3 F 0 3 Broncho Slade 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Hugh Geddes 3 2’ 2’ 1 8 2 Don Hardy 2’ 3 5 1 Norman Clay 2 2’ 4 1 Hastings Ken Tidbury 1’ 2 1 1 5 1 Eric Dunn 2 0 0 2 4 Wally Green 1’ 0 3 1 5 1 Ron Clark 2 1 1 0 4 Jock Grierson 1 1 3 2 7 Dan English 0 0 1 0 1 Al Collins 0 0 0 Ken Middleditch 0 1’ 1 1 Ht1 C.Roger, Dunn, Tidbury, B,Roger (f) 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Pilgrim, Clark, Green, Hodson 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Geddes, Slade, Grierson, English 5 1 11 7 Ht4 C.Roger, Hardy, Clark, Collins 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Hodson, Tidbury, Pilgrim, Dunn 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Slade, Geddes, Clark, Green 5 1 25 11 Ht7 B.Roger, C.Roger, Grierson, English 5 1 30 12 Ht8 Green, Clay, Pilgrim, Middleditch 3 3 33 15 Ht9 Slade, Geddes, Tidbury, Dunn 5 1 38 16 Ht10 B.Roger, C.Roger, Green, Clark 5 1 43 17 Ht11 Grierson, Pilgrim, English, Hodson (f) 2 4 45 21 Ht12 Slade, Clay, Tidbury, Collins 5 1 50 22 Ht13 Hardy, Grierson, Middleditch, Hodson 3 3 53 25 Ht14 B.Roger, Dunn, Geddes, English 4 2 57 27 Wednesday 21st April 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 44 Stoke Potters 39 (National League Division Three) Hastings Ken Tidbury 2 3 3 1 9 Ron Clark 0 2’ 0 0 2 1 Wally Green 3 3 3 3 12 Eric Dunn F 0 2’ 2 4 1 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Dan English 0 0 F 1 1 Jack Scott 2’ 1’ 3 2 Bob Sivyer 0 1 1 Stoke Dave Anderson 3 2 2 2 9 Ken Adams 1 1’ 1’ 3 6 2 Gil Blake 1’ 2 2 2’ 7 2 Dick Howard 2 F 2’ 4 1 Vic Pitcher DNR Frank Evans 2 1 1 2’ 6 1 Ray Harris 1’ 0 0 0 3 4 1 Jock (Bill) Gordon F 1’ 1’ 0 2 2 Ht1 Anderson, Tidbury, Adams, Clark 81.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Green, Howard, Blake, Dunn 79.8 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Grierson, Evans, Harris, English 82.2 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Tidbury, Scott, Howard (f), Gordon (f) 83.8 5 0 13 10 Ht5 Green, Anderson, Adams, Dunn 79.8 3 3 16 13 Ht6 Grierson, Blake, Gordon, English 83.6 3 3 19 16 Ht7 Tidbury, Clark, Evans, Harris 86.2 5 1 24 17 Ht8 Green, Blake, Gordon, Sivyer 79.8 3 3 27 20 Ht9 Grierson, Anderson, Adams, English 81.8 3 3 30 23 Ht10 Howard, Blake, Tibury, Clark 83.2 1 5 31 28 Ht11 Green, Dunn, Evans, Harris 84.4 5 1 36 29 Ht12 Grierson, Anderson, Sivyer, Harris 83.6 4 2 40 31 Ht13 Harris, Dunn, Scott, Gordon 87.6 3 3 43 34 Ht14 Adams, Evans, English, Clark 87.0 1 5 44 39 Future Stars Scratch Race Ht1 Doug Smith, Pete Mold, Matt Leonard, John Hayles 89.4 Ht2 K.Smith, Harry Collins, Ken Middleditch, Reg Wells 88.2 St Leonards Scurry Ht1 Blake, Tidbury, Harris, English 83.0 Ht2 Green, Anderson, Clark, Mold ? Ht3 Grierson, Evans, Adams, Dunn 87.0 Ht4 Collins, Scott, Sivyer, Gordon 88.6 Final Green, Grierson, Blake, Collins 82.0 Saturday 24th April 1948 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath Cradley Heath Cubs 57 Hastings Saxons 27 (National League Division Three) Cradley Heath Bill Clifton 2’ 3 0 1’ 6 2 Les Beaumont 3 2 2 3 10 Jimmy Coy 1’ 2’ 1’ 1 5 3 Jimmy Wright 2 3 3 3 11 Eric Irons 2’ 1 2’ 3 8 2 Alan Hunt 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Frank Evans 1 1 2 Phil Malpass 2 2’ 4 1 Hastings Ken Tidbury 1 0 0 1 2 Eric Dunn E 1 1 0 2 Wally Green 3 2 3 3 11 Ron Clark 0 F 0 0 0 Jock Grierson 1 3 2 2 8 Dan English 0 1 0 1 2 Ken Smith 2 0 2 Pete Mold E E 0 Ht1 Beaumont, Clifton, Tidbury, Dunn (ef) 82.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Green, Wright, Coy, Clark 79.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Hunt, Irons, Grierson, English 78.4 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Clifton, Smith, Evans, Clark (f) 82.6 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Wright, Coy, Dunn, Tidbury 81.6 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Hunt, Green, Irons, Clark 78.6 4 2 26 10 Ht7 Grierson, Beaumont, English, Clifton 81.6 2 4 28 14 Ht8 Green, Malpass, Coy, Mold (ef) 80.0 3 3 31 17 Ht9 Hunt, Irons, Dunn, Tidbury 80.0 5 1 36 18 Ht10 Green, Beaumont, Clifton, Clark 79.6 3 3 39 21 Ht11 Wright, Grierson, Coy, English 80.2 4 2 43 23 Ht12 Irons, Malpass, Tidbury, Smith 81.6 5 1 48 24 Ht13 Wright, Grierson, Evans, Mold (ef) 80.4 4 2 52 26 Ht14 Beaumont, Hunt, English, Dunn 79.8 5 1 57 27 Wednesday 28th April 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 40 Exeter Falcons 44 (National League Division Three) Hastings Ken Tidbury 0 3 1 1 5 Ron Clark 1 0 0 1 Wally Green 3 3 3 3 12 Eric Dunn 2’ 1 1 3 7 1 Jock Greirson 3 3 2 2 10 Harry Collins 1 1 0 0 2 Jack Scott 0 1 1 1 Bill Osborne 1 0 1 Exeter Cyril Roger 3 2 3 3 11 Broncho Slade 2’ 0 1 2’ 5 2 Bert Roger 1 0 2 3 6 Arthur Pilgrin 0 1’ 2 2’ 5 2 Stan Hodson 0 2’ 0 2 4 1 Hugh Geddes 2 3 2 3 10 Don Hardy 2 1 3 Norman Clay 0 0 0 Ht1 C.Roger, Slade, Clark, Tidbury 77.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Green, Dunn, B.Roger, Pilgrim 77.2 5 1 6 6 Ht3 Grierson, Geddes, Collins, Hodson 80.6 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Tidbury, Hardy, Pilgrim, Scott 81.2 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Green, C.Roger, Dunn, Slade 75.4 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Grierson, Pilgrim, Collins, B.Roger 81.2 4 2 21 15 Ht7 Geddes, Hodson, Clark, Tidbury 80.0 1 5 22 20 Ht8 Green, B.Roger, Osborne, Clay 75.8 4 2 26 22 Ht9 C.Roger, Grierson, Slade, Collins 75.8 2 4 28 26 Ht10 B.Roger, Pilgrim, Tidbury, Clark 77.2 1 5 29 31 Ht11 Green, Geddes, Dunn, Hodson 78.2 4 2 33 33 Ht12 C.Roger, Grierson, Hardy, Osborne 80.0 2 4 35 37 Ht13 Dunn, Hodson, Scott, Clay 81.4 4 2 39 39 Ht14 Geddes, Slade, Scott, Collins 81.8 1 5 40 44 Future Stars Scratch Race Ht1 Dug Smith, English, Pete Mold, Matt Leonard (f)84.0 Ht2 Smith, Sivyer, Ken Middleditch, Reg Wells 84.8 St Leonards Scurry Ht1 B.Roger, Hodson, Collins, Tidbury 81.2 Ht2 Gren, C.Roger, Pilgrim, Clark 76.2 Ht3 Grierson, Slade, Dunn, Geddes 83.4 Ht4 Hardy, Scott, English, Clay 84.4 Final Green, Grierson, B.Roger, Hardy 79.2 Tuesday 4th May 1948 Caister Road Stadium, Yarmouth Yarmouth Bloaters 46 Hastings Saxons 38 (National League Division Three) Yarmouth Bert Rawlinson 2’ 3 0 1’ 6 2 Roy Duke 3 2 2 2’ 9 1 Charlie Smith 0 F 0 Bill Caruthers 2 3 2 2 9 Billy Bales 0 1’ 2’ 3 6 2 Sid Hipperson 2 2 3 3 10 Reg Morgan 1 2 0 1’ 4 1 Bill Williams 1’ 1 2 1 Hastings Ken Tidbury 1 2 1 2 6 Ken Smith 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Wally Green 3 3 3 3 12 Dan English 1 2 0 0 3 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Ron Clarke 1 1 1 1 4 Jack Scott 0 0 0 Harry Collins 0 0 0 Ht1 Duke, Rawlinson, Tidbury, K.Smith 82.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Green, Carruthers, English, C.Smith 80.2 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Grierson, Hipperson, Clark, Bales 80.0 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Rawlinson, English, Morgan, Scott 81.2 4 2 13 11 Ht5 Carruthers, Tidbury, K.Smith, C.Smith (f) 79.8 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Green, Hipperson, Bales, English 79.6 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Grierson, Duke, Clark, Rawlinson 78.8 2 4 21 21 Ht8 Green, Morgan, Williams, Collins 81.2 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Hipperson, Bales, Tidbury, K.Smith 80.0 5 1 29 25 Ht10 Green, Duke, Rawlinson, English 79.6 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Grierson, Carruthers, Clark, Morgan 80.0 2 4 34 32 Ht12 Bales, Tidbury, Williams, Scott 80.8 4 2 38 34 Ht13 Grierson, Carruthers, Morgan, Collins 79.6 3 3 41 37 Ht14 Hipperson, Duke, Clark, K.Smith 80.2 5 1 46 38 Wednesday 5th May 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Hastings Saxons 48 Poole Pirates 36 (National League Division Three) Hastings Ken Tidbury 3 3 2 0 8 Doug Smith 0 2 0 2 Wally Green 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Eric Dunn 1 2’ 1 0 4 1 Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12 Dan English 1 0 2’ 2’ 5 2 Jock Scott 0 1 1 Ron Clark 1’ 3 1 5 1 Poole Charlie Hayden 1 1 0 0 2 Sid Clark 2 0 1 3 6 Allan Chambers 2 1 3 6 Fred Pawson 0 1’ 1’ 2 2 Joe Bowkis 2 3 2 3 10 Sid Hazzard 0 0 0 1 1 Alf Elliott 2 2 1 2 7 George Butler 0 2’ 2 1 Ht1 Tidbury, S.Clark, Hayden, Smith 80.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Green, Elliott, Dunn, Pawson 78.8 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Grierson, Bowkis, English, Hazzard 76.6 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Tidbury, Elliott, Pawson, Scott 82.2 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Green, Dunn, Hayden, S.Clark 82.4 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Grierson, Chambers, Pawson, English 80.2 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Bowkis, Tidbury, R.Clark, Hazzard 80.4 3 3 25 17 Ht8 R.Clark, Green, Chambers, Butler 84.6 5 1 30 18 Ht9 Grierson, English, S.Clark, Hayden 79.8 5 1 35 19 Ht10 Chambers, Smith, Elliott, Tidbury 83.8 2 4 37 23 Ht11 Green, Bowkis, Dunn, Hazzard 80.0 4 2 41 25 Ht12 Grierson, Elliott, R.Clark, Hayden 77.2 4 2 45 27 Ht13 Bowkis, Butler, Scott, Dunn 80.8 1 5 46 32 Ht14 S.Clark, English, Hazzard, Smith 83.8 2 4 48 36 Future Stars Scratch Race Osborne, Middleditch, Hayles, Mold 80.6 The St Leonard’s Scurry Ht1