STOKE 1950 Thanks to Terry Campbell Updated 6.1.2017 17th March 1950 High Beech Stadium, Loughton West Ham Juniors v Stoke (Challenge) Saturday 1st April 1950 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke Stoke Potters 28 Walthamstow Wolves 56 (Challenge) Stoke Ken Adams 1 3 2 2 8 Ray Harris 0 0 1 1 Les Jenkins 3 0 0 3 Bill Harris 0 2 2 0 4 Gil Blake 1 1 0 1 3 Frank Evans 0 2 1 0 3 Stan Bradbury 0 1 1 2 John Fitzpatrick 3 1’ Walthamstow Harry Edwards 3 3 3 3 12 Benny King 2’ 1 2’ 2’ 7 3 Jim Boyd 2 3 2 3 10 Dick Geary 1’ 1’ 0 0 2 2 Reg Reeves 2’ 1 0 2’ 5 2 Charlie May 3 3 3 3 12 Dick Shepherd 2 2’ 4 1 Archie Windmill 1’ 3 4 1 Ht1 Edwards, King, Adams, R.Harris 75.8 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Jenkins, Boyd, Geary, B.Harris 75.6 3 3 4 8 Ht3 May, Reeves, Blake, Evans 76.2 1 5 5 13 Ht4 Adams, Shepherd, Geary, Bradbury 76.4 3 3 8 16 Ht5 Edwards, B.Harris, King, Jenkins 75.6 2 4 10 20 Ht6 Boyd, Evans, Blake, Geary 76.8 3 3 13 23 Ht7 May, Adams, Reeves, R.Harris 76.8 2 4 15 27 Ht8 Fitzpatrick, Boyd, Windmill, Jenkins 76.4 3 3 18 30 Ht9 Edwards, King, Evans, Blake 76.2 1 5 19 35 Ht10 Boyd, Adams, Fitzpatrick, Geary 76.8 3 3 22 38 Ht11 May, B.Harris, Bradbury, Reeves 76.8 3 3 25 41 Ht12 Edwards, Shepherd, Blake, Fitzpatrick 77.4 1 5 26 46 Ht13 Windmill, Reeves, Bradbury, B.Harris 78.0 1 5 27 51 Ht14 May, King, R.Harris, Evans 76.8 1 5 28 56 Walthamstoke Scurry Ht1 Edwards, B.Harris, R.Harris, Pritchett 76.2 Ht2 King, Adams, May, Geary 77.0 Ht3 Reeves, Boyd, Blake, J.Riley (f) 77.0 Solvalla Scurry Ht1 Evans, Windmill, Thord Larsson, Joel Jansson 78.2 ? Ht2 Pritchett, Shepherd, Bradbury, D.Widen (?) 78.4 ? Ht3 Sune Karlsson, Anderson, Riley, Fitzpatrick (f) 78.8 ? Final Shepherd, Pritchett, Evans, Karlsson (ef) 77.4 Tuesday, 4th April 1950 Saracen Park, Glasgow Ashfield Giants 50 Stoke Potters 34 (North Shield) Ashfield Ken Le Breton 2 3 3 3 - - 11 Alec Grant E 0 E 2' - - 2 1 Keith Gurtner 3 1' 3 3 - - 10 1 Willie Wilson E 1' 2 1 - - 4 1 Merv Harding F 3 3 3 - - 9 Norman Johnston 3 1 1 3 - - 8 Eric Liddell 2 2' - - - - 4 1 Tom Turnham 1 1 - - - - 2 Stoke Ken Adams 3 3 2 2 - - 10 Ray Harris 1 0 0 - - - 1 Les Jenkins 2 2 2 F - - 6 Bill Harris 1' 1' 2 2 - - 6 2 Gil Blake 2 E 1' 0 - - 3 1 John Fitzpatrick 1' 3 2 1 - - 7 1 Frankie Evans 0 0 - - - - 0 Stan Bradbury E 1 0 - - - 1 Ht 1 Adams, Le Breton, R.Harris, Grant (ef) 68.0 2 4 2 4 Ht 2 Gurtner, Jenkins, B.Harris, Wilson (ef) 69.8 3 3 5 7 Ht 3 Johnston, Blake, Fitzpatrick, Harding (f) 72.8 3 3 8 10 Ht 4 Adams, Liddell, Wilson, Evans 69.6 3 3 11 13 Ht 5 Le Breton, Jenkins, B.Harris, Grant 69.8 3 3 14 16 Ht 6 Fitzpatrick, Wilson, Gurtner, Blake (ef) 71.0 3 3 17 19 Ht 7 Harding, Adams, Johnston, R.Harris 69.0 4 2 21 21 Ht 8 Gurtner, Jenkins, Turnham, Bradbury 70.0 4 2 25 23 Ht 9 Le Breton, Fitzpatrick, Blake, Grant (ef) 69.8 3 3 28 26 Ht 10 Gurtner, Adams, Wilson, R.Harris 70.4 4 2 32 28 Ht 11 Harding, B.Harris, Jonhston, Jenkins (f) 69.4 4 2 36 30 Ht 12 Le Breton, Liddell, Bradbury, Blake 70.6 5 1 41 31 Ht 13 Harding, B.Harris, Turnham, Evans 69.0 4 2 45 33 Ht 14 Johnston, Grant, Fitzpatrick, Bradbury 70.2 5 1 50 34 Friday 7th April 1950 Bannister Court, Southampton Southampton Saints 59 Stoke Potters 24 (Challenge) Southampton Bob Oakley 2*3 2*3 10 2 4 Tom Oakley 3 2*3 3 11 1 4 Roy Craighead 2*3 3 3 11 1 4 Jim Squibb 3 3 1 1 8 0 4 Les Wotton 0 3 3 0 6 0 4 Steve Langton 3 2*2*2* 9 3 4 Buck Whitby 2*1 3 1 2 Bill Griffiths 0 1 1 0 2 Stoke Ken Adams 1 0 1 2 4 0 4 Ray Harris 0 0 1 1 0 3 Johnny Fitzpatrick 0 0 1*0 1 1 4 Bill Harris 1 1 0 3 5 0 4 Gil Blake 1*2 1 2 6 1 4 Frank Evans 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 Brian Pritchett 1 0 2* 3 1 3 Stan Bradbury 2 0 2 0 2 1 Tom Oakley, Bob Oakley, Ken Adams, Ray Harris 68.8 5 – 1 5 – 1 2 Jim Squibb, Roy Craighead, Bill Harris, Johnny Fitzpatrick 69.4 5 – 1 10 – 2 3 Steve Langton, Frank Evans, Gil Blake, Les Wotton(ef) 70 3 – 3 13 – 5 4 Jim Squibb, Buck Whitby, Brian Pritchett, Ken Adams(et) 70 5 – 1 18 – 6 5 Bob Oakley, Tom Oakley, Bill Harris, Johnny Fitzpatrick 68.4 5 – 1 23 – 7 6 Roy Craighead, Gil Blake, Jim Squibb, Frank Evans 68.4 4 – 2 27 – 9 7 Les Wotton, Steve Langton, Ken Adams, Ray Harris 70.2 5 – 1 32 – 10 8 Roy Craighead, Stan Bradbury, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Bill Griffiths 68.4 3 – 3 35 – 13 9 Tom Oakley, Bob Oakley, Gil Blake, Frank Evans 69.2 5 – 1 40 – 14 10 Roy Craighead, Ken Adams, Jim Squibb, Brian Pritchett 68.2 4 – 2 44 – 16 11 Les Wotton, Steve Langton, Johnny Fitzpatrick(f), Bill Harris(f) 69 5 – 0 49 – 16 12 Bob Oakley, Gil Blake, Buck Whitby, Stan Bradbury(et) 67.2 4 – 2 53 – 18 13 Bill Harris, Brian Pritchett, Bill Griffiths, Les Wotton(ef) 68.6 1 – 5 54 – 23 14 Tom Oakley, Steve Langton, Ray Harris, Frank Evans 69 5 – 1 59 – 24 th Saturday, 8 April 1950 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke Stoke Potters 36 Ashfield Giants 47 {North Shield} Stoke Brian Pritchett 0 1' 2 2 5 1 Ken Adams 2 2 1' 3 8 1 Les Jenkins X 0 Bill Harris 3 2 2 1 8 Gil Blake 2 0 1' 1' 4 2 John Fitzpatrick 1' 1 2 X 4 1 Ray Harris 1' 2 0 1' 4 2 Stan Bradbury 1' 0 2 3 1 Ashfield Ken Le Breton 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Alec Grant 1 2' 2' 2 - - 7 2 Keith Gurtner 2 3 3 3 - - 11 Willie Wilson 1' 0 0 0 - - 1 1 Merv Harding 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Norman Johnson E F 0 X - - 0 Eric Liddell 0 3 - - - - 3 Tom Turnham 1 0 - - - - 1 Ht 1 Le Breton, Adams, Grant, Pritchett 75.2 2 4 2 4 Ht 2 B.Harris, Gurtner, Wilson, Jenkins (f/exc) 75.8 3 3 5 7 Ht 3 Harding, Blake, Fitzpatrick, Johnson (ef) 77.6 3 3 8 10 Ht 4 Le Breton, B.Harris, R.Harris, Liddell 78.0 3 3 11 13 Ht 5 Gurtner, Adams, Pritchett, Wilson 78.4 3 3 14 16 Ht 6 Harding, B.Harris, Bradbury, Johnson (f) 77.4 3 3 17 19 Ht 7 Le Breton, Grant, Fitzpatrick, Blake 77.6 1 5 18 24 Ht 8 Gurtner, B.Harris, Turnham, Bradbury 78.8 2 4 20 28 Ht 9 Harding, Pritchett, Adams, Johnson 77.4 3 3 23 31 Ht 10 Le Breton, Grant, B.Harris, R.Harris 77.6 1 5 24 36 Ht 11 Gurtner, Fitzpatrick, Blake, Wilson 77.8 3 3 27 39 Ht 12 Harding Pritchett, R.Harris, Turnham 78.0 3 3 30 42 Ht 13 Liddell, Bradbury, Blake, Wilson 79.4 3 3 33 45 Ht 14 Adams, Grant, Fitzpatrick (fexc), Johnson (fexc) 77.8 3 2 36 47 The Scandinavian Challenge Match Ht1 Adams, Blake, Bertil Carlsson, Eskil Carlsson 76.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Olle Nygren, Pritchett, Stig Pramberg, Fitzpatrick 78.4 2 4 7 5 Ht3 B.Carlsson, Fitzpatrick, E.Carlsson, Pritchett 78.8 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Nygren Adams, Pramberg, Blake 77.8 2 4 11 13 The Glasgow Scratch Race Ht1 Le Breton, Harding, Gurtner, Grant 79.0 Ht2 Bradbury, R.Harris, Wilson, Fitzpatrick 78.8 Ht3 Johnson, Pritchett, Evans, Riley 80.8 Monday, 10th April 1950 Brandon Stadium, Coventry Ashfield 38 Yarmouth 23 Halifax 20 Stoke 15 ‘The Easter Cup’ 4 - Team Challenge Halifax Vic Emms 0 2 2 0 4 Arthur Forrest 3 2 3 2 10 Bill Crosland 1 0 1 0 2 Jack Hughes 2 0 1 1 4 Ashfield Ken Le Breton 3 3 3 3 12 Merv Harding 2 3 3 3 11 Keith Gurtner 3 0 3 1 7 Willie Wilson 1 2 2 3 8 Yarmouth Billy Bales 2 3 2 3 10 Tip Mills 0 1 0 2 3 Reg Morgan 2 1 E 0 3 Bill Carruthers 3 1 1 2 7 Stoke Gil Blake 1 2 1 1 5 Ken Adams 1 3 1 2 7 Les Jenkins 0 0 0 Lindsay Mitchell 0 0 2 0 2 Stan Bradbury 0 1 1 H A Y S Ht 1 Le Breton, Bales, Blake, Emms 72.2 0 3 2 1 Ht 2 Forrest, Harding, Adams, Mills 75.4 3 5 2 2 Ht 3 Gurtner, Morgan, Crosland, Jenkins 74.4 4 8 4 2 Ht 4 Carruthers, Hughes, Wilson, Mitchell 75.4 6 9 7 2 Ht 5 Harding, Emms, Morgan, Mitchell 75.2 8 12 8 2 Ht 6 Le Breton, Forrest, Carruthers, Jenkins 72.6 10 15 9 2 Ht 7 Adams, Emms, Carruthers, Gurtner 76.0 12 15 10 5 Ht 8 Gurtner, Blake, Mills, Hughes 75.4 12 18 11 7 Ht 9 Bales, Wilson, Adams, Crosland 73.6 12 20 14 8 Ht 10 Forrest, Wilson, Blake, Morgan (ef) 76.2 15 22 14 9 Ht 11 Le Breton, Mitchell, Crosland, Mills 73.0 16 25 14 11 Ht 12 Harding, Bales, Hughes, Bradbury 75.2 17 28 16 11 Ht 13 Wilson, Mills, Bradbury, Emms 77.0 17 31 18 12 Ht 14 Bales, Forrest, Gurtner, Mitchell 74.0 19 32 21 12 Ht 15 Harding, Carruthers, Blake, Crosland 76.0 19 35 23 13 Ht 16 Le Breton, Adams, Hughes, Morgan 75.0 20 38 23 15 Saturday 15th April 1950 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke Stoke Potters 49 Fleetwood Flyers 34 (Northern Shield) Stoke Ken Adams 2 2 3 3 10 Brian Pritchett F 1' 2 2 5 1 Lindsay Mitchell 2' 1 1' 1 5 2 Gil Blake 3 2 3 3 11 Bill Harris 2 2 3 3 10 Les Jenkins 0 1' F 1' 2 2 John Fitzpatrick 1' 1 2 1 Stan Bradbury 2 2' 4 1 Fleetwood Norman Hargreaves 3 3 3 2 11 Frank Malouf 1 F 0 0 0 George Newton 0 3 3 F 6 Graham Williams 1 0 2 0 3 Wilf Plant 1 0 0 2 3 Don Potter 3 2 1 3 9 Fred Yates 0 1 1 Ron Hart 0 0 0 Ht1 Hargreaves, Adams, Malouf, Pritchett (f) 79.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Blake, Mitchell, Williams, Newton 78.4 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Potter, Harris, Plant, Jenkins 77.4 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Hargreaves, Blake, Fitzpatrick, Yates 75.8 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Newton, Adams, Pritchett, Williams 78.2 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Blake, Potter, Mitchell, Plant 76.2 4 2 19 17 Ht7 Hargreaves, Harris, Jenkins, Malouf (f) 77.4 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Newton, Bradbury, Mitchell, Hart 77.0 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Adams, Pritchett, Potter, Plant 76.6 5 1 30 24 Ht10 Blake, Hargreaves, Mitchell, Malouf 75.8 4 2 34 26 Ht11 Harris, Williams, Newton (f), Jenkins (f) 78.4 3 2 37 28 Ht12 Adams, Plant, Fitzpatrick, Hart 77.2 4 2 41 30 Ht13 Harris, Bradbury, Yates, Williams 77.0 5 1 46 31 Ht14 Potter, Pritchett, Jenkins, Malouf 77.2 3 3 49 34 Hanley Scratch Race Ht1 R.Harris, Evans, J.Riley, Johnny Jones (ef) 77.4 Ht2 Bradbury, Hart, Mac Yates, Fitzpatrick (exctps) 77.6 Final R.Harris, Evans, Bradbury, Hart 77.0 Stoke Scratch Race Ht1 Jenkins, Newton, Malouf, Plant (f) 77.8 ? Ht2 Pritchett, Blake, B.Harris, Williams 76.4 ? Ht3 Hargreaves, Adams, Mitchell, Potter 76.2 ? Final Adams, Hargreaves, Pritchett, Jenkins 75.8 Monday 17th April 1950 Stanley Stadium, Liverpool Liverpool Chads 25 Stoke Potters 59