NORWICH SPEEDWAY 1954 Bryan C. Tungate, Mulbarton, Norfolk Updated 17.5.2020 10th April @ Firs Stadium, Norwich Easter Cup Competition Phil Clarke Norwich 2 2 1 3 0 8 Fred Brand Norwich 3 3 2 1 2 11 Roy Craighead Norwich 1 0 2 0 1 4 Fred Pawson Norwich 0 0 3 3 0 6 Cyril Roger Norwich 2 3 3 3 3 14 Winner Johnny Chamberlain Yarmouth 1 1 0 1 0 3 Barry East Norwich 0 1 0 1 1 3 Eric French Wembley 3 2 3 2 1 11 Bill Codling Norwich 0 0 1 0 3 4 Fred Rogers Norwich 1 2 1 2 3 9 Howdy Byford West Ham 3 3 3 0 2 11 Terry Small Poole 2 1 1 2 2 8 Dick Bradley Bristol 2 1 2 3 3 11 Jack Parker Belle Vue 0 0 1 1 Wally Green West Ham 1 2 0 2 2 7 Ken Middleditch Poole 3 3 2 1 0 9 Peter Smith (Reserve) Norwich 0 0 Malcolm Flood (Reserve) Norwich 0 0 1 Brand, Clarke, Craighead, Pawson, 76.2 2 French, Roger, Chamberlain, East, 74.6 3 Byford, Small, Rogers, Codling, 75.6 4 Middleditch, Bradley, Green, Parker (e/f), 74.8 5 Roger, Clarke, Bradley, Codling, 74.2 6 Brand, Rogers, Chamberlain, Smith, 75.6 7 Byford, Green, East, Craighead, 75.4 8 Middleditch, French, Small, Pawson (f), 74.8 9 Byford, Middleditch, Clarke, Chamberlain, 74.6 10 Roger, Brand, Small, Green, 74.4 11 French, Craighead, Codling, Parker (e/f), 75.0 12 Pawson, Bradley, Rogers, East, 74.8 13 Clarke, Small, East, Flood, 75.8 14 Bradley, French, Brand, Byford, 74.6 15 Roger, Rogers, Middleditch, Craighead, 75.4 16 Pawson, Green, Chamberlain, Codling (f), 76.2 17 Rogers, Green, French, Clarke, 76.0 18 Codling, Brand, East, Middleditch (e/f), 77.0 19 Bradley, Small, Craighead, Chamberlain, 75.6 20 Roger, Byford, Parker, Pawson, 75.0 17th April @ Perry Barr, Birmingham – R A C Cup (Group) Birmingham Brummies 41 Norwich Stars 42 BIRMINGHAM Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 Eric Boothroyd 0 1 1 3 5 Harry Bastable 1 3 2’ 2’ 8 2 Ron Mountford 1 0 0 1 2 Ron Barrett 0 injured Arthur Payne 0 0 0 2 2 Dennis Bennett 0 0 1 1’ 2 1 Ivor Davies 2 3 3 2 10 NORWICH Cyril Roger 2 2 2’ 3 9 1 Fred Rogers 3 0 3 1 7 Phil Clarke 0 2 3 0 5 Fred Pawson 2’ 1’ 2’ 0 5 3 Bob Oakley 3 3 0 2 8 Fred Brand 0 2 1 0 3 Bill Codling 1’ 1’ 2 2 Roy Craighead 2 1 3 1 Hunt, Roger, Bastable, Clarke, 79.2 4 2 2 Rogers, Pawson, Mountford, Boothroyd (e/f), 79.4 5 7 3 Oakley, Davies, (Brand [m/f] & Payne [m/f]), 78.2 7 10 (In original running Payne & Barrett collided, Barret unable to continue and Davies, the reserve, replaced him in the re-run) 4 Davies, Craighead, Codling, Bennett, 81.2 10 13 5 Hunt, Roger, Pawson, Mountford, 79.2 13 16 6 Davies, Brand, Codling, Bennett, 79.6 16 19 7 Bastable, Clarke, Boothroyd, Rogers, 79.8 20 21 8 Oakley, Davies, Craighead, Payne, 78.4 22 25 9 Clarke, Roger, Boothroyd, Mountford, 79.2 23 30 10 Rogers, Pawson, Bennett, Payne, 81.4 24 35 11 Hunt, Bastable, Brand, Oakley, 78.0 29 36 12 Roger, Payne, Bennett, Clarke, 80.0 32 39 13 Boothroyd, Oakley, Mountford, Brand, 79.8 36 41 14 Hunt, Bastable, Rogers, Pawson, 80.2 41 42 second half Reserves Race [Bennett, Pearce, Codling, Craighead Race Cancelled Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Hunt, Mountford, Brand, Clerke 78.0 Ht2 Roger, Boothroyd, Pawson, Pearce 78.4 Ht3 Bastable, Oakley, Rogers, Craighead 79.0 Ht4 Davies, Codling, D.Bennett, Pearce 81.2 Final Hunt, Bastable, Davies, Roger (ef) 78.0 19th April @ Firs Stadium, Norwich – R A C Cup (Group) Norwich Stars 35 Birmingham Brummies 49 NORWICH Cyril Roger 2 0 0 0 2 Fred Rogers 3 2 1’ 3 9 1 Phil Clarke 0 0 1 1 2 Fred Pawson 0 1 2 1 4 Fred Brand 2 2’ 1 2 7 1 Bob Oakley 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Roy Craighead 3 3 6 Bill Codling 2’ 2 4 1 BIRMINGHAM Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 Eric Boothroyd 2 3 2’ 2’ 9 2 Harry Bastable 1 1 0 1 3 Ron Mountford 1’ 2’ 3 3 9 2 Arthur Payne 1 1 3 2 7 Ivor Davies 3 3 2’ 0 8 1 Dennis Bennett 1 0 1 Wilf Willstead 0 0 0 1 Hunt, Roger, Bastable, Clarke, 74.0 2 4 2 Rogers, Boothroyd, Mountford, Pawson, 74.2 5 7 3 Davies, Brand, Payne, Oakley, 74.4 7 11 4 Craighead, Codling, Bennett, Willstead, 76.8 12 12 5 Hunt, Mountford, Pawson, Roger, 74.0 13 17 6 Craighead, Brand, Payne, Willstead, 75.6 18 18 7 Boothroyd, Rogers, Bastable, Clarke, 74.2 20 22 8 Davies, Codling, Oakley, Bennett, 75.2 23 25 9 Hunt, Pawson, Rogers, Bastable, 73.2 26 28 10 Mountford, Boothroyd, Brand, Oakley, 74.8 27 33 11 Payne, Davies, Clarke, Roger, 74.8 28 38 12 Hunt, Brand, Bastable, Oakley, 73.4 30 42 13 Rogers, Payne, Pawson, Davies, 75.4 34 44 14 Mountford, Boothroyd, Clarke, Roger, 75.0 35 49 Second Half Results Starlets Scratch Race – Barry East, Malcolm Flood, Clive Featherby, Peter Smith (exc), 77.6 Holiday Scratch Race – Craighead, East, Featherby, Willstead, 78.6 Bank Holiday Scratch Race – Craighead, Codling, Flood, Bennett, 79.4 Easter Monday Scratch Race 1 Hunt, Rogers, Pawson, Bastable, 74.4 and 76.4 2 Boothroyd, Brand, Clarke, Mountford, 75.6 and 76.6 3 Payne, Oakley, Davies, Roger, 76.2 and 76.6 Final – Hunt, Boothroyd, Payne, Rogers, 76.2 20th April @ Custom House, West Ham – R A C Cup (Group) West Ham Hammers 60 Norwich Stars 24 WEST HAM Jack Young 3 3 3 3 12 Wally Green 2’ 3 2 3 10 1 Malcolm Craven 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4 Howdy Byford 3 2’ 1’ 0 6 2 Pat Clarke 3 1 1 1’ 6 1 Bert Roger 2’ 1’ 3 2 8 2 Gerry Hussey 2’ 3 5 1 Keith Gurtner 3 2 5 NORWICH Cyril Roger 0 0 3 3 6 Fred Rogers 1 1 2 1 5 Phil Clarke 1 0 0 0 1 Fred Pawson 0 1 0 0 1 Fred Brand 1 2 1 1’ 5 1 Bob Oakley 0 3 0 2 5 Roy Craighead 0 0 0 Bill Codling 1 0 1 1 Young, Craven, Clarke (N), C. Roger (e/f), 73.2 5 1 2 Byford, Green, Rogers, Pawson (e/f), 76.4 10 2 3 Clarke (WH), B. Roger, Brand, Oakley, 75.0 15 3 4 Gurtner, Hussey, Codling, Craighead, 74.0 20 4 5 Young, Byford, Pawson, C. Roger (f), 73.8 25 5 6 Hussey, Brand, Clarke (WH), Craighead, 75.4 29 7 7 Green, craven, Rogers, Clarke (N), 76.4 34 8 8 Oakley, Gurtner, B. Roger, Codling, 76.0 37 11 9 C. Roger, Green, Byford, Clarke (N), 74.2 40 14 10 B. Roger, Rogers, Clarke (WH), Pawson, 77.0 44 16 11 Young, Craven, Brand, Oakley, 75.0 49 17 12 C. Roger, B. Roger, Clarke (WH), Clarke (N), 52 20 13 Green, Oakley, Brand, Byford, 74.8 55 23 14 Young, Craven, Rogers, Pawson, 76.0 60 24 Second Half Results Track Record Attempts (72.0) – Ronnie Moore 72.6, Jack Young 72.8, Cyril Roger 74.0 Reserve Challenge – Gurtner, Don Lawson, Craighead, Codling, 74.8 Stars Scratch Races – 3 laps only 1 Green, C. Roger, Craven, Clarke (N), 55.8 2 Young, B. Roger, Brand, Pawson, 55.2 3 Hussey, Gurtner, Clarke (WH), Rogers, 56.4 4 Moore, Byford, Oakley, Lawson, 56.6 Final – Young, Moore, Green, Hussey, 55.4 24th April @ Firs Stadium, Norwich – R A C Cup (Group) Wembley Lions 46 Norwich Stars 37 (Empire Stadium unavailable for Speedway so Lions rode all away matches) Wembley Tommy Price 0 2 0 3 5 Fred Williams 3 3 1 1 8 Eric French 3 0 3 0 6 Trevor Redmond 2’ 0 0 0 2 1 Eric Williams 2’ 3 1 1 7 1 Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Lang 0 1 1 Jimmy Gooch 3 2’ 5 1 NORWICH Cyril Roger 2 3 2 3 10 Fred Rogers 1 2 1’ 0 4 1 Phil Clarke 1’ 1’ 0 2’ 4 3 Fred Pawson 0 1 2 2 5 Fred Brand 1 2 2’ 2 7 1 Bob Oakley 0 0 3 0 3 Roy Craighead 1’ 0 1 1 Bill Codling 2 1 3 1 French, Roger, Clarke, Price, 74.4 3 3 2 F. Williams, Redmond, Rogers, Pawson, 75.2 8 4 3 Crutcher, E. Williams, Brand, Oakley, 75.2 13 5 4 Gooch, Codling, Craighead, Lang, 75.6 16 8 5 Roger, Price, Pawson, Redmond, 74.6 18 12 6 E. Williams, Brand, Lang, Craighead, 75.0 22 14 7 F. Williams, Rogers, Clarke, French, 75.2 25 17 8 Crutcher, Gooch, Codling, Oakley, 73.2 30 18 9 French, Pawson, Rogers, Price, 75.2 33 21 10 Oakley, Brand, F. Williams, Redmond, 74.8 34 26 11 Crutcher, Roger, E. Williams, Clarke, 73.2 38 28 12 Price, Brand, (French & Oakley n/f), 77.0 41 30 13 Crutcher, Pawson, E.