Motherwell 1954 Updated 27.4.2018 Friday 16th April 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 41 Coventry Bees 43 (North Shield) Motherwell Gordon McGregor F 1’ 1 0 2 1 Tommy Miller E 3 2 2’ 7 1 Derek Close 2 1 0 2 5 Bluey Scott 2 2 E 3 7 Johnny Green 3 0 1 2 6 Ron Phillips 1 3 3 1’ 8 1 Cyril Cooper 2 2 4 Scott Hall 1’ 1 2 1 Coventry Charlie New 3 3 3 3 12 Johnnie Reason 3 2 2 1 8 Derrek Tailby 1 0 1 F 2 Reg Duval 1 F X 1 Jackie Hughes 0 1 0 1 Vic Emms 2 2 2’ 1 7 1 Jim Lightfoot 3 3 3 3 12 Peter Brough 0 0 0 Ht 1 New, Close, Tailby, McGregor (f) 75.8 2 4 2 4 Ht 2 Reason, Scott, Duval, Miller (ef) 76.4 2 4 4 8 Ht 3 Green, Emms, Phillips, Hughes 76.0 4 2 8 10 Ht 4 Lightfoot, Cooper, Hall, Brough 77.2 3 3 11 13 Ht 5 New, Scott, McGregor, Duval (f) 75.4 3 3 14 16 Ht 6 Lightfoot, Cooper, Hughes, Green 74.4 2 4 16 20 Ht 7 Miller, Reason, Close, Tailby 74.2 4 2 20 22 Ht 8 Phillips, Emms, Hall, Brough 75.8 4 2 24 24 Ht 9 New, Miller, Tailby, Scott (ef) 75.0 2 4 26 28 Ht 10 Phillips, Reason, Green, Duval (exclefttr) 76.4 4 2 30 30 Ht 11 Lightfoot, Emms, McGregor, Close 76.2 1 5 31 35 Ht 12 New, Green, Phillips, Tailby (f) 75.0 3 3 34 38 Ht 13 Scott, Miller, Emms, Hughes 76.2 5 1 39 39 Ht 14 Lightfoot, Close, Reason, McGregor 75.0 2 4 41 43 Hamilton Scratch Race Ht1 Miller, Cooper, Duval, Emms 76.0 Ht2 Close, Green, Tailby, Tannock 76.2 Ht3 New, Hall, Hughes, McGregor 75.6 Ht4 Phillips, Scott, Reason, Brough 77.2 Final New, Close, Miller, Phillips 75.6 Selection Race Lightfoot, Cooper, Tannock, Hall 77.6 Saturday 17th April 1954 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh Edinburgh Monarchs 43 Lanarkshire Eagles 40 (North Shield) Edinburgh Don Cuppleditch 2’ 2 2’ 2 8 2 Dick Campbell 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Bob Mark 3 3 3 1’ 10 1 Harry Darling 1 0 1 Eddie Lack 2 2 2 2 8 Jimmy Cox 0 2 F 0 2 Bert Clark 1 1’ 1 0 3 1 Jock Scott F 0 0 Motherwell Gordon McGregor 1 3 0 1 5 Tommy Miller 2 0 3 3 8 Derek Close E 1 2 3 6 Bluey Scott F E 0 0 Johnny Green 3 3 1 2 9 Ron Phillips 1 3 0 1’ 5 1 Cyril Cooper 3 1 E 4 Scott Hall 2’ 1 3 1 Ht1 Mark, Cuppleditch, McGregor, Close (ef) 71.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Campbell, Miller, Clark, B.Scott (f) 69.2 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Green, Lack, Phillips, Cox 70.4 2 4 11 7 Ht4 Cooper, Hall, Darling, J.Scott (f) 70.0 1 5 12 12 Ht5 McGregor, Cuppleditch, Clark, B.Scott (ef) 69.6 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Green, Lack, Cooper, Darling 70.2 2 4 17 19 Ht7 Mark, Campbell, Close, Miller 69.8 5 1 22 20 Ht8 Phillips, Cox, Hall, J.Scott 70.0 2 4 24 24 Ht9 Campbell, Close, Clark, McGregor 70.2 4 2 28 26 Ht10 Miller, Lack, Cox (f), Cooper (ef) 68.4 2 3 30 29 Ht11 Mark, Cuppleditch, Green, Phillips 69.2 5 1 35 30 Ht12 Close, Lack, McGregor, Cox 69.0 2 4 37 34 Ht13 Campbell, Green, Phillips, Clark 68.0 3 3 40 37 Ht14 Miller, Cuppleditch, Mark, B.Scott 68.8 3 3 43 40 Monday 19th April 1954 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester Leicester Hunters 35 Lanarkshire Eagles 49 (North Shield) Leicester Reg Fearman 3 2 3 1 9 Don Potter 1 1 2’ 3 7 1 Jack Mountford 0 0 0 0 Bill Griffiths 0 0 3 0 3 Charlie Barsby 1’ 1 1 E 3 1 Jock Grierson 2 0 0 1 3 Lionel Watling 2 3 1 6 Alf Parker 1’ 3 4 1 Motherwell Gordon McGregor 2 1 1 2’ 6 1 Tommy Miller 3 3 3 3 12 Derek Close 1’ 2’ 0 3 6 2 Bluey Scott 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 Johnny Green 3 0 2 1’ 6 1 Ron Phillips 0 2 0 2 Cyril Cooper 3 2 2 7 Scott Hall 0 1’ 1 1 Ht 1 Fearman, McGregor, Close, Mountford 69.6 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Miller, Scott, Potter, Griffiths 69.4 1 5 4 8 Ht 3 Green, Grierson, Barsby, Phillips 71.0 3 3 7 11 Ht 4 Cooper, Watling, Parker, Hall 71.2 3 3 10 14 Ht 5 Scott, Fearman, McGregor, Griffiths 70.2 2 4 12 18 Ht 6 Watling, Cooper, Barsby, Green 71.0 4 2 16 20 Ht 7 Miller, Close, Potter, Mountford 71.2 1 5 17 25 Ht 8 Parker, Phillips, Hall, Grierson 73.4 3 3 20 28 Ht 9 Griffiths, Potter, McGregor, Close 71.6 5 1 25 29 Ht 10 Miller, Scott, Barsby, Grierson 71.4 1 5 26 34 Ht 11 Fearman, Green, Watling, Phillips 70.8 4 2 30 36 Ht 12 Close, McGregor, Grierson, Barsby (ef) 73.6 1 5 31 41 Ht 13 Potter, Cooper, Green, Griffiths 71.8 3 3 34 44 Ht 14 Miller, Scott, Fearman, Mountford 71.0 1 5 35 49 Friday 23rd April 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 58 Glasgow Tigers 25 (North Shield) Motherwell Tommy Miller 3 3 3 3 12 Ron Phillips 3 3 2 2 10 Bluey Scott 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 3 Johnny Green F 2’ 1’ 0 3 2 Derek Close 3 2’ 3 2 10 1 Gordon McGregor 1 3 2’ E 6 1 Cyril Cooper 3 3 6 Scott Hall 2’ 2’ 4 2 Glasgow Ken McKinlay 2 1 3 3 9 Larry Lazarus 2 E 1 1 4 WillieTempleton 0 1 0 E 1 Doug Templeton 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Bob Sharp 2 1 1 3 7 Alf McIntosh 0 1 0 1 2 Vern McWilliams 1 0 F 1 Douglas Craig X 0 Ht1 Miller, McKinlay, Scott, W.Templeton 74.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Phillips, Lazarus, D.Templeton, Green (f) 76.6 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Close, Sharp, McGregor, McIntosh 75.8 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Cooper, Hall, McWilliams, Craig (fexc) 77.8 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Miller, Green, McKinlay, D.Templeton 76.6 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Cooper, Close, Sharp, McWilliams 76.6 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Phillips, Scott, W.Templeton, Lazarus (ef) 77.4 5 1 31 11 Ht8 McGregor, Hall, McIntosh, McWilliams (f) 76.2 5 1 36 12 Ht9 McKinlay, Phillips, Green, W.Templeton 76.6 3 3 39 15 Ht10 Close, McGregor, Lazarus, D.Templeton 77.0 5 1 44 16 Ht11Miller, Scott, Sharp, McIntosh 75.4 5 1 49 17 Ht12 McKinlay, Close, McGregor (ef), W.Templeton (ef) 77.0 2 3 51 20 Ht13 Sharp, Phillips, McIntosh, Green 76.4 2 4 53 24 Ht14 Miller, Scott, Lazarus, D.Templeton 76.4 5 1 58 25 Bellshill Scratch Race Ht1 Close, Sharp, McGregor, W.Templeton 77.2 Ht2 Miller, Phillips, Lazarus, McIntosh 76.2 Ht3 McKinlay, Scott, Green, D.Templeton 76.6 Final Miller, Phillips, McKinlay, Close 76.0 Reserves’ Race Cooper, Tannock, Hall, McWilliams 78.2 Stadium Scurry Tannock, Mitchell, Russell, Monteith (f) 79.6 Friday April 30th 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 64 Rayleigh Rockets 44 (National Trophy First Round First Leg) Motherwell Tommy Miller 3 3 3 3 1 E 13 Bluey Scott F F 3 1’ 4 1 Johnny Green 1 2 2’ X 0 5 1 Ron Phillips 0 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 Derek Close 2 2’ 3 2 2’ 3 14 2 Gordon McGregor 1’ 2’ 3 2 3 11 2 Cyril Cooper 3 1 3 7 Scott Hall 0 0 0 Rayleigh Gerry Jackson 2 0 0 0 0 2 Tom O’Conner 1’ 3 1’ 1 1 1’ 8 3 Les McGillivray 2’ 3 1 2 0 2 10 1 Alby Smith 0 1 1 1 0 3 Peter Clark 0 1 0 3 3 7 Maury McDermott 3 1 2 0 2 8 Julie Benson 2 2 4 Frank Bettis 1’ 1’ 2 2 Ht 1 Miller, Jackson, O’Conner, Scott (f) 80.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 McDermott, McGillivray, Green, Phillips 80.2 1 5 4 8 Ht 3 O’Conner, Close, McGregor, Smith 79.4 3 3 7 11 Ht 4 Cooper, Benson, Bettis, Hall 79.0 3 3 10 14 Ht 5 McGillivray, Green, Smith, Scott (f) 78.4 2 4 12 18 Ht 6 Phillips, McGregor, McDermott, Jackson 80.0 5 1 17 19 Ht 7 Miller, Close, McGillivray, Clark 78.4 5 1 22 20 Ht 8 Miller, Green, Clark, Jackson 78.4 5 1 27 21 Ht 9 McGregor, McGillivray, Cooper, Jackson 79.6 4 2 31 23 Ht 10 Close, McDermott, O’Conner, Green (exc) 78.6 3 3 34 26 Ht 11 Scott, Phillips, Smith, Clark 77.4 5 1 39 27 Ht 12 Miller, Phillips, O’Conner, McGillivray 79.0 5 1 44 28 Ht 13 Clark, Close, Scott, McDermott 79.0 3 3 47 31 Ht 14 Cooper, Benson, Bettis, Hall 79.6 3 3 50 34 Ht 15 Phillips, Close, Smith, Jackson 79.2 5 1 55 35 Ht 16 Clark, McGregor, O’Conner, Green 78.6 2 4 57 39 Ht 17 McGregor, McDermott, Miller, Smith 79.6 4 2 61 41 Ht 18 Close, McGillivray, O’Conner, Miller (ef) 79.2 3 3 64 44 Trial Race D.Templeton, Tannock, W.Templeton, Malm (ef) 82.2 Saturday 1st May 1954 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets 65 Lanarkshire Eagles 43 (National Trophy First Round Second Leg) Rayleigh Gerry Jackson 1 3 2 3 3 12 Tom O’Conner 0 2 1’ 3 3 9 1 Les McGillivray 2 1’ 1’ 2’ 2 8 3 Alby Smith 1’ 0 1 1 1’ 4 2 Peter Clark 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 2 0 11 3 Maury McDermott 3 2 2 1’ 2’ 1 11 2 Julie Benson 3 3 6 Frank Bettis 2’ 2’ 4 2 Motherwell Tommy Miller 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Bluey Scott 2’ 1 1 2 0 6 1 Johnny Green 0 3 1 F 4 Ron Phillips 0 0 0 0 0 Derek Close 0 0 2 1 3 2’ 8 1 Gordon McGregor 3 1 0 0 1 5 Cyril Cooper 0 0 0 Scott Hall 1 0 1 0 2 Ht 1 Miller, Scott, Jackson, O’Conner 71.8 1 5 1 5 Ht 2 McGregor, McGillivray, Smith, Green 73.6 3 3 4 8 Ht 3 McDermott, Clark, Scott, Phillips 73.2 5 1 9 9 Ht 4 Benson, Bettis, Hall, Cooper 74.8 5 1 14 10 Ht 5 Green, O’Conner, McGillivray, Phillips 74.4 3 3 17 13 Ht 6 Miller, McDermott, McGregor, Smith 73.4 2 4 19 17 Ht 7 Jackson, Clark, Green, Close 74.0 5 1 24 18 Ht 8 Miller, Jackson, McGillivray, Close 72.6 3 3 27 21 Ht 9 Miller, McDermott, O’Conner, Green (f) 73.4 3 3 30 24 Ht 10 Clark, McGillivray, Scott, McGregor 74.4 5 1 35 25 Ht 11 O’Conner, Close, Smith, Phillips 74.4 4 2 39 27 Ht 12 Jackson, Scott, Smith, Hall 74.4 4 2 43 29 Ht 13 O’Conner, Clark, Close, McGregor 74.6 5 1 48 30 Ht 14 Benson, Bettis, Hall, Cooper 75.0 5 1 53 31 Ht 15 Miller, Clark, Smith, Hall 73.6 3 3 56 34 Ht 16 Close, McGillivray, McDermott, Scott 74.0 3 3 59 37 Ht 17 Jackson, McDermott, McGregor, Phillips 74.8 5 1 64 38 Ht 18 Miller, Close, McDermott, Clark 74.0 1 5 65 43 Friday 7th May 1954 The Stadium, Motherwell Lanarkshire Eagles 55 Ipswich Witches 29 (North Shield) Motherwell Tommy Miller 2 2 3 3 10 Derek Close 3 3 E 3 9 Bluey Scott 1’ 1 2’ 1 5 2 Gordon McGregor 1 1’ 2 2’ 6 2 Cyril Cooper 2’ 3 1 1 7 1 Ron Phillips 3 3 3 3 12 Jimmy Tannock 3 0 3 Scott Hall 1 2’ 3 1 Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 2 11 Bert Edwards 0 2 2 2 6 Doug Papworth 0 0 1 0 1 Titch Read 2 0 0 0 2 Sid Clark 0 1’ 0 1 2 1 Dennis Day 1 1 1 0 3 John Lawrie X 0 Len Silver 2 2 0 4 Ht 1 Bainbridge, Miller, Scott, Papworth 74.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Close, Read, McGregor, Edwards 75.4 4 2 7 5 Ht 3 Phillips, Cooper, Day, Clark 76.2 5 1 12 6 Ht 4 Tannock, Silver, Hall, Lawrie (fexc) 77.4 4 2 16 8 Ht 5 Bainbridge, Miller, McGregor, Read 74.6 3 3 19 11 Ht 6 Cooper, Silver, Clark, Tannock 77.0 3 3 22