BRISTOL 1953 Thanks to John Jarvis Updated : 26.8.2014 Friday 3rd April 1953 Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol Bulldogs 74 Birmingham Brummies 33 (Inter City Cup) Bristol Jack Unstead 1 1 2 0 2’ 6 1 Dick Bradley 3 3 2’ 3 2’ 3 16 2 Geoff Pymar 3 2’ 2’ 2 2’ 11 3 Chris Boss 1 0 0 1’ 2 1 Johnny Hole 2’ 3 3 3 2 1 14 1 Billy Hole 3 2 3 3 3 14 Eric Salmon 3 1’ 0 3 7 1 Jack Summers 2’ 2’ 4 2 Birmingham Alan Hunt 2 3 3 0 3 2 13 Phil Malpass 0 1 0 1 1 3 Graham Warren 0 1 2 1 3 0 7 Lionel Watling 0 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Ron Mason 0 0 2 0 0 2 Eric Boothroyd 2 1 1 1 1 6 Geoff Bennett 0 0 0 Bill Jemison 1 0 1 Ht1 Bradley, Hunt, Unstead, Malpass 61.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Pymar, Boothroyd, Boss, Warren 64.2 4 2 8 4 Ht3 B.Hole, J.Hole, Malpass, Watling 62.6 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Salmon, Summers, Jemison, Bennett 63.8 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Bradley, Pymar, Warren, Watling 63.0 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Hunt, B.Hole, Boothroyd, Boss 63.0 2 4 25 11 Ht7 J.Hole, Warren, Unstead, Mason 63.8 4 2 29 13 Ht8 Hunt, Pymar, Salmon, Mason 63.0 3 3 32 16 Ht9 B.Hole, Bradley, Warren, Hunt 62.6 5 1 37 17 Ht10 J.Hole, Pymar, Boothroyd, Malpass 63.8 5 1 42 18 Ht11 Bradley, Mason, Warren, Boss 63.0 3 3 45 21 Ht12 Warren, Unstead, Malpass, Salmon 64.2 2 4 47 25 Ht13 J.Hole, Bradley, Boothroyd, Mason 64.0 5 1 52 26 Ht14 Salmon, Summers, Bennett (nf), Jemison (nf) 64.8 5 0 57 26 Ht15 Hunt, J.Hole, Boss, Watling 63.7 3 3 60 29 Ht16 B.Hole, Pymar, Malpass, Mason 63.4 5 1 65 30 Ht17 B.Hole, Unstead, Boothroyd, Watling 64.2 5 1 70 31 Ht18 Bradley, Hunt, J.Hole, Warren 62.6 4 2 74 33 Inter Track Novices Ht1 Roy Taylor, Jack Gorman, Cliff Cox, Bill Albertson68.2 Taylor, Albertson, Gorman, Cox 68.2 Reserves Scratch Race Salmon, Bennett, Jemison, Summers 65.4 Friday 10th April 1953 Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol Bulldogs 56 The Swedish Tourists 51 (Challenge) Bristol Jack Unstead F 1 0 1’ 2 1 Dick Bradley 3 3 3 3 3 0 15 Geoff Pymar 3 2’ 1 1 1 8 1 Chris Boss 0 2 0 0 2 Billy Holes 3 3 3 1 3 3 16 Johnny Hole 1 1’ 1 0 1 4 1 Eric Salmon 2 2 3 2 9 Chum Taylor F 0 0 Tourists Olle Nygren 2 3 2’ 2 2 2 13 1 Gote Olsson 1’ 2 2 3 3 11 1 Dan Forsberg 1’ 0 0 0 0 1 1 Rune Sormander 0 1 1’ 1’ 3 6 2 Sune Karlsson 2 3 2 2 2’ 1’12 2 Stig Parmberg 2 0 0 0 2 Olle Segerstrom 3 0 1’ 4 12 Gunnar Karlsson 0 2 2 Ht1 Bradley, Nygren, Olsson, Unstead 60.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Pymar, Pramberg, Forsberg, Boss 64.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 B.Hole, Olsson, J.Hole, Sormander 62.2 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Segerstrom, Salmon, Taylor (ns), G.Karlsson (ns)63.0 2 3 12 11 Ht5 Bradley, Pymar, Sormander, Forsberg 64.2 5 1 17 12 Ht6 Nygren, Boss, J.Hole, Pramberg 62.8 3 3 20 15 Ht7 B.Hole, S.Karlsson, Unstead, Forsberg 62.4 4 2 24 17 Ht8 S.Karlsson, Nygren, Pymar, Unstead 62.4 1 5 25 22 Ht9 Bradley, Nygren, J.Hole, Forsberg 62.6 4 2 29 24 Ht10 B.Hole, Olsson, Pymar, Pramberg 62.2 4 2 33 26 Ht11 Bradley, S.Karlsson, Sormander, Boss 64.0 3 3 36 29 Ht12 Olsson, Salmon, Unstead, Forsberg 63.0 3 3 39 32 Ht13 Bradley, S.Karlsson, B.Hole, Segerstrom 62.0 4 2 43 34 Ht14 Salmon, G.Karlsson, Segerstrom, Taylor 63.0 3 3 46 37 Ht15 B.Hole, Nygren, Sormander, Boss 61.8 3 3 49 40 Ht16 S.Karlsson, Olsson, Pymar, J.Hole 63.2 1 5 50 45 Ht17 Sormander, Salmon, J.Hole, Pramberg 63.6 3 3 53 48 Ht18 B.Hole, Nygren, S.Karlsson, Bradley 62.8 3 3 56 51 City Scratch Race Segerstrom, Boss, Summers, Ove Bodin 65.0 Novices Match Race Roy Taylor bt Cliff Cox 67.6 Stadium Scratch Race Salmon, Summers, Boss, Unstead 64.4 Saturday 11th April 1953 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 49 Bristol Bulldogs 59 (Inter-City Cup) Birmingham Eric Boothroyd 3 1 2’ 2 2 1 11 1 Phil Malpass 0 0 1 1’ 0 2 1 Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Lionel Watling 0 2 2 1’ 3 8 1 Graham Warren 2 0 1 2 F 5 Ron Mason 0 0 E 0 1’ 1 1 Geoff Bennett 0 0 0 Bill Jemison 2 2 4 Bristol Jack Unstead 2 3 0 2’ 2 9 1 Dick Bradley 1’ 3 2 3 1’ 10 2 Geoff Pymar 2 2 3 3 0 10 Chris Boss 1 1’ 0 1’ 0 3 2 Billy Hole 2’ 1 3 3 2 11 1 Johnny Hole 1’ 1 0 1 3 6 1 Eric Salmon 1 1 0 2 Chum Taylor 3 3 2 8 Ht1 Boothroyd, Unstead, Bradley, Malpass 72.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Hunt, Pymar, J.Hole, Watling 72.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Bradley, Warren, Boss, Mason 74.0 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Taylor, Jemison, Salmon, Bennett 74.8 2 4 10 14 Ht5 Hunt, Pymar, Taylor, Malpass 72.2 3 3 13 17 Ht6 Unstead, Watling, J.Hole, Mason 73.8 2 4 15 21 Ht7 Pymar, B.Hole, Boothroyd, Warren 74.0 1 5 16 26 Ht8 Hunt, Boothroyd, B.Hole, Unstead 72.0 5 1 21 27 Ht9 Pymar, Unstead, Malpass, Mason (ef) 75.4 1 5 22 32 Ht10 Hunt, Bradley, Warren, J.Hole 72.0 4 2 26 34 Ht11 B.Hole, Watling, Malpass, Boss 73.8 3 3 29 37 Ht12 Bradley, Boothroyd, Watling, Pymar 73.8 3 3 32 40 Ht13 B.Hole, Warren, J.Hole, Malpass 73.8 2 4 34 44 Ht14 Taylor, Jemison, Salmon, Bennett 75.2 2 4 36 48 Ht15 Watling, Unstead, Boss, Warren (f) 75.2 3 3 39 51 Ht16 Hunt, B.Hole, Bradley, Mason 72.6 3 3 42 54 Ht17 J.Hole, Boothroyd, Mason, Boss 74.6 3 3 45 57 Ht18 Boothroyd, Taylor, Salmon, Hunt 73.4 4 2 49 59 Friday 17th April 1953 Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol Bulldogs 44 West Ham Hammers 35 (Coronation Cup) Bristol Jack Unstead 1’ 0 0 2’ 3 1 Dick Bradley 2 3 3 3 11 Geoff Pymar 2 2 Eric Salmon F 1’ 1 1 3 1 Johnny Hole F 0 2 2’ 4 1 Billy Hole 3 3 1’ 0 7 1 Chris Boss 2 2 3 3 10 Chum Taylor 0 1’ 3 4 1 West Ham Jack Young 3 3 2 2 10 Pat Clarke 0 1’ 0 1’ 2 2 Wally Green 3 2 3 3 11 Howdy Byford F 0 0 0 0 Malcolm Craven F 3 1’ 0 4 1 Keith Gurtner F 2’ 2 2 6 1 Fred Curtis 0 1 1 Don Lawson 0 1 1 Ht1 Young, Bradley, Unstead, Clarke 65.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Green, Pymar, Salmon (f), Byford (f) 68.6 2 3 5 6 Ht3 B.Hole, Craven (f), Gurtner (f), J.Hole (f) 71.2 3 0 8 6 Ht4 Young, Boss, Salmon, Curtis 68.8 3 3 11 9 Ht5 Bradley, Green, Unstead (nf), Byford (nf) 67.6 3 2 14 11 Ht6 Craven, Gurtner, Salmon, Taylor 69.8 1 5 15 16 Ht7 B.Hole, Young, Clarke, J.Hole 68.0 3 3 18 19 Ht8 Green, Boss, Taylor, Lawson 69.0 3 3 21 22 Ht9 Bradley, Gurtner, Craven, Unstead 68.6 3 3 24 25 Ht10 Boss, Young, Salmon, Clarke 67.6 4 2 28 27 Ht11 Green, J.Hole, B.Hole, Byford 67.2 3 3 31 30 Ht12 Boss, Unstead, Lawson, Craven 68.4 5 1 36 31 Ht13 Taylor, J.Hole, Curtis, Byford 68.6 5 1 41 32 Ht14 Bradley, Gurtner, Clarke, B.Hole 67.6 3 3 44 35 Reserve Scratch Race Boss, Taylor, Summers, Lawson 69.2 Airport Scratch Race Curtis, Lawson, Taylor, Summers 69.2 Wessex Scratch Race Ht1 Young, Bradley, Unstead, Clarke 67.8 ? Ht2 Boss, Green, Salmon, Byford 67.4 ? Ht3 Craven, B.Hole, Gurtner, J.Hole 69.4 ? Final Young, Craven, B.Hole, Boss 67.6 Saturday 18th April 1953 Belle Vue, Manchester Belle Vue Aces 56 Bristol Bulldogs 27 (Coronation Cup) Belle Vue Jack Parker 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Ron Johnson 3 3 3 2 11 Ken Sharples 3 3 3 3 12 Harry Edwards 2’ 0 2’ 1 5 2 George Smith 3 1’ F 3 7 1 Louis Lawson E 2 3 0 5 Bob Fletcher 3 2’ 5 1 Willie Wilson 2’ 0 2 1 Bristol Jack Unstead 0 1 0 0 1 Dick Bradley 1 3 2 3 9 Chris Boss 0 0 1 1’ 2 1 Chum Taylor 1 1 2 2 6 Johnny Hole E 1 1 0 2 Billy Hole 2 0 E 1 3 Eric Salmon 2 1 1’ 4 1 Jack Summers 0 0 Ht1 Johnston, Parker, Bradley, Unstead 75.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Sharples, Edwards, Taylor, Boss 75.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Smith, B.Hole, Lawson (ef), J.Hole (ef) 76.2 3 2 13 4 Ht4 Fletcher, Salmon, Unstead, Edwards 75.6 3 3 16 7 Ht5 Johnston, Parker, Taylor, Boss 77.2 5 1 21 8 Ht6 Sharples, Edwards, J.Hole, B.Hole 77.6 5 1 26 9 Ht7 Bradley, Lawson, Smith, Unstead 76.8 3 3 29 12 Ht8 Sharples, Wilson, Boss, Summers 76.2 5 1 34 13 Ht9 Johnson, Parker, J.Hole, B.Hole (ef) 77.6 5 1 39 14 Ht10 Sharples, Bradley, Edwards, Unstead 76.6 4 2 43 16 Ht11 Lawson, Taylor, Boss, Smith (f) 77.6 3 3 46 19 Ht12 Parker, Fletcher, Salmon, J.Hole 77.0 5 1 51 20 Ht13 Smith, Taylor, Salmon, Wilson 78.4 3 3 54 23 Ht14 Bradley, Johnston, B.Hole, Lawson 77.0 2 4 56 37 Friday 24th April 1953 Harringay Stadium, London Harringay Racers 54 Bristol Bulldogs 30 (Coronation Cup) Harringay Ron How 0 2’ 3 3 8 1 Split Waterman 3 3 1 1’ 8 1 Jeff Lloyd 3 3 3 2 11 Arthur Atkinson 1 3 2’ 0 6 1 Ken Walsh 3 0 1 3 7 Jack Biggs 2’ 2 3 2 9 1 Maury Dunn 1 1 2 Stan Clark 1 2’ 3 1 Bristol Jack Unstead 2 2 1 3 8 Dick Bradley 1’ 3 1 3 8 1 Chum Taylor 2 1 2 2 7 Eric Salmon 0 0 0 1 1 Johnny Hole 0 1 0 2 3 Billy Hole 1 0 2 0 3 Chris Boss 0 0 0 Jack Summers 0 0 0 Ht1 Waterman, Unstead, Bradley, How 68.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Lloyd, Taylor, Atkinson, Salmon 67.6 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Walsh, Biggs, B.Hole, J.Hole 68.2 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Atkinson, Unstead, Dunn, Boss 68.6 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Waterman, How, Taylor, Salmon 67.6 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Lloyd, Atkinson, J.Hole, B.Hole 69.6 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Bradley, Biggs, Unstead, Walsh 68.6 2 4 28 14 Ht8 Lloyd, Taylor, Clark, Summers 68.2 4 2 32 16 Ht9 How, B.Hole, Waterman, J.Hole 69.0 4 2 36 18 Ht10 Unstead, Lloyd, Bradley, Atkinson 68.4 2 4 38 22 Ht11 Biggs, Taylor, Walsh, Salmon 68.6 4 2 42 24 Ht12 How, J.Hole, Dunn, Summers 68.4 4 2 46 26 Ht13 Walsh, Clark, Salmon, Boss 69.0 5 1 51 27 Ht14 Bradley, Biggs, Waterman, B.Hole 68.4 3 3 54 30 Saturday 25th April 1953 Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol Bulldogs 36 Harringay Racers (Coronation Cup) Bristol Jack Unstead 1 1’ 1 1 4 1 Dick Bradley 3 2 3 2 10 Chum Taylor 1 0 0 1 2 Eric Salmon 0 1 1 3 5 Johnny Hole 1’ 0 1’ 1’ 3 3 Billy Hole 2 1 2 2 7 Jack Summers DNT Chris Boss 1 3 1’ Harringay Ron How 0 2’ 3 2 7 1 Split Waterman 2 2’ 0 0 2 1 Jeff Lloyd 3 3 3 3 12 Arthur Atkinson 2’ 0 0 0 2 1 Ken Walsh 0 3 0 0 3 Jack Biggs 3 2’ 2 3 10 1 Maury Dunn 3 3 6 Stan Clark 2’ 2 4 1 Ht1 Bradley, Waterman, Unstead, How 61.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Lloyd, Atkinson, Taylor, Salmon 64.8 1 5 5 7 Ht3 Biggs, B.Hole, J.Hole, Walsh 63.0 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Dunn, How, Salmon, Boss 63.6 1 5 9 15 Ht5 Lloyd, Bradley, Unstead, Atkinson 62.6 3 3 12 18 Ht6 Walsh, Biggs, Salmon, Taylor 63.8 1 5 13 23 Ht7 How, Waterman, B.Hole, J.Hole 63.8 1 5 14 28 Ht8 Lloyd, Clark, Boss, Taylor 63.4