IPSWICH 1955 Thanks to Roger Thorpe Update 9.3.2020 Friday 8th April 1955 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rockets 48 Ipswich Witches 48 (National League Division Two) Rayleigh Gerald Jackson 3 3 1 1 0 8 Maurice McDerrmott 2’ 2 0 0 1 5 1 Peter Clark 1 1’ 1’ 3 2 8 2 Pete Lansdale 3 2 2 3 3 13 Les McGillivray 3 E 1 3 1’ 8 1 Frank Bettis 0 1 0 1 2 4 Eric Ebbs 1’ 1 2 1 Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 0 3 3 2 3 11 Bob Sharp 1 3 2’ 0 1 7 1 Reg Reeves 0 1’ 2’ E 2 5 2 Tich Read 2 2 3 2 0 9 Bert Edwards 2 3 3 2 3 13 Len Silver 1’ 0 2’ 0 0 3 2 Dennis Day 0 0 0 Ht1 Jackson, McDermott, Sharp, Bainbridge, 72.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2, Lansdale, Read, Clark, Reeves, 71.2 4 2 9 3 Ht3, McGillivray, Edwards, Silver, Bettis, 71.0 3 3 12 6 Ht4, Sharp, McDermott, Ebbs, Day, 71.8 3 3 15 9 Ht5, Edwards, Lansdale, Clark, Silver (f) , 70.4 3 3 18 12 Ht6, Jackson, Read, Reeves, McDermott, 71.4 3 3 21 15 Ht7, Bainbridge, Sharp, Bettis, McGillivray (ef) 71.6 1 5 22 20 Ht8, Edwards, Silver, Jackson, McDermott, 72.0 1 5 23 25 Ht9, Read, Reeves, McGillivray, Bettis, 71.0 1 5 24 30 Ht10, Bainbridge, Lansdale, Clark, Sharp, 70.0 3 3 27 33 Ht11, Lansdale, Bainbridge, Jackson, Silver, 70.4 4 2 31 35 Ht12, McGillivray, Edwards, McDermott, Reeves (ef)70.4 4 2 35 37 Ht13, Clark, Read, Ebbs, Silver (f) 71.2 4 2 39 39 Ht14, Lansdale, Reeves, Bettis, Day, 71.0 4 2 43 41 Ht15, Bainbridge, Clark, McGillivray, Read, 70.2 3 3 46 44 Ht16, Edwards, Bettis, Sharp, Jackson, 72.2 2 4 48 48 Monday 11th April 1955 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 62 Weymouth Scorchers 34 (National League Division Two) Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 3 15 Bob Sharp 0 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 Reg Reeves 1’ 2’ 2’ 3 E 8 3 Tich Read 3 3 3 2’ 0 11 1 Bert Edwards 3 3 3 3 3 15 Len Silver F F F 0 Dennis Day 0 0 2 1 3 Weymouth Ernie Brecknell 2 2 1 1 1’ 2 9 1 Ken Adams 1’ 1’ 1’ 0 3 3 Danny Dunton 1 1 2 1 3 2 10 Eddie lack 0 0 1’ 1 1 Frank Johnson 2 1 0 0 0 3 Gerald Pugh 1’ 0 1 0 2 1 Ernie Lessiter 2 1’ 2 1 6 1 Ht1 Bainbridge, Brecknell, Adams, Sharp 72.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Read, Reeves, Dunton, Lack 73.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Edwards, Johnson, Pugh, Silver (f) 73.8 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Sharp, Lessiter, Adams, Day 74.0 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Read, Reeves, Johnson, Pugh 75.0 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Bainbridge, Sharp, Dunton, Lack 75.6 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Edwards, Brecknell, Adams, Silver (f) 75.4 3 3 27 15 Ht8 Bainbridge, Sharp, Pugh, Johnson 75.2 5 1 32 16 Ht9 Edwards, Dunton, Lessiter, Silver (f) 75.4 3 3 35 19 Ht10 Read, Reeves, Brecknell, Adams 76.8 5 1 40 20 Ht11 Bainbridge, Read, Brecknell, Pugh 77.0 5 1 45 21 Ht12 Edwards, Sharp, Dunton, Johnson 75.4 5 1 50 22 Ht13 Reeves, Lessiter, Brecknell, Day 76.0 3 3 53 25 Ht14 Dunton, Day, Lessiter, Read 76.6 2 4 55 29 Ht15 Edwards, Brecknell, Lack, Reeves (ef) 76.0 3 3 58 32 Ht16 Bainbridge, Dunton, Day, Johnson 75.8 4 2 62 34 The Easter Scratch Race Ht1 Reeves, Sharp, Pugh, Lack 76.0 Ht2 Read, Edwards, Brecknell, Johnson 74.0 Ht3 Bainbridge, Dunton, Hutchinson, Silver 77.0 Ht4 Lessiter, Day, Lawrie, Last 77.8 Final Bainbridge, Read, Reeves, Lessiter 75.2 Thursday 21st April 1955 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 76 Bristol Bulldogs 27 (National Trophy) Ipswich Reg Reeves 3 2’ 2 3 3 13 1 Tich Read 1 1 3 3 3 11 Bert Edwards 3 3 1’ 3 3 3 16 1 Cyril Cooper 2’ F 0 2’ 4 2 Junior Bainbridge 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 14 4 Bob Sharp 3 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 12 3 Larry Lazarus 3 2’ 3 8 1 Len Silver 2’ 1 3 1 Bristol Dick Bradley 2 2 3 1 E 1 9 Geoff Pymar 0 0 1 0 0 1 Billy Hole 1 0 0 0 1 2 Johnny Hole 1 2 1 1 1 6 1 Jack Unstead 1 0 2 1 1 0 5 Chris Boss 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Cliff Cox 1 0 1 Roy Taylor F 2 0 2 Ht1 Reeves, Bradley, Read, Pymar 73.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Edwards, Cooper, B.Hole, Boss 74.0 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Sharp, Bainbridge, J.Hole, Pymar 75.4 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Lazarus, Silver, Cox, Taylor (f) 76.0 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Edwards, J.Hole, Read, B.Hole 74.6 4 2 23 7 Ht6 Sharp, Bradley, Boss, Cooper (f) 73.6 3 3 26 10 Ht7 Bainbridge, Reeves, Unstead, J.Hole 74.8 5 1 31 11 Ht8 Bradley, Reeves, Edwards, Unstead 73.0 3 3 34 14 Ht9 Read, Sharp, Bradley, B.Hole 75.0 5 1 39 15 Ht10 Edwards, Bainbridge, Pymar, Boss 75.0 5 1 44 16 Ht11 Read, Unstead, J.Hole, Cooper 73.8 3 3 47 19 Ht12 Reeves, Lazarus, B.Hole, Pymar 73.8 5 1 52 20 Ht13 Read, Bainbridge, Unstead, Boss 74.2 5 1 57 21 Ht14 Lazarus, Taylor, Silver, Cox 75.2 4 2 61 23 Ht15 Bainbridge, Cooper, J.Hole, Bradley (ef) 75.0 5 1 66 24 Ht16 Edwards, Sharp, Unstead, Pymar 75.4 5 1 71 25 Ht17 Reeves, Sharp, J.Hole, Taylor 75.0 5 1 76 26 Ht18 Edwards, Bainbridge, Bradley, Unstead 74.6 5 1 81 27 The Reserves Scratch Race Ht1 Day, Last, Lawrie, Laudrum (ns) 77.6 Ht2 Lazarus, Silver, Cox, Taylor (ns) 75.8 Final Lazarus, Day, Last, Silver 75.6 Friday 22nd April 1955 Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol Bulldogs 57 Ipswich Witches 46 (National Trophy) Dick Bradley 3 2’ 2’ 3 3 3 16 2 Geoff Pymar 0 0 0 0 3 3 Billy Hole 1 2 3 0 3 9 Johnny Hole 3 3 2 1 0 9 Jack Unstead 3 3 3 2’ 3 2’ 16 2 Chris Boss 0 2’ 2 0 4 1 Cliff Cox 0 1 1 2 Roy Taylor 3 F 3 Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 2 1 0 1 2 6 Bob Sharp 1’ 1’ 2 0 1’ 5 3 Bert Edwards 2 3 1 3 2 1 12 Reg Reeves 2 1 3 1’ 2 0 9 1 Tich Read 0 1 1 1 2 5 Cyril Cooper 0 0 0 0 0 Larry Lazarus 2 3 5 Len Silver 1’ 1’ 2’ 4 3 Ht1 Bradley, Bainbridge, Sharp, Pymar 65.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 J.Hole, Edwards, B.Hole, Cooper 67.2 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Unstead, Reeves, Sharp, Boss 65.2 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Taylor, Lazarus, Silver, Cox 66.2 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Edwards, B.Hole, Reeves, Pymar 65.4 2 4 15 15 Ht6 J.Hole, Boss, Bainbridge, Cooper 68.0 5 1 20 16 Ht7 Unstead, Bradley, Edwards, Read 66.0 5 1 25 17 Ht8 B.Hole, Bradley, Read, Bainbridge 65.8 5 1 30 18 Ht9 Edwards, Boss, Bainbridge, Pymar 65.6 2 4 32 22 Ht10 Unstead, Sharp, Silver, B.Hole 66.2 3 3 35 25 Ht11 Reeves, J.Hole, Read, Pymar 65.0 2 4 37 29 Ht12 Bradley, Edwards, J.Hole, Sharp 64.4 4 2 41 31 Ht13 Pymar, Unstead, Read, Cooper 66.4 5 1 46 32 Ht14 Lazarus, Silver, Cox, Taylor (f) 67.2 1 5 47 37 Ht15 Unstead, Bainbridge, Reeves, J.Hole 66.2 3 3 50 40 Ht16 B.Hole, Read, Sharp, Boss 66.0 3 3 53 43 Ht17 Bradley, Reeves, Cox, Cooper 66.2 4 2 57 45 Ht18 Bradley, Unstead, Edwards, Reeves 66.0 5 1 62 46 Saturday 23rd April 1955 Brandon Stadium, Coventry Coventry Bees 57 Ipswich Witches 39 (National League Division Two) Coventry Charlie New 2’ 3 3 2 3 13 1 Bob Mark 3 3 E 1 3 10 Jim Lightfoot 3 3 3 E 0 9 Johnny Reason 1 1 0 1’ 3 6 1 Tommy Miller 2 3 3 2’ 1 11 1 Vic Emms 1’ 1 1 1 1 5 1 Reg Duval 2’ 1 3 1 Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 1 2 1’ 3 2’ 3 12 2 Bob Sharp 0 1 0 1 Reg Reeves 2 2 2 0 2 0 8 Tich Read 0 1’ 0 3 2’ 6 2 Bert Edwards 3 2 2 2 1 2 12 Larry Lazarus 0 0 0 0 0 Cyril Cooper F 0 0 Ht1 Mark, New, Bainbridge, Sharp 70.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Lightfoot, Reeves, Reason, Read 70.6 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Edwards, Miller, Emms, Lazarus 70.8 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Mark, Duval, Sharp, Cooper (f) 71.8 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Lightfoot, Edwards, Reason, Lazarus 71.2 4 2 21 9 Ht6 New, Reeves, Read, Mark (ef) 71.0 3 3 24 12 Ht7 Miller, Bainbridge, Emms, Sharp 70.4 4 2 28 14 Ht8 New, Edwards, Mark, Lazarus 70.4 4 2 32 16 Ht9 Miller, Reeves, Emms, Read 70.2 4 2 36 18 Ht10 Lightfoot, Edwards, Bainbridge, Reason 70.0 3 3 39 21 Ht11 Bainbridge, New, Reason, Lazarus 70.0 3 3 42 24 Ht12 Mark, Miller, Edwards, Reeves 70.6 5 1 47 25 Ht13 Read, Bainbridge, Duval, Lightfoot (ef) 71.8 1 5 48 30 Ht14 Reason, Reeves, Emms, Cooper 70.6 4 2 52 32 Ht15 Bainbridge, Read, Miller, Lightfoot 70.2 1 5 53 37 Ht16 New, Edwards, Emms, Reeves 71.0 4 2 57 39 Thursday 28th April 1955 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich Ipswich Witches 70 Exeter Falcons 26 (National League Division Two) Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 3 15 Bob Sharp 2’ 3 1 2’ 2 10 2 Reg Reeves 3 3 2’ 3 2’ 13 2 Tich Read 1 2’ 3 1 3 10 1 Bert Edwards 3 3 3 1’ 3 13 1 Larry Lazarus 1 1 1 1 2’ 6 1 Len Silver 1 2’ 3 1 Exeter Goog Hoskin 0 2 0 0 1 3 Neil Street 1 2 0 0 1 0 4 Jack Geran 2 2 2 3 2 1 12 Alf Webster 0 0 0 0 0 Don Hardy 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Hart 2 1 1 2 1 7 Francis Cann 0 0 0 Ht1 Bainbridge, Sharp, Street, Hoskin 73.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Reeves, Geran, Read, Webster 72.6 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Edwards, Hart, Lazarus, Hardy 73.4 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Sharp, Street, Silver, Cann 74.4 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Reeves, Read, Hart, Hardy 72.6 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Bainbridge, Geran, Sharp, Street 74.0 4 2 26 10 Ht7 Edwards, Hoskin, Lazarus, Street 75.6 4 2 30 12 Ht8 Bainbridge, Sharp, Hart, Hardy 74.8 5 1 35 13 Ht9 Edwards, Geran, Lazarus, Webster 74.0 4 2 39 15 Ht10 Read, Reeves, Street, Hoskin 74.4 5 1 44 16 Ht11 Bainbridge, Hart, Read, Hoskin 73.8 4 2 48 18 Ht12 Geran, Sharp, Edwards, Hardy 74.8 3 3 51 21 Ht13 Reeves, Silver, Hart, Webster (f) 72.8 5 1 56 22 Ht14 Read, Geran, Lazarus, Cann 75.0 4 2 60 24 Ht15 Edwards, Read, Hoskin, Webster 73.2 5 1 65 25 Ht16 Bainbridge, Lazarus, Geran, Street 75.4 5 1 70 26 The Cauldron Scratch Race Ht1 Bainbridge, Hoskin, Lazarus, Cann 75.6 Ht2 Edwards, Reeves, Street, Hardy 74.6 Ht3 Read, Geran, Hart, Sharp 75.8 Ht4 Cooper, Day, Lawrie, Last 78.0 Final Edwards, Bainbridge, Read, Cooper 73.4 Monday 2nd May 1955 County Ground, Exeter Exeter Falcons 66 Ipswich Witches 33 (National League Division Two) Exeter Goog Hoskin 2’ 2’ 1 3 3 11 2 Neil Street 3 3 3 3 3 15 Jack Geran 2 3 3 3 3 14 Alf Webster 1’ 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4 Don Hardy 0 1 0 E 2 3 Jack Hart 1 3 2 3 1 10 Francis Cann 2’ E 2 1 Ipswich Junior Bainbridge 1 2 1 1’ 1 0 6 1 Bob Sharp 0 0 0 0 0 Reg Reeves 3 0 1 2 1 7 Tich Read 0 1 3 2 1 7 Bert Edwards 2’ 2 2 1’ 2 9 2 Larry Lazarus 3 0 0 0 3 Len Silver 1 0 1 Ht1 Street, Hoskin, Bainbridge, Sharp 76.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Reeves, Geran, Webster, Read 75.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Lazarus, Edwards, Hart, Hardy 76.8 1 5 9 9 Ht4 Street, Cann, Silver, Sharp 75.8 5 1 14 10 Ht5 Geran, Edwards, Webster, Lazarus 75.6 4 2 18 12 Ht6 Street, Hoskin, Read, Reeves 76.0