Bradford 1953 Thanks to Charles MacKay Completed 13.04.2018 Corrected 6.5.2021 Friday 3rd April 1953 Penarth Road Stadium, Cardiff Cardiff Dragons 32 Odsal Tudors 51 (Challenge) Cardiff Hugh Geddes 3 2 2 3 10 Charlie May 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 Ivor Eveleigh 0 0 0 0 Chum Taylor 3 3 0 2 8 Gerald Pugh 2 1 1 1 5 Jim Wright 1 3 2 1’ 7 1 Frank Johnson 0 0 X^ 1 1 Gordon Richards 0 0 0 Odsal Ron Clarke 1’ 2 2’ 0 5 2 Eddie Rigg 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 Arthur Wright 0 0 3 3 6 Dent Oliver 2 3 2’ 3 10 1 Dick Seers N 1’ 1 1’ 3 2 Arthur Forrest 3 2 3 3 11 Arthur Bush 1’ 2’ 3 2 Keith Milner 1 2 3 Ht1 Geddes, Rigg, Clarke, May 70.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Taylor, Oliver, J.Wright, A.Wright 70.6 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Forrest, Pugh, Seers (ef), Johnson(nf) 69.8 2 3 9 8 Ht4 Taylor, Clarke, Bush, Richards 70.4 3 3 12 11 Ht5 Oliver, Geddes, May, A.Wright 70.2 3 3 15 14 Ht6 J.Wright, Forrest, Seers, Taylor 70.8 3 3 18 17 Ht7 Rigg, Clarke, Pugh, Richards 70.2 1 5 19 22 Ht8 A.Wright, J.Wright, Milner, Eveleigh 71.2 2 4 21 26 Ht9 Forrest, Geddes, Seers, May 70.2 2 4 23 30 Ht10 Rigg, Taylor, J.Wright, Clarke 70.8 3 3 26 33 Ht11 A.Wright, Oliver, Pugh, Eveleigh 70.8 1 5 27 38 Ht12 Geddes, Milner, Seers, Johnson (Exc^) 71.8 3 3 30 41 Ht13 Oliver, Bush, Pugh, Eveleigh 71.0 1 5 31 46 Ht14 Rigg, Forrest, Johnson, May 70.6 1 5 32 51 Thursday 16th April 1953 Wimbledon Stadium, London^ Wembley Lions 39 Odsal Tudors 45 (Coronation Cup) Wembley FreddieWilliams 0 ef 1 3 4 Trevor Redmond 3 2 3 1 9 Tommy Price 2 1 3 3 9 George Wilks 1* 2 0 0 3 B Oakley 0 1 1 Eric Williams 3 3 2 0 8 Bill Kitchen 0 1 0 1 Jimmy Gooch 2* F 2 4 Bradford R Clarke 1* 1 2 2 6 Eddie Rigg 2 ef 1* 3 6 Arthur Wright 0 1 1 0 2 Dent Oliver 3 3 3 3 12 Dick Seers 1* 3 F 2 6 Arthur Forrest 2 2* 2 2* 8 Arthur Bush 3 1 1 5 Keith Milner 0 0 Ht 1 Redmond, Rigg, Clarke, FreddieWilliams 67.4 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Oliver, Price, Wilks, Wright 68.0 3 3 6 6 Ht 3 Eric Williams, Forrest, Seers, Oakley 67.6 3 3 9 9 Ht 4 Bush, Wilks, Clarke, Kitchen 68.6 2 4 11 13 Ht 5 Oliver, Redmond, Wright, FreddieWilliams ef 68.2 2 4 13 17 Ht 6 Seers, Forrest, Price, Wilks 68.8 1 5 14 22 Ht 7 Eric Williams, Clarke, Oakley, Rigg ef 68.6 4 2 18 24 Ht 8 Price, Gooch, Bush, Milner 68.4 5 1 23 25 Ht 9 Redmond, Forrest, FreddieWilliams, Seers F 67.6 4 2 27 27 Ht 10 Price, Clarke, Rigg, Wilks 67.8 3 3 30 30 Ht 11 Oliver, Eric Williams, Wright, Gooch F 67.8 2 4 32 34 Ht 12 FreddieWilliams, Seers, Kitchen, Milner 67.8 4 2 36 36 Ht 13 Oliver, Gooch, Bush, Kitchen ? 2 4 38 40 Ht 14 Rigg, Forrest, Redmond, Eric Williams 67.8 1 5 39 45 Saturday 18th April 1953 Odsal Stadium, Bradford The Tudor Trophy Arthur Forrest 2 3 2 3 3 13 Dick Seers 3 3 2 2 2 12 Al Allison 0 2 3 2 1 8 Eddie Rigg 1 3 2 2 1 9 Jack Biggs 2 2 3 3 2 12 Arthur Wright 3 2 1 3 3 12 Arthur Bush 1 1 3 2 3 10 Noel Thorley F 0 0 0 1 1 G Hutchinson 1 0 1 0 0 2 D Collins ef F 0 0 0 0 Dent Oliver 3 3 3 3 3 15 Bill Crosland 2 1 1 0 0 4 Jeff Lloyd 3 1 1 1 2 8 R Clarke 2 1 2 1 0 6 Keith Milner 0 F 0 1 2 3 Danny Dunton 1 2 0 1 1 5 Ht 1 Seers, Forrest, Rigg, Allison 66.8 Ht 2 Wright, Biggs, Bush, Thorley F 65.0 Ht 3 Oliver, Crosland, Hutchinson, Collins ef 67.0 Ht 4 Lloyd, Clarke, Dunton, Milner 68.4 Ht 5 Forrest, Clarke, Lloyd, Hutchinson 65.6 Ht 6 Seers, Wright, Clarke, Collins F 66.8 Ht 7 Oliver, Allison, Bush, Milner F 674 Ht 8 Rigg, Dunton, Crosland, Thorley 67.8 Ht 9 Oliver, Forrest, Wright, Dunton 67.0 Ht 10 Biggs, Seers, Crosland, Milner 67.4 Ht 11 Allison, Clarke, Hutchinson, Thorley 68.2 Ht 12 Bush, Rigg, Lloyd, Collins 68.2 Ht 13 Forrest, Bush, Clarke, Crosland 67.2 Ht 14 Oliver, Seers, Lloyd, Thorley 68.2 Ht 15 Biggs, Allison, Dunton, Collins 68.0 Ht 16 Wright, Rigg, Milner, Hutchinson F 68.0 Ht 17 Forrest, Milner, Thorley, Collins, 69.0 Ht 18 Bush, Seers, Dunton, Hutchinson 69.2 Ht 19 Wright, Lloyd, Allison, Crosland 68.0 Ht 20 Oliver, Biggs, Rigg, Clarke 68.4 Tuesday 21st April 1953 West Ham Stadium, London West Ham Hammers 45 Odsal Tudors 39 (Coronation Cup) West Ham Malcolm Craven 0 1’ 3 3 7 1 Cliff Watson 2 1 1 0 4 Wally Green 2 1’ 3 3 9 1 Howdy Byford 0 1 2 2’ 5 1 Jack Young 3 3 3 3 12 Pat Clarke 1 1 1 1 4 Fred Curtis 3 0 3 Keith Gurtner 0 0 0 Odsal Ron Clarke 1 2 0 1 4 Eddie Rigg 3 2 0 3 8 Arthur Wright 1 0 2 0 3 Dent Oliver 3 3 2 2 10 Dick Seers 0 0 0 1’ 1 1 Arthur Forrest 2 3 2 2’ 9 1 Arthur Bush 0 1’ 1 1 Al Allison 1’ 2 3 1 Ht1 Rigg, Watson, R.Clarke, Craven 76.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Oliver, Green, Wright, Byford 75.4 2 4 4 8 Ht3 Young, Forrest, P.Clarke, Seers 75.5 4 2 8 10 Ht4 Curtis, R.Clarke, Byford, Bush 78.6 4 2 12 12 Ht5 Oliver, Watson, Craven, Wright 75.2 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Forrest, Byford, Green, Seers 76.4 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Young, Rigg, P.Clarke, R.Clarke 75.6 4 2 22 20 Ht8 Green, Wright, Allison, Gurtner 76.0 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Craven, Forrest, Watson, Seers 77.2 4 2 29 25 Ht10 Green, Byford, R.Clarke, Rigg 76.6 5 1 34 26 Ht11 Young, Oliver, P.Clarke, Wright 75.0 4 2 38 28 Ht12 Craven, Allison, Seers, Curtis 77.4 3 3 41 31 Ht13 Young, Oliver, Bush, Gurtner 76.0 3 3 44 34 Ht14 Rigg, Forrest, P.Clarke, Watson 77.0 1 5 45 39 Saturday 25th April 1953 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Odsal Tudors 55 Wembley Lions 29 (Coronation Cup) Bradford Ron Clarke 3 0 2* 2 7 Eddie Rigg 0 3 3 2* 8 Arthur Wright 2* 3 3 3 11 Dent Oliver 3 3 2* 2* 10 Arthur Forrest 3 3 3 3 12 Dick Seers ef 2 0 1 3 Arthur Bush 0 ef 0 Al Allison 1 3 4 Wembley Freddie Williams 2 1* 1 1 5 Trevor Redmond 1* 0 0 1 2 Tommy Price 1 2 2 2 7 George Wilks 0 1* 1* 0 2 Eric Williams 2 1 1 3 7 Bill Kitchen 1* 0 0 0 1 Jimmy Gooch 2 2 4 Den Cosby 0 1 1 Ht 1 Clarke, Freddie Williams, Redmond, Rigg 66.0 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Oliver, Wright, Price, Wilks 65.4 5 1 8 4 Ht 3 Forrest, Eric Williams, Kitchen, Seers ef 65.8 3 3 11 7 Ht 4 Oliver, Gooch, Freddie Williams, Bush 66.0 3 3 14 10 Ht 5 Rigg, Price, Wilks, Clarke 65.8 3 3 17 13 Ht 6 Wright, Oliver, Eric Williams, Kitchen 66.4 5 1 22 14 Ht 7 Forrest, Seers, Freddie Williams, Redmond 66.0 5 1 27 15 Ht 8 Wright, Price, Allison, Cosby 67.4 4 2 31 17 Ht 9 Rigg, Clarke, Eric Williams, Kitchen 66.8 5 1 36 18 Ht 10 Wright, Oliver, Freddie Williams, Redmond 67.4 5 1 41 19 Ht 11 Forrest, Price, Wilks, Seers 65.4 3 3 44 22 Ht 12 Eric Williams, Clarke, Cosby, Bush ef 68.0 2 4 46 26 Ht 13 Allison, Gooch, Seers, Wilks 70.2 4 2 50 28 Ht 14 Forrest, Rigg, Redmond, Kitchen 66.2 5 1 55 29 Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Milner, Haswell, Hutchinson fell, Thorley exc 70.0 Ht2 Forrest, FreddieWilliams, Price, Kitchen 67.2 Ht3 Allison, Bush, Milner, Crosland 66.6 Ht4 Oliver, Wright, Clarke, Seers 67.6 Final Forrest, Allison, Oliver, Rigg 67.2 Friday 1st May 1953 Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol Bulldogs 56 Odsal Tudors 27 (Coronation Cup) Bristol Johnny Hole 1 1 2’ 3 7 1 Dick Bradley 3 3 3 3 12 Geoff Pymar 1 1 2 2 6 Jack Unstead 3 2’ 3 1’ 9 2 Eric Salmon 3 2’ 1 2 8 1 Billy Hole 1 3 3 2’ 9 1 Chris Boss 3 2’ 5 1 Chum Taylor 0 0 0 Odsal Ron Clarke 2 0 0 0 2 Eddie Rigg 0 1 3 1 5 Arthur Wright 0 2 3 2 7 Dent Oliver 2 0 0 3 5 Dick seers 0 0 0 1 1 Arthur Forrest 2 2 1 0 5 Al Allison 1 0 1 Arthur Bush 1 0 1 Ht1 Bradley, Clarke, J,Hole, Rigg 61.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Unstead, Oliver, Pymar, Wright 63.0 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Salmon, Forrest, B.Hole, Seers 62.2 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Boss, Unstead, Clarke, Allison 63.0 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Bradley, Wright, J.Hole, Oliver 62.4 4 2 21 9 Ht6 Unstead, Forrest, Pymar, Seers 63.0 4 2 25 11 Ht7 B.Hole, Salmon, Rigg, Clarke 62.8 5 1 30 12 Ht8 Wright, Pymar, Bush, Taylor 63.0 2 4 32 16 Ht9 Bradley, B.Hole, Forrest, Seers 63.4 5 1 37 17 Ht10 Rigg, Pymar, Unstead, Clarke 63.8 3 3 40 20 Ht11 B.Hole, Wright, Salmon, Oliver 63.0 4 2 44 22 Ht12 J.Hole, Boss, Seers, Bush 64.2 5 1 49 23 Ht13 Oliver, Salmon, Oliver (nf), Taylor (nf) 74.0 2 3 51 26 Ht14 Bradley, B.Hole, Rigg, Forrest 62.0 5 1 56 27 Bradford v New Cross 2nd May Coronation Cup B radford Ron Clarke 2 1 0 3 Eddie Rigg 1* 0 3 1* 5 Arthur Wright 0 0 0 Dent Oliver 1 2* 3 3 12 Dick Seers 2 1 1 2 6 Arthur Forrest 0 3 3 2 8 Al Allison 3 2 2* 2 9 Arthur Bush 1* 0 0 1 New Cross E French 3 0 ef 0 3 Bob Roger 0 2 1 3 6 O Nygren 3 2* 3 2 10 C Roger 2* 3 F 3 8 Bert Roger 3 2 2 3 10 B Longley 1 1* 1* 0 3 F Lawrence 1 1 2 J Grierson 0 1 1 Ht 1 French, Clarke, Rigg, Bob Roger 66.6 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Nygren, C Roger, Oliver, Wright 65.4 1 5 4 8 Ht 3 Bert Roger, Seers, Longley, Forrest 65.6 2 4 6 12 Ht 4 Allison, Oliver, Lawrence, French 67.0 5 1 11 13 Ht 5 C Roger, Nygren, Clarke, Rigg 66.4 1 5 12 18 Ht 6 Oliver, Bert Roger, Longley, Wright 66.8 3 3 15 21 Ht 7 Forrest, Bob Roger, Seers, French ef 66.8 4 2 19 23 Ht 8 Nygren, Allison, Bush, Grierson 66.2 3 3 22 26 Ht 9 Rigg, Bert Roger, Longley, Clarke 67.0 3 3 25 29 Ht 10 Oliver, Allison, Bob Roger, French 67.0 5 1 30 30 Ht 11 Forrest, Nygren, Seers, C Roger F 66.2 4 2 34 32 Ht 12 Bob Roger, Allison, Grierson, Bush 66.8 2 4 36 36 Ht 13 C Roger, Seers, Lawrence, Bush 67.2 2 4 38 40 Ht 14 Bert Roger, Forrest, Rigg, Longley 66.0 3 3 41 43 Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Milner^, Vic Sage^, Noel Thorley, Hutchison 68.4 Ht2 Bob Roger, Forrest, Grierson, Lawrence 67.2 Ht3 Bush, Milner^, Sage^ 67.8 Ht4 Nygren, French, Oliver, Longley 68.2 Ht5 C.Roger, Bert Roger, Rigg, Seers 68.8 Final Nygren, Bush, Bob Roger, C.Roger 68.2 7th May @ Firs Stadium, Norwich – Coronation Cup Norwich Stars 46 Bradford Tudors 38 NORWICH Merv Neil 3 0 2 3 8 Fred Pawson 0 3 1’ 3 7 1 Billy Bales 1 3 3 3 10 Danny Dunton 0 0 0 Fred Rogers 2 3 2 3 10 Phil Clarke 1’ 2’ 0 1 4 2 Jack Freeman 3 1 1 2’ 7 1 Roy Craighead 0 0 0 BRADFORD Ron Clarke 1’ 1’ 0 0 2 2 Eddie Rigg 2 1 2 0 5 Arthur Wright 3 2 2 1 8 Dent Oliver 2’ 1’ 3 1’ 7 3 Dick Seers 0 0 1 1 Arthur Forrest 3 2 3 2 10 Al Allison 2 0 2 4 Arthur Bush 1’ 0 1 1 1 Neil, Rigg, R.