Birmingham Speedway 1955 Statistical Record Contents Index Of Meetings Meeting Details Nigel Nicklin, Roger Beaman & Jim Henry – Issue 8 (18th January 2017) Birmingham Speedway 1955 - Index Of Meetings Month Date Opponents Competition Venue Result For Agst Page April 2 Swindon Challenge Away Lost 32 63 3 8 Bristol Inter-City Cup Away Lost 40 56 4 16 Bristol Inter-City Cup Home Won 62 34 5 23 Odsal NL Div 1 Home Won 52 44 6 30 Norwich NL Div 1 Home Won 51 45 7 May 3 West Ham NL Div 1 Away Lost 48 48 8 7 Odsal NL Div 1 Away Lost 34 62 9 9 Wim/WH/Wem/Ods/Bir 5TT Wimb Wimbledon 10 14 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Home Won 53 43 11 21 Wembley NL Div 1 Home Won 50 45 12 28 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Away Lost 32 64 13 30 Coventry Challenge Away Won 61 35 14 June 4 Wimbledon NL Div 1 Home Lost 43 53 15 11 West Ham NL Div 1 Home Won 64 32 16 14 West Ham NL Div 1 Away Lost 45 50 17 18 Wembley NL Div 1 Home Won 55 41 18 20 Wimbledon NL Div 1 Away Lost 22 73 19 25 Wimbledon NL Div 1 Home Draw 48 48 20 30 Wembley NL Div 1 Away Lost 28 68 21 July 2 Norwich NL Div 1 Away Lost 34 62 22 9 Norwich NL Div 1 Home Won 50 43 23 16 Poole Nat Trophy Home Won 56 52 24 18 Poole Nat Trophy Away Aband 30 36 25 23 Midland Riders Champs QR Individual Home Ron Mountford 26 27 England v Australasia Test Home 61 46 27 30 Norwich NL Div 1 Away Lost 32 64 28 Aug 4 Poole Nat Trophy Away Lost 52 56 29 6 Odsal NL Div 1 Home Lost 47 49 30 13 World Championship QR Individual Home Doug Davies 31 17 Poole Nat Trophy Home Won 67 41 32 18 Poole Nat Trophy Away Lost 39 69 33 20 Odsal NL Div 1 Away Lost 44 52 34 22 Wimbledon NL Div 1 Away Lost 28 67 35 27 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Home Won 50 46 36 Sept 3 West Ham NL Div 1 Home Lost 46 50 37 10 Wembley NL Div 1 Home Won 53 43 38 17 Leicester Mid Cup Fin Home Won 66 36 39 24 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Away Lost 25 71 40 30 Leicester Mid Cup Fin Away Lost 42 60 41 Oct 1 Coventry Challenge Away Lost 47 48 42 2 Saturday 2nd April 1955 Abbey Stadium, Swindon Swindon Robins 63 - Birmingham Brummies 32 (Challenge) Swindon 1. Ian Williams 3 1’ 2 3 3 12 1 2. Mick Holland 1 1 2 0 2 6 3. Bob Roger 3 3 3 1 3 13 4. Ron Swaine 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 1 9 4 5. George White 3 3 3 R R 9 6. Danny Malone 2’ 2’ 1 3 1 9 2 7. Bob Jones 3 2 5 Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 R R 1 R 3 2. Ivor Davies 0 R 1 1 NS 2 3. Dick Bradley (G) 1 3 3 R 3 2 12 4. Billy Hole (G) 0 0 2 3 2 7 5. Eric Boothroyd R R N 1 2 3 6. Harry Bastable 1 1 1 0 0 3 7. Alan Pearce 2 0 2 Ht 1: Williams, Hunt, Holland, Davies 75.8 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Roger, Swaine, Bradley, Hole 77.6 5 1 9 3 Ht 3: White, Malone, Bastable, Boothroyd [r] 76.4 5 1 14 4 Ht 4: Jones, Pearce, Holland, Davies [r] 78.2 4 2 18 6 Ht 5: Roger, Swaine, Bastable, Boothroyd[r] 77.2 5 1 23 7 Ht 6: Bradley, Holland, Williams, Hole 77.0 3 3 26 10 Ht 7: White, Malone, Davies, Hunt [r] 78.6 5 1 31 11 Ht 8: Bradley [ts], Williams, Bastable, Holland 77.0 2 4 33 15 Ht 9: White, Hole, Malone, Bradley [r] 74.8 4 2 37 17 Ht 10: Roger, Swaine, Davies, Hunt [r] 77.6 5 1 42 18 Ht 11: Williams, Swaine, Hunt, Bastable 77.8 5 1 47 19 Ht 12: Bradley, Holland, Boothroyd, White [r] 76.6 2 4 49 23 Ht 13: Hole, Jones, Roger, Bastable 78.2 3 3 52 26 Ht 14: Malone, Bradley, Swaine, Pearce 77.4 4 2 56 28 Ht 15: Roger, Hole, Hunt [r], White [r] 80.2 3 2 59 30 Ht 16: Williams, Boothroyd, Malone, Davies [ns] 78.8 4 2 63 32 The Blunsdon Scratch Race: Not run. The Highworth Scratch Race Bastable, Ernie Lessiter, Roger, Pearce 79.2 Brummies v. Bulldogs Scratch Race Bradley, Lessiter, Jones (3 Riders Only) 78.4 The Reserves’ Scratch Race: Not run. The Stadium Scratch Race Swaine, Malone, White (3 Riders Only) 78.4 3 Friday 8th April 1955 Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol Bulldogs 56 - Birmingham Brummies 40 (Inter City Cup) Bristol 1. Dick Bradley 2 3 3 3 3 15 2. Geoff Pymar 1’ 3 2’ 1 2 9 2 3. Billy Hole 3 2 2 3 2 12 4. Johnny Hole 0 0 N 0 2 2 5. Jack Unstead (G) 3 3 3 1’ 0 10 1 6. Chris Boss 2’ 2’ 2’ 1’ 0 7 4 7. Cliff Cox 0 1’ 1 2 1 Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 0 3 2 3 1’ 12 1 2. Ivor Davies 0 1’ 1 0 N 2 1 3. Ron Mountford 2 0 0 3 3 2 10 4. Eric Boothroyd 1’ 1 1 0 1 4 1 5. Graham Warren 0 3 0 0 N 3 6. Jim Tolley 1 1 2 1’ 2 7 1 7. Harry Bastable 2 0 2 Ht1 Hunt, Bradley, Pymar, Davies 62.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 B.Hole, Mountford, Boothroyd, J.Hole 62.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Unstead, Boss, Tolley, Warren 62.4 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Pymar, Bastable, Davies, Cox 64.8 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Warren, B.Hole, Tolley, J.Hole 63.4 2 4 16 14 Ht6 Bradley, Pymar, Boothroyd, Mountford 63.8 5 1 21 15 Ht7 Unstead, Boss, Davies, Hunt 62.8 5 1 26 16 Ht8 Bradley, Tolley, Pymar, Warren 63.8 4 2 30 18 Ht9 Unstead, Boss, Boothroyd, Mountford 63.4 5 1 35 19 Ht10 Hunt, B.Hole, Cox, Davies 64.2 3 3 38 22 Ht11 Bradley, Hunt, Tolley, J.Hole 62.8 3 3 41 25 Ht12 Mountford, Pymar, Unstead, Warren 64.0 3 3 44 28 Ht13 B.Hole, Tolley, Cox, Boothroyd 64.6 4 2 48 30 Ht14 Mountford, J.Hole, Boss, Bastable 63.8 3 3 51 33 Ht15 Hunt, B.Hole, Boothroyd, Unstead 64.0 2 4 53 37 Ht16 Bradley, Mountford [ts], Hunt [ts], Boss 63.2 3 3 56 40 The Wells Scratch Race Pymar, Bastable, Cox, Roy Taylor 64.6 The Patchway Scratch Race Mountford, Boothroyd, Boss, B.Hole 64.6 The Newport Scratch Race Tolley, Cox, Taylor, J.Hole ? The Avonmouth Scratch Race Bradley, Unstead, Hunt, Bastable 64.0 4 Saturday 16th April 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 62 - Bristol Bulldogs 34 (Inter City Cup) Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 1’ 3 3 13 1 2. Doug Davies 2’ 3 2’ 2 3 12 2 3. Ron Mountford 2’ 2 3 3 3 13 1 4. Eric Boothroyd 3 1’ 2’ 0 2 8 2 5. Graham Warren F F 1 1 2’ 4 1 6. Jim Tolley 2 3 3 0 1 9 7. Harry Bastable 2’ 1 3 1 Bristol 1. Dick Bradley 1 2 1 1’ 2 1 8 1 2. Geoff Pymar 0 1’ 1 0 0 2 1 3. Billy Hole 0 1 2 2 0 1 6 4. John Hole 1 0 0 EF 0 1 5. Ken McKinlay (G) 3 3 3 2 3 2 16 6. Chris Boss 1 0 EF N N 1 7. Cliff Cox 0 N 0 Ht1 Hunt, Davies, Bradley, Pymar 71.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Boothroyd, Mountford, J.Hole, B.Hole 74.4 5 1 10 2 Ht3 McKinlay, Tolley, Boss, Warren [f] 73.0 2 4 12 6 Ht4 Davies, Bastable, Pymar, Cox 75.4 5 1 17 7 Ht5 McKinlay, Mountford, Boothroyd, Boss 72.0 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Hunt, Davies, B.Hole, J.Hole 74.2 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Tolley, Bradley, Pymar, Warren [f] 75.8 3 3 28 14 Ht8 McKinlay, Davies, Hunt, Boss [ef] 72.4 3 3 31 17 Ht9 Tolley, B.Hole, Warren, J.Hole 75.4 4 2 35 19 Ht10 Mountford, Boothroyd, Bradley, Pymar 73.6 5 1 40 20 Ht11 Hunt, B.Hole [ts], Bradley, Boothroyd 73.6 3 3 43 23 Ht12 Davies, McKinlay, Warren, B.Hole 73.2 4 2 47 25 Ht13 Mountford, Bradley [ts], Bastable, J.Hole [ef] 73.8 4 2 51 27 Ht14 McKinlay [ts], Boothroyd, B.Hole, Tolley 74.4 2 4 53 31 Ht15 Mountford, Warren, Bradley, J.Hole 74.6 5 1 58 32 Ht16 Hunt, McKinlay, Tolley, Pymar 73.4 4 2 62 34 Reserves Scratch Race Bastable, Ivor Davies, Cox, Alan Pearce [ef] 76.8 Highest Points Scorers Scratch Race McKinlay, Hunt, Bradley, Mountford [ef] 74.4 Consolation Scratch Race B.Hole, Bastable, Tolley, I.Davies 76.2 Overseas v Birmingham D.Davies, Warren, Hunt, Mountford [ef] 74.4 5 Saturday 23rd April 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 52 - Odsal Tudors 44 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1.