CRYSTAL PALACE 1939 File dated 19.1.2020 Updated 22.7.2020 Updated 8 9 2020 plus minor bits 1.11.2020 Sources: Marked programmes, Speedway News, Stoke Evening Sentinel, Birmingham Daily Gazette, Staffordshire Sentinel, The Advertiser, Croydon Advertiser and East Surrey Reporter, Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough, Speedway Researcher Year by Year files

Tuesday 4th April 1939, Crystal Palace Exhibition Grounds, Sydenham, London Crystal Palace 41 Hackney Wick Cubs 31 (Challenge) Crystal Palace Ernie Pawson 3 3 3 3 12 Alf Markham 1 1 2’ 0 4 1 Mick Mitchell 3 1 3 2’ 9 1 Les Trim 0 0 2 3 5 George Gower 2’ 2 1’ 0 5 2 Keith Harvey 0 3 0 3 George Liddle 3 3 Hackney Wick Cubs Cyril Page 2 2’ 3 1’ 8 2 Charlie Appleby 0 3 0 0 3 Tommy Bateman 1’ 3 1 2 7 1 Jack Tidbury 2 1 0 2 5 Vic Weir 1 0 2 1’ 4 1 Vic Pitcher 0 2 1’ 1 4 1 Ht 1: Pawson, Page, Markham, Appleby 83.7 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Mitchell, Tidbury, Bateman, Trim 83.7 3 3 7 5 Ht 3: Liddle, Gower, Weir, Pitcher 84.5 5 1 12 6 Ht 4: Appleby, Page, Mitchell, Trim 86.6 1 5 13 11 Ht 5: Bateman, Gower, Tidbury, Harvey 87.3 2 4 15 15 Ht 6: Pawson, Pitcher, Markham, Weir 84.4 4 2 19 17 Ht 7: Page, Trim, Gower, Appleby 86.1 3 3 22 20 Ht 8: Harvey, Markham, Bateman, Tidbury 85.2 5 1 27 21 Ht 9: Mitchell, Weir, Pitcher, Gower 85.1 3 3 30 24 Ht 10: Pawson, Bateman, Page, Markham 86.1 3 3 33 27 Ht 11: Trim, Tidbury, Weir, Harvey 87.6 3 3 36 30 Ht 12: Pawson, Mitchell, Pitcher, Appleby 87.0 5 1 41 31

Saturday 15th April 1939, Hackney Stadium, London Hackney Wick 57 Crystal Palace 27 (English Speedway Trophy) Hackney Wick Frank Hodgson 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 George Saunders 1 3 1 0 5 Doug Wells 3 3 3 3 12 Jim Baylais 2’ 0 2’ 2 6 2 Stan Dell 2’ 2’ 1’ 0 5 3 Arch Windmill 3 3 2 3 11 Nobby Stock 3 2 1’ 6 1 Ken Brett 2’ 2 1

Crystal Palace Les Trim 0 2 3 3 8 Keith Harvey 2 1’ 0 2 5 1 Harry Saunders 1 1 0 2 4 Ernie Pawson 0 1 0 0 1 Mick Mitchell 1 0 1 3 5 George Liddle 0 1 0 1’ 1 1 George Gower 0 1 1 Alf Markham 1 0 1 Ht 1: Hodgson, Harvey, G Saunders, Trim 74.09 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Wells, Baylais, H Saunders, Pawson 75.82 5 1 9 3 Ht 3: Windmill, Dell, Mitchell, Liddle 75.01 5 1 14 4 Ht 4: Stock, Hodgson, Pawson, Gower 78.80 5 1 19 5 Ht 5: Wells, Trim, Harvey, Baylais 75.50 3 3 22 8 Ht 6: Windmill, Dell, H Saunders, Pawson 77.40 5 1 27 9 Ht 7: G Saunders, Hodgson, Liddle, Mitchell 77.21 5 1 32 10 Ht 8: Wells, Brett, Markham, Saunders 78.76 5 1 37 11 Ht 9: Trim, Windmill, Dell, Harvey 74.65 3 3 40 14 Ht 10: Hodgson, H Saunders, G Saunders, Pawson 76.29 4 2 44 16 Ht 11: Wells, Baylais, Mitchell, Liddle 77.19 5 1 49 17 Ht 12: Trim, Stock, Gower, Dell 76.39 2 4 51 21 Ht 13: Mitchell, Baylais, Stock, Markham 77.01 3 3 54 24 Ht 14: Windmill, Harvey, Liddle, G Saunders 76.20 3 3 57 27 Hackney Scurry (3 laps) Final: Hodgson, Windmill, Baylais 58.65 Waterden Scratch Race Final: Mitchell, Tidbury 76.96 Reserves’ Scratch Race Stock, Brett, Tidbury 77.31

Saturday 22nd April 1939, Crystal Palace Exhibition Grounds, Sydenham, London Crystal Palace 33 Bristol 46 (English Speedway Trophy) Crystal Palace Les Trim 1 0 1 1 3 Keith Harvey 3 2 3 3 11 Harry Saunders 1’ F 1 1’ 3 3 Ernie Pawson 2 2 2 2 8 Mick Mitchell X 2 3 E 5 George Liddle F 0 1 2’ 3 1 George Gower 0 0 Alf Markham F X 0 Bristol Harry Shepherd 2 3 3 3 11 Ron Howes 0 1 0 1 Roy Dook 3 1 2 2 8 Jeff Lloyd F 0 0 Roy Dook 3 1 2’ 2 8 1 Bob Lovell 3 1 2 2’ 8 1 Reg Lambourne 2’ 3 X E 5 1 Bill Melluish 1 F 0 1 Jack Bibby 3 3 3 3 12

Ht1: Harvey, Shepherd, Trim, Howes 83.2 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Dook, Pawson, Saunders, Lloyd (f) 86.0 3 3 7 5 Ht 3: Lovell, Lambourne, Mitchell (exc tapes), Liddle (f) 87.8 0 5 7 10 Ht 4: Shepherd, Pawson, Melluish, Gower (ns) 87.4 2 4 9 14 Ht 5: Bibby, Harvey, Dook, Trim 86.8 2 4 11 18 Ht 6: Lambourne, Pawson, Lovell, Saunders (f) 89.6 2 4 13 22 Ht 7: Shepherd, Mitchell, Howes, Liddle 86.8 2 4 15 26 Ht 8: Bibby, Dook, Saunders, Markham (f) 86.6 1 5 16 31 Ht 9: Harvey, Lovell, Trim, Lambourne (exc) 85.0 4 2 20 33 Ht 10: Shepherd, Pawson, Saunders, Howes (mf) 86.8 3 3 23 36 Ht 11: Mitchell, Dook, Liddle, Lloyd 87.2 4 2 27 38 Ht 12: Bibby, Lovell, Trim, Gower 87.0 1 5 28 43 Ht 13: Bibby, Mitchell (mf), Melluish (f), Markham (exc start) 92.6 0 3 28 46 Ht 14: Harvey, Liddle, Melluish (mf), Lambourne (mf, lapped) 86.4 5 0 33 46 Match Race Harvey beat Bibby (f) 85.0 Annerley Scratch Race Ht 1: Shepherd, Saunders, Dook, Trim 85.4 Ht 2: Pawson, Lovell, Mitchell, Lambourne (ef) 90.6 Final: Lovell, Shepherd, Pawson, Saunders (f) 88.6 Penge Scratch Race Ht 1: Gower, Melluish (f), Markham (f), (3 riders ony) 93.0 Ht 2: C Dugard, Fred Wiseman, FBullivant (f), S W Pilgrim (f) 92.4 Final: Gower, Charlie Dugard, Wiseman (3 riders only) 86.6

Tuesday 25th April 1939, Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol 51 Crystal Palace 32 (English Speedway Trophy) Bristol Harry Shepherd 3 3 3 3 12 Jack Bibby 0 1 1 1’ 3 1 Roy Dook 3 2 3 2’ 10 1 Norman Lindsay 0 0 3 2 5 Bob Lovell 1’ 3 3 3 10 1 Reg Lambourne 2 2’ 1 2 7 1 Bill Melluish 1 1’ 2 1 Reg Gore 1 1 2 Crystal Palace Les Trim 2 1 0 2 5 Keith Harvey 1’ 3 2 3 9 1 Fred Wiseman 0 0 0 0 0 Ernie Pawson 2 2 1 2 7 Mick Mitchell 3 2 0 3 8 George Liddle 0 0 0 0 George Gower 0 0 Alf Markham 2 1 0 0 3 Ht 1: Shepherd, Trim, Harvey, Bibby (f) 71.6 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Dook, Pawson, Lindsay (f), Wiseman (nf) 75.0 3 2 6 5 Ht 3: Mitchell, Lambourne, Lovell, Liddle 71.8 3 3 9 8 Ht 4: Shepherd, Pawson, Melluish, Gower 72.8 4 2 13 10 Ht 5: Harvey, Dook, Trim, Lindsay 70.2 2 4 15 14

Ht 6: Lovell, Lambourne, Pawson, Wiseman 73.0 5 1 20 15 Ht 7: Shepherd, Mitchell, Bibby, Liddle 72.0 4 2 24 17 Ht 8: Dook, Markham, Gore, Wiseman 73.8 4 2 28 19 Ht 9: Lovell, Harvey, Lambourne, Trim 70.4 4 2 32 21 Ht 10: Shepherd, Pawson, Bibby, Wiseman 71.8 4 2 36 23 Ht 11: Lindsay, Dook, Markham, Mitchell 72.6 5 1 41 24 Ht 12: Lovell, Trim, Gore, Markham 73.0 4 2 45 26 Ht 13: Mitchell, Lindsay, Melluish, Markham (f ex) 72.4 3 3 48 29 Ht 14: Harvey, Lambourne, Bibby, Liddle 73.2 3 3 51 32 Junior Scratch Race Howes, Gore, Lewis, ? 72.2 Bristol Bull-Dogs v Bristol Bull Pups Ht 1: Shepherd. Howes, Lovell. ? 71.8 Ht 2: Dook, Lindsay, Lambourne, ? 72,2 Challenge Match Race (3 laps) Hansen (Wembley) beat Shepherd 52.4 Golden Helmet Harvey, Lovell, Duke, ? 70.8

Saturday 29th April 1939, Crystal Palace Exhibition Grounds, Sydenham, London Crystal Palace 35 Norwich 46 (English Speedway Trophy) Crystal Palace Les Trim 1 3 2’ 2’ 8 2 Keith Harvey 3 3 3 3 12 Ernie Pawson 2 1 2 2 7 Charlie Challis 0 0 0 0 0 Alf Markham 1 1 0 2 Mick Mitchell 0 0 1 0 1 George Gower 0 1 1’ 2 1 Vic Weir 1’ 2 3 1 Norwich Wal Morton 2 3 3 3 11 Alan Smith 0 2’ 2’ 1’ 5 3 Bert Spencer 3 3 3 0 9 Wilf Jay 1 2’ 2 0 5 1 Dicky Wise 2’ 0 3 3 8 1 Bill Birtwell 3 1 0 2 6 Paul Goodchild 0 2 2 Jock Sweet 0 0 0 Ht 1: Harvey, Morton, Trim, Smith 81.4 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Spencer, Pawson, Jay, Challis 84.1 2 4 6 6 Ht 3: Birtwell, Wise, Markham, Mitchell 85.9 1 5 7 11 Ht 4: Trim, Jay, Goodchild (f) Gower (f) 83.2 3 2 10 13 Ht 5: Morton, Smith, Pawson, Challis 83.8 1 5 11 18 Ht 6: Spencer, Jay, Markham, Mitchell 84.2 1 5 12 23 Ht 7: Harvey, Trim, Birtwell, Wise 84.2 5 1 17 24 Ht 8: Spencer, Pawson, Weir, Sweet 84.3 3 3 20 27 Ht 9: Morton, Smith, Mitchell, Markham (f) 85.7 1 5 21 32 Ht 10: Harvey, Trim, Spencer (mf), Jay (mf) 83.8 5 0 26 32 Ht 11: Wise, Pawson, Challis (f), Birtwell (f) 87.4 2 3 28 35

Ht 12: Morton, Weir, Gower, Sweet 84.6 3 3 31 38 Ht 13: Wise, Goodchild, Gower, Challis 87.6 1 5 32 43 Ht 14: Harvey, Birtwell, Smith, Mitchell 84.9 3 3 35 46 Highest Scorers’ Match Race Morton beat Harvey (nf) 99.33 Catford Scratch Race Ht 1: Goodchild, Lemon, Markham, ? 86.62 Ht 2: Weir, Jock Sweet, Bronco Slade, ? 85.10 Final: Sweet, Lemon, Goodchild, Weir 85.17 Beckenham Scratch Race Ht 1: Trim, Wise, Cyril Anderson, ? 85.22 Ht 2: Smith, Mitchell, Birdwell, ? 85.66 Final: Trim, Smith, Wise, Mitchell 86.23

Saturday 6th May 1939, Crystal Palace Exhibition Grounds, Sydenham, London Crystal Palace 39 Middlesbrough 43 (National League Division 2) Crystal Palace Les Trim 2 2’ 3 0 7 1 Ernie Pawson 1’ 2’ 1 0 4 2 Keith Harvey 3 0 3 3 9 George Liddle 1 2 0 1 4 Mick Mitchell 0 0 0 0 Charlie Challis 2 0 0 2 Vic Weir 3 3 3 3 12 Broncho Slade 0 1 1 Middlesbrough 1 George Greenwood 3 3 3 2 11 2 Wilf Plant 0 1 2’ 1’ 4 2 3 Will Lowther 2 2’ 1’ 2’ 7 3 4 Jack Hyland 0 1 3 3 7 5 Bob Wells 1 0 0 2 6 Aub Lawson 3 1 2 2 8 7 Tommy Bateman 0 0 0 8 Jack Tidbury 2 1’ 2 4 1 Ht 1: Greenwood, Trim, Pawson, Plant 84.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Harvey, Lowther, Liddle, Hyland (mf) 85.2 4 2 7 5 Ht 3: Lawson, Challis, Wells, Mitchell (mf) 86.0 2 4 9 9 Ht 4: Weir, Trim, Hyland, Bateman (mf) 85.2 5 1 14 10 Ht 5: Greenwood, Liddle Plant, Harvey (f) 86.4 2 4 16 14 Ht 6: Hyland, Lowther, Challis (f), Mitchell (mf) 88.0 0 5 16 19 Ht 7: Trim, Pawson, Lawson, Wells 85.1 5 1 21 20 Ht 8: Harvey, Tidbury, Lowther, Slade (mf) 85.0 3 3 24 23 Ht 9: Greenwood, Plant, Mitchell (mf), Challis (mf) 87.2 0 5 24 28 Ht 10: Hyland, Lowther, Pawson, Trim (f) 88.0 1 5 25 33 Ht 11: Harvey, Lawson, Tidbury, Liddle 86.2 3 3 28 36 Ht 12: Weir, Greenwood, Slade, Bateman (f) 85.0 4 2 32 38 Ht 13: Weir, Tidbury, Liddle, Wells 86.0 4 2 36 40 Ht 14: Weir, Lawson, Plant , Pawson (mf) 85.1 3 3 39 43 Match Race Harvey beat Trim 84.7

Wickham Scratch Race Ht 1: Bateman, Gower, Wiseman, Markham (f) 86.5 Ht 2: Tidbury, Weir, Charlie Page, Liddle 85.0 Final: Tidbury, Weir, Gower, Bateman (f) 86.0 Lewisham Scratch Race Ht 1: Plant, Cyril Anderson, Challis (f), Wells (f) 89.0 Ht 2: Harvey, Lawson, Lowther, Markham (f) 84.7 Final: Harvey, Lawson, Plant, [Anderson (ns)] 88.0

Friday 12th May 1939, Cleveland Park, Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 61 Crystal Palace 23 (National League Division 2)

Middlesbrough George Greenwood 3 3 3 3 12 Jack Tidbury 2’ 0 2’ 1 5 2 Will Lowther 3 1 3 2’ 9 1 Jack Hyland 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Aub Lawson 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 Tommy Bateman 1 3 3 3 10 Bob Wells 1 1 2 Wilf Plant 2’ 0 2 1

Crystal Palace

Les Trim 1 0 1 2 4

Charlie Challis 0 2 0 0 2

Keith Harvey 0 0

Ernie Pawson 1 2 0 1 4

Vic Weir 0 1’ 0 2 3 1

Mick Mitchell 2 2 1 2 7

Austin Humphries 0 1’ 1 1

Charlie Page 0 1 1 0 2 Ht 1: Greenwood, Tidbury, Trim, Challis 76.0 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Lowther, Hyland, Pawson, Harvey 76.2 5 1 10 2 Ht 3: Lawson, Mitchell, Bateman, Weir 77.0 4 2 14 4 Ht 4: Greenwood, Pawson, Wells, Humphries 74.0 4 2 18 6 Ht 5: Hyland, Challis, Lowther, Trim 77.8 4 2 22 8 Ht 6: Bateman, Lawson, Page, Pawson 77.0 5 1 27 9 Ht 7: Greenwood, Mitchell, Weir, Tidbury 76.0 3 3 30 12 Ht 8: Lowther, Plant, Page, Humphries 79.0 5 1 35 13 Ht 9: Bateman, Lawson, Trim, Challis 77.0 5 1 40 14 Ht 10: Greenwood, Tidbury, Pawson, ? 77.4 5 1 45 15 Ht 11: Hyland, Lowther, Mitchell, Weir 77.2 5 1 50 16 Ht 12: Lawson, Trim, Humphries, Plant 77.4 3 3 53 19 Ht 13: Hyland, Weir, Wells, Page 78.4 4 2 57 21 Ht 14: Bateman, Mitchell, Tidbury, Challis 79.6 4 2 61 23 Middlesbrough 9 The Rest 15 (Challenge) Ht 1: Colin Watson, Hyland, Trim, ? 77.0 2 4 2 4 Ht 2: George Pepper, Bateman, Weir, ? 78.0 2 4 4 8 Ht 3: Mitchell, Plant, Pawson, ? 80.0 2 4 6 12 Ht 4: Greenwood, Bishop, Challis, ? 80.0 3 3 9 15

Saturday 13th May 1939, Crystal Palace Exhibition Grounds, Sydenham, London Crystal Palace 39 Sheffield 43 (National League Division 2) Crystal Palace Les Trim 0 2 0 1’ 3 1 Ernie Pawson 2 1 2 0 5 Keith Harvey 3 3 3 3 12 George Liddle 0 0 Vic Weir 2 2 3 3 10 Mick Mitchell 1’ 0 3 4 1 Charlie Page 1’ 0 0 2 3 1 Charlie Challis 1 0 1 0 2 Sheffield Ernie Evans 3 2 0 2 7 Don Houghton 1 0 2 3 Stan Williams 1’ 3 2 0 6 1 Doug McLachlan 2 3 1 3 9 Jack Dixon 3 3 1’ 3 10 1 Ossie Powell 0 2’ 2 2 6 1 Harwood Pike 0 0 0 Paddy Mills 1’ 1 0 2 Ht 1 Evans, Pawson, Houghton, Trim 84.26 2 4 2 4 Ht 2 Harvey, McLachlan, Williams, Liddle 83.40 3 3 5 7 Ht 3 Dixon, Weir, Mitchell, Powell 86.27 3 3 8 10 Ht 4 McLachlan, Trim, Page, Pike 84.68 3 3 11 13 Ht 5 Harvey, Evans, Challis, Houghton 82.70 4 2 15 15 Ht 6 Williams, Weir, McLachlan, Mitchell 85.60 2 4 17 19 Ht 7 Dixon, Powell, Pawson, Trim 85.18 1 5 18 24 Ht 8 Harvey, Williams, Mills, Challis (f) 85.35 3 3 21 27 Ht 9 Weir, Houghton, Evans (f), Page (f) 85.10 3 2 24 29 Ht 10 McLachlan, Pawson, Trim, Williams (exc) 85.00 3 3 27 32 Ht 11 Harvey, Powell, Dixon, Page (f) 85.20 3 3 30 35 Ht 12 Weir, Evans, Challis, Pike 84.40 4 2 34 37 Ht 13 Dixon, Page, Mills, Challis 88.50 2 4 36 41 Ht 14 Mitchell, Powell, Mills (f), Pawson (nf) 87.70 3 2 39 43 Match Race (2 laps) Dixon beat Mitchell (f) 46.0 Southend Scratch Race Gower, Bronco Slade, Alf Markham, Fred Wiseman (f) 87.9 Norwood Scratch Race Ht 1: Weir, Austin Humphries, Dixon (f) 87.20 Ht 2: Williams, Trim (f), McLachlan (f) Evans (f) no time Ht 3: Powell, Pawson, Liddle, Mitchell (f) 87.45 Ht 4: Challis, George Gower, Pike, Page 85.69 Final: Powell, Weir, Williams, Challis 85.40

Tuesday 16th May 1939, Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol 83 Crystal Palace 22 (National Trophy, Division 2 Round 1, 1st Leg) Bristol Harry Shepherd 3 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 14 4 Bill Clibbett 3 3 3 3 3 15 Roy Dook 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2 Jeff Lloyd 3 2’ 3 3 2’ 3 16 2 Norman Lindsay 3 2’ 2’ 1 8 2 Jack Bibby 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2 Ron Howes 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 George Craig 0 0 Crystal Palace Charlie Challis 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 Ernie Pawson 1 1 0 2 Keith Harvey 0 0 0 0 George Liddle 1 1 0 1 3 Vic Weir 0 0 2 1 0 3 Mick Mitchell 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 George Gower 2 1 1 0 0 4 Charlie Page 1’ 1’ 0 2 2 Ht 1: Lloyd, Dook, Pawson, Harvey 70.6 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Shepherd, Bibby, Liddle, Mitchell 72.0 5 1 10 2 Ht 3: Lindsay, Dook, Challis, Weir 74.0 5 1 15 3 Ht 4: Howes, Gower, Page, Craig 71.4 3 3 18 6 Ht 5: Clibbett, Shepherd, Pawson, Challis 71.2 5 1 23 7 Ht 6: Dook, Bibby, Liddle, Harvey 71.6 5 1 28 8 Ht 7: Clibbett, Lloyd, Gower, Mitchell 72.0 5 1 33 9 Ht 8: Shepherd, Lindsay, Challis, Harvey 75.2 5 1 38 10 Ht 9: Re-run Dook, Shepherd, Mitchell, Pawson (f ns) 73.6 5 1 43 11 Ht 10: Clibbett, Howes, Gower, Weir 70.8 5 1 48 12 Ht 11: Lloyd, Weir, Page, (Craig ns inj) 71.4 3 3 51 15 Ht 12: Clibbett, Howes, Challis, Liddle 72.0 5 1 56 16 Ht 13: Bibby, Lindsay, Weir, Pawson 69.8 5 1 61 17 Ht 14: Howes, Gower (nf), Page (nf), [Craig ns inj) 72.0 3 0 64 17 Ht 15: Lloyd, Shepherd, Liddle, Weir 70.8 5 1 69 18 Ht 16: Clibbett, Mitchell, Lindsay, Gower 71.8 4 2 73 20 Ht 17: Bibby, Lloyd, Challis, Mitchell 70.8 5 1 78 21 Ht 18: Lloyd, Shepherd, Mitchell, Challis 71.2 5 1 83 22

Saturday 20th May 1939, The Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich 64 Crystal Palace 20 (English Speedway Trophy) Norwich Wal Morton 3 3 3 3 12 Alan Smith 2’ 1 2’ 2’ 7 3 Bert Spencer 3 3 3 3 12 Wilf Jay 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Dicky Wise 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 Jock Sweet 3 3 3 3 12 Alex Lewis 1 2’ 3 1 Tip Mills 0 0 0

Crystal Palace Les Trim 1 1 1 1’ 4 1 Charlie Challis 0 0 0 0 Keith Harvey 0 1 1’ 1 3 1 George Liddle 0 0 Vic Weir 1 0 0 1 2 Mick Mitchell 0 2 1 1 4 George Dykes 2 0 0 2 4 Eddie Barker 1 2 0 0 3 Ht 1: Morton, Smith, Trim, Challis 78.4 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Spencer, Jay, Barker, Harvey 78.0 5 1 10 2 Ht 3: Sweet, Wise, Weir, Mitchell (f) 79.0 5 1 15 3 Ht 4: Morton, Dykes, Lewis, Liddle 78.6 4 2 19 5 Ht 5: Spencer, Jay , Trim, Challis 79.6 5 1 24 6 Ht 6: Sweet, Wise , Harvey, Dykes 79.0 5 1 29 7 Ht 7: Morton, Mitchell, Smith, Weir 81.2 4 2 33 9 Ht 8: Spencer, Barker, Harvey, Mills 79.8 3 3 36 12 Ht 9: Sweet, Wise , Trim, Dykes 79.8 5 1 41 13 Ht 10: Morton, Smith, Harvey, Barker 78.2 5 1 46 14 Ht 11: Spencer, Jay, Mitchell, Weir 78.6 5 1 51 15 Ht 12: Wise, Dykes, Trim, Mills 81.6 3 3 54 18 Ht 13: Jay, Lewis, Weir, Barker 80.4 5 1 59 19 Ht 14: Sweet, Smith, Mitchell, Challis 79.8 5 1 64 20 Reserves Race Tip Mills, George Dykes, Bert Hutson, Alex Lewis 84.6 Scratch Race for the John R. Bradshaw Trophy Ht 1: Spencer, Sweet, Mitchell, Dykes 78.8 Ht 2: Morton, Jay, Weir, Harvey 79.6 Ht 3: Wise, Smith, Challis, Liddle 81.0 Ht 4: Lewis, Mills, Hutson, Barker 83.0 Final: Morton, Wise, Lewis, Spencer (f) 79.0

Saturday 27th May 1939, Crystal Palace Exhibition Grounds, Sydenham, London Crystal Palace 35 Bristol 65 (National Trophy, Division 2 Round 1, 2nd Leg) Crystal Palace Les Trim 1 1 2 2 6 Charlie Challis 0 0 1 1 1’ 3 1 Keith Harvey 3 2 1’ 0 3 9 1 George Dykes 0 1 0 0 2 3 Vic Weir 0 2 0 0 2 4 Mick Mitchell 0 3 2 0 5 George Gower 1 1’ 2 4 1 Eddie Barker 0 1’ 0 1 1 Bristol Harry Shepherd 3 2’ 0 3 3 11 1 Jeff Lloyd 2 3 0 2’ 1 8 1 Bill Clibbett 0 2 3 5 Norman Lindsay 2’ 0 2’ 1 5 2 Roy Dook 1 2’ 3 3 3 12 1 Jack Bibby 3 3 3 0 1’ 10 1 Bill Melluish 3 3 3 1 2 12 George Craig 2’ 0 2 1

Ht 1: Harvey, Lloyd, Dykes (f), Clibbett (f) 85.2 3 2 3 2 Ht 2: Bibby, Lindsay, Trim, Mitchell (mf) 87.0 1 5 4 7 Ht 3: Shepherd, Harvey, Dook, Weir 85.2 2 4 6 11 Ht 4: Melluish, Craig, Gower, Barker 88.0 1 5 7 16 Ht 5: Lloyd, Shepherd, Trim, Challis 86.0 1 5 8 21 Ht 6: Race declared void 0 0 8 21 Ht 7: Bibby, Dook, Dykes, Challis (mf) 85.8 1 5 9 26 Ht 8: Melluish, Weir, Gower, Shepherd (nf) 86.8 3 3 12 29 Ht 9: Bibby, Trim, Harvey, Lloyd 84.8 3 3 15 32 Ht 10: Mitchell, Clibbett, Challis, Lindsay (mf) 86.2 4 2 19 34 Ht 11: Dook, Lloyd, Dykes (mf), Weir (f) 87.4 0 5 19 39 Ht 12: Shepherd, Lindsay, Challis, Harvey (f) 87.0 1 5 20 44 Ht 13: Dook, Mitchell, Lloyd, Weir (f) 85.8 2 4 22 48 Ht 14: Melluish, Gower, Barker, Craig (f) 87.6 3 3 25 51 Ht 15: Dook, Trim , Lindsay, Dykes 86.4 2 4 27 55 Ht 16: Clibbett, Weir, Challis, Bibby (mf) 86.4 3 3 30 58 Ht 17: Shepherd, Dykes, Melluish, Mitchell 86.8 2 4 32 62 Ht 18: Harvey, Melluish, Bibby, Barker 86.2 3 3 35 65 Purley Scratch Race Ht 1: Dykes, Page, Weir 87.8 Ht 2: Austin Humphries, Eddie Barker (f), Gower (mf), Les Gregory (mf) 90.2 Final: Dykes, Page, Humphries 88.2

Monday 29th May 1939, Crystal Palace Exhibition Grounds, Sydenham, London Crystal Palace 43 Hackney Wick 40 (English Speedway Trophy) Crystal Palace Les Trim 1’ 2 1 0 4 1 Keith Harvey 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 George Dykes 0 0 0 2’ 2 1 Charlie Challis 1 2 3 1 7 Vic Weir 2’ 0 2’ 3 7 2 Mick Mitchell 3 1 3 3 10 0 George Gower 2 1 3 Hackney Wick Frank Hodgson 3 0 3 George Saunders 0 3 1 1 5 Stan Dell 2’ 2’ 3 2 9 2 Nobby Stock 3 1 3 1’ 8 1 Doug Wells 0 0 1 1 Jim Baylais 1 2 0 0 3 Ken Brett 3 0 2 3 8 Arch Windmill 1 0 2’ 3 1 Ht 1: Hodgson, Harvey, Trim, Saunders 83.55 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Stock, Dell, Challis, Dykes 86.02 1 5 4 8 Ht 3: Mitchell, Weir, Baylais, Wells 83.00 5 1 9 9 Ht 4: Brett, Trim, Stock 86.40 2 4 11 13 Ht 5: Saunders, Challis, Hodgson (f), Dykes (f) 87.09 2 3 13 16 Ht 6: Stock, Dell, Mitchell, Weir 84.10 1 5 14 21 Ht 7: Harvey, Baylais, Trim, Wells 86.55 4 2 18 23 Ht 8: Dell, Gower, Windmill, Dykes 85.30 2 4 20 27 Ht 9: Mitchell, Weir, Saunders, Brett (f) 83.90 5 1 25 28 Ht 10: Harvey, Dell, Stock, Trim 86.25 3 3 28 31 Ht 11: Challis, Dykes, Wells, Baylais (exc) 87.50 5 1 33 32

Ht 12: Weir, Brett, Gower, Windmill 84.85 4 2 37 34 Ht 13: Brett, Windmill, Challis 87.68 1 5 38 39 Ht 14: Mitchell, Harvey, Saunders, Baylais 84.65 5 1 43 40 Holiday Scratch Race Ht 1: Harvey, Dell, Trim, ? 85.36 Ht 2: Stock, Dykes, D Wells, ? 87.95 Ht 3: Windmill, (no other finishers) 90.21 Ht 4: Page, Humphries, (no third) 87.42 Final: Harvey, Stock, Page, Windmill 86.50

Thursday 1st June 1939, Sun Street Stadium, Hanley, Stoke Stoke 62 Crystal Palace 20 (National League Division 2) Stoke Ted Bravery 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2 Alan Butler 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 Oliver Hart 0 2’ 2’ 3 7 2 Fred Tuck 3 3 1 2’ 9 1 Tommy Allott 1 3 0 2’ 6 1 Jack Gordon 3 2’ 3 0 6 1 Fred Strecker 3 3 6 Stan Lemon 3 3 6 Crystal Palace Bob Lovell 1 1 1’ 1 4 1 Keith Harvey 0 0 2 0 2 George Dykes 0 0 0 1 1 Charlie Challis 2 1 0 3 Vic Weir 0 0 0 0 0 Mick Mitchell 2 1 2 2 7 No rider George Gower 1 1 1 3 Ht 1: Butler, Bravery, Lovell, Harvey 80.8 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Tuck, Challis, Hart (nf), Dykes (nf) 83.0 3 2 8 3 Ht 3: Gordon, Mitchell, Allott, Weir 84.6 4 2 12 5 Ht 4: Strecker, Bravery, Challis 81.4 5 1 17 6 Ht 5: Tuck, Hart, Lovell, Harvey (3 riders only) 83.0 5 1 22 7 Ht 6: Allott, Gordon, Gower, Dykes 85.2 5 1 27 8 Ht 7: Bravery, Butler, Mitchell, Weir 82.8 5 1 32 9 Ht 8: Lemon, Hart, Gower, Dykes no time 5 1 37 10 Ht 9: Gordon, Harvey, Lovell, Allott 83.8 3 3 40 13 Ht 10: Bravery, Butler, Dykes, Challis 83.8 5 1 45 14 Ht 11: Hart, Mitchell, Tuck, Weir 81.2 4 2 49 16 Ht 12: Lemon, Allott, Lovell (3 riders only) 84.6 5 1 54 17 Ht 13: Strecker, Tuck, Gower, Weir 85.0 5 1 59 18 Ht 14: Butler, Mitchell, Gordon (nf), Harvey (nf) 82.6 3 2 62 20 Ht8 run over 5 laps Golden Helmet Scratch Race Ht 1: Bravery, [Lemon, Harvey} 81.2 Ht 2: Gordon, [Strecker, Lovell, Gower] 83.8 Ht 3: Hart, [Len Eyres, Challis, J White] 83.6 Ht 4: Tuck, Harold Jackspn, Weir, G Burgess] 84.4 Final: Bravery, Hart, [Gordon, Tuck] 82.8

Saturday 3rd June 1939, Crystal Palace Exhibition Grounds, Sydenham, London Crystal Palace 40 Sheffield 41 (National League Division 2) Crystal Palace Les Trim 0 3 2 3 8 Keith Harvey 2 1’ 2’ 0 5 2 Bob Lovell 0 1 2 2 5 Charlie Challis 1 0 1 Vic Weir 1’ 1’ 3 2 7 2 Mick Mitchell 2 2 0 3 7 George Dykes 1 0 1 2 George Gower 1’ 1’ 3 5 2 Sheffield Ernie Evans 3 3 2 3 11 Paddy Mills 0 2’ 0 0 2 1 Stan Williams 3 3 3 0 9 Geoff Godwin 2’ 2 0 1 5 1 Jack Dixon 0 0 1 2 3 Ossie Powell 3 3 3 2 11 Ron Mason 0 0 0 0 No number eight Ht 1: Evans, Harvey, Trim (mf), Mills (ef) 84.70 2 3 2 3 Ht 2: Williams, Godwin, Challis, Lovell 84.90 1 5 3 8 Ht 3: Powell, Mitchell, Weir, Dixon (mf) 84.19 3 3 6 11 Ht 4: Trim, Godwin, Dykes, No fourth 85.46 4 2 10 13 Ht 5: Evans, Mills, Lovell, Challis (f) 85.56 1 5 11 18 Ht 6: Williams, Mitchell, Weir, Godwin 84.34 3 3 14 21 Ht 7: Powell, Trim, Harvey, Dixon (mf) 84.75 3 3 17 24 Ht 8: Williams, Lovell, Gower, Mason 84.07 3 3 20 27 Ht 9: Weir, Evans, Mitchell (mf), Mason (mf) 84.89 3 2 23 29 Ht 10: Trim, Harvey, Godwin, Williams (mf) 86.58 5 1 28 30 Ht 11: Powell, Lovell, Dixon, Dykes (mf) 86.18 2 4 30 34 Ht 12: Evans, Weir, Gower, No fourth 85.84 3 3 33 37 Ht 13: Gower, Dixon, Dykes, Mason (f) 89.24 4 2 37 39 Ht 14: Mitchell, Powell, Mills (f), Harvey (f exc) 90.72 3 2 40 41 Maple Scratch Race Final: Page, Humphries, no third 88.03 Belvedere Scratch Race Final: Trim, Weir, Gower 89.01

Monday 5th June 1939, Brough Park, Newcastle Newcastle 58 Crystal Palace 25 (National League Division 2) Newcastle George Pepper 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Curtis 2’ 2’ 2’ 1’ 7 4 Billy Lamont 3 2’ 3 1 9 1 Rol Stobart 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2 Maurice Stobart 2’ 0 3 1’ 6 2 Norman Hargreaves 1 3 2’ 2 8 1 Reg Hay 1 3 4 Syd Littlewood 0 2 2

Crystal Palace Les Trim 0 1 1 3 5 Keith Harvey 1 0 0 0 1 Bob Lovell 0 2 2 1 5 Charlie Challis 1 2 1’ 0 4 1 Vic Weir 0 0 0 0 0 Mick Mitchell 3 0 2 3 8 George Dykes 0 0 0 George Gower 1’ 1 2 1 Ht 1: Pepper, Curtis, Harvey, Trim 77.0 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Lamont, R Stobart, Challis, Lovell 81.0 5 1 10 2 Ht 3: Mitchell, M Stobart, Hargreaves, Weir 78.0 3 3 13 5 Ht 4: Pepper, Challis, Hay, Dykes 80.0 4 2 17 7 Ht 5: R Stobart, Lamont, Trim, Harvey 80.2 5 1 22 8 Ht 6: Hargreaves, Lovell, Challis, M Stobart 79.8 3 3 25 11 Ht 7: Pepper, Curtis, Mitchell (f), Weir (nf) 78.0 5 0 30 11 Ht 8: Lamont, Lovell, Gower, Littlewood 80.4 3 3 33 14 Ht 9: M Stobart, Hargreaves, Trim, Harvey 80.4 5 1 38 15 Ht 10: Pepper, Curtis, Lovell, Challis 76.4 5 1 43 16 Ht 11: R Stobart, Mitchell, Lamont, Weir 78.8 4 2 47 18 Ht 12: Trim, Littlewood, M Stobart, Dykes 79.6 3 3 50 21 Ht 13: Hay, R Stobart, Gower, Weir 81.4 5 1 55 22 Ht 14: Mitchell, Hargreaves, Curtis, Harvey 78.8 3 3 58 25 Match Race Challenge Newcastle 12 Belle Vue 12 Newcastle George Pepper 1’ 3 4 1 Norman Hargreaves 2 1 3 Billy Lamont 3 0 3 Rol Stobbart 0 2 2 Belle Vue Frank Varey 3 3 6 Bob Harrison 0 1 1 Joe Abbott 2 0 2 Jack Hargreaves 1’ 2 3 1 Ht 1: Varey, N Hargreaves, Pepper, Harrison 77.0 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Lamont, Abbott, J Hargreaves, Stobbart 80.0 3 3 6 6 Ht 3: Pepper, J Hargreaves, N Hargreaves, Abbott 76.0 4 2 10 8 Ht 4: Varey, R Stobbart, Harrison, Lamont 76.8 2 4 12 12

Tuesday, June 6th 1939, Marine Gardens, Edinburgh Edinburgh 30 Crystal Palace 23 (Challenge) Edinburgh Oliver Hart 3 3 3 9 Chick Brine 1 0 1 2 Laurie Packer 3 3 3 9 Jack Hancock 1 0 0 1 Jack Gordon 3 3 0 6 Leo Lungo 0 0 Norrie Isbister 1 2 2

Crystal Palace Les Trim 0 0 0 0 Keith Harvey 2 2 2 6 Bob Lovell 2 2 1 5 Charlie Challis 0 1' 3 4 1 Vic Weir 1' 1' 0 2 2 Mick Mitchell 2 2 2 6 Ht 1: Hart, Harvey, Brine, Trim 82.8 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Packer, Lovell, Hancock, Challis 83.8 4 2 8 4 Ht 3: Gordon, Mitchell, Weir, Lungo 82.6 3 3 11 7 Ht 4: Hart, Lovell, Challis, Brine 83.8 3 3 14 10 Ht 5: Packer, Mitchell, Weir, Hancock 83.2 3 3 17 13 Ht 6: Gordon, Harvey, Isbister, Trim 82.6 4 2 21 15 Ht 7: Hart, Michell, Brine, Weir 83.2 4 2 25 17 Ht 8: Packer, Harvey, Hancock (f), Trim (f) 85.6 3 2 28 19 Ht 9: Challis, Isbister, Lovell, Gordon (f) 83.6 2 4 30 23 Captains Match Race (2 Laps) Oliver Hart beat Les Trim 44.0 Match Race Packer, Hart, Gordon, Mitchell 82.4 Search For Talent Isbister, Dick Dennie, Joe Crowther, Bill Nisbet (ns) 85.8 Scottish Silver Torch Ht 1: Gordon, Mitchell, Lovell, Brine 82.6 Ht 2: Gruff Garland, Challis, Hancock, George Gowers 82.6 Ht 3: Hart, Isbister, Weir, Harvey (f) 86.0 Ht 4: Elwood Stilwell, Packer, Trim, Crowther 85,6 Final: Gordon, Hart, Garland, Stilwell 82.6

Saturday 10th June 1939, Crystal Palace Exhibition Grounds, Sydenham, London World Championship Qualifying Round (Individual) Keith Harvey 2 0 1 1 1 5 Les Trim 1 0 0 1 Vic Weir 3 1 0 0 4 Mick Mitchell 0 0 2 3 2 7 George Dykes 0 0 0 Charlie Challis 2 2 2 0 1 7 George Pepper 1 2 3 3 2 11 Fred Curtis 3 2 1 2 0 8 Stan Williams 3 3 3 2 0 11 Ossie Powell 2 1 1 2 2 8 Phil Bishop 0 0 0 3 3 6 Colin Watson 0 0 2 2 3 7 Fred Leavis 2 1 0 0 2 5 Wally Key 1 3 1 2 1 8 Andy Menzies 0 3 3 1 3 10 Aub Lawson 3 3 3 3 3 15 George Gower (res) 2 0 1 1 0 4 Ht 1: Weir, Harvey, Trim, Mitchell (mf) 84.0 Ht 2: Curtis, Challis, Pepper, Dykes 85.6

Ht 3: Williams, Powell, Bishop (f), Watson (nf) 85.4 Ht 4: Lawson. Leavis, Key, Menzies (f) 84.8 Ht 5: Williams, Gower, Leavis, Dykes 88.6 Ht 6: Key, Challis, Powell, Harvey 85.2 Ht 7: Menzies, Pepper, Weir, Bishop (f) 84.6 Ht 8: Lawson, Curtis, Mitchell (f), Watson (nf) 86.0 Ht 9: Lawson, Challis, Bishop (f), Trim (nf) 87.8 Ht 10: Menzies, Watson, Harvey, Gower 86.4 Ht 11: Pepper, Watson, Key, Trim 85.4 Ht 12: Pepper, Mitchell, Powell, Leavis 85.4 Ht 13: Williams, Key, Curtis, Weir 84.8 Ht 14: Bishop, Curtis, Harvey, Leavis 86.0 Ht 15: Lawson, Powell, Gower, Weir 85.4 Ht 16: Mitchell, Williams, Menzies (f rmtd), Challis 85.4 Ht 17: Menzies, Powell, Gower, Curtis 88.2 Ht 18: Lawson, Pepper, Harvey, Williams (mf) 85.0 Ht 19: Watson, Leavis, Challis, Gower 87.4 Ht 20: Bishop, Mitchell, Key (3 riders only) 84.2

Saturday 17th June 1939, Crystal Palace Exhibition Grounds, Sydenham, London Crystal Palace 37 Bristol 46 (National League Division 2) Crystal Palace Keith Harvey 0 2 3 0 5 Charlie Appleby 2 2 1 0 5 Mick Mitchell 0 1 3 0 4 Ron Clarke 2 0 1 1 4 Vic Weir 3 0 0 3 6 Bob Lovell 2 2 2 3 9 Charlie Challis 0 1 2 3 George Gower 1 0 1 Bristol Harry Shepherd 1 3 0 2 6 Jeff Lloyd 3 2 3 2 10 Roy Dook 1 3 2 3 9 Norman Lindsay 3 3 0 2 8 Jack Bibby 1 0 3 3 7 George Craig 0 1 2 1 4 Ron Howes 1 1 2 Norman Wolsey 0 0 0 Ht 1: Lloyd, Appleby, Shepherd (f rmtd), Harvey (f) 83.6 2 4 2 4 Ht 2: Lindsay, Clarke, Dook, Mitchell (f) 86.8 2 4 4 8 Ht 3: Weir, Lovell, Bibby, Craig 84.0 5 1 9 9 Ht 4: Lindsay, Harvey, Howes, Challis 85.2 2 4 11 13 Ht 5: Shepherd, Lloyd Mitchell, Clarke 86.0 1 5 12 18 Ht 6: Dook, Lovell , Weir (mf), Lindsay (mf) 85.4 2 3 14 21 Ht 7: Harvey, Appleby, Craig, Bibby 87.0 5 1 19 22 Ht 8: Mitchell, Dook, Gower, Wolsey 85.0 4 2 23 24 Ht 9: Lloyd, Lovell , Challis, Shepherd (exc) 86.0 3 3 26 27 Ht 10: Dook, Lindsay, Appleby, Harvey (mf) 87.0 1 5 27 32 Ht 11: Bibby, Craig, Clarke, Mitchell (f) 88.4 1 5 28 37 Ht 12: Weir, Shepherd, Howes, Gower 84.8 3 3 31 40 Ht 13: Bibby, Challis, Clarke, Wolsey 87.0 3 3 34 43 Ht 14: Lovell, Lloyd, Craig, Appleby 86.0 3 3 37 46 Top Scorers Match Race

Lloyd beat Lovell 86.0 Woodland Scratch Race Ht 1: Humphries, Page, Saunders, Eddie Barker 89.4 Ht 2: Craig, Liddle, George Dykes, Gower 88.6 Final: Craig, Liddle, Page, Humphries (ef) 85.4 Sylvan Scratch Race Ht 1: Weir, Challis, Harvey, Appleby 86.4 Ht 2: Clarke, Mitchell,G Lovell, Wolsey 86.8 Final: Clarke, Weir, Mitchell, Challis 88.4

Thursday 22nd June 1939, Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Sheffield 63 Crystal Palace 21 (National League Division 2) Sheffield Ernie Evans 2 3 3 3 11 Paddy Mills 3 2 2 3 10 Stan Williams 3 3 3 3 12 Doug McLachlan 1 2 3 0 6 Jack Dixon 3 3 3 3 12 Ossie Powell 2 2 2 2 8 Geoff Godwin 2 2 4 ? 0 0 Crystal Palace Keith Harvey 0 1 1 2 4 Charlie Appleby 1 0 0 0 1 Mick Mitchell 0 0 0 Ron Clarke 2 1 1 0 4 Vic Weir 0 1 1 1 3 Bob Lovell 1 0 2 1 4 Charlie Challis 0 2 1 1 4 George Gower 1 0 1 Ht 1: Mills, Evans, Appleby , Harvey 76.0 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Williams, Clarke, McLachlan, Mitchell 74.4 4 2 9 3 Ht 3: Dixon, Powell, Lovell, Weir 76.4 5 1 14 4 Ht 4: Evans, Godwin, Clarke, Challis 77.4 5 1 19 5 Ht 5: Williams, McLachlan, Harvey, Appleby 75.8 5 1 24 6 Ht 6: Dixon, Powell, Clarke, Mitchell (f) 77.8 5 1 29 7 Ht 7: Evans, Mills, Weir, Lovell 77.6 5 1 34 8 Ht 8: Williams, Challis, Gower, ? 75.4 3 3 37 11 Ht 9: Dixon, Powell, Harvey, Appleby 76.4 5 1 42 12 Ht 10: Evans, Mills, Challis, Clarke 76.6 5 1 47 13 Ht 11: Williams, Lovell, Weir, McLachlan 76.0 3 3 50 16 Ht 12: Dixon, Harvey, Challis, ? 76.6 3 3 53 19 Ht 13: McLachlan, Godwin, Weir, Gower 78.0 5 1 58 20 Ht 14: Mills, Powell, Lovell, Appleby 77.4 5 1 63 21 Golden Helmet Scratch Race Final: Dixon, Williams, Evans Reserves’ Scratch Race Gregory, Beardsall, Brailsford

Saturday 24th June 1939, Crystal Palace Exhibition Grounds, Sydenham, London Crystal Palace 56 Stoke 28 (National League Division 2) Crystal Palace Les Trim 2 1 1 0 4 Keith Harvey 0 3 3 1 7 Mick Mitchell 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Ron Clarke 2’ 2’ 1 1’ 6 3 Vic Weir 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Bob Lovell 0 3 1 3 7 Charlie Appleby 3 2 5 Charlie Challis 3 2’ 5 1 Stoke Ted Bravery 3 0 2 1 6 Fred Tuck 1 1 0 2 4 Alan Butler 0 1 1 2 4 Bill Birtwell 1 0 0 1’ 2 1 Oliver Hart 2 2 2 3 9 Jack Gordon 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Fred Strecker 2 0 2 Tommy Allott 0 0 0 Ht1: Bravery, Trim, Tuck, Harvey (f) 85.02 2 4 2 4 Ht2: Mitchell, Clarke, Birtwell, Butler 84.18 5 1 7 5 Ht3: Weir, Hart, Gordon, Lovell 83.01 3 3 10 8 Ht4: Appleby, Strecker, Trim, Allott 87.59 4 2 14 10 Ht5: Mitchell, Clarke, Tuck, Bravery 84.43 5 1 19 11 Ht6: Lovell, Weir, Butler, Birtwell 86.15 5 1 24 12 Ht7: Harvey, Hart, Trim, Gordon 85.75 4 2 28 14 Ht8: Challis, Mitchell, Butler, Allott 86.50 5 1 33 15 Ht9: Weir, Bravery, Lovell, Tuck 84.36 4 2 37 17 Ht10: Harvey, Butler, Birtwell, Trim 88.56 3 3 40 20 Ht11: Mitchell, Hart, Clarke, Gordon 84.25 4 2 44 22 Ht12: Weir, Challis, Bravery, Strecker 84.82 5 1 49 23 Ht13: Hart, Appleby (f rmtd), Clarke, [Allott (ns)] 88.72 3 3 52 26 Ht14: Lovell, Tuck, Harvey, Gordon 86.55 4 2 56 28 Alpha Scratch Race Gower, Saunders GLiddle, Page 87.15 Beta Scratch Race Appleby, Challis, Humphries EBarker 86.63 Auckland Scratch Race Ht1: Mitchell, Harvey, Tuck GLiddle 85.13 Ht2: Hart, Weir, Clarke JGordon 85.95 Ht3: Lovell, Gower, Saunders LTrim 87.23 Ht4: Appleby, Page, Eddie Barker Allott 89.25 Final: Mitchell, Hart, Lovell, Appleby 85.68

Saturday 1st July 1939, The Firs Stadium, Norwich Norwich 50 Crystal Palace 34 (National League Division 2) Norwich Bert Spencer 3 3 3 3 12 Cyril Anderson 0 1 1 2 4 Wilf Jay 3 1’ 2 1 7 Will Lowther 1 2 2 3 8 Alan Smith 0 2 3 5 Wal Morton 3 3 3 3 12 Edwin Youngs 2’ 0 0 2 Tip Mills 0 0 0 Crystal Palace Les Trim 1’ 0 1 1 3 Keith Harvey 2 3 2 1 8 Mick Mitchell 0 0 1 2 3 Ron Clarke 2 1 3 0 6 Vic Weir 2 0 0 2 4 Bob Lovell 1’ 2 3 0 6 Charlie Appleby 0 2 2 Charlie Challis 1 1 2 Ht 1: Spencer, Harvey, Trim. Anderson 79.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Jay, Clarke, Lowther, Mitchell (f) 80.2 4 2 7 5 Ht 3: Morton, Weir, Lovell, Smith 80.2 3 3 10 8 Ht 4: Spencer, Youngs, Clarke, Appleby (mf) 79.8 5 1 15 9 Ht 5: Harvey, Lowther, Jay, Trim 80.4 3 3 18 12 Ht 6: Morton, Smith, Challis, Mitchell 79.2 5 1 23 13 Ht 7: Spencer, Lovell, Anderson, Weir 78.2 4 2 27 15 Ht 8: Clarke, Jay, Mitchell Mills 80.0 2 4 29 19 Ht 9: Morton, Harvey, Trim, Youngs 80.2 3 3 32 22 Ht 10: Spencer, Mitchell, Anderson, Clarke (f) 79.6 4 2 36 24 Ht 11: Lovell, Lowther, Jay, Weir 79.8 3 3 39 27 Ht 12: Smith, Appleby, Trim, Mills 79.0 3 3 42 30 Hit 13: Lowther, Weir, Challis, Youngs 81.6 3 3 45 33 Ht 14: Morton, Anderson, Harvey (f rmtd), Lovell (mf)80.0 5 1 50 34 International Match Race Bert Spencer (Australia) v Wilbur Lamoreaux (United States) Ht 1: Lamoreaux beat Spencer 76.0 Ht 2: Spencer beat Lamoreaux 76.2 Ht 3: Lamoreaux Beat Spencer 78.2 Scratch Race Ht 1: Smith, Lovell, Lowther, Trim 79.6 Ht 2: Jay, Harvey, Weir, Anderson 80.2 Ht 3: Spencer, Mitchell, Clarke, Alex Lewis 80.2 Ht 4: Morton, Challis, Sid Hipperson, Appleby 80.6 Final: Spencer, Smith, Morton, Jay 78.0