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PLYMOUTH 1936 Updated 19.11.2020 Sources: Western Morning News, Western Daily Press, Nottingham Journal, Nottingham Evening Post, marked programmes. Tuesday, 5 th May 1936, Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Individual Attendance 3,000 Trophy Scratch Race Elimination heat: H McSweeny, M Collins, B Slade, J Dugard (f) 92.8 Ht 1: Syd Manning, Pat Lish (f), Des Fry (ns) 93.4 Ht 2: Les Bowden, Slade, Percy Brine (f, rmtd, f) Dick Wise (mf) 86.4 Ht 3: Jack Hobson, McSweeny, Len Keefe 85.4 Ht 4: Sam Marsland, Fred Tuck, M Collins 88.2 SF1: Bowden, McSweeny, Tuck, Manning 85.8 SF2: Hobson, Marsland, Les Gregory 83.4 Final: Bowden, Marsland, McSweeny (f), Hobson (f) no time Reserves’ Scratch Race Tuck, Manning, Keefe, Brine (f exc) 89.0 The Panthers’ Dash (one lap flying start record attempts - record 19.2) Les Gregory 19.8 Dick Wise (mf) Sam Marsland 20.4 Les Bowden 19.0 (record) Plymouth Distance Handicap Ht 1: Marsland (scr), Keefe (10yds), Collins (scr) 90.8 Ht 2: Gregory (20), Slade (scr) 87.4 Ht 3: Manning (10), McSweeny 90.0 Ht 4: Tuck (10) 92.4 SF1: McSweeny (f), Marsland (f) race stopped, not re-run SF2: Manning (10), Keefe (10), Tuck (10) 89.8 Final: Gregory (20), Manning (10), Keefe (scr) 85.0 Wednesday, 6 th May 1936, White City Stadium, Cardiff Cardiff 37 Plymouth 34 (Provincial League) Cardiff George O’Brien 0 0 Lew Lancaster 2 2 3 1 8 Tom Lougher 0 1’ 1’ 2 4 2 Jack Dalton 2 2 2 0 6 Ted Bravery 3 3 0 3 9 Tommy Price 1 2’ 3 3 9 1 Roy Zeal 0 1 0 1

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PLYMOUTH 1936 Updated 19.11.2020 Sources: Western Morning News, Western Daily Press, Nottingham Journal, Nottingham Evening Post, marked programmes.

Tuesday, 5th May 1936, Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Individual Attendance 3,000 Trophy Scratch Race Elimination heat: H McSweeny, M Collins, B Slade, J Dugard (f) 92.8 Ht 1: Syd Manning, Pat Lish (f), Des Fry (ns) 93.4 Ht 2: Les Bowden, Slade, Percy Brine (f, rmtd, f) Dick Wise (mf) 86.4 Ht 3: Jack Hobson, McSweeny, Len Keefe 85.4 Ht 4: Sam Marsland, Fred Tuck, M Collins 88.2 SF1: Bowden, McSweeny, Tuck, Manning 85.8 SF2: Hobson, Marsland, Les Gregory 83.4 Final: Bowden, Marsland, McSweeny (f), Hobson (f) no time Reserves’ Scratch Race Tuck, Manning, Keefe, Brine (f exc) 89.0 The Panthers’ Dash (one lap flying start record attempts - record 19.2) Les Gregory 19.8 Dick Wise (mf) Sam Marsland 20.4 Les Bowden 19.0 (record) Plymouth Distance Handicap Ht 1: Marsland (scr), Keefe (10yds), Collins (scr) 90.8 Ht 2: Gregory (20), Slade (scr) 87.4 Ht 3: Manning (10), McSweeny 90.0 Ht 4: Tuck (10) 92.4 SF1: McSweeny (f), Marsland (f) race stopped, not re-run SF2: Manning (10), Keefe (10), Tuck (10) 89.8 Final: Gregory (20), Manning (10), Keefe (scr) 85.0

Wednesday, 6th May 1936, White City Stadium, Cardiff Cardiff 37 Plymouth 34 (Provincial League) Cardiff George O’Brien 0 0 Lew Lancaster 2 2 3 1 8 Tom Lougher 0 1’ 1’ 2 4 2 Jack Dalton 2 2 2 0 6 Ted Bravery 3 3 0 3 9 Tommy Price 1 2’ 3 3 9 1 Roy Zeal 0 1 0 1

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Plymouth Les Gregory 1 0 2 3 6 Fred Tuck 3 3 1’ 2 9 1 Les Bowden 3 0 0 2 5 Don Hemmingway 1 1 2 0 4 Syd Manning 0 1 0 1 2 Dick Wise 2 3 3 0 8 Ht 1: Tuck, Lancaster, Gregory, O’Brien (f) 87.42 2 4 2 4 Ht 2: Bowden, Dalton, Hemmingway, Lougher 89.75 2 4 4 8 Ht 3: Bravery, Wise, Price, Manning 85.80 4 2 8 10 Ht 4: Tuck, Dalton, Lougher, Gregory 89.18 3 3 11 13 Ht 5: Bravery, Price, Hemmingway, Bowden 87.44 5 1 16 14 Ht 6: Wise, Lancaster, Manning, Zeal 87.76 2 4 18 18 Ht 7: Price, Gregory, Tuck, Bravery 85.39 3 3 21 21 Ht 8: Lancaster, Hemmingway, Zeal, Bowden 91.00 4 2 25 23 Ht 9: Wise, Dalton, Lougher, Manning 87.15 3 3 28 26 Ht 10: Price, Tuck, Lancaster, Hemmingway 87.20 4 2 32 28 Ht 11: Bravery, Bowden, Dalton (nf), Wise (nf) 87.65 3 2 35 30 Ht 12: Gregory, Lougher, Manning, Zeal 86.81 2 4 37 34

Thursday, 7th May 1936, Banister Court, Southampton Southampton 49 Plymouth 20 (Provincial League) Southampton Frank Goulden 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 9 3 Fred Strecker 2’ 3 3 1’ 9 2 Bert Jones 3 3 3 3 12 Bob Lovell 0 2’ 2’ 4 2 Syd Griffiths 3 1 2 3 9 Tiger Lewis 2’ 0 1’ 2 5 2 Alec Statham 1 1 Plymouth Len Keefe 0 0 0 1 1 Fred Tuck 1 2 3 3 9 Jack Bibby 0 2’ 0 1 3 1 Les Bowden 0 3 1 0 4 Dick Wise 0 1 1 0 2 Don Hemingway 1 0 0 0 1 Ht 1: Goulden, Strecker, Tuck, Keefe 73.6 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Jones, Lovell (nf), Bibby (nf), Bowden (nf) 80.0 3 0 8 1 Ht 3: Griffiths, Lewis, Hemingway, Wise 74.4 5 1 13 2 Ht 4: Jones, Tuck, Statham, Keefe 73.0 4 2 17 4 Ht 5: Bowden, Bibby, Griffiths, Lewis 73.4 1 5 18 9 Ht 6: Strecker, Goulden, Wise, Hemingway 74.4 5 1 23 10 Ht 7: Tuck, Griffiths, Lewis, Keefe 73.8 3 3 26 13 Ht 8: Strecker, Goulden, Bowden, Bibby 78.8 5 1 31 14 Ht 9: Jones, Lovell, Wise, Hemingway 72.2 5 1 36 15 Ht 10: Tuck, Lewis, Strecker, Bowden 75.0 3 3 39 18 Ht 11: Griffiths, Lovell, Bibby, Hemingway 74.0 5 1 44 19 Ht 12: Jones, Goulden, Keefe, Wise 72.2 5 1 49 20

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Tuesday, 12th May 1936, Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth 38 Liverpool 34 (Provincial Trophy) Plymouth Len Gregory 3 3 0 1 7 Fred Tuck 1 1 1 2 5 Jack Bibby 0 0 0 0 0 Dick Wise 3 3 2 2’ 10 1 Les Bowden 3 3 3 3 12 Don Hemingway 1 2’ 0 1’ 4 2 Liverpool Jack Hargreaves 2 1’ 2 3 8 1 Stan Hart 0 2 1’ 0 3 1 Oliver Hart 2 0 2’ 0 4 1 Eric Price 1’ 1 3 3 8 1 Syd Plevin 0 0 1 2’ 3 1 Eric Blain 2 2 3 1 8 Ht 1: Gregory, Hargreaves, Tuck, S Hart 82.6 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Wise, O Hart, Price, Bibby (mf) 85.0 3 3 7 5 Ht 3: Bowden, Blain, Hemingway, Plevin 84.2 4 2 11 7 Ht 4: Wise, S Hart, Hargreaves, Bibby (mf) 83.4 3 3 14 10 Ht 5: Bowden, Hemmingway, Price, O Hart 83.0 5 1 19 11 Ht 6: Gregory, Blain, Tuck, Plevin 83.6 4 2 23 13 Ht 7: Bowden, Hargreaves, S Hart, Hemingway 82.2 3 3 26 16 Ht 8: Price, O Hart, Tuck, Gregory (f) 84.4 1 5 27 21 Ht 9: Blain, Wise, Plevin, Bibby (mf) 84.4 2 4 29 25 Ht 10: Price, Tuck, Hemingway, S Hart 86.0 3 3 32 28 Ht 11: Bowden, Wise, Blain, O Hart 83.2 5 1 37 29 Ht 12: Hargreaves, Plevin, Gregory, Bibby (f) 84.2 1 5 38 34 Plymouth Distance Handicap Ht 1: Percy Brine, Pat Lush, Bernard Slade 85.8 Ht 2: Len Keefe, A Butler, H McSweeny 88.6 Ht 3: Price, Tuck, Hemingway 84.4 Ht 4: Wise, S Hart, O Hart 83.4 Ht 5: Bowden, Hargreaves, Blain 82.2 Final: Bowden (20yds back), Price (15), Brine (scr), Keefe (10), Wise ?

Wednesday, 13th May 1936, Sloper Road, Cardiff Cardiff 34 Southampton 20 Plymouth 19 Nottingham 22 (Four Team) Cardiff George O’Brien 0 0 3 3 6 Ted Bravery 3 3 3 3 12 Tommy Price 3 3 3 3 12 Jack Dalton 0 2 1 1 4 Southampton Syd Griffiths 2 1 3 3 9 Cyril Anderson 0 1 2 2 5 Bob Evely 0 0 0 1 1 Art Fenn 3 2 0 0 5

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Plymouth Fred Tuck 3 3 2 1 9 Dick Wise 2 3 0 1 6 Les Gregory 1 0 1 0 2 Jack Bibby 0 1 1 0 2 Nottingham Bill Stanley 1 0 2 2 5 Norman Trimnell 1 1 1 2 5 Arthur Tims 2 2 2 2 8 Bob Henderson 2 2 0 0 4 C S P N Ht 1: Tuck, Griffiths, Stanley, O’Brien 86.82 0 2 3 1 Ht 2: Bravery, Wise, Trimnell, Evely 86.25 3 2 5 2 Ht 3: Price, Tims, Gregory, Anderson 86.30 6 2 6 4 Ht 4: Fenn, Henderson, Dalton (f), Bibby (f) 93.13 6 5 6 6 Ht 5: Wise, Tims, Anderson, O’Brien 90.37 6 6 9 8 Ht 6: Bravery, Henderson, Griffiths, Gregory 89.56 9 7 9 10 Ht 7: Price, Fenn, Bibby, Stanley 88.89 12 9 10 10 Ht 8: Tuck, Dalton, Trimnell, Evely 89.31 14 9 13 11 Ht 9: O’Brien, Anderson, Gregory, Henderson 92.05 17 11 14 11 Ht 10: Bravery, Stanley, Bibby, Evely 89.94 20 11 15 13 Ht 11: Price, Tuck, Trimnell, Fenn 88.38 23 11 17 14 Ht 12: Griffiths, Tims, Dalton, Wise 88.59 24 14 17 16 Ht 13: O’Brien, Trimnell, Evely, Bibby 89.39 27 15 17 18 Ht 14: Bravery, Tims, Tuck, Fenn 88.67 30 15 18 20 Ht 15: Price, Anderson, Wise, Henderson 87.76 33 17 19 20 Ht 16: Griffiths, Stanley, Dalton (f rmtd), Gregory (nf) 88.54 34 20 19 22

Tuesday, 19th May 1936, White City Stadium, Nottingham Nottingham 38 Plymouth 33 (Provincial Trophy) Attendance 4,000 Nottingham George Dykes 1’ 1’ 3 1 6 2 Arthur Tims 2 2 2’ 3 9 1 Bill Stanley 3 3 3 3 12 Bob Henderson 2’ 0 0 1 3 1 Norman Trimnell 0 0 1 0 1 Jim Milward 3 1 3 0 7

Plymouth Len Gregory 0 2 2 0 4 Fred Tuck 3 1’ 0 2 6 1 Jack Bibby 0 2’ 1 3 6 1 Don Hemingway 1 3 0 0 4 Dick Wise 2 3 2 2 9 P Byrne 1’ 0 0 2’ 4 2

Ht 1: Tuck, Tims, Dykes, Gregory 82.41 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Stanley, Henderson, Hemingway, Bibby 85.03 5 1 8 4 Ht 3: Milward, Wise, Byrne,Trimnell 83.07 3 3 11 7 Ht 4: Stanley, Gregory, Tuck, Henderson 81.87 3 3 14 10 Ht 5: Hemmingway, Bibby, Milward, Trimnell 84.06 1 5 15 15 Ht 6: Wise, Tims, Dykes, Byrne 81.22 3 3 18 18 Ht 7: Milward, Gregory, Trimnell, Tuck 82.32 4 2 22 20

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Ht 8: Dykes, Tims, Bibby, Hemingway 78.24 5 1 27 21 Ht 9: Stanley, Wise, Byrne, Henderson 81.33 3 3 30 24 Ht 10: Tims, Tuck, Milward (f), Hemingway (f) 87.78 3 2 33 26 Ht 11: Bibby, Byrne, Henderson, Trimnell 83.07 1 5 34 31 Ht 12: Stanley, Wise, Dykes, Gregory 78.78 4 2 38 33

Monday, 25th May 1936, Stanley Stadium, Liverpool Liverpool 43 Plymouth 24 (Provincial League) Liverpool Tom Price 0 3 3 1’ 7 1 Eric Blain 2 0 2’ 0 4 1 Oliver Hart 2’ 3 2 7 1 Ernie Price 3 2’ 0 2’ 7 2 Stan Hart 1 3 - 3 7 Jack Hargreaves 3 2’ - 3 8 1 Syd Plevin 3 0 3 Plymouth Les Gregory 3 0 1’ 0 4 1 Fred Tuck 1 0 2 2 5 Jack Bibby 0 0 0 0 0 Don Hemmingway 0 0 1 0 1 Dick Wise 2 2 3 3 10 Sam Marsland 0 1’ 2’ 1’ 4 3

Ht 1: Gregory, Blain, Tuck, T Price 88.8 2 4 2 4 Ht 2: E Price, O Hart, Hemmingway (nf), Bibby (nf) 92.2 5 0 7 4 Ht 3: Hargreaves, Wise, S Hart, Marsland 90.0 4 2 11 6 Ht 4: O Hart, E Price, Gregory (nf), Tuck (nf) 90.0 5 0 16 6 Ht 5: S Hart, Hargreaves, Hemmingway (nf), Bibby (nf) 90.0 5 0 21 6 Ht 6: T Price, Wise, Marsland, Blain 89.4 3 3 24 9 Ht 7: Plevin, Tuck, Gregory , ? 91.8 3 3 27 12 Ht 8: T Price, Blain, Hemmingway, Bibby 91.8 5 1 32 13 Ht 9: Wise, Marsland, Plevin (ef), E Price (ef) 95.2 0 5 32 18 Ht 10: Hargreaves, Tuck, Marsland, Blain 91.8 3 3 35 21 Ht 11: S Hart, E Price, Bibby (nf), Hemmingway (nf) 92.2 5 0 40 21 Ht 12: Wise, O Hart, T Price, Gregory 95.8 3 3 43 24

Tuesday, 26th May 1936, Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth 25 Liverpool 47 (Provincial League) Plymouth Les Gregory 1 2 1’ 4 1 Fred Tuck 0 0 0 Dick Wise 1 1 2 3 7 Jack Bibby 0 0 0 0 0 Don Hemingway 0 1 1 1 3 Les Bowden 3 0 3 1’ 7 1 Jack Hobson 2 2 0 4

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Liverpool Tom Price 2’ 2’ 0 2 6 2 Eric Blain 3 3 2 3 11 Oliver Hart 3 3 3 3 12 Syd Plevin 2’ 2’ 0 0 4 2 Stan Hart 1’ 1 3 1’ 6 2 Jack Hargreaves 2 3 1 2’ 8 1 Alan Butler DNR Ht 1: Blain, Price, Gregory, Tuck 82.8 1 5 1 5 Ht 2: O Hart, Plevin, Wise, Bibby (mf) 83.0 1 5 2 10 Ht 3: Bowden, Hargreaves, S Hart, Hemingway 82.6 3 3 5 13 Ht 4: Blain, Price, Wise, Bibby (mf) 81.4 1 5 6 18 Ht 5: O Hart, Plevin, Hemingway, Bowden 82.4 1 5 7 23 Ht 6: Hargreaves, Gregory, S Hart, Tuck 82.4 2 4 9 27 Ht 7: Bowden, Blain, Hemingway, Price 80.4 4 2 13 29 Ht 8: O Hart, Hobson, Gregory, Plevin 81.6 3 3 16 32 Ht 9: S Hart, Wise, Hargreaves, Bibby 82.0 2 4 18 36 Ht 10: Blain, Hobson, Bowden, Plevin 85.0 3 3 21 39 Ht 11: O Hart, Hargreaves, Hemingway, Bibby 81.6 1 5 22 44 Ht 12: Wise, Price, S Hart, Hobson 79.8 3 3 25 47 Reserves’ Handicap Percy Brine (15yds), Francis Drake (scr), no third 90.2 Plymouth Distance Handicap Ht 1: Price (20), Hemingway (15), Tuck (15) 83.2 Ht 2: Bibby (20), Butler (10), Plevin (20) 82.0 Ht 3: O Hart (20), Wise (20), S Hart (20) 83.4 Ht 4: Bowden (20, Blain (20), Hargreaves (20) 87.2 Final: Price (scr), Bowden (scr, Bibby (scr), O Hart (scr) 82.2

Tuesday, 1st June 1936, White City Stadium, Nottingham Nottingham 39½ Plymouth 32½ (Provincial League) Nottingham George Greenwood 3 3 3 3 12 Bob Henderson 1 0 1 2 George Dykes ½ 0 2 2’ 4½ 1 Arthur Tims 2 2 1’ 0 5 1 Cliff Parkinson 3 2 3 3 11 Norman Trimnell 1 1’ 2’ 0 4 2 Jim Milward 1 1 Plymouth Les Gregory 2 3 1 0 6 Don Hemingway 0 1 0 2’ 3 1 Jack Bibby 0 0 2 2 Dick Wise 3 3 2 3 11 Les Bowden 2 2 3 1’ 8 1 Fred Tuck 0 0 0 Sam Marsland ½ 1’ 1 2½ 1 Ht 1: Greenwood, Gregory, Henderson, Hemingway 78.58 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Wise, Tims, Dykes/Marsland (dead-heat) 78.29 2½ 3½ 6½ 5½ Ht 3: Parkinson, Bowden, Trimnell, Tuck 78.84 4 2 10½ 7½

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Ht 4: Gregory, Tims, Hemingway, Dykes 80.92 2 4 12½ 11½ Ht 5: Wise, Parkinson, Trimnell, Bibby 78.96 3 3 15½ 14½ Ht 6: Greenwood, Bowden, Marsland, Henderson 79.05 3 3 18½ 17½ Ht 7: Parkinson, Trimnell, Gregory, Hemingway 79.08 5 1 23½ 18½ Ht 8: Greenwood, Wise, Milward, Bibby 79.23 4 2 27½ 20½ Ht 9: Bowden, Dykes, Tims, Tuck 79.47 3 3 30½ 23½ Ht 10: Wise, Hemingway, Henderson, Trimnell (f) 79.54 1 5 31½ 28½ Ht 11: Parkinson, Bibby, Bowden, Tims 80.13 3 3 34½ 31½ Ht 12: Greenwood, Dykes, Marsland, Gregory 79.85 5 1 39½ 32½

Tuesday, 2nd June 1936, Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth v Nottingham (Provincial Trophy) Postponed - rain

Friday, 5th June 1936, Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol 40 Plymouth 32 (Provincial League) Attendance 9,000

Bristol Roy Dook 2 2 Wal Morton 0 3 3 2 8 Eric Collins 3 3 3 3 12 Bill Rogers 2’ 0 2’ 0 4 2 Harry Shepherd 3 2’ 0 3 8 1 Mike Erskine 1 3 1 0 5 Fred Leavis 1 1 Plymouth Dick Wise 3 2 3 2 10 Sam Marsland 1 1’ 2’ 3 7 2 Les Gregory 0 0 2 2 Jack Bibby 1 1 2 1 5 Les Bowden 2 2 0 0 4 Fred Tuck 0 1’ 1 1’ 3 2 Don Hemmingway 1’ 1 1 Ht 1: Wise, Dook, Marsland, Morton 72.4 T/R 2 4 2 4 Ht 2: Collins, Rogers, Bibby, Gregory 70.4 T/R 5 1 7 5 Ht 3: Shepherd, Bowden, Erskine, Tuck 75.2 4 2 11 7 Ht 4: Collins, Wise, Marsland, Rogers 73.2 3 3 14 10 Ht 5: Erskine, Shepherd, Bibby, Gregory 74.2 5 1 19 11 Ht 6: Morton, Bowden, Tuck, ? 76.4 3 3 22 14 Ht 7: Wise, Marsland, Erskine, Shepherd 75.0 1 5 23 19 Ht 8: Morton, Bibby, Hemmingway, ? 78.6 3 3 26 22 Ht 9: Collins, Rogers, Tuck, Bowden 78.6 5 1 31 23 Ht 10: Marsland, Morton, Bibby, Erskine 75.8 2 4 33 27 Ht 11: Shepherd, Gregory, Tuck, Rogers 76.4 3 3 36 30 Ht 12: Collins, Wise, Leavis, Bowden 76.4 4 2 40 22

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Tuesday, 9th June 1936, Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth 57 Cardiff 15 (Provincial League) Plymouth Les Gregory 3 3 0 6 Sam Marsland 1 2’ 3 2’ 8 2 Dick Wise 2’ 3 2’ 3 10 2 Les Bowden 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Jack Bibby 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4 Billy Lamont 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Tuck 2’ 2 1 Cardiff Cecil De La Porte 2 0 1 3 Bob Henderson 0 1 1 0 2 Roy Zeal 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 Jack Dalton 1 1 2 1 5 Syd Manning 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Lougher 1 1 1 1 4 Ht 1: Gregory, De La Porte, Marsland, Henderson 84.0 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Bowden, Wise, Dalton, Zeal 83.6 5 1 9 3 Ht 3: Lamont, Bibby, Lougher, Manning 85.0 5 1 14 4 Ht 4: Wise, Bowden, Henderson, De La Porte 83.0 5 1 19 5 Ht 5: Lamont, Bibby, Dalton, Zeal 84.0 5 1 24 6 Ht 6: Gregory, Marsland, Lougher, Manning 84.6 5 1 29 7 Ht 7: Lamont, Bibby, Henderson, (De La Porte ex 2m) 84.6 5 1 34 8 Ht 8: Marsland, Dalton, Zeal, Gregory (f) 83.2 3 3 37 11 Ht 9: Bowden, Wise, Lougher, Manning 87.6 5 1 42 12 Ht 10: Lamont, Marsland, Dalton, Henderson 82.4 5 1 47 13 Ht 11: Bowden, Bibby, Lougher, Zeal 82.2 5 1 52 14 Ht 12: Wise, Tuck, De La Porte, Manning 83.6 5 1 57 15 Match Race to decide Reserve Fred Tuck beat Don Hemingway Reserves’ Scratch Race (3 laps) H McSweeny, Syd Manning, Bernard Slade 69.2 Pennycross Scurry (3 laps) Ht 1: Dalton, Bowden, Hemingway 61.6 Ht 2: Bibby, Lamont, Tuck 61.6 Ht 3: Gregory, Wise, Francis Drake 63.2 Ht 4: Marsland, Lougher, Zeal 63.2 Final: Bibby, Gregory, Marsland, Dalton 62.0

Tuesday, 16th June 1936, Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth 47 Southampton 25 (Provincial League) Plymouth Les Gregory 0 2 1 2 5 Sam Marsland 3 3 3 1 10 Dick Wise 3 0 3 3 9 Les Bowden 0 2 2’ 3 7 1 Jack Bibby 2’ 3 0 5 1 Jack Hobson 3 2’ 3 2 10 1 Fred Tuck 1 1

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Southampton Frank Goulden 2 3 2 0 7 Alec Statham 1’ 1 1' 0 3 Tiger Lewis 1’ 0 2 3 Bert Jones 2 1 0 3 6

0 Syd Griffiths 1 0 1 0 2 Vic Collins 1 2 1 4 Ht 1: Marsland, Goulden, Statham, Gregory 81.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Wise, Jones, Lewis, Bowden 80.2 3 3 6 6 Ht 3: Hobson, Bibby, Griffiths, ? 81.0 5 1 11 7 Ht 4: Goulden, Bowden, Statham, Wise 82.2 2 4 13 11 Ht 5: Bibby, Hobson, Jones, Lewis (f) 81.6 5 1 18 12 Ht 6: Marsland, Gregory, Collins, Griffiths 81.0 5 1 23 13 Ht 7: Hobson, Goulden, Statham, Bibby 80.6 3 3 26 16 Ht 8: Marsland, Collins, Gregory, Jones (exc) 81.2 4 2 30 18 Ht 9: Wise, Bowden, Griffiths, ? 80.8 5 1 35 19 Ht 10: Jones, Hobson, Marsland, Statham 79.8 3 3 38 22 Ht 11: Bowden, Lewis, Tuck, Griffiths 81.0 4 2 42 24 Ht 12: Wise, Gregory, Collins, Goulden (exc) 83.6 5 1 47 25 International Match Race (3 laps rolling start) Hobson 59.0 (record) Former Plymouth Riders’ Scratch Race Goulden, Jones, Statham 82.2 Reserves’ Scurry (3 laps) Francis Drake, Bernard Slade 66.8 Flying Nine (3 laps) Ht 1: Wise, Bibby 60.2 Ht 2: Marsland, Tuck 61.0 Ht 3: Hobson, Bowden, Hemingway 59.0 Final: Wise, Marsland, Hobson 60.2

Tuesday, 23rd June 1936, Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth 53 West Ham Hawks 18 (Provincial Trophy) Plymouth Les Gregory 1’ 2 3 0 6 1 Sam Marsland 2 1’ 2’ 5 2 Dick Wise 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2 Les Bowden 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 Jack Bibby 1 2’ 2’ 3 8 2 Billy Lamont 3 3 3 3 12 Jack Hobson 2’ 2 1 West Ham George Saunders 3 1 1 1’ 6 1 Alf Sawdy 0 0 0 0 0 Danny Lee 0 1 0 1 2 George Tidbury 1 0 1 0 2 Eric Chitty 2 3 1 2 8 0 0 0 0 0

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Ht 1: Saunders, Marsland, Gregory, Sawdy 82.0 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Bowden, Wise, Tidbury, Lee 84.2 5 1 8 4 Ht 3: Lamont, Chitty, Bibby, ? 80.6 4 2 12 6 Ht 4: Bowden, Wise, Saunders, Sawdy 81.4 5 1 17 7 Ht 5: Lamont, Bibby, Lee, Tidbury 81.6 5 1 22 8 Ht 6: Chitty, Gregory, Marsland, ? 80.4 3 3 25 11 Ht 7: Lamont, Bibby, Saunders, Sawdy 81.8 5 1 30 12 Ht 8: Gregory, Hobson, Tidbury, Lee 83.0 5 1 35 13 Ht 9: Wise, Bowden, Chitty, ? 80.8 5 1 40 14 Ht 10: Lamont, Marsland, Tidbury (ex), Sawdy (lapped) 83.0 5 0 45 14 Ht 11: Bibby, Bowden, Lee, ? 82.2 5 1 50 15 Ht 12: Wise, Chitty, Saunders, Gregory 80.0 3 3 53 18 International Match Race (3 laps rolling start) Round 1: Jack Hobson, Jack Hyland 60.8 Round 2: Hyland, Hobson 60.8 Final: Hobson, Hyland ? English Riders 9 Australian Riders 15 (Challenge Match) English Riders Eric Gregory 3 Fred Tuck 1 1 Les Bowden 1 Sam Marsland 3 Australian Riders Billy Lamont 3 Don Hemingway 2 Jack Bibby 2 2’ 3 Dick Wise 1’ 2’ Ht 1: Gregory, Hemingway, Tuck, 81.0 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Marsland, Bibby, Wise, 80.0 3 3 7 5 Ht 3: Lamont, Bibby, Bowden 82.2 1 5 8 10 Ht 4: Bibby, Wise, Tuck, 80.6 1 5 9 15 Distance Handicap (3 laps) Tuck (scr), Hemingway (10yds), Hobson (20) 63.2

Thursday, 25th June 1936, Banister Court, Southampton Southampton 44 Plymouth 27 (Provincial Trophy) Southampton Frank Goulden 2 3 2 0 7 Vic Collins 0 1 0 0 1 Fred Strecker 2’ 0 2’ 3 7 2 Bert Jones 3 3 3 9 Billy Dallison 3 3 3 3 12 Syd Griffiths 2’ 2’ 0 5 1 Art Fenn 2 2’ 4 1

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Plymouth Billy Lamont 1 2 0 2 4 Sam Marsland 3 1’ 2 1 7 1 Jack Bibby 1 1 1 1 4 Jack Hobson 0 0 3 3 6 Dick Wise 1 2 1 1’ 5 1 ? 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 1: Marsland, Goulden, Lamont, Collins 71.2 2 4 2 4 Ht 2: Jones, Strecker, Bibby, Hobson 70.2 5 1 7 5 Ht 3: Dallison, Griffiths, Wise, ? 72.2 5 1 12 6 Ht 4: Jones, Lamont, Marsland, Strecker 70.2 3 3 15 9 Ht 5: Dallison, Griffiths, Bibby, Hobson 72.0 5 1 20 10 Ht 6: Goulden, Wise, Collins, ? 72.2 4 2 24 12 Ht 7: Dallison, Marsland, Griffiths (nf), Lamont (nf) 72.6 3 2 27 14 Ht 8: Hobson, Goulden, Bibby, Collins 71.2 2 4 29 18 Ht 9: Jones, Strecker, Wise, ? 71.4 5 1 34 19 Ht 10: Hobson, Fenn, Marsland, Collins 71.8 2 4 36 23 Ht 11: Dallison, Fenn, Bibby, ? 72.0 5 1 41 24 Ht 12: Strecker, Lamont, Wise, Goulden 73.4 3 3 44 27

Tuesday, 30th June 1936, Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth 31 Americans 40 (Challenge) Plymouth Les Gregory 1 0 2 2’ 5 1 Sam Marsland 0 0 Dick Wise 0 1’ 0 3 4 1 Les Bowden 3 2 2 1’ 8 1 Jack Hobson 0 0 2 2 Billy Lamont 3 1 0 4 Jack Bibby 2 1 1’ 2’ 6 2 Don Hemingway 2 2 Americans Putt Mossman 2’ 0 0 0 2 1 Manuel Trujillo 3 3 3 0 9 Bo Lisman 2 3 0 0 5 Pete Coleman 1’ 2’ 3 3 9 2 Byrd McKinney 1’ 1 1 1 4 1 Sam Arena 2 3 3 3 11 Ray Grant DNR Pee Wee Cullum DNR Ht 1: Trujillo, Mossman, Gregory, Marsland 82.2 1 5 1 5 Ht 2: Bowden, Lisman, Coleman, Wise 81.6 3 3 4 8 Ht 3: Lamont, Arena, McKinney, Hobson 79.6 3 3 7 11 Ht 4: Trujillo, Bowden, Wise, Mossman 81.0 3 3 10 14 Ht 5: Lisman, Coleman, Lamont, Hobson 82.2 1 5 11 19 Ht 6: Arena, Bibby, McKinney, Gregory 82.8 2 4 13 23 Ht 7: Trujillo, Hobson, Lamont (nf), Mossman (nf) 89.4 2 3 15 26 Ht 8: Coleman, Gregory, Bibby, Lisman 81.0 3 3 18 29 Ht 9: Arena, Bowden, McKinney, Wise 80.0 2 4 20 33 Ht 10: Coleman, Hemingway, Bibby, Trujillo 81.6 3 3 23 36 Ht 11: Arena, Bibby, Bowden, Lisman 81.2 3 3 26 39 Ht 12: Wise, Gregory, McKinney, Mossman 82.2 5 1 31 40

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Putt Mossman’s Motorcycle Circus Event 1: Stunt riding by Putt and (sister) Dessie Mossman and Pee Wee Cullum Event 2: Yankee Midget Car two lap record by Dessie Mossman, America’s Lady Champion Midget Car Driver (not staged as the car suffered engine damage at a previous event in Paris) Event 3: The Cossack Ride by Putt Mossman Event 4: International Stars Match Race (3 laps): Sam Arena beat Fred Tuck (replaced Lamont), 62.4 Event 5: Balloon shooting by Putt and Pee Wee Event 6: The Captains’ Match Race: Les Gregory beat Byrd McKinney (replacing Mossman), 80.2 Event 7: The Ladder Stunt by Putt Mossman

Tuesday, 7th July 1936, Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth 35 Bristol 37 (Provincial League) Plymouth Les Gregory 0 1 2 0 3 Jack Bibby 1 3 1’ 1 6 1 Dick Wise 2’ 2 3 2 9 1 Les Bowden 1 1’ 2’ 3 7 2 Jack Hobson 3 2 1’ 6 1 Billy Lamont 1 0 2 0 3 Don Hemingway 1 1 Bristol Roy Dook 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Bert Spencer 3 0 0 3 6 Harry Shepherd 0 1 0 0 1 Bill Rogers 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 Eric Collins 2 0 0 1 3 Ernie Evans 0 2 1 2 5 Ht 1: Spencer, Dook, Bibby, Gregory 80.4 1 5 1 5 Ht 2: Rogers, Wise, Bowden, Shepherd 81.0 3 3 4 8 Ht 3: Hobson, Collins, Lamont, Evans 81.2 4 2 8 10 Ht 4: Dook, Wise, Bowden, Spencer 80.3 3 3 11 13 Ht 5: Rogers, Hobson, Shepherd, Lamont 80.8 2 4 13 17 Ht 6: Bibby, Evans, Gregory, Collins 81.8 4 2 17 19 Ht 7: Dook, Lamont, Hobson, Spencer 79.8 3 3 20 22 Ht 8: Rogers, Gregory, Bibby, Shepherd 80.6 3 3 23 25 Ht 9: Wise, Bowden, Evans, Collins 79.6 5 1 28 26 Ht 10: Spencer, Rogers, Bibby, Lamont (mf) 81.6 1 5 29 31 Ht 11: Bowden, Evans, Hemingway, Shepherd 80.2 4 2 33 33 Ht 12: Dook, Wise, Collins, Gregory 79.2 2 4 35 37 Match Races (3 laps rolling start) Dick Wise beat Eric Collins 60.4 Bert Spencer beat Don Hemingway not time given Two-laps Rolling Start Record Attempts (record 39.2) Jack Hobson 39.0 Jack Bibby and Billy Lamont 38.2 (new record) Fred Tuck 39.6 Pennycross Scurry (3 laps) Ht 1: Rogers, Wise, Tuck 60.2 Ht 2: Bibby, Dook, Evans 60.6

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Ht 3: Hemingway, Shepherd 62.0 Ht 4: Hobson, Francis Drake 64.4 Final: Rogers, Hobson, Hemingway, Bibby 60.2

Friday, 10th July 1936, Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol 46 Plymouth 22 (Challenge) (Scheduled as a Provincial Trophy match, but changed to a challenge after heat 7 as the sodden track was deemed ‘unfit for important racing’) Attendance 6,000

Bristol Roy Dook 3 3 3 1’ 10 1 Jack Dalton 2’ 1 0 3 6 1 Harry Shepherd 2’ 3 2’ 2 9 2 Fred Leavis 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Bert Spencer 1 3 2 2’ 8 1 Bill Rogers 0 0 0 Henry Collins 1 2’ 3 1 Plymouth Les Gregory 0 0 0 Jack Hobson 0 1 1 0 2 Jack Bibby 0 0 0 0 Don Hemmingway 1 2 0 0 3 Dick Wise 2’ 0 0 0 2 1 Les Bowden 3 2 1 1 7 Fred Tuck 3 2 3 8 Ht 1: Dook, Dalton, Gregory (f), Hobson (f) 85.0 5 0 5 0 Ht 2: Leavis, Shepherd, Hemmingway, Bibby 79.8 5 1 10 1 Ht 3: Bowden, Wise, Spencer, Rogers 81.8 1 5 11 6 Ht 4: Shepherd, Leavis, Hobson, Gregory 82.4 5 1 16 7 Ht 5: Spencer, Hemmingway, Collins, Bibby 80.4 4 2 20 9 Ht 6: Dook, Bowden, Dalton, Wise 82.2 4 2 24 11 Ht 7: Tuck, Spencer, Hobson, Rogers 84.8 2 4 26 15 Ht 8: Dook, Tuck, Dalton (nf), Hemmingway (nf) 83.0 3 2 29 17 Ht 9: Leavis, Shepherd, Bowden, Wise 84.0 5 1 34 18 Ht 10: Dalton, Collins, Hobson (mf), Hemmingway (mf) 86.6 5 0 39 18 Ht 11: Leavis, Spencer, Bowden, Bibby 82.8 5 1 44 19 Ht 12: Tuck, Shepherd, Dook, Wise 82.0 3 3 47 22

Monday, 13th July 1936, Stanley Stadium, Liverpool Liverpool 46 Plymouth 23 (Provincial Trophy) Liverpool Tom Price 3 3 3 3 12 Stan Hart 0 2’ 2’ 3 7 2 Oliver Hart 3 2’ 0 0 5 1 Eric Blain 2’ 3 2 1’ 8 2 Ernie Price 3 3 2 2 10 Jack Hargreaves 0 2’ 0 2’ 4 2

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Plymouth Les Gregory 1’ 0 1 1 Jack Hobson 2 0 3 0 5 Jack Bibby 1 0 0 3 4 Billy Lamont 0 1 0 1 Dick Wise 1’ 0 0 1’ 2 2 Les Bowden 2 1 3 0 6 Fred Tuck 1 2 3 Don Hemmingway 1 1 Ht 1: T Price, Hobson, Gregory, S Hart 88.4 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: O Hart, Blain, Bibby, Lamont 88.6 5 1 8 4 Ht 3: E Price, Bowden, Wise, Hargreaves 89.4 3 3 11 7 Ht 4: Blain, O Hart, Gregory (nf), Hobson (mf) 89.4 5 0 16 7 Ht 5: E Price, Hargreaves, Lamont, Bibby 90.0 5 1 21 8 Ht 6: T Price, S Hart, Bowden, Wise 89.8 5 1 26 9 Ht 7: Hobson, E Price, Tuck, Hargreaves 89.0 2 4 28 13 Ht 8: T Price, S Hart, Bibby (nf), Lamont (nf) 90.4 5 0 33 13 Ht 9: Bowden, Blain, O Hart (nf), Wise (nf) 89.8 2 3 35 16 Ht 10: S Hart, Hargreaves, Hemmingway, Hobson 90.0 5 1 40 17 Ht 11: Bibby, E Price, Blain, Bowden 89.2 3 3 43 20 Ht 12: T Price, Tuck, Wise, O Hart 89.8 3 3 46 23

Tuesday, 14th July 1936, Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth 29½ Americans 41½ (Challenge) Plymouth Les Gregory 3 0 0 1 4 Jack Hobson 2’ 2 2½ 1 7½ 1 Dick Wise 1’ 1’ 0 0 2 2 Les Bowden 2 2 1 1’ 6 1 Don Hemingway 0 1’ 1’ 2 4 2 Billy Lamont 3 2 2 0 7 Americans Putt Mossman 1 0 0 2’ 3 1 Ray Grant 0 3 3 3 9 Sam Arena 3 3 2½ 3 11½ Pee Wee Cullum 0 0 0 2’ 2 1 Bo Lisman 1 1 2’ 3 7 1 Pete Coleman 3 3 3 0 9 Ht 1: Gregory, Hobson, Mossman, Grant 82.0 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Arena, Bowden, Wise, Cullum 81.8 3 3 8 4 Ht 3: Coleman, Lamont, Lisman, Hemingway 80.2 2 4 10 8 Ht 4: Grant, Bowden, Wise, Mossman (mf) 80.2 3 3 13 11 Ht 5: Arena, Lamont, Hemingway, Cullum 81.4 3 3 16 14 Ht 6: Coleman, Hobson, Lisman, Gregory 81.2 2 4 18 18 Ht 7: Grant, Lamont, Hemingway, Mossman (f) 80.0 3 3 21 21 Ht 8: Hobson/Arena (=), Gregory (mf), Cullum (exc 2m) 79.8 2½ 2½ 23½ 23½ Ht 9: Coleman, Lisman, Bowden, Wise 81.0 1 5 24½ 28½ Ht 10: Grant, Cullum, Hobson, Lamont 83.2 1 5 25½ 33½ Ht 11: Arena, Hemingway, Bowden, Coleman 81.8 3 3 28½ 36½ Ht 12: Lisman, Mossman, Gregory, Wise 84.2 1 5 29½ 41½

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Putt Mossman’s Motorcycle Circus Yankee Midget Car two lap record by Dessie Mossman, spoilt by retarded ignition. Blindfold jump from an inclined plank over the clown by Putt Mossman One-lap flying start record attempt: Sam Arena failed by 0.36 secs Match Race (3 laps rolling start): Les Bowden v Pete Coleman, cancelled due to rain The Ladder Stunt by Putt Mossman

Tuesday, 21st July 1936, Pennycoss Stadium, Plymouth Provincial League Riders’ Championship Qualifying Round (Individual) Billy Lamont 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Hobson 1 0 3 0 1 5 Tiger Hart 3 3 2 3 2 13 Eric Blain 2 0 3 2 2 9 Dick Wise 1 1 1 0 0 3 Les Gregory 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Price 3 2 1 2 0 8 Billy Dallison 2 1 3 1 3 10 Stan Hart 0 2 0 1 2 5 Fred Leavis 1 2 1 1 0 5 Harry Shepherd 2 0 1 2 1 6 George Greenwood 3 3 3 3 3 15 Bert Jones 2 3 0 3 1 9 Ted Bravery 3 3 2 1 3 12 Roy Dook 0 1 2 3 2 8 Frank Goulden 1 2 2 2 3 10 Ht 1: T Hart, Blain, Hobson, Lamont 81.0 Ht 2: Price, Dallison, Wise, Gregory (f) 80.8 Ht 3: Greenwood, Shepherd, Leavis, S Hart 81.2 Ht 4: Bravery, Jones, Goulden, Dook 80.6 Ht 5: Jones, S Hart, Wise, Hobson 83.2 Ht 6: Bravery, Leavis, Lamont (mf), Gregory (mf) 80.4 Ht 7: T Hart, Price, Dook, Shepherd (f rmtd) 82.6 Ht 8: Greenwood, Goulden, Dallison, Blain (mf) 80.2 Ht 9: Hobson, Goulden, Shepherd, Gregory 81.6 Ht 10: Greenwood, Dook, Wise, Lamont (exc 2m) 80.8 Ht 11: Greenwood, Bravery, Price, Hobson 79.6 Ht 12: Blain, Price, Leavis, Jones (f) 83.4 Ht 13: Dallison, T Hart, Bravery, S Hart 81.3 Ht 14: Jones, Shepherd, Dallison (mf, pushed), Lamont (mf) 82.0 Ht 15: T Hart, Goulden, Leavis, Wise 82.4 Ht 16: Dook, Blain, S Hart (f rmtd), Gregory (nf) 85.2 Ht 17: Dallison, Dook, Hobson, Leavis 83.1 Ht 18: Goulden, S Hart, Price (mf), Lamont (mf) 86.0 Ht 19: Greenwood, T Hart, Jones, Gregory 81.8 Ht 20: Bravery, Blain, Shepherd, Wise 81.4

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Tuesday, 28th July 1936, Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth 46 Bristol 25 (Provincial Trophy) Plymouth Dick Wise 1 2’ 2’ 3 8 2 Les Bowden 3 3 3 3 12 Billy Lamont 3 0 3 Jack Bibby 2’ 2 3 1 8 1 Les Gregory 2 3 2 3 10 Jack Hobson 1’ 2’ 0 3 2 Fred Tuck 0 1 1 Don Hemingway 1 1 Bristol Roy Dook 2 0 2 Bill Rogers 0 3 3 2 8 Fred Leavis 0 1 1 2 4 Bert Spencer 2 0 0 0 2 Harry Shepherd 3 1 2 1 7 Mike Erskine 0 1 0 1 Jack Dalton 0 1 0 1 Ht 1: Bowden, Dook, Wise, Rogers 89.2 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Lamont, Bibby, Spencer, Leavis 92.2 5 1 9 3 Ht 3: Shepherd, Gregory, Hobson, Erskine 96.0 3 3 12 6 Ht 4: Rogers, Bibby, Lamont (f), Dook (f) 90.6 2 3 14 9 Ht 5: Gregory, Hobson, Leavis, Spencer 93.8 5 1 19 10 Ht 6: Bowden, Wise, Shepherd, Dalton 88.2 5 1 24 11 Ht 7: Rogers, Gregory, Dalton, Hobson 88.8 2 4 26 15 Ht 8: Bowden, Wise, Leavis, Spencer 87.0 5 1 31 16 Ht 9: Bibby, Shepherd, Erskine, Tuck (exc tapes) 87.4 3 3 34 19 Ht 10: Bowden, Rogers, Hemingway, Spencer 84.8 4 2 38 21 Ht 11: Gregory, Leavis, Bibby, Erskine 86.2 4 2 42 23 Ht 12: Wise, Shepherd, Tuck, Dalton 89.0 4 2 46 25 Match Races (3 laps) Ht 1: Jack Sharp beat Les Bowden 61.4 Ht 2: Sharp beat Bowden 61.8 Reserves’ Scratch Race (3 laps) Hemingway, Tuck, Francis Drake 61.8 Plymouth Scratch Race Ht 1: Hemingway, Dalton, Drake 65.4 Ht 2: Rogers, Lamont, Tuck 62.0 Ht 3: Shepherd, Wise, Gregory 62.2 Final: Rogers, Shepherd, Wise, Hemingway 61.8

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Tuesday, 3rd August 1936, White City Stadium, Nottingham Provincial League Nottingham 48 Plymouth 23 Nottingham George Greenwood 3 3 3 3 12 George Dykes 0 2’ 2’ 3 7 2 Tommy Price 2’ 2 0 2’ 6 2 Chun Moore 3 0 2 3 8 Cliff Parkinson 3 3 2’ 1 9 1 Ted Bravery 0 2’ 3 1 6 1 Plymouth Dick Wise 2 1 1 1 5 Les Bowden 1’ 3 0 2 6 1 Les Gregory 1 0 0 0 1 Don Hemingway 0 1 1 0 2 Billy Lamont 0 0 3 0 3 Jack Bibby 2 1 1 2 6 Ht 1: Greenwood, Wise, Bowden, Dykes (mf) 76.48 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Moore, Price, Gregory, Hemingway 80.20 5 1 8 4 Ht 3: Parkinson, Bibby, Bravery (f), Lamont (mf) 78.33 3 2 11 6 Ht 4: Bowden, Price, Wise, Moore 77.87 2 4 13 10 Ht 5: Parkinson, Bravery, Hemingway, Gregory 79.30 5 1 18 11 Ht 6: Greenwood, Dykes, Bibby, Lamont 78.40 5 1 23 12 Ht 7: Bravery, Parkinson, Wise, Bowden 78.47 5 1 28 13 Ht 8: Greenwood, Dykes, Hemingway, Gregory 78.14 5 1 33 14 Ht 9: Lamont, Moore, Bibby, Price (mf) 76.80 2 4 35 18 Ht 10 Dykes, Bowden, Bravery, Hemingway 77.44 4 2 39 20 Ht 11 Moore, Bibby, Parkinson, Gregory 79.43 4 2 43 22 Ht 12 Greenwood, Price, Wise, Lamont (exc tapes) 77.49 5 1 48 23

Tuesday, 4th August 1936, Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth 35 Nottingham 37 (Provincial League) Plymouth Dick Wise 1’ 1 1 0 3 1 Les Bowden 2 0 0 0 2 Billy Lamont 3 3 3 3 12 Jack Bibby 1 2’ 1 3 7 1 Les Gregory 0 0 1 1 Jack Hobson 1’ 2 2 3 8 1 Fred Tuck 2 2 Nottingham George Greenwood 3 0 3 2 8 Chun Moore 0 1 1 2 Cliff Parkinson 2 3 3 2 10 Tommy Price 0 1 2’ 2 5 1 Ted Bravery 3 3 2 1’ 9 1 Bill Stanley 2’ 0 0 2 1 George O'Brien 0 1’ 1 1

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Ht 1: Greenwood, Bowden, Wise, Moore (f) 82.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Lamont, Parkinson, Bibby, Price 81.2 4 2 7 5 Ht 3: Bravery, Tuck, Hobson, O'Brien 81.0 3 3 10 8 Ht 4: Lamont, Bibby, Moore, Greenwood 80.0 5 1 15 9 Ht 5: Parkinson, Hobson, Price, Gregory 82.1 2 4 17 13 Ht 6: Bravery, Stanley, Wise, Bowden 81.6 1 5 18 18 Ht 7: Greenwood, Hobson, Moore, Gregory 80.4 2 4 20 22 Ht 8: Parkinson, Price, Wise, Bowden 81.1 1 5 21 27 Ht 9: Lamont, Bravery, Bibby, Stanley 79.9 4 2 25 29 Ht 10: Hobson, Price, O'Brien, Bowden 81.3 3 3 28 32 Ht 11: Bibby, Parkinson, Gregory, Stanley 81.6 4 2 32 34 Ht 12: Lamont, Greenwood, Bravery, Wise 79.2 3 3 35 37 Two-lap Rolling Start Record Attempts Less Gregory 40.0 Jack Hobson 39.6 Dick Wise (f) Pennycross Scratch Race Ht 1: Lamont, Hobson, Tuck 80.1 Ht 2: Gregory, Wise, Francis Drake 82.8 Ht 3: Bibby, Bowden 83.3 Ht 4: Greenwood, Parkinson 83.2 Final: Greenwood, Bibby, Gregory, Lamont 81.8

Thursday, 6th August 1936, Banister Court, Southampton Southampton 49 Plymouth 23 (Provincial League) Southampton Frank Goulden 2’ 3 1’ 3 9 2 Fred Strecker 3 2 2 2 9 Billy Dallison 3 3 6 Syd Griffiths 2’ 2’ 2 3 9 2 Bert Jones 2’ 1 0 2 5 1 Alec Statham 3 3 2 0 8 Art Fenn 1’ 2’ 3 2 Plymouth Dick Wise 1 1 1 3 Les Bowden 0 3 1 4 Don Hemingway 0 0 0 1 1 Jack Hobson 1 2 3 3 9 Jack Bibby 1 1 0 0 2 Billy Lamont 0 0 3 0 3 Les Gregory 1 1 Ht 1: Strecker, Goulden, Wise, Bowden 72.6 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Dallison, Griffiths, Hobson, Hemingway 73.0 5 1 10 2 Ht 3: Statham, Jones, Bibby, Lamont 75.4 5 1 15 3 Ht 4: Dallison, Griffiths, Gregory, 72.4 5 1 20 4 Ht 5: Statham, Hobson, Jones, Hemingway 73.4 4 2 24 6 Ht 6: Goulden, Strecker, Bibby, Lamont 73.6 5 1 29 7 Ht 7: Bowden, Statham, Wise, Jones 75.6 2 4 31 11 Ht 8: Hobson, Strecker, Goulden, Hemingway 75.4 3 3 34 14 Ht 9: Lamont, Griffiths, Fenn, Bibby 72.4 3 3 37 17 Ht 10: Hobson, Strecker, Bowden, Statham 74.4 2 4 39 21 Ht 11: Griffiths, Jones, Hemingway, Lamont 73.6 5 1 44 22 Ht 12: Goulden, Fenn, Wise, Bibby 74.2 5 1 49 23

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Tuesday, 11th August 1936, Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth 42 Southampton 30 (Provincial Trophy) Plymouth Dick Wise 3 2’ 0 1 6 1 Les Bowden 2’ 3 1 0 6 1 Billy Lamont 3 3 3 3 12 Jack Bibby 0 2’ 2’ 1’ 5 3 Jack Hobson 3 2 3 2 10 Don Hemingway 0 0 1 1 Fred Tuck 2 2 Southampton Fred Strecker 0 1 0 0 1 Frank Goulden 1 0 2 3 6 Bert Jones 1’ 1 2’ 3 7 2 Syd Griffiths 2 3 3 1 9 Billy Dallison 2 0 1 2 5 Art Fenn 1’ 1 0 0 2 1 Ht 1: Wise, Bowden, Goulden, Strecker 84.2 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Lamont, Griffiths, Jones, Bibby 81.4 3 3 8 4 Ht 3: Hobson, Dallison, Fenn, Hemingway 82.0 3 3 11 7 Ht 4: Lamont, Bibby, Strecker, Goulden 81.8 5 1 16 8 Ht 5: Griffiths, Hobson, Jones, Hemingway 82.2 2 4 18 12 Ht 6: Bowden, Wise, Fenn, Dallison 81.3 5 1 23 13 Ht 7: Hobson, Goulden, Hemingway, Strecker (mf) 82.0 4 2 27 15 Ht 8: Griffiths, Jones, Bowden (mf, pushed), Wise (f) 83.8 1 5 28 20 Ht 9: Lamont, Bibby, Dallison, Fenn 80.3 5 1 33 21 Ht 10: Goulden, Hobson, Griffiths, Bowden 81.2 2 4 35 25 Ht 11: Jones, Tuck, Bibby, Fenn 82.1 3 3 38 28 Ht 12: Lamont, Dallison, Wise, Strecker 81.0 4 2 42 30 Captain’s Race (3 laps rolling start( Putt Mossman beat Les Gregory 60.0 International Race (3 laps rolling start) Sam Arena beat Billy Lamont 59.0 (record) International Pairs Arena (US), Mossman (US), Bibby (Aus), Hobson (NZ) ? Plymouth Distance Handicap Arena, Griffiths, Tuck 82.3

Monday, 17th August 1936, Stanley Stadium, Liverpool Liverpool 44 Plymouth 26 (Provincial League) Liverpool Tom Price 3 2 3 2’ 10 1 Ernie Price 0 1’ 2’ 3 6 2 Oliver Hart 0 0 0 3 3 Eric Blain 3 3 3 3 12 Stan Hart 1’ 3 3 2’ 9 2 Jack Hargreaves 2 2’ 0 0 8 1

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Plymouth Dick Wise 1’ 2 0 1 4 1 Les Bowden 2 1’ 2 2 7 1 Don Hemmingway 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 Fred Tuck 2 1 1 1’ 5 1 Billy Lamont 3 3 6 Jack Bibby 0 0 2 1 3 Ht 1: T Price, Bowden, Wise, E Price 89.8 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Blain, Tuck, Hemmingway, O Hart 92.6 3 3 6 6 Ht 3: Lamont, Hargreaves, S Hart, Bibby 91.4 3 3 9 9 Ht 4: Blain, Wise, Bowden, O Hart 92.8 3 3 12 12 Ht 5: S Hart, Hargreaves, Tuck, Hemmingway 92.0 5 1 17 13 Ht 6: Lamont, T Price, E Price, Bibby 88.6 3 3 20 16 Ht 7: S Hart, Bowden, Hargreaves (nf), Wise (nf) 91.6 3 2 23 18 Ht 8: T Price, E Price, Tuck, Hemmingway 91.8 5 1 28 19 Ht 9: Blain, Bibby, O Hart (nf) 91.6 3 2 31 21 Ht 10: E Price, Bowden, Tuck, Hargreaves 90.0 3 3 34 24 Ht 11: Blain, S Hart, Bibby, Hemmingway 89.8 5 1 39 25 Ht 12: O Hart, T Price, Wise 89.6 5 1 44 26

Tuesday, 18th August 1936, Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth 34 Americans 34 (Challenge) Plymouth Les Bowden 2 3 2 0 7 Fred Tuck 0 1’ 1 1 Bill Clibbett 0 0 0 3 3 Don Hemingway 2 1 1’ 4 1 Billy Lamont 3 3 0 2 8 Jack Bibby 1 2’ 2 0 5 1 Tiger Lewis 2’ 2 4 1 Francis Drake 2 2 Americans Putt Mossman 1 2’ 0 0 3 1 Peter Coleman 3 3 3 1 10 Sam Arena 3 0 3 3 9 Dick Ince 1 1 0 3 5 Manuel Trujillo 2 0 3 0 5 Ewald Schnitzer 0 1 1 0 2 Ht 1: Coleman, Bowden, Mossman, Tuck 82.0 2 4 2 4 Ht 2: Arena, Hemingway, Ince, Clibbett (f) 85.8 2 4 4 8 Ht 3: Lamont, Trujillo, Bibby, Schnitzer 80.4 4 2 8 10 Ht 4: Coleman, Mossman, Hemingway, Clibbett (f) 81.6 1 5 9 15 Ht 5: Lamont, Bibby, Ince, Arena (mf) 82.8 5 1 14 16 Ht 6: Bowden, Lewis, Schnitzer, Trujillo (exc 2m) 83.6 5 1 19 17 Ht 7: Coleman, Bibby, Lamont (f), Mossman (mf) 84.6 2 3 21 20 Ht 8: Arena, Bowden, Tuck, Ince 83.7 3 3 24 23 Ht 9: Trujillo, Lewis, Schnitzer, Clibbett (mf) 81.2 2 4 26 27 Ht 10: Ince, Drake, Coleman, Bibby (exc) 85.0 2 4 28 31 Ht 11: Arena, Lamont, Hemingway, Schnitzer 80.4 3 3 31 34 Ht 12: Clibbett, Bowden (mf), Mossman (f), Trujillo (mf) 83.8 3 0 34 34

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One-lap Record Attempt (record 19.0) Manuel Trujillo 19.4 International Match Race Fred Tuck beat Dick Ince (f) 78.2 Flying Nine (3 laps rolling start) Ht 1: Arena, Lewis, Bibby 60.4 Ht 2: Trujillo, Hemingway 58.8 (record) Ht 3: Coleman, Mossman 59.9 Final: Arena, Coleman, Trujillo 58.8 (= record) Plymouth Scurry (3 laps) Lewis, Tuck, Hemingway 62.5

Tuesday, 25th August 1936, Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth 40 Liverpool 32 (Provincial League) Plymouth Dick Wise 2 1 0 3 Les Gregory 1’ 1 Jack Hobson 3 3 3 1 10 Jack Bibby 2’ 1 2’ 2½½ 7½ ½ Les Bowden 3 3 2 2½½ 10½ ½ Fred Tuck 2’ 1 1’ 1’ 5 Don Hemingway 1 2 3 Liverpool Tom Price 3 2 3 3 11 Eric Blain did not ride Oliver Hart 0 0 3 0 3 Ernie Price 1 2 2’ 3 8 Stan Hart 1 3 0 2’ 6 Jack Hargreaves 0 2’ 1 1 4 Alan Butler did not ride Ht 1: T Price, Wise (f rmtd), Gregory (f rmtd), 3 only 85.2 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Hobson, Bibby, E Price, O Hart (f) 82.8 5 1 8 4 Ht 3: Bowden, Tuck, S Hart, Hargreaves 83.0 5 1 13 5 Ht 4: Hobson, T Price, Bibby (F pushed), 3 only 84.6 4 2 17 7 Ht 5: Bowden, E Price, Tuck, O Hart 83.4 4 2 21 9 Ht 6: S Hart, Hargreaves, Wise, ? 84.0 1 5 22 14 Ht 7: T Price, Bowden, Tuck, 3 only 84.2 3 3 25 17 Ht 8: O Hart, E Price, Hemingway, Wise 86.0 1 5 26 22 Ht 9: Hobson, Bibby, Hargreaves, S Hart (mf) 83.6 5 1 31 23 Ht 10: E Price, Hemingway, Tuck, 3 only 84.3 3 3 34 26 Ht 11: Bowden/Bibby dead heat, Hargreaves, O Hart 82.7 5 1 39 27 Ht 12: T Price, S Hart, Hobson, 83.0 1 5 40 32 Noel Johnson Trophy (rolling start) Ht 1: Bowden, Hemingway, Gregory 81.2 Ht 2: Hobson, Tuck 83.1 Ht 3: Bibby, Harry Bray 82.8 Final (3 laps): Bibby, Tuck 64.3 Match Races 3 laps rolling start: Bray beat Francis Drake 65.0 2 laps rolling start: Gregory beat Hemingway 40.1

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Friday, 28th August 1936, Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol 50 Plymouth 22 (Provincial Trophy) Attendance 8,600

Bristol Roy Dook 3 3 2’ 1 9 1 Fred Leavis 2’ 1 3 2’ 8 2 Bill Rogers 3 3 3 3 12 Mike Erskine 1 0 1 2 Harry Shepherd 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 Bert Spencer 1 3 0 3 7 Will Lowther 1 1 Ernie Evans DNR Plymouth Dick Wise 1 2 1’ 2 6 1 Les Bowden 0 1’ 2 0 3 1 Jack Hobson 2 0 0 2 4 Jack Bibby 0 1 1 2 Billy Lamont 2 0 0 0 2 Fred Tuck 0 2 2 0 4 Don Hemingway 1 1 Ht 1: Dook, Leavis, Wise, Bowden 73.0 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Rogers, Hobson, Erskine, Bibby 74.2 4 2 9 3 Ht 3: Shepherd, Lamont, Spencer, Tuck 72.2 4 2 13 5 Ht 4: Rogers, Wise, Bowden, Erskine (exc tapes) 73.2 3 3 16 8 Ht 5: Spencer, Shepherd, Bibby, Hobson 73.0 5 1 21 9 Ht 6: Dook, Tuck, Leavis, Lamont (f) 74.8 4 2 25 11 Ht 7: Shepherd, Bowden, Wise, Spencer 73.2 3 3 28 14 Ht 8: Leavis, Dook, Bibby, Hobson 75.8 5 1 33 15 Ht 9: Rogers, Tuck, Erskine, Lamont 72.8 4 2 37 17 Ht 10: Spencer, Leavis, Hemingway, Bowden 76.6 5 1 42 18 Ht 11: Shepherd, Hobson, Lowther, Tuck 73.2 4 2 46 20 Ht 12: Rogers, Wise, Dook, Lamont (f) 74.0 4 2 50 22

Tuesday, 1st September 1936, Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth 26 Nottingham 44 (Provincial League) Plymouth Dick Wise 1’ 2 0 2 5 1 Les Bowden 2 1’ 0 1’ 4 2 Billy Lamont 0 0 0 0 Fred Tuck 1 1 2 3 7 Jack Hobson 0 0 0 Jack Bibby 3 2 2 2 9 Don Hemingway 0 0 1’ 1 1 Nottingham George Greenwood 3 3 3 3 12 Tommy Price 0 2’ 1 0 3 1 Cliff Parkinson 2’ 1 2’ 2 7 2 Ted Bravery 3 3 3 3 12 Tiger Hart 2’ 0 3 0 5 1 Tiger Lewis 1 3 0 1’ 5 1 Jack Hyland

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Ht 1: Greenwood, Bowden, Wise, Price 80.1 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Bravery, Parkinson, Tuck, Lamont (f rmtd) 80.8 1 5 4 8 Ht 3: Bibby, Hart, Lewis, Hobson (mf) 81.2 3 3 7 11 Ht 4: Greenwood, Price, Tuck, Lamont (mf) 80.3 1 5 8 16 Ht 5: Bravery, Bibby, Parkinson, Hemingway 79.7 2 4 10 20 Ht 6: Lewis, Wise, Bowden, Hart 81.8 3 3 13 23 Ht 7: Greenwood, Bibby, Price, Hemingway 79.9 2 4 15 27 Ht 8: Bravery, Parkinson, Wise (f), Bowden (mf) 82.0 0 5 15 32 Ht 9: Hart, Tuck, Lamont (mf), Lewis (exc) 82.1 2 3 17 35 Ht 10: Bravery, Bibby, Bowden, Price 79.6 3 3 20 38 Ht 11: Tuck, Parkinson, Lewis, Hobson (nf) 82.6 3 3 23 41 Ht 12: Greenwood, Wise, Hemingway, Hart 81.4 3 3 26 44 International Distance Handicap Ht 1: Hart 85.0 Ht 2: Price, Tuck, Wise 83.4 Ht 3: Bravery, Greenwood, Bowden 81.6 Final: Greenwood, Price 81.4

Tuesday, 8th September 1936, Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth 35 Bristol 36 (Provincial League) Plymouth Dick Wise 1’ 2 0 1 4 1 Les Bowden 2 0 2 2’ 6 1 Billy Lamont 3 3 3 3 12 Fred Tuck 0 1 1 Jack Hobson 2 0 1 2 5 Jack Bibby 0 3 0 3 6 Don Hemingway 1 1 Bristol Roy Dook 0 Bill Rogers 3 2 3 0 8 Eric Collins 1’ 2 1 3 7 1 Harry Shepherd 2 1’ 3 1 7 1 Wal Morton 3 3 2 2 10 Fred Leavis 1 0 0 1 Bert Spencer 2’ 1 3 1 Ht 1: Rogers, Bowden, Wise, 80.4 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Lamont, Shepherd, Collins, Tuck 79.0* 3 3 6 6 *record Ht 3: Morton, Hobson, Leavis, Bibby (exc) 80.8 2 4 8 10 Ht 4: Lamont, Rogers, Tuck, 79.2 4 2 12 12 Ht 5: Bibby, Collins, Shepherd, Hodson 80.3 3 3 15 15 Ht 6: Morton, Wise, Bowden (mf), Leavis 82.6 2 3 17 18 Ht 7: Rogers, Spencer, Hobson, Bibby (mf) 81.5 1 5 18 23 Ht 8: Shepherd, Bowden, Collins, Wise 82.2 2 4 20 27 Ht 9: Lamont, Morton, Hemingway, Leavis 80.1 4 2 24 29 Ht 10: Bibby, Bowden, Shepherd, Rogers (f) 81.1 5 1 29 30 Ht 11: Collins, Hobson, Spencer, ? 79.4 2 4 31 34 Ht 12: Lamont, Morton, Wise, 78.6* 4 2 35 36 *record

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Thursday, 10th September 1936, Banister Court, Southampton West Ham Hawks 34 Plymouth 34 (Provincial Trophy) West Ham Eric Chitty 3 3 3 0 9 Phil Bishop 1 2’ 2’ 1 6 2 Charlie Spinks 0 0 0 0 Jack Tidbury 0 0 1 1 2 Ken Brett 2’ 3 0 3 8 1 George Saunders 3 2’ 2 0 7 1 Danny Lee 2 2 Plymouth Dick Wise did not ride Les Bowden 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 Jack Hobson injured Jack Bibby 3 0 0 3 Billy Lamont did not ride Fred Tuck 1 0 2’ 0 3 Cyril Anderson 2’ 0 0 1 3 1 Don Hemingway 0 2’ 1 2 5 1 Jack Riddle 1 3 3 3 10 (Wise and Lamont’s car broke down en-route at Basingstoke; Hobson was injured in heat 2 and did not compete again)

Ht 1: Chitty, Bowden, Bishop, Hemmingway 67.6* 4 2 4 2 *record Ht 2: Bibby, Anderson, Spinks (exc), Tidbury (exc) 77.4 0 5 4 7 Hobson injured Ht 3: Saunders, Brett, Tuck, Anderson 71.6 5 1 9 8 Ht 4: Bowden, Hemingway, Spinks (nf), Tidbury (nf) 72.4 0 5 9 13 Ht 5: Brett, Saunders, Bibby (nf), Anderson (nf) 73.0 5 0 14 13 Ht 6: Chitty, Bishop, Hemingway, Tuck 70.6 5 1 19 14 Ht 7: Bowden, Saunders, Riddle, Brett 73.6 2 4 21 18 Ht 8: Chitty, Bishop, Anderson, Bibby 71.6 5 1 26 19 Ht 9: Riddle, Tuck, Tidbury, Spinks (nf) 73.0 1 5 27 24 Ht 10: Riddle, Bowden, Bishop (f rm), Saunders (ex t) 71.4 1 5 28 29 Ht 11: Brett, Hemingway, Tidbury, Tuck (nf) 74.0 4 2 32 31 Ht 12: Riddle, Lee, Chitty (exc tapes), 3 only 73.2 2 3 34 34 Note: Anderson remained at reserve, but the riding order is not consistent with Hemmingway or Riddle taking a fixed place in the team in the match.

Tuesday, 15th September 1936, Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth 29 Southampton 43 (Provincial League) Plymouth Dick Wise 0 1 0 1 2 Les Bowden 2 0 1 2’ 5 1 Billy Lamont 0 0 Fred Tuck 2 1 2 0 5 Jack Hobson 3 1 1 1 6 Jack Bibby 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 Don Hemingway 0 0 0 0 Southampton Frank Goulden 3 3 2 3 11 Fred Strecker 1 2’ 0 1 4 1 Bert Jones 3 2 3 3 11 Art Fenn 1 0 2’ 0 3 1 Syd Griffiths 1 3 3 2’ 9 1 Bob Lovell 0 2’ 1 2’ 5 2

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Ht 1: Goulden, Bowden, Strecker, Wise (mf) 81.2 2 4 2 4 Ht 2: Jones, Tuck, Fenn, Lamont (mf) 83.8 2 4 4 8 Ht 3: Hobson, Bibby, Griffiths, Lovell 80.6 5 1 9 9 Ht 4: Goulden, Strecker, Tuck, Hemingway 81.5 1 5 10 14 Ht 5: Bibby, Jones, Hobson, Fenn 80.2 4 2 14 16 Ht 6: Griffiths, Lovell, Wise, Bowden 81.0 1 5 15 21 Ht 7: Bibby Goulden Hobson, Strecker 80.0 4 2 19 23 Ht 8: Jones, Fenn, Bowden, Wise 82.4 1 5 20 28 Ht 9: Griffiths, Tuck, Lovell, Hemingway 82.6 2 4 22 32 Ht 10: Bibby, Bowden, Strecker, Fenn 80.2 5 1 27 33 Ht 11: Jones, Lovell, Hobson, Tuck (mf) 83.0 1 5 28 38 Ht 12: Goulden, Griffiths, Wise, Hemingway 84.0 1 5 29 43 Saints and Panthers Scurry Ht 1: Jones, Griffiths, Fenn 82.0 Ht 2: Bowden, Hobson, Tuck 82.6 Final: Jones, Hobson, Bowden, Griffiths 82.0 Challenge Race (3 laps rolling start) Tuck beat Hemingway 63.2 Morris Cup Hobson no time announced

Friday, 18th September 1936, Knowle Stadium, Bristol Bristol 49 Plymouth 23 (Provincial League) Attendance 8,650

Bristol Roy Dook 2’ 0 2’ 2’ 6 Bill Rogers 3 3 3 3 12 Eric Collins 3 3 3 3 12 Harry Shepherd 1 0 2’ 1 4 Wal Morton 0 0 2 3 5 Fred Leavis 3 3 3 1 10 Plymouth Dick Wise 1 2 1 1 5 Les Bowden 0 1’ 0 2 3 Jack Hobson 2 2 1 2 7 Jack Bibby 0 1’ 0 0 1 Fred Tuck 2 2 0 0 4 Don Hemingway 1’ 1 1 0 3 Ht 1: Rogers, Dook, Wise, Bowden 72.2 5 1 5 1 Ht 2: Collins, Hobson, Shepherd, Bibby 72.2 4 2 9 3 Ht 3: Leavis, Tuck, Hemingway, Morton (f) 74.2 3 3 12 6 Ht 4: Collins, Wise, Bowden, Shepherd 71.6 3 3 15 9 Ht 5: Leavis, Hobson, Bibby, Morton (exc tapes) 72.0 3 3 18 12 Ht 6: Rogers, Tuck, Hemingway, Dook 73.8 3 3 21 15 Ht 7: Leavis, Morton, Wise, Bowden 74.6 5 1 26 16 Ht 8: Rogers, Dook, Hobson, Bibby 71.2 5 1 31 17 Ht 9: Collins, Shepherd, Hemingway, Tuck 74.0 5 1 36 18 Ht 10: Rogers, Bowden, Leavis, Bibby 72.4 4 2 40 20 Ht 11: Morton, Hobson, Shepherd, Hemingway 73.6 4 2 44 22 Ht 12: Collins, Dook, Wise, Tuck 73.2 5 1 49 23

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Tuesday, 22nd September 1936, Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth American Team 52 Australian Team 56 (Challenge) American Team Cordy Milne 3 3 3 3 3 0 15 Ewald Schnitzer 0 0 0 0 1 1 Putt Mossman 1 1 1 0 3 2 8 Pee Wee Cullum 0 3 3 3 1 0 10 Dick Lawton 0 0 0 0 1 1 Manuel Tujillo 3 3 2’ 2 2 0 12 1 Fred Tuck 3 2’ 5 1 Australian Team Dick Wise 2 0 1 0 2’ 5 1 Tiger Lewis 1’ 2 0 0 2 3 8 1 Jack Hobson 2’ 1’ 2 1’ 1 2’ 9 4 Jack Bibby 3 2 1’ 2 3 3 14 1 Les Bowden 2 2 2 3 2 3 14 Bert Spencer 1’ 1’ 0 1 1’ 4 3 Don Hemingway 1 1 2 Ht 1: Milne, Wise, Lewis, Schnitzer 82.0 3 3 3 3 Ht 2: Bibby, Hobson, Mossman, Cullum 83.6 1 5 4 8 Ht 3: Trujillo, Bowden, Spencer, Lawton 85.0 3 3 7 11 Ht 4: Cullum, Lewis, Mossman, Wise 83.8 4 2 11 13 Ht 5: Trujillo, Bibby, Hobson, Lawton 81.6 3 3 14 16 Ht 6: Milne, Bowden, Spencer, Schnitzer 83.0 3 3 17 19 Ht 7: Tuck, Trujillo, Wise, Lewis 82.8 5 1 22 20 Ht 8: Milne, Hobson, Bibby, Schnitzer 82.8 3 3 25 23 Ht 9: Cullum, Bowden, Mossman, Spencer 83.8 4 2 29 25 Ht 10: Milne, Tuck, Hemingway, Lewis (f rmtd) 83.4 5 1 34 26 Ht 11: Cullum, Bibby, Hobson, Mossman 83.0 3 3 37 29 Ht 12: Bowden, Trujillo, Spencer, Lawton 84.2 2 4 39 33 Ht 13: Mossman, Lewis, Cullum, Wise 83.7 4 2 43 35 Ht 14: Bibby, Trujillo, Hobson, Lawton 82.2 2 4 45 39 Ht 15: Milne, Bowden, Spencer, Schnitzer 84.6 3 3 48 42 Ht 16: Lewis, Wise, Lawton, Trujillo 88.0 1 5 49 47 Ht 17: Bibby, Hobson, Schnitzer, Milne (f) 83.6 1 5 50 52 Ht 18: Bowden, Mossman, Hemingway, Cullum 85.4 2 4 52 56 Jack Milne was unavailable and was replaced by Lawton, with Tuck drafted in as the American reserve.

Tuesday, 29th September 1936, Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Plymouth v Nottingham (Provincial Trophy) Not staged, points awarded to Nottingham

Sunday, 11th October 1936, Brandon Stadium, Coventry Coventry 28 Plymouth 23 (Challenge)