STAMFORD BRIDGE 1929

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Saturday, 4th May 1929 Attendance 40,000

Match Race Ht 1: Billy Lamont beat Roger Frogley 44.66* Ht 2: Frogley (ef) Lamont (ef) 43.16 Ht 3: Awarded to Frogley Match Races Frogley beat Fred Ralph Colin Ford beat Jack Barnett 83.1 Fulham Handicap Art Pechar fell in his heat, Dave Boston (AKA DAB Boston) suffered machine failure and Red Murch was eliminated in his heat. [all 3 USA) Final: Dick Bellamy, Bill Bragg Fred Ralph 95.0 Chelsea Scratch Race Final: Colin Ford, Ralph [Chick Remington (USA)] 83.6 Wednesday, 8th May 1929 Stamford Bridge 33 Lea Bridge 9 (Southern League) Stamford Bridge Bill Bragg 2 0 2 Gus Kuhn 4 4 8 Les Blakebrough 2 2 4 "Dick" Bellamy 4 4 8 Colin Ford 4 4 8 Fred Ralph 1 2 3 Nick Nicol (Res) DNR Lea Bridge Roy Dook 1 0 1 Les Standish 0 1 1 Ernie Perry 1 1 2 Charlie Jackson 0 0 0 Frank Bond 2 2 4 Stew Fairbairn 0 1 1 Hulley Howard (Res) DNR 1 Kuhn Bragg Dook Standish 93.0 6 1 6 1 2 Bellamy Blakebrough Perry Jackson 91.6 6 1 12 2 3 Ford Bond Ralph Fairbairn 87.7 5 2 17 4 4 Bellamy Blakebrough Standish Dook 90.4 6 1 23 5 5 Kuhn Bond Fairbairn Bragg 90.4 4 3 27 8 6 Ford Ralph Perry Jackson 86.8 6 1 33 9 Challenge Race Art Pechar beat Roger Frogley, 2-0 Ht 1: Pechar, Frogley 89.0

Ht 2: Pechar, Frogley 81.0 Fulham Handicap Machines not exceeding 500cc 1 Sykes (6), Buchannan (3) [A.W.Day (5), WPhillips (5) 100.4 2 Taylor (3), Ray Ralph (2), Chick Remmington (3), Fred T Law (4) 90.0 3 Mayne (3), Ken Dixon (5), (? Rep RFrogley), Les Ralph (4) 92.4 4 Bolt (5), NNichol (3), DAB Boston (6), Petchar (0) (nf) 92.2 Final: Bert Bolt, (O.E. Sykes, Ernie Mayne), Don Taylor, (fell, inj) 91.2 One-mile Record Attempt Colin Ford 80.2 (equals record) USA v Australia Match Race Hilary Buchanan beat Chick Remington (USA) 87.2 Saturday, 11th May 1929

One-mile Record Attempt Colin Watson 79.8 (record) Match Race: Colin Watson beat Gordon Baxter, 2-0 Ht 1: Watson (f), Baxter (laid down) Re-run: Watson, Baxter 82.0 Ht 2: Watson, Baxter 81.6 Match Race Ht 1: Roger Frogley beat Colin Ford (fell) Ht 2: not raced Match Race Jimmy Stevens beat Gus Kuhn 85.0 Match Race Don Taylor beat Fred Ralph 85.0 Fulham Handicap Final: Roger Frogley 91.6

Stamford Bridge Handicap Final: Bill Bragg 89.6 Wednesday, 15th May 1929

Match Races Roger Frogley beat Eric Spencer, 2-0 Ht 1: Frogley, Spencer 84.4 Ht 2: Frogley, Spencer 85.0 Match Race Ron Johnson beat Roger Frogley 81.6 Match Race Colin Ford beat Hilary Buchanan (mf 85.4

Fulham Handicap Final: Bert Bolt, O.E. Sykes

Stamford Bridge Scratch Final: Gus Kuhn 90.4 Saturday 18 May 1929

Fulham Handicap: Final: Wal Phillips, 40.18 mph Stamford Bridge Handicap: 2. Ted Clairemonte fell and A.W. Day did well to avoid a serious collision. Final: Wal Phillips, 40.45 mph Match Race: Vic Huxley beat Cyril Taft 2-0 Huxley, Taft, 43.58 mph Huxley, Taft, 42.96 mph Match Races: Don Taylor beat Bert Bolt, 41.38 mph Bill Bragg beat Dick Bellamy, 40.45 mph Nick Nichol beat Gus Kuhn, 41.86 mph Lap Record Attempt: Colin Ford, 43.47 mph (unsuccessful) Wednesday 22 May 1929 Stamford Bridge 33 Wembley 9 (Southern League) Stamford Bridge Bill Bragg 2 2 4 Gus Kuhn 4 4 8 "Dick" Bellamy 2 4 6 Wal Phillips 4 N 4 Colin Ford 1 E 1 Fred Ralph 4 4 8 Nick Nicol (Res) 2 2 Wembley Crawley Rous 1 1 2 Nobby Key 0 0 0 Len Reeve 1 2 3 Charlie Briggs 0 N 0 Bert Fairweather 2 1 3 Ron Hieatt F NS 0 H. Harris (Res) 1 1 1 Kuhn Bragg Rous Key 6 1 6 1 2 Phillips Bellamy Reeve Briggs 6 1 12 2 3 Ralph Fairweather Ford (C,P) (Hieatt F) 5 2 17 4 RR 4 Bellamy Nicol Rous Key (Phillips F) 6 1 23 5 5 Kuhn Bragg Fairweather (FRM) (Hieatt NS) 6 1 29 6

6 Ralph Reeve Harris (Ford E) 4 3 33 9 Match Races C Watson bt F Arthur 2-0 (43.90, 42.85mph) C Ford bt R Frogley 2-0 (41.00, 41.38mph) Fulham Handicap Gus Kuhn, Les Blakebrough 39.91mph Match Race Gus Kuhn bt V Deale (Wembley) by half a lap! 40.54mph Saturday 25 May 1929 England Select 20 – Overseas Select 16 (International Challenge)

This match comprised a series of 12 Match Races, winner received 2 points, and the loser 1 point.

England : Colin Ford 2 1 2 5 Dank Ewen 1 2 2 5 Gus Kuhn 2 2 2 6 Harold Stevenson 2 1 1 4 Overseas : Billy Lamont (Aus) 1 1 1 3 Frank Arthur (Aus) 2 2 2 6 Buzz Hibberd (Aus) 1 2 1 4 Cecil Brown (USA) 1 1 1 3 1: Ford, Lamont* 2: Arthur, Ewen 3: Kuhn, Hibberd 4: Stevenson, Brown 5: Ewen, Lamont** 6: Arthur, Ford 7: Hibberd, Stevenson 8: Kuhn, Brown 9: Arthur, Stevenson 43.06 10: Ford, Brown 11: Kuhn, Lamont 12: Ewen, Hibberd * frame broke in 3 places! ** lost his footrest at the start Fulham Handicap Final: Bert Bolt, Nichol 39.21mph Track Record Attempt Gus Kuhn 82.8 Unsuccessful Tuesday 28 May 1929 Empire Stadium, London Wembley 16 Stamford Bridge 26 (Southern League) Wembley Buster Frogley 2 4 6 Bert Fairweather 4 2 6

Ron Hieatt 1 1 2 Len Reeve 2 2 Stamford Bridge Les Blakebrough 4 4 8 L O "Dick" Bellamy 1 1 2 Bill Bragg 1 1 Gus Kuhn 2 4 6 Colin Ford 4 1 5 Fred Ralph 2 2 4 1 Blakebrough Frogley Bellamy 2 5 2 5 2 Fairweather Kuhn Bragg 4 3 6 8 3 Ford Ralph Hieatt 1 6 7 14 4 Blakebrough Fairweather Bellamy 2 5 9 19 5 Frogley Ralph Ford 4 3 13 22 6 Kuhn Reeve Hieatt 3 4 16 26 4 Lap Flying Start Record Attempt Les Brakebrough 45.11 mph (unsuccessful)

Wednesday 29th May 1929 Lea Bridge, London Lea Bridge 14 Stamford Bridge 28 (Southern League) LEA BRIDGE Stew Fairbairn 1 2 3 Alf Foulds 4 4 8 Doug Fairbairn 1 1 Ernie Perry 1 1 2 STAMFORD BRIDGE Gus Kuhn 4 4 8 Nick Nichol 2 2 4 Dick Bellamy 2 1 3 Colin Ford 4 4 Bert Bolt 4 2 6 Fred Ralph 2 1 3 1 Kuhn, Nichol, SFairbairn 1 6 1 6 2 Foulds Bellamy, DFairbairn Ford 5 2 6 8 3 Bolt Ralph Perry 1 6 7 14 4 Ford SFairbairn Bellamy 2 5 9 19 5 Foulds Bolt Ralph DFairbairn 4 3 13 22 6 Kuhn Nichol Perry 1 6 14 28

Wednesday 29 May 1929

Match Races Vic Huxley bt Colin Watson 2-0 (42.85, 41.86mph) Roger Frogley bt Len Parker 2-0 (41.19, 41.86mph) Fulham Handicap Don Taylor, Dell Forster Blakeborough 39.39mph Stamford Bridge Hamdicap

Les Blakebrough (3 sec), Roger Frogley (scr) 39.64mph Extra Race Jack Adams, Les Maguire, Don Durant 88.0 (40.91mph) Lap Record Attempt Les Blakeborough 42.85mph unsuccessful Saturday 1 June 1929 Match Races Sprouts Elder bt Colin Watson 2-0 (42.25, 41.86mph) Frank Arthur bt Art Pechar 2-0 (43.16, 40.91mph) Gus Kuhn bt Colin Ford Fred Ralph v Wal Phillips void Phillips' bike badly damaged l Fulham Handicap Fred Ralph, Gus Kuhn 41.28mph Stamford Bridge Handicap Gus Kuhn 40.36mph Track Record Attempt Sprouts Elder 43.37 unsuccessful Wednesday 5 June 1929

Match Races Ron Johnson bt Colin Watson 2-0 (both heats 43.16mph) Ron Johnson bt Sprouts Elder 44.11mph Sprouts Elder bt Gus Kuhn 42.35mph Stamford Bridge Derby Ht 3: ?, Dank Ewen (f rmtd). Bert Bold (f) Final: Colin Ford, 41.47mph Match Races Ht 1: Buster Frogley bt Jimmie Stevens (nf) Ht 2: Stevens bt Frogley Ht 3: Stevens bt Frogley

Fulham Handicap Wal Phillips, Bert Bolt, Sprouts Elder 40.81mph

Saturday 8 June 1929 Stamford Bridge bt The Rest (Challenge)

Fulham Handicap Ht Phillips, Dargg, LRalph 40.72 Wal Phillips 40.18mph Stamford Bridge Handicap Dick Bellamy 40.36mph Match Races Billy Lamont bt Hilary Buchanan 2-0 (41.86, 42.15mph)

Wednesday 12 June 1929 Match Races Vic Huxley bt Ron Johnson 2-0 (43.16, 41.86mph) 1 Huxley, Johnson (ef chain) 2 Huxley Eric Spencer v Stan Catlett – 2 – 1 Ht3 awd Catlett (ns et) Fulham Handicap Gus Kuhn (scr), Les Ralph, Fred Ralph 40.36mph Stamford Handicap G Kuhn (scr), E Mayne Ray Ralph 40.72mph Richard Bellamy also rode, but fell and was injured. Thursday 13 June 1929 Empire Stadium, London Wembley 18 Crystal Palace & Stamford Bridge 17 (Challenge) 1: Wally Lloyd (CPSB) 2-5 2: Harry Whitfield (Wemb), Alf Foulds (Wemb) 8-6 3: Roger Frogley (Wemb) 4: Les Blakebrough (CPSB) 14-14 5: R Frogley, L Blakebrough. Whitfield ns 18-17

Saturday 15 June 1929 Match Races Sprouts Elder bt Colin Watson 2-0 (43.47mph & 43.69mph) Bert Bolt bt Colin Ford Wal Phillips bt Gus Kuhn 42.95 Alt Kuhn bt Phillips Les Blakebrough bt Bert Bolt 40.54 Stamford Bridge Handicap L Blakebrough (3 sec) 40.27mph Fulham Handicap E Mayne (5 sec), G Kuhn 38.38mph Wednesday 19th June 1929 Stamford Bridge 53 Wimbledon 10 (Southern League) Stamford Bridge Gus Kuhn 4 4 4 12 Wal Phillips 2 2 2 6 Les Blakebrough 4 2 4 10 Colin Ford 2 4 2 8 Fred Ralph 2 4 2 8 Bert Bolt 4 1 4 9 Wimbledon Mart Seiffert 1 1 1 3 Alf Summersby 0

Syd Chambers F 0 Les Dearth 1 1 2 4 Cecil Brown 1 1 2 Eddie Slade-Jones 1 1 1 Kuhn Phillips Seiffert 42.25 6 1 6 1 2 Blakebrough Ford Dearth 40.91 6 1 12 2 3 Bolt Ralph Slade-Jones 39.82 6 1 18 3 4 Kuhn Phillips Dearth (Chambrs F) 42.25 6 1 24 4 5 Ford (P) Blakebrough Seiffert 39.39 6 1 30 5 6 Ralph Dearth Bolt 40.45 5 2 35 7 7 Kuhn Phillips Brown 41.95 6 1 41 8 8 Bolt Ralph Seiffert 40.63 6 1 47 9 9 Blakebrough Ford Brown 40.45 6 1 53 10 All-American Match Races Art Pechar bt Ray Tauser 2-0 (40.91, 42.45mph) Match Races Colin Watson bt Billy Lamont 2-0 (43.58, 43.26mph) Handicap Final: Wal Phillips, Les Dearth Saturday 22 June 1929 Harringay, London Harringay 27 Stamford Bridge 36 (Southern League) Harringay Reg Pointer 1 2 2 5 Stan Spencer 2 E 4 6 Alf Medcalf F 1 1 2 Bill Crouch 2 4 F 6 Will Dennis E 0 2 2 Lou Berger 4 1 1 6 Stamford Bridge Gus Kuhn 4 4 4 12 Wal Phillips 0 2 2 4 Colin Ford 4 4 4 12 Bill Bragg 1 1 0 2 Bert Bolt 2 2 1 5 Fred Ralph 1 0 0 1 1 Kuhn Spencer Pointer Phillips 34.17 3 4 3 4 2 Ford Crouch Bragg (Medcalf F) 32.87 2 5 5 9 3 Berger Bolt Ralph (Dennis E) 31.18 4 3 9 12 4 Ford Pointer Bragg (Spencer E) 32.80 2 5 11 17 5 Crouch Bolt Medcalf (ET) 31.11 5 2 16 19 6 Kuhn Phllps (FRM) Berger (FRM) Dennis (FRM) 32.57 1 6 17 25 7 Spencer Pointer Bolt 35.12 6 1 23 26 8 Kuhn Phillips Medcalf (Crouch F) 32.72 1 6 24 32 9 Ford Dennis Berger 32.34 3 4 27 36 Saturday 22 June 1929

Match Races Wally Harris bt Ray Tauser 2-0 Colin Watson bt Art Pechar 2-0 (44.55, 43.90mph) Fulham Handicap Final: A W Day, Ray Ralph, Nick Nicol 39.21mph Stamford Bridge Handicap Final: A Pechar 40.18mph Wednesday 26 June 1929 Stamford Bridge 50 Perry Barr Birmingham 13 (Southern League) Stamford Bridge Gus Kuhn 4 4 4 12 Wal Phillips 2 2 2 6 Les Blakebrough 4 1 4 9 Colin Ford 2 4 1 7 Fred Ralph 1 1 2 4 Bert Bolt 4 4 4 12 Birmingham Perry Barr Wally Lloyd 1 2 3 Geoff Siddaway 1 1 Tim Reid 1 1 X 2 George Britt F 2 2 Joe Dallison 2 E 2 Bill Ashcroft F 1 2 3 1 Kuhn Phillips Lloyd 41.00 6 1 6 1 2 Blakebrough Ford Reid (Britt F) 40.72 6 1 12 2 3 Bolt Dallison Ralph (Ashcroft F) 40.54 5 2 17 4 4 Kuhn Phillips Reid 42.65* 6 1 23 5 5 Ford Lloyd Blakebrough (P) 39.30 5 2 28 7 6 Bolt Britt (FRM) Ralph (FRM) (Reid X) 39.73 5 2 33 9 7 Kuhn Phillips Ashcroft 42.05 6 1 39 10 8 Bolt Ralph Siddaway 39.91 6 1 45 11 9 Blakebrough Ashcroft Ford (C ) (Dallison E) 39.13 5 2 50 13 Match Races Art Pechar bt Roger Frogley 2-0 (42.85mph ; 43.26mph) Vic Huxley bt Ron Johnson 2-0 1 Huxley bt Johnson (efchain) 42.35mph 2 Huxley bt Johnson 43.79mph Stamford Bridge Handicap Wal Phillips 40.81mph Thursday 27 June 1922 West Ham, London West Ham 30 Stamford Bridge 33 (Southern League) West Ham Tiger Stevenson 4 4 2 10 Don Taylor 0 2 1 3 Les Maguire 1 0 0 1

Jack Adams 2 1 4 7 Don Durant E 4 4 8 Maurice Bradshaw 1 F N 1 Reg Bounds 0 0 Stamford Bridge Gus Kuhn 1 4 2 7 Wal Phillips 2 2 1 5 Les Blakebrough 0 1 0 1 Colin Ford 4 2 4 10 Alan W. Day 2 0 2 4 Bert Bolt 4 1 1 6 Bill Bragg DNR 1 Stevenson Phillips Kuhn Taylor 93.6 4 3 4 3 2 Ford Adams Maguire Blakebrough 93.4 3 4 7 7 3 Bolt Day Bradshaw (Durant EIL) 98.6 1 6 8 13 4 Kuhn Phillips Adams Maguire 94.8 1 6 9 19 5 Durant Ford Blakebrough (Bradshaw F) 94.2 4 3 13 22 6 Stevenson Taylor Bolt Day 95.4 6 1 19 23 7 Durant Kuhn Phillips Bounds 92.4 4 3 23 26 8 Ford Stevenson Taylor Blakebrough 94.6 3 4 26 30 9 Adams Day Bolt Maguire 95.4 4 3 30 33 Saturday 29 June 1929 Match Races: Art Pechar beat Eric Spencer, 2-0 41.57 & 42.15 Gus Kuhn beat Hilary Buchanan, 2-0 42.85 & 42.86 Les Blakebrough beat Jack Adams Colin Ford beat Arthur Willimott Stamford Bridge Handicap: Final: Art Pechar Fulham Handicap: Final: Les Ralph, Art Pechar

Wednesday 3 July 1929 No results available Saturday 6 July 1929 Perry Barr, Birmingham Perry Barr Birmingham 19 Stamford Bridge 44 (Southern League) Perry Barr: Wally Lloyd © Stamford Bridge: Gus Kuhn © 12, Colin Ford 12, Les Blakebrough 10 Saturday 6 July 1929 Match Race: Art Pechar beat Sprouts Elder, 1-0 2 Both Pechar crashed Elder hit fence avoiding him breaking ribs Fulham Handicap: Final: Art Pechar 41.95

Stamford Bridge Handicap: Final: Jack Adams 39.91 Match Races: Tiger Stevenson beat Joe Francis 41.95 Ivor Creek beat Arthur Warwick 2 – 0 (42.05 & 42.75) Wednesday 10 July 1929 Stamford Bridge 53 Harringay 10 (Southern League) Stamford Bridge Gus Kuhn 4 4 4 12 A.W. Day 2 2 2 6 Les Blakebrough 1 2 2 5 Bert Bolt 4 4 4 12 Colin Ford 4 4 4 12 Ernie Mayne 2 2 2 6 Harringay Reg Pointer 1 1 1 3 Bill Crouch F 0 0 Stan Spencer 2 1 1 4 Will Dennis F 0 0 0 Lou Berger F 1 F 1 Ray Parsons 1 1 2 1 Kuhn Day Pointer 6 1 6 1 2 Bolt Spencer Blakebrough (Dennis F) 5 2 11 3 3 Ford Mayne Parsons (Berger F) 6 1 17 4 4 Kuhn Day Spencer Dennis 6 1 23 5 5 Bolt Blakebrough Pointer (Crouch F) 6 1 29 6 6 Ford Mayne Spencer Dennis 6 1 35 7 7 Kuhn Day Berger 6 1 41 8 8 Bolt Blakebrough Pointer Crouch 6 1 47 9 9 Ford Mayne Parsons (Berger F) 6 1 53 10 Match Races Art Pechar bt Billy Dallison 2-0 (41.57, 42.25mph) Colin Watson bt Ron Johnson 2-0 (43.90, 41.86mph) Colin Ford bt Roger Frogley 2-1 Stamford Bridge Handicap Bill Bragg (+4) , Ray Ralph (1), Lou Berger Saturday 13 July 1929

Star Championship – Home Section (Round One):

Roger Frogley beat Gus Kuhn, 2-0 Frogley, Kuhn, 43.37 mph Frogley, Kuhn, 42.45 mph

Match Race: Art Pechar beat Arthur Franklyn, 2-1 Franklyn, Pechar 42.85

Pechar, Franklyn 42.85 Pechar, Franklyn (fell) 41.76

Match Race: Art Pechar beat Roger Frogley (efchain) Chelsea Scratch Challenge Cup: Final: Colin Ford, Kuhn (f), Bolt (f) 43.26 Fulham Handicap: Final: Colin Ford Kuhn (ef) 40.91 Wednesday 17 July 1929 Bannister Court, Southampton Southampton 33 Stamford Bridge 30 (Southern League) Southampton Jimmy Hayes F F N 0 Ernie Rickman 2 1 N 3 Col Stewart 4 2 2 8 Tom Cullis 2 0 4 6 Vic Collins F 1 2 3 Eric Lister 4 2 4 10 Clarrie Eldridge (Res) 2 2 Cecil Bounds (Res) 1 1 Stamford Bridge Gus Kuhn 4 4 1 9 Ernie Mayne 1 1 0 2 Nick Nicol 0 4 0 4 Bert Bolt 1 0 4 5 Colin Ford 2 4 1 7 Les Blakebrough 1 2 0 3

1 Kuhn Rickman Mayne (Hayes F) 84.0 2 5 2 5 2 Stewart Cullis Bolt Nicol 83.6 6 1 8 6 3 Lister Ford Blakebrough (Collins F) 84.2 4 3 12 9 4 Kuhn Stewart Mayne (Cullis C) 83.2 2 5 14 14 5 Nicol Lister Collins Bolt 82.6 3 4 17 18 6 Ford Blakebrough Rickmn (frm) (Hayes F) 83.4 1 6 18 24 7 Lister Collins Kuhn Mayne 82.2 6 1 24 25 8 Bolt Eldridge Bounds Nicol 81.6 3 4 27 29 9 Cullis Stewart Ford Blakebrough 82.8 6 1 33 30 Wednesday 17 July 1929 Match Races Roger Frogley bt Eric Spencer 2-0 (1: Spencer fell. 41.76mph; 2: 41.26mph) Ron Johnson bt Art Pechar 2-0 (43.58mph, 42.85mph) Fulham Handicap Final: A E Warwick , A Pechar 39.21mph Stamford Bridge Handicap Final: Clem Cort, A Pechar 39.21mph

Saturday 20 July 1929

Star Championship – Overseas Section (Round One): Billy Lamont beat Art Pechar, 2-0 1. Lamont, Pechar, 42.05 mph In heat 2 Pechar crashed into the fence heavily to avoid Lamont whose tyre burst.

Match Race: Jack Parker beat Gus Kuhn 2 – 0 (43.26 & 42.96)

Match Race: Max Grosskreutz beat Eric Spencer, 2-0 Challenge Race Ernie Mayne bt A W Day 41.06 Chelsea Challenge Cup Final Blakeborough, Bolt Fulham Handicap Kuhn 40.09 A thunderstorm caused the later stages of the meeting to be abandoned. Wednesday 24 July 1929 Stamford Bridge 45 Crystal Palace 18 (Southern League) No details of match available

Match Races Ron Johnson bt Jack Parker 2-0 (44.22mph, &44.44mpht) Roger Frogley bt Bert Bolt 2-1 1: Bolt 42.55mphFrogley's back tyre off rim. 2: Frog 42.45mph, half a length. 3: Frog 41.86mph easily, Bolt e/t) Gus Kuhn bt Ray Tauser 42.55mph Fulham Handicap Final: W H White 38.13mph Saturday 27 July 1929 Match Race: Vic Huxley beat Sprouts Elder, 2-0 (43.37 & 42.96)

Match Race: Arthur Warwick beat Wal Phillips (fell)

Fulham Handicap: 1 Ken Dixon, Colin Ford, Sonny Wilson 2 Sprouts Elder, Ray Ralph 3 Bert Bolt, Ernie Mayne, Bill Bragg, Wal Phillips (fell) 4 Nick Nichol, Les Blakebrough, O.E. Sykes SF1: Bert Bolt, Nick Nichol, Sprouts Elder (ef) SF2: Les Blakebrough, Ernie Mayne, Colin Ford

Final: Bert Bolt, Les Blakebrough, Ken Dixon (repMayne(inj)), Nick Nichol 39.64 (alt has Nichol winner)

Stamford Bridge Handicap: 1 Nick Nichol, Colin Ford 2 O.E. Sykes, A.E. Pateman, Vic Huxley (ef) 3 Ray Ralph, A. E. Warwick, Ernie Mayne (fell) 4 Bert Bolt, Ken Dixon Final: O.E. Sykes, Ray Ralph, Bert Bolt, Nick Nichol 39.30

Challenge Cup: Wal Phillips, Sonny Wilson Les Blakebrough, Ernie Mayne, Ray Ralph Colin Ford, Bert Bolt Final: Wal Phillips, Colin Ford (f), Les Blakebrough (ef)40.72 Wednesday 31 July 1929 (Stamford Bridge 39 Southampton 24 (Southern League) Stamford Bridge Gus Kuhn 4 4 4 12 Nick Nicol 1 2 2 5 Wal Phillips C F N 0 Bert Bolt 4 1 4 9 Les Blakebrough 2 4 4 10 Colin Ford 1 E 1 Arthur Warwick (Res) 2 2 Southampton Col Stewart 2 2 1 5 Tommy Cullis 4 2 6 Ernie Rickman 1 N 1 Clarrie Eldridge 2 1 1 4 Vic Collins 0 1 1 2 Eric Lister 4 4 Cecil Bounds (Res) 2 2 1 Kuhn Stewart Nicol 41.86 5 2 5 2 2 Bolt Eldridge Rickman (Phillips C) 40.72 4 3 9 5 3 Lister Blakebrough Ford Collns (FRM) 40.54 3 4 12 9 4 Kuhn Nicol Eldridge 41.66 6 1 18 10 5 Cullis Stwrt (FRM) Bolt (FRM) (Phillips F) 40.36 1 6 19 16 6 Blakebrough Bounds Eldridge (Ford E) 40.00 4 3 23 19 7 Kuhn Nicol Collins 41.47 6 1 29 20 8 Blakebrough Cullis Stewart 40.54 4 3 33 23 9 Bolt Warwick Collins 40.18 6 1 39 24 Match Race Billy Lamont bt Colin Watson 2-1 Handicap V Collins, T Cullis, A E Warwick 39.30mph Thursday 1 August 1929 Empire Stadium, London Three Team Tournament

Wembley (Ivor Creek, Buster Frogley, Jack Jackson) V Crystal Palace (Roger Frogley, Wally Lloyd, Arthur Willimott) v Stamford Bridge (Colin Ford, Nick Nicol, Les Blakebrough). Final: W Lloyd (CP), I Creek (W), S Catlett (W) (f) 88.2 Saturday 3 August 1929 Match Race Sprouts Elder bt Billy Lamont 2-0 (41.95, 43.16mph) Fulham Handicap Gus Kuhn, Les Ralph 40.72mph Chelsea Challenge Cup G Kuhn 42.35mph Challenge Race Harry Taft bt Stan Catlett 40.54mph Bert Bolt bt Nick Nicol 41.38mph Stamford Bridge Handicap Final: Wal Phillips, Stan Catlett 39.13mph Monday 5 August 1929

Match Race: Harry Taft beat Hilary Buchanan, 2-0

Fulham Handicap: Heat: Les Blakebrough, Wal Phillips Final: O.E. Sykes, Wal Phillips Stamford Bridge Handicap: Final: Gus Kuhn

Challenge Race:

A.E. Warwick beat Bert Bolt, 42.35 mph Wednesday 7 August 1929 The Fulham Handicap Ht 1 [O. E. Sykes (3 sec), Les Ralph (2), Wal Phillips (1), Colin Watson (scr)] Ht 2 [Bill Bragg (4), Billy Day (3), Ken Dixon (2), Bert Spencer (scr)] Ht 3 [Sonny Wilson (3), A. E. Warwick (2), Colin Ford (1), Bert Bolt (1)] Ht 4 [H. W. Sallis (4), Ray Ralph (3), Nick Nicol (2), Les Blakebrough (1)] First Semi-Final winners of the heats Second Semi-Final second place getters in the heats Final Co Watson Ralph First International Match Race Gus Kuhn bt Bert Spencer 2 – 0 (42.05 & 42.05) Second International Match Race

Colin Watson bt Harold Stevens 2 - 0

The Stamford Bridge Handicap Ht 1 [H. H. Ivey (4), W. H. White (3), Wal Phillips (1), Gus Kuhn (scr)] Ht 2 [Bill Bragg (3), Ray Ralph (3), A. E. Warwick (1), Les Blakebrough (1)] Ht 3 [Sonny Wilson (3), Les Ralph (2), Nick Nicol (2), Colin Ford (scr)] Ht 4 [Vic Deale (3), Billy Day (3), Bert Bolt (2), Harold Stevens (scr)] Final Colin Ford Stevens 40.09 Saturday 10 August 1929 Stamford Bridge 8 Exeter 13 (Challenge 1st Leg) Stamford Bridge Bert Bolt 2 2 4 Les Blakeborough 1 1 Gus Kuhn 2 1 3 Colin Ford 0 0 Exeter Bert Spencer E 0 Noel Johnson 4 F 4 Jack Bishop 4 4 8 Harold Stevens 1 1 Ht.1: Noel Johnson (E), ? (SB), ? (SB), Bert Spencer ef (E) 3-4 Ht.2: Jack Bishop (E), Gus Kuhn (SB), Harold Stevens (E), Colin Ford (SB) 2-5 5-9 Final: Jack Bishop (E), Bert Bolt (SB), Gus Kuhn (SB), Noel Johnson (E) 3-4 8-13 Match Race Frank Arthur bt Syd Jackson 2-0 Stamford Bridge Handicap Final: Les Blakebrough Fulham Handicap Final: Nick Nicol Saturday 10 August 1929 High Beech, Loughton High Beech 25 Stamford Bridge 9 (Challenge) High Beech: E Farley, F Milea, S Edmonds, Norman Humphrey Stamford Bridge: Sonny Wilson, O E Sykes, Ken Dixon, W H White 1: E Farley, S Wilson [ F Milea, O E Sykes 37.93mph 2: S Edmonds, N Humphrey [ K Dixon, W H White 37.38mph Final: E Farley, S Edmonds [ S Wilson, N Humphrey 38.62mph Handicap Race Final: L Green (7 sec), E Cox (4 sec), F Law (4 sec) 35.16mph Scratch Race Final: E Farley, R Connor, Brisbane Smith 37.53mph

Wednesday 14 August 1929 Stamford Bridge 45 West Ham 17 (Southern League) Stamford Bridge Wal Philips 12 Gus Kuhn Nick Nichol Arthur Waewick Les Blakeborough Colin Ford West Ham Tiger Stevenson Don Taylor Ivor Creek Jack Adams Bluey Wilkinson Match Races Wal Phillips bt Don Taylor 43.36mph Jack Parker bt Col Stewart 2-0 (42.35, 42.75mph) Handicap Ken Dixon (3 sec), W Phillips (scr) Thursday 15 August 1929 Brandon, Coventry Coventry Jack Parker 4 4 4 12 Norman Parker 1 1 2 4 Fred Wilkinson 1 4 2 7 Wilmot Evans 2 0 1 3 Tom Farndon 0 N N 0 Tom Farndon 0 N N 0 Bill Stanley 1 1 0 2 George Allbrook (Res) 2 2 4 Stamford Bridge Gus Kuhn 2 4 4 10 Nick Nicol 0 0 0 0 Colin Ford 4 2 4 10 Les Blakebrough 0 0 1 1 Wal Phillips 4 2 1 7 Clem Dixon (Res) 2 1 0 3 Arthur Warwick N N N DNR 1 J Parker Kuhn N Parker Nichol 77.4 5 2 5 2 2 Ford Evans Wilkinson Blakeborough 81.2 3 4 8 6 3 Phillips Dixon Stanley Farndon 84.2 1 6 9 12 4 J Parker Ford N Parker Blakeborough 77.6 5 2 14 14 5 Wilkinson Phillips Dixon Evans 83.2 4 3 18 17 6 Kuhn Allbrook Stanley Nichol 80.2 3 4 21 21 7 J Parker N Parker Phillips Dixon 80.2 6 1 27 22 8 Kuhn Wilkinson Evans Nichol 80.4 3 4 30 26 9 Ford Allbrook Blakebrough Stanley 82.6 2 5 32 31 Saturday 17 August 1929 Big Six 1: Colin Ford bt Buster Buckland (Exeter) 2: Wal Phillips bt Colin Watson (efchain) (White City) 3: Gus Kuhn bt Jack Bishop (Exeter), who overslid on the final bend when leading. SF1: Watson (fastest loser) bt Phillips SF2: Ford bt Kuhn

Final: Watson bt Ford Chelsea Scratch Cup C Ford Fulham Handcap C Ford (scr) Challenge Race Nick Nicol bt Les Blakebrough Monday 19 August 1929 Wimbledon, London International Speedways 21 West Ham 14 Stamford Bridge 13 (3 Team Tournament) No information available Tuesday 20 August 1929 County Grounds, Exeter Exeter 15 Stamford Bridge 6 (Challenge 2nd leg) (Agg 28 – 14) Team match Ht.1: Jack Bishop (E), Gus Kuhn (SB), Wal Phillips (SB), Frank Buckland (E) 85.0 4-3 Ht.2: Harold Stevens (E), Colin Ford (SB), Noel Johnson (E), Les Blakebrough (SB) 5-2 9-5 Final: Jack Bishop (E), Harold Stevens (E), Gus Kuhn (SB), Colin Ford ef (SB) 85.6 6-1 15-6 Wednesday 21 August 1929 Match Races Gus Kuhn bt Jack Ormston 2-1 (Jack 42.65mph, Gus 41.76mph, Gus (Ormston (f)) 41.57 mph Vic Huxley bt Max Grosskreutz 2-0 (43.69mph, 60 yds; 42.85mph, 12 lengths) Colin Ford bt Harold Stevens f 41.00mph Fulham Handicap Les Blakebrough, Wal Phillips 41.00mph Stamford Bridge Handicap W Phillips, Les Dearth, G Kuhn 41.09mph Saturday 24 August 1929 Stamford Bridge 18 – International Speedways Select 16 – West Ham 6 Match Race: Jim Kempster beat Wal Phillips 43.16 Fulham Handicap: Final: Gus Kuhn Chelsea Challenge Cup: Final: Gus Kuhn Ford 42.55 Wednesday 28 August 1929 Stamford Bridge 44 Coventry 17 (Southern League) Stamford Bridge

Gus Kuhn 4 4 1 9 Wal Phillips 4 4 4 12 Arthur Warwick N 0 2 2 Colin Ford 2 4 4 10 Nick Nicol 4 0 1 5 Les Blakebrough 2 2 2 6 Coventry Fred Wilkinson 2 1 2 5 John Deeley 1 2 0 3 Tom Farndon 0 1 0 1 Arthur Tims 1 2 4 7 Bill Stanley 0 0 0 0 George Allbrook 1 1 1 3 Norman Parker (Res) DNR 1 Kuhn Wilkinson Deeley 4 3 4 3 2 Phillips Blakebrough Tims Farndon 6 1 10 4 3 Nicol Ford Allbrook Stanley 6 1 16 5 4 Phillips Deeley Wilkinson Warwick 4 3 20 8 5 Kuhn Blakebrough Allbrook Stanley 6 1 26 9 6 Ford Tims Farndon Nichol 4 3 30 12 7 Phillips Warwick Allbrook Stanley 6 1 36 13 8 Tims Blakebrough Kuhn Farndon 3 4 39 17 9 Ford Wilkinson Nicol Deeley 5 2 44 19

Match Races Syd Jackson bt Roger Frogley 2-1 Syd 43.58mph Frogley's tyre burst; Roger 42.55mph Syd 43.90mph Stamford Bridge Handicap F Wilkinson, J Deeley 40.81mph R Frogley tyre trouble, Colin Ford f. Friday 30 August 1929 White City, London White City 33 Stamford Bridge 30 (Southern League) White City Colin Watson 4 4 4 12 Lou Berger 2 0 2 Harold Crook 4 4 1 9 Dicky Bird 2 F 2 Clem Cort 2 1 4 7 Dank Ewen 1 0 1 Stamford Bridge Gus Kuhn 1 2 4 7 Les Blakebrough F 4 2 6 Wal Phillips 2 2 2 6 Arthur Warwick 1 1 1 3 Colin Ford 4 E 1 5 Nick Nicol F N N 0 Bill White (Res) 1 2 3

1 Watson Berger Kuhn (ET) (Blkbrogh F) 83.2 6 1 6 1 2 Crook Phillips Warwick 86.6 4 3 10 4 3 Ford Cort Ewen (Nicol F) 86.4 3 4 13 8 4 Watson Phillips Warwick Berger 83.8 4 3 17 11 5 Crook Bird White (Ford E) 88.6 6 1 23 12 6 Blakebrough Kuhn Cort 86.8 1 6 24 18 7 Watson White Ford 83.8 4 3 28 21 8 Kuhn Blakebrough Crook (FRM) (Bird F) 87.8 1 6 29 27 9 Cort Phillips Warwick Ewen 84.8 4 3 33 30 Saturday 31 August 1929 Match Races Wal Phillips bt Jim Kempster 2-1 (1: Jim 43.69mph, 3 lengths; 2: Wal 39.73mph, Jim ef; 3: Wal 43.26mph, Jim ef) Harry Taft bt Colin Ford 2-1 (1: Colin by a length, 42.65mph; 2: Taft, Ford, 39.30mph; 3: Taft 10 lengths, 43.37mph) H Taft bt G Kuhn (broke primary chain) 41.76mph Fulham Handicap W H White 40.0mph Stamford Bridge Handicap L Blakebrough 40.0mph Chelsea Challenge Cup Race L Blakebrough, C Ford 42.65mph Wednesday 4 September 1929 Stamford Bridge 43 White City, London 20 (Southern League) Stamford Bridge Gus Kuhn 4 1 4 9 Les Blakebrough 2 2 2 6 Wal Phillips 4 4 4 12 Arthur Warwick 2 2 2 6 Colin Ford 2 2 4 Bill White 4 2 6 White City Harold Crook 1 1 1 3 Dicky Bird E N 0 Clem Cort 1 1 1 4 7 Larry Coffey F 0 Colin Watson 4 4 8 Lou Berger 1 1 1 Kuhn Blakebrough Crook 6 1 6 1 2 Phillips Warwick Cort 6 1 12 2 3 Watson Ford Berger 2 5 14 7 4 Phillips Warwick Crook (Bird E) 6 1 20 8 5 Watson Blakebrough Kuhn 3 4 23 12

6 White Ford Cort 6 1 29 13 7 Kuhn Blakebrough Cort (Coffey F) 6 1 35 14 RR 8 Cort White Crook 2 5 37 19 9 Warwick Phillips Not known 6 1 43 20 Match Races Vic Huxley bt Jack Ormston 2-1 (1: Jack 42.85mph half a lap, Vic e/t; 2: Vic 42.05mph, Jack's back tyre burst; 3: Vic 42.96mph, Jack ef) Stamford Bridge Handicap Final: Wal Phillips, A E Warwick Saturday 7 September 1929

Chelsea Scratch Race: Final: Gus Kuhn, 43.06 mph

Fulham Handicap: Final: Gus Kuhn, 40.36 mph

Match Race: Gus Kuhn beat Nick Nichol, 41.95 mph

Match Winners’ Race: Final: Gus Kuhn, Wal Phillips, 42.96 mph

Match Race: Billy Lamont beat Geoff Taylor, 2-0 1 Lamont, Taylor (fell), 42.25 mph 2 Lamont, Taylor, 43.15 Monday 9 September 1929 Wimbledon, London Wimbledon 28 Stamford Bridge 37 (Southern League) Wimbledon Jim Kempster 4 4 4 12 Jack Kidwell 1 1 2 Cecil Brown 1 0 4 5 Alf Sawford 2 1 1 4 Alf Summersby F 1 1 2 Sonny Wilson 1 F 0 1 Stamford Bridge Gus Kuhn 2 4 4 10 Les Blakebrough F 2 2 4 Wal Phillips 4 F 2 6 Nick Nicol N N 0 Colin Ford 2 2 1 5 Arthur Warwick 4 0 2 6 Bill White (Res) 2 4 6 1 Phillips Sawford Brown 81.6 3 4 3 4 2 Kempster Kuhn Kidwell (Blakebro F) 79.4 5 2 8 6 3 Warwick Ford Wilson (Smmrsby F) 82.6 1 6 9 12

4 Kuhn Blakebrough Sawford Brown 80.6 1 6 10 18 5 Kempster White Kidwell (Phillips F) 81.2 5 2 15 20 6 White Phillips Summersby (Wilson F) 80.2 1 6 16 26 7 Brown Ford Swfrd (FRM) Wrwck (frm) 83.4 5 2 21 28 8 Kempster Warwick Ford 82.4 4 3 25 31 9 Kuhn Blakebrough Summersby Wilson 80.8 1 6 26 37 Tuesday 10 September 1929 Knowle, Bristol Bristol 18 Stamford Bridge 9 Inter-Track Match) Match was 4 heats, rolling starts. Bristol: Len Parker, Bill Clibbett, Jack Douglas, Ted Bravery Stamford Bridge: Gus Kuhn, Les Blakebrough, Nick Nicol, Wal Phillips Wednesday 11 September 1929 No meeting details Saturday 14 September 1929 Walham Green Scratch Race Ht Dixon Final: Broncho Dixon (Sheffield) Big 4 1: V Huxley bt G Kuhn 2: F Arthur bt W Phillips Final: F Arthur bt V Huxley 43.58mph 6 lengths Match Race H Taft bt L Blakebrough Wednesday 18 September 1929

Match Race: Wal Phillips beat Colin Watson, 2-0 1 Phillips, Watson, 43.90 mph 2Phillips, Watson, 42.45 mph

Match Race: Jim Kempster beat Jack Parker, 2-1 1 Parker, Kempster, 44.11 mph 2 Kempster, Parker (ef) 2 Kempster, Parker, 44.33 mph

Match Race: Jack Barnett beat Gus Kuhn, 2-0 1 Barnett, Kuhn (ef) 2 Barnett, Kuhn, 43.47 mph

Match Race: Jim Kempster beat Wal Phillips 44.22 mph

Fulham Handicap: Final: Wal Phillips, 40.81 mph Saturday 21 September 1929 Crystal Palace, London Crystal Palace 29 Stamford Bridge 34 34 (Southern League) Crystal Palace Triss Sharp 4 4 4 12 Arthur Willimott 1 1 1 3 Jack Barrett F F 4 4 Bryan Donkin 4 1 4 9 Joe Francis F 1 1 Stamford Bridge Gus Kuhn 2 4 F 6 Les Blakebrough 1 2 2 5 Wal Phillips 4 2 6 Arthur Warwick 2 1 2 5 Barrett Colin Ford 2 4 1 7 Bill White 1 2 2 5 1 Sharp Kuhn Blakebrough 42.41 4 3 4 3 2 Phillips Warwick Willimott (Barrett FIL) 41.46 1 6 5 9 3 Donkin Ford White 41.00 4 3 9 12 4 Sharp Phillips Warwick 43.00 4 3 13 15 5 Ford White Willimott (Barrett F) 40.62 1 6 14 21 6 Kuhn Blakebrough Donkin (Francis F) 40.62 1 6 15 27 7 Sharp White Ford 43.12 4 3 19 30 8 Barrett (F) Blakebrough Willimott (Kuhn F) 40.12 5 2 24 32 9 Donkin Warwick Francis 41.64 5 2 29 34 Saturday 21 September 1929 Match Race: Jim Kempster beat Colin Ford, 2-0 1Kempster, Ford, 42.96 mph 2Kempster, Ford, 42.45 mph Match Race: Geoff Taylor beat Wal Phillips, 2-1 1 Phillips, Taylor, 43.47 mph 2 Taylor, Phillips (ef) 3Taylor, Phillips (ef) Winner’s Match Race: Jim Kempster beat Geoff Taylor, 43.06 mph Chelsea Challenge Cup: Final: Wal Phillips, Colin Ford, 42.96 mph Fulham Handicap: Final: Freddy Cooper, 40.27 mph Wednesday 25 September 1929

Stamford Bridge v Champions of Other Tracks: 1 Billy Dallison, 42.65 2 Jack Ormston, (Wal Phillips), 42.85 3 Colin Ford Final: Billy Dallison, Ormston, Ford 42.35 mph Match Race: Harry Whitfield beat Syd Jackson, 2-0 1 Whitfield, Jackson, 42.55 mph 2 Whitfield, Jackson, 42.85 mph Match Race: Billy Dallison beat Jack Ormston, 2-0 1 Dallison, Ormston, 42.85 mph 2 Dallison, Ormston, 42.55 mph Fulham Handicap: Final: Les Ralph, Wal Phillips, 40 mph Match Race: Wal Phillips beat Arthur Westwood, 42.55 mph Saturday 28 September 1929 Match Races Ron Johnson bt Jack Bishop (1: Ron 43.58mph, 3 lengths ; 2: Jack 43.47mph, Ron f ; 3: Ron 43.47mph) Match Races Jack Barnett bt Broncho Dixon 2-0 (42.65, 43.47mph) Chelsea Challenge Cup Wal Phillips 43.16mph Handicap Les Blakebrough 40.45mph Wednesday 2 October 1929 League Champions' Scratch Race Final: Wal Phillips, Bill White 43.37mph, 12 lengths Nick Nicol f Match Races V Huxley bt C Watson 2-1 (1: Vic 42.45mph easily ; 2: Colin 44mph ; 3: Vic 43.90mph by 30 yds) W Phillips bt V Huxley f 42.45mph Gus Kuhn bt Westy Westwood 2-0 (43.06, 42.75mph) Handicap Ray Ralph 39.91mph Track record attempt : Wal Phillips equalled Colin Watson's record of 79.8 (45.11mph)

Thursday 3 October 1929 Empire Stadium, London Wembley 41 Stamford Bridge 22 (£500 Challenge 1st Leg) Wembley: B Frogley 12, J Ormston, H Whitfield 12, Jack Jackson, Charlie Barrett, Bert Fairweather S Bridge: G Kuhn, L Blakebrough, B Bolt, W Phillips, A E Warwick, Bill White (Colin Ford absent injured) Saturday 5 October 1929 Stamford Bridge 42 Wembley 20 (£500 Challenge – 2nd Leg) ( agg 64 – 61) S Bridge: G Kuhn © 3, Bert Bolt, Wal Phillips, Arthur Warwick, Les Blakebrough, Bill White, Nick Nicol(res) Wembley: Harry Whitfield ©, Jack Ormston, Jack Jackson, Ron Hieatt, Charlie Barrett, Len Reeve, Buster Frogley England v Australia Match Races 1: Frank Arthur (Aus) bt Wal Phillips (Eng) 2-0 (43.90, 42.35mph) 2: Jack Bishop (Aus) drew 1-1 with Harry Whitfield (Eng) (Ht 3 abandoned when both riders crashed) 3: Jack Ormston (Eng) bt Harold Stevens (Aus) 2-1 Wednesday 9 October 1929 South 38 North 24 (Challenge) South: Jack Parker 10, Jack Ormston 10, Gus Kuhn, Wal Phillips, Jim Kempster North: Cliff Watson, W E Platts, Walter Creasor Match Races Jack Chapman bt Vic Huxley 2-0 (42.35, 42.85mph) Huxley e/t both races. W Phillips bt Dick Wise 2-0 (44.11, 44.55mph) Saturday 12 October 1929 Match Races Frank Arthur ("Rudge-engined Wallis") bt Billy Dallison 2-0 (44.77mph[match race record], 45.11mph[equals track record]) Frank Arthur bt Wal Phillips 44.89mph, by inches. Lap Record Attemp Wal Phillips raised the standing start track record to 42.96mph, and the flying mile to 45.44mph. Fulham Handicap

Final: A E Warwick (2 sec) Ken Dixon, LBlakeborough W Phillips ef Match Races Broncho Dixon bt Westy Westwood 2-0 Scratch Race Final: Les Blakebrough Saturday 19 October 1929 Chelsea Challenge Cup Scratch, Final Round: Les Blakebrough, Colin Ford f,rm, Gus Kuhn. Overall winner for season: Colin Ford 21 pts, Gus Kuhn 18 Fulham Handicap Les Blakebrough 41.76mph Match Races Wal Phillips bt Colin Watson 2-0 Jack Barnett bt Broncho Dixon 2-1 Gus Kuhn bt W E Platts (Shef) Saturday 26 October 1929 Mile Record Attempt Jim Kempster made 2 attempts on the mile record – in the first run his exhaust pipe was hanging off, then his chain broke, and then his back wheel collapsed! 2nd 79.0 (45.57mph)* Inter-Track Match Races 1: J Kempster bt W Phillips 45.22mph (rolling start record) 2: C Watson bt H Taft 44.44mph 3: B Dallison bt B Lamont F Final: B Dallison (White City Manchester), J Kempster, C Watson ef 44mph Chelsea Scratch Final: Bill White, Ken Dixon Kuhn (ef chain) 42.45mph Fulham Handicap Final: Bert Bolt (3 sec), Colin Ford, Gus Kuhn 41.95mph