Birmingham Speedway 1950

Statistical Record

Contents

Index Of Meetings Meeting Details Nigel Nicklin, Roger Beaman, Jim Henry & Hugh Vass – Issue 9 (21st October 2013)

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Birmingham Speedway 1950 - Index Of Meetings Month Date Opponents Competition Venue Result For Agst Page April 1 Warrens v Tolleys Challenge Home 62.5 57.5 3

7 Bristol Challenge Away Lost 35 85 4 8 Bristol Challenge Home Won 76 44 5 15 Harringay Spring Cup Home Won 65 55 6 21 Harringay Spring Cup Away Lost 45 75 7 22 West Ham Spring Cup Home Lost 47 72 8 25 West Ham Spring Cup Away Lost 37 83 9 29 Bradford Spring Cup Away Lost 38 81 10

May 1 Bradford Spring Cup Home Lost 51 69 11 6 Wembley Challenge Home Lost 35 49 12 13 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Away Lost 35 49 13 15 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Home Lost 37 47 14 19 Harringay NL Div 1 Away Lost 31 51 15 20 Harringay NL Div 1 Home Won 52 32 16 22 Walthamstow Challenge Away Lost 38 45 17 24 New Cross NL Div 1 Away Lost 24 60 18 26 Bristol NL Div 1 Away Lost 29 55 19 27 Bristol NL Div 1 Home Won 47 37 20 29 Wimbledon NL Div 1 Away Lost 31 53 21

June 3 Wimbledon NL Div 1 Home Won 49 35 22 10 West Ham NL Div 1 Home Won 50 33 23 15 Wembley NL Div 1 Away Lost 24 60 24 17 New Cross NL Div 1 Home Won 43 41 25 20 West Ham NL Div 1 Away Lost 40 44 26 24 Cradley Heath Challenge Away Won 47 37 27 26 Bradford NL Div 1 Home Won 44 40 28

July 1 Wembley NL Div 1 Home Lost 39 45 29 5 Edinburgh Challenge Away Won 44 40 30 7 Harringay NL Div 1 Away Lost 23 61 31 8 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Away Lost 40 43 32 10 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Home Lost 41 43 33 15 Harringay NL Div 1 Home Aband 38 22 34 17 Wimbledon NL Div 1 Away Lost 35 49 35 22 Bradford NL Div 1 Away Postponed Rain 36 24 Bradford NL Div 1 Home Won 48 36 37 28 Bristol NL Div 1 Away Lost 36 48 38 29 Bristol NL Div 1 Home Won 64 20 39

August 5 Wembley Nat. Trophy Home Won 79 29 40 10 Wembley Nat. Trophy Away Lost 51 53 41 12 Harringay NL Div 1 Home Won 56 28 42 19 World Champs QR Individual Home Jack Parker 43 26 Wimbledon Nat. Trophy Home Lost 42 66 44 28 Wimbledon Nat. Trophy Away Lost 47 61 45

Sept 1 Bris/BV/Wemb 4TT Bristol Bristol 46 2 Wimbledon NL Div 1 Home Lost 30 54 47 6 New Cross NL Div 1 Away Lost 37 47 48 9 Second Division Stars Challenge Home Lost 33 51 49 16 West Ham NL Div 1 Home Won 53 31 50 23 Wembley NL Div 1 Home Postponed Rain 51 28 Wembley NL Div 1 Away Lost 25 59 52 30 Stan Dell Trophy Individual Home Postponed Rain 53 30 Bradford NL Div 1 Away Lost 36 48 54

Oct 3 West Ham NL Div 1 Away Lost 25 59 55 7 New Cross NL Div 1 Home Won 49 34 56 11 Wembley NL Div 1 Home Won 47 37 57 14 Bradford NL Div 1 Away Lost 31 53 58 18 Tamworth v Rayleigh NL Div 3 B’ham 51 32 59 18 Tamworth v Leicester NL Div 3 B’ham 37 47 60 23 Stan Dell Trophy Individual Home Ivor Davies 61

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Saturday 1st April 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Graham Warren’s Team 62.5 - Dick Tolley’s Team 57.5 (Challenge) Warren’s Team 1. Graham Warren 3 2.5 1 1 1 8.5 2. Jim Tolley 0 1’ 1’ 3 1’ 6 3 3. Doug McLachlan F 3 3 3 F 9 4. Dennis Hitchings 2 2’ 3 0 EF 7 1 5. Brian Wilson 2’ 0 1 F 2 5 1 6. Ivor Davies 1 0 2 2 3 8 7. Fred Perkins 2 3 3 8 8. Wilf Willstead 3 3 2’ 8 1 9. Laurie Schofield 0 EF 0 10. Len Hilton 2’ 1 3 1 Tolley’s Team 1. Dick Tolley 2 1 0 2 2 7 2. Eric Boothroyd 1’ 0 2’ 2 1 6 2 3. Geoff Bennett 2’ 1 3 2 2’ 10 2 4. Arthur Payne 3 2.5 F 3 3 11.5 5. Cecil Hookham 0 0 F 1’ 0 1 1 6. Lionel Watling 3 1 3 3 1’ 11 1 7. Dennis Hitchings 3 2 1 6 8. Bill Humphries 1 1’ 0 2 1 9. Bill Wilkins 0 0 0 10. Ron Mountford 1 2 3 Ht1 Warren, D.Tolley, Boothroyd, J.Tolley 75.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Payne, Bennett, Davies, McLachlan [f] 74.0 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Watling, Hitchings, J.Tolley, Hookham 75.2 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Hitchings, Perkins, Mountford, Schofield 80.6 2 4 9 15 Ht5 McLachlan, Hitchings, Bennett, Boothroyd 75.2 5 1 14 16 Ht6 Warren & Payne, Watling, Davies 76.8 2.5 3.5 16.5 19.5 Ht7 McLachlan, Wilson, D.Tolley, Hookham 75.4 5 1 21.5 20.5 Ht8 Willstead, Hilton, Humphries, Wilkins 77.0 5 1 26.5 21.5 Ht9 Bennett, Boothroyd, Warren, Wilson 75.6 1 5 27.5 26.5 Ht10 Watling, Davies, J.Tolley, D.Tolley 77.6 3 3 30.5 29.5 Ht11 McLachlan, Bennett, Warren, Hookham [f] 75.4 4 2 34.5 31.5 Ht12 Perkins, Hitchings, Hilton, Wilkins 76.4 4 2 38.5 33.5 Ht13 Hitchings, Boothroyd, Wilson, Payne [f] 78.2 4 2 42.5 35.5 Ht14 J.Tolley, D.Tolley, Hookham, McLachlan [f] 78.2 3 3 45.5 38.5 Ht15 Payne, Davies, Boothroyd, Wilson [f] 77.0 2 4 47.5 42.5 Ht16 Willstead, Mountford, Humphries, Schofield [ef] 76.4 3 3 50.5 45.5 Ht17 Watling, Bennett, Warren, Hitchings 75.2 1 5 51.5 50.5 Ht18 Payne, Wilson, J.Tolley, Hookham 77.6 3 3 54.5 53.5 Ht19 Davies, D.Tolley, Watling, Hitcings [ef] 78.0 3 3 57.5 56.6 Ht20 Perkins, Willstead, Hitchings, Humphries 78.4 5 1 62.5 57.5

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Friday 7th April 1950 Knowle Stadium, Bristol

Bristol Bulldogs 85 - Birmingham Brummies 35 (Challenge) Bristol 1. Jack Mountford 1’ 2’ 2’ 1 3 9 3 2. Billy Hole 2 3 1 2 3 2 13 3. Eric Salmon 2’ 3 3 3 0 11 1 4. Roger Wise 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 1’ 9 5 5. Dick Bradley 1 3 3 2’ 1 10 1 6. Fred Tuck 3 3 3 3 2 0 14 7. Johnny Hole 2’ 2’ 4 2 8. Mike Beddoe 1 2’ 3 1 9. Chris Boss 3 3 6 10. Ken Wiggins 3 3 6 Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 3 2 2 3 3 3 16 2. Jim Tolley 0 0 N N N 0 3. Doug McLachlan 0 1 0 0 1 2 4. Dennis Hitchings 1 0 1 1 0 3 5. Geoff Bennett 0 0 2 1 2 1 6 6. Arthur Payne 1 1 0 N N 2 7. Fred Perkins 1 0 0 1 8. Wilf Willstead 2 1 0 0 3 9. Ron Mountford 0 1 0 1 10. Len Hilton 0 1 0 1 Ht1 Warren, B.Hole, J.Mountford, Tolley 63.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Tuck, Salmon, Hitchings, McLachlan 65.6 5 1 8 4 Ht3 B.Hole, Wise, Payne, Bennett 66.2 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Boss, J.Hole, Perkins, Hilton 64.4 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Salmon, Wise, McLachlan, Tolley 65.2 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Tuck, J.Mountford, Payne, Hitchings 65.0 5 1 28 8 Ht7 Salmon, Warren, Bradley, Bennett 63.4 4 2 32 10 Ht8 Wiggins, Willstead, Beddoe, R.Mountford 67.6 4 2 36 12 Ht9 Bradley, J.Mountford, Willstead, McLachlan 64.0 5 1 41 13 Ht10 Tuck, Warren, B.Hole, Payne 65.0 4 2 45 15 Ht11 Salmon, Bennett, J.Mountford, McLachlan 65.6 4 2 49 17 Ht12 Wiggins, J.Hole, R.Mountford, Perkins 65.2 5 1 54 18 Ht13 Bradley, Wise, Hitchings, Willstead 63.8 5 1 59 19 Ht14 Warren, B.Hole, Bennett, Salmon 63.4 2 4 61 23 Ht15 Tuck, Bradley, Hitchings, R.Mountford 65.2 5 1 66 24 Ht16 Boss, Beddoe, Hilton, Willstead 65.4 5 1 71 25 Ht17 J.Mountford, Wise, McLachlan, Perkins 65.2 5 1 76 26 Ht18 B.Hole, Bennett, Bradley, Hitchings 64.6 4 2 80 28 Ht19 Warren, Tuck, Wise, Hilton 63.4 3 3 83 31 Ht20 Warren, B.Hole, Bennett, Tuck 63.2 2 4 85 35 Novices Scratch Race Wiggins, Legg, Perkins, Jack Summers [f] 67.2 Junior Scratch Race J.Hole, Boss, Beddoe Hilton [ns] 65.0

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Saturday 8th April 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 76 - Bristol Bulldogs 44 (Challenge) Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 2. Lionel Watling 0 2’ 3 0 0 5 1 3. Doug McLachlan 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 2 11 3 4. Dennis Hichings 3 3 3 3 EF 12 5. Geoff Bennett 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 2 11 3 6. Arthur Payne 3 2’ 2’ 1 2 10 2 7. Fred Perkins 0 1 0 1 8. Wilf Willstead 3 1’ 3 7 1 9. Ron Mountford 2 2 4 10. Len Hilton 1 0 1 Bristol 1. Billy Hole 2 1 1 1 3 8 2. Dick Bradley F 0 1 3 3 7 3. Eric Salmon 1 EF 1 0 1 3 4. Roger Wise 0 1 1 0 1 3 5. Jack Mountford 1’ 1 0 0 2 4 1 6. Fred Tuck 1 0 N N N 1 7. Johnny Hole 3 0 3 F 2 8 8. Mike Beddoe 2 3 1’ 6 1 9. Chris Boss 0 2’ 1 3 1 10. Ken Wiggins 1 EF 1 Ht1 Warren, B.Hole, J.Mountford, Watling 75.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Payne, McLachlan, Salmon, Wise 76.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Hitchings, Watling, Tuck, Bradley [f] 77.8 5 1 13 5 Ht4 J.Hole, R.Mountford, Wiggins, Perkins 78.8 2 4 15 9 Ht5 Hitchings, McLachlan, J.Mountford, Salmon [ef] 77.0 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Warren, Payne, Wise, Tuck 76.0 5 1 25 11 Ht7 McLachlan, Bennett, B.Hole, Bradley 76.0 5 1 30 12 Ht8 Willstead, Beddoe, Hilton, Boss 76.6 4 2 34 14 Ht9 Warren, Bennett, Salmon, J.Mountford 78.2 5 1 39 15 Ht10 Watling, Payne, B.Hole, J.Hole 77.0 5 1 44 16 Ht11 Warren, McLachlan, Bradley, Salmon 76.8 5 1 49 17 Ht12 J.Hole, Boss, Perkins, Hilton 77.4 1 5 50 22 Ht13 Hitchings, Bennett, Wise, J.Mountford 77.4 5 1 55 23 Ht14 Bradley, McLachlan, B.Hole, Watling 78.0 2 4 57 27 Ht15 Bennet, J.Mountford, Payne, Wise 77.8 4 2 61 29 Ht16 Beddoe, R.Mountford, Willstead, Wiggins [ef] 80.2 3 3 64 32 Ht17 Hitchings, Warren, Salmon, J. Hole [f] 78.8 5 1 69 33 Ht18 Bradley, Bennett, Wise, Watling 78.4 2 4 71 37 Ht19 B.Hole, Payne, Boss, Hitchings [ef] 78.8 2 4 73 41 Ht20 Willstead, J.Hole, Beddoe, Perkins 81.6 3 3 76 44

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Saturday 15th April 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 65 - Harringay Racers 55 (Spring Cup) Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 3 3 3 EF 2’ 1 12 1 2. Jim Tolley 0 F 0 0 N 0 3. Doug McLachlan 2’ 3 2 3 2 0 12 1 4. Geoff Bennett 3 1 1’ 3 0 8 1 5. Dennis Hitchings 0 1 2 1’ 3 7 1 6. Arthur Payne 3 2’ 3 2 2 12 1 7. Fred Perkins 3 3 6 8. Wilf Willstead 3 1’ 1 5 1 9. Ron Mountford F 2 2 10. Len Hilton 1 0 1 Harringay 1. Split Waterman 1’ 3 1’ 3 3 2’ 13 3 2. Vic Duggan 2 2 2 3 3 3 15 3. Geoff Pymar 0 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 4. Lloyd Goffe 1 0 0 FX 0 1 5. Nobby Stock 1’ 1 2 1 2 7 1 6. Danny Dunton 2 1 2 1 1 7 7. Sid Clark 2 2 4 8. Joe Bowkis 2 0 2 9. Fred Pawson EF 1’ 1 1 10. Arthur Bush 1’ 3 4 1 Ht1 Warren, Duggan, Waterman, Tolley 73.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Payne, McLachlan, Goffe, Pymar 74.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Bennett, Dunton, Stock, Tolley [f] 74.2 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Perkins, Clark, Bush, Mountford [f] 76.8 3 3 14 10 Ht5 McLachlan, Duggan, Bennett, Pymar 74.2 4 2 18 12 Ht6 Warren, Payne, Dunton, Goffe 74.6 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Waterman, McLachlan, Stock, Hitchings 74.8 2 4 25 17 Ht8 Willstead, Bowkins, Hilton, Pawson [ef] 75.6 4 2 29 19 Ht9 Warren, Duggan, Hitchings, Pymar 74.2 4 2 33 21 Ht10 Payne, Dunton, Waterman, Tolley 75.0 3 3 36 24 Ht11 McLachlan, Stock, Pymar, Warren [ef] 75.2 3 3 39 27 Ht12 Perkins, Clark, Pawson, Hilton 77.4 3 3 42 30 Ht13 Duggan, Hitchings, Bennett, Goffe 74.4 3 3 45 33 Ht14 Waterman, McLachlan, Stock, Tolley 74.8 2 4 47 37 Ht15 Duggan, Payne, Hitchings, Goffe [fx] 75.4 3 3 50 40 Ht16 Bush, Mountford, Willstead, Bowkis 76.0 3 3 53 43 Ht17 Bennett, Warren, Dunton, Pymar 76.0 5 1 58 44 Ht18 Hitchings, Stock, Willstead, Goffe 76.6 4 2 62 46 Ht19 Waterman, Payne, Dunton, Bennett 76.2 2 4 64 50 Ht20 Duggan, Waterman, Warren, McLachlan 75.0 1 5 65 55 Juniors Scratch Race Wilstead, Perkins, Hilton, Mountford 77.4

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Friday 21st April 1950 Harringay Stadium, London

Harringay Racers 75 - Birmingham Brummies 45 (Spring Cup) Harringay 1. Vic Duggan 3 3 3 2’ 3 3 17 1 2. Split Waterman 0 3 1’ EF 2 6 1 3. Geoff Pymar 3 3 0 3 1 2’ 12 1 4. Lloyd Goffe 0 1 3 2’ 0 6 1 5. Nobby Stock 2 1 1 EX 0 4 6. Danny Dunton 2’ 1 2 3 2 10 1 7. Sid Clarke 3 3 6 8. Joe Bowkis 2’ 3 5 1 9. Jimmy Grant 2’ 2’ 4 2 10. Fred Pawson 3 2’ 5 1 Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 2 3 3 2’ 3 F 13 1 2. Wilf Willstead 1’ 0 0 0 1’ 2 2 3. Doug McLachlan 1 2 2 0 0 5 4. Dennis Hitchings F 0 2 2 1 5 5. Geoff Bennett 2 1 1 3 3 1 11 6. Arthur Payne 1’ 2 0 1 1 5 1 7. Fred Perkins 1 0 1 8. Bill Humphries 0 0 0 9. Ron Mountford 1 1 2 10. Len Hilton 0 1 1 Ht1 Duggan, Warren, Willstead, Waterman [fr] 71.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Pymar, Dunton, McLachlan, Hitchings 75.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Waterman, Bennett, Payne, Goffe 74.0 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Clark, Grant, Perkins, Hilton 75.8 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Pymar, McLachlan, Goffe, Willstead 75.4 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Duggan, Payne, Dunton, Hitchings 72.4 4 2 24 12 Ht7 Warren, Stock, Bennett, Pymar 73.2 2 4 26 16 Ht8 Pawson, Bowkis, Mountford, Humphries 74.0 5 1 31 17 Ht9 Duggan, McLachlan, Stock, Willstead 73.4 4 2 35 19 Ht10 Warren, Dunton, Waterman, Payne 72.6 3 3 38 22 Ht11 Pymar, Duggan, Bennett, McLachlan 75.0 5 1 43 23 Ht12 Clark, Pawson, Mountford, Perkins 74.8 5 1 48 24 Ht13 Goffe, Hitchings, Stock, Willstead 74.6 4 2 52 26 Ht14 Bennett, Warren, Pymar, Waterman 72.6 1 5 53 31 Ht15 Dunton, Hitchings, Willstead, Stock [ex] 97.8 3 3 56 34 Ht16 Bowkis, Grant, Hilton, Humphries 75.0 5 1 61 35 Ht17 Duggan, Goffe, Payne, McLachlan 72.6 5 1 66 36 Ht18Bennett, Waterman, Hitchings, Stock 72.8 2 4 68 40 Ht19 Warren, Dunton, Payne, Goffe 72.0 2 4 70 44 Ht20 Duggan, Pymar, Bennett, Warren 73.2 5 1 75 45 Junior Scratch Race Viccary, Barrett, How, Tyrrell [f] 77.4 Reserves Scratch Race Pawson, Bowkis, Bush, Bud Reda [ef] 74.6 Match Race Fred Pawson bt Bud Reda 76.0

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Saturday 22nd April 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 47 - West Ham Hammers 72 (Spring Cup) Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 3 EF 15 2. Wilf Willstead 0 F 0 2 F 2 3. Doug McLachlan 2 1 1’ EF 1’ 5 2 4. Geoff Bennett 1 3 1 1 1’ 7 1 5. Dennis Hitchings 2 1 0 F N 3 6. Arthur Payne 1’ 0 3 2 2 2 10 1 7. Fred Perkins 0 1 1 2 8. Bill Humphries 1 1 2 9. Len Hilton 1 0 1 10. Ron Mountford 0 0 0 West Ham 1. Eric Chitty 1’ 0 1’ 0 0 2 2 2. Cliff Watson 2 0 2 3 F 7 3. Howdy Byford 0 2 0 1’ 0 3 1 4. Malcolm Craven 3 2 2’ 3 2’ 1 13 2 5. Aub Lawson 3 3 2 3 3 3 17 6. Wally Green 2’ 1’ 2 2 3 10 2 7. Reg Fearman 3 3 6 8. Trevor Davies 3 3 6 9. Fred Curtis 2’ 2’ 4 2 10. Frank Bettis 2’ 2’ 4 2 Ht1 Warren, Watson, Chitty, Willstead 75.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Craven, McLachlan, Payne, Byford 76.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Lawson, Green, Bennett, Willstead [f] 75.0 1 5 7 11 Ht4 Fearman, Bettis, Hilton, Perkins 77.4 1 5 8 16 Ht5 Bennett, Byford, McLachlan, Watson 75.6 4 2 12 18 Ht6 Warren, Craven, Green, Payne 74.6 3 3 15 21 Ht7 Lawson, Hitchings, McLachlan, Chitty 75.8 3 3 18 24 Ht8 Davies, Curtis, Humphries, Mountford 78.8 1 5 19 29 Ht9 Warren, Watson, Hitchings, Byford 75.4 4 2 23 31 Ht10 Payne, Green, Chitty, Willstead 76.4 3 3 26 34 Ht11 Warren, Lawson, Byford, McLachlan [ef] 74.0 3 3 29 37 Ht12 Fearman, Curtis, Perkins, Mountford 76.2 1 5 30 42 Ht13 Watson, Craven, Bennet, Hitchings 76.4 1 5 31 47 Ht14 Lawson, Willstead, Mclachlan, Chitty 75.4 3 3 34 50 Ht15 Craven, Payne, Watson [f], Hitchings [f] 75.4 2 3 36 53 Ht16 Davies, Bettis, Humphries, Hilton 79.0 1 5 37 58 Ht17 Warren, Green, Bennett, Byford 76.0 4 2 41 60 Ht18 Lawson, Craven, Perkins, Willstead [f] 76.6 1 5 42 65 Ht19 Green, Payne, Bennett, Chitty 75.6 3 3 45 68 Ht20 Lawson, Payne, Craven, Waren [ef] 75.2 2 4 47 72 Junior Scratch Race [Bill Wilkins, Ron Mountford, Len Hilton, Jim Tolley

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Tuesday 25th April 1950 West Ham Stadium, London

West Ham Hammers 83 - Birmingham Brummies 37 (Spring Cup) West Ham 1. Eric Chitty 3 3 2’ 3 3 3 17 1 2. Cliff Watson 1 0 1 1 0 3 3. Howdy Byford 1 2’ 0 1 EF 4 1 4. Aub Lawson 2 3 2’ 2’ 3 12 2 5. Malcolm Craven 3 3 3 2’ 2 2’ 15 2 6. Wally Green 3 2’ 3 3 1’ 12 2 7. Frank Bettis 3 3 6 8. Fred Curtis 2’ 3 5 1 9. Reg Fearman 3 2’ 5 1 10. Trevor Davies 2’ 2’ 4 2 Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 2 3 2 3 3 1 14 2. Wilf Willstead 0 1 0 0 F 1 3. Geoff Bennett 0 0 1 0 1 2 4. Arthur Payne 2 1 1 1 1’ 6 1 5. Doug McLachlan 2 1 2 2’ 2 F 9 1 6. Dennis Hitchings 1’ 0 F N N 1 1 7. Fred Perkins 1 0 1 8. Bill Humphries 0 1 1 9. Ron Mountford 0 0 0 10. Len Hilton 1 1 0 0 2 Ht1 Chitty, Warren, Watson, Willstead 81.5 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Green, Payne, Byford, Bennett 81.8 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Craven, McLachlan, Hitchings, Watson 82.2 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Bettis, Curtis, Perkins, Humphries 82.0 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Craven, Byford, Willstead, Bennett 82.2 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Chitty, Green, Payne, Hitchings 81.0 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Warren, Lawson, McLachlan, Byford 81.0 2 4 28 14 Ht8 Fearman, Davies, Hilton, Mountford 82.8 5 1 33 15 Ht9 Lawson, Chitty, Bennett, Willstead 83.6 5 1 38 16 Ht10 Green, Warren, Watson, Hitchings [f] 81.4 4 2 42 18 Ht11 Chitty, McLachlan, Byford, Bennett 82.4 4 2 46 20 Ht12 Curtis, Davies, Hilton, Perkins 86.0 5 1 51 21 Ht13 Craven, Lawson, Payne, Willstead 83.0 5 1 56 22 Ht14 Warren, McLachlan, Watson, Byford [ef] 81.5 1 5 57 27 Ht15 Green, Lawson, Payne, Willstead [f] 83.2 5 1 62 28 Ht16 Bettis, Fearman, Humphries, Mountford 84.4 5 1 67 29 Ht17 Chitty, Craven, Bennett, Hilton 82.8 5 1 72 30 Ht18 Lawson, McLachlan, Payne, Watson 83.0 3 3 75 33 Ht19 Warren, Craven, Green, Hilton 82.8 3 3 78 36 Ht20 Chitty, Craven, Warren, McLachlan [f] 82.4 5 1 83 37

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Saturday 29th April 1950 Odsal Stadium, Bradford

Bradford Boomerangs 81 - Birmingham Brummies 38 (Spring Cup) Bradford 1. Ron Clarke 1’ 3 3 1 2’ 2 12 2 2. Eddie Rigg 2 1’ NF 2’ 2 7 2 3. Jack Biggs 3 2’ 2 3 3 0 13 1 4. Oliver Hart 2 3 3 3 3 14 5. Ernie Price 1’ 2’ 2’ 1’ 1’ 7 5 6. Dick Seers 2’ 2’ 3 3 0 10 2 7. Joe Abbott 3 2’ 5 1 8. Norman Price 3 2 5 9. Ron Peace 2’ 1’ 3 2 10. Ken Brown 2 3 5 Birmingham 1. Geoff Bennett 0 0 2 0 1’ 3 1 2. Arthur Payne 3 0 0 1 2 1 7 3. Doug McLachlan 1 1 1 0 0 3 4. Bill Humphries 1 N 1 5. Graham Warrren 3 3 2 1 3 3 15 6. Wilf Willstead 0 0 NF 1 2 3 7. Fred Perkins 0 1 0 0 1 8. Jim Tolley 1 0 3 0 4 9. Ron Mountford 0 1 1 10. Len Hilton 0 0 0 Ht1 Payne, Rigg, Clarke, Bennett 67.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Biggs, Seers, McLachlan, Perkins 67.6 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Warren, Hart, Rigg, Willstead 68.6 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Abbott, Peace, Humphries, Hilton 71.2 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Hart, Biggs, McLachlan, Payne 69.0 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Clarke, Seers, Perkins, Willstead 70.6 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Warren, Biggs, E Price, Bennett 68.2 3 3 29 13 Ht8 N Price, Brown, Tolley, Mountford 74.0 5 1 34 14 Ht9 Clarke, E Price, McLachlan, Payne 71.2 5 1 39 15 Ht10 Seers, Bennett, Rigg (nf), Willstead (nf) 71.4 3 2 42 17 Ht11 Biggs, Warren, Clarke, McLachlan 68.8 4 2 46 19 Ht12 Brown, Abbott, Mountford, Tolley 73.4 5 1 51 20 Ht13 Hart, E Price, Payne, Perkins 72.4 5 1 56 21 Ht14 Biggs, Rigg, Warren, Bennett 68.6 5 1 61 22 Ht15 Seers, Payne, E Price, Perkins 69.8 4 2 65 24 Ht16 Tolley, N Price, Peace, Hilton 71.8 3 3 68 27 Ht17 Hart, Clarke, Willstead, McLachlan 71.0 5 1 73 28 Ht18 Warren, Rigg, E Price, Tolley 71.2 3 3 76 31 Ht19 Hart, Willstead, Bennett, Seers 70.6 3 3 79 34 Ht20 Warren, Clarke, Payne, Biggs 69.4 2 4 81 38 Check Birmingham Team riding order

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Monday 1st May 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 51 - Bradford Boomerangs 69 (Spring Cup) Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 2 3 3 3 2 2 15 2. Geoff Bennett EF 1 2’ 3 3 1’ 10 2 3. Doug McLachlan 0 2 3 1 1 7 4. Jim Tolley 0 1’ 0 0 N 1 1 5. Fred Perkins 0 1 1 0 N 2 6. Arthur Payne 1 EF 3 1 3 8 7. Wilf Willstead 2 3 0 EF 5 8. Len Hilton 0 1 1 9. Bill Humphries 1’ 0 1 1 10. Ron Mountford 1 0 1 Bradford 1. Ron Clarke 3 2 1 2 1’ 9 1 2. Eddie Rigg 1 0 0 3 2’ 6 1 3. Jack Biggs 3 3 2 2 3 3 16 4. Oliver Hart 2’ 1’ 2’ 3 1’ 9 4 5. Ernie Price 2’ 1’ 0 0 2 0 5 2 6. Dick Seers 3 2 0 1 2 8 7. Joe Abbott 3 2 5 8. Norman Price 2’ 2’ 4 2 9. Ron Peace 3 1’ 4 1 10. Ken Brown F 3 3 Ht1 Clarke, Warren, Rigg, Bennett [ef] 72.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Biggs, Hart, Payne, McLachlan 73.0 1 5 3 9 Ht3 Seers,E.Price, Bennett, Tolley 74.6 1 5 4 14 Ht4 Abbott, Willstead, Humphries, Brown [f] 77.2 3 3 7 17 Ht5 Biggs, McLachlan, Tolley, Rigg 73.6 3 3 10 20 Ht6 Warren, Seers, Hart, Payne [ef] 73.4 3 3 13 23 Ht7 McLachlan, Clarke,E.Price, Perkins 74.0 3 3 16 26 Ht8 Peace, N.Price, Mountford, Hilton 77.4 1 5 17 31 Ht9 Warren, Biggs, Perkins, Rigg 74.0 4 2 21 33 Ht10 Payne, Bennett, Clarke, Seers 74.8 5 1 26 34 Ht11 Warren, Biggs, McLachlan,E. Price 73.6 4 2 30 36 Ht12 Willstead, Abbott, Peace, Mountford 76.4 3 3 33 39 Ht13 Rigg, Hart, Perkins, Tolley 75.6 1 5 34 44 Ht14 Bennett, Clarke, McLachlan, E.Price 73.4 4 2 38 46 Ht15 Hart, Rigg, Payne, Willstead 75.6 1 5 39 51 Ht16 Brown, N.Price, Hilton, Humphries 78.0 1 5 40 56 Ht17 Biggs, Warren, Seers, Tolley 74.2 2 4 42 60 Ht18 Bennett, E.Price, Hart, Perkins 74.6 3 3 45 63 Ht19 Payne, Seers, Clarke, Willstead [ef] 75.4 3 3 48 66 Ht20 Biggs, Warren, Bennett, E.Price 74.6 3 3 51 69

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Saturday 6th May 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 35 - Wembley Lions 49 (Challenge) Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 1 3 3 3 10 2. Arthur Payne 3 0 2’ 2 7 1 3. Doug McLachlan 3 1 3 3 10 4. Wilf Willstead 0 1 0 0 1 5. Geoff Bennett 2 1 2 2 7 6. Jim Tolley 0 0 0 0 0 7. Fred Perkins 0 0 0 8. Ron Mountford 0 0 0 Wembley 1. Tommy Price 0 3 2’ 2 7 1 2. Eric Williams 2 3 1’ 1 7 1 3. Bob Wells 1’ 1’ 1’ 1 4 3 4. George Wilks 2 2 3 3 10 5. Bill Gilbert 1 2’ 0 2 5 1 6. Fred Williams 3 1 3 3 10 7. Jack Gooch 2’ 1 3 1 8. Alf Bottoms 2 1’ 3 1 Ht1 Payne, E.Williams, Warren, Price 73.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 McLachlan, Wilks, Wells, Willstead 74.6 3 3 7 5 Ht3 F.Williams, Bennett, Gilbert, Tolley 73.4 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Price, Gooch, Willstead, Perkins 74.2 1 5 10 14 Ht5 Warren, Wilks, Wells, Payne 73.8 3 3 13 17 Ht6 F.Williams, Gilbert, McLachlan, Willstead 74.2 1 5 14 22 Ht7 E.Williams, Price, Bennett, Tolley 75.8 1 5 15 27 Ht8 McLachlan, Bottoms, Wells, Mountford 75.6 3 3 18 30 Ht9 Warren, Payne, F.Williams, Gilbert 75.6 5 1 23 31 Ht10 McLachlan, Price, E.Williams, Willstead 76.6 3 3 26 34 Ht11 Wilks, Bennett, Wells, Tolley 77.2 2 4 28 38 Ht12 Warren, Gilbert, Bottoms, Perkins 76.2 3 3 31 41 Ht13 Wilks, Bennett, Gooch, Mountford 76.0 2 4 33 45 Ht14 F.Williams, Payne, E.Williams, Tolley 76.0 2 4 35 49 Junior Scratch Race Ht1 Cosby, Gates, Perkins, Mountford 78.8 Ht2 Cosby, Tolley, Gates, Willstead [f] 78.4 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 McLachlan, Gilbert, F.Williams, Wells 76.4 76.8 Ht2 Warren, Price, Bottoms, Gooch 75.4 76.6 Ht3 Payne, Wilks, E.Williams, Bennett 76.2 76.4 Final Warren, McLachlan, Wilks, Payne 76.4

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Saturday 13th May 1950 Belle Vue, Manchester

Belle Vue Aces 49 - Birmingham Brummies 35 (National League Division One) Belle Vue 1. Ron Mason EF 1 1 2 4 2. Jack Parker 3 3 3 3 12 3. Dent Oliver F 3 3 2 8 4. Henry Long 2 2 1 0 5 5. Ken Sharples 1 1 0 3 5 6. Louis Lawson 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 7. Dennis Parker 1’ 1’ 2 2 8. George Smith EF 2’ 2 1 Birmingham 1. Graham Warrren 2 3 2 3 10 2. Arthur Payne 1’ F 1 1 3 1 3. Doug McLachlan 3 2 2 2 9 4. Wilf Willstead 1 0 1’ F 2 1 5. Geoff Bennett 2 2 2 3 9 6. Jim Tolley 0 0 0 0 0 7. Fred Perkins 0 1 1 8. Ron Mountford 1’ 0 1 1 Ht1 J.Parker, Warren, Payne, Mason [ef] 74.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 McLachlan, Cullum, Willstead, Oliver [f] 76.8 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Lawson, Bennett, Sharples, Tolley 76.0 4 2 9 9 Ht4 Warren, Long, D.Parker, Perkins 75.6 3 3 12 12 Ht5 J.Parker, McLachlan, Mason, Willstead 75.2 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Oliver, Bennett, Long, Tolley 75.8 4 2 20 16 Ht7 Lawson, Warren, Sharples, Payne [f] 75.4 4 2 24 18 Ht8 Oliver, McLachlan, Mountford, Smith [ef] 76.4 3 3 27 21 Ht9 J.Parker, Bennett, Mason, Tolley 75.6 4 2 31 23 Ht10 Warren, Oliver, Payne, Long 76.0 2 4 33 27 Ht11 Lawson, McLachlan, Willstead, Sharples [f] 77.2 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Bennett, Mason, D.Parker, Mountford 76.6 3 3 39 33 Ht13 Sharples, Smith, Perkins, Willstead [f] 78.6 5 1 44 34 Ht14 J.Parker, Lawson, Payne, Tolley 76.6 5 1 49 35 First Division Junior League -North 10 - Midlands 1 (Challenge) North 1. George Smith 3 3 6 2. Dennis Parker 2’ 2’ 4 2 Midlands 1. Wilf Willstead 1 EF 1 2. Jim Tolley F F 0 Ht1 Smith, D.Parker, Willstead, Tolley [f] 78.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Smith, D.Parker, Willstead [ef], Tolley [f] 77.6 5 0 10 1 Stadium Scratch Races Ht1 Long, McLachlan, Sharples, Hickson 77.8 Ht2 Mason, Perkins, Mountford, D.Parker ? 78.2 Ht3 Oliver, Bennett, Lawson [ex] 78.2 Ht4 Warren, J.Parker, Payne, D.Parker 76.8

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Monday 15th May 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 37 - Belle Vue Aces 47 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 2 0 1’ 3 6 1 2. Arthur Payne 1’ 2 2 2 7 1 3. Doug McLachlan 1 2 2 2 7 4. Wilf Willstead F 0 1’ 0 1 1 5. Geoff Bennett 3 2 2 3 10 6. Jim Tolley 1 0 N 0 1 7. Fred Perkins 2 0 2 8. Ron Mountford 1’ 0 2’ 3 2 Belle Vue 1. Ron Mason F 1 1 1 3 2. Jack Parker 3 3 3 3 12 3. Dent Oliver 3 3 3 3 12 4. Henry Long 2’ 1 1 0 4 1 5. Ken Sharples 2 0 0 2 4 6. Louis Lawson F 3 3 1 7 7. Dennis Parker 3 1 4 8. George Smith F 1’ 1 1 Ht1 J.Parker, Warren, Payne, Mason [f] 73.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Oliver, Long, McLachlan, Willstead [f] 75.2 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Bennett, Sharples, Tolley, Lawson [f] 74.4 4 2 8 10 Ht4 D.Parker, Perkins, Mason, Willstead 75.4 2 4 10 14 Ht5 Oliver, Payne, Long, Warren 74.8 2 4 12 18 Ht6 Lawson, McLachlan, Willstead, Sharples 75.6 3 3 15 21 Ht7 J.Parker, Bennett, Mason, Tolley 74.0 2 4 17 25 Ht8 Oliver, McLachlan, Mountford, Smith [f] 75.0 3 3 20 28 Ht9 Lawson, Payne, Warren, Sharples 74.0 3 3 23 31 Ht10 J.Parker, McLachlan, Mason, Willstead 74.2 2 4 25 35 Ht11 Oliver, Bennett, Long, Mountford 75.2 2 4 27 39 Ht12 Warren, Sharples, Smith, Perkins 76.0 3 3 30 42 Ht13 Bennett, Mountford, D.Parker, Long 74.8 5 1 35 43 Ht14 J.Parker, Payne, Lawson, Tolley 73.6 2 4 37 47 First Division Junior League - Birmingham 4 - Belle Vue 8 Birmingham 1. Ron Mountford 0 2 2 2. Wlif Willstead 1 1’ 2 1 Belle Vue 1. Dennis Parker 2’ 3 5 1 2. George Smith 3 F 3 Ht1 Smith, D.Parker, Willstead, Mountford 75.4 1 5 1 5 Ht2 D.Parker, Mountford, Willstead, Smith [f] 76.6 3 3 4 8 Junior Scratch Race Perkins, Bill Humphries, Tolley, Bill Wilkins [f] 78.4 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 J.Parker, Mclachlan, Smith, Sharples 74.8 76.6 Ht2 Payne, Long, Lawson, Oliver [ef] 75.2 76.0 Ht3 Bennett, Mason, Perkins, Warren [f] 75.4 76.6 Final Parker, Bennett, Payne, Long 74.8

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Friday 19th May 1950 Harringay Stadium, London

Harringay Racers 51 - Birmingham Brummies 31 (National League Division One) Harringay 1. Nobby Stock 0 1 1 1’ 3 1 2. Vic Duggan 3 3 3 3 12 3. Lloyd Goffe 2’ EX 1 EX 3 1 4. Danny Dunton 3 2 3 1 9 5. Geoff Pymar 3 1 3 3 10 6. Split Waterman 2’ 0 2’ 2’ 6 3 7. Jimmy Grant 1’ 2 3 1 8. Fred Pawson 3 2’ 5 1 Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 2 3 3 3 11 2. Arthur Payne 1’ 2’ 2’ F 5 3 3. Doug McLachlan F 2 2 1 5 4. Wilf Willstead 1 0 0 0 1 5. Geoff Bennett 1 2 2 3 8 6. Ron Mountford 0 F 0 F 0 7. Fred Perkins 0 1 1 8. Jim Tolley 0 0 0 Ht1 Duggan, Warren, Payne, Stock 70.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Dunton, Goffe, Willstead, McLachlan [f] 72.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Pymar, Waterman, Bennett, Mountford 73.8 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Warren, Dunton, Grant, Perkins 71.0 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Duggan, McLachlan, Stock, Willstead 71.4 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Dunton, Bennett, Goffe [ex], Mountford [f] 73.0 3 2 23 12 Ht7 Warren, Payne, Pymar, Waterman 71.0 1 5 24 17 Ht8 Pawson, McLachlan, Goffe, Tolley 73.8 4 2 28 19 Ht9 Duggan, Bennett, Stock, Mountford 72.2 4 2 32 21 Ht10 Warren, Payne, Dunton, Goffe [ex] 71.8 1 5 33 26 Ht11 Pymar, Waterman, McLachlan, Willstead 74.8 5 1 38 27 Ht12 Bennett, Grant, Stock, Tolley 73.0 3 3 41 30 Ht13 Pymar, Pawson, Perkins, Willstead 75.8 5 1 46 31 Ht14 Duggan, Waterman, Payne [f], Mountford [f] 73.2 5 0 51 31 First Division Junior League - Harringay 9 - Birmingham 3 Harringay 1. Arthur Bush 2’ 3 5 1 2. Sid Clark 3 1 4 Birmingham 1. Fred Perkins 1 2 3 2. Jim Tolley 0 0 0 Ht1 Clark, Bush, Perkins, Tolley 76.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Bush, Perkins, Clark, Tolley 75.6 4 2 9 3 Invitation Race Bob Leverenz, Dunton, Derek Close, Clark 74.0 Manor House Scratch Race Ht1 Leverenz, B.Roger, Bush, McLachlan 74.6 Ht2 Payne, Stock, Byford, Waterman [ns] 74.0 Ht3 Warren, Dunton, Close, Pymar 72.0 Ht4 Duggan, Bennett, Pawson, Grant 73.6 Final Duggan, Warren, Payne, Leverenz 72.0

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Saturday 20th May 1949 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 52 - Harringay Racers 32 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 12 2. Arthur Payne 1 2’ 1 2 6 1 3. Doug McLachlan 3 2 3 1’ 9 1 4. Wilf Willstead 1 1 2 5. Geoff Bennett 3 1’ 3 3 10 1 6. Ron Mountford 0 2 1 1’ 4 1 7. Fred Perkins 3 1’ 2 2’ 8 2 8. Jim Tolley 0 1 1 Harringay 1. Nobby Stock 0 2 0 0 2 2. Vic Duggan 2 3 3 3 11 3. Danny Dunton 2 1 2 0 5 4. Arthur Bush 0 0 N N 0 5. Geoff Pymar 1’ EF 0 0 1 1 6. Split Waterman 2 3 2 0 7 7. Fred Pawson 0 2 2 4 8. Sid Clark 1’ 1 EF 2 1 Ht1 Warren, Duggan, Payne, Stock 71.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 McLachlan, Dunton, Willstead, Bush 75.4 4 2 8 4 Ht2 Bennett, Waterman, Pymar, Mountford 75.2 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Perkins, Stock, Willstead, Pawson 75.0 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Warren, Payne, Dunton, Bush 74.4 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Waterman, McLachlan, Perkins, Pymar [ef] 75.0 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Duggan, Mountford, Bennett, Stock 74.0 3 3 26 16 Ht8 McLachlan, Dunton, Clark, Tolley 75.0 3 3 29 19 Ht9 Warren, Waterman, Pyane, Pymar 73.4 4 2 33 21 Ht10 Duggan, Perkins, McLachlan, Stock 74.0 3 3 36 24 Ht11 Bennett, Pawson, Mountford, Dunton 74.4 4 2 40 26 Ht12 Warren, Perkins, Clark, Pymar 75.4 5 1 45 27 Ht13 Bennett, Pawson, Tolley, Clark [ef] 74.0 4 2 49 29 Ht14 Duggan, Payne, Mountford, Waterman 74.2 3 3 52 32 First Division Junior League - Birmingham 7 - Harringay 5 Birmingham 1. Fred Perkins 2 3 5 2. Jim Tolley 0 2’ 2 1 Harringay 1. Jimmy Grant 1 1 2 2. Ron Barratt 3 EX 3 Ht1 Barratt, Perkins, Grant, Tolley 76.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Perkins, Tolley, Grant, Barratt [ex] 77.0 5 1 7 5 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Bennett, McLachlan, Stock, Dunton [ex] 74.0 76.4 Ht2 Warren, Waterman, Pymar, Mountford 73.6 74.8 Ht3 Payne, Duggan, Bush, Clark, 74.4 74.6 Final Warren, Bennett, Duggan, Payne 74.2

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Monday 22nd May 1950 Walthamstow Stadium, London

Walthamstow Wolves 45 - Birmingham Brummies 38 (Challenge) Walthamstow 1. Harry Edwards 0 2’ 1’ 1’ 4 3 2. Benny King 1 3 2 2’ 8 1 3. Jim Boyd 3 3 3 0 9 4. George Newton 2’ 2 F 1 5 1 5. Reg Reeves 2 0 2’ 3 7 1 6. Charlie May 1’ 2 3 3 9 1 7. Archie Windmill 1’ 2 0 3 1 8. Bert Edwards EF N 0 Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 12 2. Arthur Payne 2’ 1 2’ 1 6 2 3. Doug McLachlan F 1 2 1 4 4. Wilf Willstead 1 F 0 2 3 5. Geoff Bennett 3 2 3 3 11 6. Ron Mountford 0 EX 0 0 0 7. Fred Perkins 0 1’ 1 1 8. Jim Tolley 1’ 0 1 1 Ht1 Warren, Payne, King, H.Edwards 63.6 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Boyd, Newton, Willstead, McLachlan [f] 65.0 5 1 6 6 Ht3 Bennett, Reeves, May, Mountford 65.0 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Warren, Newton, Windmill, Perkins 62.6 3 3 12 12 Ht5 King, H.Edwards, McLachlan, Willstead [f] 66.0 5 1 17 13 Ht6 Boyd, Bennett, Newton [f], Mountford [ex] 64.4 3 2 20 15 Ht7 Warren, May, Payne, Reeves 63.6 2 4 22 19 Ht8 Boyd, McLachlan, Tolley, B.Edwards [ef] 65.0 3 3 25 22 Ht9 Bennett, King, H.Edwards, Mountford 64.6 3 3 28 25 Ht10 Warren, Payne, Newton, Boyd 62.8 1 5 29 30 Ht11 May, Reeves, McLachlan, Willstead 63.6 5 1 34 31 Ht12 Bennett, Windmill, H.Edwards, Tolley 64.6 3 3 37 34 Ht13 Reeves, Willstead, Perkins, Windmill 66.0 3 3 40 37 Ht14 May, King, Payne, Mountford 64.6 5 1 45 38 Perry Barr Scratch Races Ht1 Warren, Boyd, Reeves, J.Tolley 63.4 Ht2 Bennett, May, Willstead, H.Edwards 63.4 Ht3 Payne, Newton, King, McLachlan 65.0 Ht4 Windmill, Perkins, Mountford, B.Edwards 66.2 Final Bennett, Warren, Payne, Windmill 63.4 Reserves Race Harold Bull, Derek Powell, Dennis Silver, Bruce Gardiner 65.6

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Wednesday 24th May 1950 New Cross Stadium, London New Cross Rangers 60 - Birmingham Brummies 24 (National League Division One)

New Cross 1. Bill Longley 3 2 2’ 1 8 1 2. Bert Roger 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2 3. Frank Lawrence 2’ 3 1’ 3 9 2 4. Jeff Lloyd EX 1’ 2’ 2’ 5 3 5. Cyril Roger 3 2 1 2’ 8 1 6. Eric French 3 2 3 3 11 7. Bob Baker 1 3 4 8. Ray Moore 2 3 5 Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 1 3 3 EX 7 2. Arthur Payne 0 0 1 1 2 3. Doug McLachlan 1 1 3 1 6 4. Wilf Willstead 0 0 0 NS 0 5. Geoff Bennett 2 2 1 2 7 6. Jim Tolley N N N 0 0 7. Ron Mountford 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 8. Fred Perkins 0 0 1 1 Ht1 Longley, B.Roger, Warren, Payne 59.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 C.Roger, Lawrence, McLachlan, Willstead 61.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 French, Bennett, Mountford, Lloyd 60.0 3 3 13 5 Ht4 Warren, C.Roger, Baker, Mountford 60.0 3 3 16 8 Ht5 B.Roger, Longley, McLachlan, Willstead 60.2 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Lawrence, Bennett, C.Roger, Mountford 61.2 4 2 25 11 Ht7 Warren, French, Lloyd, Payne 59.8 3 3 28 14 Ht8 McLachlan, Moore, Lawrence, Perkins 61.0 3 3 31 17 Ht9 B.Roger, Longley, Bennett, Mountford 62.0 5 1 36 18 Ht10 Lawrence, C.Roger, Payne, Warren 62.2 5 1 41 19 Ht11 French, Lloyd, McLachlan, Willstead 61.4 5 1 46 20 Ht12 Baker, Bennett, Longley, Perkins 61.2 4 2 50 22 Ht13 Moore, Lloyd, Perkins, Willstead [ns] 61.6 5 1 55 23 Ht14 French, B.Roger, Payne, Tolley 62.2 5 1 60 24 First Division Junior League - New Cross 8 - Birmingham 4 New Cross 1. Bob Baker 0 3 3 2. Don Gray 3 2’ 5 1 Birmingham 1. Ron Mountford 1’ 1 2 1 2. Fred Perkins 2 0 2 Ht1 Gray, Perkins, Mountford, Baker 63.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Baker, Gray, Mountford, Perkins 62.4 5 1 8 4 To Be Double Checked (Wilstead NS?)

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Friday 26th May 1950 Knowle Stadium, Bristol

Bristol Bulldogs 55 - Birmingham Brummies 29 (National League Division One) Bristol 1. Jack Mountford 0 2’ 3 3 8 1 2. Fred Tuck 2 3 2’ 1’ 9 2 3. Eric Salmon 1 3 1 1’ 6 1 4. Dick Bradley 3 1’ 1 2 7 1 5. Mike Beddoe 3 0 2’ 2’ 7 2 6. Billy Hole 2’ 2 3 2 9 1 7. Roger Wise 2 2’ 4 1 8. Johnny Hole 3 3 6 Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 12 2. Arthur Payne 1 1 0 0 2 3. Doug McLachlan 2 1 2 1 6 4. Wilf Wilstead 0 0 0 0 0 5. Ron Mountford 1 0 0 1 2 6. Geoff Bennett 0 2 1 3 6 7. Fred Perkins 0 1 1 8. Jim Tolley 0 0 0 Ht1 Warren, Tuck, Payne, J.Mountford 63.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Bradley, McLachlan, Salmon, Wilstead 63.6 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Beddoe, B.Hole, R.Mountford, Bennett 64.2 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Warren, Wise, Bradley, Perkins 62.4 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Tuck, J.Mountford, McLachlan, Wilstead 65.2 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Salmon, Bennett, Bradley, R.Mountford 63.6 4 2 23 13 Ht7 Warren, B.Hole, Payne, Beddoe 62.8 2 4 25 17 Ht8 J.Hole, McLachlan, Salmon, Tolley 63.0 4 2 29 19 Ht9 J.Mountford, Tuck, Bennett, R.Mountford 64.6 5 1 34 20 Ht10 Warren, Bradley, Salmon, Payne 62.2 3 3 37 23 Ht11 B.Hole, Beddoe, McLachlan, Wilstead 64.4 5 1 42 24 Ht12 J.Mountford, Wise, R.Mountford, Tolley 64.8 5 1 47 25 Ht13 J.Hole, Beddoe, Perkins, Wilstead 65.8 5 1 52 26 Ht14 Bennett, B.Hole, Tuck, Payne 64.6 3 3 55 29 First Division Junior League - Bristol 10 - Birmingham 2 Bristol Johnny Hole 2’ 2’ 4 2 Chris Boss 3 3 6 Birmingham Fred Perkins 1 1 2 Jim Tolley 0 0 0 Ht1 J.Hole, Boss, Perkins, Tolley 64.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 J.Hole, Boss, Perkins, Tolley 65.4 5 1 10 2 Knowle Scurry Wise, Tolley, Ken Wiggins, Jack Summers 65.8 Senior Scratch Race Ht1 J.Mountford, Bradley, Warren [nf], Wilstead [nf] 64.2 Ht2 Boss, Wise, Perkins, Tolley 64.4 Ht3 Salmon, Beddoe, R.Mountford, McLachlan 63.8 Ht4 Tuck, B.Hole, Bennett, Payne 63.6 Final Salmon, Boss, Tuck, J.Mountford 65.0

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Saturday 27th May 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 47 - Bristol Bulldogs 37 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2 2. Arthur Payne 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 3. Doug McLachlan 2 1 2 2 7 4. Fred Perkins 1’ 1’ 0 1’ 3 3 5. Ron Mountford F F 1’ 3 4 1 6. Geoff Bennett 2 2 2 1 7 7. Wilf Willstead 2 3 5 8. Jim Tolley F 1 1 Bristol 1. Jack Mountford 0 0 1 N 1 2. Fred Tuck 1 3 3 2 9 3. Eric Salmon 3 1 3 3 10 4. Dick Bradley 0 0 0 2 2 5. Mike Beddoe 1 2’ 0 0 3 1 6. Billy Hole 3 3 1 EF 7 7. Johnny Hole 3 0 0 3 8. Roger Wise 1 1 2 Ht1 Payne, Warren, Tuck, J. Mountford 74.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Salmon, McLachlan, Perkins, Bradley 75.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 B.Hole, Bennett, Beddoe, R.Mountford [f] 73.2 2 4 10 8 Ht4 J.Hole, Willstead, Perkins, J.Mountford 77.2 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Warren, Payne, Salmon, Bradley 76.6 5 1 18 12 Ht6 B.Hole, Beddoe, McLachlan, Perkins 74.6 1 5 19 17 Ht7 Tuck, Bennett, J.Mountford, R.Mountford [f] 74.8 2 4 21 21 Ht8 Salmon, McLachlan, Wise, Tolley 76.8 2 4 23 25 Ht9 Warren, Payne, B.Hole, Beddoe 76.4 5 1 28 26 Ht10 Tuck, McLachlan, Perkins, J.Hole 76.8 3 3 31 29 Ht11 Salmon, Bennett, R.Mountford, Bradley 77.0 3 3 34 32 Ht12 Willstead, Warren, Wise, Beddoe 78.0 5 1 39 33 Ht13 R.Mountford, Bradley, Tolley, J.Hole 79.0 4 2 43 35 Ht14 Payne, Tuck, Bennett, B.Hole [ef] 76.6 4 2 47 37 First Division Junior League - Birmingham 4 - Bristol 8 Birmingham 1. Wilf Willstead 1 1’ 2 1 2. Jim Tolley 0 2 2 Bristol 1. Johnny Hole 2’ 0 2 1 2. Chris Boss 3 3 6 Ht1 Boss, J.Hole, Willstead, Tolley 78.2 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Boss, Tolley, Willstead, J.Hole 78.4 3 3 4 8 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Waren, B.Hole, Salmon, Bennett 76.0 77.0 Ht2 Tuck, McLachlan, R.Mountford, J.Mountford 77.0 77.8 Ht3 Beddoe, Bradley, Payne, Perkins 77.2 78.0 Final Warren, Tuck, B.Hole, Beddoe 75.4

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Monday 29th May 1950 Wimbledon Stadium, London

Wimbledon Dons 53 - Birmingham Brummies 31 (National League Division One) Wimbledon 1. Dennis Gray 2 2 3 3 10 2. Mike Erskine 1’ 2’ 1 3 7 2 3. Alec Statham 3 3 3 3 12 4. Bruce Semmens 1 EF 1 N 2 5. Cyril Brine 3 3 3 3 12 6. Ronnie Moore F 1 1 2’ 4 1 7. Jim Gregory F 2 2 8. Jack Wright 2’ 2’ EF 4 2 Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 3 2 2 0 7 2. Arthur Payne 0 1’ 0 1 2 1 3. Doug McLachlan F 0 N 0 0 4. Fred Perkins 2 3 2 2 9 5. Geoff Bennett 2 1 2 3 8 6. Ron Mountford 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 7. Wilf Willstead 1 1 1 3 8. Jim Tolley 0 1 1 Ht1 Warren, Gray, Erskine, Payne 69.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Statham, Perkins, Semmens, McLachlan [f] 68.4 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Brine, Bennett, Mountford, Moore [f] 71.0 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Perkins, Gray, Willstead, Gregory [f] 72.8 2 4 12 12 Ht5 Statham, Warren, Payne, Semmens [ef] 70.2 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Brine, Perkins, Moore, McLachlan 71.0 4 2 19 17 Ht7 Gray, Erskine, Bennett, Mountford 71.8 5 1 24 18 Ht8 Statham, Wright, Willstead, Tolley 73.0 5 1 29 19 Ht9 Brine, Warren, Moore, Payne 71.2 4 2 33 21 Ht10 Gray, Perkins, Erskine, Mclachlan 71.8 4 2 37 23 Ht11 Statham, Bennett, Semmens, Mountford 72.2 4 2 41 25 Ht12 Brine, Wright, Willstead, Warren 73.2 5 1 46 26 Ht13 Bennett, Gregory, Tolley, Wright [ef] 71.4 2 4 48 30 Ht14 Erskine, Moore, Payne, Mountford 73.4 5 1 53 31 First Division Junior League - Wimbledon 9 - Birmingham 3 Wimbledon 1. Jim Gregory 3 3 6 2. Reg Trott 2’ 1 3 1 Birmingham 1. Wilf Willstead 1 0 1 2. Jim Tolley 0 2 2 Ht1 Gregory, Trott, Willstead, Tolley 72.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Gregory, Tolley, Trott, Willstead 72.8 4 2 9 3 Captain’s Match Race 3 laps Alec Statham bt Graham Warren 53.6 Reserves Scratch Race Gray, Gregory, Morton, Bob Sivyer 71.6 Whitsun Scratch Race Semmens, Erskine, McLachlan, Mountford 71.4 Senior Scratch Race Statham, Bennett, Brine, Payne 71.0

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Saturday 3rd June 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 49 - Wimbledon Dons 35 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 2’ 3 2’ 3 10 2 2. Arthur Payne 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 3. Doug McLachlan 3 3 1 2 9 4. Fred Perkins 0 1 1 0 2 5. Ron Mountford F F 1 1’ 2 1 6. Geoff Bennett 3 2 3 1 9 7. Wilf Willstead F 1 1 8. Jim Tolley 3 2 5 Wimbledon 1. Alec Statham 1 3 3 3 10 2. Dennis Gray 0 1 1 2 4 3. Cyril Brine 2 EF FX 2 4 4. Mike Erskine 1’ 1 0 N 2 1 5. Bruce Semmens 1’ 0 N EF 1 1 6. Ronnie Moore 2 2 1 F 5 7. Jim Gregory 2’ 0 0 2 1 8. Dick Harris 2 2 3 7 Ht1 Payne, Warren, Statham, Gray 73.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 McLachlan, Brine, Erskine, Perkins 76.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Bennett, Moore, Semmens, Mountford 75.2 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Statham, Gregory, Perkins, Willstead [f] 76.4 1 5 12 12 Ht5 Warren, Payne, Erskine, Brine [ef] 75.4 5 1 17 13 Ht6 McLachlan, Moore, Perkins, Semmens 75.8 4 2 21 15 Ht7 Statham, Bennett, Gray, Mountford 74.2 2 4 23 19 Ht8 Tolley, Harris, McLachlan, Brine [fx] 77.2 4 2 27 21 Ht9 Payne, Warren, Moore, Gregory 75.4 5 1 32 22 Ht10 Statham, McLachlan, Gray, Perkins 75.0 2 4 34 26 Ht11 Bennett, Brine, Mountford, Erskine 75.2 4 2 38 28 Ht12 Warren, Harris, Willstead, Semmens [ef] 75.6 4 2 42 30 Ht13 Harris, Tolley, Mountford, Gregory 76.4 3 3 45 33 Ht14 Payne, Gray, Bennett, Moore [f] 75.6 4 2 49 35 First Division Junior League - Birmingham 7 - Wimbledon 5 Birmingham 1. Wilf Willstead EX 3 3 2. Jim Tolley 3 1 4 Wimbledon 1. Jack Wright 2 2 4 2. Reg Trott 1’ 0 1 1 Ht1 Tolley, Wright, Trott, Willstead [ex] 79.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Willstead, Wright, Tolley, Trott 77.0 4 2 7 5 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Warren, McLachlan, Statham, Bill Humphries 75.2 Ht2 Bennett, Payne, Brine, Semmens [ef] 74.8 Ht3 Perkins, Laurie Schofield, Humphries, Mountford 77.6 Ht4 Moore, Gray, Gregory, Harris [f] 77.2 Final Warren, Bennett, Perkins, Moore [ef] 75.8

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Saturday 10th June 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 50 - West Ham Hammers 33 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne 3 1 1 3 8 2. Graham Warren 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 3. Geoff Bennett 3 2 3 3 11 4. Fred Perkins 1 3 0 1 5 5. Ron Mountford 0 2 1 0 3 6. Doug McLachlan 3 EX 3 F 6 7. Wilf Willstead 1 1 2 8. Jim Tolley 2’ 2 4 1 West Ham 1. Cliff Watson 1 2 EF 0 3 2. Aub Lawson 0 3 2 2 7 3. Howdy Byford 0 1 0 0 1 4. Malcolm Craven 2 2 2 3 9 5. Eric Chitty 2 1 0 2 5 6. Wally Green 1’ 3 2 1’ 7 2 7. Fred Curtis 0 1 1 8. Trevor Davies 0 0 0 Ht1 Payne, Warren, Watson, Lawson 73.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Bennett, Craven, Perkins, Byford 74.0 4 2 9 3 Ht3 McLachlan, Chitty, Green, Mountford 74.6 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Perkins, Watson, Willstead, Curtis 74.1 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Warren, Craven, Payne, Byford 74.0 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Green, Bennett, Chitty, Perkins 73.6 2 4 22 14 Ht7 Lawson, Mountford, Watson [ef], McLachlan [fx] 75.0 2 3 24 17 Ht8 Bennett, Tolley, Byford, Davies 75.0 5 1 29 18 Ht9 Warren, Green, Payne, Chitty 73.4 4 2 33 20 Ht10 Bennett, Lawson, Perkins, Watson 74.8 4 2 37 22 Ht11 McLachlan, Craven, Mountford, Byford 75.4 4 2 41 24 Ht12 Payne, Chitty, Willstead, Davies 75.0 4 2 45 26 Ht13 Craven, Tolley, Curtis, Mountford 76.2 2 4 47 30 Ht14 Warren, Lawson, Green, McLachlan [f] 73.8 3 3 50 33 First Division Junior League - Birmingham 6 - West Ham 6 Birmingham 1. Wilf Willstead 0 0 0 2. Jim Tolley 3 3 6 West Ham 1. Reg Fearman 2 1’ 3 1 2. Trevor Davies 1’ 2 3 1 Ht1 Tolley, Fearman, Davies, Willstead 76.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Tolley, Davies, Fearman, Willstead 76.2 3 3 6 6 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Warren, Perkins, Craven, Chitty 74.0 Ht2 Green, Payne, Lawson, Watson 75.0 Ht3 Bill Humphries, Mountford, Boothroyd [fr], Schofield [f] 77.8 Ht4 Bennett, Byford, Curtis, McLachlan [ex] 74.4 Final Warren, Green, Bennett, Humphries 74.8

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Thursday 15th June 1950 Wembley Stadium, London

Wembley Lions 60 - Birmingham Brummies 24 (National League Division One) Wembley 1. Tommy Price 3 3 3 3 12 2. Eric Williams 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 3 3. Bill Gilbert 3 3 3 1’ 10 1 4. Freddie Williams 0 1’ 2’ 2 5 2 5. Bill Kitchen 2’ 2 2’ 3 9 2 6. George Wilks 3 1’ 3 3 10 1 7. Bruce Abernethy 2 2’ 4 1 8. Bob Wells 1 2’ 3 1 Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 0 3 N EX 3 2. Arthur Payne 2 3 3 F 8 3. Geoff Bennett 1’ 1 2 1 5 1 4. Fred Perkins 2 EX 0 1 3 5. Ron Mountford 0 1 0 0 1 6. Doug McLachlan 1 0 1 1 3 7. Wilf Willstead 0 0 0 8. Jim Tolley 0 0 1 1 Ht1 Price, Payne, E.Williams, Warren 71.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Gilbert, Perkins, Bennett, F.Williams 72.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Wilks, Kitchen, McLachlan, Mountford 73.2 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Warren, Abernethy, F.Williams, Willstead 72.0 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Price, E.Williams, Bennett, Perkins [ex] 74.0 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Gilbert, F.Williams, Mountford, McLachlan 72.6 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Payne, Kitchen, Wilks, Warren 73.6 3 3 28 14 Ht8 Gilbert, Bennett, Wells, Tolley 73.6 4 2 32 16 Ht9 Price, E.Williams, McLachlan, Mountford 74.2 5 1 37 17 Ht10 Payne, F.Williams, Gilbert, Tolley 74.8 3 3 40 20 Ht11 Wilks, Kitchen, Bennett, Perkins 75.2 5 1 45 21 Ht12 Price, Abernethy, Tolley, Mountford 74.4 5 1 50 22 Ht13 Kitchen, Wells, Perkins, Willstead 76.4 5 1 55 23 Ht14 Wilks, E.Williams, McLachlan, Payne 75.0 5 1 60 24 First Division Junior League - Wembley 10 - Birmingham 2 Wembley 1. Den Cosby 2’ 3 5 1 2. Jimmy Gooch 3 2’ 5 1 Birmingham 1. Wilf Willstead F 1 1 2. Jim Tolley 1 0 1 Ht1 Gooch, Cosby, Tolley, Willstead [f] 76.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Cosby, Gooch, Willstead, Tolley 76.4 5 1 10 2

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Saturday 17th June 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 43 - New Cross Rangers 41 (National League Division One)

Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne 2’ 1 2’ 3 8 2 2. Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 12 3. Geoff Bennett 3 3 3 2 11 4. Fred Perkins 1 2 0 1’ 4 1 5. Ron Mountford 0 2 0 0 2 6. Doug McLachlan 1 1’ 1 1 4 1 7. Wilf Willstead EF 0 0 8. Jim Tolley 1 1 2 New Cross 1. Bert Roger 1 3 3 3 10 2. Ray Moore 0 0 N 0 0 3. Frank Lawrence 0 0 2 2’ 4 1 4. Cyril Roger 2 2 3 2’ 9 1 5. Jeff Lloyd 2’ 1’ 0 2 5 2 6. Eric French 3 2 1 2 8 7. Bob Baker 1 0 3 4 8. Don Gray 0 1’ 1 1 Ht1 Warren, Payne, B.Roger, Moore 71.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Bennett, C.Roger, Perkins, Lawrence 72.0 4 2 9 3 Ht3 French, Lloyd, McLachlan, Mountford 73.4 1 5 10 8 Ht4 B.Roger, Perkins, Baker, Willstead [ef] 73.6 2 4 12 12 Ht5 Warren, C.Roger, Payne, Lawrence 72.6 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Bennett, French, Lloyd, Perkins 73.0 3 3 19 17 Ht7 B.Roger, Mountford, McLachlan, Moore 73.8 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Bennett, Lawrence, Tolley, Gray 73.8 4 2 26 22 Ht9 Warren, Payne, French, Lloyd 74.0 5 1 31 23 Ht10 B.Roger, Bennett, Perkins, Baker 74.0 3 3 34 26 Ht11 C.Roger, Lawrence, McLachlan, Mountford 73.6 1 5 35 31 Ht12 Payne, Lloyd, Gray, Willstead 73.8 3 3 38 34 Ht13 Baker, C.Roger, Tolley, Mountford 75.0 1 5 39 39 Ht14 Warren, French, McLachlan, Moore 74.0 4 2 43 41 First Division Junior League - Birmingham 2 - New Cross 10 Birmingham 1. Wilf Willstead 0 0 0 2. Jim Tolley 1 1 2 New Cross 1. Bob Baker 3 3 6 2. Don Gray 2’ 2’ 4 2 Ht1 Baker, Gray, Tolley, Willstead 75.2 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Baker, Gray, Tolley, Willstead 75.6 1 5 2 10 Match Race Ron Mountford bt Fritz Dirtl 74.8 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Dennis Hitchings, French, Moore, B.Roger [f] 75.2 Ht2 Payne, C.Roger, Mclachlan, Frank Young 74.0 Ht3 Perkins, Mountford, Dirtl, Hitchings [ef] 75.8 Ht4 Alan Hunt, Bennett, Lloyd, Lawrence 74.4 Final Hunt, Payne, Perkins, Hitchings 74.0

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Tuesday 20th June 1950 West Ham Stadium, London

West Ham Hammers 44 - Birmingham Brummies 40 (National League Division One) West Ham 1. Wally Green 0 3 1 3 7 2. Aub Lawson 1 2’ 3 3 9 1 3. Howdy Byford 2 2 0 4 4. Malcolm Craven 1’ 2 1’ 2 6 2 5. Eric Chitty 1’ 0 3 2’ 6 2 6. Lloyd Goffe 2 1 0 3 7. Fred Curtis 1’ EF 2’ 1 4 2 8. Reg Fearman 2 3 5 Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 12 2. Arthur Payne 2’ 2’ 1 2 7 2 3. Geoff Bennett 3 1 1 2 7 4. Fred Perkins 0 0 N N 0 5. Ron Mountford 0 0 N 1 1 6. Doug McLachlan 3 3 2 0 8 7. Dennis Hitchings 0 1’ 0 1 1 8. Jim Tolley 3 0 0 1 4 Ht1 Warren, Payne, Lawson, Green 81.4 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Bennett, Byford, Craven, Perkins 79.0 3 3 4 8 Ht3 McLachlan, Goffe, Chitty, Mountford 80.0 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Warren, Craven, Curtis, Hitchings 79.6 3 3 10 14 Ht5 Green, Lawson, Bennett, Perkins 80.2 5 1 15 15 Ht6 McLachlan, Byford, Craven, Mountford 81.0 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Warren, Payne, Goffe, Chitty 80.2 1 5 19 23 Ht8 Tolley, Fearman, Bennett, Byford 80.8 2 4 21 27 Ht9 Lawson, McLachlan, Green, Tolley 81.8 4 2 25 29 Ht10 Warren, Craven, Payne, Curtis [ef] 79.4 2 4 27 33 Ht11 Chitty, Bennett, Hitchings, Goffe 81.6 3 3 30 36 Ht12 Curtis, Green, Mountford, Tolley 82.0 5 1 35 37 Ht13 Fearman, Chitty, Tolley, Hitchings 82.4 5 1 40 38 Ht14 Lawson, Payne, Curtis, McLachlan 81.0 4 2 44 40 First Division Junior League West Ham 8 - Birmingham 4 West Ham 1. Reg Fearman 2 3 5 2. Trevor Davies 1’ 2’ 3 2 Birmingham 1. Wilf Willstead F 0 0 2. Jim Tolley 3 1 4 Ht1 Tolley, Fearman, Davies, Willstead [f] 82.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Fearman, Davies, Tolley, Willstead 83.0 5 1 8 4 All Star Scratch Race (3 laps) French, T.Price, Dunton, Kitchen 60.8 Area 6 Scratch Race (3 laps) Ht1 Dunton, McLachlan, Chitty, Mountford 61.0 Ht2 Kitchen, Fearman, Warren, Davies 61.2 Ht3 Bennett, Craven, Curtis, T.Price 61.2 Ht4 French, Green, Payne, Goffe 61.2 Final Dunton, French, Bennett, Kitchen 61.8

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Saturday 24th June 1950 Dudley Wood, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heath Heathens 37 - Birmingham Brummies 47 (Challenge)

Cradley Heath 1. Harry Bastable 0 0 1 F 1 2. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 3. Les Tolley 0 2 0 0 2 4. Frank Young 2 2 1’ 2 7 1 5. Bill Clifton 1 1’ 0 0 2 1 6. Phil Malpass 0 2 3 1 6 7. Jim Pain 1’ 1 2 1 8. Jack Arnfield 3 2 5 Birmingham 1. Eric Boothroyd 1’ F 0 1 1 1 2. Geoff Bennett 2 3 3 2 10 3. Doug McLachlan 3 2 1’ 2 8 1 4. Ron Mountford 1 1’ 1’ 1 4 2 5. Fred Perkins 3 3 EF 3 9 6. Dennis Hitchings 2’ 0 2 0 4 1 7. Jim Tolley 3 3 6 8. Wilf Willstead 2 2’ 4 1 Ht1 Hunt, Bennett, Boothroyd, Bastable 72.0* 3 3 3 3 Ht2 McLachlan, Young, Mountford, L. Tolley 74.6 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Perkins, Hitchings, Clifton, Malpass 73.4 1 5 6 12 Ht4 J. Tolley, Young, Pain, Boothroyd [f] 75.8 3 3 9 15 Ht5 Hunt, McLachlan, Mountford, Bastable 73.0 3 3 12 18 Ht6 Perkins, L. Tolley, Young, Hitchings 75.2 3 3 15 21 Ht7 Bennett, Malpass, Clifton, Boothroyd 74.6 3 3 18 24 Ht8 Arnfield, Willstead, McLachlan, L. Tolley 74.8 3 3 21 27 Ht9 Hunt, Hitchings, Bastable, Perkins [ef] 76.6 4 2 25 29 Ht10 Bennett, Young, Boothroyd, L. Tolley 76.4 2 4 27 33 Ht11 Malpass, McLachlan, Mountford, Clifton 76.4 3 3 30 36 Ht12 Perkins, Willstead, Pain, Bastable [f] 77.2 1 5 31 41 Ht13 J. Tolley, Arnfield, Mountford, Clifton 77.2 2 4 33 45 Ht14 Hunt, Bennett, Malpass, Hitchings 76.4 4 2 37 47 * - Track Record

Brierley Hill Scratch Race Ivor Powell, Geoff Godwin, Geoff Newman, Pain [f] 79.4 Cradley Heath Scratch Race Arnfield, Clifton, Willstead, Bastable 77.2 Midland Scratch Race - Heats Ht1 Hunt, McLachlan, Hitchings, Powell 77.8 Ht2 Young, Bennett, Malpass, Pain 77.8 Perry Barr Scratch Race Perkins, J. Tolley, Boothroyd, Mountford 77.6 Stourbridge Scratch Race Pain, Godwin, Newman, Powell 79.4 Midland Scratch Race - Final Hunt, Bennett, Young, Perkins 77.2

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Monday 26th June 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 44 - Bradford Boomerangs 40 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne EF 2’ 1 2’ 5 2 2. Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 12 3. Geoff Bennett 3 EF 3 F 6 4. Fred Perkins 2’ 1 2 1 6 1 5. Dennis Hitchings 2 F 2’ 2 6 1 6. Doug McLachlan F 1 3 F 4 7. Ron Mountford 0 3 3 8. Jim Tolley 1 1’ 2 1 Bradford 1. Ron Clarke 2 2’ 3 2’ 9 2 2. Eddie Rigg 1’ 2’ 3 2 8 2 3. Joe Abbott 1 1 2 1 5 4. Norman Price 0 0 F 0 0 5. Oliver Hart 1 1 N 1 3 6. Ernie Price 3 3 2 1’ 9 1 7. Ron Peace 3 0 3 6 8. Ken Brown 0 EX 0 Ht1 Warren, Clarke, Rigg, Payne [ef] 71.0 3 3 3 3 Ht 2 Bennett, Perkins, Abbott, N. Price 72.8 5 1 8 4 Ht3 E. Price, Hitchings, Hart, McLachlan [f] 73.0 2 4 10 8 Ht4 Peace, Clarke, Perkins, Mountford 74.4 1 5 11 13 Ht 5 Warren, Payne, Abbott, N.Price 73.6 5 1 16 14 Ht 6 E.Price, Perkins, Hart, Bennett [ef] 74.6 2 4 18 18 Ht 7 Clarke, Rigg, McLachlan, Hitchings [f] 75.2 1 5 19 23 Ht 8 Bennett, Abbott, Tolley, Brown 75.0 4 2 23 25 Ht9 Warren, E.Price, Payne, Peace 73.4 4 2 27 27 Ht10 Rigg, Clarke, Perkins, Bennett [f] 74.8 1 5 28 32 Ht11 McLachlan, Hitchings, Abbott, N.Price [f] 75.4 5 1 33 33 Ht12 Mountford, Payne, Hart, Brown [ex] 75.6 5 1 38 34 Ht13 Peace, Hitchings, Tolley, N.Price 74.4 3 3 41 37 Ht14 Warren, Rigg, E.Price, McLachlan [f] 73.4 3 3 44 40 First Division Junior League - Birmingham 7 - Bradford 5 Birmingham 1. Wilf Willstead 2’ 2 4 1 2. Jim Tolley 3 MF 3 Bradford 1. Ron Peace 1 3 4 2. Ken Brown 0 1 1 Ht1 Tolley, Willstead, Peace, Brown 76.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Peace, Willstead, Brown, Tolley [puncture] 74.8 2 4 7 5 Extra Race Perkins, Tolley, Bob Wells, Mountford 76.0 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Warren, E.Price, Bennett, Mountford 73.8 75.6 Ht2 Rigg, Payne, McLachlan, Abbott 75.0 75.2 Ht3 N.Price, Hart, Wells, Hitchings [ef] 77.2 77.6 Final Rigg, Warren, Payne, N.Price 75.0

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Saturday 1st July 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 39 - Wembley Lions 45 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne EF 1 1 1 3 2. Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 12 3. Geoff Bennett 2 3 3 2 10 4. Fred Perkins 0 1 1 0 2 5. Dennis Hitchings 0 1’ N 1 2 1 6. Doug McLachlan 2 2 1 1 6 7. Ron Mountford 0 3 3 8. Jim Tolley 1 0 F 1 Wembley 1. Eric Williams 1’ 3 F 1 5 1 2. Tommy Price 2 3 3 2 10 3. Bill Kitchen 1 2 2 2’ 7 1 4. George Wilks 3 0 3 3 9 5. Freddie Williams 3 2 2 2 9 6. Bill Gilbert 1 0 0 EF 1 7. Bruce Abernethy 2’ 2’ 4 2 8. Jimmy Gooch 0 0 0 Ht1 Warren, Price, E.Williams, Payne [ef] 70.6* 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Wilks, Bennett, Kitchen, Perkins 73.4 2 4 5 7 Ht3 F.Williams, McLachlan, Gilbert, Hitchings 73.2 2 4 7 11 Ht4 E.Williams, Abernethy, Perkins, Mountford 73.8 1 5 8 16 Ht5 Warren, Kitchen, Payne, Wilks 72.4 4 2 12 18 Ht6 Bennett, F.Williams, Perkins, Gilbert 72.4 4 2 16 20 Ht7 Price, McLachlan, Hitchings, E.Williams [f] 72.6 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Bennett, Kitchen, Tolley, Gooch 73.6 4 2 23 25 Ht9 Warren, F.Williams, Payne, Gilbert 72.4 4 2 27 27 Ht10 Price, Bennett, E.Williams, Perkins 73.2 2 4 29 31 Ht11 Wilks, Kitchen, McLachlan, Tolley 75.4 1 5 30 36 Ht12 Mountford, F.Williams, Payne, Gooch 74.8 4 2 34 38 Ht13 Wilks, Abernethy, Hitchings, Tolley [f] 75.8 1 5 35 43 Ht14 Warren, Price, McLachlan, Gilbert [ef] 72.2 4 2 39 45 First Division Junior League - Birmingham 8 - Wembley 4 Birmingham 1. Wilf Willstead 2’ 0 2 1 2. Jim Tolley 3 3 6 Wembley 1. Den Cosby 0 2 2 2. Jack Gates 1 1’ 2 1 Ht1 Tolley, Willstead, Gates, Cosby 75.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Tolley, Cosby, Gates, Willstead 77.0 3 3 8 4 Brummies Scratch Race Mountford, Perkins, Bob Wells, Hitchings 74.4 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Warren, E.Williams, Price, Gilbert 73.8 74.4 Ht2 Gooch, Abernethy, Wells, Boothroyd 75.0 75.6 Ht3 Wilks, F.Williams, McLachlan, Bennett 75.8 76.0 Final Warren, E.Williams, Wilks, Gooch 73.4

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Wednesday 5th July 1950 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh

Edinburgh Monarchs 40 - Birmingham Brummies 44 (Challenge) Edinburgh 1. Eddie Lack 0 EF 1 1’ 2 1 2. Jack Young 2 3 3 2 10 3. Dick Campbell 3 3 3 1 10 4. Harold Booth 0 0 0 N 0 5. Derek Close 0 1 3 3 7 6. Don Cuppleditch 2 0 1 1’ 4 1 7. Harold Fairhurst 2 0 2 4 8. Bob Mark 1 2’ 3 1 Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne 1 3 2’ 2’ 8 2 2. Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 12 3. Geoff Bennett 2 2 2 2 8 4. Fred Perkins 1’ 1’ 0 1 3 2 5. Dennis Hitchings 3 1’ 2 3 9 1 6. Doug McLachlan 1 2 0 0 3 7. Ron Mountford 1 0 1 8. Jim Tolley F F 0 Ht1 Warren, Young, Payne, Lack 66.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Campbell, Bennett, Perkins, Booth 69.2 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Hitchins, Cuppleditch, McLaughlin, Close 70.8 2 4 7 11 Ht4 Payne, Fairhurst, Mountford, Booth (rr) 70.2 2 4 9 15 Ht5 Young, Bennett, Perkins, Lack [ef] 69.0 3 3 12 18 Ht6 Campbell, McLachlan, Hitchins, Booth 70.4 3 3 15 21 Ht7 Warren, Payne, Close, Cuppleditch 67.4 1 5 16 26 Ht8 Campbell, Bennett, Mark, Tolley [f] 70.4 4 2 20 28 Ht9 Young, Hitchins, Lack, McLachlan 69.0 4 2 24 30 Ht10 Warren, Payne, Campbell, Fairhurst 71.4 1 5 25 35 Ht11 Close, Bennett, Cuppleditch, Perkins 68.8 4 2 29 37 Ht12 Hitchins, Lack, Fairhurst, Tolley [f] 71.8 3 3 32 40 Ht13 Close, Mark, Perkins, Mountford 70.4 5 1 37 41 Ht14 Warren, Young, Cuppleditch, McLachlan 68.6 3 3 40 44 Top Twelve Ht1 Campbell, Close, Hitchings, Perkins 70.8 71.4 Ht2 Warren, Payne, Cuppleditch, Lack 69.2 70.8 Ht3 Young, McLachlan, Bennett, J.Campbell 70.2 72.2 Final Warren, Payne, Young, Campbell 69.2 Reserve Race Mountford, Fairhurst, Tolley, Mark 73.0 Junior Race J.Campbell, Thompson, Joe Barr, Buckle 76.8

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Friday 7th July 1950 Harringay Stadium, London

Harringay Racers 61 - Birmingham Brummies 23 (National League Division One) Harringay 1. Fred Pawson F 2’ 3 3 8 1 2. Vic Duggan 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2 3. Cliff Watson 2’ 3 3 1’ 9 2 4. Danny Dunton 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 5. Jeff Lloyd 2’ 2 3 0 7 1 6. Split Waterman 3 F 2’ 3 8 1 7. Nobby Stock 2’ 2’ 4 2 8. Alf Viccary 2’ 3 5 1 Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne 1’ 1 1 0 3 1 2. Graham Warren 2 3 3 1 9 3. Geoff Bennett 1 1 1 1 4 4. Fred Perkins 0 0 0 1’ 1 1 5. Dennis Hitchings 0 0 0 0 0 6. Doug McLachlan 1 1 1 0 3 7. Ron Mountford 0 2 2 8. Jim Tolley 0 1 1 Ht1 Duggan, Warren, Payne, Pawson [f] 67.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Dunton, Watson, Bennett, Perkins 69.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Waterman, Lloyd, McLachlan, Hitchings 68.6 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Dunton, Stock, Payne, Mountford 69.0 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Duggan, Pawson, Bennett, Perkins 69.8 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Watson, Dunton, McLachlan, Hitchings 70.4 5 1 28 8 Ht7 Warren, Lloyd, Payne, Waterman [f] 68.4 2 4 30 12 Ht8 Watson, Viccary, Bennett, Tolley 70.0 5 1 35 13 Ht9 Pawson, Duggan, McLachlan, Hitchings 70.4 5 1 40 14 Ht10 Warren, Dunton, Watson, Payne 68.2 3 3 43 17 Ht11 Lloyd, Waterman, Bennett, Perkins 69.6 5 1 48 18 Ht12 Pawson, Stock, Tolley, Hitchings 71.2 5 1 53 19 Ht13 Viccary, Mountford, Perkins, Lloyd 70.2 3 3 56 22 Ht14 Waterman, Duggan, Warren, McLachlan 69.8 5 1 61 23 First Division Junior League - Harringay 2 - Birmingham 10 Harringay 1. Ron How 1 1 2 2. Ron Barrett F 0 0 Birmingham 1. Wilf Willstead 2’ 2’ 4 2 2. Jim Tolley 3 3 6 Ht1 Tolley, Willstead, How, Barrett [f] 73.2 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Tolley, Willstead, How, Barrett 72.2 1 5 2 10 Junior Qualification Scratch Sid Clark, Viccary, Jimmy Grant, Arthur Bush 71.2 United Nations Cup for the Barbara Ann Scott Trophy Ht1 Duggan, Bennett, Hitchings, Payne 68.6 Ht2 Basse Hveem, Ernie Roccio, Pawson, Stock 69.4 Ht3 Warren, Watson, Eric Chitty, Lloyd [ef] 69.6 Ht3 Waterman, Bob Leverenz, Dunton, McLachlan 70.4 SF1 Duggan, Hveem, Bennett, Roccio (ef) 69.8 SF2 Leverenz, Warren, Waterman, Watson 70.8 Final Duggan, Warren, Leverenz, Hveem 70.0

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Saturday 8th July 1950 Belle Vue, Manchester

Belle Vue Aces 43 - Birmingham Brummies 40 (National League Division One) Belle Vue 1. Ron Mason 1 1 1 0 3 2. Jack Parker 0 3 3 2 8 3. Dennis Parker 1’ EF 2 0 3 1 4. Dent Oliver 2 3 EF 1 6 5. Louis Lawson 3 3 3 3 12 6. Ken Sharples 2’ 2’ 2’ 0 6 3 7. Henry Long 1 3 4 8. Gerry Hickson 1’ 0 1 1 Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne 2’ 2 0 2’ 6 2 2. Graham Warren 3 1 3 3 10 3. Geoff Bennett 3 2 3 1 9 4. Fred Perkins 0 N 0 N 0 5. Dennis Hitchings 1 3 0 2 6 6. Doug McLachlan 0 2’ 2 1 5 1 7. Ron Mountford 0 1’ 1 1 8. Jim Tolley 0 0 1’ 2 3 1 Ht1 Warren, Payne, Mason, Parker 74.8 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Bennett, Oliver, D.Parker, Perkins 74.4 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Lawson, Sharples, Hitchings, McLachlan 75.6 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Oliver, Payne, Long, Mountford 75.2 4 2 13 11 Ht5 J.Parker, Bennett, Mason, Tolley 76.2 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Hitchings, McLachlan, D.Parker [ef], Oliver [ef] 76.0 0 5 17 18 Ht7 Lawson, Sharples, Warren, Payne 74.4 5 1 22 19 Ht8 Bennett, D.Parker, Hickson, Tolley 76.6 3 3 25 22 Ht9 J.Parker, McLachlan, Mason, Hitchings 75.4 4 2 29 14 Ht10 Warren, Payne, Oliver, D.Parker 75.4 1 5 30 29 Ht11 Lawson, Sharples, Bennett, Perkins 75.6 5 1 35 30 Ht12 Long, Hitchings, Tolley, Mason 75.2 3 3 38 33 Ht13 Lawson, Tolley, Mountford, Hickson 76.2 3 3 41 36 Ht14 Warren, J.Parker, McLachlan, Sharples 75.6 2 4 43 40 First Division Junior League - Belle Vue 6 - Birmingham 6 Belle Vue 1. Gerry Hickson 0 0 0 2. Henry Long 3 3 6 Birmingham 1. Wilf Willstead 2 1’ 3 1 2. Jim Tolley 1’ 2 3 1 Ht1 Long, Willstead, Tolley, Hickson 75.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Long, Tolley, Willstead, Hickson 77.0 3 3 6 6 Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Perkins, Hitchings, Mountford, D.Parker 78.4 78.8 Ht2 Warren, Tolley, Lawson, Payne 75.8 77.0 Ht3 Long, Bennett, McLachlan, Willstead 76.6 77.4 Final Warren, Long, Tolley, Perkins 76.2

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Monday 10th July 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 41 - Belle Vue Aces 43 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne 1’ 2’ 0 2 5 2 2. Graham Warren 2 3 2 3 10 3. Geoff Bennett 3 1 2 1’ 7 1 4. Fred Perkins 1 1 N N 2 5. Dennis Hitchings 1’ 0 0 1’ 2 2 6. Doug McLachlan 2 2 1 1 6 7. Ron Mountford 0 1’ 1 1 8. Jim Tolley 3 1’ 2 2 8 1 Belle Vue 1. Ron Mason 0 2’ 1 0 3 1 2. Jack Parker 3 3 3 2 11 3. Dennis Parker 0 0 N N 0 4. Dent Oliver 2 1 2’ EX 5 1 5. Louis Lawson 3 2 3 3 11 6. Ken Sharples 0 0 1 0 1 7. Henry Long 3 3 3 3 12 8. Len Hilton 0 0 0 Ht1 J.Parker, Warren, Payne, Mason 72.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Bennett, Oliver, Perkins, D.Parker 73.8 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Lawson, McLachlan, Hitchings, Sharples 73.0 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Long, Mason, Perkins, Mountford 75.0 1 5 11 13 Ht5 Warren, Payne, Oliver, D.Parker 74.0 5 1 16 14 Ht6 Tolley, Lawson, Bennett, Sharples 75.2 4 2 20 16 Ht7 J.Parker, McLachlan, Mason, Hitchings 74.0 2 4 22 20 Ht8 Long, Bennett, Tolley, Hilton 75.0 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Lawson, Warren, Sharples, Payne 74.0 2 4 27 27 Ht10 J.Parker, Tolley, Bennett, Mason 75.0 3 3 30 30 Ht11 Long, Oliver, McLachlan, Hitchings 76.8 1 5 31 35 Ht12 Lawson, Payne, Mountford, Hilton 74.2 3 3 34 38 Ht13 Long, Tolley, Hitchings, Oliver [ex] 76.2 3 3 37 41 Ht14 Warren, J.Parker, McLachlan, Sharples 73.8 4 2 41 43 First Division Junior League - Birmingham 8 - Belle Vue 4 Birmingham 1. Wilf Willstead 2 2’ 4 1 2. Jim Tolley 1’ 3 4 1 Belle Vue 1. Henry Long 3 EX 3 2. Len Hilton 0 1 1 Ht1 Long, Willstead, Tolley, Hilton 76.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Tolley, Willstead, Hilton, Long (exc) 76.0 5 1 8 4 Golden Helmet Match Race Decider – Jack Parker bt Eric French 2 – 0 – Times 77.0 & 73.0 Return Match Race Fritz Dirtl bt Ron Mountford 76.8 Brummies Scratch Race Perkins, Wells, Mountford, Hitchings 76.4 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Bennett, Warren, J.Parker & Lawson 73.6 74.6 Ht2 Payne, Oliver, McLachlan, Mason 75.6 76.6 Ht3 Perkins, Wells, Sharples, Dirtl 76.8 77.0 Final Warren, Bennett, Payne, Perkins 75.0

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Saturday 15th July 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 38 - Harringay Racers 22 (National League Division One) Abandoned after 10 heats - Rain

Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne 2’ 1 2’ 5 2 2. Graham Warren 3 3 3 9 3. Geoff Bennett 2 1 1’ 3 7 1 4. Jim Tolley 1’ 2 F 2’ 5 2 5. Bob Wells 1 2’ 3 1 6. Doug McLachlan 3 3 6 7. Ron Mountford 1’ 1 1 8. Fred Perkins 2 2 Harringay 1. Alf Viccary F 0 EF 0 2. Nobby Stock 1 1 1 3 3. Cliff Watson 0 0 3 3 4. Danny Dunton 3 2 5 5. Jeff Lloyd 2 2’ 1 5 1 6. Fred Pawson 0 0 0 7. Sid Clark 3 3 6 8. Arthur Bush F 0 Ht1 Warren, Payne, Stock, Viccary [f] 74.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Dunton, Bennett, Tolley, Watson 77.4 3 3 8 4 Ht3 McLachlan, Lloyd, Wells, Pawson 77.0 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Clark, Tolley, Mountford, Viccary 78.8 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Warren, Dunton, Payne, Watson 77.4 4 2 19 11 Ht6 Clark, Lloyd, Bennett, Tolley [f] 78.0 1 5 20 16 Ht7 McLachlan, Wells, Stock, Viccary [ef] 81.0 5 1 25 17 Ht8 Watson, Perkins, Bennett, Bush [f] 79.0 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Warren, Payne, Lloyd, Pawson 80.4 5 1 33 21 Ht10 Bennett, Tolley, Stock, Bush 82.2 5 1 38 22

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Monday 17th July 1950 Wimbledon Stadium, London

Wimbledon Dons 49 - Birmingham Brummies 35 (National League Division One) Wimbledon 1. Norman Parker 3 2’ 1 3 9 1 2. Ronnie Moore 2’ 3 3 2 10 1 3. Mike Erskine 2 1 1’ 0 4 1 4. Dennis Gray 1’ 2 3 2 8 1 5. Cyril Brine 3 2 1 2’ 8 1 6. Ernie Roccio 1 0 3 1’ 5 1 7. Dick Harris F 0 0 8. Jim Gregory 2 3 5 Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne 0 3 1 1 5 2. Graham Warren 1 3 3 3 10 3. Geoff Bennett 3 1 0 2 6 4. Bob Wells F 0 0 N 0 5. Doug McLachlan 0 2 2 2 6 6. Fred Perkins 2 0 0 0 2 7. Jim Tolley 1 FX 1 8. Ron Mountford 3 1’ 1 5 1 Ht1 Parker, Moore, Warren, Payne 68.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Bennett, Erskine, Gray [frem], Wells [f] 71.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Brine, Perkins, Roccio, McLachlan 71.8 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Payne, Gray, Tolley, Harris [f] 71.2 2 4 14 10 Ht5 Moore, Parker, Bennett, Wells 70.8 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Gray, McLachlan, Erskine, Perkins 71.0 4 2 23 13 Ht7 Warren, Brine, Payne, Roccio 71.6 2 4 25 17 Ht8 Mountford, Gregory, Erskine, Bennett 72.6 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Moore, McLachlan, Parker, Perkins 70.6 4 2 32 22 Ht10 Warren, Gray, Payne, Erskine 70.8 2 4 34 26 Ht11 Roccio, Bennett, Brine, Wells 71.0 4 2 38 28 Ht12 Parker, McLachlan, Mountford, Harris 71.6 3 3 41 31 Ht13 Gregory, Brine, Mountford, Tolley [fx] 73.4 5 1 46 32 Ht14 Warren, Moore, Roccio, Perkins 70.2 3 3 49 35 First Division Junior League - Wimbledon 8 - Birmingham 4 Wimbledon 1. Jack Wright 2’ 1’ 3 2 2. Reg Trott 3 2 5 Birmingham 1. Dennis Hitchings 1 0 1 2. Wilf Willstead F 3 3 Ht1 Trott, Wright, Hitchings, Willstead [f] 74.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Willstead, Trott, Wright, Hitchings 73.2 3 3 8 4 Merton Scratch Race Wright, Harris, Perkins, Morton [ns] 72.2 Wimbledon Scratch Race Payne, Erskine, Gray, Gregory 72.0 Mitcham Scratch Race Moore, McLachlan, Brine [f], Trott [f] 71.8 Perry Barr Scratch Race Parker, Warren, Roccio, Bennett 71.0

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Saturday 22nd July 1950 Odsal Stadium, Bradford

Bradford Boomerangs v Birmingham Brummies (National League Division One) Postponed – Rain

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Monday 24th July 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 48 - Bradford Boomerangs 36 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 9 3 2. Graham Warren 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 3. Geoff Bennett 3 3 2 3 11 4. Jim Tolley EF 2 2’ 0 4 1 5. Bob Wells 1 0 F 0 1 6. Doug McLachlan 3 3 1 EF 7 7. Ron Mountford EF 3 3 8. Fred Perkins 1’ 1 2 1 Bradford 1. Ron Clarke 1 1 2 1’ 5 1 2. Oliver Hart 0 1’ 2 1’ 4 2 3. Jack Biggs 1’ 0 3 3 7 1 4. Dick Seers 2 1 2’ 2’ 7 2 5. Eddie Rigg 0 0 0 1 1 6. Ron Peace 2 1 1 2 6 7. Norman Price 3 3 6 8. Ken Brown 0 0 0 Ht1 Warren, Payne, Clarke, Hart 71.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Bennett, Seers, Biggs, Tolley [ef] 73.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 McLachlan, Peace, Wells, Rigg 73.2 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Price, Tolley, Clarke, Mountford [ef] 73.4 2 4 14 10 Ht5 Warren, Payne, Seers, Biggs 72.4 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Bennett, Tolley, Peace, Rigg 74.0 5 1 24 12 Ht7 McLachlan, Clarke, Hart, Wells 73.0 3 3 27 15 Ht8 Biggs, Bennett, Perkins, Brown 73.8 3 3 30 18 Ht9 Payne, Warren, Peace, Rigg 73.2 5 1 35 19 Ht10 Bennett, Hart, Clarke, Tolley 74.0 3 3 38 22 Ht11 Biggs, Seers, McLachlan, Wells [f] 75.0 1 5 39 27 Ht12 Mountford, Payne, Rigg, Brown 74.4 5 1 44 28 Ht13 Price, Seers, Perkins, Wells 74.8 1 5 45 33 Ht14 Warren, Peace, Hart, McLachlan [ef] 73.0 3 3 48 36 First Division Junior League - Birmingham 7 - Bradford 5 Birmingham 1. Wilf Willstead 1 3 4 2. Dennis Hitchings 3 EF 3 Bradford 1. Ken Brown 2 2 4 2. Eric Smith EX 1’ 1 1 Ht1 Hitchings, Brown, Willstead, Smith [ex] 76.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Willstead, Brown, Smith, Hitchings [ef] 77.2 3 3 7 5 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Price, Tolley, Hitchings, Perkins 76.4 Ht2 Warren, Clarke, Rigg, Willstead 74.0 Ht3 Payne, Bennett, Biggs, Seers [f] 74.2 Ht4 Peace, Wells, Mountford, Hart [ex] 74.2 Final Warren, Payne, Peace, Price 74.8

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Friday 28th July 1950 Knowle Stadium, Bristol

Bristol Bulldogs 48 - Birmingham Brummies 36 (National League Division One) Bristol 1. Chris Boss 0 1 1 3 5 2. Jack Mountford 2 3 3 0 8 3. Dick Bradley 2 2’ 3 2’ 9 2 4. Eric Salmon 1’ 2’ 3 3 9 2 5. Johnny Hole 0 1’ 0 3 4 1 6. Geoff Pymar 3 2 3 1 9 7. Roger Wise 3 0 3 8. Jack Summers 1 0 1 Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne 1 0 0 N 1 2. Graham Warren 3 3 1 3 10 3. Geoff Bennett 3 2 2 2 9 4. Jim Tolley 0 0 1’ 1’ 2 2 5. Bob Wells 1’ 1 0 1’ 3 2 6. Doug McLachlan 2 0 2 2’ 6 1 7. Ron Mountford 1 0 2 3 8. Fred Perkins 0 2 2 Ht1 Warren, J.Mountford, Payne, Boss 62.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Bennett, Bradley, Salmon, Tolley 63.2 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Pymar, McLachlan, Wells, Hole 64.4 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Wise, Salmon, Payne, R.Mountford 66.2 5 1 13 11 Ht5 J.Mountford, Bennett, Boss, Tolley 63.4 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Salmon, Bradley, Wells, McLachlan 66.6 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Warren, Pymar, Hole, Payne 63.2 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Bradley, Bennett, Summers, Perkins 63.8 4 2 29 19 Ht9 J.Mountford, McLachlan, Boss, Wells 63.4 4 2 33 21 Ht10 Salmon, Bradley, Warren, R.Mountford 63.0 5 1 38 22 Ht11 Pymar, Bennett, Tolley, Hole 64.4 3 3 41 25 Ht12 Boss, Perkins, Wells, Wise 64.0 3 3 44 28 Ht13 Hole, R.Mountford, Tolley, Summers 64.0 3 3 47 31 Ht14 Warren, McLachlan, Pymar, J.Mountford 64.6 1 5 48 36 First Division Junior League - Bristol 7 - Birmingham 4 Bristol 1. Johnny Hole 3 NF 3 2. Chris Boss 2’ 2 4 1 Birmingham 1. Wilf Wilstead 0 3 3 2. Dennis Hitchings 1 NF 1 Ht1 Hole, Boss, Hitchings, Wilstead 65.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Wilstead, Boss, Hole [nf], Hitchings [nf] 65.4 2 3 7 4 Knowle Scurry Summers, Perkins, Bob Legge, Mick Callaghan [ns] 63.8 Senior Scratch Race Ht1 Warren, Pymar, McLachlan, Payne 63.4 ? Ht2 Bennett, J.Mountford, R.Mountford, Wells 63.8 ? Ht3 Tolley, Bradley, Wise, Salmon 64.4 ? Final Warren, Bennett, J.Mountford, Tolley 63.2

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Saturday 29th July 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 64 - Bristol Bulldogs 20 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 2. Graham Warren 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 3. Geoff Bennett 3 3 3 3 12 4. Jim Tolley 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 5. Bob Wells 3 2’ 2’ 0 7 2 6. Doug McLachlan 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 7. Ron Mountford 0 1 1 8. Fred Perkins 1 3 4 Bristol 1. Chris Boss 0 2 0 F 2 2. Jack Mountford 1 1 1 0 3 3. Dick Bradley 0 0 2 1 3 4. Eric Salmon 1 1 EF 2 4 5. Johnny Hole 1 0 0 2 3 6. Geoff Pymar 0 1 1 1 3 7. Roger Wise 1’ 1’ 2 2 8. Jack Summers EF 0 0 Ht1 Warren, Payne, J.Mountford, Boss 74.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Bennett, Tolley, Salmon, Bradley 75.2 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Wells, McLachlan, Hole, Pymar 77.2 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Tolley, Boss, Wise, R.Mountford 76.6 3 3 18 6 Ht5 Warren, Payne, Salmon, Bradley 74.3 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Bennett, Tolley, Pymar, Hole 75.4 5 1 28 8 Ht7 McLachlan, Wells, J.Mountford, Boss 76.4 5 1 33 9 Ht8 Bennett, Bradley, Perkins, Summers [ef] 76.0 4 2 37 11 Ht9 Warren, Payne, Pymar, Hole 76.0 5 1 42 12 Ht10 Bennett, Tolley, J.Mountford, Boss [f] 75.2 5 1 47 13 Ht11 McLachlan, Wells, Bradley, Salmon [ef] 76.2 5 1 52 14 Ht12 Payne, Hole, R.Mountford, Summers 76.2 4 2 56 16 Ht13 Perkins, Salmon, Wise, Wells 76.6 3 3 59 19 Ht14 McLachlan, Warren, Pymar, J.Mountford 76.4 5 1 64 20 First Division Junior League - Birmingham 5 - Bristol 7 Birmingham 1. Wilf Willstead F 0 0 2. Dennis Hitchings 2 3 5 Bristol 1. Johnny Hole 3 2 5 2. Chris Boss 1 1’ 2 1 Ht1 Hole, Hitchings, Boss, Willstead [f] 74.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Hitchings, Hole, Boss, Willstead 75.4 3 3 5 7 Brummies Scratch Race Perkins, Wells, R.Mountford, Hitchings 76.8 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Warren, Payne, Salmon, J.Mountford 74.0 75.0 Ht2 Pymar, Tolley, Summers, Willstead 75.2 75.6 Ht3 Bennett, McLachlan, Bradley, Wise 75.6 76.2 Final Warren, Payne, Bennett, Pymar 74.2

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Saturday 5th August 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 79 - Wembley Lions 29 (National Trophy) Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 3 12 3 2. Graham Warren 3 3 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 15 3 3. Jim Tolley 1 1’ 2’ 0 2’ 6 3 4. Geoff Bennett 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 5. Doug McLachlan 2’ 3 2 3 1 11 1 6. Bob Wells 3 0 0 N N 3 7. Ron Mountford 3 2’ 1 6 1 8. Fred Perkins 2’ 3 3 8 1 Wembley 1. Freddie Williams 0 2 EF 2 0 4 2. Tommy Price 1 1 1 0 1 EF 4 3. Bill Kitchen 0 0 EF 1’ 1 2 1 4. George Wilks F 2 1 2 0 5 5. Bruce Abernethy 1 1 0 0 0 2 6. Bob Oakley 2 1’ 3 1 2 1 10 1 7. Den Cosby 0 1 1 8. Jimmy Gooch 1 F 1 Ht1 Warren, Payne, Price, Williams 72.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Bennett, Oakley, Tolley, Kitchen 72.5 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Wells, McLachlan, Price, Wilks [f] 74.5 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Mountford, Perkins, Gooch, Cosby 74.6 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Warren, Wilks, Tolley, Kitchen 74.0 4 2 23 7 Ht6 Bennett, Williams, Oakley, Wells 73.6 3 3 26 10 Ht7 McLachlan, Payne, Abernethy, Kitchen [ef] 74.8 5 1 31 11 Ht8 Payne, Tolley, Abernethy, Williams [ef] 75.0 5 1 36 12 Ht9 Warren, F.Williams, Kitchen, Wells 74.6 3 3 39 15 Ht10 Oakley, McLachlan, Price, Tolley 74.2 2 4 41 19 Ht11 Bennett, Warren, Wilks, Abernethy 75.2 5 1 46 20 Ht12 Bennett, Payne, Kitchen, Price 74.4 5 1 51 21 Ht13 McLachlan, Warren, Oakley, Abernethy 76.2 5 1 56 22 Ht14 Perkins, Mountford, Cosby, Gooch [f] 76.0 5 1 61 23 Ht15 Bennett, Wilks, McLachlan, Williams 75.0 4 2 65 25 Ht16 Perkins, Tolley, Price, Abernethy 76.2 5 1 70 26 Ht17 Payne, Oakley, Mountford, Wilks 75.8 4 2 74 28 Ht18 Bennett, Warren, Oakley, Price [ef] 76.2 5 1 79 29 Reserves Scratch Race Ht1 Wilf Willstead, Ivor Davies, Gooch, Dennis Hitchings 77.0 Ht2 Perkins, Cosby, Laurie Schofield, Mountford 76.8 Final Perkins, Cosby, Willstead, Davies [ef] 77.2

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Thursday 10th August 1950 Wembley Stadium, London

Wembley Lions 53 - Birmingham Brummies 51 (National Trophy) Wembley 1. George Wilks 2 3 3 1 1 1 11 2. Tommy Price 1’ 3 FX N N 4 1 3. Bill Kitchen 3 2’ 1 0 2 8 1 4. Bruce Abernethy 0 1 1 0 1’ 3 1 5. Freddie Williams 2 2’ 1 2’ 2 0 9 2 6. Bob Oakley 1’ 0 1 1’ 3 6 2 7. Den Cosby 3 3 3 F 9 8. Jimmy Gooch F 3 3 Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne 0 2’ 2 2 3 2’ 11 2 2. Graham Warren 3 3 2’ 2’ 3 3 16 2 3. Geoff Bennett 1’ 0 0 3 3 7 1 4. Doug McLachlan 2 3 3 1 2 11 5. Jim Tolley 0 1 2 0 0 3 6. Bob Wells 1 F F 0 0 1 7. Ron Mountford FX NS 0 8. Fred Perkins F 2 2 Ht1 Warren, Wilks, Price, Payne 71.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Kitchen, McLachlan, Bennett, Abernethy 73.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Warren, Williams, Oakley, Tolley 72.4 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Cosby, Gooch [f], Perkins [f], Mountford [fx], 76.2 3 0 12 9 Ht5 Price, Kitchen, Tolley, Bennett 73.8 5 1 17 10 Ht6 McLachlan, Payne, Abernethy, Oakley 73.2 1 5 18 15 Ht7 Wilks, Williams, Wells, Bennett 73.6 5 1 23 16 Ht8 Wilks, Payne, Kitchen, Wells [f] 74.0 4 2 27 18 Ht9 Bennett, Payne, Oakley, Price [fx] 73.4 1 5 28 23 Ht10 McLachlan, Warren, Williams, Kitchen 74.0 1 5 29 28 Ht11 Cosby, Tolley, Abernethy, Wells 75.6 4 2 33 30 Ht12 Bennett, Warren, Wilks, Abernethy 73.8 1 5 34 35 Ht13 Cosby, Williams, McLachlan, Wells 74.2 5 1 39 36 Ht14 Gooch, Perkins, Cosby [f], Mountford [ns] 75.6 3 2 42 38 Ht15 Payne, Williams, Abernethy, Tolley 73.4 3 3 45 41 Ht16 Warren, Kitchen, Oakley, Wells 72.6 3 3 48 44 Ht17 Oakley, McLachlan, Wilks, Tolley 73.6 4 2 52 46 Ht18 Warren, Payne, Wilks, Williams 73.4 1 5 53 51

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Saturday 12th August 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 56 - Harringay Racers 28 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne EF 2’ 2’ 3 7 2 2. Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 12 3. Geoff Bennett 3 3 3 3 12 4. Jim Tolley 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 5. Bob Wells 0 N 0 0 0 6. Doug McLachlan 3 2 3 2’ 10 1 7. Dennis Hitchings 2’ 0 F 2 1 8. Fred Perkins 2’ 2 4 1 Harringay 1. Alf Viccary 1’ 1 1 1 4 1 2. Vic Duggan 2 3 EF N 5 3. Cliff Watson 0 0 N 2 2 4. Split Waterman 1 1 1’ 3 6 1 5. Jeff Lloyd 2 1 1 2 6 6. Nobby Stock 1’ EF 0 0 1 1 7. Sid Clark 0 0 1 1 8. Fred Pawson 1 1’ 1 3 1 Ht1 Warren, Duggan, Viccary, Payne [ef] 71.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Bennett, Tolley, Waterman, Watson 72.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 McLachlan, Lloyd, Stock, Wells 73.4 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Tolley, Hitchings, Viccary, Clark 74.0 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Warren, Payne, Waterman, Watson 72.0 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Bennett, Tolley, Lloyd, Stock [ef] 73.6 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Duggan, McLachlan, Viccary, Hitchings 74.0 2 4 28 14 Ht8 Bennett, Perkins, Pawson, Clark 74.8 5 1 33 15 Ht9 Warren, Payne, Lloyd, Stock 74.8 5 1 38 16 Ht10 Bennett, Tolley, Viccary, Duggan [ef] 75.6 5 1 43 17 Ht11 McLachlan, Watson, Waterman, Wells 75.6 3 3 46 20 Ht12 Payne, Lloyd, Pawson, Hitchings [f] 74.8 3 3 49 23 Ht13 Waterman, Perkins, Clark, Wells 75.6 2 4 51 27 Ht14 Warren, McLachlan, Pawson, Stock 76.8 5 1 56 28 First Division Junior League - Birmingham 7 - Harringay 5 Birmingham 1. Wilf Willstead 1 1’ 2 1 2. Dennis Hitchings 3 2 5 Harringay 1. Sid Clark 2 3 5 2. Ron How 0 0 0 Ht1 Hitchings, Clark, Willstead, How 78.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Clark, Hitchings, Willstead, How 78.0 3 3 7 5 Brummies Scratch Race Hitchings, Perkins, Willstead, Wells 76.6 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Waterman, Warren & Bennett, Lloyd 74.8 75.6 Ht2 Payne, Mclachlan, Viccary, Watson 75.2 77.0 Ht3 Tolley, Pawson, Perkins, Stock 75.2 77.0 Final Warren, Payne, Tolley, Waterman 74.4

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Saturday 19th August 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

World Championship Qualifying Round 1. Jack Parker 3 3 3 3 3 15 1st 2. Merv Harding 1 3 F 2 1 7 =6th 3. Norman Parker 0 3 2 1 2 8 5th 4. Eric Chitty 2 2 0 1 2 7 =6th 5. Geoff Pymar 1 1 0 0 3 5 =12th 6. Jack Mountford 2 0 2 2 1 7 =6th 7. Bert Roger 3 0 1 1 0 5 =12th 8. Charles Cullum 0 FN 3 2 2 7 =6th 9. Ron Clarke 3 F 0 3 1 7 =6th 10. Split Waterman 2 2 3 2 3 12 =2nd 11. Dick Campbell 1 1 1 1 1 5 =12th 12. Jeff Lloyd F FX 1 0 0 1 16th 13. Arthur Payne 3 2 2 EF 3 10 4th 14. Derek Close 2 1 3 1 0 7 =6th 15. Eric French 0 2 2 0 0 4 15th 16. Tommy Miller 1 3 3 3 2 12 =2nd Res. Fred Perkins 1 1 Ht1 J.Parker, Chitty, Harding, N.Parker 71.4 Ht2 Roger, Mountford, Pymar, Cullum 75.4 Ht3 Clarke, Waterman, Campbell, Lloyd [f] 73.8 Ht4 Payne, Close, Miller, French 72.6 Ht5 Hardin, Payne, Pymar, Clarke [f] 72.8 Ht6 J.Parker, Waterman, Close, Mountford 72.8 Ht7 N.Parker, French, Campbell, Roger [ef] 73.6 Ht8 Miller, Chitty, Perkins, Lloyd [fx], Cullum [inj] 72.6 Ht9 Miller, French, Lloyd, Pymar 73.2 Ht10 J.Parker, Mountford, Campbell, Harding [f] 73.4 Ht11 Close, Harding, Roger, Lloyd 73.2 Ht12 Waterman, Payne, Roger, Chitty 73.8 Ht13 Cullum, N.Parker, Close, Clarke 73.8 Ht14 J.Parker, Cullum, Campbell, Payne [ef] 73.0 Ht15 Miller, Waterman, N.Parker, Pymar 74.4 Ht16 Clarke, Mountford, Chitty, French 75.2 Ht17 Waterman, Cullum, Harding, French 74.4 Ht18 J.Parker, Miller, Clarke, Roger 73.8 Ht19 Payne, N.Parker, Mountford, Lloyd 74.4 Ht20 Pymar, Chitty, Campbell, Close [ef] 75.6

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Saturday 26th August 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 42 - Wimbledon Dons 66 (National Trophy) Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne 2’ 3 2 1 1 0 9 2. Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 2 3 17 3. Doug McLachlan 0 0 1’ 1 0 2 1 4. Geoff Bennett 1 0 1 0 2 4 5. Jim Tolley 0 0 0 3 0 3 6. Fred Perkins 1 1 0 1 0 3 7. Ron Mountford 2 2 4 8. Dennis Hitchings 0 0 0 Wimbledon 1. Ernie Roccio 1 3 3 1’ 3 11 1 2. Alec Statham EF 3 3 2’ 3 2 13 1 3. Norman Parker 3 2 1’ 2 3 1 12 1 4. Cyril Brine 2’ 1’ 2 1 2’ 8 3 5. Dennis Gray 2 0 0 1 N 3 6. Ronnie Moore 2’ 2’ 2’ 0 3 9 3 7. Mike Erskine 3 3 2’ 8 1 8. Jim Gregory 1 1 2 Ht1 Warren, Payne, Roccio, Statham [ef] 71.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Parker, Moore, Bennett, McLachlan 74.0 1 5 6 6 Ht3 Statham, Brine, Perkins, Tolley 73.0 1 5 7 11 Ht4 Erskine, Mountford, Gregory, Hitchings 74.0 2 4 9 15 Ht5 Warren, Parker, Brine, McLachlan 72.2 3 3 12 18 Ht6 Roccio, Moore, Perkins, Bennett 73.4 1 5 13 23 Ht7 Payne, Gray, Parker, Tolley (f) 74.0 3 3 16 26 Ht8 Roccio, Payne, McLachlan, Gray 73.4 3 3 19 29 Ht9 Warren, Parker, Roccio, Perkins 73.4 3 3 22 32 Ht10 Statham, Moore, Mclachlan, Tolley 74.4 1 5 23 37 Ht11 Warren, Brine, Bennett, Gray 73.8 4 2 27 39 Ht12 Parker, Statham, Payne, Bennett 74.0 1 5 28 44 Ht13 Tolley, Warren, Gray, Moore 75.4 5 1 33 45 Ht14 Erskine, Mountford, Gregory, Hitchings 75.0 2 4 35 49 Ht15 Roccio, Bennett, Brine, Tolley 74.4 2 4 37 53 Ht16 Statham, Erskine, Perkins, McLachlan 76.0 1 5 38 58 Ht17 Moore, Brine, Payne, Perkins 75.0 1 5 39 63 Ht18 Warren, Statham, Parker, Payne 74.6 3 3 42 66 Reserves Scratch Race Ht1 Erskine, Willstead, Harry Bastable, Hitchings 76.4 Ht2 Laurie Schofield, Gregory, Mountford, Bob Wells 76.6 Final Erskine, Schofield, Willstead, Gregory 75.4

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Monday 28th August 1950 Wimbledon Stadium, London

Wimbledon Dons 61 – Birmingham Brummies 47 (National Trophy)

Wimbledon 1. Ernie Roccio 1’ 2’ 0 0 1 4 2 2. Norman Parker 2 2 1 2’ 2’ 1’ 10 3 3. Alec Statham 3 0 2 1’ 1 7 1 4. Dennis Gray 1 1 3 2 2’ 9 1 5. Cyril Brine 2 3 2 3 3 2 15 6. Ronnie Moore 1’ 3 3 0 3 10 1 7. Mike Erskine 3 3 6 8. Reg Trott 0 0 0 Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne 0 2 3 2 1 3 11 2. Graham Warren 3 3 3 2 3 0 14 3. Doug McLachlan 2 1 1 0 1 5 4. Geoff Bennett 0 1 3 0 2 6 5. Jim Tolley 0 0 0 0 N 0 6. Fred Perkins 0 0 N 1 0 1 7. Ron Mountford 1’ 0 1’ 2 2 8. Dennis Hitchings 2 2 2’ 6 1 Ht1 Warren, Parker, Roccio, Payne 67.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Statham, McLachlan, Gray, Oerkins 71.0 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Warren, Brine, Moore, Bennett 68.6 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Erskine, Hitchings, Mountford, Trott 71.0 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Bennett, Parker, McLachlan, Statham 68.8 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Moore, Payne, Gray, Perkins 69.6 4 2 19 17 Ht7 Brine, Roccio, McLachlan, Tolley 70.6 5 1 24 18 Ht8 Payne, Statham, Tolley, Roccio 69.8 2 4 26 22 Ht9 Moore, Payne, Parker, McLachlan 69.6 4 2 30 24 Ht10 Warren, Brine, Statham, Mountford 69.2 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Gray, Parker, Bennett, Tolley 68.8 5 1 38 28 Ht12 Warren, Gray, McLchlan, Roccio 69.6 2 4 40 32 Ht13 Brine, Parker, Perkins, Tolley 69.6 5 1 45 33 Ht14 Erskine, Hitchings, Mountford, Trott 71.0 3 3 48 36 Ht15 Brine, Gray, Payne, Bennett 70.0 5 1 53 37 Ht16 Warren, Hitchings, Statham, Moore 71.6 1 5 54 42 Ht17 Moore, Bennett, Roccio, Perkins 70.0 4 2 58 44 Ht18 Payne, Brine, Parker, Warren 71.2 3 3 61 47 Wimbledon Scratch Race Jack Wright, Hitchings, Jim Gregory, Mountford 73.0 Malden Scratch Race Gray, Trott, Wright, Erskine 69.8

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Friday 1st September 1950 Knowle Stadium, Bristol

Bulldogs 44 - Lions 38 - Aces 27 - Brummies 23 (Four Team Tournament) Bulldogs 1. Billy Hole 0 2 3 1 1 7 2. Jack Mountford 3 0 3 3 3 12 3. Geoff Pymar 3 1 3 3 3 13 4. Dick Bradley 2’ 0 2 3 2’ 9 2 R. Mick Callaghan 1 2 3 Lions 1. Bill Kitchen 2 2’ 1 2 1’ 8 2 2. Freddie Williams 1’ 3 1 1 2 8 1 3. Bob Oakley 3 3 3 2 1’ 12 1 4. George Wilks 2’ 1 1 1 2 7 1 R. Johnny Hole 2 1 3 Aces 1. Jack Parker 2 2 2 0 3 9 2. Louis Lawson 1’ 3 1 2 0 7 1 3. Dent Oliver 1 1’ 2 3 3 10 1 4. Charles Cullum 0 1 0 0 0 1 R. Roger Wise 0 0 0 Brummies 1. Graham Warren 3 3 2 0 2 10 2. Geoff Bennett 0 0 0 0 1 1 3. Arthur Payne 1 0 2 0 0 3 4. Doug McLachlan 0 2 0 1 0 3 R. Chris Boss 3 3 6 Bri Wem BV Bir Ht1 Mountford, Parker, Lawson, B.Hole 64.6 3 0 3 0 Ht2 Warren, Kitchen, Williams, Bennett 66.4 3 3 3 3 Ht3 Pymar, Bradley, Oliver, Cullum 66.4 8 3 4 3 Ht4 Oakley, Wilks, Payne, McLachlan 64.2 8 8 4 4 Ht5 Oakley, Kitchen, Pymar, Mountford 64.0 9 13 4 4 Ht6 Williams, B.Hole, Wilks, Bradley 66.8 11 17 4 4 Ht7 Warren, Parker, Oliver, Payne 65.6 11 17 7 7 Ht8 Lawson, McLachlan, Cullum, Bennett 65.4 11 17 11 9 Ht9 Mountford, Oliver, Williams, McLachlan 65.8 14 18 13 9 Ht10 B.Hole, Payne, Kitchen, Cullum 66.8 17 19 13 11 Ht11 Boss, J.Hole, Callaghan, Wise 67.8 18 21 13 14 Ht12 Mountford, Warren, Wilks, Cullum 64.8 21 22 13 16 Ht13 Oakley, Bradley, Lawson, Warren 64.8 23 25 14 16 Ht14 Pymar, Parker, Wilks, Bennett 66.2 26 26 16 16 Ht15 Oliver, Oakley, B.Hole, Bennett 65.6 27 28 19 16 Ht16 Bradley, Kitchen, McLachlan, Parker 67.6 30 30 19 17 Ht17 Pymar, Lawson, Williams, Payne 67.4 33 31 21 17 Ht18 Mountford, Bradley, Bennett, Payne 69.8 38 31 21 18 Ht19 Pymar, Warren, B.Hole, McLachlan 69.6 42 31 21 20 Ht20 Parker, Williams, Oakley, Cullum 69.0 42 34 24 20 Ht21 Oliver, Wilks, Kitchen, Lawson 69.8 42 37 27 20 Ht22 Boss, Callaghan, J.Hole, Wise 71.0 44 38 27 23

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Saturday 2nd September 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 30 - Wimbledon Dons 54 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne EF 1’ 1’ 2 4 2 2. Graham Warren 3 2 2 0 7 3. Geoff Bennett 2 3 2 1 8 4. Jim Tolley 0 1 F 0 1 5. Ron Mountford 1 0 0 2 3 6. Doug McLachlan 0 1 2 2 5 7. Dennis Hitchings 0 0 0 8. Fred Perkins 1’ 1’ 2 2 Wimbledon 1. Norman Parker 2 2’ 2’ 2 8 2 2. Ronnie Moore 1’ 3 3 3 10 1 3. Alec Statham 3 3 3 3 12 4. Dennis Gray 1 F N EF 1 5. Cyril Brine 3 1’ 3 3 10 1 6. Ernie Roccio 2’ 2 0 1 5 1 7. Mike Erskine 3 1 3 7 8. Reg Trott 0 1 1 Ht1 Warren, Parker, Moore, Payne [ef] 72.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Statham, Bennett, Gray, Tolley 72.4 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Brine, Roccio, Mountford, McLachlan 73.2 1 5 6 12 Ht4 Erskine, Parker, Tolley, Hitchings 72.8 1 5 7 17 Ht5 Statham, Warren, Payne, Gray [f] 71.6 3 3 10 20 Ht6 Bennett, Roccio, Brine, Tolley [f] 74.0 3 3 13 23 Ht7 Moore, Parker, McLachlan, Mountford 73.4 1 5 14 28 Ht8 Statham, Bennett, Perkins, Trott 73.4 3 3 17 31 Ht9 Brine, Warren, Payne, Roccio 74.0 3 3 20 34 Ht10 Moore, Parker, Bennett, Tolley 73.4 1 5 21 39 Ht11 Statham, McLachlan, Erskine, Mountford 74.0 2 4 23 43 Ht12 Brine, Payne, Trott, Hitchings 75.0 2 4 25 47 Ht13 Erskine, Mountford, Perkins, Gray [ef] 75.4 3 3 28 50 Ht14 Moore, McLachlan, Roccio, Warren 73.2 2 4 30 54 First Division Junior League - Birmingham 8 - Wimbledon 4 Birmingham 1. Wilf Willstead 3 1’ 4 1 2. Fred Perkins 2’ 2 4 1 Wimbledon 1. Jim Gregory F 3 3 2. Jack Wright 1 0 1 Ht1 Willstead, Perkins, Wright, Gregory [f] 76.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Gregory, Perkins, Willstead, Wright 76.4 3 3 8 4 Scratch Race Mountford, Hitchings, Wells, Tolley 75.2 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Moore, Warren, Parker, Roccio [ef] 73.4 73.6 Ht2 Statham, Payne, Wells, Trott [f] 74.8 75.6 Ht3 Bennett, Erskine, McLachlan, Brine 75.0 75.6 Final Statham, Warren, Bennett, Moore [f] 73.6

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Wednesday 6th September 1950 New Cross Stadium, London New Cross Rangers 47 - Birmingham Brummies 37 (National League Division One)

New Cross 1. Ray Moore 1 0 0 0 1 2. Eric French F 3 3 2 8 3. Bert Roger 3 3 3 2 11 4. Bill Longley 2’ 3 2’ 1’ 8 3 5. Cyril Roger 3 2 3 3 11 6. Frank Lawrence 2’ 1’ 2’ 1’ 6 4 7. Bob Baker 0 1 1 8. Don Gray 0 1 1 Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne 2’ 2 0 0 4 1 2. Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 12 3. Geoff Bennett 1 2 2 1 6 4. Jim Tolley 0 1’ 0 2 3 1 5. Ron Mountford 0 1 1’ 3 5 1 6. Doug McLachlan 1 F 2 0 3 7. Dennis Hitchings 1’ 0 1 1 8. Fred Perkins 1’ 2’ 3 2 Ht1 Warren, Payne, Moore, French [f] 62.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 B.Roger, Longley, Bennett, Tolley 59.2 5 1 6 6 Ht3 C.Roger, Lawrence, McLachlan, Mountford 61.0 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Longley, Payne, Hitchings, Baker 61.2 3 3 14 10 Ht5 French, Bennett, Tolley, Moore 59.8 3 3 17 13 Ht6 B.Roger, Longley, Mountford, McLachlan [f] 60.2 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Warren, C.Roger, Lawrence, Payne 59.8 3 3 25 17 Ht8 B.Roger, Bennett, Perkins, Gray 61.4 3 3 28 20 Ht9 French, McLachlan, Mountford, Moore 61.2 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Warren, B.Roger, Longley, Payne 60.0 3 3 34 26 Ht11 C.Roger, Lawrence, Bennett, Tolley 61.2 5 1 39 27 Ht12 Mountford, Perkins, Baker, Moore 62.0 1 5 40 32 Ht13 C.Roger, Tolley, Gray, Hitchings 60.8 4 2 44 34 Ht14 Warren, French, Lawrence, McLachlan 60.6 3 3 47 37 First Division Junior League - New Cross 8 - Birmingham 4 New Cross 1. Bob Baker 1’ 2’ 3 2 2. Don Gray 2 3 5 Birmingham 1. Wilf Willstead 3 0 3 2. Dennis Hitchings 0 1 1 Ht1 Willstead, Gray, Baker, Hitchings 62.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Gray, Baker, Hitchings, Willstead 63.6 5 1 8 4 Discoveries Scratch Race Genz, Aldridge, Steers, Bo.Roger [ex] 63.8 New Cross Scratch Race Ht1 C.Roger, Mountford, Bennett, Moore 61.6 ? Ht2 Warren, B.Roger, Tolley, Longley 62.0 ? Ht3 French, Lawrence, Payne, McLachlan 61.8 ? Final C.Roger, Warren, French, Mountford 60.6

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Saturday 9th September 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 33 - Second Division Stars 51 (Challenge) Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne 2’ 0 0 2 4 1 2. Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 12 3. Geoff Bennett 1’ 2 1 0 4 1 4. Jim Tolley 2 1’ 1 1 5 1 5. Ron Mountford EF 0 0 0 0 6. Doug McLachlan 3 2 1 1 7 7. Dennis Hitchings 0 0 0 8. Fred Perkins 0 1 1 Stars 1. Alan Hunt 1 2’ 1 3 7 1 2. Les Tolley 0 3 2’ 2 7 1 3. Tommy Miller 0 2 3 3 8 4. Derek Close 3 1’ 2’ 3 9 2 5. Arthur Forrest 2 3 2 3 10 6. Vic Emms 1’ 0 1’ 0 2 2 7. Eric Boothroyd 3 2’ 5 1 8. Laurie Schofield 2’ 1 3 1 Ht1 Warren, Payne, Hunt, L.Tolley 72.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Close, J.Tolley, Bennett, Miller 73.4 3 3 8 4 Ht3 McLachlan, Forres, Emms, Mountford [ef] 75.0 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Boothroyd, Hunt, J.Tolley, Hitchings 74.8 1 5 12 12 Ht5 Warren, Miller, Close, Payne 73.6 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Forrrest, Bennett, J.Tolley, Emms 74.8 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Tolley, McLachlan, Hunt, Mountford 75.0 2 4 20 22 Ht8 Miller, Schofield, Bennett, Perkins 75.2 1 5 21 27 Ht9 Warren, Forrest, Emms, Payne 74.2 3 3 24 30 Ht10 Hunt, L.Tolley, J.Tolley, Bennett 76.4 1 5 25 35 Ht11 Miller, Close, McLachlan, Mountford 75.4 1 5 26 40 Ht12 Forrrest, Payne, Schofield, Hitchings 74.6 2 4 28 44 Ht13 Close, Boothroyd, Perkins, Mountford 75.6 1 5 29 49 Ht14 Warren, L.Tolley, McLachlan, Emms 75.2 4 2 33 51 Match Races Ht1 Graham Warren bt Tommy Miller 75.0 76.0 Ht2 Arthur Payne bt Arthur Forrest 76.0 77.2 Ht3 Alan Hunt bt Geoff Bennett 76.4 77.2 Stars Scratch Race (Fastest 4 in Match Races) Hunt, Warren, Miller, Payne [f] 76.0 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Close, McLachlan, Emms, Hitchings 76.6 Ht2 Perkins, L.Tolley, J.Tolley, Mountford 77.4 Ht3 Boothroyd, Wilf Wilstead, Schofield, Bob Wells [ef] 77.2 ^ Final Close, Perkins, Boothroyd, Willstead [f] 77.2 ^ first 2 to final

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Saturday 16 September 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 53 - West Ham Hammers 31 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne 1 3 2 3 9 1 2. Graham Warren 3 2 3 3 11 1 3. Geoff Bennett 2 1 2 1 6 2 4. Jim Tolley 0 2 2 0 4 5. Ron Mountford 3 2 3 3 11 6. Doug McLachlan 1 0 2 2 7 2 7. Wilf Willstead 1 1 2 1 8. Fred Perkins 3 2 5 1 West Ham 1. Wally Green 0 3 1 2 6 1 2. Aub Lawson 2 3 3 1 9 3. Lloyd Goffe 1 0 0 0 1 4. Eric Chitty 3 1 1 1 6 5. Malcolm Craven 0 0 0 2 2 6. Howdy Byford 2 3 1 0 6 7. Kid Curtis 0 0 0 8. Reg Fearman 1 0 1 Ht1 Warren, Lawson, Payne, Green 70.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Chitty, Bennett, Goffe, Tolley 73.2 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Mountford, Byford, McLachlan, Craven 75.6 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Green, Tolley, Willstead, Curtis 74.6 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Payne, Warren, Chitty, Goffe 74.0 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Byford, Tolley, Bennett, Craven 75.6 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Lawson, Mountford, Green, McLachlan 74.4 2 4 23 19 Ht8 Perkins, Bennett, Fearman, Goffe 75.8 5 1 28 20 Ht9 Warren, Payne, Byford, Craven 74.0 5 1 33 21 Ht10 Lawson, Green, Bennett, Tolley 74.6 1 5 34 26 Ht11 Mountford, McLachlan, Chitty, Goffe 75.4 5 1 39 27 Ht12 Payne, Craven, Willstead, Fearman 75.4 4 2 43 29 Ht13 Mountford, Perkins, Chitty, Curtis 76.0 5 1 48 30 Ht14 Warren, McLachlan, Lawson, Byford 74.8 5 1 53 31 First Division Junior League - Birmingham 8 - West Ham 4 Birmingham 1. Dennis Hitchings 0 3 3 2. Wilf Willstead 3 2’ 5 1 West Ham 1. Ted Argall 1 0 1 1 2. Trevor Davies 2 1 3 Ht1 Willstead, Davies, Argall, Hitchings 76.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Hitchings, Willstead, Davies, Argall 78.2 5 1 8 4 Reserves Scratch Race Perkins, Fearman, Curtis, Bob Wells [ef] 77.4 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Warren, Bennett, Green, Craven 74.6 76.2 Ht2 Tolley, Chitty, Byford, Wells 76.0 76.4 Ht3 Lawson, Payne, Mclachlan, Wells 74.6 74.8 Final Warren, Lawson, Tolley, Payne 74.2

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Saturday 23rd September 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies v Wembley Lions (National League Division One) Postponed - Rain

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Thursday 28th September 1950 Wembley Stadium, London

Wembley Lions 59 - Birmingham Brummies 25 (National League Division One) Wembley 1. Bill Kitchen 0 3 3 3 9 2. Tommy Price 2 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 3 3. George Wilks 2 2’ 2’ 1’ 7 3 4. Bob Oakley 3 2 3 2 10 5. Freddie Williams 2 2 3 3 10 6. Bill Gilbert 1’ 1’ 2’ 3 7 3 7. Bruce Abernethy 1’ 2’ 3 2 8. Eric Williams 3 2’ 5 1 Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 12 2. Fred Perkins 1 0 0 0 1 3. Geoff Bennett 1 1 1 EF 3 4. Jim Tolley 0 0 1 0 1 5. Bob Wells 0 0 0 0 0 6. Ron Mountford 3 1 1 1 6 7. Wilf Willstead 0 1 1 8. Dennis Hitchings 0 1 1 Ht1 Warren, Price, Perkins, Kitchen 71.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Oakley, Wilks, Bennett, Tolley 73.2 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Mountford, F.Williams, Gilbert, Wells 75.2 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Warren, Oakley, Abernethy, Willstead 72.2 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Kitchen, Price, Bennett, Tolley 74.8 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Oakley, Wilks, Mountford, Wells 74.0 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Warren, F.Williams, Gilbert, Perkins 72.0 3 3 26 16 Ht8 E.Williams, Wilks, Bennett, Hitchings 76.2 5 1 31 17 Ht9 Kitchen, Price, Mountford, Wells 75.2 5 1 36 18 Ht10 Warren, Oakley, Wilks, Perkins 73.0 3 3 39 21 Ht11 F.Williams, Gilbert, Tolley, Bennett (ef) 74.0 5 1 44 22 Ht12 Kitchen, Abernethy, Hitchings, Wells 75.4 5 1 49 23 Ht13 F.Williams, E.Williams, Willstead, Tolley 75.8 5 1 54 24 Ht14 Gilbert, Price, Mountford, Perkins 75.0 5 1 59 25 First Division Junior League - Wembley 8 - Birmingham 4 Wembley 1. Den Cosby 2’ 3 5 1 2. Jimmy Gooch 3 0 3 Birmingham 1. Wilf Willstead 0 1’ 1 1 2. Dennis Hitchings 1 2 3 Ht1 Gooch, Cosby, Hitchings, Willstead 76.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Cosby, Hitchings, Willstead, Gooch 76.8 3 3 8 4

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Saturday 30th September 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Stan Dell Trophy (Individual) Postponed - Rain

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Saturday 30th September 1950 Odsal Stadium, Bradford

Bradford Boomerangs 48 - Birmingham Brummies 36 (National League Division One) Bradford 1. Ron Clarke 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 2. Ron Peace 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2 3. Jack Biggs 2 3 3 2 10 4. Dick Seers 0 0 N 0 0 5. Oliver Hart 2 2 1 0 5 6. Norman Price 1’ 1’ 3 0 5 2 7. Ken Brown 2 1 2’ 5 1 8. Eric Smith 1 1 2 Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 1 3 3 3 10 2. Fred Perkins 0 0 N 2 2 3. Geoff Bennett 1 0 2 2 5 4. Jim Tolley 3 1 0 2’ 6 1 5. Bob Wells 3 2 1 1 7 6. Ron Mountford 0 0 0 1’ 1 1 7. Wilf Willstead 1 1 3 5 8. Dennis Hitchings 0 0 0 Ht1 Clarke, Peace, Warren, Perkins 67.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Tolley, Biggs, Bennett, Seers 69.0 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Wells, Hart, Price, Mountford 70.0 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Warren, Brown, Willstead, Seers 68.4 2 4 12 12 Ht5 Clarke, Peace, Tolley, Bennett 69.4 5 1 17 13 Ht6 Biggs, Wells, Brown, Mountford 68.2 4 2 21 15 Ht7 Warren, Hart, Price, Perkins 68.4 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Biggs, Bennett, Smith, Hitchings 69.0 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Peace, Clarke, Wells, Mountford 70.6 5 1 33 21 Ht10 Warren, Biggs, Willstead, Seers 68.6 2 4 35 25 Ht11 Price, Bennett, Hart, Tolley 71.0 4 2 39 27 Ht12 Clarke, Brown, Wells, Hitchings 71.0 5 1 44 28 Ht13 Willstead, Tolley, Smith, Hart 72.0 1 5 45 33 Ht14 Peace, Perkins, Mountford, Price 70.8 3 3 48 36 First Division Junior League – Bradford 3 – Birmingham 9 Bradford 1. Ken Brown 1 2 3 2. Eric Smith 0 0 0 Birmingham 1. Wilf Willstead 3 3 6 2. Dennis Hitchings 2’ 1 3 1 Ht1 Willstead, Hitchings, Brown, Smith 72.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Willstead, Brown, Hitchings, Smith 72.8 2 4 3 9 Scratch Race Ht1 Peace, Warren, Biggs, Mountford 69.0 69.2 Ht2 Hart, N. Price, Bennett, Perkins 71.4 72.2 Ht3 Clarke, Wells, Seers, J. Tolley 71.6 72.2 Final Peace, Clarke, Warren, Hart 70.2

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Tuesday 3rd October 1950 West Ham Stadium, London

West Ham Hammers 59 - Birmingham Brummies 25 (National League Division One) West Ham 1. Wally Green 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 2. Aub Lawson 3 3 3 3 12 3. Lloyd Goffe 3 1 2 F 6 4. Eric Chitty 2’ 2 3 1 8 1 5. Howdy Byford 3 1’ 2’ 3 9 2 6. Malcolm Craven 2’ 2 3 2’ 9 2 7. Fred Curtis 1’ 2’ 3 2 8. Reg Fearman 1’ 2’ 3 2 Birmingham 1. Graham Warren F 3 3 3 9 2. Fred Perkins 1 0 2’ 1 4 1 3. Geoff Bennett 0 0 3 EF 3 4. Jim Tolley 1 1 1 0 3 5. Bob Wells 0 0 0 EF 0 6. Ron Mountford 1 2 1 F 4 7. Wilf Willstead 0 1 1 8. Dennis Hitchings 0 1 1 Ht1 Lawson, Green, Perkins, Warren [f] 80.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Goffe, Chitty, Tolley, Bennett 83.0 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Byford, Craven, Mountford, Wells 80.8 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Warren, Chitty, Curtis, Willstead 82.0 3 3 18 6 Ht5 Lawson, Green, Tolley, Bennett 81.2 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Chitty, Mountford, Goffe, Wells 81.0 4 2 27 9 Ht7 Warren, Craven, Byford, Perkins 80.8 3 3 30 12 Ht8 Bennett, Goffe, Fearman, Hitchings 83.6 3 3 33 15 Ht9 Lawson, Green, Mountford, Wells 81.8 5 1 38 16 Ht10 Warren, Perkins, Chitty, Goffe [f] 81.8 1 5 39 21 Ht11 Craven, Byford, Tolley, Bennett [ef] 81.6 5 1 44 22 Ht12 Green, Curtis, Hitchings, Wells [ef] 81.8 5 1 49 23 Ht13 Byford, Fearman, Willstead, Tolley 84.2 5 1 54 24 Ht14 Lawson, Craven, Perkins, Mountford 81.6 5 1 59 25 First Division Junior League - West Ham 4 - Birmingham 8 West Ham 1. Trevor Davies 0 3 3 2. Ted Argall 1 0 1 Birmingham 1. Wilf Willstead 3 2 5 2. Dennis Hitchings 2’ 1’ 3 2 Ht1 Willstead, Hitchings, Argall, Davies 83.2 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Davies, Wilstead, Hitchings, Argall 83.6 3 3 4 8 The Custom House Scratch Race - 3 laps Ht1 Green, Warren, Goffe, Fearman 60.8 Ht2 Chitty, Perkins, Argall, Wells [ns] 62.2 Ht3 Craven, Mountford, Tolley, Davies 61.2 Ht4 Lawson, Bennett, Byford, Curtis 61.2 Final Craven, Lawson, Green, Chitty 61.2

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Saturday 7th October 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham Birmingham Brummies 49 - New Cross Rangers 34 (National League Division One)

Birmingham 1. Jim Tolley 2’ 1 1’ 2 6 2 2. Graham Warren 3 3 2 2’ 10 1 3. Geoff Bennett 2 3 2 2 9 4. Fred Perkins 1’ 2 1’ 1 5 2 5. Bob Wells 0 2 3 3 8 6. Ron Mountford 2 1’ 1 3 7 1 7. Wilf Willstead F 1’ 1 1 8. Dennis Hitchings 1’ 2’ 3 2 New Cross 1. Bill Longley 1 3 3 3 10 2. Ray Moore 0 EF EF N 0 3. Eric French 3 2 3 2 10 4. Bob Baker EF EF 0 0 0 5. Cyril Roger 3 2 3 3 11 6. Frank Lawrence 1 0 0 1 2 7. Don Gray F 1 1 8. Ronnie Genz 0 0 O 0 Ht1 Warren, Tolley, Longley, Moore 74.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 French, Bennett, Perkins, Baker [ef] 74.6 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Roger, Mountford, Lawrence, Wells 75.2 2 4 10 8 Ht4 Longley, Perkins, Gray [f], Willstead [f] 74.6 2 3 12 11 Ht5 Warren, French, Tolley, Baker [ef] 74.4 4 2 16 13 Ht6 Bennett, Roger, Perkins, Lawrence 75.4 4 2 20 15 Ht7 Longley, Wells, Mountford, Moore [ef] 75.0 3 3 23 18 Ht8 French, Bennett, Hitchings, Genz 75.2 3 3 26 21 Ht9 Roger, Warren, Tolley, Lawrence 75.6 3 3 29 24 Ht10 Longley, Bennett, Payne, Moore [ef] 75.0 3 3 32 27 Ht11 Wells, French, Mountford, Baker 74.8 4 2 36 29 Ht12 Roger, Tolley, Willstead, Genz 74.6 3 3 39 32 Ht13 Wells, Hitchings, Gray, Baker 76.4 5 1 44 33 Ht14 Mountford, Warren, Lawrence, Genz 75.6 5 1 49 34 First Division Junior League - Birmingham 9 - New Cross 3 Birmingham 1. Dennis Hitchings 2’ 1 3 1 2. Wilf Willstead 3 3 6 New Cross 1. Don Gray EF 2 2 2. Bob Baker 1 0 0 Ht1 Willstead, Hitchings, Baker, Gray [ef] 77.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Willstead, Gray, Hitchings,Baker 77.0 4 2 9 3 Invitation Scratch Race Perkins, J.Tolley, D.Tolley, Davies [f] 76.4 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Warren, Longley, Lawrence, Genz [f] 74.2 76.6 Ht2 Bennett, French, Roger, Moore [f] 75.2 76.4 Ht3 Wells, Mountford, D Tolley, Davies 76.0 77.0 Final Warren, French, Bennett, Wells 75.4

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Wednesday 11th October 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 47 - Wembley Lions 37 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 12 2. Jim Tolley 2’ 2’ 1 2 7 2 3. Geoff Bennett 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 4. Fred Perkins 1 3 3 2’ 9 1 5. Ron Mountford EF 2 1 2 5 6. Bob Wells 1 0 0 0 1 7. Wilf Willstead 0 1 1 8. Dennis Hitchings 0 1’ 1 1 Wembley 1. Eric Williams 1 2 3 1 7 2. Bill Kitchen 0 1 0 1 2 3. George Wilks 2 1’ 1 3 7 1 4. Bob Oakley 0 0 2’ 3 5 1 5. Freddie Williams 3 1 0 EF 4 6. Bill Gilbert 2’ 0 2 3 7 1 7. Jimmy Gooch 1’ F 1 1 8. Bruce Abernethy 2 2 4 Ht1 Warren, Tolley, E.Williams, Kitchen 74.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Bennett, Wilks, Perkins, Oakley 75.4 4 2 9 3 Ht3 F.Williams, Gilbert, Wells, Mountford [ef] 72.4 1 5 10 8 Ht4 Perkins, E.Williams, Gooch, Willstead 73.6 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Warren, Tolley, Wilks, Oakley 75.0 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Perkins, Bennett, F.Williams, Gilbert 74.0 5 1 23 13 Ht7 E.Williams, Mountford, Kitchen, Wells 74.6 2 4 25 17 Ht8 Bennett, Abernethy, Wilks, Hitchings 75.4 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Warren, Gilbert, Tolley, F.Williams 75.2 4 2 32 22 Ht10 Bennett, Perkins, E.Williams, Kitchen 74.8 5 1 37 23 Ht11 Wilks, Oakley, Mountford, Wells 75.0 1 5 38 28 Ht12 Warren, Abernethy, Willstead, F.Williams [ef] 73.2 4 2 42 30 Ht13 Oakley, Mountford, Hitchings, Gooch [f] 75.6 3 3 45 33 Ht14 Gilbert, Tolley, Kitchen, Wells 75.8 2 4 47 37 First Division Junior League - Birmingham 5 - Wembley 7 Birmingham 1. Dennis Hitchings 2 2 4 2. Wilf Willstead 1’ 0 1 1 Wembley 1. Jimmy Gooch 3 3 6 2. Den Cosby EX 1 1 Ht1 Gooch, Hitchings, Willstead, Cosby [ex] 76.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Gooch, Hitchings, Cosby, Willstead 76.2 2 4 5 7 Perry Barr Scurry Ht1 Oakley, Hunt, E.Williams, Abernethy 74.8 75.6 76.0 76.6 Ht2 Warren, Wilks, Kitchen 3 only 73.4 76.0 77.4 Ht3 Bennett, Hunt, Gilbert, F.Williams 75.3 75.6 76.0 76.8 Ht4 Perkins, Tolley, Wells, Mountford 74.8 76.0 76.8 77.2 Final Warren, Perkins, Bennett, Oakley 73.2

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Saturday 14th October 1950 Odsal Stadium, Bradford

Bradford Boomerangs 53 - Birmingham Brummies 31 (National League Division One) Bradford 1. Ron Clarke 2 2 2’ 3 9 1 2. Ronnie Peace 0 1’ 3 2’ 6 2 3. Jack Biggs 1’ 3 3 2 9 1 4. Dick Seers 2 2 2’ 1’ 7 2 5. Oliver Hart 3 0 3 3 9 6. Ken Brown 2’ 2 1 3 8 1 7. Norman Price 1’ 2’ 3 2 8. Eric Smith 1 1 2 Birmingham 1. Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 12 2. Jim Tolley 1 1 0 0 2 3. Geoff Bennett 3 3 2 2 10 4. Fred Perkins 0 0 0 2 2 5. Ron Mountford 0 0 0 0 0 6. Bob Wells 1 1 1 1 4 7. Wilf Willstead 0 0 0 8. Dennis Hitchings 0 1 1 Ht1 Warren, Clarke, Tolley, Peace 65.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Bennett, Seers, Biggs, Perkins 64.6 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Hart, Brown, Wells, Mountford 64.4 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Warren, Seers, Price, Willstead 66.6 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Bennett, Clarke, Peace, Perkins 67.8 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Biggs, Seers, Wells, Mountford 69.2 5 1 21 15 Ht7 Warren, Brown, Tolley, Hart 66.6 2 4 23 19 Ht8 Biggs, Bennett, Smith, Hitchings 69.0 4 2 27 21 Ht9 Peace, Clarke, Wells, Mountford 68.8 5 1 32 22 Ht10 Warren, Biggs, Seers, Tolley 68.0 3 3 35 25 Ht11 Hart, Bennett, Brown, Perkins 69.8 4 2 39 27 Ht12 Clarke, Price, Hitchings, Mountford 70.4 5 1 44 28 Ht13 Hart, Perkins, Smith, Willstead 69.8 4 2 48 30 Ht14 Brown, Peace, Wells, Tolley 70.0 5 1 53 31 First Division Junior League – Bradford 8 – Birmingham 4 Bradford 1. Ken Brown 3 1 4 2. Eric Smith 1 3 4 Birmingham 1. Wilf Willstead 0 2 2 2. Dennis Hitchings 2 0 2 Ht1 Brown, Hitchings, Smith, Willstead 71.0 4 2 4. 2 Ht2 Smith, Willstead, Brown, Hitchings 70.6 4 2 8 4 Farewell Scratch Race Ht1 Warren, Seers, Bennett 69.8 70.0 Ht2 Clarke, Wells, Price, Tolley 70.4 71.2 Ht3 Hart, Mountford, Perkins, Peace 69.8 71.6 Final Hart, Clarke, Seers, Warren ? Mechanics Race [Clarke, Kellett, Hudson, Pearson, Pinder, Ward ?

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Wednesday 18th October 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Tamworth Tammies 51 - Rayleigh Rockets 32 (National League Division Three) Tamworth 1. Dick Tolley 3 2’ 1’ 2 8 2 2. Harry Bastable 1 3 2 3 9 3. Lionel Watling 2 3 3 3 11 4. Cecil Hookham 1’ 0 N 1 2 1 5. Ivor Davies 3 3 3 3 12 6. Ray Beaumont 1 0 0 2’ 3 1 7. John Hitchings 2 0 1 3 8. Syd George 1 2 3 Rayleigh 1. Frank Bettis 0 3 1’ 2 6 1 2. Jack Unstead 2 2 EF EF 4 3. Ron Howes 3 0 2 2 7 4. Oz Osborne 0 1 1’ 1 3 1 5. Gerald Jackson 2 2 3 3 10 6. Tom O’Connor 0 1’ EF N 1 1 7. Jim McGillivray 1 0 EF 1 8. Mike Wood 0 0 0 Ht1 Tolley, Unstead, Bastable, Bettis 75.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Howes, Watling, Hookham, Osborne 76.6 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Davies, Jackson, Beaumont, O’Connor 73.4 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Bettis, Hitchings, McGillivray, Hookham 77.4 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Bastable, Tolley, Osborne, Howes 76.4 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Watling, Jackson, O’Connor, Hitchings 75.4 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Davies, Unstead, Bettis, Beaumont 76.2 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Watling, Howes, George, Wood 76.8 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Jackson, Bastable, Tolley, O’Connor [ef] 76.4 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Watling, Bettis, Hookham, Unstead [ef] 77.6 4 2 35 25 Ht11 Davies, Howes, Osborne, Beaumont 76.0 3 3 38 28 Ht12 Jackson, Tolley, Hitchings, Wood 77.2 3 3 41 31 Ht14 Davies, George, Osborne, McGillivray 77.6 5 1 46 32 Ht14 Bastable, Beaumont, Unstead [ef], McGillivray [ef] 77.4 5 0 51 32 No Second Half – This Meeting Was The First Part Of A Double Header

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Wednesday 18th October 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Tamworth Tammies 37 - Leicester Hunters 47 (National League Division Three) Tamworth 1. Dick Tolley 3 3 3 3 12 2. Harry Bastable 1 1 0 2 4 3. Lionel Watling 1’ 2 2 2 7 1 4. Cecil Hookham N 0 N N 0 5. Ivor Davies 3 3 3 2 11 6. Ray Beaumont 0 N 0 1’ 1 1 7. John Hitchings 1 F 0 0 1 8. Syd George 2 0 0 1’ 3 1 Leicester 1. Cyril Page 2 3 1’ 3 9 1 2. Harwood Pike 0 2 1 EF 3 3. Jock Grierson FX N N N 0 4. Lionel Benson 3 2 1’ 3 9 1 5. Johnny Carpenter 2 1 1’ 3 7 1 6. Ron Wilson 1’ 3 2 3 9 1 7. Joe Bowkis 2’ 0 1 EX 3 1 8. Les Beaumont 3 2 2’ 7 1 Ht1 Tolley, Page, Bastable, Pike 76.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Benson, George, Watling, Grierson [fx] 81.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Davies, Carpenter, Wilson, R.Beaumont 76.0 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Page, Bowkis, Hitchings, Hookham 77.0 1 5 11 13 Ht5 Tolley, Benson, Bastable, Bowkis 77.2 4 2 15 15 Ht6 Wilson, Watling, Carpenter, George 77.2 2 4 17 19 Ht7 Davies, Pike, Page, Hitchings [f] 76.0 3 3 20 22 Ht8 L.Beaumont, Watling, Bowkis, George 75.4 2 4 22 26 Ht9 Tolley, Wilson, Carpenter, Bastable 75.2 3 3 25 29 Ht10 Page, Watling, Pike, Hitchings 77.0 2 4 27 33 Ht11 Davies, L.Beaumont, Benson, R.Beaumont 76.4 3 3 30 36 Ht12 Carpenter, L.Beaumont, Tolley, Hitchings 77.2 1 5 31 41 Ht13 Benson, Davies, George, Bowkis [ex] 76.0 3 3 34 44 Ht14 Wilson, Bastable, R.Braumont, Pike [ef] 77.0 3 3 37 47 No Second Half – This Meeting Was The Second Part Of A Double Header

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Monday 23rd October 1950 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Stan Dell Trophy and Junior Riders’ Trophy (Actual score plus handicap score for final total)

1 2 3 4 5 H’cap Ttl 1. Laurie Schofield 2 2 2 2 2 6 16 =2nd 2. Phil Malpass 1 2 1 1 2 4 11 =9th 3. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 2 2 16 =2nd 4. Bob Wells 0 0 1 1 0 4 6 16th 5. Jim Tolley 1 0 1 2 2 4 10 =11th 6. Geoff Bennett 3 3 3 3 EF 1 13 =7th 7. Ivor Davies 2 1 2 3 3 6 17 1st 8. Dennis Hitchings 0 2 1 1 1 6 11 =9th 9. Eric Boothroyd 1 3 2 2 EF 6 14 6th 10. Wilf Willstead 0 1 2 1 0 6 10 =11th 11. Les Tolley 2 2 2 3 3 4 16 =2nd 12. Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 3 0 15 5th 13. Gil Craven 2 1 EF EF N 4 7 =14th 14. Ron Mountford EF F 0 1 N 6 7 =14th 15. Harry Bastable 3 0 0 0 3 7 13 =7th 16. Brian Shepherd 1 1 0 0 1 6 9 13th R. Bill Clifton 0 1 1 Ht1 Hunt, Schofield, Malpass, Wells 74.0 Ht2 Bennett, Davies, J.Tolley, Hitchings 73.0 Ht3 Warren, L.Tolley, Boothroyd, Willstead 72.0 Ht4 Bastable, Craven, Shepherd, Mountford [ef] 76.2 Ht5 Boothroyd, Malpass, Craven, J.Tolley 75.0 Ht6 Bennett, Schofield, Willstead, Mountford [f] 75.2 Ht7 Hunt, L.Tolley, Davies, Bastable 74.4 Ht8 Warren, Hitchings, Shepherd, Wells 73.6 Ht9 Bennett, L.Tolley, Malpass, Shepherd 74.4 Ht10 Warren, Schofield, J.Tolley, Bastable 74.0 Ht11 Warren, Davies, Malpass, Mountford 73.4 Ht12 Davies, Willstead, Wells, Craven [ef] 75.0 Ht13 Hunt, Boothroyd, Hitchings, Clifton 75.0 Ht14 L.Tolley, Schofield, Hitchings, Carven [ef] 74.8 Ht15 Hunt, J.Tolley, Willstead, Shepherd 76.6 Ht16 Bennett, Boothroyd, Wells, Bastable 77.4 Ht17 Bastable, Malpass, Hitchings, Willstead 77.4 Ht18 Davies, Schofield, Shepherd, Boothroyd [ef] 75.2 Ht19 Warren, Hunt, Clifton, Bennett [ef] 74.4 Ht20 L.Tolley, J.Tolley, Mountford, Wells 75.0

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Birmingham Speedway 1950 – Details Required Apr 29th Bradford Away Spring Cup Check B’ham Riding Order May 24th New Cross Away Nat. League Ht13 – Wilstead NS? Jul 28th Bristol Away Nat. League Second Half – 2nd Place Times Reqd Sep 6th New Cross Away Nat. League 2nd Half 2nd Place Times Required Oct 14th Bradford Away Nat. League Some Second Half Detail Reqd Issue 4 15 Apr Harringay Home Junior race details added 31/03/08 Issue 5 28 Sep Wembley Away Heat 14 Time Added 28/08/08 Issue 6 24 Jun Cradley Heath Away Second Half Times Added 21/05/09 Issue 7 6th Sep New Cross Away All Details Added 03/03/11 23 Oct Stan Dell Trophy Home Heat 20 Time Added 03/03/11 Issue 8 9th Sep Second Div Stars Home Second Half Times Added 05/01/12 7th Oct New Cross Home Second Half Detail Added 05/01/12 7th Apr Bristol Away Heat 20 Time Added 05/01/12 28 Aug Wimbledon Away All Details Added 05/01/12 Issue 9 22 May Walthamstow Away Second Half Final Result Added 21/10/13 15 Apr Harringay Home Junior Race Heat Time Added 21/10/13 8th Jul Belle Vue Away All Missing 2nd Half Times Added 21/10/13