SWINDON 1952
Thanks to Robert Bamford Updated 30.11.2016
Saturday 5 April 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 29
SMEDERNA BLACKSMITHS 55
Challenge
SWINDON
Ray Ellis 1 2 1* F - - - 4 (1)
Buster Brown 3 R 2 2 - - - 7
Bob Jones (C) 0 0 1 - - - - 1
Danny Malone 1 1* 1 3 - - - 6 (1)
Frank Evans 1 3 1 1 - - - 6
Dennis Newton F 2* 0 0 - - - 2 (1)
Reg Lambourne 2 0 1 - - - - 3
Ken Wiggins 0 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
SMEDERNA
Joel Jansson (C) 2 3 1 1* - - - 7 (1)
Bert Lindarw F F 2 3 - - - 5
Rune Sormander 3 3 2* 3 - - - 11 (1)
Olle Segerstrom 2* 1 2* 3 - - - 8 (2)
Bosse Andersson 2* 2* 3 2* - - - 9 (3)
Sven Skoglund 3 3 0 1 - - - 7
Ove Bodin F - - - - - - 0
Lars-Erik Andersson 3 3 2* - - - - 8 (1)
Team manager: Arne Bergstrom
ACU Steward: George Allan
Ht 1: Brown, Jansson, Ellis, Lindarw (fell), 76.0 (4-2)
Ht 2: Sormander, Segerstrom, Malone, Jones, 76.6 (5-7)
Ht 3: Skoglund, B. Andersson, Evans, Newton (fell), 76.6 (6-12)
Ht 4: Jansson, Lambourne, Malone, Bodin (fell), 77.2 (9-15)
Ht 5: Sormander, Ellis, Segerstrom, Brown (ret), 76.4 (11-19)
Ht 6: Skoglund, B. Andersson, Malone, Jones, 75.4 (12-24)
Ht 7: Evans, Newton, Jansson, Lindarw (fell), 77.6 (17-25)
Ht 8: L. Andersson, Sormander, Jones, Wiggins, 75.0 (18-30)
Ht 9: B. Andersson, Brown, Ellis, Skoglund, 77.2 (21-33)
Ht 10: Malone, Lindarw, Jansson, Lambourne, 77.2 (24-36)
Ht 11: Sormander, Segerstrom, Evans, Newton, 76.2 (25-41)
Ht 12: L. Andersson, B. Andersson, Lambourne, Ellis (fell), 76.0 (26-46)
Ht 13: Segerstrom, L. Andersson, Evans, Wiggins, 77.6 (27-51)
Ht 14: Lindarw, Brown, Skoglund, Newton, 77.6 (29-55)
Programme changes:
Ht 10: Lambourne replaced Jones; Ht 13: L. Andersson replaced Bodin.
Junior Robins’ Scurry: Wiggins, Walt Legg, Harold George, Tom Reader, 81.0
Eskilstuna Scratch Race: Sormander, Segerstrom, B. Andersson, Jansson, 75.0
White Horse Scurry: Jones, Evans, Malone, Brown, 77.0
Robins’ Scurry: Lambourne, Ellis, Wiggins, Newton, 78.8
Blacksmiths’ Scurry: Skoglund, Lindarw, Jansson, L. Andersson (fell), 76.6
Final Scurry: Lambourne, Legg, George, Reader, 80.8
Friday 11 April 1952
WOLVERHAMPTON WASPS 45
SWINDON ROBINS 39
Southern League
WOLVERHAMPTON
Charlie Hayden 3 2 2 2 - - - 9
Cyril Quick 1 1* 0 0 - - - 2 (1)
Jimmy Grant 3 2 2 2* - - - 9 (1)
Roy Moreton 0 3 1* 3 - - - 7 (1)
Ken Brown 2* 1 2 2 - - - 7 (1)
Benny King (C) 3 3 1* 3 - - - 10 (1)
Syd George X X - - - - - 0
Derek Timms 0 1* - - - - - 1 (1)
Team manager: Arthur Simcock
SWINDON
Ray Ellis 0 2 0 0 - - - 2
Reg Lambourne 2 2 1 1* - - - 6 (1)
Bob Jones (C) 1* 0 3 0 - - - 4 (1)
Danny Malone 2 3 3 3 - - - 11
Frank Evans 1 3 3 3 - - - 10
Dennis Newton R F 1 2 - - - 3
George Bason 1* 0 - - - - - 1 (1)
Ken Wiggins 1 1 - - - - - 2
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: A.B. Taylor
Ht 1: Hayden, Lambourne, Quick, Ellis, 68.8 (4-2)
Ht 2: Grant, Malone, Jones, Moreton, 69.0 (7-5)
Ht 3: King, Brown, Evans, Newton (ret), 69.2 (12-6)
Ht 4: Moreton, Ellis, Bason, George (ex), 69.6 (15-9)
Ht 5: Malone, Hayden, Quick, Jones, 68.6 (18-12)
Ht 6: Evans, Grant, Moreton, Newton (fell), 69.2 (21-15)
Ht 7: King, Lambourne, Brown, Ellis, 69.2 (25-17)
Ht 8: Jones, Grant, Wiggins, Timms, 69.2 (27-21)
Ht 9: Evans, Hayden, Newton, Quick, 69.6 (29-25)
Ht 10: Moreton, Grant, Lambourne, Ellis, 69.8 (34-26)
Ht 11: Malone, Brown, King, Jones, 69.4 (37-29)
Ht 12: (Re-Run) Evans, Hayden, Wiggins, George (ex, foul riding), 69.8 (39-33)
Ht 13: Malone, Brown, Timms, Bason, 70.2 (42-36)
Ht 14: King, Newton, Lambourne, Quick, 70.2 (45-39)
Programme changes:
None.
Wolverhampton Scratch Race (Ht 1): (Re-Run) Jones, Hayden, Ellis, Moreton (ex, tapes), 53.4
Wolverhampton Scratch Race (Ht 2): Grant, Timms, Lambourne, Quick, 52.4
Wolverhampton Scratch Race (Ht 3): King, Brown, Evans, George, 52.6
Junior Scratch Race: Wiggins, Ray Reece, Bason, Don Braithwaite, 71.8
Wolverhampton Scratch Race (Final): King, Brown, Grant, Jones, 52.6
Reserves’ Scratch Race: Bason, Wiggins, Timms, George, [Time not recorded]
NOTE: The heats and final of the Wolverhampton Scratch Race were run over three laps only.
Saturday 12 April 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 58
LONG EATON ARCHERS 26
Southern League
SWINDON
Ray Ellis 0 3 1* 3 - - - 7 (1)
Reg Lambourne 3 1 2 3 - - - 9
Bob Jones (C) 2* 2* 2* 1 - - - 7 (3)
Danny Malone 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Frank Evans 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Dennis Newton F X 2* 1 - - - 3 (1)
Ian Williams 1 2* - - - - - 3 (1)
Ken Wiggins 3 2* - - - - - 5 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
LONG EATON
Jack Winstanley (C) 1* 0 2 2 - - - 5 (1)
Frank Malouf 2 1* 0 2 - - - 5 (1)
Pedlar Palmer 0 0 1 - - - - 1
Eric Mason 1 2 0 0 - - - 3
Charlie Oates 1* 0 0 - - - - 1 (1)
Peter Moore 2 1 3 0 - - - 6
Fred Siggins 2 0 1 - - - - 3
Eric Minall 1 M 1 - - - - 2
Team manager: Charlie Lish
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Lambourne, Malouf, Winstanley, Ellis, 77.8 (3-3)
Ht 2: Malone, Jones, Mason, Palmer, 77.4 (8-4)
Ht 3: Evans, Moore, Oates, Newton (fell), 77.4 (11-7)
Ht 4: Malone, Siggins, Williams, Winstanley, 77.6 (15-9)
Ht 5: Ellis, Mason, Lambourne, Palmer, 78.0 (19-11)
Ht 6: Malone, Jones, Moore, Oates, 77.6 (24-12)
Ht 7: (Re-Run) Evans, Winstanley, Malouf, Newton (f, ex), 77.0 (27-15)
Ht 8: Wiggins, Jones, Minall, Siggins, 78.6 (32-16)
Ht 9: Moore, Lambourne, Ellis, Oates, 77.6 (35-19)
Ht 10: Malone, Winstanley, Jones, Malouf, 77.4 (39-21)
Ht 11: Evans, Newton, Palmer, Mason, 77.6 (44-22)
Ht 12: Ellis, Willams, Siggins, Minall (ex, 2 min), 77.2 (49-23)
Ht 13: Evans, Wiggins, Minall, Mason, 77.6 (54-24)
Ht 14: Lambourne, Malouf, Newton, Moore, 78.0 (58-26)
Programme changes:
Ht 8: Siggins replaced Palmer; Ht 12: Siggins replaced Oates; Ht 13: Minall replaced Siggins.
[Untitled Extra Race]: Eric Irons, Palmer, Williams, Malouf, 79.2
Junior Scurry: George Bason, Harold George, Frank Saunders, Walt Legg, 82.2
Archers’ Scratch Race: Siggins, Winstanley, Moore, Malouf, 79.6
Robins’ Scratch Race: Malone, Jones, Irons, Newton, 77.6
The Notts Scurry: Williams, Minall, Ellis, Mason, 79.2
The Easter Scurry: Evans, Wiggins, Lambourne, Irons, 78.4
Young Robins’ Scurry: Legg, George, Bason, Saunders, 83.4
Saturday 19 April 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 32
POOLE PIRATES 52
Challenge
SWINDON
Bob Jones (C) 2* 1* 3 2 - - - 8 (2)
Danny Malone 3 2 0 1 - - - 6
Buster Brown 1* 2 1 1 - - - 5 (1)
Ray Ellis 2 0 0 - - - - 2
Frank Evans 1 3 2 3 - - - 9
Reg Lambourne 0 0 0 0 - - - 0
Dennis Newton 1 0 0 - - - - 1
Ian Williams 0 1 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
POOLE
Tony Lewis 0 2* 1* 2* - - - 5 (3)
Ken Middleditch (C) 1 2 3 2* - - - 8 (1)
Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Roy Craighead R R - - - - - 0
Bill Holden 2* 1 1* 1 - - - 5 (2)
Terry Small 3 3 2 3 - - - 11
Jimmy Squibb 3 1 2 - - - - 6
Allan Kidd 2* 3 0 - - - - 5 (1)
Team manager: Geoffrey Bravery
ACU Steward: Wilf Potter
Ht 1: Malone, Jones, Middleditch, Lewis, 77.0 (5-1)
Ht 2: Crutcher, Ellis, Brown, Craighead (ret), 76.2 (8-4)
Ht 3: Small, Holden, Evans, Lambourne, 77.0 (9-9)
Ht 4: Squibb, Lewis, Newton, Ellis, 78.6 (10-14)
Ht 5: Crutcher, Malone, Jones, Craighead (ret), 76.4 (13-17)
Ht 6: Small, Brown, Holden, Ellis, 77.2 (15-21)
Ht 7: Evans, Middleditch, Lewis, Lambourne, 77.4 (18-24)
Ht 8: Crutcher, Kidd, Brown, Williams, 77.4 (19-29)
Ht 9: Jones, Small, Holden, Malone, 77.6 (22-32)
Ht 10: Middleditch, Lewis, Brown, Newton, 78.6 (23-37)
Ht 11: Crutcher, Evans, Squibb, Lambourne, 76.4 (25-41)
Ht 12: Kidd, Jones, Holden, Newton, 77.8 (27-45)
Ht 13: Evans, Squibb, Williams, Kidd, 78.0 (31-47)
Ht 14: Small, Middleditch, Malone, Lambourne, 77.2 (32-52)
Programme changes:
Ht 10: Newton replaced Ellis: Ht 11: Squibb replaced Craighead; Ht 13: Kidd replaced Craighead.
Junior Scratch Race: (Re-Run) Ken Wiggins, George Bason, Harold George (fell),
Walt Legg (f, ex), 79.0
The Wilts and Dorset Scurry: Newton, Williams, Squibb, Bob Wells, 78.6
The April Scratch Race: Holden, Lewis, Lambourne, Ellis, 79.6
The Pirates and Robins’ Scurry: Jones, Wells, Wiggins, Malone, 77.0
The Flyers’ Scurry: Middleditch, Crutcher, Evans, Brown, 78.0
The Final Scurry: Wells, Williams, Wiggins, Kidd, 81.0
Thursday 24 April 1952
CARDIFF DRAGONS 74
SWINDON ROBINS 32
Daily Mail National Trophy second round, first leg
CARDIFF
Hugh Geddes 2 2* 3 2* - - - 9 (2)
Jim Wright 1* 2* 2 2* 3 0 - 10 (3)
Gerald Pugh 1 3 3 3 2* 3 - 15 (1)
Frank Johnson 3 2* 3 2* F - - 10 (2)
Charlie May (C) 1 3 1 2* 2 - - 9 (1)
Chum Taylor 3 3 1* 3 3 - - 13 (1)
Paul Best 3 0 2 - - - - 5
Bambi Royle 2* 1* - - - - - 3 (2)
Team manager: Bill Dutton
SWINDON
Bob Jones (C) 3 1 2 3 3 1* - 13 (1)
Reg Lambourne 0 R 0 - - - - 0
Ray Ellis 0 0 0 0 - - - 0
Frank Evans 2 1 1 F 1 - - 5
Danny Malone 1 1* F 0 R - - 2 (1)
Buster Brown 2 0 2 1 0 2 - 7
Ian Williams X 1 X - - - - 1
Dennis Newton F 0 3 1 - - - 4
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Jones, Geddes, Wright, Lambourne, 73.6 (3-3)
Ht 2: (Re-Run) Johnson, Brown, Pugh, Ellis, 72.8 (7-5)
Ht 3: Taylor, Evans, May, Lambourne (ret), 73.2 (11-7)
Ht 4: (Re-Run) Best, Royle, Newton (fell), Williams (ex, foul riding), 74.0 (16-7)
Ht 5: Pugh, Wright, Evans, Ellis, 73.2 (21-8)
Ht 6: Taylor, Johnson, Jones, Brown, 73.4 (26-9)
Ht 7: May, Geddes, Malone, Ellis, 73.0 (31-10)
Ht 8: Pugh, Jones, Malone, Best, 73.4 (34-13)
Ht 9: Jones, Wright, Taylor, Newton, 73.4 (37-16)
Ht 10: Pugh, Brown, May, Lambourne, 73.0 (41-18)
Ht 11: Johnson, Wright, Evans, Malone (fell), 73.8 (46-19)
Ht 12: Geddes, Johnson, Williams, Ellis, 73.2 (51-20)
Ht 13: Wright, May, Brown, Malone, 74.0 (56-21)
Ht 14: (Re-Run) Newton, Best, Royle, Williams (f, ex), 74.8 (59-24)
Ht 15: Jones, May, Johnson (fell), Evans (fell), 74.4 (61-27)
Ht 16: Taylor, Pugh, Newton, Malone (ret), 73.2 (66-28)
Ht 17: Taylor, Geddes, Evans, Brown, 73.6 (71-29)
Ht 18: (Nominated) Pugh (r), Brown (y), Jones (w), Wright (b), 73.0 (74-32)
Programme changes:
Ht 8: Best replaced Geddes; Ht 9: Newton replaced Ellis; Ht 12: Williams replaced Lambourne; Ht
16: Newton replaced Lambourne.
The Ely Scratch Race: Best, Williams, Royle, Newton (fell), 75.8
The Grangetown Scratch Race: Taylor, Jones, Pugh, Brown, 73.8
Saturday 26 April 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 52
CARDIFF DRAGONS 56
Daily Mail National Trophy second round, second leg
Cardiff won 130-84 on aggregate.
SWINDON
Bob Jones (C) 2 F 1 3 3 1 - 10
Buster Brown 0 2 1 1 1* - - 5 (1)
Dennis Newton 1* 0 F F - - - 1 (1)
Frank Evans 2 2 3 0 1* - - 8 (1)
Danny Malone 3 2 3 2 2 F - 12
Bob Wells 2* 1* 3 2 2* - - 10 (3)
Ian Williams 2 2 - - - - - 4
Ken Wiggins 1* X 1* - - - - 2 (2)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
CARDIFF
Charlie May (C) 3 3 3 0 3 3 - 15
Chum Taylor 1 1 2 2 1 - - 7
Gerald Pugh 3 3 3 2 1* 2* - 14 (2)
Frank Johnson F - - - - - - 0
Hugh Geddes 1 2* 2 3 3 - - 11 (1)
Jim Wright 0 0 0 1 - - - 1
Paul Best 3 1* F 0 - - - 4 (1)
Mick Holland 0 1 0 3 F - - 4
Team manager: Bill Dutton
ACU Steward: Harold Ellis
Ht 1: May, Jones, Taylor, Brown, 78.2 (2-4)
Ht 2: Pugh, Evans, Newton, Wright, 76.0 (5-7)
Ht 3: (Re-Run) Malone, Wells, Taylor, Johnson (fell), 77.8 (10-8)
Ht 4: Best, Williams, Wiggins, Holland, 79.2 (13-11)
Ht 5: (Re-Run) Pugh, Brown, Holland, Newton, 76.6 (15-15)
Ht 6: May, Evans, Wells, Wright, 77.0 (18-18)
Ht 7: Pugh, Malone, Geddes, Jones (fell), 77.6 (20-22)
Ht 8: May, Geddes, Jones, Newton (fell), 77.6 (21-27)
Ht 9: Wells, Pugh, Brown, May, 78.4 (25-29)
Ht 10: (Re-Run) Malone, Taylor, Best (f, rem), Wiggins (f, ex), 77.6 (28-32)
Ht 11: Evans, Geddes, Brown, Holland, 77.0 (32-34)
Ht 12: Jones, Taylor, Pugh, Evans, 77.8 (35-37)
Ht 13: Geddes, Malone, Brown, Wright, 77.2 (38-40)
Ht 14: Holland, Williams, Wiggins, Best (fell), 79.4 (41-43)
Ht 15: May, Malone, Evans, Holland (fell), 77.6 (44-46)
Ht 16: Geddes, Wells, Taylor, Newton (fell), 78.2 (46-50)
Ht 17: Jones, Wells, Wright, Best, 78.2 (51-51)
Ht 18: (Nominated) May (g), Pugh (y), Jones (r), Malone (b; fell), 77.6 (52-56)
Programme changes:
Ht 5: Holland replaced Johnson; Ht 10: Best replaced Wright; Wiggins replaced Newton; Ht 11:
Holland replaced Johnson; Ht 15: Holland replaced Johnson; Ht 17: Best replaced Johnson.
[Untitled Race 1]: Williams, Lambourne, Ray Ellis, Harold George, 78.8
[Untitled Race 2]: Lambourne, Wiggins, Ellis, George, 79.8
Saturday 3 May 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 48
EXETER FALCONS 36
Southern League
SWINDON
Bob Wells 2 3 R 0 - - - 5
Buster Brown 1* R 3 3 - - - 7 (1)
Bob Jones (C) 1* 0 R - - - - 1 (1)
Danny Malone 2 2 2 1* - - - 7 (1)
Frank Evans 2* 3 3 3 - - - 11 (1)
Ian Williams 3 2* 0 2* - - - 7 (2)
Ken Wiggins R - - - - - - 0
Reg Lambourne 3 2 3 2* - - - 10 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
EXETER
Goog Hoskin 3 3 R 3 - - - 9
Jack Geran 0 1 0 1 - - - 2
Don Hardy (C) 3 2 2 2 - - - 9
Colin Selley 0 1* - - - - - 1 (1)
Ron Barrett 1 3 2 2 - - - 8
Vic Gent 0 1 1* X - - - 2 (1)
Neil Street 1 1* 0 - - - - 2 (1)
Morris Barnett 1* 1* 1 - - - - 3 (2)
Team manager: Bernard ‘Broncho’ Slade
ACU Steward: George Allan
Ht 1: Hoskin, Wells, Brown, Geran, 78.4 (3-3)
Ht 2: Hardy, Malone, Jones, Selley, 81.0 (6-6)
Ht 3: Williams, Evans, Barrett, Gent, 81.6 (11-7)
Ht 4: Hoskin, Malone, Street, Wiggins (ret), 80.0 (13-11)
Ht 5: Wells, Hardy, Selley, Brown (ret), 80.2 (16-14)
Ht 6: Barrett, Malone, Gent, Jones, 81.4 (18-18)
Ht 7: Evans, Williams, Geran, Hoskin (ret), 83.0 (23-19)
Ht 8: Lambourne, Hardy, Barnett, Jones (ret), 81.2 (26-22)
Ht 9: Brown, Barrett, Gent, Wells (ret), 79.8 (29-25)
Ht 10: Hoskin, Lambourne, Malone, Geran, 80.2 (32-28)
Ht 11: Evans, Hardy, Street, Williams, 83.0 (35-31)
Ht 12: Lambourne, Barrett, Barnett, Wells, 81.8 (38-34)
Ht 13: Evans, Lambourne, Barnett, Street, 81.8 (43-35)
Ht 14: Brown, Williams, Geran, Gent (ex), 80.2 (48-36)
Programme changes:
Ht 10: Lambourne replaced Jones; Ht 11: Street replaced Selley; Ht 12: Lambourne replaced
Wiggins; Ht 13: Barnett replaced Selley.
Second half
Race 1: Harold George, Frank Saunders, Fred Bridewell, Reg Nichols, 90.8
Race 2: Evans, Lambourne, Brown, Jones, 81.2
Race 3: Wiggins, Ray Ellis, George, Saunders, 84.0
Race 4: Gent, Street, Selley, Hardy, 82.6
Race 5: Lambourne, Wiggins, Williams, Ellis, 81.0
Race 6: Barrett, Malone, Geran, 82.8 (3 riders only)
Race 7: Street, Wiggins, Ellis, Selley, 84.2
Monday 5th
May 1952 County Ground, Exeter
Exeter Falcons 49 Swindon Robins 35 (Southern League )
EXETER
Goog Hoskin 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Jack Geran 1 0 2* 2* - - - 5 (2)
Don Hardy (C) 3 3 2 3 - - - 11
Morris Barnett R 3 1 0 - - - 4
Ron Barrett 3 3 1 2 - - - 9
Vic Gent 0 2* 3 3 - - - 8 (1)
Neil Street 0 0 - - - - - 0
Colin Selley 0 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: Bernard ‘Broncho’ Slade
SWINDON
Bob Wells F 2 0 1* - - - 3 (1)
Buster Brown 2 1 2 1 - - - 6
Bob Jones (C) 1* 1* 3 0 - - - 5 (2)
Danny Malone 2 2 2 3 - - - 9
Frank Evans 2 0 1 2 - - - 5
Ian Williams 1* 2 0 0 - - - 3 (1)
Ken Wiggins 1* 1 - - - - - 2 (1)
Reg Lambourne 1 1* - - - - - 2 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: C.C. Mason
Ht 1: Hoskin, Brown, Geran, Wells (fell), 73.0 (4-2)
Ht 2: Hardy, Malone, Jones, Barnett (ret), 75.2 (7-5)
Ht 3: Barrett, Evans, Williams, Gent, 76.6 (10-8)
Ht 4: Barnett, Wells, Wiggins, Street, 78.0 (13-11)
Ht 5: Hoskin, Malone, Jones, Geran, 75.0 (16-14)
Ht 6: Hardy, Williams, Barnett, Evans, 77.8 (20-16)
Ht 7: Barrett, Gent, Brown, Wells, 77.8 (25-17)
Ht 8: Jones, Hardy, Lambourne, Selley, 75.2 (27-21)
Ht 9: Hoskin, Geran, Evans, Williams, 75.4 (32-22)
Ht 10: Hardy, Brown, Wells, Barnett, 76.8 (35-25)
Ht 11: Gent, Malone, Barrett, Jones, 75.8 (39-27)
Ht 12: Hoskin, Evans, Lambourne, Street, 76.0 (42-30)
Ht 13: Malone, Barrett, Wiggins, Selley, 75.8 (44-34)
Ht 14: Gent, Geran, Brown, Williams, 76.0 (49-35)
Programme changes:
None.
Novices Scratch Race: Barnett, Ron Swaine, Wally Monckton, Ivan Sparkes, 78.2
Whipton Scratch Race (Ht 1): Hoskin, Barrett, Jones (ret), Wells (ret), 75.8
Whipton Scratch Race (Ht 2): Gent, Geran, Williams, Evans, 76.4
Whipton Scratch Race (Ht 3): Hardy, Malone, Brown, Barnett, 76.8
Whipton Scratch Race (Ht 4): Wiggins, Selley, Lambourne, Street, 77.4
Whipton Scratch Race (Final): Hoskin, Gent, Hardy, Wiggins, 74.8
Tuesday 6 May 1952
ST AUSTELL GULLS 45
SWINDON ROBINS 39
Southern League
ST AUSTELL
Max Rech R 2* 3 2* - - - 7 (2)
Norman Street (C) 3 3 1 3 - - - 10
Allan Quinn 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Ticker James 2* 1 0 R - - - 3 (1)
Harold Bull 3 2 2 2 - - - 9
Mick Mitchell F 0 0 - - - - 0
Maurice Hutchens F 3 1 - - - - 4
Ken James 0 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: Charlie Lobb
SWINDON
Bob Wells 2 3 3 2 - - - 10
Buster Brown 1* 1 1* 2 - - - 5 (2)
Bob Jones (C) 1 0 2 1 - - - 4
Reg Lambourne 0 1 3 3 - - - 7
Frank Evans 2 2 2 1 - - - 7
Ian Williams 1* 1* 0 0 - - - 2 (2)
Ray Ellis 2* 1 - - - - - 3 (1)
Ken Wiggins 1* 0 - - - - - 1 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: C.C. Mason
Ht 1: Street, Wells, Brown, Rech (ret), 72.4 (3-3)
Ht 2: Quinn, T. James, Jones, Lambourne, 72.2 (8-4)
Ht 3: Bull, Evans, Williams, Mitchell (fell), 73.0 (11-7)
Ht 4: Wells, Ellis, T. James, Hutchens (fell), 73.0 (12-12)
Ht 5: Street, Rech, Lambourne, Jones, 75.0 (17-13)
Ht 6: Quinn, Evans, Williams, T. James, 72.6 (20-16)
Ht 7: Wells, Bull, Brown, Mitchell, 73.2 (22-20)
Ht 8: Quinn, Jones, Wiggins, K. James, 73.4 (25-23)
Ht 9: Rech, Evans, Street, Williams, 75.0 (29-25)
Ht 10: Quinn, Wells, Brown, T. James (ret), 73.4 (32-28)
Ht 11: Lambourne, Bull, Jones, Mitchell, 75.0 (34-32)
Ht 12: Hutchens, Rech, Evans, Wiggins, 76.0 (39-33)
Ht 13: Lambourne, Bull, Ellis, K. James, 75.2 (41-37)
Ht 14: Street, Brown, Hutchens, Williams, 75.2 (45-39)
Programme change:
Ht 14: Hutchens replaced Mitchell.
Reserves Set To K,James, Ellis, Hutchens (exc), Wiggins (nf) 78.0
Hammer & Tongs Monk, Jim Purdey, Stevens (f), Gleed (f) 78.0
Knightor Challenge Ht1 Street, Quinn, Wells, Evans 73.2
Knightor Challenge Ht2 Brown, Lambourne, Bull, Rech 74.6
The Tester K.James, Hutchens, Purdey, Gleed 77.0
The Have A Go Boys Stevens, Monk, R.James, Ray Thackwell 77.6
Thursday 8 May 1952
PLYMOUTH DEVILS 59
SWINDON ROBINS 25
Southern League
PLYMOUTH
Pete Lansdale 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Frank Wheeler 2* 1 1 1 - - - 5 (1)
George Wall (C) 2 3 3 3 - - - 11
Brian Hitchcock 1* 3 2* F - - - 6 (2)
Alan Smith 3 2* 3 3 - - - 11 (1)
Bill Thatcher R 3 2* 3 - - - 8 (1)
Johnny Bradford 2* 1 - - - - - 3 (1)
Doug Fursey 1 2* - - - - - 3 (1)
Team manager: Sid Hazzard
SWINDON
Bob Wells 0 1 1 1* - - - 3 (1)
Buster Brown 1 0 2 2 - - - 5
Bob Jones (C) 3 2 2 1 - - - 8
Reg Lambourne 0 0 0 0 - - - 0
Frank Evans 1* 1 2 2 - - - 6 (1)
Ian Williams 2 0 0 0 - - - 2
Ken Wiggins 0 1 - - - - - 1
Ray Ellis 0 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Fred Vigers
Ht 1: Lansdale, Wheeler, Brown, Wells, 74.0 (5-1)
Ht 2: Jones, Wall, Hitchcock, Lambourne, 73.4 (8-4)
Ht 3: Smith, Williams, Evans, Thatcher (ret), 73.6 (11-7)
Ht 4: Hitchcock, Bradford, Wells, Wiggins, 75.0 (16-8)
Ht 5: Lansdale, Jones, Wheeler, Lambourne, 74.0 (20-10)
Ht 6: Wall, Hitchcock, Evans, Williams, 75.2 (25-11)
Ht 7: Thatcher, Smith, Wells, Brown, 74.4 (30-12)
Ht 8: Wall, Jones, Fursey, Ellis, 74.4 (34-14)
Ht 9: Lansdale, Evans, Wheeler, Williams, 74.4 (38-16)
Ht 10: Wall, Brown, Wells, Hitchcock (fell), 75.6 (41-19)
Ht 11: Smith, Thatcher, Jones, Lambourne, 73.8 (46-20)
Ht 12: Lansdale, Evans, Bradford, Ellis, 75.0 (50-22)
Ht 13: Smith, Fursey, Wiggins, Lambourne, 76.4 (55-23)
Ht 14: Thatcher, Brown, Wheeler, Williams, 75.2 (59-25)
Programme change:
None.
Second half
Ht 1: Denis Hayles, Fursey, Bradford, Bill Rundle, 76.0
Ht 2: Lansdale, Jones, Williams, Hitchcock, 74.6
Ht 3: Thatcher, Brown, Wall, Evans, 74.6
Ht 4: Hayles, Rundle, Ellis, Wiggins, 76.2
Ht 5: Smith, Wells, Wheeler, Lambourne, 75.4
Final: Lansdale, Smith, Thatcher, Hayles, 75.2
Saturday 10 May 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 47
IPSWICH WITCHES 37
Southern League
SWINDON
Buster Brown 1 1* 2* 3 - - - 7 (2)
Bob Wells 3 2 3 3 - - - 11
Bob Jones (C) 0 F - - - - - 0
Danny Malone 3 1 3 F - - - 7
Frank Evans 1 2 3 3 - - - 9
Ian Williams 3 F 1 0 - - - 4
Reg Lambourne 3 2 2 2* - - - 9 (1)
Ken Wiggins 0 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
IPSWICH
Alby Smith 0 2 1 1 - - - 4
Sid Clark (C) 2 3 3 1* - - - 9 (1)
Vic Sage 1* 0 3 0 - - - 4 (1)
Dick Shepherd 2 3 2 2 - - - 9
Rod Laudrum 2 1* 1 1 - - - 5 (1)
Geoff Woodger 0 2 0 2 - - - 4
Eric Dench 0 1* - - - - - 1 (1)
Dennis Day 1 F - - - - - 1
Team manager: Arthur Franklyn
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Wells, Clarke, Brown, Smith, 78.4 (4-2)
Ht 2: Malone, Shepherd, Sage, Jones, 81.0 (7-5)
Ht 3: Williams, Laudrum, Evans, Woodger, 80.6 (11-7)
Ht 4: Lambourne, Smith, Malone, Dench, 82.6 (15-9)
Ht 5: Shepherd, Wells, Brown, Sage, 80.4 (18-12)
Ht 6: Malone, Woodger, Laudrum, Jones (fell), 82.0 (21-15)
Ht 7: Clarke, Evans, Smith, Williams (fell), 80.4 (23-19)
Ht 8: Sage, Lambourne, Day, Wiggins, 82.0 (25-23)
Ht 9: Wells, Brown, Laudrum, Woodger, 81.0 (30-24)
Ht 10: Clarke, Lambourne, Smith, Malone (fell), 81.8 (32-28)
Ht 11: Evans, Shepherd, Williams, Sage, 81.4 (36-30)
Ht 12: Brown, Lambourne, Laudrum, Day (fell), 82.0 (41-31)
Ht 13: Evans, Shepherd, Dench, Wiggins, 81.4 (44-34)
Ht 14: Wells, Woodger, Clarke, Williams, 80.8 (47-37)
Programme changes:
Ht 8: Lambourne replaced Jones; Ht 10: Lambourne replaced Jones.
Robin Juniors: Harold George, Frank Saunders, Fred Bridewell (ret), Malcolm Snook (ret), 86.2
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 1): Ray Ellis, Laudrum, Wiggins, Day, 82.2
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 2): Brown, Smith, Sage, George, 81.6
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 3): Williams, Wiggins, Ellis, Woodger, 82.2
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 4): Wells, Malone (ret), Clark (ret), Shepherd (ret), 79.4
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 5): Evans, Lambourne, Ellis, Laudrum, 79.0
Thursday 15 May 1952
CARDIFF DRAGONS 52.5
SWINDON ROBINS 31.5
Southern League
CARDIFF
Charlie May (C) 1 2* 3 2* - - - 8 (2)
Chum Taylor 3 3 2* 3 - - - 11 (1)
Gerald Pugh 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Mick Holland 1 2 2* 1 - - - 6 (1)
Hugh Geddes 2 1.5 2 2 - - - 7.5
Jim Wright 1* 0 1* 1 - - - 3 (2)
Paul Best 1* 3 - - - - - 4 (1)
Kevin Hayden R 1* - - - - - 1 (1)
Team manager: Bill Dutton
SWINDON
Buster Brown 2 3 1.5 2 - - - 8.5
Bob Wells R 3 0 0 - - - 3
Bob Jones (C) 2 1 2 3 - - - 8
Ian Williams 0 0 0 3 - - - 3
Reg Lambourne 0 0 0 1 - - - 1
Frank Evans 3 1 1 2 - - - 7
Ray Ellis 0 0 - - - - - 0
Ken Wiggins 1* 0 - - - - - 1 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Fred Vigers
Ht 1: Taylor, Brown, May, Wells (ret), 73.6 (4-2)
Ht 2: Pugh, Jones, Holland, Williams, 73.8 (8-4)
Ht 3: Evans, Geddes, Wright, Lambourne, 75.2 (11-7)
Ht 4: Brown, Holland, Best, Ellis, 74.8 (14-10)
Ht 5: Taylor, May, Jones, Williams, 73.8 (19-11)
Ht 6: Pugh, Holland, Evans, Lambourne, 73.8 (24-12)
Ht 7: Wells, Brown and Geddes (Dead-heat), Wright, 74.4 (25.5-16.5)
Ht 8: Pugh, Jones, Wiggins, Hayden (ret), 73.4 (28.5-19.5)
Ht 9: May, Taylor, Evans, Lambourne, 74.4 (33.5-20.5)
Ht 10: Pugh, Brown, Holland, Wells, 73.8 (37.5-22.5)
Ht 11: Jones, Geddes, Wright, Williams, 72.8 (40.5-25.5)
Ht 12: Best, May, Lambourne, Wiggins, 74.2 (45.5-26.5)
Ht 13: Williams, Geddes, Hayden, Ellis, 74.8 (48.5-29.5)
Ht 14: Taylor, Evans, Wright, Wells, 74.2 (52.5-31.5)
Programme changes:
None.
The Juniors’ Scratch Race: Best, Harry Hughes, Bambi Royle, Ray Beaumont (fell), 74.8
The Wenvoe Scratch Race (Ht 1): May, Holland, Jones, Brown, 73.2
The Wenvoe Scratch Race (Ht 2): Pugh, Wright, Evans, Wells, 74.4
The Wenvoe Scratch Race (Ht 3): Taylor, Lambourne, Williams, Hughes, 75.0
The Wenvoe Scratch Race (Ht 4): Hayden, Best, Wiggins, Ellis, 73.8
The Wenvoe Scratch Race (Final): May, Pugh, Taylor, Hayden, 73.6
Saturday 17 May 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 45.5
WOLVERHAMPTON WASPS 38.5
Southern League
SWINDON
Buster Brown 0 2 2 3 - - - 7
Bob Wells 1 1* 1* 3 - - - 6 (2)
Bob Jones (C) 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Ian Williams 0 2 1 F - - - 3
Reg Lambourne 0 1 1 3 - - - 5
Frank Evans 2 3 3 0 - - - 8
Ray Ellis 0 - - - - - - 0
Ken Wiggins 1.5 2* 1 - - - - 4.5 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
WOLVERHAMPTON
Eric Irons 2* 3 0 1* - - - 6 (2)
Jimmy Grant 3 2 2 2 - - - 9
Charlie Hayden 2 F 1.5 2 - - - 5.5
Cyril Quick 1* 3 0 2 - - - 6 (1)
Ken Brown 1 0 0 0 - - - 1
Benny King (C) 3 2 3 1* - - - 9 (1)
John Hitchings 1 R - - - - - 1
Jack Cunningham 0 1 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Arthur Simcock
ACU Steward: Wilf Potter
Ht 1: Grant, Irons, Wells, B. Brown, 77.0 (1-5)
Ht 2: Jones, Hayden, Quick, Williams, 77.2 (4-8)
Ht 3: King, Evans, K. Brown, Lambourne, 77.0 (6-12)
Ht 4: Irons, Williams, Hitchings, Ellis, 79.6 (8-16)
Ht 5: Quick, B. Brown, Wells, Hayden (fell), 78.8 (11-19)
Ht 6: Jones, King, Williams, K. Brown, 76.8 (15-21)
Ht 7: Evans, Grant, Lambourne, Irons, 79.0 (19-23)
Ht 8: Jones, Wiggins and Hayden (Dead-heat), Cunningham, 78.2 (23.5-24.5)
Ht 9: King, B. Brown, Wells, K. Brown, 77.2 (26.5-27.5)
Ht 10: Jones, Grant, Irons, Williams (fell), 78.0 (29.5-30.5)
Ht 11: Evans, Hayden, Lambourne, Quick, 79.6 (33.5-32.5)
Ht 12: B. Brown, Wiggins, Cunningham, K. Brown, 80.6 (38.5-33.5)
Ht 13: Lambourne, Quick, Wiggins, Hitchings (ret), 79.4 (42.5-35.5)
Ht 14: Wells, Grant, King, Evans, 78.4 (45.5-38.5)
Programme change:
Ht 12: Wiggins replaced Ellis.
Junior Scratch Race: Harold George, Malcolm Snook, Reg Nichols (ret), Mick Hard (ret), 85.2
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 1): Wiggins, Cunningham, Ellis, Hitchings, 81.0
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 2): B. Brown, Grant, K. Brown, Evans, 78.6
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 3): King, Wells, Quick, Jones, 78.0
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 4): Wiggins, Ellis, Hard, Snook, 80.4
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 5): Williams, Irons, Hayden, Lambourne, 81.0
Tuesday 20 May 1952
ALDERSHOT SHOTS 46
SWINDON ROBINS 38
Southern League
ALDERSHOT
Ivor Powell 3 2* 3 3 - - - 11 (1)
Archie Windmill X 3 2* 2 - - - 7 (1)
Bert Edwards 3 F 3 X - - - 6
Bill Grimes 1 2 2 1 - - - 6
Doug Papworth 2 1* 1* 3 - - - 7 (2)
Basil Harris (C) 1* 2 2 0 - - - 5 (1)
John Dore 1* 0 - - - - - 1 (1)
Ron Burnett 1 2* - - - - - 3 (1)
Team manager: Bob Netcott
SWINDON
Buster Brown 2 3 3 2* - - - 10 (1)
Bob Wells 1* 0 3 1 - - - 5 (1)
Bob Jones (C) 2 1 2 3 - - - 8
Ian Williams 0 0 0 F - - - 0
Reg Lambourne X 1 0 1* - - - 2 (1)
Frank Evans 3 3 1 3 - - - 10
Ray Ellis 0 1 - - - - - 1
Ken Wiggins 0 2 - - - - - 2
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Wilf Potter
Ht 1: Powell, Brown, Wells, Windmill (ex), 68.6 (3-3)
Ht 2: Edwards, Jones, Grimes, Williams, 68.8 (7-5)
Ht 3: Evans, Papworth, Harris, Lambourne (f, ex), 69.4 (10-8)
Ht 4: Brown, Grimes, Dore, Ellis, 70.6 (13-11)
Ht 5: Windmill, Powell, Jones, Williams, 69.2 (18-12)
Ht 6: Evans, Grimes, Lambourne, Edwards (fell), 70.2 (20-16)
Ht 7: Brown, Harris, Papworth, Wells, 70.0 (23-19)
Ht 8: Edwards, Jones, Burnett, Wiggins, 69.6 (27-21)
Ht 9: Powell, Windmill, Evans, Lambourne, 69.0 (32-22)
Ht 10: Wells, Brown, Grimes, Edwards (f, ex), 70.0 (33-27)
Ht 11: Jones, Harris, Papworth, Williams, 70.2 (36-30)
Ht 12: Powell, Wiggins, Lambourne, Dore, 71.8 (39-33)
Ht 13: Papworth, Burnett, Ellis, Williams (fell), 70.2 (44-34)
Ht 14: Evans, Windmill, Wells, Harris, 70.2 (46-38)
Programme changes:
None.
Aldershot Juniors: Burnett, Jack Taylor, Chas Frenzel, Dore, 73.0
Pepper Harrow Scurry: Powell, Brown, Windmill, Wells, 70.0
Ash Scurry: Papworth, Jones, Williams, Frenzel, 71.4
Seale Scurry: Harris, Grimes, Evans, Lambourne, 70.4
Junior Final: Burnett, Wiggins, Ellis, Taylor, 71.2
Saturday 24 May 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 44
CARDIFF DRAGONS 40
Southern League
SWINDON
Buster Brown 1 0 1 3 - - - 5
Bob Wells 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Bob Jones (C) 0 1 0 - - - - 1
Ian Williams 2 1* 0 2 - - - 5 (1)
Frank Evans 1* 1* 2* 3 - - - 7 (3)
Danny Malone 2 2 3 2* - - - 9 (1)
Ray Ellis 2 1 - - - - - 3
Ken Wiggins 2 R 0 - - - - 2
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
CARDIFF
Charlie May (C) 2 3 3 1 - - - 9
Kevin Hayden 0 0 3 1 - - - 4
Gerald Pugh 1 2 3 0 - - - 6
Mick Holland 3 1* 1 1* - - - 6 (2)
Chum Taylor 3 2* 0 2 - - - 7 (1)
Hugh Geddes 0 3 2 0 - - - 5
Jim Wright 0 2 - - - - - 2
Harry Hughes 1 0 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Bill Dutton
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Wells, May, Brown, Hayden, 76.8 (4-2)
Ht 2: Holland, Williams, Pugh, Jones, 78.4 (6-6)
Ht 3: Taylor, Malone, Evans, Geddes, 76.2 (9-9)
Ht 4: May, Ellis, Williams, Wright, 76.2 (12-12)
Ht 5: Wells, Pugh, Holland, Brown, 76.6 (15-15)
Ht 6: Geddes, Taylor, Jones, Williams, 77.8 (16-20)
Ht 7: May, Malone, Evans, Hayden, 77.6 (19-23)
Ht 8: Pugh, Wiggins, Hughes, Jones, 77.0 (21-27)
Ht 9: Wells, Geddes, Brown, Taylor, 76.6 (25-29)
Ht 10: Hayden, Williams, May, Wiggins (ret), 77.8 (27-33)
Ht 11: Malone, Evans, Holland, Pugh, 76.2 (32-34)
Ht 12: Brown, Taylor, Ellis, Hughes, 77.6 (36-36)
Ht 13: Evans, Wright, Holland, Wiggins, 78.4 (39-39)
Ht 14: Wells, Malone, Hayden, Geddes, 77.6 (44-40)
Programme change:
Ht 10: Wiggins replaced Jones.
Junior Scratch Race: Walt Legg, Malcolm Snook, Frank Saunders, Harold George, 82.8
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 1): Ellis, Hughes, Wiggins, Bill Downton, 79.2
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 2): Taylor, Evans, Pugh, Brown, 76.0
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 3): Wright, Ellis, Hughes, Mick Hard, 78.6
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 4): May, Jones, Malone, Holland, 76.8
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 5): Wells, Geddes, Hayden, Williams, 76.6
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 6): Ellis, Downton, Hard, Legg, 80.2
Saturday 31 May 1952
SUNDAY DISPATCH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND ONE
(Staged at Swindon)
1st, Harry Bastable
2nd, Danny Malone
3rd, Pete Lansdale
4th, Buster Brown
Harry Bastable 3 3 3 3 2 - - 14
Pete Lansdale 2 3 3 2 3 - - 13
Eric Mason 0 0 2 F 0 - - 2
Harry Welch 1 3 1 2 3 - - 10
Jack Unstead 3 2 2 2 1 - - 10
Bob Jones 2 0 1 0 3 - - 6
Les Beaumont 1 3 2 2 2 - - 10
Bill Kemp R R R 1 R - - 1
Wilf Plant N - - - - - - 0
Danny Malone 3 2 3 3 3 - - 14
Buster Brown 2 2 2 3 2 - - 11
George Newton N - - - - - - 0
Don Hardy 3 1 0 0 - - - 4
Harwood Pike 0 1 1 0 0 - - 2
Joe Bowkis 1 1 1 3 1 - - 7
Ray Ellis 2 1 0 1 0 - - 4
Ian Williams (Res) 2 0 1 2 - - - 5
Bob Wells (Res) 0 3 1 1 1 - - 6
ACU Steward: George Allan
Ht 1: Bastable, Lansdale, Welch, Mason, 77.2
Ht 2: Unstead, Jones, Beaumont, Kemp (ret), 77.4
Ht 3: (Re-Run) Malone, Brown, Plant (f, ns), Newton (f, ns), 78.2
Ht 4: Hardy, Ellis, Bowkis, Pike, 79.4
Ht 5: Bastable, Unstead, Hardy, Wells, 76.8
Ht 6: Lansdale, Malone, Pike, Jones, 77.0
Ht 7: Beaumont, Brown, Bowkis, Mason, 78.2
Ht 8: Welch, Williams, Ellis, Kemp (ret), 77.4
Ht 9: Bastable, Brown, Jones, Ellis, 77.2
Ht 10: Lansdale, Unstead, Bowkis, Williams, 77.4
Ht 11: Wells, Mason, Pike, Kemp (ret), 77.2
Ht 12: Malone, Beaumont, Welch, Hardy, 77.4
Ht 13: Bastable, Beaumont, Williams, Pike, 79.2
Ht 14: Brown, Lansdale, Kemp, Hardy, 77.6
Ht 15: Malone, Unstead, Ellis, Mason (fell), 77.6
Ht 16: Bowkis, Welch, Wells, Jones, 77.8
Ht 17: Malone, Bastable, Bowkis, Kemp (ret), 77.2
Ht 18: Lansdale, Beaumont, Wells, Ellis, 78.0
Ht 19: Jones, Williams, Wells, Mason, 78.0
Ht 20: Welch, Brown, Unstead, Pike, 77.2
First Place Run-Off: Bastable, Malone, 76.4
Programme changes:
Ht 5: Wells replaced Plant; Ht 8: Williams replaced Newton; Ht 10: Williams replaced Newton; Ht 11:
Wells replaced Plant; Ht 13: Williams replaced Newton; Ht 16: Wells replaced Plant; Ht 18: Wells
replaced Plant; Ht 19: Williams replaced Newton; Wells replaced Hardy.
Monday 2 June 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 50
RAYLEIGH ROCKETS 34
Southern League
SWINDON
Buster Brown 0 1 2* 3 - - - 6 (1)
Bob Wells 2 3 3 3 - - - 11
Bob Jones (C) 1* 3 3 3 - - - 10 (1)
Ian Williams 2 1* 1 0 - - - 4 (1)
Frank Evans 3 3 2 3 - - - 11
Danny Malone 2* 0 X - - - - 2 (1)
Reg Lambourne 2 2* 1 - - - - 5 (1)
Ken Wiggins F 1 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
RAYLEIGH
Jack Unstead (C) 3 3 2 2 - - - 10
Tom O’Connor 1 1* 1* 2 - - - 5 (2)
Gerald Jackson 0 2 1* 1 - - - 4 (1)
Les McGillivray 3 R 3 2 - - - 8
Julie Benson R 2 0 - - - - 2
Peter Clark 1 F 1 0 - - - 2
Ron Howes 0 0 0 - - - - 0
Maurice McDermott 2 1 - - - - - 3
Team manager: Arthur Atkinson
ACU Steward: George Allan
Ht 1: Unstead, Wells, O’Connor, Brown, 74.8 (2-4)
Ht 2: McGillivray, Williams, Jones, Jackson, 77.0 (5-7)
Ht 3: Evans, Malone, Clark, Benson (ret), 76.8 (10-8)
Ht 4: Unstead, Lambourne, Williams, Howes, 75.0 (13-11)
Ht 5: Wells, Jackson, Brown, McGillivray (ret), 76.4 (17-13)
Ht 6: Jones, Benson, Williams, Clark (fell), 76.6 (21-15)
Ht 7: Evans, Unstead, O’Connor, Malone, 76.4 (24-18)
Ht 8: Jones, McDermott, Jackson, Wiggins (fell), 76.8 (27-21)
Ht 9: Wells, Brown, Clark, Benson, 76.8 (32-22)
Ht 10: Jones, Unstead, O’Connor, Williams, 77.0 (35-25)
Ht 11: (Re-Run) McGillivray, Evans, Jackson, Malone (f, ex), 76.0 (37-29)
Ht 12: Brown, Lambourne, McDermott, Howes, 77.4 (42-30)
Ht 13: Evans, McGillivray, Wiggins, Howes, 77.6 (46-32)
Ht 14: Wells, O’Connor, Lambourne, Clark, 76.2 (50-34)
Programme changes:
Ht 12: Howes replaced Benson; Ht 14: Lambourne replaced Malone.
Second half
[Untitled] Ht 1: Lambourne, Ray Ellis, Wiggins, 77.0 (3 riders only)
[Untitled] Ht 2: Jackson, O’Connor, Brown, Evans, 77.2
[Untitled] Ht 3: Ellis, McDermott, Wiggins, Howes, 77.8
Challenge Match-Race: Wells, Unstead, 75.8
[Untitled] Ht 4: Jones, McGillivray, Benson, McDermott (fell), 77.2
[Untitled] Ht 5: Clark, Ellis, Howes, Williams, 78.0
Saturday 7 June 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 65
SOUTHAMPTON SAINTS 19
Southern League
SWINDON
Ian Williams 3 1 2* 2* - - - 8 (2)
Bob Wells 2* 3 3 3 - - - 11 (1)
Bob Jones (C) 2* 1 3 2* - - - 8 (2)
Danny Malone 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Frank Evans 2* 3 3 2* - - - 10 (2)
Buster Brown 3 0 1 2* - - - 6 (1)
Reg Lambourne 2* 3 - - - - - 5 (1)
Ray Ellis 2* 3 - - - - - 5 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
SOUTHAMPTON
Bert Croucher (C) X 0 1* 1 - - - 2 (1)
Dudley Smith 1 2 X F - - - 3
Mike Tams 1 2 1 2 - - - 6
Harry Hughes 0 0 0 R - - - 0
Ted Moore 1 2 1 F - - - 4
Brian McKeown R R F 1 - - - 1
Den Cross 1 1 - - - - - 2
Aston Quinn 0 1 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Mike Erskine
ACU Steward: Wilf Potter
Ht 1: (Re-Run) Williams, Wells, Smith, Croucher (f, ex), 78.2 (5-1)
Ht 2: Malone, Jones, Tams, Hughes, 77.4 (10-2)
Ht 3: Brown, Evans, Moore, McKeown (ret), 77.8 (15-3)
Ht 4: Malone, Lambourne, Cross, Croucher, 77.0 (20-4)
Ht 5: Wells, Tams, Williams, Hughes, 75.2 (24-6)
Ht 6: Malone, Moore, Jones, McKeown (ret), 77.2 (28-8)
Ht 7: Evans, Smith, Croucher, Brown, 76.6 (31-11)
Ht 8: Jones, Ellis, Tams, Quinn, 76.6 (36-12)
Ht 9: Wells, Williams, Moore, McKeown (fell), 77.0 (41-13)
Ht 10: (Re-Run) Malone, Jones, Croucher, Smith (f, ex), 78.0 (46-14)
Ht 11: Evans, Tams, Brown, Hughes, 76.4 (50-16)
Ht 12: Lambourne, Williams, Quinn (f, rem), Moore (fell), 76.4 (55-17)
Ht 13: Ellis, Evans, Cross, Hughes (ret), 77.6 (60-18)
Ht 14: Wells, Brown, McKeown (f, rem), Smith (fell), 78.0 (65-19)
Programme changes:
None.
Robin Junior Scratch Race: Gordon Richards, Harold George, Dick Pitman, Malcolm Snook, 81.2
[Untitled] Ht 1: Ellis, Cross, Ken Wiggins, Quinn, 77.0
[Untitled] Ht 2: Evans, Croucher, George, Jones (fell), 76.0
[Untitled] Ht 3: Lambourne, McKeown, Wiggins, Smith, 76.4
[Untitled] Ht 4: Wells, Tams, Pitman, Moore, 76.0
[Untitled] Ht 5: Williams, Wiggins, Richards, Brown, 78.4
Tuesday 10 June 1952
SOUTHAMPTON SAINTS 41
SWINDON ROBINS 43
Southern League
SOUTHAMPTON
Ted Moore 1 0 1 - - - - 2
Dennis Hayles F 1 2 - - - - 3
Dudley Smith 2 2 1 2* - - - 7 (1)
Brian McKeown 1* 2* 1* 3 - - - 7 (3)
Mike Tams (C) 3 3 1* R - - - 7 (1)
Den Cross 1 2* 2 2 - - - 7 (1)
Jack Vallis 3 1* 3 0 - - - 7 (1)
Aston Quinn F 1 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Frank Hedgecott
SWINDON
Ian Williams 2* 0 1 1 - - - 4 (1)
Bob Wells 3 R 0 - - - - 3
Bob Jones (C) 0 3 3 0 - - - 6
Danny Malone 3 2* 3 3 - - - 11 (1)
Frank Evans 0 0 0 - - - - 0
Buster Brown 2 3 3 3 - - - 11
Reg Lambourne 1 2* - - - - - 3 (1)
Ray Ellis 0 2* 2 1 - - - 5 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Wilf Potter
Ht 1: Wells, Williams, Moore, Hayles (fell), 68.4 (1-5)
Ht 2: Malone, Smith, McKeown, Jones, 68.0 (4-8)
Ht 3: Tams, Brown, Cross, Evans, 70.6 (8-10)
Ht 4: Vallis, McKeown, Lambourne, Williams, 67.2 (13-11)
Ht 5: Jones, Malone, Hayles, Moore, 67.0 (14-16)
Ht 6: Brown, Smith, McKeown, Ellis, 68.6 (17-19)
Ht 7: Tams, Cross, Williams, Wells (ret), 69.4 (22-20)
Ht 8: Jones, Ellis, Smith, Quinn (fell), 67.4 (23-25)
Ht 9: Brown, Hayles, Vallis, Evans, 68.6 (26-28)
Ht 10: McKeown, Smith, Williams, Wells, 70.0 (31-29)
Ht 11: Malone, Cross, Tams, Jones, 67.6 (34-32)
Ht 12: Vallis, Ellis, Moore, Evans, 70.2 (38-34)
Ht 13: Malone, Lambourne, Quinn, Tams (ret), 68.8 (39-39)
Ht 14: Brown, Cross, Ellis, Vallis, 67.6 (41-43)
Programme changes:
Ht 6: Ellis replaced Evans; Ht 9: Vallis replaced Moore; Ht 14: Vallis replaced Hayles; Ellis replaced
Wells.
Stadium Scurry (Ht 1): Mick Mitchell, Jim Gleed, Gordon Leigh, Vallis, 68.8
Stadium Scurry (Ht 2): Brown, Williams, Moore, Hayles, 69.0
Stadium Scurry (Ht 3): Malone, Jones, McKeown, Smith, 69.0
Stadium Scurry (Ht 4): Tams, Cross, Ken Wiggins, 69.8 (3 riders only)
Stadium Scurry (Ht 5): Mitchell, Lambourne, Quinn, Ellis, 68.4
Stadium Scurry (Final): Tams, Brown, Malone, Jones, 68.2
Saturday 14 June 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 48
LIVERPOOL CHADS 36
Challenge
SWINDON
Buster Brown 0 0 2* 1 - - - 3 (1)
Bob Wells 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Bob Jones (C) 2 0 1* 0 - - - 3 (1)
Danny Malone F 2* 2 2 - - - 6 (1)
Ian Williams 3 1 0 2* - - - 6 (1)
Frank Evans 1 3 1 2* - - - 7 (1)
Reg Lambourne 3 3 - - - - - 6
Ray Ellis 2 3 - - - - - 5
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
LIVERPOOL
Len Read 2 1 0 1 - - - 4
Bill Griffiths 1* 2 3 1 - - - 7 (1)
Don Potter 1 1* 3 2* - - - 7 (2)
Reg Duval 3 2 3 R - - - 8
Tommy Allott 0 3 0 0 - - - 3
Harry Welch (C) 2 1 1 0 - - - 4
Eric Smith 0 1 - - - - - 1
Val Morton R 2 - - - - - 2
Team manager: Gordon Parkins
ACU Steward: Wilf Potter
Ht 1: Wells, Read, Griffiths, Brown, 76.4 (3-3)
Ht 2: Duval, Jones, Potter, Malone (fell), 76.6 (5-7)
Ht 3: Williams, Welch, Evans, Allott, 76.6 (9-9)
Ht 4: Lambourne, Malone, Read, Smith, 77.4 (14-10)
Ht 5: Wells, Duval, Potter, Brown, 75.8 (17-13)
Ht 6: Allott, Malone, Welch, Jones, 77.0 (19-17)
Ht 7: Evans, Griffiths, Williams, Read, 76.6 (23-19)
Ht 8: Potter, Ellis, Jones, Morton (ret), 78.0 (26-22)
Ht 9: Wells, Brown, Welch, Allott, 76.6 (31-23)
Ht 10: Griffiths, Malone, Read, Jones, 76.4 (33-27)
Ht 11: Duval, Potter, Evans, Williams, 76.2 (34-32)
Ht 12: Lambourne, Morton, Brown, Allott, 77.2 (38-34)
Ht 13: Ellis, Williams, Smith, Duval (ret), 78.4 (43-35)
Ht 14: Wells, Evans, Griffiths, Welch, 76.6 (48-36)
Programme changes:
None.
Stadium Scurry: Lambourne, Ellis, Ken Wiggins, Evan Thomas, 76.4
Chads and Robins’ Scratch Races (Ht 1): Wells, Evans, Potter, Read, 75.2
Chads and Robins’ Scratch Races (Ht 2): (Re-Run) Jones, Duval (ret),
Griffiths (fell), Brown (f, ex), 79.0
Chads and Robins’ Scratch Races (Ht 3): Malone, Welch, Williams, Allott, 77.6
Chads and Robins’ Scratch Races (Ht 4): Lambourne, Smith, Wiggins, Morton (ret), 77.8
Chads and Robins’ Scratch Races (Final): Wells, Malone, Jones, Lambourne, 76.0
Saturday 21 June 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 62
ST AUSTELL GULLS 22
Southern League
SWINDON
Buster Brown 1 2* 2* 3 - - - 8 (2)
Bob Wells 3 3 3 2* - - - 11 (1)
Bob Jones (C) 3 2* 3 0 - - - 8 (1)
Danny Malone 2* 3 3 2 - - - 10 (1)
Ian Williams 2* 2* 2* 3 - - - 9 (3)
Frank Evans 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Reg Lambourne 1 2* - - - - - 3 (1)
Ray Ellis 1 X - - - - - 1
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ST AUSTELL
Norman Street (C) 2 2 0 3 - - - 7
Max Rech 0 1 1 1 - - - 3
Allan Quinn 0 0 2 0 - - - 2
Ken Monk 1 1 1 1* - - - 4 (1)
Harold Bull 1 1 1 1 - - - 4
Jimmy Gleed 0 0 0 - - - - 0
Mick Mitchell 0 0 2 - - - - 2
Ray Thackwell 0 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: Vic Kermond
ACU Steward: Harold Ellis
Ht 1: Wells, Street, Brown, Rech, 75.2 (4-2)
Ht 2: Jones, Malone, Monk, Quinn, 77.0 (9-3)
Ht 3: Evans, Williams, Bull, Gleed, 76.8 (14-4)
Ht 4: Malone, Street, Lambourne, Mitchell, 76.6 (18-6)
Ht 5: Wells, Brown, Monk, Quinn, 76.4 (23-7)
Ht 6: Malone, Jones, Bull, Mitchell, 77.2 (28-8)
Ht 7: Evans, Williams, Rech, Street, 77.6 (33-9)
Ht 8: Jones, Quinn, Ellis, Thackwell, 78.0 (37-11)
Ht 9: Wells, Brown, Bull, Gleed, 78.0 (42-12)
Ht 10: Street, Malone, Rech, Jones, 76.2 (44-16)
Ht 11: Evans, Williams, Monk, Quinn, 76.4 (49-17)
Ht 12: Brown, Lambourne, Bull, Thackwell, 76.4 (54-18)
Ht 13: Williams, Mitchell, Monk, Ellis (ex), 79.2 (57-21)
Ht 14: Evans, Wells, Rech, Gleed, 79.4 (62-22)
Programme change:
Ht 6: Mitchell replaced Gleed.
Junior Scurry: Ken Wiggins, Tom Wilson, Dick Pitman, Gordon Richards, 78.6
Stadium Scurry (Ht 1): Wells, Malone, Street, Bull, 77.0
Stadium Scurry (Ht 2): Ellis, Lambourne, Quinn, Wiggins (ex), 79.6
Stadium Scurry (Ht 3): Jones, Evans, Rech, Monk, 76.4
Stadium Scurry (Ht 4): Brown, Mitchell, Williams, Pitman, 78.2
Stadium Scurry (Final): Wells, Brown, Jones, Ellis, 76.8
Saturday 28 June 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 63
ALDERSHOT SHOTS 21
Southern League
SWINDON
Buster Brown 2` 2` 2` 3 - - - 9 (3)
Bob Wells 3 3 3 1 - - - 10
Bob Jones (C) 3 1` 2` 3 - - - 9 (2)
Danny Malone 2` 3 2 2` - - - 9 (2)
Ian Williams 3 F 2` 2` - - - 7 (2)
Frank Evans 2` 2 3 3 - - - 10 (1)
Reg Lambourne 1 2` - - - - - 3 (1)
Ray Ellis 3 3 - - - - - 6
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ALDERSHOT
Archie Windmill 1 2 1 1 - - - 5
Bill Grimes 0 3 0 0 - - - 3
Chas Frenzel 0 1 1 1 - - - 3
Vic Gooden 1 R R 1 - - - 2
Basil Harris (C) 1 0 1 1 - - - 3
Doug Papworth 0 3 0 2 - - - 5
Ron Burnett 0 0 0 - - - - 0
Team manager: Bob Netcott
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Wells, Brown, Windmill, Grimes, 75.4 (5-1)
Ht 2: Jones, Malone, Gooden, Frenzel (f, rem), 76.2 (10-2)
Ht 3: Williams, Evans, Harris, Papworth, 76.6 (15-3)
Ht 4: Malone, Windmill, Lambourne, Burnett, 78.4 (19-5)
Ht 5: Wells, Brown, Frenzel, Gooden (ret), 76.8 (24-6)
Ht 6: Papworth, Malone, Jones, Harris, 78.0 (27-9)
Ht 7: Grimes, Evans, Windmill, Williams (fell), 78.8 (29-13)
Ht 8: Ellis, Jones, Frenzel, Burnett, 77.2 (34-14)
Ht 9: Wells, Brown, Harris, Papworth, 77.8 (39-15)
Ht 10: Jones, Malone, Windmill, Grimes, 76.8 (44-16)
Ht 11: Evans, Williams, Frenzel, Gooden (ret), 78.0 (49-17)
Ht 12: Brown, Lambourne, Harris, 79.0 (3 riders only) (54-18)
Ht 13: Ellis, Williams, Gooden, Burnett, 77.2 (59-19)
Ht 14: Evans, Papworth, Wells, Grimes, 76.4 (63-21)
Programme changes:
None.
NOTE: Aldershot only had seven riders, with Frenzel moving up from the No. 8 berth to replace the
absent Bert Edwards at No. 3. Burnett took only one of Frenzel’s two programmed reserve rides in
heat eight; in the other, heat twelve, the Shots had one rider only.
The Shots and Robins’ Scurry
Ht 1: Ellis, Ken Wiggins, Dick Pitman, Harold George, 76.8
Ht 2: Jones, Brown, Harris, Grimes (ex), 75.8
Ht 3: Wiggins, Lambourne, Frenzel, Burnett, 78.6
Ht 4: Wells, Evans, Lambourne, Gooden, 76.8
Ht 5: Williams, Papworth, Malone, Windmill, 77.0
Final: Williams, Ellis, Jones, Wells (fell), 77.4
Thursday 3 July 1952
CARDIFF DRAGONS 53
SWINDON ROBINS 30
Southern League
CARDIFF
Charlie May (C) 0 2 3 3 - - - 8
Hugh Geddes 1 0 1 1* - - - 3 (1)
Gerald Pugh 3 R 2* 3 - - - 8 (1)
Mick Holland 2* 3 3 2* - - - 10 (2)
Chum Taylor 0 2* 2* 3 - - - 7 (2)
Bert Edwards 1 3 3 2 - - - 9
Frank Johnson 2* 1 - - - - - 3 (1)
Jim Wright 3 2* - - - - - 5 (1)
Team manager: Bill Dutton
SWINDON
Buster Brown 3 0 0 0 - - - 3
Bob Wells 2* 1 1 3 - - - 7 (1)
Bob Jones (C) 0 3 R 1 - - - 4
Danny Malone 1 1 F F - - - 2
Ian Williams 2* R 2 2 - - - 6 (1)
Frank Evans 3 2 0 0 - - - 5
Reg Lambourne 1 1 - - - - - 2
Ray Ellis 1 0 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Brown, Wells, Geddes, May, 73.4 (1-5)
Ht 2: Pugh, Holland, Malone, Jones, 72.0 (6-6)
Ht 3: Evans, Williams, Edwards, Taylor, 73.8 (7-11)
Ht 4: Holland, Johnson, Lambourne, Brown, 73.2 (12-12)
Ht 5: Jones, May, Malone, Geddes, 73.4 (14-16)
Ht 6: Holland, Evans, Pugh (ret), Williams (ret), 74.4 (17-18)
Ht 7: Edwards, Taylor, Wells, Brown, 74.0 (22-19)
Ht 8: Wright, Pugh, Ellis, Jones (ret), 75.6 (27-20)
Ht 9: May, Williams, Geddes, Evans, 74.0 (31-22)
Ht 10: Pugh, Holland, Wells, Brown, 72.6 (36-23)
Ht 11: Edwards, Taylor, Jones, Malone (fell), 73.2 (41-24)
Ht 12: May, Williams, Johnson, Ellis, 74.8 (45-26)
Ht 13: Taylor, Wright, Lambourne, Malone (fell), 74.8 (50-27)
Ht 14: Wells, Edwards, Geddes, Evans, 73.4 (53-30)
Programme changes:
None.
The Aberavon Scratch Race: Kevin Hayden, Derek Clark, Bambi Royle, 76.2 (3 riders only)
The Chepstow Scratch Race (Ht 1): Lambourne, Ellis, Wright (ret), Johnson (ret), 75.0
The Chepstow Scratch Race (Ht 2): Pugh, Jones, Brown, Hayden, 72.6
The Chepstow Scratch Race (Ht 3): Geddes, Evans, Williams, Clark, 72.8
The Chepstow Scratch Race (Ht 4): Holland, Taylor, Wells (f, rem), Malone (ret), 74.6
The Ogmore Vale Scratch Race: Wright, Hayden, Royle, Clark, 75.2
The Chepstow Scratch Race (Final): Pugh, Geddes, Holland, Lambourne, 73.8
Saturday 5 July 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 40
CARDIFF DRAGONS 44
Southern League
SWINDON
Buster Brown 2 2* 2* 3 - - - 9 (2)
Bob Wells 0 3 3 1 - - - 7
Danny Malone F 2 0 1 - - - 3
Bob Jones (C) 3 1* F 3 - - - 7 (1)
Ian Williams 2 2 F 2 - - - 6
Frank Evans R 0 3 - - - - 3
Ray Ellis 2 0 - - - - - 2
Reg Lambourne 2 1 0 - - - - 3
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
CARDIFF
Charlie May (C) 3 3 3 0 - - - 9
Hugh Geddes 1 1 2 2 - - - 6
Gerald Pugh 1* 0 1 3 - - - 5 (1)
Mick Holland 2 1 2* 3 - - - 8 (1)
Chum Taylor 3 3 1 2 - - - 9
Bert Edwards 1 1 0 - - - - 2
Frank Johnson F 1 - - - - - 1
Kevin Hayden 3 1* 0 - - - - 4 (1)
Team manager: Bill Dutton
ACU Steward: George Allan
Ht 1: May, Brown, Geddes, Wells, 78.4 (2-4)
Ht 2: Jones, Holland, Pugh, Malone (fell), 76.6 (5-7)
Ht 3: Taylor, Williams, Edwards, Evans (ret), 80.4 (7-11)
Ht 4: May, Ellis, Jones, Johnson (fell), 78.6 (10-14)
Ht 5: Wells, Brown, Holland, Pugh, 78.4 (15-15)
Ht 6: Taylor, Malone, Edwards, Jones (fell), 79.2 (17-19)
Ht 7: May, Williams, Geddes, Evans, 78.6 (19-23)
Ht 8: Hayden, Lambourne, Pugh, Malone, 79.8 (21-27)
Ht 9: Wells, Brown, Taylor, Edwards, 78.4 (26-28)
Ht 10: Jones, Geddes, Malone, May, 77.6 (30-30)
Ht 11: Pugh, Holland, Lambourne, Williams (fell), 80.6 (31-35)
Ht 12: Brown, Taylor, Hayden, Ellis, 78.2 (34-38)
Ht 13: Holland, Williams, Johnson, Lambourne, 78.8 (36-42)
Ht 14: Evans, Geddes, Wells, Hayden, 78.4 (40-44)
Programme changes:
Ht 11: Lambourne replaced Evans; Ht 14: Hayden replaced Edwards.
The Dragons and Robins’ Scurry (Ht 1): Ken Wiggins, Lambourne, Mick Hard,
Dick Pitman, 79.8
The Dragons and Robins’ Scurry (Ht 2): Brown, Holland, Edwards, Malone, 78.0
The Dragons and Robins’ Scurry (Ht 3): May, Jones, Hard, Taylor, 78.8
The Dragons and Robins’ Scurry (Ht 4): Evans, Geddes, Williams, Pugh, 78.6
The Dragons and Robins’ Scurry (Ht 5): Ellis, Hayden, Wiggins, Johnson, 80.2
The Dragons and Robins’ Scurry (Final): Brown, May, Evans, Wiggins, 78.6
Tuesday 8 July 1952
ST AUSTELL GULLS 47
SWINDON ROBINS 37
Southern League
ST AUSTELL
Max Rech 1 2* 1 1 - - - 5 (1)
Norman Street (C) 3 3 3 1* - - - 10 (1)
Ken Monk 3 0 2 1 - - - 6
Lloyd Goffe 0 0 2 3 - - - 5
Allan Quinn 3 3 2 1* - - - 9 (1)
Dick Harris 0 2* 1* 2 - - - 5 (2)
Johnny Bradford 2 3 - - - - - 5
Harold Bull R 2 - - - - - 2
Team manager: Vic Kermond
SWINDON
Buster Brown 0 1 R - - - - 1
Bob Wells 2 1 0 0 - - - 3
Bob Jones (C) 2 0 3 3 - - - 8
Danny Malone 1* 1 X 0 - - - 2 (1)
Ray Ellis 1* 3 0 2 - - - 6 (1)
Frank Evans 2 1 2 3 - - - 8
Reg Lambourne 3 2 3 - - - - 8
Ken Wiggins 1 R - - - - - 1
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: C.C. Mason
Ht 1: Street, Wells, Rech, Brown, 67.2 (4-2)
Ht 2: Monk, Jones, Malone, Goffe, 69.0 (7-5)
Ht 3: Quinn, Evans, Ellis, Harris, 68.0 (10-8)
Ht 4: Lambourne, Bradford, Brown, Goffe, 68.6 (12-12)
Ht 5: Street, Rech, Malone, Jones, 67.8 (17-13)
Ht 6: Ellis, Goffe, Evans, Monk, 68.2 (19-17)
Ht 7: Quinn, Harris, Wells, Brown (ret), 68.2 (24-18)
Ht 8: Jones, Monk, Wiggins, Bull (ret), 69.2 (26-22)
Ht 9: Street, Evans, Rech, Ellis, 67.8 (30-24)
Ht 10: Goffe, Lambourne, Monk, Wells, 69.4 (34-26)
Ht 11: Jones, Quinn, Harris, Malone (ex), 69.0 (37-29)
Ht 12: Bradford, Ellis, Rech, Wiggins (ret), 70.0 (41-31)
Ht 13: Lambourne, Bull, Quinn, Malone, 68.8 (44-34)
Ht 14: Evans, Harris, Street, Wells, 68.0 (47-37)
Programme change:
Ht 10: Lambourne replaced Brown.
Reserves’ Set-To: Ellis, Bull, George Newton, Quinn, 69.4
Hammer and Tongs: Lambourne, Malone, Jimmy Gleed, Gordon Leigh, 69.4
Truro Scratch Race (Ht 1): Goffe, Bradford (70.2), Monk, Newton (fell), 69.4
Truro Scratch Race (Ht 2): Bull, Quinn (69.4), Rech, Wells, 69.2
Truro Scratch Race (Ht 3): Evans, Street (69.4), Jones, Harris, 69.2
Truro Scratch Race (Final): Quinn, Goffe, Bull, Evans (fell), 68.6
The Tester: Bradford, Gleed, Quinn, Leigh, 70.2
Saturday 12 July 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 55
WOLVERHAMPTON WASPS 29
Southern League
SWINDON
Buster Brown M 1 2* 3 - - - 6 (1)
Bob Wells 3 3 3 R - - - 9
Reg Lambourne 2* 1 1 1 - - - 5 (1)
Bob Jones (C) 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Ian Williams 1* 1 0 0 - - - 2 (1)
Frank Evans 2 3 3 3 - - - 11
Ray Ellis 1 2* 1 - - - - 4 (1)
Ken Wiggins 3 3 - - - - - 6
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
WOLVERHAMPTON
Eric Irons 0 1 2 2 - - - 5
Jimmy Grant 2 0 0 2 - - - 4
Derek Timms 0 0 - - - - - 0
Cyril Quick 1 2 2 2 - - - 7
Ken Brown 0 0 2 - - - - 2
Benny King (C) 3 2 0 1* - - - 6 (1)
Jack Cunningham 0 1 1* - - - - 2 (1)
Bill Jemison F 2 X 1* - - - 3 (1)
Team manager: Arthur Simcock
ACU Steward: Wilf Potter
Ht 1: Wells, Grant, Ellis, Irons, B. Brown (ex, 2mins), 75.4 (4-2)
Ht 2: Jones, Lambourne, Quick, Timms, 77.4 (9-3)
Ht 3: King, Evans, Williams (f, rem), K. Brown, 77.0 (12-6)
Ht 4: Jones, Ellis, Irons, Cunningham, 75.8 (17-7)
Ht 5: Wells, Quick, B. Brown, Jemison (fell), 76.8 (21-9)
Ht 6: Jones, King, Lambourne, K. Brown, 75.8 (25-11)
Ht 7: Evans, Irons, Williams, Grant, 76.2 (29-13)
Ht 8: Wiggins, Jemison, Lambourne, Timms, 78.0 (33-15)
Ht 9: Wells, B. Brown, Cunningham, King, 76.8 (38-16)
Ht 10: Jones, Irons, Lambourne, Grant, 76.2 (42-18)
Ht 11: Evans, Quick, Cunningham, Williams, 77.4 (45-21)
Ht 12: (Re-Run) B. Brown, K. Brown, Ellis, Jemison (f, ex), 77.4 (49-23)
Ht 13: Wiggins, Quick, Jemison, Williams (f, rem), 77.6 (52-26)
Ht 14: Evans, Grant, King, Wells (ret), 76.8 (55-29)
Programme change:
Ht 1: Ellis replaced B. Brown; Ht 5: Jemison replaced Timms; Ht 9: Cunningham replaced K. Brown;
Ht 11: Cunningham replaced Timms; Ht 13: Jemison replaced Cunningham.
Junior Robins’ Scurry: Mick Hard, Wiggins, Dick Pitman, Gordon Short, 79.4
Wasps and Robins’ Scratch Races (Ht 1): Jones, Williams, K. Brown, Timms, 77.0
Wasps and Robins’ Scratch Races (Ht 2): Irons, Evans, B. Brown, Quick, 77.2
Wasps and Robins’ Scratch Races (Ht 3): Cunningham, Ellis, Wiggins, Jemison, 79.0
Wasps and Robins’ Scratch Races (Ht 4): Lambourne, Wells, Grant, King, 77.4
Wasps and Robins’ Scratch Races (Ht 5): Wiggins, Ellis, Pitman, Hard, 78.4
Tuesday 15 July 1952
SOUTHAMPTON SAINTS 46
SWINDON ROBINS 38
Southern League
SOUTHAMPTON
Bert Croucher (C) 2 1 2* 1 - - - 6 (1)
Dudley Smith 1* 3 3 1 - - - 8 (1)
Mike Tams F 1* 1* 1 - - - 3 (2)
Den Cross 2 1 2 3 - - - 8
Brian McKeown 1 3 3 3 - - - 10
Maury Mattingley 3 1 1 0 - - - 5
Ernie Brecknell 0 3 - - - - - 3
Mick Mitchell 2 1 - - - - - 3
Team manager: Mike Erskine
SWINDON
Buster Brown 0 3 R 0 - - - 3
Bob Wells 3 2 2 2* - - - 9 (1)
Danny Malone 1 0 3 2 - - - 6
Bob Jones (C) 3 2 0 0 - - - 5
Reg Lambourne 2 0 1 0 - - - 3
Frank Evans 0 3 0 3 - - - 6
Ray Ellis 2* 2 - - - - - 4 (1)
Ken Wiggins 0 2 - - - - - 2
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Wilf Potter
Ht 1: Wells, Croucher, Smith, Brown, 65.2 (3-3)
Ht 2: Jones, Cross, Malone, Tams (fell), 68.2 (5-7)
Ht 3: Mattingley, Lambourne, McKeown, Evans, 67.6 (9-9)
Ht 4: Brown, Ellis, Cross, Brecknell, 67.0 (10-14)
Ht 5: Smith, Jones, Croucher, Malone, 65.4 (14-16)
Ht 6: Evans, Cross, Tams, Lambourne, 68.6 (17-19)
Ht 7: McKeown, Wells, Mattingley, Brown (ret), 66.0 (21-21)
Ht 8: Malone, Mitchell, Tams, Wiggins, 68.0 (24-24)
Ht 9: Smith, Croucher, Lambourne, Evans, 66.6 (29-25)
Ht 10: Cross, Wells, Tams, Brown, 68.8 (33-27)
Ht 11: McKeown, Malone, Mattingley, Jones, 67.2 (37-29)
Ht 12: Brecknell, Wiggins, Croucher, Lambourne, 67.8 (41-31)
Ht 13: McKeown, Ellis, Mitchell, Jones, 67.0 (45-33)
Ht 14: Evans, Wells, Smith, Mattingley, 68.6 (46-38)
Programme changes:
None.
Banister Scratch Race (Ht 1): Brecknell, Lambourne, Mitchell, Ellis, 68.0
Banister Scratch Race (Ht 2): Tams, Wiggins, Croucher, Evans, 69.0
Banister Scratch Race (Ht 3): McKeown, Brown, Malone, Mattingley, 67.2
Banister Scratch Race (Ht 4): Wells, Smith, Jones, Cross, 68.8
Second String Scurry: Jack Vallis, Dennis Hayles, Vic Sage, Tom Turnham, 67.6
Banister Scratch Race (Final): McKeown, Tams, Wells, Brecknell, 67.8
Saturday 19 July 1952
SILVER TROPHY
(Staged at Swindon)
1st, Dick Bradley
=2nd, Hugh Geddes
=2nd, Peter Robinson
4th, Billy Hole
Ken Wiggins 2 1 1 1 1 - - 6
Jack Summers 1 2 1 1 2 - - 7
Frank Boyle 0 0 0 1 1 - - 2
Hugh Geddes 3 3 3 3 1 - - 13
Dick Bradley 3 3 3 3 2 - - 14
Harry Saunders 1 0 3 1 3 - - 8
Jock Grierson 2 1 2 2 3 - - 10
Roger Wise 0 0 1 R 0 - - 1
Joe Bowkis 3 2 2 2 1 - - 10
Jim Boyd 1 1 0 2 3 - - 7
Peter Robinson 2 3 2 3 3 - - 13
Bill Kemp 0 1 - - - - - 1
Harwood Pike 1 0 1 2 2 - - 6
Billy Hole 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Pete Lansdale 2 2 2 0 2 - - 8
Mick Hard 0 2 0 0 0 - - 2
Dick Pitman (Res) 0 0 0 0 - - - 0
ACU Steward: George Allan
Ht 1: Geddes, Wiggins, Summers, Boyle, 76.2
Ht 2: Bradley, Grierson, Saunders, Wise, 75.0
Ht 3: Bowkis, Robinson, Boyd, Kemp, 76.6
Ht 4: Hole, Lansdale, Pike, Hard, 76.4
Ht 5: Bradley, Bowkis, Wiggins, Pike, 75.2
Ht 6: Hole, Summers, Boyd, Saunders, 76.4
Ht 7: Robinson, Lansdale, Grierson, Boyle, 75.8
Ht 8: Geddes, Hard, Kemp, Wise, 76.8
Ht 9: Saunders, Robinson, Wiggins, Hard, 76.2
Ht 10: Bradley, Lansdale, Summers, Pitman, 76.2
Ht 11: Hole, Bowkis, Wise, Boyle, 76.0
Ht 12: Geddes, Grierson, Pike, Boyd, 75.6
Ht 13: Hole, Grierson, Wiggins, Pitman, 76.8
Ht 14: Robinson, Pike, Summers, Wise (ret), 77.2
Ht 15: Bradley, Boyd, Boyle, Hard, 75.6
Ht 16: Geddes, Bowkis, Saunders, Lansdale, 77.2
Ht 17: Boyd, Lansdale, Wiggins, Wise, 76.8
Ht 18: Grierson, Summers, Bowkis, Hard, 76.8
Ht 19: Saunders, Pike, Boyle, Pitman, 78.0
Ht 20: Robinson, Bradley, Geddes, Pitman, 77.0
Programme changes:
Ht 10: Pitman replaced Kemp; Ht 13: Pitman replaced Kemp; Ht 19: Pitman replaced Kemp; Ht 20:
Pitman replaced Hole.
Saturday 19 July 1952
RAYLEIGH ROCKETS 46
SWINDON ROBINS 37
Southern League
RAYLEIGH
Jack Unstead (C) 3 F 3 3 - - - 9
Ron Howes 1 3 F - - - - 4
Gerald Jackson 3 3 2 3 - - - 11
Les McGillivray 2* 3 2* 1 - - - 8 (2)
Maurice McDermott 3 2 2 2 - - - 9
Julie Benson F 1* 0 3 - - - 4 (1)
Pat Flanagan 0 F - - - - - 0
Johnny Applegate F 0 1 - - - - 1
Team manager: John ‘Butch’ Williams
SWINDON
Bob Jones (C) 0 1* 3 2 - - - 6 (1)
Bob Wells 2 0 0 0 - - - 2
Danny Malone 0 1* 1 1 - - - 3 (1)
Ian Williams 1 2 3 3 - - - 9
Ray Ellis 2 1 X 1* - - - 4 (1)
Frank Evans 1* 0 2 - - - - 3 (1)
Buster Brown 2 N - - - - - 2
Reg Lambourne 3 2 2 1 - - - 8
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Alfred Pickering
Ht 1: Unstead, Wells, Howes, Jones, 73.0 (4-2)
Ht 2: Jackson, McGillivray, Williams, Malone, 72.8 (9-3)
Ht 3: McDermott, Ellis, Evans, Benson (fell), 73.8 (12-6)
Ht 4: McGillivray, Brown, Jones, Flanagan, 74.6 (15-9)
Ht 5: Howes, Williams, Malone, Unstead (fell), 72.6 (18-12)
Ht 6: Jackson, McGillivray, Ellis, Evans, 73.6 (23-13)
Ht 7: Jones, McDermott, Benson, Wells, 74.6 (26-16)
Ht 8: Lambourne, Jackson, Malone, Applegate (fell), 75.2 (28-20)
Ht 9: (Re-Run) Unstead, Lambourne, Howes (fell), Ellis (f, ex), Brown (f, ns) 74.0 (31-22)
Ht 10: Jackson, Jones, McGillivray, Wells, 73.4 (35-24)
Ht 11: Williams, McDermott, Malone, Benson, 73.4 (37-28)
Ht 12: Unstead, Lambourne, Ellis, Flanagan (fell), 74.2 (40-31)
Ht 13: Williams, McDermott, Lambourne, Applegate, 73.2 (42-35)
Ht 14: Benson, Evans, Applegate, Wells, 75.0 (46-37)
Programme changes:
Ht 9: Brown replaced Evans, but fell and was unable to participate in the re-run, being replaced in
turn by Lambourne; Ht 13: Lambourne replaced Brown; Ht 14: Applegate replaced Howes.
The Rayleigh Cinders – One Lap Flying Start
Attempt 1: McGillivray, 18.0
Attempt 2: Wells, 18.0
Attempt 3: Applegate, 18.0
Attempt 4: McGillivray, 18.0
Attempt 5: Wells, 17.8 (Track Record)
Attempt 6: Applegate, 18.0
Friday 25 July 1952
WIGAN PANTHERS 35
SWINDON ROBINS 49
Challenge
WIGAN
Jim Boyd 3 2 3 3 - - - 11
Ralph Horne 1 1* 1 1 - - - 4 (1)
Jimmy Clay 0 F 2 0 - - - 2
Alf Webster 3 2 3 2 - - - 10
Frank Malouf (C) 3 1 1 3 - - - 8
Andy Mackay 0 0 0 0 - - - 0
Frank Briggs 0 X - - - - - 0
Jim Courtney R F - - - - - 0
Team manager: Peggy Waxman
SWINDON
Bob Jones (C) 2 3 2* 3 - - - 10 (1)
Bob Wells 0 3 1 3 - - - 7
Ian Williams 2 3 3 2* - - - 10 (1)
Ray Ellis 1* 0 3 2 - - - 6 (1)
Reg Lambourne 2 2 R 2 - - - 6
Frank Evans 1* 1* 2 2* - - - 6 (3)
Ken Wiggins 1 1* - - - - - 2 (1)
Mick Hard 1 1* - - - - - 2 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: J.R. Greene
Ht 1: Boyd, Jones, Horne, Wells, 67.2 (4-2)
Ht 2: Webster, Williams, Ellis, Clay, 68.0 (7-5)
Ht 3: Malouf, Lambourne, Evans, Mackay, 70.0 (10-8)
Ht 4: Jones, Webster, Wiggins, Briggs, 67.8 (12-12)
Ht 5: Williams, Boyd, Horne, Ellis, 68.0 (15-15)
Ht 6: Webster, Lambourne, Evans, Clay (fell), 69.2 (18-18)
Ht 7: Wells, Jones, Malouf, Mackay, 68.0 (19-23)
Ht 8: Williams, Clay, Hard, Courtney (ret), 68.2 (21-27)
Ht 9: Boyd, Evans, Horne, Lambourne (ret), 69.0 (25-29)
Ht 10: Jones, Webster, Wells, Clay, 67.6 (27-33)
Ht 11: Ellis, Williams, Malouf, Mackay, 69.8 (28-38)
Ht 12: Boyd, Lambourne, Hard, Briggs (f, ex), 68.0 (31-41)
Ht 13: Malouf, Ellis, Wiggins, Courtney (fell), 68.8 (34-44)
Ht 14: Wells, Evans, Horne, Mackay, 68.0 (35-49)
Programme changes:
None.
Saturday 26 July 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 49
EXETER FALCONS 35
Southern League
SWINDON
Bob Jones (C) 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Bob Wells 1 0 - - - - - 1
Danny Malone 3 1 2 2 - - - 8
Ian Williams 1 3 0 1* - - - 5 (1)
Ray Ellis 3 1 1 2* - - - 7 (1)
Frank Evans 0 3 3 2 - - - 8
Buster Brown 1 R 2* - - - - 3 (1)
Reg Lambourne 1 1* 3 - - - - 5 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
EXETER
Goog Hoskin X 2 2 3 - - - 7
Johnny Sargeant 2 0 0 3 - - - 5
Don Hardy (C) 0 0 3 2 - - - 5
Jack Geran 2 2 R 1 - - - 5
Vic Gent 2 3 2 0 - - - 7
Ron Barrett 1* 2* 1* 1 - - - 5 (3)
Morris Barnett 0 0 - - - - - 0
Ron Swaine 0 1 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Bernard ‘Broncho’ Slade
ACU Steward: Wilf Potter
Ht 1: (Re-Run) Jones, Sargeant, Wells (pushed), Hoskin (f, ex), 76.0 (4-2)
Ht 2: Malone, Geran, Williams, Hardy, 77.4 (8-4)
Ht 3: Ellis, Gent, Barrett, Evans, 77.6 (11-7)
Ht 4: Williams, Hoskin, Brown, Barnett, 76.8 (15-9)
Ht 5: Jones, Geran, Lambourne, Hardy, 76.0 (19-11)
Ht 6: Gent, Barrett, Malone, Williams, 77.4 (20-16)
Ht 7: Evans, Hoskin, Ellis, Sargeant, 77.6 (24-18)
Ht 8: Hardy, Malone, Lambourne, Swaine, 77.4 (27-21)
Ht 9: Jones, Gent, Barrett, Brown (ret), 76.4 (30-24)
Ht 10: Hoskin, Malone, Williams, Sargeant, 77.8 (33-27)
Ht 11: Evans, Hardy, Ellis, Geran (ret), 77.6 (37-29)
Ht 12: Jones, Brown, Swaine, Gent, 77.0 (42-30)
Ht 13: Lambourne, Ellis, Geran, Barnett, 76.2 (47-31)
Ht 14: Sargeant, Evans, Barrett, Wells, 77.6 (49-35)
Programme changes:
Ht 5: Lambourne replaced Wells; Ht 9: Brown replaced Wells.
The Swindon Dash – One Lap Flying Start
Attempt 1: Jones, 18.0
Attempt 2: Hoskin, 18.8
Attempt 3: Evans, 18.0
Attempt 4: Jones, 17.8
Attempt 5: Evans, 18.2
Robins’ Three Lap Dash: (Re-Run) Ken Wiggins, Harold George, Mick Hard (f, ex), 59.0 [3 only]
The Devon and Wilts Scurry (Ht 1): Sargeant, Gent, Malone, Ellis, 77.0
The Devon and Wilts Scurry (Ht 2): Evans, Hardy, Williams, Geran, 78.0
The Devon and Wilts Scurry (Ht 3): Lambourne, Wiggins, Brown, Barnett, 76.4
The Devon and Wilts Scurry (Ht 4): Jones, Barrett, Hoskin, Hard, 77.8
The Devon and Wilts Scurry (Ht 5): Swaine, Wiggins, Hard, Dick Pitman, 78.4
Thursday 31 July 1952
IPSWICH WITCHES 39
SWINDON ROBINS 45
Southern League
IPSWICH
Tich Read 0 2* 2* 2 - - - 6 (2)
Sid Clark (C) 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Harold McNaughton 2 3 1 1 - - - 7
Charlie Mugford 1* 1 1 F - - - 3 (1)
Arthur Pilgrim 1* 2 0 1 - - - 4 (1)
Dick Shepherd 2 1* 1 2* - - - 6 (2)
Alby Smith 0 1* - - - - - 1 (1)
Vic Sage R 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: Arthur Franklyn
SWINDON
Bob Jones (C) 1* 2* R 2* - - - 5 (3)
Bob Wells 2 3 3 1 - - - 9
Danny Malone F - - - - - - 0
Ian Williams 3 1 3 2* - - - 9 (1)
Ray Ellis 3 2 1 3 - - - 9
Frank Evans 0 0 0 R - - - 0
Buster Brown 3 3 2* 3 - - - 11 (1)
Reg Lambourne 0 2* 0 - - - - 2 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: A.G. Jewhurst
Ht 1: Clark, Wells, Jones, Read, 74.8 (3-3)
Ht 2: Williams, McNaughton, Mugford, Malone (fell), 76.4 (6-6)
Ht 3: Ellis, Shepherd, Pilgrim, Evans, 75.2 (9-9)
Ht 4: Brown, Jones, Mugford, Smith, 76.4 (10-14)
Ht 5: Clark, Read, Williams, Lambourne, 75.8 (15-15)
Ht 6: McNaughton, Ellis, Mugford, Evans, 77.6 (19-17)
Ht 7: Wells, Pilgrim, Shepherd, Jones (ret), 77.8 (22-20)
Ht 8: Brown, Lambourne, McNaughton, Sage (ret), 76.6 (23-25)
Ht 9: Clark, Read, Ellis, Evans, 76.4 (28-26)
Ht 10: Wells, Jones, McNaughton, Mugford (fell), 78.6 (29-31)
Ht 11: Williams, Brown, Shepherd, Pilgrim, 77.0 (30-36)
Ht 12: Ellis, Read, Smith, Lambourne, 76.8 (33-39)
Ht 13: Brown, Williams, Pilgrim, Sage, 77.4 (34-44)
Ht 14: Clark, Shepherd, Wells, Evans (ret), 76.6 (39-45)
Programme changes:
Ht 5: Lambourne replaced Malone; Ht 8: Brown replaced Malone; Ht 11: Brown replaced Malone.
Reserves’ Scratch Race (Ht 1): Dennis Day, John Yates, Geoff Woodger, Ron James, 77.6
Reserves’ Scratch Race (Ht 2): Smith, Lambourne, Brown, Sage, 78.6
The Woodbridge Scratch Race (Ht 1): Williams, Ellis, Yates, Pilgrim, 77.2
The Woodbridge Scratch Race (Ht 2): Mugford, Clark, Evans, Wells, 76.6
The Woodbridge Scratch Race (Ht 3): Jones, McNaughton, Shepherd, Read, 77.4
Reserves’ Scratch Race (Final): Smith, Day, Yates, Lambourne, 78.6
The Woodbridge Scratch Race (Final): Jones, Clark, Mugford, Williams, 77.4
Saturday 2 August 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 41
PLYMOUTH DEVILS 43
Southern League
World Championship qualifying round decider: George Wall, Roy Craighead, 74.4
SWINDON
Bob Jones (C) X R 1 - - - - 1
Bob Wells 2 2 0 1* - - - 5 (1)
Ian Williams 1* 2 2 1* - - - 6 (2)
Danny Malone 2 1* 0 2 - - - 5 (1)
Ray Ellis 3 2 3 3 - - - 11
Frank Evans 1 1* 0 - - - - 2 (1)
Buster Brown 2 3 3 2 - - - 10
Reg Lambourne 1* 0 - - - - - 1 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
PLYMOUTH
George Wall (C) 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Ted Stevens 1 0 0 - - - - 1
Alan Smith 3 3 3 2 - - - 11
Brian Hitchcock 0 1 1* 1* - - - 3 (2)
Pete Lansdale 0 3 2 2 - - - 7
Bill Thatcher 2 1 1* 3 - - - 7 (1)
Frank Wheeler 0 2 0 - - - - 2
Doug Fursey 0 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: John Deeley
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: (Re-Run), Wall, Wells, Stevens, Jones (f, ex), 75.2 (2-4)
Ht 2: Smith, Malone, Williams, Hitchcock, 77.2 (5-7)
Ht 3: Ellis, Thatcher, Evans, Lansdale, 77.0 (9-9)
Ht 4: Wall, Brown, Malone, Wheeler, 75.0 (12-12)
Ht 5: Smith, Wells, Hitchcock, Jones (ret), 76.8 (14-16)
Ht 6: Lansdale, Williams, Thatcher, Malone, 76.6 (16-20)
Ht 7: Wall, Ellis, Evans, Stevens, 75.8 (19-23)
Ht 8: Smith, Williams, Lambourne, Fursey, 77.0 (22-26)
Ht 9: Brown, Lansdale, Thatcher, Wells, 75.4 (25-29)
Ht 10: Wall, Malone, Williams, Stevens, 77.0 (28-32)
Ht 11: Ellis, Smith, Hitchcock, Evans, 77.2 (31-35)
Ht 12: Brown, Lansdale, Jones, Fursey, 75.2 (35-37)
Ht 13: Ellis, Wheeler, Hitchcock, Lambourne, 77.2 (38-40)
Ht 14: Thatcher, Brown, Wells, Wheeler, 77.0 (41-43)
Programme changes:
Ht 9: Brown replaced Jones; Ht 14: Brown replaced Evans; Wheeler replaced Stevens.
Robins’ Scurry: Brown, Ken Wiggins, Wheeler, Mick Hard, 772
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 1): Wall, Jones, Malone, Hitchcock, 77.0
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 2): Lansdale, Ellis, Stevens, Dick Pitman, 77.6
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 3): Lambourne, Wiggins, Fursey, Hard, 77.2
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 4): Smith, Thatcher, Williams, Evans, 77.4
Stadium Scratch Races (Ht 5): Brown, Lambourne, Wiggins, Hard, 77.0
Monday 4 August 1952
ALDERSHOT SHOTS 50
SWINDON ROBINS 33
Southern League
ALDERSHOT
Bill Grimes 3 0 R 1 - - - 4
Ivor Powell 2* 3 R 1 - - - 6 (1)
Chas Frenzel 1 3 2* 3 - - - 9 (1)
Vic Gooden 3 2 0 1 - - - 6
Basil Harris (C) 3 3 2* 3 - - - 11 (1)
Doug Papworth 2* 2* 3 3 - - - 10 (2)
Ron Burnett 1* 0 - - - - - 1 (1)
Tom Turnham 3 0 - - - - - 3
Team manager: Joe Woolford
SWINDON
Bob Jones (C) 0 0 - - - - - 0
Bob Wells 1 0 2 0 - - - 3
Ian Williams 0 1* 0 0 - - - 1 (1)
Danny Malone 2 2 1 1* - - - 6 (1)
Ray Ellis 1 2 2* 2* - - - 7 (2)
Frank Evans R 1* 3 2 - - - 6 (1)
Reg Lambourne 1 3 - - - - - 4
Buster Brown 3 1 R 2 - - - 6
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Wilf Potter
Ht 1: Grimes, Powell, Wells, Jones, 70.0 (5-1)
Ht 2: Gooden, Malone, Frenzel, Williams, 69.2 (9-3)
Ht 3: Harris, Papworth, Ellis, Evans (ret), 69.8 (14-4)
Ht 4: Brown, Gooden, Burnett, Jones, 67.8 (17-7)
Ht 5: Powell, Malone, Williams, Grimes, 70.8 (20-10)
Ht 6: Frenzel, Ellis, Evans, Gooden, 68.8 (23-13)
Ht 7: Harris, Papworth, Brown, Wells, 69.6 (28-14)
Ht 8: Turnham, Frenzel, Lambourne, Williams, 71.6 (33-15)
Ht 9: Evans, Ellis, Grimes (ret), Powell (ret), 69.4 (33-20)
Ht 10: Frenzel, Wells, Gooden, Brown (ret), 70.4 (37-22)
Ht 11: Papworth, Harris, Malone, Williams, 69.2 (42-23)
Ht 12: Lambourne, Ellis, Grimes, Burnett, 71.4 (43-28)
Ht 13: Harris, Brown, Malone, Turnham, 70.2 (46-31)
Ht 14: Papworth, Evans, Powell, Wells, 69.4 (50-33)
Programme changes:
Ht 7: Brown replaced Jones; Ht 10: Brown replaced Jones.
Basingstoke Stakes (Ht 1): Wells, Papworth, Jones, Grimes, 70.8
Basingstoke Stakes (Ht 2): Harris, Malone, Powell, Williams, 70.0
Basingstoke Stakes (Ht 3): Evans, Gooden, Ellis, John Dore, 69.2
Basingstoke Stakes (Ht 4): Frenzel, Brown, Burnett, Lambourne, 70.8
Tongham Flyer: Lambourne, Turnham, Jack Taylor, Dore, 70.4
Basingstoke Stakes (Final): Frenzel, Evans, Wells, Harris, 69.4
Wednesday 6 August 1952
EXETER FALCONS 39
SWINDON ROBINS 45
Southern League
EXETER
Goog Hoskin (C) 1 1* 3 3 - - - 8 (1)
Johnny Sargeant 0 1 - - - - - 1
Ron Swaine 1* 1* 0 0 - - - 2 (2)
Jack Geran 2 3 2 1 - - - 8
Vic Gent 3 0 2 2 - - - 7
Ron Barrett 0 2 0 1 - - - 3
Neil Street 2* 2* 0 - - - - 4 (2)
Morris Barnett 2 3 1* - - - - 6 (1)
Team manager: Bernard ‘Broncho’ Slade
SWINDON
Bob Jones (C) 3 0 3 3 - - - 9
Bob Wells 2* 1 2* 2* - - - 7 (3)
Ian Williams F 0 - - - - - 0
Danny Malone 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Ray Ellis 1* 0 R - - - - 1 (1)
Frank Evans 2 3 2 3 - - - 10
Buster Brown 1 2 1 0 - - - 4
Reg Lambourne 1* 1 R - - - - 2 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Fred Vigers
Ht 1: Jones, Wells, Hoskin, Sargeant, 77.6 (1-5)
Ht 2: Malone, Geran, Swaine, Williams (fell), 79.8 (4-8)
Ht 3: Gent, Evans, Ellis, Barrett, 80.4 (7-11)
Ht 4: Geran, Street, Brown, Jones, 81.4 (12-12)
Ht 5: Malone, Barnett, Hoskin, Williams, 81.2 (15-15)
Ht 6: Evans, Geran, Swaine, Ellis, 80.8 (18-18)
Ht 7: Jones, Barrett, Wells, Gent, 79.8 (20-22)
Ht 8: Barnett, Brown, Lambourne, Swaine, 81.0 (23-25)
Ht 9: Hoskin, Evans, Sargeant, Ellis (ret), 79.0 (27-27)
Ht 10: Jones, Wells, Geran, Swaine, 80.4 (28-32)
Ht 11: Malone, Gent, Lambourne, Barrett, 80.0 (30-36)
Ht 12: Hoskin, Street, Brown, Lambourne (ret), 81.0 (35-37)
Ht 13: Malone, Gent, Barnett, Brown, 79.4 (38-40)
Ht 14: Evans, Wells, Barrett, Street, 80.2 (39-45)
Programme changes:
Ht 5: Barnett replaced Sargeant; Ht 8: Brown replaced Williams; Ht 11: Lambourne replaced
Williams; Ht 12: Brown replaced Ellis; Ht 14: Street replaced Sargeant.
Junior Scratch Race: Street, Barnett, Wally Monckton, Bill Mallett, 82.0
Stadium Scratch Race (Ht 1): Hoskin, Malone, Geran, Wells (ret), 79.0
Stadium Scratch Race (Ht 2): Williams, Swaine, Jones, Sargeant, 82.4
Stadium Scratch Race (Ht 3): Gent, Barrett, Street, Evans, 79.6
Stadium Scratch Race (Ht 4): Lambourne, Brown, Barnett, Monckton, 80.6
Stadium Scratch Race (Final): Hoskin, Gent, Lambourne, Williams, 77.8
Saturday 16 August 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 35
RAYLEIGH ROCKETS 49
Southern League
SWINDON
Bob Jones (C) 2 1* 2 2* - - - 7 (2)
Bob Wells 1* 2 1* 0 - - - 4 (2)
Danny Malone 3 X 2 0 - - - 5
Ian Williams 2* 2 1 1 - - - 6 (1)
Ray Ellis 2 0 X 0 - - - 2
Buster Brown 0 1 1 - - - - 2
Frank Evans 0 3 2 - - - - 5
Reg Lambourne 1* 3 - - - - - 4 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
RAYLEIGH
Jack Unstead (C) 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Tom O’Connor 0 2* 2* 1 - - - 5 (2)
Gerald Jackson 1 3 3 3 - - - 10
Les McGillivray 0 0 2 - - - - 2
Maurice McDermott 3 3 3 0 - - - 9
Peter Clark 1 2* 0 3 - - - 6 (1)
Julie Benson 1 2* 1* - - - - 4 (2)
Johnny Applegate 0 1 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Arthur Atkinson
ACU Steward: George Allan
Ht 1: Unstead, Jones, Wells, O’Connor, 76.0 (3-3)
Ht 2: Malone, Williams, Jackson, McGillivray, 77.8 (8-4)
Ht 3: McDermott, Ellis, Clark, Brown, 76.2 (10-8)
Ht 4: Unstead, Williams, Benson, Evans, 76.0 (12-12)
Ht 5: Jackson, Wells, Jones, McGillivray, 76.4 (15-15)
Ht 6: McDermott, Clark, Williams, Malone (ex), 76.2 (16-20)
Ht 7: Unstead, O’Connor, Brown, Ellis, 77.0 (17-25)
Ht 8: Jackson, Malone, Lambourne, Applegate, 76.2 (20-28)
Ht 9: McDermott, Jones, Wells, Clark, 76.4 (23-31)
Ht 10: Unstead, O’Connor, Williams, Malone, 77.0 (24-36)
Ht 11: (Re-Run) Jackson, Benson, Brown, Ellis (f, ex), 78.0 (25-41)
Ht 12: Evans, Jones, Applegate, McDermott, 77.2 (30-42)
Ht 13: Lambourne, McGillivray, Benson, Ellis, 77.8 (33-45)
Ht 14: Clark, Evans, O’Connor, Wells, 75.8 (35-49)
Programme changes:
Ht 11: Benson replaced McGillivray; Ht 14: Evans replaced Brown.
Junior Robins’ One-Lap Dash: Mick Hard, Ken Wiggins, Dick Pitman, Tony Lockyear, 19.8
Rockets and Robins’ Scurry (Ht 1): Jones, Malone, McDermott, Unstead (fell), 76.8
Rockets and Robins’ Scurry (Ht 2): Evans, Lambourne, Benson, Applegate, 77.0
Rockets and Robins’ Scurry (Ht 3): Jackson, O’Connor, Wells, Brown, 77.2
Rockets and Robins’ Scurry (Ht 4): Clark, McGillivray, Ellis, Williams, 77.2
Stadium Scurry: Evans, Hard, Wiggins, Lambourne, 77.6
Rockets and Robins’ Scurry (Final): Jackson, Jones, Evans, Clark, 77.4
Friday 22 August 1952
PLYMOUTH DEVILS 44
SWINDON ROBINS 39
Southern League
PLYMOUTH
George Wall (C) 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Frank Wheeler 1 1 0 0 - - - 2
Alan Smith 3 3 R 3 - - - 9
Brian Hitchcock 1 0 1 - - - - 2
Doug Fursey 2* 0 1* 1 - - - 4 (2)
Bill Thatcher 3 3 2 3 - - - 11
Ted Stevens 2 2* 0 0 - - - 4 (1)
Bill Rundle F - - - - - - 0
Team manager: John Deeley
SWINDON
Frank Evans 0 3 2 2 - - - 7
Bob Wells 2 1* 0 2 - - - 5 (1)
Danny Malone 2 2 3 0 - - - 7
Bob Jones (C) 0 0 2* - - - - 2 (1)
Ray Ellis 0 1 2 1* - - - 4 (1)
Buster Brown 1 0 1* 1* - - - 3 (2)
Ian Williams 1 3 3 - - - - 7
Reg Lambourne 2* 2 - - - - - 4 (1)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: C.C. Mason
Ht 1: Wall, Wells, Wheeler, Evans, 72.0 (Equalled Track Record) (4-2)
Ht 2: Smith, Malone, Hitchcock, Jones, 73.4 (8-4)
Ht 3: Thatcher, Fursey, Brown, Ellis, 74.2 (13-5)
Ht 4: Evans, Stevens, Williams, Hitchcock, 73.8 (15-9)
Ht 5: Wall, Malone, Wheeler, Jones, 73.4 (19-11)
Ht 6: Smith, Stevens, Ellis, Brown, 74.0 (24-12)
Ht 7: Thatcher, Evans, Wells, Fursey, 73.4 (27-15)
Ht 8: Malone, Lambourne, Smith (ret), Rundle (fell), 75.6 (27-25)
Ht 9: Wall, Ellis, Brown, Wheeler, 73.8 (30-23)
Ht 10: Smith, Evans, Hitchcock, Wells, 73.8 (34-25)
Ht 11: Williams, Thatcher, Fursey, Malone, 74.0 (37-28)
Ht 12: Wall, Lambourne, Ellis, Stevens, 74.4 (40-31)
Ht 13: Williams, Jones, Fursey, Stevesns, 74.2 (41-36)
Ht 14: Thatcher, Wells, Brown, Wheeler, 74.0 (44-39)
Programme changes:
Ht 6: Stevens replaced Hitchcock; Ht 11: Williams replaced Jones; Ht 13: Stevens replaced Rundle.
Special Match-Race: Brian McKeown, Smith, 72.8
Reserves’ Scratch Race: Lambourne, Williams, Rundle (ret), Stevens (ret), 74.4
Devonport Scratch Race: (Re-Run) Lambourne, Hitchcock, Fursey, Williams (ex, tapes), 75.2
Third August Scratch Races (Ht 1): Evans, Smith, Wells, Ellis, 75.2
Third August Scratch Races (Ht 2): Wall, McKeown, Malone, Jones, 72.8
Third August Scratch Races (Ht 3): Thatcher, Lambourne, Wheeler, Brown, 75.0
Third August Scratch Races (Final): Wall, Evans, McKeown, Thatcher, 73.2
Saturday 23 August 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 43
ST AUSTELL GULLS 41
Southern League
SWINDON
Frank Evans 3 3 3 2 - - - 11
Bob Wells 1 0 - - - - - 1
Danny Malone 1 1 1* 1 - - - 4 (1)
Bob Jones (C) 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Ray Ellis 3 1* 0 2 - - - 6 (1)
Buster Brown 1 1 - - - - - 2
Ian Williams F 2 1 1* - - - 4 (1)
Reg Lambourne 2 1 R 0 - - - 3
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ST AUSTELL
Norman Street (C) 2 2 3 2 - - - 9
Aston Quinn 0 0 0 3 - - - 3
Harold Bull 2 1* 3 3 - - - 9 (1)
Allan Quinn 0 2 2* 3 - - - 7 (1)
Charlie Hayden 2 2 2 3 - - - 9
George Newton F R 2* - - - - 2 (1)
Derek Timms 1* 0 1 - - - - 2 (1)
Gordon Leigh 0 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: Vic Kermond
ACU Steward: George Allan
Ht 1: Evans, Street, Wells, Aston Quinn, 76.2 (4-2)
Ht 2: Jones, Bull, Malone, Allan Quinn, 76.2 (8-4)
Ht 3: Ellis, Hayden, Brown, Newton (fell), 78.6 (12-6)
Ht 4: Jones, Street, Timms, Williams (fell), 76.4 (15-9)
Ht 5: Evans, Allan Quinn, Bull, Wells, 76.2 (18-12)
Ht 6: Jones, Hayden, Malone, Timms, 76.4 (22-14)
Ht 7: Street, Williams, Ellis, Aston Quinn, 76.4 (25-17)
Ht 8: Bull, Lambourne, Malone, Leigh, 77.0 (28-20)
Ht 9: Evans, Hayden, Williams, Newton (ret), 77.0 (32-22)
Ht 10: Jones, Street, Malone, Aston Quinn, 76.0 (36-24)
Ht 11: Bull, Allan Quinn, Lambourne, Ellis, 77.4 (37-29)
Ht 12: Hayden, Evans, Williams, Leigh, 77.2 (40-32)
Ht 13: Allan Quinn, Ellis, Timms, Lambourne (ret), 78.0 (42-36)
Ht 14: Aston Quinn, Newton, Brown, Lambourne, 78.4 (43-41)
Programme changes:
Ht 6: Timms replaced Newton; Ht 7: Williams replaced Brown; Ht 9: Williams replaced Wells; Ht
11: Lambourne replaced Brown; Ht 14: Lambourne replaced Wells.
Robins’ Three-lap Dash: Ken Wiggins, Mick Hard, Harold George, Dick Pitman, 58.6
Reserves’ Scurry: Williams, Timms, Lambourne, Leigh, 78.6
Gulls and Robins’ Scratch Races (Ht 1): Malone, Brown, Hayden, Bull, 77.0
Gulls and Robins’ Scratch Races (Ht 2): Aston Quinn, Hard, Newton, Jones (ex), 80.6
Gulls and Robins’ Scratch Races (Ht 3): Allan Quinn, Street, Ellis, Evans, 78.6
Gulls and Robins’ Scratch Races (Ht 4): Wiggins, Williams, Hard, George, 78.6
Saturday 30 August 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 54
PLYMOUTH DEVILS 30
Southern League
SWINDON
Frank Evans 3 2* 3 3 - - - 11 (1)
Ian Williams 1 3 2* 3 - - - 9 (1)
Danny Malone 2* 2 1* 0 - - - 5 (2)
Bob Jones (C) 3 0 0 3 - - - 6
Ray Ellis 3 2 1* 2* - - - 8 (2)
Buster Brown 1 1* 2 2* - - - 6 (2)
Bob Wells 2 2* - - - - - 4 (1)
Reg Lambourne 2 3 - - - - - 5
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
PLYMOUTH
George Wall (C) 2 3 3 2 - - - 10
Ted Stevens 0 R R - - - - 0
Alan Smith 1 1 3 3 - - - 8
Frank Wheeler 0 0 0 0 - - - 0
Brian Hitchcock 0 1 0 0 - - - 1
Bill Thatcher 2 3 1 1 - - - 7
Doug Fursey 1 1* 1 - - - - 3 (1)
Roy Moreton 0 1 - - - - - 1
Team manager: John Deeley
ACU Steward: George Allan
Ht 1: Evans, Wall, Williams, Stevens, 75.2 (4-2)
Ht 2: Jones, Malone, Smith, Wheeler, 77.0 (9-3)
Ht 3: Ellis, Thatcher, Brown, Hitchcock, 76.2 (13-5)
Ht 4: Wall, Wells, Fursey, Jones, 76.4 (15-9)
Ht 5: Williams, Evans, Smith, Wheeler, 76.6 (20-10)
Ht 6: Thatcher, Malone, Hitchcock, Jones, 77.4 (22-14)
Ht 7: Wall, Ellis, Brown, Stevens (ret). 77.0 (25-17)
Ht 8: Smith, Lambourne, Malone, Moreton, 77.8 (28-20)
Ht 9: Evans, Williams, Thatcher, Hitchcock (f, rem), 77.6 (33-21)
Ht 10: Jones, Wall, Fursey, Malone, 77.2 (36-24)
Ht 11: Smith, Brown, Ellis, Wheeler, 77.4 (39-27)
Ht 12: Evans, Wells, Moreton, Hitchcock, 77.8 (44-28)
Ht 13: Lambourne, Ellis, Fursey, Wheeler (f, rem), 77.4 (49-29)
Ht 14: Williams, Brown, Thatcher, Stevens (ret), 77.4 (54-30)
Programme change:
Ht 10: Fursey replaced Stevens.
The Robins’ Scratch Races (Ht 1): Lambourne, Wells, Hard, Wiggins, 77.2
The Robins’ Scratch Races (Ht 2): Thatcher, Smith, Evans, Jones, 77.4
The Robins’ Scratch Races (Ht 3): Williams, Wheeler, Stevens, Malone (fell), 77.6
The Robins’ Scratch Races (Ht 4): Wall, Brown, Ellis, Hitchcock, 77.8
Stadium Scurry: Moreton, Wells, Wiggins, Hard, 78.6
Robins’ Scratch Race Final: Wall, Thatcher, Lambourne, Williams, 78.4
Saturday 6 September 1952
RAYLEIGH ROCKETS 60
SWINDON ROBINS 24
Southern League
RAYLEIGH
Jack Unstead (C) X 2* 2* 3 - - - 7 (2)
Tom O’Connor 3 3 3 1 - - - 10
Gerald Jackson 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Julie Benson 2* F 0 0 - - - 2 (1)
Peter Clark 2* 2* 2* 3 - - - 9 (3)
Maurice McDermott 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Alby Smith 2 2* - - - - - 4 (1)
Les McGillivray 2* 2* - - - - - 4 (2)
Team manager: Arthur Atkinson
SWINDON
Frank Evans 1* 1 1 2 - - - 5 (1)
Ian Williams 2 0 1* 2 - - - 5 (1)
Danny Malone R F - - - - - 0
Bob Jones (C) 1 1 1 0 - - - 3
Ray Ellis 0 1* 0 0 - - - 1 (1)
Buster Brown 1 2 1 0 - - - 4
Bob Wells 3 R 0 1 - - - 4
Reg Lambourne 1 1 - - - - - 2
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: Alfred Pickering
Ht 1: O’Connor, Williams, Evans, Unstead (ex, foul riding), 71.6 (3-3)
Ht 2: Jackson, Benson, Jones, Malone (ret), 72.4 (8-4)
Ht 3: McDermott, Clark, Brown, Ellis, 71.6 (13-5)
Ht 4: Wells, Smith, Evans, Benson (fell), 73.8 (15-9)
Ht 5: O’Connor, Unstead, Jones, Malone (fell), 73.2 (20-10)
Ht 6: Jackson, Brown, Ellis, Benson, 74.0 (23-13)
Ht 7: McDermott, Clark, Evans, Williams, 71.0 (Equalled Track Record) (28-14)
Ht 8: Jackson, McGillivray, Lambourne, Wells (ret), 72.0 (33-15)
Ht 9: O’Connor, Unstead, Brown, Ellis, 73.0 (38-16)
Ht 10: Jackson, Evans, Williams, Benson, 73.0 (41-19)
Ht 11: McDermott, Clark, Jones, Wells, 73.6 (46-20)
Ht 12: Unstead, Smith, Lambourne, Ellis, 73.4 (51-21)
Ht 13: Clark, McGillivray, Wells, Jones, 72.0 (56-22)
Ht 14: McDermott, Williams, O’Connor, Brown, 72.0 (60-24)
Programme changes:
Ht 8: Wells replaced Malone; Ht 11: Wells replaced Malone.
The Rayleigh Lap Dashes
Two laps, clutch start (Race 1): Clark, Williams, 36.2
Two laps, clutch start (Race 2): Jackson, Jones, 37.4
Special Rayleigh Stars Flash
Three laps, clutch start: Clark, McDermott, Jackson, Unstead, 53.4 (Three-Lap Track Record)
The September Scratch Race (Three laps, clutch start)
Ht 1: Smith, Ellis, Benson, Pat Flanagan, 56.0
Ht 2: O’Connor, Brown, Wells, Johnny Applegate, 55.2
Ht 3: McDermott, Evans, Unstead, McGillivray, 54.2
Ht 4: Clark, Jackson, Malone, Lambourne, 53.8
Final: Clark, McDermott, O’Connor, Smith, 54.4
Saturday 6 September 1952
YOUNG ENGLAND 46
YOUNG OVERSEAS 62
International
(Staged at Swindon)
YOUNG ENGLAND
George Wall (C) R 3 3 3 2 0 - 11
Alan Smith 3 1 3 2 1 2 - 12
Goog Hoskin 1 0 2* 0 - - - 3 (1)
Sid Clark 0 0 0 1 - - - 1
Gerald Pugh 3 2* 0 0 0 - - 5 (1)
Reg Duval 2* 1 1 2 1* - - 7 (2)
Stan Clark 2 3 2 - - - - 7
Norman Street 0 0 0 - - - - 0
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
YOUNG OVERSEAS
Brian McKeown 2 2* 1 0 2* - - 7 (2)
Allan Quinn 1* 1 1* 1* 3 - - 7 (3)
Ken Walsh 3 2* 1 2 2 1 - 11 (1)
Maurice Dunn (C) F 3 3 3 3 3 - 15
Hugh Geddes 0 0 - - - - - 0
Chum Taylor 2* 3 2 2* 0 - - 9 (2)
Bill Thatcher 1 3 3 1 - - - 8
Jack Geran 3 1 1 - - - - 5
Team manager: Maurice Dunn
ACU Steward: Wilf Potter
Ht 1: Smith, McKeown, Quinn, Wall (ret), 76.6 (3-3)
Ht 2: Walsh, Taylor, Hoskin, Sid Clark, 75.2 (4-8)
Ht 3: Pugh, Duval, Quinn, Dunn (fell), 76.8 (9-9)
Ht 4: Geran, StanClark, Thatcher, Street, 77.0 (11-13)
Ht 5: Dunn, Walsh, Smith, Hoskin, 76.2 (12-18)
Ht 6: Taylor, McKeown, Duval, Sid Clark, 77.0 (13-23)
Ht 7: Wall, Pugh, Walsh, Geddes, 77.2 (18-24)
Ht 8: Wall, Hoskin, McKeown, Geddes, 77.0 (23-25)
Ht 9: Smith, Walsh, Duval, McKeown, 76.6 (27-27)
Ht 10: Stan Clark, Taylor, Quinn, Pugh, 76.4 (30-30)
Ht 11: Dunn, Smith, Geran, Sid Clark, 76.2 (32-34)
Ht 12: Wall, Walsh, Quinn, Street, 76.8 (35-37)
Ht 13: Thatcher, Taylor, Smith, Pugh, 76.8 (36-42)
Ht 14: Thatcher, Stan Clark, Geran, Street, 76.6 (38-46)
Ht 15: Dunn, McKeown, Sid Clark, Pugh, 77.0 (39-51)
Ht 16: Quinn, Duval, Thatcher, Hoskin, 76.6 (41-55)
Ht 17: Dunn, Wall, Duval, Taylor, 76.2 (44-58)
Ht 18: (Nominated) Dunn (w), Smith (b), Walsh (y), Wall (r), 76.4 (46-62)
Programme changes:
Ht 10: Stan Clark replaced Hoskin; Ht 11: Geran replaced Geddes; Ht 12: Street replaced Sid Clark; Ht
13: Thatcher replaced Geddes; Ht 16: Thatcher replaced Geddes.
Friday 12 September 1952
WOLVERHAMPTON WASPS 50
SWINDON ROBINS 34
Southern League
WOLVERHAMPTON
Cyril Quick 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Jack Cunningham 1 0 0 3 - - - 4
Bill Jemison 2 3 2 1 - - - 8
Ken Brown 1* 3 2* 3 - - - 9 (2)
Eric Irons 1* 3 2 3 - - - 9 (1)
Jimmy Grant (C) N - - - - - - 0
Dick Howard 2 2* 1 0 - - - 5 (1)
Stan Bradbury 0 1* 1* 1 - - - 3 (2)
Team manager: Arthur Simcock
SWINDON
Buster Brown R 1 2 R - - - 3
Bob Wells 2 1* 2 2 - - - 7 (1)
Danny Malone 3 2 3 3 - - - 11
Bob Jones (C) 0 1* 0 2 - - - 3 (1)
Ian Williams X 1 2 0 - - - 3
Frank Evans 3 0 1* 1* - - - 5 (2)
Ray Ellis R 0 - - - - - 0
Reg Lambourne 0 2 - - - - - 2
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: A.B. Taylor
Ht 1: Quick, Wells, Cunningham, B. Brown (ret), 68.8 (4-2)
Ht 2: Malone, Jemison, K. Brown, Jones, 70.8 (7-5)
Ht 3: (Re-Run) Evans, Howard, Irons, Williams (ex, foul riding), Grant (f, ns) 70.6 (10-8)
Ht 4: K. Brown, Howard, B. Brown, Ellis (ret), 72.0 (15-9)
Ht 5: Quick, Malone, Jones, Cunningham, 70.2 (18-12)
Ht 6: Jemison, K. Brown, Williams, Evans, 70.8 (23-13)
Ht 7: Irons, B. Brown, Wells, Bradbury, 70.2 (26-16)
Ht 8: Malone, Jemison, Bradbury, Lambourne, 70.6 (29-19)
Ht 9: Quick, Williams, Evans, Cunningham, 70.2 (32-22)
Ht 10: K. Brown, Wells, Jemison, B. Brown (ret), 70.0 (36-24)
Ht 11: Malone, Irons, Bradbury, Jones, 71.0 (39-27)
Ht 12: Quick, Lambourne, Howard, Williams, 70.4 (43-29)
Ht 13: Irons, Jones, Bradbury, Ellis, 70.4 (47-31)
Ht 14: Cunningham, Wells, Evans, Howard, 71.4 (50-34)
Programme changes:
Ht 3: Howard replaced Grant, who was unable to participate in the re-run; Ht 7: Bradbury replaced
Grant; Ht 11: Bradbury replaced Grant; Ht 14: Howard replaced Grant.
The Wolverhampton Scratch Race (Ht 1): Irons, Quick (53.0), Wells, Brown, 52.0
The Wolverhampton Scratch Race (Ht 2): Jones, Jemison (54.0), Malone, Cunningham, 52.2
The Wolverhampton Scratch Race (Ht 3): Williams, Brown (53.4), Evans, Howard, 52.8
The Staffordshire Scurry: Lindsay Nixon, Tommy Nash, Jack Logan,
Johnny Glassbrenner (fell), 75.0
The Wolverhampton Scratch Race (Final): Quick, Irons, Williams, Jones, 52.8
The Reserves’ Scratch Race: Ellis, Bradbury, Lambourne, Nixon, 72.0
NOTE: The heats and final of The Wolverhampton Scratch Race were run over three laps only.
Saturday 13 September 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 41
ALDERSHOT SHOTS 43
Southern League
SWINDON
Ian Williams 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Frank Evans 1 1 0 3 - - - 5
Danny Malone 0 3 0 0 - - - 3
Bob Jones (C) 2 1* 2* 3 - - - 8 (2)
Ray Ellis 1* 0 0 3 - - - 4 (1)
Bob Wells 2 1 1 1 - - - 5
Buster Brown 2 R - - - - - 2
Reg Lambourne 1 1 - - - - - 2
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ALDERSHOT
Bill Grimes 2 3 3 2 - - - 10
Basil Harris (C) 0 2* 1* - - - - 3 (2)
Ivor Powell 3 F 2* 3 - - - 8 (1)
Chas Frenzel 1 2 2* 2 - - - 7 (1)
Archie Windmill 0 0 1* 2 - - - 3 (1)
Vic Gooden 3 1 2 2 - - - 8
John Dore 0 0 - - - - - 0
Jack Taylor 3 1* 0 - - - - 4 (1)
Team manager: Bob Netcott
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: Williams, Grimes, Evans, Harris, 76.8 (4-2)
Ht 2: Powell, Jones, Frenzel, Malone, 77.0 (6-6)
Ht 3: Gooden, Wells, Ellis, Windmill, 77.2 (9-9)
Ht 4: Grimes, Brown, Jones, Dore, 77.2 (12-12)
Ht 5: Williams, Frenzel, Evans, Powell (fell), 77.0 (16-14)
Ht 6: Malone, Jones, Gooden, Windmill, 77.6 (21-15)
Ht 7: Grimes, Harris, Wells, Ellis, 77.8 (22-20)
Ht 8: Taylor, Powell, Lambourne, Malone, 78.0 (23-25)
Ht 9: Williams, Gooden, Windmill, Evans, 77.0 (26-28)
Ht 10: Jones, Grimes, Harris, Malone, 76.8 (29-31)
Ht 11: Powell, Frenzel, Wells, Ellis, 77.8 (30-36)
Ht 12: Williams, Windmill, Taylor, Brown (ret), 78.4 (33-39)
Ht 13: Ellis, Frenzel, Lambourne, Dore, 78.2 (37-41)
Ht 14: Evans, Gooden, Wells, Taylor, 77.8 (41-43)
Programme change:
Ht 14: Taylor replaced Harris.
Shots and Robins’ Scratch Races
Ht 1: Ken Wiggins, Mick Hard, Harold George, Dick Pitman, 78.8
Ht 2: Williams, Grimes, Powell, Malone, 78.6
Ht 3: Evans, Frenzel, Wiggins, Jones, 77.8
Ht 4: Lambourne, Hard, Brown, Wiggins, 78.4
Ht 5: Wells, Gooden, Windmill, Ellis, 78.0
Ht 6: Dore, Taylor, Wiggins, Hard, 79.4
Friday 19 September 1952
IPSWICH WITCHES 40
SWINDON ROBINS 44
Southern League
IPSWICH
Charlie Mugford 3 0 2 3 - - - 8
Harold McNaughton 1 1 0 2* - - - 4 (1)
Tich Read 1 1 1 1* - - - 4 (1)
Sid Clark (C) 3 3 0 2 - - - 8
Dennis Day F 1 3 3 - - - 7
Dick Shepherd 2 3 1 3 - - - 9
Ron James F F - - - - - 0
Geoff Woodger 0 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: Arthur Franklyn
SWINDON
Ian Williams 0 2 2 0 - - - 4
Bob Wells 2 0 3 1 - - - 6
Danny Malone F 3 3 2 - - - 8
Bob Jones (C) 2 2* 0 1* - - - 5 (2)
Ray Ellis 1 2* 1 2 - - - 6 (1)
Frank Evans 3 3 3 0 - - - 9
Buster Brown 1* 2 - - - - - 3 (1)
Reg Lambourne 2* 1* - - - - - 3 (2)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
ACU Steward: A.G. Jewhurst
Ht 1: Mugford, Wells, McNaughton, Williams, 74.4 (4-2)
Ht 2: Clark, Jones, Read, Malone (fell), 74.2 (8-4)
Ht 3: Evans, Shepherd, Ellis, Day (fell), 75.4 (10-8)
Ht 4: Clark, Williams, Brown, James (fell), 76.0 (13-11)
Ht 5: Malone, Jones, McNaughton, Mugford, 76.6 (14-16)
Ht 6: Evans, Ellis, Read, Clark, 75.4 (15-21)
Ht 7: Shepherd, Williams, Day, Wells, 75.4 (19-23)
Ht 8: Malone, Lambourne, Read, Woodger, 77.2 (20-28)
Ht 9: Evans, Mugford, Ellis, McNaughton, 75.4 (22-32)
Ht 10: Wells, Clark, Read, Williams, 76.0 (25-35)
Ht 11: Day, Malone, Shepherd, Jones, 75.6 (29-37)
Ht 12: Mugford, Ellis, Lambourne, James (fell), 77.0 (32-40)
Ht 13: Day, Brown, Jones, Woodger, 76.2 (35-43)
Ht 14: Shepherd, McNaughton, Wells, Evans, 75.6 (40-44)
Programme changes:
None.
Reserves’ Scratch Race (Ht 1): Bill Harris, Jackie Day, Derek Hewitt, Trevor Davies, 77.2
Reserves’ Scratch Race (Ht 2): Brown, Lambourne, Woodger, James, 77.4
The Sweffling Scratch Race (Ht 1): Read, Malone (77.6), Mugford, Williams, 77.4
The Sweffling Scratch Race (Ht 2): Clark, Shepherd (76.2), Jones, Ellis, 75.6
The Sweffling Scratch Race (Ht 3): Day, Evans (76.4), Wells, McNaughton, 75.6
Reserves’ Scratch Race (Final): Harris, Lambourne, Brown, Day, 77.2
The Sweffling Scratch Race (Final): Clark, Shepherd, Day, Read, 77.4
Saturday 20 September 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 48.5
SOUTHAMPTON SAINTS 35.5
Southern League
SWINDON
Ian Williams 2 1 3 3 - - - 9
Bob Wells 0 3 2* 1 - - - 6 (1)
Danny Malone 2* 3 3 1* - - - 9 (2)
Bob Jones (C) 3 2 0 2 - - - 7
Buster Brown 1 0 0 - - - - 1
Frank Evans 3 3 1* 3 - - - 10 (1)
Ray Ellis 0 1 - - - - - 1
Reg Lambourne 1.5 2 2 - - - - 5.5
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
SOUTHAMPTON
Brian McKeown 3 3 2 3 - - - 11
Dudley Smith 1 1* F 2 - - - 4 (1)
Frank Malouf 1 2 1.5 0 - - - 4.5
Mike Tams 0 F 1 - - - - 1
Bert Croucher (C) 2 1* 1 2 - - - 6 (1)
Maury Mattingley 0 2 0 - - - - 2
Ernie Brecknell 1 3 3 0 - - - 7
Jack Vallis 0 0 - - - - - 0
Team manager: Mike Erskine
ACU Steward: Cliff King
Ht 1: McKeown, Williams, Smith, Wells, 77.0 (2-4)
Ht 2: Jones, Malone, Malouf, Tams, 77.4 (7-5)
Ht 3: Evans, Croucher, Brown, Mattingley, 78.0 (11-7)
Ht 4: McKeown, Jones, Brecknell, Ellis, 77.2 (13-11)
Ht 5: Wells, Malouf, Williams, Tams (fell), 77.4 (17-13)
Ht 6: Malone, Mattingley, Croucher, Jones, 77.6 (20-16)
Ht 7: Evans, McKeown, Smith, Brown, 77.0 (23-19)
Ht 8: Malone, Lamboure and Malouf (Dead-heat), Vallis, 78.6 (27.5-20.5)
Ht 9: Williams, Wells, Croucher, Mattingley, 77.6 (32.5-21.5)
Ht 10: McKeown, Jones, Malone, Smith (fell), 76.6 (35.5-24.5)
Ht 11: Brecknell, Lambourne, Evans, Malouf, 77.0 (38.5-27.5)
Ht 12: Williams, Croucher, Ellis, Vallis, 78.2 (42.5-29.5)
Ht 13: Brecknell, Lambourne, Tams, Brown, 77.6 (44.5-33.5)
Ht 14: Evans, Smith, Wells, Brecknell, 76.8 (48.5-35.5)
Programme changes:
Ht 11: Lambourne replaced Brown; Brecknell replaced Tams; Ht 14: Brecknell replaced Mattingley.
Challenge Match-Race (Ht 1): Brian Crutcher, Dick Bradley, 75.2
Challenge Match-Race (Ht 2): Dick Bradley, Brian Crutcher, 75.0
Robins’ Scratch Race: Lambourne, Ellis, Ken Wiggins, Mick Hard, 78.8
Challenge Match-Race (Decider): Brian Crutcher, Dick Bradley, 75.0
Stadium Scurry: Brecknell, Jones, McKeown, Williams, 77.2
Swindon Scurry: Brown, Wells, Croucher, Malouf, 77.0
Stars v. Robins Scratch Race: Crutcher, Bradley, Evans, Malone, 75.4
Final Junior Scurry: Brecknell, Vallis, Wiggins, Hard, 78.0
Saturday 27 September 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 57
IPSWICH WITCHES 27
Southern League
SWINDON
Ian Williams 1 2* 2* 0 - - - 5 (2)
Frank Evans 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Danny Malone 1 2* 3 1 - - - 7 (1)
Bob Jones (C) 3 3 3 3 - - - 12
Buster Brown 2 X 3 3 - - - 8
Bob Wells 1* 2 2* 0 - - - 5 (2)
Ray Ellis 2* 2 - - - - - 4 (1)
Reg Lambourne 2* 2* - - - - - 4 (2)
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
IPSWICH
Tich Read 0 0 1 0 - - - 1
Sid Clark (C) 2 3 2 1* - - - 8 (1)
Charlie Mugford 2 1 1 1 - - - 5
Harold McNaughton 0 0 0 1 - - - 1
Doug Papworth 0 0 - - - - - 0
Dick Shepherd 3 1 1 2 - - - 7
Geoff Woodger 1 0 3 0 - - - 4
Dennis Day 0 1 - - - - - 1
Team manager: Arthur Franklyn
ACU Steward: Wilf Potter
Ht 1: Evans, Clark, Williams, Read, 76.0 (4-2)
Ht 2: Jones, Mugford, Malone, McNaughton, 79.0 (8-4)
Ht 3: Shepherd, Brown, Wells, Papworth, 77.4 (11-7)
Ht 4: Jones, Ellis, Woodger, Read, 78.6 (16-8)
Ht 5: Evans, Williams, Mugford, McNaughton, 76.2 (21-9)
Ht 6: Jones, Malone, Shepherd, Woodger, 78.0 (26-10)
Ht 7: Clark, Wells, Read, Brown (ex), 77.8 (28-14)
Ht 8: Malone, Lambourne, Mugford, Day, 78.0 (33-15)
Ht 9: Evans, Williams, Shepherd, Papworth, 77.2 (38-16)
Ht 10: Jones, Clark, Malone, Read, 78.2 (42-18)
Ht 11: Brown, Wells, Mugford, McNaughton, 77.2 (47-19)
Ht 12: Woodger, Ellis, Day, Williams, 81.0 (49-23)
Ht 13: Brown, Lambourne, McNaughton, Woodger, 78.2 (54-24)
Ht 14: Evans, Shepherd, Clark, Wells, 77.4 (57-27)
Programme changes:
Ht 6: Woodger replaced Papworth; Ht 12: Woodger replaced Papworth.
Junior Robins’ Dash: Ken Wiggins, Mick Hard, Dick Pitman, Harold George, 59.6
Reserves’ Dash: Ellis, Lambourne, Woodger, Day, 59.8
Witches and Robins’ Scurry (Ht 1): Evans, Clark, Jones, Read, 54.4
Witches and Robins’ Scurry (Ht 2): Wells, Malone, Papworth, McNaughton, 59.0
Witches and Robins’ Scurry (Ht 3): Shepherd, Brown, Mugford, Williams, 59.4
Three-Lap Dash Final: Hard, Lambourne, Wiggins, Ellis, 59.2
Australian Type Sidecar Racing
Ht 1: F. Robinson & Nobby Clark, The Carlton Brothers, 91.2
Ht 2: Carlton Bros, Robinson & Clark, 91.6
Ht 3: Carlton Bros, Robinson & Clark, 90.8
NOTE: All the second-half speedway races were run over three laps only; the sidecar races were held
over the normal four-lap distance.
Saturday 4 October 1952
SWINDON ROBINS 51
OXFORD CHEETAHS 32
Challenge
SWINDON
Ian Williams 3 3 1* 2* - - - 9 (2)
Frank Evans 1 F 2 3 - - - 6
Danny Malone 2 2 3 3 - - - 10
Bob Jones (C) 0 R 0 1 - - - 1
Buster Brown 1 3 1* 3 - - - 8 (1)
Bob Wells 3 2* 2 2* - - - 9 (2)
Ray Ellis 3 3 - - - - - 6
Reg Lambourne 1 1 - - - - - 2
Team manager: Reg Witcomb
OXFORD
Bill Kemp 2 2 1 2 - - - 7
Herbie King 0 0 - - - - - 0
Jim Boyd 3 R R 2 - - - 5
Frank Boyle 1 2 0 3 - - - 6
Bill Osborne (C) 2 3 3 1 - - - 9
Ron Wilson 0 1 R 1 - - - 2
Harry Saunders 1* 0 - - - - - 1 (1)
Len Glover 2 R 0 0 - - - 2
Team manager: Dicky Worth
ACU Steward: George Allan
Ht 1: Williams, Kemp, Evans, King, 77.4 (4-2)
Ht 2: Boyd, Malone, Boyle, Jones, 77.2 (6-6)
Ht 3: Wells, Osborne, Brown, Wilson, 77.4 (10-8)
Ht 4: Ellis, Kemp, Saunders, Jones (ret), 78.6 (13-11)
Ht 5: Williams, Boyle, Boyd (ret), Evans (fell), 77.8 (16-13)
Ht 6: Osborne, Malone, Wilson, Jones, 77.6 (18-17)
Ht 7: Brown, Wells, Kemp, King, 78.2 (23-18)
Ht 8: Malone, Glover, Lambourne, Boyle, 77.8 (27-20)
Ht 9: Osborne, Evans, Williams, Wilson (ret), 78.2 (30-23)
Ht 10: Malone, Kemp, Jones, Glover (ret), 78.4 (34-25)
Ht 11: Boyle, Wells, Brown, Boyd (ret), 77.6 (37-28)
Ht 12: Ellis, Williams, Osborne, Glover, 79.0 (42-29)
Ht 13: Brown, Boyd, Lambourne, Saunders, 78.6 (46-31)
Ht 14: Evans, Wells, Wilson, Glover, 77.8 (51-32)
Programme changes:
Ht 10: Glover replaced King; Ht 14: Glover replaced King.
Junior Robin Scurry: Mick Hard, Ken Wiggins, Dick Pitman, 79.4 (3 riders only)
Cheetahs v. Robins (Ht 1): Boyle, Brown, Evans, Glover, 78.0
Cheetahs v. Robins (Ht 2): Lambourne, Ellis, Glover, Saunders, 77.6
Cheetahs v. Robins (Ht 3): Wells, Boyd, Malone, Wilson, 77.6
Cheetahs v. Robins (Ht 4): Jones, Williams, Osborne, Kemp, 78.8
Cheetahs v. Robins (Ht 5): Ellis, Lambourne, Wiggins, Hard, 79.8
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