RAYLEIGH 1960 From Programmes copied by Alan Watkins ...

RAYLEIGH 1960

From Programmes copied by Alan Watkins

Updated 22.3.2103

Friday 15th

April 1960 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh

Rayleigh Rockets 50 Cradley Heath Heathens 20 (Provincial League)

Vultures Scratch Race (For last team place)

Pat McKenzie, Reg Nicholls, Frank Wooster, John Legget (f) 79.0

Rayleigh

Alan Smith 3 3 3 9

Reg Reeves 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3

Pete Lansdale 2’ F 3 5 1

Eric Hockaday 3 2 2 3 10

Clive Hitch 2’ 3 3 0 8 1

Stan Stevens 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4

Pat McKenzie 0 F

Cradley Heath

Ronnie Rolfe 1 3 X F 4

Vic White X E 1 0 1

Roy Spenser 0 X 0 2 2

Bill Coleman 1 1 2

Eric Eadon 1 3 2 6

Tony Eadon 0 0 1 1 2

George Bewley 1 1 1’ 3 1

Ht1 Smith, Reeves, Rolfe, White (fexc) 74.6 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Hockaday, Lansdale, Coleman, Spenser 78.0 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Stevens, Hitch, E.Eadon, T.Eadon 76.0 5 1 15 3

Ht4 Rolfe, Hockaday, Lansdale (f), White (ef) 76.8 2 3 17 6

Ht5 Hitch, Stevens, Coleman, Spenser (exc) 81.6 5 1 22 7

Ht6 Smith, Reeves, Bewley, T.Eadon 76.0 5 1 27 8

Ht7 Hitch, Stevens, White, Rolfe (fexc) 80.0 5 1 32 9

Ht8 Smith, Reeves, Bewley, Spenser 76.2 5 1 37 10

Ht9 E.Eadon, Hockaday, T.Eadon, McKenzie 78.6 2 4 39 14

Ht10 Lansdale, Spenser, McKenzie (f), Rolfe (f) 77.6 3 2 42 16

Ht11 Hockaday, E.Eadon, Bewley, Hitch 78.8 3 3 45 19

Ht12 Reeves, Stevens, T.Eadon, White 76.4 5 1 50 20

Easter Trophy 1 & 2 Hts1& 2 >Ht6 1 Hts 3,4,5,6 >Ht7

Ht1 Nicholls, McKenzie, Randall Brighton Wooster (ns)79.0

Ht2 Roy Craighead, Bewley, Legget, Geoff Pennikett 78.4

Ht3 Reeves, Lansdale, Hockaday, Smith 74.6

Ht4 Wooster, Brighton, Rolfe, Spenser 78.6

Ht5 Hitch, Stevens, E.Eadon, T.Eadon 77.2

Ht6 Bewley, Nicholls, Craighead, McKenzie 78.4

Ht7 Reeves, Hitch, Wooster, Bewley ?

Saturday 16th

April 1960 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heath Heathens 34 Rayleigh Rockets 38 (Provincial League)

Cradley Heath

Ronnie Rolfe 1’ 3 1 3 8 1

Vic White 2 1 0 3

Bill Coleman 1 2 3 1 7

Roy Spencer 0 1’ 2’ 1’ 4 3

Eric Eadon 3 1 2 2 8

George Bewley 2’ 0 0 2 4 1

Tony Eadon 0

Rayleigh

Pat McKenzie E 1 0 1

Reg Reeves 3 3 3 3 12

Pete Lansdale 2’ 2’ 2’ 2 8 3


Clive Hitch 0 0 1 0 1

Stan Stevens 1 2 0 1 4

Randall Brighton 0 0

Ht1 Reeves, White, Rolfe, McKenzie (ef) 72.9 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Hockaday, Lansdale, Coleman, Spencer 77.8 1 5 4 8

Ht3 E.Eadon, Bewley, Stevens, Hitch 77.9 5 1 9 9

Ht4 Reeves, Coleman, Spencer, Brighton 76.2 3 3 12 12

Ht5 Hockaday, Lansdale, E.Eadon, Bewley 76.9 1 5 13 17

Ht6 Rolfe, Stevens, White, Hitch 76.8 4 2 17 19

Ht7 Reeves, E.Eadon, McKenzie, Bewley 75.9 2 4 19 23

Ht8 Hockaday, Lansdale, Rolfe, T.Eadon 76.6 1 5 20 28

Ht9 Coleman, Spencer, Hitch, Stevens 77.7 5 1 25 29

Ht10 Rolfe, Lansdale, Coleman, McKenzie 77.9 4 2 29 31

Ht11 Hockaday, E.Eadon, Spencer, Hitch 76.9 3 3 32 34

Ht12 Reeves, Bewley, Stevens, White 76.4 2 4 34 38

Friday 22nd


Rayleigh Rockets 35 Poole Pirates 37 (Vic Gooden Trophy)

Rayleigh

Alan Smith Ij 0



Clive Hitch 2’ 1 0 F 3 1

Eric Hockaday 2’ 2 1 3 8 1

Pete Lansdale 3 0 0 1 4

Reg Nicholls 1 1’ 0 2 1

Poole

Allan Kidd 3 2 2’ 2 9 1

Dave Dodd 2’ 0 3 2’ 7 2

Ross Gilbertson 1 3 3 1’ 8 1

Gerry Bridson 0 1’ 1 1

Geoff Mudge 1 0 1’ 2 4 1

Charlie Wallis 0 2 2 3 7

Mick Freeman 1 0 1

Ht1 Kidd, Dodd, Stevens, Smith (inj) 75.6 1 5 1 5

Ht2 Reeves, Hitch, Gilbertson, Bridson 74.2 5 1 6 6

Ht3 Lansdale, Hockaday, Mudge, Wallis 77.0 5 1 11 7

Ht4 Reeves, Kidd, Hitch, Dodd 76.0 4 2 15 9

Ht5 Gilbertson, Hockaday, Freeman, Lansdale 75.8 2 4 17 13

Ht6 Stevens, Wallis, Nicholls, Mudge 75.0 4 2 21 15

Ht7 Dodd, Kidd, Hockaday, Lansdale 75.0 1 5 22 20

Ht8 Gilbertson, Stevens, Nicholls, Freeman 75.6 3 3 25 23

Ht9 Reeves, Wallis, Mudge, Hitch 75.0 3 3 28 26

Ht10 Reeves, Kidd, Gilbertson, Stevens 75.6 3 3 31 29

Ht11 Hockaday, Mudge, Bridson, Hitch (f) 77.6 3 3 34 32

Ht12 Wallis, Dodd, Lansdale, Nicholls 78.0 1 5 35 37

Scratch Races 1 & 2 Hts1& 2 >Ht4 1 Hts 3,4,5,6 >Ht7

Ht1 Wooster, Legget, Brighton, Pennikett 81.2

Ht2 McKenzie, Craighead, Nicholls, Freeman 78.2

Ht3 Kidd, Dodd, McKenzie, Brighton 78.2

Ht4 McKenzie, Craighead, Leggett, Wooster 78.0

Ht5 Reeves, Mudge, Gilbertson, Hitch 75.8

Ht6 Hockaday, Wallis, Mudge, Lansdale 77.4

Final Reeves, Kidd, Hockaday, McKenzie 76.0

Friday 29th


Rayleigh Rockets 35 Bristol Bulldogs 37 (Provincial League)

Rayleigh


Pat McKenzie 0 0 F 0


Pete Lansdale 0 1’ 3 3 7 1

Clive Hitch 1 0 1 F 2


John Legget 0 0

Bristol

Johnny Hole 2 3 2 3 10

Ron Sharp 1’ 0 0

Cliff Cox 3 2 1’ 2’ 8 2

Roy Taylor 2’ 1’ 2 1’ 6 3

Ernie Baker 2 2 2 2 8

Ivor Thoms 0 1’ 2 3 1

Pat Flanagan 0 0 0

Ht1 Stevens, Hole, Sharp, McKenzie 76.8 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Cox, Taylor, Hockaday, Lansdale 75.2 1 5 4 8

Ht3 Reeves, Baker, Hitch, Toms 74.8 4 2 8 10

Ht4 Hole, Hockaday, Lansdale, Sharp 78.8 3 3 11 13

Ht5 Reeves, Cox, Taylor, Hitch 75.0 3 3 14 16

Ht6 Stevens, Baker, Thoms, McKenzie 75.6 3 3 17 19

Ht7 Reeves, Hole, Hitch, Sharp 75.6 4 2 21 21

Ht8 Stevens, Taylor, Cox, McKenzie (f) 75.0 3 3 24 24

Ht9 Lansdale, Baker, Hockaday, Flanagan 75.2 4 2 28 26

Ht10 Hole, Cox, Stevens, Hockaday 74.8 1 5 29 31

Ht11 Lansdale, Baker, Taylor, Hitch (f) 74.8 3 3 32 34

Ht12 Reeves, Toms, Flanagan, Legget 75.0 3 3 35 37

Silver Sash Match Race Championship

Reg Reeves bt Johnny Hole (H) 75.0

Reserves Scratch Races

Ht1 Flanagahan, Wooster, Nicholls, Brighton 78.2

Ht2 Legget, Nicholls, Brighton, Penniket 77.6

Final Flanagahan, Legget, Nicholls, Wooster 78.4

OLde Tyme Match Race 2 & 3 laps

Ht1 Phil Bishop bt Pete Lansdale 45.0

Ht2 Phil Bishop bt Pete Lansdale (ef) 58.4

Flying Four Scratch Races

Ht1 Stevens, Sharp, Nicholls, Thoms 75.4

Ht2 Cox, Craighead, Flanagan, Hockaday 75.2

Ht3 Reeves, Baker, Hole, Legget 73.6

Friday 6th

May 1960 Knowle Stadium, Bristol

Bristol Bulldogs 34 Rayleigh Rockets 38 (Provincial League)

Bristol

Billy Hole 2 2 3 2 9

Pat Flanagan 0 0 1’ 1 1

Roy Taylor 3 0 1’ 3 7 1

Cliff Cox 0 1 1’ 2 1

Ernie Baker 3 3 0 2 1 9

Ivor Toms 1 2’ 1 2 6 1

Ron Sharp 0 0

Rayleigh

Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 12

Stan Stevens 1 2’ 2’ 0 5 2

Eric Hockaday 2 1 1’ 0 4 1

Pete Lansdale 1’ F 2 2 5 1


Reg Reeves F 3 3 3 9

John Leggett DNR

Ht1 Smith, Hole, Stevens, Flanagan 65.4 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Taylor, Hockaday, Lansdale, Cox 67.6 3 3 5 7

Ht3 Baker, Hitch, Toms, Reeves (f) 66.6 4 2 9 9

Ht4 Smith, Stevens, Cox, Taylor 66.2 1 5 10 14

Ht5 Baker, Toms, Hockaday, Lansdale (f) 66.8 5 1 15 15

Ht6 Reeves, Hole, Hitch, Flanagan 65.4 2 4 17 19

Ht7 Smith, Stevens, Toms, Baker 68.4 1 5 18 24

Ht8 Hole, Lansdale, Hockaday, Sharp 67.0 3 3 21 27

Ht9 Reeves, Baker, Taylor, Hitch 67.4 3 3 24 30

Ht10 Smith, Hole, Cox, Hockaday 66.2 3 3 27 33

Ht11 Taylor, Lansdale, Baker, Hitch 67.4 4 2 31 35

Ht12 Reeves, Toms, Flanagan, Stevens 67.8 3 3 34 38

Friday 13th

May 1960 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh

Rayleigh Rockets 43 Yarmouth Bloaters 29 (Provincial League)

Rayleigh



Eric Hockaday 3 3 3 2’ 11 1

Pete Lansdale 2’ 2’ 2’ 6 3

Clive Hitch 1 2’ 1 3 7 1

Reg Reeves 3 3 3 9

John Legget 1 1 2

Yarmouth

John Debbage 1’ 0 0

Ivor Brown 2 1 2’ 2 3 11 1

Ken Last 0 0 1

Geoff Pymar 1 1 2.5 1 5.5

Ray Harrison 0 0 0 0

John Fitzpatrick 2 3 2.5 2 2’ 9.5 1

Ron Bagley 0 0

H1 Smith, Brown, Debbage, Stevens 74.0 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Hockaday, Lansdale, Pymar, Last 74.2 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Reeves, Fitzpatrick, Hitch, Harrison 75.0 4 2 12 6

Ht4 Hockaday, Lansdale, Brown, Debbage 74.4 5 1 17 7

Ht5 Reeves, Hitch, Pymar, Last 74.2 5 1 22 8

Ht6 Fitzpatrick, Brown, Stevens, Smith 75.0 1 5 23 13

Ht7 Reeves, Brown, Hitch, Debbage 74.8 4 2 27 15

Ht8 Fitzpatrick & Pymar, Smith, Stevens 75.0 1 5 28 20

Ht9 Hockaday, Fitzpatrick, Legget, Harrison 75.0 4 2 32 22

Ht10 Smith, Hockaday, Last, Bagley 74.8 5 1 37 23

Ht11 Hitch, Lansdale, Pymar, Harrison 74.6 5 1 42 24

Ht14 Brown, Fitzpatrick, Legget, Stevens 74.8 1 5 43 29

Flying Four Scratch Races

Ht1 Legget, Brighton, Nicholls, McKenzie 78.0

Ht2 Bagley, Brighton, Craighead, Legget 77.4

Ht3 Hitch, Last, Stevens, Pymar 76.4

Ht4 Reeves, Debbage, Brown (nf), McKenzie (nf) 75.2

Ht5 Hockaday, Smith, Fitzpatrick, Harrison 76.2

Final Reeves, Bagley, Hockaday, Hitch 74.4

Nu-Style Sidecars

Ht1 Derek Yorke / George Mason, Bill Maslen /

Derek Wright, Percy Lester / Norman Lester 88.6

H2 Maslen/Wright, Yorke/Mason, Lester/Lester 88.2

Thursday 19th

May 1960 Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield

Sheffield Tigers 25 Rayleigh Rockets 47 (Provincial League)

Sheffield

Tony Robinson 0 1’ 2 2 5 1

Jack Kitchen 1 2 1’ 1 5 1

Stuart Hickman 2 2 2 0 6

Malcolm Bruce 0 E 0

Derrol Melbin 1’ 0 1’ 2 2

Alf Parker 2 2 1 2 7

Jack Winstanley 0 0 0

Rayleigh


Alan Smith 2’ 3 2’ 3 10 2





John Leggett DNR

Ht1 Hockaday, Smith, Kitchen, Robinson 74.4 1 5 1 5

Ht2 Lansdale, Hickman, Stevens, Bruce 73.2 2 4 3 9

Ht3 Reeves, Parker, Melbin, Hitch 74.8 3 3 6 12

Ht4 Smith, Hickman, Hockaday, Winstanley 75.0 2 4 8 16

Ht5 Lansdale, Parker, Stevens, Melbin 74.6 2 4 10 20

Ht6 Reeves, Kitchen, Robinson, Hitch 72.6 3 3 13 23

Ht7 Hockaday, Smith, Parker, Winstanley 73.4 1 5 14 28

Ht8 Lansdale, Robinson, Kitchen, Stevens 74.6 3 3 17 31

Ht9 Reeves, Hickman, Hitch, Bruce (ef) 72.8 2 4 19 35

Ht10 Smith, Robinson, Stevens, Hickman 73.2 2 4 21 39

Ht11 Lansdale, Parker, Melbin, Hitch 75.0 3 3 24 42

Ht12 Reeves, Hockaday, Kitchen, Melbin 73.4 1 5 25 47

Friday 20th


Essex Championship

John Leggett 3 F 0 F 0 3

Ray Liston 2 0 0 0 2

Phil Bishop 1 1 0 1 0 3

Reg Reeves X 3 3 2 3 11

Alan Smith 2 3 3 3 2 13

Eric Hockaday 3 3 3 3 3 15

Geoff Pymar 1 3 2 2 1 9

Vic White 0 0 1 3 0 4

Clive Hitch 2 2 3 1 2 10

Pat McKenzie 1 1 1 F 1 4

Ivor Brown 3 F 2 3 1 9

Pete Lansdale E 1 3 1 0 5

Stan Stevens 3 1 0 2 2 8

John Fitzpatrick 1 2 2 F 0 5

Roy Craighead 0 2 2 0 2 6

Ross Gilbertson 2 2 1 2 3 10

Randall Brighton DNR

Bill Nicholls 1 1 0 2

Ht1 Leggett, Liston, Bishop, Reeves (exc) 77.6

Ht2 Hockaday, Smith, Pymar, White 76.6

Ht3 Brown, Hitch, McKenzie, Lansdale (ef) 76.4

Ht4 Stevens, Gilbertson, Fitzpatrick, Craighead 75.8

Ht5 Smith, Hitch, Stevens, Leggett 76.6

Ht6 Hockaday, Fitzpatrick, McKenzie, Liston 76.8

Ht7 Pymar, Craighead, Bishop, Brown (f) 78.2

Ht8 Reeves, Gilbertson, Lansdale, White 75.6

Ht9 Hockaday, Brown, Gilbertson, Leggett 75.8

Ht10 Smith, Craighead, Nicholls, Liston 77.8

Ht11 Hitch, Fitzpatrick, White, Bishop (f) 77.6

Ht12 Reeves, Pymar, McKenzie, Stevens 77.0

Ht13 Lansdale, Pymar, Leggett (f), Fitzpatrick (f) 77.6

Ht14 Brown, Stevens, Nicholls, Liston 76.0

Ht15 Smith, Gilbertson, Bishop, McKenzie (f) 76.4

Ht16 Hockaday, Reeves, Hitch, Craighead 75.8

Ht17 White, Craighead, McKenzie, Leggett 77.6

Ht18 Gilbertson, Hitch, Pymar, Nicholls 76.8

Ht19 Hockaday, Stevens, Lansdale, Bishop (f) 78.0

Ht20 Reeves, Smith, Brown, Fitzpatrick 77.4

Reserves’ Scratch Race

Ht1Liston, Leggett, Pennikett, Nicholls 80.0

H2 Not Raced

Friday 27th


Rayleigh Rockets 58 Liverpool Pirates 14 (Provincial League)

Rayleigh

Eric Hockaday 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 3



Pete Lansdale 2’ 2’ 4 2

Clive Hitch 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2

Reg Reeves 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2

John Leggett 2’ 2 1

Liverpool

Bernard McCarthy 0 0 0 0

Wal Morton 2 1 1 0 1 5

Col Smith 0 1 0 1 2

Shorty Schirmer 1 0 1 2 4

Ray Liston 1 1 1 0 3

Graham Beatty E E 0

Norman Murray E 0 0

Ht1 Smith, Morton, Hockaday, McCarthy 74.5 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Stevens, Lansdale, Schrimer, Smith 75.6 5 1 9 3

Ht3 Reeves, Hitch, Liston, Beatty (ef) 78.0 5 1 14 4

Ht4 Stevens, Lansdale, Morton, McCarthy 76.0 5 1 19 5

Ht5 Reeves, Hitch, Smith, Schirmer 78.3 5 1 24 6

Ht6 Smith, Hockaday, Liston, Beatty (ef) 76.5 5 1 29 7

Ht7 Hitch, Reeves, Morton, McCarthy 76.8 5 1 34 8

Ht8 Smith, Hockaday, Schirmer, Smith 77.5 5 1 39 9

Ht9 Stevens, Leggett, Liston, Murray (ef) 78.0 5 1 44 10

Ht10 Stevens, Hockaday, Smith, Morton 77.1 5 1 49 11

Ht11 Hitch, Schirmer, Leggett, Liston ? 4 2 53 13

Ht12 Smith, Reeves, Morton, Murray 76.5 5 1 58 14

The Rayleigh Plaque

Ht1 Craighead, Nicholls, McKenzie, Brighton 78.4 1 &2 Ht3

Ht2 Smith, Lansdale, Morton, Liston 74.8 1 Final

Ht3 Leggett, Nicholls, McKenzie, Murray 79.4 1 Final

Ht4 Hockaday, Hitch, Schirmer, McArthur 77.0

Ht5 Reeves, Liston, Srtevens, Cole, Smith (ef) 76.9

Final Reeves, Hitch, Leggett, Liston 76.6

Extra Race

Smith, Reeves, Lansdale, Hockaday 76.4

Saturday 28th

May 1960 Tongham Greyhound Stadium, Aldershot

Aldershot Shots 33 Rayleigh Rockets 38 (Challenge)

Aldershot

Ron Swaine F 0

Ken Vale F 3 E 0 3


Bill Osborne 0 1 0 1 2

George Major 2 2 3 2’ 9 1

Frank Wooster 1’ F 0 1 1

Ted Spittles 1 2 0 3

Rayleigh


Alan Smith 2’ 1 1’ 4 2

Stan Stevens 1’ 2 1’ 4 2

Pete Lansdale 2 2 1’ 2’ 7 1


John Leggett 0 0 1 1

R Walsh F 0 0

Ht1 Hockaday, Smith, Vale (f), Swaine (f) 75.0 0 5 0 5

Ht2 Gilbertson, Lansdale, Stevens, Osborne 73.5 3 3 3 8

Ht3 Hitch, Major, Wooster, Leggett 74.0 3 3 6 11

Ht4 Vale, Lansdale, Spittles, Walsh (f) 74.1 4 2 10 13

Ht5 Gilbertson, Hitch, Osborne, Leggett 72.0 4 2 14 15

Ht6 Hockaday, Major, Smith, Wooster (f) 74.0 2 4 16 19

Ht7 Hitch, Spittles, Leggett, Vale (ef) 73.5 2 4 18 23

Ht8 Gilbertson, Hockaday, Smith, Osborne 72.5 3 3 21 26

Ht9 Major, Stevens, Lansdale, Wooster 75.0 3 3 24 29

Ht10 Gilbertson, Hockaday, Stevens, Vale 74.0 3 3 27 32

Ht11 Hitch, Lansdale, Osborne, Spittles 72.5 1 5 28 37

Ht12 Gilbertson, Major, Leggett, Walsh 74.0 5 1 33 38

Friday 3rd

June 1960 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh

Rayleigh Rockets 40 Aldershot Shots 32 (Challenge)

Rayleigh


Stan Stevens 2’ 1 2 1 6 1


John Leggett 1’ 0 0 0 1 1

Clive Hitch 1 1 E 1 3


Pat McKenzie

Aldershot

Ken Vale 0 1’ 1’ 1 3 2

Bill Osborne 1 2 2 2 7

Pete Lansdale 3 2 5

Johnny Edwards 0 0 0

Jimmy Gleed 2 2 1 2’ 7 1

Ted Spittles 0 F 0 0

Frank Wooster 1 0 1

Ross Gilbertson* 3 3 3 9

* programmed ant No.3 late arrival

Ht1 Smith, Stevens, Osborne, Vale 76.3 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Lansdale, Hickaday, Leggett, Edwards 76.9 3 3 8 4

Ht3 Reeves, Gleed, Hitch, Spittles 77.3 4 2 12 6

Ht4 Hockaday, Osborne, Vale, Leggett 78.0 3 3 15 9

Ht5 Reeves, Lansdale, Hitch, Edwards 76.5 4 2 19 11

Ht6 Smith, Gleed, Stevens, Spittles (f) 75.9 4 2 23 13

Ht7 Reeves, Osborne, Vale, Hitch (ef) 79.3 3 3 26 16

Ht8 Gilbertson, Stevens, Wooster, Smith 78.2 2 4 28 20

Ht9 Gilbertson, Hockaday, Gleed, Leggett 76.9 2 4 30 24

Ht10 Smith, Hockaday, Vale, Wooster 75.8 5 1 35 25

Ht11 Gilbertson, Gleed, Hitch, Leggett 77.8 1 5 36 30

Ht12 Reeves, Osborne, Stevens, Spittles 76.6 4 2 40 32

Reserves Scratch Race

Nicholls, Wooster, Brighton, McKenzie 79.9

Nu Style Sidecar Racing

Ht1 Yorke/Mason, Maslen/Wright, Lester / Lester 88.2

Ht2 Lester/Lester, Yorke/Mason, Maslen/Wright 88.4

Rayleigh Scratch Race

Hitch, Leggett, Spittles, Vale 78.3

Shots’ Scratch Race

Gleed, Gilbertson, Edwards, Osborne 78.0

Rockets Scratch Race

Smith, Reeves, Hockaday, Stevens 75.8

Monday 6th


Rayleigh v Coventry B v Norwich v Belle Vue (Four Team) Rained Off

Friday 10th


World Championship Qualifying Round

Len Silver 2 1 3 0 3 9

Reg Reeves 3 3 3 3 2 14

Eric Eadon 0 1 1 3 2 7

Brian Brett 1 3 2 3 2 11

Ray day F 0 0 1 1 2

Ken Last 2 0 2 0 0 4

Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 1 13

George Bewley 1 1 0 1 1 4


Peter Kelly 0 1 0 2 2 5

Vic Lonsdale 1 0 1 0 0 2

Slant Payling 2 2 2 1 1 8

Danny Dunton 2 3 1 2 3 11

John Fitzpatrick 3 2 2 2 3 12

Pat McKenzie 1 2 1 1 0 5

Sonny Dewhurst 0 0 0 0 0 0

John Leggett DNR

Randal Brighton DNR

Ht1 Reeves, Silver, Brett, Eadon (ef) 77.4

Ht2 Smith, Last, Bewley, Day 76.7

Ht3 Stevens, Payling, Lonsdale, Kelly 76.1

Ht4 Fitzpatrick, Dunton, McKenzie, Dewhurst 77.6

Ht5 Dunton, Stevens, Silver, Day 75.7

Ht6 Reeves, Fitzpatrick, Kelly, Last 75.2

Ht7 Smith, McKenzie, Eadon, Lonsdale 77.8

Ht8 Brett, Payling, Bewley, Dewhurst 80.1

Ht9 Silver, Last, Lonsdale, Dewhurst 78.3

Ht10 Reeves, Payling, McKenzie, Day 76.3

Ht11 Stevens, Fitzpatrick, Eadon, Bewley 75.5

Ht12 Smith, Brett, Dunton, Kelly 75.9

Ht13 Smith, Fitzpatrick, Payling, Silver 76.3

Ht14 Reeves, Dunton, Bewley, Lonsdale 75.8

Ht15 Eadon, Kelly, Day, Dewhurst 77.9

Ht16 Brett, Stevens, McKenzie, Last 75.9

Ht17 Silver, Kelly, Bewley, McKenzie 79.0

Ht18 Stevens, Reeves, Smith, Dewhurst 75.5

Ht19 Dunton, Eadon, Payling, Last 76.6

Ht20 Fitzpatrick, Brett, Day, Lonsdale 75.5

Friday 17th


Rayleigh Rockets 49 Sheffield Tigers 23 (Provincial League)

Rayleigh

Clive Hitch 0 2’ E


Alan Smith 3 X 2’ 3 8 1

Stan Stevens 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2

Pete Lansdale 2’ 2’ 1 3 8 2


John Leggett F 2’ 2 1

Sheffield

Tony Robinson 1’ 2 3 0 F 6 1

Jack Kitchen 2 1’ 2’ 2 7 2

Stuart Hickman 1 0 1 2

Malcolm Bruce 0 1 2 0 3

Jack Winstanley 1 1 1 1 4

Derrol Melbin 0 0 0 0

Bernard McArthur 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Reeves, Kitchen, Robinson, Hitch 75.2 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Smith, Stevens, Hickman, Bruce 76.4 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Hockaday, Lansdale, Winstanley, Melbin 75.2 5 1 13 5

Ht4 Stevens, Robinson, Kitchen, Legget (f), Smith (exc) 74.9 3 3 16 8

Ht5 Hockaday, Lansdale, Bruce, Hickman 76.4 5 1 21 9

Ht6 Reeves, Hitch, Winstanley, Melbin 76.8 5 1 26 10

Ht7 Robinson, Kitchen, Lansdale, Hockaday 75.4 1 5 27 15

Ht8 Reeves, Bruce, McCarthy, Hitch (ef) 76.6 3 3 30 18

Ht9 Stevens, Smith, Winstanley, Melbin 76.4 5 1 35 19

Ht10 Smith, Leggett, Hickman, Robinson 76.2 5 1 40 20

Ht11 Lansdale, Stevens, Winstanley, Bruce 78.0 5 1 45 21

Ht12 Reeves, Kitchen, Hockaday, Robinson (f) 74.8 4 2 49 23

Rayleigh Plaque

Ht1 Craighead, McKenzie, Nicholls, Brighton 78.0 . 1&2 Ht3

Ht2 Stevens, Kitchen, Brighton, Terry Stone 75.8

Ht3 Craighead, Leggett, McArthur, McKenzie 79.4

Ht4 Robinson, Lansdale, Hitch, Bruce 76.8

Ht5 Hockaday, Smith, Winstanley, Nicholls 76.6

Final Hockaday, Robinson, Craighead, Stevens 75.3

Sunday 19th

June 1960 Arlington Stadium, Eastbourne

Eastbourne Eagles 42 Rayleigh Rockets 30 (Challenge)

Eastbourne

Dave Still 2 3 2 2’ 9 1

Bob Dugard 1’ 1 1’ 3 6 2

Jimmy Heard 2 2 3 2’ 9 1

Geoff Pennikett E 0 0

Ross Gilbertson F 3 3 3 9

Bob Warner 3 2’ 1 2 8 1

Joey Barton 0 1’ 1 1

Rayleigh


Pat McKenzie 0 1 F 0 1


John Leggett 1 0 0 E 1 1

Clive Hitch 1’ 0 2 3 1

Reg Nicholls 2 2 1’ 1 6 1

Ht1 Hockaday, Still, Dugard, McKenzie 66.8 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Stevens, Heard, Leggett, Pennikett (ef) 67.6 2 4 5 7

Ht3 Warner, Nicholls, Hitch, Gilbertson (f) 67.8 3 3 8 10

Ht4 Hockaday, Heard, McKenzie, Pennikett 68.6 2 4 10 14

Ht5 Gilbertson, Warner, Stevens, Leggett 68.8 5 1 15 15

Ht6 Still, Nicholls, Dugard, Hitch 69.6 4 2 19 17

Ht7 Gilbertson, Hockaday, Warner, McKenzie (f) 68.8 4 2 23 19

Ht8 Stevens, Still, Dugard, Leggett 70.2 3 3 26 22

Ht9 Heard, Hitch, Nicholls, Barton 70.4 3 3 29 25

Ht10 Dugard, Heard, Hockaday, Stevens 70.2 5 1 34 26

Ht11 Hockaday, Warner, Barton, Leggett (ef) 70.6 3 3 37 29

Ht12 Gilbertson, Still, Nicholls, McKenzie 69.6 5 1 42 30

Sunday 19th

June 1960 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon

Poole 31 Rye House 29 Swindon 29 Rayleigh 19 (4 Team Tournament)

RYE HOUSE

Tommy Sweetman (C) 3 3 3 3 3 - - 15

John Holder 1 F F - - - - 1

Colin Pratt 2 1 2 2 2 - - 9

Peter Sampson 1 F 1 2 - - - 4

Harry Long (Res) F - - - - - - 0

SWINDON

Bob Jones (C) R 3 R 3 - - - 6

Johnny Board 3 3 3 2 2 - - 13

John Edwards 3 2 1 1 1 - - 8

Terry Keats 1 F 0 - - - - 1

Dick Bailey (Res) 1 - - - - - - 1

POOLE

Geoff Mudge (C) 2 3 2 3 3 - - 13

Ken Vale 2 2 1 1 - - - 6

Dave Dodd 1 2 2 3 0 - - 8

Terry Betts 2 1 0 1 - - - 4

RAYLEIGH

Jimmy Gleed (C) 3 0 3 R - - - 6

Ron Sharp 1 2 3 2 1 - - 9

Joe Neath 0 1 1 0 - - - 2

Randy Brighton 0 0 2 0 0 - - 2

Ht 1: Sweetman, Mudge, Sharp, Jones (ret), 71.8

Ht 2: Gleed, Betts, Keats, Long (fell), 72.4

Ht 3: Board, Pratt, Dodd, Brighton, 73.2

Ht 4: Edwards, Vale, Sampson, Neath, 74.8

Ht 5: Sweetman, Dodd, Neath, Keats (fell), 71.6

Ht 6: Jones, Vale, Holder, Brighton, 73.6

Ht 7: Mudge, Edwards, Pratt, Gleed (ret), 72.8

Ht 8: Board, Sharp, Betts, Sampson (fell), 72.6

Ht 9: Board, Mudge, Neath, Holder (fell), 73.0

Ht 10: Sweetman, Brighton, Edwards, Betts, 70.4

Ht 11: Sharp, Pratt, Vale, Keats, 74.2

Ht 12: Gleed, Dodd, Sampson, Jones (ret), 72.2

Ht 13: Dodd, Sharp, Edwards, Holder (fell), 75.2

Ht 14: Sweetman, Board, Vale, Gleed (ret), 71.8

Ht 15: Jones, Pratt, Betts, Neath, 73.0

Ht 16: Mudge, Sampson, Bailey, Brighton, 73.4

Ht 17: (Nominated) Sweetman (r), Board (b), Sharp (y), Dodd (w), 69.5

Ht 18: (Nominated) Mudge (w), Pratt (r), Edwards (b), Brighton (y), 74.4

Tuesday 21st June 1960 Caister Road, Yarmouth

Yarmouth Bloaters 28 Rayleigh Rockets 44 (Provincial League)

Yarmouth

John Fitzpatrick 2 2 2 F 6

Ron Bagley 0 X F F 0

Ken Last 0 1 1

Geoff Pymar 3 0 2 1 6

John Debbage 0 0 0

Ivor Brown 2 3 2’ 2 10 1

Dennis Day 3 3 X f 6

Rayleigh

Eric Hockaday 1 1’ 0 1 3 1


Stan Stevens 1’ 1’ 1 2’ 5 3

Pete Lansdale 2 2 4


Clive Hitch 1 1 1 2’ 5 1

Roy Craighead 3 3 6

Ht1 Smith, Fitzpatrick, Hockaday, Bagley 71.8 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Pymar, Lansdale, Stevens, Last 73.6 3 3 5 7

Ht3 Reeves, Brown, Hitch, Debbage 71.6 2 4 7 11

Ht4 Day, Smith, Hockaday, Pymar 72.4 3 3 10 14

Ht5 Brown, Lansdale, Stevens, Debbage 73.6 3 3 13 17

Ht6 Reeves, Fitzpatrick, Hitch, Bagley (fexc) 72.6 2 4 15 21

Ht7 Day, Brown, Smith, Hockaday 73.6 5 1 20 22

Ht8 Craighead, Fitzpatrick, Stevens, Bagley (f) 74.6 2 4 22 26

Ht9 Reeves, Pymar, Hitch, Day (fexc) 73.8 2 4 24 30

Ht10 Smith, Stevens, Last, Bagley (f) 73.4 1 5 25 35

Ht11 Craighead, Hitch, Pymar, Day (f) 75.2 1 5 26 40

Ht12 Reeves, Brown, Hockaday, Fitzpatrick (f) 73.2 2 4 28 44

Wednesday 22nd

June 1960 Poole Stadium, Poole

Poole Pirates 45 Rayleigh Rockets 27 (Vic Gooden Trophy)

Poole

Charlie Wallis 1 0 2’ 0 3 1

Allan Kidd 0 2 3 3 8

Ken Middleditch 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4

Geoff Mudge 3 3 3 2’ 11 1

Ross Gilbertson 3 3 3 3 12

Norman Strachan 0 1 1 1 3

Merv Hannan DNR

Rayleigh

Reg Reeves 3 1 1 2 3 10

Clive Hitch 2’ 0 0 1 3 1


Roy Craighead 1 2 0 0 3


Eric Hockaday 1’ 0 2’ 3 2

John Leggett DNR

Ht1 Reeves, Hitch, Wallis Kidd 73.4 1 5 1 5

Ht2 Mudge, Middleditch, Craighead, Stevens 73.6 5 1 6 6

Ht3 Gilbertson, Lansdale, Hockaday, Strachan 73.6 3 3 9 9

Ht4 Mudge, Middleditch, Reeves, Hitch 74.0 5 1 14 10

Ht5 Gilbertson, Craighead, Strachan, Stevens 73.4 4 2 18 12

Ht6 Lansdale, Kidd, Reeves, Wallis 73.2 2 4 20 16

Ht7 Gilbertson, Reeves, Strachan, Hitch 73.4 4 2 24 18

Ht8 Kidd, Wallis, Stevens, Craighead 73.4 5 1 29 19

Ht9 Mudge, Middleditch, Lansdale, Hockaday 74.0 5 1 34 20

Ht10 Kidd, Middleditch, Hitch, Stevens 73.4 5 1 39 21

Ht11 Gilbertson, Mudge, Lansdale, Craighead 75.0 5 1 44 22

Ht12 Reeves, Hockaday, Strachan, Wallis 74.4 1 5 45 27

Friday 24th


Rayleigh Rockets 15 Bristol Bulldogs 15 (Revenge Bowl Challenge)

Rayleigh

Clive Hitch 3

Reg Reeves 0

Stan Stevens 2 1

Alan Smith 1’ 0

Pete Lansdale 3

Eric Hockaday 2’

John Leggett

Bristol

Johnny Hole 2 3

Cliff Cox 1’ 2’

Trevor Redmond 3

Roy Taylor F

Ernie Baker 1

Pat Flanagan 0

Eric Howes

Ht1 Hitch, Hole, Cox, Reeves 120.6^ 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Redmond, Smith, Stevens, Taylor (ef) 82.4 3 3 6 6

Ht3 Lansdale, Hockaday, Baker, Flanagan 81.8 5 1 11 7

Ht4 Hole, Cox, Stevens, Smith 81.4 1 5 12 12

Ht5 Redmond, Lansdale, Hockaday, Howes 81.2 3 3 15 15

Meeting Abandoned

^ All 4 riders fell and remounted.

Friday 1st July 1960 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh

Rayleigh Rockets 31 Ipswich Witches 41 (Inter League Challenge)

Rayleigh

Clive Hitch 1 0 2’ 1 4 1


Stan Stevens 0 0 0

Alan Smith 1 2 2 3 1 9

Pete Lansdale 0 1 0 1


Roy Craighead 1’ 0 1 1

Ipswich

Les McGillivray 2 3 3 3 11

Billy Smith 0 0 0 0 0

Jack Unstead 3 2’ X 2’ 7 2

Len Silver 2’ 3 2’ 7 2

Colin Gooddy 2 3 2 3 10

Jimmy Squibb 1’ 1 1’ 2 5 2

John Leggett 1 1

Ht1 Reeves, McGillivray, Hitch, B.Smith 72.6 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Unstead, Silver, A.Smith, Stevens 73.0 1 5 5 7

Ht3 Hockaday, Gooddy, Squibb, Lansdale 74.4 3 3 8 10

Ht4 McGillvray, A.Smith, Craighead, B.Smith 73.6 3 3 11 13

Ht5 Silver, Unstead,, Lansdale, Hockaday 74.0 1 5 12 18

Ht6 Gooddy, Reeves, Squibb, Hitch 74.0 2 4 14 22

Ht7 McGillivray, A.Smith, Hockaday, B.Smith 73.4 3 3 17 25

Ht8 Reeves, Hitch, Leggett, Unstead (exc) 76.6 5 1 22 26

Ht9 A.Smith, Gooddy, Squibb, Stevens 74.8 3 3 25 29

Ht10 McGillivray, Unstead, Hitch, Craighead 75.6 1 5 26 34

Ht11 Gooddy, Silver, A.Smith, Lansdale 74.8 1 5 27 39

Ht12 Reeves, Squibb, Hockaday, B.Smith 75.4 4 2 31 41

East Coast Hurricane Handicaps (Yards)

Ht1 Brighton (10), Nicholls (10), Stone (0),

Legget(15), McKenzie (10) (ef) 100.2 >Ht3

Ht2 Squibb, Reeves, Lansdale, B.Smith 75.2

Ht3 Craighead, Brighton, Leggett, Nicholls 78.2

Ht4 McGillivray, Silver, Hitch, Stevens 74.8

Ht5 Gooddy, A.Smith, Unstead, Hockaday 75.2

Final McGillivray, Gooddy, Squibb, Craighead 74.6

Monday 4th

July 1960 Stanley Stadium, Liverpool

Liverpool Pirates 26 Rayleigh Rockets 45 (Provincial League)

Liverpool

Dave Dodd 1’ 0 1’ 1 3 2

Wal Morton 2 1 2 2 1 8

Bryce Subrizsky 3 2 3 1 3 12

Graham Beattie 0 0 0

Bob McHugh 0 0 0

Dennis Jenkins 1 0 2 0 3

Colin Smith 0 0 0

Rayleigh

Reg Reeves 3 3 3 2’ 11 1


Alan Smith 2 1’ 3 1 7 1

Stan Stevens 1’ 2 0 2 5 1

Pete Lansdale 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3


Roy Craighead DNR

Ht1 Reeves, Morton, Dodd, Hitch 86.2 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Subritzsky, A.Smith, Stevens, Beattie 85.2 3 3 6 6

Ht3 Hockaday, Lansdale, Jenkins, McHugh 85.0 1 5 7 11

Ht4 Reeves, Subritzsky, Hitch, Beattie 83.6 2 4 9 15

Ht5 Subritzsky, Stevens, A.Smith, Jenkins 83.4 3 3 12 18

Ht6 Hockaday, Lansdale, Morton, Dodd 83.6 1 5 13 23

Ht7 Reeves, Jenkins, Hitch, McHugh 83.6 2 4 15 27

Ht8A.Smith, Morton, Dodd, Stevens 83.6 3 3 18 30

Ht9 Hockaday, Lansdale, Subritzsky, C.Smith 83.8 1 5 19 35

Ht10 Subritzsky, Stevens, Dodd, Hitch 83.4 4 2 23 37

Ht11 Lansdale, Morton, A.Smith, C.Smith 83.4 2 4 25 41

Ht12 Hockaday, Reeves, Morton, Jenkins 83.2 1 5 26 46

Friday 8th

July 1960 Knowle Stadium, Bristol

Bristol Bulldogs 47 Rayleigh Rockets 49 (Challenge)

Bristol

Billy Hole 3 2 3 3 3 2’ 0 16 1

Cliff Cox 0 1’ 0 2’ 1’ 4 3

Ernie Baker 2 1 1 0 3 7

Pat Flanagan 1’ 0 0 0 1 1

Trevor Redmond 2 2 3 3 2 1 3 16

Frank Evans 1’ 0 0 2 3 1

Chris Julian DNR

Rayleigh

Clive Hitch 2 3 2 2 2’ 1’ 12 2

Roy Craighead 1’ 2’ 1’ 1’ 1 6 4

Alan Smith 3 3 2 3 3 14

Stan Stevens 0 1 1’ 1’ 3 2 8 2

Pete Lansdale 3 3 2 1 0 9

Cyril Francis 0 0 0 0 0

Tony Usher 0 0

Ht1 Hole, Hitch, Craighead, Cox 67.4 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Smith, Baker, Flanagan, Stevens 68.2 3 3 6 6

Ht3 Lansdale, Redmond, Evans, Francis 67.2 3 3 9 9

Ht4 Hitch, Craighead, Baker, Flanagan 68.0 1 5 10 14

Ht5 Smith, Redmond, Stevens, Evans 67.0 2 4 12 18

Ht6 Lansdale, Hole, Cox, Usher 67.0 3 3 15 21

Ht7 Redmond, Hitch, Craighead, Evans 67.8 3 3 18 24

Ht8 Hole, Smith, Stevens, Cox 67.4 3 3 21 27

Ht9 Redmond, Lansdale, Baker, Francis 67.0 4 2 25 29

Ht10 Hole, Hitch, Stevens, Baker 67.2 3 3 28 32

Ht11 Smith, Redmond, Lansdale, Flanagan 66.8 2 4 30 36

Ht12 Hole Cox, Craighead, Francis 67.6 5 1 35 37

Ht13 Stevens, Hitch, Redmond, Flanagan 66.8 1 5 36 42

Ht14 Baker, Hole, Craighead, Francis 68.0 5 1 41 43

Ht15 Smith, Evans, Cox, Lansdale 67.0 3 3 44 46

Ht16 Redmond, Stevens, Hitch, Hole 66.6 3 3 47 49

Friday 8th

July 1960 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh

Best Pairs

John Leggett 0 2 2 1 1 6

Reg Nicholls 3 3 3 3 2 14

Total 20

John Debbage 2 3 3 3 3 14

Terry Betts 1 1

Total 15

Ken Vale 3 E 1 2 3 9

Ken Mellor 2 2 2 F 1 7

Total 16

Pat McKenzie F E 0 2 2 4

Randall Brighton 1 1 1 1 0 4

Total 8

Jimmy Heard 3 3 3 2 3 14

Geoff Pennikett 1 1 2 0 0 4

Total 18

Terry Stone 0 E E 0 F 0

B.Smith 2 2 X 4

Total 4

Bill Osborne (res) 1 E 1 3 1 2 8

Ht1 Nicholls, Debbage, Betts, Leggett 77.6

Ht2 Vale, Mellor, Brighton, McKenzie (f) 78.8

Ht3 Heard, Smith, Pennikett, Stone 76.6

Ht4 Nicholls, Leggett, Brighton, McKenzie (ef) 77.8

Ht5 Debbage, Smith, Osborne, Stone (ef), Betts (ns) 77.6

Ht6 Heard, Mellor, Pennikett, Vale (ef) 77.2

Ht7 Nicholls, Leggett, Stone (ef), Smith (fexc) 83.8

Ht8 Debbage, Mellor, Vale, Osborne(ef) 77.6

Ht9 Heard, Pennikett, Brighton, McKenzie 77.0

Ht10 Nicholls, Vale, Leggett, Mellor (f) 78.4

Ht11 Debbage, Heard, Osborne, Pennikett 78.2

Ht12 Osborne, McKenzie, Brighton, Stone 79.0

Ht13 Heard, Nicholls, Leggett, Pennikett 77.2

Ht14 Debbage, McKenzie, Osborne, Brighton 78.0

Ht15 Vale, Osborne, Mellor, Stone (f) 79.8

Cinder Sifters Scratch races

Ht1 Heard, Leggett, Vale, McKenzie (ns) 78.0 ?

Ht2 Mellor, Pennikett, Osborne, Brighton (f) 77.6 ?

Ht3 Debbage, Nicholls, Osborne, Stone 77.0 ?

Final Debbage, Heard, Nicholls, Mellor (frmtd) 76.4

Friday 15th


Rayleigh Rockets 40 Poole Pirates 32 (Provincial League)

Rayleigh

Reg Reeves 3 E 3 3 9


Stan Stevens 1 1 E 2


Pete Lansdale 1 1 0 2


Roy Craighead 0 1 1

Poole

Allan Kidd 2 0 2 2

Norman Strachan 2 2’ 2 2 8 1

Ken Middleditch 2 2 3 2 F 9

Geoff Mudge 0 0 0 0

Ross Gilbertson 0 3 2 1’ 6 1

Charlie Wallis 2 2’ 1’ 0 5 2

Gerry Bridson 0 0

Ht1 Reeves, Kidd, Hitch, Bridson 75.2 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Smith, Middleditch, Stevens, Mudge 73.6 4 2 8 4

Ht3 Hockaday, Wallis, Lansdale, Gilbertson 74.6 4 2 12 6

Ht4 Smith, Strachan, Stevens, Kidd 74.6 4 2 16 8

Ht5 Hockaday, Middleditch, Lansdale, Mudge 74.2 4 2 20 10

Ht6 Gilbertson, Wallis, Hitch, Reeves (ef) 75.8 1 5 21 15

Ht7 Middleditch, Strachan, Hockaday, Craighead 75.4 1 5 22 20

Ht8 Reeves, Middlesitch, Hitch, Mudge 74.4 4 2 26 22

Ht9 A.Smith, Gilbertson, Wallis, Stevens (ef) 74.4 3 3 29 25

Ht10 Reeves, Kidd, Craighead, Middleditch (f) 75.2 4 2 33 27

Ht11 Smith, Strachan, Gilbertson, Lansdale 74.8 3 3 36 30

Ht12 Hitch, Strachan, Hockaday, Wallis 76.2 4 2 40 32

Arterial Tear-Up

Ht1 McKenzie, Leggett, Nicholls (nf), Brighton (nf) 77.2 >Ht3

Ht2 Stevens, Mudge, Lansdale (ef), Nicholls (ef) 76.8

Ht3 Craighead, Leggett, McKenzie, Bridson 77.4

Ht4 Reeves, Kidd, Hitch, Gilbertson 75.0

Ht5Smith, Strachan, Hitch, Wallis 74.8

Final Smith, Reeves, Craighead Stevens (ns) 73.8

Saturday 16th

July 1960 Sun Street Stadium Stoke

Stoke Potters 34 Rayleigh Rockets 38 (Provincial League)

Stoke

Bill Bridgett 1’ 3 1 2 7 1

Reg Fearman 2 F 0 1 3

Les Jenkins 3 F 1’ F 4 1

T Connor 1 0 1

Pete Jarman 2’ 2’ 2 1 7 2

Ray Harris 3 3 1’ F 6 1

Peter Kelly 2 3 5

Rayleigh

Reg Reeves 3 3 3 2’ 2’ 13 2

Clive Hitch 0 1 0 1


Wally Mawdsley 0 0 2’ 2 1


Pete Lansdale 0 1’ 0 3 4 1

Alan Smith DNR

Ht1 Reeves, Fearman, Bridgett, Hitch 78.2 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Jenkins, Stevens, Connor, Mawdsley 79.6 4 2 7 5

Ht3 Harris, Jarman, Hockaday, Lansdale 78.8 5 1 12 6

Ht4 Reeves, Kelly, Hitch, Jenkins (f) 78.4 2 4 14 10

Ht5 Harris, Jarman, Stevens, Mawdsley 78.0 5 1 19 11

Ht6 Bridgett, Hockaday, Lansdale, Fearman (f) 77.8 3 3 22 14

Ht7 Reeves, Jarman, Harris, Hitch 77.2 3 3 25 17

Ht8 Stevens, Reeves, Bridgett, Fearman 78.2 1 5 26 22

Ht9 Kelly, Hockaday, Jenkins, Lansdale 78.4 4 2 30 24

Ht10 Stevens, Bridgett, Hockaday, Connor 77.4 2 4 32 28

Ht11 Lansdale, Mawdsley, Jarman, Jenkins (f) 78.4 1 5 33 33

Ht12 Hockaday, Reeves, Fearman, Harris (f) 78.4 1 5 34 38

Tuesday 19th

July 1960 Cornish Stadium, St Austell

St Austell Gulls 36 Rayleigh Rockets 30 (Challenge)

St Austell

Trevor Redmond 3 3 3 3 3 15

Francis Cann 2’ 0 3 0 5 1

Chris Julian 2 3 2 2 2’ 11 1

Ivor Toms 0 2’ 0 0 2 1

George Major 0 1 1’ 2 4 1

Rayleigh


Reg Nicholls 0 1’ 0 1 2 1

Stan Stevens 1 2 2 1’ 0 6 1

Jack Board 3 1’ 3 3 1 11 1

Ken Vale 2 F 1 3

Ht1 Redmond, Cann, Hockaday, Nicholls 69.4 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Board, Julian, Stevens, Toms 69.6 2 4 7 5

Ht3 Redmond, Vale, Nicholls, Major 71.8 3 3 10 8

Ht4 Redmond, Stevens, Board, Cann 69.8 3 3 13 11

Ht5 Julian, Stevens, Major, Vale (f) 69.6 4 2 17 13

Ht6 Cann, Hockaday, Toms, Vale (ns) 70.8 4 2 21 15

Ht7 Board, Julian, Major, Nicholls 69.6 3 3 24 18

Ht8 Redmond, Hockaday, Stevens, Cann 70.0 3 3 27 21

Ht9 Board, Major, Vale, Toms 71.8 2 4 29 25

Ht10 Hockaday, Julian, Nicholls, Toms 70.6 2 4 31 29

Ht11 Redmond, Julian, Board, Stevens 70.8 5 1 36 30

Wednesday 20th

July 1960 Poole Stadium, Poole

Poole Pirates 41 Rayleigh Rockets 31 (Provincial League)

Poole

Allan Kidd 2 3 3 3 11

Norman Strachan E 0 2’ 1 3 1

Ken Middleditch 2’ 2 3 2’ 9 2

Geoff Mudge 3 1’ 2’ 0 6 2

Ross Gilbertson 3 3 3 3 12

Charlie Wallis 0 F 0

Gerry Bridson 0 0 0

Rayleigh

Reg Reeves 3 3 2 1 2’ 11 1

Clive Hitch 1 0 1’ 2 1

Stan Stevens 1 1’ 0 0 2 1

Alan Smith 0 2 1 1’ 4 1

Pete Lansdale 1’ 1’ 2 4 2


Roy Craighead 0 0

Ht1 Reeves, Kidd, Hitch, Strachan (ef) 71.4 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Mudge, Middleditch, Stevens, Smith 73.8 5 1 7 5

Ht3 Gilbertson, Hockaday, Lansdale, Wallis 73.4 3 3 10 8

Ht4 Reeves, Middleditch, Mudge, Hitch 72.4 3 3 13 11

Ht5 Gilbertson, Smith, Stevens, Wallis (f) 73.0 3 3 16 14

Ht6 Kidd, Hockaday, Lansdale, Strachan 74.0 3 3 19 17

Ht7 Gilbertson, Reeves, Hitch, Bridson 73.0 3 3 22 20

Ht8 Kidd, Strachan, Smith, Stevens 74.2 5 1 27 21

Ht9 Middleditch, Mudge, Hockaday, Craighead 74.8 5 1 32 22

Ht10 Kidd, Middleditch, Reeves, Stevens 73.6 5 1 37 23

Ht11 Gilbertson, Lansdale, Smith, Mudge 74.2 3 3 40 26

Ht12 Hockaday, Reeves, Strachan, Bridson 74.6 1 5 41 31

Friday 22nd

July 1960 Weir Stadium Rayleigh

Lethaby 100 Guineas Trophy

Johns Leggett 1 1 1 1 1 5

Gil Goldfinch 2 F 1 3 3 9

Bill Osborne 0 0 2 1 0 3

Reg Reeves 3 3 3 0 3 12

Alan Smith DNR



Jimmy Gleed 2 0 1 0 0 3

Clive Hitch 0 2 F 1 2 5

Jimmy Gooch 3 2 2 3 3 13

Ivor Brown 2 3 2 2 2 11



John Fitzpatrick 3 1 3 3 1 11


Al Sparrey 0 1 F 0 0 1

Randall Brighton (res) 0 0

Pat McKenzie (res) 0 0 2 E 2

Ht1 Reeves, Goldfinch, Leggett, Osborne (f) 74.2

Ht2 Hoockaday, Gleed, Nicholls, McKenzie 75.2

Ht3 Gooch, Nrown, Lansdale, Hitch 74.4

Ht4 Fitzpatrick, Craighead, Stevens, Sparrey 76.6

Ht5 Stevens, Hitch, Leggett, McKenzie 75.8

Ht6 Hockaday, Gooch, Fitzpatrick, Goldfinch (f) 74.6

Ht7 Brown, Craighead, Nicholls, Osborne 76.0

Ht8 Reeves, Lansdale, Sparrey, Gleed 74.9

Ht9 Hockaday, Brown, Leggett, Sparrey 74.6

Ht10 Lansdale, Craighead, Goldfinch, Brighton 76.0

Ht11 Fitzpatrick, Osborne, Gleed, Hitch (f) 77.0

Ht12 Reves, Gooch, Stevens, Nicholls 74.8

Ht13 Fitzpatrick, Lansdale, Leggett, Nicholls 75.4

Ht14 Goldfinch, Brown, Stevens, Gleed 76.6

Ht15 Gooch, Mckenzie, Osborne, Sparrey 77.6

Ht16 Hockaday, Craighead, Hitch, Reeves (ef) 75.4

Ht17 Gooch, Craighead, Leggett, Gleed 76.0

Ht18 Goldfinch, Hitch, Nicholls, Sparrey 75.3

Ht19 Hockaday, Lansdale, Stevens, Osborne 75.0

Ht20 Reeves, Brown, Fitzpatrick, McKenzie (ef) 76.2

Friday 29th


Rayleigh Rockets 54 Stoke Potters 18 (Provincial League)

Rayleigh

Eric Hockaday 2’ 2’ 2’ 6 3



Clive Hitch 2’ 2’ 2’ X 8 3

Roy Craighead 1 2’ X 3 6 1

Pete Lansdale 3 3 3 2’ 11 1

Reg Nicholls 1 1

Stoke

Bill Bridgett 1 1 2 0 1 5

Reg Fearman DNR

Peter Kelly 1 1 0 1 3

Ted Connor 0 0 1’ 1 1

Pete Jarman 2 2 1 1 6

Ray Harris E E 0 2 E 2

Owen 0 X 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Reeves, Hockaday, Bridgett, Owen 75.0 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Smith, Hitch, Kelly, Connor 76.2 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Lansdale, Jarman, Craighead, Harris (ef) 76.4 4 2 14 4

Ht4 Smith, Hitch, Bridgett, Owen (exc) 75.6 5 1 19 5

Ht5 Lansdale, Craighead, Kelly, Connor 78.0 5 1 24 6

Ht6 Reeves, Jarman, Nicholls, Harris (ef) 77.2 4 2 28 8

Ht7 Lansdale, Bridgett, Owen, Craighead (exc) 77.2 3 3 31 11

Ht8 Reeves, Hockaday, Jarman, Kelly 77.2 5 1 36 12

Ht9 Smith, Hitch, Jarman, Harris 75.4 5 1 41 13

Ht10 Smith, Hockaday, Kelly, Bridgett 76.2 5 1 46 14

Ht11 Craighead, Harris, Connor, Hitch (exc) 79.0 3 3 49 17

Ht12 Reeves, Lansdale, Bridgett, Harris (ef) 77.2 5 1 54 18

Promoters’ Scratch Race

Lansdale, Mawdsley, Fearman (ns) 81.0

Clearway Cut-Up

Ht1 Leggett, McKenzie, Brigfhton, Nicholls (ef) 79.2

Ht2 Hitch, McKenzie, Keith Craighead, Jarman (ef) 79.4

Ht3 Hockaday, R.Craighead, Kelly, Bridgett (f) 77.4

Ht4 Reeves, Nicholls, Smith, Connor 77.8

Final Reeves, Nicholls, Leggett, Hitch 77.2

Monday 1st August 1960 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh

Rayleigh Rockets 56 Bristol Bulldogs 40 (Speedway World Challenge Bowl)

Rayleigh

Eric Hockaday 3 3 0 2’ 2’ 10 2

Reg Reeves 1 2’ 3 3 3 12 1

Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 3 3 18

Clive Hitch 2’ 0 1 0 1 4 1

Roy Craighead 2 2 1’ 2 0 7 1

Pete Lansdale 1’ 0 2 1 0 4 1

Reg Nicholls 1 1

Bristol

Johnny Hole 2 1’ 3 1 3 2 12 1

Cliff Cox F 0 0

Chris Julian 1 1 1’ 0 2’ 5 2

Trevor Redmond 0 3 2 3 2 0 10

Norman Strachan 3 1 2 1 1’ 8 1

Pat Flanagan 0 0 E 2 1 3

Frank Evans 2 0 0 2

Ht1 Hockaday, Hole, Reeves, Cox (f) 75.6 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Smith, Hitch, Julian, Redmond 76.1 5 1 9 3

Ht3 Strachan, Craighead, Lansdale, Flanagan 77.4 3 3 12 6

Ht4 Smith, Evans, Hole, Hitch 76.6 3 3 15 9

Ht5 Redmond, Craighead, Julian, Lansdale 77.2 2 4 17 13

Ht6 Hockaday, Reeves, Strachan, Flanagan 75.9 5 1 22 14

Ht7 Hole, Lansdale, Craighead, Cox 77.7 3 3 25 17

Ht8 Reeves, Redmond, Julian, Hockaday 76.8 3 3 28 20

Ht9 Smith, Strachan, Hitch, Flanagan (ef) 75.3 4 2 32 22

Ht10 Smith, Hockaday, Hole, Julian 75.9 5 1 37 23

Ht11 Redmond, Craighead, Strachan, Hitch 75.5 2 4 39 27

Ht12 Reeves, Flanagan, Lansdale, Evans 75.8 4 2 43 29

Ht13 Hole, Julian, Hitch, Craighead 76.6 1 5 44 34

Ht14 Smith, Hockaday, Flanagan, Evans 77.6 5 1 49 35

Ht15 Reeves, Redmond, Strachan, Lansdale 76.1 3 3 52 38

Ht16 Smith, Hole, Nicholls, Redmond 76.4 4 2 56 40


Nicholls, Brighton, McKenzie (f), Leggett (f) 78.1

Wednesday 3rd

August 1960 Poole Stadium, Poole

Poole Pirates 47 Rayleigh Rockets 49 (Knock Out Cup)

Poole

Allan Kidd 1’ 3 3 3 3 3 16 1

Norman Strachan 2 E E E 2

Ken Middleditch 2 2 1 3 2’ 1 9 1

Geoff Mudge 1’ 1’ 0 0 0 2 1


Charlie Wallis E 0 0

Tony Lewis 0 2 2 1 5

Rayleigh

Eric Hockaday 0 3 1 1 3 0 8

Reg Reeves 3 3 2’ 3 E 11 1

Alan Smith 3 3 2 1’ 1 2 12 1

Cive Hitch F 1 0 0 1 2

Roy Craighead 2 1’ 2 2 3 10 1

Pete Lansdale 1’ 2 1’ 2 6 2

Reg Nicholls 0 0

Ht1 Reeves, Strachan, Kidd, Hockaday 73.6 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Smith, Middleditch, Mudge, Hitch (ef) 74.4 3 3 6 6

Ht3 Gilbertson, Craighead, Lansdale, Wallis (ef) 74.6 3 3 9 9

Ht4 Reeves, Middleditch, Mudge, Nicholls 73.2 3 3 12 12

Ht5 Smith, Gilbertson, Hitch, Wallis 75.0 2 4 14 16

Ht6 Kidd, Lansdale, Craighead, Strachan (ef) 75.4 3 3 17 19

Ht7 Hockaday, Reeves, Gilbertson, Lewis 74.4 1 5 18 24

Ht8 Kidd, Smith, Middleditch, Hitch 73.6 4 2 22 26

Ht9 Middleditch, Craighead, Lansdale, Mudge 75.0 3 3 25 29

Ht10 Kidd, Middleditch, Hockaday, Hitch 74.4 5 1 30 30

Ht11 Gilbertson, Craighead, Smith, Mudge 74.4 3 3 33 33

Ht12 Reeves, Lewis, Lansdale, Strachan (ef) 73.6 2 4 35 37

Ht13 Hockaday, Gilbertson, Hitch, Mudge 75.0 2 4 37 41

Ht14 Kidd, Lansdale, Middleditch, Reeves (ef) 75.4 4 2 41 43

Ht15 Craighead, Lewis, Smith, Strachan (ef) 74.6 2 4 43 47

Ht16 Kidd, Smith, Lewis, Hockaday 74.0 4 2 47 49

Friday 5th

August 1960 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh

Provincial Riders’ Championship

Ronnie Rolfe 0 2 1 0 1 4



Reg Reeves 3 3 3 3 3 15

Ken Middleditch DNR

Vic White DNR


Alan Smith 3 E 3

Harry Bastable DNR

Ray Brighton 0 0 2 1 2 5


Pat McKenzie 2 1 1 1 1 6

Jimmy Gleed F 3 1 1 2 7


Tony Eadon 1 1 2 2 3 9

Clive Hitch 2 2 2 2 3 11

Keith Craighead (res) 0 1 0 0 0 1

Roy Trigg 1 0 1 0 0 2

Terry Stone 1 1 0 1 0 3

Ht1 Reeves, R.Craighead, Lansdale, Rolfe 75.0

Ht2 Smith, Nicholls, Stone, K.Craighead 78.0

Ht3 Gilbertson, McKenzie, Trigg, Brighton 79.0

Ht4 Hockaday, Hitch, Eadon, Gleed (f) 78.6

Ht5 Gleed, Rolfe, K.Craighead, Trigg 81.6

Ht6 Hockaday, Craighead, Stone, Brighton 79.2

Ht7 Gilbertson, Lansdale, Eadon, Nicholls 80.2

Ht8 Reeves, Hitch, McKenzie, Smith (ef) 79.6

Ht9 Gilbertson, Hitch, Rolfe, Stone 78.0

Ht10 R.Craighead, Eadon, McKenzie, K.Craighead 82.2

Ht11 Hockaday, Lansdale, Trigg, Smith (ns) 78.0

Ht12 Reeves, Brighton, Nicholls, Gleed 78.4

Ht13 Hockaday, Nicholls, McKenzie, Rolfe 78.6

Ht14 Gilbertson, R.Craighead, Gleed, Trigg 78.6

Ht15 Lansdale, Hitch, Brighton, K.Craighead 78.2

Ht16 Reeves, Eadon, Stone, Trigg 78.0

Ht17 Eadon, Brighton, Rolfe, K.Craighead 81.0

Ht18 Hitch, Nicholls, R.Craighead, Trigg (ns) 77.8

Ht19 Lansdale, Gled, McKenzie, Stone 78.0

Ht20 Reeves, Hockaday, Gilbertson, K.Craighead (ns)75.6

Friday 12th


Rayleigh Rockets 42 New Cross B 30 (Inter-League Challenge)

Rayleigh

Eric Hockaday 3 2’ F 3 8 1

Reg Reeves 2’ 3 3 3 11 1

Clive Hitch F 1 1 2


Roy Craighead 1’ 1’ 3 1’ 6 3

Pete Lansdale 2 2 2’ 0 6 1

Stan Stevens 1 1

New Cross B

Bobby Croombs 1 2’ X 2 5 1

Tommy Sweetman 0 3 1 1’ 5 1

Reg Luckhurst 2 F 2 0 4

Derek Timms 1’ 3 1’ 0 5 2

Jimmy Gooch 3 1 2 3 2 11

Ken Vale 0 E 0

Pete Jarman F 0

Ht1 Hockaday, Reeves, Croombs, Sweetman 74.0 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Smith, Luckhurst, Timms, Hitch (f) 76.4 3 3 8 4

Ht3 Gooch, Lansdale, Craighead, Vale 76.2 3 3 11 7

Ht4 Sweetman, Croombs, Hitch, Smith 77.0 1 5 12 12

Ht5 Timms, Lansdale, Craighead, Luckhurst (fexc) 78.4 3 3 15 15

Ht6 Reeves, Hockaday, Gooch, Jarman (f) 74.6 5 1 20 16

Ht7 Craighead, Lansdale, Sweetman, Croombs (fexc) 77.0 5 1 25 17

Ht8 Reeves, Luckhurst, Timms, Hockaday (ef) 76.6 3 3 28 20

Ht9 Smith, Gooch, Hitch, Vale (ef) 75.0 4 2 32 22

Ht10 Hockaday, Croombs, Stevens, Luckhurst 75.4 4 2 36 24

Ht11 Gooch, Smith, Craighead, Timms 75.4 3 3 39 27

Ht12 Reeves, Gooch, Sweetman, Lansdale 75.6 3 3 42 30

Seaside Trophy

Ht1Stone (scr), K.Craighead (scr), Trigg (scr),

Penniket (scr), Mick Jenkins (10yds) 80.8

Ht2 McKenzie, Nicholls, Brighton, Leggett 79.2

Ht3 Hockaday, Sweetman, Craighead, Timms 77.0

Ht4 Stevens, Wooster, McKenzie, Stone 77.4

Ht5 Croombs, Smith, Gooch, Stevens 75.6

Ht6 Reeves, Hitch, K.Craighead, Vale 76.0

Final Reeves, Stevens, Hockaday, Croombs 75.8

Saturday 13th

August 1960 Odsal Stadium, Bradford

Bradford Panthers 31 Rayleigh Rockets 41 (Provincial League)

Bradford

Dave Anderson 1 0 0 0 1

Tommy Roper F 0

Vic Lonsdale 3 3 3 3 12

Jim Yacobi 1 0 1 1 3

Derek Heigold 1’ 1 E 0 2 1

Ray Day 2 3 2 1 8

Stan Holey 3 2 X 5

Rayleigh

Eric Hockaday 3 1’ 3 2 9 1

Reg Reeves 2’ 2 1 3 8 1

Clive Hitch F 0 1’ 1 1



Roy Craighead 0 1’ 0 2’ 3 2

Stan Stevens 1 1

Ht1 Hockaday, Reeves, Anderson, Roper (f) 72.0 1 5 1 5

Ht2 Lonsdale, Smith, Yacobi, Hitch (f) 73.8 4 2 5 7

Ht3 Lansdale, Day, Hiegold, Craighead 75.6 3 3 8 10

Ht4 Lonsdale, Reeves, Hockaday, Yacobi 73.4 3 3 11 13

Ht5 Day, Smith, Hiegold, Hitch 75.0 4 2 15 15

Ht6 Holey, Lansdale, Craighead, Anderson 76.4 3 3 18 18

Ht7 Hockaday, Day, Reeves, Hiegold (ef) 74.8 2 4 20 22

Ht8 Smith, Holey, Stevens, Anderson 76.4 2 4 22 26

Ht9 Lonsdale, Lansdale, Yacobi, Craighead 75.4 4 2 26 28

Ht10 Lonsdale, Hockaday, Hitch, Anderson 75.2 3 3 29 31

Ht11 Smith, Craighead, Yacobi, Hiegold 76.6 1 5 30 36

Ht12 Reeves, Lansdale, Day, Holey (exc2min) 76.0 1 5 31 41

Friday 19th


Rayleigh Rockets 59 Bradford Panthers 12 (Provincial League)

Rayleigh

Eric Hockaday 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2

Reg Reeves 2’ 3 3 3 11 1

Stan Stevens 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 3


Clive Hitch 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3


Roy Craighead DNR

Bradford

Dave Anderson 0 1 0 1

Vic Lonsdale 1 0 1 0 2

Stan Holey 0 2 1 1 4

Bob Warner 1 0 0 E 1

Derek Hiegold 0 0 F 0

Ray Day 1 1 1 1 4

Terry Stone 0 0 0

Ht1 Hockaday, Reeves, Lonsdale, Anderson 75.4 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Smith, Stevens, Warner, Holey 74.0 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Lansdale, Hitch, Day, Hiegold 76.8 5 1 15 3

Ht4 Smith, Stevens, Anderson, Lonsdale 75.4 5 1 20 4

Ht5 Hitch, Holey, Lansdale, Warner 79.0 4 2 24 6

Ht6 Reeves, Hockaday, Day, Hiegold 76.0 5 1 29 7

Ht7 Lansdale, Hitch, Lonsdale, Anderson 78.6 5 1 34 8

Ht8 Reeves, Hockaday, Holey, Warner 76.8 5 1 39 9

Ht9 Smith, Stevens, Day, Stone 75.8 5 1 44 10

Ht10 Hockaday, Stevens, Holey, Stone 76.4 5 1 49 11

Ht11 Smith, Hitch, Warner (ef), Heigold (f) 77.6 5 0 54 11

Ht12 Reeves, Lansdale, Day, Lonsdale 77.8 5 1 59 12

Junior Handicap

Nicholls (15), Pennikett (0), Leggett (15), Stone (0),

Brighton (10)(fexc), McKenzie (10)(fexc) 79.4

Veterans’ Scratch Race

Lansdale, Anderson 78.4

Champions’ Match Race

Reg Reeves bt Alan Smith 75.8

Stardom Scratch Race

Hitch, Nicholls, Holey, Warner (ef) 78.2

Bradford Scratch Race

Day, Holey, Pennikett (ef), Heigold (ef) 79.0

Rayleigh Scratch Race

Smith, Hockaday, Stevens, Reeves (ns) 75.2

Saturday 20th

August 1960 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh

Edinburgh Monarchs 27 Rayleigh Rockets 45 (Provincial League)

Edinburgh

Jimmy Tannock 0 1 1 0 2

Doug Templeton 3 3 E 3 2 11

George Hunter 1 X E F 1

Fred Greenwell 0 1 1 2

Willie Templeton 1 0 1 0 2

Reg Luckhurst 3 2 X 3 3 1’ 9 1

Jimmy Cox DNR

Rayleigh

Eric Hockaday 1’ 3 3 2 9 1

Reg Reeves 2 2’ 2’ 3 9 2

Stan Stevens 3 1 3 1’ 8 1

Alan Smith 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3


Pete Lansdale 2 2 1’ 0 5 1

John Leggett 0 0

Ht1 D.Templeton,, Reeves, Hockaday, Tannock 69.2 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Stevens, Smith, Hunter, Greenwell 69.4 1 5 4 8

Ht3 Luckhurst, Lansdale, W.Templeton, Hitch 70.2 4 2 8 10

Ht4 Hockaday, Reeves, Greenwell, Hunter (fexc) 71.0 1 5 9 15

Ht5Smith, Luckhurst, Stevens, W.Templeton 69.8 2 4 11 19

Ht6 D.Templeton, Lansdale, Tannock, Hitch 70.0 4 2 15 21

Ht7 Hockaday, Reeves, W.Templeton, Luckhurst (fexc)72.4 1 5 16 26

Ht8 Stevens, Smith, Tannock, D.Templeton (ef) 69.6 1 5 17 31

Ht9 Luckhurst, Hitch, Lansdale, Hunter (erf) 70.8 3 3 20 34

Ht10 D.Templeton, Hockaday, Stevens, Tannock 71.2 3 3 23 37

Ht11 Hitch, Smith, Greenwell, W.Templeton 71.4 1 5 24 42

Ht12 Reeves, D.Templeton, Luckhurst, Leggett 70.2 3 3 27 45

Friday 26th


Rayleigh Rockets 52 Edinburgh Monarchs 20 (Provincial League)

Rayleigh


Reg Reeves 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2

Stan Stevens 2’ 2’ 2’ 1 7 3


Clive Hitch 2 2’ 2 0 6 1

Pete Lansdale 1’ 3 1’ 1 6 2

Roy Craighead DNR

Edinburgh

Jimmy Cox 0 0 0

Doug Templeton 1 1 3 2 2 9

George Hunter E 0 1 0 1

Willie Templeton 1 1 0 1’ 3 1

Reg Luckhurst 3 1 1 2 7

Jimmy Tannock 0 0 0 0 0

Gordon Mitchell E 0

Ht1 Hockaday, Reeves, D.Templeton, Cox 75.4 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Smith, Stevens, W.Templeton, Hunter (ef) 76.6 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Luckhurst, Hitch, Lansdale, Tannock 76.8 3 3 13 5

Ht4 Smith, Stevens, D.Templeton, Cox 75.2 5 1 18 6

Ht5 Lansdale, Hitch, W.Templeton, Hunter 77.8 5 1 23 7

Ht6 Hockaday, Reeves, Luckhurst, Tannock 76.8 5 1 28 8

Ht7 D.Templeton, Hitch, Lansdale, Mitchell (ef) 77.0 3 3 31 11

Ht8 Reeves, Hockaday, Hunter, W.Templeton 77.4 5 1 36 12

Ht9 Smith, Stevens, Luckhurst, Tannock 75.4 5 1 41 13

Ht10 Hockaday, D.Templrton, Stevens, Hunter 77.0 4 2 45 15

Ht11 Smith, Luckhurst, W,Templeton, Hitch 76.2 3 3 48 18

Ht12 Reeves, D.Templeton, Lansdale, Tannock 76.2 4 2 52 20

Weir Handicap

Stone (0), Leggett (20), Nicholls (20),

[ K.Craighead (0), Brighton (10), McKenzie (10) (ns) 79.6

Top Four

Reeves, Howdy Byford, Smith, Gerald Jackson 75.2


R.Craighead, Leggett, Mitchell, Stone (f) 80.2

Monarchs Scratch Race

D.Templeton, W.Templeton, Tannock, Stone (ns) 78.8

Benfleet Scratch Race

Jackson, Byford, Stevens, Hitch 75.6

Rockets Scratch Race

Reeves, Hockaday, Smith, Luckhurst 75.4

Saturday 27th

August 1960 Dudley Wood, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heath Heathens v Rayleigh Rockets (Challenge) Rained Off

Friday 2nd

September 1960 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh

Rayleigh Rockets 52 Stoke Potters 43 (KO Cup Semi)

Rayleigh

Eric Hockaday 3 3 3 2 3 2’ 16 1

Reg Reeves 2’ 2’ 2’ 2 3 11 3

Clive Hitch 1 1 0 2

Alan Smith 3 3 E 3 2 3 14

Stan Stevens 2 E E 2’ 0 4 1

Pete Lansdale 1’ 1 E E 2 1

Roy Craighead 2 X 0 2

Stoke

Ken Adams 1 2 3 2 1 0 9

Ray Harris 0 0 1 2’ 1 1’ 5 2

Pete Kelly 3 0 1’ 4 1

John Hart 2 2’ 1 1 2 8 1

Arthur Rowe 0 1’ 1 1

Reg Fearman 3 1 3 3 3 2 1 16

Tom Connor 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Hockaday, Reeves, Adams, Harris 73.2 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Smith, Hart, Hitch, Connor 78.0 4 2 9 3

Ht3 Fearman, Stevens, Lansdale, Rowe 74.8 3 3 12 6

Ht4 Smith, Adams, Hitch, Harris 75.0 4 2 16 8

Ht5 Kelly, Hart, Lansdale, Stevens (ef) 76.6 1 5 17 13

Ht6 Hockaday, Reeves, Fearman, Connor 74.0 5 1 22 14

Ht7 Adams, Craighead, Harris, Stevens (ef) 77.2 2 4 24 18

Ht8 Hockaday, Reeves, Hart, Kelly 75.0 5 1 29 19

Ht9 Fearman, Harris, Smith (ef), Craighead (fexc) 79.6 0 5 29 24

Ht10 Hockaday, Adams, Kelly, Hitch 75.4 3 3 32 27

Ht11 Smith, Stevens, Hart, Connor 75.2 5 1 37 28

Ht12 Fearman, Reeves, Harris, Lansdale (ef) 74.8 2 4 39 32

Ht13 Fearman, Smith, Adams, Stevens 74.8 2 4 41 36

Ht14 Hockaday, Fearman, Harris, Craighead 77.8 3 3 44 39

Ht15 Reeves, Hart, Rowe, Lansdale (ef) 78.0 3 3 47 42

Ht16 Smith, Hockaday, Fearman, Adams 76.0 5 1 52 43

Junior Handicap

Stone (scr), Leggett (15yds), Brighton (10yds)

K.Craighead (scr), Nicholls (15yds) 80.6


Nicholls, R.Craighead, Leggett, Stone, Connor 79.0

Friday 9th

September 1960 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh

Rayleigh Rockets 52 Bristol Bulldogs 41 (KO Cup Final 1st Leg)

Rayleigh

Eric Hockaday F 0

Reg Reeves 3 3 E 3 2 11

Stan Stevens 1’ 2’ 2’ E 3 2 10 3

Alan Smith 2 3 3 3 1 1’ 13 1

Roy Craighead 1 0 2’ 0 3 1

Pete Lansdale 3 2 2 2’ 0 9 1

Clive Hitch 1 1 1 2’ 5 1

Reg Nicholls 1’ 1 1

Bristol

Johhny Hole F 1 3 2’ 2’ E 8 2

Pat Flanagan F 0 0 X E 0


Chris Julian 0 1 2’ 1 1 5 1

Cliff Cox 0 2 1 X 3 6

Ernie Baker 2 F 1 1 4

Frank Evans 0 0

Ht1 Reeves, Hockaday (f), Hole (f), Flanghan (f) 78.2 3 0 3 0

Ht2 Redmond, Smith, Stevens, Julian 73.8 3 3 6 3

Ht3 Lansdale, Baker, Craighead, Cox 75.2 4 2 10 5

Ht4 Smith, Stevens, Hole, Flanagan 74.2 5 1 15 6

Ht5 Redmond, Lansdale, Julian, Craighead 75.6 2 4 17 10

Ht6 Reeves, Cox, Hitch, Baker (f) 75.0 4 2 21 12

Ht7 Hole, Lansdale, Nicholls, Flanagan 76.0 3 3 24 15

Ht8 Redmond, Julian, Hitch, Reeves (ef) 76.8 1 5 25 20

Ht9 Smith, Stevens, Cox, Evans 74.6 5 1 30 21

Ht10 Redmond, Hole, Hitch, Stevens (ef) 77.0 1 5 31 26

Ht11 Smith, Craighead, Julian, Cox (fexc) 75.4 5 1 36 27

Ht12 Reeves, Lansdale, Baker, Flanghan (fexc) 77.2 5 1 41 28

Ht13 Redmond, Hole, Smith, Craighead 75.4 1 5 42 33

Ht14 Stevens, Hitch, Baker, Flanagan (ef) 75.2 5 1 47 34

Ht15 Cox, Reeves, Julian, Lansdale 75.0 2 4 49 38

Ht16 Redmond, Stevens, Smith, Hole (ef) 75.0 3 3 52 41

Farewell Trophy

Ht1 Evans, Hitch, Nicholls, Legget (ns) 77.6

Ht2 Nicholls, J.Bailey, Brighton, Stone 79.8

Ht3 Stevens, Evans, Hitch, Bailey 77.0

Ht4 Smith, Lansdale, Nicholls, Craighead (ns) 76.4

Final Smith, Stevens, Lansdale, Evans (ns) 76.0

Friday 16th

September 1960 Knowle Stadium, Bristol

Bristol Bulldogs v Rayleigh Rockets (Knock Out Cup) Rained Off

Friday 23rd

September 1960 Knowle Stadium, Bristol

Bristol Bulldogs 59 Rayleigh Rockets 37 (Knock Out Cup)

Bristol

Johhnny Hole 3 3 3 2’ 2’ 0 13 2

Pat Flanagan 1 2’ 0 2 3 8 1


Chris Julians 0 0 2’ 1 2’ 5 2

Cliff Cox 3 3 2 3 3 14

Ernie Baker 1 0 0 0 1

Frank Evans 0 0

Rayleigh

Eric Hockaday 2 1’ 3 1 0 1’ 8 2

Reg Reeves 0 2 1 3 0 2 8

Stan Stevens 2 1’ 1’ 0 1 5 2

Allan Smith 1’ 2 2 2 2 9 1

Roy Craighead 0 1 0 0 1’ 2 1


Clive Hitch DNR

Ht1 Hole, Hockaday, Flanagan, Reeves 65.4 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Redmond, Stevens, Smith, Julians 64.6 3 3 7 5

Ht3 Cox, Lansdale, Baker, Craighead 66.2 4 2 11 7

Ht4 Redmond, Reeves, Hockaday, Julians 64.2 3 3 14 10

Ht5 Cox, Smith, Stevens, Baker 66.2 3 3 17 13

Ht6 Hole, Flanagan, Craighead, Lansdale 67.8 5 1 22 14

Ht7 Hockaday, Cox, Reeves, Evans 65.8 2 4 24 18

Ht8 Hole, Smith, Stevens, Flanagan 66.4 3 3 27 21

Ht9 Redmond, Julians, Lansdale, Craighead 65.8 5 1 32 22

Ht10 Redmond, Hole, Hockaday, Stevens 65.4 5 1 37 23

Ht11 Cox, Smith, Julians, Craighead 65.2 4 2 41 25

Ht12 Reeves, Flanagan, Lansdale, Baker 66.8 2 4 43 29

Ht13 Cox, Julians, Stevens, Hockaday 65.8 5 1 48 30

Ht14 Redmond, Hole, Lansdale, Reeves 66.6 5 1 53 31

Ht15 Flanagan, Smith, Craighead, Baker 66.8 3 3 56 34

Ht16 Redmond, Reeves, Hockaday, Hole 65.8 3 3 59 37

Saturday 8th

October 1960 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke

Stoke Potters 52 Rayleigh Rockets 44 (Challenge)

Stoke

Ken Adams 3 3 3 1 3 13

Ray Harris 1 F 2’ 1 1’ 5 2

Brian Craven 3 2 2’ 3 3 E 13 1

Les Jenkins 2’ 1’ 3 3 2 11 2

Reg Fearman 1’ 1 1

Peter Kelly 2 X 1 E 2’ 5 1

Arthur Rowe 1 0 0 1 2 4

Rayleigh


Clive Hitch X 0 2’ 2 X 3 7 1

John Leggett 1 2’ 1’ 2 1 7 2


Ross Gilbertson 3 2 1 2’ 0 8 1

Terry Stone 0 1’ 0 0 1 0 2 1

Reg Nicholls 2 2

Ht1 Adams, Hockaday, Harris, Hitch (exc) 77.8 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Craven, Jenkins, Leggett, Stevens 77.6 5 1 9 3

Ht3 Gilbertson, Kelly, Fearman, Stone 76.6 3 3 12 6

Ht4 Hockaday, Craven, Jenkins, Hitch 77.6 3 3 15 9

Ht5 Stevens, Leggett, Rowe, Kelly (exc) 81.4 1 5 16 14

Ht6 Adams, Gilbertson, Stone, Harris (f) 79.2 3 3 19 17

Ht7 Hockaday, Hitch, Kelly, Rowe 79.0 1 5 20 22

Ht8 Adams, Harris, Stevens, Stone 79.8 5 1 25 23

Ht9 Jenkins, Craven, Gilbertson, Stone 78.4 5 1 30 24

Ht10 Jenkins, Hitch, Harris, Stevens 79.0 4 2 34 26

Ht11 Craven, Nicholls, Leggett, Kelly (ef) 79.4 3 3 37 29

Ht12 Hockaday, Gilbertson, Adams, Rowe 79.0 1 5 38 34

Ht13 Craven, Kelly, Stone, Hitch (exc) 82.6 5 1 43 35

Ht14 Hockaday, Jenkins, Harris, Gilbertson 79.4 3 3 46 38

Ht15 Adams, Leggett, Rowe, Stone 79.2 4 2 50 40

Ht16 Hitch, Rowe, Leggett, Craven (ef) 82.4 2 4 52 44

Rayleigh 1960 Needs in BOLD

Friday 15

th April 1960 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 50 Cradley Heath Heathens 20 (PL) TSHHt7

Saturday 16th April 1960 Dudley Wood Cradley Heath Heathens 34 Rayleigh Rockets 38 (PL)

Friday 22nd April 1960 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 35 Poole Pirates 37 (VGT)

Friday 29th April 1960 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 35 Bristol Bulldogs 37 (PL)

Friday 6th May 1960 Knowle Bristol Bulldogs 34 Rayleigh Rockets 38 (PL)

Friday 13th May 1960 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 43 Yarmouth Bloaters 29 (PL)

Thursday 19th May 1960 Owlerton Sheffield Tigers 25 Rayleigh Rockets 47 (PL)

Friday 20th May 1960 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Essex Championship

Friday 27th

May 1960 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 58 Liverpool Pirates 14 (PL) THt11

Saturday 28th May 1960 Tongham Aldershot Shots 33 Rayleigh Rockets 38 (Ch)

Friday 3rd June 1960 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 40 Aldershot Shots 32 (Ch)

Monday 6th June 1960 Weir Rayleigh v Coventry B v Norwich v Belle Vue (4TT) Rained Off

Friday 10th June 1960 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh World Championship Qualifying Round

Friday 17th June 1960 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 49 Sheffield Tigers 23 (PL)

Sunday 19th June 1960 Arlington Eastbourne Eagles 42 Rayleigh Rockets 30 (Ch)

Sunday 19th June 1960 Hoddesdon Poole 31 Rye House 29 Swindon 29 Rayleigh 19 (4TT)

Tuesday 21st June 1960 Caister Road, Yarmouth Bloaters 28 Rayleigh Rockets 44 (PL)

Wednesday 22nd June 1960 Poole Poole Pirates 45 Rayleigh Rockets 27 (VGT)

Friday 24th June 1960 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 15 Bristol Bulldogs 15 (RBC) Abn

Friday 1st July 1960 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 31 Ipswich Witches 41 (ILC)

Monday 4th July 1960 Stanley Liverpool Pirates 26 Rayleigh Rockets 45 (PL)

Friday 8th July 1960 Knowle Bristol Bulldogs 47 Rayleigh Rockets 49 (Ch)

Friday 8th

July 1960 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Best Pairs TSH2ndmen

Friday 15th July 1960 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 40 Poole Pirates 32 (PL)

Saturday 16th July 1960 Sun Street Stoke Potters 34 Rayleigh Rockets 38 (PL)

Tuesday 19th July 1960 Cornish St Austell Gulls 36 Rayleigh Rockets 30 (Ch)

Wednesday 20th July 1960 Poole Poole Pirates 41 Rayleigh Rockets 31 (PL)

Friday 22nd July 1960 Weir Stadium Rayleigh Lethaby 100 Guineas Trophy

Friday 29th July 1960 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 54 Stoke Potters 18 (PL)

Monday 1st August 1960 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 56 Bristol Bulldogs 40 (SWCB)

Wednesday 3rd August 1960 Poole Poole Pirates 47 Rayleigh Rockets 49 (KOC)

Friday 5th August 1960 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Provincial Riders’ Championship

Friday 12th August 1960 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 42 New Cross B 30 (ILC)

Saturday 13th August 1960 Odsal Bradford Panthers 31 Rayleigh Rockets 41 (PL)

Friday 19th August 1960 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 59 Bradford Panthers 12 (PL)

Saturday 20th August 1960 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh Monarchs 27 Rayleigh Rockets 45 (PL)

Friday 26th August 1960 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 52 Edinburgh Monarchs 20 (PL)

Saturday 27th August 1960 Dudley Wood, Cradley Heath Heathens v Rayleigh Rockets (Ch) Rained Off

Friday 2nd September 1960 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 52 Stoke Potters 43 (KOC)

Friday 9th September 1960 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 52 Bristol Bulldogs 41 (KOC)

Friday 16th September 1960 Knowle Bristol Bulldogs v Rayleigh Rockets (KOC) Rained Off

Friday 23rd September 1960 Knowle Bristol Bulldogs 59 Rayleigh Rockets 37 (KOC)

Saturday 8th October 1960 Sun Street Stoke Potters 52 Rayleigh Rockets 44 (Ch)

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