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TAMWORTH 1947 Updated 13.4.2020 Updated 12.9.2020 Wednesday 30 th April 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth Best Pairs Steve Langton 3 0 3 Bill Harris 0 0 0 0 Total 3 George Fisher 2 2 0 0 4 Ray Harris 0 3 2 0 5 Total 9 Reg Challenger 1 1 0 2 4 Arthur Payne 0 1 1 2 Total 6 Eric Mason 2 3 2 2 9 Jack Ladd 3 0 0 0 3 Total 12 Jack Kidd 1 1 1 1 4 Vic Pitcher 3 2 3 3 11 Total 15 Phil Malpass 0 1 2 3 6 Eric Irons 2 0 3 2 7 Total 13 Len Tupling 3 3 3 3 12 Harwood Pike 1 2 1 2 6 Total 18 Bluey Thorpe 0 0 0 0 0 Phil Clarke 2 3 3 3 11 Total 11 Arthur Abbott (res) 0 0 Ted Gibson 2 1 3 Ht1 Langton, Fisher, B.Harris (nf), R.Harris (nf) 80.4 Ht2 Ladd, Mason, Challenger, Payne 78.2 Ht3 Pitcher, Irons, Kidd, Malpass 80.4 Ht4 Tupling, Clarke, Pike, Thorpe 79.6 Ht5 R.Harris, Fisher, Challenger, Abbott 82.2 Ht6 Clarke, Pitcher, Kidd, Thorpe 79.0 Ht7 Tupling, Pike, Malpass, Irons 81.6 Ht8 Mason, Ladd (nf), Langton (nf), B.Harris (nf) 86.4 Ht9 Pitcher, R.Harris, Kidd, Fisher 81.2 Ht10 Tupling, Mason, Pike, Ladd ? Ht11 Clarke, Gibson, B.Harris (nf), Thorpe (nf) 79.8 Ht12 Irons, Malpass, Payne, Challenger 83.8 Ht13 Tupling, Pike, Fisher (nf), R.Harris (nf) 83.2 Ht14 Malpass, Irons, Gibson, B.Harris 84.8 Ht15 Clarke, Challenger, Payne, Thorpe 82.0 Ht16 Pitcher, Mason, Kidd, Ladd 82.0 Match Race Len Tupling bt Vic Pitcher ? George Formby Cup (programme only has space for winner) Ht1 Pitcher, [H.Gaunt, B.Harris, Ladd 83.0 Ht2 Thorpe, [Langton, Greenwood, A.Robinson ? Ht3 Tupling, [Challeneger, Kidd, Bob Greaves 81.8 Ht4 Clarke, [ Silver, Payne, Mason 81.8 Final Tupling, Pitcher, Thorpe (nf), Clarke (nf) 82.4

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TAMWORTH 1947

Updated 13.4.2020 Updated 12.9.2020

Wednesday 30th April 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Best Pairs

Steve Langton 3 0 3

Bill Harris 0 0 0 0

Total 3

George Fisher 2 2 0 0 4

Ray Harris 0 3 2 0 5

Total 9

Reg Challenger 1 1 0 2 4

Arthur Payne 0 1 1 2

Total 6

Eric Mason 2 3 2 2 9

Jack Ladd 3 0 0 0 3

Total 12

Jack Kidd 1 1 1 1 4

Vic Pitcher 3 2 3 3 11

Total 15

Phil Malpass 0 1 2 3 6

Eric Irons 2 0 3 2 7

Total 13

Len Tupling 3 3 3 3 12

Harwood Pike 1 2 1 2 6

Total 18

Bluey Thorpe 0 0 0 0 0

Phil Clarke 2 3 3 3 11

Total 11

Arthur Abbott (res) 0 0

Ted Gibson 2 1 3

Ht1 Langton, Fisher, B.Harris (nf), R.Harris (nf) 80.4

Ht2 Ladd, Mason, Challenger, Payne 78.2

Ht3 Pitcher, Irons, Kidd, Malpass 80.4

Ht4 Tupling, Clarke, Pike, Thorpe 79.6

Ht5 R.Harris, Fisher, Challenger, Abbott 82.2

Ht6 Clarke, Pitcher, Kidd, Thorpe 79.0

Ht7 Tupling, Pike, Malpass, Irons 81.6

Ht8 Mason, Ladd (nf), Langton (nf), B.Harris (nf) 86.4

Ht9 Pitcher, R.Harris, Kidd, Fisher 81.2

Ht10 Tupling, Mason, Pike, Ladd ?

Ht11 Clarke, Gibson, B.Harris (nf), Thorpe (nf) 79.8

Ht12 Irons, Malpass, Payne, Challenger 83.8

Ht13 Tupling, Pike, Fisher (nf), R.Harris (nf) 83.2

Ht14 Malpass, Irons, Gibson, B.Harris 84.8

Ht15 Clarke, Challenger, Payne, Thorpe 82.0

Ht16 Pitcher, Mason, Kidd, Ladd 82.0

Match Race

Len Tupling bt Vic Pitcher ?

George Formby Cup (programme only has space for winner)

Ht1 Pitcher, [H.Gaunt, B.Harris, Ladd 83.0

Ht2 Thorpe, [Langton, Greenwood, A.Robinson ?

Ht3 Tupling, [Challeneger, Kidd, Bob Greaves 81.8

Ht4 Clarke, [ Silver, Payne, Mason 81.8

Final Tupling, Pitcher, Thorpe (nf), Clarke (nf) 82.4

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Wednesday 7th May 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 50 Wombwell Colliers 28 (Challenge)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 1 3 3 0 7

Bluey Thorpe 0 2’ 3 1’ 6 1

Vic Pitcher 1 3 0 2 6

Reg Challenger 3 0 1’ 2 6 1

Bill Harris 2’ 1 2’ 2 7 2

Jack Ladd 3 3 3 2 11

Jack Kidd 2’ 3 5 1

Arthur Payne 2 0 2

Wombwell

Len Tupling 2’ 1’ 0 3 6 1

Harwood Pike 3 2 0 0 5

Ken Allick 2 0 0 0 2

Gerry William 0 1 2 0 3

Phil Dargue 1 0 0 0 1

Stan Hodson 0 1 3 3 7

F.Ramsden 0 0 0

Bernard Thomas 3 1 4

Ht1 Pike, Tupling, Langton, Thorpe 80.2 1 5 1 5

Ht2 Challenger, Allick, Pitcher, William 82.2 4 2 5 7

Ht3 Ladd, Harris, Dargue, Hodson 80.6 5 1 10 8

Ht4 Langton, Kidd, William, Ramsden 81.4 5 1 15 9

Ht5 Pitcher, Pike, Tupling, Challenger 80.0 3 3 18 12

Ht6 Ladd, William, Harris, Allick 80.4 4 2 22 14

Ht7 Langton, Thorpe, Hodson, Dargue 80.2 5 1 27 15

Ht8 Thomas, Payne, Pitcher (nf), Allick (nf) 81.2 2 3 29 18

Ht9 Ladd, Harris, Tupling (nf), Pike (nf) 84.4 5 0 34 18

Ht10 Thorpe, Langton (nf), Allick, William (nf) 81.2 3 0 37 18

Ht11 Hodson, Pitcher, Challenger, Dargue 79.0 3 3 40 21

Ht12 Tupling, Harris, Payne (nf), Ramsden (nf) 80.2 2 3 42 24

Ht13 Kidd, Challenger, Thomas, Dargue 84.0 5 1 47 25

Ht14 Hodson, Ladd, Thorpe, Pike 79.2 3 3 50 28

Reserve Scratch Race (before meeting –only space for winner details –winners to Ht 4 Silver Helmet)

Ht1Ted Gibson, [Payne, Bill Greaves, Bill Sale ?

Ht2 Owen Greenwood, [ Harold Caunt, B.Thomas, J.Collins ?

Ht3 Ernie Silver, [ Phil Clarke, W.Williams, F. Ramsden ?

Silver Helmet (only space for winner details)

Ht1 Langton, [ Challenger, Pike, Dargue ?

Ht2 Tupling, [Kidd, Pitcher, Allick ?

Ht3 Hodson, [Harris, Thorpe, William ?

Ht4 Ladd, [ Gibson, Greenwood, Silver ?

Final Hodson, Langton, Tupling, Ladd ?

Friday 9th May 1947 South Yorkshire Sports Stadium, Wombwell

Wombwell Colliers 54 Tamworth Hounds 39 (Challenge)

Wombwell

Len Tupling 3 3 3 1 10

Harwood Pike 2’ 1 3 2 8 1

Gerry Williams 2 3 1’ 0 6 1

Ken Allick 0 2 2 2 6

Stan Hodson 3 3 3 3 0 12

Phil Dargue 0 1 1 1’ 3 1

Trevor Cragg 2’ 2 1

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Bernard Thomas 2 0 2 4

Wright 1 1

Tamworth

Steve Langton 1’ 0 2 1’ 4 2

Bluey Thorpe 0 1 0 0 1

Reg Challenger 3 2 0 2 1 8

Vic Pitcher 1 0 0 0 3 4

Bill Harris 1 0 3 3 1’ 8 1

Jack Ladd 2 2 0 3 2 9

Ted Gibson X 3 2 5

Jack Kidd 0 0

Ht1 Tupling, Pike, Pitcher, Thorpe 89.8 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Challenger, Williams, Harris, Allick 90.0 2 4 7 5

Ht3 Hodson, Ladd, Langton, Dargue 87.8 3 3 10 8

Ht4 Tupling, Cragg, Pitcher (nf), Gibson (exc) 88.2 5 0 15 8

Ht5 Williams, Allick, Thorpe, Langton 91.6 5 1 20 9

Ht6 Hodson, Challenger, Dargue, Pitcher 90.2 4 2 24 11

Ht7 Tupling, Ladd, Pike, Harris 90.0 4 2 28 13

Ht8 Gibson, Thomas, Williams, Challenger 79.8 3 3 31 16

Ht9 Hodson, Langton, Dargue, Thorpe 87.0 4 2 35 18

Ht10 Pike, Challenger, Wright, Pitcher 92.8 4 2 39 20

Ht11 Harris, Allick, Williams (nf), Ladd (nf) 91.8 2 3 41 23

Ht12 Hodson, Gibson, Langton, Thomas 88.0 3 3 44 26

Ht13 Harris, Allick, Challenger, Cragg 89.8 2 4 46 30

Ht14 Ladd, Pike, Dargue, Thorpe 91.8 3 3 49 33

Ht15 Gibson, Thomas, Kdd (nf), Cragg (nf) 90.4 2 3 51 36

Ht16 Tupling, Ladd, Harris, Hodson 88.2 3 3 54 39

Wednesday 14th May 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 44 Plymouth Devils 38 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 0 3 3 3 9

Bluey Thorpe 2 0 0 2’ 4 1

Jack Ladd 0 0 1 3 4

Ted Gibson 3 3 2’ F 8 1

Bill Harris 1 1 3 3 8

Vic Pitcher 3 3 F 3 9

Arthur Payne 2’ F 2 1

Al Collins 0 0 0

Plymouth

Billy Newell 1 2 2 2 7

Bill Deegan 3 1’ F 1 5 1

Ivan Kessell 2 2 3 2 9

Des Tamblin 1’ 0 0 1’ 2 2

Stan Lanfear 2 2 0 3 7

Jim Cashmore 0 1’ 1 0 2 1

Len Covell 1 1’ 2’ 4 2

Vic Bernard 2’ 2 1

Ht1 Deegan, Thorpe, Newell, Langton 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Gibson, Kessell, Tamblin, Ladd 3 3 5 7

Ht3 Pitcher, Lanfear, Harris, Cashmore 4 2 9 9

Ht4 Langton, Payne, Covell, Tamblin 5 1 14 10

Ht5 Gibson, Newell, Deegan, Ladd 3 3 17 13

Ht6 Pitcher, Kessell, Harris, Tamblin 4 2 21 15

Ht7 Langton, Lanfear, Cashmore, Thorpe 3 3 24 18

Ht8 Kessell, Bernard, Ladd, Collins 1 5 25 23

Ht9 Harris, Newell, Pitcher (f), Deegan (f) 3 2 28 25

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Ht10 Langton, Kessell, Tamblin, Thorpe 3 3 31 28

Ht11 Ladd, Gibson, Cashmore, Lanfear 5 1 36 29

Ht12 Harris, Newell, Covell, Collins 3 3 39 32

Ht13 Lanfear, Covell, Gibson (f), Payne (f) 0 5 39 37

Ht14 Pitcher, Thorpe, Deegan, Cashmore 5 1 44 38

Junior Scratch Race

Ht1Ernie Silver, Owen Greenwood, Covell ?

Ht2 Payne, ? Mason, Bernard, Bob Greaves ?

Final Silver, Greenwood, Mason, Payne ?

Stadium Scratch Race

Ht1 Langton, [ Kessell, Lanfear, Thorpe ?

Ht2 Harris, [ Deegan, Tamblin, Payne ?

Ht3 Newell, [ Silver, Abbott ?

Ht4 Pitcher, [ Gibson, Cashmore, Covell ?

Thursday 15th May 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth

Plymouth Devils 41 Tamworth Hounds 43 (National League Division Three)

Plymouth

Billy Newell 2 3 2 2 9

Bill Deegan 1’ 1’ 0 1’ 3 3

Ivan Kessell 3 0 2 3 8

Des Tamblin X 2 1 1 4

Stan Lanfear 3 2’ 3 3 11 1

Jim Cashmore 0 3 0 2 5

Len Covell 1 0 1

Vic Bernard E 0 0

Tamworth

Steve Langton 3 3 2 2 10

Bluey Thorpe 0 1 1’ 0 2 1

Jack Ladd 2 0 3 1 6

Ted Gibson 1’ 2 1 3 7 1

Bill Harris 1’ E 0 3 4 1

Vic Pitcher 2 3 2 3 10

Ernie Silver 0 1’ 1 1

Owen Greenwood 1 2’ 3 1

Ht1 Langton, Newell, Deegan, Thorpe 87.6 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Kessell, Ladd, Gibson, Tamblin (exctps) 90.8 3 3 6 6

Ht3 Lanfear, Pitcher, Harris, Cashmore 86.8 3 3 9 9

Ht4 Newell, Gibson, Covell, Silver 89.6 4 2 13 11

Ht5 Langton, Tamblin, Thorpe, Kessell 88.2 2 4 15 15

Ht6 Cashmore, Lanfear, Gibson, Ladd 90.8 5 1 20 16

Ht7 Pitcher, Newell, Deegan, Harris (ef) 88.6 3 3 23 19

Ht8 Ladd, Kessell, Greenwood, Bernard (ef) 87.4 2 4 25 23

Ht9 Lanfear, Langton, Thorpe, Cashmore 87.0 3 3 28 26

Ht10 Gibson, Newell, Ladd, Deegan 88.0 2 4 30 30

Ht11 Kessell, Pitcher, Tamblin, Harris 86.8 4 2 34 32

Ht12 Lanfear, Langton, Silver, Bernard 87.6 3 3 37 35

Ht13 Harris, Greenwood, Tamblin, Covell 88.2 1 5 38 40

Ht14 Pitcher, Cashmore, Deegan, Thorpe 88.8 3 3 41 43

Wednesday 21st May 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Speedway Riders’ Championship Qualifying Round

Peter Robinson 3 2 3 2 3 13

Jack Ladd 2 0 1 1 0 4

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Alan Chambers X 0 X 0 0 0

Ken Allick E 0 2 1 F 3

Bill Harris 1 3 2 2 2 10

Cyril Page 2 1 3 3 3 12

Jim Cashmore 0 1 2 0 1 4

Vic Pitcher 3 2 F 0 0

Bob Oakley 0 1 2 2 2 7

Steve Langton 3 3 3 3 3 15

Broncho Slade 2 3 0 3 F 8

Eric Gregory 1 1 1 0 F 3

Billy Newell 2 2 1 1 2 8

Dennis Gray 3 0 3 3 3 12

Sid Hazzard 0 2 0 0 1 3

Basil Harris 1 3 2 1 F 7

Ht1 Robinson, Ladd, Allick (ef), Chambers (exc) 79.4

Ht2 Pitcher, Page, B.Harris, Cashmore 78.6

Ht3 Langton, Slade, Gregory, B.Oakley 80.4

Ht4 D.Grey, Newell, Bas.Harris, Hazzard 78.8

Ht5 B.Harris, Newell, Oakley, Ladd 79.0

Ht6 Langton, Robinson, Page, Grey 79.8

Ht7 Slade, Hazzard, Cashmore, Chambers 81.8

Ht8 Bas.Harris, Pitcher, Gregory, Allick 79.2

H9 Page, Bas.Harris, Ladd, Slade 80.6

Ht10 Robinson, B.Harris, Gregory, Hazzard 78.6

Ht11 Grey, Cashmore, Ladd, Gregory 79.6

Ht12 Langton, Allick, Newell, Cashmore 79.8

Ht13 Grey, Oakley, Pitcher (f), Chambers (exc) 79.0

Ht14 Slade, Robinson, Newell, Pitcher 81.2

Ht15 Langton, B.Harris, Bas.Harris, Chambers 79.2

Ht16 Page, Oakley, Allick, Hazzard 81.0

Ht17 Langton, Pitcher, Hazzard, Ladd 81.0

Ht18 Robinson, Oakley, Cashmore, Bas.Harris (f) 81.4

Ht19 Page, Newell, Chambers (nf), Gregory (f) 82.6

Ht20 Grey, B.Harris, Allick (f), Slade (f) ?

Tuesday 26th May 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 48 Cradley Heath Cubs 31 (Challenge)

Tamworth

Bill Harris 3 3 3 3 12

Reg Challenger 1 1 1 1’ 4 1

Jack Ladd 3 0 3 2 8

Bluey Thorpe 2’ 2 1

Ted Gibson 1’ 3 2 3 9

Jack Kidd 2 2’ F 2 6 1

Ernie Silver 1 2 0 2 5

Owen Greenwood 1 E 1’ 2 1

Cradley Heath

Alan Hunt 0 0 F 0

Eric Irons 2 3 3 3 11

Dick Faulkner 0 0 2 0 2

Arthur Abbott 1 2 1 2 6

Jim Wright 3 2 3 3 11

Phil Malpass 0 1 0 1

Jeff Bishop 0 X 0 0

Frank Holloway 0 0 F 0

Ht1 Harris, Irons, Challenger, Hunt 79.2 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Ladd, Thorpe, Abbott, Faulkner 79.6 5 1 9 3

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Ht3 Wright, Kidd, Gibson, Holloway 79.2 3 3 12 6

Ht4 Harris, Abbott, Silver, Bishop 78.8 4 2 16 8

Ht5 Irons, Silver, Hunt (nf), Ladd (nf), Thorpe (injns) 80.4 2 3 18 11

Ht6 Gibson, Kidd, Abbott, Faulkner 84.2 5 1 23 12

Ht7 Harris, Wright, Challenger, Malpass 79.4 4 2 27 14

Ht8 Ladd, Faulkner, Greenwood, Holloway 79.6 4 2 31 16

Ht9 Irons, Gibson, Kidd (f), Hunt (f) 81.3 2 3 33 19

Ht10 Harris, Abbott, Challenger, Faulkner 80.2 4 2 37 21

Ht11 Wright, Ladd, Malpass, Silver 79.8 2 4 39 25

Ht12 Gibson, Greenwood (ef),Holloway (f),Bishop (nf)83.0 3 0 42 25

Ht13 Wright, Silver, Greenwood, Bishop 80.6 3 3 45 28

Ht14 Irons, Kidd, Challenger, Malpass 80.4 3 3 48 31

Whitsun Scratch Race

Ht1 Irons, Harris, Ladd, Abbott 80.2

Ht2 Challenger, Bishop, Hunt (nf), Gibson (nf) 86.4

Ht3 Wright, Kidd, Silver, Malpass 79.6

Ht4 Greaves, Greenwood, Faulkner, Harold Caunt 82.2

Final Irons, Wright, Greaves, Challenger 80.4

Top Scorers Match Race

Eric Irons bt Bill Harris 80.4

Wednesday 28th May 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 46 Stoke Potters 38 (Challenge)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 2 3 3 3 11

Reg Challoner 1’ 1 1 1’ 4 2

Ted Gibson 2’ 0 2 2 6 1

Jack Kidd 3 1 2’ 2 8 1

Bill Harris 3 3 1 3 10

Jack Ladd 1 1 F 2 4

Ernie Silver 1 0 1

Owen Greenwood 3 0 1 3

Stoke

Cyril Page 0 3 3 2 8

Dave Anderson 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2

Reg Gregory 1 0 0 1

Bert Danner 0 2 2 2 6

George Fisher 2 2 3 1 8

Dick Howard 0 0 1 0 0

Les Jenkins 0 F 0

Ray Harris 0 3 3

Ht1 Anderson, Langton, Challoner, Page 79.8 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Kidd, Gibson, Gregory, Danner 83.2 5 1 8 4

Ht3 B.Harris, Fisher, Ladd, Howard 80.0 4 2 12 6

Ht4 Langton, Danner, Silver, Jenkins 80.4 4 2 16 8

Ht5 Page, Anderson, Kidd, Gibson 81.8 1 5 17 13

Ht6 B.Harris, Danner, Ladd, Gregory 79.6 4 2 21 15

Ht7 Langton, Fisher, Challoner, Howard 80.6 4 2 25 17

Ht8 Greenwood, Kidd, Gregory, R.Harris 81.0 5 1 30 18

Ht9 Page, Anderson, B.Harris, Ladd (f) 79.5 1 5 31 23

Ht10 Langton, Danner, Challoner, Gregory 81.2 4 2 35 25

Ht11 Fisher, Gibson, Howard, Greenwood 81.8 2 4 37 29

Ht12 B.Harris, Page, Greenwood, Jenkins (f) 81.8 4 2 41 31

Ht13 R.Harris, Gibson, Fisher, Silver 83.6 2 4 43 35

Ht14 Anderson, Ladd, Challoner, Howard 80.6 3 3 46 38

Match Race

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Dave Anderson bt Steve Langton 80.0

Tamworth Scratch Race

Ht1 Gibson, Langton, Anderson, Gregory 78.4

Ht2 Page, Wright, Greenwood, Silver 80.2

Ht3 B.Harris, Ladd, Danner, Challenger 81.6

Ht Fisher, R.Harris, Jenkins, Eric Mason 82.0

Final B.Harris, Fisher, Page (f), Gibson (f) 82.4

Wednesday 4th June 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 40 Eastbourne Eagles 44 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 3 3 2 1 9

Jack Ladd 1 1’ 0 0 2 1

Vic Pitcher 3 3 3 2 11

Reg Challenger 0 1 0 3 4

Bill Harris 1 3 2 3 9

Ted Gibson 0 0 3 3

Arthur Payne 0 1’ 0 1 1

Owen Greenwood 0 1 1

Eastbourne

Ken Tidbury 0 0 3 2 5

Jimmy Coy 2 2 0 2 6

Basil Harris 2 2 2 2’ 8 1

Jock Grierson 1’ 2 1’ 3 7 2

Harry Saunders 3 3 3 1’ 10 1

Ron Clark 2’ 0 1 1’ 4 2

Dick Angell 1’ 0 1 1

Tony Johnson 1’ 2 3 1

Ht1 Langton, Coy, Ladd, Tidbury 79.2 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Pitcher, Bas.Harris, Grierson, Challenger 78.0* 3 3 7 5

Ht3 Saunders, Clark, B.Harris, Gibson 79.2 1 5 8 10

Ht4 Langton, Grierson, Angel,l, Payne 79.6 3 3 11 13

Ht5 Pitcher, Coy, Challenger, Tidbury 78.2 4 2 15 15

Ht6 B.Harris, Bas.Harris, Grierson, Gibson 78.8 3 3 18 18

Ht7 Saunders, Langton, Ladd, Clark 79.0 3 3 21 21

Ht8 Pitcher, Bas.Harris, Johnson, Greenwood 78.0 3 3 24 24

Ht9 Tidbury, B.Harris, Payne, Coy 79.6 3 3 27 27

Ht10 Grierson, Bas.Harris, Langton, Ladd 79.2 1 5 28 32

Ht11 Saunders, Pitcher, Clark, Challenger 78.8 2 4 30 36

Ht12 B.Harris, Tidbury, Greenwood, Angell 79.8 4 2 34 38

Ht13 Challenger, Johnson, Saunders, Payne 83.8 3 3 37 41

Ht14 Gibson, Coy, Clark, Ladd (f) 78.8 3 3 40 44

Reserves Scratch Race

[ Challenger, Greenwood, Angell, Johnson ?

Drayton Scratch Race

Ht1 [ Langton, Coy, Challenger, Greenwood ?

Ht2 [ Pitcher, Grierson, Gibson, Silver ?

Ht3 Harris, Kidd, Clarke, Greaves ?

Ht4 [ Tidbury, Harris, Ladd, Saunders ?

Final ???? ?

Monday 9th June 1947 County Ground, Exeter

Exeter Falcons 56 Tamworth Hounds 28 (National League Division Three)

Exeter

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Broncho Slade 0 1’ 3 2’ 6 2

Don Hardy 1 2’ 3 2’ 8 2

Cyril Roger 3 3 3 2 11

Tom Crutcher 2’ 1 3 3 9 1

Allan Chambers 3 2’ 3 3 11 1

Sid Hazzard 0 3 1 3 7

Bill Williams 2 1 3

Gordon Taylor 0 1 1

Tamworth

Steve Langton 3 2 2 2 9

Ted Gibson 2’ 0 0 1 3 1

Vic Pitcher 0 0 2 1 3

Jack Kidd 1 0 0 1

Bill Harris 2 1 1 0 4

Reg Challenger 1’ 0 0 1 1

Jack Ladd 3 0 0 3

Arthur Payne 1 1’ 2 4 1

Ht1 Langton, Gibson, Hardy, Slade 86.8 1 5 1 5

Ht2 Roger, Crutcher, Kidd, Pitcher 86.0 5 1 6 6

Ht3 Chambers, Harris, Challenger, Hazzard 87.0 3 3 9 9

Ht4 Ladd, Williams, Slade, Kidd 89.6 3 3 12 12

Ht5 Roger, Langton, Crutcher, Gibson 83.4 4 2 16 14

Ht6 Hazzard, Chambers, Payne, Pitcher 87.0 5 1 21 15

Ht7 Slade, Hardy, Harris, Challenger 86.8 5 1 26 16

Ht8 Roger, Pitcher, Payne, Taylor 84.6 3 3 29 19

Ht9 Chambers, Langton, Hazzard, Gibson 87.0 4 2 33 21

Ht10 Hardy, Slade, Pitcher, Kidd 87.4 5 1 38 22

Ht11 Crutcher, Roger, Harris, Challenger 86.8 5 1 43 23

Ht12 Chamber, Langton, Taylor, Ladd 86.8 4 2 47 25

Ht13 Crutcher, Payne, Williams, Harris (f) 82.4 4 2 51 27

Ht14 Hazzard, Hardy, Gibson, Ladd 85.6 5 1 56 28

Tuesday 10th June 1947 Bannister Court, Southampton

Southampton Saints 55 Tamworth Hounds 29 (National League Division Three)

Southampton

Vic Collins 1 3 2* 6 1 3

Bob Oakley 0 3 3 2* 8 1 4

George Bason 3 3 3 3 12 0 4

Jim Squibb 1 1 2*3 7 1 4

Peter Robinson 3 3 3 3 12 0 4

Alf Kaines 2*1 2*3 8 2 4

Bert Croucher 1 0 0 1 0 3

Ron Lemon 0 1 1 0 2

Tamworth

Steve Langton 2*0 1 2 5 1 4

Ted Gibson 3 2 0 1 6 0 4

Vic Pitcher 2 2 1*2 7 1 4

Jack Ladd 0 2 0 2 0 3

Bill Harris 1 1 1 2 5 0 4

Reg Challenger 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

Jack Ladd 0 0 0 0 2

Arthur Payne 2 1*1* 4 2 3

1 Ted Gibson, Steve Langton, Vic Collins, Bob Oakley 73.4 1 – 5 1 – 5

2 George Bason, Vic Pitcher, Jim Squibb, Jack Kidd 74 4 – 2 5 – 7

3 Peter Robinson, Alf Kaines, Bill Harris, Reg Challenger 74.6 5 – 1 10 – 8

4 Vic Collins, Jack Kidd, Bert Croucher, Jack Ladd 74 4 – 2 14 – 10

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5 George Bason, Ted Gibson, Jim Squibb, Steve Langton 73 4 – 2 18 – 12

6 Peter Robinson, Vic Pitcher, Alf Kaines, Jack Kidd 73.4 4 – 2 22 – 14

7 Bob Oakley, Vic Collins, Bill Harris, Reg Challenger 76.4 5 – 1 27 – 15

8 George Bason, Arthur Payne, Vic Pitcher, Ron Lemon 72.8 3 – 3 30 – 18

9 Peter Robinson, Alf Kaines, Steve Langton, Ted Gibson 73 5 – 1 35 – 19

10 Bob Oakley, Vic Pitcher, Arthur Payne, Bert Croucher 74.8 3 – 3 38 – 22

11 George Bason, Jim Squibb, Bill Harris, Reg Challenger 73.4 5 – 1 43 – 23

12 Peter Robinson, Steve Langton, Ron Lemon, Jack Ladd 74.4 4 – 2 47 – 25

13 Jim Squibb, Bill Harris, Arthur Payne, Bert Croucher 75.8 3 – 3 50 – 28

14 Alf Kaines, Bob Oakley, Ted Gibson, Reg Challenger 76.8 5 – 1 55 – 29

Wednesday 11th June 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 41 Southampton Saints 42 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 2 1*2 2 7 1 4

Arthur Payne 1*0 0 1 2 1 4

Bill Harris 1 2 2 0 5 0 4

Ted Gibson 3 1*2 3 9 1 4

Vic Pitcher 2*3 1*3 9 2 4

Jack Kidd 3 0 2 0 5 0 4

Charlie Oates 2 1 3 0 2

Reg Challenger 1*0 1 1 2

Southampton

Vic Collins 0 0 0 1* 1 1 4

Bob Oakley 3 3 3 2* 11 1 4

George Bason 0 2 3 3 8 0 4

Jim Squibb 2 3 1*1 7 1 4

Peter Robinson 1 3 3 2 9 0 4

Alf Kaines 0 0 1 3 4 0 4

Bert Croucher 0 2 2 0 2

Ron Lemon 0 0 0 0 2

1 Bob Oakley, Steve Langton, Arthur Payne, Vic Collins 77.8 3 – 3 3 – 3

2 Ted Gibson, Jim Squibb, Bill Harris, George Bason 79.4 4 – 2 7 – 5

3 Jack Kidd, Vic Pitcher, Peter Robinson, Alf Kaines 79.4 5 – 1 12 – 6

4 Jim Squibb, Charlie Oates, Steve Langton, Bert Croucher 80.4 3 – 3 15 – 9

5 Bob Oakley, Bill Harris, Ted Gibson, Vic Collins 79.7 3 – 3 18 – 12

6 Vic Pitcher, George Bason, Jim Squibb, Jack Kidd 80 3 – 3 21 – 15

7 Peter Robinson, Steve Langton, Arthur Payne(nf), Alf Kaines(ex) 79.8 2 – 3 23 – 18

8 George Bason, Bill Harris, Reg Challenger, Ron Lemon 80.6 3 – 3 26 – 21

9 Bob Oakley, Jack Kidd, Bill Pitcher, Vic Collins 80.8 3 – 3 29 – 24

10 George Bason, Steve Langton, Jim Squibb, Arthur Payne 80.6 2 – 4 31 – 28

11 Peter Robinson, Ted Gibson, Alf Kaines, Bill Harris 79 2 – 4 33 – 32

12 Vic Pitcher, Bert Croucher, Vic Collins, Reg Challenger(ex) 80.8 3 – 3 36 – 35

13 Ted Gibson, Peter Robinson, Charlie Oates, Ron Lemon 79.6 4 – 2 40 – 37

14 Alf Kaines, Bob Oakley, Arthur Payne, Jack Kidd 80.8 1 – 5 41 – 42

Drayton Scratch Race

Ht1 Langton, B.Oakley, Challenger, Squibb ?

Ht2 [ Pitcher, Ladd, Collins, Bason ?

Ht3 [ Harris, Kidd, Croucher, Kaines ?

Ht4 [ Gibson, Payne, Robinson, Lemon ?

Final ???? ?

Match Race

Steve Langton v Vic Collins ?

Friday 13th June 1947 South Yorkshire Sports Stadium, Wombwell

Wombwell Colliers 50 Tamworth Hounds 34 (National League Division Three)

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Wombwell

Len Tupling 3 0 2’ 3 8 1

Gerry Williams 0 3 3 6

Jeff Bishop 0 2 3 3 8

Harwood Pike 3 1’ 1 2’ 7 2

Bert Thomas 2’ 1’ 0 3 6 2

Red Hamley 3 2 2 1 8

Ken Allick 2 3 5

Sam Marsland 0 1 1 2

Tamworth

Steve Langton 2 0 1 2 5

Arthur Payne 1’ 3 3 0 7 1

Bill Harris 2 0 1’ 0 3 1

Ted Gibson 1’ 3 3 2 9 1

Vic Pitcher 0 1 0 0 1

Jack Kidd 1 0 1

Charlie Oates 1 0 1

Reg Challenger 2 2 1 2 7

Ht1 Tupling, Langton, Payne. Williams 85.8 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Pike, Harris, Gibson, Bishop 86.0 3 3 6 6

Ht3 Hamley, Thomas, Kidd, Pitcher 90.2 5 1 11 7

Ht4 Gibson, Allick, Oates, Tupling 84.0 2 4 13 11

Ht5 Payne, Bishop, Pike, Langton 87.8 3 3 16 14

Ht6 Gibson, Hamley, Thomas, Harris 86.2 3 3 19 17

Ht7 Williams, Tupling, Pitcher, Kidd 91.8 5 1 24 18

Ht8 Bishop, Challenger, Harris, Marsland 89.6 3 3 27 21

Ht9 Payne, Hamley, Langton, Thomas 89.0 2 4 29 25

Ht10 Tupling, Gibson, Marsland, Harris 87.8 4 2 33 27

Ht11 Bishop, Challenger, Pike, Pitcher 90.6 4 2 37 29

Ht12 Thomas, Langton, Marsland, Oates 89.8 4 2 41 31

Ht13 Allick, Pike, Challenger, Pitcher 87.8 5 1 46 32

Ht14 Williams, Challenger, Hamley, Payne 90.0 4 2 50 34

Wednesday 18th June 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 29 Wombwell Colliers 35 (North v South Cup)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 3 3 3 3 12

Arthur Payne 1 0 F 3 4

Bill Harris 0 2 2 1’ 5 1

Vic Pitcher 2’ 2’ F 3 7 2

Ted Gibson 3 3 3 1 10

Charlie Oates 2 1’ 2 1’ 6 2

Jack Kidd 1 2 3

Jack Ladd 1’ 1 2 1

Wombwell

Len Tupling 2 3 1’ 2 8 1

Ken Allick F 0

Sam Marsland 3 1 3 2 9

Red Hamley 1 0 0 1’ 2 1

Harwood Pike 1 2 3 3 9

Bert Thomas 0 1’ F 1 1

Gerry Williams 2 2 F 4

Jeff Bishop 0 2 2

Ht1 Langton, Tupling, Payne, Allick (f) 79.6 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Marsland, Oates, Hamley, Harris 78.4 2 4 6 6

Ht3 Gibson, Pitcher, Pike, Thomas 78.0 5 1 11 7

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Ht4 Langton, Williams, Kidd, Hamley 80.0 3 2 15 9

Ht5 Tupling, Harris, Oates 78.8 3 3 18 12

Ht6 Gibson, Pitcher, Marsland, Hamley 78.6 5 1 23 13

Ht7 Langton, Pike, Thomas, Payne 78.2 3 3 26 16

Ht8 Marsland, Oates, Ladd, Bishop 80.2 3 3 29 19

Ht9 Gibsson, Williams, Tupling, Pitcher (f) 79.4 3 3 32 22

Ht10 Langton, Marsland, Hamley, Payne 79.0 3 3 35 25

Ht11 Pike, Harris, Oates, Thomas 79.6 3 3 38 28

Ht12 Pitcher, Tupling, Ladd, Williams 78.8 4 2 42 30

Ht13 Pike, Ladd, Harris, Bishop 79.6 3 3 45 33

Ht14 Payne, Bishop, Gibson, Thomas 78.8 4 2 49 35

Newcomers Scratch Race

[ Ron Roach, Peter Orpwood, Eric Mason, Howard Chipman ?

Fazley Scratch Race

Ht1 [ Langton, Allick, Hamley, Oates ?

Ht2 [ Tupling, Marsland, Harris, Gibson ?

Ht3 [ Payne, Challenger, Kidd, Williams ?

Ht4 [ Pitcher, Pike, Ladd, Bishop ?

Final ???? ?

Wednesday 25th June 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 41 Cradley Heath Cubs 43 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 3 3 3 2 11

Arthur Payne 0 1 0 3 4 1

Charlie Oates 0 1’ 1 3 5 1

Bill Harris 2 2 0 1’ 5 1

Vic Pitcher 1 2 0 1’ 4 1

Ted Gibson 3 1’ 2 0 6 1

Jack Kidd 2’ 2 4 1

Jack Ladd 0 2 2

Cradley Heath

Les Beaumont 2 3 3 3 11

Bob Fletcher 1’ F 1 1’ 3 2

Geoff Bennett 3 E 2’ 3 8 1

Ray Beaumont 1 1 3 1 6

Jim Wright 2 2 2 3 9

Phil Malpass 0 0 2 2

Arthur Abbott 0 0 0

Alan Hunt 3 1’ E 4 1

Ht1 Langton, L.Beaumont, Fletcher, Payne 77.4* 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Bennett, Harris, R.Beaumont, Oates 78.2 2 4 5 7

Ht3 Gibson, Wright, Pitcher, Malpass 78.6 4 2 9 9

Ht4 Langton, Kidd, R.Beaumont, Abbott 78.6 5 1 14 10

Ht5 L.Beaumont, Harris, Oates, Fletcher (f) 77.8 3 3 17 13

Ht6 R.Beaumont, Pitcher, Gibson, Bennett (ef) 79.4 3 3 20 16

Ht7 Langton, Wright, Payne, Malpass 78.6 4 2 24 18

Ht8 Hunt, Bennett, Oates, ladd 79.4 1 5 25 23

Ht9 L.Beaumont, Gibson, Fletcher, Pitcher 78.4 2 4 27 27

Ht10 Bennett, Langton, R.Beaumont, Payne 79.0 2 4 29 31

Ht11 Oates, Wright, Hunt, Harris 78.6 3 3 32 34

Ht12 L.Beaumont, Ladd, Pitcher, Abbott 79.4 3 3 35 37

Ht13 Wright, Kidd, Harris, Hunt 79.4 3 3 38 40

Ht14 Payne, Malpass, Fletcher, Gibson 81.0 3 3 41 43

Newcomers Scratch Race

Bill Dalton, Peter Orpwood, Jack Tennant, Bill Weston 82.0

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Reserves Scratch Race

Ladd, Kidd, Hunt, Abbott 80.4

Peel Scratch Race

Ht1 Oates, Fletcher, Langton, Irons 79.6

Ht2 Bennett, Payne, Wright, Harris 80.4

Dalton, Ladd, Roach, Challenger 79.6

Ht4 L.Beaumont, Pitcher, R.Beaumont, Gibson (ns) 80.2

Final Bennett, L.Beaumont, Oates, Dalton 79.0

Saturday 28th June 1947 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heath Cubs 44 Tamworth Hounds 40 (National League Division Three)

Cradley Heath

Les Beaumont 3 3 3 3 12

Bob Fletcher 2’ 0 0 3 5 1

Geoff Bennett 0 2 3 3 8

Ray Beaumont 1 0 1 0 2

Jimmy Wright 3 3 3 3 12

Phil Malpass 2’ 1 0 0 3 1

Arthur Abbott 1 1 2

Alan Hunt 0 0 0

Tamworth

Steve Langton 0 1 2 3

Arthur Payne 1 3 1’ 1’ 5 2

Charlie Oates 2’ 2 2 1’ 7 2

Bill Harris 3 2 0 2 7

Vic Pitcher 1 1’ 0 2’ 4 2

Ted Gibson 0 0

Jack Kidd 0 2 1’ 2 5 1

Jack Ladd 1’ 2 2 3 8 1

Ht1 L.Beaumont, Fletcher, Payne, Langton 83.0 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Harris, oates, R.Beaumont, Bennett 83.4 1 5 6 6

Ht3 Wright, Malpass, Pitcher, Gibson 83.6 5 1 11 7

Ht4 L.Beaumont, Harris, Abbott, Kidd 83.4 4 2 15 9

Ht5 Payne, Bennett, Langton, R.Beaumont 83.4 2 4 17 13

Ht6 Wright, Oates, Malpass, Harris 83.2 4 2 21 15

Ht7 L.Beaumont, Kidd, Pitcher, Fletcher 85.2 3 3 24 18

Ht8 Bennett, Oates, Ladd, Hunt 82.0 3 3 27 21

Ht9 Wright, Ladd, Payne, Malpass 82.8 3 3 30 24

Ht10 L.Beaumont, Harris, Oates, Fletcher 83.4 3 3 33 27

Ht11 Bennett, Ladd, R.Beaumont, Pitcher 81.4 4 2 37 29

Ht12 Wright, Langton, Kidd, Hunt 83.4 3 3 40 32

Ht13 Ladd, Pitcher, Abbott, R.Beaumont 83.8 1 5 41 37

Ht14 Fletcher, Kidd, Payne, Malpass 85.8 3 3 44 40

Wednesday 2nd July 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 54 Stoke Potters 30 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth

Jack Kidd 3 3

Steve Langton 1 3 0 2 6

Vic Pitcher 3 2 2’ 3 10 1

Charlie Oates 1 2’ 2 5 1

Ted Gibson 1 1 2 0 4

Bill Harris 3 3 1’ 1’ 8 2

Jack Ladd 2’ 1’ 2’ 1’ 6 4

Arthur Payne 3 3 3 3 12

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Stoke

Reg Gregory X 0 0 2 2

Dave Anderson 2 3 3 3 11

Cyril Page 2 2 1 1’ 6 1

Ray Harris 0 0 2 2

George Fisher 0 1 X 3 4

Les Jenkins 2 F 1 0 3

Gil Blake X 1’ 1 1

Dick Howard 1 0 0 1

Ht1 Kidd, Anderson, Langton, Gregory (exc) 78.2 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Pitcher, Page, Oates, R.Harris 77.2 4 2 8 4

Ht3 B.Harris, Jenkins, Gibson, Fisher 80.6 4 2 12 6

Ht4 Payne, Ladd, Howard, Blake (exc) 79.4 5 1 17 7

Ht5 Anderson, Pitcher, Ladd, Gregory 79.8 3 3 20 10

Ht6 B.Harris, Page, Gibson, R.Harris 78.2 4 2 24 12

Ht7 Langton, Ladd, Fisher, Jenkins (f) 80.0 5 1 29 13

Ht8 Payne, Pitcher, Page, Howard 79.4 5 1 34 14

Ht9 Anderson, Gibson, B.Harris, Gregory 79.8 3 3 37 17

Ht10 Payne, R.Harris, Page, Langton 79.4 3 3 40 20

Ht11 Pitcher, Oates, Jenkins, Fisher (exc) 81.6 5 1 45 21

Ht12 Payne, Gregory, Blake, Gibson 79.0 3 3 48 24

Ht13 Fisher, Oates, Ladd, Howard 80.8 3 3 51 27

Ht14 Anderson, Langton, B.Harris, Jenkins 80.6 3 3 54 30

Thursday 3rd July 1947 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke

Stoke Potters 49 Tamworth Hounds 34 (National League Division Three)

Stoke

Reg Gregory 3 2’ 2 0 7 1

Dave Anderson 2’ 0 3 2 7 1

Cyril Page 2’ 2 0 3 7 1

Ray Harris 3 1’ 2’ 3 9 2

George Fisher 3 3 1’ 1 8 1

Les Jenkins 1 2’ 2 1’ 6 2

Dick Howard 3 1’ 4 1

Gil Blake 1 0 1

Tamworth

Steve Langton 1 0 0 2’ 3 1

Arthur Payne 0 3 3 0 6

Vic Pitcher 0 0 2 2

Charlie Oates 1 0 0 1’ 2 1

Ted Gibson 0 1 0 1

Bill Harris 2 1 0 3 6

Jack Ladd 1 3 3 3 10

Bill Dalton 2’ 2 4 1

Ht1 Gregory, Anderson, Langton, Payne 83.8 5 1 5 1

Ht2 R.Harris, Page, Oates, Pitcher 85.4 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Fisher, B.Harris, Jenkins, Gibson 83.6 4 2 14 4

Ht4 Howard, Gregory, Ladd, Oates 84.8 5 1 19 5

Ht5 Payne, Page, R.Harris, Langton 84.4 3 3 22 8

Ht6 Fisher, Jenkins, Pitcher (nf), Oates (nf) 83.2 5 0 27 8

Ht7 Ladd, Gregory, B.Harris, Anderson 83.8 2 4 29 12

Ht8 Ladd, Dalton, Blake, Page 85.6 1 5 30 17

Ht9 Payne, Jenkins, Fisher, Langton 82.4 3 3 33 20

Ht10 Anderson, Pitcher, Oates, Gregory 83.4 3 3 36 23

Ht11 Page, R.Harris, Gibson, B.Harris 84.6 5 1 41 24

Ht12 Ladd, Langton, Fisher, Blake 84.2 1 5 42 29

Ht13 R.Harris, Dalton, Howard, Gibson 84.2 4 2 46 31

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Ht14 B.Harris, Anderson, Jenkins, Payne 82.2 3 3 49 34

Wednesday 9th July 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 44 The Midlands 40 (Challenge)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 3 3 2 0 8

Jack Kidd 1 0 3 4

Bill Harris 3 0 1 4

Jack Ladd 2’ 2 0 0 4 1

Arthur Payne 2 3 2 7

Charlie Oates 0 2’ 1’ 1 4 2

Vic Pitcher 2’ 3 2 2 9 1

Ted Gibson 2’ 2 F 4 1

The Midlands

Les Beaumont 0 3 3 3 9

George Fisher 2 1 0 0 3

Gil Blake 0 1 1 3 5

Alan Hunt 1 1 0 2

Geoff Bennett 3 3 3 3 12

Les Jenkins 1 1 2’ 2 6 1

Jack Baxter 0 1 1

Bill Dalton 0 1 1 2

Ht1 Langton, Fisher, Kidd, Beaumont 77.2 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Harris, Ladd, Hunt, Blake 78.6 5 1 9 3

Ht3 Bennett, Payne, Jenkins, Oates 77.4 2 4 11 7

Ht4 Langton, Pitcher, Hunt, Baxter 77.9 5 1 16 8

Ht5 Beaumont, Ladd, Fisher, Harris 77.2 2 4 18 12

Ht6 Payne, Oates, Blake, Hunt 78.8 5 1 23 13

Ht7 Bennett, Langton, Jenkins, Kidd 77.0* 2 4 25 17

Ht8 Pitcher, Gibson, Blake, Dalton 80.0 5 1 30 18

Ht9 Beaumont, Payne, Oates, Fisher 78.0 3 3 33 21

Ht10 Blake, Gibson, Dalton, Langton 80.0 2 4 35 25

Ht11 Bennett, Jenkins, Harris, Ladd 79.2 1 5 36 30

Ht12 Beaumont, Pitcher, Baxter, Gibson (f) 78.4 2 4 38 34

Ht13 Bennett, Pitcher, Dalton, Ladd 77.0* 2 4 40 38

Ht14 Kidd, Jenkins, Oates, Fisher 79.2 4 2 44 40

Junior Scratch Race

F.Yates, Roach, Orpwood, Mason 82.0

Castle Scratch Race

Ht1 Oates, Langton, Jenkins, Blake 80.4

Ht2 Gibson, Pitcher, Dalton, Baxter ?

Ht3 Bennett, Fisher, Kidd, Harris ?

Ht4 Beaumont, Payne, Hunt, Ladd ?

Final Bennett, Beaumont, Oates, Gibson ?

Saturday 12th July 1947 Arlington Stadium, Eastbourne

Eastbourne Eagles 54 Tamworth Hounds 27 (National League Division Three)

Eastbourne

Ken Tidbury 0 1’ 2’ 2’ 5 3

Jimmy Coy 0 3 3 2’ 8 1

Wally Green 2’ 3 2 3 10 1

Jock Grierson 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2

Harry Saunders 1 1 1 2 5

Basil Harris 3 3 3 3 12

Ron Clark 2 2’ 4 1

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Basil Bumstead 0 0 0

Tamworth

Steve Langton 3 1 2 1 7

Jack Kidd 0 0 1 1

Bill Harris 1 2 3 1 7

Jack Ladd 0 3 1 4

Arthur Payne 0 0 0

Charlie Oates 2 1 1 0 4

Jack Baxter 0 0 3 1 4

Ted Gibson 1 0 0 0 1

Ht1 Langton, Coy (nf), Tidbury(nf), Kidd (nf) 75.4 0 3 0 3

Ht2 Grierson, Green, B. Harris, Ladd 76.2 5 1 5 4

Ht3 Bas.Harris, Oates, Saunders, Ladd 74.2 4 2 9 6

Ht4 Ladd, Clark, Tidbury, Baxter 77.4 3 3 12 9

Ht5 Green, Grierson, Langton, Kidd 75.2 5 1 17 10

Ht6 Bas.Harris, B.Harris, Saunders, Ladd 74.0 4 2 21 12

Ht7 Coy, Tidbury, Oates, Payne 73.4 5 1 26 13

Ht8 B.Harris, Green, Gibson, Bumstead 74.4 2 4 28 17

Ht9 Bas.Harris, Langton, Saunders, Baxter 72.4 4 2 32 19

Ht10 Coy, Tidbury, B.Harris, Gibson 74.0 5 1 37 20

Ht11 Green, Grierson, Oates, Gibson 74.8 5 1 42 21

Ht12 Baxter, Saunders, Langton, Bumstead 75.2 2 4 44 25

Ht13 Grierson, Clark, Baxter, Gibson 76.6 5 1 49 26

Ht14 Bas.Harris, Coy, Kidd, Oates 72.8 5 1 54 27

Wednesday 16th July 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 48 Exeter Falcons 36 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 3 3 3 3 12

Kidd 0 0

Bill Harris 3 3 1’ 0 7 1

Jack Ladd 1 0 3 0 4

Charlie Oates 2’ 3 2’ 0 7 2

Arthur Payne 3 2’ 3 0 8 1

Ted Gibson 1 2’ 3 1

Jack Baxter 2 0 1 2

Exeter

Don Hardy 2 1’ 1 3 7 1

Johnny Myson 1’ 2 0 2’ 5 1

Les Trim 2 1 3 2 8

Alan Chambers 0 0 1’ 1 1

Cyril Roger 1 0 2 2 5

Crutcher 0 1 1’ 2 1

Broncho Slade 2 0 2’ 3 7 1

Sid Hazzard 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Langton, Hardy, Myson, Kidd 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Harris, Trim, Ladd, Chambers 4 2 7 5

Ht3 Payne, Oates, Roger, Crutcher 5 1 12 6

Ht4 Langton, Slade, Gibson, Chambers 4 2 16 8

Ht5 Harris, Myson, Hardy, Ladd 3 3 19 11

Ht6 Oates, Payne, Trim, Slade 5 1 24 12

Ht7 Langton, Gibson, Crutcher, Roger 5 1 29 13

Ht8 Trim, Baxter, Harris, Hazzard 3 3 32 16

Ht9 Payne, Oates, Hardy, Myson 5 1 37 17

Ht10 Langton, Trim, Chambers, Baxter 3 3 40 20

Ht11 Ladd, Roger, Crutcher, Harris 3 3 43 23

Ht12 Hardy, Slade, Baxter, Oates 1 5 44 28

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Ht13 Gibson, Roger, Hazzard, Ladd 3 3 47 31

Ht14 Slade, Myson, Baxter, Payne 1 5 48 36

Reserves Scratch Race

1. Gibson (R) 2. Baxter (B) 3. Hazzard (Y) 4. Slade (W) 80.4

Tame Scratch Race

HT.1 1. Gibson (Y) 2. Langton (R) 3. Oates (B) 4. Myson (W) 80.0

HT.2. 1. Harris (R) 2. Chambers (Y) 3. Williams (B) 4. Hardy (W) 79.0

HT.3. 1. Roger (Y) 2. Payne (B) 3. Ladd (R) 4. Trim (W) 79.4

HT.4. 1. Orpwood (R) 2. Roach (Y) 3.Yates (W) 4. Dalton (B) 79.8

FINAL 1. Harris (B) 2. Roger (W) 3. Orpwood (Y) 4. Gibson (R) 78.2

Wednesday 23rd July 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 48 Wombwell Colliers 35 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 2’ 3 1’ 2 8 2

Charlie Oates 3 2 1’ 3 9 1

Vic Pitcher 1 0 0 1

Arthur Payne 3 3 3 3 12

Bill Harris 2 2 2 3 9

Jack Ladd 0 F 0 1 1

Ted Gibson 2’ 1’ 1 4 2

Jack Baxter 2 2’ 4 1

Wombwell

Len Tupling 1 2 3 0 6

Harry Modral 0 1’ 1 2 4 1

Harwood Pike 0 3 3 3 9

Red Hamley 2 1 X 0 3

Alf Elliott 1 0 1’ 0 2 1

Jeff Bishop 3 3 2 0 8

Reg Challenger 0 1 1

Stan Hodson 0 2 2

Ht1 Oates, Langton, Tupling, Modral 79.2 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Payne, Hamley, Pitcher, Pike 79.4 4 2 9 3

Ht3 Bishop, Harris, Elliott, Ladd 79.8 2 4 11 7

Ht4 Langton, Gibson, Hamley, Challenger 79.8 5 1 16 8

Ht5 Payne, Tupling, Modral, Pitcher 77.8 3 3 19 11

Ht6 Pike, Harris, Ladd (nf), Hamley (exc) 78.2 2 3 21 14

Ht7 Bishop, Oates, Langton, Elliott 79.0 3 3 24 17

Ht8 Pike, Baxter, Gibson, Hodson 77.8 3 3 27 20

Ht9 Tupling, Harris, Modral, Ladd 78.8 2 4 29 24

Ht10 Pike, Langton, Oates, Hamley 78.0 3 3 32 27

Ht11 Payne, Bishop, Elliott, Pitcher 78.8 3 3 35 30

Ht12 Harris, Baxter, Challenger, Tupling 78.8 5 1 40 31

Ht13 Payne, Hodson, Gibson, Elliott 78.8 4 2 44 33

Ht14 Oates, Modral, Ladd, Bishop 78.6 4 2 48 35

Track Record Attempt

Arthur Payne 77.2

Kettlebrook Scratch Race

Ht1 Yates, Baxter, Orpwood, Challenger 81.4

Ht2 Roach, Hodson, Gibson, Dalton 80.2

Final [Yates, Roach, Langton, Modral 78.2

Four Highest Scorers

Langton, [ Payne, Harris, Pike 81.2

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Four Runners Up

Modral, [ Bishop, Tupling, Baxter 79.4

Friday 25th July 1947 South Yorkshire Sports Stadium, Wombwell

Wombwell Colliers 54 Tamworth Hounds 42 (Midlands v South Cup)

Wombwell

Harwood Pike 2 3 3 3 3 14

Harry Modral 0 1 2’ 2’ 5 2

Len Tupling 0 3 3 3 2’ 11 1

Gerry Williams 2 0 1 2 5

Alf Elliott 2 2’ 2’ 1 7 2

Stan Hodson 0 3 3 3 9

Bernard Thomas 0 0 0 0

Reg Challenger 0 0 3 3

Tamworth

Steve Langton 3 2 1 3 9

Ted Gibson 1 1’ 0 1 3 1

Arthur Payne 3 1 1’ 0 5 1

Cyril Page 1 1’ 0 2 1

Bill Harris 3 2 0 3 8

Jack Ladd 1 0 2 3

Charlie Oates 2 2’ 0 1’ 5 2

Jack Baxter 2 1 1 2 6

Ht1 Langton, Pike, Gibson, Modral 85.4 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Payne, Williams, Page, Tupling 90.4 2 4 4 8

Ht3 Harris, Elliott, Ladd, Hodson 84.4 2 4 6 12

Ht4 Pike, Oates, Page, Thomas 88.0 3 3 9 15

Ht5 Tupling, Langton, Gibson, Williams 86.8 3 3 12 18

Ht6 Hodson, Elliott, Payne, Page 86.4 5 1 17 19

Ht7 Pike, Harris, Modral, Ladd 87.2 4 2 21 21

Ht8 Tupling, Baxter, Payne, Challenger 87.2 3 3 24 24

Ht9 Hodson, Elliott, Langton, Gibson 86.8 5 1 29 25

Ht10 Pike, Modral, Baxter, Payne 88.6 5 1 34 26

Ht11 Tuppling, Ladd, Williams, Harris 88.4 4 2 38 28

Ht12 Langton, Oates, Elliott, Challenger 89.0 1 5 39 33

Ht13 Harris, Williams, Baxter, Thomas 88.0 2 4 41 37

Ht14 Hodson, Modral, Gibson, Oates 88.2 5 1 46 38

Ht15 Challenger, Baxter, Oates, Thomas 90.0 3 3 49 41

Ht16 Pike, Tupling, Payne, Harris 86.6 5 1 54 42

Wednesday 30th July 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 33 Eastbourne Eagles 50 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 2 3 2 2 9

Charlie Oates 0 0 1’ 0 1 1

Bill Harris 1 2 3 2 8

Ted Gibson 0 0 0 1’ 1 1

Cyril Page F 2 F 0 2

Arthur Payne 2 0 1 3 6

Jack Baxter 1 2 3

Fred Yates 1 2 3

Eastbourne

Ken Tidbury 1 1 2’ 3 7 1

Jimmy Coy 3 3 3 2 11

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Wally Green 3 3 2 3 11

Jock Grierson 2’ 2 X 0 4 1

Harry Saunders 1 1 1 3 6

Basil Harris 3 3 3 1’ 10 1

Ron Clark 0 1 0

Dawson 0 0 0

Ht1 Coy, Langton, Tidbury, Oates 77.0 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Green, Grierson, B.Harris, Gibson 76.6 1 5 3 9

Ht3 Bas.Harris, Page, Saunders, Page (f) 76.6 2 4 5 13

Ht4 Langton, Grierson, Baxter, Clark 78.4 4 2 9 15

Ht5 Coy, B.Harris, Tidbury, Gibson 77.4 2 4 11 19

Ht6 Green, Page, Payne (f), Grierson (exc) 78.6 2 3 13 22

Ht7 Bas.Harris, Langton, Saunders (frmtd), Oates (f) 76.8 2 4 15 26

Ht8 B.Harris, Green, Yates, Dawson 76.6 4 2 19 28

Ht9 Coy, Tidbury, Payne, Page (f) 78.2 1 5 20 33

Ht10 Green, Langton, Oates, Grierson 77.0 3 3 23 36

Ht11 Bas.Harris, B.Harris, Saunders, Gibson 76.6 2 4 25 40

Ht12 Tidbury, Yates, Clark, Page 79.0 2 4 27 44

Ht13 Saunders, Baxter, Gibson, Dawson 79.6 3 3 30 47

Ht14 Payne, Coy, Bas.Harris, Oates 77.0 3 3 33 50

Match Race

Steve Langton bt Jimmy Coy 78.0

4 Highest Scorers

Green, Langton, Coy, Bas.Harris 86.0

4 Runners Up

[ B.Harris, Bas.Harris, Tidbury, Saunders ?

Glascote Scratch Race

Ht1 Dawson, Clark, Dalton, Page 79.0

Ht2 Yates, Baxter, Sivyer, Grierson 82.6

Final [Dawson, Yates, Green, ? ?

Monday 4th August 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 49 Cradley Heath Cubs 41 (Midlands v South Cup)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 2 X 2 1 5

Charlie Oates 1’ 1 3 1’ 6 2

Bill Harris 3 3 3 2 2’ 13 1

Fred Yates 0 0 1’ 3 4 1

Cyril Page 0 1 1 2

Arthur Payne 3 3 2’ 3 3 14 1

Jack Baxter 2 3 F 3 8

Jack Ladd 1 F 1 2

Cradley Heath

Les Beaumont 3 2 F 2’ 1 8 1

Frank Evans 0 1’ 1 2 4 1

Geoff Bennett 2 2 0 2 6

Ray Beaumont 1’ 3 F 0 4 1

Jimmy Wright 1’ 3 3 2 0 9 1

Eric Irons 2 F 0 0 2

Phil Malpass 1 3 F 4

Alan Hunt 2 1’ 2 5 1

Ht1 L.Beaumont, Langton, Oates, Evans 77.4 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Harris, Bennett, R.Beaumont, Yates 76.6 3 3 6 6

Ht3 Payne, Irons, Wright, Page 77.8 3 3 9 9

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Ht4 R.Beaumont, Baxter, Malpass, Langton (fexc) 78.8 2 4 11 13

Ht5 Harris, L.Beaumont, Evans, Yates 77.2 3 3 14 16

Ht6 Payne, Bennett, Page, R.Beaumont (f) 78.8 4 2 18 18

Ht7 Wright, Langton, Oates, Irons (f) 79.4 3 3 21 21

Ht8 Harris, Hunt, Ladd, Bennett 77.8 4 2 25 23

Ht9 Baxter, Payne, Evans, L.Beaumont (f) 80.2 5 1 30 24

Ht10 Oates, Bennett, Langton, R.Beaumont 79.4 4 2 34 26

Ht11 Wright, Harris, Yates, Irons 78.8 3 3 37 29

Ht12 Malpass, L.Beaumont, Page, Ladd (f) 81.4 1 5 38 34

Ht13 Yates, Wright, Hunt, Baxter (f) 79.6 3 3 41 37

Ht14 Payne, Evans, Oates, Irons 79.8 4 2 45 39

Ht15 Baxter, Hunt, Ladd, Malpass (f) 81.2 4 2 49 41

Ht16 Payne, Harris, L.Beaumont, Wright 78.2 5 1 54 42

Reserves Scratch Race Baxter, Ladd, Hunt, Malpass 80.2

Junior Match Race

Bill Dalton bt Ted Gibson 80.6

4 Highest Points Scorers

Harris, Beaumont, Payne, Wright 78.0

4 Runners Up

Bennett, Baxter, Oates, Hunt ?

Monday 4th August 1947 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heath Cubs 47 Tamworth Hounds 49 (Midlands v South Cup)

Cradley Heath

Les Beaumont 3 2 3 F 8

Frank Evans 0 2’ 1 0 3 1

Geoff Bennett 2 3 2 2 9

Ray Beaumont 1’ 2’ 1’ 3 7 2

Jimmy Wright 3 3 3 3 1 13

Eric Irons 0 1 0 1 2

Phil Malpass 1’ 0 1’ 2 2

Alan Hunt 1’ E 2 3 1

Tamworth

Steve Langton 2 1 2 1’ 6 1

Charlie Oates 1’ 0 1’ 2’ 4 3

Bill Harris 3 2 3 3 3 14

Fred Yates 0 F 0 0

Cyril Page 2 1 0 2 5

Arthur Payne 1’ E 3 3 2’ 9 1

Jack Baxter 3 2’ 2 F 7

Jack Ladd F 1’ 3 4 1

Ht1 L.Beaumont, Langton, Oates, Evans 80.4 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Harris, Bennett, R.Beaumont, Yates 80.2 3 3 6 6

Ht3 Wright, Page, payne, Irons 81.4 3 3 9 9

Ht4 Baxter, L.Beaumont, Malpass, Yates (f) 80.6 3 3 12 12

Ht5 Bennett, R.Beaumont, Langton, Oates 82.0 5 1 17 13

Ht6 Wright, Harris, Irons, Yates 80.6 4 2 21 15

Ht7 L.Beaumont, Evans, Page, Payne (ef) 82.6 5 1 26 16

Ht8 Harris, Bennett, Hunt, Ladd (f) 80.6 3 3 29 19

Ht9 Wright, Langton, Oates, Irons 81.4 3 3 32 22

Ht10 Harris, Baxter, Evans, L.Beaumont (f) 82.6 1 5 33 27

Ht11 Payne, Bennett, R.Beaumont, Page 82.0 3 3 36 30

Ht12 Wright, Baxter, langton, Hunt 81.8 3 3 39 33

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Ht13 R.Beaumont, Page, Ladd, Malpass 81.4 3 3 42 36

Ht14 Payne, Oates, Irons, Evans 82.4 1 5 43 41

Ht15 Ladd, Hunt, Malpass, Baxter (f) 85.4 3 3 46 44

Ht16 Harris, Payne, Wright, Bennett 80.0 1 5 47 49

Tuesday 5th August 1947 Bannister Court, Southampton

Southampton Saints 48 Tamworth Hounds 35 (National League Division Three)

Southampton

George Bason 3 3 1*2 9 1 4

Jim Squibb 0 2 1*2 5 1 4

Bob Oakley 3 3 3 3 12 0 4

Pete Lansdale 2*1 2*1* 6 3 4

Peter Robinson 2 3 3 3 11 0 4

Bert Croucher 1*1 1 0 3 1 4

Bill Griffiths 0 2 2 0 2

Matt Hall 0 0 0 0 2

Tamworth

Steve Langton 0 2 2 2 6 0 4

Charlie Oates 2 0 0 2 0 3

Bill Harris 1 2 2 3 8 0 4

Ted Gibson 0 1*0 1 1 3

Cyril Page 0 0 3 3 0 3

Arthur Payne 3 3 0 3 9 0 4

Jack Baxter 2 0 1*1 4 1 4

Fred Yates 1*1 0 2 1 3

1 George Bason, Charlie Oates, Jim Squibb(et), Steve Langton(et) 79.4 3 – 2 3 – 2

2 Bob Oakley, Pete Lansdale, Bill Harris, Ted Gibson 73.8 5 – 1 8 – 3

3 Arthur Payne, Peter Robinson, Bert Croucher, Cyril Page 75.4 3 – 3 11 – 6

4 George Bason, Jack Baxter, Ted Gibson, Bill Griffiths 79.4 3 – 3 14 – 9

5 Bob Oakley, Steve Langton, Pete Lansdale, Charlie Oates 76.6 4 – 2 18 – 11

6 Peter Robinson, Bill Harris, Bert Croucher, Jack Baxter 73.4 4 – 2 22 – 13

7 Arthur Payne, Jim Squibb, George Bason, Cyril Page 75.8 3 – 3 25 – 16

8 Bob Oakley, Bill Harris, Fred Yates, Matt Hall 76.8 3 – 3 28 – 19

9 Peter Robinson, Steve Langton, Bert Croucher, Charlie Oates 75 4 – 2 32 – 21

10 Bill Harris, George Bason, Jim Squibb, Ted Gibson 75.8 3 – 3 35 – 24

11 Bob Oakley, Pete Lansdale, Fred Yates, Arthur Payne 77 5 – 1 40 – 25

12 Peter Robinson, Steve Langton, Jack Baxter, Matt Hall 75.4 3 – 3 43 – 28

13 Cyril Page, Bill Griffiths, Pete Lansdale, Fred Yates 77.8 3 – 3 46 – 31

14 Arthur Payne, Jim Squibb, Jack Baxter, Bert Croucher 74.4 2 – 4 48 – 35

Wednesday 6th August 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 50 Southampton Saints 34 (National league Division Three)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 3 3 2 1* 9 1 4

Charlie Oates 1 1*2 1 5 1 4

Ted Gibson 2 2*3 1* 8 2 4

Bill Harris 1*3 2 2 8 1 4

Cyril Page 3 1*3 3 10 1 4

Arthur Payne 1 2 0 3 6 0 4

Jack Baxter 2*1* 3 2 2

Fred Yates 1 0 1 0 2

Southampton

George Bason 0 0 2 2 4 0 4

Jim Squibb 2 1 1*2 6 1 4

Bob Oakley 3 3 2 3 11 0 4

Pete Lansdale 0 1 0 0 1 0 4

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Peter Robinson 2 3 3 3 11 0 4

Bert Croucher 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

Bill Griffiths 0 1* 1 1 2

Matt Hall 0 0 0 0 2

1 Steve Langton, Jim Squibb, Charlie Oates, George Bason 79 4 – 2 4 – 2

2 Bob Oakley, Ted Gibson, Bill Harris, Pete Lansdale 77.6 3 – 3 7 – 5

3 Cyril Page, Peter Robinson, Arthur Payne, Bert Croucher 78 4 – 2 11 – 7

4 Steve Langton, Jack Baxter, Pete Lansdale, Bill Griffiths 79 5 – 1 16 – 8

5 Bill Harris, Ted Gibson, Jim Squibb, George Bason 76.8 5 – 1 21 – 9

6 Bob Oakley, Arthur Payne, Cyril Page, Pete Lansdale 76.8 3 – 3 24 – 12

7 Peter Robinson, Steve Langton, Charlie Oates, Bert Croucher 76.8 3 – 3 27 – 15

8 Ted Gibson, Bob Oakley, Fred Yates, Matt Hall 78 4 – 2 31 – 17

9 Cyril Page, George Bason, Jim Squibb, Arthur Payne 78.2 3 – 3 34 – 20

10 Bob Oakley, Charlie Oates, Steve Langton, Pete Lansdale 77.4 3 – 3 37 – 23

11 Peter Robinson, Bill Harris, Ted Gibson, Bert Croucher 76.8 3 – 3 40 – 26

12 Cyril Page, George Bason, Bill Griffiths, Fred Yates 78.6 3 – 3 43 – 29

13 Peter Robinson, Bill Harris, Jack Baxter, Matt Hall 77 3 – 3 46 – 32

14 Arthur Payne, Jim Squibb, Charlie Oates, Bert Croucher 78.8 4 – 2 50 – 34

Monday 11th August 1947 County Ground, Exeter

Exeter Falcons 47 Tamworth Hounds 37 (National League Division Three)

Exeter

Don Hardy 0 3 2’ 2’ 7 2

Cyril Roger 3 3 3 3 12

Les Trim 0 0 0 0

John Myson 2 2 1’ 3 8 1

Allan Chambers 2 1’ 2 3 8 1

Tom Crutcher 1’ 2 1’ 1 5 2

Bill Williams 0 0 0

Sid Hazzard 3 2 2’ 7 1

Tamworth

Steve Langton 2 3 3 0 8

Charlie Oates 1’ 1 0 0 2 1

Ted Gibson 1 0 1’ 1 3 1

Bill Harris 3 2 3 0 8

Cyril Page 0 0 0

Arthur Payne 3 0 3 2 8

Jack Baxter 1’ 1 1 1’ 4 2

Fred Yates 2 2 4

Ht1 Roger, Langton, Oates, Hardy 85.2 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Harris, Myson, Gibson, Trim 83.8 2 4 5 7

Ht3 Payne, Chambers, Crutcher, Page 85.0 3 3 8 10

Ht4 Hardy, Harris, Baxter, Williams 84.6 3 3 11 13

Ht5 Langton, Myson, Oates, Trim 88.0 2 4 13 17

Ht6 Harris, Crutcher, Chambers, Gibson 83.8 3 3 16 20

Ht7 Roger, Hardy, Baxter, Payne 85.8 5 1 21 21

Ht8 Hazzard, Yates, Gibson, Trim 88.6 3 3 24 24

Ht9 Langton, Chambers, Crutcher, Oates 87.0 3 3 27 27

Ht10 Roger, Hardy, Gibson, Harris 86.0 5 1 32 28

Ht11 Payne, Hazzard, Myson, Page 88.0 3 3 35 31

Ht12 Chambers, Hazzard, Baxter, Langton 86.8 5 1 40 32

Ht13 Myson, Yates, Baxter, Williams 92.0 3 3 43 35

Ht14 Roger, Payne, Crutcher, Oates 83.4 4 2 47 37

Wednesday 13th August 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 50 Exeter Falcons 34 (National League Division Three)

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Tamworth

Steve Langton 0 1 0 2’ 3 1

Charlie Oates 3 2 3 1 9

Ted Gibson 2’ 3 3 1’ 9 2

Bill Harris 3 1 2 2 8

Cyril Page 1’ 3 1’ 2 7 2

Arthur Payne 2 2 3 7

Jack Baxter 3 2’ 1’ 6 2

Jack Ladd 0 1’ 1 1

Exeter

Don Hardy 2 2 3 3 10

Arthur Pilgrim 1’ 0 0 2 3 1

Allan Chambers 0 2 1 1 4

John Myson 1 2 1’ 0 4 1

Cyril Roger 3 3 3 3 12

Tom Crutcher 0 1 0 1

Sid Davey F 0 0

Sid Hazzard 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Oates, Hardy, Pilgrim, Langton 78.0 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Harris, Gibson, Myson, Chambers 77.4 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Roger, Payne, Page, Crutcher 77.0 3 3 11 7

Ht4 Baxter, Myson, Langton Davey (f) 80.6 4 2 15 9

Ht5 Gibson, Hardy, Harris, Pilgrim 77.6 4 2 19 11

Ht6 Page, Chambers, Myson, Ladd 78.8 3 3 22 14

Ht7 Roger, Oates, Crutcher, Langton 76.2 2 4 24 18

Ht8 Gibson, Baxter, Chambers, Hazzard 78.8 5 1 29 19

Ht9 Hardy, Payne, Page, Pilgrim 78.0 3 3 32 22

Ht10 Oates, Langton, Chambers, Myson 78.2 5 1 37 23

Ht11 Roger, Harris, Gibson, Hazzard 76.4 3 3 40 26

Ht12 Hardy, Page, Ladd, Davey 77.8 3 3 43 29

Ht13 Roger, Harris, Baxter, Hazzard 76.8 3 3 46 32

Ht14 Payne, Pilgrim, Oates, Crutcher 78.0 4 2 50 34

Match Race (Highest Scorers)

Cyril Roger bt Ted Gibson 76.2

Stadium Scratch Race

Ht1 Page, Ladd, Langton, Chambers 78.0

Ht2 Baxter, Hazzard, Yates (nf), Dalton (nf) 81.2

Ht3 Roger, Harris, Oates (nf), Hardy (nf) 76.2

Ht4 Payne, Pilgrim, Myson, Simms 78.8

Final Page, Roger, Payne, Baxter 77.2

Saturday 16th August 1947 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heath Cubs 35 Tamworth Hounds 48 (National League Division Three)

Cradley Heath

Les Beaumont 3 2 2 3 10

Frank Evans E 0 0 1 1

Geoff Bennett E 3 3 2 8

Ray Beaumont E 2’ 1’ 3 6 2

Jimmy Wright 1 3 3 1 8

Bob Fletcher E 0 0

Phil Malpass 1’ 0 1 F 2 1

Alan Hunt 0 F 0

Tamworth

Steve Langton 1’ 0 1’ 3 5 2

Charlie Oates 2 1 2 2’ 7 1

Bill Harris 3 2 2 2 9

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Ted Gibson 2’ 3 1’ 1’ 7 3

Cyril Page 2’ 1 0 0 3 1

Arthur Payne 3 3 3 3 12

Jack Baxter 0 2’ 2 1

Bill Dalton 1’ 2 3 1

Ht1 L.Beaumont, Oates, Langton, Evans (ef) 81.6 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Harris, Gibson, Bennett (ef), R.Beaumont (ef) 82.2 0 5 3 8

Ht3 Payne, Page, Wright, Fletcher (ef) 82.2 1 4 4 13

Ht4 Gibson, L.Beaumont, Malpass, Baxter 80.4 3 3 7 16

Ht5 Bennett, R.Beaumont, Oates, Langton 80.0 5 1 12 17

Ht6 Wright, Harris, Gibson, Fletcher 82.0 3 3 15 20

Ht7 Payne, L.Beaumont, Page, Evans 82.4 2 4 17 24

Ht8 Bennett, Harris, Dalton, Hunt 80.0 3 3 20 27

Ht9 Wright, Oates, Langton, Malpass 82.6 3 3 23 30

Ht10 L.Beaumont, Harris, Gibson, Evans 80.4 3 3 26 33

Ht11 Payne, Bennett, R.Beaumont, Page 80.8 3 3 29 36

Ht12 Langton, Naxter, Wright, Hunt (f) 83/2 1 5 30 41

Ht13 R.Beaumont, Dalton, Malpass, Page 80.6 4 2 34 43

Ht14 Payne, Oates, Evans, Malpass (f) 79.8 1 5 35 48

Wednesday 20th August 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 41 Cradley Heath Cubs 43 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 2 1 1’ E 4 1

Charlie Oates 0 2 2 0 4

Ted Gibson 2’ 1 3 2 8 1

Bill Harris 3 3 1’ 2 9 1

Cyril Page 2 2 1’ 2 7 1

Arthur Payne F 0 2 3 5

Jack Bazter 3 1’ 4 1

Jack Kidd E 0 0

Cradley Heath

Les Beaumont 3 2 3 3 11

Frank Evans 1 0 0 2 3

Geoff Bennett 1 3 1’ 3 8 1

Ray Beaumont F 0 1 1 2

Jimmy Wright 3 3 3 3 12

Bob Flecther 1 0 0 1’ 2 1

Alan Hunt 2 1 3

Phil Malpass 2 0 2

Ht1 L.Beaumont, Langton, Evans, Oates 80.2 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Harris, Gibson, Bennett, R.Beaumont (f) 78.2 5 1 7 5

Ht3 Wright, Page, Fletcher, Payne (f) 78.4 2 4 9 9

Ht4 Baxter, Hunt, Langton, R.Beaumont 80.2 4 2 13 11

Ht5 Harris, L.Beaumont, Gibson, Evans 78.6 4 2 17 13

Ht6 Bennett, Page, R.Beaumont, Payne 80.2 2 4 19 17

Ht7 Wright, Oates, Langton, Fletcher 79.6 3 3 22 20

Ht8 Gibson, Malpass, Bennett, Kidd (ef) 79.2 3 3 25 23

Ht9 L.Beaumont, Payne, Page, Evans 77.6 3 3 28 26

Ht10 Bennett, Oates, R.Beaumont, Langton (ef) 79.6 2 4 30 30

Ht11 Wright, Gibson, Harris, Fletcher 78.2 3 3 33 33

Ht12 L.Beaumont, Page, Hunt, Kidd 78.2 2 4 35 37

Ht13 Wright, Harris, Baxter, Malpass 78.6 3 3 38 40

Ht14 Payne, Evans, Fletcher, Oates 78.0 3 3 41 43

Special Scratch Race

Dalton, Hunt, Howard Chipman, Ladd 79.8

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Glascote Scratch Race

Ht1 L.Beaumont, Oates, Langton, Fletcher 78.2

Ht2 Wright, Gibson, R.Beaumont, Payne (bs) 76.8

Ht3 Page, Harris, Bennett, Evans 78.6

Ht4 Malpass, Dalton, Baxter, Kidd (ns) 78.4

Final Wright, Page, Malpass, L.Beaumont (f) 78.4

Thursday 21st August 1947 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke

Wombwell Colliers 30 Tamworth Hounds 51 (Challenge)

Wombwell

Len Tupling 2 0 2 2 6

Red Hamley 1’ 1’ 0 2 4 2

Harwood Pike 2 3 2 F 7

Harry Modral 1’ 0 1 1

Alf Elliott 2 F 2

Cliff Crothers 0 0 0 0

Jeff Bishop 3 F 3 F 6

Bert Thomas 1’ 2 0 1 4 1

Tamworth

Arthur Payne F 0 0

Bill Dalton 3 2 3 3 11

Ted Gibson 3 3 3 3 12

Jack Baxter 0 2 2’ 1 5 1

Cyril Page 3 3 3 3 12

Charlie Oates 1 0 2’ 1 4 1

Jack Kidd 0 1’ 2’ 3 2

Howard Chipman 1’ 1 2 4 2

Ht1 Dalton, Tupling, Hamley, Payne (f) 84.0 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Gibson, Pike, Modral, Baxter 82.2 3 3 6 6

Ht3 Page, Elliott, Oates, Crothers 82.2 2 4 8 10

Ht4 Bishop, Baxter, Chipman, Tupling 88.8 3 3 11 13

Ht5 Pike, Dalton, Modral (nf), Payne (nf) 85.6 3 2 14 15

Ht6 Gibson, Baxter, Elliott (f), Bishop (nf) 83.0 0 5 15 20

Ht7 Page, Tupling, Hamley, Oates 84.8 2 4 17 24

Ht8 Gibson, Pike, Thomas, Kidd 82.8 3 3 20 27

Ht9 Dalton, Thomas, Chipman, Crothers 88.2 2 4 22 30

Ht10 Gibson, Tupling, Baxter, Hamley 84.4 2 4 24 34

Ht11 Page, Oates, Pike, Modral (ns) 85.8 0 5 24 39

Ht12 Bishop, Chipman, Kidd, Thomas 88.2 3 3 27 42

Ht13 Page, Kidd, Thomas, Bishop (f) 85.8 1 5 28 47

Ht14 Dalton, Hamley, Oates, Crothers (exc) 90.4 2 4 30 51

Wednesday 27th August 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 54 Plymouth Devils 29 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 3 3 2 3 11

Charlie Oates 1 1’ F 2 1

Ted Gibson 2’ 1’ 3 0 6 2

Bill Harris 3 2 3 3 11

Cyril Page 3 3 1 3 10

Arthur Payne 2’ F 3 3 8 1

Jack Baxter 1 2’ 1 4 1

Bill Dalton 0 2’ 2 1

Plymouth

Billy Newell 0 0 0 0 0

Stan Lanfear 2 3 2 F 7

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Len read 0 1’ 1’ 0 2 2

Charlie Challis 1 2 2 1 6

Ivan Kessell 0 F 1’ 2 3 1

Alex Gray 1 3 2 2 8

Harold Sharpe 0 1 1

Jack Milross 2 0 2

Ht1 Langton, Lanfear, Oates, Newell 76.8 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Harris, Gibson, Challis, Read 78.3 5 1 9 3

Ht3 Page, Payne, Gray, Kessell 77.6 5 1 14 4

Ht4 Langton, Challis, Baxter, Sharpe 76.6 4 2 18 6

Ht5 Lanfear, Harris, Gibson, Newell 78.2 3 3 21 9

Ht6 Page, Challis, Read, Payne (f) 78.8 3 3 24 12

Ht7 Gray, Langton, Oates, Kessell (f) 77.2 3 3 27 15

Ht8 Gibson, Milross, Read, Dalton 79.5 3 3 30 18

Ht9 Payne, Lanfear, Page, Newell 77.5 4 2 34 20

Ht10 Langton, Baxter, Challis, Read 78.2 5 1 39 21

Ht11 Harris, Gray, Kessell, Gibson 77.8 3 3 42 24

Ht12 Page, Dalton, Sharpe, Newell 78.6 5 1 47 25

Ht13 Harris, Kessell, Baxter, Milross 81.0 4 2 51 27

Ht14 Payne, Lanfear, Oates (f), Gray (f) 77.8 3 2 54 29

Linden Smith-Thompson Match Race

Arthur Payne bt Bill Harris 77.4

Special Match Race

Jack Kidd bt Howard Chipman ?

Mile Oak Scratch Race

Ht1 Page, Langton, Challis, Newell 76.8

Ht2 Lanfear, Gibson, Read, Payne 77.0

Ht3 Gray, Harris, Baxter, Kessell 77.0

Ht4 Dalton, Oates, Milross, Sharp 77.8

Final Page, Lanfear, Gray, Dalton 76.8

Thursday 28th August 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth

Plymouth Devils 44 Tamworth Hounds 40 (National League Division Three)

Pymouth

Billy Newell 0 3 1 1 5

Stan Lanfear 2 3 2 2 9

Len Read 0 1 2 1’ 4 1

Charlie Challis 2 3 2 3 10

Alex Gray 1 2 2’ 2 7 1

Ivan Kessell 3 0 3 1’ 7 1

Harold Sharpe 2’ 0 2 1

Jack Milross 0 0 0

Tamworth

Steve Langton 3 2 1 3 9

Charlie Oates 1 0 0 0 1

Ted Gibson 3 1 3 0 7

Bill Harris 1 E 3 3 7

Cyril Page 0 0 2 2

Arthur Payne 2 2 3 3 10

Jack Baxter 1 1 2

Bill Dalton 1 0 1’ 2 1

Ht1 Langton, Lanfear, Oates, Newell 83.4 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Gibson, Challis, Harris, Read 83.4 2 4 4 8

Ht3 Kessell, Payne, Gray, Page 85.0 4 2 8 10

Ht4 Newell, Sharpe, Baxter, Harris (ef) 85.8 5 1 13 11

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Ht5 Challis, Langton, Read, Oates 85.2 4 2 17 13

Ht6 Harris, Gray, Gibson, Kessell (f) 82.4 2 4 19 17

Ht7 Lanfear, Payne, Newell, Page 83.2 4 2 23 19

Ht8 Gibson, Read, Dalton, Milross 84.2 2 4 25 23

Ht9 Kessell, Gray, Langton, Oates 84.4 5 1 30 24

Ht10 Harris, Lanfear, Newell, Gibson 83.6 3 3 33 27

Ht11 Payne, Challis, Read, Dalton 83.6 3 3 36 30

Ht12 Langton, Gray, Baxter, Milross 84.8 2 4 38 34

Ht13 Challis, Page, Dalton, Sharpe 85.2 3 3 41 37

Ht14 Payne, Lanfear, Kessell, Oates (f) 83.4 3 3 44 40

Sunday 31st August 1947 Eastfield Grass Track, Peterborough

Peterborough v Tamworth (Challenge)

Sunday 31st August 1947 Eastfield Grass Speed Track, Peterborough

Peterborough 53 Tamworth Hounds 31

Peterborough

Wilf Plant 3 3 3 3 12

Leo Stanger 1 1 1 1 4

Geoff Geoff 3 3 3 3 12

Buster Yeomans 2’ 2’ 2’ 1 7 3

Bill Wilson 3 3 3 3 12

Tip Mills 0 X X 1 1

Ted Rawlinson 2 3 5

Bert Rawlinson 0 F 0 0

Tamworth

Steve Langton 2 2 0 0 4

Bill Dalton 0 1’ 1 2 4 1

Ted Gibson 1 3 2 1’ 2 9 1

Bill Harris 0 0 2 0 2

Arthur Payne 2 1 2 2 7

Charlie Oates 1’ 0 0 0 1 1

Jack Baxter 1 1’ 2 4 1

Jack Kidd DNR

Ht1 Plant, Langton, Stanger, Dalton 80.2 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Godwin, Yeomans, Gibson, Harris 79.8 5 1 9 3

Ht3 Wilson, Payne, Oates, Mills 81.6 3 3 12 6

Ht4 Gibson, T.Rawlinson, Baxter, B.Rawlinson 81.4 2 4 14 10

Ht5 Plant, Gibson, Stanger, Harris 80.0 4 2 18 12

Ht6 Godwin, Yeomans, Payne, Oates 81.0 5 1 23 13

Ht7 Wilson, Langton, Dalton, Mills (ef) 82.4 3 3 26 16

Ht8 T.Rawlinson, Harris, Baxter, B.Rawlinson (f) 82.6 3 3 29 19

Ht9 Plant, Payne, Stanger, Oates 80.6 4 2 33 21

Ht10 Godwin, Yeomans, Dalton, Langton 81.0 5 1 38 22

Ht11 Wilson, Gibson, Baxter, Mills (exc) 82.0 3 3 41 25

Ht12 Godwin, Payne, Yeomans, Oates 80.8 4 2 45 27

Ht13 Wilson, Dalton, Mills, Langton 82.2 4 2 49 29

Ht14 Plant, Gibson, Stanger, Harris 80.8 4 2 53 31

Wednesday 3rd September 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 46 Stoke Potters 38 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 2 2 3 2 9

Jack Baxter 1’ 2’ 1’ 0 4 3

Ted Gibson 2 2 1 1 6

Bill Harris 0 0 0 3 3

Cyril Page 1 2 3 3 9

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Arthur Payne 3 1’ 1 3 8 1

Charlie Oates 0 2 1 3

Bill Dalton 3 2’ 5 1

Stoke

Dick Howard 0 1 0 0 1

Dave Anderson 3 3 2 2 10

Reg Gregory 1 0 2 3 6

Vic Pitcher 3 3 3 0 9

Les Jenkins 2 2 0 0 2

George Fisher 0 1 1

Gil Blake 1 3 1 1’ 6 1

Bert Danner 0 1 1

Ht1 Anderson, Langton, Baxter, Howard 77.0 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Pitcher, Gibson, Gregory, Harris 76.6 2 4 5 7

Ht3 Payne, Jenkins, Page, Fisher 77.0 4 2 9 9

Ht4 Pitcher, Langton, Blake, Oates 77.8 2 4 11 13

Ht5 Anderson, Gibson, Howard, Harris 77.8 2 4 13 17

Ht6 Pitcher, Page, Payne, Gregory 77.2 3 3 16 20

Ht7 Langton, Baxter, Fisher, Jenkins (nf) 79.4 5 1 21 21

Ht8 Dalton, Gregory, Gibson, Danner 78.4 4 2 25 23

Ht9 Page, Anderson, Payne, Howard (nf) 78.0 4 2 29 25

Ht10 Gregory, Langton, Baxter, Pitcher (nf) 78.2 3 3 32 28

Ht11 Blake, Jenkins, Gibson, Harris 79.0 1 5 33 33

Ht12 Page, Dalton, Blake, Howard 79.4 5 1 38 34

Ht13 Harris, Oates, Danner, Jenkins (nf) 79.0 5 1 43 35

Ht14 Payne, Anderson, Blake, Baxter 77.0 3 3 46 38

Junior Race

Blake, A. Butler, Danner, Chipman 79.0

Kettlebrook Scratch Race

Ht1 Gregory, Page, Langton, Anderson 79.0

Ht2 Gibson, Harris, Oates (nf), Howard (nf) ?

Ht3 Payne, Baxter, Danner, Fisher ?

Ht4 Dalton, J.Kidd, Chipman, Butler 80.0

Final Payne, Gregory, Gibson, Dalton ?

Thursday 4th September 1947 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke

Stoke Potters 35 Tamworth Hounds 49 (National League Division Three)

Stoke

Reg Gregory 1 2 3 2 8

Dave Anderson 3 2’ 1 0 6 1

Gil Blake 0 1 1 0 2

Dick Howard 3 3 2 3 11

Les Jenkins X X 3 2 5

George Fisher 1 1 0 1 3

Brian Gorman 0 0 0

Bert Danner 0 0 0

Tamworth

Steve Langton 2 2 2 1 7

Charlie Oates 0 0 0

Ted Gibson 1’ 2’ 2’ F 5 3

Bill Harris 2 3 3 8

Cyril Page 3 0 1 1’ 5 1

Arthur Payne 2’ 1 3 3 9 1

Jack Baxter 1 1’ 3 5 1

Bill Dalton 3 3 2 2’ 10 1

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Ht1 Anderson, Langton, Gregory, Oates 79.8 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Howard, Harris, Gibson, Blake 81.4 3 3 7 5

Ht3 Page, Payne, Fisher, Jenkins (exc) 83.0 1 5 8 10

Ht4 Harris, Gregory, Baxter, Gorman 81.2 2 4 10 14

Ht5 Howard, Langton, Blake, Oates 81.8 4 2 14 16

Ht6 Dalton, Gibson, Fisher, Jenkins (exc) 84.8 1 5 15 21

Ht7 Gregory, Anderson, Payne, Page 82.8 5 1 20 22

Ht8 Dalton, Gibson, Blake, Danner 82.8 1 5 21 27

Ht9 Jenkins, Langton, Baxter, Fisher 93.2 3 3 24 30

Ht10 Harris, Gregory, Anderson, Gibson 82.4 3 3 27 33

Ht11 Payne, Howard, Page, Blake 81.8 2 4 29 37

Ht12 Baxter, Jenkins, Langton, Danner 83.8 2 4 31 41

Ht13 Howard, Dalton, Page, Gorman 81.6 3 3 34 44

Ht14 Payne, Dalton, Fisher, Anderson 82.4 1 5 35 49

Wednesday 10th September 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Midland Riders Championship

Steve Langton 3 3 3 3 2 14

Bill Harris 3 1 1 3 2 10

Cyril Page 3 0 2 1 1 7

Arthur Payne 3 2 3 1 3 12

Jack Baxter 1 0 1 2 0 4

Bill Dalton 2 3 2 2 2 11

Charlie Oates 0 F 0 0 0

Len Tupling 2 2 2 0 2 8

Fred Yates 1 E 0 E 0 1

Stan Beardsall E 3 3 3 3 12

Reg Gregory 2 0 0 0 1 3

Dave Anderson 0 2 1 1 1 5

Les Jenkins 1 1 1 E 3 6

Les Beaumont 2 2 3 3 3 13

Geoff Bennett 1 3 2 2 1 9

Jimmy Wright E 1 0 2 0 3

Peter Orpwood (res) 0 0

Ht1 Langton, Beaumont, Jenkins, Beardall (ef) 77.2

Ht2Harris, Tupling, Bennett, Anderson 78.2

Ht3 Payne, Gregory, Yates, Wright (ef) 78.2

Ht4 Page, Dalton, Baxter, Oates 78.4

Ht5 Beardsall, Payne, Harris, page 75.4*

Ht6 Langton, Tupling, Oates (f), Yates (ef) 77.8

Ht7 Dalton, Anderson, Jenkins, Gregory 76.8

Ht8 Bennett, L.Beaumont, Wright, Baxter 76.8

Ht9 Beardsall, Tupling, Baxter, Gregory 75.8

Ht10 Langton, Dalton, Harris, Wright 76.8

Ht11 Beardsall, Wright, Anderson, Oates 75.6

Ht12 Beaumont, Page, Anderson, Yates 76.8

Ht13 Payne, Bennett, Jenkins, Oates 76.2

Ht14 Langton, Bennett, Page, Gregory 76.8

Ht15 Harris, Baxter, Jenkins (ef), Yates (ef) 77.4

Ht16 Beaumont, Dalton, Payne, Tupling 76.6

Ht17 Beardsall, Dalton, Bennett, Yates 75.8

Ht18 Payne, Langton, Anderson, Baxter 75.2*

Ht19 Jenkins, Tupling, Page, Wright 77.4

Ht20 L. Beaumont, Harris, Gregory, Orpwood 77.4

Special Scratch Race

Ron Roach, Orpwood, Fred Yates, Jack Kidd 78.6

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Wednesday 17th September 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 54 Wombwell Colliers 30 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 3 3 3 3 12

Jack Baxter 2’ 2’ 0 3 7 2

Bill Harris 2 3 3 3 11

Bill Dalton 1’ 2’ 2’ E 5 3

Cyril Page 3 0 2 2 7

Arthur Payne 2’ 3 0 2’ 7 2

Charlie Oates 1 2 3

Ron Roach 1 1’ 2 1

Wombwell

Harwood Pike 1 1 3 0 5

Jeff Bishop 0 0 1 1 2

Stan Beardsall 0 2 2 1’ 5 1

Red Hamley 3 2 1’ 2 8 1

Alf Elliott 0 1 0 1 2

Len Tupling 1 0 1 E 2

Bernard Tennant 0 3 3

Bert Lacey 0 3 3

Ht1 Langton, Baxter, Pike, Bishop 77.0 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Hamley, Harris, Dalton, Beardsall 76.8 3 3 8 4

Ht3 Page, Payne, Tupling, Elliott 78.2 5 1 13 5

Ht4 Langton, Hamley, Oates, Tennant 77.6 4 2 17 7

Ht5 Harris, Dalton, Pike, Bishop 78.4 5 1 22 8

Ht6Payne, Beardsall, Hamley, Page 76.6 3 3 25 11

Ht7 Langton, Baxter, Elliott, Tupling 77.0 5 1 30 12

Ht8 Harris, Beardsall, Roach, Lacey 77.2 4 2 34 14

Ht9 Pike, Page, Bishop, Payne 76.8 2 4 36 18

Ht10 Langton, Hamley, Beardsall, Baxter 77.0 3 3 39 21

Ht11 Harris, Dalton, Tupling, Elliott 77.8 5 1 44 22

Ht12 Tennantm Page, Roach, Pike 77.4 3 3 47 25

Ht13 Lacey, Oates, Elliott, Dalton (ef) 78.4 2 4 49 29

Ht14 Baxter, Payne, Bishop, Tupling 78.0 5 1 54 30

Reserves Scratch Race:

Bert Lacey (Y), Charlie Oates (R), Ron Roach (B), illegible (W),?

(Ken Allick was programmed in W.)

Match Race Additional Race Not programmed

Stan Beardsall awarded race Arthur Payne bowled Beardsall down NT

Peel Scratch Race

Heat 16: Steve Langton (R), Ron Roach (B), Red Hamley (Y), Geoff Bishop (W), 77.0.

Heat 17: Jack Baxter (B), Charlie Oates (R), Bert Lacey (W), J.White (Y), 78.0.

Heat 18: Bernard Tennant (W), ? (B), Jack Kidd (R), Howard Chipman (Y), 78.8.

Heat 19: Cyril Page (B), Bill Harris (R), Alf Elliott (Y), Len Tupling (W), 77.2.

Final: Steve Langton (R), Cyril Page (Y), Jack Baxter (B), Bernard Tennant (W), ?

Saturday 20th September 1947 Arlington Stadium, Eastbourne

Eastbourne Eagles 44 Tamworth Hounds 39 (National League Division Three)

Eastbourne

Ken Tidbury 1 1’ 0 2 4 1

Jimmy Coy 0 0 1’ 0 1 1

Wally Green 2’ 1 3 2’ 8 2

Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12

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Allan Briggs 1 1 0 0 2

Basil Harris 3 3 3 3 12

Harry Saunders 2 0 2

Ron Clark 0 3 3

Tamworth

Jack Baxter 2’ 0 1’ 2 5 2

Steve Langton 3 2 2 2 9

Bill Dalton 1 0 1’ 0 2 1

Bill Harris 0 3 2 3 8

Cyril Page 2 3 0 1’ 6 1

Arthur Payne 0 2’ 1 1’ 4 2

Charlie Oates 0 1’ 1 1

Ron Roach 2 2 4

Ht1 Langton, Baxter, Tidbury, Coy 89.6 1 5 1 5

Ht2 Grierson, Green, Dalton, Harris 87.8 5 1 6 6

Ht3 Bas.Harris, Page, Briggs, Payne 89.2 4 2 10 8

Ht4 B.Harris, Saunders, Tidbury, Oates 87.8 3 3 13 11

Ht5 Grierson, Langton, Green, Baxter 85.8 4 2 17 13

Ht6 Bas.Harris, B.Harris, Briggs, Dalton 88.2 4 2 21 15

Ht7 Page, Payne, Tidbury (nf), Coy (nf) 88.2 0 5 21 20

Ht8 Green, Roach, Dalton, Clark 88.2 3 3 24 23

Ht9 Bas.Harris, Lagton, Baxter, Briggs 82.0 3 3 27 26

Ht10B.Harris, Tidbury, Coy, Dalton 87.0 3 3 30 29

Ht11 Grierson, Green, Payne, Page 84.0 5 1 35 30

Ht12 Clark, Baxter, Oates, Briggs 83.2 3 3 38 33

Ht13 Grierson, Roach, Page, Saunders 83.2 3 3 41 36

Ht14 Bas.Harris, Langton, Payne, Coy 81.4 3 3 44 39

Wednesday 24th September 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 51 The Rest 33 (Challenge)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 2 2 3 3 10

Jack Baxter 1’ 2’ 0 2’ 5 3

Bill Harris 0 2’ 3 2’ 7 2

Bill Dalton 2 3 3 3 11

Cyril Page 0 0 3 3 6

Arthur Payne 2 3 2’ 3 10 1

Charlie Oates 0 1 1

Ron Roach 1 0 1

The Rest

Les Beaumont 0 0 0 0

Len Tupling 3 1 1 1 6

Cyril Roger 3 2 0 5

Dave Anderson 1 1’ 1’ 3 2

Alf Kaines 3 1 1 0 5

Peter Orpwood 1 0 0 0 1

Jimmy Squibb 1 2 1’ 4 1

Reg Gregory 3 2 2 2 9

Ht1 Tupling, Langton, Baxter Beaumont 77.2 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Roger, Dalton, Anderson, Harris 77.4 2 4 5 7

Ht3 Kaines, Payne, Orpwood, Page 77.2 2 4 7 11

Ht4 Gregory, Langton, Squibb, Oates 78.0 2 4 9 15

Ht5 Dalton, Harris, Tupling, Beaumont 77.4 5 1 14 16

Ht6 Payne, Roger, Anderson, Page 77.8 3 3 17 19

Ht7 Langton, Baxter, Kaines, Orpwood 78.8 5 1 22 20

Ht8 Harris, Gregory, Roach, Roger 78.8 4 2 26 22

Ht9 Page, Payne, Tupling, Beaumont 77.0 5 1 31 23

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Ht10 Langton, Squibb, Anderson, Baxter 77.8 3 3 34 26

Ht11 Dalton, Harris, Kaines, Orpwood 77.8 5 1 39 27

Ht12 Page, Gregory, Squibb, Roach 78.0 3 3 42 30

Ht13 Dalton, Gregory, Oates, Kaines 77.6 4 2 46 32

Ht14 Payne, Baxter, Tupling, Orpwood 78.2 5 1 51 33

Special Scratch Race

Oates, Roach, Jack Kidd, Howard Chipman 78.2

Castle Scratch Race

Ht1 Langton, Dalton, Anderson, Tupling 76.4

Ht2 Payne, Baxter, [ Beaumont, Kaines ?

Ht3 [ Oates, Roach, Squibb, Gregory ?

Ht4 [ Harris, Page, Orpwood, Roger ?

Final [ Langton, ??? ?

Friday 26th September 1947 South Yorkshire Sports Stadium, Wombwell

Wombwell Colliers 51 Tamworth Hounds 32 (National League Division Three)

Wombwell

Len Tupling 2’ 3 1’ 2’ 8 3

Ken Allick 3 2 3 1 9

Harwood Pike 2 3 3 2 10

Bert Lacey 1’ 2’ 1’ 3 7 3

Red Hamley 3 2 3 3 11

Bernard Tennant 1 0 1 0 2

Stan Beardsall 0 1 1

Jeff Bishop 1 2’ 3 1

Tamworth

Steve Langton 1 0 2 1 4

Jack Baxter 0 1 0 3 4

Bill Harris 3 3 2 0 8

Bill Dalton 0 1’ 0 1 1

Cyril Page 0 0 2 0 2

Arthur Payne 2 3 3 2’ 10 1

Charlie Oates 2 1 0 3

Ron Roach 0 0 0

Ht1 Allick, Tupling, Langton, Baxter 81.4 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Harris, Pike, Lacey, Dalton 82.6 3 3 8 4

Ht3 Hamley, Payne, Tennant, Page 82.4 4 2 12 6

Ht4 Tupling, Oates, Dalton, Beardsall 86.2 3 3 15 9

Ht5 Pike, Lacey, Baxter, Langton 84.0 5 1 20 10

Ht6 Harris, Hamley, Tennant (nf), Dalton (nf) 83.4 2 3 22 13

Ht7 Payne, Allick, Tupling, Page 84.8 3 3 25 16

Ht8 Pike, Harris, Bishop, Roach 85.2 4 2 29 18

Ht9 Hamley, Langton, Tennant, Baxter 86.6 4 2 33 20

Ht10 Allick, Tupling, Oates, harris 86.4 5 1 38 21

Ht11 Payne, Pike, Lacey, Roach 84.6 3 3 41 24

Ht12 Hamley, Bishop, Langton, Oates 86.4 5 1 46 25

Ht13 Lacey, Page, Beardsall, Roach 89.4 4 2 50 27

Ht14 Baxter, Payne, Allick, Tennant 86.0 1 5 51 32

Wednesday 1st October 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 60 Stoke Potters 35 (Midlands / South Cup)

Tamworth

Jack Baxter 2’ 2 0 2 6 1

Steve Langton 3 2 0 2’ 7 1

Bill Harris 1 2’ 3 1 7 1

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Bill Dalton 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1

Cyril Page 3 1 3 3 10

Arthur Payne 2’ 3 2’ 3 3 13 2

Ted Gibson F 0 0 0

Charlie Oates 1 0 2 3

Stoke

Les Jenkins E F 1 2 3

Bill Gordon 1 F 0 1 2

Reg Gregory 0 0 2 1 3

Dave Anderson 2 3 2 3 F 10

Vic Pitcher 1 3 2 2 1 9

Gil Blake F 1 0 0 1

Ray Harris 1 1’ 1 3 1

Dick Howard X 1 1’ 2 1

Ht1 Langton, Baxter, Gordon, Jenkins 78.8 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Dalton, Anderson, B.Harris, Gregory 76.8 4 2 9 3

Ht3 Page, Payne, Pitcher, Blake (f) 78.8 5 1 14 4

Ht4 Anderson, Baxter, R.Harris, Gibson (Fexc) 79.8 2 4 16 8

Ht5 Dalton, B.Harris, Jenkins (f), Gordon (f) 79.6 5 0 21 8

Ht6 Payne, Anderson, Page, Gregory 78.0 4 2 25 10

Ht7 Pitcher, Langton, Blake, Baxter 78.2 2 4 27 14

Ht8 B.Harris, Gregory, Oates, Howard (fexc) 79.2 4 2 31 17

Ht9 Page, Payne, Jenkins, Gordon 78.2 5 1 36 18

Ht10 Anderson, Baxter, Gregory, Langton 78.8 2 4 38 22

Ht11 Dalton, Pitcher, B.Harris, Blake 77.6 4 2 42 24

Ht12 Page, Jenkins, R.Harris, Oates 78.8 3 3 45 27

Ht13 Dalton, Pitcher, Howard, Gibson 78.0 3 3 48 29

Ht14 Payne, Langton, Gordon, Blake 77.8 5 1 53 30

Ht15 Howard, Oates, R.Harris, Gibson 79.2 2 4 55 34

Ht16 Payne, Dalton, Pitcher, Anderson (f) 77.8 5 1 60 35

Thursday 2nd October 1947 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke

Stoke Potters 48 Tamworth Hounds 48 (Midlands/South Cup)

Stoke

Reg Gregory 2 2 1’ 1’ 6 2

Dave Anderson 1’ 2 2 2 2 9 1

Les Jenkins 3 1 1 1 6

Vic Pitcher 1 3 3 3 3 12

Dick Howard 0 1’ 0 3 4 1

Gil Blake 2 2 2 0 6

Jock Gordon 0 1 3 4

Ray Harris 0 0 0 0

Tamworth

Jack Baxter 3 2 3 2 10

Steve Langton 0 0 1 1

Bill Harris 2 3 3 3 1 12

Bill Dalton 0 3 0 0 3

Cyril Page 3 0 0 2 5

Arthur Payne 1 3 2 3 X 9

Ted Gibson 1 1 1’ 1’ 4 2

Charlie Oates 2’ 0 2 4 1

Ht1 Baxter, Gregory, Anderson, Langton 79.6 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Jenkins, B.Harris, Pitcher, Dalton 79.2 4 2 7 5

Ht3 Page, Blake, Payne, Howard 82.2 2 4 9 9

Ht4 Dalton, Gregory, Gibson, Gordon 82.2 2 4 11 13

Ht5 Pitcher, Baxter, Jenkins, Langton 79.8 4 2 15 15

Ht6 B.Harris, Blake, Howard, Dalton 80.8 3 3 18 18

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Ht7 Payne, Anderson, Gregory, Page 80.4 3 3 21 21

Ht8 B.Harris, Oates, Jenkins, R.Harris, 83.8 1 5 22 26

Ht9 Baxter, Blake, Gibson, Howard 81.2 2 4 24 30

Ht10 B.Harris, Anderson, Gregory, Dalton 80.8 3 3 27 33

Ht11 Pitcher, Payne, Jenkins, Page 79.4 4 2 31 35

Ht12 Howard, Baxter, Gibson, R.Harris 81.2 3 3 34 38

Ht13 Pitcher, Page, Gordon, Oates 79.6 4 2 38 40

Ht14 Payne, Anderson, Langton, Blake 79.6 2 4 40 44

Ht15 Gordon, Oates, Gibson, R.Harris 82.6 3 3 43 57

Ht16 Pitcher, Anderson, B.Harris, Payne (fexc) 80.8 5 1 48 48

Tuesday 7th October 1947 Bannister Court, Southampton

Southampton 29 Eastbourne 30 Exeter 14 Tamworth 11 (4TT)

Southampton

Bob Oakley 3 3 3 0 9

Pete Lansdale 2 2 2 2 8

Alf Kaines 2 3 3 3 11

Jimmy Squibb 0 1 1

Eastbourne

Ken Tidbury 2 3 2 1 8

Wally green 3 3 3 3 12

Jock Grierson 3 2 1 1 7

Basil Harris 1 2 3

Exeter

Cyril Roger 0 1 2 2 5

Stan Hodson 0 1 3 0 4

Don Hardy 1 0 0 2 3

Alan Chambers 1 1 2

Tamworth

Steve Langton 1 0 0 0 1

Jack Baxter 1 2 0 2 5

Arthur Payne 0 1 1 3 5

Charlie Oates 0 0 0

Ht1 Oakley, Tidbury, Langton, Roger 71.8 3 2 0 1

Ht2 Green, Lansdale, Baxter, Hodson 74.2 5 5 0 2

Ht3 Grierson, Kaines, Hardy, Payne 75.0 7 8 1 2

Ht4 Tidbury, Baxter, Chambers, Squibb 77.2 7 11 2 4

Ht5 Green, Lansdale, Roger, Langton 74.0 9 14 3 4

Ht6 Kaines, Grierson, Hodson, Baxter 75.4 12 16 4 4

Ht7 Oakley, Tidbury, Payne, Hardy 75.0 15 18 4 5

Ht8 Hodson, Lansdale, Harris, Oates 73.8 17 19 7 5

Ht9 Kaines, Roger, Grierson, Langton 75.2 20 20 9 5

Ht10 Oakley, Baxter, Tidbury, Hodson 75.8 23 21 9 7

Ht11 Green, Lansdale, Payne, Hardy 73.6 25 24 9 8

Ht12 Kaines, Harris, Chambers, Langton 75.2 28 26 10 8

Ht13 Green, Hardy, Squibb, Oates 74.6 29 29 12 8

Ht14 Payne, Roger, Grierson, Oakley 73.6 29 30 14 11

Wednesday 8th October 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 44 Cradley Heath Cubs 40 (Challenge)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 0 0 3 3 6

Jack Baxter 2 0 1 1 4

Bill Harris 0 2 3 2 7

Charlie Oates 1 1’ 0 1 3 1

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Cyril page 2 2’ 1 3 8 1

Arthur Payne 0 3 3 3 9

Ron Roach 2 3 5

Fred Yates 1 1 2

Cradley Heath

Phil Malpass 1 0 0 0 1

Les Beaumont 3 3 2 0 8

Eric Irons 2’ 1 2 0 5 1

Geoff Bennett 3 3 0 2 8

Bob Fletcher 1 2 1 2 6

Jimmy Wright 3 1’ 3 2 9 1

Ray Beaumont 1 2 3

Wilf Willstead 0 0 0

Ht1 L.Beaumont, Baxter, Malpass, Langton 76.4 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Bennett, Irons, Oates, Harris (nf) 79.0 1 5 3 9

Ht3 Wright, Page, Fletcher, Payne 77.0 2 4 5 13

Ht4 Bennett, Roach, R.Beaumont, Langton (nf) 77.3 2 4 7 17

Ht5 L.Beaumont, Harris, Oates, Malpass 77.2 3 3 10 20

Ht6 Payne, Page,, Irons, Bennett 76.2 5 1 15 21

Ht7 Langton, Fletcher, Wright, Baxter 77.0 3 3 18 24

Ht8 Harris, Irons, Yates, Willstead 77.2 4 2 22 26

Ht9 Payne, L.Beaumont, Page, Malpass 76.4 4 2 26 28

Ht10 Langton, Bennett, Baxter, Irons 77.4 4 2 30 30

Ht11 Wright, Harris, Fletcher, Oates 76.6 2 4 32 34

Ht12 Page, R.Beaumont, Yates, Malpass 77.8 4 2 36 36

Ht13 Roach, Fletcher, Oates, Willstead 76.8 4 2 40 38

Ht14 Payne, Wright, Baxter, L.Beaumont 76.2 4 2 44 40

Special Scratch Race

Bob Kent, C.M., A.Butler, Peter Orpwood 80.0

Drayton Bassett Scratch Race

Ht 1: Steve Langton, Bob Fletcher, Les Beaumont, R.Roach 78.0

Ht 2: Bill Harris, Geoff Bennett, Cyril Page, K. Malpass (Phil rode in match) 76.8

Ht 3: Ray Beaumont, A. Butler, Fred Yates, Charlie Oates 79.2

Ht 4: Arthur Payne, Jack Baxter, Jim Wright, Eric Irons 78.2

Final: Arthur Payne, Bill Harris, Ray Beaumont, Steve Langton ?

Thursday 9th October 1947 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth

Plymouth 25 Tamworth 7 Exeter 21 Southampton 30 (4TT)

Plymouth

Ivan Kessell 1 3 1 2 7

Charlie Challis 1 1 1 1 4

Billy Newell 3 3 3 0 9

Alex Gray 2 3 5

Tamworth

Jack Baxter 0 2 0 0 2

Cyril Page 0 F 0 0 0

Fred Yates 2 0 2 4

Ron Roach 0 0 1 1

Exeter

Cyril Roger 2 F 2 3 7

Don Hardy 2 2 1 1 6

Stan Hodson 0 0 3 2 5

Len Read 1 2 3

Southampton

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Bob Oakley 3 3 1 3 10

Alf Kaines 3 2 2 3 10

Jimmy Squibb 1 1 0 2

Bert Croucher 3 3 2 8

Ht1 Oakley, Roger, Kessell, Baxter 89.6 1 0 2 3

Ht2 Kianes, Hardy, Challis, Page 87.8 2 0 4 6

Ht3 Newell, Yates, Squibb, Hodson 88.8 5 2 4 7

Ht4 Croucher, Gray, Read, Roach 89.6 7 2 5 10

Ht5 Oakley, Baxter, Challis, Hodson 88.2 8 4 5 13

Ht6 Newell, Kaines, Page (f), Roger (f) 86.8 11 4 5 15

Ht7 Kessell, Hardy, Squibb, Yates 88.6 14 4 7 16

Ht8 Newell, Read, Oakley, Baxter 87.0 17 4 9 17

Ht9 Croucher, Roger, Challis, Roach 87.4 18 4 11 20

Ht10 Hodson, Kaines, Kessell, Page 85.0 19 4 14 22

Ht11 Gray, Croucher, Hardy, Baxter 85.6 22 4 15 24

Ht12 Roger, Kessell, Roch, Squibb 86.4 24 5 18 24

Ht13 Kaines, Hodson, Challis, Page 85.6 25 5 20 27

Ht14 Oakley, Yates, Hardy, Newell 85.8 25 7 21 30

Wednesday 15th October 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 51 Southampton Saints 33 (Challenge)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 2 3 2 3 10

Jack Baxter 1’ 0 0 1

Bill Harris 3 2 3 2’ 10 1

Bill Dalton 2’ F 3 3 8 1

Cyril Page 3 2’ 1 2 8 1

Arthur Payne 0 3 3 3 9

Ted Gibson E E 0

Ron Roach 2’ 1’ 2’ 5 3

Southampton

Bob Oakley 3 3 2 3 11

Bert Croucher 0 1 0 2 3

George Bason 1 1 1 1’ 4 1

Alf Kaines 0 1’ 0 2 3 1

Jimmy Squibb 1’ 3 0 1 5 1

Pete Lansdale 2 1 1 1’ 5 1

Tony Buxey 2 0 2

Ernie Rawlins 0 0 0

Ht1 Oakley, Langton, Baxter, Croucher 75.2 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Harris, Dalton, Bason, Kaines 77.2 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Page, Lansdale, Squibb, Payne 76.8 3 3 11 7

Ht4 Langton, Buxey, Kaines, Gibson (ef) 78.6 3 3 14 10

Ht5 Oakley, Harris, Croucher, Dalton 75.6 2 4 16 14

Ht6 Payne, page, Bason, Kaines 78.2 5 1 21 15

Ht7 Squibb, Langton, Lansdale, Baxter 78.0 2 4 23 19

Ht8 Harris, Roach, Bason, Rawlins 76.8 5 1 28 20

Ht9 Payne, Oakley, Page, Croucher 75.4 4 2 32 22

Ht10 Langton, Kaines, Bason, Gibson (ef) 79.2 3 3 35 25

Ht11 Dalton, Harris, Lansdale, Squibb 77.4 5 1 40 26

Ht12 Oakley, Page, Roach, Buxey 76.0 3 3 43 29

Ht13 Dalton, Roach, Squibb, Rawlins 79.2 5 1 48 30

Ht14 Payne, Croucher, Lansdale, Baxter 77.0 3 3 51 33

Special Scratch Race

Oates, Fred Yates, Orpwood, Bob Kent 78.8

Amington Scratch Race

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Ht1 Langton, Dalton, Croucher, Bason 76.8

Ht2 Roach, Oates, Buxey, Rawlins 77.8

Ht3 Oakley, Payne, Yates, Lansdale 76.2

Ht4 Squibb, Harris, Kaines, Page 78.8

Final Oakley, Roach, Langton, Squibb 75.8

Wednesday 22nd October 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 37 Holland 15 (Challenge)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 3 3 2’ 8 1

Jack Baxter 2’ 1 3 6 1

Ron Roach 3 3 1 7

Bill Dalton F 0 0

Cyril Page 3 2’ 3 8 1

Ted Gibson 2’ 3 2’ 7 2

Fred Yates 1 1

Holland

Henk Steeman 0 2 2 1 5

Jan Bosman 1 F 1

A. Bisschops 2 0 X 2

Co Boeff X 0

Gerrit Kops 1 F 1 3 5

Tinus Van Ryswyk 0 0 0 2’ 2 1

Ht1 Langton, Bazter, Bosman, Steeman 81.6 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Roach, Bisschops, Dalton (f), Boef (exc) 82.2 3 2 8 3

Ht3 Page, Gibson, Kops, Van Ryswyk 81.2 5 1 13 4

Ht4 Langton, Steeman, Yates, Bisschops 82.4 4 2 17 6

Ht5 Roach, Steeman, Yates, Bosman (f) 82.4 4 2 21 8

Ht6 Gibson, Page, Kops (f), Bisschops (exc) 80.8 5 0 26 8

Ht7 Baxter, Langton, Kops, Van Ryswyk 82.4 5 1 31 9

Ht8 Page, Gibson, Steeman, Van Ryswyk 83.4 5 1 36 10

Ht9 Kops, Van Ryswyk, Roach, Dalton 84.6 1 5 37 15

Special Match Races

Ht1 Buck Whitby bt Arthur Payne 79.8

Ht2 Bob Lovell bt Jim Wright 79.2

Final Buck Whitby bt Bob Lovell 78.6

Winner’s Challenge Race

Lovell, Dalton, Hunt, Payne 79.4

Jack Ladd Memorial Trophy Race

Ht1 Page, Irons, Langton, Tupling (ns) 79.2

Ht2 Hartman, Van Ryswyk, Bosman (nf), Bisschops (nf)86.2

Ht3 Dalton, Roach, Wright, Harris (ns) 79.2

Ht4 Hunt, Payne, Baxter, Bennett 78.8

Ht 5 Steman, Kops, Collins, no fourth 82.2

Ht 6 Orpwood, Yates, Gibson, no fourth 79.6

Semi-Finals

1 Page, Irons, Hartman, Van Ryswyk 79.6 ?

2 Payne, Dalton, Roach, Hunt (ef) 79.4 ?

3 Orpwood, Yates, Stenman, Kops 80.0 ?

Final Dalton, Payne, Orpwood, Page 80.8

Wednesday 29th October 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Cradley Heath Cubs 64 Stoke Potters 32 (Midland/South Cup)

Cradley Heath

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Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 3 15

Les Beaumont 2’ 2’ 2’ 1 7 3

Eric Irons 3 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 12 3

Geoff Bennett 2’ 1 3 3 9 1

Jimmy Wright 2 2’ 0 3 7 1

Bob Fletcher 0 3 1 3 7

Ray Beaumont 1 1 2 4

Phil Malpass 3 F F 3

Stoke

Dave Anderson E 2 3 1’ 6 1

Reg Gregory 1 2’ 0 0 3 1

Vic Pitcher 1 1 1 1 4

Les Jenkins 0 0 F E 0 0

Dick Howard 1 0 X 1

Gil Blake 3 1 1 2 7

Ray Harris 2 2 2 3 1 10

Bert Danner 0 F 1 1

Ht1 Hunt, L.Beaumont, Gregory, Anderson (ef) 78.2 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Irons, Bennett, Pitcher, Jenkins 76.2 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Blake, Wright, Howard, Fletcher 78.0 2 4 12 6

Ht4 Hunt, Harris, R.Beaumont, Jenkins 76.0 4 2 16 8

Ht5 Irons, Anderson, Bennett, Jenkins (f) 75.8 4 2 20 10

Ht6 Fletcher, Wright, Pitcher, Jenkins (ef) 77.2 5 1 25 11

Ht7 Hunt, L.Beaumont, Blake, Howard 78.2 5 1 30 12

Ht8 Malpass, Irons, Pitcher, Danner 77.2 5 1 35 13

Ht9 Anderson, Gregory, Fletcher, Wright 76.8 1 5 36 18

Ht10 Hunt, L.Beaumont, Pitcher, Jenkins 77.0 5 1 41 19

Ht11 Bennett, Irons, Blake, Howard (fexc) 75.6 5 1 46 20

Ht12 Wright, Harris, Anderson, Malpass (f) 78.2 3 3 49 23

Ht13 Bennett, Harris, R.Beaumont, Danner (f) 75.8 4 2 53 25

Ht14 Fletcher, Blake, L.Beaumont, Gregory 78.8 4 2 57 27

Ht15 Harris, R.Beaumont, Danner, Malpass (f) 78.0 2 4 59 31

Ht16 Hunt, Irons, Harris, Gregory 77.2 5 1 64 32

Tamworth Riders Trophy

Ht1 Roach, Baxter, Kidd, Yates 77.4 ?

Ht2 Orpwood, Page, B.Harris, Oates 78.0 ?

Ht3 Dalton, Butler, Gibson, Langton (ns) 78.4 ?

Final Dalton, Baxter, Roach, Orpwood ?

Wednesday 5th November 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 55 Eastbourne Eagles 31 (Midlands v South Cup)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 1 3 2 2 8

Jack Baxter 3 0 1’ 1’ 5 2

Bill Dalton 2’ 3 3 1 2 11 1

Bill Harris 3 1 3 3 1’ 11 1

Arthur Payne E 1’ 2’ 2 4 2

Cyril Page 2 2 3 2 9

Ron Roach 1 1 2 4

Ted Gibson 1 0 1’ 2 1

Eastbourne

Ken Tidbury 0 2 F 2

Jock Grierson 2 0 1 3 6

Wally Green 1 3 2 3 3 12

Jimmy Coy 0 0 0 0 0

Ron Clark 1 1 2 2 6

Basil Harris 3 3 0 X 0 6

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Harry Saunders 2 3 3 8

Eric Dunn 0 1 0 0 1

Ht1 Baxter, Grierson, Langton, Tidbury 76.2 4 2 4 2

Ht2 B.Harris, Dalton, Green, Coy 75.8 5 1 9 3

Ht3 Bas.Harris, Page, Clark, Payne (ef) 77.6 2 4 11 7

Ht4 Langton, Saunders, Roach, Coy 77.4 4 2 15 9

Ht5 Dalton, Tidbury, B.Harris,. Grierson 76.4 4 2 19 11

Ht6 Green, Page, Payne, Coy 74.4 3 3 22 14

Ht7 Bas.Harris, Langton, Clark, Baxter 76.8 2 4 24 18

Ht8 Dalton, Green, Gibson, Dunn 77.2 4 2 28 20

Ht9 Page, Payne, Grierson, Tidbury (f) 77.6 5 1 33 21

Ht10 Green, Langton, Baxter, Coy 75.0 3 3 36 24

Ht11 B.Harris, Clark, Dalton, Bas.Harris 76.0 4 2 40 26

Ht12 Saunders, Payne, Dunn, Gibson 77.2 2 4 42 30

Ht13 B.Harris, Clark, Roach, Dunn 77.8 4 2 46 32

Ht14 Grierson, Page, Baxter, Bas.Harris (exc) 77.0 3 3 49 35

Ht15 Saunders, Roach, Gibson, Dunn 78.2 3 3 52 38

Ht16 Green, Dalton, B.Harris, Bas.Harris 75.2 3 3 55 41

TAMWORTH 1947 NEEDS in BOLD

Wednesday 30th April 1947 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth Best Pairs T Ht10, T Match Race, Det

George Formby Cup

Wednesday 7th May 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 50 Wombwell Colliers 28 (Ch) SH Times

Friday 9th May 1947 South Yorkshire Wombwell Colliers 54 Tamworth Hounds 39 (Ch) Wednesday

14th May 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 44 Plymouth Devils 38 (NLD3) SH

Thursday 15th May 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 41 Tamworth Hounds 43 (NLD3)

Wednesday 21st May 1947 Tamworth Speedway Riders’ Championship QR THt20

Tuesday 26th May 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 48 Cradley Heath Cubs 31 (Ch)

Wednesday 28th May 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 46 Stoke Potters 38 (Ch)

Wednesday 4th June 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 40 Eastbourne Eagles 44 (NLD3) SH

Monday 9th June 1947 County Ground, Exeter Falcons 56 Tamworth Hounds 28 (NLD3) T1-14

Tuesday 10th June 1947 Bannister CourtSouthampton Saints 55 Tamworth Hounds 29(NLD3)

Wednesday 11th June 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 41 Southampton Saints 42 (NLD3) SH

Friday 13th June 1947 South Yorkshire, Wombwell Colliers 50 Tamworth Hounds 34 (NLD3)

Wednesday 18th June 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 29 Wombwell Colliers 35 (NvSC) SH

Wednesday 25th June 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 41 Cradley Heath Cubs 43 (NLD3)

Saturday 28th June 1947 Dudley Wood Cradley Heath Cubs 44 Tamworth Hounds 40 (NLD3)

Wednesday 2nd July 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 54 Stoke Potters 30 (NLD3) SH

Thursday 3rd July 1947 Sun Street Stoke Potters 49 Tamworth Hounds 34 (NLD3) 4th placed men T

Hts 1-14

Wednesday 9th July 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 44 The Midlands 40 (Ch) SHTimes

Saturday 12th July 1947 Arlington Eastbourne Eagles 54 Tamworth Hounds 27 (NLD3)

Wednesday 16th July 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 48 Exeter Falcons 36(NLD3) T Hts 1-14

Wednesday 23rd July 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 48 Wombwell Colliers 35 (NLD3) SH

Friday 25th July 1947 South Yorkshire Wombwell Colliers 54 Tamworth Hounds 42 (MvSC)

Wednesday 30th July 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 33 Eastbourne Eagles 50 (NLD3) SH

Monday 4th August 1947 Tamworth Hounds 49 Cradley Heath Cubs 41 (MvSC) T 4 Runners Up

Monday 4th August 1947 Dudley Wood Cradley Heath Cubs 47 Tamworth Hounds 49 (MvSC)

Tuesday 5th August 1947 Bannister Court,Southampton Saints 48 Tamworth Hounds 35 (NLD3)

Wednesday 6th August 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 50 Southampton Saints 34 (NLD3) SH

Monday 11th August 1947 County Ground, Exeter Falcons 47 Tamworth Hounds 37 (NLD3) T1-14

Wednesday 13th August 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 50 Exeter Falcons 34 (NLD3)

Friday 15th August 1947 Dudley Wood Cradley Heath Cubs 35 Tamworth Hounds 48 (NLD3)

Wednesday 20th August 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 41Cradley Heath Cubs 43 (NLD3)

Thursday 21st August 1947 Sun Street , Stoke Wombwell Colliers 30 Tamworth Hounds 51 (Ch)

Wednesday 27th August 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 54 Plymouth Devils 29 (NLD3) TMatch R

Thursday 28th August 1947 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 44 Tamworth Hounds 40 (NLD3)

Sunday 31st August 1947 Eastfield Grass Track, Peterborough v Tamworth (Ch) Meeting Details

Wednesday 3rd September1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds46 Stoke Potters38 (NLD3) TScrHts2,3 Fin

Thursday 4th September 1947 Sun Street Stoke Potters 35 Tamworth Hounds 49 (NLD3)

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Wednesday 10th September 1947 Tamworth Midland Riders Champs

Wednesday 17th September 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 54 Wombwell Colliers 30 (NLD3) T

Res Race & SH Final 4riderRes Race and 2nd man Ht3 Scratch Race

Saturday 20th September 1947 Arlington Eastbourne Eagles 44 Tamworth Hounds 39 (NLD3)

Wednesday 24th September 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 51 The Rest 33 (Ch) SH

Friday 26th September 1947 South Yorkshire Wombwell Colliers 51 Tamworth Hounds 32 (NLD3) Wednesday 1st October 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 60 Stoke Potters 35 (MvSC) SH

Thursday 2nd October 1947 Sun Street Stoke Potters 48 Tamworth Hounds 48 (Midlands/South Cup)

Tuesday 7th October 1947Bannister Court, Southampton 29 Eastbourne 30 Exeter 14 Tamworth 11 (4TT)

Wednesday 8th October 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 44 Cradley Heath Cubs 40 (Ch) TSHFinal

Thursday 9th October 1947 Pennycross Plymouth 25 Tamworth 7 Exeter 21 Southampton 30 (4TT)

Wednesday 15th October 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 51 Southampton Saints 33 (Ch)

Wednesday 22nd October 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 37 Holland 15 (Ch) TSH2ndMen Jack

Ladd Memorial

Wednesday 29th October1947 Tamworth Cradley Heath Cubs 64 Stoke Potters 32(MvSC) TSH2nd

Men + TSH Final

Wednesday 5th November 1947 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 55 Eastbourne Eagles 31 (MvSC) SH