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He certainly does.

I came on here this morning especially to say I couldn't believe I'd forgotten Aub Lawson! I see you've beaten me to it, iris!!! Yes, definitely. Aub in for Max Grosskreutz I think.

Hmmm...now you mention him. Eric Langton could be the one. Venues? In England: Wembley, Odsal, Custom House, Hyde Road, Plough Lane.

Think I would almost agree with those two teams iris. though I would probably put in Bjorn Knutsson instead of Soren Sjosten. And remember old style Test teams were 8 a side, so I would add Split Waterman for England and Gote Nordin for Sweden. And how about Australia v. USA: Australia 1. Vic Duggan 2. Vic Huxley 3. Bluey Wilkinson 4. Jack Young 5. Jason Crump 6. Billy Sanders 7. Max Grosskreutz 8. Lionel Van Praag (Could have Leigh Adams and Ryan Sullivan at 7 and 8?) U.S.A. 1. Bruce Penhall 2. Jack Milne 3. Cordy Milne 4. Greg Hancock 5. Billy Hamill 6. Wilbur Lamoreaux 7. Sam Ermolenko 8. Sprouts Elder

Or is it two golden doubles and two golden tacticals. Or maybe it's one golden double, one golden tactical and two silver tacticals. There again it could be three golden double tacticals and one double golden tactical. Or is it a bronze helmet for coming third? I'm sorry, Phil. I know you are asking for proper information, but can anyone really take all this business seriously????

Fundin and Mauger.

I think it actually took 3 hours and 9 minutes.

Yes. Duggan would make the tractor ride let alone the final!

Yes, just to add my thanks too, Grachan. I have enjoyed every clip.

Yes, I had an e-mail from Bob too about his two match races with Triggy. He reckons he won his by eight inches and Triggy won his by four inches, so therefore he was the winner! (He was joking )

Thanks for that, Ian. I shall pass on your message to Jim.

I can't answer that because I am currently lying down in a darkened room....

Now then, let's just get this straight - then I promise my hormones won't play up any more. New Cross rode four challenge matches in 1959 as a non-league team. All the riders used guested and belonged to other teams. Peter Craven rode in three of the four matches for New Cross and in the other one for Belle Vue, his actual team. Incidentally, Bjorn Knutsson also rode for New Cross that year, maybe he should be in your fantasy team, NXR? I shall now go away and lie down in a darkened room and return when the speedway season starts....

I'm not sure Belle Vue supporters would agreee with you, Gem...

Ian, I have been asked by Jim Henry, editor of Speedway Researcher and Scottish Speedway Historian if you have the official Sherrif Court records of the inquest as they no longer exist and he is researching in to the events of that night. Incidentally, he was also there and agrees that Peter Craven started off scratch.

I'm not. I just thought it would be nice if a New Cross fantasy team consisted of New Cross riders, but maybe I'm old fashioned when it comes to this sort of thing....

Don't start that one again! Which of the five or six different explanations I've heard do you think is the correct one?

Peter Craven??? I don't think 1959 really counts.

That's more like it!

I have to say I find some of the responses to this thread a bit difficult to understand. For example I can understand why Buggy Fleaman comes in to the category of 'unforgettable speedway names' but Ray Wilson, Taffy Owen????

Orange and black of course,

Looking forward to that too!

Couldn't find anyone by the name of Dink Philpotts in the 1947 Saints team, though there is someone by the name of Bert # Name Removed #, which, of course, is memorable for all the right reasons.

I wonder why.... Who on Earth were they?

I think it must be my hormones, sandman...