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You eat silverfish????

So ouse the captain?

I was at that match. I don't remember seeing you though.

Mentioned on the short names thread - Claude Rye. He'd qualify for both teams. There's also Per Olaf Soda man, not to mention Banger. Oh yes, and Stan Pepper.

They might be better on grass. Don't start!

No chance! (Remember I've got the ref...)

Claude Rye Percy Rye Billy Lye Fred Law Nobby Key Roger May and A W Day, who could also double up as ref,

And Teo Teodorowicz.

There are a few pioneers we could include like Cyclone Billy Lamb(ont) And Roger and Buster Frogslegs

You need seve®n riders for the team.

They could use (red) Leicester as their home track.

What about Split Watermelon?

11 May 1960. New Cross v. Norwich in the Britannia Shield. Ove Fundin scord an 18 point maximum for Norwich. Aub Lawson scored 16 points. His only defeat at the hands of a New Cross rider was inflicted by Jimmy Gooch, who immediately became my faourite rider. New Cross won.

Ivor Brown?

Where did you get Jack Parker's average for 1930 from? In September the qualifiers for the Star Championship finals were announced based on the league averages. Tom qualified in eighth place, while Parker did not qualify at all. Also, I hadn't realised that Tom Farndon and Jack Parker both rode for Coventry from 1931 - 1935. Tell me more about this.

I guess the irony of my post got lost somewhere in the translation!

By the time Tom left Coventry he was their number one rider above both Parkers.

Hi BOBBATH Why don't you start a thread about the best Newport Team ever?

Nor do I Chunky. So who would you leave out to add in all those worthies?

Talking of "all-time" best who rode for West Ham, I've just remembered that Split Waterman rode a few times for West Ham in 1955 and then there's Colin Watson....oh dear, it gets worse.

Cripes, chr, that's a toughie.... Arthur Huxley Farndon Wilkinson Parker, J Milne, J Milne, C Blimey, that's seven and I've only just reached the War! Moving on.... Price Duggan Young Waterman Moore Briggs Knutson (And that's not counting the 17 year old Mauger's stint at Wimbledon or Ove Fundin's at Wembley) Hang on a minute...what about Fred Williams, Crutcher, Simmons, McKinlay, Nygren, Banger....oh dear, oh dear....

Thank you, Rob Well,my top seven depends on which definition we go for. All time best or best when they were actually riding for the club. For an all time seven I would go for: Bluey Wilkinson Jack Young Bjorn Knutson Aub Lawson Sverre Harrfeldt Eric Chitty Arthur Atkinson For a when they were actually riding for West Ham I would go for: Bluey Wilkinson Jack Young Bjorn Knutson Aub Lawson Sverre Harrfeldt Eric Chitty Arthur Atkinson er..... Other possibles to put in an "all-time" team would be Malcolm Simmons, Olle Nygren and Ken McKinlay. The problem with Eric Chitty is that he probably had his best days during the War so it's difficult to know where to put him. Arthur Atkinson is another who lost out through the War. Although Cordy Milne was favourite to win the 1939 World Championship, there were many who felt that Atkinson might win it. Taking away their War time records at Belle Vue and what might have been, maybe Malcolm should be included above both of them all-time. Who started this???

Of course. always difficult to compare, but from my forays into the past, reading reports, looking at records and statistics and so on and so forth, I'd say that Bluey Wilkinson should not only be included, but has a strong case for being no.1, the best Hammer of all time.

Wot no Bluey Wilkinson!?

Anyway, chr, how about a Best Ever West Ham team? You go first!