Al Stewart Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Not sure if this has been posted anywhere, but I have just been informed that Maurice Jones died last Thursday. Maurice was many things, including cricket and speedway enthusiast, and writer. He wrote and updated several statistical books including the Long Eaton story, the World Championship and his annual Speedway Surveys Yearbook. I think he played cricket and he certainly rode speedway. I am sure others will be able to add more detail. I often had chats with him about speedway hstory and I know he wasn't happy with the state of speedway these days. He had been a particularly good friend of Ken McKinlay. He told me this wee story about why he realised he wasn't going to make the grade in speedway. He was riding in the early post-war years but not all that happy with his progress. He felt that his bike wasn't good enough and was holding him back. One evening at Belle Vue when Harringay were the visitors, Vic Duggan had machine problems and asked to borrow a bike: he finished up with Maurice's. He went out and broke the track record! Maurice knew then that the bike wasn't the problem. I'm sorry I won't be chatting with him any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 See under Speedway General Discussions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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