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Some more minor corrections to be made, Puma,

 

 

 

Bill Landels should be on the list

Harold Tapscott should be on the list

 

Ern Brecknel should be ERNIE BRECKNELL

Rod Colqhoun should be ROD COLQUHOUN

Merve Harding should be MERV HARDING

Russel Harrison should be RUSSELL HARRISON

Dud Mckeon should DUD McKEAN

Nigel Tremeling should be NIGEL TREMELLING

Piet Van Den Berg should be PETER VANDENBERG (his racing name)

Lionel Van Pragg should be LIONEL VAN PRAAG

Brett Woodfield should be BRETT WOODIFIELD

 

It also may be a help if you list riders with their alias or nickname, such as

 

Ron 'Junior' Bainbridge

Bernard 'Bat' Byrnes

Russell 'Rusty' Harrison

Keith 'Buck' Ryan

 

That would save any confusion.

 

Steve

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Rusty Wainwright - here in Britain in early 1950s, probably at St Austell. Also rode in Spain where he claimed to have win the Spanish Championship - a fact disputed by England's Dennis Newton who said he was the champion!

 

 

Also, it's Charlie Wallis - not Wellis. he came to England with Peter Vandenberg in the mid-1950s.

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Brett Alderton

Nigel Alderton

Gary Allan

Rob Allen

Kym Amundson

Robin Amundson

Eddie Argall

Ted Argall

Jack Arnfield

Frank Arthur

Rob Ashton

Carl Askew

Ron Bainbridge (Junior)

Bobby Baker

Robert Baker

Steve Baker

Ed Baldi

Peter Baldock

Stephen Barr

Bill Barrett

Greg Bartlett

Chris Bass

Phil Bass

Steve Bass

Troy Batchelor

Glenn Baxter

Jack Baxter

Stan Bear

Jack Bedkober

Mal Bedkober

Les Bentzen

Jack Bibby

Jack Biggs

Jack Bishop

Robbie Blackadder

Corey Blackman

Ken Blair

John Board

John Boulger

Shane Bowes

Craig Boyce

Danny Boyle

Tony Boyle

Pete Bradshaw

Darrel Branford

Tracy Bray

Ern Brecknell

Wayne Bridgeford

Hilary Buchanan (Frank Richards)

Harold Bull

Mark Bullivant

Jimmy Burdfield

Clinton Butler

Troy Butler

Peter Byrne

Bernard Byrnes (Bat)

Phil Cain

Ken Cameron

Neil Cameron

Con Cantwell

Mark Carlson

Malcolm Carmichael

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Terry Casserly

Stan Catlett

John Chadwick

Reg Challanger

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Jack Chapman

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Roger Commerford

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Andy Cowan

Keith Cox

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Phil Crump

Geoff Curtis

Tom Davie

Dene Davies

Geoff Davies

Stephen Davies

Ricky Day

John Dewhurst

Frank Dolan

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Roy Dole

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Jason Doyle

Ray Duggan

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Roy Eather

Dave Edwards

Ernie Evans

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Huck Finn (George)

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Jack Geran

John Glass

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Max Grosskreutz

Darren Groves

Gordon Guasco

Gary Guglielmi

Keith Gurtner

Owen Gyles

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Arnie Hansen

Daniel Harding

Merv Harding

Trevor Harding

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Gundy Harris

Russell Harrison (Rusty)

Harold Hastings

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Ron Henderson

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Graham Henry

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Phil Herne

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Ron Johnson

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Bert Kingston

Ken Kirkman

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Robert Ksiezak

Roger Lambert

Billy Lamont

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Tony Langdon

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Steve Langton

Bluey Langtry

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Ken Le Breton

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Bob Leverenz

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Andy Margarson

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Glenn McDonald

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Keith McKay

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Mick McKeon

Doug McLachlan

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John McNeill

George McPherson

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Andy Menzies

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Peter Michelides

Gary Middleton

Dave Mills

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Clem Mitchell

Lindsay Mitchell

Charlie Monk

Peter Moore

Stuart Mountford

Geoff Mudge

Mick Murphy

Ken Murray

Skippy Newman

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Peter Nightingale

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Rod North

Ashley Norton

Tim Nunan

Trevor O'Brien

Dave O'Connor

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Shane Parker

Joel Parsons

Arthur Payne

Steve Payne

Alan Paynter

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Jimmy Phillips

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Mick Poole

Mick Powell

Tony Primmer

Justin Pryor

Chris Quigley

Allan Quinn

Lee Redmond

Steve Regeling

Steve Reinke

Alan Rivett

Bill Rogers

Kevin Russell

Keith Ryan (Buck)

Jim Ryman

Nigel Sadler

Billy Sanders

Lou Sansom

Brett Saunders

Les Sawyer

Rory Schlein

Ron Schliebs

Shorty Schrimer

Bluey Scott

Jack Scott

Dick Seers

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Jack Sharp

Les Sharpe

Adam Shields

Ben Shields

Carl Shields

David Shields

Bob Shrap

Darryl Simpson

Nathan Simpson

Neville Slee

Paul Sly

Frank Smart

Scott Smith

Dicky Smythe

Geoff Snider

Alan Sorensen

Bob Spelta

Bert Spencer

John Spilsbury (Les)

Charlie Spinks

Col Stewart

Bill Sticpewich

Neil Street

Ryan Sullivan

Terry Sutherland

Bob Tabet

Chum Taylor

Glyn Taylor

Ray Taylor

Peter Thompson

Bluey Thorpe

John Titman

Kevin Torpie

Nigel Tremelling

Terry Tulloch

Doug Underwood

Bob Valentine

Lionel Van Praag

Peter Vandenberg

Keith Veal

Bonnie Waddell

Ken Walsh

Rob Walters

Graham Warren

Cliff Watson

Craig Watson

Dale Watson

Noel Watson

Dave Watt

Barry Weaver

Ian Wedgwood

Charlie Wellis

Matthew Wethers

Buck Whitby

Doug White

Steve Widt

Mick Wild

Mick Wilde

John Wilkins

Bluey Wilkinson

John Williams

Mark Williams

Dave Wills

Guy Wilson

Todd Wiltshire

Darren Winkler

Dick Wise

Tai Woffinden

Ray Wood

Brett Woodifield

Frank Woodroofe

Cameron Woodward

Bob Young

Danny Young

Frank Young

Jack Young

 

PLUS

Lionel Benson (Leicester)

John Bowerman (Scunthorpe)

Brent Collyer (Eastbourne)

Chris Ferguson (Weymouth)

Cec Platt (Eastbourne)

Don Prettijohn (Cradley Heath)

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...AND Bill Landels

...AND Harold Tapscott

...AND Rusty Wainwright, who indeed rode for St. Austell.

...AND Vic Sage, who rode for Ipswich in 1952.

 

Steve

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...AND Bill Landels

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Steve

 

Bill Landels was born in Scotland and rode for the Monarchs until 1967.

 

He then emigrated to Australia and never raced in the UK again.

 

Therefore I would not classify him as an Aussie who rode in the UK.

 

However to compensate for this loss, add Ray Taaffe, an Aussie who had few outings for Edinburgh in the 90's.

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Bill Landels was born in Scotland and rode for the Monarchs until 1967.

 

He then emigrated to Australia and never raced in the UK again.

 

Therefore I would not classify him as an Aussie who rode in the UK.

 

However to compensate for this loss, add Ray Taaffe, an Aussie who had few outings for Edinburgh in the 90's.

 

I know we had a few arguments about Bill Landels, but now we have definite facts and dates, I PROMISE I WON'T MENTION HIM AGAIN!!!

 

Actually, I did think of Ray Taaffe; I thought he was an Aussie, but I wasn't sure.

Also, what about Neil Webb who rode some odd matches for Stoke and Edinburgh in 1976 and 77; was he Australian?

 

Steve

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I know we had a few arguments about Bill Landels, but now we have definite facts and dates, I PROMISE I WON'T MENTION HIM AGAIN!!!

 

Actually, I did think of Ray Taaffe; I thought he was an Aussie, but I wasn't sure.

Also, what about Neil Webb who rode some odd matches for Stoke and Edinburgh in 1976 and 77; was he Australian?

 

Steve

 

Yup Neil Webb was an Aussie who rode a few matches for Monarchs right at the start of the Powderhall era.

 

Surprisingly when I went to USA for 82 World Final he was racing in the minor card at San Bernadino. !!

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Max Pearce died in Yarmouth Hospital on the morning of 14 July 1948 following injuries suffered in an accident at Yarmouth the night before.

 

He was lying fourth after a bad start and was trying to make up ground on the straight. His bike wobbled, struck the fence and dragged him across the track.

 

He came from Melbourne and had only arrived in England a few weeks before. He originally signed for Norwich but was soon transferred to Yarmouth.

 

He was the second Yarmouth rider that year to lose his life in a riding accident; the first being Reg Craven.

 

Pearce's accident happened on 13 July in Yarmouth's 13 meeting of the season.

 

p.s. Frank Pearce didn't ride for Harringay in 1939. I don't know if he rode for anyone else, but I can't find any record of him racing in 1939 in England.

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Hazy about Frank Pearce in Britain.

 

Maybe he was earlier than that - perhaps in the early pioneering days.

 

Thanks for the facts on Max Pearce.

 

Do you have anything on the other Aussie - Owen Gyles? His accident (may be fatal) would have been very early in 1948. Probably at Bradford or Halifax (did the latter run that year).

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Frank Pearce was certainly here in the early days, in 1928 in fact. I'm not sure how many years he was here.

 

Owen Gyles broke a bone in his neck after falling and being hit by another rider on 27 March 1948 at Bradford. The accident wasn't fatal.

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Norbold:

 

 

Thanks for two very informative replies on Owen Gyles and Max Pearce.

 

It has dispelled a 'thought in a dark corner of my mind' that Owen Gyles died. I think, however, that the crash ended his speedway career.

 

Yes, I am now certain that Frank Pearce was a 'pioneer' rider from the very early days.

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Yes, I am now certain that Frank Pearce was a 'pioneer' rider from the very early days.

 

Frank Pearce was one of the finest motorcycle racers of his time. His achievements on the large grasstracks pre-war were outstanding.

 

Not only was he a member of A. J. Hunting's famous Oronsay group in 1928, but he wrote a lengthy account of that sea journey to England. It was serialised in issues of Speedway News, the name of the Davies Park programme of the day.

 

 

 

 

Ross Garrigan

Australian Speedway History

http://www.ausm.info/aus_history/ashist_header.htm

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Joe Lasagna not JOEL

 

Australian.

 

Raced in Barcelona, Spain 1950. Other Aussies on trip were Peter Moore and Rusty Wainwright.

 

Visit led by Ted Gibson, and included Dennis Newton, Bill Weston, Fred Probert and Bernie Collyer (all England) and Scotland's Joe 'Whaler' Ferguson.

 

Lasagna died in a Scottish hospital about three years ago.

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Wasn't there a guy from Papua New Guinea racing in the National League in the mid-1970's ? I think his name was McDonald - anyone remembers him ?

 

And if I remember right there was a second rider from that exotic country over at the same time, but he rode in second halfs only. (Can't remember his name)

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Wasn't there a guy from Papua New Guinea racing in the National League in the mid-1970's ? I think his name was McDonald - anyone remembers him ?

 

And if I remember right there was a second rider from that exotic country over at the same time, but he rode in second halfs only. (Can't remember his name)

How could you forget Garnet Thistlewaite ? :P

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