BobC Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 More info from Poole press officer,Gordon Day. Poole 5 Further to the recent mystery riders request, I’ve had a long look at the individual meetings held at Poole during the times that Bill Andrews and Norman Strachan were with the club and have come up with the following which I think might just be along the right tracks. I reckon it’s the FIM World Championship qualifier held at Poole on 16 June 1965. Heat 7 of that meeting had Colin Pratt off of Gate 1, Strachan off of Gate 2, Gate 3 was Bill Andrew, with Colin Gooddy coming off of Gate 4.If we are right ( and I say we coz I wouldn’t have got Pratty on Gate 1, then please post it on the BSF. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 The Oxford man on the inside is wearing the gold sash race jacket which was last seen in 1963 Look closely,very closely.Underneath the handlebar,of the inside rider,you can make out the difference between the Red and Blue quarters of Hackney. It is very definitely Colin Pratt,Hackney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miro Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 (edited) Look closely,very closely.Underneath the handlebar,of the inside rider,you can make out the difference between the Red and Blue quarters of Hackney. It is very definitely Colin Pratt,Hackney. Very sorry Bob I didn't read your post properly - Pratt, you're right I'm sure. Edited January 26, 2009 by miro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMac Posted January 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 How did we not recognise him...New Cross (1)....engine manufacturer and top grass/long-tracker Don Godden in his youth! Thanks to Graham Brodie for that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Tony, as of today, there are still a few "unknown" riders on the site who have been positively identified, so you may want to check back through some of the recent posts here. Anyway, I have a couple of other answers for you: Southampton (1) is Ron Webb Swede at Wembley (2) is Bernt Nilsson. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Letchy Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 OK, you knowledgeable types...Can we please have your help in identifying pictures of 'Mystery Men' (and women!) on our Retro Speedway website? We now have more than 200 old photos of former riders, promoters, officials, etc (with hundreds more still to upload), that need to be correctly identified before we can place them in the appropriate club section of the site, so your help would be much appreciated. Pleae either reply on this forum or, if you'd prefer, email me at editorial@retro-speedway.com. It would be nice to confine all responses to this thread, though, so that others can share in this voyage of discovery! Some of the faces will seem very familiar to you. Where we know the year in which the photo was taken, it has been added to the end of file name, so that may help. Even if you don't manage to put a name to many faces, just browsing through all of these lovely old pics should prove a pleasure and hopefully bring back happy memories. By the way, we've also uploaded more early 70s pics to the club pages of the Gallery in the last few days, so you may also want to check those out... Here's the link to the Mystery Men section: http://www.retro-speedway.com/extras/autog...autogallery.php Many thanks for your help. Tony Mac Ipswich vs Exeter Unknown - That's Peter Moore and Les McGillivary for Ipswich and the Exeter rider is in fact a Swindon Robin.Coventry 2 on P 1 is I think, Jack Young. Open to discussion on that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Tony,In the 72 Cradley picture Roy Trigg is definitely the guy standing on the left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 The "Unknown, looks like a German" is Manfred Poschenrieder, decorated with the winner's laurels in a late 1960's (guess, or very early 70's) meeting at Kempten (the visible writing on the ribbon is "Kempten/Allgau"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 (edited) Ipswich vs Exeter Unknown - That's Peter Moore and Les McGillivary for Ipswich and the Exeter rider is in fact a Swindon Robin.Coventry 2 on P 1 is I think, Jack Young. Open to discussion on that one! I agree with Moore and McGillivray, and the Swindon rider looks like it could be Ian Williams. If anyone wants to have another look, I'm wondering if Wimbledon (1) is Gil Goldfinch? Steve Edited March 25, 2009 by chunky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMac Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Tony,In the 72 Cradley picture Roy Trigg is definitely the guy standing on the left Bob, whcih pic are you referring to? In the 'Mystery Men' section? I'm convinced that none of the three Cradley riders now pictured in action in our Mystery gallery are Triggy. Ignoring Persson, Trigg and Squibb (who I feel sure are not among those pictured), here are the other riders who DID appear for Cradley in the 1972 season, so we can narrow it down to three of them. Btw, all three of the 1972 photos were taken at Reading, if that helps to narrow it down even further: John Hart Pete Jarman Bob Andrews Mick Handley Bengt Andersson Ian Ross Dave Perks Dave Harvey Gerald Smitherman Cheers, Tony Mac PS - Thanks to all for continued help on these and other images. I'll update the site again the next chance I get, as there are so many thousands more images to be added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Sorry Tony -I was looking at a team picture where you can see their faces-beg pardon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy bill Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 doncaster unknown 69-1 alan bridgett derek timms stuart ulph sheff v belle vue john dews cyril maidment dick fisher oxford 6 v swindon eddie reeves mike keen hope this is a help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 Sorry, but I can't agree that Cradley (5) 72-2 is Roy Trigg. This pic was taken at Reading in the 1972 season and it would therefore point to one of the following: Ian Ross, Bengt Andersson, Dave Murray or Gerald Smitherman. The Cradley pics 6 & 7 were also taken at the same meeting at Tilehurst. Cradley (4) was taken in 1971, also at Reading. Possible contenders include: Mike Holmes, Richard Eslick, Laurie Sims, Cyril Francis, Andrew Bearne and Ralph Waller. Some rare names there! Cheers, TMc Pretty sure that Malcolm Ballard rode for Cradley at Reading in 1971, could it be him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frigbo Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 Pretty sure that Malcolm Ballard rode for Cradley at Reading in 1971, could it be him? He sure did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 He sure did I didn't know that, but I sure thought it looked like him... Looks like we have another confirmation, then. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy Bird Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 ellesmere port (2)72-1 stuart riley,as mentioned much earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy bill Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 i go back along way ,hope this helps. cov(7)71-1Ron Mountford. C H(4)71-1Pete Jarman. CH (5)72-2Roy Trigg. CH(6)72-3 John Hart.Norwich (2)Barry East. Reading(5)68-2John Poyser. i am pre tty sure i am right on all them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Re : Mountford, Ron leads Ashby, Martin of Exeter 68-1 Just a thought - is it Man Mountford, or actually Col Cottrell ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Re : Mountford, Ron leads Ashby, Martin of Exeter 68-1 Just a thought - is it Man Mountford, or actually Col Cottrell ? Did anyone happen to resolve this one ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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