speedyguy Posted February 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 Moff Jones was a North Queenslander who rode from 1928-1947. gold prospector Dave Hynes was from Melbourne, known for the Hynes frame in 1947 used by many Australian riders Dave rode at Plymouth 1947.Went to America. Later based on Queensland Gold coast. I think when in the USA Dave Hynes worked closely with Jack and Cordy Milne on their bikes, possibly even when they were in the UK in pre-war years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted July 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Harry Rogers did ride for Dagenham in their opening league match of the season against the Romford "Rommers" on May 1st (scoring 1 pt). He died, age 24, on Thur May 19 at a special charity meeting staged to encourage recruits to the Territorial Army (well, this was 1938, remember). His bike locked with that of 40yr old Dagger Jack Cooley, and both fell. Rogers was then run over by junior Alex Gray. 22yr old David Jackson died at a practice session on Thur Aug 11th, when he was thrown over his handlebars and landed on his head. No other rider was involved. No further meetings were held at Dagenham in 1938 after this death - I'm not sure whether those two facts are linked, though the inquest verdict on both fatalities was "accidental death". Interesting to note that the Eastbourne team, which won the league, contained four members of the Birmingham National Lge Div.2 team - Tiger Hart, Bob Lovell, Danny Lee, and Stan Lemon (who rode as Stan Johns in the Sunday League) The league was referred to in Speedway News as the Inter-Club League, but in Eastbourne newspapers as the Sunday Dirt-Track League. Not quite 40 - Jack Cooley was born in Bethnal Green, East London, in 1911. That would have made him 27 years old! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoMinuteWarning Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 speedyguy, the reference to "40 year old Jack Cooley" came straight from the Dagenham Post of 19 Aug 1938, which I researched at Colindale a few years ago. Another historical error gets corrected - thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted July 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 speedyguy, the reference to "40 year old Jack Cooley" came straight from the Dagenham Post of 19 Aug 1938, which I researched at Colindale a few years ago. Another historical error gets corrected - thanks! Sadly there are so many of them in speedway. They keep repeating because reference is frequently made only to the original source - the later corrections, often brought to light many years later, are often unknown to researchers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennylane Posted July 24, 2011 Report Share Posted July 24, 2011 Did the American rider Alvin 'Spike' Rhiando - also a racing car driver - ride on speedway for Dagenham in 1938 or in any meetings at the Essex track? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Does any member have further details on this competition please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 (edited) Don't say it! But in some Posts in this thread I was 'debating with myself' before I was caught out and suitably and justifiably punished by the Mods. Be that as it may, the actual context of the 'offending pieces' are accurate. Back to basics: is more known now in regard to this 1938-39 era Sunday league? Edited January 13, 2019 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 What more information do you want? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 8 hours ago, gustix said: Back to basics: is more known now in regard to this 1938-39 era Sunday league? 6 hours ago, norbold said: What more information do you want? TBH norbold - nothing specific! I just wondered if, in view of the passage of time since this thread last had 'an airing', if maybe some new background data might just have come to light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 17, 2019 Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 On reflection I suppose that the late 1930s Sunday Amateur League was a forerunner of the mid-1950s Southern Area League? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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