speedyguy Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 (edited) WITW! Mind the lamp post! WITW! Can anyone answer this query please? --- In http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtimespeedway "weewillie34" <weewillie34@...> wrote: > > Bos Blomfield was in the Overseas team beaten 32-19 at West Ham on April 21 1931 by a team of English riders who had toured New Zealand. Blomfield scored four points. I can find no other references to him anywhere. What club did he ride for and what country did he come from? > Edited November 19, 2009 by speedyguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted November 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 (edited) WITW! Mind the lamp post! WITW! Can anyone answer this query please? --- In http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtimespeedway "weewillie34" <weewillie34@...> wrote: > > Bos Blomfield was in the Overseas team beaten 32-19 at West Ham on April 21 1931 by a team of English riders who had toured New Zealand. Blomfield scored four points. I can find no other references to him anywhere. What club did he ride for and what country did he come from? > There has been a correction in the spelling of the rider's name. It is Blos Bromfield. It seems he was third in heat two behind George Greenwood and Norman Evans, ahead of his team mate Ron Johnson (Australia). Third in heat six behind Jim Kempster, his team mate Charlie Spinks (Overseas), but ahead of Roger Frogley. In heat eight he was second to George Greenwood. ahead of Evans and Charlie Datson (Overseas). Edited November 20, 2009 by speedyguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted November 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 Besides Blos Bromfield, the debate on http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtimespeedway has now found another 'Unknown' in the Overseas team for the match - Arthur Mann. However, it would appear from the latest research on the topic that Bromfield was a West Ham jnior - again nothing known about his nationality - at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellsgranny Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Bruce (Blos) Bromfield was Australian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 (edited) Besides Blos Bromfield, the debate on http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtimespeedway has now found another 'Unknown' in the Overseas team for the match - Arthur Mann. However, it would appear from the latest research on the topic that Bromfield was a West Ham jnior - again nothing known about his nationality - at the moment. Think Mann rode for Glasgow 1929/30 edit: confirmed Arthur Mann rode for Glasgow 1929 & 30, and probably 1931 also Edited November 24, 2009 by cyclone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom House Kid Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 He rode for West Ham 1931 11 League matches 27.5pts ave 2.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted November 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 He rode for West Ham 1931 11 League matches 27.5pts ave 2.5 The http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtimespeedway has identified two Arthur Manns for the early 1930s. One Australian - seemingly the West Ham and Australia rider in the early England v Overseas series. The other was Scottish riding mainly at White City Glasgow. Mind the lamp post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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