iris123 Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) Put a link to the Austrian site on here a little while ago in the Hofmeister thread and still going through them.Found some great photos of this meeting.Couple of riders unmarked in the pics.The guy with the glasses for instance.Wonder if anyone can put some names to these riders. http://www.technischesmuseum.at/motorsport-in-oesterreich/veranstaltung/articleid/2189 Taken from internationalspeedway.co.uk 1st Match at Vienna England Continent Wally Green 3 3 3 1' 2' 12+2 Fritz Dirtl (Aut) 2 3 3 3 3 3 17 Bert Roger 1 2 2' 2 3 3 13+1 Hans Sidlo (Aut) 0 0 1 0 0 1 Gerry Hussey 3 3 3 3 0 12 Pfefferer 1' 0 0 1 1 3+1 Howdy Byford 1' 2' 1 1 0 5+2 Franz Aigner (Aut) 2 1 1 0 2' 1 7+1 Alan Smith 2 2' 3 2 2' 11+2 Albin Siegl (Ger) 1 1 0 3 3 8 Pat Clarke 0 1' 1' 0 1 3+2 Josef Seidl (Ger) 3 0 2 1 2' 8+1 Bill Kitchen 0 2' 2 2' 2 8+2 Erich Sidlo (Aut) 0 0 0 0 0 1: Green, Dirtl, Roger, H Sidlo 4-2 2: Hussey, Aigner, Pfefferer, Kitchen 3-3 7-5 3: Seidl, Smith, Siegl, Clarke 2-4 9-9 4: Dirtl, Roger, Byford, Pfefferer 3-3 12-12 5: Green, Kitchen, Siegl, E Sidlo 5-1 17-13 6: Hussey, Smith, Aigner, H Sidlo 5-1 22-14 7: Dirtl, Kitchen, Clarke, Seidl 3-3 25-17 8: Smith, Roger, H Sidlo, E Sidlo 5-1 30-18 9: Green, Byford, Aigner, Siegl 5-1 35-19 10: Hussey, Seidl, Byford, H Sidlo 4-2 39-21 11: Dirtl, Smith, Green, Aigner 3-3 42-24 12: Siegl, Roger, Clarke, E Sidlo 3-3 45-27 13: Hussey, Green, Seidl, Pfefferer 5-1 50-28 14: Dirtl, Aigner, Byford, Clarke 1-5 51-33 15: Roger, Smith, Pfefferer, H Sidlo 5-1 56-34 16: Siegl, Seidl, Clarke, Hussey 1-5 57-39 17: Roger, Kitchen, Pfefferer, E Sidlo 5-1 62-40 18: Dirtl, Kitchen, Aigner, Byford 2-4 64-44 The interesting thing about the meeting as stated on Brian Collins super site Note : The "England" team was actually club side West Ham, with Bill Kitchen replacing Jack Young. Not until they arrived at Vienna were the team aware that they were advertised as "England", and would be wearing England race jackets. Captain Wally Green complained that this was wrong and that the UK Control Board would not be pleased. But with a stadium full of fans waiting, he and his team eventually rode the match under protest. Can also find photos of Briggo,Fundin,Moore,Nygren etc in the 1957-1961 sections(Australasia + Sweden) Edited December 22, 2015 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 There are so many - I clicked on just one photo. It came up enlarged and was a dear old friend the late Howdy Byford. Can you pin-point where the rider in spectacles about whom you seek information can be found? Thanx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted December 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 This is one rider http://www.technischesmuseum.at/motorsport-in-oesterreich/objekt/article_entity_id/109_1954/order/0/mediaid/317342?returnurl=http://www.technischesmuseum.at/motorsport-in-oesterreich/veranstaltung/articleid/2189 rider with glasses http://www.technischesmuseum.at/motorsport-in-oesterreich/objekt/article_entity_id/109_1954/order/0/mediaid/317346?returnurl=http://www.technischesmuseum.at/motorsport-in-oesterreich/veranstaltung/articleid/2189 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) As soon as I clicked on the Link to the rider in glasses and he appeared the name Pat Clarke flashed to mind. But as it's a BSF post by me I expect to be disproved. http://www.speedwayatoz.co.uk/patclarke.html Edited December 22, 2015 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted December 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Thanks John.I wonder why Jack Young had to miss this trip?Although it did play into the promoters hands so that they could advertise an England team.And even though they rode under protest after finding out about being duped,they still rode the next day as "England" as well...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 The rider wearing glasses in Vienna in 1954 has been confirmed as being Pat Clarke, then with West Ham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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