Ronnie Moore on UK tracks

[TonyMac]

Many thanks to BL65 for putting together this list of British tracks Ronnie appeared at, along with dates on which he paid his first visit.

 

If there are any others that need to be added (perhaps Division Two venues where he may have appeared in unofficial match-races or open events, etc), then plse let us know.

 

Cheers.

 

Ronnie Moore – First Appearances at British Tracks

 

Aldershot	21 July 1951	Match Races v Trevor Redmond and Geoff Mardon
Belle Vue	15 April 1950	Belle Vue v WIMBLEDON (Spring Cup)
Birmingham	2 June 1951	Birmingham v WIMBLEDON (National League Division 1)
Bradford Odsal	17 June 1950	Bradford v WIMBLEDON (National League Division ))
Bristol	21 April 1950	Bristol v WIMBLEDON (Spring Cup)
Coatbridge	17 May 1969	World Championship Qualifying Round (Individual)
Coventry	26 September 1950	Brandonapolis (Individual)
Cradley Heath	21 April 1951	Midlands v KANGAROOS IChallenge)
Edinburgh	18 August 1951	Match Races v Jack Young
Exeter	21 April 1969	Exeter v WIMBLEDON (British League)
Glasgow White City	4 July 1951	Scots v KIWIS (Challenge)
Glasgow Hampden Park	3 July 1970	GREAT BRITAIN v Sweden (International)
Hackney	4 July 1969	Hackney v WIMBLEDON (British League Division 1)
Halifax	26 April 1969	The Dews Trophy (Individual)
Harringay	26 May 1950	Harringay v WIMBLEDON (National League Division 1)
Hull	7 August 1974	Hull v COVENTRY (British League Division 1)
Ipswich	3 May 1956	Golden Helmet Match Races v Peter Craven
King’s Lynn	10 May 1969	King’s Lynn v WIMBLEDON (British League Division 1)
Leicester	12 October 1951	Leicester v WIMBLEDON (Challenge)
Motherwell	21 May 1954	Motherwell v WIMBLEDON (Challenge)
New Cross	12 April 1950	New Cross v WIMBLEDON (Spring Cup)
Newcastle	14 July 1969	Newcastle v WIMBLEDON (British League Division 1)
Newport	23 May 1969	World Championship Qualifying Round (Individual)
Norwich	31 May 1952	Norwich v WIMBLEDON (National League Division 1)
Oxford	21 June 1951	Match Races v Ernie Rawlins
Plymouth	3 October 1952	Southern Stars v NEW ZEALAND (Challenge)
Poole	16 June 1953	Scratch Races
Rayleigh	2 July 1955	Rayleigh v WIMBLEDON (Challenge)
Reading	29 March 1971	Reading v WIMBLEDON (Metropolitan Gold Cup)
St Austell	9 October 1951	Scratch Races
Sheffield	8 October 1969	Sheffield v WIMBLEDON (Division 1 KO Cup Final 1st Leg)
Southampton	18 August 1953	Southampton v Oxford v WIMBLEDON (2nd Half Challenge)
Stoke	1 August 1953	Stoke v WIMBLEDON (National Trophy)
Swindon	2 October 1954	Swindon v WIMBLEDON (Challenge)
Wembley	18 May 1950	Wembley v WIMBLEDON (National League Division 1)
West Ham	27 June 1950	West Ham v WIMBLEDON (National League Division 1)
White City London	25 May 1954	Match Races v Cyril Roger and Freddie Williams
Wigan	20 June 1952	Wigan v NEW ZEALAND (Challenge)
Wimbledon	27 March 1950	Junior Scratch Races
Wolverhampton	26 September 1969	Pride of the Midlands Trophy (Individual)
Yarmouth	18 August 1951	Match Races v Jack Young

 

 

 

 

 

[Sotonian]

The White City appearance is tenuous. If it was anything like the 1953 event, they raced on Vespa scooters over 2 laps of the athletics track!

[TonyMac]

Update to the original list . . . Ronnie Moore's first appearance at Rye House was on Sunday August 28, 1960, the opening of the 'new' track.

He appeared in a series of match-races v Mike Broadbank before watching the Ronnie Moore All Star Trophy, which was won by Tommy Sweetman (whose son, Chris, confirmed these details):

Champions’ Match Race
Ht1 Mike Broadbanks bt Ronnie Moore 70.4*
Ht2 Ronnie Moore bt Mike Broadbanks 73.0
Ht3 Ronnie Moore bt Mike Broadbanks 73.2