iris123 Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 As an aside and further to the pre- world championship days, even pre-High Beech days. Does anyone know the basis on how a rider entered the Aussie championships in 1925-28... just that I see in 1928 Vic Huxley left Brisbane via Sydney to compete in the Championship, but other top riders like Arthur, Lamont etc didn’t . Bit of a mystery at the moment whether a rider was chosen from a track possibly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 50 minutes ago, steve roberts said: Jack Parker would have been another to be taken into consideration. Yes, and Vic Duggan, both of whom were never world champion but won the equivalent trophy of the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted December 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 45 minutes ago, norbold said: Yes, and Vic Duggan, both of whom were never world champion but won the equivalent trophy of the time. Who were your three favourite rider's style wise Norbold ? be interesting to hear your views.Mine had to be Tommy Jansson and Ole Olsen, Leigh Adams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 19 minutes ago, Sidney the robin said: Who were your three favourite rider's style wise Norbold ? be interesting to hear your views.Mine had to be Tommy Jansson and Ole Olsen, Leigh Adams. Crickey, Sidney, that's a difficult one. But if forced to, I suppose the three riders I liked watching most were Sverre Harrfeldt, Christer Lofqvist and Peter Craven. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 12 hours ago, iris123 said: As an aside and further to the pre- world championship days, even pre-High Beech days. Does anyone know the basis on how a rider entered the Aussie championships in 1925-28... just that I see in 1928 Vic Huxley left Brisbane via Sydney to compete in the Championship, but other top riders like Arthur, Lamont etc didn’t . Bit of a mystery at the moment whether a rider was chosen from a track possibly I messaged my good friend, Ross Garrigan, one of Australia's leading speedway historians, to see if he knew the answer to your question. I don't think his reply is of much help really! But this is what he said: "I don't think there was too much organization competitors-wise with the staging of Australian Championships back in those days. Vic Huxley spent some time racing in Adelaide before heading to England in 1928. I seem to recall he returned to Brisbane to say farewell to his parents and then left again to head south at the time Hunting's party was about to leave Brisbane to head to England. Another thing, I think Huxley went back to South Australia after his brief return to Brisbane because he had met a girl there. Probably to say goodbye to her before leaving for England." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted December 25, 2019 Report Share Posted December 25, 2019 Thanks for that norbold. And happy Xmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted December 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2019 On 12/24/2019 at 8:48 AM, steve roberts said: Jack Parker would have been another to be taken into consideration. I often think Jack gets forgotten after Tommy Price and Freddie Williams. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted December 25, 2019 Report Share Posted December 25, 2019 I saw Jack Parker ride but by then he was well past his best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted December 25, 2019 Report Share Posted December 25, 2019 26 minutes ago, wealdstone said: I saw Jack Parker ride but by then he was well past his best. He did beat Malcolm Simmons though! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted December 25, 2019 Report Share Posted December 25, 2019 (edited) 17 hours ago, norbold said: I messaged my good friend, Ross Garrigan, one of Australia's leading speedway historians, to see if he knew the answer to your question. I don't think his reply is of much help really! But this is what he said: "I don't think there was too much organization competitors-wise with the staging of Australian Championships back in those days. Vic Huxley spent some time racing in Adelaide before heading to England in 1928. I seem to recall he returned to Brisbane to say farewell to his parents and then left again to head south at the time Hunting's party was about to leave Brisbane to head to England. Another thing, I think Huxley went back to South Australia after his brief return to Brisbane because he had met a girl there. Probably to say goodbye to her before leaving for England." What makes me question this though is the line up for the 1st Adelaide meeting, which was the 1928 qualifier for the finals the next weekend. It seems quite organised in that each State was represented. For the mile championship and the same riders were swapped around for the 2 mile championship. Also seen a few times that Schlam is listed as Syd.? Frank Duckett (Adelaide) rode against Sprouts Elder (US) Syd. Schlam (W.A) v V. Huxley (Qu) A. Taylor (Adelaide) v C.Datson W.A) + B.Morris (Vic) P.Dean (NSW) v H.Managham (ex- New Zealand!!) And as I mentioned at least Huxley left Brisbane a few weeks before and had a couple of meetings in Sydney( v Van Praag etc) on his way to the Aussie Championships Again, more research needed Edited December 25, 2019 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted December 25, 2019 Report Share Posted December 25, 2019 8 hours ago, norbold said: He did beat Malcolm Simmons though! Saw that one at Hackney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted December 25, 2019 Report Share Posted December 25, 2019 3 hours ago, wealdstone said: Saw that one at Hackney Yes, me too. In the freezing cold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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