1957 Queries

[daveallan81]

Continuing to work on these results lists, here I need help with:

Oxford v Leicester (Challenge) 65-29 - Speedway Researcher file has the date as Monday 14th April. However 14th April was a Sunday. My list has the meeting on Friday 19th April - CONFIRM DATE.

08/04/1957 Southampton: Crutcher v Knutsson (Practice) 50-43 - DATE, TEAM NAMES & RESULT

19/04/1957 Southampton: Good Friday Trophy - Winner: Brian Crutcher - DATE & RESULT

21/05/1957 Southampton: Pictorial Trophy - Winner: Brian Crutcher - DATE & RESULT

18/06/1957 Southampton: Handicap Trophy - Winner: George White - DATE & RESULT

16/07/1957 Southampton: World Championship British QR - Winner: Brian Crutcher - DATE & RESULT

My fixture list has entries for the following but is lacking in the necessary details:

26/07 Bradford (Postponed due to bus strike) DATE & MEETING

14/09 Aldershot DATE, MEETING & RESULT

16/09 Exeter DATE, MEETING & RESULT

22/09 California DATE, MEETING & RESULT

06/10 California - listed as Supporters Trophy, postponed. CONFIRM DATE, MEETING AND REASON FOR POSTPONEMENT.

[BL65]

Oxford v Leicester (Challenge) 65-29 - Speedway Researcher file has the date as Monday 14th April. However 14th April was a Sunday. My list has the meeting on Friday 19th April - CONFIRM DATE.   The programme is from Friday, 19^th April.

08/04/1957 Southampton: Crutcher v Knutsson (Practice) 50-43 - DATE, TEAM NAMES & RESULT  8^th April; the programme shows Dick Bradley’s Team 43 Brian Crutcher’s Team 50.  This was a practice meeting, with the proceeds of a collection going to the fund for the All England Schools Athletics Championship to be held in July at the Southampton Sports Centre.

19/04/1957 Southampton: Good Friday Trophy - Winner: Brian Crutcher - DATE & RESULT  19^th April; Crutcher 15, Cyril Roger 14, Brian Hanham & Maury Mattingley 11.

21/05/1957 Southampton: Pictorial Trophy - Winner: Brian Crutcher - DATE & RESULT 21^st May; Crutcher 15, Peo Soderman 13, Ove Fundin 13.

18/06/1957 Southampton: Handicap Trophy - Winner: George White - DATE & RESULT 18^th June; White 13+4 handicap points = 17, Bert Roger 11+4=15, Alby Golden 10+4=14.

16/07/1957 Southampton: World Championship British QR - Winner: Brian Crutcher - DATE & RESULT   16^th July; Brian Crutcher 15, Jack Unstead 12, Dick Bradley 11.

[BL65]

On 6/24/2019 at 11:16 PM, daveallan81 said:

Continuing to work on these results lists, here I need help with:

26/07 Bradford (Postponed due to bus strike) DATE & MEETING

14/09 Aldershot DATE, MEETING & RESULT

16/09 Exeter DATE, MEETING & RESULT

22/09 California DATE, MEETING & RESULT

06/10 California - listed as Supporters Trophy, postponed. CONFIRM DATE, MEETING AND REASON FOR POSTPONEMENT. 

26/07 Bradford (Postponed due to bus strike) DATE & MEETING   Date confirmed as Friday, 26^th July from a Speedway Star report, but no details of the intended format of the meeting were given.

14/09 Aldershot DATE, MEETING & RESULT  A number of fixture changes were reported in Speedway Star 7^th September, including the match at Aldershot to take place on Thursday, 19^th September.  This was the Rayleigh ‘home’ fixture against Aldershot due to have been staged on 14^th September.  Another of the fixture changes saw the SAL Riders’ Championship meeting at Rayleigh moved to 14^th September and Aldershot’s Pete Mould and John Day competed in that meeting.  Speedway Star had previously carried an advert for an ‘Open Meeting’ at Aldershot on 14^th, but it would not have featured the team as it should have been fulfilling an away fixture before the alterations were made.  It seems possible that no meeting took place, with the match to fulfil the Rayleigh ‘home’ fixture providing the Aldershot meeting for that week.

16/09 Exeter DATE, MEETING & RESULT  No meeting advertised in the speedway papers, however, in the match report in Speedway Star for the meeting on 9th September it was stated that the meeting on 23rd September would be the last of the season.  This might indicate that no meeting was scheduled for 16th September.  If a meeting had taken place it is almost certain that Tony Lethbridge would have supplied details to Speedway Researcher.

22/09 California DATE, MEETING & RESULT   Speedway Star 5^th October 1957 reported that ‘speedway makes a welcome return to California’ (on October 6^th).  This phrase suggests that it might have been a while since the previous meeting (i.e. the California Championship two months earlier on 5^th August, rather than just two weeks earlier on 22^nd September).  The indications are that there was no meeting on 22^nd September.

06/10 California - listed as Supporters Trophy, postponed. CONFIRM DATE, MEETING AND REASON FOR POSTPONEMENT.  Speedway Star (see above) stated that this was to be contested by Aldershot riders backed up by other riders associated with the club.  Speedway Star 12^th October then reported ‘Unfortunately we received too late for inclusion in last week’s issue the following statement from Frank Marshman: Due to circumstances beyond the Aldershot management’s control, the meeting scheduled for Sunday, October 6, has been cancelled.’

[BL65]

On 6/24/2019 at 11:16 PM, daveallan81 said:

22/09 California DATE, MEETING & RESULT

06/10 California - listed as Supporters Trophy, postponed. CONFIRM DATE, MEETING AND REASON FOR POSTPONEMENT.

 

On 6/26/2019 at 1:07 PM, BL65 said:

22/09 California DATE, MEETING & RESULT   Speedway Star 5^th October 1957 reported that ‘speedway makes a welcome return to California’ (on October 6^th).  This phrase suggests that it might have been a while since the previous meeting (i.e. the California Championship two months earlier on 5^th August, rather than just two weeks earlier on 22^nd September).  The indications are that there was no meeting on 22^nd September.

06/10 California - listed as Supporters Trophy, postponed. CONFIRM DATE, MEETING AND REASON FOR POSTPONEMENT.  Speedway Star (see above) stated that this was to be contested by Aldershot riders backed up by other riders associated with the club.  Speedway Star 12^th October then reported ‘Unfortunately we received too late for inclusion in last week’s issue the following statement from Frank Marshman: Due to circumstances beyond the Aldershot management’s control, the meeting scheduled for Sunday, October 6, has been cancelled.’

 

I have now discovered that the meeting on 22nd September was to have been The Supporters Trophy (as advertised in the Aldershot programme for the meeting on 17th August), but it did not take place, being deferred to 6th October - see earlier post.