chunky Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 I know I think of some weird things, but this is one thought I had recently. I was wondering which two teams "shared" the most riders. By that, I mean riders who appeared for two specific teams, like Soren Sjosten, Dave Hemus, Ken Eyre, and Bill Powell riding for both Belle Vue and Wolves. I don't mean teams moving en bloc (Halifax to Bradford), or teams under the same management/nursery teams (Hull/Newcastle). Just off the top of my head, it would appear that Wimbledon and West Ham could be a contender (certainly as far as strength), and here is a quick list of riders who rode for both. Tony Clarke, Barry Crowson, Bob Dugard, Lloyd Goffe, Alf Hagon, Sverre Harrfeldt, Ron Howes,, Reg Luckhurst, Olle Nygren, Malcolm Simmons, Split Waterman. Thinking about it, Wimbledon and Ipswich might be better! Not the same quality, but... Ernie Baker, Pete Chapman, Steve Chilman, Mike Coomber, Alan Farmer, Gil Goldfinch, Mick Hines, Kevin Jolly, Jamie Luckhurst, Richard Knight, Peter Moore, Alan Mogridge, Kai Niemi, Olle Nygren, Alan Sage, Ali Stevens, Neville Tatum, Kevin Teager, Split Waterman. I would love to hear any others! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 (edited) Poole & Exeter Scott Autrey, Vaclav Verner, Frank Shuter, Kevin Holden. Peter Prinsloo, Bruce Cribb, Colin Gooddy, Andy Campbell, Keith Millard, Leif Wahlmann, Colin Cook, Geoff Mudge, Mike Cake, Jimmy Squibb, Ted Laessing, Mark Lemon, Mark Loram, Peter Jeffrey, Jack Unstead (?) Edited April 25, 2020 by steve roberts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted April 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 25 minutes ago, steve roberts said: Poole & Exeter Scott Autrey, Vaclav Verner, Frank Shuter, Kevin Holden. Peter Prinsloo, Bruce Cribb, Colin Gooddy, Andy Campbell, Keith Millard, Leif Wahlmann, Colin Cook, Geoff Mudge, Mike Cake, Jimmy Squibb, Ted Laessing, Mark Lemon, Mark Loram, Peter Jeffrey. I didn't remember Colin Cook riding for Poole (I did check, though), but you left out Steve Bishop, and (unbelievably) Rosco! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL65 Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 Wolverhampton/Cradlley Billy Hamill, Bobby Schwartz, Bob Andrews, Howard Cole, Bruce Cribb, Brian Brett, Jan Simensen, Andy Grahame, Peter Ravn, Peter Jarman, Harry Bastable, Max Clegg, Ashley Morris, Derek Braithwaite, Errol Brook, Mick Handley, Bruce Cooley, Bengt Andersson, Eric Eadon, Cyril Francis, Guy Allott, Ivor Davies, Eric Irons, Phil Malpass, Roy Moreton, Fred Priest, Derek Timms, Jim Tolley, Les Tolley, Archie Wilkinson, Bill McGregor, Brian Shepherd, Craig Taylor, David Clarke, Les Rumsey, Malcolm Shakespeare, Nigel Wasley 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, chunky said: I didn't remember Colin Cook riding for Poole (I did check, though), but you left out Steve Bishop, and (unbelievably) Rosco! Yes in 1984...I'm afraid Rosco is never a rider who immediately comes to my mind and many Oxford fans same. I'd also like to add Ross Gilbertson, Wayne Briggs, Les Sawyer, Malcolm Bedkober, David Biles, John Davis and Nigel Sparshott (albeit one match) to that list...I'm now having to resort to checking Peter Oakes' "The Complete History of the British League"...blimey it goes on and on! Edited April 25, 2020 by steve roberts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 1 hour ago, BL65 said: Wolverhampton/Cradlley Billy Hamill, Bobby Schwartz, Bob Andrews, Howard Cole, Bruce Cribb, Brian Brett, Jan Simensen, Andy Grahame, Peter Ravn, Peter Jarman, Harry Bastable, Max Clegg, Ashley Morris, Derek Braithwaite, Errol Brook, Mick Handley, Bruce Cooley, Bengt Andersson, Eric Eadon, Cyril Francis, Guy Allott, Ivor Davies, Eric Irons, Phil Malpass, Roy Moreton, Fred Priest, Derek Timms, Jim Tolley, Les Tolley, Archie Wilkinson, Bill McGregor, Brian Shepherd, Craig Taylor, David Clarke, Les Rumsey, Malcolm Shakespeare, Nigel Wasley That's an impressive list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy Bird Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 2 hours ago, chunky said: I didn't remember Colin Cook riding for Poole (I did check, though), but you left out Steve Bishop, and (unbelievably) Rosco! 23 minutes ago, steve roberts said: Yes in 1984...I'm afraid Rosco is never a rider who immediately comes to my mind and many Oxford fans same. I'd also like to add Les Sawyer to that list. 24 minutes ago, steve roberts said: Yes in 1984...I'm afraid Rosco is never a rider who immediately comes to my mind and many Oxford fans same. I'd also like to add Les Sawyer to that list. And Tim Bungay,christer sjosten and Keith wright 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 On an international front Wimbledon and Smederna shared a few Gote Nordin, Tommy Jansson, Bo Jansson, Stefan Salomonsson and possibly Kai Niemi? Guess nowadays with the numbers riding all over the place there will be more shared riders, but for the time there was a good link between the clubs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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