England speedway team managers

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I can add Alice Hart as the team manager for the tests against Scotland at White City in 1951 and 1952.

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1 hour ago, iris123 said:

Managed to track down the H. Tovey who I mentioned was manager of the team in Australia in 1950-51. Also was the manager on the next tour according to the photo here. But who was he ?

http://justsolos.homestead.com/molly5.html

H. for Harry.

[iris123]

Is more known about him ? Was he involved in UK speedway or maybe lived in Australia ?

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4 hours ago, iris123 said:

Managed to track down the H. Tovey who I mentioned was manager of the team in Australia in 1950-51. Also was the manager on the next tour according to the photo here. But who was he ?

http://justsolos.homestead.com/molly5.html

Harry Tovey was also manager on the 1949-50 tour.  It would be out of character for the UK authorities to pay for a team manager to travel to Australia in those days, so perhaps Harry was resident there.

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Here is a clue.  Ron Clarke, Odsal captain and member of the 1949-50 touring team, sent 'news' to Speedway Echo, published on 25th February 1950.  His comment was:

"We are all attending a Farewell Ball this week, when our main part will be presenting Harry Tovey with a little something for his services to us.  Believe me, and this is the general feeling in the tourists' camp, nothing we can give Harry can repay him sufficiently for the magnificent way he has taken care of us out here.  It's really been grand to meet a guy who has taken such a great interest in our team.  We feel rather guilty at letting him down over the Test series but that's just the way things work out sometimes.  We hope that we haven't seen the last of Harry where our speedway is concerned and we'll never forget him for what he has done for us."

My feeling is that Harry Tovey was probably in charge of all administrative arrangements during the tours, but maybe the team captain was responsible for racing matters.