BL65 Posted October 29, 2020 Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 23 minutes ago, norbold said: Buster Frogley was Wembley captain in 1930, but, by the end of July, was actually their worst rider in terms of averages, causing him to resign as captain. That reminds me of Colin Pratt spending a few meetings at reserve for Hackney after a slow start to the season in 1965, but he kept the captaincy and eventually only missed out on finishing top of the averages by a narrow margin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL65 Posted October 29, 2020 Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 8 hours ago, BOBBATH said: Here's another from the distant past- .Alby Golden of Newport from 1964 onwards. As I recall Alby was our third heat leader behind Dick Bradley and Peter Vandenberg. And he was a superb captain!! In 1964 Alby Golden ended with a league average of 9.20, ahead of Vandenberg on 8.85 and Bradley on 8.23. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted October 29, 2020 Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 Well done BL65 -I never realized that- I always though Peter was top. Did Alby lead the averages any other year? Interestingly enough the Speedway Star of 13/11/1964 listed Peter as 9.37, Dick as 9.25 and Alby as 8.78- but I think that was just total points divided by number of meetings and did not use CMA's . Also from the number of meetings rode it looked like they included other than just PL meetings e.g.36 for Dick, so it must have included maybe PL K.O.Cup and say, Southern League. Your averages which I expect are more accurate were they on a CMA basis. Thanks for your response to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL65 Posted October 29, 2020 Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 56 minutes ago, BOBBATH said: Well done BL65 -I never realized that- I always though Peter was top. Did Alby lead the averages any other year? Interestingly enough the Speedway Star of 13/11/1964 listed Peter as 9.37, Dick as 9.25 and Alby as 8.78- but I think that was just total points divided by number of meetings and did not use CMA's . Also from the number of meetings rode it looked like they included other than just PL meetings e.g.36 for Dick, so it must have included maybe PL K.O.Cup and say, Southern League. Your averages which I expect are more accurate were they on a CMA basis. Thanks for your response to this. They are CMA. Alby dropped to 7.76 in the British League in 1965, with the rejuvenated Jack Biggs (9.05), Dick Bradley (8.23) and Peter Vandenberg (7.91) ahead of him. In 1966 he was on 5.35, behind Gote Nordin (10.53), Biggs (7.23), Jon Erskine (6.17) and Geoff Penniket (5.52). In the following final three seasons with Newport he averaged 6.29, 5.62 and 5.78 as a second string rider, with spells at reserve. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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