Birmingham Speedway 1954

Statistical Record

Contents

Index Of Meetings Meeting Details

Nigel Nicklin, Roger Beaman & Jim Henry – 8th Jan 2012 (Iss 10)

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Birmingham Speedway 1954 - Index Of Meetings Month Date Opponents Competition Venue Result For Agst Page April 3 Bristol InterCity Cup Home Won 76 38 3 10 London Challenge Home Won 59 54 4 16 Bristol InterCity Cup Away Lost 49 65 5 17 Norwich RAC Cup Home Lost 41 42 6 19 Norwich RAC Cup Away Won 49 35 7 24 West Ham RAC Cup Home Draw 42 42 8 May 1 Wembley RAC Cup Home Won 44 40 9 4 West Ham RAC Cup Away Lost 34 50 10 8 Harringay NL Div 1 Home Won 59 25 11 15 Wimbledon NL Div 1 Home Lost 36 48 12 17 Wimbledon NL Div 1 Away Lost 23 61 13

22 Wembley RAC Cup Home Lost 38 46 14 27 Wembley NL Div 1 Away Lost 19 65 15 29 Odsal NL Div 1 Away Lost 29 55 16 31 Odsal NL Div 1 Home Won 44 40 17

June 5 West Ham NL Div 1 Home Won 46 38 18 8 West Ham NL Div 1 Away Lost 30 54 19 9 Harringay NL Div 1 Away Postponed Rain 20 12 Midland Riders QR Individual Home Postponed Rain 21 19 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Away Lost 38 46 22 21 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Home Won 45 39 23 23 Harringay NL Div 1 Away Won 43 41 24 26 Harringay NL Div 1 Home Won 57 27 25 July 3 Midland Riders QR Individual Home Ken McKinlay 26 8 Norwich Nat Trophy Away Lost 34 74 27 10 Norwich Nat Trophy Home Won 62 46 28 15 Wembley NL Div 1 Away Lost 20 64 29 17 West Ham NL Div 1 Home Postponed Rain 30 19 Midland Riders Final Individual Home Ron Mountford 31 24 Odsal NL Div 1 Away Lost 19 65 32 26 Odsal NL Div 1 Home Lost 40 44 33 28 Harringay NL Div 1 Away Postponed Rain 34 31 West Ham NL Div 1 Home Won 43 41 35 Aug 5 Norwich NL Div 1 Away Lost 32 52 36 7 Norwich NL Div 1 Home Won 43 41 37 11 Harringay NL Div 1 Away Lost 33 50 38 14 World Championship QR Individual Home Jack Young 39 21 Wembley NL Div 1 Home Lost 31 52 40 28 Bristol Challenge Home Won 69 65 41 Sept 2 Norwich NL Div 1 Away Lost 21 63 42 4 Perry Barr Cup Individual Home Harry Bastable 43 11 Wimbledon NL Div 1 Home Lost 35 49 44 14 West Ham NL Div 1 Away Lost 35 48 45 18 Wembley NL Div 1 Home Lost 32 52 46 25 Norwich NL Div 1 Home Won 43 41 47 27 Wimbledon NL Div 1 Away Lost 19 65 48 Oct 2 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Away Lost 24 59 49 4 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Home Postponed Rain 50 9 Coventry Mid Cup F Home Won 55 40 51 11 Belle Vue NL Div 1 Home Lost 38 44 52

16 Coventry Mid Cup F Away Lost 41 55 53

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Saturday 3rd April 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 76 - Bristol Bulldogs 38 (Inter City Cup) Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 EX 12 2. Eric Boothroyd 2’ 3 3 3 3 3 17 1 3. Harry Bastable 2’ 1 1 2’ 0 6 2 4. Ron Mountford 3 1 1 1 2 1 9 5. Arthur Payne 3 3 1’ 3 3 13 1 6. Ron Barrett 2’ 2 2 1 1 8 1 7. Ivor Davies 3 2’ 3 8 1 8. Geoff Bennett 2’ 0 1 3 1 Bristol 1. Dick Bradley F 2 2 2 2 2 10 2. Billy Hole 1 2 3 1 3 0 10 3. Jack Unstead 1 0 0 0 1’ 2 1 4. Eric Salmon 0 0 0 0 N 0 5. Johnny Hole F 1 0 0 2 3 6. Chris Boss 1 3 2 2 0 8 7. Tom Oakley EF EF NS 0 8. Chum Taylor 1 2 1 1 5 Ht1 Hunt, Bastable, Unstead, Bradley [f] 71.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Mountford, Boothroyd, B.Hole, Salmon 74.4 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Payne, Barrett, Boss, J.Hole [f] 74.2 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Davies, Bennett, Taylor, Oakley [ef] 74.6 5 1 20 4 Ht5 Hunt, Bradley, Mountford, Salmon 74.0 4 2 24 6 Ht6 Payne, Davies, J.Hole, Oakley [ef] 74.4 5 1 29 7 Ht7 Boothroyd, B.Hole, Bastable, Unstead 73.6 4 2 33 9 Ht8 Boss, Barrett, Taylor, Bennett 75.2 2 4 35 13 Ht9 Boothroyd, Bradley, Mountford, Unstead 74.8 4 2 39 15 Ht10 B.Hole, Barrett, Payne, Salmon 75.0 3 3 42 18 Ht11 Hunt, Boss, Bastable, J.Hole 75.2 4 2 46 20 Ht12 Payne, Bradley, Barrett, Unstead 75.2 4 2 50 22 Ht13 Boothroyd, Boss, Mountford, J.Hole 75.2 4 2 54 24 Ht14 Hunt, Bastable, B.Hole, Salmon 74.6 5 1 59 25 Ht15 Davies, Taylor, Bennett, Oakley [ns] 75.4 4 2 63 27 Ht16 B.Hole, Mountford, Taylor, Hunt [ex] 75.8 2 4 65 31 Ht17 Boothroyd, Bradley, Barrett, Boss 74.2 4 2 69 33 Ht18 Payne, J.Hole, Unstead, Bastable 76.6 3 3 72 36 Ht19 Boothroyd, Bradley, Mountford, B.Hole 74.8 4 2 76 38

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Saturday 10th April 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 59 - London Stars 54 (Challenge) Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 2 2’ EF 13 1 2. Eric Boothroyd 3 3 3 2 3 EF 14 3. Harry Bastable 2’ 0 0 1’ 2 5 2 4. Ron Mountford 1 2’ 2’ 1’ 3 9 3 5. Arthur Payne 2 EF 2 1 0 5 6. Ron Barrett 1’ EF 1 EF 1’ 3 3 7. Ivor Davies 3 3 3 9 8. Geoff Bennett 0 1 0 1 Stars 1. Jack Biggs 1 1 1 2’ 1’ 6 2 2. Ronnie Moore 2 2 3 3 1 2’ 13 1 3. Jeff Lloyd 0 1’ 0 3 0 4 1 4. Cyril Brine 0 0 0 N N 0 5. Tommy Price 3 2 1’ 0 3 9 1 6. Jack Young 0 3 2 3 2 3 13 7. Fred Lang 2 1’ 0 2 5 1 8. Bob Oakley 1’ 2’ 1’ 0 4 3 Ht1 Hunt, Bastable, Biggs, Lloyd 71.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Boothroyd, Moore, Mountford, Brine 72.2 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Price, Payne, Barrett, Young 74.0 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Davies, Lang, Oakley, Bennett 76.0 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Hunt, Mountford, Biggs, Brine 75.6 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Davies, Price, Lang, Payne [ef] 74.6 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Boothroyd, Moore, Lloyd, Bastable 74.4 3 3 26 16 Ht8 Young, Oakley, Bennett, Barrett 76.6 1 5 27 21 Ht9 Boothroyd, Mountford, Biggs, Lloyd 75.0 5 1 32 22 Ht10 Moore, Payne, Barrett, Brine 75.6 3 3 35 25 Ht11 Hunt, Young, Price, Bastable 73.8 3 3 38 28 Ht12 Lloyd, Biggs, Payne, Barrett [ef] 76.2 1 5 39 33 Ht13 Young, Boothroyd, Mountford, Price 73.4 3 3 42 36 Ht14 Moore, Hunt, Bastable, Lang 74.4 3 3 45 39 Ht15 Davies, Lang, Oakley, Bennett 75.2 3 3 48 42 Ht16 Mountford, Hunt, Moore, Oakley 75.2 5 1 53 43 Ht17 Boothroyd, Young, Biggs Payne 74.0 3 3 56 46 Ht18 Price, Bastable, Barrett, Lloyd 75.2 3 3 59 49 Ht19 Young, Moore, Hunt [ef], Boothroyd [ef] 76.6 0 5 59 54

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Friday 16th April 1954 Knowle Stadium, Bristol

Bristol Bulldogs 65 - Birmingham Brummies 47 (Inter City Cup) Bristol 1. Dick Bradley 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 2. Billy Hole 2’ 3 2 0 2 9 1 3. Jack Unstead 1 2’ 2’ 0 2 7 2 4. Eric Salmon 3 0 N N N 3 5. Chris Boss 2 3 3 1’ 1’ 0 10 2 6. Johnny Hole 1’ 3 1 2 0 7 1 7. Chum Taylor 2 0 1’ 1 1 5 1 8. Tom Oakley 1’ 1 1 3 6 1 Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 1’ 3 3 3 2 14 1 2. Eric Boothroyd 0 1 2 2 0 5 3. Harry Bastable 0 0 0 N 0 0 4. Ron Mountford 1 2 0 1’ 2 1’ 7 2 5. Arthur Payne 3 1’ 0 2’ 3 9 2 6. Ron Barrett 0 2 1 3 1 7 7. Ivor Davies 3 2 0 2 7 8. Geoff Bennett 0 0 0 0 Ht1 Bradley, Hunt, Unstead, Bastable 62.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Salmon, B.Hole, Mountford, Boothroyd 64.2 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Payne, Boss, J.Hole, Barrett 64.8 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Davies, Taylor, Oakley, Bennett 65.6 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Bradley, Mountford, Hunt, Salmon 64.0 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Boss, Davies, Payne, Taylor 64.4 3 3 21 15 Ht7 B.Hole, Unstead, Boothroyd, Bastable 64.4 5 1 26 16 Ht8 J.Hole, Barrett, Oakley, Bennett 64.8 4 2 30 18 Ht9 Hunt, B.Hole, Taylor, Bastable 63.4 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Boss, Boothroyd, J.Hole, Mountford 63.8 4 2 37 23 Ht11 Bradley, Unstead, Barrett, Payne 63.4 5 1 42 24 Ht12 Hunt, J.Hole, Boss, Davies 63.4 3 3 45 27 Ht13 Barrett, Payne, Oakley, B.Hole 64.0 1 5 46 32 Ht14 Bradley, Boothroyd, Mountford, Unstead 64.0 3 3 49 35 Ht15 Oakley, Davies, Taylor, Bennett 65.0 4 2 53 37 Ht16 Bradley, Mountford, Taylor, Boothroyd 63.4 4 2 57 39 Ht17 Hunt, B.Hole, Barrett, J.Hole 62.6 2 4 59 43 Ht18 Payne, Unstead, Boss, Bastable 65.0 3 3 62 46 Ht19 Bradley, Hunt, Mountford, Boss 63.0 3 3 65 49 Junior Scratch Races Ht1 Cliff Cox, Roy Taylor, Malcolm Snook [nf] 64.8 Ht2 Cox, Taylor, Snook 66.2

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Saturday 17th April 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 41 - Norwich Stars 42 (RAC Cup)

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 2. Eric Boothroyd EF 1 1 3 5 3. Harry Bastable 1 3 2’ 2’ 8 2 4. Ron Mountford 1 0 0 1 2 5. Ron Barrett FN N N N 0 6. Arthur Payne EF 0 0 2 2 7. Dennis Bennett 0 0 1 1’ 2 1 8. Ivor Davies 2 3 3 2 10 Norwich 1. Cyril Roger 2 2 2’ 3 9 1 2. Fred Rogers 3 0 3 1 7 3. Phil Clarke 0 2 3 0 5 4. Fred Pawson 2’ 1’ 2’ 0 5 3 5. Bob Oakley 3 3 0 2 8 6. Fred Brand EF 2 1 0 3 7. Bill Codling 1’ 1’ 2 2 8. Roy Craighead 2 1 3 Ht1 Hunt, Roger, Bastable, Clarke 79.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Rogers, Pawson, Mountford, Boothroyd [ef] 79.4 1 5 5 7 Ht3 Oakley, Davies, Brand [ef], Payne [ef] 78.2 2 3 7 10 Ht4 Davies, Craighead, Codling, Bennett 81.2 3 3 10 13 Ht5 Hunt, Roger, Pawson, Mountford 79.2 3 3 13 16 Ht6 Davies, Brand, Codling, Bennett 79.6 3 3 16 19 Ht7 Bastable, Clarke, Boothroyd, Rogers 79.8 4 2 20 21 Ht8 Oakley, Davies, Craighead, Payne 78.4 2 4 22 25 Ht9 Clarke, Roger, Boothroyd, Mountford 79.2 1 5 23 30 Ht10 Rogers, Pawson, Bennett, Payne 81.4 1 5 24 35 Ht11 Hunt, Bastable, Brand, Oakley 78.0 5 1 29 36 Ht12 Roger, Payne, Bennett, Clarke 80.0 3 3 32 39 Ht13 Boothroyd, Oakley, Mountford, Brand 79.8 4 2 36 41 Ht14 Hunt, Bastable, Rogers, Pawson 80.2 5 1 41 42 Reserves Scratch Race [Bennett, Alan Pearce, Codling, Craighead Cancelled Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Hunt, Mountford, Brand, Clarke 78.0 Ht2 Roger, Boothroyd, Pawson, Pearce 78.4 Ht3 Bastable, Oakley, Rogers, Craighead 79.0 Ht4 Davies, Codling, Bennett, Pearce 81.2 Final Hunt, Bastable, Davies, Roger [ef] 78.0

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Monday 19th April 1954 Firs Stadium, Norwich

Norwich Stars 35 - Birmingham Brummies 49 (RAC Cup)

Norwich 1. Cyril Roger 2 0 0 0 2 2. Fred Rogers 3 2 1’ 3 9 1 3. Phil Clarke 0 0 1 1 2 4. Fred Pawson 0 1 2 1 4 5. Fred Brand 2 2’ 1 2 7 1 6. Bob Oakley 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 7. Roy Craighead 3 3 6 8. Bill Codling 2’ 2 4 1 Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 2. Eric Boothroyd 2 3 2’ 2’ 9 2 3. Harry Bastable 1 1 0 1 3 4. Ron Mountford 1’ 2’ 3 3 9 2 5. Arthur Payne 1 1 3 2 7 6. Ivor Davies 3 3 2’ 0 8 1 7. Dennis Bennett 1 0 1 8. Wilf Willstead 0 0 0 Ht1 Hunt, Roger, Bastable, Clarke 74.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Rogers, Boothroyd, Mountford, Pawson 74.2 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Davies, Brand, Payne, Oakley 74.4 2 4 7 11 Ht4 Craighead, Codling, Bennett, Willstead 76.8 5 1 12 12 Ht5 Hunt, Mountford, Pawson, Roger 74.0 1 5 13 17 Ht6 Craighead, Brand, Payne, Willstead 75.6 5 1 18 18 Ht7 Boothroyd, Rogers, Bastable, Clarke 74.2 2 4 20 22 Ht8 Davies, Codling, Oakley, Bennett 75.2 3 3 23 25 Ht9 Hunt, Pawson, Rogers, Bastable 73.2 3 3 26 28 Ht10 Mountford, Boothroyd, Brand, Oakley 74.8 1 5 27 33 Ht11 Payne, Davies, Clarke, Roger 74.8 1 5 28 38 Ht12 Hunt, Brand, Bastable, Oakley 73.4 2 4 30 42 Ht13 Rogers, Payne, Pawson, Davies 75.4 4 2 34 44 Ht14 Mountford, Boothroyd, Clarke, Roger 75.0 1 5 35 49 Starlets Scratch Race Barry East, Malcolm Flood, Clive Featherby, Peter Smith [ex] 77.6 Holiday Scratch Race Craighead, East, Featherby, Willstead 78.6 Bank Holiday Scratch Race Craighead, Codling, Flood, Bennett 79.4 Easter Monday Scratch Race Ht1 Hunt, Rogers, Pawson, Bastable 74.4 76.4 Ht2 Boothroyd, Brand, Clarke, Mountford 75.6 76.6 Ht3 Payne, Oakley, Davies, Roger 76.2 76.6 Final Hunt, Boothroyd, Payne, Rogers 76.2

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Saturday 24th April 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 42 - West Ham Hammers 42 (RAC Cup) Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 2. Eric Boothroyd 2’ 3 2 2 9 1 3. Harry Bastable 0 0 0 1 1 4. Ron Mountford 3 1 1’ 1’ 6 2 5. Arthur Payne 2 3 3 2 10 6. Ivor Davies 0 3 0 0 3 7. Wilf Wilstead 1 0 0 1 8. Dennis Bennett F N 0 West Ham 1. Jack Young 2 2 3 3 10 2. Wally Green 0 2 2 2 6 3. Malcolm Craven 1’ 1’ 0 N 2 2 4. Howdy Byford 1 0 1’ 0 2 1 5. Pat Clarke 1 1’ 1’ 0 3 2 6. Bert Roger 3 1’ 2 3 9 1 7. Gerry Hussey 2’ 2 4 1 8. Keith Gurtner 3 2 1 6 Ht1 Hunt, Young, Craven, Bastable 70.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Mountford, Boothroyd, Byford, Green 73.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Roger, Payne, Clarke, Davies 73.6 2 4 10 8 Ht4 Gurtner, Hussey, Wilstead, Bennett [f] 72.8 1 5 11 13 Ht5 Hunt, Young, Mountford, Byford 71.4 4 2 15 15 Ht6 Payne, Hussey, Clarke, Wilstead 72.8 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Boothroyd, Green, Craven, Bastable 73.2 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Davies, Gurtner, Roger, Wilstead 73.4 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Young, Boothroyd, Mountford, Craven 72.8 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Payne, Green, Byford, Davies 73.8 3 3 30 30 Ht11 Hunt, Roger, Clarke, Bastable 72.4 3 3 33 33 Ht12 Young, Payne, Gurtner, Davies 73.4 2 4 35 37 Ht13 Roger, Boothroyd, Mountford, Clarke 73.8 3 3 38 40 Ht14 Hunt, Green, Bastable, Byford 72.8 4 2 42 42 Junior Scratch Race Les Jenkins, Wilstead, Alan Pearce 3 only 77.6 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Hunt, Boothroyd, Roger, Green [ef] 72.4 72.8 74.0 Ht2 Young, Mountford, Payne, Clarke 73.8 74.6 75.2 77.4 Ht3 Craven, Davies, Byford, Bastable 75.0 76.0 76.6 77.2 Ht4 Gurtner, Hussey, Jenkins, Wilstead [ef] 74.0 74.8 100.0 Final Hunt, Boothroyd, Young, Gurtner 72.4

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Saturday 1st May 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 44 - Wembley Lions 40 (RAC Cup) Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 2. Eric Boothroyd 2 3 3 2 10 3. Les Jenkins F 0 0 N 0 4. Ivor Davies 1’ 0 1 0 2 1 5. Dennis Bennett 0 N N N 0 6. Arthur Payne 3 3 2 2’ 10 1 7. Ron Mountford 0 3 1’ 3 7 1 8. Harry Bastable 2 0 1 1’ 4 1 Wembley 1. Tommy Price 2 2 2 1 7 2. Fred Williams 3 2 3 3 11 3. Eric French 1’ 1’ N N 2 2 4. Trevor Redmond 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 5. Eric Williams 1’ 2 2 1 6 1 6. Brian Crutcher 2 2 1’ 3 8 1 7. Jimmy Gooch 1’ 1 0 2 1 8. Fred Lang 3 EF 0 3 Ht1 Hunt, Price, French, Jenkins [f] 70.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 F.Williams, Boothroyd, Davies, Redmond 73.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Payne, Crutcher, E.Williams, Bennett 73.4 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Lang, Bastable, Gooch, Mountford 74.0 2 4 11 13 Ht5 Hunt, Price, Redmond, Davies 72.0 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Mountford, E.Williams, Gooch, Bastable 74.2 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Boothroyd, F.Williams, French, Jenkins 73.6 3 3 20 22 Ht8 Payne, Crutcher, Bastable, Lang [ef] 74.0 4 2 24 24 Ht9 Boothroyd, Price, Davies, Gooch 73.6 4 2 28 26 Ht10 F.Williams, Payne, Mountford, Redmond 73.0 3 3 31 29 Ht11 Hunt, E.Williams, Crutcher, Jenkins 72.0 3 3 34 32 Ht12 Mountford, Payne, Price, Lang 74.2 5 1 39 33 Ht13 Crutcher, Boothroyd, E.Williams, Davies 73.6 2 4 41 37 Ht14 F.Williams, Hunt, Bastable, Redmond 72.6 3 3 44 40 Junior Scratch Race Bennett, Clive Wasley, Alan Pearce, Jenkins [ns] 77.2 Stadium Scratch Race Bastable, Gooch, Lang, Wasley 75.6 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Hunt, F.Williams, French, Bastable 72.0 72.8 Ht2 Crutcher, Price, Boothroyd, Payne 73.0 74.6 Ht3 Mountford, E.Williams, Davies, Redmond 73.6 75.0 Final Hunt, F.Williams, Mountford, Crutcher 72.2

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Tuesday 4th May 1954 West Ham Stadium, London

West Ham Hammers 50 - Birmingham Brummies 34 (RAC Cup) West Ham 1. Jack Young 2 2 3 3 10 2. Wally Green 3 3 1’ 3 10 1 3. Malcolm Craven 1’ 1 2’ 0 4 2 4. Howdy Byford 0 0 2’ 0 2 1 5. Pat Clarke 1 2’ EF 1’ 4 2 6. Bert Roger 0 3 3 2 8 7. Gerry Hussey 2’ 3 2 7 1 8. Keith Gurtner 3 2’ 5 1 Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 2. Eric Boothroyd 2 2 2 2 8 3. Ivor Davies 0 0 0 0 0 4. Harry Bastable 1’ 1 1’ 1’ 4 3 5. Ron Mountford 2’ N N NS 2 1 6. Arthur Payne 3 N N NS 3 7. Les Jenkins 1 1 1 1 4 8. Dennis Bennett 0 0 0 1 1 Ht1 Hunt, Young, Craven, Davies 73.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Green, Boothroyd, Bastable, Byford 74.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Payne, Mountford, Clarke, Roger 75.6 1 5 7 11^ Ht4 Gurtner, Hussey, Jenkins, Bennett 75.6 5 1 12 12 Ht5 Hunt, Young, Bastable, Byford 73.0 2 4 14 16 Ht6 Hussey, Clarke, Jenkins, Bennett 73.6 5 1 19 17 Ht7 Green, Boothroyd, Craven, Davies 74.6 4 2 23 19 Ht8 Roger, Gurtner, Jenkins, Bennett 77.6 5 1 28 20 Ht9 Hunt, Hussey, Green, Davies 74.4 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Roger, Boothroyd, Bastable, Clarke [ef] 75.4 3 3 34 26 Ht11 Young, Craven, Bennett, Payne [ns] 77.0 5 1 39 27 Ht12 Hunt, Roger, Clarke, Davies 74.4 3 3 42 30 Ht13 Green, Byford, Jenkins, Mountford [ns] 77.0 5 1 47 31 Ht14 Young, Boothroyd, Bastable, Craven 74.0 3 3 50 34 ^ Payne & Mountford crashed after race Golden Helmet Match Race Championship Ht1 Ronnie Moore bt Jack Young [f] 78.0 Ht2 Ronnie Moore bt Jack Young 72.6 Reserves Challenge Gurtner, Lawson, Jenkins, Bennett 75.8 The Spring Scratch Race (3 laps) Ht1 Young, Boothroyd, Craven, Jenkins 56.2 Ht2 Clarke, Moore, Gurtner, Bennett 56.2 Ht3 Green, Hunt, Davies, Roger [r] 56.6 Ht4 Hussey, Byford, Bastable, Lawson 56.8 Final Young, Hussey, Green, Clarke 55.8

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Saturday 8th May 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 59 - Harringay Racers 25 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 2. Eric Boothroyd 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 3. Ivor Davies 2’ 1 2’ 0 5 2 4. Harry Bastable 3 2’ 1 1 7 1 5. Arthur Payne 1 2 2’ 2’ 7 2 6. Ron Mountford 3 3 3 3 12 7. Ron Barrett 1’ 1’ 2 2 8. Les Jenkins 2 1 3 Harringay 1. Frank Lawrence 0 0 0 N 0 2. Split Waterman 1 2 NF 2 5 3. Allan Quinn 1 0 2 1 4 4. Ken Walsh 0 1 1 1’ 3 1 5. Ron How 2 3 1 0 6 6. Alf Hagon 0 EX 0 2 2 7. Ken Monk 0 0 0 8. Graham Murphy 3 2 0 5 Ht1 Hunt, Davies, Quinn, Lawrence 72.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Bastable, Boothroyd, Waterman, Walsh 74.2 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Mountford, How, Payne, Hagon 73.6 4 2 14 4 Ht4 Murphy, Jenkins, Barrett, Monk 77.0 3 3 17 7 Ht5 Hunt, Bastable, Walsh, Lawrence 75.6 5 1 22 8 Ht6 How, Payne, Barrett, Monk 75.0 3 3 25 11 Ht7 Boothroyd, waterman, Davies, Quinn 73.8 4 2 29 13 Ht8 Mountford, Murphy, Jenkins, Hagon [ex] 74.8 4 2 33 15 Ht9 Boothroyd, Quinn, Bastable, Lawrence 74.6 4 2 37 17 Ht10 Mountford, Payne, Walsh, Waterman [nf] 75.0 5 1 42 18 Ht11 Hunt, Davies, How, Hagon 72.8 5 1 47 19 Ht12 Mountford, Payne, Quinn, Murphy 74.2 5 1 52 20 Ht13 Boothroyd, Hagon, Bastable, How 74.8 4 2 56 22 Ht14 Hunt, Waterman, Walsh, Davies 74.2 3 3 59 25 Junior Scratch Race Alan Pearce, Clive Wasley, Dennis Bennett (3 riders only) 77.4 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Hunt, Mountford, Waterman, Hagon [f] 74.2 Ht2 Boothroyd, Bastable, Quinn, Murphy 74.2 Ht3 Walsh, Davies, Payne, How 75.0 Ht4 Barrett, Lawrence, Monk, Jenkins 76.4 Final Hunt, Boothroyd, Walsh, Barrett 74.4

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Saturday 15th May 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 36 - Wimbledon Dons 48 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 0 2 3 2 7 2. Eric Boothroyd 2 3 2 3 10 3. Ivor Davies 2 1 0 0 3 4. Harry Bastable 1’ 1’ 0 1 3 2 5. Arthur Payne EF N 1’ 1’ 2 2 6. Ron Mountford 1 3 2 2 8 7. Ron Barrett 0 0 0 8. Les Jenkins 2 1 0 3 Wimbledon 1. Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 12 2. Geoff Mardon 3 2 3 3 11 3. Cyril Brine 1 F EX 0 1 4. Peter Moore EF EX N 1 1 5. Barry Briggs 2’ 2’ 2 2 8 2 6. Don Perry 3 2 1’ 0 6 1 7. Bill Longley 1 3 1 5 8. Cyril Maidment 3 1’ 0 4 1 Ht1 R.Moore, Davies, Brine, Hunt 70.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Mardon, Boothroyd, Bastable, P.Moore [ef] 72.0 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Perry, Briggs, Mountford, Payne [ef] 73.4 1 5 6 12 Ht4 Maidment, Jenkins, Longley, Barrett 71.2 2 4 8 16 Ht5 R.Moore, Hunt, Bastable, P.Moore [ex] 71.4 3 3 11 19 Ht6 Longley, Briggs, Jenkins, Barrett 74.6 1 5 12 24 Ht7 Boothroyd, Mardon, Davies, Brine [f] 73.6 4 2 16 26 Ht8 Mountford, Perry, Maidment, Jenkins 73.6 3 3 19 29 Ht9 R.Moore, Boothroyd, Longley, Bastable 74.0 2 4 21 33 Ht10 Mardon, Mountford, Payne, Maidment 73.8 3 3 24 36 Ht11 Hunt, Briggs, Perry, Davies 73.6 3 3 27 39 Ht12 R.Moore, Mountford, Payne, Brine 73.8 3 3 30 42 Ht13 Boothroyd, Briggs, Bastable, Perry 74.6 4 2 34 44 Ht14 Mardon, Hunt, P.Moore, Davies 74.0 2 4 36 48 Junior Scratch Race Dennis Bennett, Clive Wasley, Alan Pearce (3 riders only) 76.6 Reserves Scratch Race Longley, Jenkins, Maidment, Barrett [ef] 77.0 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Hunt, P.Moore, Mardon, Bennett 74.0 75.8 Ht2 R.Moore, Boothroyd, Mountford, Perry 74.4 75.4 Ht3 Briggs, Davies, Bastable, Brine [f] 76.4 76.6 Final R.Moore, Boothroyd, Hunt, Briggs [ef] 73.8

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Monday 17th May 1954 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 61 - Birmingham Brummies 23 (National League Division One) Wimbledon 1. Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 12 2. Geoff Mardon 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 3. Reg Trott 1 1 1 1 4 4. Cyril Brine 3 1 2’ F 6 1 5. Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 12 6. Don Perry 2’ 3 2’ 1 8 2 7. Bill Longley 3 2’ 5 1 8. Cyril Maidment 2’ 1 3 Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 2 1 2 7 2. Eric Boothroyd 1 2 1 2 6 3. Ivor Davies 0 0 0 0 0 4. Harry Bastable 0 0 N 0 0 5. Arthur Payne 1 2 0 N 3 6. Ron Mountford 0 EF 2 2 4 7. Ron Barrett 0 EF 0 8. Les Jenkins 1 1 0 1’ 3 1 Ht1 Moore, Hunt, Trott, Davies 65.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Brine, Mardon, Boothroyd, Bastable 67.0 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Briggs, Perry, Payne, Mountford 65.0 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Longley, Maidment, Jenkins, Barrett 67.4 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Moore, Hunt, Brine, Bastable 65.6 4 2 23 7 Ht6 Briggs, Payne, Maidment, Barrett [ef] 65.2 4 2 27 9 Ht7 Mardon, Boothroyd, Trott, Davies 65.6 4 2 31 11 Ht8 Perry, Longley, Jenkins, Mountford [ef] 66.4 5 1 36 12 Ht9 Mardon, Brine, Hunt, Davies 66.2 5 1 41 13 Ht10 Briggs, Perry, Boothroyd, Jenkins 67.2 5 1 46 14 Ht11 Moore, Mountford, Trott, Payne 66.0 4 2 50 16 Ht12 Briggs, Hunt, Perry, Davies 66.0 4 2 54 18 Ht13 Mardon, Mountford, Jenkins, Brine [f] 66.4 3 3 57 21 Ht14 Moore, Boothroyd, Trott, Bastable 66.6 4 2 61 23 1954 Challenge Match Race Ht1 Gerry Hussey bt Barry Briggs 66.0 Ht2 Barry Briggs bt Gerry Hussey [f] 65.4 Ht3 Barry Briggs bt Gerry Hussey 65.6 Woking Scratch Race Longley, P.Moore, Barrett, Jenkins 67.8 Claygate Scratch Race R.Moore, Mardon, Hunt, Payne 65.8 Esher Scratch Race Mountford, Boothroyd, Perry, Trott 66.4 Guildford Scratch Race Brine, Maidment, Bastable, Davies 67.2

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Saturday 22nd May 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 38 - Wembley Lions 46 (RAC Cup) Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 2 3 11 2. Eric Boothroyd 0 1 2 3 6 3. Ivor Davies 0 0 1’ 1 2 1 4. Harry Bastable 1 1 0 0 2 5. Arthur Payne 3 3 0 2 8 6. Ron Mountford 2’ 3 2 1’ 8 2 7. Ron Barrett 0 0 0 8. Les Jenkins 1 0 1 Wembley 1. Freddie Williams 1’ 2 3 3 9 1 2. Brian Crutcher 3 2’ 3 2 10 1 3. Eric French 2 3 N 0 5 4. Tommy Price 2’ 0 1 0 3 1 5. Eric Williams EF 2 3 1’ 6 1 6. Jimmy Gooch 1 1’ 0 N 2 1 7. Trevor Redmond 2’ 1’ 1 4 2 8. Fred Lang 3 2 2 7 Ht1 Hunt, French, F.Williams, Davies 70.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Crutcher, Price, Bastable, Boothroyd 71.4 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Payne, Mountford, Gooch, E.Williams [ef] 72.6 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Lang, Redmond, Jenkins, Barrett 73.8 1 5 10 14 Ht5 Hunt, F.Williams, Bastable, Price 71.2 4 2 14 16 Ht6 Payne, E.Williams, Redmond, Barrett 72.2 3 3 17 19 Ht7 French, Crutcher, Boothroyd, Davies 72.2 1 5 18 24 Ht8 Mountford, Lang, Gooch, Jenkins 72.6 3 3 21 27 Ht9 F.Williams, Boothroyd, Redmond, Bastable 72.8 2 4 23 31 Ht10 Crutcher, Mountford, Price, Payne 72.2 2 4 25 35 Ht11 E.Williams, Hunt, Davies, Gooch 73.0 3 3 28 38 Ht12 F.Williams, Payne, Mountford, French 72.6 3 3 31 41 Ht13 Boothroyd, Lang, E.Williams, Bastable 73.2 3 3 34 44 Ht14 Hunt, Crutcher, Davies, Price 72.2 4 2 38 46 Junior Scratch Race Dennis Bennett, Alan Pearce, Clive Wasley (3 riders only) 77.4 Reserves Scratch Race Lang, Redmond, Barrett, Davies 74.4 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Hunt, Crutcher, French, Davies 71.0 72.6 Ht2 F.Williams, Boothroyd, Bastable, Price 72.4 73.4 Ht3 Payne, E.Williams, Gooch, Mountford 73.8 74.4 Final Hunt, F.Williams, Crutcher, Payne 71.4

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Thursday 27th May 1954 Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Lions 65 - Birmingham Brummies 19 (National League Division One) Wembley 1. Eric French 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 2. Freddie Williams 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 3. Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 12 4. Tommy Price 1 3 1 2’ 7 1 5. Eric Williams 3 3 3 3 12 6. Trevor Redmond 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4 7. Fred Lang 1 EF 1 8. Jimmy Gooch 2’ 3 5 1 Birmingham 1. Harry Bastable 0 1 0 0 1 2. Alan Hunt 1 1 2 1 5 3. Eric Boothroyd 2 2 1 1 6 4. Ivor Davies 0 0 2 0 2 5. Ron Mountford 1 1 1 1 4 6. Arthur Payne 0 0 0 0 0 7. Les Jenkins EF 0 0 8. Ron Barrett 0 1’ 1 1 Ht1 F.Williams, French, Hunt, Bastable 73.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Crutcher, Boothroyd, Price, Davies 72.8 4 2 9 3 Ht3 E.Williams, Redmond, Mountford, Payne 74.0 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Crutcher, Boothroyd, Lang, Jenkins [ef] 73.2 4 2 18 6 Ht5 French, Redmond, Bastable, Payne 75.2 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Price, Gooch, Hunt, Barrett 74.2 5 1 28 8 Ht7 E.Williams, Redmond, Boothroyd, Davies 73.2 5 1 33 9 Ht8 Gooch, F.Williams, Mountford, Jenkins 74.8 5 1 38 10 Ht9 Crutcher, Hunt, Price, Bastable 72.8 4 2 42 12 Ht10 E.Williams, Davies, Barrett, Lang [ef] 74.0 3 3 45 15 Ht11 F.Williams, French, Mountford, Payne 75.2 5 1 50 16 Ht12 E.Williams, Redmond, Hunt, Bastable 73.8 5 1 55 17 Ht13 Crutcher, Price, Mountford, Payne 73.4 5 1 60 18 Ht14 F.Williams, French, Boothroyd, Davies 74.6 5 1 65 19 Invitation Handicap Race George Wilks [20yds back], Roy Bowers [10], Lang [30], [Price [40], Bill Simpson[Scr] 77.0 Cinder Deflector Race (3 laps) Redmond, Gooch, French, E Williams [f] 57.0 Empire Scratch Race Gerald Hussey, Jack Geran, Barry Briggs [f], Lang [f] Race Abandoned Stadium Scratch Race (3 Laps) Ht1 Mountford, French, Barrett, Wilks [ef] 56.0 ??.? Ht2 Hussey, Gooch, Bastable, Payne 55.4 ??.? Ht3 Geran, Redmond, Davies, Jenkins 56.6 ??.? Final Hussey, Geran, Redmond, Mountford 55.8 Wembley, Rolling Start Scratch Race Ht1 Hussey, F Williams, Hunt, Price 53.4 Ht2 Crutcher, E Williams, Boothroyd, Geran 54.2 Final Crutcher, F Williams, E Williams, Hussey 53.4

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Saturday 29th May 1954 Odsal Stadium, Bradford

Odsal Tudors 55 - Birmingham Brummies 29 (National League Division One) Odsal 1. Eddie Rigg 2 2’ 3 3 10 1 2. Dick Seers 0 2’ 0 N 2 1 3. Arthur Forrest 3 3 3 3 12 4. Al Allison 1 2 1 2 6 5. Arthur Wright 3 2’ 2’ 2 9 2 6. Dent Oliver 1 3 3 1’ 8 1 7. Ron Clarke 1’ 3 4 1 8. Keith Milner F 3 1 4 Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 2 3 11 2. Harry Bastable 1 1 0 0 2 3. Eric Boothroyd 2 2 1 2 7 4. Ivor Davies 0 0 1 0 1 5. Ron Mountford 2 1 2 1 6 6. Arthur Payne EF 0 1’ 0 1 1 7. Ron Barrett 0 EF 0 8. Les Jenkins 1’ 0 1 1 Ht1 Hunt, Rigg, Bastable, Seers 66.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2^Forrest, Boothroyd, Allison, Davies 67.0 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Wright, Mountford, Oliver, Payne [ef] 66.2 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Forrest, Boothroyd, Jenkins, Milner [f] 67.4 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Oliver, Seers, Bastable, Payne 67.6 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Hunt, Allison, Clarke, Barrett 67.4 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Oliver, Wright, Boothroyd, Davies 67.0 5 1 26 16 Ht8 Clarke, Rigg, Mountford, Jenkins 69.6 5 1 31 17 Ht9 Forrest, Hunt, Allison, Bastable 67.0 4 2 35 19 Ht10 Milner, Wright, Davies, Barrett [ef] 68.6 5 1 40 20 Ht11 Rigg, Mountford, Payne, Seers 67.8 3 3 43 23 Ht12 Hunt, Wright, Oliver, Bastable 67.6 3 3 46 26 Ht13 Forrest, Allison, Mountford, Payne 68.6 5 1 51 27 Ht14 Rigg, Boothroyd, Milner, Davies 68.2 4 2 55 29 ^ Rerun – first running over 3 laps 5 -1 to Odsal. Junior Scratch Race Ht1 John Gribbin, Peter Thompson, Fred Dale, Nigel Boocock [f] 73.0 Ht2 Des Haswell, Billy Ward, Tommy Toll, Fred Greenwell 71.0 Final Haswell, Gribbin, Thompson, Ward 72.0 Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Clarke, Milner, Jenkins, Morton [ef] 70.0 Ht2 Allison, Seers, Bastable, Barrett [f] 69.6 Ht3 Forrest, Hunt, Payne, Clarke [ef] 68.2 Ht4 Rigg, Oliver, Milner, Davies 68.8 Ht5 Wright, Mountford, Boothroyd, Allison [ef] 69.6 Final Rigg, Forrest, Hunt, Wright 69.0

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Monday 31st May 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 44 - Odsal Tudors 40 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Eric Boothroyd 2 EF 2 2 6 2. Ivor Davies 1’ 3 0 0 4 1 3. Ron Mountford 3 1 3 3 10 4. Arthur Payne EF N 1 0 1 5. Alan Hunt 3 2 2’ 3 10 1 6. Harry Bastable 0 1’ 1 N 2 1 7. Ron Barrett 0 1 1 8. Jim Tolley 3 3 3 1 10 Odsal 1. Eddie Rigg 3 2 2 2 9 2. Dick Seers 0 0 0 N 0 3. Arthur Forrest 2 EX 3 3 8 4. Al Allison 1’ 0 1 1 3 1 5. Arthur Wright 1’ 3 3 2 9 1 6. Dent Oliver 2 2 1 1’ 6 1 7. Ron Clarke 1’ 0 1 1 8. Wal Morton 2’ 2 0 4 1 Ht1 Rgg, Boothroyd, Davies, Seers 70.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Mountford, Forrest, Allison, Payne [ef] 70.6 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Hunt, Oliver, Wright, Bastable 70.4 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Tolley, Morton, Mountford, Forrest [ex] 72.0 4 2 13 11 Ht5 Davies, Oliver, Bastable, Seers 72.4 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Tolley, Rigg, Clarke, Barrett 72.4 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Forrest, Hunt, Bastable, Allison 71.6 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Wright, Morton, Barrett, Boothroyd [ef] 72.0 1 5 24 24 Ht9 Mountford, Rigg, Payne, Seers 71.4 4 2 28 26 Ht10 Tolley, Hunt, Allison, Clarke 73.4 5 1 33 27 Ht11 Wright, Boothroyd, Oliver, Davies 72.0 2 4 35 31 Ht12 Hunt, Rigg, Tolley, Morton 72.4 4 2 39 33 Ht13 Mountford, Wright, Oliver, Payne 72.6 3 3 42 36 Ht14 Forrest, Boothroyd, Allison, Davies 73.0 2 4 44 40 Midland Match Race Championship Ht1 Alan Hunt beat Charlie New 73.2 Ht2 Charlie New beat Alan Hunt 74.8 Ht3 Alan Hunt beat Charlie New 72.8 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Forrest, Wright, Mountford, New 73.0 Ht2 Hunt, Oliver, Payne, Rigg 74.0 Final Forrest, Hunt, Wright, Oliver 73.8 Brummies Scratch Race Tolley, Davies, Bastable, Barrett 74.6 Tudors Scratch Race Allison, Seers, Clarke, Morton 75.0

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Saturday 5th June 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 46 - West Ham Hammers 38 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 3 3 3 11 2. Jim Tolley 0 0 0 1 1 3. Eric Boothroyd 3 2 2 2 9 4. Ivor Davies 2’ 1’ 0 0 3 2 5. Arthur Payne 0 1 3 0 4 6. Ron Mountford 3 3 3 3 12 7. Harry Bastable 2’ 2 4 1 8. Ron Barrett 1’ 1 2 1 West Ham 1. Jack Young 3 3 3 2 11 2. Malcolm Craven 1 2 1 1’ 5 1 3. Bert Roger 0 3 2 2 7 4. Howdy Byford 1 0 2 XT 3 5. Wally Green 2 1 1’ 1 5 1 6. Gerry Hussey 1’ 1’ 2 3 7 2 7. Keith Gurtner 0 0 0 8. Terry Courtnell 0 0 0 Ht1 Young, Hunt, Craven, Tolley 70.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Boothroyd, Davies, Byford, Roger 73.0 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Mountford, Green, Hussey, Payne 71.4 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Roger, Boothroyd, Barrett, Courtnell 71.6 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Mountford, Craven, Hussey, Tolley 71.6 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Young, Bastable, Davies, Gurtner 72.0 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Mountford, Roger, Payne, Byford 72.2 4 2 23 19 Ht8 Hunt, Bastable, Green, Courtnell 72.8 5 1 28 20 Ht9 Young, Boothroyd, Craven, Davies 72.0 2 4 30 24 Ht10 Payne, Byford, Barrett, Gurtner 74.2 4 2 34 26 Ht11 Hunt, Hussey, Green, Tolley 72.2 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Mountford, Young, Craven, Payne 73.0 3 3 40 32 Ht13 Hussey, Boothroyd, Green, Davies 73.2 2 4 42 36 Ht14 Hunt, Roger, Tolley, Byford [xt] 72.6 4 2 46 38 Junior Scratch Race Jack Cunningham, Harry Wardropper, Kelly, Les Jenkins [ef] 79.0 Pursuit Race (8 laps) Alan Pearce (scr), Wardropper (90), [ Clive Wasley (120), Kelly (30), Cunningham (60) [ef], Jenkins (scr) [f] 152.8 Reserves Scratch Race Bastable, Gurtner, Courtnell, Barrett 74.2 Highest Point-Scorers Scratch Race Ht1 Hunt, Young, Bastable, Craven 74.2 Ht2 Mountford, Boothroyd, Hussey, Roger 74.0 Final Mountford, Hunt, Boothroyd, Young 73.4

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Tuesday 8th June 1954 West Ham Stadium, London

West Ham Hammers 54 - Birmingham Brummies 30 (National League Division One) West Ham 1. Jack Young 3 3 3 3 12 2. Malcolm Craven 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 3. Wally Green 3 3 2 3 11 4. Howdy Byford 2’ 2 1’ 2’ 7 3 5. Gerry Hussey 3 EF 2 2 7 6. Bert Roger 2’ EX 1 1’ 4 2 7. Keith Gurtner 1’ 1 2 1 8. Terry Courtnell 1 1’ 2 1 Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 1 3 3 3 10 2. Jim Tolley 0 2 0 FX 2 3. Eric Boothroyd 1 2 3 1 7 4. Ivor Davies 0 2’ 3 0 5 1 5. Arthur Payne EF 2 1 0 3 6. Ron Mountford 1’ 1 0 1 3 1 7. Harry Bastable F 0 0 8. Ron Barrett EF 0 0 Ht1 Young, Craven, Hunt, Tolley 73.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Green, Byford, Boothroyd, Davies 74.2 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Hussey, Roger, Mountford, Payne [ef] 73.2 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Green, Boothroyd, Courtnell, Barrett [ef] 73.8 4 2 19 5 Ht5 Craven, Tolley, Mountford, Roger [ex] 74.2 3 3 22 8 Ht6 Hunt, Byford, Gurtner, Bastable [f] 74.4 3 3 25 11 Ht7 Boothroyd, Davies, Roger, Hussey [ef] 73.4 1 5 26 16 Ht8 Young, Payne, Gurtner, Barrett 73.6 4 2 30 18 Ht9 Hunt, Green, Byford, Tolley 73.8 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Davies, Hussey, Courtnell, Bastable 76.2 3 3 36 24 Ht11 Young, Craven, Payne, Mountford 75.8 5 1 41 25 Ht12 Hunt, Hussey, Roger, Tolley [fx] 77.4 3 3 44 28 Ht13 Green, Byford, Mountford, Payne 82.6 5 1 49 29 Ht14 Young, Craven, Boothroyd, Davies 81.2 5 1 54 30 Reserves’ Challenge Gurtner, Courtnell, Bastable, Barrett (ef) 88.0 Whitsun Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Young, Mountford, Tolley, Davies 61.2 Remainder of Meeting Abandoned Due To Rain

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Wednesday 9th June 1954 Harringay Stadium, London

Harringay Racers v Birmingham Brummies (National League Division One) Postponed Due To Rain

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Saturday 12th June 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Midland Riders Championship Qualifying Round Postponed Due To Rain

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Saturday 19th June 1954 Belle Vue, Manchester

Belle Vue Aces 46 - Birmingham Brummies 38 (National League Division One) Belle Vue 1. Jack Parker 2 2 EF 0 4 2. Ron Johnston 1’ 3 2 3 9 1 3. Ken Sharples 2’ 3 1’ 0 6 2 4. Harry Edwards 3 1’ 2 1 7 1 5. Peter Craven 3 3 3 2 11 6. Willie Wilson EF F 1’ 1 2 1 7. Dick Fisher 2 1’ 3 1 8. Bob Duckworth 2’ 2’ 4 2 Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 2. Ivor Davies 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 3. Eric Boothroyd 1 1 2 1’ 5 1 4. Jim Tolley 0 0 1 2 3 5. Arthur Payne 2 3 3 3 11 6. Ron Mountford 1’ 2 1 2’ 6 2 7. Harry Bastable 0 0 0 8. Ron Barrett 0 EF 0 Ht1 Hunt, Parker, Johnston, Davies 70.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Edwards, Sharples, Boothroyd, Tolley 73.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Craven, Payne, Mountford, Wilson [ef] 72.6 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Sharples, Duckworth, Barrett 74.8 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Johnston, Mountford, Davies, Wilson [f] 73.2 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Hunt, Fisher, Edwards, Bastable 73.4 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Craven, Boothroyd, Wilson, Tolley 73.6 4 2 26 16 Ht8 Payne, Parker, Fisher, Barrett [ef] 74.0 3 3 29 19 Ht9 Hunt, Edwards, Sharples, Davies 73.2 3 3 32 22 Ht10 Craven, Duckworth, Tolley, Bastable 74.0 5 1 37 23 Ht11 Payne, Johnston, Mountford, Parker [ef] 73.4 2 4 39 27 Ht12 Hunt, Craven, Wilson, Davies 74.2 3 3 42 30 Ht13 Payne, Mountford, Edwards, Sharples 75.2 1 5 43 35 Ht14 Johnston, Tolley, Boothroyd, Parker 74.6 3 3 46 38 Bubble Bounce handicap Ht1 B.Craven(40), Henry Hall(40), Franklin (15)[f], Houlston (25)[f], Kelly (sc)[f] 79.8 Ht2 Payling(25), Robinson(25), Williams(35), Chew(sc), Morton(35)[ef] 77.8 Reserves Scurry Ht1 Fisher, MacPherson, Williams, Johnnie Jones 76.4 Ht2 Barrett, Duckworth, Payling, B.Craven 76.0 Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1 Hunt, Edwards, Parker, Tolley [f] 55.6 56.4 Ht2 Mountford, Johnston, Boothroyd, Sharples 56.2 56.4 Ht3 Craven, Payne, Davies, Wilson 55.8 56.2 Final Mountford, Craven, Hunt, Payne [ef] 55.8 One Lap Flying Start Record Attempt Ken Sharples 18.6 Alan Hunt 18.0 Peter Craven 18.0

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Monday 21st June 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 45 - Belle Vue Aces 39 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 0 3 3 3 9 2. Ivor Davies 3 3 1 2’ 9 1 3. Eric Boothroyd 1’ 2 0 1’ 4 2 4. Jim Tolley 2 3 3 2 10 5. Arthur Payne 1’ 3 3 2 9 1 6. Ron Mountford 2 1 1 0 4 7. Harry Bastable 0 0 0 8. Ron Barrett 0 0 0 Belle Vue 1. Jack Parker 1’ 2 2 3 8 1 2. Ron Johnston 2 2 1’ 1 6 1 3. Ken Sharples 0 3 0 0 3 4. Harry Edwards 3 2 2 1 8 5. Peter Craven 3 2 2 3 10 6. Willie Wilson 0 0 EF EF 0 7. Dick Fisher 1’ 1’ 2 2 8. Bob Duckworth 1’ 1’ 2 2 Ht1 Davies, Johnston, Parker, Hunt 71.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Edwards, Tolley, Boothroyd, Sharples 72.6 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Craven, Mountford, Payne, Wilson 71.8 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Sharples, Boothroyd, Duckworth, Barrett 73.2 2 4 11 13 Ht5 Davies, Johnston, Mountford, Wilson 72.4 4 2 15 15 Ht6 Tolley, Parker, Fisher, Bastable 72.2 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Payne, Edwards, Mountford, Sharples 73.4 4 2 22 20 Ht8 Hunt, Craven, Duckworth, Bastable 73.2 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Tolley, Parker, Johnston, Boothroyd 73.2 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Payne, Edwards, Fisher, Barrett NT 3 3 31 29 Ht11 Hunt, Craven, Davies, Wilson [ef] 73.4 4 2 35 31 Ht12 Parker, Payne, Johnston, Mountford 73.0 2 4 27 35 Ht13 Craven, Tolley, Boothroyd, Wilson [ef] 73.0 3 3 40 38 Ht14 Hunt, Davies, Edwards, Sharples 74.0 5 1 45 39 Reserves Race Barrett, Bastable, Duckworth, Fisher [ef] 75.0 Junior Scratch Race Bennett, Les Jenkins, Harry Wardropper, Bill Kelly 77.0 Highest Point Scorers Scratch Race Ht1 Hunt, Davies, Johnston, Parker 73.0 Ht2 Payne, Craven, Tolley, Wardropper 73.6 Final Craven, Hunt, Davies, Payne 73.4

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Wednesday 23rd June 1954 Harringay Stadium, London

Harringay Racers 41 - Birmingham Brummies 43 (National League Division One)

Harringay 1. Split Waterman F N N N 0 2. Ken Walsh 1 0 1 0 2 3. Ron How 1’ 3 3 2 9 1 4. Jeff Lloyd 2 1’ 2’ 1’ 6 3 5. Allan Quinn 2 3 3 2 10 6. Jack Biggs 1’ 1 0 F 2 1 7. Frank Lawrence 2 0 0 1 3 8. Danny Dunton 3 1 3 2’ 9 1 Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt EX F N N 0 2. Ivor Davies 2 3 0 3 8 3. Eric Boothroyd F 2 2 3 7 4. Jim Tolley 3 1’ 1 2’ 7 2 5. Arthur Payne 0 2 2’ 3 7 1 6. Ron Mountford 3 2’ 3 0 8 1 7. Harry Bastable 3 1 0 4 8. Ron Barrett 0 1’ 1 2 1 Ht1 Dunton, Davies, Walsh, Hunt [ex], Waterman [f] 70.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Tolley, Lloyd, How, Boothroyd [f] 70.0 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Mountford, Quinn, Biggs, Payne 69.8 3 3 10 8 Ht4 How, Boothroyd, Dunton, Barrett 70.0 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Davies, Mountford, Biggs, Walsh 70.0 1 5 15 15 Ht6 Bastable, Lawrence, Lloyd, Hunt [f] 70.0 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Quinn, Boothroyd, Tolley, Biggs 69.0 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Dunton, Payne, Barrett, Lawrence 70.6 3 3 24 24 Ht9 How, Lloyd, Bastable, Davies 71.2 5 1 29 25 Ht10 Quinn, Dunton, Tolley, Bastable 70.4 5 1 34 26 Ht11 Mountford, Payne, Walsh, Lawrence 70.0 1 5 35 31 Ht12 Davies, Quinn, Barrett, Biggs [f] 71.2 2 4 37 35 Ht13 Payne, How, Lloyd, Mountford 70.4 3 3 40 38 Ht14 Boothroyd, Tolley, Lawrence, Walsh 71.8 1 5 41 43

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Saturday 26th June 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 57 - Harringay Racers 27 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Arthur Payne 1 2 1 2’ 6 1 2. Ron Mountford 3 3 3 3 12 3. Eric Boothroyd 2’ 2’ 1 2’ 7 3 4. Jim Tolley 3 3 3 3 12 5. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 6. Ivor Davies 2’ 0 1 1 4 1 7. Harry Bastable 1 0 1 8. Ron Barrett 3 EX 3 Harringay 1. Ken Walsh 0 2 0 N 2 2. Danny Dunton 2 2 2 2 8 3. Jack Biggs 0 0 2 EF 2 4. Allan Quinn 1 0 2 1 4 5. Ron How 0 3 2 1 6 6. Jeff Lloyd 1 1’ 0 EF 2 2 7. Graham Murphy 0 1’ 1 1 8. Alf Hagon 1 1 0 2 Ht1 Mountford, Dunton, Payne, Walsh 72.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Tolley, Boothroyd, Quinn, Biggs 73.2 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Hunt, Davies, Lloyd, How 74.6 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Barrett, Boothroyd, Hagon, Biggs 73.4 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Mountford, Dunton, Lloyd, Davies 73.6 3 3 22 8 Ht6 Tolley, Walsh, Bastable, Murphy 74.8 4 2 26 10 Ht7 Hunt, Biggs, Davies, Quinn 74.4 4 2 30 12 Ht8 How, Payne, Hagon, Bastable 74.6 2 4 32 16 Ht9 Tolley, Dunton, Boothroyd, Walsh 74.6 4 2 36 18 Ht10 Hunt, Quinn, Murphy, Barrett [ex] 74.6 3 3 39 21 Ht11 Mountford, How, Payne, Lloyd 74.0 4 2 43 23 Ht12 Hunt, Dunton, Davies, Hagon 73.8 4 2 47 25 Ht13 Tolley, Boothroyd, How, Lloyd [ef] 74.2 5 1 52 26 Ht14 Mountford, Payne, Quinn, Biggs [ef] 74.6 5 1 57 27 Golden Helmet British Match Race Championship Ht1 Ronnie Moore beat Alan Hunt 70.8 Ht2 Ronnie Moore beat Alan Hunt 71.6 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Payne, Boothroyd, Lloyd, Walsh 74.6 Ht2 Mountford, How, Dunton, Biggs 73.6 Final Mountford, Boothroyd, How, Payne 74.8 Brummie Scratch Race Davies, Bastable, Barrett, J.Tolley [ef] 75.0

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Saturday 3rd July 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Midland Riders’ Championship - Qualifying Round 1. Eric Boothroyd 2 2 3 3 2 12 3rd 2. Don Potter 1 1 2 1 1 6 =10th 3. Ron Mountford EF 3 2 3 3 11 4th 4. Ivor Davies 3 3 3 2 2 13 2nd 5. Bob McFarlane 1 1 EF 0 0 2 14th 6. Arthur Payne 2 3 EF 1 2 8 =7th 7. Charlie Barsby 3 1 2 EX N 6 =10th 8. Harry Bastable EF 2 0 3 3 8 =7th 9. Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 3 15 1st 10. Dennis Bennett 0 0 1 1 1 3 13th 11. Ron Barrett 2 2 1 2 3 10 =5th 12. Fred Curtis 1 0 1 1 1 4 12th 13. Bob Baker 0 0 0 NS NS 0 16th 14. Alan Hunt 2 2 1 2 1 8 =7th 15. Jim Gregory 1 EX N N NS 1 15th 16. Jim Tolley 3 1 2 2 2 10 =5th Res. Les Jenkins 3 0 F 3 Ht1 Davies, Boothroyd, Potter, Mountford [ef] 71.4 Ht2 Barsby, Payne, McFarlane, Bastable [ef] 73.0 Ht3 McKinlay, Barrett, Curtis, Bennett 72.8 Ht4 Tolley, Hunt, Gregory, Baker 72.8 Ht5 McKinlay, Boothroyd, McFarlane, Baker 72.4 Ht6 Payne, Hunt, Potter, Bennett 74.2 Ht7 Mountford, Barrett, Barsby, Gregory [ex] 71.4 Ht8 Davies, Bastable, Tolley, Curtis 73.0 Ht9 Boothroyd, Tolley, Barrett, Payne [ef] 73.2 Ht10 Jenkins, Potter, Curtis, McFarlane [ef] 75.0 Ht11 McKinlay, Mountford, Hunt, Bastable 71.6 Ht12 Davies, Barsby, Bennett, Baker 74.2 Ht13 Boothroyd, Hunt, Curtis, Barsby [ex] 74.4 Ht14 Bastable, Barrett, Potter, Baker [ns] 74.2 Ht15 Mountford, Tolley, Bennett, McFarlane 73.2 Ht16 McKinlay, Davies, Payne, Jenkins 72.6 Ht17 Bastable, Boothroyd, Bennett 74.8 Ht18 McKinlay, Tolley, Potter, Jenkins [f] 73.2 Ht19 Mountford, Payne, Curtis, Baker [ns] 73.8 Ht20 Barrett, Davies, Hunt, McFarlane 75.4

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Thursday 8th July 1954 Firs Stadium, Norwich

Norwich Stars 74 - Birmingham Brummies 34 (National Trophy) Norwich 1. Aub Lawson 3 3 3 3 0 12 2. Merv Neil 0 3 0 3 3. Cyril Roger 3 1 2’ 3 2’ 1 12 2 4. Fred Brand 2’ 1 2’ 2’ 3 10 3 5. Fred Rogers 2 1 1 1 1 6 6. Phil Clarke 1’ 3 3 3 2 12 1 7. Billy Bales 3 3 3 3 3 15 8. Bob Oakley 2’ 2’ 4 2 Birmingham 1. Eric Boothroyd 2 0 1 2 2 0 7 2. Arthur Payne 1’ 0 0 0 1 2 1 3. Alan Hunt 1 2 2 1’ 1 7 1 4. Ivor Davies 3 0 1 0 1 5 5. Jim Tolley 0 0 0 0 0 0 6. Ron Mountford 0 2 2 2 3 2 11 7. Ron Barrett 0 1 1 8. Harry Bastable 1 0 1 Ht1 Lawson, Boothroyd, Payne, Neil 72.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Roger, Brand, Hunt, Mountford 71.6 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Davies, Rogers, Clarke, Payne 72.8 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Bales, Oakley, Bastable, Barrett 73.0 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Neil, Hunt, Roger, Davies 73.0 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Clarke, Mountford, Brand, Boothroyd 72.2 4 2 24 12 Ht7 Lawson, Hunt, Rogers, Tolley 73.6 4 2 28 14 Ht8 Lawson, Roger, Boothroyd, Tolley 73.4 5 1 33 15 Ht9 Clarke, Boothroyd, Hunt, Neil 72.8 3 3 36 18 Ht10 Roger, Mountford, Rogers, Payne 72.4 4 2 40 20 Ht11 Bales, Brand, Davies, Tolley 72.4 5 1 45 21 Ht12 Lawson, Brand, Hunt, Payne 73.2 5 1 50 22 Ht13 Bales, Mountford, Rogers, Tolley 72.8 4 2 54 24 Ht14 Bales, Oakley, Barrett, Bastable 73.4 5 1 59 25 Ht15 Brand, Boothroyd, Rogers, Davies 73.2 4 2 63 27 Ht16 Clarke, Roger, Payne, Tolley 74.2 5 1 68 28 Ht17 Mountford, Clarke, Davies, Lawson 74.6 2 4 70 32 Ht18 Bales, Mountford, Roger, Boothroyd 74.2 4 2 74 34 Midweek Scratch Race Oakley, Bales, Barry East, Roy Craighead 74.0 Cromer Scratch Race East, Bastable, Craighead, Barrett 75.4 Reserve Scratch Race Bales, Oakley, Bastable, Barrett 74.0

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Saturday 10th July 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 62 (96) - Norwich Stars 46 (120) (National Trophy) Birmingham 1. Eric Boothroyd 0 2’ 2 1 1 6 1 2. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 2’ 3 3 17 1 3. Arthur Payne 0 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 4. Ron Mountford 3 3 3 3 3 2’ 17 1 5. Ivor Davies 3 3 3 1 2’ 12 1 6. Jim Tolley 2’ 2’ 0 1 0 5 2 7. Harry Bastable 1’ 1 2 1 8. Ron Barrett 2 0 2 Norwich 1. Aub Lawson 2 0 0 N 0 2 2. Merv Neil 1’ 1 2 0 3 1 8 1 3. Cyril Roger 2 1’ 0 2 2 0 7 1 4. Fred Brand 0 2 0 1 3 6 5. Fred Rogers 1 1 2’ 4 1 6. Phil Clarke 1’ 1 1’ 0 2’ 5 3 7. Billy Bales 3 3 2 2’ 10 1 8. Bob Oakley 0 1’ 3 4 1 Ht1 Hunt, Lawson, Neil, Boothroyd 69.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Mountford, Roger, Clarke, Payne 70.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Davies, Tolley, Neil, Brand 71.4 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Bales, Barrett, Bastable, Oakley 70.6 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Hunt, Brand, Roger, Payne 71.0 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Mountford, Tolley, Clarke, Lawson 71.8 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Davies, Boothroyd, Rogers, Roger 72.2 5 1 27 15 Ht8 Bales, Boothroyd, Payne, Lawson 72.6 3 3 30 18 Ht9 Hunt, Roger, Oakley, Tolley 71.8 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Davies, Neil, Clarke, Payne [f] 72.6 3 3 36 24 Ht11 Mountford, Hunt, Rogers, Brand 72.8 5 1 41 25 Ht12 Mountford, Roger, Boothroyd, Neil 72.4 4 2 45 27 Ht13 Hunt, Bales, Davies, Clarke 72.2 4 2 49 29 Ht14 Oakley, Bales, Bastable, Barrett 73.6 1 5 50 34 Ht15 Mountford, Davies, Brand, Lawson 74.0 5 1 55 35 Ht16 Neil, Rogers, Tolley, Payne 73.6 1 5 56 40 Ht17 Brand, Clarke, Boothroyd, Tolley 74.2 1 5 57 45 Ht18 Hunt, Mountford, Neil, Roger 73.0 5 1 62 46 Reserve Scratch Races Ht1 Dennis Bennett, Alan Pearce, Clive Wasley, Les Jenkins [ns] 76.4 Ht2 Barrett, Bastable, Bennett, Alan Pearce 74.2

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Thursday 15th July 1954 Wembley Stadium, London

Wembley Lions 64 - Birmingham Brummies 20 (National League Division One)

Wembley 1. Freddie Williams 2’ 2’ 3 2 9 2 2. Jimmy Gooch 3 2’ 2’ 1’ 8 3 3. Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 3 12 4. Tommy Price 1 3 2’ 2’ 8 2 5. Eric Williams 3 3 3 3 12 6. Trevor Redmond 1 3 1 2’ 7 1 7. Eric French 1 2’ 3 1 8. Fred Lang 2’ 3 5 1 Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt FX 1 1 1 3 2. Ivor Davies 1 EF 0 0 1 3. Ron Mountford 2 2 2 3 9 4. Ron Barrett 0 0 0 N 0 5. Eric Boothroyd 0 0 1 1 2 6. Jim Tolley 2 1 EF 0 3 7. Dennis Bennett 0 1 1 8. Harry Bastable 0 1 0 1 Ht1 Gooch, F.Williams, Davies, Hunt [fx] 73.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Crutcher, Mountford, Price, Barrett 71.2 4 2 9 3 Ht3 E.Williams, Tolley, Redmond, Boothroyd 72.4 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Crutcher, Mountford, French, Bennett 71.8 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Redmond, Gooch, Tolley, Davies [ef] 74.2 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Price, Lang, Hunt, Bastable 73.0 5 1 27 9 Ht7 E.Williams, Mountford, Redmond, Barrett 72.6 4 2 31 11 Ht8 Lang, F.Williams, Bennett, Boothroyd 73.2 5 1 36 12 Ht9 Crutcher, Price, Hunt, Davies 72.4 5 1 41 13 Ht10 E.Williams, French, Bastable, Barrett 75.4 5 1 46 14 Ht11 F.Williams, Gooch, Boothroyd, Tolley [ef] 72.8 5 1 51 15 Ht12 E.Williams, Redmond, Hunt, Davies 73.2 5 1 56 16 Ht13 Crutcher, Price, Boothroyd, Tolley 73.0 5 1 61 17 Ht14 Mountford, F.Williams, Gooch, Bastable 73.2 3 3 64 20 British Match Race Championship – First Round Ht1 Eric Williams bt Arthur Forrest 70.4 Ht2 Forrest bt Williams 71.2 Ht3 Williams bt Forrest 71.4 Empire Scratch Race (3 Laps Only) Forrest, Jack Young, Geoff Mardon, Aub Lawson 54.8 Wembley Handicap Championship for The Empire Stadium Trophy Ht1 Lang (15yds ahead), Barry Briggs (5), Boothroyd (10), F. Williams (Scr), Bastable (20) [fx] 73.6 Ht2 Mountford (10), Davies (20), Price (5), Young (Scr), George Wilks (15) 74.6 Ht3 Crutcher (Scr), Redmond (10), E. Williams (5), Mardon (5), Barrett (20) [ef] 74.4 Ht4 Gooch (10), French (15), Hunt (5), Tolley (20), Lawson (Scr) 75.0 SF1 Lang (15), Davies (20), Briggs (5), Price (5), Mountford (10) 74.6 SF2 Redmond (10), Gooch (10), E. Williams (5), Crutcher (Scr), French (15) 75.0 Final Lang (15), Gooch (10), Redmond (10), Davies (20), Briggs (5) 74.4

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Saturday 17th July 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies v West Ham Hammers (National League Division One) Postponed Due To Rain

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Monday 19th July 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Midland Riders’ Championship Final 1. Jim Tolley F 2 3 3 3 11 4th 2. Charlie New 3 3 0 3 2 11 5th 3. Ken McKinlay 1 2 3 3 2 11 3rd 4. Jim Lightfoot 2 3 EF 0 2 7 10th 5. Ron Mountford 3 3 3 2 3 14 1st 6. Ronnie Genz 0 2 2 1 1 6 11th 7. Ivor Davies 2 3 3 1 3 12 2nd 8. Jock Grierson 1 1 1 2 0 5 12th 9. Eric Boothroyd 1 1 2 3 1 8 =7th 10. Peter Robinson 2 1 2 1 2 8 =7th 11. Reg Fearman 0 0 1 1 1 3 14th 12. Alan Hunt 3 EF 2 2 3 10 6th 13. Vic Emms 1 0 1 0 0 2 15th 14. Derrick Tailby F 0 0 0 0 0 16th 15. Ron Barrett 3 1 1 2 1 8 =7th 16. Les Tolley 2 2 0 0 0 4 13th Res. Fred Curtis DNR Res. Harry Bastable DNR Ht1 New, Lightfoot, McKinlay, J.Tolley [f] 71.2 Ht2 Mountford, Davies, Grierson, Genz 70.6 Ht3 Hunt, Robinson, Boothroyd, Fearman 70.4 Ht4 Barrett, L.Tolley, Emms, Tailby [f] 72.8 Ht5 Mountford, J.Tolley, Boothroyd, Emms 72.0 Ht6 New, Genz, Robinson, Tailby 72.8 Ht7 Davies, McKinlay, Barrett, Fearman 72.4 Ht8 Lightfoot, L.Tolley, Grierson, Hunt [ef] 73.0 Ht9 J.Tolley, Genz, Fearman, L.Tolley 72.8 Ht10 Mountford, Hunt, Barrett, New 73.2 Ht11 McKinlay, Boothroyd, Grierson, Tailby 71.8 Ht12 Davies, Robinson, Emms, Lightfoot [ef] 73.0 Ht13 J.Tolley, Hunt, Davies, Tailby 71.8 Ht14 New, Grierson, Fearman, Emms 74.0 Ht15 McKinlay, Mountford, Robinson, L.Tolley 72.4 Ht16 Boothroyd, Barrett, Genz, Lightfoot 73.6 Ht17 J.Tolley, Robinson, Barrett, Grierson 72.6 Ht18 Davies, New, Boothroyd, L.Tolley 73.6 Ht19 Hunt, McKinlay, Genz, Emms 72.6 Ht20 Mountford, Lightfoot, Fearman, Tailby 73.6 Run Off For Third Place McKinlay, J.Tolley, New 72.8

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Saturday 24th July 1954 Odsal Stadium, Bradford

Odsal Tudors 65 - Birmingham Brummies 19 (National League Division One) Odsal 1. Eddie Rigg 3 3 3 3 12 2. Dick Seers 2’ 2’ 2’ 1 7 3 3. Arthur Forrest 2.5 3 2’ 2’ 9.5 2 4. Al Allison 2.5 3 3 3 11.5 5. Arthur Wright 3 3 3 3 12 6. Dent Oliver 2’ 3 2’ 1 8 2 7. Ron Clarke 0 2’ 2 1 8. Keith Milner 1 2’ 3 1 Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 1 2 1 2 6 2. Ron Barrett 0 0 0 0 0 3. Ron Mountford 1 2 1 2 6 4. Jim Tolley 0 0 0 N 0 5. Eric Boothroyd 0 1 1 1 3 6. Ivor Davies 1 1 0 0 2 7. Harry Bastable 1’ 0 1 0 2 1 8. Dennis Bennett 0 N 0 Ht1 Rigg, Seers, Hunt, Barrett 65.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Forrest/Allison, Mountford, Tolley 67.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Wright, Oliver, Davies, Boothroyd 66.0 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Forrest, Mountford, Milner, Bennett 66.0 4 2 19 5 Ht5 Oliver, Seers, Davies, Barrett 68.2 5 1 24 6 Ht6 Allison, Hunt, Bastable, Clarke 67.8 3 3 27 9 Ht7 Wright, Oliver, Mountford, Tolley 68.2 5 1 32 10 Ht8 Rigg, Clarke, Boothroyd, Bastable 68.2 5 1 37 11 Ht9 Allison, Forrest, Hunt, Barrett 67.0 5 1 42 12 Ht10 Wright, Milner, Bastable, Tolley 66.8 5 1 47 13 Ht11 Rigg, Seers, Boothroyd, Davies 67.8 5 1 52 14 Ht12 Wright, Hunt, Oliver, Barrett 67.0 4 2 56 16 Ht13 Allison, Forrest, Boothroyd, Davies 67.6 5 1 61 17 Ht14 Rigg, Mountford, Seers, Bastable 68.4 4 2 65 19 Match Race Ht1 Forrest bt Eric Williams 64.2 Ht2 Williams bt Forrest 65.8 Ht3 Forrest bt Williams 65.0 Junior Scratch Race Ht1 Gribbin, Haswell, Toll, Ward 69.2 Ht2 Thompson, K Forrest, Frank Maltas, Hessell [ex] 68.0 Final Gribbin, Haswell, Thompson, K Forrest 70.2 Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Bastable, Allott, Bennett, Haswell 68.2 Ht2 Clarke, Thompson, Gribbin, Milner 69.4 Ht3 Rigg, E Williams, Allison, Bastable 68.0 Ht4 A Forrest, Oliver, Hunt, Allott, 68.0 Ht5 Mountford, Boothroyd, Seers, Wright 68.2 Final Rigg, Mountford, Clarke, A Forrest [f] 68.4

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Monday 26th July 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 40 - Odsal Tudors 44 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 3 3 2 10 2. Ron Barrett 0 EF 0 0 0 3. Ron Mountford 0 3 2 3 8 4. Jim Tolley 1 2 1’ 0 4 1 5. Eric Boothroyd 3 1 3 1’ 8 1 6. Ivor Davies 1 3 0 N 4 7. Harry Bastable 1’ 2’ 1 2 6 2 8. Dennis Bennett 0 N 0 Odsal 1. Eddie Rigg 3 3 3 3 12 2. Dick Seers 1 1’ 0 0 2 1 3. Arthur Forrest 2’ 2 2’ 3 9 2 4. Al Allison 3 3 0 1 7 5. Arthur Wright 0 0 2 2 4 6. Dent Oliver 2 2 1’ 1’ 6 2 7. Ron Clarke 0 2 2 8. Guy Allott 1’ 1 2 1 Ht1 Rigg, Hunt, Seers, Barrett 75.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Allison, Forrest, Tolley, Mountford 75.6 1 5 3 9 Ht3 Boothroyd, Oliver, Davies, Wright 77.6 4 2 7 11 Ht4 Mountford, Forrest, Allott, Bennett 76.6 3 3 10 14 Ht5 Davies, Oliver, Seers, Barrett [ef] 77.8 3 3 13 17 Ht6 Rigg, Tolley, Bastable, Clarke 75.6 3 3 16 20 Ht7 Allison, Forrest, Boothroyd, Davies 76.4 1 5 17 25 Ht8 Hunt, Bastable, Allott, Wright 77.8 5 1 22 26 Ht9 Rigg, Mountford, Tolley, Seers 75.2 3 3 25 29 Ht10 Boothroyd, Clarke, Bastable, Allison 76.4 4 2 29 31 Ht11 Hunt, Wright, Oliver, Barrett 76.0 3 3 32 34 Ht12 Rigg, Bastable, Boothroyd, Seers 75.0 3 3 35 37 Ht13 Mountford, Wright, Oliver, Tolley 76.4 3 3 38 40 Ht14 Forrest, Hunt, Allison, Barrett 75.4 2 4 40 44 Reserves Scratch Race Allott, Clarke, Hec Mayhead, Jack Cunningham 78.2 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Wright, Hunt, Tolley, Seers 75.6 Ht2 Forrest, Boothroyd, Allison, E Williams 76.8 Ht3 Mountford, Rigg, Clarke, Oliver 76.2 Ht4 Bastable, Mayhead, Allott, Cunningham 78.0 Final Forrest, Wright, Mountford, Bastable 77.4

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Wednesday 28th July 1954 Harringay Stadium, London

Harringay Racers v Birmingham Brummies (National League Division One) Postponed Due To Rain

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Saturday 31st July 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 43 - West Ham Hammers 41 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 2. Harry Bastable 0 0 2’ 1 3 1 3. Ron Mountford 0 0 2 2’ 4 1 4. Jim Tolley 3 2 EF 3 8 5. Eric Boothroyd 3 1 2 2 8 6. Ivor Davies 0 3 3 1’ 7 1 7. Ron Barrett 0 0 0 8. Hec Mayhead 1 EX 1 West Ham 1. Bert Roger 1’ 1 3 3 8 1 2. Alan Smith 2 2 1 0 5 3. Pat Clarke 1’ 3 0 0 4 1 4. Keith Gurtner 2 2 3 2 9 5. Howdy Byford 1’ 1’ EX F 2 2 6. Wally Green 2 1’ 1 1 5 1 7. Malcolm Craven 3 1 4 8. Terry Courtnell 2’ 2 4 1 Ht1 Hunt, Smith, Roger, Bastable 72.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Tolley, Gurtner, Clarke, Mountford 73.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Boothroyd, Green, Byford, Davies 74.0 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Clarke, Courtnell, Mayhead, Mountford 74.6 1 5 10 14 Ht5 Davies, Smith, Green, Bastable 74.0 3 3 13 17 Ht6 Craven, Tolley, Roger, Barrett 73.8 2 4 15 21 Ht7 Davies, Gurtner, Boothroyd, Clarke 73.6 4 2 19 23 Ht8 Hunt, Courtnell, Byford, Barrett 73.6 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Roger, Mountford, Smith, Tolley [ef] 73.0 2 4 24 30 Ht10 Gurtner, Boothroyd, Craven, Mayhead [ex] 74.2 2 4 26 34 Ht11 Hunt, Bastable, Green, Byford [ex] 74.8 5 1 31 35 Ht12 Roger, Boothroyd, Davies, Smith 73.8 3 3 34 38 Ht13 Tolley, Mountford, Green, Byford [f] 74.0 5 1 39 39 Ht14 Hunt, Gurtner, Bastable, Clarke 74.0 4 2 43 41 Junior Scratch race Barrett, Mayhead, Cunningham, Alan Pearce [ef] 75.0 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Hunt, Smith, Tolley, Clarke 74.4 Ht2 Roger, Green, Davies, Mountford [ef] 75.0 Ht3 Gurtner, Boothroyd, Bastable, Byford [ef] 74.2 Ht4 Mayhead, Barrett, Courtnell, Cunningham 75.6 Final Roger, Hunt, Gurtner, Mayhead 74.2

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Thursday 5th August 1954 Firs Stadium, Norwich

Norwich Stars 52 - Birmingham Brummies 32 (National League Division One)

Norwich 1. Aub Lawson 3 3 3 3 12 2. Merv Neil 1 2 2’ 1 6 1 3. Cyril Roger 3 2’ 2 1 8 1 4. Phil Clarke 0 N 1’ N 1 1 5. Billy Bales 3 3 3 2 11 6. Fred Brand 1 0 0 1’ 2 1 7. Barry East 1 0 1 8. Bob Oakley 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Birmingham 1. Harry Bastable 0 2 0 0 2 2. Alan Hunt 2 3 3 3 11 3. Jim Tolley 1’ 0 2 0 3 1 4. Ron Mountford 2 1’ 1 2 6 1 5. Ivor Davies 0 2 0 0 2 6. Eric Boothroyd 2 1 1 2 6 7. Ron Barrett 0 0 0 8. Doug Davies 1 1’ 2 1 Ht1 Lawson, Hunt, Neil, Bastable 73.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Roger, Mountford, Tolley, Clarke [f] 73.0 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Bales, Boothroyd, Brand, I. Davies 72.8 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Oakley, Roger, D. Davies, Tolley 74.8 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Hunt, Neil, Boothroyd, Brand 72.4 2 4 18 12 Ht6 Oakley, Bastable, East, Barrett 73.0 4 2 22 14 Ht7 Bales, Tolley, Mountford, Brand 73.2 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Lawson, I. Davies, D. Davies, East 75.4 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Hunt, Roger, Clarke, Bastable 72.4 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Bales, Oakley, Mountford, Barrett 74.0 5 1 36 24 Ht11 Lawson, Neil, Boothroyd, I. Davies [ef] 75.2 5 1 41 25 Ht12 Hunt, Bales, Brand, Bastable 73.4 3 3 44 28 Ht13 Oakley, Boothroyd, Roger, I. Davies 74.4 4 2 48 30 Ht14 Lawson, Mountford, Neil, Tolley 75.2 4 2 52 32 Thursday Scratch Race D. Davies, East, Malcolm Flood, Clive Featherby 76.2 Reserve Scratch Race Oakley, Barrett, Flood, East 76.2 Midweek Scratch Race Ht1 Lawson, Mountford, Featherby, D. Davies [fx] 74.0 Ht2 Hunt, Oakley, Bastable, Bales [f] 73.2 Ht3 Brand, Tolley, East, Flood 76.0 Ht4 Roger, Boothroyd, Neil, Featherby [f] 76.4 Final Lawson, Hunt, Roger, Brand 72.0

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Saturday 7th August 1954 Perry Barr Stadium, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 43 - Norwich Stars 41 (National League Division One)

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 2. Harry Bastable F 2 0 0 2 3. Ron Mountford 2’ 2 3 2 9 1 4. Jim Tolley 3 3 2’ F 8 1 5. Eric Boothroyd 1 2 3 3 9 6. Ivor Davies 0 1’ 0 N 1 1 7. Ron Barrett 1 0 1 8. Doug Davies 1’ F 0 1 1 Norwich 1. Aub Lawson 1’ 2 1 2 6 1 2. Merv Neil 2 3 0 1’ 6 1 3. Cyril Roger 0 3 3 1’ 7 1 4. Fred Brand 1 1 2 2 6 5. Billy Bales 2’ 2 1’ 3 8 2 6. Bob Oakley 3 0 1’ 2 6 1 7. Barry East 0 1 1 8. Clive Featherby 0 1’ 1 1 Ht1 Hunt, Neil, Lawson, Bastable [f] 73.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Tolley, Mountford, Brand, Roger 75.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Oakley, Bales, Boothroyd, I. Davies 74.8 1 5 9 9 Ht4 Roger, Mountford, D. Davies, Featherby 74.6 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Neil, Bastable, I. Davies, East 76.0 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Tolley, Lawson, Barrett, Oakley 76.0 4 2 19 17 Ht7 Roger, Boothroyd, Brand, I. Davies 76.0 2 4 21 21 Ht8 Hunt, Bales, Featherby, Barrett 75.0 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Mountford, Tolley, Lawson, Neil 75.6 5 1 29 25 Ht10 Boothroyd, Brand, Oakley, D. Davies [f] 76.4 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Hunt, Oakley, Bales, Bastable 75.6 3 3 35 31 Ht12 Boothroyd, Lawson, Neil, D. Davies 77.2 3 3 38 34 Ht13 Bales, Mountford, East, Tolley [f] 75.6 2 4 40 38 Ht14 Hunt, Brand, Roger, Bastable 76.2 3 3 43 41 Junior Scratch Race Barrett, Hec Mayhead, D. Davies, Jack Cunningham 77.4 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Hunt, Neil, Bales, Mayhead 76.0 Ht2 Oakley, Mountford, Bastable, Lawson 77.2 Ht3 Brand, Boothroyd, Tolley, Roger, Tolley 78.0 Ht4 Barrett, East, Cunningham, Featherby 78.2 Final Hunt, Brand, Oakley, Barrett 77.0

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Wednesday 11th August 1954 Harringay Stadium, London

Harringay Racers 50 - Birmingham Brummies 33 (National League Division One) Harringay 1. Split Waterman 2’ 3 3 1 9 1 2. Ken Walsh 3 1’ 2’ 3 9 2 3. Jack Biggs 2 2 2 3 9 4. Alf Hagon 1’ 3 1’ 1 6 2 5. Ron How 2’ 2 NF 0 4 1 6. Jeff Lloyd 3 2 0 2 7 7. Danny Dunton 2’ 1 3 1 8. Allan Quinn 1’ 2 3 1 Birmingham 1. Ivor Davies 0 1 0 1 2 2. Alan Hunt 1 3 3 3 10 3. Jim Tolley 0 1 3 2 6 4. Ron Mountford 3 3 3 0 9 5. Harry Bastable EF 0 0 N 0 6. Eric Boothroyd 1 0 1 2 4 7. Doug Davies F F 0 8. Ron Barrett 0 2 0 2 Ht1 Walsh, Waterman, Hunt, I.Davies 68.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Mountford, Biggs, Hagon, Tolley 68.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Lloyd, How, Boothroyd, Bastable [ef] 69.8 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Tolley, Biggs, Quinn, Barrett 69.4 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Hunt, Lloyd, Walsh, Boothroyd 69.4 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Hagon, Dunton, I.Davies, D,Davies [f] 69.4 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Mountford, How, Tolley, Lloyd 69.6 2 4 26 16 Ht8 Waterman, Barrett, Dunton, Bastable 70.0 4 2 30 18 Ht9 Hunt, Biggs, Hagon, I.Davies 69.4 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Mountford, Quinn, How [nf], D.Davies [f] 69.2 2 3 35 24 Ht11 Waterman, Walsh, Boothroyd, Bastable 70.2 5 1 40 25 Ht12 Hunt, Lloyd, I.Davies, How 69.8 2 4 42 29 Ht13 Biggs, Boothroyd, Hagon, Barrett 69.2 4 2 46 31 Ht14 Walsh, Tolley, Waterman, Mountford 70.0 4 2 50 33 No Second Half

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Saturday 14th August 1954 Perry Barr. Birmingham

World Championship Qualifying Round 1. Brian McKeown 1 1 3 1 1 7 =8th 2. Ron Mountford F 1 2 3 2 8 =6th 3. Alan Hunt 3 2 2 3 3 13 3rd 4. Alan Smith 2 2 3 1 2 10 4th 5. Pete Lansdale 0 2 0 1 1 4 13th 6. Olle Segerstrom 1 2 2 0 1 6 =10th 7. Dick Campbell 2 1 1 2 0 6 =10th 8. Sune Karlsson 3 1 1 0 2 7 =8th 9. Brian Crutcher 3 3 3 2 3 14 2nd 10. Ernie Brecknell 1 0 0 0 0 1 15th 11. Don Perry 2 0 1 2 3 8 =6th 12. Eric Williams EF 3 1 3 2 9 5th 13. Eric Boothroyd 2 F 2 1 0 5 12th 14. Goog Hoskin DNR 15. Jack Young 3 3 3 3 3 15 1st 16. Ken Middleditch 0 0 0 2 1 3 14th Res. Doug Davies 1 0 0 1 Res. Hec Mayhead 3 0 3 Ht1 Hunt, Smith, McKeown, Mountford [f] 72.0 Ht2 Karlsson, Campbell, Segerstrom, Lansdale 75.6 Ht3 Crutcher, Perry, Brecknell, E.Williams [ef] 75.4 Ht4 Young, Boothroyd, Davies, Middleditch 75.0 Ht5 Crutcher, Lansdale, McKeown, Boothroyd [f] 74.8 Ht6 Mayhead, Segerstrom, Mountford, Brecknell 77.8 Ht7 Young, Hunt, Campbell, Perry 74.6 Ht8 Williams, Smith, Karlsson, Middleditch 74.8 Ht9 McKeown, Segerstrom, Perry, Middleditch 77.4 Ht10 Young, Mountford, Williams, Lansdale 74.8 Ht11 Crutcher, Hunt, Karlsson, Davies 75.0 Ht12 Smith, Boothroyd, Campbell, Brecknell 77.0 Ht13 E.Williams, Campbell, McKeown, Mayhead 76.6 Ht14 Mountford, Perry, Boothroyd, Karlsson 77.2 Ht15 Hunt, Middleditch, Lansdale, Brecknell 77.8 Ht16 Young, Crutcher, Smith, Segerstrom 78.0 Ht17 Young, Karlsson, McKeown, Brecknell 79.2 Ht18 Crutcher, Mountford, Middleditch, Campbell 77.8 Ht19 Hunt, Williams, Segerstrom, Boothroyd 77.4 Ht20 Perry, Smith, Lansdale, Davies 79.0

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Saturday 21st August 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 31- Wembley Lions 52 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 2 2 1 8 2. Ivor Davies NS 2 0 0 2 3. Ron Mountford 0 3 2 2 7 4. Jim Tolley 2 3 1’ 0 6 1 5. Eric Boothroyd 1 1 2 0 4 6. Harry Bastable F 1’ EF 1 2 1 7. Ron Barrett 2’ 0 2 1 8. Doug Davies 0 0 0 Wembley 1. Tommy Price 2 EX 0 2’ 4 1 2. Brian Crutcher 1’ 3 3 3 10 1 3. Freddie Williams 1 2 2’ 3 8 1 4. Trevor Redmond 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 5. Eric Williams 3 3 3 3 12 6. Fred Lang 2’ 0 1 1 4 1 7. Jimmy Gooch F 1 1 8. Eric French 1’ 1 2 1 Ht1 Hunt, Price, Crutcher, I.Davies [ns] 72.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Redmond, Tolley, F.Williams, Mountford 74.6 2 4 5 7 Ht3 E.Williams, Lang, Boothroyd, Bastable [f] 74.0 1 5 6 12 Ht4 Mountford, F.Williams, French, D.Davies 74.8 3 3 9 15 Ht5 Crutcher, I.Davies, Bastable, Lang 76.0 3 3 12 18 Ht6 Tolley, Barrett, Gooch [f], Price [ex] 80.2 5 0 17 18 Ht7 Redmond, F.Williams, Boothroyd, Bastable [ef] 79.6 1 5 18 23 Ht8 E.Williams, Hunt, French, Barrett 79.0 2 4 20 27 Ht9 Crutcher, Mountford, Tolley, Price 78.0 3 3 23 30 Ht10 Redmond, Boothroyd, Gooch, D.Davies 79.6 2 4 25 34 Ht11 E.Williams, Hunt, Lang, I.Davies 79.4 2 4 27 38 Ht12 Crutcher, Price, Bastable, Boothroyd 78.6 1 5 28 43 Ht13 E.Williams, Mountford, Lang, Tolley 80.6 2 4 30 47 Ht14 F.Williams, Redmond, Hunt, I.Davies 79.0 1 5 31 52 Second Half Rained Off

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Saturday 28th August 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 69 – Bristol Bulldogs 65 (Handicap Challenge) ^ Bristol started with 20 points

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 2 1 3 N 9 2. Ivor Davies 0 1 2 2’ 1’ 6 2 3. Ron Mountford 2’ 3 3 1 3 F 12 1 4. Jim Tolley 3 1’ 1’ 3 0 2 10 2 5. Eric Boothroyd 1’ 1 2 2 2 8 1 6. Harry Bastable 2 2’ 0 1’ 1 6 2 7. Ron Barrett 3 3 3 2 11 8. Doug Davies 2’ 3 2’ 7 2 Bristol 1. Dick Bradley 1 3 3 3 3 1 14 2. Billy Hole 1’ 2 3 2 3 3 14 1 3. Geoff Pymar 0 0 0 0 0 0 4. Chum Taylor 2 0 1 0 1 4 5. Johnny Hole 3 2 2 0 2 9 6. Jack Unstead 0 1 0 1 0 2 7. Chris Boss 1 EF 1 2 8. Roy Taylor 0 0 0 0 Ht1 Hunt, Mountford, Bradley, Pymar 73.8 5 1 5 21 Ht2 Tolley, C.Taylor, B.Hole, I.Davies 73.0 3 3 8 24 Ht3 J.Hole, Bastable, Boothroyd, Unstead 74.2 3 3 11 27 Ht4 Barrett, D.Davies, Boss, R.Taylor 73.8 5 1 16 28 Ht5 Bradley, Hunt, Tolley, C.Taylor 74.2 3 3 19 31 Ht6 Barrett, J.Hole, Boothroyd, Boss [ef] 74.0 4 2 23 33 Ht7 Mountford, B.Hole, I.Davies, Pymar 73.2 4 2 27 35 Ht8 D.Davies, Bastable, Unstead, R.Taylor 76.0 5 1 32 36 Ht9 Bradley, I.Davies, Tolley, Pymar 74.6 3 3 35 39 Ht10 B.Hole, Boothroyd, C.Taylor, Bastable 74.2 2 4 37 43 Ht11 Mountford, J.Hole, Hunt, Unstead 73.4 4 2 41 45 Ht12 Bradley, Boothroyd, Bastable, Pymar 74.8 3 3 44 48 Ht13 Tolley, I.Davies, Unstead, J.Hole [ef] 74.6 5 1 49 49 Ht14 Hunt, B.Hole, Mountford, C.Taylor 74.0 4 2 53 51 Ht15 Barrett, D.Davies, Boss, R.Taylor 75.2 5 1 58 52 Ht16 B.Hole, Barrett, C.Taylor, Tolley 74.4 2 4 60 56 Ht17 Bradley, Boothroyd, I.Davies, Unstead 74.8 3 3 63 59 Ht18 Mountford, J.Hole, Bastable, Pymar 74.4 4 2 67 61 Ht19 B.Hole, Tolley, Bradley, Mountford [f] 75.2 2 4 69 65 Junior Scratch Races Ht1 Barrett, Mayhead, Pearce, D.Davies 73.0 Ht2 Mayhead, Boss, R.Taylor, Pearce 75.4

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Thursday 2nd September 1954 Firs Stadium, Norwich

Norwich Stars 63 – Birmingham Brummies 21 (National; League Division One)

Norwich 1. Aub Lawson 3 2 2’ 0 7 1 2. Merv Neil 1 3 3 3 10 3. Cyril Roger 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 4. Phil Clarke 1 3 3 2’ 9 1 5. Billy Bales 2’ 3 2’ 3 10 2 6. Fred Rogers 3 2’ 1 2’ 8 2 7. Bob Oakley 2’ 1’ 3 2 8. Fred Brand 2’ 3 5 1 Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 0 1 1 4 2. Ivor Davies 0 1 0 0 1 3. Ron Mountford 0 1 2 2 5 4. Jim Tolley 2 0 1 1’ 4 1 5. Eric Boothroyd 1 3 1 1 6 6. Harry Bastable 0 0 N N 0 7. Ron Barrett 1 0 0 1 8. Doug Davies 0 0 0 0 Ht1 Lawson, Hunt, Neil, I. Davies 73.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Roger, Tolley, Clarke, Mountford 74.2 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Rogers, Bales, Boothroyd, Bastable 73.6 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Roger, Brand, Mountford, D. Davies 74.2 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Neil, Rogers, I. Davies, Bastable 74.8 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Clarke, Oakley, Barrett, Hunt 73.2 5 1 28 8 Ht7 Bales, Mountford, Rogers, Tolley 72.8 4 2 32 10 Ht8 Boothroyd, Lawson, Oakley, D. Davies 74.8 3 3 35 13 Ht9 Clarke, Roger, Hunt, I. Davies 74.6 5 1 40 14 Ht10 Brand, Bales, Tolley, Barrett 74.8 5 1 45 15 Ht11 Neil, Lawson, Boothroyd, D. Davies 74.8 5 1 50 16 Ht12 Bales, Rogers, Hunt, I. Davies 74.0 5 1 55 17 Ht13 Roger, Clarke, Boothroyd, Barrett 75.2 5 1 60 18 Ht14 Neil, Mountford, Tolley, Lawson 76.0 3 3 63 21 Walcot Scratch Race Barry East, Malcolm Flood, Wal Morton, Clive Featherby 75.2 Reserve Scratch Race Brand, D. Davies, Oakley, Barrett 75.0 Linstead Scratch Race Ht1 Neil, Hunt, Rogers, Tolley 75.4 Ht2 Brand, I. Davies, Roger, Morton 75.6 Ht3 Bales, Boothroyd, Bastable, Clarke 74.4 Ht4 Mountford, Oakley, East, Flood 76.2 Final – Bales, Mountford, Brand, Neil 75.6

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Saturday 4th September 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Perry Barr Cup (Sealed Handicap Individual Competition)

1 2 3 4 5 H’Cap TTL Pos 1. Ron Barrett 1 0 0 1 0 7 9 13th 2. Len Williams 0 N N N 0 5 5 16th 3. Bill Hole 2 3 1 3 2 3 14 5th 4. Ron Mountford 3 1 3 3 1 0 11 7th 5. Fred Williams 1 2 2 0 2 0 7 14th 6. Eric Boothroyd 2 1 1 1 1 5 11 8th 7. Johnnie Hole 0 0 F 0 1 5 6 15th 8. Harry Bastable 3 3 3 3 3 7 22 1st 9. Roy Bester 0 1 0 2 2 5 10 10th 10. Doug Davies 1 2 2 1 2 8 16 3rd 11. Dick Bradley 2 2 3 2 0 0 9 12th 12. Fred Lang 3 2 3 2 3 5 18 2nd 13. Jim Tolley 2 3 1 1 0 4 11 9th 14. Ken McKinlay 3 3 2 3 3 0 14 4th 15. Hec. Mayhead 0 1 EF 0 1 8 10 11th 16. Ivor Davies 1 0 2 2 3 5 13 6th Res. Alan Pearce 0 1 0 1 Ht1 Mountford, B. Hole, Barrett, L Williams 73.4 Ht2 Bastable, Boothroyd, F Williams, J Hole 73.8 Ht3 Lang, Bradley, D.Davies, Bester 73.2 Ht4 McKinlay, Tolley, I. Davies, Mayhead 73.4 Ht5 Tolley, F Williams, Bester, Barrett 75.4 Ht6 McKinlay, D.Davies, Boothroyd, Pearce 74.6 Ht7 B. Hole, Bradley, Mayhead, J Hole 74.6 Ht8 Bastable, Lang, Mountford, I Davies 74.8 Ht9 Bradley, I. Davies, Boothroyd, Barrett 74.8 Ht10 Lang, F Williams, Pearce, Mayhead [ef] 74.6 Ht11 Bastable, McKinlay, B. Hole, R Bester 74.4 Ht12 Mountford, D. Davies, Tolley, J Hole [f] 74.4 Ht13 McKinlay, Lang, Barrett, J Hole 74.2 Ht14 Bastable, Bradley, Tolley, Pearce 75.0 Ht15 B. Hole, I. Davies, D. Davies, F Williams 75.0 Ht16 Mountford, Bester, Boothroyd, Bester 75.2 Ht17 Bastable, D. Davies, Mayhead, Barrett 75.0 Ht18 I. Davies, Bester, J. Hole, L Williams 75.2 Ht19 Lang, Boothroyd, B. Hole, Tolley 74.8 Ht20 McKinlay, F Wiliiams, Mountford, Bradley 74.6

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Saturday 11th September 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 35 – Wimbledon Dons 49 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 EF 2 8 2. Jim Tolley 1 0 2 1’ 4 1 3. Ron Mountford 2 0 2 2 6 4. Ivor Davies 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 5. Eric Boothroyd 0 1’ 2’ EF 3 2 6. Harry Bastable 1 1 2 2 6 7. Hec Mayhead 2 1 3 8. Doug Davies 1 3 4 Wimbledon 1. Ronnie Moore 2 3 3 3 11 2. Don Perry 0 2’ 0 1 3 1 3. Geoff Mardon 3 3 3 3 12 4. Cyril Brine 1 EF 0 0 1 5. Barry Briggs 3 2 3 3 11 6. Peter Moore 2’ 3 1 1 7 1 7. Cyril Maidment 1 1 2 8. Reg Trott 2’ 0 2 1 Ht1 Hunt, R.Moore, Tolley, Perry 71.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Mardon, Mountford, Brine, I.Davies 74.6 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Briggs, P.Moore, Bastable, Boothroyd 72.8 1 5 7 11 Ht4 Mardon, Trott, D.Davies, Mountford 74.8 1 5 8 16 Ht5 P.Moore, Perry, Bastable, Tolley 75.4 1 5 9 21 Ht6 R.Moore, Mayhead, Maidment, I.Davies 74.0 2 4 11 25 Ht7 Mardon, Bastable, Boothroyd, Brine [ef] 74.4 3 3 14 28 Ht8 Hunt, Briggs, Mayhead, Trott 74.0 4 2 18 30 Ht9 R.Moore, Mountford, I.Davies, Perry 74.0 3 3 21 33 Ht10 D.Davies, Boothroyd, Maidment, Brine 75.2 5 1 26 34 Ht11 Briggs, Tolley, P.Moore, Hunt [ef] 74.8 2 4 28 38 Ht12 R.Moore, Bastable, Perry, Boothroyd [ef] 74.6 2 4 30 42 Ht13 Briggs, Mountford, P.Moore, I.Davies 74.6 2 4 32 46 Ht14 Mardon, Hunt, Tolley, Brine 74.8 3 3 35 49 Reserves Scratch Race D.Davies, Mayhead, Maidment, Trott 74.8 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Hunt, Mardon, Tolley, Perry 73.8 Ht2 Briggs, Bastable, Mountford, P.Moore 76.0 Ht3 R.Moore, I.Davies, Boothroyd, Tolley 75.0 Ht4 D.Davies, Mayhead, Maidment, Trott 75.0 Final Hunt, Briggs, D.Davies, R.Moore 74.8

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Tuesday 14th September 1954 West Ham Stadium, London

West Ham Hammers 48 – Birmingham Brummies 35 (National League Division One) West Ham 1. Jack Young 3 3 3 3 12 2. Alan Smith 1 2’ 1 1 5 1 3. Bert Roger 1 F 0 3 4 4. Gerry Hussey 3 0 2 2’ 7 1 5. Wally Green 3 2 3 2 10 6. Howdy Byford 2’ 3 EF 1’ 6 2 7. Pat Clarke 1 0 1 8. Keith Gurtner 2 1 3 Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 3 3 3 11 2. Jim Tolley 0 1 0 0 1 3. Ron Mountford 2 3 3 2 10 4. Ivor Davies 0 N N N 0 5. Eric Boothroyd 1 1’ 2 1 5 1 6. Harry Bastable 0 0 0 N 0 7. Hec Mayhead 2’ 1 0 0 3 1 8. Doug Davies EX 2 2 F 4 Ht1 Young, Hunt, Smith, Tolley 73.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Hussey, Mountford, Roger, I.Davies 74.4 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Green, Byford, Boothroyd, Bastable 76.1 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Mountford, Gurtner, Roger [f], D.Davies [ex] 75.2 2 3 15 8 Ht5 Byford, Smith, Tolley, Bastable 76.6 5 1 20 9 Ht6 Hunt, Mayhead, Clarke, Hussey 74.2 1 5 21 14 Ht7 Mountford, Green, Mayhead, Byford [ef] 75.2 2 4 23 18 Ht8 Young, D.Davies, Boothroyd, Clarke 74.8 3 3 26 21 Ht9 Hunt, Hussey, Tolley, Roger 75.0 2 4 28 25 Ht10 Green, D.Davies, Gurtner, Mayhead 75.2 4 2 32 27 Ht11 Young, Boothroyd, Smith, Bastable 75.6 4 2 36 29 Ht12 Hunt, Green, Byford, Tolley 75.4 3 3 39 32 Ht13 Roger, Hussey, Boothroyd [fr], D.Davies [f] 75.4 5 1 44 33 Ht14 Young, Mountford, Smith, Mayhead 74.0 4 2 48 35 No second half - double header

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Saturday 18th September 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 32 – Wembley Lions 52 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 2 2 2 9 2. Jin Tolley 0 1 0 0 1 3. Ron Mountford 3 2 2 2 9 4. Ivor Davies 1 EX N N 0 5. Eric Boothroyd 2 2 2 2 8 6. Harry Bastable EF 0 0 N 0 7. Hec Mayhead 1 0 0 1 8. Doug Davies 1’ 1’ 0 1’ 3 3 Wembley 1. Tommy Price 1’ N 1 1 3 1 2. Brian Crutcher 2 3 3 3 11 3. Freddie Williams 2 3 3 3 11 4. Trevor Redmond 0 0 3 1 4 5. Eric Williams 3 3 3 3 12 6. Fred Lang 1 2’ 1 1 5 1 7. Jimmy Gooch 3 0 3 8. Eric French 0 2’ 1 3 1 Ht1 Hunt, Crutcher, Price, Tolley 72.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Mountford, F.Williams, I.Davies, Redmond 74.0 4 2 7 5 Ht3 E.Williams, Boothroyd, Lang, Bastable [ef] 73.4 2 4 9 9 Ht4 F.Williams, Mountford, D.Davies, French 74.6 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Crutcher, Lang, Tolley, Bastable 74.6 1 5 13 17 Ht6 Gooch, French, Mayhead, I.Davies [ex] 76.6 1 5 14 22 Ht7 F.Williams, Boothroyd, D.Davies, Redmond 74.4 3 3 17 25 Ht8 E.Williams, Hunt, French, Mayhead 74.2 2 4 19 29 Ht9 Crutcher, Mountford, Price, D.Davies 73.6 2 4 21 33 Ht10 Redmond, Boothroyd, D.Davies, Gooch 75.2 3 3 24 36 Ht11 E.Williams, Hunt, Lang, Tolley 74.4 2 4 26 40 Ht12 Crutcher, Boothroyd, Price, Bastable 74.0 2 4 28 44 Ht13 E.Williams, Mountford, Mayhead 74.4 2 4 30 48 Ht14 F.Williams, Hunt, Redmond, Tolley 74.0 2 4 32 52 Reserves Scratch Race French, Gooch, D.Davies, Mayhead 75.6 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Crutcher, Hunt, E.Williams, I Davies [ns] 73.8 Ht2 Mountford, F.Williams, Lang, Tolley [f] 74.4 Ht3 Redmond, Boothroyd, Price, Bastable 75.6 Ht4 French, Gooch, D.Davies, Mayhead 76.2 Final Crutcher, Mountford, French, Redmond 74.6

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Saturday 25th September 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 43 - Norwich Stars 41 (National League Division One

Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12 2. Jim Tolley 1 0 1 2’ 4 1 3. Ron Mountford 3 3 3 2 11 4. Doug Davies F F 2’ F 2 1 5. Eric Boothroyd 1 2 3 2 8 6. Harry Bastable 0 1 1 2 7. Hec Mayhead 2 0 1 1’ 4 1 8. Alan Pearce 0 N 0 Norwich 1. Cyril Roger 2 3 1 3 9 2. Fred Brand F N N N 0 3. Merv Neil 2 2 EF 1 5 4. Fred Rogers 1’ 3 2 0 6 1 5. Billy Bales 3 2 0 1 6 6. Phil Clarke 2’ 3 2 3 10 1 7. Barry East 1 0 0 1 8. Bob Oakley 1’ 2’ 1’ 0 4 3 Ht1 Hunt, Roger, Tolley, Brand [f] 72.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Mountford, Neil, Rogers, Davies [f] 74.6 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Bales, Clarke, Boothroyd, Bastable 73.0 1 5 8 10 Ht4 Mountford, Neil, Oakley, Pearce 73.6 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Clarke, Oakley, Bastable, Tolley 73.6 1 5 12 18 Ht6 Roger, Mayhead, East, Davies [f] 75.0 2 4 14 22 Ht7 Rogers, Boothroyd, Bastable, Neil [ef] 74.8 3 3 17 25 Ht8 Hunt, Bales, Oakley, Mayhead 72.2 3 3 20 28 Ht9 Mountford, Davies, Roger, Oakley 73.6 5 1 25 29 Ht10 Boothroyd, Rogers, Mayhead, East 74.4 4 2 29 31 Ht11 Hunt, Clarke, Tolley, Bales 72.0 4 2 33 33 Ht12 Roger, Boothroyd, Mayhead, East 75.2 3 3 36 36 Ht13 Clarke, Mountford, Bales, Davies [f] 74.2 2 4 38 40 Ht14 Hunt, Tolley, Neil, Rogers 73.0 5 1 43 41 Reserve Scratch Race Oakley, Bastable, East, Pearce 74.4 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Hunt, Clarke, Davies, Neil 73.0 Ht2 Mountford, Roger, Bastable, Pearce 74.6 Ht3 Bales, Boothroyd, Tolley, Rogers 73.0 Ht4 Oakley, Mayhead, East, Pearce 74.8 Final Hunt, Mountford, Oakley, Bales 73.4

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Monday 27th September 1954 Wimbledon Stadium, London Wimbledon Dons 65 - Birmingham Brummies 19 (National League Division One) Wimbledon 1. Ronnie Moore 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 2. Peter Moore 3 2’ 2’ 1 8 2 3. Geoff Mardon 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 4. Don Perry 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 5. Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 12 6. Cyril Brine 2’ 2’ 3 F 7 7. Reg Trott 3 2’ 5 1 8. Cyril Maidment 1 1 2 Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 0 2 1 2 5 2. Jim Tolley 1 1 0 1’ 3 1 3. Ron Mountford 1 1 0 2 4 4. Harry Bastable 0 1 1 0 2 5. Eric Boothroyd 1 2 1 1 5 6. Doug Davies F F F N 0 7. Alan Pearce 0 0 0 0 8. Hec Mayhead EX F 0 Ht1 P.Moore, R.Moore, Bastable, Mountford 65.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Mardon, Perry, Mountford, Bastable 66.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Briggs, Brine, Boothroyd, Davies [f] 64.6 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Trott, Mardon, Mountford, Pearce 67.4 5 1 20 4 Ht5 Briggs, P.Moore, Tolley, Davies [f] 65.4 5 1 24 5 Ht6 Perry, Hunt, Maidment, Mayhead [ex] 65.8 4 2 28 7 Ht7 Briggs, Brine, Bastable, Mountford 66.2 5 1 34 8 Ht8 R.Moore, Boothroyd, Maidment, Pearce 66.4 4 2 38 10 Ht9 Mardon, Perry, Hunt, Tolley 67.0 5 1 43 11 Ht10 Brine, Trott, Bastable, Mayhead [f] 66.9 5 1 48 12 Ht11 R.Moore, P.Moore, Boothroyd, Davies [f] 67.2 5 1 53 13 Ht12 Briggs, Hunt, Tolley, Brine [f] 66.4 3 3 56 16 Ht13 Mardon, Perry, Boothroyd, Pearce 68.2 5 1 61 17 Ht14 R.Moore, Mountford, P.Moore, Bastable 66.8 4 2 65 19 Match Race Ht Ronnie Moore bt Arthur Forrest 65.4 Ht2 Ronnie Moore bt Arthur Forrest 65.4 Junior Scratch Race 3 laps Sweetman, Andrews, Goldfinch [f], Holmes [f] 55.6 Sunday Pictorial Scratch Race Mardon, Hunt, P.Moore, Forrest 66.6 Junior Mirror Scratch Race Briggs, Maidment, Pearce, Tolley [ns] 67.0 News of the World Scratch Race Trott, Brine, Mayhead, Goldfinch 67.2

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Saturday 2nd October 1954 Belle Vue, Manchester

Belle Vue Aces 59 - Birmingham Brummies 24 (National League Division One) Belle Vue 1. Jack Parker 3 3 1 1 8 2. Ron Johnston 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2 3. Ken Sharples 1 2’ 3 3 9 1 4. Don Cuppleditch 3 EF 1 2’ 6 1 5. Peter Craven 3 3 3 2 11 6. Harry Edwards 2’ 3 2’ 0 7 2 7. Bob Duckworth 3 0 3 8. Dick Fisher 3 2’ 5 1 Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt F EX 2 3 5 2. Jim Tolley 1 1 0 1 3 3. Ron Mountford 0 1 0 2 3 4. Harry Bastable 2 1 0 0 3 5. Eric Boothroyd 0 2 2 1 5 6. Doug Davies 1 F 0 0 1 7. Alan Pearce 2 N 2 8. Hec Mayhead 0 1’ 1 2 1 Ht1 Parker, Johnston, Tolley, Hunt [f] 71.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Cuppleditch, Bastable, Sharples, Mountford 76.2 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Craven, Edwards, Davies, Boothroyd 73.6 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Fisher, Sharples, Mountford, Mayhead 74.6 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Edwards, Johnston, Tolley, Davies [f] 74.6 5 1 24 6 Ht6 Duckworth, Pearce, Hunt [ex],Cuppleditch [ef] 76.6 3 2 27 8 Ht7 Craven, Edwards, Bastable, Mountford 76.8 5 1 32 9 Ht8 Parker, Boothroyd, Mayhead, Duckworth 75.6 3 3 35 12 Ht9 Sharples, Hunt, Cuppleditch, Tolley 76.0 4 2 39 14 Ht10 Craven, Fisher, Mayhead, Bastable 76.8 5 1 44 15 Ht11 Johnston, Boothroyd, Parker, Davies 77.2 4 2 48 17 Ht12 Hunt, Craven, Tolley, Edwards 76.8 2 4 50 21 Ht13 Sharples, Cuppleditch, Boothroyd, Davies 77.6 5 1 55 22 Ht14 Johnston, Mountford, Parker, Bastable 77.0 4 2 59 24 Bubble Bounce Handicap Williams (40), Maynard (25), Payling (40), Howell (20), Davis (scr) 80.8 Polar Bear Scratch Race (3 Laps) Ht1 Mayhead, Payling, Pearce, Williams 59.4 Ht2 Hunt, Edwards, Wilson, Maynard [f] 57.6 Ht3 Johnston, Duckworth, Williams, Tolley 57.8 Ht4 Mountford, Sharples, Fisher, Davies 58.4 Ht5 Craven, Boothroyd, Cuppleditch, Bastable 58.4

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Monday 4th October 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies v Belle Vue Aces (National League Division One) Postponed Due To Rain

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Saturday 9th October 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 55 - Coventry Bees 40 (Midland Cup) Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2’ 3 3 3 F 11 1 2. Ron Mountford 2 3 2 3 2 10 3. Eric Boothroyd 3 2’ 1 0 6 1 4. Harry Bastable 0 1’ 1 F 2 1 5. Jim Tolley 2’ 2 1’ 1 6 2 6. Doug Davies 3 3 2 3 11 7. Hec Mayhead 1 1’ 2’ 3 7 2 8. Vic Hall 0 N 0 0 Coventry Bees 1. Charlie New 1 2 3 2 3 11 2. Tommy Miller 3 0 3 2 1 9 3. Bob Mark 0 1 0 N 1 4. Vic Emms 1 0 0 1’ 2 1 5. Jim Lightfoot 0 3 0 2 5 6. Johnnie Reason 1 1 2 F 4 7. Reg Duval 3 0 1’ 4 1 8. Derrick Tailby 2’ F 0 2 4 1 Ht1 Boothroyd, Hunt, New, Mark 72.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Miller, Mountford, Emms, Bastable 71.2 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Davies, Tolley, Reason, Lightfoot 71.8 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Duval, Tailby, Mayhead, Hall 74.0 1 5 13 11 Ht5 Hunt, New, Bastable, Emms 71.6 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Lightfoot, Tolley, Mayhead, Duval 72.8 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Mountford, Boothroyd, Mark, Miller 73.0 5 1 25 17 Ht8 Davies, Mayhead, Reason, Tailby [f] 72.6 5 1 30 18 Ht9 New, Mountford, Bastable, Mark 72.6 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Miller, Davies, Tolley, Emms 72.6 3 3 36 24 Ht11 Hunt, Reason, Boothroyd, Lightfoot 72.0 4 2 40 26 Ht12 Davies, New, Tolley, Tailby 73.0 4 2 44 28 Ht13 Mountford, Lightfoot, Bastable [f], Reason [f] 73.8 3 2 47 30 Ht14 Hunt, Miller, Emms, Boothroyd 73.0 3 3 50 33 Ht15 Mayhead, Tailby, Duval, Hall 74.4 3 3 53 36 Ht16 Mew, Mountford, Miller, Hunt [f] 73.6 2 4 55 40 Highest Points Scorers Scratch Race Ht1 Lightfoot, Reason, Mayhead, Davies [f] 74.8 Ht2 New, Hunt, Mountford, Miller 73.4 Final Hunt, New, Lightfoot, Reason 73.4 Consolation Scratch Race Mark, Duval, Pearce, Page 75.0

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Monday 11th October 1954 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 38 - Belle Vue Aces 44 (National League Division One) Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 2 3 2 3 10 2. Jim Tolley F 2 0 1 3 3. Ron Mountford 0 3 2’ EF 5 1 4. Doug Davies 3 2 3 3 11 5. Eric Boothroyd 1 1 EX 1 3 6. Harry Bastable 3 1’ 0 0 4 1 7. Hec Mayhead 0 0 2 2 8. Vic Hall 0 N 0 Belle Vue 1. Jack Parker F 1 0 2’ 3 1 2. Ron Johnston 3 3 1 3 10 3. Ken Sharples 2 2 3 2 9 4. Don Cuppleditch 1’ 2’ F N 3 2 5. Peter Craven 2 2 3 N 7 6. Harry Edwards 0 0 2 N 2 7. Bob Duckworth 3 3 1 1’ 8 1 8. Dick Fisher 1’ 1’ 0 2 2 Ht1 Johnston, Hunt, Tolley [f], Parker [f] 72.4 2 3 2 3 Ht2 Davies, Sharples, Cuppleditch, Mountford 72.8 3 3 5 6 Ht3 Bastable, Craven, Boothroyd, Edwards 73.0 4 2 9 8 Ht4 Mountford, Sharples, Fisher, Hall 72.2 3 3 12 11 Ht5 Johnston, Tolley, Bastable, Edwards 73.0 3 3 15 14 Ht6 Duckworth, Davies, Parker, Mayhead 72.8 2 4 17 18 Ht7 Sharples, Cuppleditch, Boothroyd, Bastable 72.2 1 5 18 23 Ht8 Hunt, Craven, Fisher, Mayhead 71.4 3 3 21 26 Ht9 Davies, Mountford, Johnston, Parker 73.2 5 1 26 27 Ht10 Duckworth, Mayhead, Cuppleditch [f], Boothroyd [ex] 73.6 2 3 28 30 Ht11 Craven, Hunt, Duckworth, Tolley 72.6 2 4 30 34 Ht12 Johnston, Parker, Boothroyd, Bastable 73.4 1 5 31 39 Ht13 Davies, Edwards, Duckworth, Mountford [ef] 74.0 3 3 34 42 Ht14 Hunt, Sharples, Tolley, Fisher 72.6 4 2 38 44 Junior Scratch Race Mayhead, Vic Hall, Alan Pearce, Duckworth [ns] 76.8 Reserves Scratch Race Mayhead, Fisher, Pearce, Hall 75.6 Perry Barr Scratch Race Ht1 Hunt, Bastable, Duckworth, Craven [ns] 73.2 74.6 Ht2 Sharples, Mountford, Johnston, Tolley 73.4 74.0 Ht3 Davies, Mountford, Parker, Edwards 73.4 74.6 Final Hunt, Sharples, Mountford, Davies [ef] 73.8

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Saturday 16th October 1954 Brandon Stadium, Coventry

Coventry Bees 55 - Birmingham Brummies 41 (Midland Cup) Coventry 1. Charlie New 2 3 1’ 3 2 11 1 2. Tommy Miller 3 3 0 3 0 9 3. Derrick Tailby F 2’ 2 2’ 6 2 4. Vic Emms 2’ 2’ 1 1 6 2 5. Jim Lightfoot 1 F 0 N 1 6. Johnnie Reason 3 2’ 2 0 7 1 7. Bob Mark 3 2 3 8 8. Les Tolley 2’ 3 1 1 7 1 Birmingham 1. Alan Hunt 3 1 2’ 3 3 12 1 2. Eric Boothroyd 1 1 3 1 6 3. Jim Tolley 1 0 3 2’ 6 1 4. Harry Bastable 0 0 1 0 1 5. Doug Davies 2 3 3 2 1 11 6. Cyril Page 0 1 0 0 1 7. Alan Pearce 0 1 0 1 8. Vic Hall 1 0 2 3 Ht1 Hunt, New, J.Tolley, Tailby [f] 72.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Miller, Emms, Boothroyd, Bastable 73.2 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Reason, Davies, Lightfoot, Page 74.0 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Mark, L.Tolley, Hall, Pearce 77.0 5 1 16 8 Ht5 New, Emms, Hunt, Bastable 74.6 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Davies, Mark, Pearce, Lightfoot [f] 74.8 2 4 23 13 Ht7 Miller, Tailby, Boothroyd, J.Tolley 75.8 5 1 28 14 Ht8 L.Tolley, Reason, Page, Hall 75.6 5 1 33 15 Ht9 J.Tolley, Hunt, Emms, Miller 74.2 1 5 34 20 Ht10 Boothroyd, Reason, Bastable, Lightfoot 76.2 2 4 36 24 Ht11 Davies, Tailby, New, Page 75.0 3 3 39 27 Ht12 Hunt, J.Tolley, L.Tolley, Reason 76.2 1 5 40 32 Ht13 Miller, Davies, Emms, Page 74.8 4 2 44 34 Ht14 New, Tailby, Boothroyd, Bastable 75.6 5 1 49 35 Ht15 Mark, Hall, L.Tolley, Pearce 77.8 4 2 53 37 Ht16 Hunt, New, Davies, Miller 75.2 2 4 55 41 Ashlawn Supporters Trophy Nick Nicholls, Brian Miller, Wyken Croft, Don Briars 78.6 1954 Supporters Trophy Ht1 Miller, L.Tolley, Pete Reason, J. Reason 75.0 78.6 Ht2 Mark, Lightfoot, Tailby, Wright 77.6 78.4 Ht3 Duval, New, Emms, Brough 75.4 76.0 Final New, Duval, Miller, Mark 76.2 Birmingham Blazeaway Hunt, Boothroyd, J.Tolley, Davies [f] 75.0

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Birmingham 1954 – Required List 27th May Wembley NL Div 1 Away Second Half 2nd Place Times Reqd 4th Sep Perry Barr Cup Home Second Prog For Confirmation Reqd Issue 1 First Draft JH Mar 2007 Issue 2 Reformatted & Further Data Added NN 08/06/08 Issue 3 17/04 Norwich Home Added NN 12/06/08 Issue 4 23/08 Harringay Away Added JH 31/08/08 Issue 5 11/08 Harringay Away Added JH 05/09/08 Issue 6 26/07 Odsal Home 2nd Half Details added NN 22/02/09 17/05 Wimbledon Away 1st Half Details added Issue 7 17/05 Wimbledon Away 2nd Half Details Added NN 11/06/09 24/07 Odsal Away – All Details Added 15/07 Wembley Away – 1st Half Details Added 27/05 Wembley Away – 1st Half Details Added Issue 8 27/09 Wimbledon Away – All Details Added NN 14/06/09 15/07 Wembley Away – 2nd Half Details Added Issue 9 17/04 Norwich Home – 2nd Half Time Added NN 01/03/11 08/05 & 26/06 Harringay Home – Murphy First Name Added Issue 10 24/04 West Ham Home – Second Half Details Added NN 08/01/12 08/05 Harringay Home – Second Half Final Time Added 26/06 Harringay Home – Second Half Details Added

18/09 Wembley Home – Second Half Details Added 25/09 Norwich Home – Second Half Details Added 31/05 Odsal Home – Second Half Details Added 27/05 Wembley Away – Second Half Detail Added 04/09 Perry Barr Cup – All Details Added