Leicester 1955 Thanks to Tim Grant Completed 9.3.2020 ... · Ht9 Miller, Emms, Phillips, Green 71.0 1 5 23 30 Ht10 New, Mark, Close, Lazarus 70.6 1 5 24 35 Ht11 McKinlay, New, Green,

Leicester 1955

Thanks to Tim Grant

Completed 9.3.2020

Friday 1st April 1955 1955 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 43 Coventry Bees 52 (Challenge)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 3 3 18

Charlie Barsby 0 3 1 0 1’ 5 1

Derrick Close 1 1 1 3 1 7

Dennis Gray F 0

Ron Phillips 2 0 1 2 0 5

Johnny Green F 3 0 1 1 1 6

Larry Lazarus 2’ 0 0 0

Coventry

Charlie New 1’ 2 3 2 3 11 1

Bob Mark 2 0 1’ 2’ 2 7 2

Tommy Miller 3 F 3 3 2 11

Vic Emms 2’ 2 2’ 2 2 10 2

Jim Lightfoot E 3 2 E E 5

Johnny Reason 3 2’ 1’ 0 1’ 7 3

Derrick Tailby 1 0 1

Ht1 McKinlay, Mark, New, Barsby 68.0 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Miller, Emms, Close, Gray (f) 69.2 1 5 4 8

Ht3 Reason, Phillips, Lightfoot (ef), Green (f) 70.8 2 3 6 11

Ht4 Barsby, Lazarus, Tailby, Mark 71.2 5 1 11 12

Ht5 Lightfoot, Reason, Close, Lazarus 68.2 1 5 12 17

Ht6 McKinlay, Emms, Barsby, Miller (f) 67.8 4 2 16 19

Ht7 Green, New, Mark, Phillips 69.6 3 3 19 22

Ht8 McKinlay, Lightfoot, Reason, Barsby 68.4 3 3 22 25

Ht9 Miller, Emms, Phillips, Green 71.0 1 5 23 30

Ht10 New, Mark, Close, Lazarus 70.6 1 5 24 35

Ht11 McKinlay, New, Green, Reason 69.0 4 2 28 37

Ht12 Miller, Phillips, Barsby, Lightfoot (ef) 70.0 3 3 31 40

Ht13 Close, Emms, Reason, Lazarus 70.8 3 3 34 43

Ht14 McKinlay, Miller. Green, Tailby 70.4 4 2 38 45

Ht15 New, Emms, Close, Phillips 70.2 1 5 39 50

Ht16 McKinlay, Mark, Green, Lightfoot (ef) 70.8 4 2 43 52

Syston Scratch Race

Lazarus, Elliott, Tailby, Braithwaite 70.8

New Season Scratch

Ht1 New, Reason, Green, Close 70.4 71.4

Ht2 McKinlay, Emms, Elliott, McKenzie 71.2 71.8

Ht3 Miller, Barsby, Mark, Phillips 70.2 71.0

Final McKinlay, New, Miller (ef), Barsby (f) 71.0

Saturday 2nd April 1955 Brandon Stadium, Coventry

Coventry Bees 72 Leicester Hunters 23 (Challenge)

Coventry

Charlie New 2’ 1 3 3 3 12 1

Bob Mark 3 3 3 2’ 2’ 13 2

Vic Emms 2’ 2’ 0 2’ 3 9 3

Tommy Miller 3 3 3 3 3 15

Johnny Reason 3 0 2’ 2’ 2’ 9 3

Jim Lightfoot 2’ 2 3 3 1 11 1

Derrick Tailby 2’ 1 3 1

Leicester

Ken McKinlay F 3 2 F 2 0 7

Charlie Barsby X 1 1 1 1’ 1 5 1

Derrick Close 0 0 0

Dennis Gray 1 2 3

Ron Phillips 0 1 0 0 1 0 2

Johnny Green 1 0 1 F 1 0 2 5

Larry Lazarus 0 1 0 1

Ht1 Mark, New, Barsby (ef), McKinlay (f) 86.4 5 0 5 0

Ht2 Miller, Emms, Gray, Close 71.0 5 1 10 1

Ht3 Reason, Lightfoot, Green, Phillips 74.8 5 1 15 2

Ht4 Mark Tailby, Barsby, Lazarus 72.8 5 1 20 3

Ht5 Miller, Emms, Phillips, Green 71.4 5 1 25 4

Ht6 Mark, Gray, New, Close 73.2 4 2 29 6

Ht7 McKinlay, Lightfoot, Barsby, Reason 71.2 2 4 31 10

Ht8 New, Mark, Green, Phillips 72.0 5 1 36 11

Ht9 Lightfoot, Reason, Barsby, Green (f) 72.0 5 1 41 12

Ht10 Miller, McKinlay, Barsby, Emms 70.6 3 3 44 15

Ht11 New, Emms, Green, McKinlay (f) 71.8 5 1 49 16

Ht12 Lightfoot, Mark, Lazarus, Phillips 72.2 5 1 54 17

Ht13 Miller, McKinlay, Tailby, Green 70.8 4 2 58 19

Ht14 Emms, Reason, Phillips, Lazarus 75.2 5 1 63 20

Ht15 Miller, Green, Lightfoot, McKinlay 72.2 4 2 67 22

Ht16 New, Reason, Barsby, Phillips 73.8 5 1 72 23

Friday 8th April 1955 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 52 Stockholm 44 (Challenge)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 F 3 12

Charlie Barsby 1 2 1 1 F 5

Derrick Close 1’ 0 2 2’ 0 5 2

Ron Phillips 2 2 1’ 1 2 8 1

Len Williams 1’ 3 2 2 3 11 1

Johnny Green 2 1 1’ 1’ 2’ 7 3

Dennis Gray 1’ 3 4 1

Stockholm

Ulf Ericsson 0 E 0 3 2’ 2 7 1

Berndt Nilsson 2 3 2 0 0 7

Ove Fundin 3 2 3 3 3 14

Olle Heymann 0 0 0 1 1’ 2 1

Birger Forsberg 3 3 2 1 1 10

Nils Johansson 0 1 0 3 0 4

Bo Sandin

Ht1 McKinlay, Nilsson, Barsby, Eriksson 69.6 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Fundin, Phillips, Close, Heymann 69.6 3 3 7 5

Ht3 Forsberg, Green, Williams, Johansson 71.2 3 3 10 8

Ht4 Nilsson, Barsby, Gray, Sandin 70.6 3 3 13 11

Ht5 Forsberg, Phillips, Johansson, Close 70.0 2 4 15 15

Ht6 McKinlay, Fundin, Barsby, Heymann 69.2 4 2 19 17

Ht7 Williams, Nilsson, Green, Eriksson (ef) 70.8 4 2 23 19

Ht8 McKinlay, Forsberg, Barsby, Johansson 69.6 4 2 27 21

Ht9 Fundin, Williams, Green, Eriksson 70.4 3 3 30 24

Ht10Eriksson, Close, Phillips, Nilsson 71.8 3 3 33 27

Ht11 Johansson, Eriksson, Phillips, McKinlay (f) 71.4 1 5 34 32

Ht12 Fundin, Williams, Forsberg, Barsby (f) 70.4 2 4 36 36

Ht13 Gray, Close, Heymann, Johansson 71.0 5 1 41 37

Ht14 Fundin, Phillips, Green, Sandin 71.4 3 3 44 40

Ht15 Williams, Eriksson, Heymann, Close 71.2 3 3 47 43

Ht16 McKinlay, Green, Forsberg, Nilsson 70.2 5 1 52 44

Whetstone Scratch Race

Sandin, Andersson, Elliott, Gray 72.2

Stadium Scratch Race

Ht1 Fundin, Green, Close, Williams 71.8 72.6

Ht2 McKinlay, Forsberg, Phillips, Nygren 70.6 72.2

Ht3 Johansson, Barsby, Gray, Elliott 72.6 73.6

Final McKinlay, Green, Forsberg, Fundin 70.6

Thursday 14th April 1955 Cowley Stadium, Oxford

Oxford Cheetahs 56 Leicester Hunters 40 (National League Division Two)

Oxford

Peter Robinson 1’ 3 3 3 3 13 1

Bob Wells 2 2 2’ 2’ 1 9 2

Ronnie Genz 3 3 2 2 3 13

Bill Thatcher 1 0 1’ 0 2 4 1

Bob Baker 3 2 2 3 2’ 12 1

Dennis Newton 1 0 1’ 1’ 2’ 5 3

Maury Courtnell F 0 0

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 2 0 11


Derek Close 0 1 0 2 3

Johnny Green 2 0 3 1 1 7

Gordon McGregor 0 1’ 0 0 1 2 1

Len Williams 2 2 1 1’ 3 3 12 1

Charlie Barsby 1 0 1

Ht1 McKinlay, Wells, Robinson, Phillips 70.4 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Genz, Green, Thatcher, Close 70.0 4 2 7 5

Ht3 Baker, Williams, Newton, McGregor 70.8 4 2 11 7

Ht4 Phillips, Wells, Barsby, Courtnell (f) 70.8 2 4 13 11

Ht5 Genz, Williams, McGregor, Thatcher 70.6 3 3 16 14

Ht6 Robinson, Wells, Close, Green 71.0 5 1 21 15

Ht7 McKinlay, Baker, Phillips, Newton ? 2 4 23 19

Ht8 Robinson, Wells, Williams, McGregor 71.4 5 1 28 20

Ht9 Green, Baker, Newton, Close 69.4 3 3 31 23

Ht10 McKinlay, Genz, Thatcher, Phillips 70.0 3 3 34 26

Ht11 Robinson, McKinlay, Williams, Thatcher 69.8 3 3 37 29

Ht12 Baker, Close, Wells, McGregor 69.8 4 2 41 31

Ht13 Williams, Genz, Green, Courtnell 70.0 2 4 43 35

Ht14 Williams, Thatcher, Newton, Barsby 71.0 3 3 46 38

Ht15 Genz, Baker, Green, McKinlay 70.2 5 1 51 39

Ht16 Robinson, Newton, McGregor, Phillips 71.8 5 1 56 40

Friday 15th April 1955 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 61 Rayleigh Rockets 35 (National League Division Two)

Leicester


Ron Phillips 2’ 2’ 0 2’ 1’ 7 4

Derrick Close 0 1 1 2’ 3 7 1


Len Williams 3 3 0 1’ 2’ 9 2

Gordon McGregor 1 1 1 2 1 6


Rayleigh

Gerald Jackson 1 0 2 X 3

Maurice McDermott 0 1 2 0 0 3

Pete Lansdale 3 1’ 3 0 1 2 10 1

Peter Clark 1 2 2’ 3 3 11 1

Les McGillivray 0 2 1 2 0 1 6

Frank Bettis 2 0 0 0 2

Eric Ebbs 0 0 0

Ht1 McKinlay, Phillips, Jackson, McDermott 70.0 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Lansdale, Green, Clark, Close 71.8 2 4 7 5

Ht3 Williams, Bettis, McGregor, McGillivray 72.0 4 2 11 7

Ht4 Barsby, Phillips, McDermott, Ebbs 72.0 5 1 16 8

Ht5 Green, McGillivray, Close, Bettis 72.4 4 2 20 10

Ht6 McKinlay, Clark, Lansdale, Phillips 70.2 3 3 23 13

Ht7 Williams, McDermott, McGregor, Jackson 72.4 4 2 27 15

Ht8 McKinlay, Phillips, McGillivray, Bettis 70.8 5 1 32 16

Ht9 Lansdale, Clark, McGregor, Williams 72.4 1 5 33 21

Ht10 Green, McGillivray, Close, McDermott 72.0 4 2 37 23

Ht11 McKinlay, Jackson, Green, Lansdale 70.8 4 2 41 25

Ht12 Clark, McGregor, Phillips, McGillivray 72.6 3 3 44 28

Ht13 Barsby, Close, Lansdale, Bettis 72.0 5 1 49 29

Ht14 Clark, Green, Williams, Ebbs 72.2 3 3 52 32

Ht15 Close, Lansdale, McGregor, Jackson (exc) 72.0 4 2 56 34

Ht16 McKinlay, Williams, McGillivray, McDermott 70.8 5 1 61 35

Junior Scratch Race

Ht1 Nicholls, Brian Miller, Hankins, Elliott (f) 73.6

Ht2 Nicholls, Elliott, Jankins, Miller 73.4

Cossington Scurry

McKinlay, Clark, Close, McGillivray 70.8

Aylestone Scratch Race

Elliott, Gray, Barsby (ef), Ebbs (ef) 74.8

Mountsorrel Scurry

Green, Phillips, Lansdale, McGregor 72.4


McKinlay, Clark, Phillips, Green 71.4

Friday 22nd April 1955 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 63 Oxford Cheetahs 33 (National League Division Two)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 2’ 3 3 3 3 14 1

Ron Phillips 3 2’ 1 0 0 6 1

Derek Close 2 3 2’ 1’ 3 11 2

Johnny Green 1’ 1 3 1 1’ 7 2

Len Williams 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1

Gordon McGregor 1 2’ 1 2’ 0 6 2


Oxford

Peter Robinson 1 1 1 0 3

Bill Thatcher 0 1 0 0 1

Ronnie Genz 3 2 2 2 3 1’ 13 1

Fred Curtis 0 0 1 1

Bob Baker 2 2 2 1’ 3 2 10 1

Dennis Newton 0 0 1’ 2 0 3 1

Maury Courtnell 0 0 0 0 0

Ht1 Phillips, McKinlay, Robinson, Thatcher 71.6 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Genz, Close, Green, Curtis 71.0 3 3 8 4

Ht3 Williams, Baker, McGregor, Newton 71.2 4 2 12 6

Ht4 Barsby, Phillips, Thatcher, Courtnell 72.0 5 1 17 7

Ht5 Close, Baker, Green, Newton 72.0 4 2 21 9

Ht6 McKinlay, Genz, Phillips, Curtis 71.8 4 2 25 11

Ht7 Williams, McGregor, Robinson, Thatcher 72.2 5 1 30 12

Ht8 McKinlay, Baker, Newton, Phillips 71.6 3 3 33 15

Ht9 Williams, Genz, McGregor, Courtnell 70.8 4 2 37 17

Ht10 Green, Close, Robinson, Thatcher 73.2 5 1 42 18

Ht11 McKinlay, Newton, Green, Robinson 71.0 4 2 46 20

Ht12 Williams, Genz, Baker, Phillips 70.4 3 3 49 23

Ht13 Baker, Barsby, Close, Newton 72.2 3 3 52 26

Ht14 Genz, McGregor, Green, Courtnell 72.8 3 3 55 29

Ht15 Close, Williams, Curtis, Courtnell 72.4 5 1 60 30

Ht16 McKinlay, Baker, Genz, McGregor 71.0 3 3 63 33

Junior Handicap

Ivor Brown (15), Elliott (15), Hankins (0), Nicholls (5)(ef) 76.0

Thurlaston Scratch Race

McKinlay, Baker, Green, McGregor 71.4

Ashfordby Scratch Race

Williams, Close, Barsby, Phillips 71.4

Groby Scratch Race

Barsby, Thatcher, Elliott, Courtnell 70.6

Three Lap Scurry 3 laps

McKinlay, Williams, Close, Phillips 54.0

Saturday 23 April 1955 Abbey Stadium, Swindon

SWINDON ROBINS 61 LEICESTER HUNTERS 35 (National League Division Two)

SWINDON

Ian Williams (C) 2* 3 3 3 3 - - 14 (1)

Danny Malone 3 1* 2* 2* F - - 8 (3)

Bob Roger 2* 3 3 2* 3 - - 13 (2)

Ron Swaine 3 1 2* 1 0 - - 7 (1)

George White 3 X 1 3 2* - - 9 (1)

Ray Harris 0 1 0 2 2* - - 5 (1)

Bob Jones 2 3 - - - - - 5

LEICESTER

Ken McKinlay (C) 1 3 - - - - - 4

Ron Phillips 0 0 2* 1 0 1 - 4 (1)

Derek Close 1 1 2* 2 3 R - 9 (1)

Johnny Green 0 0 X - - - - 0

Len Williams 2 R R 1* 0 - - 3 (1)

Gordon McGregor 1* 2 1 F 2 1 - 7 (1)

Charlie Barsby 3 3 1 1 - - - 8

Ht 1: Malone, I. Williams, McKinlay, Phillips, 75.0 (5-1)

Ht 2: Swaine, Roger, Close, Green, 75.8 (10-2)

Ht 3: White, L. Williams, McGregor, Harris, 74.6 (13-5)

Ht 4: Barsby, Jones, Malone, Phillips, 75.8 (16-8)

Ht 5: Roger, McGregor, Swaine, L. Williams (ret), 76.2 (20-10)

Ht 6: I. Williams, Malone, Close, Green, 76.6 (25-11)

Ht 7: (Re-Run) McKinlay, Phillips, Harris, White (f, ex), 76.8 (26-16)

Ht 8: I. Williams, Malone, McGregor, L. Williams (ret), 77.0 (31-17)

Ht 9: Barsby, Close, White, Harris, 77.6 (32-22)

Ht 10: Roger, Swaine, Phillips, McGregor (fell), 77.0 (37-23)

Ht 11: (Re-Run) I. Williams, McGregor, Swaine, Green (f, ex), 76.4 (41-25)

Ht 12: White, Close, L. Williams, Malone (fell), 76.8 (44-28)

Ht 13: Jones, Roger, McGregor, Phillips, 77.0 (49-29)

Ht 14: Close, Harris, Barsby, Swaine, 78.6 (51-33)

Ht 15: Roger, White, Barsby, Close (ret), 77.0 (56-34)

Ht 16: I. Williams, Harris, Phillips, L. Williams, 78.0 (61-35)

Monday 25th April 1955 Poole Stadium, Poole

Poole Pirates 63 Leicester Hunters 33 (National League Division Two)

Poole

Ken Middleditch 1 3 3 2 3 12

Allan Kidd 1 3 2’ 2’ 3 11 2

Bill Holden 3 3 3 2 3 14

Terry Small 2’ 1 1 1’ 2’ 7 3

Tony Lewis 1 0 2’ 0 3 1

Johnny Thomson 3 2 3 3 2’ 13 1

Norman Strachan 0 0 1’

Leicester


Ron Phillips 0 2 2

Derrick Close 1 1 1’ E E 3 1

Johnny Green 0 0 2 2

Len Williams 2 2 1 0 1 1 7


Charlie Barsby 1’ 1 1 1’ 0 4 2

Ht1 Kidd, McKinlay, Middleditch, Phillips 72.0 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Holden, Small, Close, Green 72.8 5 1 9 3

Ht3 Thomson, Williams, Lewis, McGregor 73.4 4 2 13 5

Ht4 Kidd, Phillips, Barsby, Strachan 74.2 3 3 16 8

Ht5 Holden, Williams, Small, McGregor 72.8 4 2 20 10

Ht6 Middleditch, Kidd, Close, Green 72.6 5 1 25 11

Ht7 McKinlay, Thomson, Barsby, Lewis 72.0 2 4 27 15

Ht8 Middleditch, Kidd, Williams, McGregor 73.2 5 1 32 16

Ht9 Thomson, Green, Close, Strachan 74.2 3 3 35 19

Ht10 Holden, McKinlay, Small, Williams 72.2 4 2 39 21

Ht11 McKinlay, Middleditch, Small, McGregor 71.8 3 3 42 24

Ht12 Kidd, Lewis, Williams, Close (ef) 73.2 5 1 47 25

Ht13 McKinlay, Holden, Strachan, McGregor 71.4 3 3 50 28

Ht14 Thomson, Small, Barsby, Close (ef) 72.4 5 1 55 29

Ht15 Holden, McKinlay, Barsby, Lewis 71.8 3 3 58 32

Ht16 Middleditch, Thomson, Williams, Barsby 73.0 5 1 63 33

Friday 29th April 1955 Blackbird Road, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 47 Poole Pirates 49 (National League Division Two)

Leicester


Charlie Barsby 1 3 2’ 2’ 1’ 9 3


Johnny Green F 0 0 0

Len Williams 3 2 0 2 0 7


Gordon McGregor 0 1’ 3 1’ 5 2

Poole


Allan Kidd 0 2 1 2’ 2 7 1

Terry Small 1 0 3 2 1 7

Bill Holden 3 1 2’ 3 3 12 1

Johnny Thomson 1’ 2 1 0 1’ 5 2

Tony Lewis 2 1’ 0 0 0 3 2

Norman Strachan 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 McKinlay, Middleditch, Barsby, Kidd 68.0 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Holden, Close, Small, Green (f) 70.6 2 4 6 6

Ht3 Williams, Lewis, Thomson, Phillips 71.2 3 3 9 9

Ht4 Barsby, Kidd, Strachan, McGregor 71.4 3 3 12 12

Ht5 Close, Thomson, Lewis, Green 72.0 3 3 15 15

Ht6 McKinlay, Barsby, Holden, Small 70.6 5 1 20 16

Ht7 Middleditch, Williams, Kidd, Phillips 71.2 2 4 22 20

Ht8 McKinlay, Barsby, Thomson, Lewis 71.0 5 1 27 21

Ht9 Small, Holden, Phillips, Williams 70.4 1 5 28 26

Ht10 Middleditch, Kidd, Close, Green 71.4 1 5 29 31

Ht11 Middleditch, McKinlay, McGregor, Lewis 70.2 3 3 32 34

Ht12 Holden, Williams, Barsby, Thomson 71.4 3 3 35 37

Ht13 McGregor, Small, Close, Lewis 72.2 4 2 39 39

Ht14 Holden, Phillips, McGregor, Strachan 71.8 3 3 42 42

Ht15 Middleditch, Close, Small, Williams 71.6 2 4 44 46

Ht16 McKinlay, Kidd, Thomson Phillips 71.4 3 3 47 49

Melton Scratch Race

Green, McGregor, Strachan, Elliott 72.4

Newark Scratch Race

McKinlay, Barsby, Close, Kidd 71.2

Misterton Scratch Race

Williams, Phillips, Green, Elliott 72.2

Stadium Scratch Race 3 laps

McKinlay, Middleditch, Holden, Williams 53.2

Thursday 5th May 1955 Foxheath Stadium, Ipswich

Ipswich Witches 53 Leicester Hunters 43 (National League Division Two) Ipswich

Reg Reeves E 2’ 2’ 0 3 7 2

Tich Read 2 3 3 3 3 14

Junior Bainbridge 1’ 2 2 2 2 9 1

Bob Sharp 2 1’ 1’ 2 3 9 2

Bert Edwards 2 2 3 1 1’ 9 1

Larry Lazarus 0 0 2’ 1 3 1

Len Silver 2’ 0 0 2 1

Leicester


Charlie Barsby 1 1 1 0 0 3

Derek Close 3 E 1’ 2 E 6 1

Johnny Green E 0



Gordon McGregor F 1 2 1 0 4

Ht1 McKinlay, Read, Barsby, Reeves (ef) 71.8 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Close, Sharp, Bainbridge, Green (ef) 74.6 3 3 5 7

Ht2 Williams, Edwards, Phillips, Lazarus 73.2 2 4 7 11

Ht4 Read, Silver, Barsby, McGregor (f) 75.8 5 1 12 12

Ht5 Williams, Bainbridge, Sharp, Phillips 73.4 3 3 15 15

Ht6 Read, Reeves, McGregor, Close (ef) 73.4 5 1 20 16

Ht7 McKinlay, Edwards, Barsby, Lazarus 71.6*= 2 4 22 20

Ht8 Read, Reeves, Williams, Phillips 72.8 5 1 27 21

Ht9 Edwards, McGregor, Close, Silver 74.6 3 3 30 24

Ht10 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Sharp, Barsby 72.2 3 3 33 27

Ht11 McKinlay, Reeves, Phillips, Sharp 71.8 2 4 35 31

Ht12 Read, Close, Edwards, Williams 74.0 4 2 39 33

Ht13 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Phillips, Silver 72.6 2 4 41 37

Ht14 Sharp, Lazarus, McGregor, Close (ef) 75.4 5 1 46 38

Ht15 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Edwards, McGregor 73.0 3 3 49 41

Ht16 Reeves, Williams, Lazarus, Barsby 75.0 4 2 53 43

Friday 6th May 1955 Blackbird Road, Leicester

Leicester Hunters v Coventry Bees (National League Division Two) Rained Off

Tuesday 10th May 1955 Bannister Court, Southampton

Southampton Saints 59 Leicester Hunters 49 (National Trophy)

Southampton

Ernie Rawlins 3 3 1*2 3 0 12 1 6

Brian Hanham 1 3 1 3 0 8 0 5

Johnny Fitzpatrick 2 1 2 2*1 8 1 5

Alan Quinn 1*3 2*1*3 1 11 3 6

Bluey Scott 3 1 3 2 1 10 0 5

Charlie May 0 0 0 0 0 3

Maury Mattingley 1* 3 2* 6 2 3

Alby Golden 2 0 2* 4 1 3

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 2 2 3 3 2 3 15 0 6

Charlie Barsby 0 2 0 0 2* 4 1 5

Derek Close 3 2 2 2*3 2* 14 2 6

Ron Phillips 1*0 0 0 1 2 1 5

Johnny Green 0 0 3 3 6 0 4

Len Williams 0 1*1 1 0 3 1 5

Bryan Elliott 0 0 0 0 2


1 Ernie Rawlins, Ken McKinlay, Brian Hanham, Charlie Barsby(f) 64 4 – 2 4 – 2

2 Derek Close, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Alan Quinn, Len Williams 65.8 3 – 3 7 – 5

3 Bluey Scott, Charlie Barsby, Ron Phillips, Charlie May(ef) 66 3 – 3 10 – 8

4 Gordon McGregor, Alby Golden, Maury Mattingley, Bryan Elliott 66.2 3 – 3 13 – 11

5 Brian Hanham, Derek Close, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Ron Phillips 65.8 4 – 2 17 – 13

6 Alan Quinn, Ken McKinlay, Len Williams, Charlie May(ef) 66.2 3 – 3 20 – 16

7 Ernie Rawlins, Derek Close, Bluey Scott, Johnny Green 65.8 4 – 2 24 – 18

8 Ken McKinlay, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Ernie Rawlins, Johnny Green 65.6 3 – 3 27 – 21

9 Ken McKinlay, Derek Close, Brian Hanham, Alby Golden 65.2 1 – 5 28 – 26

10 Bluey Scott, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Len Williams, Charlie Barsby(f) 66.8 5 – 1 33 – 27

11 Brian Hanham, Alan Quinn, Gordon McGregor, Ron Phillips 65.8 5 – 1 38 – 28

12 Derek Close, Ernie Rawlins, Alan Quinn, Charlie Barsby(ef) 66 3 – 3 41 – 31

13 Johnny Green, Bluey Scott, Len Williams, Brian Hanham(ef) 66.2 2 – 4 43 – 35

14 Maury Mattingley, Alby Golden, Gordon McGregor, Bryan Elliott 66.4 5 – 1 48 – 36

15 Alan Quinn. Ken McKinlay, Bluey Scott, Ron Phillips 66.4 4 – 2 52 – 38

16 Johnny Green, Charlie Barsby, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Charlie May 67.2 1 – 5 53 – 43

17 Ernie Rawlins, Maury Mattingley, Ron Phillips, Len Williams 65.6 5 – 1 58 – 44

18 Ken McKinlay, Derek Close, Alan Quinn, Ernie Rawlins(ef) 65 1 – 5 59 – 49


Leicester Hunters 49 Southampton Saints 59 (National Trophy)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 3 0 3 3 3 15 0 6

Charlie Barsby 2*1*2 0 0 5 2 5

Derek Close 2 2 1 1 0 6 0 5


Johnny Green 0 2*3 2 1 0 8 1 6

Len Williams 1 3 0 1 0 5 0 5

Gordon McGregor 3 3 1 1 8 0 4

Bryan Elliott 1 0 1 0 2

Southampton

Ernie Rawlins 1 0 1 2* 4 1 4

Brian Hanham 0 2 2* 4 1 3

Johnny Fitzpatrick 1 0 0 3 0 4 0 5

Alan Quinn 3 3 2 3 2 2 15 0 6

Bluey Scott 1 2*1*3 3 10 2 5

Charlie May 3 2 0 1 1* 7 1 5

Maury Mattingley 2*2 3 2 3 1* 13 2 6

Alby Golden 0 2* 2 1 2

1 Ken McKinlay, Charlie Barsby, Ernie Rawlins, Brian Hanham(f) 69.2 5 – 1 5 – 1

2 Charlie May, Derek Close, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Ron Phillips 73 2 – 4 7 – 5

3 Alan Quinn, Maury Mattingley, Len Williams, Johnny Green(f) 73 1 – 5 8 – 10

4 Gordon McGregor, Maury Mattingley, Bryan Elliott, Alby Golden 70.6 4 – 2 12 – 12

5 Alan Quinn, Derek Close, Charlie Barsby, Johnny Fitzpatrick 71.2 3 – 3 15 – 15

6 Len Williams, Charlie May, Ron Phillips, Ernie Rawlins 71 4 – 2 19 – 17

7 Ken McKinlay, Johnny Green, Bluey Scott, Johnny Fitzpatrick 70.8 5 – 1 24 – 18

8 Maury Mattingley, Bluey Scott, Derek Close, Ken McKinlay(f) 69.6 1 – 5 25 – 23

9 Johnny Fitzpatrick, Charlie Barsby, Ernie Rawlins, Len Williams 72 2 – 4 27 – 27

10 Johnny Green, Brian Hanham, Derek Close, Charlie May 71.2 4 – 2 31 – 29

11 Gordon McGregor, Alan Quinn, Bluey Scott, Charlie Barsby(f) 70.4 3 – 3 34 – 32

12 Ken McKinlay, Maury Mattingley, Gordon McGregor, Johnny Fitzpatrick 69 4 – 2 38 – 34

13 Bluey Scott, Johnny Green, Charlie May, Charlie Barsby(f) 72.2 2 – 4 40 – 38

14 Maury Mattingley, Alby Golden, Gordon McGregor, Bryan Elliott 70.4 1 – 5 41 – 43

15 Alan Quinn, Ernie Rawlins, Johnny Green, Ron Phillips 72 1 – 5 42 – 48

16 Bluey Scott, Brian Hanham, Len Williams, Derek Close 72 1 – 5 43 – 53

17 Ken McKinlay, Alan Quinn, Charlie May, Len Williams 70 3 – 3 46 – 56

18 Ken McKinlay, Alan Quinn, Maury Mattingley, Johnny Green 70.4 3 – 3 49 – 59

Lutterworth Scratch race

Phillips, Elliott, Golden, Nicholls 72.4

Junior Scratch Race

Miller, Brown, Hankins, Croft 75.0

Mountsorrel Scratch Race

Elliott, Nicholls, Brown, Miller 70.4

Saturday 14th May 1955 Belle Vue, Manchester

Belle Vue II 42 Leicester 40 (Challenge)

Belle Vue II

Dick Bradley 2 2 2 2 3 11

Slant Payling E F 1’ 1’ 0 2 2

Billy Hole 2’ 3 1’ 3 1’ 9 3

Brian Craven 3 0 2 1’ 2’ 8 2

Peter Williams 2 1’ 2 2 2 9 1

Bob Fletcher F 2 1’ 3 6 1

Tink Maynard 1 2’ 0 3 1

Leicester


Charlie Barsby 1 3 0 F 1’ 5 1

Derek Close E 0 E 1 0 1



Ron Phillips 1 1 E F 0 2

Gordon McGregor 2’ 1 3 1

Ht1 McKinlay, Bradley, Barsby, Payling (ef) 76.6 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Craven, Hole, Green, Close (ef) 78.4 5 1 7 5

Ht3 L.Williams, P.Williams, Phillips, Fletcher (f) 78.4 2 4 9 9

Ht4 Barsby, McGregor, Maynard, Payling (f) 81.0 1 5 10 14

Ht5 L.Williams, Hole, Phillips, Craven 79.4 2 4 12 18

Ht6 Green, Bradley, Payling, Close 79.2 3 3 15 21

Ht7 McKinlay, Fletcher, P.Williams, Barsby 79.2 3 3 18 24

Ht8 L.Williams, Bradley, Payling, Phillips (ef) 79.6 3 3 21 27

Ht9 Green, P.Williams, Fletcher, Close (ef) 80.8 3 3 24 30

Ht10 McKinlay, Craven, Hole, Barsby (f) 79.2 3 3 27 33

Ht11 McKinlay, Bradley, Craven, Phillips (f) 79.6 3 3 30 36

Ht12 L.Williams, P.Williams, Close, Payling 80.4 2 4 32 40

Ht13 Hole, Maynard, Green, Phillips 81.4 5 1 37 41

Ht14 Fletcher, Craven, McGregor, Close 80.8 5 1 42 42

Ht15 McKinlay, P.Williams, Hole, Green 79.6 3 3 45 45

Ht16 Bradley, L.Williams, Barsby, Maynard 80.4 3 3 48 48


Leicester Hunters 57 Exeter Falcons 39 (National League Division Two)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 E 1 10

Charlie Barsby 1 3 2’ 2’

Derrick Close X 1 1 2’ 2’ 6 2

Gordon McGregor 2 3 0 2 7

Len Williams 2’ 2’ 2 2 3 11 2

Johnny Green 3 3 1’ 0 F 7 1

Ron Phillips E 3 3 2 8

Exeter

Goog Hoskin 2 0 2’ 2 1 7 1

Neil Street 0 2 0 3 3 8

Jack Geran 3 1 3 3 3 1 14

Jack Hart 1 0 1

Alf Webster 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 6

Don Hardy 0 0 0 1’ 0 1 1

Francis Cann 1’ 1 2 1

Ht1 McKinlay, Hoskin, Barsby, Street 70.2 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Geran, McGregor, Hart, Close (exc) 69.6 2 4 6 6

Ht3 Green, Williams, Webster, Hardy 70.2 5 1 11 7

Ht4 Barsby, Street, Cann, Phillips (ef) 73.6 3 3 14 10

Ht5 McGregor, Webster, Close, Hardy 72.4 4 2 18 12

Ht6 McKinlay, Barsby, Geran, Hart 70.8 5 1 23 13

Ht7 Green, Williams, Webster, Hoskin 72.6 5 1 28 14

Ht8 McKinlay, Barsby, Webster, Hardy 73.6 5 1 33 15

Ht9 Geran, Williams, Green, Street 71.0 3 3 36 18

Ht10 Street, Hoskin, Close, McGregor 71.0 1 5 37 23

Ht11 Phillips, Hoskin, Hardy, McKinlay (ef) 72.6 3 3 40 26

Ht12 Geran, Williams, Webster, Green 72.0 2 4 42 30

Ht13 Phillips, Close, Hoskin, Hardy 72.0 5 1 47 31

Ht14 Geran, McGregor, Cann, Green (f) 73.2 2 4 49 35

Ht15 Williams, Close, Geran, Webster 71.6 5 1 54 36

Ht16 Street, Phillips, McKinlay, Webster 71.6 3 3 57 39

Thurnby Scratch Race

East, Phillips, Elliott, Cann (f) 72.6

Thurmaston Scratch Race

McKinlay, Street, Elliott, Close (ef) 72.0

Sharnford Scratch Race

McGregor, East, Barsby, Williams 72.8

Handicap Race

Elliott (20) , Hall (15), Brown (5), Hankin (0),

Fran Greasley (10) 74.0


Geran, McKinlay, McGregor, Webster 71.8

Saturday 21st May 1955 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh

Rayleigh Rockets 56 Leicester Hunters 40 (National League Division Two) Rayleigh

Peter Clark 0 3 3 2 0 8

Pete Lansdale 2 3 2’ 2’ 1’ 10 3

Gerald Jackson 3 3 2 3 0 11

Maurice McDermott 2’ 2’ 1’ 1’ 2’ 8 5

Les McGillivray 3 2 3 2 2 12

Dennis Gray 2’ 0 0 3 1 6 1

Bill Longley 1 0 1

Leicester




Gordon McGregor 1 1 1’ 2 1 6 1

Len Williams 0 1 0 1

Ron Phillips 1 0 1 0 1’ 2’ 5 2

Bryan Elliott 0 0 0

Ht1 McKinlay, Lansdale, Barsby, Clark 69.2 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Jackson, McDermott, McGregor, Close 70.8 5 1 7 5

Ht3 McGillivray, Gray, Phillips, Williams 70.6 5 1 12 6

Ht4 Lansdale, Barsby, Longley, Elliott 71.2 4 2 16 8

Ht5 Jackson, McDermott, Williams, Phillips 71.6 5 1 21 9

Ht6 Clark, Lansdale, McGregor, Close 71.2 5 1 26 10

Ht7 McKinlay, McGillivray, Barsby, Gray 69.2 2 4 28 14

Ht8 Clark, Lansdale, Phillips, Williams 71.2 5 1 33 15

Ht9 McGillivray, Close, McGregor, Gray 72.2 3 3 36 18

Ht10 McKinlay, Jackson, McDermott, Barsby 69.2 3 3 39 21

Ht11 McKinlay, Clark, McDermott, Phillips 69.0* 3 3 42 24

Ht12 McKinlay, McGillivray, Lansdale, Close 70.0 3 3 45 27

Ht13 Jackson, McGregor, Phillips, Longley 71.6 3 3 48 30

Ht14 Gray, McDermott, Close, Elliott 72.0 5 1 53 31

Ht15 McKinlay, McGillivray, McGregor, Jackson 69.8 2 4 55 35

Ht16 Barsby, Phillips, Gray, Clark 72.8 1 5 56 40

Friday 27th May 1955 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 50 Oxford Cheetahs 45 (National League Division Two)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 2’ 3 3 F 3 11 1

Charlie Barsby 3 2 2’ 0 2 9 1

Derrick Close 1 2’ E 0 2 5 1


Johnny Green 1 3 3 1 8

Len Williams F F 2’ 0 2 1

Ron Phillips 2 0 1 1’ 4 1

Oxford

Bill Thatcher 0 3 3 2 3 2 13

Peter Robinson 1 2’ 1’ 3 2’ 3 12 3

Ronnie Genz 2 1 1 3 1’ 8 1

Fred Curtis 0 0 0

Bob Baker 3 1 2 1 0 7

Dennis Newton X 0 1’ 1 2 1

Maury Courtnell 1 X 2 E 3

Ht1 Barsby, McKinlay, Robinson, Thatcher 70.4 5 1 5 1

Ht2 McGregor, Genz, Close, Curtis 69.8 4 2 9 3

Ht3 Baker, Phillips, Newton (exclap), Williams (f) 71.2 2 3 11 6

Ht4 Thatcher, Barsby, Courtnell, Phillips 71.6 2 4 13 10

Ht5 McGregor, Close, Baker, Newton 70.8 5 1 18 11

Ht6 McKinlay, Barsby, Genz, Curtis 69.4 5 1 23 12

Ht7 Thatcher, Robinson, Green, Williams (f) 71.4 1 5 24 17

Ht8 McKinlay, Baker, Newton, Barsby 69.6 3 3 27 20

Ht9 Green, Williams, Genz, Courtnell (exc) 71.8 5 1 32 21

Ht10 McGregor, Thatcher, Robinson, Close (ef) 71.0 3 3 35 24

Ht11 Robinson, McGregor, Newton, McKinlay (f) 71.2 2 4 37 28

Ht12 Genz, Barsby, Baker, Williams 71.8 2 4 39 32

Ht13 Thatcher, Robinson, Phillips, Close 71.2 1 5 40 37

Ht14 Green, Courtnell, Genz, McGregor 71.4 3 3 43 40

Ht15 Robinson, Close, Phillips, Courtnell (ef) 71.6 3 3 46 43

Ht16 McKinlay, Thatcher, Green, Baker 70.4 4 2 50 45

Houghton Scratch Race

Fran Greasley (20), Brown (10), Elliott (30),

Hall (25), Hankins (0)(ns) 74.4

East Norton Scratch Race

Close, Thatcher, McGregor, East 72.2

Uppingham Scratch Race

McKinlay, Barsby, Green, East 70.8

Morcott Scratch Race

Phillips, East, Elliott, Courtnell 72.0

Peterborough Scratch Race

McKinlay, Close, Genz, Newton 71.0

Saturday 28th May 1955 Odsal Stadium, Bradford

Odsal Tudors 53 Leicester Hunters 43 (Challenge)

Bradford

E Rigg 3 3 3 3 3 15

K Milner F 2 1 2* 0 5

G Allott 2 2* 2 2 0 8

A Wright 1* 3 1* 1 2 8

A Forrest 3 3 3 2 3 14

A Allison 1 F 0 1

J Hughes 0 1 1* 2

Leicester

K McKinlay 2 2 3 2 3 2 14

C Barsby 1* 1 1* 0 3

E Williams 3 2 2 1 1 1* 10

D Close 0 0 0 0

J Green 0 0 0 0

G McGregor 2 1 1 0 0 4

D Haswell 3 3 3 1* 10

Ht 1 Rigg, McKinlay, Barsby, Milner F 65.8 3 3 3 3

Ht 2 Williams, Allott, Wright, Close 68.8 3 3 6 6

Ht 3 Forrest, McGregor, Allison, Green 66.4 4 2 10 8

Ht 4 Haswell, Milner, Barsby, Hughes 67.0 2 4 12 12

Ht 5 Wright, Allott, McGregor, Green 69.0 5 1 17 13

Ht 6 Rigg, Williams, Milner, Close 68.8 4 2 21 15

Ht 7 Forrest, McKinlay, Barsby, Allison F 67.4 3 3 24 18

Ht 8 Rigg, Milner, McGregor, Green 68.4 5 1 29 19

Ht 9 Forrest, Williams, Hughes, Close 69.0 4 2 33 21

Ht 10 McKinlay, Allott, Wright, Barsby 68.6 3 3 36 24

Ht 11 Rigg, McKinlay, Wright, McGregor 68.2 4 2 40 26

Ht 12 Haswell, Forrest, Williams, Milner 67.2 2 4 42 30

Ht 13 McKinlay. Allott. Hughes, McGregor 69.2 3 3 45 33

Ht 14 Haswell, Wright, Williams, Allison 68.4 2 4 47 37

Ht 15 Forrest, McKinlay, Haswell, Allott 68.6 3 3 50 40

Ht16 Rigg, Barsby, Williams, Hughes 69.2 3 3 53 43

Friday 30th May 1955 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 48 Bristol Bulldogs 48 (National League Division Two)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 2’ 3 14 1

Charlie Barsby 0 2 F 0 1 3

Barry East 2 0 0 0 2


Len Williams X E 0


Ron Phillips 0 1’ 1’ 3 2 2 9 2

Bristol

Roy Taylor 1’ 0 1 2 1

Dick Bradley 2 3 3 3 2 13

Harry Bastable 1’ 1’ 0 2 2 6 1

Billy Hole 3 2 3 3 3 14

Jack Unstead 3 2 0 0 1 6

Cliff Cox 1’ 0 1’ 1 3 2

Geoff Pymar 2 0 1 1 1 E 5

Ht1 McKinlay, Bradley, Taylor, Barsby 67.0 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Hole, McGregor, Bastable, Phillips 70.6 2 4 5 7

Ht3 Green, Pymar, Cox, Williams (exc) 71.0 3 3 8 10

Ht4 Bradley, Barsby, Phillips, Pymar 70.6 3 3 11 13

Ht5 Unstead, East, McGregor, Cox 72.0 3 3 14 16

Ht6 McKinlay, Hole, Bastable, Barsby (f) 70.2 3 3 17 19

Ht7 Bradley, Green, Pymar, Williams (ef) 71.2 2 4 19 23

Ht8 McKinlay, Unstead, Cox, Barsby 71.8 3 3 22 26

Ht9 Hole, Green, Phillips, Bastable 71.2 3 3 25 29

Ht10 Bradley, McGregor, Pymar, East 72.0 2 4 27 33

Ht11 McGregor, McKinlay, Cox, Taylor 73.4 5 1 32 34

Ht12 Phillips, Bastable, Barsby, Unstead 72.6 4 2 36 36

Ht13 Hole, Phillips, Pymar, East 73.4 2 4 38 40

Ht14 McGregor, Bastable, Green, Pymar (ef) 73.4 4 2 42 42

Ht15 Hole, Phillips, Taylor, East 74.8 2 4 44 46

Ht16 McKinlay, Bradley, Green, Unstead 72.2 4 2 48 48

Birstall Scratch Race

Hall (10), Brown (5), Elliott (15), Kerry (0),

Greasley (10) (f) 77.2

Mountsorrel Scratch Race

McKinlay, Bastable, Barsby, East 71.4

Quorn Scratch Race

Unstead, McGregor, Phillips, Green 72.0

Loughborough Scratch Race

Phillips, Pymar, Elliott, Cox 73.4

Derby Scratch Race

McKinlay, Bradley, Unstead, Elliott 72.2

Friday 3rd June 1955 Knowle Stadium, Bristol

Bristol Bulldogs v Leicester Hunters (National League Division Two) Rained Off

Tuesday 7th June 1955 Bannister Court, Southampton

Southampton Saints 48 Leicester Hunters 47 (National League Division Two)

Southampton

Ernie Rawlins 3 0 2*2 3 10 1 5

Brian Hanham 0 3 2 3 3 11 0 5

Johnny Fitzpatrick 2 0 2 3 0 7 0 5

Alan Quinn 0 0 0 1

Bluey Scott 0 1*2 0 1 4 1 5

Charlie May 3 2 0 3 2* 10 1 5

Alby Golden 0 2 1*1*0 2* 6 3 6

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 2 3 3 3 2* 13 1 5

Barry East 1*1*0 0 2 2 4

Derek Close 3 1 1 2 1 8 0 5

Gordon McGregor 1 3 3 2 3 12 0 5

Reg Trott 2 0 0 1*1 4 1 5

Charlie Barsby 1*3 1 0 5 1 4

Ron Phillips 2 1*0 0 3 1 4

1 Ernie Rawlins, Ken McKinlay, Barry East, Brian Hanham(ef) 64.6 3 – 3 3 – 3

2 Derek Close, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Gordon McGregor, Alan Quinn(f) 65.8 2 – 4 5 – 7

3 Charlie May, Reg Trott, Charlie Barsby, Bluey Scott 66.6 3 – 3 8 – 10

4 Brian Hanham, Ron Phillips, Barry East, Alby Golden 65 3 – 3 11 – 13

5 Charlie Barsby, Alby Golden, Johnny Fitzpatrick(ef), Reg Trott(f) 66.6 2 – 3 13 – 16

6 Gordon McGregor, Brian Hanham, Derek Close, Ernie Rawlins(ef) 65.2 2 – 4 15 – 20

7 Ken McKinlay, Charlie May, Bluey Scott, Barry East 66.6 3 – 3 18 – 23

8 Brian Hanham, Ernie Rawlins, Charlie Barsby, Reg Trott(ef) 65.6 5 – 1 23 – 24

9 Gordon McGregor, Bluey Scott, Derek Close, Charlie May 66.6 2 – 4 25 – 28

10 Ken McKinlay, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Alby Golden, Barry East 65.4 3 – 3 28 – 31

11 Ken McKinlay, Ernie Rawlins, Alby Golden, Charlie Barsby 64.8 3 – 3 31 – 34

12 Brian Hanham, Derek Close, Reg Trott, Bluey Scott 65.4 3 – 3 34 – 37

13 Johnny Fitzpatrick, Gordon McGregor, Ron Phillips, Alby Golden 65.8 3 – 3 37 – 40

14 Charlie May, Alby Golden, Derek Close, Ron Phillips 66.8 5 – 1 42 – 41

15 Gordon McGregor, Ken McKinlay, Bluey Scott, Johnny Fitzpatrick 67 1 – 5 43 – 46

16 Ernie Rawlins, Charlie May, Reg Trott, Ron Phillips 67.6 5 – 1 48 – 47

Friday 10th June 1955 Blackbird Road, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 61 Coventry Bees 35 (National League Division Two)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 2 3 3 10

Ron Phillips 2’ 0 1’ 0 1 4 2

Derrick Close 0 2’ 1 3 2’ 8 1

Gordon McGregor 1 3 3 2’ 3 12 1


Charlie Barsby 1 2’ F 1 4 1


Coventry

Tommy Miller 1 0 2 0 3

Peter Brough 0 1’ 0 0 1 1

Jim Lightfoot 2’ 3 2 2 0 1 10 1

Reg Duval 3 0 1’ 0 0 4 1

Bob Mark 0 0 1’ 0 1’ 2 1

Vic Emms 2 1 2 1 2 1 9

Johnny Reason 2 2 2 6

Ht1 McKinlay, Phillips, Miller, Brough 69.6 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Duval, Lightfoot, McGregor, Close 70.4 1 5 6 6

Ht3 Green, Emms, Barsby, Mark 71.2 4 2 10 8

Ht4 Williams, Reason, Brough, Phillips 70.6 3 3 13 11

Ht5 McGregor, Close, Emms, Mark 70.2 5 1 18 12

Ht6 Lightfoot, McKinlay, Phillips, Duval 70.2 3 3 21 15

Ht7 Green, Barsby, Lightfoot, Miller 70.8 5 1 26 16

Ht8 McKinlay, Emms, Mark, Phillips 69.6 3 3 29 19

Ht9 Green, Lightfoot, Duval, Barsby 70.6 3 3 32 22

Ht10 McGregor, Miller, Close, Brough 69.8 4 2 36 24

Ht11 McKinlay, McGregor, Emms, Miller 69.0 5 1 41 25

Ht12 Green, Lightfoot, East, Mark 71.4 4 2 45 27

Ht13 Close, Emms, Williams, Duval 71.4 4 2 49 29

Ht14 McGregor, Reason, Barsby, Lightfoot 71.0 4 2 53 31

Ht15 Green, Close, Emms, Duval 70.6 5 1 58 32

Ht16 Williams, Brough, Mark, Barsby 71.6 3 3 61 35

Kettering Scratch Race

Hall (15), Kerry (0), Brown (10), Elliott (20),

Hankins (10) 74.6

Peterborough Scratch Race

Green, McGregor, Mark, Williams (exc 2min) 70.0

Harborough Scratch Race

Emms, Barsby, Duval, Close (ns) 71.4

Loughborough Scratch Race

Elliott, Reason, Phillips, Brough 71.6

Desborough Scratch Race

Green, Emms, Lightfoot, Elliott 71.4

Monday 13th June 1955 County Ground, Exeter

Exeter Falcons 64 Leicester Hunters 32 (National League Division Two)

Exeter

Goog Hoskin 2 2’ 2’ 2 2 10 2

Neil Street 1’ 3 3 3 3 13 1

Jack Geran 3 3 3 3 2 14

Alf Webster 2’ 1 1 1’ 1 6 1

Ron Barrett 3 2 2 2’ 0 9 1

Don Hardy 2’ 1’ 0 3 3 9 2

Johnny Sargeant 2’ 1

Leicester



Derek Close 0 1 1 0 1 3


Johnny Green 2 0 2

Charlie Barsby 1 0 0 1 2

Len Williams 0 0 0 0 0

Ht1 McKinlay, Hoskin, Street, Phillips 74.0 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Geran, Webster, McGregor, Close 76.4 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Barrett, Hardy, Barsby, Williams 76.4 5 1 13 5

Ht4 Street, Sargeant, Phillips, Williams 75.8 5 1 18 6

Ht5 Geran, McKinlay, Webster, McGregor 72.8 4 2 22 8

Ht6 Street, Hoskin, Close, McGregor 75.4 5 1 27 9

Ht7 McKinlay, Barrett, Hardy, Phillips 74.6 3 3 30 12

Ht8 Street, Hoskin, Phillips, Williams 75.4 5 1 35 13

Ht9 McGregor, Barrett, Close, Hardy 75.0 2 4 37 17

Ht10 Geran, McKinlay, Webster, Phillips 72.6 4 2 41 19

Ht11 McKinlay, Hoskin, Webster, Close 73.6 3 3 44 22

Ht12 Street, Barrett, Close, Williams 74.4 5 1 49 23

Ht13 Geran, McGregor, Sargeant, Barsby 73.4 4 2 53 25

Ht14 Hardy, Green, Webster, Barsby 75.8 4 2 57 27

Ht15 McKinlay, Geran, McGregor, Barrett 73.6 2 4 59 31

Ht16 Hardy, Hoskin, Barsby, Green 76.6 5 1 64 32

Friday 17th June 1955 Blackbird Road, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 59 Southampton Saints 37 (National League Division Two)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 0 3 3 2* 11 1 5

Charlie Barsby 2*1 2 0 0 5 1 5


Derek Close 2*0 2 0 2* 6 2 5

Johnny Green 3 3 3 3 1 13 0 5

Ron Phillips 1 2*0 3 3 9 1 5


Southampton

Ernie Rawlins 1 2 3 1*2 9 1 5

Brian Hanham 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 5

Johnny Fitzpatrick 1 1 1*1*1 5 2 5

Fred Brand(G) 0 3 2 1*0 6 1 5

Bluey Scott 0 1* 1 1 2

Charlie May 2 1*2 2 2 1 10 1 6

Alby Golden 0 0 2 0 2 0 4

1 Ken McKinlay, Charlie Barsby, Ernie Rawlins, Brian Hanham 69.6 5 – 1 5 – 1

2 Gordon McGregor, Derek Close, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Fred Brand 69.8 5 – 1 10 – 2

3 Johnny Green, Charlie May, Ron Phillips, Bluey Scott(ef) 70.2 4 – 2 14 – 4

4 Len Williams, Brian Hanham, Charlie Barsby, Alby Golden(f) 71 4 – 2 18 – 6

5 Gordon McGregor, Ernie Rawlins, Charlie May, Derek Close 69.8 3 – 3 21 – 9

6 Fred Brand, Charlie Barsby, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Ken McKinlay(ef) 72 2 – 4 23 – 13

7 Johnny Green, Ron Phillips, Brian Hanham, Alby Golden 70.6 5 – 1 28 – 14

8 Ken McKinlay, Charlie May, Bluey Scott, Charlie Barsby(ex) 71.2 3 – 3 31 – 17

9 Johnny Green, Fred Brand, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Ron Phillips 71 3 – 3 34 – 20

10 Ernie Rawlins, Derek Close, Brian Hanham, Gordon McGregor 72.2 2 – 4 36 – 24

11 Ken McKinlay, Charlie May, Ernie Rawlins, Derek Close 71.8 3 – 3 39 – 27

12 Johnny Green, Alby Golden, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Charlie Barsby 71.2 3 – 3 42 – 30

13 Gordon McGregor, Charlie May, Fred Brand, Len Williams 72 3 – 3 45 – 33

14 Ron Phillips, Derek Close, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Alby Golden 72.2 5 – 1 50 – 34

15 Gordon McGregor, Ernie Rawlins, Johnny Green, Fred Brand 71.4 4 – 2 54 – 36

16 Ron Phillips, Ken McKinlay, Charlie May, Brian Hanham 72 5 – 1 59 – 37

Junior Handicap Race

Hankins (0), Hall (15), Brown (5), Greasley (15),

Elliott (15)(f) 76.6

Tilton Scratch Race

McKinlay, Close, East, Barsby 71.4

Uppingham Scratch Race

Williams, McGregor, Hanham, Green 72.0

Gilmorton Scratch Race

Phillips, Golden, East, Elliott 72.8

Kibworth Scratch Race

Williams, McKinlay, Rawlins, Scott 71.4

Thursday 23rd June 1955 Cowley Stadium, Oxford

Oxford Cheetahs 54 Leicester Hunters 42 (National League Division Two)

Oxford

Peter Robinson 2 2 3 0 3 10

Reg Trott 0 2 1’ 2’ 1 6 2

Ronnie Genz 1 3 3 3 3 13

Bill Thatcher 3 1 2’ 3 2 11 1

Bob Baker 2 3 2 3 1 11

Dennis Newton 0 0 0 F 0

Bob Wells 1’ 1 1 3 1

Leicester

Split Waterman 3 2 0 1’ 2 8 1

Derrick Close 1 3 1’ 1 0 6 1





Barry East 0 1 1

Ht1 Waterman, Robinson, Close, Trott 68.2 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Thatcher, McGregor, Genz, Phillips 68.4 4 2 6 6

Ht3 Williams, Baker, Barsby, Newton 67.6 2 4 8 10

Ht4 Close, Trott, Wells, East 69.6 3 3 11 13

Ht5 Genz, Williams, Thatcher, Barsby 69.0 4 2 15 15

Ht6 McGregor, Robinson, Trott, Phillips 69.0 3 3 18 18

Ht7 Baker, Waterman, Close, Newton 68.4 3 3 21 21

Ht8 Robinson, Trott, Williams, Barsby 70.0 5 1 26 22

Ht9 McGregor, Baker, Phillips, Newton 68.2 2 4 28 26

Ht10 Genz, Thatcher, Close, Waterman 69.8 5 1 33 27

Ht11 Thatcher, McGregor, Waterman, Robinson 69.8 3 3 36 30

Ht12 Baker, McGregor, Trott, Williams 69.2 4 2 40 32

Ht13 Genz, Barsby, Wells, Phillips 70.0 4 2 44 34

Ht14 McGregor, Thatcher, East, Newton (f) 70.2 2 4 46 38

Ht15 Genz, Waterman, Baker, Phillips 70.0 4 2 50 40

Ht16 Robinson, Williams, Wells, Close 70.4 4 2 54 42

Friday 24 June 1955 Blackbird Road, Leicester

LEICESTER HUNTERS 55 SWINDON ROBINS 41 (National League Division Two)

LEICESTER

Ken McKinlay (C) 3 3 3 3 3 - - 15

Ron Phillips 0 2 R 0 1* - - 3 (1)

Gordon McGregor 3 3 3 3 3 - - 15

Derek Close 2* 1 2* 1 3 - - 9 (2)

Len Williams 1 3 3 2 2* - - 11 (1)

Charlie Barsby 0 1 0 1 0 - - 2

Barry East 0 0 - - - - - 0

SWINDON

Ian Williams (C) 2 2 0 2 1 - - 7

Jimmy Gooch 1* 1 F 2 - - - 4 (1)

Bob Roger 1 1* 2 0 2 - - 6 (1)

Danny Malone 0 2 1* 1* 0 - - 4 (2)

Gerry Hussey 3 2 2 2 3 1* - 13 (1)

Ray Harris 2* 0 1* 0 - - - 3 (2)

Ron Swaine 3 1 0 - - - - 4

Ht 1: McKinlay, I. Williams, Gooch, Phillips, 69.2 (3-3)

Ht 2: McGregor, Close, Roger, Malone, 70.8 (8-4)

Ht 3: Hussey, Harris, L. Williams, Barsby, 71.4 (9-9)

Ht 4: Swaine, Phillips, Gooch, East, 71.4 (11-13)

Ht 5: McGregor, Hussey, Close, Harris, 71.2 (15-15)

Ht 6: McKinlay, Malone, Roger, Phillips (ret), 70.2 (18-18)

Ht 7: L. Williams, I. Williams, Barsby, Gooch (fell), 71.8 (22-20)

Ht 8: McKinlay, Hussey, Harris, Phillips, 70.0 (25-23)

Ht 9: L. Williams, Roger, Malone, Barsby, 72.0 (28-26)

Ht 10: McGregor, Close, Swaine, I. Williams, 71.8 (33-27)

Ht 11: McKinlay, Hussey, Close, Harris, 70.4 (37-29)

Ht 12: Hussey, L. Williams, Phillips, Roger, 71.6 (40-32)

Ht 13: McGregor, I. Williams, Malone, East, 71.8 (43-35)

Ht 14: Close, Roger, Barsby, Swaine, 72.6 (47-37)

Ht 15: McGregor, L. Williams, I. Williams, Malone, 71.8 (52-38)

Ht 16: McKinlay, Gooch, Hussey, Barsby, 71.0 (55-41)

Kirby Mallory Handicap: Bryan Elliott (15 yds), Ivor Brown (5), Vic Hall (10),

Fran Greasley (15), Dave Hankins (scr), 74.6

Wigston Magna Scratch Race: McKinlay, Close, Phillips, Roger, 71.0

Dunton Bassett Scratch Race: McGregor, Harris, Williams, Gooch, 72.2

Castle Donington Scratch Race: Barsby, East, Elliott, Swaine, 73.0

Thrussington Scratch Race: McKinlay, Hussey, McGregor, Williams, 71.4

Saturday 25 June 1955 Abbey Stadium, Swindon

SWINDON ROBINS 55 LEICESTER HUNTERS 41 (National League Division Two)

SWINDON

Ian Williams (C) 1* 2* 2* R R - - 5 (3)

Jimmy Gooch 2 2 3 3 3 - - 13

Bob Roger 3 2* 2 2 1* - - 10 (2)

Danny Malone 1 3 1* 2 0 - - 7 (1)

Eric Williams 3 2 3 2* 2 - - 12 (1)

Ray Harris 0 1* 1 2 2 - - 6 (1)

Ron Swaine 1* 1* - - - - - 2 (2)

LEICESTER

Ken McKinlay (C) 3 3 3 3 3 3 - 18

Ron Phillips 0 0 0 R 1 - - 1

Gordon McGregor 2 1 2 1 3 3 - 12

Derek Close 0 0 0 0 - - - 0

Len Williams 1* 0 - - - - - 1 (1)

Charlie Barsby 2 1 1 1 0 - - 5

Barry East 3 0 0 1 - - - 4

Ht 1: McKinlay, Gooch, I. Williams, Phillips, 73.2 (3-3)

Ht 2: Roger, McGregor, Malone, Close, 74.8 (7-5)

Ht 3: E. Williams, Barsby, L. Williams, Harris, 75.4 (10-8)

Ht 4: East, Gooch, Swaine, Phillips, 75.4 (13-11)

Ht 5: Malone, Roger, Barsby, L. Williams, 76.0 (18-12)

Ht 6: Gooch, I. Williams, McGregor, Close, 75.2 (23-13)

Ht 7: McKinlay, E. Williams, Harris, Phillips, 75.0 (26-16)

Ht 8: Gooch, I. Williams, Barsby, East, 75.6 (31-17)

Ht 9: E. Williams, McGregor, Harris, Close, 75.4 (35-19)

Ht 10: McKinlay, Roger, Malone, Phillips (ret), 74.0 (38-22)

Ht 11: McKinlay, Malone, Barsby, I. Williams (ret), 74.2 (40-26)

Ht 12: Gooch, E. Williams, McGregor, East, 76.4 (45-27)

Ht 13: McKinlay, Roger, Swaine, Barsby, 74.8 (48-30)

Ht 14: McGregor, Harris, East, Malone, 76.8 (50-34)

Ht 15: McKinlay, E. Williams, Roger, Close, 74.6 (53-37)

Ht 16: McGregor, Harris, Phillips, I. Williams (ret), 76.6 (55-41)

Friday 1st July 1955 Blackbird Road, Leicester

Leicester Hunters v Ipswich Witches (National League Division Two) Rained Off

Saturday 2nd July 1955 Brandon Stadium, Coventry

Coventry Bees 50 Leicester Hunters 46 (National League Division Two)

Coventry

Charlie New 0 1 1’ 2’ 3 7 2

Jim Lightfoot 1 3 3 2 2 11

Tommy Miller 0 0 2’ 0 3 5 1

Vic Emms 3 2 3 3 2 13

Bob Mark 3 3 3 1’ 0 10 1

Johnny Reason 1 0 0 1

Nick Nicholls 0 2 0 1 3

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 2 E 1 3 2 11

Len Williams 2’ 1’ 1’ 1 2 7 3

Gordon McGregor 2 2 1’ 3 3 11 1

Derrick Close 1’ 0 2 1 1’ 5 2


Charlie Barsby 0 0 0 0

Ron Phillips 2 1 1 4

Ht1 McKinlay, Williams, Lightfoot, New 66.4*= 1 5 1 5

Ht2 Emms, McGregor, Close, Miller 70.6 3 3 4 8

Ht3 Mark, Green, Reason, Barsby 70.4 4 2 8 10

Ht4 Lightfoot, Phillips, Williams, Nicholls 69.2 3 3 11 13

Ht5 Green, Emms, Phillips, Miller 70.4 2 4 13 17

Ht6 Lightfoot, McGregor, New, Close 70.2 4 2 17 19

Ht7 Mark, McKinlay, Williams, Reason 70.2 3 3 20 22

Ht8 Green, Lightfoot, New, Barsby 71.0 3 3 23 25

Ht9 Mark, Close, McGregor, Reason 71.4 3 3 26 28

Ht10 Emms, Miller, Williams, McKinlay (ef) 71.0 5 1 31 29

Ht11 Emms, New, McKinlay, Barsby 73.0 5 1 36 30

Ht12 McGregor, Lightfoot, Mark, Green 71.0 3 3 39 33

Ht13 McKinlay, Nicholls, Close, Miller 71.8 2 4 41 37

Ht14 McGregor, Emms, Philips, Nicholls 71.8 2 4 43 41

Ht15 Miller, McKinlay, Close, Mark 71.6 3 3 46 44

Ht16 New, Williams, Nicholls, Green 72.8 4 2 50 46

Friday 8th July 1955 Blackbird Road, Leicester

World Championship Qualifying Round

Billy Hole 1 1 1 0 0 3



Jim Tolley F 1 1 2 2 6

Brian Hanham 0 F 0

Charlie May 1 1 0 1 0 3

Ernie Rawlins 2 2 F 2 2 8


Jack Geran 2 3 2 3 3 13


Ken McKinlay 3 F 3 3 3 12

Johnny Green X 2 1 3 2 8

Eric Boothroyd 2 X 2 1 1 6

Goog Hoskin 0 0 1 1 F 2

Reg Duval 1 1 0 0 1 3


Barry East (res) 2 2 0 1 5

Ht1 Middleditch, Close, Hole, Tolley (f) 69.2

Ht2 Williams, Rawlins, May, Hanham 70.8

Ht3 McKinlay, Geran, McGregor, Green (exc) 68.4

Ht4 Street, Boothroyd, Duval, Hoskin 71.2

Ht5 Geran, East, Hole, Boothroyd (exc) 72.2

Ht6 McGregor, Close, May, Hoskin 69.8

Ht7 Middleditch, Rawlins, Duval, McKinlay (f) 69.2

Ht8 Street, Green, Tolley, Williams 71.8

Ht9 McKinlay, Street, Hole, May 69.4

Ht10 Close, East, Green, Duval 72.0

Ht11 Middleditch, Geran, Hoskin, Williams 70.2

Ht12 McGregor, Boothroyd, Tolley, Rawlins (f) 71.4

Ht13 Green, Rawlins, Hoskin, Hole 70.4

Ht14 McKinlay, Close, Boothroyd, Williams 70.4

Ht15 Street, Middleditch, McGregor, East 71.4

Ht16 Geran, Tolley, May, Duval 71.4

Ht17 McGregor, Williams, Duval, Hole 71.2

Ht18 Geran, Rawlins, Close, Street 71.0

Ht19 Middleditch, Green, Boothroyd, May 71.4

Ht20 McKinlay, Tolley, East, Hoskin (f) 70.8

Thursday 14th July 1955 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich

Ipswich Witches 54 Leicester Hunters 42 (National League Division Two)

Ipswich

Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 2 3 14

Larry Lazarus F 2 0 0 2

Reg Reeves 2’ 2 1’ 2’ 2 9 3

Tich Read 3 3 2 1’ 2’ 11 2

Aub Lawson 3 0 1 2 0 6

Bob Sharp 2’ 1 0 3 2’ 8 2

Len Silver 1’ 2’ 0 1’ 4 3

Leicester


Len Williams 1’ 3 2’ 0 1 7 2

Derek Close 1 1’ 2’ 3 1 8 2


Charlie Barsby F 1 0 0 0 1


Barry East 0 0 0

Ht1 Bainbridge, McKinlay, Williams, Lazarus (f) 71.0 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Read, Reeves, Close, McGregor 73.2 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Lawson, Sharp, Phillips, Barsby (f) 74.6 5 1 13 5

Ht4 Williams, Lazarus, Silver, East 74.4 3 3 16 8

Ht5 Read, Reeves, Barsby, Phillips 72.6 5 1 21 9

Ht6 Bainbridge, McGregor, Close, Lazarus 72.6 3 3 24 12

Ht7 McKinlay, Williams, Sharp, Lawson 72.6 1 5 25 17

Ht8 Bainbridge, Silver, Phillips, Barsby 73.2 5 1 30 18

Ht9 McGregor, Close, Lawson, Sharp 74.4 1 5 31 23

Ht10 McKinlay, Read, Reeves, Williams 73.0 3 3 34 26

Ht11 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Read, Phillips 72.2 3 3 37 29

Ht12 Close, Lawson, McKinlay, Silver 74.0 2 4 39 33

Ht13 McGregor, Reeves, Silver, Phillips 73.6 3 3 42 36

Ht14 Sharp, Read, Close, East 73.2 5 1 47 37

Ht15 McKinlay, Reeves, McGregor, Lawson 73.6 2 4 49 41

Ht16 Bainbridge, Sharp, Williams, Barsby 73.6 5 1 54 42

Friday 15th July 1955 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 47 Rayleigh Rockets 48 (National League Division Two)

Leicester



Derrick Close 3 2 2 3 E 10

Gordon McGregor 1 1’ X 0 0 2 1

Johnny Green 1 2 1’ 2 2 8 1

Ron Phillips 0 1’ 2 3 1 7 1

Charlie Barsby 1 1’ 1 3 1

Rayleigh

Peter Clark 3 3 1 7

Dennis Gray 0 2’ 0 3 0 5 1

Gerald Jackson 0 0 0 2 2


Les McGillivray 3 3 2 3 2 13

Pete Lansdale 2’ 0 0 2 0 4 1

Maury McDermott 3 F X 1’ 1’

Ht1 Clark, McKinlay, Williams, Gray 69.2 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Close, Unstead, McGregor, Jackson 71.6 4 2 7 5

Ht3 McGillivray, Lansdale, Green, Phillips 70.4 1 5 8 10

Ht4 McDermott, Gray, Barsby, Williams 71.2 1 5 9 15

Ht5 McGillivray, Close, McGregor, Lansdale 71.8 3 3 12 18

Ht6 McKinlay, Unstead, Williams, Jackson 72.0 4 2 16 20

Ht7 Clark, Green, Phillips, Gray 72.2 3 3 19 23

Ht8 McKinlay, McGillivray, Barsby, Lansdale 71.4 4 2 23 25

Ht9 Unstead, Phillips, Green, McDermott (f) 72.4 3 3 26 28

Ht10 Gray, Close, McDermott (exc), McGregor (exc) 72.4 2 3 28 31

Ht11 McKinlay, Lansdale, McDermott, McGregor 72.0 3 3 31 34

Ht12 McGillivray, Green, Barsby, Jackson 72.2 3 3 34 37

Ht13 Close, Unstead, Barsby, Lansdale 73.2 4 2 38 39

Ht14 Philips, Jackson, McDermott, McGregor 73.0 3 3 41 42

Ht15 Unstead, Green, Clark, Close (ef) 72.6 2 4 43 46

Ht16 McKinlay, McGillivray, Phillips, Gray 72.0 4 2 47 48

Market Bosworth Scratch Race

Close, McDermott, Williams, East 73.4

Wolvey Scratch Race

McKinlay, Phillips, Gray, Green 72.6

Yardley Hastings Scratch Race 3 laps

McKinlay, McGillivray, Unstead, Close 55.0

Leicester 18 California 12 Junior Challenge

Leicester

Brian Elliott 3 3 0 6

Dave Hankins 1 0 1

Vic Hall 3 2 5

Ivor Brown 2’ 2’ 2 6 2

California

Gil Goldfinch 0 1 1

Pete Mould 2 1 1 4

Tommy Sweetman 1 0 1

Bob Andrews 0 3 3 6

Ht1 Elliott, Mould, Hankins, Goldfinch 76.2 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Hall, Brown, Sweetman, Andrews 74.8 5 1 9 3

Ht3 Elliott, Brown, Mould, Sweetman 74.8 5 1 14 4

Ht4 Andrews, Hall, Goldfinch, Hankins 75.0 2 4 16 8

Ht5 Andrews, Brown, Mould, Elliott 75.0 2 4 18 12

Friday 22nd July 1955 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester

Midland Riders Championship

Harry Bastable 1 3 0 1 2 7

Bob Mark 2 3 3 3 3 14

Peter Brough 0 2 2 2 0 6


Johnny Green E 0 E 1 1


Jim Lightfoot 2 E 2 3 2 9

Barry East 1 0 0 0 0 1

Eric Boothroyd 2 2 1 X 1 6


Alan Hunt E 3 3 2 3 11

Tommy Miller 3 1 2 2 3 11

Nick Nicholls 0 1 0 1 1 3



Charlie Barsby 2 2 1 3 F 8

Bryan Elliott (res) 0

Ht1 McKinlay, Mark, Bastable, Brough 67.4

Ht2 McGregor, Lightfoot, East, Green (ef) 69.0

Ht3 Miller, Boothroyd, Phillips, Hunt (ef) 69.0

Ht4 Close, Barsby, Williams, Nicholls 69.4

Ht5 Bastable, Boothroyd, Nicholls, Green 69.4

Ht6 Mark, McGregor, Phillips, Williams 68.6

Ht7 Hunt, Brough, Close, Lightfoot (ef) 69.4

Ht8 McKinlay, Barsby, Miller, East 69.0

Ht9 Hunt, McGregor, Barsby, Bastable 69.8

Ht10 Mark, Miller, Close, Elliott 69.8

Ht11 Williams, Brough, Boothroyd, East 69.4

Ht12 McKinlay, Lightfoot, Phillips, Nicholls 69.4

Ht13 Lightfoot, Miller, Bastable, Williams 69.4

Ht14 Mark, Hunt, Nicholls, East 69.6

Ht15 Barsby, Brough, Philips, Green (ef) 71.4

Ht16 McKinlay, McGregor, Close, Boothroyd (exc) 70.8

Ht17 Phillips, Bastable, Close, East 70.4

Ht18 Mark, Lightfoot, Boothroyd, Barsby (f) 70.6

Ht19 Miller, McGregor, Nicholls, Brough 71.4

Ht20 Hunt, McKinlay, Green, Williams 69.8

Run Off Bob Mark bt Ken McKinlay 70.2

Monday 25th July 1955 Poole Stadium, Poole

Poole Pirates 55 Leicester Hunters 41 (National League Division Two)

Poole

Ken Middleditch 3 E 3 E 3 9

Norman Strachan E 2’ 1 2’ 2 7 2

Terry Small 2’ 3 2 F 0 7 1

Jimmy Squibb 3 1 1’ 2 2 9 1

Bill Holden 2’ 1 3 1’ 3 11 2

Allan Kidd 3 3 1 1 1’ 9 1

Tony Lewis 3 2 5

Leicester


Len Williams 1’ 0 1 1

Derrick Close 1 3 2 3 3 E 12

Gordon McGregor 0 2’ 0 3 1 6

Johnny Green E 0 0

Ron Phillips 1 E 0 0 0 1 2


Ht1 Middleditch, McKinlay, Williams, Strachan (ef) 72.4 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Squibb, Small, Close, McGregor 73.6 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Kidd, Holden, Phillips, Green (ef) 72.0 5 1 13 5

Ht4 Lewis, Strachan, Barsby, Williams 72.4 5 1 18 6

Ht5 Small, McKinlay, Squibb, Phillips (ef) 71.2 4 2 22 8

Ht6 Close, McGregor, Strachan, Middleditch (ef) 73.6 1 5 23 13

Ht7 Kidd, McKinlay, Holden, Phillips 71.8 4 2 27 15

Ht8 Middleditch, Strachan, Barsby, Phillips 72.0 5 1 32 16

Ht9 Holden, Close, Kidd, McGregor 72.4 4 2 36 18

Ht10 McKinlay, Small, Squibb, Barsby 71.8 3 3 39 21

Ht11 McKinlay, Squibb, Phillips, Middleditch (ef) 76.0 2 4 41 25

Ht12 Close, Strachan, Holden, Phillips 73.4 3 3 44 28

Ht13 McGregor, Lewis, Phillips, Small (f) 73.4 2 4 46 32

Ht14 Close, Squibb, Kidd, Barsby 73.4 3 3 49 35

Ht15 McKinlay, Holden, McGregor, Small 72.0 2 4 51 39

Ht16 Middleditch, Barsby, Kidd, Close (ef) 72.4 4 2 55 41

Friday 29th July 1955 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 57 Exeter Falcons 39 (National League Division Two)

Leicester


Len Williams 0 3 1 2’ 0 6 1

Derrick Close 3 3 2 3 1’ 12 1

Johnny Green 1 2’ 0 0 2 5 1


Ron Phillips 3 2 1’ 0 1 7 1


Exeter

Goog Hoskin 1’ 0 1 1’ 1 4 2

Neil Street 2 2 3 3 3 2 15

Jack Geran 2 2 3 2 2 3 14

Billy Hole 0 0 0 0 0

Alf Webster 0 1 1 1’ 0 3 1

Jack Hart 2 0 0 0 2

Don Hardy 0 1 1

Ht1 McKinlay, Street, Hoskin, Williams 69.0 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Close, Geran, Green, Hole 69.4 4 2 7 5

Ht3 Phillips, Hart, McGregor, Webster 71.4 4 2 11 7

Ht4 Williams, Street, Barsby, Hardy 69.6 4 2 15 9

Ht5 Close, Green, Webster, Hart 69.8 5 1 20 10

Ht6 McKinlay, Geran, Williams, Hole 69.4 4 2 24 12

Ht7 Street, Phillips, McGregor, Hoskin 70.6 3 3 27 15

Ht8 McKinlay, Williams, Webster, Hart 70.4 5 1 32 16

Ht9 Geran, McGregor, Phillips, Hole 70.2 3 3 35 19

Ht10 Street, Close, Hoskin, Green 70.8 2 4 37 23

Ht11 McKinlay, Geran, Hoskin, Green 70.0 3 3 40 26

Ht12 McGregor, Geran, Webster, Williams 70.4 3 3 43 29

Ht13 Street, Barsby, Close, Hart 70.6 3 3 46 32

Ht14 Geran, Green, Hardy, Phillips 70.8 2 4 48 36

Ht15 Close, McGregor, Hoskin, Hole 71.0 5 1 53 37

Ht16 McKinlay, Street, Phillips, Webster 70.8 4 2 57 39

East Langton Scratch Race

Barsby, Elliott, Hardy, East 72.0

Great Glen Scratch Race

Brian Meredith, Kerry, Brown, Hall 73.2

Isley Walton Scratch Race

Close, Green, Webster, McGregor 72.0

Newtown Linford Scratch Race

Phillips, McKinlay, Hoskin, Williams 71.0

Ratcliffe Culey Handicap Race

Brown (?), Hall (?), Meredith (?). Kerry (?) 74.6

Smeeton Westerby Scratch Race 3 laps

Geran, Street, Phillips, Close NT

Friday 5th August 1955 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 53 Ipswich Witches 43 (National League Division Two)

Leicester


Len Williams 0 1’ 0 1 1


Ron Phillips 1 1 E 1’ 3 6 1

Derek Close 2 3 E 3 1 9

Johnny Green 0 2’ 3 2’ 0 7 2

Charlie Barsby 3 2’ 0 1’ 6 2

Ipswich

Bert Edwards 2 1 3 3 3 2 14 1

Bob Sharp 1’ 0 0 1 1

Reg Reeves 2 1 2 1’ 1 2 9 1

Tich Read 0 0 1’ 1 1

Junior Bainbridge 3 0 1’ 2 3 1’ 10 2

Bluey Scott 1 2 2 2 0 0 7

Ken Last 1 0 1

Ht1 McKinlay, Edwards, Sharp, Williams 70.2 3 3 3 3

Ht2 McGregor, Reeves, Phillips, Read 72.2 4 2 7 5

Ht3 Bainbridge, Close, Scott, Green 70.0 2 4 9 9

Ht4 Barsby, Williams, Last, Sharp 71.8 5 1 14 10

Ht5 McGregor, Scott, Phillips, Bainbridge 70.8 4 2 18 12

Ht6 McKinlay, Barsby, Reeves, Read 70.2 5 1 23 13

Ht7 Close, Green, Edwards, Sharp 70.6 5 1 28 14

Ht8 McKinlay, Scott, Bainbridge, Williams 70.2 3 3 31 17

Ht9 Green, Reeves, Read, Close (ef) 71.6 3 3 34 20

Ht10 Edwards, Scott, McGregor, Phillips (ef) 70.4 1 5 35 25

Ht11 Edwards, McKinlay, Phillips, Scott 71.2 3 3 38 28

Ht12 Close, Bainbridge, Reeves, Barsby 72.0 3 3 41 31

Ht13 Edwards, McGregor, Barsby, Scott 71.4 3 3 44 34

Ht14 Phillips, Green, Reeves, Last 72.6 5 1 49 35

Ht15 Bainbridge, Edwards, Close, McGregor 71.2 1 5 50 40

Ht16 McKinlay, Sharp, Bainbridge, Green 72.0 3 3 53 43


Elliott (25), Brown (25), Edwards (10), Hankins (15),

Les Owen (0) 74.0

Battle of Britain Trophy

Ht1 Phillips, Barsby, McGregor, Scott 71.6 72.2

Ht2 Bainbridge, Williams, Dunton, McKinlay (f) 70.8 71.2

Ht3 Close, B.Edwards, East, Elliott 71.4 71.4

Final Williams, Phillips, Close, Bainbridge 70.8


Leicester Hunters 68 Coventry Bees 28 (National League Division Two)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 2’ 2 13 1

Len Williams 2’ 2 2’ 2’ 2’ 10 5

Gordon McGregor 3 3 2’ 3 2’ 13 2

Ron Phillips 2’ 1 3 3 2 11 1


Johnny Green 0 2’ 1 0 0 3 1

Charlie Barsby 1’ 2’ 3 2

Coventry

Tommy Miller 1’ 1 0 1 1 4 1

Harry Edwards 2 0 2

Charlie New 1 0 2 1 1 3 8

Vic Emms 0 1 0 1

Nick Nicholls 2 2 0 1 0 1 6

Bob Mark 1’ 0 1 0 1 3 1

Johnny Reason 3 0 0 3 0 6

Ht1 McKinlay, Williams, Miller, Edwards 69.0 5 1 5 1

Ht2 McGregor, Phillips, New, Emms 70.8 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Close, Nicholls, Mark, Green 70.8 3 3 13 5

Ht4 Reason, Williams, Barsby, Edwards 71.4 3 3 16 8

Ht5 McGregor, Nicholls, Phillips, Mark 70.8 4 2 20 10

Ht6 McKinlay, Williams, Emms, New 71.0 5 1 25 11

Ht7 Close, Green, Miller, Reason 71.6 5 1 30 12

Ht8 McKinlay, Williams, Mark, Nicholls 71.2 5 1 35 13

Ht9 Close, New, Green, Reason 71.8 4 2 39 15

Ht10 Phillips, McGregor, Nicholls, Miller 71.0 5 1 44 16

Ht11 Phillips, McKinlay, Miller, Mark 71.8 5 1 49 17

Ht12 Close, Williams, New, Nicholls 71.6 5 1 54 18

Ht13 McGregor, Barsby, Mark, Emms 72.0 5 1 59 19

Ht14 Reason, Phillips, New, Green 71.8 2 4 61 23

Ht15 Close, McGregor, Miller, Reason 71.2 5 1 66 24

Ht16 New, McKinlay, Nicholls, Green 71.6 2 4 68 28

Griffydam Scratch Race

Barsby, Reason, East, Elliott (ef) 72.6


Ht1 Phillips, McGregor, Miller, Nicholls 71.6 71.8

Ht2 McKinlay, New, Emms, Green (ef) 73.2 73.4

Ht3 Close, Mark, Edwards, Williams 72.0 72.2

Final Close, Phillips, Mark, McKinlay (ef) 3 laps 55.6

Saturday 13th August 1955 Brandon Stadium, Coventry

Coventry Bees 49 Leicester Hunters 47 (National League Division Two)

Coventry

Vic Emms 0 0 1’ 1’ 2’ 4 3

Johnny Reason 3 2 1 2 3 2 13

Bob Mark 2 3 1 2 3 3 14

Peter Brough 0 1’ 1 1

Charlie New 1’ 2 1 3 2’ 3 12 2

Nick Nicholls 3 E 0 0 3

Reg Duval 1’ 1 0 2 1

Leicester


Len Williams 1’ 3 1 0 1 6 1


Ron Phillips 1 2’ 2’ 2 0 7 2

Johnny Green X 0 0 1 0 1

Charlie Barsby 2 2 3 0 X 7

Barry East 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Reason, McKinlay, Williams, Emms 68.8 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Close, Mark, Phillips, Brough 70.0 2 4 5 7

Ht3 Nicholls, Barsby, New, Green (exc) 70.2 4 2 9 9

Ht4 Williams, Reason, Duval, East 69.6 3 3 12 12

Ht5 Mark, Barsby, Brough, Green 70.4 4 2 16 14

Ht6 Close, Phillips, Reason, Emms 70.2 1 5 17 19

Ht7 McKinlay, New, Williams, Nicholls, (ef) 70.4 2 4 19 23

Ht8 Barsby, Reason, Emms, Green 72.0 3 3 22 26

Ht9 Close, Phillips, New, Nicholls 70.0 1 5 23 31

Ht10 Reason, McKinlay, Mark, Williams 69.8 4 2 27 33

Ht11 McKinlay, Mark, Emms, Barsby 70.2 3 3 30 36

Ht12 Close, Reason, Green, Nicholls 70.0 2 4 32 40

Ht13 Mark, Phillips, Duval, Barsby (exc) 73.0 4 2 36 42

Ht14 New, Close, East, Duval 70.8 3 3 39 45

Ht15 Mark, New, McKinlay, Phillips 71.0 5 1 44 46

Ht16 New, Emms, Williams, Green 71.2 5 1 49 47

Thursday 18th August 1955 Cowley Stadium, Oxford

Oxford Cheetahs 49 Leicester Hunters 53 (Midland Cup)

Oxford

Ronnie Genz 2 2 3 X 1 7

Bill Thatcher 1’ 3 1’ 2’ E 7 2

Bob Baker 1’ 2 0 3 1 1 8 1

Reg Trott 2 0 1 2 0 5

Peter Robinson 2 3 3 0 3 2 13

Dennis Newton 0 1 0 3 0 4

Fred Curtis 2’ 0 2’ 4 2

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 X 2’ 3 0 1 9 1

Charlie Barsby 0 1 2 3 2’ 8 1


Derrick Close 3 3 1’ 1’ 0 8 2


Len Williams 1 1 0 1 2’ 5 1

Barry East 0 1 1

Ht1 McKinlay, Genz, Thatcher, Barsby 65.8* 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Close, Trott, Baker, Phillips 65.6 3 3 6 6

Ht3 McGregor, Robinson, Williams, Newton 66.0 2 4 8 10

Ht4 Thatcher, Curtis, Barsby, East 67.2 5 1 13 11

Ht5 McGregor, Baker, Williams, Trott 67.0 2 4 15 15

Ht6 Close, Genz, Thatcher, Phillips 66.0 3 3 18 18

Ht7 Robinson, Barsby, Newton, McKinlay (exc) 68.6 4 2 22 20

Ht8 Genz, Thatcher, McGregor, Williams 68.0 5 1 27 21

Ht9 Robinson, Phillips, Close, Newton 68.6 3 3 30 24

Ht10 Barsby, McKinlay, Trott, Baker 67.8 1 5 31 29

Ht11 McKinlay, Trott, Williams, Genz (exc) 67.2 2 4 33 33

Ht12 Thatcher, McGregor, Close, Robinson 68.6 3 3 36 36

Ht13 Phillips, Williams, Baker, Curtis 68.2 1 5 37 41

Ht14 Newton, Curtis, East, Close & Trott (inj) 69.2 5 1 42 42

Ht15 Robinson, Phillips, Baker, McKinlay 68.6 4 2 46 44

Ht16 McGregor, Barsby, Genz, Newton 68.8 1 5 47 49

Ht17 McGregor, Robinson, McKinlay, Thatcher (ef) 68.8 2 4 49 53

Friday 19th August 1955 Blackbird Road, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 73 Oxford Cheetahs 29 (Midland Cup)

Leicester


Charlie Barsby 2’ 3 2’ 2 2’ 2’ 13 4

Fred Brand 2’ 0 2’ 1 1’ 6 3

Ron Phillips 3 3 3 0 9

Gordon McGregor 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 2 11 3

Len Williams 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1

Barry East 2’ 0 0 2 1

Oxford

Ronnie Genz 1 0 1 2 3 0 7

Bill Thatcher 0 0 1 0 1 2

Bob Baker 1 1 1 1 2 6

Fred Curtis 0 1 0 0 1’ 2 1

Peter Robinson 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 6

Dennis Newton 0 1’ 1 1’ 2’ 1 6 3

Terry Courtnell DNR

Ht1 McKinlay, Barsby, Genz, Thatcher 71.0 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Phillips, Close, baker, Curtis 72.0 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Williams, McGregor, Robinson, Newton 71.4 5 1 15 3

Ht4 Barsby, East, Curtis, Thatcher 71.6 5 1 20 4

Ht5 Phillips, Robinson, Newton, Brand 71.6 3 3 23 7

Ht6 McKinlay, Barsby, Baker, Curtis 71.8 5 1 28 8

Ht7 Williams, McGregor, Thatcher, Genz 72.0 5 1 33 9

Ht8 McKinlay, Barsby, Newton, Robinson 71.6 5 1 38 10

Ht9 Williams, McGregor, Baker, Curtis 72.0 5 1 43 11

Ht10 Phillips, Brand, Genz, Thatcher 72.8 5 1 48 12

Ht11 McKinlay, Genz, Newton, Phillips 72.8 3 3 51 15

Ht12 McGregor, Barsby, Baker, Robinson 72.6 5 1 56 16

Ht13 Genz, Newton, Brand, East 73.4 1 5 57 21

Ht14 Williams, Baker, Curtis, East 72.4 3 3 60 24

Ht15 Robinson, McGregor, Brand, Genz 72.8 3 3 63 27

Ht16 McKinlay, Williams, Thatcher, Robinson 71.8 5 1 68 28

Ht17 McKinlay, Barsby, Newton, Robinson 72.6 5 1 73 29

High Meres Scratch Race

East, Curtis, Trott, Elliott 73.4

Cross Lanes Scratch Race

Barsby, Baker, Newton, Thatcher 72.6

Old Ingarsby Scratch Race

McKinlay, Williams, McGregor, East 72.6

Monday 22nd August 1955 County Ground, Exeter

Exeter Falcons 67 Leicester Hunters 29 (National League Division Two)

Exeter

Goog Hoskin 1 2’ 2’ 1’ 3 9 3


Jack Geran 3 3 3 3 3 15

Alf Webster 2’ 1 1 2 2 8 1

Billy Hole 2 1 2’ 0 1 6 1

Jack Hart 1’ 3 3 3 2 12 1

Francis Cann 0 2 2

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 2 E 2 0 2 6

Charlie Barsby 0 2 2 0 0 1 5

Barry East 0 0 0 1 1

Ron Phillips 1 1 1 1’ 1 0 5 1



Bryan Elliott 1’ F 1 1

Ht1 Street, McKinlay, Hoskin, Barsby 73.0 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Geran, Webster, Phillips, East 73.4 5 1 9 3

Ht3 McGregor, Hole, Hart, Williams 74.4 3 3 12 6

Ht4 Street, Barsby, Elliott, Cann 74.6 3 3 15 9

Ht5 Geran, McGregor, Webster, Williams 73.6 4 2 19 11

Ht6 Street, Hoskin, Phillips, East 74.8 5 1 24 12

Ht7 Hart, Barsby, Hole, McKinlay (ef) 75.0 4 2 28 14

Ht8 Street, Hoskin, McGregor, Williams 75.4 5 1 33 15

Ht9 Hart, Hole, Phillips, East 75.6 5 1 38 16

Ht10 Geran, McKinlay, Webster, Barsby 73.6 4 2 42 18

Ht11 McGregor, Webster, Hoskin, McKinlay 74.2 3 3 45 21

Ht12 Street, McGregor, Phillips, Hole 74.4 3 3 48 24

Ht13 Geran, Cann, Phillips, Elliott (ef) 75.4 5 1 53 25

Ht14 Hart, Webster, East, Elliott 75.0 5 1 58 26

Ht15 Geran, McKinlay, Hole, Phillips 74.2 4 2 62 28

Ht16 Hoskin, Hart, Barsby, McGregor 75.2 5 1 67 29


Midland Riders’ Championship Final

Bob Mark 3 3 3 1 3 13

Tommy Miller 0 E 0 0

Eric Boothroyd 1 X 1 1 E 3


Vic Emms 1 1 3 2 2 9

Bob Baker 0 1 2 0 2 5

Alan Hunt 3 3 3 2 3 14

Johnny Reason 2 1 2 1 2 8

Jim Tolley 1 0 0 2 2 5

Dennis Newton 3 2 2 3 1 11


Peter Robinson 0 0 2 0 2

Ron Mountford 2 2 0 3 3 10


Derrick Close 1 1 1 3 E 6

Bill Thatcher 0 2 0 0 1 3

Reg Trott (res) 0 0 0

Reg Duval (res) 1 1

Ht1 Mark, McGregor, Boothroyd, Miller 69.6

Ht2 Hunt, Reason, Emms, Baker 69.0

Ht3 Newton, Bastable, Tolley, Robinson 71.4

Ht4 McKinlay, Mountford, Close, Thatcher 69.0

Ht5 Mark, Mountford, Emms, Tolley 70.2

Ht6 McKinlay, Newton, Baker, Miller (ef) 70.0

Ht7 Hunt, Bastable, Close, Boothroyd (exc) 70.4

Ht8 McGregor, Thatcher, Reason, Robinson 71.6

Ht9 Mark, Baker, Bastable, Thatcher 71.2

Ht10 Emms, Robinson, Close, Miller 71.4

Ht11 McKinlay, Reason, Boothroyd, Tolley 71.0

Ht12 Hunt, Newton, McGregor, Mountford 71.4

Ht13 McKinlay, Hunt, Mark, Robinson 70.0

Ht14 Mountford, Bastable, Reason, Trott 72.2

Ht15 Newton, Emms, Boothroyd, Thatcher 72.4

Ht16 Close, Tolley, McGregor, Baker 71.6

Ht17 Mark, Reason, Newton, Close (ef) 72.0

Ht18 Hunt, Tolley, Thatcher, Trott 71.4

Ht19 Mountford, Baker, Duval, Boothroyd (ef) 72.0

Ht20 McKinlay, Emms, Bastable, McGregor 72.4

Saturday 27th August 1955 Belle Vue, Manchester

Aces II & Others 40 Leicester Hunters 55 (Challenge)

Aces II

Dick Bradley 3 1 2 3 3* 2 14

Tink Maynard 2’ 1’ 0 1 0 4 2

Frank Johnston 3 1’ E 1’ 2 7 2

Brian Hanham 0 2 2 2’ 0 6 1

Allan Quinn 1 2 1 1 1’ 6 1

Tony Robinson 0 1’ 0 1 1

Bob Fletcher F 2 0 2

Leicester

Dennis Newton 0 E E E 0


Derek Close 1’ 3 3 2’ 2 11 2

Ron Phillips 2 2’ 2’ 3 3 12 2

Gordon McGregor 2’ 3 3 3 1 12 1

Len Williams 3 0 3

Barry East 2’ 0 1 0 1’ 4 2

Ht1 Bradley, Maynard, Barsby, Newton 76.0 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Johnson, Phillips, Close, Hanham 76.6 3 3 8 4

Ht3 Williams, McGregor, Quinn, Robinson 77.2 1 5 9 9

Ht4 Barsby, East, Maynard, Fletcher (fexc) 78.2 1 5 10 14

Ht5 McGregor, Hanham, Johnson, Williams 77.0 3 3 13 17

Ht6 Close, Phillips, Bradley, Maynard 77.2 1 5 14 22

Ht7 Barsby, Quinn, Robinson, Newton (ef) 77.4 3 3 17 25

Ht8 McGregor, Bradley, Maynard, East 76.8 3 3 20 28

Ht9 Close, Phillips, Quinn, Robinson 78.0 1 5 21 33

Ht10 Barsby, Hanham, Johnson (ef), Newton (ef) 77.8 2 3 23 36

Ht11 Bradley, Hanham, East, Newton (ns) 78.0 5 1 28 37

Ht12 McGregor, Close, Quinn, Maynard 77.8 1 5 29 42

Ht13 Phillips, Fletcher, Johnson, East 78.0 3 3 32 45

Ht14 Bradley*, Close, East, Hanham 77.8 3 3 35 48

Ht15 Phillips, Johnson, Quinn, Newton (ef) 79.2 3 3 38 51

Ht16 Barsby, Bradley, McGregor, Fletcher 77.4 2 4 40 55

Friday 2nd September 1955 Blackbird Road, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 59 Poole Pirates 37 (National League Division Two)

Leicester


Charlie Barsby 1 3 1 2’ 3 10 1

Derrick Close 3 3 1’ 3 1’ 11 2



Len Williams 2’ 1’ 1 1 0 5 2

Barry East 1 1

Poole

Ken Middleditch 2 3 3 2 3 2 15

Tony Lewis 0 0 0 0

Bill Holden 2 2 0 2 1 2’ 9 1

Allan Kidd 0 0 0 0 0

Terry Small 0 2 1 0 0 1’ 4 1

Jimmy Squibb 1 0 0 2 3

Norman Strachan 2 3 0 5

Ht1 McKinlay, Middleditch, Barsby, Lewis 69.8 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Close, Holden, Phillips, Kidd 70.2 4 2 8 4

Ht3 McGregor, Williams, Squibb, Small 69.6 5 1 13 5

Ht4 Barsby, Strachan, East, Lewis 71.4 4 2 17 7

Ht5 Close, Small, Phillips, Squibb 71.4 4 2 21 9

Ht6 McKinlay, Holden, Barsby, Kidd 71.0 4 2 25 11

Ht7 Middleditch, McGregor, Williams, Holden 70.8 3 3 28 14

Ht8 McKinlay, Barsby, Small, Squibb 70.6 5 1 33 15

Ht9 McGregor, Holden, Williams, Kidd 72.0 4 2 37 17

Ht10 Middleditch, Phillips, Close, Lewis 71.4 3 3 40 20

Ht11 McKinlay, Middleditch, Philips, Small 70.8 4 2 44 22

Ht12 Barsby, Holden, McGregor, Small 71.4 4 2 48 24

Ht13 Close, Squibb, East, Kidd 72.2 4 2 52 26

Ht14 Strachan, Holden, Williams, Phillips 73.0 1 5 53 31

Ht15 Middleditch, McGregor, Close, Strachan 72.2 3 3 56 34

Ht16 McKinlay, Middleditch, Small, Williams 71.0 3 3 59 37

Junior Handicap

Brown (10), Hankins (5), B.Edwards (0),

Elliott (25) (exc), Hall (15) (exc) 75.2

Markfield Scratch Race

McKinlay, Williams, Phillips, Kidd 71.6

Lubbenham Scratch Race

Strachan, Barsby, East, Elliott 72.0

Long Calwson Scratch Race

Close, McGregor, Squibb, Hall 73.0

Swithland Scratch Race 3 laps

McKinlay, McGregor, Close, Middleditch (ef) 54.6

Saturday 3rd September 1955 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh

Rayleigh Rockets 62 Leicester Hunters 34 (National League Division Two)

Rayleigh

Peter Clark 2 1’ 3 3 2’ 11 2

Pete Lansdale 0 3 2 2’ 3 10 1


Maurice McDermott 2’ 2’ 1 0 0 5 2

Les McGillivray 3 2 3 2’ 2’ 12 2

Gerald Jackson 1 1’ 1 1 3 7 1

Dennis Gray 1 1 2

Leicester


Charlie Barsby 1 2 0 0 1’ 0 4 1

Derrick Close 1 3 2 0 3 0 9

Ron Philips 0 0 0 0 0



Barry East 0 2’ 2 1

Ht1 McKinlay, Clark, Barsby, Lansdale 67.6 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Unstead, McDermott, Close, Phillips 69.2 5 1 7 5

Ht3 McGillivray, McGregor, Jackson, Williams 70.6 4 2 11 7

Ht4 Lansdale, Barsby, Gray, East 71.4 4 2 15 9

Ht5 Unstead, McDermott, McGregor, Williams 69.8 5 1 20 10

Ht6 Close, Lansdale, Clark, Phillips 71.4 3 3 23 13

Ht7 McKinlay, McGillivray, Jackson, Barsby 69.8 3 3 26 16

Ht8 Clark, Lansdale, McGregor, Williams 70.6 5 1 31 17

Ht9 McGillivray, Close, Jackson, Phillips 70.6 4 2 35 19

Ht10 Unstead, McKinlay, McDermott, Barsby 70.2 4 2 39 21

Ht11 Clark, McKinlay, Barsby, McDermott 69.2 3 3 42 24

Ht12 Lansdale, McGillivray, McGregor, Close 70.8 5 1 47 25

Ht13 Unstead, McKinlay, Gray, Phillips 70.6 4 2 51 27

Ht14 Close, East, Jackson, McDermott 72.0 1 5 52 32

Ht15 Unstead, McGillivray, McKinlay, Close 71.0 5 1 57 33

Ht16 Jackson, Clark, McGregor, Barsby 71.6 5 1 62 34

Tuesday 6th September 1955 Bannister Court, Southampton

Southampton Saints 53 Leicester Hunters 43 (National League Division Two)

Southampton

Dick Bradley 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 5

Alby Golden 0 0 1 2*1 4 1 5

Ernie Rawlins 3 1*2 3 2 11 1 5

Alan Quinn 1 2 1*0 1 5 1 5

Brian Hanham 2 2 3 3 1* 11 1 5

Charlie May 0 0 2*3 0 5 1 5

Maury Mattingley 1 1 2 0 2

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 2 3 3 2 3 13 0 5

Charlie Barsby 1*2*1 1* 5 3 4

Derek Close 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 5

Ron Phillips 2 2 1 2 0 7 0 5


Barry East 1 0 1 1*0 3 1 5

Bryan Elliott 3 0 0 3 0 3

1 Dick Bradley, Ken McKinlay, Charlie Barsby, Alby Golden 63.2 3 – 3 3 – 3

2 Ernie Rawlins, Ron Phillips, Alan Quinn, Derek Close 64.8 4 – 2 7 – 5

3 Gordon McGregor, Brian Hanham, Barry East, Charlie May 64 2 – 4 9 – 9

4 Bryan Elliott, Charlie Barsby, Maury Mattingley, Alby Golden(ef) 65.2 1 – 5 10 – 14

5 Gordon McGregor, Alan Quinn, Ernie Rawlins, Barry East 65 3 – 3 13 – 17

6 Dick Bradley, Ron Phillips, Alby Golden, Derek Close 65.2 4 – 2 17 – 19

7 Ken McKinlay, Brian Hanham, Charlie Barsby, Charlie May 63.6 2 – 4 19 – 23

8 Dick Bradley, Alby Golden, Barry East, Gordon McGregor(f) 65.6 5 – 1 24 – 24

9 Brian Hanham, Charlie May, Ron Phillips, Derek Close 64 5 – 1 29 – 25

10 Ken McKinlay, Ernie Rawlins, Alan Quinn, Bryan Elliott(f) 63.8 3 – 3 32 – 28

11 Dick Bradley, Ken McKinlay, Barry East, Alan Quinn 63.8 3 – 3 35 – 31

12 Brian Hanham, Derek Close, Alby Golden, Gordon McGregor 64.6 4 – 2 39 – 33

13 Ernie Rawlins, Ron Phillips, Maury Mattingley, Barry East 65.2 4 – 2 43 – 35

14 Charlie May, Derek Close, Alan Quinn, Bryan Elliott 66.2 4 – 2 47 – 37

15 Ken McKinlay, Ernie Rawlins, Brian Hanham, Ron Phillips 64.8 3 – 3 50 – 40

16 Dick Bradley, Gordon McGregor, Charlie Barsby, Charlie May 65.2 3 – 3 53 – 43

Southampton 12 Leicester 11 Poole 12

S L P

Ht1 Bradley, Holden, Golden, Squibb 65.0 4 0 2

Ht2 McKinlay, Small, Phillips, Kidd 65.6 4 4 4

Ht3 Rawlins, Squibb, Quinn (nf), Close (nf) 65.8 7 4 6

Ht4 Holden, Hanham, Mattingley, McGregor 66.0 10 4 9

Ht5 Small, Allott, Bridson, Gilbertson (Leicester) 66.2 11 6 12

Ht6 Barsby, East, May, Kidd 66.0 12 11 12

Friday 9th September 1955 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 66 Coventry Bees 36 (Midland Cup)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay E 3 3 3 3 3 15

Charlie Barsby 2 3 1’ 0 F 7 1

Derrick Close 3 2’ 1 3 2’ 2’13 3

Ron Phillips 0 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2

Gordon McGregor 2 3 F 3 3 11

Len Williams 1’ 2’ 2 3 2’ 10 3

Barry East 0 0 0

Coventry

Bob Mark 3 1 0 0 1’ 0 5 1

Johnny Reason 1’ 1 0 2 0 4 1

Jack Biggs 1’ E 1 2 1

Tommy Miller 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 11

Charlie New 3 1 2 1’ 0 1 0 8

Nick Nicholls 0 0 0

Vic Emms 2 1’ 2 1 6 1

Ht1 Reason, Barsby, Mark, McKinlay (ef) 70.4 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Close, Miller, Biggs, Phillips 71.0 3 3 5 7

Ht3 Williams, McGregor, New, Nicholls 71.0 3 3 8 10

Ht4 Barsby, Emms, Reason, East 71.4 3 3 11 13

Ht5 Phillips, Close, New, Nicholls 71.6 5 1 16 14

Ht6 McKinlay, Barsby, Miller, Biggs (ef) 69.4 5 1 21 15

Ht7 McGregor, Williams, Mark, Reason 70.6 5 1 26 16

Ht8 McKinlay, New, Emms, Barsby (f) 72.0 3 3 29 19

Ht9 Miller, Williams, Biggs, McGregor (f) 71.2 2 4 31 23

Ht10 Phillips, Reason, Close, Mark 71.2 4 2 35 25

Ht11 McKinlay, Phillips, Miller, Mark 70.2 5 1 40 26

Ht12 McGregor, Emms, New, Barsby 72.6 3 3 43 29

Ht13 Close, Miller, Mark, East 70.8 3 3 46 32

Ht14 Williams, Phillips, Emms, New 71.8 5 1 51 33

Ht15 McGregor, Close, Miller, Mark 72.2 5 1 56 34

Ht16 McKinlay, Williams, New, Reason 71.0 5 1 61 35

Ht17 McKinlay, Close, Miller, New 70.8 5 1 66 36


Elliott (25), Brown (10), Hankins (5),

Edwards (0), Meredith (15) (ef) 74.8

Lount Scratch Race

McKinlay, McGregor, Barsby, McGregor 70.8

Tonge Scratch Race

Emms, East, Elliott, Brown 72.8

Mousley Scratch Race

Williams, Phillips, New, Close 71.8

Saturday 10th September 1955 Brandon Stadium, Coventry

Coventry Bees 51 Leicester Hunters 51 (Midland Cup)

Coventry

Bob Mark 2 2 3 2 3 0 12

Johnny Reason 1’ 2’ 0 1 2’ 6 3

Tommy Miller 3 3 1’ 2 2 2 13 1

Nick Nicholls 0 1 2 0 1’ 4 1

Charlie New 2 2 1 2 2’ 9 1

Peter Brough 0 3 1’ 4 1

Vic Emms 3 0 0 0 3

Leicester



Derrick Close 1’ 3 2’ 1 3 1 11 2




Barry East 0 0 0 0

Ht1 McKinlay, Mark, Reason, Barsby 67.0 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Miller, Philips, Close, Nicholls 69.6 3 3 6 6

Ht3 McGregor, New, Williams, Brough 69.2 2 4 8 10

Ht4 Emms, Reason, Barsby, East 69.4 5 1 13 11

Ht5 Miller, Williams, Nicholls, McGregor 69.0 4 2 17 13

Ht6 Close, Mark, Phillips, Reason 69.6 2 4 19 17

Ht7 McKinlay, New, Barsby, Emms 68.0 2 4 21 21

Ht8 Mark, McGregor, Reason, Williams 69.4 4 2 25 23

Ht9 Phillips, Close, New, Emms 69.8 1 5 26 28

Ht10 McKinlay, Nicholls, Miller, Barsby 68.2 3 3 29 31

Ht11 McKinlay, Mark, Williams, Nicholls 68.4 2 4 31 35

Ht12 Brough, Reason, Close, McGregor 70.0 5 1 36 36

Ht13 Phillips, Miller, Williams, Emms 69.8 2 4 38 40

Ht14 Close, New, Nicholls, East 70.4 3 3 41 43

Ht15 McKinlay, Miller, Brough, Phillips 68.8 3 3 44 46

Ht16 Mark, New, McGregor, East 71.0 5 1 49 47

Ht17 McKinlay, Miller, Close, Mark 69.0 2 4 51 51

Friday16th September 1955 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 52 Ipswich Witches 44 (National League Division Two)

Leicester


Charlie Barsby F 3 1 0 1’ 5 1

Derrick Close 2 2’ 1’ 3 0 8 1

Ron Phillips 1’ 3 2 0 1’ 7 2


Len Williams 2’ 1’ 0 2 2’ 7 3

Barry East 0 0 0

Ipswich

Junior Bainbridge 2 3 2 3 2 3 15

Bluey Scott 1’ 2 0 0 0 1 4 1

Bert Edwards 3 2 3 3 3 2’ 16 1

Bob Sharp 0 0 1 1’ 2 1

Reg Reeves 0 0 0

Danny Dunton 1 1 1’ 1’ 2 6 2

Len Silver 1’ 0 0 1 1

Ht1 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Scott, Barsby 69.4 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Edwards, Close, Phillips, Sharp 69.6 3 3 6 6

Ht3 McGregor, Williams, Dunton, Reeves 69.8 5 1 11 7

Ht4 Barsby, Scott, Silver, East 70.8 3 3 14 10

Ht5 Phillips, Close, Dunton, Reeves 71.0 5 1 19 11

Ht6 McKinlay, Edwards, Barsby, Sharp 69.2 4 2 23 13

Ht7 Bainbridge, McGregor, Williams, Scott 70.2 3 3 26 16

Ht8 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Dunton, Barsby 69.8 3 3 29 19

Ht9 Edwards, McGregor, Sharp, Williams 70.2 2 4 31 23

Ht10 Bainbridge, Phillips, Close, Scott 70.8 3 3 34 26

Ht11 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Dunton, Phillips 70.0 3 3 37 29

Ht12 Edwards, McGregor, Barsby, Scott 70.6 3 3 40 32

Ht13 Close, Dunton, Sharp, East 70.6 3 3 43 35

Ht14 Edwards, Williams, Phillips, Silver 70.2 3 3 46 38

Ht15 Bainbridge, Edwards, McGregor, Close 70.0 1 5 47 43

Ht16 McKinlay, Williams, Scott, Silver 69.6 5 1 52 44

Leicester 15 Ringwood 13 Junior Challenge Match

Leicester

Brian Elliott 3 1’ 3 X 7 1

Dave Hankins DNR

Ivor Brown F 2 3 3 8

Mike Kerry X X 0

Ringwood

Tom Reader 1’ 2 1’ 4 2

Merv Hannam 2 3 2 2 9

Glynn Chandler F X 0

Gerry Bridson DNR

Ht1 Elliott, Hannam, Reader, Brown (ef) 75.2 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Hannam, Brown, Elliott, Chandler (f) 75.2 3 3 6 6

Ht3 Brown, Hannam, Chandler (fexc), Kerry (exc2min) 76.4 3 2 9 8

Ht4 Elliott, Reader, Kerry (exc2min), Bridson (ns) 77.2 3 2 12 10

Ht5 Brown, Hannam, Reader, Elliott (exc2min) 76.8 3 3 15 13

Thorpe Acre Scratch Race

McGregor, Green, East, Barsby (ef) 72.2

Newton Burgoland Scratch Race

McKinlay, Close, Scott, Reeves 72.0

Quorn Scratch Race 3 laps

Bainbridge, McKinlay, McGregor, Edwards 55.0

Saturday 17th September 1955 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Birmingham Brummies 66 Leicester Hunters 36 (Midland Cup Final)

Birmingham

Alan Hunt 2 3 3 3 2’ 13 1

Dennis Newton 0 3 0 1 2’ 6 1

Ron Mountford 3 3 3 3 3 F 15

Jim Tolley 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 12 6

Harry Bastable 1 E 1’ 3 1 6 1

Eric Boothroyd 3 2 2 3 3 13

Derrick Tailby 1 0 1

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 1 1 2 3 16

Charlie Barsby 1 E 1 0 1 1 4

Derek Close 0 1’ E 1

Ron Phillips 1 2 0 1’ 0 4 1

Gordon McGregor 0 0 0 1 E 1

Len Williams 2 1 2 0 2 1 8

Barry East 2 0 2

Ht1 McKinlay, Hunt, Barsby, Newton 71.0 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Mountford, Tolley, Phillips, Close 74.2 5 1 7 5

Ht3 Boothroyd, Williams, Bastable, McGregor 74.6 4 2 11 7

Ht4 Newton, East, Tailby, Barsby (ef) 76.0 4 2 15 9

Ht5 Mountford, Tolley, Williams, McGregor 74.4 5 1 20 10

Ht6 Hunt, Phillips, Close, Newton 73.4 3 3 23 13

Ht7 McKinlay, Boothroyd, Barsby, Bastable (ef) 74.0 2 4 25 17

Ht8 Hunt, Williams, Newton, McGregor 74.2 4 2 29 19

Ht9 McKinlay, Boothroyd, Bastable, Phillips 74.6 3 3 32 22

Ht10 Mountford, Tolley, McKinlay, Barsby 75.0 5 1 37 23

Ht11 Hunt, Tolley, McKinlay, Williams 74.2 5 1 42 24

Ht12 Bastable, Newton, McGregor, Close (ef) 76.0 5 1 47 25

Ht13 Mountford, Williams, Phillips, Tailby 74.6 3 3 50 28

Ht14 Boothroyd, Tolley, Barsby, East 75.6 5 1 55 29

Ht15 Mountford, McKinlay, Bastable, Phillips 75.0 4 2 59 31

Ht16 Boothroyd, Hunt, Barsby, McGregor (ef) 75.6 5 1 64 32

Ht17 McKinlay, Tolley, Williams, Mountford (fexc) 76.2 2 4 66 36

Friday 23 September 1955 Blackbird Road, Leicester

LEICESTER HUNTERS 52 SWINDON ROBINS 44 (National League Division Two)

LEICESTER

Ken McKinlay (C) 3 3 3 3 3 - - 15

Charlie Barsby R 3 2* 1 0 - - 6 (1)

Derek Close 0 0 3 1 - - - 4

Ron Phillips 1 2 3 2* 3 - - 11 (1)

Gordon McGregor 1* 3 2 1 3 - - 10 (1)

Len Williams 2 0 R R 2* - - 4 (1)

Barry East F 1 1 - - - - 2

SWINDON

Jimmy Gooch 1* 2 2 1 2 - - 8 (1)

Ron Swaine 2 1* 1* 0 1 - - 5 (2)

Bob Roger (C) 2* 1 3 2* 2 - - 10 (2)

Danny Malone 3 0 1 2 0 - - 6

Ron Johnston 3 3 2 3 0 - - 11

Ray Harris 0 1 0 0 - - - 1

Ernie Lessiter 2 0 1* - - - - 3 (1)

Ht 1: McKinlay, Swaine, Gooch, Barsby (ret), 67.8 (3-3)

Ht 2: Malone, Roger, Phillips, Close, 70.6 (4-8)

Ht 3: Johnston, Williams, McGregor, Harris, 69.8 (7-11)

Ht 4: Barsby, Lessiter, Swaine, East (fell), 70.8 (10-14)

Ht 5: Johnston, Phillips, Harris, Close, 70.4 (12-18)

Ht 6: McKinlay, Barsby, Roger, Malone, 69.4 (17-19)

Ht 7: McGregor, Gooch, Swaine, Williams, 70.6 (20-22)

Ht 8: McKinlay, Johnston, Barsby, Harris, 69.6 (24-24)

Ht 9: Roger, McGregor, Malone, Williams (ret), 70.6 (26-28)

Ht 10: Phillips, Gooch, East, Swaine, 71.4 (30-30)

Ht 11: McKinlay, Phillips, Gooch, Harris, 70.2 (35-31)

Ht 12: Johnston, Roger, McGregor, Barsby, 71.0 (36-36)

Ht 13: Close, Malone, East, Lessiter, 72.6 (40-38)

Ht 14: Phillips, Roger, Lessiter, Williams (ret), 70.8 (43-41)

Ht 15: McGregor, Gooch, Close, Malone, 71.6 (47-43)

Ht 16: McKinlay, Williams, Swaine, Johnston, 69.8 (52-44)

Hoby Supporters’ Trophy (Ht 1): Williams, Phillips, Lessiter (ret), Bryan Elliott (ret), 71.0

Hoby Supporters’ Trophy (Ht 2): McKinlay, Barsby, East, McGregor, 70.2

Swindon Scurry: Johnston, Swaine, Roger, Gooch, 71.2

Hoby Supporters’ Trophy (Final): McKinlay, Phillips, Barsby, Williams, 70.4

Friday 30th September 1955 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 60 Birmingham Brummies 42 (Midland Cup Final)

Leicester



Fred Brand 2 0 1 2’ 5 1

Ron Phillips 0 1’ 2’ 2 1 6 1

Gordon McGregor 3 2’ 2 2 3 12

Len Williams 2’ 3 1’ 3 2’ 1 12 3

Barry East 1 3 0 4

Birmingham

Alan Hunt 2 1 3 0 6

Dennis Newton 1’ 0 0 0 1 0 2 1

Junior Bainbridge 2’ 2 3 3 2 2 14

Jim Tolley 3 0 0 3 0 6

Eric Boothroyd 1 3 0 1 1 6


Derrick Tailby 2 0 1 3

Ht1 McKinlay, Hunt, Newton, Barsby 69.4 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Tolley, Bainbridge, East, Phillips 71.8 1 5 4 8

Ht3 McGregor, Williams, Boothroyd, Bastable 71.0 5 1 9 9

Ht4 East, Tailby, Barsby, Newton 70.6 4 2 13 11

Ht5 Boothroyd, Brand, Phillips, Bastable 71.2 3 3 16 14

Ht6 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Barsby, Tolley 69.8 4 2 20 16

Ht7 Williams, McGregor, Hunt, Newton 69.8 5 1 25 17

Ht8 McKinlay, Bastable, Barsby, Boothroyd 70.0 4 2 29 19

Ht9 Bainbridge, McGregor, Williams, Tolley 70.6 3 3 32 22

Ht10 Hunt, Phillips, Newton, Brand 70.4 2 4 34 26

Ht11 McKinlay, Phillips, Bastable, Hunt 68.8 5 1 39 27

Ht12 Bainbridge, McGregor, Boothroyd, Barsby 70.4 2 4 41 31

Ht13 Tolley, Bastable, Brand, East 71.2 1 5 42 36

Ht14 Williams, Bainbridge, Phillips, Tailby 70.2 4 2 46 38

Ht15 McGregor, Brand, Tailby, Tolley (f) 72.2 5 1 51 39

Ht16 McKinlay, Williams, Boothroyd, Newton 70.6 5 1 56 40

Ht17 McKinlay, Bainbridge, Williams, Boothroyd 69.6 4 2 60 42

Junior Handicap

Elliott (30), East (20), Brown (29), B.Edwards (scr) (exc) 72.0

Newton Burgoland Scratch Race 3 laps

Williams, McGregor, Boothroyd, Newton 54.6

Newton Harcourt Scratch Race

Barsby, East, Tailby, Elliott (ef) 72.2

Newton Regis Scratch Race 3 laps

Bainbridge, Phillips, Barsby, Elliott 53.4

Friday 7th October 1955 Blackbird Road, Leicester

Leicester Hunters 62 Southampton Saints 33 (National League Division Two)

Leicester

Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 5


Len Williams 0 2*1 3 3 9 1 5

Ron Phillips 1 3 3 2*3 12 1 5

Gordon McGregor 3 3 3 3 2* 14 1 5

Derek Close 2*2*1 2*2* 9 4 5

Barry East 0 0 2*0 2 1 4

Southampton

Ernie Rawlins 2 1 2 1 1 7 0 5

Alby Golden 0 3 0 0 1 4 0 5

Brian Hanham 2*2 2 2 1 9 1 5

Harry Bastable 3 1*0 1*0 5 2 5

Maury Mattingley 0 1 1 1*0 3 1 5

Johnny Fitzpatrick 1 0 0 2 3 0 4

Gerry Bridson 2*0 0 2 1

1 Ken McKinlay, Ernie Rawlins, Charlie Barsby, Alby Golden 70 4 – 2 4 – 2

2 Harry Bastable, Brian Hanham, Ron Phillips, Len Williams 70.4 1 – 5 5 – 7

3 Gordon McGregor, Derek Close, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Maury Mattingley 70 5 – 1 10 – 8

4 Alby Golden, Gerry Bridson, Charlie Barsby(ef), Barry East(f) 72.2 0 – 5 10 – 13

5 Ron Phillips, Len Williams, Maury Mattingley, Johnny Fitzpatrick 70.6 5 – 1 15 – 14

6 Ken McKinlay, Brian Hanham, Harry Bastable, Barry East 69.8 3 – 3 18 – 17

7 Gordon McGregor, Derek Close, Ernie Rawlins, Alby Golden 70.4 5 – 1 23 – 18

8 Ken McKinlay, Barry East, Maury Mattingley, Gerry Bridson 70.2 5 – 1 28 – 19

9 Gordon McGregor, Brian Hanham, Derek Close, Harry Bastable 70.6 4 – 2 32 – 21

10 Ron Phillips, Ernie Rawlins, Len Williams, Alby Golden 71 4 – 2 36 – 23

11 Ken McKinlay, Ron Phillips, Ernie Rawlins, Johnny Fitzpatrick 71.2 5 – 1 41 – 24

12 Gordon McGregor, Brian Hanham, Maury Mattingley, Charlie Barsby 71.2 3 – 3 44 – 27

13 Len Williams, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Harry Bastable, Barry East 71 3 – 3 47 – 30

14 Ron Phillips, Derek Close, Brian Hanham, Gerry Bridson 71.8 5 – 1 52 – 31

15 Len Williams, Gordon McGregor, Ernie Rawlins, Harry Bastable 71.6 5 – 1 57 – 32

16 Ken McKinlay, Derek Close, Alby Golden, Maury Mattingley 69.8 5 – 1 62 – 33

Saints Scurry 3 laps

Rawlins, Hanham, Golden, Mattingley 54.6

1955 Supporters Trophy

Ht1 McGregor, Phillips, Close, Elliott 71.4

Ht2 McKinlay, Williams, Barsby, East 70.6

Final McKinlay, McGregor, Williams, Phillips 70.8

Leicester 1955 Needs shown in BOLD

Friday 1st April 1955 1955 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 43 Coventry Bees 52 (Ch)

Saturday 2nd April 1955 Brandon Coventry Bees 72 Leicester Hunters 23 (Ch)

Friday 8th April 1955 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 52 Stockholm 44 (Ch)

Thursday 14th April 1955 Cowley Oxford Cheetahs 56 Leicester Hunters 40 (NLD2)

Friday 15th April 1955 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 61 Rayleigh Rockets 35 (NLD2)

Friday 22nd April 1955 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 63 Oxford Cheetahs 33 (NLD2)

Saturday 23 April 1955 Abbey SWINDON ROBINS 61 LEICESTER HUNTERS 35 (NLD2)

Monday 25th April 1955 Poole Poole Pirates 63 Leicester Hunters 33 (NLD2)

Friday 29th April 1955 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 47 Poole Pirates 49 (NLD2)

Thursday 5th May 1955 Foxheath Stadium Ipswich Witches 53 Leicester Hunters 43 (NLD2)

Friday 6th May 1955 Blackbird Road, Leicester Hunters v Coventry Bees (NLD2) Rained Off

Tuesday 10th May 1955 Bannister Court Southampton Saints 59 Leicester Hunters 49 (NT)

Friday 13th May 1955 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 49 Southampton Saints 59 (NT)

Saturday 14th May 1955 Manchester Belle Vue II 42 Leicester 40 (Ch

Friday 20th May 1955 Blackbird Road, Leicester Hunters 57 Exeter Falcons 39 (NLD2)

Saturday 21st May 1955 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 56 Leicester Hunters 40 (NLD2)

Friday 27th May 1955 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 50 Oxford Cheetahs 45 (NLD2)

Saturday 28th May 1955 Bradford Odsal Tudors 53 Leicester Hunters 43 (Ch)

Friday 30th May 1955 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 48 Bristol Bulldogs 48 (NLD2)

Friday 3rd June 1955 Knowle Bristol Bulldogs v Leicester Hunters (NLD2) Rained Off

Tuesday 7th June 1955 Bannister Court Southampton Saints 48 Leicester Hunters 47 (NLD2)

Friday 10th June 1955 Blackbird Road, Leicester Hunters 61 Coventry Bees 35 (NLD2)

Monday 13th June 1955 County Ground Exeter Falcons 64 Leicester Hunters 32 (NLD2)

Friday 17th June 1955 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 59 Southampton Saints 37 (NLD2) Thursday 23rd

June 1955 Cowley Oxford Cheetahs 54 Leicester Hunters 42 (NLD2)

Friday 24 June 1955 Blackbird Road, LEICESTER HUNTERS 55 SWINDON ROBINS 41 (NLD2)

Saturday 25 June 1955 Abbey SWINDON ROBINS 55 LEICESTER HUNTERS 41 (NLD2)

Friday 1st July 1955 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters v Ipswich Witches (NLD2) Rained Off

Saturday 2nd July 1955 Brandon Coventry Bees 50 Leicester Hunters 46 (NLD2)

Friday 8th July 1955 Leicester World Championship Qualifying Round

Thursday 14th July 1955 Foxhall Heath Ipswich Witches 54 Leicester Hunters 42 (NLD2)

Friday 15th July 1955 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 47 Rayleigh Rockets 48 (NLD2)

Friday 22nd July 1955 Leicester Midland Riders Championship

Monday 25th July 1955 Poole Poole Pirates 55 Leicester Hunters 41 (NLD2)

Friday 29th July 1955 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 57 Exeter Falcons 39 (NLD2)

Friday 5th August 1955 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 53 Ipswich Witches 43 (NLD2)

Friday 12th August 1955 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 68 Coventry Bees 28 (NLD2)

Saturday 13th August 1955 Brandon Coventry Bees 49 Leicester Hunters 47 (NLD2)

Thursday 18th August 1955 Cowley Oxford Cheetahs 49 Leicester Hunters 53 (MC)

Friday 19th August 1955 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 73 Oxford Cheetahs 29 (MC)

Monday 22nd August 1955 County Ground Exeter Falcons 67 Leicester Hunters 29 (NLD2)

Friday 26th August 1955 Leicester Midland Riders’ Championship Final

Saturday 27th August 1955 ManchesterAces II & Others 40 Leicester Hunters 55 (Ch)

Friday 2nd September 1955 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 59 Poole Pirates 37 (NLD2)

Saturday 3rd September 1955 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 62 Leicester Hunters 34 (NLD2)

Tuesday 6th September 1955 Bannister Court Southampton Saints 53 Leicester Hunters 43 (NLD2)

Friday 9th September 1955 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 66 Coventry Bees 36 (MC)

Saturday 10th September 1955 Brandon Coventry Bees 51 Leicester Hunters 51 (MC)

Friday16th September 1955 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 52 Ipswich Witches 44 (NLD2)

Saturday 17th September 1955 Perry Barr Birmingham Brummies 66 Leicester Hunters 36 (MC)

Friday 23 September 1955 Blackbird RoadLEICESTERHUNTERS 52SWINDON ROBINS 44 (NLD2)

Friday 30th September 1955 Blackbird Road Leicester Hunters 60 Birmingham Brummies 42 (MC)

Friday 7th October 1955 Blackbird Road, Leicester Hunters 62 Southampton Saints 33 (NLD2)

Documents

Leicester 1955 Thanks to Tim Grant Completed 9.3.2020 ... · Ht9 Miller, Emms, Phillips, Green 71.0 1 5 23 30 Ht10 New, Mark, Close, Lazarus 70.6 1 5 24 35 Ht11 McKinlay, New, Green,