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WOLVERHAMPTON 1952 Updated 5.5.2019 Friday 11 th April 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Wasps 45 Swindon Robins 39 (Southern League) Wolverhampton Charlie Hayden 3 2 2 2 9 Cyril Quick 1 1’ 0 0 2 1 Jimmy Grant 3 2 2 29 1 Roy Moreton 0 3 1’ 3 7 1 Ken Brown 2’ 1 2 2 7 1 Benny King 3 3 1’ 3 10 1 Syd George 0 0 0 Derek Timms 0 1’ 1 1 Swindon Ray Ellis 0 2 0 0 2 Reg Lambourne 2 2 1 1’ 6 1 Bob Jones 1’ 0 3 0 4 1 Danny Malone 2 3 3 3 11 Frank Evans 1 3 3 3 10 Dennis Newton 0 0 1 2 3 George Bason 1’ 0 1 1 Ken Wiggins 1 1 2 Ht 1: Hayden, Lambourne, Quick, Ellis 68.8 4 2 4 2 Ht 2: Grant, Malone, Jones, Moreton 69.0 3 3 7 5 Ht 3: King, Brown, Evans, Newton (ret) 69.2 5 1 12 6 Ht 4: Moreton, Ellis, Bason, George (ex) 69.6 3 3 15 9 Ht 5: Malone, Hayden, Quick, Jones 68.6 3 3 18 12 Ht 6: Evans, Grant, Moreton, Newton (fell) 69.2 3 3 21 15 Ht 7: King, Lambourne, Brown, Ellis 69.2 4 2 25 17 Ht 8: Jones, Grant, Wiggins, Timms 69.2 2 4 27 21 Ht 9: Evans, Hayden, Newton, Quick 69.6 2 4 29 25 Ht 10: Moreton, Grant, Lambourne, Ellis 69.8 5 1 34 26 Ht 11: Malone, Brown, King, Jones 69.4 3 3 37 29 Ht 12: Evans, Hayden, Wiggins, George (ex) 69.8 2 4 39 33 Ht 13: Malone, Brown, Timms, Bason 70.2 3 3 42 36 Ht 14: King, Newton, Lambourne, Quick 70.2 3 3 45 39 Wolverhampton Scratch Race 3 laps Ht1: Jones, Hayden, Ellis, Moreton 53.4 ? Ht2: Grant, Timms, Lambourne, Quick 52.4 ? Ht3: King, Brown, Evans, George 52.6 ? Junior Scratch Race Wiggins, Ray Reece, Lambourne, Don Braithwaite 71.8 Wolverhampton Scratch Race Final: King, Brown, Grant, Jones 52.6 Reserves Scratch Race Bason, Wiggins, Timms, George (f) 72.2

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Page 1: WOLVERHAMPTON 1952 - Speedway Researcher · Ht7 Hardy, Grant, Brown, Sargeant 69.0 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Hoskin, Hardy, Grant, Hayden 69.8 1 5 22 26 Ht9 Hoskin, Timms, King, Sargeant (exc)

WOLVERHAMPTON 1952

Updated 5.5.2019

Friday 11th April 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 45 Swindon Robins 39 (Southern League)

Wolverhampton

Charlie Hayden 3 2 2 2 9

Cyril Quick 1 1’ 0 0 2 1

Jimmy Grant 3 2 2 2’ 9 1

Roy Moreton 0 3 1’ 3 7 1

Ken Brown 2’ 1 2 2 7 1

Benny King 3 3 1’ 3 10 1

Syd George 0 0 0

Derek Timms 0 1’ 1 1

Swindon

Ray Ellis 0 2 0 0 2

Reg Lambourne 2 2 1 1’ 6 1

Bob Jones 1’ 0 3 0 4 1

Danny Malone 2 3 3 3 11

Frank Evans 1 3 3 3 10

Dennis Newton 0 0 1 2 3

George Bason 1’ 0 1 1

Ken Wiggins 1 1 2

Ht 1: Hayden, Lambourne, Quick, Ellis 68.8 4 2 4 2

Ht 2: Grant, Malone, Jones, Moreton 69.0 3 3 7 5

Ht 3: King, Brown, Evans, Newton (ret) 69.2 5 1 12 6

Ht 4: Moreton, Ellis, Bason, George (ex) 69.6 3 3 15 9

Ht 5: Malone, Hayden, Quick, Jones 68.6 3 3 18 12

Ht 6: Evans, Grant, Moreton, Newton (fell) 69.2 3 3 21 15

Ht 7: King, Lambourne, Brown, Ellis 69.2 4 2 25 17

Ht 8: Jones, Grant, Wiggins, Timms 69.2 2 4 27 21

Ht 9: Evans, Hayden, Newton, Quick 69.6 2 4 29 25

Ht 10: Moreton, Grant, Lambourne, Ellis 69.8 5 1 34 26

Ht 11: Malone, Brown, King, Jones 69.4 3 3 37 29

Ht 12: Evans, Hayden, Wiggins, George (ex) 69.8 2 4 39 33

Ht 13: Malone, Brown, Timms, Bason 70.2 3 3 42 36

Ht 14: King, Newton, Lambourne, Quick 70.2 3 3 45 39

Wolverhampton Scratch Race 3 laps

Ht1: Jones, Hayden, Ellis, Moreton 53.4 ?

Ht2: Grant, Timms, Lambourne, Quick 52.4 ?

Ht3: King, Brown, Evans, George 52.6 ?

Junior Scratch Race

Wiggins, Ray Reece, Lambourne, Don Braithwaite 71.8

Wolverhampton Scratch Race

Final: King, Brown, Grant, Jones 52.6

Reserves Scratch Race

Bason, Wiggins, Timms, George (f) 72.2

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Thursday 17th April 1952 Station Road, Long Eaton

Long Eaton Archers 58 Wolverhampton Wasps 50 (National Trophy)

Long Eaton

Eric Mason 1 1 1 0 2 5

Frank Malouf 3 2 3 2 3 2 15

Jack Winstanley 2’ 1’ 0 0 0 3 2

Johnnie Jones 3 1’ 0 4 1

Peter Moore 2’ 3 2 1 2 0 10 1

Cyril Page 3 2 2’ 3 0 10 1

Eric Minall 3 3 0 6

Wilf Plant 2’ 1 2’ 5 2

Wolverhampton

Roy Moreton 2 3 2’ 1 3 1 12 1

Jimmy Grant 0 1 1 2’ 2 6 1

Charlie Hayden 1 0 0 0 3 4

Cyril Quick 0 3 3 1 3 3 13

Ken Brown 2 3 1 2 1’ 9 1

Benny King 0 0 3 0 1 4

Syd George 1 1 2

Derek Timms 0 0 0

Ht1 Malouf, Moreton, Mason, Grant 75.0 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Jones, Winstanley, Hayden, King (ef) 77.0 5 1 9 3

Ht3 Page, Moore, Grant, Quick (f) 75.6 5 1 14 4

Ht4 Minall, Plant, George, Timms 77.0 5 1 19 5

Ht5 Quick, Malouf, Winstanley, Hayden (f) 75.0 3 3 22 8

Ht6 Moreton, Page, Jones, King 76.2 3 3 25 11

Ht7 Moore, Brown, Mason, Hayden 77.2 4 2 29 13

Ht8 Brown, Moreton, Mason, Winstanley 76.8 1 5 30 18

Ht9 Malouf, Page, Moreton, Hayden 76.8 5 1 35 19

Ht10 King, Moore, Grant, Winstanley (ef) 76.6 2 4 37 23

Ht11 Quick, Malouf, Brown, Jones 74.6 2 4 39 27

Ht12 Hayden, Grant, Plant, Mason (f) 76.2 1 5 40 32

Ht13 Malouf, Brown, Moore, King 76.0 4 2 44 34

Ht14 Minall, Plant, George, Timms 77.0 5 1 49 35

Ht15 Moreton, Moore, Quick, Minall 76.2 2 4 51 39

Ht16 Page, Grant, Brown, Winstanley 75.8 3 3 54 42

Ht17 Quick, Mason, King, Page 75.6 2 4 56 46

Ht18 Quick, Malouf, Moreton, Moore 74.4 2 4 58 50

Junior Scratch Race

Siggins, Hickman, Bob Duckworth, Pugh (f) 76.0

Friday 18th April 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 74 Long Eaton Archers 33 (National Trophy)

Wolverhampton

Jimmy Grant 3 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 14 4

Roy Moreton 1 1 0 1 1 4 1

Charlie Hayden 1 3 3 0 0 7

Cyril Quick 3 2’ 3 3 3 3 17 1

Ken Brown 1 2’ 3 3 2’ 11 2

Benny King 3 3 3 3 3 15

Syd George 3 1 4

Derek Timms 2’ 0 2 1

Long Eaton

Eric Mason 0 0 1 2 0 3

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Frank Malouf 2 2 1’ 0 1’ 0 6 2

Jack Winstanley 2 2 1 1’ 1 1 8 1

Eric Minall 0 0 0 0 0

Cyril Page 0 0 0 2 2

Peter Moore 0 0

Johnnie Jones 0 2 2’ 1 1 6 1

Wilf Plant 0 1 2 2 3 8

Ht1 Grant, Malouf, Moreton, Mason 69.2 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Quick, Winstanley, Hayden, Moore 69.0 4 2 8 4

Ht3 King, Malouf, Brown, Minall 70.2 4 2 12 6

Ht4 George, Timms, Jones (ret), Plant (ret) 72.0 5 0 17 6

Ht5 Hayden, Winstanley, Moreton, Minall 71.6 4 2 21 8

Ht6 King, Quick, Plant, Mason 69.6 5 1 26 9

Ht7 Grant, Brown, Winstanley, Page 70.2 5 1 31 10

Ht8 Hayden, Grant, Mason, Page 71.4 5 1 36 11

Ht9 King, Mason, Winstanley, Moreton 70.0 3 3 39 14

Ht10 Brown, Plant, Malouf, Hayden 70.2 3 3 42 17

Ht11 Quick, Jones, Moreton, Minall 70.2 4 2 46 19

Ht12 Quick, Grant, Winstanley, Malouf 69.8 5 1 51 20

Ht13 Brown, Plant, Moreton, Page 70.6 4 2 55 22

Ht14 Plant, Jones, George, Timms 72.6 1 5 56 27

Ht15 Quick, Brown, Jones, Mason 70.6 5 1 61 28

Ht16 King, Page, Malouf, Hayden 70.6 3 3 64 31

Ht17 King, Grant, Jones, Minall 72.0 5 1 69 32

Ht18 Quick, Grant, Winstanley, Malouf 70.8 5 1 74 33

Wolverhampton Scratch Race 3 laps

Grant, King, Brown, Quick 52.8

Reserves Scratch Race

Plant, Timms, Syd George, Johnny Jones 72.2

Monday 21st April 1952 County Ground, Exeter

Exeter Falcons 73 Wolverhampton Wasps 34 (National Trophy)

Exeter

Goog Hoskin 2 2’ 2’ 3 3 12 2

Jack Geran 1’ 3 3 F 2’ 9 2

Johnny Sargeant 3 2’ 3 E 2 3 13 1

Ron Barrett E 2’ X 1 2’ 5 2

Don Hardy 2’ 3 3 3 3 2’ 16 2

Vic Gent 3 3 2’ 0 2’ 10 2

Neil Street 3 3 6

Colin Selley 2’ 0 2 1

Wolverhampton

Roy Moreton 0 1 0 0 1

Jimmy Grant 3 1 2 2 1 1 10

Charlie Hayden 2 1 0 1 0 4

Cyril Quick 0 0 2’ 1 0 3 2

Ken Brown 1 1 3 1 3 9

Benny King 1’ 0 1’ 0 1 3 2

Derek Timms 1 2 0 3

Syd George 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Grant, Hoskin, Geran, Moreton 76.8 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Sargeant, Hayden, King, Barrett (ef) 77.4 3 3 6 6

Ht3 Gent, Hardy, Grant, Quick 76.0 5 1 11 7

Ht4 Street, Selley, Timms, George 77.6 5 1 16 8

Ht5 Geran, Sargeant, Hayden, Quick 76.0 5 1 21 9

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Ht6 Gent, Barett, Moreton, King 77.0 5 1 26 10

Ht7 Hardy, Hoskin, Brown, Hayden 76.6 5 1 31 11

Ht8 Sargeant, Hoskin, Brown, Moreton 76.0 5 1 36 12

Ht9 Geran, Gent, Hayden, Moreton 76.0 5 1 41 13

Ht10 Hardy, Grant, King, Sargeant (ef) 76.6 3 3 44 16

Ht11 Brown, Quick, Geran (f), Barrett (exc) 76.6 0 5 44 21

Ht12 Hoskin, Grant, Barrett, Hayden 75.8 4 2 48 23

Ht13 Hardy, Geran, Brown, King 78.0 5 1 53 24

Ht14 Street, Timms, George, Selley (exc) 77.2 3 3 56 27

Ht15 Hardy, Barrett, Quick, Timms 76.6 5 1 61 28

Ht16 Brown, Sargeant, Grant, Gent 77.8 2 4 63 32

Ht17 Hoskin, Gent, King, Quick 76.4 5 1 68 33

Ht18 Sargeant, Hardy, Grant, Brown 76.8 5 1 73 34

Reserves Scratch Race

Timms, Morris Barnett, George, Street 79.4

Novices Scratch Race

Walter Monckton, Ron Swaine, Jimmy Gleed, Sparkes 79.0

Friday 25th April 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 49 Exeter Falcons 59 (National Trophy)

Wolverhampton

Jimmy Grant 2 2 1 2’ 1’ 8 2

Roy Moreton 0 0 1’ 0 1 1

Charlie Hayden 1 3 0 0 1 5

Cyril Quick 3 2 2 3 2 1 13

Ken Brown 1 1’ 2 3 1’ 0 8 2

Benny King 3 0 1’ 0 2 6 1

Derek Timms 3 2 3 8

Eric Irons F F 0

Exeter

Goog Hoskin 3 3 3 3 3 3 18

Jack Geran 1 2 3 0 3’ 8 1

Johnny Sargeant 2 2 0 X 1 5

Ron Barrett F 1’ 0 0 3 4 1

Don Hardy 3 2’ 3 2 3 2’ 15 2

Vic Gent 0 1 1 1’ 0 3 1

Neil Street 1’ 1’ 2 2

Colin Selley 2 2 4

Ht1 Hoskin, Grant, Geran, Moreton 67.8 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Quick, Sargeant, Hayden, Gent 71.0 4 2 6 6

Ht3 King, Geran, Brown, Barrett (f) 69.6 4 2 10 8

Ht4 Timms, Selley, Street, Irons (f) 71.8 3 3 13 11

Ht5 Hayden, Sargeant, Barrett, Moreton 71.4 3 3 16 14

Ht6 Hoskin, Quick, Gent, King (ret) 69.4 2 4 18 18

Ht7 Hardy, Grant, Brown, Sargeant 69.0 3 3 21 21

Ht8 Hoskin, Hardy, Grant, Hayden 69.8 1 5 22 26

Ht9 Hoskin, Timms, King, Sargeant (exc) 70.6 3 3 25 29

Ht10 Geran, Brown, Gent, Hayden 69.6 2 4 27 33

Ht11 Hardy, Quick, Moreton, Barrett 70.2 3 3 30 36

Ht12 Quick, Grant, Sargeant, Geran 71.0 5 1 35 37

Ht13 Brown, Hardy, Gent, Moreton 70.2 3 3 38 40

Ht14 Timms, Selley, Street, Irons (f) 73.4 3 3 41 43

Ht15 Hoskin, Quick, Brown, Barrett 69.8 3 3 44 46

Ht16 Hardy, Geran, Hayden, King 71.0 1 5 45 51

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Ht17 Barrett, King, Grant, Gent 70.0 3 3 48 54

Ht18 Hoskin, Hardy, Quick, Brown 70.2 1 5 49 59

Wolverhampton Scratch Race (3 laps)

Quick, Geran, Grant, Hardy 52.4

Reserves Scratch Race

Timms, Street, Irons, Selley 72.0

Tuesday 29th April 1952 Banister Court, Southampton

Southampton Saints 37 Wolverhampton Wasps 47 (Southern League)

Southampton

Bert Croucher 1’ 2 3 3 9 1

Jimmy Coughlan 2 1’ 0 1 4 1

Ted Moore 2 2 2’ 1 7 1

Mike Tams 0 0 0

Dudley Smith 2 1 1 2 6

Maury Mattingley 0 3 3 0 6

Colin Clarke 1 1 2

Dennis Cross 0 3 3 0 6

Wolverhampton

Roy Moreton 0 0 0

Jimmy Grant 3 2 2’ 3 10 1

Charlie Hayden 1 0 0 1

Cyril Quick 3 3 0 1 7

Ken Brown 1 3 1’ 2 7 1

Benny King 3 1 2 2’ 8 1

Eric Irons 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2

Derek Timms 3 1 0 4

Ht1 Grant, Coughlan, Croucher, Moreton 68.2 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Quick, Moore, Hayden, Tams (f) 69.2 2 4 5 7

Ht3 King, Smith, Brown, Mattingley 69.4 2 4 7 11

Ht4 Timms, Irons, Clarke, Tams (f) 72.0 1 5 8 16

Ht5 Quick, Coughlan, Croucher, Hayden (f) 68.4 3 3 11 19

Ht6 Brown, Moore, King, Cross 69.6 2 4 13 23

Ht7 Mattingley, Grant, Smith, Moreton 69.0 4 2 17 25

Ht8 Cross, Moore, Timms, Hayden 70.6 5 1 22 26

Ht9 Croucher, King, Brown, Coughlan 68.8 3 3 25 29

Ht10 Irons, Grant, Moore, Cross (ret) 69.6 1 5 26 34

Ht11 Mattingley, Irons, Smith, Quick 67.8 4 2 30 36

Ht12 Croucher, Brown, Clarke, Timms 69.6 4 2 34 38

Ht13 Irons, Smith, Quick, Cross (ret) 69.8 2 4 36 42

Ht14 Grant, King, Coughlan, Mattingley (f) 69.2 1 5 37 47

Junior Race

Alf Webster, Jack Vallis, Jim Chalkley (f), Jack Hillard (f) 70.4

Stadium Scurry

Ht1 Brown, Coughlan, Mattingley, Hayden 68.4

Ht2 Grant, King, Smith, Quick 69.0

Ht3 Irons, Cross, Clarke, Webster 70.2

Final Brown, Irons, Grant, Croucher 69.8

Friday 2nd May 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 59 Long Eaton Archers 25 (Southern League)

Wolverhampton

Roy Moreton 3 2 2’ 3 10 1

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Jimmy Grant F 1’ 3 2’ 6 2

Charlie Hayden 0 3 3 0 6

Cyril Quick 2 3 2’ 3 10 1

Ken Brown 2’ 3 1 3 9 1

Benny King 3 2’ 3 3 11 1

Eric Irons 2’ 2’ 4 2

Derek Timms 2’ 1 3 1

Long Eaton

Jack Winstanley 1’ 0 0 2 3 1

Frank Malouf 2 1 1’ 1 5 1

Wilf Plant 3 3 1 2 9

Eric Mason 1 0 0 2 3

Cyril Page 1 1 1 1 4

Peter Moore 0 0 0 0

Johnnie Jones 0 0 1 1

Roy Browning 0 0 0

Ht1 Moreton, Malouf, Winstanley, Grant (f) 71.4 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Plant, Quick, Mason, Hayden (f) 71.0 2 4 5 7

Ht3 King, Brown, Page, Moore 71.0 5 1 10 8

Ht4 Quick, Irons, Jones, Winstanley 71.8 5 1 15 9

Ht5 Plant, Moreton, Grant, Mason 71.4 3 3 18 12

Ht6 Hayden, Quick, Page, Moore 72.2 5 1 23 13

Ht7 Brown, King, Malouf, Winstanley 72.0 5 1 28 14

Ht8 Hayden, Timms, Plant, Browning 71.8 5 1 33 15

Ht9 Grant, Moreton, Page, Jones 71.0 5 1 38 16

Ht10 Quick, Winstanley, Malouf, Hayden 71.2 3 3 41 19

Ht11 King, Plant, Brown, Mason 70.6 4 2 45 21

Ht12 Moreton, Irons, Page, Browning 72.4 5 1 50 22

Ht13 Brown, Mason, Timms, Jones 73.2 4 2 54 24

Ht14 King, Grant, Malouf, Moore 70.4 5 1 59 25

Wolverhampton Scratch Race (3 laps)

Ht1 Grant, Irons, Hayden, Plant 53.2 ?

Ht2 Quick, Moreton, Malouf, Winstanley 53.0 ?

Ht3 King, Page, Brown, Mason 52.4 ?

Final Quick, King, Irons, Grant 52.2

Monmore Scratch Race

Syd George, Gundy Harris, Ray Reece, Roy Williams 73.2

Reserves Scratch Race

Timms, Johnny Jones, Irons 73.2

Saturday 3rd May 1952 Tongham Greyhound Stadium, Aldershot

Aldershot Shots 46 Wolverhampton Wasps 37 (Southern League)

Aldershot

Ivor Powell 1 3 2 3 9

Archie Windmill 3 2’ 1’ 1 7 2

Bert Edwards 2 0 1 3 6

Bill Grimes 0 0 1 1 2

Doug Papworth 2 2’ 2’ 1 7 2

Basil Harris F 3 3 3 9

John Dore 1 1

Ron Burnett 3 2’ 0 5 1

Wolverhampton

Roy Moreton 0 2’ 0 0 2 1

Jimmy Grant 2 1 2 0 5

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Charlie Hayden 1 0 0 1

Cyril Quick 3 1 1 3 8

Ken Brown 0 0 0 0

Benny King 3 3 3 2 11

Eric Irons 3 2’ 2 2’ 9 2

Derek Timms 0 1 1

Ht1 Windmill, Grant, Powell, Moreton 70.0 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Quick, Edwards, Hayden, Grimes 70.6 2 4 6 6

Ht3 King, Papworth, Brown (ret), Harris (f) 71.0 2 3 8 9

Ht4 Irons, Moreton, Dore, Grimes 72.2 1 5 9 14

Ht5 Powell, Windmill, Quick, Hayden 71.2 5 1 14 15

Ht6 King, Irons, Grimes, Edwards 72.4 1 5 15 20

Ht7 Harris, Papworth, Grant, Moreton 72.0 5 1 20 21

Ht8 Burnett, Irons, Edwards, Timms 72.2 4 2 24 23

Ht9 King, Powell, Windmill, Brown 71.0 3 3 27 26

Ht10 Edwards, Grant, Grimes, Moreton 72.8 4 2 31 28

Ht11 Harris, Papworth, Quick, Hayden 72.0 5 1 36 29

Ht12 Powell, Burnett, Timms, Brown 72.6 5 1 41 30

Ht13 Quick, Irons, Papworth, Burnett 73.0 1 5 42 35

Ht14 Harris, King, Windmill, Grant 71.8 4 2 46 37

Tongham Scurry

Frenzel, Glover, Jack Taylor (ret), H. Hughes (ret) 74.2

Pepper Harrow Stakes

Powell, Grant, Moreton, Windmill 72.4

Brook Stakes

Edwards, Grimes, Quick, Hayden 73.0

Haslemere Stakes

Harris, King, Papworth, Brown 71.6

Hindhead Stakes

Burnett, Timms, Irons, Dore 74.8

Event 20

Harris, Powell, Glover, Frenzel 71.8

Friday 9th May 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 61 Southampton Saints 23 (Southern League)

Wolverhampton

Eric Irons 3 2’ 3 1’ 9 2

Jimmy Grant 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3

Charlie Hayden 2’ 0 3 2’ 7 2

Cyril Quick 3 3 3 3 12

Ken Brown 3 2’ 3 2 10 1

Benny King 2’ 3 1 3 9 1

Roy Moreton 1 2 3

Derek Timms 1 1’ 2 1

Southampton

Bert Croucher 1 2 0 1 4

Jimmy Coughlan 0 1 0 1 2

Ted Moore 1 1 2 2 6

Roy Bartlett 0 0 0 0

Maury Mattingley 1 2 1 0 4

Dudley Smith 0 1’ 0 1 1

Dennis Cross 0 0 0

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Vic Pitcher 0 3 3 0 6

Ht1 Irons, Grant, Croucher, Coughlan (f) 69.8 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Quick, Hayden, Moore, Bartlett 70.2 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Brown, King, Mattingley, Smith (f) 71.2 5 1 15 3

Ht4 Quick, Croucher, Moreton, Cross 70.2 4 2 19 5

Ht5 Grant, Irons, Moore, Bartlett 71.4 5 1 24 6

Ht6 Quick, Mattingley, Smith, Hayden (ex) 70.4 3 3 27 9

Ht7 King, Brown, Coughlan, Croucher 70.8 5 1 32 10

Ht8 Hayden, Moore, Timms, Pitcher (ret) 71.0 4 2 36 12

Ht9 Irons, Grant, Mattingley, Smith 71.2 5 1 41 13

Ht10 Quick, Hayden, Croucher, Coughlan 70.6 5 1 46 14

Ht11 Brown, Moore, King, Bartlett 71.2 4 2 50 16

Ht12 Pitcher, Moreton, Irons, Mattingley 71.6 3 3 53 19

Ht13 Pitcher, Brown, Timms, Cross 72.0 3 3 56 22

Ht14 King, Grant, Coughlan, Pitcher 71.0 5 1 61 23

Wolverhampton Scratch Race (3 laps)

Ht1 King, Grant, Moore, Croucher 53.2

Ht2 Pitcher, Brown, Irons, Quick 53.0

Final King, Grant, Brown, Pitcher 52.6

Monmore Scratch Race

Allan Sutcliffe, Mattingley, Syd George, Ray Reece 74.0

Staffordshire Scurry

John Hitchings, Hayden, 'Gundy' Harris, Coughlan 72.4

Reserves Scratch Race

Pitcher, Cross, Moreton, Timms 73.2

Saturday 10th May 1952 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh

Rayleigh Rockets 52 Wolverhampton Wasps 32 (Southern League)

Rayleigh

Jack Unstead 1’ 3 3 3 10 1

Tom O’Connor 2 2’ 1 2 7 1

Gerald Jackson F 0 0

Les McGillivray 3 3 2 1 9

Jules Benson 1 1 1 2’ 5 1

Maurice McDermott 0 3 3 0 6

Ron Howes 2’ 2’ 2’ 6 3

Peter Clark 3 3 3 9

Wolverhampton

Eric Irons 0 1 0 2 3

Jimmy Grant 3 2 F 1 6

Charlie Hayden 2 0 1 0 3

Cyril Quick 1’ 1 2 0 4 1

Ken Brown 2’ 1 0 1 4 1

Benny King 3 3 2 3 11

Derek Timms 0 1 1

Roy Moreton 0 0 0

Ht1 Grant, O’Connor, Unstead, Irons 75.4 3 3 3 3

Ht2 McGillivray, Hayden, Quick, Jackson (f) 74.6 3 3 6 6

Ht3 King, Brown, Benson, McDermott 75.0 1 5 7 11

Ht4 McGillivray, Howes, Irons, Timms 75.2 5 1 12 12

Ht5 Unstead, O’Connor, Quick, Hayden 74.6 5 1 17 13

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Ht6 King, McGillivray, Brown, Jackson 75.2 2 4 19 17

Ht7 McDermott, Grant, Benson, Irons 75.6 4 2 23 19

Ht8 Clark, Howes, Hayden, Moreton 76.0 5 1 28 20

Ht9 Unstead, King, O’Connor, Brown 74.8 4 2 32 22

Ht10 Clark, Irons, McGillivray, Grant (f) 77.0 4 2 36 24

Ht11 McDermott, Quick, Benson, Hayden 75.0 4 2 40 26

Ht12 Unstead, Howes, Brown, Moreton 74.8 5 1 45 27

Ht13 Clark, Benson, Timms, Quick ? 5 1 50 28

Ht14 King, O’Connor, Grant, McDermott (f) 75.8 2 4 52 32

The Rayleigh Cinders One Lap Flying Start

Jack Unstead 18.2

Cyril Quick 18.4

Maurice McDermott 18.4

The Cockle Scratch Race

Ht1 King, Howes, Brown, Applegate 75.4

Ht2 Jack Unstead, L.McGillivray, Benson, Quick 75.0

Ht3 McDermott, O’Connor, Moreton, Hayden 76.0

Ht4 Jackson, Irons, Grant, George Unstead 76.6

Ht5 Flanagan, Mike Wood, Jim McGillivray, Clark 76.2

Final King, Unstead, Flanagan, McDermott 75.0

Friday 16th May 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 54 Cardiff Dragons 30 (Southern League)

Wolverhampton

Eric Irons 3 3 3 3 12

Jimmy Grant 1 0 2 0 3

Charlie Hayden 3 2’ 1’ 0 6 2

Cyril Quick 0 3 3 2 8

Ken Brown 2’ 0 2’ 3 7 2

Benny King 3 3 3 3 12

John Hitchings 1 2’ 3 1

Jack Cunningham 2 1 3

Cardiff

Charlie May 0 2 1 1 4

Chum Taylor 2 2 3 1’ 8 1

Gerald Pugh 1’ 1’ 3 1 6 2

Mick Holland 2 2 0 0 4

Hugh Geddes 1 1 1 1 4

Jim Wright 0 0 2 2

Paul Best 0 0 2 2

Kevin Hayden 0 0 0

Ht1 Irons, Taylor, Grant, May 70.6 4 2 4 2

Ht2 C.Hayden, Holland, Pugh, Quick 72.2 3 3 7 5

Ht3 King, Brown, Geddes, Wright 70.4 5 1 12 6

Ht4 Quick, May, Hitchings, Best 71.0 4 2 16 8

Ht5 Irons, Holland, Pugh, Grant (exc) 70.8 3 3 19 11

Ht6 Quick, C.Hayden, Geddes, Wright 72.0 5 1 24 12

Ht7 King, Taylor, May, Brown 70.4 3 3 27 15

Ht8 Pugh, Cunningham, C.Hayden, Best 72.4 3 3 30 18

Ht9 Irons, Grant, Geddes, K.Hayden 71.0 5 1 35 19

Ht10 Taylor, Quick, May, C.Hayden 71.6 2 4 37 23

Ht11 King, Brown, Pugh, Holland 71.0 5 1 42 24

Ht12 Irons, Hitchings, Geddes, K.Hayden (ef) 71.0 5 1 47 25

Ht13 Brown, Best, Cunningham, Holland 72.6 4 2 51 27

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Ht14 King, Wright, Taylor, Grant (exc) 71.2 3 3 54 30

Wolverhampton Scratch Race (3 laps)

Ht1 Taylor, Grant, King, Brown 53.8

Ht2 Quick, Irons, May, Pugh 53.2

Final Irons, Grant, Quick, Taylor 53.2

Monmore Scratch Race

Tom Turnham, Gundy Harris, Ray Reece, Allan Sutcliffe 73.2

Staffordshire Scurry

John Hitchings, Roy Moreton, Holland, Barry East 72.8

Reserves Scratch Race

Cunningham, C.Hayden, Best, Timms 72.2

Saturday 17th May 1952 Abbey Stadium, Swindon

Swindon Robins 45.5 Wolverhampton Wasps 38.5 (Southern League)

Swindon

Buster Brown 0 2 2 3 7

Bob Wells 1 1’ 1’ 3 6 2

Bob Jones 3 3 3 3 12

Ian Williams 0 2 1 0 3

Reg Lambourne 0 1 1 3 5

Frank Evans 2 3 3 0 8

Ray Ellis 0 0

Ken Wiggins 1.5 2’ 1 4.5 1

Wolverhampton

Eric Irons 2’ 3 0 1’ 6 2

Jimmy Grant 3 2 2 2 9

Charlie Hayden 2 0 1.5 2 5.5

Cyril Quick 1’ 3 0 2 6 1

Ken Brown 1 0 0 0 1

Benny King 3 2 3 1’ 9 1

John Hitchings 1 0 1

Jack Cunningham 0 1 1

Ht1 Grant, Irons, Wells, B. Brown 77.0 1 5 1 5

Ht2 Jones, Hayden, Quick, Williams 77.2 3 3 4 8

Ht3 King, Evans, K. Brown, Lambourne 77.0 2 4 6 12

Ht4 Irons, Williams, Hitchings, Ellis 79.6 2 4 8 16

Ht5 Quick, B. Brown, Wells, Hayden (f) 78.8 3 3 11 19

Ht6 Jones, King, Williams, K. Brown 76.8 4 2 15 21

Ht7 Evans, Grant, Lambourne, Irons 79.0 4 2 19 23

Ht8 Jones, Wiggins/Hayden (dead-heat), Cunningham 78.2 4.5 1.5 23.5 24.5

Ht9 King, B. Brown, Wells, K. Brown 77.2 3 3 26.5 27.5

Ht10 Jones, Grant, Irons, Williams (f) 78.0 3 3 29.5 30.5

Ht11 Evans, Hayden, Lambourne, Quick 79.6 4 2 33.5 32.5

Ht12 B. Brown, Wiggins, Cunningham, K. Brown 80.6 5 1 38.5 33.5

Ht13 Lambourne, Quick, Wiggins, Hitchings (ret) 79.4 4 2 42.5 35.5

Ht14 Wells, Grant, King, Evans 78.4 3 3 45.5 38.5

Junior Scratch Race

Harold George, Malcolm Snook, Reg Nichols (ret), Mick Hard (ret) 85.2

Stadium Scratch Races

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Ht1 Wiggins, Cunningham, Ellis, Hitchings 81.0

Ht2 B. Brown, Grant, K. Brown, Evans 78.6

Ht3 King, Wells, Quick, Jones 78.0

Ht4 Wiggins, Ellis, Hard, Snook 80.4

Ht5 Williams, Irons, Hayden, Lambourne 81.0

Thursday 22nd May 1952 Station Road, Long Eaton

Long Eaton Archers 45 Wolverhampton Wasps 39 (Southern League)

Long Eaton

Roy Browning 1 0 1 2 4

Peter Moore 3 2 3 1 9

Bill Harris 3 3 3 3 12

Wilf Plant 0 3 0 2’ 5 1

Jack Winstanley 1 2 1 2’ 6 1

Cyril Page 0 0 0

Johnnie Jones 2’ 1’ 0 3 2

Frank Malouf 0 3 3 6

Wolverhampton

Charlie Hayden 0 1 1 2

Cyril Quick 2 3 1 2’ 8 1

Eric Irons 1’ 3 2 0 6 1

Jimmy Grant 2 1 2 1 6

Ken Brown 3 1’ 2 3 9 1

Benny King 2’ 2 0 3 7 1

Roy Moreton 0 0 0

Jack Cunningham 1’ 0 0 1 1

Ht1 Moore, Quick, Browning, Hayden 73.6 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Harris, Grant, Irons, Plant (ret) 73.8 3 3 7 5

Ht3 Brown, King, Winstanley, Page 73.4 1 5 8 10

Ht4 Plant, Jones, Hayden, Moreton 75.4 5 1 13 11

Ht5 Irons, Moore, Grant, Browning 74.6 2 4 15 15

Ht6 Harris, King, Brown, Plant 73.8 3 3 18 18

Ht7 Quick, Winstanley, Hayden, Page (ret) 73.6 2 4 20 22

Ht8 Harris, Irons, Cunningham, Malouf 75.0 3 3 23 25

Ht9 Moore, Brown, Browning, King 75.2 4 2 27 27

Ht10 Harris, Plant, Quick, Cunningham 74.8 5 1 32 28

Ht11 Malouf, Grant, Winstanley, Irons (ret) 76.0 4 2 36 30

Ht12 Brown, Browning, Jones, Cunningham 74.8 3 3 39 33

Ht13 Malouf, Winstanley, Grant, Moreton 76.4 5 1 44 34

Ht14 King, Quick, Moore, Jones 74.4 1 5 45 39

Nottingham Scratch Race

Mason, Cunningham, Moreton, Fred Siggins 76.8

Wolverhampton Scratch Race

Ht1 Quick, Winstanley, Eric Mason, Grant 76.4

Ht2 Browning, Hayden, Irons, Siggins 76.2

Ht3 Plant, Brown, Moore, Malouf 76.8

Ht4 Harris, King, Jones, Pugh (f) 76.0

Final Quick, Plant, Browning, Harris 76.0

Friday 23rd May 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 48 St Austell Gulls 36 (Southern League)

Wolverhampton

Charlie Hayden 1’ 1 0 1 3 1

Cyril Quick 2 2.5 3 2’ 9.5 1

Eric Irons 1 3 3 1 8

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Jimmy Grant 3 2.5 2’ 3 10.5 1

Ken Brown 1 0 2’ 2 5 1

Benny King 3 2 3 3 11

Hitchings 0 0 0

Jack Cunningham 0 1’ 1 1

St Austell

Norman Street 3 2.5 3 2 10.5 1

Max Rech 0 1 0 1

Allan Quinn 2 2.5 1 0 5.5

Ticker James 0 0 1 0 1

Harold Bull 2 0 1’ 2’ 5 2

Ken James 0 1 2 1 4

Maurice Hutchens 1 3 4

Ken Monk 2 3 0 5

Ht1 Street, Quick, Hayden, Rech 68.0 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Grant, Quinn, Irons, T.James (f) 71.2 4 2 7 5

Ht3 King, Bull, Brown, K.James 70.2 4 2 11 7

Ht4 Grant, & Street, Hutchens, Hitchings (ef) 70.0 2.5 3.5 13.5 10.5

Ht5 Quick & Quinn, Hayden, T.James 70.8 3.5 2.5 17 13

Ht6 Irons, Grant, K.James, Bull (f) 71.0 5 1 22 14

Ht7 Street, King, Rech, Brown 68.8 2 4 24 18

Ht8 Irons, Monk, Quinn, Cunningham 71.6 3 3 27 21

Ht9 Quick, K.James, Bull, Hayden 70.2 3 3 30 24

Ht10 Grant, Street, Irons, Rech 70.8 4 2 34 26

Ht11 King, Brown, T.James, Quinn 70.4 5 1 39 27

Ht12 Monk, Bull, Hayden, Hitchings 70.8 1 5 40 32

Ht13 Hutchens, Brown, Cunningham, T.James (ef) 72.8 3 3 43 35

Ht14 King, Quick, K.James, Monk 70.4 5 1 48 36

Wolverhampton Scratch Race (3 laps)

Ht1 Street, King, Quinn, Grant (f) 52.6

Ht2 Quick, Irons, Monk, Bull 53.0

Final Street, Small, Irons, Quick 52.0

Monmore Scratch Race

Hayden, Barry East, Derek Timms, Roy Williams (ex) 72.6

Staffordshire Scurry

King, Grant, Terry Small, Ken Middleditch 70.0

Reserves Scratch Race

Monk, Cunningham, Hutchens, East (f) 71.6

Additional Race (3 laps)

Small, Street, Middleditch, Brown 52.4

Friday 30th May 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

World Championship Qualifying Round

1 Tom O'Connor Rayleigh 0 1 3 3 3 10

2 Benny King Wolverhampton 3 3 3 3 2 14

3 Ron Howes Rayleigh 1 3 1 1 0 6

4 Dick Howard Ashfield 2 1 1 2 2 8

5 Peter Dykes White City 2 0 1 0 0 3

6 Jimmy Grant Wolverhampton 1 0 2 1 2 6

7 Gil Blake Hanley 0 2 0 1 1 4

8 Charlie New Coventry 3 3 3 2 2 13

9 Norman Street St. Austell 3 2 2 3 3 13

10 Johnnie Fitzpatrick Hanley 2 2 2 2 1 9

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11 Stan Williams Coventry 1 1 0 0 3 5

12 Charlie Hayden Wolverhampton 0 0 2 2 1 5

13 Cyril Quick Wolverhampton 3 3 3 1 3 13

14 Ted Moore Southampton 0 1 0 0 1 2

15 Johnny Chamberlain Yarmouth 1 0 0 0 0 1

16 Ray Harris Hanley 2 2 1 3 0 8

17 Eric Irons (reserve) Wolverhampton

Ht1 King, Howard, Howes, O’Connor 69.4

Ht2 New, Dykes, Grant, Blake 69.8

Ht3 Street, Fitzpatrick, Williams, Hayden 69.4

Ht4 Quick, Harris, Chamberlain, Moore 69.0

Ht5 Quick, Street, O’Connor, Dykes 69.2

Ht6 King, Fitzpatrick, Moore, Grant (ex) 69.2

Ht7 Howes, Blake, Williams, Chamberlain 71.6

Ht8 New, Harris, Howard, Hayden 71.0

Ht9 O’Connor, Grant, Harris, Williams 69.4

Ht10 King, Hayden, Dykes, Chamberlain 69.6

Ht11 New, Street, Howes, Moore 69.2

Ht12 Quick, Fitzpatrick, Howard, Blake 69.8

Ht13 O’Connor, Hayden, Blake, Moore 70.0

Ht14 King, New, Quick, Williams 68.6

Ht15 Harris, Fitzpatrick, Howes, Dyke 71.2

Ht16 Street, Howard, Grant, Chamberlain 70.6

Ht17 O’Connor, New, Fitzpatrick, Chamberlain 70.0

Ht18 Street, King, Blake, Harris 69.6

Ht19 Quick, Grant, Hayden, Howes 70.4

Ht20 Williams, Howard, Moore, Dykes (f) 72.0

Monday 2nd June 1952 Tongham Greyhound Stadium, Aldershot

Aldershot Shots 39 Wolverhampton Wasps 45 (Southern League)

Aldershot

Archie Windmill 3 1’ 1’ 3 8 2

Ivor Powell 1 2 2 0 5

Bert Edwards 3 3 0 3 9

Bill Grimes 0 1 0 0 1

Doug Papworth 0 3 2 3 8

Basil Harris 2 2’ 0 2 6 1

Charlie Frenzel 0 1 1

Ron Burnett 1 0 1

Wolverhampton

Eric Irons 2 3 0 1’ 6 1

Jimmy Grant 0 1 2 3 6

Charlie Hayden 1’ 0 3 1 5 1

Cyril Quick 2 3 3 2 10

Ken Brown 1 1’ 0 2 4 1

Benny King 3 2 3 1 9

Roy Moreton 2’ 1’ 3 2

Jack Cunningham 2’ 0 2 1

Ht1 Windmill, Irons, Powell, Grant 69.0 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Edwards, Quick, Hayden, Grimes 70.4 3 3 7 5

Ht3 King, Harris, Brown, Papworth 69.8 2 4 9 9

Ht4 Irons, Moreton, Grimes, Frenzel 70.6 1 5 10 14

Ht5 Quick, Powell, Windmill, Hayden 69.4 3 3 13 17

Ht6 Edwards, King, Brown, Grimes 69.8 3 3 16 20

Ht7 Papworth, Harris, Grant, Irons 69.8 5 1 21 21

Ht8 Hayden, Cunningham, Burnett, Edwards 72.8 1 5 22 26

Ht9 King, Powell, Windmill, Brown 69.0 3 3 25 29

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Ht10 Edwards, Grant, Irons, Grimes 70.2 3 3 28 32

Ht11 Quick, Papworth, Hayden, Harris 70.0 2 4 30 36

Ht12 Windmill, Brown, Frenzel, Cunningham 69.4 4 2 34 38

Ht13 Papworth, Quick, Moreton, Burnett 69.2 3 3 37 41

Ht14 Grant, Harris, King, Powell 71.0 2 4 39 45

Epsom Stakes

Ht1 J.Taylor, Alf Viccary, Dore & Chris Papworth (dead-heat) 75.8

Ht2 Grant, Frenzel, Irons, Powell 70.2

Ht3 King, Brown, Windmill, Harris 70.4

Ht4 D.Papworth, Quick, Edwards, Hayden 70.0

Final King, D.Papworth, Grant, Taylor 69.4

Tongham Derby

Cunningham, Moreton, Burnett, M.Mitchell 72.6

Friday 6th June 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 51 Ipswich Witches 33 (Southern League)

Wolverhampton

Eric Irons 2 3 3 3 11

Jimmy Grant 1’ 0 1 0 2 1

Charlie Hayden 3 1 2 1 7 1

Cyril Quick 2’ 1’ 3 2 8 2

Ken Brown 2’ 1’ 1 2’ 6 3

Benny King 3 2 3 3 11

Jack Cunningham 2 1 3

John Hitchings 0 3 3

Ipswich

Sid Clark 3 3 3 3 12

Alby Smith 0 0 0 2 2

Harold McNaughton 1 2 3 2 8

Arthur Pilgrim 0 1’ 0 0 1 1

Dick Shepherd 1 2 2 2 7

Vic Sage 0 0 0 1’ 1 1

Dennis Day 0 0

Tich Read 1 0 1 2

Ht1 Clark, Irons, Grant, Smith 69.8 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Hayden, Quick, McNaughton, Pilgrim 70.8 5 1 8 4

Ht3 King, Brown, Shepherd, Sage (f) 70.6 5 1 13 5

Ht4 Clark, Cunningham, Quick, Day (f) 70.2 3 3 16 8

Ht5 Irons, McNaughton, Pilgrim, Grant (f) 71.0 3 3 19 11

Ht6 Quick, Shepherd, Hayden, Sage 71.2 4 2 23 13

Ht7 Clark, King, Brown, Smith 69.6 3 3 26 16

Ht8 McNaughton, Hayden, Read, Hitchings (f) 71.4 2 4 28 20

Ht9 Irons, Shepherd, Grant, Sage 70.4 4 2 32 22

Ht10 Clark, Quick, Hayden, Smith 70.4 3 3 35 25

Ht11 King, McNaughton, Brown, Pilgrim 70.6 4 2 39 27

Ht12 Irons, Shepherd, Cunningham, Read 70.6 4 2 43 29

Ht13 Hitchings, Brown, Read, Pilgrim (f) 72.2 5 1 48 30

Ht14 King, Smith, Sage, Grant 71.6 3 3 51 33

Wolverhampton Scratch Race (3 laps)

Ht1 Clark, McNaughton, Irons, Quick 53.2

Ht2 King, Hayden, Shepherd, Brown 53.4

Final Clark, McNaughton, King, Hayden 52.0

Reserves Scratch Race

Pilgrim, Cunningham, Hitchins, Read 72.6

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Monmore Scratch Race

Derek Timms, Sage, Jemison, Grant (exc) 72.0

Staffordshire Scurry

Bill Jemison, Ray Reece, Barry East, Roy Williams 72.2

Friday 13th June 1952 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 51 Plymouth Devils 31 (Southern League)

Wolverhampton

Eric Irons 3 2 3 3 11

Jimmy Grant 1 1’ 2’ 3 7 2

Charlie Hayden 0 2’ 2 2’ 6 2

Cyril Quick 1 2 3 3 9

Ken Brown 1’ 1 0 3 5 1

Benny King 2 3 3 2’ 10 1

Jack Cunningham 1’ 2’ 3 2

John Hitchings 0 F 0

Plymouth

George Wall 2 3 2 1 8

Brian Hitchcock 0 F 0 0

Alan Smith 3 3 3 2 11

Bill Thatcher 2’ 0 1’ 2 5 2

Frank Wheeler 0 F 0 0

Pete Lansdale 3 F 1 1 5

Ted Stevens 0 F 0 0

Doug Fursey 1 1 0 2

Ht1 Irons, Wall, Grant, Hitchcock 70.8 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Smith, Thatcher, Quick, Hayden 70.6 1 5 5 7

Ht3 Lansdale, King, Brown, Wheeler 70.2 3 3 8 10

Ht4 Wall, Quick, Cunningham, Stevens 73.6 3 3 11 13

Ht5 Smith, Irons, Grant, Thatcher 70.6 3 3 14 16

Ht6 Quick, Hayden, Wheeler (f), Lansdale (f) 73.6 5 0 19 16

Ht7 King, Wall, Brown, Hitchcock 71.2 4 2 23 18

Ht8 Smith, Hayden, Fursey, Hitchings 72.0 2 4 25 22

Ht9 Irons, Grant, Lansdale, Wheeler 70.4 5 1 30 23

Ht10 Quick, Hayden, Wall, Hitchcock (f) 71.4 5 1 35 24

Ht11 King, Smith, Thatcher, Brown 70.6 3 3 38 27

Ht12 Irons, Cunningham, Fursey, Stevens 72.0 5 1 43 28

Ht13 Brown, Thatcher, Hitchings (f), Stevens (f) 73.0 3 2 46 30

Ht14 Grant, King, Lansdale, Hitchcock 69.6 5 1 51 31

Wolverhampton Scratch Race (3 laps)

Ht1: Quick, King, Wall, Wheeler 55.2 ?

Ht2: Lansdale, Brown, Irons, Fursey 56.6 ?

Ht3: Grant, Smith, Hayden, Bill Jemison (exc) 56.2 ?

Final: Lansdale, Grant, Quick, King 57.8

Reserves' Scratch Race

Cunningham, Derek Timms, Hitchings, Hitchcock 78.4

Staffordshire Scurry

Ray Reece, Barry East, Jemison, Roy Williams ?

Friday 17th June 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Midland Riders' Championship Qualifying Round

1 Benny King Wolverhampton 1 3 2 2 3 11

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2 Eric Boothroyd Birmingham 2 3 2 2 3 12

3 Arthur Payne Birmingham 0 3 3 3 3 12

4 Cyril Quick Wolverhampton 3 0 3 3 3 12

5 Eric Irons Wolverhampton 2 2 3 1 2 10

6 Jimmy Grant Wolverhampton 3 2 3 2 2 12

7 Guy Allott Cradley Heath 0 0 0 3 0 3

8 Derek Timms Wolverhampton 1 2 1 0 1 5

9 Jack Cunningham Wolverhampton 3 0 2 1 2 8

10 Les Hewitt Coventry 0 0 1 0 0 1

11 Ken Brown Wolverhampton 2 2 1 3 0 8

12 Jimmy Wright Cradley Heath 1 1 0 1 1 4

13 Charlie Hayden Wolverhampton 1 1 2 1 0 5

14 Les Tolley Cradley Heath 2 1 0 0 1 4

15 Bill Harris Long Eaton 0 1 1 0 2 4

16 Gil Blake Stoke 3 3 0 2 1 9

17 Roy Moreton (reserve) Wolverhampton

18 Syd George (reserve) Wolverhampton

Ht1 Quick, Boothroyd, King, Payne (ex) 68.8

Ht2 Grant, Irons, Timms, Allott (f) 69.6

Ht3 Cunningham, Brown, Wright, Hewitt (ret) 71.4

Ht4 Blake, Tolley, Hayden, Harris 71.0

Ht5 King, Irons, Hayden, Cunningham 69.2

Ht6 Boothroyd, Grant, Tolley, Hewitt 68.8

Ht7 Payne, Brown, Harris, Allott 70.8

Ht8 Blake, Timms, Wright, Quick 70.4

Ht9 Grant, King, Brown, Blake 70.2

Ht10 Irons, Boothroyd, Harris, Wright 70.0

Ht11 Payne, Cunningham, Timms, Tolley 70.6

Ht12 Quick, Hayden, Hewitt, Allott (ret) 69.4

Ht13 Allott, King, Wright, Tolley 71.0

Ht14 Brown, Boothroyd, Hayden, Timms 69.4

Ht15 Payne, Blake, Irons, Hewitt (ret) 70.2

Ht16 Quick, Grant, Cunningham, Harris 69.2

Ht17 King, Harris, Timms, Hewitt 69.6

Ht18 Boothroyd, Cunningham, Blake, Allott 71.2

Ht19 Payne, Grant, Wright, Hayden 69.2

Ht20 Quick, Irons, Tolley, Brown 69.2

Wednesday 18th June 1952 Highbury Avenue Sports Stadium, Fleetwood

Fleetwood Knights 56 Wolverhampton Wasps 28 (North Fylde Trophy)

Fleetwood

Don Potter 3 3 3 3 12

Walter Leighs 2' 2' 0 1 5 2

Wilf Jay 3 3 3 3 12

Harold Bottoms 2' 2 1 0 5 1

Jeff Crawford 1 2' 2' 3 8 2

Norman Hargreaves 3 3 3 3 12

Les Howe 1' 1 2 1

Nathan Harker 0 0 0

Wolverhampton

Eric Irons 0 3 1 1’ 5 1

Jimmy Grant 1 0 2 0 3

Charlie Hayden 0 1 1' 0 2 1

Cyril Quick 1 0 1

Ken Brown 2 2 2 2 8

Benny King 0 0 1' 2 3 1

Jack Cunningham 0 1 2 3

Bill Jemison 2 0 1' 3 1

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Ht1 Potter, Leighs, Grant, Irons 69.4 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Jay, Bottoms, Quick, Hayden 70.6 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Hargreaves, Brown, Crawford, King 69.6 4 2 14 4

Ht4 Irons, Bottoms, Howe, Cunningham 70.4 3 3 17 7

Ht5 Potter, Leighs, Hayden, Quick 70.6 5 1 22 8

Ht6 Jay, Brown, Bottoms, King 70.0 4 2 26 10

Ht7 Hargreaves, Crawford, Irons, Grant 69.4 5 1 31 11

Ht8 Jay, Jemison, Hayden, Harker 70.4 3 3 34 14

Ht9 Potter, Brown, King, Leighs 70.8 3 3 37 17

Ht10 Jay, Grant, Irons, Bottoms 70.0 3 3 40 20

Ht11 Hargreaves, Crawford, Cunningham, Hayden 71.0 5 1 45 21

Ht12 Potter, Brown, Howe, Jemison 70.4 4 2 49 23

Ht13 Crawford, Cunningham, Jemison, Harker (f) 71.0 3 3 52 26

Ht14 Hargreaves, King, Leighs, Grant 70.8 4 2 56 28

Novice Race

Culshaw, Hindle, Cowells, Day (f) 74.0

Abbeyville Scratch Race

Ht1 Crawford, Potter, Irons, Jemison (f) 70.2

Ht2 Jay, Hargreaves, Culshaw, Brown 69.4

Ht3 Grant, Leighs, King, Bottoms 72.0

Ht4 Day, Cunningham, Howe, N.Harker (f) 72.4

Final Crawford, Grant, Day, Jay (exc) 70.8

Friday 20th June 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 47 Rayleigh Rockets 37 (Southern League)

Wolverhampton

Eric Irons 0 0 0 0

Jimmy Grant 3 3 2 3 11

Charlie Hayden 0 1 0 1 2

Cyril Quick 1 3 3 3 10

Ken Brown 0 2’ 3 3 8 1

Benny King 3 3 1 2’ 9 1

Jack Cunningham 0 1’ 1 1

Derek Timms 1 2 2 1 6

Rayleigh

Jack Unstead 1’ 2 1 0 4 1

Maurice McDermott 2 0 2 1 5

Gerald Jackson 2’ 1’ 3 0 6 2

Peter Clark 3 2 2 2 9

Tom O’Connor 2 2 3 3 10

Jules Benson 1’ 0 1 0 2 1

Ron Howes 0 0 0

Pat Flanagan 1 0 1

Ht 1Grant, McDermott, Unstead, Irons 70.0 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Clark, Jackson, Quick, Hayden 71.0 1 5 4 8

Ht3 King, O’Connor, Benson, Cunningham, Brown (ex) 70.0 3 3 7 11

Ht4 Quick, Unstead, Timms, Howes 69.8 4 2 11 13

Ht5 Grant, Clark, Jackson, Irons 70.2 3 3 14 16

Ht6 Quick, O’Conner, Hayden, Benson 70.4 4 2 18 18

Ht7 King, Brown, Unstead, McDermott 69.8 5 1 23 19

Ht8 Jackson, Timms, Flanagan, Hayden 71.2 2 4 25 23

Ht9 O’Connor, Grant, Benson, Irons 69.6 2 4 27 27

Ht10 Quick, McDermott, Hayden, Unstead 70.6 4 2 31 29

Ht11 Brown, Clark, King, Jackson 70.0 4 2 35 31

Ht12 O’Connor, Timms, Cunningham, Flanagan 71.2 3 3 38 34

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Ht13 Brown, Clark, Timms, Howes 69.6 4 2 42 36

Ht14 Grant, King, McDermott, Benson 69.6 5 1 47 37

Wolverhampton Scratch Race (3 laps)

Ht1: Quick, Clark, O’Connor, King 53.0 53.4

Ht2: Brown, McDermott, Unstead, Irons 52.8 53.6

Ht3: Grant, Jackson, Harry Wardropper, Bill Jemison 52.6 54.6

Final: Brown, Grant, Clark, Quick 52.6

Reserves' Scratch Race

Timms, Cunningham, Flanagan, Howes 73.4

Staffordshire Scurry

Jemison, Wardropper, Roy Moreton, Ray Reece (f) ?

Wednesday 25th June 1952 Tongham Greyhound Stadium, Aldershot

Aldershot Shots 32 Wolverhampton Wasps 52 (Challenge)

Aldershot

Jack Taylor 0 F 0

Ron Burnett 1 F 1 0 2

Bill Grimes 1 2 0 1 4

Vic Gooden 3 3 X 6

Basil Harris 1’ 0 2’ 2 5 2

Doug Papworth 2 3 3 3 11

Bernie Aldridge 0 0 0 0

Charlie Frenzel 2 1 1 0 4

Wolverhampton

Eric Irons 3 1’ 1’ 3 8 2

Jimmy Grant 2’ 2 2’ 1’ 7 3

Charlie Hayden 2 1 2’ 0 5 1

Cyril Quick 0 3 1 3 7

Ken Brown 0 1 2’ 2’ 5 2

Benny King 3 3 3 2 11

Jack Cunningham 2 1 3

Roy Moreton 3 3 6

Ht1 Irons, Grant, Burnett, Taylor 70.0 1 5 1 5

Ht2 Gooden, Hayden, Grimes, Quick 69.8 4 2 5 7

Ht3 King, Papworth, Harris, Brown 69.4 3 3 8 10

Ht4 Gooden, Cunningham, Irons, Aldridge 69.0 3 3 11 13

Ht5 Quick, Frenzrl. Hayden, Burnett (f) 70.2 2 4 13 17

Ht6 King, Grimes, Brown, Gooden (fexc) 72.0 2 4 15 21

Ht7 Papworth, Grant, Irons, Harris 70.8 3 3 18 24

Ht8 Moreton, Hayden, Frenzel, Grimes 71.6 1 5 19 29

Ht9 King, Brown, Burnett, Taylor (f) 69.8 1 5 20 34

Ht10 Irons, Gant, Grimes, Aldridge 71.8 1 5 21 39

Ht11 Papworth, Harris, Quick, Hayden 70.0 5 1 26 40

Ht12 Moreton, Brown, Frenzel, Aldridge ? 1 5 27 45

Ht13 Quick, harris, Cunningham, Frenzel 70.4 2 4 29 49

Ht14 Papworth, King, Grant, Burnett 69.0 3 3 32 52

Friday 27th June 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 53 Cardiff Dragons 31 (Southern League)

Wolverhampton

Eric Irons 0 0 3 2 5

Jimmy Grant 3 1 2’ 3 9 1

Charlie Hayden 0 0 0

Cyril Quick 3 3 3 3 12

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Ken Brown 0 3 1 3 7

Benny King 3 2’ 3 2’ 10 2

Jack Cunningham 2’ 2’ 1’ 5 3

Derek Timms 3 1 1 5

Cardiff

Bert Edwards 1’ 0 0 2 3 1

Charlie May 2 1 0 1 4

Gerald Pugh 1’ 2’ 1 0 4 2

Mick Holland 2 3 2 2 9

Hugh Geddes 1’ 2 1 3 7 1

Chum Taylor 2 1’ 0 0 3 1

Derek Clark 1 0 1

Kevin Hayden 0 0 0

Ht1 Grant, May, Edwards, Irons (ret) 70.6 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Quick, Holland, Pugh, Hayden 70.8 3 3 6 6

Ht3 King, Taylor, Geddes, Brown 70.4 3 3 9 9

Ht4 Quick, Cunningham, Clark, Edwards (f) 72.4 5 1 14 10

Ht5 Holland, Pugh, Grant, Irons 71.0 1 5 15 15

Ht6 Quick, Geddes, Taylor, Hayden 71.4 3 3 18 18

Htt7 Brown, King, May, Edwards 72.4 5 1 23 19

Ht8 Timms, Cunningham, Pugh, Hayden 73.0 5 1 28 20

Ht9 Irons, Grant, Geddes, Taylor (f) 72.0 5 1 33 21

Ht10 Quick, Edwards, Timms, May (exc tps) 72.4 4 2 37 23

Ht11 King, Holland, Brown, Pugh 70.4 4 2 41 25

Ht12 Geddes, Irons, Cunningham, Hayden 72.0 3 3 44 28

Ht13 Brown, Holland, Timms, Clark 70.8 4 2 48 30

Ht14 Grant, King, May, Taylor 71.2 5 1 53 31

Wolverhampton Scratch Race (3 laps)

Ht1: Cunningham, King, Holland, Jemison 54.0

Ht2: Geddes, Brown, Irons, Timms 53.6

Ht3: Grant, Quick, May, Pugh 54.0

Final: Grant, Cunningham, Geddes, Reece 53.0

Reserves Scratch Race

K.Hayden, C.Hayden, Timms, Clark 73.2

Staffordshire Scurry

Ray Reece, Smudger Smith, Bill Jemison (ex), Harry Wardropper (f) 75.8

Sunday 30th June 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Charity Sports Gala

Ht1 Jack Young bt Bert Roger ?

Ht2 Benny King bt Eric Irons ?

Ht3 Young, King, Roger, Irins ?

Thursday 3rd July 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth

Plymouth Devils 45 Wolverhampton Wasps 39 (Southern League)

Plymouth

George Wall 3 3 3 3 12

Ted Stevens 0 2’ 1 0 3 1

Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 12

Brian Hitchcock 2’ 2 1 1 6 1

Frank Wheeler 1’ 0 0 1 1

Bill Thatcher 2 1 2 3 8

Bill Rundle 1’ 1’ 0 2 2

Doug Fursey 0 1 1

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Wolverhampton

Eric Irons 1’ 0 3 0 4 1

Jimmy Grant 2 2’ 2 2 8 1

Charlie Hayden 0 0 0 0

Cyril Quick 1 1 3 3 8

Ken Brown 0 0 0

Benny King 3 2 2 1’ 8 1

Jack Cunningham 3 1’ 2 2’ 8 2

Bill Jamison 2 0 1’ 3 1

Ht1 Wall, Grant, Irons, Stevens 75.6 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Smith, Hitchcock, Quick, Hayden 75.2 5 1 8 4

Ht3 King, Thatcher, Wheeler, Brown 75.2 3 3 11 7

Ht4 Cunningham, Hitchcock, Rundle, Irons 77.0 3 3 14 10

Ht5 Wall, Stevens, Quick, Hayden 76.0 5 1 19 11

Ht6 Smith, King, Hitchcock, Brown 74.8 4 2 23 13

Ht7 Irons, Grant, Thatcher, Wheeler 77.2 1 5 24 18

Ht8 Smith, Jemison, Cunningham, Fursey 75.2 3 3 27 21

Ht9 Wall, King, Stevens, Jemison 75.4 4 2 31 23

Ht10 Smith, Grant, Hitchcock, Irons 75.8 4 2 35 25

Ht11 Quick, Thatcher, Rundle, Hayden 76.2 3 3 38 28

Ht12 Wall, Cunningham, Jemison, Rundle 75.4 3 3 41 31

Ht13 Quick, Cunningham, Fursey, Wheeler (f) 76.8 1 5 42 36

Ht14 Thatcher, Grant, King, Stevens 75.6 3 3 45 39

Reserve Scratch Race

Jemison, Cunningham, Rundle, Fursey 76.8

Stadium Scratch Race

Jemison, Hitchcock, Cunningham, Rundle 78.0

Peverell Scratch Race

Ht1 Smith, Stevens, King, Hayden 76.6 77.4

Ht2 Grant, Thatcher, Cunningham, Jemison 77.2 78.0

Ht3 Wall, Hitchcock, Irons, Quick 76.2 77.8

Final Wall, Smith, Grant, Stevens 75.8

Friday 4th July 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 59 Exeter Falcons 25 (Southern League)

Wolverhampton

Eric Irons 1 1 2’ 3 7 1

Jimmy Grant 3 3 3 2’ 11 1

Derek Timms 2’ 1 3 0 6 1

Cyril Quick 3 3 3 3 12

Ken Brown 1 2’ 1 3 7 1

Benny King 3 3 3 3 12

Jack Cunningham 1 2’ 3 1

Charlie Hayden 0 1 1

Exeter

Goog Hoskin 0 2 0 2 4

Jack Geran 2 1 1’ 1 5 1

Don Hardy 0 2 2 2 6

Johnny Sargeant 1 0 0 2 3

Vic Gent 2 2 0 1 5

Ron Barrett 0 0 1 0 1

Neil Street 0 0 0

Ron Swaine 1’ 0 1 1

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Ht1 Grant, Geran, Irons, Hoskin (f) 69.6 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Quick, Timms, Sargeant, Hardy 71.0 5 1 9 3

Ht3 King, Gent, Brown, Barrett 71.0 4 2 13 5

Ht4 Quick, Hoskin, Cunningham, Street 70.6 4 2 17 7

Ht5 Grant, Hardy, Irons, Sargeant 70.4 4 2 21 9

Ht6 Quick, Gent, Timms, Barrett 70.8 4 2 25 11

Ht7 King, Brown, Geran, Hoskin (f) 71.0 5 1 30 12

Ht8 Timms, Hardy, Swaine, Hayden 72.2 3 3 33 15

Ht9 Grant, Irons, Barrett, Gent 71.0 5 1 38 16

Ht10 Quick, Hoskin, Geran, Timms (f) 71.2 3 3 41 19

Ht11 King, Hardy, Brown, Sargeant 70.4 4 2 45 21

Ht12 Irons, Cunningham, Gent, Swaine 72.0 5 1 50 22

Ht13 Brown, Sargeant, Hayden, Street 72.2 4 2 54 24

Ht14 King, Grant, Geran, Barrett 70.4 5 1 59 25

Wolverhampton Scratch Race (3 laps)

Ht1: King, Hardy, Irons, Geran 53.0

Ht2: Bill Jemison, Brown, Gent, Hoskin (ret) 54.8

Ht3: Grant, Quick, Timms, Sargeant 53.0

Final: Grant, King, Moreton, Jemison 53.0

Reserves Scratch Race

Hayden, Cunningham, Street, Swaine (ex) 71.4

Staffordshire Scurry

Roy Moreton, Ray Reece, Smudger Smith, Cunningham (ex) 73.6

Friday 11th July 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 55 Aldershot Shots 28 (Southern League)

Wolverhampton

Eric Irons 2’ 3 1 3 9 1

Jimmy Grant 3 2’ 3 3 11 1

Derek Timms 0 0 1 1

Cyril Quick 3 2 3 3 11

Ken Brown 1 1 0 3 5

Benny King 3 3 3 2’ 11 1

Jack Cunningham 1’ 1 1 3 1

Charlie Hayden 3 1 4

Aldershot

Bill Grimes 0 3 0 2 5

Ivor Powell 0 2 0 1 3

Archie Windmill 2 0 2 2 6

Vic Gooden 1’ 1 1’ 2 5 2

Basil Harris 2 2 2 2 8

Doug Papworth 0 1’ 0 0 1 1

Charlie Frenzel 0 0 0

John Dore 0 0 0

Ht1 Grant, Irons, Powell (f), Grimes (f) 73.2 5 0 5 0

Ht2 Quick, Windmill, Gooden, Timms (exc) 72.6 3 3 8 3

Ht3 King, Harris, Brown, Papworth 71.4 4 2 12 5

Ht4 Grimes, Quick, Cunningham, Frenzel 74.2 3 3 15 8

Ht5 Irons, Grant, Gooden, Windmill (ef) 72.0 5 1 20 9

Ht6 Quick, Harris, Papworth, Timms 71.8 3 3 23 12

Ht7 King, Powell, Brown, Grimes 71.2 4 2 27 14

Ht8 Hayden, Windmill, Cunningham, Dore 72.2 4 2 31 16

Ht9 Grant, Harris, Irons, Papworth 71.0 4 2 35 18

Ht10 Quick, Grimes, Timms, Powell (ef) 71.4 4 2 39 20

Ht11 King, Windmill, Gooden, Brown 70.8 3 3 42 23

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Ht12 Irons, Harris, Cunningham, Dore 71.4 4 2 46 25

Ht13 Brown, Gooden, Hayden, Frenzel 72.0 4 2 50 27

Ht14 Grant, King, Powell, Papworth 72.0 5 1 55 28

Wolverhampton Scratch Race (3 laps)

Ht1 Quick, Harris, Gooden, Brown 53.2

Ht2 B.King, Orons, Powell, Grimes (f) 52.8

Ht3 Grant, Timms, Frenzell Jemison 53.2

Final B King, Grant, Quick, Hayden 52,2

Cannock Chase

Hayden, Bradbury, Moreton, Cunningham 72.0

Reserves Scratch Race

Frenzell, Dore, Smith, Glassbrenner 74.4

Staffordshire Scurry

Bradbury, Jemison, Reece, George 71.4

Saturday 12th July 1952 Abbey Stadium, Swindon

Swindon Robins 55 Wolverhampton Wasps 29 (Southern League)

Swindon

Buster Brown 0 1 2’ 3 6 1

Bob Wells 3 3 3 0 9

Reg Lambourne 2’ 1 1 1 5 1

Bob Jones 3 3 3 3 12

Ian Williams 1’ 1 0 0 2 1

Frank Evans 2 3 3 3 11

Ray Ellis 1 2’ 1 4 1

Ken Wiggins 3 3 6

Wolverhampton

Eric Irons 0 1 2 2 5

Jimmy Grant 2 0 0 2 4

Derek Timms 0 0 0

Cyril Quick 1 2 2 2 7

Ken Brown 0 0 2 2

Benny King 3 2 0 1’ 6 1

Jack Cunningham 0 1 1’ 2 1

Bill Jemison 0 2 0 1’ 3 1

Ht1 Wells, Grant, Ellis, Irons, B. Brown (ex, 2m) 75.4 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Jones, Lambourne, Quick, Timms 77.4 5 1 9 3

Ht3 King, Evans, Williams (f, rem), K. Brown 77.0 3 3 12 6

Ht4 Jones, Ellis, Irons, Cunningham 75.8 5 1 17 7

Ht5 Wells, Quick, B. Brown, Jemison (f) 76.8 4 2 21 9

Ht6 Jones, King, Lambourne, K. Brown 75.8 4 2 25 11

Ht7 Evans, Irons, Williams, Grant 76.2 4 2 29 13

Ht8 Wiggins, Jemison, Lambourne, Timms 78.0 4 2 33 15

Ht9 Wells, B. Brown, Cunningham, King 76.8 5 1 38 16

Ht10 Jones, Irons, Lambourne, Grant 76.2 4 3 42 18

Ht11 Evans, Quick, Cunningham, Williams 77.4 3 3 45 21

Ht12 B. Brown, K. Brown, Ellis, Jemison (f, ex) 77.4 4 2 49 23

Ht13 Wiggins, Quick, Jemison, Williams (f, rem) 77.6 3 3 52 26

Ht14 Evans, Grant, King, Wells (ret) 76.8 3 3 55 29

Junior Robins Scurry

Mick Hard, Wiggins, Dick Pitman, Gordon Short 79.4

Wasps and Robins Scratch Races

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Ht1 Jones, Williams, K. Brown, Timms 77.0

Ht2 Irons, Evans, B. Brown, Quick 77.2

Ht3 Cunningham, Ellis, Wiggins, Jemison 79.0

Ht4 Lambourne, Wells, Grant, King 77.4

Ht5 Wiggins, Ellis, Pitman, Hard 78.4

Friday 18th July 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 62 St Austell Gulls 22 (Southern League)

Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 1 3 3 2 9

Jack Cunningham 3 2’ 2’ 1 8 2

Eric Irons 3 2’ 3 1 9 1

Jimmy Grant 2’ 3 3 3 11 1

Ken Brown 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3

Benny King 3 3 3 3 12

Derek Timms 1 0 1

Charlie Hayden 1 2’ 3 1

St Austell

Norman Street 2 2 1 2 7

Aston Quin 0 0 0 0 0

Ken Monk 1 1 2 0 4

Allan Quinn 0 0 1 1 2

Lloyd Goffe 1 1 1 1 4

George Newton 0 0 0 0

Harold Bull 0 0 0

Johnny Bradford 0 3 2 5

Ht1 Cunningham, Street, Quick, Quin 70.8 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Irons, Grant, Monk, Quinn 70.6 5 1 9 3

Ht3 King, Brown, Goffe, Newton 71.6 5 1 14 4

Ht4 Grant, Street, Timms, Bull (f) 69.8 4 2 18 6

Ht5 Quick, Cunningham, Monk, Quinn 70.4 5 1 23 7

Ht6 Grant, Irons, Goffe, Newton 70.8 5 1 28 8

Ht7 King, Brown, Street, Quin 70.0 5 1 33 9

Ht8 Irons, Monk, Hayden, Bradford 71.4 4 2 37 11

Ht9 Quick Cunningham, Goffe, Newton 71.4 5 1 42 12

Ht10 Grant, Street, Irons, Quin 70.2 4 2 46 14

Ht11 King, Brown, Quinn, Monk 71.2 5 1 51 15

Ht12 Bradford, Quick, Goffe, Timms (ef) 71.8 2 4 53 19

Ht13 Brown, Hayden, Quinn, Bull (f) 73.0 5 1 58 20

Ht14 King, Bradford, Cunningham, Quin 70.8 4 2 62 22

Wolverhampton Scratch Race (3 laps)

Ht1: Quick, Street, Cunningham, Brown 54.6

Ht2: King, Bill Jemison, Bradford, Monk (f, ex) 53.6

Ht3: Grant, Irons, Goffe, Quinn 53.4

Final: Grant, King, Quick, Reece 53.4

Staffordshire Scurry

Ray Reece, Syd George, Johnny Glassbrenner, Jemison 74.6

Reserves Scratch Race

Hayden, Timms, Reece, Quin (f, ex) 73.6

Friday 25th July 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 69 Long Eaton Archers 26 (Midland Cup)

Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2

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Jack Cunningham 3 2’ 2’ 2 9 2

Eric Irons 3 3 3 2 11

Jimmy Grant 1 2’ 0 3 6 1

Ken Brown 2’ 3 3 3 11 1

Benny King 3 2’ 2’ 1’ 8 3

Derek Timms 3 2’ 2’ 2 9 2

Charlie Hayden 2’ 0 3 0 5 1

Long Eaton

Bill Harris 0 1 1 2 4

Peter Moore 1 0 0 3 4

Wilf Plant 2 0 1 1 1 5

Jack Winstanley 0 1 1 0 2

Cyril Page 1 1 1 3

Lionel Watling 0 0 3 0 3 6

Fred Siggins 0 0 1 1

Lionel Pugh 0 1 0 0 1

Ht1 Cunningham, Quick, Moore, Harris 71.6 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Irons, Plant, Grant, Winstanley 71.4 4 2 9 3

Ht3 King, Brown, Page, Watling 71.8 5 1 14 4

Ht4 Timms, Quick, Winstanley, Siggins 73.2 5 1 19 5

Ht5 Irons, Grant, Harris, Moore 70.8 5 1 24 6

Ht6 Brown, King, Winstanley, Plant 70.6 5 1 29 7

Ht7 Quick, Cunningham, Page, Watling (f) 72.8 5 1 34 8

Ht8 Irons, Hayden, Plant, Pugh (f) 74.0 5 1 39 9

Ht9 Brown, King, Harris, Moore (ef) 71.6 5 1 44 10

Ht10 Quick, Cunningham, Plant, Winstanley 72.8 5 1 49 11

Ht11 Watling, Irons, Pugh, Grant 72.0 2 4 51 15

Ht12 Brown, Harris, Hayden (f), Siggins (ret) 72.0 3 2 54 17

Ht13 Grant, Timms, Page, Pugh (f) 72.4 5 1 59 18

Ht14 Moore, Cunningham, King, Watling 72.2 3 3 62 21

Ht15 Hayden, Timms, Siggis, Pugh (exc) 73.2 5 1 67 22

Ht16 Watling, Timms, Plant, Hayden 72.6 2 4 69 26

Reserves Scratch Race

Roy Moreton, Pugh, Bill Jemison, Winstanley 73.2

Willenhall Whirl

Ray Reece, Lindsay Nixon, Barry East, Johnny Glassbrenner 74.8

Staffordshire Scurry

Hayden, King, Grant, Quick 72.6

Archers Scratch Race (3 laps)

Moore, Watling, Harris, Plant 54.4

Cannock Chase

Brown, Irons, Cunningham, Jemison 71.4

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Saturday 26th July 1952 Station Road, Long Eaton

Long Eaton Archers 37 Wolverhampton Wasps 59 (Midland Cup)

Long Eaton

Bill Harris 2’ 1 1 1 5 1

Peter Moore 3 3 3 3 3 15

Jack Winstanley 1 1 2 1 5

Wilf Plant 0 1 0 0 1

Roy Browning 0 0 0 1 1

Lionel Watling 3 3 1 0 2’ 9 1

Fred Siggins 0 0 0 0

Lionel Pugh 0 0 1 1

Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 1 3 1’ 2’ 7 2

Jack Cunningham 0 2 3 2 7

Eric Irons 3 0 3 3 9

Jimmy Grant 2’ 2 2’ 2’ 8 3

Ken Brown 1’ 2’ 0 2’ 5 3

Benny King 2 3 2 1’ 8 1

Bill Jemison 2’ 3 3 0 8 1

Charlie Hayden 1 3 2’ 1 7 1

Ht1 Moore, Harris, Quick, Cunningham 72.6 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Irons, Grant, Winstanley, Plant 73.4 1 5 6 6

Ht3 Watling, King, Brown, Browning 73.2 3 3 9 9

Ht4 Quick, Jemison, Plant, Siggins 74.4 1 5 10 14

Ht5 Moore, Grant, Harris, Irons 73.6 4 2 14 16

Ht6 King, Brown, Winstanley, Plant 73.8 1 5 15 21

Ht7 Watling, Cunningham, Quick, Browning 73.8 3 3 18 24

Ht8 Irons, Winstanley, Hayden, Pugh 74.8 2 4 20 28

Ht9 Moore, King, Harris, Brown 73.6 4 2 24 30

Ht10 Cunningham, Quick, Winstanley, Plant 74.4 1 5 25 35

Ht11 Irons, Grant, Watling, Browning 74.6 1 5 26 40

Ht12 Hayden, Brown, Harris, Siggins 74.6 1 5 27 45

Ht13 Jemison, Grant, Browning, Pugh 75.2 1 5 28 50

Ht14 Moore, Cunningham, King, Watling 73.6 3 3 31 53

Ht15 Jemison, Hayden, Pugh, Siggins 76.2 1 5 32 58

Ht16 Moore, Watling, Hayden, Jemison 75.2 5 1 37 59

Nottingham Scratch Race

Browning, Minall, Pugh, Jack Logan 75.4

Archers Hurricane

Watling, Harris, Moore, Plant 74.4

Wasps Scurry

Quick, Irons, King, Grant 75.4

Consolation Scratch

Cunningham, Brown, Winstanley, Minall 74.8

Friday 1st August 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 55 Ipswich Witches 29 (Southern League)

Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 2 2 3 3 10

Jack Cunningham 0 1’ 2’ 2’ 5 3

Eric Irons 1’ 3 3 1 8 1

Jimmy Grant 2 3 2’ 3 10 1

Ken Brown 2’ 1 1 3 7 1

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Benny King 3 3 3 3 12

Derek Timms 1 1 2

Charlie Hayden 1 0 1

Ipswich

Tich Read 1 2 0 0 3

Sid Clark 3 2 2 1 8

Charlie Mugford 3 0 2 0 5

Harold McNaughton 0 3 2 2 7

Arthur Pilgrim 0 0 0

Dick Shepherd 1 1 1 0 3

Alby Smith 0 0 2 1’ 3 1

Vic Sage 0 0 0

Ht1 Clark, Quick, Read, Cunningham 70.0 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Mugford, Grant, Irons, McNaughton 71.2 3 3 5 7

Ht3 King, Brown, Shepherd, Pilgrim 71.0 5 1 10 8

Ht4 Grant, Read, Timms, Smith 71.8 4 2 14 10

Ht5 McNaughton, Quick, Cunningham, Mugford 71.2 3 3 17 13

Ht6 Irons, Grant, Shepherd, Pilgrim 71.0 5 1 22 14

Ht7 King, Clark, Brown, Read 70.6 4 2 26 16

Ht8 Irons, Mugford, Hayden, Sage (f) 71.6 4 2 30 18

Ht9 Quick, Cunningham, Shepherd, Smith 71.4 5 1 35 19

Ht10 Grant, Clark, Irons, Read (f) 70.6 4 2 39 21

Ht11 King, McNaughton, Brown, Mugford 70.4 4 2 43 23

Ht12 Quick, Smith, Timms, Sage 71.4 4 2 47 25

Ht13 Brown, McNaughton, Smith, Hayden 72.0 3 3 50 28

Ht14 King, Cunningham, Clark, Shepherd 70.6 5 1 55 29

Wolverhampton Scratch Race (3 laps)

Ht1: Brown, Cunningham, Quick, Geoff Woodger 53.4

Ht2: Bill Jemison, King, Read, McNaughton 53.4

Ht3: Grant, Clark, Irons, Shepherd 53.0

Final: Jemison, Brown, George, Grant (ef) 53.4

Staffordshire Scurry

Syd George, Lindsay Nixon, Ray Reece (f) Johnny Glassbrenner (f) 73.8

Reserves Scratch Race

Smith, Timms, Hayden, Sage 72.8

Saturday 2nd August 1952 Cowley Stadium, Oxford

Oxford Cheetahs 62 Wolverhampton Wasps 34 (Midland Cup)

Oxford

Jim Gregory 2 2’ 3 2’ 3 12 2

Len Glover 0 3 1 1 5

Jim Boyd 0 3 3 3 9

Ron Wilson 3 2 1 0 6

Bill Kemp 0 3 2’ 1’ 6 2

Frank Boyle 3 2’ 3 3 1 12 1

Harry Saunders 1’ 3 2’ 6 2

Bill Osborne 1 2 3 6

Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 3 3 0 2 0 8

Jack Cunningham 1 1 1’ 0 3 1

Eric Irons 1’ 0 2 1 4 1

Jimmy Grant 2 1 0 3 6

Ken Brown 1’ 0 0 1 1

Benny King 2 2 2 2 2 10

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Bill Jemison 0 0 0 0 0

Charlie Hayden 0 1 1 2

Ht1 Quick, Gregory, Cunningham, Glover 69.0 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Wilson, Grant, Irons, Boyd 69.2 3 3 5 7

Ht3 Boyle, King, Brown, Kemp 69.4 3 3 8 10

Ht4 Quick, Wilson, Saunders, Jemison (f) 70.4 3 3 11 13

Ht5 Glover, Gregory, Grant, Irons 69.6 5 1 16 14

Ht6 Boyd, King, Wilson, Brown 69.2 4 2 20 16

Ht7 Kemp, Boyle, Cunningham, Jemison (Quick ex 2m) 70.0 5 1 25 17

Ht8 Boyd, Irons, Osborne, Hayden 69.2 4 2 29 19

Ht9 Gregory, King, Glover, Brown 69.6 4 2 33 21

Ht10 Boyd, Quick, Cunningham, Wilson 69.0 3 3 36 24

Ht11 Boyle, Kemp, Irons, Grant 68.8 5 1 41 25

Ht12 Saunders, Gregory, Hayden, Jemison 70.2 5 1 46 26

Ht13 Grant, Osborne, Kemp, Jemison 71.2 3 3 49 29

Ht14 Boyle, King, Glover, Cunningham 69.0 4 2 53 31

Ht15 Osborne, Saunders, Hayden, 3 only (Jemison ns)70.8 5 1 58 32

Ht16 Gregory, King, Boyle, Quick 69.6 4 2 62 34

The Heyford Scratch Race

Quick, Glover, Boyd, Irons 70.4

The Chalgrove Scratch Race

Saunders, Osborne, Jemison, Hayden 69.6

The Kidlington Scratch Race

Boyle, Gregory, King, Grant 69.6

The Bicester Scratch Race

Jemison, Cunningham, Kemp, Wilson (ex tps) 70.4

Thursday 7th August 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth

Plymouth Devils 55 Wolverhampton Wasps 29 (Southern League)

Plymouth

George Wall 3 3 3 3 12

Ted Stevens 0 2’ 0 0 2 1

Alan Smith 3 3 3 3 12

Brian Hitchcock 1 1 1 3

Pete Lansdale 3 3 3 3 12

Bill Thatcher 1 2’ 2’ 3 8 2

Frank Wheeler 0 0 2’ 2 1

Doug Fursey 2’ 2’ 4 2

Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 2 3 1 0 6

Jack Cunningham 1’ 0 2 1’ 4 2

Eric Irons 0 1 0 1

Jimmy Grant 2 0 1 0 3

Bill Jemison 0 1’ 1’ 1 3 2

Benny King 2 2 2 2 8

Dick Howard 2’ 1 1 4 1

Lindsay Nixon 0 0 0

Ht1 Wall, Quick, Cunningham, Stevens (f) 72.6 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Smith, Grant, Hitchcock, Irons (ef) 75.0 4 2 7 5

Ht3 Lansdale, King, Thatcher, Jemison 73.8 4 2 11 7

Ht4 Quick, Howard, Hitchcock, Wheeler (f) 76.6 1 5 12 12

Ht5 Wall, Stevens, Irons, Grant (ef) 74.2 5 1 17 13

Ht6 Smith, King, Jemison, Wheeler 75.0 3 3 20 16

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Ht7 Lansdale, Thatcher, Quick, Cunningham 74.6 5 1 25 17

Ht8 Smith, Fursey, Howard, Nixon 75.0 5 1 30 18

Ht9 Wall, King, Jemison, Stevens 74.4 3 3 33 21

Ht10 Smith, Cunningham, Hitchcock, Quick 74.8 4 2 37 23

Ht11 Lansdale, Thatcher, Grant, Irons 75.0 5 1 42 24

Ht12 Wall, Wheeler, Jemison, Nixon 76.0 5 1 47 25

Ht13 Lansdale, Fursey, Howard, Grant 75.8 5 1 52 26

Ht14 Thatcher, King, Cunningham, Stevens 74.8 3 3 55 29

Reserves Scratch race

Wheeler, Rundle, Fursey, Nixon 76.0

Stadium Scratch Race

Howard, Stevens, Rundle, Wheeler 75.0

First August Scratch Races

Ht1 Lansdale, King, Jemison, Hitchcock 75.0 76.0

Ht2 Wall, Cunningham, Grant (nf), Quick (nf) 75.6 76.0

Ht3 Thatcher, Smith, Irons, Howard 74.2 74.6

Final Lansdale, Smith, Wall (ef), Thatcher (ef) 74.4

Friday 8th August 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 61 Southampton Saints 23 (Southern League)

Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 1 2’ 2’ 3 8 2

Jack Cunningham 3 3 3 3 12

Eric Irons 3 2’ 2’ 2 9 2

Jimmy Grant 1 3 3 1’ 8 1

Ken Brown 2’ 2’ 1 1 6 2

Benny King 3 3 3 2’ 11 1

Derek Timms 1 0 1

Bill Jemison 3 3 6

Southampton

Bert Croucher 2 2 1 3 8

Dudley Smith 0 0 0 0 0

Ernie Brecknell 0 0 1 0 1

Mike Tams 2 1 2 2 7

Brian McKeown 1 0 1 2 4

Maury Mattingley 0 1 0 1 2

Dennis Hayles 0 0 0

Jack Vallis 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Cunningham, Croucher, Quick, Smith 70.4 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Irons, Tams, Grant, Brecknell 70.8 4 2 8 4

Ht3 King, Brown, McKeown, Mattingley 70.8 5 1 13 5

Ht4 Grant, Croucher, Timms, Hayles 71.4 4 2 17 7

Ht5 Grant, Irons, Moore, Bartlett 70.4 5 1 22 8

Ht6 Cunningham, Quick, Tams, Brecknell 70.6 5 1 27 9

Ht7 King, Brown, Croucher, Smith 70.2 5 1 32 10

Ht8 Jemison, Irons, Brecknell, Vallis 70.8 5 1 37 11

Ht9 Cunningham, Quick, McKeown, Mattingley 71.0 5 1 42 12

Ht10 Croucher, Irons, Grant, Smith 70.6 3 3 45 15

Ht11 King, Tams, Brown, Brecknell 71.2 4 2 49 17

Ht12 Quick, McKeown, Vallis, Timms 73.6 3 3 52 20

Ht13 Jemison, Tams, Brown, Hayles 75.2 4 2 56 22

Ht14 Cunningham, King, Mattingley, Smith 72.8 5 1 61 23

Wolverhampton Scratch Race

Roy Moreton, Grant, Irons, Jemison 73.6

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Monmore Scratch Race

King, McKeown, Cunningham, Quick 71.6

Staffordshire Scurry

Moreton, Lindsay Nixon, Ray Reece, Johnny Glassbrenner 72.6

Reserves Race

Timms, Brecknell, Hayles, Smith 72.0

Saints Scramble

Croucher, Vallis.Mattingley, Tams (f) 73.0

Cannock Chase

Brown, Syd George, Cunningham, Timms (fexc) 73.6

Monday 11th August 1952 County Ground, Exeter

Exeter Falcons 43 Wolverhampton Wasps 41 (Southern League)

Exeter

Goog Hoskin 3 1’ 3 0 7 1

Morris Barnett 2’ 2 1 0 5 1

Neil Street 0 1’ 1’ 2 2

Jack Geran 2 1’ 2 2 7 1

Vic Gent 2’ 2’ 2 1 7 2

Ron Barrett 3 3 1’ 3 10 1

Ron Swaine 2 1 3

Johnny Sargeant 2 0 0 2

Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 0 0 0

Jack Cunningham 1 0 1 2

Eric Irons 3 3 3 3 12

Jimmy Grant 1 0 0 3 4

Ken Brown 0 0 2 3 5

Benny King 1 3 0 2 6

Dick Howard 3 1 3 2’ 9 1

Bill Jemison 0 2’ 1’ 3 2

Ht1 Hoskin, Barnett, Cunningham, Quick 76.8 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Irons, Geran, Grant, Street 77.8 2 4 7 5

Ht3 Barrett, Gent, King, Brown 78.2 5 1 12 6

Ht4 Howard, Swaine, Geran, Quick 77.4 3 3 15 9

Ht5 Irons, Barnett, Hoskin, Grant 76.4 3 3 18 12

Ht6 King, Geran, Street, Brown 76.2 3 3 21 15

Ht7 Barrett, Gent, Howard, Cunningham 77.4 5 1 26 16

Ht8 Irons, Sargeant, Street, Jemison 78.0 3 3 29 19

Ht9 Hoskin, Brown, Barnett, King 78.4 4 2 33 21

Ht10 Howard, Geran, Cunningham, Sargeant 77.2 2 4 35 25

Ht11 Irons, Gent, Barrett, Grant 79.0 3 3 38 28

Ht12 Brown, Jemison, Swaine, Hoskin (ef) 78.2 1 5 39 33

Ht13 Grant, Howard, Gent, Sargeant 78.6 1 5 40 38

Ht14 Barrett, King, Jemison, Barnett 79.0 3 3 43 41

Junior Scratch Race

Sargeant, Swaine, Monckton, Bill Mallet 82.0

Stadium Scratch Race

Ht1 Barnett, Cunningham, Lindsay Nixon, Hoskin (ns) 81.0

Ht2 Gent, Irons, Brown, Barnett 79.8

Ht3 Geran, Grant, Street, Sargeant 79.6

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Ht4 Swaine, Howard, Mallet, Monckton 82.0

Final Gent, Geran, Swaine, Barrett (f) ?

Tuesday 12th August 1952 Cornish Stadium, St Austell

St Austell Gulls 44 Wolverhampton Wolves 40 (Southern League)

St Austell

Charlie Hayden 2 0 3 1 6

Aston Quin 0 3 2’ 0 5 1

George Newton 0 2 3 3 8

Derek Timms 1 1 1’ 1 4 1

Harold Bull 3 3 3 3 12

Allan Quinn 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3

Bambi Royle 0 0 0

Gordon Leigh 0 0 0

Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 3 3 0 2 8

Jack Cunningham 1 1 0 1’ 3 1

Eric Irons 2’ 2 2 0 6 1

Jimmy Grant 3 1’ 1 2 7 1

Ken Brown 0 3 1 3 7

Benny King 1 0 1

Dick Howard 2’ 0 1’ 3 2

Bill Jemison 1’ 2’ 2 5 2

Ht1 Quick, Hayden, Cunningham, Quin (f) 69.2 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Grant, Irons, Timms, Newton 69.6 1 5 3 9

Ht3 Bull, Quinn, King, Brown (ef) 69.0 5 1 8 10

Ht4 Quick, Howard, Timms, Royle (f) 69.0 1 5 9 15

Ht5 Quin, Irons, Grant, Hayden 70.0 3 3 12 18

Ht6 Brown, Newton, Timms, King 69.4 3 3 15 21

Ht7 Bull, Quinn, Cunningham, Quick 69.0 5 1 20 22

Ht8 Newton, Irons, Jemison, Leigh 68.6 3 3 23 25

Ht9 Hayden, Quin, Brown, Howard 69.0 5 1 28 26

Ht10 Newton, Quick, Timms, Cunningham (f) 69.0 4 2 32 28

Ht11 Bull, Quinn, Grant, Irons 69.2 5 1 37 29

Ht12 Brown, Jemison, Hayden, Royle (f) 70.6 1 5 38 34

Ht13 Bull, Grant, Howard, Leigh 68.6 3 3 41 37

Ht14 Quinn, Jemison, Cunningham, Quin 68.6 3 3 44 40

Thursday 14th August 1952 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich

Ipswich Witches 39 Wolverhampton Wasps 45 (Southern League)

Ipswich

Tich Read 2’ 1 1 2 6 1

Sid Clark 3 3 3 3 12

Harold McNaughton 3 3 0 1 7

Charlie Mugford 2’ 0 1 0 3 1

Dennis Day 1’ 2 0 0 3 1

Dick Shepherd 2 0 2 0 4

Alby Smith 1 0 1

Geoff Woodger 1 2 3

Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 0 3 1 3 7

Jack Cunningham 1 3 2’ 1’ 7 2

Eric Irons 1 0 2’ 3 6 1

Jimmy Grant 0 2 1 3 6

Ken Brown 0 0 1 1

Benny King 3 2 2 2 9

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Dick Howard 2’ 0 1 3 1

Bill Jemison 3 3 6

Ht1 Clark, Read, Cunningham, Quick 74.2 5 1 5 1

Ht2 McNaughton, Mugford, Irons, Grant 75.6 5 1 10 2

Ht3 King, Shepherd, Day, Brown 75.2 3 3 13 5

Ht4 Quick, Howard, Smith, Mugford 76.2 1 5 14 10

Ht5 Clark, Grant, Read, Irons 75.4 4 2 18 12

Ht6 McNaughton, King, Mugford, Brown 76.0 4 2 22 14

Ht7 Cunningham, Day, Quick, Shepherd 76.6 2 4 24 18

Ht8 Jemison, Irons, Woodger, McNaughton 75.8 1 5 25 23

Ht9 Clark, King, Read, Howard 75.8 4 2 29 25

Ht10 Quick, Cunningham, McNaughton, Mugford 77.4 1 5 30 30

Ht11 Irons, Shepherd, Grant, Day 77.6 2 4 32 34

Ht12 Jemison, Read, Brown, Smith 76.2 2 4 34 38

Ht13 Grant, Woodger, Howard, Day (f) 77.4 2 4 36 42

Ht14 Clark, King, Cunningham, Shepherd 76.4 3 3 39 45

Reserves Scratch Race

Ht1 Day, Davies, James (f), Silver (f) 77.2

Ht2 Jemison, Woodger, Smith, Howard 77.6

Final Jemison, Woodger, Day, Davies 77.8

Waldringfield Scratch Race

Ht1 McNaughton, Read, Grant, Cunningham 76.6 77.0

Ht2 Shepherd, Quick, Brown, Les Nickson 77.0 77.4

Ht3 King, Clark, Mugford, Irons 76.8 77.6

Final King, McNaughton, Shepherd, Read 77.0

Friday 15th August 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 51 Oxford Cheetahs 45 (Midland Cup)

Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 0 3 3 0 6

Jack Cunningham 1 2' 3 1 7 1

Eric Irons 0 0 3 3 6

Jimmy Grant 2 3 1 3 1' 10 1

Ken Brown 0 1' 1' 2 2

Benny King 3 3 2 3 2 13

Dick Howard 1 1 1 3

Bill Jemison 2' 0 2 0 4 1

Oxford

Harry Saunders 3 1' 3 3 3 13 1

Jim Gregory 2' 2 0 2 0 6 1

Jim Boyd 3 0 1' 2 6 1

Bill Osborne 1 2 1 1' 5 1

Bill Kemp 2 1 2 0 5

Frank Boyle 1' 0 0 0 1 1

Len Glover 0 0 2' 2 1

Ron Wilson 2 2 3 7

Ht1 Saunders, Gregory, Cunningham, Quick 70.4 1 5 1 5

Ht2 Boyd, Grant, Osborne, Irons 70.6 2 4 3 9

Ht3 King, Kemp, Boyle, Brown 72.0 3 3 6 12

Ht4 Quick, Osborne, Howard, Glover (exc) 71.4 4 2 10 14

Ht5 Grant, Gregory, Saunders, Irons 71.4 3 3 13 17

Ht6 King, Jemison, Osborne, Boyd 71.2 5 1 18 18

Ht7 Quick, Cunningham, Kemp, Boyle 71.0 5 1 23 19

Ht8 Irons, Wilson, Boyd, Jemison 71.8 3 3 26 22

Ht9 Saunders, King, Brown, Gregory 71.2 3 3 29 25

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Ht10 Cunningham, Boyd, Osborne, Quick 71.4 3 3 32 28

Ht11 Irons, Kemp, Grant, Boyle 71.2 4 2 36 40

Ht12 Saunders, Jemison, Brown, Glover 70.8 3 3 39 33

Ht13 Grant, Wilson, Howard, Kemp 72.2 4 2 43 35

Ht14 King, Gregory, Cunningham, Boyle 71.8 4 2 47 37

Ht15 Wilson, Glover, Howard, Jemison 72.0 1 5 48 42

Ht16 Saunders, King, Grant, Gregory 71.8 3 3 51 45

Wolverhampton Scratch Race (3 laps)

Ht1: Boyd, Kemp, Brown, Bradbury 53.2

Ht2: Cunningham, Boyle, Howard, Osborne 54.0

Ht3: Saunders, Grant, Glover, Jemison 54.8

Ht4: King, Wilson, Stan Bradbury, Irons 54.0

Staffordshire Scurry (3 laps)

Syd George, Ray Reece, Lindsay Nixon, Johnny Glassbrenner 56.0

Sunday 17th August 1952 Shelbourne Park, Dublin

Shelbourne Tigers 38 Wolverhampton Wasps 45 (Challenge)

Shelbourne

Don Perry 3 2 3 2 10

Bronco O’Beirne 1 0 1 2

Cyril Maidment 3 3 2 1’ 9 1

Danny O’Neill 0 2 1 2 5

Barry Briggs 3 2 2 3 10

Mick Savage 0 0 0 1 1

Roy Spiller 0 0 0

Tom Kiernan 0 1 1

Wolverhampton

Bill Jemison 0 3 3 3 9

Jack Cunningham 2 1 0 3 6

Eric Irons 2 3 3 3 11

Dick Howard 1’ 1 1 2 5 1

Ken Brown 2 0 2 3 7

Stan Bradbury 1’ 2 0 2’ 5 2

Syd George 0 1 1 0 2

no rider

Ht1 Perry, Cunningham, O’Beirne, Jemison (f) 71.4 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Maidment, Irons, Howard, O’Neill 74.0 3 3 7 5

Ht3 Briggs, Brown, Bradbury, Savage 72.4 3 3 10 8

Ht4 Jemison, O’Neill, Spiller (f), George (nf) 72.0 2 3 12 11

Ht5 Irons, Perry, Howard, O’Beirne 72.6 2 4 14 15

Ht6 Maidment, Bradbury, O’Neill, Brown (f) 72.6 4 2 18 17

Ht7 Jemison, Briggs, Cunningham, Savage 72.0 2 4 20 21

Ht8 Irons, Maidment, George, Kiernan 73.8 2 4 22 25

Ht9 Perry, Brown, O’Beirne, Bradbury 71.2 4 2 26 27

Ht10 Jemison, O’Neill, Maidment, Cunningham 73.0 3 3 29 30

Ht11 Irons, Briggs, Howard, Savage 74.2 2 4 31 34

Ht12 Brown, Perry, George, Spiller 73.0 2 4 33 38

Ht13 Briggs, Howard, Kiernan, George 73.0 4 2 37 40

Ht14 Cunningham, Bradbury, Savage, O’Beirne (f) 74.2 1 5 38 45

Stadium Scratch Race

Ht1 Jemison, Briggs, Irons , O’Neill 72.8 ?

Ht2 Maidment, Cunningham, Howard, O’Beirne 73.8 ?

Ht3 Perry, Bradbury, Brown, Savage 73.6 ?

Final Jemison, Maidment, Briggs, Perry 74.0

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Thursday 21st August 1952 Penarth Road Stadium, Cardiff

Cardiff Dragons 66 Wolverhampton Wasps 18 (Southern League)

Cardiff

Hugh Geddes 3 3 3 0 9

Charlie May 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4

Gerald Pugh 3 3 3 3 12

Mick Holland 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3

Chum Taylor 3 3 3 3 12

Kevin Hayden 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3

Jim Wright 2’ 3 5 1

Frank Johnson 2’ 0 2 1

Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 1 1 0 1 3

Jack Cunningham 0 1 0 1

Eric Irons 0 0 1 0 1

Jimmy Grant 1 1 1 1’ 4 1

Ken Brown 0 1 1 1’ 3 1

Benny King 1 0 0 1 2

Dick Howard 0 2 2

Bill Jemison 0 2 0 2

Ht1 Geddes, May, Quick, Cunningham 71.6 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Pugh, Holland, Grant, Irons 71.8 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Taylor, Hayden, King, Brown (ef) 72.4 5 1 15 3

Ht4 Holland, Wright, Quick, Howard 72.4 5 1 20 4

Ht5 Geddes, May, Grant, Irons 73.6 5 1 25 5

Ht6 Pugh, Holland, Brown, King 73.2 5 1 30 6

Ht7 Taylor, Hayden, Cunningham, Quick 73.4 5 1 35 7

Ht8 Pugh, Johnson, Irons, Jemison 73.0 5 1 40 8

Ht9 Geddes, May, Brown, King 73.2 5 1 45 9

Ht10 Pugh, Holland, Quick, Cunningham 73.6 5 1 50 10

Ht11 Taylor, Hayden, Grant, Irons 72.0 5 1 55 11

Ht12Wright, Jemison, Brown, Geddes (ef) 73.4 3 3 58 14

Ht13 Taylor, Howard, Grant, Johnson (ef) 73.0 3 3 61 17

Ht14 Hayden, May, King, Jemison 72.8 5 1 66 18

The Cardiff Dash 1 lap flying start

Gerald Pugh 18.2

Mick Holland 18.0

Benny King 18.4

The Abertridwr Scratch Race

Johnson, Wright, Mick Callaghan, Bob Wall 73.8

The Talgarth Scratch Race

Ht1 Holland, Geddes, Cunningham, Irons 73.2

Ht2 May, Taylor, Brown, Grant 73.6

Ht3 Hayden, Pugh, Quick, King 73.6

Ht4 Wright, Howard, Johnson, Callaghan 73.2

Final Holland, Wright, May, Hayden 73.6

Friday 22nd August 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 42 Exeter Falcons 42 (Southern League)

Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 2 3 2 3 10

Jack Cunningham 1’ 0 1’ 2 4 2

Eric Irons 3 1 2 3 9

Jimmy Grant 1 3 0 1 5

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Ken Brown 0 1’ 1’ 2 2

Benny King 2 2 2 0 6

Dick Howard 1 1 2

Stan Bradbury 1’ 1’ 2 4 2

Exeter

Maurice Barnett 0 2 0 0 2

Goog Hoskin 3 3 2 3 11

Jack Geran 2 2 3 3 10

Johnny Sargeant 0 1’ 0 3 4 1

Ron Barrett 3 3 3 2 11

Vic Gent 1 2’ 0 1 4 1

Eric Minall 0 0 0

Ron Swaine 0 0 0

Ht1 Hoskin, Quick, Cunningham, Barnett (f) 70.0 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Irons, Geran, Grant, Sargeant 71.0 4 2 7 5

Ht3 Barrett, King, Gent, Brown 70.2 2 4 9 9

Ht4 Grant, Barnett, Howard, Minall 71.4 4 2 13 11

Ht5 Quick, Geran, Sargeant, Cunningham 69.8 3 3 16 14

Ht6 Barrett, Gent, Irons, Grant 71.8 1 5 17 19

Ht7 Hoskin, King, Brown, Barnett 71.4 3 3 20 22

Ht8 Geran, Irons, Bradbury, Swaine 70.2 3 3 23 25

Ht9 Barrett, Quick, Cunningham, Gent 70.0 3 3 26 28

Ht10 Irons, Hoskin, Grant, Barnett 70.4 4 2 30 30

Ht11 Geran, King, Bradbury, Sargeant (exc) 70.2 3 3 33 33

Ht12 Quick, Barrett, Howard, Swaine (f) 71.0 4 2 37 35

Ht13 Sargeant, Bradbury, Brown, Minall 71.2 3 3 40 38

Ht14 Hoskin, Cunningham, Gent, King (fexc) 71.2 2 4 42 42

Wolverhampton Scratch Race (3 laps)

Ht1: Sargeant, Roy Moreton, Brown, Grant 53.8

Ht2: Geran, Barrett, Quick, Lindsay Nixon 53.2

Ht3: Gent, Hoskin, Howard, Syd George 53.2

Ht4: Cunningham, Barnett, Irons, Stan Bradbury 54.2

Final: Gent, Cunningham, Geran, Sergeant 53.8

Reserves Scratch Race

George, Nixon, Johnny Glassbrenner, Smudger Smith 74.0

Monmore Scratch Race

Bradbury, Timms, Minall, Swaine 73.2

Friday 29th August 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 34 Stoke Potters 50 (Challenge)

Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 3 0 0 2 5

Jack Cunningham 1 1 1 1’ 4 1

Eric Irons 2 1 1 3 7

Jimmy Grant 1’ 3 0 2’ 6 2

Stan Bradbury 0 0 1 1

Benny King 3 3 2 2 10

Dick Howard 1 0 0 1

Syd George 0 0 0

Stoke

Gil Blake 2 2 1’ 0 5 1

Reg Fearman 0 2 1 3 6

Les Jenkins 0 2’ 3 1 6 1

Ron Peace 3 3 3 3 12

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Ray Harris 2 3 3 3 11

Johnny Fitzpatrick 1’ 2’ 2’ 0 5 3

Lionel Pugh 0 2’ 2 1

Fred Siggins 2’ 1 3 1

Ht1 Quick, Blake, Cunningham, Fearman 69.4 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Peace, Irons, Grant, Jenkins 70.0 3 3 7 5

Ht3 King, Harris, Fitzpatrick, Bradbury 70.4 3 3 10 8

Ht4 Grant, Blake, Howard, Pugh 70.2 4 2 14 10

Ht5 Peace, Jenkins, Cunningham, Quick 69.4 1 5 15 15

Ht6 Harris, Fitzpatrick, Irons, Grant (ret) 70.2 1 5 16 20

Ht7 King, Fearman, Blake, Bradbury 70.2 3 3 19 23

Ht8 Jenkins, Siggins, Irons, George 72.0 1 5 20 28

Ht9 Harris, Fitzpatrick, Cunningham, Quick 71.0 1 5 21 33

Ht10 Irons, Grant, Fearman, Blake 71.8 5 1 26 34

Ht11 Peace, King, Jenkins, Howard 70.0 2 4 28 38

Ht12 Harris, Quick, Siggins, Howard 70.8 2 4 30 42

Ht13 Peace, Pugh, Bradbury, George 71.0 1 5 31 47

Ht14 Fearman, King, Cunningham, Fitzpatrick 71.0 3 3 34 50

Wolverhampton Scratch Race (3 laps)

Ht1: Quick, King, Blake, Peace 53.0

Ht2: Grant, Cunningham, Jenkins, Harris 53.0

Ht3: Fearman, Irons, Bradbury, Fitzpatrick 53.2

Final: Grant, Quick, Fearman, Nixon 53.6

Staffordshire Scurry

Lindsay Nixon, Tommy Nash, Glassbrenner (nf) 75.0

Reserves Scratch Race

Siggins, Pugh, Howard, George 71.2

Friday 5th September 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 58 Aldershot Shots 26 (Southern League)

Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 1 3 3 2’ 9 1

Jack Cunningham 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 9 3

Eric Irons 2’ 2 3 1 8 1

Jimmy Grant 3 2’ 1’ 3 9 2

Ken Brown 2’ 0 0 3 5 1

Benny King 3 1 3 3 10

Bill Jemison 3 3 6

Stan Bradbury 2’ 0 2 1

Aldershot

Bill Grimes 0 1 2’ 0 3 1

Basil Harris 2 3 2 1 8

Ivor Powell 0 1 1 1’ 3 1

Charlie Frenzel 1 0 2 1’ 4 1

Tom Turnham 0 0 0 1 1

Vic Gooden 1 3 0 4

Archie Windmill 0 1 2 0 3

Jack Taylor 0 0 0

Ht1 Cunningham, Harris, Quick, Grimes 71.2 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Grant, Irons, Frenzel, Powell 71.4 5 1 9 3

Ht3 King, Brown, Gooden, Turnham 71.2 5 1 14 4

Ht4 Jemison, Grant, Grimes, Windmill 70.6 5 1 19 5

Ht5 Quick, Cunningham, Powell, Frenzel 71.6 5 1 24 6

Ht6 Gooden, Irons, Grant, Turnham 71.2 3 3 27 9

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Ht7 Harris, Grimes, King, Brown 71.2 1 5 28 14

Ht8 Irons, Bradbury, Powell, Taylor 72.0 5 1 33 15

Ht9 Quick, Cunningham, Windmill, Turnham 70.6 5 1 38 16

Ht10 Grant, Harris, Irons, Grimes 71.0 4 2 42 18

Ht11 King, Frenzel, Powell, Brown (exc) 70.4 3 3 45 21

Ht12 Jemison, Quick, Turnham, Taylor 71.8 5 1 50 22

Ht13 Brown, Windmill, Frenzel, Bradbury 70.8 3 3 53 25

Ht14 King, Cunningham, Harris, Windmill 71.0 5 1 58 26

Wolverhampton Scratch Race (3 laps)

Ht1: Irons, Harris, Quick, Frenzel 53.4

Ht2: King, Cunningham, Grimes, Powell 53.8

Ht3: Grant, Brown, Dick Howard, Turnham 53.6

Final: King, Grant, Irons, Nixon 52.6

Staffordshire Scurry

Lindsay Nixon, Tommy Nash, Johnny Glassbrenner (f), Jack Logan (f) 75.0

Reserves Scratch Race

Jemison, Bradbury, Windmill, Taylor 71.6

Monday 8th September 1952 County Ground, Exeter

Exeter Falcons 51 Wolverhampton Wolves 33 (Southern League)

Exeter

Johnny Sargeant 3 3 1’ 3 10 1

Jack Geran 2’ 2’ 2 3 9 2

Goog Hoskin 3 3 0 3 9

Morris Barnett 0 0 0 0

Ron Barrett 2’ 3 3 3 11 1

Vic Gent 3 0 2’ 2’ 7 2

Eric Minall 1 0 1

Neil Street 2’ 1 1 4 1

Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 0 0

Jack Cunningham 1 1’ 1’ 1 4 2

Eric Irons 2 1 3 0 6

Jimmy Grant 1’ 0 1 0 2 1

Bill Jemison 0 0 3 2 5

Benny King 1 1 0 0 2

Ken Brown 2’ 2 2 2 8 1

Dick Howard 3 2’ 1’ 6 2

Ht1 Sargeant, Geran, Cunningham, Quick 78.8 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Hoskin, Irons, Grant, Barnett 76.2 3 3 8 4

Ht3 Gent, Barrett, King, Jemison 76.8 5 1 13 5

Ht4 Howard, Brown, Minall, Barnett 79.2 1 5 14 10

Ht5 Sargeant, Geran, Irons, Grant 77.0 5 1 19 11

Ht6 Hoskin, Street, King, Jemison 79.0 5 1 24 12

Ht7 Barrett, Brown, Cunningham, Gent (ef) 76.6 3 3 27 15

Ht8 Irons, Howard, Street, Hoskin (exc) 124.0 1 5 28 20

Ht9 Jemison, Geran, Sargeant, King 76.0 3 3 31 23

Ht10 Hoskin, Brown, Cunningham, Barnett 77.4 3 3 34 26

Ht11 Barrett, Gent, Grant, Irons 76.8 5 1 39 27

Ht12 Sargeant, Jemison, Howard, Minall 76.6 3 3 42 30

Ht13 Barrett, Brown, Street, Grant 76.8 4 2 46 32

Ht14 Geran, Gent, Cunningham, King 78.4 5 1 51 33

Junior Scratch Race

Ron Swaine, Street, Minall, Wally Monckton 78.4

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Stadium Scratch Race

Ht1 Sargeant, Geran, Grant, Cunningham 77.0

Ht2 Barrett, Street, Barnett, Jemison (ef) 77.0

Ht3 Hoskin, King, Gent, Irons 77.8

Ht4 Howard, Brown, Swaine, Monckton 77.6

Final Hoskin, Barrett, Howard, Sargeant (ef) 76.6

Tuesday 9th September 1952 Cornish Stadium, St Austell

St Austell Gulls 41 Wolverhampton Wasps 43 (Southern League)

St Austell

Aston Quin 1 0 0 1

Norman Street 0 3 3 3 9

Harold Bull 2’ 1 3 2’ 8 2

Allan Quinn 3 3 3 3 12

Charlie Hayden 2 1 0 0 3

George Newton 0 0 2 0 2

Don Prettijohn 1 1 2

Derek Timms 0 3 1 4

Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 2’ 2 2’ 0 6 2

Jack Cunningham 3 3 1 2 9

Eric Irons 0 2 2 1 5

Jimmy Grant 1 1’ 3 3 8 1

Benny King 3 2 5

Bill Jemison 1 0 2 0 3

Ken Brown 0 1’ 2’ 3 2

Dick Howard 1’ 2 1’ 4 2

Ht1 Cunningham, Quick, Quin, Street 69.8 1 5 1 5

Ht2 Quinn, Bull, Grant, Irons 70.0 5 1 6 6

Ht3 King, Hayden, Jemison, Newton (ef) 70.8 2 4 8 10

Ht4 Quinn, Quick, Prettijohn, Brown (ef) 69.6 4 2 12 12

Ht5 Street, Irons, Grant, Quin (f) 70.4 3 3 15 15

Ht6 Quinn, King, Bull, Jemison (f) 69.8 4 2 19 17

Ht7 Cunningham, Quick, Hayden, Newton (ef) 71.4 1 5 20 22

Ht8 Bull, Irons, Howard, Timms 71.4 3 3 23 25

Ht9 Street, Jemison, Brown, Quin (f) 70.8 3 3 26 28

Ht10 Quinn, Bull, Cunningham, Quick 71.0 5 1 31 29

Ht11 Grant, Newton, Irons, Hayden 71.8 2 4 33 33

Ht12 Timms, Howard, Prettijohn, Jemison 71.6 4 2 37 35

Ht13 Grant, Brown, Timms, Hayden 71.8 1 5 38 40

Ht14 Street, Cunningham, Howard, Newton (f) 71.0 3 3 41 43

St Blazey Hammer & Tongs

Grant, King, Prettijohn, Leigh 71.4

Penzance Scurry

Brown, Quick, Newton, Hayden 71.6 71.8

The Truro Flyer

Quinn, Cunningham, ? 71.0

The Newquay Zipper

Irons, ? ?

Friday 12th September 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 50 Swindon Robins 34 (Southern League)

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Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 3 3 3 3 12

Jack Cunningham 1 0 0 3 4

Bill Jemison 2 3 2 1 8

Ken Brown 1’ 3 2’ 3 9 2

Eric Irons 1’ 3 2 3 9 1

Jimmy Grant N

Dick Howard 2 2’ 1 0 5 1

Stan Bradbury 0 1’ 1’ 1 3 2

Swindon

Buster Brown 0 1 2 0 3

Bob Wells 2 1’ 2 2 7 1

Danny Malone 3 2 3 3 11

Bob Jones 0 1’ 0 2 3 1

Ian Williams 0 1 2 0 3

Frank Evans 3 0 1’ 1’ 5 2

Ray Ellis 0 0 0

Reg Lambourne 0 2 2

Ht1 Quick, Wells, Cunningham, B. Brown (ret) 68.8 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Malone, Jemison, K. Brown, Jones 70.8 3 3 7 5

Ht3 Evans, Howard, Irons, Williams (ex), Grant (f, ns) 70.6 3 3 10 8

Ht4 K. Brown, Howard, B. Brown, Ellis (ret) 72.0 5 1 15 9

Ht5 Quick, Malone, Jones, Cunningham 70.2 3 3 18 12

Ht6 Jemison, K. Brown, Williams, Evans 70.8 5 1 23 13

Ht7 Irons, B. Brown, Wells, Bradbury 70.2 3 3 26 16

Ht8 Malone, Jemison, Bradbury, Lambourne 70.6 3 3 29 19

Ht9 Quick, Williams, Evans, Cunningham 70.2 3 3 32 22

Ht10 K. Brown, Wells, Jemison, B. Brown (ret) 70.0 4 2 36 24

Ht11 Malone, Irons, Bradbury, Jones 71.0 3 3 39 27

Ht12 Quick, Lambourne, Howard, Williams 70.4 4 2 43 29

Ht13 Irons, Jones, Bradbury, Ellis 70.4 4 2 47 31

Ht14 Cunningham, Wells, Evans, Howard 71.4 3 3 50 34

Wolverhampton Scratch Race (3 laps)

Ht1: Irons, Quick, Brown, Wells 52.0

Ht2: Jones, Jemison, Malone, Cunningham 52.2

Ht3: Williams, Brown, Evans, Howard 52.8

Final: Quick, Irons, Williams, Jones 52.8

Staffordshire Scurry

Lindsay Nixon, Tommy Nash, Johnny Glassbrenner, Jack Logan 75.0

Reserves Scratch Race

Ellis, Bradbury, Lambourne, Nixon 72.0

Saturday 13th September 1952 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich

Ipswich Witches 47 Wolverhampton Wasps 37 (Southern League)

Ipswich

Tich Read 0 2’ 1 3 6 1

Sid Clark 3 3 3 3 12

Dennis Day 0 0 1’ 0 1 1

Dick Shepherd 3 2 3 1 9

Harold McNaughton 3 3 2 0 8

Charlie Mugford 2’ 1 1’ 1 5 2

Ron James 0 1 1

Geoff Woodger 2 3 5

Wolverhampton

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Cyril Quick 2 3 2 3 10

Jack Cunningham 1’ 0 2’ 2 5 2

Eric Irons 2 1 3 3 9

Dick Howard 1’ 0 0 1’ 2 2

Bill Jemison 0 2 2 2 6

Ken Brown 1 1’ 0 0 2 1

Stan Bradbury 1 2 3

Syd George 0 0 0

Ht1 Clark, Quick, Cunningham, Read 74.4 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Shepherd, Irons, Howard, Day 75.4 3 3 6 6

Ht3 McNaughton, Mugford, Brown, Jemison 75.8 5 1 11 7

Ht4 Quick, Shepherd, Bradbury, James 76.0 2 4 13 11

Ht5 Clark, Read, Irons, Howard 74.6 5 1 18 12

Ht6 Shepherd, Jemison, Brown, Day 77.0 3 3 21 15

Ht7 McNaughton, Quick, Mugford, Cunningham 76.0 4 2 25 17

Ht8 Irons, Woodger, Day, George 77.8 3 3 28 20

Ht9 Clark, Jemison, Read, Brown 75.4 4 2 32 22

Ht10 Quick, Cunningham, Shepherd, Day 76.8 1 5 33 27

Ht11 Irons, McNaughton, Mugford, Howard 76.4 3 3 36 30

Ht12 Read, Jemison, James, George 75.8 4 2 40 32

Ht13 Woodger, Bradbury, Howard, McNaughton (f) 77.6 3 3 43 35

Ht14 Clark, Cunningham, Mugford, Brown 76.0 4 2 47 37

Reserves Scratch Race

Ht1: Woodger, Bradbury, K.Brown, James 77.6

Ht2: Day, Davies, Don Briars, Ivor Brown (ef) 76.4

Final: Day, Bradbury, Woodger, Davies 76.8

Halesworth Scratch Race

Ht1: McNaughton, Jemison, Cunningham, Read 76.4 76.8

Ht2: Irons, Clark, Morgan, Quick 76.2 76.6

Ht3: Howard, Mugford, Shepherd, George 76.6 77.0

Final: Clark, Irons, McNaughton, Howard 76.6

Tuesday 16th September 1952 Banister Court, Southampton

Southampton Saints 59 Wolverhampton Wasps 25 (Southern League)

Southampton

Brian McKeown 2’ 3 3 3 11 1

Dudley Smith 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2

Mike Tams 1’ 2’ 2’ 1 6 3

Frank Malouf 2 2 3 3 10

Bert Croucher 3 3 3 3 12

Maury Mattingley 1 1 1 2’ 5 1

Ernie Brecknell 3 2’ 5 1

Jack Vallis 0 0 0

Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 0 1 2 2 5

Jack Cunningham 1 0 0 0 1

Bill Jemison 3 1 3 0 7

Ken Brown 0 0 2 1’ 3 1

Eric Irons 2 1 1 1 5

Dick Howard 0 0 1 1

Syd George 0 0 0

Stan Bradbury 1 0 2 3

Ht1 Smith, McKeown, Cunningham, Quick 66.0 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Jemison, Malouf, Tams, Brown 67.8 3 3 8 4

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Ht3 Croucher, Irons, Mattingley, Howard 66.8 4 2 12 6

Ht4 Brecknell, Malouf, Quick, George 66.0 5 1 17 7

Ht5 McKeown, Smith, Jemison, Brown 66.0 5 1 22 8

Ht6 Tams, Malouf, Irons, Howard 68.6 5 1 27 9

Ht7 Croucher, Quick, Mattingley, Cunningham 67.0 4 2 31 11

Ht8 Jemison, Tams, Bradbury, Vallis 67.8 2 4 33 15

Ht9 McKeown, Smith, Irons, George 65.8 5 1 38 16

Ht10 Malouf, Quick, Tams, Cunningham 68.8 4 2 42 18

Ht11 Croucher, Brown, Mattingley, Jemison 67.6 4 2 46 20

Ht12 McKeown, Brecknell, Irons, Bradbury 66.8 5 1 51 21

Ht13 Croucher, Bradbury, Brown, Vallis 68.0 3 3 54 24

Ht14 Smith, Mattingley, Cunningham, Howard 66.8 5 1 59 25

Friday 19th September 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 33 Rayleigh Rockets 50 (Southern League)

Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 3 3 1 3 10

Jack Cunningham 1 1 0 0 2

Bill Jemison 0 0 2 3 5

Ken Brown 2 1 2 0 5

Stan Bradbury 1 0 0 2 3

Eric Irons 0 3 2 2 7

Dick Howard 0 0 0

Syd George 1’ 0 1 1

Rayleigh

Jack Unstead 2 2’ 1’ 0 5 2

Tom O’Connor 0 2 1 3

Gerald Jackson 3 2 3 3 11

Alby Smith 1 0 1 1 3

Maurice McDermott 2’ 1 2’ 2 7 2

Peter Clark 3 3 3 3 12

Les McGillivray 3 2 3 8

Jules Benson 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Quick, Unstead, Cunningham, O’Connor 70.8 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Jackson, Brown, Smith, Jemison 71.2 2 4 6 6

Ht3 Clark, McDermott, Bradbury, Irons 71.2 1 5 7 11

Ht4 McGillivray, Unstead, Brown, Howard 73.2 1 5 8 16

Ht5 Quick, Jackson, Cunningham, Smith 70.8 4 2 12 18

Ht6 Clark, Brown, McDermott, Jemison 72.4 2 4 14 22

Ht7 Irons, O’Connor, Unstead, Bradbury 72.0 3 3 17 25

Ht8 Jackson, Jemison, George, Benson 71.8 3 3 20 28

Ht9 Clark, McDermott, Quick, Cunningham 71.6 1 5 21 33

Ht10 Jemison, McGillivray, Unstead (ex), Brown (ex) 73.8 3 2 24 35

Ht11 Jackson, Irons, Smith, Bradbury 71.6 2 4 26 39

Ht12 Quick, McDermott, Benson, Howard 71.4 3 3 29 42

Ht13 McGillivray, Bradbury, Smith, George 71.6 2 4 31 46

Ht14 Clark, Irons, O’Connor, Cunningham 72.0 2 4 33 50

Friday 26th September 1952 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wasps 59 Plymouth Devils 25 (Southern League)

Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 3 3 3 2 11

Jack Cunningham 2’ 2’ 1 1 6 2

Eric Irons 3 2 3 3 11

Bill Jemison 2’ 3 1’ 2’ 8 3

Ken Brown 1 2’ 0 1 4 1

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Benny King 3 3 3 3 12

Stan Bradbury 1 1’ 2 1

Jimmy Grant 2’ 3 5 1

Plymouth

Alan Dabinett F 0 0 0 0

Roy Moreton 1 1 1 0 3

Alan Smith 1 1 1 1’ 4 1

Brian Hitchcock 0 0 2 2 4

Ted Stevens 0 F 0 3 3

Bill Thatcher 2 3 2 2 9

Bill Rundle 2 0 0 0 2

No no.8

Ht1 Quick, Cunningham, Moreton, Dabinett (f) 71.6 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Irons, Jemison, Smith, Hitchcock (f) 71.2 5 1 10 2

Ht3 King, Thatcher, Brown, Stevens 71.0 4 2 14 4

Ht4 Jemison, Rundle, Bradbury, Dabinett 72.6 4 2 18 6

Ht5 Quick, Cunningham, Smith, Hitchcock 71.2 5 1 23 7

Ht6 Thatcher, Irons, Jemison, Stevens (f) 71.4 3 3 26 10

Ht7 King, Brown, Moreton, Dabinett (f) 71.0 5 1 31 11

Ht8 Irons, Grant, Smith, Rundle 71.2 5 1 36 12

Ht9 Quick, Thatcher, Cunningham, Stevens (f) 71.0 4 2 40 14

Ht10 Irons, Jemison, Moreton, Dabinett 71.4 5 1 45 15

Ht11 King, Hitchcock, Smith, Brown 70.6 3 3 48 18

Ht12 Stevens, Quick, Bradbury, Rundle 70.4 3 3 51 21

Ht13 Grant, Hitchcock, Brown, Rundle 71.4 4 2 55 23

Ht14 King, Thatcher, Cunningham, Moreton 70.4 4 2 59 25

Wolverhampton Scratch Races

Ht1: Quick, Moreton, Stevens, Jemison (f) 53.4 54.2

Ht2: Cunningham, Irons, Hitchcock, Smith 53.8 54.0

Ht3: Thatcher, King, Brown, Dick Howard 53.8 54.4

Final Quick, Thatcher, Cunningham, Irons 52.8

Staffordshire Scurry

Howard, Johnny Glassbrenner, Tommy Nash, Syd George 74.8

Reserves' Scratch Race

Bradbury, Rundle, Howard, Debinett 72.6

Saturday 27th September 1952 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh

Rayleigh Rockets 67 Wolverhampton Wasps 17 (Southern League)

Rayleigh

Jack Unstead 3 3 3 3 12

Tom O’Connor 1 2’ 2’ 1 6 2

Gerald Jackson 3 3 3 3 12

Les McGillivray 2’ 3 1 2’ 8 2

Peter Clark 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2

Maurice McDermott 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2

Alby Smith 2’ 2’ 4 2

Jules Benson 2’ 3 5 1

Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 2 1 1 0 4

Jack Cunningham 0 0 1 0 1

Bill Jemison 0 0 0 0

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Ken Brown 1 1 1 1 4

Benny King 0 0 1 1 2

Eric Irons 1 2 0 2 5

Jimmy Grant 0 0 0

Stan Bradbury 1 0 0 1

Ht1 Unstead, Quick, O’Connor, Cunningham 72.0 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Jackson, McGillivray, Brown, Jemison 73.0 5 1 9 3

Ht3 McDermot, Clark, Irons, King 72.8 5 1 14 4

Ht4 McGillivray, Smith, Quick, Grant 74.4 5 1 19 5

Ht5 Unstead, O’Connor, Brown, Jemison 73.8 5 1 24 6

Ht6 Jackson, Irons, McGillivray, King 73.8 4 2 28 8

Ht7 Clark, McDermott, Quick, Cunningham 73.6 5 1 33 9

Ht8 Jackson, Benson, Bradbury, Jemison 74.8 5 1 38 10

Ht9 Unstead, O’Connor, King, Irons 73.6 5 1 43 11

Ht10 Jackson, McGillivray, Cunningham, Quick 73.8 5 1 48 12

Ht11 Clark, McDermott, Brown, Bradbury 72.8 5 1 53 13

Ht12 Unstead, Smith, King, Bradbury 73.6 5 1 58 14

Ht13 Benson, Clark, Brown, Grant 75.6 5 1 63 15

Ht14 McDermott, Irons, O’Connor, Cunningham 73.4 4 2 67 17

The Rocket Scurry (3 laps)

Applegate, Bedford, Flanagan, Fred Hill 57.0

The Rayleigh Supporters’ Trophy 3 laps

Ht1 Jackson, Benson, Quick, King 55.4

Ht2 McGillivray, Brown, O’Conner, Raoul Vieyra 56.8

Ht3 Cunningham, Jamieson, Unstead, McDermott 55.4

Ht4 Clark, Irons, Bradbury, Smith 55.0

Final Jackson, Clark, McGillivray, Cunningham 54.0

Thursday 2nd October 1952 Penarth Road Stadium, Cardiff

Cardiff Dragons 66 Wolverhampton Wasps 17 (Southern League)

Cardiff

Hugh Geddes 2’ 3 1 3 9 1

Charlie May 3 2’ 3 2’ 10 2

Bert Edwards 3 3 3 3 12

Chum Taylor 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3

Gerald Pugh 3 3 3 3 12

Mick Holland 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3

Kevin Hayden 2’ 1 3 1

Mick Callaghan 2’ 0 2 1

Wolverhampton

Cyril Quick 0 0 0

Jack Cunningham 1 1 1 0 3

Eric Irons 1 1 0 1 3

Bill Jemison 0 0 0 0 0

Ken Brown 1 1 2 2 6

Benny King 0 0 0 1 1

Stan Bradbury 1 0 0 2 3

Jimmy Grant 1 0 1

Ht1 May, Geddes, Cunningham, Quick 73.4 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Edwards, Taylor, Irons, Jemison 73.0 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Pugh, Holland, Brown, King 73.4 5 1 15 3

Ht4 Taylor, Hayden, Bradbury, Quick 73.0 5 1 20 4

Ht5 Geddes, May, Irons, Jemison 74.8 5 1 25 5

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Ht6 Edwards, Taylor, Brown, King 73.0 5 1 30 6

Ht7 Pugh, Holland, Cunningham, Bradbury 72.2 5 1 35 7

Ht8 Edwards, Callaghan, Grant, Irons 73.2 5 1 40 8

Ht9 May, Brown, Geddes, King 74.2 4 2 44 10

Ht10 Edwards, Taylor, Cunningham, Bradbury 73.0 5 1 49 11

Ht11 Pugh, Holland, Irons, Jemison 72.8 5 1 54 12

Ht12 Geddes, Brown, Hayden, Grant 74.6 4 2 58 14

Ht13 Pugh, Bradbury, Callaghan (f), Jemison (ef) 74.8 3 2 61 16

Ht14 Holland, May, King, Cunningham (ret) 73.4 5 1 66 17

No second half - double header

Friday 3rd October 1952 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton

Young England 62 Young Australasia 45

Young England

Benny King 3 3 2 2 2’ 1’ 13 2

Ron Barrett 0 1 1’ 1’ 3 2 8 2

Gerald Jackson 2’ 2’ 1 0 2’ 2’ 9 4

Cyril Quick 3 3 3 3 3 3 18

Danny Malone 0 0

Sid Clark 2 1 1’ 3 0 3 10 1

Eric Irons 0 2 1 1 0 4

Basil Harris

Young Australasia

Jack Cunningham 2 1 3 3 0 2 11

Hugh Geddes 1’ 0 0 0 1 1

Chum Taylor 1 2’ 3 1’ 2’ 0 9 3

Peter Moore 0 3 0 2 3 3 11

Bill Jemison 0 0 0

Johnny Chamberlain 3 2 0 0 1 1 7

Peter Harris 2 2 1 0 5

Jules Benson 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 King, Cunningham, Geddes, Barrett 71.6 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Quick, Jackson, Taylor, Moore 72.0 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Chamberlain, Clark, Malone (f), Jemison (f) 73.6 2 3 10 7

Ht4 Quick, Jackson, Cunningham, Geddes 72.0 5 1 15 8

Ht5 Moore, Taylor, Clark, Irons 75.2 1 5 16 13

Ht6 King, Chamberlain, Barrett, Jemison 71.6 4 2 20 15

Ht7 Cunningham, Irons, Clark, Geddes 73.2 3 3 23 18

Ht8 Taylor, King, Barrett, Moore 72.8 3 3 26 21

Ht9 Quick, Harris, Jackson, Chamberlain 72.6 4 2 30 23

Ht10 Cunningham, King, Barrett, Geddes 72.4 3 3 33 26

Ht11 Quick, Moore, Taylor, Jackson 72.8 3 3 36 29

Ht12 Clark, Harris, Irons, Chamberlain 72.2 4 2 40 31

Ht13 Quick, Jackson, Harris, Cunningham 72.2 5 1 45 32

Ht14 Moore, Taylor, Irons, Clark 73.4 1 5 46 37

Ht15 Barrett, King, Chamberlain, Harris 71.8 5 1 51 38

Ht16 Clark, Cunningham, Benson, Irons 72.6 3 3 54 41

Ht17 Moore, Barrett, King, Taylor 71.8 3 3 57 44

Ht18 Quick, Jackson, Chamberlain, Benson 72.2 5 1 62 45

Friday 10th October 1952 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Chronicle Trophy

Points Bonus Total

Stan Bradbury 0 1 3 2 6 5 11

Ken Brown 1 0 3 2 6 2.5 8.5

Jack Cunningham 2 2 3 1 8 3 11

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Syd George 0 1 1 0 2 6 8

Jimmy Grant 3 3 2 2 10 1 11

Charlie Hayden 1 0 2 3 6 4 10

Dick Howard 0 1 0 1 2 4 6

Eric Irons 2 3 2 1 8 1.5 9.5

Ray Reece 1 0 0 0 1 7 8

Benny King 3 3 3 3 12 0 12

Cyril Quick 3 2 1 0 6 0.5 6.5

Derek Timms 2 2 1 0 5 4 9

Ht1 Grant, Irons, Hayden, Howard (ret) 70.6

Ht2 King, Cunningham, Reece, George 70.2

Ht3 Quick, Timms, Brown, Bradbury 71.0

Ht4 Grant, Cunningham, Bradbury, Reece 70.8

Ht5 King, Quick, Howard, Brown 70.0

Ht6 Irons, Timms, George, Howard 70.6

Ht7 Cunningham, Grant, Quick, Hayden 71.0

Ht8 Brown, Hayden, Timms, Reece (f) 71.2

Ht9 Bradbury, Brown, George, Reece 72.2

Ht10 King, Irons, Cunningham, Timms 71.0

Ht11 Hayden, Bradbury, Howard, George 71.4

Ht12 King, Grant, Irons, Quick 70.6

Run Off 2nd Place

Cunningham, Bradbury, Grant ?

Wolverhampton Scratch Race (3 laps)

Ht1: King, Roy Craighead, Irons, Tony Lewis 52.8 53.2

Ht2: Quick, Terry Small, Ken Middleditch, Brown 52.8 53.0

Ht3: Cunningham, Squibb, Bill Holden, Grant 53.2 53.4

Final: King, Quick, Cunningham, Small 52.8

The Cannock Chase

Tommy Nash, Smudger Smith, Johnny Glassbrenner, Bob Wasley 75.6

The Pirates Scurry

Lewis, Squibb, Middleditch, Craighead 70.2

The Monmore Scratch Race

Holden, King, Small, Quick 71.0

WOLVERHAMPTON 1952 Needs in BOLD

Friday 11th April 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton Wasps 45 Swindon Robins 39 (SL)

SH 2nd place times

Thursday 17th April 1952 Station Road, Long Eaton, Long Eaton Archers 58 Wolverhampton Wasps 50

(NT)

Friday 18th April 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Wasps 74 Long Eaton

Archers 33 (NT)

Monday 21st April 1952 County Ground, Exeter, Exeter Falcons 73 Wolverhampton Wasps 34 (NT)

Friday 25th April 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Wasps 49 Exeter

Falcons 59 (NT)

Tuesday 29th April 1952 Banister Court, Southampton, Southampton Saints 37 Wolverhampton Wasps 47

(SL)

Friday 2nd May 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Wasps 59 Long

Eaton Archers 25 (SL) SH 2nd place times Saturday 3rd May 1952 Tongham Greyhound Stadium, Aldershot, Aldershot Shots 46 Wolverhampton

Wasps 37 (SL)

Friday 9th May 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Wasps 61 Southampton

Saints 23 (SL)

Saturday 10th May 1952 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh, Rayleigh Rockets 52 Wolverhampton Wasps 32 (SL)

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Friday 16th May 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Wasps 54 Cardiff

Dragons 30 (SL)

Saturday 17th May 1952 Abbey Stadium, Swindon, Swindon Robins 45.5 Wolverhampton Wasps 38.5 (SL)

Thursday 22nd May 1952 Station Road, Long Eaton, Long Eaton Archers 45 Wolverhampton Wasps 39

(SL)

Friday 23rd May 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton Wasps 48 St Austell Gulls 36 (SL)

Friday 30th May 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton, World Championship Qualifying Round

Monday 2nd June 1952 Tongham Greyhound Stadium, Aldershot, Aldershot Shots 39 Wolverhampton

Wasps 45 (SL)

Friday 6th June 1952 Monmore Green,Wolverhampton Wasps 51 Ipswich Witches 33 (SL)

Friday 13th June 1952 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton Wasps 51 Plymouth Devils 31 (SL) Time Staffs

Scurry

Friday 17th June 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton, Midland Riders' Championship

Qualifying Round

Wednesday 18th June 1952 Highbury Avenue Sports Stadium, Fleetwood, Fleetwood Knights 56

Wolverhampton Wasps 28 (North Fylde Trophy)

Friday 20th June 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Wasps 47

Rayleigh Rockets 37 (SL) T Staffs Scurry

Wednesday 25th June 1952 Tongham Aldershot Shots 32 Wolverhampton Wasps 52 (Ch) T Ht12

Friday 27th June 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Wasps 53 Cardiff

Dragons 31 (SL)

Sunday 30th June 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton Charity Sports Gala All Times

Thursday 3rd July 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth, Plymouth Devils 45 Wolverhampton Wasps 39 (SL)

Friday 4th July 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton Wasps 59 Exeter Falcons 25 (SL)

Friday 11th July 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton Wasps 55 Aldershot Shots 28 (SL)

Tuesday 12th August 1952 Cornish Stadium, St Austell, St Austell Gulls 44 Wolverhampton Wolves 40

(SL)

Friday 18th July 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, , Wolverhampton Wasps 62 St Austell Gulls 22 (SL)

Friday 25th July 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Wasps 69 Long Eaton

Archers 26 (MC)

Friday 1st August 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Wasps 55 Ipswich

Witches 29 (SL)

Saturday 2nd August 1952 Cowley Stadium, Oxford, Oxford Cheetahs 62 Wolverhampton Wasps 34 (MC)

Thursday 7th August 1952 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth, Plymouth Devils 55 Wolverhampton Wasps 29 (SL)

Friday 8th August 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Wasps 61

Southampton Saints 23 (SL)

Monday 11th August 1952 County Ground, Exeter, Exeter Falcons 43 Wolverhampton Wasps 41 (SL)

T Stadium Final

Tuesday 12th August 1952 Cornish Stadium, St Austell, St Austell Gulls 44 Wolverhampton Wolves

40 (SL) SH

Thursday 14th August 1952 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich, Ipswich Witches 39 Wolverhampton Wasps

45 (SL)7

Friday 14th August 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Wasps 51 Oxford

Cheetahs 45 (MC)

Sunday 17th August 1952 Shelbourne Park, Dublin, Shelbourne Tigers 38 Wolverhampton Wasps 45 (Ch)

Thursday 21st August 1952 Penarth Road Stadium, Cardiff, Cardiff Dragons 66 Wolverhampton Wasps 18

(SL)

Friday 22nd August 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Wasps 42 Exeter

Falcons 42 (SL)

Friday 29th August 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton Wasps 34 Stoke Potters 50 (Ch)

Friday 5th September 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Wasps 58

Aldershot Shots 26 (SL)

Monday 8th September 1952 County Ground, Exeter, Exeter Falcons 51 Wolverhampton Wolves 33 (SL)

Tuesday 9th September 1952 Cornish Stadium, St Austell, St Austell Gulls 41 Wolverhampton Wasps

43 (SL) SH details

Friday 12th September 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton Wasps 50 Swindon Robins 34 (SL)

Saturday 13th September 1952 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich, Ipswich Witches 47 Wolverhampton

Wasps 37 (SL)

Tuesday 16th September 1952 Banister Court, Southampton, Southampton Saints 59 Wolverhampton

Wasps 25 (SL)

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Friday 19th September 1952 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Wasps 33

Rayleigh Rockets 50 (SL) SH Details

Friday 26th September 1952 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Wasps 59 Plymouth Devils 25

(SL)

Thursday 2nd October 1952 Penarth Road Stadium, Cardiff, Cardiff Dragons 66 Wolverhampton Wasps 17

(SL)

Friday 3rd October 1952 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton, Young England 62 Young Australasia 45

Friday 10th October 1952 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Chronicle Trophy T 2nd

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