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Tamworth 1948

Updated 23.7.2018

Friday 26th March 1948 Fazley Stadium Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 44 Cradley Heath Cubs 39 (Challenge)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 2 2 3 E 7

Charlie Oates 1’ 1 1 1’ 4 2

Arthur Payne F 0

Cyril Page 3 0 2 3 8

Bill Dalton 2’ 2 2’ 3 9 2

Basil Harris 3 1’ 3 2 9 1

Fred Yates 0 1 1’ 0 2 1

Harry Saunders 1 3 1 5

Cradley Heath

Les Beaumont 0 2’ 1 2 5 1

Alan Hunt 3 3 E 3 9

Jimmy Wright F 0 2 2’ 4 1

Graham Warren 2 3 3 3 11

Eric Irons 1 2 2 3 8

Ted Moore 0 0 0 F 0

Ray Beaumont 1 0 1

Phil Malpass 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Hunt, Langton, Oates, L.Beaumont 74.8 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Page, Warren, Payne (f), Wright (f) 75.0 3 2 6 5

Ht3 Harris, Dalton, Irons, Moore 74.8 5 1 11 6

Ht4 Warren, Langton, R.Beaumont, Yates 73.2* 2 4 13 10

Ht5 Hunt, L.Beaumont, Saunders, Page 74.8 1 5 14 15

Ht6 Warren, Dalton, Harris, Wright 74.0 3 3 17 18

Ht7 Langton, Irons, Oates, Moore 74.2 4 2 21 20

Ht8 Saunders, Wright, Yates, Malpass 77.0 4 2 25 22

Ht9 Harris, Dalton, L.Beaumont, Hunt (ef) 77.4 5 1 30 23

Ht10 Warren, Wright, Oates, Langton (ef) 77.8 1 5 31 28

Ht11 Irons, Page, Yates, Moore 74.0 3 3 34 31

Ht12 Dalton, L.Beaumont, Saunders, R.Beaumont 74.8 4 2 38 33

Ht13 Page, Irons, Malpass, Yates 75.2 3 3 41 36

Ht14 Hunt, Harris, Oates. Moore (ef) 77.8 3 3 44 39

Reserves Scratch Race

Ht1 Chipman, Watling, Hookham, Collins 77.4

Ht2 Yates, Malpass, R.Beaumont, Orpwood (ns) 78.2

Final Watling, Malpass, Chipman, Yates (ef) 77.6

Tamworth Scratch Race

Ht1 Langton, Irons, L.Beaumont, Page 74.6 ?

Ht2 Hunt, Oates, Moore, 78.0 ?

Ht3 Dalton, Warren, Wright, Harris 75.0 ?

Final Hunt, Langton, Dalton, Warren ?

Monday 29th March 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth 50 North 33 (Challenge)

Tamworth:

Steve Langton 1,2,2,3=8

Charlie Oakes 3,1,0,2=6

Harry Saunders ef,ex,2,1=3

Cyril Page 3,3,3,3=12

Bill Dalton 2,3,2,2=9

Basil Harris 3,2,3,1=9

Jack Kidd f,2=2

Lionel Watling 1,ex=1

The North

Len Tupling f,1=1

Norman Price 2,2,1,3=8

Harwood Pike 2,1,1,1=5

Jock Shead f,ex,0,2=2

Red Hamley f,3,f,f,=3

Al Allison 1,0,2,ex=3

Stan Beardsall 3,3=6

Fred Rogers 1,3,1=5

1] Oakes, Price, Langton, 77.4 Only three riders (Tupling ?)

2] Page, Pike, Shead (f), Saunders (ef) 77.2 Only two finished

3] Harris, Dalton, Allison, Hamley (f) 78.2

4] Beardsall, Langton, Rogers, Kidd 76.4

5] Page, Price, Watling, Tupling (f) 76.8 (Saunders ex, replaced by Watling in re-run)

6] Dalton, Harris, Pike, Shead (ex) 77.4

7] Hamley, Langton, Oates, Allison 76.6

8] Rogers, Saunders, Pike, Watling (ex) 77.0 (Watling hit fence at end of race, was Ex)

9] Harris, Dalton, Price, 77.6 Only three riders (Tupling ?)

10] Langton, Shead, Pike, Oates 76.6

11] Page, Allison, Saunders, Hamley (f) 76.8

12] Beardsall, Dalton, Tupling 75.8 (Watling ?)

13] Page, Kidd, Rogers, Hamley (f,ex) 77.2 re-run

14] Price, Oates, Harris, Allison (ef) 77.2 Final Score 50 - 33


1] Beardsall, Rogers, Yates (?) 76.0 (line through Watling)

2] Kidd, Howard Chipman, Cecil Hookham, Al Collins (ef) 77.8

Final: Beardsall, Chipman, Rogers, Kidd (ef) 77.2

Holiday Scratch Race:

1] Allison, Page, Langton, Tupling (ef) 75.6

2] Dalton, Harris, Price, Chipman 75.4 (Chipman replaced Hamley)

3] Shead, Oates, Yates, Pike (ex, Time) 76.8 (Yates for Payne)

Final Dalton, Page, Shead, Allison 76.2

Wednesday 31st March 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 45 Stoke Potters 37 (Challenge)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 1-2-3-3 9

Charlie Oates 2-0-1-2 5

Harry Saunders 0-ef-ef 0

Cyril -3-3-3 11

Bill Dalton 1-0-3-3 7

Basil Harris 3-1-2-3 9

Jack Kidd 1-0-0 1

Fred Yates 2-1 3

Stoke:

Dave Anderson ef-ef-ef 0

Les Jenkins 3-2-1-1 7

Gil Blake 3-2-ex-ef 5

Frank Evans 1-3-3-2 9

Vic Pitcher 0-1-2-2 5

Ray Harris 2-2-1-0 5

Jock Gordon f-ef 0

Ken Adams 3-2-1 6

1] Jenkins, Oates, Langton, Anderson (ef) 77.6 3 3 3 3

2] Blake, Page, Evans, Saunders 77.0 2 4 5 7

3] B.Harris, R. Harris, Dalton, Pitcher 78.0 4 2 9 9

4] Evans, Langton, Kidd, Gordon (f) 76.6 3 3 12 12

5] Page, Jenkins, Anderson (ef), Saunders (ef) 76.0 3 2 15 14

6] Evans, Blake, B. Harris, Dalton 76.2 1 5 16 19

7] Langton, R. Harris, Pitcher, Oates 76.8 3 3 19 22

8] Adams, Yates, Saunders (ef), Blake (ex 2mins) 81.4 2 3 21 25

9] Dalton, B. Harris, Jenkins, Anderson (ef) 78.0 5 1 26 26

10] Langton, Evans, Oates, Blake 77.4 4 2 30 28

11] Page, Pitcher, R. Harris, Kidd 76.8 3 3 33 31

12] Dalton, Adams, Yates, Gordon (ef) 78.8 4 2 37 33

13] Page, Pitcher, Adams, Kidd 77.6 3 3 40 36

14] B. Harris, Oates, Jenkins, R. Harris 78.0 5 1 45 37

Junior Scratch RaceL

Lionel Watling, Al Collins, Howard Chipman, Cecil Hookham 80.4


Bill Harris, Charlie Oates, Stan Bradbury, Cecil Hookham 75.8

Staffordshire Scratch Race

Ht 1: Steve Langton, Peter Orpwood, Les Jenkins, Dave Anderson 75.6

Ht 2: Basil Harris, Frank Evans, Gil Blake, Sammy?? 76.4

Ht 3: Bill Harris, Lionel Watling, Charlie Oates, Al Collins 75.6

Ht 4: Cyril Page, Bill Dalton, Ken Adams, Ray Harris ?

Final: Steve Langton, Basil Harris, Cyril Page, Bill Harris ?

Thursday 1st April 1948 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke

Stoke Potters 44 Tamworth Hounds 40 (Challenge)

Stoke

Dave Anderson 2 3 3 9 8

Les Jenkins 0 0 3 3 6

Gil Blake 2 1’ 3 3 9 1

Jock Gordon 0 2 0 0 2

Vic Pitcher 0 3 3 3 9

Ray Harris 2 2’ 1 1 6 1

Frank Evans 1 2 3

Ken Adams 0 1 1

Tamworth

Steve Langton 3 3 2 2 10

Charlie Oates 1 0 0 2 3

Arthur Payne 3 1 1’ 2 7 1

Cyril Page 1 2 0 1’ 4 1

Bill Dalton 3 1’ 2 3 9 1

Fred Yates 1 2 1’ 0 4 1

Lionel Watling 0 0 0

Peter Orpwood 2 1 3

Ht1 Langton, Anderson, Oates, Jenkins 78.0 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Payne, Blake, Page, Gordon 79.8 2 4 4 8

Ht3 Dalton, Harris, Yates, Pitcher 78.4 2 4 6 12

Ht4 Anderson, Page, Evans, Watling 79.6 4 2 10 14

Ht5 Langton, Gordon, Blake, Oates 78.0 3 3 13 17

Ht6 Pitcher, Harris, Page, Payne 79.0 5 1 18 18

Ht7 Anderson, Yates, Dalton, Jenkins 79.6 3 3 21 21

Ht8 Blake, Orpwood, Payne, Adams 79.2 3 3 24 24

Ht9 Pitcher, Langton, Harris, Oates 79.4 4 2 28 26

Ht10 Jenkins, Payne, Page, Anderson 78.6 3 3 31 29

Ht11 Blake, Dalton, Yates, Gordon 79.4 3 3 34 32

Ht12 Pitcher, Langton, Adams, Watling, 80.6 4 2 38 34

Ht13 Dalton, Evans, Orpwood, Gordon 81.6 2 4 40 38

Ht14 Jenkins, Oates, Harris, Yates 79.8 4 2 44 40

Saturday 3rd April 1948 Hedon Stadium, Hull

Hull Angels 45 Cradley Heath and Tamworth 38 (Challenge)

Hull

Norman Johnson 2’ 0 3 3 8 1

Alf Webster 3 1 1 3 8

Allan Nicholson 2 3 2 2 9

Johnny White 1’ 0 1’ 1 3 2

Brian Gorman 0 2 0 3 5

Derek Glover 2 R 3 1 6

Mick Mitchell 2 1 3 6

Fred Yates 0 0 0

Cradley Heath and Tamworth

Steve Langton 1 1’ 2 0 4 1

Les Beaumont 0 2 1’ 0 3 1

Ray Beaumont 0 R 1 0 1

Basil Harris 3 3 3 2 11


Bill Dalton 3 2 3 2 10

Cyril Page 1 1

Jimmy Wright 3 2 2 7

Ht1 Webster, Johnson, Langton, L.Beaumont, 85.4* 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Harris, Nicholson, White, R.Beaumont 3 3 8 4

Ht3 Dalton, Glover, Irons, Gorman 2 4 10 8

Ht4 Harris, Mitchell, Page, Johnson 2 4 12 12

Ht5 Nicholson, L.Beaumont, Langton, White 3 3 15 15

Ht6 Harris, Gorman, R.Beaumont (ret), Glover (ret) 2 3 17 18

Ht7 Johnson, Dalton, Webster, Irons 4 2 21 20

Ht8 Wright, Nicholson, R.Beaumont, Yates 2 4 23 24

Ht9 Glover, Langton, L.Beaumont, Gorman 3 3 26 27

Ht10 Johnson, Harris, Webster, R.Beaumont 4 2 30 29

Ht11 Dalton, Nicholson, White, Irons 3 3 33 32

Ht12 Gorman, Wright, Mitchell, Langton 4 2 37 34

Ht13 Mitchell, Wright, White, Irons 4 2 41 36

Ht14 Webster, Dalton, Glover, L.Beaumont 4 2 45 38

Wednesday 7th April 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 82 Exeter Falcons 26 (National Trophy)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 3 2’ 3 3 3 3 17 1

Charlie Oates 2’ 2’ 2’ 2 3 11 3

Arthur Payne 3 3 0 0 6

Cyril Page 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 11 4

Bill Dalton 2 2’ 3 3 2’ 1 13 2

Basil Harris 2’ 3 3 2’ 3 13 2

Harry Saunders 2’ 3 5 1

Peter Orpwood 3 1 2’ 6 1

Exeter

Cyril Roger 1 3 1 3 1 2 11

Bert Roger 0 0 2 1 0 0 3

John Myson 0 1 0 1 2

Hugh Geddes 1 1 0 1 0 3

Arthur Pilgrim 1 1 0 1 1 4

Don Hardy 0 0 0 X F 0

Broncho Slade 0 F 0

Norman Clay 1 1 1 3

Ht1 Langton, Oates, C.Roger, B.Roger 73.4 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Payne, Harris, Geddes, Myson 75.6 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Page, Oates, Pilgrim, Hardy 75.2 5 1 15 3

Ht4 Orpwood, Saunders, Clay, Slade 76.6 5 1 20 4

Ht5 Payne, Page, Myson, B.Roger 77.0 5 1 25 5

Ht6 Harris, Langton, Geddes, Hardy 76.2 5 1 30 6

Ht7 C.Roger, Dalton, Pilgrim, Payne 76.0 2 4 32 10

Ht8 Langton, Dalton, C.Roger, Myson 75.6 5 1 37 11

Ht9 Langton, B.Roger, Orpwood, Hardy 77.6 4 2 41 13

Ht10 Harris, Oates, Myson, Pilgrim 76.8 5 1 46 14

Ht11 Dalton, Page, B.Roger, Geddes 78.2 5 1 51 15

Ht12 C.Roger, Oates, Geddes, Payne 76.8 2 4 53 19

Ht13 Dalton, Harris, Pilgrim, B.Roger 77.4 5 1 58 20

Htt14 Saunders, Orpwood, Clay, Slade (f) 78.4 5 1 63 21

Ht15 Langton, Page, Pilgrim, Geddes 76.6 5 1 68 22

Ht16 Oates, Dalton, Clay, Hardy (exc) 76.2 5 1 73 23

Ht17 Harris, Page, C.Roger, Hardy (f) 77.4 5 1 78 24

Ht18 Langton, C.Roger, Dalton, B.Roger 75.8 4 2 82 26


Ht1 Saunders, Orpwood, Slade, Clay ?

Ht2 Howard Chipman, Kidd, Al Collins, Hookham ?

Final Saunders, Orpwood, Chipman, Kidd ?

Monday 12th April 1948 County Ground, Exeter

Exeter Falcons 81 Tamworth Hounds 27 (National Trophy)

Exeter

Cyril Roger 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’12 6

Bert Roger 3 0 3 3 1 3 13

Johnny Myson 2’ 3 0 5 1

Hugh Geddes 3 2’ 2’ 7 2

Stan Hodson 3 3 2’ 3 3 14 1

Broncho Slade 3 3 2’ 3 3 14 1

Don Hardy 3 3 3 0 9

Arthur Pilgrim 2’ 2’ 3 7 2

Tamworth

Steve Langton 1 2 1 2 2 8

Charlie Oates 0 1 0 1 0 2



Bill Dalton 1’ 1’ 1 1 1 5 2

Basil Harris 2 1 1 2 1’ 7 1

Peter Orpwood 1 0 1’ 1 1 4 1

Harry Saunders 0 0 0

Ht1 C.Roger, B.Roger, Langton, Oates 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Slade, Myson, Payne, 1 10 2

Ht3 Geddes, Harris, Dalton, B.Roger 3 3 13 5

Ht4 Hardy, Pilgrim, Orpwood, Saunders 5 1 18 6

Ht5 Myson, Geddes, Oates, Payne 5 1 23 7

Ht6 Salde, C.Roger, Harris, Page 5 1 28 8

Ht7 Hodson, Langton, Dalton, Myson 3 3 31 11

Ht8 Hodson, C.Roger, Langton, Orpwood 5 1 36 12

Ht9 Hardy, C.Roger, Harris, Oates 5 1 41 13

Ht10 B.Roger, Slade, Dalton, Payne 5 1 46 14

Ht11 Hodson, Geddes, Oates, Page 5 1 51 15

Ht12 B.Roger, Langton, Orpwood, Myson 3 3 54 18

Ht13 Slade, Hodson, Dalton, Oates 5 1 59 19

Ht14 Hardy, Pilgrim, Orpwood, Saunders 5 1 64 20

Ht15 Pilgrim, C.Roger, Dalton, Page 5 1 69 21

Ht16 Hodson, Harris, B.Roger, Payne 4 2 73 23

Ht17 Slade, Langton, Harris, Hardy 3 3 76 26

Ht18 B.Roger, C.Roger, Orpwood, Payne 5 1 81 29


Tamworth Hounds 63 Poole Pirates 21 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth


Charlie Oates 1 1 2’ 3 7 1


Cyril Page 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4

Bill Dalton 2’ 1’ 3 3 9 3

Basil Harris 3 2 0 2’ 7 1

Harry Saunders 2’ 3 5 1

Peter Orpwood 2’ 1 3 1

Poole

Charlie Hayden 2 0 2 0 4

Alf Elliott 0 1 1’ 1 3 1

Allan Chambers 1 0 1 1 3

George Butler 0 1 3 0 4

Sid Hazzard 0 0 1 0 1

Fred Pawson 1 2 0 0 3

Sid Clark 0 2 2

Bingley Cree 0 1 1

Ht1 Langton, Hayden, Oates, Elliott 75.0 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Payne, Page, Chambers, Butler 72.4 5 1 9 3

Ht3 Harris, Dalton, Pawson, Hazzard 77.0 5 1 14 4

Ht4 Langton, Saunders, Butler, Clark 75.4 5 1 19 5

Ht5 Payne, Page, Elliott, Hayden 76.0 5 1 24 6

Ht6 Butler, Harris, Dalton, Chambers 74.4 3 3 27 9

Ht7 Langton, Pawson, Oates, Hazzard 75.2 4 2 31 11

Ht8 Payne, Orpwood, Chambers, Cree 75.0 5 1 36 12

Ht9 Dalton, Hayden, Elliott, Harris 75.2 3 3 39 15

Ht10 Langton, Oates, Chambers, Butler 76.0 5 1 44 16

Ht11 Payne, Page, Hazzard, Pawson 76.6 5 1 49 17

Ht12 Dalton, Clark, Orpwood, Hayden 76.2 4 2 53 19

Ht13 Saunders, Page, Cree, Hazzard 76.4 5 1 58 20

Ht14 Oates, Harris, Elliott, Pawson 74.8 5 1 63 21

Junior Scratch Race

Yates, Kidd, Chipman, Al Collins 76.8

George Formby Scratch Race

Ht1 Page, Langton, Chambers, Hazzard 75.0

Ht2 Dalton, Elliott, Oates, Butler 75.0

Ht3 Payne, Pawson, Hayden, Harris 74.8

Ht4 Saunders, Orpwood, Cree 76.4

Final Payne, Page, Saunders, Dalton 74.6

Wednesday 21st April 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

British Riders’ Championship Qualifying Round

Steve Langton 0-2-0-3-1 6

William Harris 2-0-3-3-3 11

Arthur Payne 0-ns-0-2-2 4

Basil Harris 3-2-1-3-2 11

Bill Dalton 0-0-2-1-0 3

Jimmy Squibb 2-3-2-ex-2 9

Pete Lansdale 1-1-3-2-1 8

Eric Irons 1-2-3-0-3 9

Cyril Roger 3-3-1-f-1 8

Stan Hodson 3-3-3-1-3 13

Harwood Pike 2-2-3-f-3 10

Len Tuplin 0-1-2-1-0 4

Len Williams 1-ex-1-dns-dns 2

Jack Baxter 2-3-f-0-dns 5

Eric Salmon 1-1-1-2-1 6

Cyril Page -1-2-2-2 10

1] Hodson, Squibb, Williams, Dalton 73.6

2] Page, Pike, Salmon, Tupling 74.6

3] B. Harris, W. Harris, Irons, Payne 74.4

4] Roger, Baxter, Lansdale, Langton 75.6

5] R/R Roger, B. Harris, Salmon, Williams (ex) 76.2

6] Baxter, Irons, Tupling, Dalton 73.6

7] Hodson, Pike, Lansdale, W. Harris 74.0

8] Squibb, Langton, Page, Payne (dns) 75.8

9] W. Harris, Tupling, Williams, Langton 75.0

10] Lansdale, Dalton, Salmon, Payne 75.4

11] Pike, Payne, Baxter (f), Williams (dns) 77.8

12] Irons, Squibb, Roger, Pike (f) 74.8

13] Hodson, Page, B. Harris, Baxter 74.0

14] W. Harris, Page, Dalton, Roger (f) 73.8

15] Langton, Salmon, Hodson, Irons 74.4

16] r/r B. Harris, Lansdale, Tupling, Squibb (ex) 76.0

17] Irons, Page, Lansdale, Williams (dns) 75.2

18] Pike, B. Harris, Langton, Dalton 76.4

19] Hodson, Payne, Roger, Tupling 76.0

20] W. Harris, Squibb, Salmon, Baxter 76.2

Thursday 22nd April 1948 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth

Plymouth Devils 42 Tamworth Hounds 42 (National League Division Three)

Plymouth

Alex Gray 2 3 3 E 8

Dave Hynes 1’ 2’ 2 1 6 2

Billy Newell 1 0 1

Vic Gent 0 2 0 1’ 3 1

Pete Lansdale 3 3 2 3 11 1

Ted Gibson 1 1 0 0 2

Ivan Kessell 2’ 3 2 2 9 1

Charlie Challis 0 2’ 2 1

Tamworth

Steve Langton F F 0

Bill Harris 3 3 3 3 12


Cyril Page 2’ 0 2 1 5 1



Charlie Oates 1 1 1 3

Harry Saunders 1 1’ F 3 5 1

Ht1 Bi.Harris, Gray, Hynes, Langton 79.8 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Payne, Page, Newell, Gent 84.8 1 5 4 8

Ht3 Lansdale, Ba.Harris, Gibson, Dalton 83.3 4 2 8 10

Ht4 Gray, Kessell, Oates, 4.4 5 1 13 11

Ht5 Bi.Harris, Gent, Saunders, Newell 82.8 2 4 15 15

Ht6 Lansdale, Page, Gibson, Payne 84.0 4 2 19 17

Ht7 Gray, Hynes, Ba.Harris, Dalton 83.6 5 1 24 18

Ht8 Kessell, Payne, Saunders, Challis 83.0 3 3 27 21

Ht9 Bi.Harris, Lansdale, Oates, Gibson 82.0 2 4 29 25

Ht10 Payne, Hynes, Page, Gray (ef) 82.8 2 4 31 29

Ht11 Ba.Harris, Kessell, Dalton, Gent 84.0 2 4 33 33

Ht12 Lansdale, Challis, Oates, Saunders 86.2 5 1 38 34

Ht13 Saunders, Kessell, Gent, Dalton 86.0 3 3 41 37

Ht14 Bi.Harris, Ba.Harris, Hynes, Gibson 83.0 1 5 42 42

Tuesday 27th April 1948 Bannister Court, Southampton

Southampton Saints 55 Tamworth Hounds 29 (National League Division Three)

Southampton

Alf Bottoms 3 3 3 3 12 0 4

George Bason 0 2*1 0 3 1 4

Bob Oakley 3 2 2*3 10 1 4

Jim Squibb 2*1*2*2* 7 4 4

Alf Kaines 1*1*3 2 7 2 4

Bert Croucher 2 2 2*1 7 1 4

Tom Oakley 2*3 5 1 2

Cecil Bailey 3 1* 4 1 2

Tamworth

Steve Langton 1*3 0 3 7 1 4

Bill Harris 2 0 1 2* 5 1 4

Arthur Payne 1 3 1 2 7 0 4

Cyril Page 0 1 0 0 1 0 4

Jack Baxter 3 0 0 0 3 0 4

Basil Harris 0 1 1 3 5 0 4

Harry Saunders 0 0 0 0 2

Peter Orpwood 0 1 1 0 2

Ht1 Bottoms, Bi.Harris, Langton, Bason 70.2 3 3 3 3

Ht2 B.Oakley, Squibb, Payne, Page 71.8 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Baxter, Croucher, Kaines, Ba.Harris 72.6 3 3 11 7

Ht4 Bottoms, T.Oakley, Page, Saunders 70.8 5 1 16 8

Ht5 Langton, B.Oakley, Squibb, Bi.Harris 72.4 3 3 19 11

Ht6 Payne, Croucher, Kaines, Page 73.2 3 3 22 14

Ht7 Bottoms, Bason, Ba.Harris, Baxter 70.2 5 1 27 15

Ht8 Bailey, B.Oakley, Payne, Orpwood 73.0 5 1 32 16

Ht9 Kaines, Croucher, Bi.Harris, Langton 73.4 5 1 37 17

Ht10 Bottoms, Payne, Bason, Page 71.8 4 2 41 19

Ht11 B.Oakley, Squibb, Ba.Harris, Baxter 72.4 5 1 46 20

Ht12 Langton, Kaines, Bailey, Saunders 73.4 3 3 49 23

Ht13 T.Oakley, Squibb, Orpwood, Baxter 72.4 5 1 54 24

Ht14 Ba.Harris, Bi.Harris, Croucher, Bason 72.4 1 5 55 29


Tamworth Hounds 60 Wombwell Colliers 24 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 2’ 3 3 3 11 1

Bill Harris 3 X 2’ 3 8 1

Arthur Payne 1’ 3 2’ 3 9 2

Cyril Page 2 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 3

Jack Baxter F 2’ 1 3 6 1


Bill Dalton 2’ 3 5 1

Charlie Oates 3 0 3

Wombwell

Len Tupling 1 1 2 2 6

Bernard Thomas E 0 0 0 0

Harwood Pike 3 E 3

Harry Modrall 0 0 1 1 2

Stan Beardsall 3 3

Geoff Bishop 1 1’ 1 1 4 1

Ken Allick 1 2 1 1’ 5 1

Gerry Williams X E 1 1

Ht1 Bi.Harris, Langton, Tupling, Thomas (ef) 74.4 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Pike, Page, Payne, Modrall 75.0 3 3 8 4

Ht3 Beardsall, Ba.Harris, Bishop, Baxter (f) 73.8 2 4 10 8

Ht4 Langton, Dalton, Allick, Modrall 75.6 5 1 15 9

Ht5 Payne, Page, Tupling, Thomas 76.0 5 1 20 10

Ht6 Ba.Harris, Baxter, Modral. Pike (ef) 75.2 5 1 25 11

Ht7 Langton, Allick, Bishop, Bi.Harris (exc) 77.4 3 3 28 14

Ht8 Oates, Payne, Allick, Williams (exc) 78.2 5 1 33 15

Ht9 Ba.Harris, Tupling, Baxter, Thomas 75.6 4 2 37 17

Ht10 Langton, Bi.Harris, Modral 77.0 5 1 42 18

Ht11 Payne, Page, Bishop, Williams (ef) 77.2 5 1 47 19

Ht12 Baxter, Tupling, Allick, Oates 75.0 3 3 50 22

Ht13 Dalton, Page, Williams 76.0 5 1 55 23

Ht14 Bi.Harris, Ba.Harris, Bishop, Thomas 77.6 5 1 60 24

Reserves Race

Saunders, Orpwood, Williams, Thomas 77.6

Stadium Scratch Race

Ht1 Langton, Baxter, Allick, Orpwood 75.4

Ht2 Payne, Ba.Harrid, Bishop, Modral 75.2

Ht3 Bi.Harris, Williams, Thorpe, Oates 78.0

Ht4 Dalton, Saunders, Tupling, Page (f) ?

Final [ Langton, Payne, B.Harris, Dalton ?

Friday 30th April 1948 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heath Cubs 48 Tamworth Hounds 36 (National League Division Three)

Cradley

Jimmy Coy 1 1 0 2

Jimmy Wright 3 2 3 3 11

Bill Clifton 1 0 E 1 2

Les Beaumont 3 3 3 E 9


Alan Hunt 2’ 2’ 1 2’ 7 3

Fred Evans 0 1 1

Phil Malpass 3 0 1 4

Tamworth


Bill Harris F 1’ 0 0 1 1

Arthur Payne 0 0 0


Jack Baxter X 3 X 3 6


Bill Dalton 2’ 2 1’ 0 5 2

Charlie Oates 1 2 3

Ht1 Wright, Langton, Coy, Bi,Harris 78.8 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Beaumont, Page, Clifton, Payne 79.6 4 2 8 4

Ht3 Irons, Hunt, Ba.Harris, Baxter (exc) 80.6 5 1 13 5

Ht4 Page, Dalton, Coy, Evans 82.2 1 5 14 10

Ht5 Beaumont, Langton, Bi.Harris, Clifton 79.8 3 3 17 13

Ht6 Irons, Hunt, Page, Payne 81.4 5 1 22 14

Ht7 Baxter, Wright, Ba.Harris, Coy 80.8 2 4 24 18

Ht8 Malpass, Dalton, Oates, Clifton (ef) 81.8 3 3 27 21

Ht9 Irons, Langton, Hunt, Bi.Harris 79.8 4 2 31 23

Ht10 Wright, Page, Dalton, Malpass 80.2 3 3 34 26

Ht11 Beaumont, Ba.Harris, Clifton, Baxter (exc) 80.8 4 2 38 28

Ht12 Irons, Langton, Malpass, Dalton 79.6 4 2 42 30

Ht13 Baxter, Oates, Evans, Beaumont (ef) 80.4 1 5 43 35

Ht14 Wright, Hunt, Ba.Harris, Bi.Harris 80.8 4 1 48 36

Tuesday 4th May 1948 Bannister Court, Southampton

Southampton Saints 77 Tamworth Hounds 31 (National Trophy)

Southampton

Alf Bottoms 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 0 6

George Bason 1 2*0 2*3 8 2 5

Bob Oakley 2*1 3 1 3 2* 12 2 6

Jim Squibb 3 3 2 2*2 12 1 5

Alf Kaines 1 1 1*1 2* 6 2 5

Bert Croucher 3 2*3 3 1* 12 2 5

Tom Oakley 3 2* 5 1 2

Cecil Bailey 1 3 4 0 2

Tamworth

Steve Langton 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 5

Bill Harris 2 2 2 3 0 0 9 0 6

Arthur Payne 0 0 1 1 0 3

Bill Dalton 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 5

Jack Baxter 0 2 2 2 0 6 0 5

Basil Harris 1 1 0 2 0 3

Charlie Oates 0 1*0 0 1 1 4

Cyril Page 2 2 1 0 1 6 0 5

1 Bottoms, Bill Harris, George Bason, Steve Langton 72 4 – 2 4 – 2

2 Croucher, Bob Oakley, Bill Dalton, Arthur Payne 74.2 5 – 1 9 – 3

3 Squibb, George Bason, Basil Harris, Jack Baxter(f) 72.8 5 – 1 14 – 4

4 T.Oakley, Cyril Page, Cecil Bailey, Charlie Oates 75 4 – 2 18 – 6

5 Squibb, Bill Harris, Bob Oakley, Arthur Payne 73 4 – 2 22 – 8

6 Bottoms, Bert Croucher, Basil Harris, Bill Dalton 77.2 5 – 1 27 – 9

7 B.Oakley, Jack Baxter, Alf Kaines, Steve Langton 73.8 4 – 2 31 – 11

8 Bottoms, Cyril Page, Alf Kaines, Steve Langton 71.8 4 – 2 35 – 13

9 Bottoms, Bill Harris, Bob Oakley, Basil Harris 74.8 4 – 2 39 – 15

10 Croucher, Jack Baxter, Charlie Oates, George Bason(f) 73.8 3 – 3 42 – 18

11 Bi.Harris, Jim Squibb, Alf Kaines, Bill Dalton 72.6 3 – 3 45 – 21

12 B.Oakley, George Bason, Bill Dalton, Steve Langton 71.8 5 – 1 50 – 22

13 Croucher, Jack Baxter, Alf Kaines, Bill Harris 4 – 2 54 – 24

14 Bailey, Tom Oakley, Cyril Page, Charlie Oates 73 5 – 1 59 – 25

15 Bottoms, Jim Squibb, Bill Dalton, Jack Baxter 73.4 5 – 1 64 – 26

16 Bason, Alf Kaines, Arthur Payne, Cyril Page 75.8 5 – 1 69 – 27

17 Langton, Jim Squibb, Bert Croucher, Charlie Oates 73 3 – 3 72 – 30

18 Bottoms, Bob Oakley, Cyril Page, Bill Harris 75.2 5 – 1 77 – 31

Wednesday 5th May 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 46 Southampton Saints 62 (National Trophy)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 5

Bill Harris 2 2*1 0 1 6 1 5

Arthur Payne 1 1*2 2 2 2 10 1 6

Jack Baxter 3 2 2 0 0 7 0 5

Basil Harris 1* 1 1 1

Bill Dalton 0 3 3 3 2 0 11 0 6

Cyril Page 0 0 2*3 5 1 4

Charlie Oates 2 0 1 0 3 0 4

Southampton

Alf Bottoms 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 0 6

George Bason 1 0 1 1 1 4 0 5

Bob Oakley 3 3 1 0 3 1 11 0 6

Jim Squibb 2*1*3 1 3 10 2 5

Alf Kaines 0 0 0 0 0 3

Bert Croucher 1 2 3 2*1 9 1 5

Tom Oakley 1 0 2* 3 1 3

Cecil Bailey 3 2 2 7 0 3

Ht1 Alf Bottoms, Bill Harris, George Bason, Steve Langton 72.8 2 – 4 2 – 4

Ht2 Bob Oakley, Jim Squibb, Arthur Payne, Bill Dalton 75 1 – 5 3 – 9

Ht3 Jack Baxter, Bill Harris, Bert Croucher, Alf Kaines 74.8 5 – 1 8 – 10

Ht4 Cecil Bailey, Charlie Oates, Tom Oakley, Cyril Page(et) 76 2 – 4 10 – 14

Ht5 Bob Oakley, Jack Baxter, Arthur Payne, George Bason 75.6 3 – 3 13 – 17

Ht6 Bill Dalton, Bert Croucher, Jim Squibb, Steve Langton 76 3 – 3 16 – 20

Ht7 Alf Bottoms, Arthur Payne, Basil Harris, Alf Kaines 75.2 3 – 3 19 – 23

Ht8 Alf Bottoms, Steve Langton, Bob Oakley, Cyril Page 74.4 2 – 4 21 – 27

Ht 9 Bert Croucher, Arthur Payne, George Bason, Steve Langton 75.6 2 – 4 23 – 31

Ht10 Bill Dalton, Cecil Bailey, Bill Harris, Bob Oakley(et) 76.2 4 – 2 27 – 33

Ht11 Jim Squibb, Jack Baxter, George Bason, Charlie Oates 76.2 2 – 4 29 – 37

Ht12 Alf Bottoms, Arthur Payne, Jim Squibb, Bill Harris 74.2 2 – 4 31 – 41

Ht13 Bill Dalton, Cyril Page, George Bason, Alf Kaines 76.2 5 – 1 36 – 42

Ht14 Cyril Page, Cecil Bailey, Charlie Oates, Tom Oakley 77 4 – 2 40 – 44

Ht15 Jim Squibb, Tom Oakley, Steve Langton, Jack Baxter 76 1 – 5 41 – 49

Ht16 Bob Oakley, Bert Croucher, Bill Harris, Charlie Oates 76.6 1 – 5 42 – 54

Ht17 Alf Bottoms, Bill Dalton, Bert Croucher, Jack Baxter 75.4 2 – 4 44 – 58

Ht18 Alf Bottoms, Arthur Payne, Bob Oakley, Bill Dalton 75 2 – 4 46 – 62

Special Match Race

Peter Orpwood bt Lionel Watling (et) 79.0


Page, Oates, [T.Oakley, Bailey ?

Thursday 12th May 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 58 Coventry Bees 24 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth

Steve Langton E 3 3 1 7

Basil Harris 3 E 3 F 6


Jack Baxter 2’ 1 3 6 1

Bill Harris 1 0 3 4


Cyril Page 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4

Peter Orpwood 2’ 2’ 4 2

Coventry

Fred Yates 1’ 0 0 1’ 2 2

Bob Fletcher 2 2 1 3 8

Bert Lacey 1 2 1 0 4

Bernard Tennant 1 1’ 2 4 1

George Smith F X 1 1 2

John Yates 2 2 0 X 4

Alec Edwards 0 0 0

Fred Tracey F 0 F 0

Ht1 Ba.Harris, Fletcher, J.Yates, Langton (ef) 74.0 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Payne, Baxter, Lacey, Tracey (f) 74.8 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Dalton, J.Yates, Ba.Harris, Smith (f) 74.4 4 2 12 6

Ht4 Langton, Page, Tennant, Edwards 79.0 5 1 17 7

Ht5 Payne, Fletcher, Baxter, F.Yates 75.0 4 2 21 9

Ht6 Dalton, Lacey, Tennant, Bi.Harris 75.4 3 3 24 12

Ht7 Langton, J.Yates, Ba.Harris (ef), Smith (exc) 74.0 3 2 27 14

Ht8 Payne, Orpwood, Lacey, Tracey 76.4 5 1 32 15

Ht9 Dalton, Page, Fletcher, F.Yates 76.0 5 1 37 16

Ht10 Ba.Harris, Tennant, Langton, Lacey 75.0 4 2 41 18

Ht11 Payne, Page, Smith, J.Yates 77.0 5 1 46 19

Ht12 Bi.Harris, Orpwood, F.Yates, Edwards 75.8 5 1 51 20

Ht13 Baxter, Page, Smith, Tracey (f) 75.4 5 1 56 21

Ht14 Fletcher, Dalton, Ba.Harris (f), J.Yates (exctps) 74.4 2 3 58 24


Ht1 Orpwood, Oates, Collins, Hookham 76.8

Ht2 Page, Watling, Tracey, Alec Edwards 75.6

Castle Scratch Race

Ht1 Langton, Ba.Harris, Lacey, F.Yates 75.6

Ht2 Bi.Harris, Smith, Tennant, Bi.Harris 75.8

Ht3 Dalton, Baxter, Fletcher, J.Yates (exctps) 74.8

Ht4 Page, Oates, Orpwood, Watling 75.6

Final Langton, Page, Dalton, Bi.Harris 75.6

Friday 14th May 1948 South Yorkshire Sports Stadium, Wombwell

Wombwell Colliers 42 Tamworth Hounds 42 (National League Division Three)

Monday 17th May 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Best Pairs

Cyril Page 1-3-1-0-2 7

Bill Dalton 3-2-3-3-3- 14 =21

Steven Langton 2-1-2-1-1 7

Peter Orpwood 3-3-3-2-2 13 =20

Jimmy Wright 1-3-2-3-3- 12

Alan Hunt f (retired from meeting)

Charlie Oates 1-0-1-1 3 =15

Jack Baxter 2-0-3-3-1 9

Harry Saunders 0-2-1-0-ef 3 =12

Frank Evans 0-1-0-1-0 2

Ray Harris 2-3-1-2-2 10 =12

Harwood Pike 2-1-2-2-3 10

Geoff Bishop 0-0-0-0-0 0 =10

1] Orpwood, Langton, Wright, Hunt (f) 75.6

2] Dalton, Harris, Page, Evans 76.0

3] Orpwood, Baxter, Langton, Saunders 75.8

4] Harris, Bishop, Evans, Bishop 76.4

5] Wright, Saunders, Oates, Baxter 75.6

6] Page, Dalton, Pike, Bishop 77.4

7] Orpwood, Langton, Harris, Evans 77.0

8] Dalton, Wright, Page, Oates 76.6

9] Baxter, Pike, Saunders, Bishop 78.4

10] Dalton, Orpwood, Langton, Page 76.8

11] Wright, Pike, Oates, Bishop 75.8

12] Baxter, Harris, Evans, Saunders 80.0

13] Pike, Orpwood, Langton, Bishop 77.8

14] Wright, Harris, Oates, Evans 76.2

15] Dalton, Page, Baxter (f,rm), Saunders (ef) 78.6

Whitsuntide Scratch Race:

1] Harris, Bishop, Langton ? Page ? 79.4

2] Pike, Orpwood, 77.6 (Lines through Baxter & Hunt)

3] Dalton, Wright, Saunders, Evans 76.6

4] Watling, Hookham, Collins, Oates 80.4

Final: Dalton, Harris, Pike, Watling 76.4


Tamworth Hounds 49 Southampton Saints 34 (Challenge)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 2 2*3 3 10 1 4

Bill Harris 1*2*2*1 6 3 4

Cyril Page 2 1*3 1* 7 2 4

Jack Baxter 1*2 2 1* 6 2 4

Bill Dalton 0 2*2 0 4 1 4

Basil Harris 0 3 1*3 7 1 4


Charlie Oates 2*2 4 1 2

Southampton

Alf Bottoms 3 3 3 3 12 0 4

George Bason 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

Alf Kaines 0 0 0 1 1 0 4

Bert Croucher 3 1 1 0 5 0 4

Bob Oakley 2*0 3 3 8 1 4

Jim Squibb 3 1 0 2 6 0 4

Tom Oakley 0 1 1 0 2

Cecil Bailey 1 0 1 0 2

1 Alf Bottoms, Steve Langton, Bill Harris, George Bason(f) 72.6 record 3 – 3 3 – 3

2 Bert Croucher, Cyril Page, Jack Baxter, Alf Kaines(f) 75.8 3 – 3 6 – 6

3 Jim Squibb, Bob Oakley, Bill Dalton(et), Basil Harris(f) 78 0 – 5 6 – 11

4 Peter Orpwood, Steve Langton, Bert Croucher, Tom Oakley 76.2 5 – 1 11 – 12

5 Alf Bottoms, Jack Baxter, Cyril Page, George Bason(f) 74.6 3 – 3 14 – 15

6 Basil Harris, Bill Dalton, Bert Croucher, Alf Kaines 74.6 5 – 1 19 – 16

7 Steve Langton, Bill Harris, Jim Squibb, Bob Oakley 74.6 5 – 1 24 – 17

8 Cyril Page, Charlie Oates, Cecil Bailey, Alf Kaines 75.6 5 – 1 29 – 18

9 Alf Bottoms, Bill Dalton, Basil Harris, George Bason 74.2 3 – 3 32 – 21

10 Steve Langton, Bill Harris, Alf Kaines, Bert Croucher 75.4 5 – 1 37 – 22

11 Bob Oakley, Jack Baxter, Cyril Page, Jim Squibb 75.4 3 – 3 40 – 25

12 Alf Bottoms, Charlie Oates, Tom Oakley, Bill Dalton(f) 74.8 2 – 4 42 – 29

13 Bob Oakley, Peter Orpwood, Jack Baxter, Cecil Bailey 76 3 – 3 45 – 32

14 Basil Harris, Jim Squibb, Bill Harris, George Bason(f) 75.2 4 – 2 49 – 34

Junior Scratch Race: Lionel Watling, Howard Chipman, Al Collins, Cecil Hookham 77.6 Additional Race: Harry Saunders, Peter Orpwood, Charlie Oates 75.6 Three riders only Senior Scratch Race Ht 1: Steve Langton, Cyril Page, Bert Croucher, George Bason(ns) 74.4 Ht 2: Basil Harris, Bill Harris, Bob Oakley, Alf Kaines 74 Ht 3: Tom Oakley, Cecil Bailey, Charlie Oates, Peter Orpwood 77.2 Ht 4: Alf Bottoms, Bill Dalton, Jack Baxter, Jim Squibb 74.8 Final: Basil Harris, Steve Langton, Alf Bottoms, Tom Oakley 73.4


Tamworth Hounds 59 Stoke Potters 25 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth


Bill Harris 1 1 2’ 4 1


Jack Baxter 1 0 2’ 3 1

Bill Dalton 2’ 2’ 2’ 2 8 3


Peter Orpwood 2’ 1’ 3 6 2

Charlie Oates 2’ F 1’ 3 2

Stoke


Les Jenkins 2 1’ 0 3 1

Gil Blake 2 1’ E 1’ 4 1


Frank Evans 0 0 0 E 0

Ray Harris 1 2 3 1 7

Dick Howard 0 0 0

Ken Adams 1 0 1 2

Ht1 Langton, Jenkins, Bi.Harris, Anderson 75.2 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Page, Pitcher, Baxter, Blake 77.6 4 2 8 4

Ht3 Ba.Harris, Dalton, R.Harris, Evans 78.0 5 1 13 5

Ht4 Langton, Orpwood, Pitcher, Howard 77.4 5 1 18 6

Ht5 Page, Anderson, Jenkins, Baxter 79.0 3 3 21 9

Ht6 Ba.Harris, Dalton, Blake, Pitcher 77.2 5 1 26 10

Ht7 Langton, R.Harris, Bi.Harris, Evans 77.6 4 2 30 12

Ht8 Page, Oates, Adams, Blake (ef) 78.8 5 1 35 13

Ht9 Ba.Harris, Dalton, Anderson, Adams 76.4 5 1 40 14

Ht10 Langton, Pitcher, Blake, Oates (f) 78.2 3 3 43 17

Ht11 R.Harris, Page, Orpwood, Evans 78.4 3 3 46 20

Ht12 Anderson, Dalton, Oates, Howard 78.8 3 3 49 23

Ht13 Orpwood, Baxter, Adams, Evans (ef) 79.6 5 1 54 24

Ht14 Ba.Harris, Bi.Harris, R.Harris, Jenkins 77.0 5 1 59 25

Junior Challenge Tamworth 13 Stoke 11

Tamworth


Howard Chipman 1 1 2

Al Collins 0 2 2

Cecil Hookham 2 1’ 3 1

Stoke

Bert Danner 2 3 5

Jack Riley 0 F 0

Stan Bradbury 3 2 5

Len Parry 1 0 1

Ht1 Watling, Danner, Chipman, Riley 80.8 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Bradbury, Hookham, Parry, Collins 81.8 2 4 6 6

Ht3 Watling, Bradbury, Chipman, Parry 80.8 4 2 10 8

Ht4 Danner, Collins, Hookham. Riley (f) 79.8 3 3 13 11

Drayton Scratch Race

Ht1 Langton, R.Harris, Baxter, Anderson 77.8

Ht2 Ba.Harris, Bi.Harris, Pitcher, Danner 76.6

Ht3 Oates, Orpwood, Howard, Adams 79.0

Ht4 Page, Dalton, Evans, Blake 78.4

Final Ba.Harris, Langton, Oates, Page 75.2

Saturday 29th May 1948 Brandon Stadium, Coventry

Coventry Bees 37 Tamworth Hounds 47 (National League Division Three)

Coventry

Fred Yates 2’ 3 0 0 5 1


Bernard Tennant 2 0 3 0 5

Bert Lacye 0 1 1 3 5

Ralph Horne 2 3 2 2 9

John Yates 0 2’ 1’ 0 3 2

George Smith 0 0 0

Derrick Tailby 0 0 0

Tamworth


Bill Harris 1 2’ 3 2 8 1


Jack Baxter 3 2 1 2’ 8 1

Bill Dalton 1 1’ 2’ 2 6 2


Peter Orpwood 1’ 1 2 1

Charlie Oates 1’ 1’ 2 2

Ht1 Fletcher, F.Yates, Bi.Harris, Langton 79.4 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Baxter, Tennant, Page, Lacey 82.4 2 4 7 5

Ht3 Ba.Harris, Horne, Dalton, J.Yates 81.4 2 4 9 9

Ht4 F.Yates, Baxter, Orpwood, Smith 81.6 3 3 12 12

Ht5 Langton, Bi.Harris, Lacey, Tennant 82.4 1 5 13 17

Ht6 Horne, J.Yates, Baxter, Page 81.4 5 1 18 18

Ht7 Fletcher, Ba.Harris, Dalton, F.Yates 79.6 3 3 21 21

Ht8 Tennant, Page, Oates, Tailby 84.0 3 3 24 24

Ht9 Bi.Haris, Horne, J.Yates, Langton 82.0 3 3 27 27

Ht10 Page, Baxter, Fletcher, F.Yates 84.2 1 5 28 32

Ht11 Ba.Harris, Dalton, Lacey, Tennant 81.8 1 5 29 37

Ht12 Langton, Horne, Orpwood, Tailby 82.4 2 4 31 41

Ht13 Lacey, Dalton, Oates, Smith 82.8 3 3 34 44

Ht14 Fletcher, Bi.Harris, Ba.Harris, J.Yates 81.0 3 3 37 47

Tuesday 1st June 1948 Caister Road Stadium, Yarmouth

Yarmouth Bloaters 34 Tamworth Hounds 50 (National League Division Three)

Yarmouth

Billy Bales 0 F 2’ 2 1

Sid Hipperson 2 3 3 3 11

Roy Duke 0 2 2 0 4

Bert Rawlinson 1 1’ 1 3 6 1

Paddy Hammond 1 1 0 1 3

Bill Carruthers 0 0 F 0

Reg Morgan 2 2’ 3 1 8 1

Ted Rawlinson F 0

Tamworth


Bill Harris 1 3 1’ 1’ 6 2

Cyril Page 3 3 3 E 9

Jack Baxter 2’ 3 3 1 9 1

Bill Dalton 3 0 2’ 2 7 1

Basil Harris 2’ 1 3 2 8 1

Peter Orpwood 1 2’ 3 1

Charlie Oates 1 0 1

Ht1 Langton, Hipperson, Bi.Harris, Bales 77.0 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Page, Baxter, B.Rawlinson, Duke 78.0 1 5 3 9

Ht3 Dalton, Ba.Harris, Hammond, Carruthers 78.4 1 5 4 14

Ht4 Baxter, Morgan, Orpwood, Bales (ef) 81.0 2 4 6 18

Ht5 B.Harris, Duke, B.Rawlinson, Langton 79.6 3 3 9 21

Ht6 Page, Baxter, Hammond, Carruthers 79.0 1 5 10 26

Ht7 Hipperson, Morgan, Ba.Harris, Dalton 79.8 5 1 15 27

Ht8 Page, Duke, Oates, T. Rawlinson (f) 79.6 2 4 17 31

Ht9 Morgan, Langton, Bi.Harris, Hammond 79.2 3 3 20 34

Ht10 Hipperson, Bales, Baxter, Page (ef) 79.8 5 1 25 35

Ht11 Ba.Harris, Dalton, Rawlinson, Duke 78.8 1 5 26 40

Ht12 Langton, Orpwood, Hammond, T.Rawlinson 79.8 1 5 27 45

Ht13 B.Rawlinson, Dalton, Morgan, Oates 79.8 4 2 31 47

Ht14 Hipperson, Ba.Harris, Bi.Harris, Carruthers (f) 80.2 3 3 34 50

Wednesday 2nd June 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 29 - Birmingham Brummies 54 (Challenge)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 1 2 1’ 0 4 1


Cyril Page F 2 2 2 6

Jack Baxter F 0 0 3 3

Bill Dalton 0 0 0 0


Peter Orpwood E 2 0 2

Charlie Oates 0 0 0

Birmingham

Stan Dell 2’ 3 1’ 3 9 2

Dick Tolley 3 1 2 0 6

Doug McLachlan F 1’ 3 3 7 1

Graham Warren 3 3 2 2’ 10 1

Geoff Bennett 3 3 1 1’ 8 1

Brian Wilson 2’ E 3 2 7 1

Gil Craven 1 1 2

Buck Whitby 1 2 3

Ht1 Tolley, Dell, Langton, Bi Harris 75.8 1 5 1 5

Ht2 Warren, Page [f]. Baxter [f], McLachlan [f] 77.2 0 3 1 8

Ht3 Bennett, Wilson, Ba Harris, Dalton 75.0 1 5 2 13

Ht4 Warren, Langton, Craven, Orpwood [ef] 79.0 2 4 4 17

Ht5 Dell, Page, Tolley, Baxter 79.4 2 4 6 21

Ht6 Ba Harris, Warren, McLachlan, Dalton 75.8 3 3 9 24

Ht7 Bennett, Bi Harris, Langton, Wilson [ef] 76.4 3 3 12 27

Ht8 McLachlan, Page, Whitby, Oates 78.4 2 4 14 31

Ht9 Ba Harris, Tolley, Dell, Dalton 76.8 3 3 17 34

Ht10 McLachlan, Warren, Bi Harris, Langton 79.2 1 5 18 39

Ht11 Wilson, Page, Bennett, Baxter 78.0 2 4 20 43

Ht12 Dell, Orpwood, Craven, Oates 78.8 2 4 22 47

Ht13 Baxter, Whitby, Bennett, Orpwood 80.2 3 3 25 50

Ht14 Ba Harris, Wilson, Bi Harris, Tolley 77.8 4 2 29 52

Second Half

Junior Scratch Race

Cecil Hookham, Al Collins, Howard Chipman [ef], Lionel Watling [ns] ??.?


Oates, Craven, Orpwood, Whitby ??.?

Peel Scratch Race

Ht1 Dell, Wilson, Watling, Langton [f] 80.4

Ht2 Tolley, Bennett, Chipman, Baxter ??.?

Ht3 Hookham. Collins, Oates, Craven [f] ??.?

Ht4 Warren, McLachlan, Page, Bi Harris ??.?

Final Warren, Hookham, Tolley, Dell [f] ??.?

Thursday 3rd June 1948 Sun Street Stadium Stoke

Cradley Heath Cubs v Tamworth Hounds (Anniversary Cup) Rained Off

Wednesday 9th June 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 48 Hastings Saxons 38 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth


Bill Harris 2’ 1 1’ 0 4 2


Jack Baxter 2’ 1’ 0 2 5 2

Bill Dalton 0 0 F 0


Charlie Oates 1 3 1’ 5 1

Peter Orpwood 1’ 2’ 3 2

Hastings

Dan English 1 0 1’ 0 2 1

Jock Grierson F 3 2 2 7

Wally Green E 3 3 3 9

Eric Dunn 1 0 X 1

Bill Osbrone 1’ 2 1 3 7 1

Ken Tidbury 2 0 3 1’ 6 1

Ron Clark 2 1 0 1 4

Ken Middleditch 0 0 0

Ht1 Langton, Bi.Harris, English, Grierson (f) 76.6 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Page, Baxter, Dunn, Green (ef) 73.8 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Ba.Harris, Tidbury, Osborne, Dalton 75.0 3 3 13 5

Ht4 Langton, Clark, Oates, Dunn 74.4 4 2 17 7

Ht5 Grierson, Page, Baxter, English 73.4 3 3 20 10

Ht6 Green, Bi.Harris, Clark, Dalton 73.0 2 4 22 14

Ht7 Langton, Osborne, Bi.Harris, Tidbury 75.8 4 2 26 16

Ht8 Green, Page, Orpwood, Middleditch 73.8 3 3 29 19

Ht9 Ba.Harris, Grierson, English, Dalton (f) 73.4 3 3 32 22

Ht10 Green, Langton, Bi.Harris, Clark 75.2 3 3 35 25

Ht11 Tidbury, Page, Osborne, Baxter 76.6 2 4 37 29

Ht12 Oates, Orpwood, Clark, English 768 5 1 42 30

Ht13 Osborne, Baxter, Oates, Middleditch 77.8 3 3 45 33

Ht14 Ba.Harris, Grierson, Tidbury, Bi.Harris 75.2 3 3 48 36

Junior Scratch Race

Ht1 Watling, Collins, Hookham (f), Chipman (nf) 79.2

Ht2 Orpwood, Clark, Oates, Middleditch 76.6

Bonehill Scratch Race

Ht1 Langton, Baxter, English, Green (eftyre) 76.2

Ht2 Ba.Harris, Page, Tidbury, Dunn 75.2

Ht3 Orpwood, Collins, Watling, Clark (f) 76.8

Ht4 Grierson, Bi.Harris, Osborne, Dalton 74.4

Final Ba.Harris, Langton, Orpwood, Grierson (f) 74.4

Thursday 10th June 1948 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke

Stoke Potters 45 Tamworth Hounds 39 (National League Division Three)

Stoke

Frank Evans 2’ 1 1 0 4 1


Gil Blake 3 3 3 9



Dick Howard 1’ 0 0 1 2 1

Ken Adams 1’ 0 2 3 1

Bert Danner 1 0 1

Tamworth

Steve Langton X X 2 2


Cyril Page 3 1’ 2 1’ 7 2

Jack Baxter X 2’ 2 2 6 1

Bill Dalton 0 0 1 1


Peter Orpwood 3 0 3 1’ 7 1

Charlie Oates 0 3 3

Ht1 Jenkins, Evans, Bi.Harris, Langton (fexc) 76.2 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Page, Pitcher, Adams, Baxter (fexc) 77.4 3 3 8 4

Ht3 Ba.Harris, R.Harris, Howard, Dalton 77.4 3 3 11 7

Ht4 Orpwood, Baxter, Evans, Adams 78.4 1 5 12 12

Ht5 Blake, Bi.Harris, Pitcher, Langton (fexc) 78.2 4 2 16 14

Ht6 R.Harris, Baxter, Page, Howard 78.6 3 3 19 17

Ht7 Jenkins, Ba.Harris, Evans, Orpwood 78.0 4 2 23 19

Ht8 Blake, Page, Danner, Oates 78.2 4 2 27 21

Ht9 Orpwood, R.Harris, Bi.Harris, Howard 79.2 2 4 29 25

Ht10 Jenkins, Baxter, Page, Evans 77.2 3 3 32 28

Ht11 Blake, Ba.Harris, Pitcher, Dalton 76.0 4 2 36 30

Ht12 R.Harris, Langton, Orpwood, Danner 77.4 3 3 39 33

Ht13 Oates, Adams, Dalton, Pitcher 78.6 2 4 41 37

Ht14 Jenkins, Ba.Harris, Howard, Bi.Harris 77.8 4 2 45 39

Stoke Juniors 10 Tamworth Juniors 13

Stoke

Stan Bradbury 3 0 3

Len Parry 0 0

Jack Riley 3 2 5

Maurice Wood 1 1’ 2 1

Tamworth


Cecil Hookham 1’ 0 1 1

Al Collins 2 2’ 4 1


Ht1 Bradbury, Watling, Hookham, Parry 81.2 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Riley, Collins, Wood, Chipman 83.4 4 2 7 5

Ht3 Chipman, Collins, Bradbury (nf), Parry (ns) ? 0 5 7 10

Ht4 Watling, Riley, Wood, Hookham 83.8 3 3 10 13


Tamworth Hounds 42 Cradley Heath Cubs 42 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth


Bill Harris 1’ 1’ F E 2 2

Cyril Page 3 2 2’ 3 10 1


Bill Dalton 2 E 1 3

Basil Harris 1’ 3 2 3 9 1

Charlie Oates 1 0 1

Peter Orpwood 3 1’ F 4 1

Cradley Heath

Les Beaumont 3 3 3 3 12

Bill Clifton F E F 0

Jimmy Wright F 1’ E 3 4 1

Phil Malpass 1 2’ 3 1


Alan Hunt F 0 1’ 2 3 1

Gil Craven 2 2 2’ 1’ 7 2

Ray Beaumont 0 1 1 2

Ht1 L.Beaumont, Langton, Bi.Harris, Clifton (f) 73.8 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Page, Baxter, Malpass, Wright (f) 75.0 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Irons, Dalton, Ba.Harris, Hunt (f) 74.6 3 3 11 7

Ht4 Langton, Craven, Oates, R.Beaumont 75.6 4 2 15 9

Ht5 L.Beaumont, Page, Baxter, Cilfton (ef) 74.0 3 3 18 12

Ht6 Ba.Harris, Craven, Wright, Dalton (ef) 73.2 3 3 21 15

Ht7 Irons, Langton, Bi.Harris, Hunt 74.0 3 3 24 18

Ht8 Orpwood, Page, R.Beaumont, Wright (ef) 75.4 5 1 29 19

Ht9 L.Beaumont, Ba.Harris, Orpwood, Clifton (f) 73.2 3 3 32 22

Ht10 Wright, Malpass, Langton, Bi.Harris (f) 74.2 1 5 33 27

Ht11 Page, Irons, Hunt, Baxter 74.0 3 3 36 30

Ht12 L.Beaumont, Craven, Dalton, Orpwood (f) 75.4 1 5 37 35

Ht13 Irons, Baxter, R.Beaumont, Oates 75.0 2 4 39 39

Ht14 Ba.Harris, Hunt, Craven, Bi.Harris (ef) 74.0 3 3 42 42

Junior Scratch Race

Watling, Chipman, Collins, Hookham 78.0


Ht1 Dalton, Langton, Hunt, Wright (f) 74.8

Ht2 Irons, L.Beaumont, Baxter, Ba,Harris 73.6

Ht3 Craven, Oates, R.Beaumont, Orpwood (f) 75.6

Ht4 Page, Malpass, Bi.Harris, Watling 75.0

Final Page, Irons, Craven, Dalton (ef) 74.2

Saturday 19th June 1948 Hedon Stadium, Hull

Hull Angels 43 Tamworth Hounds (National League Division Three)

Hull

Bob Baker 0 2 1 0 3 1

Mick Mitchell 3 2 2 2 9

George Craig 3 0 2 2 7

Dick Shepherd 2’ 3 1’ 3 9 2

Johnny White 3 3 3 3 12

Derek Glover R 2’ 0 1’ 3 2

Norman Johnson 0 0 0

Alf Webster R R 0

Tamworth

Steve Langton 1’ 2 1’ 2 6 2


Cyril Page 1 1 3 8

Jack Baxter 0 3 0 1 4

Bill Dalton F 0 0 2 2


Peter Orpwood 1 R 1

Charlie Oates R 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Mitchell, Bi.Harris, Langton, Baker ? 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Craig, Shepherd, Page, Baxter 85.6 5 1 8 4

Ht3 White, Ba.Harris, Glover (ret), Dalton (f) 88.4 3 3 11 7

Ht4 Baxter, Baker, Orpwood, Johnson 85.2 2 4 13 11

Ht5 Shepherd, Langton, B.Harris, Craig 86.0 3 3 16 14

Ht6 White, Glover, Page, Baxter 86.6 5 1 21 15

Ht7 Ba.Harris, Mitchell, Baker, Dalton 87.0 3 3 24 18

Ht8 Page, Craig, Webster (ret) Oates (ret) 87.8 2 4 26 22

Ht9 White, Bi.Harris, Langton, Glover 87.8 3 3 29 25

Ht10 Page, Mitchell, Baxter, Baker 87.4 2 4 31 29

Ht11 Ba.Harris, Craig, Shepherd, Dalton 87.4 3 3 34 32

Ht12 White, Langton, Webster (ret, Orpwood (ret) 88.0 3 3 37 35

Ht13 Shepherd, Dalton, Oates, Johnson 88.0 3 3 40 38

Ht14 Ba.Harris, Mitchell, Glover, Bi.Harris 87.8 3 3 43 41

Wednesday 23rd June 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 38 Southampton Saints 46 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth


Peter Orpwood 2 2’ 0 0 4 1

Cyril Page 3 F 2 3 8




Bill Harris 3 0 1’ 1’ 5 2

Lionel Watling 0 0

Southampton

Alf Bottoms 3 3 3 3 12

Tom Oakley 1 2’ 2’ 2 7 2

Alf Kaines 2 2 3 3 10

Bert Croucher 1’ 0 0 1 1

Bob Oakley 2’ 1 2 3 8 1

Jimmy Squibb 3 0 1’ 1’ 5 2

Cecli Bailey 1 1 0 2

George Bason 1 0 1

Ht1 Bottoms, Orpwood, T.Oakley, Langton 72.8 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Page, Kaines, Croucher, Oates 73.8 3 3 5 7

Ht3 Squibb, B.Oakley, Ba.Harris, Dalton 74.2 1 5 6 12

Ht4 Bi.Harris, Langton, Bailey, Croucher 75.0 5 1 11 13

Ht5 Bottoms, T.Oakley, Oates, Page (f) 75.4 1 5 12 18

Ht6 Ba.Harris, Kaines, Dalton, Croucher 75.6 4 2 16 20

Ht7 Langton, Orpwood, B.Oakley, Squibb 75.8 5 1 21 21

Ht8 Kaines, Page, Bason, Watling 74.0 2 4 23 25

Ht9 Bottoms, T.Oakley, Ba.Harris, Dalton 74.6 1 5 24 30

Ht10 Kaines, Langton, Bailey, Orpwood 75.2 2 4 26 34

Ht11 Page, B.Oakley, Squibb, Bi.Harris 73.8 3 3 29 37

Ht12 Bottoms, Dalton, Bi.Harris, Bailey 73.4 3 3 32 40

Ht13 B.Oakley, Oates, Bi.Harris, Bason 74.0 3 3 35 43

Ht14 Ba.Harris, T.Oakley, Squibb, Orpwood 74.6 3 3 38 46

Highest Point Scorers Match Race

?? ?

Junior Scratch Race

Watling, Hookham, Chipman, Collins 77.8


Bi.Harris, Bailey, Bason, Baxter (ns) 75.8

Senior Scratch Race

Ht1 Bottoms, Langton, Oates, Croucher 73.2

Ht2 Ba.Harris, Page, Kaines (f), Squibb (f) 74.0

Ht3 Bailey, Bi.Harris, Watling, Hookham 75.0

Ht4 B.Oakley, Dalton, T.Oakley. Orpwood 76.0

Final Bottoms, Ba.Harris, B.Oakley, Bailey ?

Friday 25th June 1948 South Yorkshire Sports Stadium, Wombwell

Wombwell Colliers 23 Tamworth Hounds 60 (National League Division Three)

Wombwell

Harwood Pike 0 3 1 2 6

Ken Allick 1 0 0 1 2


Red Hamley 0 0 0 0 0

Stan Beardsall 0 1’ 0 0 1 1

Harry Welch 1 2 3 3 9

Jeff Bishop 0 1 1

Alf Parker 1 1 2

Tamworth






Basil Harris 2’ 2’ 2’ 0 6 2


Charlie Oates 2’ 2’ 4 2

Ht1 Bi.Harris, Langton, Allick, Pike 77.8 1 5 1 5

Ht2 Page, Baxter, Tupling, Hamley 77.8 1 5 2 10

Ht3 Dalton, Ba.Harris, Welch, Beardsall 77.8 1 5 3 15

Ht4 Pike, Orpwood, Baxter, Bishop 80.6 3 3 6 18

Ht5 Langton, Bi.Harris, Tupling (nf), Hamley (nf) 79.2 0 5 6 23

Ht6 Page, Welch, Beardsall, Baxter 77.6 3 3 9 26

Ht7 Dalton, Ba.Harris, Pike, Allick 78.8 1 5 10 31

Ht8 Page, Oates, Parker, Tupling 80.0 1 5 11 36

Ht9 Welch, Bi.Harris, Langton, Beardsall 78.2 3 3 14 39

Ht10 Page, Pike, Baxter, Allick 79.0 2 4 16 43

Ht11 Dalton, Ba.Harris, Tupling, Hamley 78.2 1 5 17 48

Ht12 Bi.Harris, Orpwood, Parker, Beardsall 78.2 1 5 18 53

Ht13 Dalton, Oates, Bishop, Hamley 78.4 1 5 19 58

Ht14 Welch, Langton, Allick, Ba.Harris 80.4 4 2 23 60


Tamworth Hounds 60 Stoke Potters 24 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth




Peter Orpwood 1 2’ 3 6 1


Basil Harris 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 3

Bill Harris 3 1 1 5

Charlie Oates 0 1 1

Stoke




Lindsay Mitchell 0 1 0 0 1


Ken Adams 0 1’ 2 1 4 1

Dick Howard 0 0 0

Stan Bradbury 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Langton, Baxter, R.Harris, Anderson 75.8 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Page, Jenkins, Orpwood, Mitchell 73.6 4 2 9 3

Ht3 Dalton, Pitcher, Ba.Harris, Adams 74.0 4 2 13 5

Ht4 Bi.Harris, Baxter, Mitchell, Howard 76.8 5 1 18 6

Ht5 Page, Orpwood, Anderson, R.Harris 74.0 5 1 23 7

Ht6 Dalton, Ba.Harris, Jenkins, Mitchell 74.2 5 1 28 8

Ht7 Langton, Pitcher, Adams, Baxter 75.0 3 3 31 11

Ht8 Page, Jenkins, Bardbury, Oates 74.0 3 3 34 14

Ht9 Dalton, Ba.Harris, R.Harris, Anderson 75.2 5 1 39 15

Ht10 Langton, Jenkins, Baxter, Mitchell 75.2 4 2 43 17

Ht11 Page, Adams, Bi.Harris, Mitchell 74.8 4 2 47 19

Ht12 Dalton, Anderson, Oates, Howard 75.6 4 2 51 21

Ht13 Orpwood, Pitcher, Bi.Harris, Bradbury 75.8 4 2 55 23

Ht14 Langton, Ba.Harris, Adams, R.Harris 75.0 5 1 60 24

Junior Scratch Race

Ht1 Watling, Hookham, [ Collins, Chipman ?

Ht2 Bi.Harris, Oates, Bradbury, Howard 75.8

Staffordshire Scratch Race

Ht1 Langton, Orpwood, Jenkins, Anderson 75.6

Ht2 Ba.Harris, [??? ?

Ht3 [ Watling, Chipman, Bi.Harris, Oates ?

Ht4 Page, [ Dalton, R.Harris, Adams ?

Final Langton, Bi.Harris, Page, ? 75.2

Tuesday 6th July 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 60 Plymouth Devils 24 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth


Steve Langton 2’ 2 3 2’ 9 2

Cyril Page 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2

Peter Orpwood 2’ 3 1 1 7 1

Bill Dalton 1 2’ 2’ 3 8 2


Bill Harris 3 0 3 6

Charlie Oates 3 1 4

Plymouth

Ivan Kessell 1 1 0 2 4

Alec Gray 0 0 1 1 2

Peter Robinson 1 0 1 2 4

Len Read 0 1’ 1 1’ 3 2

Pete Lansdale 2 3 2 2 9

Billy Newell 0 0 0 0

Vic Gent 2 0 X 2

Bonnie Waddell F 0 0

Ht1 Baxter, Langton, Kessell, Gray 75.2 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Page, Orpwood, Robinson, Read 75.0 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Ba.Harris, Lansdale, Dalton, Newell 74.0 4 2 14 4

Ht4 Bi.Harris, Gent, Lead, Baxter 75.6 3 3 17 7

Ht5 Orpwood, Page, Kessell, Gray 76.6 5 1 22 8

Ht6 Ba.Harris, Dalton, Read, Robinson 74.8 5 1 27 9

Ht7 Lansdale, Langton, Baxter, Newell 75.2 3 3 30 12

Ht8 Oates, Page, Robinson, Waddell (f) 77.4 5 1 35 13

Ht9 Ba.Harris, Dalton, Gray, Kessell 76.0 5 1 40 14

Ht10 Langton, Robinson, Read, Bi.Harris 75.2 3 3 43 17

Ht11 Page, Lansdale, Orpwood, Gent 76.0 4 2 47 19

Ht12 Dalton, Kessell, Oates, Gent (fexc) 78.4 4 2 51 21

Ht13 Bi.Harris, Lansdale, Orpwood, Waddell 76.0 4 2 55 23

Ht14 Ba.Harris, Langton, Gray, Newell 76.2 5 1 60 24

Junior Scratch Race

[ Lionel Watling, Al Collins, Hookham, Chipman ?


[ Bi.Harris, Oates, Gent, Waddell ?


Ht1 [ Page, Dalton, Gray, Lansdale ?

Ht2 [ Langton, Ba.Harris, Kessell, Robinson ?

Ht3 [ 1 & 2 Jnr Scr + 1 & 2 Res Scr ?

Ht4 Baxter, Orpwood, Read, Newell ?

Final ???? ?


Tamworth Hounds 39 The Midlands 43 (Challenge)

Wednesday 14th July 1948 Pilot Field, Hastings

Hastings Saxons 56 Tamworth Hounds 28 (National League Division Three)

Hastings

Ken Tidbury 2’ 2 2’ 1’ 7 3

Jock Grierson 3 3 2 3 11

Buddy Fuller 2’ 0 2’ 0 4 2

Ron Clark 3 1 2 2’ 8 1

Bill Orborne 1 3 3 3 10

Ken Middleditch 3 2’ 1 2’ 8 2

Dan English 1’ 3 4 1

Pete Mold 3 1 4

Tamworth




Peter Orpwood 1 0 0 1

Bill Dalton 0 0 0 0


Jack Baxter 3 3 2 8


Ht1 Grierson, Tidbury, Langton, Bi.Harris 78.2 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Clark, Fuller, Orpwood, Page 77.2 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Middleditch, Ba.Harris, Osborne, Dalton 76.6 4 2 14 4

Ht4 Baxter, Tidbury, English, Orpwood 77.8 3 3 17 7

Ht5 Bi.Harris, Langton, Clark, Fuller 78.4 1 5 18 12

Ht6 Osborne, Middleditch, Page, Orpwood 78.4 5 1 23 13

Ht7 Grierson, Tidbury, Ba.Harris, Dalton 78.2 5 1 28 14

Ht8 Mold, Fuller, Page, Oates 78.0 5 1 33 15

Ht9 Osborne, Langton, Middleditch, Bi.Harris 72.4 4 2 37 17

Ht10 Baxter, Grierson, Tidbury, Page 77.0 3 3 40 20

Ht11 Ba.Harris, Clark, Oates, Fuller 79.0 2 4 42 24

Ht12 Osborne, Baxter, Mold, Bi.Harris 78.2 4 2 46 26

Ht13 English, Clark, Oates, Dalton 80.2 5 1 51 27

Ht14 Grierson, Middleditch, Langton, Ba.Harris 77.2 5 1 56 28

Stoke Juniors 10 Tamworth Juniors 13

Stoke

Stan Bradbury 3 0 3

Len Parry 0 0

Jack Riley 3 2 5

Maurice Wood 1 1’ 2 1

Tamworth


Cecil Hookham 1’ 0 1 1

Al Collins 2 2’ 4 1


Ht1 Bradbury, Watling, Hookham, Parry 81.2 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Riley, Collins, Wood, Chipman 83.4 4 2 7 5

Ht3 Chipman, Collins, Bradbury (nf), Parry (ns) ? 0 5 7 10

Ht4 Watling, Riley, Wood, Hookham 83.8 3 3 10 13


Tamworth Hounds 46 Exeter Falcons 38 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth








Charlie Oates 1’ 1 2 1

Exeter

Don Hardy 0 1’ 0 2 3 1

Cyril Roger 3 2 2 F 7

Bert Roger 2 3 3 2 10

Norman Clay 1’ 0 0 1’ 2 2

Stan Hodson 2 2 2 3 9

Arthur Pilgrim 1’ 1’ 1’ 2 5 3

Hugh Geddes 2 0 2

Broncho Slade 0 0 0

Ht1 C.Roger, Bi.Harris, Langton, Hardy 72.8 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Page, B.Roger, Clay, Orpwood 73.2 3 3 6 6

Ht3 Ba.Harris, Hodson, Pilgrim, Dalton 73.4 3 3 9 9

Ht4 Bi.Harris, Geddes, Baxter, Clay 76.0 4 2 13 11

Ht5 Page, C.Roger, Hardy, Orpwood 72.8 3 3 16 14

Ht6 B.Roger, Bi.Harris, Dalton, Clay 73.0 3 3 19 17

Ht7 Bi.Harris, Hodson, Pilgrim, Langton 74.0 3 3 22 20

Ht8 B.Roger, Page, Oates, Slade 73.4 3 3 25 23

Ht9 Ba.Harris, C.Roger, Dalton, Hardy 73.6 4 2 29 25

Ht10 Bi.Harris, B.Roger, Clay, Langton 73.6 3 3 32 28

Ht11 Page, Hodson, Pilgrim, Baxter 74.4 3 3 35 31

Ht12 Dalton, Hardy, Oates, Geddes 75.0 4 2 39 33

Ht13 Hodson, Orpwood, Baxter, Slade 74.4 3 3 42 36

Ht14 Ba.Harris, Pilgrim, Langton, C.Roger 72.8 4 2 46 38

Special Match Race

Ba.Harris bt Cyril Roger 74.0

Sunday 25th July 1948 Santry Stadium, Dublin

Santry Saints 37 Tamworth Hounds 35 (Challenge)

Santry

Mike Tams 2’ 1 1 4 1




J.Costello 0 2 1 3

Des Monson 1 0 0 1

Paddy Hammond 3 3 3 9

Tamworth

Ken Tidbury 1 2 3 2 8

Cyril Page 3 2 1' 3 9 1

Jack Baxter 2 2 2 2 8



Cecil Hookham 0 1 1 1’ 3 1

Ht1 Harris Ba, Tams, Tidbury, Dalton ? 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Page, Langton, Orpwood, Costello 86.0 2 4 7 5

Ht3 Harris Bi, Baxter, Monson, Dalton 84.4 4 2 11 7

Ht4 Harris Bi, Tidbury, Orpwood, Langton 84,0 3 3 14 10

Ht5 Hammond, Page, Tams, Hookham 84.0 4 2 18 12

Ht6 Harris Bi, Baxter, Harris Ba, Orpwood ? 4 2 22 14

Ht7 Hammond Dalton, Page, Langton ? 3 3 25 17

Ht8 Tidbury, Costello, Hookham, Harris Ba ? 2 4 27 21

Ht9 Orpwood, Baxter, Tams, Monson 86.4 1 5 28 26

Ht10 Page, Harris, Bi, Hookham, Harris Ba 82.4 2 4 30 30

Ht11 Langton, Tidbury, Costello, Dalton 86.4 4 2 34 32

Ht12 Hammond, Baxter, Hookham, Monson ? 3 3 37 35


Midland Rider’s Championship

Steve Langton 1-1-0-0-2 =4

Basil Harris 3-0-1-1-3 =8

Cyril Page f-1-3-2-3 =9

Bill Harris 0-0-1-1-2 =4

Bill Dalton 3-2-1-0-0 =6

Peter Orpwood 1-0-1-1-1 =4

Stan Dell 2-2-3-3-3 =13

Graham Warren 3-3-3-3-3 =15

Doug McLachlan 2-3-2-1-1 =9

Arthur Payne 3-2-2-3-2 =12

Geoff Bennett 2-3-2-2-2 =11

Les Beaumont 1-0-0-0-1 =2

Gil Craven 2-3-3-3-f =11

Eric Irons ef-1-f-1 =2

Alan Hunt 1-2-2-2-0 =7

Charlie Oates f-0-0 =0

Jack Baxter 1-2-0 =3

1] Dalton, Dell, Hunt, Oates (f) 73.6

2] B. Harris, McLachian, Langton, Iron (ef) 74.8

3] Payne, Bennett, Orpwood, Page (f) 73.6

4] Warren, Craven, Beaumont, W. Harris 73.0

5] Warren, Dell, Page, B. Harris 73.6

6] McLachian, Payne, Baxter, W. Harris 75.4

7] Craven, Hunt, Langton, Orpwood 74.0

8] Bennett, Dalton, Irons, Beaumont 75.2

9] Dell, McLachian, Orpwood, Beaumont 74.6

10] Craven, Bennett, B. Harris, Oates 75.4

11] Dell, Bennett, W.Harris, Langton 75.6

12] Warren, Payne, Dalton, Langton 73.6

13] R/R Page, Hunt, W. Harris, Irons (f) 74.8

14] Warren, Baxter, Orpwood, Oates 74.0

15] Payne, Hunt, B. Harris, Beaumont 75.4

16] Dell, Langton, McLanian, Dalton 74.2

17] Dell, Payne, Irons, Craven (ef) 76.0

18] Page, Langton, Beaumont, Baxter 76.0

19] Warren, Bennett, McLachian, Hunt 74.6

20] B. Harris, W. Harris, Orpwood, Dalton 74.8

Saturday 31st July 1948 Hedon Stadium, Hull

Hull Angels 53 Tamworth Hounds 30 (National League Division Three)

Hull

Derek Glover 1’ 3 1 1 6 1

Mick Mitchell 2 3 3 2’ 10 1

Norman Johnson 3 2’ 2’ R 7 2

Johnny White 1 3 R 3 7

George Craig 2’ 2’ 3 1’ 8 3

Dick Shepherd 3 3 T 3 9

Alf Webster 0 1 1

Al Allison 3 2 5

Tamworth


Steve Langton 0 0 1’ 0 1 1





Jack Baxter 2 0 2

Charlie Oates 0 0 0

Ht1 Bi.Harris, Mitchell, Glover, Langton 86.0 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Johnson, Orpwood, White,Page 86.6 4 2 7 5

Ht3 Shepherd, Craig, Ba.Harris, Dalton 84.6* 5 1 12 6

Ht4 Glover, Baxter, Orpwood, Webster 86.2 3 3 15 9

Ht5 White, Johnson, Bi.Harris, Langton 87.6 5 1 20 10

Ht6 Shepherd, Craig, Orpwood, page 85.4 5 1 25 11

Ht7 Mitchell, Ba.Harris, Glover, Dalton 86.0 4 2 29 13

Ht8 Allison, Johnson, Page, Oates 87.0 5 1 34 14

Ht9 Craig, Bi.Harris, Langton, Shepherd (exctps) 86.4 3 3 37 17

Ht10 Mitchell, Orpwood, Glover, Page 85.4 4 2 41 19

Ht11 Ba.Harris, Dalton, Johnson (ret), White (ret) 86.8 0 5 41 24

Ht12 Bi.Harris, Allison, Craig, Baxter 86.2 3 3 44 27

Ht13 White, Dalton, Webster, Oates 87.4 4 2 48 29

Ht14 Shepherd, Mitchell, Ba.Harris, Langton 86.4 5 1 53 30

Monday 2nd August 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 59 Yarmouth Bloaters 25 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth


Bill Harris 2’ 1’ 0 1 4 2

Cyril Page 2’ 3 3 3 11 1

Peter Orpwood 3 2’ 2’ 2 7 2

Bill Dalton 2’ 1 1 3 7 1

Basil Harris 3 3 2’ 3 11 1

Jack Baxter 3 1’ 4 1

Charlie Oakes 1 2’ 3 1

Yarmouth

Roy Duke F 0 1 1 2

Billy Bales 1 1 0 0 2

Fred Rogers F 2 2 1 5

Paddy Hammond 1 2 0 3 6

Bert Rawlinson 1 3 0 3 7


Bill Codling 0 0 0

Phil Day 0 0 0

Ht1 Langton, Bi.Harris, Bales, Duke (f) 74.8 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Orpwood, Page, Hammond, Rogers (f) 75.0 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Ba.Harris, Dalton, Rawlinson, Hipperson 75.2 5 1 15 3

Ht4 Baxter, Hammond, Langton, Codling 75.4 4 2 19 5

Ht5 Page, Orpwood, Bales, Duke 74.4 5 1 24 6

Ht6 Ba.Harris, Rogers, Dalton, Hammond 75.4 4 2 28 8

Ht7 Rawlinson, Langton, Bi.Harris, Hipperson 74.4 3 3 31 11

Ht8 Page, Rogers, Oates, Day 74.2 4 2 35 13

Ht9 Dalton, Ba.Harris, Duke, Bales 75.8 5 1 40 14

Ht10 Hammond, Langton, Rogers, Bi.Harris 75.4 2 4 42 18

Ht11 Page, Orpwood, Hipperson, Rawlinson 73.6 5 1 47 19

Ht12 Dalton, Oates, Duke, Codling 75.8 5 1 52 20

Ht13 Rawlinson, Orpwood Baxter, Day 75.6 3 3 55 23

Ht14 Ba.Harris, Hipperson, Bi.Harris, Bales 75.0 4 2 59 27


Oates, Baxter, Watling, Codling 75.6

Holiday Scratch Race

Ht1 Page, bales, Langton, Hipperson 73.8

Ht2 Orpwood, Bi.Harris, Rawlinson, Duke 75.0

Ht3 Oates, Baxter, Phil Day, Watling 75.4

Ht4 Dalton, Ba.Harris, Rogers, Hammond 75.6

Final Page, Orpwood, Oates, Dalton 74.6

Tuesday 3rd August 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 24 - Birmingham Brummies 60 (Challenge)

Tamworth



Cyril Page 3 1 F 1 5




Jack Baxter 0 0 0

Charlie Oates 1 1 2

Birmingham

Stan Dell 0 2’ 2’ 3 7 2


Doug McLachlan 0 3 3 6

Geoff Bennett 2 3 2’ 3 10 1

Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 12

Brian Wilson 2’ 0 2’ 4 2

Charlie May 1 2’ 1 4 1

Buck Whitby 2’ 1 2’ 5 2

Ht1 Payne, Bi Harris, Langton, Dell 75.8 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Page, Bennett, Orpwood, McLachlan 72.4* 4 2 7 5

Ht3 Warren, Wilson, Ba Harris, Dalton 73.4 1 5 8 10

Ht4 Bennett, Langton, May, Baxter 74.6 2 4 10 14

Ht5 Payne, Dell, Page, Orpwood 74.4 1 5 11 19

Ht6 McLachlan, Bennett, Ba Harris, Dalton 75.6 1 5 12 24

Ht7 Warren, Bi Harris, Langton, Wilson 75.4 3 3 15 27

Ht8 McLachlan, Whitby, Oates, Page [f] 76.2 1 5 16 32

Ht9 Payne, Dell, Ba Harris, Dalton 76.2 1 5 17 37

Ht10 Bennett, Bi Harris, Whitby, Langton 75.6 2 4 19 41

Ht11 Warren, Wilson, Page, Orpwood 76.6 1 5 20 46

Ht12 Dell, May, Oates, Dalton 76.0 1 5 21 51

Ht13 Warren, Whitby, Orpwood, Baxter 75.8 1 5 22 56

Ht14 Payne, Ba Harris, May, Bi Harris 76.6 2 4 24 60

* - Equalled Track Record

Junior Handicap Race

Cecil Hookham, Howard Chipman, Al Collins, Lionel Watling 78.4

Fazeley Scratch Race

Ht1 Page, Orpwood, Langton, Ba Harris 76.4

Ht2 McLachlan, Payne, Dell, Warren 78.0

Ht3 Bi Harris, Dalton, Baxter, Oates 78.2

Ht4 Bennett, Wilson, Whitby, May 79.0

Final Bennett, Page, McLachlan, Bi Harris 76.0

Thursday 5th August 1948 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke

Cradley Heath Cubs 38 Tamworth Hounds 58 (Anniversary Cup)

Cradley Heath

Les Beaumont 2’ 3 1 1 3 10 1

Bill Clifton 3 0 3 2 0 8

Roy Moreton 1 2 2 1 6

Phil Malpass 0 0 0 2 2

Ray Beaumont 0 0 0 1 1

Alan Hunt 2 1 2 1’ 6 1

Ken Sharples 0 1’ 3 4 1

Wilf Wilstead 0 0 1 1

Tamworth



Cyril Page 3 2’ 3 2 1’ 11 2

Peter Orpwood 2’ 2 3 E 7 1

Bill Dalton 3 2’ 2’ 3 2 12 2


Jack Baxter 1’ 2’ 2 5 2


Ht1 Clifton, L.Beaumont, Bi.Harris, Langton 78.2 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Page, Orpwood, Moreton, Malpass 78.2 1 5 6 6

Ht3 Dalton, Hunt, Ba.Harris, R.Beaumont 79.0 2 4 8 10

Ht4 L.Beaumont, Orpwood, Baxter, Sharples 78.8 3 3 11 13

Ht5 Langton, Moreton, Bi.Harris, Malpass 79.2 2 4 13 17

Ht6 Orpwood, Page, Hunt, R.Beaumont 78.6 1 5 14 22

Ht7 Ba.Harris, Dalton, L.Beaumont, Clifton 78.8 1 5 15 27

Ht8 Page, Moreton, Oates, Wilstead 79.2 2 4 17 31

Ht9 Bi.Harris, Hunt, Langton, R.Beaumont 79.2 2 4 19 35

Ht10 Clifton, Page, L.Beaumont, Orpwood (ef) 79.4 4 2 23 37

Ht11 Ba.Harris, Dalton, Moreton, Malpass 79.4 1 5 24 42

Ht12 Langton, Baxter, R.Beaumont, Wilstead 79.6 1 5 25 47

Ht13 Dalton, Malpass, Sharples, Oates 80.2 3 3 28 50

Ht14 Bi.Harris, Clifton, Hunt, Ba.Harris 79.2 3 3 31 53

Ht15 Sharples, Baxter, Wilstead, Oates (f) 80.4 4 2 35 55

Ht16 L.Beaumont, Dalton, Page, Clifton 78.2 3 3 38 58

Tuesday 10th August 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 54 Wombwell Colliers 30 (National League Division Three) Derived from meeting reports

Tamworth


Bill Harris 3 1’ 2’ 2 8 2

Cyril Page 2’ 3 2’ 2 9 2

Peter Orpwood 3 X 0 0 3

Bill Dalton 1’ 2 2 3 8


Jack Baxter 1 1 2

Charlie Oates 3 2’ 5 1

Wombwell

Red Hamley 1 1 1 0 3

Harwood Pike 0 2 0 0 2


Harry Welch 0 0 1 1 2

Stan Beardsall 0 0 1 2 3


Jeff Bishop 2 1 3

Son Mitchell 1 3 4

Ht1Bi.Harris, Langton, Hamley, Pike 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Orpwood, Page, Tupling, Welch 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Saunders, Ba.Harris, Dalton, Beardsall 73.0 3 3 13 5

Ht4 Langton, Bishop, Baxter, Welch 4 2 17 7

Ht5 Page, Pike, Hamley, Orpwood (fexc) 3 3 20 10

Ht6 Ba.Harris, Dalton, Welch, Tupling 5 1 25 11

Ht7 Saunders, Langton, Bi.Harris,Beardsall 73.4 3 3 28 14

Ht8 Oates, Page, Mitchell, Tupling 5 1 33 15

Ht9 Ba.Harris. Dalton, Hamley, Pike 5 1 38 16

Ht10 Langton, Bi.Harris, Welch, Tupling 5 1 43 17

Ht11Saunders, Page, Beardsall, Orpwood 2 4 45 21

Ht12Dalton, Oates, Bishop, Hamley 5 1 50 22

Ht13Mitchell, Beardsall, Baxter, Orpwood 1 5 51 27

Ht14 Saunders, Bi.Harris, Ba.Harris, Pike 3 3 54 30

Friday 13th August 1948 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heath Cubs 41.5 Tamworth Hounds 41.5 (National League Division Three)

Cradley Heath

Les Beaumont F 3 3 3 9

Bill Clifton 1 0 2’ E 3 1

Gil Craven 3 3 3 2.5 11.5

Phil Malpass 2’ 1 1’ 1’ 5 3

Eric Irons 0 0 F 1 1

Alan Hunt 3 1 2 2 8

Ken Sharples 1 2 2

Roy Moreton 1 0 1

Tamworth


Bill Harris 2’ 2 1 3 8 1



Bill Dalton 1’ 1’ 2.5 0 4.5 2

Harry Saunders 2 2’ 2’ 3 9 2

Lionel Watling 0 0

Ht1 Langton, Bi.Harris, Clifton, Beaumont (f) 77.0 1 5 1 5

Ht2 Craven, Malpass, Page, Orpwood 77.2 5 1 6 6

Ht3 Hunt, Ba.Harris, Dalton, Irons 77.6 3 3 9 9

Ht4 Beaumont, Saunders, Sharples, Orpwood 77.6 4 2 13 11

Ht5 Craven, Bi.Harris, Malpass, Langton 78.8 4 2 17 13

Ht6 Page, Saunders, Hunt, Irons 78.6 1 5 18 18

Ht7 Beaumont, Ba.Harris, Dalton, Clifton 78.2 3 3 21 21

Ht8 Craven, Page, Moreton, Watling 80.2 4 2 25 23

Ht9 Langton, Hunt, Bi.Harris, Irons (f) 79.0 2 4 27 27

Ht10 Beaumont, Clifton, Page, Orpwood 79.8 5 1 32 28

Ht11 Craven & Dalton, Malpass, Ba.Harris 81.0 3.5 2.5 35.5 30.5

Ht12 Langton, Saunders, Irons, Moreton 78.8 1 5 36.5 35.5

Ht13 Saunders, Sharples, Malpass, Dalton 78.8 3 3 39.5 38.5

Ht14 Bi.Harris, Hunt, Clifton (ef), Ba.Harris (exc) 79.8 2 3 41.5 41.5

Saturday 14th August 1948 Brandon Stadium Coventry

Coventry Bees 48 Tamworth Hounds 36 (National League Division Three)

Coventry


Ed Pye 3 0 3 1 7

Vic Emms 3 2’ 2 3 10 1

Bert Lacey 0 3 2’ 3 8 1

George Smith 3 3 3 3 12

Lionel Levy 1 2’ 2’ 3 8 2

John Yates 0 0 0

Fred Yates 1’ 0 1 1

Tamworth

Steve Langton 1’ 0 2 2 1


Cyril Page 2 1 3 1’ 7 1

Peter Orpwood 1’ 2’ 0 2 5 2



Lionel Watling 3 1 1’ 5 1

Howard Chipman 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Pye, Harris, Langton, Fletcher 79.4 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Emms, Page, Orpwood, Lacey 80.6 3 3 6 6

Ht3 Smith, Saunders, Levy, Dalton 82.6 4 2 10 8

Ht4 Watling, Orpwood, Fletcher, J.Yates 83.2 1 5 11 13

Ht5 Lacey, Emms, Harris, Langton 80.4 5 1 16 14

Ht6 Smith, Levy, Page, Orpwood 82.6 5 1 21 15

Ht7 Saunders, Dalton, Fletcher, Pye 84.8 1 5 22 20

Ht8 Page, Emms, F.Yates, Chipman 82.8 3 3 25 23

Ht9 Smith, Levy, Watling, Harris 84.0 5 1 30 24

Ht10 Pye, Orpwood, Page, Fletcher 83.2 3 3 33 27

Ht11 Emms, Lacey, Dalton, Saunders 83.2 5 1 38 28

Ht12 Smith, Langton, Watling, F.Yates 81.0 3 3 41 31

Ht13 Lacey, Dalton, Chipman, J.Yates 83.0 3 3 44 34

Ht14 Levy, Saunders, Pye, Harris 84.2 4 2 48 36

Tuesday 17th August 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 49 Cradley Heath Cubs 46 (North v South Cup)

Tamworth


Bill Harris 3 3 3 3 3 15

Cyril Page 3 2’ 3 1 0 9 1




Lionel Watling 0 1 2 3

Al Collins 1 0 N 1

Cradley Heath

Les Beaumont 2 1 3 3 1’ 10 1

Bill Clifton 0 0 1 0 1

Gil Craven 2 3 F 2 2 9


Eric Irons 2 2 F 3 7

Alan Hunt E 1’ 2 2 5 1

Ken Sharples 1 2’ 3 6 1

Roy Moreton 2 2’ N 4 1

Ht1 Bi.Harris, Beaumont, Langton, Clifton 75.8 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Page, Craven, Saunders, Malpass 76.0 4 2 8 4

Ht3 Dalton, Irons, Orpwood, Hunt (ef) 76.4 4 2 12 6

Ht4 Malpass, Langton, Sharples, Watling 76.6 2 4 14 10

Ht5 Saunders, Page, Beaumont, Clifton 76.6 5 1 19 11

Ht6 Craven, Dalton, Malpass, Langton 75.4 5 1 24 12

Ht7 Bi.Harris, Irons, Hunt, Langton 74.6 3 3 27 15

Ht8 Page, Moreton, Collins, Craven (f) 75.8 4 2 31 17

Ht9 Beaumont, Dalton, Clifton, Orpwood 76.2 2 4 33 21

Ht10 Bi.Harris, Craven, Langton, Malpass 75.2 4 2 37 23

Ht11 Saunders, Hunt, Page, Irons (f) 75.6 4 2 41 25

Ht12 Beaumont, Sharples, Dalton, Collins 76.4 1 5 42 30

Ht13 Irons, Moreton, Watling, Saunders 77.2 1 5 43 35

Ht14 Bi.Harris, Hunt, Orpwood, Clifton 75.0 4 2 47 37

Ht15 Sharples, Watling, Collins (nf), Moreton (ef) 77.2 2 3 49 40

Ht16 Bi.Harris, Craven, Beaumont, Page 75.2 3 3 52 43

Marshall Scratch Race

Ht1 Beaumont, Bi.Harris, Page, Craven 75.2

Ht2 Orpwood, Langton, Hunt, Clifton 74.8

Ht3 Hookham, Watling, Collins, Chipman (nf) 75.6

Ht4 Irons, Dalton, Malpass, Saunders 76.2

Final Orpwood, Beaumont, Irons, Hookham 75.6

Thursday 19th August 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 57 Yarmouth Bloaters 27 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth



Cyril Page 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 3





Cyril Hookman 3 1 4

Yarmouth


Bill Carruthers 0 1 1’ 2 4 1

Roy Duke 0 0 1 0 1

Reg Morgan 2 3 1 2 8

Bert Rawlinson 2 2 1 2 7

Paddy Hammond 0 1’ 0 0 1 1

Phil Day 0 0 0

Bill Codling 0 0 0

Ht1 Harris, Hipperson, Langton, Carruthers 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Saunders, Morgan, Page, Duke 4 2 8 4

Ht3 Dalton, Rawlinson, Orpwood, Hammond 4 2 12 6

Ht4 Morgan, Langton, Chipman, Day 3 3 15 9

Ht5 Saunders, Page, Carruthers, Hipperson 5 1 20 10

Ht6 Dalton, Orpwood, Morgan, Duke 5 1 25 11

Ht7 Harris, Rawlinson, Hammond, Langton 3 3 28 14

Ht8 Hookham, Page, Duke, Codling 5 1 33 15

Ht9 Dalton, Hipperson, Carruthers. Orpwood 3 3 36 18

Ht10 Harris, Morgan, Langton, Duke 4 2 40 20

Ht11 Saunders, Page, Rawlinson, Hammond 5 1 45 21

Ht12 Dalton, Hipperson, Hookham, Day 4 2 49 23

Ht13 Saunders, Rawlinson, Chipman, Codling 4 2 53 25

Ht14 Harris, Carruthers, Orpwood, Hammond 4 2 57 27

Wednesday 24th August 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 48 Plymouth Devils 36 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth



Cyril Page 1 E 3 2’ 6 1




Lionel Watling 0 X 0


Plymouth


Ivan Kessell 0 1’ 1’ 0 2 2

Ted Gibson 0 0 0

Len Read 2 3 2 2 9

Alex Gray 3 1’ 0 2 6 1


Bonnie Waddell 1 2 1’ 3 7 1

Wally Matthews 0 1’ 1 1

Ht1 Harris, Robinson, Langton, Kessell 72.8 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Saunders, Read, Page, Gibson 74.0 4 2 8 4

Ht3 Gray, Dalton, Orpwood, Lansdale 74.0 3 3 11 7

Ht4 Read, Langton, Waddell, Watling 74.2 2 4 13 11

Ht5 Saunders, Robinson, Kessell, Page (ef) 72.6 3 3 16 14

Ht6 Dalton, Read, Orpwood, Gibson 73.0 4 2 20 16

Ht7 Harris, Lansdale, Gray, Langton 73.4 3 3 23 19

Ht8 Page, Waddell, Hookham, Matthews 74.4 4 2 27 21

Ht9 Dalton, Robinson, Kessell, Orpwood 74.0 3 3 30 24

Ht10 Harris, Read, Waddell, Langton 74.2 3 3 33 27

Ht11 Saunders, Page, Lansdale, Gray 74.2 5 1 38 28

Ht12 Waddell, Dalton, Hookham, Robinson 75.4 3 3 41 31

Ht13 Saunders, Gray, Matthews, Watling (exc) 76.0 3 3 44 34

Ht14 Harris, Lansdale, Orpwood, Kessell 75.0 4 2 48 36


Waddell, Chipman, Hookham, Collins 76.0

Senior Scratch Race

Ht1 Page, Robinson, Read, Orpwood 74.2

Ht2 Dalton, Langton, Gray, Kessell 76.0

Ht3 Waddell, Dick Seers, Matthews (nf), Watling (exc)77.8

Ht4 Harris, Saunders, Lansdale, Gibson 75.0

Final Harris, Page, Dalton, Waddell 75.2

Tuesday 31st August 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 47 Hull Angels 37 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth


Bill Harris 3 3 F F 6

Cyril Page 2’ 1 2 1’ 6 2





Howard Chipman 1’ 0 1 1

Hull

Derek Glover 1’ 0 1 0 2 1


Norman Johnson 1 1 0 2’ 4 1

Bob Baker 0 0 0 0 0


Dick Shepherd 2’ 1’ 0 1’ 4 3

Johnny White 1 3 4

Al Allison 3 3 1’ 7 1

Ht1 Harris, Mitchell, Glover, Langton 74.8 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Saunders, Page, Johnson, Baker 77.2 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Craig, Shepherd, Orpwood, Dalton 78.3 1 5 9 9

Ht4 Hookham, Langton, White, Baker 81.2 5 1 14 10

Ht5 Saunders, Mitchell, Page, Glover 76.8 4 2 18 12

Ht6 Dalton, Orpwood, Johnson, Baker 78.6 5 1 23 13

Ht7 Harris, Craig, Shepherd, Langton 78.4 3 3 26 16

Ht8 Allison, Page, Chipman, Johnson 76.4 3 3 29 19

Ht9 Orpwood, Dalton, Glover, Mitchell 78.8 5 1 34 20

Ht10 Allison, Johnson, Langton, Harris (f) 76.0 1 5 35 25

Ht11 Craig, Saunders, page, Shepherd 77.9 3 3 38 28

Ht12 White, Dalton, Hookham, Glover 77.6 3 3 41 31

Ht13 Saunders, Craig, Allison, Chipman 78.4 3 3 44 34

Ht14 Orpwood, Mitchell, Shepherd, Harris (f) 78.0 3 3 47 37

Special Match Race

1] Charles Ballisent beat Cyril Page 79.0

2] Ballisent beat Harry Saunders 80.2

Reserves Scratch Race:

Hookham, Chipman, Collins, Fred Vivian (f) 79.4

Paddy Carberry Scratch Race:

1] Saunders, Langton, Johnson, Glover (f) 78.2

2] Orpwood, Dalton, Baker, Shepherd 77.8

3] Allison, Hookham, Chipman, Bellisent 75.2

4] Page, W. Harris, Mitchell, Craig ????

Final: Saunders, Orpwood, Allison, Page ???? ????

Thursday 2nd September 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds v Southampton Saints (National League Division Three) Rained Off

Saturday 4th September 1948 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh

Rayleigh Rockets 48 Tamworth Hounds 36 (Challenge)

Rayleigh

Ron Howes 3 3 3 2 11

Roy Uden 1 0 1’ 2 4 1

Bruce Abernethy 3 2 3 3 11

Billy Newell 1 0 1 2 4

Percy Brine 3 3 0 3 9

Jim Gregory 0 1 2 1 4

Stan Crouch 0 1’ 1 1

Vic Butcher 2’ 2’ 4 2

Tamworth



Cyril Page 2 2 1’ 5 1



Howard Chipman 2 1’ 0 0 3 1

Cecil Hookham 1’ 0 0 1 1

Al Collins 0 0 0

Ht1 Howes, Langton, Uden, Harris 77.4 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Abernethy, Page, Newell, Saunders 78.6 4 2 8 4

Ht3 Brine, Chipman, Orpwood, Gregory 81.6 3 3 11 7

Ht4 Howes, Saunders, Hookham, Crouch 81.2 3 3 14 10

Ht5 Harris, Abernethy, Langton, Newell 79.0 2 4 16 14

Ht6 Brine, Page, Gregory, Saunders 81.2 4 2 20 16

Ht7 Howes, Orpwood, Chipman, Uden 80.4 3 3 23 19

Ht8 Abernethy, Butcher, Page, Collins 81.0 5 1 28 20

Ht9 Harris, Gregory, Langton, Brine 79.8 2 4 30 24

Ht10 Saunders, Howes, Uden, Hookham 81.2 3 3 33 27

Ht11 Abernethy, Orpwood, Newell, Chipman 80.4 4 2 37 29

Ht12 Brine, Butcher, Langton, Hookham 81.4 5 1 42 30

Ht13 Orpwood, Newell, Crouch, Collins 81.8 3 3 45 33

Ht14 Harris, Uden, Gregory, Chipman 81.0 3 3 48 36

Tuesday 7th September 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 50 Exeter Falcons 33 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth





Bill Dalton 2 3 8

Peter Orpwood 0 1 1

Howard Chipman 1’ 2’ 3 2


Exeter


Don Hardy 3 2 3 2 10

Norman Clay 2 3 2 1’ 8 1

Arthur Pilgrim 0 3 1 2 6

Bert Roger 0 3 2 0 5

Hugh Geddes 3 0 0 0 3

Stan Lanfear 0 0 0

Johnny Myson 0 1 1

Ht1 Hardy, Harris, Langton, Hodson 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Saunders, Clay, Page, Pilgrim 4 2 7 5

Ht3 Geddes, [Dalton, Orpwood,] Roger 3 3 10 8

Ht4 Pilgrim, Langton, Chipman, Lanfear 3 3 13 11

Ht5 Saunders, Hardy, Page, Hodson 4 2 17 13

Ht6 Clay, Dalton, Pilgrim, Orpwood 2 4 19 17

Ht7 Roger, Langton, Harris, Geddes 3 3 22 20

Ht8 Page, Clay, Hookham, Myson 3 3 25 23

Ht9 Hardy, [Dalton, Orpwood,] Hodson 3 3 28 26

Ht10 Harris, Pilgrim, Clay, Langton 3 3 31 29

Ht11 Page, Roger, Saunders, Geddes 4 2 35 31

Ht12 Dalton, Hookham, Hodson, Lanfear 5 0 40 31

Ht13 Saunders, Chipman, Myson, Roger 5 1 45 32

Ht14 Harris, Hardy, Orpwood, Geddes 4 2 49 34

Thursday 9th September 1948 Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth

Plymouth Devils 63 Tamworth Hounds 21 (National League Division Three)

Plymouth


Bonnie Waddell 1 2’ 1 2’ 6 2

Ted Gibson 1 2’ 1’ 2’ 6 3

Len Read 3 3 3 3 12

Alex Gray 1 2’ 2’ 3 8 2


Vic Gent 2’ 2’ 4 2

Wally Matthews 2 1 3

Tamworth





Bill Dalton 0 E 1 1 2



Cecil Hookham 0 0 0

Ht1 Robinson, Harris, Waddell, Langton (ef) 79.6 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Read, Page, Gibson, Saunders 82.0 4 2 8 4

Ht3 Lansdale, Orpwood, Gray, Dalton 82.0 4 2 12 6

Ht4 Robinson, Gent, Saunders, Chipman 83.2 5 1 17 7

Ht5 Read, Gibson, Langton, Harris 82.6 5 1 22 8

Ht6 Lansdale, Gray, Page, Saunders 82.8 5 1 27 9

Ht7 Robison, Waddell, Orpwood, Dalton (ef) 84.2 5 1 32 10

Ht8 Page, Matthews, Gibson, Hookham 84.4 3 3 35 13

Ht9 Lansdale, Gray, Langton, Harris 83.8 5 1 40 14

Ht10 Robinson, Saunders, Waddell, Page 85.0 4 2 44 16

Ht11 Read, Gibson, Dalton, Orpwood 83.4 5 1 49 17

Ht12 Gray, Langton, Matthews, Chipman 83.6 4 2 53 19

Ht13 Read, gent, Dalton, Hookham 84.8 5 1 58 20

Ht14 Lansdale, Waddell, Orpwood, Harris 84.0 5 1 63 21

Saturday 11th September 1948 Perry Barr, Birmingham

Cradley Heath Cubs 46 Tamworth Hounds 38 (Challenge)

Cradley Heath


Bill Kemp 2’ 1 0 1’ 4 2

Eric Irons 1’ 0 1 1’ 3 2

Alan Hunt 2 3 2 3 10

Gil Craven 3 3 3 3 12


Bill Clifton 1’ 0 1 1

Roy Moreton 0 1 1

Tamworth



Cyril Page 0 1’ 3 2 6 1

Harry Saunders 3 3 2 1’ 9 1


Peter Orpwood 0 0 3 F 3

Cecil Hookham 0 0 0

Howard Chipman 2’ 1’ 3 2

Ht1 Beaumont, Kemp, Harris, Langton 77.0 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Saunders, Hunt, Irons, Page 76.4 3 3 8 4

Ht3 Craven, Dalton, Malpass, Orpwood 77.8 4 2 12 6

Ht4 Saunders, Beaumont, Clifton, Hookham 77.2 3 3 15 9

Ht5 Hunt, Langton, Harris, Irons 77.8 3 3 18 12

Ht6 Craven, Saunders, Page, Malpass 77.0 3 3 21 15

Ht7 Beaumont, Dalton, Kemp, Orpwood 77.6 4 2 25 17

Ht8 Page, Chipman, Irons, Moreton 79.0 1 5 26 22

Ht9 Craven, Harris, Malpass, Langton 76.4 4 2 30 24

Ht10 Beaumont, Page, Saunders, Kemp 77.8 3 3 33 27

Ht11 Orpwood, Hunt, Irons, Dalton 79.2 3 3 36 30

Ht12 Craven, Langton, Moreton, Hookham 78.4 4 2 40 32

Ht13 Hunt, Dalton, Chipman, Clifton 79.6 3 3 43 35

Ht14 Harris, Malpass, Kemp, Orpwood [f] 78.4 3 3 46 38

Monday 13th September 1948 County Ground, Exeter

Exeter Falcons 65 Tamworth Hounds 19 (National League Division Three)

Exeter

Stan Hodson 2’ 3 1 2’ 8 2

Don Hardy 3 3 3 3 12

Norman Hardy 3 3 3 3 12

Arthur Pilgrim 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3

Bert Roger 3 2’ 3 2’ 10 2

Hugh Geddes 2’ 3 1 0 6 1

Stan Lanfear 2’ 1 3 1

Johnny Myson 2’ 3 5 1

Tamworth



Howard Chipman 0 0 1 0 1




Cecil Hookham 1 0 1

Herby Plain 0 0 0

Ht1 Hardy, Hodson, Harris, Langton 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Clay, Pilgrim, Saunders, Chipman 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Roger, Geddes, Orpwood, Dalton 5 1 15 3

Ht4 Hodson, Lanfear, Hookham, Saunders 5 1 20 4

Ht5 Clay, Pilgrim, Harris, Langton 5 1 25 5

Ht6 Geddes, Roger, Saunders, Chipman 5 1 30 6

Ht7 Hardy, Orpwood, Hodson, Dalton 4 2 34 8

Ht8 Clay, Myson, Chipman, Plain 5 1 39 9

Ht9 Roger, Harris, Geddes, Langton 4 2 43 11

Ht10 Hardy, Hodson, Saunders, Chipman 5 1 48 12

Ht11 Clay, Pilgrim, Orpwood, Dalton 5 1 53 13

Ht12 Myson, Roger, Langton, Hookham 5 1 58 14

Ht13 Pilgrim, Dalton, Lanfear, Plain 4 2 62 16

Ht14 Hardy, Harris, Orpwood, Geddes 3 3 65 19


Midland Riders’ Championship

Bob Fletcher 0 1 1 2 1 5

Ed Pye 1 F F 1 2 4

Vic Emms 2 1 3 3 3 12

Lionel Levy 3 3 F 2 3 11

Bert Lacey 1 0 2 1 0 4

George Smith 2 1 2 1 2 8

Dave Anderson 1 2 3 2 2 10

Les Jenkins 2 2 4

Ray Harris 1 1 0 X 2

Gil Blake 2 0 X 2

Ken Adams E 0 1 1 1 3

Les Beaumont 0 3 2 3 3 11

Gil Craven 3 3 2 3 F 11

Eric Irons 3 2 3 0 3 11

Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 3 15

Phil Malpass 0 2 F 2 1 5

Lionel Watling (res) F 0 0 0

Al Collins (res) 1 0 1

Jack Baxter (res) 1 1

Ht1 Irons, Jenkins. Pye, Fletcher 70.0

Ht2 Hunt, Emms, Anderson, Beaumont 74.2

Ht3 Levy, Blake, Harris, Malpass 74.6

Ht4 Craven, Smith, Lacey, Adams (ef) 74.8

Ht5 Hunt, Jenkins, Harris, Lacey 74.6

Ht6 Levy, Anderson, Fletcher, Adams 74.6

Ht7 Craven, Irons, Emms, Blake 74.2

Ht8 Beaumont, Malpass, Smith, Pye (f) 76.0

Ht9 Anderson, Smith, Blake (fexc), Watling (f) 76.6

Ht10 Hunt, Craven, Fletcher, Malpass (f) 74.0

Ht11 Emms, Malpass, Adams, Watling 73.8

Ht12 Emms, Lacey, Pye (f) Levy (f) 76.4

Ht13 Irons, Beaumont, Adams, Harris 74.8

Ht14 Beaumont, Fletcher, Lacey, Collins 74.8

Ht15 Hunt, Levy, Smith, Irons 73.4

Ht16 Craven, Anderson, Pye, Harris (fexc) 77.6

H17 Levy, Beaumont, Baxter, Craven (f) 76.2

Ht18 Emms, Smith, Fletcher, Watling 75.4

Ht19 Irons, Anderson, Malpass, Lacey 76.8

Ht20 Hunt, Pye, Adams, Collins 76.0

Tuesday 14th September 1948 Bannister Court, Southampton

Southampton Saints 46.5 Tamworth Hounds 36.5 (National League Division Three)

Southampton

Alf Bottoms 3 3 3 3 12

Alf Kaines 0 1 0 0 1

Jimmy Squibb 2’ 3 3 0 8 1

Bob Oakley 3 2’ 2 3 10 1

Tom Oakley 1 3 1 0 5

Cecil Bailey 3 1.5 3 1 8.5

George Bason 1 1 2

Bill Griffiths 0 0 0

Tamworth



Cyril Page 0 1.5 2 2 5.5






Ht1 Bottoms, Harris, Langton, Kaines 67.6 3 3 3 3

Ht2 B.Oakley, Squibb, Saunders, Page 70.0 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Bailey, Dalton, T.Oakley, Orpwood 69.6 4 2 12 6

Ht4 Bottoms, Saunders, Bason, Hookham 69.6 4 2 16 8

Ht5 Squibb, B.Oakley, Harris, Langton 70.8 5 1 21 9

Ht6 T.Oakley, Page & Bailey, Saunders 69.8 4.5 1.5 25.5 10.5

Ht7 Bottoms, Dalton, Kaines, Orpwood 69.4 4 2 29.5 12.5

Ht8 Squibb, Page, Chipman, Griffiths 69.8 3 3 32.5 15.5

Ht9 Bailey, Harris, T.Oakley, Langton 70.2 4 2 36.5 17.5

Ht10 Bottoms, Page, Saunders, Kaines 69.4 3 3 39.5 20.5

Ht11 Dalton, B.Oakley, Orpwood, Squibb 70.2 2 4 41.5 24.5

Ht12 Langton, Hookham, T.Oakley (nf), Griffiths (nf) 72.8 0 5 41.5 29.5

Ht13 B.Oakley, Dalton, Bason, Chipman 69.6 4 2 45.5 31.5

Ht14 Harris, Orpwood, Bailey, Kaines 69.6 1 5 46.5 36.5

Junior Scratch Race:

Jack Davis, Johnny Bradford, Ralph Steere, Fred Vivian 72.2

Reserves Scratch Race:

George Bason, Howard Chipman, Cecil Hookham, Jack Davis 72.6

Banister Scratch Race

Ht 1: Alf Kaines, George Bason, Harry Saunders, Cecil Hookham 70.4

Ht 2: Alf Bottoms, Bob Oakley, Peter Orpwood, Steve Langton 68.6

Ht 3: Tom Oakley, Cyril Page, Howard Chipman, Bill Griffiths 70.6

Ht 4: Bill Dalton, Jim Squibb, Cecil Bailey, Bill Harris 70

Final: Alf Bottoms, Tom Oakley, Bill Dalton, Alf Kaines 69.8

Tuesday 21st September 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 62 Poole Pirates 22 (National league Division Three)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 9 3


Cyril Page 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 9 3


Bill Dalton 2’ 2’ 0 3 7 2

Basil Harris 3 1’ 2 2’ 8 2



Poole

Joe Bowkis 0 1 3 2 6

Sid Clark 2 0 1 1 4


Fred Pawson 0 1 0 0 1

George Butler 0 0 0 1 1


Frank Holcombe 0 0 0

Bingley Cree 0 0 0

Ht1 Langton, Clark, Bi.Harris, Langton 74.8 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Saunders, page, Chambers, Pawson 73.4 5 1 9 3

Ht3 Ba.Harris, Dalton, Hayden, Butler 74.2 4 1 14 4

Ht4 Orpwood, Langton, Pawson, Holcombe 74.2 5 1 19 5

Ht5 Saunders, Page, Bowkis, Clark 73.0 5 1 24 6

Ht6 Chambers, Dalton, Ba.Harris, Pawson 74.4 3 3 27 9

Ht7 Bi.Harris, Langton, Hayden, Butler 75.2 5 1 32 10

Ht8 Page, Chambers, Chipman, Cree 75.8 4 2 36 12

Ht9 Bowkis, Ba.Harris, Clark, Dalton 74.2 2 4 38 16

Ht10 Bi.Harris, Langton, Chambers, Pawson 75.2 5 1 43 17

Ht11 Saunders, Page, Hayden, Butler 74.4 5 1 48 18

Ht12 Dalton, Bowkis, Chipman, Holcombe 75.4 4 2 52 20

Ht13 Saunders, Orpwood, Butler, Cree 74.6 5 1 57 21

Ht14 Bi.Harris, Ba.Harris, Clark, Hayden 75.0 5 1 62 22


Orpwood, Chipman, Cree, Holcombe 75.6

Consolation Scratch Race

Dalton, Ba. Harris, Pawson, Butler 75.8

Poole Scratch Race

Chambers, Bowkis, Clark, Hayden 76.2

Inter Track Challenge Tamworth 22 Sheffield 8

Tamworth

Steve Langton 3 3 1 7

Bill Harris 2’ 1 3 1

Cyril Page 2’ 1 3 1

Harry Saunders 3 3 3 9

Sheffield

Stan Williams 1 2 0 3

Tolley 0 0 0

Len Williams 0 0 0

Tommy Bateman 1 2 2 5

Ht1 Langton, Harris, C.Williams, Tolley 75.4 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Saunders, Page, Bateman, L.Williams 73.8 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Langton, Bateman, Harris, L.Williams 75.4 4 2 14 4

Ht5 Saunders, S.Williams, Page, Tolley 74.6 4 2 18 6

Ht5 Saunders, Bateman, Langton, S.Williams, 74.6 4 2 22 8

Saturday 23rd September 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 49 Southampton Saints 35 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 1 0 0 1 0 3

Bill Harris 0 3 1 1 5 0 4

Cyril Page 1 1 2 2* 6 1 4

Harry Saunders 3 3 3 3 12 0 4

Bill Dalton 3 2*0 1 6 1 4

Basil Harris 1 3 2 3 9 0 4

Peter Orpwood 3 3 3 1 10 0 4

Howard Chipman 0 0 0 1

Southampton

Alf Bottoms 3 2 3 2 10 0 4

Alf Kaines 2*0 1 0 3 1 4

Jim Squibb 2 1 3 2 8 0 4

Bob Oakley 0 2 0 0 2 0 4

Tom Oakley 0 2 0 2 4 0 4

Cecil Bailey 2 1*1 2 6 1 4

George Bason 1 0 1 0 2

Bill Griffiths 1 0 1 0 2

1 Alf Bottoms, Alf Kaines, Steve Langton, Bill Harris(f) 1 – 5 1 – 5

2 Harry Saunders, Jim Squibb, Cyril Page, Bob Oakley 4 – 2 5 – 7

3 Bill Dalton, Cecil Bailey, Basil Harris, Tom Oakley 4 – 2 9 – 9

4 Peter Orpwood, Bob Oakley, George Bason, Steve Langton 3 – 3 12 – 12

5 Harry Saunders, Alf Bottoms, Cyril Page, Alf Kaines 72.8 4 – 2 16 – 14

6 Basil Harris, Bill Dalton, Jim Squibb, Bob Oakley 5 – 1 21 – 15

7 Bill Harris, (Tom Oakley, Cecil Bailey) Steve Langton 3 – 3 24 – 18

8 Jim Squibb, Cyril Page, Bill Griffiths, Howard Chipman 2 – 4 26 – 22

9 Alf Bottoms, Basil Harris, Alf Kaines, Bill Dalton 2 – 4 28 – 26

10 Peter Orpwood, Jim Squibb, Bill Harris, Bob Oakley 4 – 2 32 – 28

11 Harry Saunders, Cyril Page, (Cecil Bailey, Tom Oakley) 5 – 1 37 – 29

12 Peter Orpwood, Alf Bottoms, Bill Dalton, George Bason 4 – 2 41 – 31

13 Harry Saunders, Tom Oakley, Peter Orpwood, Bill Griffiths 4 – 2 45 – 33

14 Basil Harris, Cecil Bailey, Bill Harris, Alf Kaines 4 – 2 49 – 35


Tamworth Hounds 49.5 Coventry Bees 34.5 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth

Steve Langton 1’ 2’ 0 1’ 4 3

Bill Harris 2 1 2 2’ 7 1

Cyril Page 2’ 1 3 3 9 1


Bill Dalton 2.5 1 2’ 2 7.5 1


Peter Orpwood 3 3 6


Coventry


Ralph Horne 3 2’ 0 0 5 1


Bernard Tennant 0 0 0

Lionel Levy 2.5 2’ 2 1 7.5 1

Ed Pye 0 3 0 1 4

John Yates 1 0 1 2

Fred Yates 0 1’ 0 1 1

Ht1 Horne, Bi.Harris, Langton, Fletcher 74.6 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Saunders, Page, Lacey, Tennant 75.0 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Dalton & Levy, Ba.Harris, Pye 75.6 3.5 2.5 11.5 6.5

Ht4 Orpwood, Langton, J.Yates, Tennant 74.6 5 1 16.5 7.5

Ht5 Fletcher, Horne, Page, Saunder 74.6 1 5 17.5 12.5

Ht6 Ba.Harris, Lacey, Dalton, J.Yates 74.4 4 2 21.5 14.5

Ht7 Pye, Levy, Bi.Harris, Langton 76.2 1 5 22.5 19.5

Ht8 Page, Lacey, F.Yates, Chipman 75.6 3 3 25.5 22.5

Ht9 Ba.Harris, Dalton, Fletcher, Horne 75.6 5 1 30.5 23.5

Ht10 Lacey, Bi.Harris, Langton, J.Yates 74.6 3 3 33.5 26.5

Ht11 Page, Levy, Saunders, Pye 75.4 4 2 37.5 28.5

Ht12 Fletcher, Dalton, J.Yates, Chipman 74.6 2 4 39.5 32.5

Ht13 Orpwood, Saunders, Levy, F.Yates 74.6 5 1 44.5 33.5

Ht14 Ba.Harris, Bi.Harris, Pye, Horne 74.0 5 1 49.5 34.5


Chipman, Watling, Hookham, Collins 77.0

Castle Scratch Race

Ht1 Dalton, Fletcher, Pye, Langton 76.4

Ht2 Ba.Harris, Lacey, Tennant, Page 75.6

Ht3 Orpwood, Watling, J.Yates, F.Yates 76.0

Ht4 Saunders, Levy, Horne, Bi.Harris 76.6

Final Saunders, Ba.Harris, Dalton, Orpwood 75.2

Wednesday 29th September1948 Pilot Field, Hastings

Hastings Saxons 45 Tamworth Hounds 38 (National League Division Three)

Hastings


Jock Grierson 3 3 3 3 12

Ken Smith 0 1’ 2 1 4 1

Pete Mold 1 2 2’ 5 1

Ken Middleditch 3 3 2 0 8

Ron Clark 1 1 1’ E 3 1

Frank Bettis 1’ 3 2 3 9 1

Bill Weston 1’ 1 1

Tamworth

Steve Langton 1’ 0 0 E 1 1


Cyril Page 2’ 2 3 1’ 8 2


Bill Dalton 0 0 0 E 0


Peter Orpwood 0 3 3


Ht1 Grierson, Bi.Harris, Langton, Tidbury 73.2 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Saunders, Page, Mold, Smith 77.6 1 5 4 8

Ht3 Middleditch, Ba.Harris, Clark, Dalton 77.2 4 2 8 10

Ht4 Saunders, Tidbury, Bettis, Orpwood 78.4 3 3 11 13

Ht5 Bi.Harris, Mold, Smith, Langton 77.2 3 3 14 16

Ht6 Middleditch, Page, Clark, Saunders 77.8 4 2 18 18

Ht7 Grierson, Ba.Harris, Tidbury, Dalton 76.2 4 2 22 20

Ht8 Page, Smith, Weston, Chipman 79.6 3 3 25 23

Ht9 Bi.Harris, Middleditch, Clark, Langton 76.6 3 3 28 26

Ht10 Grierson, Saunders, Page, Tidbury 76.8 3 3 31 29

Ht11 Bettis, Ba.Harris, Smith, Dalton 77.4 4 2 35 31

Ht12 Orpwood, Bettis, Clark (ef), Langton (ef) 78.8 2 3 37 34

Ht13 Bettis, Mold, Chipman, Dalton (ef) 81.2 5 1 42 35

Ht14 Grierson, Bi.Harris, Ba.Harris, Middleditch 76.2 3 3 45 38

Monday 4th October 1948 Poole Stadium, Poole

Poole Pirates 36 Tamworth Hounds 48 (National League Division Three)

Poole

Allan Chambers 2’ 2 1 2 7 1

Fred Pawson 3 F 1’ 3 7 1

George Butler 0 1’ F 3 4 1


Dick Howard 0 0 0 2 2

Sid Clark 3 2 1 2’ 8 1

Frank Holcombe E 1 1

Hughes 1 0 1

Tamworth

Steve Langton E 0 1 1

Bill Harris 1 3 2’ 0 6 1

Cyril Page 2’ 1 3 0 6 1





Lionel Watling 2’ 0 2 1

Ht1 Pawson, Chambers, Bi.Harris, Langton (ef) 80.6 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Saunders, Page, Hayden, Butler 80.0 1 5 6 6

Ht3 Clark, Dalton, Ba.Harris, Howard 81.8 3 3 9 9

Ht4 Saunders, Chambers, Orpwood, Holcombe (ef) 74.4 2 4 11 13

Ht5 Bi.Harris, Hayden, Butler, Langton 83.4 3 3 14 16

Ht6 Saunders, Clark, Page, Howard 81.8 2 4 16 20

Ht7 Dalton, Ba.Harris, Chambers, Pawson (f) 84.6 1 5 17 25

Ht8 Page, Watling, Hughes, Butle r(f) 86.2 1 5 18 30

Ht9 Orpwood, Bi.Harris, Clark, Howard 83.4 1 5 19 35

Ht10 Saunders, Chambers, Pawson, Page 82.2 3 3 22 38

Ht11 Butler, Dalton, Ba.Harris, Hayden 83.8 3 3 25 41

Ht12 Orpwood, Howard, Langton, Hughes 83.8 2 4 27 45

Ht13 Hayden, Dalton, Holcombe, Watling 82.6 4 2 31 47

Ht14 Pawson, Clark, Ba.Harris, Bi.Harris 83.4 5 1 36 48

Tuesday 5th October 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth

Tamworth Hounds 60 Hastings Saxons 23 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth


Bill Harris 1’ 3 3 1 8 1

Cyril Page 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3

Harry Saunders 3 2’ 3 3 11 1

Bill Dalton 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 9 3

Basil Harris 3 3 2’ 0 8 1



Hastings


Jock Grierson 3 1 1 2’ 7 1

Ken Smith 0 0 1 0 1

Frank Bettis 1 2 1 2 6

Ron Clark 0 1’ 0 1 2 1

Ken Middleditch 0 2 1 3 6

Pete Mold 0 0 0

Bill Weston 0 0 0

Ht1 Grierson, Langton, Bi.Harris, Tidbury 75.6 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Saunders, Page, Bettis, Smith 74.6 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Ba.Harris, Dalton, Clark (nf), Middleditch (nf) 74.0 5 0 13 4

Ht4 Orpwood, Bettis, Langton, Mold 73.8 4 2 17 6

Ht5 Page, Saunders, Grierson, Tidbury 73.8 5 1 22 7

Ht6 Ba.Harris, Dalton, Bettis, Smith 75.6 5 1 27 8

Ht7 Bi.Harris, Middleditch, Clark, Langton 75.8 3 3 30 11

Ht8 Watling, Page, Smith, Weston 75.0 5 1 35 12

Ht9 Dalton, Ba.Harris, Grierson, Tidbury 74.2 5 1 40 13

Ht10 Bi.Harris, Bettis, Langton, Smith 75.4 4 2 44 15

Ht11 Saunders, Page, Middleditch, Clark 74.8 5 1 49 16

Ht12 Watling, Dalton, Tidbury, Mold 74.4 5 1 54 17

Ht13 Saunders, Orpwood, Clark, Weston 74.4 5 1 59 18

Ht14 Middleditch, Grierson, Bi.Harris, Ba.Harris 71.4 1 5 60 23


Watling, Chipman, Hookham, Stan Pennell 75.6

Steve Langton Scratch Race

Ht1 Dalton, Saunders, Tidbury, Mold 73.8

Ht2 Ba.Harris, Langton, Smith, Clark ?

Ht3 Watling, Bettis, Chipman, Orpwood ?

Ht4 Page, Bi.Harris, Middleditch, Grierson 75.0

Final Dalton, Page, Ba.Harris, Page 74.6

Saturday 9th October 1948 Brandon Stadium, Coventry

Coventry Bees 42 Tamworth Hounds 42 (Challenge)

Coventry

Bob Fletcher 2 1 0 2’ 5 1

Ralph Horne 1’ 2 3 0 6 1

Lionel Levy 2’ 1’ 0 0 3 2

Ed Pye 3 2 3 2 11


George Smith 2 2 2’ 2 8 1

Derrick Tailby 3 0 3

John Yates 2 1 3

Tamworth

Steve Langton 0 3 0 2’ 5 1


Cyril Harris 0 3 1 0 4


Bill Dalton 1 3 1 1’ 6 1


Peter Orpwood 0 3 3


Ht1 Bi.Harris, Fletcher, Horne, Langton 80.8 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Pye, Levy, Saunders, Page 80.0 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Ba.Harris, Smith, Dalton, Lacey 79.2 2 4 10 8

Ht4 Tailby, Saunders, Fletcher, Orpwood 70.0 4 2 14 10

Ht5 Langton, Pye, Levy, Bi.Harris 79.8 3 3 17 13

Ht6 Page, Smith, Saunders, Lacey 80.6 2 4 19 17

Ht7 Dalton, Horne, Ba.Harris, Fletcher 78.8 2 4 21 21

Ht8 Watling, Yates, Page, levy 78.8 2 4 23 25

Ht9 Lacey, Smith, Bi.Harris, Langton 78.0 5 1 28 26

Ht10 Horne, Fletcher, Saunders, Page 79.2 5 1 33 27

Ht11 Pye, B.Harris, Dalton, Levy 78.8 3 3 36 30

Ht12 Orpwood, Langton, Yates, Lacey 81.6 1 5 37 35

Ht13 Pye, Watling, Dalton, Tailby 80.6 3 3 40 38

Ht14 Ba.Harris, Smith, Bi.Harris, Horne 79.4 2 4 42 42

Monday 11th October 1948 County Ground, Exeter

Exeter Falcons 57 Tamworth Hounds 27 (National League Division Three)

Exeter

Bert Roger 2 3 2’ 3 10 1


Norman Clay 3 3 3 3 12

Arthur Pilgrim 2’ 1 2’ 2 7 2

Hugh Geddes 2’ E 3 3 8 1

Don Hardy 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2

Johnny Myson 1 1’ 2 1

Stan Lanfear 0 1 1

Tamworth



Harry Saunders 0 1’ 2 3 1




Lionel Watling 0 1’ 0 1 1


Ht1 Bi.Harris, Roger, Page, Hodson 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Clay, Pilgrim, Orpwood, Saunders 5 1 7 5

Ht3 Hardy, Geddes, Dalton, Ba.Harris 5 1 12 6

Ht4 Roger, Orpwood, Myson, Watling 4 2 16 8

Ht5 Clay, Page, Pilgrim, Bi.Harris 4 2 20 10

Ht6 Hardy, Orpwood, Saunders, Geddes (tyre) 3 3 23 13

Ht7 Hodson, Roger, Dalton, Ba.Harris 5 1 28 14

Ht8 Clay, Saunders, Watling, Lanfear 3 3 31 17

Ht9 Geddes, Hardy, Page, Bi.Harris 5 1 36 18

Ht10 Roger, Orpwood, Hodson, Chipman 4 2 40 20

Ht11 Clay, Pilgrim, Dalton, Ba.Harris 5 1 45 21

Ht12 Geddes, Page, Lanfear, Watling 4 2 49 23

Ht13 Dalton, Pilgrim, Myson, Chipman 3 3 52 26

Ht14 Hodson, Hardy, Bi.Harris, Ba.Harris 5 1 57 27


Coventry Bees 41 Cradley Heath Cubs 42 (Challenge)

Coventry


Ralph Horne 0 0 2’ F 2 1

George Smith 0 2 3 1 6

Bert Lacey 2 0 F 2 4

Ed Pye 0 1 0 3 4

Lionel Levy 1 3 1 2 7

Derrick Tailby 1 1’ 2 1

John Yates 2’ 2’ 4 2

Cradley Heath


Bill Kemp 1’ 1 2’ F 4 2

Ken Sharples 3 2 X 5


Eric Irons 3 1’ 3 3 10 1

Alan Hunt 2’ 2 2’ 3 9 2

Wilf Willstead F 0 0 0

Roy Moreton 1 0 1

Ht1 Fletcher, Beaumont, Kemp, Horne 77.4 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Sharples, Lacey, Malpass, Smith 76.6 2 4 5 7

Ht3 Irons, Hunt, Levy, Pye 77.0 1 5 6 12

Ht4 Fletcher, Malpass, Tailby, Willstead (f) 78.4 4 2 10 14

Ht5 Beaumont, Smith, Kemp, Lacey 77.0 2 4 12 18

Ht6 Levy, Sharples, Pye, Malpass 77.6 4 2 16 20

Ht7 Fletcher, Hunt, Irons, Horne 77.2 3 3 19 23

Ht8 Smith, Yates, Moreton, Sharples (fexc) 77.2 5 1 24 24

Ht9 Beaumont, Kemp, Levy, Pye 77.6 1 5 25 29

Ht10 Fletcher, Horne, Malpass, Willstead 79.2 5 1 30 30

Ht11 Irons, Hunt, Smith, Lacey (f) 78.0 1 5 31 35

Ht12 Pye, Yates, Beaumont, Willstead 78.4 5 1 36 36

Ht13 Irons, Lacey, Tailby, Moreton 77.8 3 3 39 39

Ht14 Hunt, Levy, Horne (f), Kemp (f) 76.9 2 3 41 42


Yates, Collins, E.Mason, Hookham (ef) 78.6

Visitors Scratch Race

Ht1 Fletcher, Irons, Beaumont, Pye 76.6

Ht2 Horne, Smith, Sharples, Kemp 78.0

Ht3 Yates, Willstead, Tailby, Moreton (f) 78.0

Ht4 Hunt, Levy, Lacey, Malpass 77.0

Final Hunt, Fletcher, Yates, Horne 77.2

Tuesday 12th October 1948 Caister Road Stadium, Yarmouth

Yarmouth Bloaters 46 Tamworth Hounds 38 (National League Division Three)

Yarmouth

Arthur Bush 2 1’ 2 3 8 1

Sid Hipperson F 0 2’ 2’ 4 2

Reg Morgan 3 3 3 3 12

Bert Rawlinson 0 1 1 E 2

Bill Carruthers 1 1 2 2 6

Billy Bales 3 3 F 3 9

Roy Duke 2 2 4

Phil Day 1 0 1

Tamworth


Bill Harris 1 0 1 F 2



Bill Dalton 2 3 E 3 8


Lionel Walling 3 1 4


Ht1 Page, Bush, Bi.Harris, Hipperson (f) 75.4 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Morgan, Saunders, Orpwood, Rawlinson 77.2 3 3 5 7

Ht3 Bales, Dalton, Carruthers, Ba.Harris 76.2 4 2 9 9

Ht4 Watling, Duke, Bush, Orpwood 82.0 3 3 12 12

Ht5 Morgan, Page, Rawlinson, Bi.Harris 77.0 4 2 16 14

Ht6 Bales, Saunders, Carruthers, Orpwood 76.4 4 2 20 16

Ht7 Dalton, Bush, Ba.Harris, Hipperson 79.2 2 4 22 20

Ht8 Morgan, Saunders, Day, Chipman 77.2 4 2 26 22

Ht9 Page, Carruthers, Bi.Harris, Bales (f) 79.8 2 4 28 26

Ht10 Bush, Hipperson, Orpwood, Saunders 78.4 5 1 33 27

Ht11 Morgan, Ba.Harris, Rawlinson, Dalton (ef) 77.4 4 2 37 29

Ht12 Page, Carruthers, Watling, Day 79.0 2 4 39 33

Ht13 Dalton, Duke, Chipman, Rawlinson (ef) 79.0 2 4 41 37

Ht14 Bales, Hipperson, Ba.Harris, Bi.Harris (f) 78.0 5 1 46 38

Thursday 14th October 1948 Sun Street Stadium, Stoke

Stoke Potters 61 Tamworth Hounds 22 (National League Division Three)

Stoke

Dave Anderson 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 2

Ray Harris 3 3 3 2’ 11 1

Les Jenkins 3 3 2’ 2 10 1

Ken Adams F 1’ 2’ 3 2

Gil Blake 3 3 3 3 12

Vic Pitcher 1 2’ E 3 6 1

Stan Bradbury 3 3 6

Frank Evans 0 3 2’ 5 1

Tamworth

Cyril Page 1 2 F 3

Bill Harris 0 1’ 2 E 3 1




Basil Harris 0 E 0

Lionel Watling E 1 0 1

Howard Chipman 0 0 0 1 1

Ht1 R.Harris, Anderson, Page, Bi.Harris 75.4 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Jenkins, Saunders, Orpwood, Adams (f) 75.2 3 3 8 4

Ht3 Blake, Dalton, Pitcher, Ba.Harris 76.8 4 2 12 6

Ht4 Bradbury, Anderson, Orpwood, Watling (ef) 76.6 5 1 17 7

Ht5 Jenkins, Page, Bi.Harris, Evans 76.6 3 3 20 10

Ht6 Blake, Pitcher, Saunders, Orpwood 75.8 5 1 25 11

Ht7 R.Harris, Anderson, Dalton, Ba.Harris (ef) 76.6 5 1 30 12

Ht8 Evans, Jenkins, Saunders, Chipman 79.8 5 1 35 13

Ht9 Blake, Bi.Harris, Vitcher (ef), Page (f) 79.8 5 1 40 14

Ht10 R.Harris, Anderson, Orpwood, Saunders 77.8 5 1 45 15

Ht11 Dalton, Jenkins, Adams, Chipman 78.6 3 3 48 18

Ht12 Blake, Evans, Watling, Chipman 78.2 5 1 53 19

Ht13 Bradbury, Adams, Dalton, Watling 77.2 5 1 58 20

Ht14 Pitcher, R.Harris, Chipman, Bi.Harris 77.6 5 1 63 21

Monday 18th October 1948 Poole Stadium, Poole

Poole Pirates 50 Tamworth Hounds 34 (National League Division Three)

Poole


Fred Pawson 2’ 0 1’ 1 4 2

Charlie Hayden 1’ 3 2 1 7 1

Dick Howard 2 1 0 1’ 4 1

Sid Clark 1’ 1’ 2’ 3 7 3

Ticker James 2 2 3 3 10

Frank Holcombe 2’ 2 4 1

Hughes 1’ 2’ 3 2

Tamworth

Lionel Watling 0 0 1 1 2

Bill Harris 1 2 E 0 3




Basil Harris 0 1’ 2’ 2 5 2

Cecil Hookham 0 0 0


Ht1 Chambers, Pawson, Bi.Harris, Watling 79.4 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Saunders, Howard, Hayden, Orpwood 81.8 3 3 8 4

Ht3 Dalton, James, Clark, Ba.Harris 81.8 3 3 11 7

Ht4 Chambers, Holcombe, Orpwood, Chipman 80.8 5 1 16 8

Ht5 Hyden, Bi.Harris, Howard, Watling 82.0 4 2 20 10

Ht6 Saunders, James, Clark, Orpwood 81.0 3 3 23 13

Ht7 Chambers, Dalton, Ba.Harris, Pawson 82.0 3 3 26 16

Ht8 Saunders, Hayden, Hughes, Hookham 82.6 3 3 29 19

Ht9 James, Clark, Watling, Bi.Harris (ef) 83.4 5 1 34 20

Ht10 Saunders, Chambers, Pawson, Orpwood 81.4 3 3 37 23

Ht11 Dalton, Ba.Harris, Haydon, Clark 84.2 1 5 38 28

Ht12 Clark, Hughes, Watling, Howard 85.4 5 1 43 29

Ht13 Dalton, Holcombe, Howard, James 84.4 3 3 46 32

Ht14 James, Ba.Harris, Pawson, Bi.Harris 83.2 4 2 50 34


Tamworth Hounds 53 Hull Angels 30 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth

Harry Saunders 1 2’ 2 1’ 6 2


Lionel Watling 1 0 2 3 6





Al Collins 1’ 2’ 3 2

Hull

Norman Johnson 0 1 0 0 1



Johnny White 0 1 0 0 1

Bob Baker 0 0 0 0 0

Dick Shepherd 1 3 2 1 7

Alf Webster 0 0 0

Derek Glover 0 1 1

Ht 1 Bill Harris, Mitchell, Saunders, Johnson, 4 2

Ht 2 Orpwood, Craig, Watling, White, 8 4

Ht 3 Dalton, Basil Harris, Shepherd, Baker, 13 5

Ht 4 Chipman, Saunders, White, Webster, 18 6

Ht 5 Mitchell, Orpwood, Johnson, Watling, 20 10

Ht 6 Dalton, Basil Harris, Craig, White, 25 11

Ht 7 Shepherd, Saunders, Bill Harris, Baker, 28 14

Ht 8 Craig, Watling, Collins, Glover, 31 17

Ht 9 Mitchell, Dalton, Basil Harris, Johnson, 34 20

Ht 10 Craig, Bill Harris, Saunders, White, 37 23

Ht 11 Watling, Shepherd, Orpwood, Baker, 41 25

Ht 12 Dalton, Collins, Johnson (ret), Webster (ret), 46 25

Ht 13 Orpwood, Chipman, Glover, Baker, 51 26

Ht 14 Mitchell, Basil Harris, Shepherd, Bill Harris, 53 30


Tamworth Hounds 30 Cradley Heath Cubs 52 (National League Division Three)

Tamworth

Peter Orpwood E 2 0 0 2

Harry saunders 3 2 2 1’ 8 1


Lionel Watling E 0 0 0 0

Basil Harris 0 1’ 0 1 2 1



Al Collins 0 0 0

Cradley Heath

Les Beaumont 2 3 2 2’ 9 1

Bill Kemp F 1 1’ 0 2 1

Phil Malpass F 0 2 1 3

Ken Sharples 3 3 3 3 12

Eric Irons 1 1 2’ 3 7 1

Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12

Bill Clifton 1 3 4

Roy Moreton 1’ 2’ 3 2

Ht1 Saunders, Beaumont, Orpwood (ef), Kemp (f) 77.6 3 2 3 2

Ht2 Sharples, B.Harris,, Watling (ef), Malpass (f) 76.4 2 3 5 5

Ht3 Hunt, Dalton, Irons, Ba.Harris 75.4 2 4 7 9

Ht4 Sharples, Orpwood, Clifton, Chipman 76.4 2 4 9 13

Ht5 Beaumont, Bi.Harris, Kemp, Watling 77.6 2 4 11 17

Ht6 Sharples, Dalton, Ba.Harris, Malpass 76.4 3 3 14 20

Ht7 Hunt, Saunders, Irons, Orpwood 75.4 2 4 16 24

Ht8 Bi.Harris, Malpass, Moreton, Collins 78.8 3 3 19 27

Ht9 Dalton, Beaumont, Kemp, Ba.Harris 77.4 3 3 22 30

Ht10 Sharples, Saunders, Malpass, Orpwood 76.4 2 4 24 34

Ht11 Hunt, Irons, Bi.Harris, Watling 77.4 1 5 25 39

Ht12 Clifton, Beaumont, Ba.Harris, Collins 78.0 1 5 26 44

Ht13 Irons, Moreton, Chipman, Watling 79.6 1 5 27 49

Ht14 Hunt, Dalton, Saunders, Kemp 75.4 3 3 30 52


Chipman, Hookham, Collins, E.Mason 79.8

Au Revoir Scratch Race

Ht1 Saunders, Beaumont, Sharples, Watling 77.6

Ht2 Hunt, Bi.Harris, Kemp, Ba.Harris 74.4

Ht3 Moreton, Hookham, Clifton, Chipman 78.4

Ht4 Dalton, Irons, Orpwood, Malpass 77.4

Final Hunt, Dalton, Saunders, Moreton 74.4

Tamworth 1948 Needs in BOLD

Friday 26th March 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 44 Cradley Heath Cubs 39 (C) times Scr Event

Monday 29th March 1948 Fazley Tamworth 50 North 33 (Ch)

Wednesday 31st March 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 45 Stoke Potters 37 (Ch) SH

Thursday 1st April 1948 Sun Street Stoke Potters 44 Tamworth Hounds 40 (Ch)

Saturday 3rd April 1948 Hedon Hull Angels 45 Cradley Heath and Tamworth 38 (Ch) Times

Wednesday 7th April 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 82 Exeter Falcons 26 (NatT) SH Times

Monday 12th April 1948 County Ground Exeter Falcons 81 Tamworth Hounds 27 (Nat T)

Wednesday 14th April 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 63 Poole Pirates 21 (NLD3)

Wednesday 21st April 1948 Tamworth British Riders’ Championship QR

Thursday 22nd April 1948 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 42 Tamworth Hounds 42 (NLD3)

Tuesday 27th April 1948 Bannister Court, Southampton Saints 55 Tamworth Hounds 29 (NLD3)

Wednesday 28th April 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 60 Wombwell Colliers 24 (NLD3) Det

SHHt4+Final

Friday 30th April 1948 Dudley Wood Cradley Heath Cubs 48 Tamworth Hounds 36 (NLD3)

Tuesday 4th May 1948 Bannister Court, Southampton Saints 77 Tamworth Hounds 31 (NatT)

Wednesday 5th May 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 46 Southampton Saints 62 (NatT) SH

Thursday 12th May 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 58 Coventry Bees 24 (NLD3)

Friday 14th May 1948 Sports Stadium,Wombwell Colliers 42 Tamworth Hounds 42 (NLD3) Meeting

Details

Monday 17th May 1948 Fazley Stadium, Tamworth Best Pairs

Wednesday 19th May 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 49 Southampton Saints 34(Ch)

Wednesday 26th May 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 59 Stoke Potters 25 (NLD3)

Saturday 29th May 1948 Brandon Coventry Bees 37 Tamworth Hounds 47 (NLD3)

Tuesday 1st June 1948 Caister Road Yarmouth Bloaters 34 Tamworth Hounds 50 (NLD3)

Wednesday 2nd June 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 29 - Birmingham Brummies 54 (C) SHTimes

Thursday 3rd June 1948 Sun Street Cradley Heath Cubs v Tamworth Hounds Rained Off

Wednesday 9th June 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 48 Hastings Saxons 38 (NLD3)

Thursday 10th June 1948 Sun Street Stoke Potters 45 Tamworth Hounds 39 (NLD3) Wednesday 16th June 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 42 Cradley Heath Cubs 42 (NLD3)

Saturday 19th June 1948 Hedon Hull Angels 43 Tamworth Hounds 41 (NLD3) THt1

Wednesday 23rd June 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 38 Southampton Saints 46 (NLD3) Det

HighScr Race+SHTimes

Friday 25th June 1948 Sports Stadium, Wombwell Colliers 23 Tamworth Hounds 60 (NLD3)

Wednesday 30th June 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 60 Stoke Potters 24 (NLD3) SH

Tuesday 6th July 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 60 Plymouth Devils 24 (NLD3) SH

Tuesday 13th July 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 39 The Midlands 43 Meeting Details

Wednesday 14th July 1948 Pilot Field Hastings Saxons 56 Tamworth Hounds 28 (NLD3

Tuesday 20th July 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 46 Exeter Falcons 38 (NLD3) SH

Sunday 25th July 1948 Dublin Santry 37 v Tamworth 35 (Ch) Ht times

Tuesday 27th July 1948 Tamworth Midland Rider’s Championship

Saturday 31st July 1948 Hedon Hull Angels 53 Tamworth Hounds 30 (NLD3)

Monday 2nd August 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 59 Yarmouth Bloaters 25 (NLD3)

Tuesday 3rd August 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 24 Birmingham Brummies 60 (Ch)

Thursday 5th August 1948 Sun Street Cradley Heath Cubs 38 Tamworth Hounds 58 (AC)

Tuesday 10th August 1948 Fazley Tamworth v Wombwell Meeting Details

Friday 13th August 1948 Dudley Wood Cradley Heath Cubs 41.5 Tamworth Hounds 41.5 (NLD3)

Saturday 14th August 1948 Brandon Coventry Bees 48 Tamworth Hounds 36

Tuesday 17th August 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 49 Cradley Heath Cubs 46 (NvSC)

Thursday 19th August 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 57Yarmouth Bloaters 27 (NLD3) Httimes SH

Wednesday 24th August 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 48 Plymouth Devils 36 (NLD3)

Tuesday 31st August 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 47 Hull Angels 37 (NLD3) SH

Thursday 2nd September 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds v Southampton Saints (NLD3) Rained Off

Saturday 4th September 1948 Weir Rayleigh Rockets 48 Tamworth Hounds 36 (Cha)

Tuesday 7th September 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 50 Exeter Falcons 33 (NLD3) All Times +SH

Thursday 9th September 1948 Pennycross Plymouth Devils 63 Tamworth Hounds 21 (NLD3)

Saturday 11th September 1948 Birmingham Cradley Heath Cubs 46 Tamworth Hounds 38 (Ch)

Monday 13th September 1948 County Ground, Exeter Falcons 65 Tamworth Hounds 19 (NLD3

Tuesday 14th September 1948 Tamworth Midland Riders’ Championship

Tuesday 14th September 1948 Bannister Court, Southampton Saints 46.5 Tamworth Hounds 36.5 (NLD3)

Tuesday 21st September 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 62 Poole Pirates 22 (NLD3)

Saturday 23rd September 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 49 Southampton Saints 35 All Times + SH

Tuesday 28th September 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 49.5 Coventry Bees 34.5 (NLD3)

Wednesday 29th September1948 Pilot Field, Hastings Saxons 45 Tamworth Hounds 38 (NLD3)

Monday 4th October 1948 Poole Pirates 36 Tamworth Hounds 48 (NLD3)

Tuesday 5th October 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 60 Hastings Saxons 23 (NLD3) SHTHt2&3

Saturday 9th October 1948 Brandon Coventry Bees 42 Tamworth 42

Monday 11th October 1948 County Ground, Exeter Falcons 57 Tamworth Hounds 27 (NLD3)

Tuesday 12th October 1948 Fazley Coventry Bees 41 Cradley Heath Cubs 42 (C)

Tuesday 12th October 1948 Caister Road Yarmouth Bloaters 46 Tamworth Hounds 38 (NLD3)

Thursday 14th October 1948 Sun Street Stoke Potters 61 Tamworth Hounds 22 (NLD3)

Monday 18th October 1948 Poole Pirates 50 Tamworth Hounds 34 (NLD3)

Tuesday 19th October 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 53 Hull Angels 30 (NLD3) SH

Tuesday 26th October 1948 Fazley Tamworth Hounds 30 Cradley Heath Cubs 52 (NLD3)

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