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Post by admin on Feb 6, 2017 11:14:54 GMT -5
In 1938, midget car racing ceased at Lea Bridge in mid-season and for a few months the team were based at Crystal Palace. Does any member have any details of this brief period?
The photo shows a Skirrow midget car, a type of racer that would have been in regular action at this time.Attachments:
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Post by admin on Feb 6, 2017 11:37:45 GMT -5
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Post by admin on Feb 6, 2017 12:15:08 GMT -5
1938 NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAMS:
Belle Vue: Charlie ‘Ginger’ Pashley, Bruce Warburton, Eric Worswick, Stanley ‘Acorn’ Dobson, Frank Marsh, George Goodley, Billy Murden, Jock Ferguson.
Coventry: Walter Mackereth, Tony Hume, Johnny Young, Buster Bladon, Frank Chiswell, Val Atkinson, Ron Wills.
Crystal Palace/Lea Bridge: Spike Rhiando, George Turvey, Stan Mills, Jimmy Raynes, 'Bronco' Bill Reynolds, Basil de Mattos, Frank Bullock, Ed Hazell.
Stoke: Squib Burton, Ted Poole, Gene Crowley, Skid Martin, Joe Wildblood, Reg Grice, Stan Mills, Les White, Cecil Heath.
Wembley: Ron Wills, ‘Bronco’ Bill Reynolds, Vic Patterson, Vic Nield, Sid Plevin, Franco Cortez, Tiddler Pierson.
Points scorers: Stan Mills (Coventry, Lea Bridge/Crystal Palace) 22, Johnny Young (Coventry) 19, Gene Crowley (Stoke) 19, Skid Martin (Stoke) 18, George Turvey (Lea Bridge/Crystal Palace) 17, Les White (Stoke) 16.5, Squib Burton (Stoke) 15, Frank Chiswell (Coventry) 14, Spike Rhiando (Lea bridge/Crystal Palace) 12, Basil de Mattos (Lea Bridge/Crystal Palace) 11, Frank Marsh (Belle Vue) 11, Ed Hazell (Lea Bridge/Crystal Palace) 10, ‘Bronco’ Bill Reynolds (Coventry, Lea Bridge/Crystal Palace) 10, Val Atkinson (Coventry) 9, Ron Wills (Coventry) 9, Reg Grice (Stoke) 9, Frank Bullock (Lea Bridge/Crystal Palace) 8, Buster Bladon (Coventry) 8, Eric Worswick (Belle Vue) 6, Joe Wildblood (Stoke) 4, Cecil Heath (Stoke) 2, Jimmy Raynes (Lea Bridge/Crystal Palace) 2, Charlie ‘Ginger’ Pashley (Belle Vue) 2, Bruce Warburton (Belle Vue) 2, Syd Emery (Belle Vue) 1, George Goodley (Belle Vue) 0.
(Drivers guested for other teams; not all match scores known; incomplete table).
Classified results (not complete): Coventry 45 Lea Bridge 27; Coventry 52 Belle Vue 28; Lea Bridge 28 Coventry 44; Lea Bridge 48 Belle Vue 23; Coventry 51 Wembley 21; Coventry 44 Stoke 28; Belle Vue 34 Wembley 37; Stoke 29.5 Lea Bridge 49.5; Belle Vue 32 Stoke 40; Coventry 52 Belle Vue 17; Stoke 38 Crystal Palace 35; Coventry 35 Stoke 32.
Note: Crystal Palace replaced Lea Bridge in mid-season.
In an uncompleted league, with the actual race points for and against unverified, Coventry won eight of their nine matches, with 405 race points for, 239 against, and 16 table points.
Stoke won five of their eight matches, one draw, two defeats, 334 race points for, 234 against, 11 table points.
Crystal Palace had three wins and four defeats in seven matches, with 237 poits for, 255 against, six table points.
Belle Vue won two and lost six of their eight matches. They scored 243 race poits, with 325 against, for four table points.
Wembley had one win four matches, with 123 race points for, 164 against, and two table points.
::: The photo shows Crystal Palace driver Alvin 'Spike' Rhiando.Attachments:
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Post by admin on Feb 7, 2017 6:12:52 GMT -5
This reference to Lea Bridge's move to Crystal Palace appears on the Midget Car Panorama website:
"Lea Bridge’s last meeting was on July 6, against homeless Wembley in a National League match. That was the end of midget car racing at the east London tack, but the team as such was saved by former speedway rider Ron Clive who took them over and reopened Crystal Palace. But only three meetings took place at the Palace, the last being a National League match on September 3 against Belle Vue."
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