I know that Jimmy Wright, who drove for Oxford, was also a speedway rider with
the same
club. Was Maurice Hutchins also a speedway rider?
Is anymore known about this particular match, and were similar team matchs
staged
elsewhere?
--- In oldtimespeedway@yahoogroups.com, John Hyam <john.hyam1@...> wrote:
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> > From: Jim Henry <jamesjhenry@...>
> > Date: 2 November 2008 19:53:29 GMT
> > To: John Hyam <john.hyam1@...>
> > Subject: For the Midget Fans
> > Reply-To: jamesjhenry@...
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> > Monday 19th August 1953 County Ground, Exeter
> > Exeter Falcons 44 Oxford Cheetahs 52 (Challenge)
> >
> > Skirrow 1000cc Midget Car Match
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> > Exeter
> > Mark Black 1' 3
> > 2 6 1
> > Tommy Forster 2 3 3 8
> > Jack Bottomley 1 0 0 1
> > Dave Templeman 0 0 0 0
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> > Oxford
> > Jimmy Wright 3 2 1 6
> > Dave Hughes 0 2 2 4
> > Maurice Hutchins 3 1 1' 5 1
> > Ken Le-Williams 2' 1' 3 6 2
> >
> > Ht1 Wright, Forster, Black, Hughes
> > 87.6 3 3 3 3
> > Ht2 Hutchis, Le-Williams, Bottomley, Templeman 97.0
> > 1 5 4 8
> > Ht3 Black, Wright, Hutchis, Bottomley (nf) 88.0
> > 3 3 7 11
> > Ht4 Forster, Hughes, Le-Williams,
> > Templeman ? 3
> > 3 10 14
> > Ht5 Le-Williams, Black, Wright, Templeman 88.8
> > 2 4 12 18
> > Ht6 Forster, Hughes, Hutchis,
> > Bottomley ? 3
> > 3 15 21
> >
> > Grand Final Handicap (all figures yards on) 6 laps
> > Templeman (60), Bottomley (40), Hughes (20), [
> > Le-Williams (60), Hutchins (40), Forster (20),
> > Black (0), Wright
> > (0) 149.0
> >
> > [ No info on finishing order after [ symbol
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