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| Edinburgh Handicap ( 4 Laps Standing Start ) Ht 1 Jimmy Valente Andy Marr Bill Dickie Campbell Spiers (16) 1min 38.6 Ht 2 Eric Burnet George Cumming Jack Hart William Forsyth (16) 1min 37.8 Ht 3 Arthur Sherlock John Jackson Thomas Baird Bill Barclay (12) 1min 41.4 Ht 4 Andy Milne Drew McQueen Charlie McEvoy James McDonald 1min 46 Ht 5 Oliver Goodfellow Norrie Isbister Harry Duncan Chris Hughes 1min 48.6 Ht 6 Marshall Wright Charles Sanderson Arnold Moore George McKenzie (EF) 1min 55 Semi-Final Andy Marr Jimmy Valente Eric Burnet Arthur Sherlock 1min 45 Semi-Final Andy Milne Drew McQueen Oliver Goodfellow Marshall Wright 1min 56 Final: Jimmy Valente Andy Milne Andy Marr Drew McQueen 1min 37.8 Gold Helmet ( 4 Laps Standing Start ) Ht 1 George Cumming Eric Burnet (F) Norrie Isbister (F) 1min 54 Ht 2 Jimmy Valente Andy Milne (NF) ( Two Riders Only ) 1min 57.6 Ht 3 Arthur Sherlock Andy Marr ( Two Riders Only ) 1min 56.2 Ht 4 Charles Sanderson Drew McQueen Arnold Moore 2min 5 Ht 5 Charlie McEvoy Sam Reid Chris Hughes 2min 27 Ht 6 George McKenzie Bill Dickie Chris Hughes 1min 54 Semi-Final Arthur Sherlock Jimmy Valente George Cumming 1min 59 Semi-Final George McKenzie Charlie McEvoy Charles Sanderson 1min 57.8 Final: George McKenzie Arthur Sherlock ( F Rem ) Charlie McEvoy( F Rem ) 1min 49 Manchester v Edinburgh (4 Laps Flying Start) ( Match Races) Drew McQueen Bt Arthur Sherlock 1min 38.2 George McKenzie Bt Charlie McEvoy 1min 41 Harry Duncan v Arnold Moore ## (void) |
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| 11 August saw a fairly comprehensive programme at the Marine Gardens Speedway , before the biggest crowd yet present there, the attendance bordering on 18,000. In addition to the Edinburgh Handicap and Scottish Gold Helmet event, there was a series of three matches between Edinburgh and Manchester riders. At an interval in the racing Frank Moody, European cruiser weight boxing champion, fresh from his victory over Tommy Milligan, boxed an exhibition with Steve McCall, Aberdeen. The feature of the racing was the failure of Eric Burnet and Drew McQueen, who both disappeared from the Gold Helmet competition by unfortunate spills. During the afternoon Burnet came down four times, but spills were numerous owing to the state of the track. The Edinburgh rider G. McKenzie eventually triumphed in the final, his two Manchester opponents having a series of spills, though Mackenzie’s victory was gained by what, under the circumstances, was risky riding. Twice during the day new figures were put up for the four laps standing start. Eric Burnet returning 1 min 37 and four fifth seconds, to be bettered later by Drew McQueen’s 1 min 37 and three fifth secs. Edinburgh won the intercity matches by two victories to nil, the race between H. Duncan and A. Moore being cancelled after the former had crashed against the fence, though fortunately uninjured. |
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Marine Gardens 11/08/1928
