Edinburgh vs Glasgow 10/05/1930

Edinburgh 12 10 May 1930
Glasgow 10 Northern League
Edinburgh 1 2 3 4 T B
1. Syd Parsons 3 1 5
2. Drew McQueen ef 0 0
3. Len Stewart 3 3 6
4. George McKenzie ef 2' 2 1
5. Gordon Spalding dnr
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Glasgow
1. Andy Nicholl 2 1 3
2. Billy Galloway ef 0 0
3. Bill Naismith 2 3 5
4. Colin Stewart ef 0
5. Arthur Mann 2' 2 1
Edinburgh Handicap
1st. George McKenzie
Scottish Gold Gauntlet
1st Joe Abbott
Edinburgh 12-10 Glasgow
Ht 1 Parsons, Nicholl, Galloway (EF), McQueen (EF) 3 2 3 2 1min 28.4
Ht 2 L Stewart, Naismith, McKenzie (EF), C Stewart (EF 3 2 6 4 1min 26.8
Ht 3 L Stewart, McKenzie, Nicholl, Galloway 5 1 11 5 1min 27.2
Ht 4 Naismith, Mann, Parsons, McQueen 1 5 12 10 1min 29.6

Edinburgh Handicap ( 4 Laps Standing Start )
Ht 1 Archie Chisholm Bill Barclay James Logie Arthur Mann 1min 33.2
Ht 2 William Cochrane Len Stewart Billy Galloway Bill Naismith 1min 34.4
Ht 3 Bob McGregor Andy Nicholl Gordon Spalding Syd Parsons (EF) 1min 34.4
Ht 4 George McKenzie Andy Milne Drew McQueen Colin Stewart (EF) 1min 31.8
Semi Final Len Stewart Bill Barclay William Cochrane (F) Archie Chisholm (F) 1min 33.4
Semi Final George McKenzie Andy Nicholl Andy Milne Bob McGregor (EF) 1min 34.4
Final: George McKenzie Bill Barclay Andy Nicholl Len Stewart (EF) 1min 33.4

Scottish Gold Sash ( 4 Laps Flying Start )
Ht 1 Andy Nicholl Bob McGregor Syd Parsons (EF) Andy Milne (EF) 1min 31.4
Ht 2 Drew McQueen Gordon Spalding [ Archie Chisholm Arthur Mann 1min 28.4
Ht 3 James Logie Colin Stewart (NF) Len Stewart (EF) William Cochrane (NS) 1min 30.6
Ht 4 George McKenzie Billy Galloway [ Bill Naismith Bill Barclay 1min 28.4
Semi Final Drew McQueen Bob McGregor [ Andy Nicholl Gordon Spalding 1min 29
Semi Final James Logie George McKenzie [ Walk Over * No Time
Final George McKenzie James Logie Bob McGregor Drew McQueen (EF) 1min 27.6
The Edinburgh Marine Gardens team were able to withstand the challenge for the Intercity Cup made by White City Glasgow on 10 May, though their winning margin was very narrow.

Machine troubles affected the home riders, particularly McQueen and McKenzie and the duty of stalling off the Glasgow challenge lay with Len Stewart and Syd Parsons.

Accomplishing this well, they were unlucky during the remainder of the evening, being put out of court in the Handicap and Gold Sash races by mechanical defects.

McKenzie was more fortunate. Making little show in the Intercity races he recovered form grandly later and won both the Handicap and Sash races, though it must be admitted that engine trouble among the other star riders greatly eased his task.

Billy Galloway did not at any time during the evening display any of his old time daring. In the end he was the most unfortunate man of the evening. Coming down heavily on the top bend he got a nasty jar and was discovered to have broken a collar bone.

The attendance was about 9000.