Edinburgh vs Newcastle 11/07/1939

Edinburgh 39 11 July 1939
Newcastle 44 A.C.U Cup
Edinburgh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B
1. Oliver Hart 3 3 3 3 12 M 
2. Jack Tidbury 0 0 2' 0 2 1
3. Cliff Parkinson 3 1 0 2 6
4. Jack Hyland 1 0 1' 0 2 1
5. Laurie Packer 2 2' 0 n 4 1
6. Bill Birtwell 1' 3 1 2 7 1
7. Bob Lovell 1 2 3
8. Wilf Plant 1 2 3
Newcastle
1. George Pepper 2 3 2' n 7 1
2. Kid Curtis 1' 2' 3 1 7 2
3. Rol Stobbart 2 1 2' 1 6 1
4. Reg Hay 0 0 0 0
5. Maurice Stobbart 3 2 3 3 11
6. Norman Hargreaves 0 1' 0 1 1
7. Sid Littlewood 2 3 3 3 11
8. Jack Hancock f 1 1
Heat 1 Hart, Pepper, Curtis, Tidbury 1min 20.2
Heat 2 Parkinson, R.Stobbart, Hyland, Hay 1min 22
Heat 3 M.Stobbart, Packer, Birtwell, Hargreaves 1min 21.4
Heat 4 Hart, Littlewood, Lovell, Hay 1min 20.2
Heat 5 Pepper, Curtis, Parkinson, Hyland 1min 21
Heat 6 Birtwell, Packer, R.Stobbart, Hancock (F) 1min 21.4
Heat 7 Hart, M.Stobbart, Hargreaves, Tidbury 1min 20.2
Heat 8 Littlewood, R.Stobbart, Plant, Parkinson 1min 22.2
Heat 9 Curtis, Pepper, Birtwell, Packer 1min 21.4
Ht10 Hart, Tidbury, R.Stobbart, Hay 1min 21.2
Ht11 M.Stobbart, Parkinson, Hyland, Hargreaves 1min 21.4
Ht12 Littlewood, Plant, Pepper (N), Packer (N) 1min 23
Ht13 M.Stobbart, Lovell, Hancock, Hyland 1min 22.8
Ht14 Littlewood, Birtwell, Curtis, Tidbury 1min 21.2

Reserves 
Norrie Isbister Dick Dennie Dave Lamb Bill Nisbet 1min 25.2

Scottish Silver Gauntlet 
Heat 1 Oliver Hart Kid Curtis Rol Stobbart Leo Lungo 1min 21.6
Heat 2 George Pepper Reg Hay Jack Tidbury Mick Mitchell 1min 21.6
Heat 3 Cliff Parkinson Maurice Stobbart Norman Hargreaves BillBirtwell 1min 21.8
Final: Oliver Hart George Pepper Maurice Stobbart Cliff Parkinson 1min 20.2
 In the first ACU Northern Cup competition, held at the Marine Gardens on 11 July, Edinburgh were defeated by Newcastle by five points after a very close contest.

Hart, the Edinburgh captain, opened the scoring with a fine win in the fast time of 1 min 20 and one fifth secs.

The home team took the lead in the second heat, scoring 4 points to the visitors 2.

In heat four Hart again won in 1 min 20 and one fifth secs, but a splendid piece of team riding by George Pepper and Kid Curtis of Newcastle brought the teams level.

The visitors fell behind again in the next heat, the score reading Newcastle 16, Edinburgh 20, but drew level again in heat eight.

Pepper and Curtis took maximum points in the next heat, but Hart and Tidbury put up a similar performance for Edinburgh in heat ten and the scores read 30-30. This win completed Hart’s individual maximum points for the team races. Incidentally he was the only rider to do this.

It was not until heat twelve, with Syd Littlewood’s victory, that Newcastle regained the lead. Edinburgh never made up the lost ground and Newcastle maintained the lead, to finish 5 points ahead. The outstanding riders in the Newcastle team were Syd Littlewood and Maurice Stobart.