Edinburgh vs Warrington 14/06/1930

Edinburgh 17 14 June 1930
Sheffield 19 Northern League
Edinburgh
1 Drew McQueen 3 1 2 6
2 George McKenzie 1 ef 3 4
3 Syd Parsons 3 1 4
4 Len Stewart 2' ef 0 2 1
5 Bob McGregor 1' 1 1
Warrington
1 Dick Wise 2 3 2 7
2 Jack Chapman 0 2' ef 2 1
3 Jack Barber 1 3 1' 5 1
4 Gus Platts 0 2' 3 5 1
5 Laurie Packer dnr
Edinburgh vs Sheffield
Ht 1 McQueen, Wise, McKenzie, Chapman 4 2 4 2 1min 24.4
Ht 2 Parsons, Stewart, Barber, Platts 5 1 9 3 1min 28.2
Ht 3 Wise, Platts, Parsons (ET), McKenzie (EF) 1 5 10 8 1min 24.2
Ht 4 Barber, Chapman, McQueen, Stewart (EF) 1 5 11 13 1min 32.8
Ht 5 Platts, McQueen, McGregor, Chapman (EF) 3 3 14 16 1min 26.6
Ht 6 McKenzie, Wise, Barber, Stewart 3 3 17 19 1min 26.6

Edinburgh Handicap (4 Laps Standing Start)
Ht 1 Bob Dawson (6) Ernie Evans (scr) [ Gordon Spalding (2) John Miller (6) 1min 36.2
Ht 2 Tom Royston (6) Oliver Goodfellow (3) [ Bill Barclay (2) Bill David (6) 1min 36.4
Ht 3 Gus Platts (2) Jack Chapman (scr) [ Laurie Packer (2) Syd Parsons (scr)
Drew McQueen (scr)(ET) 1min 31.6
Ht 4 Dick Wise (scr) George McKenzie (scr) #(Dead Heat) [ Len Stewart (scr) Bob McGregor (2)
Jack Barber (2)(EF) 1min 31.8
Final: George McKenzie Dick Wise Gus Platts [ Bob Dawson Tom Royston 1min 30.2

Scottish Gold Helmet (4 Laps Flying Start)
Ht 1 Laurie Packer Bill Barclay Ernie Evans George McKenzie (T) 1min 30.6
Ht 2 Jack Barber Drew McQueen (EF) Gordon Spalding (F) 1min 30.2
Ht 3 Jack Chapman Gus Platts Len Stewart (EF) Oliver Goodfellow (EF) 1min 26.6
Ht 4 Dick Wise Syd Parsons (EF) Bob McGregor (EF) 1min 29.8
Final: Laurie Packer Dick Wise Jack Barber (ET) Jack Chapman (ET) 1min 27.4
The following week a crowd of which the estimate was 16000 saw the Edinburgh Speedway again defeated at the Marine Gardens when the Sheffield team emulated Manchester and Wembley.

The local men had still a chance in the last race to snatch a narrow victory but though McKenzie did all that was required, Len Stewart could not give the necessary backing and Sheffield held their advantage.

The first two races showed Edinburgh in an excellent light but thereafter their machines gave just sufficient trouble to give Sheffield two easy victories. The home riders shared the points in the last two but it was not enough.

McKenzie was in fine form in the Handicap winning the final in grand style after a thrilling dead heat with Dick Wise in the heat.

The Gold Helmet however was apparently predestined for Sheffield as both McKenzie and Parsons, after having their races well won, were forced to draw up.