Marine Gardens 14/04/1930

	14 April 1930
	Marine Gardens
Edinburgh Handicap Frank Charles Scottish Gold Sash Frank Varey Match Race Frank Varey .
Edinburgh Handicap ( 4 Laps Standing Start ) Ht 1 George McKenzie James Logie Max Grosskreutz John Miller George Vallance 1min 33.2 Ht 2 Tom Royston Frank Charles Harry Duncan Dusty Haigh Syd Parsons (F) 1min 41.1 Ht 3 Len Stewart Bill Barclay Gordon Spalding Bob McGregor Frank Varey (EF) 1min 32.8 Ht 4 Eric Langton Archie Chisholm Andy Milne Drew McQueen Bruce McCallum (New Track Record) 1min 29.2 Semi-Final Harry Duncan Frank Charles Tom Royston James Logie George McKenzie (EF) 1min 34.2 Semi-Final Eric Langton Bill Barclay Len Stewart Drew McQueen (F) 1min 30.6 Final: Frank Charles Eric Langton Harry Duncan Bill Barclay Tom Royston 1min 30.6 Scottish Gold Sash (4 Laps Flying Start) Ht 1 Frank Charles Andy Milne Len Stewart Gordon Spalding (F) 1min 26.6 Ht 2 Max Grosskreutz Dusty Haigh [ Bill Barclay Bob McGregor 1min 27.2 Ht 3 George McKenzie Harry Duncan Syd Parsons (EF) Bruce McCallum (NS) 1min 31.8 Ht 4 Frank Varey Eric Langton [ George Vallance James Logie 1min 24.2 Semi-Final (1) Dusty Haigh Frank Charles [ Andy Milne Max Grosskreutz 1min 27.4 Semi-Final (2) Frank Varey Eric Langton [ George McKenzie Harry Duncan 1min 25.2 Final: Frank Varey Frank Charles Eric Langton Dusty Haigh 1min 23.8 Match Race (4 Laps Flying Start) Frank Varey Bt Len Stewart 1min 23.2
The opening meeting of the Edinburgh dirt track season at the Marine Gardens Speedway l14 April 1930 was not too reassuring for local talent as the Marine Gardens stars were unable to prevent the spoils going to the Manchester contingent. The Mancunians, Frank Varey, Frank Charles and Eric Langton were in top form and the first named won both scratch races while Charles took the Handicap. On point of performance Langton was best as he established new figures of 1 min 29 and one fifth secs for the four laps from a standing start. The crowd was 18,500.