1946 Norwich Stars

1946 Norwich Stars The Firs, Aylsham Road
Norwich, England
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images from the John Somerville Collection
Northern League Riders Averages
  M R Pts BP TP CMA FM PM
Bert Spencer 22 92 232 3 235 10.22 6 2
Wilf Jay 21 88 190 8 198 9

Paddy Mills 22 88 159 11 170 7.73 2 1
Ted Bravery 22 89 152 15 167 7.51 3
Roy Duke 15 47 63 10 73 6.21

Sid Hipperson 15 57 64 12 76 5.33

Len Read 9 20 16 4 20 4

Don Houghton 19 76 56 19 75 3.95

Bluey Thorpe 6 13 9 0 9 2.77

Ted Gibson 2 4 2 0 2 2

Paddy Hammond 2 5 1 1 2 1.6

Charlie Challis 2 4 1 0 1 1

Ted English 1 2 0 0 0 0

Geoff Revett 1 3 0 0 0 0

Edwin Young 1 3 0 0 0 0

Tip Mills 10 26 29 9 38 5.85

Ken Tidbury 8 24 13 2 15 2.5

Harwood Pike 15 42 30 6 36 3.43

Tip Mills also raced for Middlesbrough
Ken Tidbury also raced for Glasgow
Harwood Pike also raced for Newcastle
Northern League
M W D L F A Pts
Middlesbrough Bears 20 12 4 4 434.5 400.5 28
Sheffield Tigers 20 11 1 8 377 459 23
Norwich Stars 20 10 1 9 400 435 21
Birmingham Brummies 20 9 1 10 326 504 19
Newcastle Diamonds 20 8 1 11 357 479 17
Glasgow Tigers 20 6 0 14 370 466 12
ACU Cup Northern League Riders Averages
  M R Pts BP FP CMA FM PM
Bert Spencer 10 47 111 4 115 9.78 1
Wilf Jay 11 52 109 8 117 9

Paddy Mills 9 42 76 7 83 7.9

Don Houghton 7 29 35 9 44 6.06

Ted Bravery 8 29 35 6 41 5.65

Len Reed 6 14 14 5 19 5.42

Sid Hipperson 8 36 34 11 45 5

Harwood Pike 6 12 12 1 13 4.33

Bluey Thorpe 1 2 4 0 4 8

Roy Duke 5 22 32 7 39 7.09

Charlie Challis 2 4 4 0 4 4

ACU Cup
  M W D L F A Pts
Norwich 10 6 2 2 220 234 14
Middlesbrough 10 7 0 3 217 250 14
Sheffield 10 6 0 4 229 245 12
Birmingham 10 4 1 5 183 283 9
Glasgow 10 3 0 7 184 282 6
Newcastle 10 2 1 7 208 267 5
National Trophy
First Round
04/05/1946 Birmingham 56 48 Norwich
27/04/1946 Norwich 53 51 Birmingham
Northern Trophy
Final
14/09/1946 Norwich 61 35 Sheffield
12/09/1946 Sheffield 50 45 Norwich
Semi Finals
10/08/1946 Norwich 59 36 Glasgow White City
07/08/1946 Glasgow White City 54 42 Norwich
First Round
22/06/1946 Norwich 63 32 Middlesbrough
13/06/1946 Middlesbrough 48 47 Norwich
Norwich Stars
ACU Cup Champions
Paddy Mills aka (Horace Burke) Ted Bravery Bert Spencer Roy Duke Wilf Jay Don Houghton Len Read Dicky Wise (Manager) Sid Hipperson
Bert Spencer Wilf Jay Paddy Mills Ted Bravery Roy Duke
Sid Hipperson Len Read Don Houghton Ted Gibson Paddy Hammond
 
Geoff Revett Tip Mills Harwood Pike Ken Tidbury  
     
Charlie Challis      
Fixtures & Results
20/04/1946 Norwich 49-34 Sheffield Challenge
22/04/1946 Norwich Paddy Mills & Bob Wells Best Pairs
27/04/1946 Norwich 53-51 Birmingham National Trophy 1st round 1st leg
02/05/1946 Middlesbrough 49-34 Norwich Northern League
04/05/1946 New Cross 44-40 * West Ham Challenge
04/05/1946 Birmingham 56-48 Norwich National Trophy 1st round 2nd leg
11/05/1946 Norwich Wal Morton
Eastern Counties Trophy
13/05/1946 Newcastle 48-36 Norwich Challenge
16/05/1946 Sheffield 45-39 Norwich Northern League
18/05/1946 Norwich 42-40 Sheffield Northern League
22/05/1946 Glasgow White City 44-38 Norwich Northern League
25/05/1946 Norwich 41-43 Glasgow White City Northern League
01/06/1946 Norwich 51-33 Newcastle Northern League
08/06/1946 Newcastle & Miiddlesbrough 33-50 * Sheffield & Glasgow Challenge
08/06/1946 Birmingham 43-31 Norwich Northern League
10/06/1946 Norwich Malcolm Craven
Experts Knockout Cup
13/06/1946 Middlesbrough 48-47 Norwich Northern Trophy 1st round 1st leg
15/06/1946 Norwich 58-26 Birmingham Northern League
17/06/1946 Newcastle 48-36 Norwich Northern League
20/06/1946 Norwich 51-33 Newcastle & Glasgow Challenge
22/06/1946 Norwich 63-32 Middlesbrough Northern Trophy 1st round 2nd leg
26/06/1946 Glasgow White City 37-46 Norwich ACU Cup
29/06/1946 Norwich 50-32 Middlesbrough Northern League
04/07/1946 Middlesbrough 55-41 Norwich ACU Cup
06/07/1946 Norwich 55-28 Middlesbrough ACU Cup
08/07/1946 Newcastle 42-42 Norwich ACU Cup
11/07/1946 Sheffield 45-38 Norwich Northern League
13/07/1946 Norwich 41-42 New Cross Challenge
20/07/1946 Norwich 52-32 Birmingham Northern League
27/07/1946 Norwich Tommy Allott
British Riders Championship QR
03/08/1946 Norwich 40-44 Sheffield Northern League
07/08/1946 Glasgow White City 54-42 Norwich Northern Trophy Semi Final 1st leg
10/08/1946 Norwich 59-36 Glasgow White City Northern Trophy Semi Final 2nd leg
17/08/1946 Birmingham 28-55 Norwich Northern League
17/08/1946 Norwich Dick Geary
British Riders Championship QR
22/08/1946 Sheffield 52-43 Norwich ACU Cup
24/08/1946 Norwich 51-45 Birmingham ACU Cup
29/08/1946 Middlesbrough 42-42 Norwich Northern League
31/08/1946 Norwich 38-34 Wembley Challenge
06/09/1946 Bristol 76-30 Norwich Challenge
07/09/1946 Norwich 44-40 Middlesbrough Northern League
12/09/1946 Sheffield 50-45 Norwich Northern Trophy Final 1st leg
14/09/1946 Norwich 61-35 Sheffield Northern Trophy Final 2nd leg
16/09/1946 Newcastle 51-33 Norwich Northern League
21/09/1946 Norwich 48-46 Newcastle ACU Cup
28/09/1946 Norwich 64-32 Glasgow White City ACU Cup
02/10/1946 Glasgow White City 40-44 Norwich Northern League
05/10/1946 Norwich 51-32 Glasgow White City Northern League
12/10/1946 Norwich 51-32 Newcastle Northern League
19/10/1946 Birmingham 48-48 Norwich ACU Cup
19/10/1946 Norwich Bill Kitchen & George Wilks
Best Pairs
26/10/1946 Norwich 51-45 Sheffield ACU Cup
* raced at Norwich