Timeline 1931

	18 March	First meeting of the year is held at Southampton Tommy Croombs wins the Flying Sixteen event.
First meeting of the year in Scotland Scratch Races at Glasgow White City	7 April
	15 May	Practice session at Marine Gardens
The Scottish Gold Torch is won by Harry whitfield and the Edinburgh Handicap is won by Alfie Williams	16 May
	20 June	Sam Aitkenhead wins the Edinburgh Handicap The Scratch Card event is won by Drew McQueen
Meeting cancelled due to rain. This would have been the last meeting atMarine Gardens until the sport returned in	6 June
	23 June	White City Championships in Glasgow Drew McQueen takes the title
Vic Huxley wins the British Open Championship defeating Colin Watson in the final.	25 June
	27 June	at Crystal Palace in the first England vs Australia Test Match the home side win 55-37 Australia, Eric Langton with a 12 point maximum.
Australia defeat england 46-47 at Leicester Lionel Van Praag is top man for the Ausies scoring 9 points.	20 July
John Garmson is killed in a track crash at Nottingham
	4 August	James Kenny dies from injuries after a crash two days earlier at Audenshaw
Percy Kent dies from injuries after a crash two days earlier at Greenford	20 August
	21 August	At Wembley in the Third Test Match England win 53-43 against Australia. Jack Parker scores 11 points.
Noel Johnson is killed at Plymouth	25 August
	5 September	In Manchester England defeat Australia 53-41 Jack Parker scores a 12 point maximum.
Jim "Indian" Allen is seriously injured in a crash at Belle Vue	9 September
	12 September	Belle Vue win the Northern Cup defeating leeds in the final. competition details.
		Jim "Indian" Allen dies
Belle Vue lose 26-27 to Leeds in there last Northern league match but are still crowned League Champions. competition details competition details	15 September
	23 September	England wrap up the Test Series against australia winning 48-46 at Stamford Bridge. Jack Parker again scored 4 wins from his 4 races. England win the series 4-1
Crystal Palce win the London Cup defeating Wembley. Tom Farndon and Ron Johnson are the star men both scoring 12 point maximums for Palace.	24 September
	10 October	Wembley win the National Trophy defeating Stamford Bridge competition detals
Joe Frances wins the London Riders Championship	17 October
Wembley's last match in the Southern League they lose away to stamford Bridge but are still crowned League champions competition details
	19 October	Jack Parker wins the British Open Championship crown defeating Vic Huxley
In the star Riders Championship at Wembley Ray Tauser beat Vic Husley in the final to claim the title,	18 September
	19 November	Funeral for Belle Vue's Bruce McCallum who died from natural causes at the age of 24