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Marine Gardens 05/06/1929

5 June 1929
Marine Gardens
Edinburgh Handicap
1st Oliver Goodfellow
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Scottish Gold Sash
1st Drew McQueen

Mach Race
1st George McKenzie
Edinburgh Handicap ( 4 Laps Standing Start )

Heat 1 Oliver Goodfellow George McKenzie Dick Wise John Duncan William Forsyth 1min 39.8
Heat 2 Andy Milne Bill Barclay Donald McDonald Jack Chapman (F) 1min 42.6
Heat 3 Bob Dawson Roger Frogley Keith Litchfield Archie Chisholm Sam Reid (EX) 1min 44.8
Heat 4 Drew McQueen Laurence Michie Harry Duncan Bill Dickie Billy Galloway (EX) 1min 36.8
Semi Final Oliver Goodfellow George McKenzie Andy Milne Bill Barclay Dick Wise 1min 40.4
Semi Final Roger Frogley Drew McQueen Laurence Michie Bob Dawson Keith Litchfield (F) 1min 36.8
Final Oliver Goodfellow Roger Frogley George McKenzie Drew McQueen Andy Milne 1min 36.2

Scottish Gold Gauntlet ( 4 Laps Flying Start )
Heat 1 Billy Galloway Keith Litchfield Harry Duncan William Forsyth 1min 34.2
Heat 2 Jack Chapman George McKenzie Sam Reid John Duncan 1min 35.4
Heat 3 Drew McQueen Dick Wise Bill Barclay Andy Milne 1min 33.6
Heat 4 Roger Frogley Bill Dickie Oliver Goodfellow (F) No Time, race awarded
Semi Final George McKenzie Jack Chapman Keith Litchfield Billy Galloway (EX) 1min 31.4
Semi Final Bill Dickie Drew McQueen (F RMD) Roger Frogley Dick Wise (F) 1min 45.8
Final Drew McQueen Jack Chapman George McKenzie Bill Dickie 1min 29.2

Match Race ( 4 Laps Flying Start )
George McKenzie Bt Roger Frogley 1min 31.2
The following night there was a crowd of about 15,000 present at the Marine Gardens Speedway to witness a fine card of dirt track racing.

There were one or two spills during the evening but luckily no serious consequences arose. Of the eight scratch men, three reached the final of the handicap:- Roger Frogley, Drew McQueen and George McKenzie. None of the three was able to catch Oliver Goodfellow who won with ease, but the race for second place was very thrilling, Roger Frogley just getting home ahead of George Mckenzie.

The four Australians engaged failed to reach the final. Billy Galloway came down in his heat while Wise and Leitchfield stopped in their semi-finals.

McKenzie got his revenge on Frogley when he defeated him in a match. The race was only decided at the second attempt, Frogley coming down in the third lap on the first occasion and McKenzie, who waas lading, drew up. On the second effort the Edinburgh man held on tenaciously to an early lead and won by a narrow margin.

Drew McQueen came back to form in the Gold Gauntlet race. It took him two and a half laps to catch the Australian Chapman but once he gained the lead he held on well and won by about 40 yards.