| 14 August 1929 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Edinburgh Handicap ( 4 Laps Standing Start ) Heat 1 Oliver Goodfellow James Logie Bill Barclay Andy Marr Roger Frogley (EF) 1min 31.4 Heat 2 John Duncan Allan Campbell Arthur Moser Eric Burnet Billy Galloway (EF) 1min 42.4 Heat 3 Bob Dawson Jim Holder Vic Huxley Donald McDonald Bill Dickie 1min 32.4 Heat 4 Harry Duncan Drew McQueen James Edward Jack Reilly Reg Heller (EF) 1min 34.2 Semi Final John Duncan James Logie Allan Campbell Bill Barclay Oliver Goodfellow 1min 39 Semi Final Bob Dawson Jim Holder Vic Huxley Harry Duncan Drew McQueen (EF) 1min 36.4 Final Jim Holder Vic Huxley John Duncan (ET) Bob Dawson (F) James Logie (EF) 1min 31.4 Scottish Gold Sash ( 4 Laps Flying Start ) Heat 1 Billy Galloway Reg Heller Bill Barclay James Logie 1min 30 Heat 2 Drew McQueen Oliver Goodfellow Jim Holder (NS) Allan Campbell (NS) 1min 26.4 Heat 3 Jack Reilly Arthur Moser Bill Dickie Roger Frogley (ET) 1min 28.4 Heat 4 Vic Huxley Andy Marr Eric Burnet Harry Duncan 1min 28.2 Semi-Final (1) Drew McQueen Billy Galloway Oliver Goodfellow Reg Heller 1min 26.8 Semi-Final (2) Vic Huxley Arthur Moser Andy Marr Jack Reilly 1min 28.4 Final: Vic Huxley Drew McQueen Billy Galloway Arthur Moser (NS) 1min 25.4 Match Race ( 4 laps Flying Start ) Vic Huxley Bt Drew McQueen 1min 23.8 |
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| The miserable weather conditions which prevailed on 10 August had a marked effect on the number of spectators at the Marine Gardens Speedway, there being only some six or seven thousand present. Notwithstanding the heavy rain, however, the sport was of a good standard and the times in several of the races were remarkably fast. For once there were not any Australian competitors. The chief visitors were Roger Frogley and George Wigfield. Interest in Frogley’s appearance arose mainly from the possibility of his meeting Drew McQueen in the final of the Scottish Gold Gauntlet race and thus renewing some of their exciting tussles of the past. They duly met in the final but the race was never in any sense a duel between them. Frogley was drawn on the extreme outside berth with McQueen next to him and it was actually at the first bend that the race was decided. While McQueen was endeavouring to get to the inside of the other two finalists, Andy Milne and Jack Ormiston, from the Wembley track, Frogley adopted Frank Arthur’s tactics and flew round on the outside, with the result that McQueen was baulked on the turn. Frogley raced right into the back straight on the lead and settled down ahead of Ormiston with McQueen third. The Edinburgh man made every effort to get on terms, but with Ormiston keeping very close to the white line he was unable to find a way through and eventually he came down on a bend, thus allowing Frogley to win practically without challenge. The Edinburgh Handicap provided some fine racing. McQueen had the most convincing victory in the heats, covering the distance in 1 minute 31 and four fifths seconds, but he failed to reproduce this form and though appearing in the final could get no nearer than third. The unlucky man of the evening was the Glasgow rider James Edward who after leading the field for practically the whole journey fell on the final bend in the semi-final. Dickie won but could not repeat the performance in the final, which went to Oliver Goodfellow, Polmont. From his 5 second mark Goodfellow speedily settled down in to the lead which he maintained to the end, despite a strong challenge from George Wigfield. |
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