Edinburgh vs Bristol 06/08/1938

Edinburgh 26	6 August 1938
Bristol 28	Challenge
Edinburgh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B 1. Oliver Hart 1 2 0 3 2. Alan Butler 0 1' 3 4 1 3. Ernie Price 3 2 3 8 4. Bill Nisbet 1 0 1 2 5. Harold Jackson 2 3 2 7 6. Jack Gordon 1' 0 1' 2 2 . Bristol 1. Harry Shepherd 2' 2 2 6 1 2. Ray Duggan 3 1' f 4 1 3. Bill Rogers 2 3 3 8 4. Ron Howes 0 0 0 0 5. Roy Dook 3 3 2 8 6. Fred Lewis 0 1 1' 2 1
Heat 1 Duggan, Shepherd, Hart, Butler 1min 25.8 Heat 2 Price, Rogers, Nisbet, Howes 1min 24.4 Heat 3 Dook, Jackson, Gordon, Lewis 1min 24.4 Heat 4 Rogers, Hart, Butler, Howes 1min 25 Heat 5 Dook, Price, Lewis, Nisbet 1min 24 Heat 6 Jackson, Shepherd, Duggan, Gordon 1min 27.6 Heat 7 Butler, Dook, Lewis, Hart 1min 24 Heat 8 Price, Shepherd, Nisbet, Duggan (F) 1min 24 Heat 9 Rogers, Jackson, Gordon, Howes 1min 25 Captains Match Race Oliver Hart bt Harry Shepherd 1min 25.6 Reserves Race Stanley Gargan, Dick Dennie, Leo Lungo, Bill Little 1min 28.6 Scottish Gold Helmet Heat 1 Bill Rogers, Ernie Price, Fred Lewis, Dick Dennie 1min 24.4 Heat 2 Roy Dook, Harold Jackson, Ron Howes, Bill Little 1min 25 Heat 3 Stanley Gargan, Bill Nisbet, Alan Butler, Harry Shepherd 1min 28.6 Heat 4 Oliver Hart, Jack Gordon, Ray Duggan, Leo Lungo 1min 25.2 Final: Roy Dook, Oliver Hart, Bill Rogers, Stanley Gargan 1min 25
Edinburgh fielded the same side as did so well against the Dominion team against Bristol on 6 August and though they were defeated by two points ,26-28, they emerged from the engagement with a good deal of credit. The spectators were roused to a pitch of excitement by the close finishes in many of the races and vocal encouragement to the local riders was more marked than on previous occasions. Edinburgh were never on the lead but were never more than four points behind and in no fewer than five of the nine heats the opposing teams equally shared the six points at stake. Probably the most exciting finish of the afternoon concerned that in which Harold Jackson (Edinburgh) put in an amazingly fast finish to beat Harry Shepherd and Ray Duggan on the post after the two last named appeared to have the race in safe keeping. The captain’s match race between Oliver Hart (Edinburgh) and Harry Shepherd (Bristol) was an exciting affair, the two riders racing side by side for three laps before Hart drew slightly ahead to win by a narrow margin while in the reserves race Stanley Gargan was never really seriously threatened. The trophy event for the Scottish Gold Helmet was once again won by a visitor, Roy Dook getting away to a flying start to beat Oliver Hart in the final.