Edinburgh vs Colonies 30/07/1938

Edinburgh 27	30 June 1938
Colonies 27	Challenge
Edinburgh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B 1. Oliver Hart 3 0 3 6 2. Alan Butler 1 2 1 4 3. Ernie Price 1 3 3 7 4. Bill Nisbet 0 1 1 2 5. Harold Jackson 1 0 1 2 6. Jack Gordon 0 3 3 6 . Colonies 1. Steve Langton 2 2 2 6 2. Don Hemmingway 0 1' 0 1 1 3. Roy Dook 3 3 2 8 4. Jack Hyland 2' 0 2 1 5. Wally Little 3 2 2 7 6. Jeff Lloyd 2' 0 0 2 1 7. Bruce Venier 1 1
Heat 1 Hart, Langton, Butler, Hemmingway 1min 24 Heat 2 Dook, Hyland, Price, Nisbet 1min 22 Heat 3 Little, Lloyd, Jackson, Gordon 1min 25 Heat 4 Dook, Butler, Venier, Hart 1min 22.8 Heat 5 Price, Little, Nisbet, Lloyd 1min 26 Heat 6 Gordon, Langton, Hemmingway, Jackson 1min 26 Heat 7 Hart, Little, Butler, Lloyd 1min 24.4 Heat 8 Price, Langton, Nisbet, Hemmingway 1min 24.8 Heat 9 Gordon, Dook, Jackson, Hyland 1min 26.4 Captains Match Race Steve Langton Bt Oliver Hart 1min 25.4 Reserves Race Leo Lungo, Stanley Gargan, Dick Dennie, Bill Little 1min 27.4 Scottish Silver Gauntlet Heat 1 Wally Little, Ernie Price, Jack Gordon, Bill Little 1min 24.8 Heat 2 Roy Dook, Jeff Lloyd, Leo Lungo, Bill Nisbet 1min 24.2 Heat 3 Oliver Hart, Don Hemmingway, Stanley Gargan, Harold Jackson 1min 24.8 Heat 4 Jack Hyland, Steve Langton, Alan Butler, Dick Dennie 1min 23.4 Final: Roy Dook, Oliver Hart, Wally Little, Jack Hyland 1min 23
The following week spectators at the Marine Gardens Speedway enjoyed a thrilling team race between a team of Dominion riders and the Edinburgh side, which resulted in a draw at 27 points each. Edinburgh started well in the first heat, Oliver Hart gaining points for first place and Alan Butler, his partner being third. The Dominion riders then took matters in hand and in the next three heats gained a good lead over Edinburgh, the points at this stage being Dominions 16 points, Edinburgh 8. In spite of this substantial lead the Edinburgh riders fought back gamely and in heat five Ernie Price put Edinburgh in the running again. Edinburgh continued to reduce the leeway and in heat eight were only two points behind. The final heat was the most exciting of the team events. Roy Dook immediately went into the lead and looked like holding it but he ran wide at one bend and allowed Jack Gordon to slip into the lead and win, amidst great excitement, to enable Edinburgh to draw level at 27 points each. A great improvement was noticed in the riding of the reserves when Leo Lungo gained a narrow victory over Stanley Gargan. The captain’s race was the high light of the day. For four laps Steven Langton and Oliver Hart rode side by side, both superb in their cornering and perfect in their control over their machines. Langton, who had the inside berth, gained the decision by a decidedly narrow margin. A section of the crowd disagreed with the judge’s verdict in this race. in the Silver Gauntlet race it was something of a surprise to see Langton defeated in his heat by Jack Hyland, after his great display against Hart, who had already qualified for the final. Opposed by three visitors, Hart made a valiant attempt to gain a lead in the final but Roy Dook held on in front to win a well deserved race.