Edinburgh vs Crystal Palace 06/06/1939

Edinburgh 30	6 June 1939
Crystal Palace 23	Challenge
Edinburgh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B 1. Oliver Hart 3 3 3 9  M 2. Chick Brine 1 0 1 2 3. Laurie Packer 3 3 3 9 M 4. Jack Hancock 1 0 f 1 5. Jack Gordon 3 3 f 6 6. Leo Lungo 0 0 7. Norrie Isbister 1 2 2 Crystal Palace 1. Les Trim 0 0 f 0 2. Keith Harvey 2 2 2 6 3. Bob Lovell 2 2 1 5 4. Charlie Challis 0 1' 3 4 1 5. Vic Weir 1' 1' 0 2 2 6. Mick Mitchell 2 2 2 6
Heat 1 Hart, Harvey, Brine, Trim 1min 22.8 Heat 2 Packer, Lovell, Hancock, Challis 1min 23.8 Heat 3 Gordon, Mitchell, Weir, Lungo 1min 22.6 Heat 4 Hart, Lovell, Challis, Brine 1min 23.8 Heat 5 Packer, Mitchell, Weir, Hancock 1min 23.2 Heat 6 Gordon, Harvey, Isbister, Trim 1min 22.6 Heat 7 Hart, Michell, Brine, Weir 1min 23.2 Heat 8 Packer, Harvey, Hancock (f), Trim (f) 1min 25.6 Heat 9 Challis, Isbister, Lovell, Gordon (f) 1min 23.6 Captains Match Race (2 Laps) Oliver Hart Bt Les Trim 44 sec Match Race Laurie Packer, Oliver Hart, Jack Gordon, Mick Mitchell 1min 22.4 Search For Talent Norrie Isbister, Dick Dennie, Joe Crouther, Bill Nisbet (ns) 1min 25.8 Scottish Silver Torch  Heat 1 Jack Gordon, Mick Mitchell, Bob Lovell, Chick Brine 1min 22.6 Heat 2 Gruff Garland, Charlie Challis, Jack Hancock, George Gowers 1min 26.2 Heat 3 Oliver Hart, Norrie Isbister, Vic Weir, Keith Harvey (f) 1min 26 Heat 4 Elwood Stilwell, Laurie Packer, Les Trim, Joe Crowther 1min 25.6 Final: Jack Gordon, Oliver Hart, Gruff Garland, Elwood Stilwell 1min 22.6
The Edinburgh team secured a well merited victory over Crystal Palace on 6 June when they defeated the visitors by a margin of seven points, the final score being Edinburgh 30, Crystal Palace 23. The local riders never seemed in danger of defeat and led the way consistently to win comfortably. Oliver Hart, the Edinburgh captain rode extremely well and was one of the two riders of the evening to record maximum points, the other being Laurie Packer, also of Edinburgh. Les Trim, the visiting captain had the unusual experience of going pointless for his team. In heat five what appeared to be a bad accident occurred when Jack Hancock of Edinburgh collided with a Crystal Palace rider. He was carried off but after receiving attention from the ambulance men was able to resume. Oliver Hart returned a good win over Les Trim in the captain’s match race over two laps, the Edinburgh skipper jumping into the lead at the first bend and increasing his advantage. The Scottish Silver Torch event created something of a surprise. In the first instance the defeat of Laurie Packer in the fourth heat was unexpected and the line up in the final saw Jack Gordon, Gruff Garland, who captains Glasgow, Oliver Hart and Elwood Stilwell in position. Here Gordon got away to a flying start and despite some adventurous cornering by Hart, the former scored a fine win in the fast time of 1 min 22 and three fifth secs.