Edinburgh vs Newcastle 16/05/1939

Edinburgh 28	16 May 1939
Newcastle 26	Marine Gardens
Edinburgh  1 2 3  4 5  6 7 T P 1. Oliver Hart 3 3 3 9 M 2. Jack Gordon 0 0 0 0 3. Frank Woodroffe 2 2 1 5 4. Bill Nisbet 1' 0 3 4 1 5. Laurie Packer 0 2' 2 4 1 6. Jack Hancock 3 3 0 6 Newcastle 1. Georeg Pepper 1' ef 2 3 1 2. Kid Curtis 2' 1 0 3 1 3. Billy Lamont ef 1' 1 2 1 4. Rol Stobbart 3 2 3 8 5. Norman Hargreaves 1' 3 2 6 1 6. Naurice Stobbart 2 1 1' 4 1
Heat 1 Hart, Curtis, Pepper, Gordon (f/rem) 1min 22 3 3 3 3 Heat 2 R.Stobbart, Woodroffe, Nisbet, Lamont (ef) 1min 23 3 3 6 6 Heat 3 Hancock, M.Stobbart, Hargreaves, Packer 1min 25.6 3 3 9 9 Heat 4 Hart, R.Stobbart, Lamont, Gordon 1min 21.8 3 3 12 12 Heat 5 Hargreaves, Woodroffe, M.Stobbart, Nisbet 1min 26 2 4 14 16 Heat 6 Hancock, Packer, Curtis, Pepper (ef) 1min 25.6 5 1 19 17 Heat 7 Hart, Hargreaves, M.Stobbart, Gordon (f/rem) 1min 22 3 3 22 20 Heat 8 Nisbet, Pepper, Woodroffe, Curtis 1min 28 4 2 26 22 Heat 9 R.Stobbart, Packer, Lamont, Hancock 1min 23.6 2 4 28 26 Captains Match Race (2 Laps) Oliver Hart Bt George Pepper 44 sec Team Trial  Bill Nisbet, Leo Lungo, Dick Dennie, Norrie Isbister 1min 28.4 Edinburgh vs Newcastle (Match Race 2 Laps) Laurie Packer v Billy Lamont 43 sec (Laurie and Billy finished level, the match race was a Dead Heat) Match Race (2 Laps) Leo Lungo Bt Bill Nisbet 44.8 sec Scotish Silver Torch Heat 1 Kid Curtis, Norrie Isbister, Jack Hancock, Norman Hargreaves 1min 24.2 Heat 2 Billy Lamont, Maurice Stobbart, Jack Gordon, Bill Nisbet 1min 24 Heat 3 Oliver Hart, Rol stobbart, Frank Woodroffe, Leo Lungo 1min 23 Heat 4 Laurie Packer, Oliver Hart, Gruff Garland, Dick Dennie 1min 24.4 Final: Billy Lamont, Oliver Hart, Laurie Packer, Kid Curtis (ret) 1min 21.6
Edinburgh returned their first team victory of the season when they defeated the Newcastle team by two points, the final core being Edinburgh 28 points, Newcastle 26 points. In the opening heat the Edinburgh side were unfortunate to lose Jack Gordon who over slid at the bottom bend, but Oliver Hart held the lead to win comfortably from Kid Curtis. Hart, incidentally, was the only rider to score maximum points throughout the contest. A new Edinburgh rider, Jack Hancock, put up a very fine display of riding, winning his first two heats with superb skill. He was, however, narrowly beaten by Billy Lamont in his last heat. The surprise of the evening was the defeat of the Newcastle captain George Pepper by Bill Nisbet, who took the lead from the start. Pepper made a desperate attempt to overtake Nisbet but failed by the narrowest of margins. In the team trial race Nisbet was again flagged first. This race, although showing the poor time of 1 min 28 and four fifth secs, provided an exciting finish, all the competitors being bunched together on the line. Oliver Hart continued his run of successes in the captain’s match race when he easily defeated george Pepper. In the next match race, however, Newcastle shared the honours with Edinburgh when Billy Lamont and Laurie packer were concerned in a dead heat. The early heats of the Scottish Silver Torch furnished little in the way of excitement, Curtis having an easy journey into the final when Hancock’s machine gave trouble. Lamont won his eliminating heat in great style from M. Stobart and Jack Gordon and Hart also qualified easily. In the final, however, the Edinburgh captain’s successful run came to an end, Billy Lamont jumping into a lead he kept for all four laps to finish an easy winner.