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Edinburgh vs Preston 03/05/1930

Edinburgh 21 3 May 1930
Preston 15 Northern League
Edinburgh 1 2 3 4 T B
1. Drew McQueen 1 ef ef 1
2. George McKenzie 2' 3 5 1
3. Len Stewart 3 3 1 7
4. Syd Parsons 2' 3 3 8 1
5. Gordon Spalding 0 0
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Preston
1. Ham Burrell 3 1 4
2. Joe Abbott 2' 1 2' 5 2
3. George Reynard 1 2 2 5
4. Jack Chiswell 0 f 1 1
5. Frank Smith f 0
Edinburgh Handicap
1st. George McKenzie
Scottish Gold Gauntlet
1st Joe Abbott
Edinburgh 21-15 Preston
Ht 1 Burrell, Abbott, McQueen, Spalding 1 5 1 5 1min 26.6
Ht 2 Stewart, Parsons, Reynard, Chiswell 5 1 6 6 1min 26.8
Ht 3 Stewart, Reynard, Abbott, McQueen (EF) 3 3 9 9 1min 28.6
Ht 4 Parsons, McKenzie, Burrell, Chiswell (F) 5 1 14 10 1min 24.4
Ht 5 Parsons, Abbott, Chiswell, McQueen (EF) 3 3 17 13 1min 25.2
Ht 6 McKenzie, Reynard, Stewart, Smith (F) 4 2 21 15 1min 26.4

Edinburgh Handicap (4 Laps Standing Start)
Ht 1 George McKenzie Ham Burrell Gordon Spalding James Logie Peter Coia 1min 31.4
Ht 2 Bob McGregor Harry Duncan John Miller George Reynard Len Stewart 1min 34.2
Ht 3 Archie Chisholm William Cochrane Joe Abbott Frank Smith Drew McQueen 1min 31.4
Ht 4 Syd Parsons Bill Barclay Jack Chiswell Billy Llewellyn Andy Milne 1min 31.4
Final: George McKenzie Syd Parsons Bob McGregor Ham Burrell Archie Chisholm 1min 29.4

Scottish Gold Gauntlet (4 Laps Flying Start)
Ht 1 Harry Duncan Gordon Spalding Drew McQueen Andy Milne (F) 1min 34
Ht 2 Joe Abbott Bob McGregor [ George McKenzie Bill Llewellyn 1min 29.2
Ht 3 Len Stewart George Reynard [ Jack Chiswell James Logie 1min 28.6
Ht 4 Syd Parsons Ham Burrell [ Frank Smith Bill Barclay 1min 26.4
Final: Joe Abbott Len Stewart Harry Duncan (F) Syd Parsons (EF) 1min 26.4

A crowd of about 10,000 witnessed some excellent racing at the Marine Gardens Speedway on the evening of 26 April.

The Edinburgh cracks were all at Manchester for their inter-track contest with Belle Vue speedway and visiting riders, including two Danes supplied, with a good standard of local talent, a fair measure of thrills.

Honours in the end were with the visitors for after the Glasgow rider Bill Llewellyn had shown how easily he could win the handicap, Jack Chapman twice covered a lap in faster times than the existing record and thereafter won the Gold Helmet.