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Edinburgh vs Birmingham 17/05/1948


Edinburgh Monarchs 43
Birmingham Brummies 41
17 May 1948
National League Division Two
Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B
1 Bert Shearer 1 2 f 0 3
2 Bill Maddern 3 3 1 1' 8 1
3 Dick Campbell 2' 0 3 1 6 1
4 Bill Baird 3 2 0 2 7
5 Eddie Lack 2' 1 2 1' 6 2
6 Clem Mitchell 3 3 1' 2 9 1
7 Dennis Parker 1' 0 1 1
8 Keith Cox 1 2 3
Birmingham 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B
1 Charlie May 0 1 0 0 1
2 Stan Dell 2 3 3 3 11
3 Graham Warren 1 0 2 2' 5 1
4 Doug McLachlan 0 3 2 3 8
5 Geoff Bennett 0 2 3 3 8
6 Brian Wilson 1 1' 2' 0 4 1
7 Dick Tolley 0 3 3
8 Buck Whitby 0 1 1
Heat by Heat
Heat 01 Maddern, Dell, Shearer, May 70.2
Heat 02 Baird, Campbell, Warren, McLachlan 70.6
Heat 03 Mitchell, Lack, Wilson, Bennett 70.4
Heat 04 McLachlan, Shearer, Parker, Tolley 70.2
Heat 05 Dell, Baird, May, Campbell 70.0
Heat 06 Mitchell, McLachlan, Lack, Warren 69.8
Heat 07 Maddern, Bennett, Wilson, Shearer (f) 70.4
Heat 08 Campbell, Warren, Cox, Whitby 70.6
Heat 09 Dell, Lack, Mitchell, May 71.4
Heat 10 McLachlan, Warren, Maddern, Shearer 71.0
Heat 11 Bennett, Wilson, Campbell, Baird 70.6
Heat 12 Tolley, Cox, Lack, May 70.6
Heat 13 Bennett, Baird, Whitby, Parker 70.6
Heat 14 Dell, Mitchell, Maddern, Wilson 70.8
Birmingham
Birmingham Brummies
George Buck (manager), Doug McLachlan, Geoff Bennett, Stan Dell (captain), Dick Tolley, Roy Dook, Les Marshall (managing director, front - Buck Whitby, Charlie May, Grahame Warren

Caledonia Cup 15/05/1948

Caledonia Cup 15 May 1948
Caledonia Cup
Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh
1 2 3 4 T
1. Bill Maddern f 2 3 3 8
2. Dick Campbell 2 3 3 3 11 1st
3. Eddie Lack 1 1 1 1 4
4. Bill Baird 3 1 3 1 8
5. Dennis Parker 0 0 0 1 1
6. Clem Mitchell 3 3 0 0 6
7. Keith Cox 2 2 0 2 6
8. Bert Shearer 1 2 2 3 8
9. Nobby Downham 1 0 1 3 5
10. Joe Crowther 3 3 3 f 9
11.. Will Lowther 0 0 2 2 4
12. Buck Ryan 2 1 3
13. Harold Fairhurst 3 3 1 2 9
14. Tommy Bateman 1 1 1 2 5
15. Danny Lee 2 2 2 2 8
16 Ken Sharples 0 0 0 f 0
R. Ron Hyman 1 f 1
Heat by Heat
Heat 01 Crowther, Campbell, Bateman, Maddern (f) 69.0
Heat 02 Baird, Lee, Lack, Lowther 70.2
Heat 03 Mitchell, Ryan, Shearer, Parker 69.8
Heat 04 Fairhurst, Cox, Downham, Sharples 70.8
Heat 05 Crowther, Cox, Lack, Parker 69.6
Heat 06 Fairhurst, Maddern, Ryan, Lowther 71.2
Heat 07 Mitchell, Lee, Bateman, Sharples 70.2
Heat 08 Campbell, Shearer, Baird, Downham 71.2
Heat 09 Crowther, Lowther, Downham, Mitchell 70.2
Heat 10 Maddern, Shearer, Lack, Sharples 70.6
Heat 11 Shearer, Lee, Fairhurst, Crowther (f) 69.6
Heat 12 Campbell, Lee, Hyman, Cox (f/rem) 70.6
Heat 13 Baird, Fairhurst, Bateman, Parker 71.2
Heat 14 Maddern, Cox, Baird, Mitchell 70.0
Heat 15 Downham, Bateman, Lack, Hyman (f) 71.2
Heat 16 Campbell, Lowther, Parker, Sharples (f) 72.4

Glasgow vs Edinburgh 12 May 1948

Glasgow Tigers 49
Edinburgh Monarchs 35
12 May 1948
National League Division Two
White City Stadium, Glasgow
Glasgow 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B
1. Norman Lindsay 1' 3 1 0 5 1
2. Will Lowther 2 3 3 2' 10 1
3. Buck Ryan 3 3 3 3 12
4. Harold Fairhurst 1 0 1 2 4
5. Junior Bainbridge ef 1 1 3 5
6. Joe Crowther 3 3 3 3 12
7. Angus McGuire 0 0 0
8. Gordon McGregor 1 EF 1
Edinburgh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B
1. Bert Shearer 0 1' 0 1' 2 2
2. Bill Maddern 3 2 2 1 8
3. Dick Campbell 2 2 2 2 8
4. Bill Baird ef 1' 0 1 2 1
5. Eddie Lack 2 2 2 3 9
6. Clem Mitchell 1' 0 0 1 1
7. Nobby Downham 2 2 4
8. Keith Cox 0 1 1
Heat by Heat
Heat 01 Maddern, Lowther, Lindsay, Shearer 84.2
Heat 02 Ryan, Campbell, Fairhurst, Baird (ef) 85.0
Heat 03 Crowther, Lack, Mitchell, Bainbridge (ef) 84.6
Heat 04 Lindsay, Downham, Baird, McGuire 85.8
Heat 05 Ryan, Maddern, Shearer, Fairhurst (f/rem) 84.4
Heat 06 Crowther, Campbell, Bainbridge, Baird 84.8
Heat 07 Lowther, Lack, Lindsay, Mitchell 85.4
Heat 08 Ryan, Campbell, McGregor, Cox 85.2
Heat 09 Crowther, Maddern, Bainbridge, Shearer 84.6
Heat 10 Lowther, Campbell, Baird, Lindsay 85.2
Heat 11 Ryan, Lack, Fairhurst, Mitchell 85.6
Heat 12 Bainbridge, Downham, Shearer McGregor (ef) 85.6
Heat 13 Lack, Fairhurst, Cox, McGuire 86.6
Heat 14 Crowther, Lowther, Maddern, Mitchell 84.8
Glasgow Tigers
Harold Fairhurst, Norman Lindsay, Buck Ryan, Junior Bainbridge, Ian Hoskins, Joe Crowther, A McGuire, G McGregor

Edinburgh vs Fleetwood 08/05/1948

Edinburgh Monarchs 45
Fleetwood Flyers 39
8 May 1948
National League Division Two
Old Meadowbank Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B
1. Bert Shearer 1 3 1 0 5
2. Bill Maddern 3 3 3 3 12
3. Dick Campbell 3 3 3 3 12
4. Bill Baird 2' f 2' 3 7 2
5. Eddie Lack 0 1 1 0 2
6. Clem Mitchell 1 0 0 1
7. Nobby Downham 1 1 2
8. Keith Cox 1 2 1 4
Sheffield 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B
1. Dick Geary 2 1' 3 3 9 1
2. Percy Brine 0 2 2' 2 6 1
3. Jack Gordon 1 3 2 1' 7 1
4. Norman Hargreaves 0 2 2' 2 6 1
5. Reg Lambourne 2' 0 1 2 5 1
6. Cyril Cooper 3 2 0 0 5
7. Ron Hart 0 1 1
8. Jack Gorst 0 0 0
Heat by Heat
Heat 01 Maddern, Geary, Shearer, Brine 68.4
Heat 02 Campbell, Baird, Gordon, Hargreaves 71.8
Heat 03 Cooper, Lambourne, Mitchell, Lack 70.8
Heat 04 Shearer, Hargreaves, Downham, Hart 70.4
Heat 05 Campbell, Brine, Geary, Baird (f) 72.8
Heat 06 Gordon, Hargreaves, Lack, Mitchell 70.0
Heat 07 Maddern, Cooper, Shearer, Lambourne 69.4
Heat 08 Campbell, Gordon, Cox, Gorst 71.4
Heat 09 Geary, Brine, Lack, Mitchell 70.6
Heat 10 Maddern, Hargreaves, Gordon, Shearer 69.4
Heat 11 Campbell, Baird, Lambourne, Cooper 72.6
Heat 12 Geary, Cox, Hart, Lack 71.6
Heat 13 Baird, Lambourne, Downham, Gorst 72.8
Heat 14 Maddern, Brine, Cox, Cooper 70.4
Fleetwood Flyers
Mascot Jack German Dick Geary Cyril Cooper Ron Hart Norman Hargreaves Ernie Appleby Dick Seers Wilf Plant Reg Lambourne image from the John Somerville collection

Edinburgh vs Sheffield 01/05/1948

Edinburgh Monarchs 31
Sheffield Tigers
1 May 1948
National League Division Two
Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B
1. Bert Shearer 3 2 1 2' 8 1
2. Bill Maddern 2' 3 3 3 11 1
3. Dick Campbell 2' 1' 2' 0 5 3
4. Bill Baird 3 2 1 n 6
5. Eddie Lack 1' 1 1 3 6 1
6. Clem Mitchell 2 3 F 5
7. Nobby Downham 1' n 1 1
8. Keith Cox 3 2' 0 5 1
Sheffield 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B
1. Stan Williams 0 3 3 1 7
2. Len Williams 1 0 2' 1' 4 2
3. Jack Bibby 0 F 0
4. Bruce Semmens 1 4 2 1 7
5. Tommy Bateman 3 2 2' 3 10 1
6. Danny Lee 0 0 3 2 5
7. Wally Higgs 0 1 0 1
8. Alf Parker 0 0 2' 2 1
Heat by Heat
Heat 01 Shearer, Maddern, L.Williams, S.Williams 77.0
Heat 02 Baird, Campbell, Semmens, Bibby 74.0
Heat 03 Bateman, Mitchell, Lack, Lee 73.0
Heat 04 Semmens, Shearer, Downham, Higgs 73.6
Heat 05 S.Williams, Baird, Campbell, L.Williams 73.2
Heat 06 Mitchell, Semmens, Lack, Bibby (f) 72.4
Heat 07 Maddern, Bateman, Shearer, Lee 71.0
Heat 08 Cox, Campbell, Higgs, Parker 73.6
Heat 09 S.Williams, L.Williams, Lack, Mitchell (f) 74.2
Heat 10 Maddern, Shearer, Semmens, Parker 71.4
Heat 11 Lee, Bateman, Baird, Campbell 73.0
Heat 12 Lack, Cox, S.Williams, Higgs 73.8
Heat 13 Bateman, Parker, Baird (nf), Downham (nf) 74.0
Heat 14 Maddern, Lee, L.Williams, Cox 75.0

A Parker, Stan Lanfear, Bruve Semmens, Len Williams, front - Ken Sharples, Tommy Bateman, Stan Williams (captain), Jack White

Newcastle vs Edinburgh 26/04/1948

Newcastle Diamonds 53
Edinburgh Monarchs 31
26 April 1948
National League Division Two
Brough Park
Newcastle 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B
1. Peter Lloyd 1 2 0 1 4
2. Alec Grant 3 2 3 1' 9 1
3. Norman Evans 3 3 3 3 12
4. Crusty Pye 1 1 2' 2 6 1
5. Danny Calder F 2' 2' 3 7 2
6. Wilf Jay 3 3 3 2 11
7. Fred Rogers 1' 1' 2 2
8. Ken Le Breton 1 1 2
Edinburgh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B
1. Bert Shearer 0 2 1 2 5
2. Bill Maddern 2 F 3 5
3. Eddie Lack 2 1 2 2 7
4. Clem Mitchell 0 3 0 0 3
5. Bill Baird 1' 1 1 3 6 1
6. Dick Campbell 2 3 F 0 5
7. Keith Cox F F 0
8. Ken Sharples 0 F F 0
Heat by Heat
Heat 01 Grant, Maddern, Lloyd, Shearer, 77.4
Heat 02 Evans, Lack, Pye, Mitchell 78.2
Heat 03 Jay, Campbell, Baird, Calder (f) 77.2
Heat 04 Mitchell, Lloyd, Rogers, Sharples 79.8
Heat 05 Evans, Shearer, Pye f/rem), Maddern (f) 82.0
Heat 06 Jay, Calder, Lack, Mitchell 78.0
Heat 07 Campbell, Grant, Baird, Lloyd 78.2
Heat 08 Evans, Lack, Le Breton, Cox (f) 79.2
Heat 09 Jay, Calder, Shearer, Sharples (f) 79.2
Heat 10 Grant, Lack, Lloyd, Mitchell 79.0
Heat 11 Evans, Pye, Baird, Campbell (f) 79.8
Heat 12 Calder, Shearer, Le Breton, Sharples (f) 79.0
Heat 13 Baird, Pye, Rogers, Cox (f) 79.2
Heat 14 Maddern, Jay, Grant, Campbell 79.6
Peter Lloyd, Ken Le Breton, Alec Grant, Jack Hunt, Johnnie Hoskins (promoter), Danny Calder, Norman Evans (on machine), Charlie Spinks, Crusty Pye, Wilf Jay and Keith Gurtner.

Edinburgh vs Workington 05/05/2017

Edinburgh Monarchs 52
Workington Comets 40
5 May 2017
Premier League
Armadale
Edinburgh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B
1 Sam Masters (C) 3 3 3 2' 11 1
2 Josh Pickering 1 1 2 1 5
3 Erik Riss 3 2' 2 2 0 9 1
4 Max Clegg 1 3 1' 1' 6 2
5 Ricky Wells 2 3 3 3 3 14
6 Dany Gappmaier (G) 3 0 0 2 5
7 Mitchell Davey 1 1' 0 0 2 1
Workington 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B
1 Stevie Worrall (G) 2 0 1' 0 3 1
2 Mason Campton FX 1 3 2 1' 7 1
3 Ty Proctor MX 1' 2 3 6 1
4 Adam Roynon R 2 0 R 2
5 Thomas Jorgensen 3 4 3 1 2 13
6 Matt Williamson 2 2 1 0 1 3 9
7 Rob Shuttleworth 0 0 0 0
Heat by Heat
Heat 01 Masters, Worrall, Pickering, Campton (F/x) (AWD) 4-2 (4-2)
Heat 02 Gappmaier, Williamson, Davey, Shuttleworth (60.5) 4-2 (8-4)
Heat 03 Riss, Williamson, Clegg, Roynon (Ret) (56.8) 4-2 (12-6)
Heat 04 Jorgensen, Wells, Davey, Shuttleworth (57) 3-3 (15-9)
Heat 05 Clegg, Riss, Campton, Worrall (58.1) 5-1 (20-10)
Heat 06 Masters, Jorgensen, Pickering, Shuttleworth (57.2) 4-4 (24-14)
Heat 07 Wells, Roynon, Proctor, Gappmaier (58.1) 3-3 (27-17)
Heat 08 Campton, Pickering, Williamson, Davey (57.9) 2-4 (29-21)
Heat 09 Jorgensen, Riss, Clegg, Williamson (57.4) 3-3 (32-24)
Heat 10 Masters, Proctor, Pickering, Roynon (57.5) 4-2 (36-26)
Heat 11 Wells, Campton, Worrall, Gappmaier (59) 3-3 (39-29)
Heat 12 Proctor, Riss, Williamson, Davey (58.2) 2-4 (41-33)
Heat 13 Wells, Masters, Jorgensen, Worrall (58.3) 5-1 (46-34)
Heat 14 Williamson, Gappmaier, Clegg, Roynon (Ret) (59) 3-3 (49-37)
Heat 15 Wells, Jorgensen, Campton, Riss (58.4) 3-3 (52-40)
report from the Edinburgh Evening News
Edinburgh Monarchs returned to the top of the Championship tonight with a workmanlike display against Workington Comets. They triumphed 52-40 in their league clash which went some way to banish their hammering at Glasgow Tigers last Saturday. Mitchell Davey said: “It was another tricky meeting for us because Workington are a decent side, but we got the job done and that was the main thing.” Max Clegg, who picked up six points, commented: “It was a fantastic win for the whole team. We gated a lot better and it was good to get the win to take us back to the top of the league.” After they were taken down to the wire at home last week by Sheffied Tigers it was imperative that Monarchs got off to a strong start and this they managed with two 4-2s in the opening two heats. Skippper Sam Masters easily defeated Workington guest Steve Worrall in the first race then Monarchs guest Dany Gappmaier gated with aplomb to take the chequered flag against Matt Williamson to give Monarchs an early 8-4 lead. And a third 4-2 verdict followed in heat three courtesy of Erik Riss and Clegg, who made a shocking start but grabbed a third-place point. Workington’s Thomas Jorgensen was away smartly to defeat Monarchs ace Ricky Wells in the next heat to give the visitors their first race victory and a share of the spoils 3-3 which maintained Monarchs’ six-point lead. Clegg was out of the gate like a rocket in heat five and with Riss fighting his way into second place this 5-1 extended Monarchs’ lead to ten points, 20-10. This prompted Workington to give Jorgensen a tactical ride in the next race to try and reduce their arrears. But the Comets rider could only manage second place behind Masters, and another shared heat ensued keeping Monarchs ten in front and looking quite comfortable at this early stage. Wells atoned for his previous race by winning his next against Ty Proctor and Adam Roynon in heat seven. His partner Gappmaier, after his fine victory in the second race, trailed in last this time and couldn’t get going at all. The Comets always kept Monarchs in their sight and they secured their first heat advantage of the meeting in heat eight when Mason Campton held off Josh Pickering, and with Matt Williamson grabbing third sport this 4-2 reduced the Comets’ arrears to just eight points. Pickering was riding for Monarchs with broken fingers and at times it showed as he seemingly toiled to hang on to his bike. Jorgensen was all over Monarchs like a rash and he easily overtook Riss, who led from the gate, for his second victory of the night in heat nine. Masters and Pickering re-established Monarchs’ ten-point leeway with a 4-2 in heat 10 with Pickering trying outside and inside to get past Proctor who just held on to second place. The 11th race was a real humdinger with Wells riding brilliantly to pick off Worrall then Campton for a great win to split the points 3-3 when a 5-1 looked on for the visitors. However, Monarchs were not out of the woods yet as Workington snatched a 4-2 when Proctor won a hard race against Riss in heat 12 and this reduced the gap once more to eight points. It took Monarchs’ top two riders, Wells and Masters, to steady the ship in heat 13 with a timely 5-1 against Jorgensen to widen the gap to 14 points, 46-32. And a share of the spoils in the final heat pushed Monarchs comfortably over the line. Monarchs are in Championship action on Sunday nght against Peterborough Panthers and will be without Erik and Mark Riss after both were ordered to ride for their German League side Landshut away to White Tigers. Erik Riss said: “It’s an unfortunate clash of dates but I have to ride, my German Federation insist on it.” Ben Morley and Danny Ayres will deputise for them. Monarchs: Wells 14, Masters 11, Riss 9, Clegg 6, Pickering 5, Gappmaier 5, Davey 2. Workintgon: Jorgensen 13, Williamson 9, Campton 7, Proctor 6, Worrall 3, Roynon 2, Shuttleworth 0.