1946 Middlesbrough Bears

1946 Middlesbrough Bears Cleveland Park Middlesbrough, England

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images from the John Somerville Collection

Northern League Riders Averages   M R Pts BP TP CMA FM PM Frank Hodgson 16 64 154 12 166 10.38 5 2 Fred Curtis 24 103 239.5 4 243.5 9.46 2 Wilf Plant 23 98 215 13 228 9.31 1 Geoff Godwin 23 96 141 25 166 6.92 Jack Hodgson 24 94 119 35 154 6.55 1 Jack Gordon 22 92 136 14 150 6.52 1 Eddie Pye 14 31 40 10 50 6.45 Doug McLachlan 22 92 120 23 143 6.26 2 Tip Mills 10 26 29 9 38 5.85 Len Tupling 16 38 32 10 42 4.42 Alec Peel 8 23 18 5 23 4 Stan Pennell 10 22 9 2 11 2 Sammy Marsland 5 16 16 4 20 5 Bill Deegan 2 4 1 0 1 1 Doug McLachlan also raced for Newcastle Tip Mills also raced for Norwich Len Tupling also raced for Newcastle Stan Pennell also raced for Newcastle Northern League M W D L F A Pts Middlesbrough Bears 20 12 4 4 434.5 400.5 28 Sheffield Tigers 20 11 1 8 377 459 23 Norwich Stars 20 10 1 9 400 435 21 Birmingham Brummies 20 9 1 10 326 504 19 Newcastle Diamonds 20 8 1 11 357 479 17 Glasgow Tigers 20 6 0 14 370 466 12 ACU Cup Northern League Riders Averages   M R Pts BP FP CMA FM PM Frank Hodgson 9 44 117 3 120 10.9 1 Fred Curtis 10 49 98 9 107 8.73 Wilf Plant 10 49 94 11 105 8.57 1 Ed Pye 7 12 19 1 20 6.66 Geoff Godwin 10 49 60 12 72 5.87 Jack Hodgson 9 44 48 13 51 4.63 Jack Gordon 9 44 37 4 41 3.72 Len Tupling 7 10 7 2 9 3.60 Tip Mills 1 2 3 1 3 6.00 Terry Tight 4 9 8 3 11 4.88 Alec Peel 3 6 5 1 6 4.00 Phil Dargue 1 3 2 0 2 2.66 Terry Tight also raced for Newcastle ACU Cup   M W D L F A ts Norwich 10 6 2 2 220 234 14 Middlesbrough 10 7 0 3 217 250 14 Sheffield 10 6 0 4 229 245 12 Birmingham 10 4 1 5 183 283 9 Glasgow 10 3 0 7 184 282 6 Newcastle 10 2 1 7 208 267 5 National Trophy First Round 25/04/1946 Middlesborough 55 51 Newcastle 29/04/1946 Newcastle 49 58 Middlesborough Second Round 15/05/1946 Middlesborough 58 50 Birmingham 25/05/1946 Birmingham 61 45 Middlesborough Northern Trophy First Round 22/06/1946 Norwich 63 32 Middlesbrough 13/06/1946 Middlesbrough 48 47 Norwich Middlesbrough Bears Northern League Champions Wilf Plant Geoff Godwin Kid Curtis Jack Hodgson Len Tupling Frank Hodgson Alec Peel Jack Gordon (bike) Wilf Plant Jack Gordon Kid Curtis Len Tupling Geoff Godwin Frank Hodgson Crusty Pye Jack Hodgson

Frank Hodgson Alec Peel Len Tupling Tip Mills Doug McLachlan Eddie Pye Jack Gordon Jack Hodgson Geoff Godwin Wilf Plant         Kid Curtis

Fixtures & Results 19/04/1946 Middlesbrough 35-49 The North Challenge 25/04/1946 Middlesbrough 55-51 Newcastle National Trophy 1st round 1st leg 29/04/1946 Newcastle 49-56 Middlesbrough National Trophy 1st round 2nd leg 02/05/1946 Middlesbrough 49-34 Norwich Northern League 09/05/1946 Middlesbrough 40-44 Newcastle Northern League 16/05/1946 Middlesbrough 58-50 Birmingham National Trophy 2nd round 1st leg 23/05/1946 Sheffield 43.5-39.5 Middlesbrough Northern League 23/05/1946 Middlesbrough 53-43 York/Lanc V South Challenge 25/05/1946 Birmingham 61-45 Middlesbrough National Trophy 2nd round 2nd leg 27/05/1946 Newcastle 42-42 Middlesbrough Northern League 30/05/1946 Middlesbrough 22-12 * Birmingham Northern League 06/06/1946 Middlesbrough Frank Hodgson British Riders Championship Qualifying Round 13/06/1946 Middlesbrough 48-47 Norwich Northern Trophy 1st round 1st leg 20/06/1946 Middlesbrough 51-45 Sheffield ACU Cup 22/06/1946 Norwich 63-32 Middlesbrough Northern Trophy 1st round 2nd leg 27/06/1946 Middlesbrough Frank Hodgson & Wilf Plant Best Pairs 29/06/1946 Norwich 50-32 Middlesbrough Northern League 03/07/1946 Glasgow White City 34-50 Middlesbrough Northern League 04/07/1946 Middlesbrough 55-41 Norwich ACU Cup 06/07/1946 Norwich 55-28 Middlesbrough ACU Cup 11/07/1946 Middlesbrough 61-35 Birmingham ACU Cup 18/07/1946 Middlesbrough 55-28 Birmingham Northern League 25/07/1946 Sheffield 42-42 Middlesbrough Northern League 25/07/1946 Middlesbrough 49-40 North V West Ham Challenge 01/08/1946 Middlesbrough 46-38 Sheffield Northern League 05/08/1946 Newcastle 33-49 Middlesbrough Northern League 08/08/1946 Middlesbrough 54-42 Newcastle ACU Cup 10/08/1946 Birmingham rained off Middlesbrough Northern League 15/08/1946 Middlesbrough Bert Spencer British Riders Championship Qualifying Round 16/08/1946 Ex-Bristol 56-52 Middlesbrough Challenge 18/08/1946 Wisbech 57-27 Middlesbrough Challenge 21/08/1946 Glasgow White City 37-47 Middlesbrough Northern League 22/08/1946 Middlesbrough 54-30 Glasgow White City Northern League 28/08/1946 Glasgow White City 42-54 Middlesbrough ACU Cup 29/08/1946 Middlesbrough 42-42 Norwich Northern League 31/08/1946 Peterborough ? Middlesbrough Challenge 05/09/1946 Middlesbrough 57-26 Newcastle Northern League 07/09/1946 Norwich 44-40 Middlesbrough Northern League 09/09/1946 Newcastle 46-50 Middlesbrough ACU Cup 12/09/1946 Middlesbrough 54-41 Glasgow White City ACU Cup 14/09/1946 Birmingham 56-40 Middlesbrough ACU Cup 19/09/1946 Middlesbrough 52-30 Glasgow White City Northern League 21/09/1946 Birmingham 42-42 Middlesbrough Northern League 26/09/1946 Middlesbrough 46-43 Australia Challenge 26/09/1946 Sheffield 51-45 Middlesbrough ACU Cup 27/09/1946 Bristol 52-56 Middlesbrough Challenge 03/10/1946 Middlesbrough 65-18 Birmingham Northern League 05/10/1946 Birmingham 33-51 Middlesbrough Northern League 09/10/1946 New Cross 47-37 Middlesbrough Challenge 10/10/1946 Middlesbrough 52-32 Sheffield Northern League 17/10/1946 Middlesbrough 34-50 Wembley Challenge 24/10/1946 Middlesbrough 46-38 Wimbledon Challenge 31/10/1946 Middlesbrough Frank Hodgson Gala Night * abandoned heat 6