1946 Newcastle Diamonds

1946 Newcastle Diamonds Brough Park, Fossway
Newcastle, England
National League | Northern League |  National Trophy | ACU Cup (National League) | ACU Cup (Northern League) | Northern Trophy | London Cup
images from the John Somerville Collection
Northern League Riders Averages
  M R Pts BP FP CMA FM PM
Jeff Lloyd 20 81 204 5 209 10.32 7
Norman Evans 22 92 206 5 211 9.17 3
Charlie Spinks 17 62 109 10 119 7.68

Sid Littlewood 21 83 117 13 130 6.27

Doug McLachlan 22 92 120 23 143 6.26 2
Alec Grant 16 55 53 9 62 4.51

Len Tupling 16 38 32 10 42 4.42

Leo Lungo 22 82 76 9 85 4.15

Terry Tight 16 46 26 14 40 3.48

Harwood Pike 15 42 30 6 36 3.43

Wally Thomson 11 24 13 4 17 2.83

Stan Pennell 10 22 9 2 11 2.00

Pat Smith 2 4 1 1 2 2.00

Harry Modral 5 12 3 1 4 1.33

Ray Muir 1 2 0 0 0 0.00

Bill Nichol 1 4 0 0 0 0.00

Doug McLachlan also raced for Middlesbrough
Len Tupling also raced for Middlesbrough
Stan Pennell also raced for Middlesbrough
Harwood Pike also raced for Norwich
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
Jeff Lloyd 8 37 83 1 84 9.08 1
Norman Evans 10 47 87 4 91 7.74

Syd Littlewood 9 42 72 4 76 7.23
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Charile Spinks 9 38 59 9 68 7.15

Doug McLachlan 10 48 70 8 78 6.5

Harry Modral 6 8 5 2 7 3.5

Leo Lundo 9 36 23 3 26 2.81

Alec Grant 10 39 25 2 27 2.76

Stan Pennell 2 2 4 0 4 8

Ray Muir 1 1 1 1 2 8

Pat Smith 2 3 5 0 5 6.66

Terry Tight 4 9 8 3 11 4.88

Terry Tight also raced for Middlesborough
ACU Cup
  M W D L F A Pts
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
Second Round
29/04/1946 Newcastle 49 56 Middlesbrough
25/04/1946 Middlesbrough 55 51 Newcastle
Northern Trophy
First Round
12/06/1946 Glasgow White City 50 46 Newcastle
03/06/1946 Newcastle 48 48 Glasgow White City
 
 
Jeff Lloyd Norman Evans Charlie Spinks Sid Littlewood Harwood Pike
Doug McLachlan Alec Grant Len Tupling Leo Lungo  
Fixtures & Results
08/04/1946 Newcastle Bill Kitchen Open Trophy
15/04/1946 Newcastle Oliver Hart & Jeff Lloyd
Best Pairs
22/04/1946 Newcastle 40-43 Glasgow White City Challenge
25/04/1946 Middlesbrough 55-51 Newcastle National Trophy 2nd round 1st leg
29/04/1946 Newcastle 49-56 Middlesbrough National Trophy 2nd round 2nd leg
01/05/1946 Glasgow White City 40-44 Newcastle Northern League
04/05/1946 Bradford Odsal 52-32 Newcastle&Middlesbrough Challenge
06/05/1946 Newcastle 44-40 Glasgow White City Northern League
09/05/1946 Middlesbrough 40-44 Newcastle Northern League
13/05/1946 Newcastle 48-36 Norwich Challenge
20/05/1946 Newcastle 40-41 Birmingham Northern League
27/05/1946 Newcastle 42-42 Middlesbrough Northern League
01/06/1946 Norwich 51-33 Newcastle Northern League
03/06/1946 Newcastle 48-48 Glasgow White City Northern Trophy 1st round 1st leg
10/06/1946 Newcastle 49-34 Sheffield Northern League
12/06/1946 Glasgow White City 50-46 Newcastle Northern Trophy 1st round 2nd leg
17/06/1946 Newcastle 48-36 Norwich Northern League
20/06/1946 Norwich 51-33 Newcastle & Glasgow Challenge
24/06/1946 Newcastle 47-36 Glasgow White City ACU Cup
27/06/1946 Sheffield 50-34 Newcastle Northern League
29/06/1946 Birmingham 45-38 Newcastle Northern League
01/07/1946 Newcastle Jeff Lloyd British Riders Championship QR
08/07/1946 Newcastle 42-42 Norwich ACU Cup
15/07/1946 Newcastle 66-29 Birmingham ACU Cup
22/07/1946 Newcastle Jeff Lloyd British Riders Championship QR
27/07/1946 Birmingham 44-39 Newcastle Northern League
29/07/1946 Newcastle 46-38 Glasgow White City Northern League
31/07/1946 Glasgow White City 52-32 Newcastle Northern League
05/08/1946 Newcastle 33-49 Middlesbrough Northern League
08/08/1946 Middlesbrough 54-42 Newcastle ACU Cup
09/08/1946 Bristol 41-41 Newcastle Challenge
12/08/1946 Newcastle rained off Best Pairs Best Pairs
19/08/1946 Newcastle 43-50 Sheffield ACU Cup
26/08/1946 Newcastle Tommy Allott & Stan Williams
Best Pairs
29/08/1946 Sheffield 49-35 Newcastle Northern League
02/09/1946 Newcastle 64-44 Colonials Challenge
05/09/1946 Middlesbrough 57-26 Newcastle Northern League
09/09/1946 Newcastle 46-50 Middlesbrough ACU Cup
13/09/1946 Bristol 53-55 Newcastle Challenge
16/09/1946 Newcastle 51-33 Norwich Northern League
19/09/1946 Sheffield 57-39 Newcastle ACU Cup
21/09/1946 Norwich 48-46 Newcastle ACU Cup
23/09/1946 Newcastle 41-43 Sheffield Northern League
25/09/1946 Glasgow White City 51-45 Newcastle ACU Cup
28/09/1946 Birmingham 57-38 Newcastle ACU Cup
30/09/1946 Newcastle 50-34 Glasgow White City Challenge
07/10/1946 Newcastle 52-31 Birmingham Northern League
12/10/1946 Norwich 51-32 Newcastle Northern League
14/10/1946 Newcastle 40-40 Wembley Challenge
21/10/1946 Newcastle 49-33 Bradford Odsal Challenge