1948 British Match Race Championship

1948 British Match Race Championship

National League Division One | National League Division Two | National League Division Three | National Trophy | Anniversary Cup Division 1 | Anniversary Cup Division 2 | London Cup | North vs South Anniversary Cup

images from the John Somerville Collection

Jack Parker Jack Parker & Ron Johnson Eric Chitty Alec Statham Splitt Waterman

Match Race Championship Golden Helmet 28/04/1948 Ron Johnson 2-0 Jack Parker New Cross 01/05/1948 Jack Parker 2-0 Ron Johnson Belle Vue 06/05/1948 Jack Parker 2-0 Ron Johnson Wimbledon             Alec Statham nominated was injured and was replaced by Eric Chitty 12/06/1948 Jack Parker 2-0 Eric Chitty Belle Vue 15/06/1948 Jack Parker 2-0 Eric Chitty West Ham           12/07/1948 Jack Parker 2-1 Alec Statham Belle Vue 18/07/1948 Jack Parker 2-1 Alec Statham Wimbledon           05/08/1948 Jack Parker 2-0 Split Waterman Wembley 11/09/1948 Jack Parker 2-1 Split Waterman Belle Vue           25/09/1948 Jack Parker 2-0 Wilbur Lamoreaux Belle Vue 07/10/1948 Jack Parker 2-0 Wilbur Lamoreaux Wembley Fred Tuck Dick Geary Wilf Jay Stan Dell Graham Warren Match Race Championship Silver Helmet 30/04/1948 Fred Tuck 2-0 Dick Geary Bristol 04/05/1948 Fred Tuck 2-0 Dick Geary Fleetwwod           04/06/1948 Fred Tuck 0-2 Wilf Jay Bristol 07/06/1948 Wilf Jay 2-0 Fred Tuck Newcastle           12/07/1948 Wilf Jay 2-0 Frank Hodgson Newcastle 22/07/1948 Frank Hodgson * Wilf Jay Middlesbrough   * Wilf Jay broke his leg in the League match preseding the Match Race and was unable to compete 22/07/1948 Frank Hodgson 0-2 Stan Dell Middlesbrough 02/08/1948 Stan Dell 2-1 Frank Hodgson Middlesbrough 10/08/1948 Stan Dell 2-0 Frank Hodgson Fleetwood           26/08/1948 Stan Dell 1-2 Graham Warren Sheffield 28/08/1948 Graham Warren 2-0 Stan Dell Birmingham           04/08/1948 Graham Warren 2-0 Stan Dell Birmingham 11/09/1948 Paddy Mills 0-2 Graham Warren Norwich Cyril Roger Alf Bottoms Wally Green Bert Roger Jock Grierson Match Race Championship Bronze Helmet 26/04/1948 Cyril Roger 2-0 Bob Oakley Exeter   Bob Oakley 0-2 Cyril Roger Southampton           07/06/1948 Cyril Roger 2-0 Alf Bottoms Exeter 08/06/1948 Alf Bottoms 1-2 Cyril Roger Southampton           12/07/1948 Cyril Roger 2-1 Jock Grierson Exeter   Jock Grierson 1-2 Cyril Roger             09/08/1948 Bert Roger 1-2 Wally Green Exeter 11/08/1948 Wally Green 2-0 Bert Roger Hastings             Wally Green   Joe Bowkis     Wally Green was injured and was unable to defent the title 23/09/1948 Joe Bowkis 0-1 Gil Blake Hanley   Joe Bowkis broke his collarbone in the first race was injured and was unable to compete The S.C.B nominated Mick Mitchell to replace Joe Bowkis           30/09/1948 Gil Blake 1-2 Mick Mitchell Hanley 02/10/1948 Mick Mitchell 2-0 Gil Blake Hull