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Glasgow White City 1949 Updated 2.1.2020 Wednesday 6th April 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow Glasgow Tigers 50 Edinburgh Monarchs 24 (National League Division Two) Glasgow Will Lowther 3 3 3 3 12 Nobby Downham 1 2’ 1 1’ 5 Joe Crowther E 3 3 3 9 Gordon McGregor 2 1 2’ 1 6 1 Norman Lindsay 3 1 1 2 7 Junior Bainbridge 2’ 3 0 2 7 1 Dick Seers 2’ F 2 1 Billie Bates 1 1’ 2 1 Edinburgh Clem Mitchell E 0 3 3 6 Eddie Lack 2 2 2’ 3 9 1 Dick Campbell 3 2 2 2 9 Danny Lee 1 F 0 0 1 Eric Liddell F 2’ 2 1 Bill Baird 1 1 1 0 3 Tommy Lack 1 F 0 1 Don Cuppleditch 0 0 3 3 Ht1 Lowther, E.Lack, Downham, Mitchell (ef) 82.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Campbell, McGregor, Lee, Crowther (ef) 84.4 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Lindsay, Bainbridge, Baird, Liddell (f) 85.4 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Lowther, Seers, T.Lack, Lee (f) 82.0 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Crowther, E.Lack, McGregor, Mitchell 83.2 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Bainbridge, Campbell, Lindsay, Lee 84.0 4 2 24 12 Ht7 Lowther, Downham, Baird, T.Lack (f) 84.2 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Crowther, Campbell, Bates, Cuppleditch 82.4 4 2 33 15 Ht9 Mitchell, E.Lack, Lindsay, Bainbridge 84.4 1 5 34 20 Ht10 Lowther, Campbell, Downham, Lee 83.6 4 2 38 22 Ht11 Crowther, McGregor, Baird, Cuppleditch 85.0 5 1 43 23 Ht12 Mitchell, Lindsay, Bates, T.Lack 84.6 3 3 46 26 Ht13 Cuppleditch, Liddell, McGregor, Seers (f) 87.0 1 5 47 31 Ht14 E.Lack, Bainbridge, Downham, Baird 84.6 3 3 50 34 All Scottish Cup Ht1 Le Breton, Lowther, Baird, Cuppleditch 83.4 Ht2 Crowther, Campbell, Seers, Lee 82.6 Ht3 Lindsay, Mitchell, Downham, Bates 85.0 Ht4 Lack, McGregor, Yates Bainbridge 84.4 Final Crowther, Le Breton, Lack, Lindsay 83.0 Up and Coming Scurry McKinlay, Willie Wilson, Jack Martin, McIntosh 87.6 Reserve Rally Wilson, McKinlay, T.Lack (f), McIntosh (f) 87.8 Saturday 9th April 1949 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh Edinburgh Monarchs 43 Glasgow Tigers 41 (National League Division Two) Edinburgh Clem Mitchell 1 3 2’ 3 9 1 Eddie Lack 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 Dick Campbell 1 F 2 3 6 Danny Lee 0 2 1 2’ 5 1 Peter Lloyd 1 0 1 Bill Baird 0 0 2 1 3 Tommy Lack 1 0 1 Don Cuppleditch 1 1’ 2 3 7 1

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Glasgow White City 1949

Updated 2.1.2020

Wednesday 6th April 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 50 Edinburgh Monarchs 24 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow

Will Lowther 3 3 3 3 12

Nobby Downham 1 2’ 1 1’ 5

Joe Crowther E 3 3 3 9

Gordon McGregor 2 1 2’ 1 6 1

Norman Lindsay 3 1 1 2 7

Junior Bainbridge 2’ 3 0 2 7 1

Dick Seers 2’ F 2 1

Billie Bates 1 1’ 2 1

Edinburgh

Clem Mitchell E 0 3 3 6

Eddie Lack 2 2 2’ 3 9 1

Dick Campbell 3 2 2 2 9

Danny Lee 1 F 0 0 1

Eric Liddell F 2’ 2 1

Bill Baird 1 1 1 0 3

Tommy Lack 1 F 0 1

Don Cuppleditch 0 0 3 3

Ht1 Lowther, E.Lack, Downham, Mitchell (ef) 82.8 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Campbell, McGregor, Lee, Crowther (ef) 84.4 2 4 6 6

Ht3 Lindsay, Bainbridge, Baird, Liddell (f) 85.4 5 1 11 7

Ht4 Lowther, Seers, T.Lack, Lee (f) 82.0 5 1 16 8

Ht5 Crowther, E.Lack, McGregor, Mitchell 83.2 4 2 20 10

Ht6 Bainbridge, Campbell, Lindsay, Lee 84.0 4 2 24 12

Ht7 Lowther, Downham, Baird, T.Lack (f) 84.2 5 1 29 13

Ht8 Crowther, Campbell, Bates, Cuppleditch 82.4 4 2 33 15

Ht9 Mitchell, E.Lack, Lindsay, Bainbridge 84.4 1 5 34 20

Ht10 Lowther, Campbell, Downham, Lee 83.6 4 2 38 22

Ht11 Crowther, McGregor, Baird, Cuppleditch 85.0 5 1 43 23

Ht12 Mitchell, Lindsay, Bates, T.Lack 84.6 3 3 46 26

Ht13 Cuppleditch, Liddell, McGregor, Seers (f) 87.0 1 5 47 31

Ht14 E.Lack, Bainbridge, Downham, Baird 84.6 3 3 50 34

All Scottish Cup

Ht1 Le Breton, Lowther, Baird, Cuppleditch 83.4

Ht2 Crowther, Campbell, Seers, Lee 82.6

Ht3 Lindsay, Mitchell, Downham, Bates 85.0

Ht4 Lack, McGregor, Yates Bainbridge 84.4

Final Crowther, Le Breton, Lack, Lindsay 83.0

Up and Coming Scurry

McKinlay, Willie Wilson, Jack Martin, McIntosh 87.6

Reserve Rally

Wilson, McKinlay, T.Lack (f), McIntosh (f) 87.8 Saturday 9th April 1949 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh

Edinburgh Monarchs 43 Glasgow Tigers 41 (National League Division Two)

Edinburgh

Clem Mitchell 1 3 2’ 3 9 1

Eddie Lack 3 3 2’ 3 11 1

Dick Campbell 1 F 2 3 6

Danny Lee 0 2 1 2’ 5 1

Peter Lloyd 1 0 1

Bill Baird 0 0 2 1 3

Tommy Lack 1 0 1

Don Cuppleditch 1 1’ 2 3 7 1

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Glasgow

Will Lowther 2 3 3 3 11

Dick Seers 0 1 1 0 2

Joe Crowther 3 3 3 1 10

Gordon McGregor 2’ 2’ 2 0 6 2

Junior Bainbridge 2’ 0 2 4 1

Norman Lindsay 3 1 0 2 6

Nobby Downham 0 1 F 1

Billie Bates 0 1 1

Ht1 E.Lack, Lowther, Mitchell, Seers 70.6 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Crowther, McGregor, Campbell, Lee 71.8 1 5 5 7

Ht3 Lindsay, Bainbridge, Lloyd, Baird 72.6 1 5 6 12

Ht4 Mitchell, McGregor, T.Lack, Downham 72.6 4 2 10 14

Ht5 Lowther, Lee, Seers, Campbell (f) 70.6 2 4 12 18

Ht6 Crowther, McGregor, Cuppleditch, Baird 69.2 1 5 13 23

Ht7 E.Lack, Mitchell, Lindsay, Bainbridge 69.2 5 1 18 24

Ht8 Crowther, Campbell, Cuppleditch, Bates 70.4 3 3 21 27

Ht9 Lowther, Baird, Seers, Lloyd 72.2 2 4 23 31

Ht10 Mitchell, E.Lack, Crowther, McGregor 69.8 5 1 28 32

Ht11 Campbell, Bainbridge, Lee, Lindsay 85.0 4 2 32 34

Ht12 Lowther, Cuppleditch, Downham, T.Lack 71.6 2 4 34 38

Ht13 Cuppleditch, Lee, Bates, Downham (f) 73.6 5 1 39 39

Ht14 E.Lack, Lindsay, Baird, Seers 70.0 4 2 43 41

Wednesday 13th April 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 59 Coventry Bees 25 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow

Will Lowther 3 3 3 3 12

Nobby Downham F 1 1 2’ 4 1

Joe Crowther 2’ F 3 2’ 7 2

Gordon McGregor 3 3 3 3 12

Norman Lindsay 2’ 3 E 3 8 1

Junior Bainbridge 3 2’ 3 3 11 1

Buck Ryan 2’ 2’ 4 1

Billie Bates 1 E 1

Coventry

Bob Fletcher 2 1’ 2 2 7 1

Ed Pye 1’ 2 1’ F 4 2

John Yates 1 1 1 0 3

Jack Gordon E X 2 2 4

Jack White 0 0 0 0

Bert Lacey 1 2 1 1 5

Jack Winstanley 0 1 E 1

Les Hewitt F 1 Ht1 Lowther, Fletcher, Pye, Downham (f) 85.6 3 3 3 3

Ht2 McGregor, Crowther, Yates, Gordon (ef) 84.4 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Bainbridge, Lindsay, Lacey, White 84.0 5 1 13 5

Ht4 Lowther, Ryan, Yates, Winstanley 84.4 5 1 18 6

Ht5 McGregor, Pye, Fletcher, Crowther (f) 83.8 3 3 21 9

Ht6 Lindsay, Bainbridge, Yates, Gordon (exctps) 86.0 5 1 26 10

Ht7 Lowther, Lacey, Downham,White 83.6 4 2 30 12

Ht8 Crowther, Gordon, Bates, Hewitt (f) 83.8 4 2 34 14

Ht9 Bainbridge, Fletcher, Pye, Lindsay (ef) 84.0 3 3 37 17

Ht10 Lowther, Gordon, Downham, Yates 84.8 4 2 41 19

Ht11 McGregor, Crowther, Lacey, White 83.6 5 1 46 20

Ht12 Lindsay, Fletcher, Winstanley, Bates (ef) 84.4 3 3 49 23

Ht13 McGregor, Ryan, Hewitt, Winstanley (ef) 84.8 5 1 54 24

Ht14 Bainbridge, Downham, Lacey, Pye (f) 85.4 5 1 59 25

The April Cup

Ht1 Ryan, Lindsay, White, Seers (ef) 83.4

Ht2 Gordon, Lacey, Bainbridge (ef), Lowther (ef) 86.0

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Ht3 Crowther, Fletcher, Bates, Yates 85.4

Ht4 McGregor, Downham, Pye, Winstanley 84.8

Final Crowther, McGregor, Gordon, Ryan 83.4

Reserves Rally

McKinlay, McIntosh, Liddell, Hewitt 87.2

Cubs V Tigers

Ryan (T), Seers (T), McIntosh (C), McKinlay (C)(f) 87.0

Friday 15th April 1949 Bannister Court Stadium, Southampton

Southampton Saints 43 Glasgow Tigers 41 (National League Division Two)

Southampton

Bob Oakley 3 E 3 2 8

Tom Oakley 1 2’ 1’ 0 4 2

Roy Craighead 0 1’ 3 0 4 1

Bill Griffiths 1 2 2 1 6

Cecil Bailey 1 1 0 2’ 4 1

Jimmy Squibb 3 0 2 3 8

Alf Kaines 2 3 5

Phil Bishop 1 3 4

Glasgow

Nobby Downham 2 0 1 3

Will Lowther 0 3 3 2 8

Joe Crowther 2’ 2’ 2 3 9 2

Buck Ryan 3 3 3 F 9

Norman Lindsay 0 1 3 2 6

Junior Bainbridge 2 0 1 1’ 4 1

Gordon McGregor 1 1 0 2

Billie Bates 0 0 0 Ht1 B.Oakley, Downham, T.Oakley, Lowther 68.8 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Ryan, Crowther, Griffiths, Craighead 69.6 1 5 5 7

Ht3 Squibb, Bainbridge, Bailey, Lindsay 69.0 4 2 9 9

Ht4 Ryan, Kaines, McGregor (frmtd), B.Oakley (ef) 71.4 2 4 11 13

Ht5 Lowther, Griffiths, Craighead, Downham 71.8 3 3 14 16

Ht6 Ryan, Crowther, Bailey, Squibb 71.0 1 5 15 21

Ht7 B.Oakley, T.Oakley, Lindsay, Bainbridge 70.8 5 1 20 22

Ht8 Craighead, Crowther, Bishop, Bates 70.6 4 2 24 24

Ht9 Lowther, Squibb, McGregor, Bailey 71.4 2 4 26 28

Ht10 Crowther, B.Oakley, T.Oakley, Ryan (f) 71.2 3 3 29 31

Ht11 Lindsay, Griffiths, Bainbridge, Craighead 71.4 2 4 31 35

Ht12 Bishop, Bailey, Downham, McGregor 71.0 5 1 36 36

Ht13 Kaines, Lindsay, Griffiths, Bates 71.6 4 2 40 38

Ht14 Squibb, Lowther, Bainbridge, T.Oakley 70.2 3 3 43 41

Wednesday 20th April 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 52 Walthamstow Wolves 32 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow

Buck Ryan 0 3 1’ 1 5 1

Will Lowther 3 2 3 3 11

Joe Crowther 2 2’ 2 1’ 7 2

Gordon McGregor 1’ 3 2 3 9 1

Junior Bainbridge E 1’ 3 3 7 1

Norman Lindsay 2 2 2’ 2’ 8 2

Nobby Downham 2’ 1 3 1

Billie Bates 0 2’ 2 1

Walthamstow

Bill Osborne 2 E 0 1 3

Dick Geary 1’ 1 1 0 3

Wilf Jay 3 3 3 2 11

Arch Windmill 0 1 0 1

Charlie May 3 3 3 2 11

Reg Reeves 1 F 0 1 2

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Ted Argall F 0 0

Harry Edwards 1 0 0 1 Ht1 Lowther, Osborne, Geary, Ryan 89.8 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Jay, Crowther, McGregor, Windmill 86.0 3 3 6 6

Ht3 May, Lindsay, Reeves, Bainbridge (ef) 86.0 2 4 8 10

Ht4 Ryan, Downham, Windmill, Argall (f) 89.4 5 1 13 11

Ht5 McGregor, Crowther, Geary,Osborne (ef) 86.2 5 1 18 12

Ht6 Jay, Lindsay, Bainbridge, Windmill 85.0 3 3 21 15

Ht7 May, Lowther, Ryan, Reeves (f) 86.2 3 3 24 18

Ht8 Jay, Crowther, Edwards, Bates 86.6 2 4 26 22

Ht9 Bainbridge,Lindsay, Geary, Osborne 87.0 5 1 31 23

Ht10 Lowther, Jay, Ryan, Edwards 85.6 4 2 35 25

Ht11 May, McGregor, Crowther, Reeves 86.0 3 3 38 28

Ht12 Bainbridge, Bates, Osborne, Argall 87.8 5 1 43 29

Ht13 McGregor, May, Downham, Edwards 84.6 4 2 47 31

Ht14 Lowther, Lindsay, Reeves, Geary 87.0 5 1 52 32

The Anglo Scottish Cup

Ht1 May, Lindsay, Crowther, Windmill (ef) 85.2 86.4

Ht2 McGregor, Lowther, Downham, Reeves 86.2 87.4

Ht3 Bainbridge, Ryan, Osborne, Bates 86.6 86.8

Final Bainbridge, May, Lindsay, McGregor (ef) 86.2

Discovery Race

Liddell, Lazarus, Red Monteith, Jimmy Dysart 94.8

Reserve Race

Edwards, McKinlay, Argall, Lazarus (ef) 91.0

Tiger Cub Rally

Martin, McKinlay, Arlet, Robertson 91.4

Tuesday 26th April 1949 Saracen Park, Glasgow

Ashfield Giants 35 Glasgow Tigers 46 (National League Division Two)

Ashfield

Ken Le Breton X 3 3 2 8

Alex Grant 2 0 0 X 2

Merv Harding F 3 3 2 8

Keith Gurtner 2 1 3 0 6

Gruff Garland 0 2 1’ 3 6 1

Rol Stobart 3 E 2 E 5

Willie Wilson 0 0 0

Maurice Stobart 0 0 0

Glasgow

Will Lowther 3 2 0 2 7

Buck Ryan 1 0 F 1

Gordon McGregor 1 1 2 1 5

Joe Crowther 3 3 1’ 3 10 1

Junior Bainbridge 2 1’ 1’ 3 7 2

Norman Lindsay 1’ 2 2 3 8 1

Harold Fairhurst 2 3 1’ 6 1

Nobby Downham 1’ 1 2 1 Ht1 Lowther, Grant, Ryan, Le Breton (fexc) 72.6 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Crowther, Gurtner, McGregor, Harding (f) 71.0 2 4 4 8

Ht3 R.Stobart, Bainbridge, Lindsay, Garland 71.4 3 3 7 11

Ht4 Le Breton, Fairhurst, Crowther, Wilson 71.2 3 3 10 14

Ht5 Harding, Lowther, Gurtner, Ryan 71.6 4 2 14 16

Ht6 Crowther, Garland, McGregor, R.Stobart (ef) 71.6 2 4 16 20

Ht7 Le Breton, Lindsay, Bainbridge, Grant 71.6 3 3 19 23

Ht8 Gurtner, McGregor, Downham, M.Stobart 72.0 3 3 22 26

Ht9 Fairhurst, R.Stobart, Garland, Lowther 72.2 3 3 25 29

Ht10 Crowther, Le Breton, McGregor, Grant 71.4 2 4 27 33

Ht11 Harding, Lindsay, Bainbridge, Gurtner 72.0 3 3 30 36

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Ht12 Garland, Lowther, Fairhurst, M.Stobart 73.8 3 3 33 39

Ht13 Bainbridge, Harding, Downham, Wilson 72.8 2 4 35 43

Ht14 Lindsay, Ryan (f), R.Stobart (ef), Grant (fexc) 75.0 0 3 35 46

Wednesday 27th April 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 53 Newcastle Magpies 31 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow

Buck Ryan 1’ 2 2’ 0 5 2

Will Lowther 2 3 2 3 10

Joe Crowther 3 3 3 3 12

Gordon McGregor 1 2’ 0 2 5 1

Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 12

Norman Lindsay 1 F 2’ 1 4 1

Harold Fairhurst 1’ 1’ 2 2

Nobby Downham 1 2’ 3 1

Newcastle

Ernie Brecknell 0 0 0 1 1

Jack Hodgson 3 1 1 2 7

Frank Hodgson 2 2 2 3 9

Son Mitchell F 3 1’ 1 5 1

Derek Close 2 1 2 3 8

Herby King F 0 1’ E 1 1

Joe Arthur 0 0 0

Len Eagleton 0 0 0 Ht1 J.Hodgson, Lowther, Ryan, Brecknell 83.8 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Crowther, F.Hodgson, McGregor, Mitchell (f) 82.2 4 2 7 5

Ht3 Bainbridge, Close, Lindsay, King (f) 81.8 4 2 11 7

Ht4 Mitchell, Ryan, Fairhurst, Arthur 84.0 3 3 14 10

Ht5 Crowther, McGregor, J.Hodgson, Brecknell 83.6 5 1 19 11

Ht6 Bainbridge, F.Hodgson, Mitchell, Lindsay (f) 81.8 3 3 22 14

Ht7 Lowther, Ryan, Close, King 84.4 5 1 27 15

Ht8 Crowther, F.Hodgson, Downham, Eagleton 83.0 4 2 31 17

Ht9 Bainbridge, Lindsay, J.Hodgson, Brecknell 83.4 5 1 36 18

Ht10 F.Hodgson, Lowther, Mitchell, Ryan 83.4 2 4 38 22

Ht11 Crowther, Close, King, McGregor 83.2 3 3 41 25

Ht12 Bainbridge, Downham, Brecknell, Arthur 86.2 5 1 46 26

Ht13 Close, McGregor, Fairhurst, Eagleton 83.0 3 3 49 29

Ht14 Lowther, J.Hodgson, Lindsay, King (ef) 84.0 4 2 53 31

The Clyde Tyne Trophy

Ht1 J.Hodgson, Lindsay, McGregor, King 85.0

Ht2 Lowther, Mitchell, F.Hodgson, Bainbridge (ef) 84.0

Ht3 Crowther, Close, Ryan, Brecknell 83.6

Ht4 Fairhurst, Downham. Bates, Arthur 85.6

Final Crowther, Lowther, J.Hodgson, Fairhurst 83.2

Reserve Rally

McKinlay, Bates, Martin, Eagleton 88.2

Tiger Cub Scurry

McKinlay, Arlet, McGuire, Lazarus 87.0

Saturday 30th April 1949 Firs Stadium, Norwich

Norwich Stars 57 Glasgow Tigers 27 (National League Division Two)

Norwich

Paddy Mills 3 3 3 3 12

Ted Bravery 1 1 2’ 3 7 1

Sid Littlewood 2’ 2’ 3 2 9 2

Bert Spencer 3 3 0 3 9

Phil Clarke 2 3 3 3 11

Fred Rogers 1’ 2’ 1 1 5 2

Jack Freeman 1 1 2

Bob Leverenz 2’ 0 2 1

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Glasgow

Will Lowther 2 1 2 2 7

Buck Ryan 0 0 0 0 0

Gordon McGregor 0 1 1 2

Joe Crowther 1 2 F F 3

Junior Bainbridge 3 2 3 2 10

Harold Fairhurst 0 0 1 2 3

Norman Lindsay 0 1 1’ 2 1

Nobby Downham 0 0 0 Ht1 Mills, Lowther, Bravery, Ryan 75.2 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Spencer, Littlewood, Crowther, McGregor 78.0 5 1 9 3

Ht3 Bainbridge, Clarke, Rogers, Fairhurst 79.0 3 3 12 6

Ht4 Mills, Crowther, Freeman, Lindsay 77.6 4 2 16 8

Ht5 Spencer, Littlewood, Lowther, Ryan 78.2 5 1 21 9

Ht6 Clarke, Rogers, McGregor, Crowther (f) 79.8 5 1 26 10

Ht7 Mills, Bainbridge, Bravery, Fairhurst 77.8 4 2 30 12

Ht8 Littlewood, Leverenz, Lindsay, Downham 79.0 5 1 35 13

Ht9 Clarke, Lowther, Rogers, Ryan 79.4 4 2 39 15

Ht10 Mills, Bravery, McGregor, Crowther (f) 78.0 5 1 44 16

Ht11 Bainbridge, Littlewood, Fairhurst, Spencer 78.8 2 4 46 20

Ht12 Clarke, Lowther, Lindsay, Leverenz 79.8 3 3 49 23

Ht13 Spencer, Bainbridge, Freeman, Downham 80.0 4 2 53 25

Ht14 Bravery, Fairhurst, Rogers, Ryan 80.0 4 2 57 27

Monday 2nd May 1949 Brough Park, Newcastle

Newcastle Magpies 43 Glasgow Tigers 40 (National League Division Two)

Newcastle

Son Mitchell 0 2 2’ 2 6 1

Frank Hodgson 2 3 1’ 1 7 1

Ernie Brecknell 2’ 1’ F 3 2

Jack Hodgson 3 2 3 3 11

Herby King 1 3 N X 4

Derek Close 3 X 2 3 8

Joe Arthur N 0 2 2

Ken Thompson 1 1 2

Glasgow

Buck Ryan 1 0 1 2’ 4 1

Will Lowther 3 3 3 2 11

Norman Lindsay 0 2 2’ 0 4 1

Junior Bainbridge 1 3 N 3 7

Gordon McGregor 0 1 N 1

Joe Crowther 2 N 1’ X 3 1

Harold Fairhurst 1 2 3 6

Nobby Downham 3 1 4

Ht1 Lowther, F.Hodgson, Ryan, Mitchell 74.2 2 4 2 4

Ht2 J.Hodgson, Brecknell,Bainbridge, Lindsay 76.4 5 1 7 5

Ht3 Close, Crowther, King, McGregor 75.4 4 2 11 7

Ht4 Bainbridge, Mitchell, Fairhurst, Arthur (nf) 75.6 2 4 13 11

Ht5 Lowther, J.Hodgson, Brecknell, Ryan 75.4 3 3 16 14

Ht6 King, Lindsay, Bainbridge (nf), Close (exc) 77.2 3 2 19 16

Ht7 F.Hodgson, Mitchell, McGregor, Crowther (nf) 77.6 5 1 24 17

Ht8 Downham, Lindsay, Thompson, Brecknell (f) 78.4 1 5 25 22

Ht9 Lowther, Close, Ryan, King (nf) 75.0 2 4 27 26

Ht10 Bainbridge, Mitchell, F.Hodgson, Lindsay 75.6 3 3 30 29

Ht11 J.Hodgson, Fairhurst, Crowther, Arthur 76.0 3 3 33 32

Ht12 Fairhurst, Ryan, Thompson, King (exc) 78.2 1 5 34 37

Ht13 J.Hodgson, Arthur, Downham, McGregor (nf) 78.6 5 1 39 38

Ht14 Close, Lowther, F.Hodgson, Crowther (fexc) 75.4 4 2 43 40

Wednesday 4th May 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 47 Belle Vue Aces 36 (Challenge)

Glasgow

Buck Ryan F 3 0 1 4

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Will Lowther 3 2’ F 1 6 1

Junior Bainbridge 3 2 3 2 10

Norman Lindsay 1 1’ 0 3 5 1

Gordon McGregor F 3 2’ 3 8 1

Joe Crowther 2 1 3 3 9

Keith Gurtner 1 1 2

Nobby Downham 1 2’ 3 1

Belle Vue

Ron Mason 2 0 F E 2

Jack Parker E 3 1 0 3

Louis Lawson 2 2 2 2’ 8 1

Charles Cullum 0 0 F 0

Jim Boyd 1 3 1 2 7

Dent Oliver 3 1 3 2 9

Ken Sharples 2 3 1 6

George Smith 0 0 0 Ht1 Lowther, Mason, Ryan (f), Parker (ef) 83.4 3 2 3 2

Ht2 Bainbridge, Lawson, Lindsay, Cullum 82.8 4 2 7 4

Ht3 Oliver, Crowther, Boyd, McGregor (f) 83.6 2 4 9 8

Ht4 Ryan, Sharples, Gurtner, Cullum 85.4 4 2 13 10

Ht5 Parker, Bainbridge, Lindsay, Mason 83.0 3 3 16 13

Ht6 McGregor, Lawson, Crowther, Cullum (f) 84.6 4 2 20 15

Ht7 Boyd, Lowther, Oliver, Ryan 84.2 2 4 22 19

Ht8 Bainbridge, Lawson, Downham, Smith 84.0 4 2 26 21

Ht9 Crowther, McGregor, Parker (efp), Mason (ef) 84.8 5 1 31 22

Ht10 Sharples, Lawson, Ryan, Lowther (f) 85.0 1 5 32 27

Ht11 Oliver, Bainbridge, Boyd, Lindsay 84.0 2 4 34 31

Ht12 McGregor, Downham, Sharples, Mason (ef) 84.4 5 1 39 32

Ht13 Lindsay, Boyd, Gurtner, Smith 84.8 4 2 43 34

Ht14 Crowther, Oliver, Lowther, Parker 83.6 4 2 47 36

The Supreme Cup

Ht1 Boyd, Bainbridge, Ryan, Parker (f) 84.2 85.0

Ht2 Lawson, Lowther, McGregor, Cullum 85.2 86.8

Ht3 Oliver, Crowther, Lindsay, Mason 83.4 84.2

Final Boyd, Lawson, Oliver, Crowther 84.0

Tiger Cubs v Giants

Frank Boyle (G), McIntosh (G), McKinlay (T), Bates (T)86.6

Reserve Rally

Downham, Sharples, Gurtner, Smith 85.4

Tiger Cubs v The Rest

Bates (T), McKinlay (T), Arlet (R), Riddell (R) 89.0

Friday 6th May 1949 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heath Cubs 56 Glasgow Tigers 27 (National League Division Two)

Cradley Heath

Les Beaumont 2’ 2’ 1 1 6 2

Gil Craven 3 0 3 2’ 8 1

Jack Arnfield 2’ 3 2’ N 7 2

Roy Moreton 3 X X 3 6

Eric Williams 1 2’ 2’ 3 8 2

Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12

Geoff Godwin 3 1 4

Bill Clifton 3 2’ 5 1

Glasgow

Will Lowther 1 2 1 1 5

Buck Ryan 0 1’ 0 F 1 1

Norman Lindsay 1 0 1 0 2

Junior Bainbridge 0 1 1 2 4

Gordon McGregor 0 2’ 2’ 0 4 2

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Joe Crowther 2 3 3 1 9

Billie Bates 0 0 0

Nobby Downham 0 2 2 Ht1 Craven, Beaumont, Lowther, Ryan 78.0 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Moreton, Arnfield, Lindsay, Bainbridge 77.4 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Hunt, Crowther, Williams, McGregor 74.8 4 2 14 4

Ht4 Godwin, Beaumont, Bainbridge, Bates 80.8 5 1 19 5

Ht5 Arnfield, Lowther, Ryan, Moreton (exc) 79.0 3 3 22 8

Ht6 Hunt, Williams, Bainbridge, Lindsay 75.8 5 1 27 9

Ht7 Crowther, McGregor, Beaumont, Craven 78.0 1 5 28 14

Ht8 Clifton, Arnfield, Lindsay, Downham 79.6 5 1 33 15

Ht9 Hunt, Williams, Lowther, Ryan 79.4 5 1 38 16

Ht10 Craven, Bainbridge, Beaumont, Lindsay 79.6 4 2 42 18

Ht11 Crowther, McGregor, Moreton (exc), Arnfield (nf)79.0 0 5 42 23

Ht12 Williams, Clifton, Lowther, Bates 78.8 5 1 47 24

Ht13 Moreton, Downham, Godwin, McGregor 81.4 4 2 51 26

Ht14 Hunt, Craven, Crowther, Ryan (f) 76.8 5 1 56 27

Wednesday 11th May 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 64 Southampton Saints 20 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow

Will Lowther 3 3 3 3 12

Nobby Downham 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 3

Junior Bainbridge 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2

Norman Lindsay 3 3 2’ 3 11 1

Gordon McGregor 2’ 3 E 3 8 1

Joe Crowther 3 2’ 3 3 11 1

Harold Fairhurst 2’ 1 3 1

Billie Bates 1 1 2

Southampton

Bob Oakley 2 1 2 2 7

Tom Oakley 0 0 1’ 0 1 1

Roy Craighead 1 1 2 1 5

Bill Grifffiths 0 1 0 0 1

Cecil Bailey 0 0 0 2 2

Jimmy Squibb 1 1 1 1 4

Phil Bishop X F 0

Alf Kaines 0 0 0 Ht1 Lowther, B.Oakley, Downham, T.Oakley 83.6 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Lindsay, Bainbridge, Craighead, Griffiths 82.4 5 1 9 3

Ht3 Crowther, McGregor, Squibb, Bailey 83.6 5 1 14 4

Ht4 Lowther, Fairhurst, Griffiths, Bishop (fexc) 84.8 5 1 19 5

Ht5 Lindsay, Bainbridge, B.Oakley, T.Oakley 82.4 5 1 24 6

Ht6 McGregor, Crowther, Craighead, Griffiths 83.0 5 1 29 7

Ht7 Lowther, Downham, Squibb, Bailey 84.8 5 1 34 8

Ht8 Bainbridge, Craighead, Bates, Kaines 83.8 4 2 38 10

Ht9 Crowther, B.Oakley, T.Oakley, McGregor (ef) 85.0 3 3 41 13

Ht10 Lowther, Downham, Craighead, Griffiths 84.8 5 1 46 14

Ht11 Bainbridge, Lindsay, Squibb, Bailey 83.6 5 1 51 15

Ht12 McGregor, B.Oakley, Bates, Bishop (f) 84.8 4 2 55 17

Ht13 Lindsay, Bailey, Fairhurst, Kaines 85.0 4 2 59 19

Ht14 Crowther, Downham, Squibb, T.Oakley 85.2 5 1 64 20

Scottish Match Race Challenge Cup

Round 1 Junior Bainbridge bt Ken Le Breton 81.4.

Round 2 Ken Le Breton bt Junior Bainbridge (ef) 84.6

Round 3 Ken Le Breton bt Junior Bainbridge (ef) 82.6

The Saint Mungo Trophy

Ht1 Lowther, McGregor, B.Oakley, Bailey 84.2

Ht2 Bainbridge, Fairhurst, Craighead, McIntosh 84.2

Ht3 Squibb, Crowther, T.Oakley, Downham 84.6

Ht4 Le Breton, Lindsay, Griffiths, Bates 82.8

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Final Le Breton, Bainbridge, Lowther, Squibb 83.2

Inter Cub Rally

Boyle, McIntosh, George Wyllie, McKinlay 86.0

Star Junior Scratch Heat

Boyle, McKinlay, Martin, Kaines 86.6

Thursday 12th May 1949 Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield

Sheffield Tigers 59 Glasgow Tigers 25 (National League Division Two)

Sheffield

Tommy Bateman 3 3 1 1 8

Stan Williams 0 3 3 2 8

Len Williams 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2

Tommy Allott 3 2’ 3 3 11 1

Bruce Semmens 3 3 3 3 12

Andy Menzies 1 2’ 2’ 1’ 6 3

Jack Bibby N 2’ 2 1

Ralph Horne 1 1 2

Glasgow

Will Lowther 2 1 1 2 6

Harold Fairhurst 1’ 0 0 0 1 1

Norman Lindsay 1 0 2 0 3

Junior Bainbridge 0 2 1 2 5

Gordon McGregor 0 0 0 1 1

Joe Crowther 2 2 1 3 8

Nobby Downham 1’ 0 1 1

Billie Bates 0 0 0 Ht1 Bateman, Lowther, Fairhurst, S.Williams 72.4 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Allott, L.Williams, Lindsay, Bainbridge 72.4 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Semmens, Crowther, Menzies, McGregor 70.2* 4 2 12 6

Ht4 Bateman, Bainbridge, Downham, Bibby (nf) 72.0 3 3 15 9

Ht5 L.Williams, Allott, Lowther, Fairhurst 72.6 5 1 20 10

Ht6 Semmens, Menzies, Bainbridge, Lindsay 73.8 5 1 25 11

Ht7 S.Williams, Crowther, Bateman, McGregor 70.8 4 2 29 13

Ht8 L.Williams, Lindsay, Horne, Bates 71.8 4 2 33 15

Ht9 Semmens, Menzies, Lowther, Fairhurst 71.8 5 1 38 16

Ht10 S.Williams, Bainbridge, Bateman, Lindsay 73.8 4 2 42 18

Ht11 Allott, L.Williams, Crowther, McGregor 72.0 5 1 47 19

Ht12 Semmens, Lowther, Horne, Downham 74.4 4 2 51 21

Ht13 Allott, Bibby, McGregor, Bates 74.2 5 1 56 22

Ht14 Crowther, S.Williams, Menzies, Fairhurst 72.2 3 3 59 25

Wednesday 18th May 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Atlantic Lions 58 Kangaroos 50 (Challenge)

Atlantic Lions

Wilbur Lamoreaux 2 3 E 2’ 3 2 12 1

Harold Fairhurst 1’ 2’ 2 0 2 7 2

Alan Hunt 1’ 1 E 1’ 3 2

Derek Close 3 3 3 1 2 12

Will Lowther 3 2’ 2 3 2 0 12 1

Gordon McGregor 1 2 1’ 2 0 6 1

Dennis Parker 2 2 0 4

Nobby Downham 1’ 1’ 2 2

Kangaroos

Graham Warren 3 3 3 3 3 3 18

Merv Harding F 0 E 2 0 2

Junior Bainbridge 2 1 2’ 3 3 1 12 1

Norman Lindsay 0 0 1’ 1 0 2 1

Jack Arnfield 1 1 1 3

Ken Le Breton E 0 0 3 2 5

Keith Gurtner 3 1 3 1 8

Gruff Garland 0 0 0

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Ht1 Warren, Lamoreaux, Fairhurst, Harding (f) 79.2* 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Lowther, Bainbridge, McGregor, Lindsay 82.8 4 2 7 5

Ht3 Close, Fairhurst, Arnfield, Le Breton (ef) 84.0 5 1 12 6

Ht4 Gurtner, Parker, Downham, Garland 84.6 3 3 15 9

Ht5 Close, Lowther, Bainbridge, Harding 83.6 5 1 20 10

Ht6 Lamoreaux, McGregor, Arnfield, Lindsay 82.8 5 1 25 11

Ht7 Warren, Lowther, Hunt, Le Breton 81.4 3 3 28 14

Ht8 Warren, Bainbridge Hunt, Lamoreaux (ef) 82.2 1 5 29 19

Ht9 Lowther, Lamoreaux, Gurtner, Harding (fef) 82.4 5 1 34 20

Ht10 Bainbridge, Fairhurst, McGregor, Le Breton 82.5 3 3 37 23

Ht11 Close, Harding, Lindsay, Hunt (ef) 84.2 3 3 40 26

Ht12 Warren, Lowther, Lindsay, Fairhurst 82.8 2 4 42 30

Ht13 Le Breton, McGregor, Hunt, Harding 84.4 3 3 45 33

Ht14 Gurtner, Parker, Downham, Garland 85.2 3 3 48 36

Ht15 Lamoreaux, Le Breton, Close, Lindsay 82.6 4 2 52 38

Ht16 Bainbridge, Fairhurst, Arnfield, Parker 84.6 2 4 54 42

Ht17 Warren, Close, Gurtner, McGregor 83.0 2 4 56 46

Ht18 Warren, Lamoreaux, Bainbridge, Lowther 80.2 2 4 58 50

The Atlantic Cup (Fastest Time Winner**)

Ht1 Gurtner, Bainbridge, Harding, Warren (et) 83.8

Ht2 Lamoreaux, Le Breton, Hunt, Fairhurst (ns) 82.4**

Ht3 Lowther, Close, McGregor, Lindsay 85.4

Wednesday 25th May 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 48 Norwich Stars 36 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow

Harold Fairhurst 1’ 3 1 1 6 1

Will Lowther 2 3 3 0 8

Gordon McGregor 1 1’ 3 3 8 1

Bat Byrnes 3 2 2’ 2 9 1

Norman Lindsay 1 1 1’ 2 5 1

Junior Bainbridge 3 3 2 1 9

Nobby Downham 1 1’ 2 1

Billie Bates 1 0 1

Norwich

Fred Rogers 0 0 1 1

Paddy Mills 3 3 3 3 12

Jack Freeman 2 0 2 F 4

Bob Leverenz 0 E 2 2 4

Bert Spencer 0 0 0

Phil Clarke 2 2 1 2’ 7 1

Sid Littlewood 2 0 3 3 8

Ted Bravery 0 F 0 0 Ht1 Mills, Lowther, Fairhurst, Rogers 81.8 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Byrnes, Freeman, McGregor, Leverenz 85.4 4 2 7 5

Ht3 Bainbridge, Clarke, Lindsay, Spencer 83.0 4 2 11 7

Ht4 Fairhurst, Littlewood, Downham, Leverenz (ef) 85.2 4 2 15 9

Ht5 Mills, Byrnes, McGregor, Rogers 83.6 3 3 18 12

Ht6 Bainbridge, Leverenz, Lindsay, Freeman 84.0 4 2 22 14

Ht7 Lowther, Clarke, Fairhurst, Spencer 84.0 4 2 26 16

Ht8 McGregor, Freeman, Bates, Bravery 85.0 4 2 30 18

Ht9 Mills, Bainbridge, Lindsay, Littlewood 84.0 3 3 33 21

Ht10 Lowther, Leverenz, Fairhurst, Freeman (f) 83.8 4 2 37 23

Ht11 McGregor, Byrnes, Clarke, Bravery (f) 84.0 5 1 42 24

Ht12 Littlewood, Lindsay, Rogers, Bates 84.2 2 4 44 28

Ht13 Littlewood, Byrnes, Downham, Bravery 84.6 3 3 47 31

Ht14 Mills, Clarke, Bainbridge, Lowther 83.2 1 5 48 36

The Tartan Trophy

Ht1 Mills, Leverenz, Bates, Byrnes 83.4

Ht2 Lindsay, Freeman, McGregor, Rogers 85.2

Ht3 Lowther, Fairhurst, Littlewood, Hunter 84.0

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Ht4 Bainbridge, Clarke, Downham, Bravery 83.4

Final Mills, Bainbridge, Lowther, Lindsay 82.8

Cub Rally

McKinlay, McIntosh, Yates, Fred Rowe 83.4

Novice Rally

McKinlay, Martin, William Gordon, George Taverner 87.0

Wednesday 1st June 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 27 Bristol Bulldogs 57 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow

Harold Fairhurst 0 0 0 0

Will Lowther 2 1 1 0 4

Gordon McGregor F 0 0 1 1

Bat Byrnes 3 3 F 3 9

Norman Lindsay 0 1’ 0 3 4 1

Junior Bainbridge 3 2 1 1 7

Nobby Downham 1 0 0 1

Billie Bates 1 0 1

Bristol

Mike Beddoe 3 1’ 3 2 9 1

Billy Hole 1 2 2’ 2’ 7 2

Eric Salmon 2 3 3 2’ 10 1

Roger Wise 1’ 2’ 0 3 6 2

Jack Mountford 1’ 3 3 2 9 1

Fred Tuck 2 2’ 2’ 3 9 2

Johnny Hole 3 1’ 4 1

Dick Bradley 2’ 1’ 3 2 Ht1 Beddoe, Lowther, B.Hole, Fairhurst 81.8 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Byrnes, Salmon, Wise, McGregor (f) 81.6 3 3 5 7

Ht3 Bainbridge, Tuck, Mountford, Lindsay 82.0 3 3 8 10

Ht4 J.Hole, Wise, Downham, Fairhurst 84.0 1 5 9 15

Ht5 Byrnes, B.Hole, Beddoe, McGregor 81.6 3 3 12 18

Ht6 Salmon, Bainbridge, Lindsay, Wise 81.6 3 3 15 21

Ht7 Mountford, Tuck, Lowther, Fairhurst 82.6 1 5 16 26

Ht8 Salmon, Bradley, Bates, McGregor 83.6 1 5 17 31

Ht9 Beddoe, B.Hole, Bainbridge, Lindsay 82.2 1 5 18 36

Ht10 Wise, Salmon, Lowther, Downham 83.8 1 5 19 41

Ht11 Mountford, Tuck, McGregor, Byrnes (f) 82.8 1 5 20 46

Ht12 Lindsay, Beddoe, J.Hole, Bates 83.0 3 3 23 49

Ht13 Byrnes, Mountford, Bradley, Downham 82.4 3 3 26 52

Ht14 Tuck, B.Hole, Bainbridge, Lowther 83.8 1 5 27 57

First of June Trophy

Ht1 Tuck, Mountford, Fairhurst, Byrnes (f) 84.6 85.0

Ht2 Lowther, Lindsay, Beddoe, Salmon (f) 83.6 83.6

Ht3 Bainbridge, Wise, McGregor , B.Hole 82.8 84.2

Final Tuck, Bainbridge, Lowther, Lindsay 83.0

Tiger Cub Rally

Bradley, Bates, McKinlay, Murphy (f) 85.2

Reserve Rally

J. Hole, Downham, Bates, McKinlay 84.6

Up and Coming Race

Yates, McIntosh, Rowe, Robertson (f) 88.4

Wednesday 8th June 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 54 Cradley Heath Cubs 30 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow

Will Lowther 2 2’ 3 2’ 9 2

Norman Lindsay 0 2’ 3 0 5 1

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Gordon McGregor 2’ 2 3 0 7 1

Junior Bainbridge 3 1’ 3 3 10 1

Nobby Downham 1 1 0 2

Bat Byrnes 3 3 3 3 12

Harold Fairhurst 3 3 2’ 8 1

Ken McKinlay 1 0 1

Cradley Heath

Eric Williams 1 0 1’ 1’ 3 2

Alan Hunt 3 3 2 2 10

Geoff Godwin 0 2 2 0 4

Phil Malpass 1 0 0 1 2

Jack Arnfield F 0 E 0

Glibert Craven 2 1 2 1’ 6 1

Bill Clifton 1 1’ 2 4 1

Bill Kemp X 1 1 Ht1 Hunt, Lowther, Williams, Lindsay 81.6 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Bainbridge, McGregor, Malpass, Godwin 84.0 5 1 7 5

Ht3 Byrnes, Craven, Downham, Arnfield (f) 82.0 4 2 11 7

Ht4 Fairhurst, Lowther, Clifton, Malpass 83.6 5 1 16 8

Ht5 Hunt, McGregor, Bainbridge, Williams 82.4 3 3 19 11

Ht6 Byrnes, Godwin, Downham, Malpass 83.4 4 2 23 13

Ht7 Lowther, Lindsay, Craven, Arnfield 83.6 5 1 28 14

Ht8 McGregor, Godwin, McKinlay, Kemp (exctps) 83.6 4 2 32 16

Ht9 Byrnes, Hunt, Williams, Downham 81.2 3 3 35 19

Ht10 Lindsay, Lowther, Malpass, Godwin 84.2 5 1 40 20

Ht11 Bainbridge, Craven, Clifton, McGregor 83.0 3 3 43 23

Ht12 Fairhurst, Clifton, Williams, McKinlay 84.0 3 3 46 26

Ht13 Bainbridge, Fairhurst, Kemp, Arnfield (ef) 82.6 5 1 51 27

Ht14 Byrnes, Hunt, Craven, Lindsay 81.8 3 3 54 30

Govan Trophy

Ht1 McGregor, Lowther, Hunt, Malpass 83.3 84.0

Ht2 Byrnes, Godwin, Lindsay, Arnfield 82.0 83.6

Ht3 Bainbridge, Downham, Williams, Craven 82.6 84.0

Final Bainbridge, Byrnes, Godwin, McGregor 82.2

Reserve Race

Fairhurst, Kemp, Clifton, McKinlay 83.8

Newcomers Race

Bob King, Fred Rowe, Monteith, Bob Fisher 89.2

Tiger Cub Scurry

McIntosh, Yates, King, McKinlay (ef) 88.0

Wednesday 15th June 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 67 Norwich Stars 41 (National Trophy First Leg)

Glasgow

Norman Lindsay 2’ 1 3 2 1 9 1

Will Lowther 3 2 2’ 3 3 1 14 1

Nobby Downham 0 N 0

Bat Byrnes F 2 3 3 2’ 10 1

Gordon McGregor 2 2’ 1 1’ 2’ 8 3

Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 2 3 3 17

Harold Fairhurst 3 1’ 1’ 1’ 0 2 8 3

Ken McKinlay 1 0 1

Norwich

Jack Freeman 1 F 1’ 0 2 1

Paddy Mills 0 X 0

Phil Clarke 2 3 1 1 1 8

Sid Littlewood 1’ 0 2 2 0 5 1

Bob Leverenz 1 3 0 3 2 2 11

Bert Spencer 3 2 3 F 1 0 9

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Alec Hunter 2 0 0 0 1 3

Fred Rogers 0 0 3 Ht1 Lowther, Lindsay, Freeman, Mills 84.4 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Bainbridge, Clarke, Littlewood, Downham 81.8 3 3 8 4

Ht3 Spencer, Lowther, Leverenz, Byrnes (f) 82.6 2 4 10 8

Ht4 Fairhurst, Hunter, McKinlay, Rogers (frmtd) 83.6 4 2 14 10

Ht5 Clarke, Byrnes, Fairhurst, Mills (fexc) (RR) 81.6 3 3 17 13

Ht6 Bainbridge, Spencer, Lindsay, Littlewood 81.4 4 2 21 15

Ht7 Leverenz, McGregor, Fairhurst, Freeman (f) 84.4 3 3 24 18

Ht8 Lindsay, McGregor, Clarke, Hunter 84.2 5 1 29 19

Ht9 Spencer, Lindsay, Fairhurst, Rogers 82.6 3 3 32 22

Ht10 Bainbridge, Lowther, Clarke, Leverenz 83.2 5 1 37 23

Ht11 Byrnes, Littlewood, McGregor, Hunter 82.4 4 2 41 25

Ht12 Lowther, Littlewood, Freeman, Fairhurst 84.0 3 3 44 28

Ht13 Leverenz, Bainbridge, McGregor, Hunter 82.8 3 3 47 31

Ht14 Rogers, Fairhurst, Hunter, McKinlay 85.2 2 4 49 35 Ht15 Byrnes, Leverenz, Lindsay, Littlewood 83.4 4 2 53 37

Ht16 Lowther, McGregor, Clarke, Spencer (f) 84.4 5 1 58 38

Ht17 Bainbridge, Byrnes, Spencer, Freeman 83.0 5 1 63 39

Ht18 Bainbridge, Leverenz, Lowther, Spencer 83.0 4 2 67 41

Reserves Race

Fairhurst, Rogers, Hunter, McKinlay 84.8

Tiger Cub Scurry

Lazarus, Rowe, Joe Ferguson, McKinlay 91.6

Saturday 18th June 1949 Firs Stadium, Norwich

Norwich Stars 71 Glasgow Tigers 36 (National Trophy Second Leg)

Norwich

Fred Rogers 3 2’ 1’ 0 3 9 2

Phil Clarke 2’ 2 1 2’ 1’ 8 3

Bert Spencer 3 2 3 3 3 2’ 16 1

Sid Littlewood 0 0 2’ N 2 1

Bob Leverenz 2’ 2 3 2 2 3 14 1

Ted Bravery 1 3 3 1’ 3 11 1

Jack Freeman 3 3 1 7

Alec Hunter 2’ 2’ 4 2

Glasgow

Will Lowther 1 0 0 1 2 4

Norman Lindsay 0 1 2 0 0 3

Bat Byrnes 2 3 3 0 3 1 12

Nobby Downham 0 2 2

Junior Bainbridge 3 1 2 3 N 0 9

Gordon McGregor 1 1 1’ 0 0 3 1

Harold Fairhurst 1 0 1 0 1 3

Ken McKinlay 0 0 0 Ht1 Rogers, Clarke, Lowther, Lindsay 76.6 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Spencer, Byrnes, Bravery, Downham 76.4 4 2 9 3

Ht3 Bainbridge, Clarke, McGregor, Littlewood 77.8 2 4 11 7

Ht4 Freeman, Hunter, Fairhurst, McKinlay 79.4 5 1 16 8

Ht5 Byrnes, Spencer, Lindsay, Littlewood 76.2 2 4 18 12

Ht6 Bravery, Rogers, McGregor, Fairhurst 77.4 5 1 23 13

Ht7 Spencer, Leverenz, Bainbridge, Lowther 76.8 5 1 28 14

Ht8 Byrnes, Leverenz, Rogers, Lowther 76.8 3 3 31 17

Ht9 Spencer, Lindsay, McGregor, Rogers 78.8 3 3 34 20

Ht10 Bravery, Bainbridge, Clarke, Byrnes 78.0 4 2 38 22

Ht11 Leverenz, Littlewood, Fairhurst, Lindsay 78.8 5 1 43 23

Ht12 Spencer, Clarke, Lowther, Fairhurst 77.4 5 1 48 24

Ht13 Bainbridge, Leverenz, Bravery, Lindsay 78.0 3 3 51 27

Ht14 Freeman, Hunter, Fairhurst, McKinlay 80.4 5 1 56 28

Ht15 Rogers, Downham,Littlewood (nf), Bainbridge(nf) 80.2 3 2 59 30

Ht16 Byrnes, Leverenz, Clarke, McGregor 78.4 3 3 62 33

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Ht17 Bravery, Lowther, Freeman, McGregor 78.8 4 2 66 35

Ht18 Leverenz, Spencer, Byrnes, Bainbridge 78.4 5 1 71 36

Wednesday 22nd June 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 52 Ashfield Giants 32 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow

Norman Lindsay 2’ 3 2’ 0 7 2

Will Lowther 3 3 2 3 11

Bat Byrnes 2 3 3 3 11

Harold Fairhurst 0 2’ 2’ 3 7 2

Junior Bainbridge E 3 E 3 6

Gordon McGregor 2 1 2 E 5

Nobby Downham 2’ 1 3 1

Ken McKinlay 1 1 2

Ashfield

Norman Evans 0 0 1 2 3

Keith Gurtner 1 1 3 2 7

Ken Le Breton 3 2 2 3 10

Alex Grant 1 1 0 1 3

Merv Harding 3 1 1 2 7

Maurice Stobbart 1 0 0 1’ 2 1

Willie Wilson F 0 0

Gruff Garland F 0 0 Ht1 Lowther, Lindsay, Gurtner, Evans 83.2 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Le Breton, Byrnes, Grant, Fairhurst 81.4 2 4 7 5

Ht3 Harding, McGregor, Stobbart, Bainbridge (ef) 84.0 2 4 9 9

Ht4 Lindsay, Downham, Grant, Wilson (f) 83.6 5 1 14 10

Ht5 Byrnes, Fairhurst, Gurtner, Evans 82.2 5 1 19 11

Ht6 Bainbridge, Le Breton, McGregor, Grant 83.0 4 2 23 13

Ht7 Lowther, Lindsay, Harding, Stobbart 83.8 5 1 28 14

Ht8 Byrnes, Le Breton, McKinlay, Garland (f) 82.6 4 2 32 16

Ht9 Gurtner, McGregor, Evans, Bainbridge (ef) 83.8 2 4 34 20

Ht10 Le Breton, Lowther, Grant, Lindsay 83.2 2 4 36 24

Ht11 Byrnes, Fairhurst, Harding, Stobbart 84.0 5 1 41 25

Ht12 Bainbridge, Evans, McKinlay, Wilson 84.2 4 2 45 27

Ht13 Fairhurst, Harding, Downham, Garland 84.2 4 2 49 29

Ht14 Lowther, Gurtner, Stobbart, McGregor (ef) 84.6 3 3 52 32

The All Glasgow Cup

Ht1 Byrnes, Lindsay, Gurtner, Wilson 83.8

Ht2 Le Breton, McGregor, Ryan, Stobart 84.0

Ht3 Bainbridge, Harding, Fairhurst, Grant 83.2

Ht4 Lowther, Downham, Evans, Garland 85.0

Final Le Breton, Bainbridge, Byrnes, Lowther 82.2

Cub Scurry

McIntosh, Lazarus, Rowe, Ferguson (f) 88.0

Consolation Race

Ryan, McKinlay, McIntosh, Riddell 86.4

Wednesday 29th June 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 51 Newcastle Magpies 32 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow

Norman Lindsay 2 3 2 1’ 8 1

Will Lowther 1’ 1’ 2 1 5 2

Gordon McGregor 1 1 3 2’ 7 1

Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 12

Harold Fairhurst 1 0 1 3 5

Bat Byrnes 3 3 3 3 12

Nobby Downham F 1 1

Ken McKinlay 1 0 1

Newcastle

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Ernie Brecknell 0 0 1 1

Frank Hodgson 3 2 2 2 9

Wilf Jay 2 2 2 0 6

Derek Close 0 2 1’ 3 6 1

Herby King 0 0 0 2 2

Jack Hodgson 2 3 1 0 6

Son Mitchell F 0 2 2

Joe Arthur F 0 0

Ht1 F.Hodgson, Lindsay, Lowther, Brecknell 85.6 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Bainbridge, Jay, McGregor, Close 81.4 4 2 7 5

Ht3 Byrnes, J.Hodgson, Fairhurst, King 83.6 4 2 11 7

Ht4 Lindsay, Close (frmtd), Downham (f), Mitchell (f)83.0 3 2 14 9

Ht5 Bainbridge, F. Hodgson, McGregor, Brecknell 81.6 4 2 18 11

Ht6 Byrnes, Jay, Close, Fairhurst 81.8 3 3 21 14

Ht7 J.Hodgson, Lindsay, Lowther, King 84.0 3 3 24 17

Ht8 McGregor, Jay, McKinlay, Arthur (f) 83.8 4 2 28 19

Ht9 Byrnes, F.Hodgson, Fairhurst, Mitchell 82.2 4 2 32 21

Ht10 Close, Lowther, Lindsay, Jay 83.0 3 3 35 24

Ht11 Bainbridge, McGregor, J.Hodgson, King 82.8 5 1 40 25

Ht12 Fairhurst, Mitchell, Brecknell, McKinlay 85.6 3 3 43 28

Ht13 Bainbridge, King, Downham, Arthur 83.4 4 2 47 30

Ht14 Byrnes, F.Hodgson, Lowther, J.Hodgson 82.6 4 2 51 32

The Paisley Cup

Ht1 Lowther, J.Hodgson, Fairhurst, Mitchell 89.2

Ht2 Byrnes, F.Hodgson, McGregor, King 85.0

Ht3 Close, Lindsay, McKinlay, Ryan 83.4

Ht4 Bainbridge, Downham, Jay, Brecknell 83.4

Final Bainbridge, Byrnes, Close, Lowther 83.2

Tiger Cub Rally

Bob King, Lazarus, Fred Rowe, Ferguson 89.2

Consolation Race

Ryan, McIntosh, Arlet, Lawson (f) 87.0

Wednesday 6th July 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

World Championship Third Round

Jack Young 2 2 2 1 3 10

Frank Bettis 0 1 0 0 2 3

Olle Nygren 3 2 3 2 2 12

Brian Wilson 1 0 0 1 1 3

Ron Mason 3 0 0 3 E 6

Geoff Bennett F 3 3 3 3 12

Wilf Jay 1 0 1 1 1 4

Ken Adams 2 2 1 0 1 6

Derek Close 1 2 0 2 2 7

Kid Curtis 0 0 2 1 E 3

Jimmy Squibb 2 1 2 2 2 9

Gordon McGregor 3 3 2 1 1 10

Howdy Byford E 3 3 3 F 9

Gil Craven 3 1 3 2 3 12

Charlie May X 3 3 E 3 9

Buck Ryan 2 1 1 F 0 4

Ken McKinlay (Res) DNR

Ht1 Nygren, Young, Wilson, Bettis 80.8

Ht2 Mason, Adams, Jay, Bennett (f) 82.0

Ht3 McGregor, Squibb, Close, Curtis 84.2

Ht4 Craven, Ryan, Byford (ef), May (exctps) 83.0

Ht5 Byford, Close, Bettis, Mason 83.0

Ht6 Bennett, Young, Craven, Curtis 81.8

Ht7 May, Nygren, Squibb, Jay 82.8

Ht8 McGregor, Adams, Ryan, Wilson 83.6

Ht9 Bennett, Squibb, Ryan, Bettis 83.2

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Ht10 May, Young, McGregor, Mason 82.8

Ht11 Craven, McGregor, Jay, Bettis 83.0

Ht12 Byford, Curtis, Jay, Wilson 83.4

Ht13 Nygren, Craven, Adams, Close 82.4

Ht14 Byford, Squibb, Young, Adams 84.6

Ht15 Mason, Nygren, Curtis, Ryan (f) 83.6

Ht16 Bennett, Close, Wilson, May (ef) 82.4

Ht17 May, Bettis, Adams, Curtis (ef) 84.2

Ht18 Young, Close, Jay, Ryan 82.6

Ht19 Bennett, Nygren McGregor, Byford (f) 82.6

Ht20 Craven Squibb, Wilson, Mason (ef) 84.6

Run Off For First Place : Bennett, Craven, Nygren (f) 82.4

Saturday 9th July 1949 Brandon Stadium, Coventry

Coventry Bees 45 Glasgow Tigers 39 (National League Division Two)

Coventry

Bob Fletcher 3 3 2 3 11

Ed Pye 1 0 0 0 1

Lionel Levy 0 1’ 2’ 3 6 2

Jack White 3 2 E 1’ 6 1

Jack Gordon 1 1 2

Bert Lacey 3 3 0 1 7

John Yates 2’ E 2’ 2 6 2

Les Hewitt 3 3 6

Glasgow

Will Lowther 0 0 1 2 3

Joe Crowther 2 3 3 2’ 10 1

Norman Lindsay 1’ 1’ 1 3 2

Bat Byrnes 2 1 2 2 7

Gordon McGregor E 1 1’ 3 5 1

Junior Bainbridge 2 3 2 3 10

Harold Fairhurst 0 1’ 0 1 1

Buck Ryan F 0 0 Ht1 Fletcher, Crowther, Pye, Lowther 76.3 4 2 4 2

Ht2 White, Byrnes, Lindsay, Levy 78.3 3 3 7 5

Ht3 Lacey, Bainbridge, Gordon, McGregor (ef) 86.2 4 2 11 7

Ht4 Fletcher, Yates, Byrnes, Fairhurst 78.3 5 1 16 8

Ht5 Crowther, White, Levy, Lowther 78.0 3 3 19 11

Ht6 Lacey, Byrnes, Lindsay, Yates (ef) 78.0 3 3 22 14

Ht7 Bainbridge, Fletcher, McGregor, Pye 77.4 2 4 24 18

Ht8 Hewitt, Levy, Lindsay, Ryan (f) 79.0 5 1 29 19

Ht9 Crowther, Yates, Lowther, Lacey 77.4 2 4 31 23

Ht10 Fletcher, Byrnes, Fairhurst, Pye 79.0 3 3 34 26

Ht11 Levy, Bainbridge, McGregor, White (ef) 77.1 3 3 37 29

Ht12 Hewitt, Lowther, Gordon, Fairhurst 79.0 4 2 41 31

Ht13 McGregor, Yates, White, Ryan 78.3 3 3 44 34

Ht14 Bainbridge, Crowther, Lacey, Pye 77.4 1 5 45 39

Wednesday 13th July 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 48 Edinburgh Monarchs 34 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow

Will Lowther 3 3 1 2 9

Joe Crowther 2’ 3 1’ 3 9 2

Bat Byrnes 2 3 2 0 7

Norman Lindsay 1’ 2’ 1 1’ 5 3

Gordon McGregor F 2 3 2 7

Junior Bainbridge 2 1’ 2’ 1 6 2

Nobby Downham 2’ 2 4 1

Buck Ryan 1’ 0 1 1

Edinburgh

Dennis Parker 1 1 0 3 5

Clem Mitchell 0 0 1 0 1

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Dick Campbell 3 3 3 3 12

Bill Baird 0 1 0 0 1

Harold Fairhurst 3 2 3 3 11

Jack Young E 0 2’ 2 4 1

Don Cuppleditch 0 F 0

Tommy Lack 0 0 0

Ht1 Lowther, Crowther, Parker, Mitchell 84.8 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Campbell, Byrnes, Lindsay, Baird 84.0 3 3 8 4

Ht3 Fairhurst, Bainbridge, McGregor (f), Young (ef) 85.8 2 3 10 7

Ht4 Lowther, Downham, Baird, Cuppleditch 85.8 5 1 15 8

Ht5 Byrnes, Lindsay, Parker, Mitchell 87.6 5 1 20 9

Ht6 Campbell, McGregor, Bainbridge, Baird 85.2 3 3 23 12

Ht7 Crowther, Fairhurst, Lowther, Young 84.8 4 2 27 14

Ht8 Campbell, Byrnes, Ryan, Lack 86.4 3 3 30 17

Ht9 McGregor, Bainbridge, Mitchell, Parker 86.2 5 1 35 18

Ht10 Campbell, Lowther, Crowther, Baird 86.0 3 3 38 21

Ht11 Fairhurst, Young, Lindsay, Byrnes 85.4 1 5 39 26

Ht12 Parker, McGregor, Ryan (nf), Cuppleditch (f) 88.8 2 3 41 29

Ht13 Fairhurst, Downham, Lindsay, Lack 87.8 3 3 44 32

Ht14 Crowther, Young, Bainbridge, Mitchell 86.2 4 2 48 34

Consolation Race

McKinlay, Lack, Bob King, Downham 91.0

The Clarkston Cup

Ht1 Lowther, McGregor, Mitchell, Baird 87.0

Ht2 Campbell, Fairhurst, Byrnes, McKinlay 86.4

Ht3 Crowther, Ryan, Parker, Downham 90.0

Ht4 Bainbridge, Young, Lindsay, Cuppleditch 89.0

Final Campbell, [ Lowther, Bainbridge,] Crowther (f)87.2

Tiger Cub Rally

McIntosh, ?, Eric Nicholl, Rowe 91.0 ????

Tuesday 19th July 1949 Saracen Park, Glasgow

Ashfield Giants 51 Glasgow Tigers 33 (National League Division Two)

Ashfield

Norman Evans 0 2 0 2’ 4 1

Keith Gurtner 3 3 3 2 11

Ken Le Breton 3 3 3 3 12

Alec Grant 2’ 1 2’ 1’ 6 2

Merv Harding 3 3 3 3 12

Willie Wilson F 0 1 1

Gruff Garland 1’ F 2 3

Eric Liddell 1 1 2

Glasgow

Will Lowther 1 2 2 2 7

Joe Crowther 2 0 1’ 0 3 1

Norman Lindsay 0 1’ 2 1 4 1

Buck Ryan 1 3 2 F 6

Junior Bainbridge 1’ 1’ 1 3 6 2

Gordon McGregor 2 2 0 3 7

Nobby Downham 0 0 0

Ken McKinlay 0 0 0 Ht1 Gurtner, Crowther, Lowther, Evans 68.2 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Le Breton, Grant, Ryan, Lindsay 67.8 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Harding, McGregor, Bainbridge, Wilson (f) 68.2 3 3 11 7

Ht4 Ryan, Evans, Garland, Downham 68.4 3 3 14 10

Ht5 Le Breton, Lowther, Grant, Crowther 68.0 4 2 18 12

Ht6 Harding, Ryan, Lindsay, Wilson 67.8 3 3 21 15

Ht7 Gurtner, McGregor, Bainbridge, Evans 67.2 3 3 24 18

Ht8 Le Breton, Lindsay, Liddell, McKinlay 67.8 4 2 28 20

Ht9 Harding, Lowther, Crowther, Garland (f) 67.6 3 3 31 23

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Ht10 Gurtner, Evans, Lindsay, Ryan (f) 67.8 5 1 36 24

Ht11 Le Breton, Grant, Bainbridge, McGregor 66.6 5 1 41 25

Ht12 Harding, Lowther, Liddell, Downham 68.0 4 2 45 27

Ht13 Bainbridge, Garland, Grant, McKinlay 67.8 3 3 48 30

Ht14 McGregor, Gurtner, Wilson, Crowther 67.4 3 3 51 33

Wednesday 20th July 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 45 Sheffield Tigers 39 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow

Buck Ryan 0 1’ 1’ 0 2 2

Will Lowther 3 2 2 3 10

Junior Bainbridge 3 0 E 1 4

Gordon McGregor 2’ 1 3 3 9 1

Norman Lindsay 3 1 3 2 9

Joe Crowther 2’ 3 2 1 8 1

Nobby Downham 2 0 2

Ken McKinlay 1 0 1

Sheffield

Stan Williams 2 2’ 0 3 7 1

Jack Chignell 1’ 3 1 F 5 1

Tommy Allott F 0 2 1 3

Andy Menzies 1 3 2 3 9

Len Williams 1 0 0 2 3

Tommy Bateman 0 3 2 2 7

Jack Bibby 0 1 1

Alf Parker 3 1’ 4 1 Ht1 Lowther, S.Williams, Chignell, Ryan 84.2 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Bainbridge, McGregor, Menzies, Allott (f) 81.2 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Lindsay, Crowther, L.Williams, Bateman 84.6 5 1 13 5

Ht4 Menzies, Downham, Ryan, Bibby 87.0 3 3 16 8

Ht5 Chignell, S.Williams, McGregor, Bainbridge 84.6 1 5 17 13

Ht6 Crowther, Menzies, Lindsay, Allott 84.0 4 2 21 15

Ht7 Bateman, Lowther, Ryan, L.Williams 85.6 3 3 24 18

Ht8 Parker, Allott, McKinlay, Bainbridge (ef) 87.0 1 5 25 23

Ht9 Lindsay, Crowther, Chignell, S.Williams 84.2 5 1 30 24

Ht10 Menzies, Lowther, Allott, Ryan 85.6 2 4 32 28

Ht11 McGregor, Bateman, Bainbridge, L.Williams 85.2 4 2 36 30

Ht12 S.Williams, Lindsay, Bibby, McKinlay 84.2 2 4 38 34

Ht13 McGregor, L.Williams, Parker, Downham 84.0 3 3 41 37

Ht14 Lowther, Bateman, Crowther, Chignell (f) 85.2 4 2 45 39

Rocket Bike Demonstration

Joe Crowther 87.0

Junior Bainbridge 83.8

The Rocket Trophy

Ht1 Lindsay, Bateman, McGregor, Allott 83.8

Ht2 S.Williams, Lowther, Ryan, Bibby (exctapes) 84.4

Ht3 Menzies, Crowther, Chignell, McKinlay 85.6

Ht4 L.Williams, McIntosh, Bainbridge, Downham 86.4

Final S.Williams, Lindsay, L.Williams, Menzies (f) 85.6

Consolation Race

McIntosh, Parker. King, Jones, Fred Yates (ns) 87.4

Novice Scurry

Ferguson, Eric Patterson, Jimmy Reid, Rowe 95.8

Saturday 23rd July 1949 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh

Edinburgh Monarchs 61 Glasgow Tigers 23 (National League Division Two)

Edinburgh

Dennis Parker 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 9 3

Clem Mitchell 1 3 3 2’ 9 1

Dick Campbell 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2

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Harold Fairhurst 1 3 1 2 7

Jack Young 3 3 3 3 12

Don Cuppleditch 1 2’ 2’ 2 7 2

Danny Lee 3 E 3

Bill Baird 3 1’ 4 1

Glasgow

Will Lowther 2 0 1 3 6

Norman Lindsay 0 1 0 1 2

Joe Crowther 2 1 1 1 5

Buck Ryan 0 1 0 0 1

Gordon McGregor 2 1 0 3 6

Junior Bainbridge 0 0 2 0 2

Nobby Downham 0 0 0

Ken McKinlay 0 1 1

Ht1 Parker, Lowther, Mitchell, Lindsay 70.6 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Campbell, Crowther, Fairhurst, Ryan 70.4 4 2 8 4

Ht3 Young, McGregor, Cuppleditch, Bainbridge 69.4 4 2 12 6

Ht4 Lee, Parker, Ryan, Downham 73.4 5 1 17 7

Ht5 Fairhurst, Campbell, Lindsay,Lowther 72.0 5 1 22 8

Ht6 Young, Cuppleditch, Crowther, Ryan 69.6 5 1 27 9

Ht7 Mitchell, Parker, McGregor, Bainbridge 73.0 5 1 32 10

Ht8 Baird, Campbell, Crowther, McKinlay 73.0 5 1 37 11

Ht9 Young, Cuppleditch, Lowther, Lindsay 72.4 5 1 42 12

Ht10 Mitchell, Parker, Crowther, Ryan 73.6 5 1 47 13

Ht11 Campbell, Bainbridge, Fairhurst, McGregor 71.0 4 2 51 15

Ht12 Lowther, Cuppleditch, Baird, Downham 73.2 3 3 54 18

Ht13 McGregor, Fairhurst, McKinlay, Lee (ef) 71.4 2 4 56 22

Ht14 Young, Mitchell, Lindsay, Bainbridge 73.0 5 1 61 23

Wednesday 27th July 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 49 Ashfield Giants 35 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow

Buck Ryan 3 3 3 E 9

Will Lowther E 1 1 2 4

Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 12

Gordon McGregor 1 1 2’ 2 6 1

Joe Crowther 3 3 3 0 9

Norman Lindsay 1 E 2’ 1’ 4 2

Alf McIntosh 0 1 1

Ken McKinlay 1 3 4

Ashfield

Norman Evans 1’ 0 0 2 3 1

Keith Gurtner 2 2 1 3 8

Ken Le Breton 2 1’ 2 3 8 1

Alec Grant F 2 2 2’ 6 1

Merv Harding 2 2 1 3 8

Eric Liddell 0 0 0 0 0

Gruff Garland 1’ 1’ 2 2

Willie Wilson 0 F 0 Ht1 Ryan, Gurtner, Evans, Lowther (ef) 84.2 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Bainbridge, Le Breton, McGregor, Grant (f) 82.0 4 2 7 5

Ht3 Crowther, Harding, Lindsay, Liddell 83.2 4 2 11 7

Ht4 Ryan, Grant, Garland, McIntosh 85.8 3 3 14 10

Ht5 Bainbridge, Gurtner, McGregor, Evans 83.0 4 2 18 12

Ht6 Crowther, Grant, Le Breton, Lindsay (ef) 84.0 3 3 21 15

Ht7 Ryan, Harding, Lowther, Liddell 84.6 4 2 25 17

Ht8 Bainbridge, Le Breton, McKinlay, Wilson 83.0 4 2 29 19

Ht9 Crowther, Lindsay, Gurtner, Evans 84.4 5 1 34 20

Ht10 Le Breton, Grant, Lowther, Ryan (ef) 84.6 1 5 35 25

Ht11 Bainbridge, McGregor, Harding, Liddell 83.4 5 1 40 26

Ht12 McKinlay, Evans, Garland, Crowther 85.6 3 3 43 29

Ht13 Harding, McGregor, McIntosh, Wilson (f) 85.0 3 3 46 32

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Ht14 Gurtner, Lowther, Lindsay, Liddell 84.2 3 3 49 35

Scottish Match Race Challenge Cup Decider

Ken Le Breton bt Jack Young 83.0

Jack Young bt Ken Le Breton (ef) 82.4

Jack Young bt Ken Le Breton 83.2

The “Derby” Trophy

Ht1 Gurtner, Grant, Crowther, Downham 84.4

Ht2 Harding, McGregor, McKinlay, Garland 83.4

Ht3 Bainbridge, Lindsay, Young, Evans 82.2

Ht4 Le Breton, Lowther, McIntosh, Ryan (f) 84.2

Final Bainbridge, Le Breton, Harding, Gurtner 83.0

Tiger Cub Rally

Lazarus, Ginger Whetnall, Rowe (f), Ferguson (nf) 89.0

Consolation Race

Liddell, Downham, Whetnell, Wilson (f) 86.4

Saturday 30th July 1949 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh

Edinburgh Monarchs 30 Glasgow Tigers 24

Newcastle Magpies 22 Sheffield Tigers 19

Edinburgh

Clem Mitchell 3 2 1 0 6

Dick Campbell 3 3 3 3 12

Jack Young F 3 3 2 8

Harold Fairhurst 2 1 1 0 4

Total 30

Glasgow

Will Lowther 0 0 2 2 4

Joe Crowther F 2 2 3 7

Junior Bainbridge 0 0 3 0 3

Gordon McGregor 3 3 1 3 10

Total 24

Newcastle

Frank Hodgson 2 0 0 2 4

Wilf Jay 1 2 3 1 7

Derek Close 2 2 2 1 7

Herby King 0 0 1 3 4

Total 22

Sheffield

Tommy Bateman 3 1 0 1 5

Len Williams 2 2 1 2 7

Stan Williams 1 1 3 0 5

Tommy Allott 1 0 0 1 2

Total 19 ED GL NC SH Ht1 Bateman, Hodgson, Young (f), Crowther (f) 73.6 0 0 2 3

Ht2 Campbell, L.Williams, Jay, Lowther 70.2 3 0 1 5

Ht3 Mitchell, Close, S.Williams, Bainbridge 71.2 6 0 5 6

Ht4 McGregor, Fairhurst, Allott, King 71.8 8 3 5 7

Ht5 Young, Close, Allott, Lowther 72.0 11 3 7 8

Ht6 Campbell, Crowther, S.Williams, King 70.0 14 5 7 9

Ht7 Young, Bainbridge, L.Williams, King 70.8 17 5 8 11

Ht8 Bainbridge,Jay, Fairhurst, Allott 72.6 18 8 10 11

Ht9 McGregor, Mitchell, L.Williams, Hodgson 72.0 20 11 10 12

Ht10 Campbell, Close, McGregor, Allott 72.0 23 12 12 12

Ht11 Jay, Crowther, Mitchell, Bateman 73.0 24 14 15 12

Ht12 S.Williams, Lowther, Fairhurst, Hodgson 74.2 25 16 15 15

Ht13 McGregor, Young, Jay, S.Williams 72.2 27 19 16 15

Ht14 Campbell, Hodgson, Bateman, Bainbridge 73.6 30 19 18 16

Ht15 King, Lowther, Allott, Mitchell 74.0 30 21 21 17

Ht16 Crowther, L.Williams, Close, Fairhurst 74.6 30 24 22 19

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Monday 1st August 1949 Highbury Avenue Sports Stadium, Fleetwood

Fleetwood Flyers 38 Glasgow Tigers 46 (National League Division Two)

Fleetwood

George Newton 0 0 0 0

Ernie Appleby 3 3 3 3 12

Norman Hargreaves 3 3 3 1 10

Larry Young 0 2 0 1 3

Cyril Cooper 1 2 3 3 9

Frank Malouf 0 0 0 0 0

Don Potter 1 0 1

Percy Day 1 0 1

Glasgow

Norman Lindsay 1’ 1 2 1’ 5 2

Will Lowther 2 0 1’ 1’ 4 2

Junior Bainbridge 1’ 1 2 1

Joe Crowther 2 2 3 1’ 8 1

Bat Byrnes 2’ 0 3 3 8 1

Gordon McGregor 3 1 2’ 2 8 1

Buck Ryan 3 0 2 2 7

Alf McIntosh 2 2’ 4 1 Ht1 Appleby, Lowther, Lindsay, Newton 71.6 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Hargreaves, Crowther, Bainbridge, Young 72.4 3 3 6 6

Ht3 McGregor, Byrnes, Cooper, Malouf 71.0 1 5 7 11

Ht4 Ryan, Crowther, Potter, Newton 71.0 1 5 8 16

Ht5 Hargreaves, Young, Lindsay, Lowther 72.5 5 1 13 17

Ht6 Crowther, Cooper, Bainbridge, Malouf 71.2 2 4 15 21

Ht7 Appleby, Potter, McGregor, Byrnes 71.4 5 1 20 22

Ht8 Hargreaves, McIntosh, Day, Ryan 72.6 4 2 24 24

Ht9 Cooper, Lindsay, Lowther, Malouf 73.4 3 3 27 27

Ht10 Appleby, Ryan, Crowther, Newton 71.8 3 3 30 30

Ht11 Byrnes, McGregor, Hargreaves, Young 71.6 1 5 31 35

Ht12 Cooper, Ryan, Lindsay, Day 71.8 3 3 34 38

Ht13 Byrnes, McIntosh, Young, Potter 73.0 1 5 35 43

Ht14 Appleby, McGregor, Lowther, Malouf 70.2 3 3 38 46

Wednesday 3rd August 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 39 Walthamstow Wolves 45 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow

Will Lowther 1 2 3 2 8

Bat Byrnes 3 X 1’ F 4 1

Joe Crowther 2 0 3 1 6

Norman Lindsay 0 1 0 1 2

Gordon McGregor 0 1’ 0 1 1

Junior Bainbridge 3 2 3 3 11

Buck Ryan 1’ 3 2 6 1

Ken McKinlay 1 0 1

Walthamstow

Dick Geary 0 2’ 1’ 2 5 2

Benny King 2 3 2 1’ 8 1

Jim Boyd 1 3 2 3 9

Harry Edwards 3 0 0 3

Reg Reeves 1’ 2 2’ 3 8 2

Charlie May 2 1’ 3 2 8 1

Archie Windmill 3 0 2 5

Bill Osborne 0 0 0 Ht1 Byrnes, King, Lowther, Geary 83.0 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Edwards, Crowther, Boyd, Lindsay 83.6 2 4 6 6

Ht3 Bainbridge, May, Reeves, McGregor 81.4 3 3 9 9

Ht4 Windmill, Lowther, Ryan, Edwards 82.8 3 3 12 12

Ht5 King, Geary, Lindsay, Crowther 82.0 1 5 13 17

Ht6 Boyd, Bainbridge, McGregor, Windmill 82.6 3 3 16 20

Ht7 Lowther, Reeves, May, Byrnes (exc) 84.2 3 3 19 23

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Ht8 Crowther, Boyd, McKinlay, Osborne 85.4 4 2 23 25

Ht9 Bainbridge, King, Geary, McGregor 83.2 3 3 26 28

Ht10 Boyd, Lowther, Byrnes, Edwards 84.2 3 3 29 31

Ht11 May, Reeves, Crowther, Lindsay 84.0 1 5 30 36

Ht12 Ryan, Geary, Windmill, McKinlay 85.0 3 3 33 39

Ht13 Reeves, Ryan, Lindsay, Osborne 85.2 3 3 36 42

Ht14 Bainbridge, May, King, Byrnes (f) 83.2 3 3 39 45

The Mosspark Trophy

Ht1 Crowther, Geary, McIntosh, McKinlay 85.6

Ht2 McGregor, King, Byrnes, Edwards 83.6

Ht3 Lowther, May, Lindsay, Windmill (ef) 84.8

Ht4 Boyd, Reeves, Ryan, Bainbridge (ef) 83.6

Final McGregor, Boyd, Lowther, Crowther 82.6

Up And Coming Race

Downham, Rowe, Jock Hill, Ferguson (exc) 87.8

Consolation Race

Downham, Osborne, McIntosh, Galloway 85.8

Tuesday 9th August 1949 Saracen Park, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 28 Edinburgh Monarchs 56 (Challenge)

Glasgow

Will Lowther 1 1 E E 2

Bat Byrnes F 1 1 1 3

Joe Crowther 1 3 3 2 9

Norman Lindsay 0 1 1’ 2’ 4 2

Buck Ryan 2 1 0 1 4

Gordon McGregor 1’ X 1 F 2

Junior Bainbridge 0 3 3

Alf McIntosh 1 0 1

Edinburgh

Eddie Lack 2’ 2 2’ 3 9 2

Clem Mitchell 3 0 3 3 9

Dick Campbell 3 3 2 3 11

Harold Fairhurst 2’ 2’ 1 5 2

Don Cuppleditch 0 2’ 0 2 1

Jack Young 3 3 3 2’ 11 1

Danny Lee 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3

Bill Baird 0 F 0

Ht1 Mitchell, Lack, Lowther, Byrnes (f) 67.8 1 5 1 5

Ht2 Campbell, Lee, Crowther, Lindsay 69.4 1 5 2 10

Ht3 Young, Ryan, McGregor, Cuppleditch 68.0 3 3 5 13

Ht4 Lee, Fairhurst, Lowther, Bainbridge 68.6 1 5 6 18

Ht5 Crowther, Lack, Lindsay, Mitchell 68.0 4 2 10 20

Ht6 Campbell, Lee, Ryan, McGregor (fexc) (RR) 68.8 1 5 11 25

Ht7 Young, Cuppleditch, Byrnes, Lowther (ef) 68.2 1 5 12 30

Ht8 Crowther, Campbell, McIntosh, Baird 67.2 4 2 16 32

Ht9 Mitchell, Lack, McGregor, Ryan 68.8 1 5 17 37

Ht10 Campbell, Lee, Byrnes, Lowther (ef) 68.0 1 5 18 42

Ht11 Young, Crowther, Lindsay, Cuppleditch 67.4 3 3 21 45

Ht12 Lack, Fairhurst, Ryan, McIntosh 68.8 1 5 22 50

Ht13 Bainbridge, Lindsay, Fairhurst, Baird (f) 69.0 5 1 27 51

Ht14 Young, Mitchell, Byrnes, McGregor (f) 68.6 1 5 28 56

Wednesday 10th August 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 68 Fleetwood Flyers 16 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow

Wiil Lowther 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 3

Joe Crowther 3 3 3 3 12

Bat Byrnes 3 3 3 3 12

Buck Ryan 2’ 2’ 2’ 1 7 3

Junior Bainbridge 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 9 3

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Gordon McGregor 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2

Norman Lindsay 3 3 6

Alf McIntosh 2’ 3 5 1

Fleetwood

Norman Hargreaves 2 1 1 1 5

Don Potter 0 0 0 1 1

George Newton 0 0 0

Brian Wilson 1 1 1 1 4

Cyril Cooper 1 1 1 2 5

Frank Malouf 0 0 0 0 0

Larry Young 0 1 0 1

Fred Yates 0 0 0 0 Ht1 Crowther, Hargreaves, Lowther, Potter 85.0 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Byrnes, Ryan, Wilson, Newton 86.2 5 1 9 3

Ht3 Bainbridge, McGregor, Cooper, Malouf 85.2 5 1 14 4

Ht4 Lindsay, Lowther, Wilson, Young 86.0 5 1 19 5

Ht5 Byrnes, Ryan, Hargreaves, Potter 85.8 5 1 24 6

Ht6 McGregor, Bainbridge, Wilson, Newton 86.2 5 1 29 7

Ht7 Crowther, Lowther, Cooper, Malouf 85.6 5 1 34 8

Ht8 Byrnes, McIntosh, Young, Yates 86.0 5 1 39 9

Ht9 McGregor, Bainbridge, Hargreaves, Potter 85.0 5 1 44 10

Ht10 Crowther, Lowther, Wilson, Yates 85.8 5 1 49 11

Ht11 Byrnes, Ryan, Cooper, Malouf 85.8 5 1 54 12

Ht12 McIntosh, Bainbridge, Hargreaves, Young 86.0 5 1 59 13

Ht13 Lindsay, Cooper, Ryan, Yates 84.8 4 2 63 15

Ht14 Crowther, McGregor, Potter, Malouf 84.2 5 1 68 16

Star Triangular Race (3 Laps)

Ht1 Dick Campbell, Bill Longley, Lowther 62.8

Ht2 McGregor, Longley, Crowther 63.0

The Ben Nevis Cup

Ht1 Bainbridge, Lindsay, Wilson, Cooper 83.8

Ht2 Campbell, Byrnes, McIntosh, Malouf 83.4

Ht3 McGregor, Newton, Lowther, McKinlay 84.8

Ht4 Longley, Crowther, Ryan, Hargreaves 84.0

Final Longley, Campbell, McGregor, Bainbridge 84.0

Consolation Race

McKinlay, Yates, Potter, Young 86.8

The “All New” Novice Race

Lazarus, Ferguson, Szeja, Hill 91.2

Friday 12th August 1949 Knowle Stadium, Bristol

Bristol Bulldogs 62 Glasgow Tigers 22 (National League Division Two)

Bristol

Johnny Hole 1 3 2’ 2’ 8 2

Billy Hole 3 3 3 3 12

Eric Salmon 2’ 3 3 3 11 1

Roger Wise 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 9 3

Mike Beddoe 0 1 3 3 7

Jack Mountford 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2

Dick Bradley 1 3 4

Chris Boss 1 0 1

Glasgow

Will Lowther 2 1 1 1’ 5 1

Bat Byrnes 0 0 0 0

Joe Crowther 1 2 2 1 6

Gordon McGregor F 0 0 0 0

Junior Bainbridge 1 1 1 1 4

Buck Ryan 2 0 0 1 3

Norman Lindsay 2 0 2 4

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Alf McIntosh 0 0 0 Ht1 B.Hole, Lowther, J.Hole, Byrnes 65.6 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Wise, Salmon, Crowther, McGregor (f) 64.8 5 1 9 3

Ht3 Mountford, Ryan, Bainbridge, Beddoe 64.4 3 3 12 6

Ht4 J.Hole, Lindsay, Bradley, McGregor 66.0 4 2 16 8

Ht5 Salmon, Wise, Lowther, Byrnes 63.4* 5 1 21 9

Ht6 Mountford, Crowther, Beddoe, McGregor 65.0 4 2 25 11

Ht7 B.Hole, J.Hole, Bainbridge, Ryan 65.6 5 1 30 12

Ht8 Salmon, Crowther, Boss, McIntosh 65.6 4 2 34 14

Ht9 Beddoe, Mountford, Lowther, Lindsay 65.2 5 1 39 15

Ht10 B.Hole, J.Hole, Crowther, McGregor 65.2 5 1 44 16

Ht11 Salmon, Wise, Bainbridge, Ryan 64.2 5 1 49 17

Ht12 Beddoe, Lindsay, Lowther, Boss 65.8 3 3 52 20

Ht13 Bradley, Wise, Bainbridge, McIntosh 65.6 5 1 57 21

Ht14 B.Hole, Mountford, Ryan, Byrnes 65.2 5 1 62 22

Saturday 13th August 1949 Brandon Stadium, Coventry

Coventry Bees 52.5 Glasgow Tigers 30.5 (National League Division Two)

Coventry

Bob Fletcher 3 3 3 3 12

Derrick Tailby 2’ 2’ 2’ 1 7 3

Les Hewitt F 3 3 2 8

Lionel Levy F 0 1’ 2 3 1

Les Wotton 3 2’ 2.5 3 10.5 1

Bert Lacey 2’ 3 1 3 9 1

Jack Gordon E 1’ 1 1

John Yates 1 1 2

Glasgow

Will Lowther 0 1’ 0 2 3 1

Bat Byrnes 1 2 2.5 2 7.5

Joe Crowther 2’ F 2 1

Gordon McGregor 3 2 1 X 6

Junior Bainbridge 1 X 3 3 7

Buck Ryan E 1 0 1

Norman Lindsay 1’ 0 0 1 1

Alf McIntosh 2 1 F 3 Ht1 Fletcher, Tailby, Byrnes, Lowther 76.6 5 1 5 1

Ht2 McGregor, Crowther (frmtd), Hewitt (f), Levy (f)79.0 0 5 5 6

Ht3 Wotton, Lacey, Bainbridge, Ryan (ef) 77.2 5 1 10 7

Ht4 Fletcher, McGregor, Lindsay, Gordon (ef) 78.4 3 3 13 10

Ht5 Hewitt, Byrnes, Lowther, Levy 77.0 3 3 16 13

Ht6 Lacey, Wotton, McGregor, Crowther (f) 78.4 5 1 21 14

Ht7 Fletcher, Tailby, Ryan, Bainbridge (exc) 77.4 5 1 26 15

Ht8 Hewitt, McIntosh, Yates, Lindsay 78.6 4 2 30 17

Ht9 Wotton & Byrnes, Lacey, Lowther 77.4 3.5 2.5 33.5 19.5

Ht10 Fletcher, Tailby, McIntosh, McGregor (exc) 78.6 5 1 38.5 20.5

Ht11 Bainbridge, Hewitt, Levy, Ryan 76.4 3 3 41.5 23.5

Ht12 Wotton, Lowther, Yates, Lindsay 79.4 4 2 45.5 25.5

Ht13 Bainbridge, Levy, Gordon, McIntosh (f) 76.8 3 3 48.5 28.5

Ht14 Lacey, Byrnes, Tailby, McIntosh 77.6 4 2 52.5 30.5

Wednesday 17th August 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 58 Southampton Saints 26 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow

Will Lowther 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2

Joe Crowther 3 F 3 3 9

Bat Byrnes 2’ 3 3 2 10 1

Buck Ryan 3 2’ 0 1 6 1

Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 12

Gordon McGregor 1 2’ 1 1 5 1

Norman Lindsay 2’ 3 5 1

Alf McIntosh 0 1 1

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Southampton

Bob Oakley 1 1 2 2 6

Tom Oakley 0 0 0 F 0

Cecil Bailey 1 1 2 1 5

Phil Bishop 0 0 F 0

Jimmy Squibb 0 1’ 1 2 4 1

Roy Craighead 2 2 3 2 9

Bill Thatcher 1 E 1

Alf Kaines 1’ 0 0 1 1 Ht1 Crowther, Lowther, B.Oakley, T.Oakley 82.0 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Ryan,Byrnes, Bailey, Bishop 84.0 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Bainbridge, Craighead, McGregor, Squibb 81.4 4 2 14 4

Ht4 Lowther, Lindsay, Thatcher, Bishop 83.4 5 1 19 5

Ht5 Byrnes, Ryan, B.Oakley, T.Oakley 82.6 5 1 24 6

Ht6 Bainbridge, McGregor, Bailey, Bishop (f) 82.2 5 1 29 7

Ht7 Lowther, Craighead, Squibb, Crowther (f) 83.2 3 3 32 10

Ht8 Byrnes, Bailey, Kaines, McIntosh 82.4 3 3 35 13

Ht9 Bainbridge, B.Oakley, McGregor, T.Oakley 81.8 4 2 39 15

Ht10 Crowther, Lowther, Bailey, Kaines 83.0 5 1 44 16

Ht11 Craighead, Byrnes, Squibb, Ryan 82.8 2 4 46 20

Ht12 Bainbridge, B.Oakley, McIntosh, Thatcher (ef) 81.6 4 2 50 22

Ht13 Lindsay, Squibb, Ryan, Kaines 84.0 4 2 54 24

Ht14 Crowther, Craighead, McGregor, T.Oakley (f) 83.0 4 2 58 26

Challenge Match Triangular (3 Laps)

Bainbridge, Aub Lawson, McGregor 61.4

Lawson, Byrnes, Keith Gurtner 63.0

The Hillington Trophy

Ht1 B.Oakley, Crowther, Bailey, McIntosh 83.2

Ht2 Lawson, Lowther, Ryan (finjns), T.Oakley (fexc) (RR)83.2

Ht3 Bainbridge, McGregor, Lindsay, Craighead 81.6

Ht4 Squibb, Gurtner, Byrnes, McKinlay 84.2

Final Lawson, Bainbridge, B.Oakley, Squibb 82.0

Consolation Race

T.Oakley, Thatcher, McKinlay, Kaines (ef) 84.8

Novice Race

Szeja, Ferguson (frmtd), Rowe (frmtd), Monteith (f) 94.0

Monday 22nd August 1949 Wathamstow Stadium, London

Walthamstow Wolves 48 Glasgow Tigers 34 (National League Division Two)

Walthamstow

Dick Geary E 3 1’ 0 4 1

Benny King 3 2 3 2 10

Jim Boyd 3 2’ 3 3 11 1

Harry Edwards 2’ 3 1 3 9 1

Reg Reeves F 1’ 1’ 1’ 3 3

Charlie May 2 2 3 1’ 8 1

Archie Windmill 2’ E 2 1

Bill Osborne E 2 2

Glasgow

Will Lowther 2 1 2 0 5

Bat Byrnes 1’ 0 1’ 0 2 2

Joe Crowther 0 3 F 3

Gordon McGregor 1 E 0 1’ 2 1

Buck Ryan E 0 0 1’ 1 1

Junior Bainbridge 3 3 2 3 11

Norman Lindsay 1 2 3 6

Alf McIntosh 2 2 4 Ht1 King, Lowther, Byrnes, Geary (ef) 66.2 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Boyd, Edwards, McGregor, Crowther 65.4 5 1 8 4

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Ht3 Bainbridge, May, Reeves (f), Ryan (ef) 67.6 2 3 10 7

Ht4 Geary, Windmill, Lindsay, McGregor (ef) 67.6 5 1 15 8

Ht5 Edwards, Boyd, Lowther, Byrnes 66.8 5 1 20 9

Ht6 Crowther, May, Reeves, McGregor 67.2 3 3 23 12

Ht7 Bainbridge, King, Geary, Ryan 66.8 3 3 26 15

Ht8 Boyd, McIntosh, Crowther (f), Osborne (ef) 66.4 3 2 29 17

Ht9 May, Lowther, Byrnes, Reeves (ef) 68.0 3 3 32 20

Ht10 King, Lindsay, McGregor, Geary 67.2 3 3 35 23

Ht11 Boyd, Bainbridge, Edwards, Ryan 66.6 4 2 39 25

Ht12 Lindsay, Osborne, Reeves, Lowther 69.0 3 3 42 28

Ht13 Edwards, McIntosh, Ryan, Windmill (ef) 68.0 3 3 45 31

Ht14 Bainbridge, King, May, Byrnes 66.8 3 3 48 34

Wednesday 24th August 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Scotland 52 England 55 (Test Match)

Gordon McGregor 2 0 1’ F 1 F 4 1

Ken Le Breton 3 3 2 2 3 3 16

Dick Campbell 2 1 3 0 1 0 7

Joe Crowther 0 0 0

Junior Bainbridge 0 2’ E 2’ 0 2 6

Jack Young 2 3 3 3 3 F 14

Bat Byrnes 1 2 0 2 5

Merv Harding DNR

Norman Parker 1 2’ 2 3 2’ 3 13 1

Billy Bales 0 3 F 1 3 1 8

Malcolm Craven 3 0 0 3 2 1’ 9 1

Alan Hunt 1 1 3 1 1’ 2 9

Geoff Bennett 3 2 2 0 2 3 12

Howdy Byford 1 1’ F 1 0 1 4 1

Derek Close DNR

Phil Clarke DNR

Ht1 Le Breton, McGregor, Parker, Bales 81.6 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Craven, Campbell, Hunt, Crowther, 81.8 2 4 7 5

Ht3 Bennett, Young, Byford, Bainbridge 82.2 2 4 9 9

Ht4 Bales, Parker, Campbell, Crowther 81.8 1 5 10 14

Ht5 Young, Bainbridge, Hunt, Craven 80.6 5 1 15 15

Ht6 Le Breton, Bennett, Byford, McGregor 82.8 3 3 18 18

Ht7 Young, Parker, Bales (f), Bainbridge (ef) 81.2 3 2 21 20

Ht8 Hunt, Le Breton, McGregor, Craven 81.2 3 3 24 23

Ht9 Campbell, Bennett, Byrnes, Byford (f) 82.6 4 2 28 25

Ht10 Parker, Le Breton, Bales, McGregor (f) 81.4 2 4 30 29

Ht11 Craven, Byrnes, Hunt, Campbell 82.4 2 4 32 33

Ht12 Young, Bainbridge, Byford, Bennett 81.6 5 1 37 34

Ht13 Bales, Parker, Campbell, Byrnes 82.6 1 5 38 39

Ht14 Young, Craven, Hunt, Bainbridge 81.6 3 3 41 42

Ht15 Le Breton, Bennett, McGregor, Byford 82.0 4 2 45 44

Ht16 Parker, Bainbridge, Bales, Young (f) 82.4 2 4 47 48

Ht17 Le Breton, Hunt, Craven, McGregor (f) 82.0 3 3 50 51

Ht18 Bennett, Byrnes, Byford, Campbell 82.8 2 4 52 55

Consolation Race

Clark, Byrnes, Close, Harding (f) 84.0

Saturday 27th August 1949 Amsterdam

Amsterdam 34 Scotland 38 (Challenge)

Amsterdam

Piet van Artsen 0 3 2 0 5

E.Houweling 1 1 1 0 3

Anred Hartman 2 1 3 3 9

Gerrit Jonker 0 0 2 1 3

J. Boef 3 2 3 3 11

Henk Verhoef 1 0 0 2’ 3 1

Scotland

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Joe Crowther 2’ 2’ 1 0 5 2

Junior Bainbridge 3 3 2 2 10

Buck Ryan 3 3 0 1 7

Keith Gurtner 1 2 3 3 9

Gordon McGregor 2 0 0 2’ 4 1

Gruff Garland 0 2 1 1 4

Ht1 Bainbridge, Crowther, Houweling, Van Artsen 87.8 1 5 1 5

Ht2 Ryan, Hartman, Gurtner, Jonker 86.4 2 4 3 9

Ht3 Boef, McGregor, Verhoef, Garland 85.0 4 2 7 11

Ht4 Bainbridge, Crowther, Hartman, Jonker 87.2 1 5 8 16

Ht5 Van Artsen, Garland, Houweling, McGregor 89.4 4 2 12 18

Ht6 Ryan, Boef, Gurtner, Verhoef 87.0 2 4 14 22

Ht7 Hartman, Jonker, Garland, McGregor 88.4 5 1 19 23

Ht8 Gurtner, Van Artsen, Houweling, Ryan 88.6 3 3 22 26

Ht9 Boef, Bainbridge, Crowther, Verhoef 85.1 3 3 25 29

Ht10 Gurtner, McGregor, Jonker, Van Artsen 87.5 1 5 26 34

Ht11 Boef, Bainbidge, Garland, Houweling 86.0 3 3 29 37

Ht12 Hartman, Verhoef, Ryan, Crowther 88.2 5 1 34 38

Sunday 28th August 1949 Feyenoord Stadium, Rotterdam

Feyenoord Tigers 45 Glasgow Tigers 39 (Challenge)

Feyenoord Jan Bosman 9, Al Collins 3, Co. Boef 11, Tinus Molendaar 3, Gerrit Kops 5,Tinus Metzlar 9,

Gerrit Jonker 2, Van Der Vregigde 2.

Glasgow Norman Lindsay, 5, Junior Bainbridge 5, Keith Gurtner 7, Buck Ryan 3, Merv Harding 12, Gordon

McGregor 5, Gruff Garland 2.

Wednesday 31st August 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 51 Cradley Heath Heathens 33 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow

Will Lowther 1’ 2’ 1 2’ 6 2

Joe Crowther 2 0 2

Buck Ryan 2’ 1’ 3 0 6 2

Bat Byrnes 3 2 3 3 11

Gordon McGregor 3 2’ 1 2 8 1

Junior Bainbridge 0 3 3 3 9

Norman Lindsay 3 3 1 0 7

Alf McIntosh 2’ 0 2 1

Cradley Heath

Alan Hunt 3 3 2 3 11

Les Beaumont 0 0 0 1’ 1 1

Phil Malpass 0 0 1 1

Gilbert Craven 1 1 1 0 3

Eric Williams 1’ 2’ 2 2 7 2

Jack Arnfield 2 3 1’ 2 8 1

Les Tolley 0 1 1

Bill Clifton 1 0 1 Ht1 Hunt, Crowther, Lowther, Beaumont 84.4 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Byrnes, Ryan, Craven, Malpass 87.4 5 1 8 4

Ht3 McGregor, Arnfield, Williams, Bainbridge 85.6 3 3 11 7

Ht4 Lindsay, Lowther, Craven, Tolley 87.4 5 1 16 8

Ht5 Hunt, Byrnes, Ryan, Beaumont 85.4 3 3 19 11

Ht6 Bainbridge, McGregor, Craven, Malpass 84.8 5 1 24 12

Ht7 Arnfield, Williams, Lowther, Crowther 85.8 1 5 25 17

Ht8 Ryan, McIntosh, Clifton, Tolley 87.2 5 1 30 18

Ht9 Bainbridge, Hunt, McGregor, Beaumont 83.2 4 2 34 20

Ht10 Lindsay, Lowther, Malpass, Craven 87.0 5 1 39 21

Ht11 Byrnes, Williams, Arnfield, Ryan 85.0 3 3 42 24

Ht12 Hunt, McGregor, Tolley, McIntosh 85.6 2 4 44 28

Ht13 Byrnes, Williams, Lindsay, Clifton 83.8 4 2 48 30

Ht14 Bainbridge, Arnfield, Beaumont, Lindsay 84.4 3 3 51 33

The Ecclefechan Cup

Ht1 Ryan, Craven, Tolley, Lowther 86.0

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Ht2 Hunt, Bainbridge, Malpass, Crowther 83.6

Ht3 Byrnes, Williams,Lindsay, Beaumont 84.4

Ht4 Arnfield, McKinlay, McGregor, McIntosh 86.4

Final Hunt, Byrnes, Arnfield, Ryan 84.2

Consolation Race

McKinlay, Clifton, Rowe, Szeja 87.2

Tiger Cub Scurry

Szeja (efcoasted), Ferguson (f), Hill (f), Ivor Smith (ef)96.8

Thursday 1st September 1949 Owlerton, Sheffield

Sheffield Tigers 68 Glasgow Tigers 16 (National League Division Two)

Sheffield

Stan Williams 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3

Jack Chignell 3 3 2’ 2’ 10 2

Len Williams 3 3 3 3 12

Jack Bibby 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3

Tommy Bateman 2’ 1 2’ 2’ 7 3

Tommy Allott 3 3 3 3 12

Andy Menzies 3 2’ 5 1

Guy Allott 1 3 4

Glasgow

Will Lowther 0 0 0 1 1

Norman Lindsay 1 1 1 0 3

Bat Byrnes 1 2 2 1 6

Buck Ryan 0 1 0 0 1

Gordon McGregor 1 0 0 1 2

Junior Bainbridge 0 1 1 1 3

Ken McKinlay 0 0 0

Alf McIntosh 0 0 0 Ht1 Chignell, S.Williams, Lindsay, Lowther 70.6 5 1 5 1

Ht2 L.Williams, Bibby, Byrnes, Ryan 69.6* 5 1 10 2

Ht3 T.Allott, Bateman, McGregor,Bainbridge 73.4 5 1 15 3

Ht4 Menzies, S.Williams, Ryan, McKinlay 73.4 5 1 20 4

Ht5 L.Wiliams, Bibby, Lindsay, Lowther 72.6 5 1 25 5

Ht6 T.Allott, Byrnes, Bateman, Ryan 73.0 4 2 29 7

Ht7 Chignell, S.Williams, Bainbridge, McGregor 71.4 5 1 34 8

Ht8 L.Williams, Byrnes, G.Allott, McIntosh 71.8 4 2 38 10

Ht9 T.Allott, Bateman, Lindsay, Lowther 72.6 5 1 43 11

Ht10 S.Williams, Chignell, Byrnes, Ryan 72.6 5 1 48 12

Ht11 L.Williams, Bibby, Bainbridge, McGregor 72.4 5 1 53 13

Ht12 G.Allott, Bateman, Lowther, McKinlay 74.8 5 1 58 14

Ht13 Bibby, Menzies, McGregor, McIntosh 74.0 5 1 63 15

Ht14 T.Allott, Chignell, Bainbridge, Lindsay 73.0 5 1 68 16

Wednesday 7th September 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 35 Bristol Bulldogs 49 (National League Division Two) Glasgow

Norman Lindsay 1 2 0 1 4

Will Lowther 3 1 0 2 6

Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 12

Gordon McGregor E 1 1 1 3

Bat Byrnes 1 2 3 3 9

Buck Ryan 0 0 0 0 0

Alf McIntosh 0 0 0

Ken McKinlay 0 1 1

Bristol

Mike Beddoe E E E 0

Billy Hole 2 2 2 1 7

Eric Salmon 1’ 3 2 2’ 8 2

Roger Wise 2 1 1 3 7

Fred Tuck 3 2’ 5 1

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Jack Mountford 2’ 3 2 3 10 1

Johnny Hole 3 1’ 2 2’ 8 3

Dick Bradley 1’ 3 4 1 Ht1 Lowther, B.Hole, Lindsay, Beddoe (ef) 82.8 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Bainbridge, Wise, Salmon, McGregor (ef) 80.2 3 3 7 5

Ht3 Tuck, Mountford, Byrnes, Ryan 82.4 1 5 8 10

Ht4 J.Hole, Lindsay, Wise, McIntosh 83.6 2 4 10 14

Ht5 Bainbridge, B.Hole, McGregor, Beddoe (ef) 81.8 4 2 14 16

Ht6 Salmon, Byrnes, Wise, Ryan 82.6 2 4 16 20

Ht7 Mountford, Tuck, Lowther, Lindsay 83.6 1 5 17 25

Ht8 Bainbridge, Salmon, Bradley, McKinlay 82.4 3 3 20 28

Ht9 Byrnes, B.Hole, J.Hole, Ryan 83.0 3 3 23 31

Ht10 Wise, Salmon, Lindsay, Lowther 83.6 1 5 24 36

Ht11 Bainbridge, Mountford, McGregor, Bradley 82.6 4 2 28 38

Ht12 Byrnes, J.Hole, McKinlay, Beddoe (ef) 82.8 4 2 32 40

Ht13 Bradley, J.Hole, McGregor, McIntosh 85.4 1 5 33 45

Ht14 Mountford, Lowther, B.Hole, Ryan 84.0 2 4 35 49

Guest Star Match Race (3 Riders 3 Laps)

Bainbridge, B.Hole, Byrnes 61.4

The Trongate Trophy

Ht1 Mountford, Salmon, Beddoe, King (f) 84.0

Ht2 Byrnes, Lowther, McIntosh, Smith 83.8

Ht3 Bainbridge, Wise, Ryan, J.Hole (ef) 83.0

Ht4 Lindsay, McGregor, B.Hole, McKinlay 83.8

Final Bainbridge, Byrnes, Mountford, Lindsay 83.8

Up and Coming Race

Ferguson, Szeja, Smith, Hill (ef) 91.5

Consolation Race

Bradley, McCreadie, Robertson, Lazarus (f) 85.2

Friday 9th September 1949 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heath Heathens 59 Glasgow Tigers 25 (National League Division Two)

Cradley Heath

Alan Hunt 3 3 3 3 12

Les Beaumont 1 0 1 0 2

Phil Malpass 2’ 3 3 1 9 1

Gilbert Craven 3 2’ 3 2’ 10 2

Eric Williams 3 3 3 3 12

Jack Arnfield 1 1 2’ 2 6 1

? Tolley 2’ 3 5 1

Bill Clifton 1 2’ 3 1

Glasgow

Will Lowther 0 0 1 1 2

Norman Lindsay 2 1 0 1 4

Buck Ryan F 1 0 0 1

Bat Byrnes 1 2 2 2 7

Junior Bainbridge 2 2 2 1 7

Gordon McGregor 0 1’ 0 3 4 1

Alf McIntosh 0 0 0

Ken McKinlay 0 0 0 Ht1 Hunt, Lindsay, Beaumont, Lowther 76.0 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Craven, Malpass, Byrnes, Ryan (f) 76.4 5 1 9 3

Ht3 Williams, Bainbridge, Arnfield, McGregor 75.2 4 2 13 5

Ht4 Hunt, Tolley, Ryan, McIntosh 76.4 5 1 18 6

Ht5 Malpass, Craven, Lindsay, Lowther 76.2 5 1 23 7

Ht6 Willams, Byrnes, Arnfield, Ryan 75.4 4 2 27 9

Ht7 Hunt, Bainbridge, McGregor, Beaumont 76.0 3 3 30 12

Ht8 Malpass, Byrnes, Clifton, McKinlay 78.4 4 2 34 14

Ht9 Williams, Arnfield, Lowther, Lindsay 76.0 5 1 39 15

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Ht10 Hunt, Byrnes, Beaumont, Ryan 77.0 4 2 43 17

Ht11 Craven Bainbridge, Malpass, McGregor 76.4 4 2 47 19

Ht12 Williams, Clifton, Lowther, McIntosh 77.2 5 1 52 20

Ht13 Tolley, Craven, Bainbridge, McKinlay 77.8 5 1 57 21

Ht14 McGregor, Arnfield, Lindsay, Beaumont 79.0 2 4 59 25

Saturday 10th September 1949 Firs Stadium, Norwich

Norwich Stars 58 Glasgow Tigers 26 (National League Division Two)

Norwich

Fred Rogers 2’ 3 X X 5 1

Paddy Mills 3 3 3 3 12

Alec Hunter 3 2’ 2 0 7 1

Bob Leverenz 2’ 3 3 2 10 1

Ted Bravery 0 3 2’ 2’ 7 2

Phil Clarke 3 2’ 3 2’ 10 2

Jack Freeman 2’ 1’ 3 2

Johnny Davies 1’ 3 4 1

Glasgow

Will Lowther 1 0 0 1 2

Norman Lindsay 0 1 1 1 3

Bat Byrnes 1 1 3 5

Buck Ryan 0 1 0 1 2

Junior Bainbridge 2 2 2 3 9

Gordon McGregor 1’ 1’ 1’ 0 3 3

Alf McIntosh 0 0 0

Ken McKinlay 0 2 F 2

Ht1 Mills, Rogers, Lowther, Lindsay 75.0 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Hunter, Leverenz, Byrnes, Ryan 77.8 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Clarke, Bainbridge, McGregor, Bravery 77.4 3 3 13 5

Ht4 Rogers, Freeman, Ryan, McIntosh 78.6 5 1 18 6

Ht5 Leverenz, Hunter, Lindsay, Lowther 77.0 5 1 23 7

Ht6 Bravery, Clarke, Byrnes, Ryan 78.8 5 1 28 8

Ht7 Mills, Bainbridge, McGregor, Rogers(exctps) 76.2 3 3 31 11

Ht8 Byrnes, Hunter, Davies, McKinlay 79.2 3 3 34 14

Ht9 Clarke, Bravery, Lindsay, Lowther 78.8 5 1 39 15

Ht10 Mills, McKinlay, Ryan, Rogers (exc), Byrnes (inj)78.8 3 3 42 18

Ht11 Leverenz, Bainbridge, McGregor, Hunter 77.0 3 3 45 21

Ht12 Davies, Bravery, Lowther, McIntosh 79.8 5 1 50 22

Ht13 Bainbridge, Leverenz, Freeman, McKinlay (f) 78.0 3 3 53 25

Ht14 Mills, Clarke, Lindsay, McGregor 78.0 5 1 58 26

Wednesday 14th September 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 45 Sheffield Tigers 39 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow

Joe Crowther 1’ 2’ 0 2 5 1

Norman Lindsay 2 1 1’ F 4 1

Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 E 9

Gordon McGregor 2’ 1 1 3 7 1

Buck Ryan 2 1 3 2 8

Jack Hodgson 0 3 2’ 2 7 1

Alf McIntosh 3 1 3

Ken McKinlay 1 0 1

Sheffield

Stan Williams 3 2 1 3 9

Jack Chignell 0 0 0 0

Len Williams 1 2 2 3 8

Andy Menzies 0 1 0 1

Tommy Bateman 1 3 2’ 2 8 1

Tommy Allott 3 2’ 3 3 11 1

Jack Bibby 0 0 1 1 2

Alf Parker E F 0 Ht1 S.Williams, Lindsay, Crowther, Chignell 82.4 3 3 3 3

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Ht2 Bainbridge, McGregor, L.Williams, Menzies 83.2 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Allott, Ryan, Bateman, Hodgson 83.4 2 4 10 8

Ht4 McIntosh, Crowther, Menzies, Bibby 85.4 5 1 15 9

Ht5 Bainbridge, S.Williams, McGregor, Chignell 82.0 4 2 19 11

Ht6 Hodgson, L.Williams, Ryan, Menzies 83.2 4 2 23 13

Ht7 Bateman, Allott, Lindsay, Crowther 83.0 1 5 24 18

Ht8 Bainbridge, L.Williams, McKinlay, Parker (ef) 82.2 4 2 28 20

Ht9 Ryan, Hodgson, S.Williams, Chignell 84.0 5 1 33 21

Ht10 L.Williams, Crowther, Lindsay, Bibby 82.2 3 3 36 24

Ht11 Allott, Bateman, McGregor, Bainbridge (ef) 83.2 1 5 37 29

Ht12 S.Williams, Hodgson, Bibby, McKinlay 82.2 2 4 39 33

Ht13 McGregor, Bateman, McIntosh, Parker (f) 83.2 4 2 43 35

Ht14 Allott, Ryan, Bibby, Lindsay (f) 83.8 2 4 45 39

Inter-Glasgow Match Race

Ken Le Breton bt Junior Bainbridge 80.2

Jetaway Challenge Race (2 Laps)

Junior Bainbridge bt Ken Le Breton 43.2

Auchenshuggle Trophy

Ht1 S.Williams, Ryan, Crowther, McKinlay 83.0

Ht2 Le Breton, McIntosh, L.Williams, Chignell 83.6

Ht3 Hodgson, Lindsay, Bibby, Bateman (f) 84.4

Ht4 Bainbridge, McGregor, Allott, Menzies 82.0

Final Bainbridge, S.Williams, Le Breton, Hodgson 81.8

Consolation Race

Lazarus, Smith, Ferguson, Reid 85.8

Novice Scurry

Smith, Ferguson, Jimmy Reid, Rowe 86.4 Monday 19th September 1949 Brough Park, Newcastle

Newcastle Magpies 49 Glasgow Tigers 34 (National League Division Two)

Newcastle

Wilf Jay 2’ 3 2 2 9 1

Frank Hodgson 3 1’ 0 2 6 1

Ernie Brecknell 1’ 1 3 0 5 1

Derek Close 2 3 2 3 10

Will Lowther 1’ 3 2’ 1’ 7 3

Herby King 2 1 3 3 9

Joe Arthur 0 X 0

Don Lawson 2’ 1 3 1

Glasgow

Joe Crowther 0 0 0 X 0

Norman Lindsay 1 2 1 0 4

Jack Hodgson 0 X 1 1 2

Gordon McGregor 3 2 2 3 10

Buck Ryan E 0 1 2 3

Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 12

Alf McIntosh 1’ 2 3 1

Ken McKinlay 0 E 0 Ht1F. Hodgson, Jay, Lindsay, Crowther 74.6 5 1 5 1

Ht2 McGregor, Close, Brecknell, J.Hodgson 75.2 3 3 8 4

Ht3 Bainbridge, King, Lowther, Ryan (ef) 74.2 3 3 11 7

Ht4 Jay, McGregor, McIntosh, Arthur 75.0 3 3 14 10

Ht5 Close, Lindsay, Brecknell, Crowther 74.8 4 2 18 12

Ht6 Lowther, McGregor, King, J.Hodgson (exc) 75.2 4 2 22 14

Ht7 Bainbridge, Jay, F.Hodgson, Ryan 74.4 3 3 25 17

Ht8 Brecknell, Lawson, J.Hodgson, McKinlay 75.8 5 1 30 18

Ht9 King, Lowther, Lindsay, Crowther 76.4 5 1 35 19

Ht10 McGregor, Jay, J.Hodgson, F. Hodgson 74.4 2 4 37 23

Ht11 Bainbridge, Close, Ryan, Brecknell 74.0 2 4 39 27

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Ht12 King, McIntosh, Lawson, Crowther (exc) 76.4 4 2 43 29

Ht13 Close, Ryan, McKinlay (ef), Arthur (exc) 75.4 3 2 46 31

Ht14 Bainbridge, F.Hodgson, Lowther, Lindsay 74.6 3 3 49 34

Wednesday 21st September 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 47 Norwich Stars 36 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow

Joe Crowther 3 Inj 3

Norman Lindsay 1 3 2 1 7

Jack Hodgson 3 3 2 1 9

Buck Ryan 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2

Gordon McGregor 3 3 3 3 12

Junior Bainbridge 1 E 1 E 2

Alf McIntosh X 1 1 2

Ken McKinlay X 1 0 1 2

Norwich

Alec Hunter 0 0 0 2 2

Bob Leverenz 2 1 2 2 7

Phil Clarke 1 2 3 3 9

Fred Rogers F 0

Jack Freeman 0 2 0 2 4

Paddy Mills 2 F 2 3 7

Johnny Davies 3 0 0 3

Ted Bravery 2’ 1 0 3 1

Ht1 Crowther, Leverenz, Lindsay , Hunter 83.0 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Hodgson, Ryan, Clarke, Rogers (f) 83.8 5 1 9 3

Ht3 McGregor, Mills, Bainbridge, Freeman 82.0 4 2 13 5

Ht4 Davies, Bravery, McKinlay (ex),McIntosh (ex)(rrx4)92.0 0 5 13 10

Ht5 Hodgson, Ryan, Leverenz, Hunter 83.8 5 1 18 11

Ht6 McGregor, Clarke, Bravery, Bainbridge (ef) 82.6 3 3 21 14

Ht7 Lindsay, Freeman, McKinlay, Mills (f) 84.2 4 2 25 16

Ht8 Clarke, Hodgson, Bravery, McKinlay 83.8 2 4 27 20

Ht9 McGregor, Leverenz, Bainbridge, Hunter 84.6 4 2 31 22

Ht10 Clarke, Lindsay, McIntosh, Davies 84.2 3 3 34 25

Ht11 Ryan, Mills, Hodgson, Freeman 85.2 4 2 38 27

Ht12 McGregor, Hunter, McKinlay, Davies 84.2 4 2 42 29

Ht13 Ryan, Freeman, McIntosh, Bravery 83.6 4 2 46 31

Ht14 Mills, Leverenz, Lindsay, Bainbridge (ef) 82.8 1 5 47 36

Second Division Match Race Championship Decider

Phil Clarke bt Billy Hole 82.2

Phil Clarke bt Billy Hole 82.2

The Srathaven Cup

Ht1 McGregor, Mills, Lindsay, Hunter 84.6 84.8

Ht2 Hodgson, Leverenz, Ryan, Smith 84.0 84.0

Ht3 Bainbridge, Freeman, Clarke, McIntosh 88.6 85.2

Final McGregor, Bainbridge, Leverenz, Hodgson 82.2

Consolation Race

Davies, Smith, Bravery, Ferguson 88.2

Tiger Cub Rally

Smith, Ferguson, Tommy Miller, Gordon Mitchell 88.0

Monday 26th September 1949 Walthamstow Stadium, London

Walthamstow Wolves 56 Glasgow Tigers 27 (National League Division Two)

Walthamstow

Dick Geary 0 2’ 3 3 7 1

Benny King 2 2’ 1 2 7 1

Jim Boyd 1 3 3 3 10

Harry Edwards 2 0 2’ 3 7 1

Reg Reeves 3 1 1 2’ 7 1

Charlie May 1 3 3 1’ 8 1

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Archie Windmill 3 2’ 5 1

Bill Osborne 1 3 4

Glasgow

Alf McIntosh 1 1’ 0 1 3 1

Gordon McGregor 3 2 2 3 10

Jack Hodgson 3 2 2 2 9

Buck Ryan 0 F 0 0 0

Junior Bainbridge E 0 1 1 2

Norman Lindsay 2 1 0 3

Ivor Smith F 0 0 0

Joe Ferguson 0 0 0 Ht1 McGregor, King, McIntosh, Geary 65.2 2 4 2 4

Ht2 Hodgson, Edwards, Boyd, Ryan 68.4 3 3 5 7

Ht3 Reeves, Lindsay, May, Bainbridge (ef) 67.4 4 2 9 9

Ht4 Windmill, Geary, Smith (f), Ryan (f) 68.8 5 0 14 9

Ht5 Boyd, McGregor, McIntosh, Edwards 66.6 3 3 17 12

Ht6 May, Hodgson, Reeves, Ryan 67.4 4 2 21 14

Ht7 Geary, King, Lindsay, Bainbridge 67.4 5 1 26 15

Ht8 Boyd, Hodgson, Osborne, Ferguson 66.6 4 2 30 17

Ht9 May, McGregor, Reeves, McIntosh 67.8 4 2 34 19

Ht10 Geary, Hodgson, King, Ryan 66.6 4 2 38 21

Ht11 Boyd, Edwards, Bainbridge, Smith 67.6 5 1 43 22

Ht12 Osborne, Reeves, McIntosh, Smith 67.8 5 1 48 23

Ht13 Edwards, Windmill, Bainbridge, Ferguson 68.4 5 1 53 24

Ht14 McGregor, King, May, Lindsay 66.2 3 3 56 27

Tuesday 27th September 1949 Bannister Court Stadium, Southampton

Southampton Saints 52 Glasgow Tigers 32 (National League Division Two)

Southampton

Bob Oakley 3 3 1 3 10

Tom Oakley 2’ 3 F 3 8 1

Cecil Bailey 3 0 1’ 0 4 1

Alf Kaines F 2 2 1’ 5 1

Roy Craighead 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2

Jimmy Squibb 3 3 1 1 8

Bill Thatcher 2’ 2 4 1

Bill Griffiths 2 1 3

Glasgow

Junior Bainbridge 1 3 2 2 8

Norman Lindsay 0 1 0 0 1

Jack Hodgson 2 1 3 2 8

Alf McIntosh 1’ E 0 1’ 2 2

Gordon McGregor 0 0 1 3 4

Buck Ryan 1 2 3 2 8

Ivor Smith 1 0 1

Joe Ferguson 0 E 0

Ht1 B.Oakley, T.Oakley, Bainbridge, Lindsay 66.6 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Bailey, Hodgson, McIntosh, Kaines (f) 68.2 3 3 8 4

Ht3 Squibb, Craighead, Ryan, McGregor 69.8 5 1 13 5

Ht4 B.Oakley, Thatcher, Smith, McIntosh (ef) 68.2 5 1 18 6

Ht5 Bainbridge, Kaines, Lindsay, Bailey 67.2 2 4 20 10

Ht6 Squibb, Craighead, Hodgson, McIntosh 69.6 5 1 25 11

Ht7 T.Oakley, Ryan, B.Oalkey, McGregor 69.2 4 2 29 13

Ht8 Hodgson, Griffiths, Bailey, Ferguson 70.4 3 3 32 16

Ht9 Craighead, Bainbridge, Squibb, Lindsay 68.2 4 2 36 18

Ht10 B.Oakley, Hodgson, McIntosh, T.Oakley (f) 68.4 3 3 39 21

Ht11 Ryan, Kaines, McGregor, Bailey 68.6 2 4 41 25

Ht12 Craighead, Bainbridge, Griffiths, Smith 68.6 4 2 45 27

Ht13 McGregor, Thatcher, Kaines, Ferguson (ef) 70.4 3 3 48 30

Ht14 T.Oakley, Ryan, Squibb, Lindsay 69.4 4 2 52 32

Wednesday 28th September 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

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Glasgow Gala Cup

Dick Campbell F 1 E 3 E 4

Alan Hunt 3 3 2 3 3 14

Peter Lloyd 1 0 0 1

Wilbur Lamoreaux 2 0 1 3 E 6

Merv Harding 1 0 2 1 2 6

Oliver Hart 0 0 1 1 1 3

Will Lowther 2 3 2 0 1 8

Eddie Lack 3 1 2 1 1 8

Derek Close 2 2 1 2 2 9

Bob Leverenz 1 3 3 2 2 11

Alec Grant 0 2 0 0 1 3

Ken Le Breton 3 3 E E 3 9

Phil Clarke 1 1 2 2 2 8

Jack Young 2 2 1 3 3 11

Harold Fairhurst 0 1 3 0 0 4

Ron Clarke 3 2 3 3 3 14

Niven McCreadie (res) 0 0 0

Ht1 Hunt, Lamoreaux, Lloyd, Campbell (f) 82.0

Ht2 Lack, Lowther, Harding, Hart 83.6

Ht3 Le Breton, Close, Leverenz, Grant 82.4

Ht4 R.Clarke, Young, P. Clarke, Fairhurst 82.0

Ht5 Hunt, Close, P.Clarke, Harding 83.2

Ht6 Leverenz, Young, Campbell, Hart 82.0

Ht7 Lowther, Grant, Fairhurst, Lloyd 85.0

Ht8 Le Breton, R.Clarke, Lack, Lamoreaux 83.2

Ht9 R.Clarke, Hunt, Hart, Grant 82.2

Ht10 Fairhurst, Harding, Campbell (ef), Le Breton (ef)85.4

Ht11 Hunt, Lowther, Young, Le Breton (ef) 82.4

Ht12 Leverenz, P.Clarke, Lamoreaux, Lowther 83.6

Ht13 Young, Lack, Close, Lloyd 83.8

Ht14 Campbell, P.Clarke, Lack, Grant 83.2

Ht15 R.Clarke, Leverenz, Harding, McCreadie 82.0

Ht16 Lamoreaux, Close, Hart, Fairhurst 83.6

Ht17 Hunt, Leverenz, Lack, Fairhurst 82.8

Ht18 R.Clarke, Close, Lowther, Campbell (ef) 82.4

Ht19 Le Breton, P.Clarke, Hart, McCreadie 84.0

Ht20 Young, Harding, Grant, Lamoreaux (ef) 84.2

Run Off Ron Clarke bt Alan Hunt 82.0

Wednesday 28th September 1949 Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood

Fleetwood Flyers 56 Glasgow Tigers 28 (National League Division Two)

Fleetwood

Frank Malouf 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3

Norman Hargreaves 3 3 3 2 11

George Newton 3 3 2 2 10

Don Potter 2’ 2’ 1’ 2 7 3

Fred Yates 1 0 0 1

Wilf Plant 3 3 3 3 12

Brian Wilson 2’ 1’ 3 2

Ron Hart 1’ 0 2 3 1

Glasgow

Norman Lindsay 0 1 2 3 6

Alf McIntosh 1 0 1’ 0 2 1

Buck Ryan 1 2 3 1 7

Jack Hodgson 0 1 1’ 0 2 1

Junior Bainbridge 2 0 0 3 5

Gordon McGregor E 1 3 1 5

Ivor Smith 0 1 1

Joe Ferguson 0 0 0 Ht1 Hargreaves, Malouf, McIntosh, Lindsay 69.0 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Newton, Potter, Ryan, Hodgson 72.8 5 1 10 2

Ht3 Plant, Bainbridge, Yates, McGregor (ef) 70.0 4 2 14 4

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Ht4 Malouf, Wilson, Hodgson, Smith 71.4 5 1 19 5

Ht5 Newton, Potter, Lindsay, McIntosh 71.8 5 1 24 6

Ht6 Plant, Ryan, Hodgson, Yates 69.8 3 3 27 9

Ht7 Hargreaves, Malouf, McGregor, Bainbridge 71.0 5 1 32 10

Ht8 Ryan, Newton, Hart, Ferguson 72.6 3 3 35 13

Ht9 Plant, Lindsay, McIntosh, Hart 71.4 3 3 38 16

Ht10 Hargeaves, Malouf, Ryan, Hodgson 71.2 5 1 43 17

Ht11 McGregor, Newton, Potter, Bainbridge 70.0 3 3 46 20

Ht12 Lindsay, Hart, Smith, Yates 72.4 2 4 48 24

Ht13 Bainbridge, Potter, Wilson, Ferguson 72.0 3 3 51 27

Ht14 Plant, Hargreaves, McGregor, McIntosh ? 5 1 56 28

Saturday 1st October 1949 Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh

Edinburgh Monarchs 54 Glasgow and Sheffield Tigers Select 30 (Grand Challenge Match)

Edinburgh

Don Cuppleditch 1 1

Eddie Lack 3 2 2’ 2’ 9 2

Dick Campbell 3 3 3 3 12

Danny Lee 0 1 1 2’ 4 1

Harold Fairhurst 1 2’ 1 2 6 1

Jack Young 3 3 3 3 12

Dennis Parker 3 1’ 3 3 10 1

Bill Baird X 0

Tigers Select

Len Williams 2 2 2 3 9

Gordon McGregor X F 0 0 0

Stan Williams 2 1 2 1 6

Buck Ryan 1’ 1’ E 2 2

Junior Bainbridge 0 0 0

Tommy Allott 2 3 2 1 8

Jack Bibby 2 1 0 3

Norman Lindsay 1’ 0 1 2 1

Ht1 Lack, L.Williams, Cuppleditch, McGregor(ex)(RR)69.8 4 2 4 2

Ht2 Campbell, S.Williams, Ryan, Lee 70.2 3 3 7 5

Ht3 Young, Allott, Fairhurst, Bainbridge 69.6 4 2 11 7

Ht4 Parker, Bibby, Ryan, Baird (exc) 71.4 3 3 14 10

Ht5 Campbell, L.Williams, Lee, McGregor (f) 71.0 4 2 18 12

Ht6 Young, Fairhurst, S. Williams, Ryan (ef) 72.8 5 1 23 13

Ht7 Allott, Lack, Parker, Bainbridge 71.4 3 3 26 16

Ht8 Campbell, S.Williams, Lindsay (3only),Baird (ns)72.2 3 3 29 19

Ht9 Young, L.Williams, Fairhurst, McGregor 71.0 4 2 33 21

Ht10 Parker, Lack, S.Williams, Ryan 71.8 5 1 38 22

Ht11 Campbell, Allott, Lee, Bainbridge 72.4 4 2 42 24

Ht12 L.Williams, Fairhurst, Bibby (3 only) 73.6 2 4 44 28

Ht13 Parker, Lee, Lindsay, Bibby 72.0 5 1 49 29

Ht14 Young, Lack, Allott, McGregor 72.2 5 1 54 30

Wednesday 5th October 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 51 Fleetwood Flyers 33 (National league Division Two)

Glasgow

Junior Bainbridge 3 3 3 3 12

Norman Lindsay E 2’ 2’ 0 4 2

Jack Hodgson 3 E 3 2 8

Buck Ryan 2’ 2 1’ 2’ 7 3

Alf McIntosh 1’ 0 2 3 1

Gordon McGregor 2 1 3 2 8

Ken McKinlay 2’ 2’ 3 7 2

Ivor Smith 2’ 0 2 1

Fleetwood

Frank Malouf 1’ 1 0 1 3 1

Norman Hargreaves 2 3 1 1 7

George Newton 1 3 E 4

Don Potter 0 0 2’ 1 3 1

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Bert Rawlinson 0 0 0 1 1

Wilf Plant 3 1 3 3 10

Fred Yates 1 E 3 3

Percy Day 1 0 1 Ht1 Bainbridge, Hargreaves, Malouf, Lindsay (ef) 81.8 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Hodgson, Ryan, Newton, Potter 82.8 5 1 8 4

Ht3 Plant, McGregor, McIntosh, Rawlinson 83.8 3 3 11 7

Ht4 Bainbridge, McKinlay, Yates, Potter 84.6 5 1 16 8

Ht5 Hargreaves, Ryan, Malouf, Hodgson (ef) 82.4 2 4 18 12

Ht6 Newton, Potter, McGregor, McIntosh 83.4 1 5 19 17

Ht7 Bainbridge, Lindsay, Plant, Rawlinson 83.0 5 1 24 18

Ht8 Hodgson, Smith, Day, Newton (ef) 84.2 5 1 29 19

Ht9 McGregor, McKinlay, Hargreaves, Malouf 83.6 5 1 34 20

Ht10 Bainbridge, Lindsay, Potter, Yates (ef) 83.4 5 1 39 21

Ht11 Plant, Hodgson, Ryan, Rawlinson 83.4 3 3 42 24

Ht12 Yates, McIntosh, Malouf,Smith 83.8 2 4 44 28

Ht13 McKinlay, Ryan, Rawlinson, Day 84.8 5 1 49 29

Ht14 Plant, McGregor, Hargreaves, Lindsday 83.4 2 4 51 33

Challenge Match Races

Graham Warren, Bill Kitchen, Bainbridge 81.2

Warren, Kitchen, Hodgson 81.0

The Clydebank Cup

Ht1 Hargreaves, Hodgson, Lindsay, McGregor (f) 84.0 84.6

Ht2 Bainbridge, Newton, McIntosh, Kitchen (ef) 82.4 84.6

Ht3 Warren, Plant, Ryan, Rawlinson 82.0 83.6

Final Warren, Bainbridge, Hodgson, Plant 83.4

Consolation Race

Potter, Malouf, McKinlay, Smith (f) 85.0

Tiger Cub Challenge

Lloyd, Miller, McCreadie, Mitchell 90.0

Special Match Race

Alf McIntosh bt Pete Van Aartsen 85.4

Reserve Race

Ferguson, Riddell , AN Other, Brian Wilson ?

Friday 7th October 1949 Knowle Stadium, Bristol

Bristol Bulldogs 70 Glasgow Tigers 14 (National League Division Two)

Bristol

Mike Beddoe 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2

Billy Hole 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 9 3

Eric Salmon 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4

Roger Wise 3 3 3 3 12

Fred Tuck 3 3 3 3 12

Jack Mountford 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3

Dick Bradley 3 2’ 5 1

Johnny Hole 3 2’ 5 1

Glasgow

Gordon McGregor E 1 1 1 3

Alf McIntosh 1 0 0 0 1

Jack Hodgson 1 1 1 1 4

Ivor Smith X 0 0 0

Norman Lindsay 1 1 1 1 4

Ken McKinlay 0 0 0 1 1

Joe Ferguson F 0 0

Malcolm Riddell 0 0 0

Ht1 B.Hole, Beddoe, McIntosh, McGregor (ef) 65.8 5 1 5 1

Ht2 Wise, Salmon, Hodgson, Smith (exc) 64.4 5 1 10 2

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Ht3 Tuck, Mountford, Lindsay, McKinlay 65.2 5 1 15 3

Ht4 Bradley, Beddoe, Smith, Ferguson (f) 67.2 5 1 20 4

Ht5 Wise, Salmon, McGregor, McIntosh 64.8 5 1 25 5

Ht6 Tuck, Mountford, Hodgson, Smith 66.4 5 1 30 6

Ht7 Beddoe, B.Hole, Lindsay, McKinlay 66.8 5 1 35 7

Ht8 J.Hole, Salmon, Hodgson, Riddell 65.8 5 1 40 8

Ht9 Tuck, Mountford, McGregor, McIntosh 66.0 5 1 45 9

Ht10 Beddoe, B.Hole, Hodgson, Smith 65.2 5 1 50 10

Ht11 Wise, Salmon, Lindsay, McKinlay 66.4 5 1 55 11

Ht12 Tuck, J.Hole, McGregor, Ferguson 66.4 5 1 60 12

Ht13 Wise, Bradley, Lindsay, Riddell 67.2 5 1 65 13

Ht14 Mountford, B.Hole, McKinlay, McIntosh 66.8 5 1 70 14

Wednesday 12th October 1949 White City Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 35 Coventry Bees 49 (National League Division Two)

Glasgow

Gordon McGregor 3 F 3 3 9

Ken McKinlay 0 0 0 1’ 1 1

Jack Hodgson 3 2 3 3 11

Ivor Smith 0 0 0 2 2

Norman Lindsay 3 3 1 2 9

Alf McIntosh 0 E E 2 2

Malcom Riddell 1 0 1

Joe Ferguson E 0 0

Coventry

Bob Fletcher 1’ 1 2’ 3 7 2

Johnny Reason 2 3 3 3 11

Roy Moreton 2 1’ 2 2 7 1

Derrick Tailby 1’ 3 2 1’ 7 2

Les Wotton 2 1’ 2 3 8 1

Bert Lacey 1’ 2 1’ F 4 2

John Yates 2’ 1 3 1

Jack Gordon 1’ 1

Ht1 McGregor, Reason, Fletcher, McKinlay 81.6 3 3 3 3

Ht2 Hodgson, Moreton, Tailby, Smith 83.0 3 3 6 6

Ht3 Lindsay, Wotton, Lacey, McIntosh 83.0 3 3 9 9

Ht4 Tailby, Yates, Riddell, McGregor (f) 83.2 1 5 10 14

Ht5 Reason, Hodgson, Fletcher, Smith 81.8 2 4 12 18

Ht6 Lindsay, Tailby, Moreton, McIntosh (ef) 83.6 3 3 15 21

Ht7 McGregor, Lacey, Wotton, McKinlay 83.4 3 3 18 24

Ht8 Hodgson, Moreton, Gordon, Ferguson (ef) 84.4 3 3 21 27

Ht9 Reason, Fletcher, Lindsay, McIntosh (ef) 83.8 1 5 22 32

Ht10 McGregor, Moreton, Tailby, McKinlay 83.4 3 3 25 35

Ht11 Hodgson, Wotton, Lacey, Smith 84.8 3 3 28 38

Ht12 Fletcher, Lindsay, Yates, Ferguson 83.6 2 4 30 42

Ht13 Wotton, Smith, Gordon, Riddell 84.8 2 4 32 46

Ht14 Reason, McIntosh, McKinlay, Lacey (f) 84.2 3 3 35 49

The Three Musketeers Match Race

McGregor & Hodgson, Lindsay 82.2

The Farewell Cup

Ht1 McGregor, Moreton, Tailby, Yates 82.8

Ht2 Hodgson, Reason, Wotton, Lacey (fexc) (RR) 84.6

Ht3 Lindsay, Fletcher, McIntosh, Gordon 83.2

Ht4 McKinlay, Smith (f), Riddell (exc), Ferguson (exc) (RR) 86.4

Consolation Scurry

Miller, McCreadie, Monteith, Mitchell (exc) 89.2

Tiger Cub Scurry

Szeja, Rowe, Robertson, George Page (f) 91.2

Other Events

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Junior Bainbridge

Ashfield Kangaroos v Rest of Scotland 03.05.49 33 6

Newcastle Best Pairs (with Crowther) 16.05.49 122133 12

Leicester World Championship First Round 20.05.49 22311 9

Norwich Australians v England 21.05.49 32330 11

Coventry World Championship Second Roud 11.06.49 13022 8

Southampton World Championship Second Round 05.07.49 2122 7

Newcastle The North v Wallabies 18.07.49 2 1’ 2’ 3 8 2

Edinburgh Four Team Tournament 30.07.49 0 0 3 0 3

Harringay Harringay v Scotland 19.08.49 1 1 2 0 4

Edinburgh Scottish Riders’ Championship 17.09.49 4

Sydney Sp. Sydney Cup 25.11.49 12

Sydney Sp. New South Wales v The Rest 02.12.49 0

Sydney Sp. New South Wales Championship 09.12.49 8

Maitland Individual 10.12.49 No Points

Sydney Sh. Royale v Maitland 23.12.49 0

Maitland Maitland v Royale 31.12.49 4

Sydney Sp. Sports Ground v Maitland 13.01.50 2

Bat Byrnes

Edinburgh Scottish Select v Odsal 06.07.49 3 0 2 2 7

Newcastle The North v Wallabies 18.07.49 1’ 3 2 2’ 8 2

Joe Crowther

Newcastle Best Pairs (with Bainbridge) 16.05.49 2 F 2

Liverpool Northern Stars v Southern Stars 18.07.49 0 1 0 0 1

Edinburgh Four Team Tournament 30.07.49 1 2 2 3 8

Nobby Downham

Plymouth World Championship First Round 19.05.49 1 1 0 2 1 5

Coventry Reds v Blues v Whites v Yellows 21.05.49 3 0 1 1 5

Harold Fairhurst

Ashfield Kangaroos v Rest of Scotland 03.05.49 F 2 0 1’ f 3 1

Plymouth World Championship First Round 19.05.49 2 0 1 0 1 4

Coventry Reds v Blues v Whites v Yellows 21.05.49 3 1 1 2 7

Joe Ferguson

Ashfield Ashfield v Rest 11.10.49 0 E 0

Jack Hodgson

Coventry Stars v Discoveries 17.09.49 1 2’ 3 1

Gladsaxe Open 02.10.49

Ashfield Ashfield v Rest 11.10.49 1 2’ 2’ 3 8 2

Ashfield Glasgow S v Edinburgh S 18.10.49 2 2 3 2’ 9 1

Ashfield Glasgow United v Halifax 26.10.49 2 1’ 2 2’ 7 2

Johannesburgh British Tourists v South Africa .12.49 3 2 3 2 10

Johannesburgh Jo’burg & West Rand v British Tourists 4

Johannesburgh Wembley Championship .01.50 2 3 3 3 0 11

Johannesburgh British Tourists v Pretoria & East Rand .01.50 1 3 0 3 7

Bloemfontein South Africa v British Tourists 28.01.50 1’ 2 2 2’ 7 2

Johannesburgh South Africa v British Tourists 04.02.50 0 1 3 1 5

Boksburg South Africa v Britain 22.02.50 3 2 2’ 2 9 1

Johannesburg South Africa v Britain 03.03.50 1’ 1’ 2 1’ 5 3

Norman Lindsay

Ashfield Kangaroos v Rest of Scotland 03.05.49 1 3 1’ 2 1’ 8 2

Sheffield World Championship First Round 16.05.49 1 3 2 2 2 10

Norwich Australians v England 21.05.49 0 1 3 2 6

Norwich World Championship Second Round 11.06.49 3 1 2 1 1 8

Newcastle World Championship Second Rd 04.07.49 1 0 2 2 2 7

Edinburgh Scottish Riders’ Championship 17.09.49 1 0 0 0 2 3

Ashfield Ashfield v Rest 11.10.49 1 1’ 1’ 0 3 2

Melbourne Footscray v Collingwood 17.12.49 8

Melbourne Individual 28.01.49 No Points

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Melbourne Australia v England 6th Test 11.02.50 1 0 0 2` 0 1 4 1

Will Lowther

Ashfield Kangaroos v Rest of Scotland 03.05.49 0 1’ 0 3 3 0 7

Newcastle Best Pairs 16.05.49 3 3 2 3 2 2 15

Rayleigh World Championship First Round 21.05.49 3 2 3 3 3 14

Walthamstow World Champs Second Round 13.06.49 3 1 3 0 3 10

Fleetwood World Champs Third Round 06.07.49 1 F 3 1 1 6

Liverpool Northern Stars v Southern Stars 18.07.49 1 0 0 2 3

Edinburgh Four Team Tournament 30.07.49 0 0 2 2 4

Alf McIntosh

Ashfield Scotland v Holland 06.10.49 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3

Ashfield Ashfield v Rest 11.10.49 2 1 0 3

Gordon McGregor

Ashfield Kangaroos v Rest of Scotland 03.05.49 0 1’ FE2 3 1

Hull World Championship First Round 21.05.49 3 3 1 1 2 10

Cradley Heath World Championship Second Rd 10.06.49 2 2013 8

Edinburgh Four Team Tournament 30.07.49 3 3 1 3 10

Harringay Harringay v Scotland 19.08.49 0 1 1

Edinburgh Scottish Riders’ Championship 17.09.49 1 2 3 3 2 11

Ashfield Scotland v Holland 06.10.49 3 E 3 3 9

Ashfield Ashfield v Rest 11.10.49 211 4

Sydney Sp. New South Wales v The Rest 02.12.49 6

Ken McKinlay

Ashfield Scotland v Holland 06.10.49 3 2’ 2’ 7 2

Bothwell Bothwell v Lowther’s Select .12.49 8

Jack “Red” Monteith

Edinburgh Edinburgh v Ashfield 08.10.49 E 0 0

Buck Ryan

Ashfield Kangaroos v Rest of Scotland 03.05.49 2 0 2 0 1’ 5 1

Newcastle World Championship Second Rd 04.07.49 0 0 1 1 1 3

Sydney Sp. New South Wales v The Rest 02.12.49 4

Maitland Individual 10.12.49 No Points

Sydney Sh. Royale v Maitland 23.12.49 3

Maitland Maitland v Royale 31.12.49 4

Sydney Sp. Sports Ground v Maitland 13.01.50 3

Sydney Australia v England 5th Test . .50 2 1 F 2 3 0 8

Ivor Smith

Bothwell Bothwell v Lowther’s Select .12.49 8

Bill Gordon 9, and Tommy Miller 1 also rode for Bothwell in the match v Lowther’s Select.

National League Division Two

Team R W D L PtsF PtsA Pts

Bristol 44 34 1 9 2290.5 1393.5 71

Sheffield 44 29 1 14 2017.5 1667.5 59

Norwich 44 27 0 17 2031 1649 54

Cradley Heath 44 25 0 19 1908.5 1771.5 50

Edinburgh 44 24 0 20 1803 1878 48

Walthamstow 44 21 3 20 1840.5 1833.5 45

Southampton 44 21 3 20 1741.5 1924.5 45

Glasgow 44 20 0 24 1757.5 1924.5 40

Fleetwood 44 18 1 25 1765 1916 37

Newcastle 44 17 1 26 1735 1949 35

Ashfield 44 12 1 31 1645 2034 25

Coventry 44 10 1 33 1540 2134 21

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League Bainbridge 319 42 McGregor 248 44 Lowther 247 35 Lindsay 219 44 Crowther 1998 29 Byrnes

154.5 19 Ryan 115 31 Hodgson 60 9 Downham 50 21 Fairhurst 48 12 McIntosh 42 21 McKinlay 26 18

Bates 10 10 Smith 7 4 Smith 7 4 Seers 2 4