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| Caxton Speedway |
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| Caxton, Near Cambridge 1931-1932 ran
meetings under an open license |
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| Courtesy of John Hyam |
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John Hyam says:
Homes of British Speedway' says the
following;- Amateur dirt-track events were
run on Sunday afternoons in 1931 and 1932,
under the promotion of Newmarket
Motorcycle Club. The 1932 season is known
to have begun by 10th April and run
through until, at least 25th September. A
meeting on 22nd Maythat year saw Caxton
defeat Staines 32-21 over a nine heat
formula.
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John Hyam says:
Clem Stafford, Dusty Rhodes, C Vincent,
Buster Cray, Puff Morley, Johnnie Bull,
Hughie Bentley, Fred Burley, H Norman and
A McGaw appeared in the opening meeting on
Easter Monday, 6th April 1931, watched by
a crowd of around 5,000. The crowd for
the meeting on 12th April was about 2,000,
with Ernie Greenwood, Arthur Reynolds,
Ernie Barnes and Johnnie Modlin among the
riders competing.
John Hyam says:
Later in 1931 further competitors at
Caxton included Pat Clark, Len Burger, Pat
Linn, Wal Smith, Tommy Hallybone,
Jack Smith, Jack Millward, Broadside
Walker, Wal Barker, Tom Craig, Bill
Bailey, Buster Brown, Wal Hughes, Lionel
London, Smiler Puncher, Alf Lloyd, Wal
Evans, Phil Pike, Claude Ellis, Harvey
Swanson, Harry Davidson, Jack Riddle, Reg
Wilkis, Bert Colway, Nutty Knighton, Jack
Moloney, Buster Rowney, Jack Williams and
Jim Childs.
Riders appearing at
Caxton in 1932 included Charlie Vincent,
Hughie Bentley, Puff Morley, Jimmy
Worboys, Ernie Greenwood, Arthur Reynolds,
Bill Gladstone, Sammy Dean, Jim Childs and
Les Budden. The dirt track was on the
Cambridge to St Neots Road near Caxton
Gibbet, with the admission charge in 1932
being 1s 2d, with an extra 6d for entry to
the grandstand.
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| Caxton meetings were generally staged on
Sunday afternoons and as 24th August 1932 was a Wednesday it is
perhaps unlikely that a meeting was held on that date. However, a
nine-heat match took place on Sunday, 24th April 1932 between
Caxton and a team labelled 'Australians', with the result 24-24,
missing points resulting from two bad crashes. The Caxton line-up
was Jimmy Warboys, Len Burger, Sammy Dean, Charlie Vincent, Wal
Barker and Jack Smith. The 'Australians' team comprised Wal
Kilmister, Spencer Stratton, Dicky Bird, Boyd Pratt, Bill Newman
and Eric Spencer. Scratch and handicap races took place, also
featuring Alf Foulds, Nutty Knighton, Geo. Rowney, Puff Morley,
Geo. Yeomans, N Walker and Ted Hallybone. |
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| The Bedfordshire Times and Independent |
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Courtesy of
Johnston Press
& The British Library Board |
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| Jim Henry says: Hi John, Les Drury sent
me the Caxton Newspaper Advertisement, which I have forwarded to
you for the website. |
| John says: As is usual with
broadsheet newspaper column adverts, they are small and of poor
resolution unfortunately, so any photo-shopping/enlarging makes
the text unreadable. However, I am pleased to have the
Caxton ad on the website. |
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| Bikes like this dirt track Rudge would
have been used at Caxton |
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