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RYE HOUSE 1957
Updated 20.10.2010
21/04/57 RYE HOUSE EASTER TROPHY INDIVIDUAL KING
Sunday 28th April 1957 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Brian Crutcher Trophy 3 laps
Neil Roberts 0 0 0 2 0 2
Jimmy Gleed 2 0 0 1 1 4
Jim Heard 3 2 3 2 2 12
Leo McAuliffe 1 3 2 1 2 9
Pete Mould 2 2 2 3 1 10
Bryan Meredith 3 2 2 2 0 9
Dave Still 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ross Gilbertson 1 1 0 0 0 2
Brian Brett 0 1 0 0 3 4
Allen Lunn 1 1 0 0 3 5
Colin Gooddy 3 3 3 2 3 14
Bobby Croombs 2 2 0 3 1 8
Vic Ridgeon 3 3 3 3 3 15
Gerald King 2 3 2 1 0 9
Jim Chalkley 1 1 3 3 2 10
Pat Flanagan 0 0 1 1 2 4
Ronnie Rolfe (res)
Les Searle (res)
Ht1 Heard, Gleed, McAuliffe, Roberts 69.9
Ht2 Meredith, Mould, Gilbertson, Still 69.3
Ht3 Gooddy, Croombs, Lunn, Brett 68.9
Ht4 Ridgeon, King, Chalkley, Flanagan 62.4
Ht5 Ridgeon, Mould, Brett, Roberts 62.4
Ht6 King, Meredith, Lunn, Gleed 66.4
Ht7 Gooddy, Heard, Chalkley, Still 68.6
Ht8 McAuliffe, Croombs, Gilbertson, Flanagan 68.0
Ht9 Gooddy, Meredith, Flanagan, Roberts 68.4
Ht10 Chalkley, Mould, Gleed (nf), Croombs (nf) 68.7
Ht11 Heard, King, Gilbertson (nf), Brett (nf) ?
Ht12 Ridgeon, McAuliffe, Still, Lunn 68.9
Ht13 Croombs, Roberts, King, Still 68.3
Ht14 Ridgeon, Gooddy, Gleed, Gilbertson 68.8
Ht15 Mould, Heard, Flanagan, Lunn 68.8
Ht16 Chalkley, Meredith, McAuliffe, Brett 69.0
Ht17 Lunn, Chalkley, Gilbertson, Roberts 68.3
Ht18 Brett, Flanagan, Gleed, Still 68.0
Ht19 Ridgeon, Heard, Croombs, Meredith 68.5
Ht20 Gooddy, McAuliffe, Mould, King 69.9
4th May 1957 Tongham Greyhound Stadium, Aldershot
California 34 Eastbourne 16 Southern Rovers 23 Rye House 21 (4 Team Tournament)
California
Jimmy Gleed 1 3 2 3 9
Pete Mould 1 2 3 3 9
Ross Gilbertson 3 1 3 1 8
Pat Flanagan 3 2 1 2 8
Eastbourne
Jimmy Heard 3 3 3 E 9
Dave Collett 0 1 1 1 3
Leo McAuliffe 1 F 1 0 2
Ron Walton 0 F 0 2 2
Southern Rovers
Tommy Sweetman 0 2 F 3 5
Colin Gooddy 3 3 3 3 12
Eric Eadon 0 F 1 1
Bryan Meredith 2 0 2 1 5
Tony Eadon (res) 0
Rye House
Bobby Croombs 2 F E E 2
Jim Tebby 2 3 2 2 9
Dave Still 2 1 1 E 4
Alan Lunn 0 2 3 2 7
C E SR RH
Ht1 Heard, Croombs, Gleed, Sweetman 1 3 0 2
Ht2 Gooddy, Tebby, Mould, Collett 2 3 3 4
Ht3 Gilbertson, Still, McAuliffe, E.Eadon 5 4 3 6
Ht4 Flanagan, Meredith, Walton (nf), Lunn (nf) 8 4 5 6
Ht5 Gleed, Lunn, Collett, E.Eadon (f) 74.2 11 5 5 8
Ht6 Heard, Mould, Still, Meredith 76.4 13 8 5 9
Ht7 Tebby, Sweetman, Gilbertson, Walton (f) 75.0 14 8 7 12
Ht8 Gooddy, Flanagan, McAuliffe (f), Croombs (f) 74.4 16 8 10 12
Ht9 Mould, Lunn, McAuliffe, Sweetman (f) 77.0 19 9 10 14
Ht10 Gooddy, Gleed, Still, Walton 75.4 21 9 13 15
Ht11 Gilbertson, Meredith, Collett, Croombs (ef) 74.8 24 10 15 15
Ht12 Heard. Tebby, Flanagan, T.Eadon 76.0 25 13 15 17
Ht13 Mould, Walton, E.Eadon, Croombs (ef) 77.4 28 15 16 17
Ht14 Gleed, Tebby, Meredith, McAuliffe 75.4 31 15 17 19
Ht15 Gooddy, Lunn, Gilbertson, Heard (ef) 78.0 32 15 20 21
Ht16 Sweetman, Flanagan, Collett, Still (ef) 78.0 34 16 23 21
Sunday 5th May 1957 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Rye House Rooster 46 Aldershot Poppies 37 (Challenge) 3 laps
Rye House
Jim Chalkley 1 2’ 3 2 8 1
Vic Ridgeon 3 3 0 2’ 8 1
Allen Lunn 0 0 0 0
Bobby Croombs 2 0 0 2 4
Brian Brett 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3
Gerald King 3 3 3 3 12
Colin Pratt 1 0 0 1
Dave Slater 3 1 4
California
Jimmy Gleed 0 3 1 3 7
Phil Shepherd 2 0 1 1 4
Pete Mould 3 1 2 1 7
Pat Flanagan 1 0 0 2 3
Ross Gilbertson 1 3 1’ 3 8 1
Ron Walton X 2’ 2 0 4 1
Ron Webb 2’ 0 2 1
John Day 1’ 1 2 1
Ht1 Ridgeon, Shepherd, Chalkley, Gleed 66.6 4 2 4 2
Ht2 Mould, Croombs, Flanagan, Lunn 69.8 2 4 6 6
Ht3 King, Brett, Gilbertson, Walton (exc) 64.4 5 1 11 7
Ht4 Gleed, Webb, Pratt, Croombs 68.4 1 5 12 12
Ht5 Ridgeon, Chalkley, Mould, Flanagan 66.4 5 1 17 13
Ht6 Gilbertson, Walton, Lunn (nf), Croombs (nf) 70.0 0 5 17 18
Ht7 King, Brett, Gleed, Shepherd 65.2 5 1 22 19
Ht8 Slater, Mould, Day, Pratt 69.2 3 3 25 22
Ht9 Chalkley, Walton, Gilbertson, Ridgeon 70.0 3 3 28 25
Ht10 Gleed, Croombs, Shepherd, Lunn 67.4 2 4 30 29
Ht11 King, Brett, Mould, Flanagan 65.2 5 1 35 30
Ht12 Gilbertson, Chalkley, Day, Pratt 70.6 2 4 37 34
Ht13 Brett, Flanagan, Slater, Webb 69.4 4 2 41 36
Ht14 King, Ridgeon, Shepherd, Walton 66.2 5 1 46 37
Guest Riders Match Race
Ht1 Mike Broadbanks bt Georg White 65.0
Ht2 George White bt Mike Broadbanks 66.8
12/05/57 RYE HOUSE THOMPSON TROPHY INDIVIDUAL RIDGEON
Sunday 19th May 1957 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Rye House Championship
Dave Still 0 0 0 0
Norman Unger 2 1 0 3
Bobby Croombs 1 0 0 1
Gil Goldfinch 3 0 0 3
Brian Brett 1 0 3 4
Les Owen 2 2 3 7
Jim Chalkley 3 2 3 8
Allen Lunn 0 1 0 1
Bryan Meredith 2 2 2 6
Vic Ridgeon 3 3 2 8
Noel Conway 0 3 1 4
Dave Slater 1 3 2 6
Gerald King 3 3 3 9
Tom Sweetman 0 1 1 2
Ronnie Rolfe 2 2 1 5
Maury Conway 1 1 2 4
Ht1.Goldfinch, Unger, Croombs, Still 69.6
Ht2Chalkley, Owen, Brett, Lunn 66.8
Ht3.Ridegeon, Meredith, Slater, N.Conway 66.4
Ht4 King, Rolfe, M.Conway, Sweetman 66.6
Ht5 King, Meredith, Unger, Brett 66.6
Ht6 Ridgeon, Owen, Sweetman, Still 67.2
Ht7 N.Conway, Rolfe, Lunn, Croombs 68.6
Ht8.Slater, Chalkley, M.Conway, Goldfinch 67.6
Ht 9 Owen, M.Conway,N. Conway , Unger (nf) 69.6
Ht10 Brett, Slater, Rolfe, Still 67.4
Ht11 Chalkey, Meredith, Sweetman, Croombs 69.0
Ht12 King, Ridgeon, Lunn(nf), Goldfinch (nf) 67.0
1st SemiF Meredith, Brett, Chalkley ?
2nd SemiF Ridgeon, Owen, [?,? ?
Final Owen, Brett Meredith, Ridgeon ?
26th May – Rye House Stadium – Challenge Match
Rye House 49 Norwich Starlets 23
RYE HOUSE
Vic Ridgeon 3 3 3 0 12
Jim Chalkley 1 2’ 0 3 6
Gerry King 3 3 3 3 12
Bobby Croombs 2’ 2’ 2’ 0 6 3
Brian Brett 1 1’ 3 3 8 1
Dave Slater 3 2 1 2’ 8 1
Ronnie Rolfe did not ride
NORWICH
Derek Strutt 2 1 2 2 7
Mick Simmonds 0 0 0 1 1
Barry East 1 3 2 2 8
Clive Featherby 0 0 1’ 0 1 1
Peter Atkins 0 1 1’ 0 2 1
Dick Sayer 2 0 1 1’ 4 1
Terry Allen 0 0
1 Ridgeon, Strutt, Chalkley, Simmonds, 68.3 4 2
2 King, Croombs, East, Featherby, 66.2 9 3
3 Slater, sayer, Brett, Atkins, 66.9 13 5
4 King, Croombs, Strutt, Simmonds, 68.3 18 6
5 East, Slater, Brett, Featherby, 66.4 21 9
6 Ridgeon, Chalkley, Atkins, Sayer, 66.0 26 10
7 Brett, Strutt, Slater, Simmonds, 66.7 30 12
8 Ridgeon, East, Featherby, Chalkley, 66.7 33 15
9 King, Croombs, Sayer, Allen, 68.7 38 16 (Atkins f & repl by Allen)
10 Chalkley, Slater, Simmonds, Featherby (f), 67.6 43 17
11 Brett, East, Sayer, Croombs, 67.4 46 20
12 King, Strutt, Atkins, Ridgeon (f), 65.9 49 23
Second Half Results
Consolation S R – Rolfe, Simmonds, Featherby, Atkins, 67.1
Rye House Scratch Race
1 King, Ridgeon, Croombs, Brett, 65.9
2 East, Strutt, Featherby, Sayer, 67.6
3 Rolfe, Slater, Chalkley, Simmonds, 67.4
4 This Race Was Not Run – Fastest 2nd put into Final
Final – King, Ridgeon, East, Rolfe, 66.2
Saturday 8th June 1957 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh
Rayleigh Rovers 40 Rye House Roosters 44 (Southern Area League)
Rayleigh
Colin Goody 3 3 F F 6
Vic Hall 1 3 3 0 7
Tommy Sweetman 1 2’ E 3 1
Brian Meredith 2 3 1 1 7
Leo McAuliffe 2’ 1 E 3 1
Eric Ebbs 3 2’ 3 3 11 1
Fred Greenwell 1 2 0 3
Neil Roberts 0 E 0 0
Rye House
Vic Ridgeon E 1 2 2’ 5 1
Ronnie Rolfe 3 1 2 2 8
Brian Brett 2 2’ 1’ 3 8 2
Dave Slater 0 0 1’ 1 1
Gerry King 1 3 3 3 10
Bobby Croombs F X 2’ 2 1
Jim Chalkley 2’ 1’ 1 4 6
Alan Lunn 3 2 1 6
Ht1 Goody, Brett, Sweetman, Ridgeon (ef) 75.0 4 2 4 2
Ht2 Rolfe, Meredith, Hall, Slater 75.4 3 3 7 5
Ht3 Ebbs, McAuliffe, King, Croombs (f) 73.6 5 1 12 6
Ht4 Lunn, Chalkley, Greenwell, Roberts 77.2 1 5 13 11
Ht5 Hall, Sweetman, Rolfe, Slater 75.0 5 1 18 12
Ht6 Goody, Ebbs, Ridgeon, Croombs (fexc) 74.0 5 1 23 13
Ht7 King, Brett, McAuliffe, Sweetman (ef) 72.8 1 5 24 18
Ht8 Hall, Lunn, Chalkley, Roberts (ef) 75.8 3 3 27 21
Ht9 Meredith, Rolfe, Slater, Goody (f) 77.0 3 3 30 24
Ht10 Ebbs, Ridgeon, Brett, Ebbs 75.2 3 3 33 27
Ht11 King, Greenwell, Chalkley, Goody (f) 73.8 2 4 35 31
Ht12 Brett, Croombs, Meredith, Greenwell 76.0 1 5 36 36
Ht13 Ebbs, Rolfe, Lunn, Roberts 76.8 3 3 39 39
Ht14 King, Ridgeon, Meredith, Hall 74.8 1 5 40 44
Sunday 2nd June 1957 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Rye House Roosters 53 Southern Rovers 30 (Southern Area League) 3laps
Rye House
Ronnie Rolfe 1’ 1 1 3 6 1
Vic Ridgeon 2 3 3 2’ 10 1
Dave Slater 2’ 3 2 2 9 1
Brian Brett 3 1 2’ 1’ 7 2
Bobby Croombs 0 1 0 0 1
Gerry King 3 3 3 3 12
Jim Chalkley 3 2’ 5 1
Allen Lunn 1’ 2 3 1
Southern Rovers
Eric Eadon 0 2 0 0 2
Colin Gooddy 3 2 3 0 8
Tommy Sweetman 0 0 3 2 5
Alan Pearce 1 2 1’ 3 7 1
Bryan Meredith 2 1 2 0 5
Norman Unger 0 0 1 1
Mike Lawrence 0 1 1
Tony Eadon 0 0 1 1
Ht1 Gooddy, Ridgeon, Rolfe, E.Eadon 67.6 3 3 3 3
Ht2 Brett, Slater, Pearce, Sweetman 68.1 5 1 8 4
Ht3 King, Meredith, Croombs (nf), Unger (nf) 68.4 3 2 11 6
Ht4 Chalkley, E.Eadon, Brett, Lawrence 67.4 4 2 15 8
Ht5Ridgeon, Pearce, Rolfe, Sweetman 65.9 4 2 19 10
Ht6 Slater, Brett, Meredith, T.Eadon 67.8 5 1 24 11
Ht7 King, Gooddy, Croombs, E.Eadon 67.9 4 2 28 13
Ht8 Sweetman, Slater, Lunn, T.Eadon 69.2 3 3 31 16
Ht9 Ridgeon, Meredith, Rolfe, Unger 68.0 4 2 35 18
Ht10 Gooddy, Slater, Brett, E.Eadon 67.5 3 3 38 21
Ht11 King, Sweetman, Pearce, Croombs 68.2 3 3 41 24
Ht12 Rolfe, Chalkley, T.Eadon, Meredith 69.2 5 1 46 25
Ht13 Pearce, Lunn, Lawrence, Croombs 67.0 2 4 48 29
Ht14 King, Ridgeon, Unger, Gooddy ? 5 1 53 30
Reserves Scratch Race
Lunn, Chalkley, Lawrence (nf), T.Eadon (nf) 68.5
Saturday 8th June 1957 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh
Rayleigh Rovers 40 Rye House Roosters 44 (Southern Area League)
Rayleigh
Colin Gooddy 3 3 F F 6
Vic Hall 1 3 3 0 7
Tommy Sweetman 1 2’ E 3 1
Brian Meredith 2 3 1 1 7
Leo McAuliffe 2’ 1 E 3 1
Eric Ebbs 3 2’ 3 3 11 1
Fred Greenwell 1 2 0 3
Neil Roberts 0 E 0 0
Rye House
Vic Ridgeon E 1 2 2’ 5 1
Ronnie Rolfe 3 1 2 2 8
Brian Brett 2 2’ 1’ 3 8 2
Dave Slater 0 0 1’ 1 1
Gerry King 1 3 3 3 10
Bobby Croombs F X 2’ 2 1
Jim Chalkley 2’ 1’ 1 4 6
Alan Lunn 3 2 1 6
Ht1 Gooddy, Brett, Sweetman, Ridgeon (ef) 75.0 4 2 4 2
Ht2 Rolfe, Meredith, Hall, Slater 75.4 3 3 7 5
Ht3 Ebbs, McAuliffe, King, Croombs (f) 73.6 5 1 12 6
Ht4 Lunn, Chalkley, Greenwell, Roberts 77.2 1 5 13 11
Ht5 Hall, Sweetman, Rolfe, Slater 75.0 5 1 18 12
Ht6 Gooddy, Ebbs, Ridgeon, Croombs (fexc) 74.0 5 1 23 13
Ht7 King, Brett, McAuliffe, Sweetman (ef) 72.8 1 5 24 18
Ht8 Hall, Lunn, Chalkley, Roberts (ef) 75.8 3 3 27 21
Ht9 Meredith, Rolfe, Slater, Gooddy (f) 77.0 3 3 30 24
Ht10 Ebbs, Ridgeon, Brett, Ebbs 75.2 3 3 33 27
Ht11 King, Greenwell, Chalkley, Gooddy (f) 73.8 2 4 35 31
Ht12 Brett, Croombs, Meredith, Greenwell 76.0 1 5 36 36
Ht13 Ebbs, Rolfe, Lunn, Roberts 76.8 3 3 39 39
Ht14 King, Ridgeon, Meredith, Hall 74.8 1 5 40 44
Sunday 9th June 1957 Rye House Stadium, Hoddeson
Whitsun Cup 3 laps
Pete Mould 2 2 1 5
Ron Walton 0 1 3 4
Dave Slater 1 3 3 7
S Clark 3 3 2 8
Ivan Mauger 3 0 2 5
Dave Still 1 0 1 2
Jim Chalkley 0 0
Gil Goldfinch 2 1 0 3
Brian Brett 1 3 1 5
Gerry King 3 3 3 9
Jimmy Gleed 0 2 2 4
Jim Tebby 1 2 3 6
Bobby Croombs 3 2 1 6
Ross Gilbertson 2 1 2 5
Ronnie Rolfe 0 0 0
Allen Lunn 0 0 0
Colin Pratt (res) 1 0 0 0 1
Ht1 Clark, Mould, Slater, Walton 66.0
Ht2 Mauger, Goldfinch, Still, Chalkley 68.3
Ht3 King, Tebby, Brett, Gleed 65.2
Ht4 Croombs, Gilbertson, Rolfe (nf), Lunn (nf) 67.4
Ht5 Brett, Croombs, Walton, Mauger 67.0
Ht6 King, Mould, Gilbertson, Still 66.0
Ht7 Slater, Gleed, Pratt, Rolfe 69.4
Ht8 Clark, Tebby, Goldfinch, Lunn 66.4
Ht9 Walton, Gleed, Still, Pratt 67.4
Ht10 Tebby, Mauger, Mould, Pratt 68.0
Ht11 Slater, Gilbertson, Brett, Goldfinch 68.4
Ht12 King, Clark, Croombs, Pratt 66.0
Hoddesdon Consolation Scratch Race
Ht1 Walton, Gleed, Goldfinch, Pratt (ns) 69.0
Ht2 Croombs, Gilbertson, Mauger, Mould 68.2
Final
16/06/57 RYE HOUSE EASTBOURNE S AREA LEAGUE
23/06/57 EASTBOURNE RYE HOUSE y S AREA LEAGUE 51-32
30/06/57 RYE HOUSE SOUTHERN ROVERS S AREA LEAGUE
14/07/57 RYE HOUSE ALDERSHOT S AREA LEAGUE 52-29
20th July – Firs Stadium – Open Meeting
Speedway Event – Norwich Starlets 40 Rye House Select 20
NORWICH
Derek Strutt 3 0 3
Terry Allen 1 2 2 5
Peter Atkins 3 2’ 0 5 1
Keith Veal 0 3 3 6
Mick Simmonds 2’ 3 3 3 11 1
Dave Hankins 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 9 3
Slap Adams 1’ 1’
RYE HOUSE
Jim Chalkley 0 0 0
Clive Featherby 2 1 0 1’ 4 1 (Replaced Vic Ridgeon)
Bobby Croombs 1’ 1 1 3 1
Ronnie Rolfe 2 3 0 0 5
Brian Brett 1 1 3 1 6
Bob Farrow 0 0 0 (Replaced Ivan Mauger)
Derek Hewitt 2 2 (Replaced Dave Still)
1 Strutt, Featherby, Allen, Chalkley (e/f), 76.0 4 2
2 Atkins, Rolfe, Croombs, Veal (ex), 77.6 7 5
3 Hankins, Simmonds, Brett, Farrow, 76.4 12 6
4 Rolfe, Allen, Croombs, Strutt (e/f), 78.2 14 10
5 Simmonds, Hankins, Featherby, Chalkley, 77.0 19 11
6 Veal, Atkins, Brett, Farrow, 75.2 24 12
7 Simmonds, Hankins, Croombs, Rolfe, 77.2 29 13
8 Brett, Allen, Adams, Featherby (e/f), 77.8 32 16
9 Veal, Hewitt, Featherby, Atkins, 77.4 35 19
10 Simmonds, Hankins, Brett, Rolfe, 76.8 40 20
Saturday 27th July 1957 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh
Rayleigh Rovers 58 Rye House Roosters 26 (Southern Area League)
Rayleigh
Eric Ebbs 3 3 2 3 11
Brian Meredith 1 2’ 1’ 3 7 2
Pat McKenzie F 1’ 2’ 2’ 5 3
Vic Hall 2 3 2 3 10
Stan Clark 3 3 3 3 12
Leo McAuliffe 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 3
Neil Roberts 1 1 2
Eric Eadon 3 1 4
Rye House
Allan Lunn 0 2 0 0 2
Vic Ridgeon 2 1 1 0 4
Dave Slater 3 1 1 0 5
Ivan Mauger 1 0 1 2 4
Brian Brett X 0 0 2 2
Gerry King 2 3 3 1 9
Jim Chalkley 0 0 0
Ronnie Rolfe 0 0 0
Ht1 Ebbs, Ridgeon, Meredith, Lunn 72.8 4 2 4 2
Ht2 Slater, Hall, Mauger, McKenzie (f) 76.2 2 4 6 6
Ht3 Clark, King, McAuliffe, Brett (exc) 73.0 4 2 10 8
Ht4 Hall, Lunn, Roberts, Chalkley 77.0 4 2 14 10
Ht5 Ebbs, Meredith, Slater, Mauger 75.4 5 1 19 11
Ht6 King, Hall, McKenzie, Brett 75.2 3 3 22 14
Ht7 Clark, McAuliffe, Ridgeon, Lunn 74.0 5 1 27 15
Ht8 Eadon, McKenzie, Slater, Rolfe 76.2 5 1 32 16
Ht9 King, Ebbs, Meredith, Brett 74.6 3 3 35 19
Ht10 Hall, McKenzie, Ridgeon, Lunn 76.6 5 1 40 20
Ht11 Clark, McAuliffe, Mauger, Slater 73.8 5 1 45 21
Ht12 Ebbs, Brett, Roberts, Rolfe 76.2 4 2 49 23
Ht13 Clark, Mauger, Eadon, Chalkley 74.6 4 2 53 25
Ht14 Meredith, McAuliffe, King, Ridgeon 75.2 5 1 58 26
Sunday 4th August 1957 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Hertfordshire Trophy 3 laps
Bobby Croombs 1 3 3 7
Dave Slater 2 2 0 4
Brain Brett 0 0 0 0
Gerry King 3 2 3 8
Colin Pratt 0 0 0 0
Allen Lunn 2 1 2 5
Ronnie Rolfe 1 1 1 3
Vic Ridgeon 3 3 2 8
Ht1 King, Slater, Croombs, Brett 63.4
Ht2 Ridgeon, Lunn, Rolfe, Pratt 66.6
Ht3 Croombs, Slater, Lunn, Pratt 67.4
Ht4 Ridgeon, King, Rolfe, Brett 64.2
Ht5 Croombs, Ridgeon, Rolfe, Slater 65.2
Ht6 King, Lunn, Brett, Pratt 64.2
Consolation Race
Slater, Brett, Rolfe, Pratt 66.6
Hertfordshire Trophy
King, Ridgeon, Lunn, Croombs 63.6
Rest of meeting sidecar racing
Saturday 25th August 1957 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Southern Area Riders Championship Round 3 laps
Allen Lunn 3 2 1 2 8
Ronnie Rolfe 0 2 1 3 6
Brian Brett 1 1 0 1 3
Noel Conway 2 2 0 1 5
Bryan Meredith 2 3 3 2 10
Dave Slater 1 0 2 3 6
Bobby Croombs 3 2 2 3 10
Colin Pratt 0 0 3 0 3
Reg Davies 0
Ross Gilbertson 2 3 3 3 11
Gerald King 3 3 3 2 11
Dave Still 2 3 2 1 8
Ht1 Lunn, Conway, Brett, Rolfe 66.0
Ht2 Croombs, Meredith, Slater, Pratt 67.2
Ht3 King. Still, Gilbertson, Davies 67.4
Ht4 Meredith, Lunn, Pratt 66.8
Ht5 Gilbertson, Rolfe, Slater (nf) ?
Ht6 King, Croombs, Brett ?
Ht7 Still, Conway, Pratt (ns) ?
Ht8 King, Slater, Lunn 69.2
Ht9 Meredith, Still, Rolfe 69.3
Ht10 Pratt, Brett (nf), Davies (ns) ?
Ht11 Gilbertson, Croombs, Conway (nf) 68.4
Ht12 Croombs, Lunn, Still 68.3
Ht13 Rolfe, King, Pratt (ns) ?
Ht14 Gilbertson, Meredith, Brett ?
Ht15 Slater, Conway, Pratt ?
Note 3 only Heats 4 – 15
Saturday 7th September 1957 Tongham Greyhound Stadium, Aldershot
Aldershot Poppies 60 Rye House Rooster 23 (Southern Area League)
Aldershot
Pete Mould 3 2 3 3 11
John Day 2’ 1’ 2’ 3 8 3
Ron Walton 2 2’ 3 2’ 9 2
Pat Flanagan 1’ 3 3 3 10 1
Ross Gilbertson 3 3 3 3 12
Ron Webb 1 1 2’ 1 5 1
Phil Shepherd E 2’ 2’ 4 2
Ted Spittals 1 1
Rye House
Brian Brett 0 2 0 0 2
Ronnie Rolfe 1 2 1 1 E 5
Bobby Croombs 3 3 2 X 8
Ivan Mauger E 0 E 0
Dave Still 2 1 E 2 5
Colin Pratt X 1 0 1
Ernie Baker 0 0
Ht1 Mould, Day, Rolfe, Brett 69.4 5 1 5 1
Ht2 Croombs, Walton, Flanagan, Slater 69.8 3 3 8 4
Ht3 Gilbertson, Still, Webb, Mauger (ef) 69.2 4 2 12 6
Ht4 Flanagan, Brett, Pratt (exc), Shepherd (ef) 70.8 3 2 15 8
Ht5 Croombs, Mould, Day, Slater 70.0 3 3 18 11
Ht6 Flanagan, Walton, Still, Mauger 70.0 5 1 23 12
Ht7 Gilbertson, Rolfe, Webb, Brett 71.0 4 2 27 14
Ht8 Walton, Croombs, Spittles, Baker 72.2 4 2 31 16
Ht9 Mould, Day, Pratt, Still (ef) 72.6 5 1 36 17
Ht10 Flanagan, Walton, Rolfe, Brett 69.8 5 1 41 18
Ht11 Gilbertson, Webb, Slater, Croombs (exc) 71.2 5 1 46 19
Ht12 Mould, Shepherd, Pratt, Mauger (ef) 69.6 5 1 51 20
Ht13 Gilbertson, Shepherd, Slater, Pratt 69.4 5 1 56 21
Ht14 Day, Still, Webb, Rolfe 70.8 4 2 60 23
08/09/57 RYE HOUSE ALDERSHOT y S AREA LEAGUE 48-35
Sunday 22nd September 1957 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Rye House Rooster 51 Rayleigh Rovers 32 (Southern Area League)
Rye House
Alan Lunn 0 1’ 1 0 2 1
Gerry King 2 2 3 3 10
Bobby Croombs 3 3 3 3 12
Dave Slater 1 2 0 1 4
Dave Still 1’ 2’ 2’ 3 8 3
Gil Goldfinch 2 3 3 2’ 10 1
Alan Brett 0 2 2
Eric Hockaday 1 2’ 3 1
Rayleigh
Eric Eadon 0 1 0 0 1
Stan Clark 3 1 2 0 6
Neil Roberts 3 2 0 5
Tommy Sweetman 2 3 1 1 7
Leo McAuliffe 3 2 0 1 6
Bryan Meredith X 1’ 2 1 4 1
Ernie Baker 0 3 0 3
Pat McKenzie 0 0 0
1,Clark,King, Lunn (nf) Eadon (nf) 68.2 2 3 2 3
2,Croombs, Sweetman, Slater, Baker, 67.4 4 2 6 5
3,McAuliffe, Goldfinch, Still, Meredith (fexc) 69.0 3 3 9 8
4,Roberts, Slater, Eadon, Brett, 69.4 2 4 11 12
5,Sweetman, King, Lunn, McKenzie 67.8 3 3 14 15
6,Croombs, McAuliffe, Meredith, Slater, 67.2 3 3 17 18
7,Goldfinch, Still, Clark, Eadon, 69.0 5 1 22 19
8,Croombs, Roberts, Hockaday, McKenzie 67.2 4 2 26 21
9,King, Meredith, Lunn, McAuliffe, 66.4 4 2 30 23
10,Croombs, Clark, Slater, Eadon, 67.4 4 2 34 25
11,Goldfinch, Still, Sweetman, Roberts, 68.4 5 1 39 26
12,Baker, Brett, McAuliffe, Lunn, 68.6 2 4 41 30
13,Still, Hockaday, Sweetman, Baker, 67.8 5 1 46 31
14,King, Goldfinch, Meredith, Clark, 66.4 5 1 51 32
Silver Sash;
holder McAuliffe bt Croombs 68.8
Reserves Race
Hockaday, Brett, Lunn, Rolfe 66.4
Rye House Stakes;
1,King,Clark,Slater,Sweetman 69.0
2,Goldfinch,Meredith,Still,Eadon, NO time,
Final: Not filled in.
06/10/57 EASTBOURNE RYE HOUSE y S AREA LEAGUE 46-36
RYE HOUSE 1957 NEEDS in BOLD
21/04/57 RYE HOUSE EASTER TROPHY INDIVIDUAL KING Meeting Details
Sunday 28th April 1957 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon Brian Crutcher Trophy THt 11
4th May 1957 Tongham AldershotCalifornia 34 Eastbourne 16 Southern Rovers 23 Rye House 21 (4TT) Times Hts1-4 SH
Sunday 5th May 1957 HoddesdonRye House Rooster 46 Aldershot Poppies 37 (C) SH
12/05/57 RYE HOUSE THOMPSON TROPHY INDIVIDUAL RIDGEON Meeting Details
Sunday 19th May 1957 Hoddesdon Rye House Championship SH
26th May – Rye House Stadium – Challenge Match Rye House 49 Norwich Starlets 23
Sunday 2nd June 1957 Hoddesdon Rye House Roosters 53 Southern Rovers 30 (SAL) THt14
Saturday 8th June 1957 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rovers 40 Rye House Roosters 44 (SAL)
Sunday 9th June 1957 Rye House Hoddeson Whitsun Cup SH
16/06/57 RYE HOUSE EASTBOURNE S AL Meeting Details
23/06/57 EASTBOURNE RYE HOUSE S AL 51-32 Meeting Details
30/06/57 RYE HOUSE SOUTHERN ROVERS S AL Meeting Details
14/07/57 RYE HOUSE ALDERSHOT S A L 52-29 Meeting Details
20th July – Firs Stadium – Open Meeting Speedway Event – Norwich Starlets 40 Rye House Select 20
Saturday 27th July 1957 Weir Rayleigh Rovers 58 Rye House Roosters 26 (SAL)
Sunday 4th August 1957 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon Hertfordshire Trophy
25/08/57 RYE HOUSE S.A.L CHAMP INDIVIDUAL KING Meeting Details
Saturday 7th September 1957 Tongham Aldershot Poppies 60 Rye House Rooster 23 (SAL)
08/09/57 RYE HOUSE ALDERSHOT S AL 48-35 Meeting Details
Sunday 22nd September 1957 Hoddesdon Rye House Rooster 51 Rayleigh Rovers 32 (SAL) SH
06/10/57 EASTBOURNE RYE HOUSE y S AL 46-36 Meeting Details
RYE HOUSE 1957
Updated 20.10.2010
21/04/57 RYE HOUSE EASTER TROPHY INDIVIDUAL KING
Sunday 28th April 1957 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Brian Crutcher Trophy 3 laps
Neil Roberts 0 0 0 2 0 2
Jimmy Gleed 2 0 0 1 1 4
Jim Heard 3 2 3 2 2 12
Leo McAuliffe 1 3 2 1 2 9
Pete Mould 2 2 2 3 1 10
Bryan Meredith 3 2 2 2 0 9
Dave Still 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ross Gilbertson 1 1 0 0 0 2
Brian Brett 0 1 0 0 3 4
Allen Lunn 1 1 0 0 3 5
Colin Gooddy 3 3 3 2 3 14
Bobby Croombs 2 2 0 3 1 8
Vic Ridgeon 3 3 3 3 3 15
Gerald King 2 3 2 1 0 9
Jim Chalkley 1 1 3 3 2 10
Pat Flanagan 0 0 1 1 2 4
Ronnie Rolfe (res)
Les Searle (res)
Ht1 Heard, Gleed, McAuliffe, Roberts 69.9
Ht2 Meredith, Mould, Gilbertson, Still 69.3
Ht3 Gooddy, Croombs, Lunn, Brett 68.9
Ht4 Ridgeon, King, Chalkley, Flanagan 62.4
Ht5 Ridgeon, Mould, Brett, Roberts 62.4
Ht6 King, Meredith, Lunn, Gleed 66.4
Ht7 Gooddy, Heard, Chalkley, Still 68.6
Ht8 McAuliffe, Croombs, Gilbertson, Flanagan 68.0
Ht9 Gooddy, Meredith, Flanagan, Roberts 68.4
Ht10 Chalkley, Mould, Gleed (nf), Croombs (nf) 68.7
Ht11 Heard, King, Gilbertson (nf), Brett (nf) ?
Ht12 Ridgeon, McAuliffe, Still, Lunn 68.9
Ht13 Croombs, Roberts, King, Still 68.3
Ht14 Ridgeon, Gooddy, Gleed, Gilbertson 68.8
Ht15 Mould, Heard, Flanagan, Lunn 68.8
Ht16 Chalkley, Meredith, McAuliffe, Brett 69.0
Ht17 Lunn, Chalkley, Gilbertson, Roberts 68.3
Ht18 Brett, Flanagan, Gleed, Still 68.0
Ht19 Ridgeon, Heard, Croombs, Meredith 68.5
Ht20 Gooddy, McAuliffe, Mould, King 69.9
4th May 1957 Tongham Greyhound Stadium, Aldershot
California 34 Eastbourne 16 Southern Rovers 23 Rye House 21 (4 Team Tournament)
California
Jimmy Gleed 1 3 2 3 9
Pete Mould 1 2 3 3 9
Ross Gilbertson 3 1 3 1 8
Pat Flanagan 3 2 1 2 8
Eastbourne
Jimmy Heard 3 3 3 E 9
Dave Collett 0 1 1 1 3
Leo McAuliffe 1 F 1 0 2
Ron Walton 0 F 0 2 2
Southern Rovers
Tommy Sweetman 0 2 F 3 5
Colin Gooddy 3 3 3 3 12
Eric Eadon 0 F 1 1
Bryan Meredith 2 0 2 1 5
Tony Eadon (res) 0
Rye House
Bobby Croombs 2 F E E 2
Jim Tebby 2 3 2 2 9
Dave Still 2 1 1 E 4
Alan Lunn 0 2 3 2 7
C E SR RH
Ht1 Heard, Croombs, Gleed, Sweetman 1 3 0 2
Ht2 Gooddy, Tebby, Mould, Collett 2 3 3 4
Ht3 Gilbertson, Still, McAuliffe, E.Eadon 5 4 3 6
Ht4 Flanagan, Meredith, Walton (nf), Lunn (nf) 8 4 5 6
Ht5 Gleed, Lunn, Collett, E.Eadon (f) 74.2 11 5 5 8
Ht6 Heard, Mould, Still, Meredith 76.4 13 8 5 9
Ht7 Tebby, Sweetman, Gilbertson, Walton (f) 75.0 14 8 7 12
Ht8 Gooddy, Flanagan, McAuliffe (f), Croombs (f) 74.4 16 8 10 12
Ht9 Mould, Lunn, McAuliffe, Sweetman (f) 77.0 19 9 10 14
Ht10 Gooddy, Gleed, Still, Walton 75.4 21 9 13 15
Ht11 Gilbertson, Meredith, Collett, Croombs (ef) 74.8 24 10 15 15
Ht12 Heard. Tebby, Flanagan, T.Eadon 76.0 25 13 15 17
Ht13 Mould, Walton, E.Eadon, Croombs (ef) 77.4 28 15 16 17
Ht14 Gleed, Tebby, Meredith, McAuliffe 75.4 31 15 17 19
Ht15 Gooddy, Lunn, Gilbertson, Heard (ef) 78.0 32 15 20 21
Ht16 Sweetman, Flanagan, Collett, Still (ef) 78.0 34 16 23 21
Sunday 5th May 1957 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Rye House Rooster 46 Aldershot Poppies 37 (Challenge) 3 laps
Rye House
Jim Chalkley 1 2’ 3 2 8 1
Vic Ridgeon 3 3 0 2’ 8 1
Allen Lunn 0 0 0 0
Bobby Croombs 2 0 0 2 4
Brian Brett 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3
Gerald King 3 3 3 3 12
Colin Pratt 1 0 0 1
Dave Slater 3 1 4
California
Jimmy Gleed 0 3 1 3 7
Phil Shepherd 2 0 1 1 4
Pete Mould 3 1 2 1 7
Pat Flanagan 1 0 0 2 3
Ross Gilbertson 1 3 1’ 3 8 1
Ron Walton X 2’ 2 0 4 1
Ron Webb 2’ 0 2 1
John Day 1’ 1 2 1
Ht1 Ridgeon, Shepherd, Chalkley, Gleed 66.6 4 2 4 2
Ht2 Mould, Croombs, Flanagan, Lunn 69.8 2 4 6 6
Ht3 King, Brett, Gilbertson, Walton (exc) 64.4 5 1 11 7
Ht4 Gleed, Webb, Pratt, Croombs 68.4 1 5 12 12
Ht5 Ridgeon, Chalkley, Mould, Flanagan 66.4 5 1 17 13
Ht6 Gilbertson, Walton, Lunn (nf), Croombs (nf) 70.0 0 5 17 18
Ht7 King, Brett, Gleed, Shepherd 65.2 5 1 22 19
Ht8 Slater, Mould, Day, Pratt 69.2 3 3 25 22
Ht9 Chalkley, Walton, Gilbertson, Ridgeon 70.0 3 3 28 25
Ht10 Gleed, Croombs, Shepherd, Lunn 67.4 2 4 30 29
Ht11 King, Brett, Mould, Flanagan 65.2 5 1 35 30
Ht12 Gilbertson, Chalkley, Day, Pratt 70.6 2 4 37 34
Ht13 Brett, Flanagan, Slater, Webb 69.4 4 2 41 36
Ht14 King, Ridgeon, Shepherd, Walton 66.2 5 1 46 37
Guest Riders Match Race
Ht1 Mike Broadbanks bt Georg White 65.0
Ht2 George White bt Mike Broadbanks 66.8
12/05/57 RYE HOUSE THOMPSON TROPHY INDIVIDUAL RIDGEON
Sunday 19th May 1957 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Rye House Championship
Dave Still 0 0 0 0
Norman Unger 2 1 0 3
Bobby Croombs 1 0 0 1
Gil Goldfinch 3 0 0 3
Brian Brett 1 0 3 4
Les Owen 2 2 3 7
Jim Chalkley 3 2 3 8
Allen Lunn 0 1 0 1
Bryan Meredith 2 2 2 6
Vic Ridgeon 3 3 2 8
Noel Conway 0 3 1 4
Dave Slater 1 3 2 6
Gerald King 3 3 3 9
Tom Sweetman 0 1 1 2
Ronnie Rolfe 2 2 1 5
Maury Conway 1 1 2 4
Ht1.Goldfinch, Unger, Croombs, Still 69.6
Ht2Chalkley, Owen, Brett, Lunn 66.8
Ht3.Ridegeon, Meredith, Slater, N.Conway 66.4
Ht4 King, Rolfe, M.Conway, Sweetman 66.6
Ht5 King, Meredith, Unger, Brett 66.6
Ht6 Ridgeon, Owen, Sweetman, Still 67.2
Ht7 N.Conway, Rolfe, Lunn, Croombs 68.6
Ht8.Slater, Chalkley, M.Conway, Goldfinch 67.6
Ht 9 Owen, M.Conway,N. Conway , Unger (nf) 69.6
Ht10 Brett, Slater, Rolfe, Still 67.4
Ht11 Chalkey, Meredith, Sweetman, Croombs 69.0
Ht12 King, Ridgeon, Lunn(nf), Goldfinch (nf) 67.0
1st SemiF Meredith, Brett, Chalkley ?
2nd SemiF Ridgeon, Owen, [?,? ?
Final Owen, Brett Meredith, Ridgeon ?
26th May – Rye House Stadium – Challenge Match
Rye House 49 Norwich Starlets 23
RYE HOUSE
Vic Ridgeon 3 3 3 0 12
Jim Chalkley 1 2’ 0 3 6
Gerry King 3 3 3 3 12
Bobby Croombs 2’ 2’ 2’ 0 6 3
Brian Brett 1 1’ 3 3 8 1
Dave Slater 3 2 1 2’ 8 1
Ronnie Rolfe did not ride
NORWICH
Derek Strutt 2 1 2 2 7
Mick Simmonds 0 0 0 1 1
Barry East 1 3 2 2 8
Clive Featherby 0 0 1’ 0 1 1
Peter Atkins 0 1 1’ 0 2 1
Dick Sayer 2 0 1 1’ 4 1
Terry Allen 0 0
1 Ridgeon, Strutt, Chalkley, Simmonds, 68.3 4 2
2 King, Croombs, East, Featherby, 66.2 9 3
3 Slater, sayer, Brett, Atkins, 66.9 13 5
4 King, Croombs, Strutt, Simmonds, 68.3 18 6
5 East, Slater, Brett, Featherby, 66.4 21 9
6 Ridgeon, Chalkley, Atkins, Sayer, 66.0 26 10
7 Brett, Strutt, Slater, Simmonds, 66.7 30 12
8 Ridgeon, East, Featherby, Chalkley, 66.7 33 15
9 King, Croombs, Sayer, Allen, 68.7 38 16 (Atkins f & repl by Allen)
10 Chalkley, Slater, Simmonds, Featherby (f), 67.6 43 17
11 Brett, East, Sayer, Croombs, 67.4 46 20
12 King, Strutt, Atkins, Ridgeon (f), 65.9 49 23
Second Half Results
Consolation S R – Rolfe, Simmonds, Featherby, Atkins, 67.1
Rye House Scratch Race
1 King, Ridgeon, Croombs, Brett, 65.9
2 East, Strutt, Featherby, Sayer, 67.6
3 Rolfe, Slater, Chalkley, Simmonds, 67.4
4 This Race Was Not Run – Fastest 2nd put into Final
Final – King, Ridgeon, East, Rolfe, 66.2
Saturday 8th June 1957 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh
Rayleigh Rovers 40 Rye House Roosters 44 (Southern Area League)
Rayleigh
Colin Goody 3 3 F F 6
Vic Hall 1 3 3 0 7
Tommy Sweetman 1 2’ E 3 1
Brian Meredith 2 3 1 1 7
Leo McAuliffe 2’ 1 E 3 1
Eric Ebbs 3 2’ 3 3 11 1
Fred Greenwell 1 2 0 3
Neil Roberts 0 E 0 0
Rye House
Vic Ridgeon E 1 2 2’ 5 1
Ronnie Rolfe 3 1 2 2 8
Brian Brett 2 2’ 1’ 3 8 2
Dave Slater 0 0 1’ 1 1
Gerry King 1 3 3 3 10
Bobby Croombs F X 2’ 2 1
Jim Chalkley 2’ 1’ 1 4 6
Alan Lunn 3 2 1 6
Ht1 Goody, Brett, Sweetman, Ridgeon (ef) 75.0 4 2 4 2
Ht2 Rolfe, Meredith, Hall, Slater 75.4 3 3 7 5
Ht3 Ebbs, McAuliffe, King, Croombs (f) 73.6 5 1 12 6
Ht4 Lunn, Chalkley, Greenwell, Roberts 77.2 1 5 13 11
Ht5 Hall, Sweetman, Rolfe, Slater 75.0 5 1 18 12
Ht6 Goody, Ebbs, Ridgeon, Croombs (fexc) 74.0 5 1 23 13
Ht7 King, Brett, McAuliffe, Sweetman (ef) 72.8 1 5 24 18
Ht8 Hall, Lunn, Chalkley, Roberts (ef) 75.8 3 3 27 21
Ht9 Meredith, Rolfe, Slater, Goody (f) 77.0 3 3 30 24
Ht10 Ebbs, Ridgeon, Brett, Ebbs 75.2 3 3 33 27
Ht11 King, Greenwell, Chalkley, Goody (f) 73.8 2 4 35 31
Ht12 Brett, Croombs, Meredith, Greenwell 76.0 1 5 36 36
Ht13 Ebbs, Rolfe, Lunn, Roberts 76.8 3 3 39 39
Ht14 King, Ridgeon, Meredith, Hall 74.8 1 5 40 44
Sunday 2nd June 1957 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Rye House Roosters 53 Southern Rovers 30 (Southern Area League) 3laps
Rye House
Ronnie Rolfe 1’ 1 1 3 6 1
Vic Ridgeon 2 3 3 2’ 10 1
Dave Slater 2’ 3 2 2 9 1
Brian Brett 3 1 2’ 1’ 7 2
Bobby Croombs 0 1 0 0 1
Gerry King 3 3 3 3 12
Jim Chalkley 3 2’ 5 1
Allen Lunn 1’ 2 3 1
Southern Rovers
Eric Eadon 0 2 0 0 2
Colin Gooddy 3 2 3 0 8
Tommy Sweetman 0 0 3 2 5
Alan Pearce 1 2 1’ 3 7 1
Bryan Meredith 2 1 2 0 5
Norman Unger 0 0 1 1
Mike Lawrence 0 1 1
Tony Eadon 0 0 1 1
Ht1 Gooddy, Ridgeon, Rolfe, E.Eadon 67.6 3 3 3 3
Ht2 Brett, Slater, Pearce, Sweetman 68.1 5 1 8 4
Ht3 King, Meredith, Croombs (nf), Unger (nf) 68.4 3 2 11 6
Ht4 Chalkley, E.Eadon, Brett, Lawrence 67.4 4 2 15 8
Ht5Ridgeon, Pearce, Rolfe, Sweetman 65.9 4 2 19 10
Ht6 Slater, Brett, Meredith, T.Eadon 67.8 5 1 24 11
Ht7 King, Gooddy, Croombs, E.Eadon 67.9 4 2 28 13
Ht8 Sweetman, Slater, Lunn, T.Eadon 69.2 3 3 31 16
Ht9 Ridgeon, Meredith, Rolfe, Unger 68.0 4 2 35 18
Ht10 Gooddy, Slater, Brett, E.Eadon 67.5 3 3 38 21
Ht11 King, Sweetman, Pearce, Croombs 68.2 3 3 41 24
Ht12 Rolfe, Chalkley, T.Eadon, Meredith 69.2 5 1 46 25
Ht13 Pearce, Lunn, Lawrence, Croombs 67.0 2 4 48 29
Ht14 King, Ridgeon, Unger, Gooddy ? 5 1 53 30
Reserves Scratch Race
Lunn, Chalkley, Lawrence (nf), T.Eadon (nf) 68.5
Saturday 8th June 1957 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh
Rayleigh Rovers 40 Rye House Roosters 44 (Southern Area League)
Rayleigh
Colin Gooddy 3 3 F F 6
Vic Hall 1 3 3 0 7
Tommy Sweetman 1 2’ E 3 1
Brian Meredith 2 3 1 1 7
Leo McAuliffe 2’ 1 E 3 1
Eric Ebbs 3 2’ 3 3 11 1
Fred Greenwell 1 2 0 3
Neil Roberts 0 E 0 0
Rye House
Vic Ridgeon E 1 2 2’ 5 1
Ronnie Rolfe 3 1 2 2 8
Brian Brett 2 2’ 1’ 3 8 2
Dave Slater 0 0 1’ 1 1
Gerry King 1 3 3 3 10
Bobby Croombs F X 2’ 2 1
Jim Chalkley 2’ 1’ 1 4 6
Alan Lunn 3 2 1 6
Ht1 Gooddy, Brett, Sweetman, Ridgeon (ef) 75.0 4 2 4 2
Ht2 Rolfe, Meredith, Hall, Slater 75.4 3 3 7 5
Ht3 Ebbs, McAuliffe, King, Croombs (f) 73.6 5 1 12 6
Ht4 Lunn, Chalkley, Greenwell, Roberts 77.2 1 5 13 11
Ht5 Hall, Sweetman, Rolfe, Slater 75.0 5 1 18 12
Ht6 Gooddy, Ebbs, Ridgeon, Croombs (fexc) 74.0 5 1 23 13
Ht7 King, Brett, McAuliffe, Sweetman (ef) 72.8 1 5 24 18
Ht8 Hall, Lunn, Chalkley, Roberts (ef) 75.8 3 3 27 21
Ht9 Meredith, Rolfe, Slater, Gooddy (f) 77.0 3 3 30 24
Ht10 Ebbs, Ridgeon, Brett, Ebbs 75.2 3 3 33 27
Ht11 King, Greenwell, Chalkley, Gooddy (f) 73.8 2 4 35 31
Ht12 Brett, Croombs, Meredith, Greenwell 76.0 1 5 36 36
Ht13 Ebbs, Rolfe, Lunn, Roberts 76.8 3 3 39 39
Ht14 King, Ridgeon, Meredith, Hall 74.8 1 5 40 44
Sunday 9th June 1957 Rye House Stadium, Hoddeson
Whitsun Cup 3 laps
Pete Mould 2 2 1 5
Ron Walton 0 1 3 4
Dave Slater 1 3 3 7
S Clark 3 3 2 8
Ivan Mauger 3 0 2 5
Dave Still 1 0 1 2
Jim Chalkley 0 0
Gil Goldfinch 2 1 0 3
Brian Brett 1 3 1 5
Gerry King 3 3 3 9
Jimmy Gleed 0 2 2 4
Jim Tebby 1 2 3 6
Bobby Croombs 3 2 1 6
Ross Gilbertson 2 1 2 5
Ronnie Rolfe 0 0 0
Allen Lunn 0 0 0
Colin Pratt (res) 1 0 0 0 1
Ht1 Clark, Mould, Slater, Walton 66.0
Ht2 Mauger, Goldfinch, Still, Chalkley 68.3
Ht3 King, Tebby, Brett, Gleed 65.2
Ht4 Croombs, Gilbertson, Rolfe (nf), Lunn (nf) 67.4
Ht5 Brett, Croombs, Walton, Mauger 67.0
Ht6 King, Mould, Gilbertson, Still 66.0
Ht7 Slater, Gleed, Pratt, Rolfe 69.4
Ht8 Clark, Tebby, Goldfinch, Lunn 66.4
Ht9 Walton, Gleed, Still, Pratt 67.4
Ht10 Tebby, Mauger, Mould, Pratt 68.0
Ht11 Slater, Gilbertson, Brett, Goldfinch 68.4
Ht12 King, Clark, Croombs, Pratt 66.0
Hoddesdon Consolation Scratch Race
Ht1 Walton, Gleed, Goldfinch, Pratt (ns) 69.0
Ht2 Croombs, Gilbertson, Mauger, Mould 68.2
Final
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30/06/57 RYE HOUSE SOUTHERN ROVERS S AREA LEAGUE
14/07/57 RYE HOUSE ALDERSHOT S AREA LEAGUE 52-29
20th July – Firs Stadium – Open Meeting
Speedway Event – Norwich Starlets 40 Rye House Select 20
NORWICH
Derek Strutt 3 0 3
Terry Allen 1 2 2 5
Peter Atkins 3 2’ 0 5 1
Keith Veal 0 3 3 6
Mick Simmonds 2’ 3 3 3 11 1
Dave Hankins 3 2’ 2’ 2’ 9 3
Slap Adams 1’ 1’
RYE HOUSE
Jim Chalkley 0 0 0
Clive Featherby 2 1 0 1’ 4 1 (Replaced Vic Ridgeon)
Bobby Croombs 1’ 1 1 3 1
Ronnie Rolfe 2 3 0 0 5
Brian Brett 1 1 3 1 6
Bob Farrow 0 0 0 (Replaced Ivan Mauger)
Derek Hewitt 2 2 (Replaced Dave Still)
1 Strutt, Featherby, Allen, Chalkley (e/f), 76.0 4 2
2 Atkins, Rolfe, Croombs, Veal (ex), 77.6 7 5
3 Hankins, Simmonds, Brett, Farrow, 76.4 12 6
4 Rolfe, Allen, Croombs, Strutt (e/f), 78.2 14 10
5 Simmonds, Hankins, Featherby, Chalkley, 77.0 19 11
6 Veal, Atkins, Brett, Farrow, 75.2 24 12
7 Simmonds, Hankins, Croombs, Rolfe, 77.2 29 13
8 Brett, Allen, Adams, Featherby (e/f), 77.8 32 16
9 Veal, Hewitt, Featherby, Atkins, 77.4 35 19
10 Simmonds, Hankins, Brett, Rolfe, 76.8 40 20
Saturday 27th July 1957 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh
Rayleigh Rovers 58 Rye House Roosters 26 (Southern Area League)
Rayleigh
Eric Ebbs 3 3 2 3 11
Brian Meredith 1 2’ 1’ 3 7 2
Pat McKenzie F 1’ 2’ 2’ 5 3
Vic Hall 2 3 2 3 10
Stan Clark 3 3 3 3 12
Leo McAuliffe 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 3
Neil Roberts 1 1 2
Eric Eadon 3 1 4
Rye House
Allan Lunn 0 2 0 0 2
Vic Ridgeon 2 1 1 0 4
Dave Slater 3 1 1 0 5
Ivan Mauger 1 0 1 2 4
Brian Brett X 0 0 2 2
Gerry King 2 3 3 1 9
Jim Chalkley 0 0 0
Ronnie Rolfe 0 0 0
Ht1 Ebbs, Ridgeon, Meredith, Lunn 72.8 4 2 4 2
Ht2 Slater, Hall, Mauger, McKenzie (f) 76.2 2 4 6 6
Ht3 Clark, King, McAuliffe, Brett (exc) 73.0 4 2 10 8
Ht4 Hall, Lunn, Roberts, Chalkley 77.0 4 2 14 10
Ht5 Ebbs, Meredith, Slater, Mauger 75.4 5 1 19 11
Ht6 King, Hall, McKenzie, Brett 75.2 3 3 22 14
Ht7 Clark, McAuliffe, Ridgeon, Lunn 74.0 5 1 27 15
Ht8 Eadon, McKenzie, Slater, Rolfe 76.2 5 1 32 16
Ht9 King, Ebbs, Meredith, Brett 74.6 3 3 35 19
Ht10 Hall, McKenzie, Ridgeon, Lunn 76.6 5 1 40 20
Ht11 Clark, McAuliffe, Mauger, Slater 73.8 5 1 45 21
Ht12 Ebbs, Brett, Roberts, Rolfe 76.2 4 2 49 23
Ht13 Clark, Mauger, Eadon, Chalkley 74.6 4 2 53 25
Ht14 Meredith, McAuliffe, King, Ridgeon 75.2 5 1 58 26
Sunday 4th August 1957 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Hertfordshire Trophy 3 laps
Bobby Croombs 1 3 3 7
Dave Slater 2 2 0 4
Brain Brett 0 0 0 0
Gerry King 3 2 3 8
Colin Pratt 0 0 0 0
Allen Lunn 2 1 2 5
Ronnie Rolfe 1 1 1 3
Vic Ridgeon 3 3 2 8
Ht1 King, Slater, Croombs, Brett 63.4
Ht2 Ridgeon, Lunn, Rolfe, Pratt 66.6
Ht3 Croombs, Slater, Lunn, Pratt 67.4
Ht4 Ridgeon, King, Rolfe, Brett 64.2
Ht5 Croombs, Ridgeon, Rolfe, Slater 65.2
Ht6 King, Lunn, Brett, Pratt 64.2
Consolation Race
Slater, Brett, Rolfe, Pratt 66.6
Hertfordshire Trophy
King, Ridgeon, Lunn, Croombs 63.6
Rest of meeting sidecar racing
Saturday 25th August 1957 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Southern Area Riders Championship Round 3 laps
Allen Lunn 3 2 1 2 8
Ronnie Rolfe 0 2 1 3 6
Brian Brett 1 1 0 1 3
Noel Conway 2 2 0 1 5
Bryan Meredith 2 3 3 2 10
Dave Slater 1 0 2 3 6
Bobby Croombs 3 2 2 3 10
Colin Pratt 0 0 3 0 3
Reg Davies 0
Ross Gilbertson 2 3 3 3 11
Gerald King 3 3 3 2 11
Dave Still 2 3 2 1 8
Ht1 Lunn, Conway, Brett, Rolfe 66.0
Ht2 Croombs, Meredith, Slater, Pratt 67.2
Ht3 King. Still, Gilbertson, Davies 67.4
Ht4 Meredith, Lunn, Pratt 66.8
Ht5 Gilbertson, Rolfe, Slater (nf) ?
Ht6 King, Croombs, Brett ?
Ht7 Still, Conway, Pratt (ns) ?
Ht8 King, Slater, Lunn 69.2
Ht9 Meredith, Still, Rolfe 69.3
Ht10 Pratt, Brett (nf), Davies (ns) ?
Ht11 Gilbertson, Croombs, Conway (nf) 68.4
Ht12 Croombs, Lunn, Still 68.3
Ht13 Rolfe, King, Pratt (ns) ?
Ht14 Gilbertson, Meredith, Brett ?
Ht15 Slater, Conway, Pratt ?
Note 3 only Heats 4 – 15
Saturday 7th September 1957 Tongham Greyhound Stadium, Aldershot
Aldershot Poppies 60 Rye House Rooster 23 (Southern Area League)
Aldershot
Pete Mould 3 2 3 3 11
John Day 2’ 1’ 2’ 3 8 3
Ron Walton 2 2’ 3 2’ 9 2
Pat Flanagan 1’ 3 3 3 10 1
Ross Gilbertson 3 3 3 3 12
Ron Webb 1 1 2’ 1 5 1
Phil Shepherd E 2’ 2’ 4 2
Ted Spittals 1 1
Rye House
Brian Brett 0 2 0 0 2
Ronnie Rolfe 1 2 1 1 E 5
Bobby Croombs 3 3 2 X 8
Ivan Mauger E 0 E 0
Dave Still 2 1 E 2 5
Colin Pratt X 1 0 1
Ernie Baker 0 0
Ht1 Mould, Day, Rolfe, Brett 69.4 5 1 5 1
Ht2 Croombs, Walton, Flanagan, Slater 69.8 3 3 8 4
Ht3 Gilbertson, Still, Webb, Mauger (ef) 69.2 4 2 12 6
Ht4 Flanagan, Brett, Pratt (exc), Shepherd (ef) 70.8 3 2 15 8
Ht5 Croombs, Mould, Day, Slater 70.0 3 3 18 11
Ht6 Flanagan, Walton, Still, Mauger 70.0 5 1 23 12
Ht7 Gilbertson, Rolfe, Webb, Brett 71.0 4 2 27 14
Ht8 Walton, Croombs, Spittles, Baker 72.2 4 2 31 16
Ht9 Mould, Day, Pratt, Still (ef) 72.6 5 1 36 17
Ht10 Flanagan, Walton, Rolfe, Brett 69.8 5 1 41 18
Ht11 Gilbertson, Webb, Slater, Croombs (exc) 71.2 5 1 46 19
Ht12 Mould, Shepherd, Pratt, Mauger (ef) 69.6 5 1 51 20
Ht13 Gilbertson, Shepherd, Slater, Pratt 69.4 5 1 56 21
Ht14 Day, Still, Webb, Rolfe 70.8 4 2 60 23
08/09/57 RYE HOUSE ALDERSHOT y S AREA LEAGUE 48-35
Sunday 22nd September 1957 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Rye House Rooster 51 Rayleigh Rovers 32 (Southern Area League)
Rye House
Alan Lunn 0 1’ 1 0 2 1
Gerry King 2 2 3 3 10
Bobby Croombs 3 3 3 3 12
Dave Slater 1 2 0 1 4
Dave Still 1’ 2’ 2’ 3 8 3
Gil Goldfinch 2 3 3 2’ 10 1
Alan Brett 0 2 2
Eric Hockaday 1 2’ 3 1
Rayleigh
Eric Eadon 0 1 0 0 1
Stan Clark 3 1 2 0 6
Neil Roberts 3 2 0 5
Tommy Sweetman 2 3 1 1 7
Leo McAuliffe 3 2 0 1 6
Bryan Meredith X 1’ 2 1 4 1
Ernie Baker 0 3 0 3
Pat McKenzie 0 0 0
1,Clark,King, Lunn (nf) Eadon (nf) 68.2 2 3 2 3
2,Croombs, Sweetman, Slater, Baker, 67.4 4 2 6 5
3,McAuliffe, Goldfinch, Still, Meredith (fexc) 69.0 3 3 9 8
4,Roberts, Slater, Eadon, Brett, 69.4 2 4 11 12
5,Sweetman, King, Lunn, McKenzie 67.8 3 3 14 15
6,Croombs, McAuliffe, Meredith, Slater, 67.2 3 3 17 18
7,Goldfinch, Still, Clark, Eadon, 69.0 5 1 22 19
8,Croombs, Roberts, Hockaday, McKenzie 67.2 4 2 26 21
9,King, Meredith, Lunn, McAuliffe, 66.4 4 2 30 23
10,Croombs, Clark, Slater, Eadon, 67.4 4 2 34 25
11,Goldfinch, Still, Sweetman, Roberts, 68.4 5 1 39 26
12,Baker, Brett, McAuliffe, Lunn, 68.6 2 4 41 30
13,Still, Hockaday, Sweetman, Baker, 67.8 5 1 46 31
14,King, Goldfinch, Meredith, Clark, 66.4 5 1 51 32
Silver Sash;
holder McAuliffe bt Croombs 68.8
Reserves Race
Hockaday, Brett, Lunn, Rolfe 66.4
Rye House Stakes;
1,King,Clark,Slater,Sweetman 69.0
2,Goldfinch,Meredith,Still,Eadon, NO time,
Final: Not filled in.
06/10/57 EASTBOURNE RYE HOUSE y S AREA LEAGUE 46-36
RYE HOUSE 1957 NEEDS in BOLD
21/04/57 RYE HOUSE EASTER TROPHY INDIVIDUAL KING Meeting Details
Sunday 28th April 1957 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon Brian Crutcher Trophy THt 11
4th May 1957 Tongham AldershotCalifornia 34 Eastbourne 16 Southern Rovers 23 Rye House 21 (4TT) Times Hts1-4 SH
Sunday 5th May 1957 HoddesdonRye House Rooster 46 Aldershot Poppies 37 (C) SH
12/05/57 RYE HOUSE THOMPSON TROPHY INDIVIDUAL RIDGEON Meeting Details
Sunday 19th May 1957 Hoddesdon Rye House Championship SH
26th May – Rye House Stadium – Challenge Match Rye House 49 Norwich Starlets 23
Sunday 2nd June 1957 Hoddesdon Rye House Roosters 53 Southern Rovers 30 (SAL) THt14
Saturday 8th June 1957 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Rayleigh Rovers 40 Rye House Roosters 44 (SAL)
Sunday 9th June 1957 Rye House Hoddeson Whitsun Cup SH
16/06/57 RYE HOUSE EASTBOURNE S AL Meeting Details
23/06/57 EASTBOURNE RYE HOUSE S AL 51-32 Meeting Details
30/06/57 RYE HOUSE SOUTHERN ROVERS S AL Meeting Details
14/07/57 RYE HOUSE ALDERSHOT S A L 52-29 Meeting Details
20th July – Firs Stadium – Open Meeting Speedway Event – Norwich Starlets 40 Rye House Select 20
Saturday 27th July 1957 Weir Rayleigh Rovers 58 Rye House Roosters 26 (SAL)
Sunday 4th August 1957 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon Hertfordshire Trophy
25/08/57 RYE HOUSE S.A.L CHAMP INDIVIDUAL KING Meeting Details
Saturday 7th September 1957 Tongham Aldershot Poppies 60 Rye House Rooster 23 (SAL)
08/09/57 RYE HOUSE ALDERSHOT S AL 48-35 Meeting Details
Sunday 22nd September 1957 Hoddesdon Rye House Rooster 51 Rayleigh Rovers 32 (SAL) SH
06/10/57 EASTBOURNE RYE HOUSE y S AL 46-36 Meeting Details