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RYE HOUSE 1956
Updated 26.10.2010
Saturday 25th March 1956 California in Reading, Wokingham
California Poppies 46 Rye House Roosters 35 (Challenge)
1 R Sharp, V Ridgeon, R Gilbertson, Lines, 67.0
2 B Croombs, P Mould, D Slater, R Cullridge, 69.2/5
3 R Webb, A Sparrey, J Gleed, J Chalkley, 68.3/5
4 T Larence, R Walton, P Mould, G King, 69.3/5
5 R Sharp, R Gilbertson, D Slater, B Croombs, 68.3/5
6 R Cullridge, A Sparrey, P Mould, J Chalkley, 68.0
7 R Webb, V Ridgeon, J Gleed, G King, 69.3/5
8 R Walton, L Searle, B Croombs, J Day, 71.0
9 T Larence, A Sparrey, R Gilbertson, R Sharp, 70.0
10 G King, P Mould, V Ridgeon, R Cullridge, 70.0
11 B Croombs, J Gleed, V Ridgeon, R Webb, 68.3/5
12 R Walton, R Sharp, 72.0, (only two finished).
13 T Larence, J Day, D Slater, R Webb, 69.3/5
14 V Ridgeon, R Gilbertson, J Gleed, A Sparrey, 69.0
Sunday 1st April 1956 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Easter Championship 3 laps
Neil Roberts 0 0 0
Dave Slater 2 1 3 6
Jim Chalkley 1 2 0 3
Bill (or Ben) Eadon 3 3 1 7
Vic Ridgeon 3 2 3 8
Bryan Meredith 2 2 1 5
Allan Brett 1 1 0 2
Tommy Eadon 0 1 0 1
Al Sparrey 3 3 3 9
Vic Hall 2 3 3 8
Ronnie Rolfe 0 0 0 0
Mike Lawrence 1 0 1 2
Jim Heard 2 0 2 4
Brian Miller 0 1 2 3
Eric Hockaday 1 3 2 6
Allen Lunn 3 2 2 7
Ht1 B.Eadon, Slater, Chalkley, Roberts 66.4
Ht2 Ridgeon, Meredith, Brett, T.Eadon 66.2
Ht3 Sparrey, Hall, Lawrence, Rolfe 65.6
Ht4 Lunn, Heard, Hockaday, Miller 63.8
Ht5 Sparrey, Ridgeon, Slater, Heard 63.8
Ht6 Hall, Meredith, Miller, Roberts 65.8
Ht7 Hockaday, Chalkley, Brett, Rolfe 66.6
Ht8 B.Eadon, Lunn, T.Eadon, Lawrence 67.0
Ht9 Slater, Lunn, Meredith, Lunn 66.8
Ht10 Ridgeon, Hockaday, Lawrence, Roberts (ns) 64.2
Ht11 Sparrey, Miller, Chalkley (nf), T.Eadon 66.8
Ht12 Hall, Heard, B.Eadon, Brett 65.8
SF1 Hall, Sparrey, B.Eadon, Hockaday 66.6
Ht2 Ridgeon, Slater, Meredith, Lunn 65.4
Final Hall, Sparrey, Slater, Ridgeon 68.6
Easter Consolation Scratch Race
Ht1 Chalkley, Miller, Heard, Roberts 68.4
Ht2 Lawrence, Graham.White, Rolfe, Brett 66.8
Final Lawrence, Miller, White, Chalkley 65.4
Sunday 15th April 1956 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Rye House Roosters 52 California Poppies 32 (Southern Area League)
(3 laps)
Rye House
Gerald King 1 1 3 5
Vic Ridgeon 3 3 3 3 12
Allen Lunn E E 2 1 3
Dave Slater 1 3 3 3 10
Allen Brett 1’ 0 2’ 3 6 1
Al Sparrey 3 3 3 2’ 11 1
Ronnie Rolfe 1 1 1 3
Jim Chalkley 1’ 2’ 3 2
California
Ron Sharp 2 2 2 2 8
Ross Gilbertson 0 1’ 0 1 2 1
Pete Mould 2’ 2 3 1 8 1
Tommy Sweetman 3 0 0 0 3
Ron Webb 0 2 0 2 4
Gil Goldfinch 3 1’ 2 0 6 1
Ron Walton 0 1 1
Phil Shepherd 0 0 0
Ht1 Ridgeon. Sharp, Rolfe, Gilbertson 61.6 4 2 4 2
Ht2 Sweetman, Mould, Slater, Lunn 63.6 1 5 5 7
Ht3 Goldfinch, Sparrey, Brett, Webb 64.6 3 3 8 10
Ht4 Slater, Sharp, Rolfe, Walton (?) 63.8 4 2 12 12
Ht5 Ridgeon, Mould, King, Sweetman 63.0 4 2 16 14
Ht6 Slater, Webb, Goldfinch, Lunn 65.0 3 3 19 17
Ht7 Sparrey, Sharp, Gilbertson, Brett 64.2 3 3 22 20
Ht8 Mould, Lunn, Chalkley, Shepherd 65.8 3 3 25 23
Ht9 Ridgeon, Goldfinch, King, Webb 63.4 4 2 29 25
Ht10 Slater, Sharp, Lunn, Gilbertson 64.8 4 2 33 27
Ht11 Sparrey, Brett, Mould, Sweetman 66.0 5 1 38 28
Ht12 King, Webb, Rolfe, Shepherd 67.4 4 2 42 30
Ht13 Brett, Chalkley, Walton, Sweetman 67.8 5 1 47 31
Ht14 Ridgeon, Sparrey, Gilbertson, Goldfinch 64.2 5 1 52 32
Silver Sash Match Race
Vic Ridgeon bt Gil Goldfinch 63.4
Consolation Scratch Race
Chalkley, Silver, Rolfe (nf), Shepherd (nf) 62.8
The Hoddeson Hurricane
Ht1 Lunn, Gilbertson, Mould, Brett 65.4
Ht2 Sharp, Sparrrey, Sweetman, King 65.4
Final Sparrey, Gilbertson, Lunn, Sharp 65.0
Sunday 29th April 1956 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Rye House Roosters 42 Southern Rovers 42 (Southern Area League)
(3laps)
Rye House
Gerald King 2 1 1 1’ 5 1
Vic Ridgeon 0 3 3 1 7
Allen Lunn 0 0
Dave Slater 2 2 1 2 7
Allen Brett 1 0 0 1
Al Sparrey 3 3 3 3 12
Bobby Croombs 1’ 0 2 2 5 1
Jim Chalkley 1’ 1’ 3 5 2
Southern Rovers
Eric Hockaday 3 3 2 3 11
Neil Roberts 1 1’ 0 0 2 1
Colin Gooddy` 3 2 3 2 10
Brian Miller 1 0 1’ 2 4 1
Eric Eadon 0 3 3 1 7
Bryan Meredith 2 2’ 2 2 8 1
Tony Eadon 0 0 1’ 1 1
Mike Lawrence 0 0 0
Ht1 Hockaday, King, Roberts, Ridgeon 64.6 2 4 2 4
Ht2 Miller, Slater, Gooddy, Lunn 65.2 2 4 4 8
Ht3 Brett, Meredith, Sparrey, E.Eadon 64.6 4 2 8 10
Ht4 Hockaday, Slater, Croombs, T.Eadon 63.6 3 3 11 13
Ht5 Ridgeon, Gooddy, King, Miller 65.4 4 2 15 15
Ht6 E.Eadon, Meredith, Slater, Croombs 66.0 1 5 16 20
Ht7 Sparrey, Hockaday, Roberts, Brett 66.4 3 3 19 23
Ht8 Gooddy, Croombs, Chalkley, Lawrence 66.2 3 3 22 26
Ht9 Ridgeon, Meredith, King, E.Eadon 65.0 4 2 26 28
Ht10 Hockaday, Slater, Chalkley, Roberts 65.4 3 3 29 31
Ht11 Sparrey, Gooddy, Miller, Brett 63.8 3 3 32 34
Ht12 E.Eadon, Croombs, King, Lawrence 68.6 3 3 35 37
Ht13Chalkley, Miller, T.Eadon, Brett 68.6 3 3 38 40
Ht14 Sparrey, Meredith, Ridgeon, Roberts 64.8 4 2 42 42
Extra Race
?, Croombs, Woodger, Rolfe 67.6
Silver Sash Match Race
Vic Ridgeon bt Eric Hockaday 64.0
Consolation Scratch Race
King, Woodger, Chalkley, Roberts 68.0
Rye House Stakes
Ht1 Hockaday, Sparrey, Slater, E.Eadon 64.6
Ht2 Ridgeon, Meredith, Miller, Croombs 65.0
Final Hockaday, Ridgeon, Sparrey, Meredith 64.0
Saturday 5th May 1956 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh
Rye House Roosters 39 The Rest 56 (Challenge)
Rye House
Gerald King 1’ 0 1 1 0 3 1
Vic Ridgeon 2 3 2 F 1 8
Jimmy Heard F 1’ 2 2 1 6 1
Dave Slater 3 2 0 0 1’ 6 1
Bobby Croombes F E 1’ 0 F 1 1
Al Sparrey 3 3 2 2 3 13
Geoff Woodger 1 1’ 2 1
The Rest
Eric Hockaday 3 2 3 3 3 14
Ron Sharp 0 2 1’ 1 1’ 5 2
Pete Mould E 3 3 3 3 12
Bob Bunny 2 1 0 0 2’ 5 1
Colin Goody 2 3 3 2’ 2 12 1
Gerry Bridson 1’ F 2’ 2’ 3 8 3
Ron Webb 0 0 0
Ht1 Hockaday, Ridgeon, King, Sharp 70.2 3 3 3 3
Ht2 Slater, Bunny, Haerd (f), Mould (ef) 71.8 3 2 6 5
Ht3 Sparrey, Goody, Bridson, Croombes (f) 72.0 3 3 9 8
Ht4 Ridgeon, Sharp, Woodger, Webb 71.8 4 2 13 10
Ht5 Goody, Slater, Heard, Bridson (f) 71.4 3 3 16 13
Ht6 Mould, Ridgeon, Bunney, King 71.6 2 4 18 17
Ht7 Sparrey, Hockaday, Sharp, Croombes (ef) 71.8 3 3 21 20
Ht8 Goody, Bridson, King, Ridgeon (f) 72.2 1 5 22 25
Ht9 Mould, Sparrey, Croombes, Bunny 72.6 3 3 25 28
Ht10 Hockaday, Heard, Sharp, Slater 71.4 2 4 27 32
Ht11 Hockaday, Bridson, King, Slater 72.2 1 5 28 37
Ht12 Mould, Goody, Ridgeon, Croombes 72.6 1 5 29 42
Ht13 Bridson, Heard, Woodger, Bunny 74.0 3 3 32 45
Ht14 Mould, Sparrey, Slater, Webb 73.2 3 3 35 48
Ht15 Hockaday, Bunny, Heard, Croombes (fexc) 72.4 1 5 36 53
Ht16 Sparrey, Gooddy, Sharp, King 73.0 3 3 39 56
Sunday 13th May 1956 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Johnny Thomson Memorial Trophy (3laps)
Gerals King 1 1 0 0 2
Dave Slater 3 0 2 3 0 8
Vic Ridgeon 2 1 3 2 3 11
Eric Eadon 0 0
Eric Hockaday 3 2 3 3 3 14
Bryan Meredith 2 2 1 2 1 8
Ray Cresp 1 3 2 3 2 11
Jim Chalkley 0 0 1 0 2 3
Jim Heard 0 3 0 3 1 7
Les Searle 2 1 1 4
Al Sparrey 3 2 3 2 2 12
Brian Miller 1 2 1 1 0 5
Jimmy Gleed 2 0 3 1 2 8
Pete Mould 3 3 2 2 1 11
Brian Brett 0 0 0 1 3 4
Bobby Croombs 1 3 2 1 3 10
Ronnie Rolfe 1 0 0 0 1
Ht1Slater, Ridgeon, King, Eadon 64.0
Ht2 Hockaday, Meredith, Cresp, Chalkley 63.4
Ht3 Sparrey, Searle, Miller, Heard 64.2
Ht4 Mould, Gleed, Croombs, Brett 64.6
Ht5 Heard, Hockaday, King, Gleed 65.8
Ht6 Mould, Meredith, Searle, Slater 64.8
Ht7 Cresp, Sparrey, Ridgeon, Brett 64.8
Ht8 Croombs, Miller, Rolfe, Chalkley 64.8
Ht9 Sparrey, Croombs, Meredith, King 64.2
Ht10 Hockaday, Slater, Miller, Brett 63.0
Ht11 Ridgeon, Mould, Chalkley, Heard 64.0
Ht12 Gleed, Cresp, Searle, Rolfe 64.8
Ht13 Cresp, Mould, Miller, King 68.6
Ht14 Slater, Sparrey, Gleed, Chalkley 65.6
Ht15 Hockaday, Ridgeon, Croombs, Rolfe 63.8
Ht16 Heard, Meredith, Brett, Rolfe 65.8
Ht17 Brett, Chalkley, King (ns), Searle (ns) 68.8
Ht18 Croombs, Cresp, Heard, Slater 64.6
Ht19 Ridgeon, Gleed, Meredith, Miller 65.0
Ht20 Hockaday, Sparrey, Mould, Rolfe 63.0
Sunday 20th May 1956 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Rye House Roosters 54 Eastbourne Eagles 30 (Southern Area League)
(3laps)
Rye House
Brian Brett 1 1 1’ 2’ 5 2
Vic Ridgeon 3 3 2 2 10
Bobby Croombs 1 2 3 2’ 8 1
Dave Slater 3 2’ 0 3 8 1
Jim Chalkley 2 2’ 2’ 2 8 2
Al Sparrey 0 3 3 1’ 7 1
Gerald King 3 3 6
Geoff Woodger 2’ 0 2 1
Eastbourne
Bob Bunney 0 0 0 0
Jim Heard 2 1 3
Leo McAuliffe 2 2 0 4
Gerry Bridson 0 0 1 3 4
Tom Reader 1 1 0 1 3
Ray Cresp 3 3 3 3 12
Dave Collett 1 1 1 3
Jim Preddy 1 0 0 1
Ht1 Ridgeon, Heard, Brett, Bunney 63.6 4 2 4 2
Ht2 Slater, McAuliffe, Croombs, Bridson 65.4 4 2 8 4
Ht3 Cresp, Chalkley, Reader, Sparrey 65.2 2 4 10 8
Ht4 King, Slater, Bunney, Collett 66.6 5 1 15 9
Ht5 Ridgeon, McAuliffe, Brett, Bridson 64.6 4 2 19 11
Ht6 Cresp, Croombs, Reader, Slater 65.2 2 4 21 15
Ht7 Sparrey, Chalkley, Heard, Bunney 65.4 5 1 26 16
Ht8 Croombs, Woodger, Preddy, McAuliffe 66.2 5 1 31 17
Ht9 Cresp, Ridgeon, Brett, Reader 63.2 3 3 34 20
Ht10 Slater, Croombs, Collett, Heard (ns) 66.4 5 1 39 21
Ht11 Sparrey, Chalkley, Bridson, Preddy 65.8 5 1 44 22
Ht12 King, Breett, Reader, Preddy 66.6 5 1 49 23
Ht13 Bridson, Chalkley, Collett, Woodger 67.6 2 4 51 27
Ht14 Cresp, Ridgeon, Sparrey, Preddy 63.4 3 3 54 30
Silver Sash Match Race
Vic Ridgeon bt Leo McAuliffe 64.0
Staggered Start Team Match
Ht1 Slater, Reader, Bridson, Chalkley 66.6 3 3 3 3
Ht2 King, Brett, Preddy, Collett 67.4 5 1 8 4
Ht3 Preddy, Chalkley, Collett, Slater 69.4 2 4 10 8
Ht4 King, Brett, Bridson, Reader 66.2 5 1 15 9
Nom ? ?
Consolation Scartch Race
Woodger, Croombs, Porky Veal, Bunney 67.2
27/05/56 RYE HOUSE S ROVERS V CALIFORNIAS AREA LEAGUE 39-45 Meeting Details
Sunday 10th June 1956 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Rye House Roosters 58 Southern Rovers 50 (Southern Area League Cup) 3 laps
Rye House
Brian Brett 0 0 1 1 0 2
Vic Ridgeon 3 3 0 3 3 2 14
Bobby Croombs 2’ 2’ 0 1’ 2 7 3
Dave Slater 3 1’ 2’ 3 2 11 2
Gerald King 2’ 1 2 0 0 5 1
Al Sparrey 3 2 2 0 3 1’ 11 1
Jim Chalkley 3 3 6
Les Searle 1 1 2
Southern Rovers
Eric Hockaday 2 3 3 3 3 3 17
Neil Roberts 1’ 0 0 0 3 4 1
Colin Gooddy 0 1 2’ 1 2 6 1
Bob Little 1 0 1 1 1’ 4 1
Eric Eadon 3 2’ 0 1’ 1 7 2
Bryan Meredith 1 0 3 2 2 0 8
Brian Miller 0 0 0
Mike Lawrence 2 2 4
Ht1 Ridgeon, Hockaday, Roberts, Brett 66.6 3 3 3 3
Ht2 Slater, Croombs, Meredith, Gooddy 66.5 5 1 8 4
Ht3 Sparrey, King, Little, Roberts 66.8 5 1 13 5
Ht4 Chalkley, Larence, Searle, Miller 65.8 4 2 17 7
Ht5 Ridgeon, Croombs, Gooddy, Little 66.0 5 1 22 8
Ht6 Hockaday, Sparrey, Slater, Meredith 64.2 3 3 25 11
Ht7 Eadon, Gooddy, King, Brett 67.6 1 5 26 16
Ht8 Hockaday, Eadon, Brett, Croombs 65.2 1 5 27 21
Ht9 Hockaday, Sparrey, Gooddy, Ridgeon 64.6 2 4 29 25
Ht10 Meredith, King, Croombs, Roberts 67.4 3 3 32 28
Ht11 Ridgeon, Slater, Little, Eadon 66.0 5 1 37 29
Ht12 Slater, Gooddy, Brett, Roberts 66.2 4 2 41 31
Ht13 Ridgeon, Meredith, Eadon, King 67.0 3 3 44 34
Ht14 Chalkley, Lawrence, Searle, Miller 68.0 4 2 48 36
Ht15 Hockaday, Slater, Little, King 64.8 2 4 50 40
Ht16 Roberts, Croombs, Eadon, Sparrey 67.2 2 4 52 44
Ht17 Sparrey, Meredith, Little, Brett 67.8 3 3 55 47
Ht18 Hockaday, Ridgeon, Sparrey, Meredith 64.6 3 3 58 50
Sunday 24th June 1956 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Rye House Roosters 56 California Poppies 26 (Southern Area League)
(3 laps)
Rye House
Jim Chalkley 0 1 0 0 1
Vic Ridgeon 3 3 3 3 12
Bobby Croombs 3 2’ 3 2’ 10 2
Dave Slater 2’ 3 3 3 11 1
Gerald King 0 2’ 2’ 3 7
Al Sparrey 3 3 3 0 9
Brian Brett 0 1 3 4
Porky Veal 0 2’ 2 1
California
Ross Gilbertson 2 2 0 0 4
Ron Sharp 0 1 0 0 1
Jimmy Gleed 0 2 1 3
Ron Walton 1 0 0 1 2
Phil Shepherd 1’ 0 0 2 3
Pete Mould 2 1 2 2 7
Ron Webb 1’ 0 1 1
Roy Gutteridge 2 1’ 1’ 4 2
Ht1 Ridgeon, Gilbertson, Chalkley (nf), Sharp (nf) 63.0 3 2 3 2
Ht2 Croombs, Slater, Walton, Gleed 64.8 5 1 8 3
Ht3 Sparrey, Mould, Shepherd, King 63.4 3 3 11 6
Ht4 Slater, Gilbertson, Webb, Brett 65.8 3 3 14 9
Ht5 Ridgeon, Gutteridge, Chalkley, Walton 64.0 4 2 18 11
Ht6 Slater, Croombs, Mould, Shepherd 65.6 5 1 23 12
Ht7 Sparrey, King, Sharp, Gilbertson 64.2 5 1 28 13
Ht8 Croombs, Gleed, Gutteridge, Veal 66.4 3 3 31 16
Ht9 Ridgeon, Mould, Brett, Shepherd 64.6 4 2 35 18
Ht10 Slater, Croombs, Gilbertson, Sharp 66.0 5 1 40 19
Ht11 Sparrey, King, Gleed, Walton 66.6 5 1 45 20
Ht12 Brett, Shepherd, Gutteridge, Chalkey 68.4 3 3 48 23
Ht13 King, Veal, Walton, Webb 66.0 5 1 53 24
Ht14 Ridgeon, Mould, Sparrey (nf), Sharp (nf) 66.4 3 2 56 26
Silver Sash Match Race
Vic Ridgeon bt Pete Mould 65,0
Rye House Scratch Race
Veal, Vic White, B.O’Connor, Brett 67.8
Rye House Stakes
Ht1 King, Croombs, Gilbertson, Shepherd 66.0
Ht2 Sparrey, Sharp, Slater, Gleed 64.4
Final Sparrey, Sharp, King, Croombs 64.8
Consolation Scratch Race
Webb, Walton, O’Connor, White 66.6
Sunday 8th July 1956 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Rye House Roosters 70 California Poppies 38 (Southern Area League Cup)
(3 laps)
Rye House
Brian Brett 0 2’ 2’ 1’ 5 3
Vic Ridgeon 3 3 3 3 3 3 18
Bobby Croombs 2 2’ 3 0 2 2’ 11 2
Porky Veal 1’ 2 0 0 2’ 5 2
Dave Slater 1 3 1 2’ 3 10 1
Gerald King 3 1’ 2’ 1’ 2 9 3
Jim Chalkley 3 2’ 2’ 7 2 Ernie Baker 2’ 3 5 1
California
Phil Shepherd 2 0 0 0 1 3
Pete Mould 1’ 2 3 3 3 1 13 1
Jimmy Gleed 0 0 1 1 1 3
Roy Gutteridge 0 1 1’ 0 0 2 1
Ron Sharp DNR
Gil Goldfinch 3 3 2’ 1 3 0 12 1
Ron Webb 0 1 2 0 0 3
Ron Walton 0 1 1
J Day 1 0 1
Ht1 Ridgeon, Shepherd, Mould, Brett 64.0 3 3 3 3
Ht2 Goldfinch, Croombs, Veal, Gleed 65.6 3 3 6 6
Ht3 King, Mould, Slater, Gutteridge 65.2 4 2 10 8
Ht4 Chalkley, Baker, Day, Walton 67.4 5 1 15 9
Ht5 Ridgeon, Croombs, Gutteridge, Gleed 64.0 5 1 20 10
Ht6 Goldfinch, Veal, King, Shepherd 66.0 3 3 23 13
Ht7 Slater, Brett, Gleed, Webb 67.8 5 1 28 14
Ht8 Croombs, Brett, Webb, Shepherd 68.0 5 1 33 15
Ht9 Ridgeon, King, Gleed, Shepherd 64.8 5 1 38 16
Ht10 Mould, Goldfinch, Slater, Croombs 65.0 1 5 39 21
Ht11 Ridgeon, Webb, Gutteridge, Veal 67.4 3 3 42 24
Ht12 Mould, Chalkley, Gleed, Veal 66.4 2 4 44 28
Ht13 Ridgeon, Slater, Goldfinch, Webb 65.0 5 1 49 29
Ht14 Baker, Chalkley, Walton, Day 67.0 5 1 54 30
Ht15 Slater, Veal, Shepherd, Gutteridge 67.2 5 1 59 31
Ht16 Mould, Croombs, King, Sharp 66.6 3 3 62 34
Ht17 Goldfinch, King, Brett, Gutteridge 66.4 3 3 65 37
Ht18 Ridgeon, Croombs, Mould, Goldfinch 64.6 5 1 70 38
22/07/56 RYE HOUSE SOUTHERN ROVERS S AREA LEAGUE 49-35 Meeting Details
06/08/56 RYE HOUSE EASTBOURNE S AREA LEAGUE Meeting Details
Sunday 11th August 1956 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
1st Round of Southern Area League Riders Championship
(3 laps)
Porky Veal 0 2 1 0 1 4
Gerry Bridson 0 0 Dave Slater 3 0 1 1 3 8
Jim Chalkley 2 0 3 2 2 9
Brianm Brett 1 3 2 2 0 8
Colin Gooddy 2 2 3 0 2 9
Dave Collett 0 1 2 1 1 5
Gerald King 3 3 3 3 2 14
Ron Webb 2 1 0 1 2 6
Tony Eadon 0 1 1 0 0 2
Ron Walton 1 2 0 2 1 6
Bobby Croombs 3 1 1 3 1 9
Mike Lawrence 0 0
Leo McAuliffe 1 3 2 2 3 11
Vic Ridgeon 3 3 3 3 3 15
Pete Mould 2 2 2 3 3 12
Ht1 Slater, Chalkley, Veal (nf), Bridson (nf) 65.4
Ht2 King, Gooddy, Brett, Collett 64.3
Ht3 Croombs, Webb, Walton, Eadon 67.6
Ht4 Ridgeon, Mould, McAuliffe, Lawrence (nf) 65.0
Ht5 Brett, Veal, Webb, LKawrence (ns) 66.9
Ht6 McAuliffee, Gooddy, Eadon, Bridson (ns) 67.0
Ht7 Ridgeon, Walton, Collett, Slater 64.0
Ht8 King, Mould, Croombs, Chalkley 63.6
Ht9 Gooddy, Mould, Veal, Walton 66.8
Ht10 Ridgeon, Brett, Croombs, Bridson (ns) 65.4
Ht11 King, McAuliffe, Slater, Webb 64.4
Ht12 Chalkley, Collett, Eadon, Lawrence (ns) 68.2
Ht13 Croombs, McAuliffe, Collett, Veal 66.6
Ht14 King, Walton, Bridson (ns), Lawrence (ns) 64.6
Ht15 Mould, Brett, Slater, eadon 66.4
Ht16 Ridgeon, Chalkley, Webb, Gooddy 66.8
Ht17 Ridgeon, King, Veal, Eadon 63.6
Ht18 Mould, Webb, Collett, Bridson (ns) 67.0
Ht19 Slater, Gooddy, Croombs, Lawrence (ns) 66.2
Ht20 McAuliffe, Chalkley, Walton, Brett 65.8
Sunday 23rd September 1956 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Rye House Roosters 52 Southern Rovers 32 (Southern Area League)
(3 laps)
Rye House
Jim Chalkley 2’ 2 1 0 5 1
Vic Ridgeon 3 1’ 0 3 7 1
Gerald King 0 2’ 3 2’ 7 2
Al Sparrey 3 3 3 3 12
Dave Slater 2’ 0 1’ 3 6 2
Bobby Croombs 3 3 2 2’ 10 1
Brian Brett 2’ 3 5 1
Ernie Baker 0 0
Southern Rovers
Neil Roberts 0 0 0 0
Eric Hockaday 1 1’ 1 1 4 1
Tommy Sweetman 2 3 3 8
Eric Eadon 1’ 0 1’ 2 1
Hank Bird 0 0 2’ 2 4 1
Colin Gooddy 1 1 3 0 5
Tony Eadon 1 2 2 5
Mike Lawrence 1’ 1’ 2 4 2
Ht1 Ridgeon, Chalkely, Hockaday, Roberts 63.0 5 1 5 1
Ht2 Sparrey, Sweetman, E.Eadon, King 63.0 3 3 8 4
Ht3 Croombs, Slater, Gooddy, Bird 66.4 5 1 13 5
Ht4 Sparrey, Brett, T.Eadon, Roberts 63.6 5 1 18 6
Ht5 Sweetman, Chalkley, Ridgeon, E.Eadon 65.6 3 3 21 9
Ht6 Sparrey, King, Gooddy, Bird 64.0 5 1 26 10
Ht7 Croombs, T.Eadon, Hockaday, Slater 66.0 3 3 29 13
Ht8 King, T.Eadon, Lawrence, Baker 64.2 3 3 32 16
Ht9 Gooddy, Bird, Chalkley, Ridgeon 67.2 1 5 33 21
Ht10 Sparrey, King, Hockaday, Roberts 63.6 5 1 38 22
Ht11 Sweetman, Croombs, Slater, E.Eadon 66.6 3 3 41 25
Ht12 Brett, Bird, Lawrence, Chalkley 69.4 3 3 44 28
Ht13 Slater, Lawrence, T.Eadon, Baker 68.2 3 3 47 31
Ht14 Ridgeon, Croombs, Hockaday, Gooddy 65.8 5 1 52 32
Rye House Scratch Race
Searle, Lawrence, Roberts, Baker 69.0
Consolation Scratch Race
Slater, Brett, Croombs, Sparrey 67.4
Rye House Stakes
Ht1 Gooddy, Bird, Searle, Chalkley 66.8
Ht2 Ridgeon, Sweetman, Hockaday, King 65.0
Final Ridgeon, Slater, Gooddy, Slater 65.2
30/09/56 RYE HOUSE S A L FINAL INDIVIDUAL MCAULLIFFE
07/10/56 RYE HOUSE B CRUTCHER TROPHY INDIVIDUAL RIDGEON
14/10/56 RYE HOUSE EASTBOURNE S AREA LEAGUE 56-28
21/10/56 RYE HOUSE CALIFORNIA CHALLENGE
Rye House 1956 Needs in BOLD
27/05/56 RYE HOUSE S ROVERS V CALIFORNIAS AREA LEAGUE 39-45 Meeting Details
22/07/56 RYE HOUSE SOUTHERN ROVERS S AREA LEAGUE 49-35 Meeting Details
06/08/56 RYE HOUSE EASTBOURNE S AREA LEAGUE Meeting Details 30/09/56 RYE HOUSE S A L FINAL INDIVIDUAL MCAULLIFFE Meeting Details
07/10/56 RYE HOUSE B CRUTCHER TROPHY INDIVIDUAL RIDGEON Meeting Details
14/10/56 RYE HOUSE EASTBOURNE S AREA LEAGUE 56-28 Meeting Details
21/10/56 RYE HOUSE CALIFORNIA CHALLENGE Meeting Details
RYE HOUSE 1956
Updated 26.10.2010
Saturday 25th March 1956 California in Reading, Wokingham
California Poppies 46 Rye House Roosters 35 (Challenge)
1 R Sharp, V Ridgeon, R Gilbertson, Lines, 67.0
2 B Croombs, P Mould, D Slater, R Cullridge, 69.2/5
3 R Webb, A Sparrey, J Gleed, J Chalkley, 68.3/5
4 T Larence, R Walton, P Mould, G King, 69.3/5
5 R Sharp, R Gilbertson, D Slater, B Croombs, 68.3/5
6 R Cullridge, A Sparrey, P Mould, J Chalkley, 68.0
7 R Webb, V Ridgeon, J Gleed, G King, 69.3/5
8 R Walton, L Searle, B Croombs, J Day, 71.0
9 T Larence, A Sparrey, R Gilbertson, R Sharp, 70.0
10 G King, P Mould, V Ridgeon, R Cullridge, 70.0
11 B Croombs, J Gleed, V Ridgeon, R Webb, 68.3/5
12 R Walton, R Sharp, 72.0, (only two finished).
13 T Larence, J Day, D Slater, R Webb, 69.3/5
14 V Ridgeon, R Gilbertson, J Gleed, A Sparrey, 69.0
Sunday 1st April 1956 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Easter Championship 3 laps
Neil Roberts 0 0 0
Dave Slater 2 1 3 6
Jim Chalkley 1 2 0 3
Bill (or Ben) Eadon 3 3 1 7
Vic Ridgeon 3 2 3 8
Bryan Meredith 2 2 1 5
Allan Brett 1 1 0 2
Tommy Eadon 0 1 0 1
Al Sparrey 3 3 3 9
Vic Hall 2 3 3 8
Ronnie Rolfe 0 0 0 0
Mike Lawrence 1 0 1 2
Jim Heard 2 0 2 4
Brian Miller 0 1 2 3
Eric Hockaday 1 3 2 6
Allen Lunn 3 2 2 7
Ht1 B.Eadon, Slater, Chalkley, Roberts 66.4
Ht2 Ridgeon, Meredith, Brett, T.Eadon 66.2
Ht3 Sparrey, Hall, Lawrence, Rolfe 65.6
Ht4 Lunn, Heard, Hockaday, Miller 63.8
Ht5 Sparrey, Ridgeon, Slater, Heard 63.8
Ht6 Hall, Meredith, Miller, Roberts 65.8
Ht7 Hockaday, Chalkley, Brett, Rolfe 66.6
Ht8 B.Eadon, Lunn, T.Eadon, Lawrence 67.0
Ht9 Slater, Lunn, Meredith, Lunn 66.8
Ht10 Ridgeon, Hockaday, Lawrence, Roberts (ns) 64.2
Ht11 Sparrey, Miller, Chalkley (nf), T.Eadon 66.8
Ht12 Hall, Heard, B.Eadon, Brett 65.8
SF1 Hall, Sparrey, B.Eadon, Hockaday 66.6
Ht2 Ridgeon, Slater, Meredith, Lunn 65.4
Final Hall, Sparrey, Slater, Ridgeon 68.6
Easter Consolation Scratch Race
Ht1 Chalkley, Miller, Heard, Roberts 68.4
Ht2 Lawrence, Graham.White, Rolfe, Brett 66.8
Final Lawrence, Miller, White, Chalkley 65.4
Sunday 15th April 1956 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Rye House Roosters 52 California Poppies 32 (Southern Area League)
(3 laps)
Rye House
Gerald King 1 1 3 5
Vic Ridgeon 3 3 3 3 12
Allen Lunn E E 2 1 3
Dave Slater 1 3 3 3 10
Allen Brett 1’ 0 2’ 3 6 1
Al Sparrey 3 3 3 2’ 11 1
Ronnie Rolfe 1 1 1 3
Jim Chalkley 1’ 2’ 3 2
California
Ron Sharp 2 2 2 2 8
Ross Gilbertson 0 1’ 0 1 2 1
Pete Mould 2’ 2 3 1 8 1
Tommy Sweetman 3 0 0 0 3
Ron Webb 0 2 0 2 4
Gil Goldfinch 3 1’ 2 0 6 1
Ron Walton 0 1 1
Phil Shepherd 0 0 0
Ht1 Ridgeon. Sharp, Rolfe, Gilbertson 61.6 4 2 4 2
Ht2 Sweetman, Mould, Slater, Lunn 63.6 1 5 5 7
Ht3 Goldfinch, Sparrey, Brett, Webb 64.6 3 3 8 10
Ht4 Slater, Sharp, Rolfe, Walton (?) 63.8 4 2 12 12
Ht5 Ridgeon, Mould, King, Sweetman 63.0 4 2 16 14
Ht6 Slater, Webb, Goldfinch, Lunn 65.0 3 3 19 17
Ht7 Sparrey, Sharp, Gilbertson, Brett 64.2 3 3 22 20
Ht8 Mould, Lunn, Chalkley, Shepherd 65.8 3 3 25 23
Ht9 Ridgeon, Goldfinch, King, Webb 63.4 4 2 29 25
Ht10 Slater, Sharp, Lunn, Gilbertson 64.8 4 2 33 27
Ht11 Sparrey, Brett, Mould, Sweetman 66.0 5 1 38 28
Ht12 King, Webb, Rolfe, Shepherd 67.4 4 2 42 30
Ht13 Brett, Chalkley, Walton, Sweetman 67.8 5 1 47 31
Ht14 Ridgeon, Sparrey, Gilbertson, Goldfinch 64.2 5 1 52 32
Silver Sash Match Race
Vic Ridgeon bt Gil Goldfinch 63.4
Consolation Scratch Race
Chalkley, Silver, Rolfe (nf), Shepherd (nf) 62.8
The Hoddeson Hurricane
Ht1 Lunn, Gilbertson, Mould, Brett 65.4
Ht2 Sharp, Sparrrey, Sweetman, King 65.4
Final Sparrey, Gilbertson, Lunn, Sharp 65.0
Sunday 29th April 1956 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Rye House Roosters 42 Southern Rovers 42 (Southern Area League)
(3laps)
Rye House
Gerald King 2 1 1 1’ 5 1
Vic Ridgeon 0 3 3 1 7
Allen Lunn 0 0
Dave Slater 2 2 1 2 7
Allen Brett 1 0 0 1
Al Sparrey 3 3 3 3 12
Bobby Croombs 1’ 0 2 2 5 1
Jim Chalkley 1’ 1’ 3 5 2
Southern Rovers
Eric Hockaday 3 3 2 3 11
Neil Roberts 1 1’ 0 0 2 1
Colin Gooddy` 3 2 3 2 10
Brian Miller 1 0 1’ 2 4 1
Eric Eadon 0 3 3 1 7
Bryan Meredith 2 2’ 2 2 8 1
Tony Eadon 0 0 1’ 1 1
Mike Lawrence 0 0 0
Ht1 Hockaday, King, Roberts, Ridgeon 64.6 2 4 2 4
Ht2 Miller, Slater, Gooddy, Lunn 65.2 2 4 4 8
Ht3 Brett, Meredith, Sparrey, E.Eadon 64.6 4 2 8 10
Ht4 Hockaday, Slater, Croombs, T.Eadon 63.6 3 3 11 13
Ht5 Ridgeon, Gooddy, King, Miller 65.4 4 2 15 15
Ht6 E.Eadon, Meredith, Slater, Croombs 66.0 1 5 16 20
Ht7 Sparrey, Hockaday, Roberts, Brett 66.4 3 3 19 23
Ht8 Gooddy, Croombs, Chalkley, Lawrence 66.2 3 3 22 26
Ht9 Ridgeon, Meredith, King, E.Eadon 65.0 4 2 26 28
Ht10 Hockaday, Slater, Chalkley, Roberts 65.4 3 3 29 31
Ht11 Sparrey, Gooddy, Miller, Brett 63.8 3 3 32 34
Ht12 E.Eadon, Croombs, King, Lawrence 68.6 3 3 35 37
Ht13Chalkley, Miller, T.Eadon, Brett 68.6 3 3 38 40
Ht14 Sparrey, Meredith, Ridgeon, Roberts 64.8 4 2 42 42
Extra Race
?, Croombs, Woodger, Rolfe 67.6
Silver Sash Match Race
Vic Ridgeon bt Eric Hockaday 64.0
Consolation Scratch Race
King, Woodger, Chalkley, Roberts 68.0
Rye House Stakes
Ht1 Hockaday, Sparrey, Slater, E.Eadon 64.6
Ht2 Ridgeon, Meredith, Miller, Croombs 65.0
Final Hockaday, Ridgeon, Sparrey, Meredith 64.0
Saturday 5th May 1956 Weir Stadium, Rayleigh
Rye House Roosters 39 The Rest 56 (Challenge)
Rye House
Gerald King 1’ 0 1 1 0 3 1
Vic Ridgeon 2 3 2 F 1 8
Jimmy Heard F 1’ 2 2 1 6 1
Dave Slater 3 2 0 0 1’ 6 1
Bobby Croombes F E 1’ 0 F 1 1
Al Sparrey 3 3 2 2 3 13
Geoff Woodger 1 1’ 2 1
The Rest
Eric Hockaday 3 2 3 3 3 14
Ron Sharp 0 2 1’ 1 1’ 5 2
Pete Mould E 3 3 3 3 12
Bob Bunny 2 1 0 0 2’ 5 1
Colin Goody 2 3 3 2’ 2 12 1
Gerry Bridson 1’ F 2’ 2’ 3 8 3
Ron Webb 0 0 0
Ht1 Hockaday, Ridgeon, King, Sharp 70.2 3 3 3 3
Ht2 Slater, Bunny, Haerd (f), Mould (ef) 71.8 3 2 6 5
Ht3 Sparrey, Goody, Bridson, Croombes (f) 72.0 3 3 9 8
Ht4 Ridgeon, Sharp, Woodger, Webb 71.8 4 2 13 10
Ht5 Goody, Slater, Heard, Bridson (f) 71.4 3 3 16 13
Ht6 Mould, Ridgeon, Bunney, King 71.6 2 4 18 17
Ht7 Sparrey, Hockaday, Sharp, Croombes (ef) 71.8 3 3 21 20
Ht8 Goody, Bridson, King, Ridgeon (f) 72.2 1 5 22 25
Ht9 Mould, Sparrey, Croombes, Bunny 72.6 3 3 25 28
Ht10 Hockaday, Heard, Sharp, Slater 71.4 2 4 27 32
Ht11 Hockaday, Bridson, King, Slater 72.2 1 5 28 37
Ht12 Mould, Goody, Ridgeon, Croombes 72.6 1 5 29 42
Ht13 Bridson, Heard, Woodger, Bunny 74.0 3 3 32 45
Ht14 Mould, Sparrey, Slater, Webb 73.2 3 3 35 48
Ht15 Hockaday, Bunny, Heard, Croombes (fexc) 72.4 1 5 36 53
Ht16 Sparrey, Gooddy, Sharp, King 73.0 3 3 39 56
Sunday 13th May 1956 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Johnny Thomson Memorial Trophy (3laps)
Gerals King 1 1 0 0 2
Dave Slater 3 0 2 3 0 8
Vic Ridgeon 2 1 3 2 3 11
Eric Eadon 0 0
Eric Hockaday 3 2 3 3 3 14
Bryan Meredith 2 2 1 2 1 8
Ray Cresp 1 3 2 3 2 11
Jim Chalkley 0 0 1 0 2 3
Jim Heard 0 3 0 3 1 7
Les Searle 2 1 1 4
Al Sparrey 3 2 3 2 2 12
Brian Miller 1 2 1 1 0 5
Jimmy Gleed 2 0 3 1 2 8
Pete Mould 3 3 2 2 1 11
Brian Brett 0 0 0 1 3 4
Bobby Croombs 1 3 2 1 3 10
Ronnie Rolfe 1 0 0 0 1
Ht1Slater, Ridgeon, King, Eadon 64.0
Ht2 Hockaday, Meredith, Cresp, Chalkley 63.4
Ht3 Sparrey, Searle, Miller, Heard 64.2
Ht4 Mould, Gleed, Croombs, Brett 64.6
Ht5 Heard, Hockaday, King, Gleed 65.8
Ht6 Mould, Meredith, Searle, Slater 64.8
Ht7 Cresp, Sparrey, Ridgeon, Brett 64.8
Ht8 Croombs, Miller, Rolfe, Chalkley 64.8
Ht9 Sparrey, Croombs, Meredith, King 64.2
Ht10 Hockaday, Slater, Miller, Brett 63.0
Ht11 Ridgeon, Mould, Chalkley, Heard 64.0
Ht12 Gleed, Cresp, Searle, Rolfe 64.8
Ht13 Cresp, Mould, Miller, King 68.6
Ht14 Slater, Sparrey, Gleed, Chalkley 65.6
Ht15 Hockaday, Ridgeon, Croombs, Rolfe 63.8
Ht16 Heard, Meredith, Brett, Rolfe 65.8
Ht17 Brett, Chalkley, King (ns), Searle (ns) 68.8
Ht18 Croombs, Cresp, Heard, Slater 64.6
Ht19 Ridgeon, Gleed, Meredith, Miller 65.0
Ht20 Hockaday, Sparrey, Mould, Rolfe 63.0
Sunday 20th May 1956 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Rye House Roosters 54 Eastbourne Eagles 30 (Southern Area League)
(3laps)
Rye House
Brian Brett 1 1 1’ 2’ 5 2
Vic Ridgeon 3 3 2 2 10
Bobby Croombs 1 2 3 2’ 8 1
Dave Slater 3 2’ 0 3 8 1
Jim Chalkley 2 2’ 2’ 2 8 2
Al Sparrey 0 3 3 1’ 7 1
Gerald King 3 3 6
Geoff Woodger 2’ 0 2 1
Eastbourne
Bob Bunney 0 0 0 0
Jim Heard 2 1 3
Leo McAuliffe 2 2 0 4
Gerry Bridson 0 0 1 3 4
Tom Reader 1 1 0 1 3
Ray Cresp 3 3 3 3 12
Dave Collett 1 1 1 3
Jim Preddy 1 0 0 1
Ht1 Ridgeon, Heard, Brett, Bunney 63.6 4 2 4 2
Ht2 Slater, McAuliffe, Croombs, Bridson 65.4 4 2 8 4
Ht3 Cresp, Chalkley, Reader, Sparrey 65.2 2 4 10 8
Ht4 King, Slater, Bunney, Collett 66.6 5 1 15 9
Ht5 Ridgeon, McAuliffe, Brett, Bridson 64.6 4 2 19 11
Ht6 Cresp, Croombs, Reader, Slater 65.2 2 4 21 15
Ht7 Sparrey, Chalkley, Heard, Bunney 65.4 5 1 26 16
Ht8 Croombs, Woodger, Preddy, McAuliffe 66.2 5 1 31 17
Ht9 Cresp, Ridgeon, Brett, Reader 63.2 3 3 34 20
Ht10 Slater, Croombs, Collett, Heard (ns) 66.4 5 1 39 21
Ht11 Sparrey, Chalkley, Bridson, Preddy 65.8 5 1 44 22
Ht12 King, Breett, Reader, Preddy 66.6 5 1 49 23
Ht13 Bridson, Chalkley, Collett, Woodger 67.6 2 4 51 27
Ht14 Cresp, Ridgeon, Sparrey, Preddy 63.4 3 3 54 30
Silver Sash Match Race
Vic Ridgeon bt Leo McAuliffe 64.0
Staggered Start Team Match
Ht1 Slater, Reader, Bridson, Chalkley 66.6 3 3 3 3
Ht2 King, Brett, Preddy, Collett 67.4 5 1 8 4
Ht3 Preddy, Chalkley, Collett, Slater 69.4 2 4 10 8
Ht4 King, Brett, Bridson, Reader 66.2 5 1 15 9
Nom ? ?
Consolation Scartch Race
Woodger, Croombs, Porky Veal, Bunney 67.2
27/05/56 RYE HOUSE S ROVERS V CALIFORNIAS AREA LEAGUE 39-45 Meeting Details
Sunday 10th June 1956 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Rye House Roosters 58 Southern Rovers 50 (Southern Area League Cup) 3 laps
Rye House
Brian Brett 0 0 1 1 0 2
Vic Ridgeon 3 3 0 3 3 2 14
Bobby Croombs 2’ 2’ 0 1’ 2 7 3
Dave Slater 3 1’ 2’ 3 2 11 2
Gerald King 2’ 1 2 0 0 5 1
Al Sparrey 3 2 2 0 3 1’ 11 1
Jim Chalkley 3 3 6
Les Searle 1 1 2
Southern Rovers
Eric Hockaday 2 3 3 3 3 3 17
Neil Roberts 1’ 0 0 0 3 4 1
Colin Gooddy 0 1 2’ 1 2 6 1
Bob Little 1 0 1 1 1’ 4 1
Eric Eadon 3 2’ 0 1’ 1 7 2
Bryan Meredith 1 0 3 2 2 0 8
Brian Miller 0 0 0
Mike Lawrence 2 2 4
Ht1 Ridgeon, Hockaday, Roberts, Brett 66.6 3 3 3 3
Ht2 Slater, Croombs, Meredith, Gooddy 66.5 5 1 8 4
Ht3 Sparrey, King, Little, Roberts 66.8 5 1 13 5
Ht4 Chalkley, Larence, Searle, Miller 65.8 4 2 17 7
Ht5 Ridgeon, Croombs, Gooddy, Little 66.0 5 1 22 8
Ht6 Hockaday, Sparrey, Slater, Meredith 64.2 3 3 25 11
Ht7 Eadon, Gooddy, King, Brett 67.6 1 5 26 16
Ht8 Hockaday, Eadon, Brett, Croombs 65.2 1 5 27 21
Ht9 Hockaday, Sparrey, Gooddy, Ridgeon 64.6 2 4 29 25
Ht10 Meredith, King, Croombs, Roberts 67.4 3 3 32 28
Ht11 Ridgeon, Slater, Little, Eadon 66.0 5 1 37 29
Ht12 Slater, Gooddy, Brett, Roberts 66.2 4 2 41 31
Ht13 Ridgeon, Meredith, Eadon, King 67.0 3 3 44 34
Ht14 Chalkley, Lawrence, Searle, Miller 68.0 4 2 48 36
Ht15 Hockaday, Slater, Little, King 64.8 2 4 50 40
Ht16 Roberts, Croombs, Eadon, Sparrey 67.2 2 4 52 44
Ht17 Sparrey, Meredith, Little, Brett 67.8 3 3 55 47
Ht18 Hockaday, Ridgeon, Sparrey, Meredith 64.6 3 3 58 50
Sunday 24th June 1956 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Rye House Roosters 56 California Poppies 26 (Southern Area League)
(3 laps)
Rye House
Jim Chalkley 0 1 0 0 1
Vic Ridgeon 3 3 3 3 12
Bobby Croombs 3 2’ 3 2’ 10 2
Dave Slater 2’ 3 3 3 11 1
Gerald King 0 2’ 2’ 3 7
Al Sparrey 3 3 3 0 9
Brian Brett 0 1 3 4
Porky Veal 0 2’ 2 1
California
Ross Gilbertson 2 2 0 0 4
Ron Sharp 0 1 0 0 1
Jimmy Gleed 0 2 1 3
Ron Walton 1 0 0 1 2
Phil Shepherd 1’ 0 0 2 3
Pete Mould 2 1 2 2 7
Ron Webb 1’ 0 1 1
Roy Gutteridge 2 1’ 1’ 4 2
Ht1 Ridgeon, Gilbertson, Chalkley (nf), Sharp (nf) 63.0 3 2 3 2
Ht2 Croombs, Slater, Walton, Gleed 64.8 5 1 8 3
Ht3 Sparrey, Mould, Shepherd, King 63.4 3 3 11 6
Ht4 Slater, Gilbertson, Webb, Brett 65.8 3 3 14 9
Ht5 Ridgeon, Gutteridge, Chalkley, Walton 64.0 4 2 18 11
Ht6 Slater, Croombs, Mould, Shepherd 65.6 5 1 23 12
Ht7 Sparrey, King, Sharp, Gilbertson 64.2 5 1 28 13
Ht8 Croombs, Gleed, Gutteridge, Veal 66.4 3 3 31 16
Ht9 Ridgeon, Mould, Brett, Shepherd 64.6 4 2 35 18
Ht10 Slater, Croombs, Gilbertson, Sharp 66.0 5 1 40 19
Ht11 Sparrey, King, Gleed, Walton 66.6 5 1 45 20
Ht12 Brett, Shepherd, Gutteridge, Chalkey 68.4 3 3 48 23
Ht13 King, Veal, Walton, Webb 66.0 5 1 53 24
Ht14 Ridgeon, Mould, Sparrey (nf), Sharp (nf) 66.4 3 2 56 26
Silver Sash Match Race
Vic Ridgeon bt Pete Mould 65,0
Rye House Scratch Race
Veal, Vic White, B.O’Connor, Brett 67.8
Rye House Stakes
Ht1 King, Croombs, Gilbertson, Shepherd 66.0
Ht2 Sparrey, Sharp, Slater, Gleed 64.4
Final Sparrey, Sharp, King, Croombs 64.8
Consolation Scratch Race
Webb, Walton, O’Connor, White 66.6
Sunday 8th July 1956 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Rye House Roosters 70 California Poppies 38 (Southern Area League Cup)
(3 laps)
Rye House
Brian Brett 0 2’ 2’ 1’ 5 3
Vic Ridgeon 3 3 3 3 3 3 18
Bobby Croombs 2 2’ 3 0 2 2’ 11 2
Porky Veal 1’ 2 0 0 2’ 5 2
Dave Slater 1 3 1 2’ 3 10 1
Gerald King 3 1’ 2’ 1’ 2 9 3
Jim Chalkley 3 2’ 2’ 7 2 Ernie Baker 2’ 3 5 1
California
Phil Shepherd 2 0 0 0 1 3
Pete Mould 1’ 2 3 3 3 1 13 1
Jimmy Gleed 0 0 1 1 1 3
Roy Gutteridge 0 1 1’ 0 0 2 1
Ron Sharp DNR
Gil Goldfinch 3 3 2’ 1 3 0 12 1
Ron Webb 0 1 2 0 0 3
Ron Walton 0 1 1
J Day 1 0 1
Ht1 Ridgeon, Shepherd, Mould, Brett 64.0 3 3 3 3
Ht2 Goldfinch, Croombs, Veal, Gleed 65.6 3 3 6 6
Ht3 King, Mould, Slater, Gutteridge 65.2 4 2 10 8
Ht4 Chalkley, Baker, Day, Walton 67.4 5 1 15 9
Ht5 Ridgeon, Croombs, Gutteridge, Gleed 64.0 5 1 20 10
Ht6 Goldfinch, Veal, King, Shepherd 66.0 3 3 23 13
Ht7 Slater, Brett, Gleed, Webb 67.8 5 1 28 14
Ht8 Croombs, Brett, Webb, Shepherd 68.0 5 1 33 15
Ht9 Ridgeon, King, Gleed, Shepherd 64.8 5 1 38 16
Ht10 Mould, Goldfinch, Slater, Croombs 65.0 1 5 39 21
Ht11 Ridgeon, Webb, Gutteridge, Veal 67.4 3 3 42 24
Ht12 Mould, Chalkley, Gleed, Veal 66.4 2 4 44 28
Ht13 Ridgeon, Slater, Goldfinch, Webb 65.0 5 1 49 29
Ht14 Baker, Chalkley, Walton, Day 67.0 5 1 54 30
Ht15 Slater, Veal, Shepherd, Gutteridge 67.2 5 1 59 31
Ht16 Mould, Croombs, King, Sharp 66.6 3 3 62 34
Ht17 Goldfinch, King, Brett, Gutteridge 66.4 3 3 65 37
Ht18 Ridgeon, Croombs, Mould, Goldfinch 64.6 5 1 70 38
22/07/56 RYE HOUSE SOUTHERN ROVERS S AREA LEAGUE 49-35 Meeting Details
06/08/56 RYE HOUSE EASTBOURNE S AREA LEAGUE Meeting Details
Sunday 11th August 1956 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
1st Round of Southern Area League Riders Championship
(3 laps)
Porky Veal 0 2 1 0 1 4
Gerry Bridson 0 0 Dave Slater 3 0 1 1 3 8
Jim Chalkley 2 0 3 2 2 9
Brianm Brett 1 3 2 2 0 8
Colin Gooddy 2 2 3 0 2 9
Dave Collett 0 1 2 1 1 5
Gerald King 3 3 3 3 2 14
Ron Webb 2 1 0 1 2 6
Tony Eadon 0 1 1 0 0 2
Ron Walton 1 2 0 2 1 6
Bobby Croombs 3 1 1 3 1 9
Mike Lawrence 0 0
Leo McAuliffe 1 3 2 2 3 11
Vic Ridgeon 3 3 3 3 3 15
Pete Mould 2 2 2 3 3 12
Ht1 Slater, Chalkley, Veal (nf), Bridson (nf) 65.4
Ht2 King, Gooddy, Brett, Collett 64.3
Ht3 Croombs, Webb, Walton, Eadon 67.6
Ht4 Ridgeon, Mould, McAuliffe, Lawrence (nf) 65.0
Ht5 Brett, Veal, Webb, LKawrence (ns) 66.9
Ht6 McAuliffee, Gooddy, Eadon, Bridson (ns) 67.0
Ht7 Ridgeon, Walton, Collett, Slater 64.0
Ht8 King, Mould, Croombs, Chalkley 63.6
Ht9 Gooddy, Mould, Veal, Walton 66.8
Ht10 Ridgeon, Brett, Croombs, Bridson (ns) 65.4
Ht11 King, McAuliffe, Slater, Webb 64.4
Ht12 Chalkley, Collett, Eadon, Lawrence (ns) 68.2
Ht13 Croombs, McAuliffe, Collett, Veal 66.6
Ht14 King, Walton, Bridson (ns), Lawrence (ns) 64.6
Ht15 Mould, Brett, Slater, eadon 66.4
Ht16 Ridgeon, Chalkley, Webb, Gooddy 66.8
Ht17 Ridgeon, King, Veal, Eadon 63.6
Ht18 Mould, Webb, Collett, Bridson (ns) 67.0
Ht19 Slater, Gooddy, Croombs, Lawrence (ns) 66.2
Ht20 McAuliffe, Chalkley, Walton, Brett 65.8
Sunday 23rd September 1956 Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Rye House Roosters 52 Southern Rovers 32 (Southern Area League)
(3 laps)
Rye House
Jim Chalkley 2’ 2 1 0 5 1
Vic Ridgeon 3 1’ 0 3 7 1
Gerald King 0 2’ 3 2’ 7 2
Al Sparrey 3 3 3 3 12
Dave Slater 2’ 0 1’ 3 6 2
Bobby Croombs 3 3 2 2’ 10 1
Brian Brett 2’ 3 5 1
Ernie Baker 0 0
Southern Rovers
Neil Roberts 0 0 0 0
Eric Hockaday 1 1’ 1 1 4 1
Tommy Sweetman 2 3 3 8
Eric Eadon 1’ 0 1’ 2 1
Hank Bird 0 0 2’ 2 4 1
Colin Gooddy 1 1 3 0 5
Tony Eadon 1 2 2 5
Mike Lawrence 1’ 1’ 2 4 2
Ht1 Ridgeon, Chalkely, Hockaday, Roberts 63.0 5 1 5 1
Ht2 Sparrey, Sweetman, E.Eadon, King 63.0 3 3 8 4
Ht3 Croombs, Slater, Gooddy, Bird 66.4 5 1 13 5
Ht4 Sparrey, Brett, T.Eadon, Roberts 63.6 5 1 18 6
Ht5 Sweetman, Chalkley, Ridgeon, E.Eadon 65.6 3 3 21 9
Ht6 Sparrey, King, Gooddy, Bird 64.0 5 1 26 10
Ht7 Croombs, T.Eadon, Hockaday, Slater 66.0 3 3 29 13
Ht8 King, T.Eadon, Lawrence, Baker 64.2 3 3 32 16
Ht9 Gooddy, Bird, Chalkley, Ridgeon 67.2 1 5 33 21
Ht10 Sparrey, King, Hockaday, Roberts 63.6 5 1 38 22
Ht11 Sweetman, Croombs, Slater, E.Eadon 66.6 3 3 41 25
Ht12 Brett, Bird, Lawrence, Chalkley 69.4 3 3 44 28
Ht13 Slater, Lawrence, T.Eadon, Baker 68.2 3 3 47 31
Ht14 Ridgeon, Croombs, Hockaday, Gooddy 65.8 5 1 52 32
Rye House Scratch Race
Searle, Lawrence, Roberts, Baker 69.0
Consolation Scratch Race
Slater, Brett, Croombs, Sparrey 67.4
Rye House Stakes
Ht1 Gooddy, Bird, Searle, Chalkley 66.8
Ht2 Ridgeon, Sweetman, Hockaday, King 65.0
Final Ridgeon, Slater, Gooddy, Slater 65.2
30/09/56 RYE HOUSE S A L FINAL INDIVIDUAL MCAULLIFFE
07/10/56 RYE HOUSE B CRUTCHER TROPHY INDIVIDUAL RIDGEON
14/10/56 RYE HOUSE EASTBOURNE S AREA LEAGUE 56-28
21/10/56 RYE HOUSE CALIFORNIA CHALLENGE
Rye House 1956 Needs in BOLD
27/05/56 RYE HOUSE S ROVERS V CALIFORNIAS AREA LEAGUE 39-45 Meeting Details
22/07/56 RYE HOUSE SOUTHERN ROVERS S AREA LEAGUE 49-35 Meeting Details
06/08/56 RYE HOUSE EASTBOURNE S AREA LEAGUE Meeting Details 30/09/56 RYE HOUSE S A L FINAL INDIVIDUAL MCAULLIFFE Meeting Details
07/10/56 RYE HOUSE B CRUTCHER TROPHY INDIVIDUAL RIDGEON Meeting Details
14/10/56 RYE HOUSE EASTBOURNE S AREA LEAGUE 56-28 Meeting Details
21/10/56 RYE HOUSE CALIFORNIA CHALLENGE Meeting Details