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Post by crossedhammers on Mar 16, 2009 7:18:38 GMT
How many matches did Ken le Breton ride in for New Cross during the 1947 season before going to Newcastle plus £1,000 in a deal for Jeff Lloyd?
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Post by tungate on Mar 16, 2009 19:36:59 GMT
I can trace Ken le Breton in the Diamonds team, scoring 0, at Birmingham in Division Two on 17 May 1947. Jeff Lloyd rode for Diamonds at Sheffield on 15 May 1947. He netted a 12 point maximum in that match. New Cross rode Wimbledon on 21 May 1947 but I do not know if Ken le Breton was in that match, New Cross next meeting in 1947 was 28 May - London Riders Champ meeting - V Duggan 15, M Craven 14, T Price 13, B Longley 12, B Kitchen 10, L Wooten 8, L Goffe 7, E French 6, J LLOYD 6, R Johnson 5, R Duggan 5, G Wilks 5, E Chitty 5, G Pymar 3, L van Praag 3, N Parker 3- They certainly moved fast to get Lloyd into the London Riders Title meeting On 4 June Rangers met Wembley in a British Cup match = lost 45/47 with Jeff Lloyd 10 as their top scorer In Stenners Annual 1947 Jeff Lloyd is listed with 93 points from 14 matches in Division One matches and 93 & a half from 9 matches in Division Two for best average of 10.39 (page 99)
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Post by thebaldeagle1932 on Mar 17, 2009 8:49:06 GMT
The arrival of Ken le Breton and the then improving form of Ray Moore virtually ended the career of then 50 year old South African rider Keith Harvey who had started the 1947 season as reserve. He dropped to second half races and made a last track appearance in June 1947 before retiring.
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Post by tungate on Mar 17, 2009 10:32:54 GMT
I thought Keith Harvey joined Rangers in 1946. Keith was "pooled/allocated" to Norwich in 1946 but joined New Cross instead. I have never found out why this happened. Oddly though all three played a part in the Norwich history, Keith was a "Star" in late 1939 after Stoke pulled the plug on their team, Ray joined us in 1952 when we were invited into Division One as double winners of the Second Division in 1950 & 51 And Ken le Breton was riding here on the night in 1947 when Cyril Anderson, another Londoner, paid the ultimate price losing his life in a crash.
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