AUSTRALIANS IN LONDON

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Arthur 'Bluey' Wilkinson, West Ham. The 1938 world champion.

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Dicky Case. Wimbledon in early 1930s, then joined Hackney Wick.

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Vic Huxley in 1935 action.

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Early 1930s - Vic Huxley, left, and England's Jack Parker.

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The 1938 world champion, 'Bluey' Wilkinson, once regarded as 'the greatest ever rider' but rarely gets a mention in modern times! Sad!

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1938 - Andy Menzies (Wembley).

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Dickie Case was a leading 1930s rider at Wimbledon and Hackney Wick,

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'Buzz' Hibberd, a late 1920s rider, mainly based at West Ham. He died in a 1930s track accident in Australia.
More details about the rider at - www.national-speedway-museum.co.uk/buzzhibberd.html

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Harringay 1947: Ray Duggan (Harringay) and Lionel Van Praag (New Cross).

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The rider who many long-time speedway followers claim was 'the greatest of them all' - Australia's Vic Duggan. Here he is in Harringay colours in 1947.

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Frank Arthur was a leading performer in the early days of British speedway circa 1928-30.

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Here are three photos of then Wembley rider 1936 world champion Lionel Van Praag whose last British season was with New Cross in 1947. The action photo from a 1930s England v Australia test match shows from left Charlie Spinks, Arthur Atkinson and Van Praag.

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Another post-war photo of the great Australian rider Vic Duggan, at Harringay in 1947.

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Dick Case, 1930s Wimbledon and Hackney. Later pre- and post-war promoter at Rye House.

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Peter Mooore - a big Wimbledon favourite in the 1960s.

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