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MOST LONDON ACTION APART FROM A FEW HANDFUL OF OPEN MEETINGS AT CRYSTAL PALACE AND WEST HAM IN EARLY 1940 CENTRED ON OPEN EVENTS AT RYE HOUSE (no meetings though in 1944) DETAILED RESULTS OF LONDON TEAMS IN "AWAY" CHALLENGE MATCHES AT BELLE VUE IN THE WAR YEARS 1940-45 CAN BE FOUND ON. www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/waryears.html
1940:::
CRYSTAL PALACE (rider pool): Arthur Atkinson, Colin Watson, Keith Harvey, Phil Bishop, Wally Lloyd, Harold 'Tiger' Stevenson, Arch Windmill, Phil 'Tiger' Hart, Bill Longley, Ron Johnson, Mick Mitchell, Charlie Page, Fred 'Friar' Tuck, Ken Brett, George Craig, Ron Howes, Bob Hall, George Gower, Vic Weir, Les Trim, Alex Gray.
RYE HOUSE (rider pool): Doug Wells, Vic Weir, Jack Milross, Arch Windmill, Ron Clarke, Benny King, George Wilks, Roy Uden, Cyril Anderson, Bob Hall, George Gower, Johnny (JL) White.
HARRINGAY: (Away matches at Glasgow and Belle Vue): Jack Parker, Ron Mason, Bill Pitcher, Alec Statham. Norman Parker, Jack Hyland, Wally Lloyd, Bob Lovell, Vic Pitcher, Lloyd Goffe, Laurie Packer.
NEW CROSS (match at Rye House): Bill Longley.
WEST HAM (rider pool): (Away matches at Glasgow and Belle Vue): Fred 'Kid' Curtis, George Saunders, Ron Clarke, Eric Chitty, Bill Longley, Jack White, Arthur Atkinson, thingy Geary, George Pepper, Harold 'Tiger' Stevenson, Eddie Lack, Mick Mitchell, Ron Johnson, Tommy Price.
WEMBLEY (away match at Belle Vue): Tommy Price, Eric Gregory, Malcolm Craven, George Wilks, Morian Hansen, Gruff Garland, Keith Harvey, Les Trim.
1941:::
HARRINGAY (away match at Belle Vue: Jack Parker, Alec Statham, Vic Pitcher, Bill Pitcher, Bob Lovell, Doug McLachlan, Jack Hancock.
WEST HAM (away match at Belle Vue): Eric Chitty, Wilf Plant, Tommy Price, Ron Clarke, Ron Johnson, George Wilks, Doug McLachlan, George Pepper, Wilf Jay.
RYE HOUSE (rider pool): Roy Craighead, Bob Harris, George Gower, Doug Wells, Jack Milross, Benny King, Roy Uden, Arch Windmill, Jack Harris.
1942:::
RYE HOUSE (rider pool): Roy Uden, Jack Harris, Syd Hipperson, Syd Littlewood, Bert Hutson, Paddy Mills.
1943:::
RYE HOUSE (rider pool): Roy Uden, Bernard 'Bronco' Slade
1944:::
RYE HOUSE - no meetings
1940:::
CRYSTAL PALACE (rider pool): Arthur Atkinson, Colin Watson, Keith Harvey, Phil Bishop, Wally Lloyd, Harold 'Tiger' Stevenson, Arch Windmill, Phil 'Tiger' Hart, Bill Longley, Ron Johnson, Mick Mitchell, Charlie Page, Fred 'Friar' Tuck, Ken Brett, George Craig, Ron Howes, Bob Hall, George Gower, Vic Weir, Les Trim, Alex Gray.
RYE HOUSE (rider pool): Doug Wells, Vic Weir, Jack Milross, Arch Windmill, Ron Clarke, Benny King, George Wilks, Roy Uden, Cyril Anderson, Bob Hall, George Gower, Johnny (JL) White.
HARRINGAY: (Away matches at Glasgow and Belle Vue): Jack Parker, Ron Mason, Bill Pitcher, Alec Statham. Norman Parker, Jack Hyland, Wally Lloyd, Bob Lovell, Vic Pitcher, Lloyd Goffe, Laurie Packer.
NEW CROSS (match at Rye House): Bill Longley.
WEST HAM (rider pool): (Away matches at Glasgow and Belle Vue): Fred 'Kid' Curtis, George Saunders, Ron Clarke, Eric Chitty, Bill Longley, Jack White, Arthur Atkinson, thingy Geary, George Pepper, Harold 'Tiger' Stevenson, Eddie Lack, Mick Mitchell, Ron Johnson, Tommy Price.
WEMBLEY (away match at Belle Vue): Tommy Price, Eric Gregory, Malcolm Craven, George Wilks, Morian Hansen, Gruff Garland, Keith Harvey, Les Trim.
1941:::
HARRINGAY (away match at Belle Vue: Jack Parker, Alec Statham, Vic Pitcher, Bill Pitcher, Bob Lovell, Doug McLachlan, Jack Hancock.
WEST HAM (away match at Belle Vue): Eric Chitty, Wilf Plant, Tommy Price, Ron Clarke, Ron Johnson, George Wilks, Doug McLachlan, George Pepper, Wilf Jay.
RYE HOUSE (rider pool): Roy Craighead, Bob Harris, George Gower, Doug Wells, Jack Milross, Benny King, Roy Uden, Arch Windmill, Jack Harris.
1942:::
RYE HOUSE (rider pool): Roy Uden, Jack Harris, Syd Hipperson, Syd Littlewood, Bert Hutson, Paddy Mills.
1943:::
RYE HOUSE (rider pool): Roy Uden, Bernard 'Bronco' Slade
1944:::
RYE HOUSE - no meetings