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On 3/3/2022 at 3:45 PM, chunky said:

For a start...

Roger, Peter, and Alan Johns

Jamie and Jeremy Luckhurst

Tommy and Bo Jansson

Bob and Eric Dugard

Kelvin and Neville Tatum

In the 1950s rider Cyril Brine's brother Ted (?) was involved in team management.

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South African rider Keith Harvey rode for Wimbledon in the mid-1930s. Have any other South Africans ridden for the Dons?

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On 3/4/2022 at 6:36 PM, JohnHyam said:

In the 1950s rider Cyril Brine's brother Ted (?) was involved in team management.

Yes, Ted was team manager, but you asked how many "rode" for Wimbledon.

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Just looking through some old programmes, and one from the poor 1937 season is intriguing

Ronnie Greene's first at Plough Lane got off to a disastrous start with the Dons rooted to the bottom of the league. It mentions that he turned to Max Grosskreutz for help !!!

Max had retired the previous season and i think was managing Norwich at the time. No mention as far as i can see in any of the books n the Dons. I wonder what sort of assistance Max was giving the team ? Mechanical help is my first thought, as i think he was fairly good at least in some aspects . Anyone know ?

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Another question

I see there was a Jack Hobbs Trophy meeting

Now i have never heard of him, not being a cricket fan. So looked him up and he was one of the greatest ever in that sport. Seems like he lived locally. Clapham Common  etc. Just wondering if this meeting was a one off or whether it was held on a few ocassions ?

Second thoughts. Took a look on speedway researcher and guess it was a one off

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1 hour ago, iris123 said:

Another question

I see there was a Jack Hobbs Trophy meeting

Now i have never heard of him, not being a cricket fan. So looked him up and he was one of the greatest ever in that sport. Seems like he lived locally. Clapham Common  etc. Just wondering if this meeting was a one off or whether it was held on a few ocassions ?

Second thoughts. Took a look on speedway researcher and guess it was a one off

Must admit, I'd never heard of that! I looked, and it's mentioned here...

http://www.guskuhn.net/GKuhn/Wimbledon/WimbledonSpeedway.htm

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On 4/7/2022 at 6:03 PM, chunky said:

Must admit, I'd never heard of that! I looked, and it's mentioned here...

http://www.guskuhn.net/GKuhn/Wimbledon/WimbledonSpeedway.htm

Browsing the newspaper archive, there are several Jack Hobbs Trophies - greyhound racing (throughout the 1930s), cricket (of course), and the Wimbledon Speedway Championship in 1935.

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8 hours ago, Midland Red said:

Browsing the newspaper archive, there are several Jack Hobbs Trophies - greyhound racing (throughout the 1930s), cricket (of course), and the Wimbledon Speedway Championship in 1935.

Would the Greyhound meetings also be at Wimbledon ?

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4 minutes ago, iris123 said:

Would the Greyhound meetings also be at Wimbledon ?

Yes they were!

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Wal Morton rode for Wimbledon pre- and post war. Did any other rider also do this?

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2 hours ago, JohnHyam said:

Wal Morton rode for Wimbledon pre- and post war. Did any other rider also do this?

Not Wimbledon related but besides his pre- and post-war Wimbledon stints Wal Morton also rode more than twice in various seasons for West Ham and Norwich pre- and post-war.

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59 minutes ago, JohnHyam said:

Wal Morton rode for Wimbledon pre- and post war. Did any other rider also do this?

You asked that question last month, and nobody knows of any...

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21 minutes ago, chunky said:

You asked that question last month, and nobody knows of any...

Could be because the fans have all snuffed it? :unsure:

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18 hours ago, iris123 said:

Would the Greyhound meetings also be at Wimbledon ?

But not around the tennis courts! :blink:

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24 minutes ago, Ray Stadia said:

But not around the tennis courts! :blink:

No and i don't suppose the cricket was held there or at the speedway stadium :blink:

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