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Never ever seen a picture of Thrum Hall - believe it was a rugby stadium ?

Are you sure he's not English ??

My hunch was either Fleetwood or Wigan Poolstock .

Yup Neil Webb was an Aussie who rode a few matches for Monarchs right at the start of the Powderhall era. Surprisingly when I went to USA for 82 World Final he was racing in the minor card at San Bernadino. !!

Another South African who does not appear on the list was James Hayhow, a somewhat pedestrian second halfer at Powderhall, who rode for the Edinburgh team in the 90's when they were struggling to raise a team. I'm also 90% certain that Dave Collins who rode for Sunderland Saints in 1964, was also a South African - perhaps someone else can confirm or refute my presumption ?

Bill Landels was born in Scotland and rode for the Monarchs until 1967. He then emigrated to Australia and never raced in the UK again. Therefore I would not classify him as an Aussie who rode in the UK. However to compensate for this loss, add Ray Taaffe, an Aussie who had few outings for Edinburgh in the 90's.

Nigel Alderton definitely did ride for Edinburgh - he started in the UK , the same time as Jason Lyons first rode for Glasgow. Has anyone mentioned Brian Nixon who rode for Glasgow at Shawfield in the 90s. ?

You can add Bryan Townsend the Kiwi who rode for Paisley at the start of 1975.

Johnny Oram (Edinburgh c.1953), Darren Winkler (Edinburgh Powderhall era). Jack Lassagna (Edinburgh/Sheffield c. 1950/51)

Puma - although it has been listed earlier, you've not noticed that Tommy Knudsen (Coventry) & Tom Knudsen (Poole) were different Danes.

Quite correct - put it down to creeping senility . I got mixed up with Bert Clark who rode with Bester @ Edinburgh in 1954. Clark was a Scotsman who emigrated to Rhodesia and took up Speedway there & returned to Scotland to ride for the Monarchs. I don't know if he became a naturalised Rhodesian however.

Danes Preben Andreasen who did 1 match for Edinburgh in 1965 & got injured in 1st heat & Robert Larsen who made a sensational debut for Monarchs vs Poole during the Powderhall era (he beat Craig Boyce amongst others in his double figure score), but unfortunately never reproduced that form

Are my posts invisible to you Puma ??

Copycat ! BTW has anyone mentioned South African Fred Lang who rode Wembley Lions in 1954 as well as the same named team in his homeland

Alf Wells (Edinburgh), Rim Malskaitis (Long Eaton)

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Was at that meeting and I recall he was introduced as a Yank from the East Coast.

Laurie Packer who rode for Edinburgh 1939 & Birmingham 1946 was either Canadian or Oz - can anyone confirm his nationality ?

Doug & Bob Serrurier , Fred Wills(South Africa) who rode @ Liverpool 1949/50, Buddy Fuller )South Africa) who rode @ Hastings & Liverpool, Roy Bester (Rhodesia) Edinburgh 1954, Arthur Duncan (S Africa) Birmingham 1956.

Aage Hansen of Norway who briefly rode @ Ipswich in 1957, but clocked some decent scores

It was Johnnie Faafeng who rode for Glasgow around 1966/67. He was killed in a car crash, and I remember the story doing the rounds that he had been a bit of nutter who used to use a brick on the accelerator when driving on the motorways.

Les Beaumont

The worst leathers I can recall were the one's that Rene Aas wore during his brief spell with the Monarchs. The looked like a pair that failed Warsaw Pact quality control standards and were obviously far too big for him, resulting in him doing a fair impersonation of an Eastern European version of Michelin Man on a speedway bike.

Think that Chum Taylor & Johnnie Chamberlain are other way round ?

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