| "Sunday Dispatch" World Championship Round Two | Owlerton Stadium | 6th July 1950 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| ACU Steward: J.R.Greene | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Tot | ||
| 1. Tom Oakley | Southampton | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2. Vic Emms | Halifax | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 5th | |||||||||||||||
| 3. Harry Saunders | Oxford | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4. Pete Lansdale | Plymouth | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 1ST | |||||||||||||||
| 5. Doug Serrurier | Liverpool | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6. Norman Hargreaves | Fleetwood | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7th | |||||||||||||||
| 7. Peter Robinson | Plymouth | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8. Derrick Tailby | Coventry | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9. Bassé Hveem | (Norway) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4th | |||||||||||||||
| 10. Cecil Hookham | Tamworth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11. Ken Middleditch | Poole | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 3RD | |||||||||||||||
| 12. Harry Bastable | Cradley Heath | 1 | 0 | 0 | ef | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 13. Reg Reeves | Walthamstow | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14. Les Wotton | Southhampton | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8th | |||||||||||||||
| 15. Tommy Bateman | Newcastle | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2ND | |||||||||||||||
| 16. Fred Rogers | Norwich | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6th | |||||||||||||||
| Track Record 69.2 Len Williams, 2nd June 1950 |
01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 73.0 | 72.6 | 70.2 | 72.2 | 72.4 | 72.6 | 72.8 | 72.2 | 72.8 | 73.4 | 72.6 | 72.6 | 71.6 | 73.4 | 73.6 | 73.0 | 72.6 | 73.4 | 73.4 | 73.0 | ||||
| Run-Off for 1st place | |
|---|---|
| Pete Lansdale | 1ST |
| Tommy Bateman | 2nd |
| 73.4 | |
Plymouth's Pete Lansdale beat ex-Tiger Tommy Bateman in the run-off for first place and received the £30 cheque from Mr. Pat Reekie of the Sunday Dispatch.
The distribution of riders to heats and their helmet colours looked strange with some riders going 8 heats between races, and starting gate positions were selected at random for every heat by the use of a ballot box.
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