AUSTRALIAN WINS JUNIOR T.T.

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27987, 6 June 1956, Page 20

AUSTRALIAN WINS JUNIOR T.T.

MOTOR CYCLING

Three N.Z. Riders Crash (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) LONDON. June 4. Three New Zealand riders met with bad luck in the Junior T.T. race on the Isle of Man, which was won today by Ken Kavanagh, of Sydney. Kavanagn. who will compete in the senior race on the Isle of Man circuit, on Friday, became the first Australian rider to win the junior event. Bob Coleman, aged 25, of Wanganui East, riding an A.J.S. for the New Zealand Auto-cycle Union, crashed on his third lap and was taken to hospital at Douglas, where an X-ray revealed broken ribs and a broken foot. He was reported tonight to be “quite comfortable.’’ Paul Fahey, aged 28, of Auckland, also a member of the A.C.U. team, crashed on the fifth lap with Stan Cameron, of Whakatane. Both men. who were riding A.J.S. machines, were admitted to hospital suffering from shock and slight facial injuries and were later discharged. Barry Hodgekinson, of North Sydney, riding a Norton and representing the Auto-cycle Club of Australia, was ordered out of the race on his fifth lap after missing a section of the course. Another A.C.A. representative, Eric Hinton, of Sydney, retired with engine trouble in the sixth lap. Kavanagh, riding an Italian Guzzi, covered the seven laps of the 37?-mile course in 2hr 57min 29.45ec. averaging 89.29 miles an hour. Kavanagh won by nearly 4|min. He rode a brilliantlyjudged race, to come through the field when the early leaders retired. His last lap, the fastest for the day, was done in 24min 18.8sec —93.15 miles an hour. Of the 75 starters in the race, 42 finished. The positions of other Australian and New Zealand riders were: Eleventh: Keith Bryden, of Sydney (Norton), representing the "Auto-cycle Club of Australia, 3hr llmin o.6sec. 82.8 miles an hour. Twelfth: Gavin Dunlop, formerly of Dunedin (A.J.S.), 3hr llmin 45.65ec. 82.84 miles an hour. Fourteenth: Fred Cook, of Taranaki (A.J.S.), representing the New Zealand Auto-cycle Union, 3hr 12min 6.2 sec, 82.5 miles an hour. Twenty-fifth: Bob Cook, of Taranaki, riding a privately-entered A.J.S., 3hr 18min 56.65ec, 79.83 miles an hour. Bryden, Dunlop and the Cook brothers each qualified for silver replicas of the Tourist Trophy. Twenty-eighth: George Begg, of Invercargill (A.J.S.), 3hr 20min 9.4 sec. Thirty-fourth: Dick Thomson, of Ashfield, Sydney (A.J.S.), representing the Motor-cycle Racing Club of New South Wales, 3hr 26min 31.8 sec, 76.73 miles an hour. Begg and Thomson qualified for bronze replicas of the trophy. Forty-second: Harry Lowe, of Whakatane, on a privately-entered 8.5. A., 3hr 50min 32sec. A memorial service for Lawrence G. Aislabie, captain of the New Zealand team, was held in Belfast today while his team-mates rode in the Isle of Man. He died after crashing in the “Northwest 500” race in Ireland on May 12. Aislabie, aged 30, came from Palmerston North.

His body will be flown to London tonight, and will leave by air for New Zealand on Wednesday.