BROADSIDING

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LIII, Issue 13, 16 February 1932, Page 4

BROADSIDING

THRILLING MATCH RACES.

BLACKLOCK'S SUCCESSES.

BEATS AUSTRALIAN RIDER,

Riders from Canterbury, Welling-; ton, Otago and Australia competed in a thrilling programme of broadsiding at the Monica Park Speedway on Saturday evening. The feature of the evening was the sequence pi successes by Canterbury's star1 rider, Charlie Blacklock, who secured four first places and one second.

The match race between Blacklock and Cyril Anderson, of Australia, resulted in a decisive win for the former. The time was lmin 21sec, easily the fastest of the night, and within one-fifth of a second of the season's record established under racing conditions. In the inter-provincial contest, Canterbury had a good win from Otago, with Wellington a poor third. The following were the detailed results:— STARS HANDICAP.— First heat: Jack Young (Otago) (4sec) 1, Laurie Packer (Australia) (lsec) 2. Time, lmin 29 l-ssec. Second heat: C. Blacklock (scr.) 1, Frank Duckett (Australia) (lsec) 2. Time, lmin 28 sec. Third heat: T. Tompkins (Australia) (lsec) 1, Jack Hobson (2sec) 2. Time, 1 mm 30sec. Fourth heat: Jack Oakley (2sec) 1, Jim Nesbit (Otago) (3sec) 2. Time, lmin 30see. Final: Young 1, Blacklock 2, Tompkins 3. INTERNATIONAL MATCH RACES.—First match: Frank Duckett Australia) 1, Laurie Packer (Australia) 2. Time, lmin 24 l-ssec. Sec- : ond match: Tommy Tompkins (Australia) 1, Jack Bishop (Australia) 2. ' Time, lmin 22 2-ssec. Third match: •C. Blacklock (Canterbury) 1, Cyril * Anderson (Australia) 2. Time, lmin,

21sec. INTERPROVINCIAL CONTEST r rolling start.—First match: '.Charlie - Blacklock (Canterbury) 1, Jim Nesbit (Otago) 2, Albert Hunger (Wellington) 3. Time, lmin 24 l-ssec. Second match: Jack Hobson (Canterbury) 1, A. Crighton (Otago) 2. Time, lmin 31 3-ssec. Third match: Jack Ofikley (Canterbury) and Peter Lyi|ers (Otago) dead heat 1. Time, lmia, 27 4-ssec. Team points: Canterbiify Bi, Otago 6J, Wellington.!. INTERPROVINCIAL SCRATCH RACE,I rolling start.—First heat: Jack Oakley (Canterbury) 1, Alex. Rait (Wellington) 2. Time, lmin 27 sec. Second heat: Albert Hunger (Wellingtons) 1, A. Pratt (Wellington) 2. Tiike, lmin 28 2-ssec. Third heat: Jim N^sbit (Otago) 1, Jack Hobson (Canterbury) 2. Time, 1 mm 25sec. Final: Hunger 1, Nesbit 2. Time, lmin 33sec. CONSOLATION INTERNATIONAL SCRATCH RACE, rolling start.— Laurie Packer (Australia) 1. Time, lmin 23 4-ssec. Cyril Anderson (Australia) failed to leave the mark owing to machine trouble. INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS' SCRATCH RACE. —C. Blacklock (Canterbury> 1. Time, lmin 23 2-5 sec. Three false starts were made, and the fourth atlempt was successful. In the third lap in the first slide, Duckett (Australia) fell and Tompkins (Australia) ran into him before he had regained his feet, falling heavily. Duckett received a broken arm. 1