Scotland v England 1971

Stuart Potter, John Tait and Stuart Baxter had registered for Shields with NACSA, but the Scotland v England test match program for the meeting at Hampden on 30^th May showed both Potter and Baxter as Bridgend riders and Tait as a Dunedin rider. This match featured the first Glasgow rider in a Scottish race-jacket for more than ten years when former Hawk Colin Caffrey rode at number 8. In a closely fought meeting, the English riders gradually inched ahead and clinched the result with a five – one win in the penultimate heat when their best riders, Watling and Whiting finished ahead of Tait and Murphy. The full details were:

Ht 1: Tait (S), Watchman (E), Whiting (E), Baxter (S) 49.6 3-3 3-3

Ht 2: Garnett (E), Potter (S), Watling (E), Grant (S) 48.0 2-4 5-7

Ht 3: Pinkerton (S), Parsons (E), Murphy (S), Greenhalgh (E) 47.0 4-2 9-9

Ht 4: Whiting (E), Potter (S), Watchman (E), Grant (S), 47.8 2-4 11-13

Ht 5: Pinkerton (S), Garnett (E), Watling (E), Murphy (S) 45.4 3-3 14-16

Ht 6: Greenhalgh (E), Tait (S), Douglas (S), Ellis (E) ex 46.2 3-3 17-19

Ht 7: Watchman (E), Caffrey (S), Grant (S), Wilson (E) fell 46.2 3-3 20-22

Ht 8: Parsons (E), Baxter (S), Greenhalgh (E), Tait (S),) 47.3 2-4 22-26

Ht 9: Pinkerton (S), Garnett (E), Ellis (E), Caffrey (S) 46.4 3-3 25-29

Ht 10: Wilson (E), Douglas (S), Watling (E), Baxter (S) ex 46.8 2-4 27-33

Ht 11: Grant (S), Greenhalgh (E), Parsons (E), Potter (S), 49.5 3-3 30-36

Ht 12 Murphy (S), Watchman (E), Pinkerton (S), Whiting (E) 4-2 34-38

Ht 13: Tait (S), Watling (E), Baxter (S), Garnett (E), 47.0 4-2 38-40

Ht 14: Wilson (E), Murphy (S), Parsons (E), Caffrey (S) fell 47.9 2-4 40-44

Ht 15: Whiting (E), Potter (S), Douglas (S), Ellis (E) fell 45.0 3-3 43-47

Ht 16: Greenhalgh (E), Baxter (S), Garnett (E), Grant (S), 47.0 2-4 45-51

Ht 17: Watling E), Whiting (E), Tait (S), Murphy (S) fell 48.1 1-5 46-56

Ht 18: Watchman (E), Pinkerton (S), Potter (S), Parsons (E) fell 47.9 3-3 49-59

SCOTLAND ENGLAND

Stuart Baxter 0 2 X 1 2 5 John Watchman 2 1 3 2 3 11

John Tait 3 2 F 3 1 9 John Whiting 1 3 0 3 2 9 (+2)

Rab Grant 0 0 1 3 0 4 (+1) Derek Garnet 3 1 1 0 1 6 (+2)

Stuart Potter 2 2 0 2 1 7 (+1) John Watling 1 2 1 2 3 9

Jack Pinkerton 3 3 3 1 2 12 Kevin Greenhalgh 0 3 1 2 3 9

John Murphy 1 0 3 2 F 6 Dave Parsons 2 3 1 1 F 7 (+1)

Allan Douglas 1 2 1 4 (+2) Roger Ellis X 2 F 2

Colin Caffrey 2 0 F 2 Dave Wilson F 3 3 6