Cycle Speedway Teams Down the Ages
Oxfordshire: Great Milton Rockets
About the team
Raced in the South Oxfordshire League in the early 1950s.
Team was reformed by Les Preston in 1960.
Raced in the Oxford League 1961/2.
Raced in the Southern League 1963/64.
Club Manager: Les Preston.
Club Secretary: Miss E. Smith, Orpswood Farm, Great Milton, Oxon.
Club Secretary: A. D'Anger, Chilworth Farm Cottages, Milton Common, Oxon(1960s).
Team Manager: Tony D'Anger(1961).
Club Secretary: Miss P. Hayward, 24 Hurst Street, Iffley, Oxford(1964).
Interesting Facts.
Brian Medcalf was seriously injured in a road crash in 1961, suffering a fractured skull, resulting in him missing most of the 1961 season.
Riders
- M. Adams
- C. Booker
- Ken Bratton
- R. Brooks
- Bob Chadbone
- Mick Constable
- Dick Creigh
- Tony D'Anger
- B. Duncan
- Chris Glenn
- Dave Glenn
- Trevor Kimber
- Alan Lawrence
- Martin Lewis
- Don Light
- Brian Medcalfe
- Ted Newitt
- Ken Oakley
- Brian Payne(capt)
- Ken Pitson
- Les Preston
- D. Prior
- G. Prior
- Barry Shapley
- Jock Sutherland
- G. Watts
- D. Wise
