The Cambridgeshire

The Cambridgeshire

Location	West Ham Stadium White City Stadium
Inaugurated	1936
Final run	1982
Race information
Distance	various

The Cambridgeshire was a greyhound racing competition held annually. It was inaugurated in 1936 at West Ham Stadium.[1][2]

Following the closure of West Ham in 1972 the competition switched to White City Stadium but only lasted until 1982 when it was discontinued following the closure of White City.[3]

Past winners

Year	Winner	Breeding	Trainer	Time	SP
1936	Master Hector	Bryn Acton - Milano	Johnny Bullock (West Ham)	22.55	4-1
1937	Diamond Glory	Kilnaglory – Ten Diamonds	Ronnie Melville (Private)	22.78	5-1
1938	Orlucks Best	Orluck – Playaway	Charlie Ashley Harringay)	22.89	2-1f
1942	Train	Danielli – Tiang	L Bradford (Private)	29.89
1943	Up The Aisle		Mrs Meg Fairbrass (Walthamstow)	29.93	4-7f
1944	Up The Aisle		Mrs Meg Fairbrass (Walthamstow)	29.59	9-4
1945	Cockeyed Cutlet	Jesmond Cutlet – Bradwell Gypsy	Jack Harvey (Wembley)	22.58	7-2
1946	Terrys Monarch		L Gould (Private)	22.27	5-4f
1947	Honey Boy Finnigan		Johnny Bullock (West Ham)	22.35	6-4f
1948	King Hero		P E Frost (Kings Heath)	22.24	100-8
1949	Belingas Fancy	Grovesnor Flexion - Belinga	Stanley Biss (Private)	19.66	4-5f
1951	Dead on Dick		Paddy Gordon (Private)	19.31	9-2
1952	Stir Hard		Noreen Collin (Walthamstow)	19.38	5-2
1954	Snow White Brown	Captain Brown – New Lady Tanist	Henry Parsons (Crayford)	19.52	7-4
1955	Customers Son	Quare Customer – Albert Street Lassie	Jim Syder Jr. (Wembley)	29.98	7-4f
1956	Snow Trails	The Grand Champion - Jazzello	Reg 'String' Marsh (Walthamstow)	29.59	9-2
1957	Gallant And Gay	Champion Prince - Consequence	Joe Pickering Harringay)	29.57	7-1
1958	Moyne Rosette	Atomic Palm – Sarah Bell	Ken Appleton (West Ham)	29.54	11-2
1959	Mellow April	Imperial Dancer – Moody Dreamer	Noreen Collin (Private)	29.91	7-2
1960	Fearless Mac	Ballymac Ball – Dare Me Now	Joe De Mulder (Private)	34.45	4-7f
1961	Palms Printer	The Grand Champion – Palm Shadow	Paddy McEvoy (Clapton)	34.90
1962	Printers Present	Hi There - Faoide	Tony Dennis (Private)	33.75
1963	Dainty Spark	Hi There – Wild Prince	W Taylor (White City)	34.44
1964	Speed Rue	Prince of Speed – Craney Primrose	R.E.Dalton (Private)	34.40
1965	Clahane Black	Sallys Black – Clahane Rose	Noreen Collin (Private)	34.40
1966	Clinker	The Grand Fire – Now There	Jimmy Jowett (Clapton)	34.78
1967	Joans Boy	Lucky Wonder – Lucky Joan	Arthur Hancock (Brighton)	34.48	20-1
1968	Merry Diver	Good Brandy – Charlies Pension	Tom Johnston Jr. (West Ham)	34.19
1969	Ballyseedy Star	Shanes Legacy – Ballyseedy Jay	Peter Hawkesley (West Ham)	33.88
1970	Sir Ginger	The Grand Silver – Cathys Tiny	Freddie Warrell (Private)	33.49
1971	Bobs Return	Granada Chief – Susie Tulla	Tom Johnston Jr. (Wembley)	33.54	7-4f
1972	First Case	Lovely Weather – Tat Tue Lady	Tom Johnston Jr. (Wembley)	30.38	6-4f
1973	Coin Case	Finolas Yarn – Lovely Silk	Charlie Smoothy (Clapton)	30.42
1974	Myrtown	Myross Again – Longstown Lassie	Eddie Moore – White City (Man)	30.38
1975	Adioss	Sole Aim – Charlie Knows	Adam Jackson (White City)	29.64
1976	Mutts Silver [4]	The Grand Silver – Simple Pride	Phil Rees Sr. (Wimbledon)	30.38	2-1
1977	Bohergloss Swell	Kilbelin Style – Walterstown Miss	Geoff De Mulder (Hall Green)	29.30	3-1
1978	Pat Seamur [5]	Tullig Rambler – Dainty Black	Geoff De Mulder (Hall Green)	29.41
1979	Tic'n Tot [6]	Ritas Choice – Fur Collar	Jack Coker (Oxford)	29.45
1980	Under Par	Gaily Noble - Overture		29.41
1981	Thanks Kev	Ahaveen Spitfire – Slide Over Baby	Frank Melville (Harringay)	29.67	2-1
1982	Astrosyn Doll	Itsachampion – Ivy Hall Sally	Frank Melville (White City)	29.83	7-1

Venues & Distances

• 1936-1938 (West Ham 400 yards)
• 1942-1944 (West Ham 525 yards)
• 1945-1948 (West Ham 400 yards)
• 1949-1954 (West Ham yards)
• 1955-1959 (West Ham 525 yards)
• 1960-1971 (West Ham 600 yards)
• 1972-1974 (White City 550 yards)
• 1975-1982 (White City 500 metres)

Sponsors

• 1979-1979 Haig

References

1. Genders, Roy (1975). The Greyhound and Racing Greyhound. Page Brothers (Norwich). p. 65. ISBN 0-85020-0474.
2. "West Ham Greyhound Stadium". Greyhound Derby.com.
3. Genders, Roy (1981). The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing. Pelham Books Ltd. p. 88. ISBN 07207-1106-1.
4. Genders, Roy (1990). NGRC book of Greyhound Racing. Pelham Books Ltd. p. 174. ISBN 0-7207-1804-X.
5. Genders, Roy (1990). NGRC book of Greyhound Racing. Pelham Books Ltd. p. 179. ISBN 0-7207-1804-X.
6. Genders, Roy (1981). The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing. Pelham Books Ltd. p. 62. ISBN 07207-1106-1.