Speedway motorcycle racing

Date: 27 July 1968, February 1973

From: Beavis, Cyril Denis Archibald, 1911-2000: Transparencies, negatives, and photographic prints

Reference: PA12-3137

Description: Transparencies by taken Cyril Beavis on 27 July 1968 showing images of the Rugby Union test match between France and New Zealand, held at Athletic Park in Wellington. Also includes transparencies taken by Beavis in February 1973 showing motorcycles in action on a speedway track, New Zealand. French team: 1. J Iracabal, 2. J P Baux, 3. J M Esponda, 4. A Plantefol, 5. B Dauga, 6. M Greffe, 7. B Dauga, 8. W Spanghero, 9. M Puget, 10. C Boujet, 11. A Campaes, 12. J Maso, 13. J Trillo, 14. J M Bonal, 15. P. Villepreux. New Zealand team: 1. A E Hopkinson, 2. B E McLeod, 3. K F Gray, 4. S C Strahan, 5. C E Meads, 6. K R Tremain, 7. I A Kirkpatrick, 8. B J Lochore, 9. C R Laidlaw, 10. E W Kirton, 11. M W Callaghan, 12. W D Cottrell, 13. I R MacRae, 14. G S Thorne, 15. W F McCormick. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Slides delivered in housing with annotations that read "Speeding Feb 1973". Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Transfers: Transparencies showing New Zealand versus France test match are continued at PA12-3136. Transparencies showing speedway are continued at PA12-3138.. Processing information: Reference number changed in November 2022 during re-processing of the collection. Formerly PAColl-7715-98 / PAColl-7715-99.

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Southern Cross (Newspaper : 1946-1951)

Reference: A-369-041/059

Description: Drawings and caricatures of sports related figures who flourished during the 1940s and 1950s. Includes All Blacks Charlie Oliver, L. Savage, "Has" Catly, and goal-kicker Morrie Doyle, and in other sports boxer Cyril Hurne, American wrestler Dick Raines, and an unnamed female tennis player. Other portraits are of Alex Pratt (manager of Hutt Speedways Ltd), George Welch (secretary of the Wellington Indoor Bowling Association), Mic Zamba (president of the Wellington Softball Association) and boxing trainer Archie Lechie. A number of plain diagrams illustrate boxing and wrestling technique. The original collage of caricatures of McNamara's Southern Cross Collegues used in their 1949 Christmas card and another of two men playing rugby are included. Quantity: 16 newsclippings. 2 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on paper and blue pencil 295mm x 390mm, black ink and white out on paper 240mm x 285mm, and newspaper clippings glued to wallpaper, sizes vary.

Date: 1951

From: [Ephemera relating to motorcycle racing, moto cross, speedway races on motocycles, including programmes. 1930-1959]

Reference: Eph-A-MOTORCYCLE-SPORT-1951-01

Description: Test match with photographs and short biographies of New Zealand riders Charles (Charlie) New, Mick Holland, Trevor Redmond, Geoff Mardon, Kevin Hayden, Maurice Dunn, Dick Campbell, Jules Benson. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs in booklet of 8 pages, each 220 x 144 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Leisure Collectables, England, in 2003.

Date: 1953

From: [Ephemera relating to motorcycle racing, moto cross, speedway races on motocycles, including programmes. 1930-1959]

Reference: Eph-A-MOTORCYCLE-SPORT-1953-01

Description: Test match programme with photographs and short biographies of New Zealand driver Trevor Redmond. Other New Zealand drivers were: Ronnie Moore, Barry Briggs, Geoff Mardon, Maury Dunn, Ron Johnston. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs in booklet of 8 pages, each 216 x 137 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Leisure Collectables, England, in 2003.

Date: 1971-1981

By: Sharpe, Peter James, 1958-

Reference: ATL-Group-00431

Description: Photographs of speedway cars and stockcar racing taken at Mystery Creek Speedway and Forest Lake Stadium in Hamilton, Baypark Speedway in Tauranga and other unidentified locations by Peter Sharpe between 1971 and 1981. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 2706 b&w original negative(s). 4 box(es). 1 folder(s). Processing information: Originally described as Library reference PAColl-3024, the new reference number for collection was assigned during final processing.

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Southern Cross (Newspaper : 1946-1951); Listener (Periodical)

Reference: A-369-021/040

Description: A collection of caricatures and drawings, mostly depicting New Zealand sportsmen who flourished in the 1940s and 1950s. Includes rugby All Blacks Billy Wallace and Stan Dean, a player whose surname is Drake and another unnamed. The speedway champions depicted are Harold Fairhurst, Percy Coleman and Rich Tunbridge. Cyclist and speedway manager Gerry Mathieson is also included. An elaborate illustration 'A Night at the Opera' depicts a Wellington performance of Puccini's Madame Butterfly and features singers Leo Piccioli, Aldo, Ferracuti, Mercedes Fortunati and Maria Huder, as well as the stage manager Bruno Nofri. A number of smaller cartoons illustrate various happenings in the sporting arena and daily life. Quantity: 19 newsclippings. Physical Description: Newsclippings stuck onto wallpaper, sizes vary.

Date: February 1973

From: Beavis, Cyril Denis Archibald, 1911-2000: Transparencies, negatives, and photographic prints

Reference: PA12-3138

Description: Transparencies by taken Cyril Beavis in February 1973 showing motorcycles in action on a speedway track, New Zealand. Transparencies showing speedway are also at PA12-3137. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Slides delivered in housing with annotations that read "Speeding Feb 1973". Quantity: 16 colour original transparency/ies. Processing information: Reference number changed in October 2022 during re-processing of the collection. Formerly PAColl-7715-99.

Date: 1944-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PA1-q-301

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in Italy during World War 2, 1943-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official purposes. Many individuals identified are listed above, but while many others are identified in group portraits they are not named above. Officers and personnel of the 9th NZ Infantry Brigade and of the 6th NZ Infantry Brigade at Trieste; thanksgiving service on the occasion of the end of war in Europe, and presentation of awards by Lt-Gen Sir B C Freyberg. Group portraits of No 1 & No 2 Platoons of Mechanical Equipment Company of New Zealand Divisional Engineers; various sports and entertainments including a trotting meeting at Montebello, Trieste; swimming regatta; athletics; hurdles; yacht race; skiing and staying at the NZ Alpine leave centre at Madonna di Campiglio, in the Brenta di Dolomiti (Southern Dolomites); sports in Florence (Allied track and field championships); swimming championships at Rome; water polo; motor cycle speedway events and rugby. New Zealand staff at the NZ Forces Clubs in Bari, in Rome, in Florence and in Venice. A memorial visit to Crete by members of the NZ Division who had been in the Cretan campaign in 1941, as guests of honour at a luncheon given by the people of Galatas; visits to the old Head Quarters; and a memorial service at the military cemetery; other memorial services at the Sangro Military Cemetery and at the Cassino War Cemetery. New Zealand troops on leave in the United Kingdom, visiting Hampton Court, Victoria Barracks, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London and St Paul's Cathedral. Scenes with Freyberg inspecting troops before they leave for New Zealand; also members of "Jay Force" during their training in the Florence area; an illuminated address presented to Lt-Gen Sir B C Freyberg by 28 Maori Battalion during his farewell visit to the Divisional Unit, (the address includes a wooden frame carved by Charles Iotua Tuarau); Freyberg saying farewell to nursing staff at the NZ General Hospital (Florence); married men of the Tenth Reinforcement at the NZ Advance Base awaiting transport home; group portrait of the staff of the NZ Army Post Office at Bari on the day the post office disbanded. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cover, darker blue corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Southern Cross (Newspaper : 1946-1951)

Reference: A-369-060/071

Description: Drawings and caricatures of sporting and political figures who flourished in the 1940s and 1950s. Includes speedway stars Alex Pratt, Jack Hunt, McMillan, and another unnamed whose image is superimposed over a speedway crowd. Golfer J.P.Hornbrook, a wrestler "Smithy", and an unnamed cyclist are depicted. The political personalities are Cumming who ran for mayor of Petone and accountant John Arcus. Also includes and original portrait of Indian political personality Joginder and two smaller newsclippings of a monkey and a squirrel. Quantity: 11 newsclippings. 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and white out on paper 305 mm x 200mm, and newspaper clippings glued to wallpaper, sizes vary

Date: 1950 - 1972

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Daily mail (London, England)

Reference: A-369-210/221

Description: Caricatures and drawings of sporting figures who flourished in the 1940-1950s. Includes soccer player Jim Taylor, jockey Gordon Richards, boxer Eddie Thomas, snooker world champion Joe Davis, and cricketers Freddie Brown and Len Hutton. Three photographs of drawings of cricketers Dudley Nourse (South African) and Godfrey Evans (English), and athlete Jack Holden. A poster centres on the image of Georgie Newtown and contains small scenes relating to his life and the speedway. Also included is an original of speedway star Split Waterman. Quantity: 7 newsclippings.. 3 photograph(s). 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: One original on textured card 230 mm x 170mm. Two photographs of originals and one of a newsclipping and 7 newsprint clippings; stuck onto black card, sizes vary.

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Southern Cross (Newspaper : 1946-1951)

Reference: A-369-001/020

Description: Includes a collection of political cartoons from the 1940s as well as charicatures and drawings depicting various sportsmen who flourished in the 1940s and 1950s. The political cartoons refer to an electricity crisis as well as issues concerned with the Wellington City Council. In one of the Wellington cartoons the name MacAlister is mentioned. The sporting portraits feature speedway champion Percy Coleman and boxer Dave Sands, as well as wrestlers Lofty Blomfield, Earl McCready, and Bill Kuusisto. Includes a number of smaller illustrations, most of which feature gardening and its related materials. Quantity: 19 newsclippings. Physical Description: Newsclippings stuck onto paper and wallpaper, sizes vary.

Date: [ca 1950s-2012]

By: Butterworth, Cheryl Patricia, 1949-2020; Dear, Lynette, active 2020

Reference: ATL-Group-00550

Description: Collection comprises an A3-sized scrapbook containing newspaper cuttings, ephemera and photographs, and a folder of correspondence and newspaper articles by Cheryl "Rusty" Butterworth that relate to her career as a wing-walker. Title supplied by Library. The Library holds biographical information about Cheryl Butterworth at MS-Papers-12566 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 1 volume(s). Provenance: The donor is Cheryl Butterworth's sister.

Date: [ca January 1930]

From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints

Reference: 1/1-031829-F

Description: Speedway rider Eddie Naylor, photographed ca January 1930 by Crown Studios of Wellington. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - 7822A; Marginal notes on negative - top centre - Naylor, Mr Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose nitrate negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 2004

By: Motomail Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-MOTORCYCLES-2004-01

Description: Sales catalogue lists road and off-road products: helmets, gloves, boots, ladies collection, leather gear, all weather gear, rain wear, armour, luggage, exhausts, screens, suspension, brakes, chains and sprockets, batteries and electrical, oils, handlebars and controls, security, polishes and cleaners, workshop, bike buyers guide. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 1976 + 74 pages, 277 x 207 mm.

Date: 2005

By: Wellington Sheetmetal; Medlin, Jonathan, 1974-

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-2005-03

Description: Each page shows a photograph of activity in a particular sport: March-April: Formula One motor-racing - the Ferrari F-1 team in a pit stop May-June: Cycling - Lance Armstrong and Iban Mayo July-August: Speedway - Scott Nicholls and Billy Hamill September-October: Soccer - Arsenal v Manchester at Cardiff November-December: Surfing - Laird Hamilton at Tahiti Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithgraphs on five sheets of calendar (incomplete), each sheet 490 x 335 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Jonathan Medlin, Maungaraki, in 2006.

Date: [ca August 1929]

From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints

Reference: 1/1-031833-F

Description: Speedway rider Tim Wilkinson, with Harley-Davidson motorcycle, photographed ca August 1929 by Crown Studios of Wellington. Other - Identified by comparison with 1/1-031815-F Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - 7223A; Marginal notes on negative - top centre - Morgan & Wilkinson Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose nitrate negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [Between 1930 and 1939]

From: Miller, E D N :Photographs by Isaac Jeffares, and of family

Reference: PAColl-0224-18

Description: A motorcyclist racing at Kilbirnie Speedway, photographed in the 1930s by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 144 x 206 mm on mount 174 x 259 mm

Date: [ca March 1929]

From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints

Reference: 1/1-031838-F

Description: Speedway rider Max Graham on AJS motorcycle, photographed ca March 1929 by Crown Studios of Wellington. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - 6827A; Marginal notes on negative - top centre - Graham, Mr Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose nitrate negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1929]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/4-032461-G

Description: Eddie Naylor, wearing helmet and gloves, sitting on a Douglas racing motorcycle, in front of spectators at the Kilbirnie Speedway. Photograph taken in 1929 on the day he won the 'Silver Gauntlet' (visible over the handles of the motorcycle), by an unidentified photographer for the Evening Post. Source of descriptive information - Eddie Naylor identified by family member Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca December 1931]

From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints

Reference: 1/1-031461-F

Description: Speedway rider W Hull, photographed ca December 1931 by Crown Studios of Wellington. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top centre - 9451A Hull, Mr W Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose nitrate negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches