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Richard Herbert Edwards (8 February 1917 – 13 June 2008) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned seven international caps for the England national speedway team.[1][2]

Biography

Edwards was born in Liverpool but attended Hyde School in Hendon and later Goldbeaters Modern School in Burnt Oak. He was a member of the Northern Cycling Club[3] before he and his younger brother Harry Edwards joined the Kenton and Kingsbury Motor Cycle Club. The pair gained recognition as grass track riders before moving into coventional speedway.[4] He began his British leagues career riding for Walthamstow Wolves during the 1950 Speedway National League Division Two, where he joined his brother who was already a Walthamstow rider.[5]

In 1951, after starting the season with Walthamstow he was loaned out to Aldershot Shots[6] and remained at the club for the first half of the 1952[7] before transferring from parent club Walthamstow to Cardiff Dragons for £400.[8]

His riding average was solid but not particularly special and it was not until he joined Ipswich Witches that his career took off.[9] He left Cardiff following their withdawal from the league in 1953 and although he only rode 8 matches for Ipswich during the remainder of the season, he averaged 9.12.[10]

He became very popular at Ipswich where attendances consistently approached 20,000 and was described as an idol by the press.[3] In 1955, he averaged 9.45 and was club captain. In 1956, he was called up by England for test matches that included fixtures against Sweden and Australia.[11] His final two seasons were with Ipswich in the highest division of British speedway in the National League.

Family

His father was Richard Edwards was a councillor in Harrow and his uncle was Bob Edwards, a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1955 to 1987.[3]

References

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