Programme for the first Speedway meeting at Crystal Palace, Saturday 19th May 1928, the opening meeting held on the dirt track at the Crystal Palace Exhibition Gardens in front of a crowd in excess of 6,000, featuring a Grand Parade of all competing riders and 19 races culminating in the advertised 'Thrills and Spills' of the great international match between England and Australia for a £100 prize, 12-page programme, price 6d with colour illustration on cover, information and conditions of all races, fair to good condition The first-ever recognised Speedway meeting in the UK was at High Beech, Essex on 19th February 1928 although there were claims that previous meetings were held at Camberley and Droysden. The sport was introduced into the country by Australians Billy Galloway and Keith McKay.
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Programme for the first Speedway meeting at Crystal Palace, Saturday 19th May 1928, the opening meeting held on the dirt track at the Crystal Palace Exhibition Gardens in front of a crowd in excess of 6,000, featuring a Grand Parade of all competing riders and 19 races culminating in the advertised 'Thrills and Spills' of the great international match between England and Australia for a £100 prize, 12-page programme, price 6d with colour illustration on cover, information and conditions of all races, fair to good condition The first-ever recognised Speedway meeting in the UK was at High Beech, Essex on 19th February 1928 although there were claims that previous meetings were held at Camberley and Droysden. The sport was introduced into the country by Australians Billy Galloway and Keith McKay.