The Isle of Man T.T.

The details of Sunbeam machines that completed the course in the T.T. are as follows:.
1914 Senior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
Howard Davies Joint 2nd  
Vernon Busby 11th  
Tommy de la Hay 13th  
1920 Senior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
Tommy de la Hay 1st 51.79 m.p.h.
W. R. Brown 3rd  
Frank Townshend 9th  
1921 Senior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
Alec Bennett 4th 53.47 m.p.h.
George Dance 8th  
Tom Sheard 9th  
Frank Townshend 10th  
Vivian Olsson 23rd  
Albert Milner 24th  
1921 Junior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
M. V. Bishop 29th  
1922 Senior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
Alec Bennett 1st 58.31 m.p.h.
Tommy de la Hay 6th  
Vivian Olsson 8th  
Geoff Davison 17th  
G. Cowley Senior 19th  
Charlie Waterhouse 20th  
1923 Senior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
Tommy de la Hay 9th  
Vivian Olsson 16th  
Charlie Waterhouse 21st  
1923 Junior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
Charlie Waterhouse 22nd  
1923 Manx Amateur Motor Cycle Road Race
Rider Position Speed
Len Randles 1st 52.77 m.p.h.
W. H. Houghton 4th 51.01 m.p.h.
Charlie Waterhouse 5th 50.69 m.p.h.
Edwin Twemlow 7th  
1924 Senior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
H. Mylchreest 15th  
1924 Junior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
G. Cowley Senior 12th  
1924 Manx Amateur Motor Cycle Road Race
Rider Position Speed
Len Randles 1st 56.71 m.p.h.
R. C. Brown 2nd 54.2 m.p.h.
W. L. Birch 5th 53.15 m.p.h.
Charlie Dodson 9th  
A. E. Louks 10th  
1925 Senior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
Len Randles 6th 61.54 m.p.h.
Charlie Waterhouse 7th 61.51 m.p.h.
Achille Varzi 8th 61.49 m.p.h.
Bert Tetsall 10th 59.03 m.p.h.
1925 Junior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
Charlie Dodson 8th  
Bert Tetsall 9th  
1925 Manx Amateur Motor Cycle Road Race
Rider Position Speed
H. Y. Potts 8th  
1926 Senior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
Achille Varzi 7th  
Graham Walker 10th  
1926 Junior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
J. G. Porter 25th  
1926 Manx Amateur Motor Cycle Road Race
Rider Position Speed
D. Oldroyd 3rd 54.56 m.p.h.
J. O. Cunliffe 5th 53.69 m.p.h.
F. E. Webster 10th 51.6 m.p.h.
F. Major 11th 51.4 m.p.h.
W. H. Houghton 12th 49 m.p.h.
H. Hancocks 13th 48.7 m.p.h.
H. Y. Potts 19th 45.8 m.p.h.
1927 Senior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
Graham Walker 5th 64.72 m.p.h.
Charlie Dodson 8th 63.77 m.p.h.
W. L. Birch 16th 60.59 m.p.h.
1927 Junior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
Tommy Spann 17th  
Aubrey Melrose 19th  
1927 Manx Amateur Motor Cycle Road Race
Rider Position Speed
W. L. Birch 8th 50.37 m.p.h.
D. Oldroyd 9th 50.01 m.p.h.
A. R. Brewin 13th 48.61 m.p.h.
T. C. Cullis 16th 48.04 m.p.h.
H. Y. Potts 20th 46.59 m.p.h.
1928 Senior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
Charlie Dodson 1st 62.98 m.p.h.
Francesco Franconi 7th 59.61 m.p.h.
L. Archangeli 15th 57.09 m.p.h.
1928 Amateur Senior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
W. L. Birch 2nd 66.88 m.p.h.
G. L. Emery 3rd 65.79 m.p.h.
1928 Amateur Junior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
W. L. Birch 4th 57.94 m.p.h.
S. Lees 9th 48.29 m.p.h.
1929 Senior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
Charlie Dodson 1st 72.05 m.p.h.
Alec Bennett 2nd 70.51 m.p.h.
Arthur Simcock 7th 68.9 m.p.h.
Herbert Bacon 11th 66.19 m.p.h.
1929 Amateur Senior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
S. Lees 6th 58.74 m.p.h.
G. Rae 7th 55.1 m.p.h.
1929 Junior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
Charlie Dodson 4th 67.56 m.p.h.
Arthur Simcock 12th 64.24 m.p.h.
G. L. Emery 14th 63.67 m.p.h.
1929 Amateur Junior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
R. Allen 6th 57.01 m.p.h.
1930 Senior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
Charlie Dodson 4th 71.99 m.p.h.
Tom Frederick 5th 71.43 m.p.h.
Vic Brittain 8th 68.7 m.p.h.
H. J. Bacon 11th 66.18 m.p.h.
C. W. H. Merrill 13th 64.88 m.p.h.
1930 Senior Manx Grand Prix
Rider Position Speed
H. E. Newman 10th 65.75 m.p.h.
D. Kenyon 13th 65.42 m.p.h.
R. Allen 22nd 59.62 m.p.h.
1930 Junior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
Achille Varzi 12th 66.16 m.p.h.
1930 Junior Manx Grand Prix
Rider Position Speed
W. Riley 14th 52.32 m.p.h.
W. E. Whitehead 15th 50.73 m.p.h.
1931 Senior Manx Grand Prix
Rider Position Speed
J. Fletcher 7th 63.03 m.p.h.
W. H. Singleton 13th 58.68 m.p.h.
C. J. Harding 14th 57.28 m.p.h.
1931 Junior Manx Grand Prix
Rider Position Speed
R. Shiers 14th 58.38 m.p.h.
1932 Senior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
Arthur Simcock 9th 72.4 m.p.h.
G. L. Emery 10th 72.36 m.p.h.
Vic  Brittain 13th 71.15 m.p.h.
1932 Senior Manx Grand Prix
Rider Position Speed
J. Fletcher 4th 65.1 m.p.h.
F. Williams 8th  
A. Hughes 17th  
C. J. Harding 21st  
1933 Senior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
G. L. Emery 11th 74.52 m.p.h.
Vic Brittain 13th 71.75 m.p.h.
1933 Senior Manx Grand Prix
Rider Position Speed
J. Fletcher 8th 71.01 m.p.h.
J. S. Ward 14th 68.93 m.p.h.
S. W. Cooper 21st 65.1 m.p.h.
1933 Junior Manx Grand Prix
Rider Position Speed
J. Fletcher 24th 56.94 m.p.h.
1934 Senior Manx Grand Prix
Rider Position Speed
A. R. Bob Foster 6th 72.37 m.p.h.
John H. Fell 9th 71.32 m.p.h.
L. C. Newman 12th 69.28 m.p.h.
Ronald Hooper 18th 67.67 m.p.h.
1934 Junior Manx Grand Prix
Rider Position Speed
John H. Fell 10th 68.33 m.p.h.
1935 Senior T.T.
Rider Position Speed
G. W. Webster 13th 71.22 m.p.h.
Ronald Hooper 14th 71.11 m.p.h.
1936 Senior Manx Grand Prix
Rider Position Speed
E. Cooper 13th 69.99 m.p.h.
1937 Senior Manx Grand Prix
Rider Position Speed
L. C. Newman 26th 66.06 m.p.h.
1937 Lightweight Manx Grand Prix
Rider Position Speed
C. J. Tompsett 12th 60.29 m.p.h.


An advert from 1928.


The 1928 Sunbeam Senior Team, F. Franconi, Charlie Dodson, and L. Arcangeli.

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