The Richards Matchless

Further to my story on Peter Richards in OBA 41, Alan Wallis approached me to add further information in that Peter’s tweaked but nonetheless ageing G80S Matchy was the only-ever 500cc single cylinder machine to have defeated the Carruthers 250 Honda 4 in a Senior ‘A’ grade event at Malalla. To confirm this I rang Peter who informed me that on that same drizzly wet day Ron Robinson on his 500 Manx on the final lap had edged slightly away to eventually take the win in that Senior event while Peter finally