# 1953 Isle of Man TT

The 1953 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy saw Ray Amm (Rhodesia) win both Senior and Junior TT races. Bob McIntyre retired for his first TT, the Junior.
The event was marred by the death of five people, including the first ever 500cc motorcycle world champion, Leslie Graham, who was killed at Bray Hill during the Senior TT. Graham had won his first ever TT race, the Ultra Lightweight TT, the day before. As a sign of respect, his team, MV Agusta, withdrew from the rest of the event.

## Senior TT (500cc)

| Rank | Rider | Team | Speed | Time |
| 1 | Ray Amm | Norton | 93.85 mph | 2.48.51.8 |
| 2 | Jack Brett | Norton | 93.74 | 2:49.03.8 |
| 3 | Reg Armstrong | Gilera | 93.62 | 2:49.16.8 |
| 4 | Rod Coleman | AJS | 92.77 | 2:50.49.6 |
| 5 | Bill Doran | AJS | 90.86 | 2:54.25.0 |
| 6 | Peter Davey | Norton | 86.97 | 3:02.13.0 |
| 7 | Ted Frend | Norton | 86.72 | 3:02.44.6 |
| 8 | Robin Sherry | AJS | 86.5 | 3:03.13.4 |
| 9 | Harry Pearce | Matchless | 86.38 | 3:03.28.4 |
| 10 | John Grace | Norton | 85.54 | 3:05.15.8 |

## Junior TT (350cc)

| Rank | Rider | Team | Speed | Time |
| 1 | Ray Amm | Norton | 90.52 mph | 2:55.05.0 |
| 2 | Ken Kavanagh | Norton | 90.44 | 2:55.14.6 |
| 3 | Fergus Anderson | Moto Guzzi | 89.41 | 2:57.40.6 |
| 4 | Jack Brett | Norton | 88.7 | 2:58.40.4 |
| 5 | Bill Doran | AJS | 86.9 | 3:02.21.0 |
| 6 | Derek Farrant | AJS | 86.59 | 3:03.02.0 |
| 7 | Ken Mudford | AJS | 85.49 | 3:05.23.0 |
| 8 | George Murphy | AJS | 84.39 | 3:07.48.2 |
| 9 | Phil Carter | AJS | 84.28 | 3:08.02.6 |
| 10 | Harold Clark | AJS | 93.72 | 3:09.18.0 |

## Lightweight TT (250cc)

| Rank | Rider | Team | Speed | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Fergus Anderson | Moto Guzzi | 84.73 mph | 1.46.53.0 |
| 2 | Werner Haas | NSU | 84.52 | 1:47.10.0 | + 17.0 |
| 3 | Siegfried Wunsche | DKW | 81.34 | 1:51.20.0 | + 4:27.0 |
| 4 | Arthur Wheeler | Moto Guzzi | 80.38 | 1:52.40.0 | + 5:47.0 |
| 5 | Syd Willis | Velocette | 75.38 | 2:00.08.0 | + 13:15.0 |
| 6 | Tommy Wood | Moto Guzzi | 74.82 | 2:01.02.0 | + 14:09.0 |
| 7 | Ray Petty | Norton | 74.67 | 2:01.17.0 | + 14:24.0 |
| 8 | Albert Jones | M&F Excelsior | 72.26 | 2:05.20.0 | + 18:27.0 |
| 9 | Bill Webster | Velocette | 71.96 | 2:05.51.0 | + 18:58.0 |
| 10 | Bob Geeson | REG | 71.74 | 2:06.14.0 | + 19:21.0 |

## Ultra Lightweight TT (125cc)

| Rank | Rider | Team | Speed | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Leslie Graham | MV Agusta | 77.79 mph | 1.27.19.0 |
| 2 | Werner Haas | NSU | 77.18 | 1:28.00.0 | + 41.0 |
| 3 | Cecil Sandford | MV Agusta | 77.15 | 1:28.02.0 | + 43.0 |
| 4 | Angelo Copeta | MV Agusta | 73.44 | 1:32.29.0 | + 5:10.0 |
| 5 | Albert Jones | MV Agusta | 67.48 | 1:40.39.0 | + 13:20.0 |
| 6 | Bill Webster | MV Agusta | 67.07 | 1:41.16.0 | + 13:57.0 |
| 7 | Archie Fenn | Mondial | 67.03 | 1:41.20.0 | + 14:01.0 |
| 8 | Norman Webb | MV Agusta | 65.73 | 1:43.20.0 | + 16:01.0 |
| 9 | James Thomson | MV Agusta | 64.71 | 1:44.56.0 | + 17:37.0 |
| 10 | Fron Purslow | MV | 61.9 | 1:49.44.0 | + 22:25.0 |

## Clubmans 1000 TT

| Rank | Rider | Team | Speed | Time |
| 1 | George Douglass | Vincent | 81.54 mph | 1.51.04.0 |
| 2 | Geoffrey Clark | Vincent | 79.39 | 1:54.04.0 |
| 3 | Peter Peters | Vincent | 74.24 | 2:01.59.0 |

## Clubmans Senior TT

| Rank | Rider | Team | Speed | Time |
| 1 | Bob Keeler | Norton | 84.14 mph | 1.20.43.4 |
| 2 | Eddie Crooks | Norton | 83.0 | 1.21.49.8 |
| 3 | Alan Holmes | Norton | 82.46 | 1.22.22.2 |

## Clubmans Junior TT

| Rank | Rider | Team | Speed | Time |
| 1 | Derek Powell | BSA | 80.17 mph | 1.52.57.8 |
| 2 | Owen Greenwood | BSA | 79.23 | 1:54.18.0 |
| 3 | Jack Bottomley | Norton | 79.09 | 1:54.21.6 |

## Sources

* ↑ "Motorsport Memorial -". www.motorsportmemorial.org. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
* ↑ "Insidebikes Rider Of The Week: Leslie Graham - Carole Nash". Carole Nash UK. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
* ↑ IoMtt.com 1953 Senior TT results (Retrieved 24 December 2006)
* ↑ IoMtt.com 1953 Junior TT results (Retrieved 24 December 2006)
* ↑ IoMtt.com 1953 Lightweight 250 TT results (Retrieved 24 December 2006)
* ↑ IoMtt.com 1953 Ultra Lightweight TT results (Retrieved 24 December 2006)
* ↑ IoMtt.com 1953 Clubmans 1000 TT results (Retrieved 24 December 2006)
* ↑ IoMtt.com 1953 Clubmans Senior results (Retrieved 24 December 2006)
* ↑ IoMtt.com 1953 Clubmans Junior results (Retrieved 24 December 2006)