Thomas Mylchreest Sheard Jnr (6 January 1889 in
Dalby, Isle of Man, – 10 August 1954), a
motorcycle racer with two victories at the
Isle of Man TT races, was a great nephew to Joseph Mylchreest, the 'Diamond King'.
[''Tom Sheard 'The Modest Manxman.' An Isle of Man TT Legend.'' pp1 R.Sheard Premier Print Ltd.]
The 1922 Junior TT race was won by local competitor Sheard riding an
AJS
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motorcycle at an average race speed of 54.75 mph. Hutchison Tyres were used on AJS machines in 1922, and Sheard featured in their adverts of the time. An example of this was in "The Scotsman" newspaper after the TT win in 1922.
In 1923, Douglas had their first
Senior TT race victory with Sheard winning on a 500 cc machine. Sheard was one of only five riders in the world to trial disc brakes on a Douglas motorcycle. Other riders to trial the disc-braked Douglas were
Freddie Dixon and Sydney Ollerhead.
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horizontally opposed
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twin cylinder engined bikes and as manufacturers of speedway machines.
Sources
External links
Douglas Road Racing HistoryTT database rider profileiomtt.com
TT database TT resultsiomtt.com
Isle of Man TT riders
Manx motorcycle racers
1889 births
1954 deaths
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