[2] Newton also rode under the alias of Bill Bennett and he earned 12 international caps for the England national speedway team.

[3] Newton started his career with the Crystal Palace Glaziers in 1932 and stayed with the promotion when they moved to New Cross in 1934.

At the end of the 1938 season Newton retired due to illness, but not before helping New Cross to the National League championship.

[5] After the war Newton made a surprise comeback, after a benefit meeting was arranged for him in 1947 as he was still suffering from illness.

Further surgery at the end of 1948 was needed and it was assumed that Newton would retire but in 1949 he joined the Fleetwood Flyers in the National League Division Two,[6] where he recorded eight maximum scores in fifty appearances.