Career
His crowning triumph was beating the Australian star, Ben Unwin, at the International Match Race in front of a 40,000 strong crowd. Frogley rode for the Crystal Palace Glaziers the majority of his career. He made his debut on 14 April 1928 at High Beach motorcycle speedway located inside of Epping Forest, England.
The track was behind The King"s Oak public house.
Roger and Buster Frogley rode modified 1928 Dirt Track Rudge motor bikes. In 1929, Roger Frogley rode in forty races, winning eighteen of them.
Roger Frogley was the top scoring rider for England, with six points, in the first England versus Australia Test Match at Wimbledon Stadium, Plough Lane, in 1930. He retired in 1932, when the Crystal Palace track closed and made an unsuccessful comeback at New Cross Lambs in 1935.