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1934 Star Riders' Championship
The 1934 Star Riders' Championship was decided on a knockout basis over nine heats.Bamford, R. & Stallworthy, D. (2003) ''Speedway – The Pre War Years'', Stroud: Tempus Publishing. Final *23 August 1934 * Wembley, England Heat Details Heat 1 : Langton, Johnson, Parker, Sharp Heat 2 : Jackson, Wilkinson, Arthur, Watson Heat 3 : Lees, Case, Rye, Wotton Heat 4 : Newton, Haigh, Harrison Heat 5 : Croombs, Chapman, Murphy Semi-final 1: Langton, Jackson, Case Semi-final 2: Lees, Johnson, Newton Semi-final 3: Parker, Croombs, Harrison Final : Parker, Langton, Lees References See also 1934 Speedway Speedway may refer to: Racing Race tracks *Edmonton International Speedway, also known as Speedway Park, a former motor raceway in Edmonton, Alberta *Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a motor raceway in Speedway, Indiana Types of races and race cours ... 1934 in speedway {{UK-motorcycle-speedway-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Riders' Championship
The Star Riders' Championship was the forerunner of the Speedway World Championship and was inaugurated in 1929. The competition was sponsored by ''The Star ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in E ...'', which was a London evening newspaper at that time. For the first year it was split into two sections, Britain and Overseas, as it was felt that the Australians and Americans were too strong for the British riders.Bamford, R. & Stallworthy, D. (2003) ''Speedway - The Pre War Years'', Stroud: Tempus Publishing. The format changed over the years until by 1935 it was run in the 16 riders 20-heat formula that was to become the recognised formula for the World Championship and most other individual events until the advent of the Grand Prix in 1995. When the World Championship was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluey Wilkinson
Arthur George "Bluey" Wilkinson (27 August 1911 – 27 July 1940) was an international speedway rider. Wilkinson was Speedway World Champion in 1938 after narrowly missing out on winning the inaugural Championship in 1936. Early life Wilkinson was nicknamed "Bluey" because of his red hair (an Australian custom). At the age of four, Bluey's family moved to Bathurst, New South Wales which he really considered to be his home town. He was working as a butcher boy when speedway first started at the Bathurst Sports Ground in 1928. It was love at first sight for Wilkinson and he promptly gave up a promising rugby league career and invested his savings in a battered old belt driven Rudge. Career On the Rudge, Bluey Wilkinson wasn't a world-beater, but when Sydney and international star rider Lionel Van Praag came to Bathurst he loaned Wilkinson one of his spare bikes. In a battle of future World Champions, Wilkinson defeated Van Praag in a match race and his talent was recogni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Francis (speedway Rider)
Joseph Thomas Francis (7 February 1907 – July 1985) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned six international caps for the England national speedway team. Biography Francis born in Kent during 1907, was a rider in the early pioneer days of speedway in Great Britain and raced in 1928, before crowds in excess of 20,000 and a year before the leagues were even introduced. He began league racing for the Crystal Palace Glaziers during the inaugural 1929 Speedway Southern League. He spent five seasons with Crystal Palace, becoming a regular rider at the club and helped them win the 1931 London Cup. In 1931, he also won the prestigious London Riders' Championship at his home track. In 1934, the Crystal Palace promotion and team relocated to New Cross and became the New Cross Lambs. Francis stayed with the team during the move and won a second London Cup. He would stay with New Cross (now called the Rangers) for another six years until the end of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Watson (speedway Rider)
Colin Watson (born c.1899) was one of the most successful British motorcycle speedway riders from the sport's early years in the late 1920s and 1930s. Biography Born in Ilford, Essex, Watson was involved from the earliest days on British speedway, taking part in the early meetings held at High Beach in 1928.Storey, Basil (1947) "Colin Watson Blazed His Way Through" in ''Speedway Favourites'', Sport-in-Print, p. 3 He joined White City in 1929 and Harringay Canaries and Wembley Lions in 1930, playing a leading role in the team that dominated the sport in the early 1930s. He was a finalist in the Star Riders' Championship five times between 1929 and 1934.Bamford, Robert (2003) ''Speedway: The Pre-War Years'', Tempus, , p. 222 He was selected for the England team to face Australia in Test series in 1931, 1932, 1933, and 1934, also captaining the team.Morgan, Tom (1947) ''The People Speedway Guide'', Odhams Press, p. 73-4 He suffered a broken leg in 1935 that kept him out of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Sharp (speedway Rider)
John Reginald Sharp (20 March 1909 – 1974) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Australia. Career Sharp rode in Western Australia for Johnnie Hoskins before going to Singapore and then the United Kingdom in 1930. He joined High Beech Speedway for the 1930 Speedway Southern League season. He made his debut for the Australia national speedway team in 1930 and would go on to earn 14 international caps in total and captain the nation from 1936 to 1938. In 1931, he made a couple of appearances for Wimbledon Dons before racing mainly at the Greenford Speedway and in 1932, rode grasstrack. During the 1933 and 1934 seasons, he signed for the Plymouth Tigers, winning the 1933 West of England Championship and topping the averages for the Devon team during the 1934 Speedway National League. While a Plymouth rider, he married on 29 September 1934 in London. The following season in 1935, he broke into the Wimbledon first team and was a regular throughout the season for them. He f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Murphy (speedway Rider)
John Glass (1911 – 1998) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Australia. During his speedway career he rode under the pseudonym Mick Murphy. Career Glass was born in Scotland but emigrated to Perth in Australia with his parents as a child. In 1925, at the age of 14, he rode up to the Claremont Speedway track and asked for a trial. He had borrowed his father's helmet so asked that his name not be released. Therefore, the name Mick Murphy (the Irish champion) was created. He won the 1930/31 New South Wales Individual Speedway Championship. He arrived in the United Kingdom from Australia to race in the Britain during the 1931 season after signing for the Stamford Bridge Pensioners. He also made an appearance for the Wimbledon Dons during 1931 and rode in the final of the National Trophy for Stamford Bridge, losing out to Wembley Lions. The 1932 season saw the formation of the National League and Murphy signed for Wimbledon but was positioned mainly at reserve. He rode in Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Rye
Arthur Claude Rye known as Claude Rye (1908–1988) was an international speedway rider from England. Speedway career Rye came to prominence in 1929 after gaining a two year contract with Preston (speedway) and then joined Wimbledon Dons in 1931. In 1933, he broke a leg in his first Test appearance for England. He became the captain of Wimbledon and finished second in the league averages during the 1933 Speedway National League. He competed in the 1934 Star Riders' Championship and went on to represent England against the United States and Australia. Personal life Rye was the Managing Director of one of Britain's largest ball bearing firms and became a Freeman of the City of London. Film appearance The speedway scenes from the 1933 film Britannia of Billingsgate were shot at Hackney Wick Stadium and featured some of the leading riders in Britain at the time including Rye, Colin Watson, Arthur Warwick, Gus Kuhn, Tom Farndon and Ron Johnson. Players cigarette cards Rye is l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Arthur
Harold Frank Milton Arthur (born 12 December 1908 in Lismore, New South Wales – died 11 September 1972 in Sydney) was a former international motorcycle speedway rider who won the first Star Riders' Championship, the forerunner of the Speedway World Championship, in 1929.Jacobs, Norman (2001). ''Speedway in London''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing Bamford, R. & Stallworthy, D. (2003) ''Speedway – The Pre War Years'', Stroud: Tempus Publishing. Career Arthur first had success in Australia, winning the Golden Helmet there in 1927.Sandys, Leonard (1948) ''Broadside to Fame! The Drama of the Speedways'', Findon, p. 16 He was one of the pioneers of speedway in the UK. He brought Max Grosskreutz over from Australia in 1929 and supplied Dicky Case and Ray Tauser with machines and support for fifty percent of their earnings. Arthur was considered to have the fastest bikes in British speedway in those early years. Arthur rode for the Stamford Bridge Pensioners from 1930 until their cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dusty Haigh
Herbert Haigh known as Dusty Haigh (Q1 1906 – 15 May 1936) was an international speedway rider who rode in the earliest days of the sport in Britain. Speedway career Haigh started riding in 1928 at Halifax before moving to Sheffield and Belle Vue Aces in 1930 where he won the 1930 Speedway Northern League. He finished fourth in the league averages during the 1931 Speedway Northern League season for Sheffield. In 1935, he moved from Lea Bridge to Walthamstow Wolves and made his test debut against Australia. During the 1936 Auto-Cycle Union Cup Haigh was killed instantly after suffering a fractured skull riding at Hackney Wick Stadium Hackney Wick Stadium was a greyhound racing and speedway stadium located at Waterden Road in the London Borough of Hackney. Origins The site chosen for the stadium was on land known as Hackney Marshes west of the River Lea and on the west si ... on 15 May 1936, in the ACU Cup match between Hackney and West Ham. He fell when in front and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Chapman (speedway Rider)
Wenley Jack Chapman (3 March 1907 – 14 February 1994) was an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 17 official and unofficial international caps for the Australia national speedway team. Biography Chapman, born in Adelaide, was credited with holding the world mile record in 1928. He was one of the early pioneers of speedway, particularly in the United Kingdom, when he travelled over from Australia for the second season of the sport in 1929. After making one just cup appearance for the Sheffield in 1929, he returned home for the 1930 Australian season and became the 1930 Australian champion over 3 laps. He began his British leagues career riding for Sheffield Blades during the 1930 Speedway Northern League season. He averaged 8.41 for the Sheffield team. He missed the 1931 season but joined Stamford Bridge Pensioners in 1932, a season where he also captained the Australian select team. In 1933, he rode for Nottingham and also made a couple of appearances for Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Harrison (speedway Rider)
Robert Edwin Harrison (26 April 1906 in Mellor, England – 1964) was a former international speedway rider who featured in the first Speedway World Championship in final in 1936.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. Career summary Harrison started his career with the Belle Vue Aces in 1929 and stayed with them until the outbreak of World War II in 1939.Pavey,A. (2004) ''Speedway in the North-West'', Tempus Publishing Ltd. In 1930 he made his England debut in the first ever Test series against Australia.Foster, P. (2005) ''History of the Speedway Ashes'', The History Press Ltd. Harrsion was in the Aces team that won the National League championship four times in succession from 1933 to 1936. They also won the National Trophy four times between 1933 and 1937. After the war Harrison was allocated to the West Ham Hammers by the Speedway Control Board.Belton, Brian (2003). ''Hammerin' Round''. Stroud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wembley Stadium (1923)
The original Wembley Stadium (; originally known as the Empire Stadium) was a stadium in Wembley, London, best known for hosting important football matches. It stood on the same site now occupied by its successor. Wembley hosted the FA Cup final annually, the first in 1923, which was the stadium's inaugural event, the League Cup final annually, five European Cup finals, the 1966 World Cup Final, and the final of Euro 1996. Brazilian footballer Pelé once said of the stadium: "Wembley is the cathedral of football. It is the capital of football and it is the heart of football", in recognition of its status as the world's best-known football stadium. The stadium also hosted many other sports events, including the 1948 Summer Olympics, rugby league's Challenge Cup final, and the 1992 and 1995 Rugby League World Cup Finals. It was also the venue for numerous music events, including the 1985 Live Aid charity concert. In what was the first major WWF (now WWE) pay-per-vie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
