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1947 Speedway National League Division Two
The 1947 National League Division Two was the second post-war season of the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain. In the previous season, the league was known as the Northern League but the addition of Bristol Bulldogs and a third tier saw the name revert to the one used 8 years previously. As well as Bristol Bulldogs, Wigan Warriors were new entrants bringing the total teams to 8. Middlesbrough Bears won the title. In fact the entire top five were unchanged from the previous season. Norwich Stars 38-year-old rider Cyril Anderson died instantly on 16 August, during a best pairs event at Norwich. Anderson was leading when he skidded and was hit by a rider from behind Remarkably another rider died the same day, 27-year-old Wembley rider Nelson 'Bronco' Wilson received fatal injuries in a National Trophy match. Final Table Division Two Fixtures & results A fixtures B fixtures British Speedway Cup (Div 2) The British Speedway Cup for Division Two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions ...
The List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions is split into three divisions, the top tier, the second tier and third tier, all three divisions have been known in various guises such as National League, Premier League, Elite League and many more. This list gives a complete listing of the divisional winners for each season. During some years there was only one or two divisions. Belle Vue hold the most tier one championships with 14 followed by Poole and Wembley with 10. Tier One League (Top division) Most Tier One titles Tier Two League (Second division) Tier Three League (Third division) References {{International speedway speedway Speedway may refer to: Racing Race tracks *Daytona International Speedway, a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida. *Edmonton International Speedway, also known as Speedway Park, a former motor raceway in Edmonton, Alberta. *Indianapolis Motor Spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Williams (speedway Rider)
Stanley Thomas Henry Williams (13 May 1916 – 2002) was a British motorcycle speedway rider for Sheffield Tigers, Sheffield and Coventry Bees, Coventry. Career Born in Blaby, Leicestershire in June 1917, Williams started grasstrack racing at the age of seventeen, pushing his bike the eighteen miles from Leicester to Nottingham to take part in his first race.Morgan, Tom (1949) ''Who's Who in Speedway 1949'', Sport-in-Print, London, p. 74-75Storey, Basil (1947) "Bluey's" Protége Who Made Good", in ''Speedway Favourites'', Sport-in-Print, London, p. 28 His first speedway experience was from practice sessions at the Leicester Super stadium, later practising at Dagenham. He was signed by Sheffield in 1938, suffering mechanical problems in his first season that saw him close to giving up, but he developed greatly the following year, working under Bluey Wilkinson, including beating Lionel Van Praag in a race at Harringay and reaching the semi-final of the Speedway World Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Lowther
William Atkinson Lowther (11 February 1913 – 10 October 1982) was a motorcycle speedway rider from England. Biography Lowther, born in Low Fell, Gateshead, began racing speedway bikes on the grasstrack circuits in Newcastle. In 1936, after a trial with Southampton Saints he was offered a deal but chose to join Bristol Bulldogs, where he rode in the 1936 Provincial Speedway League season. He then signed on with New Cross Tamers. However, the following season in 1937, Lowther started racing at Leicester and then Middlesbrough and Rye House respectively before competing in the league for Harringay Tigers. Lowther struggled at Harringay in the reserve berth, which led to him completing the 1983 season on loan with the Lea Bridge Cubs in division 2. Lowther returned to Middlesbrough Bears in 1939 and enjoyed a good season up to the point when Middlesbrough withdrew from the league, recording an average of 8.25. He then found a home at Glasgow, known as the Lions at the time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Hole (speedway Rider)
William Stanley Alfred Hole (23 October 1919 – 4 April 1986) was a motorcycle speedway rider from England. He was known as Billy Hole during his speedway career. Biography Hole, born in Bath, began riding for the Bristol Bulldogs junior team in 1946, one year before making his British leagues debut riding for the first team during the 1947 Speedway National League Division Two season. The following season in 1948, he helped Bristol win the league title and one year later he was averaging an impressive 10.11 on his way to helping Bristol achieve the 1949 league and National Trophy double. Additionally, Hole reached the Championship rounds of the 1950 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1951 Individual Speedway World Championship, and in the latter just missing out on a place in the World final. The Bulldogs moved up to Britain's top league in 1950, finishing 7th, before a 6th-place finish in 1951. Hole remained as one of Bristol's main riders, became the club capt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Mountford
John Mountford (18 December 1923 – 3 June 2004) was a motorcycle speedway rider from England. He was known as Jack Mountford during his speedway career. Biography Mountford, born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, began riding for the Bristol Bulldogs junior team in 1946, one year before making his British leagues debut riding for the first team during the 1947 Speedway National League Division Two season. The following season in 1948, he helped Bristol win the league title and one year later he was averaging an impressive 9.75 on his way to helping Bristol achieve the 1949 league and National Trophy double. Additionally, Mountford reached the Championship rounds of the 1950 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1951 Individual Speedway World Championship. The Bulldogs moved up to Britain's top league in 1950, finishing 7th, before a 6th-place finish in 1951. Mountford's last season with the club was in 1952 because the Leicester Hunters The Leicester Hunters were a moto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Tuck
Henry George Frederick Tuck (16 October 1915 – x January 1993) was a motorcycle speedway rider from England. Biography Tuck, born in Leyton, London, started riding on speedway tracks in 1935, taking part in various meetings around the country for Plymouth Panthers and Wembley Lions reserves. Although he made a full league appearance for Wembley in 1935, it was not until the following season that he became a regular with the Plymouth team, during the 1936 Provincial Speedway League season. In 1937, he was signed by Hackney Wick Wolves but because the White City Greyhound Company owned both Hackney and Nottingham at the time, he was allocated to Nottingham for the season, where he won the Provincial Trophy with the team. His form began to improve significantly in 1938 but his team Nottingham withdrew and he switched to the Leeds Lions team, who had replaced Nottingham in the league. Another fractured season ensued, when in 1939 he started for Stoke Potters, only to be forced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Bennett (speedway Rider)
Geoffrey Edwin Bennett (24 February 1924 – 24 June 2014) was a motorcycle speedway rider from England. Biography Bennett, born in Birmingham, was recruited by Tiger Stevenson of the Birmingham Brummies, after Bennett had ridden on continental tracks and had been demobbed from the British Army in 1947. He began his British leagues career riding for Birmingham and then Cradley Heath Cubs during the 1947 Speedway National League Division Three season, where he topped the team's averages. The following year in 1948, he rode for Birmingham, improving his average to 7.91 and winning the National Trophy (tier 2) with the team. The team moved up to the top league in 1949. He also reached the Championship round of the 1949 Individual Speedway World Championship. In 1950, he was a heat leader for the Brummies and rode 49 times for them during the season, averaging 8.19 and again reached the Championship round of the 1950 Individual Speedway World Championship The 1950 Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Dook
John Roy Dook (23 August 1907 – June 1980) was an English motorcycle speedway rider. Biography Dook, born in West Ham, London, began his British leagues career riding for Lea Bridge during the 1929 Speedway Southern League season. He was a pioneer rider appearing during the first season of league racing in Britain. The following season in 1930, he was signed by his home town club West Ham Hammers but struggled to cement a place in the team and returned to ride for Lea Bridge in 1931. After impressing around the Lythalls Lane Stadium at the end of the 1932 season, he was duly signed by Coventry, where he spent two seasons averaging a solid 6.18 and 6.19 respectively. His career stalled somewhat after joining New Cross Lambs in 1934, although he did win his first team honours when the Lambs won the London Cup. In 1935, his season was interrupted by a dislocated shoulder and a significant muscle injury and while with New Cross in 1936, he doubled up for Bristol Bulldogs to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Hart
Philip Manston Hart (19 August 1907 – 5 July 1996) known as Tiger Hart during his speedway career was a motorcycle speedway rider from England. He competed in the earliest days of speedway and won two qualifying rounds of the 1938 Individual Speedway World Championship. He earned two international caps for the England national speedway team in unofficial test matches against Australia in 1937. Biography Hart, born in Balham, London, was described as an Australian racer when he first arrived in Britain during the pioneer years of British speedway in 1930. However, it transpired that Hart had run away to Australia, aged just 16, after an argument with his father over the purchase of a motorbike. He even raced for Australia in an event at the Wessex Stadium in Copnor Gardens, Portsmouth, described as a match between England and Australia. He began his British leagues career riding for High Beech, during the 1931 Speedway Southern League season. The following season, he was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Dell
Thomas Stanley Dell (31 October 1912 – 24 November 1950)Buck, B (2007) ''Brummies Legends'', Pendragon Books. was a speedway rider. Career Dell started his career at his local track at Coventry in 1932. When the track closed, he moved to the West Ham Hammers and spent three seasons at the Custom House track. During 1936, he rode for Cardiff in the Provincial League and then moved on to the Hackney Wick Wolves. In 1937, he broke his leg mid-way through the season but recovered to continue riding for Hackney, where he stayed until the outbreak of World War II. Dell won the National League Division II Championship with Hackney in 1938.Addison J. (1948). ''The People Speedway Guide''. Odhams Press Limited Whilst riding for a Hackney at West Ham, he was involved in a crash that left him with a badly broken leg.Fenn, C.(2003). ''Hackney Speedway, Friday at Eight''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. Doctors thought an amputation Amputation is the removal of a Limb (anatomy), limb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Firs Stadium
The Firs Stadium was a speedway stadium in Cromer Road, Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. It lies by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. The population of the Norwich .... History The stadium was built on an empty field situated in the Hellesdon area on the west side of where the Holt Road and Cromer Road meet. The address was listed as Aylsham Road but this is a little misleading because although the Cromer Road is effectively a continuation of the Aylsham Road it was unequivocally on the Cromer Road. It is believed to have been named after the nearby Firs House. The stadium was sold for re-development at the end of 1964. Speedway The stadium was owned by Eastern Speedways and was a popular speedway venue opening on 17 August 1930 and closing on 31 October 1964. Greyhound racing The Firs Stadium was the first of four greyhound tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland Park Stadium
Cleveland Park Stadium was a greyhound racing and speedway stadium in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. It was built in 1928 and demolished in 1996. Origins The idea of constructing a greyhound track in Middlesbrough came from Jack French who formed the National Greyhounds Middlesbrough Ltd. An eleven-acre site of former allotments in the Ayresome Ward, south of the River Tees and directly south of the Tees Marshalling Yard Railways and Stockton Road Tramway was chosen in 1928. Originally the greyhound track had a circumference of and used a Mono-Rail type hare system running on a bogie which would later be replaced by an 'Inside Sumner' in 1939. Opening The first greyhound meeting was held on 19 May 1928, watched by an attendance of eight thousand. A greyhound called Just Alone won the first race over 500 yards with the meeting consisting of seven races including two hurdle races and two handicap races. Middlesbrough Speedway followed three months later on 23 August 1928. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |