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1948 Speedway National League Division Three
The 1948 National League Division Three was the second season of British speedway's National League Division Three The league had expanded from 8 teams to 12. Reigning champions Eastbourne Eagles were forced to close due to a petrol ban at their stadium, so their team moved a few miles along the Sussex coast to Hastings. The new entrants Coventry Bees, Hull Angels, Poole Pirates and Yarmouth Bloaters all struggled to make an impact and finished in the bottom five positions. The Hull Angels were a corporation backed team, managed by Fred Archer and the team wore the crest of the city's coat-of-arms (3 golden crowns on a blue shield and yellow background). Exeter Falcons won their first title and Alf Bottoms of Southampton topped the averages. Eric Dunn of Hastings Saxons was a third speedway rider (with Reg Craven and Bill Wilson) to be killed during the season. 34-year-old Dunn was riding in a meeting (on 13 June) at the Arlington track when he fell and was hit by a rider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Speedway National League Division Three
The National League Division Three was the third division of motorcycle speedway, Speedway in the United Kingdom. The league was created as a third tier of the National League (1932–1964), National League in 1947 but ran for only five years. In 1952 it was replaced by the Southern League (1952–53), Southern League. Champions See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions References Speedway National League Division Three, Speedway leagues Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom {{UK-motorcycle-speedway-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tamworth Hounds
Tamworth Speedway were a British motorcycle speedway team who operated at three venues between 1932 and 1950. During the years of league competition they were based at Tamworth Greyhound Stadium, Fazeley, near Tamworth. History Speedway in Tamworth began in 1932 at two venues; the first was Mile Oak Speedway on Sutton Road, Mile Oak and had a circuit of 360 yards and began on 28 March 1932. The track located behind Long Wood Bridge and Farm held eight fixtures during 1932. In August of the same year a second venue opened on Fazeley Road and held 12 meetings. Both promoted just open meetings and held no affiliation to league speedway at the time. Both tracks continued to host meetings throughout 1933 but only Mile Oak continued afterwards from 1934 to 1935. In 1947, Tamworth entered a speedway team in the leagues for the first time, with a new venue for speedway chosen at the Tamworth Greyhound Stadium. They were known as the Tamworth greyhounds or hounds and finished fif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lionel Levy
Lionel William Levy (16 October 1916 – 21 February 1968) was an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. He was twice champion of Australia in 1952 and 1953 and earned 16 international caps for the Australia national speedway team. Biography Levy, born in Sydney, was discovered by Norman Parker and Parker brought him to England in 1948. He began his British leagues career riding for Wimbledon Dons during the 1948 Speedway National League season and Coventry Bees Coventry Bees are a motorcycle speedway team that existed from 1929 to 2018. They raced at Brandon Stadium, Brandon, Warwickshire, Brandon near Coventry, England. They are eight times champions of Britain. History Origins and 1920s The firs ... in the 1948 Speedway National League Division Three, where he recorded a 7.43 average. He spent four seasons with Coventry (but missed the 1951 season) before riding a few times for Southampton Saints in 1953. He gained valuable experience from his competition in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hanley Greyhound Stadium
Hanley Greyhound Stadium was a greyhound racing and speedway stadium, located in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent from 1928 to 1963. Origins A syndicate including people connected with the Wigan and Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately north of Liverpool and west of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. It is the main settlement in the Borough of Blackpool ... tracks successfully applied for planning for a new stadium in October 1927. It was built on a 8.5 acre plot on top of an old pit known as Marl Pit (part of the Shelton Colliery). The stadium opened on 31 March 1928, during only the second year of oval track greyhound racing in the United Kingdom. The stadium known as the Sun Street Stadium was located on the south side of Clough Street and the north side of Sun Street and was situated next door to the Dresden Works. Opening Organised by Northern Greyhound Racers (Hanley) Ltd, gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Banister Court Stadium
Banister Court Stadium was a greyhound racing and speedway stadium in Court Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England. Origins At the turn of the 20th century Banisters Park in the north of Southampton consisted of the County Ground, Southampton which had been the home of the Hampshire County Cricket Club since 1885 and an area known as Banisters Court on the south side of the ground. Despite the fact that Banisters Park had reduced in size it was still mainly open space unlike the southern and central parts of Southampton. The Southampton Greyhound Racing Company and a group of businessmen purchased Banister's Court in the late 1920s with the intention to build a greyhound stadium. The site bought consisted mainly of a former well known school called Banister Court Private School, the name Banister derived from Sir Edward Banister owner of the farms that made up the area in the 17th century. The company started construction on the greyhound track where the car park would be ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Birmingham Brummies
Birmingham Brummies are a British Motorcycle speedway, speedway team founded in 1928. They were inaugural members of the Southern League (1929–31), Southern League in 1929. The team have twice finished runner-up in the highest tier of British speedway, during the 1952 Speedway National League and 2013 Elite League speedway season. After four years in the National League, in 2019 they moved up to the second tier of British speedway in the SGB Championship. In 2024 the Brummies moved up again to the highest tier, the SGB Premiership. The club will close at the end of the 2025 due to redevelopment of their Perry Barr Stadium. History 1928–1930 The city of Birmingham had two teams in the Southern League of the inaugural season of British speedway in 1929 Speedway Southern League, 1929. One was based at the Birchfield Ladbroke Stadium, (old Perry Barr stadium) and the other was based at Hall Green Stadium. The Perry Barr based team withdrew from the 1930 league season and ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Knockout Cup (speedway)
Knockout Cup (sometimes referred to as the KO Cup) is a type of British motorcycle speedway competition, examples of which have run annually since 1929. Each tier of British Speedway has its own respective Knockout Cup. The current Knockout Cup competitions are the SGB Premiership Knockout Cup (tier one), the SGB Championship Knockout Cup (tier two) and the National League Knockout Cup (tier three). The cups were run in the past under the associated name of the League at the time. For example Elite League Knockout Cup when tier one was the Elite League, a Premier League Knockout Cup when tier two was the Premier League and so on. Knockout Cups (chronological order) Tier One *National Trophy 1931–1964 * British League Knockout Cup 1965–1967 * British League Division One Knockout Cup 1968–1974 * British League Knockout Cup 1975–1994 * Premier League Knockout Cup 1995–1996 * Elite League Knockout Cup 1997–2012 * not held, 2012–2016 * SGB Premiership Knockout Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bert Roger
Albert Otho Roger (1920–1995) better known as Bert Roger was a speedway rider from England. He earned 11 international caps for the England national speedway team. Speedway career Roger rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1948 to 1956, riding primarily for New Cross Rangers and West Ham Hammers. He was a leading rider in the early 1950s and finished in the top ten UK averages during the 1952 Speedway National League riding for New Cross. He qualified for the final of the 1952 Individual Speedway World Championship but was unable to take his place due to injury. Family His brothers Bob Roger and Cyril Roger Cyril Manners Roger (27 December 1921 – 26 May 2015) was an international motorcycle speedway,who rider reached the final of Speedway World Championship five times.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Champions ... were both speedway riders and all three brothers rode at the same time for New Cross. References 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jock Grierson
John Grierson (17 May 1915 – 1973) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Scotland. During his speedway career he rode as Jock Grierson and earned one international cap for the Scotland national speedway team. Biography Grierson, born in Maxwelltown, Scotland, became interested in Speedway after meeting Oddy Chipchase, the chief mechanic at Harringay speedway before beginning his British leagues career riding for Birmingham Brummies in the 1946 Speedway Northern League, although he only rode a three matches for the Midlands club that season. The following season in 1947, he joined Eastbourne Eagles in the third division and helped the team become the league champions. He and Wally Green formed a partnership at Eastbourne that became known as the 'Terrible Twins' due to the fact that nobody could beat the pair in a heat. Grierson modelled his racing style after Jack Parker. Despite winning the league with Eastbourne, he moved on and would ride for the Hastings Saxons from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cyril Roger
Cyril Manners Roger (27 December 1921 – 26 May 2015) was an international motorcycle speedway,who rider reached the final of Speedway World Championship five times.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. He earned 25 international caps for the England national speedway team. Career Roger started his career with the Exeter Falcons in 1947 on loan from the New Cross Rangers. Until July 1948, he was part of the Falcons team that won the National League Division Three Championship, but was recalled by New Cross. He featured in ten outings for New Cross, and received a medal when they won the National League Division One title in the same season.Jacobs, N. (2008) ''Out of the Frying Pan'', The History Press LTD In 1949, he joined the Rangers full-time and qualified for the first of his five World Final appearances. In 1950, Roger won the prestigious London Riders' ChampionshipBelton, Brian (2003). ''Hamm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Wally Green
Walter Stanley Green (25 February 1918Addison J. (1948). ''The People Speedway Guide''. Odhams Press Limited – 11 December 2006) was an international motorcycle speedway rider who finished second in the World Championship final in 1950.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. He earned 6 international caps for the England national speedway team. Career Green started his career with the West Ham Hammers in 1946 after being spotted at a training school run by Dicky Case. He was not a regular in the side at that time, so in 1947 he was loaned to the Eastbourne Eagles where he won the National League Division Three championship and finished as the Eagles' top rider.Jacobs, N. (2003) ''Speedway in the South-East'', Tempus Publishing Ltd. He was still making a few appearances for the Hammers. He and Jock Grierson formed a partnership at Eastbourne that became known as the 'Terrible Twins' due to the fact th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Wombwell Colliers
Wombwell Colliers were a British motorcycle speedway team who operated between 1929 and 1965 based at the South Yorkshire Sports Stadium, Station Road, Wombwell, near Barnsley, England. History In 1928 the new sport known as dirt track arrived from Australia and the following year in February 1929, two speedway dirt tracks were laid out in Wombwell within 200 yards of each other. The first by the Darfield and District Motorcycle Club, on an old coursing field, off Ings Road, New Scarborough and the other at the greyhound racing stadium known as the South Yorkshire Sports Stadium. The Ings Road track lasted one year and only held open meetings in 1929. The South Yorkshire Sports Stadium opened on 9 May 1929 and 8,000 people saw New Zealand rider Smokey Stratton open the track with a demonstration ride. The Stadium held open meetings in 1929 and then entered a team in the 1930 Speedway Northern League where they finished in 13th place. The team did not compete in league fixtu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
