1946 Speedway National League

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The 1946 National League was the 12th season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain and the first post-war season.[1][2]

The league had been abandoned seven years previously due to the outbreak of World War II. Record attendances were attracted with Wembley Lions attracting an average of 50,000 and the league as a whole a total of six and a half million.[3] From the abandoned 1939 season, Southampton Saints and Harringay Tigers were no longer racing whilst Odsal Boomerangs brought National League speedway to Bradford for the first time.[4][5]

Wembley Lions won their second National League title.

On 6 July, a crowd of 34,0000 at Odsal Stadium witnessed Odsal Boomerangs lose to Belle Vue Aces. During the match Albert 'Aussie' Rosenfeld, son of Albert Rosenfeld hit the fence and was taken to St Luke's Hospital, Bradford, with a suspected fractured skull.[6] He died 10 days later, on 16 July 1946.[7]

National League Final table

Pos Team PL W D L Pts
1 Wembley Lions 20 18 0 2 36
2 Belle Vue Aces 20 12 1 7 25
3 Odsal Boomerangs 20 9 1 10 19
4 Wimbledon Dons 20 8 1 11 17
5 New Cross Rangers 20 6 1 13 13
6 West Ham Hammers 20 4 2 14 10

Fixtures & results

A fixtures

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B fixtures

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A.C.U. Cup

On account of the small number of teams in the league the ACU Cup was run in a league format. Belle Vue Aces came out on top.

Final table

Pos Team PL W D L Pts
1 Belle Vue Aces 10 8 0 2 16
2 Wembley Lions 10 6 1 3 13
3 New Cross Rangers 10 6 0 4 12
4 Odsal Boomerangs 10 4 1 5 9
5 Wimbledon Dons 10 4 0 6 8
6 West Ham Hammers 10 1 0 9 2

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Such was the dearth of new riders caused by the war that all of the top ten riders were established pre-war riders and none were below the age of 32.

Top Ten Riders (League only)

Rider Nat Team C.M.A.
1 Eric Langton Template:Flagicon Belle Vue Aces 11.13
2 Jack Parker Template:Flagicon Belle Vue Aces 11.00
3 Bill Kitchen Template:Flagicon Wembley Lions 10.75
4 Ron Johnson Template:Flagicon New Cross Rangers 10.69
5 Eric Chitty Template:Flagicon West Ham Hammers 10.30
6 Norman Parker Template:Flagicon Wimbledon Dons 10.12
7 Tommy Price Template:Flagicon Wembley Lions 10.00
8 Alec Statham Template:Flagicon Odsal Boomerangs 9.72
9 Ron Clarke Template:Flagicon Odsal Boomerangs 9.50
10 Bill Longley Template:Flagicon Odsal Boomerangs 9.20

National Trophy

The 1946 National Trophy was the tenth edition (if including the 1939 abandoned competition) or ninth edition (if not including) of the Knockout Cup.[8] Teams from the lower 1946 Speedway Northern League competed in the event.

First round

Date Team one Score Team two
04/05 Birmingham 56–48 Norwich
27/04 Norwich 53–51 Birmingham

Second round

Date Team one Score Team two
25/05 Birmingham 61–45 Middlesbrough
16/05 Middlesbrough 58–50 Birmingham
29/04 Newcastle 49–56 Middlesbrough
25/04 Middlesbrough 55–51 Newcastle
25/04 Sheffield 61–47 Glasgow White City
24/04 Glasgow White City 61–47 Sheffield
09/05
replay		 Sheffield 63–44 Glasgow White City
08/05
replay		 Glasgow White City 62–45 Sheffield

Quarterfinals

Date Team one Score Team two
22/06 Birmingham 31–77 Wembley
13/06 Wembley 80–27 Birmingham
20/07 Bradford Odsal 72–36 Sheffield
04/07 Sheffield 48–60 Bradford Odsal
02/07 West Ham 55–52 Wimbledon
01/07 Wimbledon 63–44 West Ham
08/06 Belle Vue 58–49 New Cross
12/06 New Cross 50–57 Belle Vue

Semifinals

Date Team one Score Team two
25/07 Wembley 50–57 Belle Vue
13/07 Belle Vue 60–48 Wembley
19/08 Wimbledon 62–46 Bradford Odsal
03/08 Bradford Odsal 53–55 Wimbledon

Final

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Belle Vue were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 109–106.

Riders' Championship

Tommy Price won the British Riders' Championship final held at Empire Stadium on 12 September, in front of 85,000 spectators.[9][10] There were no less than 23 qualifying rounds, where riders from National and Northern League tracks respectively, competed in six meetings each.[9]

Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 Template:Flagicon Tommy Price 3 3 3 3 3 15
2 Template:Flagicon Bill Kitchen 3 3 2 2 3 13
3 Template:Flagicon Jack Parker 3 f 3 3 3 12
4 Template:Flagicon Eric Langton 2 1 3 3 2 11
5 Template:Flagicon Malcolm Craven 3 2 f 2 3 10
6 Template:Flagicon Norman Parker 2 3 1 2 2 10
7 Template:Flagicon Eric Chitty 2 1 3 1 2 9
8 Template:Flagicon Frank Hodgson 1 3 2 1 1 8
9 Template:Flagicon Ron Johnson f 2 3 2 f 7
10 Template:Flagicon Bert Spencer 1 1 1 0 2 5
11 Template:Flagicon Wally Lloyd 0 2 2 0 1 5
12 Template:Flagicon Jeff Lloyd 0 1 0 2 1 4
13 Template:Flagicon Bill Longley 2 2 0 0 0 4
14 Template:Flagicon Tommy Allott 0 0 0 1 1 2
15 Template:Flagicon Ernie Price 1 0 1 0 0 2
16 Template:Flagicon Ron Clarke (res) 1 1 0 2
16 Template:Flagicon Alec Statham 0 0 0 - - 0
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London Cup

First round

Team one Score Team two
New Cross 59–49, 46–60 Wimbledon
West Ham 62–46, 43–65 Wembley

Final

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Wembley won on aggregate 121–95

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

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New Cross

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Odsal

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  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ron Clarke 9.50
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  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Albert Rosenfeld 2.93
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  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Red Hamley 1.33
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Wembley

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West Ham

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  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Benny King 3.47
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  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Frank Lawrence 3.23
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Wimbledon

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See also

References

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