1948 Speedway National League

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The 1948 National League Division One was the 14th season of speedway in the United Kingdom and the third post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.[1][2]

Summary

The entrant list was the same as the previous season. New Cross Rangers won the National League for the second time.[3][4]

Fatalities

1948 proved to be the worst season so far in regard to fatalities. During the 1947 season two riders had died on the same day but 1948 saw three riders killed during the season. It started with 37-year-old Reg Craven, on his debut for Yarmouth Bloaters. Craven crashed with two Poole Pirates riders at Poole (on 26 April) during a National Trophy match and died eight days later (4 May) from a fractured skull in hospital.[5] Billy Wilson of Norwich Stars and Eric Dunn of Hastings Saxons from the lower divisions were also killed.

Final League table

Pos Team PL W D L Pts
1 New Cross Rangers 24 17 0 7 34
2 Harringay Racers 24 16 0 8 32
3 West Ham Hammers 24 14 1 9 29
4 Wembley Lions 24 12 1 11 25
5 Belle Vue Aces 24 12 1 11 25
6 Wimbledon Dons 24 5 2 17 12
7 Odsal Boomerangs 24 5 1 18 11

National League results

Matches 1–12

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Matches 13–24

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Anniversary Cup

On account of the small number of teams in the league the Anniversary Cup was run in a league format. Harringay Racers finished on top.

Pos Team PL W D L Pts
1 Harringay Racers 12 9 0 3 18
2 Belle Vue Aces 12 7 0 5 14
3 Odsal Boomerangs 12 7 0 5 14
4 New Cross Rangers 12 6 0 6 12
5 West Ham Hammers 12 6 0 6 12
6 Wembley Lions 12 5 0 7 10
7 Wimbledon Dons 12 2 0 10 4

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Top Ten Riders (League only)

Rider Nat Team C.M.A.
1 Vic Duggan Template:Flagicon Harringay Racers 11.42
2 Ron Johnson Template:Flagicon New Cross 10.33
3 Wilbur Lamoreaux Template:Flagicon Wembley Lions 9.71
4 George Wilks Template:Flagicon Wembley Lions 9.65
5 Max Grosskreutz Template:Flagicon Odsal 9.63
6 Aub Lawson Template:Flagicon West Ham 9.59
7 Alec Statham Template:Flagicon Wimbledon 9.48
8 Jack Parker Template:Flagicon Belle Vue 9.35
9 Eric Chitty Template:Flagicon West Ham 9.21
10 Norman Parker Template:Flagicon Wimbledon 9.09

National Trophy

The 1948 Trophy was the 11th edition of the Knockout Cup.[6]

Qualifying Competition Round 1

Date Team one Score Team two
23/04 Wombwell 31 77 Southampton
17/04 Cradley Heath 66 42 Plymouth
13/04 Southampton 89 19 Wombwell
12/04 Exeter 81 27 Tamworth
08/04 Plymouth 56 50 Cradley Heath
07/04 Tamworth 82 26 Exeter

Qualifying Competition Round 2

Date Team one Score Team two
29/04 Stoke Hanley 64 43 Coventry
27/04 Yarmouth 47 67 Poole
26/04 Poole 74 32 Yarmouth
07/05 Cradley Heath 78 29 Hull
05/05 Tamworth 46 62 Southampton
04/05 Southampton 77 31 Tamworth
01/05 Coventry 48 59 Stoke Hanley
01/05 Hull 42 66 Cradley Heath

Qualifying Competition semifinal

Date Team one Score Team two
21/05 Cradley Heath 54 50 Southampton
13/05 Stoke Hanley 64 44 Poole
11/05 Southampton 85 23 Cradley Heath
10/05 Poole 49 57 Stoke Hanley

Qualifying Competition final

Date Team one Score Team two
27/05 Stoke Hanley 43 64 Southampton
25/05 Southampton 74½ 33½ Stoke Hanley

Eliminating Competition First round

Date Team one Score Team two
19/06 Birmingham 79 29 Southampton
19/06 Edinburgh 62 46 Glasgow White City
16/06 Glasgow White City 70 38 Edinburgh
15/06 Southampton 41 66 Birmingham

Eliminating Competition Second round

Date Team one Score Team two
23/06 Glasgow White City 45½ 61½ Birmingham
22/06 Fleetwood 69 39 Bristol
19/06 Norwich 76 32 Sheffield
18/06 Bristol 65 43 Fleetwood
17/06 Middlesbrough 67 40 Newcastle
17/06 Sheffield 55 53 Norwich
14/06 Newcastle 41 65 Middlesbrough
03/07 Birmingham 80 28 Glasgow White City

Eliminating Competition semifinal

Date Team one Score Team two
26/07 Birmingham 75 33 Fleetwood
13/07 Fleetwood 49 59 Birmingham
03/07 Norwich 66 41 Middlesbrough
01/07 Middlesbrough 53 54 Norwich

Eliminating Competition final

Date Team one Score Team two
02/08 Birmingham 79 28 Norwich
31/07 Norwich 64 43 Birmingham

First round

Date Team one Score Team two
04/09 Belle Vue 64 44 Wembley
27/08 Harringay 67 40 Wimbledon
26/08 Wembley 64 42 Belle Vue
21/08 Birmingham 85 23 West Ham
21/08 Bradford 62 46 New Cross
19/08 New Cross 77 30 Bradford
17/08 West Ham 67 41 Birmingham
16/08 Wimbledon 53 55 Harringay
04/09 Belle Vue 64 44 Wembley

Quarterfinals

Date Team one Score Team two
27/08 Harringay 67-40 Wimbledon
26/08 Wembley 64-42 Belle Vue
21/08 Birmingham 85-23 West Ham
21/08 Bradford 62-46 New Cross
19/08 New Cross 77-30 Bradford
17/08 West Ham 67-41 Birmingham
16/08 Wimbledon 53-55 Harringay
04/09 Belle Vue 64-44 Wembley

Semifinals

Date Team one Score Team two
18/09 Birmingham 69-39 New Cross
10/09 Harringay 52-56 Wembley
09/09 Wembley 73-35 Harringay
09/09 New Cross 83-25 Birmingham

Final

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Wembley were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 120–96.

Riders' Championship

Vic Duggan won the British Riders' Championship final held at Empire Stadium on 16 September, in front of nearly 90,000 spectators.[7][8]

Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 Template:Flagicon Vic Duggan 2 3 3 3 3 14
2 Template:Flagicon Ron Johnson 3 2 3 2 3 13
3 Template:Flagicon Alec Statham 3 3 3 3 1 13
4 Template:Flagicon Split Waterman 3 2 2 1 2 10
5 Template:Flagicon Bill Gilbert 2 1 3 3 1 10
6 Template:Flagicon Jack Parker 2 E 3 1 3 9
7 Template:Flagicon Oliver Hart 3 2 2 2 9
8 Template:Flagicon Bill Longley 0 1 2 2 3 8
9 Template:Flagicon Wilbur Lamoreaux 2 2 0 0 2 6
10 Template:Flagicon Malcolm Craven f 3 2 1 0 6
11 Template:Flagicon Jeff Lloyd 1 3 0 0 1 5
12 Template:Flagicon Eric Chitty 1 0 1 2 1 5
13 Template:Flagicon Lloyd Goffe 0 1 1 1 2 5
14 Template:Flagicon Tommy Price 1 2 0 1 F 4
15 Template:Flagicon Norman Parker 0 1 0 1 0 2
16 Template:Flagicon Dent Oliver 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 Template:Flagicon Jack Hodgson (res) 0 - - - - 0
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London Cup

First round

Team one Score Team two
New Cross 65–43, 43–64 Harringay

Semi final round

Team one Score Team two
Wimbledon 57–51, 27–80 New Cross
West Ham 61–46, 40–67 Wembley

Final

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Wembley won on aggregate 115–98

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

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Harringay

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  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Lloyd Goffe 7.23
  • AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ray Duggan 7.23
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Wal Morton 6.67
  • AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Jack Biggs 6.56
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Steve Ison 5.37
  • AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Jack Arnfield 4.96
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Jimmy Grant 4.68
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New Cross

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  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Jeff Lloyd 8.17
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  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". George Newton 5.48
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Odsal

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  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Oliver Hart 8.57
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ernie Price 7.72
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ron Clarke 7.34
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Eddie Rigg 6.15
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Joe Abbott 5.60
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  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Bob Lovell 3.33
  • AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Andy Menzies 3.71
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Bill Osborne 3.20
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Jock Shead 2.78
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Norman Price 2.40
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Vic Emms 1.50

Wembley

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  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". George Wilks 9.65
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Tommy Price 8.81
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Split Waterman 8.27
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Bill Gilbert 7.63
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Bill Kitchen 7.17
  • WalesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Freddie Williams 6.43
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Bob Wells 5.40
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". George Saunders 4.26
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West Ham

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Wimbledon

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  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Norman Parker 9.09
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Alec Statham 9.48
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Cyril Brine 7.19
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Les Wotton 5.37
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Mike Erskine 4.87
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Arch Windmill 3.80
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ron Mason 3.59
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Dick Harris 3.43
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Jimmy Coy 2.35
  • AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Lionel Levy 2.29

See also

References

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