1949 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1949 Individual Speedway World Championship was the fourth edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

It was the first running of the event since its suspension in 1939, due to World War II. The World final at London's Wembley Stadium, was held in front of a reported 93,000 strong crowd and the Championship was won Tommy Price.[7]

First qualifying round

  • The top 96 riders qualify for the second qualifying round, where they will be joined by seeded division 2 riders.[8]
Date Venue Winner
16 May County Ground Stadium Jack Mountford
18 May The Shay Vic Emms
18 May The Pilot Field Paddy Mills
18 May Tamworth Greyhound Stadium Basse Hveem
19 May Pennycross Stadium Bruce Semmens
19 May Owlerton Stadium Andy Menzies
20 May Leicester Stadium Charlie May
21 May Sun Street Stadium Stan Williams
21 May Hedon Stadium Billy Hole
21 May Rayleigh Weir Stadium Alan Hunt / Will Lowther

Second qualifying round

  • The top 42 riders qualify for the Third qualifying round.[8]
Date Venue Winner
10 June Dudley Wood Stadium Gil Craven
11 June Brandon Stadium Ken Le Breton
11 June Old Meadowbank Jack Young
11 June The Firs Stadium Bob Leverenz
13 June Knowle Stadium Fred Tuck
13 June Walthamstow Stadium Jim Boyd

Third qualifying round

  • The top 2 riders from each meeting qualify for the Championship round, where they will meet 32 seeded division 1 riders.[8]
Date Venue Winner/2nd
4 July Brough Park Stadium Tommy Price / Ray Duggan
5 July Ashfield Stadium Ken Le Breton / Freddie Williams
5 July Banister Court Stadium Fred Tuck / Roy Craighead
6 July Highbury Stadium (Fleetwood) Charles Cullum / Ken Sharples
6 July White City Stadium, Glasgow Geoff Bennett / Gil Craven

Championship round

  • The top 16 riders qualify for the world final.[8]
Date Venue Winner
8 August Wimbledon Stadium Aub Lawson
10 August New Cross Stadium Cyril Roger
22 August Perry Barr Stadium Graham Warren
25 August Wembley Stadium Wilbur Lamoreaux
27 August Hyde Road Stadium Dent Oliver
27 August Odsal Stadium Tommy Price
30 August West Ham Stadium Cliff Watson
2 September Harringay Stadium Dent Oliver

Scores

  • Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final
Pos. Rider Total pts
1 Template:Flagicon Tommy Price 38
2 Template:Flagicon Graham Warren 38
3 Template:Flagicon Dent Oliver 37
4 Template:Flagicon Aub Lawson 37
5 Template:Flagicon Bill Gilbert 36
6 Template:Flagicon Wilbur Lamoreaux 35
7 Template:Flagicon Lloyd Goffe 34
8 Template:Flagicon Jack Parker 34
9 Template:Flagicon Bill Kitchen 33
10 Template:Flagicon Cyril Roger 31
11 Template:Flagicon Louis Lawson 30
12 Template:Flagicon Bill Longley 30
13 Template:Flagicon Norman Parker 30
14 Template:Flagicon Ken Le Breton 29
15 Template:Flagicon Cliff Watson 29
16 Template:Flagicon Ron Clarke 27
17 Template:Flagicon Oliver Hart 27
18 Template:Flagicon Alec Statham 25
19 Template:Flagicon Cyril Brine 25
Pos. Rider Total pts
20 Template:Flagicon Malcolm Craven 25
21 Template:Flagicon Geoff Pymar 23
22 Template:Flagicon Doug McLachlan 23
23 Template:Flagicon Geoff Bennett 20
24 Template:Flagicon Jeff Lloyd 18
25 Template:Flagicon Mike Erskine 18
26 Template:Flagicon Ray Duggan 17
27 Template:Flagicon Charles Cullum 17
28 Template:Flagicon Eric Chitty 15
29 Template:Flagicon Split Waterman 15
30 Template:Flagicon George Wilks 15
31 Template:Flagicon Eddie Rigg 14
32 Template:Flagicon Ken Sharples 14
33 Template:Flagicon Roy Craighead 13
34 Template:Flagicon Nobby Stock 13
35 Template:Flagicon Gil Craven 12
36 Template:Flagicon Jack Biggs 11
37 Template:Flagicon Bob Harrison 9
38 Template:Flagicon Stan Dell 2

World final

Pos. Rider Points Heats
1 Template:Flagicon Tommy Price 15 (3,3,3,3,3)
2 Template:Flagicon Jack Parker 14 (3,3,3,2,3)
3 Template:Flagicon Louis Lawson 13 (2,2,3,3,3)
4 Template:Flagicon Norman Parker 10 (3,3,2,2,0)
5 Template:Flagicon Wilbur Lamoreaux 9 (2,2,3,0,2)
6 Template:Flagicon Bill Kitchen 9 (3,1,2,2,1)
7 Template:Flagicon Ron Clarke 8 (1,0,2,3,2)
8 Template:Flagicon Aub Lawson 8 (1,3,1,1,2)
9 Template:Flagicon Bill Longley 8 (1,2,2,1,2)
10 Template:Flagicon Cyril Roger 7 (2,0,1,1,3)
11 Template:Flagicon Bill Gilbert 6 (2,1,3,0,0)
12 Template:Flagicon Graham Warren 5 (0,2,0,2,1)
13 Template:Flagicon Ken Le Breton 4 (1,0,1,1,1)
14 Template:Flagicon Lloyd Goffe 2 (0,1,0,0,1)
15 Template:Flagicon Cliff Watson 1 (0,1,0,0,0)
16 Template:Flagicon Dent Oliver 0 (0,0,-,-,-)
Template:Flagicon Oliver Hart (res) 1 (1,0,0)
Template:Flagicon Alec Statham (res)  –  –

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