1949 Speedway National League Division Three

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The 1949 National League Division Three was the third season of British speedway's National League Division Three.^[1] ^[2]

The league expanded to 13 teams from 12. Cradley Heath, Southampton and Coventry had all moved up to Division Two whilst Wombwell dropped out. The five new sides were Liverpool Chads,^[3] Leicester Hunters, Rayleigh Rockets,^[4] Oxford Cheetahs^[5] and Halifax Dukes. The latter racing on a new speedway track at The Shay.^[6]

Swindon Robins joined the league late in the season, when Reg Witcomb applied to the Speedway Control Board to take over the remaining fixtures of Hull Angels, who had withdrawn from the league.^[7]

Hanley Potters won the title on race points difference from Yarmouth Bloaters^[8] and Billy Bales of Yarmouth topped the averages.^[9]

Final table

Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
1	Hanley Potters	48	35	1	12	71
2	Yarmouth Bloaters	48	35	1	12	71
3	Tamworth Hounds	48	33	0	15	66
4	Halifax Dukes	48	28	2	18	58
5	Plymouth Devils	48	28	2	18	58
6	Poole Pirates	48	27	0	21	54
7	Exeter Falcons	48	24	0	24	48
8	Hastings Saxons	48	21	1	36	43
9	Liverpool Chads	48	19	0	29	38
10	Leicester Hunters	48	17	1	30	35
11	Swindon Robins+	48	15	1	32	31
12	Rayleigh Rockets	48	14	0	34	28
13	Oxford Cheetahs	48	11	1	36	23

+Hull Angels withdrew and were replaced by Swindon.

Fixtures & results

A fixtures

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B fixtures

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Leading Averages

	Rider	Team	C.M.A.
1	Billy Bales	Yarmouth	10.44
2	Vic Emms	Halifax	10.33
3	Pete Lansdale	Plymouth	10.29
4	Norman Clay	Exeter	9.90
5	Harry Saunders	Tamworth	9.70

National Trophy Stage One

For Stage Two - see Stage Two
For Stage Three - see Stage Three

The 1949 Trophy was the 12th edition of the Knockout Cup. The Trophy consisted of three stages; stage one was for the third division clubs, stage two was for the second division clubs and stage three was for the top-tier clubs. The winner of stage one would qualify for stage two and the winner of stage two would qualify for the third and final stage. Hanley Potters won stage one and therefore qualified for stage two.^[10]

Third Division Qualifying First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
07/04	Plymouth	54-54	Exeter
04/04	Exeter	62-45	Plymouth
15/04	Leicester	49-58	Hull
09/04	Hull	77-31	Leicester
14/04	Stoke Hanley	67-41	Liverpool
11/04	Liverpool	42-66	Stoke Hanley
19/04	Yarmouth	70-37	Rayleigh
16/04	Rayleigh	55-51	Yarmouth

Third Division Qualifying Second round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
07/05	Stoke Hanley	75-33	Exeter
25/04	Exeter	57-51	Stoke Hanley
03/05	Yarmouth	75-33	Hastings
27/04	Hastings	52-55	Yarmouth
20/04	Halifax	48-59	Poole
11/04	Poole	70-38	Halifax
27/04	Tamworth	70-38	Hull
30/04	Hull	61-47	Tamworth

Third Division Qualifying semifinals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
25/05	Tamworth	56-51	Stoke Hanley
14/05	Stoke Hanley	59-48	Tamworth
23/05	Poole	59-49	Yarmouth
17/05	Yarmouth	60-46	Poole

Qualifying final

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