1954 Speedway National League

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The 1954 National League Division One was the 20th season of speedway in the United Kingdom and the ninth post-war season of the highest tier of speedway.[1]

Summary

Bristol dropped out of the league and joined the National League Division Two. Wimbledon won their first National League Championship, beginning a run of 7 titles in 8 years, ending a similar run by Wembley Lions. [2][3][4]

Final table

Pos Team PL W D L Pts
1 Wimbledon Dons 28 21 2 5 44
2 Wembley Lions 28 20 0 8 40
3 Bradford Tudors 28 15 0 13 30
4 Norwich Stars 27 14 0 13 28
5 West Ham Hammers 28 11 1 16 23
6 Harringay Racers 28 10 1 17 21
7 Belle Vue Aces 27 9 0 18 18
8 Birmingham Brummies 28 9 0 19 18

Fixtures & results

A fixtures

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B fixtures

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Top ten riders (league only)

Rider Nat Team C.M.A.
1 Ronnie Moore Template:Flagicon Wimbledon 10.59
2 Jack Young Template:Flagicon West Ham 10.55
3 Geoff Mardon Template:Flagicon Wimbledon 10.43
4 Eddie Rigg Template:Flagicon Bradford 10.11
5 Arthur Forrest Template:Flagicon Bradford 10.00
6 Brian Crutcher Template:Flagicon Wembley 9.98
7 Eric Williams Template:Flagicon Wembley 9.79
8 Barry Briggs Template:Flagicon Wimbledon 9.39
9 Freddie Williams Template:Flagicon Wembley 9.18
10 Split Waterman Template:Flagicon Harringay 9.07

R.A.C. Cup

Wembley played all of their fixtures away.

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Final

Team one Team two Scores
West Ham Wimbledon 41–43, 26–58

National Trophy

The 1954 National Trophy was the 17th edition of the Knockout Cup.[5]

Qualifying first round

Date Team one Score Team two
01/05 Edinburgh 60-48 Leicester
01/05 Rayleigh 65-43 Motherwell
30/04 Bristol 59-49 Oxford
30/04 Leicester 59-48 Edinburgh
30/04 Motherwell 64-44 Rayleigh
29/04 Ipswich 71-35 Southampton
29/04 Oxford 40-68 Bristol
29/04 Plymouth 45-63 Poole
27/04 Southampton 72-36 Ipswich
26/04 Exeter 59-49 Swindon
26/04 Poole 69-38 Plymouth
24/04 Swindon 65-43 Exeter
11/05
replay		 Southampton 62-46 Ipswich
06/05
replay		 Ipswich 56-52 Southampton

Qualifying second round

Date Team one Score Team two
25/05 Southampton 61-47 Coventry
22/05 Coventry 64-44 Southampton
22/05 Edinburgh 65-43 Rayleigh
22/05 Swindon 69-39 Wolverhampton
21/05 Bristol 61-47 Poole
21/05 Rayleigh 55-52 Edinburgh
21/05 Swindon w/o Wolverhampton
17/05 Poole 63-45 Bristol

Qualifying Final Round

Date Team one Score Team two
14/06 Poole 67-41 Swindon
12/06 Edinburgh 50-57 Coventry
12/06 Swindon 53-55 Poole
05/06 Coventry 56-52 Edinburgh

First round

Date Team one Score Team two
05/07 Coventry 41-66 Bradford Odsal
03/07 Belle Vue 71-37 Poole
03/07 Bradford Odsal 84-24 Coventry
28/06 Poole 46-62 Belle Vue

Quarterfinals

Date Team one Score Team two
24/07 Belle Vue 61-47 Wimbledon
22/07 Wembley 70-37 West Ham
21/07 Harringay 54-54 Bradford Odsal
20/07 West Ham 50-58 Wembley
19/07 Wimbledon 76-32 Belle Vue
17/07 Bradford Odsal 78-30 Harringay
10/07 Birmingham 62-46 Norwich
08/07 Norwich 74-34 Birmingham

Semifinals

Date Team one Score Team two
28/08 Bradford Odsal 63-45 Wembley
28/08 Norwich 64-44 Wimbledon
23/08 Wimbledon 51-57 Norwich
05/08 Wembley 63-44 Bradford Odsal

Final

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Wembley were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 123–92.

London Cup

First round

Team one Score Team two
Wimbledon 61–46, 56–52 Wembley

Semi final round

Team one Score Team two
Harringay 44–63, 48–60 Wembley
Wimbledon 69–38, 53–55 West Ham

Final

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Wembley won on aggregate 130–85

Midland Cup

Birmingham won the Midland Cup, which consisted of four teams. There was one team from division 1 and three teams from division 2.

First round

Team one Team two Score
Oxford Leicester 56–28, 47–49

Semi final round

Team one Team two Score
Oxford Coventry 61–35, 34–62

Final

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Birmingham won on aggregate 96–95

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

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  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Dick Fisher 3.93
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Birmingham

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Bradford

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Harringay

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Norwich

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Wembley

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West Ham

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Wimbledon

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See also

References

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