1955 Speedway National League

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The 1955 Speedway National League was the 21st season and tenth post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.[1]

Summary

The league consisted of seven teams after the Harringay Racers ceased competitive speedway racing at the end of 1954. Match line-ups were reduced from eight riders to seven riders. Wimbledon won their second successive National League Championship. West Ham closed at the end of the season, blaming poor attendances.[2][3][4][5]

Final table

Pos Team PL W D L Pts
1 Wimbledon Dons 24 16 2 6 34
2 Belle Vue Aces 24 15 0 9 30
3 Wembley Lions 24 11 1 12 23
4 Bradford Tudors 24 11 0 13 22
5 Birmingham Brummies 24 9 2 13 20
6 Norwich Stars 24 9 1 14 19
7 West Ham Hammers 24 8 2 14 18

Fixtures & results

A fixtures

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B fixtures

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  • Wembley Lions were forced to hold one set of their home fixtures at the away team's venue due to the ongoing installation of floodlights at Wembley Stadium from May.[6]

Top Ten Riders (League only)

Rider Nat Team C.M.A.
1 Jack Young Template:Flagicon West Ham 10.79
2 Ronnie Moore Template:Flagicon Wimbledon 10.77
3 Ove Fundin Template:Flagicon Norwich 10.00
4 Barry Briggs Template:Flagicon Wimbledon 9.79
5 Brian Crutcher Template:Flagicon Wembley 9.34
6 Arthur Wright Template:Flagicon Bradford 9.14
7 Peter Craven Template:Flagicon Belle Vue 8.96
8 Arthur Forrest Template:Flagicon Bradford 8.91
9 Ron Johnston Template:Flagicon Belle Vue 8.61
10 Ken Sharples Template:Flagicon Belle Vue 8.43

National Trophy Stage Two

The 1955 National Trophy was the 18th edition of the Knockout Cup. The Trophy consisted of two stages; stage one was for the second-tier clubs, stage two was for the top-tier clubs. Norwich won the second and final stage and were therefore declared the 1955 National Trophy champions.[7]

First round

Date Team one Score Team two
04/08 Poole 56-52 Birmingham
16/07 Birmingham 56-52 Poole
16/07 Belle Vue 61-47 Wembley
16/07 Bradford Odsal 52-56 Wimbledon
16/07 Norwich 69-39 West Ham
14/07 Wembley 67-41 Belle Vue
12/07 West Ham 49-58 Norwich
11/07 Wimbledon 76-31 Bradford Odsal
18/08
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Poole 69-39 Birmingham
17/08
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Birmingham 67-41 Poole

Semifinals

Date Team one Score Team two
29/08 Poole 58-50 Norwich
27/08 Norwich 82-26 Poole
15/08 Wimbledon 61-47 Wembley
04/08 Wembley 63-45 Wimbledon

Final

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

Midland Cup

Birmingham won the Midland Cup for a third consecutive year. It consisted of four teams, there was one team from division 1 and three teams from division 2.[8]

First round

Team one Team two Score
Oxford Leicester 49–53, 29–73

Semi final round

Team one Team two Score
Leicester Coventry 66–36, 51–51

Final

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Birmingham won on aggregate 108–96

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

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  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peter Craven 8.96
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  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ken Sharples 8.43
  • New ZealandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Bob Duckworth 6.69
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Harry Edwards 5.05
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peter Williams 4.93
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Fred Rogers 4.76
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Dick Fisher 4.70
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Birmingham

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Bradford

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  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Arthur Wright 9.14
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Arthur Forrest 8.91
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Eddie Rigg 7.85
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Guy Allott 6.18
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Keith Milner 6.04
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Des Haswell 5.04
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Al Allison 4.28
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ron Clarke 3.57
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Norwich

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  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Cyril Roger 6.51
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Harry Edwards 4.80
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Wembley

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West Ham

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  • AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Jack Young 10.79
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Split Waterman 7.46
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Gerry Hussey 6.87
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Bert Roger 5.79
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Alan Smith 5.51
  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Wally Green 5.44
  • AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Jack Biggs 4.93
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  • EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Terry Courtnell 1.73
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Wimbledon

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See also

References

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