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1949 Speedway National League

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British speedway season

1949 Speedway National League
League	National League Division One
No. of competitors	8
Champions	Wembley Lions
National Trophy	Belle Vue Aces
London Cup	Wembley Lions
Highest average	Vic Duggan
Division/s below	National League (Div 2) National League (Div 3)
←1948 1950 →

The1949National League Division One was the 15th season ofspeedway in the United Kingdom and the fourth post-war season of the highest tier ofmotorcycle speedway in Great Britain.^[1]

Summary

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Birmingham Brummies joined the league and the Anniversary (League) Cup was discontinued or the teams would have met each other six times in the league.Wembley Lions won the National League for the fourth time.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Final table

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Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
1	Wembley Lions	42	28	1	13	57
2	Belle Vue Aces	42	24	0	18	48
3	New Cross Rangers	42	24	0	18	48
4	West Ham Hammers	42	23	0	19	46
5	Odsal Boomerangs	42	22	1	19	45
6	Harringay Racers	42	18	0	24	36
7	Birmingham Brummies	42	16	1	25	32
8	Wimbledon Dons	42	11	1	30	23

Fixtures & results

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A fixtures

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Home \ Away	BV	BIR	BRA	HAR	NC	WEM	WH	WIM
Belle Vue		49–35	27–57	47–37	58–23	45–39	41–43	47–37
Birmingham	41–43		48–36	36–47	46–38	54.5–29.5	62–22	46–35
Bradford Odsal	49–35	42–42		47–37	50–34	51–32	55–29	55–29
Harringay	47–37	59–25	48–36		35–48	31–53	43–41	46–38
New Cross	46–38	56–28	48–34	63–20		40–44	44–39	44–40
Wembley	47–37	62–22	54–30	40–44	53–31		58–26	49–35
West Ham	50–34	51–33	50–33	47–37	48–36	44–40		54–30
Wimbledon	44–40	52–32	31–53	46–37	34–47	42–42	46–38

Source:^[5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

B fixtures

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Home \ Away	BV	BIR	BRA	HAR	NC	WEM	WH	WIM
Belle Vue		55–29	55–28	54–30	45–39	52–32	59–25	48–35
Birmingham	39–45		37–46	39–45	50–34	34–49	53–31	49–35
Bradford Odsal	48–36	60–24		57–27	42–41	34–50	51–33	58–25
Harringay	34–50	46–38	42–41		52–31	37–47	47–37	42–41
New Cross	51–33	52–32	64–20	43–40		48–36	54–29	42–41
Wembley	48–36	49–35	45–39	65–19	53–31		37–47	58–26
West Ham	45–39	43–31	52–32	50–34	39–45	39–45		44–40
Wimbledon	55–29	41–43	50–33	50–34	34–50	39–45	38–46

Source:^[6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

C fixtures

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Home \ Away	BV	BIR	BRA	HAR	NC	WEM	WH	WIM
Belle Vue		53–31	34–50	59–25	43–40	59–25	55–29	61–23
Birmingham	38–46		48–36	48–36	49–35	50–34	34–50	54.5–29.5
Bradford Odsal	34–50	50–33		57–26	54–30	50–33	65–19	49–35
Harringay	52–32	50–34	51–33		34–49	30–53	45–39	53–31
New Cross	46–38	50–34	57–27	51–33		38–46	55–29	45–38
Wembley	45–39	41–43	43–41	54–30	52–32		47–36	47–37
West Ham	46–38	36–48	58–26	50–33	54–30	47–37		60–24
Wimbledon	35–49	51–33	42–40	58–26	48–36	40–44	39–45

Source:^[7]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top Ten Riders (League only)

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	Rider	Team	C.M.A.
1	Vic Duggan	Harringay	10.65
2	Graham Warren	Birmingham	10.21
3	Jack Parker	Belle Vue	10.12
4	Wilbur Lamoreaux	Birmingham	9.86
5	Dent Oliver	Belle Vue	9.60
6	Aub Lawson	West Ham	9.57
7	Norman Parker	Wimbledon	9.35
8	Bill Gilbert	Wembley	9.24
9	Tommy Price	Wembley	9.10
10	Ron Clarke	Odsal	8.79

National Trophy Stage Three

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The 1949 National Trophy was the 12th edition of theKnockout 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. Belle Vue Aces won the third and final stage and were therefore declared the 1949 National Trophy champions.^[8]

For Stage One - seeStage One
For Stage Two - seeStage Two

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
29/07	Harringay	60-47	Bradford Odsal
23/07	Bradford Odsal	80-28	Harringay

Second round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
20/08	Bradford Odsal	70-38	Birmingham
19/08	Bristol	47-60	New Cross
18/08	Wembley	56-52	West Ham
17/08	New Cross	55-53	Bristol
16/08	West Ham	64-44	Wembley
13/08	Birmingham	51-57	Bradford Odsal
15/08	Wimbledon	58-50	Belle Vue

Semifinals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
17/09	Belle Vue	66-42	Bradford Odsal
10/09	Bradford Odsal	54-54	Belle Vue
07/09	New Cross	55-53	West Ham
06/09	West Ham	64-44	New Cross

Final

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First leg

1 October 1949

Belle Vue Aces Ron Mason 17 Jack Parker 16 Bruce Semmens 11 Louis Lawson 10 Dent Oliver 7 Charles Cullum 8 Bob Harrison 5 George Smith 5	78 – 30	West Ham Hammers Aub Lawson 14 Malcolm Craven 6 Kid Curtis 3 Howdy Byford 3 Cliff Watson 2 Trevor Davies 2 Reg Fearman 0 Wally Green 0
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Hyde Road Stadium

Second leg

4 October 1949

West Ham Hammers Aub Lawson 15 Malcolm Craven 9 Cliff Watson 5 Kid Curtis 4 Howdy Byford 4 Wally Green 4 Reg Fearman 4 Frank Bettis 0	46 – 62	Belle Vue Aces Louis Lawson 16 Jack Parker 15 Charles Cullum 10 Dent Oliver 6 Ron Mason 5 Bruce Semmens 5 Ken Sharples 3 Bob Harrison 2
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West Ham Stadium

Belle Vue were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate140–76.

London Cup

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First round

Team one	Score	Team two
New Cross	57–50, 56–51	Wimbledon
Walthamstow	55–52, 48–60	Harringay

Semi final round

Team one	Score	Team two
West Ham	65–43, 70–38	New Cross
Wembley	65–43, 57–51	Harringay

Final

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First leg

6 October 1949

Wembley Bill Kitchen 14 Bill Gilbert 11 Tommy Price 9 Split Waterman 8 George Wilks 7	58–50	West Ham Aub Lawson 18 Cliff Watson 8 Malcolm Craven 7 Wally Green 7
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Wembley Stadium

Second leg

11 October 1949

West Ham Aub Lawson 9 Howdy Byford 8 Cliff Watson 7 Kid Curtis 6 Malcolm Craven 6	42–66	Wembley Tommy Price 17 Bill Kitchen 16 George Wilks 11 Split Waterman 7 Freddie Williams 6 Bob Wells 6
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West Ham Stadium

Wembley won on aggregate124–92

Riders & final averages

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Belle Vue

Jack Parker 10.12
Dent Oliver 9.60
Louis Lawson 7.95
Bruce Semmens 6.17
Ken Sharples 5.96
Bob Harrison 5.75
Charles Cullum 5.72
George Smith 5.68
Jack Chignell 5.41
Ron Mason 5.36
Jim Boyd 4.10
Henry Long 3.43

Birmingham

Graham Warren 10.21
Wilbur Lamoreaux 9.86
Doug McLachlan 7.02
Geoff Bennett 6.14
Arthur Payne 5.94
Dennis Hitchings 4.40
Stan Dell 4.18
Buck Whitby 3.09
Dick Tolley 3.02
Bill Humphries 2.91
Brian Wilson 2.24

Harringay

Vic Duggan 10.65
Ray Duggan 6.83
Geoff Pymar 6.63
Nobby Stock 5.77
Danny Dunton 5.03
Arthur Bush 4.97
Lloyd Goffe 4.68
Jimmy Grant 4.06
Sid Clark 3.79
Joe Bowkis 3.11

New Cross

Ron Johnson 8.60
Bill Longley 8.02
Cyril Roger 7.86
Eric French 7.58
Jeff Lloyd 7.19
Bert Roger 6.47
Bob Baker 6.12
Ray Moore 5.77
Frank Lawrence 5.17
Don Gray 3.58

Odsal

Ron Clarke 8.79
Jack Biggs 8.73
Oliver Hart 8.31
Joe Abbott 7.93
Ernie Price 7.74
Eddie Rigg 6.68
Bob Lovell 3.61
Norman Price 3.58
Dyson Harper 1.16

Wembley

Bill Gilbert 9.24
Tommy Price 9.10
Split Waterman 8.20
Freddie Williams 7.40
George Wilks 5.80
Bill Kitchen 7.60
Bob Wells 6.59
Bruce Abernethy 5.05
Alf Bottoms 5.69
Jack Gates 2.82
Den Cosby 2.67
George Saunders 2.60
Buster Brown 2.57

West Ham

Aub Lawson 9.57
Cliff Watson 8.00
Malcolm Craven 7.98
George Wilks 6.71
Eric Chitty 6.09
Howdy Byford 5.30
Wally Green 4.53
Kid Curtis 3.84
Frank Bettis 3.93
Reg Fearman 1.71

Wimbledon

Norman Parker 9.35
Alec Statham 7.71
Mike Erskine 7.10
Cyril Brine 7.04
Jimmie Gibb 6.98
Dick Harris 4.00
Bill Pitcher 3.17
Reg Trott 2.87
Les Wotton 2.75
Jack Wright 2.67
Huck Fynn 2.18
Wal Morton 2.00

References

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^"Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
^"Year by Year".Speedway Researcher. Retrieved12 August 2021.
^Rogers, Martin (1978).The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 129.ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
^"BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - POST-WAR ERA (1946-1964)".Official British Speedway website. Retrieved12 August 2021.
^"1949 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved10 December 2024.
^"1949 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved10 December 2024.
^"1949 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved10 December 2024.
^"1949 National Trophy". Speedway archive.
^^a ^b"1949 National Trophy".Speedway Archive. Retrieved11 August 2021.
^"Byford beats Price".Daily News (London). 7 October 1949. Retrieved24 September 2023 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
^"Wembley triumph in final of London Speedway Cup".Daily Herald. 12 October 1949. Retrieved24 September 2023 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.

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v t e United Kingdom Speedway Seasons
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Tier Three League Third division	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1994 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Champions	League champions Cup winners