1929 Speedway Southern League

The 1929 Southern League was the inaugural season of motorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams.^[1] There was also a Northern League called the 1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League that started during the same year.^[2][3]

1929 Speedway Southern League

League	Southern League
No. of competitors	11
Champions	Stamford Bridge
Highest average	Johnny Lloyd
Division/s other	1929 Dirt Track League
1930 →

Summary

Stamford Bridge were crowned as the first champions,^[4] just two points ahead of Southampton Saints.^[5] Birmingham Hall Green withdrew after 7 meetings and their record was expunged.^[6]

Final table

Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
1	Stamford Bridge	20	17	0	3	34
2	Southampton Saints	20	16	0	4	32
3	Coventry	20	14	0	6	28
4	Crystal Palace Glaziers	20	11	0	9	22
5	Wembley Lions	20	11	0	9	22
6	West Ham Hammers	20	8	0	12	16
7	White City	20	8	0	12	16
8	Harringay Canaries	20	7	0	13	14
9	Birmingham (Perry Barr)	20	7	0	13	14
10	Lea Bridge	20	6	0	14	12
11	Wimbledon Dons	20	5	0	15	10

^[5]

Withdrawal (Record expunged) : Birmingham Hall Green

Top Five Riders

		Team	C.M.A.
1	Johnny Lloyd	Hall Green	10.80
2	Jack Parker	Coventry	10.76
3	Gus Kuhn	Stamford Bridge	10.28
4	Jim Kempster	Wimbledon Dons	10.00
5	Colin Watson	White City	9.81

Riders and averages

Birmingham Hall Green (withdrew)

• Johnny Lloyd 10.80
• George Povey 7.00
• Cyril Taft 6.86
• Bunny Wilcox 6.86
• Cyril Locke 6.43
• Tommy Cross 3.60
• Bill Stanley 0.75

Birmingham (Perry Barr)

• Wally Lloyd 7.20
• Arthur Johnson 6.27
• Norman Burton 5.00
• Georg Britt 4.50
• Les Patrick 4.20
• Geoff Siddaway 4.20
• Joe Dallison 3.50
• Johnny Lloyd 3.00
• Bill Ashcroft 3.00
• Tim Reid 2.05

Coventry

• Jack Parker 10.76
• Wilmot Evans 7.16
• Fred Wilkinson 7.15
• Tom Farndon 6.73
• Dilly Gittins 6.69
• Arthur Tims 6.53
• Norman Parker 6.35
• Lew Lancaster 6.17
• John Deeley 5.05
• Cyril Lord 5.00
• George Allbrook 4.83
• Bill Stanley 4.22
• Arthur Sanders 2.00

Crystal Palace

• Triss Sharp 9.73
• Wally Harris 7.50
• Bryan Donkin 6.51
• Joe Francis 4.98
• Arthur Willmott 4.98
• George Lovick 4.93
• Jack Barrett 4.67

Harringay

• Eric Spencer 9.64
• Stan Spencer 6.55
• Reg Pointer 6.28
• Alf Medcalf 4.68
• Lou Burger 4.43
• Will Dennis 4.32
• Ray Parsons 4.29
• Leonard Dicky Bird 4.20
• Bill Crouch 3.00
• Bert Gerrish 0.67

Lea Bridge

• Alf Foulds 8.12
• Jimmy Stevens 7.70
• Tommy Croombs 6.00
• Stew Fairbairn 4.29
• Harold Osment 4.20
• Roy Dook 4.15
• Frank Bond 4.11
• Eric Parry 3.50
• Alec Slow 3.14
• Alf Merrell 3.00

Southampton

• Eric Lister 8.90
• Tommy Cullis 8.51
• Clarrie Eldridge 8.15
• Vic Collins 7.30
• Col Stewart 6.30
• Jimmy Hayes 6.71
• Don Durant 5.50
• Albert Wakerley 5.40
• Jimmy Pink 5.33
• Cecil Bounds 4.80
• Ernie Rickman 4.25

Stamford Bridge

• Gus Kuhn 10.28
• Bert Bolt 8.48
• Colin Ford 8.11
• Wal Phillips 7.64
• Dick Bellamy 7.50
• Les Blakebrough 7.13
• Arthur Warwick 7.00
• Fred Ralph 6.88
• Bill White 6.60
• Nick Nicol 4.41
• Bill Bragg 4.33

Wembley

• Jack Ormston 8.25
• Buster Frogley 8.17
• Stan Catlett 7.76
• Bert Fairweather 6.24
• Len Reeve 5.79
• Ron Hieatt 5.09
• Jack Jackson 4.86
• Vic Deale 3.43
• Crawley Rous 3.00
• Nobby Key 1.00

West Ham

• John Williams 7.62
• Tiger Stevenson 7.54
• Don Durant 7.15
• Den Taylor 5.75
• Jack Adams 5.64
• Reg Bounds 5.60
• Bruce McCallum 5.50
• Ivor Creek 4.80
• Maurice Bradshaw 4.00
• Bluey Wilkinson 3.60
• Buzz Hibberd 3.18
• Les Maguire 5.74

White City

• Colin Watson 9.81
• Harold Crook 6.65
• Del Forster 6.22
• Clem Cort 5.28
• Hilary Buchanan 5.21
• Larry Coffey 4.80
• Fred Hore 4.36
• Leonard Dicky Bird 3.29
• Frank Ewen 3.09

Wimbledon

• Jim Kempster 10.00
• Mart Sieffert 7.83
• Jimmy Stevens 6.75
• Cecil Brown 6.20
• Alf Sawford 5.71
• Les Dearth 4.86
• Dudley Cox 4.36
• Alf Summersby 4.24
• Jack Kidwell 4.11
• Eddie Slade-Jones 3.46
• Fred Osborne 3.00
• Sid Chambers 2.45
• Rube Sonny Wilson 1.62

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References

1. Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 129. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
2. "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
3. "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939)". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
4. "On the Speedway". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 23 September 1929. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. Storey, Basil (1948) The Story of Speedway, WDS, p. 5
6. "Speedway Teams UK 1929-1934". Cyber Motorcycle. Retrieved 4 July 2021.