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1929 Speedway Southern League

English motorcycle speedway league season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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] The sport had been introduced to England in 1928 at High Beech Speedway.[4]

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Summary

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

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Withdrawal (Record expunged) : Birmingham Hall Green

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Fixtures & results

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Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top Five Riders

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Riders and averages

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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

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
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See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References

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