Arthur Bush

Arthur Thomas Bush (born 26 February 1925) is an English former international motorcycle speedway rider. He earned five international caps for the England national speedway team.^[1][2]

Arthur Bush

Born	(1925-02-26)26 February 1925 Dalston, London
Nationality	British (English)
Career history
1948	Bristol Bulldogs
1948, 1953	Yarmouth Bloaters
1949-1950	Harringay Racers
1950	Liverpool Chads
1951-1953	Bradford Tudors
Team honours
1948	British Div 2

Biography

Bush was born in Dalston, London on 26 February 1925. He served as a Royal Navy petty officer during World War II before signing for Harringay Racers in the top division of British speedway during June 1947. He was described as a protégé of Vic Duggan.^[3]

In 1948, he was loaned out to Bristol Bulldogs in the second division,^[4] where he made just a small contribution to their league winning season because later in the season he was loaned out to Yarmouth Bloaters, during the 1948 Speedway National League Division Three season.^[5]

In 1949, he finally secured a spot in the Harringay Racers team and remained with Harringay for 1950 but was loaned out to Liverpool Chads during the second half of the season.^[6]

His career at Harringay never really took off and before the 1951 season, Harringay signed Jack Biggs from Bradford Tudors for £1,000, in a deal that also saw the exchange of Bush and fellow rider Alf Viccary.^[7] However, his form at Bradford improved to the extent that he was selected by England to represent them in the 1951 winter test series tour of Australia.^[8]

He spent the following two seasons with Bradford from 1952 to 1953 but during his last season in 1953 with them, he was transferred to Yarmouth in the second division.^[9]

References

1. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
2. "Bradford Tudors". Defunct Speedway. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
3. "RL referees to get pay rise". Daily Mirror. 19 June 1947. Retrieved 4 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Bristol may sign Arthur Bush". Western Daily Press. 21 June 1948. Retrieved 4 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "1948 season results". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
6. "Two Chad introductions". Liverpool Echo. 22 July 1950. Retrieved 4 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Transferred". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 22 February 1951. Retrieved 4 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "English riders for Australia tour". Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 28 September 1951. Retrieved 4 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 4 November 2023.