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1929 Speedway Southern League

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1929 Speedway Southern League
LeagueSouthern League
No. of competitors11
ChampionsStamford Bridge
Highest averageJohnny Lloyd
Division/s other1929 Dirt Track 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]

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

Birmingham Hall Green (withdrew)

  • Tommy Cross
  • Johnny Lloyd
  • Cyril Locke
  • George Povey
  • Bill Stanley
  • Cyril Taft
  • Bunny Wilcox

Birmingham (Perry Barr)

  • Bill Ashcroft
  • Georg Britt
  • Norman Burton
  • Joe Dallison
  • Joe Hassall
  • Johnny Lloyd
  • Wally Lloyd
  • Les Patrick
  • Tim Reid
  • Arthur Johnson
  • Geoff Siddaway

Coventry

Crystal Palace

  • Jack Barrett
  • Bryan Donkin
  • Joe Francis
  • Wally Harris
  • George Lovick
  • Triss Sharp
  • Arthur Willmott

Harringay

  • Dicky Bird
  • Lou Burger
  • Bill Crouch
  • Will Dennis
  • Bert Gerrish
  • Alf Medcalf
  • Ray Parsons
  • Reg Pointer
  • Eric Spencer
  • Stan Spencer

Lea Bridge

  • Frank Bond
  • Tommy Croombs
  • Roy Dook
  • Stew Fairbairn
  • Alf Foulds
  • Alf Merrell
  • Harold Osment
  • Eric Parry
  • Alec Slow
  • Jimmy Stevens

Southampton

  • Cecil Bounds
  • Vic Collins
  • Tommy Cullis
  • Don Durant
  • Clarrie Eldridge
  • Eric Lister
  • Jimmy Hayes
  • Jimmy Pink
  • Ernie Rickman
  • Col Stewart
  • Albert Wakerley

Stamford Bridge

Wembley

  • Stan Catlett
  • Vic Deale
  • Bert Fairweather
  • Buster Frogley
  • Ron Hieatt
  • Jack Jackson
  • Nobby Key
  • Jack Ormston
  • Len Reeve
  • Crawley Rous

West Ham

White City

  • Dicky Bird
  • Hilary Buchanan
  • Larry Coffey
  • Clem Cort
  • Harold Crook
  • Frank Ewen
  • Del Forster
  • Fred Hore
  • Colin Watson

Wimbledon

  • Cecil Brown
  • Sid Chambers
  • Dudley Cox
  • Les Dearth
  • Jim Kempster
  • Jack Kidwell
  • Fred Osborne
  • Alf Sawford
  • Mart Sieffert
  • Eddie Slade-Jones
  • Jimmy Stevens
  • Alf Summersby
  • Rube Sonny Wilson

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. ^ a b Storey, Basil (1948) The Story of Speedway, WDS, p. 5
  6. ^ "Speedway Teams UK 1929-1934". Cyber Motorcycle. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
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