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1930 Speedway Northern League

British motorcycle speedway season

Field	Value
competition	Northern League
season	1930
competitors	13
domesticcup1	Champions
domesticcup1 winners	Belle Vue Aces
highestaverage	Ginger Lees
league other	1930 Southern League
prevseason	1929
nextseason	1931

The 1930 Northern League was the second season of speedway in the United Kingdom for Northern British teams. The league was previously known as the English Dirt Track League but the addition of two Scottish teams prompted a name change and 1930 was the inaugural Northern League. The Southern teams also had their second season known as the 1930 Speedway Southern League. The league was won by Belle Vue Aces.

Summary

The league came under the jurisdiction of the Auto-Cycle Union.

There were many team changes from the previous season. Reigning champions Leeds Lions, Halifax, Salford and Middlesbrough dropped out. Manchester White City, Belle Vue and Warrington renewed their participation having withdrawn partway through the previous season. Edinburgh, Glasgow White City and Wombwell were new entrants. Barnsley, Manchester White City withdrew during the season but their records were not expunged. Rochdale decided to go into voluntary liquidation in August.

Eddie Reynolds was killed during the Glasgow Handicap match at the White City Stadium, Glasgow on 27 May 1930. After falling from his bike he was hit by Arthur Moser and suffered fatal injuries. Two more riders were killed later that season, James Carnie died on 24 July 1930, after crashing at Farringdon Park in Preston in the Golden Helmet event and William Owen was killed on 31 August, at Audenshaw Speedway in a handicap event.

Final table

Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
1	Belle Vue Aces	21	19	1	1	39
2	Liverpool	20	15	0	5	30
3	Manchester White City	15	13	0	2	26
4	Preston	18	10	0	8	20
5	Warrington	17	8	0	9	16
6	Leicester Super	18	6	1	11	13
7	Sheffield Blades	14	6	0	8	12
8	Edinburgh	12	5	0	7	12
9	Newcastle	15	5	0	10	10
10	Glasgow White City	17	4	0	13	8
11	Rochdale	12	4	0	8	8
12	Barnsley	13	4	0	9	8
13	Wombwell	12	2	0	10	4

Results and fixtures

Top Five Riders

Team	C.M.A.
1	Ginger Lees
2	Frank Varey
3	Joe Abbott
4	Frank Charles
5	Eric Langton

Riders

Barnsley

George Chance
Joe Chance
Billy Halstead
Tom Lindley
Arthur Moore
Tommy Thompson
Charlie Ward

Belle Vue

Len Blunt
Frank Burgess
Frank Charles
Clem Cort
Percy Dunn
Dusty Haigh
Bob Harrison
Arthur Franklyn
Arthur Jervis
Eric Langton
Bruce McCallum
Len Myerscough
Frank Varey

Edinburgh

George Cumming
Bob McGregor
George McKenzie
Drew McQueen
Syd Parsons
Gordon Spalding
Len Stewart

Glasgow

Allan Campbell
Billy Galloway
Norrie Isbister
Billy Llewellyn
Arthur Mann
Andy Marr
Arthur Moser
Bill Naismith
Andy Nicholl
George Pinkerton
Jimmie Pinkerton
Johnnie Short
Col Stewart
Jack White

Leicester

Alec Bowerman
Hal Herbert
Fred Hore
George Marsh
Arthur Sherlock
Bert Spencer
Harold Stevens
Nev Wheeler
Fred Wilkinson
Ned Wolloff

Liverpool

Eric Blain
Phil Blake
Larry Boulton
Frank Chiswell
Chris Hughes
Ginger Lees
Eddie Myerscough
Thomas Arthur Price
Les Wotton

Manchester

Frank Charles
Max Grosskreutz
Wally Hull
Arthur Jervis
Hugh Jervis
Fred Strecker
Arthur Wilcock
Cyril Wilcock

Newcastle

Gordon Byers
Arnie Cattell
Tommy Groves
Tommy Harrison
Buzz Hibberd
Alec Hill
Jim Holder
Harry Huntley
Frank Parker
Charles Sanderson
Roy Sanderson
Tommy Storey

Preston

Joe Abbott
Ham Burrill
Jack Chiswell
Ivor Creek
Thomas Arthur Price
George Reynard
Claude Rye
Frank Smith
Jack Tye

Rochdale

Jack Atkinson
Buster Breaks
Billy Howard
Eddie Ingham
Austin Humphries
Scott Michie
Bud Proctor
Bill Sticpewich
Geoff Wilson

Sheffield

Jack Barber
Clem Beckett
Jack Chapman
Broncho Dixon
Eric Hall
Norman Hartley
Chun Moore
Laurie Packer
Gus Platts
Dick Wise

Warrington

Cyril Crowther
Norman Dawson
Harold Formby
Tommy Hatch
Charlie Hornby
Oliver Langton
Alex McLachlan
George Milton
Harry Solomon

Wombwell

William Burrows
Jack Duddings
Tommy Gamble
Eric Gregory
George Kilburn
Frank Ledger
Lester Moore

References

Rogers, Martin. (1978). "The Illustrated History of Speedway". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
(8 March 1930). "Marine Gardens in Northern League Section". Edinburgh Evening News.
"Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
"BELLE VUE ACES".
(8 March 1930). "Dirt-Track Racing".
"BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939)".
"1930 Northern League Table".
"Speedway Teams UK 1929-1934".
(2 August 1930). "Riders to Co-operate".
"In Memoriam".
(25 July 1930). "Speedway rider killed". Daily Herald.
(1 September 1930). "Speedway rider killed". Daily Herald.
"1930 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.

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