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1930 Speedway Southern League

British speedway league season

Field	Value
competition	Southern League
competitors	13
domesticcup1	Champions
domesticcup1 winners	Wembley Lions
domesticcup2	London Cup
domesticcup2 winners	Wembley Lions
highestaverage	Vic Huxley
league other	1930 Northern League
prevseason	1929
nextseason	1931

The 1930 Southern League was the second season of speedway in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams. The Northern teams also had their second season known as the 1930 Speedway Northern League.

Summary

White City had left the league but three new teams - High Beech, Leicester Stadium and Nottingham all joined and Birmingham Bulldogs returned as Hall Green Bulldogs. The Wembley Lions won their first title. Birmingham Brummies (Perry Barr) withdrew after 4 meetings and their record was expunged

Final table

Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
1	Wembley Lions	24	20	1	3	41
2	Southampton Saints	24	17	1	6	35
3	Stamford Bridge Pensioners	24	16	1	7	33
4	Wimbledon Dons	24	16	1	7	33
5	Hall Green Bulldogs	24	13	1	10	27
6	Coventry	24	13	1	10	27
7	Crystal Palace Glaziers	24	11	1	12	23
8	Lea Bridge	24	10	1	13	21
9	West Ham Hammers	24	10	0	14	20
10	Leicester Stadium	24	8	1	15	17
11	High Beech	24	8	0	16	16
12	Harringay Canaries	24	7	0	17	14
13	Nottingham	24	2	1	21	5

Withdrawal (Record expunged) : Birmingham (Perry Barr)

Fixtures & results

Top Five Riders

Team	C.M.A.
1	Vic Huxley
2	Jack Parker
3	Jack Ormston
4	Colin Watson
5	Billy Dallison

London Cup

The 1930 London Cup was the inaugural competition for teams from the London area. Wembley were the winners.

First round

Team one	Score	Team two
Crystal Palace	52–43, 33–62	Wimbledon
Wembley	71–25, 44–52	High Beech
Stamford Bridge	60–35, 53–40	West Ham
Harringay	52–44, 47–47	Lea Bridge

Semi final round

Team one	Score	Team two
Harringay	50–46, 38–58	Stamford Bridge
Wimbledon	39–56, 44–52	Wembley

Final

First leg Colin Watson 10 Harry Whitfield 10 Jack Ormston 9 George Greenwood 8 Norman Evans 6 Buster Frogley 6 Wally Kilmister 5 Tiger Sanderson 5 Gus Kuhn 12 Arthur Warwick 12 Wal Phillips 5 Les Blakebrough 4 Ernie Mayne 2 Don Boswell 1 Fred Ralph 1 Nick Nicol 0 Colin Ford 0

Second leg Wal Phillips 11 Arthur Warwick 11 Gus Kuhn 8 Fred Ralph 6 Don Boswell 5 Nick Nicol 3 Les Blakebrough 3 Colin Ford 2 Ernie Mayne 0 Jack Ormston 11 Colin Watson 8 George Greenwood 8 Norman Evans 5 Harry Whitfield 5 Charlie Shelton 4 Wally Kilmister 3 Tiger Sanderson 2 Jack Jackson 0

Wembley won on aggregate 105–83

Riders & final averages

Birmingham

Wally Lloyd 6.67
Clem Mitchell 6.67
Tim Reid 4.00
Arthur Johnson 2.00
Geoff Siddaway 2.00
Joe Hassall 2.00

Coventry

Jack Parker 10.34
Tom Farndon 8.30
Norman Parker 7.25
Arthur Tims 6.56
Wilmot Evans 5.78
John Deeley 5.71
Bill Stanley 5.68
Lew Lancaster 4.63
Cecil Walker 4.57
George Allbrook 2.91

Crystal Palace

Roger Frogley 9.39
Triss Sharp 8.63
Ron Johnson 8.52
Joe Francis 6.52
Wally Lloyd 6.32
Clem Mitchell 5.93
Jack Barrett 5.13
Harry Shepherd 4.20

Hall Green

Billy Dallison 10.07
Harry Taft 7.84
Bunny Wilcox 7.17
Reg Hutchins 6.93
Cyril Taft 5.46
Jimmy Gent 5.00
Les Patrick 4.24

Harringay

Vic Huxley 10.55
Alf Sawford 5.61
Howard Traynor 5.67
Bill Clibbett 5.13
Jack Kidwell 4.95
Stan Spencer 4.48
Wally Hicklin 4.17
Ron Thompson 3.10
Ivor Hill 2.61
Percy Bryant 2.00

High Beech

Phil Bishop 7.82
Stan Baines 7.71
Syd Edmonds 6.37
Jack Barnett 6.13
Stan Taylor 5.00
George Bishop 4.52
Jack Sharp 4.00
Charlie Upham 2.86
Charlie King 1.81

Lea Bridge

Charlie Spinks 7.88
Reg Stanley 7.47
Jimmy Stevens 7.45
Alf Foulds 7.30
Harold Hastings 6.34
Stew Fairbairn 6.22
Harold Osment 5.46
Ned Kelly 5.11
Alex Peel 2.00

Leicester

Cyril "Squib" Burton 9.67
Syd Jackson 8.76
Nobby Kendrick 5.59
Jack Rowley 5.44
Bill Crouch 4.98
Bill Pitcher 4.52
Arthur Johnson 3.00
Cylone Smith 2.15
Tom Taylor 1.54

Nottingham

George Wigfield 8.22
Nobby Key 6.84
Billy Ellmore 5.86
Joe Gooding 5.60
Buster Brown 4.81
Wally Humphrry 4.48
Spencer Stratton 4.22
Reg Lucas 3.26

**Southampton **

Vic Collins 9.26
Sprouts Elder 9.25
Arnie Hansen 8.81
Frank Goulden 7.73
Geoff Taylor 7.68
Jimmy Hayes 6.71
Dick Sulway 5.93
Clarrie Eldridge 5.74
Eric Lister 5.71
Ken Purser 5.25

Stamford Bridge

Frank Arthur 9.84
Gus Kuhn 9.35
Arthur Warwick 8.70
Wal Phillips 8.33
Don Boswell 6.22
Les Blakebrough 5.51
Colin Ford 5.40
Nick Nicol 4.41
Fred Ralph 4.00
Bill White 1.50

Wembley

Jack Ormston 10.29
Colin Watson 10.04
Stan Catlett 8.59
Harry Whitfield 7.73
Arthur Atkinson 7.65
Norman Evans 6.89
Buster Frogley 6.34
George Greenwood 6.26
Wally Kilmister 2.67

West Ham

Tommy Croombs 9.10
Tiger Stevenson 8.64
Reg Bounds 8.33
Bluey Wilkinson 8.24
Don Durant 6.46
Roy Dook 6.29
Arthur Westwood 5.70
Den Taylor 4.73
Les Maguire 3.91
Bert Jones 3.37
Allen Kilfoyle 2.75

Wimbledon

Jim Kempster 9.21
Dicky Case 8.48
Billy Lamont 7.59
Ray Tauser 7.40
Len Parker 7.17
Mart Sieffert 5.03
Les Dearth 4.80
Del Forster 4.22
Harold Crook 3.27

References

Rogers, Martin. (1978). "The Illustrated History of Speedway". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
"Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
"BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939)".
(14 February 1930). "Dirt Track Racing".
[http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/ Speedway Researcher]
"Speedway Teams UK 1929-1934".
"1930 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
(12 October 1930). "Speedway Honours". Weekly Dispatch (London).

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