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1933 Speedway National League

British speedway league season

Field	Value
competition	National League
competitors	10
domesticcup1	Champions
domesticcup1 winners	Belle Vue Aces
domesticcup2	National Trophy
domesticcup2 winners	Belle Vue Aces
domesticcup3	London Cup
domesticcup3 winners	Wembley Lions
highestaverage	Jack Parker
prevseason	1932
nextseason	1934

The 1933 National League was the fifth season of motorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom.

Summary

Sheffield and Nottingham joined the league but the Stamford Bridge Pensioners dropped out. The National Association Trophy was dropped in favour of expanding the National League, with teams meeting each other home and away twice instead of once.

Belle Vue Aces won their first national title and completed the double by winning the Knockout Cup. Jack Parker of Clapton Saints finished with the highest average although Vic Huxley of Wimbledon Dons scored the most points

Final table

Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
1	Belle Vue Aces	36	31	0	5	62
2	Wimbledon Dons	36	23	0	13	46
3	West Ham Hammers	36	21	3	12	45
4	Crystal Palace Glaziers	36	21	0	15	42
5	Clapton Saints	36	19	3	14	41
6	Wembley Lions	36	19	1	16	39
7	Coventry	36	10	2	24	22
8	Sheffield Tigers	36	11	0	25	22
9	Plymouth Tigers	36	11	0	25	22
10	Nottingham	36	9	1	26	19

Fixtures & results

A fixtures

B fixtures

Top Ten Riders

Nat	Team	C.M.A.
1	Jack Parker	ENG
2	Claude Rye	ENG
3	Dicky Case	AUS
4	Vic Huxley	AUS
5	Tom Farndon	ENG
6	Eric Langton	ENG
7	Syd Jackson	ENG
8	Wally Kilmister	NZL
9	Bluey Wilkinson	AUS
10	Tiger Stevenson	ENG

National Trophy

The 1933 National Trophy was the third edition of the Knockout Cup.

Preliminary round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
08/07	Clapton	69-56	Coventry
06/07	Coventry	63-61	Clapton
24/06	Clapton	13a-15a	Coventry
22/06	Coventry	rain	Clapton
22/06	Nottingham	81-42	Plymouth
20/06	Plymouth	64-62	Nottingham

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
27/07	Wembley	103-22	Nottingham
27/07	Clapton	80-43	Sheffield
22/07	Belle Vue	74-51	Wimbledon
22/07	Crystal Palace	63-63	West Ham
19/07	Nottingham	44-79	Wembley
19/07	Sheffield	71-55	Clapton
18/07	West Ham	55-69	Crystal Palace
17/07	Wimbledon	64-60	Belle Vue

Semifinals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
02/09	Belle Vue	98-28	Clapton
30/08	Clapton	54-70	Belle Vue
19/08	Crystal Palace	62-63	Wembley
17/08	Wembley	77-48	Crystal Palace

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Final

First leg Wally Kilmister 18 Harry Whitfield 10 Lionel Van Praag 9 Gordon Byers 8 Colin Watson 3 Norman Evans 3 Hal Herbert 2 Reg Bounds 1 Eric Langton 19 Joe Abbott 14 Bill Kitchen 14 Frank Varey 13 Bob Harrison 7 Max Grosskreutz 5

Second leg Frank Varey 18 Joe Abbott 17 Eric Langton 16 Max Grosskreutz 15 Bill Kitchen 15 Bob Harrison 11 Lionel Van Praag 11 Wally Kilmister 9 Colin Watson 8 Gordon Byers 2 Maurice Stobbart 2 Hal Herbert 1 Norman Evans 0

Belle Vue were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 164-87.

London Cup

First round

Team one	Score	Team two
Wimbledon	60–65, 77–49	Crystal Palace

Semi final round

Team one	Score	Team two
Wimbledon	71–54, 68–57	Clapton
West Ham	60–66, 46–77	Wembley

Final

First leg Vic Huxley 18 Syd Jackson 12 Gus Kuhn 11 Alf Sawford 6 Fred Leavis 4 Geoff Pymar 2 Colin Watson 22 Wally Kilmister 19 Ginger Lees 11 Harry Whitfield 8 Lionel van Praag 7 Norman Evans 3 Gordon Byers 1

Second leg Harry Whitfield 20 Colin Watson 18 Wally Kilmister 14 Ginger Lees 10 Norman Evans 5 Reg Bounds 2 Vic Huxley 16 Syd Jackson 16 Gus Kuhn 13 Alf Sawford 8 Geoff Pymar 2 Fred Leavis 1

Wembley won on aggregate 140–109

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

8.88
8.20
7.39
7.14
6.28
6.12
5.93
5.63
3.50

Clapton

9.87
7.96
6.83
6.03
5.27
4.31
4.14
3.41
3.38
3.00
2.68

Coventry

9.05
6.67
6.19
5.47
4.64
4.50
3.92
3.27
2.67
2.38

Crystal Palace

8.94
7.66
7.34
5.76
4.70
4.53
2.59
2.50

Nottingham

5.84
5.42
5.31
5.08
4.81
4.64
3.77
3.52
2.82

Plymouth

6.03
6.00
5.80
5.01
5.05
4.85
4.37
(John Glass) 3.72
3.58
2.05

Sheffield

7.91
6.89
5.27
5.04
4.91
3.57
3.38
3.38
3.00
2.59
2.40

Wembley

8.56
8.26
6.47
6.41
6.00
5.08
3.47
3.33
3.00
3.00

West Ham

8.40
8.33
6.00
5.89
5.84
5.17
RSA Keith Harvey 3.60
3.26
3.00
2.46

Wimbledon

9.31
9.03
8.70
6.78
6.25
4.11
3.85
2.25
2.23

References

"Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
"Year by Year".
Rogers, Martin. (1978). "The Illustrated History of Speedway". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
"BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939)".
"1933 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
"1933 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
"1933 National Trophy". Speedway archive.
"1933 National Trophy".
"1933 season results".
(1 September 1933). "Wembley win London Cup". Coventry Evening Telegraph.

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