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1938 Speedway National League Division Two

British motorcycle speedway rider

Field	Value
competition	National League Division Two
competitors	9
domesticcup1	Champions
domesticcup1 winners	Hackney Wick Wolves
domesticcup2	Provincial Trophy
domesticcup2 winners	Norwich Stars
domesticcup3	English Speedway Trophy
domesticcup3 winners	Belle Vue Reserves
domesticcup4	National Trophy
(Div 2 final)
domesticcup4 winners	Norwich Stars
highestaverage	Max Grosskreutz
league above	[1938 National League
(Division One)](1938-speedway-national-league)
prevseason	1937
nextseason	1939

(Div 2 final) (Division One)](1938-speedway-national-league)

The 1938 National League Division Two was the inaugural season of British speedway's National League Division Two albeit a continuation of the Provincial League from the previous season in all but name.

The list of teams had several changes. Bristol Bulldogs had moved up to the National League and Hackney Wick Wolves had moved down to take their place. They also swapped licences and riders as well as divisions. Other new entrants were Newcastle, Sheffield and West Ham Hawks (West Ham's reserve team) and Lea Bridge Cubs (made up largely of Harringay reserve riders).

Belle Vue Merseysiders who had replaced Liverpool in the previous season were also absent.

Nottingham withdrew just after the start of the league fixtures and were replaced by Leeds Lions. They did complete most of their early season cup fixtures.

Hackney Wick Wolves won the title.

Final Table Division Two

Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
1	Hackney Wick Wolves	16	12	0	4	24
2	Norwich Stars	16	12	0	4	24
3	Southampton Saints	16	9	0	7	18
4	West Ham Hawks	16	8	2	6	18
5	Lea Bridge Cubs	16	8	0	8	16
6	Newcastle Diamonds	16	7	1	8	15
7	Sheffield	16	6	1	9	13
8	Birmingham Bulldogs	16	6	0	10	12
9	Leeds Lions	16	2	0	14	4

Fixtures & results

Leading averages (league only)

Rider	Team	Average
Max Grosskreutz	Norwich	10.89
George Greenwood	Leeds	10.77
Frank Goulden	Southampton	10.19
Charlie Spinks	West Ham	10.11
Frank Hodgson	Hackney	10.06

Provincial Trophy

The 1938 Provincial Trophy was the third edition of the Trophy, which was won by Norwich Stars.

First round

Team one	Team two	scores
Norwich	Hackney	75–33, 44–62 (119–95 agg)
Birmingham	Leeds	61–46, 58–48 (119–94 agg)
Sheffield	Newcastle	68–38, 47–60 (115–98 agg)
Southampton	West Ham Hawks	82–26, 43–63 (125–89 agg)

Semifinals

Team one	Team two	scores
Norwich	Birmingham	72–34, 59–47 (131–81 agg)
Sheffield	Southampton	58–49, 53–53 (111–102 agg)

Final

Team one	Team two	scores
Norwich	Sheffield	74–32, 53–54 (127–86 agg)

English Speedway Trophy

The early season competition was the called the English Speedway Trophy, which involved teams from division2 and the reserve teams of some of the division 1 clubs. The reserve teams were required to ride away fixtures only against the division 2 teams.

Group 1

Group 2

Final

Team one	Team two	scores
Belle Vue Reserves	Southampton	47–36, 38–46 (85–82 agg)

National Trophy

The 1938 National Trophy was the eighth edition of the Knockout Cup. Norwich Stars won the Division 2 Final round and therefore qualified for the quarter finals proper (the round when the tier one sides entered the competition).

First qualifying round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
17/05	Nottingham+	60-48	Hackney Wick+
21/05	Hackney Wick+	59-49	Nottingham+
18/05	Birmingham	77-26	Sheffield
19/05	Sheffield	51-56	Birmingham
23/05	Newcastle	53-55	Norwich
28/05	Norwich	75-33	Newcastle
04/06	Hackney Wick	72-36	Leeds
06/06	Leeds	36-72	Hackney Wick

Nottingham withdrew from league replaced by Leeds resulting in Hackney's result becoming void.

Second qualifying round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
15/06	Birmingham	57.5-49.5	Hackney Wick
18/06	Hackney Wick	66-42	Birmingham
15/06	Southampton	76-30	Norwich
18/06	Norwich	77-31	Southampton

Final

First leg Max Grosskreutz 14 Bert Spencer 14 Wal Morton 14 Bill Bertwell 9 Jock Sweet 8 Dick Wise 7 Wilf Jay 5 Paul Goodchild 1 Doug Wells 8 George Saunders 8 Frank Hodgson 7 Arch Windmill 4 Tommy Bateman 3 Jim Baylais 3 Ken Brett 3 Jack Tidbury 0

Second leg Doug Wells 16 Frank Hodgson 10 Arch Windmill 10 George Saunders 9 Tommy Bateman 9 Jack Tidbury 3 Jim Baylais 1 Ken Brett 0 Wal Morton 12 Bert Spencer 9 Bill Bertwell 8 Max Grosskreutz 6 Alan Smith 6 Jock Sweet 3 Wilf Jay 3 Dick Wise 2

Norwich were the National Trophy Div 2 winners, winning on aggregate 121-94.

Riders & final averages

Birmingham

8.82
8.22
6.28
6.19
5.51
5.39
5.22
5.17
RSA Keith Harvey 4.52
3.30
3.20

Hackney

10.06
9.78
7.74
6.91
6.71
6.48
6.29
6.29
6.27
CAN Charlie Appleby 5.00

Lea Bridge

9.80
8.67
7.20
6.76
6.58
6.48
6.29
5.69

Leeds

10.77
6.00
5.68
5.60
4.76
4.55
4.48
3.33
2.91
2.67

Newcastle

CAN George Pepper 7.94
6.81
CAN Bruce Venier 6.62
CAN Bob Sparks 6.50
6.41
6.35
6.31
CAN Elwood Stillwell 5.07
5.02

Norwich

10.89
8.41
9.42
7.09
6.95
6.29
6.20
5.87
5.25
4.39
3.24

Sheffield

8.88
8.33
8.00
7.46
7.00
6.07
(Horace Burke) 4.27
3.76
3.73
3.05
3.30
2.67
2.55

Southampton

10.19
9.67
8.27
8.17
8.06
6.33
5.33
5.11
4.53
3.30
2.00

West Ham

10.11
9.36
8.98
8.17
6.13
5.38
5.00
3.65
3.47
3.17
3.09

References

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"Year by Year".
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