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1947 Speedway National League Division Two

British motorcycle speedway season

Field	Value
competition	National League Division Two
competitors	8
domesticcup1	Champions
domesticcup1 winners	Middlesbrough Bears
domesticcup2	National Trophy
(Div 2)
domesticcup2 winners	Middlesbrough Bears
domesticcup3	British Cup Div 2
domesticcup3 winners	Sheffield Tigers
highestaverage	Jeff Lloyd
league above	National League (Div 1)
leagues below	National League (Div 3)
prevseason	1946
nextseason	1948

(Div 2)

The 1947 National League Division Two was the second post-war season of the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain. In the previous season, the league was known as the Northern League but the addition of Bristol Bulldogs and a third tier saw the name revert to the one used 8 years previously.

As well as Bristol Bulldogs, Wigan Warriors were new entrants bringing the total teams to 8. Middlesbrough Bears won the title. In fact the entire top five were unchanged from the previous season.

Norwich Stars 38-year-old rider Cyril Anderson died instantly on 16 August, during a best pairs event at Norwich. Anderson was leading when he skidded and was hit by a rider from behind Remarkably another rider died the same day, 27-year-old Wembley rider Nelson 'Bronco' Wilson received fatal injuries in a National Trophy match.

Final Table Division Two

Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
1	Middlesbrough Bears	28	20	0	8	40
2	Sheffield Tigers	28	17	2	9	36
3	Norwich Stars	28	16	0	12	32
4	Birmingham Brummies	28	14	0	14	28
5	Newcastle Diamonds	28	12	2	14	26
6	Bristol Bulldogs	28	11	0	17	22
7	Wigan Warriors	28	9	2	17	20
8	Glasgow Tigers	28	10	0	18	20

Fixtures & results

A fixtures

B fixtures

British Speedway Cup (Div 2)

The British Speedway Cup for Division Two was run in a league format. Sheffield Tigers came out on top.

Final table

Pos	Team	PL	W	L	Pts
1	Sheffield Tigers	14	11	3	22
2	Middlesbrough Bears	14	9	5	18
3	Norwich Stars	14	7	7	14
4	Wigan Warriors	14	7	7	14
5	Newcastle Diamonds	14	6	8	12
6	Bristol Bulldogs	14	6	8	12
7	Glasgow Tigers	14	5	9	10
8	Birmingham Brummies	14	5	9	10

Top five riders (league only)

Rider	Nat	Team	C.M.A.
1	Jeff Lloyd	ENG	Newcastle
2=	Stan Williams	ENG	Sheffield
2=	Bert Spencer	AUS	Norwich
4	Frank Hodgson	ENG	Middlesbrough
5	Kid Curtis	ENG	Middlesbrough

National Trophy

The 1947 Division 2 National Trophy (sponsored by the Daily Mail) was the Knockout Cup for Division 2 teams. Middlesbrough and Norwich qualified for the quarter finals of the main National Trophy by virtue of finishing 1st & 2nd.

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
13/06	Bristol	62–45	Wigan
07/06	Wigan	73–34	Bristol
04/06	Glasgow White City	60–46	Newcastle
02/06	Newcastle	63–45	Glasgow White City
12/06	Middlesbrough	81–27	Birmingham
07/06	Birmingham	50–57	Middlesbrough
12/06	Sheffield	57–51	Norwich
07/06	Norwich	60–47	Sheffield

Semifinals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
03/07	Middlesbrough	73–34	Wigan
28/06	Wigan	45–63	Middlesbrough
30/06	Newcastle	56–52	Norwich
28/06/	Norwich	63–44	Newcastle

Final

First leg Frank Hodgson 16 Wilf Plant 14 Kid Curtis 13 Jack Hodgson 9 Ed Pye 7 Geoff Godwin 7 Bill Wilson 2 Herby King 0 Phil Clarke 15 Geoff Revett 7 Jack Freeman 5 Ted Bravery 4 Paddy Mills 3 Cyril Anderson 2 Paddy Hammond 1 Len Read 1 Second leg Paddy Mills 15 Jack Freeman 12 Paddy Hammond 8 Ted Bravery 6 Cyril Anderson 4 Phil Clarke 4 Len Read 0 Geoff Revett 0 Frank Hodgson 13 Kid Curtis 13 Wilf Plant 12 Herby King 6 Jack Hodgson 5 Geoff Godwin 5 Ed Pye 2 Bill Wilson 2

Middlesbrough were National Trophy Division 2 Champions, winning on aggregate 127–88.

Riders & final averages

Birmingham

8.65
7.93
7.54
6.91
6.46
6.00
5.83
5.54
5.24
5.14
4.81
3.80
2.77
1.00

Bristol

9.50
8.06
7.27
6.86
6.25
5.89
5.67
5.25
4.28
3.76

Glasgow

9.28
7.76
6.62
6.29
5.91
5.49
5.41
5.27
4.74
4.55
3.92
3.43
2.88

Middlesbrough

10.14
9.86
9.54
7.49
6.67
6.57
5.67
5.04
4.34

Newcastle

10.67
8.99
8.75
8.54
6.59
4.78
4.00
2.83
2.00
1.63
1.14
0.71

Norwich

10.40
(Horace Burke) 8.43
7.38
6.98
6.86
6.36
6.27
6.15
5.73
5.19
4.41
4.27

Sheffield

10.40
9.11
8.83
8.63
7.42
6.40
6.24
6.00
5.27
4.50
4.41

Wigan

9.38
7.69
6.81
5.79
5.72
5.43
4.97
3.80
3.66
2.84

References

"Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
"Year by Year".
Rogers, Martin. (1978). "The Illustrated History of Speedway". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
"BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - POST-WAR ERA (1946-1964)".
(17 August 1947). "Another Speedway rider killed". Weekly Dispatch (London).
(16 August 1947). "Cricket for a Kiddies' Fund". Nottingham Evening Post.
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(18 July 1947). "Middlesbrough Speedway win". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer.
"Norwich 1947 results".
(20 July 1947). "New Cross Speed Triumph". Weekly Dispatch (London).

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