1949 Speedway National League

Summary

Birmingham Brummies joined the league and the Anniversary (League) Cup was discontinued or the teams would have met each other six times in the league. Wembley Lions won the National League for the fourth time.

Final table

Fixtures & results

A fixtures

B fixtures

C fixtures

Top Ten Riders (League only)

National Trophy Stage Three

The 1949 National Trophy was the 12th edition of the Knockout Cup. The Trophy consisted of three stages; stage one was for the third division clubs, stage two was for the second division clubs and stage three was for the top-tier clubs. The winner of stage one would qualify for stage two and the winner of stage two would qualify for the third and final stage. Belle Vue Aces won the third and final stage and were therefore declared the 1949 National Trophy champions.

• For Stage One - see Stage One
• For Stage Two - see Stage Two

First round

Second round

Semifinals

Final

First leg Ron Mason 17 Jack Parker 16 Bruce Semmens 11 Louis Lawson 10 Dent Oliver 7 Charles Cullum 8 Bob Harrison 5 George Smith 5 Aub Lawson 14 Malcolm Craven 6 Kid Curtis 3 Howdy Byford 3 Cliff Watson 2 Trevor Davies 2 Reg Fearman 0 Wally Green 0

Second leg Aub Lawson 15 Malcolm Craven 9 Cliff Watson 5 Kid Curtis 4 Howdy Byford 4 Wally Green 4 Reg Fearman 4 Frank Bettis 0 Louis Lawson 16 Jack Parker 15 Charles Cullum 10 Dent Oliver 6 Ron Mason 5 Bruce Semmens 5 Ken Sharples 3 Bob Harrison 2

Belle Vue were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 140–76.

London Cup

First round

Semi final round

Final

First leg Bill Kitchen 14 Bill Gilbert 11 Tommy Price 9 Split Waterman 8 George Wilks 7 Aub Lawson 18 Cliff Watson 8 Malcolm Craven 7 Wally Green 7

Second leg Aub Lawson 9 Howdy Byford 8 Cliff Watson 7 Kid Curtis 6 Malcolm Craven 6 Tommy Price 17 Bill Kitchen 16 George Wilks 11 Split Waterman 7 Freddie Williams 6 Bob Wells 6

Wembley won on aggregate 124–92

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

• 10.12
• 9.60
• 7.95
• 6.17
• 5.96
• 5.75
• 5.72
• 5.68
• 5.41
• 5.36
• 4.10
• RSA Henry Long 3.43

Birmingham

• 10.21
• 9.86
• 7.02
• 6.14
• 5.94
• 4.40
• 4.18
• 3.09
• 3.02
• 2.91
• 2.24

Harringay

• 10.65
• 6.83
• 6.63
• 5.77
• 5.03
• 4.97
• 4.68
• 4.06
• 3.79
• 3.11

New Cross

• 8.60
• 8.02
• 7.86
• 7.58
• 7.19
• 6.47
• 6.12
• 5.77
• 5.17
• 3.58

Odsal

• 8.79
• 8.73
• 8.31
• 7.93
• 7.74
• 6.68
• 3.61
• 3.58
• 1.16

Wembley

• 9.24
• 9.10
• 8.20
• 7.40
• 5.80
• 7.60
• 6.59
• 5.05
• 5.69
• 2.82
• 2.67
• 2.60
• 2.57

West Ham

• 9.57
• 8.00
• 7.98
• 6.71
• CAN Eric Chitty 6.09
• 5.30
• 4.53
• 3.84
• 3.93
• 1.71

Wimbledon

• 9.35
• 7.71
• 7.10
• 7.04
• CAN Jimmie Gibb 6.98
• 4.00
• 3.17
• 2.87
• 2.75
• 2.67
• 2.18
• 2.00

References

References

1. "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
2. "Year by Year".
3. Rogers, Martin. (1978). "The Illustrated History of Speedway". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
4. "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - POST-WAR ERA (1946-1964)".
5. "1949 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
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8. "1949 National Trophy". Speedway archive.
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10. (7 October 1949). "Byford beats Price". Daily News (London).
11. (12 October 1949). "Wembley triumph in final of London Speedway Cup". Daily Herald.