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1950 Speedway National League Division Two

British motorcycle speedway season

Field	Value
competition	National League Division Two
competitors	15
domesticcup1	Champions
domesticcup1 winners	Norwich Stars
domesticcup2	National Trophy
(Div 2 final)
domesticcup2 winners	Halifax Dukes
domesticcup3	Northern Shield
domesticcup3 winners	Halifax Dukes
domesticcup4	Southern Shield
domesticcup4 winners	Cradley Heath
highest average	Jack Young
league above	National League (Div 1)
leagues below	National League (Div 3)
prevseason	1949
nextseason	1951

(Div 2 final)

The 1950 National League Division Two was the fifth post-war season of the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.

Summary

The League was extended again to 15 teams with the promotion from Division Three of Halifax Dukes, Plymouth, Yarmouth and Hanley. Bristol Bulldogs, champions for the previous two seasons, moved up to Division One.

Norwich Stars claimed the league title by a single point, while Halifax and Cradley Heath claimed the early season Northern and Southern Shields respectively, the latter on points difference.

On 1 July 1950, two riders were killed on the same night. Jock Shead riding for Halifax Dukes was killed at The Firs Stadium, (the third rider in four years to be killed at the track) during the semi-final of the National Trophy. Shead's bike collided with another bike and he somersaulted before landing, he was take to hospital but died shortly afterwards. A second rider was killed on the same night in a division 1 fixture.

Final table

Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
1	Norwich Stars	28	18	1	9	37
2	Glasgow Tigers	28	18	0	10	36
3	Cradley Heath Heathens	28	18	0	10	36
4	Coventry Bees	28	16	0	12	32
5	Walthamstow Wolves	28	16	0	12	32
6	Halifax Dukes	28	16	0	12	32
7	Southampton Saints	28	14	1	13	29
8	Edinburgh Monarchs	28	14	1	13	29
9	Plymouth Devils	28	13	0	15	26
10	Sheffield Tars	28	13	0	15	26
11	Ashfield Giants	28	12	0	16	24
12	Yarmouth Bloaters	28	12	0	16	24
13	Newcastle Diamonds	28	10	0	18	20
14	Hanley Potters	28	9	2	17	20
15	Fleetwood Flyers	28	8	1	19	17

Fixtures & results

Top Five Riders (League only)

Rider	Nat	Team	C.M.A.
1	Jack Young	AUS	Edinburgh
2	Arthur Forrest	ENG	Halifax
3	Alan Hunt	ENG	Cradley Heath
4	Bob Oakley	ENG	Southampton
5	Phil Clarke	ENG	Norwich

National Trophy Stage Two

The 1950 National Trophy was the 13th 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. Halifax won stage two and therefore qualified for stage three.

For Stage One - see Stage One
For Stage Three - see Stage Three

Second Division Qualifying First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
26/05	Halifax	71-37	Oxford
25/05	Oxford	68-40	Halifax
27/05	Coventry	64-44	Newcastle
29/05	Newcastle	62-45	Coventry
27/05	Norwich	63-44	Fleetwood
31/05	Fleetwood	48-59	Norwich
31/05	Glasgow White City	70-38	Stoke Hanley
27/05	Stoke Hanley	65-43	Glasgow White City
30/05	Ashfield Giants	61-47	Cradley Heath
29/05	Cradley Heath	60-47	Ashfield Giants
26/05	Sheffield	77-31	Plymouth
25/05	Plymouth	56-51	Sheffield
30/05	Yarmouth	57-50	Walthamstow
29/05	Walthamstow	66-42	Yarmouth
30/05	Southampton	62-46	Edinburgh
27/05	Edinburgh	48-60	Southampton

Second Division Qualifying Second round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
10/06	Coventry	53-53	Halifax
09/06	Halifax	68-40	Coventry
10/06	Norwich	78-30	Glasgow White City
07/06	Glasgow White City	70-38	Norwich
20/06	Ashfield Giants	63-44	Sheffield
09/06	Sheffield	57-51	Ashfield Giants
20/06	Southampton	59-49	Walthamstow
19/06	Walthamstow	67-41	Southampton

Second Division Qualifying semifinals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
01/07	Norwich	58-50	Halifax
30/06	Halifax	69-39	Norwich
04/07	Ashfield Giants	67-41	Walthamstow
26/06	Walthamstow	66-41	Ashfield Giants

Second Division Qualifying final

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
11/07	Ashfield Giants	58-50	Halifax
14/07	Halifax	64-43	Ashfield Giants

First leg Ken Le Breton 16 Merv Harding 12 Bruce Semmens 9 Willie Wilson 7 Keith Gurtner 7 Ron Hart 4 Bill Baird 3 Bob Lovell 0 Arthur Forrest 12 Vic Emms 12 Al Allison 8 Dyson Harper 8 Jack Hughes 6 Ray Johnson 3 Jack Dawson 1 Bill Crosland 0 Second leg Arthur Forrest 15 Vic Emms 11 Al Allison 11 Jack Hughes 9 Dyson Harper 7 Bill Crosland 6 Jack Dawson 4 Ray Johnson 1 Ken Le Breton 17 Merv Harding 9 Bruce Semmens 7 Keith Gurtner 5 Willie Wilson 3 Ron Hart 2 Bill Baird 0 Bob Lovell 0

Shields

Southern Shield

Team	PL	W	L	Pts
Cradley Heath	12	8	4	16
Coventry	12	8	4	16
Walthamstow	12	7	5	14
Plymouth	12	6	6	12
Norwich	12	5	7	10
Southampton	12	4	8	8
Yarmouth	12	4	8	8

Northern Shield

Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
Halifax	14	10	0	4	20
Ashfield	14	9	0	5	18
Edinburgh	14	8	1	5	17
Hanley	14	8	1	5	17
Newcastle	14	6	0	8	12
Sheffield	14	6	0	8	12
Glasgow	14	4	0	10	8
Fleetwood	14	4	0	10	8

Team and averages

Ashfield

9.56
8.61
7.68
5.91
5.10
6.28
4.72
2.92
2.91
2.81
2.42
2.36
2.33

Coventry

8.94
8.93
7.78
7.70
7.59
7.15
5.74
4.41
3.92

Cradley Heath

10.44
7.75
7.26
7.25
6.97
6.93
6.52
5.94
5.33
5.14
4.67
4.35
3.00

Edinburgh

11.24
8.68
8.00
7.09
5.49
5.41
4.76
4.42
4.27
3.79
3.02

Fleetwood

7.60
7.05
6.45
6.00
5.87
5.69
4.27
3.20
2.80
2.92

Glasgow

9.78
8.68
7.57
7.06
6.87
6.84
6.74
6.29
6.03
5.58
2.26

Halifax

11.00
9.61
8.40
7.04
6.76
6.58
5.03
4.20
3.79
3.57
0.47

Hanley

7.11
7.01
6.44
6.34
6.22
5.41
5.04
4.86
4.00

Newcastle

9.79
9.67
7.11
6.10
5.60
5.59
5.56
5.37
4.24
4.00
4.00

Norwich

9.91
(Horace Burke) 7.76
8.98
7.46
6.95
6.46
6.42
5.50
5.19
4.16

Plymouth

9.48
8.68
8.32
6.27
5.68
5.59
5.17
4.96
2.46
2.19

Sheffield

8.04
7.53
7.36
7.28
6.75
6.46
6.36
6.22
5.60
4.88
3.33
2.93
0.73

Southampton

10.43
8.42
8.36
8.23
6.58
6.58
5.90
5.33
5.31
5.00
2.48
2.00

Walthamstow

8.76
7.92
7.40
7.08
6.70
7.93
6.11
5.74
4.90
4.87
3.56

Yarmouth

7.11
7.00
6.75
6.41
5.90
5.66
5.28
4.74
4.73
2.09

References

"Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
"Speedway Researcher".
(20 May 1950). "Halifax Win Speedway Shield". Edinburgh Evening News.
(7 June 1950). "Cradley Beaten, Bu Made certain of Shield". Wolverhampton Express and Star.
(2 July 1950). "Two Riders Killed". Weekly Dispatch (London).
"1950 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
"1950 National Trophy". Speedway archive.
(12 July 1950). "Thrills, spills and a record as Giants beat Dukes". Daily Record.
(15 July 1950). "Halifax Win". Daily Record.
"1950 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
"1950 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.

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