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1951 Speedway National League

British speedway season

Field	Value
competition	National League Division One
competitors	9
domesticcup1	Champions
domesticcup1 winners	Wembley Lions
domesticcup2	National Trophy
domesticcup2 winners	Wimbledon Dons
domesticcup3	London Cup
domesticcup3 winners	Wembley Lions
highestaverage	Aub Lawson
leagues below	National League (Div 2)
National League (Div 3)
prevseason	1950
nextseason	1952

National League (Div 3)

The 1951 National League Division One was the 17th season of speedway in the United Kingdom and the sixth post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.

Summary

The entrants were the same as the previous season as were the top three positions at the end of the season. Wembley Lions won the National League for the sixth time.

Final table

Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
1	Wembley Lions	32	25	0	7	50
2	Belle Vue Aces	32	19	1	12	39
3	Wimbledon Dons	32	17	1	14	35
4	West Ham Hammers	32	16	1	15	33
5	Birmingham Brummies	32	16	0	16	32
6	Bristol Bulldogs	32	15	1	16	31
7	Harringay Racers	32	15	1	16	31
8	New Cross Rangers	32	9	1	22	19
9	Bradford Tudors	32	9	0	23	18

Fixtures & results

A fixtures

B fixtures

Top Ten Riders (League only)

Rider	Nat	Team	C.M.A.
1	Aub Lawson	AUS	West Ham
2	Ronnie Moore	NZL	Wimbledon
3	Freddie Williams	WAL	Wembley
4	Alan Hunt	ENG	Birmingham
5	Norman Parker	ENG	Wimbledon
6	Eddie Rigg	ENG	Bradford
7	Malcolm Craven	ENG	West Ham
8	Split Waterman	ENG	Harringay
9	Jack Parker	ENG	Belle Vue
10	Geoff Pymar	ENG	Bristol

National Trophy Stage Three

The 1951 National Trophy was the 14th 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. Wimbledon won the third and final stage and were therefore declared the 1951 National Trophy champions.

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

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
10/08	Bristol	74-34	Norwich
20/08	Norwich	75-33	Bristol
07/08	West Ham	72-35	Bradford Odsal
25/08	Bradford Odsal	43-65	West Ham

Second round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
05/09	Belle Vue	46-62	Wembley
09/08	Wembley	52-55	Belle Vue
11/08	Birmingham	55-53	Wimbledon
20/08	Wimbledon	64-44	Birmingham
25/08	Norwich	63-45	Harringay
24/08	Harringay	65-42	Norwich
04/09	West Ham	62-46	New Cross
29/08	New Cross	65-43	West Ham

Semifinals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
04/10	Wembley	78-29	New Cross
26/09	New Cross	53-55	Wembley
03/09	Wimbledon	65-43	Harringay
07/09	Harringay	40-68	Wimbledon

Final

First leg Ronnie Moore 15 Dennis Gray 15 Norman Parker 9 Cyril Brine 6 Ernie Roccio 3 Mike Erskine 3 Reg Trott 3 Jimmy Gibb 1 Eric Williams 11 Tommy Price 8 Bob Oakley 7 Freddie Williams 7 Bruce Abernethy 5 George Wilks 6 Bill Kitchen 3 Jimmy Gooch 3

Second leg Eric Williams 8 Bill Kitchen 6 Bob Oakley 6 Freddie Williams 5 George Wilks 5 Jimmy Gooch 5 Bruce Abernethy 4 Tommy Price 2 Dennis Gray 18 Ronnie Moore 14 Ernie Roccio 13 Cyril Brine 11 Norman Parker 7 Jimmy Gibb 2 Reg Trott 1 Mike Erskine 1

Wimbledon were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 125–91.

London Cup

First round

Team one	Score	Team two
Wimbledon	55–51, 44–64	Wembley
Walthamstow	53–55, 29–78	West Ham

Semi final round

Team one	Score	Team two
West Ham	57–51, 42–65	Harringay
New Cross	45–63, 38–70	Wembley

Final

First leg Eric Williams 12 Bruce Abernethy 9 Tommy Price 9 Bob Oakley 8 Freddie Williams 6 George Wilks 6 Bill Kitchen 5 Jimmy Gooch 3 Olle Nygren 17 Jack Biggs 15 Jeff Lloyd 6 Ron How 4 Maurice McDermott 2 Jimmy Squibb 2 Danny Dunton 2 Nobby Stock 1

Second leg Olle Nygren 16 Split Waterman 15 Jack Biggs 6 Ron How 4 Nobby Stock 3 Cliff Watson 3 Jeff Lloyd 2 Jimmy Squibb 0 Eric Williams 11 Bruce Abernethy 10 Freddie Williams 9 Tommy Price 8 Bob Oakley 7 Jimmy Gooch 6 George Wilks 4 Bill Kitchen 4

Wembley won on aggregate 118–98

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

9.03
7.84
7.66
7.46
RSA Henry Long 7.23
6.03
5.61
4.54
3.48
2.89
RSA Bob Serrurier 1.60

Birmingham

9.75
8.17
7.92
7.33
6.20
6.00
4.95
4.52
(James Goldingay) 4.04
4.50
2.12
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Bradford

9.29
7.04
6.00
4.88
4.74
4.59
4.15
3.92
3.69
3.65

Bristol

8.94
8.80
7.05
6.80
5.90
5.28
5.51
5.07
2.22

Harringay

9.07
8.31
8.13
8.29
6.39
5.91
5.45
5.09
4.75
4.10
4.00

New Cross

8.82
8.38
8.05
6.45
6.27
4.90
3.76
3.73
3.64
3.62
2.18
1.67
1.50
0.67

Wembley

9.76
8.36
8.27
8.11
7.62
7.53
7.06
5.74
2.94
2.67

West Ham

10.31
9.25
7.92
CAN Eric Chitty 7.05
5.30
5.27
5.00
3.41
2.86
1.43
1.40

Wimbledon

9.95
9.56
8.31
6.97
6.74
CAN Jimmie Gibb 5.18
3.79
3.65
3.00
1.44

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)".
"1951 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
"1951 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
"1951 National Trophy". Speedway archive.
"1951 National Trophy".
(15 September 1951). "Wembley's Cup Final Win". Daily Herald.

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