Surf Wiki
Save to docs
general/southern-area-league

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1957 Southern Area League

British motorcycle speedway season

British motorcycle speedway season

FieldValue
competitionSouthern Area League
competitors4
domesticcup1Champions
domesticcup1 winnersRayleigh II/Southern Rovers
domesticcup2Riders' Championship
domesticcup2 winnersLeo McAuliffe
league aboveNational League
prevseason1956
nextseason1959

The 1957 Southern Area League was the fourth season of the Southern Area League but the first as the regional second tier of speedway racing in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams.

Summary

California Poppies were no longer competitors with the promotion and nickname moving to Aldershot. The Southern Rovers team who had been without a track in the previous season had found a new home at Rayleigh and were also referred to as Rayleigh II.

Southern Rovers were the champions.

Final table

PosTeamPLWDLPts
1Rayleigh II/Southern Rovers1280416
2Eastbourne Eagles1260612
3Rye House Roosters1250710
4Aldershot Poppies1250710

Fixtures & results

A fixtures

B fixtures

Leading Averages

RiderTeamC.M.A.
1Gerry KingRye House
2Jim HeardEastbourne
3Frank BettisEastbourne
4Colin GooddyRayleigh/Southern Rovers
5Ross GilbertsonAldershot

Riders' Championship

Leo McAuliffe won the Riders' Championship for the second successive season. The final was held at Arlington Stadium on 29 September. Remarkably McAuliffe and Maury Conway dead heated in the run off to decide the champion after both riders finished on 13 points. A second run off was required in which McAuliffe won by a wheel. The winning trophy was presented by Barry Briggs.

Pos.width=180pxRiderwidth=200pxClubwidth=50pxPts
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17

Riders & final averages

Aldershot

  • Ross Gilbertson 8.57
  • Ron Walton 8.30
  • Pete Mold 8.00
  • Jimmy Gleed 7.00
  • Pat Flanagan 6.86
  • Ron Webb 5.91
  • Phil Sheppard 5.50
  • John Day 5.45
  • Ted Spittles 3.20

Eastbourne

  • Frank Bettis 10.67
  • Jimmy Heard 7.00
  • Leo McAuliffe 6.00
  • Reg Davies 5.71
  • Dave Collett 5.60
  • John Dugard 4.00
  • Jim Preddy 1.67
  • Les Searle 1.33
  • Bob Warner 1.00

Rye House

  • Gerry King 10.75
  • Bobby Croombs 10.00
  • Dave Still 8.33
  • Jim Chalkley 7.20
  • Dave Slater 4.60
  • Alan Lunn 4.33
  • Ronnie Rolfe 3.64
  • Brian Brett 3.29
  • Ernie Baker 3.20
  • Ivan Mauger 2.22
  • Colin Pratt 1.33

Rayleigh II/Southern Rovers

  • Colin Gooddy 9.00
  • Leo McAuliffe 9.00
  • Stan Clark 8.46
  • Vic Hall 8.40
  • Brian Meredith 7.50
  • Tommy Sweetman 7.17
  • Eric Ebbs 7.45
  • Eric Eadon 5.00
  • Alan Pearce 5.00
  • Mike Lawrence 5.00
  • Pat McKenzie 4.80
  • Neil Roberts 4.00
  • Tony Eadon 1.60

References

References

  1. "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. "1957 League Tables".
  3. "1957 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
  4. "1957 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
  5. "Southern Area League 1957 averages".
  6. (2 October 1957). "Double run off sensation at Arlington". Eastbourne Gazette.
  7. "Southern Area League Riders Championship".
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

southern-area-league 1957-in-speedway
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1957 Southern Area League — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report