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1961 Speedway National League

British motorcycle speedway season

Field	Value
competition	National League
competitors	10
domesticcup1	Champions
domesticcup1 winners	Wimbledon Dons
domesticcup2	National Trophy
domesticcup2 winners	Southampton Saints
highestaverage	Ove Fundin
leagues below	1961 Provincial League
prevseason	1960
nextseason	1962

The 1961 National League was the 27th season and the sixteenth post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.

Summary

The entry list was identical to the previous year and although Wimbledon Dons won their seventh title in eight years, it would be their last.

Final table

Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
1	Wimbledon Dons	18	15	0	3	30
2	Southampton Saints	18	13	2	3	28
3	Coventry Bees	18	10	1	7	21
4	Belle Vue Aces	18	10	0	8	20
5	Swindon Robins	18	8	0	10	16
6	Ipswich Witches	18	7	1	10	15
7	Norwich Stars	18	7	0	11	14
8	New Cross Rangers	18	7	0	11	14
9	Oxford Cheetahs	18	6	1	11	13
10	Leicester Hunters	18	4	1	13	9

Fixtures and results

Top ten averages (league only)

Rider	Nat	Team	C.M.A.
1	Ove Fundin	SWE	Norwich
2	Ronnie Moore	NZL	Wimbledon
3	Peter Craven	ENG	Belle Vue
4	Björn Knutson	SWE	Southampton
5	Arne Pander	DEN	Oxford
6	Barry Briggs	NZL	Southampton
7	Ron How	ENG	Wimbledon
8	Ron Johnston	NZL	Belle Vue
9	Ken McKinlay	SCO	Leicester
10	Bob Duckworth	NZL	Belle Vue

National Trophy

The 1961 National Trophy was the 23rd edition of the Knockout Cup. Southampton were the winners.

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
15/06	Oxford	43-40	Southampton
13/06	Southampton	58-26	Oxford
10/06	Belle Vue	55-28	New Cross
07/06	New Cross	46-37	Belle Vue

Second round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
17/08	Ipswich	44-40	Coventry
09/08	Norwich	43-40	Swindon
08/08	Southampton	52-32	Belle Vue
29/07	Belle Vue	47-37	Southampton
24/07	Wimbledon	46-38	Norwich
22/07	Norwich	52-32	Wimbledon
22/07	Swindon	66-18	Leicester
21/07	Leicester	38-45	Swindon

Semifinals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
09/09	Swindon	56-28	Norwich
29/08	Southampton	57-27	Coventry
26/08	Coventry	49-35	Southampton
09/08	Norwich	43-40	Swindon

Final

First leg Björn Knutson 15 Barry Briggs 14 Dick Bradley 9 Alby Golden 6 Peter Vandenberg 4 Cyril Roger 4 Chum Taylor 3 Tadeusz Teodorowicz 7 Neil Street 6 Ian Williams 5 Brian Brett 4 George White 4 Mike Broadbank 2 Brian Meredith 1 Second leg Tadeusz Teodorowicz 9 Mike Broadbank 8 George White 8 Brian Meredith 5 Ian Williams 4 Brian Brett 4 Neil Street 3 Björn Knutson 15 Barry Briggs 13 Chum Taylor 8 Peter Vandenberg 4 Dick Bradley 3 Cyril Roger 0 Alby Golden 0

Southampton were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 98–70.

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

10.95
10.00
9.48
7.30
5.90
3.60
3.25
3.21
2.67
2.00

Coventry

7.84
7.73
7.44
6.00
5.97
5.10
4.00
4.15

Ipswich

8.90
8.39
6.36
6.34
5.85
5.07
RSA Trevor Blokdyk 4.12
4.00
2.29

Leicester

9.57
6.92
6.47
5.39
5.33
4.12
3.24
2.72
RSA Neil Mortimer 2.61

New Cross

8.06
8.00
RSA Doug Davies 6.96
6.54
6.44
6.17
4.96
4.00
4.33
3.75

Norwich

11.51
7.77
7.67
5.48
4.80
4.37
3.90
3.45
2.50
2.40
0.00

Oxford

10.60
8.72
8.16
6.56
5.33
5.27
3.72
3.48
1.85
1.68

Southampton

10.79
10.13
8.80
7.83
6.73
5.59
5.00
4.55
4.29

Swindon

7.83
7.82
7.52
6.96
6.22
6.00
6.00
5.39
4.85
1.00

Wimbledon

11.17
10.05
9.04
7.33
7.17
7.14
5.58
5.10
0.00

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)".
"1961 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
"1961 National Trophy". Speedway archive.
"1961 National Trophy".

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