1929_Speedway_Southern_League

1929 Speedway Southern League

1929 Speedway Southern League

English motorcycle speedway league season

The 1929 Southern League was the inaugural season of motorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams.[1] There was also a Northern League called the 1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League that started during the same year.[2][3]

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Summary

Stamford Bridge were crowned as the first champions,[4] just two points ahead of Southampton Saints.[5] Birmingham Hall Green withdrew after 7 meetings and their record was expunged.[6]

Final table

Pos Team PL W D L Pts
1 Stamford Bridge 20 17 0 3 34
2 Southampton Saints 20 16 0 4 32
3 Coventry 20 14 0 6 28
4 Crystal Palace Glaziers 20 11 0 9 22
5 Wembley Lions 20 11 0 9 22
6 West Ham Hammers 20 8 0 12 16
7 White City 20 8 0 12 16
8 Harringay Canaries 20 7 0 13 14
9 Birmingham (Perry Barr) 20 7 0 13 14
10 Lea Bridge 20 6 0 14 12
11 Wimbledon Dons 20 5 0 15 10

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Withdrawal (Record expunged) : Birmingham Hall Green

Top Five Riders

Team C.M.A.
1 Johnny Lloyd Hall Green 10.80
2 Jack Parker Coventry 10.76
3 Gus Kuhn Stamford Bridge 10.28
4 Jim Kempster Wimbledon Dons 10.00
5 Colin Watson White City 9.81

Riders

Birmingham Hall Green (withdrew)

  • Tommy Cross
  • Johnny Lloyd
  • Cyril Locke
  • George Povey
  • Bill Stanley
  • Cyril Taft
  • Bunny Wilcox

Birmingham (Perry Barr)

  • Bill Ashcroft
  • Georg Britt
  • Norman Burton
  • Joe Dallison
  • Joe Hassall
  • Johnny Lloyd
  • Wally Lloyd
  • Les Patrick
  • Tim Reid
  • Arthur Johnson
  • Geoff Siddaway

Coventry

Crystal Palace

  • Jack Barrett
  • Bryan Donkin
  • Joe Francis
  • Wally Harris
  • George Lovick
  • Triss Sharp
  • Arthur Willmott

Harringay

  • Dicky Bird
  • Lou Burger
  • Bill Crouch
  • Will Dennis
  • Bert Gerrish
  • Alf Medcalf
  • Ray Parsons
  • Reg Pointer
  • Eric Spencer
  • Stan Spencer

Lea Bridge

  • Frank Bond
  • Tommy Croombs
  • Roy Dook
  • Stew Fairbairn
  • Alf Foulds
  • Alf Merrell
  • Harold Osment
  • Eric Parry
  • Alec Slow
  • Jimmy Stevens

Southampton

  • Cecil Bounds
  • Vic Collins
  • Tommy Cullis
  • Don Durant
  • Clarrie Eldridge
  • Eric Lister
  • Jimmy Hayes
  • Jimmy Pink
  • Ernie Rickman
  • Col Stewart
  • Albert Wakerley

Stamford Bridge

Wembley

  • Stan Catlett
  • Vic Deale
  • Bert Fairweather
  • Buster Frogley
  • Ron Hieatt
  • Jack Jackson
  • Nobby Key
  • Jack Ormston
  • Len Reeve
  • Crawley Rous

West Ham

White City

  • Dicky Bird
  • Hilary Buchanan
  • Larry Coffey
  • Clem Cort
  • Harold Crook
  • Frank Ewen
  • Del Forster
  • Fred Hore
  • Colin Watson

Wimbledon

  • Cecil Brown
  • Sid Chambers
  • Dudley Cox
  • Les Dearth
  • Jim Kempster
  • Jack Kidwell
  • Fred Osborne
  • Alf Sawford
  • Mart Sieffert
  • Eddie Slade-Jones
  • Jimmy Stevens
  • Alf Summersby
  • Rube Sonny Wilson

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References

  1. [1]
    Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 129. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  2. [2]
    "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  3. [3]
    "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939)". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. [4]
    "On the Speedway". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 23 September 1929. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. [5]
    Storey, Basil (1948) The Story of Speedway, WDS, p. 5
  6. [6]
    "Speedway Teams UK 1929-1934". Cyber Motorcycle. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
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