1930_Speedway_Southern_League

1930 Speedway Southern League

1930 Speedway Southern League

British speedway league season

The 1930 Southern League was the second season of speedway in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams.[1] The Northern teams also had their second season known as the 1930 Speedway Northern League.[2][3]

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Summary

White City had left the league but 3 new teams - High Beech, Leicester Stadium and Nottingham - joined. The Wembley Lions won their first title. Birmingham Brummies (Perry Barr) withdrew after 4 meetings and their record was expunged[4][5]

Final table

Pos Team PL W D L Pts
1 Wembley Lions 24 20 1 3 41
2 Southampton Saints 24 17 1 6 35
3 Stamford Bridge Pensioners 24 16 1 7 33
4 Wimbledon Dons 24 16 1 7 33
5 Hall Green Bulldogs 24 13 1 10 27
6 Coventry 24 13 1 10 27
7 Crystal Palace Glaziers 24 11 1 12 23
8 Lea Bridge 24 10 1 13 21
9 West Ham Hammers 24 10 0 14 20
10 Leicester Stadium 24 8 1 15 17
11 High Beech 24 8 0 16 16
12 Harringay Canaries 24 7 0 17 14
13 Nottingham 24 2 1 21 5

Withdrawal (Record expunged) : Birmingham (Perry Barr)

Top Five Riders

Team C.M.A.
1 Vic Huxley Harringay 10.55
2 Jack Parker Coventry 10.34
3 Jack Ormston Wembley 10.29
4 Colin Watson Harringay/Wembley 10.15
5 Billy Dallison Hall Green 10.07

London Cup

The 1930 London Cup was the inaugural competition for teams from the London area. Wembley were the winners.[6]

First round

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Semi final round

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Final

First leg

More information WembleyColin Watson 10Harry Whitfield 10Jack Ormston 9George Greenwood 8Norman Evans 6Buster Frogley 6Wally Kilmister 5Tiger Sanderson 5, 59–37 ...

Second leg

More information Stamford BridgeWal Phillips 11 Arthur Warwick 11Gus Kuhn 8Fred Ralph 6 Don Boswell 5Nick Nicol 3Les Blakebrough 3Colin Ford 2 Ernie Mayne 0, 49–46 ...
Attendance: 47,000

Wembley won on aggregate 105–83

Riders & final averages

Birmingham

Coventry

  • Jack Parker 10.34
  • Tom Farndon 8.30
  • Norman Parker 7.25
  • Arthur Tims 6.56
  • Wilmot Evans 5.78
  • John Deeley 5.71
  • Bill Stanley 5.68
  • Lew Lancaster 4.63
  • Cecil Walker 4.57
  • George Allbrook 2.91

Crystal Palace

Hall Green

  • Billy Dallison 10.07
  • Harry Taft 7.84
  • Bunny Wilcox 7.17
  • Reg Hutchins 6.93
  • Cyril Taft 5.46
  • Jimmy Gent 5.00
  • Les Patrick 4.24

Harringay

  • Vic Huxley 10.55
  • Alf Sawford 5.61
  • Howard Traynor 5.67
  • Bill Clibbett 5.13
  • Jack Kidwell 4.95
  • Stan Spencer 4.48
  • Wally Hicklin 4.17
  • Ron Thompson 3.10
  • Ivor Hill 2.61
  • Percy Bryant 2.00

High Beech

  • Phil Bishop 7.82
  • Stan Baines 7.71
  • Syd Edmonds 6.37
  • Jack Barnett 6.13
  • Stan Taylor 5.00
  • George Bishop 4.52
  • Jack Sharp 4.00
  • Charlie Upham 2.86
  • Charlie King 1.81

Lea Bridge

  • Charlie Spinks 7.88
  • Reg Stanley 7.47
  • Jimmy Stevens 7.45
  • Alf Foulds 7.30
  • Harold Hastings 6.34
  • Stew Fairbairn 6.22
  • Harold Osment 5.46
  • Ned Kelly 5.11
  • Alex Peel 2.00

Leicester

Nottingham

  • George Wigfield 8.22
  • Nobby Key 6.84
  • Billy Ellmore 5.86
  • Joe Gooding 5.60
  • Buster Brown 4.81
  • Wally Humphrry 4.48
  • Spencer Stratton 4.22
  • Reg Lucas 3.26

Southampton

Stamford Bridge

Wembley

West Ham

Wimbledon

See also

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]
    Speedway Researcher
  5. [5]
    "Speedway Teams UK 1929-1934". Cyber Motorcycle. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Speedway Honours". Weekly Dispatch (London). 12 October 1930. Retrieved 10 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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