Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

1938 Speedway National League

British speedway league season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Remove ads

The 1938 National League Division One was the tenth season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.[1][2][3][4]

Quick facts League, No. of competitors ...
Remove ads

Summary

The only change from the previous season was Bristol Bulldogs moving up from the Provincial League and Hackney Wick Wolves moving down to take their place. They also swapped licences and riders as well as divisions.

New Cross Rangers won their first national title.

Final table

More information Pos, Team ...

Fixtures & results

A fixtures

More information Home \ Away, BV ...
Source: [5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

B fixtures

More information Home \ Away, BV ...
Source: [6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top ten riders

More information Rider, Nat ...

National Trophy

Summarize
Perspective

The 1938 National Trophy was the eighth edition of the Knockout Cup.[7]

Qualifying rounds

Norwich Stars won the Division Two final and therefore secured a place in the quarter-finals.

Quarterfinals

More information Date, Team one ...

Semifinals

More information Date, Team one ...

Final

First leg

More information Wembley LionsLionel van Praag 12Tommy Price 8Cliff Parkinson 7Malcolm Craven 6Eric Gregory 6Frank Charles 3George Wilks 1Dicky Case 0, 43 – 65 ...

Second leg

More information Wimbledon DonsEric Collins 15Wilbur Lamoreaux 14Wally Lloyd 11Benny Kaufman 7Geoff Pymar 5Nobby Key 2Norman Evans 2Fred Leavis 2, 58 – 49 ...

Wimbledon were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 123-92.

Remove ads

A.C.U Cup

The 1938 Auto-Cycle Union Cup was the fifth edition of the Cup and was won by West Ham Hammers, which ended the five year winning run of Belle Vue. The groups were decided on the number of heat points scored within matches, rather than match wins.[9]

First round

More information Team, PL ...
More information Home \ Away, HAR ...

Final

More information Date, Team one ...
Remove ads

London Cup

Summarize
Perspective

First round

More information Team one, Score ...

Semi final round

More information Team one, Score ...

Final

First leg

More information WimbledonWilbur Lamoreaux 16Benny Kaufman 13Geoff Pymar 8Eric Collins 6 Norman Evans 4 Wally Lloyd 5 Nobby Key 4 Fred Leavis 1, 57–49 ...

Second leg

More information New CrossJack Milne 18Ron Johnson 10Bill Longley 7 Stan Greatrex 5 Clem Mitchell 5 George Newton 5 Joe Francis 4Ernie Evans 1, 55–52 ...

Wimbledon won on aggregate 109–104

Remove ads

Riders & final averages

Summarize
Perspective

Belle Vue

Bristol

Harringay

New Cross

Wembley

West Ham

Wimbledon

Remove ads

See also

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads