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1952 Speedway National League Division Two

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The 1952 National League Division Two was the seventh post-war season of the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.[1]

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Summary

The post-war boom was now fading and the League was shortened to 12 teams with Division Three now defunct and continued only on a regional basis. Previous champions Norwich Stars had been promoted to Division One. Newcastle, Walthamstow and Halifax had closed whilst Fleetwood Flyers changed to Fleetwood Knights and ran only open meetings. Poole Pirates were the only new entrant, promoted from the former lower tier.[2]

Poole Pirates won the title, having won Division Three in the previous season.

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Final table

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Fixtures & results

A fixtures

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Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

B fixtures

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Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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Top Five Riders (League only)

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National Trophy Stage Two

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The 1952 National Trophy was the 15th edition of the Knockout Cup. The Trophy consisted of three stages; stage one was for the third-tier clubs, stage two was for the second-tier clubs and stage three was for the top-tier clubs. The winner of stage one would qualify for stage two and the winner of stage two would qualify for the third and final stage. Poole won stage two and therefore qualified for stage three.[5]

Second Division qualifying first round

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Second Division Qualifying Second round

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Second Division Qualifying semifinals

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Second Division Qualifying final

First leg

More information Poole PiratesKen Middleditch 13Brian Crutcher 12Tony Lewis 11Jimmy Squibb 11Alan Kidd 8Bill Holden 4Terry Small 2Roy Craighead 0, 61 – 47 ...

Second leg

More information Glasgow White City TigersKen McKinlay 16Tommy Miller 15Junior Bainbridge 12Alf McIntosh 6Len Nicholson 4Don Wilkinson 3Peter Dykes 3Stuart Irvine 0, 58 – 50 ...
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Midland Cup

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Coventry won the Midland Cup, which consisted of eight teams. There was one team from division 1, five teams from division 2 and two teams from division 3.

First round

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Semi final round

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Final

First leg

More information BirminghamDan Forsberg 14Arthur Payne 13Ron Mountford 8Lionel Watling 6 Eric Boothroyd 5Cyril Page 4Ivor Davies 2Ron Mason 1, 53–43 ...
Attendance: 20,000

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More information CoventryPeter Brough 14 Vic Emms 12Johnnie Reason 11Les Hewitt 9Derrick Tailby 7 John Yates 6 Cyril Cooper 5 Stan Williams 3, 67–29 ...
Attendance: 17,000

Coventry won on aggregate 110–82

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Riders & final averages

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Ashfield

Coventry

Cradley Heath

  • England Harry Bastable 8.70
  • England Brian Shepherd 8.24
  • England Jim Tolley 7.41
  • England Les Tolley 7.02
  • England Phil Malpass 6.62
  • England Fred Perkins 5.63
  • England Dick Tolley 5.24
  • England Guy Allott 5.16
  • England Derek Braithwaite 5.08
  • England Geoff Bennett 4.43
  • England Wilf Willstead 2.00

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Leicester

  • England Len Williams 9.14
  • Australia Lionel Benson 8.48
  • Scotland Jock Grierson 7.88
  • England Joe Bowkis 6.29
  • England Les Beaumont 6.26
  • England Harwood Pike 6.10
  • England Alf Parker 5.61
  • New Zealand Laurie Holland 4.81
  • England Charlie Barsby 4.15

Liverpool

  • England Peter Robinson 9.13
  • England Reg Duval 7.37
  • England Tommy Allott 7.37
  • England Don Potter 7.36
  • England Harry Welch 6.77
  • England Bill Griffiths 6.09
  • England Len Read 5.79
  • England Eric Smith 4.77
  • England Alf Webster 4.52
  • Australia Tommy Anderson 3.68
  • England Val Morton 3.36

Motherwell

Oxford

  • England Jim Gregory 7.42
  • England Jim Boyd 6.79
  • England Harry Saunders 6.39
  • England Bill Osborne 6.17
  • New Zealand Frank Boyle 5.03
  • England Bill Kemp 5.62
  • England Herby King 4.92
  • England Ron Wilson 4.50
  • England Len Glover 3.83
  • England Ernie Lessiter 1.00

Poole

Stoke

  • England Ken Adams 8.50
  • England Ron Peace 7.50
  • England Reg Fearman 7.44
  • England Les Jenkins 6.73
  • England Ray Harris 5.64
  • Guernsey Johnny Fitzparick 5.40
  • England Fred Siggins 5.29
  • England Peter Orpwood 5.25
  • England Gil Blake 5.16
  • England Derek Braithwaite 4.98

Yarmouth

  • England Fred Brand 9.82
  • England Bob Baker 9.62
  • England Reg Reeves 6.77
  • England Terry Courtnell 6.73
  • Australia Johnny Chamberlain 5.53
  • England Reg Morgan 5.38
  • Australia Gundy Harris 4.76
  • England Tip Mills 4.75
  • England Vic Ridgeon 3.13
  • England Roy Bowers 4.73
  • England Stan Page 4.63
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