1929 Speedway Southern League

1929 Speedway Southern League
LeagueSouthern League
No. of competitors11
ChampionsStamford Bridge
Highest averageJohnny Lloyd
Division/s other1929 Dirt Track League

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]

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

[5]

Withdrawal (Record expunged) : Birmingham Hall Green

Fixtures & results

Home \ Away BHG BPB COV CP HAR LB SOT SB WEM WH WC WIM
B'ham Hall Green n/a n/a 23–18 n/a 30–12 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
B'ham Perry Barr n/a 24–38 26–16 26–17 34–29 17–25 19–44 30–33 35–28 30–33 37–26
Coventry 19–23 45–18 46–17 39–24 27–36 44–19 32–31 27–14 24–17 49–14 39–24
Crystal Palace 27–14 45–18 38–25 39–23 34–29 19–23 29–34 42–21 28–35 34–29 23–19
Harringay 15–27 25–35 28–35 37–25 27–15 37–26 27–36 24–38 30–33 29–34 42–21
Lea Bridge n/a 27–36 29–33 31–32 42–20 26–16 14–28 30–33 44–18 44–19 30–33
Southampton 18–24 22–19 34–29 39–24 42–21 47–16 33–30 43–20 44–19 48–15 45–18
Stamford Bridge n/a 50–13 44–19 45–18 53–10 33–9 39–24 33–9 45–17 43–20 53–10
Wembley n/a 42–21 37–26 23–40 30–33 41–21 22–40 16–26 29–12 39–24 48–15
West Ham 32–10 40–23 31–11 25–38 28–14 35–28 31–32 30–33 31–32 34–29 38–25
White City n/a 44–19 30–33 17–24 28–35 37–26 29–33 33–30 25–17 22–20 34–28
Wimbledon n/a 13–28 25–38 23–19 28–35 26–16 26–37 26–37 27–36 45–18 36–27
Source: [7]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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 and averages

Birmingham Hall Green (withdrew)

  • Johnny Lloyd 10.80
  • George Povey 7.00
  • Cyril Taft 6.86
  • Bunny Wilcox 6.86
  • Cyril Locke 6.43
  • Tommy Cross 3.60
  • Bill Stanley 0.75

Birmingham (Perry Barr)

  • Wally Lloyd 7.20
  • Arthur Johnson 6.27
  • Norman Burton 5.00
  • Georg Britt 4.50
  • Les Patrick 4.20
  • Geoff Siddaway 4.20
  • Joe Dallison 3.50
  • Johnny Lloyd 3.00
  • Bill Ashcroft 3.00
  • Tim Reid 2.05

Coventry

Crystal Palace

  • Triss Sharp 9.73
  • Wally Harris 7.50
  • Bryan Donkin 6.51
  • Joe Francis 4.98
  • Arthur Willmott 4.98
  • George Lovick 4.93
  • Jack Barrett 4.67

Harringay

  • Eric Spencer 9.64
  • Stan Spencer 6.55
  • Reg Pointer 6.28
  • Alf Medcalf 4.68
  • Lou Burger 4.43
  • Will Dennis 4.32
  • Ray Parsons 4.29
  • Leonard Dicky Bird 4.20
  • Bill Crouch 3.00
  • Bert Gerrish 0.67

Lea Bridge

  • Alf Foulds 8.12
  • Jimmy Stevens 7.70
  • Tommy Croombs 6.00
  • Stew Fairbairn 4.29
  • Harold Osment 4.20
  • Roy Dook 4.15
  • Frank Bond 4.11
  • Eric Parry 3.50
  • Alec Slow 3.14
  • Alf Merrell 3.00

Southampton

  • Eric Lister 8.90
  • Tommy Cullis 8.51
  • Clarrie Eldridge 8.15
  • Vic Collins 7.30
  • Col Stewart 6.30
  • Jimmy Hayes 6.71
  • Don Durant 5.50
  • Albert Wakerley 5.40
  • Jimmy Pink 5.33
  • Cecil Bounds 4.80
  • Ernie Rickman 4.25

Stamford Bridge

  • Gus Kuhn 10.28
  • Bert Bolt 8.48
  • Colin Ford 8.11
  • Wal Phillips 7.64
  • Dick Bellamy 7.50
  • Les Blakebrough 7.13
  • Arthur Warwick 7.00
  • Fred Ralph 6.88
  • Bill White 6.60
  • Nick Nicol 4.41
  • Bill Bragg 4.33

Wembley

  • Jack Ormston 8.25
  • Buster Frogley 8.17
  • Stan Catlett 7.76
  • Bert Fairweather 6.24
  • Len Reeve 5.79
  • Ron Hieatt 5.09
  • Jack Jackson 4.86
  • Vic Deale 3.43
  • Crawley Rous 3.00
  • Nobby Key 1.00

West Ham

  • John Williams 7.62
  • Tiger Stevenson 7.54
  • Don Durant 7.15
  • Den Taylor 5.75
  • Jack Adams 5.64
  • Reg Bounds 5.60
  • Bruce McCallum 5.50
  • Ivor Creek 4.80
  • Maurice Bradshaw 4.00
  • Bluey Wilkinson 3.60
  • Buzz Hibberd 3.18
  • Les Maguire 5.74

White City

  • Colin Watson 9.81
  • Harold Crook 6.65
  • Del Forster 6.22
  • Clem Cort 5.28
  • Hilary Buchanan 5.21
  • Larry Coffey 4.80
  • Fred Hore 4.36
  • Leonard Dicky Bird 3.29
  • Frank Ewen 3.09

Wimbledon

  • Jim Kempster 10.00
  • Mart Sieffert 7.83
  • Jimmy Stevens 6.75
  • Cecil Brown 6.20
  • Alf Sawford 5.71
  • Les Dearth 4.86
  • Dudley Cox 4.36
  • Alf Summersby 4.24
  • Jack Kidwell 4.11
  • Eddie Slade-Jones 3.46
  • Fred Osborne 3.00
  • Sid Chambers 2.45
  • Rube Sonny Wilson 1.62

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References

  1. ^ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 129. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  2. ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  3. ^ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939)". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. ^ "On the Speedway". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 23 September 1929. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ a b Storey, Basil (1948) The Story of Speedway, WDS, p. 5
  6. ^ "Speedway Teams UK 1929-1934". Cyber Motorcycle. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  7. ^ "1929 fixtures & results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 25 November 2024.