Английская Википедия:1956 Speedway National League

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox speedway league season

The 1956 National League Division One was the 22nd season and eleventh post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.[1]

Summary

The league consisted of seven teams after the West Ham Hammers ceased competitive speedway racing at the end of 1955. Poole Pirates came up from the second tier to replace them. Match line-ups were increased to eight riders after a single season with seven riders. Wimbledon won their third successive National League Championship.[2][3][4]

Norwich Stars rider Malcolm Flood died on 2 April, at Poole. The 25-year-old rider suffered fatal injuries despite an earlier warning from the race steward that he was riding too erratically into the bends.[5]

Final table

Pos Team PL W D L Pts
1 Wimbledon Dons 24 17 1 6 35
2 Wembley Lions 24 14 1 9 29
3 Birmingham Brummies 24 12 1 11 25
4 Norwich Stars 24 10 4 10 24
5 Belle Vue Aces 24 11 1 12 23
6 Poole Pirates 24 9 2 13 20
7 Bradford Tudors 24 6 0 18 12

Top Ten Riders (League only)

Rider Nat Team C.M.A.
1 Barry Briggs Шаблон:Flagicon Wimbledon Dons 10.53
2 Ove Fundin Шаблон:Flagicon Norwich Stars 10.34
3 Ronnie Moore Шаблон:Flagicon Wimbledon Dons 10.32
4 Brian Crutcher Шаблон:Flagicon Wembley Lions 10.16
5 Alan Hunt Шаблон:Flagicon Birmingham Brummies 9.53
6 Peter Moore Шаблон:Flagicon Wimbledon Dons 9.20
7 Peter Craven Шаблон:Flagicon Belle Vue Aces 9.07
8 Jack Biggs Шаблон:Flagicon Poole Pirates 8.71
9 Dick Fisher Шаблон:Flagicon Belle Vue Aces 8.40
10 Ron Johnston Шаблон:Flagicon Belle Vue Aces 8.38

National Trophy Stage Two

The 1956 National Trophy was the 19th edition of the Knockout Cup. The Trophy consisted of two stages; stage one was for the second tier clubs, stage two was for the top tier clubs. Wimbledon won the second and final stage and were therefore declared the 1956 National Trophy champions.[6]

First round

Date Team one Score Team two
26/07 Wembley 60-47 Birmingham
24/07 Southampton 64-44 Norwich
21/07 Belle Vue 72-36 Poole
21/07 Birmingham 61-47 Wembley
21/07 Bradford Odsal 38-70 Wimbledon
21/07 Norwich 77-31 Southampton
16/07 Poole 54-54 Belle Vue
16/07 Wimbledon 79-29 Bradford Odsal

Semifinals

Date Team one Score Team two
01/09 Belle Vue 83-25 Birmingham
17/08 Birmingham 64-44 Belle Vue
13/08 Wimbledon 68-40 Norwich
04/08 Norwich 56-52 Wimbledon

Final

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Second leg Шаблон:Footballbox

Wimbledon were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 108–107.

Riders & final averages

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Birmingham Шаблон:Div col

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Bradford Шаблон:Div col

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Norwich Шаблон:Div col

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Poole Шаблон:Div col

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Wembley Шаблон:Div col

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Wimbledon Шаблон:Div col

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See also

References

Шаблон:Reflist

Шаблон:Speedway in the United Kingdom Шаблон:United Kingdom Speedway Seasons Шаблон:National League speedway seasons 1932–1964