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

The 1955 Speedway National League was the 21st season and tenth post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.[1]

Summary

The league consisted of seven teams after the Harringay Racers ceased competitive speedway racing at the end of 1954. Match line-ups were reduced from eight riders to seven riders. Wimbledon won their second successive National League Championship. West Ham closed at the end of the season, blaming poor attendances.[2][3][4][5]

Final table

Pos Team PL W D L Pts
1 Wimbledon Dons 24 16 2 6 34
2 Belle Vue Aces 24 15 0 9 30
3 Wembley Lions 24 11 1 12 23
4 Bradford Tudors 24 11 0 13 22
5 Birmingham Brummies 24 9 2 13 20
6 Norwich Stars 24 9 1 14 19
7 West Ham Hammers 24 8 2 14 18

Top Ten Riders (League only)

Rider Nat Team C.M.A.
1 Jack Young Шаблон:Flagicon West Ham Hammers 10.79
2 Ronnie Moore Шаблон:Flagicon Wimbledon Dons 10.77
3 Ove Fundin Шаблон:Flagicon Norwich Stars 10.00
4 Barry Briggs Шаблон:Flagicon Wimbledon Dons 9.79
5 Brian Crutcher Шаблон:Flagicon Wembley Lions 9.34
6 Arthur Wright Шаблон:Flagicon Bradford Tudors 9.14
7 Peter Craven Шаблон:Flagicon Belle Vue Aces 8.96
8 Arthur Forrest Шаблон:Flagicon Bradford Tudors 8.91
9 Ron Johnston Шаблон:Flagicon Belle Vue Aces 8.61
10 Ken Sharples Шаблон:Flagicon Belle Vue Aces 8.43

National Trophy Stage Two

The 1955 National Trophy was the 18th 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. Norwich won the second and final stage and were therefore declared the 1955 National Trophy champions.[6]

First round

Date Team one Score Team two
04/08 Poole 56-52 Birmingham
16/07 Birmingham 56-52 Poole
16/07 Belle Vue 61-47 Wembley
16/07 Bradford Odsal 52-56 Wimbledon
16/07 Norwich 69-39 West Ham
14/07 Wembley 67-41 Belle Vue
12/07 West Ham 49-58 Norwich
11/07 Wimbledon 76-31 Bradford Odsal
18/08
replay
Poole 69-39 Birmingham
17/08
replay
Birmingham 67-41 Poole

Semifinals

Date Team one Score Team two
29/08 Poole 58-50 Norwich
27/08 Norwich 82-26 Poole
15/08 Wimbledon 61-47 Wembley
04/08 Wembley 63-45 Wimbledon

Final

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Norwich were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 109–106.

Midland Cup

Birmingham won the Midland Cup for a third consecutive year. It consisted of four teams, there was one team from division 1 and three teams from division 2.[7]

First round

Team one Team two Score
Oxford Leicester 49–53, 29–73

Semi final round

Team one Team two Score
Leicester Coventry 66–36, 51–51

Final

First leg Шаблон:Footballbox

Second leg Шаблон:Footballbox

Birmingham won on aggregate 108–96

Riders & final averages

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Bradford Шаблон:Div col

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Norwich Шаблон:Div col

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Wembley Шаблон:Div col

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West Ham Шаблон:Div col

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Wimbledon Шаблон:Div col

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See also

References

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