1930 Speedway Southern League

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The 1930 Southern League was the second season of speedway in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams.[1] The Northern teams also had their second season known as the 1930 Speedway Northern League.[2][3]

LeagueSouthern League
No. of competitors13
ChampionsWembley Lions
London CupWembley Lions
Quick facts League, No. of competitors ...
1930 Speedway Southern League
LeagueSouthern League
No. of competitors13
ChampionsWembley Lions
London CupWembley Lions
Highest averageVic Huxley
Division/s other1930 Northern League
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Summary

White City had left the league but three new teams - High Beech, Leicester Stadium and Nottingham all joined and Birmingham Bulldogs returned as Hall Green Bulldogs.[4] The Wembley Lions won their first title. Birmingham Brummies (Perry Barr) withdrew after 4 meetings and their record was expunged[5][6]

Final table

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Pos Team PL W D L Pts
1 Wembley Lions 24 20 1 3 41
2 Southampton Saints 24 17 1 6 35
3 Stamford Bridge Pensioners 24 16 1 7 33
4 Wimbledon Dons 24 16 1 7 33
5 Hall Green Bulldogs 24 13 1 10 27
6 Coventry 24 13 1 10 27
7 Crystal Palace Glaziers 24 11 1 12 23
8 Lea Bridge 24 10 1 13 21
9 West Ham Hammers 24 10 0 14 20
10 Leicester Stadium 24 8 1 15 17
11 High Beech 24 8 0 16 16
12 Harringay Canaries 24 7 0 17 14
13 Nottingham 24 2 1 21 5
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Withdrawal (Record expunged) : Birmingham (Perry Barr)

Fixtures & results

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Home \ Away COV CP HG HAR HB LB LEI NOT SOT SB WEM WH WIM
Coventry 34–20 30–23 35–19 43–11 36–18 34–19 30–22 30–22 27–26 0–36 29–25 32–22
Crystal Palace 38–15 34–19 33–18 29–24 27–26 34–20 41–12 24–30 34–19 30–23 22–32 25–29
Hall Green 34–19 28–26 29–24 37–17 33–21 31–23 37–16 26–27 31–23 19–35 27–26 27–27
Harringay 18–35 31–22 22–32 30–24 32.5–20.5 29–24 38–16 28–25 24–29 23–31 25–28 17–37
High Beech 30–24 29–22 23–29 30–23 32–18 33–21 29–24 27–25 16–37 21–32 30–23 25–29
Lea Bridge 31–22 30–23 27–26 27–25 35–18 31–22 32–22 24–30 27–27 23–31 29–22 31–22
Leicester 29–24 27–27 23.5–30.5 26–27 30–23 29–25 31–23 23–27 33–20 25–29 29–22 30–20
Nottingham 27–27 16–37 26–28 27–26 32–22 26–27 22–32 26–28 21–31 22–31 24–30 21–33
Southampton 40–12 25–29 36–17 37–17 35–18 29–24 34–20 39–15 28.5–25.5 26.5–26.5 35–18 31–22
Stamford Bridge 34–20 35–19 34–19 36–18 42–12 34–19 36–17 38–14 26–28 29–24 37–16 28–26
Wembley 39–14 31–22 28.5–24.5 33–20 37–16 40–14 34–20 37–17 35–19 24–29 36–18 30–22
West Ham 20–33 31–23 28–24 41–13 35–19 33–21 33–20 39–11 18–36 24–29 21–33 25–29
Wimbledon 30–24 28–26 34–19 30–24 29–25 33–21 41–12 39–7 30–23 30–24 21–32 32–19
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Source: [7]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top Five Riders

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Team C.M.A.
1 Vic Huxley Harringay 10.55
2 Jack Parker Coventry 10.34
3 Jack Ormston Wembley 10.29
4 Colin Watson Harringay/Wembley 10.15
5 Billy Dallison Hall Green 10.07
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London Cup

The 1930 London Cup was the inaugural competition for teams from the London area. Wembley were the winners.[8]

First round

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Team one Score Team two
Crystal Palace52–43, 33–62Wimbledon
Wembley71–25, 44–52High Beech
Stamford Bridge60–35, 53–40West Ham
Harringay52–44, 47–47Lea Bridge
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Semi final round

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Team one Score Team two
Harringay50–46, 38–58Stamford Bridge
Wimbledon39–56, 44–52Wembley
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Final

First leg

More information WembleyColin Watson 10Harry Whitfield 10Jack Ormston 9George Greenwood 8Norman Evans 6Buster Frogley 6Wally Kilmister 5Tiger Sanderson 5, 59–37 ...
Wembley
Colin Watson 10
Harry Whitfield 10
Jack Ormston 9
George Greenwood 8
Norman Evans 6
Buster Frogley 6
Wally Kilmister 5
Tiger Sanderson 5		59–37Stamford Bridge
Gus Kuhn 12
Arthur Warwick 12
Wal Phillips 5
Les Blakebrough 4
Ernie Mayne 2
Don Boswell 1
Fred Ralph 1
Nick Nicol 0
Colin Ford 0
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Second leg

More information Stamford BridgeWal Phillips 11 Arthur Warwick 11Gus Kuhn 8Fred Ralph 6 Don Boswell 5Nick Nicol 3Les Blakebrough 3Colin Ford 2 Ernie Mayne 0, 49–46 ...
Stamford Bridge
Wal Phillips 11
Arthur Warwick 11
Gus Kuhn 8
Fred Ralph 6
Don Boswell 5
Nick Nicol 3
Les Blakebrough 3
Colin Ford 2
Ernie Mayne 0		49–46Wembley
Jack Ormston 11
Colin Watson 8
George Greenwood 8
Norman Evans 5
Harry Whitfield 5
Charlie Shelton 4
Wally Kilmister 3
Tiger Sanderson 2
Jack Jackson 0
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Attendance: 47,000

Wembley won on aggregate 105–83

Riders & final averages

Birmingham

Coventry

  • Jack Parker 10.34
  • Tom Farndon 8.30
  • Norman Parker 7.25
  • Arthur Tims 6.56
  • Wilmot Evans 5.78
  • John Deeley 5.71
  • Bill Stanley 5.68
  • Lew Lancaster 4.63
  • Cecil Walker 4.57
  • George Allbrook 2.91

Crystal Palace

Hall Green

  • Billy Dallison 10.07
  • Harry Taft 7.84
  • Bunny Wilcox 7.17
  • Reg Hutchins 6.93
  • Cyril Taft 5.46
  • Jimmy Gent 5.00
  • Les Patrick 4.24

Harringay

  • Vic Huxley 10.55
  • Alf Sawford 5.61
  • Howard Traynor 5.67
  • Bill Clibbett 5.13
  • Jack Kidwell 4.95
  • Stan Spencer 4.48
  • Wally Hicklin 4.17
  • Ron Thompson 3.10
  • Ivor Hill 2.61
  • Percy Bryant 2.00

High Beech

  • Phil Bishop 7.82
  • Stan Baines 7.71
  • Syd Edmonds 6.37
  • Jack Barnett 6.13
  • Stan Taylor 5.00
  • George Bishop 4.52
  • Jack Sharp 4.00
  • Charlie Upham 2.86
  • Charlie King 1.81

Lea Bridge

  • Charlie Spinks 7.88
  • Reg Stanley 7.47
  • Jimmy Stevens 7.45
  • Alf Foulds 7.30
  • Harold Hastings 6.34
  • Stew Fairbairn 6.22
  • Harold Osment 5.46
  • Ned Kelly 5.11
  • Alex Peel 2.00

Leicester

Nottingham

  • George Wigfield 8.22
  • Nobby Key 6.84
  • Billy Ellmore 5.86
  • Joe Gooding 5.60
  • Buster Brown 4.81
  • Wally Humphrry 4.48
  • Spencer Stratton 4.22
  • Reg Lucas 3.26

Southampton

Stamford Bridge

Wembley

West Ham

Wimbledon

See also

References

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