1946 Speedway National League

1946 Speedway National League

National League Final table

Fixtures & results

A.C.U. Cup

Top Ten Riders (League only)

National Trophy

Riders' Championship

London Cup

Riders & final averages

See also

References

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A fixtures

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Final table

Final

Final

1946 Speedway National League
League	National League
No. of competitors	6
Champions	Wembley Lions
National Trophy	Belle Vue Aces
A.C.U Cup	Belle Vue Aces
Riders' champion	Tommy Price
London Cup	Wembley Lions
Highest average	Eric Langton
Division/s below	Northern League
	← 1939; 1947 →;

The 1946 National League was the 12th season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain and the first post-war season.^[1]^[2]

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No. of competitors6

ChampionsWembley Lions

National TrophyBelle Vue Aces

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The league had been abandoned seven years previously due to the outbreak of World War II. Record attendances were attracted with Wembley Lions attracting an average of 50,000 and the league as a whole a total of six and a half million.^[3] From the abandoned 1939 season, Southampton Saints and Harringay Tigers were no longer racing whilst Odsal Boomerangs brought National League speedway to Bradford for the first time.^[4]^[5]

Wembley Lions won their second National League title.

On 6 July, a crowd of 34,0000 at Odsal Stadium witnessed Odsal Boomerangs lose to Belle Vue Aces. During the match Albert 'Aussie' Rosenfeld, son of Albert Rosenfeld hit the fence and was taken to St Luke's Hospital, Bradford, with a suspected fractured skull.^[6] He died 10 days later, on 16 July 1946.^[7]

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Home \ Away	BV	BRA	NC	WEM	WH	WIM
Belle Vue		49–33	29–55	34–49	46–37	49–35
Odsal	32–52		54–23	52–32	48–36	54–30
New Cross	46–37	41–43		36–48	46–36	42–41
Wembley	50–32	47–37	54–24		47–36	48–35
West Ham	35–49	44–40	41–43	33–49		42–41
Wimbledon	45–39	39–45	41–40	41–43	43–39

Home \ Away	BV	BRA	NC	WEM	WH	WIM
Belle Vue		54–30	56–28	51–33	53–31	47–37
Odsal	42–42		45–39	38–46	48–36	41–43
New Cross	30–53	45–39		37–46	38–46	39–45
Wembley	43–39	52–32	53–30		59–24	46–36
West Ham	36–47	44–39	42–42	36–48		42–42
Wimbledon	49–35	39–45	59–25	38–45	49–34

Home \ Away	BV	BRA	NC	WEM	WH	WIM
Belle Vue		49–46	57–38	53–43	61–35	64–32
Odsal	44–51		50–46	48–48	50–46	55–41
New Cross	49–47	50–46		39–55	61–35	54–40
Wembley	46–50	68–27	57–37		53–42	58–38
West Ham	45–50	46–50	52–54	50–46		45–48
Wimbledon	50–46	48–47	45–50	47–48	51.5–44.5

	Rider	Team	C.M.A.
1	Eric Langton	Belle Vue Aces	11.13
2	Jack Parker	Belle Vue Aces	11.00
3	Bill Kitchen	Wembley Lions	10.75
4	Ron Johnson	New Cross Rangers	10.69
5	Eric Chitty	West Ham Hammers	10.30
6	Norman Parker	Wimbledon Dons	10.12
7	Tommy Price	Wembley Lions	10.00
8	Alec Statham	Odsal Boomerangs	9.72
9	Ron Clarke	Odsal Boomerangs	9.50
10	Bill Longley	Odsal Boomerangs	9.20

Wembley Lions

Belle Vue Aces

Odsal Boomerangs

Wimbledon Dons

New Cross Rangers

West Ham Hammers

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
25/05	Birmingham	61–45	Middlesbrough
16/05	Middlesbrough	58–50	Birmingham
29/04	Newcastle	49–56	Middlesbrough
25/04	Middlesbrough	55–51	Newcastle
25/04	Sheffield	61–47	Glasgow White City
24/04	Glasgow White City	61–47	Sheffield
09/05 replay	Sheffield	63–44	Glasgow White City
08/05 replay	Glasgow White City	62–45	Sheffield

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
22/06	Birmingham	31–77	Wembley
13/06	Wembley	80–27	Birmingham
20/07	Bradford Odsal	72–36	Sheffield
04/07	Sheffield	48–60	Bradford Odsal
02/07	West Ham	55–52	Wimbledon
01/07	Wimbledon	63–44	West Ham
08/06	Belle Vue	58–49	New Cross
12/06	New Cross	50–57	Belle Vue

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
25/07	Wembley	50–57	Belle Vue
13/07	Belle Vue	60–48	Wembley
19/08	Wimbledon	62–46	Bradford Odsal
03/08	Bradford Odsal	53–55	Wimbledon

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Tommy Price	3 3 3 3 3	15
2	Bill Kitchen	3 3 2 2 3	13
3	Jack Parker	3 f 3 3 3	12
4	Eric Langton	2 1 3 3 2	11
5	Malcolm Craven	3 2 f 2 3	10
6	Norman Parker	2 3 1 2 2	10
7	Eric Chitty	2 1 3 1 2	9
8	Frank Hodgson	1 3 2 1 1	8
9	Ron Johnson	f 2 3 2 f	7
10	Bert Spencer	1 1 1 0 2	5
11	Wally Lloyd	0 2 2 0 1	5
12	Jeff Lloyd	0 1 0 2 1	4
13	Bill Longley	2 2 0 0 0	4
14	Tommy Allott	0 0 0 1 1	2
15	Ernie Price	1 0 1 0 0	2
16	Ron Clarke (res)	1 1 0	2
16	Alec Statham	0 0 0 - -	0

Team one	Score	Team two
New Cross	59–49, 46–60	Wimbledon
West Ham	62–46, 43–65	Wembley