1951 Speedway National League

1951 Speedway National League
League	National League Division One
No. of competitors	9
Champions	Wembley Lions
National Trophy	Wimbledon Dons
London Cup	Wembley Lions
Highest average	Aub Lawson
Division/s below	National League (Div 2); National League (Div 3)
	← 1950; 1952 →;

The 1951 National League Division One was the 17th season of speedway in the United Kingdom and the sixth post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain. ^[1]

LeagueNational League Division One

No. of competitors9

ChampionsWembley Lions

National TrophyWimbledon Dons

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Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
1	Wembley Lions	32	25	0	7	50
2	Belle Vue Aces	32	19	1	12	39
3	Wimbledon Dons	32	17	1	14	35
4	West Ham Hammers	32	16	1	15	33
5	Birmingham Brummies	32	16	0	16	32
6	Bristol Bulldogs	32	15	1	16	31
7	Harringay Racers	32	15	1	16	31
8	New Cross Rangers	32	9	1	22	19
9	Bradford Tudors	32	9	0	23	18

Home \ Away	BV	BIR	BRA	BRI	HAR	NC	WEM	WH	WIM
Belle Vue		44–40	57–27	50–34	55–29	52–31	43–41	51–33	47–36
Birmingham	45–39		56–28	37–46	44–39	51–33	41–43	52–31	48–36
Bradford	33–50	41–42		48–36	36–45	44–40	25–59	50–34	43–41
Bristol	54–30	54–29	65–19		46–38	38–46	48–35	49–35	40–44
Harringay	40–44	55–29	51–28	56–28		50–34	47–36	48–36	39–44
New Cross	39–45	43–41	56–28	48–34	45–39		29–53	43–41	42–42
Wembley	57–27	43–41	60–24	56–28	55–29	55–28		44–40	49–35
West Ham	51–33	54–30	48–36	53–31	50–34	48–36	37–47		59–25
Wimbledon	49–35	57–27	55–29	45–39	44–40	51–33	47–37	40–44

Home \ Away	BV	BIR	BRA	BRI	HAR	NC	WEM	WH	WIM
Belle Vue		61–23	57–27	43–41	52–32	48–36	45–39	42–42	51–33
Birmingham	43–41		40–44	55–29	53–31	59–25	45–39	48–36	49–35
Bradford	45–39	37–47		37–47	34–50	45–39	40–44	53–31	54–30
Bristol	62–22	51–33	46–38		50–34	56–28	37–47	44–40	52–32
Harringay	56–28	48–36	53–31	42–42		45–38	35–49	45–39	45–39
New Cross	39–45	38–46	54–29	51–33	35–47		35–49	49–34	39–45
Wembley	61–23	55–29	50–34	53–31	43–41	57–27		38–45	49–35
West Ham	54.5–29.5	58–26	58–26	47–37	53–31	44–40	39–44		47–37
Wimbledon	49–35	51–33	63–21	60–24	50–34	49–35	36–48	46–38

	Rider	Team	C.M.A.
1	Aub Lawson	West Ham	10.31
2	Ronnie Moore	Wimbledon	9.91
3	Freddie Williams	Wembley	9.76
4	Alan Hunt	Birmingham	9.75
5	Norman Parker	Wimbledon	9.56
6	Eddie Rigg	Bradford	9.29
7	Malcolm Craven	West Ham	9.25
8	Split Waterman	Harringay	9.07
9	Jack Parker	Belle Vue	9.03
10	Geoff Pymar	Bristol	8.95

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
10/08	Bristol	74-34	Norwich
20/08	Norwich	75-33	Bristol
07/08	West Ham	72-35	Bradford Odsal
25/08	Bradford Odsal	43-65	West Ham

1951 Speedway National League

Summary

Final table

Fixtures & results

A fixtures

B fixtures

Top Ten Riders (League only)

National Trophy Stage Three

Final

London Cup

Final

Riders & final averages

See also

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
05/09	Belle Vue	46-62	Wembley
09/08	Wembley	52-55	Belle Vue
11/08	Birmingham	55-53	Wimbledon
20/08	Wimbledon	64-44	Birmingham
25/08	Norwich	63-45	Harringay
24/08	Harringay	65-42	Norwich
04/09	West Ham	62-46	New Cross
29/08	New Cross	65-43	West Ham

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
04/10	Wembley	78-29	New Cross
26/09	New Cross	53-55	Wembley
03/09	Wimbledon	65-43	Harringay
07/09	Harringay	40-68	Wimbledon

Team one	Score	Team two
Wimbledon	55–51, 44–64	Wembley
Walthamstow	53–55, 29–78	West Ham

Team one	Score	Team two
West Ham	57–51, 42–65	Harringay
New Cross	45–63, 38–70	Wembley