1953 Speedway Southern League

1953 Speedway Southern League
League	Southern League
Season	1953
No. of competitors	8
Champions	Rayleigh Rockets
Highest average	Goog Hoskin
Division/s above	National League Div 1; National League Div 2
	← 1952; 1954 →;

The 1953 Southern League was the second season of the regional third tier of speedway racing in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams. It was the final season before being replaced by the Southern Area League.

LeagueSouthern League

Season1953

No. of competitors8

ChampionsRayleigh Rockets

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From the previous season, Aldershot Shots dropped out, Wolverhampton Wasps moved up and Oxford Cheetahs came down to replace them.^[1]

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Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
1	Rayleigh Rockets	26	21	1	4	43
2	Exeter Falcons	26	20	1	5	41
3	Ipswich Witches	28	13	2	13	28
4	Swindon Robins	28	13	2	13	28
5	Southampton Saints	28	12	2	14	26
6	Oxford Cheetahs	28	9	1	18	19
7	St Austell Gulls	28	9	0	19	18
8	Plymouth Devils	28	8	1	19	17

Home \ Away	CAR	EX	IPS	OX	PLY	RAY	SA	SOT	SWI
Cardiff		45–39	58–26	n/a	53–31	n/a	57–27	56–28	n/a
Exeter	55–29		69–15	54–30	59–25	49–35	56–28	50–34	58–26
Ipswich	49–35	41–43		58–26	48–35	42–42	43–41	47–36	55–29
Oxford	n/a	51–33	49–35		50–33	39–44	54–30	56–28	42–42
Plymouth	49–35	41–43	48–36	44–40		38–46	37–47	47–37	42–42
Rayleigh	56–28	39–45	62–22	46–38	52–32		59–25	54–30	59–24
St Austell	46–38	40–44	40–44	50–34	32–52	42–40		40–43	47–37
Southampton	n/a	39–45	47–37	60–24	47–36	34–50	61–22		35–49
Swindon	37–47	41–43	43–40	46–36	49–35	44–40	60–23	51–32

Home \ Away	EX	IPS	OX	PLY	RAY	SA	SOT	SWI
Exeter		53–31	57–27	51–33	60–24	61–23	60–24	49–35
Ipswich	59–25		64–20	49–35	38–46	60–24	42–42	52–32
Oxford	46–38	39–45		39–45	41–43	60–23	44–40	49–35
Plymouth	36–48	51–33	49–35		38–46	46–38	38–45	41–43
Rayleigh	53–31	53–31	43–40	51–33		60–24	56–27	58–26
St Austell	43–40	34–49	47–37	47–37	35–49		47–37	61–23
Southampton	42–42	54–30	45–39	51–31	57–27	63–21		53–31
Swindon	41–43	47–37	51–33	46–38	39–45	62–22	43–41

	Rider	Team	C.M.A.
1	Goog Hoskin	Exeter	10.87
2	Gerald Jackson	Rayleigh	9.68
3	Alan Smith	Plymouth	9.37
4	Peter Clark	Rayleigh	9.27
5	Jack Geran	Exeter	9.06

1953 Speedway Southern League

Summary

Final table

Fixtures & results

A fixtures

B fixtures

Leading averages

National Trophy

Riders and final averages

See also

References

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