1958 Speedway National League

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No. of competitors10

1958 Speedway National League
League	National League
No. of competitors	10
Champions	Wimbledon Dons
National Trophy	Belle Vue Aces
Britannia Cup	Belle Vue Aces
Highest average	Ove Fundin
← 1957 1959 →

The 1958 National League was the 24th season and the thirteenth post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.^[1]

Bradford Tudors who had dropped out at the start of the previous season only to return in mid-season, had dropped out again. Promoter Vic Gooden moved the entire promotion and team of Rayleigh Rockets to Poole Pirates.^[2]

Wimbledon Dons won their fourth title in five years.^[3]^[4]^[5]

League

Final table

Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
1	Wimbledon Dons	18	12	2	4	26
2	Norwich Stars	18	12	0	6	24
3	Southampton Saints	18	11	0	7	22
4	Leicester Hunters	18	11	0	7	22
5	Belle Vue Aces	18	10	0	8	20
6	Swindon Robins	18	10	0	8	20
7	Coventry Bees	18	9	1	8	19
8	Oxford Cheetahs	18	5	2	11	12
9	Poole Pirates	18	6	0	12	12
10	Ipswich Witches	18	1	1	16	3

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	BV	COV	IPS	LEI	NOR	OX	PP	SOT	SWI	WIM
Belle Vue		52–44	63–33	63–33	57–39	66–30	73–23	65–31	47–48	51–45
Coventry	57–39		69–26	47–49	51–45	64–32	45–51	53–43	61–35	44–52
Ipswich	45–51	38–58		45–51	39–57	45–51	59–37	42–54	46–50	48–48
Leicester	46–50	58–38	61–35		58–38	56–40	52–44	52–44	49–47	54–42
Norwich	54–42	62–34	59–37	54–42		61–35	65–31	58–38	59–37	50–46
Oxford	50–46	48–48	54–42	46–50	46–49		53–43	55–40	47–49	48–48
Poole	54–42	39–57	56–40	48–47	30–66	58–38		45–51	49–47	33–63
Southampton	67–29	60–36	71–25	54–42	51–45	63–33	56–40		55–41	49–47
Swindon	56–40	41–54	66–30	57–39	50–46	56–40	66–30	56–40		42–54
Wimbledon	64–32	63–33	64–32	66–30	58–38	59–37	53–43	54–42	65–31

Source: ^[6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top ten riders (league only)

	Rider	Team	C.M.A.
1	Ove Fundin	Norwich	11.60
2	Peter Craven	Belle Vue	11.00
3	Ken McKinlay	Leicester	10.82
4	Barry Briggs	Wimbledon	10.43
5	Brian Crutcher	Southampton	10.03
6	Jack Young	Coventry	10.02
7	Peter Moore	Ipswich	9.73
8	Jack Biggs	Poole	9.69
9	Ron How	Wimbledon	9.47
10	Ronnie Moore	Wimbledon	9.09

National Trophy

The 1958 National Trophy was the 20th edition of the Knockout Cup. Belle Vue were the winners.^[7]

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
30/05	Leicester	65-54	Southampton
29/05	Oxford	58-61	Poole
27/05	Southampton	84-36	Leicester
26/05	Poole	60-60	Oxford

Second round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
03/07	Ipswich	42-77	Swindon
30/06	Poole	49-71	Belle Vue
30/06	Wimbledon	67-53	Norwich
28/06	Belle Vue	80-40	Poole
28/06	Coventry	57-63	Southampton
28/06	Norwich	72-48	Wimbledon
28/06	Swindon	78-42	Ipswich
24/06	Southampton	78-42	Coventry

Semifinals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
16/08	Norwich	69-51	Swindon
12/08	Southampton	60-59	Belle Vue
09/08	Belle Vue	77-43	Southampton
09/08	Swindon	60-60	Norwich

Final

First leg

11 September 1958

Belle Vue Aces Peter Craven 16 Ron Johnston 11 Dick Fisher 9 Eddie Rigg 8 Bob Duckworth 7 Bob McHugh 7 Slant Payling 6 Tink Maynard 4 Graham Beattie 4 Jack Kitchen 2	74 – 45	Norwich Stars Ove Fundin 16 Phil Clarke 8 Billy Bales 8 Aub Lawson 5 John Chamberlain 3 Clive Featherby 2 Dennis Newton 2 Jimmy Heard 1 Tommy Sweetman 0 Harry Edwards 0
	^[8]

Hyde Road Stadium

Second leg

13 September 1958

Norwich Stars Ove Fundin 16 Billy Bales 10 Aub Lawson 5 Phil Clarke 4 Harry Edwards 4 John Chamberlain 8 Clive Featherby 4 Jimmy Heard 3 Tommy Sweetman 3 Dennis Newton 1	58 – 62	Belle Vue Aces Ron Johnston 10 Bob Duckworth 7 Peter Craven 15 Slant Payling 10 Dick Fisher 10 Tink Maynard 4 Eddie Rigg 2 Jack Kitchen 0 Graham Beattie 3 Bob McHugh 1
	^[8]

The Firs Stadium

Belle Vue were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 136–103.

Britannia Cup

South

Team	PL	W	L	Pts
Wimbledon	8	8	0	16
Swindon	8	4	4	8
Southampton	8	4	4	8
Norwich	8	3	5	6
Poole	8	1	7	2

North

Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
Belle Vue	8	8	0	0	16
Coventry	8	4	0	4	8
Ipswich	8	3	1	4	7
Leicester	8	3	0	5	6
Oxford	8	1	1	6	3

Home \ Away	NOR	PP	SOT	SWI	WIM
Norwich		62–33	55–41	45–51	47–48
Poole	53–43		44–52	28–68	47–49
Southampton	64–32	58–38		57–39	46–50
Swindon	47–49	52–44	64–31		42–54
Wimbledon	53–43	68–28	58–38	65–31

Source: ^[9]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Home \ Away	BV	COV	IPS	LEI	OX
Belle Vue		67–29	34–26	54.5–40.5	56–40
Coventry	41–55		45–51	51–45	60–36
Ipswich	46–50	52–44		43–53	54–42
Leicester	42–54	46–50	51–45		60–36
Oxford	47–48	36–60	48–48	55–41

Source: ^[10]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final

Team one	Team two	Scores
Wimbledon	Belle Vue	49–47, 43–53

v t e Speedway in the United Kingdom
Current leagues	SGB Premiership SGB Championship National Development League List of champions
Former leagues	Elite League Premier League National League (1932–1964) Provincial League (1960–1964) British League British League Division Two/National League Conference League National League Division Two National League Division Three English Dirt Track League/Northern League Southern League (1929–1931) Southern League (1952–1953) Provincial League (1936–1937) Southern Area League
Current team competitions	Knockout Cup League Pairs champions League Fours champions
Former team competitions	London Cup Midland Cup Craven and Young Shields Premiership Shield
Current individual competitions	British Speedway Championship League Riders' champions British U-21 British U-19 Scottish Open
Former individual competitions	London Riders' Midland Riders' Northern Riders' Southern Riders' Olympique Internationale
See also	Speedway British Speedway Promoters' Association Speedway Control Bureau

v t e United Kingdom Speedway Seasons
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Champions	League champions Cup winners

1958 Speedway National League

League

Final table

Fixtures and results

Top ten riders (league only)

National Trophy

Final

Britannia Cup

Riders and final averages

See also

References

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