1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League
League | English Dirt Track League |
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No. of competitors | 11 |
Champions | Leeds |
Knockout Cup | Preston |
Highest average | Syd Jackson |
Division/s other | 1929 Southern League |
The 1929 English Dirt Track League was the inaugural season of speedway in the United Kingdom for Northern English teams.[1] There was also a Southern League called the 1929 Speedway Southern League that started during the same year.[2][3][4]
Summary
The season was littered with mid-season withdrawals but eventually the
Dennis Atkinson suffered critical injuries on 12 July 1929, following an accident at Cleveland Park Stadium riding in a Golden Helmet meeting. He died the following day.[7]
Final table
Pos | Team | PL | W | D | L | Pts |
1 | Leeds | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 33 |
2 | Preston | 20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 28 |
3 | Halifax | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 25 |
4 | Newcastle | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
5 | Salford | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
6 | Rochdale | 20 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 19 |
7 | Leicester Stadium | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 18 |
8 | Liverpool | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 16 |
9 | Sheffield | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 13 |
10 | Middlesbrough | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 12 |
11 | Barnsley Lundwood | 20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 12 |
Withdrawals (Records expunged) :
Top Five Riders
Team | C.M.A. | ||
1 | Syd Jackson | Leicester | 10.71 |
2 | Joe Abbott | Burnley/Preston | 10.50 |
3 | Ham Burrill | Preston | 9.44 |
4 | Charlie Hornby | Warrington | 8.88 |
5 | Walter Creasor | Newcastle/Halifax | 8.50 |
English Dirt Track Knockout Cup
First round
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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03/08 | Barnsley Lundwood | 32–30 | Sheffield |
10/08 | Rochdale | 39–23 | Salford |
10/08 | Sheffield | 33–30 | Barnsley Lundwood |
13/08 | Middlesbrough | 25–38 | Newcastle |
16/08 | Manchester White City | 50–13 | Warrington |
21/08 | Liverpool | 16–47 | Preston |
22/08 | Halifax | 49–13 | Leeds |
22/08 | Leicester Stadium | 34–27 | Leicester Super |
22/08 | Preston | 44–19 | Liverpool |
23/08 | Newcastle | 38–24 | Middlesbrough |
23/08 | Warrington | 33–29 | Manchester White City |
24/08 | Leeds | 32–31 | Halifax |
24/08 | Leicester Super | 30–32 | Leicester Stadium |
24/08 | Nottingham | 35–23 | Wombwell |
26/08 | Salford | 37–26 | Rochdale |
29/08 | Wombwell | 38–24 | Nottingham |
Second round
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
---|---|---|---|
12/09 | Halifax | 35–25 | Wombwell |
14/09 | Rochdale | 30–33 | Leicester Stadium |
16/09 | Wombwell | 31–31 | Halifax |
18/09 | Sheffield | 35–28 | Preston |
19/09 | Leicester Stadium | 35–27 | Rochdale |
19/09 | Preston | 55–11 | Sheffield |
Manchester White City | w/o | Newcastle |
Semifinals
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
---|---|---|---|
19/09 | Halifax | 44–19 | Newcastle |
20/09 | Newcastle | 37–25 | Halifax |
21/09 | Preston | 48–14 | Leicester Stadium |
03/10 | Leicester Stadium | 39–24 | Preston |
Final
First leg
Preston Frank Charles 12 Joe Abbott 10 Ham Burrill 8 Frank Chiswell 8 Jack Chiswell 7 Claude Rye 3 | 48 – 15 | Halifax Walter Creasor 5 Bert Clayton 3 Geoff Taylor 2 Frank Smith 2 Geoff Kilburn 2 Jack Dudding 1 |
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[8] |
Second leg
Halifax Cyril "Squib" Burton 7 George Reynard 6 Bert Clayton 4 Frank Smith 3 Arthur Atkinson 2 Jack Dudding 1 | 24 – 39 | Preston Frank Chiswell 12 Frank Charles 10 Joe Abbott 6 Ham Burrill 5 Claude Rye 4 Len Myerscough 2 |
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[8] |
Preston were Knockout Cup winners, winning on aggregate 87–39.
Riders
Barnsley
- Bob Allen
- Tommy Allott
- Albert Brown
- Bob Elliott
- Fred Ledger
- Reg Marshall
- Joe Mitchell
- Arthur Moore
- Bert Round
- George Thompson
- Tommy Thompson
- Charlie Ward
Halifax
- Arthur Atkinson
- Cyril "Squib" Burton
- Bert Clayton
- George Corney
- Walter Creasor
- Jack Duddings
- Dusty Haigh
- Geoff Kilburn
- George Reynard
- Frank Smith
- Geoff Taylor
- Alec Tidswell
- Geoff Wilson
Leeds
- Arthur Atkinson
- Dennis Atkinson
- Roy Barrowclough
- Tommy Bullus
- Billy Burrows
- Tommy Gamble
- George Greenwood
- Alec Hill
- Eric Langton
- Oliver Langton
- Arnold Moore
- John Scratcherd
Leicester
- Stan Baines
- Alec Bowerman
- Len Brown
- Squib Burton
- Billy Ellmore
- Jimmy Gent
- Dilly Gittins
- Hal Herbert
- Syd Jackson
- Nobby Kendrick
- Slider Shuttleworth
- Henry Taft
Liverpool
- Eric Blain
- Larry Boulton
- Crasher Coxhead
- Chris Hughes
- Eddie Myerscough
- Syd Plevin
- Thomas Arthur Price
- Les Wotton
Manchester White City (withdrew)
- Cyril "Squib" Burton
- Larry Boulton
- Billy Dallison
- Harry Gresty
- Walter Hull
- Syd Jackson
- Arthur Jervis
- Hugh Jervis
- Rex Kirby
- Jack Owen
- Skid Skinner
- Bunny Wilcox
- Tommy Withington
- Les Wotton
Middlesbrough
- James Allen
- Dick Bailey
- Charlie Barratt
- Billy Brown
- Dan Buck
- Ron Carling
- Edde Crenston
- Broncho Dixon
- Norman Evans
- Frank Harrison
Newcastle
- Phil Blake
- Gordon Byers
- Arnie Cattell
- Fred Creasor
- Walter Creasor
- Percy Dunn
- Charles Sanderson
- Roy Sanderson
- Ernie Smith
- Tommy Storey
- Bud Thompson
Preston
- Joe Abbott
- Bill Anderton
- Ham Burrill
- Frank Charles
- Jack Chiswell
- Frank Chiswell
- Doug Hutchings
- Jack Lund
- Len Mysercough
- Thomas Arthur Price
- Claude Rye
Rochdale
- Jack Atkinson
- Buster Breaks
- Cyril "Squib" Burton
- Ben Higginbottom
- Wally Hicklin
- Scott Michie
- Skid Nock
- Bud Proctor
- Fred Proctor
- Ron Thompson
Salford
- Billy Howard
- Hen Helsby
- Tommy Mason
- Ken Miller
- Sid Newiss
- Tommy Simpson
- Cliff Watson
- Arthur Wilcock
- Cyril Wilcock
- Fred Williams
Sheffield
- Jack Barber
- Clem Beckett
- Frank Bianchi
- Johnny Broughton
- George Crawshaw
- Scotty Cummings
- Eric Hall
- Dusty Jenkins
- Arthur Longley
- Gus Platts
- W S Shuker
- Spencer Stratton
- Arthur Westwood
See also
- List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
References
- ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
- ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
- ^ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939)". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway Teams UK 1929-1934". Cyber Motorcycle. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "MANCHESTER WHITE CITY". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "Dirt-Track Topics". Yorkshire Evening Post. 20 September 1929. Retrieved 25 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Middlesbrough Speedway Track At Cleveland Park". Speedway Museum. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ a b "1960 National Trophy". Speedway Archive. Retrieved 18 August 2021.