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1955 Speedway National League

The 1955 Speedway National League was the 21st season and tenth post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.

Summary

The league consisted of seven teams after the Harringay Racers ceased competitive speedway racing at the end of 1954. Match line-ups were reduced from eight riders to seven riders. Wimbledon won their second successive National League Championship. West Ham closed at the end of the season, blaming poor attendances.

Final table

Fixtures & results

A fixtures

B fixtures

  • Wembley Lions were forced to hold one set of their home fixtures at the away team's venue due to the ongoing installation of floodlights at Wembley Stadium from May.

Top Ten Riders (League only)

National Trophy Stage Two

The 1955 National Trophy was the 18th edition of the Knockout Cup. The Trophy consisted of two stages; stage one was for the second-tier clubs, stage two was for the top-tier clubs. Norwich won the second and final stage and were therefore declared the 1955 National Trophy champions.

First round

Semifinals

Final

First leg

Second leg

Norwich were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 109–106.

Midland Cup

Birmingham won the Midland Cup for a third consecutive year. It consisted of four teams, there was one team from division 1 and three teams from division 2.

First round

Semi final round

Final

First leg

Second leg

Birmingham won on aggregate 108–96

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

  • 8.96
  • 8.61
  • 8.43
  • 6.69
  • 5.05
  • 4.93
  • 4.76
  • 4.70
  • 4.47
  • 4.45
  • 1.60

Birmingham

Bradford

  • 9.14
  • 8.91
  • 7.85
  • 6.18
  • 6.04
  • 5.04
  • 4.28
  • 3.57
  • 3.27
  • 2.24

Norwich

  • 10.00
  • 8.33
  • 7.38
  • 7.32
  • 6.51
  • 4.80
  • 4.58
  • 2.49
  • 1.52

Wembley

  • 9.34
  • 7.31
  • 6.95
  • 6.91
  • 6.13
  • 5.88
  • 4.35
  • 4.00

West Ham

  • 10.79
  • 7.46
  • 6.87
  • 5.79
  • 5.51
  • 5.44
  • 4.93
  • 2.15
  • 1.73
  • 0.73

Wimbledon

  • 10.77
  • 9.79
  • 7.76
  • 7.63
  • 5.54
  • 5.33
  • 5.16
  • 4.98
  • 1.14

See also

References