1935 Speedway National League
League | National League Division One |
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No. of competitors | 7 |
Champions | Belle Vue Aces |
National Trophy | Belle Vue Aces |
A.C.U Cup | Belle Vue Aces |
London Cup | Harringay Tigers |
Highest average | Bluey Wilkinson |
The 1935 National League Division One was the seventh season of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.[1][2][3]
Summary
[edit]Walthamstow relocated to Hackney Wick Wolves. Plymouth Tigers and Birmingham dropped out so there were only 7 teams, 6 of which were located in London. Bluey Wilkinson of West Ham Hammers topped the rider averages.
The only non-London club, Belle Vue Aces, won their third consecutive national title and Knockout Cup and second treble after winning the A.C.U Cup.[4]
British champion Tom Farndon of the New Cross Lambs was fatally injured in a scratch race at New Cross Stadium, on 28 August. He was involved in a crash with Ron Johnson, who clipped the safety fence and fell causing Farndon to crash into Johnson's bike. Farndon suffered a fractured skull and spine injury and was unconscious when he was transferred to the Miller General Hospital in Greenwich. He died two days later on 30 August.[5][6][7]
Final table
[edit]Pos | Team | PL | W | D | L | Pts |
1 | Belle Vue Aces | 24 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 36 |
2 | Harringay Tigers | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 26 |
3 | West Ham Hammers | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 25 |
4 | Wembley Lions | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 22 |
5 | Hackney Wick Wolves | 24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 21 |
6 | New Cross Lambs | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
7 | Wimbledon Dons | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
Top Ten Riders
[edit]Rider | Nat | Team | C.M.A. | |
1 | Bluey Wilkinson | ![]() |
West Ham | 10.57 |
2 | Dicky Case | ![]() |
Hackney | 10.12 |
3 | Tom Farndon | ![]() |
New Cross | 9.74 |
4 | Max Grosskreutz | ![]() |
Belle Vue | 9.57 |
5 | Bill Kitchen | ![]() |
Belle Vue | 9.18 |
6 | Jack Parker | ![]() |
Harringay | 9.13 |
7 | Eric Langton | ![]() |
Belle Vue | 9.10 |
8 | Ron Johnson | ![]() |
New Cross | 8.78 |
9 | Jack Ormston | ![]() |
Harringay | 8.75 |
10 | Tommy Croombs | ![]() |
West Ham | 8.74 |
National Trophy
[edit]The 1935 National Trophy was the fifth edition of the Knockout Cup.[8]
First round
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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13/07 | Belle Vue | 55-52 | New Cross |
13/07 | Harringay | 70-35 | Hackney Wick |
11/07 | Wembley | 55-52 | West Ham |
10/07 | New Cross | 54-54 | Belle Vue |
09/07 | West Ham | 67-41 | Wembley |
08/07 | Hackney Wick | 47-61 | Harringay |
Wimbledon | Bye |
Semifinals
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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10/08 | Belle Vue | 64-34 | West Ham |
06/08 | West Ham | 54-53 | Belle Vue |
05/08 | Wimbledon | 41-64 | Harringay |
03/08 | Harringay | 69-39 | Wimbledon |
Final
[edit]First leg
Harringay Tigers Jack Ormston 11 Norman Parker 11 Jack Parker 9 Phil Bishop 5 Bill Pitcher 5 Les Wotton 4 | 45 – 63 | Belle Vue Aces Eric Langton 17 Bill Kitchen 17 Max Grosskreutz 15 Joe Abbott 10 Frank Varey 3 Bob Harrison 1 Wally Hull 0 |
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Second leg
Belle Vue Aces Max Grosskreutz 18 Eric Langton 13 Bob Harrison 12 Joe Abbott 9 Bill Kitchen 6 Frank Varey 5 | 63 – 43 | Harringay Tigers Norman Parker 12 Jack Parker 12 Bill Pitcher 5 Jack Ormston 4 Billy Dallison 3 Les Wotton 3 Phil Bishop 2 Fred Strecker 2 |
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[9] |
Belle Vue were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 126-88.
A.C.U Cup
[edit]The 1935 Auto-Cycle Union Cup was the second edition of the Cup and was won by Belle Vue for the second time.[10]
First round
Group 1
Team | PL | W | D | L | Pts |
Belle Vue Aces | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Wembley Lions | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Wimbledon Dons | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Group 2
Team | PL | W | D | L | Pts |
Harringay Tigers | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
West Ham Hammers | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
New Cross Lambs | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Hackney Wick Wolves | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Final
[edit]Date | Team one | Team two | Score |
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31/08 | Belle Vue | Harringay | 73–34 |
31/08 | Harringay | Belle Vue | 54-54 |
London Cup
[edit]First round
Team one | Score | Team two |
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Hackney Wick | 48–57, 39–69 | West Ham |
Wimbledon | 39–64, 32–75 | Harringay |
Semi final round
Team one | Score | Team two |
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Wembley | 50–55, 41–66 | Harringay |
West Ham | 63.5–41.5, 47–58 | New Cross |
Final
[edit]First leg
Harringay Norman Parker 16 Jack Parker 16 Jack Ormston 16 Bill Pitcher 9 Phil Bishop 8 Les Wotton 3 | 68–37 | West Ham Bluey Wilkinson 12 Arthur Atkinson 8 Tommy Croombs 6 Tiger Stevenson 4 Rol Stobart 4 Ken Brett 2 Stan Dell 1 George Saunders 0 |
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Second leg
West Ham Bluey Wilkinson 15 Tommy Croombs 15 Tiger Stevenson 8 Arthur Atkinson 8 Rol Stobart 3 Stan Dell 3 George Saunders 2 Ken Brett 1 | 55–52 | Harringay Jack Ormston 15 Norman Parker 12 Jack Parker 9 Phil Bishop 8 Bill Pitcher 4 Billy Dallison 3 Fred Strecker 1 Les Wotton 0 |
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[11] |
Harringay won on aggregate 120–97
Riders & final averages
[edit]Belle Vue
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Max Grosskreutz 9.57
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Bill Kitchen 9.18
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Eric Langton 9.10
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Joe Abbott 8.34
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Bob Harrison 7.19
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Wally Hull 5.41
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Frank Varey 4.95
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Eric Blain 3.23
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Tommy Allott 2.29
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Oliver Langton 2.18
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Acorn Dobson 1.89
Hackney
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Dicky Case 10.12
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Dusty Haigh 7.89
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Morian Hansen 6.23
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Wally Lloyd 6.16
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Bill Clibbett 5.62
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Clem Thomas 4.89
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Squib Burton 4.78
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Mick Murphy (John Glass) 4.62
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Fred Tate 4.44
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George Wilks 3.50
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Cliff Parkinson 3.00
Harringay
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Jack Parker 9.13
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Jack Ormston 8.75
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Norman Parker 6.86
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Les Wotton 6.21
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Bill Pitcher 5.97
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Norman Evans 5.00
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Fred Strecker 5.33
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Phil Bishop 4.78
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Billy Dallison 3.16
New Cross
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Tom Farndon 9.74
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Ron Johnson 8.78
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Joe Francis 7.17
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Norman Evans 6.80
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Stan Greatrex 6.02
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Nobby Key 4.86
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George Newton 4.53
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Harry Shepherd 4.00
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Roger Frogley 4.00
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Mike Erskine 3.86
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Roy Dook 3.37
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Fred Leavis 1.23
Wembley
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Frank Charles 8.60
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Wally Kilmister 8.33
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Lionel Van Praag 7.79
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Ginger Lees 6.35
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Gordon Byers 6.11
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Norman Evans 6.11
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Broncho Dixon 5.74
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Eric Gregory 5.04
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Dick Smythe 4.73
West Ham
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Bluey Wilkinson 10.57
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Tommy Croombs 8.74
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Arthur Atkinson 6.67
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Mick Murphy (John Glass) 6.50
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Tiger Stevenson 6.44
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George Saunders 4.76
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Arthur Warwick 4.27
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Rol Stobbart 4.22
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Stan Dell 3.70
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Ken Brett 3.13
Wimbledon
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Vic Huxley 8.71
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Syd Jackson 6.37
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Gus Kuhn 5.91
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Wal Phillips 5.66
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Jack Sharp 5.52
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Geoff Pymar 5.46
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Wal Morton 5.07
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Claude Rye 4.74
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Eric Collins 3.83
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
- ^ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 129. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
- ^ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Tom Farndon still unconscious in hospital". Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail. 29 August 1935. Retrieved 6 August 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Tom Farndon and Johnson injured". Daily Mirror. 29 August 1935. Retrieved 6 August 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Farndon dies form injuries". Daily Herald. 31 August 1935. Retrieved 6 August 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1935 National Trophy". Speedway archive.
- ^ a b "1935 National Trophy" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "1935 ACU Cup" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Harringay take Speedway Cup". Daily Herald. 2 October 1935. Retrieved 16 September 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.