1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League

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1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League
League English Dirt Track League
No. of competitors11
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, featuring from Northern England. [1] In the same year, the 1929 Speedway Southern League also commenced, catering to teams from Southern England [2] [3] [4]

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Summary

The season was marked by mid-season withdrawals, but Leeds were ultimately crowned champions. In 1930, the league was renamed the Northern League, thus existing for only one year. White City Speedway (Manchester) withdrew from the league following a dispute [5] and would have been crowned champions if they had not withdrawn. At the time of their departure, they were leading the table by four points, having won 18 of their 20 matches. [6]

The introduction of speedway in Middlesbrough at the Cleveland Park Stadium was a success with the team holding their first home fixture was on 16 May 1929 against Salford. [7] [8] However, on 12 July 1929, Dennis Atkinson suffered critical injuries following an accident at Cleveland Park, riding in a Golden Helmet meeting. He died the following day. [9]

Final table

PosTeamPLWDLPts
1 Leeds 20161333
2 Preston 20140628
3 Halifax 19121625
4 Newcastle 201001020
5 Salford 201001020
6 Rochdale 20911919
7 Leicester Stadium 20901118
8 Liverpool 18801016
9 Sheffield 20611313
10 Middlesbrough 19601312
11 Barnsley Lundwood 20601412

Withdrawals (Records expunged) :

Top Five Riders

TeamC.M.A.
1 Syd Jackson Leicester10.71
2 Joe Abbott Burnley/Preston10.50
3 Ham Burrill Preston9.44
4Charlie HornbyWarrington8.88
5 Walter Creasor Newcastle/Halifax8.50

English Dirt Track Knockout Cup

First round

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
03/08Barnsley Lundwood32–30Sheffield
10/08Rochdale39–23Salford
10/08Sheffield33–30Barnsley Lundwood
13/08Middlesbrough25–38Newcastle
16/08Manchester White City50–13Warrington
21/08Liverpool16–47Preston
22/08Halifax49–13Leeds
22/08Leicester Stadium34–27Leicester Super
22/08Preston44–19Liverpool
23/08Newcastle38–24Middlesbrough
23/08Warrington33–29Manchester White City
24/08Leeds32–31Halifax
24/08Leicester Super30–32Leicester Stadium
24/08Nottingham35–23Wombwell
26/08Salford37–26Rochdale
29/08Wombwell38–24Nottingham

Second round

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
12/09Halifax35–25Wombwell
14/09Rochdale30–33Leicester Stadium
16/09Wombwell31–31Halifax
18/09Sheffield35–28Preston
19/09Leicester Stadium35–27Rochdale
19/09Preston55–11Sheffield
Manchester White Cityw/oNewcastle

Semifinals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
19/09Halifax44–19Newcastle
20/09Newcastle37–25Halifax
21/09Preston48–14Leicester Stadium
03/10Leicester Stadium39–24Preston

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
[10]
Farringdon Park

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
[10]
Sheffield

Preston were Knockout Cup winners, winning on aggregate 87–39.

Riders

Barnsley

Halifax

Leeds

Leicester

Liverpool

Manchester White City (withdrew)

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Preston

Rochdale

Salford

Sheffield

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 129. ISBN   0-904584-45-3.
  2. ↑ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  3. ↑ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939)". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Speedway Teams UK 1929-1934". Cyber Motorcycle. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "MANCHESTER WHITE CITY". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Dirt-Track Topics" . Yorkshire Evening Post. 20 September 1929. Retrieved 25 November 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "1929 season" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  8. ↑ "Albion Auto Racers" . Yorkshire Evening Post. 13 May 1929. Retrieved 4 October 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Middlesbrough Speedway Track At Cleveland Park". Speedway Museum. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  10. 1 2 "1960 National Trophy". Speedway Archive. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
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