The 1950 Individual Speedway World Championship was the fifth edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
The title was won by Welshman Freddie Williams with the pivotal heat being the heat against Australian Graham Warren. Warren and Williams both unbeaten met in their third rides and as Warren challenged Williams for the lead he was forced to drop behind Williams. Warren then hit a bump and fell which cost him valuable points and the chance to win the title. [7]
Ronnie Moore became the youngest finalist at the age of just 17. [8]
Date | Venue | Winner |
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12 June | Stanley Stadium | Jack Hughes |
12 June | Wimborne Road | Ray Ellis |
13 June | Cornish Stadium | Hugh Geddes |
15 June | Oxford Stadium | Charlie New |
16 June | County Ground Stadium | Bob McFarlane |
16 June | Leicester Stadium | Les Hewitt |
17 June | Rayleigh Weir Stadium | Ticker James |
17 June | Abbey Stadium | Reg Duval |
Date | Venue | Winner |
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5 July | Highbury Stadium (Fleetwood) | Merv Harding |
5 July | White City Stadium, Glasgow | Frank Hodgson |
6 July | Pennycross Stadium | George Wall |
6 July | Owlerton Stadium | Pete Lansdale |
7 July | The Shay | Les Hewitt |
8 July | Brandon Stadium | Alan Hunt |
8 July | Old Meadowbank | Dick Campbell |
8 July | The Firs Stadium | Jack Young |
Date | Venue | Winner/2nd |
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25 July | Ashfield Stadium | Jack Young / Derick Close |
25 July | Banister Court Stadium | Merv Harding / Ron Mason |
25 July | Yarmouth Stadium | Les Hewitt / Eddie Rigg |
29 July | Sun Street Stadium | Junior Bainbridge / Mike Erskine |
31 July | Dudley Wood Stadium | Geoff Pymar / Ken Sharples |
31 July | Brough Park Stadium | Lindsay Mitchell / Dick Campbell |
31 July | Walthamstow Stadium | Jim Boyd / Tommy Miller |
9 events in Great Britain.
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Pos. | Rider | Points | Heats |
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1 | ![]() | 14 | (3,3,3,2,3) |
2 | ![]() | 13 | (2,3,3,2,3) |
3 | ![]() | 12 | (3,3,F,3,3) |
4 | ![]() | 10 | (2,2,3,1,2) |
5 | ![]() | 8 | (3,F,3,1,1) |
6 | ![]() | 8 | (2,1,2,3,0) |
7 | ![]() | 8 | (1,2,3,1,1) |
8 | ![]() | 7 | (0,1,2,1,3) |
9 | ![]() | 7 | (2,2,2,0,1) |
10 | ![]() | 7 | (X,0,2,3,2) |
11 | ![]() | 6 | (X,3,1,2,0) |
12 | ![]() | 5 | (1,0,1,1,2) |
13 | ![]() | 4 | (1,1,1,0,1) |
14 | ![]() | 3 | (1,2,0,0,0) |
15 | ![]() | 3 | (0,1,0,0,2) |
16 | ![]() | 0 | (0,0,-,0,0) |
![]() | 5 | (3,2) | |
![]() | 0 | (0) |
The World Championship of Speedway is an international competition between the highest-ranked motorcycle speedway riders of the world, run under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). The first official championships were held in 1936.
The 1936 Individual Speedway World Championship was the first ever Speedway World Championship and was won by Lionel Van Praag of Australia. The forerunner to the World Championship was generally regarded to be the Star Riders' Championship. The final was held at London's Wembley Stadium in front of 74,000. It was the first of a record 26 times that Wembley would host the World Final with the last being in 1981.
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