League | National League Division Two |
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No. of competitors | 12 |
Champions | Poole Pirates |
National Trophy (Div 2 final) | Poole Pirates |
Midland Cup | Coventry Bees |
Highest average | Tommy Miller |
Division/s above | National League (Div 1) |
Division/s below | Southern League |
The 1952 National League Division Two was the seventh post-war season of the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain. [1]
The post-war boom was now fading and the League was shortened to 12 teams with Division Three now defunct and continued only on a regional basis. Previous champions Norwich Stars had been promoted to Division One. Newcastle, Walthamstow and Halifax had closed whilst Fleetwood Flyers changed to Fleetwood Knights and ran only open meetings. Poole Pirates were the only new entrant, promoted from the former lower tier. [2]
Poole Pirates won the title, having won Division Three in the previous season.
Pos | Team | PL | W | D | L | Pts |
1 | Poole Pirates | 44 | 31 | 1 | 12 | 63 |
2 | Coventry Bees | 44 | 25 | 5 | 14 | 55 |
3 | Leicester Hunters | 44 | 25 | 2 | 17 | 52 |
4 | Cradley Heath Heathens | 44 | 24 | 0 | 20 | 48 |
5 | Glasgow White City Tigers | 44 | 23 | 1 | 20 | 47 |
6 | Edinburgh Monarchs | 44 | 21 | 4 | 19 | 46 |
7 | Ashfield Giants | 44 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 41 |
8 | Motherwell Eagles | 44 | 19 | 2 | 23 | 40 |
9 | Yarmouth Bloaters | 44 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 40 |
10 | Stoke Potters | 44 | 18 | 1 | 25 | 37 |
11 | Liverpool Chads | 44 | 16 | 3 | 25 | 35 |
12 | Oxford Cheetahs | 44 | 11 | 2 | 31 | 24 |
Rider | Nat | Team | C.M.A. | |
1 | Tommy Miller | ![]() | Glasgow | 10.91 |
2 | Derick Close | ![]() | Motherwell | 10.57 |
3 | Fred Brand | ![]() | Yarmouth | 9.82 |
4 | Brian Crutcher | ![]() | Poole | 9.66 |
5 | Ken Middleditch | ![]() | Poole | 9.63 |
The 1952 National Trophy was the 15th edition of the Knockout Cup. The Trophy consisted of three stages; stage one was for the third tier clubs, stage two was for the second tier clubs and stage three was for the top tier clubs. The winner of stage one would qualify for stage two and the winner of stage two would qualify for the third and final stage. Poole won stage two and therefore qualified for stage three. [3]
Second Division qualifying first round
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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05/06 | Plymouth | 57-51 | Poole |
02/06 | Poole | 67-41 | Plymouth |
24/05 | Coventry | 71-36 | Motherwell |
24/05 | Stoke | 71-37 | Cradley Heath |
23/05 | Cradley Heath | 67-41 | Stoke |
23/05 | Motherwell | 61-47 | Coventry |
19/05 | Liverpool | 71-37 | Edinburgh |
17/05 | Edinburgh | 67-41 | Liverpool |
13/05 | Yarmouth | 61-47 | Leicester |
09/05 | Leicester | 71-37 | Yarmouth |
Second Division Qualifying Second round
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
---|---|---|---|
19/06 | Oxford | 53-55 | Poole |
09/06 | Poole | 78-30 | Oxford |
07/06 | Coventry | 52-55 | Leicester |
07/06 | Stoke | 55-52 | Liverpool |
06/06 | Leicester | 55-53 | Coventry |
02/06 | Liverpool | 75.5-32.5 | Stoke |
24/05 | Glasgow Ashfield | 52-56 | Glasgow White City |
21/05 | Glasgow White City | 65-43 | Glasgow Ashfield |
Second Division Qualifying semifinals
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
---|---|---|---|
20/06 | Leicester | 46-62 | Glasgow White City |
18/06 | Glasgow White City | 53-55 | Leicester |
25/06 | Poole | 85-23 | Liverpool |
First leg
Poole Pirates Ken Middleditch 13 Brian Crutcher 12 Tony Lewis 11 Jimmy Squibb 11 Alan Kidd 8 Bill Holden 4 Terry Small 2 Roy Craighead 0 | 61 – 47 | Glasgow White City Tigers Junior Bainbridge 14 Tommy Miller 13 Don Wilkinson 8 Ken McKinlay 8 Len Nicholson 4 Alf McIntosh 1 Peter Dykes 1 Stuart Irvine 0 |
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[4] [5] |
Second leg
Glasgow White City Tigers Ken McKinlay 16 Tommy Miller 15 Junior Bainbridge 12 Alf McIntosh 6 Len Nicholson 4 Don Wilkinson 3 Peter Dykes 3 Stuart Irvine 0 | 58 – 50 | Poole Pirates Brian Crutcher 13 Jimmy Squibb 13 Ken Middleditch 12 Bill Holden 4 Terry Small 4 Alan Kidd 2 Tony Lewis 1 Roy Craighead 1 |
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[5] |
Coventry won the Midland Cup, which consisted of eight teams. There was one team from division 1, five teams from division 2 and two teams from division 3.
First round
Team one | Team two | Score |
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Wolverhampton | Long Eaton | 69–26, 59–37 |
Second round
Team one | Team two | Score |
---|---|---|
Leicester | Stoke | 54–42, 42–53 |
Oxford | Wolverhampton | 62–34, 45–51 |
Cradley | Coventry | 50–46, 34–62 |
Semi final round
Team one | Team two | Score |
---|---|---|
Oxford | Coventry | 25–71, 26–70 |
Birmingham | Leicester | 70–26, 63–33 |
First leg
Birmingham Dan Forsberg 14 Arthur Payne 13 Ron Mountford 8 Lionel Watling 6 Eric Boothroyd 5 Cyril Page 4 Ivor Davies 2 Ron Mason 1 | 53–43 | Coventry Johnnie Reason 13 Vic Emms 7 Peter Brough 5 Stan Williams 5 Les Hewitt 5 Derrick Tailby 5 Charlie New 2 Jack Wright 1 |
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Second leg
Coventry Peter Brough 14 Vic Emms 12 Johnnie Reason 11 Les Hewitt 9 Derrick Tailby 7 John Yates 6 Cyril Cooper 5 Stan Williams 3 | 67–29 | Birmingham Alan Hunt 7 Ron Mountford 6 Ron Mason 4 Ivor Davies 4 Cyril Page 4 Bill Jemison 3 Lionel Watling 1 Eric Boothroyd 0 |
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[6] |
Coventry won on aggregate 110–82
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