Arthur Bush

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Arthur Bush
Born26 February 1925
Dalston, London
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1948 Bristol Bulldogs
1948, 1953 Yarmouth Bloaters
1949-1950 Harringay Racers
1950 Liverpool Chads
1951-1953 Bradford Tudors
Team honours
1948 British Div 2

Arthur Thomas Bush (born 26 February 1925) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned five international caps for the England national speedway team. [1] [2]

Biography

Bush was born in 1925 in Dalston, London. He served as a Royal Navy petty officer during World War II before signing for Harringay Racers in the top division of British speedway during June 1947. He was described as a protégé of Vic Duggan. [3]

In 1948, he was loaned out to Bristol Bulldogs in the second division, [4] where he made just a small contribution to their league winning season because later in the season he was loaned out to Yarmouth Bloaters, during the 1948 Speedway National League Division Three season. [5]

In 1949, he finally secured a spot in the Harringay Racers team and remained with Harringay for 1950 but was loaned out to Liverpool Chads during the second half of the season. [6]

His career at Harringay never really took off and before the 1951 season, Harringay signed Jack Biggs from Bradford Tudors for £1,000, in a deal that also saw the exchange of Bush and fellow rider Alf Viccary. [7] However, his form at Bradford improved to the extent that he was selected by England to represent them in the 1951 winter test series tour of Australia. [8]

He spent the following two seasons with Bradford from 1952 to 1953 but during his last season in 1953 with them, he was transferred to Yarmouth in the second division. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Bradford Tudors". Defunct Speedway. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "RL referees to get pay rise" . Daily Mirror. 19 June 1947. Retrieved 4 November 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Bristol may sign Arthur Bush" . Western Daily Press. 21 June 1948. Retrieved 4 November 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "1948 season results". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Two Chad introductions" . Liverpool Echo. 22 July 1950. Retrieved 4 November 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Transferred" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 22 February 1951. Retrieved 4 November 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "English riders for Australia tour" . Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 28 September 1951. Retrieved 4 November 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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