English motorcycle speedway league season
The 1929 Southern League was the inaugural season of motorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams.[1] There was also a Northern League called the 1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League that started during the same year.[2][3]
Summary
Stamford Bridge were crowned as the first champions,[4] just two points ahead of Southampton Saints.[5] Birmingham Hall Green withdrew after 7 meetings and their record was expunged.[6]
Final table
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Withdrawal (Record expunged) : Birmingham Hall Green
Riders
Birmingham Hall Green (withdrew)
- Tommy Cross
- Johnny Lloyd
- Cyril Locke
- George Povey
- Bill Stanley
- Cyril Taft
- Bunny Wilcox
Birmingham (Perry Barr)
- Bill Ashcroft
- Georg Britt
- Norman Burton
- Joe Dallison
- Joe Hassall
- Johnny Lloyd
- Wally Lloyd
- Les Patrick
- Tim Reid
- Arthur Johnson
- Geoff Siddaway
Coventry
Crystal Palace
- Jack Barrett
- Bryan Donkin
- Joe Francis
- Wally Harris
- George Lovick
- Triss Sharp
- Arthur Willmott
Harringay
- Dicky Bird
- Lou Burger
- Bill Crouch
- Will Dennis
- Bert Gerrish
- Alf Medcalf
- Ray Parsons
- Reg Pointer
- Eric Spencer
- Stan Spencer
Lea Bridge
- Frank Bond
- Tommy Croombs
- Roy Dook
- Stew Fairbairn
- Alf Foulds
- Alf Merrell
- Harold Osment
- Eric Parry
- Alec Slow
- Jimmy Stevens
Southampton
- Cecil Bounds
- Vic Collins
- Tommy Cullis
- Don Durant
- Clarrie Eldridge
- Eric Lister
- Jimmy Hayes
- Jimmy Pink
- Ernie Rickman
- Col Stewart
- Albert Wakerley
Stamford Bridge
Wembley
- Stan Catlett
- Vic Deale
- Bert Fairweather
- Buster Frogley
- Ron Hieatt
- Jack Jackson
- Nobby Key
- Jack Ormston
- Len Reeve
- Crawley Rous
West Ham
White City
- Dicky Bird
- Hilary Buchanan
- Larry Coffey
- Clem Cort
- Harold Crook
- Frank Ewen
- Del Forster
- Fred Hore
- Colin Watson
Wimbledon
- Cecil Brown
- Sid Chambers
- Dudley Cox
- Les Dearth
- Jim Kempster
- Jack Kidwell
- Fred Osborne
- Alf Sawford
- Mart Sieffert
- Eddie Slade-Jones
- Jimmy Stevens
- Alf Summersby
- Rube Sonny Wilson
