1930 Speedway Southern League
LeagueSouthern League
No. of competitors13
ChampionsWembley Lions
London CupWembley Lions
Highest averageVic Huxley
Division/s other1930 Northern League

The 1930 Southern League was the second season of speedway in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams.[1] The Northern teams also had their second season known as the 1930 Speedway Northern League.[2][3]

Summary

White City had left the league but 3 new teams - High Beech, Leicester Stadium and Nottingham - joined. The Wembley Lions won their first title. Birmingham Brummies (Perry Barr) withdrew after 4 meetings and their record was expunged[4][5]

Final table

Pos Team PL W D L Pts
1 Wembley Lions 24 20 1 3 41
2 Southampton Saints 24 17 1 6 35
3 Stamford Bridge Pensioners 24 16 1 7 33
4 Wimbledon Dons 24 16 1 7 33
5 Hall Green Bulldogs 24 13 1 10 27
6 Coventry 24 13 1 10 27
7 Crystal Palace Glaziers 24 11 1 12 23
8 Lea Bridge 24 10 1 13 21
9 West Ham Hammers 24 10 0 14 20
10 Leicester Stadium 24 8 1 15 17
11 High Beech 24 8 0 16 16
12 Harringay Canaries 24 7 0 17 14
13 Nottingham 24 2 1 21 5

Withdrawal (Record expunged) : Birmingham (Perry Barr)

Top Five Riders

Team C.M.A.
1 Vic Huxley Harringay 10.55
2 Jack Parker Coventry 10.34
3 Jack Ormston Wembley 10.29
4 Colin Watson Harringay/Wembley 10.15
5 Billy Dallison Hall Green 10.07

London Cup

The 1930 London Cup was the inaugural competition for teams from the London area. Wembley were the winners.[6]

First round

Team one Score Team two
Crystal Palace 52–43, 33–62 Wimbledon
Wembley 71–25, 44–52 High Beech
Stamford Bridge 60–35, 53–40 West Ham
Harringay 52–44, 47–47 Lea Bridge

Semi final round

Team one Score Team two
Harringay 50–46, 38–58 Stamford Bridge
Wimbledon 39–56, 44–52 Wembley

Final

First leg

Wembley
Colin Watson 10
Harry Whitfield 10
Jack Ormston 9
George Greenwood 8
Norman Evans 6
Buster Frogley 6
Wally Kilmister 5
Tiger Sanderson 5		59–37Stamford Bridge
Gus Kuhn 12
Arthur Warwick 12
Wal Phillips 5
Les Blakebrough 4
Ernie Mayne 2
Don Boswell 1
Fred Ralph 1
Nick Nicol 0
Colin Ford 0
Empire Stadium

Second leg

Stamford Bridge
Wal Phillips 11
Arthur Warwick 11
Gus Kuhn 8
Fred Ralph 6
Don Boswell 5
Nick Nicol 3
Les Blakebrough 3
Colin Ford 2
Ernie Mayne 0		49–46Wembley
Jack Ormston 11
Colin Watson 8
George Greenwood 8
Norman Evans 5
Harry Whitfield 5
Charlie Shelton 4
Wally Kilmister 3
Tiger Sanderson 2
Jack Jackson 0
Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 47,000

Wembley won on aggregate 105–83

Riders & final averages

Birmingham

Coventry

Crystal Palace

Hall Green

Harringay

High Beech

Lea Bridge

Leicester

Nottingham

Southampton

Stamford Bridge

Wembley

West Ham

Wimbledon

See also

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 Researcher
  5. ^ "Speedway Teams UK 1929-1934". Cyber Motorcycle. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Speedway Honours". Weekly Dispatch (London). 12 October 1930. Retrieved 10 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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