1951 Individual Speedway World Championship

6th edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship December 2023 December 2023 1951 Individual Speedway World Championship 1950 1952 The 1951 Individual Speedway World Championship was the sixth edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000768/19510920/007/0007 Hunt has ability to take speed title Birmingham Mail 20 September 1951 British Newspaper Archive subscription 10 October 2024 Oakes Peter 1981 Speedway Yearbook 1981 20–21 Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd 0-86215-017-5http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-speedway-championships.html World Championship 1936-1994 Edinburgh Speedway 5 July 2021https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX British Speedway 5 July 2021https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 5 July 2021 Australia's Jack Young won the World Championship. Young won a run-off for the title with British rider Split Waterman and fellow Australian Jack Biggs after all three riders had finished on 12 points.https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf WORLD FINALS 1936-1994 Speedway Researcher 5 July 2021http://www.speedway.org/history/ HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK Speedway.org 5 July 2021 The 1951 World Final was held before a reported crowd of 93,000 at Wembley Stadium. First qualifying round The top 13 riders qualify for the second qualifying round.Speedway Weekly Dispatch (London) 27 May 1951 4 January 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19510527/143/0008 British Newspaper Archive subscription DateVenueWinner 31 May Penarth Road Stadium Derek Tailby 2 June Aldershot Stadium Trevor Redmond 2 June Rayleigh Weir Stadium Tony Lewis 2 June Abbey Stadium Hugh Geddes 4 June County Ground Stadium Johnny Sargeant Second qualifying round Top Qualifiers go forward to the Championship round.Pioneer Ron comes to Bristol track Bristol Evening World 6 July 1951 4 January 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003866/19510706/011/0011 British Newspaper Archive subscription DateVenueWinner10 July Ashfield Stadium Eric Williams10 July Banister Court Stadium Tom Oakley10 July Yarmouth Stadium Fred Brand11 July Highbury Stadium (Fleetwood) Wilf Jay11 July White City Stadium, Glasgow Tommy Miller11 July The Shay Arthur Forrest12 July Oxford Stadium Jack Young13 July Leicester Stadium Geoff Mardon13 July The Stadium, Motherwell Gordon McGregor13 July Brough Park Stadium Dick Campbell16 July Dudley Wood Stadium Phil Clarke16 July Stanley Stadium Ken Sharples16 July Walthamstow Stadium Jim Boyd21 July Brandon Stadium Tommy Miller21 July Old Meadowbank Jack Young21 July Sun Street Stadium Bruce Abernethy21 July The Firs Stadium Bob Leverenz Championship Round Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final DateVenueWinner13 August Wimbledon Stadium Split Waterman14 August West Ham Stadium Bruce Abernethy15 August New Cross Stadium Bob Leverenz16 August Wembley Stadium Freddie Williams18 August Hyde Road Stadium Bruce Semmens18 August Perry Barr Stadium Alan Hunt18 August Odsal Stadium Eddie Rigg31 August Knowle Stadium Norman Parker31 August Harringay Stadium Jack Biggs Scores Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final Pos. Rider Total pts1 AUS Jack Biggs 292 ENG Split Waterman 273 ENG Alan Hunt 264 AUS Aub Lawson 255 NZL Ronnie Moore 256 WAL Freddie Williams 247 ENG Louis Lawson 238 AUS Bob Leverenz 239 ENG Norman Parker 2310 USA Ernie Roccio 2311 WAL Eric Williams 2312 AUS Jack Young 2313 ENG Cyril Brine 2214 ENG Jeff Lloyd 2215 ENG Jack Parker 2216 ENG Eddie Rigg 2217 ENG Dick Bradley 2118 NZL Geoff Mardon 2119 ENG Billy Hole 2120 ENG Bill Kitchen 2021 ENG Len Williams 2022 ENG John Reason 1923 ENG Bob Oakley 1924 NZL Bruce Abernethy 1925 ENG Eric Boothroyd 1826 ENG Derick Close 1727 AUS Graham Warren 1728 WAL Tom Oakley 1729 ENG Dennis Gray 1730 CAN 1921 Eric Chitty 1731 ENG Fred Curtis 1632 ENG Bruce Semmens 1633 ENG Vic Emms 1634 ENG Arthur Forrest 1635 ENG Eric French 1536 SWE Olle Nygren 15Pos. Rider Total pts37 ENG Ron Mountford 1538 ENG Frank Lawrence 1539 ENG Wally Green 1440 ENG Malcolm Craven 1341 ZAF 1928 Henry Long 1342 ENG Len Read 1343 ENG Ken Adams 1344 NZL Trevor Redmond 1245 ENG Dent Oliver 1246 ENG Peter Robinson 1247 ENG Tommy Price 1248 ENG Tommy Miller 1249 ENG Jack Mountford 1250 ENG Phil Clarke 1251 ENG Ken Sharples 1152 AUS Noel Watson 1053 ENG Roy Craighead 1054 ENG Wilf Jay 955 ENG Bill Kemp 956 ENG Cyril Roger 957 ENG George Smith 958 ENG Harry Saunders 959 SCO Gordon McGregor 960 ENG Chris Boss 961 ENG Jimmy Squibb 662 ENG Harry Edwards 663 ENG Son Mitchell 664 ENG Fred Brand 665 ENG Bob Baker 666 ENG Ron Peace 567 ENG Eric Salmon 468 ENG Geoff Pymar 469 ENG Frank Hodgson 370 AUS Junior Bainbridge 271 ENG Jack Hodgson 172 AUS Merv Harding 0 World final 20 September 1951 ENG London, Wembley Stadium Pos. Rider Points Heats1 AUS Jack Young 12+3 (2,2,3,3,2)2 ENG Split Waterman 12+2 (1,3,3,2,3)3 AUS Jack Biggs 12+1 (3,3,3,3,0)4 NZL Ronnie Moore 11 (2,2,2,2,3)5 ENG Jack Parker 10 (0,1,3,3,3)6 ENG Louis Lawson 10 (2,0,2,3,3)7 ENG Eddie Rigg 8 (3,3,1,1,0)8 AUS Bob Leverenz 7 (3,2,1,0,1)9 WAL Freddie Williams 7 (3,1,0,2,1)10 AUS Aub Lawson 7 (1,2,2,0,2)11 ENG Jeff Lloyd 6 (1,3,1,0,1)12 WAL Eric Williams 6 (0,1,1,2,2)13 ENG Cyril Brine 3 (1,E,2,0,0)14 ENG Norman Parker 3 (0,1,1,1,0)15 USA Ernie Roccio 2 (2,0,0,0,-)16 ENG Alan Hunt 2 (F,F,0,1,1) ENG Dick Bradley (res) 2 (2) NZL Geoff Mardon (res) – – Classification 1 2 AUS Jack Young 2 2 3 3 2 12+3 2 3 ENG Split Waterman 1 3 3 2 3 12+2 3 13 AUS Jack Biggs 3 3 3 3 0 12+1 4 15 NZL Ronnie Moore 2 2 2 2 3 11 5 5 ENG Jack Parker 0 1 3 3 3 10 6 9 ENG Louis Lawson 2 0 2 3 3 10 7 4 ENG Eddie Rigg 3 3 1 1 0 8 8 8 AUS Bob Leverenz 3 2 1 0 1 7 9 12 WAL Freddie Williams 3 1 0 2 1 7 10 6 AUS Aub Lawson 1 2 2 0 2 7 11 14 ENG Jeff Lloyd 1 3 1 0 1 6 12 11 WAL Eric Williams 0 1 1 2 2 6 13 10 ENG Cyril Brine 1 0 2 0 0 3 14 1 ENG Norman Parker 0 1 1 1 0 3 15 7 USA Ernie Roccio 2 0 0 0 - 2 16 16 ENG Alan Hunt - - 0 1 1 2 17 ENG Dick Bradley w 2 2 18 NZL Geoff Mardon 0 Podium 1951 Podium: 16px|Gold AUS Jack Young (Australia) 16px|Silver ENG Split Waterman (Great Britain) 16px|Bronze AUS Jack Biggs (Australia) References 1951 Individual World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom