1964 Speedway National League

British speedway season September 2023 September 2023 National League 7 Champions Oxford Cheetahs National Trophy Oxford Cheetahs Britannia Shield Oxford Cheetahs London Cup Wimbledon Dons Ove Fundin 1964 Provincial League 1963 1965 The 1964 National League was the 30th season and the nineteenth post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain, but the final season of the National League being the highest tier.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/p/compet.html Historic league tables Speedway Archive Summary West Ham Hammers returned after a nine-year absencehttps://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005764/19640228/458/0024 Speedway at West Ham Evening News (London) 28 February 1964 British Newspaper Archive subscription 26 February 2025 but the league stayed at seven competitors with the withdrawal of Southampton Saints. Oxford Cheetahs, who had finished bottom of the table in 1963, rose spectacularly up the league to win the title, a repeat of the feat they had accomplished at a lower level in 1950. League Tables http://www.speedwaygb.co/history/leaguetables1964.phphttps://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1964.html Year by Year Speedway Researcher 12 August 2021Rogers Martin The Illustrated History of Speedway 1978 129 Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd 0-904584-45-3https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/history/leaguetables1946-1964 BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - POST-WAR ERA (1946-1964) Official British Speedway website 12 August 2021 Final table Pos Team PL W D L Pts1 Oxford Cheetahs 12 9 0 3 182 Coventry Bees 12 8 1 3 173 Norwich Stars 12 6 0 6 124 Belle Vue Aces 12 5 1 6 115 Swindon Robins 12 4 1 7 96 Wimbledon Dons 12 4 1 7 97 West Ham Hammers 12 4 0 8 8 On account of the small number of teams in the league meeting each other only once home and away, the Britannia Shield was run in a league format. Oxford Cheetahs came out on top. Fixtures and results main FBR grey BV COV NOR OX SWI WH WIM Belle Vue 40–44 48–36 46–38 42–42 47–37 50–34 Coventry 45–39 44–40 51–33 51–33 45–39 42–42 Norwich 46–38 34.5–49.5 45–39 43–41 45–39 50–34 Oxford 53–31 52–32 48–36 45–39 50–34 54–30 Swindon 49–35 44–40 40–44 40–43 51–32 48–35 West Ham 38–45 44–40 46–38 39–44 43–41 50–34 Wimbledon 49–35 39–45 51–33 38–46 43–41 46–38 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1964.html Speedway Researcher 1964 fixtures & results 5 February 2025 Britannia Shield table Pos Team PL W D L Pts1 Oxford Cheetahs 12 8 1 3 172 Coventry Bees 12 8 0 4 163 Belle Vue Aces 12 6 0 6 124 Swindon Robins 12 6 0 6 125 Norwich Stars 12 5 0 7 106 Wimbledon Dons 12 5 0 7 107 West Ham Hammers 12 3 1 8 7 Fixtures and results main FBR grey BV COV NOR OX SWI WH WIM Belle Vue 39–45 46–38 45–39 51–33 46–38 46–38 Coventry 45–39 57–27 49–35 51–33 50–34 53–31 Norwich 49–35 47–35 37–47 55–29 58–26 55–29 Oxford 46–38 48–36 55–29 53–31 54–30 47–37 Swindon 50–34 39–45 47–37 44–40 46–38 45–39 West Ham 39–45 44–40 43–40 42–42 45–39 41–42 Wimbledon 44–40 49–35 46–38 40–43 45–43 43–41 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1964.html Speedway Researcher 1964 fixtures & results 5 February 2025 Top ten riders (league only) Rider Nat Team C.M.A. 1 Ove Fundin SWE Norwich Stars 10.71 2 Göte Nordin SWE Wimbledon Dons 10.62 3 Barry Briggs NZL Swindon Robins 10.51 4 Nigel Boocock ENG Coventry Bees 10.44 5 Ken McKinlay SCO Coventry Bees 9.92 6 Ron How ENG Oxford Cheetahs 9.84 7 Mike Broadbank ENG Swindon Robins 9.80 8 Sören Sjösten SWE Belle Vue Aces 9.62 9 Björn Knutson SWE West Ham Hammers 9.16 10 Dick Fisher ENG Belle Vue Aces 8.77 Rider Averages http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/rideraverages.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20170729172614/http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/rideraverages.pdf dead July 29, 2017 National Trophy The 1964 National Trophy was the 26th edition of the Knockout Cup. Oxford were the winners.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/05/national-trophy-1964.html 1964 National Trophy Speedway archive First round Date Team one Score Team two03/07 Norwich 47-36 Oxford25/06 Oxford 48-36 Norwich13/06 Coventry 43-41 West Ham09/06 West Ham 45-39 Coventry17/08 Wimbledon 46-38 Swindon08/08 Swindon 51-33 Wimbledon Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two08/08 Belle Vue 32a-28a Oxford12/09 Belle Vue 46-38 Oxford06/08Oxford 49-35 Belle Vue01/09 West Ham 51-33 Swindon05/09 Swindon 43-41 West Ham a=abandoned after 10 heats Final first leg 22 September 1964 West Ham HammersStan Stevens 11Björn Knutson 9Bengt Jansson 9Reg Luckhurst 9Ray Cresp 7Malcolm Simmons 3Norman Hunter 2Alf Hagon 2 52–32 https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/oxford1964.pdf Oxford 1964 Speedway Researcher 27 June 2021 Oxford CheetahsRon How 8Jimmy Gooch 7Ronnie Genz 6Arne Pander 4Eddie Reeves 3Colin Gooddy 2John Bishop 2Ted Ede 0 West Ham Stadium second leg 24 September 1964 Oxford CheetahsColin Gooddy 10Ron How 9Jack Geran 8Ronnie Genz 8Arne Pander 7Jimmy Gooch 5Eddie Reeves 4John Bishop 2 53–31 West Ham HammersBjörn Knutson 10Bengt Jansson 7Stan Stevens 5Bob Dugard 5Ray Cresp 2Reg Luckhurst 1Norman Hunter 1Alf Hagon 0 Oxford Stadium Oxford Cheetahs were declared National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 85-83. London Cup Just two teams competed. Wimbledon won on aggregate 87–81Speedway Daily Mirror 30 September 1964 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19640930/249/0031 British Newspaper Archive 26 September 2023 subscription Team 1 Team 2 Score Scorers Scorers Wimbledon West Ham47–37Harrfeldt 10, Nordin 9, Jackson 9, Andrews 8, Tebby 5, McAuliffe 5, Whipp 1, Baker 0 Jansson 10, Knutson 9, Luckhurst 4 Dugard 4, Ray Cresp 3, Stevens 3, Hagon 3, Hunter 1 West HamWimbledon44–40Knutson 12, Simmons 7, Luckhurst 7, Hunter 5, Hagon 3, Cresp 3, Jansson 3Andrews 11, Nordin 6, McAuliffe 6, Tebby 6, Jackson 5, Stan Stevens 4, Harrfeldt 3, Baker 2, Whipp 2 Riders & final averages Belle Vue 22em SWE Sören Sjösten 9.62 ENG Dick Fisher 8.77 ENG Cyril Maidment 7.84 SCO Gordon McGregor 5.60 ENG Jim Yacoby 4.47 ENG Danny Dunton 3.50 ENG Bill Powell 3.24 ENG Norman Nevitt 3.11 ENG Dave Schofield 2.00 Coventry 22em ENG Nigel Boocock 10.44 SCO Ken McKinlay 9.92 ENG Ron Mountford 7.31 ENG Jim Lightfoot 7.10 ENG Col Cottrell 5.14 ENG Les Owen 5.00 ENG Bryan Elliott 4.97 AUS Jack Biggs 4.86 ENG Rick France 4.74 ENG Howie Booton 0.67 Norwich 22em SWE Ove Fundin 10.71 SWE Olle Nygren 8.65 ENG David Crane 7.45 ENG Trevor Hedge 7.68 ENG Billy Bales 6.12 ENG Tich Read (George Snailum) 4.69 HUN Sándor Lévai 4.57 ENG George Major 4.00 ENG Reg Trott 3.89 ENG Cyril Crane 1.33 ENG John Debbage 0.50 Oxford 22em ENG Ron How 9.84 DEN Arne Pander 8.00 ENG Jimmy Gooch 8.00 ENG Ronnie Genz 7.27 ENG Colin Gooddy 6.70 AUS Jack Geran 6.47 ENG John Bishop 4.57 ENG Eddie Reeves 3.83 NZL Colin McKee 3.67 Swindon 22em NZL Barry Briggs 10.51 ENG Mike Broadbank 9.80 ENG Brian Brett 6.98 POL Tadeusz Teodorowicz 6.57 ENG Martin Ashby 6.00 WAL Leo McAuliffe 5.50 ENG Bob Kilby 4.97 ENG Roy Bowers 2.94 ENG John Debbage 2.92 ENG Mike Keen 2.40 ENG Colin Pratt 2.33 SCO George Summers 1.78 West Ham 22em SWE Björn Knutson 9.16 ENG Alf Hagon 7.08 SWE Bengt Jansson 6.93 ENG Norman Hunter 6.38 ENG Malcolm Simmons 6.33 ENG Reg Luckhurst 6.33 ENG Stan Stevens 5.45 AUS Ray Cresp 5.03 ENG Bob Dugard 3.68 Wimbledon 22em SWE Göte Nordin 10.62 ENG Bob Andrews 6.88 NOR Sverre Harrfeldt 6.87 WAL Leo McAuliffe 7.06 ENG Gerald Jackson 5.18 ENG Keith Whipp 3.20 ENG Jim Tebby 3.11 ENG Roy Trigg 3.00 ENG Ernie Baker 2.86 See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway) References Category:Speedway National League Category:1964 in speedway Category:1964 in British motorsport