1957 Southern Area League

British motorcycle speedway season October 2023 October 2023 Southern Area League 4 Champions Rayleigh II/Southern Rovers Riders' Championship Leo McAuliffe National League 1956 1959 The 1957 Southern Area League was the fourth season of the Southern Area League but the first as the regional second tier of speedway racing in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/p/compet.html Historic league tables Speedway Archive Summary California Poppies were no longer competitors with the promotion and nickname moving to Aldershot. The Southern Rovers team who had been without a track in the previous season had found a new home at Rayleigh and were also referred to as Rayleigh II. Southern Rovers were the champions. 1957 League Tables http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/docs/1957/leaguetables.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104427/http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/docs/1957/leaguetables.pdf 2015-09-24 2012-07-12 Final table Pos Team PL W D L Pts1 Rayleigh II/Southern Rovers 12 8 0 4 162 Eastbourne Eagles 12 6 0 6 123 Rye House Roosters 12 5 0 7 104 Aldershot Poppies 12 5 0 7 10 Fixtures & results A fixtures main FBR grey ALD EAS RYE SR Aldershot 42–41 51–32 49–35 Eastbourne 52–31 51–32 35–48 Rye House 52–29 66–17 40–42 Southern Rovers/Rayleigh II 50–34 46–37 58–26 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1957.html Speedway Researcher 1957 fixtures & results 22 January 2025 B fixtures main FBR grey ALD EAS RYE SR Aldershot 36–48 59–23 57–27 Eastbourne 52–31 46–36 39–45 Rye House 48–35 36–46 51–32 Southern Rovers/Rayleigh II 54–29 45–39 32–51 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1957.html Speedway Researcher 1957 fixtures & results 22 January 2025 Leading Averages https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1957salaverages.pdf Southern Area League 1957 averages Speedway Researcher 10 June 2023 Rider Team C.M.A. 1 Gerry King Rye House 10.30 2 Jim Heard Eastbourne 10.27 3 Frank Bettis Eastbourne 9.50 4Colin Gooddy Rayleigh/Southern Rovers 9.33 5 Ross Gilbertson Aldershot 9.30 Riders' Championship Leo McAuliffe won the Riders' Championship for the second successive season. The final was held at Arlington Stadium on 29 September. Remarkably McAuliffe and Maury Conway dead heated in the run off to decide the champion after both riders finished on 13 points. A second run off was required in which McAuliffe won by a wheel. The winning trophy was presented by Barry Briggs.Double run off sensation at Arlington Eastbourne Gazette 2 October 1957 10 June 2023 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001928/19571002/191/0019 British Newspaper Archive subscription http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2015/01/southern-area-league-riders-championship.html Southern Area League Riders Championship Edinburgh Speedway 10 June 2023 Pos. Rider Club Pts1 Leo McAuliffe Rayleigh/Southern Rovers 13+32 Maury Conway Eastbourne13+23 Jim Heard Eastbourne124 Ross Gilbertson Aldershot11 5 Noel Conway Eastbourne106 Pat Flanagan Aldershot 97 Ron Walton Aldershot88 Tommy Sweetman Rayleigh/Southern Rovers 89 Bobby Croombs Rye House 8 10 Bryan MeredithRayleigh/Southern Rovers 611 Alan Brett Rye House512 Ronnie Rolfe Rye House5 13 Alan Lunn Rye House414 Dave Still Rye House415 Pete Mould Aldershot316 Les Searle (res) Eastbourne117 Dave Slater (res)Rye House 1 Riders & final averages Aldershot 22em Ross Gilbertson 8.57 Ron Walton 8.30 Pete Mold 8.00 Jimmy Gleed 7.00 Pat Flanagan 6.86 Ron Webb 5.91 Phil Sheppard 5.50 John Day 5.45 Ted Spittles 3.20 Eastbourne 22em Frank Bettis 10.67 Jimmy Heard 7.00 Leo McAuliffe 6.00 Reg Davies 5.71 Dave Collett 5.60 John Dugard 4.00 Jim Preddy 1.67 Les Searle 1.33 Bob Warner 1.00 Rye House 22em Gerry King 10.75 Bobby Croombs 10.00 Dave Still 8.33 Jim Chalkley 7.20 Dave Slater 4.60 Alan Lunn 4.33 Ronnie Rolfe 3.64 Brian Brett 3.29 Ernie Baker 3.20 Ivan Mauger 2.22 Colin Pratt 1.33 Rayleigh II/Southern Rovers 22em Colin Gooddy 9.00 Leo McAuliffe 9.00 Stan Clark 8.46 Vic Hall 8.40 Brian Meredith 7.50 Tommy Sweetman 7.17 Eric Ebbs 7.45 Eric Eadon 5.00 Alan Pearce 5.00 Mike Lawrence 5.00 Pat McKenzie 4.80 Neil Roberts 4.00 Tony Eadon 1.60 See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway) References Category:Southern Area League Category:1957 in speedway