1950 Individual Speedway World Championship

5th edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship December 2023 December 2023 1950 Individual Speedway World Championship 1949 1951 The 1950 Individual Speedway World Championship was the fifth edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.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.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 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 The title was won by Welshman Freddie Williams with the pivotal heat being the heat against Australian Graham Warren. Warren and Williams both unbeaten met in their third rides and as Warren challenged Williams for the lead he was forced to drop behind Williams. Warren then hit a bump and fell which cost him valuable points and the chance to win the title.Three inches and a bump cost me the title Sport Argus 23 September 1950 5 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000653/19500923/093/0005 British Newspaper Archive subscription Ronnie Moore became the youngest finalist at the age of just 17.http://www.mooreparkspeedway.co.nz/ronniemoore.php Profile Moore Park Speedway 5 July 2021 First qualifying round The top 74 riders qualify for the second qualifying round, where they will be joined by seeded division 2 riders.World Championship Opens On Monday Bristol Observer 10 June 1950 2 January 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003328/19500610/010/0010 British Newspaper Archive subscription DateVenueWinner 12 June Stanley Stadium Jack Hughes 12 June Wimborne Road Ray Ellis 13 June Cornish Stadium Hugh Geddes 15 June Oxford Stadium Charlie New 16 June County Ground Stadium Bob McFarlane 16 June Leicester Stadium Les Hewitt 17 June Rayleigh Weir Stadium Ticker James 17 June Abbey Stadium Reg Duval Second qualifying round The top 73 riders qualify for the Third qualifying round. DateVenueWinner 5 July Highbury Stadium (Fleetwood) Merv Harding 5 July White City Stadium, Glasgow Frank Hodgson 6 July Pennycross Stadium George Wall 6 July Owlerton Stadium Pete Lansdale7 July The Shay Les Hewitt8 July Brandon Stadium Alan Hunt8 July Old Meadowbank Dick Campbell8 July The Firs Stadium Jack Young Third qualifying round The top 2 riders from each meeting qualify for the Championship round, where they will meet 34 seeded division 1 riders. DateVenueWinner/2nd25 July Ashfield Stadium Jack Young / Derick Close25 July Banister Court Stadium Merv Harding / Ron Mason25 July Yarmouth Stadium Les Hewitt / Eddie Rigg29 July Sun Street Stadium Junior Bainbridge / Mike Erskine31 July Dudley Wood Stadium Geoff Pymar / Ken Sharples31 July Brough Park Stadium Lindsay Mitchell / Dick Campbell31 July Walthamstow Stadium Jim Boyd / Tommy Miller Championship round 9 events in Great Britain. Scores Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final Pos. Rider Total pts1 AUS Jack Young 392 AUS Graham Warren 373 ENG Cyril Brine 364 ENG Jack Parker 355 AUS Aub Lawson 346 NZL Ronnie Moore 347 WAL Freddie Williams 338 ENG Split Waterman 329 AUS Vic Duggan 3210 ENG Dent Oliver 3011 ENG Danny Dunton 3012 ENG Wally Green 2913 ENG Tommy Price 2914 ENG Ron Clarke 2915 AUS Arthur Payne 2716 AUS Jack Biggs 2617 ENG Arthur Forrest 2618 ENG Cyril Roger 2519 ENG Mike Erskine 2320 ENG Norman Parker 2321 ENG Alec Statham 2322 ENG Oliver Hart 2323 ENG Eddie Rigg 2224 ENG Louis Lawson 2125 ENG Derick Close 21Pos. Rider Total pts26 ENG George Wilks 2127 ENG Malcolm Craven 2028 ENG Alan Hunt 2029 ENG Jeff Lloyd 2030 ENG Ken Sharples 2031 ENG Tommy Miller 1932 ENG Bert Roger 1733 ENG Geoff Bennett 1634 AUS Merv Harding 1635 AUS Bill Longley 1636 NZL Dick Campbell 1537 CAN 1921 Eric Chitty 1538 USA Charles Cullum 1539 ENG Ron Mason 1440 ENG Eric French 1341 AUS Dick Seers 1342 ENG Bill Kitchen 1243 ENG Jack Mountford 1144 ENG Lindsay Mitchell 1045 AUS Junior Bainbridge 846 NZL Les Hewitt 647 ENG Billy Hole 548 ENG Johnny Hole 449 ENG Dick Bradley 2 World final 22 September 1950 ENG London, Wembley Stadium Change: ENG Arthur Forrest → ENG Mike Erskine Pos. Rider Points Heats1 WAL Freddie Williams 14 (3,3,3,2,3)2 ENG Wally Green 13 (2,3,3,2,3)3 AUS Graham Warren 12 (3,3,F,3,3)4 AUS Aub Lawson 10 (2,2,3,1,2)5 ENG Tommy Price 8 (3,F,3,1,1)6 ENG Jack Parker 8 (2,1,2,3,0)7 ENG Split Waterman 8 (1,2,3,1,1)8 AUS Jack Young 7 (0,1,2,1,3)9 ENG Cyril Brine 7 (2,2,2,0,1)10 NZL Ronnie Moore 7 (X,0,2,3,2)11 ENG Dent Oliver 6 (X,3,1,2,0)12 ENG Danny Dunton 5 (1,0,1,1,2)13 AUS Vic Duggan 4 (1,1,1,0,1)14 ENG Ron Clarke 3 (1,2,0,0,0)15 AUS Jack Biggs 3 (0,1,0,0,2)16 ENG Arthur Payne 0 (0,0,-,0,0) ENG Cyril Roger (res) 5 (3,2) ENG Mike Erskine (res) 0 (0) Podium 1950 Podium: 16px|Gold WAL Freddie Williams 16px|Silver ENG Wally Green 16px|Bronze AUS Graham Warren References 1950 Individual World Championship Individual Speedway Individual Speedway World Championship Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom Individual Speedway World Championship