1949 Individual Speedway World Championship

Fourth edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship December 2023 December 2023 1949 Individual Speedway World Championship 1939 1950 The 1949 Individual Speedway World Championship was the fourth 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 It was the first running of the event since its suspension in 1939, due to World War II. The World final at London's Wembley Stadium, was held in front of a reported 93,000 strong crowd and the Championship was won Tommy Price.Price Wins World Speedway Title For England Western Daily Press 23 September 1949 5 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000513/19490923/078/0005 British Newspaper Archive subscription First qualifying round The top 96 riders qualify for the second qualifying round, where they will be joined by seeded division 2 riders.World Championship Hastings and St Leonards Observer 14 May 1949 2 January 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000293/19490514/148/0006 British Newspaper Archive subscription DateVenueWinner 16 May County Ground Stadium Jack Mountford 18 May The Shay Vic Emms 18 May The Pilot Field Paddy Mills 18 May Tamworth Greyhound Stadium Basse Hveem 19 May Pennycross Stadium Bruce Semmens 19 May Owlerton Stadium Andy Menzies 20 May Leicester Stadium Charlie May 21 May Sun Street Stadium Stan Williams 21 May Hedon Stadium Billy Hole 21 May Rayleigh Weir Stadium Alan Hunt / Will Lowther Second qualifying round The top 42 riders qualify for the Third qualifying round. DateVenueWinner 10 June Dudley Wood Stadium Gil Craven 11 June Brandon Stadium Ken Le Breton11 June Old Meadowbank Jack Young11 June The Firs Stadium Bob Leverenz13 June Knowle Stadium Fred Tuck13 June Walthamstow Stadium Jim Boyd Third qualifying round The top 2 riders from each meeting qualify for the Championship round, where they will meet 32 seeded division 1 riders. DateVenueWinner/2nd4 July Brough Park Stadium Tommy Price / Ray Duggan5 July Ashfield Stadium Ken Le Breton / Freddie Williams5 July Banister Court Stadium Fred Tuck / Roy Craighead6 July Highbury Stadium (Fleetwood) Charles Cullum / Ken Sharples6 July White City Stadium, Glasgow Geoff Bennett / Gil Craven Championship round The top 16 riders qualify for the world final. DateVenueWinner8 August Wimbledon Stadium Aub Lawson10 August New Cross Stadium Cyril Roger22 August Perry Barr Stadium Graham Warren25 August Wembley Stadium Wilbur Lamoreaux27 August Hyde Road Stadium Dent Oliver27 August Odsal Stadium Tommy Price30 August West Ham Stadium Cliff Watson2 September Harringay Stadium Dent Oliver Scores Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final Pos. Rider Total pts1 ENG Tommy Price 382 AUS Graham Warren 383 ENG Dent Oliver 374 AUS Aub Lawson 375 ENG Bill Gilbert 366 USA Wilbur Lamoreaux 357 ENG Lloyd Goffe 348 ENG Jack Parker 349 ENG Bill Kitchen 3310 ENG Cyril Roger 3111 ENG Louis Lawson 3012 AUS Bill Longley 3013 AUS Norman Parker 3014 AUS Ken Le Breton 2915 AUS Cliff Watson 2916 ENG Ron Clarke 2717 ENG Oliver Hart 2718 ENG Alec Statham 2519 ENG Cyril Brine 25Pos. Rider Total pts20 ENG Malcolm Craven 2521 ENG Geoff Pymar 2322 AUS Doug McLachlan 2323 ENG Geoff Bennett 2024 ENG Jeff Lloyd 1825 ENG Mike Erskine 1826 AUS Ray Duggan 1727 USA Charles Cullum 1728 CAN 1921 Eric Chitty 1529 ENG Split Waterman 1530 ENG George Wilks 1531 ENG Eddie Rigg 1432 ENG Ken Sharples 1433 ENG Roy Craighead 1334 ENG Nobby Stock 1335 ENG Gil Craven 1236 AUS Jack Biggs 1137 ENG Bob Harrison 938 ENG Stan Dell 2 World final 22 September 1949 ENG Wembley Stadium, London Pos. Rider Points Heats1 ENG Tommy Price 15 (3,3,3,3,3)2 ENG Jack Parker 14 (3,3,3,2,3)3 ENG Louis Lawson 13 (2,2,3,3,3)4 ENG Norman Parker 10 (3,3,2,2,0)5 USA Wilbur Lamoreaux 9 (2,2,3,0,2)6 ENG Bill Kitchen 9 (3,1,2,2,1)7 ENG Ron Clarke 8 (1,0,2,3,2)8 AUS Aub Lawson 8 (1,3,1,1,2)9 AUS Bill Longley 8 (1,2,2,1,2)10 ENG Cyril Roger 7 (2,0,1,1,3)11 ENG Bill Gilbert 6 (2,1,3,0,0)12 AUS Graham Warren 5 (0,2,0,2,1)13 AUS Ken Le Breton 4 (1,0,1,1,1)14 ENG Lloyd Goffe 2 (0,1,0,0,1)15 AUS Cliff Watson 1 (0,1,0,0,0)16 ENG Dent Oliver 0 (0,0,-,-,-) ENG Oliver Hart (res) 1 (1,0,0) ENG Alec Statham (res) –  – References 1949 Individual Speedway World Championship Individual Speedway Individual Speedway Individual Speedway World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom