1954 Southern Area League

British motorcycle speedway season October 2023 October 2023 Southern Area League 5 Champions California Poppies Riders' Championship Alby Golden Ernie Lessiter National League Div 1National League Div 2 1953 1955 The 1954 Southern Area League was the first season of the newly named regional third tier of speedway racing in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams. It replaced the defunct Southern League. With most of the Southern League teams moving up to Speedway National League Division Two, six new teams started the season—many of them making their debut in league speedway.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.co.uk/p/compet.html Major League Competitions Speedway Archive Summary Three teams finished equal on points at the top but California Poppies from California, Berkshire were champions by the slenderest possible margin of a single race point with all their rivals having an fixture in hand that was never ridden. Aldershot Shots withdrew mid-season.http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/docs/1954/leaguetables.pdfFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Ernie Lessiter of Ringwood topped the averages.https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1954slaverages.pdf Southern Area League 1954 Speedway Researcher 11 November 2021 Final table Pos Team PL W D L Pts1 California Poppies 16 9 0 7 182 Ringwood Turfs 15 9 0 6 183 Rye House Roosters 15 9 0 6 184 Brafield Flying Foxes 15 8 0 7 165 Eastbourne Eagles 15 3 0 12 6 Withdrawal (Record expunged) : Aldershot Shots Fixtures & results A fixtures main FBR grey ALD BFF CAL EAS RIN RYE Aldershot 41–42 54–30 55–29 53–30 48–33 Brafield 55–29 48–36 50–33 48–36 46–37 California 53–31 47–36 57–27 38–45 38–46 Eastbourne 39–45 27.5–54.5 38–46 25–59 34–49 Ringwood 50–33 35–48 46–38 51–33 50–33 Rye House 44–39 49–34 47–37 60–22 51–33 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1954.html Speedway Researcher 1954 fixtures & results 21 January 2025 B fixtures main FBR grey BFF CAL EAS RIN RYE Brafield 42–40 n/a n/a 46–37 California 52–29 60–24 45–39 55–28 Eastbourne 47–31 34–49 41–37 38–43 Ringwood 53–26 47–37 50–29 50–34 Rye House 53–31 41–43 54–30 50–34 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1954.html Speedway Researcher 1954 fixtures & results 21 January 2025 Leading Averages Rider Team C.M.A. 1 Ernie Lessiter Ringwood 10.86 2 Gil Goldfinch California 10.48 3 Jimmy Gleed California 10.21 4 Peter Mould California 9.83 5 Vic Hall Brafield 9.46 Riders' Championship Alby Golden won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at Rye House Stadium on 3 October.Motor Cycling Daily Herald 4 October 1954 10 June 2023 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19541004/187/0009 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 Alby Golden Ringwood 14+32 Ernie Lessiter Ringwood 14+23 Vic Ridgeon Rye House 124 Dave Slater Rye House 105 Fran Greasley Brafield 106 Vic Hall Brafield 87 Jimmy Gleed California 78 Jack Taylor Eastbourne 79 Pete Mould California 610 Geoff Woodger Rye House 611 Gil Goldfinch California 612 Bob Bunney Aldershot/Eastbourne 5 13 Bill Simpson (res)Rye House 514 Ron Burnett Aldershot 415 Syd George Brafield 216 Eric Hockaday California 217 Harry Wilson Eastbourne 218 Gordon Richards (res)Eastbourne/Ringwood 0 Riders & final averages Aldershot (withdrew) 22em Jack Taylor 9.06 Ron Burnett 9.00 Eric Hockaday 8.33 Bob Bunney 7.33 Tommy Sweetman 7.08 Frank Turner 6.24 Peter Mason 5.58 Jim Smith 4.50 Brafield 22em Vic Hall 9.65 Syd George 8.19 Doug Jackson 8.00 Frank Greasley 7.91 Johnny Jones 7.17 Brian Meredith 6.13 John Cherry 4.84 Tony Wintour 4.70 Neil Roberts 4.50 Nick Nicholls 3.76 Dave Hankins 4.00 Eric Eadon 3.33 John Benson 0.80 California 22em Gil Goldfinch 10.54 Jimmy Gleed 10.29 Pete Mold 9.83 Bob Andrews 8.89 Tommy Sweetman 6.62 Eric Hockaday 6.40 Ron Sharp 5.82 George Bason 4.63 Jim Webb 3.62 Ted Pankhurst 3.53 Ross Gilbertson 2.91 Tom Albury 2.11 Bob Mitchell 1.33 Eastbourne 22em Harry Wilson 6.91 Steve Bole 6.21 Jim Preddy 5.67 Dan English 5.57 Johnny Fry 5.42 Wally Wilson 5.26 Bob Bunney 4.80 Bob Gladwin 4.67 Johnny Gronow 4.16 Gordon Richards 2.40 Ringwood 22em Ernie Lessiter 10.86 Alby Golden 9.12 Merv Hannam 8.63 Gordon Richards 7.33 Harold Carder 6.60 Tom Worrall 5.73 Tom Reader 5.69 Tony Lockyer 6.56 Gil Graham 5.00 Ted Lewis 5.00 Gerry Bridson 4.50 Tony Golding 4.35 Rye House 22em Vic Ridgeon 9.07 Al Sparrey 8.00 Jimmy Heard 7.65 Bill Simpson 7.64 Dave Clark 7.44 Stan Bedford 6.97 Dave Slater 6.95 Geoff Woodger 6.19 Vernon Brown 6.11 Dave Still 6.07 See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway) References Category:Southern Area League Southern Area League Category:1954 in speedway