1946 Speedway Northern League

British motorcycle speedway season January 2024 January 2024 Northern League 6 Champions Middlesbrough Bears A.C.U Cup Norwich Stars Jeff Lloyd 1946 Speedway National League 1939 1947 The 1946 Northern League was a season of speedway racing in the United Kingdom for Northern British teams in 1946. With a National League in place and no Southern counterpart, it was effectively a second tier.http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/ The Speedway Researcher Speedway Researcher 30 December 2011 Four of the six entrants were previously members of National League Division Two before war broke out. Glasgow and Birmingham were new entrants.https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/history/leaguetables1946-1964 BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - POST-WAR ERA (1946-1964) Official British Speedway website 11 August 2021 Middlesbrough Bears won their first trophy.Rogers Martin The Illustrated History of Speedway 1978 129 Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd 0-904584-45-3 The Bears only lost four league fixtures and had three riders in the leading averages; Frank Hodgson, Fred Curtis and Will Plant all contributed significantly during the season.https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1946nrlaverages.pdf Northern League 1946 Speedway Researcher 26 August 2021 During a fixture on 7 October at Brough Park the Birmingham Brummies Canadian rider Charlie Appleby crashed. A rider had fallen in front and in an effort to avoid the fallen rider, Appleby swerved and hit the machine instead. He was thrown into the air and suffered a fractured skull. He was taken to Newcastle Infirmary but died during the early hours of 8 October.Speedway crash Lincolnshire Echo 8 October 1946 11 August 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000332/19461008/085/0004 British Newspaper Archive subscription Northern League Final table Pos Team PL W D L Pts1 Middlesbrough Bears 20 12 4 4 282 Sheffield Tigers 20 11 1 8 233 Norwich Stars 20 10 1 9 214 Birmingham Brummies 20 9 1 10 195 Newcastle Brough 20 8 1 11 176 Glasgow Tigers 20 6 0 14 12 Fixtures & results A fixtures main FBR grey BIR GLA MID NEW NOR SHE Birmingham 46–37 42–42 45–38 43–41 48–35 Glasgow 40–42 34–50 40–44 44–38 58–26 Middlesbrough 55–28 54–30 40–44 49–34 46–38 Newcastle 40–41 44–40 42–42 48–36 49–34 Norwich 58–26 41–43 50–32 51–33 42–40 Sheffield 39–44 45–39 43.5–39.5 50–34 45–39 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1946.html Speedway Researcher 1946 fixtures & results 4 December 2024 B fixtures main FBR grey BIR GLA MID NEW NOR SHE Birmingham 39–45 33–51 44–39 28–55 46–38 Glasgow 58–26 37–47 52–32 40–44 37–47 Middlesbrough 65–18 52–30 57–26 42–42 52–32 Newcastle 52–31 46–38 33–49 51–33 41–43 Norwich 52–32 51–32 44–40 51–32 40–44 Sheffield 45–39 48–36 42–42 49–35 45–38 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1946.html Speedway Researcher 1946 fixtures & results 4 December 2024 A.C.U. Cup (Div 2) On account of the small number of teams in the league the ACU Cup was run in a league format. Norwich Stars came out on top on points difference. Final table Pos Team PL W D L Pts1 Norwich Stars 10 6 2 2 142 Middlesbrough Bears 10 7 0 3 143 Sheffield Tigers 10 6 0 4 124 Birmingham Brummies 10 4 1 5 95 Glasgow Tigers 10 3 0 7 66 Newcastle Brough 10 2 1 7 5 main FBR grey BIR GLA MID NEW NOR SHE Birmingham 62–34 56–40 57–38 48–48 49–47 Glasgow 47–37 42–54 51–45 37–46 51–42 Middlesbrough 61–35 54–41 54–42 55–41 51–45 Newcastle 66–29 47–36 46–50 42–42 43–50 Norwich 51–45 64–32 55–28 48–46 51–45 Sheffield 58–38 55–41 51–45 57–39 52–43 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1946.html Speedway Researcher 1946 fixtures & results 9 June 2025 Top five riders (league only) Rider Nat Team C.M.A. 1 Jeff Lloyd ENG Newcastle 10.38 2 Frank Hodgson ENG Middlesbrough 10.38 3 Bert Spencer AUS Norwich 10.15 4 Tommy Allott ENG Sheffield 10.00 5 Stan Williams ENG Sheffield 9.75 Riders & final averages Birmingham 22em ENG Tiger Hart 9.42 ENG Doug Wells 9.04 ENG Stan Dell 8.73 ENG Roy Dook 8.00 AUS Laurie Packer 6.40 ENG Bob Lovell 5.46 ENG Percy Brine 4.19 ENG Ernie Appleby 3.67 ENG Cyril Page 3.29 CAN 1921 Charlie Appleby 3.12 ENG Jimmy Wright 2.93 ENG Dick Tolley 2.22 Glasgow 22em ENG Will Lowther 9.67 ENG Wal Morton 8.65 ENG Joe Crowther 7.90 AUS Gruff Garland 7.57 ENG Maurice Stobbart 6.30 ENG Eddie Lack 4.12 ENG Charlie Oates 4.00 SCO Bill Baird 3.57 ENG Wally Thomson 2.91 ENG Jack Tidbury 2.67 SCO Bert Shearer 0.89 Middlesbrough 22em ENG Frank Hodgson 10.38 ENG Kid Curtis 9.68 ENG Wilf Plant 9.45 ENG Tip Mills 7.27 ENG Geoff Godwin 6.95 ENG Jack Hodgson 6.51 ENG Ed Pye 6.45 ENG Jack Gordon 6.29 AUS Doug McLachlan 5.50 ENG Len Tupling 4.71 ENG Alex Peel 2.33 Newcastle 22em ENG Jeff Lloyd 10.38 ENG Norman Evans 8.90 AUS Charlie Spinks 7.77 AUS Doug McLachlan 6.86 AUS Syd Littlewood 6.79 ENG Alec Grant 4.51 SCO Leo Lungo 4.11 ENG Terry Tight 3.70 ENG Stan Pennell 2.00 ENG Harry Modral 1.33 Norwich 22em AUS Bert Spencer 10.15 ENG Wilf Jay 9.00 ENG Paddy Mills (Horace Burke) 8.20 ENG Ted Bravery 7.59 ENG Roy Duke 6.22 ENG Sid Hipperson 5.71 ENG Harwood Pike 4.52 ENG Len Read 4.00 ENG Don Houghton 3.94 NIR Paddy Hammond 1.60 AUS Bluey Thorpe 1.14 ENG Charlie Challis 1.00 Sheffield 22em ENG Tommy Allott 10.00 ENG Stan Williams 9.75 ENG Tommy Bateman 8.00 AUS Jack Bibby 6.56 ENG Dick Geary 5.64 ENG John Duncan White 4.84 ENG Stan Hodson 3.79 ENG Reg Lambourne 3.75 ENG Alf Elliott 3.49 ENG Bruce Semmens 3.27 See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway) References Category:1946 in speedway Category:1946 in British motorsport