1938 Speedway National League Division Two

British motorcycle speedway rider January 2024 January 2024 National League Division Two 9 Champions Hackney Wick Wolves Provincial Trophy Norwich Stars English Speedway Trophy Belle Vue Reserves National Trophy (Div 2 final) Norwich Stars Max Grosskreutz 1938 National League(Division One) 1937 1939 The 1938 National League Division Two was the inaugural season of British speedway's National League Division Two albeit a continuation of the Provincial League from the previous season in all but name.http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/ Home speedwayresearcher.org.ukhttps://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/yearbyyear.html Year by Year Speedway Researcher 6 August 2021Rogers Martin The Illustrated History of Speedway 1978 129 Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd 0-904584-45-3https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/history/leaguetables1929-1939 BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939) Official British Speedway website 6 August 2021 The list of teams had several changes. Bristol Bulldogs had moved up to the National League and Hackney Wick Wolves had moved down to take their place. They also swapped licences and riders as well as divisions. Other new entrants were Newcastle, Sheffield and West Ham Hawks (West Ham's reserve team) and Lea Bridge Cubs (made up largely of Harringay reserve riders).https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19380716/237/0012 Lea Bridge Re-opening Daily Herald 16 July 1938 British Newspaper Archive subscription 17 January 2025 Belle Vue Merseysiders who had replaced Liverpool in the previous season were also absent.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/p/compet.html Historic league tables Speedway Archive Nottingham withdrew just after the start of the league fixtures and were replaced by Leeds Lions. They did complete most of their early season cup fixtures.Bamford, Robert & Jarvis, John (2001) Homes of British Speedway, Tempus, 0-7524-2210-3, p. 193-4 Hackney Wick Wolves won the title. Final Table Division Two Pos Team PL W D L Pts1 Hackney Wick Wolves 16 12 0 4 242 Norwich Stars 16 12 0 4 243 Southampton Saints 16 9 0 7 184 West Ham Hawks 16 8 2 6 185 Lea Bridge Cubs 16 8 0 8 166 Newcastle Diamonds 16 7 1 8 157 Sheffield 16 6 1 9 138 Birmingham Bulldogs 16 6 0 10 129 Leeds Lions 16 2 0 14 4 Fixtures & results main FBR grey BIR HAC LB LEE NEW NOR SHE SOT WH Birmingham 37–46 32–52 49–33 60–24 34–47 54–30 50–34 52–30 Hackney 57–27 51–33 59–24 58–26 48–35 59–25 47–37 54–29 Lea Bridge 59–24 37–46 50–33 45–39 50–30 59–25 51–31 55–29 Leeds 0–70 27–54 46–36 39–44 29–52 40–44 47–36 38–46 Newcastle 57–27 27–57 51–32 50–34 41–43 52–29 45–39 42–40 Norwich 63–21 55–26 54–30 49–34 54–30 63–21 56–26 41–36 Sheffield 47–35 44–40 49–34 48–35 52–31 32–50 38–44 42–42 Southampton 52–29 58–26 51–33 54–29 63–21 58–24 58–26 55–26 West Ham 48–32 53–31 55–29 60–23 41–41 44–33 70–0 42–40 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1938fixtures.pdf Speedway Researcher 1938 fixtures & results 3 December 2024 Leading averages (league only) Rider Team Average Max GrosskreutzNorwich10.89 George GreenwoodLeeds10.77 Frank GouldenSouthampton10.19 Charlie SpinksWest Ham10.11 Frank Hodgson Hackney10.06 Provincial Trophy The 1938 Provincial Trophy was the third edition of the Trophy, which was won by Norwich Stars.https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1938pltrophyresultsgrid.pdf 1938 Provincial Trophy Speedway Researcher 6 August 2021 First round Team one Team two scoresNorwich Hackney 75–33, 44–62 (119–95 agg)Birmingham Leeds 61–46, 58–48 (119–94 agg)Sheffield Newcastle 68–38, 47–60 (115–98 agg)Southampton West Ham Hawks 82–26, 43–63 (125–89 agg) Semifinals Team one Team two scoresNorwich Birmingham 72–34, 59–47 (131–81 agg)Sheffield Southampton 58–49, 53–53 (111–102 agg) Final Team one Team two scoresNorwich Sheffield 74–32, 53–54 (127–86 agg) English Speedway Trophy The early season competition was the called the English Speedway Trophy, which involved teams from division2 and the reserve teams of some of the division 1 clubs. The reserve teams were required to ride away fixtures only against the division 2 teams. Group 1 main FBR grey BIR HAC NCR NOR SOT WEM Birmingham 48–35 52–29 57–25 39–45 32–52 Hackney 55–29 45–36 60–22 38–43 54–30 New Cross Reserves 22–61 35–49 38–46 33–47 52–30 Norwich 45–39 55–28 47–36 46–36 40–44 Southampton 57–27 64–20 58–23 61–23 53–29 Wembley Reserves 32–46 24–58 49–34 36–48 33–48 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1939fixtures.pdf Speedway Researcher 1939 fixtures & results 3 June 2025 Group 2 main FBR grey BV NEW NOT SHE WH Belle Vue Reserves 59–24 48–34 42–41 33–51 Newcastle 36–45 41–43 49–30 57–26 Nottingham 32–47 55–27 35–47 53–31 Sheffield 35–41 55–29 46–35 45–38 West Ham Reserves 30–54 35–47 – 27–55 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1939fixtures.pdf Speedway Researcher 1939 fixtures & results 3 June 2025 Final Team one Team two scoresBelle Vue Reserves Southampton 47–36, 38–46 (85–82 agg) National Trophy The 1938 National Trophy was the eighth edition of the Knockout Cup.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/national-trophy-1938.html 1938 National Trophy Speedway archive Norwich Stars won the Division 2 Final round and therefore qualified for the quarter finals proper (the round when the tier one sides entered the competition). First qualifying round Date Team one Score Team two17/05 Nottingham+ 60-48 Hackney Wick+21/05 Hackney Wick+ 59-49 Nottingham+18/05 Birmingham 77-26 Sheffield19/05 Sheffield 51-56 Birmingham23/05 Newcastle 53-55 Norwich28/05 Norwich 75-33 Newcastle04/06 Hackney Wick 72-36 Leeds06/06 Leeds 36-72 Hackney Wick + Nottingham withdrew from league replaced by Leeds resulting in Hackney's result becoming void. Second qualifying round Date Team one Score Team two15/06 Birmingham 57.5-49.5 Hackney Wick18/06 Hackney Wick 66-42 Birmingham15/06 Southampton 76-30 Norwich18/06 Norwich 77-31 Southampton Final First leg 2 July 1938 Norwich StarsMax Grosskreutz 14Bert Spencer 14Wal Morton 14Bill Bertwell 9Jock Sweet 8Dick Wise 7Wilf Jay 5Paul Goodchild 1 72 – 36 https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1938ntresults.pdf 1938 National Trophy Provincial Final Speedway Researcher 23 August 2021 Hackney Wick WolvesDoug Wells 8George Saunders 8Frank Hodgson 7Arch Windmill 4Tommy Bateman 3Jim Baylais 3Ken Brett 3Jack Tidbury 0 The Firs Stadium Second leg 9 July 1938 Hackney Wick WolvesDoug Wells 16Frank Hodgson 10Arch Windmill 10George Saunders 9Tommy Bateman 9Jack Tidbury 3Jim Baylais 1Ken Brett 0 58 – 49 Norwich StarsWal Morton 12Bert Spencer 9Bill Bertwell 8Max Grosskreutz 6Alan Smith 6Jock Sweet 3Wilf Jay 3Dick Wise 2 Hackney Wick Stadium Norwich were the National Trophy Div 2 winners, winning on aggregate 121-94. Riders & final averages Birmingham 22em ENG Tiger Hart 8.82 AUS Steve Langton 8.22 ENG Danny Lee 6.28 ENG Stan Lemon 6.19 AUS Jack Hyland 5.51 ENG Jeff Lloyd 5.39 ENG Bob Lovell 5.22 ENG Les Trim 5.17 RSA 1928 Keith Harvey 4.52 ENG Lionel Stanger 3.30 ENG Charlie Challis 3.20 Hackney 22em ENG Frank Hodgson 10.06 ENG Doug Wells 9.78 ENG Arch Windmill 7.74 ENG Nobby Stock 6.91 ENG George Saunders 6.71 ENG Tommy Bateman 6.48 ENG Jim Baylais 6.29 ENG Stan Dell 6.29 ENG Jack Tidbury 6.27 CAN 1921 Charlie Appleby 5.00 Lea Bridge 22em ENG Lloyd Goffe 9.80 ENG Dick Harris 8.67 ENG Gus Kuhn 7.20 ENG Will Lowther 6.76 AUS Frank Dolan 6.58 ENG Bob Wells 6.48 ENG Ed Pye 6.29 ENG Ron Clarke 5.69 Leeds 22em ENG George Greenwood 10.77 ENG Fred Strecker 6.00 ENG Alex Peel 5.68 ENG Fred Tuck 5.60 ENG Geoff Godwin 4.76 ENG Wilf Plant 4.55 ENG Les Bowden 4.48 AUS Don Hemingway 3.33 ENG Roy Barrowclough 2.91 ENG George Dykes 2.67 Newcastle 22em CAN 1921 George Pepper 7.94 ENG Rol Stobbart 6.81 CAN 1921 Bruce Venier 6.62 CAN 1921 Bob Sparks 6.50 ENG Kid Curtis 6.41 ENG Norman Hargreaves 6.35 AUS Reg Hay 6.31 CAN 1921 Elwood Stillwell 5.07 ENG Maurice Stobbart 5.02 Norwich 22em AUS Max Grosskreutz 10.89 ENG Wal Morton 8.41 AUS Bert Spencer 9.42 SCO Jock Sweet 7.09 AUS Dick Wise 6.95 ENG Bill Birtwell 6.29 ENG Wilf Jay 6.20 ENG Paul Goodchild 5.87 ENG Alan Brooks Smith 5.25 ENG Alex Peel 4.39 AUS Syd Littlewood 3.24 Sheffield 22em AUS Billy Lamont 8.88 ENG Ted Bravery 8.33 ENG Don Houghton 8.00 ENG Stan Williams 7.46 ENG Colin Watson 7.00 ENG Tommy Allott 6.07 ENG Paddy Mills (Horace Burke) 4.27 ENG Les Gregory 3.76 ENG Eric Blain 3.73 ENG Harold Brailsford 3.05 ENG Lionel Stanger 3.30 ENG Harry Watson 2.67 ENG Cliff Watson 2.55 Southampton 22em ENG Frank Goulden 10.19 ENG Billy Dallison 9.67 AUS Bert Jones 8.27 WAL Syd Griffiths 8.17 ENG Ernie Rickman 8.06 ENG Jim Boyd 6.33 ENG Mike Erskine 5.33 ENG Cyril Anderson 5.11 ENG Ron Howes 4.53 ENG Alf Kaines 3.30 ENG Jack Adams 2.00 West Ham 22em AUS Charlie Spinks 10.11 ENG Colin Watson 9.36 ENG Phil Bishop 8.98 ENG Broncho Dixon 8.17 ENG Ossie Powell 6.13 ENG Dick Geary 5.38 AUS Moff Jones 5.00 ENG Len Steward 3.65 ENG Cyril Browning 3.47 ENG Butch Williams 3.17 ENG Eddie Barker 3.09 See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway) References Category:Speedway National League Division Two Category:1938 in British motorsport Category:1938 in speedway