1930 Speedway Southern League

British speedway league season September 2023 September 2023 Southern League 13 Champions Wembley Lions London Cup Wembley Lions Vic Huxley 1930 Northern League 1929 1931 The 1930 Southern League was the second season of speedway in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams.Rogers Martin The Illustrated History of Speedway 1978 129 Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd 0-904584-45-3 The Northern teams also had their second season known as the 1930 Speedway Northern League.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/p/compet.html Historic league tables Speedway Archivehttps://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/history/leaguetables1930.php BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939) British Speedway 4 July 2021 Summary White City had left the league but three new teams - High Beech, Leicester Stadium and Nottingham all joined and Birmingham Bulldogs returned as Hall Green Bulldogs.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000337/19300214/154/0008 Dirt Track Racing Coventry Evening Telegraph 14 February 1930 British Newspaper Archive subscription 25 October 2024 The Wembley Lions won their first title. Birmingham Brummies (Perry Barr) withdrew after 4 meetings and their record was expungedSpeedway Researcherhttps://cybermotorcycle.com/archives/exeter-speedway/leagues-29.htm Speedway Teams UK 1929-1934 Cyber Motorcycle 4 July 2021 Final table Pos Team PL W D L Pts1 Wembley Lions 24 20 1 3 412 Southampton Saints 24 17 1 6 353 Stamford Bridge Pensioners 24 16 1 7 334 Wimbledon Dons 24 16 1 7 335 Hall Green Bulldogs 24 13 1 10 276 Coventry 24 13 1 10 277 Crystal Palace Glaziers 24 11 1 12 238 Lea Bridge 24 10 1 13 219 West Ham Hammers 24 10 0 14 2010 Leicester Stadium 24 8 1 15 1711 High Beech 24 8 0 16 1612 Harringay Canaries 24 7 0 17 1413 Nottingham 24 2 1 21 5 Withdrawal (Record expunged) : Birmingham (Perry Barr) Fixtures & results main FBR grey COV CP HG HAR HB LB LEI NOT SOT SB WEM WH WIM Coventry 34–20 30–23 35–19 43–11 36–18 34–19 30–22 30–22 27–26 0–36 29–25 32–22 Crystal Palace 38–15 34–19 33–18 29–24 27–26 34–20 41–12 24–30 34–19 30–23 22–32 25–29 Hall Green 34–19 28–26 29–24 37–17 33–21 31–23 37–16 26–27 31–23 19–35 27–26 27–27 Harringay 18–35 31–22 22–32 30–24 32.5–20.5 29–24 38–16 28–25 24–29 23–31 25–28 17–37 High Beech 30–24 29–22 23–29 30–23 32–18 33–21 29–24 27–25 16–37 21–32 30–23 25–29 Lea Bridge 31–22 30–23 27–26 27–25 35–18 31–22 32–22 24–30 27–27 23–31 29–22 31–22 Leicester 29–24 27–27 23.5–30.5 26–27 30–23 29–25 31–23 23–27 33–20 25–29 29–22 30–20 Nottingham 27–27 16–37 26–28 27–26 32–22 26–27 22–32 26–28 21–31 22–31 24–30 21–33 Southampton 40–12 25–29 36–17 37–17 35–18 29–24 34–20 39–15 28.5–25.5 26.5–26.5 35–18 31–22 Stamford Bridge 34–20 35–19 34–19 36–18 42–12 34–19 36–17 38–14 26–28 29–24 37–16 28–26 Wembley 39–14 31–22 28.5–24.5 33–20 37–16 40–14 34–20 37–17 35–19 24–29 36–18 30–22 West Ham 20–33 31–23 28–24 41–13 35–19 33–21 33–20 39–11 18–36 24–29 21–33 25–29 Wimbledon 30–24 28–26 34–19 30–24 29–25 33–21 41–12 39–7 30–23 30–24 21–32 32–19 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1930fixtures.pdf Speedway Researcher 1930 fixtures & results 26 November 2024 Top Five Riders Team C.M.A. 1 Vic Huxley Harringay 10.55 2 Jack Parker Coventry 10.34 3 Jack Ormston Wembley 10.29 4 Colin Watson Harringay/Wembley 10.15 5 Billy Dallison Hall Green 10.07 London Cup The 1930 London Cup was the inaugural competition for teams from the London area. Wembley were the winners.Speedway Honours Weekly Dispatch (London) 12 October 1930 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19301012/543/0021 British Newspaper Archive 10 August 2023 subscription First round Team one Score Team twoCrystal Palace 52–43, 33–62 WimbledonWembley 71–25, 44–52 High BeechStamford Bridge 60–35, 53–40 West HamHarringay 52–44, 47–47 Lea Bridge Semi final round Team one Score Team twoHarringay50–46, 38–58 Stamford BridgeWimbledon 39–56, 44–52 Wembley Final First leg 9 October 1930 WembleyColin Watson 10Harry Whitfield 10Jack Ormston 9George Greenwood 8Norman Evans 6Buster Frogley 6Wally Kilmister 5Tiger Sanderson 5 59–37 Stamford BridgeGus Kuhn 12Arthur Warwick 12 Wal Phillips 5Les Blakebrough 4Ernie Mayne 2Don Boswell 1Fred Ralph 1Nick Nicol 0Colin Ford 0 Empire Stadium Second leg 11 October 1930 Stamford BridgeWal Phillips 11 Arthur Warwick 11Gus Kuhn 8Fred Ralph 6 Don Boswell 5Nick Nicol 3Les Blakebrough 3Colin Ford 2 Ernie Mayne 0 49–46 WembleyJack Ormston 11 Colin Watson 8 George Greenwood 8 Norman Evans 5 Harry Whitfield 5Charlie Shelton 4Wally Kilmister 3Tiger Sanderson 2 Jack Jackson 0 Stamford Bridge 47,000 Wembley won on aggregate 105–83 Riders & final averages Birmingham 22em Wally Lloyd 6.67 Clem Mitchell 6.67 Tim Reid 4.00 Arthur Johnson 2.00 Geoff Siddaway 2.00 Joe Hassall 2.00 Coventry 22em Jack Parker 10.34 Tom Farndon 8.30 Norman Parker 7.25 Arthur Tims 6.56 Wilmot Evans 5.78 John Deeley 5.71 Bill Stanley 5.68 Lew Lancaster 4.63 Cecil Walker 4.57 George Allbrook 2.91 Crystal Palace 22em Roger Frogley 9.39 Triss Sharp 8.63 Ron Johnson 8.52 Joe Francis 6.52 Wally Lloyd 6.32 Clem Mitchell 5.93 Jack Barrett 5.13 Harry Shepherd 4.20 Hall Green 22em Billy Dallison 10.07 Harry Taft 7.84 Bunny Wilcox 7.17 Reg Hutchins 6.93 Cyril Taft 5.46 Jimmy Gent 5.00 Les Patrick 4.24 Harringay 22em Vic Huxley 10.55 Alf Sawford 5.61 Howard Traynor 5.67 Bill Clibbett 5.13 Jack Kidwell 4.95 Stan Spencer 4.48 Wally Hicklin 4.17 Ron Thompson 3.10 Ivor Hill 2.61 Percy Bryant 2.00 High Beech 22em Phil Bishop 7.82 Stan Baines 7.71 Syd Edmonds 6.37 Jack Barnett 6.13 Stan Taylor 5.00 George Bishop 4.52 Jack Sharp 4.00 Charlie Upham 2.86 Charlie King 1.81 Lea Bridge 22em Charlie Spinks 7.88 Reg Stanley 7.47 Jimmy Stevens 7.45 Alf Foulds 7.30 Harold Hastings 6.34 Stew Fairbairn 6.22 Harold Osment 5.46 Ned Kelly 5.11 Alex Peel 2.00 Leicester 22em Cyril "Squib" Burton 9.67 Syd Jackson 8.76 Nobby Kendrick 5.59 Jack Rowley 5.44 Bill Crouch 4.98 Bill Pitcher 4.52 Arthur Johnson 3.00 Cylone Smith 2.15 Tom Taylor 1.54 Nottingham 22em George Wigfield 8.22 Nobby Key 6.84 Billy Ellmore 5.86 Joe Gooding 5.60 Buster Brown 4.81 Wally Humphrry 4.48 Spencer Stratton 4.22 Reg Lucas 3.26 Southampton 22em Vic Collins 9.26 Sprouts Elder 9.25 Arnie Hansen 8.81 Frank Goulden 7.73 Geoff Taylor 7.68 Jimmy Hayes 6.71 Dick Sulway 5.93 Clarrie Eldridge 5.74 Eric Lister 5.71 Ken Purser 5.25 Stamford Bridge 22em Frank Arthur 9.84 Gus Kuhn 9.35 Arthur Warwick 8.70 Wal Phillips 8.33 Don Boswell 6.22 Les Blakebrough 5.51 Colin Ford 5.40 Nick Nicol 4.41 Fred Ralph 4.00 Bill White 1.50 Wembley 22em Jack Ormston 10.29 Colin Watson 10.04 Stan Catlett 8.59 Harry Whitfield 7.73 Arthur Atkinson 7.65 Norman Evans 6.89 Buster Frogley 6.34 George Greenwood 6.26 Wally Kilmister 2.67 West Ham 22em Tommy Croombs 9.10 Tiger Stevenson 8.64 Reg Bounds 8.33 Bluey Wilkinson 8.24 Don Durant 6.46 Roy Dook 6.29 Arthur Westwood 5.70 Den Taylor 4.73 Les Maguire 3.91 Bert Jones 3.37 Allen Kilfoyle 2.75 Wimbledon 22em Jim Kempster 9.21 Dicky Case 8.48 Billy Lamont 7.59 Ray Tauser 7.40 Len Parker 7.17 Mart Sieffert 5.03 Les Dearth 4.80 Del Forster 4.22 Harold Crook 3.27 See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions References Category:Speedway Southern League Category:1930 in British motorsport Category:1930 in speedway