1955 Southern Area League

Speedway racing season in the UK August 2019 Southern Area League 4 Champions Rye House Roosters Riders' Champion Mike Broadbank Vic Hall National League Div 1National League Div 2 1954 1956 The 1955 Southern Area League was the second season of the regional third tier of speedway racing in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams. The season started with the same five teams that finished the previous season.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.co.uk/p/compet.html Major League Competitions Speedway Archive Rye House Roosters were the champions. Vic Hall of Brafield topped the averages.https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1955salaverages.pdf Southern Area League 1955 Speedway Researcher 11 November 2021 Ringwood Turfs withdrew mid-season.1955 League Tables http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/docs/1955/leaguetables.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104424/http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/docs/1955/leaguetables.pdf 2015-09-24 2012-07-12 Final table Pos Team PL W D L Pts1 Rye House Roosters 12 10 0 2 202 California Poppies 12 7 0 5 143 Brafield Flying Foxes 12 6 0 6 124 Eastbourne Eagles 12 1 0 11 2 Withdrawal (Record expunged) : Ringwood Turfs Fixtures & results A fixtures main FBR grey BFF CAL EAS RIN RYE Brafield 49–34 61–23 50–30 40–44 California 52–32 53–30 53–30 50–33 Eastbourne 49–33 23–61 39–43 33–47 Ringwood n/a 37–47 55–27 n/a Rye House 55–27 47–36 67–17 57–24 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1955.html Speedway Researcher 1955 fixtures & results 21 January 2025 B fixtures main FBR grey BFF CAL EAS RIN RYE Brafield 57–27 48–36 51–32 55–29 California 49–34 56–27 n/a 38–45 Eastbourne 36–48 31–53 n/a 36–47 Ringwood n/a n/a n/a n/a Rye House 44–40 62–22 61–22 61–22 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1955.html Speedway Researcher 1955 fixtures & results 21 January 2025 Leading Averages Rider Team C.M.A. 1 Vic Hall Brafield 9.90 2 Mike Broadbank Rye House 9.67 3 Brian Meredith Brafield 9.36 4 Vic Ridgeon Rye House 9.17 5 Al Sparrey Rye House 8.95 Riders' Championship Mike Broadbank won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at Rye House Stadium on 25 September.Trophy ends the Speedway season Eastbourne Gazette 5 October 1955 10 June 2023 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001928/19551005/210/0022 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 Mike Broadbank Rye House 152 Vic Ridgeon Rye House 123 Ron Sharp California 114 Merv Hannam Eastbourne105 Dave Slater Rye House 106 Gil Goldfinch California 97 Tom Reader Eastbourne 98 Eric Hockaday California 79 Bryan Meredith Brafield 610 Jimmy Heard Rye House6 11 Tommy Sweetman California 512 Colin Gooddy Brafield 5 13 Pete MouldCalifornia 5 14 Stan Bedford Rye House315 Ross Gilbertson California 216 Bob Anderson California 0 Riders & final averages Brafield 22em Vic Hall 9.89 Brian Meredith 9.33 Frank Greasley 8.20 Alan Pearce 7.60 Dave Hankins 5.89 Colin Gooddy 5.87 Brian Miller 5.60 Hank Bird 5.60 Neil Roberts 5.18 California 22em Bob Andrews 7.76 Jimmy Gleed 7.73 Pete Mold 7.65 Gil Goldfinch 7.43 Tommy Sweetman 7.00 Eric Hockaday 6.97 Ross Gilbertson 6.75 Ron Sharp 6.19 Bob Anderson 2.00 Eastbourne 22em Merv Hannam 8.92 Wally Wilson 5.88 Jim Preddy 4.42 Bert Little 4.42 Gerry Bridson 4.00 Bob Bunney 3.66 George Smithson 3.56 Dave Collett 3.43 Dave Freeborn 2.00 Ringwood (withdrew) 22em Merv Hannam 7.20 Gerry Bridson 5.26 Tom Reader 5.17 Glyn Chandler 4.91 Gordon Richards 4.31 Mike Tamms 4.00 George Hutchinson 2.55 Rye House 22em Mike Broadbank 9.75 Vic Ridgeon 9.25 Al Sparrey 9.05 Jimmy Heard 8.25 Dave Slater 7.41 Stan Bedford 7.35 Geoff Woodger 6.89 Bill Simpson 6.55 Vernon Brown 4.24 Gerry King 2.93 See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway) References Category:Southern Area League Category:1955 in speedway