1936 Speedway National League
League | National League Division One |
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No. of competitors | 7 |
Champions | Belle Vue Aces |
National Trophy | Belle Vue Aces |
A.C.U Cup | Belle Vue Aces |
London Cup | Hackney Wick Wolves |
Highest average | Jack Parker |
Division/s below | 1936 Provincial League |
The 1936 National League Division One was the eighth season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.[1][2][3]
Summary
[edit]The entrants were the same seven teams as the previous season. Harringay's Jack Parker topped the rider averages but was injured for the inaugural World Championship Final won by Wembley's Lionel van Praag on his home track.[4]
Belle Vue Aces won their fourth consecutive national title and Knockout Cup and third treble after winning the A.C.U Cup.[5]
Final table
[edit]Pos | Team | PL | W | D | L | Pts |
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1 | Belle Vue Aces | 24 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 37 |
2 | Wembley Lions | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 28 |
3 | Harringay Tigers | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 24 |
4 | Wimbledon Dons | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 24 |
5 | Hackney Wick Wolves | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 22 |
6 | New Cross Tamers | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 18 |
7 | West Ham Hammers | 24 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 15 |
Top Ten Riders
[edit]Rider | Nat | Team | C.M.A. | |
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1 | Jack Parker | ![]() |
Harringay | 10.27 |
2 | Max Grosskreutz | ![]() |
Belle Vue | 10.21 |
3 | Frank Charles | ![]() |
Wembley | 10.11 |
4 | Lionel van Praag | ![]() |
Wembley | 9.45 |
5 | Eric Langton | ![]() |
Belle Vue | 9.27 |
6 | Joe Abbott | ![]() |
Belle Vue | 9.25 |
7 | Bluey Wilkinson | ![]() |
West Ham | 9.21 |
8 | Bill Kitchen | ![]() |
Belle Vue | 8.91 |
9= | Dicky Case | ![]() |
Hackney | 8.71 |
9= | Jack Ormston | ![]() |
Harringay | 8.71 |
National Trophy
[edit]The 1936 National Trophy was the sixth edition of the Knockout Cup.[6]
Qualifying rounds
[edit]Southampton Saints won the Provincial final and therefore secured a place in the quarter-finals.
Quarterfinals
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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13/06 | Belle Vue | 68-40 | West Ham |
13/06 | Wimbledon | 42-65 | Wembley |
12/06 | Hackney Wick | 65-42 | New Cross |
11/06 | Wembley | 61-47 | Wimbledon |
10/06 | New Cross | 55-51 | Hackney Wick |
09/06 | West Ham | 43-65 | Belle Vue |
04/06 | Southampton | 30-41 | Harringay |
Semifinals
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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30/07 | Wembley | 54-53 | Belle Vue |
25/07 | Belle Vue | 78-30 | Wembley |
18/07 | Harringay | 55-52 | Hackney Wick |
17/07 | Hackney Wick | 58-50 | Harringay |
Final
[edit]First leg
Hackney Wick Wolves Dicky Case 14 Cordy Milne 12 Morian Hansen 10 Baltzer Hansen 9 George Wilks 8 Bill Clibbett 6 | 59 – 49 | Belle Vue Aces Max Grosskreutz 18 Bob Harrison 16 Bill Kitchen 11 Eric Langton 3 Wally Hull 1 Frank Varey 0 Oliver Langton 0 Acorn Dobson 0 |
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[7] |
Second leg
Belle Vue Aces Max Grosskreutz 18 Bill Kitchen 15 Eric Langton 12 Bob Harrison 12 Frank Varey 9 Wally Hull 6 Oliver Langton 1 | 73 – 31 | Hackney Wick Wolves Dicky Case 12 Cordy Milne 9 Baltzer Hansen 3 Morian Hansen 2 George Wilks 2 Bill Clibbett 1 Stan Dell 1 |
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[7] |
Belle Vue were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 122-90.
A.C.U Cup
[edit]The 1936 Auto-Cycle Union Cup was the third edition of the Cup and was won by Belle Vue for the third time.[8] Tragically Herbert 'Dusty' Haigh was killed instantly after suffering a facrtured skull riding at Hackney Wick Stadium on 15 May 1936, in the ACU Cup match between Hackney and West Ham. He fell when in front and heading for a fourth consecutive heat win and the riders behind were unable to avoid him.[9]
First round
Group 1
Team | PL | W | D | L | Pts |
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Belle Vue Aces | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Harringay Tigers | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
West Ham Hammers | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Hackney Wick Wolves | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Group 2
Team | PL | W | D | L | Pts |
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Wembley Lions | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
New Cross Tamers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Wimbledon Dons | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Final
[edit]Date | Team one | Team two | Score |
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16/07 | Wembley | Belle Vue | 48–47 |
18/07 | Belle Vue | Wembley | 51-44 |
London Cup
[edit]First round
Team one | Score | Team two |
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Harringay | 65–43, 71–37 | Wimbledon |
New Cross | 67–41, 50–58 | West Ham |
Semi final round
Team one | Score | Team two |
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New Cross | 54–52, 43–63 | Hackney Wick |
Wembley | 60–47, 44–63 | Harringay |
Final
[edit]First leg
Harringay Jack Ormston 16 Les Wotton 11 Bill Pitcher 10 Norman Parker 8 Harry Whitfield 3 Rol Stobart 1 | 49–58 | Hackney Wick Cordy Milne 17 Baltzer Hansen 11 Morian Hansen 9 Bill Clibbett 8 George Wilks 7 Stan Dell 3 Dick Case 3 |
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[10] |
Second leg
Hackney Wick Morian Hansen 17 Dick Case 15 Cordy Milne 12 Baltzer Hansen 12 George Wilks 7 Bill Clibbett 5 Stan Dell 1 | 69–39 | Harringay Bill Pitcher 12 Jack Ormston 9 Norman Parker 9 Frank Goulden 7 Billy Dallison 1 Les Wotton 1 |
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[11] |
Hackney Wick won on aggregate 127–88
Riders & final averages
[edit]Belle Vue
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Max Grosskreutz 10.21
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Eric Langton 9.27
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Joe Abbott 9.25
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Bill Kitchen 8.92
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Bob Harrison 6.81
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Frank Varey 5.33
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Acorn Dobson 5.11
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Oliver Langton 4.00
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Tommy Allott 3.06
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Wally Hull 2.07
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Chun Moore 1.00
Hackney
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Dusty Haigh 10.00
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Dicky Case 8.71
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Cordy Milne 7.95
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Morian Hansen 7.87
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Baltzer Hansen 5.57
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George Wilks 5.35
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Bill Clibbett 4.93
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Broncho Dixon 4.57
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Stan Dell 4.00
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Fred Tate 3.62
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Tiger Hart 2.74
Harringay
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Jack Parker 10.27
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Jack Ormston 8.71
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Bill Pitcher 7.32
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Norman Parker 7.06
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Dick Smythe 4.97
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Les Wotton 4.79
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Rol Stobbart 4.20
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Billy Dallison 3.73
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Fred Strecker 3.33
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Bob Lovell 1.33
New Cross
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Jack Milne 8.68
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George Newton 8.54
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Stan Greatrex 8.24
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Ron Johnson 7.73
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Joe Francis 6.00
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Norman Evans 4.88
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Nobby Key 3.57
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Harry Shepherd 3.05
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Roy Dook 2.53
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Ernie Evans 0.62
Wembley
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Frank Charles 10.11
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Lionel Van Praag 9.45
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Ginger Lees 8.00
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Wally Kilmister 5.08
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Eric Gregory 5.02
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Wally Lloyd 4.08
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Gordon Byers 5.30
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Tommy Price 4.00
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George Greenwood 3.33
West Ham
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Bluey Wilkinson 9.21
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Tommy Croombs 7.37
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Broncho Dixon 7.05
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Arthur Atkinson 6.80
Eric Chitty 5.90
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Tiger Stevenson 4.23
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Rol Stobbart 3.76
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Phil Bishop 3.73
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Ken Brett 3.64
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Mick Murphy (John Glass) 3.58
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Charlie Spinks 3.33
Wimbledon
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Vic Huxley 8.13
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Wal Phillips 7.50
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Claude Rye 6.46
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Gus Kuhn 5.97
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Eric Collins 5.23
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Wal Morton 4.89
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Geoff Pymar 4.79
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Jack Sharp 4.49
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
- ^ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 129. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
- ^ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "1936 league tables". Speedway GB.
- ^ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "1936 National Trophy". Speedway archive.
- ^ a b "1936 National Trophy" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "1936 ACU Cup" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "PRE WAR HACKNEY HERBERT 'DUSTY' HAIGH". Hackney Speedway. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "London Cup Final". Reynolds's Newspaper. 27 September 1936. Retrieved 16 September 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Hackney Speedway". Speedway Museum Online. Retrieved 15 September 2023.