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The 1955 Speedway National League was the 21st season and tenth post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.

Summary

The league consisted of seven teams after the Harringay Racers ceased competitive speedway racing at the end of 1954. Match line-ups were reduced from eight riders to seven riders. Wimbledon won their second successive National League Championship. West Ham closed at the end of the season, blaming poor attendances.

Final table

Top Ten Riders (League only)

	Rider	Nat	Team	C.M.A.
1	Jack Young		West Ham	10.79
2	Ronnie Moore		Wimbledon	10.77
3	Ove Fundin		Norwich	10.00
4	Barry Briggs		Wimbledon	9.79
5	Brian Crutcher		Wembley	9.34
6	Arthur Wright		Bradford	9.14
7	Peter Craven		Belle Vue	8.96
8	Arthur Forrest		Bradford	8.91
9	Ron Johnston		Belle Vue	8.61
10	Ken Sharples		Belle Vue	8.43

National Trophy Stage Two

The 1955 National Trophy was the 18th edition of the Knockout Cup. The Trophy consisted of two stages; stage one was for the second tier clubs, stage two was for the top tier clubs. Norwich won the second and final stage and were therefore declared the 1955 National Trophy champions.

• For Stage One - see Stage One

First round

Semifinals

Final

First leg

Second leg

Norwich were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 109–106.

Midland Cup

Birmingham won the Midland Cup for a third consecutive year. It consisted of four teams, there was one team from division 1 and three teams from division 2.

First round

Semi final round

Final

First leg

Second leg

Birmingham won on aggregate 108–96

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

• Peter Craven 8.96
• Ron Johnston 8.61
• Ken Sharples 8.43
• Bob Duckworth 6.69
• Harry Edwards 5.05
• Peter Williams 4.93
• Fred Rogers 4.76
• Dick Fisher 4.70
• Tink Maynard 4.47
• Don Cuppleditch 4.45
• Frank Johnson 1.60

Birmingham

• Alan Hunt 7.94
• Ron Mountford 7.87
• Doug Davies 7.08
• Graham Warren 5.31
• Eric Boothroyd 5.21
• Harry Bastable 5.11
• Jim Tolley 4.35
• Derrick Tailby 2.77

Bradford

• Arthur Wright 9.14
• Arthur Forrest 8.91
• Eddie Rigg 7.85
• Guy Allott 6.18
• Keith Milner 6.04
• Des Haswell 5.04
• Al Allison 4.28
• Ron Clarke 3.57
• Jack Hughes 3.27
• Nigel Boocock 2.24

Norwich

• Ove Fundin 10.00
• Billy Bales 8.33
• Aub Lawson 7.38
• Phil Clarke 7.32
• Cyril Roger 6.51
• Harry Edwards 4.80
• Fred Brand 4.58
• Don Lawson 2.49
• Malcolm Flood 1.52

Wembley

• Brian Crutcher 9.34
• Tommy Price 7.31
• Eric Williams 6.95
• Freddie Williams 6.91
• Trevor Redmond 6.13
• Eric French 5.88
• Ken Adams 4.35
• Jimmy Gooch 4.00

West Ham

• Jack Young 10.79
• Split Waterman 7.46
• Gerry Hussey 6.87
• Bert Roger 5.79
• Alan Smith 5.51
• Wally Green 5.44
• Jack Biggs 4.93
• Johnny Fitzpatrick 2.15
• Terry Courtnell 1.73
• Howdy Byford 0.73

Wimbledon

• Ronnie Moore 10.77
• Barry Briggs 9.79
• Peter Moore 7.76
• Ron How 7.63
• Cyril Maidment 5.54
• Les McGillivray 5.33
• Cyril Brine 5.16
• Alf Hagon 4.98
• Reg Trott 1.14

See also

• List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
• Knockout Cup (speedway)

References

1. "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
2. "Speedway Archive: National League 1955".
3. "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
4. Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 129. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
5. "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - POST-WAR ERA (1946-1964)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
6. "1955 National Trophy". Speedway archive.
7. ^ "1955 National Trophy". Speedway Archive. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
8. "Hunters triumph but trophy lost". Leicester Evening Mail. 1 October 1955. Retrieved 18 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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