Competition: | National League Division One |
Competitors: | 8 |
Domesticcup1: | Champions |
Domesticcup1 Winners: | Wembley Lions |
Domesticcup2: | National Trophy |
Domesticcup2 Winners: | Belle Vue Aces |
Domesticcup3: | London Cup |
Domesticcup3 Winners: | Wembley Lions |
Highestaverage: | Vic Duggan |
Leagues Below: | National League (Div 2) National League (Div 3) |
Prevseason: | 1948 |
Nextseason: | 1950 |
The 1949 National League Division One was the 15th season of speedway in the United Kingdom and the fourth post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.[1]
Birmingham Brummies joined the league and the Anniversary (League) Cup was discontinued or the teams would have met each other six times in the league. Wembley Lions won the National League for the fourth time.[2] [3] [4]
Pos | Team | PL | W | D | L | Pts | |
1 | Wembley Lions | 42 | 28 | 1 | 13 | 57 | |
2 | Belle Vue Aces | 42 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 48 | |
3 | New Cross Rangers | 42 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 48 | |
4 | West Ham Hammers | 42 | 23 | 0 | 19 | 46 | |
5 | Odsal Boomerangs | 42 | 22 | 1 | 19 | 45 | |
6 | Harringay Racers | 42 | 18 | 0 | 24 | 36 | |
7 | Birmingham Brummies | 42 | 16 | 1 | 25 | 32 | |
8 | Wimbledon Dons | 42 | 11 | 1 | 30 | 23 |
Rider | Nat | Team | C.M.A. | ||
1 | Vic Duggan | Harringay | 10.65 | ||
2 | Graham Warren | Birmingham | 10.21 | ||
3 | Jack Parker | Belle Vue | 10.12 | ||
4 | Wilbur Lamoreaux | Birmingham | 9.86 | ||
5 | Dent Oliver | Belle Vue | 9.60 | ||
6 | Aub Lawson | West Ham | 9.57 | ||
7 | Norman Parker | Wimbledon | 9.35 | ||
8 | Bill Gilbert | Wembley | 9.24 | ||
9 | Tommy Price | Wembley | 9.10 | ||
10 | Ron Clarke | Odsal | 8.79 |
The 1949 National Trophy was the 12th edition of the Knockout Cup. The Trophy consisted of three stages; stage one was for the third division clubs, stage two was for the second division clubs and stage three was for the top tier clubs. The winner of stage one would qualify for stage two and the winner of stage two would qualify for the third and final stage. Belle Vue Aces won the third and final stage and were therefore declared the 1949 National Trophy champions.[5]
First round
width=80 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=80 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
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29/07 | Harringay | 60-47 | Bradford Odsal | ||||
23/07 | Bradford Odsal | 80-28 | Harringay |
Second round
width=80 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=80 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
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20/08 | Bradford Odsal | 70-38 | Birmingham | ||||
19/08 | Bristol | 47-60 | New Cross | ||||
18/08 | Wembley | 56-52 | West Ham | ||||
17/08 | New Cross | 55-53 | Bristol | ||||
16/08 | West Ham | 64-44 | Wembley | ||||
13/08 | Birmingham | 51-57 | Bradford Odsal | ||||
15/08 | Wimbledon | 58-50 | Belle Vue |
Semifinals
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17/09 | Belle Vue | 66-42 | Bradford Odsal | ||||
10/09 | Bradford Odsal | 54-54 | Belle Vue | ||||
07/09 | New Cross | 55-53 | West Ham | ||||
06/09 | West Ham | 64-44 | New Cross |
First leg
Second leg
Belle Vue were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 140–76.
First round
width=250 | Team one | width=120 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
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New Cross | 57–50, 56–51 | Wimbledon | |||
Walthamstow | 55–52, 48–60 | Harringay |
width=250 | Team one | width=120 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
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West Ham | 65–43, 70–38 | New Cross | |||
Wembley | 65–43, 57–51 | Harringay |
First leg
Second leg
Wembley won on aggregate 124–92
Belle Vue
Birmingham
Harringay
New Cross
Odsal
Wembley
West Ham
Wimbledon