Doug Davies (speedway rider) explained

Doug Davies
Nationality:	South African
Birth Date:	1936 8, df=yes
Birth Place:	Potchefstroom, North West (South African province)
Years1:	1954-1956
Career2:	New Cross Rangers
Years2:	1961
Indivyear1:	1956
Indivhonour1:	Speedway World Championship finalist
Indivyear2:	1962
Indivhonour2:	South African National Champion
Teamyear1:	1954, 1955
Teamhonour1:	Midland Cup

Doug Davies (6 August 1936 – 8 June 2000) was a South Africa international motorcycle speedway rider.^{[1] [2]} He earned 10 caps for the South African national speedway team.^[3]

Speedway career

Davies reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1956 Individual Speedway World Championship.^[4]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway with Birmingham Brummies from 1954^[5] to 1956, and New Cross Rangers in 1961.^{[6] [7]}

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1956 – London, Wembley Stadium – 13th – 4pts

Notes and References

1. Web site: WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX. British Speedway. 6 July 2021.
2. Web site: 75 years history. Speedway South Africa. 6 July 2021.
3. Web site: Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 5 September 2024.
4. Web site: World Speedway finals. Speedway Researcher. 6 July 2021.
5. News: New rider for Birmingham . Birmingham Daily Gazette . 26 July 1954 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 5 September 2024.
6. News: Davies riding against Bees . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 20 May 1961 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 5 September 2024.
7. Web site: History Archive. British Speedway. 6 July 2021.