1939

Edinburgh and Glasgow had applied to join the National League but were refused on the grounds that is would be to expensive for teams to travel north form meetings. The Scottish clubs were included in the Union Cup as an experiment to determine the costs of travel. The competition was abandoned on the outbreak of world war two. American Cordy Milne won the Marine Gardens Track Championship his fellow countryman Wilbur Lamoreaux won the Scottish Championships. The final meeting of the season a best pairs event was won by Oliver Hart and Jack Hyland.

Union Cup Northern Group P W D L F A Pts Dif Newcastle 8 5 0 3 355 303 10 52 Sheffield 7 5 0 2 294.5 290.5 10 4 Edinburgh 8 3 1 4 347 308 7 39 Belle Vue 2 6 2 1 3 241.5 254.5 5 -13 Glasgow 5 1 0 4 164 246 2 -82 Union Cup Southern Group P W D L F A Pts Dif Hackney Wick 3 2 0 1 117 134 4 -17 Norwich 3 1 9 2 140 110 2 30 Bristol 2 1 0 1 77 90 2 -13
George Greenwood Jack Chapman Jack Whitby
Fixtures
09/05/39 Edinburgh 24 29 Sheffield Challenge 16/05/39 Edinburgh 28 26 Newcastle Challenge 23/05/39 Edinburgh 25 28 Middlesbrough Challenge 30/05/39 Edinburgh 24 30 Colonies Challenge 06/06/39 Edinburgh 30 23 Crystal Palace Challenge 13/06/39 Edinburgh 26 27 Belle Vue Challenge 20/06/39 Edinburgh 32 22 Glasgow Challenge 27/06/39 Edinburgh 24 30 Stoke Challenge 04/07/39 Edinburgh 22 32 Wembley Challenge 11/07/39 Edinburgh 39 44 Newcastle A.C.U Northern cup 19/07/39 Tack Championship Cordy Milne 25/07/39 Edinburgh 56 27 Glasgow A.C.U Northern cup 29/07/39 Glasgow 45 36 Edinburgh A.C.U Northern cup 01/08/39 Edinburgh 46 37 Sheffield A.C.U Northern cup 08/08/39 Scottish Speedway Championships Wilbur Lamoreaux 09/08/39 Belle Vue 39 39 Edinburgh A.C.U Northern cup 15/08/39 Edinburgh 56 28 Belle Vue A.C.U Northern cup 17/08/39 Sheffield 46 38 Edinburgh A.C.U Northern cup 21/08/39 Newcastle 42 37 Edinburgh A.C.U Northern cup 22/08/39 Scotland 51 32 England 29/08/39 Best Pairs Oliver Hart and Jack Hyland