1949 National League Division Three | | |
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The 1949 National League Division Three was the third season of British speedway's National League Division Three. The league expanded to 13 teams from 12. Cradley Heath, Southampton and Coventry had all moved up to Division Two whilst Wombwell dropped out. The five new sides were Halifax Dukes, Liverpool Chads, Leicester Hunters, Rayleigh Rockets and Oxford Cheetahs Swindon Robins replaced Hull Angels mid-season and Hanley Potters won the title on race points difference from Yarmouth Bloaters National League Division Three League Table and Results Grid National League Division Three Riders Averages 1949 Team Gallery images from the John Somerville Collection |
| | M | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Hanley Potters | 48 | 35 | 1 | 12 | 2436 | 2069 | 71 | Yarmouth Bloaters | 48 | 35 | 1 | 12 | 2421 | 1753 | 71 | Tamworth Hounds | 48 | 33 | 0 | 15 | 2381 | 1802 | 66 | Halifax Dukes | 48 | 28 | 2 | 18 | 2303 | 1868 | 58 | Plymouth Devils | 48 | 28 | 2 | 18 | 2183 | 1997 | 58 | Poole Pirates | 48 | 27 | 0 | 21 | 2027.5 | 2156.5 | 54 | Exeter Falcons | 48 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 2110 | 2069 | 48 | Hastings Saxons | 48 | 21 | 1 | 36 | 2014 | 2169 | 43 | Liverpool Chads | 48 | 19 | 0 | 29 | 1902 | 2279 | 38 | Leicester Hunters | 48 | 17 | 1 | 30 | 1959 | 2226 | 35 | Swindon Robins | 48 | 15 | 1 | 32 | 1779 | 2217 | 31 | Rayleigh Rockets | 48 | 14 | 0 | 34 | 1763 | 2409 | 28 | Oxford Cheetahs | 48 | 11 | 1 | 36 | 1704.5 | 2477.5 | 23 | | Fixtures & Results | 29/03/1949 | Exeter | 54 | 30 | Poole | 31/03/1949 | Plymouth | 48 | 32 | Hastings | 02/04/1949 | Rayleigh | 29 | 55 | Yarmouth | 02/04/1949 | Swindon | 40 | 43 | Stoke Hanley | 06/04/1949 | Halifax | 37 | 45 | Yarmouth | 06/04/1949 | Hastings | 56 | 28 | Leicester | 07/04/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 63 | 20 | Swindon | 08/04/1949 | Leicester | 30 | 54 | Yarmouth | 09/04/1949 | Rayleigh | 30 | 53 | Stoke Hanley | 11/04/1949 | Exeter | 40 | 42 | Yarmouth | 13/04/1949 | Halifax | 34 | 49 | Exeter | 13/04/1949 | Hastings | 52 | 31 | Plymouth | 13/04/1949 | Tamworth | 60 | 24 | Leicester | 15/04/1949 | Liverpool | 55 | 29 | Exeter | 15/04/1949 | Plymouth | 35 | 47 | Poole | 15/04/1949 | Tamworth | 47.5 | 36.5 | Hastings | 16/04/1949 | Swindon | 43 | 41 | Tamworth | 18/04/1949 | Exeter | 60 | 24 | Oxford | 18/04/1949 | Hastings | 58 | 25 | Halifax | 18/04/1949 | Poole | 50 | 33 | Liverpool | 18/04/1949 | Rayleigh | 52 | 31 | Swindon | 20/04/1949 | Hastings | 65 | 19 | Rayleigh | 20/04/1949 | Liverpool | 39 | 44 | Yarmouth | 20/04/1949 | Tamworth | 41 | 43 | Stoke Hanley | 21/04/1949 | Oxford | 37 | 47 | Hastings | 21/04/1949 | Plymouth | 44 | 40 | Exeter | 21/04/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 65 | 19 | Halifax | 22/04/1949 | Leicester | 31 | 53 | Stoke Hanley | 23/04/1949 | Rayleigh | 47 | 37 | Oxford | 23/04/1949 | Swindon | 53 | 30 | Leicester | 25/04/1949 | Liverpool | 49 | 35 | Rayleigh | 25/04/1949 | Poole | 53 | 31 | Yarmouth | 26/04/1949 | Yarmouth | 41 | 42 | Poole | 27/04/1949 | Halifax | 39 | 44 | Liverpool | 28/04/1949 | Oxford | 25 | 59 | Yarmouth | 28/04/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 67 | 17 | Rayleigh | 29/04/1949 | Leicester | 58 | 25 | Rayleigh | 30/04/1949 | Rayleigh | 46 | 37 | Exeter | 02/05/1949 | Exeter | 38 | 44 | Leicester | 02/05/1949 | Liverpool | 44 | 40 | Halifax | 02/05/1949 | Poole | 41 | 43 | Stoke Hanley | 04/05/1949 | Halifax | 62 | 22 | Rayleigh | 04/05/1949 | Hastings | 40 | 44 | Stoke Hanley | 04/05/1949 | Tamworth | 57 | 27 | Plymouth | 05/05/1949 | Oxford | 32 | 51 | Swindon | 05/05/1949 | Plymouth | 50 | 34 | Tamworth | 06/05/1949 | Leicester | 59 | 25 | Exeter | 07/05/1949 | Rayleigh | 45 | 37 | Tamworth | 09/05/1949 | Exeter | 48 | 35 | Rayleigh | 09/05/1949 | Poole | 46 | 37 | Halifax | 10/05/1949 | Yarmouth | 63 | 21 | Halifax | 11/05/1949 | Halifax | 47 | 35 | Stoke Hanley | 11/05/1949 | Hastings | 61 | 23 | Oxford | 11/05/1949 | Tamworth | 55 | 28 | Exeter | 12/05/1949 | Oxford | 51 | 33 | Exeter | 12/05/1949 | Plymouth | 54 | 29 | Liverpool | 13/05/1949 | Leicester | 41 | 42 | Liverpool | 14/05/1949 | Rayleigh | 31 | 53 | Poole | 14/05/1949 | Swindon | 42 | 42 | Yarmouth | 16/05/1949 | Liverpool | 36 | 48 | Tamworth | 16/05/1949 | Poole | 51 | 33 | Oxford | 23/05/1949 | Exeter | 61 | 23 | Hastings | 23/05/1949 | Liverpool | 48 | 34 | Swindon | 24/05/1949 | Yarmouth | 49 | 34 | Rayleigh | 25/05/1949 | Halifax | 57 | 26 | Swindon | 25/05/1949 | Hastings | 51 | 33 | Liverpool | 26/05/1949 | Oxford | 37 | 46 | Liverpool | 26/05/1949 | Plymouth | 49 | 34 | Leicester | 27/05/1949 | Leicester | 35 | 49 | Yarmouth | 28/05/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 52 | 32 | Exeter | 28/05/1949 | Swindon | 44 | 40 | Plymouth | 30/05/1949 | Liverpool | 39 | 45 | Plymouth | 30/05/1949 | Poole | 44 | 40 | Swindon | 31/05/1949 | Yarmouth | 46 | 38 | Stoke Hanley | 01/06/1949 | Halifax | 54 | 29 | Plymouth | 01/06/1949 | Hastings | 39 | 45 | Yarmouth | 01/06/1949 | Tamworth | 53 | 30 | Swindon | 02/06/1949 | Oxford | 35 | 49 | Leicester | 02/06/1949 | Plymouth | 57 | 27 | Yarmouth | 03/06/1949 | Leicester | 37 | 47 | Poole | 04/06/1949 | Rayleigh | 47 | 37 | Leicester | 04/06/1949 | Swindon | 54 | 30 | Poole | 06/06/1949 | Exeter | 48 | 36 | Stoke Hanley | 06/06/1949 | Halifax | 59 | 24 | Hastings | 06/06/1949 | Poole | 44 | 39 | Leicester | 06/06/1949 | Swindon | 62 | 22 | Rayleigh | 06/06/1949 | Tamworth | 65 | 19 | Oxford | 07/06/1949 | Liverpool | 49 | 35 | Exeter | 08/06/1949 | Halifax | 49 | 35 | Exeter | 08/06/1949 | Hastings | 42 | 42 | Plymouth | 08/06/1949 | Tamworth | 55 | 29 | Rayleigh | 09/06/1949 | Oxford | 41 | 37 | Rayleigh | 09/06/1949 | Plymouth | 59 | 25 | Swindon | 10/06/1949 | Leicester | 49 | 35 | Swindon | 11/06/1949 | Rayleigh | 27 | 56 | Plymouth | 11/06/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 56 | 28 | Oxford | 11/06/1949 | Swindon | 47 | 37 | Hastings | 13/06/1949 | Exeter | 44 | 40 | Plymouth | 13/06/1949 | Liverpool | 56 | 26 | Hastings | 13/06/1949 | Poole | 33 | 50 | Tamworth | 14/06/1949 | Yarmouth | 50 | 34 | Tamworth | 15/06/1949 | Halifax | 66 | 18 | Oxford | 15/06/1949 | Hastings | 48 | 36 | Exeter | 15/06/1949 | Tamworth | 55 | 29 | Yarmouth | 16/06/1949 | Oxford | 23 | 68 | Stoke Hanley | 16/06/1949 | Plymouth | 46 | 38 | Rayleigh | 17/06/1949 | Leicester | 52 | 32 | Hastings | 18/06/1949 | Rayleigh | 39 | 44 | Yarmouth | 18/06/1949 | Swindon | 37 | 46 | Halifax | 20/06/1949 | Exeter | 48 | 36 | Swindon | 20/06/1949 | Liverpool | 61 | 23 | Leicester | 20/06/1949 | Poole | 53 | 31 | Rayleigh | 21/06/1949 | Yarmouth | 66 | 18 | Oxford | 22/06/1949 | Halifax | 58 | 26 | Leicester | 22/06/1949 | Hastings | 45 | 39 | Swindon | 22/06/1949 | Tamworth | 56 | 28 | Liverpool | 23/06/1949 | Oxford | 32 | 52 | Tamworth | 23/06/1949 | Plymouth | 51 | 33 | Exeter | 24/06/1949 | Leicester | 36 | 48 | Tamworth | 25/06/1949 | Rayleigh | 53 | 31 | Liverpool | 25/06/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 60 | 23 | Poole | 25/06/1949 | Swindon | 60 | 24 | Oxford | 27/06/1949 | Exeter | 49 | 35 | Tamworth | 27/06/1949 | Liverpool | 48 | 36 | Swindon | 27/06/1949 | Poole | 60 | 23 | Hastings | 28/06/1949 | Yarmouth | 59 | 23 | Exeter | 29/06/1949 | Halifax | 62 | 22 | Poole | 29/06/1949 | Hastings | 51 | 33 | Tamworth | 30/06/1949 | Oxford | 42 | 42 | Halifax | 30/06/1949 | Plymouth | 54 | 30 | Stoke Hanley | 01/07/1949 | Leicester | 45 | 39 | Plymouth | 02/07/1949 | Rayleigh | 42 | 40 | Halifax | 02/07/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 52 | 32 | Plymouth | 02/07/1949 | Swindon | 53 | 31 | Liverpool | 04/07/1949 | Liverpool | 48 | 36 | Oxford | 05/07/1949 | Exeter | 45 | 38 | Poole | 05/07/1949 | Yarmouth | 62 | 22 | Hastings | 06/07/1949 | Halifax | 62 | 22 | Tamworth | 06/07/1949 | Hastings | 55 | 28 | Poole | 07/07/1949 | Oxford | 40 | 43 | Plymouth | 08/07/1949 | Leicester | 41 | 43 | Halifax | 09/07/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 49 | 33 | Leicester | 09/07/1949 | Swindon | 52 | 32 | Rayleigh | 11/07/1949 | Exeter | 36 | 48 | Halifax | 11/07/1949 | Liverpool | 43 | 41 | Stoke Hanley | 11/07/1949 | Poole | 37 | 46 | Plymouth | 12/07/1949 | Yarmouth | 63 | 20 | Liverpool | 13/07/1949 | Hastings | 43 | 40 | Halifax | 14/07/1949 | Oxford | 43 | 41 | Yarmouth | 14/07/1949 | Plymouth | 52 | 32 | Halifax | 14/07/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 51 | 32 | Tamworth | 15/07/1949 | Leicester | 46 | 38 | Oxford | 16/07/1949 | Rayleigh | 34 | 50 | Stoke Hanley | 18/07/1949 | Poole | 50 | 33 | Liverpool | 19/07/1949 | Exeter | 60 | 24 | Liverpool | 19/07/1949 | Yarmouth | 44 | 38 | Stoke Hanley | 20/07/1949 | Hastings | 63 | 21 | Rayleigh | 20/07/1949 | Tamworth | 52 | 30 | Halifax | 21/07/1949 | Oxford | 33.5 | 50.5 | Poole | 21/07/1949 | Plymouth | 40 | 43 | Hastings | 21/07/1949 | Yarmouth | 66 | 18 | Swindon | 22/07/1949 | Leicester | 40 | 43 | Exeter | 23/07/1949 | Rayleigh | 50 | 33 | Leicester | 23/07/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 44 | 40 | Yarmouth | 23/07/1949 | Swindon | 40 | 44 | Exeter | 25/07/1949 | Exeter | 53 | 31 | Tamworth | 25/07/1949 | Liverpool | 35 | 48 | Halifax | 25/07/1949 | Poole | 50 | 34 | Rayleigh | 26/07/1949 | Yarmouth | 41 | 43 | Plymouth | 27/07/1949 | Halifax | 37 | 44 | Yarmouth | 27/07/1949 | Tamworth | 50 | 33 | Plymouth | 28/07/1949 | Oxford | 54 | 29 | Swindon | 28/07/1949 | Plymouth | 41 | 43 | Poole | 29/07/1949 | Leicester | 42 | 42 | Halifax | 30/07/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 47 | 34 | Rayleigh | 30/07/1949 | Swindon | 39 | 45 | Halifax | 30/07/1949 | Tamworth | 50 | 34 | Yarmouth | 01/08/1949 | Exeter | 53 | 31 | Yarmouth | 01/08/1949 | Halifax | 50 | 34 | Tamworth | 01/08/1949 | Liverpool | 47 | 37 | Rayleigh | 01/08/1949 | Plymouth | 53 | 31 | Oxford | 01/08/1949 | Poole | 46 | 38 | Hastings | 01/08/1949 | Swindon | 47 | 37 | Stoke Hanley | 02/08/1949 | Yarmouth | 55 | 26 | Halifax | 03/08/1949 | Hastings | 55 | 28 | Liverpool | 03/08/1949 | Tamworth | 57 | 27 | Stoke Hanley | 04/08/1949 | Oxford | 45 | 39 | Liverpool | 04/08/1949 | Plymouth | 50 | 34 | Leicester | 05/08/1949 | Leicester | 56 | 28 | Rayleigh | 06/08/1949 | Rayleigh | 37 | 47 | Oxford | 06/08/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 48 | 35 | Halifax | 06/08/1949 | Swindon | 37 | 46 | Tamworth | 08/08/1949 | Exeter | 52 | 31 | Hastings | 08/08/1949 | Liverpool | 45 | 39 | Yarmouth | 08/08/1949 | Poole | 44 | 40 | Stoke Hanley | 09/08/1949 | Yarmouth | 57 | 27 | Oxford | 10/08/1949 | Halifax | 46 | 38 | Liverpool | 10/08/1949 | Hastings | 40 | 44 | Stoke Hanley | 10/08/1949 | Tamworth | 55 | 28 | Exeter | 11/08/1949 | Plymouth | 62 | 22 | Oxford | 12/08/1949 | Leicester | 56 | 27 | Poole | 13/08/1949 | Rayleigh | 42 | 40 | Exeter | 13/08/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 51 | 32 | Tamworth | 13/08/1949 | Swindon | 49 | 35 | Poole | 15/08/1949 | Exeter | 47 | 36 | Plymouth | 15/08/1949 | Liverpool | 49 | 35 | Stoke Hanley | 15/08/1949 | Poole | 47 | 36 | Yarmouth | 16/08/1949 | Yarmouth | 60 | 24 | Swindon | 17/08/1949 | Halifax | 64 | 20 | Rayleigh | 17/08/1949 | Tamworth | 62 | 22 | Hastings | 18/08/1949 | Oxford | 41 | 42 | Exeter | 18/08/1949 | Plymouth | 48 | 36 | Tamworth | 18/08/1949 | Yarmouth | 60 | 24 | Leicester | 19/08/1949 | Leicester | 34 | 50 | Stoke Hanley | 20/08/1949 | Rayleigh | 34 | 50 | Poole | 20/08/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 57 | 27 | Oxford | 20/08/1949 | Swindon | 35 | 49 | Yarmouth | 22/08/1949 | Exeter | 57 | 27 | Leicester | 22/08/1949 | Liverpool | 53 | 30 | Oxford | 22/08/1949 | Poole | 49 | 35 | Plymouth | 23/08/1949 | Yarmouth | 50 | 33 | Tamworth | 24/08/1949 | Halifax | 60 | 24 | Oxford | 24/08/1949 | Hastings | 53 | 31 | Leicester | 24/08/1949 | Tamworth | 64 | 20 | Rayleigh | 25/08/1949 | Oxford | 47 | 37 | Hastings | 25/08/1949 | Plymouth | 42 | 42 | Stoke Hanley | 26/08/1949 | Leicester | 46 | 38 | Hastings | 27/08/1949 | Rayleigh | 48 | 34 | Tamworth | 27/08/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 60 | 24 | Hastings | 27/08/1949 | Swindon | 54 | 29 | Liverpool | 29/08/1949 | Exeter | 60 | 24 | Rayleigh | 29/08/1949 | Poole | 58 | 26 | Oxford | 30/08/1949 | Yarmouth | 63 | 21 | Leicester | 31/08/1949 | Halifax | 62 | 22 | Swindon | 31/08/1949 | Hastings | 44 | 40 | Exeter | 31/08/1949 | Tamworth | 64 | 20 | Liverpool | 01/09/1949 | Oxford | 49 | 33 | Rayleigh | 01/09/1949 | Plymouth | 56 | 28 | Yarmouth | 02/09/1949 | Leicester | 38 | 46 | Tamworth | 03/09/1949 | Rayleigh | 52 | 32 | Liverpool | 03/09/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 50 | 34 | Exeter | 05/09/1949 | Exeter | 52 | 30 | Oxford | 05/09/1949 | Liverpool | 40 | 44 | Tamworth | 05/09/1949 | Poole | 53 | 31 | Swindon | 06/09/1949 | Yarmouth | 58 | 26 | Hastings | 07/09/1949 | Hastings | 54 | 30 | Swindon | 07/09/1949 | Tamworth | 52 | 31 | Halifax | 08/09/1949 | Oxford | 46 | 38 | Leicester | 08/09/1949 | Plymouth | 50 | 34 | Rayleigh | 10/09/1949 | Rayleigh | 59 | 25 | Hastings | 10/09/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 64 | 19 | Swindon | 12/09/1949 | Liverpool | 41 | 43 | Plymouth | 12/09/1949 | Poole | 45 | 39 | Exeter | 13/09/1949 | Yarmouth | 57 | 26 | Poole | 14/09/1949 | Halifax | 58 | 26 | Plymouth | 14/09/1949 | Hastings | 50 | 34 | Oxford | 14/09/1949 | Tamworth | 44 | 40 | Poole | 15/09/1949 | Oxford | 38 | 46 | Stoke Hanley | 15/09/1949 | Plymouth | 50 | 34 | Swindon | 16/09/1949 | Leicester | 57 | 27 | Swindon | 17/09/1949 | Rayleigh | 33 | 51 | Plymouth | 17/09/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 57 | 26 | Liverpool | 17/09/1949 | Swindon | 41 | 43 | Hastings | 19/09/1949 | Exeter | 42 | 41 | Halifax | 19/09/1949 | Liverpool | 49 | 35 | Hastings | 19/09/1949 | Poole | 43 | 41 | Leicester | 20/09/1949 | Yarmouth | 63 | 21 | Liverpool | 21/09/1949 | Halifax | 55 | 29 | Stoke Hanley | 21/09/1949 | Hastings | 46 | 38 | Poole | 21/09/1949 | Tamworth | 57 | 27 | Leicester | 23/09/1949 | Leicester | 52 | 32 | Plymouth | 24/09/1949 | Rayleigh | 40 | 44 | Halifax | 24/09/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 60 | 24 | Plymouth | 24/09/1949 | Swindon | 42 | 41 | Oxford | 26/09/1949 | Exeter | 58 | 26 | Swindon | 26/09/1949 | Liverpool | 36 | 47 | Leicester | 26/09/1949 | Poole | 41 | 43 | Tamworth | 27/09/1949 | Yarmouth | 51 | 33 | Exeter | 28/09/1949 | Halifax | 58 | 25 | Leicester | 28/09/1949 | Hastings | 41 | 43 | Yarmouth | 28/09/1949 | Tamworth | 67 | 17 | Swindon | 29/09/1949 | Oxford | 51 | 33 | Poole | 29/09/1949 | Plymouth | 50 | 34 | Liverpool | 30/09/1949 | Leicester | 55 | 29 | Liverpool | 01/10/1949 | Rayleigh | 49 | 35 | Hastings | 01/10/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 61 | 23 | Poole | 01/10/1949 | Swindon | 36 | 47 | Plymouth | 03/10/1949 | Exeter | 32 | 52 | Stoke Hanley | 03/10/1949 | Liverpool | 48 | 36 | Poole | 04/10/1949 | Yarmouth | 53 | 31 | Rayleigh | 05/10/1949 | Halifax | 64 | 20 | Poole | 05/10/1949 | Hastings | 39 | 44 | Tamworth | 06/10/1949 | Oxford | 31 | 53 | Tamworth | 06/10/1949 | Plymouth | 40 | 44 | Halifax | 07/10/1949 | Leicester | 52 | 32 | Oxford | 08/10/1949 | Rayleigh | 51 | 33 | Swindon | 08/10/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 60 | 24 | Leicester | 10/10/1949 | Poole | 45 | 39 | Exeter | 11/10/1949 | Exeter | 57 | 27 | Liverpool | 11/10/1949 | Yarmouth | 58 | 24 | Plymouth | 12/10/1949 | Halifax | 67 | 17 | Hastings | 12/10/1949 | Tamworth | 67 | 17 | Oxford | 13/10/1949 | Oxford | 46 | 38 | Halifax | 15/10/1949 | Oxford | 33 | 51 | Plymouth | 15/10/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 39 | 44 | Yarmouth | 15/10/1949 | Swindon | 56 | 28 | Exeter | 17/10/1949 | Poole | 36 | 48 | Halifax | 19/10/1949 | Tamworth | 66 | 18 | Poole | 22/10/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 56 | 28 | Hastings | 22/10/1949 | Swindon | 33 | 51 | Leicester | 24/10/1949 | Liverpool | 41 | 43 | Poole | 29/10/1949 | Stoke Hanley | 58 | 24 | Liverpool | |
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