1948 British Speedway Riders Championship Riders Qualification Records

1948 British Speedway Riders Championship Riders Qualification Records

Final | Qualifying Rounds

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First Division Riders Qualifying Rounds       26/07 29/07 31/07 07/08 10/08 19/08 03/09     Tot 1 Vic Duggan 14   15 15     13     57 2 Norman Parker 12 10     15   15     52 3 Wilbur Lamoreaux 15       8 15 11     49 4 Oliver Hart 7 13   13 10         43 5 Ron Johnson 11 12 7 9           39 6 Bill Longley   11 9   11   7     38 7 Jack Parker   9 14   5 10       38 8 Eric Chitty   7 8   13 8       36 9 Bill Gilbert 11     11   6 8     36 10 Tommy Price   7   14 7   7     35 11 Jeff Lloyd   9 9   7   8     33 12 Malcolm Craven 11 6     6 9       32 13 Dent Oliver 6 11 13     2       32 14 Lloyd Goffe     5 5   10 11     32 15 Aub Lawson   4   7 12 8       31 16 Alec Statham 8 6   7   10       31 17 Splitt Waterman     6 6 6 10       28 18 Frank Hodgson 6   7 4     9     26 19 Jack Biggs 2   4     8 12     26 20 Cliff Watson 2   7 8 9         26 21 Ron Clarke 4     7 2   3     16 22 Tommy Price 0   7     ns 5     12 23 Andy Menzies 1 4   4     2     11 24 Ray Duggan     1 3   6 1     11 25 Geoff Pymar   3 1 0     6     10 26 Wally Lloyd   1 7     0 0     8 27 Cyril Brine 4 1     2 ns       7 28 Frank Dolan       5 0 ns 1     6   1st division reserve and programme replacement riders   Dick Harris (R) 3                 3   Ron Mason (R) 2                 2   Eric French (R)   5               5   Wally Hull (R)     0             0   Fred Curtis (R)         0         0   Hoydy Byford (R)         0         0   Roy Craighead (R)           1       1   Jack Arnfield (R)             1     1   Jimmy Grant (R)             4     4   2nd Division Riders Qualifying Rounds       24/06 26/06 28/06 30/06 01/07 06/07 09/07 10/07 10/07 Tot 1 Jack Biggs 14 13 14 41 2 Frank Hodgson 14 14 13 41 3 Bill Gilbert 10 15 14  39 4 Joe Crowther 11 10 15  36 5 Joe Abbott 10 13 11 34 6 Doug McLachlan 15 11 8 34 7 Paddy Mills 10 12 11 33 8 Louis Lawson 9 11 12 32 9 Eric French 11 10 10  31 10 Bill Pitcher 8 12 11 31 11 Graham Warren 7 14 10 31 12 Tommy Bateman 14 7 10  31 13 Fred Tuck 4 12 14 30 14 Jack Hodgson 9 13 6 28 15 Dick Campbell 11 11 6  28 16 Fred Williams 7 11 8 26 17 Will Lowther 11 7 8  26 18 Phil Clarke 13 3 9 25 19 Wilf Jay 15 5 3  23 20 Dick Harris 9 8 5 22 21 Tommy Allott 4 4 14 22 22 Tommy Croombs 10 4 14 23 Stan Dell 11 5 5 21 24 Alec Grant 3 9 8 20 25 Bert Spencer 2 6 12 20 26 Bert Roger 9 8 3  20 27 Alf Bottoms 7 12 19 28 Wilf Plant 3 5 10  18 29 Roger Wise 7 4 7 18 30 Billy Hole 4 6 7 17 31 Buck Whitby 6 3 7 16 32 Charlie Spinks 5 1 10  16 33 Dick Geary 7 9 16 34 Jack Gordon 3 6 7  16 35 Stan Williams 2 3 10 15 36 Les Wotton  7 7 0  14 37 Bill Wilson 6 7 13 38 Norman Hargraves 5 6 1 12 39 Geoff Godwin 4 4 3 11 40 Norman Evans 2 5 3 10 41 Jack Bibby 3 6 1 10 42 Bill Madden 4 5 10  19 43 Jock Grierson 3 4 3 10 44 Norman Lindsay 3 6  9 45 Aussie Powell 5 5 46 Eddie Lack 4 1 2  7 47 Jack Mountford 2 3 5 48 Buck Ryan 8 4 1 13   2nd division reserve and programme replacement riders   Ken Le Breton 11 11   Bob Roger  10 10   Charlie May 7 7   Tommy Croombs 7 7   Clem Mitchell  6  6   Ted Bravery 5 5   Bill Baird  (R) 4  4   Keith Cox  (R) 4  4   Johnny Hole (R) 3 3   Harold Fairhurst (R) 2 2   Ivor Powell 2 2   Rat Byrnes (R) 2 2   Ron Hart (R) 2 2   Cyril Quick (R) 1 1   Jack Hunt (R) 1 1   Ernie Appleby (R) 0 0   Reg Lambourne 0 0   Sid Littlewood 0 0   3rd division Riders qualifying Rounds       15/04 20/04 21/04 29/04 03/05 14/05 17/05 19/05 28/05 Tot 1 Jock Grierson 13 12 15 40 2 Alf Bottoms 12 13 15 40 3 Bert Roger 10 13 14 37 4 Wally Green ns 13 11 13 37 5 Dave Anderson 15 11 10 36 6 Stan Hodson 13 10 13 36 7 Geoff Bennett 11 11 12 34 8 Bill Harris 11 10 13 34 9 Eric Irons 9 13 11 33 10 Jimmy Squibb 14 9 9 32 11 Cyril Roger 8 11 13 32 12 Basil Harris 9 11 11 31 13 Jack Freeman 13 10 7 30 14 Bob Oakley 6 12 10 28 15 Pete Lansdale 8 13 7 28 16 Ken Tidbury 6 10 11 27 17 Alf Kaines 6 8 10 24 18 Jimmy Wright 8 8 8 24 19 Alan Hunt 6 5 12 23 20 Bert Croucher 10 8 4 22 21 Harwood Pike 10 3 9 22 22 Ivan Kessel 8 7 4 19 23 Les Beaumont 7 7 5 19 24 Eric Salmon 0 6 10 16 25 Junior Bainbridge 6 5 5 16 26 Eric Dunn 2 5 9 16 27 Len Tuplin 4 3 8 15 28 Ray Harris 11 2 2 15 29 Arthur Payne 4 11 ns 15 30 Bill Baird 8 ns 6 14 31 Steve Langton 4 6 4 14 32 Alex Gray 7 5 2 14 33 Ted Gibson 4 4 6 14 34 Stan Beardsall ns 12 2 14 35 Bill Dalton 3 4 6 13 36 Mick Mitchell 12 1 0 13 37 Dennis Parker dnr 4 8 12 38 Gil Blake 2 5 5 12 39 Les Jenkins 6 2 4 12 40 Herby King 0 11 11 41 Len Williams 8 2 0 10 42 Jimmy Coy 2 4 3 9 43 Cyril Cooper 2 6 ns 6 44 Vic Pitcher 0 2 5 7 45 Ron Clarke 1 2 4 7 46 Billy Newell 2 4 6 47 Red Hamley 2 3 5 48 Peter Lloyd 0 0   3rd division reserve (R) and programme replacement riders   Frank Evans (R) 11 11   Bernard “Bronco” Slade 11 11   Cyril Page 10 10   Dan English 10 10   Bill Osbourne (R) 7 7   Dick Howard (R) 6 6   Jack Baxter 5 5   Ken Middleditch 5 5   Vic Gent (R) 3 3   George Craig (R) 3 3   Len Read (R) 2 2   Johnny Myson 2 2   Jeff Bishop (R) 2 2   Bill Clifton (R) 1 1   Norman Johnson (R) 1 1   Phil Malpas (R) dnr 0   Harry Welch (R) 0 0   Jack Winstanley (R) 0 0                           Vic Duggan Norman Parker Wilbur Lamoreaux Oliver Hart Ron Johnson Bill Longley