1946 Northern League

1946 Northern League

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The 1946 Northern League was a season of speedway racing in the United Kingdom for Northern British teams in 1946. With a National League in place and no Southern counterpart, it was effectively a second tier. Four of the six entrants were previously members of National League Division Two before war broke out. Glasgow and Birmingham were new entrants. Middlesbrough Bears won their first trophy. On account of the small number of teams in the league the ACU Cup was run in a league format. Norwich Stars came out on top on points difference. 1946 Northern League Riders Averages images from the John Somerville Collection

Northern League M W D L F A Pts Middlesbrough Bears 20 12 4 4 434.5 400.5 28 Sheffield Tigers 20 11 1 8 377 459 23 Norwich Stars 20 10 1 9 400 435 21 Birmingham Brummies 20 9 1 10 326 504 19 Newcastle Diamonds 20 8 1 11 357 479 17 Glasgow Tigers 20 6 0 14 370 466 12 Fixtures & Results 01/05/1946 Glasgow White City 40 44 Newcastle 02/05/1946 Middlesbrough 49 34 Norwich 02/05/1946 Sheffield 39 44 Birmingham 06/05/1946 Newcastle 44 40 Glasgow White City 09/05/1946 Middlesbrough 40 44 Newcastle 11/05/1946 Birmingham 48 35 Sheffield 15/05/1946 Glasgow White City 40 42 Birmingham 16/05/1946 Sheffield 45 39 Norwich 18/05/1946 Norwich 42 40 Sheffield 20/05/1946 Newcastle 40 41 Birmingham 22/05/1946 Glasgow White City 44 38 Norwich 23/05/1946 Sheffield 43.5 39.5 Middlesbrough 25/05/1946 Norwich 41 43 Glasgow White City 27/05/1946 Newcastle 42 42 Middlesbrough 29/05/1946 Glasgow White City 58 26 Sheffield 30/05/1946 Middlesbrough 22 12 A Birmingham 01/06/1946 Birmingham 46 37 Glasgow White City 01/06/1946 Norwich 51 33 Newcastle 08/06/1946 Birmingham 43 31 Norwich 10/06/1946 Newcastle 49 34 Sheffield 13/06/1946 Sheffield 45 39 Glasgow White City 15/06/1946 Norwich 58 26 Birmingham 17/06/1946 Newcastle 48 36 Norwich 27/06/1946 Sheffield 50 34 Newcastle 29/06/1946 Birmingham 45 38 Newcastle 29/06/1946 Norwich 50 32 Middlesbrough 03/07/1946 Glasgow White City 34 50 Middlesbrough 11/07/1946 Sheffield 45 38 Norwich 18/07/1946 Middlesbrough 55 28 Birmingham 20/07/1946 Norwich 52 32 Birmingham 24/07/1946 Glasgow White City 37 47 Sheffield 25/07/1946 Sheffield 42 42 Middlesbrough 27/07/1946 Birmingham 44 39 Newcastle 29/07/1946 Newcastle 46 38 Glasgow White City 31/07/1946 Glasgow White City 52 32 Newcastle 01/08/1946 Middlesbrough 46 38 Sheffield 03/08/1946 Birmingham 39 45 Glasgow White City 03/08/1946 Norwich 40 44 Sheffield 05/08/1946 Newcastle 33 49 Middlesbrough 08/08/1946 Sheffield 48 36 Glasgow White City 10/08/1946 Birmingham Rain Middlesbrough 17/08/1946 Birmingham 28 55 Norwich 21/08/1946 Glasgow White City 37 47 Middlesbrough 22/08/1946 Middlesbrough 54 30 Glasgow White City 29/08/1946 Middlesbrough 42 42 Norwich 29/08/1946 Sheffield 49 35 Newcastle 05/09/1946 Middlesbrough 57 26 Newcastle 05/09/1946 Sheffield 45 39 Birmingham 07/09/1946 Birmingham 46 38 Sheffield 07/09/1946 Norwich 44 40 Middlesbrough 11/09/1946 Glasgow White City 58 26 Birmingham 16/09/1946 Newcastle 51 33 Norwich 19/09/1946 Middlesbrough 52 30 Glasgow White City 21/09/1946 Birmingham 42 42 Middlesbrough 23/09/1946 Newcastle 41 43 Sheffield 02/10/1946 Glasgow White City 40 44 Norwich 03/10/1946 Middlesbrough 65 18 Birmingham 05/10/1946 Birmingham 33 51 Middlesbrough 05/10/1946 Norwich 51 32 Glasgow White City 07/10/1946 Newcastle 52 31 Birmingham 10/10/1946 Middlesbrough 52 32 Sheffield 12/10/1946 Norwich 51 32 Newcastle Middlesbrough Bears

National Trophy 1946

1946 National Trophy

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The 1946 National Trophy was the tenth edition (if including the 1939 abandoned competition) of the Knockout Cup

Final 21/09/1946 Belle Vue 63 45 Wimbledon Belle Vue - Eric Langton 8, Dent Oliver 3, Jack Parker 14, Ron Mason 1, Wally Lloyd 18, Bil Pitcher 11, Jim Boyd 6, Louis Lawson 2Wimbledon - Oliver Hart 10, Norman Parker 11, Lloyd Goffe 3, George Saunders 3, Dick Harris 7, Mike Erskine 7, Cyril Brine 2, Archie Windmill 2 16/09/1946 Wimbledon 61 46 Belle Vue Wimbledon - Mike Erskine 5, Dick Harris 6, George Saunders 9, Norman Parker 13, Oliver Hart 9, Lloyd Goffe 10, Cyril Brine 1, Archie Windmill 6Belle Vue - Ron Mason 2, Jack Parker 13, Bill Pitcher 10, Wally Lloyd 10, Eric Langton 8, Dent Oliver 0, Ralph Horne 1, Jim Boyd 2, Archie Windmill 2 Semi Final 25/07/1946 Wembley 50 57 Belle Vue 13/07/1946 Belle Vue 60 48 Wembley 19/08/1946 Wimbledon 62 46 Bradford Odsal 03/08/1946 Bradford Odsal 53 55 Wimbledon Quarter Finals 22/06/1946 Birmingham 31 77 Wembley 13/06/1946 Wembley 80 27 Birmingham 20/07/1946 Bradford Odsal 72 36 Sheffield 04/07/1946 Sheffield 48 60 Bradford Odsal 02/07/1946 West Ham 55 52 Wimbledon 01/07/1946 Wimbledon 63 44 West Ham 08/06/1946 Belle Vue 58 49 New Cross 12/06/1946 New Cross 50 57 Belle Vue Second Round Replay 09/05/1946 Sheffield 63 44 Glasgow White City 08/05/1946 Glasgow White City 62 45 Sheffield Second Round 25/05/1946 Birmingham 61 45 Middlesbrough 16/05/1946 Middlesbrough 58 50 Birmingham 29/04/1946 Newcastle 49 56 Middlesbrough 25/04/1946 Middlesbrough 55 51 Newcastle 25/04/1946 Sheffield 61 47 Glasgow White City 24/04/1946 Glasgow White City 61 47 Sheffield First Round 04/05/1946 Birmingham 56 48 Norwich 27/04/1946 Norwich 53 51 Birmingham Belle Vue JimBoyd WallyLloyd DentOliver HaroldJackson EricLangton BillPitcher RonMason JackParker (on bike)

Wembley New Cross Birmingham Birmingham       Glasgow

National League 1946

1946 National League Division One

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The league had been abandoned seven years previously due to the outbreak of World War II. Record attendances were attracted with Wembley Lions attracting an average of 50,000 and the league as a whole a total of six and a half million. From the abandoned 1939 season, Southampton Saints and Harringay Tigers were no longer racing whilst Odsal Boomerangs brought National League speedway to Bradford for the first time. Wembley Lions won their second National League title. Due to the small number of teams the ACU Cup was run on league format to increase the number of fixtures. National League Riders Averages images from the John Somerville Collection

M W D L F A P Wembley Lions 20 18 0 2 439 396 36 Belle Vue Aces 20 12 1 7 425 408 25 Odsal Boomerangs 20 9 1 10 383 454 19 Wimbledon Dons 20 8 1 11 385 450 17 New Cross Rangers 20 6 1 13 349 474 13 West Ham Hammers 20 4 2 14 355 477 10 Fixtures & Results 22/04/1946 Wimbledon 39 45 Bradford Odsal 23/04/1946 West Ham 41 43 New Cross 24/04/1946 New Cross 46 36 West Ham 27/04/1946 Belle Vue 46 37 West Ham 30/04/1946 West Ham 35 49 Belle Vue 01/05/1946 New Cross 41 43 Bradford Odsal 04/05/1946 Belle Vue 34 49 Wembley 06/05/1946 Wimbledon 43 39 West Ham 07/05/1946 West Ham 42 41 Wimbledon 08/05/1946 New Cross 46 37 Belle Vue 09/05/1946 Wembley 50 32 Belle Vue 11/05/1946 Belle Vue 29 55 New Cross 11/05/1946 Bradford Odsal 52 32 Wembley 13/05/1946 Wimbledon 41 43 Wembley 14/05/1946 West Ham 44 40 Bradford Odsal 15/05/1946 New Cross 42 41 Wimbledon 16/05/1946 Wembley 48 35 Wimbledon 18/05/1946 Belle Vue 49 35 Wimbledon 18/05/1946 Bradford Odsal 54 23 New Cross 20/05/1946 Wimbledon 45 39 Belle Vue 22/05/1946 New Cross 36 48 Wembley 23/05/1946 Wembley 54 24 New Cross 25/05/1946 Bradford Odsal 54 30 Wimbledon 27/05/1946 Wimbledon 41 42 New Cross 28/05/1946 West Ham 33 49 Wembley 30/05/1946 Wembley 47 36 West Ham 01/06/1946 Belle Vue 49 33 Bradford Odsal 06/06/1946 Wembley 47 37 Bradford Odsal 08/06/1946 Bradford Odsal 48 36 West Ham 11/06/1946 West Ham 36 47 Belle Vue 15/06/1946 Belle Vue 53 31 West Ham 18/06/1946 West Ham 42 42 New Cross 20/06/1946 Wembley 43 39 Belle Vue 15/07/1946 Wimbledon 38 45 Wembley 17/07/1946 New Cross 38 46 West Ham 18/07/1946 Wembley 46 36 Wimbledon 24/07/1946 New Cross 45 39 Bradford Odsal 27/07/1946 Belle Vue 51 33 Wembley 27/07/1946 Bradford Odsal 45 39 New Cross 05/08/1946 Belle Vue 54 30 Bradford Odsal 05/08/1946 Bradford Odsal 32 52 Belle Vue 10/08/1946 Belle Vue 47 37 Wimbledon 02/09/1946 Wimbledon 39 45 Bradford Odsal 04/09/1946 New Cross 37 46 Wembley 05/09/1946 Wembley 53 30 New Cross 07/09/1946 Bradford Odsal 41 43 Wimbledon 09/09/1946 Wimbledon 49 34 West Ham 10/09/1946 West Ham 42 42 Wimbledon 14/09/1946 Belle Vue 56 28 New Cross 14/09/1946 Bradford Odsal 38 46 Wembley 17/09/1946 West Ham 44 39 Bradford Odsal 18/09/1946 New Cross 30 53 Belle Vue 19/09/1946 Wembley 52 32 Bradford Odsal 21/09/1946 Bradford Odsal 48 36 West Ham 23/09/1946 Wimbledon 59 25 New Cross 24/09/1946 West Ham 36 48 Wembley 25/09/1946 New Cross 39 45 Wimbledon 26/09/1946 Wembley 59 24 West Ham 02/10/1946 Bradford Odsal 42 42 Belle Vue   Wembley Lions Tommy Price, Charlie May, Tommy Barnett, Roy Craighead, Bill Gilbert, Bill Kitchen (on bike), alec Jackson (manager), Alf Bottoms, Bronco Wilson, Bob Wells, George Wilks