| 1929 | ||
| 1 January | First meeting of the year is held at Marine Gardens, Portobello, Edinburgh a series of match races. Edinburgh Handicap is won by Drew McQueen who also wiins the Scottish Gold Helmet. | |
| First meeting of the season at Cardiff a series of Scratch Races | 12 January | |
| 9 March | First meeting held at Exeter, Ron Johnson wins the Golden Helmet event. |
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| First meeting of the season at Halifax | 21 March | |
| 23 March | First meeting of the season at Belle Vue, Bolton, Leeds, Nottingham, and Rochdale, |
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| First meeting of the season at Mancheter White City and at West Ham | 26 March | |
| 28 March | First meeting of the season at Hall Green | |
| First meeting of the season and first league match in the new English Dirt Track League Barnsley Lundwood are defeated at home 26-36 by Leeds | 29 March | |
| 12 April | First meeting held at Glasgow White City | |
| First meeting held at Whitley Bay | 13 April | |
| 14 April | Wombwell hosts first meeting | |
| Edinburgh Handicap is won by Oliver Goodfellow. Drew Mcqueen wins the Scottish Golden Helmet. | 15 April | |
| 20 April | Archie Chisholm wins the Edinburgh Handicap and the Marine Gardens Scratch race is won by Eric Burnett. | |
| Edinburgh Handicap is won by James Logie and the Scottish Golden helmet is won by George McKenzie | 27 April | |
| 1 May | First match in the Southern League held at Southampton in a match aagainst Hall Green the visitors winning 18-24 | |
| 4 May | ||
| 11 May | Sprouts elder wins the Scottish Golden Helmet the Edinburgh Handicap goes to George McKenzie | |
| Wimbeldon host a Homeland vs Colonies match with the Colonies claiming a 12-30 victory. | 13 May | |
| 16 May | First meeting held at Wembley | |
First meeting held at Brough Park, Newcastle and at Pontypridd |
17 May | |
| 18 May | Edinburgh Handicap Archie Chisholm and the Scottish Gold Sash is won by Drew McQueen | |
| Edinburgh Handicap is won by Jack Barber and the Scottish Gold Gauntlet is won by George McKenzie | 21 May | |
| First meeting at Long Eaton | ||
| 25 May | Edinburgh Handicap is won by Drew McKenzie and the Scottish Golden Helmet is won by George McKenzie | |
| At Stamford Bridge an English team defeat the Overseas by 20-16 | ||
| Edinburgh Handicap is won by andy Milne and Scottish Gold Sash goes to Billy Galloway | 1 June | |
| 5 June | Edinburgh Handicap is won by Oliver Goodfellow and Scottish Golden Gauntlett is won by Drew McQueen | |
| Edinburgh Handicap is won by George McKenzie and the Scottish Golden Helmet is won by Drew McQueen | 8 June | |
| 15 June | Edinburgh Handicap is won by Bill Barclay and Billy Galloway wins the Scottish Golden Sash. | |
| Edinburgh Handicap and The Scottish Gold Gauntlett is won by James Logie. | 19 June | |
| 22 June | Edinburgh Handicap is won by Bob McGregor and The Scottish Golden Helmet is won by Ned Kelly | |
| Scottish Championship is won by Drew McQueen Billy Galloway is runner up and in third place is Ned Kelly. | 29 June | |
| 3 July | Edinburgh Handicap won by Harry Duncanand Scotttish Golden Sash won by George McKenzie | |
| First Star Riders race takes place Eric Spencer wins the first race against Colin Watson but loses the next two | 5 July | |
| 6 July | Drew McQueen wins both the Edinburgh Handicap and the ScottishGolden Gauntlett | |
| Edinburgh Handicap won by Drew McQueen and the Scottish Gold Helmet won by George McKenzie | 13 July | |
| 18 July | England vs Wales at West Ham, England winning 43-20 | |
| James Edward wins the Edinburgh Handicap and the Scottish Golden Gauntlett is won by Drew McQueen | 20 July | |
| 27 July | Andy Milne wins the Edinburgh Handicap and the Scottish Golden Helmet is won by Drew McQueen | |
| Edinburgh Handicap Allan Campbell Scottish Gold Sash Drew McQueen | 3 August | |
| England vs Wales at Birmingham | ||
| 7 August | Marine Gardens Open Champion 1st Frank Arthur 2nd Jack Parker 3rd Sprouts Elder | |
| Edinburgh Handicap Oliver Goodfellow Scottish Gold Gauntlet Roger Frogley | 10 August | |
| First meeting at Portsmouth | ||
| 14 August | Edinburgh Handicap Jim Holder Scottish Gold Sash Vic Huxley | |
| Edinburgh Handicap William "Papa" Forsyth Scottish Gold Gauntlet Sprouts Elder | 28 August | |
| 29 August | Meeting held at Thorne Scratch Races | |
| Edinburgh Handicap Andy Milne Scottish Gold Sash Andy Milne | 31 August | |
| 2 September | England vs Wales | |
| Edinburgh Handicap Harry Duncan Scottish Silver Sash James Logie | 7 September | |
| 9 September | ||
| 14 September | Edinburgh Handicap Gordon Spalding Scottish Gold Sash Billy Galloway | |
| Edinburgh Handicap Archie Chisholm Scottish Silver Sash Sprouts Elder | 21 September | |
Frank Arthur wins the Overseas section of the Star |
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| 23 September | First Meeting held at Northampton | |
| First match involving an Edinburgh team with edinburgh defeating Newcastle 17-11. The Edinburgh Handicap is won by John Duncan and the Scottish is won by Gold Sash Charlie Hornby | 28 September | |
The final matchs of the Southern League are played the title goes to Stamford Bridge Competition Details |
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| 1 October | England vs Scotland at Belle Vue | |
| The first ever Edinburgh Glasgow match is held with the capital team defeating their rivals 17-11 at White City. | 8 October | |
| 9 October | At Sheffield in the English Dirt Track League KO Cup Final Preston defeat Halifax 39-24 to lift the cup. Competition Details | |
| Edinburgh defeat Glasgow 16-12 Billy Lamont wins the Handicap event and the Scottish Gold Sash in the last event of the season at Marine Gardens. | 12 October | |
| Final match in the English Dirt Track League Rochdale and Sheffield share the spoils in a 31-31 draw. The league title goes to Leeds Lions Competition Details | ||
| 21 October | Star Riders Championship is won by Roger Frogley who defeats Jack Parker. |
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| Olle Nygren is born in stockholm Sweden. | 11 November | |
| 1930 |
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