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National League Division Three 1948

1948 National League Division Three
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The 1948 National League Division Three was the second season of British speedway's National League Division Three The league had expanded from 8 teams to 12. Reigning champions Eastbourne Eagles were forced to close due to a petrol ban at their stadium, so their team moved a few miles along the Sussex coast to Hastings. The new entrants Coventry Bees, Hull Angels, Poole Pirates and Yarmouth Bloaters all struggled to make an impact and finished in the bottom five positions. Exeter Falcons won their first title.
National League Division Three League Table and Results Grid
National League Division Three Riders Averages
1948 Team Gallery
images from the John Somerville Collection
  M W D L F A Pts
Exeter 44 32 1 11 2152 1523 65
Cradley Heath 44 29 2 13 1979.5 1702.5 60
Southampton 44 29 0 15 2113.5 1568.5 58
Tamworth 44 23 4 17 1954.5 1725.5 50
Hanley 44 24 1 19 1925 1753 49
Hastings 44 22 0 22 1755 1924 44
Plymouth 44 21 1 22 1857.5 1810.5 43
Coventry 44 19 1 24 1670.5 1998.5 39
Hull 44 19 1 25 1757 1909 38
Poole 44 17 0 27 1761.5 1916.5 34
Yarmouth 44 13 1 30 1606.5 2058.5 27
Wombwell 44 10 1 33 1512.5 2155.5 21
Fixtures & Results
26/03/1948 Tamworth 44-39 Cradley Heath
06/04/1948 Southampton 57-27 Exeter
09/04/1948 Wombwell 32-52 Cradley Heath
14/04/1948 Tamworth 63-21 Poole
16/04/1948 Wombwell 28-56 Stoke Hanley
17/04/1948 Hull 37-47 Stoke Hanley
19/04/1948 Exeter 57-27 Hastings
21/04/1948 Hastings 44-39 Stoke Hanley
22/04/1948 Stoke Hanley 55-28 Coventry
22/04/1948 Plymouth 42-42 Tamworth
24/04/1948 Cradley Heath 57-27 Hastings
24/04/1948 Hull 52-28 Yarmouth
26/04/1948 Exeter 60-23 Hull
27/04/1948 Southampton 55-29 Tamworth
28/04/1948 Hastings 40-44 Exeter
28/04/1948 Tamworth 60-24 Wombwell
30/04/1948 Cradley Heath 48-36 Tamworth
03/05/1948 Poole 65-19 Hull
04/05/1948 Yarmouth 46-38 Hastings
05/05/1948 Hastings 48-36 Poole
07/05/1948 Wombwell 59-24 Coventry
08/05/1948 Hull 45-39 Hastings
08/05/1948 Coventry 37-45 Plymouth
10/05/1948 Exeter 65-18 Cradley Heath
11/05/1948 Yarmouth 48-35 Hull
12/05/1948 Tamworth 58-24 Coventry
12/05/1948 Hastings 57-27 Cradley Heath
14/05/1948 Wombwell 42-42 Tamworth
15/05/1948 Coventry 45-38 Yarmouth
17/05/1948 Coventry 43-41 Hastings
17/05/1948 Poole 51-33 Southampton
18/05/1948 Yarmouth 32-52 Southampton
20/05/1948 Plymouth 58-24 Coventry
20/05/1948 Stoke Hanley 53-30 Wombwell
21/05/1948 Wombwell 53-31 Hull
22/05/1948 Hull 44-39 Coventry
24/05/1948 Poole 46-37 Wombwell
25/05/1948 Yarmouth 55-29 Wombwell
26/05/1948 Hastings 51-33 Poole
26/05/1948 Tamworth 59-25 Stoke Hanley
29/05/1948 Coventry 37-47 Tamworth
29/05/1948 Hull 47-31 Wombwell
31/05/1948 Exeter 65-19 Poole
01/06/1948 Southampton rained off Stoke Hanley
01/06/1948 Yarmouth 34-50 Tamworth
02/06/1948 Hastings 47-36 Southampton
03/06/1948 Plymouth 46-38 Stoke Hanley
04/06/1948 Cradley Heath 63-21 Yarmouth
05/06/1948 Hull 36-48 Cradley Heath
05/06/1948 Coventry 42-42 Stoke Hanley
07/06/1948 Poole 59-24 Hull
07/06/1948 Exeter 66-18 Stoke Hanley
08/06/1948 Yarmouth 40-43 Cradley Heath
08/06/1948 Southampton 59-25 Hull
09/06/1948 Tamworth 48-36 Hastings
10/06/1948 Plymouth 59-24 Hull
10/06/1948 Stoke Hanley 45-39 Tamworth
11/06/1948 Wombwell 41-43 Hastings
11/06/1948 Cradley Heath 54-30 Hull
12/06/1948 Coventry 33-49 Cradley Heath
12/06/1948 Hull 51-33 Yarmouth
14/06/1948 Exeter 57-27 Coventry
14/06/1948 Poole 37-46 Plymouth
15/06/1948 Yarmouth 35-43 Exeter
16/06/1948 Tamworth 42-42 Cradley Heath
16/06/1948 Hastings 59-25 Wombwell
17/06/1948 Stoke Hanley 36-48 Hastings
17/06/1948 Plymouth 48-36 Poole
18/06/1948 Cradley Heath 60-24 Wombwell
19/06/1948 Coventry 26-56 Exeter
19/06/1948 Hull 43-38 Tamworth
21/06/1948 Poole 45-36 Stoke Hanley
21/06/1948 Exeter 69-15 Wombwell
22/06/1948 Yarmouth 45-38 Stoke Hanley
22/06/1948 Southampton 64-19 Wombwell
23/06/1948 Hastings 55-29 Plymouth
23/06/1948 Tamworth 38-46 Southampton
24/06/1948 Stoke Hanley 45-39 Southampton
24/06/1948 Plymouth 57-27 Wombwell
25/06/1948 Cradley Heath 54-29 Stoke Hanley
25/06/1948 Wombwell 23-60 Tamworth
26/06/1948 Coventry 43-40 Poole
26/06/1948 Hull 38-44 Stoke Hanley
28/06/1948 Exeter 67-16 Cradley Heath
28/06/1948 Poole 40-44 Hastings
29/06/1948 Southampton 55-28 Coventry
29/06/1948 Yarmouth 42-41 Exeter
30/06/1948 Tamworth 60-24 Stoke Hanley
30/06/1948 Hastings 58-26 Yarmouth
01/07/1948 Plymouth 32-51 Exeter
01/07/1948 Stoke Hanley 53-31 Poole
02/07/1948 Wombwell 56-28 Poole
02/07/1948 Cradley Heath 45-39 Southampton
03/07/1948 Hull 58-25 Poole
03/07/1948 Coventry 49-35 Wombwell
05/07/1948 Poole 39-45 Cradley Heath
05/07/1948 Exeter 58-26 Hastings
06/07/1948 Southampton 57-27 Hastings
06/07/1948 Tamworth 60-24 Plymouth
06/07/1948 Yarmouth 43.5-37.5 Wombwell
07/07/1948 Hastings 60-24 Coventry
08/07/1948 Plymouth 43-40 Cradley Heath
08/07/1948 Stoke Hanley 53-30 Yarmouth
09/07/1948 Cradley Heath 54-30 Plymouth
09/07/1948 Wombwell 38-46 Southampton
10/07/1948 Coventry 47-35 Exeter
10/07/1948 Hull 58-26 Plymouth
12/07/1948 Poole 55.5-28.5 Plymouth
12/07/1948 Exeter 48-36 Southampton
13/07/1948 Yarmouth 60-23 Coventry
13/07/1948 Southampton 56-27 Poole
14/07/1948 Hastings 56-28 Tamworth
15/07/1948 Stoke Hanley 52-32 Cradley Heath
15/07/1948 Plymouth 49-34 Hastings
16/07/1948 Cradley Heath 50-33 Exeter
16/07/1948 Wombwell 44-40 Hull
17/07/1948 Hull 63-21 Exeter
17/07/1948 Coventry 29-55 Southampton
19/07/1948 Exeter 58-25 Plymouth
19/07/1948 Poole 60-23 Yarmouth
20/07/1948 Tamworth 46-38 Exeter
20/07/1948 Southampton 63-21 Yarmouth
21/07/1948 Hastings 52-31 Wombwell
22/07/1948 Stoke Hanley 51-33 Exeter
22/07/1948 Plymouth 48-33 Yarmouth
23/07/1948 Wombwell 37-47 Exeter
23/07/1948 Cradley Heath 44-40 Plymouth
24/07/1948 Hull 56-28 Coventry
26/07/1948 Poole 60-24 Coventry
26/07/1948 Exeter 53-30 Stoke Hanley
27/07/1948 Yarmouth 51-33 Plymouth
27/07/1948 Southampton 57-27 Stoke Hanley
28/07/1948 Hastings 56-28 Cradley Heath
29/07/1948 Stoke Hanley 44-40 Plymouth
30/07/1948 Wombwell 46-36 Plymouth
30/07/1948 Cradley Heath 39-45 Poole
31/07/1948 Southampton 50-34 Plymouth
31/07/1948 Hull 53-30 Tamworth
02/08/1948 Poole 49-35 Hastings
02/08/1948 Tamworth 59-25 Yarmouth
03/08/1948 Southampton 58-25 Cradley Heath
03/08/1948 Yarmouth 56-27 Poole
04/08/1948 Hastings 48-33 Coventry
05/08/1948 Plymouth 48-35 Stoke Hanley
06/08/1948 Cradley Heath 20-22 * Coventry
06/08/1948 Wombwell rained off Yarmouth
07/08/1948 Hull 58-26 Plymouth
07/08/1948 Coventry 53-30 Wombwell
09/08/1948 Exeter 61-23 Wombwell
10/08/1948 Southampton 56-28 Hull
10/08/1948 Yarmouth 51-30 Plymouth
10/08/1948 Tamworth 54-30 Wombwell
11/08/1948 Hastings 41-43 Exeter
12/08/1948 Plymouth 51-33 Hull
12/08/1948 Stoke Hanley 53-30 Southampton
13/08/1948 Wombwell rained off Southampton
13/08/1948 Cradley Heath 41.5-41.5 Tamworth
14/08/1948 Hull 45-39 Southampton
14/08/1948 Coventry 48-36 Tamworth
16/08/1948 Exeter 53-30 Poole
17/08/1948 Southampton 38-43 Exeter
18/08/1948 Hastings 39-44 Stoke Hanley
19/08/1948 Stoke Hanley 49-35 Poole
19/08/1948 Plymouth 38-45 Southampton
19/08/1948 Tamworth 57-27 Yarmouth
20/08/1948 Wombwell 41-43 Exeter
20/08/1948 Cradley Heath 47-37 Poole
21/08/1948 Coventry 51-32 Poole
23/08/1948 Poole 46-38 Exeter
23/08/1948 Wombwell 51-33 Yarmouth
24/08/1948 Tamworth 48-36 Plymouth
24/08/1948 Yarmouth 41-43 Southampton
25/08/1948 Hastings 43-40 Hull
26/08/1948 Stoke Hanley 50-34 Plymouth
27/08/1948 Cradley Heath 53-31 Hull
28/08/1948 Coventry 48-36 Plymouth
30/08/1948 Poole 59-25 Cradley Heath
30/08/1948 Exeter 41-43 Plymouth
31/08/1948 Southampton 57-26 Cradley Heath
31/08/1948 Tamworth 47-37 Hull
31/08/1948 Yarmouth 34-50 Stoke Hanley
01/09/1948 Hastings 44-40 Plymouth
02/09/1948 Plymouth rained off Exeter
02/09/1948 Stoke Hanley 59-25 Hull
02/09/1948 Tamworth rained off Southampton
03/09/1948 Wombwell 37-47 Coventry
03/09/1948 Cradley Heath 18-06 ** Hastings
04/09/1948 Hull 58-26 Wombwell
06/09/1948 Poole 51-31 Stoke Hanley
06/09/1948 Exeter 57-27 Yarmouth
07/09/1948 Yarmouth 37-47 Cradley Heath
07/09/1948 Tamworth 50-33 Exeter
07/09/1948 Southampton 49-35 Stoke Hanley
08/09/1948 Hastings 45-37 Hull
09/09/1948 Plymouth 63-21 Tamworth
09/09/1948 Stoke Hanley 53-31 Yarmouth
10/09/1948 Wombwell 43-40 Poole
10/09/1948 Cradley Heath 54-30 Stoke Hanley
11/09/1948 Coventry 65-18 Hastings
11/09/1948 Hull 47-36 Poole
13/09/1948 Poole 37-47 Coventry
13/09/1948 Exeter 65-19 Tamworth
14/09/1948 Yarmouth 45-39 Poole
14/09/1948 Southampton 46.5-36.5 Tamworth
15/09/1948 Hastings 31-53 Southampton
16/09/1948 Plymouth 54-30 Coventry
16/09/1948 Stoke Hanley 39-45 Exeter
17/09/1948 Cradley Heath 55-29 Exeter
17/09/1948 Wombwell 52-31 Plymouth
18/09/1948 Hull 54-30 Cradley Heath
18/09/1948 Coventry 53-31 Stoke Hanley
20/09/1948 Exeter 48-36 Coventry
20/09/1948 Poole 46-38 Yarmouth
21/09/1948 Southampton 61-23 Coventry
21/09/1948 Tamworth 62-22 Poole
22/09/1948 Hastings 55-29 Yarmouth
23/09/1948 Stoke Hanley 41-42 Cradley Heath
23/09/1948 Plymouth 57-26 Hastings
23/09/1948 Tamworth 49-35 Southampton
24/09/1948 Cradley Heath 58-26 Coventry
24/09/1948 Wombwell 36-47 Southampton
25/09/1948 Coventry 55-29 Hull
27/09/1948 Poole 31-52 Exeter
28/09/1948 Tamworth 49.5-34.5 Coventry
28/09/1948 Plymouth 38-46 Exeter
28/09/1948 Southampton 61-23 Hastings
28/09/1948 Yarmouth 50-33 Hull
29/09/1948 Hastings 45-38 Tamworth
30/09/1948 Plymouth 57-27 Poole
30/09/1948 Stoke Hanley 63-21 Wombwell
01/10/1948 Wombwell 41-42 Hastings
01/10/1948 Cradley Heath 60-24 Yarmouth
02/10/1948 Coventry 54-29 Yarmouth
04/10/1948 Cradley Heath 64-20 Coventry
04/10/1948 Poole 36-48 Tamworth
04/10/1948 Exeter 60-24 Yarmouth
05/10/1948 Tamworth 60-23 Hastings
05/10/1948 Southampton 62-21 Yarmouth
07/10/1948 Stoke Hanley 68-16 Hastings
07/10/1948 Plymouth 57-27 Yarmouth
08/10/1948 Cradley Heath 53-31 Southampton
08/10/1948 Wombwell 46-38 Stoke Hanley
09/10/1948 Hull 47-37 Southampton
09/10/1948 Coventry 49-35 Tamworth
11/10/1948 Exeter 57-27 Tamworth
11/10/1948 Poole 58-26 Wombwell
12/10/1948 Yarmouth 46-38 Tamworth
12/10/1948 Southampton 60-24 Wombwell
14/10/1948 Stoke Hanley 61-22 Tamworth
14/10/1948 Plymouth 65-19 Wombwell
15/10/1948 Wombwell 37-47 Cradley Heath
16/10/1948 Coventry 46-38 Cradley Heath
16/10/1948 Hull 50-34 Exeter
18/10/1948 Exeter 46-38 Southampton
18/10/1948 Poole 50-34 Tamworth
19/10/1948 Yarmouth 57-27 Hastings
19/10/1948 Tamworth 53-30 Hull
19/10/1948 Southampton 48-36 Plymouth
21/10/1948 Stoke Hanley 53-31 Coventry
21/10/1948 Plymouth 58-26 Cradley Heath
22/10/1948 Cradley Heath 62-22 Hastings
22/10/1948 Wombwell 50-34 Yarmouth
23/10/1948 Hull 64-20 Hastings
23/10/1948 Coventry 52-32 Southampton
25/10/1948 Exeter 62-22 Hull
25/10/1948 Poole 49-35 Southampton
26/10/1948 Yarmouth 37-46 Coventry
26/10/1948 Tamworth 30-52 Cradley Heath
26/10/1948 Southampton 58-26 Poole
28/10/1948 Stoke Hanley 62-21 Hull
28/10/1948 Plymouth 45-39 Southampton
29/10/1948 Cradley Heath 66-18 Wombwell
30/10/1948 Coventry 48-36 Hull
* abandoned heat 7
** abandoned heat 4
G Selley (manager), Arthur Pilgrim, Stan Lanfear, Bill Eastmond (manager) Johnny Myson, Hugh Geddes, Stand Hodson, Bert Roger (captain), Don Hardy, Norman Clay