1938 World Championships

1938 World Championships

Bluey Wilkinson The United States sweeps up all the top places with Jack Milne winning the title his countrymen Wilbur Lamoreaux in second place and his brother Cordy Milne in third place. Changes were made to the qualifying methods, with 56 riders from the Second Division having to battle in a preliminary round. Only the top six scorers progressed to the first round proper, at this stage they were joined by 42 First Division stars. The best 28 of this group went forward to the championship round which determined the sixteen finalists. Bonus points were calculated on the championship round only, thus reducing the disparity between the highest and lowest scorers of the bonuses. Reserves didn't carry forward bonus points.

World Final 2 September 1937, Wembley Stadium London, United Kingdom Championship Rounds 30 July 1938 Belle Vue, Manchester 5 August 1938 Bristol 8 August 1938 Wimbledon, London 16 July 1938 Belle Vue, Manchester 10 August 1938 New Cross, London 18 August 1938 Wembley, London 20 August 1938 Harringay, London 23 August 1938 West Ham, London Qualifiers for the World Final Bluey Wilkinson 53, 8 Wilbur Lamoreaux 52, 7 Cordy Milne 50, 7 Jack Milne 49, 7 Lionel Van Praag 47, 7 Bill Kitchen 40, 6 Eric Langton 37, 5 Alec Stathm 37, 5 Benny Kaufman 36, 5 Geoff Pymar 35, 5 Arthur Atkinson 34, 5 George Newton 34, 5 Jack Parker 31, 4 Tommy Croombs 29, 4 Frank Varey 29, 4 Tommy Price 27, 4 did not qualify Jack Ormston 26, 4 Vic Duggan 25, 4 Ron Johnson 25, 4 Jimmy Gibb 24, 3 Les Wotton 17 Eric Gregory 16 Wally Lloyd 16 Morian Hansen 13 Clem Mitchell 12 George Wilks 12 Bert Spencer 7 Tiger Stevenson 0 reserves Oliver Langton 3 Wally Hull 2 Bill Pitcher 1 Norman Parker 1 Malcolm Craven Charlie Spinks 4 First Round 21 June 1938 West Ham, London 24 June 1938 Bristol 9 July 1938 Harringay 16 July 1938 Belle Vue, Manchester 18 July 1938 Wimbledon, London 20 July 1938 New Cross, London Qualifiers for Championship Round Wilbur Lamoreaux 29 Cordy Milne 28 Jack Milne 28 Geoff Pymar 25 Bluey Wilkinson 25 Jack Parker 24 Bill Kitchen 23 Eric Langton 23 Tiger Stevenson 22 Arthur Atkinson 21 Lionel Van Praag 21 Ron Johnson 20 Benny Kaufman 20 George Wilks 20 Tommy Price 19 Les Wotton 19 George Newton 18 Alec Statham 18 Wally Lloyd 17 Bert Spencer 17 Tommy Croombs 16 Morian Hansen 16 Clem Mitchell 16 Jack Ormston 16 Frank Varey 15 Jimmy Gibb 14 Vic Duggan 13 Eric Gregory 13 did not qualify Stan Greatrex 12 Doug Wells 12 Eric Collins 11 Norman Evans 11 Tiger Hart 11 Frank Charles 8 Bill Clibbett 8 Bill Pitcher 8 Bob Harrison 6 Norman Parker 6 Bill Rogers 6 Dicky Case 5 Eric Chitty 5 Oliver Langton 5 Joe Francis 4 Frank Goulden 4 Bill Maddern 4 Cliff Parkinson 4 Tommy Allott 3 Joe Abbott DNR reserves Wally Hull 6 Bill Longley 5 Charlie Spinks 5 Nobby Key 3 Len Eyre 1 Harry Shepherd 1 Lloyd Goffe 4 Will Lowther 1 Jack Hargreaves 0 Qualifying Rounds 11 May 1938 Birmingham, Hall Green 18 May 1938 Southampton 24 May 1938 Nottingham 26 May 1938 Sheffield 4 June 1938 Norwich 11 June 1938 Hackney 7 June 1938 Newcastle Qualifiers for First Round Tiger Hart, Doug Wells, Bert Spencer, Tommy Allott, Frank Goulden, Cliff Parkinson did not qualify Wal Morton, Bert Jones, Ted Bravery, George Greenwood, Dick Harris, Frank Hodgson Malcolm Craven, Syd Griffiths, Wilf Jay, Harry Shepherd, Danny Lee, Jim Boyd, Steve Langton, Fred Strecker, Stan Lemon, Tommy Bateman, Phil Bishop, George Dykes, Billy Lamont, Les Trim Jim Baylais, Bill Longley, Bob Lovell, Fred Tuck, Stan Williams, Les Gregory, Rol Stobart, Jock Sweet, Harold Jackson, Alec Peel, Reg Lambourne, George Pepper, George Saunders Archie Windmill Billy Dallison Goldy Restall Bill Birtwell Eric Blain Harold Brailsford Paul Goodchild Will Lowther Sam Marsland Dick Wise Fred Curtis Geoff Godwin Norman Hargreaves Keith Harvey Maurice Stobart Bruce Venier Cyril Anderson Ron Howes Jack Hyland Newton Ernie Rickman Lloyd Goffe Elwood Stilwell Jack Tidbury Ken Tidbury Ken Brett Lionel Stanger Paddy Mills Alan Smith Charlie Appleby Syd Littlewood Bob Sparks