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1950 World Championships

1950 World Championships
Welsman Freddie Williams wins the title at Wembley Wally Green finished in 2nd place with Graham Warren in 3rd
World Final
22 September 1950 Wembley Stadium London, England
World Championship 1950
Wembley Ticket
Championship Round
14 riders from the third round were joined by 34 seeded riders. They each raced in 3 meetings and the top 16 qualified for the World Final.
World Final qualifyers - Jack Young 39 Graham Warren 37 Cyril Brine 36 Jack Parker 35 Aub Lawson 34 Ronnie Moore 34 Freddie Williams 33 Split Waterman 32 Vic Duggan 32 Dent Oliver 30 Danny Dunton 30 Wally Green 29 Tommy Price 29 Ron Clarke 29 Arthur Payne 27  Jack Biggs 26 Arthur Forrest 26 Cyril Roger 25
(Artur Forrest was replaced by Mike Erskine)
non qualifyers - Norman Parker 23 Alec Statham 23 Oliver Hart 23 Eddie Rigg 22 Louis Lawson 21 Derick Close 21 George Wilks 21 Malcolm Craven 20 Alan Hunt 20 Jeff Lloyd 20 Ken Sharples 20 Tommy Miller 19 Bert Roger 17 Geoff Bennett 16 Merv Harding 16 Bill Longley 16 Dick Campbell 15 Eric Chitty 15 Charles Cullum 15 Ron Mason 14 Eric French 13 Dick Seers 13 Bill Kitchen 12 Jack Mountford 11 Lindsay Mitchell 10 Junior Bainbridge 8 Les Hewitt 6 Billy Hole 5 Johnnie Hole 4 Dick Bradley 2
19/08/1950 Belle Vue
19/08/1950 Birmingham
19/08/1950 Bradford Odsal
23/08/1950 New Cross
24/08/1950 Wembley
25/08/1950 Bristol
25/08/1950 Harringay
04/09/1950 Wimbledon
05/09/1950 West Ham
Wembley Birmingham Bristol New Cross
Third Round
The 74 riders from the Second Round were joined by riders from the 1st division tracks. They each raced in one meeting with the top 2 riders from each meeting for the Championship Round.
25/07/1950 Glasgow Ashfield
25/07/1950 Southampton
25/07/1950 Yarmouth
29/07/1950 Stoke Hanley
31/07/1950 Cradley Heath
31/07/1950 Newcastle
31/07/1950 Walthamstow
Yarmouth Ashfield Walthamstow Southampton
Second Round
Round Two involed the 76 riders who qualified from Round One and riders from the 2nd division. They eac raced in one meeting and the top 74 progressed to Round Three.
05/07/1950 Fleetwood
05/07/1950 Glasgow White City
06/07/1950 Plymouth
06/07/1950 Sheffield
07/07/1950 Halifax
08/07/1950 Coventry
08/07/1950 Edinburgh
08/07/1950 Norwich
Sheffield Coventry Halifax Edinburgh
First Round
Round one involved 8 meetings with each rider racing in one event the top 76 riders qualified for the Second Round.
12/06/1950 Liverpool
12/06/1950 Poole
13/06/1950 St Austell
15/06/1950 Oxford
16/06/1950 Exeter
16/06/1950 Leicester
17/06/1950 Rayleigh
17/06/1950 Swindon
Leicester Liverpool