1952 World Championship

1952 World Championship

Jack Young Australian Jack Young became the first rider to win two World titles and the first to win two in a row. Second was Welshman Freddie Williams on 13 points, with Britain's Bob Oakley third on 12 points. For the first time qualifying rounds were held in Europe with meetings held in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. The top 8 continental riders joined 24 riders who qualified via the British qualifying rounds which were held on the Southern League tracks. They were joined by the remaining second division riders and 40 first division riders with each rider contesting two events at the second division tracks. In the championship round the 62 riders were joined by the top 18 riders in the first division. Meetings were held at the first division tracks with each rider contesting two meetings. The top 16 riders progressed to the Final at Wembley on the 18th September 1952. The Final was covered by both BBC TV and BBC Radio. World Final 18 September 1952, Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom Championship Round 11/08/1952 Wimbledon 12/08/1952 West Ham 14/08/1952 Wembley 16/08/1952 Bradford 16/08/1952 Belle Vue 23/08/1952 Norwich 23/08/1952 Birmingham 27/08/1952 New Cross 29/08/1952 Harringay 29/08/1952 Bristol 09/09/1952 West Ham International Round 07/07/1952 Poole 08/07/1952 Yarmouth 14/07/1952 Liverpool 09/07/1952 White City 10/07/1952 Oxford 11/07/1952 Motherwell 19/07/1952 Coventry 19/07/1952 Ashfield 19/07/1952 Stoke 19/07/1952 Edinburgh 25/07/1952 Leicester 25/07/1952 Cradley Heath Continental Final 22/06/1952 Falköping, Sweden 8 to International Round British QR 26/05/1952 Exeter 29/05/1952 Ipswich 29/05/1952 Cardiff 30/05/1952 Wolverhampton 31/05/1952 Swindon 31/05/1952 Aldershot Continental QR 15/06/1952 Mucich, Denmark 4 Continental Final Nordic QR 20/06/1952 Oslo, Norway 8 to Continental Final Swedish QR ??/??/1952 Linköping, Sweden 8 to Nordic QR

1952 National QR World Championship Cardiff

1952 National QR World Championship 29 May 1952 World Championship Penarth Road Stadium, Cardiff, Wales

1 2 3 4 5 T Pos 1 Colin Clarke 0 F 0 0 0 0 2 Mick Holland 2 1 2 1 2 8 3 Dudley Smith 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 Guy Allott 3 2 2 2 2 11 3rd 5 Gerald Pugh 3 3 3 3 3 15 1st 6 Peter Moore 1 0 1 0 2 4 7 Charlie May 2 3 3 3 0 11 3rd 8 Jack Hodgson EF 0 1 0 2 3 9 Roy Craighead 3 1 3 3 1 11 3rd 10 Ticker James 0 2 0 1 3 6 11 George Wall 2 2 2 3 1 10 12 Kevin Hayden 1 1 0 1 1 4 13 Brian Crutcher 3 2 1 2 3 11 3rd 14 Les Jenkins 2 3 2 2 0 9 15 Les McGillivray 0 1 1 1 1 4 16 Allan Quinn 1 3 3 2 3 12 2nd R1 Hugh Geddes dnr R2 Jim Wright dnr World Championship Qualification National QR - - International Rounds (6 events) (12 events) Heat by Heat Heat 01 Allott, Holland, Smith, Clarke 73.0 Heat 02 Pugh, May, Moore, Hodgson (ef) 74.4 Heat 03 Craighead, Wall, Hayden, James 74.0 Heat 04 Crutcher, Jenkins, Quinn, McGillivray 73.6 Heat 05 Pugh, Crutcher, Craighead, Clarke (f) 72.2 Heat 06 Jenkins, James, Holland, Moore 74.2 Heat 07 May, Wall, McGillivray, Smith 73.4 Heat 08 Quinn, Allott, Hayden, Hodgson 73.2 Heat 09 Quinn, Wall, Moore, Clarke 73.2 Heat 10 Pugh, Holland, McGillivray, Hayden 74.0 Heat 11 Craighead, Jenkins, Hodgson, Smith 75.8 Heat 12 May, Allott, Crutcher, James 73.8 Heat 13 May, Jenkins, Hayden, Clarke 73.8 Heat 14 Wall, Crutcher, Holland, Hodgson 73.8 Heat 15 Pugh, Quinn, James, Smith 73.0 Heat 16 Craighead, Allott, McGillivray, Moore 73.4 Heat 17 James, Hodgson, McGillivray, Clarke 74.6 Heat 18 Quinn, Holland, Craighead, May 74.4 Heat 19 Crutcher, Moore, Hayden, Smith 74.2 Heat 20 Pugh, Allott, Wall, Jenkins 74.0

1952 National QR World Championship Wolverhampton

1952 National QR World Championship 30 May 1952 World Championship Monmore Green, Wolverhampton, England

1 2 3 4 5 T Pos 1 Tom O'Connor 0 1 3 3 3 10 2 Benny King 3 3 3 3 2 14 1st 3 Ron Howes 1 3 1 1 0 6 4 Dick Howard 2 1 1 2 2 8 5 Peter Dykes nz 2 0 1 0 0 3 6 Jimmy Grant 1 0 2 1 2 6 7 Gil Blake 0 2 0 1 1 4 8 Charlie New nz 3 3 3 2 2 13 2nd 9 Norman Street 3 2 2 3 3 13 2nd 10 Johnnie Fitzpatrick 2 2 2 2 1 9 11 Stan Williams 1 1 0 0 3 5 12 Charlie Hayden 0 0 2 2 1 5 13 Cyril Quick 3 3 3 1 3 13 2nd 14 Ted Moore 0 1 0 0 1 2 15 Johnny Chamberlain 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 Ray Harris 2 2 1 3 0 8 R1 Eric Irons dnr R2 ? dnr World Championship Qualification National QR - - International Rounds (6 events) (12 events) Heat by Heat Heat 01 King, Howard, Howes, O’Connor 69.4 Heat 02 New, Dykes, Grant, Blake 69.8 Heat 03 Street, Fitzpatrick, Williams, Hayden 69.4 Heat 04 Quick, Harris, Chamberlain, Moore 69.0 Heat 05 Quick, Street, O’Connor, Dykes 69.2 Heat 06 King, Fitzpatrick, Moore, Grant (ex) 69.2 Heat 07 Howes, Blake, Williams, Chamberlain 71.6 Heat 08 New, Harris, Howard, Hayden 71.0 Heat 09 O’Connor, Grant, Harris, Williams 69.4 Heat 10 King, Hayden, Dykes, Chamberlain 69.6 Heat 11 New, Street, Howes, Moore 69.2 Heat 12 Quick, Fitzpatrick, Howard, Blake 69.8 Heat 13 O’Connor, Hayden, Blake, Moore 70.0 Heat 14 King, New, Quick, Williams 68.6 Heat 15 Harris, Fitzpatrick, Howes, Dyke 71.2 Heat 16 Street, Howard, Grant, Chamberlain 70.6 Heat 17 O’Connor, New, Fitzpatrick, Chamberlain 70.0 Heat 18 Street, King, Blake, Harris 69.6 Heat 19 Quick, Grant, Hayden, Howes 70.4 Heat 20 Williams, Howard, Moore, Dykes (f) 72.0

1952 National QR World Championship Swindon

1952 National QR World Championship 31 May 1952 World Championship Swindon, England

1 2 3 4 5 T Pos 1 Harry Bastable 3 3 3 3 2 14 2 Pete Lansdale 2 3 3 2 3 13 3 Eric Mason 0 0 2 F 0 2 4 Harry Welch 1 3 1 2 3 10 5 Jack Unstead 3 2 2 2 1 10 6 Bob Jones 2 0 1 0 3 6 7 Les Beaumont 1 3 2 2 2 10 8 Bill Kemp R R R 1 R 1 9 Wilf Plant N 0 10 Danny Malone 3 2 3 3 3 14 11 Buster Brown 2 2 2 3 2 11 12 George Newton N 0 13 Don Hardy 3 1 0 0 4 14 Harwood Pike 0 1 1 0 0 2 15 Joe Bowkis 1 1 1 3 1 7 16 Ray Ellis 2 1 0 1 0 4 R1 Ian Williams 2 0 1 2 5 R2 Bob Wells 0 3 1 1 1 6 World Championship Qualification National QR - - International Rounds (6 events) (12 events) Heat by Heat Heat 01: Bastable, Lansdale, Welch, Mason, 77.2 Heat 02: Unstead, Jones, Beaumont, Kemp (ret), 77.4 Heat 03: (Re-Run) Malone, Brown, Plant (f, ns), Newton (f, ns), 78.2 Heat 04: Hardy, Ellis, Bowkis, Pike, 79.4 Heat 05: Bastable, Unstead, Hardy, Wells, 76.8 Heat 06: Lansdale, Malone, Pike, Jones, 77.0 Heat 07: Beaumont, Brown, Bowkis, Mason, 78.2 Heat 08: Welch, Williams, Ellis, Kemp (ret), 77.4 Heat 09: Bastable, Brown, Jones, Ellis, 77.2 Heat 10: Lansdale, Unstead, Bowkis, Williams, 77.4 Heat 11: Wells, Mason, Pike, Kemp (ret), 77.2 Heat 12: Malone, Beaumont, Welch, Hardy, 77.4 Heat 13: Bastable, Beaumont, Williams, Pike, 79.2 Heat 14: Brown, Lansdale, Kemp, Hardy, 77.6 Heat 15: Malone, Unstead, Ellis, Mason (fell), 77.6 Heat 16: Bowkis, Welch, Wells, Jones, 77.8 Heat 17: Malone, Bastable, Bowkis, Kemp (ret), 77.2 Heat 18: Lansdale, Beaumont, Wells, Ellis, 78.0 Heat 19: Jones, Williams, Wells, Mason, 78.0 Heat 20: Welch, Brown, Unstead, Pike, 77.2 First Place Run-Off: Bastable, Malone, 76.4