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1948 British Speedway Riders Championship

1948 British Speedway Riders Championship
The eliminating rounds for the Speedway Riders Championship were run in three sections, namely the Qualifying Round, held on Third Division Tracks, the First round on Second Division Tracks, and the Championship Round on First Division Tracks The Championship Round was limited to twenty eight riders, twenty five of them being First Division riders, and three of them the riders scoring the highest aggregate of points in the First Round. Seven meetings were held in the Championship Round, one at each of the First Division Tracks, and each rider rode at four meetings

Qualifying Riders - Jeff Lloyd, Bill Longley, Bill Gilbert, Oliver Hart, Eric Chitty, Lloyd Goffe, Jack Parker, Wilbur Lamoreaux, Dent Oliver, Ron Johnson, Malcolm Craven, Vic Duggan, Tommy Price Alec Statham, Norman Parker, Jack Hodgson, Jack Biggs

Riders Records Qualification Rounds
Riders Championship Final
16/09/1948
Wembley, London
Championship Rounds
26/07/1948 Wimbledon
29/07/1948 New Cross
31/07/1948 Belle Vue
07/08/1948 Bradford Odsal
10/08/1948 West Ham
19/08/1948 Wembley
03/09/1948 Harringay
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Wimbledon New Cross Belle Vue Odsal West Ham
     
Wembley Harringay      
First Rounds
2nd division tracks
24/06/1948 Middlesbrough
26/06/1948 Birmingham
28/06/1948 Newcastle
30/06/1948 Glasgow White City
01/07/1948 Sheffield
06/07/1948 Fleetwood
09/07/1948 Bristol
10/07/1948 Edinburgh
10/07/1948 Norwich
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Middlesbrough Birmingham Newcastle Glasgow Sheffield
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Fleetwood Bristol Edinburgh Norwich  
Qualifying Rounds
3rd division tracks
15/04/1948 Stoke Hanley
20/04/1948 Southampton
21/04/1948 Tamworth
29/04/1948 Plymouth
03/05/1948 Exeter
14/05/1948 Cradley Heath
17/05/1948 Hull
19/05/1948 Hastings
28/05/1948 Wombwell
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Stoke Southamppton Tamworth Plymouth Exeter
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Cradley Hull Hastings Wombell