1952 Speedway National League Division Two

The 1952 National League Division Two was the seventh post-war season of the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain. [1]

1952 Speedway National League Division Two
LeagueNational League Division Two
Season1952
ChampionsPoole Pirates
No. of competitors12
Division/s aboveNational League (Div 1)
Division/s belowSouthern League

Summary

The post-war boom was now fading and the League was shortened to 12 teams with Division Three now defunct and continued only on a regional basis. Previous champions Norwich Stars had been promoted to Division One. Newcastle, Walthamstow and Halifax had closed whilst Fleetwood Flyers changed to Fleetwood Knights and ran only open meetings. Poole Pirates were the only new entrant, promoted from the former lower tier.[2]

Poole Pirates won the title, having won Division Three in the previous season.

Final table
Team PL W D L Pts
Poole Pirates 44 31 1 12 63
Coventry Bees 44 25 5 14 55
Leicester Hunters 44 25 2 17 52
Cradley Heath Heathens 44 24 0 20 48
Glasgow White City Tigers 44 23 1 20 47
Edinburgh Monarchs 44 21 4 19 46
Ashfield Giants 44 19 3 22 41
Motherwell Eagles 44 19 2 23 40
Yarmouth Bloaters 44 20 0 24 40
Stoke Potters 44 18 1 25 37
Liverpool Chads 44 16 3 25 35
Oxford Cheetahs 44 11 2 31 24

Top Five Riders (League only)
Rider Nat Team C.M.A.
1 Tommy Miller Glasgow White City Tigers 10.91
2 Derick Close Motherwell Eagles 10.57
3 Fred Brand Yarmouth Bloaters 9.82
4 Brian Crutcher Poole Pirates 9.66
5 Ken Middleditch Poole Pirates 9.63

National Trophy Stage Two

The 1952 National Trophy was the 15th edition of the Knockout Cup. The Trophy consisted of three stages; stage one was for the third tier clubs, stage two was for the second tier clubs and stage three was for the top tier clubs. The winner of stage one would qualify for stage two and the winner of stage two would qualify for the third and final stage. Poole won stage two and therefore qualified for stage three.[3]

Second Division Qualifying First Round
Date Team One Score Team Two
05/06Plymouth57-51Poole
02/06Poole67-41Plymouth
24/05Coventry71-36Motherwell
24/05Stoke71-37Cradley Heath
23/05Cradley Heath67-41Stoke
23/05Motherwell61-47Coventry
19/05Liverpool71-37Edinburgh
17/05Edinburgh67-41Liverpool
13/05Yarmouth61-47Leicester
09/05Leicester71-37Yarmouth

Second Division Qualifying Second Round
Date Team One Score Team Two
19/06Oxford53-55Poole
09/06Poole78-30Oxford
07/06Coventry52-55Leicester
07/06Stoke55-52Liverpool
06/06Leicester55-53Coventry
02/06Liverpool75.5-32.5Stoke
24/05Glasgow Ashfield52-56Glasgow White City
21/05Glasgow White City65-43Glasgow Ashfield

Second Division Qualifying Semi Finals
Date Team One Score Team Two
20/06Leicester46-62Glasgow White City
18/06Glasgow White City53-55Leicester
25/06Poole85-23Liverpool

Second Division Qualifying Final
Date Team One Score Team Two
02/07Glasgow White City58-50Poole
30/06Poole61-47Glasgow White City

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References
  1. http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/leaguetables-6.pdf
  2. "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  3. "1952 National Trophy". Speedway archive.
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