1950 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1950 Individual Speedway World Championship was the fifth edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The title was won by Welshman Freddie Williams with the pivotal heat being the heat against Australian Graham Warren. Warren and Williams both unbeaten met in their third rides and as Warren challenged Williams for the lead he was forced to drop behind Williams. Warren then hit a bump and fell which cost him valuable points and the chance to win the title.[7]

Ronnie Moore became the youngest finalist at the age of just 17.[8]

First qualifying round[edit]

  • The top 74 riders qualify for the second qualifying round, where they will be joined by seeded division 2 riders.[9]
Date Venue Winner
12 June Stanley Stadium Jack Hughes
12 June Wimborne Road Ray Ellis
13 June Cornish Stadium Hugh Geddes
15 June Oxford Stadium Charlie New
16 June County Ground Stadium Bob McFarlane
16 June Leicester Stadium Les Hewitt
17 June Rayleigh Weir Stadium Ticker James
17 June Abbey Stadium Reg Duval

Second qualifying round[edit]

  • The top 73 riders qualify for the Third qualifying round.[9]
Date Venue Winner
5 July Highbury Stadium (Fleetwood) Merv Harding
5 July White City Stadium, Glasgow Frank Hodgson
6 July Pennycross Stadium George Wall
6 July Owlerton Stadium Pete Lansdale
7 July The Shay Les Hewitt
8 July Brandon Stadium Alan Hunt
8 July Old Meadowbank Dick Campbell
8 July The Firs Stadium Jack Young

Third qualifying round[edit]

  • The top 2 riders from each meeting qualify for the Championship round, where they will meet 34 seeded division 1 riders.[9]
Date Venue Winner/2nd
25 July Ashfield Stadium Jack Young / Derick Close
25 July Banister Court Stadium Merv Harding / Ron Mason
25 July Yarmouth Stadium Les Hewitt / Eddie Rigg
29 July Sun Street Stadium Junior Bainbridge / Mike Erskine
31 July Dudley Wood Stadium Geoff Pymar / Ken Sharples
31 July Brough Park Stadium Lindsay Mitchell / Dick Campbell
31 July Walthamstow Stadium Jim Boyd / Tommy Miller

Championship round[edit]

9 events in Great Britain.

Scores[edit]

  • Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final
Pos. Rider Total pts
1 Australia Jack Young 39
2 Australia Graham Warren 37
3 England Cyril Brine 36
4 England Jack Parker 35
5 Australia Aub Lawson 34
6 New Zealand Ronnie Moore 34
7 Wales Freddie Williams 33
8 England Split Waterman 32
9 Australia Vic Duggan 32
10 England Dent Oliver 30
11 England Danny Dunton 30
12 England Wally Green 29
13 England Tommy Price 29
14 England Ron Clarke 29
15 Australia Arthur Payne 27
16 Australia Jack Biggs 26
17 England Arthur Forrest 26
18 England Cyril Roger 25
19 England Mike Erskine 23
20 England Norman Parker 23
21 England Alec Statham 23
22 England Oliver Hart 23
23 England Eddie Rigg 22
24 England Louis Lawson 21
25 England Derick Close 21
Pos. Rider Total pts
26 England George Wilks 21
27 England Malcolm Craven 20
28 England Alan Hunt 20
29 England Jeff Lloyd 20
30 England Ken Sharples 20
31 England Tommy Miller 19
32 England Bert Roger 17
33 England Geoff Bennett 16
34 Australia Merv Harding 16
35 Australia Bill Longley 16
36 New Zealand Dick Campbell 15
37 Canada Eric Chitty 15
38 United States Charles Cullum 15
39 England Ron Mason 14
40 England Eric French 13
41 Australia Dick Seers 13
42 England Bill Kitchen 12
43 England Jack Mountford 11
44 England Lindsay Mitchell 10
45 Australia Junior Bainbridge 8
46 New Zealand Les Hewitt 6
47 England Billy Hole 5
48 England Johnnie Hole 4
49 England Dick Bradley 2

World final[edit]

Pos. Rider Points Heats
1 Wales Freddie Williams 14 (3,3,3,2,3)
2 England Wally Green 13 (2,3,3,2,3)
3 Australia Graham Warren 12 (3,3,F,3,3)
4 Australia Aub Lawson 10 (2,2,3,1,2)
5 England Tommy Price 8 (3,F,3,1,1)
6 England Jack Parker 8 (2,1,2,3,0)
7 England Split Waterman 8 (1,2,3,1,1)
8 Australia Jack Young 7 (0,1,2,1,3)
9 England Cyril Brine 7 (2,2,2,0,1)
10 New Zealand Ronnie Moore 7 (X,0,2,3,2)
11 England Dent Oliver 6 (X,3,1,2,0)
12 England Danny Dunton 5 (1,0,1,1,2)
13 Australia Vic Duggan 4 (1,1,1,0,1)
14 England Ron Clarke 3 (1,2,0,0,0)
15 Australia Jack Biggs 3 (0,1,0,0,2)
16 England Arthur Payne 0 (0,0,-,0,0)
England Cyril Roger (res) 5 (3,2)
England Mike Erskine (res) 0 (0)

Podium[edit]

1950 Podium:

  1. Gold Wales Freddie Williams
  2. Silver England Wally Green
  3. Bronze Australia Graham Warren

References[edit]

  1. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  2. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Three inches and a bump cost me the title". Sport Argus. 23 September 1950. Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Profile". Moore Park Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  9. ^ a b c "World Championship Opens On Monday". Bristol Observer. 10 June 1950. Retrieved 2 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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