1948 Speedway National League

1948 Speedway National League

League	National League Division One
Season	1948
Champions	New Cross Rangers
No. of competitors	7
National Trophy	Wembley Lions
Division/s below	National League (Div 2) National League (Div 3)

The 1948 National League Division One was the third post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.

Summary

The entrant list was the same as the previous season. New Cross Rangers won the National League for the second time.

Final table

Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
New Cross Rangers	24	17	0	7	34
Harringay Racers	24	16	0	8	32
West Ham Hammers	24	14	1	9	29
Wembley Lions	24	12	1	11	25
Belle Vue Aces	24	12	1	11	25
Wimbledon Dons	24	5	2	17	12
Odsal Boomerangs	24	5	1	18	11

On account of the small number of teams in the league the Anniversary Cup was run in a league format. Harringay Racers finished on top.

Anniversary Cup table

Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
Harringay Racers	12	9	0	3	18
Belle Vue Aces	12	7	0	5	14
Odsal Boomerangs	12	7	0	5	14
New Cross Rangers	12	6	0	6	12
West Ham Hammers	12	6	0	6	12
Wembley Lions	12	5	0	7	10
Wimbledon Dons	12	2	0	10	4

Top Ten Riders (League only)

	Rider	Nat	Team	C.M.A.
1	Vic Duggan		Harringay Racers	11.42
2	Ron Johnson		New Cross Rangers	10.33
3	Wilbur Lamoreaux		Wembley Lions	9.71
4	George Wilks		Wembley Lions	9.65
5	Max Grosskreutz		Odsal Boomerangs	9.63
6	Aub Lawson		West Ham Hammers	9.59
7	Alec Statham		Wimbledon Dons	9.48
8	Jack Parker		Belle Vue Aces	9.35
9	Eric Chitty		West Ham Hammers	9.21
10	Norman Parker		Wimbledon Dons	9.09

National Trophy

The 1948 Trophy was the 11th edition of the Knockout Cup.

Qualifying First Round

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
08/04	Plymouth	56-50	Cradley Heath
17/04	Cradley Heath	66-42	Plymouth
13/04	Southampton	89-19	Wombwell
23/04	Wombwell	31-77	Southampton
07/04	Tamworth	82-26	Exeter
12/04	Exeter	81-27	Tamworth

Qualifying Second Round

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
29/04	Stoke Hanley	64-43	Coventry
01/05	Coventry	48-59	Stoke Hanley
04/05	Southampton	77-31	Tamworth
05/05	Tamworth	46-62	Southampton
26/04	Poole	74-32	Yarmouth
27/04	Yarmouth	47-67	Poole
01/05	Hull	42-66	Cradley Heath
07/05	Cradley Heath	78-29	Hull

Qualifying Third Round

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
10/05	Poole	49-57	Stoke Hanley
13/05	Stoke Hanley	64-44	Poole
11/05	Southampton	85-23	Cradley Heath
21/05	Cradley Heath	54-50	Southampton

Qualifying Final Round

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
25/05	Southampton	74.5-33.5	Stoke Hanley
27/05	Stoke Hanley	43-64	Southampton

Elimination First Round

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
19/06	Birmingham	79-29	Southampton
15/06	Southampton	41-66	Birmingham
16/06	Glasgow White City	70-38	Edinburgh
19/06	Edinburgh	62-46	Glasgow White City

Elimination Second Round

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
17/06	Sheffield	55-53	Norwich
19/06	Norwich	76-32	Sheffield
03/07	Birmingham	80-28	Glasgow White City
23/06	Glasgow White City	45.5-61.5	Birmingham
18/06	Bristol	65-43	Fleetwood
22/06	Fleetwood	69-39	Bristol
14/06	Newcastle	41-65	Middlesbrough
17/06	Middlesbrough	67-40	Newcastle

Elimination Third Round

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
26/07	Birmingham	75-33	Fleetwood
13/07	Fleetwood	49-59	Birmingham
03/07	Norwich	66-41	Middlesbrough
01/07	Middlesbrough	53-54	Norwich

Elimination Final

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
02/08	Birmingham	79-28	Norwich
31/07	Norwich	64-43	Birmingham

Quarter Finals

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
27/08	Harringay	67-40	Wimbledon
26/08	Wembley	64-42	Belle Vue
21/08	Birmingham	85-23	West Ham
21/08	Bradford	62-46	New Cross
19/08	New Cross	77-30	Bradford
17/08	West Ham	67-41	Birmingham
16/08	Wimbledon	53-55	Harringay
04/09	Belle Vue	64-44	Wembley

Semi Finals

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
18/09	Birmingham	69-39	New Cross
10/09	Harringay	52-56	Wembley
09/09	Wembley	73-35	Harringay
09/09	New Cross	83-25	Birmingham

Final

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
07/10	Wembley	64-44	New Cross
08/10	New Cross	52-56	Wembley

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions