1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League

The 1929 English Dirt Track League was the inaugural season of speedway in the United Kingdom for Northern English teams. There was also a Southern League called the 1929 Speedway Southern League that started during the same year.

Summary
The season was littered with mid-season withdrawals but eventually the Leeds were crowned champions. In 1930, the league was renamed the Northern League so the league existed for just one year. White City Speedway (Manchester) withdrew from the league after a dispute and would have been crowned champions if they had not done so because they were leading the table at the time by four points, having won 18 of their 20 matches.

Dennis Atkinson suffered critical injuries on 12 July 1929, following an accident at Cleveland Park Stadium riding in a Golden Helmet meeting. He died the following day.

Final table
Withdrawals (Records expunged) :
 * Belle Vue Aces
 * Bolton
 * Burnley
 * Hanley
 * Long Eaton
 * White City Speedway (Manchester)
 * Warrington

English Dirt Track Knockout Cup
First round Second round Semifinals

Final
First leg

Second leg

Preston were Knockout Cup winners, winning on aggregate 87–39.

Riders
Barnsley


 * Bob Allen
 * Tommy Allott
 * Albert Brown
 * Bob Elliott
 * Fred Ledger
 * Reg Marshall
 * Joe Mitchell
 * Arthur Moore
 * Bert Round
 * George Thompson
 * Tommy Thompson
 * Charlie Ward

Halifax


 * Arthur Atkinson
 * Cyril "Squib" Burton
 * Bert Clayton
 * George Corney
 * Walter Creasor
 * Jack Duddings
 * Dusty Haigh
 * Geoff Kilburn
 * George Reynard
 * Frank Smith
 * Geoff Taylor
 * Alec Tidswell
 * Geoff Wilson

Leeds


 * Arthur Atkinson
 * Dennis Atkinson
 * Roy Barrowclough
 * Tommy Bullus
 * Billy Burrows
 * Tommy Gamble
 * George Greenwood
 * Alec Hill
 * Eric Langton
 * Oliver Langton
 * Arnold Moore
 * John Scratcherd

Leicester


 * Stan Baines
 * Alec Bowerman
 * Len Brown
 * Squib Burton
 * Billy Ellmore
 * Jimmy Gent
 * Dilly Gittins
 * Hal Herbert
 * Syd Jackson
 * Nobby Kendrick
 * Slider Shuttleworth
 * Henry Taft

Liverpool


 * Eric Blain
 * Larry Boulton
 * Crasher Coxhead
 * Chris Hughes
 * Eddie Myerscough
 * Syd Plevin
 * Thomas Arthur Price
 * Les Wotton

Manchester White City (withdrew)


 * Cyril "Squib" Burton
 * Larry Boulton
 * Billy Dallison
 * Harry Gresty
 * Walter Hull
 * Syd Jackson
 * Arthur Jervis
 * Hugh Jervis
 * Rex Kirby
 * Jack Owen
 * Skid Skinner
 * Bunny Wilcox
 * Tommy Withington
 * Les Wotton

Middlesbrough


 * James Allen
 * Dick Bailey
 * Charlie Barratt
 * Billy Brown
 * Dan Buck
 * Ron Carling
 * Edde Crenston
 * Broncho Dixon
 * Norman Evans
 * Frank Harrison

Newcastle


 * Phil Blake
 * Gordon Byers
 * Arnie Cattell
 * Fred Creasor
 * Walter Creasor
 * Percy Dunn
 * Charles Sanderson
 * Roy Sanderson
 * Ernie Smith
 * Tommy Storey
 * Bud Thompson

Preston


 * Joe Abbott
 * Bill Anderton
 * Ham Burrill
 * Frank Charles
 * Jack Chiswell
 * Frank Chiswell
 * Doug Hutchings
 * Jack Lund
 * Len Mysercough
 * Thomas Arthur Price
 * Claude Rye

Rochdale


 * Jack Atkinson
 * Buster Breaks
 * Cyril "Squib" Burton
 * Ben Higginbottom
 * Wally Hicklin
 * Scott Michie
 * Skid Nock
 * Bud Proctor
 * Fred Proctor
 * Ron Thompson

Salford


 * Billy Howard
 * Hen Helsby
 * Tommy Mason
 * Ken Miller
 * Sid Newiss
 * Tommy Simpson
 * Cliff Watson
 * Arthur Wilcock
 * Cyril Wilcock
 * Fred Williams

Sheffield


 * Jack Barber
 * Clem Beckett
 * Frank Bianchi
 * Johnny Broughton
 * George Crawshaw
 * Scotty Cummings
 * Eric Hall
 * Dusty Jenkins
 * Arthur Longley
 * Gus Platts
 * W S Shuker
 * Spencer Stratton
 * Arthur Westwood