1936 Speedway National League

The 1936 National League Division One was the eighth season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.

Summary
The entrants were the same seven teams as the previous season. Harringay's Jack Parker topped the rider averages but was injured for the inaugural World Championship Final won by Wembley's Lionel van Praag on his home track.

Belle Vue Aces won their fourth consecutive national title and Knockout Cup and third treble after winning the A.C.U Cup.

National Trophy
The 1936 National Trophy was the sixth edition of the Knockout Cup.

Qualifying rounds
Southampton Saints won the Provincial final and therefore secured a place in the quarter-finals.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final
First leg

Second leg

Belle Vue were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 122-90.

A.C.U Cup
The 1936 Auto-Cycle Union Cup was the third edition of the Cup and was won by Belle Vue for the third time. Tragically Herbert 'Dusty' Haigh was killed instantly after suffering a facrtured skull riding at Hackney Wick Stadium on 15 May 1936, in the ACU Cup match between Hackney and West Ham. He fell when in front and heading for a fourth consecutive heat win and the riders behind were unable to avoid him.

First round

Group 1

Group 2

London Cup
First round

Semi final round

Final
First leg

Second leg

Hackney Wick won on aggregate 127–88

Riders & final averages
Belle Vue


 * 🇦🇺 Max Grosskreutz 10.21
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eric Langton 9.27
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Abbott 9.25
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bill Kitchen 8.92
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Harrison 6.81
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Varey 5.33
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Acorn Dobson 5.11
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oliver Langton 4.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tommy Allott 3.06
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wally Hull 2.07
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chun Moore 1.00

Hackney


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dusty Haigh 10.00
 * 🇦🇺 Dicky Case 8.71
 * 🇺🇸 Cordy Milne 7.95
 * Morian Hansen 7.87
 * Baltzer Hansen 5.57
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Wilks 5.35
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bill Clibbett 4.93
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Broncho Dixon 4.57
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stan Dell 4.00
 * 🇦🇺 Fred Tate 3.62
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tiger Hart 2.74

Harringay


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Parker 10.27
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Ormston 8.71
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bill Pitcher 7.32
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Norman Parker 7.06
 * 🇦🇺 Dick Smythe 4.97
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Les Wotton 4.79
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rol Stobbart 4.20
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Billy Dallison 3.73
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fred Strecker 3.33
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Lovell 1.33

New Cross


 * 🇺🇸 Jack Milne 8.68
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Newton 8.54
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stan Greatrex 8.24
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Johnson 7.73
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Francis 6.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Norman Evans 4.88
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nobby Key 3.57
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Shepherd 3.05
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Roy Dook 2.53
 * 🇦🇺 Ernie Evans 0.62

Wembley


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Charles 10.11
 * 🇦🇺 Lionel Van Praag 9.45
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ginger Lees 8.00
 * 🇳🇿 Wally Kilmister 5.08
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eric Gregory 5.02
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wally Lloyd 4.08
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gordon Byers 5.30
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tommy Price 4.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Greenwood 3.33

West Ham


 * 🇦🇺 Bluey Wilkinson 9.21
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tommy Croombs 7.37
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Broncho Dixon 7.05
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arthur Atkinson 6.80
 * 🇨🇦 Eric Chitty 5.90
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tiger Stevenson 4.23
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rol Stobbart 3.76
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Bishop 3.73
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ken Brett 3.64
 * 🇦🇺 Mick Murphy (John Glass) 3.58
 * 🇦🇺 Charlie Spinks 3.33

Wimbledon


 * 🇦🇺 Vic Huxley 8.13
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wal Phillips 7.50
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Claude Rye 6.46
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gus Kuhn 5.97
 * 🇦🇺 Eric Collins 5.23
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wal Morton 4.89
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Geoff Pymar 4.79
 * 🇦🇺 Jack Sharp 4.49