1938 Speedway National League

The 1938 National League Division One was the tenth season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.

Summary
The only change from the previous season was Bristol Bulldogs moving up from the Provincial League and Hackney Wick Wolves moving down to take their place. They also swapped licences and riders as well as divisions.

New Cross Rangers won their first national title.

National Trophy
The 1938 National Trophy was the eighth edition of the Knockout Cup.

Qualifying rounds
Norwich Stars won the Division Two final and therefore secured a place in the quarter-finals.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final
First leg

Second leg

Wimbledon were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 123-92.

A.C.U Cup
The 1938 Auto-Cycle Union Cup was the fifth edition of the Cup and was won by West Ham Hammers, which ended the five year winning run of Belle Vue. The groups were decided on the number of heat points scored within matches, rather than match wins.

First round

Group 1 Group 2

London Cup
First round

Semi final round

Final
First leg

Second leg

Wimbledon won on aggregate 109–104

Riders & final averages
Belle Vue


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bill Kitchen 10.24
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Varey 9.43
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eric Langton 8.39
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Harrison 5.68
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Hargreaves 5.43
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oliver Langton 5.25
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wally Hull 4.42
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ernie Price 3.59
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harold Jackson 3.43
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oliver Hart 1.38

Bristol


 * 🇺🇸 Cordy Milne 9.46
 * 🇦🇺 Vic Duggan 7.14
 * Morian Hansen 5.95
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bill Clibbett 5.93
 * 🇦🇺 Bill Rogers 5.69
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Shepherd 4.87
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Roy Dook 4.20
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Reg Lambourne 3.29
 * 🇦🇺 Bill Maddern 3.28

Harringay


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Parker 9.14
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Les Wotton 8.88
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alec Statham 8.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Ormston 6.31
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Norman Parker 5.30
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lloyd Goffe 5.13
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bill Pitcher 4.78
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Will Lowther 3.64
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dick Harris 3.58

New Cross


 * 🇺🇸 Jack Milne 10.96
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Newton 8.35
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Johnson 7.87
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stan Greatrex 6.61
 * 🇦🇺 Bill Longley 6.45
 * 🇦🇺 Clem Mitchell 6.09
 * 🇨🇦 Goldy Restall 5.05
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Francis 4.10
 * 🇦🇺 Ernie Evans 4.00

Wembley


 * 🇦🇺 Lionel Van Praag 10.50
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Charles 8.48
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Malcolm Craven 6.99
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Wilks 6.91
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cliff Parkinson 6.52
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tommy Price 6.14
 * 🇦🇺 Dicky Case 5.95
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eric Gregory 4.88
 * 🇳🇿 Wally Kilmister 4.59
 * 🇦🇺 Andy Menzies 4.00

West Ham


 * 🇦🇺 Bluey Wilkinson 10.67
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arthur Atkinson 8.42
 * 🇨🇦 Eric Chitty 8.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tommy Croombs 7.88
 * 🇨🇦 Jimmie Gibb 6.69
 * 🇦🇺 Charlie Spinks 5.80
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Colin Watson 4.75
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tiger Stevenson 5.41
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Broncho Dixon 4.69
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dick Geary 3.83
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Bishop 3.53

Wimbledon


 * 🇺🇸 Wilbur Lamoreaux 10.93
 * 🇺🇸 Benny Kaufman 8.46
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Geoff Pymar 7.96
 * 🇦🇺 Wally Little 7.56
 * 🇦🇺 Eric Collins 5.74
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wally Lloyd 5.28
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Norman Evans 4.44
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nobby Key 4.12
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Howes 2.26
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fred Leavis 2.12