1948 Speedway National League

The 1948 National League Division One was the 14th season of speedway in the United Kingdom and 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.

Fatalities
1948 proved to be the worst season so far in regard to fatalities. During the 1947 season two riders had died on the same day but 1948 saw three riders killed during the season. It started with 37-year-old Reg Craven, on his debut for Yarmouth Bloaters. Craven crashed with two Poole Pirates riders at Poole (on 26 April) during a National Trophy match and died eight days later (4 May) from a fractured skull in hospital. Billy Wilson of Norwich Stars and Eric Dunn of Hastings Saxons from the lower divisions were also killed.

National League results
Matches 1–12

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.

Matches 13–24

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.

Anniversary Cup
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.

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.

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

Qualifying Competition Round 1

Qualifying Competition Round 2

Qualifying Competition semifinal

Qualifying Competition final

Eliminating Competition First round

Eliminating Competition Second round

Eliminating Competition semifinal

Eliminating Competition final

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final
First leg

Second leg

Wembley were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 120–96.

Riders' Championship
Vic Duggan won the British Riders' Championship final held at Empire Stadium on 16 September, in front of nearly 90,000 spectators.


 * f=fell

London Cup
First round

Semi final round

Final
First leg

Second leg

Wembley won on aggregate 115–98

Riders & final averages
Belle Vue


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Parker 9.35
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Louis Lawson 7.46
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dent Oliver 6.92
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wally Hull 6.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bill Pitcher 5.76
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wally Lloyd 5.60
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jim Boyd 4.96
 * 🇦🇺 Jack Chignell 4.27
 * 🇦🇺 Bill Rogers 3.75
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brian Wilson 2.00

Harringay


 * 🇦🇺 Vic Duggan 11.42
 * 🇦🇺 Frank Dolan 8.53
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lloyd Goffe 7.23
 * 🇦🇺 Ray Duggan 7.23
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wal Morton 6.67
 * 🇦🇺 Jack Biggs 6.56
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Ison 5.37
 * 🇦🇺 Jack Arnfield 4.96
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Grant 4.68
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nobby Stock 3.84

New Cross


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Johnson 10.33
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jeff Lloyd 8.17
 * 🇦🇺 Bill Longley 7.96
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Geoff Pymar 7.39
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Roger 7.27
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ray Moore 7.15
 * Eric French 7.12
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Newton 5.48
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Lawrence 5.79
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mick Mitchell 2.00
 * 🇦🇺 Lindsay Mitchell 0.67

Odsal


 * 🇦🇺 Max Grosskreutz 9.63
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oliver Hart 8.57
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ernie Price 7.72
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Clarke 7.34
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eddie Rigg 6.15
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Abbott 5.60
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eric Mason 4.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Lovell 3.33
 * 🇦🇺 Andy Menzies 3.71
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bill Osborne 3.20
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jock Shead 2.78
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Norman Price 2.40
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Vic Emms 1.50

Wembley


 * 🇺🇸 Wilbur Lamoreaux 9.71
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Wilks 9.65
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tommy Price 8.81
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Split Waterman 8.27
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bill Gilbert 7.63
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bill Kitchen 7.17
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Freddie Williams 6.43
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Wells 5.40
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Saunders 4.26
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Roy Craighead 3.37
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bill Kemp 2.50

West Ham


 * 🇦🇺 Aub Lawson 9.59
 * 🇨🇦 Eric Chitty 9.21
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Malcolm Craven 8.13
 * 🇦🇺 Cliff Watson 7.01
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kid Curtis 5.89
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tommy Croombs 5.64
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Howdy Byford 5.30
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Harrison 3.58
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Bettis 0.67

Wimbledon


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Norman Parker 9.09
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alec Statham 9.48
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Brine 7.19
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Les Wotton 5.37
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Erskine 4.87
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arch Windmill 3.80
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Mason 3.59
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dick Harris 3.43
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Coy 2.35
 * 🇦🇺 Lionel Levy 2.29