1952 Speedway National League

The 1952 National League Division One was the 18th season of speedway in the United Kingdom and the seventh post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.

Summary
Norwich Stars joined the league. Wembley Lions won their fourth consecutive title and their seventh overall. Birmingham recorded their highest league finish to date by taking the runner-up spot.

While riding for Wimbledon, on 22 July 1952 the American Ernie Roccio was killed after crashing into the fence at high speed at West Ham Stadium, it has been reported that he died instantly but the newspaper report states he died in hospital.

National Trophy Stage Three
The 1952 National Trophy was the 15th edition of the Knockout Cup. The Trophy consisted of three stages; stage one was for the third tier clubs, stage two was for the second tier clubs and stage three was for the top tier clubs. The winner of stage one would qualify for stage two and the winner of stage two would qualify for the third and final stage. Harringay won the third and final stage and were therefore declared the 1952 National Trophy champions.


 * For Stage One - see Stage One
 * For Stage Two - see Stage Two

First round Second round Semifinals

Final
First leg

Second leg

Harringay were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 123–92.

London Cup
First round

Semi final round

Final
First leg

Second leg

Harringay won on aggregate 113–100

Riders & final averages
Belle Vue


 * Henry Long 8.63
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ken Sharples 8.37
 * 🇳🇿 Ron Johnston 7.40
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Parker 6.89
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dent Oliver 7.16
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Smith 6.63
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Edwards 6.15
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Louis Lawson 6.69
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dennis Parker 5.28
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Fletcher 5.25
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Norman Hargreaves 2.60
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Craven 2.00

Birmingham


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Hunt 10.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Howdy Byford 8.00
 * 🇦🇺 Arthur Payne 7.78
 * 🇸🇪 Dan Forsberg 7.77
 * 🇦🇺 Graham Warren 7.33
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Mason 7.28
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ivor Davies 6.08
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eric Boothroyd 5.93
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lionel Watling (James Goldingay) 4.86
 * 🇦🇺 Bill Jemison 4.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Page 3.50

Bradford


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eddie Rigg 8.82
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arthur Forrest 8.36
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dent Oliver 7.75
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Hughes 6.29
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oliver Hart 6.27
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arthur Wright 5.50
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bill Crosland 4.65
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Clarke 4.27
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Al Allison 3.84
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arthur Bush 3.50
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lloyd Goffe 2.82
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Keith Milner 2.53

Bristol


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dick Bradley 8.29
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Chris Boss 6.85
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Geoff Pymar 6.36
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Billy Hole 6.11
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Mountford 5.87
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Tom Oakley 5.50
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Johnny Hole 5.23
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eric Salmon 5.00
 * 🇦🇺 Jack Summers 5.04
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Roger Wise 4.55

Harringay


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Split Waterman 9.96
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jeff Lloyd 8.47
 * 🇦🇺 Jack Biggs 8.37
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron How 7.25
 * 🇳🇿 Maurice Dunn 6.78
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arthur Atkinson 6.28
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Dunton 5.85
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nobby Stock 5.66
 * 🇦🇺 Ken Walsh 5.52
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stan Clark 2.80

New Cross


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bert Roger 8.79
 * Eric French 8.60
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Roger 7.66
 * 🇸🇪 Sune Karlsson 7.61
 * 🇦🇺 Merv Harding 7.26
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Lawrence 5.66
 * 🇦🇺 Bill Longley 5.18
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Roger 4.53
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Tom Oakley 4.49
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ronnie Genz 4.15

Norwich


 * 🇦🇺 Bob Leverenz 10.29
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Billy Bales 8.20
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bill Gilbert 7.41
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fred Rogers 7.05
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Clarke 4.70
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fred Pawson 5.09
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lionel Watling (James Goldingay) 4.82
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Freeman 4.24
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paddy Mills 4.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bill Codling 3.22
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Keith Berthelsen 3.11
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ray Moore 2.71

Wembley


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Freddie Williams 9.76
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tommy Price 9.31
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Eric Williams 8.23
 * 🇳🇿 Trevor Redmond 7.74
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Wilks 7.41
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Oakley 7.32
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bill Kitchen 6.79
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Gooch 4.92
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Den Cosby 1.60

West Ham


 * 🇦🇺 Jack Young 10.88
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wally Green 8.56
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Malcolm Craven 7.75
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Pat Clark 6.37
 * 🇦🇺 Cliff Watson 5.49
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Howdy Byford 5.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kid Curtis 4.26
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wal Morton 2.86
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Reg Reeves 2.46
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Colin Clark 1.40

Wimbledon


 * 🇳🇿 Ronnie Moore 11.27
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Norman Parker 9.60
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Brine 9.00
 * 🇳🇿 Geoff Mardon 8.68
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dennis Gray 6.84
 * 🇦🇺 Peter Moore 5.74
 * 🇺🇸 Ernie Roccio 5.66
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Reg Trott 5.25
 * 🇳🇿 Barry Briggs 4.20
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Beddoe 3.58
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Maidment 3.12
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wilf Jay 1.71
 * Dom Perry 1.23
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ken Holmes 0.83