1953 Speedway National League

The 1953 National League Division One was the 19th season of speedway in the United Kingdom and the eighth post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.

Summary
New Cross Rangers folded in June. Wembley Lions won their fifth consecutive title and their eighth overall.

Wimbledon Dons won the National Trophy for the fourth time and Harringay Racers completed a cup double winning the Coronation Cup and London Cup.

Novice rider Harry Eyre died in Poplar Hospital on 7 July 1953. He suffered fatal injuries earlier that evening at West Ham Stadium, in a second half novices match against Bradford.

National League Final table
New Cross Rangers withdrew mid-season - record expunged.

Coronation Cup final table
The Coronation Cup was run in a league format. Harringay Racers came out on top. New Cross Rangers withdrew mid-season - record expunged.

National Trophy
The 1953 National Trophy was the 16th edition of the Knockout Cup.

First round Second round Third round Fourth round Quarterfinals Semifinals

Final
First leg

Second leg

Wimbledon were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 110–106.

London Cup
First round

Semi final round

Final
First leg

Second leg

Harringay won on aggregate 110–106

Midland Cup
Birmingham won the Midland Cup, which consisted of six teams. There were two teams from division 1 and four teams from division 2.

First round

Semi final round

Final
First leg

Second leg

Birmingham won on aggregate 119–73

Riders & final averages
Belle Vue


 * 🇳🇿 Ron Johnston 7.88
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Craven 7.74
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ken Sharples 8.27
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Parker 7.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Louis Lawson 6.69
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dick Fisher 4.62
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Edwards 4.22
 * Jock Grierson 3.87
 * Willie Wilson 3.86
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Fletcher 3.74
 * 🇸🇪 Olle Segerström 2.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Val Morton 2.00

Birmingham


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Hunt 10.47
 * 🇦🇺 Graham Warren 7.67
 * 🇸🇪 Dan Forsberg 7.64
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eric Boothroyd 7.19
 * 🇦🇺 Arthur Payne 7.19
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Bastable 6.36
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Mountford 5.97
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Malpass 4.57
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Roger 4.48
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Barrett 4.21
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Mason 3.00
 * 🇦🇺 Bill Jemison 1.25
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lionel Watling (James Goldingay) 1.18

Bradford


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arthur Forrest 9.94
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eddie Rigg 8.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arthur Wright 7.14
 * 🇦🇺 Dick Seers 6.26
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Clarke 6.20
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Keith Milner 5.50
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dent Oliver 5.69
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arthur Atkinson 5.04
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arthur Bush 5.00
 * 🇦🇺 Bill Longley 3.69
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wal Morton 4.27

Bristol


 * 🇸🇪 Olle Nygren 10.25
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dick Bradley 8.13
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eric Salmon 7.88
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Billy Hole 7.55
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Unstead 6.67
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Johnny Hole 6.10
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Boss 5.80
 * 🇦🇺 Chum Taylor 4.37
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Geoff Pymar 4.24

Harringay


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Split Waterman 9.84
 * 🇦🇺 Jack Biggs 9.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jeff Lloyd 8.14
 * 🇳🇿 Maurice Dunn 7.73
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron How 7.60
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Lawrence 5.87
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stan Clark 5.33
 * 🇦🇺 Ken Walsh 5.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arthur Atkinson 4.68
 * 🇦🇺 Allan Quinn 4.00

New Cross (withdrew)


 * Jock Grierson
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Roger
 * 🇸🇪 Olle Nygren
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bert Roger
 * 🇦🇺 Merv Harding
 * 🇦🇺 Bill Longley
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Roger
 * Eric French
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Lawrence

Norwich


 * 🇦🇺 Aub Lawson 9.19
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Roger 7.48
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fred Rogers 6.76
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Billy Bales 6.40
 * 🇳🇿 Merv Neil 5.60
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Clarke 5.49
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fred Pawson 5.12
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Roy Craighead 3.40
 * 🇦🇺 Alec Hunter 2.29
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Freeman 2.00

Wembley


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Freddie Williams 10.13
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Eric Williams 9.66
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tommy Price 9.13
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brian Crutcher 7.87
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bill Kitchen 6.26
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Gooch 4.78
 * Eric French 6.23
 * 🇳🇿 Trevor Redmond 6.05
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Wilks 4.57

West Ham


 * 🇦🇺 Jack Young 10.61
 * 🇳🇴 Basse Hveem 8.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wally Green 7.43
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Pat Clark 7.72
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Howdy Byford 4.68
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bert Roger 4.49
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Malcolm Craven 5.50
 * 🇦🇺 Keith Gurtner 3.92
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kid Curtis 2.86
 * 🇦🇺 Cliff Watson 2.29

Wimbledon


 * 🇳🇿 Ronnie Moore 10.63
 * 🇳🇿 Geoff Mardon 8.66
 * 🇸🇪 Sune Karlsson 8.00
 * 🇦🇺 Peter Moore 6.97
 * 🇳🇿 Barry Briggs 6.31
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Norman Parker 7.50
 * Dom Perry 5.57
 * 🇦🇺 Bill Longley 5.05
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Reg Trott 4.49
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Brine 4.42
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Maidment 2.72
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dennis Gray 1.60