1954 Speedway National League

The 1954 National League Division One was the 20th season of speedway in the United Kingdom and the ninth post-war season of the highest tier of speedway.

Summary
Bristol dropped out of the league and joined the National League Division Two. Wimbledon won their first National League Championship, beginning a run of 7 titles in 8 years, ending a similar run by Wembley Lions.

National Trophy
The 1954 National Trophy was the 17th edition of the Knockout Cup.

Qualifying first round

Qualifying second round

Qualifying Final Round

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals

Final
First leg

Second leg

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

London Cup
First round

Semi final round

Final
First leg

Second leg

Wembley won on aggregate 130–85

Midland Cup
Birmingham won the Midland Cup, which consisted of four teams. There was one team from division 1 and three teams from division 2.

First round

Semi final round

Final
First leg

Second leg

Birmingham won on aggregate 96–95

Riders & final averages
Belle Vue


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Craven 8.47
 * 🇳🇿 Ron Johnston 8.41
 * 🇸🇪 Rune Sörmander 7.60
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ken Sharples 7.27
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Edwards 5.66
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Don Cuppleditch 5.20
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Parker 4.58
 * 🇳🇿 Bob Duckworth 4.25
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dick Fisher 3.93
 * Willie Wilson 3.28
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Fletcher 2.86
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Williams 1.71

Birmingham


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Hunt 8.68
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Mountford 7.39
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eric Boothroyd 6.54
 * 🇦🇺 Arthur Payne 5.60
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jim Tolley 5.14
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ivor Davies 3.72
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Les Jenkins 3.69
 * Doug Davies 3.68
 * 🇳🇿 Hec Mayhead 3.33
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Bastable 3.04
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Barrett 1.84
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dennis Bennett 1.43

Bradford


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eddie Rigg 10.11
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arthur Forrest 10.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arthur Wright 8.83
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Clarke 5.76
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Keith Milner 5.70
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dent Oliver 5.43
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Al Allison 5.08
 * 🇦🇺 Dick Seers 3.71
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Guy Allott 3.11
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wal Morton 2.00

Harringay


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Split Waterman 9.07
 * 🇦🇺 Jack Biggs 7.42
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron How 7.20
 * 🇦🇺 Ken Walsh 5.43
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Dunton 5.17
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Lawrence 4.98
 * 🇦🇺 Allan Quinn 4.82
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alf Hagon 4.79
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jeff Lloyd 4.73

Norwich


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Billy Bales 6.90
 * 🇦🇺 Aub Lawson 8.87
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fred Rogers 7.58
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Roger 7.81
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Oakley 6.52
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Clarke 6.51
 * 🇳🇿 Merv Neil 6.46
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fred Brand 6.48
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Roy Craighead 5.20
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fred Pawson 3.43
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry East 2.55

Wembley


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brian Crutcher 9.98
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Eric Williams 9.79
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Freddie Williams 9.18
 * 🇳🇿 Trevor Redmond 7.93
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tommy Price 7.02
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Gooch 6.29
 * Eric French 6.26
 * Fred Lang 3.66
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Wilks 2.67

West Ham


 * 🇦🇺 Jack Young 10.55
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gerry Hussey 8.16
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wally Green 7.35
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bert Roger 5.64
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Howdy Byford 5.32
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Pat Clark 5.03
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Smith 4.70
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Malcolm Craven 4.77
 * 🇦🇺 Keith Gurtner 4.26
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Terry Courtnell 3.17

Wimbledon


 * 🇳🇿 Ronnie Moore 10.59
 * 🇳🇿 Geoff Mardon 10.43
 * 🇳🇿 Barry Briggs 9.39
 * 🇸🇪 Olle Nygren 9.00
 * 🇦🇺 Peter Moore 7.08
 * Dom Perry 6.64
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Brine 6.47
 * 🇦🇺 Bill Longley 6.09
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Maidment 5.87
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Reg Trott 4.68