1955 Speedway National League

The 1955 Speedway National League was the 21st season and tenth post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.

Summary
The league consisted of seven teams after the Harringay Racers ceased competitive speedway racing at the end of 1954. Match line-ups were reduced from eight riders to seven riders. Wimbledon won their second successive National League Championship. West Ham closed at the end of the season, blaming poor attendances.

National Trophy Stage Two
The 1955 National Trophy was the 18th edition of the Knockout Cup. The Trophy consisted of two stages; stage one was for the second tier clubs, stage two was for the top tier clubs. Norwich won the second and final stage and were therefore declared the 1955 National Trophy champions.


 * For Stage One - see Stage One

First round Semifinals

Final
First leg

Second leg

Norwich were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 109–106.

Midland Cup
Birmingham won the Midland Cup for a third consecutive year. It 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 108–96

Riders & final averages
Belle Vue


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Craven 8.96
 * 🇳🇿 Ron Johnston 8.61
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ken Sharples 8.43
 * 🇳🇿 Bob Duckworth 6.69
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Edwards 5.05
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Williams 4.93
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fred Rogers 4.76
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dick Fisher 4.70
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tink Maynard 4.47
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Don Cuppleditch 4.45
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Johnson 1.60

Birmingham


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Hunt 7.94
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Mountford 7.87
 * Doug Davies 7.08
 * 🇦🇺 Graham Warren 5.31
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eric Boothroyd 5.21
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Bastable 5.11
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jim Tolley 4.35
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Derrick Tailby 2.77

Bradford


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arthur Wright 9.14
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arthur Forrest 8.91
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eddie Rigg 7.85
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Guy Allott 6.18
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Keith Milner 6.04
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Des Haswell 5.04
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Al Allison 4.28
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Clarke 3.57
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Hughes 3.27
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nigel Boocock 2.24

Norwich


 * 🇸🇪 Ove Fundin 10.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Billy Bales 8.33
 * 🇦🇺 Aub Lawson 7.38
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Clarke 7.32
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Roger 6.51
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Edwards 4.80
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fred Brand 4.58
 * 🇦🇺 Don Lawson 2.49
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Malcolm Flood 1.52

Wembley


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brian Crutcher 9.34
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tommy Price 7.31
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Eric Williams 6.95
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Freddie Williams 6.91
 * 🇳🇿 Trevor Redmond 6.13
 * Eric French 5.88
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ken Adams 4.35
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Gooch 4.00

West Ham


 * 🇦🇺 Jack Young 10.79
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Split Waterman 7.46
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gerry Hussey 6.87
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bert Roger 5.79
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Smith 5.51
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wally Green 5.44
 * 🇦🇺 Jack Biggs 4.93
 * 🇬🇬 Johnny Fitzpatrick 2.15
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Terry Courtnell 1.73
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Howdy Byford 0.73

Wimbledon


 * 🇳🇿 Ronnie Moore 10.77
 * 🇳🇿 Barry Briggs 9.79
 * 🇦🇺 Peter Moore 7.76
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron How 7.63
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Maidment 5.54
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Les McGillivray 5.33
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Brine 5.16
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alf Hagon 4.98
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Reg Trott 1.14