1955 Speedway National League Division Two

The 1955 National League Division Two was the tenth post-war season of the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.

Summary
The only change in the list of teams that finished the previous season was the replacement of Motherwell Eagles with Weymouth Scorchers. Poole Pirates won the title.

Weymouth Scorchers withdrew after 7 league fixtures, Bristol Bulldogs withdrew after 14.

Final table

 * Weymouth Scorchers and Bristol Bulldogs withdrew, records expunged.

National Trophy Stage One
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. Poole won stage one and qualified for second and final stage.
 * For Stage Two - see Stage Two

Division Two First round

Division Two Second round

Division Two semifinals

Division Two final
First leg

Second leg

Midland Cup
For the Midland Cup see the 1955 Speedway National League.

Riders & final averages
Bristol (withdrew)


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dick Bradley 10.79
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Billy Hole 7.87
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Unstead 6.81
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Johnson 5.38
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Dunton 4.14
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Geoff Pymar 3.88
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Chris Boss 3.23
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Johnny Hole 2.40
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Roy Taylor 2.40
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cliff Cox 1.12

Coventry


 * Bob Mark 8.44
 * 🇳🇿 Charlie New 8.34
 * Tommy Miller 7.47
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jim Lightfoot 7.10
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Vic Emms 5.59
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Johnny Reason 4.99
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Brough 4.31
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Reg Duval 4.17
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nick Nicholls 4.16

Exeter


 * 🇦🇺 Jack Geran 10.38
 * 🇦🇺 Neil Street 9.49
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Goog Hoskin 6.93
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Johnny Sargeant 6.40
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Billy Hole 5.62
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alf Webster 4.82
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Hart 4.63
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Barrett 4.32
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Don Hardy 3.18
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Francis Cann 2.63

Ipswich


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bert Edwards 9.45
 * 🇦🇺 Junior Bainbridge 8.28
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Reg Reeves 8.08
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tich Read (George Snailum) 5.91
 * 🇦🇺 Bob Sharp 5.64
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Dunton 4.98
 * Larry Lazarus 4.45
 * 🇦🇺 Bluey Scott 3.84
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Len Silver 3.53
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Cooper 3.14
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dennis Day 2.44
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ken Last 2.10

Leicester


 * Ken McKinlay 10.48
 * Gordon McGregor 7.26
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Derick Close 6.71
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Len Williams 6.29
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Johnny Green 5.82
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Charlie Barsby 5.10
 * 🇦🇺 Ron Phillips 4.82
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry East 2.74

Oxford


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ronnie Genz 8.15
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Baker 7.47
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Robinson 7.39
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Reg Trott 6.40
 * 🇳🇿 Bill Thatcher 5.86
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dennis Newton 5.44
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Wells 4.42
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kid Curtis 3.33
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Maury Courtnell 1.82

Poole


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ken Middleditch 9.96
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bill Holden 8.54
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Allan Kidd 7.22
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Terry Small 7.14
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Johnny Thomson 6.67
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Squibb 6.57
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Lewis 6.50
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Norman Strachan 5.89
 * 🇦🇺 Ernie Brecknell (Ernest Blight) 3.73

Rayleigh


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Unstead 9.32
 * 🇳🇿 Peter Clark 8.99
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Les McGillivray 7.69
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gerry Jackson 6.88
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Pete Lansdale 6.57
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Maury McDermott 5.26
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dennis Gray 4.55
 * 🇦🇺 Bill Longley 3.50
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Bettis 3.16
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eric Ebbs 2.86

Southampton


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dick Bradley 9.84
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ernie Rawlins 7.48
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brian Hanham 7.39
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Charlie May 5.71
 * 🇦🇺 Bluey Scott 5.35
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Maury Mattingley 5.30
 * 🇬🇬 Johnny Fitzparick 5.27
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alby Golden 5.17
 * 🇦🇺 Allan Quinn 4.74

Swindon


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Roger 8.81
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George White 8.61
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ian Williams 8.16
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Gooch 6.98
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Swaine 5.76
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Malone 4.93
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Jones 3.41
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ray Harris 4.37
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ernie Lessiter 3.24

Weymouth (withdrew)


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Barrett 7.50
 * 🇦🇺 Ernie Brecknell (Ernest Blight) 6.86
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ken Adams 5.83
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Dunton 5.53
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Johnson 4.88
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ernie Lessiter 3.29
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gerald Pugh 2.15
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Roy Bowers 1.82