1959 Speedway National League

The 1959 National League was the 25th season and the fourteenth post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.

Summary
With Ipswich Witches dropping down to the Southern Area League, only 9 teams competed with Wimbledon Dons continuing their domination of British speedway with their fifth title in six years.

National Trophy
The 1959 National Trophy was the 21st edition of the Knockout Cup. Wimbledon were the winners.

First round Second round Semifinals

Final
First leg

Second leg

Wimbledon were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 123–93.

Riders & final averages
Belle Vue


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Craven 10.84
 * 🇳🇿 Ron Johnston 9.05
 * 🇳🇿 Bob Duckworth 7.24
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dick Fisher 6.57
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Williams 5.54
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arthur Wright 5.33
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Slant Payling 4.21
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tink Maynard 3.64
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Kitchen 3.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Dunton 2.73
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Graham Beattie 2.50
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Robinson 1.20
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Graham Coombes 0.29

Coventry


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nigel Boocock 8.65
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Mountford 7.61
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arthur Forrest 7.28
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nick Nicholls 5.51
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Maury Mattingley 5.44
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brian Meredith 5.33
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jim Lightfoot 4.98
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Les Owen 4.94
 * 🇫🇮 Antti Pajari 4.32
 * 🇦🇺 Graham Warren 2.00

Leicester


 * Ken McKinlay 10.75
 * 🇦🇺 Jack Geran 8.50
 * 🇵🇱 Marian Kaiser 7.80
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eric Boothroyd 5.95
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Charlie Barsby 4.10
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bryan Elliott 4.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Guy Allott 3.80
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alf Hagon 3.70
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Bastable 2.67
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Hankins 2.10

Norwich


 * 🇸🇪 Ove Fundin 11.00
 * 🇦🇺 Aub Lawson 8.56
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Billy Bales 7.78
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Roger 6.25
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Reg Trott 5.76
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Clarke 5.63
 * 🇦🇺 Johnny Chamberlain 5.58
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 [Derek Strutt 4.55
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Edwards 4.76
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Clive Featherby 4.00

Oxford


 * Arne Pander 8.90
 * Gordon McGregor 8.32
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ronnie Genz 7.07
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nick Nicholls 7.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Roy Bowers 5.96
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arthur Wright 5.70
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ken Adams 5.37
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Colin Gooddy 5.02
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Howdy Byford 3.52
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Still 0.00

Poole


 * 🇦🇺 Ray Cresp 7.37
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Les McGillivray 7.14
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Unstead 7.08
 * 🇸🇪 Birger Forsberg 6.85
 * 🇦🇺 Jack Biggs 6.34
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Squibb 5.70
 * Trevor Blokdyk 4.88
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Reg Duval 4.50
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Terry Small 4.34
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Norman Strachan 3.73

Southampton


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brian Crutcher 10.65
 * 🇳🇿 Geoff Mardon 8.73
 * 🇸🇪 Björn Knutson 8.40
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Squibb 6.67
 * 🇦🇺 Chum Taylor 6.22
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dick Bradley 6.22
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alby Golden 5.33
 * 🇦🇺 Jack Scott 4.86
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Johnny Hole 5.70
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brian Hanham 4.09
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brian Brett 4.85

Swindon


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Broadbank 9.40
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George White 7.89
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ian Williams 7.22
 * 🇵🇱 Tadeusz Teodorowicz 6.58
 * 🇦🇺 Neil Street 6.57
 * 🇳🇿 Trevor Redmond 3.71
 * 🇦🇺 John Board 3.60
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Glyn Chandler 2.18
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ray Harris 1.56
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Roy Moreton 0.94
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Leo McAuliffe 0.00

Wimbledon


 * 🇳🇿 Ronnie Moore 10.52
 * 🇦🇺 Peter Moore 10.40
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron How 9.92
 * 🇳🇿 Barry Briggs 8.80
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gerald Jackson 7.14
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jim Tebby 6.55
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Andrews 6.49
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Maidment 6.35
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gerry King 5.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Brine 4.07