1960 Speedway National League

The 1960 National League was the 26th season and the fifteenth post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.

Summary
The number of competitors increased from nine to ten with New Cross Rangers returning after a seven-year absence, and Ipswich Witches returning after one year away replacing Poole Pirates who moved down to the newly formed Provincial League.

Wimbledon Dons won their sixth title in just seven years.

Derek 'Tink' Maynard of the Belle Vue Aces was fatally injured in a crash at The Firs Stadium, on 23 July 1960. Maynard was competing in the second leg of the National Trophy against Norwich when Slant Payling lost control of his bike and it hit Maynard. Both riders were taken to Norwich Hospital but Maynard died the following morning.

National Trophy
The 1960 National Trophy was the 22nd 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 115–101.

Midland Cup
Coventry won the Midland Cup, which consisted of four teams.

First round

Final
First leg

Second leg

Coventry won on aggregate 92–87

Riders & final averages
Belle Vue


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Craven 10.75
 * 🇳🇿 Ron Johnston 9.88
 * 🇳🇿 Bob Duckworth 8.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dick Fisher 6.93
 * 🇸🇪 Göte Nordin 6.67
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arthur Wright 6.35
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tink Maynard 4.92
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Robinson 4.38
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Slant Payling 4.36
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Kitchen 4.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Graham Coombes 3.90
 * 🇳🇿 Bryce Subritzky 3.53

Coventry


 * 🇦🇺 Jack Young 9.01
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nigel Boocock 8.31
 * 🇵🇱 Henryk Żyto 7.37
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Les Owen 6.60
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Mountford 5.79
 * 🇦🇺 Graham Warren 5.63
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nick Nicholls 5.50
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jim Lightfoot 5.13
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Maury Mattingley 4.18
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rick France 3.60

Ipswich


 * 🇦🇺 Peter Moore 9.89
 * 🇦🇺 Ray Cresp 6.86
 * 🇦🇺 Jack Biggs 6.67
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Les McGillivray 6.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Colin Gooddy 5.80
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Unstead 5.60
 * 🇸🇪 Birger Forsberg 4.71
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Squibb 4.50
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Len Silver 4.12

Leicester


 * Ken McKinlay 9.98
 * 🇵🇱 Stefan Kwoczała 8.25
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bryan Elliott 6.15
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alf Hagon 5.97
 * 🇦🇺 Jack Geran 5.44
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Hankins 5.07
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Guy Allott 4.78
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Charlie Barsby 4.31
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Bastable 2.86

New Cross


 * 🇳🇿 Barry Briggs 9.93
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Eric Williams 9.33
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Split Waterman 7.32
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Leo McAuliffe 6.08
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Gooch 4.96
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tommy Sweetman 3.74
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bobby Croombs 3.57
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Derek Timms 3.43
 * 🇸🇪 Arne Carlsson 3.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Reg Luckhurst 2.93

Norwich


 * 🇸🇪 Ove Fundin 11.41
 * 🇦🇺 Aub Lawson 7.28
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Billy Bales 6.58
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Roger 5.45
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Reg Trott 5.33
 * 🇦🇺 Johnny Chamberlain 5.22
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dennis Newton 5.07
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Derek Strutt 4.98
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Edwards 4.64
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Clive Featherby 2.86
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Terry Betts 0.00

Oxford


 * Arne Pander 10.06
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ronnie Genz 8.41
 * Gordon McGregor 7.95
 * 🇦🇺 Jack Biggs 7.32
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Howdy Byford 5.53
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Roy Bowers 5.05
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ken Adams 4.92
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eric Boothroyd 4.87
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Colin Gooddy 4.67
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Dunton 4.59
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Still 2.44

Southampton


 * 🇸🇪 Björn Knutson 10.08
 * 🇸🇪 Olle Nygren 9.40
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brian Crutcher 8.71
 * 🇦🇺 Chum Taylor 8.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dick Bradley 6.61
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brian Hanham 6.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alby Golden 5.75
 * Ross Gilbertson 5.75
 * Peter Vandenberg 3.91
 * 🇦🇺 Jack Scott 3.53
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brian Brett 0.62
 * 🇸🇪 Alf Jonsson injured after 2 matches

Swindon


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Broadbank 8.33
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George White 8.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ian Williams 6.92
 * 🇦🇺 Neil Street 6.85
 * 🇵🇱 Tadeusz Teodorowicz 6.74
 * 🇦🇺 John Board 4.68
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brian Meredith 4.19
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Taylor 3.60
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brian Brett 2.45

Wimbledon


 * 🇳🇿 Ronnie Moore 10.72
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron How 9.36
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Andrews 8.17
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gerald Jackson 6.84
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Maidment 6.59
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Brine 6.35
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gil Goldfinch 5.84
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ernie Baker 2.89
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jim Tebby 3.93