1961 Speedway National League

The 1961 National League was the 27th season and the sixteenth post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.

Summary
The entry list was identical to the previous year and although Wimbledon Dons won their seventh title in eight years, it would be their last.

National Trophy
The 1961 National Trophy was the 23rd edition of the Knockout Cup. Southampton were the winners.

First round Second round Semifinals

Final
First leg

Second leg

Southampton were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 98–70.

Riders & final averages
Belle Vue


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Craven 10.95
 * 🇳🇿 Ron Johnston 10.00
 * 🇳🇿 Bob Duckworth 9.48
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dick Fisher 7.30
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Kitchen 5.90
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Slant Payling 3.60
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jim Yacoby 3.25
 * 🇳🇿 Bryce Subritzky 3.21
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bill Powell 2.67
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Kelly 2.00

Coventry


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nigel Boocock 7.84
 * 🇦🇺 Jack Young 7.73
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Les Owen 7.44
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nick Nicholls 6.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Mountford 5.97
 * 🇵🇱 Kazimierz Bentke 5.10
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Maury Mattingley 4.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jim Lightfoot 4.15

Ipswich


 * 🇦🇺 Peter Moore 8.90
 * 🇦🇺 Ray Cresp 8.39
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Squibb 6.36
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Les McGillivray 6.34
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Colin Gooddy 5.85
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Unstead 5.07
 * Trevor Blokdyk 4.12
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Len Silver 4.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dennis Day 2.29

Leicester


 * Ken McKinlay 9.57
 * 🇵🇱 Paweł Waloszek 6.92
 * 🇦🇺 Jack Geran 6.47
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bryan Elliott 5.39
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Charlie Barsby 5.33
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alf Hagon 4.12
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Guy Allott 3.24
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Hankins 2.72
 * Neil Mortimer 2.61

New Cross


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Split Waterman 8.06
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tommy Sweetman 8.00
 * Doug Davies 6.96
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Eric Williams 6.54
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Gooch 6.44
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Leo McAuliffe 6.17
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Reg Luckhurst 4.96
 * 🇸🇪 Bengt Brannefors 4.00
 * 🇬🇬 Johnny Fitzpatrick 4.33
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bobby Croombs 3.75

Norwich


 * 🇸🇪 Ove Fundin 11.51
 * 🇦🇺 Johnny Chamberlain 7.77
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Billy Bales 7.67
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dennis Newton 5.48
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Derek Strutt 4.80
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Reg Trott 4.37
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Debbage 3.90
 * Kurt W. Petersen 3.45
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Terry Betts 2.50
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Edwards 2.40
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Trevor Hedge 0.00

Oxford


 * Arne Pander 10.60
 * 🇦🇺 Jack Biggs 8.72
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ronnie Genz 8.16
 * Gordon McGregor 6.56
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Howdy Byford 5.33
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Dunton 5.27
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Reg Duval 3.72
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jim Tebby 3.48
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Major 1.85
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Roy Bowers 1.68

Southampton


 * 🇸🇪 Björn Knutson 10.79
 * 🇳🇿 Barry Briggs 10.13
 * 🇦🇺 Jack Scott 8.80
 * 🇦🇺 Chum Taylor 7.83
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Roger 6.73
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dick Bradley 5.59
 * Ross Gilbertson 5.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alby Golden 4.55
 * Peter Vandenberg 4.29

Swindon


 * 🇦🇺 Neil Street 7.83
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George White 7.82
 * 🇵🇱 Tadeusz Teodorowicz 7.52
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Broadbank 6.96
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ian Williams 6.22
 * 🇸🇪 Arne Carlsson 6.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Ashby 6.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brian Meredith 5.39
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brian Brett 4.85
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Roger 1.00

Wimbledon


 * 🇳🇿 Ronnie Moore 11.17
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron How 10.05
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Andrews 9.04
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jim Tebby 7.33
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Maidment 7.17
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cyril Brine 7.14
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gerald Jackson 5.58
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gil Goldfinch 5.10
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Roy Trigg 0.00