1949 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1949 Individual Speedway World Championship was the fourth edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

It was the first running of the event since its suspension in 1939, due to World War II. The World final at London's Wembley Stadium, was held in front of a reported 93,000 strong crowd and the Championship was won Tommy Price.[7]

First qualifying round

  • The top 96 riders qualify for the second qualifying round, where they will be joined by seeded division 2 riders.[8]
Date Venue Winner
16 May County Ground Stadium Jack Mountford
18 May The Shay Vic Emms
18 May The Pilot Field Paddy Mills
18 May Tamworth Greyhound Stadium Basse Hveem
19 May Pennycross Stadium Bruce Semmens
19 May Owlerton Stadium Andy Menzies
20 May Leicester Stadium Charlie May
21 May Sun Street Stadium Stan Williams
21 May Hedon Stadium Billy Hole
21 May Rayleigh Weir Stadium Alan Hunt / Will Lowther

Second qualifying round

  • The top 42 riders qualify for the Third qualifying round.[8]
Date Venue Winner
10 June Dudley Wood Stadium Gil Craven
11 June Brandon Stadium Ken Le Breton
11 June Old Meadowbank Jack Young
11 June The Firs Stadium Bob Leverenz
13 June Knowle Stadium Fred Tuck
13 June Walthamstow Stadium Jim Boyd

Third qualifying round

  • The top 2 riders from each meeting qualify for the Championship round, where they will meet 32 seeded division 1 riders.[8]
Date Venue Winner/2nd
4 July Brough Park Stadium Tommy Price / Ray Duggan
5 July Ashfield Stadium Ken Le Breton / Freddie Williams
5 July Banister Court Stadium Fred Tuck / Roy Craighead
6 July Highbury Stadium (Fleetwood) Charles Cullum / Ken Sharples
6 July White City Stadium, Glasgow Geoff Bennett / Gil Craven

Championship round

  • The top 16 riders qualify for the world final.[8]
Date Venue Winner
8 August Wimbledon Stadium Aub Lawson
10 August New Cross Stadium Cyril Roger
22 August Perry Barr Stadium Graham Warren
25 August Wembley Stadium Wilbur Lamoreaux
27 August Hyde Road Stadium Dent Oliver
27 August Odsal Stadium Tommy Price
30 August West Ham Stadium Cliff Watson
2 September Harringay Stadium Dent Oliver

Scores

  • Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final
Pos. Rider Total pts
1 Tommy Price 38
2 Graham Warren 38
3 Dent Oliver 37
4 Aub Lawson 37
5 Bill Gilbert 36
6 Wilbur Lamoreaux 35
7 Lloyd Goffe 34
8 Jack Parker 34
9 Bill Kitchen 33
10 Cyril Roger 31
11 Louis Lawson 30
12 Bill Longley 30
13 Norman Parker 30
14 Ken Le Breton 29
15 Cliff Watson 29
16 Ron Clarke 27
17 Oliver Hart 27
18 Alec Statham 25
19 Cyril Brine 25
Pos. Rider Total pts
20 Malcolm Craven 25
21 Geoff Pymar 23
22 Doug McLachlan 23
23 Geoff Bennett 20
24 Jeff Lloyd 18
25 Mike Erskine 18
26 Ray Duggan 17
27 Charles Cullum 17
28 Eric Chitty 15
29 Split Waterman 15
30 George Wilks 15
31 Eddie Rigg 14
32 Ken Sharples 14
33 Roy Craighead 13
34 Nobby Stock 13
35 Gil Craven 12
36 Jack Biggs 11
37 Bob Harrison 9
38 Stan Dell 2

World final

Pos. Rider Points Heats
1 Tommy Price 15 (3,3,3,3,3)
2 Jack Parker 14 (3,3,3,2,3)
3 Louis Lawson 13 (2,2,3,3,3)
4 Norman Parker 10 (3,3,2,2,0)
5 Wilbur Lamoreaux 9 (2,2,3,0,2)
6 Bill Kitchen 9 (3,1,2,2,1)
7 Ron Clarke 8 (1,0,2,3,2)
8 Aub Lawson 8 (1,3,1,1,2)
9 Bill Longley 8 (1,2,2,1,2)
10 Cyril Roger 7 (2,0,1,1,3)
11 Bill Gilbert 6 (2,1,3,0,0)
12 Graham Warren 5 (0,2,0,2,1)
13 Ken Le Breton 4 (1,0,1,1,1)
14 Lloyd Goffe 2 (0,1,0,0,1)
15 Cliff Watson 1 (0,1,0,0,0)
16 Dent Oliver 0 (0,0,-,-,-)
Oliver Hart (res) 1 (1,0,0)
Alec Statham (res)  –  –

References

  1. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  2. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Price Wins World Speedway Title For England". Western Daily Press. 23 September 1949. Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ a b c d "World Championship". Hastings and St Leonards Observer. 14 May 1949. Retrieved 2 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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