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The speedway licence was taken over by the Stadium's owners (the National Greyhounds, Middlesbrough) [8] and although various meetings were held from 1930 to 1938, there was a complete absence of league racing until 1939.
British (English) Career history; 1929-1930, 1936-1937: Liverpool Chads: ... (28 October 1907 - April 1989) was a motorcycle speedway rider who rode for several teams ...
Several meetings have been claimed to be the first in the UK. The meeting at High Beech on 19 February 1928, a meeting organized by R.J. Hill-Bailey of the Ilford Motor Cycle Club which attracted an estimated 30,000 spectators, is often described as the first British speedway meeting. [1]
Speedway began at the County Ground in 1929, when the Southern Speedways Ltd, led by Mr Seward Glanfield agreed a ten-year contract with the Devon Athletic Ground Company. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The first meeting was held on 9 March 1929 but despite a full season of racing (which included an Exeter team racing challenge matches) [ 4 ] the company went ...
The subsequent season saw the merger of the Northern and Southern Leagues to form the National League but Leeds di not participate. Despite a few fixtures being held at Fullerton Park in 1932, speedway would cease until 1938. The team's final appearance was in the 1938 Speedway National League Division Two, where they finished 9th. [11] [12]
Younghusband started his career racing for Middlesbrough Bears during the 1962 Provincial Speedway League season [4] and improved his average to 7.92 in 1963 and 9.07 in 1964, the latter topping the club's averages. [5] He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1965-1974, riding for Halifax Dukes from 1965 to 1972.
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The 1954 Southern Area League was the first season of the newly named regional third tier of speedway racing in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams. It replaced the defunct Southern League .