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1931 Star Riders' Championship
The 1931 Star Riders' Championship was the third edition of the speedway Star Riders' Championship. The competition was decided on a knockout basis over nine heats.Bamford, R. & Stallworthy, D. (2003) ''Speedway – The Pre War Years'', Stroud: Tempus Publishing. Final *18 September 1931 * Wembley, England Heat details Heat 1 : Watson, Tauser, Shepherd, Bishop Heat 2 : Parker, Rickman, Jackson, Stewart Heat 3 : Warwick, Edmonds (Fell), Hastings (Fell), Wilkinson (Ret) Heat 4 : Croombs, Huxley, Kendrick, Strecker Heat 5 : Arthur, Spinks, Patrick, Johnson Semi-final 1 : Huxley, Rickman, Watson Semi-final 2 : Tauser, Arthur Semi-final 3 : Parker, Croombs Final : Tauser, Huxley, Croombs, Parker (Exc) References 1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Riders' Championship
The Star Riders' Championship was the forerunner of the Speedway World Championship and was inaugurated in 1929. The competition was sponsored by ''The Star ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...'', which was a London evening newspaper at that time. For the first year it was split into two sections, Britain and Overseas, as it was felt that the Australians and Americans were too strong for the British riders.Bamford, R. & Stallworthy, D. (2003) ''Speedway - The Pre War Years'', Stroud: Tempus Publishing. The format changed over the years until by 1935 it was run in the 16 riders 20-heat formula that was to become the recognised formula for the World Championship and most other individual events until the advent of the Grand Prix in 1995. When the World Championship was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Shepherd
George Harold Shepherd (5 May 1903 – 17 May 1988)Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2003) ''Bristol Bulldogs: 50 Greats'', Stroud: Tempus Publishing. was an international speedway rider who has been credited with the invention of the starting gate still used in speedway today.Bamford, R. & Stallworthy, D. (2003) ''Speedway – The Pre War Years'', Stroud: Tempus Publishing. Brief career summary Born in London, England, Shepherd appeared in the finals of the 1931 Star Riders' Championship, the forerunner to the Speedway World Championship.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. His final season, 1939, saw Shepherd make his international debut for England. In 1933 Shepherd, along with New Cross promoter Fred Mockford invented the starting gate which is still in use today, by stretching a set of tapes across the track which were then released by a hand-operated electric mechanism, similar to those used in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluey Wilkinson
Arthur George "Bluey" Wilkinson (27 August 1911 – 27 July 1940) was an international speedway rider. Wilkinson was Speedway World Champion in 1938 after narrowly missing out on winning the inaugural Championship in 1936. Early life Wilkinson was nicknamed "Bluey" because of his red hair (an Australian custom). At the age of four, Bluey's family moved to Bathurst, New South Wales which he really considered to be his home town. He was working as a butcher boy when speedway first started at the Bathurst Sports Ground in 1928. It was love at first sight for Wilkinson and he promptly gave up a promising rugby league career and invested his savings in a battered old belt driven Rudge. Career On the Rudge, Bluey Wilkinson wasn't a world-beater, but when Sydney and international star rider Lionel Van Praag came to Bathurst he loaned Wilkinson one of his spare bikes. In a battle of future World Champions, Wilkinson defeated Van Praag in a match race and his talent was recognis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Hastings (speedway Rider)
Harold John Hastings (13 July 1906 – 5 November 1965) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Australia. He was champion of Australia (2 lap) in 1931 and earned several international caps for the Australia national speedway team. Biography Hastings, born in Ipswich, Queensland, was one of the many Australians that travelled over to the United Kingdom in the early 1930, as pioneers of speedway. He was recruited by Lea Bridge and his first season was racing in the 1930 Speedway Southern League. In April 1930, he represented Australia against England. He returned for the Australian season and enhanced his reputation by winning the 1931, 2 lap Australian Solo Championship, at the Melbourne Motordrome before signing for a second season with Lea Bridge. During the 1931 season he improved his official average by recording a 6.80, although his league average was slightly down to 6.20 but continued to represent Australia in test matches and rode in the 1931 Star Riders' Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Stewart (speedway Rider)
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Fred Strecker
Frederick Strecker (1906–1976) was an international speedway rider from England. Speedway career In 1930, when riding for Nottingham Strecker represented England against Australia. In 1936, during the 1936 Provincial Speedway League season he finished third in the averages and won the 1936 Provincial Speedway League title with Southampton. Personal life His parents were German born and they changed their surname from to Streicher. After World War II, Fred was a motor car and metal dealer and also promoted stock car racing. Players cigarette cards Strecker is listed as number 44 of 50 in the 1930s Player's cigarette card Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco industry, tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette packaging and nicotine marketing, advertise cigarette brands. Between 1875 and the 1940s, cigarette companies often included collectible ca ... collection. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Strecker, Fred 1906 births 1976 deaths British speedway ride ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Johnson (speedway Rider)
Ron Johnson (Born Ronald Johnston) (24 February 1907 Duntocher, ScotlandBamford, R. & Stallworthy, D. (2003) ''Speedway – The Pre War Years'', Stroud: Tempus Publishing. – 4 February 1983) was a speedway rider who won the London Riders' Championship in 1945 (unattached) and in 1946 whilst with the New Cross Rangers. Career Johnson emigrated to Australia with his parents when he was just a child. He started racing at the Claremont Speedway in Perth, Western Australia in 1927 (the same year the venue first held racing), before his travelling to the UK with promoter Johnnie Hoskins in 1928 to start a career with Crystal Palace. Johnson initially struggled on British tracks that were half the size of the ones he was used to (the Claremont Showground, which doubled as the speedway, was some in length, while other Australian tracks of the day, usually showground tracks, ranged from to in length).Morgan, Tom (1947) ''The People Speedway Guide'', Odhams Press, p. 76Storey, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Bishop
Philip Edward Bishop (7 July 1910 - 14 July 1970) was a motorcycle speedway rider who began racing in 1929, finally retiring from racing in 1963. Known as the 'King of Crash', Bishop survived many crashes whilst racing, but died in a road accident in 1970. Biography Born in Bow, London in 1910, Bishop had his first experience of speedway racing at Lea Bridge in 1929, moving on to captain the High Beech team in 1930.Storey, Basil (1947) "Laughing Boy Phil" in ''Speedway Favourites'', Sport-in-Print, p. 24Morgan, Tom (1949) ''Who's Who in Speedway 1949'', Sport-in-Print, p. 11 He was selected for England in the Test series against Australia in 1931 but did not race. He did ride in England's Australian tour of 1931/2, top-scoring in the fifth Test at Sydney despite nursing several broken ribs and a broken ankle. After two seasons with High Beech he moved on to Southampton in 1932, the team moving to Lea Bridge mid-season where they became Clapton Saints.Bamford, Robert (2003) ''Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Kendrick
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Syd Jackson (speedway Rider)
Syd Jackson (sometimes referred to as Sid Jackson) (born c.1908) was a British motorcycle speedway rider who was one of the stars of the early years of the sport in Britain, and an international rider who represented England several times. Prior to taking up speedway, Jackson rode in TT racing.Bamford, Robert (2003) ''Speedway: The Pre-War Years'', Tempus, , p. 197 He rode in the first year of British speedway in 1928, including the majority of the meetings held at Leicester Stadium, and between 1929 and 1931 captained the Leicester Stadium team.Jones, Alan (2010) ''Speedway in Leicester: The Pre-War Years'', Automedia, p. 75, 182-3 In 1929, he won fourteen individual titles. He won the Leicestershire Championship in both 1929 and 1930. He missed the start of the 1931 season, while he concentrated on obtaining a pilot's licence. When speedway closed down in Leicester in 1931 he moved on to Coventry, before spending five years with Wimbledon. He became an accomplished pilot, flyin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |