The 1959
National League
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team ...
was the 25th season and the fourteenth post-war season of the highest tier of
motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.
Summary
With
Ipswich Witches
The Ipswich Witches are a British speedway club based at Foxhall Stadium near Ipswich, Suffolk. They compete in the British SGB Premiership. Meetings are staged on most Thursdays from March until October, normally commencing at 7.30pm (first r ...
dropping down to the
Southern Area League
The Southern Area League was the regional third and then regional second tier of speedway racing in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams as a replacement for the defunct Southern League.
The league ran for three seasons from 1954 to 195 ...
, only 9 teams competed with
Wimbledon Dons
The Wimbledon Dons were a professional motorcycle speedway team who operated from the Wimbledon Stadium, Plough Lane in London.Jacobs, N. ''Speedway in London'',
The track opened in 1928 and the Dons operated there from 1929 until 1991. They ...
continuing their domination of British speedway with their fifth title in six years.
Final table
Top Ten Riders (League only)
National Trophy
The 1959 National Trophy was the 21st 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 123–93.
See also
*
List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
*
Knockout Cup (speedway)
Knockout Cup (sometimes referred to as the KO Cup) is a type of British motorcycle speedway competition, examples of which have run annually since 1929.
Each tier of British Speedway has its own respective Knockout Cup. The current Knockout Cup c ...
References
{{National League speedway seasons 1932–1964
Speedway National League
1959 in speedway
1959 in British motorsport