Halifax Speedway were a British

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...

team who operated between 1928 and 1930 and were based at Thrum Hall Cricket Ground, Spring Hall Lane,

Halifax, West Yorkshire Halifax () is a minster and market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It is the commercial, cultural and administrative centre of the borough, and the headquarters of Calderdale Council. In the 15th cen ...

. England.

History

The

Thrum Hall Thrum Hall was a rugby league stadium on Hanson Lane in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It was the home of Halifax for 112 years. The site on which the ground stood is now occupied by a supermarket. History In 1878, Halifax, who had just w ...

cricket ground had a speedway dirt track constructed around the cricket pitch in 1928 and hosted the speedway fixtures until 1930. The team competed in the inaugural 1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League, finishing in third place. Halifax decided not to enter a team for the 1930 season and the following year the track was demolished to make way for a greyhound track that became the

Halifax Greyhound Stadium Halifax Greyhound Stadium was a Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom, greyhound racing stadium and cricket ground on the same grounds as Thrum Hall in Halifax, West Yorkshire. Origins and opening The Thrum Hall cricket ground had a Motorcycle ...

Notable riders

Walter Creasor Walter Cuthbert Creasor (31 October 1902 – 18 November 1975) was an English footballer and speedway rider. He played as an outside left in the Football League for Darlington, and was on the books of Middlesbrough without representing t ...

Cyril "Squib" Burton Cyril Frederick "Squib" Burton (16 January 1908 – June 1990) was a motorcycle speedway rider who was one of the sport's early stars, becoming a leading rider for the Leicester Stadium team and for Rochdale, and going on to represent England. ...

Season summary

References

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