The 1955 National League Division Two was the tenth post-war season of the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.
Summary The only change in the list of teams that finished the previous season was the replacement of Motherwell Eagles with Weymouth Scorchers. Poole Pirates won the title.
Weymouth Scorchers withdrew after 7 league fixtures, Bristol Bulldogs withdrew after 14 after the Bulldogs promoter George Allen pulled the plug on the team citing poor attendances.
Final table Pos Team M W D L Pts1 Poole Pirates 32 23 0 9 462 Coventry Bees 32 19 0 3 383 Rayleigh Rockets 32 15 2 15 324 Oxford Cheetahs 32 15 1 16 315 Southampton Saints 32 15 0 17 306 Ipswich Witches 32 13 3 16 297 Leicester Hunters 32 14 0 18 288 Swindon Robins 32 14 0 18 289 Exeter Falcons 32 13 0 29 26
Weymouth Scorchers and Bristol Bulldogs withdrew, records expunged.
Fixtures & results A Fixtures
B Fixtures
Top Five Riders (League only) Rider Nat Team C.M.A. 1 Ken McKinlay Leicester 10.48 2 Jack Geran Exeter 10.38 3 Dick Bradley Bristol/Southampton 10.25 4 Ken Middleditch Poole 9.96 5 Neil Street Exeter 9.49
National Trophy Stage One For Stage Two - see Stage Two The 1955 National Trophy was the 18th edition of the Knockout Cup. The Trophy consisted of two stages; stage one was for the second-tier clubs, stage two was for the top-tier clubs. Poole won stage one and qualified for second and final stage.
Division Two First round Date Team one Score Team two23/04 Rayleigh 48-60 Poole22/04 Bristol 62-46 Ipswich22/04 Weymouth 49-59 Southampton21/04 Ipswich 81-27 Bristol19/04 Southampton 70-38 Weymouth18/04 Poole 69-39 Rayleigh
Division Two Second round Date Team one Score Team two23/05 Exeter 55-53 Swindon14/05 Coventry 75-33 Oxford14/05 Swindon 66-42 Exeter13/05 Leicester 49-59 Southampton12/05 Ipswich 66-41 Poole12/05 Oxford 66-42 Coventry10/05 Southampton 59-49 Leicester09/05 Poole 70-37 Ipswich
Division Two semifinals Date Team one Score Team two13/06 Poole 68-40 Swindon04/06 Coventry 54-54 Southampton04/06 Swindon 62-46 Poole31/05 Southampton 56-52 Coventry
Division Two final First leg
Second leg
Midland Cup For the Midland Cup see the 1955 Speedway National League.
Riders & final averages
Bristol (withdrew)
10.79 7.87 6.81 5.38 4.14 3.88 3.23 2.40 2.40 1.12
Coventry
8.44 8.34 7.47 7.10 5.59 4.99 4.31 4.17 4.16
Exeter
10.38 9.49 6.93 6.40 5.62 4.82 4.63 4.32 3.18 2.63
Ipswich
9.45 8.28 8.08 (George Snailum) 5.91 5.64 4.98 4.45 3.84 3.53 3.14 2.44 2.10
Leicester
10.48 7.26 6.71 6.29 5.82 5.10 4.82 2.74
Oxford
8.15 7.47 7.39 6.40 5.86 5.44 4.42 3.33 1.82
Poole
9.96 8.54 7.22 7.14 6.67 6.57 6.50 5.89 3.73
Rayleigh
9.32 8.99 7.69 6.88 6.57 5.26 4.55 3.50 3.16 2.86
Southampton
9.84 7.48 7.39 5.71 5.35 5.30 5.27 5.17 4.74
Swindon
8.81 8.61 8.16 6.98 5.76 4.93 3.41 4.37 3.24
Weymouth (withdrew)
7.50 6.86 5.83 5.53 4.88 3.29 2.15 1.82
See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
References