The 1930 Northern League was the second season of speedway in the United Kingdom for Northern British teams. The league was previously known as the English Dirt Track League but the addition of two Scottish teams prompted a name change and 1930 was the inaugural Northern League. The Southern teams also had their second season known as the 1930 Speedway Southern League. The league was won by Belle Vue Aces.
Summary The league came under the jurisdiction of the Auto-Cycle Union.
There were many team changes from the previous season. Reigning champions Leeds Lions, Halifax, Salford and Middlesbrough dropped out. Manchester White City, Belle Vue and Warrington renewed their participation having withdrawn partway through the previous season. Edinburgh, Glasgow White City and Wombwell were new entrants. Barnsley, Manchester White City withdrew during the season but their records were not expunged. Rochdale decided to go into voluntary liquidation in August.
Eddie Reynolds was killed during the Glasgow Handicap match at the White City Stadium, Glasgow on 27 May 1930. After falling from his bike he was hit by Arthur Moser and suffered fatal injuries. Two more riders were killed later that season, James Carnie died on 24 July 1930, after crashing at Farringdon Park in Preston in the Golden Helmet event and William Owen was killed on 31 August, at Audenshaw Speedway in a handicap event.
Final table Pos Team PL W D L Pts1 Belle Vue Aces 21 19 1 1 392 Liverpool 20 15 0 5 303 Manchester White City 15 13 0 2 264 Preston 18 10 0 8 205 Warrington 17 8 0 9 166 Leicester Super 18 6 1 11 137 Sheffield Blades 14 6 0 8 128 Edinburgh 12 5 0 7 129 Newcastle 15 5 0 10 1010 Glasgow White City 17 4 0 13 811 Rochdale 12 4 0 8 812 Barnsley 13 4 0 9 813 Wombwell 12 2 0 10 4
Results and fixtures
Top Five Riders Team C.M.A. 1 Ginger Lees Liverpool 10.89 2 Frank Varey Belle Vue 10.84 3 Joe Abbott Preston 10.79 4 Frank CharlesManchester White City 10.25 5 Eric Langton Belle Vue 9.70
Riders Barnsley
George Chance Joe Chance Billy Halstead Tom Lindley Arthur Moore Tommy Thompson Charlie Ward
Belle Vue
Len Blunt Frank Burgess Frank Charles Clem Cort Percy Dunn Dusty Haigh Bob Harrison Arthur Franklyn Arthur Jervis Eric Langton Bruce McCallum Len Myerscough Frank Varey
Edinburgh
George Cumming Bob McGregor George McKenzie Drew McQueen Syd Parsons Gordon Spalding Len Stewart
Glasgow
Allan Campbell Billy Galloway Norrie Isbister Billy Llewellyn Arthur Mann Andy Marr Arthur Moser Bill Naismith Andy Nicholl George Pinkerton Jimmie Pinkerton Johnnie Short Col Stewart Jack White
Leicester
Alec Bowerman Hal Herbert Fred Hore George Marsh Arthur Sherlock Bert Spencer Harold Stevens Nev Wheeler Fred Wilkinson Ned Wolloff
Liverpool
Eric Blain Phil Blake Larry Boulton Frank Chiswell Chris Hughes Ginger Lees Eddie Myerscough Thomas Arthur Price Les Wotton
Manchester
Frank Charles Max Grosskreutz Wally Hull Arthur Jervis Hugh Jervis Fred Strecker Arthur Wilcock Cyril Wilcock
Newcastle
Gordon Byers Arnie Cattell Tommy Groves Tommy Harrison Buzz Hibberd Alec Hill Jim Holder Harry Huntley Frank Parker Charles Sanderson Roy Sanderson Tommy Storey
Preston
Joe Abbott Ham Burrill Jack Chiswell Ivor Creek Thomas Arthur Price George Reynard Claude Rye Frank Smith Jack Tye
Rochdale
Jack Atkinson Buster Breaks Billy Howard Eddie Ingham Austin Humphries Scott Michie Bud Proctor Bill Sticpewich Geoff Wilson
Sheffield
Jack Barber Clem Beckett Jack Chapman Broncho Dixon Eric Hall Norman Hartley Chun Moore Laurie Packer Gus Platts Dick Wise
Warrington
Cyril Crowther Norman Dawson Harold Formby Tommy Hatch Charlie Hornby Oliver Langton Alex McLachlan George Milton Harry Solomon
Wombwell
William Burrows Jack Duddings Tommy Gamble Eric Gregory George Kilburn Frank Ledger Lester Moore
See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
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