The 1929 Southern League was the inaugural season of motorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams. There was also a Northern League called the 1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League that started during the same year. The sport had been introduced to England in 1928 at High Beech Speedway.
Summary Stamford Bridge were crowned as the first champions, just two points ahead of Southampton Saints.Storey, Basil (1948) The Story of Speedway, WDS, p. 5 Birmingham Hall Green withdrew after 7 meetings and their record was expunged.
Final table Pos Team PL W D L Pts1 Stamford Bridge 20 17 0 3 342 Southampton Saints 20 16 0 4 323 Coventry 20 14 0 6 284 Crystal Palace Glaziers 20 11 0 9 225 Wembley Lions 20 11 0 9 226 West Ham Hammers 20 8 0 12 167 White City 20 8 0 12 168 Harringay Canaries 20 7 0 13 149 Birmingham (Perry Barr) 20 7 0 13 1410 Lea Bridge 20 6 0 14 1211 Wimbledon Dons 20 5 0 15 10
Withdrawal (Record expunged) : Birmingham Hall Green
Fixtures & results
Top Five Riders Team C.M.A. 1 Johnny Lloyd Hall Green 10.80 2 Jack Parker Coventry 10.76 3 Gus Kuhn Stamford Bridge 10.28 4 Jim Kempster Wimbledon Dons 10.00 5 Colin Watson White City 9.81
Riders and averages Birmingham Hall Green (withdrew)
Johnny Lloyd 10.80 George Povey 7.00 Cyril Taft 6.86 Bunny Wilcox 6.86 Cyril Locke 6.43 Tommy Cross 3.60 Bill Stanley 0.75
Birmingham (Perry Barr)
Wally Lloyd 7.20 Arthur Johnson 6.27 Norman Burton 5.00 Georg Britt 4.50 Les Patrick 4.20 Geoff Siddaway 4.20 Joe Dallison 3.50 Johnny Lloyd 3.00 Bill Ashcroft 3.00 Tim Reid 2.05
Coventry
Jack Parker 10.76 Wilmot Evans 7.16 Fred Wilkinson 7.15 Tom Farndon 6.73 Dilly Gittins 6.69 Arthur Tims 6.53 Norman Parker 6.35 Lew Lancaster 6.17 John Deeley 5.05 Cyril Lord 5.00 George Allbrook 4.83 Bill Stanley 4.22 Arthur Sanders 2.00
Crystal Palace
Triss Sharp 9.73 Wally Harris 7.50 Bryan Donkin 6.51 Joe Francis 4.98 Arthur Willmott 4.98 George Lovick 4.93 Jack Barrett 4.67
Harringay
Eric Spencer 9.64 Stan Spencer 6.55 Reg Pointer 6.28 Alf Medcalf 4.68 Lou Burger 4.43 Will Dennis 4.32 Ray Parsons 4.29 Leonard Dicky Bird 4.20 Bill Crouch 3.00 Bert Gerrish 0.67
Lea Bridge
Alf Foulds 8.12 Jimmy Stevens 7.70 Tommy Croombs 6.00 Stew Fairbairn 4.29 Harold Osment 4.20 Roy Dook 4.15 Frank Bond 4.11 Eric Parry 3.50 Alec Slow 3.14 Alf Merrell 3.00
Southampton
Eric Lister 8.90 Tommy Cullis 8.51 Clarrie Eldridge 8.15 Vic Collins 7.30 Col Stewart 6.30 Jimmy Hayes 6.71 Don Durant 5.50 Albert Wakerley 5.40 Jimmy Pink 5.33 Cecil Bounds 4.80 Ernie Rickman 4.25
Stamford Bridge
Gus Kuhn 10.28 Bert Bolt 8.48 Colin Ford 8.11 Wal Phillips 7.64 Dick Bellamy 7.50 Les Blakebrough 7.13 Arthur Warwick 7.00 Fred Ralph 6.88 Bill White 6.60 Nick Nicol 4.41 Bill Bragg 4.33
Wembley
Jack Ormston 8.25 Buster Frogley 8.17 Stan Catlett 7.76 Bert Fairweather 6.24 Len Reeve 5.79 Ron Hieatt 5.09 Jack Jackson 4.86 Vic Deale 3.43 Crawley Rous 3.00 Nobby Key 1.00
West Ham
John Williams 7.62 Tiger Stevenson 7.54 Don Durant 7.15 Den Taylor 5.75 Jack Adams 5.64 Reg Bounds 5.60 Bruce McCallum 5.50 Ivor Creek 4.80 Maurice Bradshaw 4.00 Bluey Wilkinson 3.60 Buzz Hibberd 3.18 Les Maguire 5.74
White City
Colin Watson 9.81 Harold Crook 6.65 Del Forster 6.22 Clem Cort 5.28 Hilary Buchanan 5.21 Larry Coffey 4.80 Fred Hore 4.36 Leonard Dicky Bird 3.29 Frank Ewen 3.09
Wimbledon
Jim Kempster 10.00 Mart Sieffert 7.83 Jimmy Stevens 6.75 Cecil Brown 6.20 Alf Sawford 5.71 Les Dearth 4.86 Dudley Cox 4.36 Alf Summersby 4.24 Jack Kidwell 4.11 Eddie Slade-Jones 3.46 Fred Osborne 3.00 Sid Chambers 2.45 Rube Sonny Wilson 1.62
See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
References