The 1930 Southern League was the second season of speedway in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams. The Northern teams also had their second season known as the 1930 Speedway Northern League.

Summary White City had left the league but three new teams - High Beech, Leicester Stadium and Nottingham all joined and Birmingham Bulldogs returned as Hall Green Bulldogs. The Wembley Lions won their first title. Birmingham Brummies (Perry Barr) withdrew after 4 meetings and their record was expungedSpeedway Researcher

Final table Pos Team PL W D L Pts1 Wembley Lions 24 20 1 3 412 Southampton Saints 24 17 1 6 353 Stamford Bridge Pensioners 24 16 1 7 334 Wimbledon Dons 24 16 1 7 335 Hall Green Bulldogs 24 13 1 10 276 Coventry 24 13 1 10 277 Crystal Palace Glaziers 24 11 1 12 238 Lea Bridge 24 10 1 13 219 West Ham Hammers 24 10 0 14 2010 Leicester Stadium 24 8 1 15 1711 High Beech 24 8 0 16 1612 Harringay Canaries 24 7 0 17 1413 Nottingham 24 2 1 21 5

Withdrawal (Record expunged) : Birmingham (Perry Barr)

Fixtures & results

Top Five Riders Team C.M.A. 1 Vic Huxley Harringay 10.55 2 Jack Parker Coventry 10.34 3 Jack Ormston Wembley 10.29 4 Colin Watson Harringay/Wembley 10.15 5 Billy Dallison Hall Green 10.07

London Cup The 1930 London Cup was the inaugural competition for teams from the London area. Wembley were the winners.

First round Team one Score Team twoCrystal Palace 52–43, 33–62 WimbledonWembley 71–25, 44–52 High BeechStamford Bridge 60–35, 53–40 West HamHarringay 52–44, 47–47 Lea Bridge Semi final round Team one Score Team twoHarringay50–46, 38–58 Stamford BridgeWimbledon 39–56, 44–52 Wembley

Final

First leg

Second leg

Wembley won on aggregate 105–83

Riders & final averages

Birmingham

Wally Lloyd 6.67 Clem Mitchell 6.67 Tim Reid 4.00 Arthur Johnson 2.00 Geoff Siddaway 2.00 Joe Hassall 2.00

Coventry

Jack Parker 10.34 Tom Farndon 8.30 Norman Parker 7.25 Arthur Tims 6.56 Wilmot Evans 5.78 John Deeley 5.71 Bill Stanley 5.68 Lew Lancaster 4.63 Cecil Walker 4.57 George Allbrook 2.91

Crystal Palace

Roger Frogley 9.39 Triss Sharp 8.63 Ron Johnson 8.52 Joe Francis 6.52 Wally Lloyd 6.32 Clem Mitchell 5.93 Jack Barrett 5.13 Harry Shepherd 4.20

Hall Green

Billy Dallison 10.07 Harry Taft 7.84 Bunny Wilcox 7.17 Reg Hutchins 6.93 Cyril Taft 5.46 Jimmy Gent 5.00 Les Patrick 4.24

Harringay

Vic Huxley 10.55 Alf Sawford 5.61 Howard Traynor 5.67 Bill Clibbett 5.13 Jack Kidwell 4.95 Stan Spencer 4.48 Wally Hicklin 4.17 Ron Thompson 3.10 Ivor Hill 2.61 Percy Bryant 2.00

High Beech

Phil Bishop 7.82 Stan Baines 7.71 Syd Edmonds 6.37 Jack Barnett 6.13 Stan Taylor 5.00 George Bishop 4.52 Jack Sharp 4.00 Charlie Upham 2.86 Charlie King 1.81

Lea Bridge

Charlie Spinks 7.88 Reg Stanley 7.47 Jimmy Stevens 7.45 Alf Foulds 7.30 Harold Hastings 6.34 Stew Fairbairn 6.22 Harold Osment 5.46 Ned Kelly 5.11 Alex Peel 2.00

Leicester

Cyril "Squib" Burton 9.67 Syd Jackson 8.76 Nobby Kendrick 5.59 Jack Rowley 5.44 Bill Crouch 4.98 Bill Pitcher 4.52 Arthur Johnson 3.00 Cylone Smith 2.15 Tom Taylor 1.54

Nottingham

George Wigfield 8.22 Nobby Key 6.84 Billy Ellmore 5.86 Joe Gooding 5.60 Buster Brown 4.81 Wally Humphrry 4.48 Spencer Stratton 4.22 Reg Lucas 3.26

Southampton

Vic Collins 9.26 Sprouts Elder 9.25 Arnie Hansen 8.81 Frank Goulden 7.73 Geoff Taylor 7.68 Jimmy Hayes 6.71 Dick Sulway 5.93 Clarrie Eldridge 5.74 Eric Lister 5.71 Ken Purser 5.25

Stamford Bridge

Frank Arthur 9.84 Gus Kuhn 9.35 Arthur Warwick 8.70 Wal Phillips 8.33 Don Boswell 6.22 Les Blakebrough 5.51 Colin Ford 5.40 Nick Nicol 4.41 Fred Ralph 4.00 Bill White 1.50

Wembley

Jack Ormston 10.29 Colin Watson 10.04 Stan Catlett 8.59 Harry Whitfield 7.73 Arthur Atkinson 7.65 Norman Evans 6.89 Buster Frogley 6.34 George Greenwood 6.26 Wally Kilmister 2.67

West Ham

Tommy Croombs 9.10 Tiger Stevenson 8.64 Reg Bounds 8.33 Bluey Wilkinson 8.24 Don Durant 6.46 Roy Dook 6.29 Arthur Westwood 5.70 Den Taylor 4.73 Les Maguire 3.91 Bert Jones 3.37 Allen Kilfoyle 2.75

Wimbledon

Jim Kempster 9.21 Dicky Case 8.48 Billy Lamont 7.59 Ray Tauser 7.40 Len Parker 7.17 Mart Sieffert 5.03 Les Dearth 4.80 Del Forster 4.22 Harold Crook 3.27

See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

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