The 1955 Southern Area League was the second season of the regional third tier of speedway racing in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams. The season started with the same five teams that finished the previous season.
Rye House Roosters were the champions. Vic Hall of Brafield topped the averages.
Ringwood Turfs withdrew mid-season.
Final table Pos Team PL W D L Pts1 Rye House Roosters 12 10 0 2 202 California Poppies 12 7 0 5 143 Brafield Flying Foxes 12 6 0 6 124 Eastbourne Eagles 12 1 0 11 2
Withdrawal (Record expunged) : Ringwood Turfs
Fixtures & results A fixtures
B fixtures
Leading Averages Rider Team C.M.A. 1 Vic Hall Brafield 9.90 2 Mike Broadbank Rye House 9.67 3 Brian Meredith Brafield 9.36 4 Vic Ridgeon Rye House 9.17 5 Al Sparrey Rye House 8.95
Riders' Championship Mike Broadbank won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at Rye House Stadium on 25 September.
Pos. Rider Club Pts1 Mike Broadbank Rye House 152 Vic Ridgeon Rye House 123 Ron Sharp California 114 Merv Hannam Eastbourne105 Dave Slater Rye House 106 Gil Goldfinch California 97 Tom Reader Eastbourne 98 Eric Hockaday California 79 Bryan Meredith Brafield 610 Jimmy Heard Rye House6 11 Tommy Sweetman California 512 Colin Gooddy Brafield 5 13 Pete MouldCalifornia 5 14 Stan Bedford Rye House315 Ross Gilbertson California 216 Bob Anderson California 0
Riders & final averages
Brafield
Vic Hall 9.89 Brian Meredith 9.33 Frank Greasley 8.20 Alan Pearce 7.60 Dave Hankins 5.89 Colin Gooddy 5.87 Brian Miller 5.60 Hank Bird 5.60 Neil Roberts 5.18
California
Bob Andrews 7.76 Jimmy Gleed 7.73 Pete Mold 7.65 Gil Goldfinch 7.43 Tommy Sweetman 7.00 Eric Hockaday 6.97 Ross Gilbertson 6.75 Ron Sharp 6.19 Bob Anderson 2.00
Eastbourne
Merv Hannam 8.92 Wally Wilson 5.88 Jim Preddy 4.42 Bert Little 4.42 Gerry Bridson 4.00 Bob Bunney 3.66 George Smithson 3.56 Dave Collett 3.43 Dave Freeborn 2.00
Ringwood (withdrew)
Merv Hannam 7.20 Gerry Bridson 5.26 Tom Reader 5.17 Glyn Chandler 4.91 Gordon Richards 4.31 Mike Tamms 4.00 George Hutchinson 2.55
Rye House
Mike Broadbank 9.75 Vic Ridgeon 9.25 Al Sparrey 9.05 Jimmy Heard 8.25 Dave Slater 7.41 Stan Bedford 7.35 Geoff Woodger 6.89 Bill Simpson 6.55 Vernon Brown 4.24 Gerry King 2.93
See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway)
References