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1951 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1951 Individual Speedway World Championship was the sixth edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4]

Australia's Jack Young won the World Championship. Young won a run-off for the title with British rider Split Waterman and fellow Australian Jack Biggs after all three riders had finished on 12 points.[5][6]

The 1951 World Final was held before a reported crowd of 93,000 at Wembley Stadium.

First qualifying round edit

  • The top 13 riders qualify for the second qualifying round.[7]
Date Venue Winner
31 May Penarth Road Stadium Derek Tailby
2 June Aldershot Stadium Trevor Redmond
2 June Rayleigh Weir Stadium Tony Lewis
2 June Abbey Stadium Hugh Geddes
4 June County Ground Stadium Johnny Sargeant

Second qualifying round edit

  • Top Qualifiers go forward to the Championship round.[8]
Date Venue Winner
10 July Ashfield Stadium Eric Williams
10 July Banister Court Stadium Tom Oakley
10 July Yarmouth Stadium Fred Brand
11 July Highbury Stadium (Fleetwood) Wilf Jay
11 July White City Stadium, Glasgow Tommy Miller
11 July The Shay Arthur Forrest
12 July Oxford Stadium Jack Young
13 July Leicester Stadium Geoff Mardon
13 July The Stadium, Motherwell Gordon McGregor
13 July Brough Park Stadium Dick Campbell
16 July Dudley Wood Stadium Phil Clarke
16 July Stanley Stadium Ken Sharples
16 July Walthamstow Stadium Jim Boyd
21 July Brandon Stadium Tommy Miller
21 July Old Meadowbank Jack Young
21 July Sun Street Stadium Bruce Abernethy
21 July The Firs Stadium Bob Leverenz

Championship Round edit

  • Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final
Date Venue Winner
13 August Wimbledon Stadium Split Waterman
14 August West Ham Stadium Bruce Abernethy
15 August New Cross Stadium Bob Leverenz
16 August Wembley Stadium Freddie Williams
18 August Hyde Road Stadium Bruce Semmens
18 August Perry Barr Stadium Alan Hunt
18 August Odsal Stadium Eddie Rigg
31 August Knowle Stadium Norman Parker
31 August Harringay Stadium Jack Biggs

Scores edit

  • Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final
Pos. Rider Total pts
1   Jack Biggs 29
2   Split Waterman 27
3   Alan Hunt 26
4   Aub Lawson 25
5   Ronnie Moore 25
6   Freddie Williams 24
7   Louis Lawson 23
8   Bob Leverenz 23
9   Norman Parker 23
10   Ernie Roccio 23
11   Eric Williams 23
12   Jack Young 23
13   Cyril Brine 22
14   Jeff Lloyd 22
15   Jack Parker 22
16   Eddie Rigg 22
17   Dick Bradley 21
18   Geoff Mardon 21
19   Billy Hole 21
20   Bill Kitchen 20
21   Len Williams 20
22   John Reason 19
23   Bob Oakley 19
24   Bruce Abernethy 19
25   Eric Boothroyd 18
26   Derick Close 17
27   Graham Warren 17
28   Tom Oakley 17
29   Dennis Gray 17
30   Eric Chitty 17
31   Fred Curtis 16
32   Bruce Semmens 16
33   Vic Emms 16
34   Arthur Forrest 16
35   Eric French 15
36   Olle Nygren 15
Pos. Rider Total pts
37   Ron Mountford 15
38   Frank Lawrence 15
39   Wally Green 14
40   Malcolm Craven 13
41   Henry Long 13
42   Len Read 13
43   Ken Adams 13
44   Trevor Redmond 12
45   Dent Oliver 12
46   Peter Robinson 12
47   Tommy Price 12
48   Tommy Miller 12
49   Jack Mountford 12
50   Phil Clarke 12
51   Ken Sharples 11
52   Noel Watson 10
53   Roy Craighead 10
54   Wilf Jay 9
55   Bill Kemp 9
56   Cyril Roger 9
57   George Smith 9
58   Harry Saunders 9
59   Gordon McGregor 9
60   Chris Boss 9
61   Jimmy Squibb 6
62   Harry Edwards 6
63   Son Mitchell 6
64   Fred Brand 6
65   Bob Baker 6
66   Ron Peace 5
67   Eric Salmon 4
68   Geoff Pymar 4
69   Frank Hodgson 3
70   Junior Bainbridge 2
71   Jack Hodgson 1
72   Merv Harding 0

World final edit

  • 20 September 1951
  •   London, Wembley Stadium
Pos. Rider Points Heats
1   Jack Young 12+3 (2,2,3,3,2)
2   Split Waterman 12+2 (1,3,3,2,3)
3   Jack Biggs 12+1 (3,3,3,3,0)
4   Ronnie Moore 11 (2,2,2,2,3)
5   Jack Parker 10 (0,1,3,3,3)
6   Louis Lawson 10 (2,0,2,3,3)
7   Eddie Rigg 8 (3,3,1,1,0)
8   Bob Leverenz 7 (3,2,1,0,1)
9   Freddie Williams 7 (3,1,0,2,1)
10   Aub Lawson 7 (1,2,2,0,2)
11   Jeff Lloyd 6 (1,3,1,0,1)
12   Eric Williams 6 (0,1,1,2,2)
13   Cyril Brine 3 (1,E,2,0,0)
14   Norman Parker 3 (0,1,1,1,0)
15   Ernie Roccio 2 (2,0,0,0,-)
16   Alan Hunt 2 (F,F,0,1,1)
  Dick Bradley (res) 2 (2)
  Geoff Mardon (res) – –

Classification edit

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos
1   (2) Jack Young 12+3 2 2 3 3 2 12 1
2   (3) Split Waterman 12+2 1 3 3 2 3 12 2
3   (13) Jack Biggs 12+1 3 3 3 3 0 12 3
4   (15) Ronnie Moore 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 4
5   (5) Jack Parker 10 0 1 3 3 3 10 5
6   (9) Louis Lawson 10 2 0 2 3 3 10 6
7   (4) Eddie Rigg 8 3 3 1 1 0 8 7
8   (8) Bob Leverenz 7 3 2 1 0 1 7 8
9   (12) Freddie Williams 7 3 1 0 2 1 7 9
10   (6) Aub Lawson 7 1 2 2 0 2 7 10
11   (14) Jeff Lloyd 6 1 3 1 0 1 6 11
12   (11) Eric Williams 6 0 1 1 2 2 6 12
13   (10) Cyril Brine 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 13
14   (1) Norman Parker 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 14
15   (7) Ernie Roccio 2 2 0 0 0 - 2 15
16   (16) Alan Hunt 2 - - 0 1 1 2 16
  (17) Dick Bradley 2 2 2
  (18) Geoff Mardon 0 0
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Podium edit

1951 Podium:

  1.     Jack Young (Australia)
  2.     Split Waterman (Great Britain)
  3.     Jack Biggs (Australia)

References edit

  1. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  2. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  6. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Speedway". Weekly Dispatch (London). 27 May 1951. Retrieved 4 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Pioneer Ron comes to Bristol track". Bristol Evening World. 6 July 1951. Retrieved 4 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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