1951 Individual Speedway World Championship

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

World final[edit]

  • 20 September 1951
  • England London, Wembley Stadium
Pos. Rider Points Heats
1 Australia Jack Young 12+3 (2,2,3,3,2)
2 England Split Waterman 12+2 (1,3,3,2,3)
3 Australia Jack Biggs 12+1 (3,3,3,3,0)
4 New Zealand Ronnie Moore 11 (2,2,2,2,3)
5 England Jack Parker 10 (0,1,3,3,3)
6 England Louis Lawson 10 (2,0,2,3,3)
7 England Eddie Rigg 8 (3,3,1,1,0)
8 Australia Bob Leverenz 7 (3,2,1,0,1)
9 Wales Freddie Williams 7 (3,1,0,2,1)
10 Australia Aub Lawson 7 (1,2,2,0,2)
11 England Jeff Lloyd 6 (1,3,1,0,1)
12 Wales Eric Williams 6 (0,1,1,2,2)
13 England Cyril Brine 3 (1,E,2,0,0)
14 England Norman Parker 3 (0,1,1,1,0)
15 United States Ernie Roccio 2 (2,0,0,0,-)
16 England Alan Hunt 2 (F,F,0,1,1)
England Dick Bradley (res) 2 (2)
New Zealand 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 Australia (2) Jack Young 12+3 2 2 3 3 2 12 1
2 England (3) Split Waterman 12+2 1 3 3 2 3 12 2
3 Australia (13) Jack Biggs 12+1 3 3 3 3 0 12 3
4 New Zealand (15) Ronnie Moore 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 4
5 England (5) Jack Parker 10 0 1 3 3 3 10 5
6 England (9) Louis Lawson 10 2 0 2 3 3 10 6
7 England (4) Eddie Rigg 8 3 3 1 1 0 8 7
8 Australia (8) Bob Leverenz 7 3 2 1 0 1 7 8
9 Wales (12) Freddie Williams 7 3 1 0 2 1 7 9
10 Australia (6) Aub Lawson 7 1 2 2 0 2 7 10
11 England (14) Jeff Lloyd 6 1 3 1 0 1 6 11
12 Wales (11) Eric Williams 6 0 1 1 2 2 6 12
13 England (10) Cyril Brine 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 13
14 England (1) Norman Parker 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 14
15 United States (7) Ernie Roccio 2 2 0 0 0 - 2 15
16 England (16) Alan Hunt 2 - - 0 1 1 2 16
England (17) Dick Bradley 2 2 2
New Zealand (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. Gold Australia Jack Young (Australia)
  2. Silver England Split Waterman (Great Britain)
  3. Bronze Australia 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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