1949 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1949 Individual Speedway World Championship was the fourth edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

It was the first running of the event since its suspension in 1939, due to World War II. The World final at London's Wembley Stadium, was held in front of a reported 93,000 strong crowd and the Championship was won Tommy Price.[7]

Qualification (Championship Round)

Venues
  1. 8 August 1949 – London, Wimbledon Stadium
  2. 10 August 1949 – London, New Cross Stadium
  3. 22 August 1949 – Birmingham, Perry Barr Stadium
  4. 25 August 1949 – London, Wembley Stadium
  5. 27 August 1949 – Manchester, Hyde Road Stadium
  6. 27 August 1949 – Bradford, Odsal Stadium
  7. 30 August 1949 – London, West Ham Stadium
  8. 2 September 1949 – London, Harringay Stadium

Scores
  • Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final
Pos.RiderTotal pts
1 Tommy Price38
2 Graham Warren38
3 Dent Oliver37
4 Aub Lawson37
5 Bill Gilbert36
6 Wilbur Lamoreaux35
7 Lloyd Goffe34
8 Jack Parker34
9 Bill Kitchen33
10 Cyril Roger31
11 Louis Lawson30
12 Bill Longley30
13 Norman Parker30
14 Ken Le Breton29
15 Cliff Watson29
16 Ron Clarke27
17 Oliver Hart27
18 Alec Statham25
19 Cyril Brine25
Pos.RiderTotal pts
20 Malcolm Craven25
21 Geoff Pymar23
22 Doug McLachlan23
23 Geoff Bennett20
24 Jeff Lloyd18
25 Mike Erskine18
26 Ray Duggan17
27 Charles Cullum17
28 Eric Chitty15
29 Split Waterman15
30 George Wilks15
31 Eddie Rigg14
32 Ken Sharples14
33 Roy Craighead13
34 Nobby Stock13
35 Gil Craven12
36 Jack Biggs11
37 Bob Harrison9
38 Stan Dell2

World final
Pos.RiderPointsHeats
1 Tommy Price15(3,3,3,3,3)
2 Jack Parker14(3,3,3,2,3)
3 Louis Lawson13(2,2,3,3,3)
4 Norman Parker10(3,3,2,2,0)
5 Wilbur Lamoreaux9(2,2,3,0,2)
6 Bill Kitchen9(3,1,2,2,1)
7 Ron Clarke8(1,0,2,3,2)
8 Aub Lawson8(1,3,1,1,2)
9 Bill Longley8(1,2,2,1,2)
10 Cyril Roger7(2,0,1,1,3)
11 Bill Gilbert6(2,1,3,0,0)
12 Graham Warren5(0,2,0,2,1)
13 Ken Le Breton4(1,0,1,1,1)
14 Lloyd Goffe2(0,1,0,0,1)
15 Cliff Watson1(0,1,0,0,0)
16 Dent Oliver0(0,0,-,-,-)
Oliver Hart1(1,0,0)
Alec Statham – –

References
  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 FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  6. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  7. "Price Wins World Speedway Title For England". Western Daily Press. 23 September 1949. Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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