1951 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1951 Individual Speedway World Championship.

Speedway riders from Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 and Republic of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 was started in World Championship first time. Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

's Jack Young
Jack Young (speedway rider)
Jack Ellis Young was a Motorcycle speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1951 and 1952...

 became the first British second division rider to win the World Championship.

1951 Podium:
  1.   Jack Young
    Jack Young (speedway rider)
    Jack Ellis Young was a Motorcycle speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1951 and 1952...

     (Australia)
  2.   Split Waterman
    Split Waterman
    Squire Francis Waterman is a former international speedway rider who finished twice finished second in the Speedway World Championship final.-Career summary:...

     (Great Britain)
  3.   Jack Biggs (Australia)

Qualification

8 events in Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

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Pos. Rider Total pts
1   Jack Biggs  29
2   Split Waterman
Split Waterman
Squire Francis Waterman is a former international speedway rider who finished twice finished second in the Speedway World Championship final.-Career summary:...

 
27
3   Alan Hunt
Alan Hunt (speedway rider)
Alan Hunt was an international motorcycle speedway rider who qualified for the Speedway World Championship final four times.-Career:...

 
26
4   Aub Lawson
Aub Lawson
Aubrey "Aub" Lawson was an Australian international speedway rider who featured in ten World Championship finals including the 1939 final which was never run due to the outbreak of World War II.-Career:Lawson first came to the UK in 1939 and rode for the Wembley Lions but at his mother's...

 
25
5   Ronnie Moore
Ronnie Moore (speedway rider)
Ronnie Moore MBE is a former international Speedway rider. His family moved to New Zealand when he was still a child and although Moore was born in Australia, he has always considered himself to be a New Zealander....

 
25
6   Freddie Williams
Freddie Williams (speedway rider)
Freddie Williams is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Wales who was World Champion on two occasions. He was the winner of the Speedway World Championship in 1950 and 1953 and runner-up in 1952.-Career:...

 
24
7   Louis Lawson
Louis Lawson
Louis Lawson is a former international motorcycle speedway motorcyclist who finished third in the 1949 Speedway World Championship final.-Career summary:...

 
23
8   Bob Leverenz
Bob Leverenz
Bob Leverenz was an international speedway rider who featured in the 1951 Speedway World Championship final.Leverenz was born in Findon, South Australia, Australia.-Career:...

 
23
9   Norman Parker
Norman Parker (speedway rider)
Norman Parker was an international speedway rider who rode in the inaugural Speedway World Championship in 1936 as a reserve.-Brief career summary:...

 
23
10   Ernie Roccio  23
11   Eric Williams  23
12   Jack Young
Jack Young (speedway rider)
Jack Ellis Young was a Motorcycle speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1951 and 1952...

 
23
13   Cyril Brine
Cyril Brine
Cyril Harry Brine was a former international speedway who qualified for the Speedway World Championship finals twice.-Career summary:...

 
22
14   Jeff Lloyd
Jeff Lloyd
Alfred Jeffrey Lloyd was a former international speedway who qualified for the Speedway World Championship finals three times.-Career summary:...

 
22
15   Jack Parker
Jack Parker (speedway rider)
Jack Parker was an international speedway rider who made his debut at the Whitsun meeting at High Beech in 1928. He was born in Birmingham England.-Brief career summary:...

 
22
16   Eddie Rigg
Eddie Rigg
Edward Rigg was a former international speedway who finished twice finished seventh in the Speedway World Championship final.-Career summary:...

 
22
17   Dick Bradley  21
18   Geoff Mardon
Geoff Mardon
Geoff Mardon is a former speedway rider. He rode for the Aldershot Shots, the Wimbledon Dons and the Southampton Saints.-Career:Mardon began riding at the Aranui Speedway in Christchurch in 1949, the same track that would later start the career of six time World Champion and fellow Christchurch...

 
21
19   Billy Hole  21
20   Bill Kitchen
Bill Kitchen (speedway rider)
William Kitchen is a former international speedway rider who started his career with the Belle Vue Aces in 1933.-Career summary:...

 
20
21   Len Williams
Len Williams
Len Williams is a former Canadian Football League quarterback.After playing his college football at Northwestern University, Williams played 17 games with the Las Vegas Posse in 1994, completing 80 of 138 passes for 1222 yards, 10 touchdowns and 8 interceptions. He also rushed for 86 yards and 1...

 
20
22   John Reason  19
23   Bob Oakley  19
24   Bruce Abernethy  19
25   Eric Boothroyd  18
26   Derick Close
Derick Close
Derek Close was a former international motorcycle speedway rider reached the final of Speedway World Championship in 1952.-Career:...

 
17
27   Graham Warren
Graham Warren
Graham Warren was an Australian international speedway rider who finished third in the 1950 Speedway World Championship final.-Career:...

 
17
28   Tom Oakley  17
29   Dennis Gray  17
30   Eric Chitty
Eric Chitty
Eric Stevenson Chitty was a speedway rider who won the London Riders' Championship in 1938.-Early days:...

 
17
31   Fred Curtis
Fred Curtis
Frederick Maroin Curtis was a Major League Baseball first baseman. Curtis played for the New York Highlanders in the season. In two career games, he had two hits, in 9 at-bats, a .222 batting average. He batted and threw right-handed.Curtis was born in Beaver Lake, Michigan and died in...

 
16
32   Bruce Semmens  16
33   Vic Emms  16
34   Arthur Forrest
Arthur Forrest
Arthur Forrest was a former international speedway who qualified for the Speedway World Championship finals five times.-Career summary:...

 
16
35   Eric French  15
36   Olle Nygren
Olle Nygren
Harald-Olof Ingemar Nygren is a former international speedway rider who reached the finals of the Speedway World Championship five times. Nygren was Swedish Champion in 1949 and became Nordic Champion in 1960...

 
15
Pos. Rider Total pts
37   Ron Mountford  15
38   Frank Lawrence  15
39   Wally Green
Wally Green
Walter 'Wally' Green was a former international motorcycle speedway rider who finished second in the World Championship final in 1950.-Career:...

 
14
40   Malcolm Craven  13
41   Henry Long  13
42   Len Read  13
43   Ken Adams  13
44   Trevor Redmond
Trevor Redmond
Trevor Redmond - died 1997) was a speedway rider who mainly rode for the Aldershot Shots, and the Wembley Lions. Redmond also opened a speedway track in Neath, Wales in 1962.-Rider:...

 
12
45   Dent Oliver
Dent Oliver
John Walter Denton Oliver was a former international speedway who qualified for the Speedway World Championship finals three times.-Career summary:...

 
12
46   Peter Robinson  12
47   Tommy Price
Tommy Price
Thomas Tommy Price was an international Speedway rider. In 1949 he won the first Speedway World Championship to be held after the Second World War.-Career:...

 
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
Cyril Roger
Cyril Roger was a former international motorcycle speedway rider reached the final of Speedway World Championship five times.-Career:...

 
9
57   George Smith  9
58   Harry Saunders
Harry Saunders
Henry George 'Harry' Saunders was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the VFL during the 1910s and 1920s....

 
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
Geoff Pymar
Geoffrey 'Geoff' Pymar was a former international motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the World Championship final in 1938.-Career:...

 
4
69   Frank Hodgson  3
70   Junior Bainbridge  2
71   Jack Hodgson  1
72   Merv Harding  0

World final

  • 20 September 1951 London
    London
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    , Wembley Stadium

Pos. Rider Points Heats
1   Jack Young
Jack Young (speedway rider)
Jack Ellis Young was a Motorcycle speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1951 and 1952...

 
12+3 (2,2,3,3,2)
2   Split Waterman
Split Waterman
Squire Francis Waterman is a former international speedway rider who finished twice finished second in the Speedway World Championship final.-Career summary:...

 
12+2 (1,3,3,2,3)
3   Jack Biggs  12+1 (3,3,3,3,0)
4   Ronnie Moore
Ronnie Moore (speedway rider)
Ronnie Moore MBE is a former international Speedway rider. His family moved to New Zealand when he was still a child and although Moore was born in Australia, he has always considered himself to be a New Zealander....

 
11 (2,2,2,2,3)
5   Jack Parker
Jack Parker (speedway rider)
Jack Parker was an international speedway rider who made his debut at the Whitsun meeting at High Beech in 1928. He was born in Birmingham England.-Brief career summary:...

 
10 (0,1,3,3,3)
6   Louis Lawson
Louis Lawson
Louis Lawson is a former international motorcycle speedway motorcyclist who finished third in the 1949 Speedway World Championship final.-Career summary:...

 
10 (2,0,2,3,3)
7   Eddie Rigg
Eddie Rigg
Edward Rigg was a former international speedway who finished twice finished seventh in the Speedway World Championship final.-Career summary:...

 
8 (3,3,1,1,0)
8   Bob Leverenz
Bob Leverenz
Bob Leverenz was an international speedway rider who featured in the 1951 Speedway World Championship final.Leverenz was born in Findon, South Australia, Australia.-Career:...

 
7 (3,2,1,0,1)
9   Freddie Williams
Freddie Williams (speedway rider)
Freddie Williams is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Wales who was World Champion on two occasions. He was the winner of the Speedway World Championship in 1950 and 1953 and runner-up in 1952.-Career:...

 
7 (3,1,0,2,1)
10   Aub Lawson
Aub Lawson
Aubrey "Aub" Lawson was an Australian international speedway rider who featured in ten World Championship finals including the 1939 final which was never run due to the outbreak of World War II.-Career:Lawson first came to the UK in 1939 and rode for the Wembley Lions but at his mother's...

 
7 (1,2,2,0,2)
11   Jeff Lloyd
Jeff Lloyd
Alfred Jeffrey Lloyd was a former international speedway who qualified for the Speedway World Championship finals three times.-Career summary:...

 
6 (1,3,1,0,1)
12   Eric Williams  6 (0,1,1,2,2)
13   Cyril Brine
Cyril Brine
Cyril Harry Brine was a former international speedway who qualified for the Speedway World Championship finals twice.-Career summary:...

 
3 (1,E,2,0,0)
14   Norman Parker
Norman Parker (speedway rider)
Norman Parker was an international speedway rider who rode in the inaugural Speedway World Championship in 1936 as a reserve.-Brief career summary:...

 
3 (0,1,1,1,0)
15   Ernie Roccio  2 (2,0,0,0,-)
16   Alan Hunt
Alan Hunt (speedway rider)
Alan Hunt was an international motorcycle speedway rider who qualified for the Speedway World Championship final four times.-Career:...

 
2 (F,F,0,1,1)
  Dick Bradley  2 (2)
  Geoff Mardon
Geoff Mardon
Geoff Mardon is a former speedway rider. He rode for the Aldershot Shots, the Wimbledon Dons and the Southampton Saints.-Career:Mardon began riding at the Aranui Speedway in Christchurch in 1949, the same track that would later start the career of six time World Champion and fellow Christchurch...

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