1954 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1954 Individual Speedway World Championship.
World final
- September 15, 1954 LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Wembley Stadium
Pos. | Rider | Heat Scores | Total |
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1 | 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.... |
(3,3,3,3,3) | 15 |
2 | Brian Crutcher Brian Crutcher Brian Crutcher is a former international speedway rider who finished second at the 1954 Speedway World Championship finals.-Career:... |
(3,1,2,3,3) | 13+3 |
3 | 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... |
(2,3,3,3,2) | 13+2 |
4 | Jack Young Jack Young (speedway rider) Jack Ellis Young was a Motorcycle speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1951 and 1952... |
(3,1,3,3,1) | 11 |
5 | 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:... |
(2,1,3,1,2) | 9 |
6 | Barry Briggs Barry Briggs Barry Briggs MBE from Christchurch, New Zealand is a former Speedway rider.He won the World Individual Championship title four times - in 1957, 1958, 1964 and 1966. He appeared in a record 17 consecutive World Individual finals , and a record 18 in all, during which he scored a record 201 points... |
(1,2,2,2,2) | 9 |
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:... |
(0,3,2,2,0) | 7 |
8 | Fred Brand | (3,1,3,2,1) | 7 |
9 | Jack Biggs | (1,3,1,1,1) | 6 |
10 | Arthur Forrest Arthur Forrest Arthur Forrest was a former international speedway who qualified for the Speedway World Championship finals five times.-Career summary:... |
(0,1,0,2,3) | 5 |
11 | 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:... |
(1,0,2,0,2) | 5 |
12 | 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... |
(2,2,1,0,0) | 5 |
13 | 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:... |
(0,2,1,1,1) | 5 |
14 | 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... |
(2,0,0,2,0) | 4 |
15 | Peter Craven Peter Craven Peter Theodore Craven was an English motorcycle racer. He was a finalist in each FIM Speedway World Championship from 1954 to 1963 and he won the title twice . He was British Champion in 1962-63.... |
(F,0,0,0,3) | 3 |
16 | Ove Fundin Ove Fundin Ove Fundin is a former speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship five times... |
(1,0,1,0,F) | 2 |
R1 | 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:... |
did not ride | |
R2 | 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:... |
did not ride | |