The 1934 National League Division One was the sixth season of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain. It was also the first time that a second division/tier of racing was introduced following the creation of a reserves league.

Summary Birmingham Bulldogs (formerly Hall Green) and Lea Bridge rejoined the league.

Sheffield dropped out and most of their team joined Lea Bridge. Clapton Saints, who rode at Lea Bridge's stadium in the previous season relocated and raced as Harringay Tigers. Crystal Palace relocated to New Cross under the promotion of Fred Mockford, with the reason being that Mockford believed attendances would be larger.

Coventry and Nottingham also dropped out.

Lea Bridge had their licence revoked by the Speedway Control Board in late July and were relocated to Walthamstow Stadium, riding as the Walthamstow Wolves, who took on their last ten fixtures.

Belle Vue Aces won their second consecutive double of national title and Knockout Cup. They also completed the treble by winning the A.C.U Cup. Eric Langton of Belle Vue Aces finished with the highest average.

National League Final table Pos Team PL W D L Pts1 Belle Vue Aces 32 27 0 5 542 Wembley Lions 32 26 0 6 523 New Cross Lambs 32 21 0 11 424 West Ham Hammers 32 16 1 15 335 Wimbledon Dons 32 16 0 16 326 Harringay Tigers 32 14 1 17 297 Birmingham Bulldogs 32 9 0 23 188 Plymouth Tigers 32 8 2 22 189 Lea Bridge + Walthamstow Wolves 32 5 0 27 10*

Lea Bridge scored 8 points from 22 matches, Walthamstow scored 2 from 10

Fixtures & results

A fixtures

B fixtures

Top Ten Riders Rider Nat Team Points C.M.A. 1 Eric Langton Belle Vue 186.5 10.32 2 Vic Huxley Wimbledon 132 10.31 3 Jack Parker Harringay 230 10.07 4 Tom Farndon New Cross 240.5 10.06 5 Ginger Lees Wembley 230 9.96 6 Dicky Case Lea Bridge/Walthamstow 208 9.48 7 Bluey Wilkinson West Ham 210 9.08 8 Joe Abbott Belle Vue 168 9.05 9 Bill Kitchen Belle Vue 182 8.97 10 Tiger Stevenson West Ham 179 8.92

In the 1934 season, a league for reserves and junior riders was introduced. This wasn't continued in 1935. West Ham Reserves won the reserve league dropping just one point in 12 matches.

Reserve League Final table Pos Team PL W D L Pts1 West Ham Reserves 12 11 1 0 232 Wembley Reserves 12 7 2 3 163 Harringay Reserves 12 6 1 5 134 Wimbledon Reserves 12 6 1 5 135 Birmingham Reserves 12 4 0 8 86 Belle Vue Reserves 12 3 0 9 67 New Cross Reserves 12 2 1 9 5

National Trophy The 1934 National Trophy was the fourth edition of the Knockout Cup.

First round Date Team one Score Team two29/05 Plymouth 49-57 Lea Bridge

Quarterfinals Date Team one Score Team two26/06 Birmingham 36-69 Belle Vue23/06 Belle Vue 81-27 Birmingham25/06 Wimbledon 67-38 Lea Bridge29/06 Lea Bridge 60-47 Wimbledon28/06 Wembley 59-49 Harringay30/06 Harringay 33-74 Wembley26/06 West Ham 48.5-59.5 New Cross27/06 New Cross 69-36 West Ham

Semifinals Date Team one Score Team two28/07 Belle Vue 48-30 Wimbledon30/07 Wimbledon 32-75 Belle Vue25/07 New Cross 42-62 Wembley26/07 Wembley 67.5-40.5 New Cross

Final

First leg

Second leg

Belle Vue were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 164-87.

A.C.U Cup The 1934 Auto-Cycle Union Cup was the first edition of the Cup.

First round Date Team one Score Team two14/08Birmingham 49-59 Wembley

Quarterfinals Date Team one Score Team two11/09 Plymouth 44–62 Harringay12/09 New Cross 62–44 Wimbledon15/09 Belle Vue 79–29 Wembley18/09 West Ham 66–37 Walthamstow

Semifinals Date Team one Score Team two29/09Harringay 45–62 Belle Vue09/10West Ham58-49 New Cross Final Date Team one Score Team two15/10Belle Vue 56–51 West Ham

London Cup First round Team one Score Team twoWembley60–47, 57–48 WimbledonHarringay 44–63, 41–66 New Cross Semi final round Team one Score Team twoWembley57–51, 46–62 West HamNew Cross 69–38, 65–41 Walthamstow

Final

First leg

Second leg

New Cross won on aggregate 114–97

Riders & final averages Belle Vue

10.32 9.05 8.97 8.54 8.00 5.71 5.11 4.94

Birmingham

8.33 6.69 6.51 6.13 5.55 5.22 4.92 4.10 3.30 2.10

Harringay

10.06 8.27 7.19 5.95 5.89 5.02 5.00 4.95 4.44

Lea Bridge/Walthamstow

9.78/9.48 7.94/6.87 5.88/5.77 4.44/4.43 3.31/3.66 3.00/3.18 2.96/3.10 2.86/3.02 1.10

New Cross

10.06 8.00 7.87 7.02 6.80 4.55 3.13 3.27

Plymouth

7.89 5.71 5.18 4.79 4.75 4.71 4.67 (John Glass) 4.59 4.16

Wembley

9.96 8.63 7.72 7.28 7.19 6.58 5.75 3.00

West Ham

9.08 8.46 7.25 5.85 6.44 4.71 4.50 4.29 3.71 3.43 2.43 1.04

Wimbledon

10.31 7.19 7.14 6.70 6.46 6.41 4.48 3.62 2.95 2.40

See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway)

References