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]

Speedway riders from Sweden, Scotland and Republic of South Africa appeared in the World Championship for the first time. Australia's Jack Young became the first British second division rider to win 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.

Qualification (Championship Round)[]

Venues[]

9 events in Great Britain.

Scores[]

  • 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 19
23 England Bob Oakley 19
24 New Zealand 19
25 England Eric Boothroyd 18
26 England Derick Close 17
27 Australia Graham Warren 17
28 England 17
29 England 17
30 Canada Eric Chitty 17
31 England Fred Curtis 16
32 England 16
33 England 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 13
43 England Ken Adams 13
44 New Zealand Trevor Redmond 12
45 England Dent Oliver 12
46 England 12
47 England Tommy Price 12
48 England 12
49 England 12
50 England Phil Clarke 12
51 England Ken Sharples 11
52 Australia Noel Watson 10
53 England 10
54 England 9
55 England 9
56 England Cyril Roger 9
57 England 9
58 England 9
59 Scotland 9
60 England 9
61 England 6
62 England 6
63 England 6
64 England Fred Brand 6
65 England 6
66 England 5
67 England 4
68 England Geoff Pymar 4
69 England Frank Hodgson 3
70 Australia 2
71 England 1
72 Australia 0

World final[]

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 2 (2)
New Zealand Geoff Mardon – –

Classification[]

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 - 2 0 0 -1 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[]

1951 Podium:

  1. Gold Australia Jack Young (Australia)
  2. Silver England Split Waterman (Great Britain)
  3. Bronze Australia Jack Biggs (Australia)

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 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.
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