1952 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1952 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 starters in World Championship first time.
  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.   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:...

     (Wales)
  3.   Bob Oakley (Great Britain)

Qualification

10 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   Bob Oakley  28
2   Jack Young
Jack Young (speedway rider)
Jack Ellis Young was a Motorcycle speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1951 and 1952...

 
27
3   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
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....

 
27
5   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:...

 
27
6   Ron How  26
7   Dick Bradley  25
8   Cyril Roger
Cyril Roger
Cyril Roger was a former international motorcycle speedway rider reached the final of Speedway World Championship five times.-Career:...

 
25
9   Arthur Forrest
Arthur Forrest
Arthur Forrest was a former international speedway who qualified for the Speedway World Championship finals five times.-Career summary:...

 
24
10   Jeff Lloyd
Jeff Lloyd
Alfred Jeffrey Lloyd was a former international speedway who qualified for the Speedway World Championship finals three times.-Career summary:...

 
24
11   Brian Crutcher
Brian Crutcher
Brian Crutcher is a former international speedway rider who finished second at the 1954 Speedway World Championship finals.-Career:...

 
24
12   Arthur Payne  24
13   Henry Long  23
14   Derick Close
Derick Close
Derek Close was a former international motorcycle speedway rider reached the final of Speedway World Championship in 1952.-Career:...

 
23
15   Bert Roger  23
16   Graham Warren
Graham Warren
Graham Warren was an Australian international speedway rider who finished third in the 1950 Speedway World Championship final.-Career:...

 
22
17   Dan Forsberg  22
18   Leif Basse Hveem  22
19   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:...

 
22
20   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:...

 
22
21   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...

 
21
22   Cyril Brine
Cyril Brine
Cyril Harry Brine was a former international speedway who qualified for the Speedway World Championship finals twice.-Career summary:...

 
21
23   Ken Sharples  21
24   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:...

 
21
25   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
26   Eddie Rigg
Eddie Rigg
Edward Rigg was a former international speedway who finished twice finished seventh in the Speedway World Championship final.-Career summary:...

 
20
27   Peter Robinson  18
28   Don Cuppleditch  18
29   Harry Bastable
Harry Bastable
Harry Bastable is a former international motorcycle speedway rider and promoter.- Career summary :Harry Bastable's was a novice at the Alan Hunt 1949 winter training school when he was signed up by Cradley Heath Heathens...

 
18
30   Chris Boss  17
31   Harry Edwards  16
32   Jack Biggs  16
33   Sune Karlsson  16
34   Eric French  16
35   Willie Wilson  15
36   Eric Williams  15
37   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
38   Pat Clarke
Pat Clarke
Patrick "Pat" Clarke is a Scottish football forward currently playing for Dunfermline Athletic.-Career:Clarke's first senior club was Dunfermline Athletic. He made his senior debut on 17 April 2004, in a 1–1 draw with Dundee United. His next appearance was a month later, when he came on as a...

 
14
39   George Wilks  14
40   Gordon McGregor  13
Pos. Rider Total pts
41   Dick Campbell  13
42   Vic Emms  13
43   Les Tolley  13
44   Ken Adams  13
45   Ron Mountford  13
46   Ken Middleditch
Ken Middleditch
Kenneth Arthur Middleditch is a British retired motorcycle speedway rider.-Career Summary:Middleditch served in the RAF in World War II as a rear gunner, and became interested in speedway while stationed in Egypt....

 
13
47   Geoff Pymar
Geoff Pymar
Geoffrey 'Geoff' Pymar was a former international motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the World Championship final in 1938.-Career:...

 
13
48   Rune Sörmander  12
49   Sid Clark  12
50   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...

 
11
51   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
52   Les Hewitt  10
53   Nobby Stock  10
54   Ivor Powell  10
55   Billy Hole  10
56   Tommy Miller  10
57   Terry Small  10
58   Charlie New  9
59   Harold Fairhurst  9
60   Phil Malpass  9
61   Jock Grierson  9
62   Lionel Benson  8
63   Gerald Jackson  8
64   Stig Pramberg  8
65   Tom Oakley  7
66   Fred Brand  7
67   Larry Lazarus  7
68   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:...

 
7
69   Reg Duval  6
70   Jim Gregory  6
71   Fred Pawson  6
72   Bruce Semmens  5
73   Bill Gilbert
Bill Gilbert
Alfred Gideon "Bill" Gilbert was an American professional baseball player who played two games for the Baltimore Orioles during the season.He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and died there at the age of 59....

 
5
74   Roy Craighead  5
75   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....

 
4
76   George Wall  4
77   Bob Baker  3
78   Fritz Dirtl  2
79   Harry Welch  1

World final

  • 18 September 1952 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...

 
14 (3,3,3,3,2)
2   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:...

 
13 (3,2,3,2,3)
3   Bob Oakley  12 (3,3,2,1,3)
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....

 
10 (2,2,3,F,3)
5   Arthur Payne  9 (0,1,2,3,3)
6   Dan Forsberg  9 (2,3,1,3,F)
7   Dick Bradley  9 (3,2,3,1,0)
8   Jeff Lloyd
Jeff Lloyd
Alfred Jeffrey Lloyd was a former international speedway who qualified for the Speedway World Championship finals three times.-Career summary:...

 
7 (2,2,0,2,1)
9   Arthur Forrest
Arthur Forrest
Arthur Forrest was a former international speedway who qualified for the Speedway World Championship finals five times.-Career summary:...

 
7 (1,1,0,3,2)
10   Henry Long  7 (1,0,2,2,2)
11   Brian Crutcher
Brian Crutcher
Brian Crutcher is a former international speedway rider who finished second at the 1954 Speedway World Championship finals.-Career:...

 
6 (1,3,1,0,1)
12   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:...

 
6 (2,1,0,1,2)
13   Graham Warren
Graham Warren
Graham Warren was an Australian international speedway rider who finished third in the 1950 Speedway World Championship final.-Career:...

 
5 (0,1,1,2,1)
14   Derick Close
Derick Close
Derek Close was a former international motorcycle speedway rider reached the final of Speedway World Championship in 1952.-Career:...

 
4 (1,0,2,0,1)
15   Cyril Roger
Cyril Roger
Cyril Roger was a former international motorcycle speedway rider reached the final of Speedway World Championship five times.-Career:...

 
2 (0,Ex,1,1,0)
16   Ron How  0 (0,d,0,0,0)
  Leif Basse Hveem  - -
  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:...

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