# 1929 Speedway Southern League

The 1929 Southern League was the inaugural season of motorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams. There was also a Northern League called the 1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League that started during the same year. The sport had been introduced to England in 1928 at High Beech Speedway.

## Summary

Stamford Bridge were crowned as the first champions, just two points ahead of Southampton Saints. Birmingham Hall Green withdrew after 7 meetings and their record was expunged.

## Final table

| Pos | Team | PL | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1 | Stamford Bridge | 20 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 34 |
| 2 | Southampton Saints | 20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 32 |
| 3 | Coventry | 20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Crystal Palace Glaziers | 20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 22 |
| 5 | Wembley Lions | 20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 22 |
| 6 | West Ham Hammers | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 16 |
| 7 | White City | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 16 |
| 8 | Harringay Canaries | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 14 |
| 9 | Birmingham (Perry Barr) | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 14 |
| 10 | Lea Bridge | 20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 12 |
| 11 | Wimbledon Dons | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 10 |
Withdrawal (Record expunged) : Birmingham Hall Green

## Fixtures & results

| Home \ Away | BHG | BPB | COV | CP | HAR | LB | SOT | SB | WEM | WH | WC | WIM |
| B'ham Hall Green | | n/a | n/a | 23–18 | n/a | 30–12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| B'ham Perry Barr | n/a | | 24–38 | 26–16 | 26–17 | 34–29 | 17–25 | 19–44 | 30–33 | 35–28 | 30–33 | 37–26 |
| Coventry | 19–23 | 45–18 | | 46–17 | 39–24 | 27–36 | 44–19 | 32–31 | 27–14 | 24–17 | 49–14 | 39–24 |
| Crystal Palace | 27–14 | 45–18 | 38–25 | | 39–23 | 34–29 | 19–23 | 29–34 | 42–21 | 28–35 | 34–29 | 23–19 |
| Harringay | 15–27 | 25–35 | 28–35 | 37–25 | | 27–15 | 37–26 | 27–36 | 24–38 | 30–33 | 29–34 | 42–21 |
| Lea Bridge | n/a | 27–36 | 29–33 | 31–32 | 42–20 | | 26–16 | 14–28 | 30–33 | 44–18 | 44–19 | 30–33 |
| Southampton | 18–24 | 22–19 | 34–29 | 39–24 | 42–21 | 47–16 | | 33–30 | 43–20 | 44–19 | 48–15 | 45–18 |
| Stamford Bridge | n/a | 50–13 | 44–19 | 45–18 | 53–10 | 33–9 | 39–24 | | 33–9 | 45–17 | 43–20 | 53–10 |
| Wembley | n/a | 42–21 | 37–26 | 23–40 | 30–33 | 41–21 | 22–40 | 16–26 | | 29–12 | 39–24 | 48–15 |
| West Ham | 32–10 | 40–23 | 31–11 | 25–38 | 28–14 | 35–28 | 31–32 | 30–33 | 31–32 | | 34–29 | 38–25 |
| White City | n/a | 44–19 | 30–33 | 17–24 | 28–35 | 37–26 | 29–33 | 33–30 | 25–17 | 22–20 | | 34–28 |
| Wimbledon | n/a | 13–28 | 25–38 | 23–19 | 28–35 | 26–16 | 26–37 | 26–37 | 27–36 | 45–18 | 36–27 | |

## Top Five Riders

| | | Team | C.M.A. |
| 1 | Johnny Lloyd | Hall Green | 10.80 |
| 2 | Jack Parker | Coventry | 10.76 |
| 3 | Gus Kuhn | Stamford Bridge | 10.28 |
| 4 | Jim Kempster | Wimbledon Dons | 10.00 |
| 5 | Colin Watson | White City | 9.81 |

## Riders and averages

Birmingham Hall Green (withdrew)
* Johnny Lloyd 10.80
* George Povey 7.00
* Cyril Taft 6.86
* Bunny Wilcox 6.86
* Cyril Locke 6.43
* Tommy Cross 3.60
* Bill Stanley 0.75
Birmingham (Perry Barr)
* Wally Lloyd 7.20
* Arthur Johnson 6.27
* Norman Burton 5.00
* Georg Britt 4.50
* Les Patrick 4.20
* Geoff Siddaway 4.20
* Joe Dallison 3.50
* Johnny Lloyd 3.00
* Bill Ashcroft 3.00
* Tim Reid 2.05
Coventry
* Jack Parker 10.76
* Wilmot Evans 7.16
* Fred Wilkinson 7.15
* Tom Farndon 6.73
* Dilly Gittins 6.69
* Arthur Tims 6.53
* Norman Parker 6.35
* Lew Lancaster 6.17
* John Deeley 5.05
* Cyril Lord 5.00
* George Allbrook 4.83
* Bill Stanley 4.22
* Arthur Sanders 2.00
Crystal Palace
* Triss Sharp 9.73
* Wally Harris 7.50
* Bryan Donkin 6.51
* Joe Francis 4.98
* Arthur Willmott 4.98
* George Lovick 4.93
* Jack Barrett 4.67
Harringay
* Eric Spencer 9.64
* Stan Spencer 6.55
* Reg Pointer 6.28
* Alf Medcalf 4.68
* Lou Burger 4.43
* Will Dennis 4.32
* Ray Parsons 4.29
* Leonard Dicky Bird 4.20
* Bill Crouch 3.00
* Bert Gerrish 0.67
Lea Bridge
* Alf Foulds 8.12
* Jimmy Stevens 7.70
* Tommy Croombs 6.00
* Stew Fairbairn 4.29
* Harold Osment 4.20
* Roy Dook 4.15
* Frank Bond 4.11
* Eric Parry 3.50
* Alec Slow 3.14
* Alf Merrell 3.00
Southampton
* Eric Lister 8.90
* Tommy Cullis 8.51
* Clarrie Eldridge 8.15
* Vic Collins 7.30
* Col Stewart 6.30
* Jimmy Hayes 6.71
* Don Durant 5.50
* Albert Wakerley 5.40
* Jimmy Pink 5.33
* Cecil Bounds 4.80
* Ernie Rickman 4.25
Stamford Bridge
* Gus Kuhn 10.28
* Bert Bolt 8.48
* Colin Ford 8.11
* Wal Phillips 7.64
* Dick Bellamy 7.50
* Les Blakebrough 7.13
* Arthur Warwick 7.00
* Fred Ralph 6.88
* Bill White 6.60
* Nick Nicol 4.41
* Bill Bragg 4.33
Wembley
* Jack Ormston 8.25
* Buster Frogley 8.17
* Stan Catlett 7.76
* Bert Fairweather 6.24
* Len Reeve 5.79
* Ron Hieatt 5.09
* Jack Jackson 4.86
* Vic Deale 3.43
* Crawley Rous 3.00
* Nobby Key 1.00
West Ham
* John Williams 7.62
* Tiger Stevenson 7.54
* Don Durant 7.15
* Den Taylor 5.75
* Jack Adams 5.64
* Reg Bounds 5.60
* Bruce McCallum 5.50
* Ivor Creek 4.80
* Maurice Bradshaw 4.00
* Bluey Wilkinson 3.60
* Buzz Hibberd 3.18
* Les Maguire 5.74
White City
* Colin Watson 9.81
* Harold Crook 6.65
* Del Forster 6.22
* Clem Cort 5.28
* Hilary Buchanan 5.21
* Larry Coffey 4.80
* Fred Hore 4.36
* Leonard Dicky Bird 3.29
* Frank Ewen 3.09
Wimbledon
* Jim Kempster 10.00
* Mart Sieffert 7.83
* Jimmy Stevens 6.75
* Cecil Brown 6.20
* Alf Sawford 5.71
* Les Dearth 4.86
* Dudley Cox 4.36
* Alf Summersby 4.24
* Jack Kidwell 4.11
* Eddie Slade-Jones 3.46
* Fred Osborne 3.00
* Sid Chambers 2.45
* Rube Sonny Wilson 1.62