# 1936 Provincial Speedway League

The 1936 Provincial Speedway League was the first season of the Provincial League, introduced as a second tier to the National League. It was formed after Mr B. Southouse (the Cardiff speedway manager for the Greyhound Racing Association) proposed that a new league be formed and organised a syndicate, including Nottingham and Liverpool speedway.
Six speedway teams started the season but Cardiff White City speedway withdrew after just nine matches and had their record expunged. Their star riders, Cliff Parkinson, George Greenwood, Tommy Price and Ted Bravery, all joined Nottingham.
Southampton Saints were the champions on race points difference over Bristol Bulldogs.
Due to the brevity of the season, teams also competed for the Provincial Trophy in a league format. Cardiff had only completed one fixture before folding and their record was expunged. West Ham Hawks which was West Ham Hammers' reserve side, also competed, but raced home meetings at Southampton. Southampton Saints won the Provincial trophy to complete the double.

## Provincial League Final table

| Pos | Team | M | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1 | Southampton Saints | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| 2 | Bristol Bulldogs | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | Nottingham | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | Liverpool Merseysiders | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Plymouth Panthers | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points
Withdrawal (Record expunged) : Cardiff White City speedway

## Fixtures & results
### A fixtures

| Home \ Away | BRI | CAR | LIV | NOT | PLY | SOU |
| Bristol | | 38–33 | 41–30 | 43–29 | 40–32 | 38–32 |
| Cardiff White City | 39–33 | | 42–48 | 35–36 | 37–34 | 33–37 |
| Liverpool | 36–35 | n/a | | 29–40 | 43–24 | 40–31 |
| Nottingham | 33–34 | 38–34 | 30–41 | | 39.5–32.5 | 30–41 |
| Plymouth | 35–37 | 57–15 | 25–47 | 35–37 | | 47–25 |
| SOU | 43–29 | n/a | 35–37 | 53.5–17.5 | 49–20 | |

### B fixtures

| Home \ Away | BRI | CAR | LIV | NOT | PLY | SOU |
| Bristol | | n/a | 52–19 | 43–29 | 49–23 | 35–37 |
| Cardiff White City | n/a | | n/a | n/a | n/a | 50–22 |
| Liverpool | 39–33 | n/a | | 34–37 | 44–26 | 40–30 |
| Nottingham | 53–19 | n/a | 55–17 | | 48–23 | 47–24 |
| Plymouth | 35–36 | n/a | 40–32 | 26–44 | | 29–43 |
| SOU | 41.5–29.5 | n/a | 43–27 | 42–30 | 49–23 | |

## Provincial Trophy Final table

| Pos | Team | M | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1 | Southampton Saints | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | Bristol Bulldogs | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Liverpool Merseysiders | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Plymouth Panthers | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Nottingham | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | West Ham Hawks | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points
Withdrawal (Record expunged) : Cardiff White City speedway

## National Trophy

The 1936 National Trophy was the sixth edition of the Knockout Cup. Southampton Saints won the Provincial Final round and therefore qualified for the quarter finals proper (the round when the tier one sides entered the competition).
Provincial League First Round
| Date | Team One | Score | Team Two |
| 04/05 | Liverpool | 35-34 | Nottingham |
| 14/04 | Nottingham | 34-38 | Liverpool |
| 13/04 | Cardiff | 33-38 | Southampton |
| 10/04 | Southampton | 38-33 | Cardiff |

### Final

First leg
Second leg
Southampton were the National Trophy Provincial Final winners, winning on aggregate 73-67.

## Riders & final averages

Bristol
* Eric Collins 9.12
* Harry Shepherd 7.59
* Wal Morton 7.22
* Bill Rogers 7.02
* Roy Dook 6.93
* Mike Erskine 5.57
* Fred Leavis 5.51
* Ernie Evans 4.80
* Bert Spencer 3.67
Liverpool
* Eric Blain 7.79
* Syd Plevin 7.33
* Stan Hart 7.29
* Jack Hargreaves 7.17
* Thomas Arthur Price 7.03
* Oliver Hart 5.90
* Ernie Price 5.60
* Alan Butler 4.00
Nottingham
* George Greenwood 10.50
* Cliff Parkinson 9.37
* Ted Bravery 9.05
* Bill Stanley 8.57
* Tiger Hart 7.16
* Chun Moore 6.91
* Tommy Price 6.75
* George Dykes 6.41
* Arthur Tims 5.63
* Norman Trinmell 2.81
Plymouth
* Jack Hobson 7.56
* Les Bowden 6.53
* Dick Wise 6.00
* Billy Lamont 6.00
* Jack Bibby 5.56
* Fred Tuck 5.23
* Les Gregory 4.13
* Don Hemingway 2.60
Southampton
* Fred Strecker 9.04
* Billy Dallison 8.50
* Frank Goulden 8.41
* Syd Griffiths 8.13
* Harry Lewis 7.54
* Bert Jones 7.50
* Alec Statham 6.87
* Bob Lovell 6.22
* Art Fenn 4.52
* Cyril Anderson 3.08