1938 Speedway National League Division Two

The 1938 National League Division Two was the inaugural season of British speedway's [Speedway National League (1932–1964)|National League Division Two|National League Division Two] albeit a continuation of the Provincial League from the previous season in all but name.
The list of teams had several changes. Bristol Bulldogs had moved up to the National League and Hackney Wick Wolves had moved down to take their place. They also swapped licences and riders as well as divisions. Other new entrants were Newcastle, Sheffield and West Ham Hawks and Lea Bridge Cubs.
Belle Vue Merseysiders who had replaced Liverpool in the previous season were also absent.
Nottingham withdrew just after the start of the league fixtures and were replaced by Leeds Lions. They did complete most of their early season cup fixtures.
Hackney Wick Wolves won the title.

Provincial Trophy

The 1938 Provincial Trophy was the third edition of the Trophy, which was won by Norwich Stars.
First round

Team one	Team two	scores
Norwich	Hackney	75–33, 44–62
Birmingham	Leeds	61–46, 58–48
Sheffield	Newcastle	68–38, 47–60
Southampton	West Ham Hawks	82–26, 43–63

Semifinals

Team one	Team two	scores
Norwich	Birmingham	72–34, 59–47
Sheffield	Southampton	58–49, 53–53

Final

Team one	Team two	scores
Norwich	Sheffield	74–32, 53–54

English Speedway Trophy

The early season competition was the called the English Speedway Trophy, which involved teams from division2 and the reserve teams of some of the division 1 clubs. The reserve teams were required to ride away fixtures only against the division 2 teams.
Group 1
Group 2
Final

Team one	Team two	scores
Belle Vue Reserves	Southampton	47–36, 38–46

National Trophy

The 1938 National Trophy was the eighth edition of the Knockout Cup. Norwich Stars won the Division 2 Final round and therefore qualified for the quarter finals proper.

First qualifying round

+ Nottingham withdrew from league replaced by Leeds resulting in Hackney's result becoming void.

Final

First leg
Second leg
Norwich were the National Trophy Div 2 winners, winning on aggregate 121-94.

Riders & final averages

Birmingham

8.82
8.22
6.28
6.19
5.51
5.39
5.22
5.17
Keith Harvey 4.52
3.30
3.20

Hackney

10.06
9.78
7.74
6.91
6.71
6.48
6.29
6.29
6.27
Charlie Appleby 5.00

Lea Bridge

9.80
8.67
7.20
6.76
6.58
6.48
6.29
5.69

Leeds

10.77
6.00
5.68
5.60
4.76
4.55
4.48
3.33
2.91
2.67

Newcastle

George Pepper 7.94
6.81
Bruce Venier 6.62
Bob Sparks 6.50
6.41
6.35
6.31
Elwood Stillwell 5.07
5.02

Norwich

10.89
8.41
9.42
7.09
6.95
6.29
6.20
5.87
5.25
4.39
3.24

Sheffield

8.88
8.33
8.00
7.46
7.00
6.07
4.27
3.76
3.73
3.05
3.30
2.67
2.55

Southampton

10.19
9.67
8.27
8.17
8.06
6.33
5.33
5.11
4.53
3.30
2.00

West Ham

10.11
9.36
8.98
8.17
6.13
5.38
5.00
3.65
3.47
3.17
3.09