1951 Speedway National League

The 1951 National League Division One was the 17th season of speedway in the United Kingdom and the sixth post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.

Summary

The entrants were the same as the previous season as were the top three positions at the end of the season. Wembley Lions won the National League for the sixth time.

National Trophy Stage Three

The 1951 National Trophy was the 14th edition of the Knockout Cup. The Trophy consisted of three stages; stage one was for the third division clubs, stage two was for the second division clubs and stage three was for the top-tier clubs. The winner of stage one would qualify for stage two and the winner of stage two would qualify for the third and final stage. Wimbledon won the third and final stage and were therefore declared the 1951 National Trophy champions.

For Stage One - see Stage One
For Stage Two - see Stage Two

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
10/08	Bristol	74-34	Norwich
20/08	Norwich	75-33	Bristol
07/08	West Ham	72-35	Bradford Odsal
25/08	Bradford Odsal	43-65	West Ham

Second round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
05/09	Belle Vue	46-62	Wembley
09/08	Wembley	52-55	Belle Vue
11/08	Birmingham	55-53	Wimbledon
20/08	Wimbledon	64-44	Birmingham
25/08	Norwich	63-45	Harringay
24/08	Harringay	65-42	Norwich
04/09	West Ham	62-46	New Cross
29/08	New Cross	65-43	West Ham

Semifinals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
04/10	Wembley	78-29	New Cross
26/09	New Cross	53-55	Wembley
03/09	Wimbledon	65-43	Harringay
07/09	Harringay	40-68	Wimbledon

Final

First leg
Second leg
Wimbledon were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 125–91.

London Cup

First round

Team one	Score	Team two
Wimbledon	55–51, 44–64	Wembley
Walthamstow	53–55, 29–78	West Ham

Semi final round

Team one	Score	Team two
West Ham	57–51, 42–65	Harringay
New Cross	45–63, 38–70	Wembley

Final

First leg
Second leg
Wembley won on aggregate '''118–98'''

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

9.03
7.84
7.66
7.46
Henry Long 7.23
6.03
5.61
4.54
3.48
2.89
Bob Serrurier 1.60

Birmingham

9.75
8.17
7.92
7.33
6.20
6.00
4.95
4.52
4.04
4.50
2.12
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Bradford

9.29
7.04
6.00
4.88
4.74
4.59
4.15
3.92
3.69
3.65

Bristol

8.94
8.80
7.05
6.80
5.90
5.28
5.51
5.07
2.22

Harringay

9.07
8.31
8.13
8.29
6.39
5.91
5.45
5.09
4.75
4.10
4.00

New Cross

8.82
8.38
8.05
6.45
6.27
4.90
3.76
3.73
3.64
3.62
2.18
1.67
1.50
0.67

Wembley

9.76
8.36
8.27
8.11
7.62
7.53
7.06
5.74
2.94
2.67

West Ham

10.31
9.25
7.92
Eric Chitty 7.05
5.30
5.27
5.00
3.41
2.86
1.43
1.40

Wimbledon

9.95
9.56
8.31
6.97
6.74
Jimmie Gibb 5.18
3.79
3.65
3.00
1.44