1948 Speedway National League

1948 Speedway National League
League	National League Division One
No. of competitors	7
Champions	New Cross Rangers
National Trophy	Wembley Lions
Anniversary Cup	Harringay Racers
Riders' champion	Vic Duggan
London Cup	Wembley Lions
Highest average	Vic Duggan
Division/s below	National League (Div 2); National League (Div 3)
	← 1947; 1949 →;

The 1948 National League Division One was the 14th season of speedway in the United Kingdom and the third post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.^[1]^[2]

Summary

The entrant list was the same as the previous season. New Cross Rangers won the National League for the second time.^[3]^[4]

Fatalities

1948 proved to be the worst season so far in regard to fatalities. During the 1947 season two riders had died on the same day but 1948 saw three riders killed during the season. It started with 37-year-old Reg Craven, on his debut for Yarmouth Bloaters. Craven crashed with two Poole Pirates riders at Poole (on 26 April) during a National Trophy match and died eight days later (4 May) from a fractured skull in hospital.^[5] Billy Wilson of Norwich Stars and Eric Dunn of Hastings Saxons from the lower divisions were also killed.

Final League table

Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
1	New Cross Rangers	24	17	0	7	34
2	Harringay Racers	24	16	0	8	32
3	West Ham Hammers	24	14	1	9	29
4	Wembley Lions	24	12	1	11	25
5	Belle Vue Aces	24	12	1	11	25
6	Wimbledon Dons	24	5	2	17	12
7	Odsal Boomerangs	24	5	1	18	11

National League results

Matches 1–12

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.

Home \ Away	BEL	HAR	NEW	ODS	WEM	WES	WIM
Belle Vue Aces	—	48–36	53–31	43–41	42–42	43–41	59–25
Harringay Racers	47–37	—	37–47	54–29	39–45	44–40	49–35
New Cross Rangers	61–23	41–43	—	55–28	56–27	58–26	49–35
Odsal Boomerangs	46–35	41–43	40–42	—	38–46	43–40	41–41
Wembley Lions	52–31	31–50	40.5–43.5	51–33	—	40–44	44–39
West Ham Hammers	61–23	58–26	49–35	60–22	54–30	—	47–37
Wimbledon Dons	50–33	45–38	40–44	56–27	27–57	40–43	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 13–24

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.

Home \ Away	BEL	HAR	NEW	ODS	WEM	WES	WIM
Belle Vue Aces	—	50–34	33–51	47–37	48–36	52–31	52–32
Harringay Racers	45–37	—	44–40	58–26	53–28	59–24	54–30
New Cross Rangers	38–45	40–44	—	53–29	37–47	51–32	54–30
Odsal Boomerangs	38–45	40–44	53–29	—	37–47	51–32	54–30
Wembley Lions	59–25	35–49	41–43	57–27	—	39–45	60–24
West Ham Hammers	49–35	48–36	49–35	48–36	38–46	—	64–20
Wimbledon Dons	35–47	35–49	46–38	58–26	35–49	41–41	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Anniversary Cup

On account of the small number of teams in the league the Anniversary Cup was run in a league format. Harringay Racers finished on top.

Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
1	Harringay Racers	12	9	0	3	18
2	Belle Vue Aces	12	7	0	5	14
3	Odsal Boomerangs	12	7	0	5	14
4	New Cross Rangers	12	6	0	6	12
5	West Ham Hammers	12	6	0	6	12
6	Wembley Lions	12	5	0	7	10
7	Wimbledon Dons	12	2	0	10	4

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.

Home \ Away	BEL	HAR	NEW	ODS	WEM	WES	WIM
Belle Vue Aces	—	46.5–49.5	50–42	65–29	53–43	54–42	65–30
Harringay Racers	52–43	—	49–47	59–37	59–36	59–37	59–37
New Cross Rangers	57–39	49–47	—	51–44	49–46	58–38	42–54
Odsal Boomerangs	53–43	52–44	48–47	—	66–30	51–45	61–35
Wembley Lions	45–51	47–49	49–47	61–35	—	60–36	60–35
West Ham Hammers	58–38	50–45	62–34	48–47	49–47	—	60–34
Wimbledon Dons	47–48	46–50	42–53	46–49	40–56	53–42	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top Ten Riders (League only)

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