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1950 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1950 Individual Speedway World Championship was the fifth edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The title was won by Welshman Freddie Williams with the pivotal heat being the heat against Australian Graham Warren. Warren and Williams both unbeaten met in their third rides and as Warren challenged Williams for the lead he was forced to drop behind Williams. Warren then hit a bump and fell which cost him valuable points and the chance to win the title.[7]

Ronnie Moore became the youngest finalist at the age of just 17.[8]

First qualifying round

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  • The top 74 riders qualify for the second qualifying round, where they will be joined by seeded division 2 riders.[9]
Date Venue Winner
12 June Stanley Stadium Jack Hughes
12 June Wimborne Road Ray Ellis
13 June Cornish Stadium Hugh Geddes
15 June Oxford Stadium Charlie New
16 June County Ground Stadium Bob McFarlane
16 June Leicester Stadium Les Hewitt
17 June Rayleigh Weir Stadium Ticker James
17 June Abbey Stadium Reg Duval

Second qualifying round

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  • The top 73 riders qualify for the Third qualifying round.[9]
Date Venue Winner
5 July Highbury Stadium (Fleetwood) Merv Harding
5 July White City Stadium, Glasgow Frank Hodgson
6 July Pennycross Stadium George Wall
6 July Owlerton Stadium Pete Lansdale
7 July The Shay Les Hewitt
8 July Brandon Stadium Alan Hunt
8 July Old Meadowbank Dick Campbell
8 July The Firs Stadium Jack Young

Third qualifying round

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  • The top 2 riders from each meeting qualify for the Championship round, where they will meet 34 seeded division 1 riders.[9]
Date Venue Winner/2nd
25 July Ashfield Stadium Jack Young / Derick Close
25 July Banister Court Stadium Merv Harding / Ron Mason
25 July Yarmouth Stadium Les Hewitt / Eddie Rigg
29 July Sun Street Stadium Junior Bainbridge / Mike Erskine
31 July Dudley Wood Stadium Geoff Pymar / Ken Sharples
31 July Brough Park Stadium Lindsay Mitchell / Dick Campbell
31 July Walthamstow Stadium Jim Boyd / Tommy Miller

Championship round

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9 events in Great Britain.

Scores

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  • Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final
Pos. Rider Total pts
1   Jack Young 39
2   Graham Warren 37
3   Cyril Brine 36
4   Jack Parker 35
5   Aub Lawson 34
6   Ronnie Moore 34
7   Freddie Williams 33
8   Split Waterman 32
9   Vic Duggan 32
10   Dent Oliver 30
11   Danny Dunton 30
12   Wally Green 29
13   Tommy Price 29
14   Ron Clarke 29
15   Arthur Payne 27
16   Jack Biggs 26
17   Arthur Forrest 26
18   Cyril Roger 25
19   Mike Erskine 23
20   Norman Parker 23
21   Alec Statham 23
22   Oliver Hart 23
23   Eddie Rigg 22
24   Louis Lawson 21
25   Derick Close 21
Pos. Rider Total pts
26   George Wilks 21
27   Malcolm Craven 20
28   Alan Hunt 20
29   Jeff Lloyd 20
30   Ken Sharples 20
31   Tommy Miller 19
32   Bert Roger 17
33   Geoff Bennett 16
34   Merv Harding 16
35   Bill Longley 16
36   Dick Campbell 15
37   Eric Chitty 15
38   Charles Cullum 15
39   Ron Mason 14
40   Eric French 13
41   Dick Seers 13
42   Bill Kitchen 12
43   Jack Mountford 11
44   Lindsay Mitchell 10
45   Junior Bainbridge 8
46   Les Hewitt 6
47   Billy Hole 5
48   Johnny Hole 4
49   Dick Bradley 2

World final

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Pos. Rider Points Heats
1   Freddie Williams 14 (3,3,3,2,3)
2   Wally Green 13 (2,3,3,2,3)
3   Graham Warren 12 (3,3,F,3,3)
4   Aub Lawson 10 (2,2,3,1,2)
5   Tommy Price 8 (3,F,3,1,1)
6   Jack Parker 8 (2,1,2,3,0)
7   Split Waterman 8 (1,2,3,1,1)
8   Jack Young 7 (0,1,2,1,3)
9   Cyril Brine 7 (2,2,2,0,1)
10   Ronnie Moore 7 (X,0,2,3,2)
11   Dent Oliver 6 (X,3,1,2,0)
12   Danny Dunton 5 (1,0,1,1,2)
13   Vic Duggan 4 (1,1,1,0,1)
14   Ron Clarke 3 (1,2,0,0,0)
15   Jack Biggs 3 (0,1,0,0,2)
16   Arthur Payne 0 (0,0,-,0,0)
  Cyril Roger (res) 5 (3,2)
  Mike Erskine (res) 0 (0)

Podium

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1950 Podium:

  1.     Freddie Williams
  2.     Wally Green
  3.     Graham Warren

References

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  1. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  2. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Three inches and a bump cost me the title". Sport Argus. 23 September 1950. Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Profile". Moore Park Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  9. ^ a b c "World Championship Opens On Monday". Bristol Observer. 10 June 1950. Retrieved 2 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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