Jack Ormston

Jack Ormston
Personal information
Nationality	England
Date of birth	30 October 1909
Place of birth	West Cornforth, England
Date of death	22 June 2007(2007-06-22) (aged 97)
Current club information
Career status	Retired
Career history
Wembley Lions Birmingham Bulldogs Harringay Tigers	1929-1932 1934 1935-1938
Individual honours
London Riders' Champion	1930
Team honours
National League Champion Southern League Champion National Trophy Winner London Cup Winner	1932 1930, 1931 1931, 1932 1930, 1932, 1935

John Glaholme 'Jack' Ormston (born 30 October 1909 in West Cornforth - died 22 June 2007) was a Speedway rider who finished runner-up in the Star Riders' Championship in 1935, the forerunner to the Speedway World Championship. He also competed in the first ever World Final in 1936 (finishing equal fifth).^[1]

Having ridden for Middlesbrough, he left in 1929 to become captain of the Wembley Lions team aged twenty one. While riding for Wembley in he won the first ever London Riders' Championship at the Crystal Palace as well as the Southern League twice and the London Cup. He won the inaugural National League with Wembley in 1932 and was a member of the England team in the first-ever England v Australia Test Match at Wimbledon Stadium. He rode for England in a total of 13 Test matches against Australia, of which 3 were in Australia in 1937-38.

He subsequently joined Birmingham (Hall Green) in 1934, and then from 1935-38 rode for the Harringay Tigers in London.

Jack was the last surviving competitor from the original World Final before he died aged 97.^[2]

World Final Appearances

• 1936 - London, Wembley Stadium - 6th - 17pts
• 1938 - London, Wembley Stadium - 12th - 9pts

After retirement

After jack retired from speedway at the end of the 1938 season he became an established racehorse trainer, with over four hundred winners to his credit before he retired from training in 1976.

References

External links

• Obituary - Daily Telegraph