1946 Speedway National League

The 1946 National League was the eighth season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain and the first post-war season. The league had been abandoned 7 years previously due to the outbreak of World War II. Record attendances were attracted with Wembley Lions attracting an average of 50,000 and the league as a whole a total of six and a half million.^[1] From the abandoned 1939 season, Southampton Saints and Harringay Tigers were no longer racing whilst Odsal Boomerangs brought National League speedway to Bradford for the first time.

Wembley Lions won their second National League title.

National League Final table

On account of the small number of teams in the league the ACU Cup was run in a league format. Belle Vue Aces came out on top.

A.C.U. Cup Final table

Such was the dearth of new riders caused by the war that all of the top ten riders were established pre-war riders and none were below the age of 32.

Top Ten Riders (League only)

	Rider	Nat	Team	C.M.A.
1	Eric Langton		Belle Vue Aces	11.13
2	Jack Parker		Belle Vue Aces	11.00
3	Bill Kitchen		Wembley Lions	10.75
4	Ron Johnson		New Cross Rangers	10.69
5	Eric Chitty		West Ham Hammers	10.30
6	Norman Parker		Wimbledon Dons	10.12
7	Tommy Price		Wembley Lions	10.00
8	Alec Statham		Odsal Boomerangs	9.72
9	Ron Clarke		Odsal Boomerangs	9.50
10	Bill Longley		Odsal Boomerangs	9.20

References

National League seasons 1932–1964
1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964