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]

Speedway riders from New Zealand and Wales appeared in the World Championship for the first time. 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]

Qualification (Championship Round)

Venues

9 events in Great Britain.

Scores
  • Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final
Pos.RiderTotal pts
1Australia Jack Young39
2Australia Graham Warren37
3England Cyril Brine36
4England Jack Parker35
5Australia Aub Lawson34
6New Zealand Ronnie Moore34
7Wales Freddie Williams33
8England Split Waterman32
9Australia Vic Duggan32
10England Dent Oliver30
11England Danny Dunton30
12England Wally Green29
13England Tommy Price29
14England Ron Clarke29
15Australia Arthur Payne27
16Australia Jack Biggs26
17England Arthur Forrest26
18England Cyril Roger25
19England Mike Erskine23
20England Norman Parker23
21England Alec Statham23
22England Oliver Hart23
23England Eddie Rigg22
24England Louis Lawson21
25England Derick Close21
Pos.RiderTotal pts
26England George Wilks21
27England Malcolm Craven20
28England Alan Hunt20
29England Jeff Lloyd20
30England Ken Sharples20
31England Tommy Miller19
32England Bert Roger17
33England Geoff Bennett16
34Australia Merv Harding16
35Australia Bill Longley16
36New Zealand Dick Campbell15
37Canada Eric Chitty15
38United States Charles Cullum15
39England Ron Mason14
40England Eric French13
41Australia Dick Seers13
42England Bill Kitchen12
43England Jack Mountford11
44England Lindsay Mitchell10
45Australia Junior Bainbridge8
46New Zealand Les Hewitt6
47England Billy Hole5
48England Johnnie Hole4
49England Dick Bradley2

World final
Pos.RiderPointsHeats
1Wales Freddie Williams14(3,3,3,2,3)
2England Wally Green13(2,3,3,2,3)
3Australia Graham Warren12(3,3,F,3,3)
4Australia Aub Lawson10(2,2,3,1,2)
5England Tommy Price8(3,F,3,1,1)
6England Jack Parker8(2,1,2,3,0)
7England Split Waterman8(1,2,3,1,1)
8Australia Jack Young7(0,1,2,1,3)
9England Cyril Brine7(2,2,2,0,1)
10New Zealand Ronnie Moore7(X,0,2,3,2)
11England Dent Oliver6(X,3,1,2,0)
12England Danny Dunton5(1,0,1,1,2)
13Australia Vic Duggan4(1,1,1,0,1)
14England Ron Clarke3(1,2,0,0,0)
15Australia Jack Biggs3(0,1,0,0,2)
16England Arthur Payne0(0,0,-,0,0)
England Cyril Roger5(3,2)
England Mike Erskine0(0)

Podium

1950 Podium:

  1. Gold Wales Freddie Williams
  2. Silver England Wally Green
  3. Bronze Australia Graham Warren

References
  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.
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