Dick Wise

Richard Garrett Wise (8 September 1909 – 28 June 1982) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Australia.[1][2]

Dick Wise
Born8 September 1909 (1909-09-08)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died28 June 1982(1982-06-28) (aged 72)
NationalityAustralian
Career history
1929–1930Sheffield
1931–1932Stamford Bridge Pensioners
1933Nottingham
1934Birmingham Bulldogs
1936Plymouth Panthers
1937–1939Norwich Stars

Career

Wise was one of the early speedway pioneer riders that arrived in the United Kingdom from Australia to race in the Britain.[3] He started riding in the UK during 1929 and would also join the Sheffield team during the 1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League season. The following season in 1930, he remained with Sheffield.[1][4]

In 1931, he returned to his home country for the Australian speedway season after an absence of three years.[5] He went back to England after spells in Australia and South America[6] and joined the Stamford Bridge Pensioners for the 1931 Speedway Southern League season and was still with the club on the formation of the first National League in 1932.[4] He finished third in the 1932 Australian Championship but broke his leg for the second time during the same year.[7]

He would go on to ride for Nottingham (1933), Birmingham Bulldogs (1934) and Plymouth Panthers (1936) but had a fractured 1935 season, riding a few exhibition matches and appearing for Harringay reserves.[1]

In 1937, he joined the Norwich Stars and soon established East Anglia as his home, becoming the club captain. He remained with the club as captain until the outbreak of World War II, which forced speedway to stop for the duration.[1][4][8]

After the war, Wise became the team manager of Norwich.[9]

Players cigarette cards

Wise is listed as number 50 of 50 in the 1930s Player's cigarette card collection.[2]

References
  1. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022, Dick Wise" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  2. "Dicky Wise". Speedway Museum Online. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  3. "Grand opening of Gosforth Speedway". Shields Daily Gazette. 30 May 1929. Retrieved 2 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  5. "Dick Wise returns to speedway". The Advertiser. 30 November 1931. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  6. "Speedway News". Sheffield Independent. 7 April 1931. Retrieved 2 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Individual Australian Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  8. "Max Grosskreutz will make the cinders fly". Evening Despatch. 10 August 1938. Retrieved 2 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "How speedway in Norwich roared back after the war". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
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