1936 Speedway National League

The entrants were the same seven teams as the previous season. Harringay's Jack Parker topped the rider averages but was injured for the inaugural World Championship Final won by Wembley's Lionel van Praag on his home track.{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaygb.co/history/leaguetables1936.php|title=1936 league tables|publisher=Speedway GB}}

Belle Vue Aces won their fourth consecutive national title and Knockout Cup and third treble after winning the A.C.U Cup.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/yearbyyear.html|title=Year by Year|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=6 August 2021}}

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|team1=BV|team2=HAC|team3=HAR|team4=NC|team5=WEM|team6=WH|team7=WIM

|name_BV=Belle Vue

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|match_BV_WEM=41–30

|match_BV_WH=53–19

|match_BV_WIM=43–29

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|match_HAC_WEM=30–42

|match_HAC_WH=43–28

|match_HAC_WIM=51–19

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|match_HAR_NC=40–32

|match_HAR_WEM=39–33

|match_HAR_WH=50–22

|match_HAR_WIM=39–33

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|match_NC_WEM=28–43

|match_NC_WH=43–29

|match_NC_WIM=35–36

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|match_WH_HAC=27–44

|match_WH_HAR=33–37

|match_WH_NC=49–22

|match_WH_WEM=27–45

|match_WH_WIM=32–40

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|match_WIM_HAR=32–40

|match_WIM_NC=40–31

|match_WIM_WEM=34–37

|match_WIM_WH=44–27

|update=complete|source={{cite web|url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1936fixtures.pdf |publisher=Speedway Researcher |title=1936 fixtures & results |access-date=20 November 2024 }}

}}

{{#invoke:sports results|main

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|match_BV_HAR=50–22

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|match_BV_WH=36–36

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|match_HAC_WIM=46–26

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|match_HAR_NC=38–33

|match_HAR_WEM=45–26

|match_HAR_WH=31–38

|match_HAR_WIM=51–21

|name_NC=New Cross

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|match_NC_HAC=43–29

|match_NC_HAR=44–26

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|match_WIM_WH=33–37

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}}

The 1936 National Trophy was the sixth edition of the Knockout Cup.{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/05/national-trophy-1936.html|title=1936 National Trophy|publisher=Speedway archive}}

Southampton Saints won the Provincial final and therefore secured a place in the quarter-finals.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

First leg

{{football box

|date = 21 August 1936

|team1 = Hackney Wick Wolves
Dicky Case 14
Cordy Milne 12
Morian Hansen 10
Baltzer Hansen 9
George Wilks 8
Bill Clibbett 6

|score = 59 – 49

|report = {{cite web |url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1936ntresults.pdf|title=1936 National Trophy|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=6 August 2021}}

|team2 = Belle Vue Aces
Max Grosskreutz 18
Bob Harrison 16
Bill Kitchen 11
Eric Langton 3
Wally Hull 1
Frank Varey 0
Oliver Langton 0
Acorn Dobson 0

|stadium = Hackney Wick Stadium

}}

Second leg

{{football box

|date = 22 August 1936

|team1 =Belle Vue Aces
Max Grosskreutz 18
Bill Kitchen 15
Eric Langton 12
Bob Harrison 12
Frank Varey 9
Wally Hull 6
Oliver Langton 1

|score = 73 – 31

|report =

|team2 = Hackney Wick Wolves
Dicky Case 12
Cordy Milne 9
Baltzer Hansen 3
Morian Hansen 2
George Wilks 2
Bill Clibbett 1
Stan Dell 1

|stadium = Hyde Road

}}

Belle Vue were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 122-90.

The 1936 Auto-Cycle Union Cup was the third edition of the Cup and was won by Belle Vue for the third time.{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1936acuresults.pdf|title=1936 ACU Cup|publisher=Speedway Researcher|access-date=6 August 2021}} Tragically Herbert 'Dusty' Haigh was killed instantly after suffering a facrtured skull riding at Hackney Wick Stadium on 15 May 1936, in the ACU Cup match between Hackney and West Ham. He fell when in front and heading for a fourth consecutive heat win and the riders behind were unable to avoid him.{{cite web |url=http://www.hackneyspeedway.com/PRE-WAR-HACKNEY-HERBERT-DUSTY-HAIGH-|title=PRE WAR HACKNEY HERBERT 'DUSTY' HAIGH|website=Hackney Speedway|access-date=6 August 2021}}

First round

Group 1

Group 2

First round

Semi final round

First leg

{{football box

|date = 26 September 1936

|team1 =Harringay
Jack Ormston 16
Les Wotton 11
Bill Pitcher 10
Norman Parker 8
Harry Whitfield 3
Rol Stobart 1

|score = 49–58

|report = {{cite news |title=London Cup Final |work=Reynolds's Newspaper |date=27 September 1936 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001035/19360927/317/0019 | via = British Newspaper Archive| access-date=16 September 2023 |url-access=subscription }}

|team2 = Hackney Wick
Cordy Milne 17
Baltzer Hansen 11
Morian Hansen 9
Bill Clibbett 8
George Wilks 7
Stan Dell 3
Dick Case 3

|stadium = Harringay Stadium

|attendance =

}}

Second leg

{{football box

|date = 2 October 1936

|team1 = Hackney Wick
Morian Hansen 17
Dick Case 15
Cordy Milne 12
Baltzer Hansen 12
George Wilks 7
Bill Clibbett 5
Stan Dell 1

|score = 69–39

|report = {{cite web |url=http://www.speedwaymuseumonline.co.uk/hackney%20details%20by%20robert%20rogers.html |title=Hackney Speedway |website=Speedway Museum Online |access-date=15 September 2023}}

|team2 = Harringay
Bill Pitcher 12
Jack Ormston 9
Norman Parker 9
Frank Goulden 7
Billy Dallison 1
Les Wotton 1

|stadium = Hackney Wick Stadium

|attendance =

}}

Hackney Wick won on aggregate 127–88

Belle Vue

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• {{player||AUS|Max Grosskreutz}} 10.21
• {{player||ENG|Eric Langton}} 9.27
• {{player||ENG|Joe Abbott}} 9.25
• {{player||ENG|Bill Kitchen}} 8.92
• {{player||ENG|Bob Harrison}} 6.81
• {{player||ENG|Frank Varey}} 5.33
• {{player||ENG|Acorn Dobson}} 5.11
• {{player||ENG|Oliver Langton}} 4.00
• {{player||ENG|Tommy Allott}} 3.06
• {{player||ENG|Wally Hull}} 2.07
• {{player||ENG|Chun Moore}} 1.00

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Hackney

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• {{player||ENG|Dusty Haigh}} 10.00
• {{player||AUS|Dicky Case}} 8.71
• {{player||USA|Cordy Milne}} 7.95
• {{player||DEN|Morian Hansen}} 7.87
• {{player||DEN|Baltzer Hansen}} 5.57
• {{player||ENG|George Wilks}} 5.35
• {{player||ENG|Bill Clibbett}} 4.93
• {{player||ENG|Broncho Dixon}} 4.57
• {{player||ENG|Stan Dell}} 4.00
• {{player||AUS|Fred Tate}} 3.62
• {{player||ENG|Tiger Hart}} 2.74

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Harringay

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• {{player||ENG|Jack Parker}} 10.27
• {{player||ENG|Jack Ormston}} 8.71
• {{player||ENG|Bill Pitcher}} 7.32
• {{player||ENG|Norman Parker}} 7.06
• {{player||AUS|Dick Smythe}} 4.97
• {{player||ENG|Les Wotton}} 4.79
• {{player||ENG|Rol Stobbart}} 4.20
• {{player||ENG|Billy Dallison}} 3.73
• {{player||ENG|Fred Strecker}} 3.33
• {{player||ENG|Bob Lovell}} 1.33

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New Cross

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• {{player||USA|Jack Milne}} 8.68
• {{player||ENG|George Newton}} 8.54
• {{player||ENG|Stan Greatrex}} 8.24
• {{player||ENG|Ron Johnson}} 7.73
• {{player||ENG|Joe Francis}} 6.00
• {{player||ENG|Norman Evans}} 4.88
• {{player||ENG|Nobby Key}} 3.57
• {{player||ENG|Harry Shepherd}} 3.05
• {{player||ENG|Roy Dook}} 2.53
• {{player||AUS|Ernie Evans}} 0.62

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Wembley

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• {{player||ENG|Frank Charles}} 10.11
• {{player||AUS|Lionel Van Praag}} 9.45
• {{player||ENG|Ginger Lees}} 8.00
• {{player||NZL|Wally Kilmister}} 5.08
• {{player||ENG|Eric Gregory}} 5.02
• {{player||ENG|Wally Lloyd}} 4.08
• {{player||ENG|Gordon Byers}} 5.30
• {{player||ENG|Tommy Price}} 4.00
• {{player||ENG|George Greenwood}} 3.33

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West Ham

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• {{player||AUS|Bluey Wilkinson}} 9.21
• {{player||ENG|Tommy Croombs}} 7.37
• {{player||ENG|Broncho Dixon}} 7.05
• {{player||ENG|Arthur Atkinson}} 6.80
• {{flagicon|CAN|1921}} Eric Chitty 5.90
• {{player||ENG|Tiger Stevenson}} 4.23
• {{player||ENG|Rol Stobbart}} 3.76
• {{player||ENG|Phil Bishop}} 3.73
• {{player||ENG|Ken Brett}} 3.64
• {{player||AUS|Mick Murphy}} (John Glass) 3.58
• {{player||AUS|Charlie Spinks}} 3.33

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Wimbledon

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• {{player||AUS|Vic Huxley}} 8.13
• {{player||ENG|Wal Phillips}} 7.50
• {{player||ENG|Claude Rye}} 6.46
• {{player||ENG|Gus Kuhn}} 5.97
• {{player||AUS|Eric Collins}} 5.23
• {{player||ENG|Wal Morton}} 4.89
• {{player||ENG|Geoff Pymar}} 4.79
• {{player||AUS|Jack Sharp}} 4.49

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