1939 Speedway National League

Southampton Saints had moved up from Division Two and Bristol Bulldogs moved back down after just one season.

Belle Vue Aces were leading the championship ahead of Wimbledon Dons when the league was abandoned due to the outbreak of World War II .

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The 1939 National Trophy was the ninth edition of the Knockout Cup. Wembley and Belle Vue were declared joint winners following the abandonment of the final fixture due to the outbreak of the war.{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/06/national-trophy-1939.html|title=1939 National Trophy|publisher=Speedway archive}}{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaygb.co/history/leaguetables1939.php|title=1939 Cup|publisher=Speedway GB}}

Sheffield Tigers won the Division Two final and therefore secured a place in the quarter-finals.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

First round

Semi final round

First leg

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|date = 5 July 1939

|team1 =New Cross
Jack Milne 11
Ron Johnson 10
Ray Duggan 7
Joe Francis 6
Bill Longley 5
Stan Greatrex 4
Crocky Rawding 2
Goldy Restall 1

|score = 46–62

|report =

|team2 = Wimbledon
Wilbur Lamoreaux 15
Vic Duggan 13
Eric Collins 11
Geoff Pymar 10
Wally Lloyd 8
Nobby Key 2
Eric French 2
Norman Evans 1

|stadium = New Cross Stadium

|attendance =

}}

Second leg

{{footballbox

|date = 10 July 1939

|team1 = Wimbledon
Wilbur Lamoreaux 18
Eric Collins 14
Geoff Pymar 11
Vic Duggan 10
Nobby Key 7
Wally Lloyd 6
Norman Evans 5
Eric French 1

|score = 72–36

|report = {{cite news |title=Speedway Comedy in Dons Cup Win |work=Daily Herald |date=11 July 1939 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19390711/227/0013 | via = British Newspaper Archive| access-date=16 September 2023 |url-access=subscription }}

|team2 = New Cross
Jack Milne 13
Ron Johnson 9
Joe Francis 4
Bill Longley 2
Stan Greatrex 2
Goldy Restall 2
Crocky Rawding 2
Ray Duggan 2

|stadium = Plough Lane

|attendance =

}}

Wimbledon won on aggregate 134–82

Belle Vue

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• {{player||ENG|Bill Kitchen}} 10.88
• {{player||ENG|Eric Langton}} 9.50
• {{player||ENG|Frank Varey}} 7.50
• {{player||ENG|Ernie Price}} 7.08
• {{player||ENG|Bob Harrison}} 6.64
• {{player||ENG|Joe Abbott}} 6.62
• {{player||ENG|Jack Hargreaves}} 6.18
• {{player||ENG|Oliver Langton}} 5.25
• {{player||ENG|Wally Hull}} 2.00

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Harringay

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• {{player||ENG|Jack Parker}} 9.60
• {{player||ENG|Alec Statham}} 7.79
• {{player||ENG|Norman Parker}} 6.94
• {{player||ENG|Les Wotton}} 6.88
• {{player||ENG|Bill Pitcher}} 6.71
• {{player||ENG|Lloyd Goffe}} 6.18
• {{player||AUS|Frank Dolan}} 4.53
• {{player||ENG|Dick Harris}} 4.33
• {{player||AUS|Jack Chapman}} 2.00
• {{player||ENG|Ron Mason}} 1.68

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New Cross

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• {{player||USA|Jack Milne}} 10.00
• {{player||ENG|Ron Johnson}} 7.97
• {{player||ENG|Stan Greatrex}} 6.26
• {{player||AUS|Ray Duggan}} 4.94
• {{player||ENG|Norman Evans}} 4.87
• {{player||AUS|Bill Longley}} 4.46
• {{flagicon|CAN|1921}} Goldy Restall 3.78
• {{player||ENG|Joe Francis}} 3.52
• {{flagicon|CAN|1921}} Emerson Rawding 1.78

{{div col end}}

Southampton

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• {{player||USA|Cordy Milne}} 11.29
• {{player||ENG|Frank Goulden}} 7.52
• {{player||USA|Benny Kaufman}} 5.88
• {{player||WAL|Syd Griffiths}} 4.65
• {{player||ENG|Billy Dallison}} 4.44
• {{player||ENG|Alf Kaines}} 2.36
• {{player||AUS|Bert Jones}} 2.67
• {{player||ENG|Jim Boyd}} 2.42
• {{player||ENG|Ed Pye}} 1.43

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Wembley

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• {{player||AUS|Lionel Van Praag}} 10.61
• {{player||ENG|Malcolm Craven}} 8.32
• {{player||DEN|Morian Hansen}} 8.17
• {{player||ENG|Frank Charles}} 7.85
• {{player||ENG|Tommy Price}} 7.57
• {{player||ENG|George Wilks}} 6.74
• {{player||AUS|Aub Lawson}} 6.43
• {{player||ENG|Cliff Parkinson}} 5.07
• {{player||AUS|Andy Menzies}} 4.73

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West Ham

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• {{player||ENG|Arthur Atkinson}} 10.46
• {{flagicon|CAN|1921}} Jimmie Gibb 8.58
• {{flagicon|CAN|1921}} Eric Chitty 7.89
• {{player||ENG|Tommy Croombs}} 7.42
• {{player||AUS|Charlie Spinks}} 4.77
• {{player||ENG|Colin Watson}} 4.21
• {{player||ENG|Phil Bishop}} 3.80
• {{player||ENG|Tiger Stevenson}} 3.11
• {{player||ENG|Dick Geary}} 1.33

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Wimbledon

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• {{player||USA|Wilbur Lamoreaux}} 11.06
• {{player||AUS|Vic Duggan}} 10.67
• {{player||AUS|Eric Collins}} 8.53
• {{player||ENG|Wally Lloyd}} 6.44
• {{player||ENG|Geoff Pymar}} 5.73
• {{player||ENG|Nobby Key}} 4.35
• {{player||ENG|Norman Evans}} 3.47
• {{flagicon|CAN|1921}} Emerson Rawding 3.09
• {{player||IRE|Eric French}} 1.71
• {{player||ENG|Fred Leavis}} 1.71

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