1955 Southern Area League

Final table

Fixtures & results

Leading Averages

Riders' Championship

Riders & final averages

References

A fixtures

B fixtures

1955 Southern Area League
League	Southern Area League
No. of competitors	4
Champions	Rye House Roosters
Riders' Champion	Mike Broadbank
Highest average	Vic Hall
Division/s above	National League Div 1; National League Div 2
	← 1954; 1956 →;

The 1955 Southern Area League was the second season of the regional third tier of speedway racing in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams. The season started with the same five teams that finished the previous season.^[1]

Rye House Roosters were the champions. Vic Hall of Brafield topped the averages.^[2]

Ringwood Turfs withdrew mid-season.^[3]

Withdrawal (Record expunged) : Ringwood Turfs

Home \ Away	BFF	CAL	EAS	RIN	RYE
Brafield		49–34	61–23	50–30	40–44
California	52–32		53–30	53–30	50–33
Eastbourne	49–33	23–61		39–43	33–47
Ringwood	n/a	37–47	55–27		n/a
Rye House	55–27	47–36	67–17	57–24

Source: ^[4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Home \ Away	BFF	CAL	EAS	RIN	RYE
Brafield		57–27	48–36	51–32	55–29
California	49–34		56–27	n/a	38–45
Eastbourne	36–48	31–53		n/a	36–47
Ringwood	n/a	n/a	n/a		n/a
Rye House	44–40	62–22	61–22	61–22

Source: ^[5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

	Rider	Team	C.M.A.
1	Vic Hall	Brafield	9.90
2	Mike Broadbank	Rye House	9.67
3	Brian Meredith	Brafield	9.36
4	Vic Ridgeon	Rye House	9.17
5	Al Sparrey	Rye House	8.95

Mike Broadbank won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at Rye House Stadium on 25 September.^[6]^[7]

Pos.	Rider	Club	Pts
1	Mike Broadbank	Rye House	15
2	Vic Ridgeon	Rye House	12
3	Ron Sharp	California	11
4	Merv Hannam	Eastbourne	10
5	Dave Slater	Rye House	10
6	Gil Goldfinch	California	9
7	Tom Reader	Eastbourne	9
8	Eric Hockaday	California	7
9	Bryan Meredith	Brafield	6
10	Jimmy Heard	Rye House	6
11	Tommy Sweetman	California	5
12	Colin Gooddy	Brafield	5
13	Pete Mould	California	5
14	Stan Bedford	Rye House	3
15	Ross Gilbertson	California	2
16	Bob Anderson	California	0

Brafield

Vic Hall 9.89
Brian Meredith 9.33
Frank Greasley 8.20
Alan Pearce 7.60
Dave Hankins 5.89
Colin Gooddy 5.87
Brian Miller 5.60
Hank Bird 5.60
Neil Roberts 5.18

California

Bob Andrews 7.76
Jimmy Gleed 7.73
Pete Mold 7.65
Gil Goldfinch 7.43
Tommy Sweetman 7.00
Eric Hockaday 6.97
Ross Gilbertson 6.75
Ron Sharp 6.19
Bob Anderson 2.00

Eastbourne

Merv Hannam 8.92
Wally Wilson 5.88
Jim Preddy 4.42
Bert Little 4.42
Gerry Bridson 4.00
Bob Bunney 3.66
George Smithson 3.56
Dave Collett 3.43
Dave Freeborn 2.00

Ringwood (withdrew)

Merv Hannam 7.20
Gerry Bridson 5.26
Tom Reader 5.17
Glyn Chandler 4.91
Gordon Richards 4.31
Mike Tamms 4.00
George Hutchinson 2.55

Rye House

Mike Broadbank 9.75
Vic Ridgeon 9.25
Al Sparrey 9.05
Jimmy Heard 8.25
Dave Slater 7.41
Stan Bedford 7.35
Geoff Woodger 6.89
Bill Simpson 6.55
Vernon Brown 4.24
Gerry King 2.93

Rye House Roosters

California Poppies

Brafield Flying Foxes

Eastbourne Eagles

^ "Major League Competitions". Speedway Archive.
^ "Southern Area League 1955" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "1955 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
^ "1955 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
^ "Trophy ends the Speedway season". Eastbourne Gazette. 5 October 1955. Retrieved 10 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Southern Area League Riders Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

[1] "Major League Competitions". Speedway Archive.

[2] "Southern Area League 1955" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "1955 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 21 January 2025.

[5] "1955 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 21 January 2025.

[6] "Trophy ends the Speedway season". Eastbourne Gazette. 5 October 1955. Retrieved 10 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[7] "Southern Area League Riders Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

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