LONDON [GB]

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WEMBLEY EMPIRE STADIUM.

Wembley Empire Stadium opened on the 28th of April 1923 as a football stadium, playing host to some of the biggest football matches on the planet.

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1929 - WEMBLEY EMPIRE STADIUM SPEEDWAY.   Motorcyle Speedway Racing.   1929.

Motorcycle Speedway racing was introduced to the Wembley Stadium way back in 1929 and ran on a regular basis up until 1939 when World War two put an end to all motor racing, world wide.

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1946 - WEMBLEY EMPIRE SPEEDWAY.   Motorcycle Speedway Racing. 15th August 1946.

Speedway racing returned again to the stadium in 1946 and continued to thrill the fans for many years.

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1949 - WEMBLEY EMPIRE STADIUM.   Solo Speedway Championship of the World.   22nd September 1949.

Tommy Price wins World Championship

Here tonight at the packed Wembley Stadium it was an all England podium with Tommy Price winning the 4th running of the World Speedway Solo Championship in front of a 93,000 strong crowd.
Tommy won the Championship with a 15 points maximum score, leading his fellow English rider's in Jack Parker on 14 points and Louis Lawson on 13 points.

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1950 - WEMBLEY EMPIRE STADIUM.   Speedway of the World Final.   21st September 1950.

W E M B L E Y   R I D E R ' S S P E E D W A Y   T I T L E

Daily   Mirror   World   Cables

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LONDON  Saturday  ---   Nearly 100,000 spectators saw Wembley rider Freddie Williams win the World Speedway title on his home track with an aggregate of 14 points.

Wally Green [Westham] 13 and Graham Warren [Birmingham] 12 filled the minor places. Williams gained 600 pounds first prize.

Young Australian Ronnie Moore was disqualified for unfair riding, while test stars Vic Dugan, Aub Lawson and former title holder Tommy Price missed places.

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21st September 1950 - World final   2nd Wally Green.   1st Fred Williams.   3rd Graham Warren. Photographer: unknown. from the Mike Kemp collection.

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1951 - WEMBLEY EMPIRE SPEEDWAY.   ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA TEST MATCH.   19th July 1951.

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1951 - WEMBLEY EMPIRE STADIUM.  12th meeting   2nd August 1951.

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1951 - WEMBLEY EMPIRE STADIUM.  16th meeting   30th August 1951.

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1951 - WEMBLEY EMPIRE STADIUM.   Lions 10th London Cup Final.   13th September 1951.

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1952 - WEMBLEY EMPIRE STADIUM.   England v Australia 2nd Test Match.   26th June 1952.

Australia  defeats  England

56 points to 52 points

The Australian Solo motorcycle Test team the Kangaroos have defeated the English Lions team in the second test of the 1952 five test series at Wembley's Empire Stadium on Thursday night.

Australia

Ronnie Moore       18 

Arthur Payne        08

Jack Biggs            05

Graham Warren    01

Jack Young           16

Merv Harding        06

Lionel Benson      02

Cliff Watson          00

England 

Wally Green          12

Fred Williams        10

Alan Hunt              05

Cyril Brine             01

Bert Roger            11

Split Waterman     07

Tommy Miller        05

George Wilks         01

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1954 - WEMBLEY EMPIRE STADIUM.   World Solo Championship Final.   16th September 1954.

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1958 - WEMBLEY EMPIRE STADIUM.   Speedway Championship of the World.   20th September 1958.

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1964 - EMPIRE STADIUM.   F.I.M. Speedway Championship of the World, United Kingdom Final.   29th August 1964.

Barry Briggs Tops Final Points

New Zealand rider Barry Briggs has won the 1964 British Final of the World Championship. He has finished with a maximum score of 15 points, ahead of Ken McKinlay on fourteen and Ron How on thirteen.
The top eight point scorers from this meeting have qualified for the World Championship Final in Sweden in two weeks time.
Brad Mitchell recalls: Barry Briggs would go on to win his third World Championship at that next meeting in Sweden.

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1978 - WEMBLY EMPIRE STADIUM.   WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL.   2nd September 1978.

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1945 - WEMBLEY EMPIRE STADIUM.   Location.

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2022 - WEMBLEY EMPIRE STADIUM SPEEDWAY.   Location.

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