1955 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1955 Individual Speedway World Championship was the tenth edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

In a very competitive World final Peter Craven of England finished one point ahead of three other riders who had to ride off for the silver medal. The defending champion Ronnie Moore won the ride off to claim silver from fellow countryman Barry Briggs and Welshman Eric Williams who both crashed leaving Moore an easy victory, Briggs took third place from Williams who missed out on a medal.[7]

Nordic Final

8 June 1955
Trondheim
First 6 to European final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Ove Fundin	14
2	Henry Andersen	14
3	Basse Hveem	12
4	Ulf Ericsson	10
5	Birger Forsberg	10
6	Kjell Carlsson	9
7	Sven Fahlén	9
8	Joel Jansson	8
9	Rune Claesson	7
10	Bert Lindarw	7
11	Olle Heyman	6
12	Lars Pettersson	5
13	Reidar Kristoffersen	5
14	Göran Norlén	3
15	Antti Pajari	2
16	Kaukko Jousanen	1

Continental Final

13 June 1955
Abensberg
First 6 to European Final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Fritz Dirtl	15
2	Josef Kamper	12
3	Georg Duneborn	12
4	Josef Hofmeister	11
5	Josef Seidl	11
6	Per Olof Söderman	10

Championship Round

Venues
7 events in Great Britain

Scores
First 12 to World final + 2 reserves

Pos.	Rider	Total pts
1	Peter Craven	29
2	Jack Young	29
3	Barry Briggs	28
4	Ron Johnston	26
5	Ronnie Moore	26
6	Arthur Wright	26
7	Doug Davies	26
8	Cyril Roger	25
9	Arthur Forrest	24
10	Aub Lawson	24
11	Phil Clarke	24
12	Brian Crutcher	23
13	Eric Williams	23
14	Billy Bales	23
15	Gerry Hussey	22
16	Ken McKinlay	22
17	Freddie Williams	21
18	Alf Hagon	19
19	Ken Middleditch	19
20	Ron Mountford	18
21	Jack Geran	18
22	Jack Biggs	17
23	Alan Hunt	17
24	Les McGillivary	17
25	Peter Moore	15
26	Ron How	14
27	Harry Bastable	14
28	Peter Clark	14

Pos.	Rider	Total pts
29	Tommy Price	14
30	Fred Rogers	14
31	Dick Bradley	12
32	Bob Mark	11
33	Ian Williams	11
34	Split Waterman	11
35	Bob Duckworth	11
36	Tommy Miller	10
37	Reg Reeves	10
38	Allan Kidd	10
39	Alan Smith	9
40	Fred Brand	9
41	Neil Street	9
42	Guy Allot	8
43	Junior Bainbridge	8
44	Harry Edwards	7
45	Gordon McGregor	7
46	Bob Roger	6
47	Charlie New	6
48	Jimmy Gooch	5
49	Bill Holden	5
50	Eric French	4
51	Ron Clarke	3
52	John Fitzpatrick	3
53	Ken Sharples	1
54	Bob Sharp	1
55	Eddie Rigg	0
56	Jim Lightfoot	0

European Final

4 July 1955
Oslo
First 4 to World final[8]

Pos.	Rider	Total	Notes
1	Henry Andersen	14	Qualified for World final
2	Olle Nygren	12	Qualified for World final
3	Kjell Carlsson	11	Qualified for World final
4	Ove Fundin	11	Qualified for World final
5	Per Olof Söderman	11
6	Basse Hveem	10
7	Josef Kamper	9
8	Ulf Ericsson	8
9	Fritz Dirtl	7
10	Birger Forsberg	7
11	Georg Duneborn	6
12	Alf Hagon	5
13	Rune Sörmander	4
14	Cyril Maidment	3
15	Joseph Seidl	2
16	Josef Hofmeister	0
17	Reidar Kristoffersen	0

World final

15 September 1955
London, Wembley Stadium[9]

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Peter Craven	(3,3,2,3,2)	13
2	Ronnie Moore	(3,1,3,2,3)	12+3
3	Barry Briggs	(3,2,3,2,2)	12+2
4	Eric Williams	(3,1,2,3,3)	12+1
5	Brian Crutcher	(2,2,3,Fx,3)	10
6	Ove Fundin	(2,1,1,3,3)	10
7	Jack Young	(1,3,1,3,2)	10
8	Olle Nygren	(0,3,2,2,2)	9
9	Arthur Forrest	(0,2,3,1,1)	7
10	Arthur Wright	(1,3,0,1,1)	6
11	Billy Bales	(2,0,1,2,1)	6
12	Ron Johnston	(1,1,2,1,1)	6
13	Kjell Carlsson	(0,2,0,1,0)	3
14	Phil Clarke	(2,0,0,0,0)	2
15	Henry Andersen	(1,0,1,0,0)	2
16	Cyril Roger	(0,0,0,0,Fx)	0
R1	Gerry Hussey	did not ride	-
R2	Ken McKinlay	did not ride	-

Note - Aub Lawson withdrew injured, Doug Davies withdrew with meningitis,

Classification

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos
1	(8) Peter Craven	13		3						3			2			3			2				13	1
2	(2) Ronnie Moore	12+3	3					1				3				2				3			12	2
3	(14) Barry Briggs	12+2				3		2					3		2							2	12	3
4	(12) Eric Williams	12+1			3					1		2			3						3		12	4
5	(1) Brian Crutcher	10	2				2				3				-				3				4	5
6	(5) Ove Fundin	10		2			1					1					3					3	10	6
7	(9) Jack Young	10			1		3						1					3		2			10	7
8	(6) Olle Nygren	9		0				3			2							2			2		9	8
9	(4) Arthur Forrest	7	0							2				3				1				1	7	9
10	(3) Arthur Wright	6	1						3				0				1				1		6	10
11	(10) Billy Bales	6			2			0						1			2		1				6	11
12	(7) Ron Johnston	6		1					1					2	1					1			6	12
13	(11) Kjell Carlsson	3			0				2		0					1						0	3	13
14	(13) Phil Clarke	2				2	0							0		0					0		2	14
15	(16) Henry Andersen	2				1				0	1						0			0			2	15
16	(15) Cyril Roger	0				0			0			0						0	-				0	16
	(17) Gerry Hussey	0																					0
	(18) Ken McKinlay	0																					0
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

References

Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
"World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
"WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
"HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
"Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
"WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
"Craven Wins Speedway's World Title". Bradford Observer. 16 September 1955. Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"1955". Speedway.org. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

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[1] Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.

[2] "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[3] "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[4] "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[5] "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[6] "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[7] "Craven Wins Speedway's World Title". Bradford Observer. 16 September 1955. Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[8] "1955". Speedway.org. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[9] Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

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