Barnsley (speedway)

Barnsley were a British speedway team from Barnsley, England, that competed in the English Dirt Track League in the inaugural season of British Speedway in 1929.[1][2]

Barnsley (speedway)
Club information
Track addressLund Wood
off Pontefract Road
Lundwood
Barnsley
CountryEngland
Founded1928
Closed1930
LeagueNorthern League

History

Formed in 1928, they first competed in the English Dirt Track League (effectively the Northern League) in 1929 when they finished 11th. They closed midway through the 1930 Northern League season.[3] They were based at Pontefract Road, Lundwood, Barnsley. The track was in the middle of a wood called Lund Wood and could be accessed from pathways from Lund Lane or Pontefract Road.[4]

They hold the distinction of staging the first ever British Speedway league match when they hosted Burnley on 6 April 1929.[5][6] Although the fixture between Leeds at home to Barnsley on 23 March took place earlier, it was only a friendly match and was called an inter-track event.[7][8][9]

Season summary
Year and league Position Notes
1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League11th
1930 Speedway Southern League12th

References
  1. "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  2. Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 129. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  3. "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  4. "OS County Series Yorkshire 1931". old-maps.co.uk.
  5. "Towneley Speedway". Burnley Express. 9 March 1929. Retrieved 16 August 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Barnsley Speedway". Defunct Speedway Tracks. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  7. "Leeds Dirt Track re-opened". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 25 March 1929. Retrieved 16 August 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Barnsley Speedway". Defunct Speedway Tracks. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  9. "Speedway Archive". Edinburgh Speedway Blogspot. Retrieved 3 June 2017.

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