1931 Star Riders' Championship
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The 1931 Star Riders' Championship was decided on a knockout basis over nine heats.

Final

  • September 18, 1931 Wembley, England
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Pos. Rider Total
1   Ray Tauser  8
2   Vic Huxley
Vic Huxley
Victor Nelson "Vic" Huxley was a Speedway who won the Star Riders' Championship, the forerunner of the Speedway World Championship, in 1930 and finished runner-up in 1931 and 1932. He also won the London Riders' Championship in 1936 whilst with the Wimbledon Dons...

 
7
3   Tommy Croombs  6
4   Jack Parker
Jack Parker (speedway rider)
Jack Parker was an international speedway rider who made his debut at the Whitsun meeting at High Beech in 1928. He was born in Birmingham England.-Brief career summary:...

6
5   Frank Arthur
Frank Arthur
Harold Frank Milton Arthur was a former international motorcycle speedway rider who won the first Star Riders' Championship the forerunner of the Speedway World Championship, in 1929.-Career:Arthur was one of the pioneers of speedway in the UK...

 
5
6   Ernie Rickman  4
7   Colin Watson  4
8   Arthur Warwick 3
9   Charlie Spinks 2
10   Harry Shepherd
Harry Shepherd
George 'Harry' Shepherd George 'Harry' Shepherd George 'Harry' Shepherd (born 5 May 1903, Death 17 5 1988 At north shore Auckland nz was an international speedway rider who has been credited with the invention of the starting gate still used in speedway today.-Brief career summary:...

 
1
10   Syd Jackson  1
10   Norman Kendrick  1
10   Les Patrick  1
14   Phil Bishop  0
14   Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson (speedway rider)
Ron Johnson was a speedway rider who won the London Riders' Championship in 1945 and in 1946 whilst with the New Cross Rangers....

 
0
14   Fred Strecker  0
14   Colin Stewart  0
14   Sid Edmonds  0
14   Harold Hastings
Harold Hastings
Harold Hastings was an American composer and conductor. He was born in New York City and subsequently studied at New York University. In his early career, he conducted radio and television orchestras. He also composed music for television advertisements. In 1950, he composed the music for the...

 
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14   Bluey Wilkinson
Bluey Wilkinson
Arther George "Bluey" Wilkinson was an international speedway rider. Wilkinson was Speedway World Champion in 1938 after narrowly missing out on winning the inaugural Championship in 1936.-Early life:Wilkinson was nicknamed "Bluey" because of his red hair...

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Heat details

Heat 1 : Watson, Tauser, Shepherd, Bishop

Heat 2 : Parker, Rickman, Jackson, Stewart

Heat 3 : Warwick, Edmonds (Fell), Hastings (Fell), Wilkinson (Ret)

Heat 4 : Croombs, Huxley, Kendrick, Slater

Heat 5 : Arthur, Spinks, Patrick, Johnson

Semi-final 1 : Huxley, Rickman, Watson

Semi-final 2 : Tauser, Arthur

Semi-final 3 : Parker, Croombs

Final : Tauser, Huxley, Croombs, Parker (Exc)
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