1931 Speedway Southern League

1931 Speedway Southern League

League	Southern League
Season	1931
Champions	Wembley Lions
No. of competitors	11

The 1931 Southern League was the third season of speedway racing in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams, and its final season before amalgamation of the two regional leagues. Both Birmingham teams based at Perry Barr and Hall Green had left as had Coventry who returned mid-season to replace Leicester who were liquidated in April. Harringay Canaries resigned in June to be replaced by Belle Vue who then rode both in the Northern and Southern Leagues. Nottingham closed in July but they were not replaced and their results stood. The league season was the longest in the short history of the competition as teams met each other four times instead of twice.

The Wembley Lions won their second consecutive title.^[1]

Final table

Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
Wembley Lions	37	28	1	8	57
Stamford Bridge Pensioners	38	27	0	11	54
West Ham Hammers	38	23	0	15	46
Crystal Palace Glaziers	38	22	0	16	44
Wimbledon Dons	38	19	1	18	39
High Beach	38	19	1	18	39
Southampton Saints	38	18	0	20	36
Harringay Canaries + Belle Vue	38	14	0	24	28*
Lea Bridge	38	11	0	27	22
Leicester Stadium + Coventry	37	8	1	28	17**
Nottingham	20	8	0	12	16

* Harringay scored 12 points from 14 matches, Belle Vue scored 16 from 24
** Leicester scored 1 point from 8 matches, Coventry scored 16 from 30

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