1992 British League season explained

The 1992 British League season was the 58th season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the 28th known as the British League.^{[1] [2]}

Summary

Reading Racers won the league for the second time in three years. Four riders who won the 1990 title (Jeremy Doncaster, Per Jonsson, Jan Andersson and Dave Mullett) were integral during the 1992 campaign. They were joined by Italian Armando Castagna and Ray Morton.^[3] Bradford Dukes retained their Knockout Cup title.

World Champion Jan O. Pedersen topped the averages for Cradley Heath.

Final table

Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	BP	Pts
1	Reading Racers	24	19	1	4	11	50
2	Bradford Dukes	24	15	0	9	18	38
3	Poole Pirates	24	15	2	7	6	38
4	Cradley Heath Heathens	24	14	2	8	8	38
5	Wolverhampton Wolves	24	14	1	9	9	38
6	Belle Vue Aces	24	14	1	9	8	37
7	Ipswich Witches	24	11	2	11	6	30
8	Coventry Bees	24	10	1	13	5	26
9	King's Lynn Stars	24	9	0	15	7	25
10	Oxford Cheetahs	24	8	4	12	4	24
11	Arena Essex Hammers	24	7	0	17	3	17
12	Eastbourne Eagles	24	6	2	16	1	15
13	Swindon Robins	24	5	2	17	2	14

M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points

British League Knockout Cup

The 1992 British League Knockout Cup was the 54th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Bradford Dukes were the winners for the second successive year.^[4]

First round

width=80	Date	width=250	Team one	width=80	Score	width=250	Team two
10/07	Belle Vue	57-33	Coventry
06/07	Reading	56-34	Oxford
16/08	Kings Lynn	48-40	Ipswich
25/07	Coventry	51-39	Belle Vue
10/07	Oxford	45-45	Reading
03/06	Poole	49-41	Cradley Heath
04/06	Ipswich	56-33	Kings Lynn
25/04	Cradley Heath	54-36	Poole

Quarter-finals

width=80	Date	width=250	Team one	width=80	Score	width=250	Team two
24/07	Belle Vue	47-43	Ipswich
10/09	Ipswich	39-51	Belle Vue
29/07	Cradley Heath	56-34	Arena Essex
17/10	Arena Essex	49-41	Cradley Heath
24/07	Eastbourne	48-42	Bradford
10/10	Bradford	59-31	Eastbourne
26/10	Wolverhampton	50-40	Swindon
24/10	Swindon	43-47	Wolverhampton

Semi-finals

width=80	Date	width=250	Team one	width=80	Score	width=250	Team two
17/10	Bradford	61-29	Belle Vue
18/10	Belle Vue	54-35	Bradford
07/10	Reading	55-35	Cradley Heath
22/10	Cradley Heath	45-44	Reading

Final

First leg

Second leg

Bradford Dukes were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 92-88.

Riders' Championship

Joe Screen won the British League Riders' Championship. It was the held at Odsal Stadium on 3 October.^[5]

width=25px	Pos.	width=200px	Rider	width=70px	Heat Scores	width=50px	Total
1		3 3 2 3 3	14
2		2 1 2 3 3	11+4
3		1 2 3 2 3	11+3
4		3 1 3 2 2	11+2
5		3 2 0 3 3	11+1
6		0 3 3 3 2	11+0
7		2 3 3 TX 2	10
8		1 0 2 2 2	7
9		3 2 0 0 1	6
10		2 0 1 1 1	5
11		0 0 1 2 1	4
12		2 2 0 0 0	4
13		0 3 0 0 1	4
14		1 1 1 1 0	4
15		1 1 1 0 0	3
16		0 0 2 1 0	3
17	Darren Pearson (res)	1	1

• ef=engine failure, f=fell, x=excluded r-retired

Final leading averages

width=200	Rider	width=200	Team	width=40	Average
	Wolverhampton	10.25
	Oxford	10.24
Per Jonsson	Reading	10.04
Gary Havelock	Bradford	9.50
Leigh Adams	Swindon	9.49
Greg Hancock	Cradley Heath	9.41
Ronnie Correy	Wolverhampton	9.36
Marvyn Cox	Poole	9.26
Joe Screen	Belle Vue	9.05
Martin Dugard	Oxford	8.94

Riders & final averages

Arena Essex

• 8.89
• 8.18
• 7.08
• 6.94
• 6.10
• 5.50
• 4.97
• 3.11
• 3.02
• 0.44

Belle Vue

• 9.05
• 8.92
• 8.83
• 6.84
• 6.12
• 5.95
• 3.73

Bradford

• 9.50
• 8.75
• 8.25
• 7.55
• 6.70
• 6.16
• 2.44
• 2.11
• 1.79
• 1.38

Coventry

• 8.91
• 8.14
• 7.64
• 7.08
• 6.24
• 5.49
• 4.79
• 3.87

Cradley Heath

• 11.37 (only 4 matches)
• 9.41
• 8.64
• 7.91
• 7.40
• 6.33
• 4.17
• 3.79

Eastbourne

• 8.63
• 7.18
• 6.58
• 5.84
• 5.81
• 5.71
• 5.57
• 4.75

Ipswich

• 8.33
• 7.46
• 7.10
• 6.93
• 6.76
• 6.65
• 4.86

King's Lynn

• 8.86
• 8.85
• 7.54
• 6.50
• 6.35
• 5.28
• 5.24
• 2.34
• 1.67

Oxford

• 10.24
• 8.94
• 6.09
• 5.22
• 5.21
• 5.11
• 2.43
• 2.35

Poole

• 9.26
• 8.56
• 7.97
• 6.40
• 6.33
• 5.63
• 5.53
• 4.43

Reading

• 10.04
• 8.36
• 7.88
• 7.65
• 7.09
• 6.77
• 2.89

Swindon

• 9.49
• 7.37
• 7.16
• 6.09
• 5.75
• 3.67
• 2.88
• 2.73

Wolverhampton

• 10.25
• 9.36
• 7.79
• 6.83
• 5.17
• 4.17
• 4.00
• 2.40

See also

• List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
• Knockout Cup (speedway)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historic league tables. Speedway Archive.
2. Web site: HISTORY ARCHIVE. British Speedway. 4 July 2021.
3. Web site: 1992 league tables. Speedway GB.
4. Web site: 1992 British League Knockout Cup. Speedway archive.
5. News: Speedway . Western Daily Press . 5 October 1992 . 6 June 2023 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .