The 1952 National League Division Two was the seventh post-war season of the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain. ^[1]

Summary

The post-war boom was now fading and the League was shortened to 12 teams with Division Three now defunct and continued only on a regional basis. Previous champions Norwich Stars had been promoted to Division One. Newcastle, Walthamstow and Halifax had closed whilst Fleetwood Flyers changed to Fleetwood Knights and ran only open meetings. Poole Pirates were the only new entrant, promoted from the former lower tier.^[2]

Poole Pirates won the title, having won Division Three in the previous season.

Final table

Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
Poole Pirates	44	31	1	12	63
Coventry Bees	44	25	5	14	55
Leicester Hunters	44	25	2	17	52
Cradley Heath Heathens	44	24	0	20	48
Glasgow White City Tigers	44	23	1	20	47
Edinburgh Monarchs	44	21	4	19	46
Ashfield Giants	44	19	3	22	41
Motherwell Eagles	44	19	2	23	40
Yarmouth Bloaters	44	20	0	24	40
Stoke Potters	44	18	1	25	37
Liverpool Chads	44	16	3	25	35
Oxford Cheetahs	44	11	2	31	24

Top Five Riders (League only)

	Rider	Nat	Team	C.M.A.
1			Glasgow White City Tigers	10.91
2	Derick Close		Motherwell Eagles	10.57
3			Yarmouth Bloaters	9.82
4	Brian Crutcher		Poole Pirates	9.66
5	Ken Middleditch		Poole Pirates	9.63

National Trophy Stage Two

The 1952 National Trophy was the 15th edition of the Knockout Cup. The Trophy consisted of three stages; stage one was for the third tier clubs, stage two was for the second tier clubs and stage three was for the top tier clubs. The winner of stage one would qualify for stage two and the winner of stage two would qualify for the third and final stage. Poole won stage two and therefore qualified for stage three.^[3]

Second Division Qualifying First Round

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
05/06	Plymouth	57-51	Poole
02/06	Poole	67-41	Plymouth
24/05	Coventry	71-36	Motherwell
24/05	Stoke	71-37	Cradley Heath
23/05	Cradley Heath	67-41	Stoke
23/05	Motherwell	61-47	Coventry
19/05	Liverpool	71-37	Edinburgh
17/05	Edinburgh	67-41	Liverpool
13/05	Yarmouth	61-47	Leicester
09/05	Leicester	71-37	Yarmouth

Second Division Qualifying Second Round

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
19/06	Oxford	53-55	Poole
09/06	Poole	78-30	Oxford
07/06	Coventry	52-55	Leicester
07/06	Stoke	55-52	Liverpool
06/06	Leicester	55-53	Coventry
02/06	Liverpool	75.5-32.5	Stoke
24/05	Glasgow Ashfield	52-56	Glasgow White City
21/05	Glasgow White City	65-43	Glasgow Ashfield

Second Division Qualifying Semi Finals

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
20/06	Leicester	46-62	Glasgow White City
18/06	Glasgow White City	53-55	Leicester
25/06	Poole	85-23	Liverpool

Second Division Qualifying Final

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
02/07	Glasgow White City	58-50	Poole
30/06	Poole	61-47	Glasgow White City

• For Stage One - see Stage One
• For Stage Three - see Stage Three

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References