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managed the team, having ridden for the Gulls in 1951. In 1954 the
Southern League was disbanded. Without a league to race in, the Gulls applied to join the
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Southern League, finishing bottom and again the following season but rising just the one place. Former
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The track was rather rutted as it bedded in but by the start of the 1998 season, the team of mainly local riders started to become a solid outfit. Future
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made his League debut at fifteen years of age. By the end of the season, the team had completed the League
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714:"BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - POST-WAR ERA (1946-1964)"
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343:1951 Speedway National League Division Three
331:1950 Speedway National League Division Three
760:Bamford, R. & Stallworthy, D. (2002)
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614:"St Austell Speedway"
668:Speedway Researcher
644:St Austell Speedway
642:Jackson, J. (2006)
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484:Lloyd Goffe
204:Jack Parker
193:Early years
98:replaced by
798:St Austell
782:Categories
564:References
270:china clay
208:Vic Duggan
183:St Austell
155:1998, 1999
120:Track size
107:Club facts
65:St Austell
47:St Austell
723:26 August
673:26 August
623:26 August
322:Position
264:1997–2000
198:1949–1954
58:Old Pound
51:1997–2000
35:1949–1964
430:winners
414:winners
187:Cornwall
171:speedway
169:were a
69:Cornwall
291:winner
274:caravan
248:1962–63
112:Colours
85:Founded
79:England
75:Country
61:Nanpean
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325:Notes
152:KO Cup
93:Closed
232:star
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359:10th
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228:and
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144:1998
96:2000
88:1949
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