- Summary
- Final table
- Leading averages
- National League Knockout Cup First Round Second Round Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
- See also
- References
{{Infobox speedway league season | competition = National League | season = 1983 | competitors = 18 | champion = Newcastle Diamonds[1] | domesticcup1 = Knockout Cup | domesticcup1 winners = Exeter Falcons | league above = 1983 British League | prevseason = 1982 | nextseason = 1984 }}The 1983 National League was the second tier of motorcycle speedway racing in the United Kingdom. SummaryThe winning team was Newcastle Diamonds.[2] [3] Final table Team | PL | W | D | L | Pts | Newcastle Diamonds | 34 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 51 | Mildenhall Fen Tigers | 34 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 48 | Crayford Kestrels | 34 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 46 | Weymouth Wildcats | 34 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 40 | Scunthorpe Saints | 34 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 40 | Milton Keynes Knights | 34 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 39 | Middlesbrough Tigers | 34 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 39 | Berwick Bandits | 34 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 34 | Edinburgh Monarchs | 34 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 33 | Exeter Falcons | 34 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 32 | Rye House Rockets | 34 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 31 | Peterborough Panthers | 34 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 30 | Glasgow Tigers | 34 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 29 | Oxford Cheetahs | 34 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 29 | Canterbury Crusaders | 34 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 16 | Boston Barracudas | 34 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 25 | Stoke Potters | 34 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 21 | Long Eaton Invaders | 34 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 19 |
Leading averagesRider | Team | Average |
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Joe Owen | Newcastle | 11.10 | Rod Hunter | Newcastle | 10.51 | Martin Yeates | Weymouth | 10.39 | Bobby Beaton | Newcastle | 10.20 | Steve Lawson | Glasgow | 10.00 | Jimmy McMillan | Glasgow | 9.85 | Marvyn Cox | Rye House | 9.83 | Barry Thomas | Crayford | 9.69 | Steve Wilcock | Middlesbrough | 9.48 | Steve McDermott | Berwick | 9.43 | Bobby Garrad | Rye House | 9.28 |
National League Knockout CupThe 1983 National League Knockout Cup was the 16th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Exeter Falcons were the winners of the competition.[4] First RoundDate | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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19/04 | Crayford | 45-50 | Mildenhall | 17/04 | Mildenhall | 55-41 | Crayford | 01/04 | Oxford | 51-45 | Milton Keynes | 29/03 | Milton Keynes | 47-49 | Oxford |
Second RoundDate | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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22/06 | Long Eaton | 58-38 | Berwick | 09/06 | Oxford | 45-51 | Rye House | 05/06 | Berwick | 61-35 | Long Eaton | 27/05 | Peterborough | 57-39 | Mildenhall | 25/05 | Mildenhall | 58-38 | Peterborough | 23/05 | Newcastle | 61-35 | Scunthorpe | 22/05 | Rye House | 51-45 | Oxford | 22/05 | Scunthorpe | 43-53 | Newcastle | 20/05 | Edinburgh | 50-46 | Middlesbrough | 30/04 | Canterbury | 45-51 | Exeter | 24/04 | Boston | 45-51 | Weymouth | 22/04 | Glasgow | 62-34 | Stoke | 19/04 | Weymouth | 58-38 | Boston | 16/04 | Stoke | 55-41 | Glasgow | 14/04 | Middlesbrough | 55-41 | Edinburgh | 11/04 | Exeter | 70-26 | Canterbury |
Quarter FinalsDate | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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15/08 | Exeter | 64-32 | Rye House | 14/08 | Rye House | 55-41 | Exeter | 23/07 | Berwick | 45-50 | Newcastle | 19/07 | Weymouth | 65-31 | Glasgow | 03/07 | Mildenhall | 67-25 | Middlesbrough | 27/06 | Newcastle | 53-42 | Berwick | 11/06 | Glasgow | 41-54 | Weymouth | 09/06 | Middlesbrough | 47-49 | Mildenhall |
Semi FinalsDate | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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02/10 | Mildenhall | 66-30 | Exeter | 12/09 | Exeter | 74-21 | Mildenhall | 12/09 | Newcastle | 54-42 | Weymouth | 02/08 | Weymouth | 55-41 | Newcastle |
FinalDate | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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11/10 | Weymouth | 52-44 | Exeter | 10/10 | Exeter | 52-43 | Weymouth |
See alsoList of United Kingdom Speedway League ChampionsReferences1. ^{{cite web |url=http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speedwayyears/1983.html |title=About - Exeter Speedway 1983 |publisher=MyWeb.Tiscali.co.uk |date= |accessdate=21 August 2012}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/p/compet.html|title=Historic league tables|publisher=Speedway Archive}} 3. ^Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. {{ISBN|0-9552376-1-0}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/12/national-league-ko-cup-1983.html|title=1983 National League Knockout Cup|publisher=Speedway archive}}
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