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734:"BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939)"
810:Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1939
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790:Defunct speedway teams in the United Kingdom
689:A History of the World Speedway Championship
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328:1938 Speedway National League Division Two
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16:Defunct motorcycle speedway team in London
800:History of the London Borough of Hackney
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687:Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002).
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710:The Illustrated History of Speedway
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691:. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.
671:. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.
316:1937 Speedway National League
304:1936 Speedway National League
292:1935 Speedway National League
221:qualified for the first ever
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603:. Stroud: Tempus Publishing
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251:until 1963 when the
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38:Hackney Wick Stadium
625:Speedway Researcher
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160:Hackney Wick Wolves
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80:Team captain
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467:Dusty Haigh
212:Dusty Haigh
784:Categories
587:References
431:Vic Duggan
395:Dicky Case
335:champions
219:Dicky Case
146:London Cup
119:Track size
104:Club facts
84:Dicky Case
768:20 August
743:20 August
630:20 August
413:Stan Dell
283:Position
225:final at
565:See also
217:Captain
227:Wembley
203:in the
190:History
109:Colours
64:Founded
58:England
54:Country
44:Hackney
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286:Notes
168:London
94:League
72:Closed
48:London
770:2021
745:2021
714:ISBN
693:ISBN
673:ISBN
650:ISBN
632:2021
605:ISBN
345:2nd+
231:1936
194:The
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141:1938
75:1939
67:1935
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