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Doug Davies (6 August 1936 – 8 June 2000) was a South Africa international motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 10 caps for the South African national speedway team.

Speedway career

Davies reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1956 Individual Speedway World Championship.

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway with Birmingham Brummies from 1954 to 1956, and New Cross Rangers in 1961.

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1956 – London, Wembley Stadium – 13th – 4pts

References

1. "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
2. "75 years history" (PDF). Speedway South Africa. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
3. "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
4. "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
5. "New rider for Birmingham". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 26 July 1954. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Davies riding against Bees". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 20 May 1961. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

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