Provincial League (speedway)

[4] Manchester businessman and sometime midget car driver Mike Parker had run a number of pirate meetings at Liverpool and Bradford and was involved with one at Cradley Heath in the summer of 1959.

The Provincial League was formed under the rules of the Speedway Control Board (SCB) and Auto Cycle Union (ACU).

Provincial League riders were warned by the Speedway Control board that they were in breach of ACU regulations and could be suspended from all competitive racing.

The Provincial League objected and went black the 1964 season, racing under their own rules and arbitrator, and appointing their own officials and referees.

[5] An enquiry was held that year set up by the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) and chaired by Lord Shawcross who decided that the SCB was acting illegally.