Peter Moore (speedway rider)

Peter Moore
Born	28 April 1929; Melbourne, Australia
Died	14 May 1996 (aged 67)
Nationality	Australian
Career history
1950	St Austell Gulls
1951-1952, 1965	Long Eaton Archers
1952-1956, 1959	Wimbledon Dons
1957-1958, 1960-1962	Ipswich Witches
1959	Norwich Stars
1962-1963	Swindon Robins
1965	Long Eaton Archers
1966-1967	King's Lynn Stars
1973	Rayleigh Rockets
1973	Hackney Hawks
1974	Rye House Rockets
Individual honours
1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963	Speedway World Championship finalist
Team honours
1954, 1955, 1956, 1959	National League Champion
1953, 1956, 1959	National Trophy Winner
1954	RAC Cup
1959	Britannia Shield

Peter John Moore (28 April 1929 – 14 May 1996) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Australia.^[1] He earned 22 international caps for the Australia national speedway team and 3 caps for the Great Britain national speedway team.^[2]

Speedway career

Moore was a leading rider throughout the 1950s and 1960s, he reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on five occasions in 1956, 1958, 1963, 1959, 1960 and 1963.^[3]

He gained 22 Australian caps and three British caps (when riders from Oceania were allowed to represent Britain).^[4]

After a first British season with St Austell Gulls in 1950 he signed for Long Eaton Archers.^[5] He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1950 to 1974, riding for various clubs.^[6] His time riding in Britain included winning three consecutive league titles from 1954 to 1956,^[7] with the famous Wimbledon Dons team of the 1950s.^[8]

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

1956 - London, Wembley Stadium - 9th - 8pts
1958 - London, Wembley Stadium - 11th - 5pts
1959 - London, Wembley Stadium - 15th - 3pts
1960 - London, Wembley Stadium - 4th - 12pts
1963 - London, Wembley Stadium - 11th - 6pts

World Team Cup

1963 - Vienna, Stadion Wien (with Peter Craven / Dick Fisher / Barry Briggs) - 3rd - 25pts (1)

Note: Moore rode for Great Britain in the World Team Cup

References

^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ "Peter Moore". wwosbackup. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ "Speedway Fixture". Football Post (Nottingham). 24 March 1951. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
^ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 23 December 2023.

[1] "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

[URI-2] "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 23 December 2023.

[3] "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

[4] "Peter Moore". wwosbackup. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

[5] "Speedway Fixture". Football Post (Nottingham). 24 March 1951. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[6] "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

[7] Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.

[8] "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 23 December 2023.

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