- Arthur Payne
Infobox Speedway rider
ridername= Arthur Payne
nationality = flagicon|Australia Australia
dateofbirth = birth date|df=yes|1923|8|28
cityofbirth =Sydney
countryofbirth =Australia
retired = Retired
career =Tamworth Hounds Birmingham Brummies
years = 1947
1948-1954
indivhonour = None
indivyear =
teamhonour = None
teamyear =Arthur Payne (born 28 August 1923 in
Sydney ,Australia )Buck, B (2007) "Brummies Legends", Pendragon Books. ISBN 0-9541671-2-0] was an international speedway rider who finished fifth in the 1952 Speedway World Championship final.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). "A History of the World Speedway Championship". Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5]Career
Payne arrived in the UK in 1947 and signed up with the Tamworth Hounds in the National League Division Three. After scoring almost three hundred points for the Hounds, he was transferred to the Birmingham Brummies for £500, a record fee for a third division rider at that time.
Payne struck up an excellent partnership with Brummies captain
Stan Dell Buck, B (2007) "Brummies Legends", Pendragon Books. ISBN 0-9541671-2-0] and the Brummies were promoted from National League Division Two at then end of the 1948 season. In 1949, with the Brummies in National League Division One, Payne had ridden in all three divisions within the first three years of his career.It was with the Brummies his career flourished, reaching the World Final three times in four years, finishing fifth in his second appearance.
World Final Appearances
* 1950 - Flag|GBR Wembley - 16th - 0pts
* 1952 - Flag|GBR Wembley - 5th - 9pts
* 1953 - Flag|GBR Wembley - Res - Did Not RideBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). "A History of the World Speedway Championship". Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5]References
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