{{Short description|Australian speedway rider}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Use British English|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox Speedway rider | image = File:Dick_Wise_motorcycle_speedway_rider_cigarette_card.png | name= Dick Wise | nationality = Australian | birth_date = {{birth-date|8 September 1909}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|6|28|1909|9|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | death_place = | years1 = 1929–1930 | career1 = Sheffield Blades | years2 = 1931–1932 | career2 = Stamford Bridge Pensioners | years3 = 1933 | career3 = Nottingham | years4 = 1934 | career4 = Birmingham Bulldogs | years5 = 1936 | career5 = Plymouth Panthers | years6 = 1937–1939 | career6 = Norwich Stars
| teamyear1 = 1938 | teamhonour1 = Provincial Trophy winner }}
'''Richard Garrett Wise''' (8 September 1909 – 28 June 1982) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Australia.<ref name=URI>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022, Dick Wise |website=British Speedway |access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref><ref name=CG>{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaymuseumonline.co.uk/playerscigerettecards10.html |title=Dicky Wise |website=Speedway Museum Online |access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref>
==Career== Wise was one of the early speedway pioneer riders that arrived in the United Kingdom from Australia to race in the Britain.<ref>{{cite news |title=Grand opening of Gosforth Speedway |work=Shields Daily Gazette |date=30 May 1929 |access-date=2 August 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000287/19290530/156/0006 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref> He started riding in the UK during 1929 and would also join the Sheffield team during the 1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League season. The following season in 1930, he remained with Sheffield.<ref name=URI/><ref name=SR>{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/specialfeaturesrideraverages.pdf |title=Rider averages 1929 to 2009 |website=Speedway Researcher |access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref>
In 1931, he returned to his home country for the Australian speedway season after an absence of three years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/74368477 |title=Dick Wise returns to speedway |newspaper=The Advertiser |date=30 November 1931 |access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref> He went back to England after spells in Australia and South America<ref>{{cite news |title=Speedway News |work=Sheffield Independent |date=7 April 1931 |access-date=2 August 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001464/19310407/235/0009 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref> and joined the Stamford Bridge Pensioners for the 1931 Speedway Southern League season and was still with the club on the formation of the first National League in 1932.<ref name=SR/> He finished third in the 1932 Australian Championship but broke his leg for the second time during the same year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmaustralii.php|title=Individual Australian Championship|website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego|access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref>
He would go on to ride for Nottingham (1933), Birmingham Bulldogs (1934) and Plymouth Panthers (1936) but had a fractured 1935 season, riding a few exhibition matches and appearing for Harringay reserves.<ref name=URI/>
In 1937, he joined the Norwich Stars and soon established East Anglia as his home, becoming the club captain. He remained with the club as captain until the outbreak of World War II, which forced speedway to stop for the duration.<ref name=URI/><ref name=SR/><ref>{{cite news |title=Max Grosskreutz will make the cinders fly |work=Evening Despatch |date=10 August 1938 |access-date=2 August 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000671/19380810/013/0013 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
After the war, Wise became the team manager of Norwich.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/21032515.speedway-norwich-roared-back-war/ |title=How speedway in Norwich roared back after the war |website=Eastern Daily Press |access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref>
==Players cigarette cards== Wise is listed as number 50 of 50 in the 1930s Player's cigarette card collection.<ref name=CG/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wise, Dick}} Category:1909 births Category:1982 deaths Category:Australian speedway riders Category:Birmingham Bulldogs riders Category:Australian expatriate speedway riders in England Category:Norwich Stars riders Category:Nottingham (speedway) riders Category:Plymouth Gladiators riders Category:Sheffield Tigers riders Category:Stamford Bridge Pensioners riders