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{{Infobox Speedway rider
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| ridername= Arthur Payne
| nationality = {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia
| dateofbirth = {{birth date|1923|8|28}}
| cityofbirth = [[Sydney]]
| countryofbirth = [[Australia]]
| retired = Retired
| career = [[Tamworth Hounds]]<br />[[Birmingham Brummies]]
| years = 1947<br />1948-1954
| indivhonour = None
| indivyear =
| teamhonour = None
| teamyear =
}}
”’Arthur Payne”’ (born 28 August 1923 in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]])<ref name=bl>Buck, B (2007) ”Brummies Legends”, Pendragon Books. ISBN 0-9541671-2-0</ref> was an international [[motorcycle speedway|speedway]] rider who finished fifth in the [[1952 Individual Speedway World Championship|1952 Speedway World Championship]] final.<ref name=hsc>Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ”A History of the World Speedway Championship”. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5</ref>

==Career==
Payne arrived in the UK in 1947 and signed up with the Tamworth Hounds in the [[Speedway National League Division Three|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]]<ref name=bl>Buck, B (2007) ”Brummies Legends”, Pendragon Books. ISBN 0-9541671-2-0</ref> and the Brummies were promoted from [[Speedway National League Division Two|National League Division Two]] at then end of the 1948 season. In 1949, with the Brummies in [[Speedway National League|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 Individual Speedway World Championship|1950]] – {{Flag|GBR}} [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]] – 16th – 0pts
* [[1952 Individual Speedway World Championship|1952]] – {{Flag|GBR}} [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]] – 5th – 9pts
* [[1953 Individual Speedway World Championship|1953]] – {{Flag|GBR}} [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]] – Res – Did Not Ride<ref name=hsc>Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ”A History of the World Speedway Championship”. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5</ref>

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