W/E AUGUST 27TH 1983

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Julian Parr

Inside Front

Gary Guglielmi crashes

Inside Rear

Brian Havelock and Peter Nightingale

Rear

Halifax pair Steve Baker and Craig Pendlebury

News

• Middlesbrough give a National League debut to 17-year-old Mark Crang
• American Keith Chrisco rejects the opportunity to join Sheffield
• Oxford promoter Bernard Crapper denies reports that The Cheetahs have already secured a British League licence for 1984
• League leaders Cradley suffer a blow as Danish reserve Jan O Pedersen breaks a wrist
• Eastbourne boost their squad by signing Julian Parr on loan from Scunthorpe
• Busy week at Edinburgh as Australian Glyn Taylor leaves the club and promoter Tom Cook applies for The Monarchs to join the BL next season

Big Wins

Exeter 64 v 32 Rye House

Keith Millard/Steve Bishop (13)..Marvyn Cox (15)

Milton Keynes 59 v 37 Middlesbrough

Craig Featherby/Keith White (14)..Steve Wilcock (12)

Glasgow 59 v 37 Stoke

Steve Lawson/Jimmy McMillan (15)..Tom Owen (13)

Belle Vue 58 v 20 King's Lynn

Chris Morton/Larry Ross (12)..Kevin Jolly (7)

Edinburgh 61 v 35 Exeter

Dave Trownson (14)...Keith Millard (12)

Cradley 56 v 22 Leicester

Phil Collins (12)..Neil Collins (7)

Canterbury 59 v 37 Glasgow

Kelvin Mullarkey/Kevin Brice (12)..Jimmy McMillan (14)

Boston 59.5 v 36.5 Exeter

Steve Lomas (13)...Alun Rossiter (14)

Rye House 58 v 36 Glasgow

Bob Garrad (18)...Jimmy McMillan (13)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Dennis Siglaos (Ipswich) 10.93
• Billy Sanders (Ipswich) 10.85
• Chris Morton (Belle Vue) 10.84
• Hans Nielsen (Birmingham) 10.72
• Erik Gundersen (Cradley) 10.53

League 2

• Joe Owen (Newcastle) 11.22
• Martin Yeates (Weymouth) 10.89
• Bobby Beaton (Newcastle) 10,39
• Jimmy McMillan (Glasgow) 10.11
• Rod Hunter (Newcastle) 10.05

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Cradley..14..13..0..1..26
• Ipswich..15..13..0..2..26
• Reading..19..12..0..7..24
• Coventry..17..12..0..5..24
• Wimbledon..18..11..0..7..22

League 1 Bottom 5

• Birmingham..17..7..0..10..14
• Hackney..15..7..0..8..14
• Poole..18..6..0..12..12
• Eastbourne..19..5..0..14..10
• Swindon..17..3..0..14..6

League 2 Top 5

• Newcastle..25..19..0..6..38
• Milton Keynes..26..17..0..9..34
• Middlesbrough..28..16..2..10..34
• Crayford..24..16..0..8..32
• Mildenhall..24..15..2..7..32

League 2 Bottom 5

• Canterbury..27..9..2..16..20
• Stoke..31..10..0..21..20
• Peterborough..22..9..1..12..19
• Boston..28..7..1..20..15
• Long Easton..23..7..0..16..14