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Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
Nordic-British-American Final Qualifiers
Inside Front
Bobby Beaton drawing
Inside Rear
Coatbridge team photo
Rear
Dag Lovaas and Peter Collins
News
- Steve Gresham quits Hull after asking the management team for a loan and then disappearing. Gresham's car is found at Heathrow Airport and he flies home to the USA
- Workington's Steve Watson creates a Second Division record by completing 100 consecutive meetings for the Comets
- Basement club Ellesmere Port strengthen by signing Nigel Wasley from Stoke
- Weymouth suffer a blow as veteran Bob Hughes breaks an arm
Major Meetings
Seventh Test, Leicester, July 23rd 1974
- England 76
- Peter Collins (15)
- Malcolm Simmons (14)
- Ray Wilson (13)
- Terry Betts (13)
- John Louis (12)
- Dave Jessup (9)
- Poland 32
- Zenon Plech (14)
- Edward Jancarz (11)
- Jan Mucha (4)
- Ryszard Fabiszewski (2)
- Pawel Waloszek (1)
- Henryk Glucklich (0)
First Test, Swindon, July 27th 1974
- England 66
- Martin Ashby (17)
- Tony Davey (16)
- Dave Jessup (16)
- John Louis (6)
- Barry Thomas (5)
- Frank Auffret (4)
- Bob Coles (2)
- Tom Leadbitter (0)
- USSR 41
- Vladimir Gordeev (13)
- Grigori Chlinovski (11)
- Anatoli Kuzmin (10)
- Nikolai Kornev (5)
- Viktor Nesterov (2)
- Valeri Gordeev (0)
Second Test, Wolves, July 28th 1974
- England 61
- Kevin Holden (15)
- Peter Collins (10)
- Ray Wilson (9)
- Chris Pusey (9)
- Alan Wilkinson (7)
- Richard Greer (6)
- Terry Betts (3)
- Tom Leadbitter (2)
- USSR 47
- Grigori Chlinovski (14)
- Valeri Gordeev (12)
- Anatoli Kuzmin (10)
- Viktor Kuznetsov (5)
- Vladimir Gordeev (3)
- Sergei Douzhenko (3)
- Nikolai Kornev (0)
Big Wins
Birmingham 51 v 27 Scunthorpe
John Hart/Phil Herne (12)..Chris Emery (11)
Crewe 55 v 23 Peterborough
John Jackson (12)..Brian Clark (9)
Wimbledon 50 v 27 Hackney
Bert Harkins (12)...Dag Lovaas (10)
Newport 50 v 28 Leicester
Neil Street (12)...Dave Jessup (10)
Sunderland 60 v 18 Weymouth
Russ Dent (12)...Kelvin Mullarkey (7)
Stoke 51 v 27 Teesside
Mike Broadbank/Steve Holden/Alan Bridgett (10)..Russ Hodgson/Pete Reading (9)
King's Lynn 55 v 23 Wimbledon
Ian Turner (12)...Barry Briggs (7)
Boston 57 v 21 Sunderland
Russ Osborne (12)..Russ Dent (6)
Averages - Top 5
League 2
- Phil Herne (Birmingham) 10.96
- Arthur Browning (Birmingham) 10.48
- Carl Glover (Boston) 10.40
- Bruce Forrester (Teesside) 9.90
- John Jackson (Crewe) 9.86
League Tables - Top/Bottom 5
League 1 Top 5
- King's Lynn..22..15..0..7..30
- Exeter..17..12..1..4..25
- Belle Vue..14..12..0..2..24
- Ipswich..17..11..0..6..22
- Newport..18..10..2..6..22
League 1 Bottom 5
- Cradley..23..7..0..16..14
- Oxford..20..6..0..14..12
- Coventry..18..6..0..12..12
- Leicester..17..5..1..11..11
- Hull..16..4..0..12..8
League 2 Top 5
- Boston..25..15..1..7..31
- Eastbourne..22..14..2..6..30
- Birmingham..18..13..1..4..27
- Barrow..24..13..1..10..27
- Bradford..24..13..1..10..27
League 2 Bottom 5
- Rye House..16..8..0..8..16
- Sunderland..24..6..0..18..12
- Ellesmere Port..18..5..1..12..11
- Weymouth..19..5..0..14..10
- Scunthorpe..21..4..1..16..9