W/E AUGUST 3RD 1974

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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