W/E AUGUST 24TH 1974

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Poole trio Pete Smith, Eric Broadbelt and Richard May

Inside Front

Teesside team photo

Inside Rear

Rye House team photo

Rear

Barrow's Joe Owen

News

• BSPA and SVEMO officials are due to meet to discuss opportunities to lift the current ban on commuting Swedish riders to enable them to return to British racing in 1975
• Oxford make a surprise signing in Dutch youngster Henk Steman
• Barrow suffer a double blow as Paul O'Neil quits and Sid Sheldrick loses part of a thumb in a crash. Newport junior Roger Austen and ex-Bradford man Dave Baugh are snapped up as cover
• Ole Olsen and John Louis will need a deciding third-leg to determine their Golden Helmet challenge after Louis' 2-1 Ipswich win was countered by a 2-0 Olsen victory at Wolves

Big Wins

Birmingham 57 v 21 Rye House

Phil Herne/John Hart (12)..Brian Foote (7)

Crewe 61 v 17 Barrow

Phil Herne/John Hart (12)..Brian Foote (7)

Ipswich 51 v 27 Barrow

Billy Sanders (12)..Phil Crump (12)

Teesside 51 v 27 Coatbridge

Pete Reading (11)...Robin Adlington (8)

Newport 51 v 27 Wimbledon

Phil Crump (12)...Barry Briggs (10)

Sunderland 54 v 24 Peterborough

Jim Wells (11)...Mike Lanham (12)

Workington 58 v 20 Long Eaton

Mitch Graham/Malcolm Mackay (12)..Geoff Bouchard (10)

Coventry 28 v 50 Leicester

Matti Olin (7)...Dave Jessup (12)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Ole Olsen (Wolves) 11.50
• Ivan Mauger (Exeter) 11.40
• Peter Collins (Belle Vue) 11.19
• Phil Crump (Newport) 10.60
• Terry Betts (King's Lynn) 10.45

League 2

• Phil Herne (Birmingham) 11.15
• Carl Glover (Boston) 10.51
• Arthur Browning (Birmingham) 10.00
• John Jackson (Crewe) 10.00
• Bruce Forrester (Teesside) 9.72

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• King's Lynn..25..17..0..8..34
• Exeter..23..16..1..6..33
• Belle Vue..18..14..0..4..28
• Sheffield..19..13..0..6..26
• Ipswich..20..13..0..7..26

League 1 Bottom 5

• Leicester..21..8..1..12..17
• Cradley..24..8..0..16..16
• Oxford..22..7..0..15..14
• Hull..23..6..0..17..12
• Coventry..21..6..0..15..12

League 2 Top 5

• Eastbourne..25..16..3..6..35
• Boston..27..17..1..9..35
• Birmingham..22..16..2..4..34
• Workington..25..14..3..8..31
• Bradford..28..15..1..12..31

League 2 Bottom 5

• Rye House..19..10..0..9..20
• Ellesmere Port..22..8..1..13..17
• Sunderland..28..8..0..22..16
• Weymouth..24..7..0..17..14
• Scunthorpe..28..5..1..22..11