W/E APRIL 28TH 1973

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Peterborough pair on parade, John Davis and Ted Howgego

Inside Front

Workington's Malcolm Mackay

Inside Rear

Eric Broadbelt of Belle Vue

Rear

Reading's Dag Lovaas

News

• GB announce final ten-man senior and u-23 squads for upcoming Polish trips
• Ronnie Moore confirms he will travel to the UK for the World League scheduled for late June
• Jack Millen continues racing despite a broken ankle by strapping steel-shoe to his plaster cast!
• Boston's Tony Featherstone requests a move
• Trevor Barnwell of Rayleigh suffers broken scaphoid
• Both Mike Keen and Eric Boocock complete five ride maximums in Swindon's fixture versus Halifax
• Scunthorpe trying to tempt Ken McKinlay into a comeback

Major Meetings

Daily Express Spring Classic, Wimbledon, 19/04/1973

• Anders Michanek (15)
• Terry Betts (12)
• Bengt Jansson (11
• Eric Boocock (11)11
• Tommy Jansson (11)11
• John Louis (10)
• Martin Ashby (10)
• Ray Wilson (9)
• John Boulger (9)
• Graeme Stapleton (5)
• Barry Briggs (4)
• Nigel Boocock (4)
• Soren Sjosten (3)
• Peter Collins (3)
• Reidar Eide (2)
• Tony Clarke(res) (1)
• Christer Lofqvist (0)

Big Wins

Birmingham 53 v 25 Canterbury

Mike Lanham (15)...Ross Gilbertson (11)

Barrow 54 v 24 Eastbourne

Mike Sampson (11)...Bobby McNeil (14)

Bradford 56 v 22 Rayleigh

Robin Adlington (10)...Terry Stone (9)

Sheffield 56 v 22 Oxford

Reg Wilson (11)...Tony Lomas (10)

Chesterton 52 v 26 Bradford

Mike Broadbank (11)...Dave Baugh/Brenton Langlois/Robin Adlington(7)

Ipswich 54 v 23 Hackney

John Louis (12)...Bengt Jansson (10)

Coatbridge 53 v 25 Coventry

Jimmy McMillan (11)...Nigel Boocock (11)

Belle Vue 54 v 22 Leicester

Alan Wilkinson (12)...John Boulger (11)

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Leicester 8..6..0..2..12
• Belle Vue..4..4..0..0..8
• Wolves..4..4..0..0..8..
• Cradley United..5..3..1..1..7
• Coventry..6..3..0..3..6

League 1 Bottom 5

• Poole..1..0..1..0..1
• Oxford..6..0..1..5..1
• Exeter..5..0..1..4..1
• Wimbledon..1..0..0..1..0
• Coatbridge..2..0..0..2..0