W/E JUNE 9TH 1973

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Recent Exeter capture Ivan Mauger in action

Inside Front

Bradford's Rob Maxfield (labelled as Brenton Langlois!)

Inside Rear

Eastbourne team photo

Rear

Malcolm Shakespeare of Leicester in the pits

News

• Barry Briggs awarded an M.B.E.in Queen's Birthday Honours
• World Championship British semi-finals set to be at Leicester and Wimbledon
• Wolves place Dave Gifford on the transfer list
• Coventry rider Les Owen remains in a critical condition
• SRA set to insist on withdrawal of work permits for Sumner McKnight, Per Hansen and Lars-Inge Hultberg owing to low scoring
• Berwick sign John Wilson and Rob Hollingworth

Big Wins

Newport 51 v 27 Hackney

Reidar Eide/Roy Trigg (12)..Laurie Etheridge (9)

Workington 52 v 25 Barrow

Mitch Graham (11)...Terry Kelly (7)

Birmingham 52 v 26 Crewe

Arthur Browning/George Major (10)..Geoff Ambrose (10)

Oxford 51 v 26 Newport

Malcolm Ballard (12)..Roy Trigg (11)

Rayleigh 52 v 26 Berwick

Tiger Beech (12)...Andy Meldrum (9)

Boston 58 v 20 Crewe

Carl Glover (12)..Wayne Forrest/Keith White/Les Glover(G) (6)

Eastbourne 51 v 27 Ellesmere Port

Trevor Geer (12)...Colin Goad (11)

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Leicester..13..9..0..4..18
• Halifax..10..7..1..2..15
• Belle Vue..7..6..0..1..12
• Newport..11..6..0..5..12
• Wolves..14..6..0..8..12

League 1 Bottom 5

• Coatbridge..8..3..0..5..6
• Poole..3..2..1..0..5
• Oxford..10..2..1..7..5
• Wimbledon..5..2..0..3..4
• Hackney..11..2..0..9..4

League 2 Top 5

• Boston..10..9..0..1..18
• Peterborough..12..8..1..3..17
• Workington..9..8..0..1..16
• Barrow..9..6..0..3..12
• Bradford..9..6..0..3..12

League 2 Bottom 5

• Canterbury..7..3..1..3..7
• Teesside..7..3..0..4..6
• Berwick..10..2..0..8..4
• Ellesmere Port..14..2..0..12..4
• Scunthorpe..9..1..1..7..3