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Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
Taffy Owen of Workington returns to the pits
Inside Front
Bill Andrew of Halifax
Inside Rear
Canterbury team photo
Rear
Coatbridge's Bobby Beaton
News
- Alan Jay returns from retirement to join Coventry
- Peterborough's Ted Howgego has severe bruising
- British Final is announced as being held at Sheffield
- Canterbury rider Bob Hughes set to quit
- Crewe Aussie Dave O'Connor packs up and goes back home
- Scotland defeat England 60-48 in a Division II international at Berwick.
Major Meetings
World Pairs Final, Boras
[li]Anders Michanek 15[/li]
[li]Tommy Jansson 9[/li]
Denmark 21
[li]Ole Olsen 18[/li]
[li]Kurt Bogh 3[/li]
Poland 21
[li]Zenon Plech 14[/li]
[li]Zbigniew Marcinkowski 7[/li]
Russia 20
[li]Vladimir Gordeev 10[/li]
[li]Anatoli Kuzmin 10[/li]
Norway 17
[li]Reidar Eide 9[/li]
[li]Dag Lovaas 8[/li]
Czechoslovakia 11
[li]Jiri Stancl 9[/li]
[li]Petr Ondrasik 2[/li]
New Zealand 10
[li]Ivan Mauger 8[/li]
[li]Graeme Stapleton 2[/li]
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Nordic Final, Norrkoping
- Ole Olsen (15)
- Bengt Jansson (14)
- Anders Michanek (13)
- Bernt Persson (12)
- Tommy Jansson (10)
- Reidar Eide (9)
- Jan Simensen (9)
- Gote Nordin (8)
- Christer Lofqvist (8)
- Lars Jansson (5)
- Christer Sjosten (4)
- Oyvind Berg (4)
- Dag Lovaas (3)
- Hasse Holmqvist (3)
- Tommy Johansson (1)
- Odd Fossengen (0)
World Championship British Semi-Final, Leicester, 05/06/1973
- Ivan Mauger (14)
- John Louis (13)
- Chris Pusey (12)
- Jimmy McMillan (10)
- Rick France (9)
- Peter Collins (9)
- Bob Valentine (8)
- Tony Davey (8)
- Garry Middleton (8)
- Alan Wilkinson (7)
- Doug Wyer (7)
- Arnold Haley (6)
- Bob Humphreys (6)
- Eric Broadbelt (2)
- Bob Kilby (1)
- Nigel Boocock (0)
- Tony Lomas(res) (0)
- Glyn Taylor(res) (0)
World Championship British Semi-Final, Wimbledon, 07/06/1973
- John Boulger (14)
- Martin Ashby (13)
- Eric Boocock (10)
- Malcolm Simmons (10)
- Ray Wilson (10)
- Terry Betts (10)
- Mick Bell (9)
- Pete Smith (9)
- Roy Trigg (7)
- Gary Peterson (5)
- Barry Thomas (5)
- Malcolm Ballard (5)
- Geof Maloney (4)
- George Hunter (3)
- Bruce Cribb (3)
- Bill Andrew (1)
Big Wins
Newport 53 v 25 Leicester
Neil Street (11)...Ray Wilson (8)
Coventry 52 v 26 Coatbridge
Nigel Boocock (15)..Jimmy McMillan (9)
Eastbourne 50 v 28 Peterborough
Roger Johns (12)..John Davis (13)
Averages - Top 5
League 1
- Ole Olsen (Wolves) 10.98
- Eric Boocock (Halifax) 10.83
- Soren Sjosten (Belle Vue) 10.43
- John Boulger (Leicester) 10.37
- Chris Pusey (Belle Vue) 10.14
League 2
- Lou Sansom (Workington) 11.59
- Alan Knapkin (Bradford) 10.59
- Jack Millen (Sunderland) 10.33
- Arthur Price (Boston) 10.29
- Bobby McNeil (Eastbourne) 9.87
League Tables - Top/Bottom 5
League 1 Top 5
- Leicester..14..9..0..5..18
- Halifax..11..7..1..3..15
- Belle Vue..9..7..0..2..14
- Newport..13..7..0..6..14
- Wolves..15..7..0..8..14
League 1 Bottom 5
- Exeter..10..3..1..6..7
- Poole..4..2..2..0..6
- Oxford..11..2..2..7..6
- Hackney..12..3..0..9..6
- Wimbledon..6..2..0..4..4
League 2 Top 5
- Boston..10..9..0..1..18
- Peterborough..12..8..1..3..17
- Workington..9..8..0..1..16
- Bradford..10..7..0..3..14
- Barrow..9..6..0..3..12
League 2 Bottom 5
- Canterbury..7..3..1..3..7
- Teesside..7..3..0..4..6
- Ellesmere Port..16..3..0..13..6
- Berwick..10..2..0..8..4
- Scunthorpe..9..1..1..7..3