Post by bod on Aug 15, 2016 22:48:25 GMT 1
Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
Eric Boocock in action
Inside Front
Brian Leonard of Swindon
Inside Rear
Rayleigh team photo
Rear
Fine racing shot of Peterborough's Brian Clark
News
- Hull sign Alan Cowland
- Speedway Star article complaining about new KOC aggregate format rather than one-off ties
- Oxford pursuing Arnold Haley whilst also trying to convince Oyvind Berg to come back
- England Division ii and Poland u-23 teams share two test matches at Canterbury and Boston
- Halifax ridder Per Hansen has thigh operation
Major Meetings
International League
England 40 v 37 Sweden
Reg Wilson (11)..Bernt Persson (10)
Sweden 49 v 29 USSR
Bengt Jansson/Anders Michanek (12)..Vladimir Gordeev (13)
Norway/Denmark 40 v 37 New Zealand
Ole Olsen (11)...Barry Briggs (9)
England 48 v 30 Norway/Denmark
Ray Wilson/Alan Wilkinson (10)..Ole Olsen (10)
Poland 42 v 36 USSR
Edward Jancarz/Zenon Plech/Henryk Zyto (10)..Vladimir Gordeev/Anatoli Kuzmin (7)
New Zeland 35 v 42 Sweden
Ivan Mauger (10)...Christer Lofqvist (11)
Australia 54 v 23 Poland
John Boulger/Geoff Curtis (11)..Jan Mucha (11)
Continental Final, Leningrad
- Valeri Gordeev (13)
- Grigori Chlinovski (12)
- Vladimir Zaplechny (12)
- Vladimir Gordeev (11.5)
- Viktor Trofimov (11.5)
- Alexander Pavlov (11)
- Anatoli Kuzmin (10)
- Vladimir Paznikov (10)
- Jiri Stancl (8)
- Milan Spinka (5)
- Petr Ondrasik (5)
- Miroslav Verner (4)
- Josef Angermuller (3)
- Vaclav Verner (3)
- Jiri Vobornik (1)
- Petr Kucera (0)
Big Wins
Birmingham 53 v 25 Berwick
Arthur Browning (12)..Doug Templeton (12)
Hull 60 v 18 Berwick
Robin Amundsen/Dave Mills (11)..Andy Meldrum (6)
Reading 56 v 22 Coatbridge
Anders Michanek (12)..Jimmy McMillan (8)
Scunthorpe 55 v 23 Crewe
Ian Hindle (11)..Geoff Ambrose (7)
Averages - Top 5
League 1
- Ivan Mauger (Exeter) 11.88
- Anders Michanek(Reading) 11.79
- Ole Olsen (Wolves) 11.06
- Eric Boocock (Halifax) 10.82
- Dag Lovaas (Reading) 10.29
League 2
- Lou Sanson (Workington) 10.95
- Arthur Price(Boston) 10.27
- Alan Knapkin (Bradford) 10.24
- Jim Ryman (Boston) 10.00
- Jack Millen (Sunderland) 9.90
League Tables - Top/Bottom 5
League 1 Top 5
- Halifax..13..9..1..3..19
- Belle Vue..12..9..0..3..18
- Leicester..15..9..0..6..18
- Wolves..17..9..0..8..18
- Newport..17..8..0..9..16
League 1 Bottom 5
- Swindon..14..4..2..8..10
- Oxford..14..4..2..8..10
- Wimbledon..8..4..0..4..8
- Hackney..14..4..0..10..8
- Poole..8..2..2..4..6
League 2 Top 5
- Boston..14..13..0..1..26
- Workington..15..11..1..3..23
- Peterborough..17..11..1..5..23
- Bradford..14..9..0..5..18
- Hull..14..8..1..5..17
League 2 Bottom 5
- Chesterton..12..4..1..7..9
- scunthorpe..15..4..1..10..9
- Rayleigh..12..4..0..8..8
- Ellesmere Port..18..4..0..14..8
- Berwick..17..4..0..13..8