W/E JULY 21ST 1973

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Barrow trio Joe Owen, Chris Roynon and Tom Owen

Inside Front

Hasse Holmqvist of Oxford

Inside Rear

Berwick team photo

Rear

Ellesmere Port's Graham Drury

News

• England clinch International League Title
• Calls increase to revert the Golden Helmet to a monthly challenge
• Oyvind Berg rejects a return to Oxford
• Stoke reserve Roger Parker breaks an arm
• Ken McKinlay smashes Scunthorpe track record by nearly a second
• Poland u-23 clinch 4-3 test series win against England Div ii side in last test at Teesside

International League

New Zealand 43 v 34 USSR

Ivan Mauger (12)...Vladimir Gordeev (10)

England 48 v 30 USSR

Ray Wilson (11)..Ivan Mauger (13)

Sweden 51 v 27 Australia

Christer Lofqvist/Anders Michanek (12)..John Boulger (7)

Major Meetings

International League Final, Wembley

England 39

• Malcolm Simmons 10
• Terry Betts 10
• Peter Collins 9
• Ray Wilson 6
• Martin Ashby 2
• John Louis 2
• Eric Boocock 0

Sweden 39

• Anders Michanek 11
• Christer Lofqvist 10
• Bernt Persson 8
• Tommy Jansson 5
• Hasse Holmqvist 3
• Soren Sjosten 2
• Olle Nygren 0

Big Wins

Sheffield 51 v 26 Wolves

Bob Valentine (11)...Ole Olsen (15)

Coventry 58 v 20 Halifax

Nigel Boocock/Bert Harkins(G)/Garry Middleton (12)..George Hunter(G) (7)

Berwick 51 v 27 Chesterton

Wilie Templeton (12)..Alan Bridgett (9)

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 Sansom (Workington) 11.14
• Arthur Price (Boston) 10.22
• Jack Millen (Sunderland) 10.09
• Alan Knapkin (Bradford) 10.04
• Mike Broadbank (Chesterton) 10.00

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Belle Vue..13..10..0..3..20
• Wolves..19..10..0..9..20
• Halifax..14..9..1..4..19
• Sheffield..15..8..2..5..18
• Reading..12..9..0..3..18

League 1 Bottom 5

• Exeter..13..5..1..7..11
• Coatbridge..15..5..1..9..11
• Wimbledon..10..5..0..5..10
• Hackney..16..4..1..11..9
• Poole..10..3..2..5..8

League 2 Top 5

• Workington..17..13..1..3..27
• Boston..15..13..0..2..26
• Peterborough..19..11..1..7..23
• Bradford..16..10..0..6..20
• Hull..17..9..2..5..20

League 2 Bottom 5

• Scunthorpe..19..5..1..13..11
• Canterbury..14..5..1..8..11
• Birmingham..13..5..0..8..10
• Ellesmere Port..19..5..0..14..10
• Berwick..18..5..0..13..10