W/E OCTOBER 20TH 1973

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

John Boulger, Grigori Chlinovski, Ivan Mauger and Edward Jancarz in World Final action

Inside Front

Chesterton team photo

Inside Rear

Bradford team photo

Rear

Danish pair Ole Olsen and Kurt Bogh

News

• Reading clinch Division I title
• Boston complete Division II league and cup double
• King's Lynn pull off a scoop by gaining agreement for Edward Jancarz and Zenon Plech to race in their Pride of the East meeting
• Fears grow as the Government look to introduce a bill to establish acceptable public noise levels
• SCB veto Oxford's intended signing of Kenneth Selmosson
• Peterborough set to lure Clive Noy out of retirement for next season
• Ipswich promoter John Berry has a 12-month licence suspension suspended for one year following a tribunal looking into comments made in recent Ipswich programmes

Big Wins

Poole 54 v 24 Hackney

Bo Wirebrand (12)..Laurie Etheridge/Geoff Maloney (5)

Wimbledon 55 v 23 Oxford

Trevor Hedge(12)...Gordon Kennett/Geoff Curtis(G) (6)

Teesside 56 v 22 Rayleigh

Frank Auffret (12)..Trevor Barnwell (7)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Anders Michanek (Reading) 11.59
• Ivan Mauger (Exeter) 11.24
• Ole Olsen (Wolves) 11.03
• Malcolm Simmons (King's Lynn) 10.53
• Eric Boocock (Halifax) 10.52

League 2

• Lou Sansom (Workington) 10.67
• Alan Knapkin (Bradford) 10.04
• Jack Milen (Sunderland) 9.80
• Ken McKinlay (Scunthorpe) 9.66
• Carl Glover (Boston) 9.56

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Reading..34..25..1..8..51
• Sheffield..33..21..3..9..45
• King's Lynn..32..19..3..10..41
• Leicester..33..20..0..13..40
• Ipswich..32..18..2..12..38

League 1 Bottom 5

• Poole..32..13..2..17..28
• Coventry..34..13..0..21..26
• Hackney..34..11..4..19..26
• Coatbridge..34..12..1..21..25
• Cradley..32..7..3..22..17

League 2 Top 5

• Boston..32..27..0..5..54
• Workington..32..21..2..9..44
• Eastbourne..34..19..2..13..40
• Peterborough..34..19..1..14..39
• Birmingham..33..18..0..15..36

League 2 Bottom 5

• Chesterton..32..13..1..18..27
• Ellesmere Port..33..13..0..20..26
• Scunthorpe..33..12..1..20..25
• Berwick..33..11..1..21..23
• Rayleigh..34..9..3..22..21