W/E SEPTEMBER 3RD 1977

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Peter Collins fronts the World Final Special

Rear

Swedish pair Bernt Persson and Anders Michanek

News

• World Champion Peter Colins seriously injures a leg in a freak accident at Belle Vue. Collins struck a drainage cover and suffered a broken leg and severe lacerations
• Cradley transfer-list Bernt Persson following his non-arrival at the Heathens' metings against Wimbledon and King's Lynn
• England name an unchanged squad of Simmons, Peter Collins, Lee, Jessup and Davis for the World Team Cup Final
• Scunthorpe riders Trevor Whiting and John McNeil both suffer bad leg injuries

Big Wins

Exeter 56 v 22 Swindon

Ivan Mauger (12)..Martin Ashby (9)

Reading 51 v 27 Belle Vue

John Davis (16)...Peter Collins (12)

Ipswich 58 v 20 Poole

Tony Davey (12)...Malcolm Simmons/Neil Middleditch (7)

Wimbledon 50 v 27 Halifax

Edward Jancarz/Larry Ross (12)..Joe Owen(G) (8)

Cradley 51 v 27 Wolves

Larry Ross (16)...Jimmy McMillan/Trevor Geer(G) (8)

Peterborough 56 v 22 Glasgow

Andy Hines (10)...Brian Collins (10)

Stoke 63 v 15 Edinburgh

Carl Askew (11)..Tom Owen(G) (13)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Peter Collins (Belle Vue) 11.03
• Ivan Mauger (Exeter) 10.89
• Dave Jessup (Reading) 10.80
• Michael Lee (King's Lynn) 10.74
• Malcolm Simmons (Poole) 10.49

League 2

• Tom Owen (Newcastle) 11.00
• Colin Richardson (Eastbourne)10.67
• Martin Yeates (Oxford) 10.67
• John Jackson (Ellesmere Port)
• Mike Sampson (Eastbourne) 9.95

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• White City..27..21..1..5..43
• Exeter..24..17..1..6..35
• Ipswich..27..17..1..9..35
• Reading..22..16..1..5..33
• Coventry..33..16..1..16..33

League 1 Bottom 5

• Halifax..30..10..0..20..20
• Hackney..25..8..1..16..17
• Bristol..22..8..0..14..16
• Birmingham..26..6..0..20..12
• Leicester..28..4..0..24..8

League 2 Top 5

• Eastbourne..30..24..0..6..48
• Ellesmere Port..31..18..1..12..37
• Rye House..26..16..3..7..35
• Newcastle..26..15..1..10..31
• Teesside..30..15..1..14..31

League 2 Bottom 5

• Scunthorpe..28..10..1..17..21
• Oxford..22..10..0..12..20
• Weymouth..29..8..3..18..19
• Stoke..24..7..0..17..14
• Berwick..23..6..1..15..13