W/E SEPTEMBER 21ST 1974

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Scunthorpe trio Doug Underwood, Ken McKinlay and Dingle Brown

Inside Front

John Louis

Inside Rear

Dave Jessup

Rear

Willie Templeton

News

• England produce a stunning performance to dominate the World Team Cup Final in Katowice, Poland
• Coventry bolster their struggling side by signing veteran Swede Olle Nygren
• Eastbourne suffer a major blow as one of their power generators is vandalised and fails during their home meeting with Canterbury
• Injury-hit Rye House sign veteran Stan Stevens for the rest of the season

Major Meetings

World Team Cup Final, Katowice, September 15th 1974

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Big Wins

Exeter 50 v 28 Oxford

Ivan Mauger (11)..Bob Kilby (11)

Birmingham 58 v 20 Peterborough

George Major (15)...Mike Lanham (10)

Scunthorpe 52 v 25 Rye House

Ken McKinlay (12)...Trevor Barnwell (11)

Weymouth 20 v 58 Birmingham

Kelvin Mullarkey (8)..John Hart/George Major (15)

Wimbledon 51 v 27 Wolves

Barry Briggs (11)...Dave Jessup(G) (13)

Newport 51 v 27 Ipswich

Neil Street (12)...Tony Davey (10)

Coatbridge 57 v 20 Crewe

Brian Collins (12)...Ian Cartwright (11)

Eastbourne 58 v 20 Berwick

Trevor Geer/Bobby McNeil/Paul Gachet (11)..Rob Hollingworth (9)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Ole Olsen (Wolves) 11.32
• Peter Collins (Belle Vue) 11.31
• Ivan Mauger (Exeter) 11.18
• Phil Crump (Newport) 10.78
• John Louis (Ipswich) 10.53

League 2

• Phil Herne (Birmingham) 11.06
• Carl Glover (Boston) 10.50
• Arthur Browning (Birmingham) 10.12
• John Jackson (Crewe) 10.08
• Mitch Graham (Workington) 10.04

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Exeter..27..20..1..6..41
• King's Lynn..29..18..1..10..37
• Belle Vue..22..18..0..4..36
• Ipswich..26..16..1..9..33
• Newport..25..15..2..8..32

League 1 Bottom 5

• Cradley..28..11..0..17..22
• Leicester..26..10..1..15..21
• Oxford..28..9..0..19..18
• Hull..28..8..0..20..16
• Coventry..24..8..0..16..16

League 2 Top 5

• Birmingham..27..20..3..4..43
• Eastbourne..29..19..3..7..41
• Boston..32..19..2..11..40
• Workington..30..18..3..9..39
• Bradford..32..18..1..13..37

League 2 Bottom 5

• Rye House..25..12..0..13..24
• Sunderland..36..11..0..25..22
• Ellesmere Port..28..9..3..16..21
• Scunthorpe..33..7..2..24..16
• Weymouth..29..8..0..21..16