Post by bod on Oct 19, 2020 11:12:56 GMT 1
Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
Igor Plechanov leads Barry Briggs
Rear
West Ham team photo
News
- Belle Vue boss Dent Oliver expresses his angerand drops Tommy Roper due the rider's walk-out after only four heats of the Aces' home meeting against Glasgow
- Glasgow fail in efforts to sign either of Czech stars Jan Holub or Lubos Tomicek
- King's Lynn suffer a huge blow as heat-leader Malcolm Simmons is sentenced to 6-moths imprisonment for motoring offences
Major Meetings
Test Match, Wolves, June 21st 1968
[li]Jim Airey (14)[/li]
[li]Martin Ashby (12)[/li]
[li]Peter Vandenberg (7)[/li]
[li]Ken McKinlay (6)[/li]
[li]Eric Boocock (6)[/li]
[li]Nigel Boocock (4)[/li]
[li]Barry Briggs (3)[/li]
[li]Ivan Mauger (3)[/li]
Sweden 55
[li]Anders Michanek (14)[/li]
[li]Olle Nygren (12)[/li]
[li]Soren Sjosten (11)[/li]
[li]Ove Fundin (8)[/li]
[li]Torbjorn Harrysson (6)[/li]
[li]Hasse Holmqvist (2)[/li]
[li]Bernt Persson (2)[/li]
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Test Match, Coatbridge, June 22nd 1968
[li]Martin Ashby (14)[/li]
[li]Jimmy McMillan (7)[/li]
[li]Charlie Monk (5)[/li]
[li]Ivan Mauger (3)[/li]
[li]Eric Boocock (3)[/li]
[li]Arnold Haley (3)[/li]
[li]Norman Hunter (2)[/li]
[li]Bert Harkins (0)[/li]
Sweden 71
[li]Bengt Jansson (15)[/li]
[li]Ove Fundin (14)[/li]
[li]Bernt Persson (14)[/li]
[li]Soren Sjosten (14)[/li]
[li]Torbjorn Harrysson (10)[/li]
[li]Olle Nygren (4)[/li]
[li]Lars Jansson (0)[/li]
[li]Gunnar Malmqvist (0)[/li]
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Big Wins
Belle Vue Colts 53 v 25 Reading
Taffy Owen/John Woodcock (11)...Graham Plant (5)
Crayford 57 v 21 Berwick
Mick Handley (12)...Roy Williams (9)
Middlesbrough 51 v 27 Teesside
Graham Plant (12)...Barry Crowson (12)
Sheffield 51 v 27 Coventry
Charlie Monk (11)...Nigel Boocock (14)
Plymouth 50 v 28 Nelson
Mike Cake (12)...Gary Peterson (9)
Averages - Top 5
League 1
- Ivan Mauger (Newcastle) 11.63
- Martin Ashby (Exeter) 10.76
- Nigel Boocock (Coventry) 10.76
- Barry Briggs (Swindon) 10.75
- Norman Hunter (West Ham) 10.52
League 2
- Mick Handley (Crayford) 11.08
- Alan Brown (Middlesbrough) 11.00
- Taffy Owen (Belle Vue Colts) 10.30
- Mike Cake (Plymouth) 10.06
- Dennis Mannion (Rayleigh) 9.60
League Tables - Top/Bottom 5
League 1 Top 5
- Hackney..18..12..2..4..26
- West Ham..15..12..0..3..24
- Coventry..21..11..0..10..22
- Swindon..16..10..1..5..21
- Sheffield..15..9..1..5..19
League 1 Bottom 5
- Glasgow..19..5..1..13..11
- Wimbledon..13..5..0..8..10
- Wolves..13..5..0..8..10
- Poole..16..4..2..10..10
- Oxford..15..5..0..10..10