W/E AUGUST 5TH 1972

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Edgar Stangeland

Inside Front

Tom Leadbitter

Inside Rear

Willie Templeton

Rear

Bradford team photo

News

• Wolves use 4 guests in their away meeting at Hackneydue to international fixture clashes
• Glasgow are rocked by a transfer request from George Hunter
• Hull sign former Plymouth rider Clark Facey to help alleviate an injury crisis
• Oxford star Garry Middleton announced his intention to quit British speedway at the end of the season
• Norman Hunter finally gets a move from Wolves to Swindon after weeks of campaigning

Tour Matches

Hull 55 v 23 Fredericia

Malcolm Mackay(G) (12)..Erik Tilgaard / Jens Krause Kjaer (8)

Peterborough 51 v 27 Fredericia

Richard Greer (11)...Niels Schelde (7)

Bradford 49 v 27 Fredericia

Robin Adlington (12)...Niels Schelde (9)

Big Wins

Crewe 58 v 19 Canterbury

Phil Crump / John Jackson (12)..Graham Banks (8)

Poole 51 v 27 Hackney

John Langfield (12)..Bengt Jansson (13)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Ivan Mauger (Belle Vue) 11.29
• Ole Olsen (Wolves) 11.24
• Anders Michanek (Reading) 10.59
• Barry Briggs (Swindon) 10.54
• Ronnie Moore (Wimbledon) 10.53

League 2

• Phil Crump (Crewe) 10.89
• Geoff Maloney (Rayleigh) 10.53
• John Jackson (Crewe) 10.47
• Roger Wright (Teesside) 10.07
• Ross Gilbertson (Canterbury) 10.03

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Reading..24..18..1..5..37
• Belle Vue..18..16..0..2..32
• King's Lynn..21..15..2..4..32
• Sheffield..20..14..1..5..29
• Wolves..22..12..0..10..24

League 1 Bottom 5

• Wimbledon..20..8..0..12..16
• Oxford..22..7..0..15..14
• Swindon..21..6..1..14..13
• Glasgow..19..6..1..12..13
• Newport..23..6..0..17..12

League 2 Top 5

• Crewe..19..14..0..5..28
• Eastbourne..22..13..1..8..27
• Rayleigh..20..12..2..6..26
• Peterborough..16..13..0..3..26
• Boston..20..12..1..7..25

League 2 Bottom 5

• Bradford..19..8..0..11..16
• Hull..19..8..0..11..16
• Long Eaton..19..7..1..11..15
• Berwick..17..6..2..9..14
• Scunthorpe..21..2..1..8..5