W/E AUGUST 19TH 1972

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Martin Ashby

Inside Front

Malcolm Simmons

Inside Rear

Taffy Owen

Rear

Rayleigh team photo

News

• Boston co-promoter Cyril Crane applies for a resumption of his riding licence in an attempt to help the club through an injury crisis
• Veteran Stan Stevens joins Hull after a very short spell with Barrow
• Tragedy in Australia as 21-year-old Gary Poole is killed at the Salty Creek track near Newcastle

Big Wins

Crewe 54 v 24 Boston

Phil Crump / John Jackson / Garry Flood (11)..Tony Featherstone (8)

Ellesmere Port 54 v 24 Scunthorpe

Paul Tyrer (12)...Terry Kelly (9)

Barrow 51 v 27 Teesside

Mike Sampson (11)..Frank Auffret (10)

Poole 53 v 25 Cradley

Pete Smith (11)..Bernt Persson (13)

Sheffield 54 v 24 Newport

Reidar Eide (12)...Tony Clarke (11)

Hackney 60 v 18 Oxford

Hughie Saunders (15)..Colin Gooddy (6)

Sunderland 51 v 27 Long Eaton

Graeme Smith (10)...Steve Bass (9)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Ivan Mauger (Belle Vue) 11.35
• Ole Olsen (Wolves) 11.27
• Anders Michanek (Reading) 10.58
• Ronnie Moore (Wimbledon) 10.54
• Bernt Persson (Cradley) 10.39

League 2

• Phil Crump (Crewe) 10.94
• John Jackson (Crewe) 10.55
• Geoff Maloney (Rayleigh) 10.53
• Roger Wright (Teesside) 10.30
• John Harrhy (Peterborough) 9.93

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Reading..26..19..1..6..39
• Sheffield..24..17..1..6..35
• Belle Vue..19..17..0..2..34
• King's Lynn..23..16..2..5..34
• Leicester..23..12..4..7..28

League 1 Bottom 5

• Wimbledon..24..10..0..14..20
• Oxford..25..9..0..16..18
• Glasgow..22..7..2..13..16
• Newport..25..7..0..18..14
• Swindon..23..6..1..16..13