W/E SEPTMBER 9TH 1972

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Tim and Tony Swals

Inside Front

Colin Gooddy

Inside Rear

Paul Callaghan

Rear

Wimbledon team photo

News

• Pawel Waloszek wins the European Final in Wroclaw and heads the qualifiers for the Wembley World Final later this month
• Exeter promoter Wally Mawdsley calls for a re-write of the rule book due to it being over-complicated
• Glasgow sign former Oxford Norwegian Svein Kaasa.Andy Meldrum also joins from Berwick
• Poole are rocked by long-standing skipper Pete Smith announcing an intention to retire at the end of the season
• Plans are well advanced for a new track at Eastley, Southampton

Major Meetings

European Final, Wroclaw, September 3rd 1972

• Pawel Waloszek (13)
• Ole Olsen (12)
• Anders Michanek (11)
• Anatoli Kuzmin (10)
• Aleksandr Pavlov (10)
• Grigori Chlinovski (9)
• Viktor Trofimov (8)
• Christer Lofqvist (8)
• Viktor Kalmykov (7)
• Valeri Gordeev (7)
• Bernt Persson (7)
• Jan Simensen (6)
• Milan Spinka (5)
• Bengt Jansson (3)
• Hasse Holmqvist (2)
• Reidar Eide (0)

Big Wins

Reading 54 v 24 Hackney

Dag Lovaas / Anders Michanek (12)..Barry Thomas (9)

Newport 50 v 28 Wolves

Graham Plant (9)...Ole Olsen (15)

Scunthorpe 28 v 50 Boston

Ray Watkins (10)...Arthur Price (15)

Hull 53 v 24 Bradford

Dave Mils (12)..Dave Baugh (10)

Canterbury 51 v 26 Berwick

Graham Banks (12)...Willie Templeton (8)

Bradford 56 v 22 Ellesmere Port

Alan Knapkin (12)...Robbie Gardner (8)

Long Eaton 51 v 26 Sunderland

Steve Bass (11)...Graeme Smith (11)

Workington 55 v 23 Berwick

Kym Amundson (12)...Doug Templeton (9)

Belle Vue 51 v 27 Poole

Ivan Mauger (12)...John Louis (G) (8)

Rayleigh 59 v 19 Scunthorpe

Bob Young (12)...Red Ott (9)

Eastbourne 53 v 24 Hull

Malcolm Ballard (12)..Tony Childs (10)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Ole Olsen (Wolves) 11.30
• Ivan Mauger (Belle Vue) 11.29
• Ronnie Moore (Wimbledon) 10.56
• Anders Michanek (Reading) 10.52
• Eric Boocock (Halifax) 10.50

League 2

• Phil Crump (Crewe) 10.97
• Geoff Maloney (Rayleigh) 10.53
• John Jackson (Crewe) 10.15
• Richard Greer (Peterborough) 9.95
• John Harrhy (Peterborough) 9.93

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Belle Vue..26..23..1..2..47
• Reading..30..22..1..7..45
• Sheffield..28..19..2..7..40
• King's Lynn..19..2..6..40
• Leicester..28..14..5..9..33

League 1 Bottom 5

• Exeter..29..10..2..17..22
• Glasgow..28..9..2..17.20
• Oxford..28..10..0..18..20
• Swindon..28..9..1..18..19
• Newport..30..8..0..22..16

League 2 Top 5

• Boston..27..17..1..9..35
• Crewe..24..17..0..7..34
• Rayleigh..27..14..3..9..31
• Birmingham..27..15..1..11..31
• Peterborough..23..15..0..8..30

League 2 Bottom 5

• Bradford..25..11..0..14..22
• Ellesmere Port..29..11..0..18..22
• Berwick..27..10..2..15..22
• Long Eaton..27..10..2..15..22
• Scunthorpe..29..4..1..24..9