W/E SEPTEMBER 30TH 1972

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Garry Middleton

Inside Front

Kevin Holden

Inside Rear

Ted Hubbard

Rear

Glasgow team photo

News

• Great Britain triumph in the World Team Cup Final at Olching in West Germany
• Former world number 2 Antoni Woryna looks set to become the first Pole to race in the British League since 1962 after he agrees to join a mystery club
• Boston sign former Poole man Ted Laessing
• Ellesmere Port racer Paul Callaghan is seriously injured in a road accident

Major Meetings

World Team Cup Final, Olching, September 24th 1972

• Great Britain 36
• Ivan Mauger (11)
• John Louis (9)
• Terry Betts (8)
• Ray Wilson (8)
• Soviet Union 21
• Anatoli Kuzmin (6)
• Grigori Chlinovski (5)
• Viktor Kalmykov (5)
• Viktor Trofimov (5)
• Poland 21
• Zenon Plech (7)
• Henryk Glucklich (6)
• Pawel Waloszek (5)
• Zdislaw Dobrucki (3)
• Marek Cieslak (0)
• Sweden 18
• Christer Lofqvist (6)
• Anders Michanek (4)
• Tommy Jansson (4)
• Jan Simensen (3)
• Gote Nordin (1)

Tour Matches

Cradley 39 v 39 Bysarna

Bernt Persson (14)..Soren Sjosten (12)

Leicester 53 v 25 Bysarna

Ray Wilson / John Boulger (11)..Christer Lofqvist (10)

Oxford 39 v 39 Bysarna

Oyvind Berg / Rick Timmo (10)..Soren Sjosten (9)

Hackney 52 v 26 Bysarna

Bengt Jansson (11)..Soren Sjosten (12)

Big Wins

Birmingham 51 v 27 Barrow

Mick Hines (15)...Mike Sampson (11)

Scunthorpe 57 v 21 Long Eaton

Brian Maxted (12)...Steve Bass (7)

Sheffield 58 v 20 Wimbledon

Arnold Haley (11)...Ronnie Moore (12)

Teesside 52 v 26 Scunthorpe

Bruce Forrester (12)..Terry Kelly (10)

Glasgow 51 v 27 Wimbledon

Charlie Monk (12)..Trevor Hedge (12)

Peterborough 52 v 26 Ellesmere Port

John Davis (12)...Colin Goad (11)

Eastbourne 58 v 20 Bradford

Malcolm Ballard (12)..Dave Baugh (8)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Ivan Mauger (Belle Vue) 11.31
• Ole Olsen (Wolves) 11.30
• Ronnie Moore (Wimbledon) 10.58
• Anders Michanek (Reading) 10.51
• Eric Boocock (Halifax) 10.43

League 2

• Phil Crump (Crewe) 10.93
• Geoff Maloney (Reading) 10.53
• John Jackson (Crewe) 10.15
• Richard Greer (Peterborough) 10.00
• John Harrhy (Peterborough) 9.93

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Belle Vue..30..17..1..2..35
• Reading..33..25..1..7..51
• King's Lynn..31..22..3..6..47
• Sheffield..31..21..3..7..45
• Leicester..30..15..5..10..35

League 1 Bottom 5

• Cradley..33..11..3..19..25
• Swindon..31..10..1..20..21
• Glasgow..30..9..2..19..20
• Oxford..31..10..0..21..20
• Newport..32..9..0..23..18