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Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
Colin Ackroyd of Oxford
Inside Front
Mildenhall team photo
Inside Rear
Peterborough team photo
Rear
Tommy Knudsen
News
- Cradley sign Australian John McNeil to replace Arnold Haley
- Englishmen John Barker, Mark Courtney and Kevin Smith fill the rostrum in a European u-21 Championship round in Bremen, West Germany
- Hackney fail in attempts to re-sign Roman Jankowski
- Crayford fans send a letter to team manager Peter Thorogood complaining of recent Kestrels' performances
- Halifax snap-up Dave Trownson from parent club Birmingham to provide solid backup to the team
- Workington sign Leicester youngster David Blackburn
Major Meetings
Second Test, Poole, April 29th 1981
[li]Gordon Kennett (12)[/li]
[li]Dave Jessup (11)[/li]
[li]Chris Morton (10)[/li]
[li]Michael Lee (9)[/li]
[li]Les Collins (8)[/li]
[li]John Davis (5)[/li]
[li]Malcolm Simmons (0)[/li]
[li]Kevin Smith (0)[/li]
USA 53
[li]Dennis Sigalos (15)[/li]
[li]Bruce Penhall (14)[/li]
[li]Scott Autrey (9)[/li]
[li]Ron Preston (6)[/li]
[li]Bobby Schwartz (6)[/li]
[li]Kelly Moran (3)[/li]
[li]Steve Gresham (0)[/li]
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Third Test, Swindon, May 2nd 1981
[li]Michael Lee (16)[/li]
[li]Dave Jessup (13)[/li]
[li]Steve Bastable (13)[/li]
[li]Chris Morton (9)[/li]
[li]Gordon Kennett (7)[/li]
[li]Les Collins (6)[/li]
[li]John Davis (0)[/li]
USA 43
[li]Bruce Penhall (11)[/li]
[li]Steve Gresham (10)[/li]
[li]Kelly Moran (10)[/li]
[li]Bobby Schwartz (8)[/li]
[li]Scott Autrey (5)[/li]
[li]Shawn Moran (0)[/li]
[li]Dennis Sigalos (0)[/li]
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World Championship British Quarter-Final, Newcastle, April 27th 1981
- Eric Broadbelt (15)
- Kevin Hawkins (12)
- Neil Middleditch (11)
- Kevin Smith (10)
- Mel Taylor (10)
- Nigel Flatman (10)
- Ian Gledhill (9)
- Dave Morton (8)
- Bobby Garrad (7)
- David Gagen (7)
- Steve Lomas (5)
- Simon Wigg (5)
- Barry Thomas (5)
- Louis Carr (4)
- Nicky Allott (1)
- Keith White (1)
- Alan Elliott(res) (0)
- Barry Simpson(res) (0)
Big Wins
Crayford 25 v 52 Middlesbrough
Barry Thomas (12)...Steve Wilcock (12)
Weymouth 51 v 27 Glasgow
Simon Wigg/Martin Yeates (12)...Steve Lawson (11)
Hull 68 v 28 Leicester
Billy Sanders (15)...John Titman (13)
Cradley 58 v 20 Eastbourne
Alan Grahame (12)..Eric Broadbelt(G) (7)
Halifax 32 v 64 Coventry
Ian Cartwright (12)...Mitch Shirra (14)
League Tables - Top/Bottom 5
League 2 Top 5
- Boston..6..5..0..1..10
- Weymouth..6..4..1..1..9
- Mildenhall..5..4..0..1..8
- Middlesbrough..3..3..0..0..6
- Edinburgh..3..3..0..0..6
League 2 Bottom 5
- Canterbury..4..1..0..3..2
- Crayford..4..1..0..3..2
- Milton Keynes..6..1..0..5..2
- Workington..5..0..0..5..0
- Scunthorpe..7..0..0..7..0