League | Provincial League |
---|---|
No. of competitors | 13 |
Champions | Poole Pirates |
Knockout Cup | Exeter Falcons |
Individual | Len Silver |
Highest average | Ivor Brown |
Division/s above | 1962 National League |
The 1962 Provincial Speedway League was the third season of the Provincial League. [1]
Thirteen speedway teams took part. Bradford, at their new venue at Greenfields Stadium, returned to the league after missing the previous season due to delays building their new track. The league season proved to be disastrous for Bradford and the club folded at the end of the year. New team Neath Welsh Dragons joined the league and Leicester joined after dropping down from the National League. Neath, near Port Talbot in Wales, was not a successful venue and many of their fixtures were raced at St. Austell. Rayleigh Rockets had withdrawn. [2] [3]
Poole won the league championship for the second year in a row. [4] The Neath Welsh Dragons achieved what was described as the impossible by finishing second in the league standings. [5]
Pos | Team | M | W | D | L | Pts |
1 | Poole Pirates | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 34 |
2 | Neath Welsh Dragons | 24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 29 |
3 | Exeter Falcons | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 28 |
4 | Stoke Potters | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 28 |
5 | Edinburgh Monarchs | 24 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 26 |
6 | Plymouth Devils | 24 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 26 |
7 | Sheffield Tigers | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 25 |
8 | Cradley Heath Heathens | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 24 |
9 | Newcastle Diamonds | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 24 |
10 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 23 |
11 | Middlesbrough Bears | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 22 |
12 | Leicester Hunters | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 12 |
13 | Bradford Panthers | 24 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 11 |
M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points
Rider | Nat | Team | C.M.A. | |
1 | Ivor Brown | ![]() | Cradley | 10.21 |
2 | Clive Featherby | ![]() | Sheffield | 10.21 |
3 | Eric Boothroyd | ![]() | Middlesbrough | 10.15 |
4 | Geoff Mudge | ![]() | Poole | 10.04 |
5 | Jimmy Squibb | ![]() | Plymouth | 9.74 |
The 1962 Provincial League Knockout Cup was the third edition of the Knockout Cup for the Provincial League teams. Exeter Falcons were the winners. [6]
First round
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
---|---|---|---|
18/06 | Newcastle | 74–22 | Sheffield |
21/06 | Middlesbrough | 66–30 | Cradley Heath |
22/06 | Leicester | 32–64 | Poole |
22/06 | Bradford | 57–39 | Neath |
23/06 | Edinburgh | 71–25 | Wolverhampton |
Second round
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
---|---|---|---|
11/08 | Edinburgh | 54–42 | Middlesbrough |
11/08 | Stoke | 61–31 | Newcastle |
14/08 | Bradford | 44–52 | Poole |
27/08 | Exeter | 53–43 | Plymouth |
Semi-finals
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
---|---|---|---|
10/09 | Exeter | 57–39 | Edinburgh |
15/09 | Stoke | 49–47 | Poole |
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
---|---|---|---|
20/10 | Stoke | 60–36 | Exeter |
22/10 | Exeter | 70–26 | Stoke |
Len Silver won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at Hyde Road on 22 September in front of 20,000 spectators. Four riders finished on 11 points forcing a race off. [7]
Pos. | Rider | Pts | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 2 3 3 3 | 11+3 |
2 | ![]() | 3 2 3 3 | 11+2 |
3 | ![]() | 3 3 2 3 | 11+1 |
4 | ![]() | 3 2 3 3 | 11+0 |
5 | ![]() | 2 2 2 3 | 9 |
6 | ![]() | 3 2 2 2 | 9 |
7 | ![]() | 3 3 1 2 | 9 |
8 | ![]() | 1 1 3 3 | 8 |
9 | ![]() | 2 3 1 1 | 7 |
10 | ![]() | 1 3 1 2 | 7 |
11 | ![]() | 1 1 1 3 | 6 |
12 | ![]() | 1 3 0 2 | 6 |
13 | ![]() | f 2 2 2 | 6 |
14 | ![]() | 3 f 1 1 | 5 |
15 | ![]() | 0 2 2 1 | 5 |
16 | ![]() | 0 2 3 0 | 5 |
17 | ![]() | 1 0 0 2 | 3 |
18 | ![]() | 2 1 - - | 3 |
19 | ![]() | 2 0 1 0 | 3 |
20 | ![]() | 2 ef 1 0 | 3 |
21 | ![]() | 1 1 0 0 | 2 |
22 | ![]() | 0 1 0 ef | 1 |
23 | ![]() | 0 1 0 0 | 1 |
24 | ![]() | 0 0 1 | 1 |
25 | ![]() | 0 1 | 1 |
26 | ![]() | 0 - - - - | 0 |
Bradford
Cradley Heath
Edinburgh
Exeter
Leicester
Middlesbrough
Neath
Newcastle
Plymouth
Poole
Sheffield
Stoke
Wolverhampton
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